w
l&VEffTffCF MinOEK-.HITI'ABELPniX KttTTmPftY. OTCfWT 7. IQlgj
-" ' " - .. i , ... - . , ...... ,. .. '!!."' .' .J""""!!!!!'. ' ' """ "li
PHILS, DESPITE SLUMP, HOLD TIGHT GRIP ON LEAD-VAN WAN"SSEJ
IF YOU TAKE UP GOLF-YOU'LL NEVER BE SATISFIED WITH YOUR SCORE TIGERS WILL W
OH FOR A HUR0
CHIRPS JE
PHILLIES HAVE INCREASED THEIR LEAD
, THROUGH POQR SHOWING OF RIVALS
Weak Hitting Has Prevented Moran's Men Front Taking Long
Lead in National League Race Giants Coming Forward
at a Rapid Pace.
ii i il i I i II i n i ii i,,l i ii r.
The Phillies' western Irlp has been far from satisfactory In many respects,
but through a strange string of rovcrses at unexpected momenta dealt to the
Cltlier ftPntinnt tnnlnf1nra Iti 4liA Tnllrinnl fjinitliii Atrtfii'd rviArt (IhA Hnw Avon '
.-.--. nu i..ww,i, uvnnuvi mivihiio ...v.. ...w ..,. .w..
fArther ahead than they were when they left this city. This Is duo more to
the complete failure of B-ooklyn ns n road club, thnn to tho strength of tho ,
Phillies. Tho Dodgers have lost seven out of ten games In the West, desplto
tno fact that 40 runs were made by them In tho ten games. Brooklyn's
opponents have becri abto to scoro but 33 runs In ten games, yet tho Dodgers
have lost secn times. This shows n decided Jack of tho ability to deliver
In n nlnrll. Thn Brflmna Mml ivupa nrnn lit, tUt T1.1 ir A ra tinrrfntr vnftf nfrln vka
i lo 2 victory over the Cnrdlhals, were victories In which Brooklyn scored almost I
at mil In tho defpats, all of the games hut ono were by closo Bcorcs and could
have been turned Into victories with one punch.
This rarao weakness In n pinch Is apparent In the record of tho Phillies.
In 11 games tho Phllllcs opponents have tallied but 25 runs, an avorago of
less than two nnd a half to a game, but six of tho 11 games havo been
lost. No team Bcorcd more thon four runs off Phllly pitchers since tho team
went West, and this number was mado but twice onco by Cincinnati nnd
gain by Pittsburgh, yesterday. With such remarkable pitching tho Phillies
should now be far out In front In the National Lcnirue race, but tho batsmen
httvo failed to deliver Ip tho plhch. In 11 gnmes tho Phillies havo scored but
.u runs, nn nvcrago of three to a gamo. This Is n poor enough record any
way It la figured, but It looks still worse when one considers that 18 of these
tallies were mado In three of tho victories registered early on tho trip.
Phillies' Weak Batting Ilns Hurt Pennant Chances
The Phllly pitching staff Is almost a run-pcr-gamo averago better than any
In the league, but tho weak batting has more than offset this advantage.
Brooklyn has- made seven moro runs thon tho Phillies In ono gamo less, and
the Dodgers are behind all other teams but tho Phillies In runs scored during
the present Fast Vs. Went engagement. Tho Phillies nro generally rated as a
hard-hitting team becauso of tho number of homo runs, but tho continual
slump In batting away from homo brines out a glaring weaknest.
Any way ono looks at It tho Phillies havo been fortunate to havo nuch
wonderful pitching, nnd still luckier to have tho staff standing up
under tho most discouraging support In a pinch. Alexander's last thrco games
havo been lost, though tho king of pitchers has hurled grand ball In each
Defeats of this kind sometimes completely upsot a star twlrlcr an was evident
in tho caso of Ed Walsh early In tho 1007 race, when the White Sox could not
coro any runs and his remarkable pitching went to waste.
The strain proved too much for Walsh and ho cracked, and tho team tum
bled, while tho Tigers, who had caused most of Walsh's trouble, beat tho Ath
letics out In tho stretch. Alexander Is not tho sort of a pitcher to allow thoso
defeats to worry him, but thoy certainly will not Improvo his confidence In tho
team. In tho long run tho Ncbraskan has llttlo right to complain, as tho
Phillies have nlwnys played better ball and hit harder behind him than any
otmr pitcher on tho staff.
Alexander declares that tho defeats nro not worrying him, and that ho will
go Just as well as over when the team starts hitting. This seems to bo a con
tinual promise that Is never fulfilled. If the Phillies Bhould start tallying a
few runs tho pennant hopes would bo bright, Indeed, ns none of tho other
teams In tho league aro making much hcaduay but tho Cubs, and they are not
a strong enough road club and have not tho pitchers to stand up through a
gruelling campaign.
Victory of Phillies Yesterday Reveals Old Fighting Spirit
Tho Phillies' Mctoryver tho Pirates jesterday was merely another proof
that tho local team must be beaten Into submission, and that thoy will not quit.
Tho Phillies havo lost enough closo games through mlsplays and lack of batting
to havo completely demoralized a team without fighting spirit. Moran's team
Is fighting all tho time, and yesterday pulled together Just In tlmo to prevent
another nlnth-lnnlng defeat. Al Demarco pitched wonderful ball for eight
Innings, but ho wcakoncd In tho ninth, and It was necessary to send Mayor to
tho rescue. With a runner on first nnd third and nobody out, with tho Pirates
two runs behind, Mayer retired tho next throobatsmen enally, while tho runner
on third managed to score. Dcmaree showed enough In eight Innings to war
rant tho belief that ho Is In his winning stride.
I JW.?! r&'4 ! ,TU MAKVS The (lO m. fl H
?OTT ILL Bf fcov3 IKJ THIS Vml Z S U
gft ron'Trie -r"" ctUB Hou& x QU ""WisjK. a" Y
hv ni5T scope fi$3 vjmcn i ae'liPlfepv XKSaf r iJ yim!
wpeh a m&zzmk ' "Be t iey WMwffim fffaw ft J s&MssMgw
Uijmprod Mtmm. "Jon' opLieue WBBrwA mm ps (lmgKf Go6M
tWVZZ0Z5 Jlf S I WPVU l5ZMS 0l-D HlPQ
mMMrmewmmLmm
OH UJHBfJ I
Tgli-'cm TucTLC
ALL BC JGMolS'
- NiHerr gightJ
That i aoiiJG
50MF -
I WEvfiB FELT
SO -OXSGRACCD
IU MV'LIFir-
Y Took me
8Z -
f 1 l iib A-
Ji)sr TriirJK of
VC TOE ALL I
Got mMs a
Measly EiGHTr-
Wriv i w.AYeP
I'M GOirJfi To
fioe op golf
fl l CSJJ'T Do
BETTCB'N 7B
1
t I I
OW TH6
5QUARG
ED- I
OOfiMfA
GOT A 71
IMiSTCAD OP
A 74
C5?1 OuAl" trtnl I
e ft?. '"". "r'w S - I I UJHV I W.AYCP Tr.'-a..i.i .' 7
v ,w tin si iiii im n - m -r 1 1 itn - i iipiili m
IlllliL 1 P? 1 "1 dBGimen. I r s
YS-K W? W - JO'
Detroit Leader (m
tib,uuu for Bus!
A 41-1 I 4 r X K r9
awiibwwj, iv jura
Certain of Victffl
Boston Red Sox MostM
py western niot, BtitT
M, . UUJU mii Utt;
Running Likens TK?
the Phillies.
THE MEXICAN MARVEL
The Colonel Feels Called Upon to Break Up an Interesting Dis
course on Mexican Hotels The Testimony of Joe, and Pete Re
veals Bud Buckner and Causes Sudden Departure of Oliveras.
By CHARLES E. VAN LOAN
Tho World's Most Tamom Writer of Baceball riction.
Joty Dostirlck, ncout for the Orphans,
discovers a marvelous second bnso pluyor
down South For otaious reasons Uuii
uuckner Is Inclltr.ble. but IC he enn be
pained oft as a Mexican Ills color "III not
UD
tho rninnger, Is
Giants Going Up at n Rapid Clip
Tho Giants havo been improving rapidly and aro now batting as hard as
any team in tho league, with tho possible exception of tho Braves. In tho 11
'gamoj played on tho' road, Now York has won six and lost five. Three of theso
defeats wero encountered nt tho start of tho trip. Since that tlmo tho Giants
havo apparently struck their stride and have scored t6 runs In tho 10 games.
Tho weakness In the Giants' pitching staff is apparent, however, as tho oppos
ing teams havo tallied 42 runs off tho Giant twirlcrs.
Tho Cubs, with, six victories nnd two defeats, havo by far the best' record
in tho Intcrsectiono! clash, but they always were a powerful homo club and
such work must bo expected. In the eight games tho Cubs havo scored 27 runs.
an averago of better than threo to a gamo, while their opponents havo mado
hut 19 runs, an average of not two and a half to a gamo. This proves con
clusively that tho Cubs havo been favored by better pitching than Is gonorally
believed.
Cincinnati. St. Louis and Plttsburgh'havo been ablo to mako no headway
on their homo fields, and this practically eliminates all but tho Cubs of tho
western teams, unless tho Cardinals or Pirates should start a sensatlonnl spurt
that Is not looked for in two such poor hitting clubs.
Boston had been wad'ng through the West at a speedy clip until they struck
Chicago, but the Cubs proved too much for Stalllngs' men in tho opening
trames of tho series. Aside from tho Cubs, none of tho other contenders has
shown enough In tho West to warrant tho prediction that Koran's men aro duo
Mo drop out of first place for a tlmo yet, but tho hitting must Improvo If tho
team hopes to Win the pennant.
Rise of Western Tennis Players Since 1D10
f fl". Vf LT t' tU8.UBt "' m' Amorica La Tennis, tho official organ
? n.Y'!' n J' ' ,cmmcnts on th "ct that Callfornlans have failed
to flguro at all In the ranking of lawn tennis players. Tho very next year a
team of Eastern players wont West, and wore soundly beaten by tho "native
sons." Thereafter California stock rose rapidly, and has been rising "tth
uch celerity that It threatens to go sky-high.
Sta.1"!" "J" nC?r,da 0t naU0nnl and lmPrtant sectional events show
an almost unbroken string of successea fnr mt.,.,h., " .
IJn f. fin k " ,hB na,1nal clay court c"amplonshlp -lx years
ago, the title has been captured on three occasions by a Callfornlan while
Maurice McLoughlln has led the national ranking list since 19,2 "' Wh"
Westerners Win in East as Well as at Home
The success of the Callfornlans In the East, compared with the failure of
the Easterners in the West, proves conclusively that tho former nro no IL
better tennis players, but that thoy have the nll-important abllU of adapUng
themselves to existing conditions. Westerners are Just as greatly handU
ZE1? on TBS CUrtB r,Ea"teVaeTa "re on n8pnaU' et the vo been sue
cessful on the gross, while the attempts of Easterners to wrest victory on
sphalt courts have always met with failure. victory on
Asphalt Is not n great deal faster thnn ni -.1.1-1. ,-... ..
had Plenty of experience. And not by any meas ." pha, fas Z than cfcy
In the same proporMon that grass Is slower than asphalt Y
Champion Williams plays well on dirt courts; In fact as well . ,
in modern tenls singles the majority of points ar scored' on the ervice o? the
first return, wherein lies the success of McLoughlln and company!
Frank Baker, former home run king of the American Lene.i. o., .. ,
of the fans throughout the rimi i . t- ."; . . t"n .r? ague' and ldl
for luifi thi ffrnnn ", "VI "!""' ,m""u " Baero ague contract
Bource.
city yesterday afternoon
also
:,ih!l!LyM T he might' have heard
to 'Mil 1 this afternoon, according to Information received from a reliable
I,U said that a Federal League agent arrive in ni .. 7-lr'ame.
Wll supplied with money to tempt the Trappe farmer This Tent wn.
be here until Eddie Collins arrives whh the White Box and 1 rwiSS ,
tlnjpted. Ty Cobb was not about the bote, ve !,"' "B5.C1I ""8' ' w
tt,v something Interesting from the oiimnr ...... .. J " ''r "uve r
K'lfeve had a brass band with him. VhVr T:'ZZ1'. ro,e"t " U
fKim the amount of money given this agent to do 1 buslnees. '8 6VWent
nrnlnst him !f!K'.
SUrnlclous nf IhM trlrk.
Uuckner Is vmooth, knons Spanish and Is
willing. Tho scheme Is worked, nnd at tho
bejlnnlnir of the training soison Kelly
sends Carter, nnolher scout, to mako tho
alscotery of Itamon OlUerns. who Is Uuck
ner Itamon Jirrlea In MnsliMin rniitlimn.
Ilnmon cnrrlc-! out tho part beautifully.
110 makes good as a plaer A pretended
I incus nus ielrned him irom his formir
contracts and he Is ready to play before
th" training senson In oer
Kelly has schodulcd a camo In Tennesseo
aim mo tuam goes tu Klrulllo, putting up
at Colonel llandolph'n hotel Joe, a boy In
the hotel, thinks ho recognizes Ollteras as
IJud Uuckner, and l'cto, another boy, has It
In for tho latter becnuo ho did him out
of ISO. U
Pete recognizes Ramon Oliveras, and by
gossiping to arlous senanta nt the hotel
tho story rinnll) gets to Colonel Randolph
Joe swears to ltnmon'a Identity.
(Copyright, IBIS, by Street & Smith)
"Somebody will ono of these dajs,"
aald the colonel grimly. "Como 'long
with me, boy. I may want you to Iden
tify the black scoundrel."
Colonel Randolph opened a drawer,
and, taking out on Immonso old-fashioned
pistol of tho vintage of a far year,
tucked It Into tho deep pocket which a
tailor, familiar with Klrbyvllle custom,
accommodatingly located over the right
hip.
"Come along now!" said tho colonel;
and Joe followed, moistening his dry llpp
with his tongue
At the long table In tho centre of tho
aming room the ball players were ox
pressing their opinions of Southern hotels
and Southern hotel service with tho freo
dom of restraint which marks the big
leaguer who travels much, sleeps soft and
eats sweet.
"How do these bum houses compare
with your Mexican hotels, Olllo?" asked
Mike Walsh.
"Ah-hl' said Oliveras. "Mexico, she
has not the good hotel like this great
country. Of course. If you aro enter
tain' by some reech gentleman at his
hacienda very good. Buenal Every
thing he Is cook with the chill pepper,
an' is ver' hot so as to burn the mouth.
The frljole, which Is tho brown bean,
he Is good. The enchilada enod. t vnn
like him; but tho real chicken tamalc.
ah-hl" Senor Oliveras kissed tho tips of
hi Angers, and tossed them In the air
with a gesture more expressive than
words. "But the hotel of Mexico, I could
not recommend him to you, because "
A cool, drawling voice cut through the
soft flow of Senor Oliveras' remarks as
a sharp knife cuts through Camembert
cheese. It was a voice low-pitched, with
intent to carry no further than the table
at which the ball players were sitting;
but there was about It the same vibrant
quality which one hears In the rattle
snake's warning. It carried with it a
distinct menace,
"I am lnfawmed." It mM I'thnt ,....
Is a nlggah slttin' nt this table in my
hotel. I deilah to know If thla bo true."
There were IS men at that table. Four-
vcen 01 inem looKea up in blank amaze
ment. Colonel Randolph stood, tall and
straight, at the end of the board. Not
a muscle of his face twitched, but his
eyes shot Are. Behind him was the mu
latto Joe, his face the color of cigarette
ashes. Oliveras did not look up; tho
tinkle of the fork as It slipped from his
fingers was the only sound In the brief
Hence which followed the colonel's last
words. There was a furtive shifting of
his eyes; he saw only the skirt of the
"SY. rro.ok eoat' but th"t was enough.
Colonel IUndolph did not look at tho
subject of his remarks, but rather ex-
uiucu wis wnue races which were
turned toward him. If ever a man read
honest bewilderment, not unmixed with
Indignation, the colonel read H then
nd understood.
. ""Browning, the pitcher, was first
to rind his tongue.
"You-what?" he exclaimed.
"Gentlemen." said the eolnni j ,.
no wish to be arbitrary In thla unfawtun
nte situation, but I have been Imposed
upon; my hospitality has been flagrantly
abused. ThU is themn herel" The coi
onel leveled a long. Bknny forefinger at
Oliveras "lie mv claim i 1.. o
la'd, gentlement. and as such you have
associated with him. beln' Northerners,
and'
"Spaniard nothing!" stuttered Pickles
BMby, Interrupting the colonel's re
marks. "He's aexlcan!"
"Spnnla'tl or Mexican," said tho colonel
sternly. "It makes no dlfferenca to me.
I say he's a nlggah, gentlemen a nlg
gah I"
The ball players broke Into violent pro
testations. "Why, no's drunk!" said Scrappy Ker
nohan "Stewed as nn owll"
"Ion't pay any attention to the old
guy, Ollle," said Mike Walsh. 'IIo's off
his nut."
."T?k0r,a puncM nt h,m" whispered
Pickles Bagby. "Knock his head off!" .
"Shut UP. fellOWSl" said nrmvnlnt-v
' k mis tning straightened out.
Jow, sir," addressing tho colonel, "I
don't know whero you got your Informa
tion, but certainly thero must be somo
mistake "
I assure you thero Is a mistake, sub."
said the colonel, and again the vibrant
quality crept Into his tone, commanding
el.enco; "but jou nro tho ones who ore
making it. Look nt him, gentlemen!
Can't you see what ho Is?"
The Mexican marvel sat huddled In his
chair. Never once had he raised his
eyes as far b tho colonel's face, nor
nau iiu ajioitcn n, woru.
"That should be sufficient," said Colo
nel Randolph quietly out. should you
desiah fu'ther probf, I am prepa'ed to
furnish It. Joe!"
"Yaas, suh, kunnel," quavered the
mulatto "All's right hore, suh."
"Where have you seen this mnn be
fo ? demanded the colonel, in the man-
ilkVi)1' !,'? I !. I
illicit' ' , J&'-ttw
''fig, WMfM'W
41
HIS
SSfflBi L18K
SSiHi'M jfffi lilt
been fo' me, they'd ha' cut his fool head
ort that night. An' then he beats me out
o' fifty "
"Shut up!" said the colonel.
The ball players exchanged startled
glances; then they turned as ono man to
the lato Senor Ramon Oliveras. Poto had,
indeed, clinched the case against the
Mexican marvel. Every ono of tho men
had seen tho scars Oliveras had ex
plained them as trifling souvenirs of a
lovo affair in Valladolld, To the Orphans
the chain of cvldenco wns complete to the
last damning link. If anything more were
needed, tho cringing attitude of the
culprit supplied It. A nasty growl ran
around the table; gome of the players
pushed back their choirs. Thero was a
threat of violence In tho very air. Colonel
Randolph's voice checked tho gathering
storm:
"I do not know who !q responsible for
this this outrage upon Southern fecltnir.
gentlemen. If I knew, he Bhould answor
to me to mo. A nlggah In my hotel,
passm' nimse : orr as a Mexican, on'
ercatln' a scandal In a decent community!
But I do know ono thlngl" Again the
deadly menace backed up by low-spoken
words ns thoy fell one by one, cold and
threatening. "If this man is on my prem
ises thirty seconds from now " Colonel
Randolph paused significantly, and
reached back under the skirt of his long-
tauea coat.
Out of the corner of one eyo Bud
Buckner caught nnd Interpreted tho mo
tion of tho grny sleeve he was always
good at catching "signs," -was Bud. For
three terrible, choking seconds ho hesl-
latco; tnen nis cnalr crashed backward
to the floor. It .was Jn Bud's mind to de
part through the ,door, thus making as
graceful an exit as possible under painful
circumstances; but onoe on his feet there
came to hlm'a swift realization of what
manner of man stood between him and
tho door, with ono hand undor the skirt of
his gray coat. Southern gentlemen havo
ben known, out of the pure exuberance
of feeling, to risk a wing shot, nnd this
Bud knew, so ho passed out thrnneh th
nearest window, taking tho sash with him,
1 or an Instant there was a stunned sl-
iencc, una men .rote's accusing voice
speeded the parting guest;
"Thar goes my fifty bucks! Run, yo'
wolf, runl To' may be a Mexican up
No'th. .but yo up ngalnst the real thing
down here!"
When Dick Kelly returned from the
telegrnph office, Colonel Randolph was
disposed to bo very stiff with him. but
when the good old gentleman learned hon
grossly Mr. Kelly had been deceived he
forgavo him everything and opened a
bottle of venerable port.
"I appreciate yo feelings, suh," said
the colonel, lifting his glass. "Any gen
tleman will. My rega'ds, suh!"
As for poor old Gumshoe BUI Carter
unanimously elected the goat, he Is still
explaining; and to mention Mexico In the
presence of a certain trail dun 1. ..!..
the same thing as reserving a cot In tho
emergency ward of tho nearest hospital.
BORRELL SEEKS SCALP
OF RUGGED LOUGHREY
Hughey Jennlngs,manager of thl
ngers, ucvinrca mat ne will
American Lcnguo pennant If hi
one Ditch.,.,
bo doDendiJR
hold the S
teams to tiS
four runs "jja
Player appSg
few season f
nlnirfl vftiie..iSI
t -j, """Mil!
icreu manager jk
of tho AlhlJSaS
Kensingtonian Wants to Show
With Mauling Manayunkcr
Before Leaving for Australia.
"I am infaiomcd that there is a nlaH
alHfn' at this table,"
tier of a cross-examiner. "Speak up an'
tell these cmtl.m.n "
"Ah seen hlm-a lot o' places," said
Joe, pluck ng up courage In the shadow
of the rigid gray flcrura. tti -
we played ball togetheh with the Afo
Merlcan Stars. He went under the
name o Buckner then-Bud Buckner was
whut Ah knowed him by, an' he corns
f'um down In Oeorgy "
Thero was a crash as of a falling trav
and the solemn-faced Pete appeared on
" ner ,lS of CoIo"e Randolph, de
manding that his testimony be taken
' Ast me. Kunnel Randolph. Ah was
first baseman on that same ole club. Two
years A! knowed this Bud Buckner
nn never knowed no-o good of him
neither! Ah knows him yet-flfty dolton.
wuth whut he touch' me fo' when heouU
ine ciuD as- July In Bellefontalne Ohio
an- Ah alwuz says that straight hair o:
his would sit h m n tro.ini.. r
jThafll do. Fetel" said the colonel.
Kunnel. Jus' ono mo' word!" uleade
Pete. "Ah kin prove It right he?! hn
wel Ah knows thl, cooT' a? the
gen'emen seen him stripped in the
dressln' room. Well, then." Pete a!nni3
directly to the hall jl3y,',B. "yo' kfn t!n
me whether he', wftwo .iiSn l UP
feiSar in?Arw.As?h.h?'ht
thas, where he got them marks. Tn't
THE BASE$y FHLCY
WS iOATJRn
EVENING LEDGER MOVIES-AT THAT, OLD SCOUT, HE HAS n!
SO I SPAT UPON
ANOTHER VAN LOAN STORY
BEGINS NEXT MONDAY
"Foolish as a Fox" te.tho title of
Charles E. Van Loan's next base
ball Btory, which begins in the
Evening Ledger next Monday. It
is the story of a clever baseball
hoax, and every lino is amusing.
Begin it in next Monday's Evening
Ledger.
9 m
30-jriLE MOTOR-PACED
RACE AT "DROME" TONIGHT
Carman-Wile Contest Postponed
Until Next Thursday.
Alfle Halstead, the noted English mo.
tor-pace follower, will be one of the atari
era in the 30-mile motor-pacid I nJ? 1 at the
Point Breeie Park mnrnmM. ?-. ??
Ho will race against Percy Lawrence and
M. Bedell. There will also be four motor
eye e events. The first event win".,
Italn again Interfered with the Cnrmnn
Wiley SO-mlie motor-pacd match rlwa't
the motordrome at Point Bre i
last night Both ride?. , T keenly die
appointed at not being able tolettle th!?;
SK?"- S?""!. ,e' "mmedlauiy Xr
afer oden ha finay called o thn
nfbof WuathSr doea not Interfere again
0be.tedTthhUeda5r ""' the 5
Bcforo Johnny Burns leaves theso
United States for tho shores of Austra
lia, as chaperon of Joo Borrcll, middle
weight, and Johnny Duffy, welterweight,
tho diminutive Kensington sportsman Is
anxious to hook up his '63-pound protego
with rugged Prank Loughrcy, Just back
from tho kangaroo country. Ho will de
part for tho Antipodes with his boxors
tho latter part of Septombor. Each will
compete in a scries of flvo bouts.
Burns said this morning ho had COO sl,-
moicons casn, in good Uncle Sam dollars,
to put up for weight demanded by Lough
rey, 15S pounds ringside. On his nrrlvnl
homo tho Manayunk mauler declared ho
would not meot any ono unless tho men
tioned money wns posted for weight at
tho middleweight limit.
"Joo can trim Loughroy without n
doubt," said Burns, "and I certainly
would like to enter Australia with Lough
rey's scalp. Frank, they tell me, made a
great hit there. A victory for Borrell
would servo to hornld him as a dangerous
opponent for mlddlewclghts In Australia."
Frank Itss, manager and press agent
of Knockout Sullivan, Shenandoah mld-
uictveib-iu, writes mat his champion' will
bo prepared to visit Philadelphia this sea
son for bouts with Eddie Rovoire, Joo
Borrell and Sailor Grande.
Rnni ln tw,eei. nltz Walters and
Bailor Phil Block should provo a good
appetizer for tho Benny Kaufman-Al
JNash scrap nt tho Broadway Monday
night.
flijuciimaitor Whalen, of tho Ludlow
Club, has his lines out for a good ban
tamweight to meet Tommy Welsh.
Owing to an attack of rheumatism
loung Ahearn Is on tho sidelines.
Italian Joe Gans, Brooklyn, and Kid
Wagner Wilkes-Barro, will meet in a
15-round bout at Ardmoro, Md.. next
Thursday night. ' l
After spending several weeks In his
homn Pueblo, Jim Flynn is on his way
The latest "como back!" Young Cor
oett, onc-tlmo feathnrwlirhf ..ho .
n nT.'ft retU,rn tho r,nff' Ho has Placed
himself under Dan Morgan's wimr
rny!Sn?hCoAteno, met8 IC - Ja Far
r.eiL,at.tno Douelas Tuesday night. Tho
jssr wei,a
METCALFE TO COACH
COLUMBIA'S ELEVEN
Former Oberlin End Has Been
Selected to Train First Squad
Since 1905.
NEW YOniC, Aug. 7.-T. Nelson MeU
cafe, for three years end on the OberUn
College vara tv fnnihnii i... ' '"
'e'le.1 J" "ach the Columbia UnverslVy
football team, according to an announce.
onnenithietJ.csby tha Ulw""SK
It will be the first fotoball team Co.
lumbla has had since the sport wasba
stated 'bl S fnnduund"- the conditions
stated by the faculty as condition nreco.
dent to the re.estahiii.hmf ;p.re??:
on Mornlngslde Heights, the coach his
bf member of the department of
"""'" vmyea. at uberlln In 1900 lsio
" V'S,,1,11 Ju h0 WM sletant coach
and In J91S be was head coach of the
Oterlln eleven, which won the Ohio StatS
Conference championship. This team wis
beaten by Cornell In Its openlngmo
f"d. we"t through the season thereifS?
without a defeat Metcalfe was ISn
ooachof the Oberlin track 'Veamln tu
Metcalfe Is now In New York m
n touch with the OolumblaBriffl'g
Heavyweights Fight Draw
fought 10 iftit RiMde to a d'Ei.A1u,,,i!.Ita
boul at ftr RoalSSay j,t nithu " thtir
THE BhSES THeY"
ON OUR own WILBUR DAVIS, ATHliiFioTiFul
?00 for PltehS!
let Joe" Bu,S
fliacK turildlf
tho nroDoaltlnS
wanted wa!
HUOHEr jenniNUB more than BoK
know there K
chanco to get tho former at anjJS.
Jennings bellovcd that If Mack werVS
lng to part with Busb he mlght.Uufi
able to switch tho proposition to V!iSa
whoso twirling, ho believed, wonldS
Aftor being told by Mack that UiuRl
no ,other members of the AthltUcfd
solo and that tho local team was btiy
up with Bush and Wyckoff as twoM
pillars of tho new pitching staff, Jffii
got in touch with owner Hedgci'iif
Browns nnd tried to mako a deal fo!
James, tho giant right-handed with
pitcher. ?
Bcforo tho Tigers loft the Wcrttt,
was under way for Earl Hamilton?!
brilliant young southpaw of Btckertis
who Is anxious to get avay froni
Mound City. This deal was apHr
completed when Blckey suddenlydfii
that ho wanted something besldeiTiM
for his southpaw star, nnd Insisted c
-" ' " uv uacooson. We i
utility outfielder, and the Detroit ca
option on Harry Hellraan, first be
of tho San Francisco team of the Pii
Coast League. a
Jennings turned down this propol
flat this morning, declaring that le'i
taking a chanco In giving real mow
a player of Hamilton's Indifferent ti
sltlon. Jennings admits that Haul:
wuuiii oo worm mousanas of dollta
tho Tigers If ho was In shape to r.
but tho tip has boen passed orounijt
tho St Louis southpaw Is not la St
nnd would not bo any tlmo soon. '
Jennings must have ono star pltcke
ho hopes to win the pennant, and not
realizes this better than Jennings,
Tigers' lender says that Fisher and a
well, of the Yankees; Morton, of 0n
land; Ayres and Boehling, of Wuli
ton, and Wyckoff, of the MockmeTfA
the pitchers whoso release tiifrpr,
20.000 to Detroit, Jennings ffim
oiuiiuh tcauy o pay tnis sum uttl
any of them. a
"Detroit will win tho nennanfi
moro pitcher who can hold the.cjjJ
ituiii iu itracr iimn nvo runs periiug
but it does not seem as If we will be'M
to land tho man," said JennlnaTwa
Tlfrtro "TVa ma Via tni U. 1-.
o" "u w viiu uuoo ui iiivjeti
Darring pitcning. nnd I am likely to i
on ton without another twlrler If O
Dauss comes -back to his 1911 form.
"I offered Connie Mack H5,0jfoi
.uusu, DUt ne turned me down. I via
Wyckoff. but Mack would not rartli
him for any price, so I made -Mai
definite offer. Wyckoff could win tbtif
nant for us easily, and, while I ih
think ho Is a 120.000 man under orfa
circumstances, I would give almoifBi
xning tor mm right now, as he wow
worth any Drice to the club. 31
"Thero Is no chanco to get elth;
or Wyckoff, as Mack says he Is bH
up ii um jiutv un, ana will ouna luuxi
pitching staff about these two youmM
I havo offered moro money for tB
pitcners tnnn they are worth to tnr
team or anv other team but mla?N
still the other teams won't part wittV
men.
"I turned down a nronosltion thatWM
have given me Earl Hamilton betvB
illckey would not be reasonable;!?
me aeai -was virtually ciosea. wgs
chance is t6 mako a deal with TV&i
tnn finrl T IntAnJ tlr tn nrffflttflM
day and try to Induce him to par&jB
Ayres or Boehling. neither of wboaMB
been of much value to him this
They may turn out bad for me, KB
must trv to Rtranirthen now whSiB
means the Dennant and a lot of mowB
i can get the right man.
"It would not surprise me If wi
the pennant, anyway, but there 1,
lng liko trying to sew It up tro
tight. Thero la not a team In tie
that classes with, the Tigers.
Sox are Btrong, but they have w
fighting spirit we have, and they
come from behind as we do, ana,
the type of ball that wins pennt
team that can't come from behln
not win tho pennant, and I don'
how many stars they have In
line-up.
"The "White Sox? No. I don't
them at all. Of course, the pltchlsi
may upset tile dope, but the Wi
are too much like the Phillies. Tl
toss away many games through
ness and the lack of experience
campaigns. They are not near
club the Red Sox are since tin
stopped. The White Sox worry
feats and go into bad slumps thll
teams oo not have
"The Red Sox need another
almost as badly as we do. but t
s a whole. Is stronger than miai
"I look for a cloaa raca with I
Sox right down to tho wire, and
wny i think we are likely to
Without another nltcher. bece!
fighting spfrlt and slugging ablllt:
team will mako itself felt in the
But If I Ket that nltchm-. mv 4
llko Wyckoff, who Is my Ideal,
breeze through' with many 8:
spare.
MHD NOTTA AN
THE BUL.BOYS
UPON THE BAUU, W6 LOAOpn T
AND THRICE 1 SPAT
THREE TESl
SPAT UPON THE BALL
TO THROW y '
MO.STENEP SHOOT;
TO -THROW MV
WAS opt;.
AND NOTTA MAN
'WOULD HAVE 5Pi
MOISTENED 5HOOT.
TO THROW AY AND NOTTA wkw
VNTHEBALL.
WAS OOT
TO THROW iNW
the. fourth tim
BUTTHEiMCrR;
YANKED MEOO
2JT&BP SHOOT. WAS OOT.
fgplSTENED SHOOT?
Hn.f
M a.
"?-
'MV?
$SJ0
fJM
XI
44a
J3.J
I
SX
iW
.A-ifg1
mm.
g J
"TSftfer
J
j.j-ni. -- -srjcir?t.5"
-ipilrt sr.;
mm
o A&AIN I SPAT THE BaSf.c tucu