The evening world. Newspaper, August 9, 1915, Page 8

“TO-DATE AND NEWSY —_—— ‘Western Club Won National Ath- letic Championship Trophy, _ but New York Had Greatest Number of Winners in Games B, tte Expoeton. goers SE Yak arccing Worn * cS HE national championship @ames held at the Panama Exposition provided the great- ‘eet surprises ever handed out to athletes, when the Otympic Club of San Francisco walked OM with the greatest number of points, @boring over the Irish-American A. C. Now York by avsingle third piace. L A. A. C. men captured three —_—>— % ‘ranks as one of ace base MoGraw’s Men Made Best 9 MFaneata" aikt| Showing Last Week, but Speo- ‘aan its track wae | Ulatore-Offer.6 to 1 on Their rouis be banind two Chances of Winning Cham- pinout the aid'o¢ the brvess, "| plonship, ‘Aguring. by clube, New By Bozeman Bulger. Now here is « queer situation: A man around Broadway who runs & surreptitious handbook on baseball Gives the following odds against the contending teams in the National Leacue: Phillies, favorites at 2% to 1; Braves, 3 to 1; Dodgers, 4 to 1; Giants, 6 to 1, And thig, too, in view of the fact that the Giants are to-Cay closer to the lead than they have been at any time wince April! A month ago the Braves were favorite, with the Gianta second choice, The answer, as explained by the betting Kent, ie that the Dodgers, the Braves and the Cubs are as close, if not closer, to the top, and, according to past performances, have a better chance of getting away with tt. While it would appear that all the Giants have to do is to win three games while the Phillies are losing 7} three to tie for the lead; It should be borne in mind that while that is going on all the others except New York will have to lose, Otherwise, the Giants must not only beat the Phil- Mea but all the others as well, and the Broadway crowd will bet you 5 to 1 they can't do it, If a mathomatical basis was a sound footing for baseball arcument, the task of the New York Club would not be nearly as hopeless as is made to appear in the betting, but the handbook | say it can't be doped that way. We shall see, Just the same, the fact remains that the Giante made a better showing than any of the Eastern clubs last week, and that is quite satisfactory to those of us whose minds do not run into figures, McGraw's club upon its last series in the V if hie charxes acquit themscives as has been the rule since they struck St. Louis he will hi 0 Kick coming, “If the Giants did win this px two-mile-a-minute machines ‘a-what automobile racing n — 4a the week of the great Gola Challenge Cup races, wetsh for the first time will be where New Yorkers can gee year there are claims of speed of a mile a minute, but so were last year, and it will be a boat reaches that long-tried-for “A mile a minute in the water pretty fast, especially when it must ‘@ustained for thirty nautical miles thirty-Ove jand miles), includ- @ dozen or more turns around the that mark the course, I know a modern speed boat can make Giants, Within Three Games of Top ’ Choice in Future Books WET TIMES AHEAD FOR THESE SPORTS Copyright, 1915, by the Preas Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). Are Fourth And that appears to be quite a ques- tion, w York hasn't @ pitching star this year who ranks with Alex- ame Dy that Tegreau, Perritt and Marq would have to do the rest. “anyway,” ® MoGraw, not much to worry about now.” ‘The Yanks resume their defense of the Western invasion this afternoon with rejuvenated ex-Naps for op- nents. Lee Fohl has started those irds going pretty good since they were here last time, and Donovan yrs looking forward to a pleasant four ys. In teaching those his tricks of the trade, Wilbert Rob- inwon should go back little fur- ther, Appleton fell for the oldest o in the world last week, when, in re- sponse to a request from Miller Hug- gins, he tossed the ball to the coach- ing lines while a runner was on the bases, Huggins, naturally, Jumped to one side, let the ball bounce away In the old days that wi trick to work on young pitchers. In the heat of battle an opposing coach could claim that somtehing Is | career of Baker. (World's Champion All- win « pennant almost as it pleased. for outfielder Edd! the month, price of hie disgruntled chattel. THR EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, avau SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YO R K RO EDITED BY BERT ED GREN — — == Mea Goud Cumienae COP Races - as Tey Loon To THe MAW AT THe Whee White Sox Too Weak in Outfield to Win “Race Is Going to Be Decided by Sticking Qualities and Boston and Detroit Are Better Qualified Than Chicago to Hold Their Nerve in a,Gruelling Drive,” Declares Ty. By Ty Cobb, Round Ball Player.) HARLES A. COMISKEY seems determined to usurp in the American League the throne which Connie Mack abdicated when he found that Philadelphia would not patronize a champion eo strong that st could Comiskey’s first great move toward his cherished dream was the purchase of Eddie Collins tor $60,000. Since then he has paid Connie Mack a handsome figure He has bought Nemo Lefbold from Cleveland, and it is said that he ts bid- ding so high for the services of Joe Jackson that Charlie Somers is ‘likely to weaken before the end of je Murphy. Furthermore, according to the club house gossip of the White Sox, J. Franklin Baker is destined to wear a Chicago uniform in 1916. The etory goes that Mack of the homerun king this year on account of pique, but “that’s | that he will be satisfied that he has justified principle by keeping Baker out of the game one year if thet year’s lero does not shrink the market —", “ Attra Alabama on Thursday Will See Regret in Action First Time This Year—Stewards Erred in Disqualification of Trial by Jury. By Vincent Treanor. Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. % 'N view of what looks to be the , rainy season here it seems Idle to predict anything startling in the way of turf contests for the com- ing week. Every day since the meot- ing started has brought rain at some {time or other, leaving the track con- Comiskey may be able to buy a championship outright. We Tigers are tinuously heavy, with little chance of Most writers of the major league ® cities are of the opinion that Carrt- gan’s outfield is the very best in the business, This is a point I will not concede, I believe Detreit is every bit as strong defensively and a ehade stronger offensively, with Veach measured up to this season's etand- ard, But either the Red Sox or Tigers lay it over Chicago just now. A ‘was wrong with the ball and demand that the pitcher let him see it. At Washington, many years ago, Mo- Graw, then with Baltimore, worked it on & youngster, netting the Orioles three runs on the one wild throw, Clarke GriMth is authority for the information that Walter Johnson is a8 much of @n overhand pitcher as he is of the side-arm type, Walter forgets hia style from week to week and is as likely to pitch one way as the other, Well, we could use him either way. ee Es RICH STAKES FOR HORSES DURING LAUREL MEETING, Tn Une with tho progressive policy adopted by Col, Winn when he first as sumed the management of Laurel Park, the sum of $25,000 has been set aside for the stakes and y closing handi- caps which will be run off at the Laurel meeting from Oot. 1 to Oct. 30, inclu- sive, There will bo six stakes and handicaps for threo-year-olde and up- ward, at distances ranging from @ mile and a sixteenth to a mile and @ quarter; two handicaps exclusively for three- year-olds, one of which ts at eix fur- longs and the other at @ mile and a sixteenth ; five handicaps at various dis- tances for all ages, while there will be four fixtures for two-year-olds at from five and @ half furlongs and up to « a’ minute on a straightaway, @ short ciatance, for it has been Perhaps some of the new js that are still kept secret by Dullders will enable some boat in Gold Challange Cup races to do in epite of the turns, And some nant,” asks @ fan, “what could th do for pitchers in a World's Series i ed may be de- chp, wWATtONer maoug. | ft AMERICAN LEAGUE, verse enicnast Years ceo ite | Ger, BH Heese #8 alka: BH ARR pe ‘athletic authorities in the world |] er York 4 netnnatl 43 Bi iad ae OS ra ee bein to'run 100 garde in Toss || Guy 2 t FBS] wttines Beal thse, SY at 10 seconds, “Yet a score of men|} (ham. it S48 BAA) tiie : if rong: i fi H done it Rieuee a ess $8 Ese, Gea, at " Elionsky, tho human cork, its to swim Niagara Rapids and ‘ e@ @ little water jaunt down the ludson from Albany to New York. ~ Be necdn't worry over crossing the in. Hy SAStRIAS happened he could ashore. ‘OUT RATE BASEBALL — GOES WELL IN NEWAR Basehal Juced TIONAL LIBAG! Proatize. 10; Chtcawo, 7 rooklyn, 8; Chicago, 4, Beeon Janine Galadelvhip, 44: Cincinnati, @, Bt. Tous, ms, 2 YEDERAL LEAGUE BD. Kanse City, 1. First game, Kinase City second game postponed, NATIONAL LEAGUE, * " five cents & game was in- day in "Newark by e prices ranged up how seats, ‘The FED phlcago at Brooklyn, ehalee as . onges Oter 9t ri a ut wth ities STANDING OF THE CLUBS, RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY, Baschall To-Day, 3.80 ean PU aan Boe Ur mile, bay an Se AMERICAN LEAGUE, layed No games INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE, y jarriaburg, 2. First game, rrisburg s8c0nd ‘post, fh Bead etn Rai . 10; Richimond, , "Bg tos, AMERICAN LEAGUB, Oloroland at New York, (cage asus, Detrolt a ; INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE, Tilt loan eset eae a healthy wallop covers a multitude of sing. Detroit and Boston in their outflelds carry about as deadly a wal- lop as most teams can show through the entire line-up. This pennant race is going to be decided by nerve and sticking quall- ties, By sticking qualiies 1 mean wearing powers, Boston and Detroit are better qualified than Chicago to hold their nerve in a gruelling drive, ‘Their teams are more seasoned, for, almost intact, they have gone through successful campaigns. WHITE 80X IN NEED OF GOOD OUTFIELD. Give Chicago either the Boston or Detroit outfield and it would win hands down, Rowland’s infield pos- sesses remarkable strength, though it is more or less an experimental one, with Fournier and Blackburne on the xtreme wings. Its success no doubt is due largely to the skill and cun- ning of Eddie Collins, One Collings makes any ordinary infield a brilliant one. There is no greater individual layer in the game, vrohicago, like Boston, has a wealth of high class pitching talent. In numbers of consistent pitchers the White Sox hi @ marked advantage over the Tigers. But I am not that Detroit will experience any se vere handicap in comparison. many good pitchers are often a hin- drani father than a help. It ls im- oasible to work seven or eight men in turn often enough to keop them MUnder normal conditions, with one game dally, four good pitchers, to my ay of thinking, are better than soven or eight stars. Detroit has four good pitchers—four crackerjack#—in Coveleskie, Boland, Dubuc and Daw tis one more than Stallings used so successfully in his great drive the peanant with bis Braves @ year ago. Let these four escape sickness and injury, and Jennings will not have to worry much about his pitch- "Boston is greatly favored in schedule over both Chicago and De- trolt, for the Western clubs this year are called upon to make tho final in- tersectional visit. In the matter of home games Detroit is worse off even than Chicago. Fortunately, how- for Jennings his club has al- ways been a good road club. All three pennants won a few years back were junenes while vellini be chy hicago should get Joe Jack- | pon—n matter I do not believe possible in spite of the success Comiskey has |met with in purchas! strom | rival clubs—the White Sox will not |cause any great loss of sleep in our ranks, Rowland'’s chances would be Greatpimproved by & slugger. Hus he 5 sional year, Howard most more concerned over the immediate future of Jackson than about the 1916 Jackson right now would be of inestimable value to Chi- cago in this present exciting struggle among Boston, Chicago and Detroit. For, in spite of the wealth of excess outfielders, including Leibold and young pitchers of Roth, the White Sox cannot put into the garden anything near the normal strength boasted elther by Boston or Detroit, has the makings of a pretty fine out- Held as it stands, Felsch strikes me as @ most prom- He has not had time as yet to smooth off the rough edges and to gain the necessar, fidence to show at his best. certainly handles himself well for a boy who is playing his second profes- Eddie Collins, a good judge of a player, is enraptured of the young man, Chicago and Detroit have drawn so far away from the rest of the fleld that all have given up hops for this season, Washington and New York will continue to fight for the fourth position until one or the other secures a marked advantage. Then, it Is quite probable that all of the five lowest clubs will begin to try out material for next season. sing young man, Boston, weeks the drafting season will arrive. Shortly afterward the clubs will be stocked with early deliveries, (Copyright, 1015, by the Wheeler Syndicate, Ine,), Frank Moran returned home from London yee men a good tonlay and quite naturally Moran started im to |Baslor hurl challenges at every heavyweight in the coum ty, ‘He wants Willard, of coume, but fe seedy to take on Coffey, Lavinekey, Savage, Brith and others just to Kill time while he's waiting for Willard, Moran looks tn good condition, He weights 200 pounds and sayw he can get ready to box within two weeks, Moran saye Johnesn could dave beaten Willand had be been in condition, ‘Jimmy Johnston has arranged to have Jobany Hapey Littleton in the main bout ‘at the Bt, Nicholas Rink Wednesday night, Mart right in to do road work and down t 150 pounde a week before the bout, Gibbons says after the Molfariand engagement he'll be ready for Young Abeara, ‘Jack Curley fe evidently aroused Jack Johnson, “We'll fight him in England, but 50 per cent, of the receipt, the other half to ‘Johnson will fight for ‘the Hide bet, This will pre from faking and betting on Willant,"* to chartty,”* Ourley, Larey Lichtenstein, manager of Joo Welling, the Chicago Rghtweight, io after Milbum “Young” Saylar, the Indianapolie light: weight, ‘I feet so sure that Welling oan beat Baylor,” says Lichtenstein, ‘that ‘fas she bout FISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP McFarland, Mike must weigh 147, Ho says he will got Willard to fight the black Mf the latter will bet $25, petore par piv het, wilh efter the any other conditions, A bright and sunshiny Sunday Afternoon raised the hopes of the racegoers here for something like normal weather for the remainder of tho season, but Just after dinner time the rain came down again in bucketsful, continuing until after bedtime. The stake programme, however, must be carried out no matter what the weather and this, the second week of the meeting, is replete with features. Aside from tu-day’s Dela- ware Handicap, there is the Troy, worth $1,000, for two-year-olds, to- morrow with fifty-two original nom- inations; the $1,500 Flash, for two- year-olds, on Wednesday; the historic Alabama, for three-year-old fillies on Thursday, which will probably mark Regret's first appehrance, and Saturday's rich Saratoga speci: $1,000 in plate added to the purse. Clapper Bill, Jimmy Rowe's high priced English colt, !s among the stare named to go in this event, con- hut he mighty In three bey gemet ‘The tree shaded paddock here was alive with people Saturday for the first time since the meeting began, before the running of the Sanford By John Pollock = “i iit F ntl He will expects to get by the talk of we must hae given gach entire mtisfaction in the that be bes rendered tn bouts st the Atlas A. A, of Dente Sy the club officials have appointed | The third annual pleasure run and ‘kim the reteree of the club, Donahue will] carnival of sports promoted by the Judge the twelrecound go between Sandy F eS ooo © se eae | Century Road Club Assoolation, New 7s AAN. REFUSED SANCTION To “MARATHON "SWIMS BECAUSE OF Dancer oF STARVING Berore Reecn Rich Stake Features This Week at Saratoga ct Best Horses Memorial Stakes, Every one of the two-year-olds Was surrounded by a {group of admirers, and gossip ani | Opinions were exchanged on all sides as to the probable outcome of the | Face. L. 8 Thompson's Bromo and \- W. Parrish's Bulse outlooked ev- erything else, but George Smith and Col. Vennie had their galleries. The jJatter is highly respected since his de- feat of the $20,000 White Shackle. Mr. Parrish, the owner of Bulse, Was reasonably confident of one thing, and that was that his colt would beat George Smith. “I don't know why they ask my colt to carry more than George Smith,” he said, “but anyhow we'll beat him. I only wish the track was fast, for then I might predict the wianer, but we'll run some kind of a race anyhow.” Jimmy Rowe was almost certain he would win with Bromo, “You hav your leg over a real horse now,” he | said to Tommy McTaggart he gave him a lft into the saddle. | Bulse won the race all the way, but seemed to be tiring a bit right at the end. A stronger boy than little Garner up on Marse Henry might have caught him. Bromo ran fourth to the stretch turn, and when appa- rently well beaten Tommy McTag- gurt didn't perse with him, Rowe's only explanation of Bromo’ showing was that he gui the track didn't suit the colt. He still believes he is a good racehorse, | George Smith met the first defeat of his career in the Sanford Me- morial, but i¢ must be said he had little chance with the break being pinched off right after the barrier went up and knocked back last, Horses which can overcome such handicaps as this are few and far be- tween, George Smith will have to get an- other chance in good company. It is sald the colt is suffering now from a wrenched shoulder and may not race again for some time, Jack McGinnis, trainer of Sam Jackson, and Andrew Miller, owner of Roamer, have practically agreed on @ match race between the two handicap performers, The race will be over a mile and a furlong, each to earry 128 pounds. The sweepstakes whl bo $5,000 a aide, It has not yet been decided where the race will be run, but in all probability the horses will meet at Belmont Park. Century Road . Club Holds Big Run on Aug.22 York division, promises to be the greatest of ite kind held in the East in a decade, So great has been the demand for entry blanks that the committee has had three issues cir- culated. The re@ult is that entries are coming in at a fast clip, and the fleld will probably be nearer the 500 mark than 260, as at fret expected. A han 6 souvenir will be given to all riders entering the pleasure run, which leaves Columbus Circle at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, Aug. 22, proceeding north along Broadway to One Hundred and Tenth Street, to Seventh Avenue, and to the Central Bridge, to Jerome Avenue and Ope Hundred and Sixty-seventh Street, ———$——— News of Sports Told in Sho tenis Fast Track and Favorable Weather for Opening of Grand Cirouit Races at Grand Rapids To-Day. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Aug. 9 fast track and favorable weather promised attractive races to-day a@ the opening of the Grand Circuit Hare ness meeting here. ‘Three events were on the programme—a 2.14 trot, 96.10 trot and the pacing division of the Matron stakes. The Comstock stake of $8,000 for 26.12 pacers had beem postponed until Wednesday. CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—Piny was fee sumed in the Western Tennis Chame plonship Tournament to-day with the doubles championship at stake, Alex Squair and Heath Byford, Minote State doubles title holders, were paired with Walter T. Hayes and Ralph Burs dick, holders of the Chicago doubles championship tn the title play, Play also was continued In the singles con« test and events for women, CHICAGO, Aug. ‘Twenty of the speediest boats in the country have been entered to compete for the American championship speed boat races to be held here Aug. 28 to Bept. 4, It was announced to-day. Included in the entries is the Disturber IV. of Chicago, which has made close to sixty miles an hour in trial sping and * the Black Demon of Terre Haute, Ind., & mile-a-minute craft. Peter Pan VIL, flying the fing of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto ta expected to be among the starters. TACOMA, Wash, Aug. 9--What was sald to-day to be a new world’s baseball throwing record for a, girt was made yesterday by Miss Ruth McCabe, when she threw a ball 308 feet 6 inches. Miss Dorothy Smith of Vassar College is said to have es tablished the best previous record in 1911 with a throw of 204 feet. Miss McCabe is a fourth year student in High School here. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9.—In- terest In the world of field and track sports centered to-day on the relay carnival combined with five features of the decathlon all around champlon- ship that was to be staged at the Pas- ama-Pacific Exposition stadium. The entries include many of the most noted amateur athletes of the United States. The entire event to be held under the auspices of the American Athletic Union, was to occupy two days, coming to an end to-morrow afternoon. An additional feature of the programme was the American modified marathon, in which some of the country’s greatest long-distance runners were entered. CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—Hank 0" ie back at bis post to-day, dean of Ne- tional League umpires. The veteran arbiter, ex-Cub manager, worked In both games at the Cub Park yesterday, to the delight of 15,000 fans. A novel race, in the form of a team motorcycle Marathon, has been af- ranged as the feature event for te- morrow night at the Brighton Beagh Motordrome, Thus far the entries of four teams have been received for twenty-six-mile grind, They include Sam Henderson of Detroit and Brown of Newark; Arthur Chappl the American all-round champion, aad Stephano Quaccinelli of Milan, I premier rider of that country; Geos Spert of Brooklyn and George Ham. ton of Buffalo and Herbert Ayrault, champion of France, and George Mets cler of Brooklyn, Delay of Mails Kept Jack Barry From White Sox CHICAGO, Aug. 9—Jack Bacry, member of Consie Mack's once fame ous $100,000 infleld, would be in a White Sox uniform and playing bee side his ex-teammate, Eddie Collits, had it not been that July 4 fell on Sunday, followed by a legal holiday, Monday, July 5, resulting in a delay of the mails. Connie Mack's announcement that Barry was for sale reached Boston without delay and the Red Som had purchased the star shortstop before Comiskey had a chance to bid on him, Comiskey would beve outbid Lannin of Boston, Ail this was made public to-day, ag and east to the Grand Boulevard and Concourse, an advance alibi of the White failure to grab the rag. be M SPORTING. BOXING TO-NIGHT, oe Bae © mateh with Broadway all Goods 4 @ 9th St. “Ready” ore Ends Added Remnant Sale, $18 New suit-ends daily add to the attractiveness of this unusual sale, $25 to $50 materials, Coat and Trousers, $16 uit to measure only $18,