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PsWiLDE GLORIOUS EXCEPTION
i AMONG MANY ENGLISH BOXERS
VICW OF
British Sportsmen Dreaded Idea of His Trip to America and
Tried to Keep Him Home Gibson Names Twenty Rounds
as Title Route fori Leonard Dempsey's Story of His Life
t Wasn't Written by Jack.
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By Robert
CODyrijrhL UIO. tiv Thn Pre Publhihliie-
rflMMV WIIiDE came to America "on
to English sportsmen who reluctantly said goodby and wished him
rood luck. They thought he'd need the luck, for hi admitted that
jjthem .ven got up a subscription and ottered Wilde a Ufa Income If he
Vwould cancel the Amorican Jaunt, retire from tho ring undefeated and stay
retired. It would be a flno thing, they thought, to have ono English cham
pion who never listened to a ton count
Jimmy Iim done fairly well In pay-
ing expenses. To date he has cleared
about $50,000. Ills first American
, fight didn't make much of a hit, but
as' he worked back Into form' he won
bout after bout without much trouble.
Battling Murray put him down In the
first round with a hard right-hand
crack on the chin, hut the little Eng
lishman showed his fighting class by
'Scorning right back, knocking Murray
0ut lit the eighth. Up In Massa
Jchusetta ha struck his stride in tho
11 ret round, knocking out Bobby
Dyson, Now England bantam cham
pion, in two minutes and twenty sec
onds. X.Many of the English champions
who tripped It over to America were
flivvers, and as a rule tho English
boxer doesn't class with the Ameri
can. Uut WUdo Is a glorious excep
tion. '
.Names of Engllsb fighters who
have shown well in America can be
& compressed Into a short paragraph.
J&hcy are: Jem Carney, Charlie Mltch
. ell. Jem Mace, Owen Moron, Jem
rlocoll. Freddy Welsh, Jimmy Wilde.
, Denny Leonard Is still showing
trtilmaclf a champion at heart. When
srBllly ' Olbson went to Seattle to nr
grange a match there Ollly announced
l ucnny s -icnns. I
J "Leonard will nccept your propinl-
tlon and you can pick his opponent "
said Qlbson. "uct the beat you can
get. He will 'meet any Jlghtwolglit
you match him with. There can ba
no decision in a ton-round bout. If
Leonard fights for a decision It must
be In a bout of twenty rounds or
mo;o. Tha.'s the only condition he
Imitkcs in dcfntvllng tho chauplpnshlp
tJtle."
l-'alr enough. Denny won the tttlo
! by knocking out Freddy Walsh in ft
; ten-round no-declslon contest. WolMi
absolutely refused to box to a dec'
; nlon In .a short bout w.ille ho wis
, champloh. Battling Nelson refuted
; to let his title go on a decision In
; Anything less tl)un twenty rounds.
and for n long time demanded forty-
live rounds or a finish fight whore
the tttlo was at stake. If any ono can
1 tip Ucnny Leonard over In ten
J Munds. ns he did Welsh, It will be
Mir cnouch. A K. O, is an automatic
I dKlplnn and tho most reliable of all
t 3e Islons, Ten rounds Is too ithort a
! contest to carry a chnmplonshlp with
Sit on any referee's decision,
j Wftecn rounds might do well
, plough. When Ucnny has takon on
J couple of short boufo In the West
t Ju.fl to get tho moving picture stuff
i out of hln systflm, his plan Includes
; quick return to Now York and a
i campaign in which ho will meet all
tlko best "contenders," ono after
t.Qnother.. as fast as they come.
JACK OUGHT TO READ "HIS"
LIFE.
Jack Dcmp3oy's "Life," supposed
tta hve been written by Jack with
, ,,blo own fair hand, contains somo
, yory Xynny paragraphs. For In-
imxnca. l just found a chuckle in
"Jack's" description of his fight with
juSVlllard. After telling how he left
Jftno ring when' I'ecord told him he
glud won at tho end of the first
JTrpurtd, and how he was rushed back
Jjigaln when It was learned that the
pjjcit mm rung oeroro Jess was
noounted out, the writer describes how
rfne was (moved oacK into tho ring,
jrbrentKlcso and spent, and found Wll-
I,,iani, "icfreahcd by two minutes and
illorty seconds rest,' ready and "walt
fllng for me."
Knowing that Jack Dempsey Is both
truthful and modest to an extruor-
dlnary degreo, I'd like to makit a
Biimu ov uiat jack never wiote
jsinose uncs nnu never saw them fcs-
agforo they were printed. Uocaui-o
-prooaoiy noooi'y has a better ret-ol.
OCtlon Of the fact3 than Dnmnnw.
jiio snuninir or ino Knrllnh i-filnv
am at the recent Pennsylvania reinv
tiieet auevTests that whlln nur mH.
JTcan boys may walk away with the
wmmK wixiujucs, as usual, isngland
may put over a winner In tho middle
jj stanco events. Ixst time they had
,. i. 3. juwiun, me great mile run
ner, i at j.ioo-metre raco won by"
.Juokson wao Just the event England
wniea o win. don't you know? Tho
others were of small moment, really.
If England could win thn lon.matr
race at Amsterdam it would mean Joy
nir iiitm ijiuno, tar oa it from
km uu an-ining dui wisn ntr luck.
A SMILING "DAREDEVIL."
a irw weekn ngo I had a atnry
ftboa: Tom.ny MU'on, tho race driver,
jii inn uuiumn. ai inai lime n Hon
had Just losi a championship race to
Ms te-im i.inte. Jimmy Murnhv. but
bi was working on the big sixteen
oyllnd' r car that has made such won-
Ver!ul world's records at Daytona
Iloncli, and was full of plans for rcc
.Ord breaking. At Daytona he ran a
Uwo.mllo trial nt the rote of 153 miles
an ijjur. Milton expects to do three
auie. and u bis big Luca-
'ewetner na!'dp t.
ruy QldfilWlrrBl,sec-! ' V. . TRUaatlakla-MCCkVai,-; ' 1 : . mv CImlM.,rrtllwU. '
YANKEE WALLOP
Edgrcn.
Co. Th New Tnrtr Kvenlnr Wnrlil.l
a sight-seeing trip," ns he explained
ho "would" do a little boxing, to pay
tho expenses of the trip. And Jimmy
U twenty-eight and n voteran In his
fighting class. Ills friends thought
ho was beginning to chow noma elm
of allpplng, and thoy remembered
the reception extendod to other Eng
lish champions who Invaded America
Pedlar Palmer, llarrlton, Dave
Smith and other one-round victims
of the Amorican wallop. Somo of
Wonder what the mllo.record will be
ten years from now?
Milton Is a quiet, smiling, modest
youngster the last man In the world
you would call a "daredevil." Yet no
"daredevil" living ever showed more
daring thnn Milton at Daytona Uach.
The only limit he knows Is tho great
est possible speed his machine can
make. Running nearly thrco miles a.
minute, tho slightest' break In tho'
mechanism of his car might mean In
stant aeatn. 'rno naracst tniug is it,
get tires that con stand tlio terrific
centrifugal "throw" and the heat gen
erated by friction. Sometimes an ap
parently good tire will fly to piccos
like a piece of cheese, shooting hunks
of rubber In all directions. Then Itgnt
nlng action by the driver Is necessary
to ksep the car right sldo up. Race
drivers develop an instinct for han
dling wild cars. Some of tho ttunts
performed by drivers In' a plnih are
almost miracles.
"The right thing to do flashes
through my mind," explains Milton.
"When It'a ovor I wonder how I over
thought of doing It."
Champion Walter Haaen
Sails To-Day for.E'ngland
U. S. A. Open Champion to
Compete in the British Open
Golf Championship.
By William Abbott.
WALTER. Hagen, open cham
pion of tho United States,
saus to-aay on tho Mauro-
tania bound on a special mission to
bring back tho Urltish professional
golf title. With blm went two bags
of favorite clubs and reserve club
heads, shafts and grips. Two huge
sacks among tho champion's bag
gage ptizsled a group of bon voy
agers on rthb pier until Hagen ex
plained they contained extra golf
balls. He's golnir to drlvo Vm all
Into tho sea during a practlco perl id
on the top deck each day of the trip
over.
Hagen starts In quest of an Eng
lish title no American ever won. Of
all who Invaded the Urltish links
from this country little Johnny Mc
Dermo.tt made tho beat nbowlng when
nt iimsneu ruth in Uio ism cham
pionship, Hagen, however, Is the
strongest golfer that ever represented
the U. 8, A. on tho other side of tho
Atlantic. And nc ono ever had more
at rtake.
lctory at Deal next month will
be worth over J260.000 to Hagen, who
already has several fat movlo plcturo
oners ana omer proposiitions mat
are all contingent on his showing the
way home to Rrltaln's famous stars
of the links, the Vardons. Taylors.
Itrdld, Mitchells. Rays and Herdn.
ttagen is oia Man Confidence him
self when siting up his chances In
the English golfing classic. Asked
If having so much at stake would un
nerve him nt the critical tlmo the
young American champion made a
characteristic Hagen reply;
"Naw," explained tho youth from
Rochester, "the more there's at risk
the betbsr I play."
Yet underneath his buoyant natur
Hagen ha closely figured his own
chances of winning at Deal and new
conditions he'll be up against,
"I expect to win," said Hagen with
convincing confidence. "I don't fig
ure on Just finishing well up In front
There's llttlo glory In that. Every
golf follower knows who wins big
titles, but they don't caro about
those who trail second, third, fourth
or other positions. I Intend taking
every possible chonoe to come In
first. From long practlco I now know
Just when to cut loose and expect
to follow a cortnln programme on
the other aide,"
"Who do you figure must bo do-
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featcd
asked.
before you can wlnT" we
No ono In particular," came, the
prompt answer. "Mitchell, Vardon,
Ilruld and the other leaders are all
In ono class and I don't see where
they. pot much on me."
"How about those tough English
coufsesr
"I think Til be agreeably sur
prised," rrplled Hagen. "I'vo heard
a lot about thoso tough ones, but I
expect to find them easier than they
hovo been made out to bo. Deal,
where the championship will be
held, Is a standardized links with
certain amount of room to place the
drives. If the issue gets down to
merely straight drlvlmr I can nlace
my tco shots as well oa any oho over
mere. nunKers ana tno rough arc
supposed to be very rough on Eng
lish links. If I do get in tho rough
l'Jl show them bow to get well out
with my brassle. micro's no reason
why Jim and I shouldn't do very well
ai ucai."
The "Jim" Hagen refers to Is "Long
Jim" Barnes of Bt. Louis, the other
American entry for the British open
moot, who sailed lost Saturday to
get In tarty practlco for tho big event.
Hagen will play about four times a
wrex on the best links In England
and Scotland'' in order to learn the
Ini and out of foreign courses before
the British championship. He has
received numerous offers to engago
In exhibitions wth Vardon, Ray and
Taylor, but Hagen plans to do bis
own practice on ho qutet.
This Is also getaway day for other
American golfers. On board tho
Caronla wont George II. Walkor.
Robert Gardner, F. B. Wheeler,
Howard F. Whitney, and J. F. Ilyers,
who, form the American Committee
that will confer with St Andrews
officials about shaping a sort of In
ternational rules code for the ancient
nport In this party there were also
Sam Graham, Stuart Stlcknoy, F. C.
Newton, F. 8. Douglas, Nelson Whit
ney and Howard Maxwell who Intend
to compete In special matches abroad
as well us the British a ma tour cham
pionship along with Bob Gardner.
The visitors will be met at Ply
mouth by Mansfield Hunter and A.
C. Croome, whereupon the party will
go direct to London where they will
be entertained by a committee of
which Lord Rlddell is Chairman.
While In London the Americans will
sue some tests which are to bo made
of golf balls.
The rub-committee of the Royal
and Ancient Club on ball standard
isation consists of John L. Low,
Chairman; A. C. Croome, Stewart
Paton, Angus Hambro and Cocll
Hutchinson.
BARCTV
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GAMES TO-DAY,
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THE EVENING WORLD,
Cadore Blanks
JKotLis Champs
CINCINNATI, Say 22. Pitching
his first game in nearly two weeks,
Leon Cadore, Robbie's pitching ace,
held tho world's champion Reds to
six scattered nits, tho Robins winning
the final game ,of the series by a
scoro of i to 0. As a result of the de
feat and the victor! of the Pirates,
the Reds tumbled Into second place,
only a, game and a half ahead of the
urooKlyn team.
une inning, tno firth, was enough
for the Robins to win this strug
gle. In this round, the visitors, led
by "uig Ed" Konetchy, .hammered
Hod Eller for five clean bits and
three runs. After Eller cracked
Wheat with the ball in tho sixth
Inning Moran gave blm tho high sign
and Luquo assumed tho pitching bur
den tor tho world's champions.
Cadore was at his best: so much so,
that Maurlco Rath was the only Cin
cinnati! player to reach third base.
And It wbj through no fault of Cadore
that Rath got within ninety feet of the
home plate.
Since Losing His
O'Dowd Has Cleaned Up $11,800
Not Such Poor Money For a
Fighter in a 'Few
Weeks.
By John Pollock.
Although Mike Q'Dowd had the
misfortune to lose his middleweight
tltlo to Johnny Wilson of Boston In
a twelve-round bout at Boston a few
weeks ago he nevertheless has been
grabbing off big money out of bouts
since his setback. Since losing to
Wilson O'Dowd has fought three
fights, which have realized fpr him
$11,800. For besting Jackie Clark at
Camden, N. J., he got $5,000; for
knocking out George "Greek" Brown
of Chicago at Philadelphia on
Wednesday night be received $4,000,
and for outpointing Jack Britton at
Canton, 0 Monday night be drew
down $2,800.
"81 ln" Itraaimn. tfit popaUr nfart of ??er
Jtaxj. bu Jurt tltutJ contract with Uw otfi
Mi of tot OljatiiU A. A. at ItUttopbU to
offlcitu tl th ocflcUl rrfpret of J1 tbt bout to
to stand 07 UaU dub tn It kmum tti Indoor
luilnf &oiri nxt fill, lAda Bitot. bui.nM
UncUt Of UUI7 EdKUKlS. OWDW Of UM CMU,
Ifntd up Bmuiu And Uu contract 'tmllt for
furtr lrttM.
Buubj Outdnu, Mum of Cbtndoa Tt
Htmuui, who had Herman boxing it Jack Itan
lon'a bit boila ahow la tht lot BUUnf IVac
Is l'hlUdtlphU oa tut Wfdnadi? nlxht, taU
tht wrlttr to-dir uut tht iroat mlpU of tht
tuttrUlninrflt amounted to 133,000. Om 10,000
prnoia paid to wttntw tht (crepe. Ootdinan
eaja lUnkn has Uit prettleat and Uretet dob he
bu trtr Utn In.
Dtnor Valor, tht tooal lUhMlrhtmltbt. It
now on hit way to Bt. Lodlt, whtrt ht win hook
tip with Jack LAwtor, tht llfhlweltht of rUrennab,
U., In a ten-round bout at a thow o( tht Future
Utr A. O., at tht blf CrJlerum 1 that ell? on
otit TmeUar nlfht, Valfrr recti t fa one-third 01
Ik treat rtniili fgt hli raO.
Oeorie HuUlftn - the boxlnf promoter of
WaUibunr. Onn., ha Uodrd an Important bout
la kit rl.ft on the nUbt of Inn. ft lr- V...
! Outatploa JrJinur Klltxnt to siett Dill
14;, im fun feithtriitUht of suua bUad.
P Int nmUU at IU Airdrome. ThW will hg
SATURDAY, MAY '22, 192X;
Lefty Tyler
TipfpflffZ fllhft i
CHICAGO, May 22. The Glan
mado it three out of four with t
Cubs and hustled off for Bt Lou..,
confident that they will make tho
first Western trip a triumphal one
after all. They beat George Tyler,
the famous left-hander, who was es
saying a "come-back" In a flno strug
gle, 2 to 1.
If Arthur Fletcher baa been Bet
down for ten 4ays, as reported from
the East, Arthur hasn't heard Of It,
and played, driving In the Giants'
first run with a two-bagger.
Both of New York's runs were due to
errors, while the lone tally that fell to
the Cuba waa earned. They were de
prived of at least two more by brilliant
defensive work of the Giants and their
own blunders on the banes. Tyler him
self registered the only Cub run, and
paved the way to It with a whale of a
drive whloh rattled agalnnt the wall In
deep centre field for three bases.
Championship
Murphy ht$ mada rood in hit bouts In tbit dtj,
(Hiatal Dun oontnu.
Charlry Jleecher of thl cltl, the dertr little
frathenrelfht, wta matched to-da; bj hi man
ager, Phil Bemetttn. to meet EUlj ntuunmpne,
wby k now maklnf hi home in New EniUod.
Thrj will battle twelre roundt to a dectalon at a
hall park at Marlboro, Man., on the afternoon
ef lit; 31. Thl will be the tint time Beecher
bu boxed for a declaim.
Oeorti Brows, who hat bees abni from tht
riiuj for four month owing to Ulsett, wtU return
kfond7 nlxbt at lb Annor? A. A. of Jtre-7 Cltl,
brnini Al Ifurph7 of BUtm III and In Ihm ihf
round aual.flaal lo tht Jot Ljuch-Pll Minre
twclre-round iter attraotlos.
Moran Knocks
Out Goddard
LONDON, May 22. Frank Moran
unllmbered .his famous "Mary Ann"
punoh early In the second round of
his twenty-round fight with Frank
Goddard at tho Ilolborn Stadium and
knocked out his English heavyweight
opponent
Goddard went down three times In
the second round under a rain of
right and left swings from Moran,
The referee wan so tardy about be
ginning his count that Moran turned
and looked at him. as If wondering
If he would ever begin.
Finally, as nine was counted God
dard struggled grogglly to his feet
nnd made a fow Ineffective passes.
Moran shot a fierce right to God-
dard's Jaw and ho went down for the
second time. As before. Jack Smith.
tho referiSc, began Buch a lolsurely
count that Moran expostulated, tell
ing Smith that It wits neediest! to
subject Qoddard to further punish
nient. Smith paid no attention and
continued his pokey count.
Goddartl aroso again, his whole
buck covered with tho sawdust that
wis spread on tho floor in his own
corner.
Then Moran sot out to polish off
Goddard In earnest. Goddard, against
the rones, tried to cover up, Moron
aeasured him with another "Mary
nn" and It landed flush on Clod-
rd'a Jtvwv sendlng"hlmto ftho floor
I
N NEW YORK
Giants Will Not Evict
Yanks From the IP. G.
At Least Not This Year
'
Word Comes From Chicago That Arrangements Have Been
Made by Messrs. Huston and Ruppert for Club to Continue
Playing in Present Home.
By Charles Somerville.
SUEPOSE you'vo seen by your morning newspapers that tho hearta of
the Giants' owners havo softened toward the Yanks and they have
been Informed that the deputy sheriffs will not be around to chuck
their belongings out of the Polo Grounds. Not Just yet, at any rata But
tho telegram that came to Col. lluppert and CoL Huston yesterday Is am
biguous. It s.tatos that tho Yanks are to be allowed "to continue" at tho
Polo Grounds. Of course, It was understood they were not to bo evicted
this season. But, on tho other hand, it is unlikely that the Olant owners
mean the Yanks are to continue Indefinitely to use the Polo Grounds. Tho
general acceptance of tho moaning of tho despatch scorns to bo that the
Yanks are to be ranted tho use of tho Polo Grounds until they can estab
lish themselves elsewhere.
This- lifts an embarrassing situation, t
because In the knowledge that tho
Yanks would be forced out willy nllly
next year, prices on possible sites for
rn American League field sailed
her than the.AVoolworth tower,
.'clcome to Our city say Wo to tho
jC. Louis Browns, especially ednco
from their go-off they look ns easy
to munch as a custard pie, but we
don't get their idea of bringing the
wholo MIbsoutI River with 'em and
making tho Polo Grounds fit only for
yachting yesterday.
uui BUMKWHisiiE tho Sun was i
SHINING! . The Giants ran tho Cubs
around by tho ear and placed another
rung between Us and the cellar. Uncle
Robblo pulled moro than a paid-in-1
full on the Reds. lie not only blanked
em but In consequence tho Champs
were dumped out of first place and
the Pirates moved to the top notch.
Everybody
and his aunt and uncle
are aikina
e what Is the matter
with Babe Ruth and when It the ole
fence-smathor going to get back on
the job?
Well, tho first Information given out
concerning Babo was that he had a
strained groin. Carl Mays tola me
there wns a threatened hernia and
tho doctors had ordered the Babe to
lay up several dnys at least, predict
ing that If ho took up tho old swat
stick too previously ho was liable to
develop full-fledged hernia, wulch
would necessitate going under an op
eration. But the latest announce
ment from tho Ynnka' camp was that
It was only a light attack of grippe
that tho King was batting against.
Teh and. of coune. tome of the
atefut irtc ones tt-ere uHnkinp and hint
ing that the cause of the trouble ttxir
an attack of the Volitead Tilucs. But
that's a poldarnert fie. MV xcora on ir.
T.lttln Rammv Vlck has teen doing
a hot irtuff nlap In the Babe's place,
however, both in fielding and hitting.
He hasn't nicked off any homers, but
Sammy, It will bo remembered,
snapped cut a double that won a
game against the IndlanB and ho got
two singles in his last game.
This Sammy child 4s going to be ft
grent player If he doesn't dlo of star
vation before the close of tho season.
Big Babe Ruth la no mucn or a ae
mon nt table as he Is on tho diamond.
Babe's he sort of entitles him. to at
least a double share of rations. But
viofe isn't any blucer thnn a minute.
yet they tell me a wceK s rations tor
a full army corps enfcampment
wouldn't be moro, thnn a hearty
breakfast for Samuel. Ho eats corn
on the cob and then eats tho cob.
nn thn mart tno curt anows a
player $3 a day for his fodder. All
he masticates over that ho gulps at
his own expense. After dinner ono
night up In Boston Sammy waa
found sobbing Into tho finger bowl.
Thoy asked him why his woe and ho
moaned:
Threo bucks a day for gnifol Gee.
I just cat $3.40 worth of shortcake
for desert!"
Sammy holds the unflagging ad
miration of nil tho waiters on the
American league circuit.
ROLLER SKATING
ST. NICHOLAS RINK
66th ST., NEAR BROADWAY
Caaptfiit iMtraeteri t Tilth Yen Htw tt
Uaia. to. Par Latie.
Two teultu "ally, latlaflni Saadajra, 2 tt I,
Ettalatt, 7.U tt II.
lrnlincr nr r!vittnJ Plnraw
I Dafidrig Carnival on 2d FToW
"Sure Things" a Myth
Proven Again at Jamaica
Three "of Them .Co Down,
While Two Others Run to
Expectations.
By Vincent Treanor.
THE surest thing on a race track,
as wo havo often remarked be
fore, Is that there Is no silch
thing as a sure thing. This was
proven for the ,654th time since
racing's Inception nt Jamaica yester
day. Three supposedly "good things"
trailed home in the mud behind the
leaders. They were: Thrift, In the
second race, backed down from IVt to
7 to 5 with all th' wise money on tho
track aboard. He finished third be
hind Penelope and Diversion In the
order named. Then come Hattlo B.
Kent. In tho third, a maiden two-
year-old event. Nearly everything in
the race receded In the betting but
Mattle. She was lucky to scramble
homo third, well beaten behind Fading
Star and American Maid, The third
good thing" vwas Willis Sham Kil
mer's Chcrublno, In the last raco and
one on which all the losers hoped to
"get out." Although he hadn't been
to the races In two years and has
twice bfecn bowed, he was played
as If they had come and gone.
From 4Vi to 1, down to to 5, his price
went. He flashed for a second or two
after the barrier went up and was
right behind Liberty Girl. "He'll
walk home" his backers shouted pre
maturely. Beforo the sixteenth pole
was reached ho was In trouble and
was soon lost In the shufflo. At tho
finish It was Liberty Girl In front
easily after a futile chase by Matle
Antoinette, and Double Eye, third,
Chcrublno was somewhere In the
crowd behind.
The foregoing doesn't mean that
"good things" always fall by the way
side. No, indeed. There were two
yesterday which delivered like good
things should, Pickwick and Alibi.
Owing to the smallness of their field
1 ft1
Hub vs. New York
In Tennis Final
It was the flery, courageous playing
of Richard Harto, Irving C. Wright,
G. Colket Caner and W. E. Porter Jr.
In tho singles that carried tho Boston
team through to victory in tho open
ing matches of tho Church Cup aeries
on tho turf of tho West 8ld Tennis
Club, at Forest Hills, yesterday.
Backed by a successful match by
Harry C. Johnson and Caner In the
doublea the Boston holders of the
famous trophy repulsed their rivals
from Philadelphia. The final tally w&a
S matches to 4.
The Boston team will meet the New
York team in tho final of the series
this afternoon. On the New York side
will be Iohljm Kumagae, Watson M.
Washburn. H. Howard Voshell and
others. There will also bo a test, match
for the Davis Cup toam between Wal
lace Johnson and Chailes B. Garland.
Rain Postpones
First Cup Trial
NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 12.
Unobliging Jupiter Pluvlus ran true
to America's Cup form when the
Resolute and Vanltle were ready to
soil their first race to decide which
will carry the hopes of Americana
against Shamrock IV.
Commodore John N. Champion and
Fleet Captain C. Edward Osborn of
the New Haven Yacht Club extended
tho hospitality of their club house to
tho after dock crews of tho racers
and provided real clam chowder, lob
sters and a log fire. Theirs was the
only cheer.
Cornell Crew not Favorite
Over
Harvard.
Cornell's varsity crow will have an
other test to-day, when tho eight which
defeated Princeton and Yale on Lake
SfiiTSS18 ,ast. 'ITeok meure strokea
wlth Harvard.
Tho Crimson Is not sanguine as to
the outcome, arid Bin Halnos, the Har
vard coach, has shown starna of great
distress Im'the last fortrilBht by the
"huts and chances he has made in the
boating of his varsity combination. It
Ooks. therefore, as If ComoJI would win
In both varsity and freshman raoes.
Conlfrcr nd Dloom In Hard Go.
BOSTON, May 22. At the Fenwav
Club last night Frankla Conlfrnw rf
New York and Phil Bloom of Brooklyn
fought twelve of tho toughest rounds,
the fans protesting when Bloom re
ceived the decision, as they thought"
Oonlfrey won.
nitchle Mitchell Scores Knockout.
KENOSHA. Wis., May 22. Richie
Mitchell-knocked out Jlmmle Hanlon In
the second round here last night This
Is the first time Hanlon ham VM
stopped. A left hook to the point of the
chin flopped Jlmmle and he was out for
they were very naturally at short
prices, hut that can't be helped. The
public wants winners primarily be
cause price means nothing If the ob
jects of their speculations finish
among the also rans. A wlaner ftt j
to S is a big improvement on a loser
at 10 to 1.
A- II. Diaz, the Cuban horse owner
and all round sportsman. Is In town
from Havana. He got here Just a day
too late to eeo Gen. J. M. Clamm ih
nia career. And as Bill McDantela,
his trainer, saye, he would have given
$10,000 rathor than miss It. Mr. Dlaa
didn't visit the track yesterday, but
he will be around In a day or two
greeting old friends.
Clarence Turner can make any
thing run. It seems. Ho brought Fad
ing StAr from behind In the third
race, ran over Northern Lady, then
went on, caught and out gamed Amer
ican Maid. He's worth attention no
matter what ho rides.
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