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BABE RUTH HAS DONE MORE THAN
HELP YANKS HE HAS STIMULATED
INTEREST IN GAME EVERYWHERE
mTrHEN you mention the name of unoe icutu you
W hnvc said the lint mill lust word In baseball for
1020. The Uabe not only Is uu nsset to the Yankees and
the American League, but nl mi to the game in general.
He has done more to stimulate Interest in baseball
' throughout the United States and C'annda than any other
Individual. Take it from me. he stands in n cluss by
himself."
The grizzled baeball scout was talking between in
nings at the ball game the other day. Seated behind n
post, where lie could get the dope on the players nud hide
quickly when about to be discovered, he took n few
minutes off to give vent to his ideas. This was nn
unusual opportunity, as baseball scouts usually arc so
wcretive that they seldom talk even to themselves.
"Yes, sir." he continued as lie ton- off n chunk of
omokcless tobacco and hid it in his fare. "Uabe Kuth is
the biggest noise we ever have had. The fans are crazy
nbout him in New York and other American I.enstc
cities, but it doesn't stop there. Down in the bush leagues,
where I spend most of my time there is just as much
excitement.
"At every ball game there is n special spot on the
scoreboard reserved for Babe Kutli. His home-run record
is hung there, and when lie breaks it the fans are told
ivho was pitching, where the ball was hit and the inning.
Tou will see this up in Canada or do"n in Texas. The
fans in those places are following Huth's record more
closely than in the big leagues.
"They also have n new method in referring to their
best players. Once upon a time there were thousands of
'second Ty Cobbs,' but now the name of the ficorgiu
Teach seldom is mentioned. If a huh leaguer gets into
the spotlight he feels proud when called the 'second Uabe
Ruth.'
tfTBE Babe is a great ball player, but yon can go
i further than that. He hns net nn example
for the youngsters to follow and that ha created
more players for the minor leagues. There's some
good talent in the bushes, the fans are turning out
in good numbers and Ruth is to blame for it all,"
Attendance Records Broken
ONCE upon a time the baseball magnate would warm
up his gold lead pencil, pull out his engraved sta
tionery and start to figger.
"If I can get 300.000 paid admissions In the ball park
this season," he would say to himself, "I will clr-nr ex
penses. "But where, oh, 'WHERE can I get those
800.000?"
Tc Yank owners used to do that, but times have
changed since Babe Ruth allowed himself to be paid
$20,000 a year. Now they have that many people in a
space of three weeks, and while the Babe is hanging up
a new home-run mark the owners are breaking attend
ance records. Therefore, a pleunnt time is being had
by all.
Ruth's hitting has stimulated the other players on
the New York club and everybody is connecting with
home runs. Right now they have more circuit clouts
than any five clubs in either league, and still ure going
strong. The club is up there lighting for the pennant,
and that helps the gate receipts. The Yanks arc in the
West now and the home clubs are getting wealthy.
The Babe certainly is a wonderful attraction, but he
can blame no one but himiclf. He unconsciously devel
oped himself Into a home-run hitter, little knowing at
the time that he would reap in large financial returns.
When he broke into the fast set Ruth was a pitcher.
He still is, for that mutter, when one watches him in the
qutfield. However, he started as n moundmnn, and
those gents are used for pitching purposes only. They
arc merely tolerated while at bat. They usually take
three swings and get away from there.
But Bambino was a natural slugger crude and un
couth as hitters go, but a natural one at that. If he
ever hit the ball it would go far, far awny, even in his
rookie days. But when he broko into the league ho never
would have been able to get by on his hitting. You can
bet the bankroll on that. It's lucky for him that he had
a repertoire of scintillating to toy nothing of speedy
slants.
THEREFORE he teas able to go up to the plate,
sicing from the hip, and if he connected, all well
and good. If he didn't, it was all well and good,
anyway.
Ruth Just Whales at Ball
PITCHERS seldom are given instructions when they
go to bat. They have a clear track nnd can do any
old thing they wish. The others, however, are told to
II S. NAVY OFFICER
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Commander Carl T. Osburn
Wins Target Shooting Title
in Army Rifle Contest
By the Associated Tress
Beverloo, Belgium, July .10 Corns
mnnder Carl T. Osburn, of the I'nited
States navy, today won the Olympic
Individual target-shooting competition
with army rllles at n distance of .'.00
meters In stnuding position. His score
was fiftv-six out of a po-slbfe sixty,
MndMMi. n Dane, was second, with a
OLYMPIC
CHAMP
score of fifty-five. i imagination.
Lnwrence A. Nuesslrln, of Washing- ' "But Levinsky could make ills bmk
ton, T. C. : I.oaren. a Danish eompcri- dike a chocolate drop," continued Mor
tor; Jnnnsen. a Belgian, and TieWii, gnn. "Barney, you know, used to
an Italian, were tied for third place, knock out n lot of sucker heavyw, igh's,
with scores of fiftv-four. and I am putting Will in that cla-s.
This result give, the Fnited States The battler could drop the negro us sUr,.
two firsts in the first three events in m guns.
Jin tnrt'i.t.s innt ni? enmiii.t it nil fnr '
which results have been announced, the '
American shnrpshooters being first in
the mnt.h nt .WO meters, prone, with it
scorn nf "Sfl out nf n oossihle .".00.
Amerira did not win n plnee in the
ftnn ,nofnr Imlivlililnl .nn lilinn in
the prone position Four - ompetitnrs
ill this event who had perfeit scores ,,f
JlrH- must slmni i.fT tin. tii. Tliev ire
MaCJ nuisi siioiii nn tiie tie i nev ,ire
Johnson and Pa. ...lie, of France; Kiic
hen. of Switzerland, and Oeli.on, of
Norway
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STEAL HOME WINS TITLE
Steele &. Sons' Ball Team Captures
Builders' Championship
The championship of the Buildi r and
Contractors Baseball League was si tiled
last evening at Fort.v -ninth street Mini
Chester nvenui when the linns nf ',.;l
lingcr & Perrot dashed with William
Steele & Sons in an exniin lontest
in vvhicli Steele & Suns nntuxed tin-
third and deriding battle b.v tl
1 to 0.
ii. nf
Tim InnnN ltml met tuii-i In fnrp n mi i
". .' ,1. i
men It'lllll ""II ii sunn- I in- i n nil .1 ,
Mas cinchcu in the second inning wlim
Itert Oreen stole home. It ni'ond to lie i
the only run scored b.v either side
i, UMv
big crowd Witnessed the fruv. ,
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West Phils' Schedule Open
West Phltadelohla Prof have onm dans In
Aurutt and would like to heir from t sins
In Pennsylvania. New Jersey and Delawur..
West Plilllloa have nn IjIjj leasue ball play
ers on their team but have such teams nn
their schedule as Wlldwood, Phoenlxville All-
Htsrs. Kolcroft, Delaware County C'orrsho
'hocken. Spring- Mills. William R Kltler's. of
anufaeturers' Leasue. nnd Mtenton Field
I iih, f'"ar Itame" correspond with C Kah-
intone iieiiuoiu uvw ueaweeo wu
m ' .. .. fc -J .test
I JAM.
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By ROBERT V. MAXWEMj
Sports lMltor limine 1'iilillr t.cdurr
DAN MORGAN YELLS FOR
LEVINSKY-WILLS MATCH
Philadelphia Battler Could Make egro Look Like Chocolate
Drop, Says ''Tongue-Tied"
Manager
By LOCIS H
DAN' MORGAN is yelling ngaln.
Dan -yell, champion yeller of fistie's
managerial division, hasn't yelled for
almost three days, so that he has all
sorts of wind to make his yelling ait,
this time, more emphatic than ever.
'That guy Harry Wills is an nvvim
gazuok hiijs Morgan.
He can't fitflit
worth a lick at all, even though I,m
put nvvav Fulton in three rounds. UN
didn't put away Fulton nt that Fred
put himself away. Well, I ain't n.vim,
that Fulton uult. but 0U have your ovvti.
I.evlIlhKy nns lieen WOriuug Olll ail
week for nothing in particular a;er
'ban keeping himself in shape and al-o ,
!" !" Ret jailor I'etroslty "" "'"' fpf
u bout next Monday nignt ugiun-t Mai
tin Burke at New Orleans. I.iu m-v nm
"I'etC hllVn bePIl spm"S ' W'l lifter
noon nt Philadelphia ,Iai k O Bin n - i
"Sure, III box Mill leplied
Levins kv to a question, lies no t ti r
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I'"."'," 'if, l,l!f '""." ' hnVP "" ,' "an'1 '
",y- ' "" "'"' "'""" ." ""'"
"" Morgan has to do is thi word
'linn does the matching, I do Hie bo..ing
1 and unytliing he does goe
Titnam i Joe (i ins has i ar'i 'I 'he . ,hr nuer
of The ll" In thi mid il -iv. trnt . .-. Th
n ero Is bo clever that h.j Is -'li , r. To
liirflil at the BUventh stn -l ,r. m il.isnll1
ill. el Kill ratllllo In an . Kh'-roun lr lie
' fori- that ntHtrh bo on rh rs , , (M
fitl, d as follows )uk. Anrv J ,hnnv
Hopkins Jack I'ul i-n vs Inmm Haven
J, MctJovern vs Mushy i',n.r n-l I'.ith,
I l.iH'lli-y vs Harry liilourr.
I color contest In win'- ar.'l bl ick t th.
headllntr at th.- ' .unliria inruslit Kddle
Mullen nunn piimi "- '' u nr.wn
1 his w II be an ,1ht r-undrr H v.. II the
ri.iuisherty. (1th r tn.il' h' I'rirkl
llUU'
lulween nun " " ii mum juiinn
.s.l III
Muk.,
. YounB TJrne Vnurm KilnatrirK
n,.rdon un,l Jimim .N
Px
V lUMB W It
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Tommy MrCunn. iih i .lone ftnr of ron
-.riitlve wins pojii, up Uk" oiif of the moai
r,,m ilnif uf loea! eit..r.lihis II m next
i, ,.ut in nn Tmdiiv nncM ii-n h
nn flu
In tin
Willie MiflOSKiy l (he Tnony A
I . ... ...1am Th.i. nth... ..,
1 elKni-rouii'io
Thne
i-iBhl roundera
,.,1 itiw sume i ard are Youriu Jo llrad
Jimmy l.avend-r KnU I'aU. 11 YnunK
Iteddy Holt and Johnny Krau vs Kid
West
Hilly Slhrrm.in Isn't taking any nances
of Joe Wright being- rauiiht out nf shape
lr has the former 'Jesse James' tn xe r
training 'tally ""d faithfully "Why If
Wrlsht was rlfht the last time he boxrd
Joo N"lson Nelson would have discovered
t4 1 t.laJliinfl f.dfnsiA Ibia ..!
niniBcii in ";,""" "V 4 . "wr, ..J
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10UI, Ul BUfCIUMU tviuei
sacrllice, ue the hit-and-run nnd, in addition, they nlo
try to place their hits In some vacant spot. In other
words, the) tr. to be scientific wallopers like Ty Cobb.
Ciin in'1 imagine Ituth resorting to science when he
gets up to the plate? .lust the same nn n whale lllrtlng
with u ilnnltiissp. The Bubo couldn't even pronounce it,
so lei it go at that, while he went on his merry way.
He tried to murder every bull that sailed toward him, and
had a lot of success. In a short time the opptTsIng
pitchers began to fenr him and tried to find out his weak
ness. Tlie.v found it. It was u base on balls.
Knur balls for oip base was better than one ball for
four bases. This discovery was made in 1017.
So it was Huth's early training, or rather nn early
desire to knock every baseball out of the lot, that made
him u great hitter. ' Of course, he had natural ability,
but the big tiling was that he was able to develop It. lie
never was called down when he hit into a double play or
fanned in a pinch, because a cull-down" would have been
superlluoiis. When he became too valuable to be used
every fourth or tifth day he was Inserted in the Infield nt
lirst base nnd also in tlie outfield, where he continued to
pickle the pill.
"Here's something I noticed nbout Ruth," said Ty
Cobb when he was here on his last visit. "It seemed
strange to me. because it is new nnd original.
"He takes a healthy swing nt the first ball, and if he
misses it lie swings harder at the second. Now when a
plaer has two strikes on him lie gets careful nnd makes
sure of the third one. But not Ruth. Ho really swings
harder at the third strike than any of the others!"
That's Until. When he hats he bats for keeps, nnd
when he hits the ball it sta.vs hit. Of course, he will
strike out often, but he more than makes up for it when
ho connects. He lias been takiug that healthy swing for
such a long time that he has It down pat. He can con
nect with a slow ball the same as a fast one, and seldom
is fooled.
"Docs Ruth try to outguess the opposing pitcher?"
I asked nn American League hurler.
ttj DON'T think so," teas the rcpry. "He just
i stands up there and plays the ball as it sails
to the plate. You can't fool him teith a change of
pace. The only ones he icill mii are doxen in the
dirt or so far atcay he can't reach them. He
doesn't tcork tcith the pitcher. Micays agalnt
him."
tRuth Greatest of Sluggers
TnERE hns been a lot of talk about the Polo Grounds
with the short right and left fields, nnd also Iho lively
bull now being used. Some of the oldtlmers claim that
the ancient heroes could have walloped mnny home runs
were they playing nt the present day.
"If Fred Luderus played with the Giants this year,
nnd was as good its he was in llUfi, he would have regis
tered nt least thirty five homers," said a veteran fan,
"The same goes for Gavvy Cravath. (iavvy would have
boosted his total to forty the year he established the Na
tional League mark. And, to carry it further, can you
Imagine what Frank fehultc would have done in his prime?
"Sam Crawford also was n great hitter. He socked
them to right field, and many of his long Hies would have
landed in the stands. Sam would have established a
record, too. You can't tell me the old boys couldn't
have made flocks of homers."
Harry Davis, however, hns n different idea.
"I led the American League with home runs for thrco
years," ho said, "and the most I ever got in one season
was an even dozen. I know what I couid do then, and I
can sny that wero I playing today I doubt if I could
better that mark. You don't see anybody else piling up
a list of four-basers outside of Ruth, do you? The Babe
is the greatest slugger the game ever has seen. That's
the answer."
Dode Criss 'Walked" Out of League
BUT to return to the grizzled old scout whom we left
abruptly while hiding behind that post.
"Every time I see Huth's name In the paper," he
confided, "I recall another great slugger who once was
in the American League. His name was Criss Dode
Criss. Started as a pitcher, but was terrible. It was the
same in every other position. But oh, boy! How he
could hit! The St. Looie Browns kept him for pinch
hlttinf, but the pitchers refused to hund him anything
he could hit.
"They kept on walking him until they finally walked
him right out of thfc league. Hope they don't do that
to Rutb."
CopvrloM, isto, bv Publlo Ltdaer Co.
LUTE
return
match with Neleon tor
Wr t t
swtctv notis Nl Hyc rerorts that Mr.
n4 M- I.twla Temller and Mr and Mrs.
i i nil tuasaman arc DummTlni? at Atlantic
1 in .Mfsarn. Tendler and Glasaman aro
on. mm ritf
lljrrT (Klfll Ilrmtn hna Mlllmnrf ti.rr. a
r P IJSton, where ho aas thera haa
.' .,;," loni.tch nurwnAUh?.?fi;
rnmn in tho Hub .Martin. 'tl aatd. has
r"J knockouts in hia last fourteen bouts.
.' IVri-nsayr that he. has. never aeen
I mo wixers train an diligently for a match
' i ratjK i,ouKhroy and r.daie McAn
irowa Mnnayunk wiseacres aro predlctlnc
' ii thu .McAndienB-txiUBhroy fifteen
rounder at West Manayunk on Monday night
. not bo the limit
llifl prellnu to the Longhrey-MoAndrews
nnut are to he alx-rounders, as follows:
luntr Hamntcht of tho Falls, vs Johnny
K.un of Tioba KattllnK lllake. of Consho.
I i-ki-n is uJhnny Dousherty. of North
VSrrtnoS?" Manayunl- v"
A11)rrt ,, ,, ahout ,0 ttt lnlo ,oca
ret IntA inml
rJni; amlon Al u a 1 10-poundor and h
wantB to eo on ilth Kid Gooriv. iriri Wav.
:. r ur Voune Medway
jimllly Austin l tralnlnr dally ne would
.,kH to s,i ri-urn .nat. ties with Maxle Wll-
ll.imson and t.co Ileynolds also hputs with
any 112-114-pounder. 1 aisy Wallace nm.
f- "W " r"
( hlrk Cnmry has Ilobhy McCann In tine
f. til" and he wants to m-nd tho Grays Ferry
bond iiualnsl HuEhey Hutchinson.
I I h.irley Jluy Is matched to meet Uttle
i .Tff lonlBht al Halttmore twelve rounds to
a i tfiTi.- s dec ialon
Carl !. Illanchr. the heavywelcht. Is tp
I aap slams with llfkey Shannon at New
ark, Ausust 3 twelvo rounds,
VI .lunnrttl says that Jack Perry has been
i paired off with Irani ns Murray Ausust 9,
,it the KnlcUertsirk' r A C
COAST-TOOASTAIR RACE
Proposed New York-San Francisco
Event in October
New York, July .'JO. A transconti
nental airplane rnee, to bo known ns the
nntlonnl airplane race, for the Iulltzer
trophy and nsh prizes, will be held in
October or the Inst week in November,
the contest lomiuittcc of the Aero Club
01 .vilierii'U tliiuouiiceii in-ii-.
The route will be thut of the Fnltcd
States mail service between New York
nnd San Francisco.
Aviators who take part In tho inter
national airplane race in France during
tho week of September 27, the coin
mittce stated, are expected to bo con-
i testa, uts,
OfO MOMDAV Voo MvTCH
m TUB LU-JCHC3 AMD IT
COST-l VlJO ) OUC4
OM THURSDAY Tue. Yacht
RACC COSTS tbw OSSC IRorJ
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New Jersey Boxing Commis
sioner Says Agitation by Rival
Promoter Incited Scandal
Atlantic City, July SO. John S.
Smith, chairman of the New Jersey
State Boxing Commission, has replied
to his critics in n stafement setting
forth the conditions .surrounding the
boxing bouts In the First Begiment
Armory nt Newark Monday night.
Chairman Smith insists in his statement
that he nnd his associates on the com
mission performed their full duty so fnr
as the Newnrk bouts were concerned
nnd tbnt tho disorder which attended the
fights was due not to their negligence
but failure of the Newark police to
safeguard properly the fight fans with
in nnd without the great armory.
The present ngitntion, Chairman
Smith declares, was Inaugurated by a
Jersey City promoter, whom he charges
with having secured his license under
fnlso pretenses and with conducting
many of his shows in the same way.
Recently, says Chairman Smith, Gene
Tunncy was put on with a substitute In
the "stnr bout" at this promoter's
club and made such a sorry showing
that Commissioner Cann. present nt the
ringside, recommended that the license
of the club be revoked. Still more re
cently Italph Urady was pitted against
Eddie Fitzsimmons nt tho same club,
and the exhibition was so mlsernble that
half the audience walked out long before
the bout camo to a close. This club
is now under surveillance, nnd n repe
tition of the glaring offenses com
mitted by the management thus fnr will
result in prompt revocation of Its li
cense. Chairman Smith's statement in
full follows:
"There is absolutely no renson for tho
cries of scandal, derision and criticism
leveled ngninst the uthlctlc commission
because of the bouts hold in the First
Hcgiment Armory at Newark Monday
night. There is nothing in the boxing
laws which authorizes or compels the
commission to see that proper police
nrotcction U furnished at boxing con
tests held throughout the htnte. That
is purely a local matter between the
Department of Public Safety in New
ark and the club owners.
"So far as the International Sport
ing Club is concerned. It had nothing
whatever to do with the running of the
show. It merolv "rondo the matches,
nnd, finding it impossible to hold them
in New York, turned its show over
to.Dave Ma?kiy. of the Newark Sports
men's Club, ivho promoted the show in
its entirety.
"If for no other reasons than to
protect the riiiens of Newark, tho
Newark nuthorities should havo pro
vided poliee protection. In conclusion,
I wish to suv that it is certninly a
shame that through misleading and dis
torted stories the public of the state of
New Jersey is made to belicvo that the
athletic comission is nt fault in this
instnnce. The truth of the matter is
that myself nnd associates on the
commission 1 ad absolutely no control
over conditions-, which should have been
taken care of by the Newark authori
ties." OLYMPIC BOXERS ACCUSED
Amateur Status of Two Mlttmen at
Sea Is Attacked
San rrancisto, July 30. Charges
that Ted Snyder nnd J. It. Grant,
boxers now on their way to represent
the nrmv and navy, respectively in the
Olympn games at Antwerp, were dis
qualified for amateur standing, have
been telegraphed the national hend
riuartcrs of tho A. A. U. by Merle
Andrnss, , 1, airman of tho registration
committee of the Pacific Amateur Ath
letic Assi elation.
Andniss , barged that the men hnd
violutid the amateurism rules oftho
A. A. F. by boxing at places whore
admission was chnrged, by boxing
against recognized professionals nnd by
boxing at tournaments unrecognized
by the A. A. V.
BUILDS SPECIAL OARS
Ellis
Ward Supplies Penn Barge
With New Blades
Fills Ward, former Penn rowing
fo'itli and boat and oar builder, has
lim-lied .six special oars for tho Penn
sylvania Barge Club four, which will
repre.i nt America in the Olympics at
Antwerp,
Four will be used by the regular crew
and ihe other pnir taken along in case
of eini igency.
Pi n v Wall, tho Informal coach of the
vlctoi inns four, has announced that
four rowing machines liuvo been bor
rowed from the University of Pennsyl
vania through John Arthur Brown,
chairman of the rowing committee, nnd
will be put aboard the ship that carries
(he Philadclphlnns to Belgium next
Thursday.
Jark jelly aUo will have a rowing
madiiMe A tWVl ,
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NEWARK C
UBROW
THAT GUILTIEST FEELING
om Tuesday Mjv play
BRlDQC CONIW, IrJ 'OM THff
TrtAlM AND. T COiTXt YtL
CMC lrvOt.tIeJ
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SWEEPSCARPETEER TOURNEY
FOR GREAT GOLFING RECORD
Armon, Once Over tlie Road, Breaks All Previous Marks in
Trade Tourney Thinks He Can Do Even
Better at Cricket Club
By SANDY
T17TIEN a feller wins the world's
' championship of anything all the
other world's champions rush forward
with a challenge. Abraham Armon,
Bank street, Philadelphia, has been tho
recipient of more challenges overnight
thnn he knows how to handle.
If he's not tho world's champion
golfer there never was one. '
He played the first two holes of the
Philadelphia Cricket course yesterday In
70 strokes.
lie got over the road in 31 strokes
nnd then nonchalantly holed out from
there in 17.
He had a handicap of 30 strokes play
ing In the annual tourney of tho Carpet
Trade Association and used it all up
going over the road. From there on he
played on his nerve.
Thirty feet past tho road he had used
up his handicap nnd par.
Forty yards more and ho was ten
over ds.
Then he got a long one, and if Ee had
sunk In n chip shot and n putt ho would
have been down in a 47.
As It was he got a 48.
He was only 18 over par on the next
hole and then he blew up. Ho was out
in 210.
But did Golfer Armon stay out?
Not he.
After n 31 on tho tenth he braced
nnd only took sixty strokes on the next
three, tho devil's kitchen holes. Quito
a crowd had gathered at the eighteenth
tee. Armon had a great chance to
break 400. Ho had broken tho previous
record for carpet tourneys of 298 at the
thirteenth hole.
He was out for a real mark
But his gamo suddenly collnpsed at
the last flag. Tho iron nerves and tho
physical endurance that had pounded
out that great score failed.
Piano
Golfer Armon needed but seven
strokes for the last flag, home in 170,
for a grand total, after they had added
up all his score cards, of 380.' Records
may come and records may go, but you'll
have to play this one on the piano. It
wns so good that if J. W. Piatt had
given Armon 312 strokes, Armon would
have won the low net.
"Hero," t,aid the first challenger,
"Is the man I have been looking for,
a man I KNOW I can beat."
The new chamnlonshln accepted his
record-breaking honors modestly, ns he
shook hands all nround.
"That's nothing, 380." he said
simply. "Next time I will mako a real
record." '
Anyhow our latest champion will take
a lot of beating.
Armon found tho chocolato-drop
mounds very deceiving at the Crickot
Club. Often he would play somo of
best shots around ono of them, only to
find himself right back where ho stnrtcd.
There was no prize to tho only record
breaker of tho tourney, Btrangely
enough. There are sixty prizes for tho
eighty entrants.
For winning tho low net ecoro there
was a silver bath, tho very latest, nnd
tho prizes were about as magnificent as
havo ever been put on display for tour
neys in this city.
Only Two Per Head
Thero was a dinner last night nt
which the prizes already wbn wero pre
sented. J. W. Piatt, Philadelphia ama
teur cnampion. won tno gold medal tor
tho low qualifying score, with a 75.
He also won tho half-way trophy, but
a player can only receivo two prizes by
tho rules of tho tourney, and Piatt still
has a chance for the finals. Ho defeated
II. T. Cook, the crack Trenton player,
In tho first round during the afternoon,
nnd met F. J. Uersbnck, a star Chlca-
goan, tins morning in tno scmiunais.
His brother, W. J. Piatt, met Dwight
Armstrong, n nationally known player,
in tho other match, down in tho lower
bracket. Piatt had a 77 yesterday nftcr
noon to a 72 by Armstrong, but tho
match was expected to bo very close.
The Phlladelphlans nil havo a good
chance in tho metropolitan open. Tho
finnl 30 holes will be played today. Jim
Barnes leads the field by a stroke,
Willie McFnrlnne, Fort Washington,
being second to Barnes's 143. ylth
144. J. Douglas Fdgar, Druid Hill, has
147: "Walter Ilogen. 140, nnd Charlie
Hoffner, Philmont, 110. Wilfred Reid,
Wilmington, hnd 147, nnd Hill Leach,
Mcrrhautvilie, l."l.
They are betting that Barnes will
break 288 for first money. Ho Is play
ing great golf, and it is doubtful If Hoff
ner will be nbie to mako up 5 strokes to
dav in two rounds.
The Old York Road women's team,
ns announced, hns "stuck to its guns."
nnd lias now succeeded in having the
United States Golf Association execu
tive committco revcrso its decision on
the matter -of a team match in tho
spring.
Old York Road played the Cricket
Club, 3 to 3, and tho lead-off match in
dispute because of a local rule.
The inotcil was nrsi- ajurutu jq int:
felckst Wulu which, iut XprJtJJoAiiB
OM umfiwesDAY BABcr ROTm'4
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RvM costs "rbu, tuia ICAl.
TJCKexs
OM Saturday fricmo wifc
TCLLS TfaU THAT BY RIGID
CCOislOMY SMG. HAS CdMS OUT
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McNTBLTCK
last place for the Philadelphia Team
CUD. tho mntnp wnmpn'n rlnh trnm
championship division.
York Road was obliged to play off
with tho Country Club, leaders of the
second division, to slay In tho first
leaguo or drop back. Tho Country
Club won and moved up to tho first
division while York Road was relegated
to tho second.
Now the play is nil off, nnd it looks,
from the data at hand, ns though York
Road nnd Rlvcrton wore tied for last
placo in tho Philadelphia League, four
matches lost, ono won.
If so they will have to piny off and
then tho loser will play tho Country
Club. It is highly intricate, to say tho
least.
OLYMPIC STADIUM READY
Open to Athletes for Practice In a
Few Daya
Antwerp, July 30. Both tho main
Olympic stadium and tho Bwimmlng
stadium will bo opened to tho athletes
for trnlnlng within n few days. Tho
swimming stadium has just been com
pleted nnd its formal opening will take
place Sunday with a competition by
Belgian swimmers.
Tho Olympic executive committco has
moved its headquarters from Brussels
to Antwerp.
Entries in almost nil events have now
been closed, but it is understood tho lists
may bo added to because of delay in
mail service. England nnd tho United
States will be represented in nil the
swimming competitions. Australia will
take pnrt in many of them, while South
Africa is listed for participation in
several of the events, including those
for women.
Some of tho other cntrlos in the swim
ming competitions aro: Holland, 100
meter and 1500 meter swims, diving for
men nnd women nnd water polo ; Fin
land, 200 ard 400 meter swims for
men and .diving for men andA-omen ;
Monaco, 100, 400 nnd J.D0W meter
swims for men: Denmark, divine.
Sweden and Belgium havo not yet been
listed, except as general competitors.
PETER COLEY LOSES
Receives First Defeat of Season on
Columbus Track
Columbus, O., July 30. What
proved the greatest day's racing of any
during tho week entertained n crowd
of 7000 devotees o tho Grand Circuit
here yesterday afternoon.
Tho first defeat of tho year for Peter
Colcy, C. D. Valentine's stnko trotter,
was accomplished whon E. B Geers
won tho 2:08 trot, the Southern Hotel
purse, S3000, with Peter June, who
trotted in 2:01 and back in 2:04y.
to take Peter Colev's menmirn.
Valentino was making a grent bid in
mo scconu near., wncn Uoley broke In
tho stretch. However, ho enmo back
and took the final heat in 2:05U,
Bruslloff nover was a real contender.
ThO early auctions on thin rnnn wnrn
sold nt $200 on Peter Coley-nnd $100
for the field. A $2 mutucl ticket on
l'eter June in tae lirst heat wns worth
$30.00.
Twilight Game Tonight
TonlBht a Ontario and Miller streets, tho
Nativity team will cross bats with the Tul
pehocken Ned's, a team that holds a victory
over the Richmond nlno, scored oarllor In
tho season. Manager rhlt HasKerty and his
athletoa ore otter revenue In this evening's
contest Tomorrow afternoon Nativity will
meet Westmoreland, and on Hunday tho
crack Beverly club will make Its nrst nn
pearanca In this city. Nativity has won
seven or tho last nlno games played nnd Is
golnB good nt the present time.
M BOND STREET aOARBTTES
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BILL TILDEN'S FEET
GET IN
T. R. Pell Says Our Will Can Make a Cat Look LUte
a Turtle When It Comes to Astounding
Pedal Activity
By GRANTLAND RICE
THE part played by the lowly nnd
hiimhin fnnt In nttnlnlug sportive
success hns nt times been overlooked.
Tho brnln, tho shoulders, nrms, legs
nnd nerves hnve all received their share
of attention but rarely man's foun
dation, surrounded by a lot of expen-
tti-rt tnnflinr.
Yet the head nnd foot work togehtcr
nre vltnl factors in more games than one
might guess on n warm day. s
Tho Causo of Tlldcn's Greatness
A DAY or two ngo Theodore Roose
velt rcll, ono of tho closest tennis
students in the game, was discussing
tho basis of Tlldcn's tennis greatness.
"Ho is the fastest man on his feet,"
remnrked Pell, "that ever played ten
nis. He can mako n cat look like n turtlff
when it comes to astounding quicKncss
with his feet. Tilden, you know, can
run n hundred yards in 10 flat. But
moro thnn that, ho can get into posi
tions for n return nnd still keen bis
bnlance with n rapidity tbnt Is almost
unbelievable. Ho Is in front of every
thing nil tho time, n veritable streak of
lightning in human form. They say tho
hand is quicker than tho eye but Til
den's feet nre quicker thnn both."
Other Features
TN ADDITION to th. t nmnzlngspced
J- nnd quickness," Tell continued,
"Tilden hns the fnstest service I havo
over seen yes, fnstcr than JtcLoughlln
when tho great Californlan was In his
prime. Add to this a purzling chango
of pace a fast ball followed by n cut
nnd vnn ran rco what his onnoncnt 1h
up ngninst. You never know what ho
is going to hand you until it is too lato
to get set. His victory in tho Wimble
don chnmplonship will givo him grcntcr
confidence, nnd tho mnn who boats him
at Forest Hills will bo called upon to
play Bupcrtennls from start to linisii."
Chirk Evnas's Feet
ABOUT nil the attention tho average
golfer pays to footwork is thnt cm
bodied by his caddy in pursuing slices
and hooks to tho verdant rough. Few
realize tho importance of good foot
work in making nny 'stroke. Yet it
wns the footwork of Chick Evans which
brought him immediate praise from H.
II. Hilton nnd other able English critics
who ha'o spent considerable time upon
the fundamentals.
It is no light treat to watch Evans's
footwork In making nny fairly long
shot. You seo nt onco not only the
foundation of his rhythm, but nlso n
perfection in balance.
You never seo Evnns rising heavily
upon his toes or twisting bis two feet
into n double-jointed bowknot.
Balanco nnd Steadiness
BALANCE means both power and di
rection, nnd proper bnlnncc comes
from tho working of, tho feet.
You don't stand on your head. neck.
wrists, shoulders or hips. You stand
mainly on your feet.
You may have noticed tho care Babo
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ffi ? 0peJ80,watysk0p!"r'aIt'1'''.
snmo. The right foot is f.K,c'' ""
left foot back Sof tho 'right th?1 " '
fraction of nn inch, five hundred ,1llm(,
n season for each one. unurttJ times
Both nro perfectly balanced t, . '
they make any attempt to ccSw, ht, "' I
wallop to tho archives of n..li?.u, !
lory, Yet in playing golf ffi1 hti'
too much weight upon toes &
far forward, n .condition that h"'100
correct before inhabiting the hi
for any lengthy period of pla,.'7 T0'
Footwork In (ho Ring
PARPENTIER seems to Mh v,
O main wallop from ,. fj
evidence or tho snmo thing h? s,
ring work whllo in the OnfitS RiSf'"
Dcmpsoy isn't ns flat-footed in rifel
ns Jnck Johnson was. but tho -S- w?rlt
rarely indulges himself in auvt1"011
crclecs. He hits with bill, feet S ?S
ground, coming to tho ball of m,,"1'
at times, but rarely, nny further S '"'
Carpcnticr, coming to his too th,.
would bo in nn extremely vulnmsf'
position in case his wallop mte$ ft
rpilE pick of tho country from Call.
y fornla to Boston trnlncd bv Tt.t.
Monkley any notion nblo to beat til.
combination deserves nil tho laurel i
olive now left upon tho planet. '
rnHE strnin of a pennant race is t.
rifle- Your Uncle Wilbert Ilobln.
SUV ok,ynS,B now dwn to i
shadowy 253 pounds.
" W ALL- hav onr ollcing dayg and
Ted liny. Yes, nnd a lot of us ttr0"
in topping, schlnfflng, foozling, heellnT
putt missing, head lifting days to fill 0
tho calendar nnd mako .the entire smew
of ngony 100 per .cent complete.
Copyright. 1020. All rights reserved,
ANOTHER HANS WAGNER '
Dreyfuss, of Pirates, Says Traynor
Resemble? Flying Dptchman "
Bnrney Dreyfuss, president of th
Pirntcs, slipped into the city yesterday
nnd snw his team loso to tho Phils
"Wo havo n good team," said Mr
Dreyfuss, "and it will get better. I
just paid $10,000 for Shortstop Trnynor
of.th, Portsmouth, Vn., club, and he
will join us in September. Traynor ij
a heavy fellow, and has n big pair o!
hands of the Wagner kind. I look for
him to mako good.
"Wo have been drawing good till
year. Philadelphia- has proved that It
is no longer n twenty-fivo-cent ball
town. I remember tho arguments tie
lato John I. Rogers put up some years
ngo, when ho snid thnt this city tits
strictly n twenty-five-ccnt town. VTe
nil know better now."
Mr. Dreyfuss. left the city last nlgat
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