EVENING EETOER-PmLADELPmA', TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1917 'i wr V ' w yj DAVENPORT FOSTERED THE RUTH-LESS WARFARE IDEA AND WHITE SOX REGAIN LEI 'A I I I .v t p I KILBANE, CONFIDENT OF VICTORY OVER LEONARD, STARTS TRAINING FOR BIG BOUT AT fJEPERVILLE featherweight Champion Says 'One Careless nT-winnf -mi "Pnvf r-f T.orvnoirl "WrJII Tri-. TJin Tk iViUIIlCliU uu j. tj. w v.j. v,uuj.u VY 111 lYACclll XJ.1D J-'C" j thronement asLightweigJit Title.Holder " By ROBERT W. MAXWELL TOHNNy KILBANE, boss of tho feather I wleht, took his first real workout to- T. m nrenaratlon for hid hip; hnttle with Benny Leonard at Shine Park July 2G. J-h. little ClcNclnmtcr trotted thiotigh the "M " estates contrnlled JlUtii'l by James r PoiiKherty, I.d porIUo's mot fa mous baron, and, after Mowing the ncnery, donnud the mitts with Jimmy Dunn, his man a per and Jimmy Downes. Ills sparrlnR liait ner The champion went through his iablirs as If ho liked It anil show ed such dar.zll" Hieed that t I j (lock of natives which composed tho audience vn surprised Kllbano arrUed liero yesterday and was Mined by Dunn last nigm. .iniimy iim thated a new auto recently nnd mado the trio from Cleveland in It. Ho una accom panied ! Mrs Dunn nnd Downes. Kilbane Is Confident There Is r. feeling of rnnililr-nco in the Kllbano camp, but no one seems morn confident than Johnny himself. "I am going in beat Leonard tho same as I have my ether opponents." he said, "and It will ho Scne as toon as possible. I watched Penny carefully tho night bo knocked out Welsh and I bellevo 1 know the proper way to fcox him He Is clever, n bard hitter and Has a good defense, but ho -will need all of these things to get by "Sme time during the bout lie will leave his I unprotected. As soon as that hap Sen if it bo for only n second, Benny lill'know how it feels to ho knocked out That l the opportunity I shall bo looking for and ns soon as It occurs, thcro will bo t, new lightweight champion." Kilbane looks better now than at nny ether time in years Ho has been out of doors all summer playing baseball and tennis with an occasional horseback rldo to fill 'in the time Ho Is tanned llko a ball player nnd appears strong nnd healthy. He weighs 1!" pounds now, but hopes to put en a few pounds before July 25. He plans to enter tho ring weighing as close to 130 ts possible Dunn Expects Knockout Jimmy Dunn, who discovered Johnny when he was a ninety-eight-pound kid wearing short trousers and taught the thamplon all that ho knows, says that Leonard will have a very hard tlmo of it after he gets into tho ring. "Thero Is no oubt in my mind that Kilbane will outpoint Leonard," Ho said, "but I want to lee a knockout Johnny can punch harder, 'faster and with moro accuracy than tho PROMOTER DOUGHERTY AND KILBANE EXCHANGE SMILES EXPECT TENER TO RESIGN AT ONCE National League President . Will Aid U. S. in Food Conservation lightweight champion, and In addition to that, he usually gets his man with one punch If Benny Is careless for Just one second, he will bo tho ex-llghtwclght champion." Kllbano has mapped out a strenuous campaign for the next week. Kvery morn ing ho will pound tho roads for a couple of hours and after a short rest take up his gymnasium work. In the afternoon ho will box with Jimmy Dunn nnd Downes nnd keep It up until tbo day before the match "I don't need nnv more snnrrlntr nnrt- tiers," he said today. "Dunn Is tho best in tho business nnd Downes Is n moro ioer Imxcr than Leonard. You don't be lieve it? Well. Juit watch him work In tho gymnasium Ho has everything foot work, a (good ieftj Jab and a dandy right hand lie coiildn t beat Leonard In the ring, but as a gymnasium ptrformer he has no equal." Accompanied by Family .'nhnnv l nivoinpinleil by Mrs. Kilbane and their little daughter, Helen, who W four jears old. Mary, tho oldest daughter, who Is six, couldn't make the trip because of her vlnlln lessons. Mary is a great musician Tickets for ho 2n.0l)0 bout now are on sale, and Judging from the demand, an enormous iiowd will be on hand. The regu lar ban ball seats will be used nnd the ring will be pitched at tho home plate. ' 'mmmmammmi LHHHLlHLflHLHHHHHH f I HH.' pjisisisisisisiisisiisisisisHiBHlsitststststststststsH iHBK: "' -t lHBHSSK, '- '(uWmEM ' s iUu Uuvx'l 'iamL, . VLBssBHKjMiiw , &EMsmB FRANK BAKER .IS EXONERATED AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL P Manacrer Miller, of Upland, and Pitcher Al Sot . m.. rr. . rr:' - m i.'-.JSn- urun v-iuur xiuiiie-run iving, v rom iempwng ik Players to Jump Major Circuit FRANK MILLKIl, manager of tho Upland team of the Delaware County Jeague. vehemently denied the iccusfttlon that Frank "Home-Hun" Baker was In any way connected with Pitcher Allan Sothoron mining tho t'pland club. Miller said I I hne a letter in my possession written , bv Snthornn mine time In Juno asking for i Job with our rluh He said he had some (lnnnnal dlfllcultlcs with the St. Louis team nnd wonted to get away Hveryhody I I noproached told me he was a good pitchet. Let me give you an Illustration of how , I rank Baker kept out of this matter. I went down to Boston to .try to sign Babe ' Ituth The New York Americans I were there nt the time. I met Baker and vid him what I was there for nnd he said 1 bad better wire Ban Johnson, president , t the merlcan League, before Interview- J ng Iluth I talked to the Boston pitcher n.ni he alo ndilseil getting In touch with ' tl"nn i Tins business of bringing Baker Into this - 'tor Is an injustice to him and all wrong i ,i 1 would ndMse every one to lay off I n Baker has a lot of friends In Mary nd anil we can ute him nt third base 'nt T hae said before he had absolutely iK.iiimg to do with pitcher Sothoron Joining ir Hub ! r .in rhlcago comer tho following state- ll'ent Han Johijon, president of the American l.eigue. today will receive J. Franklin Baker's letter explaining bis nl'eged con piracv to Induce Sothoron to Jump to an t islern semlpro club, according to a tele gram receive it In Chicago last night from n Mnnnger Donovan, of the Yankees. message was In reply to an ultimatum : Jonnson that Baker explain the lUtM' tampering within twenty-four hour. "jft Y In St. Louis It was, said that SoUnmm V exonerated Baker. Johnson declined to comment on ths eM ' today, pending receipt of the letter t MARINES AND BECK NINES TO LINE UP ON SATURDAY To Play at Curtis Country Club ft & S. Buehnell Wins Close Gamo The V 8. Marine baseball team, of League Island, with fiddle Mahan. formc Harvard all-round athlete, pitching;. IH line up against the Beck Engraving nlM nt the Curtis Country Club Saturday after noon Beck has been playing a consistent gamo of ball all season. Last Saturday the team representing th U. S. S Bushnell scored six run In tha first Inning against the Beck boys and won, despite a great uphill battle by the latter. G to 6. Red Cross Ball Gamo August 19 NEW YORK. July 17. The Chlcaaw Cubs will clash with the Giants at the F6J Grounds August 19 In a benefit game fofc tho Sixty-ninth Ilcglment, it was announced today. The game was postponed from But!.. -day because of rain. SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS By LOUIS H. JAFFE BEGINS, WORK MONDAY WASHINGTON, July 17. "I will take tho message to Garcia," is the way John K. Toner, president of tho Kltlonal Baseball League, today described Us entry Into the food conservation project. At he has determined to devote his entire attention to thin work, his resignation ns freldent of tho National Lcaguo will likely M tendered at once. Beginning next Monday, Tener will take p the duties i,co-Ardlnatlng all tho frater Ml organizations of the country in tho work ef food conservation. In this work ho will be associated with Otorge Fleming Moore, southern grand com mander of tho Scottish Bite. Trotting Tid-Bits Powell Peacock, the Frankford trainer, Ms shipped several of his string of racers to Warrington, l'a., where ho wilj try for the money In several trotting and pacing races. . Jtr Patch, b g.. pacer, the property of E. O. Miuter, of Frankford. went two straight heata tMijnUy over a half-mils ring In i:l(IVi and Th Road Drivers have a big lied Cro 'meet uc Ukted this Saturday on the Hpeedway, Entries for the Trenton, N. J.. Talr meetln p Sept.mhfr are a classy lot. The free-for-all tc. 12500, haa Single O , Roan Hal, 1'eter Elevens Ind others as entries. Or.,,1. fl-....l .!. a....-.. .-.... A. kn 'Orth Randall track, Cleveland. On August ? xf J's-tlme horses will race at the Dclmont rk. Narberth, , lbert Entwhlstle teamed Mark Well's rony Kottsr, Lynn Chimes, to lctory In two straight i"s5 t Frankford, Saturday, In 2:'.'8 and kP.n l"y. Jr.. of West Chester, has driven ffil.'.0?' Junot Jhn Dewey, to a half lll track record of 2:21',;. PUGILISTIC comebacks Apparently nrc In order now The latest boxer who has been gradually getting into form for another lllng at the fisticuff game Is Freddy Kelly, at ono tlmo recognized as one of Phllly's best right-hand punchers. Kel Is thinking seriously of 'returning to tho ring, and, in picking nn opponent with whom to re start, Fred chooses ofic that all fans know Isn't a slouch ns n puncher. "I kin lick 'lm, sure," says Kelly referring to George Chancy, for none other than the Knockout King Is tho fellow Fred wants for n trial horse. Kelly handles Teny McGovern, and, by boxing with the Tlognn. Freddy believes ho can get In shape to make Chaney seek cover in a six-round bout Tho nsplrlng comeback says that it will take a man with n good right-band punch ; ono that can beat Chaney to it, to knock off tho Ualtl morean, nnd he feels confident he can ac complish tho feat "Yeh ! I can beat Chaney ! On tho level!" And, if confidence counts for aught, Fred can do It KELLY' several years ago stood out as a remarkable lightweight He could punch as hard ns any, but It al ways was said he had a "chicken heart" whenover ho had an opponent on the verge of a kayo. BOBBY GUNNISS has nrranged for an other meeting between Johnny Kilbane and Abo Attell, from whom the Cleveland Irishman won the featherweight champion ship nt Los Ange'.es, In 1912. They will shako hands in the ring at Shlbe Park tomorrow night. Just before Louisiana and Johnny Mealy meet In the final bout of an all-star Bhow. BENNY LEONARD Is In lino for a $20,000 purse all for himself shortly after his meeting here with Johnny Kilbane, July 25, nt Shlbo Park. Charley wnito, tne uni cagoan who fought Fred Welsh for the utin nnd lost. Btlll thinks he can win the laurels. A Chicago promoter wired Billy 1 Gibson: "Hill iott aeetpt ttO.000 tor your etiiJ Co oor Chartry Wilte oil inbor Dav, either in i:aat or MtMle ll'rst, location to be selected Inter ilatcr Have come to agreement uitn .Vote .ml nt'htte's tiianascrj or such a tnalch. Will appreciate ?.u.icJ?,rrJ'!!'A.,r ,. Gibson says he probably will close the match Just as soon as Leonard's big battle with Johnny Kllbano has been stagcdi Evening Ledger Decisions IlltOADWAV A. (!. lack Itlackbiirn defeated Henry Haulier. Willie. ilener won from Markle Klin. Frunklo Mcl'adilen Ktopprd RMlily Wrlh, third! Johnny Hoiun null to Andr llliers, c omli llenn) Melnster shaded Joe Kane. M'AV YOKK Buttling lliisky defeated Al ltenedlct. Mrs. Vernon Castle, a great Benny Leonard rooter, has purchased a whole box tor the July 23 bout at Hhlba Park. The box consists of ten chairs at J5 each. Kayo O'Donnell meets a real clever boxer In tlennv McNeil in ono of the bouts at shlbe Park tomorrow night. It will bo a lighter vs. boxer contest. The three other Phibe Park contests tomor row nleht are evenly matehed vis.. Oassle Lewis vs. Pennle Kaufman. Freddy Dine ns vs. Patsy Wallace and Al Wagner va.'AI Nelson. Cuvlcy's Injunction Against Willard Denied in New York Ni: MlltK, .Inly 17. less Wilhiril U free todiu to appear with Ids rlrcus amwhi-re he thoone. A ilecUifju lutnileil down b .ItiMlre llendrliU ilenled the iipiillciltlon nf .lark Cur ie tnr mi injunction ngHln,t tho heaty" welchl champion enjoining him friitn iilipeur Ing with his firms until the eipiratlon of his conlriirt with t'urlr). Tole Tendler Is being framed for a match with Terry ilcOovern. Hobby Gunnies plans somo regular scrats at the ball park, and thla Is one he Is after. Combination tickets. Including railroad fare and admission to Shlbe Park, are being sold in New York for the Lconard-Kllbane match. Spe cial trains will bring over the Ootham gang. Kid Norfolk, the Philadelphia negro boxing an well in lluffalo. has been matched to meet liattllne Irfvlnsky at ltocheater. July 28. Nor fom boxts Tom Cowler at lluffalo Thursday night- . Johnny Dundee) pairs off with Joe Welling In s-ew York Friday night. .Welling Is telling all New York that he will stop the Italian In five rounds. It' nice to be a confident bird. Dan Kramer, a Boston former amateur r BINGLES AND BUNGLES The Come-Back tfet a vet. both old and rusty. From lono seosona in the game, Bt i ballle-acarrcrt nnd musty. 4na his ancient legs are lame. Beft the guv they relcoatfd To the thelf a year ago. Bui he'll cheat the undertaker For another near or to. UmmIII-L A. M - 1. T KanntAtfSI -w cwuujiii, iiicxanurr. iw mwvv' H I tie R, tus'vea"' an1 core1 hl fifteenth victory i7hJ-r'lv" wn two games In succession, II COUld not rail t vlfnrv Th.V llCat th9 tes. " - dm'IJ.1'?1!! n" Davennor nltehed the lied "eaS "its PlaCe, """" tbtm down " VTTi!.Jru'.,Hose sneaked back Into the lead tv fX1?! l2u- looks like that la the best wr for the Sox to win the penr.ant. Ui1? " br the Cult helped h Olants ' le ottning game of the series. tk, 2, 2'Kn appeared at the Polo O rounds for eh,r.," ;'"" sin: elaiitU, v nr. k& I.a a.. MiWIraw In f?ln- H was not presented with a loving wti Biltor Bvenlno Ledger; I. fctv I-. . ' ,n,t a baserunner on any oao B hritK;.,0t.ivnc after a foul has been IV S siT. c.Vu'ht b,'f tt touches the ground, f Uu II.'B runner cannot advance until the R 7-. been return t. tk Mltrhr and ha suuding in i,, position. Who w""rAN laeaaTiSi .thJt one' Aftf r a fielder this also ooxer Is n I'hllarielnl tor pumliatton that Kramer ts a regular fUhter and will proM" It. The Hostonese biff artist weighs 1118 pounds. Battling I,nhn. of New York, has discovered that a boxer can't fool much with a motor bus and keep artle. He recently received a hrulM nose In nn auto accident. Four matches had to be canceled. Battling I-evlnskv'. bout with Jack Dillon in Boston tonleht has been canceled The Hnosler It Is sild contracted a cold In his bark. This Is the third time Dillon has called off a bout with Bat Allle Nrl.on found Camp Wlttmaler, Atlantic City, n swell training ramp. Ho boxed three rnunda "with rtr Ororge Wlttmaler dally, while Mrs. Wlttmaler held the watch. Jlmmr MtCnbe hurl. Muck Tavlnr out twice In their bout In Baltimore Saturday afternoon, flas Phil rilnsmnn, but the referee took 15 and 20 seconds In counting. McCabe never looked better. Cllassman s-is. Johnny (Buttling) Reddy wants to box nattllng Tonard, Tootsle Itojle. Danny Brown nnd oung Buck Fleming "No on la barred," writes Manager Charles H. nusscll. l'dille Willis, a lightweight. Issues a sweeping challenge to all In his class. It given the chance to pick his opponents Wlllts would like to box Battling Maik or Charl-v Walters. RUNS SCORED BY MAJORS THIS WEEK NATIONAL I.nAGCE Sat. Sun. Mon. Totals rhlllles nolo Cincinnati 7 O n '7 Pittsburgh 3 n s n Boston n o IK 21 St. Louis 4 0 .1 7 Hrooklin a n 1 7 New York 12 0 4 IB Chicago 0 0 2 8 AMERICAN t.r.Ac.un , . . . Sat. Hun. Mon. Totals Athletics 0 2 0 2 Detroit 17 0 8 Washington. n O 11 Chicago 4 a 0 f Boston 4 10 0 14 St. Ixiuls O B 2 7 New York 1 12-2 is Cletrlnnd. . ., 7 2 3 12 High acore .Mommy, Boiton Nationals, 15 runs. WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN BASEBALL TODAY Club New York 4H Phillies ......... 40 St. Louis 44 Clnrlnnntl 4fl Chicago 4 Brookbn SH Boston 82 NATIONAL LIIAOUK W nn f st P.C. Pittsburgh 21 2(1 S2 .17 42 II S'l 43 .13 .mo .r..vi ,m: .A23 ,oi2 .4X0 .427 .312 Win H.13 .802 MO .R2H SIS .487 .434 .321 Lose .M0 ..MR .S37 .S17 .MW .474 .421 .3011 Club Chicago iioston 50 Cleveland 4(1 New York 41 Detroit 41 Washington 33 Athletics 211 t. IXMIIS 3 AMHRICAN I,HOVR Won lost P.C. Win Los Split .Kit ,fll7 .51 .510 .513 .42.1 .882 .381 .(1.11 .022 .510 525 .524 .437 .Sf7 .388 ,(107 .010 .529 .513 .500 .412 .372 .370 .010 .512 .423 .383 Two ganie-t counted. INTERNATIONA!. LEAGUE W. I.. P.C. W. L. P.C. Newark. ... 41) 20 .628 Providence. 47 S3 ,688 Toronto 47 34 .680 Baltimore.. 45 33 .563 Rochester. . 85 42 .451 HulTalo. . . . 31 4D .411) Richmond.. 31 48 .302 Montreal.. 28 51 .331 HIS HIT WON Captain Luderus slammed out a single in tho seventh that scored Cravath Avith'the winning and only run of the gamo. MitC ,71 kr!k ("to the . aa M handed floi a me with the norsesnoe, ri floral I 55"jfe,2,1,r,4 n ball, and the -n L.r " y' Clereland to prove (her didn't mean anything rough by winning Sunday's double-header. Lee Meadows adjusted his sptcs and held the Dodgers to three blows. , Thrf-Hlt Club Barns, Casey, Wagner, Ko netchr and High. Two errors by Baker in place of the usual home runs and sundry hits wgrkt4 backward lor the Yankees, with Sill member of Phil Byron. Douglas bad an ari t Jnhn UoOrav. also the club. kept. W peace aa Mm Giants won Schedule for Today NATIONAL LE.GUi: Cincinnati at Philadelphia Clear. Chicago at New York Clear. St. Louis at Brooklyn Clear. Pittsburgh at Boston Clear. . AMERICAN LEAGUE Phlladelphln'ut Detroit Cloudy (two games), New York at Cieieljnd Rnln,x Washington at Chicago Cloudy (two games), Boston at St. Iuls ( tear. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Newark nt Rochester Cloudy. Richmond at Buffalo (ioudr. Providence at Buffalo (ioudr, Baltimore nt Montreal Clear, , Yesterday's Results NATIONAL LEAOUE rhlllles. It Cincinnati. 0. New York, 4 Oilrago. 2, St. l.oul, 3 Hrookbn. 1. ' Boston. 81 litthunch. 7. Boston, 7i littuburgh, 2 (second game). AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland, 3 New York, 2. St. Jilila, 2l Boston. 0. Other games, rain. Amateur Baseball Jasper F. C. has July 111 open, and would like to hear from such dubs as Potter, Straw bridge & Clothier, Stenton K. C. and Lit Brothers. J. Clark, 1858 Clementine street. Brldeaburg A. A Is without a game for August 4 and 11, and would like to hear from teams having grounds and palng a fair guar antee. W, Bishop, 4185 Richmond street. St. Edward's won its eighth straight vietoty by defeating Devon F C. The. festure of the game waa the pitching of J. Mack, who held the visitors to one hit The management has a few dates open in August. J. McEUever, -213 North lteese street. Frankford A. C. has July 21 and August 11 open, and would like to hear from strictly semlprofesslonal teams. II. Steurnle, 1821 Ruen street. Fsrko Professionals continued on ttielr win ning streak by defeating the Mountain Stars In weu-piayea game or ins score oc d-i osxore large crowd. The feature of the game was the Professionals are ready to defend the chaos. a large crowd. The feature of the game was the pitching of Casper, who allowed the Stars four hits. He also had fifteen strike-outs. The Professionals are ready to defend the cham pionship of .Southward In the fourteen and Pfteen-ysar-old class. . H .Simon, 1314 South WWWH 1 Mn $- VAAS AUVMtobacco pays NoYemiNS his ''(ulUUA.W ClGMETTE3 l ''MmPOKT PUTY MONET-5 WOrTTH r-r-7 (?p MVDE. OF OTGIVES YOU -THEN Z AND WE POOR VSow WHO PMSOUTI eBB Why pay for Import Duty? You can't smoke it . Smokers of cigarettes of foreign tobacco can't get full value in taste and quality, because some of their money must go to cover the cost of Import Duty on the tobacco. But that doesn't go for Piedmonts. There's a cigarette that can give you better quality 'the reason is it's VIRGINIA TOBACCO, and Virginia tobacco pays no Import Duty. And if you want character that lively "snap" that belongs to Virginia tobacco alone ask for "a package of 'Piedmonts, please." 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