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ATORS PICKED FINISH SECOND vi bite ane Be ins ne “foo Bad Ban J6hnson Won't Allow Highlandérs to Use Those Three Runs They Scored Before Rain Stopped Game Yester- w} day in To-Day’s Double Header With Naps. ow lh By Bozeman Bulger. i ~ Beating the Naps is a task which has no fears for the Yanks as a rule, Bat ive pretty tough when a tallender has to go out and spot the runners-up 9 the Champs three runs, Ban Johnson refuses to count the trio of tallies to the rainstorm of yesterday, and to get them dere must do it again. “I'll I Kaight iset night, “if that ten't spotting Cleveland thr offmene three we've got to make six while the Naps only have to make three,” ‘Fou win, Jack. | . t Dut that ton't the toughest part of the flooding out of those three hard- ‘eavGed tallies, Think of Birdie Cree having made the wallop that drove one “te fist es he ts about to be traded and he doesn't’ even get it on the record! ‘@OMETHING MYSTERIOUS ABOUT THAT TRADE. Now, don’t be to su bout Mr. Cree being turned over to the enemy. Wrank Farrell says he doesn't know anything about such a proposition, and Manager Chance says he is just as badly in the dark. “As I told you some ‘me ago,” sald Chance, “I will trade with anybody if I can get value received, “But as yet nobody has offered me anything that looks like @ bargain. I am Gerry @ report got out that certain of my men are to be traded, for it tends te discourage them even if the report isn't true. I haven't decided on any “grade at all.” oF “THEY DO IT TWICE TO-DAY. ; With nothing left but the memory of three runs the Yanke tackle the g 4 are pretty well fixed with pitch- gre. Ray Keating didn't work enough yesterday to get warmed up and will c¥eturn to his unfinished job this afternoon. In his first start against the "Maps before the rain cut in and broke up the show he had everything and “btarted off by striking out the first two men to face him. THE LOSS MAY BE TRIVIAL AFTER ALL. ‘ Speaking of casualties resulting from the rain, Charley Btumm, ‘© who hasn't had a chance to worry ovch the Yanks all season, came * from the Far Weat to ace his firet game of the year and threw away . Bs rain check because he would have no opportunity to go pastiming thia season. Still, it may be all for the beet. > “E_ But it's an ill wind that blowe nobody good, Your old elongated friend Cy Falkenberg will not get on the record books as having been knocked out of he box in the first inning. Fe ——_ « . George Cohan and Frank Hope, who took @ flyer on the Yanks at long s94ds, took the matter rather philosophically, “You know," explained Hope, iwany time the Highlanders go out and bat a pitcher out of the box for three quns in the first inning something is bound to happen out of the ordinary." 7 NEW VORK BOYS GETTING A CHANCE. » Frank Chance has had so many disappointments over pleyers brought up fromthe minor leagues that he has degided to start @ farm of train athletes to suit him. He has ploked up four boys) froi town lot geame of New York and will spend several mornings seeing jum what they meed. There youths are Spear and Blass, catchers, and Scott and smith, tmftelders. They were all on the bench in uniform on the day of the big rain js own and |: s THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, JULY NEWS OF ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT IT’S ALL IN THE FEET! | (“atycge Zet,where They Wen Copyright, 1918, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). HM DAS Guy ir YY PUNCHING BAL UATH Hid RIGHT YESTERNT ec YOUR SHARWING PARTNER. SATS pk wort Ube HS TERRIBLE, OM FINE - Ay set! 1 WOULON'T T CANT L_AMEL CERTAINLY HAS A TWO-HANDED SPARRING PARTNER strane $1000 \ /pope tua 2 FoR My LITT cis took / > ——— | ONLY ie ot e Bunion! our! ; t CAN OUTS BATTER IS MAKE A CLOSE STUDY OF HIS & Gin ! Tuts Guy's FEET Cre INDICATE HES GONNA | ences WHEN ZEIDER GETS + Back INTO THE Game MELE HANNE ALL HE PITCHERS GUESSING, — THESE SPLIT Skits ARE & GREAT HELP | IN RUNNING BASES. UMusT RAVE ANEW ONE MACE OUT OF ‘ ’ wut BE MAKING SCIENTIFIS STUDY oF HUMAN FEET AND “THERE BY ADD NEW ZEST TO THE GAME. FEET OF eaATTEI. ARouT TO Bunt THis MANS PEDALS SHow HE IS GoinG To WHIFE HERE'S ONLY ONE THING LEFT FoR HONUS WAGNER TO DO, Now THAT MATTY WATCHES HIS FEET To SEE WHERE HE'S GOING 7O HIT. cee THESE HIND LEGS AND FEET MEAN THAT WE WILL SLAM OUT A HOMERS 29, 1918. EDITED BY BY VI = . With Such Sterling Twirlers as Boehling and Johnson, Backed Up by a Hustling Team, Griffith's Club Has Fxcellent Chance. By John J. McGraw. Managey of the Giants. Cleveland is hanging on to second place stubbornly in the American League. Washington is threaten! the Naps now and should pase them before the fo over. With Boehling and Johnson Grifith has making of @ star pitching staff. He also has a which {s fast on its Meet and hustling all the time, which fell behind im the earlier stages of the Decause {t received more stubborn opposition the Athletics than was expected and because the clu was broken up by injuries. At that time Grifith was searching around for o 00d left-hander and did not realise he had one in Bochling om hid payroll Vin the time. Griffith should pull up in the race shortly, but ft does Bet seem possible that he has @ chance against the Athletics, in spite of Grit fith’s remarks that he will overtake the Philadelphia crowd yet. the competition for second American League goes, the pear to be absolutely out of t now if they finish in the It has deen @ hollow DisGuse MY Feet has been handicapped by injuries this year, Bowever, and the pitching staff has not held up in any fashion thet was at all worth while. Next, Btahl and McAleer got into some kind of @ jam and Ja omitted from the club almost immediately after out Wood split his thump, The White Sox might cut into the sec- ond money. Chapelle THIS wit PUTA FEARFUL DENT IH MY BATTING Mi AVERAGE! ery other expensive player back. ube’ Marquard and “Marty” O'Toole are examples of this, “Rube” would hi been the pitcher ja to-day tw fe sooner if it had Lot been for the publicity the price the New York him. . If I ever pay a big sum for player in the bush league I am do my beet to keep the owne: New York club from announce makes the big feague road of 7 INSTEAD OF BEANING’ A BATTER ~ PITCHERS Wiis “TRY TO BOUNCE THE Pra OFF THE HITTERS TTHE ONG HE WHIPS Pe nM WASHINGTON SHOULD PASS” | a Pee vos emg ner prtt tee and appeared perfectly natural in thelr big Jeague togs. os peaead OUR IDEA OF AN OPTOMIS8TIC Guy. Dasher Troy, a star of the olden days, during the rain told of a man who @ame into his place with bluster and announced that he could lick any man fu the place. One quiet loo':ing fellow immediately took up the challenge and knocked the newcomer down three times in quick succession. As the inner @nally backed off the man who had ixsued the challenge painfully regained his WHITE SOX LEADER | bite that fact pine league ers are flocking to ton to try thelr han KNOWN AS “DAVID HARUM.” | at swapping with the White Sox leaders, —— Hugh Duffy, now owner of the Port- one! jand, Maine, team: Patay Flaherty, bows . Jahan of the Chicago) of the Lynn, Mass, club of the New David Harum” of or-| england League, and Jesse Burkett, Chance] manager of the Worcester team, were CROSS 10-7 CHOICE OVER BALDWIN FOR The Largest Retail Clothiers in New York feet and viewed his victorious opponent admiringly, “YOU and me,” he said as he glanced over the place, “could lick them all!” » - ——— Though Old Man Mathewson is not in immediate danger of beat- {ng the record of consecutive victories hte shut-out victory over the Cardinals has put him in a position where, if he wins another, he will * de leading the pitchers of the league. Not only that, but he hae pretty guccessfully killed the Cardinal Jinz, pe VRS, YOU KNOW, HEINIE ZIM 18 BACK IN HARNESS. Earl Moore, who refused to join the St, Louls Cardinale, after having bought from the Phillies, because he didn't lke the Missouri climate, has mn sold to the Cubs. His judgment was pretty good, but if thin, lon't quiet down among the Evers gang he is likely to Mind the lake front @ little Farm at that, “éouLon'T ASK FOR A BETTER RECOMMENDATION, ‘The pepers down South are decrying the loss of Elmer Brown to their @. The big pitcher just bought by Brooklyn is one of the biggest draw- cards in that league, This is not the first appearance of Brown in the leagues, however, as he was with the St. Louts Browns in 1912. The fact fast be was released by the Browns would indicate that he te @ coming star, MANY CLU' AFTER PITCHER WILLIAMS. Yes, and we've got some more inside dope on C, Historical Ebbets. After basing Elmer Brown he went over to Nashville after a pitcher named and has offered $6,000 for his release. It is @aid that the Hig! s, the Reds, the Braves, the Red Sox and the Cardinals are also after james. WILLETT HAS METHOD OF SHORTENING GAMES. Edgar Willet, t! er pitoh Detroit Tigers, has advanced dea as to @ method of shortening base- ball gam Edgar ht the idea while watching Sam Crawdéord amble around the bases re ashing the ball into the Uhian Breaks »Michigan Mark “@RAND RAPIDS, Mich, July %— moat in interest in the opening of Grand Circuit meeting here was the by Unlan, driven by Trainer er, of all marks for Michigan Iingu's great black gelding was ~to lower Comstook track tablished 150. first and then by | stead of cpnauming a minute or ¢o walk- '¥ | ing about! th Ki He} “There are, hit in the That mean, . Every one knows the home run when it year hers or goes over the %. '® the use of wasting time iding heat of tho, #10 effort?’ Brake. Lon Per aE season's race BOXING SHOWS TO-NIGHT. Longworth B. t parent event im straight heats. Walter! Cothato went to the post ud favorite in this e 7 to show better than third, At the racing tt alter were ‘There are two boxing shows billed for ht. but ree ten-r nd bouts will be held at and! the Ata Garden A.C. Eddie smith Frankie Diemeyer, Willie | hook and | and Walter Henn: Tommy Hopk: he Atlantic 4 A. will sta dep Avale Wik Golf Title, The Nipponese standard fo: o tory at tie Haworth ( lub, for Shin Inouye, the Jap’ .ese clud champion, ennexe ‘ie club tite the bantamwvelght, will meet Phil MuGovern of Lrooklyn and Soldier Backus of the United States Army Coast Artillery, stationed at Fort Hainiltot againe’ rt. ta ox: champl oO! nmliand, Hedges 11 up and 0 to olay In the thirty. | Anne” Li hole final round, Hedges had the O'ttagen May F -nolder 1 down at the seventh, but racing season at Saratoga number of boxing bouts inder thi 8 but _des-! to-day. ~ TODAY'S CONTEST Leach Posts $5,000 to Go As Side Bet if Ritchie Will Meet Him. SGELES, Cal., July 29.—Leach Crosse and Matty Baldwin cater the Ver- A non ring at 3 o'clook this afternoon, 6 , D here ries in anions My! but this’ is comfort will be the question of who is to meet Champion Ritohle on Labor At the office remove the sleeves in a “jiffy"—don't not lacking, however, soll them up, it not only uncomfortable, but it soils but it is @ queer point that no matter Boston man's friends | Day. Cross, trom the showing he made and breaks the cuffy, A feature found only in shirts Adjusto Sleeves we ade that he Js satisfied with his condition. Cross and his brother 8am came up- town yesterday and posted 96,000 with; Uncle Tom McCarey to bind a match go as cepts, | Cross sald he was not accustomed to! betting on, himeelf, but as it evidently se of put up or shut up, with ipion—who of late is demanding | je bet drom whoever he meets— | ed to be firat to get his money down, i “Whoever gets the fight—M I get tt, hi I en if it does lead to the ee GEORGE BRICKLEY GETS TRIAL WITH ATHLETICS. PHILADBLPHIA, July 2.—George Brickley, the young brother of Charli Brickley of Harvard football fame, wil) have his fi try-out in big league vaseball afternoon when Connie Mack pat on him during practic | with the Athletics, Although Brickle; is only nineteen years old he come il recommended by one of Mack’ scouts, who watched his work as an outfielder on the Everett, Mass, high wchool and variou ww England semi- fessional ti young and fast.” eald Mack, ther he has the goods remaina See Demonstration at 1211 Broadway Between 2th and wth ste ON SALB AT YOUR DEALER'S AND | Greenhut-Siege!-Cooper Co. A. Raymond & Co, Nassau & Fulton.” Mise! Bros, 7, 9 & 11 Manhattan et. Josephson Bros., Sth ave,, cor. fith, GAMURL STERNBERGER COMPANY, MARMRS, 1INLADRLIMLA, NBW YORE OFFICK, 220 FINTH AVE. HAMMERSTEIN'S rt sh ee ints and Daily Matis in tl tre. 4 a! Ce, ROOF ciiinciincioo 5-3 Board? 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