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i | -_—-—— Glants Having \Great Time Flirt- ing With First Place in Na- tional League Race, but There Are Other Clulys With Eyes on the Same Postion, TE, Ne Pea Ro nt ————— Second Division Club, , Pirates, Only 3% Points Behind Leaders, Giants. Sntying by the way things have been going on in the Na- tonal League race for the past few weeks it woulé not be sur- to see at an early date the five pennant contenders tied for firs\ pince. When the sea- gon opehed it was freely pre- @icted by the experts that the fight for the flag would be be- tween the Giants and the Reds. The New Yorks have lived up to expectations all right, but where are the Reds? ‘There are pay ae fon games separating the first five teams, they being closer to- Gether than at any time this feason. Best part of the pres- ent arrangement 18 that the an are on top. Xt seems un- Delievable that a scant margin of thirty-nine points divides the @ the leaders, from the second division, Pirates, but guch is the cage. And the of the week may seo them “more bunched. W you see it and now you don’t! Step right up, ladies and gentle- men, and see the joyful Glante alternately bobbing up in the fore- ground and disappearing -nistily in the duaky distance. Up and down, up and down—first . place—second — third — first. Here to-day and there to-morrow, This ie @ome pennant fight. New York's chances look good—ao ao the chances of . that hover around top position week after week as.smoths various other clu hover around a candle, IM JEFFRIES is home in Cattfornte. He leaves in a few weeks for Brit- ish Columbta and the Alaskan coast, Where he’ expects to have some of the finest bear hunting in the world. Jam has to be diplomatic nowadaye about this hunting trip business, When he proposed a tatee or four month¥ hunt last winter Mrs. J. said, very promptly, “No, Jamer dim thought {t over for a while and then suggested to Mrs. J. that it would be @ nice thing for her to go to Ger- many for a suuumer vi while he went hunting. “No, James, some more. T little shoot.”’ “Yes, James," said Mrs. J. Jim will ng the bear, His punch with a 45-70 1s as good as surely make a cleanup arm ever. : 8 they have resumed the pleasant A sport of pop bottle throwing at the Brooklyn bail grounds we are assured some fine sport be! years ago the liroolklyn » bring thelr own empty pop bottles in thelr pockets. A pop bottle te a better missile than half 4 brick. ‘Phe sound Produced when the solld bottom of a pop bottle sirikes the hollow or solld ivery dome (as the case may be) of an 8 @ dull et umpire ts much m the thrower than brick. There is one drawback to the use of a bottle, Umplres are frequently M- ly out of sym- tempered fellows, en pathy with he tn Gulged in by other Bottle fad spreads v to the field armed with guns or tols, and use them, which would most annoying CORRESPONDENT 18 very anx- A fous to know if Battling Nelson by Joe was ever knocked ov Gans. Not by several long miles, “Anxtous."* field and at on You lose your bet. At Go twice in Frisco Gans hamu the jaw and in the until krew arm weary—and he couldn't even muke a dent. In his time the Dane was the toughest and mos: du known to sclence. It assible knock him out covering like the turret of a battleship, A mallet swung on that dome wouldn't even attract Bat's attentio: ness, and then at last he was kno} out, But that was long after Joe Gan time. UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, TTL 16, 3999, SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK — GH At Kh WELL, WELL! THEY'RE UP AGAIN Copyright, 1911, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York World.) YANKEE ATHLETES PICKED TO WIN TO-MORROW'S MEET IN ENGLAND a Both Teams on Edge for tmter- national Competition in London, Harvard Sports, Expert’s Forecast ot Probable Winners én To-Morrow’s Meet. a 10 Yards—America, F. A. Reilly, T. Cable won with @ throw of M8 feet 8 inches: C. (Yale) second, with 18° feet 1 inches, and at the Intercollegiate Champton- C. Childe (Yale) his throw being 144 feet 2 inches, RHODES SCHOLAR SHOULD WIN (Continued from First Page.) 40 Yarde—America, H. W. Kelly, @. EF. Putnam of Kansas City, Rhodes scholar, will throw the hammer ‘or Oxford, He threw it at the Oxford W. 0. Zlegier s scholar) was second, with 130 feet 10 inches, Oxford Univer- Cambridge University, Putnam (Oxford) won, 183 feet 3 inches W. 0, Ziegler (Oxford) second, 124 feot London A. C. vs. Varsities, G. Putnam (Oxford) won, 148 feet 101-2 ©. Zlogler secured second © With 138 feet § inches nam also won the hammer event at the Championships with a throw o! He 1s almost sure to win this event for the English team, AMERICANS HAVE WON THREE OUT OF FIVE DUAL MEETS. Following 1s a complete record of five previous meetings of theAmerican and The first, held July 4 minutes, 29 21 880 Yards—England, P. J. Baker, Oxford, won the Oxford sports in 4 minutes, 29 1-5 seo- reconds, and W. C.| One Mile-England, W. C. Moore, Two Miles—England, L. F. much faster time and are considered | g mie to be able to run the mile in 4 mmutes, Hurdles—Ameriea, A. Chrisholm, Yale High | Jump—Amertea, also conceded to the English team, t to her mother Beret: BAG. Long Jump—Amori aid Mrs. J. Jeft thought ven he said: “Guess I'd Mke to G0 over to Burope with you~on a visit. Then after we come back you can come up to Alaska with me and I'll go Out to the woods with the buys on @ former won the two miles at the Har- | vard sports in 9 mt a new Harvard record, vard-Dartmouth meet he Engiand, G. E. and) Harvard Oxford and Cambridge four events. Points are seored only for wins, one point In each event. and thirds don’t count. Putnam, Oxford. Aton, 81 85 second: events, the 410, the one mile run. ENGLI6H TEAM WON THE THIRD | also won the he again won this event in 10 minutes, | nd he finished fourth at the Ktyan finished second English collegians, to Whitingte 16, at London, resulted as follows. races won by The Englishmen, H. Porter, both of Oxford, have done lalso won at Bellerky was second, "ithe Cambridge Untversity-Lon: Taylor and C, re the sea- son Is over. When the Brooklyn fans started a pop bottle war a couple of anagement prohibited the sale of drinks in bottles within the enclosure. Perhaps the Brooklyn fans, {ull of enthusiasm, Throwing 16-Pound cirele), 110 feet, 6 Inches; W. 0, for three miles, and of running cle They should fintsh first and second in the two tile event. CHISHOLM SHOULD WIN HuUR.) DLE EVENT EASILy. The 120-yard ‘hurdles should prove an ey are consti both of Cam’ at 5 ft. 94 In. 1s should be Yard Hurdle (hurdle fixed) y. J. Oakley, Oxford, won. Quarter-Mile, 51s.; G. Jordan, Americans must be relied on a Fann Jump Bvent Half-Mile, 2m. 04-5%.; W. J. Greenhow, feet 71-4 Inches le) second, 21 feet 111-4 inches. At the Yale Holden won with @ leap of 21 feet 91-4 |inches; J. R. Kilpatrick (¥ One Mile, 4m, 243-68.; W. J. Greenhow, Oxtord, won. Putting 16-Pound Shot, O. Hickok, Yale, won, Long Jurap, 2% feet, 11 inches; L. P. thrice run the distance in| rick (Yo and in the flnal 10-yard hurdles at t Championships he won Cummings (Harvard), | Is equal to 16s, for this event Phillips (Cambridge), Oxfon!-Cam- wo won}ton A, C. ge) won the long j , once in 15 3-5s ory to of a Intercollegiate Championships, High Jump, 6 feet, 88-4 Inche: Sheldon, Yale, E. D. Swarwick, Oxford, At the Cambridge Unive bridge meet in 161 + Susskind (Ci: Oxtord, 61-2 events, against Yale, 31-2 YALE BEAT CAMBRIDGE SINGLY this | Cambridy: Im, 562-58, the on Came | (Oxford) bridge Sport held at Manhattan Field, nd in this ev ‘This event |potnts to three Canfleld (Yale), Yale-Princet won Yale-Hary A.D. Baker (Harvard), utrick (Yale) yard hurdles on cinde hrowing 16-Pound Hammer—At the the long jun \ the high jump, ee er New York Clubs. | BROOKLYNS. Batting Averages of Three Great _—————— —t lis brain had a bone HIGHLANDERS. In course time the constant hammering may have affected him, and Bat changed his way of living a lttle. He lost his tough- | i Waee as Busse, _* World’s 250-Yard Hurdle Record Broken by Eller Irish-American A. C. Star Clips Two-fifths of Second Off the Old Mark. Jack Eller of the Irish-American A. C., was back on the job of smash- ing world's hurdling records when he performed against Jim Malcolmeon, the Seattle crack, at Guttenburg track yesterday, In @ special hurdle race of 20 yard in which none but Eller and Malcolm- son took the mark, Eller won in 28 seconds, bettering the old world's record by two-fifths of a second. Until within two sticks from the fin- ish the Seattle man was only half a stride behind Eller, but when that point was reached Malcolmson petered out, and Eller finished fully eight yards to the good. After the event Jack remarked: “1 certainly was dead on my feet in that race. I'm not running right to- When he heard {t announced that he'd broken the record Eller declared himself able to go even better, and it will not be surprising if he lowers 4 couple more marks before the season | r ver ho cae ee hammer. The English team won three e half mile run and| MEETING, 5 EVENTS TO 4. The third me a and 22, 1809, four, taking the quarter, the half, the mile, the long jump and the three-mile run, On this oaccaston the Americans won the 10-yard dash, the 12)-yards hurdles, the high jump and the sixteen- pound hammer. ENGLISHMEN BEATEN AT BERK- ELEY OVAL IN 1901. ‘The fourth contest between Yale and Harvard and Oxford and Cambridge was held at Berkeley Oval, Sept. 2%, 1901, Yale and Haryard won six events to the Britishers’ three. N, H, Har- grave of Yale won the “100 in 102-5 seconds; E. C, Rust of Harvard won the quarter in 59 seconds; J. 8, Spra- ker of Yale won the ‘high jump, with 6 feet 11-2 inches. Spaker also won the broad jump, with 22 feet 4 inches; A. Boal won the 16-pound hammer, with 196 feet 8 inches, All the Mnglish- nen won. a Ww. Y Cocksholt In 4m, %1-hs., and the two- mile run by H. W, Workman of Came bridge in 9m, 50 YALE AND HARVARD WIN FIFTH MEETING IN LONDON, The fifth meeting held at the Queens Club, London, July 1904, resulted In a victory for Ya) ‘d by ix events to thr 4 were won as follows: 1 Wid nick Jr. of Quarter-mile run by in i hurd the with ld of Ya the M-pou: f Ya With 152 6 ches; the e run by M, Godby in 9m. & =| ing between the com-! bined teams of Yale and Harva Oxford and Cambridge was held at the Queens Clubs, London, on July The Engiishm:. won by five events to ees = SDV, mV te in fra |Giants Must Depend on Brooklyns and Bostons cmneiianiain National Race So Close That Any One of Five Teams Can Take Lead. BY BOZEMAN BULGER. to the rescue of the Giants this season or our pennant hopefuls are going to have some tough sledding. ‘The race in the National League is so close that any of the five teams has a chance to Jump in the lead, and the odds are decidedly in favor of the Cubs or the Cardinals. to knock the C F with Mathewson in the box to-day, but after that there Is going to be a mad scramble such as the old league has n seen since It began operations some hirty years ago. The Glants will be pitted against Pitts»urg for four days, while the Cubs will be picking on Brook: Bren and Boston must come / lyn, and the fast flying Cardinals will be | hammering away at Boston, A cursory glance does not disclose much nourish- ment for the Glants In that combination of clreum so far Boston has been abs tely elpless against the Western invaders and Brooklyn cannot be relied upon to rally’ around the Giant flag. They may down the Cubs, but the chances are that they wil) It is up to the Giant fore, to clean up the Pirates or drop back into the ranks of the runners- { 1 the Pirates have easy for New York, the Giants having won six out of eight games ed. They cannot expect to keep up percenta, the Pirates lave been mater : ed by the addition of Vin p.i, the fastest ith the po: \ Devore. We are leading the Cubs by a bare margin of two points, and {f the Chi- cago Club should be victorious this afternoon the Giants will drop out of the lead, Of course the Giants have a chance to come back Saturday when they tackle the Cincinnati Reds, but that is several days off. Gefith's ceam is rapidly slipping backward, and it be gins to look as if this is to be Clark Griffith's last year as manager in Red- land, The fans out there are very sore on the “Old Fox” and the papers have become so miffed at him that they it ible exception of EDITED BY ROBERT EDGRIN Records of Pitchers on the Three Greater New York Ball Clubs, 1 | soceronse: weacace’ fon his name. For severa:| days the Redland scribes have com- | pletely ignored the manager and they jchj ' ic |did not even mention h ship. Ths why my prices are when he wai me for kicking. winning three straight games from Philadelphia within two and one-half games of the lead and another break of luck their way will land them right at the top, Put out of a his | ra-|calied the ‘Wrec are ving up to the sobriquet. three games with the Phillies they cut e all summer, as| wrecked the pastime, Hy | it in the ninth inning. The Giants declare that the was the reaction efforts in trimming | The pace they || we Posiny Gu, yase-runner in the!of the | thelr extraordina ew York four = completely fagred they were as putty fresh Cardinals, n the hands of the | ho have come out of | Louls the papers have decided that the final fight for the flag will be between A queer!| Mine pets | feature io this remarkable race is that 5 \tew of the experts are paying any at- ‘tention at all to the Pirates, ‘They are| only a half game behind the Cardinals and just three games behind the lead. The team 1s going like a streak jus now and must be taken seriou: Fighting BY JOHN POLLOCK. te signed up to fight some good fighter, probably Packey McFarland, In @ twenty-round bout at Frisco next opponent in this scrap will be Fighting California, whom he will meet in a ten- round bout before the North End A, C. of Albany, N. ¥., on Thursday evering, July 2, After this fight Wells will for San Francisco to get Into condi for his battle there. As he has agreed to fight McFarland at 185 pounds, weigh in at 3 P. M, there is no doubt that Packey will grab the match in @ hurry. Wille Lewis, the local middleweight, 19 cer tainty. tn ham luck, He was scheduled’ to meet Dry, the colored mildeweight, in @ ten pout at the Kuickeroocker A. O, of Albany, fein “is receat battle with Young Louglrey, a fight Joe Holi the first tame i oe AR RE nights ‘tor a tong sTerening owing to the fac vening na A Ht Nie ori. 8 RESULTS OF YESTERDAY’ Malsney to battle iy the main bout, Boyo, Dnvsec ttl has Rot done much Wiig GAMES, Matt Wells Will Meet Dick Hyland MATCHES ARRANGED. Young Stoney and Young have been matched to mi rounds at the Long Acre A. C. on Wednesday night. Blz Mackey ATT WELLS, the English Mii M weight champion who has been Young O'Leary month, has taken on another match. His rounds at the opening boxing stag Dick Hyland, the rugged ligntwelght of | | of the Bay Head A. C. of Rockaway he New Orleans feather- a week from to-night, lad who ‘defeated Joe Coster at that clib before Joe started f Jimmy Johnson and » fighter, Joe Coster, the isrookiyn ‘feather are now ‘on thelr’ way atl are due to arrive in fights he had wita J. both “of “which ‘he lost, Detwoea Jimny Mt Henry bas backed out of ing he is still wiltf and aove ot get into p01" Lewis wenty-two yeara shed moro firmly STILLING CO, MORGAN CHS — WOLGAST AND PUTS UPS000 Brown’s Manager Irsts That New Yorkers Sho See the Battle. TE Nehtweteht —smptonshtp controversy between. O. Brown and Ad Woigast t has been burning up the telegraph res between New York and Frisco > past five days has reached the pup or shut up stage. Wolgast has wi bast that Dan Morgan on behalf @rown must make a noise like monelf he wants consideration, and th indomitavie Morgan is making the rived racket, ‘To-day Morgan will st $1,000 to stand as one-tenth of ade bet to go in a battle for the title, e other $9,000 to be deposited when r articles signed. Morgan prefers to ha the contest decided in New York {various rea- acne. First of all becau brown is @ New York boy, and Ngan figure that {f the champloashijs to change hands he wants all New ork to see It. Last time Brown beat Weast it was & fancy priced affair, on'within reach of the swell set. Morgan wants to chaé the condi- tions now. He arguest@t in a big enougii place pricus od be #0 are ranged that everybodyrom the day laborer to the milijo#® could see the @nill Morgan teves that he should dictate New Yt for the rea- son that this priviieg4eit to go to the champion limited round an—they call 0 Dumb Dan— believes that ten-round & be quite suffat this e to ‘e the New Yorboy's superiority, PHILLIES SIGSHORTSTOP, HAMILTOD oO July 10.—Tom rieve, star short» of the ‘al Ca- an League ter © n sold to adeiphia Nonal Club for $1,800, will reporto es We morrow, —>—— in Leay Against Kramer, fing eversthing in thelt Style osts Nothing andI don’sargeforit. Icharge only for merial and workman- low. Me Levy y Only Store.) 119-125 alker St., New York Hf} ——————_—___—_—_. —______] ver 4 /TS75 (G20 a Week nfaul | dos Going Begging tee Day and Daing Positions. 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