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flomebreds Triumph
In Big Golf Carnival
grry Travers and Bobby
foncs Only Amateurs to
Shin?*. Make Brilliant Show
By GRAM LAND RICE
q^hyI St.inding?Match for
Mitch
Won. Lost. P.O.
?-.??-hredA. ?.*? 15 .716
^Kh . 28 21 571
MlUh . -?* 27 .460
Jeteur? . 12 3* .240
*?* hole count?Homebre-ds, l.*>2 holes;
g-?Uh. *? boita* English. 72 holes;
llMteur**. '-*? i
t, (_? big International Golf Carr.i
j vitra OTtr i"?,''00 was gathered
In tht ?*?"? Rtlltf Fund, the Home
^reis tore all competition into shred?
w? Mtrgin ai ?rid? ..s the fap? be
??in tht -""Iberian fron
rOTtd to be far and awa>
?# ??- mbination, with the
-tcor.d, the Enfflilh third, tnd
.->. halting last
But out of the imear which envel
ris] th IT team at least two
I ed with the
aliTt. D**?" **'?**? ??to-?*?' P- Travers.
*r wai Bobby Jones,
?fe?-. : '?:?? rravtn edded the scalp
,? the ?? ? il Rafea to
Hi ere:.: by a margin of three holes,
t??sd.r.,- out a wonderful week of play.
I, fy- "f match goif
,p ?, Jock Hutchinson
B* Wilt? Hagen, three of the finest
mMett in thi .?!., Travers finished
19?. H? '"?' 3 UP on Nicholls, \ down
?*, H ;' 'n flnd 3 up on Hagen?a
?jtord thai ?? ill not he forgotten in this
iVidt
Side by side with Travers In the ride
?? flory **** fifteen-year-old Bobby
Jit?. ? :'?'" ' -' -'" ' '*-* nimorta!
la i \ matches, foursomes and
-_*?]-? ' fl e and lost but one.
?individual match play he defeated
Walker, Freddie MrLtod
' ench is one of
tht Homebreds, a golfing
le yesterday at
- the Impetuous
- who, after
*?ome defeat in the fore
jaon * owling and Emmet
TTtnch. cai ? hack with gore in bis eye
i,, ?r f revtnge. French
?nek grin 'o the gun?-, hut i??s un*
iDc to -Of lor??".
Homebred*. Win Agtin
?tinued their ttfi?
-*tph?.it . t Gai Ian C ty in the
'ut day's pit; TLty won every four
tht morning and ?uf
two defeats in the after
?" ravers and Jones
?M Sc:*:h by a fine rally ctupht and
i?h team by a t,
gin. but ,- ? pr< ? n Jock Hutchin
??, on? cf 'he stars of the Scotch
Ma. ?ti overpowered by the brilliant
lag and
*M ini?he ?' ' up on Joe1-- the Hutch
Xicko.ii was '"""1 **" 74. with two
tta\tt ban r.g i
Th? feature foursome cf the fore
**??? v between Mike
I ni~ ?no* Walttr Hagen, reprtlti I
? Jerry Travers and
K.rkby. of the Amateurs. The
I up. Travers and
rttt bo*.'- r laving fine golf.
ht four "tad otrpa tt killed tatir
thtatt *o wi"\ as nor.e of them left a
f the hole.
iltying brilliantly all through
arr.ent, w?i tot much for Oi
?-..??-> play in tr
Br*.'; s"' til, played the best
- a 72 at Baltu?
rci, a "'. tl I -var.oy a-.d a 72 at Garden
r-tch?three won
--nund in 77,
?M b ?OVTTl.
Tra*-er?-Hagen Match
The Trav-T?.:: - ? match in tht a.'*,
??ttoori i- ? g /,'a?ery of the
My. Ktitbi r was j . ?oo well
?
'l?j'
?ehed the turn with Hagen ,
' '?" ~ I - were
Mb-ed, tnd al tht short twelfth
.rrrtr? ? ? . a thret-foot putt for
ttit _ ?.. hit ball glancing ?f/ainst
bAgtt't. A' ,e long thirteenth Hacen
*mtti ?
**aa*?it or* tht grse-n. but hi? second
_j*tt ? '.- Travers, playing
_%,?en In a par 5 ard ?quared the
****. A" ? ? 840 ,'ard fourteenth1
'****ci pet hit second ?hot within
three feet of the cup, but ?gain missed
th? putt for a win.
Jerry forged on ahead at tha fif?
teenth, when he rapped a long iron ?hot
to the green and wa? down m 4. The
next hole was the turning point of the
i match. Hagen was down the middle
and on the green in 2. Travers sliced
to the rough and was short on hi? sec?
ond. Hagen had the sdvantage. but
Travers, from sixty feet away, chipped
i to within eight inches of the cup, and
Hagen was then on the defensive. He
overran hia putt by four feet and
missed. This left Travers 2 up and 2
to play.
At the 440-yard seventeenth Hagen'?
second w?? hooked to th? rough, whil?
Tr?v?r?, playing perfectly, wa? on in 1
for an ea?y 4 and won the match by
3 up and 1 to play.
Th? feature of the match wa? Trav?
ersa fine chops to within easy puttir**
\ distance of the cup.
The cards:
Trserrt
I M
H et??r>
i Oui .
Tra.'ra
In
I-*. .
S ?
S ?
S 4
4-49
S?It
??3?-T8
??43?*0
Fine Showing by Jones
Jones and French had ? nip-and-tuck
' tune of it all the way. They were all
; square coming to the seventeenth,
\ where French had a fine drive snd
| Jones was barely beyond the rough.
Hut the youngster rapped a long
brassie shot to the green and won the
hole when French hooked his second to
a trap. As they halved the eighteenth
ia :'. Jones again finished in front,
rounding out a remarkable week with
the best showing made by any of the
amateur?, and one to compare well with
any made in the tournament.
Here are the cards:
1 Jon.?
.
?
Otal
rr?a.chi
In ...
jFaaaa
lia ...
I I
S S
S 4
S 4
4 4
4?31
S?SS-TT
i? ?a-ti
Gil Nichols wa? moving along at a
fast pace against Jock Hutchinson. Gil
was hitting the ball betfr thsn he had
been all week, while Hutchinson, for
the fir?t time in the tournament, began
to wander away from the fair ways into
the rough. A? a result Gil was 4 up on
the canny Scot, who is a hard man to
beat. So, while Nieholls failed to beat
Travers, he at leas* beat 7he only man
who downed Jerry in .-ingles play.
The star forenoon match was the
meeting between Brady and Hagen
against Travers and Kirkby. The ama
tc.irs were tw'o down at the turn, large?
ly by the grace of two stymies, and they
c.'uld never recov?r the lead.
Here are the cards:
I liai-'
si
Tratar?, and Kirkby
,<?? < S
Braty ??ai Hatee
it
sr.i KlrVby
In .5 5
S 4
S S
4 S
4 4
S-J?
4?4*1
S?4**?T?
4?3t?19
Maiden and Fotheringham were 6 up
on Sargeant and Strong, but all rec?
ords were smashed when George Low
and George Simpson finuhed 13 up on ;
Harris and G. Smith.
Here are Saturday's final results at
Garden City:
rorR*-*>->>rxs
no>tTnnrDS
Haajer
MeNaaar? and K?rr1
AMA**7***-TR("
Tra?*er? Mfl Klrktw n
aira****.'*!?, tard Sa?ary?T. 0
Jone? stA Adalr .. - 0
M*.-*-*'l and Worth
Iy??? ar.1 HoffT-.-r 4 Infl ?O . 0
H?.?-M*-th and McLean i Van \.eex and nice 0
. 1 Lag?"' a .a? 1 rhU?ps ar.d O- ? ? "
NVt*r>r.? and Wf*lt?T
Ba.rr.-s a. I Wan
s?-.-.?-* oat t***ot*t
f-rOTCH
Hutf-iniien ar.d Ma*
lye-id ....o
Pi-.fh and MeFarUn? ?
M? Ml ?nd FotJien:.?
fcani
1 B?l.a . ** H**-!*?n? and Meckle 1
-: ?.-.1 Sander- -Cunningham a:. 1 Cajr.p
??a, .0 bell . 1
Harne and G Smith e tlaipeon and W .11
t ?
SINGLES
H men
HO>nF.B**J5TS AMATRTT*.**.
Trat**-? . S
Kirkby . 0
Sawyer . 0
And?rero . ?
Jen?? . I
Maivre'.l . ?
Woruilr.rtnn . 0
M-Iyeu-i. *? V&n Vied!. 0
MrN uni
r-?...e
Kerrigan . ' i****1'
L004 . ?
II *7i-?r . I
M Van . S _
. S tir?,
. t ?>?'*?'
id? . i rhiuip? .j>
. *? Nlet-.iV.i? . . . 4
.... 1 Paru-? .??? ?
A ?Tilth ." **??**-*.*; . ?
?ham.0 W. Held. 1
. 1 walker . ??
.t) Wosl . 1
NaMon . ? Strn-if ..,. J
?j.*i4MJ . O Be..??av>d . . . ?
0 Sandmen . 6
0 K?ld . 4
Hun? . ?
M?-*?'.? ....
Cuii i ?ham
r.ri-4F??-??'i ..
t/?'** .. .
. 3 O. SilLi?
70
11
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Those Yankish Baseballers
L--By IZZV KAPLAN***-*?--*******
A.-uys il always asking, "What Is the matter of the
earn of baseballers?" Nothing is the matter; of the
aseballers. They got a lot of tough luck right now,
*tyo. . cpetrt that on account of the war and everything. A
***.? of year? ago Muk.-i McGraw's baRcbaliers are positive last at the
?ttom. rm . everybody say?, "It's a tough luck for Mukf-i." But just
-beam the Yankish baseballers ain't all the time at the top a lot of
*"a*?*-Mu:hs and lowliftM start knocking.
You should under?tand that Wilhelm Donovan is by me a pal. Sure,
??i?an Iris] er, but Imhers always treat me right, and I should say so.
?k? I go to th? Yankish canoe, what they call the dugout, Wilhelm
?Wan li ways there, and he says, "Hello, Izzy. How's the boy?" I
??, ?Hella , Wildish Wilhelm," and everything is all right.
It a -oinf into the Giants' canoe, where is Heime Zimmar
?**nd a lot of loafers from the Bronix.? Run Home Baker and Tim
Ib-ir,-.:??? . -,a;B 0f mine. It's a nice lot of fellers.
court*, me and Jakie Ruppertstein, who is one of the firm,
m j*. ? Harry ?Spiro, who hands out th? pesses to games, is
I *? Mil It, so he is al', right, too. He don't give out too many pesses,
I ***&.. It ain't h'jf.iness.
Baseballing ? like any other business. When you are like Muksl
*Criv' a 1 got a rood location everything is fine. Customers is coming
<ths - ? ?hen you ain't got such a good location like the Yankish
***-*..' ? is is not so good. I asked Harry .Spiro, ?How is busi
Jrt-a ys. "Confidentially, Izzy. It is not so good. It s better
**? *l0a-..i M-aders." , ...
The, Rol- (I always call him Sol), "you should have more
'?'?
Harry Stevens, who is a good business man, chips in and says, my
?rttht. ible-headers."
? Ar, ..at.,,n f0r the Yankish tiara, I noticed it right away.
27 ?tore I fth pie*?, and bu.inees is bad. Muksi McGraw he has got
*?* Pia-* i, ... r,/ ;",n, ?nd business is pretty good by him.
m said */> Wildish Wilhelm, "You should move int/> first place, and
????W would be b-rttor." ? .
V- ; m he was surprised I am so ?mart. 'Izzy, he says,
>? * *-<r? y?., .hlr\ ? mouthful that time. I never thought of it.
*?* ?otil I he a mena*- . .
, B'Jt I (ot it a v,A job already, and I wouldn't menage the Yankish
J? v ' ?hould make a good offer, of course.
V-e - ,iU> mo and Jak i ft is Just like that. If I was a
?Jt" - ,eryb0*ij would U kaoett? "??? Muk?* McGraw, he
?AfW rao n Is th?, th? i*ar Hght now, and th? Czar never
****Sm r.r, -j,rt at that. .. ,
- ?.?tal writ* to Banish Johnson, of the United Stfttos Uagu?, that
*J?k??h ba-wbalier? should have a batter location near th* top, ?nd
**<??*? will b? b*?tt?r at th? Polish Ground*. -'- .
jjm W. O. M'GEEHAN.)
Six Golfers Who Figured in Sensational Finish at Englewood
In the "Pro" War Rrhrf Tourvamevt Uui Tuesday McLean and Ma-c far lane tied for first plore with U,6, Fotheringham and French tied for
second place icith 11,7, and Habens and McXamara tied for third place with U8. In the play-off Friday Macfarlave defeated McLean for prtt hon?
ors, while French beat Fotheringham for third. It teas the rr?$t remarkable golf tourney of many years.
Tales of a Wayside Tee
_By GRANTLAND RICE_
There hav? been finer medal
scorers developed in America, but v
it comes down to a matter of m
piny this country has never develi
a plajrtt beyond the calibre of J
Travers.
Travers ha? been beaten here
there, notably by Oulmet, but wher
things are to be taken into consld
tion his ability to go out and.pl?
hard match, even when hi? g?m<
slack through lack of practice, i? so
thing more than extraordinary.
Travers more than any other go
we have known has the match play
stinct. Which is to say that he
the knack of hanging on, of mak
brilliant recoveries, of turning the 1
at tht vital moment,
Befor? business cut in heavily u]
his golf he had won the amateur chi
pionship four times and the open t
once, the be?t achievement ?ver es-t
lllbtd by tn American amateur.
But when two years ?go he v
forced to quit tournament play it v
taken for granted that hie game trot
suffer. Probably in some respects
has. But when called upon for the !
test he is still able to recall the i
form which carried him to the top.
T?vo Example?
Here are two examples. La?t setsi
with Val Berniingham, he was pitt
?gain?t Chick Evtns and John G. A
derson.
Before this match Travers had play
but little golf and was well o!? 1
game. On the Sunday before he h
played Wykagyl in M. Evans was
trifle overgolfed, but still playing we
Pitted against Evens, Travers i m m
diately got a new grip upon his gar
and turned in the brilliant scon? of 1
by all odds the best score of the day.
A few da; ? ago, in the English-Am
teur match, he was put in against C
Nicholls. Few tnought the amateur hi
a chance against th? brilliant, slashir
Gil. Travers had played little golf th
spring, and in no tournament for nea
ly two year*. Y*t, with a big gallei
on hand and th? lure of match nil
upon him, h? once more ?ettled grim!
to the task, and while 2 down early i
the match soon caught hi? ?tride agai
and finished 3 up.
And, a? in the old days, at the crit
cal point of the match he struck wit
hi? greatest force, winning three hole
in a row by fine recoveries and fin
putting.
Thi? ability to recover from troubl
well and to putt with effect is a grea
aitet in match play. Travers'? oppo
nent, we will ?ay. i* on the green i
2 through two fine shots Travers |
trapped on his second apparent!
beaten. He then thumpi one to th?
green and ?inks hi? putt .- par. wbll
hi? opponent, in place < an easy win
finds that he ha? to ?l..k a 3 or 4 foo
putt for a half. This is a trifle mon
than diiconcerting. Only th? ?tronge?
?ort of con?titution on ?tand up undei
it for very many holes. The opponent
?oon begin? to realize that no mattei
what mistake? Traver? may make he i?
?till In the fight. Here is one example
in hi? match against Nicho'.!*?, Th?-.
wert til squire at the ninth. At the
tenth Traver? ?lired hi? tee ?hot out
of bound?, while Nicholls wa? straight
down th? courte. Nicholls wa? a trifle
better in 1 than Traver? wa? in 2.
Traver? then, with a hard pitch to
make, jammed a mashie ?hot to within
four or five incne? of tvh? cup for an
ea?y half. At the thirteenth hole h?
wa? apparently beaten again. N'lcholl?
had a 8-foot putt for a 8. Travers was
fifteen feet away. The latter t-ank his
15-footer, and Nicholl? missed, losing
t holt that seemed'a ?ur? win.
It would h? impouible to figure the
number of holes of thi? typ? Traver?
ha? won in hi? career. They are ?I*
mott number!???. He ha? at least
three ?hoti, among other?, that are in*
valuable in mttch play: Fir?t. ability
to tattttat f'om a trap or from th?
rOUfhj second, fine control of a thort
?hip ?hot off th? grten; third, -ability
to putt. And in some way he seem? to
hive thi? combinttion going it it? h?t>t
in a hard battit. Th? hirdir th? mttch
the better ht ???m? to pity the?? thre?
?hot?, howev?r the re?t of the gam? may I
go And ?!.???? ?hot? mean mor? than t
trifl?. lhe?j moan tnat if you ar?
trapped or short or over, you ?till have
a fine chance to get ciown in par. And
they hit one'? opponent with dovblt
force, because they turn cne?r
gloom and elation into depression. If
a man hit? two fine shots to the green
you expect him to get hi? par. But if
he misses and still gets in? pai the
shock is unsettling.
Travers i? now only thirfy-nne years
old. He ?till has twenty year? of
tournament golf left, and he has shown
that he can get back upon his best
game in short order. He is far from
being through as a championship con?
tender, as his opponent? will likely
discover when tournament golf is re?
sumed in the hazy future beyond the
end of the war.
Rugby Star Meets
Death in the War
London, July 21*.?The latest casualty
hit issued contains the names of a
rumber of prominent sportsmen who
have made their mark in every branch
c-f Britifh ?port. Lieutenant A. F
Rotham, died of tronada, wa? educated
at Merchant Taylor's School and Clare
College, Cambridge, where he was a
wrangler in 1911 and captained the
college Rugby fifteen.
The well known English Rugby in?
ternational G. E. B. Dobbs was struck
by a shell while returning from pros?
pecting a new cable trench in the front
line and died the same day. He did
valuable work during the retreat from
Mon.?, and wa? t.lire?? time? mentioned
in dispatches. Dobhs played for Bag?
land versus Wales and Ireland in
Another famous Rugby international
player. Stanley H. Williams, bat been
wounded. . He played for England in
ail the 1911 gam?*?.
LitUtoaaat A. S. Richardson, killed,
wa? captain of the Brighton < ollege
?-oecr ??leven or.d gymnasium *eam, and
also hebl the college record for the
quarter and half mile. In 1913 h? en?
tered Ctius College, Cambridge?, which
he represented at football.
The well known jockey O, F.
Butchers ht? been missing for the
laal two months, and it is feared he
has been killed. The last heard of him
was that at eOBlidtrabll risk he went
out to fetch an ambulance for the pur?
pose of tarrying away a companion
who had been badly wounded, fit arai
'he ?on of the famou? Lew?? trainer,
and his successes included the Inter?
net ional Hurdle at Gatwick.
Rutgers Determined
To Play Football
New Brunswick, K. J, July 28.?*
Rutgers will positively go through
with her football ?chedule next fall,
and one or two game? are alrro?t sure
to be plsyed in New York, w-hil? an
o'her will be conte?ted at Newark.
The war will not interfere with the
?rhr-dnle, even if entirely new and
green men have to he u?ed. It i? ex?
pected, however, that a team of the
usual ctlibr* will be put in the ??ld.
Only two member? of l?st year's
tetm who remain in college ?re of
mi?ttry ige, and It I? believed that
ther?(tre enough veteran? under the
age limit to form a good basis for
an .?leven. Several ittn have en
li?ted, however.
C.ipttin Rendtll. one of the men of
military age, trill not be called in thi
fir?t draft. The other, "Budge" Gar
rett, th? Indian star, i? an unknown
quantity. It has been impossible tc
find out whether he ha? been drafted,
?nd he may en!i?t in anv event^
Colored Teams to Play Ball
At Olympic Field. 13ofh Street ?nd
Fifth Avtnue, fhi? ?fternoon tht Lin?
coln Giants ?nd Royt! (liants will mtet
in th? third of their ??riet of gam?? to
d?cid? th? colored rhtn*ipion?hip. Th?
Lincoln? tre now one gim? ?head In
the game? played to dat?.
Grandma Takes Squint at Horses
Fund of Humor To Be Found Among Followers of Ponies
By HARRIETTE INDERHILL
Two sorts of peopl'? *co to the rat
those who pronounce it the way It
?pelled and tho?o who pronounce
Darby. Th? Utter faction i? powerl
but -mall. It? habitat i? the clu
house. It 1? comno-eal of twelve m*>
nste?, twelve magnates' wive?, one c
terer, an? ?cribe and two tr.
The other fac'ion |? composed of t
people, and their name is lesrie
Among the ingredient? are erstwhi
bookmakers, night watehmtB, accoun
ants who work e-veninRS. account^r.'
wive? whose husband? work day* m
panhandler?, tip*trr?, shrill-voiced wa
ton?, clowns, chorus ladie?, sere?
star?, hoarding nou.e "-.r-rpers, mtllioi
aires, milliner?. MBNI of Celest*
?mporiums, office boy?, jockeys' wive
Jockeys' valets' wives ?nd exerei?
hoys' mothers.
Miss All the Fon
Each day all of these person?, multi
plied by ? thousand, go to the race
and m!s? ill of the fun of it. becaus
they do not see themselves nor ese'
other; they do not see the hairowin
flivver, nor t*M jockeys' valets, who g
about labelled.
They never have seen the nonchalan
darky who rides a horse about th
track, ?affyU**** ?omethinr* which looki
like a fiihing pele acroj? hi? ?houlder
to which ' : attache?, a doten bucket.?.
They ; ?ver hav? wondered what hi!
minion in life was. They never hav?
seen the man who wear** a purple ?hirt
?nd blue ??tin ?uspendrr?, with G. W
T. worked on m foriret-me-nots. They
never have wondered why a man who
tells you in .1 voice hoarse with eaper
ne?s that his tipa always ?ain sell? pro?
gramme? for a living. They will pot
believe that the men who lay the odd?
hi.w that t?iev cannot
theirs i? the only ?ure ?y?tem. ?nd so
they go on each day becoming a part
of that wild-eyed mob which goe? to
the races determined to do or die.
Their obsesi?n is: "1 |?*M yr?ter<iay. I
got to get it back to-dav ?
But there I? one wh? goe? to the
r?ce? who wot? not of 20 to 1 ?hot? nor
of Jack'?. Littlefteld'e and "Daily Rar?
ing Form*," and to sbe bai a ?plendid
time. She can listen unmoved to lb
glowing account? of the "finds" o
. rviou
'to the vi,ice of the tempter, and becaus.
thi ' tht ?Ott that can hap
pen will be that, ?he will carry horn
with her as much money a? ?he startei
?vith, barring Red Cross donations
? ibt rinds that "all the world's a stage'
and the most wonderful setting if thi
race track.
Entertainment on Special
Tho entertainment ?tart? when thi
1:35 special begins to fill up. The3e an
some of the things which mly bi
found ir. one day?a repulsive, rodent
like Semitic gentleman, whom everj
one hates at sigh.'-, rt-ading a letter be
?inning, "My darling boy."
The person who wo*.s not of lone
?hots and "Daily Racing Forms" fsn'1
in the habit of reading other people'!
letter? over their shoulders, but thi*
nach ?h<? gltantd inattvtrtaatl**, "Mv
narlmg bo%?." and it was written in the
?crawly Spencerian hand of the pre?
vious generation So he was som??body's
darling boy, and she was lomebody's
mother, hoy?, you know, and one could
?-nly priy that ?he never would see
mm as others saw him.
In the seat behind were two middle
aged women, who seemed to be on the
wrong train. Perhaps they had been
mildirtct?d and believed that they
were safely on their way to Secaucus
<ir S?'u??- ?unk. But no; they bought a
"Daily Racing Form," eagerly tore away
thi 10*1. exclaiming: "OKI look, ht
won ?g*?in yesterday, and the dog run
lat? for me when i n.id a C'?jn.? jones
on birr. 1 "' One of thtm ?poke with an ac?
cent which b'.froyel tht /act that ?a*
was born in the Fatherland and that
her father is or wa? a Hun. She lam?nt?d
the fact that her house was not full,
and said that "Mr. Andrews" had tritt.
{ to beat her down from $** to $4* a week
for the front room, with running wat?r
? nd everytning. She ?aid ?h? gu???ed
?he could ute that $2 as well ai Mr.
Andrew? could. Doubtless ?ht could;
if ?h? got down ther? in time sh? wa?
; going to put i? on Kosie O'Grady, tad
one hope?l that in that evtnt Ro?ie
would be on her good behavior, or Mr.
Andrew? would in all probability be
a?k?d to pay another week'? r?r.t in ,
advance on the following day.
Only on? per?on in all the ten thou?
sand at th? track that day ?aw a young
girl ?tard up in the grtnditand tnd.
wiving violently to t ?wett-ftced old
lidy on tht liwn, cry out: "If? tl'
right, grtndmt. I got it down for '
1 you."
Only ont person stw a man at Aque
I
duct one dsy when he ru?h?d up to sr
older man at the finish of a rae? and
embracing him, exclaimed "Congratula
tions, p.ipa!" Only one person heart
Mr. Buxbaum, Christian name un.
known, ?ay to hi? very young ?on;
' What S tiie matter with you, G?orgie*:
Can't you ?it still till papa counts hit
money, and then maybe w? go buy the
mamma a nice present." Only one per?
son, seeing the ironical, ?uspicious ex?
pression on the face of th? old m?n
who carries a spear end a large bag
over hi? ?boulder, spoke to him and
asked him if he had been following th?
races long. He shrugged his shoulder?
and chuckled as he replied:
No More Tip?
"Twenty year? I been looking for
tips, and, believe me, I make more
money now picking them up than I
ever did playing them."
Only one person ?aw the woman at
Jamaica who wore a green jers?y
cloth suit, a salmon pink blout?, tan
shoes, pink stockings and a dirty Pan?
ama hat with a variegated band on it.
And when she ?tood on her bench and
let out a string of oaths of which any
longshoreman might have been prou<l,
only one person heard her. Surely
thi? would have attracted attention in
any place in the world but at the race
track. "What do you think you're do?
ing? Running backward? ? -
'" And then, "'Shake your leg, you
dirty hound!" with some more ex?
pletives. And no one ??emed to think
it unusual. N'o one looked around.
Probably no one heard her. Fancy this
bit f.f conversation at the ball game
or in the theatre! Yet, why not?
Th? Tieston I?: Why ?re ?h? people
who go to th? r?ce? different from
U.o??- who do no' go? And th? an?
swer i? that the people ?r? different,
only when they go to the race?.
Women who are courteous In eleva?
tor? and escalators when on shopping
tours will walk on you without apolo?
gie? and will knock you down ?ta.rt to
get a particular teat in the grand
stand at the race?.
The man who might take you to a
football gam? or a rowing match and
tell you that y?m had wonderful eye?
will pas? you on the lawn with a
vacant stare, or, at the most, a cursory
nod. He won't actually knock you over
ttnlosi you happen to get in hi? way
on the clubhouse veranda whan h? is
hastening to take part in that "nient
dram?" which it alwsy? being ?nscted
un the lawn In that case he will; not
only that, but ha did. and th? one whom
be felled hopes that be will see thla. '
Higgins Shows
Much Promise
As a Runner
Irish-American A. C. Counts
on Joe to Fill Shep- ,
pard's Shoes
Adherent? of th? Irish-Americtn
Athletic Club expect Joe Higgin?, th?
middle distance runner, to All th?
?hoe? vacated by Melvin W. Sheppard.
From the time Htg,-ins came to thi?
city from Holy Cross College last year
he has a?tracted considerable attention
by his spectacular petformances. Hi?
defeats have been very few, while h?
ha? triumphed over many fast runr'r?.
According to friends of Joe, the in?
door national champion intend? to try
his ?peed at the mile. While Higgini
ha? ?hown ?pecial ability for th? 1.000
yard route, he ha? shown himself to be
a hard man to beat in th? few one
mile races in which he ha? started.
Higgini also is a ?hort distan?a
sprinter of merit. While at Holy
("ro?s the young athlete ?cored many
victorie? in intercollegiate competition.
In the 1914* meeting Higgin? show?d a
brand of speed that carried him him?
second in the 4iC-yard run. one yard
behind E. C. Riley, of Dartmouth, who
won in 49 3-5 seconds. Shortly afttr
jward Higgins ran hi?' favorite du*
i tance, 800 y?ards. and. according to ?ev
eral local official? who ?aw the race,
won by a "city block" in 2:00 3-5.
A < ?insistent Winner.
During th? last few months Higgin?
? ha? been trampling upon all opposition
I daapite the ?evere handicaps he faced.
| In several case? Joe was placed ?s fir
! back behind ?cratch as 19 yard?, but
he ha? almost invariably come home in
front of hi? rival? with much to ?Dare.
In two in?tance? Higgin? covered the
1.000-yard distance in close to record
time.
Higgin?'? last two performance? upon
the cinder path have been in r?c?? at
I one mil?, and the timca he made ?tamp
j him as a dangerous man at this dis?
tance. Hi? first effort was in the Mayo
; Mile, and victory trat wrested from
: him near the tape by Willi? Gordon, of
1 the New York Athletic Club.
8weet revenge wa? obtained by Hig
'glni in tho Connellan Mile which feat
? ured tht games of the Knight? of C.o
! lumbu? last Sunday. In thi? event
j Higgin? faced Joie W. Ray, the na
; tional champion at five mile?, and Gor
j don. During the clo?ing ?tage? of the
I race Gordon gained the jump on Hig?
gin?, but it was only a momentary ad?
vantage, a? Higgin? quickly gave cha*?
tnd In a few bound? htd opened up a
lead.
A Speody Runner
That Higgin? 1? capable of covering
the milt In fait time wa? provon by hi?
p*rfo;*mance of 4:27?-? in the Connellan
race. The race took place after the
heavy rainstorm that swept over the
city la?t Sunday and th? downpour had
left many little puddle? of water
around the track. Joie Ray. who ?et
the pace for the greater part of tht
way, al?o ?lowed up m?tter? by hi;
tendency to ?tay in iront and show the
way. However, when the time for the
final sprint cam? Ray wa? l?*ft far in
the rear.
John Conway. of the Irish-American
Athletic Club, ia very enthusi??tic over
the chances of Higgins as a one-mile
runner. "Joe is a bov you can always
depend upon to be In nne ?hape for an-,
event," Conway ?aid last night. "His
two pa?t race? at the mile rout? hav?*
proven thtt he can go the dittaaet In
j clos? to record time if he ?pecially pre
pire? for thi? event. Of course, It will
ttke time for him to carry t sustained
?print for a mile, but when that time
come? he will be ready to meet all his
rival?.
"With the departure of Sheppard
from our rank? we were ?orely in need
of a man to wear his ?hoes. For two
year? we were unable to find a ?ucees
sor to the mo?t consistent half-miler
that ever lived (Sheppard), but now
that Higgin? i? In our rank? w? be?
lieve we nave him.
"There I? no question about Higgin?'?
capability of traveling th? mile in
flit time. He ha? clo?ely approached
the 1,000-yard record in races, and with
a little practice h? will be able to g*
the longer course just as fa?t. Th?
Irish club will ?end Higgin? to the na
tional championship? at St. Louis and
we expect him to carry back the half
: and one mile honor?.
Big Field in Games
Of Engineers To-day
Five hundred cntrle? have been re?
ceived for the game? of Local 20, I. C.
S. and O. E., to be held thi? afternoon
at Celtic Park. A banner entry has
been received for the two-mile b.cyrl?
race, for which forty of the best am?
teur rid?r? of the district have put
down their names.
Among t'nos? who will be at the post
of honor in th? ??veral handicap
events, open to all registered athlete?
are Eddie Prick, N. Y. A C, and
George W. Dernell. Boys' Club. Friek.
whoie "comeback" i? little ihort of the
lensational. u ont of the ?cratch men
in the "1.000," while Dernell will hold
down t similar mtrk in tht "220," over
which distance he i? particularly fact.
- s ?
New Chess Champion
In Simultaneous Play
A. Birnbaum, the new chti? chtm
pion of the Central Y. M. C. ?V. Ch?n
I Club, in Brooklyn, played ?imulttne*
I ou?ly against ten opponents in the last
of a series of four exhib'tions on th"
?roof of tue Central Building, his scor?
being six victories and four defeats.
Next week he trill return to hi? horn?
1 in Rus?i?. The other performers in
the series were George Huck. wh<7 won
I, loit 3 and drew 2; J. L. MeCann, who
won 3, loit 6 and drew 1; Letter Ht?
> Cudden. who won 12 and lost 3; A H
Leatherman, who won 4, lost 3 and
drew 1.
Make it the atrongeat pottible?
"abiolute satisfaction or money
cheerfully r-f-funded''?my ?port?
ing goods will stand the teat.
Exp?r? T ? '?mar ?-*? ?Stringing . . U 4WI
**l'?t?rpr-iof Bla.-k 'lui t.Ot
Spc-|?l Quality R?al Out ** . ?.*)
V?r> 14?st Orl'.ttal Ou? "' . IM
0-.-.4 i*?rt?n'?l Out . tat
G. F. UNDERHILL, Jr.
One Flight Up
23 WA?REN ST. NEW YORK