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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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