Ieds Omaha Sunday Bee
8 OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY. 28, 1918.
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JACK DEIFSEY - KNOCKS
. ... . ra
OUT
FRED' FULTON
tin
!
CLAIMANT TO RING
TITLE GOES DOWN
IN FIRST ROUND
Minnesota Plasterer Goes Down for Count in Seconds
After Fight Starts; Fails to Land Single plow;
Right to Jaw Ends Battle in Hurry.
Harrison Park, Newark, N. J., July 27. Jack Dempsey,
of Salt Lake City, knocked out Fred Fulton, claimant of the
heavy-weight championship, with a right hook to the jaw in
the first round here tonight.
Dempsey, rushing' from his corner, landed a right swing
under Fulton's heart, following up with a left hook to the body
in the first round. Fulton seemed to be lost as to Svhat to do
against the sudden onslaught, and Dempsey kept boring in and
at close quarters Fultfl's long arms went wildly over Demp
sey's head. Dempsey stepped back about a-foot and quickly
hooked his left to the head and crossed his right to the jaw,
sending Fulton down helplessly to the floor of the ring with his
head hanging over the, lower rope. Fulton tried to raise him
self on his right arm, but his head fell over the lower rope and
he was counted out in this position. The official time of the
actual fighting was 2,3 seconds.
Both men, stripped, looked to be in the pink of condition.
Fulton's weight was given as 208 pounds and Dempsey's as 188
pounds. i. v "
Fulton did not land a blow on his opponent, who ronfident
ly asserted before he went into the ring that he would knock
out the big plasterer from Rochester, Minn., in short order.
There was icsrcely a sound from
the big crowd of spectator when the
referee began counting the seconds
over the prostrate man. Fulton tried
fneectually to raise his head ad body
with his right arm as a lever, but
as the count progressed his head fell
back again almost over the side of
the ring floor. There he lay until
; Eckhardt told the seconds, after
which Fulton's seconds actually
..''dragged their man to his corner.
Dempsey in the meanwhile was
' easily the most composed man in the
ring or the arena. He walked over
to Fulton's corner and took the big
- fellow by the hand, but Fulton was
too faiti to talk coherently and
: seemingly was unable to realize what
had happened in such a brief space
of tim
. Short Time Battle.
fT The actual tim that the one-sided
fight pasted was 23 seconds and
v Dempsey had won the right to the
world's heavyweight title in .case
Jess Willard relinquishes claitn'to it,
in exactly 33 seconds. -
Dempsey turned the scales at 188
pounds and Fulton- was 20 pounds
heavier. -Dempsey" says he is going
west next week to resume his trade
, at shipbuilding and will not fight in
, the ring again until the war is ended.
Moving pictures of the contest were
taken and they will be presented to
the government for the amusement
of the United States soldiers and
. tailors at home and abroad.
' Willard Will Fight Dempsey.
Lawrence, Kan., July 27. "I'd like
Id fight Dempsey," was the first com
meht of Jess Willard, heavyweight
champion; when" he learned the out
come of the Dempsey-Fulton fight at
Newark tonight
"Just as soon as the war is over I
am going to take on Dempsey, or
any other claimant. I have not re
tired from the ring, and I have no
intention of. doing anything of the
sort.
. .San Francisco Woman
, , 'Swimmer MakQS Record
, , Alameda, , Cal., - July 27. Frances
' Cowles of San Fjancisco clipped one-
fifth of a second from the women's
world swimming record for 25 yards
r at Neptune beach here today, making
i the distance iff 12 4-5 seconds. Ger
trude Arttlt of Philadelphia and Doro
.thy Burns of San Francisco tied for
second, and on the swim-off Miss Art
elt won, her time being 13 1-5 seconds.
The world's record in this event
formerly was held jointly byMiss
t Artelt and Miss Cowles.
Miss . Cowles also established a
new American record for the 50-yards
straight-away. Her time was 29 4-5
: seconds. -
Canavan Makes New Record
.-For Course at Elmwood Park
Jimmy Canavan, assistant to Char
lie Johnston at Happy Hollow,
marked up a new record for the 18
hole course at Elmwood park last
week.
Canavan shot the course in 74.
Dan McCabe held the former record,
75.
Canavan was playing with Dan
McCabe, Lyle Gilmore and Ray
Shields when he established the
recdrd. He played each nine in 37.
Out t l t t 4 S 4 4 4 ST
to f S4SS44SS 437
Roy Platz Weds Before He
. Answers Summons to Army
Roy Plate, former Omaha high and
Creighton athlete, was married to
Jliss Helen AVatts of Corning, la.,
just before he, left Omaha for Camp
Dodge to answer the call to the col
ors last week.
Platz was one of Omaha's best
known athletes. He was a gridiron
sta at Omaha high and later at
Creighton. He also was a basket
ball player of note at the high school
and Creighton and with Omaha ama
teur teams, tie also was a promi
nent amateur fcase ball player.
The youn. couple stopped at the
r onteneue " i. ,
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JAPANESE TO BE 1
CONTENDERS FOR
TENNIS TITLE
Lawn Tennis Singles Cham
pionship Stands Good
Chance to Take Trip to
Far East.
V BV JACK VEIOCK.
New York, July 27. The National
fawn tennis' singles title stands a good
chance of taking a trip to the far east.
Tennis fans were impressed with
this fact recently when it was an
nounced here 'that Iohiya Kumagae,
the greatest of Japanese tennis play
ers, was about to return to the
United States in time to compete in
the championship singles this j fall..
Kumagae, who is employed by a
Tokio bauking firm, has been trans
ferred to the New York branch of the
firth, and his coming means that the
few available stars who will be pre
pared to make an effort to keep the
kitle in this country will have their
I i j (i .i - ft '
canas luu u me urieniai nasn ae
cides to enter the annual event, which
he undoubtedly will.
Sensation in 1916.
, In 1916. Kumagae created a sensa
tion in this country. He defeated
such stars as William M. Johnston,
termer national champion; Peck Grif
fin, E. P. Lamed, Nat Niles and many
others who at that time were among
the foremost pfayers on this Side of
the water. -
Kumagae, therefore, will find a scat
tered few to oppose his march to new
triumphs on the courts of this coun
try, tor today there is not a man
among the "first ten" of 1916 who is
not in the service with the army or
navy, with the exception of the Jap
anese player himself. w
With this fact in view, tennis'critics
lean to the belief that he twill have
a comparatively easy time winning the
national title, for reports from Japan
say that he -has teen playing as bril
liantly as ever. It is, considered that
one player who may have a chance
with the Tap is William Tilden, 2d,
of Philadelphia, who recently won the
national clay courts championship at
Chicago. ' , '
Aside from Tilden, who is a player
of great experience, there is only a
crop of youngsters who have gradu
ated trom the junior qiass, among
them Harold . Throckmorton and
Chuck Garland. ,l ; , . -
Omaha Boy Who Will Race
In Motor Car Event Here
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R. G. Dashbach, who will be among
the motor demons whd will race in !
the automobile classic at the Benson
fair grounds next.Siinday, is an Oma
ha boy. " ' ,v; I -
He was born and educated in Oma
ha and entered the automobile game
here "by taking1 uf employment in a
local garage. . .' ". , ;
For several years Dashbach . was
Barney Oldfield's mechanician! -.He
was Barney's mechanical expert and
he won considerable fame for his luc-
.. ' '. ' '.1.
Two of Dirt Track Speed Demons who are
Entered in Races in Omaha . Next Sunday
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DOYLE'S FUMBLE
DEPRIVES GIANTS
OFLEADAND GAME
Pirates Capture Opener in New
York Series; Brooklyn and
St. Louis Split Double
Header.
New York, July 27. Pittsburgh de
feated New York in the opening game
of the series here today, 8 to 4. The
Pirates scored five runs in the sev
enth inning after Doyle fumbled a
ball which should have resulted in
the third out. Score:
PITTSBURGH NEW -YORK
AB.H.O.A.B. ABH.O.A.E.
Kllan.H S S S t OBurna.cf 4 13 0 0
Hlgbct,lf 4 1 0 OYoung.rf 4
Carecf S 1 1 0 OFletchr.s 4
Bwrlh.rf IIS 0Doyl,!b 4
0 9
1 t
1 0
2 IS
1 1
S 0
0 3
0 0
0 0
0 0
Chaw,3b (III JZman.lb
MwlUlb S0S1 lWHolt.lt
McKch.Sb I I I I QSktni.Sb
SehmdU 4 111 OMcCar.o
Mlller.p I I t 1 fimree,p
Otock.p 0,0 0 1 0 Thorpe,
flrhupp.p
Totalt 14 SIT 14 I'Rarlden
10 0
I Total! it I 27 IS 2
, Batta for Demaree In aeventh.
Batted for Schupp In nlntb.
PltUbumh H M Q l i o
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 l v
Two-bna hlta: Elian, Zimmerman. Homo
run: Cutahaw. tolen baaea: Cutihaw. Carey.
Sacrifice hlta: Miller. Blgbee. Double play:
Boyle, Flatcher, Zimmerman. Lett on baaea:
Mew Tork, 7: Plttaburgh, . Flrat base on
errora. New Tork, l: Jlttaburgn, j.
on balla: Off Demaree, 2; off Schupp. 1. off
Miller, L Hlta: Off Demaree, In aeven
lnnln: off Schupp, none In two Innlngi;
off Miller, I In aeven Innlnga; nona out In
eighth; off Comatock, none In two innlnga.
Hit by pitched oan: My uemaren nun;.
by Miller (Young). Struck out: By scnupp,
1, winning pucneri Minor. i.ia f'"""'
Demaree.
Biz Double Playt tn Gam,
nmnkiva. Jdl 27. Brooklyn and St.
Ioula broke ayn In today'a double header.
The locale won the flrat, I to o, aiiar
pltchera' duel between Roberteon and Doak.
Th ma w.a featured by alx double
4laya, of which the vlaltora made four. The
rennd (urn enaea 22 10 1 in vor i
Carding". - flcorea:
Flrat game:
, R. H. B.
81. Lou la ..,....." 90
Brooklyn 010001 x 2 I 1
Batterloa Doak and Gonaalea; Roberteon
an M. Wheat . )
Seoond same: ,
' B. H. K.
St. Loul 1110471 1 S2 2 1
Brooklyn 00000120 7 11 I
Batterlea 8-dell. Ueadowa and Oon
aalea; Heltman, Orlmea and M. Wheat.
Cincinnati Taket Two.
Philadelphia. July 27 Cincinnati had
little , trouble beatlnr Philadelphia twice
today, 14 4o I and I to 0. In the flrat
game the Reda atola eight baaea, four of
them In the flrat Inning. Scorea:
Flrat game:
, R. H. B.
Cincinnati .... 10221 C44 20 0
Fhtladtphla . . 0 2 9 0 fi 1 t 12 1
Batterlea Ring and Wlngo, Allan; Wat-
ion and Adama. ' .
Baeond gamt: - .
R H B
Cincinnati 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 I 7 2
Philadelphia . , 0 0 0 0 0 0 OO 4 2
Batteries Regan and Wlngo; Prander
gaat and Burna. 'Adama. '
Cuba Outplay Brave.
Boalon, July 27. Vaughn held Boaton
to four hlta, all alnglea, today, and Chica
go5 won, 7 to 1. With two out In the first
Inning, , J. L. Smith made a bad throw to
Konetctty and four runa acored,' Score:
' R. H. E
Chicago 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 07 11, 2
Boaton 00001000 01 4
' Batterlea Vaughn and Klllefer; Rudolph,
George and Wllaon, Henry.
.0B
cess in keeping Barney's mounts in
condition.-,.' - . -, -
Dashbach ' is known all over the
gasoline circuit as "ChafTpie , Dash."
He has raced on practically ever
track in America, both speedway and
dirt." . i : v . ... , -
The car Chaooie is to drive here is
jhe one Eddie Rickenbacker piloted
in (heOntaha races of 1916. It is a
io-vaive Maxwell. Kick turned the
car over to Chappie with the pro
vision that 25 per cent of the car's
earnings be turned over to some war
fund. .. - -. '
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FARMER HENDERSON.
JOHN BOYD.
Farmer Henderson of San Francisco
and John Boyd, the millionaire kid
of Tulsa. Okla.. are two ff the' driv
ers entered in the dirt track races
which will be held at the Douglas
county fair grounds opposite Krug
park, next Sunday.
Henderson will drive his huge 290
horsepower Fiat submarine. 'Pro
moters of the races are trying to
schedule a clash between Henderson
in his Fiat and R. Burr Lampkin,
who drives the 300 4iorsepowetr Benz
with which the late Bob Burman
negotiated the fastest mile in history.
The Fiat had a mark of a mile in 27
sec6nds and the Benz in 25 seconds.
John Boyd drives his own 12-
cylinder Packard. It is specially con
structed for dirt track racing, having
a wheel base of only 104 inches. Boyd
drives for the love of the game as he
is endowed with a superabundance of
worldly wealth. A strike in the Okla.
homa oil fields made him a rich man
So now he goes in for racing for some
thing to occupy his mind. '
NEW SWIMMING
STAR LOOMING
AS SENSATION
Clark Leach, 18-Year-OId
Aquatic Expert of Hamil-
ton Club of Chicago
Much Improved
News comes from Chicago that
Clark Leach, the 18-year-old aquatic
star pf the Hamilton club, is expected
by Windy City experts to make his
mark in the field of competition this
summer.
It will not be surprising, for' the
lad has already given proof of unus
ual ability. Indeed, he caused a small
sensation when he, made his debut last
January, for he selected for his first
race the 440-yard Central A. A. U.
championship, and secured third place
closely pressing Bud Wallen and Per
ry McGillivray, two national holders,
who took first and second.
Since then Leach has added tapidly
to his laurels. His six months of
activity have brought him a "number of
trophies, including first prize in the
national-100-yard junior event, third
in the Central A. A. U. 880-yard senior
swim and others in open contests.
The lad's most amazing feat was
performed in the national 440-yard
relay championship, held in a 60-foot
pool, when he was caught unofficial
ly in his allotted century in 54 3-4
seconds, or within 3-5 of a second of
the worlds, time for the condttions.
fn other pools he has ieen credited
with doing the distance between 55
and 56 seconds, and he is said to be
improving steadily under the guid
ance of John Behr, the Hamilton club
coach, so his performances in ths 1 n
portant outdoor meetswill be watched
with keen interest ,
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Collegian Playing With
. ' v Syracuse Caught in Act
Snooks Dowd, the young collegian,
who-has been playing with Syracuse,
starting in under the name of Brady,
may decide now to continue in the
game as a professional since his iden
tity has been disclosed. Both New
York Athletics and Yankees made him
offers, in the early spring, but he re
fused to go out then. His home is
at Springfield, JI ass.
Amateur Games Today
CREATES OMAHA LEAGUE.
Krajlcaka against Armoura, Luiua park.
1:10 p. m.
Holmes' White Rox against MurphT-Dld-Ita,
itolmea park 1:30 p. m.
.. &. B. Uetcalfa agalnat Beaellna, -Athletic
park, Csuncll Blirtfs.
INDEPENDENT GAMES
Central Furniture Store aftalnat Alpha
Camp, W. O. W., Thirty-second and Dawey.
S:S0 p. m. i
National Cash Regtitera aralnst Nebraska
Starafra Battery, Rlvarvlaar park, 1:58 P. m.
Union Outfitting Co. against Somebody,
Elmwood park, east diamond, t:S0 p. m.
PAIR OF HITS IN ,
TENTH CARRIES
INDIANS OVER TOP
I
Washington, Cleveland, Boston
and Philadelphia Win Sat
urday Games in Amer
ican League.
i
Cleveland, July 27. A double by
Johnston and' a single by Turner in
the 10th inning gave Cleveland the
deciding run in a 7 to 6 victory over
New York today. Score:
CLEVELAND. NEW TORK.
AB.H.O.A.E. AB.H.O.A.E.
4 13 0 OLamar.cf 3 110 0
Oraney.lf
Cpman.ss
Spaker.cf
Roth.rf
Wood,2b
Jhnstn.lb
Turner.Sb
O'Nelll.0
Bagby.p
Brnnan.p
Coumbe.p
Farmer
Evana
S S
1 4
2 1
1 1
1 13
1 1
0 1
t 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
1 0
OCldwell.rf 3 0 10
OGUhley.rf 10 2 0
0Baker,3b 4 10 0
2 Pratt, 2b4 1 3 3
0Pratt,2b 4 13 8
OBodle.K 6 2 3 0
OPeck.aa S 1 2 10
OHannah.e 3 2 3 2
OPneran.p 0 0 0 0
OThorlen.p 3 10 0
OMrldge.p 2 10 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Totala 37 1228 15 0
Total 38 13 30 22 3
One out when winning run scored.
Batted for Bagby in sixth.
Batted (or Brennan In ninth.
New Tork 3 10100100 0
Cleveland 1 00101012 17
Two-base hlta: Lamar. Thnrmahlen.
Johnston. Three-base hlta: Bodle, Wood,
Evana, Chapman. Sacrifice hits: Hannah,
Hyatt Sacrifice fly: Pratt. Double plays:
Hyatt to Hannah to Pratt; Pecklnpaugh
to Pratt to Hyatt; Pratt to Pecklnpaugh
to Hyatt. Left on bases: New Tork, 0;
Cleveland, S. First base on errors; New
Tork, 2. Bases on balls: Off Flnneran, 1;
off Thormahlen, 2; off Bagby, 1; off Bren
nan, 8; off Coumbe, 1. Hits: Off Flnneran,
1 In no Inning, pitched (o two batters In
first inning; off Thbrmahlen, t in alx in
nings off Mogrldge, 6 In three and one
third Innlnga; off Bagby, 8 in six Innings;
off Brennan, 3 In three Innings; oft Coumbe,
1 in one Inning. Hit by pitched ball: By
Thormahlen (O'Neill, 2). Struck out: By
Thormahlen, 1; by Bagby, 1. Winning
pitcher: Coumbe. Losing - pitcher: Mo
grldge. ' Washington Wins Third Straight. "'
St, Louis, July 27. Washington's timely
hitting coupled with wlldneas of three St.
Louis pitchers enabled the capital city
team to take the third atralght game from
the locals. Score:
. R.H.E,
Waahlngton. 01003000 0 3 6 1
St. Louis. ..0 0000001 01 5 2
Batterlea: MattesoiKand AInsworth; Dav
enport, Bennett, McCabe, Lelfleld and Sev
ered. Bed Sox Win.
Chicago, July 27. Boston drove Snellen
back oft the mound In a aeventh inning
rally today, took the lead away from Chi
cago and won, 8 to 4. The score:
R.H.E.
Boston ...3 0.0 000021 08 10 2
Chicago ..2 00001010 04 10 1
Batteries: Bush and Agnew and Schang;
Shellenbeck, Danforth and Sehalk,
Athletics Win at Detroit.
Detroit, July 27. Philadelphia bunched
hits In the first and ninth Innings today
and defated Detroit, 5 to 3. The score:
R.H.E.
Philadelphia 30000000 2 S 0 0
Detroit 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03 8 3
Batterlea: Watson and McAvoy; James
and Stanage.
Milliken is Medalist. in
Golf Play at Field Club
Harvey Milliken was medalist in
an 18-hole handicap medal play match,
eight to qualify, at the Omaha Field
club yesterday.
Milhken's score of 87-17-70 won the
prize donated by Father Gluba.
Pick to Join Cubs.
San Francisco, July 27. Charley
Pick, captain of the San Francisco
team of the Pacific Coast league, has
been sold to the Chicago Nationals
for $5,000, it was announced here to
night Pick will leave tomorrow
and will join the Cubs in New York.
Every Move Has Meaning; When
Chance Tugs
Every move has a meaning, re
marked a barker oc(e in announcing
a more or less hotejd oriental dancer.
This pplies to big league managers
and ball players, too, according to the
story told recently by Larry Cheney
in the course of a ftinning bee.
"When I first came into the big
league in 1909;" began Larry, "as a
member of the famous old Cub ma
chine I soon learned that there were
some things that I was supposed to
do without getting verbal orders from
Frank Chance. One of these duties
was to know when to warm up. I
was sitting on the bench one day
when one of our southpaws Was being
touched up preUy lively, when Brown,
who was sitting alongside of me, be
gan to nudge me.
" 'Go ahead, kid, don't sit there like
dummy,' snapped Brownie after
a while.
'"Go ahead where?' I asked, puz
zled. "'Go ahead there,' answered the
three-fingered marvel, pettishly, and
Standing of Teams
AMER. LEAGUE. I
NATL
AGUE.
W.L.Pct.
59 31 .886
68 24 .622
46 42 .623
41 47 .466
41 47 .466
40 62.436
38 48.437
37 66 .398
W.L.Pct.
Boaton . . . .56 36 ,609Ch!caV .
Cleveland . .62 42 .633New Tork
Washington 60 41 .549 Pittsburgh
New York .46 43,.523IIPhlladal'ia
Chicago ...41 48 ,46lCinclnnatl
St. Loula ...40 49 .449Boston ...
Detroit 38 51 .427 Brooklyn .
Phlladel'ta 37 61 .420St. Loula . .
j Yesterday's Results.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Plttaburgh, 8; New Tork, 4.
St. Loula, 0-22; Brooklyn. 2-7.
Cincinnati, 14-3; Philadelphia, 6-0
Chicago, 7; Boston, 1.
AMERICA LEAGUE. '
New Tork, 6; Cleveland, 7.
Washington, 3; St. Louis, 1.
Boston, 6;. Chicago, 4.
Philadelphia 6; Detroit, 3.
Games Today.
American league; Washington at St.
Louis; Philadelphia at Detroit; New Tork
at Cleveland; Boston at Chicago.
National league: Open date.
JAKCSON SLUGS'
PILL AT 300 CLIP
FOR EIGHT YEARS
Shoeless Joe, Now a Bomb
proof Shipbuilder, One of
Most Consistent Hitters
in Base Ball,
When Joe Jackson left the White
Sox to become a shipbuilder, after
being placed in class 1A of the army
draft, he surprised a good many pa
triotic fans.
Byt no matter why Joe left the Sox
so suddenly, the fact remains that as
a ball player with a punch at the bat
he was always a bearcat in the major
leagues.
Tyrus Cobb hi only .240 in 40
games with Detroit his first year up.
That wa3 it 1905. Since that time
Cobb has never been below the .300
mark in 11 years of healthy clubbing
at the craftiest pitching in the big
leagues. And Cobb promises to go
on and on.
Rival of Cobb's.
Yet with all of Cobb's great record,
this Jackson person loo led up as a
worthy rival for the great Georgian,
for Jackson started at a .300 clip when
he first broke in as a fielder with the
Cleveland Indians brxk in 1910, and
though he played but 20 games that
season, having been called back from
New Orleans by Philadelphia and
traded to Cleveland for Briscoe Lord,
he hammered the globule to the tune
of .387.
From the beginning of the season
of 1911 until August 21, 1915, Jackson
was a member of the Cleveland club,
and the ."gures show thac he hit like
a pile driver. His best batting aver
age was piled up in 1911, when he fin
ished the1 season clubbing at a y!08
clip, and the same year Cobb hit .420
and beat him out in the hottest race
for a batting championship that has
ever been staged in the American
league.
Natural Hitter.
Jackson is a natural ,hitter and a
consistent, though not a flashy, fielder
He is fast and he just naturally goes
out and gets 'em with at the s!.ow or
the c.Tort that makes the work' of
many fielders look brilliant.
His loss to the White Sox was a
hard blow, but Jackson made the blow
a little harder to bear bj leaving the
club with the avowed intention of
enlisting as a shipbuilder.
Here is his record in the clubbing
annals of the American league:
1910 Cleveland A. L 387
1911 Cleveland A. L 408
1911 Cleveland A. L 395
1913 Cleveland A. L 373
1914 Cleveland A. L 338
1916 Cleveland A. L 332
1916 Chicago A. L 241
1917 Chlcaso A. L .301
Avsrage for eight years. 369.6
Evers "Bone Hunting" in
Army Camps; Finds Talent
Johnny Evers, preliminary to go
ing to France to help boost base ball
over there, has been visiting several
of the army camps at home. As a re
sult he declares that he never real
ized there is so much budding base
ball talent. He says base ball in the
camps is developing players who are
destined to star as professionals aft
er the war and he thinks the major
league club owners are making a mis
take by not sending their scouts
through the camps to sign some of
. . - .1-1 - . 1-U 1.: r.
sth$se young athletes now in khaki, for
use after they have finished their pres
ent work,-of course. Evers says some
of the boys never heard of who are
playing with army teams right now
look better than many a so-called star
in the major leagues-
at ap, Look Out!
he pointed out to the bull pen. 'Don't
you see Chance tugging on his ap?"
' Later I learned that whenever a
pitcher's pitching upset Qmnce's
Equanimity, he. had a habit of pulling
his cap nervously. All older mem
bers of the team knew it, and who
ever was slated for relief duty never
waited for anything else, but ambled
out to the old bull pen.
"Now, when Johnny Evers was
manager it was not a cap-pulling sig
nal that we got. It was -a spit Just
as soon as Johnny would start to spit
we knew that there would be a change
in the pitchers for us. One day while
pitching there was but one umpire
working-nd, as usual in those cases,
he was behind the pitcher. I experi
enced a real bad inning and things
were breaking bad in the next, when I
heard the umpire's voice saying, 'Bet
ter look out, Larry, Johnny's starting
to spitf That was enough. I hitched
up my trousers, took an extra cud and
managed to pitch myself through the
game."
TOMMY MURPHY
HAS BIG DAY IN
GRAND CIRCUIT
Wins 2:18 Trot With Selah
Baird, 2:14 Trot With Ante
Guy and 2:13 Pace v
With The Problem.
Toledo, O., July 27. Driver Tom
my Murphy had a big day here today,
winning three of the four races on the
getaway card of the Toledo Grand
Circuit meeting. He piloted Selah '
Baird, a winner in ttte 2:18 trot, won
the 2:14 trot with Ante Guy and took
the 2:13 pace behind The Problem.
It was the second time during the
week that Murphy had driven both
Ante Guy and the Problem winners
in a race.
Dick McMahon with Hal Boy won,
the second and third heats in the
2:04 pace, losing the first to Valen- j
tine with Baxter Lou. that was driven !
in 2:02J4 for a new record for
the chestnut gelding.
In the first heat of the 2-13 pace
Murphy with The Problem, Irwin
with Baron Wood and Wellwood be
hind Baron Chan collided, on .' the
back stretch and all three narrowly .
escaped serious injury. Irwin, who
was driving for A. J. Matthews kf
Mount Clemens, Mich., was hurt so
badly that he was compelled to re-"
tire. Baron Chan was withdrawn, but
Murphy come back ,,with The Prob
lem and won the next two heats and
the race. ,
Driver McMahon behind Eva Bi
gen, was placed fourth in the secrind
heat of the 2:14 trot and after an ar
gument with the judges was suspend-,
ed for ten days. McMahon claimed
he fiinished third. The judges late f
tonight announced that the suspension
on McMahon had been lifteH
Summaries: '
3:18 trot, second division purse 31,000.
Selah Baird, Murphy 1 1 2
Zomidotte, McDonald 3 4 1
Ebony Todd, Ray 6 f. (
Miss Peter Gilbert, Shlvely 4 3 J
Prince Vincent, Valentine 3 6 T
Also started: Sillock. ,
Time: 2:084: 2:1055: S:06H.
2:04 pace, purse $1,000.
Hal Boy, McMahon
Baxter Lou, Valentine ....if I
reter Q Snow ,
Jay Mack, Cox
Time: 2:04"4; 2:034; 2:04K.
2:14 trot, purse $1,000.
Ante Guy, Murphy ,
Jack K, Gray ,
..3
..4
Eva BlngeeL McMahon 7 4 t
Minnie Arthur, SnoV g 6 3
Brownie Watts, Rodney 3 g
Also started: Blackburn Watts, Del Jolla,
J. W., and Mary Ward.
Time: 2:09; 2:08; 2:07 14.
2:13 pace, purse $1,000.
The Problem, Murphy
Tramp Quick, Shlvely
Flora A, Valentine
Miss Cubs Clay, Snow ,
Lord Seymour, Cares '.
10 1 1
.1 2
.2 3 3
.3 8 10
4 7
Also atarted: Hlchlnnri T.aai. u ikv.v
Prlnoe, Baron Wood, Charley M, The Weed,
Baron Chan.
Time: 3:07; 2:064; 2:0614.
Harry Grebe of U. S. Navy
Outboxes McGoorty of Army
Chicago, July 27. Harry Grebe of
the navy was awarded a decision on
points over Eddie McGoorty of the
national army at the end of their
10-round bout at Fort Sheridan late
this afternoon.
By virtue of the victory, Grebe-becomes
middleweight champion Vif the
army And navy, 4
Grebe carried the battle to Mc
Goorty all the way. He got away
to a slow Starr and rnrvt v.l i:j
punches from his more experienced!
uuuenr. oeiore ne nit his stride. In
the third round, hnwuvar ' x
Grebe's right hand swings closed Mc
Goorty's left eye and from thaYtime
the outcome never was in doubt. "
At the final bell, Grebe apparently
was as fresh as when he started, but
McGoorty was plainly exhausted by
his efforts in avoiding the navy
fighter's swings. .
Thirty-five hundred people, the
majority officers and enlisted men
from the army and navy, witnessed
the bout.
Grebe is one of the 'boxing instruct
tors at, the Great Lakes navak train
ing station. McGoorty, a corporal in
the national army, is boxing instruc- J
tor at Camp Grant. Rftckford, 111. -
No World's Series Tnfs Fall, "
Declares National Leader'
Salisbury Beach, Mass., July 27 "I -do
not think any world series will be -played
this year," said John K. Tener
president of the national base ball
league discussing today Secretary of
War Baker s decision that the 4,work
or fight rules would not-apply to
professional base ball players until
September 1. Mr. 'Tener was at his
summer home hefe. l
Tener also expressed the opinion
that the major Jeagues would not
continue base ball after September 1
'Our league will fill in with 'such"
players as we can objain, but it is
doubtful if we can go on after Sep
tember 1. League action, however,
may be. necessary to determine this." .
He thought that Secretary Baker's
decision indicated that the govern
ment wished to encourage the contin
uance of professional base ball, but
wanted now to enlist all the man
power of the country in war work. ,
Everybody connected with the Na
tional league," he added, "will obey
the spirit as well as the letter of the ;
decision.
Morrison Wins' Pitching,
And Putting Golf Contest'
A pitching and putting contest at
the Happy Hollow club yesterday was
won by R. IV. Morrison.
The players took three balls and
pitched them into the circus ring from
a position 75 yards distant, a tennis
net being strung at the top of the
ring - to insure of all . balls being
pitched. Morrison and J?. M. Garrett
each earned a score of nine and Mor
rison won on the replay.
Prizes for thje winner and runner-
up were presented by E. O. Hamil
ton. , , "
Next Saturday the qualifying round
for the club champion will be played!
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