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QRmWENTS OF PAST AND FUTURE DISCUSSED BY STAFF OF EXPERT ATHLETIC CRITICS
W YORK GIANTS HIT
THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT
EDDIE LENNY'S GREATEST
FIGHT FOUGHT WITH BARE
KNUCKLES J?0R NO PURSE
Jimmy Dougherty, Who Piloted Noted Featherweight to
Top. Relates Most Rcmarkahle Incident in
Late' Gladiator's Career
INAG IN ENGAGEMENTS !
WITH WESTERN CLUBS ;
Hbilrch. and Cincinnati Show McGraw's Mrn That
Kmi - i
SnkMnn.il T.pnrmrt Rnrp Ts Nnl Ynl Ovrr AI.iv Find '
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Road Hard to Travel in Chicago
(OH 5KlN-r4AV ) ; , I
(IS T. RON LIKE MlLLIOM-BILUOryrc;
I colt;; Tm' j)iCKNSy dollars. .',
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tmn r-llective owt-lvms iiRiiinst
hint to Ruin u ile-uMnn otcr
INC the earlv nart nf the season the New York ("Hunts maifo a run-
.,uii "
.-Sway olt tho race, losing only one content out of the first rlRhtren pl.-iyril
KJIfft'tho Eastern teams. From the time tho 1917 champions nf the National
ijHa started the Jaunt through Western cities they have won only one-
ijbf.the games played. Pittsburgh surprised by taking lun'nul of four.
Ilt'on, and Courier, southpaws, doing the effective blocking. This was a
3se to the Peppery pace setters.
bfThftn rami .tin Invnalnn if nmltiiml lUuvllirr nnninNl MtlttV'.S lilt Til
ITii-i-.- "--,. .' " "- -- ....... --..
ilinp aggregation of Cincinnati ball tos.-crs, the flinnts tnanaged to annex
Ijrione out of the starts. The New York pitchers were badly Heated by
flimj'p sluggers, "while the lied twlrlers did sum
WCOIantB'sluggers. Slim S.illee. was the only (
SKftedS, taking a 4 to 2 game on Saturday.
yforh Giants arc likely to find the Tubs also it strong aggregation. The
Biaffcr dropping the first two to the rhlls. came back sttong and capture.!
fth'ext three. The Chicago boys are going strong at present and should
ible to make It interesting for t lie (Hants utter they conclude their series
LtQ,tne-uarainais. TOO l'nus'liave mei wnn truer success man inry iiuu
ifortf leaving the Kast. Against the Western clubs to date the .Moranmen
tfvtf broken even, taking one from the Cuds and two out of live from tho
sr:. I'invpri iriv.iiin inniiws m I'lrc. iriintps
ODenlnir tilt of the scries with the Cnloago White Sox extended over
eighteen rounds and ended In a victory to Washington and
-or-Walter Johnson, prince of pitchers In the Johnson circuit.
Ichnnces and both clubs plavcd errorless ball
xtra-lnnlng games arc getting to bo the habit and not the exception in
. .
gtiMtftown that controls the destiny of America In live games, the sen
fswrsfiave played no less than sixty-three frames, an average of almot thir-
a personal
There weie
&fen',lnnnlngs to a contest.
BiSt&;JIn the second engagement the i ha
KtWCe'a'gQln, the Rowland men played tli
liamplons won in eleven Innings. I--, and
QCe'a'gQin, the Rowland men played through without an error, making a total
Efftwenty-seven frames without a misplay. Theie was a brciilhinu spell on
RtKi4ay, when the fans were allowed to go home to a warm dinner, for the
isKuj't ' i ' .... .. ...., ..,- ..i. t n-i,., ...........i
oTHMnEUors were victorious in ine rt'iii,-iiuui nine i-n,iin-i.-, ,-,. ,m- ,,-..,,,
'fftfvefrorless ball.'however. was broken, for tho White Sox were guilty of two
Ftsi'eplays.
SlhtOn. Saturday the two clans went back to their lengthy vva.vs and it tyok
Bjfl 'illienoiaers inirieen innings m m i .-... it m,,. nn,- i-..i .....L ,.-
(tyer wanted to give the fans an extra run for their money in tne tirst
Unday game, for they went twelve rounds before a decision was reachcil.
pers hurled the Griffiths to the triumph.
0rZ' - -Jf sZ-' 0 -X of the .Season.
yJ' Z (,M LATER YSNRS
r- &?sT!-' -z ,.-- sZ. CROA5 FOR DlSTIMvUISHED
:;::- : .- ' 'Z'-'T1'- ."- -J t3RAVERY M FRANCE)
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Walker Has Great Week With lint
ff?1LARBNCE (TILLY) WALKHn, playing the garden for the Athletics that
1'.A . t u .!... . . .. nnV.1 l.i. A miiu Cf rnnl time I iiniiivtii" ii
arfpr. His
I'll hf bailly
ISUormerly jvas held down verv .anflbly by Amos Strunk, now is
ffcwih. In the select division for ihe first time in his big league
fSwerVwIth the bludceon during the week just closed. In vvluc
KM' -'..''!.. . ... . - .. ..... r ..,. ,...l .. ....!.. II. I ....... I. ,..
Tmutpateci the onerings or tne i incngn ano v len'iami ii'", om mm n
lyacn'hlm well bevond the .300 line. Lust Monday he started on his hitting
ETBMpage and went along bountifully until S.ituidnv. when he fulled to collect
Ifety'Coff the combined deliveries of Morton and Il.igh.v, of the Indians.
3ver a, five-day span he collected fourteen hits out ot twentv-iwn times ,u
for a total of twenty-one extra bases. His average was .foh. anil tins
iy' ' ,' ,. .- .-, t, 1 V.. .,.n..nn f,.. . !!'! tr fl'.A
PCOVCQ. enougn 10 enuoie imio uj inn.mn- m h.t,,.- ....,, . .......
jfcfeby facing him fifth In the American Leagus ratings. His fourteen hits
iuded two home runs and one double. One of his extra base urives om
cli to help the Mackmcn boat Cleveland in that thirteeninning game last
kTwisday, for without that drive the Athletics never woulrt have tteu the score
KS. .4V. . . ., . ,j , U...1 ..I,. .,,,, ... ,,.1 ,n Ilia Miirtnunth
ai'ine,iiin.I.n ana never woum ou c ortu n.i,i-c ,.- , ,i ,,, ..,- , , . - ......
i.tWaaker Is enjoying one of his best years witn ine war cum ano. aint-u
',. , . i J 1. ... .l-n .!, ,,.,,-.,. a, nrr ullnhnl'i, fnnl l-nct.
HJCOTgQ XSUmS, nus OOIlU IIIUCO io inane uif .i('j''.-.ii,k i'".'".11 .... .....
atwhen they are clue to appear. Walker has found the surroundings very
fcpreeable and the left field bleachers easy to reach. If Walker continues his
KVletouB work with the mace then the Macks are certain lo land better than a
ipebr, eighth In the pennant chase. Thus far, Walker has poled out four
'hasners. the same number credited to Uurns, and these two are leading the
KilsagUe In this department.
v Lost! the Phillies' Punch in the Pinch
-IAS ana alaCKT ine I'nillies seem lo nave mi uivir mu in .i. 1.UUU
V.orsome other place, that needs it us badly. The three straight defeats
ftb'e loranmen by the Cubs came about because tho i'hillies did not have
Kiimely wallop in their systems when the hour for bae-hittlng aimed.
is bfa pinch blow was not there, the result being that although the mils
kecUt'o be playing a good brand of baseball, it was really very ineffective
Mrtise'Of the glaring lack of offensive strength.
ir.The Phils' pitchers have been doing good work and have not deserved
MlitfJ tha fatn of helnn- henten out. three times in a row. flut don't
n't win without runs and Pat's bovs have re-
tpied.tosiipply this necessary ingredient in stirring up a victorious mixture.
5V-The Phlllle series had Detter attendance tnan unj series i.isi season.
L.'?11" l... ., . ... .U,n..nn t,.OI ..1a t, ,-., nlnyti "l.-nlrt" 1. 1 n it .11.1 I . . t
fy.fUO UlaL VOIIlcil lu . Ilivah" vt ton ci,. ,,,.,,. ,.n,, i,,,,,, i, ,,,.. i.j.i
toy goodly margin, and taking away the Dean means more in n.isetMii
Kyeir than it. has in many previous seasons. The main need of the Na
teial.i,easue is a real contender for the s-c.ilp of 'the New York Giants.
IteheU's club looks as if It might be. It remains to be demonstrated this
SWiek.' and the "bugs" are quite ecitcd over the approach of McUraw and
ONLY SEVEN MEN
ROWED FOR PENN
Stroke Thomas, Stricken at
j Annapolis. Useless Alter
I First Half- Mile
! SEASON SUCCESSFUL
A. A. U. OFFICIALS SET NEW
TRACK RECORD AT EASTON
Middle Atlantic States Conference Championship Meet
Last Saturday at Easlon as Completed in
Exceptionally Fast Time
2-
STARTS TONIGHT
By JAMES i
m,IiTMm.(; sun was heating down 1
on tho Minrck of thr SrhiiylKlll at '
fort Inrliatt, that notrcl ifsting place
l nojir Nnrri.tovn Thr tllapo. claims
nn iliHtlnction. hut yesterday a story
was lelatiM there whhh hail to rlo wltii
, nne-tlmf Idol of the Quaker City lint;
few Hunt fjirw weie heated alone th
hank nf the histoilc Sehnylkill. within
1 cunhot and view of Valley I'oiji'. made
fatiuii In fleorce Washington, Senatoi
K"no and others.
Kverxttjinc wns quiet. It was one o(
the he.iutttul May afternoons and no one,
in tin- party wished to he dlstuihed or
had urn intention of annoylriK any one
I elf-o In the distance the w hlrr of a
t not ot- aroused tlje part and snnn a
' life thunnK ear w digged across the lawn
and flown near 'lie shore
.lame K. PoucheTty, the naron of
lepor illo, alishted and sonti was one
of the quiet paiU Before manv minute
had passed some one had occasion to
comment on the death of laddie l.nn
one-time sensation In feather and ban
tam weight circles The mere mention
nf Lenny's name sent Dougherty into
tears.
!)ou!trrty LamN Lenny
"(Hi, he was a creat hoy." muttered
Jimmy. ' So honest, appreciative and
cotishierale. He w as diflerent from the
pie--ent day Uoys. Ves. Indeed. He
nptor maile a fortune out ,of the ring
came, fop he fought for the love of it.
He w.in a wonder." ,
Ves. we alwa.vs have heard the same
.linim.v." mtMrnpted one of the silent
tin utg on the hanks of the silent river.
"Vui knew him well, we have been In
formed, and wo would like to hear ,ou
talk almtit tin great hghtei "
"Well, he s gone hut he ne er will be
foigntlen." began the llaiott. as n few
tear- dioppd unmolested on the pebbles.
"Me di"d hisl Thursda.v. a victim of
nitirrculosi", but lie was game to the
end
I "Win
k(M
IVsilllsi In Roll Off nil Hi-OnU Mnnappr
"Hr w.is a iTmalkjiblo
tone Alleys
m
Annual JNIeet
ALTHnl'iiH up nnor liap In aril
roarf nf any I't-rntfi;. 1"'I!1C ln"Uon
the watrr
ho w.
enrr i'
Clarhc Griffith Patriot of Baseball
B on the bat and ball fund
and equipment to snlrtier3
has been a patriotic effort
"fBB'"Clarke Griffith never manured a lu? league ball club, if hP never toiled
Pln'the flrlng pit for any club under flic huse tent or any other combination,
?'iiiita name never had been connected with the national pastime, he would
SW.Wmpmhered in baseball for startinc and carrying on the
Wl'lil i i -. V. vrinom, nf cinnk'inr 1inifnrni
kjUtiismps In this country and In France. His work
iilfyine ot the highest praise.
SfflSWednesday will be bat ana bail runn aay at snibo 1'arK, and tne man-
pitiof the A's is planning big doings for the occasion. Military and
itfcands will be on hand from nearby camps and there will be several
red men In uniform at the game, which will have the Detroit Tigers aa
LAjjfittractlon, Several corps will be sent down from Camp Crano at Allen-
IElV-.-.. l.t. .1.- V,,,10 h,n,l
-Arjey-and Navy celebrities will be on hand from Tamp Crane, Camp Dix.
K'toi:'WJBahlckon barracks and League Island. In addition lo the men under
Bwfft tnere will oe scores ttnu etuies ui uuici men' in uiuiunu, mr eanes-
,0'iDnn nr iiir uavH liil cnuaicu ti.... ut mu.,,..u .. .-c.
V l?-L T:..f,,h r.e rlnn ,.o F.,-
("ja- IM-lao jjjlir.iLuui wo vn-ii;i a uuii
riSMqLIA BJUBHT1SUT, wno nas won more tennis trophies than any
' Wter woman playing on ine Ainn -ikum. uiui ua, nas uenionstrated tnls
b,at she will be a long wnne beiore sne oegins to go bacK. Her most
performance, an exhibition match played at the Terrace Club, KI.it-
Bffiwed that, she has lost none of her cunning on the court. She
iH with Frederick B. Alexander in an exhibition match agairst
Shrockrhorton and Miss Florence Ballin. Mis.s BJurstedt and Alex-
easlb- at 6-4. 16-2.
jjBJurstedt played her usual hard-driving game, but when called
Ego to the net with ner partner sne snowea up unusually well.
the fact that she has always been weak overhead.
i Norwegian girl can improve her net game this season she will
WHy make fTie greatest woman player that ever played In this coun-
iceptlng aiUs Tom Bundy and Jllss Mary Blown, both of whom
cellent game at Oie net.
ethlchem JFms Soccer Football Championship
unbeatable ball the Bethlehem Steel Company yesterday de-
iKall River Revert at ffawark In the replayed" final round fop the
ball championship of the'Unlted States by the score of 3 to 0. The
'eleven. "outclassed Its opponents both in the kick and rush came
Bpsmg style. -'
Fall River team might have made a better-showing if it hadn't ad-
iWrpugh tactlrs shortly after the. match started. Not only did the'
l-irut lota of daah Intq their play, but they made the mistake qf trying
la man at ine. sajne uiue aa yiafma hid uan, u u. esuii ine niay
leo team wa uuvwn.
.. on the other hand", played like 'a winning team from the
W noCa weak link Jn the whole machine, while every" player
4 oinfl?e )in4e;tandng -with hia coaferee, with the re-
-.T--jv - .tZyt&f&rpiFy. .TBTfT-." .,j
IVntij. varsil- and freshman oarsman.
bi-rKiMi f-"ini-hat in -plri' aflni Ihfir
il"ulif dffi.it in ilin p.itrintir rh.iinpinn-.hcv-
at Annapi.lis S.iluirl.iv. ifiiirni'il uV
llii-. i'it .M'MtnnJ.iy and tho nnws as
Civnn nut that tli- twn-miU' stri'ti'h on
tbi. Spvitii was inwnft by only s'in nn-n
in tin- lied and Blue first shell after the
initial half mile bad hern c-niered
PtrnKe I'arl Tlinin.is. mv "f tin nmsl
drpondablp nnn fm tho pai r-M'ttlnix p.
sition ill rr.llHRMI,' r.mUs. suddenly
' narked when the r ,is stanelv in
I Its liecinnlnp-. anil despite the fart that
lie camely dipped hi" ar Ii
vith the nei'essar cnnsisii ii
haiilly more than a passenC'
Una I mile ami a half
Thiunas hii'l trouble with his stomal h,
and Hurlnev .lark. ilh the keen instinel
of a reliable eoNswain not
stroke was not Kfttlnc his
water with the usual snap.
"Little pep. stroke."
lhrniich his megaphone
"I'm all in stomach. '
ropl.
Distance Ton Lnnp
P.ealizing that Thomas was irtually
out of the raee. .laek hecan to eneour
ace the lest of the men They responded
nnhlv. but the handieap was too murh
Maivin Wilson anil Hob Wlnslow. in par
ticular. tllCKeil at their oars with all the
strength In their athletic hotlies. and Ihe
rest of the men did their best lo fohnw
suit But Penn is a light crew and the
distance was too long The n.i oars
men were heavier, stronger and more ai -customed
to the two-mile stietch It was
In the last quaiter mile that they in
ri eased their margin to almost a full
length, gaining in that Hi nearly a third
nf a length
"Thonias'sVffort w.if gameness itself.'.
said Coach Wright "lie showed that he
was one of the pluckiest hn s in the
shll, hut his stomach was in had shape,
and that led to his undoing He was
stretched out for a long while after the
race.--
Despite tho double defeat. Penn's row
ing season was a brilliant success The
Quakers defeated the N'ay. 1'rlncelon.
Columbia and Yale at tb Henley dis
tance and it was generally agreed at
Annapolis that the Red and Blue would
have beaten the middles under the hand.
leap of Thomas s slckne
tance been a mile
Sraruse Ha- Great Fresh Crew
Coach Jim Ten Kyck's Syracuse fresh
men had a n.w--aua in the earling
event. They were four lengths ahead of
the navy piebes and almost six lengths
in front of the Penn boat The orange
flrst-vear oarsmen are all big. husky
rangy chaps, the hest freshman eight
er developed, according to Coach
Wright The Penn freshmen previously
had defeated Central High, the Navy
pieties and Princeton, Columbia and Yale
freshmen. .
Coach l.awron Itohertbon's track
team also was defeated at the Naal
Academy. Tho score was HR-18. but the
figures would not have been so lopsided
had It not been for the failure of the
Quakers in the held events. In the track
races the Bed and Blue did better than
was expected.
The surprise nf the day was the show
ing of Harvey Price, former Northeast
runner, in the mile Harvey wen in i
minutes and 33 seconds, the hest he ever
did, and hopes are high, that he will
place well In the Intercollegiate mile.
Oustafson won the quarter and was sec
ond in the half. Haymond and Davis
captured first and second In both dashes,
and the latter alio landed first in the
broad jump. Charlie Bullock was the
only other Quaker to win a field event.
At that he tied in the polt vault for first
place with a vault of eleven feet.
equated for the tune of staging
and tlehl meet, we beliee thai
A C olllcials who had chalgi
Middle Atlantic Slates I'Ollfeieil'
championship.- S.it ntl.i. . at Kaston. es
tablished a lieu tuailofor tile hott time
in which it look Ihem lo conduct Ihe
events.
Of course the otlu inls weie aided a
bit by the holding ot the trial heats or
Ihe sprints and huidles in the morning,
but this didn't save much time, as it was.
neeessar lo hae semi flnaN and llnals
in these same eenls in the afletnoen
Pt'oninti at J .1". Ihe siheduliil time
to get going. Samuel .1 I'allas. tjle piesi.
dent of ihe .Middle Atlanth Mistint of
the A A I'. Idi w Ills whistle lo Mart
the opening cent The meet irtiially
was oer at I o cloi U just one hour
and a half, dining which time fifteen
I that hi-teents Weie decided
r into the Hut for Ihe lack of jumping sland.ilcK
the carim.il would hae been completed
he shouted ! in less 111',. There was but one set of
I standards winch made It necessaiv to
ime the weu j i onducl tho high jump, ihe pole vault
iiiml running bioad jump peparateiv in
stead of all at the same linn- as i--1
usually the custom at a championship
meet.
n put piu:p
I or I w.i - in the pole
lilllgils. broke
when lie dialed
lull' the bar was
l!llikle went live
le.l.t two feel to :-p.i
Mr. when the bar
f..l
Coach llatolil Mi in-.
sipnid of Lalavetl,. allih
linn in annexing til -.1
sm ond suicessie war
ot
a ttack
the A.
..f tho
C A A.
vault riinlilcv ot
the former mark
II feet "' inches
at in feel f. nn In-,
er the lop with II
ale lie failed how -
was Jilai oil at II.
Ill the
ridden
h'-nois
- ell-b.iliin'i-il
ti - had au ' a--
honors fur t bl
and tin- I'ouitll
past si. Coach Mercer'
Swailhmoie ttam w -ui
. ii.il-
seronil
ncrans .
I!
tbout Sera liners
mi. i, m;u.
Having rolled rr the ficnian and
! ihiee-mati squads in the fottith annual
bowline tournament, tonight on ihe Key
vtone allo- the two-man championships
"ill begin rolling otf then- series, which
Minigir (leoige Mos.s expects to hi lug
t,, a i lo-e on l-'nd.iy 1'ienlng, liunieili
alev after Ihe doubles ale lliloilgh The
l.iM leg of tho tournament will get undei
waj, naiii.-H. the singles Tonight Ihrec
quads will lake to i In alleis; ihe first
squad w il begin rolling olf at 1-I5 p. in.,
.ulker, I'tanks; Scliultsi, Keif; Utay,
liisle. Hoggs. I'lennner
S:Pi p in. I'-.u-lna. llngan: Chatham,
l-'itgi raid ; Sr.neborn. Anders; Sweeney.
olinen; Halt. Shusler; Lampone, Milan;
I'ostei ban" Kichioi . Hale, Farace.
was a rental Kalile tiny in eer
wav. I look hint when he was just
Malting, a mete preliminary imj, and
was his manager until ho said faiewell
to Ihe ling. He novel was a rtiaiuplnn.
but he mingled'wilh them duiing the bet
ter put I of his caieer. He fought the
best, but he had to go out of Philadel
phia' t" gel hi- stait He wno a. won
derful long-distance battler, and after
making good against Heotgo .IHmiii.
Tony MciPnein and others. In letuined
home, wiieie be was a lieadlmei.
-He had Implicit i ontldence in me.
lie newt questioned " decision, neiel
complained Theie is one eiont that will
stand out in his cnreei us long :i I live.
This happened in l,elpcr I lie one iniiij
aftein.ion ill the fall or null. Thai's a
long while ago. but I lecall It just as
plainb as though it happened yester
day, lailer Harry Smith
"In those das there was a boy by the
name of Italian Harr Smith, a I'lula
delnliian. who had made good and re-
iiio.Uedly hill led challeges at Lenny. We
'.itieund that we bad tiolliing to gain
. CAROLAN
right now.' I said to Smith and his ,
gang. 'You're going to ttcht now and
fight for nothing. That's the only wav
to deal with fellows like on. Better
prepare.'
'Shortfy I.ennv arr veil and in a few
moments I told bltn ului' I had done
Without a murmur Lenny iomnod hla
coat, and shirt, hut left on hi- mini
shoes and ttnusers Smith took nrf lil
heavy shoes and shirt and battled In
his bare, feet.
I'ntislil Without (5lnr
"There were no gloves around. co I
told the boys to go lo It m their 'oare
hands and tint 1 would referee I
ptnmlsed Smith that bo would be g in
ii square deal. Just bifoie the iu'vq
went into action 1 sent a bov down to
I'liester for 11 set of boMllg gtovr...
"For nine rounds 'lie bo.s foujiht one,
of the bitterest, bloodirst b.lttlis I ever
witnessed Itolh viete liloedinj flom
seveie cuts on the mouth and i.i.-e. a-nl
the hand- of eai h vine bioK.-n .id
swollen .Iul as the bovs went so their
corners at the end of the unit i round
the boxing gloves attlved. I nod one
pair around IMdlo's buttered hands,
wliilo Smith's handlers attached tho
olhor to Smith's crippled mitts.
"Witnoul a wotd the gladiator-, went
hack to the slaughter The trn'h and
elevinlli wire furl m- sr..,,n- but ihn
twelfth found Smith in "a h a bad'y
weaknied condition that In- was foiced
to quit at the enil ol ine roiinn t.t onv
walked over to ins neaten me. inura
lilm on the 1i.uk. said a few luce vvcid.,,
then leturnetl to his lionto
Itciame (lln-c I'rieniU
"Well, do vou know that tlnroaftiT
Ltltlie anil Smith weie the clns.-t of
fl lends once the liittotest of i nemir-.
this fight soi veil In instil a fielinu of
friend: hip that lasti-d until death catled
Kddle awav. Anvwheie l.ddie fouglit.
Smltll wanted to be in Ills out nei He
was Ins riiond aiid flid more to help !3d
die in rutuie fights thiin iim one else
"Yes, Lddlo i- gone, hut s not out of
meiuorv . lo vvas a gnat bov. an ap
preciative follow .mil the MM noted
Italian tighter I could talk for weekl
about him, but I meioly wanted to tell
.vou what I thought was I hi mv t re
markable incident in his l-enuu kable ca
reer." By this time tho sun had sunk l-.w- in
the West, it was getting late and the
Partv was line to lueak up .limmy
walked slow iv- hack to hi-- big mat hiuc,
tcnifullv said faiewell. st.utid In- en
gine whirring, vv iiizzed down the road
and soon wns oul of sighl
The Baton was out of mmh but tl-,3
story of Kddle .Lenn.v had left it, Ira
pi cssion.
There VTa- a Rej-on
But there was a ri asoli to
work of the othoial. Hie
whom weie Philadelphia!!1
a lecess at IJ o'clock and
edy
r the
inajoritv of i ager.
I....H..,, ,,, '
the
illowmg
pariidi
Kid William- alw-a.vs a favorite
here, will take his jil.o e in Ihe wind
up at the otvinpui tonight, oppn-i-il to
.lor Tuhet. Hie funnel- amateur flvw eight
king Tuber made his greatisl showing
against Champion Pole Hetnian lure
la -I fall win n he almost nuked tho
king of Hie bantams to sleep in Hie sec
ond round
This will he Williams's 'ir-t uppiar
aiu e in I his el ty since lie was sloppi d by
Joe L.vncll iit tile olympla laM. winter.
Tin e-ohanipion. now- under a new man-
bus fought few battles slut e. but
isists that he is able to hold hi.-
ow n with Hie other icadeis in the lie,,
pound div isiou.
Young Jack (I'V.rieti. i-trran weltrr
woiglit. will be s on in the -einiw nul
llp Kddle McAndlews. of Mana.vunk.
will nppose 1 1 Hi ion Tcrrv- .Miilovetn,
of Klsing Mill and i-'r:ink!e William--clash
in the third bout itennv Kautmun
l- flue to exchange blows with Joe Leon-
aul in the second go. The opener Iu-iiik-togetlnr
Joe Stanley and Frankio Clnnv
I" IT. p ni. Stalk. Alok. Ilumphiles,
fteaii. W.iiill,., Swait., Haines, I'hapin,
,b ilairitv. Ukssci; cb-orge. Lent; Ash
liiook, Taylor; liafletty, James .Mc.Ma
lion i'i.n.m. irniii;s ami pisi.i; mom:v
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INDIANS BUY CATCHER
THOMAS FROM MACK
rifTrlonil. O.. May 20. The Cleveland
American League club yesterday an
nounced tne release oi ,-ucner iwy nn
klnson to Salt Lake City under optional
agreement. I
The Cleveland club alto announced the
purchase of Catcher Chet Thomas from
the Philadelphia Americans. Thomas,
who has been a Holdout from the Ath
letics, will report to Cleveland immediately.
of the freshman anil sophomore class I
comedian-, the men began to gathoi on
March Field Several of 'the otlicials i
appeared to be resthss and impatient
or something I
Professor Bahv. of the South Plnla-1
de'plna High Si hoot, was more so than
the rest, and he ju-t couldn't "it still
I'ver.v few seconds ho would rise, yank
out ids Ingersoll and walk around the '
field muttering to him-elf This was
too much for inquisitive .lack Keough.
the former Cuiversity of I'ennsvlvania
star athlete and now football oltlcial and
traik co :u h at Haverfnrd College
"What's the tumble. Mr Bain"- in
quired Keough. -Have yiui an ongage-kn I" Mmm-.-. I.. . on the nirhi of Jan.- K.
men!
"Yes." answeted Rahv 'and if tht
meet doesn't soon get started I'll miss
the train baik to Philadelphia There's
a train that leaves at I .'.I. and If I
miss that I'll have Jo wait two hours
for another, and I vvon't be home until
after in o'clock "
Keough went into a deen ttudy or
something for a few minutes At tho
expiration of this time ins f,ue broke
into a smile and tie said- "I will help
vou out. I'll get mv team here to that
the meet can start on time ' With
this he departed for the dressing room
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and passed him up because wo had lug
ger game in sight
"linagine m.v siiipnse on this lain.v
dav when Smith, bis malinger and hi
h.ioker walked into my livadqu.it ler- iit
Loipeiville and said tliev had come lo
lalk Itusiness Smith's manager said he
would nost a side bet of -.".lll If the
,, match vvas made and that it vvas up to r.
J-o fm I me to say cs or no.
1 -Tills blatant inanagoi arou.-iti nu
' I ilfdiri have that nun Ii nionev though
I am sine I could have laisod ll But
if I had permitted this challenge to
go hv unheeded. Smith and In- manager
would have gone to the newspapers and
gained tho desired puhlnitv. It vvu.
then that 1 decided lo net.
Prisoner- All ,
nu i "I callitl In a boy and sent him with a
""'message to the home of Lenn.v. which
lilt I was onlv a few blocks .iwaj Without
"" any not'ke I proceeded lo lock all the
"ft doers, bar the windows and did every
thing that would prevent Smith his
manager and uacKer irnm leaving mere
weie fifteen or twenty others in the
Maine Win- Weiril ("iiiiiie
Lew i-lnw n. Me., M c
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lltirtrr 'Iliorpf. Kiri-it ''
mht. n-nul'l bo v H'nmvl in ihi
h fought man of ih- fhnc I
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ppn " !. w Ii'iuIliT in i I'M '
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ChiH'k Mcclii-. thr InilMnHpnllt; niiddlr
wiKlu. Hnd K. Lotighlin. nf ,!l"n'oivn,
m-III be lh ionti.t.in1j: ill th -Tnitin tl in
ihe ruii'l'e-J,'irB.(n tilt.
,llmtit MrCahr. th fist H ru-icht. i
nnxirtUM to met Johnn Mal' in .1 fturn
liout. In th.Jr lirst rtppo-irnmi M,il rut
Mrtnn-
the K
Villa nova, 7; Camp Dix, 3
DUk.y..J,4Ur.20, VUUnovft out
rcaw'pj yMray.
lanlnr
Trtnnlay
Hoerfonl AiiU niTirial-
A few minutes later he was bade
"I brought my team along," said
Keough. "and the two of them are will
ing tn start work right away if ou
say the word."
Professor Baby wasn't the only one
who vvas anxious tn catiii the 4-55 local
for this city. Professor Sigtnan, of the
Northeast High School; Herman Meyei,
Coach lustier, of I'enn ; Samuel Dalla
of the Meadow-brook Huh. anil
her of others were just as anv
only oltk-lal who didn't care
meet was over vvas Louis Golds
the A. A. I' Uoldsmith took
of his friends to Baston in his large
automobile, so he knew that if he left
Kaston before B o'clock his Kord would
get him In town around midnight
The spirit of the nhclals must have
been contagious, for the athletes tried
so hard to end the meet that the ma
jority of the events were run in near
record time, while two new- marks were
established and another enuuled.
Kleinspehn Star Performer
Walt Klelnspehn, the distance runner
extraordinary of the victorious Lafay
ette College team, clipped Just five sec
onds off the former record for the mile
held by McXJrath. of Lehigh. Kleln
spehn's time was 4:32 3-5, which wan
the best time for the mile In any col
lege meet held Saturday. Ten minutes-
after his record-breaking perform
ance In the mile, Klelnspehn toed the
mark; In the 880-yard run. After a heart
breaking race he broke the tape In
2:00 3-5.
Captain Dick Bechtel, of Lafayette,
equaled the record for the conference
in the 100-yard dash wjien he outspeeded
Dave Klauder, the former Northeast
High star and present Swarthmore run
ner. In the fast, time of 10l-5 seconds.
Bechtel also wa3 a double winner, re
peating his victory over Klauder In 'the
Ml. v.i rii- dash. ...
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