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THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1915. BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN WHAT MAY HAPPEN WHEN DUNDEE AND RIVERS MEET Copyright, 1916, by The Prese Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). tm. PDwore Cusine was NEVER Geen MuouceD Down Bur eerwars “tHar's eacause RIVERS Never, WT HUA «0 00 cainw Coven Rees Jones Leas rau HE MIGHT Do SomeTHnGs Me Chas: He Rivers fight to-night at Eb- ‘Bets Field, and this should be Of the best lightweight matches here during the summer Quick Acting on Bases by Burns Lands Giants in First Division Left Fielder Made Three Bases gure to be a fight. There'll be by either man, judging ast performances. No tap and | ¥@8 mo tap and clinch. Real old- sclentifc slamming—and }the best man win, 1y Dundee has a manager, and STANDING OF THE CLUBS, QUALFING ROUND OF WESTER GOLF TOURNEY NOM O Better Scores Are Expected To-Day, as the Course Is in Good Shape. CLEVELAND, O., July 20.—Sizty- four players started this morning of the qualifying round of the Wester” amateur golf championship. Tae” cream of the country, outside of Ouimet and Travers, is included, The course is in good shape and better scores are expected to-day. The thirty-two low scores of the etxty~ four players in this morning’s and yesterday's rounds will play im the first round of match play thie after- noon. Of the first ten scores in the quall~ fying round this morning Addison Stillwell of Chicago came in with 78 and H. P. Bingaam of Cleveland had 79. Bingham had 80 Monday and this gives him a total of 159. Stillwell’s Monday score, was 84, a total of 162 for the 36 holes. John Heyburn of Louisville had 81. ame of the gent is Scotty Mon- 1ONAL. URAGUE Sootty assures me: a 4, That Dundeo never has been down in a ring fight. on Smash in Eighth Inning That Developed Into Run— ¥ Chub, . to-day and 80 yesterday, giving bim 161. 8. 8. Hughes of Cleveland had 81 this morning for a total of 166. F. R. | Blossom of Chicago, with a 79 this ‘That Dundee can beat all the INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE, morning made his total for the 3 . holes 161. McGraw’s Men Only Four Games Behind Leaders. RAL LEAGUB, Club. We ‘ova: lightweight contenders with one tied behind him. That Dundee never felt a punch ae. b.4 fe | Al Club, # elgee i f HeS be a Montreal. 2 y RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, ag eg! LEAGUE. By Bozeman Bulger. HAT one quickly thought out Stewards’ Ruling Deprives |Johns Hopkins ' 6, sahinigign, 1; Cleveland, 4 Shooting for the low medal score of the tournament, the Western ama- tours this morning recorded the best, scores on the course to date. W. C, Fownes jr., Pittsburgh, eante in with a 72, one stroke below the tournament par, 73. Fownes went out in 87 and returned in 35, play is often as much of a turn- INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Joe K. Bole, Mayfield champion, Has Brickley’s Signed Contract BALTIMORE, ing point in a game as a home run into the bleachers was proved when the wit of George Burns won the third victory over the Cardinals and landed the Giants in the first di- | 20.—George | vision. They are now in select com- Dorsey, graduate manager of Johns|pany for the first time since things Hopkins University Athletic Associa-| began to break bad in the spring. tion, announced to-day that he re- cetved Charley Brickley’s signed con-|when the Giant left fielder smacked tract to coach the Black and Blue/a drive against the left fleld which was good, ordinarily, for two bases. Dorsey, who has just returned from |Bob Bescher, the former Giant, now Virginia, stated the document was re- | left fielding for St. Louis, figured the ceived by him on Saturday morning. | Wallop Brickley is now in a camp in Maine and said he will report to Hopkins'the way Bescher started to field pe. 16 could tril that Bob valued the hit at The receiving of the signed con- a two-bagger and nothing more. all rumors that Brick- ‘Then Burne crossed him. pulling up at second, as Boacher ex- pected, George put on extra steam Quincy Stable of a Purse And Good Racer Hanovia Etruscan, Winner of the Arrow Stakes, Plainly Fouled Favor- ite and He Will During Run- ning of Race. jarnebarg. é: iftes, of Hirer tesa ee Eee TART as GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY. — Cay Sn “ah mate INTERNATIONAL at i wagered on bi ia ere LEAGUB, is color bearer, and lost faite ‘Two games, bargain, gant Whitey —- idle: se It was in the last half of the eighth Rea 8 sure as sure thi didn’t quite ire on Gainer bet: he 'showed himee! te a gat as he in'the race, But it must be said that McCahey, on Addie M., suffered the have borne 0} Toronto st Buffalo, = football team next fall. third straight victory and putting them further and furt! the danger of that yawning cellar ard got the call to arms in the sixth when everything looked hope- and promptly worked his way to balls, at oa ae ee Burns to up wort ird time this youngster has ‘ed the entering wedge for a rally. eit Joseph Lannin, owner of the Red Sox, accompanied by his son Paul, watched the Glant-Cardinal battle from the press box and expressed the opinion that the Giants ought to win! the pennant. As to the Red Sox, he sure of them getting o chers are all working beau- tifully,” he said, “and the fighting spirit in the whole team has been so intensified that they are on their toes They expect to win nd you know a feeling is & whole lot. talk of dissension in the Boston Club Fee! just that way. first base when he saw the und from the fence, : ; | By Vincent Treanor. stewards officiating in the stand at Bolmont Park these days evidently don't believe in fouts, or they have no reepect for the rights of some owners or the word of the average complaining jockey. Yesterday, after the running of the Arrow Gelling Stakes, these officials had a chance to prove their compe- tence and their on-the-jobnoss, so to speak, but they took the easiest way out, They might have ruled in a man- ner that would have won the respect | “i of all fair-minded racegoers, awarded &@ purse to a horse that would have ‘won under fair conditions, and at the game time convinced some desperate chance-taking jockeys that can't get away with everything. In addition they might have saved the Quincy stable the loss of Hanovia, ‘The stewards didn’t do any of those Instead they inferred that Jockey Lilley, who rode He Will, and Jockey Burlingame, who rode Hano- via, the favorite, were not telling. the truth in their claims of foul. Our little friend Johnny McTag- gart had caused both Burlingame and He Will to pull up sharply in his en- deavors to get his mount Etruscan home frst, just as both looked to have Etruscan’s “number.” Again, ia the stretch, when Hanovia, after ex- periencing early difficulties, was com- ing with @ winning rush, ‘weaved ever in blocking fashion, 60 that Hanovia had to be content with the place position. After tne race, Burlingame, Hano- via's rider, followed Lille; jockey, into the stand, int complaint } went Sereain that est (ye thing happen in @ sees an port sl to allow the claims, ised as far racing luck was concerned, ii Be EE Now that he has ety to make good, Charley Dooin has ttled down and is cracking the ball in the way that made him famous as leader of the Phillies. Two clean wal was his share 4 ll “e rode three win-| {Fa° Capra, Etruscan and ley would coach elsewhere next fall. The latest report stated that he would succeed Bill Hollenbach at for third. T! too, Penn State, and a previous one in- ties od toe tae her has’ lng nera yesterday, end in the last race, pra was partieularly good. behind Hester Prynne ani until well within the last sixteenth, id drew away then under thi nt kind of a hand ride. Johnny 0 the front before aited with the pa- lence of a Job, and went to the front jenty of time to score @ clever i the spoils yes. and one of them was Con- verted into @ run. ¥ > g, fy face of the fact that Bescher has one timated that he might handle the reins of the best throwing arms in the “Beech” made the throw all right, but was so surprised at the sudden turn of things that the ball cond late, That The next batter | 2 at Columbia University. North Randall Sweepstakes Carded To-Day CLEVELAND, July 20.—The sec- ond day's programme of the Grand Cireuit meet here to-day found the North Randall Sweepstakes for three- | old trotters of the 2.18 class as The Pittsburgh a One of the most remarkable players that has been seen In the National League for several years is Catcher Snyder, of the Cardin: has a better throwing arm, and he is such a bard hitter that Huggins puts him fourth in the batting order—the an up position. And to prove that Hugg” knows what he is doing, Mr. in the first two runs ingle and got the third by a two bagger in the sixth. In four times z reached third a play won the game. pped out and when the infield drew, in close Eddie Grant was able to poke a short single over second, driving in Fe every minute. is i : i : Many of the trainers seem to have complaint on the excessive sprinkling of the etretch. For the final sixteenth or eigh i like that played by the Giants yesterday—and for the last week, for that matter—brings back memories of the old days when they jped away with pennants by quick | thinking and equally quick acting on 5 i HE s j Ess é I a g ig Ese Mr. Lannin, who is spending of the summer at Garden City, will go to Boston next week to weicome the Red Sox home. E 8 wet track stops as soon as that part of the stretoh is reached, But for the sprinkling of the stretch Hester Prynne might have won the it : i Giant could steal on hi: The White Sox took quite a fan when they did start, and the fact that the Red Sox beat them out of the American League lead right on their own grounds must have been a bitter pill for Comiskey. As a pinch hitter Fred Brainard is getting to be as lucky as was Sammy Strang in the old days of 1905. Brain- FISTIC NE vw George Burns, hero of the quick- thinking stunt mentioned, for the Giants almost single- It was his three-base shot in the sixth inning that drove in tw: runs when the score stood 3 to against him. It so happened that Grant again was the first aid to the injured. A long fly to right from his bat scored George and tied up the pastime. ‘Walter Johnson is about over the excitement attending the coming of his first son, and is on the job again He beat the Athletics with rative ease. Beating the Ath- isn't so much for anybody these days, but, anyway, it’s good practice for Walter and shows that he's on his way. the feature event. trotter Bondella, piloted by Tommy Murphy, was touted as the favorite, th Pop Geers with De he ohn Dickerson with either Har- lem Express or Harvette are expect- to the wire at the fin- & two in thras heat race. Other events on the card are the urse $1,200; 2.12 pace, purse Menlo Park was the medium of @ t play in the seventeen horse ficld in the fifth race, but as usually hap- pens in such cases Menlo Park was| and away badly and repeatedly shut off. G. W. Gasser doesn't win many races, but when a color bearer of he does jet down in front it ls usuall; good spree. Dryad rolled home in the fifth, almos: orteotned, at th pees (I 20 to 1, Drys in_his previous race, before that he ran Mr. Meadows, the only base- player in the country to wear pectacies when at his deadly work, quite a battle for is was fast and exciting and the crowd large. day's weather was cooler and cloudy, but without indication of hea’ Efforts to bring Directum William together in @ match here Saturday have 7 will take place next caine WINDSOR ENTRIES. RACE TRACK, WINDSOR, Ont., ‘The entries for to-morrow CK —Purse $600; PEnT Mdsags Bawa 10TS Widow Soom, 100; WS AND GOSSIP John Pollock gave the Gian! six innings, bu! in the sixth and huggins yanked him jfrom the box jut in time to let Southpaw Robinson and get ‘When he first began to wpectacies at the same time |ine night Meadows had considerable trouble | round oon § over perspiration running down hi8 | jows in the business, The fighters who will bate forehead and dimming the lenses. He |r avoids this now by wearing & White |rouisiana of Philadelphia, Eddie Campi of band around his head, giving him | ‘aun and Kddic O'Keefe of Philadelphia, the appearance of being wounded. | ccisberg of Brooklyn and Jimmy Murray, Meadows also bats, runs the bases | qiae ¢ighter, and Battling Lahn of Broo! his | patthing Reddy of New York, fancy had run fourth Nomein front im Repub Clarence Turner ay a bit overconfident on Tinkle Belle, in the fifth race, Mither that or the Butler gelding was tiring fast and any rous- ing et Turner's part would have been ie RICH AUTO MEETS PLANNED FOR SOUTH AMERIGA. CHICAGO, July 20.—Automobile rac- roduced to several South are “Dutch” Brandt and with the it seemed al- truscan would be if necessary, glasses on. Moreover, Miller Hug- gin says he will be one of the best pitchers the game has ever had as soon as he gets a season of experi- On account of the hot weather, Joe Rivers ts going back to hie home in California, where he intends to remain until Boptember before fighting it they're holding the Hanovia's owner was was one stroke higher than Fownes, He went out in 35, but took 88 to re- turn. Fownes's score to-day added to his 79 of yesterday gives him 164, for the thirty-six holes, a scoré whi probably will take down the medal, J. D. Standish jr., Detroit, hag a, 76, going out in 37 and back in 39, Hia* total for the two days is 155, Prizes worth $1,000 will be offered in the Connecticut open golf chame | Dionship on the course of the Shenew cosset Country Club near New Lone don, which will tempt many of ty leading pros in the East to take shot at the rich pickings next Frit and Saturday. There will be a fi of about eighty-five starters and the Mneup reads like an entry for a naw tional tournament. There'll be Walter Hagen of Rochester, the former national open title holder; Tom McNamara, runners up to Jerry Travers at Baltusrol; Gil Nicholls in the play-off at Fox for the “Met” title; Jim Barnes, Western open champion; Aleck Smith, Mike Brady, Louis Tellier and many other notable golfers, Competition Friday, the first day, will consist of driving, approac and putting. Thirty-six holes medal play will be run off Saturday, the lowest score winning the State’ championship and a pot full of money The presence of Harry K. B. Davia in the Western amateur championship makes the event on the Mayfield links at Ceveland this week especially in~ teresting. Davis, a mere Pee ‘won, the recent Panama-Pacific tourna-, ment against a fleld that consisted of Chick Evans and other fine players, me was so wonderful that @ number of Eastern critica immediately | picked the Californian as a strong contender for national honors, Yes- terday he made an 83, A notable field of amateurs will geé | busy the latter part of the week at Shawnee In the club's annual three~ day invitation tournament. Many of, the leaders delight in, Playing ov ‘over this beauty spot w' 5 Dl we ’ views overlooking the Delaware River, It is possible that Travers and Oute, met will be on hand and that Walter? J. Travis will arrive in time from) Vermont to compete, The meet dew gins Thursday and the finals in the, aie classes will be decided The Fox Hills Club contemplates making several changes on its course at the end of the season. The present ninth green will be moved further back from the road and there will be’ other slight alterations. Bevan Whips Mickey Dunn, WILKES-BARRE, Pa. July 20— . | Billy Bevan of this city beat Mickey Dunn of New York all the wa; a ten-round bout before the Coliseum Club here last night. Only by holding’ .|for the last four rounds was Dunn doesn't mind losin; honestly run, circumstances Langhor sexy I 88; *Meolicka, 92; 05, Ceystal, et ge mth, cH in Germany, ly to intimate to the rest that they don't really legislators have stopped many of ‘Dig sporting events on the ground hardly patriotic for mass: their attention on were needed by the American cities within a year, accord- ing to Tex Rickard, who promoted the | [T"" Jeffries-Johuson. fight. at - Reno,» Nev., Immediately after his battle with Johnay Dundeo he will leave for Boston, where be will re tuain for a few days and then go direct to hie home, Rivers says that the heat docs not agree In view of the fact that he took up the burden when it was getting very heavy for the shoulders of big Jeff Tesreau, Ralph Stroud of the coast ia credited with another pitching vic- He worked the last three in- nings, holding the Cardinals hitless and permitting but one man to r ¢| first on @ base on balls, Larry Doyle is still laid up with the injury sustained Saturday, Eddie Grant is filing his shoes to Harvard | utility man not only handled himself beau- aoa | Hfully in the infield, but drove in both . | runs after George firat appearance in « prise since Gov, Cruce forbade the Morris: im 1911, when be meets Bob Devere round contest July 30. The fight will be at Amociation Ball Park, ohony Drummie, the Jersey City ightwetght, and Eddie Wallace, of Brooklyn, were secured to. day by the officials of the Show Corporation to meet in the semifinal of ten rounds to the battle between Johnny Dundes and Jack Britton, which will be held in Madison Square Garden on the ‘These leds should furnish an Rickard was here to-day to inspect Pe ccratee ber? eee John Reisler, better known as “John the Bar ber,” is the owner of another fighting clab, John has just taken full possession of the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Street Sporting Club, Before signing the papers, @ smooth talking young lawyer quieuy whispered into John's ear that the owner ‘of the building would like to have $500 for ad- vanced rent, As John was right there with the haircut, shave end massage masuma, he got the kd metropolis, | Rickard F & purse of $100, which is’ to. bo over constructed { Brean ‘south America, he Hanovia. The Quincy stable's owner had lost the purse that should have been his, lost whatovor he may have Stewart is coming ring, and that he'll with young Mr, one of Willard'’s night of July 20, While Bernie Strapp, the promoter of Akron, ©., bas been anxious to clinch a match between Joe Rivers and Johnny Griffiths for Aug, 10 at ‘Akron, he hasn't @ chance of getting Rivers unless he offers him more money, had set the ight at the Walluse Workouts of Horses in Training The best trials yesterday, as reported by The Evening World's ex- have ten-round battle at ‘the night of night Aug, 8, They will Thanks to the Dodgers, the Giants t last in the first divi at a gait that may have the throwing up their nd of the month, By defeating Cardinals while old “Robbie” was Btrapp telegraphed Firrinee bugene 103; Order by the has failed to even auswer Strapp's telegram, Matty Matthews, exewelterweight champion, fits ‘longest endurance test to be run this year, will be held aid of Erskine Mayer the | seve at Douglaston, L, I. On first | ine out at the GUINNESS hook for the signs —— the Phillies tightened their place and the defeated to third place, Brooklyn moving up. ia fourth four games bebind five riders in ye in 5 ‘ge ‘Worth Mitten. iia a s pines exe oxae iy able to stay the limit, ; SWIMMING INSTRUCTION PROB MEE uit Woolwren Bite Menke: fl ~~ SPORTING. RACING BELMONT PARK By Empire City Racing Ass'n LADIES DAY TOMORROW Ladies accompanied by a si: Easiiow Steplechasa ‘Gramatan Handicap & 4 Other Attractive Races rie ey leave enna ta ly; $3 and a Dick Rudolph eres

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