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peters r SNOB IL. F . Quarter Million in Horses ‘Race for Fame and $50,000 Spree i ‘ Belmont Test of Speed and Courage Each Year Since Inception in 1867. By Vincent Treanor. HE Belmont Stakes of $50,000 run to-day at Belmont Park is one of the oldest features of the Amer fean turf. It was first run in 1567 at Jerome Park, the outline of which is yet to be seen on the upper end of Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. Origin- ally fashioned as a test of speed and endurance for three-year-olds, the stake {s still regarded as one of the most important in America from the Standpoint of breeders. While the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, of comparatively recent inception, hold their place in racing's Detory, both are run too early to draw the best of the three-year-old mate- rial. Horses are pointed for these events specially or from the halter, as trainers say, whereas the [Belmont candidates are brought to a point of competition by actual in seasoning For instance, all the candidates for to-day’s renewal of the Belmont have qualified for the running. Snob II has won two races. Hea galloped home @ winner on Wednesday after having run second to Pillory in the Preak néss. Ray Jay, after an enforced le up while at the height of condit showed a lot of speed in a race b hind Hea, and Letterman has t raced since the opening of the season. #he Belmont has been won by many famous horses whose names are well remembered, Many of them just rep- event an epoch in history to present Gay racegoers, and others among re- cent Winners will still be talked of ten Years hence. In 1889 the Belmont’ was trans- ferred to Morris Park, wherg it w run annually until 1904, the year be- fore the opening of Belmont. It's a Jong way back to the running of the original Belmont, which was won by Ruthless. After that such horses ns Harry Bassett, Spendthrift, Inspector B, Hanover, Eric, Hastings, Com- mando, sire of many great horses since, Africander, Tango, Peter Pan and The Finn won in their three- Year-old seasons. Present day yaco- goers are familiar with such as Friar Rock, Hourless, Johren, Sir Barton, Man O' War, and last year Grey Lag ‘All good horses as the foremoing ad- ‘edly were, no field that ever went to post in the Belmont represented more in value collectively speaking, than that which strives for to-day's purse. Snob II., the favorite, was sold recently for $85,000 to J. 8. Cos- den. Hea has been valued at $100,000 by his owner, Admiral Grayson. $50,000 probably wouldn't buy Pillory, and Ray Jay and Letterman are worth, as horse values go these days, $25,000 each. This totals more than a quarter of {Ilion in horseflesh running for a $50,000 prize and the Prestige that goes to the owner. There were five starters posted ove! might for the race, and confidence Teigned in the camp of three of them. Snob IT, showed that he has his speed by a fast half mile. He breezed the firet three furlongs in 84 2-5, and the half in 47—sharp work and an indica- tlon that the son of Prestige is right at his best, Billy Garth says he will have no excuse if his colt is beaten, and all that Tom Healy and W. P. Bureh want is a fast track and no favors, Hea and Pillory have had enough racing to make them dead fit to go the mile and three furlongs. ‘There was a lot of favorajle comment he sportsmanship of the Greentree ble In starting Letterman, whose form had not been up to the promise he_gave last year. The manner in 4 which he graduated from the maiden cldis would justify his being given a chance to make good, and the Belmont fs ia fine place to see Just how good he is. It was the opinion of some of ¢ the experts that he would race well this year over a distance, and the Bel- mont is the only chance there Is with- in the next month to find out what his forte is, The disability of Relay was a dis- appointment to many who like this colt, which is not very! large has the heart of a lion and never knows when he is beaten, His stable companion, Ray Jay, has speed of a high order, but it ts doubtful whether he can carry it over a mile and three furlongs. He was evidently short en Hea beat him the othor day. liory is a typica) Olambala and has ed Tom Healy enough to make clever trainer think he has a real stayer in him. The way he worked @ mile and a« half in 2.35 on Wednes day would lead to the belief that dis- running would be his forte. As for Hea he is the sort of horse that to run at the finish of his races. fe the poorest work horse in the rid and will do nothing unless you make him. He breezed five furlongs in 1,07 yesterday morning. Keogh had 4 @witch on him and when it broke the knew it and wouldn't run fast, @ following are the horses and thelr riders; Snob I1., C. Kummer: Hea, Keogh; Letterman, Lyke; Pil- Jory, C. H. Miller; Ray Jay, Ponce. The Belmont Stakes will be run ever the regular Belmont course of @ mile and three furlongs. Although and its reduc- has been gradual, in line with desire for shorter races, it is still test and is as conclusive as if mile and a half. A horse win at @ mile and three fur- win at two miles and a will work his mile tmme- diately after the Belmont, and Fred ‘ ‘ Turf Classic FIVE STARTERS IN BELMONT STAKES TO BE RUN TO-DAY The probable starters, weights, Jockeys and odds follow: Snob 126 ©, Kummer, 8 to5 Hea +126 Keogh. Tto® Kay Jay ..126 Ponce, 10 tot Villory ine Miner, 10 tot Letterman, 126 Lyke. 30to Burlew says the time will be in the neighborhood of 1.87, A view of the Belmont running and a speed trial by Morvich will crowd a lot of enjoy- ment into an afternoon, There is in addition the Keene Memorial Stakes for two-year-olds and the Douglas- ton Handicap Steeplechase to round out @ perfect day. Gray Lag was a good horse yes- terday and could have equalled the mile record for the track if he had been asked to, It is going to take a smart horse to lower his colors as as his feet do not bother him L many of the Star Shoots, his feet are none too good. Huggins, who trained Star Shoot in England, al- ways maintained that the hard ground the year the horse was a three-year- old alone kept him from winning the Derby. As It was, the fine American horseman said Star Shoot was the best two-year-old that he ever sad- died. The form shown by Grey Lag is going to make friends for him in the race for the Brooklyn on Friday next ™ cise Zz Jack OF PHIL WENT UP THE HILL Ze TO GET SOME Mactere Hons “ hc ee Hs CROWN Oe eA Wasi AWN iv FUNNY? Sweetser and Hale Meet In the Final Golf Match For “‘Met’’ This Pair Clash in a 36-Hole Contest at the Lakewood Course To-day. By William Abbott. LAKEWOOD, N, J., June 10.—Jess Sweetser and Eddie Hales, finalists to-day for the metropolitan golf title, are the leaders of a regiment of young stars that soon may restore New York's prestige in national champion- ships, Sweetser is twenty, Hale, twenty-six. They both recall Jerry Travers ten years ago, the last time New York produced a national title holder, Sweetser and Halo have had me- teoric flights In the old Scottish game. Sweetser failed to qualify for the 1919 national meet at Pittsburgh, his first entry into a tournament. Since then the athletic youth from the Ardsley Club has steadily become more for- Midadls, aithoush the tournament here the firat time he ever tried for the met" trophy. Hale come from Utpper Montclair. Several seasons ago he confined his activities strictly to club affairs, usu- ally four-ball matches, with Travers and Reekle, fellow clubmates. Last year Hale extended his competitive scope and was runner-up to Newton Mair for the Jersey State crown at Canoebrook. The following week he survived to the semi-finals in the metropolitan of Garden City. Sweetser and Hale play a similar game, very long from the tee, accu- rate around the green and dependable with the putter, Sweetser commands more shots and can be more brilliant, but Hale, rugged and with a aquare fighting Jaw, hangs on in match com- petition with bulldog tenacity. Hoe Is the type that is never beaten until the last shot is aimed, It ts this spirit to win more than anything else that carried the Upper Montelair entry to the finals. At the outset the names of Sweetser, Walker and one or two others were mentioned as logical favorites. Hale was quickly diemiased as only one who might make a little troutle for the boys, He did this and then some, In most of his matches Hale came from be- hind to win, .In the third round Hale, a little late starting, speeded up and overwhelmned Henry Topping of Greenwich, a veteran campaigner. HALE DREW WALKER IN SEMI- FINAL. In the semt-finals Hale drew A. L. Walker, former intercollegiate cham- pion, and a strong favorite here. Rep- utations, it appears, don’t mean a great deal to Hale, He won from Walker on the nineteenth green with @ mashle shot that is seldom seen, especially during the strain of an extra-hole battle Walker began strongly, only to be overhauled by his opponent. Hale is gither very good or very erratic, Sev- eral times he dipped under par fig- ures to win holes from Walker. Then his chief fault, a wicked driving hook, would develop, and Wale would get In over his head jn trouble. After see sawing al) the way Hale finally gained the lead on the long thirteenth, where Walker dubbed his second shot At the short fifteenth over a brook Hale barely crossed the water and landed far down the bank, His re- covery sailed over the green into a trap, which forced Hale to pick up aftor a savage wallop with a niblick, Now the count was squared. Walker was going strong and it looked like curtains for Hale It was Walker, however, who saved himself on the elbow sixteenth with a ' Championship FEATURE GOLF CARDS ON LAKE- WOOD COURSE. 5 4 6-40 46 6-42 44 o-41—-81 46 2 Sweetser, out . 3454444 588 Dyer, out’. 444485 5 6-40 Bweetser, tn\ 445658 44. Dyer, In’ .. B4a54aas useful putt for\a half in fours. Hale on the seventeertth hooked into a fleld of daisies, but widlded his niblick with such force that the ball sailed clear to the distant green, It was some green. Walker's drive was on the fairway, but misfudging the- wind he approached short and finally lost the hole. HALE’S ERRORS MAKE MATCH EVEN AGAIN. Hale, one hole in front, only needed a half on the eighteenth to win the match. His old hook was still on the job and ztp flew the little pill far to the left into the rough. The tall Jer- seyman, trying for extra distance, got far off the line and stopped among trees near the caddy house. These errors \resulted 4n @ lost hole and the match becoming even again, Then it was that Hale's fighting spirit rose to the occasion. Both drives were alike on the extra hole. Walker, shooting first, hit a mashie clear over the green. Hale placed his mashie with a decided cut, and so cleverly was the’ shot manipulated that the \ball stopped only two feet away from\the flag. This magnificent shot captured the hole in three, one under par, and put’ Hale in the final round. Sweetser Dyer eno any jazz time with Frank Dyer)\as eome keen judges here foolishly prediated. The deciding factor was Dyers d.gerness for dis- tance, The Jersey c\\ampion cracked out monster drives, byt unfortunately some of them sailed cif the line and dropped into traps and\bunkers. Sweetser was plainly r¢rvous at the start and fumbled several\easy shots, but the Ardsley youth wi the first to steady, and once in the iead he hung onto his advantage. Thi match was marked by some sengtional shota. On the third hole Dyer\ after driving into a deep sand trap, 4nib- Neked his way out 140 yards togthe green, Both Sweetser and Dyer landed fy the pine woods while attempting to slice through the trees on a short cut on the 620-yard elbow fourth. Dyer almost got clear, his ball striking the last tree in the path, Yet it was Dyer who got a par five by sinking a long putt. At the 284-yard sixth Dyer put his tee shot hole high the first time this difficult grew in the corner of woods had ever been driven. Then Sweet- ser took a hand performing circus shots. From behind @ bank on the eighth green the Ardsley youth chip- ped up to within a foot of the cup, At the eleventh Jess dropped in a long troublesome putt. His approach at the twelfth to an elevated green was a feature shot. In fact, both stars flashed more spectacular shots than the club off- clals believed possible tn one round of their newly constructed links, ‘The THIRD ROUND noy, defente and mary. B. Rweetser, Siwa- Greenwich, 6 up l Chul Pi clair, peat “Henry J. Topping: Gre up ahd 2 to play; A, Lucien Wa Alfred B, Bourne, Garden City G: nd 8 to lay. FINAL ROUND—Jease Bwoetser beat Dyer, 2 up and 1 to play: J. Edward A. Lacten Walker, 1 up Ue ROBNS TACKLING GUBS AFTER TAKING FNAL FROM REDS Dazzy Vance Slated to Pitch the Starter Against Bill Killifer’s Team. By Joseph Gordon. HE Flatbush sector 1s quiet once more, There 1s nothing alarm- ing about the marked sounds of activity heard there during the early hours of the day. They were caused merely by a shifting of the invading forces from the West, which ‘brings the legion from Chicago to Ebbets Field, while the annoying Reds march upon the Polo Grounds to help celebrate the visit of George Burne to his old hangout. No one— not even Vance or Ruether or Cadore —are shedding any tears over the departure of Pat Moran's interna- tional collection of ball players, even though the Robins did manage to win the final skirmish from them and entrench themsetves in the first division awain. Manager Robinson will trot out Dazny Vance this afternoon for the opening game of the series of four with the Cubs. Vance will have to showy more stuff than he did in his last start egainst Cincinnati, as Vir- i! Cheeves is due to pitch for Kill!- fer's men. Cheeves {s still sore all over about the Incident at the Polo Grounds the other day, and ts just itohing to take It out on somebody, The Robins will answer his purpose if they'll stand for It, It is up to Daszy to see about it. ‘Grimes gave an excellent Slustra- tion of how much he can do with I¢tle if he 1s only well supported in the fleld, His game against the Reds yestenlay was a remarkable victory for him. His spitball worked as smoothly as ever. His fast one was elusive as ft ever was, and his change of pace a constant puzzle to the Red batters. Two runs were all his mates made, but they were enough for him to turn into a victory, the final score of which was 8 to 1. THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1922, AVORITE IN TO-DAY’S BIG STAKE RACE AT BELMONT PAR TE rer ilo a rk Evening World) by Press Publishing Co. THE BoaRD THREATEN: TO pis Possess TWo TENANTS . By Thornton Fisher|VANKS IN REAL [ THE YANKS HAVE STOPPED HIS YOWLING RIGHT ON THE DOOR BTE P- Giants to Celebrate “‘George Burns Day’’ and Raising of Big Pennant Judge Landis and Other Ce- lebrities to Attend Opener With Reds To-Day. By Bozeman Bulger. ASHBALL magnates are all around town, spruced up and set. George Burns hung around the hotel lobby all morning trying to take on a bold, uninterested look, as if anybody could have a day named after him. Charlie Stoneham, the Colonels Ruppert and Huston, Judge Landis and other interested parties have been examining thelr feet to see if they could make the grade for the long hike from centre field to the home plate. Ona hot day that march is said to be tough on the dogs. The world's championship flag has been given a trial flap and the hal- yards untangled, One geod pull and she floats. All in all tt looks Ike quite a day On second thought the Cincinnati Reds take part in the show—about as much as a bridegroom at a wed- ding. They are here too. The ceremonial doings are of not so much moment to Patrick Moran. All he asks is that they get it over as soon as possible so that his Reds can get out there and beat the tar- wadding out of the champs, all laurel wreathed and everything. The Reds might have been even more forward and obnoxtous but for a trimming at the hands of Brook- lyn, Our little brothers across the river attended to that matter nicely. Having been thus taught their place the Cincinnatians may keep a respectful calm until the march ts over and George Burns has been told that he is q great fellow and handed a lot of stuff to take home. They are going to give George all kinds of presents. He ought not to to feel so badly about being a Red when the various committees are through The Mag will go up at 2.40 o'clock To-Day’s Sport Programme HORSE RACING. At Belmont Park—The $50,000 Belmont Stakes. BASEBALL. At Polo Grounds—Giants vs. Reds. ‘\\At Wbbets Fleld—Robins \ vs, Cubs. SWIMMING. ‘ Af\}Madison Square Garden—Opening of poo! At Brighton Beach—Champtonship events. A GOLF. At Laka wood—Final of Metropolitan tourney At Westcester Biltmore Country Club—New York vs. Philadelphia for Griscom Cap. At Sleepy Hollow—Opening of rearranged cour.< BICYCLE RACING. At Velodrome— Races postponed from last night, TENNIS. At Flatbush—Sem-finals of Brooklyn championsnip. At Pelham Country, Club—Marie Wagner vs. Martha Bayard, in invitation finals. BOXING. At Queensboro Club—AN At Commonwealth Club-~) tar card. ‘ankie Jerome vs. Harry Martin, HOW THEY STAND x * NATIONAL LEAGUE. N.York i 604 | Cinoin’t 27 26 Pitte’h. 26 19 .678/Chic'go 22 25 St.Lo’is 27 23 .640| Boston. 21 26 Brook'n 26 24 620) Phil’a.. 18 31 GAMES YESTERDAY. Chicago,4; New York, 8. Brooklyn, 2; Cincinnati, 1. Boston, 7; Pittsburgh, 3. St. Louls, 4; Philadelphia, 3. GAMES TO-DAY. Cincinnati at New York. Chicago at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at Boston. St. Loule at Philadelphia. AMERICAN LEAGUE. WwW. L. Pe, W. J. Pe. N.York 33 19 .635 | Detroit. 23 27 .460 StL 30 21 .688) Phil 24 .455 Wash'n 26 28 .810| Boston. 21 26 .447 Clev 24 27 471! Chio'go 21 29 .420 GAMES YESTERDAY. Chicago, 10; New York, 6. Cleveland-Washington (postponed). St. Louis, 8; Boston, 1. Philadelphia, 10; Detroit, 3. GAMES TO-DAY. New York at St. Louis. Washington at Detroit. Boston at Chicago. Philadelphia’ at Cleveland. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. WwW. L, Pc, Ww. L. Balti’e.. 35 16 .700|Readi'g 26 28 Roche'r 82 19 .627|J.City.. 23 29 Toronto 27 24 .529|Syrac’e 21 31 Buffalo 27 24 (529| Newark 14 35 GAMES YESTERDAY. Baltimore, 3; Jersey City; 0. Reading, 4) Newark, 2. Rochester, 7; Toronto, 1. Buffalo, 6; Syracuse, 0. GAMES TO-DAY. Toronto at Jersey City. Buffalo at Newark. Rochester at Baltimore. Syracuse at Reading. —— George Burns takes his medicine at 2.65, The ball game begins at 8. And, speaking of veteran heroes, it's too bad that Grover Cleveland Alexander, could not be on hand to wear some kind of @ laurel wreath in the celebration of George Burns Day. , This veteran of many years pitched his fifty-second game against the Giants yesterday. It was the anni- versary, to the day, of his twelfth year as a foe to the New York Na- tional Leaguers. The anniversary was celebrated as it should be—for Alex the Great. He pitched the world’s champs down to a size that his team could handle and then socked them to a fare you well. In twelve years of pitching against the Giants the record ts a dead heat for Alexander. He beat them for the twenty-sixth time yesterday. They have beaten him twenty-stx times. Incidentally, the Giants are the only club that has not lost a majority of {ts games to Alex. Pretty good for a fellow who nearly always played with a weak club, eh? The champs whanged the old mas- ter freely when It didn’t count, but the moment danger thrratened, old Alex would tighten up and sit the boys right down with atnump. They could start rallies, but not one could they finish. Fils work made a lot of us think of Matty. art. It was an exhibition for youngsters to watch and ponder. — it It was pitching the LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O’ Hara. Ciroult Court denies Hap Felsch’s motion to get back into organized baseball. That makes another cir- cult slap for Hap. e * Old Home Week will bo celebrated when the A's finally reach eighth place. eee British pro-golfers will arrive next month to give exhibitions of slicing the gate receipts. eo. Braves have finally started to climb toward the top, but that Na- tional League race ts no bungalow. oe Prexy Harding has a new motor boat, which enables him to do his putt-putt-putting on water. 8 ce Carpentier is silent about a scrap with Greb. After monkeying with a buzzsaw last July Carp is naturally shy about mixing with a windmill. eee Giants have unfurled their 1921 pennant. Now all they need to do is unfurl their 1921 stuff. eee The June brides change their names about a month of the college ball Players. Molla is leading Suzanne views G—2, 5—1, 6-0. n inter- RED ALLEN PUT AWAY BY WALTERS IN SECOND LONG BRANCH, N. J., June 10.—At Ocean Park Inst week Buck Walters of New York knocked out Red Allen of Brooklyn in the second round. Walters dropped Allen for the count in the first round, tho bell saving Red. Walters crossed his right to Allen's jaw and dropped him for the full count in the second, Jack Rafferty of New York knooked out Charlie Brister in the third round. Johnny Drummie of Jersey City won over Johnny Carroll in twolve rounds, Pace JOHNNY DARCY SCORES KNOCKOUT OVER MOONEY STAMFORD, Conn., June 10.—Johnny Darcy, the New York lightweight, de- feated Joe Mooney, the west side lgnt- weight, in two rounds at the Stamford Sporting Club her last night. Darcy outpunched and outslugced the tougn west side boy and knocked him out in the sécond round. ———— WAGNER BEATS KAPLAN MERIDEN, Conn., June 10.—Kid Wegner of Philadelphia received the ref- eree's decision over Lew Kid Kaplan of this city, it being the first decision the latter has lost here, ‘The fight was bit- terly contested all the way and at the end of the twelfth round the referee (e- clard Wagner the winner. | GRIIAL SERES WITH BROWNS After Bagging Three Out of Four in Chicago, Hugmen Face Big Rivals, By Robert Boyd. a ST. LOUIS, June 10.—With thd series with the Chicago White Sox tucked away safely the Yankees ar, rived here to-day on the second stop of their Invasion of the West. In thd Mound City this is the most crucid!"> series that they have had in many years and if you would believe the St. Loulsan who ts an arent agi mirer of the home club, this serie¥ will go a long way toward proving whether or not the Yankees are going to make a runaway affair of tii American League pennant race whether the Browns will have , chance. p Carl Mays will twirl againt tha Browns to-day and Hoyt Shawke; and Joe Bush will work in the rest o the games during the Yankees’ sta] here, The series will develop into ™ duel of pitchers with Shocker, Vi Gilder, Boyne and Danforth opposing the above named Yankee four. The Yankees put up a miserable ex hibition in the last game of the Whita Sox serfes in Chicago yesterday. Sag Jones started the game and was drive, from the mound In the seventh in ning. Hoyt relieved him and he w. driven to cover. Bush and George Murray were the other two twirlerg to finish the game for the Yankees. The White Sox were on a wild bate ting rampage. They collected thir teen hits and ten runs. Harry Court# ney, Washington castoff, pitched ef fectively against the Yankees and hel@ the New Yorkers’ hits well scattereds Put Ruth managed to get his ttt homer of the season. Edward Rayand Mitchell Meet : In Golf Finak GLENEAGLES, June 10 (Associated Press).—Edward Ray, former open golf champion of Great Britain, and on holder of the American open title, and Abe Mitchell, one of Britain's beat on the links, will play each other for amp a honors in the Thousand Guineas go} tournament here. In the semi-finaly Ray defeated A. Compston, a asters lng British golfer, two up and one ti play, while Mitchell disposed of of Rochampton, three up and play. BARNSTORMING RULE} UPHELD BY THE N. 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