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gBill Tilden, Ty Cobb and Jay Gould Three of the Most Brilliant Stars in Firmanent of Sports
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HARD TASK TO PICK
PRESENT DA Y CHAMP
WHO BLANKETS FIELD
Kings in Majority of Sports Arc Only a Jump or Twe
Ahead of Numerous Contenders for Their
1 Crowns Three Exceptions
' A THLETIC fame Is as evanescent na the perfume of tbe Lady In Black,
A and the attitude of the public toward a champion just about en fickle
as. that same maid. The pages of athletic history are studded with heroic deeds,
feat of brain and brawn that caused the cheers of spectators In another day
te choke In their threats.
Yet, when a champion loses the vital spark that kept him en top or the
ieethlng heap; when he lldcs down te the oblhlen reserved for these who
were once great, his successor Is hailed as n better man than he was.
All champions are net of the same caliber. One has something In skill
or itrcngth or quickness of mind that his predecessors or successors lacked.
Seme title-holder of the present day must stand out ns outclassing all
the ethers in his sport; some title-holder must held the laudable position of
being further In advance of his competitors than any ether sporting king.
XZTIIO is itt Dempsey in the rin'jt
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Tildtn in tennis t Sareten in
ililburt in polet
What About Dcmpscy?
THE Manassa Mauler fought his way te ring pre-eminence through n field
remarkable for Its l.iek of ublllty. Jack treated them with as little considera
tion as thev deserved, and proved himself a real hamplen.
Dut, compared with the title-holders of the pat. he deesn t stand out
like n Kohlneor In a coal pile. He has i.e competition, and, In the opin
ion of wanv, could net Tie rated as the great. st .hamplen we have ever had.
There was Jim Jeffries, the most powerful man physically that ever
climbed through the ropes. Jeff was monarch In a day when the greatest
heavyweight field that ever rubbed it shoes in resin was lined up against
him. Fitisimmens, Corbett, Cheynski, llulln any of them would bave
had an excellent chane- with our p-"cnt i!mtrp."n were they In their hey
duy In this modern struggle, and Jeffrie bfat them all.
Se geed .if Mr. Dempscy is, he cannot claim te outclass bis field of cham
pions as title-holders in ether sports have done.
Is Sarazen the man?
Hardly. Gene has proven htmelf a wonderful golfer, a boy with the
frentest competitive soul of bis day and generation, and a master of every
het In the hac. but with Walter Hauen, Hut. hlen. ISarnes, Vnrden, Hay and
score of ethers in the field today and in the misty past, Sarazen cannot be
said te outclass all the champions of golfdem.
.
AXD lloevcrt .Ye. Though the Dubith star took no one's treirt in
rl the Diamond tieulls, and prnvtd himself te he an oarsman of
superlative skill, ire m Philadelphia believe Jark Kelly teas and is a
better man than Walter Hoever.
Tilden s Skill
Lecal pride can puff itself up at the thought that one of our boy is a
champion, one who comes as rl"v te spread-eagling his field as any of thrm.
William TI den, lanky, b'aik-halred 15111, who-e abounding assortment of
tennis shots I? the wonder and admiration of the present generation, is the
man.
Ti'den is a title-holder, who. net en1- is a prfeet technician, but a man
whose fighting heart Is serend te nnne He hat shown this In a score of
grueling battles, but in none mere conclusively than when 151c Norten came
within a point of winning the world's championship, only te have lilg Dill
rally, and tear the expected victory away from the Australian.
BUI has close competition with Johnsten, Patterson and ethers ready
te battle him te the death; and fi"in behind the curtain of the past, peer
champions I.arned, Rreuke and ether wizards of the net. But Bill Tilden
bows the knee te none nf them.
In pole, Devcreux Mllburn carries the bannr as king-pin of the pony
traddlcrs In spite of his .wins h is stlil the best, but there is a memory of
Foxhall Keene te dim the claim that he is the greatest of polelsts of all
time. Keene played for years at a terrific clip, and, great as Mllburn is, it
would be hardly fair te say that he outclassed Keene as well as the ethers.
Court tennis provides a man, who might be said te blunkct his field
mere completely than a champion ever did. Though an amateur. Jay Gould
ean set a faster pace than any rival, he he working for glory or the long
green. But his field is limited. It deej net provide the competition that
ether sports de.
JJERE it net for that prevision Jay Could might irell be said te
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br the one rhamtiien of the. irerld who hat ficter
who came close te him in skill and training ability.
had a rival
The Georgia Peach
AT THE present time, Babe Ruth absorbs most of th publicity showered
en baseball st.irs He can, without doubt, hit a baseball further than any
Other roan that ever lived, but there is mere te the game than biffing a pill te
the uttermost limits of the lie'd In the ether departments of play, Ty Cobb
Is as far ahead of Ituth as Whiskawny would be in a race with a truck
bersc.
Ker almost two decades the Georgia Peach, In hitting, base-running and
engineering the old think-tank, has been in a class by himself. He has had
uperiers In varlms nngleh of play. Speaker, for instance, always could
range .1 bit farther for a ii ball; Heeper was a better thrower; Huth could
hit them longer distances; but, when it came te sublimated skill embodied
In a single pernnnlit, eb'j has necr had an equal.
The field of hascha.i stais Is 'he longest in sporting history, but In per
sonality, ability and nghting heart, Tjrus Uaywend Cobb occupies the pedes
tal alone.
T f'AS'XOT be said that he is as far ahead of the treats of ether
days as dnu'4 is in eeuit tennis, hut beyond that single instanet
few mere exalted names can be cited.
The Football Titans
ON HIS showing last year, Glenn Klllinger should rank as net only the
meKt valuable pigskin hooter of the season, but one of the greats of all
time. He could run, punr. hit the line with 11 Boeseveltlan smash, forward
pass and engineer p!as with the har. of t!,i m.
A wonderful p'a.ur. Ki'lingcr, but '.n the critic glances down the
Yaultid aisles, of time !.e 1 bound te adn.it that there have been ns geed, and,
mayhap better ones than be.
Thorpe, Stever. n Hinkev, Heffleflnser ; ye need go no further. Fine
a Klllinger was in the strenuous das of '21, no football experts will agre
that he Is better than were these dim, heroic figures of the past.
f TO XAltK th greatest champion of all sports is a difficult, nay,
almost impesiiblr taik. 5l nominate Tilden, Cobb and Jay
Gould as the leading lights. Take your choice.
MIDDLE ATLANTIC SWIM
TITLE AT STAKE TONIGHT
Stan Entered In 100-Yard Free
Style Championship
The men' 100. yard outdoor Middle
Atlaiiic f'ee-stjle ch.'im;ii"tish p no e
will be held under the uuspirew nf the
Ocrmantewn Beys' flub In their open
air peel at 'J.' West I'enu street tonight.
In addition te the titular race, thtee
ether open events will be held, two for
women and one for men. The women's
rents will le a 100. yard hanlieap ami
a fancj-dlMtig contest, while the men
Will engage in n ."J0-arl handn ap.
Al Burmae. of Atlantic1 fin. Is the
fresvnt Middle Atlantic champion at
00 yards free-stle.
Kruie I hi. the sixteen -year-old
brother of Kleaner and Il.nmend, both
noted swimmers, is the f.-uente te cop
tonight's rai-e. he having defeated Bur
ma n and 11 large field of ellnis in (lie
Philadelphia Swimming flub races lust
Saturday The jeung aquatic star tri
umphed ever Burman three tunes cm
Saturday, winning In both the elimina
tion heats and the finals of the 100
yard Kackett fun race and the 'J20-J-ard
handicap race for the Walter II.
Cdwurds fup.
Ml Elizabeth Becker, senior Na
tional A. A I', fnncy-illvitig champion,
Will make her first appeuranre in an
pen meet In local waters for the first
time In several weeka. Miss Becker,
long with several ether Tinner nier
BOlidtf, is entered in the fancy dive.
Woedrlng Won't Enter Penn
AlUn Woeilrlnr. Hyneu riilvrlty ur. 1 ",,,"";,'
Olympics olmmi'len mict fernrnr 220y.inl "' '"A
lnUreellelt chuinplen. ytnurcHy denied u" "
her that h will unter l'nn In the (til H-
BUSY DAY F OR
LOCAL GOLFERS
Whitemarsh nnd Green Valley
Beeking Many Events for
Coming Menth
EVANS' FINE CHANCE
TnR Whltemnrsh Valley Country
Chjb Is looking forward toward n
busy campaign during the next month
and a half. After n summer's lassitude
the Chestnut Hill golfers are double deuble
quieklng toward n tine finish of the
season.
The final match for the Dr. T.ane
Cup trips te Its blithesome conclusion
tomorrow. Then en successive Satur
dajs In September the ".'d nnd
Pth with a Laber Pay tilt nndwiched
In between, come the qualifying, first,
second and finnl rounds of the four-ball
tournament.
Alse en Laber Dav the eighteen
hole fight for the locker row cham
pionship will mnteria'ize in the dust
and smoke of battle. Then en the bal
ance of the Saturdays In September
and the first two in October the welkin
will ring with the din of the Well Cup
tournament nnd the tenth annual invi
tation tournament for the Clnrence II.
Gelst Cup.
The final match in the Gelst affair
will be played en September 30, and
the Well Cup final en October 11.
Green Valley Tuning Up
The golfers out among the rolling
hills of Itoxberougli who w-ar the silks
of the Green Valley Country Club are
practicing in anticipation of the club
championship, which will be held en
September 10.
Charlej Bers, chnirman of the Greens
Committee, who se ably handled the
Green Vallev Invitation tournament,
has presented a big silver trophy the
Jesephine Berg Cup emblematic of the
club championship.
The winner of the tournament will
find his name inscribed en the cup and
will have It in his possession for n year.
Th stirrings at Whltemnrsh anil
Green Vallev are net the enlv move
ments in Philadelphia c'f With the
passing of the deg-dnys nil the ether
clubs are scheduling big afTalrs. tee.
The calendar will be ciewdcd with
local events from new en All of the
clubs found it difficult te get big entry
l'sts for summer events, for week-ends
found tl."ir members at the shore or
playing en mountain links But 'h
exodus from the vacation rc-sirts is be
ginning, and the tournament.-, fietu new
en will have many entries.
Green Valley, which Is one of the
most diQcult courses in the city
GETTING ACTION AT THE PHILLIES' PARK
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100 NA LEADING.
VEACH AND PILLETTE
HELP BE A T THE MA CKS
Hew Dees It Strike Yeu?
Tell of Years
MacGrcger's Bill
Expensive Talent
By
THE OBSERVER
Fermer Robs Walker of a
Hemer and Deuble and
Latter Stems Tide of Ath
letic Base Hits
V
nrlmnins un In nnt.cipatien of the club
championship, and the course will be in
extraordinarily fine slripe when the
tournament gets under way.
By JOSEPH T. LABRUM
r THE Athletics had locked Mime
rark yesterday previous te the en
trance of Bebbv each and Herman 1
Pl'.lette thev micht bnve wen a ball 1
game from the Tigers nnd evened the I
He Thi entes remained unlocked
'" I and Messrs. Veac-h and Pillette ambled
Leading Heme-Run Hitters
in Each Majer League
AMKKICAN LEAGUE
Wllllnms. St. Iiil
Walker. Athletics .
Uiith. New lurk
Ilellmnim. Prtrnlt
Jlliler. Athletics
NAIIONAI, LEAGUE
Hnrnnbr. St, Fxiuls
H-llllains riillllc.
Kelly. h lerk
Lee. riillllen
Mnisel, New Yerk
Wlwut, nroeklrn
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Chick Evans' Chance
Philadelphia entrants for the amateur
championship struggle at Brookline are 1
fncin' .1 Ml'T test The fame of Bebbv
Jenes has aeen dilafeii cm befeie in
every newsp-iper. But there ' another,
contestant who will prove almebt us1
deadly an opponent as the youthful
Georgian.
This is Chid; Evans.
Chick isn't 11 yeuncster nn? mere.
He has passed the thirty-second mile
stone, and in fifteen of these jenrs he
has been playing cempetithc golf. He
is the only golfer in this country who
ever held the amateur and open titles
In the same jear.
Twelve times he plaed in the amn
teur championships. Twice he came
through with title and six times broke
through te the semi-final round. This
is a reeerd that no ether man has
equaled,
Lhirlne the het days of the prci-ent
campaign he nns neen at uie top et ins Jmjj j,,ft t,
glime, ills t-eeiuu lct"Ji, CO liiu utai-
ern being gamed enlv recently.
As a stjl-.st, he is hardlj second even
te Jene.s, and tiiere is no player in the
country amateur or professional who
hns less tfiuble fiem tee te gieen.
Kmiim is net a freak stllst. He
uses the .'euure stance, and putts In
conventional form, though the sort of
putter he uscm, 1h cast en hazarre lines.
Philadelphia entries cast suspicious
eyes en Bebby Jenes, but Chick Hvans
isn't se far behind in their estimation
of all that gees te make a most dan
gerous opponent.
inside te threw wrenches Inte tlie
MnclMnn bae-hlt machinery.
Veach is n robber of th worst de-s-iit.tien.
Dellberatelv nnd with pre
meditation he caused 110 end of trouble
in the series that clenal esterday with
a Detroit victory. Tillle Walker will
net long forget the burglary he per
petrated en him twice in the same
afternoon. . .
As for Pillette. .TuFt when our fa
vorites were batting the horsehide
around the greensward with much fer
vor, nnd were making the fans feel that
the series would be evened, the Pacific
Ce-.st lnd appeared en the scene nnd
stifled the base-hit leg completely.
Previous te Pillit 's entrance te the tee
the Macks were making merry at the
expense of Jehnsen and Olsen.
Getting back te Vcach. Walker. In
the sec.md inning, hit one three or four
rows up in the bleachers for his thirty
first home -un of the season. It was
the kind of 11 "lout that the Delre t
burglar could net reach even with his
finger tips. , , ,
In the fourth Walker took a tee-bold
en epe of .jonnseti s moeis unci wiien m-
hl'idgciiu it was inueicci
1 c the. t hirt .-scrone iem"r 01 wiu wu
son for the Teiine-sce citizen. Seme of
RAINJALISRACE
Match Race With Carman Post
poned After First Heat
Owing te Drizzle
DAILY duties of tell take tell In wrenll qunntltien, but frequently. Xhi
passing tlnys seem te touch you lightly, but year after year you pay n,
fare for your passage through Hf" w11' energy
i'ett scarcely miss the expenditure until one day you discover the supply
Is low and you become alarmed nt your lock of vitality.
De you feel as young ns ever? Perhaps you de: but trj three henn'
sleep for two conscdftlve days. Yeu will notice the feet drag and the hud
will be crammed with something that doesn't resemble brains.
Stamina Is the first te go. "Ye Old rep," which was replenished dally
years nge, Is limited In supply.
In no ether endeavor Is this noticed te such a marked degree as In sperU,
for athletics call for nn nbundnnce of endurance.
The ether day Dwlght F. Davis, donor of the Internationally famous Darli
Cup, and Holcom&e Ward, who were Wimbledon world's champions iem
fifteen years nge, were brushed by In straight sets by the present American
tltleTielders, Vincent Itlchards and Bill Tilden.
The eyes of the vctcrann seemed ns keen, their placing was splendid, atn
their brains ns nimble ns ever, for their court tactics were cunning.
But youth burned them up with speed. The pace wns tee strenuous for
their years and they bowed te the Inevitable. It was endurance they lacked,
Stamina is the first nsset te go in the bankruptcy of ngc.
THE sensational playing of Ingraham nnd Jenes, the national Junier
champions, in tlie doubles nt Longwood, speaks well of their future
In tennis. They pressed Bill TUdcn and Vincent Richards te the limit
the ether day.
What? A Congressman Pay te See GameT Ne, Sir!
TIIK bill Introduced in Congress by Hepresentatlve MacGregor, of New Yerk,
1h amusing.
Representative MacGregor would prohibit West Telnt cadets and Aa.
nnpells midshipmen from playing In athletic contests where admission Is charged.
The bill nppnrcntly wns born of nn ill disposition Incited by a letter frea
Rear Admiral Washington, Mating that hereafter no complimentary ticket
'would be distributed among Congressmen.
What, n Congressman pay te see the annual Army-Navy football gamtl
Absurd! Bather than de that, the legislator from New Yerk would step the
game by law.
The Benresentntivc points out that "the studenta ere net filled with
desire le demonstrate their physical development. Rather their attention It
centered upon hew much money they can get."
Te the collegiate foetbnll player, the size of the crowd means nethlaj
except added noise nnd Increased nervousness.
But Representative MacGregor snyH commercialism is growing In the Mili
tary nnd Naval Academies and he offers Rear Admiral Washington's letter
ns proof.
While It Is net genernlly known, It Is 'believed thnt if facts were uncovered,
it would he found that the Representative from New Yerk had something te
de with the lifting of the tax from complimentary tickets.
PIANI BEATS SPENCER
Rnln put a damper en the races nt
the Point Ilreeze Velodreme lust nlcbt
and scattered n crowd of C00O which
had turned out te see the events. The
shower s-tnrted in the first heat of the
feature race, a match event of three
heats between Clarence Carman.
America, and Vlnccnae Mnddena, the
famous Itnllnn rider.
Maddenn. who wns paced by Jimmy
Hunter, the Philadelphia ace. held a
slight lend ever the American, who was
guided by Johnny Schlee. The trnck
thn rUlif Oi.i.1 f. an scarce y t ninp wuen wic muniiKv
the riglit-fleld fence , ii,r e; ,u ,,, ..h,.. thnn
BT
NAME
Scot.
and deed, Representative MacGregor certainly b
a hundred round
like n million beriies) until the fourth,
when the Tys made .1 quintet of hitu
and a quartet of runs.
The I'hillics ran into another tornado
of hits out in Pittsburgh and lest an
other te Bill McKi clinic's crew. There
was some balm en the troubled wnter-i
at least for etic member of the team.
Cv Williams. The lone, lean farmer
hit a homer ever
thnt netted him
simoleens.
Williams at Kat
Cy was the leading stleksmlth with
n double, triple and the hundred dollar
blnst.
Myrl Brown, formerly of Reading,
who made it two straight since donning
big lenptie vestments, was hit hard by
the Phils, but kept them nt bay when
hits meant 111ns. Twelve safeties were
made by the locals. Ilenline had three
"Ingles, rightstene a triple nnd single
Walker n pair of one-base blows and
Pnrklnsen nnd Leslie a single apiece.
Beth Jess Winters nnd Geerge Smith
were pelted hard nnd often by the
Bues, who made their dozen safeties
sce-e n decade of runs.
The Yanks broke the Indian jinx
when Sam Jenes etitpitched Morten.
te 3. Trit Speaker wns hurt during
mil i'lr 111c mini .-....... wv. .....-.,- . ,., ,, t
the s.ribes had recorded the fact nnd j the game when he collided with Jee
oeci, who bniKCU ins malinger mini-
OF C. ATHLETIC ASS0.
TO HOLD TRACK MEET
JOE ROBINSON, FORMER
PENN GRID STAR, DIES
Played Guard for Red and Blue In
1904
Jee It'ibinsnn, former Penn foetbnll
star, die I nt hie home, in Punxsutaw
ne. Pa . tcwJiM. lie plajed en the
Rrd and Blue tram In 11MI4.
Rebm-cn plajed aeain't the lete
"Peil," Maxwell in the famous Pcnn-
sjhanl.i-Swiiithmere game of 1001.
Lynch Knocks Out Levy
Tort Herth, Tem, Auk 2". Jcx Lynch,
of M T-irk bintaniweiiiht champion.
Icncckc) out Benny Ivvy. cf OhlrriKO, In Urn
tunh r .ur 1 if a ncheilulcj nchfl.reuml
bout h"rc Inn' nls-ht Lynch lent Levy en
iiu iW-iu'vn tliroi-iihem He t-m the Chl Chl
cube hey 4eivn for n eight count early In
tlm fourth reiinJ, and then flnUhecl him.
the f .111-. were lnr.kinc merry.
The Jey was -hert-Ued. for Veach
took a leap that made him leek ten feet
tall, slummed up against the bleacher
wall and with his gloved hand In the
lip of a sunfish pulled out the her&e-
htde.
rjpHE fans didn't knew whether te
I
bleacher did the latter, while ethers
applauded the meritorious net. Ona
man teat nn at the time and iceuld
have given the A'i a pair of runs
had the ball landed safely.
A!
Beets and Saddle
- ne-v ntnietir cum nns eniere.j cne j ,, ,j,wmin mnv redeem himself In the
field in this city. j B'.ilmg'eu Htindlenp at Saratoga today.
The Knights of Columbus Athletic i Vinlmist and Recount may he the eon-
A.s..,.!nti..n h;m nnnc,iin,.f.,l thnt It will I H neers I no nanuic-lll) ih Ul II mile.
GAIN in the shth during n hectic
batting spree the Mncku had scored
two runs and had Miller nn third with
n-itie out. Walker shot one overshert
.ln.f 1r.nlnil litre n ccrtnln bit. "eflch.
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tearing in like n Tiger should, made n en junnncnwiiii.
litnpi for the nellet nnd came un with I Alec It in Again
It clutched lightly in his gloved hnnd.
What was fondly hoped would he a
single was turned Inte a sacrifice fly.
Had Walker get en the stage
would have been set for further scoring,
for Jimmy Djkes shot a single that
scored Perkins. Ogden nnd Yeung
proved unequal te the task of driving
Bryn Mnwr Jimmy around.
Knter Plllette
fount four runs rcalnst Vench's acta
anil the game would have been wen by
the A's. Pillette came onto the hill in
the eighth inning after the Mucks had
soundly thrashed Olsen duriii1: the
seventh, scoring three rutin and btund-
bpil
nart in the nccident bv hitting a homer
Speaker was forced te leave the game.
The Yanks made twelve hits te secn
for the Indians.
THE Drowns kept their scant lead
by hammering Bosten pitching
for twenty lilts and thirteen runs,
u-hile Kelp yielded a pair of markers
and seven safeties.
P 9
ALTER JOHNSON turned In nn-
ther shutout yesterday when he
blanked the White Sex, 1 te 0. It was
the ninety-eighth whitewash registered
by the thlrty-three-yenr-eld veteran
iii hN major league career. He allowed
but live hits and bad te pitch his best.
ns the Jsenniers muue out ieur uiukics
w-i
have the athletes risk sllnnlnc
It wns announced that the same card
would he put en next Thursilnv night
and ralncheekfi, of course, will be rec
ognized. It was a thrllllnn event thnt Carman
nnd Mac'denn nut en. The Italian
started out in the lead, but after they
had gene three miles nnd one lap, Mnd Mnd
eona was blown off by Carman, who
flashed Inte the lead. Then Carman
suffered a flat tire and was delayed
semen lint. This placed the Italian In
the lead again. At the end the two
were almost even, with Maddenn hold
ing nn advantage of less than a i
half lap. !
The firt heat of the sprint race nlve
was stacecl nucl here Italy came te the
front with Orlande Piani. The Italian
defeated Willie Sncivcr in '2 minutes
." I -." seconds. Piani managed te out-
Jockey the American en the Inst inp
and his excellent maneuvering gave him I
the vieterv.
Prank Harris, Philadelphia, scored a!
win in tiie half-mile professional Clns-s,
B hnndienp. The Phllndelpblan started
with a ferty-vard handicap en Geerge
Patterson, Sliannhan, who was, en
scratch.
Geerge fiercely, Yonkers, wns second
nnd Tenev fiinneema, Ttaly, fourth.
Jake Smith, Klmwoed, fell en the first
lap, but was unhurt.
Giants Clean Up en Read
Ni-it Yerlc, Ann. 2S The Olnnt' read
hii.tni.a thla vne fi hn.n fhn leat the
ecr h.-iel, an 1 thev arc areun.l Jf'0,000 ahead lKnme,
OI mei em n ,hii.uit. in imiiir
The $-10,000 Hurler
Last winter Detroit kicked in with 40,000 succulent berries for the servlcei
of one Sylvester Jehnsen, a pitcher of the right-handed persuasion. Incidentally,
a jeuth nnmed Pillette wns tossed into the bargain te balance up tne weight
of thnt much silver.
Se far Mister Jehnsen has been of about as much use te the Tigers at
a pair of enr muffs en the Ganges.
I.Ike I.cfty Russell, Marty O'Toele and a let of ether expensive pieces, of
pitching bric-a-brac, he has round the atmosphere of the big top overpower
ing. On the ether fist, the unadvertised rillette hns burned up the league with
his sensational showing. Alexander came te the big league baseball in the same
way, and Alex the Great's record speaks for itself.
It is seldom that n man heralded far and wide as a wonder, a man for
whose services a fabulous price has been paid, makes geed from the start.
The handlcnp of the limelight en a youngster, who hns never been In
It before, is empowering. It takes time for him te become acclimated.
The boy who lb merely listed bb "among the6e present" hasn't the fecuj
of thousands of cyea en him. He can slip into his stride without being bothered
by the cry, "What n pile of money te pay for a rlecc of cheese."
FOR the geed of their recruits, If for tie ether reason, the powers
that be in baseball should jam down the lid en the reports of ex
cessive prices paid for untried youngsters.
O'Connell, Future Giant,
Makes 6 Hits in 6 Chances
Salt Lrt'.e City, t'tah. Aug. 2"
Jimmy O'Connell, outfielder of the
San Francisce Pacific Coast League
Baseball Club, who hnH been sold
te the New Yerk Giants for $7."., 000,
te report next spring, made six hits
in six times up in ycstcrdny'H San
Francisce-Salt Lake City game.
O'Connell lammed two homers, n
triple, a double and two singles.
His runs scored totaled four.
MAC0MBER PAYS RECORD
HIGH PRICE FOR YEARLING
200,000 Franca Paid for Sen of
Sardanapale
Deauvillc. France, Aug. 2.',. A. K.
Mncember, American horseman, yester
day paid the record price reached bj
any of the ll)2l! crop of yearlings when
he dispersed 170,000 francb, plus tU
Government tax nf 17Vj per cent en the
purchase price, for the geed-looking kb
of Sardanapnle, the winner of tb
1014 (irnnd Prix. In round numberi
200.000 francs was paid by Mr. Ma-comber.
Ne-HIt, Ne-Run Game In, West
Sioux FnlU, 8. I)., Auk. 2.V Rey liertrcn.
stock, of Jnmeswun, N. O . pitched the am
no-run. no-nit sumo et inn unxetH League.
Baby Gar III Shatters Reeerd
Hamilton, Ont . Auk. n. Aeragln; 40i
miles an hour and hhatterlnc; the record for
the event Ilaby O.ir III. owned and drlien
hv Oar Weed, Detroit, captured the tint
ficl-mlle lesr of the S300O I-'lrlier trophy for
nai-eDT.li scaenn bkbiiipi aieux i-aiiH her rtiBPDcement beata yeiterday. The. fernwf
yeiterduy. 'Lefty Ilye, the oppeslnn , reeerd fei th dl.tance 38 S.JO mlltl
iiiii-um. ih eui uuu mi, losing tot nCr hour, made at 11 ami. V a.. In FeDrutrr.
10 " WiVi. hy Orle M.
I fi.nLAe Tit li! fill lu trite) Vtdut O Iii Cntl.
ill .. I lilll. .t ' I " M til' l -" l- ii u t fc 11. lit' IHIIU-
row, a tra.-K ami nmc . -. n in- r u r, tNl(.k ,,,. yint rar.-r)uek and
ic. i . .u . . Krucicjii-, r uriy -junrin
street unci Parkslde avenue, en Sep
femher fi
. It lienuli flic nsoeiatlen has ben ac
tive hut a hnrt time, it ittves premise
i f ti.iepiiic into one of tlie best in
the city Its b.'ixi'hiitl league lias been
tne of the most successful in the citv,
while all its ether sports are rapidly
ruichinj; that stnjtp where they can be
tc rmnl Miec-essfiil.
S'i' h -l I -known flfrurei an Phil
I.i-wii, f'irii'.T Gt-rmantewn HIkIi
i i nc-li , fJilb.H h. crnss-ciiuntry runner of
M'veinl ears ape ; Dougherty, Helley,
Vinriii, Uradley and Feley and ethers,
h.ivc heen active in keeping the epertu
cult ndar alive.
The program of the track nnd llchl
sports rail for fourteen events nnd nil
an scratch. They are KKj-ynrd dash.
21'0-ynrd daub, 410-ynrd dash, 6SO
jard run, one-mile run, twelve-pound
shot put, running high jump, rtinnlns
bread jnmp, sack race, shoe race, tug
of-war, one-mllo relay, seventy-five-yard
daRi for men ever forty jears- of
iirci and seventviive-ynnl dash for
members of the Ladles' Auxiliaries und
tlie Daiixhtei-H nf Columbus.
Old Yerk Club Busy
Old Yerk I 'uh will meet the Maanella All-
Stars thta evenlnT ni .Stentun usenui- und
lUlnes street O.d Yerk tin en fourteen
plruliht xumea, and has lest only three out
of thlrty-l8 pluye.l this a-non Marrlnn
ncn rer cun TerK, wnr .connaen win
the muund for the colored bore.
$
.perM from 8vrcu .! Wendrlnj; would
HUVII in IP V IinriOII JVliuai Wl. nil uni'ii-
Mr, vedrlntfha com hr from Hyr-
ft in nap ivr uw .nuiii a i
W Witt IVfll MW
mm l let In cfnau
Cathedral Meeta Mohawk
Drakes, Mennrdelln, Winner Take All;
sernnd I-.ivmnn, 'irenacller, .ew lln
en; tlilrd Roulette, Hud Pisher,
Prench Fuw1 i fourth rVintnur, Hro Hre
c.ide, Activity, llfth Hridesman, Rn Rn
enunt. Violinist, sixth Great Lady,
Kthnea, Lustrieus.
Cennati;li Park opens a seven-dnv
meet ins at Ottawa tednv. Horses
whirh serm best aye- Pirbt tace Icen,
Lancelet. The Decision; second Reck
Gaiden, Nine Teney. Joella J. ; third
I'len, Asirea'. Hlarney Rey; fourth--Hidden
Jewell, Qunnah. I key T. ; fifth
Martin A. Noemin, Reilstnne, Duke
.Telni ; sixth Citation, Harmonious,
I. ad s I.eve; tccvejith Sailor, San.s
Peur II, Pauln V.
Tim Laurel Stake closed ycterdny.
There are te he twenty-thrce days of
fall racing. The richeit stnke Is the
Washington Handicap, with 52.1,000
added. It will nave its lirst running Pabn
October z1, the last clny or the meet
ing. There ull be J300.000 in added
money in the stakes for the meeting.
G rover Cleveland Alexander, another
member of the old school, broke the
Cubs' losing streak by eutpitching
Mnmaux, of tlie Dodgers, -1 te 1.
Alex allowed four hits.
The (! hints skipped n full game ahead
In the Nntiennl League race by winning
a close one from the Reds, while the
Rraves were defeating the Cards in
one of these hectic battles of the rabbit
ball divs.
Sener Adolphe Luque deserved a bet
ter fate, holding the Gethamites te six
hits, while nine were made off Jess
Itarnes. Luque was the cause of IiIh
own reveisc, walking Smith nnd wild
pitching him te second. Uarnes wen
hiu ni ii t'firiif. l.v miilrfnfy n lIt.,!.. v1,1i
ing within one of tying. i Smith en second' in this round. Plnelli
Tlie youthful right-hander started i ,,Ht.,i ,, Rrpnt game at third, accepting
by walking Yeung. Ilauser, who in his , ten chances without n nilscue. He nli-fl
previous trip te the platter had a Marred al bat with a triple, double and
homer, Uleu te i enn in citcp cenrer. Bliigle.
The ninnlug of the Saiatega Special
Saturday will have much te de with
settling the tliree-yeni -old clillll pi. Ml
ship. Pllleiy and Whisl;nvin will go
in with record i of winning superstates
Reckiuinister is te be enteied. He just
defeated Whlnknway, but that perhaps
was due te the difference In uelghu.
The race will de Whls-kuway geed, and
at even weights it would seem that
Hunting will be his chief contender.
Hut the way the big horses are fulling
Tha Pafhadrsl f!athelln Club, which hna
wen twelve out of thirteen baebll sames, )V eh. wayside, the SDeclul may be
p my leuwK niaeK hex i -.weniy-nim IhV.ja en re
r ...I k. siriinv thia aveniB. snyoeoy h race.
will
SUM
Then stnrted the harsh work by Plllle.
He f.innecl hetli .ilciiewan unci .inner. '
In the ninth the A's died In one-two- j
three order nnd the game belonged te I
Detroit. I
Jee Ilnuser continued his brilliant j
stickwerk by i-cttine, a double nnd a ,
homer and uniting In live trip, te the
plate, which keeps him In the select set.
I'.ing Miller had n neiiblu and a pair of
single niul Jleijewan two ene-base
blows. The remaining hits were scat
tered among Yeung, Perkins, Galloway,
Djkes, Walker nnd Slim Harris.
Harry Heilmenn, who would rather
hit en the loam at Shibe Park than nny
plnce en the circuit, brought himself
into the home-run hall of fnnie by lift
ing one of Curley Ogden's sheets out
Inte Somerset street in the seenth in
ning. Others who have performed the
fe. t ar Welch, twleej Geerge Hums,
Ruth nnd Tillle Walker. The
Tlijer right fielder had three homers
during the scries, running his total te
tnentj-ene.
EDDIE ROIISIEI,, ehe liken pitch,
ing better than anything eUe,
vint into the game in the eighth
and duplicated his fiat of a month
or se inu, irhen lie wtned the side
in that inning nn three pitched balh.
In the ninth JJdieaid didn't fare .te
well, Cobb and Jleilman hud triples,
liigney a double and Jenes a single.
MM HARRIS started and like his
bctrlnnlncs of the last few weeks
bad an abrupt ending. Bllra looked
yJIV ERHOlt by Mann and a homer
by 1'eircll helped the Braves do de
feat the Cards in one nf the cerst
inhibitions of the game in the Hound
City this season. The St, l.auisans
used ticenty players in an effort te
stem the tide, of defeat, Braxten
started, and se did Pfcffer; and
neither lasted.
Runs Scored for Week
In Three Big Leagues
S
NATIONAL LKAfiUiS
8. M. T. tV. T. F. H T'l
Plttshm-rh .'. & i 11' 10 ..' ' T3(j
Sit. lyOllj, 0 . i . ' !
llriK.klyn . ft .. fl 6 1.! j-J
lliiten 1 1 It S
Clnrlnnatl 10 . 3 . t !! !! II
New Vurk. .. 7 .. 2 .... n
AMIUUCAN I.K.nrK
H. M. T. W. T, V. H. T'l
Detroit .. .. in 23 3 11 ., 63
St. le-Hllll . fl 11 II 3 ' 31
Atliltllra 7 7 II H . , '
Srv. Yerk 7 . , I 7 ! t?
VV.islilimlen O .. I Jl 1 ! ! in
(Irtrlunil . 'i 0 I .'!!!
lileuee 0 ft 3 II . . ' 1:1
llcictun 3 4 1 2 .... 0
INTJ'.KNATIONAI, IJCAOfK
B. SI. T. XV. T. V, B. T'l
llaltlmere.. IS . 12 ., ,. . ' jr!
Jersey lty. 7 10 0 0 3 VI
llechesler .11 II 11 . . , ! . as
Hyrneuaa .. IS .. 8 17 2 !! !! JW
Nruiirk ... 7 4 17 3 ,, .. an
lliilTnte ... 14 8 A U e !' ' Ju
BeudlllS... S 1 4 H S ,, .! .4
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