y";'fwn urn inwWiwJiMuppw WW411 10 EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1916. - 0 svs GEORGIA PEACH RAPIDLY GAINING ON SPEAKER AND JACKSON FOR .BATTING HONORS WIIWPiPBPP5 -V- w t IVft r TYEUS COBB HAS STAETED USUAL MIDSEASON DRIVE; SHOULD AGAIN LEAD LEAGUE Detroit Star on Way to Make Pace in American Circuit's Batting After Poor Start This Season T TftUS RAYMOND COBB has started Ills mtdseason drive, and It behooves Trls Speaker and Joo Jnckson to keep right on going In their mad rampago for the leadership of tho American Leaguo In batting, an honor held by Cobb for Bine consecutive seasons. Tho "Georgia Peach" Insists that he cares nothing -bout the batting supremacy so long as the Tigers win ball games, but his close friends declare tho famous Detroit outfielder would willingly sacrifice, a season's salary to again lead tho American Leaguo in batting. That Cobb Is worrying a great deal more than ho Is willing to admit about the largo lead now enjoyed by Speaker and Jackson Is evidont to one who has seen tho first two games of tho scries between tho Athletics and Detroit. Ty eays that his baso hits do not worry him, but his friends and teammates admit that tho first thing Cobb does after each game Is to buy an evening paper to boo Whether ho has been credited with a baso hit on doubtful plays. In tho first gamo of tho scries with tho Mackmen Cobb was credited with three hits because, his wonderful speed made It impossible for tho Mack inflctdera to throw him out on Infield hits when cleanly handled. Thcso three, safeties out of four official trips to tho plato enabled Cobb to pick up a fow poL'its on Speaker and Jackson and also gavo the demon slugger a great deal of confidence Yesterday Cobb added three more hits to his rapidly growing total, and all ef them were real base hits. Mono was confined to the lnflold, and one of them Was a long smash which bounded Into tho loft field bleachers for a homo run. Cobb was credited with three hits out of four trips to tho plate ngatn yester day, but ho should havo had a clean slate, as It was apparent that ho easily beat out his bounder to King on his last trip to tho plato. Umpire Con nolly, who acted very much" as If his only thought was to got tho gamo over, called Cobb out, however, and provontcd tho Dotrolt marvol from having a loan slate. Cobb Has Found Slack's Pitchers Easy IF COBB played In thin city throughout tho season, or against tho calibre of pitching ho has faced In tho two games of the present series, It Is likely that he would bo able to reach tho .E00 mark, a flguro which has not oven been approached In the history of tho gamo. Cobb has found tho Mack pitchers aay, and so havo the rest of tho Dotrolt sluggers. It was Cobb's home-run drive which docldod yesterday's game before It was really under way, and hU oonsatlonal work on tho bases has been the feature of each game. Whatever doubt tho fans may have had regarding Cobb's ability to stand tho terrific pace ho has set for nlno years has been dispelled In the present series. Tho "Georgia Peach" has looked so good in the present series that it would be hard to find a local fan who would bo willing to bet even money against Cobb against tho flold to lead tho American Leaguo in batting and stolen bases again this season. Thcro has been ltttlo to tho series excoptlng Cobb. It was the brilliant baso running and hitting of this wonderful player which com pletely upset tho Mackmen. The odd part of tho mauling of Myers yesterday was that tho youngster really had an unusual amount of "stuff." Tho youngster's great troublo ap peared to bo that ho was grooving too many balls, particularly when ho had batsmen in tho hole and should havo been pulling tho batters on bad balls. "While he has a wonderful amount of natural ability, It becomes more apparent each day that Myers has a lot to learn beforo ho can bo classed as ono of tho leading pitchers of tho league. Will Rube Oldring Be Satisfied With Forming? fTVHE main question In tho mind of BUI Donovan, when ho is not considering JL that century fine tacked on htm yestorday for aiding and abetting a disor derly sceno at Shlbo Park recently, la, Will Itubo Oldring bo satisfied on tho farm? Bill hopes not. Itubo declares ho not only is satisfied to stay thcro tho Test of tho summer, but that he is in for life. However, baseball players- havo retired beforo In perfectly good faith, only to bo lured back Into tho game by the ilashy yellowbacks. This may happen to Oldring Undoubtedly Captain Huston would bo willing to separate, with as much money for Rube's salary during tho rest of tho season as tho Ath letics' left fielder had in his contract with Connie Mack. Should Oldring decide that playing with tho Yankees was tho thing to do, Donovan should feel oven more confident than he docs now that he will win the pennant. Oldring still is a great ball player, He is yet fast, hits hard, plays the outfield almost perfectly and with a winning team would make, a flno showing. Tho New York fans particularly are anxious to get Oldring, for outside of tho fact that he would bo a valuable asset to tho Highlanders, Tltfbo Is a native of the Bronx, whero ho nlways has had a big following. Even when the Athletics were in their prlmo and were wont to defeat tho Yanks with monotonous regularity Rube alwnys had a host of rooters at the game, all of Whom were live New Yorkers. It is to be hoped that Rube will Join the Yankees, as It would bo a pity for baseball to lose a great player and a popular one all over the American Leaguo circuit. Bonesettcr Reece Has Two Methods DR. BONE3ETTER REESE, tho well-known citizen of Akron, O., who has had for years a monopoly on sifting the kinks from major league pitchers' salary whips, has two methods of getting results. Sometimes Bonesetter com pletes a given sore-arm assignment by employing osteopathic tactics. Again, when ho deems a patient's trouble merely mental, ho switches his system to meet tho new emergency. Evidently Georgo Dauss, one of Hughey Jennings' right-handed pitchers, has received treatment of the latter variety. Ho has Just returned from Bone setter virtually a woll man, after having almost given up hope of ever getting Into hurling form again. Dauss states that his troublo was, according to Reese, only a. minor one. All he had was a couple of ligaments pulled com pletely out of place and stretched, but neither of them was oven broken, he says. With sucjj a trifling ailment to work on as that, tho Bonesetter simply used 'his famous salve on Dauss. This salve cannot be purchased at an apothecary' shop, as its baso is not the usual unguentum. It is the other hind verba you might say. This is often described as "soft stuff," "con," etc At any rate, .Dauss th'lnks he Is all right and that It will be only a ques tion of a few days before he Is back in hurling harness and ready to take hla turn in tho box. Moral: Mrs. Mary G. Baker Eddy was partly right, at least Long's Quarter-mile Record Will Remain on Record Books TD MEREDITH'S great feat In running the quarter-mile around one turn in 47 2-5 seconds, in the Harvard Stadium in the intercollegiate games, will go down on the record books as a record, but it will not erase the mark made by Maxey Long at Travsrs Island in the fall of 1900, when Long ran In 47 4-5 seconds. Meredith will bo given the record around one turn and Long will be credited with the record around two turns. The stadium track Js four laps to the mile, while tho Trovers Island track Is flvo laps to the mile, with no straightaway more than 100 yards, as the runners In distance events do not get the full benefit of the straightaway used by the hurdlers. On the Harvard track the runner has the advantage of a 220 yards straightaway to start, and after turning "dead man's curve" the runnw can make a straight line for the finish. Tfc first straight of about 100 yards at Travers Island is followed by a sharp curve, which brings the runner into an 80 yards straightaway and then to an other sharp curve. The homestretch is less than 80 yards. Under these condi tions the A. A. V. Record Committee feels that it is only right and proper to keep Long's record on the books .and to grant one to Meredith also. Sometimes the Record Committeo la very thoughtful, especially when a New York athlete is concerned. New Penn Athletes Are All Stars SAMMY ASQUmr, tho Northeast High School athlete; Leonard Brunner and Gerald Lynch, of Tome School; Ferd Motley, of Atlantic Olty High School; IJnny MeNichoH of La Salle, and Paul Northrop, of Art and Textile, have an nounced their Intentions of entering the University of Pennsylvania next fall. These athletes, 'with Sloman, Hough, Brewer, Maxim, Wallace, Smalley and George Meredith assured, and the possibilities of Shields, the Mercersburg roller; Walsh, the Pent Charter all-round star, and Crawford Carter, the St. Alban's quarter and half miler. make Penn's prospects for 1918 look a great deal better. Asqultb. is the best soccer football player in Philadelphia scholastic ranks, und in addition ha is o, clever basketball player. Brunner is said to be the best prep school football player In the East. It may be said that at Tome he is regarded ma the beat player that ever sported the big; T. And as Penn needs football players o much ss anything else, his. entrance will cause no end of Joy. (YoHO,) 'TWAS THE iST HA'LF EVENING LEDGER MOVIES IT two mejn wtre"oivt furthefmo&.e, thl5" one was on Base,' Score stood one" to - "X "" CCMRKW I 'Tll iliKjf? .without, l (7? ZZtkaA ' 5 llr V .qmL y -nY-El AMt SAve TFre. . 111! 8, J11IP f& l-OD FEE -- HA-HUM I , .. I fjhU-f YoO.JE;bi. f "T L,,jac , r . P v-v aujaV lUi-rttouT .vkfifjiJ&. LIFe tSw'T 7 DULUTH OARSMEN ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SYRACUSE BOATS As Long as Athletes Are Bonafide Students Have Right to Compete TEN EYCK GREAT COACH The howl raised by other colleges because Syracuse boated somo Duluth oarsmen In Its varsity shell In Juno savors of sour Crapes. Just why Cornell, Columbia and Penn sylvania, tho crews so easily beaten by the Orange squad at Poughkcepsle, should com plain against Duluth oarsmen Is something of a mystery. The four youths against whom the wick Is mndo aro not profession als so why should tho rowing authorities mako any fuss over it? In somo of tho organs that peal forth only with plaudits for tho collcgo In tholr home town, Btorlcs havo appeared to the effect that the rowing authorities next year may bar Duluth oarsmen from Poughkcep slo competition. Such yarns aro absurd In an extreme. Just so long) as a Duluth youth Is a bona-flde student and Is not tainted with professionalism ho will bo permitted to engago In regattas. He hns as much right In such a contest as nny other amateur. A Duluth oarsman. It may be explained, probably Is the greatest natural blade wlelder In the country. Up In Minnesota town rowing Is tho real summer sport. Tho boys there begin sculling as soon as they don knickerbockers. By the time they are of college ago they are extremely expert In oarsmanship. But that doesn't make them professionals. Fail to Probo Alibi A number of Duluth boys entered Syra cuse University. Some of tho Orange riv als now claim that they were Influenced to make the choice. "Whether they were or not, cannot be said. But what If they were? Doesn't every other college In the country that strives for athletic supremacy try to enroll the likeliest looking talent? Are Cornell, Pennsylvania or Columbia en tirely free of the suspicion that they al ways are on the lookout for the best oars men, tho best football players, the best base ballers. tho best track and field stars? Syracuse annexed a few Duluth oars men, and with their nld had an easy time of It winning the big varsity race. And now tho other colleges, very much peeved over the beating they got, are trying to alibi themselves by claiming that "Syra cuse was unsportsmanlike In boating the Duluth men." Reasoning along the same lines, it was awfully unclubby of Cornell to play Charlie Barrett on Its football team last fall, for Pennsylvania tn per mit Ted Meredith to compete In track events, for Columbia to let Captain "Watt play baseball on the Blue and White nine. Ten Eyck a Wizard Coach Syracuse, It seems to us, triumphed at Poughkeepsle In June largely because of the superior coaching of Jim Ten Eyck. No one can deny that the Orange boss Is one of the greatest rowing authorities In the world. Year after year he has taken raw material and worked It Into finished product. Every Syracuse crew that has been tutored by Ten Eyck has been a factor In a race. The chances of the big Orange crew this season probably were enhanced by the presence of the Duluth quartet. But even If they hadn't been In the boat, It Is more than likely that Syra cuse would have been there or thereabouts when the starting line was crossed. A Syracube crew, coached by Ten Eyck, raced In ahead of a six-crew field In 1914. No Duluth oarsmen were In that boat, Those who are trying to cloud the bril liance of Ten Eyck this Bummer seem to overlook what happened In the Junior varsity raco. That, too, was won by Syracuse, and Just as easily as the big Orange crew won the stellar event. Not one Duluth oarsman was In that Junior boat It was made up of youngsters who had no greater natural advantages than their rivals In the other shells. They; were boys who probably learned all they know about rowing from Ten Eyck, The race was a test of coaching. And Ten Eyck's system triumphed. Those who charge Syracuse with having been unsportsmanlike in boating Duluth men are themselves unsportsmanlike in saying so. New York State League lUmbamton, 3: Albany, 1, Bcranton, 3: Wllkcs-Barrs, S. Elmlra. 8; Harrlsburg, 2. Syracus. S; Ulica, 2, WOULD BEHOOVE ONE OP MACK'S COLLEGIANS, DAYTON, TO MAKE A CASEY "COME THE VJOVLV THE DARK YANKS HAVE BETTER PITCHING STAFF THAN EITHER BRAVES OR RED SOX, RICE BELIEVES With Team Hitting Feebly, Six of Donovan's Moundsmen Showed Excellent Form and Literally Twirled Club Into First Place By GRANTLAND RICE HAVE tho Boston Braves or tho Boston Red Sox got the best pitching staff In baseball?" Is a query that bubbles out of the day's mall. Wo aro beginning to bellove that Bill Donovan has a better start than cither. Tho work now of Hay Caldwell, Bob Shaw key, Nick Cullop, Mogrldge, Keating and FJflher undoubtedly has been the best of tho year. Boyond any question the Yankees have gotten tho best pitching In baseball so far. In Now York a day or two ago they scored exactly two runs In 20 Innings ana yot won two games. Caldwell now Is In top form, with Bob Shawkey working at such speed no club can show two greater right handors In the ride pit. And If there Is a better left bander than Nick Cullop we yet haven't seen him at work. The Yanks havon't been hitting the ball with any great robust ness, but they havo been pitched literally Into first place. Ench man to his own views, and It Is ours that any ball player Is perfectly Justi fied In going up Into tho stands to tako a wallop at any fan who curses him. Only tho cowardly muckers resort to this practice, believing they aro protected from any re prisal. It Is a pleasure to see them get what they deserve. There Is nothing half-way about Connie Mack. Ho either has tho best ball club In tho world or the worst. Advice to Duffers 1'otir scores are sure to be a sight Unless lou play your mashie Tight. SLEEPY STEVE. And you will always xoear a frown ' Unless you make your putts go down. The Introduction of the foul strike rule not only shortened ball games, but It has prevented Ad Wolgast from winning three or four championships. The trouble with Ad Is that he tries to cover too much ground. Joe Jnckson Increased his batting average 100 points In Juno, but If Joseph can add only BO points a month from now on he will be willing to call It a fair year. Colonel Barney Dreyfus has Issued a pamphlet of 10,000 wor4s showing why SIs ler belongs to Pittsburgh. St. Louis' re buttal consists of three works "We've got im." You hear of all-around stars, but Slsler undoubtedly Is the greatest all-around ball Big Game for S. and C. Team This afternoon tho strawbrldga & Clothier baso ball tram will play tho Potter A. A. on tho field. 63d and Walnut treets, at S o'clock. Tho Potter A A Is a crack team, with a record of 13 victories out of 14 games plared this season. Htrawbrldge b Clothier ,ln whits washing tho famous Chinese team on July fourth, ? to O, scored Its sevsnth consecutive triumph, which Included a trouncing for Ixigan Square. Slaughter, lata of tha Delaware Iltver league, and Livingston, formerly catcher for Vlctrlx. will bo the battery for Potter, and Og den vr Cornog, with Gllmore behind tha bat. will form the battery tor Strawbrldge & Clo- Tm following Is the line-up; ' POTTER A. A. STKAWnmnOB & Slaushter. p ULOTH1EII Livingston, c Nolan, lb C. Padget, 5b Padget, c Doyle, ss llulroes. 3b O'Toole. If It. Padget. cf Martung, rt Dlemer, ss Carlss. If Yap. lb MUterlinar, cf Curtis, rr A. Cornor. 2b Durbln. ab Holmes, o Ollmors. c Osden. p V. Cornog, p Doxing at the Cayety Two bouts were decided In the 103-pound amateur class at the Gayety Theatre laat night. In the first bout Young Joe Belmont battered Tommy White so badly that the referee stopped the bout In tha second round. Kid Wallace proved too strong- for Danny Murphy, and the referee stopped the bout In tbo first round, A battle royal was also contested. Herrmann Denies Cubs Want Herzog CINCINNATI. July . "Thers Is nothing In the report that Herzog will go to the Chicago Nationals." aatd August Herrmann, president of the Cincinnati baseball club, here yester day. "I certainly would not consider any. deal of tbat kind at this time. Chicago baa noth ing to trade tbat we want that they would trade In a deal of this kind." Clearwater Pocket Billiard Victor ATUINTIC CITY, July 8 W, II. Clearwater. three times world's pocket billiard champion, de feated "Josh" Kelly, of Philadelphia. , former Pennsylvania Stale tltleholder, last night, 12H points to BO. NEXT BALO THE PTCHEP. T6LL THE THEBALC,ANPI5WI SIDE OF GOLtf player In tho gamo. No? Then kindly namo ono other ball player who Is a flno batsman, a flno pitcher, a star outfielder, a crack fielder and a first-class base runner. Which reminds us again that while Fielder Jones yet hasn't dovelopcd any pen nant machine out of the Browns he has lifted them several notches abovo tho Joke class, and tho time Isn't very far away be foro St Louis begins to get somo of tho basoball that a good ball town deserves. Jones Isn't ono of tho speediest workers in the game, but ho Is pretty suro of arriving with thoso who belong. The First Vote If baseball over Is decided by a direct pri mary vote wo aro going beforo the pop eyed fanatics and Insist upon a platform that will bring Cincinnati and Cleveland to gether In a world Berles. In the first place they havo one coming. In tho second place wo yearn for somo ex cltoment beyond the ordinary drift. TTnvfnn rlfffanrlarl tifn tlflrt nr-nlnflt A,l Wolgast. Freddie Welsh now should look up Young Corbett and Terry Mcuovern. Or go out after Frank Erno and Kid Lavlgno. The main difference between Jack Dillon and Freddie Welsh Is that Dillon doesn't care how bold they come and Welsh doesn't care how old they come. The Then nnd Now of It Sir Wasn't It Frank Moran who said that "a good little man had no chance with a good big man?" HIPPER,. Frank made that remark after tho Wll lard fight. Wo haven't seen him since tho Dillon controversy was arranged. ' The Idea sounded logical enough at first, but In actual operation only has reached the 50-50 Btage. Explaining Something J. Caesar dropped a game one day; Kid Casslus wiped him off the map: Old Bonaparte looked like a jay At Waterloo's world series scrap. Hark Antony at Actium Looked like a large and burly quince; Doc Xerxes skidded on the bum And hasn't bagged a battle since. I l'ou'JI find thet last game rompey twirled They trimmed him at the gates of Iome; Old Alexander beat the world And then got double-crossed at home. The dope works now as it did then, A'o matter where you cast an eye; At certain times all us big men Have our off days and don't get by. PLUM MAKES PERFECT SCORE AT MAPLEW00D, N. II., TARGETS Atlantci City Gunner Wins Handicap by Breaking 100 Straight MAPLEWOOD, N. II.. July 8. Yester day brought the trapshootlng championship at the Maplewood Country Club to a brllr llant close. The feature of the day was the Maplewood handicap. This event was won by Fred Plum, of Atlantic City, with a perfect score of 100 straight from 21 yards. Richardson broke 99 from 22 yards, and Ileynlger the same number from 16 yards. Joslyn was high professional In this event, breaking 99 from 21 yards. x In the morning events a world's record for squad shooting was established, when Plum, Richardson. Newcomb, Spotts and King shattered 497 out of 600, Spotts and Plum breaking 100 straight, and Newcomb, Richardson and King each missing one target. Consolation events, open to amateurs oply, will close, the tournament, today, ( Californian Wilts Tennis Title 1IUPPAIX). N. T., July 8. Harold Van Dyke Johns, of San Francisco, yesterday won the Great l,akea tennis championship by defeating lister Ollbert, ot this city, 10-8. 0-1. U-t. Vanderbllt Ward, of Rye, the nolder. will not defend bis title, Mlia Molla BJurstedU the national chsm plon, defeated Mrs, Harry Iilckle, of Toronto, In the final round of the women's singles. S-l, 1-7. Miss lljurstedt will meet Miss Edith llotch. of Uoston, today tn the challenge round. Indians Sign Pitcher Gould DAVENPORT. la.. July 8. A. D. Gould, a Fltcher with the Davenport club of the Three League, has been sold to tha Cleveland Amer icans. THREW eC T.7?rc,lVCB-iT: AMERICAN DERBY HAS GREAT FIELD ENTERED JULY 15 Famous Event to Be Revived at Hawthorne Track, Chi- " cago, Next Week KEENE STABLE TO START CHICAGO, July 7. True to tho tradi tions of the past, the American Derby, tho classic of classics of tho turf, will seo most of the greatest horses In tho country faco tho barrier at Hawthorne whon tho buglo sounds for tho revival of this famous event on July IS. This much was assured when pastern horso owners signified their Intention of shipping their best here for tho big race. Included In this list wero Bolmont, Whit ney', Kcene, Lewlnsohn, Vlau and Sanford. They told Martin Nathanson, racing sec retary, now In tho East seeking entries, tjint their stables would be represented. This was great news for, tho talent, for It brought back visions of tho olden golden days. Kcone Entries The first of tho well-known Western own ers to All out the entry blank and send It In was Foxhall P. Kccne. whose nominations havo been received. For tho Dorby, which Is for 3-year-olds at a mflo and a quarter, Churchill, by Sweep and Lamp Girl, and Tlpperary, by Ben Brush nnd Acushln, will carry tho Keene colors. In the Illinois Jockey Club Gold Cup Handicap for 3-year-olds nnd upwnrd, at a mile nnd a sixteenth, Tlp perary will start, and In tho Merchants' Handicap, for 3-year-olds and upward, atlx furlongs, Lornc, by Disguise and' Wild Bess, will face tho bnrrler. Windsor Opening There Is much Interest attached to the Belmont announcement to ship hero tho whlto nnd bluo entrlA now being In the malls, for he holds the Ttey to the selection of the favorite In Friar Hock, while Jeffer son Livingston also will havo something to say with his crack sprinter, Othello, and Mandy Hnmllton. - John SarTford's Georgo Smith and Weber & Ward's Dodge also are likely candidates, and present Indications are that 30 horses will be. on hand when the starter pulls the barrier. That all of tho above'-nnmed owners aro Interested enough In tho Chicago revival to send their horBcs here was pleasing news to the local committee, which was uncertain about getting the best for the Derby In view of tho fact that Windsor opens Its annual meeting on the day the American Derby will bo run. Work on tho track Is progressing rap idly, and everything will be In tip-top shape for the race, according to Frank Froohllng, president of the Jockey Club. Many new subscribers aro being listed dally, and boxes, especially for Derby day, aro selling fast, leading tho officials to believe that Chicago wants and likes racing just as It did when the gamo was In full bloom here. The latest overnight purse and cup la that offered by the Hotel Sherman for Der by day. These added "purses will Increase the Interest of the horsemen In Sne meet ing, and It Is likely that' there will be at least one extra stake every day. America vs. Italy at Drome It will le America, vs. Italy at the Point Breeze Motordrome tonight, when the three representa tives of these nations clash In a 40-mlle motor paced race. Menus Dedell will represent Amer ica, while Vincent Madonna and George Colum batto. both of JllUn. will flyrhe Italian colors. The. form displayed by Bedell In the BO-mlle race on Thursday night, when he made Champion Carman break the record to beat him. puts him In tha class with the big fellows, and If he can defeat the twu Italians tonight he will epter the (30U sweepatakea match between Carman, Wiley and Dldier next Thursday night. The usual four exciting motor races will precede the paced event In which St. Yves, Vedlti, Vander berry and Armstrong will take part. L McGinley to Work for Williams' Team nivraims. M. J Julv 8. Tha baseball fans of this section ar preparing for the blr'l game toaay oeiween caaie wjiuains- lewn ana tha Chelten Club of Camden. Herb McGinley. who haa won a place In tha hearts of the field club aupptrters, will occupy the mound and Manager Williams will bo found on first baae. Williams' hitting baa been a feature fit tha recent victories. snro&aiaSa Reduced from ISO, Hi and 120 See Our 1 Big Window PETER MORAN & CO. Merchant Tailors 8. E. COB. N!!TH ANU ABCII 8T8. IT WAS A SLOW BfrlL. ANP A55WlN7AH0l NP TCXK THE 5 BCOND, CHICK EVANS IS KING PIN OF Alifc GOLFING STARS .-, , . . i 4 Chicagoan Stands Out Above Travers and '. Ouimet, Says Rice HIS FUTURE BRIGHTEST By GRAfoTLAND RICE . . v The many quaint turns of fortuno that have followed the careers of America's great golfing triumvirate, Travers, Evans and Ouimet or Jerry, Chick nnd Francis are more thnn pnsslng rich with Interest. Their ups nnd downs form the star chap ter In tho golf history of the United States. First Travers was king. In 1913 he won tho amateur championship for tho fourth tlmo, and to achieve this destiny he beat Evans at Chicago and Ouimet at Garden City. Two weeks later nt Brooktlne Ouimet reached tho peak by winning the open -championship the" first American amateur to reach this height.. After that Ouimet beat Travers threo limes In sucCRSslon twice In the Lcsllo Cup matches at Brookllno and Bnltusrol, and again at Ekwanok, In the. championship final. It wns agreed, then, that Travers' reign was over and that Ouimet had gained tha sceptre for an Indefinite period. Ti avers, they said, wan about through. And then, last Juno, nt Bnltusrol. Jerry again reversed this decision by winning' tho open championship, leading both Ouimet and Evans by IE or 20 strokes. So Travers was king again, with his two main rivals fading Into the mist. Jerry's defeat at Detroit, as not held against him, for ho wns beaten by Marston In a miracle Bpurt that scored the last 13 holes three under pais where Jerry was playing exactly par on throuch tho utrotch. - Tho Shift Again If you havo followed this far you.wllUno tlco that for tho last few years most of .the glory had been built around Travers and Ouimet. Evans was beginning ,to lose 'Ills plnco. Ills following was falling; away, drlvon back by his many fallUres'-tojnake good In the big test. Observe tho situation today Oulmet's namo Is erased frqm lh list, of nmateurs. For tho tlmo being, .at least, his tournament days aro oyer. Trav ers, tied dowrt by business Interests, has played llttlo golf and his gamo has fallen off- And Chick Evans Is open champion the top man of the trio, whoro for so many years ho had been the last of the three. Of tho threo tho future of Evans In golf Is the more nllurlng tho brightest whero a year ago his case was given up by many as a hopeless one. For It may be though nil golfers hope not thnt Ouimet may .not bo readmitted to tho amatour fold; and, It may be-that business wllj cut In upon -Travers' old effectiveness and block his way n thn hetirhts. But with Evans tho way He open. Tho Isn't any barrier to his amateur high road. And he still has tho time for enough tournament golf nnd for enough practice to hold his gamo with the winning Brlp- , The Up and Down Yet bo varied havo been the fortunes of theso threo that no ono can say what the next turn will be. If "Evans should win at Merlon he would hold tho throne room with undisputed sway. But as all three have como forward at times when they were not expected to Bhlne with nny brilliant glow thero Is no way ot telling what the years ahead may hold. Ouimet now Is 24; Evans Is 27; Travers" Is 28. Under tho proper conditions they should havo at least 20 years of winning golf left, and In that 20 years enough epi sodes and rival Interests should develop to make up many volumes. For John" Bull won a British championship at SO; Hilton triumphed when he was well above 40, and Travers won both the American and British amateur titles well beyond 40. So .these threo should have only begun their great j rivalry one that might equal In 20 years, from the viewpoint of generaljjnterest. the historic rivalries of Vardon, Braid and Tay lor, who. among them have won 16 ot the last 22 open British championships. Who Is the Greater? , Ouimet won his o'pen championship at Brookllne with n medal round of 304. At' least this scorn brought Him Into the triple tie for the top. Travers followed at Jlal tusrol with a medal count of 297. Evans completed tho Journey at Mlnlkahda with total rounds of 286, Ouimet beat the finest field of' the lot and Evans made the record scorc a brilliant match at an average, be low 72. Since Evans also finished second In the open at Midlothian, his medal play leads the other two. ,In match play Ouimet Is on top among the three, although over the complete stretch Travers rules with four amateur titles. Here Is the count: Travers against Evans, one victory, no defeat: Ouimet against Evans, one victory, no defeat; Ouimet against Travers. three victories, one defeat. This Includes all matches played In any tournament. So, of the lot, Evans has never beaten either of the other two nt match play, Travers has won two and lost three and Ouimet has won four and lost one. These records carry out the popular bet lief that Evans Is the best medal player of the three, but that Travers and Ouimet lead In medal and match combination. But there are also these facts to be con sidered: Travers has had 11 years of championship competition, Evans has had eight years and Ouimet has had only five years. -y Last fa" the three met at Detroit In a four-ball match, with Bob Gardner rounding out the list. This was the result; Evans was 1. up on Travers and 2 up on" Ouimet; Travers was' 1 up on Ouimet. & iaAH.1 sold from the Wt d Huroidor by oil dealers BKfvh Bros, fiaQUo cturera ,0-lIII.K INTERNATIONAL l'.ACKD HACK I'OINT IIUKKZE l'AKK 310TOIUKOH TONIGHT AT TONIGHT MAUONA 1IKDELL COHJiHIATTO 4 Other Mitor Kates. Admhuloa ti BACK" I kNflCKPT) A X HOME-gUV ANJ AvKrrtTYWN(rAVP . . -r gj i. a OF TW ?T. Aivp. wmat i he NOTfHJW Wt: MP VVON Tlt n.A.Hjttr M -AAI5SEP TYME, Mr PftTColLiPBri v- ' ' s jt vf-rte; UAT WITH TWO dTFfY THE NOTHING s AN P THREE 0AU.5 OrV z WITH IT-ANP bfVfiy . $z r J"?: rfi. JL jrMtr l I f "-i r t j,. , I, m . 0 I 5L r-P' .y v - fji 1 "" -a , -. " "'l I Jfr y n-mrr Li rnrM I A A yi " ley yw-w-y .?rtT7f I r
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