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DESPITE ABSENCE OF STARS THROUGH INJURIES BILL DONOVAN KEEPS CLUB IN FRONT
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RARE MANAGERIAL ABILITY
1 Pilot of Yankees With Crippled Team in Lead Has
Convinced Most Skeptical That He Is
Not a Figurehead
BILL DONOVAN Just about has convinced tho skeptical critics who looked
Upon him as a Joko manager that ho Is a real pilot and In tho future ho
wilt not bo looked upon as a figurehead, who cannot get along without extra
ordinary material, Donovan's ability to hold tho Yankees Iri first place, despite
ft series of accidents to star players, has opened tho eyes of the fans, and although
the Highlanders are In a crippled condition rival managers still look upon
Wild Bill's team as the most dangerous In tho league.
Tho Yankees have not been able to get better tl. ti an oven break In' tho last
18 games played, but as tho other pennant contenders nro not doing any better,
With Cleveland losing a larger percentage of their games, tho New Yorkers havo
Increased their lead, rather than having It cut down. It Is reasonably certain,
howover, that Donovan cannot keep tho team In tho lead much longer unless ho
la favored with pitching far above tho average.
Donovan alms to keep tho Yanks within four games of first placo by August
IE, believing that he will win tho pennant If ho Is ablo to do this. By that tlmo
both Baker and JIalsel will bo back In tho game and It Is barely possible that
Gilhooley also will bo available In caso Donovan wants to take a chance on him.
If Donovan's pitchers hold up he Bhoutd bo ablo to keep within striking dtstanco
of first place.
Ab tho Yanks havo a two-game lend on tho Indians, their nearest opponent
lit tho present time, Donovan's men can afford to loso six moro games than any
ether contender and still bo no further nway from first placo than Is figured.
Judging by tho erratic manner In which the other pennant contending teams
are moving along, tho Yankees are not likely to loso so much ground by tho
middle of August unless some team starts a sudden spurt. t
Donovan Most Unlucky Manager
NO other manager In tho major leagues, barring possibly Mack, has been bo
unlucky as Donovan this season. Ills road has been n hard ono from tho
tlmo tho training season opened, and Just when It 6cemcd ns If ho had things
running smoothly, accidents began to retard his progress. When tho team
reported in the spring Donovan had a squad of 03 players from which to solcct
hla team. Included In this list wero tho many stars purchased by Owners Uup
port anil Huston last winter.
There Is no denying tho fact that Donovan's material was unusually good,
but tho to3k of handling such a large squad and cutting It down without making
crious mistakes mado tho Philadolphlan's task harder. Just after ho had
sorted out his material and managed to Instill team play Into this aggregation
of stars, the brilliant Fritz JInlsel, who had been switched from tho infield to
tho outfield, sustained a broken shoulder. Ho has not been In tho game since,
though tho accident occurred 10 weeks ngo.
This accident to Malsel not only crippled tho team becauso his playing
ability was missed, but also becauso it necessitated a change In tho batting order
and a completo rearrangement of the system. Closely following this accident,
"Slim" Caldwell, recognised ns one of the leading pitchers of tho country, broko
a finger, which kept him off the mound for throo weeks and seriously affected his
work for n similar period. Caldwell was back In shape, but waa Injured again
Tuesday and no doubt tho accident will hold him back.
Bay Fisher, another dependable veteran pitcher, was taken 111 soon after
Caldwell wns Injured, but tho team was moving along at n rapid clip nnd did
not miss him. Hughlo High, the former Detroit outfielder, had proved a capable
substitutes for Malsel and was playing even better than Malsel had prior to his
Injury, and the Yankees wero going at a terrific clip, having won 13 out of 10
games when tho fourth mlsfortuno was encountered.
Injuries Overtake Gilhooley and Baker
WHILE sliding to third baso Frank Gilhooley broke his right leg. This
accident will keep him out of tho gamo for tho rest of tho season unless
tho bono knits faster than is expected. Gllhodley's loss was a terrific blow to Dono
van, as tho little outfielder was playing wonderful ball in nil departments. Ho
was proving himself tho boat lead-off man in tho game, whllo his batting, baso
running and fielding wero such that ho was belng hailed as tho sensation of tho
season.
Still tho Yankees continued to win, but tho "Jinx" could not bo shaken.
Xn chasing a foul ball a few days ago, Frank Baker crnshed into tho stand and two
ribs wero broken. Baker'H physician states that thero is little chnnco for tho
home-run king to get back into the gamo for at least a month. Thl3 last blow
was tho greatest of all to Donovan's pennant hopes.
Baker was slow starting this season nnd was carried along by tho con
sistent batting of tho rest of tho team. The famous slugger finally started hit
ting and in tho threo weeks previous to tho tlmo ho was Injured had whaled
seven homo run drives and many other run producing smashes. Baker's nb
eenco deprives tho team of Its "punch" and It is possible that tho former Mack
luan will bo slow striking his stride even after ho returns to tho game.
Tho climax was reached on Tuesday when Nick Cullop, tho brilliant young
southpaw rom tho Federal Leaguo, tore a muscle in his side and will be unablo
to pitch for at least two weeks, with tho possibility of his being unablo to strike
his stride again for a month or more. Cullop had won nlno games and lost only
one this seat.on and was the most dependable man on Donovan's staff, with
the possible exception of Bob Shawkey, who has gone to tho southpaw's rescue
In several of tho games won.
Caldwell also was Injured in this gamo, but the Injury will not keep him
out of tho game long, though it may throw him off his stride. Such has been
Donovan's luck this season, but through It all Bill smiles, and by clever switching
of his line-up and excellent Judgment in handling hl3 pitchers ho has kept
tho team out in front, convincing tho fans and critics that ho is a real manager.
Then yesterday still another player was sent to the hospital when Outfielder
Hughle High injured his neck In tho game against tho Browns.
Weeghman Is Mad for Publicity
WHEN will the magnates learn to keep their business to themsolves? Baseball
suffered for a long time because tho magnates talked money too much
and it was believed that they had learned their lesson, but such Is not tho caso.
Charles "Weeghman, owner of the Cubs, has announced tho purchase of "Chuck"
"Wortman, shortstop of the Kansas City American Association team, for a price
"considerably more" than the $22,500 Pittsburgh is alleged to havo paid for
Marty O'Toole.
What we are trying to find out is what do the fans caro about the price
paid for Wortman and also If Weeghman believes that tho fans will take him
at his word when-he says he paid moro than $22,500 for the Kansas City young
ster. If Weeghman really paid what he claims for Wortman, he is merely pro
viding another excellent reason why the Feds failed.
Wortman is a fairly good ball player and Burely is worthy of a major league
trial, but scouts who have watched him closely, including Harry Davis and Ira
Thomas, declare, that it Is extremely doubtful If he will make good. They con
tend that Wortman is a prospect and nothing moro and that he is not worth
more than $2500.
Perhaps Weeghman Intends to pay off the $22,500 In players whose "iron
clad" contracts he would like to rid himself of, but so far as paying that much
in real money, few fans will believe it, Weeghman'a mad desire for publicity
will have a bad effect on the game as all minor league clubs will start boosting
the purchase price for their young stars. It can result in only one thing an
Increase Instead of u. decrease in the salaries and running expenses for major
league clubs.
Witt Crossed Cleveland Outfielders
MTTTHJTEY" WITT'S sudden switch in batting form has the opposing outfield
W era at sea. Early In the season Witt was hitting on the left side of the
diamond almost entirely and tho centre fielders played him accordingly, but now
he is hitting natural and the majority of his drives go to right or right centre.
Yesterday Speaker was playing in left centre when Witt smashed his first
triple between Tris and Roth. When Witt came up to the plate again Speaker
switched over to dead centre, but Witt crossed him again by pulling the ball
around further and another triple resulted, Witt is Just striking his stride and Is
likely to climb close to the ,300 before the season closes.
Brooklyn's double defeat at the hands of. the Pirates yesterday will have a
disastrous effect on the league leaders. Brooklyn has at last struck the expected
Patting si amp and unless the pitchers show better form than is likely the Dodgers
.will not hold their lead very long after returning home. ,
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Garry Herrmann Is a generous sort of a fellow. All he asked of the Braves
for Herzog was Maronville, Wllhott and a pitcher. Strange that he did not Include
Sherwood Mugec. Evers and Hughes.
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ers League Always Comes
to His Assistance
CHICAGO ALSO BIDDING
By CHANDLER D. RICIITEK
With tho Yankees playing brilliant ball
dcsplto numerous accidents, and the fans
wildly excited about Donovan's team, tho
National League feels tlint It should also
havo n winner In New York. Therefore,
tlio owner of tho Giants will go tho limit In
buying star players In order to put the
team In tho race. This Is tho only reason
why Manager Mornn, of tho Thlllles, has
failed to land Duck Hcrzog, of tho Reds.
Other National Leaguo teams which are
out of tho raco nro only voo glad to help tho
Giants, because a winning team In tho
metropolis means a great deal of money
to every team In the league, and that is
why McGraw always has been ablo to go
out nnd buy star players In mldscnson.
Threo days ago Manager Moran could
havo had llerzog for tho niklng. but slnco
Manager McGraw, of tho Giants, haB talked
to tho Cincinnati manager It Is certain that
the brilliant Infleldcr will bo a membor of
tho Giants Moran wired tho writer to this
effect yesterday afternoon. '
Giants' Flattering Offer
As soon as tho Phillies arrived In Cincin
nati, Moran got In touch with Hcrzog, who
Informed him that while he would rather
play with the Phils than any team In tho
league, tho New York club had mado him a
proposition which hi could not nltord to
turn down and which ho knew Moran could
not equal.
No doubt an equal offer from Moran, so
far as salary Is concerned, would havo
landed llerzog. but tho Phillies, with a
championship team, cannot bo blamed for
not meeting Horzog's terms. Perfect har
mony prevails In tho Phlly ranks at the
present tlmo, but It would not be for long
If tho other players learned that Herzog
was being paid a salary such as he de
mands.
Instead of harming llerzog, his failure
as a manager In Cincinnati really has aided
him. With five clubs bidding for'hls serv
ices, Herzog will bo ablo to get a new con
tract calling for even moro money than ho
received to manage the Iteds and he will
not bo burdened with tho responsibility. It
also Is certain that Uerzog's new contract
will be for two or threo years, whereas his
war-time contract would run out at the
close of the present season.
It Is the same old story. National League
clubs, to win the pennant or bent out the
Giants, must develop their own players and
depend upon perfect teamwork and the
breaks. Tho New York club has more
money to spend for players. Is aided by
other clubs when It needs players and all
other owners like to see the Giants near the
top, because It means money for tho entire
league.
Scout Davis Returns
Harry Davis returned from n lengthy
scouting trip, In which he covered the Amer
ican Association, Southern, Kitty, Central,
Three-Eye and Western Leagues. The Mack
lieutenant would not say just what he
landed for the Athletics, but declared that
ho was very well satisfied with tho result
of the trip.
Davis had a long talk with Manager Mack
this morning, and the latter also was well
pleased with what he learned. It Is be
lieved that the main object of Davis" vIMt
was to get two catchers, a pitcher and nn
outfielder. Davis admitted that he had
seen two mighty promising catchers, and It
Is likely ho will leave again Saturday night
to close a deal for one or both,
Whllo away Davis saw "Chuck" Wort
nan, the Kansas City shortstop, for whom
the Cubs are supposed to have paid more
than the Pirates gave up for Marty O'Toole.
Davis says that he does not believe the
Cubs paid anywhere near what Is claimed,
and that If they did they paid about $15.
000 move than he Is worth.
The veteran Mackman, who is one of
the best Judges in the game of young tal
ent, says that Wortman is a smooth fielder,
but that he looks like a poor hitter, and is
not fast enough to be of much value to a
major league club. Davis declares that he
can find sensational fielding shortstops by
the score, but that what ha is looking for
is bitters, and does not believe that Wort
man will do anybody much good for this
reason.
WHICH REMINDS US,
WON'T BELIEVE IT UNTIL YOU SEE FOR YOURSELF
KICE SIMPLY CAN'T SEE HOW
BOSTON WILL BE DEPRIVED OP
AN ENTRY IN WORLD'S SERIES
With Braves and Red Sox Now Playing" Fine Ball,
'Twill Be Hard to Keep One or Both Out '
of October Classic
By GRANTLAND RICE
"TTTHAT chanco Is there," nsks a Boston
VY fan, "for this eminent city to bo rep
resented In tho next world series?"
An exceedingly healthy ono, wo should
say. On tho other wing or paw thoro nro
tho Itcd Sox. On tho other paw or wing,
thero aro tho Braves. Thero Is tho chance,
of course, that both may win. Thero Is nn
oven better chanco that ono or the other
will nrrlve.
Tho Braves Just at present havo only
two clubs to grapplo with. Tho Ited Sot
havo at least flvo rivals. Therefore, tho
Braves havo a better chanco than tho Bed
Sox.
Tho Bed Sox, plus Tris Speaker this sea
son, would havo tho American Leaguo race
already packed nway. But even without
Speaker that pitching staff makes tho club a
stout and robust contender.
With two such clubs around, there Is a
very striking possibility that Boston will
horn Into tho world series mcleo ono way
or another; or by ono leaguo or another.
Walsh, Brown, MathewBon ono by one
and tho wonder is that baseball looks to bo
anything like tho same.
"I've had a hard tlmo getting started this
season," says Ty Cobb, who Is now batting
.350. Wo know one or two earnest athletes
who would bo glad to stop there.
One Way Out
It teas an ancient golfer and ha atoppeth
one of three,
"You should havo seen my maahte ahot upon
the tenth," aald he
"You should have aecn my smashing drive"
but crowded here at hay,
1 pushed him underneath a train and tocnt
upon my way.
It might also be noted that the paths of
glory lead but to tho cartoon.
Tho good die young. It Is about their
only chanco to remain good.
The Proverbs of a Fool
Tho wise man slgheth In tho weight of
SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS
By LOUIS II. JAFFE
Fred Douglas has "coma back" again. Once
more ho la connected with the hoslns same,
this time as matchmaker ond referee at the
Oayety Theatre. Hrert has arranged two pro
fessional six-round scraps In addition to the
reaular amateur bouts for tomorrow night. The
pro. program Is Pete Howell s. Charley Hauber
and Jos Dorsey . Hauling- llurruy.
Kensington and Richmond will by rep
sented In tho main melte nt the Cambria Club
tomorrow night when Leo Flynn and Youne Mc
Oovern decide who Is tha better boxer. Joe
Reck vs. Joe Wagner Is ths semi.
Young Julio, although he has had but one
bout, gives promise to make a lot of the local
little Allows hustle this fall. Ila la a graduate
from the Adam Ryan school of boxing and
coupled with clearness he punch's hard. Young
Tommy Owens will bear testimony to tha Span
lard's punching ability.
Since leaving Philadelphia Eddie Dorsey. the
West Philadelphia negro lightweight, has been
boxing In good form. Tonight he takes on
Mel Coogan, a white man. In Hrooklyn. Dorsey
Is a clever boxer, and probably could hold hts
own with somo of tha best of his weight.
Ratt Ing LeMnsky Is grabbing several soft
scraps following his win over Olant Killer Jack
Dillon. George Ashe, of this city, will ba Rat's
opponent In .New York tomorrow night. Then
Gunboat Smith will stop the Stratford Sheriff's
jabs on the 23th at St Louis
Despite the continuous warm weather, an In
creased attenil-nce weekly can be seen In tha
Ryan Club audiences, especially among the fernl.
nlna spectators Next Tuesday night Jack
Toland and Kddle Reiolra will pitch Into each
other for an ia-mlnute session.
Wally Nelson tha K. O. artist of the Nelson
family. Is booked for two matches next week.
Monday night at tha Broadway he meets Charley
Mathews and the next night he will show at
the Ryan Club. "Ulnney" Cross Is hustling a
POINT BREEZE MOTORDOME
Oreateit Racing Kient of the Year
TONIGHT AT g:S0 40 WILES TONIGHT
(Jarman Paced by Hunter
Wiley Paced by Stein
Pidier Paced by Moren
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT
RED MEN'S I'ICNIO AND UAMES
MOTOR AND MOTOR-PACED RACES
AL, THAT CERTAIN 'A
his knowledge; but tho fool stngcth In his
lack of understanding.
Tho poor man takes nil ho has across tho
Long Night ; tho rich man leaves all ho has
behind.
Not to Forget
A little knocking now and then
Turns mollycoddles Into men.
Tho Yanks havo proved again that a stout
defenso In baseball Is more to ba chosen
than a heavy attack. With most of their
good hitters crippled or In a bad slump, thoy
have managed to hold tho lead In tho best
raco tho American Leaguo ever has known.
And tho star feature of their play has been
great pitching, backed up by cupablo sup
port. It Is harder to beat good pitching and
good defensive work than It Is to overthrow
a ragged attack, attached to only fair de
fensive play. Tho two clubs that havo ber
winning most consistently of lato In tho
Amorlcan Leaguo Jamboreo aro tho two
strongest defensive clubs in tho circuit
New York and Boston. Tho .300 nnd .400
hitters aro not to bo scorned and desp.scd,
but they do not compose tho cntlra game by
several steady fathoms.
Tho difference between Ponco de Leon
nnd Frcddlo Welsh Is about this Ponco
wns hunting for eternal youth, whllo Fred
die spends most of his tlmo looking for old
men.
Tho Gamo Wo Play
A Lite to live and a Death to die;
A virtue thero and xt aln confessed;
A song to sing and a sigh to sigh
And then God only knows tho rest.
A song of 10 cities "Where Is the pen
nant we cheered in May? 'Over tho hills
and far away; over the hills and far
away."
Church nnd Davis in Finals
CEDAnjIUnST. N. V., July 20 Oeorce M.
Church, of New Jersey, and Willis V. Davis,
ot California, won tho semifinal matches in
the cup singles here yesterday In the tennis tour
nament on tho turf of the Rockaway Huntlmr
Club Church outplayed nnd outplured Leonard
lleekman, Princeton, at 0--. 0-3. Davis, In a
rullyln; and smashing came, defeated A, II.
Man, Jr., former Yale captain, -'. 4-0. 0-4.
lot for Wally, and hopes to havs htm up near
tha top this season.
Having made good In his first wind-up by
trimming Charley Medway. K. O. Al Wagner
again will appear In a star scrap Monday night
when he takes on Youne Dlgglns at tha Ilroad
way Club. Wagner is a vicious puncher, but he
may have trouble connecting with Dig.
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llUiJ ArCll 3W EVENINGS
Baseball Today Two Games
SHIBE PARK
ASIKIUCAN' LKAGUI! GKOUNDb
Athletics vs. Cleveland
First Game Called at 1:15 l. 31.
Tickets oo sale at Gimbals' unl bpaldlngs.
PITCHERS ARE COLLECTING BY THEIR NERVE
BONGZ,
MCZHCCR
PHILADELPHIA IS
POLO WINNER FOR
BLIZZARD CUPS
Quaker City Four Defeats
Rockaway in Final Match
for Trophies
SCORE IS CLOSE, 15 TO 13
NEW YORK, July 20. In tho final polo
match for tho Blizzard Cups at tho Rock
away Hunt Club yestorday, tho visiting
Philadelphia team defeated Rockaway by
tho close scoro of IS goals to 13. Philadel
phia, although conceding seven goals by
handicap, led by a wldo margin until thr
homo four rallied. Tho bad condition of
tho turf prevented a very fast gamo, and"
tired both tho riders and the mounts
quickly.
At half score, Philadelphia bad earned
six goals to one for Rockaway. Tho latter
had rallied in tho third period, but was
unablo to stem tho tldo of defeat. Phila
delphia, playing to win, steadily beat down
tho defense of tho homo four, nnd tho gamo
was mado additionally slow owing to tho
blocking tactics employed by both sides.
E. L. Stokes was the mainstay of Phila
delphia throughout and put In his best work
In tho fifth period, when ho scored threo
times. During this period C. P. Dixon, 2d,
was thrown and barely escaped being
caught under his mount. Tho pony wns up
Instantly and, riderless, dashed up to tho
oiner cnu or the Held, whero ho was cor
nered by attendants. Tho summary:
PHILADELPHIA. ROCKAWAY.
1. A. JI. Collins1.".01''! 1. d. I,. Leonnrd.ri
B. W. s. Stokes... 4 2. It. LuMontairne... T
n. 13. I.. Stokes.... n 3. C. P. Dixon. 2d. V 3
Hack. Straw bridle.. 5 Hack U. W. Leonard 0
Total 17 Total .To
Philadelphia, coals earned. 15. Rockaway,
coals earned. 0; by handicap. 7i total. 13.
Tor Philadelphia W. 3. Stokes. 4; n. I,.
Btokes, 0! It. U. Strawbrldce, 3j A. M. Collins,
2. Tor Rockaway C. L. Leonard. 4; R, La
Montagne, 2; penalties, none. Referee D. Oat
Ins. Timer and scorer Albert Hunter.
Wally Schanjj Not Seriously Injured
Manager Connie Mack, ot the Athletics,
stated jesterday that from Information received
from tho physicians attending Wally Schang It
Is thought that the plajer's Injury will not ba
as serious as was at first expected It was a re
sult of his crash against the left-field wall In
Tuesday's game. Tha physicians took a sec
ond X-ray examination of Schang's battered
face and It Is thought that while thero are
bones broken there Is nothing that will prove
serious to him He will be unablo to appear
In the line-up, howaver, for some time.
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VERDUN
TWO full pages of pictures of the battle before
Verdun intimate pictures made under the
warrant of the French Government. They show
the storming of the German trenches, how big
guns are moved from place to place and the way
the French prepare for counter-attacks.
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ADROIT TENNIS
PLAYER ISSUES
TEN-GAME DEFI
Rowland, Belfield 'Veteran
Sends Out Sweeping Chal
lenge to Sportsmen
"DOC" HAWK STILL STRONG
Thero Is a man In our town who chal
lenges any ono In tho world, savo perhaps
Jim Thorpe nnd Howard Berry, to meet
him Jn nny 10 games the two may select.
Ho Is none other than our old friend. Bill
Rowland, of Belfield, who was bitten badly
by tho tennis bus many, many years ngo
nnd still fecla tho effects of tho etlng.
"When reminded of his sweeping challenge,
Itowland reduced his territory somewhat so
thnt It would at least take In tho Plymouth
Country Club, whero the Schuylkill Valley
tennis championships nro In progress.
It nil enmo about when Itowland was
chinning with Norman Snrnyno over their
rcspcctlvo abilities as tennis-players. Every
ono knew that "Bill" was Joshing, which Is
noming new lor mm, when ho Intimated
that ho nnd hla partner could beat Swayna
nnd hla partner nt doubles. So when the
argument got pretty warm for Itowland he
brought up the 10-gamo subject.
Swnync Makes Selection
Swayno selected tennis, checkers, chess,
throwing a baseball for distance nnd
quoits, nnd Bowland's flvo games wero pool,
billiards, golf, boxing nnd two-hnnded
pinochle. So somo day the twain will take
about a year off nnd wngo bitter battle.
It might bo said In passing that Bow
land Is n shark at pool nnd billiards, plays
golf twlco a year, cuts quite a dash n num
ber of years ngo ns an amateur boxer and
Is n wizard at pinochle. On tho other hand,
tho studious Swnyno wilt tako anybody on
at checkers and chess, holds mnny tennis
titles, pitches horseshoes almost ns well
as tho bunch In back of tho blacksmith shop
nt the crossroads and In his palmy days
wns a good ball player.
So It Is nltogothor llkoly thnt each will
do fault to tho other In tho flvo games each
selected, nnd call It a draw. Which brings
tho argument bntk to tho starting point,
where all arguments finally land.
"Doc" Hawk Not a Haa-Bcen
Thero nro but few tennis nlavera of tho
old school who still aro nblo to hold their
own with tho dashing, smashing tactics ot
tha younger generation. But Dr. P. B.
Hawk Is ono of them. Hawk plays tho kind
of n game usually referred to as "steady"
In tho dally pre.fj, and mnny times ho simply
wears out younger players who put every
thing they havo Into overy stroke.
Doctor Hawk la making u strong bid for
a second leg on tha Schuylkill Valley singles
cup. If everything goes according to tho
wny It has "been doped out ho will tackle
Swnyno In tho scmlllnaly. and then W. T.
Tlldcn, 2d, present holder of the trophy.
In tho final, provided, of course, ho beats
Swayno In tho penultimate.
Dwlght B. Meigs, headmaster of tho Hill
School at Pottstown, believes that tho tennis
stroko which ly not played In perfect form
Is a stroko thrown nway. Meigs plays In
better form than any player In theso parts.
His overy movo Is a study In grace and caso
of oxecutton. And ho gets there, too. Ha
gavo Tllden tho match of his llfo In tho
fourth round at Korrlstown, beating tho
tltloholder lr. tho third sot, 5-1, and 30-lovo.
Only a remarkable rally enabled Tlldcn to
pull through against such tremendous odds.
GE1UIANT0WN VICTOR OVER
BELFIELD IN CLUB TENNIS
Other Matches in Tournament Compe
tition Aro Postponed
Doth matches In the drat division ot tha In
terclub Tennis League. Cynwyd vs. Philadelphia
nnd Ifrlneld s. Germantown. were postponed
esterday because of the number ot players
from each club competing In the Schuylkill
Valley tournament at the Plymouth Country
Cynwyd and Philadelphia was postponed for
the same reason. The only match played yes
Uluo. ino scronu tiiviaiuii niuitu uvivvceu
terday was between lleWold nnd Germantown
at Manhelm. in tho second division, German-
town winning, tour maicneB to one. inia vic
tory put Germantown In second plnce.
William Schwartz and a H. White ngatnst
G. S. Cracn and C. V. Harbour was a great
attraction In doubles. It required --' gnmes to
decide the first set In favor of tha German
town team. Schwartz and White, but In the
second they had matters much their own way
and won out. 0-1 Two of the four singles went
threo sets. A. L. Heed winning Uellleld's only
match from II. '.. Maxwell. -. 2-d. 0-3. and
W. I. Newhall wlnnlne 'or acrmantown from
J. W. Lance at 0-i, 2-0. 0-0.
Cubs Release Mulligan and McCarthy
CHICAGO, July SO. Shortstop Eddie Mulligan
nnd Second Ilaseman McCarthy hae been re
leased to the Kansas City club, of tho American
Association, completing tho deal by which Wil
liam Wortman. shortstop, comes to the Cubs.
Wortman Is expected to arrive today and play
against the Giants.
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