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akin _THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1928, ; EXTREME | TYPES ARE TO CLASH FOR NATIONAL TENNIS TITLE THDEN AND JOHNSTON THE TWO BILLS--BIG AND LITTLE JCOULLET CAPTURES MINIATURE 6-DAY SURE TO MEET FOR FINALS, sev. re BICYCLE CONTEST TAKEN SWoULDER Team Race Goes HIGH on A } to Alf and MeBeath, Who \ RISING BALL Both Have Won National Title Twice, and Battle at Ger- | mantown Will Give Either Permanent Possession of Great Cup. | Big and Little Bill Represent Different Styles of Net Game— | Come From B ehind and Win Over 21 Combina By Robert Edgren. auleey Picked up his form again, | te + snd with it his old enthusiasm. in g t- i - a ; One of the greateet amateur spor ; William M. Johnston, “Little Bill,"’| Nifred ( 4 1 nd in Ing events of the year, the National}was born in San Francisco Nov. 2, the final n last nig two Tehnis Championships, will start]1894. He is a violent contrast to Til-| Sept. 8 on the turf courts of the ire in pace can only 6 feet 5% . 5 inches tall and weighing at the most Germantown Cricket Club, near Phil- 1 ' 25 pounds. In rt adeiphia, a series of hard hour team race and triumphed in masterly style over twenty-one good combinations. Fifteen thousand pat- matches he has been known to lose as For the first time in a national meet |much as ten pounds, although one could hardly see where so much flesh could be melted from his spare frame. the draw will be “‘seeded."" This will Prevent any such unfortunate occur- rence as that in 1921,when Tilden and Johnston clashed in an early round, Tilden winning ‘after a hard battle that should have been the final match. In spite of the playing of many for- eign stars, who have come over this year for the Davis Cup matches, it is almost inevitable that Tilden and Johnston, placed in opposite sections of the draw, will come through to the fini Iden and Johnston have each two Jegs on the big silver bowl. Johnston won it in 1915 and 1919 and ‘Tilden in 1920 and 1921, A third victory will give either permanent possession of the cup, which is doubly important because this will undoubtedly be the last year of chamionship competition fer both Tilden and Johnston—ecach having announced an intention to re- tire from active tennis It was only after much persuasion by tennis officials that Johnston de- Although slight he has astonishing | strength, Johnston has developed a flawless style, Maurice McLaughlin, famous when he was champion as the “Cali- fornia Comet,'’ tells me that in his} judgment Johnston's game comes nearer perfection than that of any other player he ever saw. “Little Bul's" abilit- to hit so pow- erfully with his forearm has been a wonder to the experts. The execu- tion of Johnston's strokes is beauti- ful, but lack of variety hag enabled Tilden to beat him. Tilden has dis- covered a way to return those flaw- less shots, and Johnston has been unable to change his style. He has the same system for every different kind of stroke. JOHNSTON IN GREAT FORM, Johnston's forearm has been famou: for its force and accuracy. It is taken shoulder high on a rising ball, with a —$—$—— oO A UTTLE THING LIKE A Few FEET IN HELGAT AND REACH MEANS NOTHING “ro SUTTLE BILL, rons of the New Y him almost single handed ride his an- cfent rivals into the ground during the last stages of the hotly contested miniature six-day grind It was not until the fifty-fourth mile that ‘‘Goullee’’ demonstrated his superiority over such stars as Willte reer, Ray Baton, McNamara and enday His team was three points behind McNamara and Grenda when the last heat was announced. The crowd to a man looked for Goullet to accomplish the impossible, and thelr guess came right when Alf finished second to young Charlle Jaegers, scoring 15 points and grabbing first honors. Goulet won four firsts, many nds and three fourths, The final ning Was as follows: Goullet and h, 68 points; second, McNe- nd Grenda, 50; third, Walthour and Ja , 45; fourth, Kalser and Spencer, 44; fitth, C. Walker and Papworth, 36, and sixth, Hill and Hauley, 38 rk Velodrome saw i Mel mara ui a All the Dope at a Glance was the fourth of a sertes of ] two-hour races. The first was wom by Grenda and McNamara, second by Goullet and Madden, and the third « cided to compete this year. He finds} Peculiar grip that makes his stroke that the strenuous training and the almost a reverse smash. His back- long trip Hast has been exacting too} and is slightly undercut and is a sORGR clear advantage for the major league battir ants i BT Haye ee anor aie lawn ehols IMEC ee ee te INTo AN QUERHEAD SmAsm setter, According to the latest dope releiaed, the great Sialer ally the as tho fine teamwork of'the yoonee rere ba evpigver developed Atlee | MAIUGH BAY anal mele he eee = UME & Boxcr CELUVERING Individual star of the year. During the past week he ran his sate hits to [laters Walthour and. Jaegers, Spe © Wsreae In Diveca) nad rental ohare | MHiAL Aviother Feakon for Gaerne @ “ONE-TWO” Ponce . over the 200 mark, belng the frst batsman to reach the double century in [Vfnished third. Jacgers grabbed the aoterticn; «= - gy is that Johnston has only limited this department. Sinler Is still the leading base stealer, with forty-two put lant eprint for 25 paints, which ¢; i Tilden six fect one inch tall,/endurance and seeks to win as quickly loins to his credit, although he Is being closely pressed by Max Carey, the abled them to pass Kaiser and Spem é weighs 165 pounds, and has the long,| #5 possible. ie He a ryeeel is alao counting in the r coring and he Is tied " win s: } lean, sinewy build that 1s considered} A strenuous tennis campaign Is a ordeal aise edo OAL az Sere bat _ ie Spencer competed in his first ; ideal for tennis. He was born in]serious undertaking for the little Car. | MISS CUMMINGS for thix honor with Lou Blue of the ‘Tixers, rach having rexistered at WViong race this year and he did very, Germantown, Pa, February 10th,{fornlan, When he reached the match WINS GOLF PRIZE mon egins a ee MLS ESP RS well. He scored all the 44 points for 1898. He is master of all styles of]in which he lost to Tilden last year : ae his team, McBeath scored 3 points play and commands a big variety of|he weighed only 113 pounds. strokes, He frequently changes his] Johnston learned his game on the GIANTS NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 2.— and this was all the help Goullet re« Lasting 12 Days, Ending \\ : r me a yer AB. nt PC ceived, favorite top-spin drive for a heavily| public courts at San Francisco, He Ei He the best game of golf that she Snyder seve S82 85 BOT ‘Twenty-one evenly balanced combi- undercut slice and uses any one of a}first began to attract attention when | 4% Sewn in ne HERE RBIOBE ee WJ G My (pd seracets 19810 : nations started. ‘The first sprint was dozen different services, He varies} Maurice McLaughlin was at the top| Wee Miss Edith Cummings of On- it unnin oO Uu url Cunningharn tio 60 cue won by Willie Spencer, Cecil Walker the length and pace of his strokes so/of his form. Like other Californians | Wentsia defeated Mrs. J. B. Rose of Kelly i se ABE 1681 Hotinann that a bewildered opponent never nonneen developed his me on clay | Sewickley, Pa,, by 5 up and 4 to play in — ® Rancroft ... . hd i . Huth to Grenda. Vaerraes won the fourth, knows what shot to expect. Varlety|courts, hence speed has no terrors for | the finals of the Shenecossett invita- Mounel ... te 6 with McNamara second. Grenda : Nene Decrees ane atin ‘ i rear & A _|only two year-old to win the Man Friech seseseesrss 996 128 ta really the secret of hls fine game,|Dlm tet and unas ton tournament for women golfers. | Nursery Stakes, Opening Fea-} (my, two seat-old to win the Man. ROH sty ms Fepeated ip the fifth. Ceell Walker Alexander esy\ iden deliberate- Jing. and is far more popular with | Out 1% 42 and back In 40 she played) ture Was First Run in 1866 | Brown's Broadctoth In 1904, Mark|{ xene a RURAL UE tagsol tie meceneite Alexander sa den deli -Jing, and ts far more populn 904. q spasm, is stage 28, tw ly lets his opponent play his own|tennis gulleries than Tilden, who, be. |® Steady. even game, never gly Twain in the Salmon Stable was the Robertson tis fl ad ne Face, twelve Groh MoNally ne at first and then elects to de-]cause of his ner and Won by Filly miles, the team of Grenda and Me- eh ous temperament {s paponent. many o sole nominee fon te race ita veer wth HORE. Namara was in the lead with twenty- tevt him at his own favorite attack.| Sometimes thought to be a bit con reat s eae 5 ‘ Of course it would take nothing short Smith took the lead with pairs on the third ‘ Ss pane Mequtuian two points, Suegadition: tote: wonderful, me cereal sind too ‘showy. Fart of ‘thie|fon rune cae hetved the AN in By Vincent a Tennors of & ble ah fo lowee the colors ‘of 4. armen Se The seventh sprint went to Hill Yianies of his came, Tilden has un-[attitude of the public may be the} ai! Nia ewelenars pAIRROn tne i | the older horses this year, so many of in pa. Yorn a Willie. Bpenee \ g sual speed, and t mbined with|Mutural sympathy with the sinaller| sixth and seventh und became 4 up. sees should be no lack of snap] ine handicap division being at the|f Reh i Sha wke rh ie Spencer showed the class in Vip great reach, cnables his to return}Man who is apparently fighting | Then came her two worst holes, the Lalla that the avevuze player could/#gainst odds when he meets bigger |eigh and ninth, and net being able to Hoi aver Miia (Hea use, Gn: and brawnier opponents. do better than a 6 on either one lost and dash to the racing at Bel-|top of their form at this distance mont Park to-day as the New| Everything is ready for the public PITCHING York public should be eager for the |at Belmont Park, where a corps of the eighth, defeating among others a Goullet, Jagers and Grenda. Young PITCHING RECORDS. nipped and passed Tom Bello on the grabbed the second. The third went | " | ' } N ie Wook Me Pitoher Wook, MM 2 . “Big Bill, as the British call lim, | Probably, if we could have seen the | them both, Mrs. Rose might have fared t after a month of lay-off while| helpers under the supervision of OM nih ‘ mf] tape in the ninth, with Hull third. Rent ‘Anal batter had putted well. This] Sport 4 8 ee 4 >; F i $I is 0 0. Young Jaegers came through like a has a fine tennis brain and is quick [Sent we'd all have cheered David | riers i. iowitall on’ the eleventh| the good people of Central New York| Pelz have been hard at work fo! ; Sreey. 00 house on fire t inthe to see and to take advantage of the} When he squared off with Goliath, [and twelfth and being hopelessty out of had the thoroughbreds all to them-| weeks. The lawns are 4 i Mest, 10 Bs Mlivnomas beat Willie Grencce inthe niistakes of rivals. He plays ten- [Just as we cheered Carpentier when | the t at the thirteenth a hooked] selves, The best of the horses in|emerald, the foliage is fr mh Ww Jones " i) hon lpia at illie Spencer in the nis the year around and is never out] be stood up to oppose his t. pinky} drive which hit a tree gave her @/eraining will be seen at Belmont|dant from the recent rains w ag Mays Mw OW 408 final sprint of the eleventh heat, with ah ‘condition skinned torso to the bi: rhe mateh ended on © both got fours. the gallery the hye nd both covered the Kk bulk of | further set back. T Dempsey. the fourtee TILDEN STARTED CHASING] jit Johnston won't need mucn{ For tas BALLS FOR BROTHER. sympathy this y He has put on a| poles we : he| touch of searlet here and there where Cecil Walker third. Goullet finished during t ROBINS fourth In the twelfth, which was won by Hanley, McNamara second and Park from day to twelve-day session which will termi-|!t has been touched by the nate on the 16th inst. with the $50,000] frosts, whilo the race cours: ———— sage ata! [s . Bia sr two-year-olds| Steeplechase fleld are in perfect con Pinyer Vance {i218 1) Papworth third. “Cat” Thomas rode He has a real love for the gumo| little extra wel nd seems to be| remainder of the distance In arroke me ieee aun So TCup for| dition. All day yesterday horses wet Jonnato: Cpl: : a right round the field in the thirteenth and his hobby is the coaching of| Paving at the top of his form, |) follow three-year-olds and upwards as the| striving trom ‘toga, and by the Mitehelt Bent oi stanza, Obrt and Vera! were penal- mromising youngsters; ‘Tilden is given], COM Ia. perfect idondition, features of the occasion which is al-|tme the bugle blows for the firs Re Griffith : zed one lap for making a bad pick | Ghaditi tor the development of sineent|(> on and Tilden are so eventy 4h 1 8 Solis] ways a red letter day for the racing| "ce to-day everything will be in up. i Mehands, wnt bie ie Hont{ matched, that, as one tennis judge CV: RSS “Jenthustaste of the East ipple ple order PITCHING Krebs and Dovterwerck were given } ‘ vomiting of the sounerr playnrs.| te, it the only advantage 1 n 16465 5-44 1° ro day's programme is @ good one, _> Hiteher the gate for two bad pick ups, The aw. Neu buNyH Sy eet CUE iOnbudion tha ton; 18) 10) areetdaes a thie asin Van first sprint Goullet won was the four- dust now he is busy bringing out ¢ arrying the N and Manhat es n eee oe MEAL. KouRaste Sand aniavearr tsa on sislty ; rosie pivt-| andl bast as the best of the attrac: HYDE DRIVES THREE Gane teenth and his riding stirred the Wiener, a Philadelphia boy HANAN, AUR by Robert Heeien) Hel tions which have been framed by th HARNESS WINNERS Reentu i. ; crowd. Hill and Goullet engaged in Pe 5 i sport ti a corking duel for possession of the Before t tart of the 1% INVITE SW management in order to furnish sf F Smith F ; i ional championship r t EDISH Mauren Orautt, of the best class for the throng whicl DVILLE, Ms Bhriver u wn fifteenth sprint, and the ever-rell- ines SE ae ree ata leis Marius 1 4 350 andes 7 when all the other contestants vere CHAMPION SWIMMER is sure to be on hand eeikion: iongin leet 4 cu’ Tl able Alf landed it, Wille Grimm, busy practising, Tilden slipped away and went to Vhiladelphia, where he] CHica gave an exhibition in a park and then holm, talked to 2,000 kids and told them cham, how the game should be played Tilden 1s highly strung, very ner For the Nursery the fleld is a £000] vag. y one and the only regret is that Mr Belmont's fine It, Messenger, who} was placed at the top of the list at] "on on the closing day r 130 pounds by Mr, Vosburgh !s not|Circult races, winning three the five able to start in a classic which was]events on the programme, Will Dick who only turned professional last hight after a busy amateur season, finished second to Horan in the qtz- ath, It was a close finish in the seven- headqui N. Y., wna the ¥ Le DIV a Dunwondien dented Mis. Oliver Morris, ?—Arne Borg of spe's Kreate en in competition ry shortly, Following en Goshen Miss M. F. Griffirn, Mrs. FP. H, Drake, 2 Mra. A. J. Fay, Lowell, ee d teenth, Willie Spencer just beating nd tempermental. In thateame) teins negotiations conducted ro- | defeated Mra mohoc, Montelalr, named tn honor of the breeding es-|erron, who tilso halla from foshen, wi ‘ joullet, who came from no- Road cvcinclowsnin ‘Tiidah was doeaced the Ttinols A. C. has Invited him RAINS FOR tablishment of the first August Bel-|, race with Pluto Watts, while the re. AMERICAN L! where to land second place. Jaegers ) hour ahead of time for the fina d the foremost ain SPECIAL T mont, then located at Babylon, Long} , ce on the eard went to the NATIONAL LEAGUE A EAGUE won the nineteenth sprint. Willie and nervously pacing up and down Norman Bi n POLICE FIELD DAYS} tstana. f pacer, Harry D. ©, drive enter ee a 900 HITTERS. er won the twentieth, ‘The point the elub house worrying over whether vd there t4 good It is a singular fact that in all th: | Crozier - ; rE aievenunciy pent score at forty miles was McNamara bt not Jolnson:- would show up: He t the he Tala Ratlrond notified | years of its existence—it was first de Hyde's winners were Mary O'Connor ub, rN 5A Sidten, Bho Soule yee ai and Grenda, 36; Kaiser and Spencer, | shas one diversion from tennis, whieh ‘Thomas McDonald, In charge| cided in 186¢—the rgce has been won| which made her Arat appearance of the Solis. is AOS abe) Datvols 430 Ag9 Hill and Hanley, 27; Goullet and is music, The night before a title ct RTE Pan Tie PennGaL police | OMY once by an August Belmont, the | 5 BORE sala Lec Ne Tne wut Oh the tabtiret ! Woodhall, Detroit ss 7 th, 22. The twenty-first spring match he invariably goes out to listen # u ii pe Neha ot. & ana father of the present Chatrman of th |) 9 trotters quite handily, and. Twn Leon et 1s Clevetand... 41% 1 i went to Bello. Horan and Weber were fo a concert. He says he finds thi pmems thal on ‘Saturd : Jockey Club taking it with the filly,| justly the best of the 208 pacers, He re ae H it Detroit 43818 ‘5 {out of the race for a bad plek Pee eats talent hinsamind ottitan Saturday, Sept, 16, eneciat trains willl patience, in 1875. Osprey and Dia-| would not have been headed in any of bur! 4 4 Detroit may is 1 Walker won the, twenty-gege Miao that ho can reat and be trea eave the Pennss . on for the} gram, both bred like Messenger, be [the heats of the races he won if Iv Mg Vhitud ‘ 4 TJond. Goutlet came out of fifth plage for his match Famuiea race track, the scene of theling by Fair Play out of Rock Sand] !.co had not stumbled only a few yards ‘ ‘ Low to lead home Eaton, Willie Spenoer Big Bill was born very near the nival Filectr s will be run] dams, are eligible for this year's run eae, Caan o eohd HEAL a ! ‘ 4 Miter, M tia. 4 i ind Be the Germantown Club, on whose courts to Locust A e which Is the| ning but neither has shown enough tO) or ing winners. ontela their 4 Haves, McNam. cat in the ie learned t f Wh nin itrane to the k. The speclal| warrant their being sent to the post| pds, the onteats: com! th {3 ; B 4 n inth and led home C. Walu« years old he oft nto the ‘ vi no o'clock in the) against the sort of field carded amble for the minor divisions of the ; ‘ H saa a ' er, opsky and Hanley, Twenty> elub and chase ' ’ nea ’ apnenagh The first running of the Nursery | purses. e horses will be shipped to: Dan ‘ ' i 4 : ; ‘ Twenty-sixth, elder brother, who was dt of nineteen, fins tol, 0% nolths Ni phaR nk} found a filly first home in Ruthless rrow to Charter Oak kK, Mar \ Hh iladelphia 4 ' \ 5 1 Island Hatlrond sr trains will leave | | a she| ford. for the me which opens @ Carey, Pit As a eoward the youn fered world Foe ae eens eition vt{oWned by Francis Morris, and a ‘ ace Referee the h would be invited ‘ ot jut for Pennayi-] must have been more than a good] Sonday __ nd i $ Btephensin, Clavele ! 1 Dit \ $i fines on the co and be allowed to ann nan of traing}]one as she took the first’ Belmon ne I Mi ari aer " i a K Young, H 1 Papworth tor yuct and « few balls for a little Haus ie ten { police give| stakes at a mile and three-qu TWO FEATURE RACES ‘ ‘ ne : ; \ his was the champion's start. . Was i A aufollow! i i na eal s while, 7 ; the Shar pin MR ERE efor lin ; fo Wiel the following: yeat, beating the calls, aT VELODROME TUESDAY || jicvitt i) Ee everett, St Louin. ai tis an = " 1 a racaire " ie fo intres, y 4 a ost unheard of feat i en IT = Tend enene S apare timo] Worle ee Oh . Rntoneh HG iin, tarria, 3 HEAVY WIND HOLDS UP c me er], Supt re - One of the best all around cycling Nat per, Chica ‘ ‘ os ; Es i ! ie 1 ; ear-olds that are to « Is arranged will * SWIM ACROSS CHANN®*, Widen, “He. de 1 himself, e tin en ‘ Ai test for the Nursery, which is 1 en tina eras ‘ He ‘ 1 on al destening | ircause nehieved " Nae Y and one of the treasured races of the turf ne, 2351 it i x Chivay ‘ ‘ \ ' mi unf H ‘itt : mipile 2 A : in this country because of its aday nig Two f cra , lon we © England and | they torg is capnble ei : ‘ criean to turn. tl ick. ‘Phat | dave te 0 eh Deas pre " \ er bans nes ‘¢ Gerald Patterson in —_ - nait public will pee ab The ne el ni j ‘ lam ' 1 See din, Bhar Folowtnins i | DUNCAN AND MITCHELL pia ae fact that it ts to be decid eae : : 4 ‘ b OF BALL Sr isi ws Ls egular course is a guarante ' H ' at » fended. jus Bnslish title bs winning| VICTORS AT SARATOGA Aine ; bile will aee:every FOOL Of ¢h we Tal AMG ‘omn i f 4 5 matehe fth Regiment A test rodast mut fn ASE STEALERS. \ wid i, Danie, : ne aoa ae yea amplonshine he |, SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. Sept. [hove uiixed n Interest in the Manhattan UWandl-[ts somn of the that t LEADING B i 4 ee ie ; ve AD ve V V 2.—George Dunean wnd Abe che HW ' cap, which is for all ag i} w i not « th t 4 wt is . or LEADING BASE STEALERS . 1 " didn 1 a = Litt fi 1 M wud se : . nal heat an roy ; aT milole it ; found ong r ) ton greater \f the ’ \ ‘ J a ine | defeated Willian W. Vatten of the ) of the crack 4 and: to 1 id be bes : to the t ir ron Americ hawk Golf Club of &§ tad 1 - a 4 a0 by four follow h swimmers, Dee France and En w the many Aw of N Yo. Harry Meat a Draw, UleaiaRt | | " ‘ » she ia unable to steam at lees games played, ous strain, and n and 1 ame UTICA, Sept 1 fireen, the Seexony sult | f ’ to the: w n five knots an hour, and her pras- even considered ng up competi i pd P Ore ¢ 1 1 Battling TYR A Mile in the ngh f ence would be likely to hamper the mem tion entirely, because he was fecling f xhibition mutch played Barry fought 0 fast ten-found draw of them in the past have scored ove i (ie question of supremary wi ee ean at would hap thei pial. But on coming home he over the McGregor Unks. here last night. the older borses in ike races, Tbe be eae 2 oon aa Fea a ate a il a wee a Oi mee el il ae ea tr