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Page Six
News and Views
Truth and Sincerity
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FOR mill OLYMPIC
GAMES, SHIS SIMM
U. S. Commission T.*lls How
We Can Repeat Success
at Berlin
OUR NATION ATHLETIC
Urges Need of More Pla> grounds
To Bring Out Undeveloped
Material
BY JAMES E. SULLIVAN.
American Commimoner for 1912
Olympic Game*.
The remarkable showing of Amer
ican athletes lu the track anti Held
section of the Flft.h Olympiad at
Stockholm has been commented upon
most enthusiastically by every na
tion reprosented at Stockholm.
They 'all seem very anxious to
know how America could possibly pro
duce such a team.
What was our method?
The answer Is that our nation Is an
athletic nation We do thiugs Lore
to encourage the young lad to enter
athletics.
But to continue our athletic suprem
acy there are several things we
must do.
We must continue our agitation for
the creation of play grounds, athletic
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tracks, gymnasiums and baths
throughout the United States.
It is an aeknodledgcd fact that if
Ie can get to the hoy of twelve or
lurteen and have him become Inter
ned In athletics and lead a good life.
We are getting to the fellow who is
Itolng to become our American cham
pion.
While we arc leading the develop
ment of the schoolboy, the college
man anr the club man. we have been
neglectful of the young man that
works for his living In the large fac
tories. shops and mercantile hou'gcs
• Our country has been backward In
organizing tactory and mercantile
leagues Associations should be form
ed or some city athletic club should
be organized with small dues, for it is
from these fellows that our great ath
letes will come In future years.
We have been somewhat backward
our distance men—that is. the
boys that run two, three, five and ten
miles. We all wondered at the run
ning of Kolemainen and Louln, and lu
order to encourage distance men each
Club that holds gumes will he com
pelled to put on a distance run
We are also caught napping in the
hop. step and jump. That is no rea
son why America should not win that
event, when you consider what a fine
lot of high jumpers we have.
The Javelin throwing competition
is in Its infancy In this country. TO
get the right kind of men for this
event we must have it on all our pro
grams. It was unfortunate that our
men were not fast enough to score
points in the walking event,
j Thirty years ago America led in the
number of walkers, and they were the
best in the world. As long as this
event Is on the Olympic program wo
ihould start to develop walkers and
be prepared to make a good showing
at Berlin.
If the weights are to be thrown
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with both hands as in Stockholm, we
should start to encourage this method
of throwing. Our boys who did mas*
j ter that style deserve a lot of credit,
as they were only using it for live or
'six months.
I am firmly convinced that the team
we sent to Sweden was entirely too
large. We had too many men. But
we w*-re forced to take them, owing to
the methods of selecting the team. It
looks to me as though there must be
one try-out. and then the committee
can send the first, second and third
men In this tryout, thus getting the
very best men and at the same time
keeping down the size of the team
I do not believe in a long ocean trip.
The men do not get that fret* practice
i they would get on land. I think we
should take the team on a fast steam
er. by tht* shortest route, getting them
to Berlin ten or fifteen days before
the games start I also believe that
the distance men should be sent over
even earlier, ug they need more time
to get In shai>e after landing
j We have won the track and field
section at all Olympic games since
their revival In 189t>, and with the
wonderful Interest now being taken
by religious organizations, clubs and
civic bodies, who believe In athletics
for the youth of our land. It looks as
though we would again win at Berlin
AMERICAN LEAGUE
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Boston.. Ty 3*i *.s7 iit-iroll., .V. a:t . i»ui
Wuili'n 72 14 .621 i.’le\ l'nd 52 *> •* 4j-
AtM ti< m c 7 46 .>*.l N. Volk 4o 72 .354
1 Chicago. 7.8 5S toy St Louis. !i7 7.325
YrslrrilHi'* Itroulta.
Washi'igtoi' :: Detroit 1
New Vora * 'hica go u
Cleveland s*. Boston 4
St. Louis \*. Athletics (ruin).
Today's Games.
Detroit .if Washington.
FlcVrlatid at Huston
St Louis at Philadelphia (2 gu»n*-si
i Chicago at New York.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
NT AMIIXG.
tV I. P* t W L Pft
N York 77 ’.2 .7*") Clmln’t* 53 81 46*>
Chita go. 74 .«»1 St. Louis »>o 6 4 412
Pitt»i» rg 66 4 4 *'.<•') Hro’klyn 4 1 72 .**l
philll-* r.:i r. 7.1 *Boston.. 32 TS» .248
WntrrSn) *■ Itenulta.
Chicago 4. New Vork D.
Brooklyn 1 Pittsburgh 0.
Boston 7, Clnr inm.tl 4.
j Si. Louis \#. Philadelphia (rain).
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New Vork at Pittehurgn.
Brooklyn it St l»uls
Boston ut Chicago
Phillies at Cincinnati.
! SOUTH MICHIGAN LEAGUE
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Adrian.. ."*!) tl .57.5 l*HU»inif .*>y 515
Jackson f< 8 4 a •’•li Km zoo.. 4 7 '55 481
Yesterday's Heaults.
Jackson Kalamazoo 0.
Flint 4. Adrian 3.
Buttle Creek 5. Lansing u.
'l'ttdsy'k t.smes.
Flint at lu.r.sinK
Kalamazoo at Jackson (transferred
to Beading, Mich.)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
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Min’r'dl* *». »7 *••! Kan. City <• l fi7 ,4":.
P'l'mli * '-/.I I* 62*! Si Paul 60 74 .4 4*
Tided*’.. 77 .t I/uiev’lo -I* *4 264
Milw Re. i*t» .4ft* 11,<i polls 4t, >7 .246
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
NT % Mil Ml.
W I. P* t W I. p. t
H'rli *t’r 7:. 47 •* • i, - ettv r .« «4 171
Toronto. 7 1 I*- ..V'2 Buffalo 53 62 ,ICI
B*lt'D)'i < 5* 57 501 Montreal sti 68 .451
Newark *1 M S»*‘•• l’r'vid <*• 44 71 .404
ENGLISH NOBILITY AT AMERICAN BASE HALL GAME
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THE DETROIT TIMES: THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1912.
JEFF DISABLED 111
BATTLE H WILDERNESS
Former Champ, on Hunting
Trip, Has Fight With An
other Hunter
LOS ANGELES, Cftl, Aug. 22.—A
batile In the wilderness in which
.lames .J. Jeffries figured and as a
result of which he received a badly
twisted ankle when Jeffries and his
brother Jack returned from a hunt
ing trip near Soledad, Cal.
Jeffries and an unidentified hunter
fired simultaneously at a buck The
animal fell, and each man claimed IL
The stranger, unaware of Jeffries’
identity attempted to take the car
cass by force Jeffries swung his
mighty right at the 'enemy's Jaw,
missed and a fierce mixup ensued. A
timely butt in the stomach from the
stranger s head sent the former cham
pion down an 80-foot incline where he
twisted his ankle. Jeffries grabbed
the buck's as he fell and dragged
the animal with him.
Thinking Jeff had been killed, the
stranger (led. Jack Jeffries found his
brother two hours l*uter and helped
him into camp
Discovered Here and There
One of the rfijulnm* nn f<>r entrance
Into the uH-con .-rA' tennis tournament
at Newport this year Is that th*- player
must give hi« real naru«* This will
(foubttess *tc lu<le such famous racket
wlclders a* Bridge)- Steve. Mike the
Knife, and Chokem i ’barley. They
surely will he missed.
fleorge Hodgson, of f’anada, twice
winner In distance swimming at the
Olympics, writ*-** from Berlin that he is
on hl< way to this country and will
< mipefe here If the championships ut
In with hi* schedule He expects to
land about the middle of August
Duke Kahananmku. the |CO-metre
title holder. Is also coming hack. He
may not he able to make more than a
(lying visit on his way home to Hawaii,
but tie su\* we will see hltn again very
soon. It Is not Improbable that he will
settle down here for good.
Befo+e you pack up your duds and
hurrv off on your vacation It might be
interesting to > «>u to know that J. L
MrOough won the tennis < hampionshlp
of Tasmania You don't ctire If he did?
All right. Good-by,
CUBS HAVE STRUCK THEIR
GAIT, CHICAGO FANS SAY
CHICAGO. Aug. 22.—The Cubs will
have* to win thirty of their 42 remain
ing games according to "Dope sheets"
Issued today following yesterday's vic
tory of the Cubs over the Giants.
These 42 games Include a series with
evety club In the league and two
series with Boston. That the West
Siders will "Make good" confidently
is predicted by the bugs, who declare
the Cubs haw Struck their gait."
Chance was Jubilant today over yes
terday's 4 to 0 victory.
We've got them all on the run."
he said, "Nothing can stop us now.
Our pitchers are working good, every
man on the team i« on his toes and we
can whip anything in the league with
one hand. Get your tlck4-ts for the
world series, the ram* is over."
FINAL DECISION ON
JOHNSON GO TODAY
NEW YORK Aug 22.--The stat*
athletic commission today promised
to give a final derision, either reject
ing the Impending Johnson-Jeannette
battle or giving it public sanction
GRIPSACK SI STOPS A DOG FIGHT AND GETS SOUSED.
A GREAT BASE RUNNER FOR 25 YEARS,
GEORGE HOGRIEVER EXPECTS TO KEEP
ON FOR ANOTHER GENERATION OR SO
While the country marvels at the
22-year career of the veteran, Cy
Young, Appleton, Wls., stands off and
says, "We have him beaten right
iiete on our team. What's the mat
ter with "Hoggy?"
And, sure enough, when you starch
the records of baseball, you sec that
George Hogrlever. manager an! out
fielder of the Appletou cluo, was
playing ball a full quarter of a cen
tury ago, when most of the present
day of players were unborn.
Hogrlever, who Is today playing as
fast a game as any of the young&rers
he is developing as future major
leaguers, has been doing the same
thing for the past 25 years in major
cud big major leagues.
Hogrlever was recently sent to the
—T—
hospital as the result of an Injury
sustained while volplaning for the
plate In a desperate effort to win a
game. He hao had a reputation for
two and a half dcades us a daring
base runner and he made his reputa
tion becuse he loves baseball.
It ws In 1887 (count back) that
George Hogriever started playing
rail, but his. first real engagement
came in 1888, when he signed with
the Hamilton. 0.. club, where he
played until the end of the reason
of 18SK ill Went to Ottumwa, la, in
1890, and in mid-season was johl to
Kansas City. He was there in 1891,
but the league failed, and Hogriever
went to Appleton. Wis.. and from
there to Oshkosh, In 1892. In 1893
he was in Easton, Pa., ana then went
PICK-UPS FROM THE
BIG LEAGUE FIELDS
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The next three days will be
critical for the Giants. They have
to buck Pittsburgh five times
while the Cubs toy with the tail
enders. The Giants lead today is
four and one-half games.
Brooklyn flashed one across the
pan. That was enough. Nap
Rucker was at his best and sub
jected the Pirates to humiliating
submersion in the whitewash tub.
Boston really won from Cincin
nati and concluded the series with
three out four. The Braves ap
proach the Windy City today with
bolstered hopes. .
Cleveland wielded the axe in
manly form, chopping down the
Red 9ox’s lead to seven and one
half games. The wayside tumble
of the leaders looks good to the
Senators.
Tommy McMillan appearing for
the first time in Broadway attire
fumbled, probably due to over
arxiouenese and prevented Slim
Caldwell from shutting out the
White Sox. The recruit shortstop
redeemed himself by brilliant
work and stands well with the
fans.
ADCRPFT CLUBWILL
HOLD “FIELD MEET**
On next Saturday afternoon, Auk-
Jl, the members of the Adcraft club
of Detroit, will hold what will prob
tthfy be the nmst unique field meet of
all time. Thera will be a long pro
gram of events, such as the "100-yard
copy dusn." “Old Homan wrestling
match," "coupon clipping contest,
"chopping catalogue contest," "agate
line high Jump," "house organ duet,
etc., and all games and contests will
be played a< cording to "t» pt. rules
f)f course, there will also be a lot ot
other "capital" attractions, such as
baseball gainer, etc.
Then, after the field events are
over, the Adcrafters will scruigbie for
preferred positions" at the "double
page spread" where an exciting space
filling routes! will take place.
The advertising men have char
tered a magnificent steamer for the
frfy to Slocum’s Island, where the
event will be staged
PLANS COMPLETE FOR
I). Y. C. REGATTA
Tne Detroit Yacht club has an
nounced Its plan* for the regatta to
be held on the river course»Baturday
Three srpatate classes of boats are
♦ xpected to compete
According to the program there will
be■» 10-mlle run for 21-footers; a sev
en-mile race for 18-footers and yawls
and a five and one-half-mile course
fur cat boats.
/A
GEORGE HOGRIEVER
to Sioux City, In the old Western
league. He was sold to Indianapolis
in 1894 and played for W. 11 Wat
kins until 19U4. He was with Cin
cinnati for a time and returned to
Indianapolis, anw in 1905, was with
Des Moines. He was sold to Pueblo,
in 1908 He went to Lincoln, lu 1909.
And the end ot 1909 he was given
his first release.
' A free agent, Hogrlever went to
Appleton and took the management
of that team, playing the outfteij for
the last three seasons. To all ap
l*euraneeß, "Hoggy" is good for an
other five years, and, as he declares,
he intends to keep on playing until
forced to retire, the chances aie he
will be playing when Ills grandchil
dren break into baseball.
DELAHANTY NOW A
STAR IN THE MINORS
You thought our old chum .learns
Dciahanty auh across the lake on his
farm resting, didn't you? So did we.
but row we know different. So will
you after you read this.
Jim, giver, his unconditional re
lease by the Tiger management, has
wandered into the American associa
tion and just to show his friends that
he is not ns old and lame as some
are wont to believe, in a game be
tween Minneapolis and Toledo, yes
terday, l>e4 made four hits in the first
game, one of them a double, and
secured one single in the second
game.
He played left field for Minneapolis
and was creulted with four putoufs,
two or which were deemed brilliant
catches by association fans.
Minneapolis won both games.
JONES STIUTmANAGER
OF LIGHTWEIGHT C HAMP
GUAM) RAPIDS. Mich., Aug. 22.
“Tom Jonet l« still my manager.”
This was the statement of Ad Wol
gast when asked if lie had split with
his wily Chief of Wampum. Wolgast
who is here completing arrangements
for his appearance on laibor Day, said
that Jones and himself had agieed
| that if he was offered a fight with Me-
Fai iand and the inducements were
sufficient. h« should sign up without
consulting Tom
MURPHY BUEDFOR
OVERCROWDING PARK
CHICAGO. Aug 22. —Two suits have
been brought against Charles W. Mur
phy. president of th« Chicago Nation
Hi league baseball team, charging him
with overcrowding his West Side
baseball park. One alleged offense
was on account of last Saturday's
crowd at the Cuba-Giant* game and
the other on Sunday when tiw* Cuba
and Philadelphia clashed. The iult*;
were ordered bv J. C. McDonnell,
chief of tlie bureau of Are protection j
PUGH ENJOINsTIDGES
FROM AWARDING CUP
\g was predicted James A. l’ugh.
owner of the Disturber 111. motor
boat, defeated by the Baby Reliance
11. Detroit built craft, In the recent
water speed carnival at Chicago, for
the Wrigley, $22,500 trophy, has ob
(aired an Injunction restraining the
j« Iges of the race from awarding the
cun to Stuart Blackton. of New York.
I owner of the Baby Reliance Pugh
I c laims his boat won the cup.
_ - - - •
III*h«>|» i hurl** D. WllltftvMfta of Drfmlf.
find *■in . I IlMf S. O»horn «11l If
nrnoriK O *• speakers on lh*» program
of the second World's Christian c'lti- 1
genshlp conference, to he held in
Cortland, ore, June ?> to July 6.
’*l3 There will he men of promi
nence In public life all over the world!
in attendance as speakers and dele* j
fate*
10 EVIDENCE AGAINST
M’COI," SltS JUDGE
American Ex-Pugilist Accused
of Theft Freed When No
Evidence Produced
LONDON. Aug. 25 —"Kid" McCoy
was discharged by Magistrate Curtis
Bennett in Bow st police court today
w hen he was re arraigned on accusa
tion ot complicity In a Jewel theft
from the Princess of Thurn and Taxis
at Ostend
It was brought out in evidence that
the Belgian request for McCoy’s ex
tradition was based on a confession
by a drunken woman who. when sob
er, repudiated everything that she
said under the influence of liquor.
"There is absolutely no evidence
agams* that prisoner,” said the magis
trate. In freeing the American ex
pugilist.
As Told By the Box Score
Who said eastern invasion? Show
ms the guy.
9 No Horace, the Naps won t allow
the Tigers to have sixth place.
Cleveland is the sixty city and they
insist ou remaining in sixth place.
Mr. Korher contributed his dally
wild heave when he attempted to
catch Gandil off first. Koch should
put a hobbie oil that right arm.
Bam got his utual number of hits
against Groom
Ty got two hits In four times up.
while Joe Jackal n got four hits lu
four times up. Speaker duplicated
Ty s average for the day.
MILITIA TO GUARD
ELGIN RACE COURSE
■ i
CHICAGO, Aug 22. — Promoters of
the annual Elgin road announced
that 250 militiamen will guard the
course during the running of the auto
mobile classic.
.> il ft
Jr Affl
o mem
Men’s Trousers _
Outing and Regular Styles. $ 9
$5 Value* Friday at
Men’s Straw Hats $1 A A
Sold regularly at high as $2, Friday i ■—i . xtv/V
White Duck & Linen OutinglGsps OC.,
Sold regularly as high as $1.50, Friday ....aiftrv
Men’s Outing Shirts 70/*
Soft Collars to match —white and tan —Special Friday f t/v
200 Dozen Men’s Collars C r „ a
Broken size*, will be closed out Bargain Friday at
Will c lose out ail bVoken lines of
Women’s Continental
Pumps and Oxfords $1 AC
Regular $1.50 and $4 grades. Friday XeT’O
Broken Lines of Boys’ and Glrla’
$2.00. $2.50 and $3.00
Shoes. Oxfords & Pumps $1 AC
Will be closed out Friday at
Don’t forget the
Manhattan Shift Sale
If* *n e’ent that every man In Detroit should take special note
of fVimf and "lay In' a supply of these world famous shirts while tkt
prh f* are down
DETROIT'S LARGEST CLOTHIER*
Edited by
RALPH L. YONKER
DETROIT
AB R H O A t
Jones. 1. f 4 0 0 l ® ®
Rush. s. 4 1 1 4 V
t’ubb. o l 4 W 2 * ® ®
I'rawfurd, r. f 3 0 U « ® ®
VUt. 2b 3 g 0 o t o
Onslow, lb 3 0 0 7 • w
3b 3 g t * ? J
Kucher, ...3 g 2 I 7 •
Luke, p 2 0 0 o I «
Works, p. ~.. 0 0 0 0 9 ■ ®
•Curridon 1 0 g 0 J» JJ
Totals 30 1 7 24 10 2
\\ ASH I NOTON
ab r h o a r.
Milan, r f 4 0 0 1 1 0
Foster, 3b 4 0 1 0 * ®
Moeller, r. f 4 1 2 2 0 0
Oundil, lb 2 2 2 10®
Morgan. 2b 3 0 0. ft * ®
Shank*. If 2 0 0 * 0 ®
M. Bn.le, » a. , 3 0 1 1 * ®
Henry, c 4 0 2 4 1 0
Groom, p. 3 0 0 1 3 0
Total* 20 3 8 17 14 0
•Batted for Lake in eighth.
1234&4759 R
Detroit u 0 rt 1 0 0 0 0 0— 1
Washington 0 1 0 2 0000 • 2
Two-base hit —Gandll Three-base
hit <’ u bb lilts—Off Laks. 7 In 7 In
ning.*. ofT Works, 1 In 1 Inning. Sacri
fice hit—Groom Stolen bass*—Moeller
(3>. Double pl.»y—Morgan and Hspry.
Sacrifice riles—Crawford. Shanks Left
on bases—Detroit. 3: Washington. 9
First base on balls—Off Lake. 5. Btrwok
out —By Lake. 3; by Groom, 3. Time—
-1 su. Lmpires—Egan and Evans.
SHERIDAN RECOVERING
FROM EAR OPERATION
NEW YORK, Aug. 22. Martin J.
Sheridan, the London Olympic here,
after an operation on his right ear, Is
“Doing fine." according to the report
of hia physician, Dr. l>ouis T Mooney,
today. The Irlsh-Amerlcan. however,
will !** unable to compete In the all
around game* at Celtic Park Labor
Day where he wag to meet Jim
Thorpe, but will probably appear In
the discus event. Sheridan will march
with the Olympic heroes In the cele
bration Saturday.
Hnalness-llk* Prlatlag. No fuss an*
no feathers. The plain, nsat kind that
looks right. Times Prfatlas Ca.. f ft
J<«hn R -st. Ph Main 1491 or City 11*1.
Be on Hand Tomorrow, Men!
Bargain
Friday
There will be great clothing
values offered
We will close out
350 Men’s and
Young Men’s Suits
that aold all tha way up to $25
*750
How They Dropped
Yesterday'!* Strugfk