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THE EVENING WORLD; TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1918. BER ffs A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT (%¢Zpmnzscrstes") By ViC/ATHIFTICS CANIN bat a rmmeneeceaae — EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN ee CHING ONTHER NEXT TOUR OF WEST 3) Manager McGraw, in Reviewing Pennant Fight ~~ in American League, Says the Philadelphias Should: Have Championship Won on Their Return Home—White Sox Only Team That H’DCAP BIG RACE Se halen Ne bak After Having Seen the Unfortunate Highlanders Perform for Quite a Spell, It Is a Relief for New York Fandom to Welsome the Giants, With Their Twelv e Straight Victories, —— By Boreman Bulger. HE arrival of tho Giants with @ season's record of twelve straight victories and @ clean eweep of the Kasi from gloom to joy. After witt You AccerT $5 92150 & We Will Show Any Real Opposition. AGRES TH LET YOu @ tong time” declared a member of the Athieties, Of course if 4 Walsh ena get back inte shape the team By John J. McGraw, Manager of the Gtante. F the Athletics steam through the West on this trip at the rate they have been going for the last’ couple of months ] they should baveliire @ club up through the standing the pennant won| because of the vast amount of work on thelr return je can absord, They tell me that he will be right within @ short time home — that ts, now, too, c won to all Intemts| Connie Mack fealises that by Phe ‘and purposes, al-| two veteran pitchers upon whom to de though “Connte”| pend for the pennant. He ie not count. Mack will never|'"& on Coombe for ¢ season at all, oa au if the third veteran of the great admit it until ft is cinched. Into form, it would be eo much pitch- The real opposition that the Ath-| Ing velvet for Connie, letica will encounter In the West wilt] If anything should happen to either nedeed the Phillies Sack another notch by pounding them in double-header while Brooklyn sank with them. The Jiants now hav: on every club in the league excepting the 8 Louls Cardinals. Miller Hug that ho will get his in due time, MIGHLANDERS IN BAD PLIGH ‘The ‘poor Highian G0 away in @ bad plight. With both dependadle leld Wp and the whole clud bowed down under discouragement, there ttle hope for thie Weetern invasion and Gosdett will both be out for sev- eral days, and as jas been released, the only catcher at hand {a John Smith, all foe Pio, the west side boy. It cannot be sald that John's Or Joe's catching was a thing of beauty and a joy forever.on his first attempt. PIO TRIES TO CATCH RUNNE GTEALING CENTRE PIELD. Pio or Sthith, as you will, has one record that will defend him again eemers. He made four throws to second, three of which went for singles one for two bases. Pio was plainly nervous, and he must have fot it into hid head that the Washington runrera were trying to steal centre field instead of gecond. At any rate, he threw the ball #0 far into centPe on every chance that Marry ‘Welter wab kept warmed up for a sprint when needed. The man who PLAYERS Now HAVE ANOTHER =” Good ExCuse For “HoLdiNe ovT ASIDE FROM THE O10 CLEVER Ball PLAYERS OUGHT TO BE ABLE “TO PICK UP A LOT OF CHANGE BY FoLLowiING 2immERMANS MA -f-4 al Exampe,. Philadelphia trio should come around Samtered, however, was John Murphy, a ground keeper of temperament. After be in Chicago and Cleveland, although | Plank or Bender, M Plo had mage hia sedond wild throw John isued a call to arms and hurriedly Aw Now SE | the Phtndennie wlovere do not regard | seainet Wt for pitche erected @ screen around his hollyhock bed, which is hard by the centre field fence, REASONAGLE ® the Cleveland stand as serious at this thi 4 time, ‘They say that the Naps’ pitch-/ noish Knowing this, ‘Mack is nurslag ing staff wae what put them tl aiong his two stars and eaying them tLe Gwe you % 10 IF youLe Let me uP! )- Toward the Anish the much rattled Mr. Plo accidentally got the Mont dope, according to a. theory once advanced by- Lou Origer, when the fourth Washington runner atarted for second. Feeling unable to throw him out, Pio Acid the dall in Ais glove, 60 as to play it safe far ahead he cannot be overtaken. Gné catch 1.0m coming home. the Red Sox are to make & fight at 4 ranka that hurts they will ha get going on this the chances of a pennant contender, Firat, Lajole was taken out of the game because It was sald he had slowed up. This move was followed by revorte of trouble between Birmingham and | Shy Larry, Now Lajote is back in. the] tenders. me, 1 do not know how much truth| Washington has improved its position Tt was Gults @ responsibility to shove on the shoulders of a young fellow his N fret thé out, and that may account for his bad showing. He struck ott three times tn succession and threw wild every time he turned looge the ball. The doy gan do better than that or he would never have had a chance Still, we Jannat Beye @ brilliant future for John, BILL DONOVAN GOES BACK EMPTY-HANDED. ; = z 3 Fs 2 . for I do nat | with the return of Foster at third base © es Meee plane lar former twirler of the Tigers and now manager of the It. -~ fe euch rumors a heme ny ea x rovidenc@ club, sat in the press bex to look over Chance's stable in the h . { ore | mo of picking off a good youngster. He finally for Providence Aisappotntes. poe but trouble in @ club peenaey means re-| ling has coo t my . iP ‘seven straight “If E took one of these men nway from here,” said Bill, “you could certainly “the Athatie rane oon us wn be consider It an act of Providence." To prove that he thought that one a dandy Ou In CHICAGO THEY GAVE Bill doffed his hat to those assembled, HEINE ZIMMERMAN @ 100 IF y the White Sox look chasing team We ReS, ARE WABLE. : { Christy: Mathewson had a day off and spent part of it watching the High com ¥ Samora we ww) OK P e ere vo dullt up and strengthen q ching the High- MCAT Lb. 1 UMPIRE FoR mer 1 landers and Washington wade through their double-header. The presence of bo _ Wo WEEKS - boumt ouv nee pt ous, 4 work. Scott vine toot . much climbing. the Of@ Gentleman in the press box reminded us atrongiy of that story of the ' TS PROCS Gs) ee acl of aaa while Bans | “%p' that little depute f had in Pailae Tecomatire engineer who had & week's vacation and apant It tn the round house wt) twuseell are working in good form.| aaiphie? That aid not amount £0 7! out @ other fellows’ ines. . ' ‘ it. hs \ — ny’ pleted. Provision was made for a divi-| Homans won the grom prise for the| esp was captured by Fredericts Blu-| Russoll 's said to be a fi ander. | to mene oe ty Jonn J. McCraw.) tion of gixteen in three classes, Harry | preliminary round with an #4. The hand!-/ menthal witn a card of 4—16—78. oc Sg OO HALL MUST GOt?t A $50 SUIT, Made to Measure, $10.50 FOR THIS WEEK ONLY Regardiess of Cost or Value One of land’s largest mills cabled us (since they learned of our intention to push foreign Moca: made pasible by Schedule K reductions) to learn if we would market several thousand yards of their finest woolens at less than cost, on condition that should they prove all that is claimed for Shere id te pines ‘a quantity order with the mill as soon as U Sam stamps O. K. on Woolen Schedule K. . We accepted their offer—the goods have just arrived, and they are beautiful in texture, weave and pattern—we offer them to you this week, made to measure, $10.50. You can have as many “try-ons” as you think necessary without the usual delay, aa all work is done on the premises, we occupying the entire building. Never before have we seen such matchless woolens in any 50 suit as we offer you this week only—made to your measure at $10.50. . FROM ACROSS THE SEA SALE! *"Witts'ont SUIT= 1022 Some of our esteemed Scere t9 competitors have been socked since th learned that the house of Wilson-Briggs roken away from high prices and started out along progr ive inershanh tailoring lines to cater to the masses as well as the desirable but limited high- 4 Warr, SENOR, THE GIANTS. ane HERE TO-DAY. . || Murray Captures new lon to our vel colony ie jor Antonio je) Mictal scorer at Havana, Cuba, who ts here to see two months of big prac phoney Atter Gross Score Prize. yesterday's perfrmance he declared through an interpreter that he hadn't- seen it yet. Senor Conejo does not speak English, and but for the kindness of Pepe| + ©: Murray of the Heruid, with two Conte, correspondent for La Licha, would have had diMculty in explaining who | ‘Tty-elghts for a total of seventy-six, he was to the gateman. ing round of the July of the Now York Ma eighth straight victory dy deating the Highlar.dere tm the eccond |‘nte, "Ga" Gates nt me mova lye bon Asa eg Oe CaNingt Oana Aaat discovered Dy BIR | with « handicap of @ and a gress scot. e rel e Oj ‘ashington, wae caug! laying on a ‘eomt-professionat team around Richmond known ae the, Battleases, Ch ER ae ee Seors: erita: ite Joe ts decidedly left-handed and has a curve that te a wonder, but es mo more eo than the perfect manner in which he controle tt, WEATHER FORECAST: CONTINU OUS WESTERLY WINDS, | Jee Boehling, known down Richmond way as Battleare Joc, won round the nine holes in 8, This was % Mew cometh deponent, Charles Murphy of Chicago, whe saith as follows/to| three strokes better than the previous ‘ whi “I protest against that Sunday game being forfeited to Cincinnati and de-| mark made by “Gil.” sy mand that the umpires be reprimanded for acting that way. I do not deny that —— q | 1 | { \y thé Cubs to delay the game, but I base my complaint on the ground that| %, @ hundred toed i f Cardisuts tried to get themselves put out hurriediy, which ts just as bad oe heater touraame boy peg the Inwood od a violation of the rules.” That ts probably the first time a club ever kicked om | Country Ci hich hi - the ether aide being retired in quick order. BU, Charlie te a natural berm | seeee emerson AMUSEMENTS. Leach Cross to Meet Either Ritchie or Rivers Labor Day|3* ’ gueut instead of waiting until Labor Sam Wallach Goes to Frisco) fives sul ten, Zranelee ant 4 to See if He Can Arrange Match With Champion, anybody, Manager Gam Wallach left Levy reports that the Mexican wants Sh, ANOMLEG, uly" tae } , July &—Joe Levy, @f Joe Rivers, has arrived |for Ban Francisco yesterday to meet fro point to re-establish himself in the estimation of the fans and {s willing to accept any Geos match that oan be seoured for him, Leach Cross wants to fight Champion Nie Ritchie next, if such @ thing ie Possible, and if it ten't he will t \ Francisoo, He is disap-| Ritchie and talk over terme for @ | ton, vi } Se he ereeing tend be the | meich at Vernon Labor Day, Ritchie, } im his bout:with Ritonie, pitt |%? Joe Levy says, has already agreed e, Di lto give Rivers another chance, and confient that the local lightweight can | Levy thinks this will come along about f revetse the verdict if given another Levy denies that Rivers wes not in, \ sood* shape for tthe Mexi f he isnot ready to give Labor Day bout “Tt wae a in the early round: to k@@p vp the pac aid Levy. VNTR NATIONAL was in good shape, from all { Mov 24 of fighting himself out chance at the tithe, , not being able Se Artie priced trade. snore, ane seernad Bt he rave) {a9 (vil bi Their lamentations are twofold since they have learned that our move has been stamped pace in the rain ‘rounds Theatres, Late Academ oe a \Ros a ty PLAIN FIGURES with public approval and within the short space of two weeks become the foremost custom 1, lead he lost his i “ sere inv asTEADI reat 4 aes, ON ALL PRICE TAGS tailoring establishment in New York—because we dare to give you a $50 suit of imported as able to get to hi 1 faeee' ( ZIEGFELL na es SA mt. woolens made to measure at $10.50. PAL i i op lous, ‘He was floored cleanly 'h the enunt was finished was is Sig ati : @ ermined that Rivers ehall: t again until Labor Day. di iy ve fikwins stati that Ritchie promis to ve Rivers a return match and that the Sam & Kitty Morten [qr peer fe, g champion 1s willing to come to th® jonn & Burke, Cisvde Golden, others, Southiand for the battle. 2 STEEPLECHASE ‘Thegw Je some talk of 8 mateh between } vt, as te mat |My SRLS ere W—Daliy Mate, 262. , ia righion | Wig Rigg Fad Promoter McCarey {s anxious to’give 2 ang 4. 0. Besson Rivers another chance to show what he : can @0 and will offer the boys a date ‘ late on month, providing. both want the mat Inasmuch as Levy wants te te redeem Pi ttiaas GS Ge ‘oon- gent 'te Joe appearing in @ bout late ta