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Th? Lawn Tennis Fan Will Have His Innings at Forest Hills To-day
RAIN HOLDS UP
THE ALL-COWERS'
TOURNEY A DAY
National Lawn Tennis
Fixture Begins To-day,
Weather Permitting.
FINISHING TOUCHES
PUT ON THF. COURTS
Committee Named to Pick East?
ern Team for Match with
California Players
Bj POD HOVTHOUM
'.loom pret-alled at ? ? r the
Watt Pide Tenn-s Club, et Foie?' Hills,
Tong Iilsnd. from c?rly morning until
n-ld afternoon yesterds- . ?hen the ?un
reke through the dump and sticky
loud? fof the first time since Ratur
?y Although the 121 p:a>ers who are
ipete in the great all-cotrters'
lawn >? week at
\\ , Forest Hills eeurt? ?ere prevented
doled start after
the national tit i : b" Richard
i Norr ? H IliaatS, I ? ?vine through
'hani'ion, >c?t. ning at 10
r'clorV tl ?y a other effort
to get ander ?a; me hour this
mor
,:? iv Wn lanl of th*
..vn Tennis
Asso'- ? nt the tourna?
ment ' start to-day. made a
' caref': courts this
' morning. I | with Will
am Tuck? - ' ??pert) George T.
Adre, E,iu ? ?-. and Julian S.
club, Mr.
the part of
wisd 'he tourney
fer a day.
This deli ? -urf courts
a char.ce to dr> ?
condition to ?rlthstand the hard usage
they ?re to receive from a week of al
moit eontinaoa? mauling from spiked
'hoes. The .?at"." ?ehednle as already
..nnounce.) ? wed, and by sun?
down tkl? ? ?T .g.nn! field
: half that
*r.
H ;,.? was aet I of begin?
ning the tourr,: i terday until
the last resource ha '. nci the
?rods that rule had been i.ptiealed to in
vain. Before Tucker left Forest Hills
(I unday night he marshalled his
? fti turf eod fling n the
clubhouse, saw them safely tucked irto
\peir cots It the main hallway of the
i fioor and then gave them orders
gat out earls in the mon
? ar'K ?he court?.
I ? doto by the faithful
rkmen. Every court was pone over
, ,re and massaged
1
ta were
: s was foil
misty rain
,? line h fid
white,
upset and
?
?
lg surface yesterday
torn up by the
-es that all the painstaking
would
1 ave been in rain. Then came the offi?
cial decision to postpone the I
t .r.g of the tournan ?
terday that Har
o:d H. Ha safe, of Bos
ton, a- >lphia,
had rx nmittee by
him to ?. Eastern
playe- .-i^ainst the
team from the P Friday
and Saturday. A . ? .. 11, at the
West Side Tei
The star ? at ln o'clock
will bring Cedric A Major, the Cornell
?[?layer the Connecti?
cut State Chami I Bern?
ard C. Law, ?,f !'? A- *re same
atjtime Ward Daw on, the ' i.lifornian,
('. McKay, An hour later
all. s. Nattera, of Loui iana, meet?
I II. Man, jr., former Yale
iff n'
? E. McLouphlln will make hi?
* . of the racquet in his effort
?iship in the first
matches scheduled at
2:1?. He will meet Ernest Frit?
Kuhn. ?? .'? li'rman plaver. At the same
'ime ' Bull jr., of the Crta
r Mahan, a?
is plhi.r.ed to play two matches
multaneoualy on the great stretch of
tjrf b?tween tl indi which
for four court?.
Two of the former I ?avis Cue
flayer?. Harold H. Ilarkett and Frod
?crlck B. Alesande., will take the grand
?tatatld courts at the finish of the other
tattle?. Hackett will meet William
jM. Johnston, the young California!?,
Ivho hat been performing so ably, an?l
?Alexander will \\
I" I Hub crack.
SANCTION nVt-MILE SWIM
Championship \\ ill He Peridcd Over
Collage l'oint t
?t .Sanction has been given for the five
I J?i!e swimming cha- ,,f the
Wietropolitan A. A. 1'. district, and the
tace i? to be held on September 11 at
l''Ol]?Ke i'oint, Long Island, under the
jupervision of the American I.ifesav
i Jng Society.
An innovation will be the running of
[ he event over a triangular course. In
he past a straightaway renta was al
?Hvs chosen, and only those able to
O?? in boats ever saw the finish.
MS tune the contestants are to be
rn} ofT ?' nt, swim to
I'd aroun I .nark? nenr
iker s Island and East Elmhurst. then
Je urn to the starting line, ?o that it
?T1?1 be possible for spectators to wit
iess the most interesting stages of the
'"nt. it
Commodore E. Tanenbaum, chairman
, the society's aquatic committee has
Jceivcd assurance that ?mon.
ompetitors will be Bud Goodwin
?ert Vollmi r. Joaeph Wheatley,
?imnoch, < hnrlim Kaufman and s.?-.
ther?.
American Association Results.
Milwaukee
1 Ir.ilUnarv .la. S
c
I MADISON SQ. GARDEN
TO-NIGHT
lEIRERf vs. S1VISE
2500 Seats at $1.00.
'I. I.i.I.MM ?*???? I ->|. BUM?.
Rube Marquard
to Join Superba?
If Mixqunril ha? nol al?neil a nrm.li
l? n contrait ulreadv It la prolmble
ttirat a deal ?III he conanmnitilc.l to
?pi ?lu. h ulll make Ihr .iii.nl??
?outhr.*? a tnciiit.rr i>f llir *? na rl.i?
Mr. Khhrt? r?i.rc??ril hi? 44 llllnrnca?
lo ?l4f SI.Sim t?r Mnruiiaiil?. ri-lenar.
the Mata- Which the N? 44 \Ork rltih I?
crcitttril lva.ll ?akliu It i??.nlH ?.-mi.
then, that all that remain? uolltil?lir?l
I? ?lanina ?hr ??rup ?>f paper,
TENNIS KINGS GAY
ON EVE OF BATTLE
-
Good Cheer Reigns, but on
Alorrow Many Will Meet
Their Waterloo.
The B 1 > ' bl '<re the battle of Wiiter
. -cording to history, there was a
1 social function of considerable bl II
? lance "somewhere in Belgium." Wiafc
a national lawn tennis tournament
1 ready to stare them in the eres tho
minut*. they open them this mornin?.
j more than half the entrants in the
: elimination plav of the West Side Ten
nis Club at Forest Hills, Long 1
gathered ?t the Hotel' Vanderbilt last
night (or one more square meal.
Before the sun sets this evening
yided it shines n full union da
.keeps the turf dry. half the number ol
? diners will be retired from the tour
nament with a defent chalked up
li them. Put last night the same
I-ahould-worry atmosrhore thai
vaded the Brvaai ??? n hundred
'. reara airo was duplicated at the Van
' -erl-ilt.
It -as a training dinner. The menu
was simple. First the sunburned,
sinewy tennis player?, almost every one
of whom, if he was not a champion, had
been at some time or other, cut, toi
1 leyed and backhanded his way through
little neck clams, ronst href, baked po?
tato???, string bean/and ice cr?ai"
service was perfect.
Later They Listened to Speeches.
Seated at a huge round tab!?
the brightest tennis lights of the cotin
try a dozen men whose aggregate an?
nual expenditure for silver pol
keep their trophies shining exeer
earning? of some railroads. P. A. Vail,
of New Zealand, where he was once a
champion, and who has a natural bent
for statistics and technical questions
related to tennis and golf, estimated
that the energy expended annually in
polishing the same trophies would run
. the elevators in the Woohvorth Build?
ing for seventeen hours.
Julian 8. Myrick, president of tho
Side Tennis Club, which broutrht
'lie national lawn tennis mntohes from
Newport to Forest Hills, sat at thl
. of the table. Beside him was Robert
D. Wrenn, pr sident of the United
States National Lawn Tennis Aai
' tion. At Mr. Myrick's left was P.. N'.n
i. - W ill::.n .! champion.
mond D. Little, who with Fred
-lexander, also present, 44 0
eral national doubles champio?.
Karl Behr, who beat Maurice E. Mo
l.oughlin at Newport two weeks ago,
pat at one side of the table and 11
acroai at the fiery-haired Californian j
from whom he wrested the laurels. ?
Ward Dawson, of California; Moses Eli,
; of the West Side Tennis Club; William
M. .lohm.ton, former Pacific I
champion; George Townsend Adee, sec
of the national association;
Harry Parker, treasurer of th.
Side organization; A!ri<k Mam:, one
. time champion of New England; Albert
: Hoskins, 4 >e-president of the National
' Lawn Tennis Association, and Georpe
Wright, of Wright A Dlston. were I
others fit the sanio hoard.
H. Norri? Williams, Id, who <=tudied
tennis at Harvard, was called upon for
a speech. He referred to thi ai
! meeting held last winder at the \Y:i!
doif, wnen the West Side Tennis CI11S
the nntional tournament away
from Newport
"The last time I spoke," said he, "I
i had to think of something to say
; against that fellow over there." Indl
' caCng Behr. who was all for the Rhode ?
Island courts. "But no4v," he continue.I,
MWa have all come together i:
i fe!lo4Vihip and we are all roing to do
I something to make thi? match a sue-:
i think that whether we are of
the West Side club or any other club
1 we should all Ho our nnit. I am sure]
every . . ng to DC perfectly tine,
and I think this is going to be tl ?
I gest toum .ment ?ver held, and 1 hope
th:it the West Side Tennis C!".b II
, going to be repaid for all the trouble
they have gone to. 1 do not think thtre
lung more 1 tan s:ty "
Every ona cheered. Robert D. Wrenn
Cautioned ihe players HL'aii.st ?t
'up lilt.-, and called their attention to
'. the notice? they had r< ting ?.t
what tim? their matchei wenl
Myrick welcomed the guests
pnd then aent them home at 9:15
>ck.
Some of the other champions and
?firmer champion? who attended the
dinner and acted as unconcerned as
? though there was nothing more strenu?
ous to do en tl. morrow than loll
ebout the verandas of a cuntry club
were Nathaniel W. Niies. who once In Id
lb? State of Massachusetts honors;
an, formai Now York
Slate and metropolitan title holder;
VYatsoc M Waahburn, of Hal
' '
match is said to be a dark I
1, who
? rar.ie all tie way from California to
compete; Walter M. Hall, ax-Middl?
champion, a title Karl Behr now
has on his mantelpiece; Harold Hack?
1 ..tt, of Davis Cup fame, and Lyle B,
Manan, who when he went to Columbia
coul?l trim any one in the whole col
Itgt
Weather permitting to-day, half the
players will have the dinner last night
_s an alibi.
Ban Johnson on
Investigation Tour
Chicago. Aup. M. B. B. Johns.. n,
president of the American I.eagu?, 44 ,
to leaye for Boston l*V_IOfTOW to in?
vestigate reporta thai gambling was
common In the ball parks there.
?\ltliough he indicated that he be?
lieved the rumor? of batting were exag?
gerated, Mr. Johnson declared that he'
would leave no stone unturned in pun?
ishing any persons found guilty of th's,
offence in an American League park. I
PIPING ROCK FOUR
WINS POLO TROPHY
i
Fast a F actor in Defeat of Rum
son Team in Final Match.
(Hi Telegraph lo The ttWem 1
OccBtiport. N. .1., Aug. .10. Humson'?
inability to pr?tent Harry East, the
brilliant little player of the Piping
Roed polo team, from shooting more
than his share of gnuis ?a? largely
responslbl? for Its det'ent by Piping
Roeh here to day In the final match
of tha Peni Polo Club tournament fot
the Louis M. Reulnway cups. The
score was 12*4 goals to a.
W ?)? tl ? exception of H. M Karle at
back instead of A W Kmtiey, it was
team that won the Ktrauss
Baturday,
East manngeil through his clever rid?
ing and ph?nom?nal mallet work to
sis in six of the eight chuk
I ??? .' Beren? Water, and W.
her Jone?, jr.. arara, unhorsed and
:?nd (i'1'.-iy throstl in a collision,
bui were uninjured.
The lihe-up follows:
I'irl.VI) Ri" It lilMSuV
(Trap H'r?r>
1 .'ohn O'Pnv 1 1 W K latMS. Jr 2
? Harr? Etat
II Bard S I'. ?
... ?artas? 1
Kl . "!???
1 laOtjt
'. i Avaler? i a
i: .r,-. H n (?urtfri
?l,l|?. Tlrn? trf
.
THE COURTS AND THE PRIZES
The trophies to he won st the all comers' tourney.
Grand Circuit Racing
at Empire City To-day
Nation's Fleetest Harness
Morses Ga+hered for
Four-Day Meet.
LEE AXWORTHY OUT
FOR A NEW RECORD
Directum I, Bred by James
Butler. Also to Bid for
?Speed Mark.
?ni Circuit hordes and drivci
como back to New York tu-dav after
an absence of nine \iars, and a splen?
did ?reek of rmirg has been mapped
out to bid them welcome. New York
was the first American eity to show
an -?ppreciation ?,f record trot*ers and
pacers by amateur rrinsmen in wit
ne?? take the $20.000 Robert Hontier
paid for Hexter. 2 : lV'i, nnd the $10,
000 expended by W. H. Vanderbilt tor
Maud S., 2:10'?., years ago to start
the ball rolling;, and the many big
money purchase- since; but it is now
near the end of the Grand Circuit
itinerary.
They hope to upset this state of
things and to Inaugurate a renaissance
of the na! ,ri type of racers
at the Empire 't\ track t.. day
going will ' t from the '
recent raina, but i' will suffice f??
ltame raei 1 finishes, in the
S, and four
I an '. for which the equine
?tar? thai have been di : tling 11 ?
?'?. tern c;ties and '1,
have l ?'.il mustei ed.
A f. - ure "i ' i?1 will be
the *
which he
11 1 '? ,
! rince,
I 2:11 V?, with the great drivers, An
dn u i. .Murphy
and their pi
??tul i : ? r, C. W. Laaell, alao in
th<- sulkies. Th
?
.1 Manufactur? rs'
I'm which I.?'
worthy had to trot in L' : 04514, 2:04*4
and 2:04*?' to ??'?'iti bv a nose ft .n
? tii Flower
? i?.-. Earl, Jr., R. H.
i |ro "ii t? and alao the
.
The meel coi tinued to
??. with
a $2,000 pi
rot, 2:13 i ?,2:10
trot and ; i eut?
f ,? Fti
turit.
.?.ill offici?t?
?
\. .1. Keat- j
ing, ? ho ?erved hi? appn ?
an amateur rr-insman at Fleet
Park; W. M. H?late?
I Gibbon?, The ti accessible by
I for tho.-e
who do not u-. 11 s Harlem
; Railn -;nt Vernoi.
turf.-, 'v tin
? ? %
; and the suri '
'
? he ?levai lins to If'
and the connecting surface toad- thatj
run diro.-t I ? ack. ,
The fust rac will be at 2:80 o'clock, j
i and -:1" fots and
the 2:1,' pace, each of the latter for
a $1,001 pur ?. the world'? champion
i^ eer, Directum I, 1:68, with Tommy
Murphy driving, will go against time
in an al to lower tho. rrcor?!.
? bred by .Iain. ? Butler,
df t? ,? Empire City track, and
? will be made to eatablish
a new world's record for the stallion.
LIVELY TIMES AT
CLAREMONT A. C.
Boxing Fans Break Down the
Barriers to See Two Rather
Dull Bouts.
Scenes of disorder marked the open?
ing of '.he ( laremor.t A. ('., in the
building of the Claremont Rink, last
niii-ht. Likewise the ?State Athletic
Commission will no doubt call ut>on
the gentleman who manage this club to
?xnliiin a few little violations of the
commission rules which add to the
gavetv of nations and fii'ht fans.
There are certain barriers in this
well managed club. These barriers are
supposed to keep those who occupv the
les? expensive seats from rubbing
shoulders with the patrons who hold
higher priced coupons. But what are
a few barriers to those who wish a
better view of proceedings? So the
bovs in the gallerv. fearful of strain?
ing their eves if thev looked on from a
?listance. broke through those barriers
and Usurped the better seats.
Did the ushers not swing into action
and check the la ' (,h, yt-s,
thev did not. Apparently thev were
pali with the fence bwtkers.
. fence breaking
tun! fence burning was always a part
of the initiation? and football victory
Known col?
lege? attended I'V these usher? and
al officers. Could thev find it in
hearts to curb the manifestation?
? boyish spirit and enthusiasm? No,
?. thev iiiulil not, Thev did throw
out a few, but these were merely fresh?
men who bad broken campus rules. Oh,
these ushers are sticklers for pro
There is a ruling long since promul
by 'h.- State Athletic Commis
'ioh r?nuii ir.g that the main bout go
m at 10 o'clock, or as close la?
bour as possible. The crowd believed
? and Paekey Hemmey
?'-.e main contest Hut
the management, with unu-ual consi.i
? in, elected ?? '"tn. ?
-,? of real ability, forth to
run away from Joe \ Bloom I
! hi? vocation. He should have
leen a marathon runner.
These more or less capable voung
men entered the ring ot 10:25 o'clock i
and performed their ten-round net. fcnd I
id Hommey ,"tmi or.. |
..H that might be ex- ?
; of two such men. It was de
nee, an 1 Wolga?! won ?im
t lv because he eould stand uo ander j
all sorts of punishment und dole out
just a little more.
Rut the bovs who broke down the j
fenc?- It, which adds to tht
rayety of actions.
White Sox Win Exhibition Game.
Lafayette, Ind.. Aug. $0. The Chicago j
Amer fayetts R-d '
Sox, 4 to 1, in an exhibition game here ?
to-day.
The scoie follows:
a H r
' M ?t ? 9 9 t J ? .i ? ? ?
?s??t???ii I Si
Itattsr:?? - M a ?H_ l'?.-?t an? ltsltf. Beat-?.
ilwn ?.
How they keep the courts dry it the West Side Tennis Club.
7?eJpor?li?h?
?yGrdntlan?Rice
Back in 1809 Detroit bludgeoned her way to a pennant on the road in a
September finish that showed the remarkable giimenes? of the Tiger club.
In 1911 the Gianti, considered hors du gonfalon, a? Kid Broad might
say, bagged a pennant by winning seventeen out of twenty-one road games
through the same month. So the Tiger case this present September Isn't
hopeless nor dopeless. The Tigers still have their one chance, and it 1? about
this: to go into Boston and upset th? Red Sox upon home-bred plans.
Detroit vs. Boston.
The situation now is practically as follows: Detroit has done Just a shade
better against the rest of the circuit than Boston has done. But Boston ha?
, rrnre than evened up this deficit by beating Detroit.
For this plan of campaign Bill Carrigan deserves considerable credit.
' There's nothing like beating the main rival in a race you desire to win.
The Red Sox are not likely to be checked at home, where they ?pend most
of the month. Yet, even on the road no other club, barring Boston, is likely
? to overthrow the Tigers. But until said Tigers can beat said Red Sox It re?
quires no Platonian brain or Dantean imagination to figure out th? main
choice.
With the Falling Leaves.
Two weeks ago we had nine world series candidates. But even as the
leaves o' autumn quiver and flutter downward at each short gust, so the con?
tenders pass out with August and the dream goes gray.
Of the nine early August candidates for the honor of splitting $?0,000 on
a 60-40 basis only five remain. The two A. L. leaders have already been dis?
cussed. In the National all Western clubs, plus the Giants, have concluded
their last hopes, and it remains to be seen just how fast Philadelphia, Brook?
lyn and Boston can travel on the road. By the end of the week the three
will be pointing west, and the real hunch is now that Philadelphia and Boston
w'll run within an eyelash of one another to the end of the road.
The Braves, while making another smashing onslaught down the stretch,
\ will never find the Phillie? as soft and yielding as the Giants were last fall.
1 F. r when the big pinch comes there is always Alexander.
Dope and Form.
Th? American League is running true to form. Boston and Detroit lead
i at bat, while Chicago, Boston and Detroit lead in fielding records.
But, as announced before, there is no dope in the National, and form is
ort of fear. The Redi ?till lead that leagu? at bat and in the field and they
are last.
The Brave? and Phillie? are down around the foot in batting, ar? well
below the top in fielding and are the two weakest base-running clubs in either
: circuit.
As judged by the figures they should be, but they have shown that hustle
nrd team play also count.
A Study in Long Hitting.
The recent golf hitting exhibition given by Ouimet, Guilford and Marston
in Detroit wa? an eye opener to a large number of fanatics who had never
seen a golf game and who believed that Ty and Sam were the ultimate words
in ?mashing any ?ort of ball. In baseball 140 yards is a smash well beyond th?
, average good for the circuit at any given moment.
Yet the ball Guilfor?! hit would have travelled in the open well over 300
\ yards more than twice the distance attained with the bat.
I
Cobb Amazed.
- Ty Gobi ' as played quite a bit ef golf and has observed a number of first
' class players in action. *
But the ball Guilford hit startled Ty out of his established composure.
Another point that made an impression upon the athletes was this: to see
I C ree young amateurs walk out to the home plate before 15,000 people, to see
them pick up a strange club and proceed without a flutter to make three
i perfect shot? under such abnormal conditions, proved the existence of nerve in
go'f fully upo a par with any nerve required in a hard game.
"I know \.hat it means," remarked Ty, "to look at that ball and keep your
htsd down even in a friendly match. I'll lift my hat to those fellows for the
way they went about it before that crowd."
Maxims of the 19th Hole.
The good lack cometh with the bad, fifty-fifty, only to be forjotten.
For no man speaketh ever of the putts which he holed ?hit h in the red
depths of his quivering heart he never thought he ?ould ?ter make.
Nor doth one speak of those shut? which jumped hunkers and slipped
by yawning traps?but only of Ihe others alwajs.
This i? the week when Travers and MeLoughlin start for lost titles held
by Ouimet and Williams. Only in the golf m?l?e there may be still another
on top at the end, while at Forest IIills it ?a better than 2 to 1 on MeLoughlin
and Williams against the field.
It must be all over. We recently met two rab'.l Boston fanatics in an arga
ment as to whether P.udolph could stop tht Bed Sox or whether Wood would he
in shape to work the opener against Hut In the Irdiaa summer
interim there Is a Mr. Alexander, who, when last s?en, aria still throwing a
baseball with fair effect? ?
COLLEGE TEAMS
NURSERIES FOR
LEAGUE PLAYERS
Professional Baseball Now
an Accepted Calling of
University Athletes.
MORE RECRUITS
EVERY SEASON
Robertson and Babbington, of
Giants, and Collins, of White
Sox, Among Number.
Professional league baseball team?!
are calling on college trained players :
more and more to fill thfir ranks, and
the college men are fast losing that
feeling of reserve which has kept so ?
many uni", ersity stars from embark
ini: on a career in the big leagues. As
Shing examples of the new type ot"
professional ball player K.ldia Gallina.
of the White Box: Ray FisWr.of the
Yankees; (ieorge Davis, of the Braves;
Sisler and Koob, of the Browns; Bab
bington and Robertson, of the (.Hants, ?
and a host bf others can he cited.
That the college man is destined to
wield a big influence in the profession
al game Ts due to several important
factors, the greatest of which is that
for the four years preceding his bow
into professional ranks he gets a train?
ing in the national game from coaches
who sre selected with as much care
as the college selects a professor of
(?reek or mathematics. The other big
factor is that college baseball is gettn.g
better every year, the competition is
getting keener, and the men on the
teams play better baseball. A? proof
of this last statement, it is offert'.1
that the victories which college nines
have won over minor league teams are
convincing evidence that the calibre
of bu-. i ?d In the colleger i?
already on a par with that of the minor
league teams, and oftentimes is a great
deal better, to wit: the victories of
Brown and Yulo among others over
j some of the better minor league teams
| last spring, and the really close games
which Yale i layad with the New York
Giants, champions of the National
I League, just after both teams had re
I turned from their spting training
trips in the South.
There can be no doubt as to the bet
I ter coaching which college nines ar~.
receiving now over that which they
got fifte.-n or twentj years ago. Now?
adays it Is the tried and efficient ball
player who is appoint ,1 coach of the
, nine, and as his assistai.ts he has men
who do nothing but coach the battery
candidates, and sometimes, even, he
? has a special assistant for the inneld
j crs. It is small wonder that the aver
? age college man who ha? taken a
I "course in baseball" under one of
; these modern instructors does not
pick up as much knowledge of the
, game in his four years in college as
the minor leaguer gets in several sea?
son?. If he ha? Inherent ability at all
i it is brought out by the coach, and
j he gets just about as much pollahii g
, as he would in a minor league. As a
matter of fact the college teams are
to-day minor league teams in a sense.
They have their preliminary training
, in the South and they work up to
their championship games with all the
care and a great, deal more real per?
haps, than the minor league nine worki
through the pennant race.
The calibre of baseball which the
college team of to-day plays is not the
od, care-free play of I
years back, and this is a fact which is
borne out by the closeness of the, scores
in games between big and small col?
alike. This trend has been
tig moro noticeable from year to
year, although Yale with its wonderful
nine two years ago was an exception, in
that the Elia ran up the score in three
gamea to eighteen runs, and this year
twenty-two runs in a game with
Cornell. Tlii* is, indeed, a far cry
fiom the record tally of eighty-eight
! runs which Lafayette made hgain?' !.?'
high away back in 1872. Remember?
ing that the average number of runs
made by the Yale nine last year wa? a
, trifle under seven a game, the fact that
Pennsylvania ran up a score of twenty
! six runs against Harvard in 1H94, and
j that ?cores up in the twenties were
by n?> means uncommon in the early
? i?0's, ?eems to indicate that the quality
! of college baseball has improved. In
fact, twenty years ago since
Yale made thirty-one runs against the
; University of Chicago.
Ths general improvement in college
; baseball is not confine?! to any one
branch of the game, for it is as notice
. ablo in fielding an?! base running as it
is in pitching. I.ike all college sports,
the game is played seriously, and al
''i.iKh the average student who de
1 sire? to play is neglecte?!, the one who
ha? shown any aptitude for the sport
gets as much specialized training as it
he were on a nine in organized base
I hall. Not only is the coach oftentimes
? qual if not the superior of the
' tal manager, but the e?iuip
t. ent is in many casas far -uperior to
that to which the struggling profes
.**nitie can hope to aspire.
Yale without d sttef equip?
ment and facilities for the development
? <f ' r? than any other col
l ? thi eo il try, but it is n
? ex, ten yea
\ the.** . -nportance Will h?
? .'.I C'lge for I"
similar to the ?Ira? r,
fact, I'ar'
moats i > ale'? ease b]
ing provision in its nev gymnasium
ago for a suitable be.
the Dartmouth I
? ?lav full nine-inning g:.m.
their rivals in <??
' ?, of Hanover h', able te get
141.T open air practice.
Oi other hand, the vast exnendi
j '?? each \ 1
baseball in the leading collegas are not
m of the relal
1 small number of students who. under
-. ?1 Item, ar" ? ncoura,
. ime. According to figure?
?
by Pre
' gert, of the University
1 of Indiana. American colleges and uni
aend annual!] 1 mm m the
orhood of $1.000,000 for organ
?4- athletic?.
MTARLAND AND
GIBBONS SHAKE,
AND THAT'S AU
Conversation Lags When
Pair Come Together in
Promoter's Office.
TICKETS BEGINNING
TO SELL FASTER
Popular Interest In Brighton
Beach Match Mounting is
Date Draws Near.
Packey McFarland and MiVe H.b
hons, who will box ten round? at
Brighton Beach on September 11, ar?
rived in thi? eity yesterday mornirg.
According to the term? of their cen
tr cts, the boys were to finish their
training here, an-ivlng a*, least a week
before the contest. Both have taken
time by th? forelock. Mike hied hlm
lalt to the New Polo A. A., wher? he
ha done all hi? training and wher? h?
fought his first fight in this city. Mc?
Farland began to put on the finishing
touches down at Brighton B.^ach, wh?r?
a special gymnasium has been fitted up
for him.
Immediately upon arriving the ?en
wont to the offices of the promoters in
the Fitigerald Building, at Broadway
and Forty-second Street. Packey wa?
first to arrive, and wa? comfortably
ensconced in an easy chair when Mike
walked In, beaming a greeting to ail.
The boxers looked at each other for a
fe moments, both a trifle uneasy.
Mike walked over end extended a rathe-r
limp hand to Packey. Packey's greet?
ing was quite as lukewarm.
?'Hello, Packey," said Mike. "I hope
you're feeling well."
Packey admitted he never felt bet?
ter. "Von oiiafht to see me boxing," he
I breathed Insinuatingly. "I'm fast."
"Some friends of mine saw you and
had no trouble In following your leads,"
countered Mike. And Packey laughed
easily. It was fairly even.
McFarland ?aid that he wa? pretty
: close to weight, and to provo Just how
; much weight he had taken off ho
opened his coat and showed where he
| had cut a new eyelet tn his belt, some
three inches back of the last buckle
marked one. Packey looked his con?
dition. His skin was clear and his face
a trifle drawn, and his eyes fairly
I snapped as he spoke. If confidence may
i he reckoned as a factor In thi? match
i Packey is sure to score.
Gibbons, taciturn to the point of
, bashfulness. ?ni.I that he wa? pretty
clo?e to weight and expected to he right
in the centre of the ring whoi
gong sounded. Mike was asked how
much he weighed, but the only reply
he ventured was: "Sure, I couldn't
give the scales away."
Interest in the bouts grows. There
was a steady stream of purchasers
flowing Into the office yesterday after
: noon, and most o." them bought the boat
: seats.
Tho heavyweight championship of
'New Jersey will be decided at M
j Squaro (tarden to-night. Charley
Weinert, the youngster from Newark,
| and Jim Savage, of Orange, will box
ten rounds or les?. It is more than
likely that it will he less. Weine.', i?
not Impervious to the knockout shock,
while Savnsre has often reclined on the
canvas while the referee toiled of? the
doleful decimal.
There is an intense rivalry between
these men. Weinert was once a spar?
ring partner of larafa'a, and the story
tuns that Jim was none too gentle. To?
night Weinert declares that lie will pay
it all back and add a little interest as
well.
Battling I.evinsky Is j-oing to pick
on his old pal Jack Keating again.
Thev will box ten rounds at Scrantou
: on Labor Day.
Tommy Murphy has abandoned the
? idea of returning to the ring. Me has
| called off his match with Matt Wells.
Jack Mack announce? the return of
. Bob Moha. Battling Socrates and Maul
i ing Plutarch have not been heard from.
Jack Britton and Kid Lewis are to go
; twslve rounds at the Atlas A. A., of
? Boston, to-night.
e
ROAMER TOP WEIGHT
IN AUTUMN HANDICAP
Thirty Horses Named for Big
Race on Saturday.
Little Roamer ha? been a?sig-..?d th?
h. at of honor and an impost of 129
pound? in the list weights for the Bel
' mont Park Autumn Handicap, at one
l mile and a furlong, to be run on Sat
] uniay at the Westchester Racing As?
sociation's course.
Thirty hor*"i have been named for
I tht fixture that will vie with th.i
Futurity for the interest of the crowd,
.but it is more than likely that not
half of this number will go to the post,
:h the race tarries a purse of
12,000.
Sam Jackson, for which a match race
?..'iv-iy arrange?] with tho
game lit*!?? son of Knight Krrant. and
Burrow, from L S. Thompson'? stahl,.,
will carry l.'l pounds aplaca >'r..n,
boli. winner of the Mi and
Suburban handicap?, ?rill be in i
at 11?. pounds, the same impost as?
signed to Short Grass.
The weights assigned by W. S
burgh follow:
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Ml' Wa .?. :
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Penalties aeerue from ? p. m., Au?
gust 30.
' RACING AT
BELRflONT PARK
BEGINS TOMORROW
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I $2,500 Municipal Hand cap. $1,000 Broadhollow Steeplechase
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