BCTIftfo ' IlcgAND-NECK RACE jWTJMEgjNAJPENNg itE AND RED SOX IN THROES OF WINNING STREAK AS THE RACE tFOR THE PENNANT NEARS CLOSE Ju I' i & i either Club Has Lost a Game Since Splitting Series in Chicago McGr aw Will Be White washed Again in New York on Wednesday v m K . fcflnlsh when it plays at homo next mo ti1 It T With tho season now wnnlng It sA ?' . it., i .. ,,iiiHE raco for tho American Lcajuo ponnnnt continues with both contenders "Li J- MUt. --.I ..f. ifh... Bn1 41 a nmn na Inn! WrvtllClldnV tllcht. Wlldl tllO livri uiiu iii.ni .&MVJ ofcv. .. .w UU..IU .... .. .- .. iilto and Red Sox parted company nfter splitting' a four-gnmo scrlos in Chicago. X Neither club has been able to gain jn tho other, nnd unless something cracks soon Kthe dopesters will grow frantic witn ImpaUcnco or something. Incidentally, thero Ifre two of tho nicest winning strcaus you ever saw In tho Johnson circuit. Wash- Ff.C7 .Wton went to Chicago Thursday nnd lost a ball game and repeated on Saturday. ' M iijtaA.tAn 4A...nn..n.1 c r Aitla nwl .r.nt,rw1 n r'Hr from ihn llloO'D IJrOWnS. 111C11 ' mVUBIUII JUUIUVjtU IV ?fc. UUUI3 UIIU wjifvu - ,... ..v... ...- &!'... ..... . .. . .1 . - ....., i... ..i,... ..Kiln flirt TtirrL'miin took n. twie wnuo oox irimmeu mo ncipii-sa juuks jraiciuaj, .. .....,, -- V. . . . - .. . .. ... ...1 llin B;;1.4J4 jail out oi uciroit. ino piot inics-ens, ns nicy cay m v.mu. ih-i .-. ft.fo ,.- -1 S ,.- 1 I . 1 -- t. ..I.. .!. llnlU-lur. t n M U lit, 1 fl f O tllPtO MlllhtS. SKJ'k..llUlIlK!I UL W1U IlUHlPrV UUHLeilUUI UJU lYl't-'UMIK IIIV llhliniltt .. - ...-. - ...---. f Boston has dono good work on tho western Invasion. In fact, the team is Idolng much better than wus expected. All that It wanted was an even btcak, aim a. ... . .. . . m ,1.1.11.. ...... .. na.n .iiuh.iuimI 4.1 llllt'n II lilt Hill ... ia ircLiinir moro man mai. ino iniu ou tio nuiiiiuai.u m ...,.- .,. - K?'antaso this month whllo playing on tho homo grounds beforo an enthusiastic; fk audience, and although they, too. aro playing according to form and winning ns SVUany games as they possibly can, tho red hoso gung sticks right on their heels. CvS.TodflV and tomorrow Detroit will bo nlavcd and then tho club scoots Homo to eniei- JwSlJtflJn our Athletics. Ono more victory over tho Tigers will make tho trip u howling l XI T ------ - - ... fx ,! .,- , .,innn it,,nn in nYPpHimt nnsltlnn in coinu throucn with ii garrison month. becomes moro and moro evident that ISatry rnlis a success as a manager. IIo h:w niado good. Ho answered his critics ny Keep- Wlnir tho team In tho raco from tho rlnclmr uu of tho curtain to tho piesonl time. st Thero is nothing that can bo suid against tho manner in which ho has handled "" i'iutbo club. P13HHAPS tho hardest task that confronted tho oung manager was tho handling of tho pitching staff. By Juggling his star hurlers so as to avoid killing his two best pitching bets, Barry has shown a woild of ability. IIo rodo safely over threo slumps, which Is going wmo for a novice. "Black Jack" has held his own against boven other more experienced pilots. McGraw Will Be Officially Whitewashed Next Wednesday WE final act of tho famous McGraw repudiation caso will bo htaged in New York next Wednesday, when the moguls of the National League, aided and abetted by President Tener, will meet nnd hit Muggsy In the head with a spongo , ,'Jor aomo other terrible weapon. Xhe whitewash Is till icady and will bo applied S ' Jfti A, .. ..,. , . .... ...I.I. .. 1....I..1. l.....l 1, in...,,. ..Ill l.ft 'Fiinu me person ui too once puiauar iiuiiiaHi ivn n mnu nunu. .uuhh'V " """"told to bo a good boy In tho future and havo no further dealings with tho rough .newspaper men, who had 'the none and daring to deliberately say something that tcuani maKo a nit witn mo league, incn tnero win no u Kcnnai iiiiuuiiuinuiK psi, "ceremony, every ono win picugo inemisnip xo ono unuinur unu mu uiuuw m lis'.-'- m.i.ii., .., , n..i ...i, i. i. r ......O W UlilUlUliy L1U.1U11. XJUL Will JL UU lUlUlki:ill "" As it has turned out, tho investigation which followed McGraw's repudiation ofnewspaper articles which arc said to havo been authorized by him was nothing (Kinore nor less than a whitewashing tournament, nnd tho hcrlbes who were impll b'cated defended themselves as best they could In tho faco of a Jury that wanted tho v "Whole thing tossed out of tho court. Through denying "certain phrases" In the pub ft Ushed articles McGraw tried to sidestep tho responsibility for tho things that irri gated President Tener, but when ho saw that his repudiation was a Miff hlap In 'the faco for tho New York newspaper men, who printed their yarns in good faith, H he felt tho ground giving away beneath him. U It was a case of standing behind the scribes nnd taking a chance of getting in !l"decidedly bad with tho National League or turning tho scribes down half-way and i doing a heel and toe to ono bldo where he would be out of tho range of tho big jjlguns. So Jawn sidetracked somo of tho statements credited to him, admitted others jjjand left tho Intimation that tho scribes had gono too far In quoting him. At tho ?jame time ho cleverly ducked another wallop from the National League. 1 By permitting tho caso to drag on Indefinitely tho National Leaguers knew i, and perhaps It was tho best thing for all IMi tliptf rtni-u liiiftil.i- Vpflriiur tltl, n Viimpli r riiiajiiu .uub Ah i.ui .&,. bill. n..wj ,,.bi. niv v.... fu.....,,. ..t.ui. ..fc.a t .iu... 5 U'i. . . . . . . . ... ii,i..,.,, . jvmuiaT. nis siuuon in uuseuun, uuiuuiuu wiin luuiv, in u miuuk viiuuii u-jsui iu inii. TT'ihinv over any time, and tho National Leaguo with a feeling that it acted cry ?$ ' ifvcleverly and diplomatically in tho matter. As for tho baseball public 4$ ' ' TT WAS nono of tho baseball publics personal business, but tho public w&im tfS fstfX W' ft1 w IM w V 'pi I til '4-f has an opinion that McGraw put ono over on tho scribes nnd tho leaguo as well, and that the league isn't nearly as dignified as it tries to be. Forest MBlddle, of "plon'and v I' fci i W Craig Diddle' s Playing One of the Features at Forest Hills jjTpHOSE who witnessed the early matches In tho patriotic tennis tournament at Forest Hills last week wcro amazed at tno wonueriui snowing made by cralg Philadelphia. Blddlo went through tho early rounds like a real cham- was not eliminated until tho end of the week and it took two days to tftput mm qui. iiio uuuucipuiuii s wurit is oust ucsuriut'u uy u wriiur uu mo ,uw Jlyork Post. IIo says: )' "One of tho players whoso work will always bo pleasantly remembered In tho tournament now nearlng Its end la Craig Blddle. Ho has played with most dls Mtingulshed capability. Few Americans havo enjoyed tho wide experience that has fifteen a part of tho lawn tennis education of the Philadelphia!!. On tho courts of the most famous clubs of Europe In happier days Blddle has met nnd competed "against all of the leading players of tho world. He was the Intimate friend of tho late Anthony F. Wilding, nnd he has accumulated a store of lawn tennis knowl " edge and skill which is most surely asserting Itself. v .... "The superior manner in which Blddle handled tho fastest shots that It. ' jffjjlndley Murray sent over tho net was a trlflo disconcerting to tho California yineteor, who is accustomed to having opponents illnch a bit under the fury of his , burning speed. Blddlo forced Murray to tho limit of five sets. Ills match was tho TFeal battle of tho fourth round, for It had none of the vacillations of tho Williams f and Throckmorton encounter. With all of his really line playing. Blddlo was not t able to accomplish tho thing that always amazes those who watch Murrav. Tho Meteor seems to go faster and faster with each succeeding game. Ills enrgy and t endurance know no bounds of limitation. Theio wcro times against Blddlo when Murray appeared to piny with greater rapidity than Maurice E. McLoughlin ever displayed on tho courts in his best days and at tho height of his career." Victory for Exponents of Coast Tennis THE California stylo of tennis scored a decisive triumph In tho national patriotic singles tournament completed at Forest Hills last Saturday. Tho speed and Jpbweii developed on tho fast courts In tho West seemed to havo given tho repre sentatives from tho Golden West an advantago over tho players In tho Mlddlo yest and East. B. Llndley Murray, winner in the llnal round over Nathan W. Kites, of Boston, and Miss May K. Browne, victor over Mibs Molla BJurstcdt, national champion, in a special scries, scoring victories twice, distinguished them selves throughout tho tourney by their dashing and sweeping stylo of play. From the start Murray swept aside opponent after opponent, not duo to his brilliant tennis, but to his powerful stroke, his speed and his remurkablo endur ance. The fast western courts develop speed with endurance, nnd this combina tion proved unbeatable nt Forest Hills. Miss Browne, national champion in 1912, 1913 and 1914, outplayed the wonderful Norso girj, and It was noticeable that Miss Browne always played better toward tho end of tho match and was at her best When her opponent began to show signs of fatigue. Tho Forest Hills tourna ment was a distinct victory for Coast tennis. i .a Ti lt Is nono other than Big Jim Parnham, lK A NOTHEIl Iron man is among us. SsS'Xa one of Connie Mack's hurlers, who was sent to Baltlmoro this year for further CSf seasoning. Jim has been going good this year, but on Saturday eclipsed his other r" ....... n aa Arvntnot llnfllinalnia lis nItnVinfl linlVi (.ntricu In rim. Vtln.li fin fl ny n.ifl . W3l 1U lUUIICri. 4l(l,llOI. ,)VVIIVa,CI IIC J,,.W,V.V VW.lt tU4..V M uut.u... ..vuwu unu ifiV:won them. Tho first was a long-winded affair and was not decided until tho end i.a;-a, ... . i . i m... ...- .. i.i i .1, ki. .. PVV F "10 lllieenill Illinois. Xiiu UWIVI wan Lliu ivuinuun iciibiu, iii.i iiui.il ni.Tiim K?V??rrere 3 to 2. In the first battio Parnhnm allowed six hits and eight wero mado Fi'ek tyP1 'n tll Bcon(1, Jim'8 performance should bo pleasing to Connie, ns tho RKji&.an manager is shy on pitchers at tho present writing. It would not bo at all RCaJL' Wirprlstng to see Parnham back in the local arena beforo tho season ends. f'W, ... B "f , -vTr tVio flrnt tlmi in thn hlstnrv nf Amprlrnn athletics a necro organization t'K .""":".; ;."':: : "-.,.' ",. ,-':"., , i.wjj won a cnampionsnip A, a. u. uannur last oaiuiuay ai v.viviu rum, iuiie ihiuiiu. J'jljie speedy, agile and strong lads from tho Salem-Crescent Athletic Club, of Now r lmm J ., .t J1 ..w. . IaIhI t ImnHlw.fAhii nnlnlu I. 4 Vi k lantriK M fll rr! I f r ,. .iVtnvn .'SXOrK, iVOllCU up a kuull U4 inoiuj-iuui Jiuiuia 111 w oviimi HlUHUtiuiimu .ul v.Cy(6nshlps, defeating a largo field. Mllrofto A. A. was second with sixteen points 'aiid the Irish-American A. C. was third with fifteen. Tho winners had a well- A&"La.it,nr-iul tP.iiTi nnd showed all-around superiority. iiFl ' . J Al! 7rt WJmwttrto Vntlso Wnfii 5' ' " """' -"""" i-yOUNO person named Oregory, who pitches for the Lincoln Club In tho Western League, set a record for, the year recently when ho twirled his pm to vctory In a twenty-oneinalng game. Gregory allowed twelvo hits and si'tiven errorless support. xti 'S l funny bow some or tno Dig jeaguo pucners noia ineir joos. xuko me caso tt Bsodw as ab example. The Chief has no more speed than a Duiiet, no more tfcaa ,Pr-4ait,, WJlson and no more curves than a corKscrew. xet he ..1BKHH1H.1IU . ,., . ,1. ...!' - IWTOTtV 'wr rT . i, , .. ia'i, ,N'.t. f-'T ?. ...V-."i ,""...'( WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND I HAVRE DE GRACE CHIEF BENDE1V LAST YEAR All:, BUT' Junior hs fallrpj IMTO S PUDtflLe OF WAT6R AMD IS KIOVN COMPOUED To WEAR SISTERS CLOTHIMG WHILC HIS ouJM (S HUMG OUT TO DRV V&h -rfloTOP "Tl-'lAT WHiMlMO! If 9QW. YoOtt. H.V6 TO WCrXRl jjjjjn?wfct-l,ii i Ii Wits II n ! "i-ffffi ?HiHrTrTV(rT!t TO OPEN SEPT 11 Ten Stakes Are Arranged for Fall Meeting Which Ends Sept. 29 NOTED HORSES ENTERED ONLY SIX GOLF TOURNAMENTS ARE LEFT FOR LOCAL PLAYERS AND FOUR OF THESE ARE WOMEN'S EVENTS Of the Men's Events One Is Restricted to Golfers of Fifty-five Years and Over So That the Fall Promises Dull Season CO I.'All O corn Hy I'ETEK ai the cviupctltlvo Heason In con cerned ery little is lift for the Phlla- delph'a Rolfers. KollowlnB their leRul.ir season, tho women have not had ii Musle event hlrire the mixed foursomes for the Krldolyn Cup at tho l'lilhnont Countiy Club last June. Thero are, huweer. four eents left on their proeram. They open the sea son at least tuo weclts before the men and they tlovo It lorn? after the men are through As has been stated, the women's national championship Is siheduled to be placd lit the Shawnee Country Club at .Sliawnee-on-Delaware in the week of October 1, the final round to be plajed on October fi. lint this tournament Is still In abejance and may not be pl.ieil at all. If It is not, It will piolutily affect the en tries for the seventh annual competition for tho Hertliellyn Cup at the Huntingdon Valley Country Club from October U to U. This tournament has always been plajed the week after the women's national, and most of tho women stars have come right from the national and played at HuntliiKdou Val ley. It compares with tho hjnncwnod Hull Cup tournament, which Is held every .Tune nt tho same club. It will be held as usual this j ear. but whether tho out-of-town women will be as prominent In the entry list as In other years Is a problem. First IMay for Durom Cup DurhiK tho week of September G tho first annual competition for tho Huirm Cup will bo held at Whltcmarsh. This is tho first time It has put been piavd for and the cup is tho largest and most expensive ecr put up for competition ninom; the ft omen Tho entries will not bo restricted to the. women of this city, but other women from till sections of the country will be ln itd to play. It will be a two-day medal play uflalr, and In order to make It dllll rult to win tho cup must bo won three times In succession bofoie It can become the property of any plajer. Tho women's season will end with tho fif teenth annual contest for tho Mary Thayer Karnum Memorial Cup at the WllmhiKton Country Club. It will bo a thlrty-slx-holo mrclal-plav affair with eighteen holes on October lfi and eighteen tho following day. Tho men base only two tournaments left on tho schedule, duo to the falling through of the St. Martins and Celst Cup fixtures. Tho mxth annual Ancient and Ilonomijie competition will bo held at tho lit Da ids Uolf Club on Tuesday, September 18 It Is restricted to men who havo reached or PUTTER passed the igo of llfl-fic j cars, and thero will lie ki 1,1-s and net prizes. It is one of tho most popular of all the tournaments, and the oung-old men turn out In largo numbers nnd hae tho time of their Uses plalng golf among tliemseles, with nono of tho youngsters to disturb them. They would much lather beat or be beaten by men of their own age than get a ti burning fiom a jouth In short trousers. When tho eont was Mist placed on tho schedule It was hailed with great satisfaction and glee by tho gi ay-headed golfers. It Is the only tournament of its kind In this country with the exception of the national seniors tour nament at Apawamis. Lu Lu to Have Fall Tourney The season will close with tho annual fall tournament, under the auspices of tho l.u IiU Temple Country Club at JIdgo 1 1 III. from September 20 to 22 incltisle. While this Is a nine-hole course, tho tournament at tracts a laige Held; and In lew of the fact that tho number of fall tournaments Is very limited an unusually largo field Is e;,pccted to enter. l.u m lias one really excellent one-shot hole, and It is ono of the cry best In the Philadelphia district. It Is not more than 110 yards long. The shot Is oer a iiuatry and It Is a pitch shot, there being no fairway of nny kind. It Is necessary to hold the green as the boundary; the load Is just back of tho green. It takes a deli cately played shot to land and stick on tho green. l.u l.u Is not a difficult course, as It lacks length: and tho long driver has a big ad vantage, as his second shots aro compara tively easy But tho chap who makes a poor too shot can reach most of tho gieens on his second I-u Lu expects In nnother year to h.uo another nlno holes, and it Is thought tno extended course will hae a much greater yardage. Phil.ulclphl.iiih will miss tho tournaments at the Cricket and Whltcmarsh Clubs Last year for tho first time tho Gelst Cup was restituted to playcts having a handicap of ten strokes or less, and In time this tourna ment ought to no ns big n featuro as tho Irynnewood Hall. Unfortunately, theio was a tendency to permit players to enter whoso handicaps were In excess of ten strokes, but this did not affect the tournament, as none of them was able to qualify for the match play rounds. Tho Cricket Club has tho largest field of tho year anil In some yeai3 tho number has been well liTexcess of 200. HAvni: i" oiucn, Md. auk. 27. The Harford Agricultural and Breeders As sociation will inaugurate tho Maryland au tumn racing season for 1917 on September t! nt Havre do Grace, within an hour's ride of Philadelphia. Tho meeting will bo of seventeen days' duration, winding up on September 20, when tho great eastern taclng stnblcs nnd their nrmy of followers will make their way fur ther south to Laurel. It will bo marked by tho running of ten stakes of sufficient vnluo to bring to Maryland the most rep resentative of American and Canadian horsemen and the swiftest racers. In splto of the competition of Helmont Park and Aqueduct. Tho coming meeting. Indeed, promises to excel In nttractlvenes nny'that has been held at Haro do Grace in the past. New York's competition will help rather than hurt the Haro do Graco meeting. There will be no racing In Cannda this coming fall, and If thero wero nono about New Yoik, Haro do Gruro would be called Upon to tako caro of moro horsci than could nosslblv bo accommodated nt one track. Moreor, the fields, In overnight , events nnd stakes nllke, would he too big and unwieldy for successful handling or I true racing. Ten Rich Stakes Tho dates selected for the running of the ten stakes hao been arranged as follows: September 11, Old Bay Handicap, three- ear-olds and over, ono mile and seventy yards; September 13, Trenton selling stakes, two-year-olds, 11 e furlongs and a half: September 15, Itoynl Blue Handicap, threc- ear-olds, one mile and secnty yards; Sep tember 18, Pilnceton selling stakes, three It ear-olds and ocr, six furlongs: Septem ber 20, Ilastern Shore Hand'cnp, two-year-olds, fiui furlongs and a half; September 22, Chestcrbrook- Handicap, three-year-olds and ncr, ono mile and a sixteenth: Septem ber 25, Cecil selling stakes, threc-j ear-olds and oer, one mllo and seventy yards; Sep tember 20, Kox Hills Handicap, three-year-olds and oer, six furlongs; September 27, Hrdenhelin Handicap, two-year-olds, flvo furlongs and a hair: September 29, Havre do Urnco Handicap, three-year-olds and over, one mllo and a furlong. Four hundred nominations were made for these stakes when they closed earlier In tho month, tho Old Bay Handicap having nt ti acted thirty-five, tho Trenton forty-rune, the Itoynl Uluo thlrty-fHc, the Princeton for O -nine, tho Hastern Shore forty-two, tho Chestcrbrook thirty-six. tho Cecil fifty, tho l-'ox Hills thirty-one, the L'rdenhelm forty ile and tho Havre do Grace twenty-ntno. Prominent Racing Men Prominent among tho nominators wero James Carrlgan, who has bought out tho Interest In the Wlckllffo stable of his part ner. Price McKlnney, of Cleveland; Harry Payne Whitney proprietor of the Brookdale stud; Illchard T. Wilson, president of tho Saratoga Association ; Wilfrid Vlau, of Montreal, owner of the champion three-year-old Omar Khaj yam ; Willis Sharpe ICllmer, owner of Sunbilar, winner of tho Saratoga Special; Gilford A. Cochran, of New York; nichard V. Carman and Richard F. Carman, Jr., proprietors of tho new Carmandalo Stock Farm, which Is In Montgomery County, Md., Just outside Washington ; J, S. Tyrce. of Washington; former Congress man Georgo W. Loft, owner of the brilliant two-year-old winner Papp; J. K. L. Boss, of Montreal ; Samuel D. Blddle, one of tho leading sportsmen of Pennsylvania; Thomas Clyde, ono of tho most prominent figures in Maryland racing; William M. Jeffords, of Philadelphia; Georgo Smith, proprietor of tho Brighton Stables, and his brother, Theodore Smith; Archibald BarkUc, of Phil adelphia; Grant Hugh Browne. F.mll Hara, Oscar I.ewlsohn, G. A. Muller, Schuyler L. Parsons, president of the Coney Island Jockey Club; II. IC Knapp and Andrew Mil ler, stewards of the Jockey Club ; Captain W. J. Press, of Toronto; Joseph Barrone, J. F. Claver. William L. Oliver, W. R. Mirell, James F. Johnson, proprietor of tho Qulncy Stab'es; H. O. Bedwell, W. J. Starr and Henry Watterson, proprietor of tho Wlrasol Stable. Among tho three-year-olds that havo been winning distinction, Hast and West, that will bo seen under colorH in tho course of the meeting nro Omar Khayyam, win ner of tho Kentucky and Brooklyn Derbys, the piospect Handicap and tho Kcnner nnd Traers stakes: his stable companion, the $20,000 Westy Hogan; Rickety, winner of tho Kmplre City Derby: Campflre, tho To boggan Handicap winner and his light footed stablo mates. Straightforward and Corntassel; King Herod, who performed brilliantly at Havre de Graco In tho spring; Manlstor Tol, Hyannls, Warsaw, Waukeag, Torchbenrer, Cadillac, Prlscllla Mullens, VA ltocho Royal Quest Barry Shannon, Manokln, Fairy Wand, Queen of tho Water Iron Cross, Mario Miller, Meteorito and Achilles. DOOMED FOR THE BUSH LEAGUE, IS' ONE OF THE WONDERS OF GAME Twenty-seven Runless Innings, Three Shut-Out Games in a Row and Then a One-Hit Affair Sample of His Skill By GRANTLAND RICE Charles Albert Bender Long inay iou wave, Old Ecout; One with tho brave, Old Ecout, Catting each lliiff. Popping that fast one Through, Down to the last one Through, There with tho stuff. TUB tenacity of tho red man has been the subject of song and story for a good n Vm1: i many drifting years. From Uncas on to Gcronlmo tho Indian has always been featured ns a tireless cuss, nnd tho dopo thereof was undoubtedly true. In this respect Charles Albert Bender, the Chippewa Chief, Is a. notablo Illustration for later copy. Tho eminent Chief Is not so old ns years go" nlong the cnlendarlc highway. IIo was born thirty-four year3 ngo last May But ho was popping that fnst ono through for Connie Mnck back In 1903, a. matter of fourteen seasons back. J.nd now, after having been counted out of tho lists, relegated to the records of tho Main Corral, ho Is back again, with tho old repertoire Intact, romping along at his fastest speed. Bender a Wonder Tho Chief Is undoubtedly ono of the game's wonders. He was supposed to havo passed the crest nnd started downhill back In 19H, when 'ho Braes drove him In rout from tho world series field. Tho year after he went over to the Feds, whero ho met with continued disaster. Tho old stuff looked to be gono forever. Last season he was recalled to tho major circuit, but was too far below his old form to bo of any great help. This last winter wo ran across tho Chief down nt PInehurst, whero ho was starring In a trap-shooting tournament and wait ing to hear that ho had been sent to the minors. Tho Phillies let Jim go, but finally re called him, mainly to help tutor young pitchers. Few expected to see his namo again among tho winners. Ills best day had been too far back. But tho call of the wild was too strong nnd the lure of the warpath was too keen to bo resisted. By hard work ho got back Into pitching condition, nnd then, with the blanket lifted, ho reported for duty. Tho answer Is twenty-seven runless Innings three shut-outs hi a row and his last start this last week was a one-hit game. If this Isn't coming back with hells on nnd flags flying, tho phrase has no meaning. Bender's Way Bender has always ranked, and always will rank, with the smartest pitchers of the game. He had something more than a fast ball with a zip to It and a baffling curve. Ho had in addition a keen brain that overlooked no details and a coolness and a craft .never surpassed. Bender was cooler and calmer and moro stoical upon n big occaslort than any nltes wo havo ever seen. "-n In moro than ono closo world scries cam. wo havo seen him working; with as rnueh carelessness, finnnrenllv on i n Hul exhibition affair wrtwrc tho score was ii J to 1 In his fnvor. as u V Nothing bothered him or upset him H. had no goat to be obtained. While his r parteo was never vicious or profane he hui tho knack of collecting various goats tram enemy tribes, and ho collected these in An Institution Tho Chief has been nn institution for th better part of a dozen years. He was sud. posed to bo at his height twelvo years aeo when ho shut out the Giants with four hit In tho only world scries victory Mack's team collected. But ho was back again with two mor victories In 1911. desplto tho fact that Matty beat him 2 to 1 In tho first encounter. Bender has been ono of tho best alll around athletes In baseball. In addition to being a great pitcher, ho could hit when tht ' mood was on him and a blow was needed Ho ranks (veil up among the leading tran shooters of tho country, plays a flrst-clasi game of golf and is a billiard player of no light caliber. The Lawn Tennis Tournament Tho spirit of lawn tennis In these war ring days has reached heights below that of no other sport. It was something at the start to have nln of tho first ten ranking players answer tin call for service. And tho big success which the associa tion has mado out of the patrlotlo tourna ment against rugged handicaps Is another section of laurel for the sport. With no championship at Btake, the Lawn Tennis Association not only kept the game going, but added valuable contributions to war funds'. Beyond this the association and leading players proved that even with a big list called to tho colors It was possible to keep tho game going on ahead, a contribution that is bound to havo a lino effect Just as tho battle isn't to the strong, so tho ball game isn't to the base hit. The Tigers and Reds continue to lead their re spective leagues at bat, but tho percentau column Is mado up of victories, and not of runs and hits. The lusty swat still haa Its place In tho records, but there are other minor details. VI ilOWTOPLAYGOLf- i(idre3(CiJcc) Evans Jr. i B " ' i WEST BRANCH Y.M.C. A. MARATHON SWIM TODAY Noted Swimmers Entered Race From This City to Gloucester in Golf for Women 0X13 of tho striking things In tho grow ing popularity of tho great game of folf is tho cver-lncrenslng number of ladles who may bo seen playing every day at all tho club and publlt- courses. It Is a lino sign of theso health upprcclatlng times. May their number In crease 1 I hao been priv ileged to play mixed foursomes w 1 1 h a number of the best women golfers in tho country. I have observed somo really rumarkablo play by them and I should llko to pass ulong hero n number of good Ideas and sug gestions which I have gathered for women players. Any gjrl or woman who has ever played tennis or basketball must have tho athletic Instinct In her and should become an excellent golfor, with practice. So far as I have observed, the only limitation "to a woman's game as compared to a man's is tho dlstanec which they can get In driving. Aside from this handicap a practiced woman golfer can offer interesting competition to most men. CHARLES EVANS '.C j , . i BV..ii..li Mistake Women Golfers Make From my observation and from discus sions I have had on tho subject with promi nent women golfers, I believe that many women golfers make a mistake In starting the game with the Idea that their play must be different from that of men. Even the clubs which a woman uses need differ little from those of a man. Weight, length, eta, naturally should vary somewhat with th nhvalcal endowments of a particular plajrt, but U naia,yrlnclilM ,l iwtfs f"ttt; t t t rt .Ai-Jk.-v? ,.'" iUiar'rv. -,'rf C.j4 ?." iri'i.'W -i r .. "r,.i m Ji'iK!?' m ufmwh me B.imo for women ns for men The franco and grip should bo a duplicate of that prescribed for men players, but with perhaps a difference In the amount of swing ivniuii ,i man taues on most clubs, Many professional instructors advise tho half swing with both wooden nnd Iron clubs, but It Is my conviction from seelnT expert women play that they wilt do better to train themsehes for at least a three ituarter swing. By developing the three quarter swing tho arms are tralne,i r, ,ir most of the work, nnd that Is their Durposo In golf. It Is obvious that a woman cannot de vclop a slashing, smashing game such as many men nro very bklllful' nt, but u uiuuu a umiiaiions aro not as marked In this stylo of play as many of them, unfortu nately, believe. If a woman plaer gets the Idea that she cannot hope to do much In free, open swinging she never attempts to develop it and her game suffers accord Ingly.eiiartlculiirly In driving. It Is perhaps natural for a woman to feel that she should use lighter clubs than a man does, and her reasoning would be truo if the men used tho heaviest clubs It was possible for them to swing. But they do not. They use a weight of club which (n their experience they have found effective for the purpose for which It Is designed, nnd a woman should be governed by this same prfnc'ple. In other words, tho weight of tho club nnd Its length should be adjusted to the woman's physique. For a woman of good Blze and avirago strength to pick out little clubs Is obviously wrong procedure nnd she hadlcaps her playing and Inci dentally Increases tho exertion and effort necessary to get good 'results. If the club Is too light she cannot maintain the con trol over it that Is easily possible when she can feel the weight pf the. head in swinging. "A somewhat shorter shaft IsH necessary lor most women. In my next article I' shall writs again on ejou ior xMta, witn pom amonai niaU Many Distance Runners Somo of tho flrst-rato distance runners of maturo ago named for the races over mutes aio Borrow, King Neptune, Holi day, Clematis, Bromo, Roamcr, St. Itadore, Wooden Shoes. Gex, Runes Fllttergold, FenmouKp, Daddy's Choice, J. J. Lls, Judgo Wlngtleld, Xylon, Tom McTaggart, Fountain Fay, Paddy Whack, Chiclet, Dick Wlltlams and Undo Brn. The Uastern Shoro and Erdenhelm Handi caps, two of the best of tho two-year-old races, have attracted among others these highly capablo youngsters: Sunbrlar, hmoKy uiiup, Papp, Solomon, Roslo O'Grady, Sungold, Ruth Law, Tlpplty Wltchct. Matineo Idol, Kashmir, Cum Sail Currency, Bughouse, Happy Go Lucky Compadre, Sweep Up, Ultima Thule, High Pass, Royal Hnslgn, Onlco, High Cost Queen Margot. Whlppoorwill, Subabdar.' ltiihu. Juno Bug, EI Plaudit, Bully Boy and Drlllmaster. Many of these are stak winners already. All of them nro young sters of class and high promise. The horses, generally, that will race at Havre do Grace and at tho other Maryland traeks will bo campaigners seasoned by a summer's' racing about New York and through Kentucky and Cannda. Bringing any other kind to autumn racing would hardly bo worth while. The West Branch T. M. C. A. will hold Its second annual marathon BWlm this after noon in tho tepid waters of tho Delaware River, from this city to Gloucester. When this country entered the present International struggle, the officials of tho West Branch decided to eliminate all the contests on Its schedule. This movo proved to bo unpopular with tho men at the Y. M. C. A. nnd arrangements were mado to havo a swim to Rivcrton. The New Jersey G. A. R. and Sons of Vetrans are holding their encampment at Gloucester and have pcr Buaded those in charge of the swim to havo tho tlnlsh at Gloucester, lnbtead of Rlverton. Among those who aro to be expected to take the water when the gun cracks Is Paul V. Magee, of the Camden Y. M. C. A., who won tho flve-mllo marathon swim Saturday on tho Schuylkill River. Macw. heoirioa winning tho George Pawling trophy, made a now record for tho course, breaking the old marks made In 1915 by nine minutes nnd seven and two-flfths seconds. Entries have been received from VIo Hoist and Ommcrle. two youthful cracks of tJB,rnch: J' p- Dorls- captain of tho Phlladelplria Swimming Club; TomllnBon, who won the Sackett cup two weeks ago nt Lafayette; Clegg, another member of the Philadelphia Swimming Club and several other long-distance swimmers. The race will end at the Buena Vista Park, Gloucester, nnd will bo followed by an open swimming meet in the river. The svents vjdl bo a BO-yard and 100-yard dash 50-yard backstroke, exhibition of breast b nglo overarm, double overarm and crawi strokes, and the affair will wind up with a sramo of water polo and canoo tilting Dingles and Bungles PING BODIE NOW IN SELECT FIVE Mackman Continues Terrific Batting Within a Point of Fourth Place Ping Bodle's continued drive, on, the op posing pitchers along tho western front has carried tho Italian slugger into tho select batsmen of tho Johnson circuit Ping started his flerco assault nlno games ago and during this time has connected safely with tho pill twenty-ono times in thirty nine times nt tho bat Ping Is In fifth place, only one point be hind Harris, of Cloveland. Ty Cob has not becomo worried over Bodle's rampage, as h Is Jubt teventy-thrco notches ahead of the Mackman. As a result of two safo blows In four times at bat T. R. gained on SIsler, who had three hits in nine times at bat against our Athletic twlrlcrs m St Louis. There aro no changes In the National League batting race, as the western teams are playing In tho East. Tho standing of tho flvo leading batters In both major leagues is as follows: NATIONAL LEAGUE nouitli, Cincinnati. . . . Its 4S5 60 180 I'roh. Cincinnati la 475 IS 140 Horinbj-, , ht. Loiiln... tit 80fl 07 1S4 .iilp, Ht. LouU.... 110 412 84 It KaufT, New York,... 116 424 68 132 AJtEBICAN LEAGUE f 1.1. t. . .i ni An. it. Cpbh. nrtrolt 121 487 tW Sinter, M. IiouU 110 474 40 nnciKir. I'leveianu... 117 42B yi inrris. lietaliinU. . UtMlie. Athletic.... KS 115 276 4 an n. 179 160 14H KO 13(1 At. .345 .814 ,113 .si; .sit Ml .34$ .313 .311 DETROIT CLUB PURCHASES TWO PLAYERS FROM MINORS DETROIT. Mich,, Aug. 27. Reb. Hall ono of the ten leading batters In the West ern League, has been purchased by Detroit according to an announcement here today' Leo Dressen. first baseman on the St. Paul club, of tho American Association, also has been bought DANISH AhUlK VICTOR IN ENDURANCE CONTEST CHICAGO, Aug. 27. Christian Christen, sen. the Danish athlete. In' a physical en durance test yesterday, consisting of five events of a mllo each, rode a blcyclo, ran walked, rowed a boat and swam, all in 54 minutes and 25 seconds. Pirates Buy Pitcher Sanders .uiowuiMMi. ., AU, W. llQy Ba.ndra 'pUehr of tho Kan. j. City Club. h.V U?n p": lltUburh Ntlonl.' It wt announced her! It nKbt.L Bandera mi a nnaatioa In th! American Atuc il on ) .un .-V v. lo . --'.--.r.i-ir.' .-. -7"TTW-i .. mvjwn trr Patrick O'Reilley OUl Partrlck O'ltelllev ttm tpoken of hlaKh, Because he was tjirro w.lh the bat! " But on a fait arounder O'Jleillru would 1lmMii. for he mm 60th Joi and at. ou'a Houoatr, With runners on bates 'twas cn. -j . iJtVuiW"" """?"' ilethVoallni ac" Ana tttll he was clever then n,,i, 1 Has booted hi vwcteckZtSu. nn"T In the fipotlKht JKKM8 IlAOnv if. . v. twentieth tame when lie d'fcatVd-Wa'.hTngton? Trl Rprflkrr Jot rround In the hnitin. He went without n lilt oattlng race. Iteb Ilussell won for the White nn i.,.. ,.. caBo didn't Boln 4 hair on IJoston. ' Ut Chl" Gtttlno a long teat on the Itcd Sox It ..... easu as tnrouitna the Kaiser out To J'rance The Fhllllei are trylnir to mm ,n ,,, fordth. Giant. ThenVeVI,',! of WlaT.: haTe "Jf""! Mack a Pnttnt There' more asony In a douhu ,.-.. arV&tSs? t,-eni "?.,.rria:riBbv Tt thm I? 0n At . . J. thet, are liable toj WhVne,il.'anUanurt'ToVe5t'her,.U""0n Connie Mack U chanced will. ,. j . !&?."' " Wt' ttV.'r.Mi,kS Fln Bodle connected with th ..- grown twiner, for four". '? n'ff . Trotter Sparkle Sold "raucher, or the nirli.hl?-" i?J,.-Edward R. 5P. .M- MreK.!Sb he ?:'ln.?.t.W. ot flnarkle. Trenton FOOTBALL DRILL BEGINS AT RUTGERS ON SEPT. 20 Grand Circuit at Poughkeepaie Sanford Expects 125 Men to Report for Opening Practice Next Month NEW DRUNSWICK, N. J., Aug. 2T. Football practice at Rutgers will not open until September 20, threo weeks late this year, owing to the war, but tho squad will bo tho largest that has ever turned out at tho beginning of a season. Coach George Poster Sanford, who will be here to take charge of the work, expect to havo 125 men on tho gridiron.- Every effort will be made this year to get quantity rather than quality, though Rutgers hope to havo a team of the usual standard of the last four years. Tho aim of the coaches Is to make football a war measure, rather than to play the game for Its own sake, and for this reason every man In college will be urged to get out for tho team. While the regular Intercollegiate schedule will be played as arranged last winter, there will be special stress laid on the work of all tho men rather than of tho varsity team alone. Coach Sanford wants to put every man In tho big squad In readiness for mili tary duty. Famous Race 'Horse Dead PRABODY, Ma., Aua. 27. Kearney H.. f rnmou race hor of aeveral year aao. drooped dead yr.terday while being driven tn a drivlnf i!ii mMl7e?, ttt Koekdale Park, The driver. William llallahan, eon of the hor.e'i owner. J. Ilallahan. of Melroke, wa thrown from the ulky. but wa not erlou hurt. Kearney B. S? wbrSu.h., tern track fifteen year ao by Herbert Herrlllu. orl)etrolt. and e.tabll.hed aeveral record. ..awn,, eierucu 'uii-hj :r -"mm. or -zr"v asflhS iflUfifffafcJu " ' : JQttiMMa w riitiimiiiiWT '- - -""Tli PpUffllKEEPSIB, N. T.. Au. 17. clty'a Qrand Circuit race meetinir will tomorrow at the Hudaon River 7Ih -. Owing- U tn Thl , open r v
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