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THE EVENING WOR NEWS OF ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT. LD, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1918. -.. -—~ JOE WALCOTT BEST EL TERIN HISTORY by AXEL OUGHT TO GET IN GREAT SHAPE IF HE STICKS TOTENNIS © @ @ @ @_ By VIC Copyright, 1918, by the Press Puolishing Ca. (The New York World).° EDITED BY ROBERT E V Yau MUST HAVE NOTICED AXEL, / aus READY Avet F ) ( Keer VER EYE. ON (T — UMaAT GREA™ CONDITION THESE (mM GONNA SERVE A How YA GETTING t TENNIS GvyS ARE INS Now uot one. $ KEEP : : MONG AXEL? WAY dIDNT CHA ; (M'CONHA TEACH YOU PLAY Il catt See KEEP YER EYE, THE GAME “to GET You IH SHAPE FOR YOUR FIGHT eer NEXT SATURDAY ! ne Ste dS Ps 4 ' : Pr Saratoga Will Distribute S ).Nineteen- Year-Old Pitcher $108,000 Among Horsemen | of the Washington Club Is During Big Race Meeting|:'i3 Fn si is sre ces eae Sensation of the Season MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD Complled by Expert George L. Moreland. > BER a " By) h Catcher Gossett’s Failure to Slide Home Costs Highlanders The Spa Is Prepared for One of the Biggest Seasons of Its His- Ia Game With Naps, and We Now Have Another Player to tory Beginning Next Saturd t Hi Enter in Our Contest for the All-American Bone Classic. bok rian Garon at a ee eenyes em Ses goer Joe Boehling of Washington, Fresh From the Minors, Makes the » Greatest Big League Debut Ever Known, Winning Eleven Straight Games and Opposing Every Club Without Defeat. is = “gnguzsnc=sinacsRe Essense: Boreman Bulger. ready with the anawer the baseball bi PES yeer oo 1 ITCHER BOEHLING’S fast ball isn't any faster than hie rise In two yeara among the sensations of the big leagues, Diamond annal fall to reveal the equal of the record of Washington's nineteen-year-old twirt- his season of winning eleven stralgnt 4 gaing through three months WHAT WASHINGTON’S 19-YEAR-OLD PITCHER HAS DONE THIS SEASON, meee Se Bee eee stele Saratoga’s List of Stakes For Its Month of Racing 2—The Shillelah Steeplechase, three singles in a row, get two bases on balls, the benefit of an outfield error, a wild pitch; and still make but one run. Now, don't worry yourself, It CAN be done. In fact, it WAS done, We'll start after the three hits and the fone run had been made in the seventh Inning, There were then two on, with ‘ealy one out. Wolter walked and Catcher O'Neill let a pitched ball get by him, sea tes ezes. town Steeplechase, ast Gousett tried to score on it, but forgot to slide and was nipped at the plate. an pe- 4 4 years and up; The Flash, 4 wa Daalels then walked and filled them up again, only to ace Peckinpaugh die on 3 years; The Saratoss fa. § youre Whe’ Chem: Bf the campaign without a defeat, Als an infield grounder. The first three singles, aided by Jackson's error, scored the Handicap, 3 years and up. plait, 3 years and up. sani ‘Chaclesert ready possessor of several pitching rec- ords, Boeh!ini Jabama, fillies, 3 years. § Aug. 18—The Albany, 2 year, . pvesators ng batting, @ marvellous mith, Brooklyn... Miller, Wittaburgh’ SABASSENSE eMERES TATE sa: Spinaway, fillies, 2} Aug. 19—The Saranac, 3 years, « je method of sliding he could have been safe with several feet | que tres Moctk American Stee- eee ai haa Monsinn sha ate ington tane—was twirling 91% Pion ot could have won the game. Frank Chance visibly aged over plechase, 3 years und up; Citizens’, 3 years and up. is peeing v ere wae outnide ef (bo are compeljed to enter Mr. Gossett in our contest for the All- Done classic. We now have recruits from three clubs in the National the American. The complete list will be announced in the fall. INCE WILL TAKE A NEW SHAK * fa on the verge of putting the dice back in the box and taking The Saratoga Special, 3 § Aug. 25—The Troy, 3 years, years; The ‘Travers, % } Aug. 26—The Huron, 3 yeara, years. Aug, 27—The Adirondack, 2 years. Aug. 11—Overnight events. Aug. 28—The Amsterdam, 3 years and ‘Aug. 12—The Catskill, 3 years and up. up. Aug. 18—The United States Hotel, 2 § Aus. 29—Overnight events. Southern city 4 of the young south- Da rowess on the mound. One day Boehling went to Washing to play fan exhibition game and met a guardian angel in the form of @ local newspaper eet EES qteegcstseesess PeaBeenebeDs es Sees peck ges ee sit is pet tee Ss Ela gy cage En TBH le He BESTES 2 gS toBggistesS2cs te gSECESEES S882 % Aug. 80—The Beverwyck be impressed with th i team as it now atands is entirely too ow on the basen and | a, ah : yek | Steeple- iq man. The acribe was himself frequently when he th ug. 14—The Kentucky, fillies, 2 chase, 3 yeara and up: ; t. pos na sae patey sae te nol erage of Se. site, see , years, Futurity, ree ted pneres 2 hae! gel Fosse We) pail Baers a ene shot and the former shortstop is very slow. : eee SEER oxen ies Saratoga Cup, 3 years and ot bt his “find.” gtldn’t (cout, — ‘The Senators’.Jjeader, having been Daited with other exploded phenom- im if he was allowed ena, didn't go into ecatacles at hearing| "SY In the United States the report, but consented to see he — ——— youngster perform, He was on hai early next day at Richmond when AMUSEMENTS, Hoehling was scheduled to pitch. The wight down to cases, Roger Peckinpaugh and Midkiff appear to be the on the club who can make a quick atart. Daniels is a fast man once By Vincent Treanor. iP way, and he knows how to run bases, but they say that he has been WEEK from to-day Saratoga in hig work with the etick, as has Birdie Cree, Harry Wolter \s im- Springs will take on a new lease but since bis lamentable accident his log has nover regained that old of Ife, With the beginning of a e@eppy spring. SSSBEGSSPATSELE SO: Hits 3. Es He GALOWELL TO GET CHANCE IN OUTFIELD. MEME eae eee i It ts understood that Chance intends giving Cree and Bert Daniels Places, Already preparations are com- lonal contention, and Interest - _" @’reat dnd replacing them with Roy Hartzell and Ray Caldwell, the pleted for the reception of the biggest| national character will hinge on ithe pitcher. Daniels did so well at the bat vesterday, however, that he crowd of visitors the Spa has known for| many meeti: t ‘5, may de retained a while. He got a hit and two bases on balls in iyo Ave 41.1000 whan Mew Hiuarece Beioehure ve ia Chris- ii addition to driving in the frst run. ’ ince Aug. 31, 1910 when Sam reth's marly Roses, | 4; ch “ Mg Novelty galloped home in the last Fu-|qurieings, Flittergolds, Punoh Nowe: ae Lad Ate a little unfair to compare the work of the Mighlandera with that of the|turity, Saratoga has been practically | youngaters of the your, °f ‘™® STACK | We Sailers Chicago ts, who have just finished wonderful winning streak, but the fans uncon. |Gead. The shutting down of the race!’ The three-year-olds and older horace | Hummel are equally from his mind, but me following spring, the Old Fox slyly him Re had signed up the greatest pitcher in the world, ‘The acribe received the surprise of his riMth sald that the new- comers name wan Boehiing, the same youth who pitched on Richmond sand] Bataeron lots last year, and that he was going Bray, Wet Sstetdatek rt Sr te MO eer eee sates to give him a trial, HE WASN'T TOO GOOD AT THE START. f Boehling didn’t give an indication of his present form at the start. Grimth, a pitcher himself, quickly discovered that. the Richmond southpaw lacked finish to his work. He w wild, but Griff liked the varie rves he phot over and dec! fo wend hii to Chattanooga for further eohiiing. Boehiini ay was brief in the South- sey a r ern League and he hit the return trail » wualy do 5! It must be remembered the Glants form a completed run getting | tracks was almost ruinous to the vil-|of t machine and are champions, while the Yank crew ia in an rimental stage. A| lege, which had come to regard the from a competitive stand- team Mke that headed by McGraw cannot be bullt up In @ son. thoroughbred sport necessity. For| Point, and the great Whisk Broom may | 0 = three long years the natives have pa- Bae IE who easy matter to retain hin JOE PIO, ALIAS JOHN SMITH, 18 WATCHED. return of the ROrse®. | AeRioat Rudolf; Adame ea nt He Lest we forget, a little thing came off at the P. G. yesterday and was done Now that they coming, Saratogal thorn, Ten Point Hale ae’ Haw- so quietly very few of the fans got “on.” Joo Pio, allas John Smith, the young more in its glory. from the Canadian cirecte, ony nant catcher Who gave ux such 4 laugh a few weeks axo, was presented with a watch most strangera to Eastern racegoers. | and chain by his admirers on the west vide. There was no presentation speech, The toga Racing Agsoclation will hecause Smith kept well hid in a cornor of the bench and did not come to bat. de its share toward making racing y being swamped with worth while fo: Ita Rood watch, all right, and was about the only thing on the team that r owners, It has pro- Teerclee theccshout ts : accomr@odations, That the delexation of | vided a programme of twenty-five con. | 3 al League Pile I a oss © rs 3 SB sees eassexsen—na * sastede’ 3 cectatnesescecsotserseesmeasseceesest =: z TIFT i & sve [ stents ye Worcester. GriMth all the while kept his eyes on him. fourteen lost New Yorkers for the Springs will be big| secutive racing days, which means ‘who im eames for Washington. = in shown by the fact that every atate: | distribution of $0480 in purese tive | me ial ‘rem The youngster still had trouble oon- ‘TME._GROUND RULE OF HOME RUNS. room on the Albany and Troy night|includes stakes and selling races, In| {itn Ca ae i rt trolling his shoots and Jesse Burkett SPiindreds of ‘ans were puzaled over Grancy being allowed a home run for | boats gor next Friday hax been ‘bought | the old dase some of the staken had a se enige 2 34 5 I soon came along and carted him off to < i ak te tte ner he up long ago. Hundreds wii! go by tram, |areater value, but the ni : ag@five that suuck the front of the upper boxes and bounded back into the | (1 i"Ccher hundreda will go by auto: {duction in this ‘articular hasn't bra Packile. tracted from the hpnor and glory which xraunds. Under the old National League rile a drive In that direction Is not eagtesrss counted a me run unless the ball goes into the seats or out of aight of the hes always th \ “ ators’ manager thought it time to a! yaiplts. ‘Tle American League clubs, however, have « ground rule that » home BIGGEST MEETING OF YEARS 16) oe cone clnueton Ate told, aR ‘ P| him wnotn: 1, Ho back Roehiing n if a ball strikes any object above the lower atand, Two years PROMISED. racing at Saratoga should be the best ity came to Wi <iyn club protested a game because Hummell did not get a home| Never did a Saratoga meeting hold/of the entire season, On the success | 2"! =e tartrack the t of the box nd bounded back, out more promise. From a@ racing | of the meeting will a that struc. the front of boxes an ack, but the pro- | nanoint alone it will be the bigneat |the future pr rien te cana aince long before the anti-vetting lawa| kings in New York State, nigion & bal u was pot allowed OF: 2eSSSs COs sees es Some, eta been an entirely new mory. ‘The youngeter, displaying fine con- trol and a wonderful assogtment of curves, busied himaelf mowing down all opponents. The baseball world looked | wavy Avintte up in surprise when Hoeh!ing passed ‘auly’ ash. the record hin team mate Walter John- | ruins, a FL “ son made winning, ten straight games, bre TASS Coot ee iy cay Roy Hartzeil is avon! the handiest ali around man the Yanke have @ver hud. He has played in almost every position on the clud and is @ pinch hitter extraordinary. Jt was a wallop from bie bat inet arene fe the accond run for New York and put us temporarily in the teod. H d 9] h Pla B He, then went in at second and played a beautiful Nelding game. ear n t e yers enc. * | ase Ee cia Se eter R.LOOKS LIKE THE GOODS. Max Carey of Pirates Achieves, ernstiona! League Manager schiany Fisher pitched 4 wonderful game until he was taken out in the seventh of the "Skeetere” signed him after see- ft pinch hitter. Hix curve ball was about the niftiest thing that has ap- i ing him pitch @ good game of ball. ‘pearee fn the Polo Grounds for some time, With a little more work Fisher Odd Record by Scoring Five} coaxiey was one time blacklisted, ps “Yught to be a winning pitcher for SSSR acess pee Ee: SELTUESREASNSSRELSTBSIVEAL SES: Then began a rush to show t Areokiya the reason for hi Washington pitcher didn't have any- rgitie ( se SUESSES: a single’ hit, his first} Of the Washington club, has certainty has qued Jack O'Connor and the clab owners for $000 ax a dalm to his wounded Se a (neat faved Clark Grimith's te fepings tor being hit in the face by the former manuxer of the Browne, If the polly Federal ris had that ‘much money the case might be used as a lesson to the |& bad fumble by Knabe in the firat a ea AAPL pie relleving umpire baiters in the big leagues, Why' shouldn't the magnates be logally re- | ning, While the other four times he dew) i, the fourth inning of ihe ak bine hy ae pponsidle for protection to thelr umpires? 4 base om Dalla. He alto wded to bis, tween the Woslingtons and” the Bt Ahtinere, "Pn adel i With one owt, a man on second and the infield in, George McCon- made two bases on wi ‘nell grooved @ ball to Joe Jackson, which ts our idea of basedali paige euicide, Still, Lajote was the next man up and Turner followed him, , 2. from loning «. ous curv Games tcheduled iw ‘Ve-Day. It Hochestar gunes. ve Sy ome hig fast one the mont, g alo, Two games. found tt th Wi LIAM ‘ eats): - eee nese ssteneaneenceten nce, He certainly hae the stuff, hix suspension was lifted more than thing but an unusual amount of luck. rom | Runs Without Making a Hit. | year aso. than a ay Fi Bostisne. promptly anawered. the ex-| AMERICAN KOUF Sh Thanks to the Pirates, who have returned good for evil by beating the o a ae to 1 planation by letting the Tiger » *} elody, the Giants gained another half game on the field while enjoying the Pes 2k il who recently pure i 1 down with six hits in a game. To, ine peers ride ¢0 Bt. Louis, They are nine and one-half games ahead of the Phillies, and, | Max Carey, the fleet-fodted outfeider wh (OF CUD, tee bene 4 WHAT CATCHER HENRY SAY8) 5 NC DA ageerding to Connie Mack, that ought to be auMclent. Connie, by the way, has of the Pittsburgh te acconmMished w London Club of oy HN) anes, Boston, OF BOEHLING. U the game lead over the senators, a feat during the gue letxeen the! Association so that he can get more’oet| Cure: Hrookin i wy: However, Calshen’ Hany pa aS : ae any Pirates and Phillies in the Smoky City lence. em ahs Vous ie | i al ater’ |" Besarve_your tables earl) —Fhome Ber ch | plleved to be a — cl Results of Yesterday's threw light on Boehi ror * HITTING THE UMPIRE SHOULD BE COSTLY SPORT. yesterday, which !* bel +4 3 Hew AMSTENOAM v on vi P in b ball. He scored five runs ‘alter Johnson, the le 4 enter, 13, Jersey City, he declared the southpaw had a ussling | oo bad that umpire in the Federal League is barking on a blind trail, He | record in base if A0red: DYS INN Deerleas pitcher I if my 0, of pace and explained his varl-} ELD iB Ey tf 1 6 7 ex and twee, Louls Browns, and during the eleven | Parkrd, Ciscoe pitches. and one-third wtruck out « President Charldy Ebbets of the Brook-| lowed sev: {innings he twirled he Hig quick-breaking curve teen batamen and only al- Vv erve—he has lots of! hits Hit, he finds himself In tight haw Features Dally : situation he's just as calm as when the 4 lyn Club has added another new man — ‘, What would you have done? WF et taa ot twirers, Duc it cost him’ Chick GAndil, the Sret baseman, who sey rg ATIOHAL LBM team ix ten rune In the tend.” nf fun Every Mleute = {? mlgnty big chunk of money in order, has becn playin wonderful ball since he a ee ¥ rs Hh # onlin. gi Bosnia ive i instante | = ao TAG BREAKING THE NEWS TO wnat We ‘. to do ao. The twirler is Winer Brown| joined the Renators, presented ‘with » La Mhicago.. 40 43 (BIT Bt sd H pitcher. very easy ana| AKIN of friends crossed the field after the game {0 congratulate Frank | of the Montgomery Club of the South-| an automobile by rowd of his Fineowrgh 48 48 011 Cien the fact that mn Nw pies on his narrow ‘goonpe trem fast ser Bans ‘genleant, 88 shronlcied ia orn, Langu and he soat mbbete Juat admirers jurt befoi me with the RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES 0a} Re morning papers, ‘Yes,’ sald Frank, ‘it's too bad. caus! juefish | $7,000. ale was made for the St. ie 18 innings. Wittabormh, 12; Philadelphia, & ren Steamboat apd nea vase and brought them in with us. I'd be willing to go through the Louls America: who had a claim on —- » 0. sil 1 dees = a earns experience to-morrow." Brown and the money will be divided. lll Carrigan. who was recently mate Wathen icegp, Pia & Called at \ wert tes ms Seer PALIS/ DE StetP oe —_ ir of place of} end of 15th taniag nee. pplent map is ( JriMth, his boss, | ‘3 } Andy Coakley, who has been pitching| Jake Stahl, was given a great ovation GAMES SCHEDULEN FOR TO-DAY Washington a 4 a" te mae, whos vinairinig ta not & wisosans Lapa di eng eget arbiters 87° | tor a great Many years, ‘Ing twirled | by the Boston fans when he walked out nd a} New Yors, | Mew York at St, Lous ‘ashington Bsasrviad Hachin qperving of aympathy, after yesterday's exh! y on on many of the major league teams be-|on the field prior to the game between | emoals mclABAL. ——+ + oi se We hereby offer our condolences to the epectators. If there ie a law to prevent ae finally let out, is now a/ the world’s champions and the Chicago stroit at | diese White Sex. . erteis h . reemngsontets toe bare ougnt to be arrentat. Grember of the Jersey City Club of the (