The evening world. Newspaper, August 24, 1916, Page 10

Ep -_—>-— “1 WWeteh’s Weight 1s Oniy 1291-2 Pounds, as Reported, it Prove We Has Been Doing Some Ward Work for the White Bout, rm, WS HPSS, a COORDING to the oMficias who : examines the ber and mea. eMcial weigher weighed him in per- O0n, after first testing the scales } If thie information in true Freddie! hes been some ood hard train. | | fing for the White bout. Even with one's Personally selected referee ; fm the ring there is some danger of | Josing by & clean knockout Welsh was well trained and down) uch lower than usual in ant when he boxed Benny Leonard in Brooklyn, He fought better than in @everal years, and quite upset tha theory that he had lost his speed and) iis cunning. If Weish ie tn atill bet- ter shape for the fight with Charlie White he should be able to siide| through the twenty rounds without Punning his chin into the K. 0. punch ‘Welsh alwaya bas had an astonishing lot of vitality and endurance. He is a) natural long distance fighter, having everything but a punch, faster than White. Benny Leonard would have a better chance to beat the Englishman ? than White, for he has as much apeed as Welsh and the endurance ef youth. Leonard, however, Is out of all calculations because of the fact that he never fought a twenty- Found fight and hasn't established Rimsclf as anything but a clever fol- ‘ Jow in a ten-round no-deciaion affair. | The difference between twenty-round | fighting, with a decision, and a ten- Found no-decision bout is the differ- ence between a gallon of Jersey lightning and a glass of strawberry woda. Jack Dillon and Eddie McGoorty met when both were beginners in the oy of fisticuffs. Eadie McGoorty won lecision, This was the frat im- Boe, dee bout tn which either of k part, for each was destined to , AY the top in his class. McGoorty ‘ame one of the world's greates! midcieweights, grew fat, lost to Len Darcy, and is now living a life of @ase in Australia, trying to turn hia ring earnings into a larger fortune by making book at the race tracks, en is physically at his best, is light-heavyweight champion, is | regarded as one of the best heavy- ‘weights in the world, quite fit to ar ad with any of those who pre- nd to Willard’s title, a | E report from Los Angeles Rim many expressions of sympathy He ts much) in twenty rounds) THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK (@3%8) THE BASEBALL SITUATION Veterans Display Old-Time} Skill in Contest in South- ampton Tourney. MEADOW CLUB, SOUTHAMPTON N. Y., Aug, 24 QB8EPH J. ARMSTRONG loomed jarge in the attention of lawn tennis followers as he shared in Larned, the tor of the American courts, and the appearance of WI!!- fam M, Johnston and Clarence J, Griffin, the national doubles cham- pions, in the Meadow Club Cup lawn tennis tournament. Armstrong contributed true blue rever former lenns: mastered the frat strokes, saree’, fations of the Job and Doubles Champions of Other Days, Larned and Clothier, Win Match the honors accorded to William A. / we ANGRta * slow as to footing over the turf. and the amooth Wh ball came tuirly to him, howevei old drives Ke Griffin” provided it wtars faced 5. V . Hyde, sgon | tor th and bombarded of forehy shots. match wan Hy and Griffin, the champions’ "on the champions ‘into their stride. side layed right court and Griffin | lew games were necessary to of the on wet Qnce they w te itt turns, so that they scored ai Armstrong has b Blonty eent skim aces picks the of the day on the courts. an: re megting: { ¥, drives from th finality “that gave Wainwright opportunity for re- een regarded aa & dangerous opponent, ever since the clever cr in which he defeated |. There about weneral of the a any deeply the mark which barely sailed orem — Pipp, Who Is Suffering From Rheumatism, Bats in Pinch During Great Rally in Eighth and Sends Run Over Pan That Decides the Last Game of Series. By Bozeman Bulger. ID a rheumatic big toe have effect on hitting the baseball the Yanks to-day would not be in the last grapple for the pennant, the White Sox would not be immersed in gloom and the bottom might have dropped out of the first division, in so far as it concerns local pride. Luckily, rheumatic toes only stop a man from fielding and prove an im- pediment to his base running. They leave the swing intact. Otherwise W, Pipp would not be the hero of the ‘concluding pastime waged between White Sox and Yanks. Teft-handers are as bad as rheu- matic feet feelers at times for Pipp, but It Is easier to knock out @ soutb- a ot 6 by the Press Pubtiehing Oo Yanks Now Within Reach of Pennant Contenders In American League Race (The New Tork Bvening Werle) GAM and Jacques Fi froin finishing work aa his hitting. In fact, eve went in as a pi hit on. the amused Fritz paw than to reduce swelling in the dogs.” Therefore, when Mogridge touk the walk to the bench with his head down, W. Pipp was sent in as a pinch hitter against Faber, right-hander and late hero of the trip around the of time, W. Pipp swung on the first ball that Howard Drew Is wufering ‘Nndog titer proved’ the point win. [Orid The Yanks needed just one from a stroke of paralysia af- ners, Pell hed to take the ball on its/FUn, ani at identical bec: sed 3. |hopping bound of only a few inches. | perched on third, with two out. For- cig oct apialowataee oh Youle pH el He Waa ® GIftioult stroke aad ong. getting the rheumatic toe that had ' opporty aren rrevires te reams bees neevent nee heel ail of the pretty var-| What he would do with the ball kept him out of the battling up to this m ail over the country. Drew ha en one of the greatest and most } modest of all our champions, His sags had been no bar to po) popula ty, 1 he bas always been a ir and rous competitor, and a gentie- man both on and off the track. Thousands of friends hope that he ‘will suffer no permanent disability, "and that he will be able to run again as well as in his greatest racing days. a je holder of the world's 10. ating tecord q rnard ! that was ma > Afteen years ane and! bas nover been broken. ANAGER DONOVAN has been criticized for not using Home Run Baker, who ts recovering rom his injury and would be a great Ip to the Yankees if he could play Baker will be in shape, the doctors) & in a couple of weeks. It would foolish to send him out before he is entirely right. Another strain ht put him out of th ne for a » oF for good. { REATER NEW YORK has two fighting ball teams—the Yanks) and the Dodgers. There have een few instances in which a team, e younger pal 8 in the second set was clad in an ae sweater and wore a cap, a favorite his when competing. Arrangements at 6—2, 1 Larned Arrangements are now complete for the first annual championship of the newly-formed association of pro- fessional golfers, This tournad which will shortly rival the ce “News of the Worl * com- he Annual petition, will be called “1 the Championship of Golfers’ Association th Prizes,” w 263 members in the pros will have There are association and the eb of shooting at worth $2,600, the richest induce ments ever offered for golf meets in the world, The first prize willbe fas gone out in front and held its place as doggedly through all the } @urns of luck as the Brooklyns of this vr, For weeks nearly all of the wise baseball sharps have been pre- cting that they will crack, and have i n writing columns of logic to { Prove (that thelr pace-making can't fast. Of course it is entirely unusual | ae team to do what Brooklyn has m doing—-and still is doing. But Qe Brooklyn ball club has the goods Yo deliver, and unless I'm much mis- taken will go right on fighting to the end of the season. Brooklyn won't ! If any other club takes the lead if will be only by playing ex- ordinarily good ball. And it will » take some corking ball playing to nead off the Dodgers at the clip they are carrying right now. and Capt. Huston don't need d \ to feel disappointed even should the pennant go to some other club, for at least they can have the satis. faction of knowing that their boys ave ut, ad the best fight that was in them. The Yanks are fighters. They vefus« KK worry over the losses or to admit to themselves that they are perrpiet in the least. ve they are as good as the first Yanks #3 licked tows ai! se may icked now an - then, but nobody oan deny that they a) @ reel ball club! | 8 for the Yanks—Jake Ruppert $500. There will be thirty-one oth prizes graded down to $50. In ad. dition there will be gold, silver and ine game and made it stiff ens for |6—2 on games only to t before the | settle into steady arivin iter eventually pulled out the match tally t ume of |match. He was & trifle favor of the Pennsylvanian, fw SHOAL match rien for) Glenview, money prizes | eliminated bronze trophies offered to the lucky winners, Clubs in the Met district are in. , vited to offer their rae for the qualifying rounds, which will by thirty-sixth holes at medal play, The finals will probably be played on the Siwanoy links during the second week in October, WoL, PC. 0 68 41 626 Clade. Pists'ge.. We be BE. Louis. 62 64 Creme ry Chieage, 7; Hrook Vittebur gh, 2: Paeseighie, U6 inals New York at Piteberg! ereekiye 0: Clacinnatl. Boston ot Crienge. Philedeiphis ot &. Louie. Results of Games Yesterday. | || Bestes... In the first sot Pell e Armatron eto carry th In that set hi gam broke on serv {which gave Pell hi The other ne set of ti Laurie Kaiser Now Completefor| Sets Record in ProGolf Tourney| Western Tourney GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Aug. 24.—] bureau, The Yanks are now with! Mins Kaiser of the Flessmoor]easy reach of the contenders anc Chub, broke the women's ree-| ready for a homestretch run against {ord for the Kent Country Club course| Boston, They did not gain, it ix true, jin the second round of the stern golf tournament, ehteen holes in 89, and with Miss Loutse Chicago, Blaine Rosenthal present title holder, wa: natehed against her sister, Mrs, Ern 1. Beifeld, of the same club, and won up and 6 to play Mra, F.C. Letta Mra, M Chicago, match was featured by ®. women’, won Mise ir, of ¥ Hinsdale, The hole as that in which iN | defeated Mis Island Arsenal, up and Semi-finals round will be played to-| thing Was over and it was tin doy, with Miss Rosenthal opposing Mrs, | begin rushing for the " Imagin Letts and Miss Gardiner playing Miss|if you can, the Yanks three runs be Kaleer hind and zing that every American Leag: Clube WL PO, 9 47 695 Chivage... 65 54 NeBere.. 63 54 543 Veen. 05 95 542 New York, 5; Chicago, 4. Boston, 7; Detroit, 1V; Philadelphia, 3, SM. Louis, 5; Washington, 4 (let game’ Washington, 4; St. Leule2 (24 game). Games To-Day, Ot Louie as New tern (2 Cleveland of Philedeptte ot a lead of ce ts the critical pine, were all inj us under the wire, the rheumatic toe She made the her Fergus of 8 up and 6 to go. of Raviolo, Cincinnatt Anderson of 3 up and 1 to go conceded paest match on the day's card Vora Gardiner areeeerereierenngamseithiaiimesnmmssnmecan MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS AND STANDING OF CLUBS National League | offered, rapped it safely into centre, and bere we are favored in the bet~ ting. After making the base hit that put c e stopped Mr, Pipp from running the bases, but the substitute was not needed, The one wallop had won the ball game, as was proved when Clar- ence Rowland ground his teeth right down to the roots, That biow, it appears, practically ended the ambitions of the sox for the pennant, as the Red Sox, the Browns and Tigers all cashed in making the American League ra tight as the top drawer of a c but: Bill Donovan now knows that his only task is to cut down those six games between himself and the league leaders, which is something, As there are eight games to be played be- tween Red Sox and Yanks, there is a chance, Last year New York beat | Boston with c it came to a showdown between the | two clubs. And they were the only club in the American League that did beat them on the season's showing. | and they can do it again, The Yanks have had many close shaves, and tho fans many accom- Panying thrills, but, in the memory of the oldest inhabitants there was never an occasion before when th wild ones stood up in their seats a yelled for two minutes after made by the Sox had been the result of horseshoe luck. Also continue the imagination to the point where there was but one more tnning to play and apparently no chance of doing any- thing with the left-hander, Then try and pleture the Yanks, game guy that they are, starting a rally an putting over four juley tallies-—ex- actly enough to win, If you don't whoop you've s'mply got ice water In Callous old fan jand almost tore up the seats. forgot themsolves | Coog Bluf's biggest afternc | It gave us new hope for a pennant, A club that can do that ean do al- most anything, Hip! Hip! &c, Strangely enough, it was the luck | of Charley Mullen, hero of the past| week, that got things started. Mul- Jen did not get @ hit during the cru- | cial minutes, but when a fellow wears horseshoes that Is enough. With two out and two on bases, he emashed a [her ft was |} bounder to Buck Weaver in that now historic eighth. It should have been. an out, but Buck, over enthusiaatio, stand it was j base blow, And now comes the real test. here for a double-header Seventeen yearlings he bought from Browns are to-day, a fact ren ressmen, his hands. tying up the gume, and then came the mile and a quarter route, covering in luck, Fritg Maisel, foot. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. STANDING OF THE CLUBS Clans Wek. Teromte...56 63 514 dichmend, 6; Wochester, 6 (called, d'rkn's.) ES TO-DAY. Newark at Keehener Uicamond ot Buffale, walimere ot Tereme hurled @ bullet-like throw to first, ournier let the pill eli Two runs score: of Waiter Pip Mul- Jen's luck is just now worth as much wore blinkers. rybody appears to be for instance inch walloper, and w. lt may not have 80 highly, but to the just a8 nourishing as a The that Harry Sparrow mbered us he visited among the If the Yanks should, per- jchance, capture these two, the hand- run was/books around New York can stand during racing hours. for a lot of revision. Excepting the Red Sox the Yanks right now have just as good a chance of grabbing the old flag as either St. Louis, Cleveland or the By winning e! games they have proved tl to be considered in the bettin; to show what jained an inch mn a record White Sox. ight of the last nine And, they are up against, like that has not on the flying Boston: | jans, The going is tough. A heavy gloom spread over the, Polo Grounds when tt was learned | wosia'g Ught that Brooklyn in defeat, but rural The Phillies, hard going, tion. While Waite: do + not put hi with sueh hooley, he me will Dodgers are continuing thelr Ak the. Pmpire A. 0. had bowed her head, late returns from the precincta made things easier, after sixteen innings of uceumbed to the Pirates | and there was no gain by the op- 1 it looks as !f the: either the Bray e of « r Pipp's rheumatic toe im on the hospital | nas Baker and 1 be seriously handl- capped for several days, The double-header mparative ease when | and on tt may hang the old pennant » Yanks are willing that It shall begins at 1,80 Mabel Trask Wins Three-Heat Race’: CLEV AND, Trask and St K 2.08 tri y at thi Cireult meeting. With the win the ve Geers, raced ni the entire cours Trask mare get ile ring, the mare and the stallion, driv 24.—-Mabel Frisco in the Western t furnished the thritls e North Randall Grand Oo, Aug d blowing a gale | piloted by Cox by the veteran, eck and neck through © tn all three heats, the ting the first two heats and the race, and Geers’ horse nosing apeut the winner in the third heat, It was a groat race and stirred the crowd to wild en was the a great batt the vemurkably in straight he favorite, nthusiasm. Mabel Trask but St. Frisco gave le In the first two heats, econd heat being stepped in. 2.04 fas t time considering the Frisco managed to nose * divided the major 0 purse. id things all his own ace, although Spring te, made him step out ‘The ‘Todd horse won 8. Another member of the Todd. family, General Todd, showed a clean pair of heels to his competitors in the 2.07 pace, winning in straight heats, Altawood, the favorite, failed to wet in thi BASEBA ame 1.50 seep Fol adi ein the third heat | TAR mbes StUNF | The Black Colt Wears Blinders {and Covers Mile and Quarter in 2.08. By Vincent Treanor. SARATOGA, Aug. 24. F FORM counts for anything The Finn should win the Saratoga Cup here Saturday afternoon in, {the closing day's racing of the month's meeting. The Finn had a re- markable workovt yesterday over the the distance in 2.08, The black colt He went to the three- auarter mark in 114 and the mile in 1.40 8-5, Another god trial was that of | Achilles, one of the Sanford can- didates for the Hopeful, working three-quarters in 1.15. | A. K. Macomber, the young Call-| fornia millionaire, received a tele- Gram here yesterday telling of the! safe arrival in New York of the prominent Joel, nglish breeder, J. B. Yesterday's rain was the first here The hackmen reaped a harvest taking the Faces| goers back to their lodgings. | — | The Adirondack Handicap was run) under unusual conditions yesterday. | The rain came down in torrents dur- ing the conduct of the event. So right hazy was it that no fractional time\the former and finished second, istic NewS son Poo and Gossi, Philatelphia Jack O'Brien, former heavywelght champion, | will secon his brother, Young Jack O'Biicn, who hasn't boxed in this city in three years, against Marty Cross, Leach's hard-hitting brother, who has| won his la» four fights by knockouts, | Lexington Avenue and One Hundred und Seventh Street. lo-night In the feature ten-round bout! Irish Tatsy Cline, the clever Harlem| lightweight, will box Leo Johnson, thel colored boxer Joun Welamantel, the fight promoter of Brook. | lyn, is evideutly sure of staging the ten-round | battle betwen Jack Dillon of Indianapolis and | Jim Cottey Irlh heavyweight, at Ehbete Hed to Breokiya, for he made the announce: ment today that be has decided to hold the | | bout on ‘Thurwday evening, 7, Instead of | Tatwr Day afternoon, as” then too many | other sporting attractions on that holiday the rugged and bard bitting 1, day for this city and wi day, Miske is matched to m the Bayouue, N ight hears pounds the Cle nt A. of Aus He in! siderable fighting at the local clubs this fall | and winter, Ae 4 consequence ot oe received by Willie Beecher and Harry ree, their bout at the Broadway Sporting Club of Brooklyn | oo Saturday wight bas been declared off wad instead there will be two ten-round contests tween Shamus O'Brien of Yonkers and Vrankie Dieweyer of Brooklyn and Al Thomas and aaa Simler of Scranton, Johnny Dundee bas been offered terme to | meet Frankie Callahan at Washington Wark, Brooklyn, next month, ‘This match depends wyon Collahay beating Ad Wolgast at the Brooklyn arena to-morrow night, Callahan gave Dundee & grat fight at Cueinnati and would like to meot bim again Aa 4 preliminary workout for bia battle with bony Dundee in Madison Square Garden ou ‘Aus, 30, Joe Welling, the crack Chisago light wight, will take on Bobby Moare, the local lightweight, for ten rounds at the Arverne Sport. | ing Cub of Arvame, L, 1, to-night, — Freddie | Keew and Baldi Siegel will clash in the semi final of ten rounds, — | ‘A match between two good bantamweights was arranged to-day, The youngsters who will flsure | nit are Dutch Brawdt, the fast little Brooklyn | fighter, and Pal Moore of Memphis, Tenn., ts oue of the most promising bantame in the tame, ‘They will come together is 4 temound The Finn E Has Fa Fast Trial For Saratoga Cup Race | with Johnny Harvey on Sept, 12, his second with | reorutly forced Yon whe ground was hard, giving the balls a i] “eo GA SELECTIONS. Aimee T., Tootsie, — Ormead, Race 8 Broan r Otto Plato. 1) Race—Hanson, Hauberk, Blue ‘Thistle, Lady sir Win. K th Race queen L hiree, Huss; finth Race” Republican rant, Mother Danger- Was taken, Uitimatum, the atar two- | year-old of the Sam Ross stable, ‘yon | over the six furlong route. Belmont's Woodtrap was with Tragedy third. August | second, Jockey G. Burne wasn't given a) nount during the day's racing, and it was said that he had been told to stay on the ground owing to some bad rides he had made during the meeting here, Juliet was given a poor ride by Jockey N. Shilling. She finished next to last ina fleld of six hors Ac- cording to form, she should have won, Lorac undoubtedly needed the firat race yesterday, as after leading most of the five and a half furlongs she dropped back and finished fourth, Kathleen winning, There were only three starters in the steeplechase, Bill Dudley almost having a walkover, Raccoon and Farly Light, the only other starters fell, but Jockey Williams remounted © at the Broadway Sporting Olub of Brooklyn on Beturday evening, Sept, 2. Martin Juttan, who has straightened out his troubles with hie lightweight, Harry Pierce of Hrookiyn, today signed him up for three battles ll of which will be fought at the Broadway Sporting Club of Brooklyn, His fit will be Willie Becher on Sept, 23, and the third with Joe Havers on Oct, 7, Julian is also manager of A! Thomas and Fraukie Diemeyer Another new box 1b will shortly be opeeed | in thie cfty The club is the Parkway Spoeting ‘lub and will be located at One Hundred and | ‘Tenth Street and Fifth Avenue, ‘The of | filed an application with the taut they expat to wage their opening caterta. | Ment the second week in Saptember, Billy De Poe, the & ¥ tg hey of Patersou, N. J to ult the few rounds, was watcbed to-day Us | MeAnile to meet Tommy Houck of Pile nia in the windup of ten founds tthe | moat’. C, boalng show on Saturday Bist, | Hugh Lurke of the St Anselm's A. C. Bit Abe Attell Goldstein in the o Tt looks aa thougy Joho taken @ real gocd fighter under by Joba t Inat | management, | 4 tifty odd boxers, but Jiminy any is the best of the lot, Jolin saddle deci TIE ENDS FIRST ROUND FOR N. Y. GOLF TITLE. | ter Purcell, the left handed een | v York Golf Club player, and E, B. Me- | Scotti Millan of the -American | | forces, led the fleld and tied for the | |low score medal with rounds of in the qualifying round for the city | championship and for the possession of the Herald Cup, which was played | yesterday over the Van Cortlandt links under the auspices of the New York Golf Club, B. R, Abbott, Chair- man of the Tournament Committee, sent sixty-six starters from the first tee, the largest number ever entered in the tournament, and conditions for play were so favorable that no less than fifteen scores were below 80. The 76 | long roll, and the greens were well prepared for the tournament play, | soon . t State Athletic | Comminsion fur a license to hold boxing ehowe |" Van! featherweight who PVEn Heat Wa pla Av» ~ I fig * Hour Da Wit i Moran 9 *OEWT weap to train in the future As Moa + diene be Johany Livers Just of the ws od (he umpe agree rin and Lan reports naval battle When yo | take # (anion ride save & few penni Hie couple new you ruverly y are by walking Ald, JESS WILLARD ole vg te AN APSISTANT TO DO HIN TRAIN (ENG ROR HEM perfectly to get Daubert ju him expires Begins to look 9 all their spurting during meal hour. the Republican party te In cane successful, Mr hos has promiaed: An American League pennant te Cincinnatl ed football for Pennsylvania. To abolish the foul line with home team at hat —Bieger glasses with all on the bottom. —A private umpire for each player, A act of polo rules to each orphan in the U. 8. the foam the Ne oarue te that disputing Manager Stallimge’s Convention of dancing masters in Chicago decreed thet the tango in passe, which will foree some of our lightweights to le N over again. POLL PERRITT IS ALMOST AS POPTLAR IN ST. LOORY AS A STYMIE Whe worry . same next round the links with him and me folke objected to Harry Thaw taking the air. The scramble for the middleweight champions!» looks Like a run on a Chinese bank Rowdy gradually heing elim. in but it will be som thev will te wear- ing do scarrying powder pufts + dianppeared tthe embroider with big for the 1916 All. s busily Wolter Camp Ine eleven football fe "Y's" to he used American team. In order to show his willingness ta defend his title Willle Hoppe is will- ing to meet all his opponents at catchweights. ANSWERS TO QUEERIE: Jurp—Bad baseball ta spread unless they quarantine the Athletics. Whoof--Some men take all their golf in pints. eee Stew—Symptoma are dilation of the pupils, hardening of the skull a: an halluciation that the dy has changed the rules on you. An umpire is the oaly instance where the mincnty of cpinion mules STILL HOPE THAT GIANTS WILL SECURE ZIMMERMAN. CHICAGO, °4,— The offer of John J Aur. cGraw, leader of the Gtants, Charles Weegh: Chicago club. However, there is still a chance of 'Ziminesnan becoming a member of some eam after the way he played the R ns yesterday He ‘let t by him, and after ground balls & ounder in the ng down on Olson's crowd yelled. for fa hth. the ‘Tinker to take ° Heinle was fined $50 by Tinker for his indifferent playing against the Robina >_—— Blackburn Ahearn. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. Mam Jack the veteran negro tinh ing Ahearn of New ‘ he reop show of National A for the fall season. the Qu entry oped the hasmite fast rounds. ‘The didn't extend him ropolitan ¢ fourth round, and then until th } Everybody Wearing BARKER SILK ma er ite G JACK O' “Vb00 Adilaons at 00 Cals jot WRRRY POPE, Prominent aolfer carries @ doll baby it