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2 DWYER HANDICAP FEATURES RACING CARD AT AQUEDUCT TO- DAY Complications Ahead if Other State Boxing Commissions Follow Muldoon’s Ruling in New York. OW that Commissioner Muldoon N has made good his promise by “forfeiting’’ Johnny Kilbano's featherweight championship in New York State, all sorts of complications May arise. Next to forfeit a title in New York State was Johnny Wilson, who slipped out of a match with Harry Greb at the Middleweight limit, That will make Greb middleweight champion in New York State. After that, pursuing the logical courfe of events, Harry Wills was declared world’s heavyweight on, in New York State, as he Posted a forfeit and challen) Dempsey in New York. Dempsey's Manager stopped this, through, when he accepted Wills's challenge But this is only a beginning There are Boxing Commissioners (n other States, and they may follow Mr Muldoon’s example Down in Jersey Si Jenging Kilbane and y may be declined world's champion—in New Je Tn Philadelphia, tu Perkins, chai- ing a forfeit, featherweight korpolis Grimm, on the ground that his great-uncle, Joe Grimm, was once a@ fighter, challenges Kilbiay ad bosts a forfeit. Johnny, not coming through with a mateh, forfeits his world’s tille—in Pennsylvania EVERY STATE HAS ITS OWN a, GANS START PIRATE SERIES WITH 000 LEAD A Few Double-Headers Likely Be Played in Pitts- burgh This ‘Time. By Robert Boyd. PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 6.—Wwith 4 comfortable lead jn the Nation League Pennant Race tucked com fortably under their belts, ti Hants arrived here to-day to start their second invasion of the west with o four game series with the Pittsbu Pirates. During the last swing through the west the Ginnts were only able to play ame out of four here and it Is not at all unlikely that Barney Dreyfuss will insist upon a few double headers at Forbes Field during the one orid's Champions present stay ne art trip the Giants madi through the west they sutfered more defeats than victories, ‘The we: clubs such as Bt Louis and Chic broke even with them In four serie Cineinnath fared the best of t the m all taking three out of four trom Champions. During the Giants tong stay at the Volo Grounds the team proved thit their loses in the west on the first w n trip were more the out come of baseball ‘breaks’ than the superi ority of the westerners Throughout the senior Nat League 1 in.’ Nothing but on unforeseen mishap can rob the great ball elub McGraw has welded together from re peating their triumph of 19: St Louis and Brooklyn might cause 4 little trouble, hut not enough to make the race very interes hhis trip through the cireult the ix conceded West will in CHAMPION. In Indiana, Pete Papke, who had u fighting relative in the family, chal- lenges Kilbane, posts a forfelt, and 4s declared world's champion—in In diana. And so on down the linc Every State in the Union, except Ohio, gets a new world's feather- Weight champion by the simple chal- lenge and post forfeit method. That'll give somebody a grand chance to run a featherweight cham- Pionship elimination tournament. Der- haps Kilbune will fight the winner, Making champions by proclamation never has been a popular sport in this country. At that we must admire Mr. Muldoon. He ulways has new Ideas and the nerve to put them through, He stirs things up. And what a few of our dallying, sidesiepping champions ‘need is a Mul- doon to point the way to the ring ana administer a gentle shove—or, if need be, a swift kick We have one champion whose title isn’t going to be vacated in New York or anywhere else. The only thing that cun put Benny Leonard out of the chumplonship class is a belt win- ning swat, Kansas on July 4, Tender July 27 and a little extra work in a battle the other night with Welter Champion Jack Britton proves that Leonard isn't taking life too easy. His uctivities will sult even the nice discrimination of Mr. Muldoon, who ezaves action and plenty of it. Flyweight and Bantam Champion Johnny Buff ts also fairly active. Jack Britton has worked at fighting championship battles the way a Plumber works at his trade. ‘That statement is fluttering to the plumber, Middleweight Champion Johnny Wilson has such an affection for his title that he doesn't like to take it into a ring with any rude, uncouth erson. Light Heavywetsht Harry Greb is a “busy bee" any way you take him. He wants to fight anybody, and once a week would sult him. No kick on Greb, A PLAY FOR THE COLORED VOTE? As for Dempsey—he's in an odd Position, If he didn’t have such a punch he could fight often. But good heavyweights are hard to find and almost any might be selected for Dempsey would be laughed at asa “set up.” Kearns says that he'll take on Brennan, Willard and Greb before Carpentier —preferably a six or eight-round bout with Greb because Greb 1s #0 much smaller that a longer bout might look like a massacre. Greb doesn't agree with this, of course, As for Wills, Mr, Muldoon's action and all the talk about having no one to give Dempsey a fight may chitnge public opinion, which has been set against mixed matches in the heavy- eleht class. But up to date that public senti- ment and the rulings of various Box- ing Commissions and declarations by several Governors have made a Wills match impossible Dempsey could make a bid for pop- ulerity by fighting Wills. The Negro fs a much bigger man. He would Champton loom over Dempsey like @ giant. He ts « clever boxer and dangerous. If Dempsey fought him and beat him mobody could claim that there's any Jack of courage in Dempsey. And there'd be no more talk of Dempyey's taking on ‘'set-ups.’’ But if he best Wills where would he ever get another fight? (Oopyright, 1922, by Robert Eaaren opponent who], 1 Ukelihood give the Giants a solid hold on the nnant ‘our games with Ditteburgh, Chicago, St, Low and Cincinnati will comprise the pres ent short four through the West The World's Champions will be foreed to play without the services of Heinte Groh, their third baseman, the premier corner guardian of the Na tional League. ‘This will deprive the Giants of much of their defensive and offensive strength. oh is suffering from an injured knee, and it is hard to say when he will return to the New York line-up. McGraw will not take any chances Steeds Show Preferences for)HORSES, RIDERS AND i ‘ See aw THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, JULY 6, ROCKY KANSAS CRUMPLING AFTER BENNY’S DECISIVE BLOW|DEMPSEY-WILLS —|FRANCE TO SEND The hth round of hi The threw a photograpa show bout « Rovky wmpling to the alnst Benny Leonard at Michigan City, Dan Roge: Kansas cy floor in less Ind. ubove younds and a sturdier opponent Kansas did. The eighth round opened 8, Manager of tle was backed to the acknowledging def for his battler, guard a trifle and Benny sent a eating to the Buffalo Italian for seven That was the finish of I the ely duly 4 Kansas, photograph was taken just before towel in the ring left wonard had administ ed a severe toree Mud Upsets Calculations Of Racing Form Students, Making Horses Specialists : By Neal R. will f he ivery while Ken iams makes a single just to see can steal second base once In a Few gas meters last as iong in the cellar ag Connie M Toronto is in fifth place of the In- Certain Kinds of Going ODDS FOR THE DWYER. These Day Horse We. dow with the former Cincimnati star and ternational League, leaving three will give him ample time for his knee Hs unprecedented rainy season ese eee clubs as chasers for the Canadian to mend T has raised the merry dickens 104 Kalrbrother... 4 t0 3] club, In the: absence of Groh little Jahnny with horse racing, Tt has pro- EE ee . Te Rawlings, baseball's foremost utility | 9. aal tuto lobienineral <= — The Yanks are like a lot of actors. player, will cover second base und | duced an endless variety of going at], |, Yesterday's particular] They aren't playing much right now. Prank Frisch will take Groh's place [tho tracks, particularly at Aqueduct.}) 4 must have sulted both to per- se @ ut third ind made winner picking 4 Job forlccction, Nassau, too, showed a spe-] Hard to see how those Braves can McGraw is fortunate in having 4) contractors, civil engineers and gene I fondness for it. Irish Pat gave] get out of the second division unless player of Rawlings’s abliity to fill in, ropes and waen Leonard { LIVE WIRES 1922, would have down long before with Rocky bleeding from the mouth, dropped his to the head with terrific ted Kansa and right ansas . O Hara. Baseb n Philadeipiia is like a Movie serial. A fan can leave the fame any time and know how its coming out The L club, states a base- ball scribe, needs a couple of strong pitchers. And so do the clubs that face the St. Louls batting order o 8 An American comes along and wins the British open golf championship. That's what they get for leaving’ it open, It isn't the fault of Prohibition that Fe a ey yor tha] alogiats, No mere handteapper who} evidence of revelling in it, whereas| they sign up Houdini as their man-|- bottle of ginger ale will Kill an um- Kind. It no doubt is saying the pen- in time, pounds and Lengths |e reioced to contine thelr winning ef- | “ — nant for the World's Champions. has any chance these day to muddy conditions, couldn't . ‘. LOLCRBMPIODa' RO Wes: WIC hel || Gone ors profess to know thi} aise a respectable gallop in such that D d D Fe d: vei Titl mene, champions mo West with thelr | some trainers profess to kn i resnectabte sation suc atl Dyndee Defends His Title Douglas, Nehf, Ryan, Barnes ana |iifferences in mud that rain churns} sain my gre car a mist Toney are breezing along tn great] diferent etceds; but wo think| is and he might beat the .others gains ac ar ey t Os igl t pans eae te . cmselves. Who, | mentions ieiibaaies cent acquisition from Indianapolis in| they're all kidding themse a ; . _ the Asencan Association, is bound|for instance, can tell what kind of A re at of the mud which NS m News ravee! lah oweres to prove a valuable asset to the club,|mud the mare ‘Thimble likes. In] valled yesterday and which should be Fifteen-Round Bo Bout for sinior| 1 the malt go OF tS Phil, Douglas or Nehf will twirl to- }some she rina as if her hoofs were | analyzed for future generations of Lightweight Championshi yt he Bon indy are day's game for the World's Cham-|stuck in glue, and in other kinds she cae r ye ene those sera Ag! gh ampionship bugnt to furnish ave pions, and Babe Adams will be cn the |hecomes as Meet-footed as a fright-] speculated on th fy enslolige: 16c8 at Ebb “ie eee mound for the Corsnirs. ned dee About the same thing is}the trac with he balances on the ut Ebbets Field. If Harry Gordon, Joo Wagn — . _|wrong side of the cash sheets. Of — Aeight protege, a t 0 the layers speculated too, but LENGLEN AND MALLORY |iicy dian't. do. the picking of the By John Pollock. Athletic Boom -n West, Reports Obertubbesing Herman Obertubbesting, dent of the Amateur Athletic Union has just returned from a week's trip to the Middly West, While away he Visited Omaha, Kansas City and St Paul to study the athletic situation at these points and to confer with the ath letic leaden there, s0 that greater in could be aroused among the young men and women to take part In the sports over which the Amateur Athletic Union has Jurisdiction, 1 Monday night at Omaha he at- tended the final organization meeting of the y Midwestern Association of the A. A. U., which now assumes Juris diction over the St f Nebraska North and § Twelve atiended the % through sentatives, On Tuesday Mr, Obertubbesing con- ferred with Dr. J, A. Rellley, physteal director of the Kansas City A. C. He found the latter highly elated because of Wate victory over Jole Ray and Larry Shields {n the mile run at Chicago a week ago. Kansnaa City is basketball crazy, par- ticularly so as the Kansas City A. C. won the championship. The city t* ready to conduct the champlonship next winter if nanction is granted by the Amatour Athletic Union. On Wednesday and Thursday he was in St, Paul and Minneapolis at the in- vitation of Fred Weldenborner, of the . Paul A, C. who hus started the pre- y work to form @ new associa- on of the Amateur Athletic Union taking in the States of Minnesota, North Dakota and Western part of Wis- conan, The St. Paul A. ©. !e anxlous to con- duct the next handball championships Wherever Mr. Obertubbesing went he found a remarkable interest in swim: ming. In fact {t js among the lead! sports and many new pools aro being opened He feels Vice Presi- terest that his visit will bring about a better understanding of what the Amat Athletic Union fe and what it stands for, which {s the promo- tion of amateur sport and the en- couragement of our young men and women to participate in healthy sports so as to improve them phyafcally and mentally, Poor weather condition made perfect Jolinny Dundee, junior lightweight champion, wil defend his title for the first time to-night when he goes against Jack Sharkey of the west side in a fifteen round contest at an open air show to be staged at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The weight at which nted mud runners. ‘They left that the players, the majority of whom ected the Wrong ones. We ure due for a new moon, which may lessen the troubles of handicap- pers whose education In muddy sub- stances ts necessarily limited. all . PLAY IN SEMI-FINALS AT | WIMBLEDON TO-MORROW | « WIMBLEDON, England, which have tennis impos week, caused # postponement UNNI) void stant Callahan got home on} they are to battie, 130 pounds, wolgh to-morrow of the semi-final rounds lew winners, Suspicion in the first}in at 2 P. M., will have them enter of the British national smipion and frish Pat in the fifth, beth at{itne ring fit and strong for a hard bat- ships. aeaidaadiss Dee eee apy; |te. In the other bouts, Harry Gor- ‘a. anne Lenglen, M Molle eto recommend the he wi = idan Mile, Suzanne Lenglen, Mrs. Molla) / Tia form. On a sloppy track in| Of Brooklyn vs. Joo Ryder for Mallory, Mrs. Veavook and Mrs.) q jrevious start Irish Pat was beaten|elght rounds, Jimmy Kirk vs. Wille Beamish, the four semi-finalisia re-Jabout Mfteen lengths and Suspicion} Bardley and Harry Catena of New maining in the battle for the women’s hed next st in a seventeen-Tyork ys. Joc Colletth tn six ronal S » Neld. wilt not get into a championship, tion until bouts, while Jackie Harris meets Joe to-morrow. Zellar for four rounds. ——_ I, Fator had two of his mounts HOW THEY STAND Rocky Kansas, the Buffalo lightwotght, who was stopped by champion Renny Leonard in eight rounds at Michigan City, Ind., on Tuesday afternoon received the nice sum of $15,000 for his 4 Billy Gibaon, the stretch where the mud was deep- est. He allowed Penrose to duck to the inside in the stretch and Satellite did the same thing in the last event. x & * It Is possible that both horses were | manseer of Lact peices 0 per cont, very tired at the time and swerved |°f the Brows suns ot eee oe wee NATIONAL LEAGU toward the rail for a sort of moral | PM4,K ay a Lisl vo.] support that even thoroughbreds seem dos to need at times, Dud Christiano the promtaing Juntor ight- Wek Fe, W. Le N.York 44 24 .647 Cin'ati, 36 38 rreisht of Buftalo, who is fightiig in hie St.Lo'is 42 32 .668 Pitts'gh 34 38 .472 ae Brook'n 40 33 .542 Phil'ia, 26 40 .394 Chicago 36 36 .500|Boston. 26 43 .377] Valor and Thimble both won out in] Milwaukec (h avten round bout at Milwaukeo GAMES TO-DAY. the middle of the track where the mud | om Friday evening July 14, was of a slushier variety than that on a When Joe Lynch meets champion Johnny the rail, Nassau also was well out New York ot Pittsburgh. Burt in a fifteen round bout for the banrany Brooklyn at Ste boule, whon he caught and passed Satellite wel t ghamploneh| title at the Velodrome ——— in the final event. Nassau, by the Nearly Ked to get the do ome Nie followere are certain he will enter ‘the rin in the best shape of hia fisto carcer, Lynel now weighs 117 pounds which is one pound below tho bantamwelght limit. AMERICAN LEAGU WwW. L. Po. Ww & re St.Lo'ie 45 30 .600 Wash'n 35 37 .436 N.York 44 33 .671 Cleve'd 34 41 .45: Chicago 39 36 .527| Boston, 32 41 .438 Detroit. 38 37 .bO/iPhilia 264i . way, Was @ receding favorite in this racy, He opened at 7 to § and went back to 8 to 1, while the sharks were trying to make Caveat Emptor, Dust- about and Satellite upsct the dope. On acount of the heavy fall of rain on Jay evening the twelve round go bit ween Harry Grsb and Whitey, Allen of Now _ at Wheollng, W. Va. hae been oni off TO-DAY, good. i ining here Nila ol GAMES Roth George Odom and Tred Burtew | ehet eu are ‘tomtay Pe eran oe tnnitelt Cleveland at New York (2 games). Bt. Louis at Boston, Chicago at Philadelphia, INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE, re. Balti're bo 46 T83\Toronto 34 400 Roche'r 41 $3 .684/Readi'g 34 44 482 Buffalo 42 36 .888/Syr'use 31 44.413 J. City, 38 $7 .607|Newark 22 48 314 at Phila it Monday night. Roy Nenson, formerly 9 but who fe now making his home in Brooklyn, haw been matuhed to meat Frankie Carenta of Long Taland In the feature bout of roundg at the next boxing show at the Bree port Beorting Club of Ing Talang, on Mon: wy Hlibln night Willie Beney for’ ten round hia on liked Valor, but we'll say they had to go away back for thetr dope on him, Steoplechaso rider Byors suffered a broken collarbone when he got a nasty fall from Vigilante two Jumps from home, He tain the hospital now. moata Hotty Wood and Clovaly, two fillies GAME’ TO-DAY. n the opentng event, attracted constd- Jersey City at Nowark, an Bia play, hoy may do to re: Reading at Baltimore, ' Toronto at Gyraouss, Buffalo at Rooh: Ha revel Pa, and Johnny Ward ot Plltabure at Vorbes' iield in Fittaburgh. ths bout will be broumht off on next Monday night weador periniiting atthe Beto Hartley at Steeplocha i match nas heen AMMAR haat Oe Nomi! . 4 a cents TPM AS Hinghod beiween clone ean, and Johnny Sas ho ina more pt arkey Was at the wn Earl Baird tas been compelled to cane hik matches with Pepper Martin and Jimmy Cooney owing to a cut over his eye, te ceived in his bout with Kid Kaplan, epper) Martin is all pre eof twelve rounds to-niorr Haunner at the Sort A nis detorm! to the (gh something & fonght Sharkey veral week ago 8 ef the hard: red for hls Coney Talend. Mar ut Haugner top hat he can do able to do. Hausner the Coney Island clubs ave the litte Italian one tlee of his car ot n laid up te eady to battle ae na the ch a thmt he will be sikned up to-day by his manager, Al Lippe, to Abo Goldstein in at decision bout at a show of the of Coney Island in two week Paddy Mullins, manager of, Harry (Will tha‘ eclored heaxywelght, | informed th Writer to-day that he will be ready to mee Jack Kearns, manager of champion Jack Dempsey, on Saturday to talk over the de- taile for the heavyweight championship fight between Wilis and Jack Dempsey, | Mullion further stated he is ready to alan the articles at one, Reonuse of the ataging welght championship Dutt and Joo Lynch on inatchmaker “Buvy’ Burns ba Tun hig next boxing show at the Oakland AoA, in Jersey Clty on Tuesday night tn- tend’ of Monday evening, Johnny, Curtain esta Danny Bawarde, the colored flghter of Beattle, for twelve rounds. ve-round rt A. C of the bantam between Johnny Monday’ night decided Gene ‘Tunney, for champion, ts in perfect shay round decision bout att Bteeplochane A. A, of Rockaway Beach to: mortow tight with May Kolser the game Tent heavyweight of Cumberland Md." who hat Gon ewoe hard fights. In. succession. There’ will’ be three other bouts between good battlers, 2 BOSTONIAN WILL TRY TO SWIM ENGLISH CHANNEL While two English women have an- nounced their intention of making the attempt to #wim the Channel during tho coming aeason, aquatic experts expoat that the only serious challenge to the olomants which haye defented all but two of the many who have oasayed the dan- korous and exhausting feat will come American man, Charles Toth, the distance awimmer of TL, Street Hwim- ining Club of Boston, will leave for Eng lund within @ fow Ka to make hie apations for the battle with the oold tnd choppy Channel and to atart (rains jung for the attempt which wil! be made on the first favorable occasion, o| Will tell the world it wasn't. FIGHT JULY NEXT, PLAN OFF RICKARD Promoter Believes — City the Place and Considers Time Is Necessary to Stage It. Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills in Jersey City for the world’s champion- ship July 4, next summer Thix is the plan of Tex Rickard may put it through before the end of the week Rickard has agreed to terms with Wills but has talked with the Demp- in an indefinite way. “Wills is willing to work for less and he sey side only than $100,000, showing that he ts willing to take a gamble for the tue.” Rickard said hat is less money than Lew Ten- jley wanted to fight Benny Leonard “Dempsey says he wants $600,000 for bis end, but that is absurd, and when it comes to real business he will estimate on his lave to put a lower alue,”” Rickard sa is the Jeysey City logical site for the fight, according to Rickard. “We have an arena, suitable in standing over there, and poor business to spend hundred thonsand dollars every Way, it would de 1 couple of putting up another one some place Ise," he said When Jack Kearns talks about staging the fight in sixty days, Rick- urd looks on it as a “stand-off. No one knows better than Kearns that it would take at least eight months of hard work to get ready for such a big fight Getting the tickets eady and circulated would require at least ten to twelve weeks, and that would sun the fight up into. the treacherous weather,” Rickard sald. Kearns ts due back from a barn- storming trip with his champion on Saturday and Paddy Mullins, Wills's manager, said he would be camping on the champ's handler all day Because Mullins was away in New Jer on a fight date with Wills when the time was set for the last meeting, Kearns said that the Wills bunch ran away from him. TENNIS TEAM HERE FOR SEMI-FINALS Question of Financing Men Who Will Play for Davis Cup Raised. PARIS, July 6 (Associated Press) —The French ‘Tennis Federation wilt do everything possible to send a Davis Cup team to the United States to meet Australia, M. Wallet, Pres- ident of the federation, said to-day Jp upon ‘hearing reports that it had been decided that the semi-final tie must be played in the United States. “The question of the expenses volved is a very Ierge one for our federation,” remarked M Wollet “and perhaps difficulties m. be ex obtaining leave doing military ser federation meet and out all perienced in Cochet, vice, but the Monday to try difficulties ‘The federation’s President (ndulg ed in mild criticism of the Australian team, which he thought ‘might have postponed its sailing to America for He added that M. Ctilow the federation, now who is will smoc a week secretary of Wimbledon, tempt with the games played in he failed then some w found, “even if we tain defeat trallans. M. Walle exhibition matches n in American would make a final at the Australians to have and if y out must be europe, € Bolus to ce nds of the Aus intimated that perhap it be arrange cities, if the Prenc Duy team were eliminated from the Cup play, of the players “I understand," hy added, ‘that the United States Law ‘Tennis Association, which has doll to our frances, found it too expensive to finance a trip for Wim bledon to defend its Sure! they understand position wher we have to defray the expenses « four or five men." to reimburse the expense Tilden to title Repentant Yanks Home, Within Easy Reach of Browns, Who Lead Race Hugnien to 5 Start Th Things Hum- ming With Double Bill With Indians To-Day. By Bozeman Bulger. UR Prodigals are back with the homefolks to-day, having sown their wild oats and reaped a harvest of words from Papa Landis. They are fully repentant. Around the home fives they expressed a willing- ness to shed thetr slick ways and city clothes put on tne old work shirt and begin the murder of pitchers as all well brought up boys should do. The best we have to offer in the way of a fatted calf is a double shot at Cleveland giving Babe Ruth at least eight pokes at the right fleld stand in one afternoon, The reception of tre prodigal sons begins at 1.90 o'clock, the festivities going right on until every available bit of fat is peeled from the hides of these invad- ing Indlans. And, everythin= considered, our Yanks have not dono badly at all since Judge Landis looked over the crop of wild oats and explained to the boys what would have to be done about the matter. According to the players the printed reports of the Judge's lecture were a rather pale imitation of what the Judge really said, He talked to them In words of their own language. His use of their night life vernacular was 80 accurate as to excite their admira- tion, It was not a talk for the ears of a Sunda. school class. Babe Ruth But, dont get the {der that the Bambino was the only offender. Since that time Babe has made four homers and the Yanks have won enough games to put them in easy ‘ange for a poke at St. Louis’ chin, The Yanks, as leaders of the East- ern clubs, now have their chance of getting even for the manhandling they took while touring the Weat. Beginning with the Indians to-day our American League champs take on all the Western clubs in order. if the Wastern division does any thing like as well as the Westerne: did to our boys while touring, the Yanks should be well in the lead by the end of next week, They are within easy striking distance as it is, The one bright ray of comfort to the players on thelr return is the re- turn to form of Sam Jones, who, for nearly a month, had harder luck than the historto paperhanger who got hie Lig contract and the seven years’ Itch simultanoously, Not onoe has Jones pitched a really bad game, hut somehow he could not win, Ballplayers generally agree that ‘Jones Is perhaps the most dependable Peles Pitcher, day in and day in tie Knowing tha Huggins refused accept the Jinx as final and put him in against Washington and th Athletics He came through wit flying colors. Though sat is one « the boys for whom Ju Landis talk was not intended that lectu appears to have killed the Jinx Carl Mays and Waite Hoyt, two + argumentative young mer when aroused, also took heed ani gy have made the old pill bend and zi around enemy batte Host went even further and developed into strongarm batter, winning one of h own games with a three base smash The Yanks have suffered from the temporary Ir Schang as catcher. His wealth < experience was a great stcaclier to th pitchers, even if he could net throw or hit better than the other back stops. Wallie is about well again Hoffman, the youngest of the catct ing crew, whaled his way into*fam: over at Philadelphia, winning a ba game singlehanded, He wound up day of singles and two baggers wit a home run that completely subdue! the Athletics. An official of the company that manufacturers official baseballs {¢ the two leagues intormed me on {i Fourth of July that the new bail really had not been purposely mad any liviler than in the past “Of course,’ he said, ‘the terlal—the yarn and rubber—may be of better quality, but that ts all, Thr balls are made exactly as they always have been."’ "Il say they are of mighty good material, then,’’ declared Hughey Jennings, ‘In practice I can hit u fungo fly twice as far as I could in the old days."’ Look at thin: The records showed _} that up to yesterday the batters in tho two leagues had made 470 home runs this short season. That would mean fully 1,000 for the season. That is a lot of home runs, gentlemen, An old baseball guide of twely years ago shows the total home runs for the two leagues of that season to be less than 200, Yes, those manufacturers surely did get some good material. Tom York, who hit 'em away back in the olf days, says If that he true the fellows who furnished the yarn and rubber when he was trying t» hit 800 ought to have been arrested. aia TEX EXPECTS BIG RIVALS TO SIGN ON SATURDAY Tex Rickard oxpressod the belief you terday that articles for a world’s ch plonahip bout between Jack Dempacy and Harry Willa will be algned on Snt urday afternoon at hie offies in Madt non Bquare Gardon, This was the dat aot by Jack Kearns, the champion» manager, Just before his depargure for the Weat.