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a Bui » pales Mr DS Bluty ‘and Finance American Team’s | Trip to Olympic Games, Rath SP THE offer of an army transport to bring our Olympic team to _— Antwerp this summer puts! aR ie Sam deep in the piker class, )) Phe old gent who boots around bill- | Ba of dollars in Washington these | > days suddenly becomes a tightwad in "the matter of retaining athletic su- Premacy in the United States. {Washington's tender of an army 4 rt is only on condition that thietes and all other team attaches defray thelr own expenses while Ing the Atlantic. This ts about the least the National Government wd do and yet extend a helping tnorities did their utmost to en- courage athletics. In peace time not ha out some inducement to ‘the rising young athlete and reward | the successful runners, jumpers, | ‘weightmen and others with a free trip to the Olympic Games wherever they | to be held? Certainly the Na Treasury, which ‘is shooting | ‘Millions in all directions, could easily | ithstand the cost of the few that would cover expense of the country's team . @ntered for the international com- petition: ‘American athletes traveled in com- fort to the last Olympiad only through | De the late war Federal au- the generosity of Col. Robert Thomp- | ‘gon, who personally hired the Finland | t carry our team to Copenhagen. 1 stead of depending on individual g erosity and public contributions tio National Government should take “fasasurcs ta Cover the:costs of our in- ‘vading Olympic team through legisla- tive action. ~ JFERSEY isn't) going to let New York put over anything on It in &@ boxing way. The Senate in the State across the Hudson has Just followed the lead of the Assem- ‘Diy and ‘passed a bill raising the imhit) of its bouts from eight to twelve rounds. Jersey was content with tho cight- contests until talk of legalizing round bouts in New York be- gomimon, but realizing that this knock the bottom out of its box- the Jersey legislators very quiet- set to work to compete with the pire State promoters—if any such made possible. . \) There were no bickerings at Trenton ve characterized the at- put a boxing law on the at Albany, and now all to start the twelve- idea areling is Gov. Edwards's ture. Meanwhile, New York's xing future is wrapped in doubt, @f @ lack of get-together ves WO more days and local ball fang wijl have their first op. portwiity of seeing how Babe looks in a New York uniform. ¢ Yanks play their first exhibition é around these parts Saturday noon at Ebbets Field agal and from the advance wale there is sure to be a record ‘rowd on hand to greet 1920 bascball. Ruth won't be the whole show, though. Brooklyn fans have heard much and read much about the sen- sational ing of Bernie Neiss, the eeeelaet who has fire during the training games. ‘The fans from across the river are iso anxious to give the new Brook- infield the once over. Koney on it, Olson on second, Ward at short, and Jimmie Johnston at the far cor- her, sounds very good to the Robin- supporters, and they confidently expect to eee the at least among the first three when the final bell rings. | Giant rooters will also be enabled to chow up on a baseball menu. The! Glen McGraw scheduled to meet seine ries: BEST SPORT ‘EVENING WORLD, ~* SURE, BLAME IT ON HER! - - Copyright, 1920, by The Prens Publishing Co. (The New York Drening Worla> AD SN But in Order to Do This They] Must Win the Remaining Five| Games. (Special to The Evening World.) WINSTON-SALEM, N, C., April 8. HIS day will go down in the funnals of the city. almanac as the red letter day of all time. The good fans have whetted them- selves up to the nth height of en- thusiasm over the visit of the Yankees nd Dodgers, and the business men, 1b mén and city fathers proposed in having their blowout to make the on- casion one that will long flourish green in the memories of the ball-| players and visiting scribes, It the weather continues fine Win- ston-Salom is bound to produce the record attendance of the barnstorm- ing tour. The town is placarded as tor a ciréus and every one is talking little but baseball, On their arrival here this morning the two teams created quite as much furore as would a kiltie pipe band in war time. The Mayor has declared a half holiday in honor of Ernie Shore, the Willard-like pitcher of the Yankees, who was born jand raised in a hamlet hard by, but who, since he earned fame on the dia- mond, has always been catalogued a native product, A wonderful pro- | gramme of entertainment has bdeen| mapped out for the visitors. The! morning hours are to be crowded with | sightseeing trips by motor to the| many places of historic interest, the various clubs, the country club, the | big tobacco factores and the cotton | mills. There are invitations from @ halt dozen would-be entertainers to luncheons and dinners. Winston- Salem seems disappointed only in the fact that it must bid its guests good- joy at 8.30 to-night. A very flattering crowd attended yesterday's game at Chester, 8. C. It is well the good folk of that seques- ered little city know little of the me of baseball. Otherwise it would } t have flattered itself over having paid out good money to see such an exhibition, New York lost, of course. But there Boston Red Sox at the Polo) Grounds. It will be a big day for the national pastime. . Champ Britton Gives O’Keefe - Boxing Lesson KENOSHA, Wis, April 8—Jack Britton, the world's welterweight whampion, gave Denny O'Keefe, the man credited with beating Eddie Fitzsimmons here, a nice boxing les- gon in ten rounds here last night. Britton won seven rounds, O'Keefe Ope. and two were even Brittop raised a big lump under O'Keefe’s right eye in the second found. From then on he was out in ‘ front fighting a good fight against a young and husky opponent, Tt was @ greet battle between two Irishmen and witnessed by a crowd that overflowed the local arena. Several hundred fans were left out- _ side clamoring for admission. Tony Melcher, Chicago's new can- @éate for heavyweight honors, will oppose Battling Levineky here at the mext show. Oe) oul Junbeal Binith New ‘York ‘In the gecond round. of ashe uled ten-round fight here last —Karl Cad- t W alge was the consolation that the score was closo—é to 6. If the Yankees win all the remaining five gumes from | the Dodgers they can only break even, Brooklyn already has won eight of the | eleven games played. _'The Yankees showed a flash in the fifth inning of what may be expected from the Heavy Artillery jf it ever |xets its mighty properly adjusted. |Four clean, long drives fh sequence |followed a base on balls, “Babe” Ruth drove in two of the runs with 4 triple to deep right centre that would have carried on the fly to the > Grounds wall. Little Neis was ying away back almost out of sight, or the clout would have been goud for cirouit anyhow. The New York rally more than matched Brookjyn's second inning, in which the Dodgers scored four times Jack Quinn jent aid and comfort to |the enemy by handing out three Passes, one of which forced home a run. The game was finally lost in the ninth inning, because “Rip” Collins failed to cover first base in time for |@ play after Pipp had knocked down a vicious smash on the chalk mark fifteen feet behind first base. Until |Stecher In Hrookt To- | Morrow As sort of « preliminary workout for his bout with Strangler Lewis next |Mondaya night, Joe Stecher, champion heavyweight wrestler of the world, will meet Fred Pilakoff, the Giant Finn, in the headiine hout of an all star eard to be conducted under the auspices of the 47th Regiment Athletic Association at their armory, 3 vy Avenue and Hey- | ward Street rooklyn, to-morrow night. night. The other ‘contests will Best Y anks ‘Can Get in Series With Dodgers Is Even Break _ oO ® he turned hie ankle, Collins pitched wonderful ball, He turned back the first nine batters to face him with apparently ridiculous ease, His over- sight was only one of several that proved costly to the Yankees. A double by Ruth that opened the fourth was thrown away when “Babe” was couched home on Lewis's sharp hit to right geld. “ ‘ Though the -barnstortiing tap gs the New York and Brooklyn ‘Chiby has been limited to five one-night stands, the casualties, nevertheless, have been unusually heavy to date. At Greenville Tuesday Huggins lost Aaron Ward. This fine young in fhelder was sent in to New York yes- terday afternoon to be treated for water on the knee, He injured his left leg sliding back to second base amd at the same time spiked Chuck Ward's right hand rather badly. Zack Wheat was also put out of commission the same afternoon, Hy stubbed his thumb against a hard-hit ground ball, Col. T. 1. Huston, who is accom- panying the Yankees, declared last night that New York had not offered to trade Truck Hannah, Del Pratt and Ping Bodie to the Red Sox for Oscar Vitt, Wally Schang and Mike McNally. Such an assertion had been attributed by Boston papers to Ed Barrow, manager of the Red Sox, Scout Joe Kelly, who was with the alway: Boston Americans for several days, im once more back in camp, It is possible Bodie .may be dis posed of to some other club, but if 89 he will be utilized as a chattel to strengthen the Yankees, win the nomination, i ole es + After four weeks on Pullmans you can't blame the Giunts # they give other teams some riding. Nye se A's ha @ only orn the cel LIVE WIRES By Neai R. O'Hara. Gogrnight, 1908. ty The Pree Publishing Ca (The New York Mrentng World) G. 0. P. convention will prove whether the dark horse or the bull can half their games scheduled for Philadelphia, but they're ae — ING PAGE IN NEW YORK Clevelund Has Best Chamee y - In American League Race, — . By Thornton Fisher According to Final Figures national . r Joseph if Philadelphia e ntry, Brooklyn players got so tanned én Florida they now look like African through a default. Dodgers. oe The U, 8. should win the Olympics if the Senate doesn’t object. sn 8 It's funny, but you don't hear big leaguers object to being farmed to Toronto THIS year. Braves have finished mauling the series proves nothing at all. | C. 8. Cutting defeated Charles B. . {Sands in a match that brought out the best court tennis of the day. Cutting was the more steady in the rallies. Both depended considerably shots. Tigers, which proves that the spring eae) short respite, uperiot clinche A guy can safely say Bt. Louis won't, win the pennant without specifying Sands one. pol in which le: ague. .) ° ° Stecher always gets a big cut of the gate receipts whether he uses the | 5° 4" scissors or not. * p first in Philadelphia was Betsy Ross's and the last one was) mixing ui iT Patina Matte didn, 4 i : | employing ting drives, Joseph Wei Connie Mack's. Both flags are now m . . . In 1914 the Braves and A’s won six years are the hardest—for the Braves and A's. Fulton Cutting also eliminated a ‘Hutchinson, . first. two oa valuable, as he hits hard until the |Cutting appeared not to extend him- . |self to any great extent, . |New York game Cutting atters of history. . defaulted, strongest cor Proving that the last | title, the pennants. McGraw Games With Red Sox Have Been Detriment Rather Than a Help to the Team, NORFOLK, April 8. NLY two more days and the O Legion of New York fans will et their first glimpse of Joha McGraw’s baseball machine for the Season of 1920, The Giants and Red Sox arrived here this morning and this afternoon the thirteenth reel of the thrilling series will be staged here for the benefit of the local pop- ulation. The homeward trip has been a long and hard one and the players wili be more than glad when they step off the train in New York to-morrow night. The Giants have not benefited by the long sefies with the Boston Red Sox as there has been no morn- ing practice since the team left the San Antonio training camp more than three weeks ago. Most of the time the players have slept on the special train, and sleeping in upper and lower berths is no way to get a team of ball-players in shape. ‘There will never be another series like this as long as McGraw has anything to do with the New York Club, The Glants had their best workou yestenlay in Rooky Mount, N.C. since they left San Antonio. The regulars and youngsters were on the ball field at 1.30 and @ lively batting practice was indulged in, The youngsters played seven innings against the Rochester team and later the regulars went seven rounds with Al Bridwell’s Rocky Mount aggrega- tion. Will Never Put Giants Through Another Long Series s+ rs the street, Benny Kauff and Bddie Sickling also made homers. Yesterday .was MceGraw's 47th birthday and the citizens of Rocky Mount honored him throughout the day, In the afternoon his Honor, the Mayor, presented to our manager the key of the city, At night he was & guest of the Rocky Mount inhabi- tants at a dinner. McGraw last night announced that seven of his young players had been released to the Rochester Club which is training here. The players are Ren Kelly, brother of the first baseman; Virgii Barnes, Harris’ Burfield and Jim Garton, pitchers; Chick Bowen and Robert Kinsella, outfielders, and Al White, the young Inflelder from the Catholic University of Washing- ton. White will play second base for Irwin's team. The other youngsters will remain ere with the Rochester Club for a few days and then report to Manager McGraw at the Polo Grounds. Several of the recruits will be shipped to the Waterbury team of the Eastern League. Arnold Stat will be the extra outflelder and Eddie Sickling the utility inflelder. Statz will also bat in Kauff's place when a left hander Is facing the Giants, The Holy Cross youngster played in both games yesterday and made four hits, one a three-bagger which helped to defeat the Rochester team. The Giants and Red Sox will play in Reading, Pa., te-morrow. It will @ be the final game on the road, The teams will leave immediately after the game in Reading for New York. The players will arrive at the Penn- sylvania Station about 10 o'clock. aden eel AS ers Off for Relay Games Here. SOUTHAMPTON, England, April 8.— The Oxford - Cambridge relay team which is to compete in the two--ile race at the University of Pennsylvania Carnival, April 30 and May 1, nailed English RB The Giants met some soft pitehing in this affair and pounded the ball to far and distant parts of the field, The elongated George Kelly showed MoGraw that he has not entirely lost his batting eye by helping himself to include Jim Londos against John Grab- devich and Tarao Mayaki against Jack hwends the Calaifornia estar in a@ unix u-jiteu end catate: i -ee-enteb-can' and far in the air on" houses located on a pair of home runs. The first was record clout. The ball sailed high aad on the steamer Adriatic for New York. Jones After Bouts for Johnson. LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 8.—Jack Johnson, formerly heavyweight boxing champion, now at Tia Juana, Lower California, will get an early match CINCINNATI, ©., April 8.—August Herrmann, President,of the champion Reds, allowed Clarke Griffith last winter to talk him into permitting the Reds to tour the country with Griff's Senators this spring. But it is the last trip of that kind the Reds will make so long as he has anything to do with the club. PHILADELPHIA, April 8. — Pennsyt- vania won the opening game of the col- lege baseball season here from Lata: ette, 4 to 1. The weather was cold and the game loosely played CHICAGO, April 8.— Zeb" Terry, infielder of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was purchased to-day by the Chicago Cubs. PRINCETON, N. J., April 8.—Winter temperature, a driving northerly gale and a heavy snow squall all combined to keep the Tigers from playing a base- ball game with Holy Cross. CHARLOTTRSVILLE, Va., April 8— ‘The Amherst baseball team defeated the University of Virginia nine bere by a score of 2 to 0, ANNAPOL! Md, April Naval Academy defeated Penn § baseball here by, 4 score of 6 to GREENSBORO, N.C. April 8—The Y baseball team defeated the Unt- sity of North Carolina by a score of 5 to 3. 8.—The eat “AT NOON TOMORROW ge to your barber and after a shave, say “Give mea rub with ED. PINAUD’S HAIR TONIC” It will make you feel more like working stimulates circulation man, D. rather casy fashion bj 6—0. During the me and int, ose to sar of Phili considered enders for Ja, ter fo New York and Boston Players In Semi-Finals Two New York and two Bdston play- fs reached the semi-final round of the amateur court tennis cham- Dionship tournament as a result of the matches played yesterday at the New York Racquet and Tennis Club. ‘The men are C. S. Cutting and Fulton Cutting, both of this ¢ity, and Philip Stocliton and D. P. Rhodes of Boston. W. Wear, the lone remaining eliminated himself placement Sands made a determined fight to turn the tide in the third set, and for a time . it appeared as if his efforts would prove However, Cutting had craft- slackened his driving to obtain a \d forthwith returned to immedi hed the game without giving In the third is best. form his game continually and ladelphia, who of the Gould's In the other. match D. P. Ri | of Boston had to play the hardest match of the day, Woreliminate J. Gord las, New Yo ‘one iy | Slowed terribly. in Cn atten team ever suffered, the Cleveland In- to win the American League pennant, even should the ill luck that has fol- the league run egainst them this sea- son. luck or some development of team, overcome a 3 per cent. handi- out of the pennant, ‘Three per cent. superiority in, the dope is a big thing in baseball and it ig an unusual one. over the pennant prospects appeal be justified not only because the per- centages favor the team but because the superiority exists In every depart- ment of the dope, excepting sheer slug- ging, and much of the figure superi- ority of Cleveland is due to pitching strength. HARD HITTING GIVES YANKEES HIGH RATING. New York, which has been touted as @ winner among the Eastern students has not developed tle strength claimed has been shown to be fallacious. ‘The fact that the Yankees rank sec- ond in the dope is due to their hard the general excellence of the pitching staff. The team is heavily handi- capped by its excessive slowness of foot, which is difficult to overcome. It two years, but still slow. The team does not figure as well in these closing days of the spring training as it did three weeks ago. The injury of Fewster, a brilliant, brainy lad with lots of speed and nerve, hurt the infield terribly. It probably will result in bringing Frank Baker to the rescue of his team, for, while Baker determined to retire, he probably would sacrifice his own desires to help the club. He must start late and work into con- dition, which hurts, Pratt, too, has The loss of Bodie clips a few points off the team strength. Bodie is not a good ball player, but during the first two months of any Season is extremely pitching gets steady and fast. ‘The chances of the Yanks, Boston and Detroit of finishing second are extremely close. The Red Sox, sus- tained by the remnants of strength of the old championship machine, still figure fourth, and there are signs that, while the team, is not as strong Doug. |in stars this year as last, it will play is playing better team ball and been, RROW COLLARS are just as good today as they ever have The quality that won pre- mier place for them has been faith- fully maintained in the face of in- creasing costs of materials and labor. Cluett, Peabody & Co. Inc. Troy, N.Y. Makers of Arrow Shirts and Getham Underwear 1425 1257 1011 1147 1048x 1171x 1177x1289 ‘At last, after five of the most crushing disappointments any dians rank high enough in the dope lowed them ever since they entered ‘The Indians figure 378 points ahead of the Yankees, who dope second in the race—so far abead, in fact, that the Yankees must, either through the) cap to beat the Orators or Speakers I can remember only two teams which at this season of the year aopea that much ahead of the other teams. In fact, the excitement in Cleveland hitting—rather long hitting—and to is faster than it has been in the sast Yankee’s Chances, Due to Fewster’s Accident, Have Depre- ciated in the Past Three Weeks. Huggins’s Team Picked as Runner-up, With Boston, Chicago and Detroit Following in the Order Named. By Hugh S. Fullerton. FINAL DOPE FIGURES OF AMERICAN LEAGUE. h > *®% m it. of. ti a m Tote 1426 1857 1024 1174 1083 1275 1096x 1344 2020 1179% 1440 1804 918° 1177 1067 1225 1080x 1247 1966 11426 1846 11370 1245 1419 982° 1044° 1093 1066 1413 1877° 11341 1882x1297 954 1152 1083 1148 1237 1782x 11306 14 1242x 912x 1101 1034 1064 1332 1968x 11282 1266 1259 946x 1081x 1055 1092 1301 1876 11089 1232x 1238x 931 1063x 1041 1180 1081x 1814 1738x 10818 xGain since spring training started. * Loss since spring training started. —————— working together better. Detroit gain is almost entirely in Pitching. The attacking strength always has been there. It is not much augment- ed, but there is no need to increase the attacking strength if the de- fensive holds up. The weak spot of the team has deen catching and Pitching, and under the leadership ot Coombs the pitchers appear to be working better. Besides that, Jen- nings has added promising material WHITE 80X A BADLY WRECKED ' MACHINE. m the next bunch we im Browns and White Sox prectisaily tied in the figures. The White Sox still have spotty strength scattered around, but the machine is badly wrecked, and reports from the train- ing camps indicate that the worst has not been tokl. The White Sox are clearly out of it as a pennant Proposition and would have to have’ & lot of luck to get into the first division. The Browns, on the other hand, havo possibilities. ‘The team figures sixth now. It more | speed than any team in the league, but needs consistent pitching, and the attack is spotty and not eus- tained, Washington and Philadelpht: present stronger clubs than they hed last year, but neither is a serious Proposition as far as a championship is concerned. ‘The Athletics have a rustling, aggressive buneh, and Washington is better fortified now than in years. Its infield hag im- Proved and the outfield has much attacking strength. For several of the game, ears the Senators have Strength claimed for the outit. In| lacking in punch and ther howe oe, fact, a considerable part of the cured @ bit of that essential, enough, . Ledinaar| Every team in the league exept ing New York and Chicago strength since the bat eee Started. These two tare fost pointes one through bad luck, the other through internal troubles in the club. In the next article we will compite the National League figures. Unless Iam mistaken, that rece promises te ; be one of the closest in history. | (Comrright, 1930, by the Bell Ayudicata, Tang H _——— Ritchte Mitchell Beat Mel Coogan DETROIT, Mich, April 8—Rtohts |Mitchell, Milwaukee Ushtwetght, gave | Mel Coogan of Brooktyn, N.Y, @ nea& jlacing in @ ten-round bout here last jnight. Mitchell had the best of five rounds, Coogan won one and the other |four were even. Johnny Drammie of |Jersey City pounded Lew Goldie of | Pittsburgh all around the ring for ten wind-up. |rounds in the sem!- wears! Yet when it’s time to buy, it’s often a question of “speed”’ rather than “‘style.”’ Good we have our *Com- posite! Being built on the law of averages, it fits and looks well on the majority of men. No time lost. No style lost. What you want when you want it! Livery! Luggage! “Specialties” in which we're particularly strong, The best of everything men and boys wear. 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