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lie. Suzanne Lenglen Defaults to Mrs- Molla Mallory, U. S. Champion
Ben Smith Hurls Buffaloes to 8-4 Victory Over St. Joseph in Second Game
, ,
iThousaiids of Spectators, Stunned at Dramatic Collapse
Of French Tennis Wizard,Stand Speechless as European
Champion Is Assisted Off Courts Crying and Coughing
Forest Hills. N. Y., Aug. 16. Mile. Suzanne Lenglen defaulted to Mrs. Molla Bjur
stedt Mallory, United States champion, in their match today in the Women's National
Tennis 'championship after Mrs. Mallory had won the first set, 6-2.
At the close of the first game of the second set Mile. Lenglen was seized with a vio
lent fit of coughing and walking over to a chair alongside the referee's stand announced
her default to Mrs. Mallory. She was assisted off the courts crying and coughing while
the 8,000 spectators, stunned at the dramatic collapse of the famous French champion,
stood speechless.
The physical collapse of Mile,
holder of the world women s tennis cnampionsnip, lurnisnea a dramatic
climax to the second round of the tournament on the courts of the West
Side Tennis club here today. ,
The French racquet wizard who arrived in this country last Saturday
heralded as the greatest exponent of the court game in the feminine
domain, after being decisively defeated in her opening match against
Mrs. Molla Bjur,stedt Mallory, collapsed in a chair alongside the referee's
stand.
Mile. Lenglen s sudden capitula-W-
tion to a renewal of her attack ot
bronchitis and the powerful and ag
gressive play of Mrs. Mallory left a
gallery of some 8,000 spectators
stunned into absolute silence by the
tragedy which took place on the
green-turfed enclosure at their feet.
The girl from Faris was undoubt
edly the magnet which drew the ma
jority of the spectators to the Forest
Hills grounds. For several years
followers of tennis the world over
have been enthralled by tales of the
marvelous play of the French woman.
' Visitors to the English courts at
"Wimbledon, St. Cloud, near Faris.
the Rivera and other continental
tennis centers have returned to
America with tales of the wonderful
speed, stroking and almost mechani
cal accuracy in placing possessed by
Mile. Lenglen. In her own country
she was and is as great a popular
idol as Georges. Carpenticr.
Today she fell from the pedestal
of her particular game in a far more
dramatic and decisive manner, per
haps, than did Carpentier on July 2.
Notwithstanding the known lack of
practice due to her arrival in this
country as late as Saturday, Suzanne
was generally expected to give Mrs.
Mallory a terrific battle with the
odds in favor of victory due to her
tournament record .at Wimbledon
earlier in the summer.
Jeanette Rankin
Wins Sixth Race
Philadelphia. Aug. 16. Jeanette
Rankin scored her sixth winning race
out of her evn starts this season,
when she captured the $2,500 Bulls
Head Bazaar stake, feature of the
opening day's card of the fifth Grand
Circuit meeting at the Belmont Driv
ing club's mile track at Narberth, Pa.
Three of the four events were won
by 4-vear-old fillies.
McDonald drove Jeanette Rankin
to victory in three straight heats,
after. hot brushes in the stretch with
Princess EtaWah and Betty Taylor.
In all three heats the winner finished
handily. The first and third heats
in 2:06 1-4 clipped one-fourth of a
second off the record for the stake,
made bv The Royal Knight in 1918.
Jane The Great, driven by Walter
Cox, took the" Mathews stake for
2:10 trotters in straight heats, the
middle heat being in. 2:06J.
In the Directors' stake for 2:1
trotters, for horses 6wned in Penn
sylvania, Madam Dillon, owned by
A. B. Coxe of Paoli, Pa., and driven
by Herman Tyson, won the event
after General Knight, driven by Bob
Grady, had won the first heat.
George McDonald, son of Lon Mc
Donald, drove his maiden race on the
Grand Circuit in this race behind
Binque.
Summaries:
' L:10-class. trotting, the Mathewa stake;
pursu $1,000; three heats:
Jane the (Treat, b. m., by Peter
th. Great (Cox) til
r 2 2 3
Peter Daw
L.w., ,,.i,riuon
3 3 -3
4 4-4
Vosclta 6 5 6
Best time: :06U.
!:17-class trotting: the Directors stake;
purse 31.000; three heats:
t ifadam Dillon, eh.' m.. by
Tallinn Avwnrthv (Tyson).. 5' 1 1
General Knlaht 1 3 6
Binque J 2
Jarah H 6 7 2
Sadie Sliver 3 6 3
Best time: 1:11 i. '
2:14-class, trotting, the Bulls Head
take; purse 12,600; three heats;
Jeanette Rankin, ch. m., by
. sn Francisco (McDonald).. 1 1-1
Princess Etawah 3 6 2
petty Taylor 6 2 6
Taurtda 4 3 3
Hilda Fletcher J 4
time: 1:06 U. '
2:12-flass, pacing, mile and 100-yard
dash; purse $500:
Tnhv Tnll b. in., bv Sterling S (W. R.
Fleming) .. 1
Evening Gala , i....... 2
CJuenn Abbe 3
Peter Kennedy 4
J. L. R., jr.. k. s 5
, Time; 2:17V
Mexican Star to Enter
National Singles Tourney
Philadelphia, Aug. 16. Ignacio
Delia Borbolla of Mexico has noti
fied officials of the national singles
lawn tennis championship tourna
ment, to be held at the German
town Cricket club September 9, of
his desire to enter the event. The
United States, Japan, Canada, Eng
land, France, India, Denmark, Aus
tralia and Mexico have signified
their intention of .being represented.
Kansas City and St. Louis
1 Soccer Champ to Play Here
Winners of the city soccer cham
pionships at St. Louis and Kansas
City will play the Omaha soccer foot
ball team the latter part of the soc
cer season.
The Omaha District Soccer league
will open its season about the sec
ond week in September Prelimi
nary plans for the season's opening
were made at a meeting last Fri
day. Genera, 1 : Wither, 1.
Genera, Neb., Aug. 16. (Special.)
Geneva won another gam of ball when it
defeated Wllber, 3 tol. aBtterles: Wll
ber. Caldwell anl Klburx. Geneva, Eller
md Thomas.
v v-iM return tomorrow Troin
Miit; ; n. where lie passed a, couple of
weels rotlng up. He will start training
right away -r tu Ktajpt mi(h3ab Asber
h3.t
It Aurora.
Suzanne l.englen ot raris, rrance.
Indians and Miners
Spli Double Bill
Oklahoma City Shatters Jop
lin's Winning Streak by
Capturing First Game.
Joplin, Aug. 16. Oklahoma City
broke Joplin's winning streak by
taking the first game of today's
double bill, but the miners staged a
terrific slaughter of the Indian
pitchers in the last affair. They
made five successive hits, including
two triples and a double, off Alli
son before he was relieved at the
start of the closing battle.
First (tame:
OKLA. I I
r-TTV. A JOPLIN.
At
B.H.O.A.I AB.H.O.A
Pitt, rf 4 2 2 OlChrfat'n, of 4
1 2
Wright. 3h 3 13 V Ken'edy, If 4
Shanley. 2b 6 2 1 JlMueller. rf 4
Harper, cf 6 12 OlSpeas, lb 4
Oraham. lb 4 3 15 A! Robon, as 4
Haley, If 3 2 2 01 Smith, e 4
Runner. ss 2 0 0 71 Krueger, 2b 3
Parker, c 4 0 2 llHara'on. Sb 4
Allen, p 4 10 4i Williams, p 2
I Doyle, p
Total 34 12 IT llllxBourg 1
2--3
2 3
1
0 0
1 6
0 4
1 2
1 0
0 0
0 0
I Totals 34 2T 11
xBourg batted for Doyle in ninth.
Score by lnnlnga:
Oklahoma City 01010013 06
Joplin 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 4
Summary Runs: Shanley. Harper,
Graham, 2; Haley, Parker, Kerned v.
Smith, Hamilton, Williams. Errors:
Shanley. Harp. Robertson. Two-base
hits: Harper.. Oraham. 2: Mueller. Three
base hit: Heatley. Home run: Kennedy.
Sacrifice hits: Wright. Heatley, Runser.
Chrlstensen, Krueger, Williams. Bases on
balls: Off Allen, 1; off Williams, 1; off
Poyle. 1. Struck out: By Allen, 1; by
Williams, 4: by Doyle, 1. Earned runs
and hits: Off Allen, 4 and in t in
nings; off Williams. 6 and 11 in 7 1-3
innings; off Doyle, 0 and 1 in 1 2-3 in
nings. Left on bases: Oklahoma City, 7;
Jopllit, 7. Double play: Krueger to
Bpeas. Umpire: Holmes. Time: 1:50.
Second game:
OKLA. CITT; I JOPLIN.
AB.H.O.A.I ; AB.H.O.A.
Pitt, rf 5 2 2 OlChrlst'n. cf 5 5 3 0
Breen, 3b 6
Shanley, 2b 6
Harper, cf 4
Graham, lb 3
Healey. If 5
0 oiKen eay, ir l
1 Mueller, rf 6 3 3
6 o'Speas. lb 3 3 5
I fli Bourg, lb 0 0 2
1 0i Rob' son, bs 5 2 1
4 4Smith, c 3 13
2 1 Krueger, 5b 6 1 3
0 0'Ham'ton, 3b 6 3 1
0 2lZwelful, p 2 10
Runser, bs 4
Parker, c 4
Allison, p 0
Love, P 3
1 Berger, p 3 10
Totals
38 13 24 13
Totals 40 19 24 S
Score by innings:
Oklahoma City 01200020 27
Joplin 6 1 0 0 0 7 0 3 x 15
Summary Runs: Pitt, 2; Breen, 2:
Shanley, Graham. Love, Kennedy, 2;
Chrlstensen. 3; Mueller. 2: Speas. 2;
Bourg. Robertson, 3; Krueger, Berger.
Errors: Runser, Love, 2; Krueger, Ham
ilton. Two-base hits: Chrlstensen, Breen,
Mueller, Speas, Smith. Three-base httB:
Chrlstensen, Robertson. 2. "Sacrifice hits:
Graham, Smith, 2. Bases on balls: Off
Love, 3: off Zwetful, J; off Berger, 1.
Struck out: By Berger. 3. Earned runs
and hits: Off Allison, 6 and 5 with no outs;
off Love. 4 and 14 In 8 Innings; off
Zwelful, 0 and 3 in 3 innings: off Berger,
4 and S In 8 innings. Left on bases:
Oklahoma City, 6; Joplin, 6. Double
plays: Love to Runser to Oraham; Run
ser to Shanley to Graham; Hamilton to
Krueger to Bourg. Stolen base: Hamil
ton. Umplro: Holmes. Time: 1:30.
Packers, 5 Boosters, 2.
Sioux City, Aug. 16. Sioux City outhit
and outplayed Des Moines and also got
the "breaks" of today's game and made it
two straight over the Boosters by win
ning. 5 to 2. Klcfer held the visitors hit
less after the fourth Inning:
DBS MOINES. I SIOUX CITT.
AB.H.O.A.I AB.H.O.A.
O'Con'r, rf 4 1 0 HHarbor, cf 4 0 2 0
Coffey, Sb 4 0 4 6ILeard, 2b
Brown, lb 4 1 10 2IMarr, 3b
Moeller. If 4 3 3 OlMetz. lb
Rhyne, ss 4 0 3 2lRobison. If
Tuna. 3b 4 10 HQuery. o
Milan, cf 3 0 1 O Hofman. rf
4 3 14
4 3 11
3 115 0
4 12 1
3 3 3 1
3 2 10
3 12 5
4 10 6
Anders'n, C t 0 3 0
Merz. D 3 10 3
K earns, ss
Klefer, p
Totals
33 6 24 16
Totals 32 13 27 18
Des Moines 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sioux City 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 x 5
Summary Runs: Brown, Moeller
Harbor, Robison, Query, 2; Kearns. Errors:
Anderson. Mets, Kearns. Two-base hits:
Brown. Moeller, Merz, Marr, Query, Robi
son. Kearns. Sacrifice hits: Marr, Hof
man, Metz. Kearns. Double plays: Robi
son to Query; Kearns to Leard to Metz;
Rhyne to Coffey to Brown. Left on bsses:
Des Moines, 4; Sioux City, 11. Bases on
balls: Off Mers. 4; off Klefer. 1. Struck
out: By Men, 2; by Klefer, .' Wild-.
pitch: Mert Umpires: Ormsby and Buck
ley. Time: 1:30.
Witches, 12; Oilers, 6.
Tulsa, Aug. 16. Wichita made it two
straight by defeating the Oilers in to
day's game, 13 to 6. Score:
WICHITA. I . TULSA.
AB.H.O.A. AB.H.O.A
Smith, cf 4 13 OlB'rke. 2b-rf 4 0 0 !
Wash'n, 2b 5
Ber ger, ss 4
East, rf 5
Beck, lb 4
Griffin, 3b 6
Blak'ly, If 4
Haley, o 5
Gross, p 6
M'Do'ell. If 1
0 1 6 Thom'n, 3b h 1 1 3
1 3 5 Davis, rf 4 4 10
3 0 1 Todt. if 6 12
3 10 olBrannon, lb 5 3 12
4 2 2ICon'elly, cf 4 13
2 2 OIHevlng. c 4 15
3 6 OjM'Olnnls. ss 4 3 2
1 0 2Luka'vle, p 3 0 0
0 1 O Pruett. D 10 0
'Gleason, 2b 1 1 1
42 18 27 15
Totals
I ToUIs 40 14 27 13
Score by innings:
Wichita 4 00 1 1 0 3 3 012
Tulsa 0 1101020 16
Summary Runs: Smith', Washburn,
Berger, East, 2; Beck. 2; Gsjiffin. 3;
Blakesly, . Burke, Thompson. Davis, 2;
Todt, Hevlng. Errors: Berger. Beck,
Two-base hits! East, Davis, Gross, Haley,
2; Todt. Brannon, Berger, Beck. Three
base hits: MeGinnls. Home runs: Griffin,
Davis. Beck. Sacrifice hits: Beck, Smith.
Double plays: Thompson to Gleason to
Brannon. Hits: Off Lukanovlc. runs,
11 hits in 7 innings. Bases on balls: Off
Lukanovlc, 1; off Gross, 1. Struck out:
By Gross, 4; by Lukanovlc, 4; by Prultt,
1. Left on bases: Wichita, 8; Tulsa, 8.
Umpires: Anderson and Becker. Tims:
2:06.
American Association
Milwaukee, Aug. 16. R. H. E.
St. Paul i.. 17 1
Milwaukee 13 :i 1
Batteries: Williams, Foster, Sheehan
and McMenemy; Oearin. Lingrel and
Clarke.
Only, oce gam scheduled in associa
tion today. .
I c Amateur I
Prague, 4; Schujler. 1.
Prague, Neb., Aug. 16. (Special.)
Prague defeated Schuyler on the latter's
home lot by the score of 4 to 1. Rusek
for the winners pitched a good game
throughout, receiving good support. Score
by innings: K. H. K.
Schuyler 10000000 0 1 3 4
Prague 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 04 6 1
Batteries: Ryan and Burcs; Ruzek and
Slmanek.
Blue Hill, 6; Superior, S.
Blue Hltle. Neb.. Aug. 16. (Special.)
Blue Hill defeated the Superior ball club
here by the score of 6 to 3. The ability
of the locals to hit in the pinches spelled
defeat for the visitors. Score by innings:
, R. II. E.
WW Hill ....0 0320001 z 6 1
Superior 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 03 8 5
Batteries: Combs and Wllletts; Grant
and Campbell.
Campbell, 5; Hastings legion, 4.
Hastings, Neb., Aug. 16. I Special.) ,
i no vampDeii town Dan ciud aereated
the local Legion team here in a fast and
Interesting game by the score of 6 to 4.
It required 14 innings to decide the con
test. The visitors complained about the
decisions rendered by the umpire. Wllleyt
luduer amie anu western league pitcner,
was on the mound for the visitors,
St. Kdward. 8: ( larks. 3.
St. Edward. Neb., Aug. 16. (Special.)
.uwiu wun irom me Claras ball
team ai Clarks by the scone of 8 to 3.
Batteries: St. Edward. Kite and Fisher:
Clarks. Reeves and Boyd.
Ravenna, 4 (,iblon, 2.
Ravenna, Neb., Aug. 16. (Special.)
The local town club defeated (he Gibbon
team here by the score of. 4 to 2. The
feature of the game was a triple play
in the fourth inning by the locals, and
the batting of "Pickles" Ambrose, who
spanked out a double In the eighth and
won the game for Ravenna.
Sri'ERIOR. ft; LOVKWKLL. 5.
Superior, Neb., Aug. 16. (Special Tel
egram.) The Superior base ball team
defeated the Lovewell, Kan., town club
here this atfernoon In a 14-lnning base
ball game by the score of 6 to 5.
EARLING REG I LARS WIN TWO.
Earllng, la., Aug. IS. (Special. )
Ihe Earllng Regulars added two more
victories to their list when they won
from Tennant by the score of 7 to 4 and
later defeated Portsmouth by the score
of 13 to 2. Jacobs pitched against the
latter team, while Cramer defeated Ten
nant. THURSTON, 4; EMERSON, 0.
Emerson. Neb., Aug. 16. (Special.)
Thurston defeated the local ball club
here by the score of 4 to 0. Jensen of
the visitors pitched a no-hit, no-run
game. Batteries Thurston. Jensen and
Rasmussen; Emerson, Sheehan and Flat
tenburg. ST. EDWARD, S; MCWAN GROVE, 7.
St. Edward. Neb., Aug. 16. (Special.)
The local ball teant defeated the New
man Grove club at the Elgin tourney by
the score of 8 to 7. The locals pounded
Hinman, Newman Grove's star pitcher,
for 17 hits. Batteries St. Edward, Kite
and Fisher; Newman Grove, Hinman and
Smith. t
AMHERST, 6; PLEA8ANTOX, 3.
Kuarney, Neb., Aug. 16. (Special.)
Amherst defeated' the Pleasanton town
club at the Buffalo county fair grounds
In one of the fastest games played here
this season by the score of 6 to 3. Bat
teries Amherst, Smith and Davis; Pleas
anton, Henahaw and Brown.
Scotia, 8; Ord. 8.
Ord, Neb., Aug. 16. (Special.) After
winning seven consecutive games on the
Central Nebraska league schedule. Onl
lost a game to Scotia by the score ot 8
to it The Ord lineup has been somewnst
demoralized by the loss of Tankee and
Faleta.
To Play Tonight.
Beatrice. Neb.. Aug. 16. (Special.)
Manager Life of the Beatrice ball club
has arranged for a game witn Hastings at
Athletic park here Wednesday evening at
6 o'clock. The team happened to be go
ing through here on that day, and Man
ager Life decided to get a game with ihe
aggregation.
Madison, 15; Lindsay, 1.
Lindsay. Neb.. Aug. 16. (Special.) In
the Trl-t'ounty league game with Madi
son, the affair dwindled to worse man a
farce, In wnicn liinusay was oeaten ami
more than deservedly so by the score of
15 to 1, In which Madison fattened its
batting averages by getting 13 hits and
the Lindsay aggregation got as many
errors. The boys seemed to act like a
bunch of kids after the sixth inning wnen
Dncev drooned a flv In center. Holstein
was live stajxperformer, getting a home
run, a walk and two nits at mat man
times to bat'. Stranskov was about the
onlv Llndsav player who played the game
all the way through. rue
Madison 0 2000032 8 16 "l3 4
Lindsay 000000010 1 3 1J
Batteries: jwaaison, wnerie aim iicmcj,
Lindsay, Hoegerl. Johnson and Stranskov,
Johnson replacing Hoegerl in the ninth.
Struck out: By Hoegerl, 4; by Wherle, 6.
Hoegerl gave 4 walks and Johnson 1. '
Umpires: Hynearson and Carrlg.
Ninth Inning Rally
Enables Robins
Defeat Gants, 7-6
New York, Aug. 16. A spectacu
lar ninth inning rally enabled Brook
lyn to defeat New York today, 7
to 6. With one out in the ninth,
Olson tied the score for Brooklyn
with a homer into the right field
stands, scoring Grimes ahead of him.
Johnston followed with a homer into
the left field bleachers that won the
game. Outfield errors aided the
Giants to score most of their runs.
BROOKLYN'.
NEW YORK.
AB.H.O.A.
AB.H.O.A.
Olson, ss 3 2 4 4ICun'h'm. e! I i 1 I
Johns'n, Sb 5 2 1 2IBancroft, ss 6 16 6
Nets, rf 2 0 1 lIFrtsch, 3b 4 112
Hood, rf 2 10 0 Young, rf 4 2 10
Wheat, If 8 2 3 0 Kelly, lb 4 3 14 0
Myers, cf 4 11 OlMeusel. if 3 110
8'man't, 1b 4 2 13 OIRa'llngs, 2b 2 18 4
Kllduff, 2b 4 0 3 6lSnyder. c 3 18 1
Miller, c 3 0 1 OINehf. p 2 10 0
xRuether 1 1 0 OIRyan. p 110 2
Krueger, o 0 0 0 OlxSmlth 10 0 0
Grimes, p 410 61
1 Totals 34 11 27 16
Tntal 37 12 27 1I
xRuether batted for Miller in ninth.
xSmlth batted for Ryan in ninth.
Score by innings:
Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 87
New York 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 08
Summary Runs: Olson. 2; Johnston, 2;
Hood, Wheat. Grimes. FTlsch, 2; Kelly,
Meusel, 2. Krrors: Nels, Hood, Wheat,
Myers, Rawlings. Two-base bit: Schmandt.
TkTee-baae hit: Schmandt. Home runs:
Olson. Johnston. Stolen bases: Frlsch,
Meusel, Rawlings, Bancroft. Sacrifice hits:
Rawlings. 2; Olson. Double plays: Olson
to Kilduff to Schmandt; Rawlings to
Bancroft to Kelly; Olson to Johnston. Left
on bases: New York. 6; Brooklyn, 6.
Basas on balls: Off Nehf. 1; off Ryan, 1;
off Grlmia. 2. Hits: Off Nehf. 6 In
6 1-3 Innings; off Ryan, 4 in 3 2-3 Innings.
Struck out: By Nehf. !; by Grimes. 1.
Wild pitch: Nehf. Parsed bail: Miller.
Losing pltcrwr: Ryan. Umpires: Hart and
Brennan, o.m; 2:05
Omaha Buffaloes
0A9e 0 ALL COWWCT
W
WHEN William H. Massey
arrived in this world some
26 years ago, his parents al
ready had his future planned. He
should go to college and prepare to
be a preacher or a college professor.
His mother believed that the min
istry offered an ideal field for her
talented son, but father thought that
the calling of a college professor
was even more dignified.
But all their planning went for
naught. Fate had carved a different
future. It so willed that he should
be a base ball player.
And base ball player he is today
and a fairly good one.
All of his early training may not
have been in vain, however, for Mas
sey spends much time reading and
studying. He loves the masterpieces
Prizes Totaling $5,0,00 to Be
Awarded Winners in National
Horsesho e Pitchers' Tourney
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 16.
Plans for the National Horseshoe
Pitchers' tournament for the cham
pionship of the world and the list of
prizes for the meet to be held at the
Minnesota state fair, September 7,
8 and 9, are announced by B. G.
Leighton of this city, national presi
dent. The tournament is under the
auspices of the National Minnesota
Horseshoe Pitchers' associations.
Prizes totaling approximately
$5,000 will be distributed to the win
ners in the form of trophies and
cash. In the men's tournament the
total is expected to reach about
$3,500, while $1,500 will be expended
for trophies, and prizes for the vic
tors in the women's tourney.
First prize, which will go to the
national champion, will be more than
$500 in cash and trophies valued at
several hundred dollars. Fifteen
other awards will be made in the
men's event and eight of the highest
women pitchers will receive gifts.
Players will be divided into groups
cf eight, and each man in each group
will match his skill against each other
man in that group in one game, which
will make a total of seven 50-point
games. Two or three of the highest
men jn each group will then draw
places for another group of eight
players and this process will be re
peated until there are but 16 players
left. Every one of the 16 will receive
some trophy.
Elimination contests then will be
staged between these 16 until the
championship is won. Number of
games won and lost will decide the
victor, and not the number of
points scored.
Men will play 50-point games on
40-foot courts while the women
will heave at 30-foot distance pegs
in 21-point games.
Doubtful If French Champion
Will Return to Fight Gibbons
By FRANKE G. MENKE.
It's doubtful if Georges Carpentier ever will come back to these parts
to do battle with Tomasco Gibbons, slugging party of the first part from
St. Paul. There's a reason one beyond the story of a fractured bone in
the right hand, "which will not heal."
At the time of his marriage the Frenchman is reported to have prom
ised his bride that the tussle with Jack Dempsey, "win, lose or draw,"
would be the last of his career. This pleased Mrs. Carpentier immensely,
because, even though she thinks Georges is the greatest mitt whirler in
the world, she is opposed to fighting. She cannot get it out of her mind
that the game is somewhat brutal and fraught with the peril of permanent
harm to each and eery combatant including her husband.
Those who profess to know the
"inside and the outside" insist that
Carpentier's wife was considerably
displeased with the news' that he
planned to return to America in the
fall and attempt to take a few pot
shots at the Gibbons boy. She is
said to have argued rather vehement
ly against it and to have reminded
Georges of his promise that the
Dempsey thing was to be the fare
well. Too Much Money Now.
It is a well established fact that
Carpentier cannot gain much more
lucre and a possible besting by
taking on Gibbons. He now holds
the light heavyweight championship
of the world and by winning from
Gibbons he could add no new crown
to his diadem. If Gibbons whipped
him it would take much prestige
from the Frenchman, whcris if he
mtlliaxa K.Ma$$ey
of Shakespeare and enjoys prying
into- musty volumes containing an
cient history.
Who knows but that this short
stop of Barney Burch's herd of Buf
faloes may, when too old to cavort
on the diamond, don a frocktail coat
and become a great exponent of the
gospel, or even contort his face into
one of those "faculty frowns" and
become a college professor, just as
"Dad" would have?
Massey is a graduate from the
University of Texas and got "mixed
up" in base ball while a student,
and base ball lost no time in claim
ing him as its own.
He was no sooner handed his
pigskin from college than Cleveland
offered him a contract. That wasin
Besides play in the national
tournament, a meeting will be held
by members of the National Horse
shoe Pitchers' association. National
League of Horse and Quoit Pitchers'
association, and National Horse
shoe Pitchers of America associa
tion, to iron out the many differ
ences existing between the three or
ganizations, Mr. Leighton declared.
Each of the three organizations has
at certain times put forth its claim
as the national association recog
nized in America, but because the
National Horseshoe Pitchers' asso
ciation has the most affiliated
leagues, the other two groups have
agreed to accept it as the national
recognized body, according to
President Leighton.
Affiliated associations of the Na
tional Horseshoe Pitchers' associa
tion are:
Minncota State Horseshoe Pitch
ers' association; Buckeye Horjeshoe
Pitching association of Ohio; Cali
fornia State Horseshoe Pitchers' as
sociation; Kansas State Horseshoe
Pitchers' association; District of
Columbia Horseshoe Pitchers' asso
ciation; Indiana, Iowa and 'Missouri
States Horseshoe Pitchers' associa
tions; Aldine Horseshoe Pitchers'
club, Chicago, and the Portage Park
Horseshoe club, Chicago.
President Harding is honorary
president of the national association.
Timekeeper in Famous
Bare-Fisted Fight Dies
New Orleans, La., Aug. 16.
Alexander Brewster, time keeper in
the famous bare fisted fight between
Sullivan and Kilrain, and prominent
ly identified with many of the sport
ing events of the past, died yester
day at the age of 89.
won from Gibbons he wouldn't gain
much as far as a return match with
Dempsey is concerned. For no
matter what Carpentier does in the
future he will always be considered
as outclassed by the "Utah Mauler."
Carpenticr is quite comfortably
fixed as far as money is concerned.
Therefore he is in the position of
gaining nothing but money for fight
ing Gibbons and he has auout as
much money as he will be able to
spend. By fighting he may lose,
surrender prestige and presumably
incur the displeasure of his wife.
So, it would seem that the story
that Carpentier cannot keep his en
gagement with Gibbons on the
originally scheduled date "because of
a bad hand" perhaps is a lead-up to
a full cancellation of the notch and
the complete retirement of Georges
Carpentier from ring warfare in
America at least.
"Mike" Massey
I WAHA 0
(MIL PlfMtH,
1915. He played part of the season
with Cleveland, getting his baptism
into organized ball in a major
league uniform, a thing of which
few players can. boast.
He finished the season of 1915 in
the American association and the
following season saw him with the
Mobile club in the Southern league.
He was drafted that fall by Boston
and played the infield on that team
in 1917. In '18 he was released to
the Texas league and played in the
outfield. . He joined the Omaha club
from that circuit.
Massey is 5 feet 11 inches tall and
weighs 165 pounds.' He bats left
handed and throws right.
He is among the select hitters in
the league.
Braves Tap Alexander
Hard in Six Innings
And Win Game, 8-6
Boston, Aug. 16. Boston hit Al
exander hard today, driving him out
of the box in the sixth, and defeated
Chicago, 8 to 6. In the first inning,
with two on bases, Cruise hit the
ball into the right field bleachers on
the fly. When he was with the St.
Louis Nationals he made what is
said to have been the only other
home run ever driven on the fly
into this stand.
CHICAGO. i
BOSTON.
AB.H.O.A.
IB.H.O.A.i
Flack, rf 5
3 0 01Powe.ll, cf 6 3 10
Hol'c'er. os 5
Terry, 2b 4
Deal. 3b 6
Barber, If 4
Malsel, cf 6
Grimes, lb 2
O'Farrell, c 4
Alexan'r. p 3
Freeman, p 0
York, p 0
xTwombly 1
0 4 HBarbare, ss 4 12 6
0 0 2!S'worth, rf
2 4 2!Crulse, If
1 0 OIBoeckel. 3b
2 3 OlHolke. lb
2 10 HFord. 2b
2 3 HO'Nell, c
1 0 4IGowdy. o
0 0 2iM'Qull'n, p
0 0 0Fllllnglm, p 3
0 0 01
1 Totals 37 14 27 16
Totals 38 13 24 131
xTwombley batted for Freeman 6 In
eighth.
Score by innings: I '
Chicago 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 06
Boston 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 x 8
Summary-Runs: Flack. Holloeher, Ter
ry. Malsel, Grimes, O'Farrell, Powell, 3;
Barbare, 2: Suthworth, Cruise. Filllnglm.
Krrors: Holloeher. Terry, McQuillan. Two
bait hits: Deal, Flack, Barbare. Three
base hits: O'Farrell. Southworth, Pow
ell. Home run: Cruise. Sacrifice hits:
Cruise, Grimes. Double plays: Deal to
Grimes; Filllnglm to Barbare to Holke.
Left on bases: Chicago, 9; Boston. 10.
Bases on balls: Off Alexander. 1; off Free
man, 2: off McQuillan, 1; off York, 1;
off Filllnglm, 2. Hits: Off Alexander.
13 in 6 1-3 Innings; off Freeman, 1 In
1 2-3 innings; off York, 0 In 1 Inning;
off McQuillan, 6 In 1 2-3 Innings; off Fil
llnglm, 7 In 7 1-3 innings. Struck out: By
York. 1; by McQuillan. 1; by Fillingam, 1.
Winning pitcher: Filllnglm. losing
pitcher: Alexander. Umpires: Moran and
Rigler. Time: 1:56.
Boxer Held With
Stolen Car Freed
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 16. Jock
M alone, St. Paul pugilist, held in
jail since Friday night on a war
rant from Rochester, Minn., claim
ing that he was in possession of an
automobile stolen there July 22, was
released from custody late today.
Maloue and his attorney convinced
Rochester authorities that he was
innocent of any connection with the
theft of the car.
Two employes of the secretary of
state's office and other witnesses
tcld the sheriff that Malone inves
tigated the registry of the m?chine
and apparently found everything
proper before he purchased it.
Malone, who was barred by the
state boxing commission from fight
ing in Minnesota pending outcome
of the charges, automatically is rein
stated to good standing with the
commission.
Champ Woman Swimmer
Out for More Laurels
Chicago, Aug. 16. Mrs. Margaret
Woodbridge of Detroit, national
senior women's champion in the 220
and 500-yard free style swims, will
compete in the national A. A. U.
150-yard back stroke for women
here Saturday.
Five Leading Hitters
In Major Leagues
National League. G. AB. R. II. 1'rt.
Hornstiy. St. I.ouls 1 426 2 171 401
Yeung, New York in J 363 63 124 361
Cutshaw. Pittsburgh.. 74 ?83 41 99 360
Williams. Phlladelphls.ll3 400 47 136 3rt
Bigbee, Pittsburgh 106 4113 83 167 339
American League.
Ileilman, Detroit...
Ci.hh, Detroit
Ruth. New York...
Tohln, St. I.nuis...
Slslcr, M. Louis...
G. AB. R. R. Pet.
..119 437 M 17S 407
.. 90 31,2 M nt 381
..106 312 U'l ,14(1 376
. .106 474 9! 156 369
.. 1 396 84 146 367
New Omaha Hurler Allows Saints
Fourteen Hits, But Teammates Give
Him Good Support Throughout
BaseBaflBesuWs
aitaStandinOs
WKSTEBN l.E.UUE.
W.L.Pct.j W.L.rct.
Wichita 72 47 .606) Joplin 68 it .4
OMAHA 71 III .AM. Des Moines 66 63 .466
Okla. City 66 63 .651 !St. Joseph 64 64 .45
Sioux City 60 69 .504TuUa 41 80 .3119
Yesterday's Result.
Omahs, 8; St. Joseph, i.
Wichita, IS; Tulsa, .
Sioux City, 6: Des Moines, 2.
Oklahoma City, 6-7; Joplin, 4-li.
Today's Gaines.
Omaha at St. Joseph.
Oklahoma City at Wichita.
Joplin at Tulsa.
Des Moines at Sioux City.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
W.I,. Pet. I
Pittsburgh 71 39 .646St. I.ouls
New York 67 46 .593(":ine!nnatl
Boston 63 46 .679 Chicago
Brooklyn 69 64 .622Phlla'phla
W.L.Pct.
66 64 .605
49 62 .441
44 66 .400
38 76 .316
Yesterday's Results.
Philadelphia, 6-6; Pittsburgh, 6-5.
Boston, 8; Chicago, 6.
Brooklyn, 7; New York, 6.
No others scheduled.
Today's Games.
8t. Louis at Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Boston.
Cincinnati at New York.
AMERICAN 1.EAGIE.
W.L.Pct. I
New York 66 40 .6231 Detroit
Cleveland 69 43 .622! Boston
Washing'n 60 63 .631Chlcago
St. Louis 66 64 .GOO Phila'plila
Yesterday's Results.
Detroit. 7; St. Louis, 6.
No others scheduled.
Today's Games.
Washington at St. Louis.
New York at Chicago.
Boston at Detroit.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
W.L.Pct.
63 61 .460
49 68 .468
47 63 .428
41 69 .
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
W.L.Pct.
Louisville 70 49 .SMlToledo
Minn'apollB 63 61 .649llnd'apolis
Milwaukee 6) 64 .630l8t. Paul
Kan. City 60 64 .626'CoIumhus
Yesterday's RrsalU.
Milwaukee, 13: St. Paul, 9.
No others scheduled.
Today's Games. ,
Columbus at St. Paul.
Toledo at Minneapolis.
Indianapolis at Kansas City.
Louisville at Milwaukee.
W.L.Pct.
66 60 .478
64 62 .466
62 64 .441
47 65 .420
SOITHERN ASSOCIATION.
At Memphis, 2; Chattanooga, 1.
At Little Rock. 6-1; Atlanta. !
At Birmingham-New Orleans;
grounds.
At MoMle-NashvllIe; rain.
Tigers Paw Way to
Win Over Browns
Detroit Pounces on Van
Gilder Hard in First Seven
Innings and Win.
St. Louis, Aug. 16. Detroit broke
St. Louis' winning streak of six
straight today when they pounced on
Van Gilder in the first seven innings
and won, 7 to 5. tnslef poled a
home run in the eighth with two on
bases, but Leonard tightened there
after and checked the rally.
DETT.OIT.
AB.H.O.A.
Blue, lb 4 3 11 0
Jones, 3b 4 13 2
ST. LOUIS.
AB.H.O.A.
Tohln. rf 5 12 0
Rllerbe. 3b 4 13 3
Cobb, cf 6 16 0 Slsler. lb 4 111 0
Veach. If 3 12 OlWIlllams, If 4 0 1
Hellm'n, rf 4 0 2 OlJacobson, cf 4 3 2
F'stead. ss 4 0 S I Severeld. c 4 2 2
Sargent. 2b 4 1 1 4 Gerber. ss 4 0 1
Bassler. c 3 2 1 HM'Ma'us. 2b 4 0 5
Leonard, p 3 2 0 O'Vangilder, p 2 0 0
1 Bayne, p 0 0 0
Totals 34 11 27 9iKnlp. p 0 0 0
IxAustln 10 0
IxColllns 110
I Totals 37 9 27 18
xAuHlin hatted for Bayne in eighth.
xColllns batted for Kolp in ninth:.
Score by Innings:
Detroit 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 17
St. Louis 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 6
Summary Runs: Blue. 2; Jones, Bass
ler, 3; Leonard. Tohln, Ellerhe, 2; Slsler,
Jacobson. Errors: Sargent. Gerber. Two
bass hits: Severed. Leonard. Home runs:
Blue, Slsler. Stolen base: Veach. Sacri
fice hits: Veach. Leonard. Double plays:
Gerber to McManux to Sisler, 2. Left on
bases: Detroit. 6; St. Louis, 5. Basse on
balls: Off Vangltder, 3; off Bayne, 1.
Hits: Off Vangilder. 8 In 6 1-3 Innings;
off Bayne, 1 In 12-3 Innings; off Kolp,
2 in I Inning. Struck out: By Bayne, 1.
Losing pitcher: Vangilder. Umpires: Nal
lln and Connolly. Time: 1:35.
?BUGS'
BAER
TOWER OF BABBLE,
Once more will nations of world
meet to see what it's all about. Wash
ington will be the prattle grounds for
diplomatic immigrants from France,
Italy, Japan, Great Britain and China.
Big brothers of the poor arguments
will get together on Armistice day.
Babble cry of peace will saturate
acoustics. One word will lead to an
other. Jap, Frenchman, Chinaman,
Italian will all talk on peace at same
time. As this is peaceful clinic,
Washington police have been ordered
not to use riot clubs.
Everybody but diplomats knows
that war is over. Three years ago
kaiser beat his arms into plowshares
andhls legs into Holland.
Kaiser will not be present at peace
choir rehearsal. Which is a gross
slight to man who made conference
possible.
Affair at Washington will be
diplomatteawan of peaceful dialects.
Thunderous shower of kind words
will moisten parched fields of am
bassadorial brains. One word will
lead to another. Finally Japan will
agree to put more prosphorus on bum
Japanese matches.
Peace will settle silently over con
ference, and diplomats will pick all
the feathers out of her wings.
Japanese statesman will spill peace
eulogy in code, meaning that SO more
cruisers are being launched in old
Nippon. Sweet words will never
take place of sugar in coffee. Finally
diplomats will agree to leave peace
conference up to board of arbitration.
All foreign diplomats will then go
on sightseeing tour to U. a. treasury
to see how much monev we have left
to borrow.
Cvii nor
St. Joseph, Aug. 16. Omaha
again won from St. Joe today, 8 to
4. The Saints have lost five in a row
and failed to show any improve
ment with a shifted line-up. Score:
OMAHA.
AB. R. H. PO. A
Gislnaon. 2b ft 3
llaney. 3b S I 3
le. If 5 1
l.ellvelt, lb 4 2 S
Massey. km 4 A 0
4
1
I
1A
O'Brien, rf 4 0 1
Griffin, .rf A 0 1
I. Ingle, c I I
Smith, p S 1 1
Spangler, Sb 2 0 0
Totals 39 11 27 13
ST. JOSEPH.
R. II. PO. A. E
0 13 0 0
0 3 10 0 0
0 1 3 ft O
113 0 0
1 X 3 O II
0 113 0
113 3 0
13 3 11
0O1OO
0 10 8 0
0 0 10 0
i 7l 37 1 "I
F. Mrnonalrf, rf.
Iteattl. lb
Connolly, 3b
'lblier. rf
Corrldon, If
Defate. as
McDonald, Sb...
Crosby, e
Cnstello, p
McColl, p
krehmejer, ss..
Total 10
Score by Innings;
Omaha 3 1001500 13
St. Joseph oooiizou w
Summary Earned runst Omaha. 8) St.
Joseph. 4. liases on balls: Off Cnstello,
ll off McColl, 0 off Smith, 1. Struck out:
My Coetello. 0; by McColl, 1 1 by Smith,
4. lrt on liases: Omaha, St. Joseph,
10. Two-base hit: Haney. Three-base
hi I: Fisher, Corrldon, O'Brien. Itonblo
play: Smith to llaney to lllrelt. Sarri
rira, hits: O'Brien. Masse v. LellTelt. Um
pires: Daly and Bnrnside. Stolen base
Lellvelt. Time: 1:15.
Lee Kins Features
Phillies' Victory
Philadelphia's Two Homers
And Double Wins Fir6t
Came, 6 to 5.
Philadelphia, Aug. 16. Phila
delphia today divided a double
header with Pittsburgh, winning the
first game, 6 to 5, and losing the sec
ond in the 11th inning, 8 to 6. A
triple by Bigbee and a sacrifice by
Robertson gave the Pirates the sec
ond game in the 11th. The hitting
of Lee King featured both contests.
His two homers and a double won
the opening contest, while his single
in the seventh inning with the bases
full tied the score and forced the
second contest into extra innings.
Scores:
First game:
PITTSBURGH. ) PHILADELPHIA.
AB.H.O.A.I AB.H.O.A.
M'nviHe. ss 6 1 2 OjMonroe. 2b 3 0 3 4
Bigbee. cf 4
Rob'son, rf 3
B'nhart, 3b 3
Tlerney, 2b 3
Whltted, it 4
Grimm, lb 4
Brottem. c 4
Cooper, p 3
xCarey 1
2 2 0 Rapp. 2b 0 0 n 1
1 2 0 .1. Miller. 3b 3 1 0 5
2 0 0'Lee. rf 4 110
1 1 SlWalker. cf 4 0 2 0
1 3 OiKon'chy. lb 2 0 14 0
2 llKlng.lt 4 3 3 0,
0 6 UPark'son, s 4 1 I-t
0 0 2IHenllne, c 4 2 2 0
0 0 O'G.Smlth, p 3 0 0 0
llPeters 110 0
Totals
4 10 24 7sxBruggy 10 0 9
Bctts, p oooo
Totsls 32 S 27 16
xfsrey batted for Cooper In ninth.
xPeters batted for G. Smith in seventh.
xBruggy batted for Monroe In seventh.
Score by innings:
Pittahurgli 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0!
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 x 8
Summary Runs: Maranville. Bigbee. 2;
Robertson, Whltted, Konetohy, 2; King,
3; Parkinson. Error: Robertson. Two
base hits: Lee. King, Bigbee. Three-base
hit: Maranville. Home runs: King, 2;
Whllted. Sacrifice hits: Tlerney, Bsm
hart. Double plays: Grimm to Maranville;
J. Miller to Monroe to Konetchy. Left
on bases: Pittsburgh. 6: Philadelphia, 6.
Bases on balls: Off Betts. 1; off Cooper, 3.
Hits: "Iff Smith. 9 In 7 Innings; off Belt.
1 in 2 innings. Struck out: By Cooper. 4;
by Smith, 1. Passed ball: Henllne. Win
ning pitcher: Bctts. Umpires: Klem and
McCormlck. Time: 1:52.
Second game:
PITTSBURGH. I PHILADELPHIA.
AB.H.O.A.I AB.H.O.A.
M'nvllle. ss 6 0 2 6iMenroe. 2b 6 4 2 S
Bigbee, cf 5 3 6 1 J. Miller. 3b 0 13 1
Rob'son, rf 3 0 3 liLeb'veau, rf 2 4 I
B'nhart. 3b 6 3 1 IlWalker. cf 4 2 10
Tlerney. 2b 6 2 2 2 W'slone. If 2 110
Whltted. rf 5 2 2 1'Kon'ehy. lb 5 2 13 0
Grimm, lb 4 3 8 1 (King, If-cf 5 13 0
Schmidt, o 4 110 I Park'son, ss 6 3 2 4
Adams, p 10 0 l l'eters. o 6 14 0
Zlnn, p 4 0 0 O'SciigwI.-k, p 2 0 0 2
:o.Mintn, p 3ioi
Totals 43 14 33 If I
I Totals 48 13 33 1
Score liv innlnrc:
Pittsburgh 00203 0 1 000 2 8
Philadelphia ... .0400002000 0 S
Summarv Runs: Blgbe. Robertson,
Barnhart, 2; Tlerney, 2; Whltted, J. Mil
ler. I.ebourveaux. Walker, Konetchy,
King. Parkinson. Errors: Barnhart, Tler
ney. Monroe. Two-base hits: Parkinson,
2: Monroe, O. Smith'. Three-base hit:
Bigbee. Home runs: Barnhart, Tlerney.
Stolen bases: Peters, Monroe, Grimm.
Sacrifice hits: Robertson, Schmidt. Whlt
ted. Double plays: Maranville lo Grlinm: .
.7. Miller to Monroe. Left on bases:
Pittsburgh. 10; Philadelphia. 11. Bases
on balls: Off Sedgwick. 3; off G. Smith.
1: off Zlnn. 1. Hits: Off Sedgwick, 7 In
4 1-3 Innings: off (i. Smith. 7 In 6 2-J In
nings; off Adams, 6 in 2 innings: off Zlnn,
13 In Innings. Hit by pitched ball: By
Sedgwick, Barnhart; by .inn, Monroe.
Struck out: By Sedgwick. 1; by G. Smith.
2; by Adams, 2: by Zlnn. 6. Winning
pitcher: Zlnn. Losing pitcher: G. Smith.
Umpires: McCormick and Klem. Time:
2:16.
Pacific Store Nine
Defeat Elm Creek
The Union Pacific Store Depart
ment team journeyed to Elm Creek,
Neb., Sunday, and defeated a fast
team of that city by a score of 1 1
to 6. Hcdstroni was on the mound
for Elm Creek and was opposed by
Chamberlain of the Store Depart
ment. -r,.- t - .!i .t. I-
inc game was cioe tiiuu mc lat
ter innings, when Hedstrom weak
ened and allowed the Store Depart
ment to pile up a commanding lead.
Hitting features were carried off
by Sutrapka and Ramocciotti of the
Store Department, who hammered
the ball at all corners of the lot.
The Stcrc Departments play at
North Platte August 28, but have
the date of August 21 open on
their schedule. They are very de
sirous of closing a game for this
date. Communicate with Frank I.
Holmes. 3617 South Twenty-eighth
street, South Side station, Omaha.
British Coif Champion to
"sail for IT. S. SatnrflaaT
- -" 1
London. Out., Aug. 16. W. J.
Hunter, British amateur golf cham
pion, will sail for the United States '
on Saturday to play in the Ameri
can amateur championship tourna-
(ment at St. Louis in September,