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4 ee cm a ax anaes etter Jet [his business. ae de> a ard Does Things Quietly, as He i, and Then Talks When Has Something of Interest | to Say. Thee A RICKARD always runs to form, ‘That's more than can| “be said for some of the race horses which have been performing at Aqueduct. The sporting promoter does ail things the same way. When bed wg his mind on a project he , 't advertise his intentions in ad- vance. He says nothing until he ac- complishes what is to be done, Then he makes simple, straightforward an- Mouncements. During his entire career “8 & promoter Rickard has never sought publicity until it came his way 4m the natural course of events. He never has sald anything until he had something to say, and perhaps therein Nes the secret of his success, While rival promoters have been reaming of possibilities under the | new, Boxing Law, picking out. altes and°hrrangms for the construction of} club houses, Rickard steps in quietly and grabs off under their several ® read, le building, the most r New York, Madison | Garden. , And when the deal peg els ‘was signed and delivered the public was duly {nformed, HEY, MURPHY, WHO ARE YOU BATTIN For ? UnPIRE WHO HE WA FResH REPLY— LATE * HOUND Sycep a Bare WHICH SN LANDED IN A RAPIOLY PASSING MOTOR TRUCK: WITH PROPER CARE HE REGAINED HIS NORMAL MIND Rickard has taken over the land- mark for a period of ten years, He to 6 it a sport centre for lew York, not only in a boxing way, but as a place wherein everything of a nature may be seen, from dog 8! to six-day bicycle races. In- of being idle for some 200 days ta Me bros Rickard hopes to have the of an attraction of in- sporting world. Watch ° uccess bf it, as he has done every venture’ he ever tackled. HE announcement of Rickard's Plan must hate hit the of- cials of the International Gpotting Club hard. When the club ya fs the early process of forma- Rickard wes named as its matchmaker. The officials very figured that Tex's name and tation for squareness and that goes with it would be asset. Tex readily consented the position, but subse- ite evidently showed him ttle but honor in the job. \y 0) juized, oe else y the g FSP Copyright, 1 by A SUBSTITUTE BATTER \GOING YO HE PATE WAS ASKED BY THE S BATTING FOR AND RECEIVED THE ABOVE By Vincent Treanor. F Sam Hildreth thinks he has all the valuable two-year-old stakes already won now that he has bought Inchcape from J. H. Rossitter for “more than $100,000,” he is in for a shocking disappointment, according to gossip Which followed the an- nouncement of the sale at the Aque- duct track yesterday, While it was generally conceded that Inchcape |s the best of the juveniles seen under colors so far, it was sald that sev- eral which have not yet faced the : i honor, but he also y maker. That’; ess. As matohmaker for th International, he would be cut off Zien SA? promotions of his own, and led. “Big Club” having him ‘up, as it were, would not only to his best services, but have one less big tim = natured mi to contend with when the time | >) for b! for monster attrac- tions and the f On | Srices, with many others held in re- to the leasing of the Garden years, other promoters have considerable time to the 3 ten i the local Ughtweight, celebrated his twenty-third birthday yester- one of the presente he re- ‘was tho neat sum of $12,446.87 from Promoter Rains of Philadelphia ‘as his end for boxing Lew Tendler, ‘the Philadelphia lightweight, in their -round bout at the Philadelphia park Monday night. M ‘which ia the largest amount barrier may beat him before the season ts much older, Jimmy Rowe, trainer of the Whit- ney stable, is known to have some 00d ones yet uncavered. Rossitter, who parted with Inchcape, may still; retain a better colt or filly, and th Quincy stable, trained by Jimmy Fitzsimmons, is believed to have one two youngsters of the $100,000 variety. Buying two-year-olds at this time of the year for fabulous ju gameness fa just possible that Mr. Hildreth may find out he made a mistak Then again his judgment may be fittingly ed. | ‘We talkea to Jimmy Rowe, the Whitn trainer, in the paddock about the sale of Inchcape. “Ie it true that you have several two- year-olds which can beat this $100,000 beauty we said he te to ship his string to the Spa within a few days. and but a shortage of oars would have had fhem there now. The Whi- ney trainer then fell to talking of good racing and big stakes to come here in New York, in Maryland and in Kentucky this fall, It was plain that he didn't see the wisdom in Hil th’s purchase of Inchoape at this long. “Hey Madden” said Rowe banter- ingly, “you're a fine salesman, You give horses away, then some ono ei sells them for a fortune,” and Rowe laughed heartily at Madden's expense. Madden didn't get the drift of ‘8 remarks right away, but when he did he leaned over the back of Rowe's bench and said: “What about you and Cudgel?” eheh. said Rowe, “that was only 000." Mindden ‘was referring to the time when Rowe, believing Cudgel had seen his best days, sold him to Brewer John W, Schorr of Memphis for some- wns like $10,000 and thought he got ROWE AND INCHCAPE Whitney Trainer Says He'll Beat Colt for Which Hildreth Paid “More Than $100,000” With One of His at Saratoga. YONKERS SELECTIONS, Fiat Race—Superwoman, Chev- aller, Jo uina, Second ftace—Donnacona, Dinna Care, St. Allan. Third Race—Hasten On, Lion @'Or, Quietude. = ied 4 once lous, Mad latter, Boniface. Fitth Race—Franklin, Night- atick, Gath. Sixth Race—Rolo, Beacon, Eter~ nity, v.T. olds seen this season. Then he came out in the etx furlong Tremont last Saturday and walked away from his opponents. He won by at least t lengths in 1,12, the fastest time ever made in the history of the stake, Right then he was proclaimed as the two-year-old of the year, another Man O' War. With all due to Jimmy Rowe and his prediction that he will beat Inchcape at Saratoga with one of his two-year-olds, a majority of racegoers with whom we disc he matter said they wotld have to ‘be shown befare they believe it. Inchcape's sale prive is the biggest on record for a two-year-old. Years ago the same Fred Burlew sold for $60,000, what was then considered a top price, the then two-year-old De- bel The colt developed into the wo! kind of a lemon. He wound up his career as a steeplechaser. The Aqueduct meeting came to a ORTING PAGE IN Mn FUNNY INCIDENTS The Press Publishing Co. LADIES JUMPMEeN> MURPHY NOW BATTING FOR ' EXPERIENCE: ME UMPIRE DELIVERED HIMSELE THUS (The New York Hvening World) THArT’s MY CISION AND BY GEE ILE STICK Toit! BOSS, (WAS HIT OM THE HEAD — —————— eee TWO FIGHTERS Have BEEN KNOWN TO Knock EACH OTHER OUT” SIMULTANEOUSLY ORK By Thornton Fisher iv FANS REVIVED THE ANCIENT SPORT OF CROWNING THE UMPIRE QUEEN OF THE MAY DURING AGAME BETWEEN THE REDS AND CARDINALS AT CINcIM 1 RECENT) SL Hut, You WASNT HIT E'SAID A QUICK-TEMPERED Fhccurrons Fsuen-00 LIVE WIRES By Neal R. Coveright, 199, by Tho Press Publishing Co, (The Now York Bvening World) O’ Hara. The reason that Bryan was silent after the Frisco Convention was that his speech-making contract ran out. oe McGraw gays he's aft: Dlood. tainly help the Giants, "Une a Brooklyn's conducting # porch camp time. ee . More blood and li ° ign. bone would cer- They're out in front all the If Hughie Jennings is going to retire from baseball, he's certainly aim- ing for the hack door. ee @ AMONG THE IMPORTANT ORDHRS THAT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED THIS YEAR ARE “I'LL HAVE THE SAME” AND “MAKE MINE A LONG ONE.” ‘The speculators are still giving us refined sugar at raw prices. see Three of Connie Mack's players are old enough not to believe in Santa Claus. ee ‘This ts a banner year for baseball in St. Louls, but what they want is/ ®@ penant year, ee With the high cost of food an issue, this is the year for a candidate to run on a platform of 16 ounces to 1 pound. ‘The voters will decide which ticket has got the punch tn It. Ring Purses Headed for the Sky With $66,500 for Four Bouts —>—. bt close yesterday, The less said about the getaway day's racing the bet- A new deal is expected at Yon- kers to-day. Latest Training Gallops of Horses At Local Tracks ‘ AT BELMONT — TRACK FAST— JULY 13, Dinne Care and Dream of hb Valley, 1. tm r LAT WG: Charity, 1, tm 1.08; Arrow of Gold, 5-8, tm .51 5,5, 1.06; Neney Leo, te 809-5, 1.06 8-8; Wachaprerue, 1-2, in 81 Day Lilly, 8-4, tm 1.99; General Average, 1-3, tn 1 98; Avdactous, 1-2, In 86 2-8, 48 8-8; Care Free, 1-8 in .68; Brigadier General, Madam Ce- dean, im 1.90, AT JAMAICA — TRACK FAST — JULY 18, Aighee, 1, M147; Bee Ginner, 1-2, tn 89) Nightatiok, 4, tn 1,48; Witoberty Gibbet, 1-8, tn , LBL BoB; Frederick the Great, tn } Liquid Fire, 6-8, 1m 1,00; Oxgood, 8-4, Burlay, 8-4, tn 51, 1.18; Branch, tn, in 46; Rubidtum, 1-9, in 06; Ten But- tone, 1-8, fm Dd; Jonquinn, 1-9, Im 61) Vantdea, 18, tn a8, 7 Hd, tr 00 47 8-8) Fert Chareh- DM, 4, to 00 1-8, 217 8-8) Bie Mortimer and Buperd, 4-8, in 62; Bennington; 68, in 1.08) Gum Beh, 11-8, th 1,85) Jesare and Connie, 1-2, {im 08; Mimbie Poot and Kallele, 1-3, in .54, a lot of money for him. Cudgel short- ly afterward began winning races in the Schorr colora, and finally the Memphis man got $30,000 for him from Commander J, K. L, Ross, in whone colors Cudgel has since made turf hiatory, But to geteback to the sale of Inch- cape, Trainor Burlew, who developed the colt and won two races with him, refused to state the nxact price Hi) 1d for the colt, Burlew nald of Inch. cape, it may be mentioned that Willie Rowsitter an offer Shea made Mr, Jack Mount, 8-4, in 53 8-8, 1.28) Veto, 8-4, tn 1.93; la Mnjailior end Lady Carline, 1-5) Rep, B-4, tn 38 361 Horosonpe, 0 AT AQUEDUCT—FAST TRACK— JULY 13, (068-8; Bly Barton, 1-8, tn tn 1.04; Milly Keny, |, in BL) Le Dore through Trainer Burlew of $125,000 for Friar Rock, the sire of Inchcape, but it was turned down cold, Inchcape |# a grand looking son_of He Welar Rock and Rose of Gold. evaily won his first from =e JULY 13, $;|Sporting Club the tmmen AT EMPIRE — TRACK FAST — What the International Sport- ing Club Will Pay Fighters For Their Newark Show. By John Pollock. + Now that the officials of the Inter- Dational Sporting Club have com- pleted arrangements with Dave Mc- Kay, matchmaker of the Sportmens Club of Newark, N, J., to stage their big boxing show in the First Regiment Armory in that city on Monday eve- ning, July 26, the writer learned from @ reliable source to-day that the four bouts are to cost the International sum of $66,600, The fighters are to receive the following amounts: Fred Fulton, $25,- 000"and Harry Wills $10,000 for their twelve-round pout, Jack Britton $10,- 000 and Marcel Thomas, the French- man, $2,500 for ten rounds, Johnny Dundes, $10,000, and Eddie Fitesim- mons §7,500 for ten rounds; and Frank Moran $5,000 and “Wild Burt" Kenney $1,600 for their ten-round go, ‘The prices of tickets aré to range from $3 to $15, The members of the L. 8. C are to get the ringside seats, as they are paying a much larger price for them than the general public, ~ With these bouts being held in Newark it ty 4 eure thing thet lisneed referees from New ervey will officiate (n the touts, aa the Boxing Comedaion of that Btate. will not tolerste any referee other than & Jormeyman judaing & bout over (hero, ‘This means that "Silm” Brennan, Danny Bulliven, Harry Krtle and Harry Lewis of Newark may cach fudge one of the contams, Ally Gibson, who looks afley the affairs of Jack eoree the California middleweight, doing much great fighting tm the Lay Rowlands of Mil- ted in & bout at ‘Tiles, Himmy Wilde ef this country for home he stopped st St Peter's Club, tn Jersey Ciiy, to Did adie to the many friends be made and among those to wish Head Over Heels, 1, tm 1.18; Berapis, 5-6, in him bom voyage was Eddie Bictohcr, the erack Little art, &@ maiden 4,00 1-6: Buuay Land, 1, in 1.40; Masten On, some of the beat two-year- is 1.01) Castine B, O-4, tn Lid Oh |, Dantamwelghi, who lf making great strides at this time, Wilde, le the presence of many oiber, paid Fletcher © bish compliment when he advised him to “atick to his knitting,"” and predicted t in @ year he'd be enjoying the prominence that comes to contenders. Wilde very likely had fm mind his six-round bout with Fletcher at Camp Dix Inst spring, when they boxed for several hun- Gre wounded soldiers, Fletcher meets Abe Attell Goldmein at the Bayonne A, A., Goth Street and Hudson Boulevard, Friday night, Charley Beecher, the local featherweight, te at Present mp at Pinebosh, N, ¥,, where ho ie got. Ung {nto condition for: many imgortant boute when the boxing game ts ushered In in this State, Whi Bornstein, hia manager, aye that the Harlem Sporting Club 1a wiling to stage a dout bebween Receber and Franke Bams of Jersey Ofty for ita | S'Xt: opening sbow and that he bee accepted for Beecher, Jack Kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey, the world's champion, is so anxious to get Dempecy fighting again that he haa Just made the announce- ment he 1» now completing arrangements whereby Jack will take on some big hearyweight In atx weeks, It {2 most likely that Bill Brennan, the Chicago heavyweight, will be his opponent, as sev- eral clubs have already made Kearns » flattering otter for Dompeey'y services, ‘Tony Marto, the local fighter, who has been boxing in the New England States for the past two months, where he boxed many fairly good men in bie clam, has just been matched to meet, Dave Palits, the Bridgeport welterweight, at an open alr show at Bridgeport, Conn,, ‘on the ight of July 19, Bob Giessen, the local fighter, who tv a mid- Mewelgit. but claims to be a welterweight, has ‘been signed up to fight Young Hicks, the colored fighter, for twalre rounds at the next show of the Harrison A. ©, of Harrison, N. J,, on July 16, Giteon -hae not fought for some time, He ought to outpoint Hicks, au he ip a’ speedy boxer, tt was learned to-day that Martin Burke, the New Orleans light heavyweight, is to receive a guarantes of $2,600 for his end for boxing Gene ‘Tunvey, the New York light hearywoight,” « twalve-round bout at the open air boxing show of the Armony A, A, of Jemey City on next Mon. day might, As Tunney t@ working on a per ceotage the chances are thet be will receive niore than Borke, Wort from the West brings the information that Jobany Griffiths, the crack welterweight of Akron, ©, ls feof going back in hie fighting and | Mic! la far from being the good battler he was few years ago. Johouy Tillman of St, Paul re- cently floored him proves that be is fest slipping, ‘The boxing game in Baltimore has been clone! down, scvonting to a letter received yesterday, by thy writer from Lew Goodman who i in Balti: more. twice in a contest, which Goodman claime that the bout between MANAGER TOA BONE-HEAD WHO PULLED AN ALIBY & Bobby Jones Wins Western Medal; Chick Far Behind MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 14.—Bobby |Jones, the Atlanta youth who won the jouthern golf championship less than & week ago and who was runner-up for the amateur championship last year, captured the medal in the qualifying round of the Western Amateur title eyent, with a wonderful score of 139 for uUntty-six holes. “Chick” Evans of Chicago, a former national champion and rated as Jones's chief rival for the title, finished eleven strokes away with a score of 160. ‘ones completed yesterday's quota of 18 holes in splendid 70, whio coming on the heels of yesterday's 69, a new Fecord for the Memphis Country Clup course, gave him the medal without SOOUR ACEUREDE, tas! Gurl ‘ana got into dimculties round and the best he could ‘show wos! 4 JT 9g against his 73 Monday, % ockerkamp of St. Lo showed’ that he-might be w factor by turning in @ card of 147, He scored 16 yesterday and 72 in the firat round. In addition to Jones, Bockenkamp ana ‘ans, others who qualified for the championship flight, and thefr acores for, two days’ play, ‘were: Clarence Wolff, St. Louls; James Ma- nion, St. Louis, "153; Perry “Adair, lanta, ‘Tom Prescott, Atlant | George McConnell, Chiéago: “Poflack Hoyd, Chattanooga, 156; Waiter Kone- St. Louls, 18%; John Simpson, In- R. &. Knepper, Sioux City, . R. Walter, Chicago, 169; Di ‘Pweedie, Chicago, . 161; Weaver, sr., Memphis, 162; Frank der, Helena, Ark.;\ Burt Wilbure, Limburg, St. Louis; ‘TW. Pal sg, Flas, Hen James Dudley Weaver, irdner, M Kan. At- 154; jem= . jompson, 169, pairings for the first round of match play to-day follow: Jones vs. Crager, McConnell ner, anion vs. | Hubby, Prescott va, Wa: . Condon, Simpson va. 8; ‘a Hickey, Bockenkamp vs. 4 Kossmann vs, ir! Adair ve, 01 vs. Hurley, Phiel per ve. Taylor, Wolff vs, Pali Qualifying Round of Pro, Tourney ‘'To-Morrew. ‘The qualifying round of the Profes- a@lonal Golfers’ Association champlon- ship tournament will be played simul- taneously over two courses to-morrow. y ir of the leading pros of the country will alternate between the Rich- mond County Country Club and the Fox Hills Gott Club, me-half of ‘the field will play at Richmond County, while the other half will play at Fox Hills in. the morning, And they will switch in the afternoon, Twelve players will qualify for the final round, to be played at Chicago next month, ‘The two clubs have put up a total of $1,200 In prize mot Among the leading professionals who haye, entered the qualifying compet are who recently wo n tdurnament; Jim Donaldson, Cyrit Walker, George Mo- Lean, Ray McFarland, Tom McNamara, Frank QicNamara, James West, Tor 0) eorge Fotheringham and Jack Fotheringhamn, — kee Star Arrives Here to ‘Train, Marty Burke, the New Orleans sensa tlonal 185-pounder, Who has won de- clalve victories over Willle Meehan, Al Reich and Ole Anderson, has arrived in the city to put in. his ' final training preparations for his twelve-round bout with Geno Tunney, the lgnt-heavy weight champion of the’ A. I. F, which is scheduled to take piace at the Armory of Jersey City Monday night. tehmaker Join Jennings has ar- ranged a middleweight contest of elght rounds duration, in which Frank Car- bone, the west sider, will oppose Knock; out Jaffe of H ‘Ai this club to-mérrow night the firat mid-week show of the season will b staged, One twelve, one ten and two six-rotundera complete the card. Jimmy Sullivan of Hoboken mi Georgie Ward of Blizabeth in the star attrac- tion, with Freddie Roose and Bobby acis clashing in the semi-final, In two six-roundora Joey Leon. taces New Orie: the *\Jimmy Carter, while Kid McCoy hooks |lead. up with Young Jimmy Rosa. pidtigenaaetbe Eddie Summers Is Winner, N, Pa, July 14.—Before 3,000 fight fans here last night Eddie si fast New York feather: weight, made a punching bag of You Kid Williams of that city and Datoh Brandt of | Al Kale of Brooklyn in ten rounds Hrooklyn, whlog was a oue-gidlet aifair, winning in threo tounde, was gewpousilile for the atituting for jummers bj volice mulher ume chosing duWe Une gaune / Williams ‘the open air boxing show, Kale, outwi ub Mike Arra, hed pounds, Wen) though Jack ha And to Think So Many S Went to See Mr. Ruth |... Knock ro Out Homers Ad Record Crowd That Watches Yankees and Browns Divide Hon- ors in Double-Header Witnesses the Rare Spectacle of Babe That He Breaks His Bat. | Fanning Five Times in One Afternoon, Which. Anders Him So By Charles Somerville. | AJICH day 1 picked to cheat the doctor and hop out of a sickbeJ! all for to see Babe Ruth belt the heavenly rafters. | To behold the Babe in the thrilling performance of bueting on July 18, 1920, his entire home run record for 1919. Gee—what a headache now! fever much worse. Forgive me, nurse. my case. to the Babe. And But never mind May have to be the vio-| lent ward for him. e's cracking dats and keeps on walfoping at bails that are not there, It was a heartbreaking case, I'm tell- | Ing you. Misery loving company, there were,| present to witness the tragedy of the Babe fanning five times, getting only one hit, @ measly single in two whole games; being walked twice, but in neither case intentionally—nopg, the pitcher trying in each ihstance his Garndest to strike the great Babe out —to make it seven fans! Wouldn't that give you a chill? Wouldn't that turn your sport shirt into a fur coat? Meanwhile with the raging Babe from his left field post having to wit- | ness Yankee pitchers humbly and in-| | tentionally passing “Babé" Jacobson | of the Browns. Even that usually exclusive honor of the great Babe| | stripped from him on this greatest af- ternoon for attendance in the history |of the Polo Grounds! And easily 50 | per cr of ‘em out for the sole pur- pose king upon the Swell Swat- ter stampeding the bulb into and over the grand stand! ‘And the home runs all on the other side, | And the eengation of the day instead of being grand and mighty wallops, being the startling work of the Brown shunter, Shocker. Fourteen strike-outs in that first game. It makes that boy the fan King of the season. And they all looked alike to him—Meusel and the great Babe, Ping Bodie and Truck | Hannah no better than the rest. Fact is, the first boy to find him was Del Pratt, Del not being accounted a ter- rible firebrand with the whale In that first game while Shocker kept the Yanks swivelling their clubs at sunbeams, Mr. Burke's Browns were piling up six runs in seven innings, In the fourth, between Ja- cobson’s single and Gerber’s homer they got two. In the fifth Shocker got on base by being hit by the ball, Gedeon singled, a wild pitch advanced both and Jacobson’s single to left scored Shocker and Gedeon. Beverold | made a homer into left in the sixth, \and @ sixth tally was chalked up in the seventh after tho bases had been filled, Hank Collins, to the hisses of the crowd, openly passed “Babe” Jacobson. ‘Williams out to Pipp un- assisted scored Tobin. In this same seventh the Yank: kicked back, singles by Meusel, Bod! and Pratt putting Bob and Ping cross: Ward's double, followed by Vick’s double, Pipp’s long fly end Ruth's first and only crack of the/| day scored Ward.and Vick. With two I am glad to say, 38,#22 other fans| him, down in the ninth Dutty Lewis got « cheer, making his first appearen since he dislocated his knee in Cleve land just a month ago. And Dutt hianaged to get on with an infield Nit, But Gleich, pinch hitting, wen down and the Browns had the fire game for their very own, So we sought solace from our pop bottles, hot dogs and ice cream coue* and awaited the second contest. , Bu though the Yankees were to have their share of the victory pie, never’ ah, never, dear heart—were WE to witness that for which most particu Better give your attention|larly We had came for to hear and to see—the grand smash from the Babe's banger! But he put over one grand smash. anyway. ‘Twas in the fourth, Walliv Pipp had copped a base on balls fron Weilman, The Babe confronted the Long Brownie. Wellman went aftr And got him, And when the Babe fans—far he fans and wide he fans. Iv’s bigger than a palm leat fan. The celebrated swatter Isn't a gent who hides his emotions. His rage was such he stalked back to the bur scowling at his useless bat. And he smashed the stick into bits against the goncrete of the grand. Never more would he lift that Jonah wand. On the other hand, George Sisler |the Brownle star pellet pusher, bad A pretty poor day himself. Whenever Jacobson got a chance he gave a gond indication of why otherwise he was passed. But this strategy of passing a dan- ferous batter is giving the fan fans tho jim jams, And after all, it ten't , the sport, The game ts primarily and vitally a battle between pitcher ant batter, Take that away from it avd | you've got something that looks « | whole lot like trying to pass a plugged penny for a twenty dollar gold piece It 1s a whole lot like a prize fighter in the ring laying down before be in hit, The case of Babe Ruth has brought a bad feature of the came to sharp attention. That of the re peated passing of Jacobson yester- day accentuated this situation. For the good of the game I think the batter should always have his chance to hitithe old round thing Ifehe can But the day closed with fans sp.{t- ting their throats with joy cries, It had moved up to the seventh “with score two to one in the Browns’ favor when the Yanks conclnded they hel bumped around long enough for one summer’s day. After Babe Ruth got a_base on Balls—because Wollman eonidn't put them up to him—Merte! ripped off a double to left, skating the Babe to third. Signor Bodle stuck around until he also got a walk. Dot Pratt hopped out a long fly ‘0 right. the Babe bouncing home easily after the catch and Meusel going to third Ruel also flied to right and Meuse} scored, That was all for that ses sion. Tn the next Ward walked and stole second as Vick struck out. Pipr was called out on strikes, ‘The Babe got another walk. Meusel shot {t Into loft centre, scoring Ward and sendioe Ruth to third. Bodle tripled to Tett centre, scoring the Babe and Bob, and Del Pratt doubled to deep left, scoring Ping. That was all for that session, and it was a pleuty for the winning of the game, . Frankie Burns Beats Sharkey InSensational Go Frankie Burns, the popular feather- weight of Jersey City, scored his fifth victory in succession since he re- turned to the squared circle by out~ pointing Jack Sharkey, the New Yor! | featherweight, In the main bout of| twelve rounds at the open-air boxing | show of the Armory A. A. In Jersey City last night. The bout was sensa~ tional in every session, and although Burns scored the cleaner and moxe ffective blows, little back hard and made the battle the| kind that pleased the large crowd of} fight fans. ‘Sharkey started off in the first min- ute as if he were going to give Burns @ good lacing, but the little Jer: man quickly sot going and with heavy wallops to the kidneys and stémach he soon checked Jack's fast epurt, In the third roynd Sharkey landed several hard Blows on Burns got warmed up and bis quick jabbing and Wallops to the body and ribs were go effective that Sharkey began to show signs of getting tired. In the last three rounds the boys fought hard, with Burns having the better of the milling, ‘The twelfth and last round was a hummer, with ey fighting at top speed, Al- though Jack & shade the better of it, Burns's advantage over Sharkey in the other rounds entitled him to the honors, Burne was given a big ovation when he left the ring by his admirers’ for his spleniid showing. Tt was reported that Sharkey weighed 129 pounds, which 1s fifteen pounds more than he scaled when, he whipped Jimmy Wilde, Sharkey sub- stituted for Joe Lynch against Burns, and it was probably because he had to train on comparatively short notice that he wasn't in better form to fight as hig reported weight indicates, 7 SSS ee Donley and Bloom Box Fast Draw in Newark, NEWARK, July 14.—In one of the most exciting bouts ever seen in this clty, Mickey Donley, the popular local lightweight, who has recently won im- pressive victories ever such boym as Joe Benjamin and Joo Welling, fought twelve rounda to a draw with Phil Bloom, the aggressive Brooklyn boxe: The fans were standing on their during the battle, while, the be id way. toe f° ine and then the other took tho | *Monley, who has not boxed for some time owing to an injured eye, made a great hit with the fans, The manage- ment is trying to match him up with either Willle Jackson or Joe Benjamin, In the |. Johnny Reisler won bis Afth fight by the knockout route alnce being taken under the mane hxement of Joe Wagner, putting Al Del- mont of Newark away In four rounds ‘The Collseam A. ©, where the show was held, was crow the gate receipts be- img $4,600, Sharkey fought} * stomach and jaw, which gave him the best of the round. After that Burns |, leentre field ‘Dodgers Beaten Because Hi Myers Tries Trick Play- € CHTGAGO, July 14.—Unocle Witbert Robinson had the cooling draught of victory rudely dashed from his lips tn the ninth inning, when, after his Robins hag pasted out a run and taken the lead on Grover Clevelau. Alexander, one of his young mei tossed the ball into centre field In the Chicago half of the frame and let two Cubs tear over the plate with the tying and winilng runs, ‘The game Was red hot all the way The Cubs took the tead 11 on Twombly's triple and Hol- ers double, but then Cadore held them safe till the ninth, The Robins got a run in the seventh on, consecu: ive triples by Wheat and Myera and tled the count, Then in the ninth with one out, Tom Griffith alngied and took wecond ‘on Paskert's wild return, Ho took third on a wild pitch and scored sacrifice fy, ba’ ninth, genceeral one-hand catch of lor it in to hit for Paskert, at which “R ite" derricked Cadore and sent in Mamaux. bertson took @ long lead off second and Hi Myers came sneaking from to catoh “Rowdy” Robina, threw to son alld back Myers pulled away fear of being spiked and the ball rolled out into centre, Flack and Robertson crossing the plate, The defeat, with the Reds’ victory: at ever Philadelphia, cuts Brooklyn's % in the league race to one percentage point, Dundes Wine Referees Decision Over Johany Downen, BOSTON, July 14.—Johnny Dundes of New York was given the decision over Johnny Downes, a South Boston Ightwelght, in thelr twelve-round bout RACING Empire City Track (YONKERS & MT. 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