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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1916.
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ATHLETICS' COLLEGE RECRUITS HAVE NOT SHOWN EXPECTED FORM, BUT 'ARE IMPROVING
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MACK'S RECRUITS HAVE NOT
SHOWN EXPECTED FORM, BUT
PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE
; Several Youngsters Have Proved Disappoint
1 ments, But Others Have Surprised and With New
1 , Men Coming New Team Will Be Strong
Uy CHANDLER
W
rilAT do you think of tho Mack re
crultH nml An vott think there are
ny futuro Collinses. Barrys, Bakers,
' Flanks or Benders In tho crop tho Athle
tics hnvo been trying out?" nsksj a group of
fans who sign themselves "Tho Kenslng
tonlans." It seems that this samo question has hecn
asked thousands of times recently and It ap
pears to be tho leading toplo among the
fans, excepting the usual, "How did tho
Phils mnko out today?" Thcro Is llttlo
doubt hut that tho fans aro very much In
terested In Mack's process of building ft now
tall team despite the fact that the attend
ance at tho games nt Shlbo I'nrk has been
below the major leaguo standard.
As to answering tho questions It really
is a trltlo early when ono considers that
Flank and Bender wcro tho only members
of Mack's famous tenm who showed any
thing out of the ordinary In their first sea
on In the American Lcaguo and the former
was decidedly green.
Bender was perhaps tho greatest first
canon performer of all, tho famous Indian
"being the best critlcal-gamo pitcher on the
team In his very first season, whllo his two
great world's series games ngalnst the
Giants proved conclusively that ho was then
a finished pitcher.
Tho Indian beat Joo McGlnntty 2 to 0 In
the only game won by tho Mackmcn In
that memorable scries and only lost hla
eecond duel to tho greatest of all 'Iron
men" by tho same score because I-avo Cross
and Danny Murphy mado costly mlsplays.
None of tho other members of the fa
mous Mark team, who aro now playing
Isowhero, showed real nblllty until they
had boen with the team for two years, so
It may bo a trine too soon to tell Just how
far tho youngsteru aro capablo of going
Have Not Shown Much
On what they have shown to date ono
would hardly call nny of tho recruits a Col
lins or n, Barry, and It Is likely Mack al
ready has decided that n. few of hla new
crop will not do, but ho has two or three
excellent prospects.
Taking tho Inflelders, wo would say that
King Is not up to the mark, at least as an
Inflelder. He looks llko a player who niay
develop Into a mighty good hitter, and If he
does ho has a chnnco for an outfield posi
tion. King Is fast on his feet, has plenty or
fight and nmbltlon and Is an unusually
bright youngster, but as an Inflelder Is shy
of the mark.
Rowe, tho other thlrd-baso candidate, Is
our nomination as tho best of the largo
number of recruits being tried out. This
lanky youngster Is so Inexperienced and
backward, however, that ho probably will bo
tho last to show his real form.
Modern baseball has reached a stago
vhero It Is a game of pitching and tho
"punch," plu3 tho usual nmount or gray
matter and tho major lcaguo fielding stan
dard, and Itowo Is tho ono recruit with a
real 'Ipunch." A man who reaches .300 on
bunts and short singles Is going to worry
tho opposing team and la of groat value,
but It Is tho slugger like Cobb, Speaker,
Jackson, Collins, Baker, l'lpp, Cravath,
Luderus. Zimmerman. Schulte, 'Williams,
Mngce. Wagner. Doyle, Itobcrtson. Daubert
and Wheat who wins batl game3 and wrecks
tho opposition pitching staff.
Rowe Best Prospect
Itowo Is facing pitching unlike anything
he has ever seen, and ho cannot gaugo It
well enough to tnko a long, healthy cut at
tho ball Just now. but ho Is going to be a
(lugger of the Baker typo In a year or so.
The lnd will bo idow coming, but he will
bo there. You can't keep a naturnl hitter
In tho background long. Ho also Is one
youngster who might be benefited by a year
In a minor league, so that ho could be
brought up to tho point of swinging natur
ally at major league pitching.
Mack and hli players aro very much Im
pressed with Iawry. but to dato ho has
not looked very good and has fallen shy
of tho mark. Too much was expected of
Lawry. Ho reported in poor shape, and
must bo given plenty of tlmo to find hlm
aelf. Lawry has looked better each time out,
and as he Is extremely fast, oven In his
weakened condition, and a smooth fielder,
he should como through In lino stylo along
toward tho end of tho season. He also ap
pears to bo finding a great difference in
college and major league pitching, and has
TRACK ATHLETES OF TODAY
SUPERIOR TO THOSE OF 1896
Present Collection of Track Athletes
Surpasses the Stars of Generation Ago
180(1.
n, J. tVeferii, OW
II. J. Utters, 21 1-0
T. T. lluxke, SU3-3ii......
K. Ifolllotrr. Jm. Ba4-S,,
(1. O. Janis, lia. S 4-Si.
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K, '. I'erklns, HI l-o. . .
J. I., llrrmer, S5 . , .,.
C. f'huilnlclc. 13! f- .
11, Mieldon. 41 ft. 11V4 1
J. . Ineor. 8 ft. I In,
L. I'. Mieldon. 2! ft, 3V4
100 yards
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410 yard
BHO junta J
, One inllo
, Two pilles
ISO-yard hurdles
5S0-ir.nl hurdles
In Hummer throw (1,
n .lJhltf-!u' '
Illh Juin-
In Ilroad jump II.
AJITHUR DUFFEV, one of the world's
XX greatest sprinters, has followed the
Bthletes of today very closely nnd analyzes
and compares the work of the present-day
tars with tho winners 20 years ago.
"Are the college nthletes today faster
than they were 20 years ago?" asks
Duftey. "This question Is being hashed and
rehashed all along tho line in tho amateur
thlctlc game. Kver since Ted Meredith,
Bob Simpson. Arlle Mucks and a few more
of tho leading modern stars have put up
Nsuch sensational performances, the query
will not down. But In looking through the
feats of tho college athletes of today as
compared with those of 30 years ago, It Is a
very easy matter to decide. In fact, there Is
hardly any chance for comparison.
'Back 20 years ago in tho Intercol
leglates of 1898 It was thought at that
time that the collegian athletes .were about
the fastest performers that ever happened.
It was believed that the limit of human
peed and endurance had about been
reached, but since that year, one by ono.
have the records In the different events
been broken, while It was up to this year to
produce the most remarkable performers
of all.
'Back in the old days, Bernle Wefera.run
rdng under the colors of Georgetown, wai
the king bee among the short distance men.
He occupied the same position among the
pr)nters that Ted Meredith does among
the middle-distance runners of today,
Wefers was the mot consistent performer
over the 100 and furlong distances that we
ver had. Every time that he started Iri a
, race the contest was considered as good a
Uettled,
' "Over the furlong distance Wefers woutu
hat had more competition than in the cen-
I tury Moore, of Princeton, showed hlmselt
(6 be one of the best luriong runners ma
college ranks ever produced.
"True, Tom Moore did not run any 21 1-5
seconds for the distance In the Intercol.
Uflates this year, but it was not his fault
Tfcwe was no one In tho race who could
dvo him a battle. If there had been, the
Tiger crack would havo equaled Wefers
time. However, with both men fit there
U but little question that the former cham
pion would have beaten Moore la ouch s
' "Toia Burke, of Ko4oa University, won
D. RICHTER
been woefully weak at tho bat At Maine
Lawry was, considered the fastest ball
player In the gamo nnd ono of tho best
sprinters In the TJnst, and he seems to ho
thinking too much of getting away from
tho plate. This has affected his batting,
ns ho has not JJjcn stepping firmly on to his
front foot ns ho swings.
Lawry does not fear tho pitching nnd Is
not "pulling," ns most youngsters do, but
merely Is trying to get away to a flying
start. Ho Is Ideally built for a lead-off
man, and that probably Is what ho will be
doing when tho 1017 season opens. Let us
hope the fann are patient with him for tho
present.
Mack's greatest difficulty nppears to be In
finding two capablo outfielders. At tho
start of tho season this department appar
ently needed but little attention ror a few
years, but tho departure of Itubo Oldrlng
leaves ono regular and one Utility outfield
position to be filled.
Lannlng, a pitcher In college, nnd Mlttor
llng, formerly of Urslnus, have been tried
In the outfield, nnd the Intter Is still thcro;
but neither sizes up to tho major league
standard, nor aro they likely to.
Weak on Curve Boll
Mlttcrllng has hit fairly well In several
games, but appears to havo a natural
weakness for curve-ball pitching, and prob
ably will become weaker Instead of stronger
after facing hlgh-clnss twirling for n long
stretch. Ho Is a clever fielder, but Is not
fast enough on his feet for nn outfielder. It
Is possible that ho might Improvo wonder
fully, but It Is extremely doubtful,
That Manager Mack also believes that
his outfield recruits aro going to disappoint
him Is evident, na he declares that Wally
Schang will contlnuo In left field nnd that
ho will not return to catching unless he
(Mack) Is unablo to develop nnother capa
blo receiver to nld Bill Meyer.
At tho present tlmo Carroll, tho Tufts
College recruit, Is being given a thorough
trial nnd ho looks llko a irrcnt prospect.
Carroll has looked weak at bni. but that Is
to bo expected of n catcher, particularly
ns a recruit. In othor departments Carroll
has shown up splendidly.
The foundation of nil great teams Is tho
pitching stuff, nnd It Is upon this depart
ment that Mack Is concentrating at the
present time. Until the pitchers' Bhow tho
rest of tho new team will bo slow develop
ing. With Joo Bush or Elmer Myers on the
mound the youngsters look llko n different
team, oven nt the present time, and when
the tlmo comes when Mack can send a
dependable hurler to tho mound each day
his team will coma with n rush.
It takes tlmo to develop a high-class
pitcher because as a rule, tho man with
the greatest nmount of "stuff" Is tho slowest
to show real form This nccounts for tho
scarcity of first-year pitching sensations,
who contlnuo to shlno In tno big snow.
Mack already has tho material at hand
for the construction of another great staff.
Bush nnd Myers aro stars of unquestion
able ability at the present tlmo, while N'n
bars and Sheehan havo Improved ropUlly.
Neither Is winning, but they aro learning
and nro getting so that they know how to
piltch. In nnother year both will be stars.
Pitchers Slow Showlnp;
Several college pitchers havo been tried
out, and after falling to show well have
been released, and Mack now has only
llasselb.icher, Williams and Lannlng, from
whom ho oxpects anything. Tho latter has
not bcon tried on tho mound yet, but Is duo
to start a game this week. Ho Is a south
paw and has quite a curve ball, nlong with
great speed. If he can show ns well In tho
gamo nB ho does In practice Mack has nt
hand the much-needed southpaw after ho
has been schooled for n few months.
Hasselbachcr and Williams havo ap
peared In several games with little success,
but both have a grent deal of natural
ability. It will require several weeks to
learn whether they are capablo of Improv
ing, or If they will stay Just where ther
nro at tho present time.
All things considered. Mack has made ex
cellent progress, but not quite so much ns
ho expected, and still needs ono or two
moro youngsters of the Witt type. But
when ono considers thnt Slack has Mclnnis,
Lajolo, Witt. Tick, Strunk. Walsh and
Schang capablo of holding down regular
positions, tho wizard mnnager will bo In
excellent shapo to start the 1917 season.
1010.
..II. I.. Smith, in,
IV. 1). Moor. l 3-3...
. . J. K. Meredith, 4? 2-Jta,
, I!. Meredith, i tn. S3 I -Hi.
. Vero IWndmule, 4ni, 10a.
1'otter, um. at -3.
.. . ...I', H. Murray. 13n.
(lilderleee, ISS it. 1 In.
J, verwHlge. 40 ft. lite In.
IV. M. Oler. 6 fi. 215 In.
Uorthlnilan. 31 ft. W In.
tho quarter-mile championship buck In 1806.
In the Intercolleglates at thnt tlmo Tom
ran the distance In 60 2-5 seconds. Not bucIi
a wonderful performance when compared
with Ted Meredith's run of 47 2-5 seco.tds
for the distance this year. But forget all
about Burke's time In that race. He was a
runner to be classed with Ted Meredith
or any other double-furlong runner.
"I will not go so far as to say that
Burke would defeat Meredith In a quarter
mile rave, but any of the old-timers who
recall Burke's work on the clnderpath will
have to admit It was wonderful. This Bos.
ton runner did not have the strength of
Meredith In a race, but in action he was
a beautiful athlete to behold. He had the
longest stride known for a quarter-mllcr
"In tho half-mile run tho present-day
champion, Ted Meredith, again shows to
the front. The Quaker champion will have
to bo awarded the palm over Kvan Holllster
who was running for Harvard and won the
event In the old das. yovertheless, Hollls
ter was a remarkable performer. In 1896
Holllster won tho event almost aa he liked
In the time of 1:66 4.5 seconds. He could
havo done faster time than this, and has got
down to the 1:53 4.5 seconds. In fact he
held the record of having run the fastest
half at Cambridge until Billy Bingham
came along this year and ran one-fifth of a
second faster, But great a runner as was
Holllster, Meredith by his all round con
sistency and his recent record performance
la by far the better athlete.
"Vero Wlndnagle, of Cornell, won tho
mile intercollegiate this year in 4;15. It
was one of the fastest miles not only In the
college games, but anywhere else. Back In
1886, there was a very poor crop of milers.
In fact in those days 4:20 for the distanca
was almost an unheard-of performance. O.
O. Jarvls, of Wesleyan, was the winner of
tho mile that year, and the best th&t be
could do was 4:28 4-5 seconds. Of courst
against Wlndnagle'a run of 4:15 there Is
no question about the respective abilities
of the two.
Peters pifle Team Still in Lead
WASHIKqTON' JUly II -Sconi of Us Small
Ber Short ,Hnx Outdoor Ulflle Shoutlaz
Ltxu .for tfca Uta ww. uuwunced by tho
.Uciml 1(144 Annotation of Aoic.-tca, ahow tho
Iur King and lUvolur Ciub. at KWa MUUj.
U. sUU la Jju lud lUi aefiejtftto s lor
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ONE ERRING SHOT
COST JIM BARNES
'MET' GOLF TITLE
Ball Didn't Jump Pit Coat
Three Strokes Play
Fast as National
IIOFFNER MADE BIG "REP"
Uy SANDY McNIDLICK
Ono lone shot tht curved slightly off tho
line In tho wind and found a sand trap cost
Jim Barnes thd title that would havo been
worth as much to him ns the national open
championship.
In tho triple tlo that resulted In tho 72
holo play for tho metropolitan open cham
pionship nt Garden City, Barnes, master
pro of Whltemarsh, strode to tho 10th
glowing with that comfortablo feeling that
he had his shots well In hand nnd that ho
had little to fear from hla two competitors,
ono n fellow Quaker. Charlie Hoffner, Phil
mont. Tho match was really the two Phil
ndelphlans against tho lone representative
of New York Stnte, Walter llageti, Ro
chester, open champion of tho United States
In 1914.
Bnrncs led at the turn by two stroked
nnd had played almost without a mistake
The human latho laid on his bnll nt tho
10th with all tho enthusiasm of his tall
frame. Tho ball sailed auay In a curving
lino nnd a passing breeze dropped It Into n
sand trap, shoulder deep to a man. Just oft
the falrttny. Tho bnll hugged tho Bloplng
sand closo to tho perpendicular bank. Tho
tall Phlladelphlnn only bad to get out and
lay his ball, on his chip shot, near enough
to tno pin for a putt.
Couldn't Dodge Ball
Ho burled his feet In tho dry, looso sand
of the pit for a solid stance nnd then swung
for all he was worth to get tho ball well
out. But the wall of tho pit wns too high.
The ball struck It nnd before Barnes could
leap back from his tjtanco tho ball Is said
to havo struck him on tho leg. The honest
Philndclphlnn said ho did not feel tho bnll
strike him nor did ho think It grazed his
trousers, but ho accepted tho decision of tho
ruling committee without a murmur.
Ho wns badly shaken by his failure to
get out the first time nnd hta chip shot to
tho green was awry, so thnt he took two
putts for a 7. Doth Hagan nnd Hoffner
played tho holo for n perfect 4. Barnes wns
then ono down to the other two. Twenty-year-old
Hoffner lost his placo on tho next
holo when ho took a 5 to 4s. But Barnes
shrugged his shoulder.! at the sudden shift
In tho situation after he had swished out his
annoyanco In a swing of his club nnd
played tho next few hole3 with a. world of
nerve.
He had a 4 nnd a 3 and then he mado
a bird 4. On tho 14th he drow level to
Hagcn with a 4 to a C nnd -he sank n
biased putt when his chip shot was short.
Ho held tho pace on the 15th when he Bank
nnother 4. On tho next tuo holes ho de
veloped IiIb trouble of the 10th nnd his drive:!
curved Just off tho fairway to tho rough
on tho left. He pulled away from a shower
of dirt when ho got out of a hillock at tho
lGlh and took 3 to get on tho green. Ho
was eight feet away and n. blade of grass
turned his putt not an Inch away from tho
hole.
Only a Tap
A tap knocked tho ball In. but It cost him
n stroke. He was 1 down, and when Hagen
got a bird on tho 17th with a 4 to 5, It
looked -as though only a miracle could navo
the day for Philadelphia with both Barnes
and Hoffner 2 down at tho 18th tee and nn
easy par-three holo to play. Tho holo Is
a shot across a llly-dottcd pond. Amateurs
might havo splashed In tho wnter In tho
crisis, but not theBo three, used to tho
stare) of a gallery and tho throes of n
bitter match.
It was Hagen'a honor. His ball looked
too hard hit. It hit the tlpped-up green
...i.i. n .n nn.i i.mintprl nprnMH toward the
Willi II IW ... HVM. ...-. --
back. But the Incline slowed It down nnd
the ball stopped Just on tho pinnacle.
Two Inches of roll would havo dropped
It Into the pit and cost the 21-year-old
Rochester pro hla title, his 150 greenbacks
and his glory.
As It was, ho swaggered to, tho green
with Just a little more roll to his walk,
which Is decidedly a la (111 NIcholls. Tho
... ... .. ...1 Vilu tnnnfffl fnpA
paten or wnuo iiiumi-i "''., ,, V
matched tho white teeth of his sml 0 when
Barnes seemed hopeless, two strokes be
hind, short on his pitch nnd In the si ppcry
rough on the left. But the Philadelphia!!
wns game. ...
Ho eyed his shot up and down, back
and forward and all tho way around.
Tho ball emerged from Its thicket hiding
placo and galloped right up to tho holo
and In for a two Thcro havo been few
more sensational finishes. But Hagen got
his threo nnd saved tho match by one
stroke. Barnes had the same numoer 01
actual BtrokeB, but the penalty of being
hit by his awn ball cost him a victory over
a field that was eea faster thnn that of
the nations.!.' In that event Barnes missed
out by four strokes In 72 holes. Ho has
missed many titles by a number of Btrokes
that would' not stretch over his two hands.
Ho Is the champion "hard luck and do
serves n better fate than Is usually hla.
Hoffner led tho Hold all through tho
tourney, and If any one deserved to win
tho title ho did. But lie could not get
the distance with his drives In tho play
off and this worked havoo on his pitch
shots. Philadelphia can take plenty of
prldo In the work of Its ambassadors.
KINGSESSIXG ATHLETES
WILL 31SET FUN'FIELD
Athletic Teams Clash This Afternoon
on Latter'a Grounds
With the victory of a few weeks ago
fresh In their memory, the athletes of King
scsslng Recreation Centre will invade tho
camp of the Kunfleld athletes at 22d and
j. n..A..a ihla nltprnnnn determined
to repeat. Funfleld defenders arc more de
termined than ever 10 iuer 1110 imura ui
their rivals by victory in the dual meet.
Vunfleld lost in the previous meet by not
having sufficient Juniors to compete, but this
afternoon they will present a solid front and
promise to make it very Interesting for the
visitors Like many others, Funfleld was
compelled to bow tq the country's call and
seo many of her best men go to tho front
with the National Guard. , ,,,.,
Kingsesslng will have among her defend
ers pdward Harmer and Harper, of the
West Philadelphia High School; Thomas
HlgglllS, Ot tno ai. Jm iiuu, aim oitf
Smith, of the Vlctrlx Club. There will be
a number of the northwest's best athletes on
the Funfleld teams.
The meet will be open to all classes, male
and female, and will be under the direction
ot the recreation centra officials.
' 200 Boats In Week's Meet
PUT-IN-BAY. O.. July 17. Mcmbtrs of lh
Interlako Yachllni AMOclatlon are prepared for
the opining today ot a. wejk of raclnc. ideal
weather 1a tho propet. Tha competitive eients
own with the races for powerboata Two bun
dfjd boats ara anchored In the harbort
BASEBALL TODAY
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AUEK1CAX LEAGUE GliOUNDS
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NATION I. MUCUi:.
riillailelpliln nt rittsliuricli Cloinly,
New lork ut Ml, I.ouli ( Ic.ir.
IriKikl.Mi m ( lilenirii Cleiir.
lloiton at Cincinnati ( Ir.lr.
INTI'.ICNATIUNAI. I.IUdtn:.
Nennrk nt Toronto Cloudy (tun cnmei).
I'rinlilriHo ut Slnntrr.it Threatening two
icniiie".
ltlelininnil nt MmITiiIii Clenr (tno Bamei).
Hnlllniiiro nt lloilienter t loudy.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
ASti.itic'AN i.iunn:.
lYnidiluctnu. li Cleveland. 2.
Other clnln not acheilulrd.
NATIONAL Munrn.
Ilronlilyn. 7i Chlrurn, 7 (HI Innlmti, i1.irknci).
Hoiton. 4) I Inrlnuatl. I.
St. I.oulx. 3t Neu lork. 2.
Oilier rluhi not hchtdiilrd.
Intcriutionul League
Mont rail: n ir. n.
Newark nosonn I ,1 1 1 o
Montreal 0 2 I) 1 II B 13 IS s
It.ittirles Sm illwooil, rich nnd Scliwcrt;
I ullenivelder utul Madden.
IIINCKLE AFTER ANOTHER K. O.
Knockout Artist Tackles Buck Fleming
at Broadway Tonight
For four conecutlr week IMdlo IIInrkl. of
Ornj's J'erry. lias lnm-d m tho liroidwav Club,
nnd e.ieli time ho ncnreil n knockout. Tonight
Kd seti n real lent and If hli nuletufl puni h
siraln provalln lltiKltti- not only 11 have K.itm-d
nve Ntrnlcht IcnotkoiitH, hut he will pHn- hlmielf
In the front row of the lm-nl lightweight crop,
lluek riemlnir nlll he his foe
Other bout ut the Hrnadnnv foUow : Al
IVagner h Willie Iti-nrkert Jnric !irndl-y vi
1'eggy ftuUti-nn, Jimmy inters . Charley
Matiicvva and Youu stlturi-r H Joe lorey.
Frnnklo White tlntutu.s trnlnlnc todiy for hli
mix with Yountf Jnek Toland at the Ilyun A. C.
tomorrow tilKlit, and ehortly nftor the hell rings
Whltlo lielleMs It nlll ho Young Jai-k'u rinlHli.
l'rnnk hop hla return upi.Mraiir.. In the rlnis
will he ularteil ulth a declMw lctory. ltmk
Cannon, a HttBburgh former amateur hnxer.
will mako hli Unit nhowlnir In I'tillly, nnd ho
tncklen a mighty atlff punching proposition In
Abla Kahakaff.
Pirates Send O'Brien Hack to Minors
riTTSIIUIlOII JuU 17 nmflrldi-r niy
O'llrlen has h. en ret. as. d 1 the I'UtHhurtxl) N i
tlonnl Leant!.- Clut tu th. lJ-ttenpoct Thr.- ie
lngue Cluli fruni ntiiih lu uua iiurchnsid
threo weeks ago
TENNIS VICTORY
FOR E. C. HALL
AT NORRISTOWN
Moorestown Player Beals H.
B. Endicott in Schuylkill
Valley Tourney
SCORES WERE 6-3 AND 8-6
NOHHISTOWM, July 17. Sovcrnl excit
ing matches lvcro playoil early this after
noon when tho third nnnual tennis tourna
ment for tho championship of tho Schuylkill
Valley, In Blnirlea nnd tlouljlen, wai con
tinued on tho dirt court") of tho Plymouth
Country Club, near N'orrittown.
Th best of theso brought toRethcr Yi. C.
Itnll, Stoorcstnivn. nnd It. 11. Kndlcott, tho
former wlnnltiR In two hard sett ut G-3, 8-fi
In the first set both men played n bnsollno
drlnni? came, nnd nt thla stylo Hall ivni
moro nccurnto nnd covered his court better
In tho Becond act nndlcott ndvnnced to tho
net on each of hla servlco ictimc. nnd nt
the barrier hilled tiff Hull's, rctiirni tlmo nnd
nKnln With tho vcorc C-nll, Hall mnnatred
to bronk throURh Kndlcott's net Ice, ins- Iub
him four time nt tho net. lie then ivim
IiIm outt scrvlco for tho set and match.
n. 13 Stiller, Point I'lensant, nnd It. St.
Ilonoinn, Cynwytl, HtnRcd n thrcc-aet match
In which the former won tho first and third
sets at 0-1, nnd dropped tho second nt l-C.
A third match early today reunited in nn
easy victory for Warren Ij Irlih. chairman
of tho Plymouth Tournament Committee,
over R It. Oorhnauer, Franklin nnd Mar
shall, ut G-0, C-0.
Second Round
V. f Itnll. M.ioreetown. defeated 11 It.
i:n.ll.-ott. M-rlon. n 3 s-il
IV I. Irlih. l'lunouth. defented 11 lr.
Onchmuer. Krnnklln nnd M.irihnll, n-O, (1 0.
1) i: Hiltlor Point I'leniant, defeateil H M
Dnnovnn. Cynwjd. il-l. 4 II (1-1.
FORTY-FIVE GOLFERS IN
MIDSUMMER HANDICAP
Golf Association Stages Annual
Tourney at Merion Cricket
Club Tomorrow
I-'orty-flve Rolfcrs hnvo entered for tho
nnnunt mid-summer handicap tournament
of the Golf Absoclntlon of Philadelphia, to
bo played tomorrow over tho west course
of tho Merlon Cricket Club, nt Ardmoro
avenue. A number of star playerst nro
entcrod. amonir them bclns Slnurlco ltlsley,
Atlnntlo City's premier golfer; 12. C. Clarey,
Woodbury, nnd II. WellliiKton Wood. At
lnntlo City, winner of tho medal, 7D-78, nt
Wilmington.
Tho palrlncs:
O.U0 A. I Smith. Pine Valley, nnd H. It.
Ljcet, dr . Merlon
II OS Pat Ornnt. Phll-utolphln Cricket, nnd J.
II (lav. Jr . Philadelphia Cricket.
0:10 r II. Hchoenfun lion Air, nnd F. C.
Peters Hon Air.
0:15 II I. Venreley. Hiddon, and C. J.
Hunter. ItadJon.
0 20 .1. It Cnnhy. Jr., Merlon, and Henry
llotz, I.nnid.iwne.
10 00 W It ltnhcrts. Ilnln. nnd J. A. Itoii.
Philadelphia Country.
1O.0.T II C Clarey. Woodbury, and II. W.
Wood, Atlantic Cltv.
10:1011 i: Colcn Aronlmlnk. nnd II. n.
II lines. Wen Chester
10 in P. M I,onstroth Lansdownn. and A.
V IlilHon. St D.iUd'K
lO.'JO 13. J OKkr, Jr.. Merlon, und C. C. Ilrln.
ton, Merlon
10.30 M M Jnek Merlon, and Maurlco rtlaloy,
Atlantle Clt.
11:10 O If P. IViiper, Merion, and I. S.
DiiIIiik, D.-tlUiil
12:1." C. T Anrunson, Mercluntvllle. and
pirtner
1-30 r:minett n-Nelll, Philadelphia Crlckot.
nnd J T. Oreenwooil. Prankford
l.a.l Daniel Dnrrcf, Heavicw, nnd A. J. ail-
mour. KranWfonl.
1 10 Chnnnlnv Way. West Chester, and Simon
Cirlle. Pnllrcont.
1:43 J. H Anderion. Merlon, nnd A. M. M'ood,
Aronlmlnk
1-30 W K. llernateln. Old Tork Iload. and
partner
2.00 AV II. Pvani. Iinsdowne, nnd C. P
lloyil, Aronlmlnk
2 30 Joit-ph Chnpman. Merlon, and J L.
Moore. Aronlmlnk
2 35 M W PhlUlpi Merlon, and P J
Maneely Pine Valley
D 00 It P McNoel Merlon, and E. V Dough
erty Jr Merlon
4 00 J O llallowell, Ht Daitd's, nnd partner
LEVINSKY'S WIN OVER DILLON
CAUSES BIG JESS WILLARD TO
LOOK LIKE CHEESE CHAMPION
Tall Westerner's Stock Takes Tumble in Eyes of
Boxing" Experts Johnson's Conqueror
Has Done Nothing
Hy UOIJKRT W,
BATTUXO r.CVtN'SKVS clean-cut vie
tory oler Jack Dillon In Ualtlmoro last
Thursday makes Jess Wlllnrd look moro
nnd moro like nn accidental or cheese
champion In tho heavywolRht illusion. The
-. '-v. efTect of tho Cnttler's
win acted with reverse
UnKllsh on tho title
holder's prowess, for It
proved thnt lllff Jess
did not score such n.
irlorloua victory nftor
nil, when ho walloped
Prank Moran In Madi
son Square Onrdcn last
March
Moran was supposed
to be the pick of tho
heavies, but hla stock
'Xl ftj ASviOrj ifiriuio uiui
Wrf Jf . Jmtlttery when bn Inst thn docl-
ii iUyH .inn tn .InrU lllllnn In
It v MAXWi:r,I, Brooklyn. After that
battle, tho Iloosler Dearcat wan hailed as
the beit In the world, nnd now I.ovlnsky
hna the call All of which kops to show that
there Is n nice biff muddle In tho truck horse
class and It will not be cleared until Jess
takes It upon himself to knock the dnvllshts
out of some biff (ruy nnd prove that ho
really has the ffoodi.
Tor tho 'stcenth time we must pause nnd
say to ourselves, "How Rood Is Wlllnrd?
What has he ever dono?" Outside of Ills
questionable victory over Jnek Johnson,
who was old and fat. the answer Is "noth
Inff. Deforo tho battle with tho UIk
Smoko he was a, joko nnd Ills mastndonlo
efforts to flatten Mornn caused loud and
prolonced lniiffhtcr in tho press row. Jess
haB tho helffht, weight nnd reach, but that
lets him out. It Is said that ho has lots
of fcclcnco nnd can hit n tcrrlblo blow, but
ho didn't show It ngalnst Moran. Jack
Dillon administered more punishment to tho
Irish Illondo In threo rounds thnn the cham
pion did In ten.
Willard Won't Fifiht
In tho olden times, tho world's champion
traveled through tho country displaying n
clenched fist nnd meeting all comers ro
Kardless of height, weight or color. They
wcio proud of their fistic laurels nnd would
tight nt tho drop of tho hat. Nowadays,
tho champ usea the clenched fist only when
ho grasps a pon and dashes off n teal
monlal for somo new drink or a brand of
suspenders. He la witling to do anything
but fight, and displays tho Itching palm,
which must bo crossed with a ton of silver
ovcry tlmo ho appears In tho limelight
Dig Jess Is willing to fight for tho tttlo,
but his selection li Ferocious Fred Fulton,
who now Is living In tho great outdoors,
selling popcorn nnd pop nt nn amusement
park In Minnesota. Ho Is willing to meet
the pugnacious plasterer nny number of
rounds for n mcro J35.000 or more, which
shows that he always Is ready to tako n
chance. When ho trims Fred ho will Issue
n sweeping challenge to the champion of
tho G. A. It.
Ilul what about Battling Lovlnsky? Tho
battler Is the clovcrest big man In tho
world nnd nhnuld outpoint Wlllnrd In a
10 or 15 round battle. He has Improved
In his hitting, but thero must be more
Improvement before ho can bo considered
a real contender for tho championship in
n 25-round or a finish fight.
Frcddlo Welsh has been stung ngaln, for
his scheduled bout with Harlem Tommy
Murphy has been called off by tho Now
York Boxing Commission. Freddy, like
Wlllnrd, Is willing to risk his title ngalnst
nny old person In the world, but he carried
Vi in. Wide nine &
Hliilc Stripe Suitings
Suits to Order . . .
BILLY MORAN, The Tailor
1103 ARCH STREET
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1R-50
U 'tinsJ'Valut
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. MAXWELL
It a trifle too far when he picked on Mur
phy. Harlem Tommy wns a good battler
about flro years ngo, but since that time
ho has been out of the game. The last time
ho boxed ho felt out of the ring nnd broke
his nrm nnd tho Injury ruined his 'career.
To have put on this Welsh-Murphy com
bat would have been ns brutal ns stacking
a schoolboy ngalnst Frank Gotch In a
wrcstllns match. It was bad enough when
they brought back poor old Joo Cans when
ho was In tho last stages of tuberculosis to
fight Uattllng Nelson, but this would have
been tho limit. Tho promoters of tho affair
wcro without shame nnd had a poor Idea ot
tho Intelligence of tho public The Dear Old
Public will stand for almost anything, but
It draws the line nt murder.
Would Have Killed Boxinjr
Had the bout gone on It might hve done
n; grcnt deal toward killing tho boxing
gamo In New York. Thcro Is nothing mora
disgusting than n one-sided boxing match
of a purely commercial kind. Tho Boxing
Commission knew this, nnd when Chairman
Fred Wcnck stepped In nnd called every
thing off he showed thnt ho was on the job
nnd doing his best to keep tho gamo on the
level.
According to a news dispatch, a gang of
South Americans becamo so Incensed when
n football player mlascd an easy try for
goal In n game at Montevideo, Uruguay,
that they rushed out on tho Held, stopped
the game and then set flro to tho grand
stands. Wo need have no fear of a similar
occurrenco here, as tho Ynlo bowt and th
stands nt Shlbo Park aro fireproof.
Football Is Second Considcriation
INDIAN'ArOMB, July 17. Clinton It. Black,
Jr., of New York city, captain of the Yalo Uni
versity football team, for 11)111, who Is visiting
friends hero hna Issued a statement denylnxre
ports that ho had advised memhers of the xalo
squad not to enter military scrvlca but to stick
to tho team, lie says he does not entertain that
sentiment, but feels the Interests of the country
nro paramount.
Johnson to Play in Doubles
NEW YORK, July 17. William M. Johnson,
national tennis champion, will be seen In action
In the ltockawny Hunting Club Invitation tour
nament this afternoon, teamed ulth flnymond
D. !,lttl In tho doubles. Tho tltlcholder will
not compcto In tho singles.
Husky Football Star
of 1906 Is Killed by
Infantile Paralysis
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 17
The placue thnt usually claims weak
babies killed husky Frank McCor
mick, in 1006 a centre on Villa
nova's football team and picked on
the all-American team that season.
Doctors today diagnosed his case as
infnntile paralysis. Ho was 37
years old.
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