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ee ener ee LS ee a I cet See me ses eel it | 7} eke iti Pi i 3 | i“ Hette : z i i Ee i ; meoting a man nearer his own weight he will just fight from the drop of the i hat until one or the other ts finished.” ‘Wonder what Britton and Bartfield i will think of being classed among the ' middlewoights? | However, there's no doubt Mike | O'Dowd's heart is in the right place. } j He's as likely looking « fighter as : ‘ Tve seen in action in a long time. | 1 and if he slaps one of those right | | anders over on clever ‘Ted Kid's chin something may drop. . Mullens winds up his letter with:' “P. 8.—Mike O'Dowd is willing to box any man you select for the bene- 4 fit of the soldiers, Always count on i the Irish for such things.” by Before long we'll give Mike his ehance, RES a letter: I “Always appreciating your earnest efforts in. securing amendments to better the sport ° ‘world, and being an admirer of ie your column, I hereby inclose a Se Ust of names, petitioning Gov. ei ‘Whitman to legalize Sunday base- 3 i ball in New York City. Very sincerely yours, HAROLD RABINOUITZ. i HE ist of names fille several closely written pages. Undoubtedly such a petition, generally circulated, would get hun- dreds of thousands of signatures in this State. The ancient Blue Law hs that condemns us to a day of rest . Gevoid of the very things most needed by a hard working people should be removed from the statute books. It fs as obsolete as the New England law that made it a crime for a man e 4o kiss his wife on a Sunday, It ts gust as absurd and just as much op- } Posed to every principle of American | { Uperty. i ‘The legislators of this State know } it. They bave had their attention 4 ealled to it time and again. It Is up i to these gentlemen to wipe that anti- quated bit of interference with per- onal liberty from the code. Some t i tf day they'll wake up and do it. 1 \ AM enthusiastically in favor of | ibe holding all sorts of healthful out- \ door competitions, games and ath- letic meets on Sundays. First, nearly all of us work six days @ week, and must get what little Tecreation we have time for on a ®unday. Why should there be a law against fishing, hunting or holding our accustomed ball games and other | sporting events on a Sunday? Such 4 i + @ lew is against the interests of at Joast 90 per cent of the people in this Btate. It te against the actual health, wel- » fare and “pursuit of happiness” of 90 per cent. of the citizens of the Btate—the people whose interests the | law is suposed to protect. I was talking over athletics with Gev, Tener yesterday. “A great many people,” said the Governor, “haven't stopped to think * how really Important sport ts to u » ‘Then he told the story of the Maoris. Down in New Zealand the Maoris once a great tribe. The mission- aries-came, and then rum. In a few years the Maoris had lost all of their fine moral character and become a lute race. An old chief came noted traveller who was visiting Zealand and told of the troubles race. He asked for advice. The thought a while and then ie esfie 3 you have any athletic sports?” old chi id that when the were prosperous people had a system of es to de- eourege end skill and a war- spirit, but that the games had ually been discontinued as the ideas died out. “Then renew your games,” was .he visitor's advice. The were renewed. And the result was almost magical. In a year yo signs of degeneration had red, and the Maoris began their fo fine qualities. lew York tors apply this [ ms g s = i i na IEE pra DON’T feprrieht SOMETIMES YOU BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YOR 191T, by the Prone (The Mew Tork Brening Wert KNOW WHOM YOU'RE ADVISING Canadian Soldiers Developed Efficiency Through Athletics Forty-Eight Hours After Terrific Fighting at Vimy Ridge Dominion’s Fighters Played Baseball on Captured Battleground. 'B Canadians have fought some |semething that will tend to brighten of the fiercest battles of the|the weary life of a soldier, war, The Dominion troops, | be: Remem- many of the New York soldiers after ‘months of desperate pounding, | will soon be leaving for France, a land have pocketed the Germans at Lens,/where nothing in the shape of ath- the great French coal city. Gallant)letic facilities can be purchased. Now's the time to do your bit so the Aghters, these Canadians, They developed their soldiers in| boys will sail with all the baseballs, Canada through a wonderful system | footballs, boxing glovi all the sup- ‘ef athletic instruction. The training | plies they'll need on the other side, camps were furnished with all sorts Many households will be losing at of sporting equipment. The Cana- | least one member to the army. Those Gians carried their athletic supplies | who remain back will be very anxious to war, terrific fighting at Vimy Ridge the | naturally. Forty-eight hours after the|about the departed one’s welfare, Undoubtedly the quickest Dominion soldiers played baseball on | way to provide for the soldier's com- the captured battleground. fort and general welfare would be to Your Uncle Sam plans to raise his | contribute to the Army Athletic Fund. armies on the Canadian system of |The money raised will be devoted en~ unlimited athletic activity. It will be | tirely to the purchase of athletic compulsory for all soldiers to learn | goods for all New York troops. Don't boxini sport is bayonet fighting. sential to the new Decause knowledge of this |think it is necessary to make a large ityle of | contribution, Many of the coun- | !f it ts only a dime, to show the boys Bend something, even try’s most prominent boxers will serve |in khaki that the folks “back home as instructors at the various train- | want to see them furnished with ath- ing camps. There also will be the|letic accommodations that will bring greatest use made of football, base- recreation and healthful exercise. ball, soccer—in fact, all healthy| The hundreds of athletic clubs sports. Sporting equipment fs almost throughout the city could be of ma- fas necessary a» clothing and food to | terial assistance to the fund by inter- a modern army, yet Congress has|esting their members in the matter. failed to adequately provide for this | Every club will be represented in the important supply. service and‘the Army Athletic Fund The Commission on Training Camp | is the best medium for organizations Activities reach out in @ funds for soldiers’ athletic equipment. 'y State and raise | members. has been compelled to|to show their remembranos of soldier So far the most liberal response The Army Athletic Fund, now be-/|to the fund has come from boxers, ing collected by The Evening World, |Many of the leading ring sta: official in New|not only forwarded thelr checks but {s the commission’ have York State for the receipt of contri- | volunteered to box at any time for butions for sporting supplies for sol- | the benefit of the fund. diers, It is up to the patriotism and More of this spirit in other lines of generosity of New Yorkers if their| sport would result in material aid to fighting boys are to be furnished with | the fund, NEW 11.—Two brilliant | the BOSTON, Aug. for a total of 139, | rounds of 70 and enabled Michael J. Brady, the Mi chusetts open champion, to Francis Oulmet, formerly national open Western amateur champion, in the first) Frank D. match at the Oakley Country Club for|>Y default the Red Cross Fund, Brady won by 6 up over his home course, and the critics are at a loss as to how it came about, Ouimet had a medal score of 13—T2—146, The second thirty-#ix| Oi holes will be played at Woodland next} joerg y Wednesday. Brady gets the credit of|, , reer in a thirty: hole match. were even. ¥. T. Anderson of the Country Club of Westchester earned the right to com- pete in the fall round for the junior lawn tennis championship. In the semi-final round he met Frank Mid- leditch of the Westfield Golf Club and |] Clube defeated him in straight sets, The score was 6—2, 6—3, 6-3. The’ other finalist is Benjamin Letson, who was the boy champion a year ago, The final will be played this afternoon, leg! draw thelr own conclusions effect of the law that de- York State people of their @ week to enjoy health- Fy Ee ; i i DORSPT, Vt, Avg, 17. — DeWitt Balch, captain of the Yale golf team, playing from Ekwanok Country Club, won the medal for low score in the qualifying round of the annual invita- tion tournament of Dorget Field Club with card of 71, A MoClure of wes @ good at 76. ‘ountry Club were posted defeat | Miss Helen G. and amateur title holder and present|} ang 1; M W.L. P.C,| Clubs W. L. BY Toronto,..70 47 .598| Rochester.53 63 457 Prov'ence.67 47 587| Buffalo, 60 66 431 Latest News of the Links ) LONDON, Aug, f semi-final round of the women's golf championship of the Shenecosse | Bartholomew defeate Mra. F. 1 thirty-six, of a seventy-two hole golf|Gettman won from Mrs, RG, Duvat ee Norfolk Wins Over Christie, BUFFALO, N. ¥., Aug. 17.—Kid Nor- folk, heavyweight champion of Panama, had an easy time winning from Gu of Milwaul: t night before the Queensberry Norfolk was master of the situ- giving Oulmet the worst defeat of his#/ ation from the outset and carried ever: found but the second and fifth, whic in ten rounds Se lis a LT, INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. | Chobe New York.69 35 664 Chicago. Phila. bt. Louis. 2 Philadelphia, 6; Pittsburgh 3. Let game. NATIONAL LEAGUE. MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L. PC.) Clade 65 46 544) Brooklyn. RESULTS OF GAMES YESTERDAY. Philadelphia, 3; Pittsburgh, 0. 24 game (Gt. Louts at New York. Cincinnati at Brooklyn. Major Bozeman Bulger Visits Press Box Resplendent in At the Polo Grounds the Cards lost the opening game of the séries to the| part of the enemy. Doak pitched for St. Louis and the Giants hit him rather freely. he issued Giants, 6 to 3. ‘The afternoon was overcast and the game was not particularly inspiring. Miller Huggins'’s men did not display the dash ‘Chleago 4; Boston, 1. GAMES TO-DAY. ‘Chicage at Boston. Pittebargh at Philadetphia. Giants Win Opening Game ' Of Series With Cards New Uniform. baie aagg and fighting spirit two bad thro: The Robins i 1) Wash'ton. 61 58 468 67 63 518 Bostom....45 57 441 || Cleveland.61 64 630) Phila... Cincinna 60 66 .618| Pitta’gh...85 73 324|| Dewolt....68 64 518) 4. Louis. .42 71 366 Ne Games Scheduled, New York at St. Louts. Boston at Cleveland. Philadel! phia at Chicago. Washington at Detrott. was forced to retire in one of the gam in the West, but as the Giants later won that contest it did not count Yesterday southpaw allowed nine hits but kept them scattered and firmly checked all attempts at extended rallies on the pass and per- in succession, The batting of Kauff and Cruise, who they | are engaged in a duel for second place showed on their last vist here. It |!n the averages, was watched closely by may be that they lacked the incentive. The National League race is now such that the only question regarding the outcome appears to be the distance by which the Giants will win. Interest was furnished in the press box by the presence of Major Bozeman | "OFK with the Bulger, who before going to Platts- burg wrote baseball for The Evening World. Major Bulger was resplendent in his new uniform and looked ex- traordinarily fit. There were quite a number of Plattsburg men in the boxes and the stand, among them Lieut. Harold McCormick, once of the Giant: and the best pinch hitter that ever swung @ bat. Slim Sallee was on the mound for New York and the Higginsport Sheriff won his tenth straight ball game, He the deciding tally. At the beginning of the gamo uff had an average Cruise an average of .318. creased his lead @ little by making two hits out of four times up, while Cruise got one hit out of three times at bat. Benny's flelding was jot equal to his tick, as he was guilty of Sr eiilabinieieds ROBINS LOSE TO REDS IN THRILLING FINISH. returned Field after a long absence and were beaten vy sue Reds 8 to 2. Magee, the veteran ousfielder, won the struggle for Matty’s men in the ninth inning with a single to centre tbat scored Eddie Roush, the league's leading batter, from second base with for h Benny Billy Gibson evidently means to keep Benny Leonard, the world’s lightweight champton, busy fighting in the future, | Pair of 1s going right along’ mapping out ri Mike and Tom Qitbona, the crack fighters of Paul, Day afternoon, Walter Laurett, the west side fighter, declared to-day that Ed Patterwon la not bis manag that the only one who has a right'to do bis busi. | a4 © forfelt, ness ts Charley Doeserick, Laurett further stated | fears him ever sluc that he is going through with his bout with Gilent | ¢arring session Martin at the Broadway Sporting Club of Brookiya | sxe to-morrow night, and that he feels certain be wilf'| defeat the mute, At Bill Brown's Far Rockaway Club to-night | 44 {s going two lightweight bouts are scheduled, or feature event, Willie Beecher will meet Doyle, while in the other ten-rounder Paul | Brandt, who defeated him on four oovasions, Paul Doyle, while in or ten-rounder Foul | end like mothide better than to meet bim in « bout from fifteen to twenty rounds to @ decision, I will also wager $1,000 on the result, Hggers thinks of meeting Kilbane let him fimt Such a bout can be etaged in Connecticut in three weeks’ time,” _ Edwards will tackle Mike Gmith, Joe Malone and Jimmy Kirk, rival Harlem light weights, are on edge for their return eugagement | Pero, thin at the New Polo Club tonight, Those boya met | "OX Brandt, 8 fow weeks ago and Kirk received the newspaper merly Red Mack, wh Gomh with 6 cing of viet, wth he oe ( Fistic News sohn Pook and Gossip ) Wildeat Willams, colored bantam contender from be Vide, The last ten will bring together @ igving lightweighta in Kiddie Baker of the east side and Young Joe Cox of the west side, | of bouts for him. ‘Gib’ has to the of agreement out 0, Hewere is Jack Doherty, m St bo cannot get Tn the first | champion, In the pecond ten, Dave Marks, for- has retuned from ths A pair of sterling bantamweighte will meet in actically signed up for a feht| the second ten-round bout at the Pioneer Sport. } }on Labor Day, and now word comes | ing Club nest Tuesday night from Pittsburgh Leonard 1s as good as matched for a contest there the second week in Sev- tember with Phil Sloom of Brooklyn. Bloom's the articl Benny McCoy op- effect that] posing Danny Frush, the English ch main event brings together Irisy Patsy Cline and Jimmy Duffy of the wast side, Al Reich bes been passed by the examining phy- nager has already signed) sicians at Board No, 1). 25 Eat ‘Thirty second Btreet, The doctors told Reich that he was one of the finest epecimens of manhood that bad come to thelr notice, Reich was asked if he will both engage in battles on Labor | wanted to claim exemption, and the big heavy- Mike will hook up with Jack | weight said that he preferred to fight for bie Diflon for ten rounds at Terre Haute, Ind, while ‘Tom will go against Gus Christie, the bard hitting middleweight, for fifteen rounds at Dayton, 0, Both Giddons toys are to receive big guarantess, country, He was accepted, Mike O'Dowd has wirel Mike Gibbons am offer of & guarantees of $5,000 to mest him tn « ten- round bout in New York or Milwaukee, 4s won as Gibbons shows willingness to accopt ‘and | the offer O'Dowd will post half of the guarantee O'Dowd malotaine that Gibbons he knocked him out in « king a big holler, er of Dutch Brandt, the little fellows to box him ch with the featherweight Eguers doesn't have to go outside of New York for a worthy opponent, a Clprinant. by Ohiege: ¥ say aus, EB role Gre posers wa PAIN Selling Races Cost Owner at Spa R. T. Wilson Two Winning Platers —_— Trainer Tom Healey Sends Both Kildee in the Catskill and Mannchen in the Second Event to Post in Superb Con- dition, and They Are Sold to W. P. Reynolds (Hedrick’s Agent) After Winning Impres- sively. By Vincent Treanor. SARATOGA, Aug, 17. OM HEALBY, trainer for R. T. Wilson and perhaps the best | handler of horses in the coun- try, won two purses here yesterday, but lost two horses in doing so. In the Catskill selling event Healey sent Kildee to the post trained to the min- ute, and the colt, a son of Olambala, by the way, won by himself. He was entered to be sold for $1,500, but when he was put up for auction N. P. Reynolds (agent for Hedrick) stepped in and bid the colt up to $2,600. Healey let him go. Just before that, | in the second race, to be exact, Tom had entered Mannchen, the winner, for $600, and when this same Rey- nolds ran the gelding up to $1,100 Healey said good luck and goodby. Everybody knows that in selling races any one has the privilege of buying the winner. Healey was not at all displeased with the sale price of Mannchen, but he has a soft spot in his heart for Kildee. This one is not a wonder by any means, and his vic- tory was more or less unexpected be- cause of his known aversion to mud; still Healey would like to have him back in his barn for Olambala’s sake. Both of the Healey starters won their race unmistakably, Johnny Whalen, trainer for James Corrigan (lately the Wickliffe Stable) {s here. John sent Rahu to the post) in the last race against the hot favor- ite, Memories, and had the pleasure of seeing the daughter of Disguise win impressively, Shuttinger rode a well judged race on the filly, one that would make you forget his handling of Woodtrap on Wednesday, He used excellent judgment in following the pace of Tea Party till the stretch was reached, then he came on and passed the judges’ stand with more | than a@ bit to spare, Jockey Morys won't be seen in the saddle for five days at least. "He was disobedient at the post in the first race on Honey Dew and Starter Cas- sidy requested the above mentioned penalty, Tommy McTaggart was at the track yesterday. Tommy looks In fine shape and thinks he has a good chance to be reinstated. He would make a worthy rival of Johnny Lof- tus, who just now 1s regarded as the master mechanic of the saddle. Bob MoMahon of Queens reports that Commodore McGill and Thomas MoGill of New Rochelle are here for the ra Bob has promised the Commodore to win him his expenses, Be careful, Commodore, John Schorr showed a speed mar- vel in the fourth race, the Luzerne Highwelght Handicap, in Butter- scotch, ‘This one ran away from Harry Kelly in work and was re- garded as a sure thing. Hanover’ got him away winging, and nothing ever threatened him the rest of the way. This one will take some beating in any sprinting company. aero a SARATOGA SELECTIONS, First Race Reveller, Magnettite. econd Race—Wolferton IL, The Brook, Crest Hill, Third Race-— Kathleen, Fairy Wand, Marie Miller. Fourth Race—High Cost, Jack Hare ir... Currency. : Fifth “Race—Ro » Westy Ho- Steel, Queen Parrish. wan, Manager Waite. Sixth e-—F lash of the Sea, G, M. Miller. Bulogy was re- sure thing and thus the public was saved a lot of money. the claiming event. ard One of th days Tea Party Is going to win a short dash. She had speed yesterday to burn as far as she wen With Moscowa winning on Wednes- day and Warsaw galloping home yea- terday, things are breaking good for those here of Russian extraction. The talent played all around Plum in the opening event. Matinee Idol was a supposed good thing, and so was Honey Dew, but when it came to racing, the “form horse” Plum was in command of the situation all the way. Barney Oldfield Confident He’ll Win Auto Race Barney Oldfield is ready to defend his crown as King of the Speedway against Louis Chevrolet and Ralph De Palma at the Sheepshead Bay course to-morrow afternoon, Genial Barney has no fear of the outcome, Judging by his talk after his first practice spin over the two-mile track just before sundown last evening, Oldfield bases his hope for victory against his most formidable chal- lengers on this workout, Driving his unique “Golden Submarine” around this track for the first time, Barney reeled off lap after lap at an average speed of 112 miles an hour, These trials served to attune his car for the task set for to-mor- row—and it is quite an undertaking Oldfield has on his hands, for De Palma and Chevrolet are considered almost the equal of the Californian when it comes to speed driving. De Palma also worked out for the first time last evening. fis ard "12," equipped with an aviation motor, negotiated the first whirl of the track at an average of 110 miles an hour, This convincing trial was witnessed by Oldfield, who expressed surprise at the ease with which De Palma handled his mount. Chevro- let, who has been making the fastest time ever recorded in practice, also sped around the banked saucer sev- ‘al times. After the workout he de- clared that a new speed king would} be crowned to-morrow. Miss Katherine Stinson, who will pilot her latest type army aeroplane against Barney Oldfield in @ spec- tacular “alr-and-earth” race, arrived here this morning. A washout in the Middle West delayed her. How- ever, she lost no time in gding to the ‘Bay track and making several trial flights in her "Speed Scout.” The world's champlon gir! flyer will also give her death-detying looping exhibitions to-morrow, Tex Rickard, the world famous sportsman and prom who has beer designated as ref and stake~ holder for the auto championship match, watched Oldfield, De Palma and Chevrolet in thelr trials yester- day, as did Starter Fred/Wagner, who will officiate In that cgpacity in all the events to-morrow, Accepting the Invitation of Man- ager William H, Wellman, the Four- teenth Regiment, 200 strong, will at- tend the races in a body. Wellman pulowy and Lady Moll were claimed betes runing of the Oty » invited “every one in the army uniform of Uncle Sam to watch the | works, Al- one thou. aeatet the Rete, the Up to Within Two Hundred and Fifty Points of the White Sox.” By Arthur ("Bugs") Beer. i ht) NTHODT caring to take @ Gor off from the National Langue oe wlohe! thelr wey over Mets Field and lamp baseball is ne primitive Although the Retine ore eneempt pennant, these Sie i te is Foiati ahi . ? inetigate @ equawk from a Robin fan, He will yell for runs, and if there are ni and if there t# no victory be will yodel for exercise. The Robins don’t play in Righ hate and hard- botled shirts either, The fans wouldn't etand for that ‘They win, but the team was on a slight vacation, 80 far as going north In the standings is concerned, the Rob- ine are finding the National League elevator service very punk, Slim Sallee hasn't lost « gam since the Kaiser first started acting loose in the head. And that was about the time that Noah pulled in the gangplank and hollered for the pinochie deck. Slim has now won ten straight games and displays all the mptoms of a winning streak that may grow as tall as himself. ‘The Cards crowded the Giants a trifle in the first ninth of th but the Giants soon elbow loose, The autopsy revealed t! Cards were hooked through the chin, The Giants usually hook their fish behind the gilla. Score, five to three. Weather, neat but not gaudy. Only about five thousand fans pres- ent, indicating that some of ‘em oc- casionally work, e The Phils dragoed the Pirates away from two games tn one after~ noon, Pat Moran's team eased up @ penny’s worth on the Gants, but not enough to nick their lead. New York has the pennant by the tail with a downhill pull. Champ Clark’s hound dog was booted some, but the Pirates oan spvt him Nifty kicks and win the booting championship. They have ab- sorbed deatings Kke a stevodore absorbs the brew, Yesterday was moving day in the e American League. No games wi Pack | scheduled and the fans had @ da: off. You can't keep @ fan working in the bleachers all the time. He has to have some amusement once in a while. The Browns have crawled up to within two hundred and fifty Rie of the White Sox. The it i] birds have conceded t shook a leg y in the American folk of Ving looks threatening. ARE STILL PLAYING FROM THE SECOND REDS HOOKEY DIVISION. —————— BOSTON, Aug. 17.—Frederick B. Alex- ander and Harold Throckmorton of New York will meet Irving C. Wright and Harry C. Johnson of Boston to- day in the final round of the na- tional lawn tennis doubles patriotic tournament at the Longwood Cricket Club as an outcome of yesterday's matches, Alexander, many times holder of the doubles title with H. H, Hack- ett, and Young Throckmorton earned their place in the final round by five-set victory over N, W. Mii ton, and T. R. Pell, New Yor! reached _ thé |Strachan of Francisco, largely to the fine placement ‘sho} Johnson, the State singles champ’ CLEVELAND, Aug. 17—The three. { | year-old trotting stake furn! thal in the Grand Ciroult eet \ ‘ing at North Randall) | Bertha Dillon, |the favorite, broke badly in fhe fret heat, but won the second, an the third was trotted off her feet. by Har- vest Gale, which captured the fret and also the final heats, taking first mone; PRINCETON, N, J. Aug. 11.1 There | will be no varsity football at Princeton this fall, the entire football squad of last year and a large part of the three upper Classes having entered Federal servi This enlistment has taken from col- lege all the men who to play football, ‘The remaining upper Classmen will carry on the various brayches of sport in which they have been interested. —_—_—_—_—_—_—————s SWIMMING GUARANTEED SCHOOL, TOPEL, Biway & 06th St, SPORTING. pe » Sheed Shegpehrass finn mise dy, Ba Aue A afta tooui Brooklyn Drldge dinece €0 1GHT—NEW POLO A tar Card——Joe Malone ve, Jimmie . Red Muck vs. Wild Mame, ¢° adie Baker vs, Young ine eet