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te ¢ Fulton’s Achievement in Stopping Langford Places Him at the’ Head of Willard’s Challengers. ' Onorrtes: $US: eT featee We HE most astonishing thing that! has happened in the ring In years was the whipping of| Sam Langford by Fred Fulton night before last. | Fulton, despised and laughed at since the unfortunate night when he practically quit to Carl Morris, ts back in a leap at the head of the Willard challengers, He has done something that not one of the other title hunters would have dared to try to dv, That's the plain truth of it. Gunboat Smith, a couple of years ago, was the only one of the white heavy- Weights who had the courage and/ audacity to fight the world-famous “Boston Tar Baby." He outpointed Sam once, but was stopped when he confidently took him on again. And not one of the others ever considered an offer for a fight with Langford until Fulton, in desperation, turned to a Langford fight as the only means of | regaining prestige. For many years San Langford has been the dark cloud on every cham- plon’s horizon, A wonderful boxer, | powerful, enduring and able to hit # terrific blow, Sam easily whipped nearly all of the heavyweights who could be coaxed into a ring with him. He admitted that he didn’t care to} fight Jeffries, but for t matter | when Jeffries was an active champion | Sam was growing out of the light- weight class. He did follow Jack) Johnson around and repeatedly chal- lenged him, without success. Lang- ford gave Johnson a fierce tight when | only @ welterweight, and he was the one man Johnson actually feared. Langford was even considered dan- gerous for Wilard, although there | was no chance for a match between | them, Willard having broken his rule | to stay within the color line only tn | the one champtonship fight with! Johnson, During the past three or four pears Langford has been growing fat | and out of fighting condition, Age in the ring was getting him. A white | heavyweight carrying @ similar punch | | would be considered a poor o} been, out of the guine tur good. somehow Langford managed to carry Off his fights with the old ferocity and to drop bia inen with the old punch, Fulton beat Langford when the great “Tar Baby” had paysed bis best day, But it was an asionisxhing feat, at that. [t reopens all the old argu- ments between the alleged “contend. ers.” It will give Jews Willard more Ume to attend te bis circus,-for Mor- ris will have to beat Fulton again to prove that he's really the better man. In boxing skill Fulton is the only one of the heavyweights who classes at| all with Champ se Willard, n T Bul | of the main hattle, ARRY POLLOK, manager of Freddy Welsh, has come out with a straigntforward state ment regarding Leonard's w the night of the Welsh-Leonurd tigat immy Johnston ought to. know better than to make any statement that Leonard weighed 137 pounds,” ht on said Pollok, “He wasn't at the} ‘stand there is | Weighing-in, 1 unde some lil teeling betw Gibson, 1 don't Know anything abo it, but can imagine no other reason for Johnston's attack, en Johnston and “1 was at the weighing-in, und as | Welsh's manager { cerataly examined the scales und watched closely when Leonard w 1 woud have pre tested any weight announce ment at once. The announcement that he weighed 133 pounds was ub. solutely correct. The weights men were correctly announced, The only fault | had to find ac the the was, av 1 waid before, that 1 thought Referee McPartland should have dy a cou It might not made any diffe probably it wouldn't. Leonard |x a real ight Welght and a good Little tighter, and her Welsh nor ( is willing t fee any of the credit he deserves taken Away from him by a statement we know to be entirely untrue.” OHN M'GRAW has token the lib erty of accusing a large number of sporting writers prevari cating, Jobn, to square himseit with Ml wuthorities, hus written a fetter in which he denies that ever said any of the things cor n what he de newspaper artic the baseb alned nates as “scurrilous He denies that he criticised tae “Natiwnui Le some of rt John K "Having rend the same carefully, 1 desire to state.” wrote McGraw, ‘that I did not make the statements, nor give out by intimation any atterance that might be constru to reflect upon the ability, honesty and integrity of the president of the league or any of its clubs, ine or officals, of upon the league « game itself.” Having with this sweeping state president, Jin any way ment established the fact that he hax 1 of purity, so far as rs are concerned, John probably went home and sept ding to his become an 4 baseball matt peacefully, Jolin, ucco letter, has accomplished a marvel lous, almost an incredible reforn For’ many, many years he hay ex pressed his opinions of everything and everybody in baseball with Mc Grawesque freedom, And now. by » has become as heck, his spe peacefully inn; uous us the 7 tudes of a charity official with a fut Job. We should place a statue of Me Graw in Central Park. N baseball writers’ contribute to the statue be of bra: bers the doubt the wsoclation would ood cayse, Let the Sea Copyright, 1917, by the Press Publish OUT AGAIN! Co. (The New York Evening World.) ——— —_— INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE, Clubs, W.L. PC.) Cla, WL LPC, Newark...33 19 635) Toronto.,.29 25 .537 Prov'ence.33 21 611) Buffalo, . .21 35 975 Raltimore 91 22 .585| Richmond 20 35 364 Rochester.29 24 .647| Montrest .18 33.363 RESULTS YESTERDAY. Newark, 3; Montreal, 1 (It game), Montreal, 6; Newark, 3 (24 gamo) Toronto, 8: Providence, 4 (Ist game Providence, 6; Toronto, 2 (24 game). Baltimore, 2; Rochester, 1 (11 innings), Richmond, 5; Buffalo, 4. GAMES TO-DAY. Montreal at Newark. Buffalo at Richmond Rochester at Baltimore.” ‘Toronto at Providence. BIG BUGS IN LIMELIGHT “The Moth Hurling Battle Is Now About Even. Manager McGraw Claims He Never Said That Tener Was a Life Member of the Boob Club With All His Dues —“The Squirrels Are Paging McGraw.” Paid Up’ By Arthur (‘Bugs’) Baer. Copyright, 1917, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) HEY tell about two houn’ dogs down Texas way that were such bitter enemies that when they happened to meet even their fleas started to fight. When the two houn’ kioodles ballyhooed all over the works their flea crews installed a big flea shindig right alon Nobody wasted an eye on the flea skirmish. had beth lamps aimed at the big houn’ baseball tussles in the National League yesterday ripped off. While President Tener and Manager McGraw were tossing |moths on each other, the National League teams were also busy hurling The scheduled contests didn't attract any attention from the baseball entomologists, as all giims were focused on the unscheduled moth tossing tournament bugs are fighting the little bugs don’t get much notoriety: the heterocerous lepidoptera on onc The moth hurling battle is now about even. claims he never that Tener w: President Tener of it MeGraw claim autocracy. The ¢ 8 the Idle of New York fans Manager John says that he didn’t Which is heaping coals of fire on the has an asbestos skullplece T! Mac ure rushing moths up to th squawk it out if it takes all sum Autema ner Deprived of their breadwinner, th started in to win cake. 1 Tener and Mec @ double header to-morrow Tener is determined to have barmony ntaining quletude for it, Which is like » guy r feature the weries for tho first time in his career, Already has a tide that fected by the rine first time in McGraw's league tours tha method than on the side Mac's latest statement has all Which leaves a little orphan s| papers looking for its papa. The statement resembles Mae, But jauthor Mae didn't know what to do for an encore Bob May’s Great (Gia: Wes Beatsni| in Closing Strides by Oscar} Lewisohn’s Imported Cle- By Vincent Treanor. jockeys riding on the He is not « pinhead being about twen- He rides with his! local tracks. He's » man, ty-four years old There were a lot of ix games were In an important race or stake| tomo.cow’s rcs another. furongs, i counts as much no trainer ever han Loftus into the saddle. When the big a better rider) Manager McGraw member of the Boob Club with all his dues paid up. Mac also claims that you can't fine a guy for thinking. Which saves Mac an annual tax of $45,000,000,000. The squirrels are paging McGraw. It looks like an even draw, with McGraw having the best ndle in the Montague Handi- ap at Jamaica yesterda more skilfully and deserved to win more Giving away | ‘one jump ahead of a fit. Bub May's mare. p race, she was just beaten * well-played good broke ayia y well from an| ,anip,, selling: that Tener ts trying Vv says that Anarchints cavaloade, Meanwhile, John's suspension is still chugging along and John | sor Gage 1S) Mie Kn urn’ bebind {he leader, W himsy, and ne coals of fre fa In an eighth of had Whimsy as striding along he Hindenburg chattering tO} weit whipped, Sh. us ips in an| yu st sixteenth, with the |, SIXTH i They have slumped Kobinson on are in first place and getting ready to burn the morts Lewisvhn's imported filly, w play any publish a schedule, There was no argument to-day, racing luck. . but there will be had been yamni backstreteh, pocketed and al is never! Apienne, 10 Aygre” 108.) Vilgon, (108: nish line is passed, was | Pury. (11, Mig’ San. 1} than ‘right | ji a crept up in that fil has taken so 1 and fall of the has taken wate s of her dam, | Sei Lass Johnny | ins. 102! stripes had him and the New York | clattering like a set of dishos. He disinherits his former although the Bertillon system shows that they just fitted his chin. ement shuffling around in the news. sporting writers | \ fal, 10 ‘ comfortably napping we fire furlongs Cesial Das, 104: Himwa Be | MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS American League, \ | National League. Clube, Wb PC. Clube Wk New York 22.47 659 Phila. a1 20 608 Bo Chicage...32 27.542) Brooklyn $i, Lous Poston, 7 N Philedetphis, 7: Beouislyn, 3 (st game Viladelphia, 95 Hrookly arms). | Cincinnatl, 8; Chleago, 4 SH Louis, 45 Pauisburgh, 4 | New York, 4 Ist game York, 1; Hoston, 0.24 game GAMES TO-DAY Boston at New York Philadelphia at Washington. New York at Boston Brooklyn at Philadetphie. Himanie Sebow si. 1006 D: closing strides, Holster WK! Jonson, 112; Frescutter, 17 Pe 81000 . Meee. 100. 4 wh Bean” 103) "Water Wire 1023" imemon, ¢ only ‘ty Clubs. 439° Chicago . 435 Boston 404 | New York 29 tts'gh 18 34 346 Cloveland 28 RESULTS OF GAMES YESTERDAY. Bowion, 3; New York, 1 th. Louis, 3; Detroit, rs Was ucting for of Star] rriedr Freddy Haefling rifle lacing, closing both his eyes, split Ung his Ups, knocked him out with a terrific right hand to the Jaw. Haefling was out for half Sehwarta colt ites in a sixteen Star Like as if the t Bm The start killed what! jet race Was over Skill ot Jockey Loftus on | Bayberry Candle Wasted After Well-Judged Race ever chanc had. H truly run races with com- sharp turns,” sald Ab drat JAMAICA ENTRIES. JAMAICA, 1 FURST RACE Por two-vear-a fisemtion Cin), 108, *h TAs Vocabulary, 114 f'Orwkany) 1 to HACE ex ‘aiulite, 120; Margaret Thoto fimo.) Master” Metiatis, — 105. favator, 120; sandstone 2d, 100; Wanda Tit 11) Also ‘elig.bte—*Hwfa, 100; Deep Might 110; Miah, 115 oo 120 Maine imp), 115 HIM RAC i or, four yearn and uo. | one tile and. seventy Dincer, 100: * \iubnee, 1” Miller, “208 Checks.” 108: SDored F108, Bt 10h Sain Medemkin Lor i: UTP | RAGE “For | three year olde, and geval: hand Phe Bien 728: (eorge Sinith LIT: Xslon Imp, | sage, U8: ALF Mau, 1; one tulle and a mixteensh, ne Maiden. OT t 100; Doras bret Mtg hor oe Saa tiny " Nien ies mtn tin, 10. Avrentice allowance claimet, Weather clear Oscar] Brack’ fast LATONIA ENTRIES. LATONIA RACE TRACK, Ky,, June The entries for to-morrow’s races jure as follows a turn by the | FIKST RACK —¢ Finger Quill, 106: ‘analy cit, 18 Cora Lane Willian, “113; Santo, Sandy Lad 05" Plaah ‘of Steel SboOND RACE five furlongs ih Mine Waller Meds 10 Hoorvood, 1 feron 102; Walter Daut ty Hal 1s Blue Wate: THUD HACK Calg é “ain fi 112. 1 FOURTH RACK Porse 81,000: pen-voarolde ore 1h Shafe: Lin, "i eri CK, VevENTH WACK: “eiadini ng n le andl Vite Coke, 108 Samuel Re Moor Fields 111, Triah tonite a Jaime, Weare of New York, after givii f Wilkes-Ba all | 4 the favorite may have ade up a lot of ground and probably was best as the race was run, but that ts far fyom consoling to those who bet on him. Dave Gideon, veteran turfite that he is, remarked ‘that it is almost !mpos- sible to ha |such big fields engaged, three or four jockeys some du ing round the Dave, “and then maybe they'll limit the fleld to twelve starters declares he had McGraw copy” before sending it over the wire. | McGraw repudiated all the inter- | After the race “They'll kill! ‘Whe entries for selling; five wiring n | nex, Tuesday Mike O'Dowd of St, Paul and Soldier Bartfieid | of Brooklyn are going to bare tt out in avother | | ware Y., June 21.—-Abe . BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEN NEW YORK | | ating His “Roast” of President Tener Was Made Under Pressure. “J. J. are supposed to be the In- itlals of real fighting men. J. J. Cor- bett, J. J. Jeffries, J. J. Evers and J.| J. McDerinott all have made reputa- tons in sport for not quitting under fire. Now comes J, J. McGraw, man- ager of the Giants, and proves the ex- ception to the rule by taking back water in his fight with President | Tener of the National League because | of his sixteen da $500 fine for punching Umpire Byron. suspension and In his interviews with the New York newspaper men travelling with the team McGraw vowed to battle until the last ditch for vindication. One of | \his interviewers, whose story, quoting | McGraw, particularly belittled Tener, views, the National League directors Out of His Latest Mix-Up With ‘Didn’t Mean It’ Plea |Says Statement Repud Graw to submit affidavits as to the truth of what they wrote to the Na- tonal League, and if something Isn't done tn the matter so the honesty and integrity of the press, criminal libel suits will be brought McGraw and the League directors, Here's: what {in Boston as to his reasons for as to uphold to go back on the New York newspaper men. doing the best when | was advi | thought | was d to sign the ement to the directors, for told by my friends that lent Tener had decided to suits against accredited to jure brought to bear on me was that injury to the the New York Club and bi a statement 1 made strong objection to certain wording of the docu- ment and gained m 8 pointed words President Hemp- id, my employer, begged me to end the controversy “edit his| y point by and President Tener announcing their satisfaction and declaring the incl- | dent closed. Now comes the Baseball | Writers’ Association with the an- nouncement that they are going to dl- rect the writers who interviewed Mc- (CFistic News _som Poor and Gossip ) sic rare At the Clermont Rink of Brooklyn | to: ight, Augie Ratner, the crack Bronx middleweight, who is now being) twught by Leach Cross, the famous re- Ured lightweight, how to hit properly will meet Victor Dahl, the Danish box- er, who has been doing such effective work in the ring for the past few months. The other ten-round event to- night, will bring together Albert Ba- doud, who Is one of the gamest fighi- j:|ers that ever visited our shores, and Eddie Billings, of Superior, Wis., who ¥ done well in ail is bouts In the q Two out-of-town hgutweigits aad two ten-round bouts at the 1 pifit, Jimny Hanlon, the Denver light waight who sod Johny Duadee off in twenty rounds, will @eet Hairy Douoiue of Peoria, IL, and Walter Laurett, woo recently soul off Many Cras, will oppose Farmer Sullivan, the At rounds, Clay Tarver, the sensational Indian middie. weit, who lias won eight bouts since be came Kant, will be quite vury battling im the fusuce ae bie menager, Dilly Moore, to-day ann ue has eigned him 10 mee, Bi bd at July 13, Five ave rewulted io knockouts, Frankie Call ting lightweight of Brooklya, why recen Vigned up to-day by bis manager, Dan McKeirc fo meet Chick sitmier, the rigged Scranton fighter, for welre be ataged aint ten-round bout at tie Clermont A. C, of Brook: lyn on vext Thurs prought tow by Paddy Mullis pounda, weigh in at the ringside Having been laid up for badly cut left exe, silent in, the ed up towday by Jack McCarty, mateh. be was maker of the Hivwn A, A. of Far Rockaway, to Greet Augie Katner of the Bromx in toe feature 0 of of July &. rf Jimay Ditty, the feat welterweigat of Lockport NY, and Soldier Bartfield, the rising and ag: Firissed euch & @rwt ten-round fight at the been eum bate at the ame ©, of Buffalo, N. ¥,, ba Queentberrs practically imatsind tor wb ov the wight of July 3 py be club, haw mady a tiie wanagers of the {honing time tout Jeney City and K, 0, Egger, Frapkie Burn the pant bi be matched to-da Pionecs 5. ©. on July 10, Kawera has agreed tnort Burns at 118 pounds ring the only obstacle that prevented ched, Bums is training to-day at ell Har nignt, ’ and | listened to his ad- k my action will time be proved to for the best though | acknowledge the s: not entirely satisfac- tory to me. 10) a | e will get | oF ston declared to-d Ted Kid Lewis Mike O'Dowd of 8 are the mon who were were secured by Jlavm: to meet in the main go of ten rotud: °. om the night of June 13. hol second mec previoas engagemen' Jotuston | ‘This Lewis winning the O'Dowd by « shade. er west aide welterweigiite will meet ip the feature weer Sporting Cluo wext | Billy Gitwow, m, of Benny Leonard, to weigh prees for the purpos of pyed the New Holo A, A, tomorrow erening Sailor Geo, Volk the east side and Marry Cutch, the voterwa of the roped arena, clash in one ten, In the oiber star eveot Harney Adair of Harlem will be seen in action against Jimmy Kegan, the California lightweight who recently Benny Levoant « tough argument for tea beam at this fuure ov the night he dete Welsh as been questioned to prove to the w i Gitwon te id that the clever Hebrew is @ legitimate lightweight The Atlas A. A Hattiing Levinsky. Fret Fulton mate, the biggest kind of © ard in | defeating Sam Langford, @ straight victortes w Levitsky bias scored nm, Guatoat | Smith and Jack Di) need | 1 ting Levtaaky | a July 3, Bob MoAuister at | tue Fairmont A, C, on July 7 aad Joumole Harvey of Bayonne, N. J., at the New Volo A, A, ou| he victories sored by ‘Turner be w great attire Monday | night Leo Johnson and Toutiny ‘Tuohey will be t 9, the agaromaive and atist hit: |$ wave Jobnuie Dundee « terrific battle ta Hostou, was eimmoce and Terry Mar ten and Andy Cortes aud Wee artoa in the a the | There ia already 4 $4,600 » nds to decision at the next show | y..y $4. 500 the Armory A, A, of Boston’ on champicusip sons | Stooday niga. “= SWIM weight, and Frankie Copifiey have been write Doeserich to bux at ) evening, June 28, They | the Ploueer Sort mug offers made | Poe men will battle at 132] The Granite Mt preparing ta besome aailom for Un de the scene of 2: RACING eral weeks with & {mute ‘There ie a ring pitched uuddieweiglt, le again ready to bux, As « result y Baticged teres who'd like to liek euteriain the tore dina with him aboard the tivani ten rounds at the above club om the night Biowa of nt Satuntay nigh welterweight of Hrooklyn, wlio teveutly | gr the Feinmout eral show last night Mase of Harlem, and Fiankic the evast aide will box Mickey Duy Scmamaine Given Dee! PROVIDENCE. Battling | heavywelght cham ting local bantam, will most likely y to meet for ten rounds at the ‘a ‘ound bout be of this city Inst batile to box b was being the same clu for bia ton-round bout, with Dutch Brandt fine Clermont A. C, of Brwokym om saturday ceived the decision over Kid Leo of Bos. United States Golf Association Abandons National Amateur Championship Tourney Sched- | uled at Oakmont Country Club, | Pittsburgh, Aug. 20 to 25. The national amateur champion~ ship tournament of the United States | Golf Association, which was to hav | Been held at the Oakmont Country | Club, Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. 20 to 26, {has been abandoned. Howard F | Whitney announced early to-day that jafter carefully cons.dering extsting Jwar conditions the Exe mittee of the United states sociation nad unanimously this effect | PHILADELPHIA, June 21—Alex- j ander Cunningham of Wheeling, W- | Va., with 74 strokes for the 18 holes, led the fleld of nearly 100 starters | at the end of the first day's play of | the National Patriotic Open Golf ‘Tournament at the Whitemarsh Val- | ley Country Club, Cunningham took 38 strokes going out and came home in 36, Only sixteen players turned in cards of 79 or better, and of the: Cunningham was the only one under With a strong wind blowing across the course, however, ditions for good golf were anytt. but ideal. Others who turned in cards of 1 or under were : om McNamara, Taplow, utchingon, Allegheny. 76 Loos, Philadelphia, 77 H. Ho-+ner, Philmont, 77; J. ‘Burk, Wheaton, 71 Jack Dowtng, Scarsdale, 78; Fred Me= Leot, Columbia, 78; Patrick | Doyle, Myoi 78; C. Waiker, Shackamax- on, 78; Emmet French, York, 785 Seman H. Maxwell, Aronimink, 795 JK. Thompson, Lite Falls, 79) Carl ‘Anderson, unattached, 79; Robert Mac- Conald, Indian Hilla. 79; C. Thom, Shine necock’ Hills, of tournaments jayed on July 4, were Robert A ner, mpion, who will have which will be held United Stat ach club in the Ch ed to puton a war some sort and of $1 Ip their onward march toward the | final bracket, Mrs. Thomas Hucknall of Forest illand Mra, W. A. Gavin, | representing Bultusrol, won decisively lin the <econd round of the Women's Metroy tan Golf Association cham. pionship tournament Piping | Rock. As a result. ¢ their sue. cesses, Mrs, Hucknall will meet Mrs, iL. A. Wimpfietiner of Century and Mrs, Gavin will take » Mrs. HL C, Phipps, one of the leaders of the Pip. jing Rock set, in the semi-final round + | to-day PHILADELPHIA, June 21, -- 8. K. ham of Greenwich, Conn,, won’ the ynnewood Hall Golf Cup. by dee D. Clark Corkran of Baltlmore (inal round of the tournament at rtingdon Valley Country .Ch Tw and 6 to play cpa OTTAWA ENTRIES. OTTAWA, Ont Norrow's rae Aer ° G The entei as follows COND NCE L Tip. DOO: ARhy mer Ww Ah: Quel Weistiinal S) Musigal’ How Povieki “ o-yoar Ver? Kath 10a¢ Staginaa, Oe § PA A i: oak ine rear olds waty sande Toduieta, 1¢3 Keesaitieaim, 109 Of searatiog ts Mee De ons hee | SEVENTIC IGE” Paice gta Miles. "Athena, JOS; Ratere, “Hee | MING GUARANTEED * TOPEL SWIMMING SCHOOL rAMith St, Booklet *W." River 440 SPORTING ‘| TOMORROW JAMAICA i} and FIVE other Goud Races UEGINNING AY BPLCIAL RACE Thain leave Venu, Station, aad - Tieket, 81.50, BATTERY SWIMMING BATH + | paiet and, Col Buths. Now \q 4 : , AUR Na Decnrs ames