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WINNING TWO GAMES
FROM SOX IN ONE DA Y
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I Huge Crotvd, Stunned by Unexpected and Unlooked
For Performance, Staggers Homeward Wondering
What It Is All About Five Home Runs by Locals
PHILLIES
PURSUED
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HOW TO START THE DAY WRONG
HOHKHT W. MAXWKM.
Sporfa Editor Etenlnr ruhllr linger
mnnsr. fnlthfiil nnd enthilBiaMlc bagobnll fan wlio did the double shift lit
. 1 Shlbe Park jwlfnlay, gettlofc nn eyeful of the niornlnu nud afternoon
contexts, now believe that the nge f mlrnrle lion not pawed nnd there still
I, n Snnta Clous. They were present when one of the RrenteM pectnclei
nf Hip reniurv was nut on- n spectacle fnr greater In importance than the
' hlifh water at JohnMown and It will oke them eari to eTtplaiu it.
They were present when the Athletics won two ball Rames in i
.!. v-i i i,nnnr. !,.. thl Itiiiineneil before uud nobody enres
victories on "Memorial Day make it n memorable occasion. When playing
f true to form, the fans are satisfied with two victories in a week. I his two a
day stuff almost Is too much. ... .j
The second consecutive victory hnd u strange cflcct on the huge crowd
MM, nnrWe.1 Shlbe Park. There was a feeble cheer when a lightning double
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...ii.tut nmtitn nmi then ramp ueeu. iiiirn huci u-iin.-
slngle
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play
silence. The
widen realisation that the Athletics actually nnd positively copped n pair
of conflicts stunned the spectators ami tnej siicnuy sniggen-u uui w. ...
park. No u.-ise was mnde, fearing the would wake up and learn it was all
''Connie Mack was dared after the second gome. While being consratu
Jated he admitted mechanically his team had been victorious and hoped the
rood work would continue. Nobod could blnme I onnle for that.
But the strangest part of it all Is that the A's renll, "
Red Sox 'and deserved both glorious triumphs. They thumped their way to
victory In the morning and repeated in the afternoon. In the morning a
Jock'em and sock-em number was put on for the faithful .nnd a lot of baseballs
vere knocked out of shape .
In ihc afternoon, Ed Rommel, the boy heaver, wns heaving in his very
best vein and the visitors didn't have a chance.
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AFTER studying the statistics and inking everything Into eon
A nitration, ice art inclined to believe that the N S had as
much chnuce of irinninO a$ a stranger n (itnr McLuckin s pnrat
golf course.
Rommel Almost Hurls iS'o-Hit Game
. . l.. i. f t V.a1a Tho vnimffater
FTiOMMEI. was in wouiiertui iorm in mr . .... ., .- -
JX had the So eating out of his s.un.bilri.od hand and narrowly escaped
pitching a no-hit game. For six innings not .1 man reached first base
" mean log onlv eighteen batsmen faced him. In the seventh Heboid hit a
long fly to right and Witt couldn't reach It. The clout ws good for three
bae The next two men were enw outs nnd Derrill Pratt -ent Nemo home
I, with a clean single to center. This was the only clean hit of tbe afternoon
1 ?eStdb he opposition. During the game only twenty -nine batters
S II. .front of the nueer. which proved that Hommel had them thoroughl,
tflmeCy Perkins was the hero of the afternoon because he put hi. team in
I the lend In the fifth with a home run smack Into the pocket of a fan in he
left field bleachers. Pp to that time, neither side had counted and with
' Rommel whtalnV 'em o'er, the one lone tally looked as big as a hou.
Cv's drive cleared the barrier and was not at nil tainted.
Aft.r Roston had tied the "core following Witt's muff, the A got after
. im.il In the eighS and managed ,o -re one run This was done by loading
tie baes with none out. Brnr.il sacrifice fly won the ball ""
I Perkins also started the fireworks In the moicing game The Re 1 1 N
1 . . L" . , ., . , ,. 11..1. nunrhei! one Into the stand in tin-
had countea in ' ' - "-""-. . tha ,. After that the
iis 1 I'll 111 un iu - --- -
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Vvs socked the dayllghta out of Thormahlen. driving him off the niMur atter
So had hit safely In the fourth That brought Knrr into the P-tur' .nd
I rlfowed Joe Difgan to wallop a homer and .core his two pals ahead of him.
Karr made an impressive entrance which was enjoyed b, all
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and Tilly Walker nlmot
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filbert) were
Baseballs A of Livelier Just Made Better
Have Lost Sorvices of Sovera'
Stars, Yot Donovan Has Kept
Them Out of Collar
EARL NEALE IS HURT
t, mnrp home runs were
Witt bounced one Into the stands in the fifth stanza
knocked the pill out of the park in the eigtitn.
IYE homer were mnde In o,,e day. xcMen appenr, ,0 ne ,.,,.
.. U 4k sum
tort of n record. This irn not tauen up. ftotrcrrr. , .... ,.yu.
too bm( rxpinimnp fr ri.r ,....,.,K.
Fatus Like Hitting
A FEW masons back. hen it appeared that intere.t in basebal wn. likely to
A drop as flat as a June bride's pancake, the usual crop of wie bird-, who
are alwavsreauv with a cure-all. cropped up to hand out batches of frj-e advlee
?o the moguls Not that the moguls didn't need .on.- advice, but th,y pre
ferred to get it in their own sweet way.
The fun. had it all figured out for themselves What they want., a
more hitting The gentle Miund of the n-h colliding with the ball is the national
anthem of those who Halm citizenship in the Dukedom of Swat. No music ..
as jorous to the fan as the dull staccato of the hasp knock.
in after ear the fan remembers nnd the M-ribe hnd much to rnve about
in th pitching cl.i-i'- Hut for putting the old zip into the blood and making a
lot of otherwise perfectly staid citizens act like a collective reres. in a kinder
garten It takes the base hit. the long, ringing drive.
Then came the cork-renter ball to replace the old rubber-renter affair, and
immediately things began to perk up.
Now a look doun the average, reveals "luggers wheie sluggers never giew
and blossomed before. Toda there are more three-hundred sticksmith" 111 the
major nnd also in the minor league, than there ever have been before since
the game renched its modern Mage.
And interest l roming bark or rather, is back already. For the last couple
of seasons every park in the country has drawn In more nt the tiinutlle. than
ever before.
THR'numrer it the A if dm. Should 1 so happen hy any irutr stirhh
of the .mayiniltwn that Ihote irhn rontrnl the rfctmirt of tuehnll
ipohW further handicap the battel with the xetult that there would he
n general falling off of battma averages, the effect uould he imme
diately visible nt the turn ttip.
Cobb Burning tlw Trail
AND speaking of hitting, a peep down the avernges indicate, that Old Pop
Time has been kidded ngain The old boy i. beginning to stogger and ha
his tongue banging out. For about a decade and a half he has been trying to
overhaul onp Tyru Raymond Cobb.
At first be merely laughed and knouiush winked, biding hN time. Hut
now he Is probably beginning to wonder whether the great Tiger i made of
mortal clay after nil. A couple of aeasons ago it looked 'o.
Ty'a greatest handicap was his poor start. Vent after venr he drifteil
along, refusing to go to a truining rnmp and when the eaion started It tnk
him a month or so to get the well-known eagle eye on 'lie spheroid
This year Oobb went to the training rump Tie toiled even as all the other
galley slaves, even harder.
The result is obvious evident we slioulil n
He got off to a running fart, begun to mare the hall like the Cobb of old
and possibly harder The averages this morning gave him a hitting percentage
of .422 If he holds true to the form of put performances, he ought to hit
.300, for his swatting has alwujs improved the -'-h.oii prncrer.ed, 'nit that
hardly likely thl .eason
A few years ago part of Cobb's batting avprnge wio due 10 his phetminen.il
peed in reaching firsi A lot of Inlield lap weie rouverted into nfrt,e.
because It took the most perfect kind of work by opposing Infielders to eiw him
down. Now some of that old .peed U gone, m t'obh's batting average of I'.':;
means exactly .42.
IA'0 uith Trxs Speaker poking the pill for . i)A onrf Oeorge itr
on his neck with .0l, it lookt Jifcr (Jierr will he name teal fun in
the American League for the old diadem of Suat A . scaun.
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'ERT time a lot of home run1 are made a iiiscuhsmn Marts nbout
kind of baseballs now being used In the big leagues It Is claimed that
the ball ig livelier and this make, tlip long Int. possible There nln it Hinif
talk nbout using a faster ball in the American than in the NHtlnna! League
This is all bunk, because the same factor) turn- out balls for both leitguo.
, and they use the same brand
Tom Sbibe, vice president of Henrli's faetnr . us there K no difference
In the baseballs, onlv that a better grade of .-ani is being ubed.
"During the war it was hard to get wool," aid Mr. Sbibe, "and the
baseball, were of an inferior quallt). The lenthei coierlngs also were bud
and that, too. worked agaitist the hall Now we pet the bet of ewrything
and the ball is as near perfect a. can be."
The. cover thi ear is different and treated with a special pieparallnn
discovered by Mr Slilhe It i harder in n-raMi the surface, and no longer
do they become "wing" or all roughed up. If 1 011 happen to take notice
you w'HI see that fewer balls are thrown nut of the game liii. teason.
t Therefore it might be i-ald that the arn nnd the iK-tier workmanship
wake the baseballs better ami a 1 rifle livelier.
The rent reabon, however, is tluit the big leaguers no longer cure foi
one base hits. Ruth's success ns a home-run clouter bus started a clouters'
vpion, and every batter tnkes a healthy swing. The wnni to hit the ball
nut of the lot. throw Bcieiice to the winds and hit with the deuces wijd.
Once upon n time Ty Oibli wa lucky 1f he made one home run in a year,
hut now he has about n half doen to his credit. Speaker also is trying for
tht fern-fa Instead of ptuclng his lilts where the other fellows ain't.
nTTAT'S the ansircr.
t keaUhu ateinger In the big leagues, II would be strange 1 they
;
better liradr of baseballs and a lot of
didn't moke a lot of nomr runs, i
Copwrtflftf, lttl, by fiitfv Ld9r C- -
Hard luck has pursued the Plilllic
from the moment they arrived nt the'1
trainlne camn In (Jnlnesvllle. Fla.. tin
til today. ThN Isn't nn alibi for the:
double defeat yesterday, when the. fc'
I before, the Giants' expensive cast 1
1 tossers. Donovan', lenin lost to c
York. 5-1 and 1H-7. because thev were
loutplajed from ever- angle. Toda the
1 Phils are booked to play thp Olatits
I again.
I Hut It must he remembered that 1..I1
1 Donovan began the sen. on 'ns the PhiNi
manager under a severe handicap and
has been under It ever since. ivven
at that the Phillies still arc above la.t
p'nee. which is something. 1
The first blow Donovan sustained was
the decision of .ludge I.nndH barring
One Paillette. Later Arthur Fletcher
captain of the team and shortstop, wns
called home twice because of" the death,
of his brother and fnther. On his sec
nnd trip. Fletcher decided to rpiit base
ball, so the Phillies lost their captain
shortstop and a .!!()() hitter.
Casey Is I .aid l'p
After returning home. Casey Stengel
developed 11 Mire back, which has kept
him out of the linc-irp for weeks. Ye.- I
terday he was sent in to take Karl I
Ncnlo's ptace, nlthough be wasn't in
shape to piny. N"eale was hurt when t
he crashed into the right-field wall nt 1
the Polo Ground, after catching n drivel
from Frisch's bat.
Soon after the season began, Ralph
Miller, who began plnying nt short, and I
for a time wns one of the five lending '
hitters in the National League, hurt
his ankle nnd was out of the game. This I
forced Donovan to send in Frank Park-
inson, n good prospective baseball
p'aypr, but at prpsent a raw recruit '
On top of this Lefty Weinert. thp for-1
mer West Philadelphia High School
bo., wa. barred for five years b Judge
I.tindi..
Willi all of these things coming dur
ing the first two months of the season
it Is up to the fnn. of Philadelphia
to bear with Donovan for 11 while and
give him a chance, particularly as ne
has at least been able to get the club
out of the cellar.
A New Record
Another American League batting
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BRITISH CRITIC SA YS
GEORGES HAS CHANC1
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Thinks Dempsey-Brennan Match Should Not Be Cofl
sidered'lVhctt Sizing Up Champion Believes Jack'
"Loafed" on Job Can Carpentier Take It?
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ORANTIiANI) RICE
Iomlnn, Knc, May .'U.
MAY ho nil wrong," 'remarked a
rnllblrd of Kngllsli .linxliig. n vet
eran critic, 'but I IipIIcvp you can
thVow that Dempsey-Ilrennnn mntch
out when it coiiu-h to sluing up the
American r-hnninlon. )i certainly
can't lake It ton seriously. 'Krc h 'ov
It looks to inc. if you waul to know.
Dcmpsev snw that light with, Ihc
Frenchman thnt meant n slilpful of
money slipping nwnv. It begun to
look tmi onesided to be any big chnni;
plnnMiili enrd. Then Vh inatclicd Jo
nippt Ifromiitti. Suppose Iip sails n
nurl knock's this Ilreiinnii kicking In
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record wns suriiised vcterday
the Cleveland and Detroit team, mnde
a total of eleven two-base hits in their
aftprnoon encounter. The former w
oid. ten double., wa. made bj the
f'Jevplund and Chicago club, on May
.4.. in.... 1 ne .-.11111111111 ri-i-"ru - mui- i ami was on tile serge ol going out ,s.
teeri. irnl times. The world'" sprtil innrl
neorye nimer. 01 .-'I. 1)111.. leiitini).- noider nail no trouDIe witll IMS I'lir ill
ERICA SUPREME
IN BIG AUIO RAGE
Eight of Nine Cars Which Fin
ished in 500-Mile Race
Made Here
MILTON'S GREAT FEAT
Indianapolis, Intl.. Jlnj :tl. Tommj'
Milton, winner of the ninth ,ilH)-uii1i
automobile rare nt the Specdwnj yes
terday In r rd-bi enking time ov r a
tield of luterniitioti.'illy known ilriers.
repri"entlng four countries brought his
Americnn-tnnde car through to victory
by a tnargiti much es tlum his tlnec
lap lead on Itiwim Sarlcs. who linishcil
second.
Milton drove thp last few miles with
only seven cylinders of h s car hitting
Runs Scored for Week
in Three Big Leagues
NATIONAL I.KAGl'K
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Chicago .
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Chicago ....
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lil'JO American league batsman, scored th
five runs In one gamp yesterday, equal
ing the league record. Up also had a
noteworthy dny in the double-header
with Chicago The star firit baseman
.scored six runs, made a home run. four
doubles nnd two single, and stole three
early imrt of the rare. He went
to the pits once in the curly hour-",
"hanging two tiies 1111, tuking on oil.
gas and water in the fust time of one
minutr- and fort seconds His powerful
machine hummed along beautifully, tak
ing the lend when lie Pnlnin went
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Newark ..
Rochester .
Syracuse ..
Jersey Clly
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Toronto . . .
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BIG HELD ENTERS
DIXON P PLAY
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Forty Women Golfers Will Tee;
Off at Spring Haven
Tomorrow
FIFTH ANNUAL TOURNEY
The liflh annual tournament for the
Ida K. Dixon Cup will be heldt at
the Spring Ilhven (,ouiitry Club, Wnl
llngford. Pa., tomorrow. June 1. Forty
women have entered, representing the
local clubs, and entries will be re
ceipd by tile committee in 'cinrge up
to the time of starting. The pairings
follow ;
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bases lout after iln1ng his.nwii car ani
Some airtight pitching was exhibited I those -if nun otliei pilots to piece.
in yesterday's games, in the National I through the ruthless u, e h,. et
League Zinn. ()f Pitt.sbuigli. held Chi-I iir the end of the nice .Milton re
iago to tive hits ami no runs, and I peatedly kppt signaling to hi. pit me
Toney. of New York, allowed Philndel- chonlrs. hut refiised to .top. WiUi only
phia, only seven hits and one tun. In " f'w miles to go he rushed In for gas
the American League Collins, of New i ul" refused to wait for engine repairs.
York, yielded four hits and one run to l"r Snrle. then was only half n lap
unsbington. but in the afternoon con- , "enind hen he Plough! III. car over
starting ftoni the pits, nfter a stop for
gas
The prize money, totaling nearly
SItlll.lKHI wa. the greatest of any local
nn e ami will he divided among the
winners tonight at a "moker. Milton
will get marly $,'(."1,011(1, while Dp Palmii
will be well up the list with the .$10,(10(1
he won m lap prizes before Icnviiiv the
nice.
test Mogridge. of the
revenge by blanking In
mates with two hits
Americans were able to
Senators, got
former tenm-
The Iloston
.cote only unci'
in each game with Philadelphia. Rom
mel holding the Red Sox to two hits and
I'err allowing eight
Ironworkers Have Open Dates
Th Koor.. & rovni-i1 inetHli tenui
hih hM fliraulirldK n fimhln m a 3-1
tcorn on SjturdHS mvl PHtirila- Mtternnon
I on from Shiinahun 1.' 10 . hi., ulthoui
name, fnr either Saturrim or SunrtM ilue to
a rnlMunrfftundinv Gams'! an he securer!
I bv iiettlnir In tourh with James Hunter Oare
t of Hooper ,t TuwriMtnd
'i6 Homers in Majors
in Three-Day Period
-six home runs have been
major league park- during
Thirty
made on
the three da. the figure probably
being a new record for circuit drives
for such a period On Saturday last
Frisch. Uoeckel. John L. Sullivan.
Hay Cirlmes. Konetch. Rnhne. Karl
Smith, of the llrowns, and Stephen
son hit for the circuit. On Sunday
Jack Oraney got two. Kenneth Wil
liams got two while Kuth. Dugnli,
Perkins. I'lirnhnrt. Fmil Meuel.
Klmer Smith. Jack Smith nnd
I. avail got one apiece The Holiday
collection showed two more for Per
kins, nnd one npien' foi Dugnu.
Wilt. Clarence Walker. Kenneth
Williams. Siler. Siicplv, Cobb.
Hellman. Tone Yoing F.arl Smith
of the (iiants Snd-r Krugg. nnd
Hood The Smi h faijm is lieavll'
1 i-p! csciucij ,n tlie oh(e list
the line riri it was found that one rv
inder was fouled and that the winner
hud been driving on sccti c tinders for
sevetnl miles Hnd ),,. stopiieil. Snrles
would iuc been ti stire winner, .for he
always kept at Milton's Vels
It was the fourth time Milton had
driven in the Speedway nice and the
second time he l.m! gone the loute. In
llllfi he tll-oe only twcnl miles III
ll'.ll" lie diove 1"'."i miles and went 1 lip
unite for third place in I Kill I. o driver
has won the rare t w ire
Tlie rare proved a gient da for
' America n cars anil for Indianapolis
. 'iirs in pattii iilar Might of ihe nine
lliiiishers were Atnerii a 11 - made nnd si-iii
1 of them weie maiiutact hi cd In this rit
The third nline finish of Pernv Ford and
Julius Kllingodi. in nn Amernnn ini
,1ns been protested bv Louis Conlalnn
owner of two Fngli'h rntrie, hnweer.
! who claims t 'in t the car was pushed in
VACANCY IN LEAGUE
Open Berth in Phila. Manufacturers'
Circuit for Industrial Team
President John Manogue. of the
Philadelphia. Manufacturers' llaseball ,,,-..-,, n n r-n
I., ague, announced n nfiincy in thnt' VICTORY FOR BLAUNER
Mra. Klllolt (.'ountrx Cluli. MIbs M
T.iliir. Cricket i'ul
1ip-.),"i Mrr M Htrnld. l'hllniont Mre Hell.
t'nurrlr Cluh.
in 40 Mr. It Slntter. l'hllniont .Mrs 1".
H Keen. Overbrnok.
UMA-MIbh 1;. C'hvMon. C'rlcliet Club: Mls
K. Ornss llaln
In. Mi Mrn. fl. V Curran. (lerlironk. Jlr.
Melfcreahelmei. Veit Ciiester
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1". Ulxeil I'rlcllet CiuU
110,1 .Mrs II Holneii Weat Cheatei ; Mia
M. Ciilacnni. Merlnn.
11 '10 Mi Arnvilron: I.Ianer-h Mrs. K
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II 'J."i .Mis. .1 11 W'urih 'eat Cheater,
Mra. llbkm.in. Unlii
1130 Mrs V Hlhen. I.'ntlerrh Mlsj
I'fhak-r. Met inn.
, II ;l.'i Mra i: I'. Itawle ()erl)iiink. Mr.
It Pox Oierbrook
11 4o Mi .1 II Tnrr. Uanerch. Mra c
M. I' Ilerlnir. Merlnn
11 ri--Mra (I. V Mnllh. .Merlon. Mr. J
Charman Merlnit
li TtO Mr Hinkln l.lnnerch, Mrs IVier-
a n (lain
II .-.' Mlaa M lllilill ItKerlMn. Mis H II
Huev. Merlnn
la tin Mra. J 1. C'i.. l.laneith Mra A.
M. Hnlrtlnir mi itieal.r
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1 1'J 10 Mr M Kn.enberc Ce.larbionk
li A rrin nbautn Pbllmront
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n round or two; nni tiieii: mm
makes 'kJie' Carpentier nmtch look all
the wnreo. I don't think it was n
irniui'-iip in any yny. hut It ntrikes
me fi till others that Dempscy paw this
was a pretty ifootj chnnce to take i(
easy, lonf along nntl get IiIh iiiiip In
IiIh own good time. Against the cilliers
ho waited for the killing blow nnd let it
lly. Tint against Hreiinnn he went
In for some fiincv lioxlng. dancing
around, jabbing nmi stabbing, and Hint
im't hla w'ny. Not nt nil. Not n
bit of It.
S LON(J an he could knock bin
mnn out they could only accuse
him of stalling or faking. He did that.
Put the delay not only ninth the Cnr
ptntier match, but- il nlso brought the
odtls 'dow-n quite 11 bally lilt, lip set
things up both woyn. Maybe I'm
wrong, but Mint's bow it looks to me.
In figuring up the two men Ihe Hreii
nnn iniitWi goes out of my dope. All
out Kveti if lie hadn't trained the
right way, they don't go buck Hint
fast around tlie nge of twenty-five.
Anil llipv tell me he is never verv fnr
out nf Hhnpc. The drop from Wlllnrd
and Miske to Itrciinan wn not 11 physi
cal change, lie was keen to get Hie
others quick. He wnmi't keen to get
Krenuan in any curb hurry. It wns
all a matter of mental attitude, which
is just 11N important as the physical and
"ometimi'H even more so.
will never be aworltl'n champion. lJK'I
rr-A.r ' ? ?.ba ""..
, ........w ;" nuuui unit I,
nvc MiincthltiR left. 'HombV Vt
tnlvllt nvn entten lltnn It l. -.':,.,
n harder mnn to hurt. He had a vhaii
lot of Htuff. but he wna nlwayn as frari !'
aa higli-nr ced chlnn. Whan ...??'
Imllt that way there's little, that c.
help you. Some men are and soma .2s
nip not. 'inntH one thing about fV-i
rentier thnt nope of h know yl W"a
he enn box. v know he is fnn nnd vrl
know h6 enn hit. We know he'i"2j
-..- "... ..... ..,- .tun t Aiiiiw now muni
tiuuiplng lie .can hold In IiIh hide l,af
the b llnkln' llghtH mart to get faint Z
pi odt. And Hint. uiennH that we don-.
win- MM.viinng annul, an
r.f tUt. n.,i .1
... ,m- iKiui v ujiijuirimiii, ,j
ni'Kiiv irnvi.,, i.i.. ...i ."Si
w "N " a 'atnp fa .
I I !,.,,.. 1.. 11. ll..i.t.i. , . . ' .
..i-i in ,ii,- iiriunii taiCR IB tlgur tu
every tingle of the light along thfa ,3
other linen. It ban them winging a hit'
for they never miw Uempnev Therm
Cnrpenticr whip Hecketf. h'ut when th.r
s-uw- l-rniik Mornn do Hip Mimo thine
alxuit as quickly and as deftly th.t
r: : vivl ,v:v.,;.".K,,i."'. f?r . y
iiimi 'KMiiii mil i iiiHii'M n iininneat.:
""rj
bailiwick
ropjHtffi
1011 Ml rwhls rrtfrt'
"f
' Boots 'and Saddle '
NVildnjn chouhl pinc Iicm n l,
HoIIIp Selling Stakes at Ilelnmnt l'..d
lodu. Knight of the llpnther and Doi-
oiiiiiK-i ii(iiiuiii,i am lurniaii tup foj.
tentlnn. Horses well placed in ofh
luces arc: Firnt. Itantry. Veiled Col
leen, Frcil Kinney ; second. (Jray 1jj"
Miisknllonge. Messliiea. third. Strom-'
boli. rScorgie. Fair (inlii . fifth. Matter
.lack. Nntnrnl, Fnutoclie, slth, Hpa'h
oinr, 1 iiocnix, uouyniinm
it )
EHK'S
I've
on what
v 'card
the win I dope it
seen nnd what I
from those who ought to know :
"Speed, hand and foot, slight margin
for Cnrpenticr.
"Hoxing skill. Cnrpotitier agnin.
"Weight and strength, quite n bit
for IJeiiipsey.
"Staminn and ability to take punish
ment. Dempsey again.
"This makes a pretty even thing out
of ir. ieinpsey got to the top by
thumping set targets, such a Fulton
antl Wlllnrd. big men who were slow
thinkers and none loo fast with their
bunds or feet. Vow lie's facing one of
the fastest -moving targets iu the-ring
a quick thinker who Is shifty oil Ills
feet and just as shifty with 'is 'amis.
.14 M..,i.n..l 1.':..., ........ i
11 iwi(i, vill iiisi lui-M. IJPnrt.i
tinn. Lady Rochester, Dpvnnlte; sprond'
Myrtle Crown. Shore Acres. Flen ; third'
John W. Klein. O'Mnll . We Uk'
fourth. Helen Atkin. Klrnli. I.ady
Luxury : llfth. Corilla. Luc'y Kale. Tito
Pair; slxlb. Duke Ruff, I)r Jim. Uiad;
seventh, Pmliin, Rhymer, Jnck lleevri!
Allien J. (Illler, an Amerlran Inni rfik
dent In Mexico, hna been gianted raclrat Mr.
ceaslnna In perpetultr In Mexlrn city vith.
nut competition. He haa oritanUea a Jwkw
rluh In conjunction with E f Ondion. tin
preaiilent of the New Atnsleidam l'iult
Co. 11ml other New Vork flnnn I'rr fll
tlrat meetlnit of ino clka will be hell durlii
lha fomlnit winter A permanent leant ng
the Klppodrnme de la Cnndeaa with rltht
of purchaaa. haa been obtalneil hni
racl- courae In Ihe heart of Mexko City, a
It Is well enmiRli thai rnuzh tur.tlr.'m,
the part of Jockeia he penaliieil In Ken
tucky. Wiila wna lniieflnltel auppendtd for
his nlleued cnnnerton with n betttn com
a few caa n&o Jockev !.ke naa fuapended
for fifteen daya for Interfurenri br hllUnf
Hway oer the hear! In a ciom flntih wltj
Fluay Slunal SntiirdaN Mack flarner d.-ii
a nve naa au?n?naiori ror rouKh rldlni'la
Ihe aprlnK trial alnkea erttlanaerlnc Ihe, tiie,
n. ... .,.. n.... .... ...Ul..,. 1 -- .1,1
. . . I it.b ill ll r-il.i ..11 lllvil Jli' nfl, I1UIHB
to whether or not ( nrpentier ' Injuring Casey and deprlvlnn Dream r
. . I ... . - . .1l.. ... nil i.MA ... .Ml....la. ( ......
tan hot a ciiumptotrs snare 01 pun sn- , ' i ; ""', " " ". """
, ,. . ..1 1 .. , or ao on ew ork tracks aem(i tn flu
men,. It lie can t he hasli t got a jorkiya the idea that any kind of isshavlo?
chnnce to win unless lie enn win in less will paaa unpunished , i
than 11 round If Hip Pcenchmnn can
1 ui. 1
.TTS
1 "a'
all
matter," he continued,
If Ihe
a solid ciack or -two without get
ting flivniiriigcd. the cove has n good
chance to win , not quite nn even' chance,
but almost. The man who can't take It
Collegian Strikes Out Eighteen '
llnrtfnnl, Conn., Mav :t 1 hi Cnnneftl
rut AURlta defeated Trtnlls liere 13 U''.
Johnaoni pitcher for the KRlea utruck ai
elahtccn Trlnl' liatamen
pi giiiiiz.'ition due to the resignation of!
tlie Franklin Printing team. i
Any industrial team wishing to en- i
lei- should get in touch with bun at Ihc
American Pullev Co. The league is en
joying unusual success, and the wlth-l
drawul of the printers at the time was 1
unfortunate ThtCniles allow two out
siders to piny on the team.
Columbia Avenue Wins Two
'Ihe 1 lillllbl 1 enue V , traveled river
In ll,ikl 11 leiin ur-l ilefPHled the homp
leiirn II s nut lu-n Inor MacMulleu
intieil mil lie Hist ball and a lurtte rroVM?
wah un hul fur 111- k-amea Columbia
Venue h ii" unn ne in a row
Gives Phila. Quick Steps. First De
feat of 'Season by One-Sided Score
The Rlantier All-Stnis defeated Ihei
Philadelphia Quick Slops, of South
Philadelphia, yesterday by the one- ,
sided score 01 J to 11. u was tne nrsi
(leient 01 tlie season ior tne coioiciij
team !
The pitching of T MrCiirney was
of the sensational vniietv. He hurled!
a no run no-hit game, while his team-
innles piled up 11 tnlnl of twetit secn 1
hits, larger was ilie star at the b.itj
with liw safeties
;(li
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