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ae THR WORTD: MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST 9, 1905 BRITT’S HEADWORK FEATURE OF HIS N \ VENTE, NCS rite will tight “for the tite? (a. ‘ pels “weigh st an ne \ will win this Fight” Seys Jee ‘happens umhenever Britt and Nelson come together. WHO WILL WIN. |GREATERPENNANT? ut those dishonest ath ing better than Powell, Benier +s vi: Piedad BY ALLEN SANGREE. of it, but Connie Mack expects to have (Special to The Evening World.) Dyeert to take his piace, while Griffith CLEVELAND, 0., Aug. 2%—In the] has himself, Hogg and come youngaters past week I have devoted some time to| tt)'rererve. is '@ work that cannot be| setting opinions from all sorts of ex- The Inflelds Sized Up. b eine Thete is ‘tittte | Perts in baseball on that one important| Benind the bat) the two teams are ence ‘between taking prises under | Guestion, Who will win the American carpenter's ob ; tS the Newport Courts in and picking pockets. tp | League pennant? 4s @ much better hitter than either rm profession has been In Chicago Comiskey talked as though | Kleinow or McGuire. i: first base , Straight Sets. and» therefore more |e belleved ‘his club to iawe a very good | Harry Davis has {t all over Chase, ol- YOUNG “DEL” HAS. HIS - * omp fing <0 @ certain class of athletes. | chance He fears the Athletics, but though the latter is a comer at that. PY 7, 99| NEWPORT, R. 1, Aug. 2.—It was z there Js going to be a change. | Seemed to reck little of Cleveland, New | Murphy 4a a better hitter than Williacia LA elmion betore vay began Gy i Athletic Union mtends to| York and Boston. In St. Louis nearly | and rearly ¢s good a fielder. Monte the fifth round of the Sasioad se ne tect the real amotours. who compete | every one thinks New York will fight | Crom is as good a ficider as Blberield, Championships to select among the els} pe ontrioce by yan prosecut- | out the last few games with Philadelphia | and on this year’s form about as good a survivors—Collins, of Chicago; Jones, of pe Sey. f the fraud. or Chicago, Jimmy ollins alone de-) batter. Foth ere timely bitters. Lave} New Recruit in nit” Highlandoes” cad cae Soatte OUR Kons ‘has an unde-| Clates that Boston wit be the club te/ Cross excels any one that Griffith lias Outfield Is Picked to B , Sanat weit pai Dihsey UE sty He {een proeatona when-| feature with Philadelphia in that series. | for third, base, eepecially in betting, utfield Is Picked to Bea jelphia; . oi ; i But he hes no right, Eastern Team Picked. | | while Hanteal, Hoffman and Seybold, Summit, N. J., and Behr, of Yele—the s 1 again Meld, ba: thing to be ashamed i four winners for the semi-finals. 3, to compete Feat he raed! of Sachs | ere eaMn ek 20 be Sabana Batting Wonder of the Future Fn are een ones He ® t paigges 1 eounds here: Fults and Keeler. Like “Big Ed.” order,’ ‘and, while Collins, Hobart, 7 wine y Asset We piok an Basiern team to win de-|" In batting the Athietios are far the Wright and Larned were looked upon ps a fusca been’ sent to prigon. | Case they have more eit at bene superior. Their pitchers are a trifle ag somewhat stronger than the ‘other 49 pure sport. “aga bea! Sols iba a ae ipont fo S| the better, and it is only in head work tha a etHiek bea four the prospects, before the sport the race’ between Concord | #4 e. fag wo! . oj 2 Collins (tbat the Highlanders excel, if they do signed in Cleveland, is picked by every started of four well-contested matches pa omen Our friends the British | Ce1phia or New Xork. Jimmy Collins even in that department of tthe FAM. good taseball judge as the beat of that were never better in’ the history of ase Proud of thelr jong-distance | Winks he has a good chance, but then) From all the wersons I have in'e famiy since “Wa'x" time, Four of the tennis championships in this country, peed! big “leaguer sere? The committee decided that the Jimmy has a lot Of the same kind of) viewed there are no two opinions about Lorn poapheansieed We can’t af- brother 1 io them the lead in other) DMYeTH as had Cleveland—those, that | ihe Athletios winning out. The thing Secrouaais Game ta Chatting: | Wright-Clothier match would prove tte depend solely upon base hits and spar eiked mt E 3 Belding ortho tecuutes te ‘ineide tase: | aor nae ou now by Fractions ago, Jim, has beén with New-York, best contest for the exhibition court, © | WRIGHT BEATS | GLOTHIER IN geaerevts | TENNIS DUEL T Loses we ehis fi ent he can take = Winner Takes Big Match on about evenly matched, although Shreck Frank Delehanty. re } wi it matches ere ner- patios _ yeaa ‘and teamwork to win out, | Of the er ‘way to Chicago and the Boston Nationals. Joe ‘ mies Se ihatates: Piel tat Snr HE battle between James Edward! two we fancy the Athletics, because |. Bender’ <ut Js with Buffalo and Willie plays inde- Sale Ce vectont akedlena WETS. ‘Britt and Battling Nelson tn San) ghey have the iead at present. A lead | may “hurt Muok but he hes pendent ball sd i! ile, wh Franalsco on Sept. 9, will be the| of sixty-four pointe ia a good many ut) PEW, Oh Nem ote, Wook cheap All of the six are natural born hall est zeen since Jim Corbett and Bol | this stage of the game. last spring, | Players, sowing there’ must be some- ‘itzsimmons went to a a \ Were Now York ag far ahead as are | What Highlanders Say. | thing 1n the blood, but Frank is the mty-five | the Athletics I would pick them to win| Among the Highlanders one he#rs star, He lias little to say, nothing sui h fight. | out, But with so. many teams fighting | ait same expression from cach And prises him, but hy admitted yesterday Sa the bunting and with every ‘team in| nik waren Wh men they come East. Boe- that the ‘inside’ work of New York (Claas. The amount of attention | the Le: playing the ball, that 1s with big Sieur: Philadelphia and New,! wis an eye opener. jut ‘the fight will attract 19 presaged | the poasible exception of Cleveland, tt York are alt putting up o great #06.) "7 Teamca more m three days wi the action of wise Jimmy Coftroth, | 1s going t obe mighty bard for the High- | and Will be fighting every \the Highlands he sald, ‘than Clothier in straight sets in the fifth round, The score was 11—9, 6-2, 6-2. Behr was easily defeated by the for- mer champion, Larned, in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 Clarence Hobart had more difficulty in his contest with Richard Stevens, aad the two exponents of the base line game fought for four sets before Ho- bart won, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Promoter, who Induced Nelson to | 1anders to overcome the lead held vy | "T2"1s certainly to the Highlanders’! tnrce years in minor league, Wh ving-pieture re- |G ck’ me credit that they have done so well, a é Vhat proved to be The hardest match Bat Ses eit iets te ee ee | V two games the whole these men are working out plays in,t of the day was that between Kroigh pts for $5,60, Jimmy Britt, also wise,| Both teams are in gdod shape now, | With scarcely twa, games the te tee aby. I pla the dressing-room a: fused to turn over his kinetoscope for | Both Gre’ well equipped, too, with pitch + [meet who aever held Brat pase 3 At the table. They discuss eyary plas ¥such puny sum, He expects to rs x Men ne wan | in the game and try something new © a fortune out of the pictures Mattes So tte oumteld. ‘Brom onc cay [each day, which will be shown all over| wile Coakley 1s pitching more consist-! to another Grit does aot know his ¥, @ fellow has tol keep hie head wagging to follow their talk. ‘The boys Todar ae United States and Coney Island. Henley 4s pitche Mne-up. ny ee ‘oney ent epi! shan -Onvhi\ Hanley i) pitol BASEBALL, Polo Grounds. I have been with wouldn't believe what ‘hamplon Gisnis.vs, 8, Louls, Adm, ‘1 —_——__ ‘the first time in years the fight- Pr Raa oa y amnly | I could tell "em about these men, And i — maybe they don't want to win that AMUSEMENTS. acl iase om RUSTE WORKING — {D Vollins and J, D. E, Jones, the Rhode island expert, wiicn the former won after four sets, two of them bging Aeuced. ‘The score of this match was 1-5, 6-7, €-3, 6-1, pennant,” fi i Sentehateieeneaenaaaeeaeaaod ‘here's a funny little side issue In Griffith says Delehanty has the true Jvdsment necds Uttle training. He go y figbt that seems to have escaped R $1.00 A DAY I EAGUE BAT T ERS baiting eye, position and ‘knack, ‘Hs | | a ge and hougherty nee huatie te | 9 DALY'S Theatre. yay & 0th at. notice of the vigilant public. J. work Saturday showed that his outfield! get hack bia Jobe ag 8. Mai ritt,, you know, has always been. of opinion that Joe Gans never had a lain to the light-weight champion- RICHMOND, Ind., Aug. 28.—-Amos Ru-| Although there was some tieavy hit- EDNA MAY ont dt || SHEEPSHEAD ENTRIES FOR TO-MORROW dp title, inasmuch us the dusky fght-| oi, waone viti| ne by Ube players of th@ three local cM ie Oi hy Petiinas to battle at 183 pourids, ring. | MOM Heme will be identified wit) |. auring the week just ended, there the lightweigit mit, bus 6B ote Has one of te most famous vaso change In the sanding as far ie eninn Werte) fy com SUC ta 4, | | Yori RATE Yc Sie of Bring had the naming of the terms in } pitchers, the star of the Giants! staff! as the leaders of these teams wore con-|y y ne entries for Lo-mor- ey SR, gudyand Uyward; mile and ‘au ‘igi oa] | MRS, LEFFINGWELL'S BOOTS. ‘this pcrap, Battling Nelson expressing | a comparatively few. years buck, Is now cerned. Mike Dontin, Willie Keeler and ‘are re as follows Hasta Preceded. #.15. by "A MAKER of MEN, as satisfied with anything that | Hien “din the south-| Harry Luinley, who have been leading’ Handicap, for alt ages: six) —— Qua, Straus BOCK 4 induce James to enter the ring, | Working in # lumby vor $160 a day, the other players of their teams with Snot ai IMIGKERBOGKER "Bc SICK a east. part of Indi As pitcher of the New York club Rusle , : FRANK DANIELS | ® a ite Ground 2.002022 HERMLD SOTA iid Ett SAM BERNARD dim 41 that he Would “defend the wel championship" at 133 pounds, weighing in at 9 o'clock in the the stick for some time, are still in front. ; Donlin gained a few points on hiy received a salary of $5,000 for tie season, : Today Rusle is big and fat jand has |PFOther players lust week, rolling his ay- erage up to 8%) per cent. Gnly one othar no Yous of ver PMYINg Dell AE ALe Lor on McGraw’s team Usbastins over — Ambra Peeai) morning. Pid I hear a chuckle? Must have been RERSE SESSSSSECEEL i A f ee wehiaea , atver and track tndieations: AMMERSTEIN’S "3.54 “Gig ayaa Son Baro Fae ge averaat of 300 per oma Mae te ——_— COB haunt ee HEY intend to keep the fightt 000 Me'" Keeler happens to be cho only player : w ets AS: ged “toeieg moe on VEARLING COLT, | 00 the Higuianders biting over ato iy |CORBETT PLAYS wo in “ane Pacific coast. No more ‘'kill- he goose that Inys the golden Rn. Mi Bids 7 Price at or 7 pod A Euivon ‘op Pr per cent. his nearest opponent being Wid"? ‘ov. Who has 271 per cent, Asstanrdin Harry Lumiey, Ned Hanlon’s heavy Mla Fiveb G: PART OF REAL HERO, |: eg slugger, who leads his club, is mot hit-| $i9co: CE-—Steaplechase ; fours a Wreek with a Ra, Bi niin & Ditches Hix Automobile to Prevent | sons, The Jt Ly pene, it ae and a; th owl Mie ge in THE DEW AC yenrroldn and “apa the ahort uy to Envoy. ss aya ute wh pve i as raat Me art preaching, Mnehi é THE DEWEY. 0, (Special Yo Te evening: World) Average Of 2 per cent gitctnP Wana |; Jamen J. Corett played the part or | ROSBAY | Burien soit f0 ‘ The Sale for Half Brother ey Gea ‘an hero in roal Ufe lagt night. @ tors by | Ata, 28:-Thorougled yeurlings trom| YANKEE YACHTS Grane .. | mer champion, a&oompanted “by his “pe THE fe) the dguliuing in the Oakwood and McGrathiann studs IN OCEAN RACE. olds: onke wie and Mr. ynd Mra. Henry Medicus, ate wouldn't be think offered for sale this afternoon, p Of Pequest, were IM the former's automobile speed- were oft S Menkes conaul ing Along the road between the village We had] brought good prices, C. K. Ellison pay: | Hope Leslie and Cossack Start Con- — Sitentor Cyciane "22.7 of Guncne ane Bageige who at Te p Mia York | ing the hig'est, $3,000, for a hall-brother teat in Heavy Wind and ie ae ade i Pabiee Mein iptad Hep ine | iia thrills ef the }¢, Grancns aud Wnvoy, The principal fea at 1 he telegraph | sates wore: lax. mae ‘ rection. y Cas eareN NING HALIPAX, N, 8. Aug. %8—The Hope ' To avert a collision Combet ditchoa Hietbahhatsh ied Ch. c. by, Belvidere—sallte of Navarre; 8. | oH nie ‘Santon S rete $1,000. Leslie, of the Boston Yacht Club, and » his machin wheels re Hothtiorbe—viuration: C, Be Bit, ie Cossack, of ihe Eastern Yacht Club, Leis A ‘ ing ut embankment and throwing the 14TH Gah ‘by Wolsthorpe—Luctasta; A. G. ware te aly American boats to porte Dawn. bat iia 5 yet roadway, id te suv, BILLY. te in he * racin vent Vi ¥ e Ee asrdalabccMiepionane: ©. 62. | eaves Move Bootia Yacht Club fro om Alvan trative’ iy Griver hei or ase pad i or 2 ‘1 ij. | PH PORE 8 Farts Leht 4 faiy wee It eve y Kenpromius—Lrackst; . R. will he only otter was the Cape Pit Me Th by The Commoner—Piuzaa; W. | norCheaslor, which caused many yachts to devide against (akin f i pears Pinte, of Pengance—rincenc | Win was’ blowing Tovriedt Mallag 1 ira ina tie aos wi Bene | hour and where was a hea jaivinoe Coline’ M. a. ‘Ticho- OMe Aad shone, ‘6 ‘CeauirlonJure; BK. Bradley, laa ft 2.35.08, bis Y : . betes allgbapcly | were over witht a CROW, Aug: 2%: A Risale of Pen eunce-—Mise ‘Thom: | ter 9 s ate-—Devio; W, Hayes, oy head , Gloria. rapt ty ic valy. A yaibariah race Was siarted in uw heap ; eet sgt ein met PORTING NEWS AND COMMENT. ‘ROBERT BDGREN. wXT FIGHT WITH BATTLING NELSON. Britt Suggests Jeffries, froth Graney, One “wwhenl land the Brittll forget he ever had a head” Says Nelson. INO REFEREE NAMED unch = Nolan Stee and Coj- of Whom Will Be Named To-Night. (Special to The Evening World.) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug, 28.—An- ottier strenuous session between Billy Nolan, Wille Britt and Manager Jim Coftroth last night ended ere a referee for the Britt-Nelson contest had been selected, The session finally broke up when the principals agreed to meet to- night to try once more to agree on a fit man to pase on the bout. The _cantest has narrowed down to 20-MILE RACE AT GARDEN T0-NIGHT All the Star Professional Riders Will Line-Up at the Start on the Famous ‘Saucer Track— Kramer and Lawson to Race. A twenty-mile professional nace, the same as that which met with much favor at the Garden ten days ago, will be the feature on the saucer track to- night. All the crack “pros” that faced the starter in that event wil be on the Tine tonight ready to break at the pls- tol shot. There will be a prize for the jeter of wach lap, and the stirring, an. iahca and spurts n will be repeated Me- Farland, Fenn, Kramer, Lawson, the Bodelis:’ Krebs, Root and Dorion are | entere An emateur sng oneti professionel i. rE Blike SD I fered yet at the len. Krank Kramer the dattals treak | ca ve cyole world, and I: wson Suamplon al nor-distance of the world, wi meet Thursday for the me vs Championship on the fainous *Sthe’vace ‘will be run in beats, vex t of three, and the winner Ww clear hold on the title. ———$—__— MURPHY FIGHTS TO-NIGHT. Tommy Murphy, the feather-welght fighter, of ‘this city, who is to meet George Dixon in a’ aix-round bout on 20, will clash with, Ad Carney, aka i a sixcround bout to- ht, at te National A. C., of Phila- Gefphias Johony. Dwyer. sso of This city, will meet Young Nitchie in the sentl-windup, AMUSEMENTS, HIPPODROME. ie West atid a ae pe MATINEES, ESTAR: Lox. Av@i0TtnBt, Mat‘To-dar. ate. Wed. Rite. {ote Floniing Fate three men—Jim Jeffrics, Eddie Graney and George Siler. Tae former fx the cholce of Britt. Coffroth sumeested the name of the gecond man, while Nolan holds out for the third. Unless a dark horse looms up at the confefence to- aight it looks jike one of thése threa, with Graney the most likely man, Willle Britt wes strongly in favor of Jeffries. and sang bis praises for an hour in a vain attempt to win Billy Nolan over. When the latter was given hla fling he began to tell the assembled hosts what a great third map in the ring Is George Slier. Time was flying,and Manager Cof- froth waxed uneasy. At last ho com- mitied himself to speech, and politely Informed Britt and Nolan they, would Graney and leave it to the man~- agers to make a felection, If they fi ied he would wade in all by himself his own picking. AMUSEMENTS. ‘ PROCTOR’S,~ 23d ST. see | AN ie | Sloore rem Basle, Lerner a tans Tans Grane Larson Si Saruia! Yer fie egal EXYRA ATTRACTION--KATIE ¥ PROCTOR’S, 5 mite “AVE: " A DOLLS ROUSE,” 5A aut. aE Haunts Sar thal Gear soit iahaeh PROCTOR’S, ~S8th ST. ** The Stilt pir 1 ae ie ee Beer et asth ST. Edwin Arden in “TORAH. tiie itech 39a, Bi, Wisco, Sot. Aiken, Robt. ah, Dally ¥ “ Souy. Mats. Mon. ANHATT AN BEACH, wittous WAUDEVIL “KS. PORT ARTHUR, = oRA FIREWO! BOER WAR Dally. ya te ey ‘suman 5.713089, THOROUE MBREDS MATINERA® bai "5, 2B cts: SPORTING, CONEY ISLAND aay CLUB Ly RRA Yi ase Pais B ‘Av. Maty y Night any ia