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ALEXANDERS MENTAL HAZARDS IN BASEBALL RICE ON THE GOLF CLASSIC
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Pitcher's Box Why7 The Muscle and the Mind
By GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER
Greatest UMb.ll Pitcher In lh oHd .nd hs
AIITICLK IV.
Will somebody tell mo why a pitcher
can thiow ft swift ball from the mouna
to thi hnlbinsn a hundred or more times
In the course or a dbu
V jv game, and yet that
Ji ,satno pitcher ennnot Ro
10 centre ncm anu imuvr
u bnll onco to the plate
with nny speed or ac
curacy? It alwnys has
been a problem to mo.
Take my own case, for
example. I havo a
Blfong arm and It is
not dltllcult for mo to
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and pilch fast ones that havo Just about
u much ip to them In the Inst Inning
.. l.rv had in tho first. Hut I cannot
rn to deep centro field and throw a ball
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speed behind It to break a pane of glass
when 11 rtuencs nome.
Vmv Whlttctl. Paskcrt. Cravuth and
1 Becker, outllclders on the Phillies' roster,
mako long throws to tho plato nnd to
the bots many times In a contest. Thoy
think nothing of that. Vet not one of
them would attempt to pitch u name of
, ball, where tne tnrow is omj- w itui.
AN OUTFIELDER'S AltM.
t recall tho caso of one player who
u.tnnl to think a throw from the out
field was an Impossibility for him. At
times, he barely got the bnll to tho pitch
er's box. Then ho was moved to the In
field nnd played shortstop. Tho tttrow
from short to first Is Just about the most
difficult on tho ball field. You havo to
get tho bnll awny fast una irom an sons
of angles.
Tho nlaycr I speak of was ono of tha
best men at throwing a ball on a line to
first base that I ever saw. lie put enousli
speed behind the ball to carry It thrcs
times as far as the bag. I onco saw him
throw one which wis about two feet over
the first baseman's head and I'll guarantee
you It went on a lino as far as from tho
left fielder's position to the homo plate
in our park.
Why did this player find It so easy to
throw n ball hard from an Infield position
and yet fall to get anything behind the
ball when he tried what should havo been
an easier throw from the outfield? That's
the question I cannot nnswor.
I have wondered whether a throw is not
somewhat of a mental hazard, to ueo a
golf term. A man's arm may ho inllu
enced by his mind. Tho distance may
teem greater than It really Is to him.
That's ono explanation for tho thing that
liHS occurred to me that is, when the
thrower Is a ball player who has a good
rm.
Then, too, I suppose a pitcher, an out
fielder, a catcher and an Infiolder all ex
ercise certain muscles more than others,
and that makes one throw appear harder
than another to them.
ONCE THREW 310 FEET.
When I was a youngster I had a won
derful arm aiid I once threw a baseball
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R YOUNG GOLFERS PREVENT ANCIENT
'"ALIBI" FROM DYING NATURAL DEATH
Veterans No Longer Resort to Trivial Excuses "'When
They Fail to Put Up Their Usual Game Local
Golf News and Comment
Has the "alibi" gamo run hopelessly
into a. rut? Now and then thcro Is a good
shot mado from which there Is no come
back, but even at this advanced age In
the game of golf thcro is still a tendency
to fall back on tho good old Big Three
it's cither the fault of tho stick, tho
course or tho ball. Rut these aro really
not alibis at all. Tho clubhead never
comes around tho way the golfer Intends,
the course Is never laid out correctly and
the ball Is never the right weight.
The new generation of golfers Js the
one that keeps alive these ancient max
ims. Tho grizzled veterans who havo
been up against every nnglo nnd corner
of tho game know better than to resort
to ancient history, and Just na the begin
ner tries to duplicate tho skill of tho
"vet" In .making shots, so ho should
earnestly look to tho older player for tho
ability to "put an 'alibi' across."
There arc three essentials to an alibi.
First, thero must be an element of truth:
Just an element will do. Then, of course,
It must lo good and sufficient reason for
a licking, nnd, lastly, there must bo no
comeback.
One of the noblest alibis ofTcrcd In a
small way was In New York State dur
ing the famous "kissing bug" plague. A
fc, golfer was going along perfectly wen in
t a tourney till his opponent slipped over
It? and irnt itnwn flmt !L few tlmOS with long
putts. The flrBt golfer began soon to see
that It would bo up to him to furnish a
"reason." During tho agony of the next
dozen shots his mind was a blank. "Hey,
mister, there's a bug on your collar!'
said his caddy later. And then It camo.
"Owl ow'" shouted tho plnyer. "He
nipped me," and when ho brushed It off
he ground it angrily Into tho sod and
then nlbllced tho remains Into space to
obliterate tho corpse and tho last bit of
evidence.
" 'Twas the well-known kisser." hs
mournfully remarked, "no wonder- I
can't play today. I'm poisoned."
Internal Injuries offer a wonderful field
for tho alibi seeker. Anything from ft
sprained appendix to a twisted toe will
get by. Hut tho main essential is
originality. "Every man his own alibi."
The real business of winning the ama
teur title of the U. 8. A, will go forward
all this weak. It will bo bitter gplng.
Thero will be S holes every day. Usually
in a tgurney things pan out so that a
golfer runs across some easy money in
his first two or three matches and only
really has to go to It around tho fourth or
fHW IUUIIU uui jn a. 1HUC UllOll !! tuv
national championship it is said to be a
auierent matter. Hera a tartar is iweiy
to crop out at any time and a favorite be
Dinned tn tVin ereen for ths count when
he least exnects It. This la what adds
,.'Mp to the game, however, and should not
v be decried
. Trgvers, Oulmet and Evans continue to
'curlsh merrily as the favorites, but
erc are plenty of entries who havo
'taken their measure off and on and are
.- liable to pull the trick again.
Onorgo Crump, who brought Pipe Yal-
ly Into the sunlight, caused Phlladel
JMnn bnsom to heave with pride when
M carelessly turned in a card of 77.
Moms talent In nil parts of the globe
! havo a habit of falling down in foreign
wirne, and It la always n source of
Malefaction when they show real form.
William V. Smith was way off on his
'muine and. took S3 for his round, but tho
test of the home player hugged close to
, Thirty-two playen will qualify for
VMAtch play after plugging away for SO
f. ino course is reporieu 10 do hi
fct condition and all the signals are
lrlow scoring
Hood example ha been set at the
mstart. y Mhe phltadrtphta NM,6na, .
310 feel. That was before I had become
a pitcher exclusively. My arm surely Is
more powerful toda? lhan It was then.
nni yet I do not feel sura that I could
throw a ball 150 feet with any degree of
speed. I supposo I accustomed my mus
cles to the CO-foot dlatanco and they re
iuso to do more than that for mo.
One of the players who does tho most
surprising things In tho way of throwing
! . , ' ' tho cntch" tt0 ahca not havo
to throw many, compared to other play
ers, but when he Is cnllrd upon to heavo
tho bnll to second base, to get a man
stealing, ho must throw It llko a rifle
ball, on a line nnd true. I know several
catchers who couldn't pitch two Innings,
and who could not begin to got a bnll
from the outfield to tho homo plato with
speed behind It, Yet, they seldom fall
to mako a good, strong heavo to second
PUBC.
It must bo a terrible sensation for a
Player to feel his nrm going back on him.
I never havo cxpcilenced It, I am thank
ful to say, but I hnvo heard men say
that they realized when a ball left their
hand thnt It did not hao anything be
hind It.
DIFFERENT MUSCLES DEVELOPED.
You probably know men who could lift
a couple of hundred pounds with one nrm.
let they could not throw a bascbm
across Droad street. That always seemed
peculiar to me, but at tho samo time I
reallzo that the muscles required to lift
200 pounds and those that propel tho
baseball 200 feet or more are nulto dif
ferent. To provo to you thnt even tho different
kinds of throwing required on a ball field
require specialization, I need only to tell
you thnt tho average manager will not
permit an outfielder to throw a ball hard
for any length of time like a pitcher docs
In warming up. Tho managers contend
thnt It Is bound to ruin tho outfielder's
arm In time.
Now Is It not strnngo thnt nn out
fielder's arm should bo injured by throw
ing tho baseball 60 feet when ho Is called
upon to mako throws several times as
long In n gnme?
You cannot possibly appreciate, unless
you nre on the ball field where you can
see It. what a difference there Is be
tween the throws of ball players. Take
two outfielders, nnd so fnr ns a mall In
the stand can see, ono will heave n ball to
tho plato Just as fast ns another. Yet
when you are down there watching tho
ball travel you know that ono man has
more of a zip to his throw than the other.
In other words, one sets the ball to Its
destlnitlon Just n second beforo tho other.
SPEED IS WHAT COUNTS.
A second, or a frnctlon of n second, may
mean a whole lot In baseball. Put a fast
runner on the bases nnd the slight differ
ence In two nrms, not notlcenblo to tho
fan, will mean "safe" or "out" for htm
at the plate or nny of the bases. It's not
so milch tho question of the true direc
tion of tho heave, or tho way tho ball
hops, but the speed behind it.
And there Is Just whero nn arm counts.
The arm of a ball player la his "meal
ticket," for once ho loses tho throwing
power In It no amount of hitting, speed on
tho bares or baseball brains will get him
a big-league pay check for long.
j Detroit Country Club, among others, and
....ii is iiiu iruuung scnooi ror enemies
which was started some weeks before the
tourney. Caddies play a rather Important
part, considering they may bo the causo
of losing the hole and perhaps tho match.
Tho cuddles should carry rule books or
else be well versed In tho regulations, so
thtt In caso a difficult problem comes up
thcro would be somebody to quoto tho
rule. Most caddies carry a lot of secrets
around under their hats problems thoy
havo seen tho players settle for them-selvcs-Incorrectly.
Caddies might be
made a real asset to the gamo if there
wero more training schools in tho world
for them.
Tho Bala invitation tournament wound
up in a, blazo of glory on Saturdny night
with a fine dnncc on the clubhouse vcran
dn partly, but mostly, on account of
tho "rather" inclement weather.
Clement D. Webster, Jr., Frankford,
repeated his work of last year when ho
camo through onco moro and won tho
largo cup offered. Ho had the upper hand
of Frank S. nicking all tho way. Tho
latter was badly off-plain rattled, It
seemed. He had been exceptionally
steady In tho morning against F. L.
Mnlster, who was considered by not a
few to have a good chanco of winning
tho event. Ricking looked aa If ho were
going to take a brace when he was four
down at the seventh. He pitched n beau
tiful ball to the blind green three feet
from tho liolo nnd looked to have a bird
cinched. Rut this putt was away off and
his return rimmed tho cup but went
down so that he was almost lucky to get
a half. His play was soft on tho next
four holes, all of which ho lost and
with them the match.
Dr. Philip Do Long, Bala, showed real
clasn In the third sixteen. He hhs only
bocn playing golf a llttlo over a year,
so that his brilliant work In the tourna
ment argues for still moro startling
things In golf days to come.
The bitter wind and cold rnln mado
thing rather bad for tho playors In
tho final round. To have to play In top
form when soaking wet and frozen, over
a wicked course, requires no little en
thusiasm and hardihood.
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STARS IN
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The wind-up of the Broad street arena's initial show of tho season
between Dilon and Grande may finish unexpectedly. Both are terrific
hitting fighters. Bevnn makes his initial local bow in combat with
Knockout 0'Donn.cll.
TWENTY-SIX PENN MEN
GO TO TRAINING CAMP
FOR FOOTBALL WORK
Squad Leaves for Port Deposit
in One Week for Practice
Prior to College Season.
How Line-up Looks
On Tuesday, September 7 Just one week
from tomorrow 35 husky younR men will
Journey to Port Deposit, Md., wlicro they
will mingle with tho tall Brass and no
through the parts thoy hope to play on
the Vnlvcrelty of Pennsylvania football
team this fall. AccordlnB to nn olllclal
statement If sued by the board of stiatecy
at army headquarters at Franklin Field
these gridiron aspirants will remain on
rural soil fft'ijnyo weeks, Just Ions enough
to get tho ltajs out of their systems and
get in shnpe-for the real grind on the
homo grounds.
The followjng men will mako the tilp:
Cnptnln Ned Ilnrrls, Pepper, Withcrqw,
Hcnnlntj. Russell. Horle, Eblo. AVray,
Vrquhart. Hopkins, Miller, Stack. Berry.
Grnnt, Fuher, Murdock, AVelch. Ross,
Qulgley, Mathews, Gotwals, nookofellcr,
WilllnmH, Dougherty, Lundtorg and Tlshe.
Mike Dorlzns, tho giant guard, has been
notified, but ns yet tho coaches have re
ceived no reply. Mlko Is out in Chicago
attending the university there and will re
turn to Philadelphia In a week or so. Tho
Greek nthleto has been training nil sum
mer nnd will bo In good condition when ho
dons tho moleskins. Other candidates for
tho team will tnke light workouts on
Franklin Field, and when the Port Deposit
sauad return thcro should bo nearly 100
others ready to try their luck.
It looks as If Penn will be shy of line
material this year and Doctor Wharton
will have his hands full from tho start.
Jouroeay, the best player among tho for
wards last year. Ib missing and will leave
a big holo to fill at centre.
Tho other linemen are still In college,
but their work of lost year can be Im
proved upon In the backfleld, however,
the coaches will have moro men than
they know what to do with. Several of
tho varsity players havo left school, but
their loss will not weaken tho team. Sov
eral of last year's scrubs nnd freshmen
aro on tho Job, nnd they should moro
than fill the vacant shoes.
Pcnn's decision to leave the city for a
couple of weeks at the beginning of the
season comes after last year's experiment,
which failed to tako. The men did all
of their early work on Franklin Field,
and tho results were far from satisfac
tory. In the preliminary games tho play
ers showed a lack of condition and they
began their losing streak on their second
niipearanco beforo tho public. Of course,
this might not bo a perfectly good alibi,
but It helped considerably to put the team
out of tho running. Tho team was not
up to the usual Tied and Bluo standard
and something must be blamed.
Physical condition Is tho most Impor
tant asset of a football player. It Is
nectssary to be In good nhnpo to go
through a grueling contest, especially In
tho early season, for It Is then that the
athletes are put to the most severe test.
It Is not nu unusual thing for n small col
lego from up the country to tako one of
the "big league" elevens by surprise at
the beginning of the season and omergo
victorious after a hard game. It was
done last year and the same thing will
happen this fall, so prepare for a num
ber of surprises.
It U not superior knowledge of tho
game that wins for these minor college
teams, It Is their excellent condition,
for they get an early 6tort and train
harder at the beginning of the reason,
The team from tho country havo an ad
vantage over those In a big city. Tho air
Is purer, they have opportunities to take
long cross-country runs and climb hills,
all of which aids in getting tho men In
shape quicker than anj thing else. Frank
lin Field Is not an Ideal spot to train,
HUuated near the railroad, a heavy cloud
of smoko from passing locomotives Is
constantly hanging over the gridiron, and
this, with the dust of the city, clogs the
lungs of the athletes and makes It dltll
cult to do any real hard work.
The players should bo greatly benefited
ty their trip, to Pert Deposit. They will
have to climb all kinds of hills, which is
Just ai hard a Blng through scrimmage
practice, and best of all, they will have
pure air. The players will work out on
the Tome Institute grounds, which Is re
garded as tho best in that part of the
country.
Cy Morgan Now an Umpire
fly Mortn, former Athletic sur.ls now an
uruplr ri linked a plce on Tip O'Neirs
Vetttrn J.eu tJt. II started out the
kon a pltcotr around Tulu. Oku., hut his
orterinn proved ( picking lor the bo?f with
the sticks.
OLYMPIAS OPENING
; GOLFERS MAKE COBB
AND CRAWFORD LOOK
! LIKE RANKEST PIKERS
Amateurs, Seeking National Ti
tle, Show Ball Players a
Thing or Two About Long
Drives Evans in Form
By GRANTLAND RICE
DETHOIT, Aug. 30. Tho main differ
ence, as Ty Cobb expressed It, was about
this: "Sometimes I can hit 'cm where
they ain't, but these fellows can hit 'cm
whero a bird can't Jly."
Ty woo referring exclusively to Francis
,Qu(me,t)Jesse Guilford and Max Marston,
'three long-hltting golfers who stood at
the homo plato Sunday afternoon beforo
15,000 persons and made tho mightiest
wallops of Cobb and Crawford rcsemblo
Inflcld pop-ups or fouls back of tho plate.
There has been from timo Immemorial,
or thereabout?, nn argument under wny
as to how much farther a golfer could
drive a golf hall than a ballplayer could
drive a baseball.
It was agreed that here was the proper
spot to make the test hero In the homo
of Cobb and Crawford, the slugging kings
here where there had gathered also the
greatest golfers In tho land.
So three of tho longest hitters In golf
dom, Oulmet, Guilford and Marston,
wcro selected to mako tho test. The
centre Held palisade here is 170 yards
from the homo plate far beyond tho
carry of Ty's greatest wallop or Wahoo
Sam's mightiest clout. In fact, neither
has ever hit this centre Held fence near
tho aflgpolc on a fly. Oulmet. tho
amateur champion. Introduced by
Ilughey Jennings, led tho fusillade. His
wallop not only carried the fence, tut.
Sailing far beyond, crossed a row of
housed 30 ynrds further back nnd dis
appeared from sight through the top of
a tall oak, maplo or ash tree, as tho
caso might )c.
Anyway, t was a regular tree full
grown to a true Western height. Cobb,
Crawford and Jennings, with tho assem
bled Tigers and Yanks, made no effort
to conceal their astonishment. When
Max Marston followed with another long
smash almost to the same spot the won
der grew, But the biggest shock camo
when Jesse Guilford, the human Krupp,
known also ns the Day State Siege Gun,
lit Into ono that was only beginning to
rise as It cleared the deep fenco and
crossed the roof of some outlying house
across the street. Guilford's drive, un
der normal conditions, or rather over
normal turf, would have traveled at least
330 yards. For ho Is the longest hitter
in ine Burnt, anil mm smasn was one
of the best, timed to the last flicker, and
struck with terrific power.
Immediately after this exhibition Ty
came up and announced that he would
bo at first tco tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
He had no Intention of missing anything
like this.
Which Is a reminder that by dusk to
day only 33 of the big lied will bo left and
that the landscape then will have been
cleared for the match play to follow on
Tuesday through the rest of tho week.
In the second qualifying round the final
elimination Oulmet nnd Walter Egan
day only 32 of the big field will be left and
tho big three to follow, with Kb Dyers
at 10:06, and at 11 Evans gets away with
Max Marston. There Is still a wide rango
of discussion as to whether the big three
will be upset this season, as It looks to
bo 60-SO with them against the field.
Just at present Bvana Is playing the
best golf of the eminent trio. Chick led
both by several strokes In the qualifying
round, and on Sunday he traveled the
course in 73 strokes, playing, as ho put It,
one tf tho best rounds he had ever known.
IIo was out In 3i. but at the 13th, 14th
and 15th holes took four strokes oyer par
and yet camo back In 3S. The par for
these threo holes Is 4-3-4 and thoy cost
Chick 6-4-6. "I was putting much better
than I have been," he said, "and for the
first time here am beginning to get confi
dence In my short game."
One 'of the main Sunday features was
the play-off for the American golf
trophy, and Marston and Van Vleclt had
tied at 19 with Tom and Sherrlll Sher
man In a best-ball match. This time the
Sherman brothers held together better
than their rivals, finishing in front by
three strokes a 72 against a 75. The
New Yprk golfers had their good and
bad streaks together and were unable to
meet the effective team play of their op
ponents, who traveled steadily to the end,
coins oilt In 37 and racing back homo
InSJ.
TONIGHT
BOXING SEASON PRIED
OPEN TONIGHT BY BIG
CARDATTHEOLYMPIA
Good Program, With Jack Dil
lon and Sailor Grande in Star
Bout, Starts Local Pugil
istic Campaign
BEVAN TO MAKE DEBUT
When Timekeeper Russell Edwards
brings his hammer In contact with the
bell at 8:30 p. m. precisely nt tho Olympla
A. A tonight, starting hostilities between
Tommy I.uciis and Mike Vincent, the
1915-10 Philadelphia fistic campaign will
bo ushered In.
Jack Dillon and Sailor Charley Grande.
two of the most rugged nnd hardest hit
ting fighters of the present regime, will
be principals In tho feature fray. In tho
semi Billy Uevan. boosted up-Stato as
the next bantam champion, will make his
local debut, opposed to Joo O'Donnell.
Tho program follows:
rim bout SUko Vincent, Southward, vi.
Tommy I.ucfls. Kalrmount.
Secniul bout Mickey Ilronn. Southwark, vs.
uu Lewis, Southwark.
Third bout Kdclle McAndrews. Manayunk,
. Johnny Nelson, Kensington.
iiemlulndup Illlly Devnn, U'llkcs-Uarrc, vs.
Joe O'Donncll. Gloucester.
Wlndun Charley Ornnde, Vallejo, Cal., v.
Jack Dillon, Indianapolis,
Half a score of South Philadelphia's
fnvorlto lighters will appear In the offi
cial opening of the Broadway A. C.
Thursday night. Henry Ilauber and
Willie Baker are billed in tho final.
Pop O'Brien has decided to stage his
first show at the Palace A. C, NorrlB
town, September 14. Four six-round bouts
are Included on tho program with WIllIo
Moody and Duko Bowers In tho wlndup.
Oncu a month, O'Brien will bill two slx
round, an eight-round and 10-round bouts.
Young McCarty, of Gray's Ferry 103
pounds and but 10 years old looks llko
tho most promising boxer In local ranks.
Bays Johnny Loftus, who has trained
several champions In tho past, Including
Stanley Ketchel, Jim Jeffries and Jack
Johnson.
Humor has It that the American Box
ing Association of tho United States, or
ganized In Clovcland recently, will be
opposed by a body to bo formed In New
York. Harry Pollok. Nate Lewis. Dan
McKetrlck, Jack Curley and Scotty Mon
tcltli aro said to be behind the move
ment. GOLF BATTLE RAGES
FOR AMATEUR TITLE
Sherman and Bole Tee Off in
Second Day of Elimina
tion Rounds
DETROIT. Mich., Aug. 30,-Cloudy nnd
threatening weather greeted tho 73 play
ers when they started play In tho final
qualification round of 36 holes, medal
play, for the amateur golf championship
today.
Interest In tho bottle for tho tltlo Is In
creasing. All tho prominent club wield
ers aro expected to qualify In today's
play. Match play starts tomorrow.
While the favorites "Chick" Evans,
Francis Oulmet and Jerome D, Travers
still havo the largest following, there aro
many cnthuslastlsts who look for a "dark
horstj" to carry off this year's tltlo.
Tom Sherman and Joo Bole were the
first pair to tee off this morning.
Out In T
It, A. dardner. Chlcaso 3ft 38 78
Krancln Oulmet, Iloeton .17 40 77
T. M. Hhermnn, lUtca a .IS 77
I), K. Sawyer, Chicago .is .10 77
J. O. Andervon, New Vork..,,..,i., 42 3H MP
O V. Itotan, Waco, Tex 41 ,11 HI
William flrnetbeck. Cincinnati 42 30 HI
Albert Keckel, ChUaxo ,,,,, 42 311 HI
W. C. Fownee, Jr. 1'ltteburKh...,,. 42 411 h
Jerome Travere Upper MonUlalr... 40 42 Hi
II. W. Penin, Philadelphia., .....,. 42 41 8.1
N. M Whitney, New Orleans. 41 3a a
F.ben Ilyere. PltUburih , ,.,,,,.., .11) 3.1 K
Walter Csan, Chicago ..,,, ,, 40 4t fit
K. II. Drown, Petrol t ...,,,....,,,, 47 40 tu
Jeaio Oullford, Iloiton 40 40 Ml
II. J, Tor-plniT, Greenwich ,, 47 41 Si
J. T, McMillan, Detroit 41 4.1 H-i
Arthur V, I.ee, Jr.. Detroit 44 4B ti'J
Max Ilehr, Daltuerol ,, 44 40 IHI
JieU'ltt r Iiatch, Cincinnati ., 43 41 ks
C. II. Uuxton, Philadelphia... ,. 41 4.1 HS
C. Gilbert Waldo Detroit 40 40 Ml
W 11. llhett. Oarden City 4S 42 HO
3. F. pyem. Allegheny , 44 44 hit
T. W Hunter. Detroit 41 ij ns
J. fl. Ilrylfum. Louisville Ml 4.1 HA
Warren Cockhan. Uattimore........ 42 4.1 87
n. c. l.onjr. rittiturgh 40 41 ks
K. P. Allle. 3d, Milwaukee 41 43 Ml
C. C. Allen, Kenoaha, Wle 41 40 IK
Joaeph K. Dole. Cleveland 41 47 g8
Jersey Tennis Postponed
OCEAN CITY, N. J.. Auc. BO.-Wet courU
forced the poetponement of the challenge round
In doubles for the South Jereey lawn tenola
Championship at the Ocean City Yacht Cluh
today The final and ohallenue round In mixed
doubles and the rhallence round In women's
singles, as well as the doubles match, will
be played tomorrow.
OLYMPIA A. A. uiTj Edwards. Mar,
TONIGHT AT 11:30 KHAKI'
JACK DILLON Vrl. SAILOK GKANDS
Ads, xsc, Llah Met. tbc. Aru Kes. 7Jc, IL,
1915.
RAIN CAUSES POSTPONEMENT OF LAWN
TENNIS MATCHES AT FORREST HILLS
Courts Too Soft This Morning to Begin National Event.
All Details Arranged for Accommodation
of Record-Breaking Crowd
U. S. Lawn Tcnnfo
Champions Since 1881
Winner
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WESTS1DE TENNIS CLUD, Forest
Mills. Xj. I Aug. 30. At 10 o'clock this
morning, tho hour scheduled for the be
ginning of tho 35th nnnunl lawn tennis
tournament for tho champloshlp of tho
United States, the courts wero so thor
oughly raln-sonked that It was decided to
postpone tho matches. While Grounds
Mnnagcr Tucker had tho 2 turf courts tn
good shape yesterday, they were nat
urally rather soft this morning, and It
was deemed unwise to have the players
get on thcin at once.
It Is generally conceded by experts hero
that tho fight will bo a triangular ono
between Maurice 13. McLoughlln, Cali
fornia; n. Norris Williams, 2d, Philadel
phia, and Karl II. Bchr, New York.
While Bchr is looked upon as more than
a serious contender, his chances nre not
rated as high as that of his two most
feared opponents WilllnmH and. McLough
lln In spite of the fact that he defeated
the Intter at Scabrlght recently. This
defeat of McLoughlln's, combined with
both his victory nt Longwood over Will
iams and his defeat at Newport by Will
lams, has placed the "dopestcra" In a
turmoil of -uncertainty and has actually
made the odds on Williams reach 6 to 5
ngninst the "Comet."
In ipite of the fact thnt Williams and
McLoughlln are tn opposlto frames, from
which etch Is likely to emerge a winner
there Is a feeling among tennis fans that
upsctM may occur which will eliminate
one or possibly both of these favorites.
White the field Is not as large 123 this
year as It has been In past years, It Is
looked upon ns containing tho names of
more high-grade plnycrs than nny all
comers' tournament of the past. The
reason for this Is that the secretaries of
the various clubs belonging to the
United States Lawn Tennis Association
wero requested by the Tournament Com
mittee not to enter any one who was
looked upon ns a serious) contender. With
Williams In the upper f rnme now nre such
players as Wallace Johnson, Karl Behr,
Harold Hackett, Robert Leroy, all East
erners, and W 51. Johnston and C J.
Griffin, of the West. In the lower half
where McLoughltn's name appears arc
Nat Niles, P. B, Alexander, Oeorge M.
Church, T. It. Pell. W. M. Washburn and
II. A. Throckmorton, nny of whom might
SAYS CONNIE MACK
"PLEASE DON'T
By GRANTLAND RICE
Snappu Dialogues
JOHN J. McORAW
"Connie, I wonder if iou remember
I?ocfc in the past where renown all lies;
now iou and I came to every September
Doping things out for the game's Ug
prize T
While I, at case In the pennant clover,
Was grooming Matty to guard, the bank,
And piking along with the flag race over,
You were working out Render, and
Plank t"
COXNJE MACS
"John, don't mention It, please, I pray
you
Why stir memories gray with age,
Back in the years when I used to play
you,
When we alone ruled the Sporting Paget
Bender and Plank do I think of them
evert
Collins and Baker within mi foldt
Tell me, you who are more than clever,
Does old John D. ever think of goldt"
MoOJtAW
"Connie, why should the fates so hound
ust
Tell me what It Is all about.
We, who have always had around us
Wonder arms or the IV'rmlrij; Clout 1
What has become of the obi-Kms glory t
Whero has faded the ancient dreamt
When each gray fall brought the same old
story,
And all we knew was a Winning Teamt"
MACK
"John, If you'll only read your history,
Turn to Nineveh and to Tyre;
Thcro Is the answer, John, to the mys
tery, Showing that ashes follow fire.
Where Is the glory that Greece knew, slrt
Where are the Caesars in the thrallt
You and I toe toere simply due, sir,
Due for the axe that awaits 'em all."
Or again, Mack and McGraw stand for
further proof of the wisdom furnished
The Automobile Club
of America
has prepared a Brochure
containing maps, itineraries,
mileages and hotels on the
Associated Tours
TEN DELIGHTFUL MOTOR
TRIPS THAT COVER THE MOST
PICTURESQUE SECTIONS OF
NEW YORK. NEW ENGLAND,
NEW JERSEY A EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA
A copy Mill mailed without charge,
to any motorist on rrcelpt of written
requret enclosing n 2-cent stamp to
cover postage,
AdJret Bureau of Tours,
Tbs Automeblle. Club et Awtrle,
IMt and 0Mb HtreeU,
West of VriMMiHar, MCW iUMC OK
11
AT DETROIT
causo tho overthrow of the world'a rank
ing player.
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Every detail for tho nccommodotlon 6f
tennis fans has been looked upon by the
local committee. It has been stated by
those who were opposed to the change
from Newport to New York that tho For.
set Hills Club would be unable to handle
tho bin; meeting successfully because of
Imperfect facilities. Thus far nothing1
has been left undone to warrant this as
sertion. The big stands Rround tho cham
pionship fcourts will seat 7000 persons com
fortably. Arrangements havo been mado
for tho running of special tralni from the
Grand Central and Pennsylvania stations
to ueh Intervals that the automoblleless
public la assured ample traveling accom
modations from New York city On the
grounds thero ore temporary stands, with
the best cuisine, including refreshments
of all kinds.
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On Wortnesday the Interscholastle cham
pionships will begin. Those ellglblo for
Ul1?. c.v?nt nres Sidney Tbajcr. Jr.. of
Philadelphia, representative of Harvard;
Charles S. Garland. Ynlc; Harold A,
Throckmorton. Princeton; H. C. .Tre-
malnp. Coltlmhla. nml rnrtiethl. Tl.AAnl
western New York.
The date set for the national doubles Is
Saturday nfternoon. This match between
mip noioers, inomas B, Bundy and
Mnurlco R. McLoughlln. nnd the chal
lengers. Clnrenco J. Orinln .and W M.
Johnston, all Westerners, will begin at
2:30 o'clock on the championship court.
On Saturday morning the mixed doubles
will begin. The Annals are scheduled for
Tuesday, September 7.
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Should McLoughlln win the tournament
this year lie will bo permanent possessor
of the eighth championship bowl, as he
won two legs on It In 1912 and 1913. Will
iams, who won last year, has only one
leu on the trophy. Thero have been
seven howls won since the national cham
pionship wns Instituted In 1SS1. Tho win
ners, who had to capture the event three
times, not necessarily In succession, have
VttflAn Tl T) C. win..... .. A... 1 ,
...... . ..'.. niiuivt uk inu uuwil),
O. S. Campbell. It. D. Wrenn, Malcolm
D. Whitman. William A. Larned (winner
of two bowls).
Tho 31 tournaments held, beginning tn
1881, have produced but 13 different win
ners. They nre It. D. Sears. H W. Slo
cum. Jr.. O. 8. Campbell, R. D. Wrenn, F.
H. Hovey, M. D. Whitman, W A. Larned,
II. L. Dougherty, H. Ward. B. C. Wright,
W. C. Clothier, M. E. McLouglilln and
II. N. Williams, 2d. Dougherty, the former
British champion, Is tho only foreigner
In the list of American champions.
Aside from Williams, Phlladelphlans are
not expected to figure prominently. Wal
laco Johnson, of Merlon, plays the cham
pion In tho third round, nnd may cause
trouble for Williams, particularly If the
courts aro wet. Under such conditions
Johnson's chop strokes are almost Impos
sible to handle off the ground.
Sidney Thayer drew no less a per-
Bonnge than Clarence Griffin for the first
round; "Bux" Law drew Cedrlc Major,
while Paul Gibbons Is located In the
scftest section of the draw and may sur
vive 'several rounds.
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The most unusual feature In connection
with the championship Is the fact that
the entries numbered exactly 128. Just
enough to work out tho bracket without
a preliminary round. Such a condition
never existed before, and probably never
will again.
Julian S. Myrlck. president of tho Wst
side Tennis Club, has Just red ved a tele
gram from Thomas Bundy - ing that
tho Callfornian would leave San Fran
cisco on Tuesday evening for tho East
This means that the doubles match will
be played and not defaulted to Griffin and
Johnston, as rumored.
TO JOHN McGRAW:
MENTION IT, JAWN"
by the prophet, viz., "The first shall be
Iast-and the last shall be first."
SEPTKMBEB-SOMB MONTH.
If any one month Is to be selected as the
prlie sport month on tho calendar, Sep
tember wins by 19 furlongs plUg seven
lengues and 11 kilometres. This Is about
all that will happen through the Septem
ber ahead:
1. Stretch battle in the National League,
2. Same in the American.
3. Same with the Feds.
i. Lawn tennis championship at Forest
Hills.
6. Amateur golf championship at Do
trolt. . McFarland-Glbbons battle for $30,000
(split).
No other one month has had so much
sporting stuff packed away within ?ts
brief temporal confines. Four champion
ships in four different lines wn be deter
mined, and In each case the field Is better
matched, among (he leaders, than It has
ever been before. So It -a-in bo a thin
blooded citizen who doesn't absorb tome
variety of thrill before tho next 30 days
have passed. For In addition to all this,
there may bo another chanmlonshlp melee
opened viz., America vs. Germany
Dut the Braves, once under full steam
agan with a whiff of that world aeries
kale In their nostrils, will be no easy clan
to hold in check with over 30 days to go.
REXINOL
JHAVING 5TICK
makes the daily
shave a picnic
First,' there's a good, healthy
lather that doesn't fade away
on tho right Bido before tho left
is scraped. Then somehow tho
rarop always seems just a little
sharper when it's slianlas'
through a lather of K1mo
Shaving Stick
But better still is the way it
speeds up th stave fay ctMUf
out "soothing" HlUtin tml
tedieus irtoamtit m4 ritriisj
your face, amply aMMt Mpsl
tkcm, because the H tad nail
cation in the Stick make tMttsv
nesa, dryness and shavUtar mmm
impossible.
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