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MUCH-NEEDED LAY-OFF SHOULD CAUSE PHILS TO RESUME THEIR OLD-TIME FORM AGAt
PILOT FRED MITCHELL, OF CUBS,
ABANDONS PENNANT DREAM AND
. SETS HOPES ON LICKING PHILS
Starts Activities With Locals With Old Friend
Babe Adams in th'e CastAlex Will Try
to Hit His Old Stride
BT THIB time tho public Is well educated to the VARarlcn of ono Jupo Pluvlun. tho
guy -with the sprinkler, who step" In find cums things up occasionally. Kor
-nt of a better name we will continue to call him Jupe, although wo wish eomo
one would think of a better one. Anyway, the skies were leaking excessively ves
terday and not only spoiled a swell ball game, but halted n fight between Johnny
Dundee and George Chnney as well, noth of thee ernts will be held today If the
eld boy lays off the wet stuff.
The Chicago Cubs, slightly soiled and scratrhed. but still In fighting trim, are
lth us for a brief stay and Manager I'rcd Mitchell hns hopes of handing n few
-allops to the skidding Phils. The club hns not been going good, but Kreil believes
that his players are good enough to annex a few victories. There Is no doubt that
the boss of the Cubs Is dissatisfied with tho work of th team. Horly In the peason
pennant hopes ran blsh and for a tlmo It looked ns If they would come true, of
late, however, things have been very much on the blink and Mitchell Is preparing
j tor next year. He In ready to admit that there Is llttlo likelihood of beating out
the Giants, and If he can strengthen his club for 101S ho will do so.
"We can't help losing a game now and then." Mitchell told ono of the Chicago
crlbes, "but It seems as It any team that wants a needed run can get It from us,
I am going to plug the holes somewhere nr switch nround until I find the right
combination which will work with the head nnd feet."
TT IS an open secret that the gilrago club now Is bent on making all the
trouble possible for those who nro headed In tho direction of the flag
The players do not feel that thev are outclassed, but tough breaks and
Injuries have almost convinced them that the only chance they have is t"
beat the Phils for second place.
Hurling Staff Is Biggest Worry of the Cub Manager
mHE pitching a is one of the things that Is annovlng Mitchell these da Tn
Eeaton is through Phil Douglas etlll Is suffering from an injured hand Aldr.dc
Uckr experience and Mike Frr-ndergast finds some difficulty In getting them e.
elnee Bonesetter Reese replaced a stray tendon in his hurling arm recently I
was necessary to go into the brush for new talent and Babe Adams the former
Pittsburgh star was raptured In the wilds of St Joe. Mo to strengthen the stall
Babe has been going good this year and It Is understood that Weeghmin pave
2250 and two players for him. Adams is expected to win bis share of games
and probably will be seen In action in this eerles
In the meantime, the Phils are enjoving a much-needed rest. The flock of
cripples Is gaining In strength and w(ll be ready for the fray. The trouble with
the Phils. It was learned today, was that none of the plavcrs would take a day
crt even when requested to do so by Trainer Miko Dec. Kach felt that his absenco
would weaken the club and they decided to Btlck together. Bancroft, Killefer.
liUderus, Whined and Cravath were In no shape to play, but they showed 'the
proper spirit bv sticking around. Cravath Is likely to bo replaced by Pchulte In
the games this week, hut the noted slugger will be back on tho Job next week.
Gavvy's feet are sore and he will give them a rest. Tho pitchers, too. should profit
by the vacation and be all rested up for the hard drive which Is before them.
After the Cubs depart Cincinnati and St Louis will be entertained nnd these clubs
are by no means easy propositions.
G ROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER will twirl for the Phils today
and Mitchell probably will pick on Hippo Vaughn Alex is anxious to
get out of h's 'oslne- stride and pass, tho hoodoo mark He hns won thirteen
i games this year and doesn t seem ahlo to pass that mark.
Eddie Roush Comes Back by Changing Throwing Arm
THE come-back story Is one of the most common among the many stock baec
bal! yarns Somebndv always Is coming back and the incident Invariably gets
a good deal of publicity In the syndicate stuff ' "They never come back" has been
often refuted as a baseball maxim, but the case of Eddie Roush, Cincinnati slugger,
otters a most unusual exeeptjpn. Roush had to overhaul his scheme of play most
radically before he was able to get a chance to make good after a failure nnd also
hid to show strong nerve to even secure a hearing.
The now spectacular outfielder broke Into tho game as a right-hand lnflelder.
He went like a regular fellow In his 'first try-out with the Chicago White Sox
eeveral years ago. but he threw his arm out at tho elbow one day and was soon
turned adrift ns gone for good. With a jjplendld confidence, however, Rough de
clined to stay quit He never had used'hls left nrm for throwing purposes, but
Jie went at the task In determined fashion and soon was ablo to get some dis
tance and accuracy. The fact that he decided to switch his ambitions to an out
'fleUPjob with a long throw showed how determined Jie was. And that he can
throw with the best of them now is eloquent of the fact that he worked like n
Trojan to accomplish the reform attempted
The greatest trouble of all, however, was to make anybody believe he was any
good as a lefthander, and even when the Feds disbanded the Impression existed
that he could not possibly be whole again, but finally he secured a trial with the
Giants and was traded to Cincinnati In tho deal Involving Christy Mathewson,
it
IT IS hardly necessary to say that Manager Mathewson is willing to
admit that he thus accidentally secured his chief offensive asset, with the
possible exception of Fred Toney, in securing the making of his now
great team. '
Boy Golfers Are Unable to Stand the Pace
THERE was a lot of talk last year during the amateur golf ohampionshlp at
Merlon about Bobby Jones and Perry Adair, two of tho youngest players In the
tournament, and the prediction was made then that tho youngsters would go a
long way In national golf. The tournament now being held in Chicago for the
'western amateur title Is the first big analr these boys hnve been In since that
vent and both were beaten, Ned Sawyer putting out Jones and J. S. Worthlngton,
the British golfer who won the fall tournament at Atlantlo City, disposing of Adair.
Golf champions were not built In a day nnd both boys will find that the road .
to a championship is long and stony. ' f
One of the features of the first day of the match play was the number
of matches that went to the seventeenth green or beyond. Nine were de
cided on the seventeenth-'green, while three ioro cxtrn-holo matches. None of
the matches was very ono-slded, nnd this is duo to tho fact that the field
Is one of the best that ever played for a sectional championship. It Is too early
to predict the winner, and while tho West, and by that Is meant tho Chicago
district has more contenders left than the East, there Is no certainty that tho
West will triumph. It Is safe to say that such eastern experts as Oulmet,
Anderson and Guilford will have something to say about It
NOT much has been said about the working out of the new stymie
rule by which the man whose ball Is nearest tho hole putts first, but
like all innovations it will need a thorough trying out bofore golfers will
be ready to approve or condemn.
Babe Ruth Comes Back; Allows Only One Hit
BABE RUTH is back In form. Previous to yesterday's conquest the brilliant
southpaw had sunered three reverses, and the Mackmen were the ones who
started him on his road to defeat. That run-in with the umpire evidently had a
disastrous effect upon the big fellow, but now that ho Is back in tho good graces
of the league, It has done much to glvo him the old-time confidence. His one-hit
shutout over the hard-hitting Tigers Is somo accomplishment, though southpaws
always proved a stumbling block for the men of Jennings. Bush's drlye, which
ktlanced off Ruth's glove, was the only safety registered by Detroit.
The Red Sox are back In the lead and It was the pitching of Ruth that placed
them on top. Three straight defeats at tho hands of Cleveland, with Barry's star
moundamen being the victims, put the skids under the champions and enabled the
White Sox to monopolize first place while taking lacings from the lowly Athletics.
With Ruth. In form.- and effective as in the early part of the season when he bagged
eight In a row, then the Bostonlans must ho considered dangerous, for they are ns
strong on the road as Qn their home lot.
The Red Sox always have been able to take the measure of the Tigers nnd on
this occasion there was no going bad -of the dope. The Tigers have started the Red
Box and with the team in condltlon'a real drive for the flag now looks to be under
Hank Gpwdy Probably Will Play Out Season
HANK GOWDY is not entirely lost to the Braves as it first appeared.
"When the redthatched catcher departed for his homo in Columbus, O.,
recently he thought that the regiment which ho had Joined would be mustered
In on July 15. But this Idea was erroneous and Henry will return to Stall
4 logs In a few days. He may be ablo to finish the seasojj with his club, as no
giata has been set for the mobilization of the Ohio National Guard. Gowdy
was appointed an orderly to his company commander.
Soccer Bodms in England Despite War
SOilE remarkable figures are shown In a number of balance sheets Issued
by several of the big English socoer clubs ns the result of last season's
working. Everton. which lost $743 In the season 1915-16, turned In a profit
pi $7361, which has resulted in the club paying a 5 per cent dividend. Gate
receipts for the season totaled J35.07&. and in addition to investing $13,500 in
"" tbe jfar loan the famous club carries forwArd the large amount of $86,917
Their neighbors. Liverpool, again did well by making a profit of $8381,
which compares wlth"$6U6 In the previous season No dividend Is paid, but
, tfiirr,j-iJ"i'T r'tt.t""") pfJhe war loan $:,47fl,,Isi carried forward to .next semjoa,
t BhW tmujmwmm ttMW vm tiaat the twrnKS. , ,
KELLY THE COLLECTION FOR THE PORTER
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IS NOW IN DANGER
Jenkintown Players Coming
With i Rush in Montgom
ery County League
RATTLE OF TWIRLERS
With the season rounding out the second
half, Glenslde has a fair chance to land
the pennant In the Montgomery County
Baseball League, but ono can never tell
Trhat will happen, especially with a team
of the caliber of Jenkintbwn In second place
and pliylng the bang-up ball now being
flashed by John King's protcFes
The Yrrk Road crowd has kept pace with
Glenslde the last month and won Its list
fcur games defeitlng Willow Grove 6-3 on
June 23 j Bethayrcs, 6-0 and Fort Wash
ington, 7-2, on July (S and Ambler, 10-5,
on Saturday, and is showing lust as gnnd, It
not better, form at present than the leaders
Will Clash on Saturday
Glenslde and Jenkintown face each other
on Saturday on the former's grounds, and
Montgomery County fans are nil worked up
over tho conflict, bh It promises to resolve
Itself Into a battle of two of the best
twlrlers In minor league circles when Bill
Morgan and Pete Selbert scale the pitching
peak.
These rivals faced each other at Jenkin
town on June 16, and Slebert and his Glen
slde pals were returned a winner In a bat
tle royal by the score of 2-1 It was one
of tho greatest games In the history of the
Montgomery County League If Jenkin
town wln It mpam the pennant Is far
from being settled, while a victory for
Glenslde virtually clinches the rag for that
team. "Whltey" Ambler's home run drive
In the tenth inning on Saturday, which
gave Glenslde the verdict over Fort Wash
ington, Is the talk of the fant
Shake-TJp In Cramp Team
Manager Rad Simons, of the Cramp Ship
building team, has virtually reconstructed
.the club, and his new lln-up looks better
than ever with six new faces In the vari
ous positions On Saturday Cramp ad
ministered a decisive 8-2 defeat to Herbert,
of Frankford, an aggregation that has been
meeting with consistent success The new
players on the shipbuilders' nine Include
George Bingham and A Mourldlan, two
boys from Central High School ; Richie and
Prostel, formerly with Atlantlo Refining,
and Edward Burns, of B G Bun, nt first
base At Bhortstop the club has secured
Paddy Livingston, last year's all-around
star of the Vlctrlx nine, and he demon
strated his versatility by rellovlng Pitcher
Mulligan In the last two Innings and did
not allow a hit.
On Saturday Cramp traelB to Wilming
ton to play the Harlan & Holllngsworth,
of the Bethlehem Steel League, and has
arrnnged a game with Sparrows Point,
of the same league, for Labor Day. Man
ager Simons would like to hear from Park
ersburg, Coatesvllle. Pottstown and Rox
borough, of Pennsylvania; Pitman, Penns
grove and Swedesboro, of New Jersey.
Call Rad Simons, Cramps' Shipyard, both
phones dally, or call Kens 6B08-J after
7:30 p. m.
Petroleum League Bars "Pros"
The Petroleum Baseball league has been
In operation only a few weeks, but already
the managers of every team have been be
sieged by professional ball players seeking
positions. Theso fellows are generally
hard to handle and cause no end of trouble
on account of disputes as to their eligibility.
The matter was discussed at a meeting of
the board of governors and a resolution
adopted that Bafely excludes alt such Jot
hunters. The minute adopted follows:
"Resolved, That each company furnish
the secretary of the Petroleum AthleUo
Association, on or before July 6, with a
list of all the baseball players they Intend
to ue In all the Tetroleum Athletic Asso
ciation games ; that the list of players
shall comprise only those who are bona
fide employes of their particular company:
that players to be added to this list must-
he In the employ of their particular com
pany at least three months, and such ad
ditions are subject to the approval of the
board of governors : that only those whose
names are on the list shall be eligible to
participate In any of the games of the
Petroleum Athletlo Association."
AMERICA'S LEADING GOLFERS
TO PLAY OVER FOUR COURSES
. FOR BENEFIT OF RED CROSS
Pick of the Amateurs and the Foreign-Born and
Home-Bred Professionals Will Contest for
Sweet Charity's Sake
THE golfers of the country arc doing their
share in the aiding of the Red Cross and
other war funds, and this Is true both of
the amateurs and the professionals. All
over the country. In sectional and other
tournaments, the golfers have given liber
ally to the Red Cross The various asso
ciations have contributed the sums usually
spent upon prizes and to this the golfers
hae ad'ied their entrance money
On the Fourth of July urder the auspices
of the United States Golf Association,
nearly every club held a Lerty Day tour
nament In which even- golfer contributed
at least a dollar to the fund While the
ni'lonal association has not yet received all
the returns, there Is no doubt that the golf
ers on that day alon gae more than $100.
00ft to tho war fund
But the biggest ent Is yet to come, and
It will be held over four of the most impor
tant Metropolitan courses later In the
month Vlrtuallv every golf amateur, nnd
professional of Importance will be playing,
nnd ns the spectators will be taxed on each
of the four days the war fund will profit
considerably
Maxwell to Represent Ci(y
Philadelphia will send one nmateur play
er and three profeslonals, Norman H.
Maxwell, the youthful star from the Arnnl
mlnk Country Club who last winter won
both the St Valentine and the North and
South championships, and who In the fall
captured the Shawnee. Lakewood and Gelst
Cup tournaments will be the sole amateur
from this city.
Representing the professionals will be
long Jim Barnes the professional champion,
who has won every title of any importance
in the country with the eole exception of
the open championship Charles Hoffner,
one of the best players ever developed In
this section, and Edward Loos, the youthful
professional of the Philadelphia Cricket
Club who finished second to Jock Hutchin
son In the recent open championh(p of
the country at Whitemarsh Valley. I
The tournament will open wnn a raiveo
foursome over the Englewood course on
July 23 in which all tho profeslonals are
entered with the leading women of their
home clubs While none or the local pro
fesslonals has announced Ju6t who these
will be, Mls May Bell, of the Philadelphia
Cricket Club will be paired nnd It is fairly
certain that Mrs Turnbull, of Whitemarsh,
will nlso play.
Battle of Golf Giants
On the following day there will be a
thlrty-slx hole medal play tournament which
will bo open to the amateurs nnd th pro
fessionals. Then will follow what will be
ona of the most novel tournaments ever
staged In this country. These will bo played
on July 25 at Baltusrol, where Jerry Travers
won the national open championship on
July 26 at Slwanoy, which has como Into
prominence as the home course of John G
Anderson, who twice has been the runner-up
In the national amateur championship, and
on July 28 at Garden City made famous
as the home course of Wnlter J. Travis,
who. Incidentally, laid It out
There will be twelve men on each team
and the teams will be made up of amateurs,
English, Scotch and home bred profes
sionals Two ball matches will he played
In the morning and four ball matches In
the afternoon and each team will play each
other.
Twelve of the leading amateurs In the
country have been solecte to play on the
team which will be captained by Jerry
Travers, four tlmos the amateur champion.
And among these men are Chick Evans, the
only Amerioan who has ever woj the open
and the amateur toik-nament m the same.
year; Francis oulmet, the nrst amateur to
win the open title and now regarded as a
profesional by the United States Golf Asso
ciation and as an amateur by the Western
Golf Association 1 Oswald Klrby, several
times the Metropolitan and New Jersey
champion; Eben Byers. one of the two
Pennsylvanlans who have ever captured the
amateur championship; Hobby Jones and
Perry Adair, the two sensational young
sters from the South . Jesse Guilford, admit
tedly the longest driver of a golf ball In this
countrv; William C Fowncs. Jr. the other
Tennsvlvanlan who haH won the amateur
championship : Oardlner White, one of the
Metropolitan rrarks, nnd Anderson nnd
Maxw ell
American Homc-Breds
Thf-n erne tho home-breds, captained Ky
Walter Tlagen, the second home-bred to
win the open title, and on his team are
Charles Hoffner and Edward Loos It Is
a very representative team, and is made up
largely of the younger men who are filling
professional Jobs In the big golf club
throughout th country.
The English team will be .captained bv
Jlra Barnes, and his right-hand man will be
Gil Nichols, for so many years the pro
fessional at the Wilmington Country Club.
Other experts nn It are George Sergeant, a
former champion, nnd Wilfred Reld, who
now holds down Gil's Job at Wilmington.
The other team Is mae up of men who
were born In Scotland, and the most promi
nent mnn on It is Alex SImth, who won the
title on two occasions, the last time at the
Philadelphia Cricket Club. He was the last
of the foreign-born professionals to win the
honor, for ever since It has been won either
by a home-bred or an amateur.
Quite a number of Thlladelphlans will bo
spectators, and In nearly every respect It
will he tho greatest collection of golfing
stars that ever played In ono tournament in
this country.
TWO DIANAS ENTER
BEIDEMAN CLUB SHOOT
POOR PITCHING WOULD PROVE
ftTANTS' FALLDOWN, 'TWAS SATD
BUT THE GENIAL DOPE IS UPSM
League's Four Leading Twirlers on Earned-Ru
Rocjc Wiar New York Uniforms Wise fw s
rtil3 TJn-irci P.loanorl TTn nm "Pnrlp,
By GRANTLAND RICE
The Four Ve of Destiny
Time and Tide and Ty and Teddy
Wait for nothing on this earth;
Each it ever poised and ready
All around the circle's girth;
Time and Tide are ancient actors.
Who still move tvith flying feet;
But as dashing, smashing factors
Ty and Teddy have them beat.
Time and Tide and Ty and Teddy
Set their vision on the goal;
Then move fortvard, sure and steady,
As the onward oceans roll;
Tinte and Tide across the ages
Have an edge that cant be chopped,
But on Front and Sporting Pages
Ty and Teddy have them stopped.
Time and Tide ahdTy and Teddy
Wait for nothing low or high;
Each one has the bludgeon ready,
Backed up by ffco Batting Eye;
Time and Tide will be here longer
Time will nick them all at last;
But today which two are stronger
In the nation's dlMar cast?
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Kaiser Bill might extend an ear In the
general direction of John J McGraw and
the National League, and possibly develop a
system of repudiation that might be ex
tremely valuable a bit later on.
YOU have heard all along that the one
weakness of the Giant array was pitch
ing We observed from r well-known crltio
only a day or so ago the statement that
"the Giants, despite bad pitching, would
win "
Yet the records show that in the way
of allowing earned runs the four leading
pitchers of the National League all wear
Olant harness The only four who have
allowed less than two earned runs to a
combat, on an average, are Schupp, Ben
ton, Sallee and Anderson. And Tesreau and
Perrltt are only a notch or so below.
With pitching of this type attached to the
general excellence of the rest of. the ma
chine, It Is almost a certainty that by Au
gust the Giants will be so far ahead In
the pennant Jubilee that no rival club will
have even a hazy look-in.
We thought for a considerable period
the Phillies would hang on most of the
way. only to be beaten in the stretch.
But the Job was apparently beyond the
Phillies' beet, for they, too, are now rap
Idly drifting out of range.
Another Tangle
"Matty," an observant contemporary re
marked over a year ago, "may be no In
structor upon attack, but he will have one
of the smartest pitching staffs In basball."
This sounded reasonable enough, pro
vided Matty could light upon the raw ma
terial needed
Mrs. F. Walls and Mrs. H. Miller
to Compete Alonp With
Local Gunners
Many Phlladelphlans will attend the open
ing midweek target shoot of the Belde
man Gun Club today at Cramer Hill. North
Camden, N J The program calls for fifty
targets In events of twenty.flve.
Ward Hammond, J. Frank Pratt, A. J.
McDowell, Jack Sherm and others will
represent Phllly in the target competition.
Two women. Mrs. F Walls and Mrs. H.
Miller, will also shoot with tho Quaker City
squad over the Jersey, club's traps.
The staging of the shooting sport at
the Beldeman Club has met with favor with
the marksmen and It would not be surprls.
ing to see more than forty wing shots on
tho firing line.
The event may develop into an intercity
match, for a big crowd of New .Tr..
gunners will bo on hand to try their eklllj
,,ii mo .cnuorangi sun ror me prizes.
Good scores should be the rule If weather
conditions are fair The traps lay on a
nil overlooking the Delaware River. The
background generally Is Ideal for sighting
the swift moving targets and to take part
In an event where such perfeot conditions
are Is ever pleasing to the "sport alluring"
clan.
Frad Slmr, the Colllnnwood, J J netnlnr
ton shot. ! bt&dinc hU birds with deadly ac
curacy. I.nt Kolllrfl.V In ,. T ...J.,..C
rcatatered ono-day mt, the Jersey profeiilona'l
tepped the n.M aeorlna- 180 of a pVa.lb" 150
!S.?V!.ii "E? honor were divided between
V DiU'-iiiuit iiiaieur( a, Ai,
m izzy nonman,
Runs Scored for Week
By Major League Teams
Rtina ecorcd by nil teams in the American
nnd National Inruen from Thnrsdar, July A,
to Wednesday, 4ulr 11, Inclusive. Only run
cored In the olTlclal Averages are counted,
hcorca of Incompleted fames are not In
cluded, but those of ramea of fire Inning or
longer are found In this tabic
ArEKICAN I.EAGUE
T. T. 8. 8. M. T. W. TIs.
Alhletlnt. 8 4 4 8 7 13 S
ttoMon ... 8 1 O S I IS
Chicago... 0 12 8 2 3 32
Cleveland A 12 8 1 4 3 21)
netrnlt . . 11 4 8 11 8 O Sfl
?ew ork. fl O 2 2 7 IT
M. lunula. 7 6 18 18 8 83
Washington 6 10 10 4 030
Totals.. 85 23 II 88 38 31 22218
NATIONAL LEAGUE
T. T. 8. 8. j". T. W. TIs.
Bofton ... 3 4 4 0 5 . 18
Brooklyn. 8 1 B 4 . 18
Chlcato ..S42o
Cincinnati 2 2 4 10 18
New lork 3 2 8 8 jg
Philadelphia O 8 1 e
Pittsburgh 6 8 4 . 18
M. Louis 0 1 4 2 16
Totals . 27 28 82 " " 21 "T11S
Did not play.
Prflfh...
who collected 187 each. '
STROKES AND SPLASHES
THE Amateur Athletic Union has awarded
the men's swimming championships of
1917 to the following clubs:
100 yards straightaway Hawaiian As
sociation at Honolulu, September 2.
440 yards Pacific Association, under the
auspices of the Neptune Swimming Club at
Alameda, Cal., August 12.
580 yards Middle Atlantic Association,
under the auspices of the Atlantlo Aquatic
Clyb, on September 3.
'aft
Women are taking- men's Pisces In the shops.
offlcee and on the atreet. and they also are
replacing the male lifeguards on the beaches
of our summer resorts. Kemale lifeguards ara
being adopted, at Lake .Michigan Along with
the "life girls" came the 1U17 bathing suits
The costumea ara mora negligee than ever
before.
The time In which Mlaa Olslre Oslllgsn. of
New Tork, won the metropolitan championship
far woman predicts that aba still la In trim to
met Mis Dortner thj season. Mp wraaa 1M
second, of Miss Dnrfner'a American standard.
These mermaids wlli meet losDuluth on July 21.
Earnest Sopp. mile, half-mile and BOO-yard
champion, is on hla mettle for the Huss mile
race on the Bchuvlklll next Saturday, and win
receive the usual tussle from hla teammate.
Gilbert Tomllnaon.
California hag developed another yoursT awlm.
mer of exceptional callbar In Oeorge Seroth, of
Stockton, a boy of IT. George ha splasheM
through 100 rarda In 68 1-6 seconds and 44U
yards In 6 minutes, nelng so young- and at tha
pace ha haa been Improving It should not take
him lone to reach world-record apeed.
Andrew Hamilton boy champion of the Turn
remelnde. nnd Earl Davis, former champion are
entered In tha novice raca at Lafayette next
Haturday. They should have no trouble In tak
ing the egg- cups.
Miss Gertrude Artelt haa. taken up head
auartara at her summer home at Bower Bearh
on tha Delaware, and will keep In trim to take
a crack at tha titls next winter.
The Wilmington Gun Club had a wonderful
place for shooting- at Bellevue, Del. Thorpe
Martin la the Delmarvla Club's aecretary. and
he la working on a card for Saturday.
Mrs. Miller, who will compete In the Camden
anoot today, handed In a erore of 4'j nut of a!
possible BO Saturday In the Southwark Club's
event
Troa to. reports. M1m
UMieMHaw
OMAR KHAYYAM NOW KING
OF THE THREE-YEAR-OLDS
Easily Wins tho Brooklyn Derby Be
fore Small Crowd
NUW YORK. July 12. By virtue of his
victory In the hlstorlo Brooklyn Derby at
the Aqueduct track "yesterday afternoon,
Omar Khayyam Is the undisputed cham
pion among "three-year-olds. The big Im
ported colt for which Wilfred Vlau. of
Montreal, recently paid $26,600 to C. K.
G, Billings and Frederick Johnson, was
followed home by Harry Payne Whitney's
Rickety. Andrew Miller's Ticket and Au
gust Belmont's renowned Hourless In the
order named. There were no other
starters.
The coronation took place on a. throne
of mud and In a drizzling rain and was
witnessed by only a handful of racegoers.
The son of Marco-Llsma has now beaten
the great Camp Fire, Hourless, Rickety
and the Ticket within a week, and these
performances give him rank as the great
est three-year-old of the year.
, Suspension for Joe Tinker
ROAD DRIVERS SEEK
. $1000 FOR WAR ipD
Will Hold Special Meet at Fair
mount July 21 for Y. M.
C. A. Red Cross
The Road Drivers' Association will do
Its "bit" In helping the soldiers at the
front, for It will co-operate with the
boosters' committee of the American Prot
estant League on Saturday, July 21, In hold-
flng special races on the Chamounlx Speed
way In West Knlrmount Park,
One thousand dollars for the T. M, C. A.
fund for the purchase of an ambulance is
the goal of the local horsemen and the
boosters' committee Tickets will be sold at
fifty cents each, which will entitle, holder
to a supper. Following the horse racing,
an entertainment will be given.
Five races will comprise the special War
Meet. Silver cups have been donated for
the winners and as this Is an Incentive for
the Quaker City racers Instead of the usual
ribbons quite a big field of entries may
be looked for In the different events.
The Philadelphia horsemen have taken
one step ahead of out-of-town turfmen by
co-operating In this movement, and Phlllle
will once more lead to help any equipment
for the Y. M. C. A. Red Cross.
Keen rivalry In the free-for-all classes on
the Speedway will give the public a chance
of seeing In action many fast trotters and
pacers. The pacers, Thomas A., Ballot, Da
vid C and Piert F., and Ella Red, all are
aiming to grab the special war contest
William Drawley has surprised the racing
fraternity with the speed of his entry,
Thomas A. For three consecutive weeks he
has teamed his gelding undar the wire a
winner and that's some performance when
he had to beat a good Held. One horaa
that will evidently make hlra step to his
limit Is Ella Red. This mare has been
absent from the track for two weeks, and
as she will In tho future race under Harry
Luzenherg's colors a sumrise la iiki 4
order for Thomas A, and others.
Din. BtrawDerry, Jack Dillon and Glen
more will start In tho free-for-all trot.
But the records now show that ths RJ
are outbattlng any club In bassbaj br2
points, and that ther are over tw -V?
beyond the leading club In the AaSSf,'
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If any one had suggested that h ii? I
July the Reds -wtmld be the strongest ,.'
tacking club In baseball he could htva &
'"' "- ni.-hn:
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uimcncK ot ute Links
There was a thin colfer nam. ir..
Who deollned to discuss his own nmr
Tint If team. V,n .!
- .- UwW,.,0 i.,afc V.HCU young
Some one cut out his tongue.
So the poor fellow wasn't to blung.
h. L. T.
"Wlllard now worth JB0O.000 " Or, un
remarked some years before, "the nunci k
mlchtler than Iho n.r, vuncn
Nothing
Sir As I understand the eontrnv.r. u i?
this: Both Mr McGraw and Mr Mercer id
mlt the following- First That Mercer emit
to McGraw's room for an Interview Secmif
... iHtii-ci Euunuun xne written InteM,
view in MfCl. n-VI.J w-i--. A
handed It back with a verba! o v tn.
more is left to be said in the way of fain
proof? p T, H.
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Russia collapsed and dropped out of tii
war after the manner of the Glint csiu.j
lng In the National League pennant ncil
i a uamy as tne oia ngnt faded euttt,
Ty Cobb's battin geve. In all thr. ,....
It was a pitiful, depress'ng spectacle s'
daily for the other side of the scrimmtrT
line. i .ji
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SISLER INCREASES
LEAD FOR SECOND,
Gains One Point, While,
Speaker Loses Two Cobb
Drops From .383 to .379
JI
iuciXNXNIH MAKES GAIN
treorge BIsler gained a few polnti oi
Speaker yesterday, and now three roMi
separate the Browns star from ths Tm i
for second place in the race for tat
American League batting honors. B '
registering two hits out of five times V I
against the Athletics, Slsler boosted Us.
mark to .341 The former Michigan itM
lete now has made 107 hits, one less thu)
Cobb. ' Slsler, however, has been to bat
oftener than any man In the big euw?
being credited with 314 trips to the pliU
Cobb was a victim of "Babe" Rmnj,;
slants and went without a safety In iw
official times at bat Ruth allowed onlj
one scratoh hit, and Cobb did not get-H'
Ty lost two points, falling to 379, but rol
has a safe lead. Mclnnis gained one polV
but Chapman lost ground
There was nothing doing In the war t
any advance among the leaders In the KvJ.
tional League, as rain was in evidence In .
each of the four cities where the Tenerltol,
were booked to perform, and all fin"
were off. Hence we find Roush seven jIbU
In front of Cruise, of tho Cardinals. TM,
St. Louis batsman, however, is cardedJtti
engage In a double-header today, and but
a chance to chop down Roush s lead.
AJtERICAN LEAGUE
o. A.n. n.
Cobb, Detroit 17 28B S3
Slsler, St. Louis.. IK 314 .11
Speaker, Cleveland.. ., 80 2H3 4.1
Mclnnis, Athlctlea .... 73 274 23
Chapman, Cleveland.... 83 283 49
' NATIONAL LEAGUE
O. All. n.
Roush, Cincinnati,.. 70 266 43
Cruise, St. Louis ... 75 268 SA
Fischer, rittsburgh. . 48 ISO 10
Vtheat. Drooklrn.... SO 21S 27
Itornibr, St. Louis.. 71 2S1 47
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Adams Too Old. Says Wecchmin
CHICAGO, III.. July 12. "Pitcher "WMJ
lama, of the St. nleenh-a club, has not ?"
urohaaed by the Cuba and he will not M W
Weeghman a
irh old men HJ
he added, MM
Adams, ot the &t,
puronasea dx me uuDa ana ne wiu u. Vi-,KI
the simple reason that we never wanted i.yi
said Prealdent Charlea Weeghman CT
day. "I think we hava enough old men PS,
ciasa on our oiud now.
CHICAGO. July ".-Joe Tinker, manager of
Columbua C1UT Of the American Aai.fwrc.tleu
7 . - " - a "V I 5 wan flntif tirW fet rpiuinr in an utLA
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