Y
eeoiwl.
mnMta
BRAVES GET BULGE
ON THEPHILLIES
Visitors Come Back, However,
and Take Second, Five to
Three, Staging. Two Runs
in Ninth Inning.
1 Boston, Sept. 8. Boston won the
first game today from Philadelphia
in ten innings, 4 to 3, when Lavender
issued two bases on balls, the second
forcing over the winning run. Phila
delphia staged a two-run rally in the
ninth- inning of the second game and
won, S to 3. Score, first rame:
PHILADELPHIA. BOSTON.
AD.H.O.A.E. AB.H.O.A.B.
ruiry.rf 4)110 Rehir.rf t 1 1 0 0
OM'vtlle.ea litis
IPowell.cf 4 4 1
K'tchy.lb t 1 11 -41 a
0 Smith. lb lets
flKelly.lf 4 8 1
flR'llnga.2b 4 0 1
OTgewer.o 1ST
Mejrera.c ISO
IBarnea,p 4 10
Kvera.lb 46
Morfc.ua 4 1 S
Pr-bultB.rf 4 1 1
Whtrd.lf 41
I.ud u..lb 4 1 11
N'hoff.lb 4 11
Alam,e I I i
O'chaer.p 1 S 1
Lav'der.p 9 S 0
'Tyler 0 0 t
Totala.35 121 IS rmapat'k 0 a 0
I 1
s s
i e
s s
s 1
o s
o o
GOELITZ IS NEW ALL AROUND CHAMPION Harry
Goelitz of the Chicago Athletic association is the new all
around champion. Goelitz won the amateur title by defeating
Avery, Brundage and others at the Amateur Athletic cham
pionship games at St. Louis. ; ; ' ' '.-'" t;
Evermlb I 1 1
C'vath.rt 0 0
Htock.ea 111
Srh'te.rfef 4 14
Wh'tod.lf 111
Lud'ua.lb 4 114
N'hoff.ib t 1 1
KtUlfer.o 4 1 4
Mayer.p 4 t 0
Bancroft S 0
Totali.. IS I 10 IS
Two out hn winning- run acored.
Batted for Traceaaer eighth.
Ran for Tylee In eighth.
Philadelphia 010010001 0 S
Boston 0 0 0 4 0 ( 1 1 1 14
Two-baa hits: Luderua. Dujey. Three-
aae hit: Kelly. Stolen bam: Maranrllle,
Doublo playa: Dua-ey to Luderoa, Kelly to
Konetcny. saaea on balla: orr Oeacha-er, l;
off Laender, 1. Hlta: Off Oeache-er. t In
three Innlnta; off Lavender, none In one.
third Innine-. Struck out: By Oeache-er, 1;
by Barnea, ir Umplrca: Rlgier and Brana-
fleld. Score, aecond same:
, PHILADELPHIA. BOSTON.
AB.H.O.A.B. AD.H.O.A.E
rrey,efSb 4 0 1 S SReMf.rf 4 110
4 SM'vllle.as 4 1 t I 0
0 OPowelUf S 0 1 0 0
4 (K'tchy.lb 4 1 S 1,0
annum, as a l
1 OKelly.lf 4 0 4 1
S 0Rllnga,!b 1011
4 OMeyera.e 10 110
1 OR'dolpb.p 1110 0
1 ONehf.p 10 0 10
0 0 -
T0UI1..IO T 11 13 i
" Totat..lll0171S 0
Batted for Ever In ninth. .
' Philadelphia, ..0 10 0 t I 0 0
Boaton 1 0 .0 1 10 0 01
Two-baa hit! Rehc. Three-bane hlta:
Hah-. Konetchy. Stolen baaea: Whltted,
Smith, Double playa: ; Kllltfer to Evera,
Mlehoff to Luderua, Rawllnga to Marenvllle
to Konetchy. Baaea an ball: Off Mayer,
S; off Budolph, 4. Hlta: Off Rudolph, 7
in flva and two-thlrda Innlnka; off Nehf, I
In threa and one-half lnnlna-e. Struck out:
By Mayer, S; by Rudolph, S; off Nehf, S.
.Umpires: Rlgley and Branefleld. ,
iYanks and Senators v
, Split Double-Header
Washington, Sept. 8. New York
. and Washington again 'split a double-
header today, the Yanks taking the
first game, 2 to 0, and Washington
-the second, 3 to 0. Caldwell pitched
in masterly form in the opening con-'
test and Ayers duplicated his per
formance in .winning for the locals.
Score, first game: ;
NEW YORK., WASHINGTON,
AB.H,O.A,B. -- AB.H.O.A.B.
, HlRh.tf 11 I I OM'oeky.lf 4 1 10 0
. Oiriey.rf . J 1 ( 0Bhtnhi.il I 0 S S 1
, P'k'gh.aa I 1 1 OMllan.cf 4 1 1 0 0
. -Itpp.lv .4 1 TOO Rlce.rf 10 10 0
U'deon.lb 4 1 I I OFoater.Jb 4 t 0 I 0
Baker.lb 4 1 1 1 OM'gan.tb 1 1 1 1 0
H'drlx.cf 1 1 S OL'narrt.lb 4 010 1
Uex'der.e 10 10 OA'amlth.o 10 4 10
'.'ald'll.P 4 1 I (Dumont.p 000
t- 'H. Milan 10
Totals. .11 I If T OOallla.p 1 0 0 4 0
Oharrity 1000
. - Craft,p 0 0 0 0 0
Tetali..H"llTl 1
Ratted for Doumont In third.
Batted for Gallia. In eighth.
New Tork,,. 4 10 1 S-l
Washington ...0 0 0 0 0 09
riouble play! Oallla to Shank to Leonard.
Base on balla: Off Dumont, S; oft Cald
well, 1; oft Oallla, I. Hits: Off Dumont,
4 In three innings; off Oallla, 1 In five In
nlngs; off Craft, 1 In one Inning. ' Struck
, out: By Gallia. 1: by Caldwell,-1: by Craft,
1. Umpires: Morlarlty . and O'Loughlln,
Score, second garnet
, NEW YORK, - WASHINGTON.
' ' , AB.H.O.A.J5, AB.H.O.A.1!.
Hlrh.lf 4 I I OHMllan.lf 4 1 4
Oll'ley.ft t t 0 I 08hank.aa I J I" 4 t
P'k'gh.sa '4 1 I 4 OC.MIlan.cf It II I
Plpp.lb I 114 Rlce.rf 1600
G'deon.ib I 1 1 I 0Fo.ter.8b 4 0 0.4
Baker.lb I It I lM'gan.lb 1 Oil t
H'drlx,cf 10 14 Qh'rlty.lb 1 1111
Alei'der.o I I I OA'smlth.o
Cullop.p 1 0 0 1 OAyres.p
B'mann I I 00 ...
tJhoektr.p Totals. . I ST 14
, r
..WW" I slip
...U&5& . JO? flu ...
Standing, oj Teams
WEST. LEAGUE,
, W.L.Pet.
Lincoln. ....IT 1..6
Omaha .... .15 II .MI
Hutchinson. IS 11 .631
Wichita ..Mlll.(ll
Joplln 14 11,011
Bt. Joseph... IS IS .t00
De Moines. IS 10.175
Denver
AMER. LEAGUE.
; . W.L.Pct.
Chicago ....SO 47 .057
Boston .....SO 10 .015
NAT." LEAGUE. "
W.L.Pct.
New "Tork... .1145. t
Philadelphia 71 1 .163
St. Loui....71 01.634
Cincinnati ..SSSS.S07
Chicago .,..171.40
Brooklyn ...CO IS .480
Boaton . 0 .449
.IT J .STOlPlttaburgh ,. .41 TO .121
AMER ASSN.
W.L.Pct
Indlanapolta 14 SO .00
St.' Paul. ...10 0 .671
114
tit i
Total. .IT 1 14 IS 1
J."
Batted for Cullop in atghth.
New York.;....
Waahlngton ... 1 11 I
Two-baa hitsf i High. Xyres, H. Milan.
Alnamlth. Double plays: Morgan to Ohar
rity, Foator to Oharrity to Shank. Baaea
on balla: Off Cullop. I: off Ayrea, I. Hlta:
Off Cullop, I In seven Innings; off Shocker,
none In on Inning. Struck out: By Cullop,
1; by Ayr, 4. Umpires; . O'Loughlln and
Morlartty. y , ...
Tigers and Browns Struggle
Nine Innings in Deadlock
. St Louis. Sept. 8. Detroit and St
Louis set. a season's record today
when they" played nine innings in one
. . . 1. . .
nour ana nve minutes, wun tne score
0 to 0. G)bb won for Detroit in the
twelfth when he tripled and scored
on Veach's sacrifice fly. Dauss held
St Louis to one hit in nine innings.
'Although Pratt and Lavan had filed
$50,000 damage suits against Owner
Ball for alleged slander, both were
in the lineup. Scoreu ; '
. DETROIT. ST. LOUIS.
, AB H.O.A.E. AB.H.O.A.B.
Buehois S I I ORloan.rf .1 1 t
l osmith.ir
0 OSlsler.lb S IT
(Prattlb SttS
SSeverld.e I 1 I 1 0
1 OJ'cbs'n.ef 4 I t
I 0J'nnon,3b 4 111
0Lavan.ss I 4,1 1
S OQroom.p , 4 11 1
Cleveland ..71 01 S41.Leulavlll .IS It .447
Detroit ....17 l tOllPnliirnhn. ...S III
Washington SI S .471 Milwaukee ..66 71.471
New Tork... 17 TO .4tllMlnneapolla lit .440
Bt. Louis.,,. St tl.S76lKansas City. 00 TT .41
Phlla. .... ..47 II .S67Toledo SI II .ITS
' f Yesterday's Results.
. . WESTERN LEAGUE,
Omaha. t; Pes . Moines, t. :v , .
Bt Joseph, 4; Lincoln, 1. , ,
Denver, j Hutchinson, T.
Joplln, I; Wlchlta, l. ' "-..
, NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Boaton, '4-1;' Philadelphia, l-l. "
Chicago,.!; Pittsburgh, I. ,
AMERICAN LEAGUE. ,
Cleveland.' ; Chicago, I. . . ,
Detroit, 1; St. Louis, 0.
.' New Tork, 1-0; Washington, 0-1.
', . AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. ' ' s
" Mlnneapollali Louisville, 1. - ''
Kanaaa City, 10-;. Columbus,' 4-6. : .r
Bt. Paul, 1; litdlanapolls, 0, . ' j
Milwaukee, 0-1; Toledo, 1-0.
'.. Cam Today, .. v
Western League De Moines at Omaha,
St Joseph at Lincoln, Hutchinson t Dan
ver, Joplln kt Wichita. .:.
National league St. Lou la at Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh at Chicago.
American' League Cleveland at Chicago,
Detroit at Bt. Louis. . . . ;
Dbbie's .NeW Jeam Starts :V -Practice
for Grid Season
The foot ball season has been open
ed in Detroit score of candidates
are trying for positions on the Univer
sity of Detroit eleven, which will be
coached this year by Gilmore Doble,
Dobie's record as a coach in the far
west was sensational and he is ex
pected to put the Detroit eleven on
the foot ball map this year. '. ,
Mack finds Rookie Has :
; Bad Habits and Fires Him
Pitcher Bacon has been' sent back to
Chattanooga by Manager Mack, of the
Athletics. "His habits did not meas
ure tip tJ my requirements," stated
Connie Mack, who -admitted that the
young man possessed major league
taients.1 . v .'..-'! : -
Vltt.lb I 1
Cobb.cf ' " S I S
V-ach.lf 4 11
H'llm'n.rf 6 0 1
. Burna.lb 4 1 10
Toung.ib 4 1 I
St'nage.o 4 11
Pauas.p 41
Totals.. 4 Tit II Totals. S I II IT 1
Detroit ......... 11
Bt. LauU. 00 0
Two-base hit: Stanage. Threa-baae hit:
Cobb. Double playa: SIIr to Lavan to
Staler; Groom to Lavan to Slater; Pratt to
Lavan to Sister; Young to Bush to burns;
Bush, to Burns. Baaea on balla: Oft Daitaa.
I. Struck out: By Dauee, 4; by Qroom, 1.
Umpires: Dloeen . and Htldebrand. ,
Cash-Registers to Meet
Central Furniture Team
7 The National Cash Registers "and
Central Furnitures will clash in
cost-season same at Carter lake to
day. Both teams were members of
the American league during the re
cent season and considerable rivalry
' exists. '.I'
Prettiest Mile Titular
. , Golf Play Is Postponed
The championship match play of
the 1'rettiest Mue Uolt club, sched
uled for today, has been postponed
on account of the opening of the city
championship tourney today. ,
Army Foot Ball Squad
Turns Out tor Practice
. Westport N. Y.r Sept. 8. The
- army foot ball squid," 150 strong.
turned out today lor us practice, l he
veteran players in the squad included
Oliphant Schrader, Knight, Rundell,
ilarch and Mokes, j .
WHITE SOX CLEAN
UP INHOME YARD
Win Thirty-Two sof 1 Forty
Four Games With Eastern
Clubs Played at Comis
' key Park. ",;
VOne big reason why the Chicago
White Sox are out in the front of
the American league pennant parade
s that the eastern clubs have been
jable to. make very little impression
on . the pale hosed warriors of Clar
ence Rowland in the games at Com
iskey park. Of the forty-four games
played by the teams from the eastern
half of the circuit at Chicago the
White Sox won ho less than thirty
two, this performance showing what
a powerful club Rowland has when it
is playing on the home lot. With such
big advantage in games won at
home it is not surprising that ; the
Sox can go along breaking even on
the road, and still be in first place. . '
Washington . has made the poorest
showing of the eastern clubs at
Comiskey park. Griffith's team can
make the going difficult for the White
Sox when they visit the capital, but
in Chicago the Sox have a habit of
walking rough shod over the Sena
tors. Just once this season has the
Washington team .scored a victory
in Chicago and against this lone tri
umph Jthe White Sox 'rolled up ten
victories.'1 " .;': :
The Yankees have done just a little
tetter but not enough to do ' any
cheering about. ;, Three games made
tip the Yankee's winning portion this
season at Chicago and the White Sox
carried "off the honors eight times.
Even the world's champion Red Sox
have nbt made what can be called a
creditable showing on the home
grounds of their rivals,' the series
standing seven games to four in favor
of ! the , Chicago club. The Athletics
were able to do as well as the Red
Sox and better than the other eastern
Clubs. - .. ...'"... . r . - ...is , .
Los Angeles Will Send N ?
n. C'Seaton Back to Chicago
V Pitcher Tom Seaton will be turned
back to the Chicago Cubs by the Los
Angeles team.1 j
WHITE SOX STEP ON
INDIANS IN THIRD
Chicago Gains One-Half Game
' on Boston, -Thus Leading
League by Six and "
sl a Half. -
Chicago, Sept. 8. Chicaf o put " all
its attacks in the third inning today,
and shut out Cleveland, 2 to 0. Cicotte
allowed the visitors only four scat
tered hits. As a result of today's vic
tory, Chicago gained one-half a game
on Boston and now is leading the
league by six and one-half games.
Boston was unable to play at Phila
delphia on account of rain. More
than 8,400 soldiers and sailors, were
guests of Comiskey, and each of the
eight military units were permitted
with base ball uniforms, with the
names "America" and "U. S. A." on
the shirts. Score:
CLEVELAND.. CHICAGO.
- AB.H.O.A.B. AB.H.O.MS.
Qraney.lf I I 0 0 OL'bold.rf 4 0 10 9
lMcM'ln.lb 1 1 I I O
OEC'llna.Jb I 1 S I 6
0 Jackson, If 4 110 0
OFelsch.cf I 0 I 0 0
OR'berir.ea I 0 1 I I
OSchalk.c 10 4 10
OCicotte.p 110 2 S
0
0 110 Totale..27 1 17 IS 1
0 0 0 0
10 0
0 0 v
Ch'p'an.aa I
Bpeak'r.cf 4
Roth.rf I
Smlth.rf
Harrls.lb
Evane,3b
Turner.lb
O'Nelll.e
Bairby.p -
W'bag'aa
Wood.p
Deberrjr
Total. .11 4 14 I 1 '
Batted for Bagbjr In eighth.
Batted for Turner tn ninth.
Cleveland ....0 0 0 0 0 -0 0
Chicago V.....0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 I
Two-baae hit:- Jackson, stolen base:
Schalk. Double play: Evana to Harrla.
Baaea on balla: Off Bagby, 4: by Cicotte.
1: bv Wood. 1. Hits: Off Bagby. S In
aeven innings; off Wood, none tn on In
ning. Struck out: By Cicotte, 4; by Bagby,
1; by wood, 1, Umpires: Evans and Jwen,
National Lawn Tennis Still
On Job; Myrick President
New York. Sept. 8.The National
Lawn Tennis association has an
nounced that while its plans for the
1918 season are naturally in an un
settled state, it will continue its ac
tivity so far as is possible under pre
vailing conditions. The association
omce in this city will be. maintained
next year and among the fixtures al
ready decided upon will be the tumor
boys tournaments, both sectional and
national. ' ' '
Julian S. Myrick, president of the
West Side club, has been named as
acting president of the association in
the absence at Plaftsburg of George
T. Adee. The executive committee re
fused to accept President Adee's res
ignation, which h presented before he
left for Flattsbursr. It dtd accent.
with regret, the resignation of Fred
erick C Colston of Baltimore as dele
gate for the middle Atlatnic section.
Pressure of rnilitarv duties mad ir
impossible for him to serve. Abner Y.
Leech, y jr., of Washington succeeds
Mr. Colston until the 1918 meeting.
Jopiin Scores Winning
' ; j Run in Eighth Frame
Wichita, Sept. 8. Cochran's dou
ble and steal of third in the eigth in
ning let Jopiin score the winning run
in a pitchers' battle today. Bofch
teams did fast fielding on a njaddy
field. Score: ' , '
- JOPLIN. WICHITA.
AB.H.O.A.B. i imtniK
Lamb.ss 4 1 11 1 Berger.a 4 0 110
C'hran.lb 111 1 OO'dwin.lb 4 1480
C'rllsle.lf 10 4 0 0 Coy.rf I 0 1 0 0
Meti.lb I 111 0 DMcB'de.If 1110 0
Monroe.o 4 0 4 1 0Jonea,lb 4 111 0 0
Davls.rt . I'O 1 0 ORobblns.o S 1 S 1 1
Burg, 2b 4 114 OTh'pson.tb 1 0 0 3 1
B kaw.cf 4 0 10 OMartlnl.cf 4 0 10 0
Sandera.p 10 0 1 oCIemons.p 10 14 0
Yaryan 1 00 0 0
Totals..ll 627 10 IKoeatner.p 0 0 0 0 0
TotaI:.ll litis"!
'BLtIM fnr rMfflftni In Aivhth
Toplln ........1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ft 1
Wichita ......0 0 0 1 0 0 0 01
Two-baae hits: Lamb, Cochran 1). Left
on baaea: Joplln, -6; Wichita, 7. Doubts
lay: Thompson to Berger to Goodwin to
ones.'' Stolen baa: Cochran. Sacrifice
hits: Meti, Dobbins. Basea on balls: Off
Bandera, I; off demons, I. Struck out: By
Clemons, J; by Sanders, 4; by Koeatner, S.
Hlta and earned runs: Off Clemons, S and
1 In eight innings; off Sanders, I and 1 In
nine Innings; off Koeetner.non and none In
one inning. wild pitch: Bandera. Time:
1:40. Umpire: Harrla. ,
Continue House Debate
4 )n Military Insurance
Washington. Sept 8.House de
bate on the administration's sailors'
and soldiers' insurance bill continued
today with the possibility of final ac
tion before the session ends tonight
The measure is . expected to pass in
virtually the form reported from com
mittee, despite minority attacks on its
optional insurance features. Repre
sentatives. Parker of New Jersey, Key
of Ohio and Campbell of Kansas are
leaders in the opposition.
NOTRE DAME COACH
STARTS WORK EARLY
Harper Arrives ; on Scene to
Pind'Thirty-Three of Last
Year's Athletes Serv .
- ingin Army. '
MaMaaaasaa (
Athletic Director' Jesse C. Harper
arrived at Notre Dame fresh and
ready for work after a two months'
stay on his ranch in western Kansas.
But Coach Harper is as mentally de
jected as physically fit for handling
the foot ball team for the fall 'cam
paign. The first day he recapitulated
his athletic material he found that
twenty-three' now are commissioned
officers in the. national army and at
least ten others have joined some
branch of the service.
.Tile coach is further worried bv the
demoralized schedule. The army
game, vjhich for four years has been
the big eastern attraction for Notre
Dame, is off following the suspension
of athletics at West Point. To fur
ther complicate matters. Haroer-re
ceived word of the cancelation of
the first game ol the season, "-scheduled
with Ripon college.
Green Team to Meet Badgers.
Ordinarily this would not mean so
much, but Notre Dame has only one
other game booked, and that with
Kalamazoo college, before meeting
Wisconsin, at Madison, in the first
game Notre Dame has ptlayed with,
a conference university in many years.
Ripon's cancelation means that Har
per's4 green team will have played
only sixty minutes of real foot ball
hefore going against the team that
promises to be the, strongest mate
rial in the "Big Ten."
Players known that will be on hand
at the beginning of the season are
far and few between. "Big Frank"
Rydzewski, the giant Chicagoan, who
has been the greatest center Notre
Dame ever had during the last two
seasons, will in all likelihood put in
an appearance. The only other reg
ular that Harper banks on is Jack
Meagher, diminutive end from Elgin,
who made a fine showing against Oli
phant in the West Point game a year
ago.
Players with Some Experience.
Ronchetti. Madigan, jGipp, Stine,
McGuire and Andrews are other men
with 6ome experience who will put
in an appearance.
. Practice starts on Csrtier field Sep
tember 15, simultaneously with the
beginning of foot ball drills on west
ern conference gridirons. ,
Salt Packers Pickle
, : Denver Town Bruins
Hutchinson, Kan., Sept. 8. A bat
ting ' rally brought Hutchinson five
runs in the eighth, enough to win the
third game of, the series from Den
ver, 7 to 6. Up to the eighth the Salt
Packers had scored only two runs,
both earned, yet without hits, the
three ' hits being scattered. In the
ninth Robertson pitched ' to Wuffli,
who hit a two-bagger and 'Graham
went in and won the game. Score:
JDENVER. s HUTCHINSON.
AB.H.O.A.B. ' AB.H.O.A.B.
ROUSCH LEADING NA
TIONAL LEAGUE The
Cincinnati star, is reasonably
sure of grabbing the honor
of being the leading bats
man of the National league
this year. Rousch is travel
ling a fast clip, around .34&V
and may better that figure
before' the season is over.
Wuffll.lb
Harta'l.lb 4
Kelehr,sa S
B'Jtcher.lf 4
Mllls.lb , 4
Barth'y.e 4
McCr'lcrf 4
Harfn.cf 4
Roojt.p 4
I IMcCabe.cf
I OBenson.lb I
1 OM'Crrn.Sb I
0 0DIHx,lf S
1 0 Shay.ss 4
1 0 Henry, lb I
1 0 Smlth.rf 4
0 OO'Brlen.c. 4
I 0Wrlght,p I
Robert'n.p 0 0
Totals IS IS li It IOrabam,p 0 0
Falk 1 1
0 10
10 0
2 0 0
0 0 0
1 0
S 0
0 0
1 0
S 0
o'o
0
0 0
: Total IS I IT S 0
Batted for Wright In eighth.
Denver ...... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0-A-S
Hutchinson .. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 S 7
. Two-baae hits: Henry, O'Brien. Falk, Mo-,
cormicK. sacrifice nits: Mccieltan, Henry.
Sacrifice tiles: Hartiell, McCIellan. Basea
on balla; Off Bonk, 6; off Wright, 1. Struck
out: By Book. I; by Wright, 8. Hits and
earned runs: Off Rook, t and 7 in nlna
Innings; off Wright, 14 and S In eight In
nings; off Robertson. 1 and none tn no In
ning; off Graham, none ami none tn ona In
fling. Left on baaea: Denver, (; Hutchinson,
. Doubl aplays: : Kelleher to Wuffli. Shay
to Henry. Stolen bases: Miller, McCabe.
Time: 1:10. Umpire: Shannon.
Kilbane to Be a Boxing
Instructor in the Armv
Johnny Kilbane, the featherweight
champion, and his manager, Jimmy
Dunn, regarded as one of the best
teachers of boxing in the country, are
to Serve in the athletic branch of the
army. "Joseph E. Raycroft of Prince
ton university and . formerly dt the
University of Chicago, in charge of
this department of the service, offered
them places and asked them to report
as soon as possible. .The champion
and Dunn will give boxing instruction.
: Oi'
LEONARD MAKES
FORTUNE IN RING
Lightweight Champ Has Col
lected Over Sixty Thousand
Sacks Since First of
the Year.
Three Killed When
Torpedo Destroys
British Steamer
An Atlantic Port, Sept. 8. News
of the destruction of the 8,492-ton
British steamship Turakina by a tor
peao trom a German submarine on
August 13 was brought here today by
Several members of its crew, who af
rived on an American passenger ship
from Great Britain.
The ship had but recently landed at
a British port a detachment of 1,200
New Zealand troops and was on its
way to Mew York to take a cargo of
on.
According to Charles West, refrig
erator engineer of the ship; three
members of the crew lost their lives
from the ; explosion of the torpedo.
The others, seventy-two in all, es
caped in lifeboats and were picked
up eignt nours later by a British de
stroyer. ' ,
The attack occurred about 180 miles
out, and although the Turakina was
armed, there was no chance to use
the guns, as the U-boat did not show
itself. The vessel was owned by the
New Zealand ShiDoine conmanv and
was built in 1902 at Newcastle, Eng-
iana. ,
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River road between Underwood and
Neola. While this stretch is passable,
it is not yet in good shape and will
be bad after a rain.t . , . '
The Austin-San Antonia Post rod
in Texas cost $239,000, and has
saved motorists $368,000 in, a single
year, through reduction of expendi
ture on tires, gas and oil. Motorists
and taxpayers down in Texas have
realized the economy of permanent
roads. :
A tourist asked a ranclier out in
Rock River Wyo., if he had any fresh
vegetables for dinner. "Nope," sighed
the rancher.-"the cat died and fh
garden went to pot." Out in that coun-
try mc Kopncrs are a pesi ana root
up everything. Cats watch the gardens
and kill the gophers. .
Des Moines, last week: established
three public: camp sites in its city
barKS lor the awnmmnrtation nf nvrr
land motor campers.
The George Washington National
Highway across south Dakota, from
Sioux Falls to Deadwood, is reported
by tourists to be in splendid shaoe.
and all well marked. A good short
cut to the Black Hills can be made
by running west - from Sioux City
through Yankton to Lake Andes, and
then north through Geddes and Bi
jou to Chamberlain, connecting with
the Washington there.
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The Pioneer Trail, harked with a
red Indian head, is one of the finest
Iowa roads and cuts off fifteen miles
between Council Bluffs and Corning,
connecting with the Blue Grass road
at the latter place. The Pioneer Trail
to Macedonia and then north to the
O. A. Short Line and back to the
Bluffs, is a good week-end run.
Since Sheriff Clark's campaign
against the glaring headlights, the per
cent of motorists with no dimmers
has be..i reduced from 80 per cent to
20 per cent. The club endorses
Sheriff Clark s work.
Here's a new club benefit. George
Jonaitis needed an innner tube, but
had no money with him. He was in
Underwood, la., and no one knew
him and he knew no one there. The
garage man finally accepted his mem
bership card as security and gave him
a tube. . ;""
Benny Leonard has earned $64,000
in the last year in the ring. When, ;
1916 burst upon the calendar Benny .
Leonard was just beginning to blos
som forth as a champidnship possi
bility. Since that time he has won,
tne lightweight title from Freddie
Welsh and, incidentally, has collected
a small fortune. .
Many a big business cannot show
gross receipts of $64,000 for one year,'
It serves to prove how a champion
ship can be commercialized as an "at
traction." Leonard has never .de manded
big guarantees, except in his
one big bout since winning the cham
pionship, when he knocked out John,
ny Kilbane at Philadelphia. Fori
that fight Leonard was guaranteed
$10,000, with a privilege of taking a
percentage of the gate receipts. The
receipts amounted to more than the :
ten thousand. He took $11,694 for .
that bout. Kilbane received the same
amotlnt. - Vt
That was the biggest purse Leonard ?
has received. Incidentally, it was the
largest purse that has ever been paid
for a six-round no-decision botijL r
Born on East Side.
Benny Leonard was born in the
lower east side, in New York on April '"
7, 1896, and began, boxing profes
sionally in January, 1912. It is fig-
ured that since he first earned any-
thing in the ring he has gathered -close
to $100,000 in purses.
When he knocked 6ut,( or rathet".
stopped, which is a technical knock-V
out, Freddy Welsh in nine rounds in y
the Manhattan Athletic club Leonard
received $3,854. Welsh had been of
fered $15,000 for a championship bout-,
with Leonard. Promoters in the west,
where twenty-round bouts to decis-J
ions are permissable, offered the thehk
champion of the lightweight division
that much, win, lose or draw, but.
Freddy was obdurate. He was con;
tent to go along fighting ten-round
bouts with no decisions. Few thought
when he signed articles to box Leon-"
ard that the Harlem boxer would
strip the Englishman of his light
weight crown. But he did. .
Fulfilled Contracts.
Since that time Leonard has lived .
up to several contracts for bouts in
which he has not received as much
as other champions. . It proved to th
public that Leonard was willing to
risk his title, even though he was not
getting big money for doing so. But ,
when the name of Johnny Kilbane
was mentioned, Leonard insisted upon
being guaranteed $10,000. At thatt
tim6 Kilbane was regarded as one
of the; leading contenders for the
lightweight championship. Leonard
figured that he -should be paid ac
cordingly. Kilbane figured likewise,
although the featherweight king had
everything to win and nothing to lose.
The result of that bout' is now his-:
tory. Leonard outclassed Kilbane'
from the start and eventually stopped
him in the third round, when Jimmy
Dunn, Kilbane's manager, threw, in a
towel, signifying defeat. , '
Unique Exhibition of
Closed Cars at Detroit V
To the Detroit motoring public was '
given the- privilege of attending the
mri.at lahnrat and nrtarntnr rr-:
monial ever staged in connection with '
tne introduction ot a new series or,
motor car models. y-.
The ftirasion iininn 5n mntnr rir
annals, was a magnificent talon of en
closed cars held in Arcadia, Detroit"
llfldfr ill ansnire rf tti Pjim.riiii
troit Motor Oar company. There have
been many automobile shows and
manv Mriihitinna hv da1rs hut-
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never before has an individual manu
facturer presented a new line of cars
in such a costly and spectacular man
ner as this salon which gave the pub
lic its-first view of the new Paisre
closed line. . : -
Arcadia is one of the largest audi-,"
toriums in Detroit and is used prin- .
cioallv for svmohonv orchestra and
other concerts. This great building,
was taken over by the Paige company1
for two days and two nights. The?
best interior decorators and floristsf
in the city were given free reign to
transform the creat hall into a hnwer .
of loveliness. . ' s ).
A large orchestra was hired to pro
vide music, snprial attendants worn1
engaged and as a final touch every
wuman visiting me saton was pre
sented with a
American Beauty rose, a fitting synw.v
bol of the car on exhibition. V.)
ihe entire auditorium was given up
to the exhibition of ahont
so each car had ample space in which k
io display its beauty to good advas).-;
'The Paiffe salnn w nnt mjnirr.J '
as an ordinary automobile show. Th -s
various cars, concealed in red, white
and blue bunting, were, unveiled witfi"
ceremonious impressiveness, apd the
effect, with, the setting given them,
was theatrical and stunning. :
Omaha Real Estate Bdard 0
Objects to. Water Main Tax ;
Fifty cents per front foot as a water
main tax does not always satisfy the ,
Water board of the Metropolitan
Water district of Omaha. Additions
have frequently been platted which
the board would not serve with wer
at this figure. Complaints have Dent
frequent, and the latest complaint
comes from C G. Carlberg, who has :"
platted an addition in the southwest
part of the city, He found that when
i wa te5 water mains laid the board
asked $1.75 per front foot as a tax to -pay
for laying of mains to give water
service. He attempted to compro
mise, but the board stood pat , ,
t At the weekly meeting of the Oma
ha Real Estate boanl he complained
bitterly about the treatment he had
received.' As many other real estate
companies reported similar experi-1
ences, a committee was appointed to &
investigate and report advisable steps
to take, in the matter.
Former Yankee Recruit ? P
Going Great at Newark
Bob McGraw, one of the youngsters
tried out by Bill Donovan at Macon
last spring, gives promise of develop- ;
lnST into a real mtrHinir ctar . T-f. i'i .-
doing good work for the Newark club. . '
