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PRETO IRR TIEe TIRET EER —— ——— ee RE RE EEE ETAT EIR ‘THR RVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1918. vy777am83) NEWS OF ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT EDITED BY . ROBERT EDGREN ' AH CHUNG, FIGHTER @ (ditmWausteDutrc) @ By VIC (Copyright, 1913, by the Press Publishing Company. (The New York World.) ¥ Combination of Bad Coaching and Bad Base Running Spoils Yankees’ Only Real Chance of Beating Tigers. 2° Sy Bozeman Bulger. ALL it bad coaching or bad base running, . the fact remains that @ combination of bad ideas in which Bill McKechnie and Birdie C collaborated spoil good name. Birdie was on third with one out with McKechnie at } Who told Birdie to wait or who told him to go? After a conference ‘with Bill he did both. He waited for McKee to get hold of the ball and then started only to be easily squeiched by McKee's toss to Dauss, who covered Plate. If Birdie had started with the passed ball he could easily have scored and {he pastime would have deen in @ kot. The ‘ane want to know. (& tT HAD ONLY KNOWN WHO V WAS GONNA FIGHT (WOULD HAVE DRAWN UP MY @ ticket taker at the grounds of the Athletics since Shibe Park was opened. Tener and Woods were mates on the Phillies when Harry Wright was the Manager of the team. E4. Walsh, the famoun spitball pitcher of the White Sox, who hasn't bees right since July 19, and who has gone te see a epecialist at Youngstown for treat jaye he will become an outielder his twirling wing fails. The Phillies kept up their winning streak against the Cardinals, In the baseball series comes along. The Ath! fourth inning Cravath, the great slug YourRE. CALLING gs letics’ famous third baseman, WROlger, knocked out his fourteenth home Baker, the Athletics’ Third Base- man, Gives the Naps a Dose of the Same Medicine He Handed the Giants About Two Years Ago. 0 WE KNOW IT WOULD BE A PASSED BALL? it that ian't the worst of it. No sooner had Birdie taken the count at the ite than Big Ed Sweeney mauled a corking single into éeep right. But for the lous misunderatanding between our representatives at third this, also, would sewed up the ganie. The moral we are trying to point out is that McKee Abould not have let the ball get away from him and then there would have been pPe trouble. It was taking us unawares. AH CHUNG CAN COMBINE. HIS WORK WITH TRAINING —THS SHows aNEVER LET IT BE SAID WE'D TAKE A DARE. HIM DEVELOPING HIS STRAGHT LEFT: wy «The there was another faux pas, as we say in baseball. Who told Bert *Migaiels to steal home in the eighth? We have no direct evidence, but gossip * that George Moriarty, who did the trick the other day and who was stamding by Bert when he left the ‘Yea, he was out all right, but It was You junt can't keep that fellow Baker in the background when any Import rrier, had dared him to take @ chance. 008 try. Grieving on it behooves us to call attention to the fact that Old Y ME NAMES (LL caused the Giants to lose the world’s|run of the season. Doctor Mathewson wae knocked out of the boz, it being the first time KNOCK ovr. IvT1sS Prot e ame to the fron #: Re hae deen forced to retire under shot and shell ance the merry ; 4 BABLE “THAT AY CHUNG s . game with the| The Giants have only a aix game lead ‘< Gardinals bunted him off the mound on their firat appearance here in sar INVENT Some NEW AND NoveL = fa gp data hee ithe Phillies now, the ‘latter having io Me earn. PROP Suan as “THe . rept Hela AS etesabcor cho AT LAST OUR SKIRTS ARE CLEAR. H™ AS SHOWN ABOVEs = Played in the American League thie} 0 SOmy Festa Mee hens Pri, Having stopped cigarette smoking, S0-cent limit poker, craps in all ite , a ~ eth. ri att ana | ¥ Johneon, the wonderful pi “‘brainches and chauffeuring at nigh speed, McGraw has kiboshed golf, thereby Gee - ae @.-- ith the series gwen Be Benhtors, Gaered bis phraten v4 “wiping out the last of the vices, Since Fred Merkle began life as a golfer his ren ye , Grege pitching good bal - atin reond, {straight victory and thereby tied the ‘nitline has dropped from over .300 to .270, and since Matty shouldered his first Bt A RRONT SEAT : ¢ 5 things began to hum in the Toand, | ssasoh's record, held by hie ehebsacie | brasey ‘two months ago he has been knocked out of the box. Tough game that. AHY Moke | ‘ S = _ ee wc te vO cacien all. | Boehling. ' om Wye J and banged out ancther of his nonparell| Pitcher “Kent, bi GEGIDES, THEY HAVE TO GET UP TOO EARLY. Ag x a ( Moms Pues, Aad HRca tab aneke or Uats| Proneael weet. ecatee of 8 tek by MoGraw's objection to golf playing by four of his players ts that it giv: m : P ny x in 1a thin period hea gubsléed the|te thé Sroskiie oro re n ge back . & false stroke and consequently interferes with the accuracy of their aim at the are $ ae A / Washinea ware four tvaa atead andl thet Whe! clasiiea Wiie-eit che Gottes Ca ail. Considering that a baseball championship pays better in the long run LL BE ABLE.% GET His z = as bes. 1a the walver route 1 thinks the golfiets can well afford to walt until fall. The other two mis- MAN'S GoAT VERY Easily BY == Acting upon the advice of bie | Steants, hy the way, are Hersog and Shafer. SIMPLY TALKING TO Him. pny Hugh Bedient of the Red Gox dte-| President Gaffney of the Moston ae Now alin! played some of his last season's form|tionals swooped down upon Long Branch in the game with the Brown: He held his opponents to six hite ahd one run. In the seventh inning he proved his the Leng mettle when Austin, the first man| Branch club of the New York and New tripled, only to be left floundering at| Jersey League the releases of Outfelder that station, Pardon, Shortstop Arragon and Pitehere Luque and Villazon, am Manager Joe Birmingham of the Naps We oon HAVE “TD ea says there is no truth in the report that na WASHING the ¢ nd, Boston and Chicago ON IF HE SEED THD, clubs are arranging a three-cornered en deal in which the Frenchman will fig- fost third money by «@ stride with an Mayer Is Champion |e it het eutt rt ere QAREFUL HCT To LET A GuY LAND AN UPPERCUT ON HIM ~ ON ACCOUNT OF “THOSE. ~_OPEN-BACK SHOES, =~ : * These’ de merry days for Harry Stevens. Being interested in i New York, Boston and Brooklyn Harry has had no cause for com- plaint except that the Giants, the Yanks, the Braves and the Superbas _. Rave all been beaten two days in succession. His only hope now is for “@ hot day. a dig crowd and a slow pitcher—one of those lemonade @fternoons. AT THE RINGSIDE, STARTING IN AT A TENDER AGE. . ‘What d'ye mean Frank Chance has @ youngster to put on first base named Williams? A gentleman from the Lone Star country tells us under cover that _thla slip of a boy passed his thirty-second birthday last April. Still, that’s no alder than Mathewson, and you never heard of anybody referring to him as am 016 fellow, did you? . ©. oun ener sar ‘WwW ’|\Le + RUNNING ON A THIRD STRIKE PLATFORM DANGEROUS. ater Baseball oO t= Bik O'Loughiln fa atill healthy and thinking of running for the State Senate By Boy Scouts « again, but he got some mighty hard looks yesterday. If Silk expects great honors at tho hands of New York voters (we declare ourselves right now as for ° e him) he'd better watch those third strikes on Yank batters a little closer. In Missouri » Political reasons demand it. fielder of twenty ye.re ago, has Picker of Racers at Sp samimae Ms ocone, the, erie! Siiaabees | Eeirina foe) tne mee Pane) envied up gor yesterda: ort, The race will] Commission of Pennsylvania. The poal- Walk, the Johnson star three-year-ol4.| 49 nim @ lot of good, tion pays $2,000 a year. Wood hus been ed beat him out. In yesterday's race, ho' = = es = _ Erstwhile Bookmaker Wins Big ever, the resutt may be attributed to VIELDING TO PUBLIC PRESSURE. BLK SPRINGS, Mo., Aug. 7.—A game ow 8 bit of overconfidence on Jockey Glas If Jimmy Callahan doesn't watch out they'll interview him into resigning |of water baseball was the feature of} Bankroll by Backing Three jpart. After ne got Light o' My Life to from the White Sox yet. Jimmy says he doesn't want to quit before the trip the encampment of 250 boy scouts from the front in the final alxteenth, around the world if he can help it, but if they must have it so as to make the | Kansas City here yesterday, The dia- Winners at Good Odds. figured he had the raco won and sat Rewspaper story good he'll take it up with Comiskey as soon as he gets back | mong was roped off in the Cowekin down to breese his mount home. It to Chicago. Too bad that he has a contract and neither he nor Comiskey wants |p. 4,, in clear water not more than ree ee Hue senoee bejeoliyrety 4. me Ht, y ering along and n . etybas Fete re genet een phe By Vincent Treanor. Simon Healey thought Spring Board, AND THI8 13 NO CRY OF “WOLF,” EITHER, lerm and pitchers’ positions, The short- Saratoga, Aug. 7. [had Just one of those good chances tn | el \ “ae v4 i ch those Phillica. That “crack” | i Leo Mayer, the erstwhile bookmaker, |the Delaware, but he was by no means | mW 'y Again the warning is tasued to watch those Phillics. That “cra \stop and fielders stood up to their . enthusiastic. pring Board's only hope | ST j ») tehich furnished us 40 much copy early in July has has Realed up necks in water. J the champion of the soason among | enthusiaatic, | épring Boards only ope / solidly and it looks as if we are going to have a National League race When tthe umpire yelled “Play batt | the dough wagerers hi Dick Brown, inele head: Davin’ arlea) te ee. tata EN SATURD, wings UN after all. The Ganta are now just siz games in the lead, which 16 @ | nine scouts darted from the players'| Fale Pearsav and several others n=) V1 nim put racing elx lengths ahoad little less margin than the Athictics have over the Naps. | bench and swam to thelr places in the | Gertooke LHe ee judgment age ne Gt the ethers to die etretcn tok toe. Ever article in our tremendeus stock | «neta. of Mayer and are now several ‘h out of him, When the rest chal- if Yesterday's disaster at Pittsburgh marked the first loss of a series the| mie com sphere was hit for a aingle| hundred, yes, we might say thousands yuck aly vot rl ol . Buynew. This is your Glants have suffered for nearly) two months. Stil! they've got the edxe for the) past short, the batter dived into the|°% !fon men to the bad, Mayer liked ‘Fest of the week. playing against the Reds while the Phillies are trying te tai to the water toward first base and the game|Xate K., the winner of the fifth race,| srcaney's ride on Kate K., in the the Cubs, ‘was on in earnest. In a hard foune | 69, the int of $100 for every dollar Aad fitth race, was perfection ttaelf, He’ ——— contest the scouts with red bathing! ¥2 boa) Fs 1 ie 3 lage ie pome in; | took the mare to the front and kept her Ad ij i f | ITs A CINCH. sulta won from the “Blues” by @ ecore | | at ‘o 1, Superintendent, quoted) iy ore all the way, sitting like @ graven | Keep a lookout for another prediction from Washington, Having come out | of § to 6, In the oral market at 7 to 2, also en-| sige and staving off all kinds of chal- es of @ slump and swamped the White Sox. 11 to 2 Clark GriMth feels a prophesy Pe ee Fiched Mayer to no mean extent, and At the end the others were lex } y oo | jes ie foming to him, ‘The betting that he claims the pennant dy Saturday ts alx, (wo | GIVE QUADPELLE A CHANCE When King McDowell nosed his way) cary chasing Kate K., and McCahey — y Vive nd car and pven, Any takers? » | home in front in the final event, Mayer ‘1 Sth thing to paar ne ravens \ \ ¥ gpd evens Any takers? | PLEADS MANAGER CALLAHAN | #212 added to his atrendy large-sized | Won @ nice race with something remy 9/88 7 | i) Wi Wy ji bank roll, During the Belmont Park | PF MN TIN i ti b e meeting it {s sald Mayer “cleaned up" bt \ ‘Davis Cup and Men Who Won It 7. — Manaxer Vea, mething Ike $35,000. ‘There are few| Grasmere was resurrected for the fifth Mel Callahan of the Chicago White Sox, to-|angley to the racing aa it Is at present q MATL: ° ° e day asked fandom of the country to| conducted that Mayer isn't familiar Hash of speed in the Siw New continueue poets, Are Still Resting on Other Side suspend judgment on Larry Chappelle, | with. halt mille and then quit, He may éo New desien, coctines as consideration. ‘That article spoke of |his $18,000 beauty, until the recruit out- Wane rthe Banas Finest white enamel. All sizes. the fast serving the Americans did and | fielder has had more opportunity to die b » Bob Wrenn Returns Home and] hintea that this form of playing was| play hia worth, Cyne Pee @ Fosmest Borel Bede: bas for the Sanford atabdie, not within the strict ruling of the) “It is unfair for the baseball critics Yesterday Clift Field | db ont es Lahore in Handicap in the last few strides from Light o' My Life turned the tables on| bright, Frederick Johnson for his owner, John|many @ re Yaa + S a ip of same,” went on President Wrenn, “but }t> condemn Chappelle early in the! ©, Talbott. Th mi. an hour the dest, to que ‘Reserve ot : Praises Sportsmanship the majority of the English players and | game," sald Callahan. ‘No wise base- Pbedlig fliaily tone Canes te taint Walsh pot bue aw ae the Britons. fans admit that it is a perfectly lesa! | pai man will do {t. He han made good | opening fh ein Cook . AUTO RA CES Sat. ~ s department of the sport, but they don’t lt, Gate and will impnove, ‘but receiving aah Mke to confess that we are thelr sur |e, punttcity he did Js not going to help na perlors at serving. Robert D. Wrenn, president of the| The Association President declared *wnited States Lawn Tennis Association, | that MoLoughlin, Williams, Hackett Who made a hurried trip to England to one daa conteneniateg petaroinn 7 } home wi im on je Imperator, see the finals of the Davia Cup matches {at the last minute changed thelr minds returned home on the Impera\ Aaa a nae stom Sane said the games were the greatest over|ionger in Europe to rest up after thelr \ held and that the Britons were true) strenuous work in the world games. him. i att): wear off what you ma and may not look like @ wonder at any time thi» season, PEXEXEXEEELELEUXULYY EEL ESLELEE LY MELEE Eee eee rey) “Yes! It is Positively a Great Shirt for Out-. door Sports.” Real comfort enjoying Tennis, Canoeing, Fishing or Golf by removing the sleeves in a “Jiffy.” Don't roll them up, it’s not only un- comfortable but it soils and breaks the cuffs, A feature found only In GABE T e fe < aportnmen, even in the face of defest. |The historic Davis Cup, for which jae Mr. Wrenn went out of his way to pay| American i lowing tribute to the English play-| valiantly to capture for ten years, also ° ‘and spectators for thelr attitude to-| stayed abroad with the players, Mr. PutEase in Your Feat } rd the American team, “Everything | Wrenn had planned to bring the prised done for the comfort of the visit-| trophy with him on the Imperator, but ji ‘i team," declared President Wrenn. | relinquished this honor to the victors Banish your corms, Get rid of your ‘The Americans were given the best| Mr. Wrenn sald that the four Ameri- |p) “Péts” once and for all. One box of ‘sourts at Wimbledon to pi eon and| can representatives left him to go to Pierce’s i "thé tournament officials were tireless !n| Paris for a brief breathing spell. They | the challengers pect to sail for home on the La far nts, France, which is due here on the 16th. Corn Plasters the English tennis fans} MoLoughlin and Williams will leave ly sorry to see thelr coun) this city immediately on landing for them in a few hours try lose the Davis Cup, but their treat-| Newport, where they will participate in wil'ows ie sreegee ment of our players was absolutely fa'r|the national championships that start joined Meine and one of true sportsmanship. The! on the 18h. timers” two oF three applications \ gallery never heslt a have struggled so spindle back. $2.00 Dining Chairs. 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Mke the California Comet in action, and| Australian cricketers in the two- Foot Co rt for his sensational performance waa a reve-| match which begi here yeaterd: After dimissing visitors for lation to the foreign ‘According to Mr, Wrenn, the oriticism | ‘ots! of 14 rune in thelr frst innings, London 4 following | the Rome datamen compiled a total of ne paper enn | 30 tn thelr opening inming, ‘The Aus- es about the unfairness of the! traiiang will begin their second innings aan atyle of ging Gesesven aeast po-dem, CRYRSUSEN EEUU ERESESESESVEREEUEERERSESSAEXELESEEE? y AXEXENVES ERE SEEEEEEE EVEN ELENEVEV ES EL YYY EYEE SEY aoe fet