The evening world. Newspaper, August 19, 1920, Page 14

i ee et are ee + Martin Burke, the Luckless New Orleans Heavyweight, Monday Night, in Jersey City. erie, Bite Yo erase von “AT lest it looks as though Martin Burke, the much-heralded New Orleans heavyweight, wi! get ®& chance to show what he can do in @he ring herewbouts, He hae been up to box next Monday night im Jersey City against Bartley Mad- en, the heavyweight, who first at- tracted any considerable attention by knocking owt Jim Coffey at Provi- @ence. Recently Madden and, Bill Brennan, who'll be Dempsoy’s first Now York opponent, fought a burri- ane battle in Bayonne, This is Burke's second trip here for dhe purpose of meeting Gene Tunney, the light heavyweight from Greenwich ‘The first time it was reported y had hurt his hand and had to return to the Crescent , after spending several hundred for expenses, without a fight. here a few days ago to again, but this time it ‘) meet $ nney is suffering from of ptomaine poisoning, so it scheduled for to-night in the A A's open air club of Jer- ‘has been called off again, however, Burke has had ‘his travelling expenses advanced Promoter Jennings, and also is so muoh a day for his up- le in town. ROMOTER JENNINGS at first tried to secure Frank Moran as an opponent for Burke on Mon- it, but the red-haired Pitts- is suffering from an Injured wing been in an auto that climb a tree, or something i i ie I 0 5 Ht i Roche, the famous ref- worked #0 energetically xing Shows e741 reforceing E. F. while in the service o its of Columbus during the until all the boys left Bu- home, is now the manager wndet Roche's manage’ * Madden say that he Is ta crack at Dempsey's ing on Burke aa he is he can stop him, which long, way toward gaining recognition for a bout with the n, as Burke recently defeated jeehan, the Coast heavyweight reported to have beaten once or twice and suppor one fighter that haa Jack’ a funny turr of affairs as Roche handled Tunney during the per- that Tunney’s former manager, Kelley was in Cuba attending races, and under his careful guid- Hi Bis i 38, 14 52528 soe 3 F efttet i EARL J. THOMPSON. OF DARTMOUTH WINNER OF THE HO METER. HURDLE Ar ANTWERP. HANGING UP ‘A NEW WdRLO'S RECORD OF 44 saconNs THOMPSON REPRESENTED. CANADA THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 1920, | BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK THE LATEST FROM ANTWERP - - - __ By Thornton Fisher Copyright, 1920, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) © Wor CcROSsES 6N GORRY, ILL HAND A TIeKET TO EVERY FIMNISH CHAUFFEUR. AND BROADWAYS rr OWN OFFICER. ae MSOONALD FINISHED GT IN HE SHOT FINLAND WINKING ate ST. SARATOGA SELECTIONS. First Race—Sunny Days, Dpe, Blip Along. cond Race—Bridesman, Crank, Lady Jock Scot. Third Race —Krewer, Wyoming, Jadda. Fourth Race—Sundial I1., Recount, Natural Bridge. th Race—Wild Thoughts, Kil- lala, Roll On. Sixth Race—Sennings Park, Lord Brighton, Mojor Parke, vv, —————— Pitcher Mays of Yanks Deserves Sympathy, Says Connie Mack of Athletics Philadelphia Club Owner and Manager Declares Detroit and Boston Acted Too Hastily in Condemning Unfortunate Looal Boxman for Death of Ray Chapman. By Alex Sullivan. noon of July 5, and the part of the FTER reading all the reports ee tn question ‘will be replayed. Supposed to eminate from vari- | He: ‘8 statement follows: “in th inn Phila- ous big teagune clubs, and] geiphia-New York duly % afternoam especially the uncalled-for attack on Ly yay ee poe Grounds the follow+ Carl Maya, the unhappy Yankee 4 : pitcher who threw the baseball that peochenishen ae resulted in Ray Chapman's death, by Umpires Bill Evans and Bill Dine.a, -| himsc:: once a major league pitcher, it is refreshing to note what Connie Mack, the manager and owner of the| «+ Athletics, has to say regarding tho unfort::nate accident. “My sympathy goes out to 10 SEMI FINALS oni anything out of place, | am sure the hitting of Chapman w: purely accidental. This is no time to dig into his past record. He needs sympathy and friendship. Mays,” says Mack. “Outside of Mra. Chapman and the Chapman family, | believe no one feels the effect of Chapman's death mo: than Mays. | am of the opin- es: ion that he should be extend: |. Ono ate ee cand the. ed sympathy instead of trying t© | oavis Cup players edged thelr way blemich his name. .. into the semi-final round of the na» This season Mays has acted io lional doubles championships at a manner are a gentleman on | Chestnut Hill, ‘They defeated Fred the ball fiolh He has not done |i, Aicxander and Howard Voshell in a three set match hy a score of 6—2, 8, 68. Tilden again was all brilliancy, but varied his peed with some’ soft e stroke placing and acourate cross- “The Boston and Detroit clubs court driving that rounded out his acted hastily in declaring that | ojo) 15 a degree quite unlocked for Mays should be barred. The |by many of those present. Philadelphia American League | Garland displayed a steady pluge Club will not follow their ex- [sing game, rarely making errore and . 7 ate playing brilliantly when Tilden was ample, We will do nothing in the easing off a little, Alexander and 4 matter.” Voshell were no match for thelr op= ponents. although in the third set Local fans'are up in arms because}iney rallied, Voshell carried more of the statement attributed to Um-|than hs ee Hy ist rei | a > while frequently scoring by means ole Bukee Ene Dn tee ; syme cleverly executed stroke, being If these two arbitrators really at-|far from at the top of the game he tacked, Mays, as reported, how can|is capable of playing under tourna- Caveat ¥ expect to receive| ment conditions. rege mac ite Lemna Gao a a In the iirst set Tilden won two love falr treatment when he games on his service and Garland took these two American Le Is?]one. ‘Their opponents won the first and If they fect so bitter against Mays] third «a but in the last five of the have they always given vet the veterans scored only four pointa, break in games they ha :|only one of then on a placement. hi @ Baltimore guy the pride of Greenwich Village several notable victories, .Now ig handling the boy who {« tak- ‘Tunne; against Burke, Pi — CHAMPION BARNES TS ELIMINATED IN PROG TOUR CHICAGO, Avg. 19.—James Barnes of BL Louls lost his second title this year ‘when Clarence Hackney af Atlantic City eliminated him from the Professional Golfers’ Association's tournament on the Flossmoor course by a 5 and 4 score. Hackney played remarkable golf appeared off Ris stroke, and won only four of the 36 holes, the eighth, Afteenth, twenty-first and thirty-first. Barnes ost the Western open title on the Olympia Fields course here a few wecks ago to Jock Hutchinson, Who led by one stroke for 72 holes. ‘The cheest match of the diy was be- Bob MacDonald of Ch iam = Mehihorn of Tuli local player winning 3 up. Lawrie Ayton of Chicago, who won 39-hole match in the first round from L. Hoffner of Philadelphia, lost to Hutchinson, Western open cham- J. Dourias mer of Atlan Ga., adian pi rn had an ay time With Jacx Syivester of St. Albans, Vt, pring 11 and 9. McLean of Great Neck, N. ¥., the lowest score for elahteen thus far in the tournament when paraes are in the morning rou mults of the Ree a he play Of 36 holes follo 1 a York, xy Ait Cunning: GS fer a, ema mo ike Albans, Outi and's, Steetet tock a. Macboneld Ch defeated Willem up elumund.” Vi efented Goorae ate Sd, etestaa “Bowen, Mass, defeated Charles Tiuiineos. ‘at, Gateates Lawrie Ayton, aie, Sand & (eS nS Bernie Hjerthers May Quit Swe: ish ‘Team, ANTWERP, Aug. 19 (Amociated Press).—Friction over the uneatisfac- tory and disappointing showing of Bwedieh athietes in the seventh Olym- he ot Ameri~ vil : ia they're no fools, . ale in Europe. players apiece. . Only trouble with electing a Chairman of the National Commi is that it would fores Ban into tho oe One of the effects of Prohibition te thay » bot oe American League Pennant will goto New York, Cleveland or Chicago,| P&P Was called into the meeting the same aa the Twentieth Century Limited, Few Belgians Antwerp Government Disappointed at Attendance, Anglo-Saxons Composing Most of Crowd. ANTWHERP, Aug, 19. OTWITHSTANDING the brill- fant performances and other attractive features the Olym- pie Games are falling to attract many Belgians to the Stadium. As the result the Government officials, whose endeavors were responsible for obtaining the games for Antwerp, are bitterly disappointed. They point out, and with some feeling, the bulk of the spectators are Anglo-Saxon. Earl Thomson, Canada’s foremost athlete, established a ne’ work's record in winning the final of the 110-metre hurdles, The big black- haired Canadian, who received his achooling in hurdling at American colleges, covered the distance in the unprecedented time of 14 4-6 seconds. ‘This shattered the old record, whicn stood for twelve years, by one-fifth of @ second. In the Olympic Gamer at London in 1908 Forrest Smithson, an American athlete, set a new mark by skipping over the hurdles in 16 feconds flat, That record was equalied seven times since then, but it was not unti! yesterday that it fell by the wayside, final heat Tuesday he and Harold E. Barron of the Meadowbrook Club of Philadelphia equalled = Smithson'’s festarday this mine Barton, ran-| oRMEMLLIGPAL 220 £6 POLO LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O’ Hara. Coprricht, 1990, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) Giants hada slump last week, ‘They split a doubleheader, . CLOSE RACES IN, THE MAJOR LEAGUPS ARE CHRTAINLY A GREAT THING FOR THE LUMBER BUSINESS, eee Are baseball fans crazy? A Baltimore judge says « ever studying baseball? sts Baseball bugs in Philly may be crazy but the attendance figures show|'" Ai! probability eventually be seen . All the world’s @ stage, as they say, Dut too, many women have speaking parts, Antwerp Olympics aren't helping any to keep the gold supply of med- . Bt. Louls clubs are planning for 1921. All they need are eight new points for the event, and is p..ading for a chance to prove The record breaking performance was not wholly unexpected as Thom- oon is regarded by the American .coaches as the best hurdler at short distances in the world. In the semi- Popular Jockey May, Be Re- stored to Good Standing as Result of Spa Meeting. ° By Vincent Treanor. SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 19. ‘KEY WILLIE KNAPP, one of but what chance the most popular riders that ever al stuck his feet in the stirrups, will with the silks on again. Warly this . spring Knapp's application for a re- nowal of his riding license was re- fused by the Jockey Club and as usual without any official explana-| ton, At a meeting of the License Sommittee here last evening after the races, the casé of Knapp came up for ‘ reconsideration, as did that of Charley Peak, who was set down two ond division. years ago at Belmont Park. Q Nothing official was given out by fot winger ale witt iow kill an umptry, the officers but it was learned that room and asked several questions. Jt is understood that the rider said he the event of being granted a license Attending he would ride for A. H. Dias, the wealthy omez, General Menochal, Bluewrack nd Grayssian, turned down last spring the rider sought to be Neonsed as a trainer, ning perhaps the grentest race of his] Out this too, was denied him. career, finished second to Thomson,| Now it is believed the Jockey Club about two yards in the rear, Fred 8] would prefer to reinstate Knapp as a Murray of the New York A. C, was a| trainer Instead of a jockey, believing close third, while Walker Smith of|that he is too old to ride.” Knapp in. Corngll and the Chicago A. A. was] sists that he ta not too old, but on the fifth; thus giving America eleven|contrary is as good as he ever was, ‘This was the iirst day that tha] it, Amerloans failed to achieve victory in any of the four finals. But it waa] Jockey Clarence Kummer has de- a fruitful one, nevertheless, as they| cided that he returned to the saddle accounted for thirty-two polnts, and|ioo spon after sustaining a broken are now far ahead of their nearcat| collar bone in a fall trom Costly rival, Finland Colora at Aqueduct. ie says his in Sweden came next tn the scoring} jured shoulder still bothers liim with fifteen points and Finland third] icummmer rode his first race since his with twelve points, There is trouble} «nforced retivoment on Tuesday and in the Swedish camp and ft is re-| won on Dinna Care, but yesterday he ported that Ernte HJertberg, the head| ccomed entirely of form, In the coach and trainer of the Swedish] (Grab Bag Handicap Hildur seemed team, has requested that he be re-|too much horse for him to manage in Neved of further reeponsibility.| is present condition, The colt ran es wide of his own accord at the head Passing of Reese Dig Loss tol of the atretch, In doing 90 he carried Racing, the favorite General Gomez out with SARATOGA, N. Y., Avg. 19.—Capt | him, the move undoubtedly costing James H, Reese, who died in Pits | the latter the race. Tee, a At the eighth pole, when Kummer burgh on Wednesday afternoon, was one] Jo. Aobarently “roughing Rice on of the best known and most highly respected turf officials that this coun- try has evor known, His initial con- neation with racing wae as Secretary of the Memphis Jockey Club, He was a leading business man of that city, in- terested in steamboat trafilc, but oon: sented to serve as an official at the Deheat of his friend, Col. Montgomery net under contract to anybody but tn | Gomez and applying the whip to Hil- nn License Committee Likely To Give Willie Knapp Chance to Ride Again dur, he allowed the latter’s head to drop, so that Hildur, tired as he was, stumbled badly, Again, in the last race, Kummer showed ' evidence of weakness—wo were going to call it incuinpetency— when he had all he could do to sit on Sporting Blo Stadles colt was closing fast and The Red Stone jooked the winner at the eighth polo, but Clarence wasn't able to do “him justice. Ordinarily Kummer is 4 pable rider and it is the best thing he could do to quit riding until he has recovered entirely from his in juries, She Keep your eye on'Ponty Pridd. we favorite in the opening race jay but was away too badly to have any chan The short price seemed to affect her chance; why it should we don’t know. General J. M. Gomez was much the best in the Grab Bag Handicap. Rice had to “take up’ with him in the first sixteenth, Then he came arounu hia field nearing the stretch turn Straightened out for the run home he had more hard luck in being car- ried wide by Hildur, Smoke Screen, who beat him home, came through the big ga the head of the stretch and ed lengths. At that Smoke Sc | was a’ worthy effort and he evidently Suban sportsinan, who owns | 1 aniong other horses General J. M,| a good colt. He fs who waa President of the organization, He was afterward asked to officiate on various courses throughout the country and was presiding steward at e Oaklawn course near San, Fran- el at Hawthorne and the Falr Grounds track at New Orleans when the Crescent City Jockey Club was at the heleht of Its success, Ho also served for many. years na presiding Judge and A tire of exceptional grade, steward for the New Memphis Jockey “built Oversize or Over- Chub, y cl Club, and eae racing official he. had convien.” "Phat tn aw wordt The news of Capt, Roose's death was ia the reason it pays to buy the signal for many expressions’ of eym- tic Cords, Pathy, on She part ef tangr here. The Ma, ea! mit day. , bee he ad Majesti Sales Corporation ford Cochran and was br red by the vous prostr: latter at Mount K i. The preies on Mad Hatter and Nat-' pected to ¢! bs reversed. the ball field? bs ine atter should have been the even) Frere is the statement attributed to| Vics, Harte and |i. money chance, pur in the fifth race, iden jockeys. an event for Liola lead, make it more d e stretch, but Lan- aster nearly tossed victory off when came Into force, Mays cons the final to drag the bali acros at the head of t Fizor charged Dartmoor, a new Whitney colt, was ¢Very year because of this act.” played as if he w: cameé around his field at the head of would run away At the end he had off the rush of ~ » be flogged to The start was str this rece and cling little chal was Inst bach a lot of ground, turn re than ht lengths behind the winner. He'll make good yet, vil Be Held To-Morrow or ELAND, O., Aug. 17.~The body the New = 4S a result of fved, in Monda d Cleveland, met Americans, who died in York Tuestay later hundreds of ¢ friends thronged to pay thelr resp the attend tar held to-morrow funeral, which ‘will bi i to-day, OW COLLARS Cluett Peabody & Co. Inc. Troy N.Y: him? I¢ they can't treat him fairly|, 1 the second act Tilden and Garland now, when he fe on the verge of ner-| Drake 1p tt one on eat this was jon because of his Con-|the se.ond kame lost in the act. Alex- nection with the Cleveland Captain’s|ander won the next game after deuce denth, how could they ever be ex-[with twos . but the next ve him a xquare deal on} went to Tilden and Gurlund, who earned 19 points on placements. Williams sets of their, uns and Dineen: other forr moteh er in the American League | Harvard ane, Nat trickery more than Carl/und Alfred Dabney, winning, 6—1, pting to rough a ball in| then 6—2 Hut in the thira set, Harte to get a break on it which would | ‘oat the sixth game on his serviee, and ficult to hit, Until the] the gat finally went to his opponents, new pitching rules which put a severe | 62. ‘The fourth set found Harte and penalty on a pitcher roughing the bali] Williams back on thelr game again and Antly used | putting In the strokes, to win handily, the pitching rub- | 6-2. Dabney twice lorinz on service. rhe: ut ‘The surprising match of the day was ber in order to roughen the aurface,! , The surprising matel of toe vast Hundreds of balls were thrown out| that between the hoa dln nnston. and Griffin and Fenno and Ingraham, The famous doubles players won the a first set 6—1 and ed a little, President John A. 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