THE BEE: OfaAHA, - SUNDAY, AUGUST ..7, ,1921.
Grand American Handicap Is True Test of Skill in the Trapshooting World
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Star Amateur Pitcher
Champs Often
Outshot hy an
Unknown Crack
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Title Shoot This Month
Brings Great Field To Be
Held at Lake Shore
Country Club. .:
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The Great American handicap, blue
ribbon event of the trapshooting
world, which at
tracts entries from
the most remote
arts of the coun-
ry. will be held
over the traps of the
South Shore Coun
try club of Chicago,
August 22 to 27, in
clusive. The 'event 'is
unique, because it, is
lot always the best
shQtiji who win, Jpx
perifcVwho .' have-:
faced the traps
. ,., strong favorites
havV either - fallen
i,, d.owh' miserably or
have been beaten in tbe shoot-offs
of ties. Shots of international prom
inence, such as Jay Graham, who re
cently turned professional: Mark
Arie" and Frank-Troeh never havel
won the highest honor in the amateur
trapshooting world. . .
Distance Ii Big Handicap.
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sis-v'KK-'ir
sideration ,tha the -stars . generally
are placed on the 22 and 2J-yarrt
marks,, it is little wonder they turn
in scorc"that are topped. The ma
jority of' Grand American winners
have shot from distances under 20
yards, while only three have been vic
tors fiW the 20-yard or ' better
mark. u V . . , ,
In this event the contestants shoot
at 100 targets from distane.es rang-'
ing from- 16. to 23 yards., ..Siiicoihc
first event was held, back in T900,
only one expert has registered a per
fect score. V In 1910, when the shoot
was held in Chicago, Riley Thomp
son, an unheralded contestant, reg
istered .a perfect score f worn, the 19
yard rise. ,- ' . .
Rollo Ileikes, still a conspicuous
figure at all Grand Americans, has
the distinction of winning the first
blue ribbon event. In 1900, the year
in which the Grand American was
born, Hcikes won with a score of .91,
from 22, yards. In 1914 Wooltoik
Henderson shot from the same yard
age and,-tufned in a score of 98,
which is the- best from this distance.
Improves With Age.
In 1905, when the tourney was held
at Indianapolis, R. R. Barber
smashed 99 clay targets fromt6
yards, .' Harve Dixon turned in a
99 from" 20 yards at the classic at
Columbus in 1911. J. F. Wulf had
,1 similar score at St. Louis in 1916,
when he shot from 19 yards.
That a trapshooter improves wjth
age was shown last year at Cleve
land, where Al L. Ivins of Red
Bank, N. J., won the coveted honor
by breaking 99 targets from 19 yards..
On the day the event was held, Ivins
celebrated his fifty-second birthday.
Ivins was the sixth shot to win from
19 vards.
The new rule adopted by the A.
T. A., which makes it imperative for
every contestant to shoot at 1,000
registered targets, before receiving
consideration from the handicap
committee, has led to more practice
shooting. Exceptional scores have
been made, which goes to show that
expert work should feature the event.
Any shot .who has not urea at me
required number of targets will be
i 'ced on the 20-yard mark.
Entries, together with the handi
caps, will be announced one week in
advance of the opening day cf the
tourney.
Leonard Matched
With Jack Britton
Benny May Meet Welter
weight King Two Weeks'
After Tendler Bout.
Group of Notable Horses Emerges
As Year's Racing Stars on Turf
Bee Sport Album- Denny Ryan
Amateur fans, are you acquainted
with this, "smiling youngster?"
If not, let's introduce him to you.
He is Clarence "Smiling" Smith, the
17-year-old pitching ace of the Amcr-
,.,L 1 s. .n;-t ictn. (Llass Ji) league, ;-,W.hC has. set
.Sr.,'! 'rrirthe- league 'on fir-Witn his hurting
this season. 'It Was Smith's remark
able pitching through the season that
placed the K. of C. Columbias in a
tie for first place honors in the loop
with the Dold Packing Co. and the
Big "H" Hardware.
It was also this star hurler who
last Sunday was responsible for the
Columbia' coppirtg- both games of
thedoublc-header'.in he fight for the
American Jpop championship Smith
pitched jjie-, first ganie against , the
Dold Pickers and vyent into the sec-;
ondfray with the score S to 0 against
liim in the" initial frame. The Co
lumbias defeated the Hardware men
in the second game.
..' Smith,' ..who pitched for tbe Town-
sitfd' 'Gifti Co. last season and also.
captained and hurled for theCreigh
ton High school base ball team this
season, is slated to go up in faster
company next season, according to
reports.
He will endeavor to send back the
Dold. Packers again Sunday after
noon when , he will be on the firing
line 'for, the K. C.'s in the second
gam in tire double-header, to de
termine the: championship "of the
'American loop at Fort Omaha.
Former Winners of Grand American
The number of good 2-year-olds
just beginning to show form, and the
return to the turf
of Purchase, a
handicap horse of
prowess, is taken
by turf fans of
the east as a sure
indication of a
great windup to a
successful racing
season. '
It is such horses
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a. Man ft war . .... .
Purchase, Exterminator and Grey
Lag that keep interest in the thor
oughbred alive. Everybody with a
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Mrs. Bundy in
Fine Comeback
To Tennis Fame
Year. Name. Held at. - . r': v ' Yaros.
1900r-R. Q. Heikes, Interstate Park,N. Y..... C...22,-,
1901 E. G Griffith. Interstate Park, N. Y 19 '
1902 Charles Floyd, Interstate Park, N. Y 18 "
1903 M. Diefcnderfer, Kansas City, Mo 16
1904 R. D. Guptill, Indianapolis, Ind 19
1905 R. R. Barber, Indianapolis, Ind 16
1906- F.'E. Rogers, Indianapolis, Ind , 17 ,
1907 J. J. Blanks, Chicago, 111 17
1908 Fred Harlow, Columbus, O ; 16 1
1909 Fred Shattuck, Chicago, III 18
1910 Riley Thompson, Chicago, 111 ; 19 i
1911 Harve Dixon, Columbus, O
1912 W. E. Phillips, Springfield, 111
1913 M. S. Hootman. Davton. O
,39f4 Wdolfolk Henderson, Dayton. O....;
1915 L. B. Clarke, Chicago, 111
1916 J. F. Wulf, St. Louis, Mo.....
1917 C. Larson, Chicago, 111
19-18 John .D. Henry, Chicago, . Ill
1919 G. W. Lorimer, Chicago, 111....;...
1920- r-Albert Li Ivins, Cleveland,- O
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....19
....17
....22
....18
....19
...,19
....16
....18
....19
score.
,91
95
94
94
96
99
94
96
92
96
100
-s
97
98
96
99
, 98
97
93
, : 99
English Angry Because Hutchison
Says He Is No Longer a Scot
New York, Aug. 6. (Special.)--.
In addition to the bout with Lew
Tendler in Philadelphia on the night
of August 12, Benny Leonard, light
weight champion of the world, is
practically matched to box Jack Brit
ton, world welterweight title-holder,
two weeks later or perhaps on Labor
day. Billy Gibson, who looks after
Leonard's business affairs, said that
the match with Britton would be
clinched within a few days, as the
welterweight champion is eager to
get inside of the ropes with the
lightweight king.
Britton boxed 12 rounds with the
rugged Mickey Walker in Newark
a couple weeks ago and, in the opin
ion of competent judges, was bested
on points; although Walker was
knocked down in the first round. -by
a hard punch in the body. Britton,
however, intends to be at the top
of his form when he meets Leonard
for he already has started careful
training.
Leonard will make 135 pounds at
2 p. m. for Tendler and probably
will as?ree to let Britton come in at
145 pounds if Jack asks for that
lmit. The Leonard-Tendler scrap
is considered one of the most at
tractive ever arranged by a Phila
delphia club and may draw $150,000
at the gate.
Dave Driscoll, the New Jersey
promoter, will stage the Leonard
Britton - bout cither in Jersey City
or at; Ebbets Ficldi 'Brooklyn. $
Syracuse Worried Over '
' Return of Sprint Star
Thomas A. Keane, Veteran track
coach t - Syracuse university, is
anxiously awaiting the decision; of
Allen W'oodring whether he will re
enter the university this fall. Wood
ring early' in. ..the .sprjng: announced
his decision- to enter the . American
School- of Osteopalhy,sat Kirksville,
Mo., in the fall and' to 'give up the
minim? game. . 4
London, Aug. 6. (Special.) A
correspondent oi the Observer says
that certain observations made -by
"Jock" Hutchison when taking leave
of these shores cannot go unchal
lenged, because, firstly, they are a
wholly untrue representation of the
lacts'. and, sceondly. they are un
dignified and ungracious in character.
.Coming from a less distinguished
golfer than Hutchison, who has
taken the British open championship
cup to America for the first time in
its history, the views that he ex
pressed on .certain .aspects of the
game in this country would have
been contemptuously ignored. But
an open champion's idea on golf,
even if they appear i?htastic; and un
real, are entitled to some measure of
consideration. With the British
trophy in his possession, and recog
nizing fully all that it signifies,
Hutchison lays emphasis on the
point that he wishes it to be under
stood that he is no longer a Scots
man, but an American citizen.
No, it is necessary to examine the
facts in order to obta'n a proper real
ization of the situation. Hutchison,
was born in St. Andrews, in 1885, of
Scottish parents, his father being a
fisherman. At the age of 18, having
teen a caddie and, subsequently, a
clubmaker in Forgah'a shop, Hutchi
son decided to emigrate to America,
where the game was then, more or
less, in its infancy. The boom in
eolf in the states had just com
menced and Hutchison rode in on the
crest of the wave. Scottish golfers
are always welcomed in America
150 players from Carnoustie alone
have gone to the . states in recent
years and Hutchison quickly
climbed the fadder of fame.
The foundation of Hutchison's
fame was laid i on , the classic Old
Courseat St., Andrews, where as a
boy he trod them barefooted, and
later as a licensed caddie" carried
clubs- for such distinguished golfers
as Mr. John Low, Captain Cecil
Hutchison, Mr. Linksill. Mr. Leslie
Balfour-Melville, Mr. Blackwcll and
International Golf
Tourney at London
London, Aug. 6. The contest for
the golf trophy, which is open to the
British Isles, Australia with , New
Zealing, British South Africa, Can
ada, India, Sweden and Norway and
the United States, has been arranged
to take place at the.. National links.
Long Island, on September 3 and
following days. ' The regulations pro
vide that aftef the initial tournament
this year all preliminary and chal
lenge rounds shall be held in the
country holding the cup, the wirt
ners to be known as the "champion
nation."
Germany to Hold Olympic
V Feitiral in Berlin in 19?2
Germany' will hold an Olympic fes
tival in Berlin next year.
others. As a youth, when money
was scarce and difficult to obtain,
Hutchison was given every encour
agement to develop his natural
ability for the playing of the game,
In these circumstances one would
have thought that Hutchison would
have been proud of his lineaee. oroud
of his beloved links, to which he had
returned a prince among his fellows,
and proud of the fact that on this
hallowed spot, where his aged par
ents sun nve, ne naa achieved the
triumph of a lifetime.
Not a bit of it. Apparently he is
anxious to observe the fact that he
is a native of St. Andrews, and also
that the British championship has
been won by a Scotsman who has
since become ah American by sign
ing naturalization papers. In his case
we must take it that the adage,
"Blood is thicker than water," is a
false one. Greater and lesser Scots
men than he have journeyed to the
far corners -of the earth, but the
flame of national sentiment that is in
them has always burned fiercely. It
is a characteristic of the Scot, in
whatever part of the globe you meet
him, to find love of country deep
and. unquenchable.
Hoppe Ready To
Meet All Comers
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Manager Will Post Many Iron
Men on Winner-Take
All Basis.
New York, Aug. 6. (Special.) In
reply to the published story that
Jacob Schaefer and Edouard Hore
mans, the Belgian player, were seek
ing a billiard match with Champion
Willie Hoppe, but had not elicited a
reply from the titleh'older, R. B. Ben
jamin, manager of Hoppe, stated the
terms upon vfhich Hoppe will meet
any challenger.
I will be prepared to post a for
feit, of from $5,000 to $20,000 to bind
a match between sctiaeter or wore-
mans and Hoppe for anything from
one point to 5,000 'in 18.2 balkline;"
said Benjamin. 'This carries with
it tbe stipulation that the winner take
all. The match can be played any
time following the annual champion
ship tournament which will be played
in Chicago during the third week in
November.
"For several months there have
been intimations that Hoppe would
not meet Horemans or other chal
lengers in a match for his. title. I
want to put an end to the notion that
Hoppe will' not defend the champion
ship. He is not only willing to de
fend it, but he is willing to play fpr
big stakes on the basis of the win
ner take all. If his challengers or
their backers are. sincere they need
wait no longer Jo close terms for .a.
match. The terms are simple and 1
am ready to post the money."
Mother of Four Kiddies
Startles East by Dashing
Play on Courts in Big
' v Tourneys.
Unlike the many who try and meet
with failure. May Sutton Bundy has
"come back."
" Our gran dr
mothers proved
to the world
they could both
play croquet
and keep house.
Mrs. Bundy is
proving to the
world that she
can play tennis
and at the same
time manage a
household i
which are four
kiddies.
During the
last two weeks a
-slender, sprite- (mart k. dbowSb
like; girlish fig-Witnni
urc, with fluffy t?iL
bobbed hair and
deep blue eyes, has shot across the
tennis courts of the east. This was
Mrs. Bundy, who has been accom
panied in her eastern tour by that
other, famous California woman star,
Miss Mary K. Browne, likewise
executing a comeback.
In Mrs. Thomas C. Bundy, who
has filed her entry for the important
tournaments preliminary to the na
tional women's championship, the
gallery sees once more Miss May
Sutton, the world s best woman ten
nis player of 15 years ago.
More Girlish Than Ever.
May Sutton Bundy is the same
May Sutton of old. She is the same
and yet different. For in the inter
vening years since the courts of the
east first made the acquaintance of
her terrific topspin, Mrs. Bundy,
now 32 years old, has lost at least
20 pounds and at the same time has
acquired a certain girlish graceful
ness that was not hers before..
And the New York galleries which
watched her advance to the finals in
the recent New York state tourney,
in which she- met her friend of years.
Miss Browne, could hardly get used
to Mrs. Bundy's married name. To
them she was the same "May Sut
ton" of the wondrous tennis skill of
1909.
Nathan and Tommy and Dorothy
May and Billy the latter the young
est and 18 months old are four per
fectly good reasons why Mrs. Bundy
hopes that she will make good. She
says so herself.
"Comes Back" to See Suzanne.
"But iust how did you happen to
decide to come back after all of these
15 years?" she was asked at the New
York hotel where she is stopping.
She hesitated a moment, making a
adorable little figure in shimmering
bright yellow silk.
"I wanted a change, and a new
sensation," she said finally. "And
I did want to see Mile, isuzanne
Lenglen just awfully. I think she
is a marvel. It just came over me
when I heard of her that I simply
must see her play. I could not stay
away.
And I don t like being domestic
very much, anyhow. I like the out-of-doors
too well for that.
Gibbons Family
After Two Titles
Brpthers Back Each Other
Mike Is Confident of
Lightweight Crown.
New York, Aug. 6. (Special.)
Evidently the Gibbons clan, Tom
and Mike, are out to nail a cham
pionship for the family. Tom, who
is matched to box Carpentier for the
light-heavyweight title and who feels
sure that he will stop the trench-
man in quicker time than Dcmpsey
did. announces that he will add $5,000
of his own money to Brother Mike's
$10,000 that Mike "stops Johnny
Wilson in five -rounds, or lose that
amount."
This $15,QO0 is indeed a neat in
ducement for the middleweight
champion. Mike and Tom will box
together from today on.
Gene Tunney and Marty Burke are
at last to meet each other. ' This
time it looks as though they will
finally clash. On six different occa
sions these two big fellows were
paired off against each other, but
now the decks are cleared, and they
will come together on a date not
yet named.
fondness for a good horse wants to
see. such as these in action against
their, kind.
Purchase a Great Horse.
When great beauty, form, perfec
tion of coloring and magnificence
of physical condition are found in
the same horse, as in the case of
Purchase, he commands the admira
tion of those who love the beautiful
in nature as weir as those whose;
tastes run to the more material
things of racing.
The presence of Purchase among
the field of stars in . the Saratoga
meeting has stimulated both inter
est and attendance at., the eastern
classic. This Rancocas stable entry
is only one of a group, however,
which includes such four-footed
speedsters as Grey Lag, Mad Hat
ter, Cirrus, Lucullite, and Thunder
clap.
Plenty of Competition.
The Rancocas entry has found
foemen worthy p.f their steel in Yel
low Hand, the most improved horse
in:, training; Exterminator, the no
blest Roman of them, all; Best Pal
and Black Servant; the hopes of
Kentucky, Audacious, a fleet and
eame son of Star Shoot: The Porter,
a .Wonderful little horse when'jdst'
right, and 'Boniface, one of the iront
horses of the turr. '
Besides these, tbe eastern meet
ings this season have been featuring
Gnome, a superb individual and a
horse of attainments, as all who saw
his face ,'vith Sir,.Ba"rtoii at this point
last yeai must admit; Donhkcona, a
beautifully bred 4-year-old, whose
sulking proclivities dull his promise;
John P. Grier and Upset, speed mar
vels in the highest senses of the
term, and Lanius, a fine Irish horse
who legs have never matched his
heart. '
The hope is held that the best of
the 3-year-olds will appear ' in the
Saratoga; cup, at a mile and three
quarters, on the closing day of the
Saratoga meeting, which will last
through August.
Babe Adams May
Twirl in Series
Veteran Won Three Contests
For Pirates in 1909
World's Series.
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BORN in Tipperary, Ireland,
Deny Ryan arrived in the
United . States in 1901, at the
age. of . 16,. and almost immediately
became , the , principal . topic of the
sporting page of Hartford, 'Conn.,
because, of his athletic prowess'.'
Young Ryan joined the Y. M. C.
A. at Har(ford and within a year He
was making, new records. His time
for the. quarter, half-mite and mile
runs has never been lowered "by the
local spike-shoe artists of Hartford
or Philadelphia.
While in the east Denny 'had oc
casion to enter a 26-mile marathon,
finishing seventh in a field of runners
of national fame. The hardest' half
mile gallop of Ryan's career was
reeled off at Bridgeport, Conn., where
Shepard, of Olympic fame, and a fel
lqw,frcm. Yale were the only ones to
break the tape ahead of him. ,
Dertny took second honors in the
annual all-'round athletic , games ' of
Connecticut in 1910.
During his stay in the east, foot
ball, running, basket ball, hand ball,
wrestling' and boxing were- all mas
tered by Denny, and when he arrived
in Omaha in 1912, he jumped into
prominence, in athletics immediately,
winning the hand ball championship
from Chester Lynn, the welter and
middleweight wrestling champion
ships and taking the annual cross.
country 'jaunt. Then he played basket
ball, volley ball and everything else,
too. . .. .-,
When . the Omaha Atheltic club
was organized- Denny Ryan was the
logical candidate for coach. Three
years of work with the Knights of
Columbus iu running the K. C. huts
at Fort Omaha and Fort Crook
ripened Denny for. the position he
now holds,, coach of athletics at , the
Omaha-Athletic club. . , . ,
. Denny believes that every human
being sluld take up soniei form of
athletics. And if swimming were
made compulsory, . Denny argues,
there wouldn't be near as many
deaths from drowning.
More than 100 medals adorn the
walls of Penny's-den, proving that
he is an athlete of sterling worth.
And Denny boasts to say that al
though he has boxed and, wrestled
many professionals,, he has never ac
cepted money for laying anyone flat,
although the greatest pleasure he
gets is in teaching youngsters the
rudiments of the art of self-defense.
Major Loop Moguls Give Knockers
Many Chances For Flings at Sport
New York, Aug. 6. (Special.)
Twelvt years ago Babe Adams, then
a colt, suddenly became famous by
pitching the Pirates into three vic
tories over the Detroit Tigers in
the world's series. Adams, now 38
years old, may have an opportunity
to repeat his memorable triumph of
1909. He is in splendid shape tc take
a ' regular turn in. the box- ,for the
rest of the campaign. Manager Gib
son refuses to make predictions, but
it is known that he is banking heav
ily on Adams and Cooper to carry
the Pittsburgh team into the Octo
ber world s series.
" Adams began his base ball career
when he was 19 years old with the
Parsons team of the Missouri-Kan
sas league. He was drafted by the
Cardinals, who soon released him
to Denver. Then he was purchased
by the Pirates, who farmed him to
Louisville in 1908. He pitched great
ball for the Pittsburgh team from
1909 to 1916, when waivers were ob
tained and he was sent to the St.
Joseph team of the Western league,
but he failed to report and finally
joined the Kansas City team in 1918.
Adams regained his former skill
in Kansas City and the Pirates re-
engaeed him, a wise move consider
ing the great work he has done for
them ever since.
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Amos Rusie, Pitcher
for Giants 25 Years
Ago, Has 'Come Back'
New York, Aug. 6. Amos
Rusie, star pitcher for the New
York Giants 25 years ago, has
come back.
Not as a ball player, but as as
sistant superintendent of the Polo
graunds. Rusie put in his appear
ance yesterday and saw his first
league game in 20 years.. The
post was created for him. by Man
ager McGraw of the Giants, and
Rusie came from Oregon to fill it.
"Yes, things have changed con
siderably since then," Rusie admit
ted. "In the old days the Polo
grounds stands were wooden af
fairs, not nearly so large as the
steel ones now. The L trains
were drawn by steam engines then
and there was not any subway.
Instead of taxicabs the sports used
hansom cabs. But it's the same
old game."
Once more the lack of sportsman
ship in professional base ball has been
demonstrated . t o
the dissatisfaction
of the public.and
to the edification of
fans " devoted to
other sports, who
long have main
tained that "the
diamond pastime
ranks lower than
any other, major
sport in the matter f
ot sportsmanship,
The spectacle of
Clark Gnrhth, one
of,-, the -owners Of
the rWashington American league
clubr'stagmg a farcical game on a
rain-soaked diamond against the
White Sox, wrecked by the absence
of the' few players of quality left on
the team, was the limit, plus a- lot.
The Chicago outfit, riddled by the
scandal of 1919, was weak enough
anyway, and when several of its reg
ulars were compelled to absent them
selves from the road to testify in
the scandal case before the Cook
county grand jury, in. Chicago, the
remnants were too hopelessly weak
to beat even a semi-pro team.
Every Reason for Postponement
Knowing this it would have been
the part of a. sportsman to consent
to postpone the two remaining
games of the Sox series in Washing
ton, as there was plenty of chance
to double them up later on. This
would have been the impulse of a
real sport under the conditions, no
matter if the weather had been the
finest and the chances for attendance
good. "
But Griffith insisted on playing a
game after a storm had soaked his
ball field, when he has been notorious
in the past for calling off games on
the slightest provocation, for the sake
of forcing double-headers later on.
But that was when he stood only an
even chance to win a game.
Against that bunch of White Sox
bench warmers there wasn't a chance
for Griffith's team to lose, and so he
took a mean advantage to win, al
though even the weather man tried
to keep him from blackening his rec
ord as a sportsman.
Tries Same Stunt Next Day.
The following day Griffith tried to
win another game in the same way,
but this time the weather bureau
made it impossible, but did not save
any of Griffith's reputation.
So long as professional base ball is
conducted along these lines it will be
possible for the devotees of;; -other,
sports to point the finger of scorn at
the "nation's pastime." 'They are try-.-;
ing to convict eight members of the
White Sox team for throwing . the
world's series of 1919, as this is be
ing written. The club owners must
raise their own ideas of sport before
they, can call those players "Black
Sox."
tvasion ot the national agree
ment, and the rules governing the
title to ball players' services, has
been going on for years. Evasion of
every rule in the playing code and
in the relations .of club owners and
leagues has been attempted for more
than a score of years, by players,
managers and promoters. It has
been considered legitimate to do any
thing if they could get get by with
it with the umpires, or with the na
tional commissioners.
Scribe Barred from Park.
Recently a member of the Base
Ball Writers' association was barred
from the Boston American league
grounds because his criticisms of the
Red Sox got under the hide of the
club "owners. That writer was giv
en no chance to answer charges
which should have been preferred
against him to the directors of the
writers' association, who control its
membership.
Unless . the promoters of profes
sional base ball soon wake up to the
fact they must charisre their whole
ideas of sportsmanship and cater to
sportsmen instead of running a coin
collecting business, they will wake
up too late, and find the tremendous
asset of newspaper publicity which
has been given them gratis for
years, will be lost to them.
Herman Promises
Bout to Lynch
Pete to Attempt to Get Match
With Featherweight
King.
Tendler Is Only
Boxer With Hope ,
To Upset Benny
Gets His Big Chance in Bout
for Lightweight Crown
in Philadelphia
Friday.
Another world's championship tilt
(they arc becoming quite common
these warm sum
mer days) is on
the card for next
Friday and with
trie wi8i"K w it
the City of
Brotherly Love
hops to the pugi
listic "big time"
once more. This
time Benny Leo
nard, world's
lightweight
champion, is
called upon to
defend his title
lew tehdler against the only
.,UrWCw! Cha' bov. m the ,ight-
weight ranks
who is conceded a chance to de
throne him. That boy is Lew Ten
dler of Philadelphia.., ,
For no less than two years pro
moters, big and small, in all sections
of the country, have been trying to
"hook" this match, because Leonard
as titleholder was going along in
variably knocking over the boy
who were sent against him, while
Tendler. who is one of those sou'oaw
battlers, also was cleaning tip the
competitive crowd in masterful st; le.
Neither Knows Defeat
In this time neither has suffered a
trimming. The worst that happened
to Tendler was a tough and rather
even quarrel with -Sailor Freedman
of Chicago. Early in that contest
Tendler broke his right thumb and
damaged a finger on his sou'paw.
No excuses were offered by Ten
dler for' his showing against the
sailor, but the fact that he was out
of the game for nearly four months
after that contest is plenty of evi
dence that his alibi 'wasn't manufac
tured. During his lay-off Tendler
submitted to a couple of operations,
having the damaged finger sawed
off at the first joint, while a large
piece of splintered bone was re
moved from his right mitt.
Tendler's hands are strong again,
and as he is youthful, he's at his
best for his supreme test next Fri
day. Each Asks Big Money.
Promotor Taylor didn't find it
easy to sign Leonard and Tendler,
because both demanded a huge pull
at the box office swag. But being
a good business man, he made terni3
which were acceptable and didn t let
it get away. That's the reason these
two lightweights are going to battle
in the Philadelphia National league
base ball park next Friday.
With what has been happening to
i .' . .....l.,. .l.n fol
lows who follow this glove-wiclditlg
game are beginning to wonder if
Leonard is due for an upset. Ben
jamin of course, will enter the ring
favorite over Tendler, but betting
odds don't decide battles, as has
been often demonstrated in recent
years.
The most recent happenings we
refer to were the dethronement of
Champion Joe Lynch by Pete Her
man, and the lambasting that Mid
dleweight Champion Johnny Wil
son suffered in the encounter with
Brvan Downey at Cleveland, which
ended in one of those disgraceful
jams.
Johnson-Wills Go
To Be at Denver
Tris Speaker Likely To
Of Base Ball After This Season
Drop Out
Simmy Hurrls, manager of Danny
Frush, who Is matchad to flaht Johnny
Kilhane 11 rounds to a declalon at Cleve
land September II, aenda Word that the
articles have been finally signed hy both
parties. In order to get Kllbnni to agree
to the match many obstacles had to be
overcome. Johnny la receiving a guar
antee of $e0,000, with a privilege of 60
per cent"of the" grows receipts. -H -wMl
he allowed to come in at catch weights,
while Frush must weigh 128 pounds.
New York, Aug. 6. (Special.)
John B. Foster, the former secretary
of the Giants, says that if the Cleve
lands fail to win the championship
this year it may cost Tris Speaker a
chance to retire from base ball. Last
tall, when the world series games
were being played in Cleveland, a
very excited man rushed into the
business office of a well-known
Cleveland taxpayer one forenoon and
between gasps blurted out, "D'je hear
the news? Speaker is going to quit
the Indians."
For a moment every one in the
room was nonplussed, thinking that
Soeaker was about to decline to go
cn with the world series and some
wondering whether more trouble for
base ball had broken loose, because
there had been a lot of ugly talk in
a quiet way about some things in
connection with the Kport.
"I don't mean right this minute,"
faid the excited Cleveland fan. I
mean when the big games are over.
He says he won t play base ball any
more. 1 got this straignt irom one
of Jim Dunn's cronies and I know it's
true. Speaker is titcd of. playing
ball and wants to get into something
else."
At that moment, with the world
scries on the Cleveland's base ball
future looking brighter than. it, had
tor years, the mere tact tnat tnc
popular manager might sdme day
wish to get out of base ball was
enough to turn Cleveland upside
down. Folks were a little hysterical
between having a championship team
and seeing a world championship
about to drop at their feet.
Speaker didn't quit, although he
did say that he would like to get out
of base ball and probably told Jim
Dunn that he would. At least that
was the impression all over Cleveland
and conditions are about the same
as they were.
Now'lhe story has been revived
again. Jt is said that he is worn
out trying to win' a second cham
pionship in .succession and that he
has hinted that he may drop out of
the game as an active player when
this season is over,
New York, Aug. C.-'-tSpecial.)
Pete Herman of New Orleans, who
won back his title of bantamweight
champion by getting -the judge's de
cision over Joe Lynch, the champion,
in their 15-round battle at Ebbets
field, Brooklyn, has agreed to give
Lynch a return : battle within a
month, two months or at any time
that Lynch makes, a- demand for it
and a club is willing to stage the
contest. After the bout Herman
and Lynch met in the dressing room
and Herman, grabbing Lynches hand,
said: "Joe, you gave me a chance to
get back my title and I am going to
give yog -the, same chance.. 1 mean
that and will live up to my promise. '
Herman's plans are now to see if
he can't win the featherweight title
held by-Johnny Kflbane. -.He is con
fident he can win this honor, too, if
Johnny gives him the chance, but it
must be-in a bout to a referee's de
rision no no-decision battle for
Pete. '. ;
New York Shooter
Is First to Enter
Big Grand American
For ,the third successive year A.
P. Bennett, one of the foremost
shooters of the New York Athletic
club, gained the distinction of being
the first rtr.1pshot in North Ameriaa.
to enter-the Grand American handi
cap. Bennett is a veteran shot and
each year tries conclusions with the
best that this country," Canada and
the Canal Zone can turn out at the
Grand American, which is the world
series of trapshooting.
The Grand American will be
staged on the grounds of tlje South
Shore Country club, Chicago, and
entries will close with Stoncy Mc
I.inn, secretary of the American
Trapshooting association, 460 Fourth
avenue, New York, on August 6.
It is predicted that this Orand
American will be the greatest ever
held in many ways and that the at
tendance will surpass all previous
records. Secretary McLinn stated
today that he looked for 1,000 entries
in the trapshooting classic.
New York, Aug. 6. (Special.)
Jsck Johnson will meet Harry Wills
frvr the colored heavyweight cham
pionship in Denver, Colo., on Labor
day. This contest will pave the way
for a world's heavyweight cham
pionship encounter between Wills
and Jack Dempsey. Few pugilistic
experts will concede the veteran
Johnson a chance against the clever
and hard hitting Wills. Harry will
enter.'the contest against Jack almost
as tophcavy a favorite as Dempsey
was over Carpentier. The chances
rf 'Johrison whipping Wills are al
most none at all. Wills' victory over
Johnson, however, will make Harrj'
undisputed heavyweight champion of
the black race.
As Wills is a clean-living, temper
ate fellow of a good record and repu
tation inside and outside of the ring
public demand is likely to force
Dempsey into a match with Wills.
He is about the only man in the
world, who, at present is conceded
a chance against the champion.
Should Tom Gibbons, however, reg
ister a decisive defeat over George
Carpentier next October, the victory
v.onld make innnons as logical a con
lender as Wills for a match with
Dempse.
Though Tex Rickard repeatedly
has intimated that he would not stage
a world's heavyweight championship
between a white and black boxer, the
great promoter is likely to change
his mind if there should be an over
whelming demand for a Dcmpsey
Wjlls encounter. On account of
Wills habits and reputation such a
demand is likely to be made if Harry
is. successful in defeating Johnson.
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