The evening world. Newspaper, July 9, 1921, Page 7

Boery Leading Stable ‘ Requests Stall Room for 19-Day Bids for Room So Numerous Building of Additional Stalls Necessary. TER a racing term of fifty-five days on various Long Island tracks the racing scene shifts day to Empire City, in the West- chester hills, for a nineteen-day ses- sion, which promises much in the way of racing goodness. A glance at the \condition book for the meeting, and a ‘oonsideration of the eligibles for the )aitterent events which are already on the €rounds, indicates that Yonkers will have the best meeting of its his- tory, for there are more good horses quartered there than have ever been attracted to the course before. Empire City is James Butler's pride. It can be regarded as essentially the “one man” track of the metropolitan cirouit, for its President is the lord and master over all of it. It has, like all the other tracks on the circuit, a corps of Jockey Club officiais to di- rect its racing department, but all the other management is under the direct supervision of Jame Butler, who brought it into its present position as & major leaguer Empire City is “different” trom all the Long Isiand courses, for it an nually entertains a throng whose only racing enjoyment derived there. The peopie of Connecticut find it within easy reach of tueir homes, and horse lovers from up the Hu to points as far away as Albany mak the trip to the We shester course daily, it is only the att dance that makes Yonkers “different,” however, tor the same good horses which raced ateall the other tracks will be found measuring strides oversits good track There have been fewer early de- partures for Saratoga than ever before, and so many re- quests for stall room that it was found hecessary not long age to erect 13 additional stalls. When these wer ound insufficient to accommodate all it became necessary for the racing secretary to xo among the horsemen nis Seas Race Session and beg that only these horses in- tended for actual racing be shipped there. This promise was forthcom- ing, So the indications are for larger Sized fields than have sometimes beeu rule. Prominent among the suaotes « ie candidates are ready for Mars «ie Sidy's starting flag ure the Rancucas Stable, the Harry Payne Whitney band under the supervision of Abner Clup- ton, the R. T. Wilson jr and Quincy Stable strings, and the Xalapa Farm G. D. Widener, John Sanford, Charles Koehler, James Hewitt, A. B. Spreck- els, Pelican Stable, C. A. Stoneham J. S. Cosden, George W. Loft, Bud Fisher, Modo Stable, B. & B, Stable, Redstone Stable, Max Hirsch and the whose ks will be worn througtout the session, some of them for the first time im their racing histo some have been attracted by the more pre- tentious purses that Empire City will have to offer this year. The gala event of the opening day will be the F p City Handicap, over the mile and a furlong distance About every topnotcher of the handi |cap brigade with the exception of John P. Grier has been nominated and it is possible t he will be seen jin action at some other time during |the meeting. Grey Lag, the champion three-year-old of America and the | world’s record holder, will be asked the big question to-day and have the opportunity to prove whether he Man 0’ War's equal. If he can wi nder the 121 pounds Handicappe | Vosburgh has assigned he will earn right to be con the greatest the last dec lduced, Should he be withdr | Rancocas establishment wiil e le ‘to represent it the speedy Mad Hat- ter. Audacious, another record h the rejuvenated Lanins, the freshened Donnacona, the consistent Ye Hand and the improved Royce Rools 1re 8° the others inchided in the entries { $5,000 purse If Yonkers does not have its banner mecting, from a thoroughbred stand- point, all the signs of the times are yalueless. To-day's card is the be ever offered at the t course, and Secretary Schanmbu ‘om ses of horsemen th will be even better ones be for shipment to meeting there of time coms for the Supposed ‘Lively’ Ball Was Very Much Dead Artie Nehf and Alex the Great in Pitching Duel Which Lo- cal Twirler Wins, Owing to Better Support. By Robert Boyd. [73 HERE'S that lively ball I've | folks raving about since the teams arrived from spring train- ing down south?” muttered a corpu- sent, coatless fan in the grand stand Metthe Polo Grounds. You'll see it soon enough,” sharply advised a more serious companion ‘phat lively ball talk is a joke,” said the first fan, mopping the per- spiration off his bald head and point- ing to Grover Cleveland Alexander on the pitching mound, “It's a joke when you're trying to hit that fellow’s pitching. ‘There's that old fellow who's effectiveness won him the; sobriquet of that great warrior of years ago, Alexander the Great. Why) he’§ almost an old man, but he still ki sg the art of outguessing batters, You say its a livelier ball and here it is the fifth inning and the Giants have only hit him for four safe hits, and noffe of them for an extra base. “Well, the game's young,” laconi- cally remarked the second fan, “Young nothing,” protested the first fan, It's more than half over, and all those slugging Cubs, as you #él ‘em, all they can do with Artie gethf's left- handed slants ts two safe hits in five innings. Both teams have had about teen batters up, and neither one scored a run.” nbney'll start a-slugging the old pill noép,” said the sccond fan porten- tiously, Ulting his straw hat over his jhead and changing his seating position 0 await the fulfilment of his predic fon. ‘These eighteen players will start slugging old Alex. out there, and both he and Artie Nehf will be splash ing under the showers in the club house before the game goes seven in- nings, You'll see more slugging in one inning before this here game's over than you have seen since you were @ a, ‘RUNS FOR WEEK NATIONAL LEAGUE. Gub. fsiwiriwit|rTs a louis. a 8 Bans al fl w York. 12) 194 +4 BeMiedcipia | 131“ Roky Pittsburah 8 Clonal 6) Chicago 3] 8h AMERICAN LEAGUE. s(MIT |W ITIP] Sits Bus 3] } 40 9 ah] as 5) rt NTERNATIONAL LEAGUE SMT IW (T! F/s hs. 12 tof 4) 10) al Gl. a8 15) 10} 5.11 38 4 3 ‘3 wut ool 10) 7) 6} 5) sian} ¢| 6 oa) a gl a5) i me played. ree naecenerenresnnmnenn At Giants-Cubs Gane Kid back home and played with a quarter ball.” “You'll have to show me,” retorted the first fan. “I'm ella you that livelier bal! sturr is only a myth, It’s just a theory. Why, with fe Alex. and Nehf pitching it like those old times when ice handled that same old ine and Matty and three z Brown would hook up in a pitching duel. , You never heard a | wail about a livelier ball in those days, did you Well 8 the same now cf ior pitching and plenty of it, like the way those two guy are working out there this hot afternoon, and you'd think all these ws like Ruth, the two Meusel boys, Kelly, Hornsby, Stsler and all the rest of those fence-busters had holes in thetr bats. (The game had been progress- ing as the fans talked). “Here it is t to hit for extra bases base to field the you'll alibi. yourself now by saying some one slinped a few of the old balls into the game.” “No,” came back the second fan in |a somewhat disgusted tone,” “I'm 1 claiming anything, It's a hot ¢ you know, nearly ninety in the shade right now, and maybe that slows ‘em up.” “It's not the heat so much as the heat of Alex. and Nehf's fast ones that slows up these guys,” laughingly |interjected the first fan. | The Giants came up for thelr last Jinning at bat with the score nothing nothing. Nehf had held Johnny nvers's team down to three acattere hits and Alexander, with not the sami | faultless support as the former Bos- ton twirler, held the New Yorkers to six hits. Kancroft grounded out to first Frisch walked. Young singled and Stengel, batting for Gonzales, was Walked intentionally hy xander Alex. figured on Curtiss Walker be- ing duck soup for his deceptiv benders. The Texas boy fooled the veteran by hitting hard to Kelleher, who fumbled the ball, allowing Frisch to score the lone and winning run of the sensational pitching duel “Where's that lively ball you said you would show me?" laughingly queried the first fan as he moved out into the crowd that was swarming on the fi a. “I'll admit there wasn't much to- day,” said the second fan in a dis- appointed tone. ‘You will see an old| fashioned pitchers’ battle once in a back the next day and sea enoagh y big leagues. Murray Wins New York State nnis Title, ray of Niagara Falls, former national | champion, won the New York tennis title on the courts of the Park Club yesterday by defeating Kirk Reid, Ohio State champion, in a four set match, 7-5, 5—7, 6—1, 6—1, Murray played consistent tennis throughout and held the upper uand| d's best | in all but the second set, K effort was a backhand and cross court shot that he used effectivel However, he was erratic and his nets and outs counted heavily against, iim Sam Hardy, Captain ‘of ‘the United States Davis Cup team, and Carl Fish er of Philadelphia were defeated In | the “semi-finals of the men's by Wallace Bates and Ed Levy of Le- land Stanford University in a match that Was te with britiant tennis, The ecote Wee gmk 6—2, 6—1, 7-5, cree one ST ee ES Oe TS William Clancy strings are others 1 as among] BRitTon Aas Nerve BNoven To Mx WiDr WILSON AND “TRI To gor Him. THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JULY 9, PN eet RES ERR ATE 8 REIN EMPIRE CITY MEETING PROMISES TO BE BEST OF THE SEASON THE KING OF MIDDLEWEIGHTS (Copyright, 1921, by Robert Wigren.) \LSON , MIDOLEW EG HT He Lively Summer Campaign For Wilson With britton And Gibbons as Opponents and rant as well have bumped His career as a ch pion ahead soon Middleweight Champion Is No; Idler During Hot Weather—| : How Wilson Compares With} Old-Timers. By Robert Edgren. yr middleweight oing to be a busy champion, 1s |that has proved to be the real sensa alenging Wilson, matched to meet Jack Britton, Paul Phantom, outclassing and giving him « yas & Man can i ike | to take on Mike Gibbons. him complete as bad a be: welterweights in standing off the Benny Leonard, greatest lightweight, second ‘battle Wilson showed 1 has a lot of very good fighting qutli- He is cool, determined and a had little trouble Physically he punch doesn't seventh Inning, and} doesn't have to take other fighters whe and still king in his class, But he is risk in mingling with He'll need all nse is a strong offense, WILSON A GOOD COMBINATION. is no Bob Fitzsimmons for He is credited val hit that should 1 sure out o ullivan fell ltaxing a real saying |® Puncher like Wilson of his skill to go through ten rounds | with the middleweight champion, wicked left for the Kid McCoy for trickin but he doesn't miss much with that Lavigne tried to take the welter title Mysterious was knocked out. en pounds below Ho untae Tommy Ryan at finishing going, but he ugh fellow like O'Dowd in the mix- lightweight MoGovern and was Frank went the other extreme and fought Rube welter champion, knocked wut again. Joe Gans tried to take the welter Walcott and didn’t suc- He is no Stanley Ketchel at tearing slaughtered, y a good right hand his southpaw fellow off balance and as open as a clam on a hot stove, and then pastes m in the slats with the fi any other champion, ili Johnny Wilson and a hard, game, confident, effective fighter. Gibbons hasn't his phantom speed and elusive ducks under punches in, the instant they pass. hing from a f Abe Attell tackled Battling Nelson for Davis and bobs up again, close can outbox any The dates for the preliminary round of the Davia Cup maiches for this coun-| try were announced y United States Lawn has shown heer cleverness, pen teaching boxing and son. ‘Tennis Association he's up to date challenge round at Forest Hills, nberger in Brooklyn a month round tle be Hritish Isles and Avstralaaia at| out in appreciation of the while. ‘Then maybe you will come| {ey six inches from his mar slugging to do you for the next ten|!rance 4 ars. That's baseball to-day m the} 19 and 20-Final round at New- PITTSBURGH, July went Australia s here on August chance to beat is Cup match BUFFALO, July §%—R, Lindley Mur-| y to members of the ved at Vancouver | O'Dowd is easy for Wilson. THE PUNCH GOES FIRST. Possibly Gibbons has retrieved th a keeping tt work even of Bvaabastwes one of those who defend- | nd went down to defeat be f leaves a vete slater, and apeed pionship of the Southern Law | endurance disappei and skill last a long time. hundreds of old tamers show a flash | of their best stuff las Watters, sets at 6—3, 8—4, round of mixed vr a round or two ane look like Hike a high schoo! boy, but onc a “Mion he is a cool and ‘deliberate boxer, dondies | Semp Russ of Savannah def Elizabeth Kirkpatrick ruthers of Chattanooga 6—0, 6—i. (Copyrignt, vit, by Robert Hagren.) LEADING PIRATES ARE GOING JUST AS STRONG AS EVER At St. Agatha Field, St Agatha va.) iatteries: Pialnfieid Club, At St, Brendan‘s Field, St. Brendans |s SUNDAY SEMI-PRO GAMES. At Bronx Field. Iro»x Giants va. Me- nts (double header). At Protectory Grounds, Lincoln Gtants vs, Royal Giants (double header). J Bushwicks vs. Rochelle and Nebraska Indians. Mamaroneck, Mount Vernon. Chester, Port Chester vs. Hoboken Club, At Schenevtady, Stars of Havana, Connell Colored G kers Club and Meadowbrooks. At Farmers’ 1 Red Caps (double East New York, Ridgewood and New York Fire De- te At Howard Field, ral Ship and Jamaica, At Long Island City, Springfields vs. Peekskill, College Point v: Farmers vs. ) Morristown v! Mice Oo INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. (Columbia Oval), Co- ey City Red Sox. York, West New York a. At Morrlatown, At Caven Point va. W; At Jersey City At West Ni Philadelphia Glanis ‘At Hoboken, Oxfords vs. Jersey City Howards vs. Recreation Park, Ironsides of Newark. knocked out easily by Benny Leonard | | Buccaneers Open Eastern | when Johnny coveted the lightweight | McGovern went cut of| his weight class to meet Young Cor- | bett and the beating he got finished us a champion, Wilson-Gibbons match more interesting. Campaign by Winning | Over Dodgers. | The fast-moving Pittsburgh Club, | tion of both leagues this year, is still | setting a terrific pace. It was antici- vated that it would wilt under the! heavy strain of the campaign, tut it has not. It is going Just as strong as it did in the first three weeks of the season that landed it in first place, with no evidence of a s8 that would put it out of | r opening game of the pres- ent stern invasion the Corsairs | defeated the Dodgers 5 to The | Robins outhit the Smoky City leaders ten to seven, but made blunders that cost them the game. Ferdie hupp, starting on the mound for the Brooklyn team, pitched a good game, but was wild. He re- | tired in the seventh inning, after al-| lowing the Buceancers only one hit, in favor of Clarence Mitchell, Wilbur Cooper, twirling good ball} and with the fine support that was given him, went the full route, George Gitaon's club displayed the same fighting spirit that was seen| here on its previous invasion of the| Kast. Notwithstanding the fact that Gibson has had several of his best | players on the hospital list, the! Pirates have not let up in aggressive- ness. Davy Robertson, one time Giant outfielder and who was acquired from the Cubs last week, is replacing Whit- ted in right field. Davy seems to have taken a new lease of life under Gibson's leadership and is playing 4 good game in the outfeld. Barnhart, the rookie second baseman, has sup: planted Tierney at thin, He is one of the real finds of the present sea- Steeplech: je Stewards Lift Ban on| Brooks, | Norman Brooks, the jockey who wns| suspended during the Belmont Park mnesting for foul riding on Ormend, was restored to good standing at a meetin, of the Executive Committee of th Board of Stewards of the National Steeplechase and Hunts Association on) Thursday. Other business of the meeting includ- | ed the appointment of A. Henry Wigs kinson as steward ot the autumn moet. ing of the Westchester Racing Associ- jatfon at Belmont Park and of Joseph | Ki. Davis in duct meeting Licenses were granted to the follow ing jockeys: William n. A. Will jams, Willie McNair, Richard M Manus, James Doyle and W. H. 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