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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JUNE 26, 191G.
18 EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, UUNiJJ 2(3, l.u. ,
W)Ott WEATItER CONDITIONS HAVEJEPT DOWN ATTENDANCE AROUND BIGLEAGE .CIRCUIT
in
. BASEBALL'S BANNER YEAR HAS
BEEN BLOOMER TO DATE; FEW
TEAMS EVEN CLEAR EXPENSES
Cleveland Is Only Major League Club Which Has
Drawn Better Than Expected Phils Are
Improving Steadily
PRIOR to tho opening of tho baseball season It mis believed thnt the national
game would havo tho most prosperous season In Its history. Peace had been
'made between Organized Ball and tho Federal League; the game had been taken
out of tho courts and the National nnd American Leagues were stronger than
ever. With conditions so favorablo the magnates expected to make an enormous
Bum of money this summer, but such has not been the case.
Perhaps tho weather has been responsible for the poor crowd and later In
tho season tho fans may flock to the ball parks, but to date there are few major
league teams clearing expenses. This is particularly true of tho Western teams
of the National League and the Eastern teams of the American League.
Tho Phillies have been drawing well at home, but have failed to nttract
tho fans In other cities as well as was expected, while the Mackmen have not been
playing to many people cither at homo or abroad. Cleveland Is the only major
league team which has drawn better crowds than was expected, while Cincin
nati, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Chicago, of the National League, are In tho holo.
With tho first division monopolized by eastern teams tho Western clubi
of tho senior league tiro playing to empty stands. Tho gradual Improvement of
Cincinnati and Chicago is beginning to arouse the fans, and If either team ran
climb lntd tho first division or get in tho running for the pennant Interest In tho
eamo will Increase throughout tho West. But Judging by tho way tho Phillies,
Dodgers, Braves and Giants are going, It will bo some tlmo before either will bo up
With th leaders.
Phils May Overhaul Dodgers on Road
mHB Phillies picked up half a game on the Dodgers last week and are
X excellent shape for the second long road trip of the season, which starts on
Wednesday. Unless tho champions show a sudden reversal of form. It is likely
that they will overhaul the Dodgers before tho trip ends. Brooklyn's pitching
. ataft has cracked badly, and while it may brnco before the Western trip, it is not
likely that Robinson's team will hold Its lead.
It Is possible that Brooklyn will come back Just na strong ns the Phillies dlifc
lost season after the only serious slump of the year lato In August, but tho
Dodgers aro not a strong road team. The Phils piny Just as well away from
home, and unless Brooklyn has n better road trip than It has had In two or three
years, tho coming trip may cllmlnato the Dodgers.
While tho Phillies won only three out of five from Brooklyn in tho recent
Berios, tho champions completely outplayed tho Dodgers and showed great im
provement in all departments of the game. Tho most pleasing featuro of tho
work of the Phils during the last week was the excellent batting in flvo.of tho
neven games played. Ed Pfeffer blanked tho champions with two hits on Thurs
day and they also were helpless before Tom Hughes on Saturday, but every other
pitcher the champions faced was batted hard.
Local fans are rather worried because Manager Moran has been unable to
find the fourth winning pitcher, but there Is little cause for alarm, as Gcorgo
Chalmers is rapidly rounding Into form and soon will bo able to take his regular
turn on the mound. With Alexander, Rlxey and Demareo pitching splendid ball,
only ono other consistent winner Is needed, as Bender and McQuillan liavo proved
excellent relief pitchers.
Durborow's Gamcncss Carried Him Across
WHEN Charley Durborow landed at Cape Henry after having mado his record
swim from Cape Charles, an approximate distance of 22 miles across tho
Chesapeake Bay, he remarked that he could have continued in the water much
longer, although he had been swimming without a Btop for eight hours and
42 minutes.
No doubt this Philadelphia amphibian could have gone even further, but it
would have been at tho risk of severely overtaxing even his wonderful consti
tution. As it was, Durborow never could haVo made that hazardous journey
from capo to capo had he not been endowed with more than ordinary gamoness.
It was, according to ono of the men who piloted him, duo largely to his grit that
he was able to perform a feat never before accomplished and ono which stands
out as one of tho world's greatest aquatic performances.
Experts assert that swimming- the Virginia capes Is a more difficult feat
than paddling across the English Channel for tho reason that the tides aro
more treacherous and harder to combat with In the Chesapeake Bay than in the
channel.
Durborow's feat ever will remain In the annals of splendid swimming per
formances and Is a brilliant plume in Bill Pcnn's old cocked hat as well as Dur
borow's 1916 summer bonnet.
George Church Is a Fixed Star
GEORGE M. CHURCH, the former Princeton fawn tennis champion, who cap
tured the Delaware State title for the fourth successive time when ho de
feated J. J. Armstrong, Philadelphia, In a four set match, appears to be a fixed
star. He is not tho type of player that hails from the Golden Gate. He Is not a
McLoughlln who has flashed across the tennis horizon with intense brilliancy
nnd then waned. On the other hand. Church has been slow in developing Into
one of American's leading players, but he seems now to have reached a point
close to the pinnacle.
Church's study of the game, his constant plugging to Improve his game
and his fixed Intention always to be In the best physical condition stamp him as
-a player of the Bill Larned type, who will endure at the top for years.
Many tennis players, particularly in this country, drink too much and smoke
too much while they aro supposed to be In training. That Is one of tho reasons
why virtually all the top-notchers In the United States are young, while In
Great Britain and Australia we find the best players are men from thirty-five to
forty years of age and Borne of tho best even are older. Such men as Norman
E. Brooks, tho Lowes, Dunlop, Doust and a score of others continue to be great
players In spite of the march of time because they are temperate.
'Church is patterning his game, whether consciously or not, after these men.
He Is becoming a great player becauso ho Is perfecting himself in the fundamentals
, of physical fitness as well as tennis technique.
" The death knell of the English rowing system has been sounded. With tho
sleeping victories of Harvard over Yale last Friday on the Tharrfes and with the
poor showing of Penn during the season Just closed, the Inferiority of tho English
system to tho ones used by Courtney, Ten Eyck and Herrlck has been only too
pronounced. Coach Wright had many obstacles to overcome at Penn and is de
serving of another chance, but Guy Nlckalls, the Ell coach, failed to wl,n a single
varBlty race this season. He has accomplished nothing startling since taking
charge of rowing at New Haven and a change in the present coaching system at
Vole next year would cause no excitement.
, The wonderful endurance of Jack Kelly enabled Vesper to retain the Caldwell
Trophy and the championship of the Schuylkill Navy. Vesper won six of the
eeven races and totaled 31 points, while Undine was second with 24. The won
derful Kelly stroked four of the six winning crews, his brilliant individual ex
ploits being responsible for the victory. Kelly rowed five and one-quarter miles
In competition and as many more td and from the starting line, but finished the
day the freshest man on the river.
Mack's latest college recruits have made a great Impression on Boston fans
nd scribes, who now agree that the Mackmen are going to bo pennant con
tenders in another year. Tho great Improvement In Sheehan and Nabors since
the last appearance of the Athletics In Boston amazed the Red Sox,
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The assistance given Junior golf players by members of the various clubs Is
having Its effect felt in a most pleasing way. In hia first eighteen holes In the
final round played at Old York Road. Meredith M. Jack, winner of the Junior title,
made the cpurse In 83. This fine record goes to show that young Philadelphia not
only is flocking to the links, but Is making decided strides In learning to play
the game well. '
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For some time It has been tho policy of local manufacturing concerns to
form athletic associations for the benefit of their employes. This Idea is becoming
rnore and more popular each year, and now we find other business establishments
taking up sports with vigor. Saturday the Postat Telegraph Company con
ducted a successful track and field meet at Woodslde Park. The participants made
rood marks in all J.he events and declare they intend to keep up all branches of
athletics under the supervision of their employers.
J . .
The athletes of Central High School, Newark, performed splejdldly Satur
day In winning the national tnterecholastlc track and field championship. The
individual star of the meet was Thomas Murphy, Hebron Academy, Maine, who
went to the meet unheralded and scored fifteen points.
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DILLON TACKLES
BIG MAN TEST IN
MIX WITH MORAN
Hoosier, Shorter and Out
weighed, Must Upset Old
Argument to Win
HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE
Moran-Dillon Referee
to Be Chosen Tomorrow
NK1V VlMd June 2". Clmfrmnn, Trul
W ruck, of thn Hlntf limine t'ommlnlon,
Imi niiiiniinrril lh.it tomorrow lij will c
Irrt tlir rcfrrrr tor, I he I rank Mornn-Jitrk
Illllon flcht nt Wimlilnutoii Turk. Ilrooklyn,
I liurclii.v nlnlit.
The Coinmt"lonrr will nnnotnt the nfll
clnl In nrmrilnnre with the rrmiet made
upon dim hy the mnnintrni jjl the ronteM
nnt., ho rre unable to nitrWon n, referee.
Jack Dillon, Hoosier, rib-cracker and
"giant-killer," has a big Job on his hands
for Thursday night, nnd also a big oppor
tunity to make himself tho second best
lighter In the world. But to accomplish tho
Job nnd mako good tho opportunity Mr.
Dillon must knock sky high tho ancient
argument that a good big man can beat a
good little man.
The- last time this theory was on trlnl
the bigger man uphold tho argument Jess
Wlllard winning from Frank Moran. This
tlmo Moran, tho bigger man, moots Dillon,
and It tho smaller entry tucceeds In upset
ting the dope, well, Mr J. AVItlard must an
swer to him The Mornn-Dlllon test takes
place nt Washington Pnrk, Brooklyn, In an
eximlnaticm of 10 periods.
Dillon mcanurcs G feet 7V4 Inches In
height nnd will weigh 165 pounds when ho
enters the ring. He will bo live Inches
shorter than Moran nnd will hao to glvo
away 35 pounds In weight. Tho Indianap
olis Giant Killer, howcer, with remarkably
long nrms for his size, owns a reach that
Is a quarter of an Inch greater than Pitts
burgh Frank.
There Is plenty of ring precedent on both
sides of tho big man-little man question.
Among the most notable victories of Rmallor
lighters over larger opponents nre those In
which Joo Wolcott and Kid I.avlgno were
concerned. Wolcott, tho original giant
killer, knocked out any number of bigger
foes, Including Joe Choynskl. who was 1014
Inches taller and weighed 23 pounds more.
Tho squat negro stopped Choynskl lnsecn
rounds Just after tho latter had held tho
great Jeffries even through 20 rounds.
Wolcott went along Invincibly until he
met Kid Lavlgne, much smaller than him
self. When the Kid knocked him out there
was general consternation in fistic ranks
of the day. LaUgne also was much smaller
than Dick Burge, the English lightweight
champion, when he took the world's title
from the Briton.
Scraps About Scrappers
The Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
rnrndn tonight has no opponttlon from boxing
bouts Promoter Slugs Talor decided to gle
his Uroaihvny patrons a chance to witness tho
demonstration, and the scheduled Jack Black-hurn-K.
O Hansom melee was postponed until
Wednesday nlcht Taor Is uorklnt: on an
other show, which will be held next Monday
night, as per his summer schedule.
Jtilv Tourth night alo may be on off nluht for
rlnsr followers. Matchmakers Iljan and Ford ex
pect to pass up their nsnecthc proprams for
Tuesdav a week, which will be the nation's holi
day In the afternoon of tho Fourth Owney
McGulcan will promote three bouts at Point
Hreeio Park In conjunction with an athletic
meet.
Tomorrow night at the rtyan A. C. 18th nnd
20th Ward fans will see their respecthe faor
Ites. Harry Smith and Charley near, clash for
featherwelsht prestige This match has the
prlnclpa's' followers on edee, and many wasera
will be decided on the result.
Harney Ford has a feature match also of
Importance for his Model Club, when Johnny
Mealy endenors to prove that he Is a superior
Bloteman to his teacher. Pal Moore Since these
bos separated from tho same stable South
Philadelphia fans hao been anxious to see them
In action.
After betntr on the side-lines for about a
week w Ith a bad ear, Al Nelson expects to re
sume training In a few das, nnd his first oppo
nent probablj will be Charley Hear N'elson was
forced to call off a date with Hear because he
was suffering from an abscess In hia right ear.
Moose Taussig writes from I.os Angeles th-it
Willie Meehan the Fat Hoy, Is keeping In his
usual shape at Jack Dovle's training camp
Hill again will lnade tho East this fall Taus
slg expects to bring several other boxers from
the coast. .
While a number of big ring bouts will be
held July 4, no championship contests will bo
decided It Is a pity that more matches with
titles at stake han not been fought In th last
few years, especially on holldais. which ap
parently were "championship daa" until the
present tltleholders gained their laurels
Lew Tendler looks like a Peau tlrummM these
dajs The newsboy scrapper has stowed away
the mittens for the summer, and when the
lOin-17 season gets under way he probablj will
be boxing In the division goterned by one Jawn
i Kllbane.
Although Joe Ferguson had leen "retired"
from the ring for more than three ars he
showed In a recent tilt with Sten I.alro that
. .. ,s lii-vilm- ''ll I'a llriille. the Italian
Injected the punch a knockout that caused
Fergy's retirement, and now he wants to get a
crack at Patrlclus to redeem himself.
The noielty of the downtown boxers meeting
the some numbe- of scrappers from uptown
may ho the feature of a program at the Ryan
C ub shortly. Adam llyan Is working on such
a card for some time In July.
WHEN A FELLER HEEDS A FRIEND
Your, it
Psl
Pox nnd Kid Herman hae ben
matched to bo six rounds at the Oflvctv
ifiesire on rungauay hikiu.
Leo UoutU of Lancaster, and Eddie Hevolre
this city, will meet at ork. Pa . In a ten-round
tout as soon us matters tan be a Tranced,
Kings Mills Leads for Itifle Title
WASHINGTON. June i'rt. Accregata scores
for the first three weeks of the smald-bore rifle
championship, as announced bv the National
itllle Association shows Kings Mills, O . lead
ing wltlfi'SU2- Auhurl N. Y. second, with 2S3T.
and the Qulnnlplni. Club of New Haven third.
lar 2Tl)t. High scores for the third week
were Kings Mills. UI18; Auburn 813, New
Haven. Otl; Ilucyrus O. 028. District of At
lumbla Rine Club. UJT. Oisholt Club. Madison.
Wis.. 02U' Fremont O . 023, Massachusetts
tins Association lloston. Old; Itllle and He
volver Club, of New York city. 015, and Drool.
1ij Hide Club. 012..
Fourth of July Entries Close Today
The entries for the city Fouth of July "sports
will close today with Hon. Eugene C Honnlwell,
CUU City Hall. City Councils have again made
provisions for these games, which will beheld at
ifelmont. Falrmount Park, as a part of the
Fourth of July celebration. All auateur ath
letes as Individuals or as representatives of
colleges, clubs or schools, are Invited to enter
tho open events, all of which ar scratch.
Special Cycle Races at Drome
A special list of cycle 'events on account of
the Advertising Mtn's Convention has been
aranged to be held at the Point Ureeze Motor
drome Thursday night, The main event on the
program on Thursday night will be a no-mile
motor-paced race between Clarence Carmen, of
New York. Menus Iledell. of Long Island; Vic
tor I.inart, of Belgium, and George Wiley, of
fayracuse. St. Yves. Venderberry. Vedltx and
Armstrong will be the contestants In six motor
races.
JfSifik I
JAMES M. BARNES GOES FORTH
TO DO BATTLE FOR CROWN IN
MINIKAHDA GOLF JOUSTING
Lone Local Entrant
Playing- Game of His
Career May Get
Bacon
By SANDY McNIDLICK
ONE lono expert from tho rnnks of the
professionals of Philadelphia will piny
tomorrow for tho open championship of tho
United States Golf Association. At least
only one entrant could be due; up In a can
vass of tho club hereabouts today.
But tho slnRle entrant Is our humdinger.
John Mortimer Barnes, premier pro of
Whltcmarsh. has. been at the scene cjf tho
fracas, Jllnlkahdo C. C . Minneapolis, since
last Thursday. Phlladelphlans feel that
this will bo Barnes' year.
He Is about due to w In tho American
doors-open classic. Tho lanky Chestnut Hill
links tutor has nlw.iys finished well inside
tho money In most of tho events ho has
entered Tho year before last ho won the
Western open title from a field nearly as
classy ns the national open, but some two
or three pesky little stroke? nlwnys Inter
venes between him and the Big Bacon.
Barnes during the past week played tho
game of his career at Whltcmarsh In prac
tice. Keports from his admirers nt the
club are to the effect the hllls-and-hazanls
Horcules has played on an average of 72
and 74 for all his rounds there In tho period
Just before ho left for tho Far Kest.
At Top of Game
A week ago yesterday he played at
Huntingdon Valley Country Club with Davo
Cuthbert. but had trouble In hugging 80.
Dave beat the former Western champ home
by four strokes with a 7fi.
But Barnes spent n few moments after
that with his chin In his hand nnd decided
what was tho matter.
The next day he was out with the dawn
nn his own course, picking deadly shots out
of the sunlit fairway nnd watching the ball
skip In a dewy shower plnwards Barnes Is
capable of the phenomenal streaks of which
Gil Nlcholls Is often "guilty"
The latter ha3 a good chance this year.
It Is generally conceded that the little af
fair will be won by a professional this year,
Blnco few of the leaders among the unpaid
will bo in the going.
HoiTner Can't Play
Locallst Barnes Is out to win this year,
and fans here nre wandering If the city
will not be favored with a title In the, homo
town v
James Thompson, pro at the Philadelphia
Country Club, expected to make tho trip,
but decided not to. The Bala teacher would
have had a good chanco to finish In the
golden circle of the leaders.
Much to be regretted Is the absence from,
the open this year of Charlie Hoffner, the"
sensational youth who trains the hopeful
beginners at Phllmont Hoftner camo with
in a shade of beating out Tom McNamaro.
In the Philadelphia open last year, and fin
ished hard on the heels of the wlnneih In
the national last year.
Hoffner has been playing n sparliling
brand of golf lately, but a look at his en
gagement pad Uept him at home. He has
compromised on the decision to play In the
Metropolitan open next month
Juvenile's Sensational Rounds
The golf that Meredith M Jack, winner
of the first junior championship cup offered
by the Golf Association of Philadelphia, waa
of a lively brand,
Jack has won the event each of the three
years It has been played
His best round was a 79, and this Is
startling golf for a youth In the shadows of
20. To see slender; boys In their tender
'teens knocking out shots for a total around
85 over the lengthy and wicked White
marsh course Is something to open the eyes
of the old folk, who wouldn't know how to
feel with a card of 98 or thereabouts. A'
gallery of five was all tha,t wp-tehed the
last gasp of the match Saturday Two of
these Joined the group at the final green.
Os, yes.
On the l!th hole an old red cow looked
Tomorrow's Tournaments
and Today's Tee Talk
Open ihnmplnnthln of the United States
of America. OmillMng round. Mlnlknhdit
(lull, Mlnne'lpiillH, Minn.
Try out the "heft" of n golf ball In tho
pnlin of the hand beforo busing.
The weight of golf halls differs greatly,
nnd the plaer should rhoote according to
tho one Hint feels "right."
Heavy lulls are better for putting, ns they
hold unr uneven surfaies of the green better
tint! will roll true to the pin. Thei nre- uIo
n brttrr brand to use ngalnst n head wind.
lnrc ii lir.n.v ball will naturally get better
ram tlnn n light one.
A lighter bull, well teed tin. Ii the pill to
me when the wind nre raging at one's buck.
The will uirr) n light hull u surprising din
t.iure. The wrlght of a ball Is generally stomped
on It.
Hilftlng from one weight to nnolher often
makes trouble, so thnt unre 11 player has
derided on his weight, it Is best to stfik to it
throiiitli ull (he perils of land and water.
over tho fenco mournfully from across tho
rond nnd let out a doleful moo-o-o when the
putters' putts wouldn't putt.
Tho dope was entirely spilled In the an
nual Invitation tourney of tho Wilmington
Country Club D C Corkran was supposed
to meet Ned Sawyer in the finals, but a
former University of Pennsylvania crack
stepped In to spill tho dopo on one end,
whllo a chum of Sawyer's was upsetting
things on the other side of the brackets.
Frank W. Dyer, Pennsylvnnla State
champion, and a member of the Frankford
Country Club, beat Corkrnn easily nnd then
finished ort tho day's work by winning the
finals.
This was n great surprise, Inasmuch as
the Stato tltleholder didn't make much of
a showing at tho Lynnewood Hall event.
He couldn't even qualify. Ills game came
right back, though, In the other Stato and
ate out of his hand
Sandy McNiblick I wnnt to take up golf
ns a regular. 1 have no clubs as yet and
would like to a3k your advice as to the best
club3 to buy. Would you advise me to get
one of theso so-called golf club sets or to
pick out my own clubs? S. P. J.
Fern Itock, Pa.
Some time ago we advised the beginner to
Mart with only three clubs a brass soled
driver, a mashle and a putter. When he has
mastered theso clubs he may add others, one
at a time, to his kit A cleek, mldiron and
nlbllc should be added first of nil. With tho
addition of ft brassle, these seven clubs are
generally considered a set There Is no uso
In a beginner starting with too many clubs,
as he w'lll And he has a hard time learning
to use all of them. S. McN.
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FOUR CLUBS ARE SO EVENLY
MATCHED IN NATIONAL LEAGUE
THAT ALL HAVE EQUAL CHANCe'
There 'Hasn't Been Sufficient Gap in Form in
Playing of Phillies, Dodgers, Giants and Braves
to Call Forth Any Prophecy
Dy GKANTLAND RICE
IT WOULD be a fine thing for baseball
In general to have an Ohio club, cither
Cleveland or Cincinnati, brenk Into n world
Berios. Theso two cities have known ns
many stars as nny other two In the game.
Hut neither ever has won n flair. It Uiey
ever should meet In a chnmp'onshtp post
season clash tho State of Ohio would bn
mostly debris for several weelts thereafter.
The Scalp Hunters
The Giants early In the year lost 8 out of
9 games nt home. Then on tho road they
won 1!) out of 21. ltcturnlng hqmo nsnln,
they dropped 10 out of 13.
Up to the beginning; of the present Brook
lyn series, McOraw's team hnd won 20 out
of 26 on tho road and only 4 out of 22 at
homo. Their road record Is .77Q, Their
home record Is .181. No wonder today they
nre looking: for the author of "Home, Sweot
Homo" with machine cuns and shrapnel.
Nearin'g July
As the flat: situation looms today, Detroit
will represent the American Learjue In tho
world series. Tho Tigers have the same
club thnt was good enough to .win 100
games last year. The IVid Sox, minus,
Spenker, haven't the same club that won'
1C3 games.
As to what club will face Detroit from
tho National League, there has been no
great choice to make from Brooklyn, Phil
lies, Boston nnd New York. We never
have seen four clubf a well matched, re
gal dloss of tho present standings. It will
bo a mntter of meeting tho test through
the blazing sun of July. August nnd enrly
September, -"lut nt this Juncture there
hasn't been a sufficient gap In form to, call
forth nny prophecy.
Covclcskie Plus
The Phillies had Harry Coveleskle eight
years ago. But they couldn't see htm.
Neither could tho Glant3 thnt season. They
let him wander back nnd forth around tho
minora until Detroit finally yanked him
back. Coveleskle Is there today; working
with Grover Cleveland Alexander would
mako n bum pitching staff, perhaps. And
then again, perhaps not.
Nerve and Such
You hear moro than a trlflo about the
nerve It takes to come from behind and
win. Tho argumont Is granted.
But some of the greatest nerve displays
wo ever have seen were shown by front
runners who held tho lead to the finish
with nothing but Hope setting the pace.
There are, times and often when It takes
more nerve to hold a short lead than It
takes to rush from the rear.
The Trojan Typhoon
Once lit a while ihey have Mm slipping.
Slipping away from the crest of fame;
But the only slipping I've seen him do
Is slipping hct hit that wins the game.
No Brief Flash
That .300 uprising of Hans WVigner was
no brief flash, after all. When tho G. O.
p. tho Grand Old Player quit batting .300
two years ago It was taken for granted
that ho never would reach tho classic mark
again In 1014 and 1915 ho slipped well
back to the Poltto Border, but today ho Is
hitting tho ball as lustily as ever, well
fixed after n test lasting over two months
under weather conditions that have worked
ntedl
strongly against tho veterans ,
the sun. wntl
Knocking Out Moran
If llflO hfiAn DlltrrrAalA.I . -
may slip over the liaymaker m D?,l,!l1
chnnco this will happen, but not Mini ft1
bulky to call for an? wno w2"?M
John-ton couldn't knock out Moran l ?$
ruuiuis. vviuara, vvno can certani.. ""a
Dillon, was unable to knodi ;"S ,l
warsnip. juoran is a pretty hardy b j
enn stand up under a lot of mauling .J1?. I
is no way probanic that a lighter Jo Z. " f
lighter ii going to topple him Into thji
wncro jonnson ana Wlllard failed. ? 'i
Dillon enn lilt nny man nhn . . v
artillery of his calibre may P)ant ,t "fe
tho proper spot by some lucky chance, it !
iuu uuuo nru im- mo omer way if nl t
man Is stopped within ten roundjn ''"'
wno is ino goou nuie man," s th . i
who will hnvo to look out for trouble. $
Wo hnvo seen a number of reason. .' -vnnccd
as to why "Baker, Collins an .:
Innls" can't hit. Dr. th n,i. "M Me-
might recall the fact that the season ffij
over yet by several games And that Or.,: J
nor in riiii hl ip.ikt. n wnnv ,- ... --;
" ' ". .wro away,
r"Vhcre's Mexico and Whv7"
(As the Into Hughey Keough arranged ftjl
It's where the comlar tnrmj. ;.. .... ".?
The hot tamnle icnrs Us crnh '
The baiularitlo spears the quaU$ j
Ami Senorltai do the rest. '
It's where the.una peso talhs
Tho language of the two-bit pjw
Where Spanish inonfo proudly walki
And docs not care for tho police, '
It's where the intercostal chlv,
Deft wielded, has the lest of It
It's where the greascrinos livo '
(You're Jerry to the rest of it).
It's where they call a Jay a hay,
A sudker a gamarlo:
It's where they have "the feci of clatffM
Skinned down to tho eccnario. ,8
It's where the mescal usurps the plaei ' m
Of seltzer tolWi. the pcaalo:
Where bandit Scnors hold the acs
And rcdro pulls your Icgalo.
How far Is Mexico from herd
Quito recently too measured It;
We got a folder once from there
And jealously we've treasured (t.
You blow EI Paso in tho night
And crawl into your upper shtlf;
And at first fclitsh of mornlg light
Instinctively you search yourself.
And if you find, a peso, Hike,
'Twos 'cause the peon uajit'f on;
Yes, San Francisco's quite a hllei
But Mexico is fell and gone.
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