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NEW OUTFIELDER: Ave HIGHLANDERS The Cleek, ‘the Strongest of the Irons, While Herd to Master, Gets Off a Low, Powerful Shot and Is a Dependable Club Against the Wind. BY ALEX. SMITH... ; CPormer Oyen Champion of the United Mates ands Winner of This Years Metropolitan Title.) (Copyright, 1918, by the Preas Publishing Co. (The New York World.) - Fifth of a series by Alex. Smith on how to play golf. To- day’s article is on the cleek. The country’s Jeading ‘golf’ in-° ing how the club should be played. This series is an exclusive’ feature for The Evening World and _ ‘on these’ apes three times.a week. the cleek is superior in several respects. jatructor posed especiatly for the accompanying pictures, show- _ NEWS OF: ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT — A HE cleck is tie fost powerful of the {rons and for many the bardest club in the bag to play. While many others prefer the spoon to the, cleek, 1 find the latter club very dependable getting long distance | jugh the green. The use of the’two clubs is almost identical, although BATTLING LEVINSKY INSPIRED THIS! (!2:'"!"-"S) By VIC] THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, AUGUST Ae aetna cette ere Ti, TvrTs. Copyright, 1913, by the Press Pudlisting Co, (The LL, COME OH AND AY\P a BANE SWE -rou 0A5 FIRST Leeson ! New York World.) ! | = ——a we Gane LEARN BEVERY TING IN OME Lesson! WEveS ANEW Pup »( HE WANTS TAH Bone LESSCHS Highlanders Sign Up Another New Player—a Left Handed Centre Fielder From Eastern Association. The Highianders have signed up an- Other player. He is William P. Holden, centre flaider of the New London Club of the Kastern Aagociation. Holden said Lo be One the of the fastest men {ne association an@ his batting avera: for the season in di, Lie ie @ left-hand- 1 batter, Holden wik report to Man- ager Chance at the end of the Kastern Association season. 1 1 SHoutd TUAW OuT H HH A BS CHEESE FIGHTER MY FRIENDS WOULD Ki METH A an eiest \ PEARANCE. OF eves: House RMUMMIE - Waltér Johnson, following his thir- teenth consecutive victory, will take a reat in order to fortify himeeif against “"Rou@H-House RuuMime, Becwse © | CET , and announced that the star hurler would not be called upon more than once & Week untd he returns homeward. pila, has left for Chicago, where he te to report to Mack to-day. Barry was urged to join the team at once by Mack, for with Orr partly disabled Lavan, Just secured from the st. Louis Browns, yet to report, Mack was left with Rube Oldring to depend upon to fill in the gap between Baker and Collins. EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN | Heard on the Players’ Bench sins’ Ly he turned nie ankie walle rum io & base after scoring twe rus- tere . & timely singia play Bis position unt ne ie ork axain. Manager Joe Tinker 4 hitting in the gam: and od played well In the Bald, reviring th men, and also Por Pg tg made eight eamiets with- Bull Carrigan of the Boston Red Sea has not been much of @ success as mam: aget 60 far. The champions have "only le to score one rum in three’ games with the Chicage White and of course lest all three games of Fel Ty Cobb batted 0 cont. yester- day, Masing a ei vf game between the Athletics and the he Inv f th wi SMBARED.vP 1 DONT = NEw CAHOIDATE. FIR €razere! the ‘Beat Manager ariitith Hikers, “Deapite Cobs'e hitting the Atne Rea awe! HeayYWwEIcHT y) Johnson tO the sue ines in C loos ae same, the final score Outflelder Graney, who was sent te the hospital with an infected toa, le not oe ‘sea in the Naps’ lineup uatit ont w Meking allowance for the begMaer’s dif@eulty ta| manipulating the cleek, the novice will find it exceed- ingly useful egainst a high wind, Because of ‘ite strength, the cleek, when correctly handled, sends off & lew, powerful shot. ‘The cleek has several features that account for its ability to make long distance. While its shaft is shorter than the brassie’s, the club fs heavier and the face is unusually short. It is. best to select cleeks with Pcs firm shafts. I don't believe in @ whippy shaft for “the cleek, It is twice as hard to get off straight shots Outfiolder Graney of the Cleveland team hae bean ‘sent to a hospital Cleveland with am infected toe and is hot expected back in the Nap@’ lineup unth next week. 1 CAN GGT LicKen. UNDER ar assumed “Name AND, NOBODY. WILL BVER Know ‘The Jersey City tearm fs sure Mm a rut, for they lost another game to the Hocheater team, making the fourteenth / successive defeat. Pitcher Thomas J. “Buck” O'Brien, of the Chicago Americans, waa sold by waldent Comiskey to the Oakland club meet the ball at an angle that would result in slicing. De not forget the lesson learned about Playing the ground and the ball to- gether for the spoon shot. The same thing applies to the cleck. As in the sporn and brassie shots, stand nearer to the Dall when addressing for the cleek tham when using the ‘The bail should be the right, with the right foot well ia Avance of the left. The swing is prac- Ueslty the came as for the spoon. The stroke for the cleek resembles the owing for the driver, except that thi club jen't carried back as fai back swing is more vertical. It m' be remembered that in driving ti @f, the tee may be had, but the hot must be taken off the ground, a) thls can best be accomplished wil that {a more of @ bit or snap. t the ball firmly and do not try Py follow through, The amount of}. ferce that you throw the head of the colal th will make you follow through, previding you drop your left heel soild on the ground when coming through, Yee Picture No, 8 for this: povition. » Never be afraid about destroying the fart when ewingi the cleek,, Many beginners play cleek as if they "t want to scratch the surface. attempt to get the bell off as it it wee on the «1 This is wrong and generally results in uncertain di- rection and short di « There are a few rule to keep tn mind awhen making the cleek sh are as follows: eed the club head when ke the ball hard, taking some turf on tho follow through, and, fasten the eyes on the back centre of the ball, Keep the head perfectly fonary 60 that the flight of the ball may be easily Masa ten ee 2% Ugel CLEEK-TOD Another fault that must be rectified VAIN SHOR VIEW. fe tho bad habit beginners have of dropping te right shoulder when start- Jng the swing. This mistake causes te head of the club to hit the ground striking the bail and lessens the trength of the ghot by at least 6) of all. Der cent. hold ite sThe easiest way to avoid this ts to, line. sand bout two Inches further away won't tind ol THR ches — TOP OF SWING REaaviEew. | rear. view~shows the tet: oY the tor give Shap to the swing, wre CS TEES | intact almost bere to the ground, » Pleture No. 2 6! the top of the a oul | the righ! a is Si eoo por “from the “ball, and thia increased “ais. | tance will hefp to keep the rit hi der in ite correct pysition throushout | club is hel the swing. snap mS Oe tT 3 1 ost as much d’stance ft foot a nh my brassle, but with much. stift, ir direction, | Decome competent with the cleek keos up in- the longs “practice; bat begingers article, whippy shaft is used. The shaft {s likely to aie at different parts of the swing, which wotld cause the club head to and even players with more expertence this time wasted. Event- ‘ually they will discover in the cleek a club that can get the ball off with reat speed for long distance, and, best the ball may he relied on to ree on nearly a straight Picture No. 1—the top of swing from leg pitched tHat the club Ie held verticul, view .of vine Tt is seen that tralght and that the in pents mn for @ quick hit the Yollow through ‘he body tw resting nearly | nd the head Is held | After the ‘cleek comes the mid- golfers favorite club. The mid- nest McGovern and Corbett __ Agree to Meet Again boy several engagements. Fiynn has applied to the Boxing Commission for any This Time, Though, It Will Be as Partners in a Vaudeville Act. By John Pollock. bs Ng world-famous rivals, Terry MoGovern of this city and Young Corbett of Denver, who furnished three history-making ring battles, have been brought together and Induced to agree to appear together on the vaude- ville circuit. Joe Humphries [s the spon- partnership ang he will man- t and secure the bookings. m billed in all the 8 in thls country, Humphries expects to have the act, which will be.a talking and sparring affair, in shape inside of a month, Neither McGovern nor Corbett has done much since quitting the squared circle, Both have dipped into vaudeville times, and for the past two seasons the once “Terrible been superintendent of the . For yearn the pair were deadly enemivs, but time wiped out the bitterness between them and now you could not find two more chummy fellows, They expect to make as big a hit In vaudeville as did John I. Sullivan ‘and Jake Kit when they “were teamed toxether and both are counting on cleaning up a tidy fortune with which to barricade themselves against old age. When McGovefn and Corbott first fought, way back on Nov. 23, 1901, the result caused one of the blagest sur- prises in ring annais, the Denverite, practically unknown and a@ five to one shot In the betting, knocking Terry cold tn two rounds, They met again on March 31, 1908 and Corbett show@# there wasn't any fluke about the result of the first encounter for he again put the New Yorket to sleep—this time in eleven rounds, at ‘Frisco, Their thin’ fight was held in Philadelphia, over the six- round route, on Oct 17, 19% and went the limit. Willie Lewis, the local middiewelght who went to Paris several months ago for the purpose of getting on a fow fights, is still engaging in battles over there, On Aug. 9 Willie met Jack Stuber, a rch fight reputation, and won th him at the end of a fitte Lewis floored Stuber for the count three times, which gave him the decision, Marty Cutler, the Chicago heavy- weight, who was stopped In a couple of rounds by Carl Morrix a few months ago, has been matched to mect Jim Savage, the O (N. J) boxer, for ten rounds at @ show to be held in pri- @ short distance out- Aw Savage recently fought a game battle at Far Rockaway, the chances are he may sstick it out with Cutler and win the decivion on points, managér of Johnny is ax mad as @ hatter use there is another battler parad- under the same name as that d by his battler. On Monday nigh he Military A, 8: there waa a boxer by the name af Young Alberts knoviied out, and Flynn asserts that many man- agera throughout the country think it} was his boxer, consequently costing bis 4 Lee P. Flynn, (Kid) Alberts, 1a round bout, | oq Pacific Coant League, No amount was announced. O'Below joined the Chi- cago club this spring, having been ob- talned from the Boston club at the waiver price. Cravath, the heavy hitting outfelder, made his seventeenth home run of tre Laven ters @eason by lifting one of straight balls over the second Inning of the 4: and the Phillie This drive tetory which won from Heinle \Groh, who has been playing great ball since he joined the feds, will not be a to play ‘for rye wy Now the NewStorefor!. len ! Clears Its Stocks Broadway and Eighth Street doors open at 7.30 tomorrow morning to accommodate those who cannot get away during the day Having held the largest and most successful men’s clothing sales in the history of any store, there naturally | remain from the various groups certain suits in broken sizes and assortments, All those that have been marked in these sales at. | | THE THREE. SONDERS THAT RACE GERMANS NEXT MONTH PICKED. MARBLE At fast the three American, sonder boats which will defend the Preal- Wilson and Gov. the German th here, have been selected. owned by John lien, owned by , and the Cima, el. The Sprig Formerly A. ae oo : at Ninth | an Injunction to restrain boxer from using other After considera! trouble, Jim rial froth, the fight promoter of San Praz cinco, has finally atgned up a pair ot fighters for his show on M Sept. 9. Bob MoAilister, the forn teur champion of the Pacific and Sallor Petroskey will be the principals. They will clash in a twenty-round battle at 160 pounds, welgh in at lv A, M. ‘They fought a twenty-round draw in) A. Boardman, vullt by W, Starling «the Cima by Charles E. was won by the by the Ellen, and the third by the Cina, oY Firemen to Play Dall To-Day, Commissioner Johnson's fire eaters and the Lincoln Gianté will clash thus afternoon at Olympic Field, It will be Having come to the conciusion that |~ the date for their ten round bout at the | Atlantic Garden A. C., Sept. 2, ts too! close to @ holiday, Young Rrow n, the east side lightweight, and Joe “Y: Shugrue of Jersey City have Posty the event until Sept. 2% Brown 1 Billy Bennett for ten rounds at the Brown A. A. of Far Rockaway to-mor- row night. the last appearance of the New York Fire Department team at the Harlem oval. Fattling Levinsky’ (formerly Barney Williams of Philadelphia), who has been making ® great showing in the squared circle since he placed himself under the management of Danny Mor- wan, has been «lgned up battle, He will take on So the rugged Brooklyn hi SHOW OF 1013 PLAYHOUSE th ot eeg a yo aac tal Pict" | $8.75, $9.50, $11.50, $13.50 and $15.50 (although made to ° = i — |] evict wivet |] sell for $15 to $20) we now place in one great group and. AMUSEMENT! © ELMOTT Ss THEATHE, ffer tomorrow—to % THE LURE Qo effect a quick clearance— 960 Men’s Suits 425 of $15 grade $6. 75 GARE Wik EM E Wes ay HI Rath Eta AW With JANE COWL as Mary Turner, PROSPECT Me Weatchenter Aves WIS BAT. NT iy 296 of $18 grade 239 of $20 grade HAMA IERSTEIN’S Even 2 Root And Bail Hi EvEL' = ROOF Dainty Me i DAM rt $e ZiEGFELD Foutis iit : FULTON*R 45... Wate Mgnt 90. Sounds cheap; but men ho know the stand Sst Bra Dane coi thi. NEW KIND of men's clothing store, andar of LMUT | every suit POTASH & PERLMUTTER Snr tolg Peerless ery wath ln the tot wil be all-wool, well-cat, properly-made The price has no bearing upon the value of the suits. The Confession ANKY P. KY*'.' ae OLYMPIC SNE DATE, Mat, 250.81. AN! Mat on Bh Poa . siour SUNSHINE Gifs. As a matter of fact it is below the maker's price in every in- OLUMBIA {:+*', Burlesque § Stance. It is merely a nominal price to clear the tables. FOLLIES “tw DAY All are this season's suits; fancy worsteds, cheviots, cas- stat”, ti ma Bic. X TY AQURRAY NED Fiend a fens Ay, simeres; wide range of colors; tterns; plenty of three- ARDIN re DAN Seat 7 . arisen Piece suits; a lot of two-piece rg ind about 60 f lorfolks. faa ane Reserve jour Sizes are broken; but in the 960 are suits for men and young men of 81 to 46 chest measurement; short, tall, stout, or slim, Because of the low selling price, $6.75—the only alter- ations we will make without charge will be the tin ante o1 the trousers and shortening or lengthening of sleeves. Tomorrow, Friday, at 7.30 in the morning. |New ts ae Ea WA.HAWTRYECO. ‘Fun Every Minute a iets }HENDERSON — Alrehily Vireworts Thur NEW- Dally Ma ONS NOM » 5) Brighton ait aes Broadway, at the corner of Eighth. ote VADIS?"’ ee wo @ CudPréLL. os _—_