The evening world. Newspaper, August 7, 1916, Page 6

5 ‘ OLF te @ great bet weather game A fried brain pan has @ peowllar effect couctiag up the scores, The hotter it te the lower the aoore, AMP old story about the Harvard S strong man who te going to challenge Willard te going the rounds again, ‘Thie time it te anid that the amateur who aspires to be. come professional heavyweight cham. pion te going to put himmelf under the charge of John L. Ballivan, who will “teach him tho game.” Looks as if John is getting ready for another whirl at the stage, Witt John LL, be the “Harvard strong man's” sparring partner? FRIEND Gunboat Smith's writes that the Gunner didn't call off a recent match with Brennan voluntarily, He had an ine Jured hand and was under @ doctor's care, The hand was infected and the dovtor paid that if the Gunner fought the hand would in all probability have to be cut off, After due con- deration the Gunner came to the conclusion that he could spare a bout with Brennan better than he could spare the hand, The Gunner now wants to fight anybody—anybody at NOTHER week has alipped by without a sound from Jess Will- ard, who is contentedly going around with @ circus, although re- munerated therefor with a mere pit- tance—something like $500 a day, It's said that Willard’s large staff of managers |e a little discontented. A oplit of 68,000 a weck is nourishing, Dut not sensational. They want Will- ard to get away from the circus now @nd then and take on a fight. They figure that Willard will draw big money, and that he might as well be Picking up a $40,000 bit every few weeks. A split of $40,000 in one chunk fs much more Interesting. And Jess could fight once @ month as long as tho rival heavyweights hold out and not be In the least inconvenienced, A few weeks ago one of the man- @gerial staff made a hurry-up trip ‘Went to noo Willard and try to induce him to fight Fred ton in Minne- polis, where an amateur promot was ,000 for ing to pay Willard his share of the gate receipts, Tho back to New 't @ word to say. Monager came hurriedly York, and he badn’ It's told about town that when he said “tight” to Willard the champion rose im his wrath and sald: “Look a’here! What do you guys want? Ain't I pulling down sto. a and you getting a whack out of If you want any fighting done in the future you can do it yourself. I'm ro. pean't want Wo Qo any tore fighting, jo any more fighting. | ay to retire from: the Hing good and al} after beating Jac! Ho was induced to come out figtt Moran when Tex Rickard big » but when that lard was the hap- ity, He had shown "t even remotely in immediate public demand jc deman ther it. Wil much pre- to live the easy life, take on a a @ olrcus, @fter all, I don't blame him, J‘ has an obstinate way, When ; he wanted to have a few of his managers drop out he offered to buy their shares in Jess Willard for 4 certain amount of money—a liberal amount, When they tried to dicker and raise the price Jess sald: “All right. gentlemen, I don’t care what you do. I have all the money I'll need until this contract runs out. If you don't do what I want I'll simply re- to fight or show anywhere, go to California and settle down on a farm. ‘Then you won't get another nickel through me.” Jews meant it too, His managers accepted his money and withdrew aa Bracefully as possible, But they didn't know what a circus clean-up Jess would make later on, THLETIC ability fan't a matter of geography. Herbert Vollmer has been regarded gs absolutely invincible in bis swimming epecial- tes, And here a youn ir fr Los Angeles has beaten Vollmer twenty #econds in the quarter-mile cham- ploaship. Ludy Langer has shown us something. al National League Cabs, WL. PC Chieage,,.46 63 468 84. Lowie..45 67 441 Pitts’gh...41 68 406 Ginein’d,.3¥ 08 ta Ne Gamae ieboowled. “, Games MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS Results of Games Yesterday. ——— Bret Herzog’s Coming Helped, But Giants’ Real Punch Is Furnished by Robertson Davy Leading National League in Hitting With a Percentage Close to .350, and the Players Expeot Him to Eventually Pass All the Sluggers in Both Leagues, By Bozeman Bulger. F late there has been much talk of Charlie Hersog, and do- servedly #0. He has ied the Glants out of a ruck by peppery en- couragement and put them of t road to # pennant chance, but asl any ball player and he will tell you that the real punch behind the heavy guns ie the war club of Davy Robert- on, Tho fact that Davy was hitting well ov 800 wix weeks ago enabled McGraw's men to make that record run of seventeen straight victories. Others were alao hittting hard, but Davy was the real long range gun of the artillery, But for that spurt any- thing the Glaats might do now would be unavailing, The latest publication of statistics shows Robertaon to be leading the league with & percentage of close to 360, and the players eventually pass all the sluggers in greatest players the ween to @ Visit to “6 cover from an injury to his shoulder, That injury, by the way, McGraw conalders @ great atroke of luck to himself as well as Robertson, though Hi was mighty disappointing at the time. “He was always eager for a chance at batting practice,” says McGraw, |"and'I happened to notice him slash 4 couple of line drives to centre, One of them bumped the fence, It was not the fact that he got ® hit but the way he swung at the ball that at- tracted me. I had noticed i away down in Marlin,” And be it said to McGraw's credit that from that time on he never loosened his grip on Davy, despite the fact that he was hopelessly gone a pitcher and was not familiar with any other position, For two eara Davy was sent to the minor leagues as an outfielder and finally came up with thé necessary polish, To-day Davy Robertson's contract AND STANDING OF CLUBS American Leages Glebe, WL. PC.) Clube WL. PO, Chicage,. 60 44 577 Bosten. |Clovel'd....b7 44 564! Mt, Louis. N York, New York, 41 Detrots, 2 Washingion, 21 Chleage, 1 (10 innings) Cleveland, 6; Philadelphia, 2 To-Day. F Juve at wrest Wore | our Mat oues THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1016, _ BEST SPORTING PAGE SOME THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE & © Contam ONY 1 om Whar We au Want To » A QUT WeianT yee CAN NOT ONLY CATW Pmpoy Weis —BuT 4@ probably worth more than that of any player in organized baseball, and this does not except Ty Cobb ‘Tris Speaker. That may sound Liki rash statement, but it is made after conversation with two such men as George Stallings and Wilbert Rob- inson, to say nothing of McGraw, “Kobertwon ix rapidly reaching the placo that Speaker and Cobb H said ‘and dt alway @irango to mo that you and fans did not svem to} Tealizo just what @ star you had in| this fellow, Ho is as fast as anybody, | can hit as hard, if not harder than anybody, and can throw like a shot. | Ho js but twenty-three years old now | and has not yet reached the height | of hia greatness,” All his basebhil Ife McGraw has repeatedly said to his friends that he yearned to havo just one such ball player as a Wagner, @ Lajole or & Speaker on bis ball club before he was through, ‘This was called to his attention recently, “Well,” I'vo got him,” he said, In attempting the other day to compliment Joe Tinker and his Cubs on the showing the Mederal Leaguers and young players were making, as compared with the veteran National Leaguera on the club, this column Jokingly made Heinio Zimmerman say that “big leaguers were not need jdt was intended to convey the impre sion that Heinie thought well of bl new teammates, The other playe: took it as 4 reflection on their ability And Heinic was unjustly accused of “knocking” them, Heinle did not ask this explanation, but it is coming to him and is freely given. As a matter | of fact, "Zim" thinks Tinker has a whale of a ball club and does not hesitate to say so, I think go to. Far be it from uo to cast aspersions on a gang that wo admire, Though we often hi be done, Miller Hug, ped down in Kentucky and dug up a youngster, “Mule” Watson by ®, @ pitcher, “Mule” said he was @ pitcher and Miller believed it strong enough to ut him in Alexander and the hillies. r P es everybody agrees with ‘Mule" now, The young recrult had the Phillies helpless and beat the great "Alex" by 2 to 0, Angelo Aragon, the young Cuban shortstop, recently recailed by Dono- van, is no experimont, In the last two years he has probably played as muoh baseball as any athlete in the country and there js little doubt but that ho will mako god for the Yanks, Though small of stature Aragon han powerful shouldere and can hit ike a Ker, On'tho bason he in extremely fas) » Ho wan nent to Richmond = ¥ for seasoning, rere Two pitchers, who had served wy shutout brand of ball for eight aateae and who neemed Ikely to keep on doing it indofinitely, ‘suddenly cole lapaod in tho ninth round of Hunday's fracas at Dotrolt, Jnfortunately for the Tigers, Dauss, who hay wa" gare wunnery, Sa Sulop. wi aan onove a Ne ion, Now Yorkors got witle rune while # Jungle pirited and thrilling Somoback nattod but two illo made pis frat appearance al Fly 18 when he wuddonty Collupeed ty ha bok While working Beainsl Tetralt And Jefe the Kamo wich « torn musote in hid sido, Apparently he haw fully pe: | hy ined hia health, for he le Just wa | vi fany time inh . \y was foll 01 W wor, Dave to be taken out in the | Ivo move on Denovan'a part, ta ha sharp practices, blame, MoTam WNon'y BE Sonny PITCHER URBAN SHOCKER REPORTS TO THE YANKEES DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 7.—Urban Shocker, the pitcher recalled from Toronto, and Nick been on the hospital equad, Cullop, who bas ported to the Yankees yesterday, and both said they were ready to step right out on the slab, Cullop worked etght innings in yester- day's game, Mull len won't be able to play for several days as @ re- sult of w spiking day, Shocker pitched by Cobb Batur- sensational ball for Toronto, not allowing Roches- ter a hit or a run in eleven innings. Fritz Maisel's re turn to the game as @ regular player for the Yanks is uncertain. Tho latest develop- ments do not point to his being able to resume wo diate future, Ho ork in the imme- tried sharp throwing on Saturday and the pain was eo acute that he had to give it up, Memorial Was No Form Reversal, By Vincent Trénnor, SARATOGA, N, ¥., Aug. 7 ORSEMEN here aro atill talking about the alleged form rever- sal of Campfire in tho Sanford Memorial Stakes on Saturday, @ mattor of fact, there was no form reversal nor anything bordering on Campfire won the Sanford Memorial as he should have won his last race, but a bad break and a jockoy’s judgment epotled his chance of victory and atirred up a lot of ugly talk. Th wards here have suspended Jockey Schuttinger, who rode Camp- fire in the race previous to Saturday, and perhaps they have made a wise move, But from @ layman's etand- point Schuttinger ia in no way to He pulled up Campfire when it looked aa if he didn’t have a chance {n @ hundred, Campfire’s trainer (Tom Flealey), thought that the boy should have run the horse after hia feld, and wae terribly incensed becaw He had figured the colt couldn’s be beaten and naturally wagered on him, After aober thought he figured that Bohuttingor wae right in easing the horse up, and doolded that the next opportunity would bear out Als judg. ment of the oolt's #) Tat Wednesday, le newt to Whe tively Was f jot 4 bove practices, wea the peed, iy AS he did not, Detween races, Mealy sent Campfire out with Johnny rt on hia back to prove to the publio that the colt was a fast Campove ran oly furlongs In ) famer than any race had beou run In that day, and he hoped that the publio was aware of the fact, On publio Appearance Campfire trial and won, oritiolam about inning, but Trainer nything that sayors Bantord Momevial ' ve Vort Brenig ¥ ’ ~, Weu Mom Ago) 7 1 ona Feu - hot on, \ Ces ? “Winner In National Race Will Big Drive.” By John J. McGraw. ager of the New York Glante.) HE Giants are in @ better posi- tion to win the National League pennant to-day than they have been at any time #ince the start of the season, I have @ real ball club, but I have @ good deal to make up. There is quite a gap be- tween the Dodgers and me. The win- ner in this raco will be the club that can fight to the finish, I think I have got that, if we can pick up some | of the distance before the big drive. Robinson's Brooklyns have a big lend over us for this stage of tho race, and I would bo badly worrled lexcept for the fact that the club ts the Dodgers. It is @ bad road team, one of the worst in baseball, and |“Robblo” has many more battles ahead of him on the foreign fields. | My club is the best travelling outfit ‘in tho league, as ts record this year ‘ shows, It has alsd been an in and out j team Fy ; Jimmy Callahan, now manager of ithe Pittsbuagh Pirates, 1s a good ‘eriend of mine and an Irishman. We jhave many things In common, And the Irish in paseball are getting scarce nowadays, while the game was made up mostly of that nationality to Tom Healy on his merits, and ho will win many another stake this year, Any reflec- tion om his speed and ability is ah Injustice to his trainer, Tom Healy. He ahguid have been quoted at 8 to 5 instead of 6 to 1, that's all. While the sport furnished here last week was of @ high order the pro- me for the next #ix days should bring out the best performers in training, many of which were not asked to race until they had recov- ered from the journey here in the torrid weather, Those who shipped from Chicago say that the thermom- eter registered 110 in the cars, and their horses wero dripping with per- spiration before the motion of the train brought relief, Saratoga alrand pure water has done its work, how- ever, and those animals which were jaded and enervated when thoy ar- rived were buck-jumping and play- ing in the sunshine yesterday, B pind to-day tho stake feature will be the Delaware Handicap at one milo for three-year-olds and upward, Thin event has 9 guaranteed cash value of $3,500 and thero ta a strong entry list out of which should com a noteworthy contest, It has been won in the past by such good horses an Blues and Chuctanunda and was taken in 1915 by Thomas C, MoDow- cell's emart mare Star Jasmine, To-morrow tho Troy, n aolling event for two-yenr-oldn, will he the feature, ‘Thin la at five and a half furlongs and thera ia an abundance of good mi terial engaged, Conaplouous in th: list are the recent winners, Berey Kelly, Jack Soot, Katinka, Felloidad, Manor MoGrath, Allyer dale, Arnold, Passing Fancy, Straight For- ward and Wintful, Of course th nee in ® alle 4 ho will undoubtedly nteo, though stake horses aqueraded aa aolling piatera for many y firat named ie out of ing atake, be an al 3 oo Final Polo Game To-morrom NARRAGANSETT PION, N. %, Aum 1.—The last of the trio of national pod champlonshipa, which haye brenght te other some of the host horsemen of the country, to-morrow at tho Point Judith Cooperstown and Point Judith moot in the title, for the Junte \Giants in Better IN NEW YORK WITH US BY aTTaqune IN MASS FORMATION “Tee Rest Om Tae WEAWeiETs MIGHT Roevncy ConsPicueug JACK Ditton L085 Be One That Can Fight to Fin-! Ish,” Giants’ Manager Declares, “and | Think | Have Got That, if We Can Pick Up Some of the Distance Before the I made the trip around the world to- gether with the White Sox and Glants, and we got very well ac- quainted, While his club was at the Polo Grounds last woek he discussed tho race and {ts prospects with me. “You've got the funniest team I ever | saw playing arouhd a@ circuit this, year, John,” be told me, “The first! time you showed up in Pittsburgh this seasén you looked like the old, Athletics in their best days, only bet- ter, On your last trip you seemed headed for the cellar, sure, The club looked rotten. Now I think it is the| best team in the league,” + My pitching staff has been much improved in the last two weeks, the twirlers, who have been staggering along all season, rounding into shape, On top of this, I look for a lot of good yw from Sallee, In my opinion, he one of the best left-handers in! baseball, And Herzog is the best third baseman in the game, That) goes, We &re ect now and will do some travelling, same ball club in April the race would be ruined already—just ruined. It's the club that counts—not the leader, I have always been figuring that the | Boston team would be the tough one to stop, but I am beginning to revise my opinion on the showing of the Braves {n the last two weeks. Stal- lings’s club has lost the terrible punch it used to carry. The team ts not hitting. I don’t see how a team of If I had had this| ‘Position to Win Flag Than Any Time This Year, Says McGra © LATEST CONTRIBUTORS TO THE MATTY FUND. Latest contributors to the fund to present Christy Mathewson with 4 remembrance testimonial from is admirers and the baseball fang Pal Henzy Stau Arving Riuliex Nelna he. Whit Sibler Fawyna Mac’. Jerome’ ti Au Old Pan. ‘Total Git) “we't 3a down the fa “ thing with Hay ¢ te bh young that he uses Compared to the Ann Delwect @ Mumjulle s « Since they barred pop-bottles tm Toledo sige umpires are umpiring no-hit ga, In order to avert any third-m \ Sharing trouble in the Welsh= fight, the verdict will be placed in @ sealed envelope to-day and net | Opened until the fight is ever, | Now we know why football pla: turn out for the Yale eleven, get a@ closer ‘view of the Mi game, Utne odiee tie dae Third Baseman Pick of tho Athleties | is © wonderful violinist, which should | relieve purzled fans who wondered what he did for a living, ghCncP eal cuit? “arene 9 Seats ‘We looked up our Aesop the other day and ho doesn't say a thing about a traveller who came from Call- fornia but couldn't play tennis, olf} ni Comparing phenoms to Ty Cobb ts Just as legitimate as comparing @ sardine to a whale, Both are fish, rugged ball club and must play that|Welsh on the tooth « It can't work | left, Charley will be oh: type of baseball to win. If Charley White tag Fred@y ge with hie pion, Chare for one run and uso the old army |tey can practice for that by trying to game, It isn't ite style. The Brooklyn club is still hanging i front, but I don't rate Rob- along in front, Obs | plugging f° picked up Herzog I believe! throwing the medicine ball; he would have won the flag, for the bie's gang as good front runners, he had bang a moonbeam with a ‘cello, . Judging from the way it looks to Bob Groom must be team is very wenk at shortstop, Rob- )qigmland’se tuck ab tine Neecesen ae ian’ test bio is trying to get hold of a good 5 oome cha, man to fill shat gap in his Infield. He} The bustest outfielder In Europe or hay strong pitchers, eam, His biggest assets are pitchers and his lead, Brooklyn @ pennant winner, Matty {s already worrying as a himself wished right into a tall-end team, manager. He has found and building a championship aggr gation out of a back ender is like constructing the Woolworth building this type can come through without] out of a deck of cards, batting way. It is naturally @ istic NewS youn Potiocr aNd GOSSip Jimmy Clabby, the clever American boxer, {s to get another chance to meet Les Darcy, the Australian middleweight champion, in a teturn battle of twenty rounds at Sydney, Australla, on Satur- day afternoon, Aug. 19, Clabby secured this match as @ result of his quick win over Frits Holland, the American fighter, whom he knocked out in six rounds at Sydney two weeks ago. Darcy has just added another knockout victory to his long list. He stopped Dave Smith, the former middleweight champion of Aus- tralia, in the twelfth roind of what we to have been @ twenty-round contest. Over 17,000 fight fans witnessed the battle, which was a hard fought one, Harry Steno, the local Nghtweight, re cently lost @ twenty-round decision to Fred Kay, the Australian, in @ bout at Sydney. Bombanier Wells, who ts otilt the sbampion of England, will be called of California, and Jobni N, J., elgned articles of for them to met in the main event of at the next boxing show nt ar Homa tan ‘iu, Friday night, Fron od Now Orleana feather he ag = rr 050 tom ny nines, lat before will ou poh will meet Mach Bpanoar, the qmmeh 004) enlerel when he and I broke in. Jimmy and 6, eee —— 953559550909 Criticism of Campfire’s Race Unfair Colt’s Performance in Sanford light, 1916, by John N, Wheeler, Inc.) his way back from Los Angeles, and ts due to Low Angeles, Rivers took part in three four-round bouts, and had no trouble in outpointing hia op Hie manager, Bob Laga, says hoe will be ready to fight any of the lightweights in the next arrive in Chicago to-day, While at ponents two weeks, Paddy Mullins, matchmaker of fhe Clermont A. ©. of Brookimn, will stage two boxing shows ‘Toumy Farrell of this ctty will meet Harry Gartner, the color bantamweight, and Young Marino will take on Battling Chuck, the colored fighter, in day night Harry Plerce | at his club next week, ‘To-night ten-round bouts, On T! will go against Mickey Donly of Newark, Bill Hoke, matchmaker of the Minneapolis Boxing Club, Is endeavoring to hook up Jack made them himself by his careful coach- | ing. He also carries a lot of batting strength, but it ts a bad base-running t nis I don't see America is Amos Strunk, who is be- ing severely criticised at present in Philly for not backing up the catch- lers, If he accumulates the pennant, Col, Ebbets will give a banq' to or- | fanized baseball, which looks like @is- crimination against Cincinnatt, ANSWERS TO QUEERIES, Goofus—Pittsburgh's baseball | keeps the Pirates informed ag to {s happening in the first division, Pep—By standing in line new would be sure of Feitins ry ticked ta the World Series, but we advise 9uu to take a sandwich with you, Zimp—Strong? Phat bird. @ medicine Dall, Seats! Comedian Stengel’e fi stutter banal the bal erg STAR TENNIS FIELD ° FOR SEABRIGHT MEST. (SAS SEABRIGHT, N. J, At h parts 1B stars from all of States—harbingers of the jtionals—will start to-day in invitation tournament. of the Crick: rub, Lawn Tennis and Cricket O'Dowd of St, Paul for @ ten-round contest, | ami,’ Japanese champtor Britton has beens holding out for 14% pounds, | Church, ‘Throe! Which 1# about four pounds lower than O'Dowd are red. te ¥ The doub! ‘hich con go. | Heures. they hape to effect @ come | wit Dring tom we ch start, to-mneuren, a which will _ compete th Me Olymple A, O. of Harlem has booked two | matches at Forest Hills, heavyweighte to mest in the main bout of tan| Seren rounds at ite bosing toumament to-night, The! big feows who will clash are Jim Barry of Chicago and Jim Smith of Weatchester, leans fighter, ‘They will comm together in twenty: bout at a show to be atagnd by Donnie ‘Tortorich at the Louisiana’ Awittort at New Orleans’ on the night of ‘rot, 18," Grew Blade good in boute down’ there, Harvey, tho Tia a wpe foe the ry esti ‘aumaier, will a two weeks, for two bouts whic In the semi-final of ‘ten is K, 0, will Ech) wih ier arin ee Om A crutch was arranged to-@ay by telegraph be tween K, ©. Eggers, the rugged local bantam. weight, and Pete “Kiki Herman, the New Or Hahtwelght, whe ‘hum in Bostember: WHO ORIGINATED SILK COLLARS? 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