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* LOST 8 TOWNS IN AMERICAN LEAGUE BUT GAINED 20 IN EUROPEAN POLICE INTERFE JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Ml actinic Harry A. Wigger of Paulist A. C., Winner of Team Honors, Is Star of Meet at Which Blue Law Proves Dark Horse. By Bruce Copeland. LTHOUGH older than the pro- A verbial hills, old Jobn Blue - Law, the means by which a lot of officials try to live up to their oaths of office, was entered in the Metropolitan Junior championship field meet and proceeded to hang up @ record with his usual agility and exceeding lack of good taste. While more than 6,000 sweltering persons clamored for recreation yes- terday at historic Celtic Park, old Jobn Blue Law swooped down upon the multitude and summoned numer- ows ticket sellers and takers to ap- pear forthwith In answer to their “desecration” of the Sabbath. Natur- afty, the summonses were served by pottcemen, some of whom on such an occasion might have fett abashed over their allegiance to old John Blue Law. Some day when the present genera- tion are resting peacefully in their graves and the people, upon mention ot the Kaiser, are asking where he ever tended bar or shined shoes, the inhabitants will be allowed to spend Sunday, and, if need be, their change, fag they seo fit and not be in danger of having to appear before @ Magistrate because they elect to patronize clean | athletics. What howls would be raised if the populace were ordered to adhere to the customs of a hundred years ago! ‘What man would fancy such attire as beaver hat, plum-colored coat, buff trousers, lace ruffles and what not? ‘What would the average woman, who has faithfully adhered to war restric- tions as to clothing—their breadth and scarcity—say ff the om- nipetent arm of the law should hold out a hoopskirt and a waist with bishop sleeve and growl, “Shake those and get into these Nevertheless, old John Blue Law will outlive Methuselah and continue to put on the old kibosh on a perfect day unless sundry legislators awake ' to the fact that times have changed since great-great-grandmother was a and at that, it Is safe to say she enjoyed herself. With this little sermon off our ch H BY ‘ENING wo LD, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1918 SPORT WORLD NEWS OF ALL KINDS |.» RE WITH it is appropriate to shed a little ink upon the prowess of Harry A, Wigger of the Paulist A. C., who gave the beat athletic performance of the day | after old John Blue Law had extract- | ed his bit and the furore caused by his distasteful intrusion had subsided. | Wigger, running in the classic mile! event, captured the honors in the ox- cellent time of 4.871-5, of the Winged “r A.W. N. Brown of Pelham Bay, and C. Cor- named, winning the club championship with @ total of 27 points. letes finished closely behind with points. men with 14, Alpha P. C. C. and Morn- ingside A. C. with 10 points, while the point winners with 8, A bevy of negro athletes shook their feet so well in the half-mile event Cunningham, was lucky enough to finish among the winning quartet. S. Evans of the Salem-Crescent A. C. led the pack in 2,012-5. Then came Walter Powe, the sterling runner of the Alpha P. C. C., and W. Stokely of the St. Christophers in third. Terry Halpine, of long-distance from a pail in the hands of a spec- tator. Terry collapsed, allowing M. Boland of the Paulist A. C. to win in Latest Baseball Bulletins From ‘Work By Hugh S, Fullerton. N the Broadway sector Manager Jimmy Burke of the St. Browns reports heavy firing and denies that Allen Sotheron and Hank Severeid have jumped his team fol- lowing Sec, Baker's work or fight order, who is in the draft, home to be roady when the team comes back, and sent Severeid home because he was sus- pended in Boston. A Lake Michigan Port—That Loud, raucus noise heard on the north side ig C. Webb Murphy mourning over Sorte ie act the United States— Sec. Baker announces that baseball can continue without the players in the draft ages. He must have con- sulted Joe Cantillion, who ran that d of a team in Minneapolls - a Lake Erie Port—Jim Dunn now) refers to them as “leather-lunget! ig grinning while major league ball | fans” who yell at_ inoffending anh | players telephone to him asking for players to werk or Orr at ite bane jou iy the shipyards, playing ball nates that he is going to “| as @ side issue, eon whether he meant It or not. | Chicngo—Rube Marquard and Bur. ‘An Ohio River Landing Stage © | leigh Grimes are quitting the Robins ‘Tener-Johnson row has broken Ut) i enter the navy. They took the ifresb, President Tener says that President Johnson will go to France when the Americans are in Berlin. ‘The Government may stop ball pla ing, but it cannot stop the magnates t ay Mie Superior Ore Dock—Tho| Duluth-Mesaba League wants Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, Eddie Col lins, Walter Johnson, Tris Speaker and nine other star ball players to re- port there at once for ball playing and other useful work. He says he ordered Sotheron, | A Park Row Office--A new league may be organized in case the Na- tional and American leagues suspend fgr the season. ‘Teams composed of play | ers over and under draft age, with the remaining players of vt major league clubs as a nucleu. may play exhibition games during the week, with Saturday and Sunday games between cities, A tentative league composed of two clubs each in New York and Chicago, one in Box- ton, Philadelph St. Louis and Washington, Cleveland and Detroit 1s suggested, t | the Athletics has joined the navy. Cincinnati--Heinie Groh has de- parted to work or fight. A @pot on Newark Bay—E 4 Reulbach oath on the stage applause NATIONAL LEAGU CLUBS, Cinco Boston, Bklyn Pe. 437 35 CLUBS W. Pe. Chicago 56 29.650) N. ¥.. 53 at Pitts ..43 30 Phila ..39 43 .476) GAMES YESTERDAY. New York, 51 St. Louls, 2 (Ist game), New York, 61 St, Louls, 2 (2d gaine), Brooklyn, 6) Chicago, Boston, 5; Cincinnati, cincinnati, 7) Boston, 3 GAMES TO-DAY. Boston at Pittsbur S447 85 52 402 HOW THE OTHER C. NATIONAL LEAGUE. 20 MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE. 1 ae Pe. | CLUB 80D) 8 w. 0 cago. 30 4 troit. 36 46 2p Phila ..36 GAMES YESTERDAY, | Washington, 4; Chiengo, 2. | Cleveland, 3; Philadelphia, 2 | cLoBs Boston, Cleve N.Y. Wash w. ba 50 Cleveland, 5; Philadelp! GAMES TO-DAY. Bt. Louls at New York. Detroit at Boston, ‘LUBS MADE OUT, Ciuctonath -Fimt game RAF, ah fs 1 0000-878 0] t S25, bO011 0000-2 0 3 atierioeitegan “and” Wilou; Toney “and Becond game RBLE | WEY walveeeetenn 2090-9 | fa 17 ot? ~ {LEONARD DEFENDS | LEIN JERSEY RIN Young Gradw weight Champion’s eon Japanese Star Who Will Cut Big Figure in National Singles GTO-NIGHT. \ >-— ell Will Be Light-| This trim, well knit youth, disporting the regalia " led @ classy field around the turns and outdistanced them all in the stretches, surpassing Craw of the Brooklyn A. A. netta of the Paulist A. C. in the order| The Paulist athletes brought a new assortment of laurels to their club by| The Glencoe ath- | Then came the St. Christopher Brooklyn A. A. trailed among the big! that only one Caucasian athlete, H. | running fame, was the victim of | ™ach between Jeff Smith and Johnny i horse play in the three-mile run, | t™ Barmnne, N, J. middiewighia, Ohariey Do after bidding fair to capture the! oy ciy, bu filly sigeed themes a5. they event in handy style. While Terry | w 1 meet for right rounde at the show on was trotting along, oblivious to) Monday erening, July 20. Howard had been 1G “gallery, he wan ‘strock by | con; sure ones tet eae Ermer @ deluge of colt water emanating | up the offer tie pss: Philadelphia—-Inflelder Shannon of of a theatre amid En route with the Giants—Walter Holke is a bank clerk and Larry | Doyle rates as a coal miner, but no Jone would guess it by seeing them | think on a ball fleld | | “Chicago, UC, Dryden proposes | Secretary Baker's nomination for! president of everything, and Rives | three cheers. His fishing season will start three months earlier than usual, (int game). (24 game; called end Sth), Chicago at Washington, By John Pollock. Champion Renny Leonard, the world's lightweight title-holder, will make his in a boxing bout under in Jersey City to-night. Benny will take on Young Gradwell, the Nowark lightweight, in the star bout of eight rounds at the entertainment to be staged at the Armory A. A. Grad- well has been fighting in good form both in this vicinity and in the Woat for several years, and although he is not a topnotcher he is one of those clever, fast boxers who always makes & good fight Frankie Bare, the semational Jemey City tantamweight, who recently: made a big hit with the fight fang of Now Jermy by derinively defeat ing Champion Pete Herman in bout at the Jervey City baseball grounds, waa to-day matched for another contest, He will take on Jabes White, the Albany bantamweight, for eight | Founda at the ahow of the Atlantic City Sporting | Chub on Saturday night, Promoter Jack Hanlon of @biladelphia to-day figned up the principals for two of the fonr ax round bonta which he intends to stage at Shibe Park, in Philadelphia, on July 80. Irish Pataey Cline and Willie Jacknon, the joval lightweights, Will come together in one of them, while Boldier | Barfield of Brooklyn and Jack Britton will clas in the other, Cline and Jackson will box at 13 weigh in at 9 P.M. After trying for some time to bring abort « Frei Fulton ia now training at Rye Beach for bin coming battle with Jack Demprey at Harrison, N on tunday ‘afternoon, Fred flimiwhed 1p If D GOOD-WAGE eneral | “OPPORTUNITY HEADQUARTERS” ERIE 14.42 4-5, | at Grupp's semasiim yewertay and started the | ¢ i af | Fal bard work for the go to-<iay. His manager, [OD thelr weekly enteriainmente, | wh A single ac dent marred the oc Sake Ootind bab Harry Wille and the |W basstall grounds on last Pri arance io Now Jeteey length, | Caston. Gerald Norman, flying the) \jsmsica Kid" the colored hearyweighta, and [Jeanette and Kid Norfolk, the colors of the Alpha P. C. C., had the] Jounay Wain the white “hears” to tox’ with |Meightn, cashed in the star bout and the BAe) Ay atarchmaer Doherty ot the National A, ©. misfortune to be struck on the foot! Fulton until the contest, Di Dolling, trainer [MUM amsinted to $2.0. Jeanette got over widence, I and Silvey Bur 1g eed tae wil alee To eet Fates [8500 for his end, while Norfolk drew down clowe | pane with @ flying javelin buried during| 4 74 lewis wil 1D to eet Fulton | oo gsuy the preliminary workouts with the] ” 3 — Be ee a Ree in missile, suffering a painful injury to| Matchmaker Dave Drieoll of the New Jersey | 00) hut in nea, a > alah ed twelte rounds 1 hibition Company, which stage ita boxing |27UMY Out to Toledo the member. He was removed to a) erie eT sty tached ernie, MONE were ie Frankie nearby hospital with one of the Arte- | grranged an attractive bout for hia show on ri. |Newn the | pe to Fort Wa yt ries of his foot severed. y fp dam Yeu Cia ee nd., in a fifteen.tound bout at a ahow to be B De la ‘The Knights of Columbus, under Sened up Young Hector of Jerry |atsgni there by Tay Irons the retin welt | urns ectares whose auspices the games were con- ‘The men will battle tor aha | Tent cmntet via, Thin wil " li Tuoted, deserve riuch credit. for, the| (eae amas te, ae l talile tor the Zulu id's fet fight to aie Police Attend success of the affair, which, in spite | yer boute Will precede it YY a, " Q. of the excessive heat of the day, wil reads os | B t go down into metropolitan a hletic | Willie Jecaon, who fights Frankie ‘Young’ |enea Pus ay i" Ht | oyracu outs history as one of the season's brilliant! nyits, the crack New Bedford lightwaght, at the |firt eo. wil ) Boomer Karen of Puitale | : ti »_ affairs, mein Armory A. A. of Bowon for rons, to | at the Weis » N41 According to Silvey Burns, the local] a decision, to-morrow vial ped his train. on Wednewla: Mtl cecmotan had ager of boxers, the| day at Billy Gropp's gymoasiom and will | will. be , t L awing Ir for the ecene tf the battle tomorrow, | Might. At the [hy 4.| good old glove sport ia in full awing In| | dacknon is in fine eda in already down to] racuse, N. Y., Ju as if the late he requir weet, 15 pounn After box 1 away. | . 9” country for the h has} or Fi ht Front | ‘Tommy Tey, the raat fihter of Patemon : | N. J., and Joe Mooney of this cits, who meentiy | Henny fought « bard eight-round battle at the I on v ‘3 | ), | son A, C., have been rematched for another scrap unB on box A Brooklyn Oasis—President Eb-| fc the same clu) on Satuniay evening, Mooney a bets is recruiting semi-pro, amateur | Sisal for her chance at Tuohey, ao he te of | Moats tan ¢ and high school athlete to fill the] the opinion that be can gre him « much harder “ Louis) ranks of his ball club and planning | fight this time than he did in their previous - Irish Patay ¢ to go right on. His team will have 4! the toring game in Jemey Clits oo far nas {{% MS" better chance to win, |neen @ financial succem, for the promoters of the |e Spend a Profitable Summer on Patriotic and Comfortable War Work in Our Big Permanent Plant, now on Government work, stay on the job. $. (x on URING AND AFTER THE WAR PENN. | Some of the highest police DRAFT BOARD MAY | PREVENT BIG BOUT. CARDED SATURDAY Be Invoked to Stop Fulton- Dempsey Battle. knockout contender, would not be lowed to go on, owing to the previous attitude of both boxers toward box- ing benefits for the Army Trainin Camp Athletic Fund, are spreading of War Baker in his decision regard- Dempsey are amenable to the Work- or-Fight order, particularly Fulton, who had previously obtained deferred classification in Class 4A of the dratt on the ground of being the sole sup- to the extent of offering his services for war charity. Many letters have been received by the local draft board of Harrison, tm- ploring the members to restrain the big battle, Letters have also been sent to the Jersey State Commission and to the War Department. Ire has been aroused over the fact that Ful- ton, a Class 4A man in the draft, will do nothing more for the cause of the nation than to agree to box in nls own interests for a $20,000 purse, The local board of Harrison has been vested with authority from | Washington to hand down the final decision in the matter and they will meet to-day to decide the fate of the big bout by voting whether Fulton and Dempsey come under the Work- or-Fight order which affecta ball players. they admit him as a member. ‘Tommy | Ryan, the old-time boxer, Is President of the club and the matchmaker Charley Huck Last Friday night Joe Leon the Brooklyn bantam, and Young Brady of | Syracuse met In a ten-round bout, whica the fans conceded as the greatest ncrap between little fellows seen In mar day spectators at ringalde were In yall walks ot, life, bank ers, ani e " chance feren Ivey, hi run rship plan, Polic at the ringside as there pa ery one that. the City of Syracuse are bona fid | bers.” Some time next month the Onondaga a is going to stage a Dig War Sa Ings Stampa boxing show and ¢ fan will then be asked to buy a certaia amount of stampa before he is ad mitted to the club, Silvey also says N.Y, has @ cluo Lake Erie Breezes Blow Thru Our Shop Windows Skilled Mechanics, Machinists and Foundrymen “Work or Fight” Order May! an interpreted last week by Secretary | is D DO BOTH. Army Athletic Fund to Receive | Entire Proceeds of National |‘ Singles Championship at the West Side Club. By Alex Sullivan. oon | Cherie plans are being Rumors that the big boxing bout made for the National tennis |between Fred Fulton, regarded by singles championship at. th many as the closest rival of Jess West Side Club next month, The en- Willard for tho heavyweight cham-'tire proceeds of the tournament will |plonahip, and Jack Dempsey, the be turned over to the War Department Commission on Training Camp Ac tivities, ‘The committee is already working to obtain the entry of the leading players now in this country snd there is reason to believe that the thick and fast to-day. matches will not lack the interest of Fulton and Dempsey are scheduled | jtnor weasons to box next Saturday in the old Med- | eral League ball park at Harrison,! Announcement of the national dou N. J, and, as it has developed, the | bles championship have been sent out draft authorities at Washington are) py Nathanicl W. Niles, chairman of seriously thinking of prohibiting the/tne tournament committee of the bout under the work-or-Aght order | Longwood Cricket Club of Boston, Where the tournament will begin on | Aug. 12. Entries close on Friday, Aug ing the status of baseball players, 19, and must be made with Richard The War Department in under the | Rishop, secretary, P. O. Hox 2897, Bos impression that both Fulton aud ton Mass, The proceeds will go to the War Department Commission on ‘Training Camp Activities, Headquar- ters for players will be at the Hotel Lenox and Edwin Sheafe will act referee, ~ port of his wife and children, The tl ahead Son cae é centre championships for Boaton wiil authorities also aver that Fulton has | oo ia yea the same week, boom ver d wential labor, ove pec atalll kate whe ira Sh Reyer cone Say See vel len Aug. 14, Winnes will be eligible Play for the national titles University Heights Tennis Club took tan team tennis championship tourna ment by defeating New York Lawn Tennis Club on the former's courts, matches to 4. It was the fourth straight victory of the season for the University Heights squad in the com- petition. ‘The New York and Univer- sity Heights teams divided the six singles evenly, and the tie was main- tained up to the final deubles match, when Edward J. Clapp and Embree Henderson took a extra set tussle from Allen and Frank close Behr Oliver. The meet marked the first appearance in nearly two months o° Vincent Hichards, the national boy THEATRES. WEW AMSTERDAM THEATR ZIEGFELD FOLLIES THESE TRA eR Oue GATETY "97,400 Sih BS seseia" HEROIN Musi Comedy Hit. LYCEUM $4), fhecety DAVID TKCO Present TIGER ROSE HUDSON Yt TO-NIGHT 8.30 BERNARD sn ‘MANN in FRIENDLY ENEMIES | LIBERTY | “GOING UP” || GLOBE Wms #0 Mt on Mr. RAYMOND HITCHCOCK (I IN HITCHY-KOO 1918 with LEON BRROL IRENE BORDON A TAILOR-MADE MAN 3), 39TH ST, fei, r EYES OF ‘YOUTH ith CASINO hs Key. hy Sebi Al) An puinr “Mat, “Wed.” Ree. as "ha ASTOR #s3'5,28°%5,! » Rock A Bre Baby BROADHURST '%\..’, MAYTIME John & ut MIPS Tau f Reor CENT CENTURY GROVE EAU TIFUL GUELS aut EVETNTIENG SHUBERT \ BATES “ ‘ in BEINN GETTING TECETER Grn chy We serene ) WORK OR FIGHT. Elaborate Preparations Being Made for Staging Bi ig Tennis Tournamen @ commanding lead in the metropol:-| oan EXPOSITION ea | Wanted advertisements, Se} | * hampion, who was recently operated! D for append.citis. The boy's ti fr 1 th has not yet fully tes) vered from his illness, for he ed and power in his mate siraight sets. The veteran players both clubs did not perform as well af istal, the intense heat robbing themi " of energy At the Kings County 1 me squ ated County Teta ay nis Club of Westchester by 5 mat H t+ 4. The majority of the contests narked hy extra itenry Mollem= "J hauer, one-time Long Island eham@e= pion, and Charles Chambers, the press ent Brooklyn titleholder, figured "® both singies and doubles vietortes, Ichtya Kumaga who was th the Japanese star, sensation of two yeare 7 stepped to the forefront in the | first matoh which he has played stace his return to this country whem he successfully defended his title of New New York State champion om the courts of the Yahnundasis Club ag Utlea yesterday, He defeated his fle low-countryman, Sollehiro |an especially created challenge with the score of 4-6, 62, G2, tty his victory Kumagae won hig nd Jeg on the Maurice E. Mel in Challenge Bowl, which already Inseribed on it, in addition te the | name of Kumagae, those of 8. Bowe ard Voshell and William MeBlivey, ago, Hf the tennis fang ay two courts There is Joy amoni Camp Upton, aa to boys have rr mmodations be prov d indulge in their sport Owing to moro pressing matt nights of Columbus. were wna Around to the ameation of [courts until two weeks a | tthe ork has been rushed to f | K P atarting witht The large porch will pi corking spot from whicl to observe bova in. action All the nee been provide regardin File will be the | cof C. verythiag fr | EASTERN LEAGUE RESULTS. | Under 1; Worcester, 0, Dridiinwet, |: “Worreeter “Lorton. 6 Wyner New London. \ * “PROLT a FFP FPR OC oll 8}, | Park & Lordy (OTO PLAYS, The Girl on th tay's Birthday Jan K » Baad” t! th trie aglbutlow Hergen Hiway Mt Bt | Baylor Piss NCE Bway My Daly Ma IVERSIBE’ way a ont [ath HENDERSON'S, BLOSSOM SEELEY NOKTON & LEE vk « Guu r TAL TO. Suet HAN Nenekle ieee Mabel Normand in me cae Nie Holoieta Lie KAISER STRAND ' AMUSEMENTS. 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