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r'S about time to draft out the tnuty tape measure nml pritiK n few brutal
statistics and musty rnpiiMirempnts foaturitiR the pair of hiKh-priccd per
formers who will put on a $127,500 net for the chanipiotuhip or oni(tlilng in
Toledo the afternoon of July 4. Stump sponker nr..l rurlistone orators arc
laying particular stre upon the atmospheric displacement of Jess Willard,
trgulrjR that a bloke built W feet sk inrhrs from the ground and weiRhins
250 pounds should knock a little shrimp like Prmp'-ey for a goal with ne
mauler draped behind his back. ThK is n cocrincins argument if tli- aforesaid
brntal statistics and musty measurements are not dragged in.
Jess has height, weight and reach on his younger opponeirt, and every one
Bust admit that those three adantages will help some when the brawl begins.
But outside of that there is little difference on the trustv tape First, take the
chest measurements. Willard displays a 40-inch development normal and
40$4 Inches expanded, while Jack is 42 inches normal and 40 inches expanded.
But it isn't the chest that will win the fight. The arms, which propel the
terrific punches, are the things to watch, and in this respect there is some
Interesting dope. Willard's biceps measure If! inches and the forearm 14.
Dcmpsey measures 14 inches in both the forearm and biceps, and his arms are
like bundles of steel springs.
Jack's wrist is larger than Willard's. which no doubt is a surpr.&e. The
place -where the challenger wears his watch Is 11 inches in circumference, one
half Inch more than tb big boy's.
It is neck-and-i-cek nround the collar. Dcmpsej takes izp 17, while
Willard is one-quarter of an inch larger. The waist line of Jess is tix inches
tdore than the youngster, but jnu nepr can tell about waist lines. Some
times too much development is like spotting n guy ten balls in an eight-ball
pool match. For that reason we can't ghc Jess much on that sW-lncli ad
vantage. Jess is two inches larger in the thigh, with 25 inches, but the ankles are
the same size, each nwauring !l inches.
SrOTT you have the dope. Willard is bigger, heavier and has longer
' arms, and should he able, through these physical advantages, to
hold off the smaller man with case, However, Jeis is thirteen or more
years older than Jack; has been out of the nrtne ring game for virtualhi
four years, while Dcmpsey has been fighting all comers for the last two
years. Jack knotcs how to hit, hi judgment of distance is good and
he has confidence in himself. This is something which requires tall
thinking when doping out the tanner.
"Good Little Man ..." Argument
THE-old question of a good little man meeting a good big man bobs up again
and can be argued both ways. Eery man is human and suffers pain, even
if he is as big as a house. If Willard is hit by a street oar he will take the
count, the same as Dempsey. There's no difference in size or weight if a vital
pot is reached. This chatter about big guys being able to absorb punishment
Is all hokum. Willard could take everything handed out by Benny Leonard
or Johnny Kilbane, but Dempsey is a powerful hitter, every bit as strong as
the champion, and if he starts socking them into the body or jaw Jess will be
seriously annoyed. A football player who weighed 230 pounds once told me
he always had trouble with opponents who weighed around 10. This might
be true in the boxing game.
Itjis not our intention to pick a winner or give Dempsey the better of it in
this screed. We are just stating facts and disputing the statements that Wil-
jjfcifclard fa to big to be injured. He is not
BUjinattlnn la Pnn T"lmiAnv lilt llimV
I' Bob Fitzslmtnons used to topple .'em
"little" Jack Dillon once hung the K. O.
Joa Waleott had little difficulty in smearing the truck horses, sometimes con
ceding, fifty and sixty pounds. Then again we can look back a few scars and
recall. the battle between Stanl' v Ketchell and Jack Johnson.
Ketchell was a great little fighter. He could hit, had the heart of a lion
and did not know the meaning of fear. He waded through the meu ip his
class and sought nigger game. lie finally was matched with Johnson, and
what happened to him was a shame. Jack outclassed him from the start and
Won as he pleated.
WN THE first round the negro stuck out his left hand playfully, jabbed
Ketchell in the face and sent him flat on his back for a short count.
After that it teas just a question of time ichen the final wallop was
put over.
Ketchell Too Small for Johnson
JOHNNT LOFTUS. who trained Ketchell for the Johnson match, said the
great little fighter had no chance after the first minute.
"Stanley was entirely too small," be said. "Johnson towered above him,
had weight, height and reach and in addition was trained to the minute. He just
toyed -with Ketchell, and after that knock-down in the first I knew I was in the
losing corner. However, Ketchell tore in every round, carried the fight to
Johnson and took a terrible beating. In the seventh round his front teeth were
turned up into the roof of his mouth and I had to push them down. He was
the gamest man who ever stepped into a ring and did not quit until he lay
duzed and helpless in the twelfth round after Johnson had landed a crushing
blow on the chin.
"Time and again I told Ketchell to step back and box instead of adopt
ing rushing tactics, but he refused to listen. He was knocked donn in the
fourth, but even that did not teach him a lesson. He wanted to win the heavy.
Weight title and threw caution to the winds.
. "Between rounds he did not appear nervous and every time I sponged
him off he would say :
" 'How do I look? Keep my hair combed and wipe off all of the blood.'
"He said this at the beginning of every round, and at the start of the
twelfth told me that something was about to happen. He really believed he
Was about to win, for when he stepped out he again rushed Johnson and sud
denly -whipped a hard right to the head. The blow landed high, but Johnson
dropped like a shot. I taw he was uninjured and jelled to Ketchell to step
away. Stanley, flushed with visions of victory, crowded his man and when
Jcclc arose started another punch for the jaw.
"It never landed. Johnson let drive with his right and hit Ketchell so
bard that he shot clear over bis head, landing on all fours near the ropes.
"Ketchell was knocked cold.
tCX DON'T care to use this as an argument in the Dempsey -Willard
'A lout, because I am not trying to pick a winner. But I never will
forget the downfall of a good little man before a good big man. Per
haps it was because Johnson was in wonderful condition and at the
,i height of his career. If Willard is in condition he will give Dcmpsey
lots of trouble, and if not well, I want to say again that I am not
picking a winner in this scrap."
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Sixteen Prizes to Be Awarded at
Big Gunfest on
Saturday
FOUR CLASSES ARE ENTERED
The third annual registered trap
shooting tournament of the P. B. and
W. R. R. Gun Club will be held ovci
the traps at Wilmington. Saturday
afternoon.
K. U. Gnlvin. president of the Phila
delphia Trapshooters' League, will
manage the tournament. One hundred
and fifty targets will be thrown, and
the program is so arranged that every
entrant will have an opportunity to
win.
There will be four classes, with four
prizes in each class. There will be
Lewis class and high gun optional
"sweeps" and a Delaware-Maryland
sweepstake.
LOW SCORES IN RAIN
Bobby Jones Finishes Third In the
Southern Association Tourney
New Orleans. June 25. Nelson
Whitney, New Orleans, and Ellis
Knowles, Pensacola, Fla., tied for low
medal scores in the qualifying round of
the seventeenth championship tourna
ment of the Southern Golf Association,
which opened here yesterday, both men
turning in cards of 70.
The qualifying round was played in
a continuous downpour of rain.
AMATEUR BASEBALL NOTES
The Indiana Club Is without a earn for
Juls- 4 (mornlnc and attcrnoon). Jos Mel
man, 1030 North Thlrtj-second at.
Th Oermantawn Collnlana. a flrat-claMi
travelln team has optn datea In Junf. July
and Ausruat.
The Taltn nrach Rmmtm want nmi
with (lrat-claas home teama. Palm nach
Rnes, 1009 Spring Garden rtreet.
The Mlnlnk A. A., a. nrat-claas travellnit
team, haa June zb ana Juty s " i.'.V.
raylne a cuarante. Al. Bleyler. 8 Her-
Ion ave.
nrMtabnrr haa July 4 (two iimol and
July 5 open for aemlpro home clubs. Harry
Smith, 448D East Thompton atreet.
The Anchor fllanta ar without a me
for July 4 f. Roblneon. 180 East Chelten
avenue.
North Tmn A. C. wanti rames with v-enteen-nlneteen-year-old
teama. James Bress
l?r. Jr., 2812 North Fletcher street.
Antmrn A. C. wants a-ames with flrst
rlasa homo teams for June 28 and July 4
(mornlnr and afternoon). A. Landls. 103T
West Arizona street
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team, haa Juna 28 and July 4 'mornlnr and
afternoon) open. iiei-urn uiwvk. ...,
North Wamock street. .
Dollmar A. A., of South Philadelphia, has
ocJn dates for teams such aa Norrtitown
s M Losan A. A.. Christ Church, Vine.
imi Harroweate. Wlldwood and Hatch, of
C?mden Alf Ostrand. 2310 South Chad
wick street.
The ClearflrU A. A. has Julv 4 (mornlns
and afternoon) and Julr 8 open for flrt-clss
traveltns teams. J. T. Forber, 8415 West
Llpplncott street.
tri.iin r r. would like to arranxs tamea
with nrst-cl.a. home team, for July 4 (am
".F; m ".."tah.T 2140 North
Twenty-eUhth street.
Thompixm B. C a nfteen-sventeen-year.
.m travaiinr nine, has July and Auirust open
for tesms offering a tuarantee. Earl Clower.
053 norm oyaennam intrh
Patterson Presbyterlani . Men'a . Iarue
would ilka to hear from all churcn rns
tor games on our siwunyB. . , wwv.
1S29 North flxty-second streat.
n, rhlrr A. C. wants to arrant- rames
with all flrtt-rlass home tsama offerlnr a
guarantee. William Harklns, 853 Parker
street. Chester, Pa.
The narrr Davis Clan, has Juna 28 and
July i open for any first-class home team
olteilna- a sruarantee. Charles Harvey., 2749
North Twentieth street.
Northern A. A., a first-lass trsvellnr
nlne. Is without a pm for June 29. and
dates In the latter part of July and August.
Phona Aj Barundt. Wyoming 4Mt Vf, .
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MOTOR-PACED
THAN ANY
Chapman, Who Meets Carman
in Match Race at Velodrome,
Prefers Endurance Contests
IN GAME THREE WEEKS
f fpOYS. my first motor-paced race i
ns uuLut'i uu in, tii.iu un enure
sivday grind." yesterday erplained
jouthful George Chapman, the sensa
tion of the lfllO season in the motor
paced game. "In a siv-day race you
can stop when you get tired, but not
in a motor-paced grind."
Chapman's advance has been rapid.
He rode his first motor-paced race at
the Velodrome here Tower than three
weeks ago. Since, he has made five
bioiisi lunula ittu 111313 mm lu lllirus,
He landed fourth last Saturday night,
when punctures forced him to with
draw from the race.
The Newark youth will meet the
most sensational rider in the game,
Clarence Carman, in a special match
race at the Point lireeze Velodrome
tomorrow night. It will be in ten-mile
heats, best two out of three.
Chapman celebrated his twenty-first
birthday last Sunday. He rode one
year as an amateur. In 1017 he
rode his first professional race. He
competed against t,he best sprint riders
in Newark. Last December, coupled
with Kagar, he took part in the six
day race in Madison Square Garden and
made a good showing.
His first motor-paced race was a fifty
mile clash against such boys as Law-
and August for Saturday and Sunday games.
J JIcCool. 2230 Cedar street.
The Anchor Cllanta ar without a game
for June 28. and would like to hear from
first-class tpama for Sunday games. Frank
Robinson, 130 East Chelten aenue.
North Philadelphia All-Stars, a flrat-class
traveling team, has June 2S and July 4
(two games) open. F Farrell, B414 J.ea
street.
Ths Somerset A. C., a fast eighteen-twenty-year-old
traveling team, wanta to
book games with homft teams paying a
guarantee Thomas L Deegan, 2524 East
Cambria street.
The Argo Professionals, a semlpro trav
eling team want twilight and Sunday games.
Phone J. H. Dalley, 131)1 W
SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS
Mtke Morally, noted aportsmsn. and his
brother Johnny will lesve by motor for To
ledo Sunday. Other members of the party
will be q. Alfred Clark, of Atlantic Cltj ,
Chappie O'Connor, of Wen Falls, and O.
Paul Gogal of Oermsntown. All five wer
close friends of Dempsey when the chal
lenger wif making thia city his homo last
fall
Bohbr Remolds, providing business will not
interfere plans to make his get-away tor
the big fight shortly. Pobby expects to be a
member of a oarty that l due to depart by
motor Saturday The former lightweight
headliner Is a Demosey rooter. It will be
recalled that Bobby was all Kilbane before
that Leonard meeilnr.
Charier fiwnrtr will motor to the big bat
Hi:.. ?'"' n,ve at '"" 'our more noted
Fhllly fight fajia In his party. Poo-Boo. an.
other celebrated follower of the eons of
swat, will start by rail before the end of
the week.
.Yankee) Pchwart. made famous through
his successful handling of the veteran Harry
Pierce, will be among those present when
Jack and Jess begin action.
Bob Felnstelrt. accompanied by Phil Glass
man and Lew Tendler. will depart Sunday.
They expect to reach Toledo Wednesday.
This win give hem olenty of time to look
over Uie champion and contender.
.v.1"1??,?, So"1' the, baseball fan. who gave
the Athletics a flock of bata which (ailed to
produce any safe bita. will leave tor the
big fight on Sunday aboard the newspaper
men s special. Frank nas his box seat locked
In the safa at the Hotel Walton now.
A,T,ff11Pwi the marine, boxer, will not
K?.n.7.b0.xinr ,or J. " w"la. The marine1
E?.0,?.' ,'" which, gave exhibitions at
Kri'.."!' '"? .WJ.1,1 ntertaln In Pitts
burgh and Cleveland thla week and exneet to
atas-e their act at the Dempsey-Wlllard
battle ground on the afternoon of July 4
Th,?.nA?,on " bdl' cut " recent bayonet
exhibition.
Jack Ita-ri. the blc learn tr.ln... .....
appear .as h added attraction at the big
put. on their .act. They now are awaiting , j vWv. - - I
I flqal word from Slc)tar8S J fn-M "-'- -aMp Wk1 f Trenton, ,aedi KruMo
uausi im i.ti DUiuor ivciir navi m. rnawi-ek n
GAME HARDER
SIX-DA Y GRIND
GEORGE CIIAP.MAN
Motor-paced star who prelers six
day grinds io pare following
rence, Carman and Weber. He rode
brilliantly. His excellent work since has
shown that, he is a headliner.
"What do you think of your chances
against Carman? he was asked.
"Providing the breaks are "ven, I
believe I can beat him at any dis-tance,"
coolly replied the young phenom.
Favors Norman Anderson
Chapman favors Norman Anderson
over Jimmy Hunter for pacing. This
was evident last. Saturday night when
Chapman had first choice and selected
Anderson. "I won both my races be
hind Anderson and naturallj I think he
is the only pacer." said Chapman.
Carman once remarked that with
Jimmy Hunter pacing him he would be
willing to give any rider a handicap
in a fifty-mile race.
Easy Win for Jeff Smith
Slontreal. June 25 Jeff Smith, of
Basonne. N. J., middleweight, easily out
fought Eugene Broweau former amateur
welterweight champion of Canada, In a ten
round bout here last nlsht
J?.put.on. an 'J'?,tlr program, featuring
Patsy Wallace and, Benny Lenny. President
Cross, who plans to leave for the Willard
Dempsey fight eoon. will see that the show
goes on. regardless of his presence. Four
good bouts wlU support the wind-up.
"It should be a great fight." said Benny
Zlon, the klnr of messenger boys, aa he
said farewell to Unk Russell at Fifteenth
and Chestnut streets laat night. 'Thia
Rlckard Buy has more nerve than Nick
Hayes, en. Unk?
When Interviewed on the blr fight Nick
Hayes. In big customary cool manner re
plied: ' a 'Boys. It looks like ino?h?r wait?:
I wouldn't bet a dime on t. I'd W.nT .'
get their ear .flrat. then do the bettln" later
All they'll qo la loia up their tent and
stretch." "u
Joe Welsh and Toung Joe Borrell will do
th entertalntnc at the National A. A to"
Mendell will clash In the emlwlnd-un
fiOiiiuier-MatcnmaKer- ana Announcr Joe
Orirto will have a good aunportlnr card.
- at lt.il. s6 . .
iw iiMin-w viw .'UTunr umD will vf
ent a. brae of bantams in the main bout
tnmnrrniv nlzht. Whn 11111 u t ""
Wilket-Barre, facea Young Merino, the "for
mer New'Tork boy. The aemlwlnd-up brings
losemer j-.vi; ..ie nuu aiax Williamson
The other bout; follow Willie Spencer vb.
J.UUO jjear wm wu ussen vs. joe David
son. Johnny YTolgaet. the Lancaster middle,
weight. tae on Joe Welsh, the pride of
Bobby Ounnla's sUble. In the Cambria fea.
Inr. FrMlv night. Whltev link.. ...,, i'.!
Ward clash In the semlwind-up. The other
bouts follow: Willie McCloskey vs. Charley
Mooney. Jack Howl; s. Johnny O'Neill. Ray
Allfa ll-ae use Kill Mflr
LI sUBIIVJ - -- -.
An all-star bantam card will be staged at
Jchnny Burn's Csmbrla open-air cluh on
the afternoon of July 4. Battling Murray
and Little Fear are due to clash in the
main bout. Promoter Burna announces that
the TVIllard-Dempaey fight detail will be an.
nounced, from the rln!de.
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PARKUOT TO PLAY
Famous English Tennis Star Out
of Tourney Because of
Injury to Heart
WOUNDED AT T0USSEY
New York, June 25. Major J. C.
Parke will not be able to take part in
the play for the Davis Cup, which will
be held at Eastbourne, England, on
July 25, 2(5 and 28, because of injury
to his heart. The 'matches are to decide
the tie between South Africa and the
British Isles.
Becauso of his weak heart doctors
have forbidden him to play for a year.
Major Parke commanded the Tenth
Battalion, Essex Regiment, in the hun
dred days of victory last year and was
wounded at Toussey.
PLAN SAND-LOT GAMES
Entries for National Federation
Series Will Close Tuesday
Johnstown, Pa., June 25. Pitts
burgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati Indianap
olis, Detroit, Chicago,1 Toledo. Colum
bus and Canton are among the cities
which plan to enter amateur and semi
professional baseball teams in the cham
pionship series of the National Baseball
Federation, Secretary Tom Nokes an
nounced today.
Entries close next Tuesday, and a
schedule will be drafted at a meeting
of the federation directors in Cincin
nati July 7, Secretary Nokes stated.
Bingles and Bungles
"Son." said the guy with the brown derby
after he had glanced at the ad proclaiming
that the Braves and the Phils would function
this afternoon, "do you know where 1 could
eee a ball game today?"
The idea that th South Atlantic Leaaus
is one thing and the American League an
other is slipping into Maurice Burma's head.
He has plnch-batted twice lor Mack, but
hasn't done any pinch-hittina.
Davy Bancroft haa anneared nnlv nH ft,.
coaching lines, but at that he's In the
Sujv uiuui a. .viua u, iue A ui PIBferS.
As a catcher Eddie Carles, he 1910
Swarthmoie captain, la a splendid second
baseman. Eddls guarded the keystone sack
for Arthur Irwln'a Rochester club yesterday
and had four hits besides playing well
atleld.
For the tans who tnlou Ms of hlittnp.ani
Park are banauets. 3'herefs another feast
today.
Rabbit MaranMlIe It truly a great short
stop. He did some spectacular work Tester
day. He handled sixteen chances without
an error.
Jeers and howls from the spectators worry
Buck Hertog as much as the A'e worry the
Yanks. Buck thrives under a verbal whip.
The A's naue never lost more than six
games in a rou, but (l' a good thing thru
ploy onlu four games in New York. Miller
lluggins s crew is certainly stepping.
Home of tliese dare Edtms RItav will knwl
& homer no tA Trenton iinri m,b .un...
base before the ball Is returned to the In-
field. Kppa
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never h.m .n. ww. .Iim,
nis speea.
to running,
lie neter bad any when It cornea
In the new style of baseball aa played by
the Phils and Braves, you're all wrong It
you catch a fly ball.
InSun Jim Thorpe It- colno as sl4 as his
people in the other days. James had onlu
four hits out o life ofAcial tlps yesterday.
Ira riagsteaa Is In bad with rfughle Jen
nlngt. He had a single, a triple and a home
run, but failed to get a double. Jennings
won't stand for anything like that.
Nehf and Northrop had Oawy Cravath
stopped dead. The Phil wall-wrecker failed
to get a hit in the second tilt for the first
time In nine games. In -the opener he bad a
single and a homer.
'rhvre't no ouejtlon about Irish. IteuseVs
ability to whale the ball, but it i lament.
able to tee him throw. Some day his arm is
going to fly off from the elbow. '
,Hod Eller gave tho Cabs tho go-by and
earned. an even break for Pat Moran In Cln.
clnnatl. . Ilod struck put ten, didn't' pass a
man and drove In one ran with a triple.
Cy Williams took a pitdhtd ba n the
&M? llS .t0..rStLre.-: 'Jh P"'1" missed
hla hitting, but It didn't hurt thslr outfield
strength any. Ooorge Whltttd is a better
pujfls(der than an Jnaejdtr Ip far" v '
. -t, a,' .:""' '"""tTafc.V jttHoj" t
Knew, He Hit Less Than .300 This .Season,'
Against Best Pitching, He Tops .400 Mark. .
IN THE SPOHTLIOHT By GKANTLAND 1UCB
Copyright. 1D1D. All rights reserved
Songs of the Game
No. 3 "The Only Scotch Game You Can Play"
A blear-eyed golfer landed home at S o'clock one morn
About six down, or maybe more, to old J. Barleycorn.
And when he looked around and sato between him and the led
His spouse had laid a ttymie tcith a rolling pin he saidt
"I'm torru, dear, that I'm so late. I know I am to blame,
But I have been out playing Bonnie Scotland's grand old game."
Whereat she telfed the rolling pin icith still a firmer clutch,
And showed him by this chorus that the duffer teat lnJ)utchr
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"I know about your golf, old Md, where twenty drinks are par;
Bow all your short approaches leave you close against the bar.
You move along from cup to cup until you're orey-eyed
The only Scotch game you can play has water on the side."
In vain the wretched golfer took an oath upon his death;
In vain because he could not put a back-spin oit hit breath.
In vain he foozled each excusa and topped each alibi,
Until at last he played himself into a wretched lie.
Me said that he'd been "pressing and he spoke of "perfect form,"
t To find that he was standing in the pathway of a storm,
The lady took a Vardon grip upon that rolling pin.
And as she took a. Hag en swing she said above the 'din:
Chorus
"I know about your golf, old boy, where twenty drinks are par" eto.
As for the Dope
I AST season Gawy Cravath hit less than .300 against the worst pitching
major league baseball ever knew.
This season, a year older (at an age where a year is a long time). Gavry
hits over .400 against the best pitching the game has known in several years.
Or, as the bard remarked :
'Twas"evcr thus within a pinch, '
2fo matter what the play;
For when you think you've doped a cinch,
Go bet the other way.
0y THE other wing, when you go against the dope you manage to
get it under the left ear just the same.
Cities and Villages
AN INQUIRING reader desires to know why it is most of the star ball
players come from small towns while most of the great golfers come from
the big cities.
He writes : "Small towns hare produced Mathewson, Johnson, Alexander,
Cobb, Speaker, Doyle, Baker, Collins, Young, etc., while New York, Chicago
and Boston have produced Travers, Travis, Evans, Gardner, Ouiuiet, Kirkby.
Why is this?"
Mainly that in a small town a kid has more room and a better chance to
play baseball than he has in a larger city.
Whereas most of the great golf courses are around big cities, where the
small-town youngsters rarely even see the game.
AyD the make-up of every game depends upon the kids icho take
if up.
Limerick of the Links
A crabbed old duffer named Frew
Had a twenty-inch putt for a two;
As he putted and missed.
He remarked as he hissed:
"Who the hell first invented this stetot"
Brace of Cagey Wagers
HERE are a pair of cagey wagers that have been placed by one alert citizen
on the Willard-Dempsey fight:
1. One to eight that Dempsey knocks Willard out in the first four rounds.
2. Three to two that Willard wins.
His dope is that if Dempsey wins it will be by a quick knockout, after the
way in which he dropped Fulton, Morris and others; that if Dempsey doesn't
win by a knockout in the first four rounds Willard will almost Burely win.
Which is no bad slant ancnt the general situation.
e
(tEliPSEY'S. best punch is a right swing to the jaw, carrying a
U knockout" What better punches are theret
. "
IT MIGHT be hard to show what proportion pitching plays upon a ball club,
but we'd rather own a weak club with a.great pitching staff than a great
club with a weak pitching staff "any one of the seven days that go. to make up a
week. What's tho use of getting a bunch of runs if the other club can get
more? What good did it do the Detroit
five and one-half runs to a game?
Cornell Beaten Again
Hanover, . il.. June .o.ysnmouin wuii
easily irom -orneu uciuro a i.i.r ..ti
commencement ruests here yesterday, 6 to 0,
PHI A PHILADELPHIA
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CARMAN vs. cnAPMAN
Sprint Match Kacest Coburn,
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Phillies vb. Boston ''Braves"
FIRST OAME AT 1:45 P. M.
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