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sire IZPESe. | 9 PSF ied! M the + he bas no one to whip. * matter of. truth he had ‘whi ie ST. LOUIS TEAM | DROPS BACK TO SECOND PLACE}: Cardinals. Hoid National League Lead For 1 Day— Pirates Replace Them After a day at the peak of the tional league, the St. Louis Cardinals were again in the wa! of the world champion Pirates tod Cincinnati was tied with St. Louis for second place, Larry Benton of the Braves flipped @ paralyzing brand of baseball in the first game of a doubleheader with St. Louis. Only four singles glanced from the Cardinal bats. The Braves hit Sherdel enough to jecze out # 2 to t victory. . Louis took the second game, 6 to 5. In the meantime knocked out Burleigh Grimes and beat Brooklyn, 10 to 1. Ray Kremer, Pirate twirler, won his Ith victory wf the season. Carey, former Buccaneer captain, could do nothing in his second appearance in Brooklyn toggery. The fads, beat the Giants, 6 to 5. ‘ubs Win Two The € iery Cubs showed no merey to the tail end Phillies, taking a pair of gam -4 and Ison got behind one for his 19th homer of the season, while Hartnett batted two into the far reaches. Rain stopped 11 but one contest in the American league. Rookie Crowder held St. Louis to three hits until the seventh and Washington beat back Browns, 9 to 6, The Senators had an easy time with the punts of Ernic Nevers, the Pirates I f The Nut Firacer ‘ > By Joe Williams We always thought Charlie ¢ lin was the funniest looking guy the works. + But that was be- fore we saw ng Alphonse in a col- lege cap and gown, and the Prince of Wates in a Bo: ut uniform, np’ jinds us There's something about D Chicago contract that re an installment house... . . . The promoter paid $10 down and promised the rest the next time the boys saw him. We sce by the papers the Republi- ean party is urgently in need of issue. May we not suggest a choles of the following: (a) The stymic. (b) ‘The huddle system. fe) tentional pass (d) > bh (e) Mixed foursomes. (f) Cheer-leaders. (g) “And an organized, relentless crusade against all sophomore tenor: who ins on murdering “Val “The Volga Boatman” and the oner's Song’ w hout provocation. Carlaris, English- -bred colt, rated ns being better than Man O° War last spring, was beaten the other day by one of Man O° War's kids. Back in the. stalls after the race the snippy Man 0’ War kid turned an impru- font head to Carlaris and said, ‘What a tramp the old man would have made out of you.” Meatiwtilc old Man O° War loafing in his stall at a Louisville stud farm,) Tead the account of Crusader’s win chuckled to himself: “I al ways say that boy’d make a mark for himself in this world, even if was a scallywag around the and used to rob bird nests and Having won the light heavyweight tle Jack Delaney laments the fact » Asa no one to when he whipped Berlenbach. Criti¢al as is the situation of pro- fessional golfers in this country right now it could be doubly worse. .. What if Bobby Jones had been born twins? | Some one ought to tell hie Fothergill of the Tygers, wh been batting over 400 for 3 that the lively ball isn't being used this year. In connection with the engagement of Miss ‘Daniels and Paddock It is proposed that these two ngs be used to pep up the affai (1) Yes, sir, she’s my Bebe. @) p hands, here comes Char- lie, é Apropos of those sundry and divers fight contracts he signed, isn’t It possible that our Mr. Dempsey may have been tricked into believing they were merely requests for his auto= graph? E Walker to Fight Shuffle Callahan) >—, Chiengo. Aug. 25.--#)--Mickey Walker, former welterweight — ch: ion, has been signed to meet Shuffle ie of Chicago here on Septem r 28. The bout will be ut one of the basebal al asks: “Bill to Benefit Two Indian Bands 4 ington, Bc. Send Aug. 26—-The Hes petot, bands. of tioux ae ae desited to claims in which they terested adjudicated by the aot ie lack of jurisdic- sible, In or lA sap nsider- |[ Pennant Progress | Pennant Preston | Ren Lore Philude!phia Detroit . Washing: Chicago St. Louis on Gai St. Louis at Washington. Cleveland at New York. Chicago at Philadelphia Detroit at B Pittsburgh St. Lou Cincinnati h rk Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia Boston at St Philadelph: New York at Cincinnati, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Standii has’ removed Games Today Toledo at Milwaukee. Columbus at Kansas City, Indianapolis a Paul Louisville at Minneapolis. Western Conference Football Schedule The following is the schedule for western conference football teams for the coming season: (i 2 Wisconsin-Cornell College at Madi- son, Purdue Annapoli Ohio State-Wittenberg at Colum- S. Naval Academy at uth © Dakota-Northwestern at North Dakota at Minne- a. & Mat Ann Stute Teachers at DePauw at Bloor pe at Urbana, Chicago-Florida at Chicago. October 9 ngion. Wisconsin- Madison. Purdue. Ohio State umbus. Northwestern-Carleton ton. Minnesota-Notre Dame at apolis, Michigan-Michigan at Ann Arbor, North Dakota at Towa Ci niversity of Kansas at bash at Lafayette. Ohio Wesleyan at Col- at Evans- Minne- State College JIM CORBETT ~ sees. WANTS T0 STOP DEMPSEY BOUT Former Heavyweight Cham- ti pion Claims Exclusive Right to Promote Fight Philadelphia, Aug. (AP) When Jim Corbett gets a clip on the jaw he fights back, he insists, And so he trying to prevent Jack Dempsey and ene Tunney fighting for the title het gy once held himself. Jim claims an exclusive right to promote a heavyweight title contest stadium and, having t attorney here, he san injunction to keep Tex Ri ard and his associate promoters from fight program, ¢ promoting firm of. which also sive arrangement to conduct bouts. in. the. stadium, « nounces that it has formed a pa nership with Rickard and Jules Aron- son, another Philadelphia associate. ‘ks Camp Site _After severul days of looking over sites for a new training camp for Gibson, the cha! Stroudsburg, Pa., laware Water Gi at the, camp next, bevh at his Hew ‘At. Harrisburg, Governor Charl hegro member of the state athletic mission, because White discussed puted boxing questions in the newspapers White was the only member of the refused to approve match. It was office, however. that this did not figure in White's removal. fs Billy Evans Says | | Billy Evans Says | Anent Ernie Coach Stanford Nevers: ner of Leland Ur ity once told me that Ernie Nevers was the greatest football player that had ever come under his direction. That is some compliment when you consider the many grid stars he has turned out, among them the great Jim Thorpe. Aside from his football ability Nevers was also the big. noise at itcher on the varsity s were sought ns tinal getting him. ill never reach the position in baseball that he ere- ted for himself on the gridiron, but looks very much as if he was go- ing to develop into a valuable man for the Browns. It so happened I umpired his first start in the majors, also enture in the art of deceiv big league batters. Against Red Sox Manager George Sisler picked Bi ton us the city Tor Nevers to make his initial start. Boston a great college town, The fans like to see the “rah-ral Octoher 16 nsin-Purdue at Lafayette, State-Columbia at New York. rthwestern-Indiana at, Evanston, innesota-Michigan at Ann Arbor. lowa-Illin at Urbana, Chicago-Pennsylvania at Philadel- phi October 23 nsin-Indiana at, Madison. urdue-Chicago at Chicago. Ohio State-lowa at Columbus. Northwestern-Notre Dame at Ev. anston, Minnesota-Wabash at Minneapolis, Michigan-Illinois at Ann Arbor, Wisconsin ‘ornell College at Iowa City. Illinois-Pennsylvania at Urbana, Northwestern: Purdue at Evanston. nesota-lowa at Iowa City. e Dame-Indiana at South Bend. s at Evanston, Minnesota-Butler ut Minneapoli Indiana-Miss, A. & M. at Blooming: hat Urbana. ember 20 Wi “hicngo at Chicago. PocineFrantivn at Lafayette. Illinois-Ohio Stwte at Urbana. Northwestern-lowa at Iowa City. Michigan-Minnesota at Minneapo FIGHT RESULTS | ————_ antici Utien, N. - ¥.—Bushey Utica, beat Tommy Ryan, (10). on, Mlinois-Wab: Ne iraham, Buffalo Louisvitle—Sammy Sandow, Cincin- nati, shaded Paul Allen, Chicago (12). Vernon, Calif—Baby Jones, San Diego negro lightweight, won a de- cision over Mushy Callahan of Los Angeles (10). Portland, Oregoti—George Godfrey, negro heavyweight, won a decision over Tiny Herman, former Astoria policeman (10). Denver—Chiet Metoquah, Toledo lightweight, won a decision over Joe Lohman, New York (4). Joe Marks, itadeiphia, and Joe Dunn, Port- land, Ore., draw (4). Slogan Mfe if. you don't weak- you weaken just a little you can ‘have so much more fun.” {fast one doesn’t carry the athletes in action and are very ir in th treatment of the educated rookies, whether they are with the home team or against them. It will be reealled Ty Cobb sent the ensational Holy Cross twirler, Owen Carroll, against Boston in major league debut. He was defeated. Nevers really deserved a 5-3. vie- ‘sin the final inning giving the Rex Sox two unearned runs, The game was then called to permit the it. Louis club to get a train for Whipped Mack's Team Used as a relief pitcher a couple of times following his debut, Nevers made his second start about 10 days Wed the Philadelphia s in St. Louis. PTE ne te Gunite eae into the games won column by down- ing the A’s 3-1. He really deserved shutout. Two were out in the ninth before the Mackmen put over their lone tall; Despite his size, Nevers hasn't the speed that you would expect. from one of his physical -proportio ft f Walter Johnson, as Nick Altrock would put it. Nevers has a deceptive curve, also an unusual style of delivery, not un- like that employed by Carl Mays of the Cincinnati Reds. Most of the time “the tome ford iy eee ee called “ or underhand ‘delivery:; nt met as low with his BL ar igen does Mays, probably due to his si However, just when Nevers gete the batter to looking for nothing but the underhand style of pitching, he suddenly shifts to the ovethand, ing a fast ball and sharp-breaking curve to upset the batsman. Hie overhand fast ball has more speed At i than the one delivered under. and . .-—— eed NEWS BRIEFS —________._4 Ohio Democrats approved _ direst primary and denounce high campai expenditures; Republicans draft plat! form around pebaper Dissension. splits new. governing faction in Greet Gentrut Condyls threatens to redi; Seventeen rebels are killed and 40 wounded in clash- with goverament troops at Mangus.” Because neither stuté nér. had completed | cas lder of her husband, was continued from next pens “Septembe: vd bi Pood agg eng ue lay at ie lsome at Sew Minn; 5 Two year ola eh Foreman Swani indy: escaped with ea when a Gad infront of train’ neat Ely, and Kansas. Cit at: Western | chess \eurnamens Chicago. | — wo ld have to bi . Florence (QrBleneus, 12, apebier 2 she would te 48 5 hee Mee orn’ 5 Mess Si, UBlonens “of | ita Gray Champlia playing tn the » and BY DAN ‘ThoMas NEA Service. Writer Avalon. Catalina Island—About 25 miles off. the coast of. southern Cali- fornia tex Catatina Tatand—the play- | ground of William Wrigley, Jr., C and the wee! mecca of nerve-wracked cinema folk. | Catalina advettisements read “in ali | 48¥s- hs th 0 trip ike this,” I would| Betty Bronson buying an the world no water like|cream cone and inviting me to join blueness of the Pacifte| her she, too, is just here for rwith its erystal-like clear- | the week-end there goes George longs alone to these waters | Daul hot-footing it up the street | surrounding Catalina Island. .. he has been dubbed “mayor 3 Tiny white dots grow larger and Avalon” by William Wrigley . ts on the semblance of yachts— | George always busy hi loops, yawls, schooners and power |Island Villa and Villa Park are reg. cruisers—as the amer draws | ular tent villages in themselves. . . rer, Zane Gre: three-master | Zane Grey superintending the mount- ands out prominently. Then there | ing of is the 200-foot steam cruiser that is pride of E. L, Doheney, oil king. | citedly bet they're discussing Roach’s and Wallace Beery’s|the whale we sighted on the trip| rafts ride at anchor side by side. | over a ballyhooer shouting the Dick Barrymore, just back from Hon- | wonders of a glass bottom boat trip olulu, must be entertaining aboard | it is a great sight to view the his schooner, Ma@er. I hear radio ocean bottom from these boats. music carried this way by the breeze. | Wrigley’s mag: nt home atop a es {hill overlooking the harbor an Here and there about Catalina: automobile stopping to let a man Bess Moreno, daughter of Antonio, | pass in front of it in Holly- chatting with thrée boys . . she’s|wood the pedestrian waits for the brown as s Mexican - must have | auto to pass chimes pealing out been here for some time the six o'clock. China bathing girl model with a mos- it it @ store window | Chaffee, N. 0 hoopi- | am) with Chr - lav, three tak after being unconscious. most of /yietle “girls about’ eight years old elt down stairs and fractured kal rei One. ds vad then give ° Ser 78 renee them the berry” they're "These Movie People | ale "| they go wrong cx when they ee | did pick me for a recently acquired |Tund club this ts indeed a | favorite spot for el from | Scout camp of fifty odd “pup” tents persons standing outside a ithe time sincegdune whon she| whe meet : boat and attempt to pretty good suessers but some |... Hal Roach coming out of the | heart-brauek village eBoy | wonder Fehureh a group of tourists talking ex- Colleen Moore recently received a ~”~ ° Over two billion if a girl appeared on the beach ‘letter from im such a costume the riot squad! ly invane admirer asking for money {beeing getting $4 a day for being | fi lask you. how many |ener, arrived in ‘film town a short | |echurches are filled to capacity these | time ago armed with letters from ice | tages, theater magnate. An audience a giant swordfish he just got | ae ae the “oh, | an ardent but apparent- to. support 2,000 wives. The story is told of an extra who overheard by the studio manager complaining about his wages. Stud:o manager—What’s the mat- ter my good man? Extra—For ten days now 1 have | uj kicked off this porch. Now they want to throw me out of that win- dow over the porch and only Want to give me 50 cents a day moi is that fair? Jerry Hoffman, New York scriv-| influential .men to Alexander Pan- was secured and the fetters present- ed and read to Pantages by his sec- retary. The theater owner then — and ‘said, “Have you an of- ice?’ “No,” relied Jerry, “I just ar- | | rived ‘in town.” | del “Vell, ee have nice vu am eee as tee cheap,” exclaimed is infested with ‘seme used to to! school with you” type. One da: ene of these introduced to Patsy Ruth Miller, “Don't you remember, Miss Miller, | I used to go to school with you,” he | ¢l declared. | I am afraid you are a little mis- taken,” she replied, “I went to school at St. Mary’s convent in St. Louis.” | “Yes, yes, I remember well some of the parties we wsed to have! ‘there,” said the young man. “Well, I am very sorry, but I don’t rae ex-Georgetown celebrity, remember school,” back. ALL the girls from, was Patsy Ruth’s come-| smoked a month! . ‘WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1926 eae ee oe |» College Chatter é ee? ‘TwWe STAR ACTS. : my fuail ihe other day came this query: ih gpl do you consider | off the two Asstocemances han, 0, coll ovatite tes in track ant competition of fecent years?’ eee a. rather ase, gee 4 en one recalls aes “a er Pieced poe fhe feat: Boae out in bold. relief, "ike alineuetter | | OF testa: the field. Charley Braskint ounted for ont, Dehart in, the other. » in bg? skipped the 220- hurdles in the CAE | hai e blasted ‘all as- of a century. tand in ns abitity py tabi Kraenzlein, old Penn. star, fot Mig the Smithsons, — pa the ons | | anda host of other dengiiies tim: | | her-toppers. could.turn the triek and| when the failed. it appeared ‘the | Kraenslein performance was certai to, stand for a long time yet. But Brookins, then a junior at Iowa, suc: ceeded where more highty-touted boys =a been unable come igh. lubbard, as you'll doubtless recall, made-his Tecord-shatterin ‘effort in; the running broad jump. He did it in, the national collegiates at Chicago | last summer, leaping 25 feet, 10 7-8 | inches. Hubbard's leap broke the former mark hung up by Bob. Le-' the 1924 Olympies by four inches.» | There was » bit of what the thea- —what better proof could you ask? | railroad officials with ¢1 tempt to "s. figures. Aad faith ‘a new Fec- stare F oa vantage Basel oa ve Fai n, fi that ‘ale star would "bent gendre’s effort before the end ‘of. the. college Hubbard’ ace at Chicago. Oh a vei it as seca Ag the ees the grade as a ‘ong To my mind the: achieve: Brookins and Hubbard atand : out, as two greatest in es -competl- tion of recent down & record in event that .had known little vancement since the days of Pal O'Connor, close to 30 years ago. New style railroad locomotives, lassed as oil-electric, have supprisi low operat- ing cost and al lity to make extreme. | trieal folk term “ i: —— a long * rutii