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ABOUT ARID AMERICA
While the Tanks Were Being Demobilized, Heavyweight
Headliners Were Anxious Only About the Size I
of the Croivds and the Gate Receipts
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Toledo, 0., July 1. A. D.
THE date is perfectly correct because in the last twenty -four hours the
United States has been divided into two parts, .Tune, B. D., and July, A. D.
That's about the only startling news we have to offer on the admission of the
land of our birth to the Sahara League, because in this budding metropolis
the downfall of J. Barleycorn is old stuff.
The old boy took the count here more than a month ago, and there waBn't
any more excitement last night than on June 1. The boys had taken their
last step in the gutter and held watchful uakes and condolence parties until
they were in no condition to hold any more. However, the city is not covered
with a mantle of deep gloom, because of the kind-hearted and forgetful mer
chants. It seems as if a majority of places are operating according to last
year's calendar.
While the tanks were being demobilized in other sections of the country,
Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey continued to train in their quarters for .the
same price, and added interest to the approaching battle on Friday Both
lumbered through a pair of terrible practice sessions and last night retired,
little caring about arid America or the size of their private supply. Their only
. worriment was about the size of the crowd and the gate receipts.
Those guys need not be annoyed about anything. Every day they appear
before a crowd larger than capacity at the Olympia and reap in enough coin
to pay for any inconvenience they might undergo. At least $10,000 a week is
taken in at each camp, and you can figure for yourself the revenue of the
champion and challenger. They are ahead of the game, and can get by for a
year or to without even appearing in the big fuss. Still the crowds show
which way public sentiment blows, and earlj indications point to n capacity
house. At any rate, we arc safe in saying that a large throng will be present
when the opening gong clangs.
Dempsey finished his hard training yesterday, and from now on will take
things easy. lie boxed a baccalaureate with Bill Tate, the Jamaica Kid and
Jock Malone, but it was very tame and thoroughly enjo.i.ed by the three
sparring partners. Willard shuffled through a few weak sessions with Jack
Hcmpel and Walter Monaghan, which were cujojed by ever one except the
audience.
The experts continue to spill dailj dope about the fight, aud their guesses
arc to be taken seriously. There will be two winners on July 4. Dempsey is
gradually forging to the front as the favorite, and 00 per cent of the scribes
have picked him to win. We took a canvass in the lobby of the Secor yesterday
morning, and out of twenty-five newspapers, twenty-three favored the
challenger
rpiIE wise boys simply cannot sec Willard irith a telescope, which
is strange and unusual.
Willard Has No Chance, Says Tommy Walsh
TJOMMY WALSH, one of Dempsey 's silent managers, blew into town last
night aud orated on Jack's chances. He tajs his boy will win hands down,
and does not hesitate to give his reasons.
"Willard is an old man," said Tommy," and has not had enough work
in the last four jears to be in shape. A boxer must be working all of the
time if he expects to make any kind of a showing. He must have a keen eye,
f good judgment of distance and footwork. I can't see how.Wifiard has any
- of these. He has not trained properly, still is fat, and although he sajs.he
is in the best shape of his career, ever body knows he is not.
"No one can come back and make a showing against a boxer of Dempsey 's
class after a long layoff. It isn't done these days. Charley White, who
spent two years iu the army, tried to do it and had his troubles for a time in
beating second-raters. He is all right now, but it took time to get into shape.
Charley told me he alwas felt fine in the gym, but when he entered the ring
he grew tired, couldn't step around, and after five or six rounds found it hard
to hold up his hands.
"This will happen to Willard. The big boy is not training properly, will
listen to no outside advice, and as a result is making a big mistake. First,
he has given up his road work, and that will harm him. His legs now look
as stiff as a camera tripod, and he has no speed in stepping around. After
DemrJsey carries him through about four speeding rounds he will be ready to
drop with exhaustion. His arms also will go bad. He is not punching the
bag and is taking no exercises which will strengthen them. If he is able to
hold up his dukes after the sixth round I will miss my guess.
"Somebody told me Willard could hit. That's bunk. He has a left
which is so slow that a cripple could sidestep it, and that so-called deadly
right is nothing more than a chop. He dqesp't bit straight irom tb shoulder
'and telegraphs every punch. Dempsey will hit him ten times to one, and any
guy Dempsey can bit will go down. Willard is no match for Dempsey, and
knows it. , , ,
"Already he is worrying. They say he is taking things easy, but he isn't.
He .knows what he is going up against, and is not at. all .cqmortablQ. , He,
will worry off nboitf fifteen pounds the last twenty-four hours before the fight
and will be a pbjsical wreck when he climbs through the ropes. He is
frightened to death over the prospect of taking a licking."
'TOMMY is sincere in his remarks, and he u 6ocfein!7 his judgment
tcith real money. He says 'Willard coin ts tery jcorcc, mid Jacl
will be the odds-on favorite in the next etc 'days'.
Tommy Ryan Favors the Champion
TTOWEVER, there are other experts pn the job,. one. heing Tommy .Rjan,
-''-former middleweight champion. Tommy has seen both men working, aud
likes AVillard's chances. He carefully studied the big champion yesterday,
and at the end of the work-out said:
"That giant showed me something today. I like his left hand. He shoots
it out straight and hooks with it in wicked fashion. That's a dangerous mitt,
and with his extra reach be should have no trouble reaching Dempsey with it.
"Tbey told me his right was not worth much. I'd hate to take a few
wallops from that right uppercut. It is a beauty, and he shoots it over
Straight and in nice style,
"I am convinced now that Willard can fight. What is more to the point
I also am of the opinion that he is in condition, which many seem to doubt.
The champion is ready to fight Dempsey any day now, and will be at bis
very best when be answers the bell. That means he will be a big, formidable
fighter. Dempsey may beat him, but if he does he will defeat the real Jess
wninrrt lust n vou said in one of vour earlv varus on the hntflo "
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shot at the astute Ryan.
-"No, not yet, at any rate," he
"wrrlnr. nnd it will take a smart,
jvj1v overcome Jess's tremendous natural
V-jvrVe "What do you really think of Dempsey?" wc asked.
Pr "Jack is a good, tough fighter.
' kntaa and the punch. But he is not so
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CVflE proper application of telling punches will tumble him to the
I ' mat, just at they will Willard if Jack manages to slip them
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Dentpsey Only Four Inches Shorter Than Willard
' '-? '"TJERE is gome dope on Dempsey which 1e surprising. Billy Muldoon went
'!.-'. 5', . Il n,,f (n tli rtrerlnml Club vesterdav and ran the tanc line over llAm,...
' -?Vs,BlU i a clever 'fierson at that sort of
I '-s fieures knocked everything out of gear.
5 Pempsey is sir feet two inches tall, having grown one inch since he started
-ijtrainiBg. That means he is only four inches shorter than Willard, He
' i "wtb 104 pounds, and Muldoon says h.e is the most perfect specimen of man-
kbtwd be ever 'examined. His forearms are unusually strong, which proves he
faas a bard wallop,
- V Tlis gloves for thecontest were tried on while Muldoon was there, Willard
'.iiii first, and then they were taken to the other camp. Muldoon kits
ffcit tfcVM 1M that hung loosely
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exclaimed. "But he in a whale of a
desnerate. wonderful fizht hu 1 .,, ,
advantages."
He has the youth, the nerve, the game-
hard to hit himself and is only human."
work, and when he was finished his
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Dr. B. F. Roller Announces He
Is Through With the Popular
Indoor Sport
HELD TITLE THREE SEASONS
New York. July 1 . Di- II. V. Roller,
former champion heavj weight wrestler
of America, todav announced his per
manent retiioment from the mat.
Doctor Roller is an cample of what
prMrvcrnnce and skill can do. Tor
jcajw be has held n prominent place
in the athletic world, to whiih he ro-c
from the obscure station iu life of a
farmer bov.
He took up athletics n a joutli and
Nuceeeded in paving his wav through
eleven cars of college life, pla.viug
football, teaching wrestling, boxing anil
fincing, and later coacliinjj football
teams.
When he graduated he continued
wrestling. His skill soon won him
recognition among the best in tne
wicstlitiR fraternity nnd upon the le
tirement of the late Frank (!otch he
came into the title of American chani
nlon He held and defended the title
successfully for three years.
during
v Inch time he defeated Charles ( utl
at Denton Harbor, Mich., aud later
won from Americus at Springfield,
Mass. He lost the title to IM. Lewis at
the Manhattan Opera House
Prior to his career as ' American
champion he had won his M. D. degree
at the I'niverslty of Pennsylvania and
his continuance in the gnme, which was
lucrative, enabled him to enter the
practice of medicine financially inde -
pendent..
i . . DIX GAMES APPROVED
Maior General Hale In Favor
American Olympic Meet
I Camp Di'v. Wriglitstown. N. .1.. Juh
1 Major General Ilairv Hale, com
mander of Cnmp DW. has given hi
approval for the American Olympic
games, which are scheduled for An
gust 31 and Iabor Da.v at Camp Div
under the auspices of the Knights of
Columbus. The events nie to be op. n
to all service men in the 1'mted Statis
army, navy or marines or who have
been discharged from the service.
Athletes from nil parts of the countrv
are expects! to take pint The Mnin
thon from the Trenton Citv Hull to
(Camp Dix hendqiiai ters. a distr.iue of
I twenty miles, vvill stmt at 1 o'clock
Monday afternoon The w miming
I events nnd trials in field nnd tinck
events vvill take place on Sundav. and
I the finals will be run off on Monday
I ANOTHER FOR WELSH
Joe Wins Second Bout in Last Five
Days
Joe Welsh, the dovvntrrtvn welter
weight, turned in his second win in
five days last night at the Cnmbria A
C, when he gave Johnny Wolgast, the
upstate fighter, a lacing iu six hard and
fast rounds.
' In the semiwind-up Whitey Baker,
1 the Port Richmond boy, proved no
I match for Jack Ward, of Elizabeth,
' N. J., and his seconds wisely tossed
I the towel in the ring at the bell start
ling the third round.
I In the preliminaries Willie MiCloskey
.stopped Charlie Mooney in two minutes;
Charlie O'Neill won a hard fight from
1 Jack Howie in six rounds, aud Ray
'O'Malley, the former amateur champ,
lost a close verdict to Willie Davis in
a fight that went the limit
JOE TIPLITZ WINS
' Defeats Eddie Welsh In the Trenton
1 A. C. Wlnd-Up
Trenton, N. J.. July l.-Joe Tiplitz.
of Philadelphia, l'MVj pouuds, defeated
Eddie Welsh, of Bristol, 130 pounds, in
the eight-round windup at the Trenton
A. 0. here last bight.
In the sx-rou"nd semiwind-up Young
Anlo. of Trenton, 117, shaded Rabbit
Ingf of 1Nerk J10 pbunrl, 'The
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WILLARD AND DEMPSEY ARE
EVENLY MATCHED, SAYS RICE
Both Arc in Prim" Form for Heavyweight Battle on Friday
and Neither Has Sufficient Margin to Cheer About
By GRANTLAND RICK
Toledo, July 1.
ws
UV.S the Tirst Arm, i (imposed of
00.000 ficlitinc Americans, struck
the St. Mihiel salient last September,
aud tweutv-four hours later their ad
vance pattols met their Vigneulles, there
were only twentv em-respondents to send
back Uss than ."O.000 words in chrou
iding the downfall of Mont Sec, a four
veal bat tier of goie nnd death.
A few weeks later, when the Tirst
Ainiv, raised to over "00.000 men.
strmk forward through the black nnd
lain daw 11 from the ArRonne to the
Mense. over a sector where human blood
gushed and bubbled from fiO.OOO human
fountains, only twenty-two correspond
ents were there to chioniele at close I
lange one of the battle epics ol all
time.
When Jes, Willard nnd Jack Demp
sey , far from the bloodv sod that ran
fiom Flanders to Lorraine, meet three
dnvs awav, over 400 correspondents
will send back 'over 000.000 words to
tell the story of ti contest that can
last but forty minutes at most.
It's a (pieer. quaint and amn.ing ex
istence. Roth Willard and Dempsey,
on .lul -L win leave me ring
!,( as they entered it, theie being
a vast and widespread existence be
tween n six-ounce glove nnd a six-
inch shell, between a left jab nnd a
, mnc,jnP
nin. Over 400 trained writers
vvill furnish you the answer as to how-
Cac, )pae,,
i iiut t1Prc ar0 30,000 ghosts who will
I nPver PavP the Argonne woods, and
t10 on)j chronicler that most of these
hlinc tn0ttn ;., the "killed in action"
1 w ritten on a wooden cross.
I .o inui lor looser
! Oh, well, maybe it is better, for those
who can, to forget St. Mihiel und the
Argonne. They belong to the past,
of while Mr. Willard and Mr. Dempsey
still have three more days to hold
the noisy adulation of the crowd. So,
on with the dance where ribald jo
nuiv ramble uucontined.
As the day of coriTest approaches it
is a noticeable fact that supporters of
both men glow more nnd more con
fident. There is no trimming uu either
side.
Roth men have crossed the training
line in top condition to give the best
they hnve. The loser vvill have no
alibi to offer, which doesn't mean that
he will not offer one just the .same.
And very likely in long, loud and
querulous teims
Dempsc) finished his lust important
workout with onl) a few preliminaries
left, inch for inch and pound for
pound the finest specimen of a boxer
I the game has known for twenty years.
.If he isu't fit the word might ns well
be thrown out of the dictionary.
I Willard's Condition
Willard might uot he in quite us top
condition ns he was against Jack John
son, hutv be looks better than he did
when be fought Moran. He vvill be nt
least twelve pounds lighter, and the
three )Pars that have scampered by
haven't added a wrinkle to his fore
head or a gray hair to his head.
Both now face the brief gap between
today and the moment they stand face
to face nt last, in shnpe to give 100
per cent of what the)- have to offer.
As the situation stands today we can
figure out no reason for the apparent
jubilation nnd confidence thnt exist in
each camp. Neither side has sufficient
margin to cheer about in advance of
tho first blow.
The situation, nR it strikes us, is
this :
There are two men to whom fate has
allotted fairly rquul portions. One has
the advantage in weight, height, reach
and phyticul power. The other linH the
advantage iu youth and speed and a
fair margin in condition nnd stamina.
Neither is n great boxer. Neither
Iibr any such defense n Jcffrics's fa
mous crouch of ntzsimmons's nower.
Neither has anything approaching the
defensive cleverness of Johnson, Yet
both have a murderous, punishing
punch to shoot against a man who isn't
naru 10 nu,
Thin combinfltipn?JMn, kt epurw,
that if KUt At'iBd.ftfflE 't Ma!)
mxij)f the, ythw .igaiK jf jt;hfore
" TrieM This most "i
Be JULY FIRST,
ft
I the twelve rounds are over
It is ul-
most n certainty that Tex Ilickard be-
licves this vvill happen, even if
he
doesn t know which one it will be.
In Dcmpsey's Camp
They tell you in Dempsey's camp
that Jack, being n faster, quicker hit
ter, with fully as much crashing power
to his blows, vvill land more punches
than Willard will, and that one or may -be
two of these will reach1 a vulner
able spot and end the battle, leaving
Willard in precisely the same condition
that Morris, Lcvinsky and Fulton were,
flat upon their broad and resin-coated
backs.
Hut how about Willard? Dempsey's
jaw is in much closer range than the
high-lifted, sliding chin of the cham
pion. Aud Willard hasn't enjoyed the
luxury of soaking a fell'ovv-mnn hs
hard as he would like to hit in quite
a spell. He has been forced to di
his punches for a number of weels.
Vou know how- it is when you have
been testrained for some time, and at
last are permitted to go to it with
all ou ve got.
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i. ucu ii uiuru swings at uempsej lie
will at least feel the roistering thrill
of uu unrestrained wallop where he can
at least revel in a human target that
doesn't have to be saved for the next
day s workout.
bure Dempsey can hit Willard. And
so can Willard hit Dempsey. And both
carry the kick that
dreams and singing
utter forgetfulncss
sleep.
produces silver
birds and the
of untroubled
Much Left to Fate
Given this condition you have much
more of a gamble than either set of
supporteis is willing to concede. Both
sides may be whistling merrily among
the tombstones of hope to keep their
courage fixed and set. When two men
can punch as this pair can, where both
arc us vulnerable ns they look to be,
quite a big block of it belongs to fate,
destiny or raw luck.
The closest approach to combined
hitting power to this pair goes back to
the double meetiug of Fitzsimmous and
Jeffries. Here were two men who
could hit like the pop-eyed dickens.
And both were better defensive fighteis
than either Jess or Jack. Yet neither
battle went totw-elve rounds. In each
uieetiu;
Jeffries was a bit too big and'
strong. He had about as much on
I'iUsininions iu bulk nnd weight ns
Willard bus on yempsey. But Jeffries
also carried the advantage of youth.
Old Bob bad everything ugainst him
power, bulk aud youth. With Jess und
.lack it's an even break in this lcspect,
uaturc and time culling it ."O-TiO.
These conditions should all forecast
a ninciiiticeut; name, uui nicy iu uu
manner uwnrd cither man very much
the best of it. It ts tor tujs reason
that the wagering has settled around
even inouey.
Bezdek Obtains Nicholson
I'ittftbunth, July 1. Manager Hugo aez.
dek of tho Pirate, has announced mat
he haa secured Outfielder Nicholson trom
the Detroit team via the waiver route
Dodgers Release Appleton
lirooklin. July 1. Manager Wlibert llob
InBOn of the Dodgers last night announced
the release of Pit. her Kdward Appleton
to the Heaumont club of the Teiaa League
Apoleton la a righthander.
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Jess and Jack Will Adjust Band
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NO GREASING OF BODIES
Toledo. O., July 1. Jess Willard and
Jack Dempsey will go into the ring for
the heavv w eiglii championship contest
here Friday with hare hnnds nnd all
bandaging nnd tnping will bo done in
sight of the spectators nnd seconds of
the heavy w eight rivals. This announce
ment was made today by Tex Rickard,
promoter of the contest. The decision
to request the boxers to bandage their
hands in the ring is regarded as a vic
tory for Willard, who protested against
Dempsey's plans to adjust the tape aud
bandages on his hnnds while in the
dressing room.
What amount of tape and bandages
will be used has not been determined,
but Willard said that he would insist
upon a thin layer of cotton surgicnl
bandages, and only enough tnpe to hold
the bandages in place. Rickard and the
..referee. Ollie. Record, probably will
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nmko n decibion this regard to-
I '"",.
Final arrangements regarding the de
tails of tho Vig contest were completed
at a conference between the boxers,
managers aud Rickard nnd each cnmp
i knows just what is expected of the
principals and their seconding brigade.
The contestants will wear specially
made five-ounce gloves and each will be
allowed to have five seconds in their
corner including the manager or ad
viser as the case may be.
They will dress for the encounter in
dressing rooms, erected under the stands
nnd vvill enter the ring from ramps
which open within n few- feet of the
ring. The toss for choice of corners will
not be made until the day of battle.
Willard inquired whether Dempsey
intended to grease his body for the con
test as he had heard was being done
previous to the daily workouts. He said
that it did uot make any difference to
him which way the challenger appeared,
provided he knew in advance and could
dp likewise.
Dempsey told Rickard that he had
never greased his body at any time and
had no intention of doing so for the
ClininpiOUoIlip uwui. una wiai.-iiiviu
cleared the situatiJn and there will be
no anointing the boxers with oily
matter at any time during the last few
hours before the clash. While this is
a favorite trick of wrestlers it is not
the usual custom among boxers, al
though offering certain advantages in a
long fight.
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Toledo, 0 July 1.
IF ANT one doesn't believe that a battle for the heavyweight championship is.
a national Institution, he or she, ns the case might well be, has only to look
at the vast amount of territory these maudlin and mauling affairs have covered
in the last thirty-five years.
A lost dream village in the South, a western mining camp, such sporting
centers of the past as New Orleans or San Francisco, within brassie distance of
Hroadwny lights, a forgotten town in Florida even extending to the Antillean
base in Cuba.
All sections nnd sectors and varieties of cities and towns and outlying and
inlying stations from populations of 1000 to C,000,000 have heard the thud
of the mitt.
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rPIIEY also have observed tfic low and steamy brows of the battlers
' hooked together for the winners' and the losers' end.
The Wide Varieties
THIRTY-ONE years ago John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain gave vent to
seventy-five rounds in the sweltering July heat of Fitchburg, Miss. You
can figure for yourself what Fitchburg, Miss., was thirty-one years ago.
But that was one type of citadel that knew the glory, or whatever yod
care to call it, of a championship carnival.
John nnd Jake are only memories now and so is Fitchburg, but for all that
if will never lose its place upon the map.
After Fitchburg, Miss., came New Orleans, the carnival city that shel
tered the Sullivan-Corbett mill, the most historic of them all. It was only
fitting that the New Orleans of 1801 should hold this fight.
From New Orleans the scene shifted six years later to another smnll town,
this time in the est.
Carson City will live forever in sporting annals, for it was here that Bob
Fitzsimmons took from Corbett what Corbett had taken from old John D.
The next shift was a big one. Fitchburg and Carson City and then a
trifle later the stage was set in New York city for Bob Fitzslmmons and Jith
Jeffries.
FROM Fitchburg to New York is no short cry. And from New
York the next shift was made to fe'oit Francisco, where Fits and
Corbett made vain efforts to relieve the California Grizzly of his
championship hide.
Back West Again
THE Atlantic seaboard, headed by New York, anight the thrill of the Fitl
Jeffries, the Corbett -Jeffries and the Jcffries-Jjhnrkey affairs.
Then, after the lull, when the championship tide rose again, it was once
more necessary to move west for the next big jamboree when Jeffries wa
hooked up with Johnson.
But California, in the interim, had put up the barricade, so the favored or
uot spot selected was Reno, Nov. Reno, Ggldlield and Carson City have all
known their classes of the hook and jab.
rHEY have sheltered Corbett and Fitisimmons, Jeffries and Johnson,
Nelson and (Jans 71ifc an'outlay of talent.
The Barricade
WHEN Willard finally lumbered forth upon the smoked trail of Jack John
son be found the barricade complete, so far us United States soil was con
cerned. The gnme, temporarily, was under a shadow of sable hue. So they
took their-shovv to llatann, Cuba, where the gay and giddy life of the old
days was not so badfy restricted.
And Havana thereby took her place in the march of the cities to cham
pionship fame.
From Havana the scene shifted back tj New York again when Willard
met Mornn.
And now, for the first time on record, the spectacle comes to one ol
the big cities of the Middle West Toledo, O.
A PARTI Alt Hit will sfiow again the immense amount of ground and
i the wide vaiietg of scenes these championship fights have covered:
Fitchburg, Miss.; New York city. New Orleans, San Francisco,, Car
son City, lfeno. Havana, Toledo all the varieties you might care to
meet in many months of tiavcl.
Up and Down
THE game, after a flare-up, may fade out again but it will only be for
certnin period.
The populace at large i still human enough, and always will be human
enough, to crave' these competitions between tvo men who are trying to
prove that one or the other is the best scrapper in the universe.
It may be that New York, Chicago, New Orleans or San Francisco may
get the next affair. It may be Boston or Philadelphia. Or it may be that
some small western or southern city may have to be the next battlefield.
nf'7' 7tc battlefield will he found. What always has been done is a
J pietty fair tip against what will happen later on. Not always
but often enough.
WHITES BEAT REDS
Captain Stokes's Team Wins Low
Goal Polo Contest
Captain Thomas Stokes's AVhitc team
won a hard-fought polo game yester
day at the Philadelphia Country Club in
the low-goal tournament, defeating the
Reds, Captaiu E. l.ovvber Stokes. ."
goals to 2-V The match was the first
for the individual cups presented l
Airs. T. Ernest Richards nnd will be
concluded tomorrovy with a contest be
tween the Whites and Captain W.
Standley Stokes's Blue team.
The contestants played three on a
side. Fletcher nnd Bullitt did some fine
mallet work nnd Fletcher gniued two of
the goals for his side by particularly
good shots. The game contained plenty
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of features In the way of riding off and
hard scrimmages, nnd brought on the
field some new blood that shows unusual
promise.
Welcome A. C. Wants Games
Welcome A C, one of Philadelphia's
foremost trnveling clubs, has July 4 and
5 open, two games, for any home team'
offering n good gunrnntce. Address all
communications to William I.avcry,
2:t2! Feruou street, or phone Dickinson
3034 J.
Third for Lancaster Golfers
Readlnc, July 1. Winning eleven out of
the eighteen matches, the lancaater1 Coun
i, r'lnti trn)r team trlumtihed ovnr the
Berkshire Country Club representatives of
DnaHtnv In the Intercity team series, the Ked
Hose City golfers scoring their third straight ,
victory.
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