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BJBB RUSSELL, THRICE READY FOR
DISCARDS, STAGES COMEBACK AND
I AGAIN LOOKS LIKE SOX REGULAR
Gjrooked Hurling Arm Fails to Discourage Game
,. .. Texan, Who Changes Style and Wins
Berth on Rowland's Pitching- Staff
''tMil y that they never come back, but we have with us today a young person
'"wfeo Is willing to bet tho bankroll that the old adage la nothing but bunk. 'The
9i to question la none other than Albert ("Ilcbel") Russell, who pitches with his
arm when he works for Clarence
I ready for the scrap heap at the beginning of the 1917 season; but ho not only
Housed to go, but proved to his boss that he Is not likely to Join tho has-beens for
Mate time to come. Russell's come-back Is one of the bright spots of the game
M4 the pitcher should be admired for his wonderful gameness.
It la not generally known, but "Reb" has a crooked hurling arm. From the
aulder to the elbow It travels sttnlght enough, but from then on, to quote Irving
Vaughn, the arm extended would make u. compass dizzy. It Is Impossible for him
1 straighten the wing. A fibrous growth around the elbow prevents this, but tho
peculiar feature Is that the ailment has failed permanently to cripple the Texan
Mm first sign of trouble came at the end of the 1914 season, when his arm began
draw up at the elbow. He consulted a physician and was advised to lay off for
A year or more. This Russell refused to do, and when he reported In 1915 he sur
cld every ono by showing a sharp curve Instead of his "high fast " Last year
k won seventeen and tost eleven games, but the new delivery was too much and
the, arm went bad again. Then It was announced that Russell was through and
fete loss was mourned by all.
But the Rebel had a different Idea Although the ailment took on an aggra
rated form, the growth enlarged, the elbow warped a bit more and was more
painful, the pitcher decided that It was not yet time to quit. Ho consulted a
physician down In Texas and was told to carry a weight In the left hand and
gradually pull out the kink. This didn't make much of a hit with tho pltchci
tat he, .figured that the only way to Iron out the knots In the arm was to work
border than over. He tolled day after day without result. The hook wouldn't
'took, and the fast one wouldn't hop. It was discouraging work, but there was
bo let-up,
a ...
""DEB" kept at It, however, and gradually began to see the light. Soon
- a faint curve could be seen, his fast ono had lots of smoke and today
he Is Just as good as ever. He will contlnuo to be good, too, until they
crack his Iron heart. That's the thing that has kept him going
S" Callahan Thought Russell a Flivver in Spring of 1913
WHEN Russell blow Into the big show unannounced In tho spring of 1913 he
did not look good to Jimmy C.illah.tn, who then wns mnmiglng the Sox. At
that time he possessed a normal pitching arm. but Jimmy cured nothing for that.
.After watching him work out In practice tho manager decided to ship the recruit
ever the hills and far away, and would have done that ery thing had It not been
for Kid Oleason. The Kid noticed the speed of the joungster and thought that it
eould be, used to good advantage. So he advanced on Callahan and opened up
With the following:
"Don't tie the can to that guy yet," he said "Perhaps he Is a bum and nil
that, but you never can tell at this time of tho year. Russell has u swell fast
kail and will be a good pitcher as soon as he learns how to use It Turn him oer
to me and I will take him on the trip with the second team Then I will have n
chance to look him over carefully nnd he won't be much of an expense to tho club.
I feel that we are overlooking a good bet nnd I want to see If I nm right "
Callahan loosened up and Gleason took the rookie In hand In a short tlmo
fca waa dazzling the batters In Texas with his fast one, and when the trip was
ever "Reb" had a Job and a good contract. It took only a short tlmo to fee that
tha new pitcher could pitch nnd that ho loved to work. This nlmoHt rulnod him
tho first year, for Callahan sent him In too often to relieve his tottering mate?.
He took part In fifty-one contests for an enrned-run acrago of 1.S3 per game.
The next year, hitjvcver, ho dropped to thirty-eight engagements for an average
f 2.90.
...
AT THE end of the 1914 season he waa looked upon as a flash a phenom
XAwho bobs up, pitches good ball for a year and then drops back Into
obscurity. Russell knew that the shadow of tho minors was ho enng uv er
him. but he didn't quit because ho had the courage to fight It out.
Kid Gleason Again Comes to the Rescue and Russell Lasts
Ft 1915 Russell knew that only a miracle would keep him in the league. His arm
developed a twist at the elbow and the slight kink robbed him of the curve ball
' Which made him sucfT a terror In 1913. Gleason once more came to the rescue,
and after working with him for a week taught him a new delivery which brought
results. "Reb" worked for hours each day on the new style, and because he had
natural ability It waa mastered.
When the curve disappeared Russell knew It was because of the elbow. Thcro
wa only one thing to do, and that was to begin all over. HV did, and the hook
reappeared, but In a different form. He simply adapted himself to another way
ot doing a. thing What the curve lost in deceptiv eness' was offset by the pitching
knowledge he had acquired In his short career In tho major league. He went
through the season and at the end thought It would bevn good stunt to bee a doctor
and have an operation performed. The doc told him to let well enough alone and
How nature to take Its course. This waa done and there was little trouble until
this year. v?
...
r? IS probable that Russell will be sent against the Athletics in the game
this afternoon He always has been effective against the home folks and
' Rowland Is anxlou3 to start off with a victory If "Reb" doesn't twirl,
' Clcotte la likely to be called. Joe Bush will hurl for the Macks.
Two Former Mackmen Are Here With the Invaders
EDDIE COLLINS, who was one of the most expensive cogs In tho well-known
1100,000 Infield, and Eddie Murphy, former right fielder of the champion A'a,
are members of the Chicago club, which opens tho series In Shlbo Park this
afternoon. Collins Is playing his usual brilliant game In the field, but his hitting
feu been away off. Murphy does not appear In the line-up regularly and plays
'th rola of utility outfielder and an occasional pinch hitter. They always are given
'a great reception by the fans.
The White Sox aro facing a crucial test on this trip and will have to get better
than an even break to overhaul the Red Sox. On paper, Rowland's club looks as
formidable as tho Giants, but the players have not been able to hit with any degree
ot consistency. Cold weather Is held responsible for this and It is believed that
the men will recover their batting oyes as soon as summer sets In. The visitors
do not expect to have an easy time with the Athletics, as Connie's crowd gave them
a hard tussle in Chicago a couple of weeks ago'. They fear the sluggers on the
borne lot and the best twlrlers will be used.
Last Wednesday, when a crowd of 15,000 passed through the gates at Shlbe
Park to see the game with the Yankees, It looked like old times when the team
waa winning championships. It showed that the fans have not forgotten the good
old days and now they are willing to give their support to the new team. They
have faith in Connie Mack, and today another record crowd Is expected. The
players perform better before a crowd, for they know then that their work Is
keinz appreciated.
...
r? WAS the biggest crowd that attended a ball gams at Shibe Park since
the world series battles In 1914, but If the team continues to play scrappy
baseball vacant seats will not be so prominent in the future. Anyway,
lt'a about time that Connie received a good break, and we hope his luck
stays with him.
Phils Usually Do Well Away From Home
AS A rule the Phils come through on alien lota and the fans are pulling for them
to get from under. They will be away until the third Tuesday of this month
and will have to extend themselves throughout the trip. After the Pittsburgh
aories. closing Monday, Pat and his crew will take the rollers as far West as
Chicago, and on arrival in the Windy City wilt find anything but a brotherly
MotpUon- Fred Mitchell and his Cubs have not forgotten that the Phils stopped
Mmm after ten straight and that the Moranmen threw the harpoon into Phil
jPewalas. Tom Beaton et al. for the entire series of four games. They will be out
'Mr revenge, and whether they get It or not will have a whole lot to do with the
afcMt&ing of the teams in the Tener circuit.
t Te season brush at this writing appears to be a good race between the
Msafe, Giants and the Cubs. The Cards are in fourth place, but they are playing
mi even fifty-fifty, winning and losing about the same number of games. The
'Mttst Important series for the Phils should be the Chicago games, and inasmuch
,m te Giants wilt be playing the Reds at that time, it will be necessary for the
Mate to travel some. The Giants are now in St. Louis. They open with Mathew
eet'a bunch on Registration Day. Following this series the Giants blow Into
o for a series of four games, so the
f Tie Cuba will have the advantage ot playing on the home lot, morning prac-
tAjM,aind the cheers of the home-town fans; but they will be playing some base-
K should they beat out both the Phils and Giants. After a quartet of games
Chicago, Pat's players step over to
ta bunch then will have got the
tm tat wad by the New Yorkers, will hope
ffslia. They, too, have not forgotten that our boys took the series from them on
tJW eaetern trip.
Orjrji PHll pulled themselves together with Ersklne Mayer on the hill at
WttstVifc and are now even up with the Pirates. Two more victories
Ute Bprtar Ctty ia4' wil have aeoued an even break. eUce
awy left t BweiiaadMMpttMaiiia'jUnsii pea fer potet went.
THE PITCHERS -THE PHILS HAVE EIGHT HITTERS
Rowland and his White Sox. The ltebel
Cubs also have their work cut out for
St. Louis for four games with the Cards.
Giants - out of their systen, and if trampled
to gain ground at the expense of the
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FIX DATES FOR
SCHOOLCONTESTS
Freshmen Track Meet Next
Tuesday City Games on
Monday at Houston Field
PENN CHARTER VICTOR
Arrangements ).ie Itecn made to stan
the city high tchool freshmen championships
on Tuesdiy at Houston Field Instead of
Wednesday of next week Tlio coaches
and managers of the hlKli (.ohool track
teams met jestorday and planned for tho
city track meet on Monday at the Central
High field
On Wednesday tho (jerriantown HlRli
School students will hae their annual field
day sports nt the WaterUew Hen cation
Center Professor Philip O Lewis, who
has Uiargo of the meet, stated this morn
ing that 1200 girls will take part in the
games and sports, nm more than sno bos
will pirtlejpite More than 115 relay races
will ba run off during the nfternoon
niahorato arrangements have also been
nnde by the Northeast IIlKh School of
ficials for their annu il field day sports for
next Thursday afternoon at the Northeast
grounds. Twenty-ninth and Cambria streets
With theto games oer, the scholastic track
and field season will lie at an end
Germnntown Friends' Big Meet
Oermantown Friends' School held a ery
successful color meet yesterday nfternoon
at Queen Lane Tho work of Arndt and
Atkinson, the Whites, helped their team to
victory oer the Blues In the senior sports
Dacon and Hodges excelled for the Ulues
The Purples nnd Reds also met In tho
Junior sports, and Nicholas helped tho Pur
ples to lctory, 87 to 77 Tho Btar for tho
Reds was Hulme. who won the majority of
points Mark Balls led tho Spiders to vic
tory over the Crickets In the primary games,
23 to 18
Cheltenham High defeated Drvn Athyn
Academy In the baseball game at the Chel
tenham grounds esterdaj, 9 to 3 This was
the final game for tho Ilryn Athyn plavcrs
Pcnn Charter Once Again
With almost monotonous regularity tho
Penn Charter School athletes win Inter-
academic League titles. The Quakers won
the Interacademlc track and field cham
pionship yesterday for the fifth consecu
tlvo time. Hplscopal Academy failed to
put up the fight expected of the Church
men Owing to tho rain early In the day,
Franklin Field did not present tho same
fast track that would otherwise havo en
couraged records, so none of the marks
was shattecd, In spite of some classy
competition D Dache, of Uplscopal, won
the half mile and the mile , Friends' Cen
tral sprang a surprise by winning the
sprints, Moffett and Marks excelling
League Games Next Week
Tho Interscholastlc League season will
wind up next week unless the unexpected
happens. Trailes School has two moio
games, one with South Philadelphia on
Monday and the other with the West Phil
adelphia High School team on Tuesday
Central High ana Frankford have a post
poned gamo to play off The prospects for
a tie In the league are bright, with Central
High and West Philadelphia in a llki.y
play-off for the championship.
SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS
-By LOUIS II. JAFFE.
Nc
OT speaking of Johnny Kllbane, Benny
Leonard or Freddy Welsh. Carl Morris.
weighing 230 pounds, may place himself so
large In the pugilistic spotglare on Mon
day night that public sentiment will clamor
for a match between the Oklahoman and
Jess Vlllard, the circus champion Ever
since that memorable July sth afternoon,
back In 1910. when Jack Johnson subdued
James Jay Jeffries, the mammoth Morris
person has been desirous and anxious to
wear the heavyweight title Ills first reason,
seven years ago, was to return that crown
to the Caucasian people ; now he wants to
add "heavyweight champion of the world"
to his personal card. Just because he wants
to be champion Carlos Is to meet Frank
Moran In New York Monday night. Morris,
In his last scrap, eliminated Ferocious
Frederick Fulton when Carl succeeded In
proving that Fred was not ferocious at all
After this bout a lot of conversation was
put on about a Morrls-Wlllard battle, but
some one crimped matters by shouting
Moran. Bo Moran and Morris vvere
matched and now It Is up to the Oklahoman
to dispose of Mr. Moran, If he hopes to get
an opportunity to do battle for that which
caused his entrance on a fistic career
that of trying for world's heavy laurels.
Evening Ledger Decisions
NFW S.ORK pt lUrmsn shaded Jj I.;neh.
4o Ttllti ww from nv-e Mr.I K'lbr
knnrked out CMk tirfmnn, mrnnit IJ-Jtt JJIJJ
nt"eted IIUM Jim Johnion. 1JII Kjllr
iMt Dannr ritldt. Jos Maleiw hdfl llobbjr
Lyoiui,
BOSTON Terrr Ilrooki sAd Mlk I'snlaon
draw.
milling Kenln will hav to shew all of th
rl form h l uopoifd to pmhii or ;! n;
will Bed hlm.-lf In tMn mtnt ot hard
luck la' mttttn nilly Kramtr. Konln tajklaa
a resular tour and a ral hard puncher. They
rompo.e tha atar aerap at tha National tcwlfhV
Danny For. raathf rwetshl champion of Iraland,
and a prataso of Jim Coffey hnxea In Ih; ml.
Ha maata a (ood opnonant In Frankla McManua
JtW bautaara Touna-LawTaeea va. atlly
Ttolf ! Doraay va, not.br Shannon, and
ymtltr ouannon vs. Tommy jaanunw.
aaaa wk "! ruroer bcra. that
LEDGJiK-iaiLxVDKJUPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE & 1917
THE SHOWER
GOLF TEAM CUP IS CRATED AGAIN
READY FOR ITS ANNUAL PASSAGE
BETWEEN MERI0N AND ST. MARTINS
First Division Has Six Teams, But Four of Them
Always Serve as the Chorus Spring
Tourney Day Is Here
ONCi: moro
1'lilladilph
he old trophy shelf at the
hla Crleket f'lub will lie dusted
off and the big cup, emblematic of tho
women's tenin championship of Phlladelphli
will lie. carefully placed in position and left
li glitter for another cai
Tho Philadelphia team cup h'is u llttlo
routo between St .Martins and Ilaverford,
and latelv it has been making Journevs be
tween tho two clubs every ear Merlon
retained tho elianiiilonclilp In 1914, then the
f'rlrket f'lub took It away from them In
1116 Last jear Mil Ion h team of seven
feminlno golfers recaptund the champion
ship and cirrled the trophy back to Ilaver
ford esterday tho St Martins plajcrs
bolstered their team with the addition of
Mrs Clarence II Vnndeilierk nnd the cup
Is about to lie boxed up for another long
haul
It was n great comc-liark for the Cricket
Club team Tho relative merits of tho two
old rivals at the start of tho season pre
dicted nuotlitr Merlon walkover Then tho
raco came to a climax when the winners
squared matters with Merlon by defeating
them in the last game of the season on
Tucsdaj this necessitated a play-off und
tho Country Club was selected as the neu
tral courho upon which to have It out So
they went to It vestcrdav, ami when the
players were nil In, the Criiktt Club had
earned five matches and Merlon was cred
ited with two While tho final score gives
tho appearance of a one-sided victory, the
matches were nil very bitter Of the live
matches creiflted the Cricketers, two ot
them were decided on the home green, while
two called for tho plajing of extra holes
Mrs. Harlow in Form
Mrs Uonald II Harlow never plaved bet
ter golf In her long career, nnd us a result
Miss Mildred Cnverlj, Instead of repeating
her Tucm1.i'h victory of 7 to 6. lost and
thereby tasted her first defeat of the Inter
club season lluth plnvers reached the turn
with medal scores of 11 nnd then Mlks
Caverly began wasting putt", whereupon
Mrs Harlow clinched her point on the Fev
enleenth green Mrs Clarence II Vander
beck made her first nppearnnce In competi
tive golf sini'o tho finals of the Ilerthellyn
cup last fall The former national cham
pion plaved up to her championship ability
by going uiutind In 84 Miss Anita I'hlpps,
the one-tlmo Boston golfer, was Mrs Van
derbeck's victim nnd while the Merlon
player did her best to stay with her fa
mous opponent, sho could not stand up
under the'ex-tltle holder's game
Mrs i: II Filler came In with an easy
victory over Miss Kthel Campbell and this
placed Merlon In tho lead by two matches
to one Tho Cricketers reglsteied their
second when Miss May Hell defeated the
Merlon champion, Mrs. W. .1 Peck, on the
eighteenth green; then tho St Murtlns
colors jumped into tho lead for the first
time when Miss 12 G Hood sunk a spec
tacular putt Into the homo cup for a slim
win over Miss Florence McNeely This put
the decision up to the tnll-erders, and
neither of the two lower matcnes were set
tled when they Bwung around to the home
Leonard la not antni to Philadelphia Monday
Ju;t notify preaa and fn that tho new world'a
lightweight chHtnnlon will Vie there and pleased
v ??. ?ou an,i h'" many Philadelphia frlenda "
Joe. VVelah. Ionarda opponent at tha Olympla.
m,y. noS J" overjoyed to aee lien unlaaa tha
loral Ud happena to go the limit Morrla Lux.
I.eonarda aparrlna- iwrd ahowa In tho semi
Iluck Fleming will be the aecond part party
Mlka Howell va Voiine llorrell Lou Htlnger va
i harley Halley and liattly Murray va Patsy
Wallace are other bonis
.Patsy Wiillare l the inenl Italian bantam
who hna been leaning house at Atlantic City
all season In tho amateur ranks Ills real name
"Patsy Appaluccl and he la a corking; good
Itohert W. Maxwell la $1000 richer the last
faw days He la holding J50l cliecka with sig
natures of John Gutenko alias Ktd Williams,
and Jerome (largano manager of Pete Herman
One, or tho other can grab oft the thou' without
huxhig If Ita hapsena that either tloa a frac
tion of an ounce oter Us pounds This weight
governs their special scrap hero June IS.
Frnnk (arbone tne Texaa rlp-and tear mid
dleweight Is In a New York hospital suffering
with eryslpelaa He was In a rather low condi
tion n few da) a ago but now ba ia on tha
road to recovery.
Mile Jarksen baa een slrned for a twelve
round bout In tloaton Tueaday night with Chirk
-iTk' 51 his via a-vla Jackson's return mix
with Johnny Dundee hns not been arranged aa
et. but It a likely that a definite announce
ment will be made In a few days.
Jimmy ( lubby, tha American, la tha middle
weight champion of Auatralla Jeema annexed
this prlxa when ha waa awarded a twenty
round decision over Tommy Ureiv. Clabby. It
waa believed had retired from tha ring game,
aa he had been following tho ponlea pretty
much, and not paying attention to keeping In
ahapa -
Clay Tnmcr. tha Indian, has been boxing eo
well In New York that he la finding It hard to
tha heavyweight claaa
s raaaon ne must pass on
Prennan. who haa a long atrlng of heavyweight
jia win meei 1111
wuvimvuia, luieur nisu in urvoKiyn. t
Harry Greb, of Plttaburgh, haa pulled down a
lot of big puraea alnca hla entry In pugilism
When Harry waa around l'olllr he waa a raw
proouci ana couta gi rev oouia, un reiun
in
w are loftrmad,
s to 4'iiiaourgn. nauevciopeq rasi, nacanur I
Ba won from George Chip and draw dawn f :MB I
for his and It, la Mget tSOOO for another s? I
J5,CW.
green Tho two Merlon plavcrs stuck to
their opponents for tho complete circuit,
but they both proved unable to stand tho
strain of the extra holes, consequents tho
Cricket Club walked awav with tho cham
pionship Many Matches On
We arc now nt the helghth or the spilng
tournament season Mntost every club In
tho district holds cither the quiillfv lug round
or one of the stages of match play for tho
big lialf-vcar evont on their courses todav
North Hills nnd Aioiilmlnk stage the inidal
rounds, while Lansdowne. Old York Ituad,
Merchantvllle. Hiddan and Burks Countv
hold tho first round of match plav in the
various divisions throughout the dav
There are so niiiiij golfeis at Aiunlmlnlc
that the committee decided to depart fioni
the usual uistom by having two davs upon
which to qualify for the twin events of the
year, the spring and fall tuurnevs v,es
lerdaymanyof the Diexel Hill golfeis took
advantage of the new ruling by h Hiding
In their medal eeores Through this action
the course Is somewhat relieved of conges
tion today North Hills expects to qual
ify five slxtcens, while Aronlmink will have
seven flights If they do not fall below last
years figures
Fathers and sons motheis nnd daughters
will have a big day at Woodbmv, as the
Jersey course holds Its annual attraction
for their benefit the l'nrent and Child tour
nament Overhtook runs to mixed four
somes I'hllmont holds a Memotlal Unv
tournament, while out at piliiRhaven the
lire featuring match play against par for
this early June Satuidav
GOWDY FIRST BALL PLAYER
TO JOIN THE U. S. COLORS
BOSTON' June 2 "Hank" (Jowdv,
catcher of the Hoston Ilrnvea, and batting
hero of the world series of 1911, hns an
nounced his Intention of enlisting In the
Ohio National Onaid The team Is plav lug
In Cincinnati and Cloudy said he would join
the colors at Columbus, O , his home cltv
today lie expects to serve at headquarters'
orderly
MACKS AND BROWNS WILL
PLAY FOR RELIEF FUND
Arrangements have been completed for
the war relief benellt game next Thuisdnv
at Shlbe I'ark, between the Athletics and St
Louis Department No 3 of the l'ennsvl.
vanla Ra Iroad Women's Division for Wnr
rtellef will share the receipts The money
vWU be used In the purchase of niateilals
for making bandages and other surulcal
dressings
JEFF0RD, OF PENN, OFF FOR
U. S. SERVICE AT KEY WEST
Art lefford center on the Penn basket
ball team for two years, has been selected
KVvRw!.Tmnt ",".Jce,at ,h0 naxal base at
Ke West Fla Jcftord. who Is also a for
mer Northeast High star, passed the examl
nation at City Hall yesterday and accom.
paiiled by David 1. Todd, another Penn
Wharton student, left for Florida They are
rated as chief yeomen
CHEVROLET BROTHERS IN
CHICAGO 250-MILE RACE
CHICAGO, June 2 Louis Chevrolet tho
Frenchman, who won the 250-mlle nutomo!
a'? eXed'hKd his UMS
nVeho,,8jrrem wh,c" " -shb
Gaston Chevrolet finished second In the
hbn third and gave second place to Ira
The officials of the Chicago Kpeedwav er
Singles and Bungles
Ts
bag wao booalad the .u
Was lauou ? ...h 'l7r,i.2"Z-!"'ar cuamvt
lit umm not flum as h, rrad InV don.
-tnd kt nailed la a olodsoaia uot.
" !7!f , 9nat. vUtorv." sold he
'It ralntil aad thru didn't puj,"
In tha spotlight today ErU Mi w.
asrcsiiiB:. t " res
Ouy Morton brought his trick arm out of it.
hiding place and let tha lled'tiox down w,th on!
..."MX.-. f.",h.UfdTa,ny. ".Vrob'WVt'o'n
of a no-hlt game with hla .mil. ft ?ha Slghth?
uTth.rr..f'ci?v.?.mr,'lr' o"1"" tb.
Tha Dodgers are not playing ,n form Th.v
earns from behind and won from tha Cuba,
ifcVr,u"l hit la tha winning runs In tha
TM FbllHa Kfctaur Iota tha Pirate aakt gaat
.vs. for tU Waflaar tSr too nfwHay.
GOIJjgJBETTERTHAN .250-
UNIVERSAL DREAM OF WINNING
"LAST FIGHT" IS
PUGILISTIC CLAN NEVER REALIZES
All Pine to Retire Unbeaten, But Vanity, the Old
Thrill or Lure of One More Purse Brings
the Ultimate Waterloo
By GRANTLAND RICE
Unbeaten Champion!
That' the old dream,
Old as the suns
, Or the red ttara that gleam;
Old as the world is,
Old as all time;
Old as the meter
Of this lagging rhyme.
Unbeaten Champion!
So Jeffries said
When from tho highway
Of battle he sped;
That's what they all say
On through the years,
While they still dally
And look to the cheers.
Unbeaten Champion!
Each in his turn
Springs the old story
That no man can learn;
Just one more battle,
Then out of the game;
Unbeaten Champion?
What is his name?
iT INTEND to retire from the game in a
L few months aa the unbeaten lightweight
champion " Freddie Welsh, April 6.
One by One
csnni. Nelson, Wolgait, Hitchle, Welsh,
nnd now Leonard Just bow docs the new
lightweight king compare with the others'
This is a query that our old pal Doc Time
alone can answer
Leonard, of course, isn't a Gans Not
vet, at least He hasn't the rugged capac
ity of Nelson, nor yet the savage, tearlng
In sniaah of Wolgast He may not be one
of the great lightweights, but he Is very
good, nnd he should be quite a trifle better
later on
Just figure this In Within a few months
he knocked out two of the best lightweights
in tho game, and In less than ten rounds
To turn these two tricks ho needed the
punch He can hit and he can box. There
are few who have been nil) faster Whether
or not he bus the rugged capacltv to Inst
as man) of the others did Is still to be
proven Hut outside of Johnny Kilbano
there Is no one now at hand to give him
an even battle And It Is a verj doubtful
matter whether or not Kllbane can master
him A melee between these two should
round out the best engagement of many
years, providing they swing In line over the
20-round trail
The Unbeaten Dream
As for remaining an unbeaten champion
retiring with the title Intact It can't be
done
Jim Jeffrie ovei whelmed all opposition
nnd withdrew The California bear re
mained away fio-n the field for four or five
vears Hut they lured him back nnd he
finished with his face in the tosln
Jatk Johnson was another who was to
tetlre before bo vas beaten The big Zulu
was never to know the conqueror's heel
Hut he also fell for 'the one last fight"
And against a supposedly taw product the
big black finished on his back with his face
upturned to a Cuban sun
There are o least three things In the
wnv of any champion's retiring unbeaten
before he la forced from the top
First The vanity that all champions
SUNDAY BALL ONLY HOPE
FOR BALTIMORE BIG CLUB
HAl.TI.MOm:. Bid. June 2 I.egnll7ed
Sundav baseball is Haltlmoie's onlv chance
of getting a big league club, nccoidlng to
Jack Dunn, manager of the Haltlmoie In
let national League team, when questioned
todav about the repoit that the Washing,
ton American League franchise may be
tiansfened to this t-lty
Dunn said that he vas doing nothing to
gel the franchise at tills time, but that he
had been told bv certain big league mm
during the winter that should Sundav base
ball be legalized here Haltlmoro could get
the Washington fianchlse Hlg league men,
he was Inld. were dissatisfied with the sup
port given tho team In Washington
A hot fight has been going on heie for
several mouths to get Sunday ball The
question was put on the ballots last fall to
be voted nil but the courts I tiled it o(T
The fight Is expected to be renewed within
a iow vveeKs
Amateur Baseball Notes
Mount Ilermon II c Is without a gams for
June 1 and has olher npen dates for any tiavel
Ing teums J Juckson 152.1 Jackson street
Jewish Foster Homes a strong fourteen-flf-L?r,'J.'s.!'"
"V '"""' cuia lllco to arrange games
with llrat-clusa loams nf their age playing wcek-
v., w"'i "" iitnuaaciiivni urnmiaes a coou bat
.- aiiih i,. iimKPr. nm I'nurcn lane
munlown
tier-
The fast Mnicus Hook team has open dates
for June and July (Hmlth Marcus Hook I'a
nigeraont Club Is without a gam for June ln i , ' ,
I) und would like to hear from any flrst-classT J" 4' boys l,na
!1m ?nt,nJt . ""r inducement. E Fester
lisii North Darien street
Tfarie A A has Juna open for any flrst
class semlurofesslonal home club E Steven
son. 231 Usst Ontario street.
Weetmere A C hss Juna 8 open, and would
Ike to hear from some nrst-clasa home team
It Mosley. 2110 North Natrona street
Keystone A A haa Juna 10 and 80 open for
any flrat-claaa home team. L. Abernethy. Io05
Frankford avenue
Norwood A A haa a faw open datee, and
would Ilka to hear from auch teams as East
Phllles, Ixigan Square. Hobart. Shanahan and
Tulpehocken lteds M Sheldrake. Norwood, Pa.
The J a Brill Club ascended from nothln
C
,,i. ,..a-aio X.VUMIJ l,CKKui ID IIS Wllh UP-
.-."---.----..--.v .., V, wu victories.
?.n5. ihe other at the expense of the champion
Media by B-4 The affair with Upland waa
one previously scheduled but poatponed by rain
Fern Rock refusea to ba dislodged from first
position In the Philadelphia Buburban league,
ft still keeps a perfect record Yesterday it
awamped l.lndley In the a m fracaa, la i
cumeat" Va out K" Cn" ,n tn sftarnoon
Malay Thorpe, a young pitcher from Chelten
ham High, proved a aensatlon In the arfalr
between North Phil Ira and Oak Lang. Ha Kid
the rallies to a elngUhlt and brassed th'rteen
batters Oak Lane easily won, 11 to I """""
Olenalde made It five In a row In the Mont,
gpmery i ountv l.esgus wllh a win over vviPow
drove. 8 t and Uethayrea. U-e. The latter rn..".
a wonderful rally In Ita iftalr with Jenkfnuwn
out." """ ,n',h nlnl wfiiJBS
Phil Kearney broke tha tie with St John'a In
the Frankford Buburban League, and now an"
loya Jrst place. Many ot tha games i played
Srankford'Vr.!0" Qr0V V "'"niy?,!
. Keen Kutter,
utter, of the Industrial League. Mr.
In two affaire at Pitman and Tii.
Urinated
nr" r"ia in a . deadlock Pitman in;
nexed tha second 4.1. 1h.ii... i-4.r'. ."" an-
KroSni.:: TT KWff .-"&.?
at
BASEBALL TODAY
SHIBE PARK
MMfe n. CUttm
swwBstt5SL,
A VISION WHICH
have the belief that they can always wla
that last fight
Second. The old thrill that oomes from
the applause of the crowd No man can
quite pass this up until he Is driven from
the top
Third The lure of the last purse It la
no easy matter to quit when there Is ap.
parently anywhere from $10,000 to $100,000
waiting an an easy bit
Concerning Dnbc Ruth
lie con Alt himself.
And, to add to thr pltm
lie ran kerp the others
From hitting him
Dope Is dope, but facts still remain facts.
The Hed Sox ore a veteran machine. Most
of their athletes are well along In years or
In campaigns, This has been a rough, cold
spring, where the veteran Is supposed to bs
nt a dlsadvantage Yet the Hed Sox, usually
a slow-starting club, hove drawn ths
swiftest start of their historic careers,
What, If any, Is tho snappy reply?
Colonel Damon Htiuvon rises to this re
mark "In naming the game's greatest first
baseman, Just bow Is any one going to leave
out Stuffy Mclnnls?" Stuffy hasn't been
quito as great a hitter ns Pop Anson and
not quite ns great a Ilelder as Hal Chase.
Dtit lie nutdclded Anson bv tnanv miles and
has outhlt Chase bv a number of leagues.
To piove that any slnijle first baseman ever
bud nnv thing to spare over Stuffy Is entirely
too Intricate an assignment for this late in
the week.
The hoodoo or whatsoever you may call
It, that still pursues the Yankee outfield,
Is appalling Last season Donovan started
with lx outfielders nnd then had to, drag
Hube Oldrlng from between the handles of
a plow A few weeks ago he left tho South
with six outfielders In rare shape, nnd Ave
weeks later was forced to play a pitcher
and an Inflelder along hls-viclcc rnnge The.
onlv answer Is to try gas masks and armor
plate
ANNUAL MEET OF
CITY COUNCILS
Usual Big Fourth of July
Athletic Contests at
Fairmount Park
EVENTS FOR MEN AND BOYS
As part of the Fourth of July relebra
Hon City Councils have again made proi
visions for the annual track and field meet
to be held on Helmont plateau, Fairmount
I'ark, on the morn lug of the big day Jere
II Shaw Is chairman of the committee In
C'ounclls In ihnigo of the gnmes, assisted
by L'luls Abrams. William 17 Hexamer,
John A Lev Is and Francis F Ilurch
Kntry blanks ar'e being sent to all ama
teur athletes, who, as Individuals or bs
lepresentntlves of clubs colleges or schools,
are Invited to enter the following open or
senior events lOO.jard dash, 880-jard run,
one mile run. 1320-vard (-mlle) tun for
novices, broad Jump, high Jump, pole vault
and medley relav tace
,F.0r..!!oy" ""' following events ar sohed.
tiled G0-urd dash for boys under It' 100
ard I dash for boys tinder 1, 440-yard dash
for bos under 18. also the following relay
races Class 1, bojs under 18, Class 2
boys under 16. Class 3. hnva imdr ist
inder 1i I'las. it i,nt.
,..i. i. - - "
MtJC- ti
Qol'a watches will be awarded as prises
for first and second placen In all the Indi
vidual events, and. gold and silver medals
ror third and fourth places respectively. For
the boys relay races sliver cups will be
aT each mmber of the first, second
and third teams finishing Team trophies
will be awarded the clubs scoring the high
t! ,fn.l next,h'ehet number of points In
both the senior and Junior events.
.Jt!f, are, no. ntry fMS for hese games
everything is free, all expenses being borne
?LC,ty cun118 A "vents are under th.
sanction of th. A A. U. and all contest
ants must be reglttered Entries will close
Monday June 26. and must be sent In to
DKuT',(l.Donnlw!l1' Room 90. City Hall,
Philadelphia, where additional entry blanks
can be secured.
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