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THE BEE: OfaAHA, - SUNDAY, AUGUST ..7, ,1921. Grand American Handicap Is True Test of Skill in the Trapshooting World 2 C - Star Amateur Pitcher Champs Often Outshot hy an Unknown Crack if"" 1 Title Shoot This Month Brings Great Field To Be Held at Lake Shore Country Club. .: ' i 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. 47 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 ... tiT.irr eitwtriwr) a. Man ft war . .... . Purchase, Exterminator and Grey Lag that keep interest in the thor oughbred alive. Everybody with a AM 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 .20 ....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 ' ' 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. I , 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. 1 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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