The evening world. Newspaper, August 18, 1914, Page 10

ae with ,Gunboat Smith Was Postponed Because He Has a HAT terrific battle between poor, decrepit Gunboat Smith and the n man-mauling marvel, Young Ahearn, has been post 3 pened for a week because Ahearn | WES “indisposed.” In just what way Ba be “indisposed,” London cespatches Gali to apecify. It’s a safe bet, though, Ges he isn't “indisposed” to-day in ‘@mctly the say he would have been Ba@ bis bout with the Gunner gone Yen last night, according to schecule. Possibly Young Ahearn had a sore foot. No fast s, inter likes to _ 8 foot race with a ndicap Iike that —tepecially a pursuit race. * eo 8 8 Now they say that while Frank Chance was slapping fines on ~ > Ray Caldwell the clud was stip- Ping Caldwell the moncy to pay 7 the fines. It tan't every ball clud that takes pleasure in doudie- Crossing ttself. There's one good thing nbout the > Invasion of the Giants and Braves. Nobody's going to cen- the war news. = Braves seem to have jearnc! the secret of perpetual motion. Every day they win a game— on the (lays when they win two Yesterday they won two by scores of 11-1 and 6-3. by these the Braves have ty of ginger left, They don't neéd We themselves and cut out un- scoring. PyATTLING LEVINSKY 10 cald to| ded Sct st eek’ On tem be fighting often to prepare RAOE— Tews Vogt 23. of PORTING PAGE Y0 WHAT’S THE USE OF BEING SUPERSTITIOUS? Copyright, 1914, by the Press Publishing Co. (The'New York Evening World.) Weather ant: selling: 9400 added; aix fuwiongs. ‘tod. Won cia Hise Sema! Wiser, 6, be Dich Net, Time, 1 1 ul fost peal Bt te 0 get oom a ttretcty Lily Orme. had. C fe “lead, Dut hed to be = Se ee eee ‘Oven. High,Clos, Pl, Bh, 76 “TO DEFEND HIS OPEN JTITLE AT MIDLOTHIAN Boston Youth Gets a 74 in First Qualifying Round of National Meet. CHICAGO, Aug. 18.—Playing tn a stiff breese under a scorching sun, sterlit.g golf was not displayed to-day of the 182 entrants in the national EVENING WORLD RACE CHART|QUIMET STARTS WELL |(*etouanun Plays murray tor SARATOGA, N. Y., TUESDAY, AUG,‘18, 1914, th Day of Saratoga Racing A: Fa | State Tennis Titie ToeMorrow McLoughlin, fresh from hie victories over Norman o Cup matches, will hi aR. Lindley Murray hip at the Crescent Club. The were sol irvivere df a field of ninety thet je title, but thelr meeting wae deferred to give je to prepare for the Davie Cup tournament. pect Murray to beat the world’s champion, but the nineteen-year- otiff battic in the Longweed finale, Id repeat again to-morrow. Murray can bat ‘em almost ard ae the California Comet and it will be some-mateh when get into action. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. ATIONAL LEAGUE, EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN Golf Tournament Now Under Way BLUB ISLAND, Il, Aug. 18.—The annual open golf ‘championship opened at the Midlothian Country Club here to-day when one-half of the competing field of 146 players teed off at intervals of five minutes. The first pair, starting off at 8 o'clock, were Harry Gowle and L. H. Rode, two Western professionals, Following in quick order from the first tee were some of the greatest golfers in the country. The entries were so great that the field had to be divided in half, o1 CALIFORNIA TENNIS STARS HAVE EASY TIME AT SOUTHAMPTON Norman Brookes, Australian Captain, Neglects - the ne for Golf. (Special to The Evening World.) MEADOW CLUB COURTS, SOUTH. AMPTON, L. I, Aug. 18.—From the top to the bottom of the Ifst the younger playera had their own way to-day in the tennis tournament with It. Lindley Murray, William M. John- ston and Elia Fottrell, the trio of Cal- ifornians, and Bernard Law, thé Princeton football halfback, bein among the most impressive winners ; Myrray, who displayed all the spec tacular effects of his dashing gam in turn defeated Clarence Hobart 6—2, 6—3, and then disposed of Ex mund W. Peaselee by identically @ same score. 4 Fottrell, who shows much the ean style of game as Maurice Kk. Mé Loughlin did on his first appearanc in the East, made his debut in th tournament, beating F. W. Paul gr. the Philadelphian, easily, 6—1, 6-—8, Norman E. Brookes, the captain of the cup-winning Australian forces, arrived with his wife. The humid day and the somewhat unfavorable con- ditions caused Brookeg to decide on golf instead of tennis, He had a de- fault marked against him in the #in- gies, but he will compete in doubles he partner of William A. Larned, Norris Williams 2d, Maurice EB. McLoughlin, who was entered under the name of Smith, and Thomas C, Bundy, the trio of the Davis cup team, all defaulted in the singles. Williams will positively compete in the doubles, while McLoughlin and Bundy, the national champions, will compete here Friday and Saturday. ——>: SARATOGA ENTRIES. SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 18.—The entr ft | tonto: FI Unree year. Ouimet must defend the title Chat . q . in the earlier part of the 36 hole Scand | bt, on q qualifying rounds by the first haif St taza, Bale : tre te “ - . : 4 ; t Brookline last it | nie Bea? ea Bs Bp || Wars ‘tau'°Rtne "ate ooo” Beats j rounds are at YANKS BEAT JOHNSON open tournament at Midlothian Golf | hire. FOR THE FIRST TIME | “>. ideas ATION. AMERI i championship re. starting Thur tine Francis Oulmet, holder of the title, SINCE SEASON OF 1912. x SURE play-off with Edward hem York aly 0, roahinatos + be - Iiday, which is 72 holes of medal play. i t year at Brookline Though they lost the first game tarted ent A if tyme | Ray and Harry Vardon starte waco Be | BROOKFEDS LOSE my hneon In the fi id break Outmet, studying his score card on era pe Tete johnson in @ final an reak~ uimet, studying LJ 01 a e Cre. , ing a rd that hae hi Trdianapolia, 8; Pittsburgh, 10 tant NOUBLE HEADER Oise der eee renee ieee th, | non green like a novice and fonditng GAM SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY. e . , een ‘Jones May Wean Strong Minors f 8 ’ > when Jack Martin wae hu roached well most of the tims, but At use Ti * nar baas cllvly eaten | arena pelted " {aor Lehre el ay Oe eee wi fen pa bag LEAGUA. To Feds’ Ca show in the Gunner's class. (Batting Rally in Seventh Inn- Siete Shy x rash the first nine holes in #f to Brady's potral at Rates hat te now eld th real reason for Atlantic ¥: going . e has . This ti e acquisition Esco op to for amateur bostepe| ing Gave Packers Enough fad Rime surounded and drave Fielder Jones, the ex-White Sox man-| * |, F rather for looking at ama- ret tine they Ned beetan tng | hia three grass solled wooden clubs, NATIONAL LEAGUE. . AMERICAN LEAULt. i King since 1913-the day | drove straight and far. He ap- fel tcen taba cee | Brady was in bunkers three times, wae about to boxing. ‘The amateurs will box club, In the dancing pavilion. j the Sist of this month, and th of the tournament will be hel. Be the ws of L elaggy ama. ‘entered. The entries close to- in any races. ‘The ite will soon be hauled A Wee one says out pow Sourse doesn’t count. Runs to Win. FIRST SAME. $= 1 eo----wcecscoP -le-o KANSAS CITY. ° ~ > Slee-c-Seoe Sleen-nono= wloo-c-ccoco™ on Basee—-Brookfeds, 4; Kansas City, Three-Base Hit—Kvans, Base-—Uilmore, man to Meyera, Kenworthy to Stovall, Cullop (Finne- Houck (Chadbourne), hannon and McCormick. At- WINNERS AT WINDSOR, FIRST RACE—Puree 9600; three- seven furlongs: ‘Moausoltus, 117 ( to 2 and 7 to 10, first; An te the | - iny of Sir Walter's fall. he cons tributed the winning run himeelf by making a wil atch that dug ni Ainomith's he ee Dick's Pet, 107 (Martin), 18 to 1, 6 to 1 and 7 to 6, first; Miss Gayle, 104 (Coleman), 11 to 10, 2 to 6 and out, second; Ratina, 104 (Metcalf), 18 to 6, 9 to 10 and out, third. Time, 1.08 1-5. Just Y and Colors also ran, geal la BASEBALL NOTES. But for the fact that Ray Caldwell ig in Buffalo with @ bankroll that would choke the subway he might have had thie opportunity and, if he had thought of it, very Itkely would have delayed his jump a week, He won't get a chance to beat Cleveland over there. After yesterday's accident it ts Ukely that spectators will stop the very dangerous practice of throwing balla from the stand directly to the plate, Some one threw a ball from the atand during the latter part of the second game that struck Catcher Nunamaker on the head, while his back was turned, and knocked him senseless, The ball was thrown with great force too. It is believed that the shot was intended for Umpire Chill, who had the fans “on him” all afternoon, Though ir Chance has heard nothing from dwell the players have been “on” for some time, > a seema, ed @ contract with the Feds two weeks ayo and, to hasten his jump, the Buffalo olub of th league gave him $5,000 in real moi ae @ bonus, The players say he spending part of it when last seen. This umpire, Chill, by the way, has caused so much trouble by attempting to show the leggue pitchers how they to pitoh that a movement is an foot, headed yy Jack Warhop, to in- duce Mr, Chill to start @ aohool of twirling during ¢) int If he would show the boys “how’ pri- vate Jt would save the spectatora a lot of annoyance when they wanted to eee a ball game, ke’ expense, when Chance was Die tilt with Mr, Chill over ia The Menatora had a good laugh at tH) 5 once. His, shots from bunkers brought cheers from the gallery, but his putting was poor except for a long one on the first hole, where he made a beautiful three after driving into the rough. Outmet finished the morning round in 74, running off the last nine holes as smoothly as the first, Rrady caught up with his amateur > Vala taking 35 coming in. Adex Réss of Braeburn topper e early scores wi 78. Alex Smfth, champion in 1906 and 1910, took 86 for the first round, 48 each way. This was high score for the forenoon. Oulmet improved during the firs! nine of the afternoon round, mak" ¢ a a al 86, despite the wind. Bra y took 37, 8 McDonald Smith of Spring Haven, metropolitan champion, turned in a score of 72 for the first round, crowd- ing Alec Ross from the top. A 38 in ke) him from breaking through the 70 line, The wind in- creased and scores ran high as the day wore om Warren K. Wood of Homewood, former Weatern amateur champion, made 77. ———- Brookfeds Only 16 Points From Top ‘The masterly twirling of Dr, Lafitte, coupled with timely hitting by the caused the downfall of the Packers the firat contest of the series of five at Kansas City. 6 victory put the Brooklyns in third place, just 16 pointe behind the Chi- feds, the leaders in the race. ————— WINDSOR ENTRIES. WINDSOR, Ont. Aeg. 18.—The en- tries for to-morrow'’s races are a se ehing. ara, Rees MS) BumScarns Bb, ‘ies er eee PAE PART ative, andy Fiat kod ys i ie sit Ho mag y Warhop pitched, They had weer. jain of dark: in the rough twice and out of bounds Young Saylor Decisively Whips Young Shugrue Indianapolis Boxer Victor In Siz- Stadium kee night ts: Bull Anderson vs. and Frankie Neil va, Milton ir Snowy Baker’s Sydney Sta-| matchmaker Jnck MeCarthy ni arranged the card for Friday nig’ dium. show at Brown's Far Rocka’ Club. In the main event Young Drummie will clash with Willie Jones of Brooklyn in a return match. This pair met at Rockaway three weeks By John Pollock. ceived from Bydney, Australia, at the seashore this summer. by Tom Andrews, the Milwau- Brg4 kee boxing, promoter, Young Baylor, | olds nf ) .; for a ten round bout. The Fairmount the Indtanapolls lightweight, decisive- | 4c. witt stage the contest next Sat- ly defeated Young Sh&grue of Jersey | urday night, Leonard ane Reynolds City in their twenty round bout at/ are among the best therweights Snowy Baker's stadium on Saturday |/n the country, night. The bout ts reported to have been a sissler from start to finish and li T ty-Round Bout at| Farrel. Richey Ryan vs. Ji: Di i | Bod: re atone waa l~ mm; ras i aiing Twenty-Round Gout a’ Blair.” |League cause, Also, by giving minor |league stars this fall the monoy that gee, and the fans who attended it CCORDING to a cablegram re- | declared it the beat bout they've seen | di {Robby Reyn- ened articles oailiax | ager, at @ stupendous salary, is his promise to deljver to outlaw needs the Northwestern and other minor leagues. The Feds feel sure that as soon as they get some of the strong minors away from organized baseball their fight for recognition as a. third that sum with Manager Billy Gipson |™#sor league will be completely won. Jones ts at present ident of the Northwestern get and it would e induces that ly to become an aide to the Federal ueually Me pee clubs, the Federals expect to further weaken and eventu- ally disorganise organised basebail. Bteinfeldt, former major league ball player, connected with various Nattonal @ clubs, died at his home in Bellevue, Ky., yeater- Steinfeldt was a member of the elebrated pennant winning Chicagu Nationals, and Is the firstof this for- mer vorld's champion baseball cit, bullt up and handled by Frank Chance, to die. Steinfeldt had been il for several years, but It was only recently that his illness took on a serious » He was thirty-seven years old. leaves a wife. it would not be surprising ¥ ther! Pittsburgh Fans Now Regard were rematched. Leach Cross, bls wife, his baby, Giants Sure Sam, leave elty day. Hay a ered ee Pies Lectagh New York’s Superb Rally In the Eighth Inning Against Pirates his bouts on the Coast, It te wer nearly four months since he left here Makes Deep Impression. and his most notable feat during his absence was his victory over Joe Rivers in a twenty round bout at Vernon Inst week, Crose's victory came after three previous futile at- tempts to whip the Mexican, The Cross party will stop off at Grand Canyon and Chicago. {pestal te The Rvening Word.) Pittadurgh, 2° :, 18, HB spirit shown by the Glan yesterday, when thay ols: bered over an apprrently in- surmountable obstacle of three runs There are two boxing shows cardof|and ran away from the Mirates, tm- to-night, At the Rockaway Beaoh| pressed the fans wil:) an idea that A. OC. of Hammels Btation, Bull An-|no team will beat them out for the -|derson of Brooklyn and Battling |championship this year. Tt was a Hurley of Passato, two rugged wel-| dead sure vietory for Pitt: terweighta, will meet, while at the|to the eighth inning * Rroadway porting Olub of Brook-|MeGraw and bis men. The energy ond time, have a spiendid chance to break a if for any reason Battling Levinaky | the pennant four times in succession, fe unable to kee ment | Hefore the Giants made their .uperb lyn Battling Levinsky and @allor | dieplayed by them then improased the} Fritts will face each ether for the | spectators with the notion that they! i National League record by winning | Pennant Winners double-header. But instead of de- Preasing them, the news seemed to infuse more. confidence in the New York bunoh, The Giants bave now won siz out of elght games here, and Tesreau's record te atill whole against Pitts ; burgh, ‘The victory yesterday was ; Me fourth against the Pirates this i} 0 fternoon holds geod. Matty chance to break his jefe, record, Howeve welscted to pitc! Teureau'a victory y % will accomplish a clea. eweo; series here, Mar- camo to Pittsburgh last Bur ahead of the teaia and folned in the rest cure, t ip almost certain that the Pitte- ih mal r will rely on Coop jowa. the Giants this aftern Getz to Stay at Third for the Dodgers ‘ CHICAGO, Aug. 18—The Dodgers will not get Mike Mowrey to piay third base. No word has been heard from the former Pirate, and Manager Robinson doce not care much whether+ he gets another third sacker now;, because Gets Ie doing so well he dota! not need any one else, v It looke as If the Brooklynites have bumped Into the Cubs when they are! starting on another rally. The re-\ turn of Heine Zim to third base bas strengthened the local t6 such an axtent that they are playing twenty= five per cent, better ball than they were last week, Zimmerman, who was under sus) naion by Manager O'Day, got back Into the game in a hurry yesterday when he was informed that he would hie salary until he was able He had beon soldierin, since his fight with }* nahan last week, Q |. The Dodgera are going good ant are confident they will be able to stop the Cubs even though the localy are getting back Into their astride. The three out of four victories won by the locals since jeaving home has helped to get the Dodgere going GEORGE H. ROBERTSON GIVES THE REMEDIES FOR ALL AUTO TROUBLES, Qoorge W. Redertoon, winner of the Vanderbilt Cup tn 1908 and. ‘nd mape out pleasure rout tvening World reader, Send our ear troubles in writing te. George W. Robertson, Autemobite Editon == wea’ thesugh' he, sive’ talee 74 ihe ene oles ss nate at th "Bastien, Madden ot Jeraey. City ‘This young left-hander Er Washington, the iierenes bane Sek 1g Uy vacant, "hee Me! Se the staaium A S, to-morrow | Telly pe Beep vane ey Mopade Kiante only thie =o) Beste ri amet, saan ence ears “as Mam ats Bee Bah al “claimed, | Weather oleas, te nee eens & eye eS pa] PPE Se