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. UP TO “UP TO DATE | } AND NEWSY | THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, AUGUST EST SPORTING PAGE IN THE Dreyfuss Wouldn't Sell Wagner for Eight Giants —Hans Lead.ng Donl n in Race for Batting Honors. l for that lean gentleman from Pittsgurg, Hans Wagner. He isn't an Apollo, but he can play more varieties of ball than any other man in the game, and each Variety better than any of the rival Bpecialists, {u himself, Taken all around, he's the vest thing that ever came out of Paterson, N. J, A New York fan approached Bi Dreyfuss a few days ago and jokin, ROOMY pedestal in the Hall of Bald: “Well ive you ewar Ga Honus Wagn Dreyfuss turned pale, Holding up both hands in a horro at. the “Tolif Pitts unt family in home in Pittsy te go back to 1. It Tsoldt Vagne of Chiants Doy'd kill UST no in a th National Honus averages have highbatting average, 83, Doniin stead! ly The ne ng up Wagner tings beside b. to be ling down Wagner is famous tor Donlin the Pl. i fn guid be fig ng ar championshi rvs Of the top place, F ip” instea Giants Ww AYES, the winner of the Marathon race in th recent ames, fs said to have announced 4n London that Other Marath Tific s will never run an- race 1s a ter- ain on Twonty- | six miles at a jog trot “would be hard enoug wh is run at a stead- od, winding up wit to rm a mil nit isa man and a half ner e famous Mara. | 0, 4 ver r al v return home tn Hamilton, Canada won the} grea 1 world, Was better to Yes When did the American Leaguo star @ L WELDON. 1900. Fame will have to be reserved and muscular | Wagner is a whole team | League | nile drive and a spur \ HANS WAGNER, Wil0 HAS FEW EQUALS . Feed HONUS HAS THE LONGEST REACH IN THE LEAGUE, -—~ wee A. ParTIAL Ecuipsé.. 1908. 3, NEW YOR i ROBE EDITED BY een RT EDGREN IN BASEBALL ONE oF WAGNER'S BEST STRONG = MAN STUNTS ~ CARRYING THe REcorp BASEBALL SALARY, is a WAGNER STEALING A Base. at he IT il tt has grieved—nay, pained me, !f you —_—— will-that treatises | VINCENT TRE 5 % THEY CACL Hid “sway " in your historical on the peerless organization of stars, both discovered and undiscovered, the led by that inextinguish- able orb Swat Milligan, you have neg- Polson Oaks, ANOR. } t 3.--The gambling lected to tell of that champtonship stay at th came against the Black Beeautles of b-houses are ; hra League. I recall dis- has changed you stirring editorials in the e the word was , the Chie e Barton, are They had KELLY FAILED TO DRAW WITH KETCHEL Jerbush Mouthorgan, of which I be- leve you were sporting editor, on the e excellent work done by the Poison Oaks in the winning of the championship of id the Swamp League. It wes, In the year of the big wind, beat the drop; his faro win- Hs THIS: FEAT OF SWAT’S a NOT ON RECORD ~¥ RLOSES 0 UL T0 BEDEL ATURE FA John Bedell captured the feature race at Valisburg track yesterday afternoon, a twenty-five-mile open event for pro- fessionals, which brought out one of the best fields of the season, It was a hard-fougit race from the start between Bedell, Fvank Kramer, of East Orange, and Joseph Fogler, of Brooklyn, The last was the best jockey of the three n the figut for positions, and flashed j over the Ine a wheel ahead of Bedell, Edward Root entered a protest with the judges that Forler had ridden | matter how squarely he might hit it, It would foul off, With the new curve, and with Handy Fouler to catch for him, Twistem had no fear of the peer- less Swat, for Handy Fouler had’a foul atehing percentage for the season of and was a wonder at picking them off the bat. | The game proceeded unt!! the last halt | o¢ the ninth inning, and the Polson Oaks had fouled out in rapid succes- sion with not a hit. By dint of much hard playing the Black Beautles had scored 103 runs, Our hero, Swat, had waited til! the last minute before com- Ing to bat, but now he ed forward and was greeted with a salvo of ap- plause. He was wise to Twistemn's new curve, and prepared to combat this foul delivery, No steely glint flashed from his oyes ib pentcets Bo tnat 88 he faced the foul twirler. Instead the pole In one of the laps, and he was battle in Cait Bryan's first campaign, that oy oe flung from his optics S¥#t#ined in it, thereby gaining fourth ‘ Pa te game took place, Two features of nad hol great meclatem Whew ner eie | ones and PAUL D the race to Bedell. © Gross ade, $6,680, Of tos ane ; ‘ t memorable contest have been in-| 404 {ht saltlee are culled ran Whom he knocked out In the Pere ip against | i ® callec si i AAA ls eae ines 1 for $3,000 and/ delibly inscribed on the tablets of my | - aka then vaaiine pitehent ee Which Champion Received ‘ago, hay mode h ,40 with, memory. Firstly tt was the only time | deliver the next aii, Gor | 2.673 for His End. ho tend ts Yat on tim to beat MoFat in which Swat Milligan changed nis Yero was seen to run mlaway between | 2 y) h “kl Ceore % A to the catcher’s and pitcher's box and $2,073 for His En day hore, ‘The facial expression from a steely glint to {he COT Spat and bat mot in @ Miah Murray, matchmake town is dead on Sunday, and we might @ brassy stare while facing a pitcher. tigerish embrace. “A foul a foul!" A. A. of Moston, ts hunting around for 4 ng ag ch excitement at Chicupee, Secondly, it was the on ime he was prowd id ball was seen | Rood inat BY JOH POLLOCK, TANLEY KETCHEL, the middle- S weight champion, did not realize much out of his victory over Hugo elgnt to e-round bt nay Olver, ented to allow ehtielght that wit! ting side. Jf Hylan Tommy Murphy boon A pliy, meet do owith a fair, Mass, yet a foul, | The great day arrived and Swat felt t he was facing a pitcher | 1 to draw & follow Waiter Miller of form right that at yn waif the who would not attempt any dirty work, | Kelly, the © at San Veats, Un zo fighter, s row night he may be offered the at record On the Fran on Friday night, he only re-(lind and Murpa: id put up @ slashing cand es Blos! his former opponents, Harold celine 3, sien adit tee battle fi8s eats He Hangover, Zeke Bender and Fahrenhelt 0 pe ent, Ul he t bse ten r t elie ate ne " Joe Tomas, the California middleweleht PURE RARE EL Ty Kelly for being knocked out got $1, the box for the Black Beautles, and let ahd $500 race track yeater. for travelling and ? extra Saracoxas It be said here that never a falrer ng expenses, The receipis of the Hee tiny. * OWeTs Hitcher flung the pellet over the pan. Were extremely i x of ivoura cas ‘5 having Wh tuning up Twistem discovered a there being only §6,680 taken in at th TTC AKTAHAVeT AL EO algae came ty peculiar curve quite by accident, It ap- door, Winning, as We aie going to ! nd Dugan pears that while shooting craps at the hts, which will be of grea ed Thomas. i hotel with a Scandinavian barber just before the game Twistem had, In rol! ne Knuckle of hi or, causing that a pecullar bend, which refused to right its In thro ng the ba!l this bent index finger g: Abe Attell and Owen Moran, t arrived in San Franctsco ors had been i f Hm Coftroth refused to referee eleht champion. y Ketchel must certainty t lapidly, fur waen he Was t be taking i vay Ing the IWvories, hit th asked rectly over the spot fat Swat stood. rest Is quickly told. Swat had nocked the ball so high thata recess led until the ball should return enable “Rmooth' Steel, ire, to determine whether it or fair, Meanwhlle our hero alied 413 runs, ‘The rule was ei] in vogue that the runner could keep scoring until the ball was re- covered. All of City Island {s {Interested in boat race to be pulled off in the Sound to-morrow for a wager of $300, The contestants are Benjamin May and Ed- ward Rosenberg, May decided two months ago to build a launch, and when it was half fin- ished Rosenberg, who is a boat builder, discovered ihe ball pat descended and landed on is assistance and thay tneibel ad ‘Ke was midway between said it wouldn't be able to beat an old pitcher's and eatcher’s box hit scow, he had no other decision’ wan $3,000 that she'll show her y of your soup tureens,’ and since then they re- ave time Betore th knew | ee getting gs ready, The course t aes !s from City Island Bridge to Matinnt- 1. M EANOR. cock, buoy, about twenty-four ake, Okla, May's homemade boat {s twenty- tw Mr, Meanor, 1 think yon are kid- With six horse power, and Rosen- CHART i $3000 VANE ATHLETES WIN MAL EVENT W PAIS CHM Olympic Stars Capture Majore ity of Events in Second Day's Meet. e last day of the brought great ng Americans, who Ratired a ale ty of the events. Willam F. Hain , Chicago A, Ay {won the 100-metre dash from scratch, | is time was 11 seconds. L. H. Trube, |New York A. C., took the 1, }run tn es 17 second | Cook, ( won the pole The 400-metre flat race went to J. C, Care who negotiated the dis+ A. Gidney, nigh jump was large, | i /LOCKE TO MEET LOUGHREY AT THE PRINCESS CLUB, penter, Corn "Kid" Locke, who gave “Young” Loughrey, of Philadelphia, the toughest | battle he aud, will seen on Broadway next tslay night at the Princess Ath when he wil meet Harry x-round con- test. Locke vughrey tw New York light: and Loughrey them all to & something ween coming recently Locke a hard bat+ the feature of an They will be all-star card RICHMOND A. C. C, WANT GAMES. Richmond A. C, would I lenge all east side teams from fifteen to seve s of age. Al days, eptember, Ric ley AC. by a scure oft Bat and. Messie. R dge street. ——_—_. Travers | id Swimming. 0 aqua plonships are to be des c ravers Yon Aug. 18. One fy 440 yard sw tory in which w the winner the ‘n and give Stan ttl th nt other Js the fancy hampton \e DIORTA pleted, by a SOyard awimm a 100.yard novice awim. AMUSEMENTS. NEW YORK PAu, Biway & 45th Bt, Wed. & Sat HARRIS! MINSTRELS wih . Honey Boys, JARDIN de PARIS ‘i: 9," f, F. ZIEGFELD, JR.'S, NEW REVUE. FOLLIES OF 1908. ERIAL GARDENS #04, Becta TA AA WH, Production Wed & Sat Downstairs in Thea, ICKERHOCKER Th TONIGHT, aff 18. Hie Ms "E ROEM. COHEN BINGE Hi NMERSTENSROOF 42d 8t. Eve ria (Root, Bil ConA . EOR Matinee in GERTRUDE HOFFMAN WAT'D AN'S sensational danc A VISION OF SALOME? 71MM) RMAN, Winsor Me- Mem 3. Joscarys, la ‘yuine'a Monkeys, Unthan (raft and Bevan, others A hewtty A001 | neaite—e teen, the ball a peculiar twist, which caused j fect, With six horse power, and || THE mumic WORLD, 3" CASING it to roll up to the batter so that no Atn~, ROFEWAN BUTORM. | horse power engine. | nt pelea Eves. §, te, tates ‘the 2.15, 2 coseae Many side bets have been made on the Anes aaa, result, and the en population oa Nam, i) 4 = ed to witness the race THEE TWINS heat “HERND $1 7 STANDING OF THE CLUBS. tisde Hier y DALY'S kreat form de Kitch’ Hedy j Atee { Nd 5 NaTIC ONAL LEAGUE, N LEAG' cd) zoe Ss i L A 7B b ne | SARATOGA ENTRIES, GI : LS 2 Iota ar ae iW l 3 veand, 08 S391 New (Spacial to The F | |g vA RAC ; (KEIR C3 PROC S i heduted, neta Mere Sth Att coscerimenenerie er aera d |{ FIRST RA ‘Tworyear-olds; handleap; Jas. Thor Fy pando halt turlot 125i St, if will be a A GAMES SCHEDULED zy Loway. |ectoresnreeptre teen: 10 | sot 8 Vines boro, oF mon i 4 dew York at ci ught Ranger. hhh Ky le ie un 1 “ at Bustut | 817! Madinan 105 | Last 2 Weeksat This “The tre. will be decided at c 84? Joe Madden Ne 5 ton, on the night of ed | 5 Taboo wD avitnicSPATy PAIN IN FULL, a ior fut acy SOaRE : aoa ie eae Twelve hundred uniformed and al 108 ALHAMBRA: EVA TANGUAY ny Eat wii Gh bales ag : aire 2 her ow ortgitial version iraday. Lewia is alao une: the con BOXING STAGS TO-NIGHT. | FORT ERIE ENTRIES. men, In addition to the guards provides ioe tthe. Vision of “Salome” 102 Ree son ja a by the @heriff, are to patrol the Nassau qot Mat Daily,25e. ant 10 other bie acte ink I have an excellent chance of fit The A, C, at Grand and . {County highways over which the elimi- Sono 18 MAT, TO-DAY, WED, & SAT. ; ‘i { Special to The Evening World.) y ear-ol Langford when I meet him at {an are Ore Will hold @ stag to: poRT HRI. Ont Aus 2 The en- nation trial and the automobile race for SAE jing: three-yea as 0 YOUNG BUFFALO fe A. C, stag on Friday night,” the 8 nig! engaged are evenly tries for to-morrow’s races here are the Vandertiit Cup are to be run on Deere IM «SHERIFF OF AN GULCH. v4, the big, husky heavyowelxat, Ine Es nate} in fine shape. In the| 48 follow: Oct, 19 and Oct, 4 next. This state- ohana ace Sunt Be de leeye LOTS el T Coy MEH) principals will mont was made by A, R. Pardington pyaiee | WALLACK’S st aes am pretty well ac- wit hts represe:s alr OB Vice t and general mang . ; 4 i 1 of Broo ioe-President and general manager of 108 THE UE ES T 1 0 rane reenen ialpes LG ae PUA edt aver, They he Motor Parkway and a director of 104 Gi a Q op» hand ieahaed ‘ au a ey eriean Automobile Association, 198 i ae Sed ford at a hearing given to-day by the Nas-| ‘ aiann Rac selling; twovearotday tive s Board of Supervisors, on! anda half fivlongs. aye "dane a Tent Oth u iilvan and M fon of the association for Mheatre, Grand&chrystle gu. F ing [be & permission to use the public highways | | GRAND ST. Wstinees ston... Wed, | ; furlongs So ened, ae tal JOHNNY HOEY, THE BOY DETECTIVE, New Lots V/in Cocd Gam Sarr rean. 100; decided it) grant the atures he New lols AeComanandia sere: to regulations which ADMISSION FREE F “leh { ian to be drawn up by counsel for the Hy [ La ctly BRIER WHO 8 pres ey f ‘Take Iron Steamboa| $na ik, to 9. T th ot Petre, Whose home in on the) een ante and threes saixteoniba, Kaphlan's Amateurs Every Night at 8 & 11. 1 k sie eran Aa Ol iY ho turnpike, was the only person (a Roval Tourist = — James, | 1 Greene and Wi eared in opposition to the ap, (Ci) Delirinm : | re to tana in § Youngs. “Syria : He sald that the roads over) 19h. Sh! "fosn dohiss . [PsRk i alt ‘ ; races had been run j (91! Cote : : ook BIG BASEBALL CONTESTS | «> BOUTS Seer fe foaled ot SP em, al —— AL! St bets ; ; : FOR THIS WEEK n Seven furlones durin ng the ‘rack ne OS Adriache iy | 3 K WITH GAMES THIS WEEK d r 0 Lexington any. : cat ons had) as Ant ; HUG 1IU8, UP JEHUOA Liat ———— ‘ AT LOCAL CLUBS. ndate, dio; Hon guard the public! FP) ane ee if frais bic blew onus pads ge-Cup In thr ' = r cee-year-| - 1 T ae ipervisor’ assured Mr, Poters| SIXTH RACE, dis thres7aatel ean oft week _—— that this year every possible safeguard | olde are eran or STEErLe , CONEY ISLANDS | ae fir wot ATHLETIC GOSSIP would Ger provided) ore thy benefit ot | at Eran CHASE! FUNNY SPOT. . : Aue ie public, and Mr. Pardington then! fog eAdmiril Dot sve f SEH bad AG pro, nise thas * full regiment 40 Tender end True . zs Quy of men would be on hand to patrol the, 68 Chlef Brant . TIONAS WANT GAMES, ‘ eit git 200 Goutal oh as" on which the alime| gt Seine be BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS, le 2 ns! jination trial and the a: race are a7 ePuns : vania |: take place. Besides these men Bher- ‘ |BxiGaTON BEACH MUSIC HALL, ‘ 4 ot | {ff Foster will have a large force on 10- ys an 3. TO. Ne AT 8.20, is i} duty at the course , ei f vals ag Cy * ng @ reputation ppb. oa Tennis Experts In Last Try-Outs, (Bie € Proud of His Achievement ‘Tha last of the tournaments before the | FO. ore Ww he an open 70-vard novice unter lee Talbot, of the Irish-American Athletic up for the nationals will rules at the aames of * A.C. ext Sunday, also an at the Parks a att. McGrath, Ralph Rose and John aman will compete In an all-round welent t at ‘Tipperary next Sunday. The evens are hammer from seven-foot and nine foot _circies, fifty-six from circle, pushing rom shoulder and puttiog sixteen-pound shot. elation, 105 Fae ‘ Ulmer Park vit t Falrr A. C., Sam 1 Tony Ross, six rounds, Weeeay: : A Alj star show sileaut, § Fast Elghty-f 4 Long Acre A. C, Dry No, peeiGeae “alse . star show of aix Grounds, To-day 4 FM. nati. Admission & of the proudest for he has the in his belt with @ 4, made hi coasts pt jhe Ridgewood Dublin police | nolder of the. challe om | H Foimer nas two lene on jast Saturday training for wrestling t | and II Tn 1005, throw He rae, the onjy man on the |. $. Basch team who qualified for two ot rt, ae he wi the heavy. enn Beis ting a well ae the baiumer in j i} 5