The evening world. Newspaper, August 27, 1913, Page 9

“Pred Merkle Not Only Smashes Out What Is Probably the Long- est Hit Ever Made on the Polo Grounds, but He Lifts Him- self Out of a Batting Slump and Puts the Giants One Game Nearer the Pennant by Their Defeat of the Reds. By Bozeman Bulger. lump is wevally done by degrees, but Fred Merkle ‘red out of the slump, but put the Geep right centre and gone into the ‘ball hit the fence on the fly far below @rive a ball into those bleachers has emashere, but Merkle's slam was mR, Sate ae HARD PUSHED. against this kind of pitching Matty, the veteran conqueror of the wp gklh pended sap fle Aoeemag To win he had to ly what he did. Though the Reds cracked him too much credit to my pitching,” said Matty with « be well for you to run dack over the score card and a come to Murray's performance in the sixth inning. That is the that caved the game for New York. J lots of wonderful catches,” he went on, ‘but that running capture @f Bescher's drive ought to go down in the book." TMEY'LL HAVE HIM IN A CIRCUS YET. Come to think of it, the olf fellow is right. Bescher wan the first man up end if that drive had got away from Murray the Reds would certainly have @cored. The drive started like a homer and nobedy thought Red Jack had 0 uch as @ chance of getting near it. He gave it a battle just the eame. When Within seven or elwht feet of the whistling pill Murray made @ leap in the air, t&rew his bedy around so that his left hand could make a at the ball and, fortunately, it struck squarely in his palm. The force ef the drive upset Jack, et he beld to the ball and the fans didnt quit cheering for two innings after- YOU MAY EXPECT NEXT: “TINK ER MANAGING FOR O’DAYI" Honk O'Day just simply can't get away from his old hadite. In the eighth inning when Miner Brown came in as o eubdatitute pitcher, @ pinch datter Raving caused the exit of Johnson, Mr. O'Day @nnounced to the stand, “Brown now pitching for Chicago!” The crowd caught the mistake before Hank did and got a big laugh on Ais correction, It te said that was the frat time Hank had smiled since leaving the management of the Rede. {htm Brown as « substitute pitcher, Bcheckard as a pinch hitter and Kling qathe cateher, to aay nothing of Tinker as manager, the Red line-up looked ery much Chicago and O'Day could well be excused for gumming up the cards, GOING BACK TO @ROW UP WITH THE COUNTRY. “The eonsluding game with the Reds this afternoon marks the passing of the Western teams for the season. We will have seen the last of the Reds, Cubs, Wiwates ond Cardinals until next epring. And they have deen such consistent @entributors to the Giant winning streaks their departure carries with it a amount of sorrow. The only Western clubs to capture a series of any on the P. G. this year are the Cardinals and the P-rates, OUTGIDE OF THAT BILL 16 TO BE CONGRATULATED. zg» Wall Phelon, the Cincinnati expert, doped out a theory that the Pirates had yand the only way to beat Matty and that by bunting. He figures that Matty y slowed up in the legs so that he cannot handle the easy taps. The only wrong with Bill’e theory is that on the two occasions when the Pirates the old gent out of the box every ball they struck was a line drive! AND HE'S HITTING 400 UP THERE, TOO. Conte, the Cuban correspondent, who still bemoans the exile of a to Montreal, declares with real sincerity that the hard luck being jenced by: the Reds is the result of a curse put on them for letting the otar of the Havana chib get out of the big league. ee Though the Reds made eight singles off Matty only four of them 4. were hit outside the diamond, and one of them could have deen eaved (leat for ap excusable slip on the part of Snodgrass when he made a t and tried to pick Hobdltsel's smash off Ms shoe laces. that the pennant seems @ einch the Giants are beginning to compile on the Athletics for use in @ world's geries, They note with interest the peg ‘who were #0 effective against New York two years ago are hard by the tailenders in the rivai organisation this year. But they might also note that Mack's $100,000 infleld ts still pounding that ball. AMO STILL THE PITCHERS COME, Bunny Hearne, the boy who pitched that twenty-inning 0 to 0 tle for Toronto ageinat Joreey City, is now © full-fledged Giant and has joined the flock of idle athletes on Motiraw's bench. By the end of next week McGraw hopes to be al te give both Hearne and Rube Gchauer @ chance to show what ¢heyi can eapinst big leasue datters, Ht GIANTS IN BIG CONTEST ‘AT WEIGHT THROWING. ‘A veritadle battle of the Giants will @ark the celebration of Labor Day io Celtic Park. The chief feature of the -Amerioan Athletic Club's outing and games on that day will be a weight- throwing contest in which @ dozen of greatest men in this line in the witl take part. The tournament embrace throwing the fifty-six and GRIFFIN WILL REFEREE RITCHIE-WELSH BOUT. VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 7.—Jim referee of the Ritchie-Welsh bout after Harry Pollok had positively refused to accept Ritchie's other candidates for the place. Ritchie readily agreed to Griffin, The date is Sept. 20, at 1.30 P. M., welght 1% pounds one hour be- fore bout. All terms and conditions were ofMfolally accepted by both men ast night and final articles are being drawn up to be signed to-day. ———_—__ aye Burns Wins Award Over Watson. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21.~Frankle Burne displayed altogether too much class for Red Watson in a ten-round pout in Oakland, With at least nin out of ten rounds in his favor, and thi other no better than @ draw, Burn: easily entitled to the decision that ia banded him by Referee Jim Grifin, STANDING OF THE CLUBS eli hes i Bee li BeLt OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES = Ey Grifin was agreed upon last night as) aa |and Young Reftty, TRE EVENING WORLD, TRY IT ON BOXING, Etc. win THE Three. (F (am UNABLE Roast, or Sows ere. TEN MILES I puarine € ee SeETs itt by WELL =IF Trobe Find Thar Ga PRETTY Goon {lt WEAR OST Ths Machine & ou! wu (T Wourd Be INTERESTING TH KNOW How F, a Seren wa eer TRAVELS WEE OF His WONDERFUL DRI ORES. Lexus my FORMS oF OF GROUND COVERU Sy Fibers a {OUR ‘GREaT RGireRs { Tennis Is Not the Onl Which Much Ground Is Copyright, 1913, » ‘The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World), vITLt, SURELY Lose! ‘MY TUTLE (F Don'T Use ™ FocTwork AND GENERALSHIPS THE at ease yn RON CTHER, or) Game in’ Covered, oS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1918. NEWS OF ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT GEE, HE GAINED TEN YARDS ON US US “TIME « VL Have TO KICK HIM IN ' THE EYE. A wivar eared 0 HAVE. TD WPAR A PROOMETERZON His DOME. Coulon and Williams To. Meet in Milwaukee ore shows during the remainder Bantamweights to B to Box in Ten- re Round Bout Latter Part of Next Month. sees By John Pollock. HNNY COULON, the bantamwelght champion, and Kid Williams, the fas and clever Baltimore bantam, will most likely be matched within the next ten days to meet in @ ten- found bout at Milwaukee the latter part of next month. Frank Mulkern, the Popular Milwaukee fight promoter, who ‘Harry Trendall, the St. Loule light weight, who went all the way to Call- fornia for the purpose of getting on a ‘out with Leach Cross or some other good fighter, but who was unsuccesaful, has quit the coast and is on his way ‘back home. He has been practically jMatched to meet Knockout Brown of this jetty in an elght-round bout before the St. Louls A. C. next month, Champion Johnny Kilbane, who has had @ good rest of several months, is @oing to make another trip to San Fran- ciaco next month. Jim Coffroth, the Aight promoter, wired for him to come to the coast, as he wants to mateh him @gainet Abe Attell in a twenty-round Dout there the latter part of next month. Kilbane may fight Chaves, the Denver featherwelght, in Denver before he tackles Attell. ———— Keene Knocked Unconsctous, COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Aug. 7. —During a polo game between the Chey- enne Mountain Country Club polo team and the Twelfth Cavalry team from Fort Robinson, Neb., which was won dy the former by a ecore of 101-2 goals to 1, Foxhall Keane, the well- known New York player, met with two accidents, the last one rendering him unconscious, In the third period Keene was hurled rom his mount, but rose quickly and resumed playing. His seo | ond mishap ocourred in the sixth period when he had a collision, which knocked him off hie horse. After he revived he femounted and continued in the game. CALEDONIANS’ ANNUAL MEET. ‘The Scottish games of the New York Caledonian Club, to be held at Waahing- ton Park, Grand street, between Mass peth and Newton, L, I., on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1, will be the fifty-seventh annual outdoor gathering of that organt- sation, The games commence,at 11.9 A. M. There are thirty events on ten programme, with @ cash price lst of #74. Nineteen events are open to the world, Bntries will be accepted up to the starting of an event. Prizes are pald immediately after the judxea render thelr decision, The five- which prizes agetesating put up, will be started sharply at 6 o'clock P, M. In addition to the ath- detic events there will be Highland rreas, Highland dancing and Bagpipe competitions. ‘was largely responsible for the passaze| , of the law in Wisoonain legaiizing ten-| round no-decision bouts, is anxious to bring these lads together. He saya that a battle between them would at-| tract one of the biggest crowds that! ever witnessed a boxing contest in Milwaukee, Sam Harris, ‘manager of ‘Williams, said to-day that he is ready to sign the articles of agreement as soon as he receives them. Eddie McGoorty, the Oshkosh mid- @lewetght, has arrivéd in town, and is getting into shape for bouts at tne New Polo A. A. He will be put against some good middleweight at the St, Nich- olas A. C, on Wednesday evening, Sept. 10, Joe Levins of Boston is now man- ager of McGoorty. Harry Lewis of Philadelphia may be secured to meet him. In a letter to a friend, Willie Lewis, the local fighter, who says that he ts fight! and, besides, is making out of his gymnasium over there, “I intend to do conaMerable fighting in the fall,” writes Willie, ‘and also should win many battles, as I am tn fine shape. I intend to return to America for the holidays, but will return to Paris again in January.” The Coroner's jury of Lon Angele, Cal., has exonerated Jess Willard the death of John (Bull) Young in a out at Vernon, Cal., last week, their | verdict being that Young met his fate | gs by an accidental blow delivered by Wiil- ard, which caused concussion of the brain, WERE $22-$20-$18 ‘Three ten-round bouts will be staged at the St, Nicholas A. C, to-night, two of them being between featherweighta | and the other ‘oetween lightweights, | The fighters who will meet are Patsey Callahan and Joo Stacey, Young Wax- ner and Young Lustig, and veeany Lore Jim Coffey, the “Dublin Giant," who has been in Ireland giving boxing ex- hibitions and also meeting some am- ditious vywelghts for over two months, xpected to return here in two weeks, Coffey sent a letter to Jack MoCarthy, matchmaker of the Brown A. A. in which he stated he will be ready to fight any heavyweight that | & McCarthy can secure for him, on his arrival, Bin Brown, manager of the Brown A. A. of Far Rockaway, ts so elated ever the manner in which the boxing Game is being patronized by both the natives and also the people summering at Rockaway that he has deaied to suit at a Tremendous Saving. carry over a single one of this season’s suits—hence these unequalled reductions. The best workmanship, style, fab- rics—ALL MUST GO—without regard to former prices. IF YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY VAAN AT SMITH GRAY’S THE LARGEST RETAIL CLOTHIERS IN NEW YORK FINAL CLEAN-UP ENTIRE STOCK REDUCED Including Many Medium Weight Year-Round Suits ° HERE ARE THE PRICES $30-$28-$25 YOUR LAST CHANCE to pick up a fine all-the-year-round COME NOW We have determined not to Fs | reek FintWeaks Tues, EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN By ViC| Some Strange Pairings _For Big Golf Tourney “Boy Wonders,” | Especially, Are Oddly Aligned for Na- tional Amateur Matches. ‘There are some mighty funny alia: Menta in the pairings for the national amateur golf championship, ting next Monday, at Garden City, The atrangest, perhaps, is that of Abe Mitchell of Engiand, as long « driver an Edward Ray and who has caused @everal flurries in the British amateur and open champtonahips, with Phulp Carter of New York, aged seventeen, Weighing lesa than 109 pounds and not yet In college. Carter, however, le mot- Fopolitan junior champion. The patr will carry @ great holiday gallery at 10 o'clock Another kid with great form, who golfs even in snowy winter days, Morel Lewis of Fiushing, is in the frst pair away at 9.90 o'clock. are near the top of the Iist, the two other “boy wonders,” Archie Mcllwaine and Maxwell m, come near the bottom, Archie at 235 P. M. and Max at 26 o'clock, If Heinrich Schmidt, American gensa- tion last May at St. Andrewa, @cotiand, blag be tted by his odd clothing, can by the yellow glanses that hi periner, Mugo Johnaton, will wear. johnston ts a world golfer and = ter- mendous “swiper.” They atart at 2.30 vanes of Chile ‘and Jim Tyng, the Baltuarol vet- pion, will make a curtous team. Jerome D. Travers, resent § title: holder, will be yoked with Frank Jen- nings, whom he played with and d aasinat ren GLOBE?" “T ‘A COMPLETE ee IN TRE Late BY THE urn on While Lewla and Carter | J who was the first metro oitan | 0 mang times itn. the enti: both were members rig the ne Snuames (Leng leland) Club There will be no better known old-time pair than Pind- tay Ese and Giiman Tiffany, who are the fourth in order te get away. —— Referee Witty Moore Attacked. Because he was dinquailited for foul- ing in the second round of hie bout vie Young Marino, Jack Twin Collings’ at- tacked Referee Billy Moore and for a time it looked if a free-for-all battle woukl mault as Cotting’s seconds and friends made a wild rush to help Bim. The clud officials then jumped into the ring and drove out the disorderly per- eons, at the same tima rushing Collins imo the club's office wivere after being dressed he wan let out of the bullding by © door. Collins jen't likely to wet other chance to box at the club, —-—_— Sixty-cl@ht Entries for Regatta, regatta to be rowed will be @ battle between the best eare- men of New York, Philadelphia, Bos- ton, Pitteburxh, Washington, Baitimere, ‘My and several other rowing ixty-elght entries were ac- meo'ing of the Reatta Com- the Middie States Regatta Asvociation at the New York Athletic Club house, Nineteen evente are sched Meet Sept. @. . will hold @ eet of swimming races at ite summer home at (ravers Island, Pelham Manor, N. ¥., on Saturday, Sept. ¢, beginning at 26 P.M. The races are open to all regis- tered amateurs and the A. A. U. rules will govern. The events are as follows: yards “vba A Ae U. championship: high divin U. championship, and 100 hy handigup, Entrieg will close on Sept. 1 with James K. No. 31 Warren treet. EVENINGS AT 8 SHARP Matinee Raturday caly 2:18, tar EXTRA MAT. LABOR DAY WILLIAMS BpMcar, COMEDY |! 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