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Fe COLUMN .” ' * MM] —_— _ French Daredevils With Freak Car Hope to Beat All Ameri- Gan Automobile Race Records. omens, Yad tal Wann’ ~ HE greatest collection of dare- devil automobilg drivers that at ever competed in any one single meéet is tuning up these days at the Bheepshead Bay Speedway for Sat- erday’s series of races there. Twelve dn all are entered, representing the | @hampions of every country, from De | Palma, the American, to Rene Thomos, the French speed marvel, Four events are on the programme, which includes | @ ten, twenty, thirty and fifty mile ree. | , Among avtomobdile race enthusiasts | fmterest centres around the appear- ance of Rene Thomos and the car he will drive. He has already won two Indianapolis races and has every _ French record to his credit. Albert _ Guyot and Jan Wagner, two of his countrymen, are in the various events 00, and between them they hope to ‘tat every mark ever made in com- petition in this country. HP Frenchmen: drive an espe- cially constructed car of French design known as the Ballot, It is said to be the speedi- @st thing ever fitted to tires afd’ cost $30,000. It is @ little bigger than a Ford in size. There are only four of these cars in this country at the present time, and according to James Johnson, the promoter, $100,000 eouldn’t buy another for delivery be- | fore 1920. Paul Bablot, the noted - _ Millionaire sportsman, brought these @ars here last month, and they have | @reated a sensation wherever seen. Although past performances would indicate an international victory for | Frenchmen, De Palma, Chevro- | Milton Vail and Joe Thomas @ren’t conceding anything in ad- vance. Nor is De Resta, whose car has gone around the Sheepshead Bay ‘oval in a trial spin at 115 miles an hour speed. oa IM O'SULLIVAN, who brought 4 the late Les Darcy to this) country, has imported another | ‘Australian pugilist, He is Jimmy Hill, | ‘accredited featherweight champion | . @f the antipodes. Hill has just ar- y ere, via California, If he can be ¥ by appearances he is th ‘complenioned, slender below: the | al ul low waist and broad shouldered. He is! equere jawed and has a strong fight- Hullivan didn't breathe easy w tM Hill arrived here. He was fear- ful that some one in California would throw a net over him, as managers | and err, Hill from him and New| ‘ork, O'Sullivan had Billy Gibson | + wire a friend in San Francisco to| meet Hill and see him safely on train . for the big city. O'Sullivan would ask noth- h ing better than «a match for ili with Benny Leonard, which | - abews' that he at least isn’t picking | marks, Manager Gibson turned . @ match because, he says, feather- a ts gre too small for Leonard to “s t and he could gain no added| : once by beating one, even though a: happens to be Australia’s cham- plen, O'Sullivan will now seek a match ie Johnny Kilbane for the ‘world’s title. Danny Morgan, who looked Hill over critically last night. was very P: mvch impressed be ge! physical make-up and the Ubat te is twenty-six years old, Morgan says eecekdel io the right age for a fghter to be at his best and points out that fighters rarely make rood when very young. Many of them show early signs of ability but it usually takes years, he says, to develop them, into ebampionship material, There is no such thing as the so “new man” in the ring sport. lard had to fight about six years re he commanded any attention, nny Leonard was no novice at th when he beat We'sh, psey needed years of experienc before he became famous as a knock- out and 80 on down the line, Ac- cording to Morgan, Stanley Ketchei was about the only fighter who dumped into fistic fame quickly: BGOTIATIONS are on for an international match for the light heavyweight champion- #hip between Georges Carpentier and Battling Levinsky. Dan Morgan has a letter from France off him terms fo bring the Battler ht the French c resent considering them, f Promoter believes th American dollars, and if he ts sati: fied that it is enough for Levinsky’s services, will cable his acceptance. THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JUN . BEST SPORTING PAGE | E11, 1919. N NEW YORK AT THE WOMEN’S METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIP Copyright, 1919, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) —_———-<+. on July 4. The statement is as follows: that he suggested certain names. exhibition.” By Robert Edgren. for the big fight off his hands. MAJOR BIDDLE SAYS REFEREE IN WILLARD-DEMPSEY FIGHT HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED ON Copyright, 1919, by he Press Publishing Go. (The New York Bening World). ) TOLEDO, June 11. ier RICKARD is no diplomat, yet Tex avoided all sorts of complica- Says It Was Purely in a Private Capacity That He Suggested Certain Names— Board Meets in New York Friday. In a statement issued through the offices of the Board of Boxing Control here to-day, Major Anthony J. Drexel Biddle denied that he had officialiy named a referee for the Willard-Dempsey bout at Toledo “Major Biddle hastens to correct the impression that prevails that his recommendation of any one or other referee is in any way binding Pg upon the Board of Boxing Control. It was purely in a private capacity He will preside at a meeting of the | ®t --.20 21 408] seston board on Friday here, and he will defer to the suggestion of his con- ferees*n the matter of selecting a referee for the’ Willard-Dempsey tions when he sat down and dictated a letter to the President of the Army, Navy and Civilian Bourd of Boxing Control, Major Anthony J, Drexel Biddle, asking the Board to take the matter of selecting @ referec For several weeks every train into Toledo has heen bringing gentlemen who want to referee the bout, Most of these, so Tex says, haa heard a BASEBALL. rumor that the referee is to receive a neat little fee for his services—to As « natural result, friend Tex was waylaid at every street LTHOUGH only a featherweight, | corner, in every hotel corridor, and even at his meals, The understanding wit, $10,000, Rickard would name the man, fair judgment was strongly in his favor, olded. wrote this: Both Men Want Board to Select Referee, | Commission here, two of the some sport. credit be it said, they readily assented, ©f the decision of your Board in the matter. This looks like a shrewd move. {RACING BEGINS TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT | around until he nearly tore tt down, | dition, need to do a great deal more of boxing. Jess Wil crowd, AND 3 OTHER STAR ATTRACTIONS ' WORST RACK AT 2.45 P.M. SPECIAL RACK TRAINS going. him he has done a day's work. Monahan, round with Soldier Stanton, champion, he is an Indian, As Jei It bi riners, to bave @ new sparring Mayor, was that if Willard and Dempsey failed to agree upon a referee, Tex The McGraw clubbers used up two of A couple of days ago dismay overwhelmed the gentlemen who want to W48 very wild, lasting less than three feferee the fight when it was learned thaf both boxers favored having !""1ngs, and Bill Mitchell, who suc- ‘all negotiations looking to such | Jimmy Dougherty appointed, Dougherty’s reputation for squareness and But when he was asked by Rickard if he would care to consider refereeing the bout he at once said! that he could not think of it because he was a particular friend of Jack tinued their drive for the bottom of Dempsey, and he felt that while he could go into the ring and give a deci-| the league. It was their fifth straight sion based only on his best judgment, people who knew of his friendship to | defeat since leaving home, Jeff Pfeffer Dempsey would be inclined to look on his appointment with suspicion, There have been rumors that at the last moment the Toledo Boxing| his winning streak was broken, an Commission will take the referee matter out of the hands of Rickard and | @Valanche of hits sending him to the boxers, There have been other rumors that unless Willard was satis. |CVer in the firth, fied that the referee selected would be absolutely impartial he'd take the | WhO succeeded, was unable to check next train back to Kansas, and there would bo no scrap. People were wondering why the referee matter was left so long unde- But yesterday Rickard gave out copies of his letter, After a few j@ Chicago took the first game of the complimentary opening paragraphs, Tex came right down to business and “1 feel that in being responsible for the exhibition between Willard and Dempsey it is in my power to do something to strengthen the author- \\ty of your Board, and after discussing the matter with the Toledo Boxing members of which—the Schreiber, and its Chairman, Mr, Christopher Wall—are on your Board, we have decided to invite you to assume control in regard to the appointment | of all the officials, the referee, two judges (do you think them advisable?) and the timekeeper, and alter any conditions under which the exhibition will be conducted if in the opinion of your board any ‘such conditions are inconsistent with the laws of humanity and the rules of clean and whole- Cornell “Before sending this Invitation to your board I, of course, consulted Willard and Dempsey, and when I pointed out the great amount of good it was in their power to do to boxing by supporting your board, to. thelr “1 will be obliged if you could inform me at your earliest convenience Sincerely yours, “TEX RICKARD." The Army, Navy and Civilian Boara | of Boxing Control was organized a few months ago for the purpose of pro- moting clean sport in America, handling boxing much as it ix handled by the National Sporting Club of London, under the direction of that *world- famed sportsman, Lord Lonsdale, ‘The board plans to control the licensing of all clubs, and to Heense all professional boxers and referees, give the governing body entire control of the sport and will eliminate the influences that have discredited one of the finest sports in the world, No Boxing for Dempsey on Account of Cut. Jack Dempsey had to cut out boxing in his daily work yesterday be- cause it will take three or four days for the cut over his eye to heal, roughed around with his men a Jittle, and punched the big padded bag Dempsey is in perfect fighting con- If the bout were to-morrow he'd be fit to do his best, This will He He does not rd went through seven rounds at the Casino before a big He worked faster and better than ever before since coming to | Toledo, and is beginning to show the benefit of the harder training he is | doing. He roughed three rounds with Jack Hempel, Jack likes the rough ‘whe can give him 9 Lite faster than . a : ‘ween? He is a powerful fellow, and when Jess finishes three rounds with Jess boxed three more rounds with Walter As usual this was @ fast workout, Then he went through a Jess has taken a liking to Stanton, although the soldier is @ little shy of boxing skill and can't do much a, Stanton says he is of Greek descent, but Willard ins‘ t the “that |lost his fourth straight game since MRS.L.C. SToOCKTO RARITAN WALLEY C.¢. CHAIRMAN oF GREENS eonncrven NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. bk. PC.) Club, u 703 | Pittsburgh 2 Cincinwati 885 | Bt. Louis. 2 As Chicave +550 | Phitadetphia. .15 21 1325 342 GAMES YESTERDAY, New York, 6: Cincinnati, 2, Pittebergh, reckiyn, 6, Chicago, 6; Philadelphia, 3, St. Louis, 4; Boston, 2, 8 TO-DAY, 9 Philadelphia at Chicage. Boston at St. Louis, AMERICAN LEAGUE. GAMES YESTERDAY. New York, 2; Detroit, 1. Phil gar Detroit at New York. Chleage at 8 TO-DAY. St. Louis at Philadephia. Cleveland at Washington, The New York Giants, hitting the ball hard and fielding well, stopped the winning streak of the Reds in the opener of a four-game series, 6 to 2. the Moran pitchers, Ray Fisher, who ceeded him, being hammered hard in the eighth, The Brooklyns were outpitched and | outbatted by the Pirates and con- Larry Cheney, the Pirates and fared almost as badly as Jeff did, series from Boston, 5 to 3, Cleotte winning his eleventh game of the sea- son and his seventh straight, Chicago went on a batting rampage in the first inning against George Smith and made enough runs to win easily from Philadelphia in the first game of the series, ‘The score was to 3 Errors behind Shaw enabled Cleve- land to defeat Washington inthe! opening game of the series, 3 to 2. Roth's triple in the seventh inning with the bases full gave Philadelphia the first game of the home series with St, Louls, 5 to 3, By bunching two hits, with a base on balls off Rudolph and an infield out in the sixth, the St. Louis Car- dinals won their seventh consecutive victory, defeating Boston, 4 to 2. It was Gowdy Day, and the Braves’ catcher received a handsome wrist watch, TENNIS. Miss Molla Bjurstedt, sufficiently recovered from her injury to take her place on the courts, appeared in the doubles in the tournament at the Ardaley Club and paired with Mra. Spencer Fullerton Weaver, defeated Miss Clare Cassel and Miss Helene Pollak by the score of 6—4, 6-2. The playing of Fred G. Anderson, the tall Brooklyn youngster, and brother of Frank Anderson, featured the play in the Metropolitan and Bronx championship tennis tourna- ment at the New York Tennis Club. Anderson eliminated Heter Bal) of Yale in the second round, 7-4, 3—6, 6-0, Other winners were Harold Throckmorton, 8, Howard Voshell and Francis Huater, thelr victories Saturday and Sunday, the Australian team won the Inter-Allied tennis team champion- ship, The Australians took both their singles matches with the Americans on Saturday, while on Sunday they captured the match in doubles, giving them the victory and making it un- uled. Allied France, four rival un! their competi Expeditionary Boulogne. alty @eague, ui two nights. side-s' to the West. night. his bicycle, now and Verri, th ter than Jersey City at Net Bochester at Patt! Bara ary to play the two remaining singles 5 ‘ort to. bring MISCELLANEOUS. By @ score of twenty-four points against seventeen, accumulated by the United States Army swimmers, representing the Army of Occupation unit, outclassed) in the American! Force championship events, contented in Lake St. James, Bols de its, tors = Buftalo, EVENING WORLD'S OWN SPORT HISTORY What Happens Every Day matches in the series of five sched- In addition to the team cham-} plonship Wood and Lycett won the) doubles championship of the Allies for Australia, Andre Gobert won the championship Red Croas,gave its third ward show The wounded sol bo. are getting the best that the League can give them and that means high class boxers are keeping up their good work in the different hospitals, no matter the temperature. ping by the glove wielders. The boys are on hand every night just as they were during the winter. oo AMATEUR GOLF TOURNEY. CHICAGO, June 11—Charles (Chick) Evans, national amateur and open golf champion, who is this week defending his tile in the open tournament .t Newton, Mass,, has sent in his entry in the Western amateur championship to be held in St. Louis next week. Evans recently announced that he would not be @ contestant in the Western event, which he has won four times, but it is said the entry of a number of stro Eastern players, including Francis Oul- present champion, and John Ander- of Siwanoy, caused him to cha: plans and endeavor to help in back the championship ‘Toronto at Binghamton. Heading at Baltimore (two games), | BO! Shatasen tlhe There ts for swimming which were ‘At Base Hospital No. 5, Grand Cen- tral Palace, last night, the Boxers’ Loy- the direction of the in v8 Loyalty no Frank Kramer and Francisco Verri will meet in the final of the quarter- mile national professional championship race at the Velodrome, in Newark, to- This race went unfinished last week, when Kramef was thrown from He has had a week's reat in good condition edy Italian, is riding bet- again. aaoeemteaiinne NEW INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Standing of Clute, L. PO) club, 3.30 P.M. w. ip nd? YioAmert good workout. was brought up on the Indian reservation n New Yor! home in Kansua, he ought to know a redukin when he sees one. Meee Die | ‘been rumored that Billy Miske is to become one of Dempsey's | ja & gymnasium wonder, he steps now, Yesterday he received a wire from Maxey ffering to send Al Reich out to join the champion’s staff, Reich feet 3 inches tall, weighs 220 pounds, and Is one of the best big men ever seen in’a gymnasium. Reioh may be unfortunate in the ring, but he He should be able to make Jess Staff Correspondent of The Evening 1 cone World. And Turns Wizard of Green Makes Great Record in National Open Golf Championship. iF By William Abbott. BRAEBURN COUNTRY CLUB, WEST NEWTON, Mass., June 11.— Mike, Brady of Oakley improved his chances for the national open title when he shot around his third round on the Braeburn course to-day for a great 73. Starting the final round, the leaders were as follows: ‘Mike Brady, 221; Walter Hagen, 226; Charlie Heffner, 227; George Hutchinson, 230; Francis Outmet, 234; Jim Barnes, 234, and Chick Pvans, to the possibility of Brady cracking on the last 18 holes and the rather thin chances of Walter Hagen and) third round were Brady's magnificent game and the sidetracking of several favorites. Stars such as Jim Barnes, Louis Teller, Jock Hutchinson, Chick Bvans and Francis Oulmet could not stand the hot pace and their scores removed them many strokes from first position. m) 2 J. gradually blew up under the. strain, best round for the championship. Confident and resourceful, the New England star took many difficult ebances and got away with them. Going out, Brady made one sensa- tional shot after another. This won- derful brand of golf netted 34 at the turn, At the llth and 12th the young Irishman temporarily slipped up when his tee shots carried to the rough. Brady was quickly back on the job, however, and wielded his irons with such deadly accuracy that the remaining holes went in par figures, except on the 400 yard par home hole, wheret he local wizard for good measure ran down a 40 foot putt. Brady, instead of exploding as the wise ones predicted, actually grew steadier as he went along. With-his five-stroke lead, the Oakley profes- sional could afford to take things easy on his last journey over the sun-baked course and still capture the highest golf honors in the country, After escorting Brady in, several thousand golf fans thamped out after Walter Hagen, former nationa] open champion, who had the best chance of passing Brady, Hagen, paired with Jock Hutchinson, started promisingly and came to the turn one under par, but the Detroit star found the going pretty tough coming in, Several times his second shot found trouble on long holes. Hagen at the finish seemed relieved hie card wasn't higher than 76. Hutchinsen, a veteran Scot, ruined his chances on the 18th, where a mid iron landed in the rough near the green and a recovery travelled en- tirely across the putting ground, the mistake costing six strokes for the A secondary feature in the third round was Francis Ouimet's passing his great amateur rival, Chick Evans, the defending open champion. The battle between this pair has been al- most as keen as the scramble for the National aitle, Evans on the first two step around al when Ch Chi ad a apoll of . ‘ a wildness sad took an 82 ter tbe rvund, Ae ie i aap =" SS SNES REANIM rounds had the best of the Woodland star, but Ouifet ahead to-day Ip Eg e” & pet ongey ex - se Holing From 40-Foot Putt, Mike Brady Leads Field in Score of 73 Philadelphia, 15: ‘ ee ate '. : den, Commonwealth, 151-76—22) Bowden, 227; Jack Cowan, 228; Jock ©. Sherwood, Mound Builders, 1 —242; J. M. Barnes, Sunset, 155. 234; A. Reid, Bound Brook, 164-81— 79-239 ‘Tedesco, 165-8 Cincinnati, 15: Braeburn, 8 John Black, Claremont, 156— James McGregoir, Agawam, 161—82 246; Alex Ross, Detroit, 155—77—23: While many of his closest rivals| Bert 82—246; Just - By Thornton Fisher. Outmet, despite a few hooked drives and missed putts, manage! to negoti- ate his journey in 79, which put his| Valley Country Club is generally con- 234 total one strike ahead of Evans. Louis Tellier, the renchman, Jim Barnes, whose showing in the championship has been dis@ppointing,|in a good score for her round with was off the line many times and his| Mrs. Shoat of Englewood, the tally best score was 79. Young Charlie Hoffner, whose 12, made the first day, remains the best round of the meet, was unsteady es-| was that in which Miss Hollins de- berry Pg the greens and did well to| feated get a 77. Scoring conditions were ideal, a|in 45, giving her 91. hot sun making the course fast and the greens slippery. The scor L. B. Pattton, Homestead, 165-57— 252; Harry Hampton, Richmond, 150- 17—237; S H, C. Lagerblade, Youngs- » 169-82—241; W. D. Robinson, 85—244; Geo. Bow. 236. 245; John Shea, KernWwood, 167-#4— “ id, Wilmington, 160- ‘The battle has now narrowed down | soagy fred Reld, Wilmington Alex Cunningham, Wheeling, 160- ¢. F. Wogan, Essex County, 254; M. J. Brady, Oakley, 148- Isaac Mackie, Canoe Brock, perhaps three or four others to over- | 15' Gil Nicholls, Great Neck, take the leader, is 82-211; James West, Rockaway unt, 161-80- Carl Anderson, The outstanding features of the) pronzvilie, : W.V, Hoare, Otto Hackbarth, ; Louls Tellier, 3 John Bredu- 162-86-248. 161 us, unattached, Willie Ogg, Atlanta, 3; George Low, Baltusrol, 142—8 G. Anderson, Siwanoy, 157—84—241 Nicols, Belmont Springs, 164— F, C, Camansa, Oak Ridge, i} aI Ee. ¥ stepped out and peeled off a 73, his French, York, 157—81—238. mention my name- “In my day, Sir, the King himself would daily besport himself at the net. But the enjoyment which His Ma- jesty derived from the game can be doubled by you, if you'll follow each gamewith acigarette which they'll sell youat United—ifyou'll just mention my name"— | yesterday for the opening match play | characteristic of her diminutive/in the Qnishing dash for the trophy. walloped into frequent| Mrs. Stockton puts both distance and | trouble on his third round. and needed| accuracy into her drives and handles 82 to complete the trip. HARON HOLLINS CLOSE ON HEEL OF MRS. AVN Women’s Metropolitan Tour- ney Now in Progress at Arcola Promises Exciting . Scramble for Title. By Thornton Fisher. HIRTY-TWO charmingly attired jadies in divers hues dotted the Arcola Country Club course for the women's metropolitan golt championship. Considering the rain which fell the day previous, the course was in very fair shape, 80 that the first couple drove off at 10 o'clock in the morning under favor- able conditions, 4 Mrs. William A. Gavin, the clever golfer representing the South Shore + Country Chub, started around with her opponent, but the odds were so great against her competitor that they called it @ day when they reached the eleventh hole and discon- tinued, Never mind who the other lady was. Mrs, Gavin's coolness is a marked play and will prove one of her strongest assets in the scramble for the title, Miss Marion Hollins, Westbrook, is fast on Mrs, Gavin's heels, and the gallery is especially,interested in what she may do before Friday, Among the few mere men who fol- lowed the efforts of the female goifere were ex-Gov. John W. Griggs of New Jersey and W. D, Moffat, Chairman of the Greens Committee of the Ar- cola Club, Mr. Moffat smothered an occasional grin as a long approach to the green would roll around like a ball on a rough sea. A number of the greens are rolling, causing a ball which ordi- narily might fall close to the pin to roll away a few yards. Mrs. Lelia C, Stockton of Raritan ceded to be among those who will be * the iron sticks like a veteran. Miss Beatrice Lounsbery brought gone 46 out and 47 in, giving her One of the best matches of the day Miss Violet Miller, Miss Hollins going out in 46 and returning The two outstanding matches to- day should be Miss Beatrice Louns- bery ve. Mrs, Gavin and Miss Hollin> vs. Mrs. J. J. Thompson of Siwanoy. ‘The following is a summary of yes- terday’s championship division, first round: Mrs. J. J. Thomson beat Mrs. T. H. Thomas, Hackensack, by default: Miss Marion Hollins, Westbrook, beat Miss Violet Miller, Baltsurol, 5 up and 2 to play; Mrs. G. M. Heckscher, Piping Rock, beat Mrs, 8. P. Nash, Baltsurol, 3 up and 2 to play; Mrs, J. A. Moore, Sleepy Hollow, beat Mrs. Philip Stevenson, Piping Rock, 4 up and 3 to play; Miss Beatrice Louns bery, Bedford, beat Mrs. A. Shoat Englewood, 6 up and 5 to pla Mr . A. Gavin, South Shore, beat Mrs H. Alexandre, Piping Rock, 8 vp and 7 to play; Miss R. \Sherwood, 8 George's, beat Mrs. G. K. Morrow Engineers, 2 up and 1 to play; Mrs A. 8. Rossin, Century, beat Mrs. 1. C. Stockton, Raritan Valley, 4 up and 3 to play. What's the use of cooking a good meal, if you don’t pre- pare enough to go ’round? Report has it that straw hat stores all over the coun- try are not only scurrying to replenish, but are taking most any old hats with which to fill in. This condition does not exist here. True, we've done the larg- est straw hat business in our history. But we were ready for it. Ample reserves were pro- vided when we p'aced our ‘initial order—over a year | ago. | Result! We have the stock—our kind, made on our own specifications. Variety at all “four cor- ners,” Prices from $3 up. RocEerRs PEET COMPANY + at 34th St. at 13th St. “Four Convenient Broadway Comers” Fifth Ay at tet N