The evening world. Newspaper, July 11, 1919, Page 12

F OMI |PLAYING WATER GOLF AT THE “MET” MATCH ' - by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening Wortt). » bethie Sie alin oe AV int Ae YORK | By Thornton Fisher IN TENNIS MATCH AGAINST THE EAS Tilden and Richards Are Beaten ‘ in Doubles by Joha- ston and Hardy. £ } ‘ 2? YAN. || CINCINNATI, July 11—The Weet- ‘ f , ern team of lawn tennis players took . } ies Hi Up Pay- f , 5 the lead at the opening day's play of ment of Fight Bets. the Hast vs, West sectional cham- pionship by winning one of the Cooma Woe Bact tcc Wort ‘AS Joas Willard knocked out fnatehes in the singles, one in tho doubles and losing only one in the sin- in the third round or did the end in the fourth? Are gles, thus making the count to date det that Willard would two to one. By far the most interesting ping of entitied to collect? ons are stilt being | the day as secu in the doubles when Wiliam M. Johnston of California and Sam Hardy of Chicago took the measures of the oational doubles champions, Willlam T. Tilden da of yivania and Vincent Richards jew Jersey, ufver the lutter had if Hi the many refuse to abide by Jim Corbett, ex-heavy- pion, insists that Willard rounds, und those who he would go that distance in their bets, Bil Brown, @, agrees with Corbett, but hard disagrees with both of He says the fight ended in the Tor session, and if that Is the case " can not credited with lasting three rounds. This brings up the question of what & round under the Marq’ neberry rules, Right off the one would say three minutes, and according to accepted anthorities be wrone. niess we have put the ‘rong construction on the reading of rules, a round is three minutes of and: one minute of reat. White, referee and later a of boxing bouts in New ‘ork, says and Fredd itt il 6 to grow sltonger, and waning and serving displayed that the former champion Was close to his old time form. The Western pair won this set at 0, running through it in fast fash+ jon, and continued thelr good work in the third set, scoring at 6-3 Both Tilden and Nichards came back strong in the fourth get, but could + not ‘cope with Johnston and Hardy’ steady work and went down to defeat of the da the defeat of 5. How: York by Robert Kinsey of California at 61, 6-0. 4 Voshell started well, in, fret ost and had the count 4 i . # z j LOOKED LIKE a GUY WHed BEEN SHIPWRECKED Both Local Clubs Strong In Hitting and Fielding, a But Weak in Pitching Lack of Steady. Twirling Caus- ing Giants and Yanks to was i, the in BI ing. OH the final match of the day Tehyin Kumagae of Ja) ber he Eastern team, pag i Somat ont ve. ert Hike BRacy SAW HIS Bal. Betwe! TE RaW OROPS that is his ideu of & round, vy Welsh, ex-lightweight champion, interprets the rules the same way. If this version is correct, note SHoRS Country cLus STANDING OF defes ‘= nh feria sets at 7-5, Does Bgl = Stew 5 haven't any reason to doubt it, was beaten In the third round, in other words, he didn't ‘three rounds. or be had answered the bell in tho fourth only to be counted out, then it could be said bad stayed three rounds and knocked out in the fourth. it jowever, considering it part of the third he failed by tw thirteen last that Lose Grip in Rival Pennant races, By Bozeman Bulger. ¢ HE scarcest commodity to-day in the world of sports is good, re- Hable pitching. Without It no club, no matter how strong otherwise, may hope to win a big Itague pennant and to secure’ it for money is practl- had |#!ly impossible, For proof of this note standing of clubs. Thé contract of a g00d pitcher to-day is almost priceless. a. Never in the history of the game, ac- cording to tho veteran managers, hes |. there been so few pitchers with con. be-/ of the Glants would have Yans are wonders at dig- up arguments. Few angles important contest fall to subjects for discussion. The battle, for instance, furn\shes » One of them is whether or not ‘Willard was ringside favorite. There fafe no means of getting an official de- Pe *) cision on this point, Up to witnin a of the bout baseball public with the an of @ big deal. He may do It yet, bit there are two difficulties. Winding the right pitcher and findii “Any athlete who would go out and Practice throwing at a knothole until could hit ft seven {Imes out of tens’ piteh- 't be- . ed out fas simp! le to pitch the ball w! he wanted to, even without “I believe he could win a lot Of course, he her. it is this lack of steadiness ly | that is prying the Giants loose ‘Trom of) that top rung of the pennant tien | now with @ team but a moter. is data, payment of the xplains itself, Is as July 3, 1919. Trust and Savings raat Following this is a receipt for th; above amount signed “Jess Willard® PAB DIS bold handwriting, reading like July 7,_1919. _ . The Guardian Trust and Savings BR Ohio. ‘ The 7 Suvinos Banker te fDoesccount of Rickard & par value, in interest to July sso Boss Jess Willard. tall ladder. the New and nave got to have protect the It is also the nemesis that ally jars the Yanks. Both of York clubs are strong tn hi' fielding—stro: than been in years, but they'v: evel steady pitching to most any afternoon. In other wo! with @ hitting club like the Giants o1 to-day behind him Matty, wouldn't have lost a that could score runs like the Giants or the Yanks. “It's funny” said MoGraw the other day “T have worked for to get her @ great hitting club and now that I have [i it lam paying trot ble with a lack of steady pitehin, ‘That isn't what made mo gray haired, but unless they all get going good soon my hair will be no darker.” A month or six weeks ago it looked as if the Giants were well heeled. It looked as if the Robins were even overstocked in good twirlers. To-day the Giants have wobbled and Uncle ‘Wilbert Robinson says his pitching staff almost dropped to pieces over night, Grimes was injured’and every- thing tumbled. It was @ Bee, ee ee but that staff »m- enough in 7 m- Grove instead of falling off. ‘Thea tt to wobble. Thormahien has Deen laid up with tonsilitis, but de- clared himself ready to resume his regular turn when the club started ‘West. Nobody appears able to give the swer, Just “ the pitchers hav rit gone to pieces is one of the mysteries ‘rder on the same bank, dated July 3, reads as follow: itlemen: Wi ‘The whole thing was wd Jae" with Rickards manner. of 40ioE everything. | : THE CLUBS AMERICAN LEAGUE. GAMES YESTERDAY. ‘AM games pevtponed, Rall GAMES TO-DAY. St. Louie at New York, Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. ’ Cinotnnati at Boston, Chicage at Philadelphia, RECAP a NEW INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE} ‘tt Binghamton, of baseball, That may explain, by the way, why the hitting is heavier than it has been in years. Tho greatest disappointment to the Giants has been the backslide of Causey. There is no question about his being a great pitcher, and he mhould come back. On Causey, Benton and Toney, McGraw will have to rest his chances for the begeeann Ferdie Schupp seems utter- unable to get contro! and Poll Per- itt has failed to round into condi- tion. He should have been ready a pet Debio A pelther ate vamos woes io his thous! ee he serves well a clean-up man. In the dilemma that faces the Giants, McGraw may have to bring young Winterg out of the paddock. Following his old custom, the Giant manager ‘has kept this po- tential star on the bench for season- ing purposes, He always has been personary careful about sending a young pitcher im too soon for fear af ruining him. f Phe gene Cravath has begun his career of the Phillies b: - chasing Russell Blackburn, an in ler formerly with the Bray While it may be none of our business it would be interesting to know just how much Cravath was permitted to pay for this player—with the high Price of tape and everything. —_—_——— Big Time for Farreliite: ‘The first annual outing tendered to the employees of William Farrell & Son will be held next Saturday at, Witzel's Grove. The party will leave on the &, 8. Squantum’ from West 35th Btreet ‘and North River at. 11 o'clock in the morning. During the afternoon athletic events and a ball game will be contested. Canadian Tracks May Open Seon. TORONTO, July 11.—In spite of the embargo placed on thoroughbred racing by an order in Council, officials of the Metropolitan Racing Association an- | Competition yesterday, nounced (o-day that they were pre- ring to hold meetings this season on’ x both tae local racks, Butterin Park and bil They ressed mecrneent that the ombarge wil be Hagen’s Ability to Win Uphill Battle Makes Him Favorite to If Hoffner, French and MacFar: lane Make Slightest Miscue To-Day the National Open Although Six r “‘Met’’ Title LEADING SCORES RECORDED FIRST DAY OF THE “MET” Strokes Behind, Is Expected | vai, to Capture Local Honors. By William Abbott. OAFING six strokes behind the leader, Walter Hagen, national champion, was a tougher bunker than sand, water, woods, rough grass and everything else for the big field of pros and amateurs to-day when it came time to start the final thirty- six holes of medal play for the Met- ropolitan open title at the North Shore Club, Coming from behind to win is Hagen’s specialty, which is perfectly well known to his oppo- nents, He did this stunf three years ago for the “Met” title at Garden| x City. And the same thing at Brae Burn last month for the national championship, And the likelihood of }| Hagen duplicating his pet stunt to- day gived the links battlers case of nerve shock. 5 One hundred and seven star pros and amateurs started in the 72-hole Of this num. ber only four really have a good chance to win first prize—Chariie Hoftner, Emniet French, \y «iter Hagen and Willie MacFarlauv. ney are well bunched and a missed putt on the remaining two rounds will make a lot of difference, The rest of the field is strung out too far to be menacing, So the final outlook chiefly concerns Hoffner, French, Hagen and MacFarlane, and the chances of blowups, which are nu- merous in medal play, Sizing up the situation this way, makes Walter Hagen the logica) favorite. He is tne class of the professional ranks, If the two ahead make the slightest migcue the national champ will most likely breeze right througa, The end of the first half of the tournament yesterday found the leaders lined up as follows: Charlie 12, 18—145; Emmet French, Willie M Favorites like Mike Brady, runner- up to Hagen for the national title; Tommy errigan, Louls Tellier, Tommy McNamara and George Bow- den slumped badly, mainly because of the terrific rains that turned the North Shore links into a morass, and practically put themselves out of the running. Hoffner gained an early lead aa he did at Brae Burn, He played beautiful golf, Driving a log ball, his iron shots were nicely placed and his putting good. So what could be better? Hoffner's first round of 12 was the best scoring of the entire day. It may be recalled that Hoft- ner’s first round for the national title was 72 and his last round 89, which was considerable of a blowup. Three year 0 Hoftner worked into a triple tie with Hagen and Barnbs for the Metropolitan trophy. If the young star from Philadelphia can maintain a steady gait to-day maybe Hagen will be stymied in his march for another championship, Emmet French the last few sea- has forged rapidly to the front tournal a ‘and he came right back yesterday with @ pair of 73's. French liked the heavy going, which made about a seore quit the party and others run their scores up as fast as any dufter, S Hagen didn't play his usual steady He seemed wild and had tendency to explore the big patches of rough that North hore course, ‘The nationa? champ out of bounds on the lonw ” SRESSATSrSesrssaesSSazs: twelfth, dudded his tee shot on the pond eighth, took three short putts on the ninth and then recovered in other spots go strongly that he had 76 and 76 for his two rounds, “if I was off yesterday,” argues the De- troit, star, “why can't I be on to- day?” considered a strong contender for the title, but his kid brother, George, went out and beat him by over ten strokes. Tommy didnt care for the heavy going. OUIMET, WITH A 72, SETS COMPETITIVE GOLF RECORD WINCHESTER, ‘Mass, July 11.— Thunder showers which thoroughly soaked the players and slowed up the course did not prevent some excellent golf in the first and second rounds of match play at the Winchester Country Club for the Massuchusetts amateur golf championship, = Francis Ouimet won easily in poth rounds, setting a new competitive rec- ord. for the course in the Noor when he scored a 72 in ley Chase 7 up and 6 t BALL. There was gloom in the camp of the New York Yankees last night, for while they were breaking even in @ double-header with the dangerous Cleveland Indians the Chicago White Sox kept up thelr remarkable spurt and passed into first place, The score of the first game was 1 to 0, Jack Quinn winning a pitchers’ battle from Myers, the former Athletic hurler, who has shown surprisingly good form of late, The second game was 7 to 3 in favor of the Indians, as they rapped Thormahlen and Russell hard, while the Yankees could do little with Jasper until after the game was safely on ice, A fly ball fell between Lamar and Ruth in the eighth inning of the sec- ond game and went for a double, two runners crossed the plate and St, Louls won by @ score of 4 to 3, after beating the Red Sox in the first game by concentrated hitting by a score of to 1, The White Sox made it three straight over the Athletics and went back into first place in the American rnave race, an New Work divided @ M 4 | the Tommy Kerrigan of Siwanoy was Fistic News and Gossip By John Pollock Willie Meehan, the pudgy heavy- weight of California, who has fought Champion Jack Dempsey three tmes, the lust contest being won by Mecha who received the decision In « fo round bout at San Francisco Sept. 13, 1918, is the latest one of the big fei- anxious {o get another crack at world’s heavyweight champion. Billy Gibson, Wastern manager of Meehan, received a telegram to-day fi |from Meehan, in which be sald: “Go ahead and match me with Dempse any number of rounds will sult me.’ 88) Dempsey might consent to take Mee- han on in about six months as he is a by i |anxious to wipe out that defeat Mec han has over him. Freddie Reese, the promising Httle featherweight of Brooklyn, who ip now fighting under tbe man agement of Frank Bagley, was to-day signed up to meet Tommy Elm of Paterson, N, J., ror el-bt rounds tm the main go at the Bayouue A A. of Bayonne, N. J., on Tuesday night. Eddie Nugest of Nutley, N, J., and Walter Laurette clash im the other elght-rounder, Joe Benjamin, recognised lightweight champion of Califormis, who came here for fights several weeks ago, will not be able to fight for at least © month as be bas stiff knuckle on bis [eft head Which pains him so much when be boxes that » specialist has advised him vot to do ey boxing for At least three weeks His first bout may be in Philadelphia, Li ts sald that Ted “Kid Lewis, the former wal- terwelght champion, 1s to recelve & guarsntes of $750 for boxing Steve Latzo, the game welterweight of Haxetou, Pe, in their six-round bout in Phile- elphis on Monday night, Latzo is to receite ® fuarantee of $500. Harry Pierce, who fights Eddie ‘Moy At the mame show, receives $200 and Moy $250, Al Lippe, manager of Jeff Smith, the clever Bayonne, N. J., middleweight, received ap offer from a promoter at Denver offering him o big s- it for Smith to box Mike Gibbons « fit- teen-round bout the latter part of this i Lippe accepted the offer, but Gibbons declined the ‘match, Smith outpointed Gibbons in « ten-roand bout at Kansas City on the afternoon of July 4 —— Willie Loughlin, the .han-hitting welterwaight, of Allentown Pa., who is fighting in good form now, bas just been thatched to meet Guliier Bart- field, the Brooklyn fighter, for ten rounis at the big auditorium at Buffalo, N, Y., on July £3, It ought to be one of those slambang affairs as both men afe game, willing fighters ’ In & letter just received Nate Lewis, who tu Wngland- with bis Little fighter, Pal Moore, of Memphis, declares that the Jimmy Wiide-Pal Moore fight on July 17 has aroused #0 much in- terest that it is expected to attract a record crowd of fight fans, Lewis further states that Wilde is & big favorite over Moore, owe what he ts confident Pal will get the decision, EVENING WORLD'S OWN SPORT HISTORY What Happens, Every Day double-header at Cleveland, They bunched hits off Naylor and Grevell, and, as Cy Williams was in fine form, the contest was a runaway, Detroit and Washington divided a double-header, the Tigers winning th first game by consistent batting by @ score of 6 to 6. Weak pitching and seven Detroit misplays gave Wash- oy the second game by a score of to MISCELLANEOUS, Only three of the scheduled six Grand Circuit races were decided at North Randall because of a heavy rainstorm which delayed the start of the first race nearly four hours. As @ result it was announced that the meeting would continue into to-mor- row, Despite the unfavorable weather ancther record crowd was on band. Mariondale, third choice in the bet- ticrg, won the Tavern “Steak” of $3,000 for 2.14 trotters, the feature of the programme, Interrupted by a heavy downpour of rain after less than an hour's play, the rettrn match between the New York Cricket eleven and the German- tewn Cricket Club in the Halifax Cup series at Manheim. was discontinued when Germantown had scored 30 runs dor be ivwe of bwo wickels Sir Barton Is No Match For Hildreth’s Purchase In $6,000 Dwyer Stakes Commander Ross’s Star, Not Quite Right, Sheds His: Championship Crown. By Vincent Treanor. AM HILDRETH'S good three- year-old, Purchase, for the time being anyhow, is the champion three-year-old of the turf, He ac- quired the honors yesterday at Aque- duct by beating Commander Ross's vaunted Sir Barton for the $6,000 | Dwyer Stakes in most convincing, in the fifth race, Hubbub carried a lot of money. On @ mile workout in 1.49 and a in 47 seconds, he wan considered a fine betting ‘proposi- tion, He never figured in the ran- ning and at the end was far outside the money. °. ityle, leaving the Ross colt, without | @ clngle excuse for his, defeat. With racing luck alljagatnst ‘him from the start, Purchase: steok ‘the mud of Sir Barton and Crystal Ford tog, in the run to the stretch and than.came on and ran over the top of them to an easy victory. Sir Barton was off in front with running easily and well in hand for Johnny Loftus all the way into the stretch. Purchase, well behind at this tage, looked beatea from the grand- stand. Loftus got around the home bend with open dayligh@between him and his rival, but hadn® come far on the long straightaway before he went to the whip on the Ross champion in his most vigorous style. leanwhile, straightened out, Knapp began to work on Purchase and in less time than it takes to write it was at Sir Barton's flanks. Loftus still whipped while Knapp hand rode with very evident confidence. Before the pair reached the fina eighth Purchase was on even terms with Sir Barton and running very easily. Knapp didn't delay matters then, but came right on and witbin a sixteenth of a mile from the finish was well in front and looking back. Purchase went past the judges hard held. Sir Barton hung on gamely, but plainly was not good cnough, yesterday at least, to make it even a close contest. Before the race it was said that Purchase worked a mile early in the week Belmont Park in 1.36, or faster than any three-year-old had ever worked, while Sir Barton's bea “prep” performance was 4 mile in 141, ‘Then, again, Sir Barton was giving Purchase seven pounds, and weight always tells, Guy Bedwell wasn't any too cocky before the | horses went to the post. He thought Sir Barton would win, but admitted be was not tightened up as well as he should haye been, He bas been a trifle sore, too, Panaman was considered a good thing in the third race and Cobalt Lass was well backed too, but de-| epite the fact that Torchbearer broke down and pulled up with a spread hoof and Kilts IL, bled, neitheg fig-| ured at the finish ag far as second | and third money was concerned. the track before him and apparently | Hubbub has been a big disappoint. | ment all season, Notwithstanding was a redhot favorite Your Vacation Go well equipped? ‘There's a lot of satisfaction te the Par-amount Shirt wearer, in the knowl that his shirts are “fit for a or a frolic” — —that be is well-shirted any where, anytime, in any company. And at a price that doesn't Sane formating bien te YRe Coro: You can afford a trunkful of Par-amount Shirts at $1.50 and $2.00—“treat 'em rough’ stil get real service out fry Som after you return. om guaranteed to er your money back. 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