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BASEBALL.-.BOXING
BILLIARDS..-TENNIS
Jfet* Jktfc STritame
ATHLETICS--ROWING
RACING...SWIMMING
SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1919
* * 1-S
Sir Barton Wins Kentucky Derby, Billy Kelly, Stablemate, Second, Under Fire Third
Com Ross Scores a Sweep
In Historic Racing Event
Three-year-old Son of Star Shoot, Cleverly Ridden
by Johnny Loftus, Flashes Past Judges' Stand a
Winner; Stable Mate Second; Under Fire Third
LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 10.?Sir Barton, Commander J. K. L. Ross's
Star Shoot?Lady Sterling colt, won the forty-fifth renewal of the Ken?
tucky Derby over a muddy track at Churchill Downs in handy fashion
tc-day, gained for his owner $20,825, and enriched the public to the
?vtpnt of $7.20 for a $2 nari-mutuel ticket.
Sir arton carried 110 pounds, twelve?
less than the top weight, and was rid?
den by Jockey Johnny Loi'tus, who
handled his mount in excellent fashion.
Billy Kelly, from the same stable,
with E. Sande up, was second by a
length from the leader, and a length
away Pat Dunne's imported colt. Under
Fire, finished third. Vulcanite, six
lengths to the rear, led the remainder
of the field.
The time, 2:09 4-5, for the mile and
a quarter, was 6 2-5 seconds slower
than the Derby record.
Eternal, J. W. McClellan's Sweep??
Hazel Burke colt, regarded as a slight
miblic choice, tired after going three
fourths of a mile, and finished tenth.
Vindex, the Harry Payne Whitney
entry, anon which Eastern people were
said to have placed their confidence,
trailed the- field arter the first half
mile and finished last.
Raiiney Wins
The Shoot of
New York A. G
A. E. Ranney won the trap shooting
championship of the New York Ath?
letic Club under exceedingly trying
conditions at Travers Island yesterday
afternoon. He took the title with a
total of 158 out of a possible 200 tar?
gets, the lowest title that has won the
championship in years. In addition
to the title the Winged Food club of?
fered prizes for nine other gunners.
They were T. H- Lewis, M. McVoy,
R. L. Spotts, Fred Plum, C. H. New
comb, Frank B. Stephenson, L. F.
Curtii, G. J. Corbett and W. B. Ogden.
In addition the shcoting committee
announced the winners of the prizes
for the season. The high scratch
prizr was won by W. B. Ogden. Then
came Conrad Stein and George J. Cor?
bett. The high handicap prize was
taken bv W. R. Delehanty. Then came
R. R. D?b?cher and J. C. Taylor. In
the Sunday shooting the high scratch
prize was taken by A. L. Burns and
the high handicap cup went to F. J.
liam.
Cubs, With Jim Vaughn,
Nose Out Moran's Reds
CHICAGO, May 10.?Jim Vaughn
pitched the Cubs to a close victory,
?1 to :!, over Cincinnati to-day. He
allowed only ei^ht hits, three of which
the visitors bunched in the ninth inn?
ing for one run. Chicago hit Bressler
? safely nine times.
The score:
CINCIN.VATI (V. L.) I CHICAGO (X. L.)
&i> r h po a e : abrhpo lb
luth, 2h ...401 3 SOKlack. rf ..400 0 00
Neile. et ...111 3 1 n'tfojlo'er. ES..4 12 5 50
Groh. .?> ...412 3 1'J.Mauri. If ...4 0 0 0 0 0
Refeg, rf ...4 0 1 3 1 0 Paskert, cf...4 1 2 3 00
Mage* If . .-too 0 0 0 Merkle. lb ..4121" 00
lb..3 0 1 0 I 01 Pick. 2b ... 400 1 8 0
...30 1 2 5 01 Deal, 3b ...3 0 1 0 2 0
?arld?D, c ..311 1 0 2 KiUifer. o ..311 1 10
Brawler, p..3O0 0 5 0.Vaughn, p ...3 0 1 0 3 0
To:a!s ..333824 IT 41 Totals ...334927190
nati... o o o o o i i o 1?3
Chicago. 2 0001100 x?4
Two-base hita?Hollocher, Merkle, Groh,
-. Stolen basest?Paskert. Jlerkle.
Bacrific? hit- Flack. Double plays?Neale,
Kopi and Rath; Pick. Hollocner and Mer
: ??? ''-}? Left <.n bases?Cincinnati, 2;
Chicago. ?>. Struck out?By Hressler, 1.
Wild pitch?Vaughn. Winning pitcher?
Vaugfcn. Losing pitcher?Hressler.
Rival Dry Dock Elevens
Play Cup Tie Third Time
Ordered by the appeals committee of
the United States Football Association,
the second replay of a Southern New
? ork State cup competition game, twice
won by the Morse Dry Dock Football
Club, of Brooklyn, from the Robins Dry
Dock F. C will be staged this after?
noon at Todd Field, South Brooklyn, the
latter club's home field. Kick-off will
be at 3 p. m.
-Morse won the original game, which
W33 uncompleted because of encroach?
ment of spectators upon the playing
field and playing an inadequately reg?
istered man named Booth. The compe
fcioa committee ordered a replay on the
encroachment point, but Chairman Bag?
ne!], in contradiction of a long standing
rule of the competition, declared Booth
eligible. He was not used, however, in
the first replay. The U. S. F. A. ap
peala committee flatly overruled Bag
?a!i, criticised hi:-: action severely and
ordered the game played again.
Men's Open Tennis
Meet Is Postponed
The men'? open lawn tennis totirna
ment on the clay court? of the Harlem
Tennis Ciub and the exhibition singles
doubles matches on the court? of
the Went Side Tcnni? Club were not
played yesterday?for some reason; but
I >?': Baritel tourney will get under way
to-morrc? afternoon at 2 o'clock, if
rain doe? not interfere. The West Side
Ciub will arrange a new programme for
next Saturday.
Cornel! Freahie* Win
PHILADELPHIA, May 10,- -The Cor
r.-M freshmen defeated the University
n l>r;nsyivania first-year men, 59 to
fm, ?n a track meet here to-day.
Wesley an Win? on Track
WILLIAM STOWS', Mas?.. May 10??
W**lirym defeated William? in a
Hos?ly contested track meet to-day,
>>Z% to 6??y2 point?.
Southern A?*oeiation
GtWtt?Otfefs}, 2; Llltl? n?,ck. %.
(?2 inning?-, dark.)
mruAntfhatr,, 4, M'/??ii?t, o
?NVw <)r',-aun. <; Atlanta. 0.
Nj.?>jvi!l4, 4; M4mphU, t.
(College Retrait?
XtarxmaVtM. ?; Ua.rvn.rn. ? '* inning*),
JS'/wi'/U), ?; M*ln*, 7.
Vermont, 6; Norwich, 0.
-*?
Indians Defeat
White Sox After
Eleven Innings
CLEVELAND, May 10?Cleveland de?
feated Chicago to-day, 6 to 5, in eleven
innings, the winning run being scored
on Gardner's double and O'Neill's
single off Cicotte, who relieved Kerr
after the latter had pitched eight ef?
fective innings.
Long hits figured in all of Cleve?
land's runs, while errors were respon?
sible for the first four made by Chi?
cago. Speaker's work in centre field
was a decided feature.
Tlw score:
CHJCAGO (A. L.)
ab r h po te
Leibold, rf.3 2 0 3 00
JCol'iis, rf.O 0 0 0 0 0
Wi'aTer. 3b. 5 1 3 12 0
KCol'?, 2b.4 0 1 4 5 0
.lacks n. If.4 0 2 0 00
Fclsch, cf..4 0 1 5 0 1
Candil, lb.,1 0 0 1110
llisberg, BS.? 12 3 0 1
Schalk, c...ri0 0 4 10
Kerr, p...2 1 2 0 30
Cicotte, p..I 0 0 1 00
tMeMullln 10 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 *32 12 2
CLEVELAND (A. L.)
ab r h po no
Graney. If ..4 0 0 6 0 0
Chapman, as..4 1 0 2
Speaker, cf ..4 0 1 9 0 0
Wood, rf ...5 0 0 0 0 0
Gardner, Sb..5 1 1 3 11
Wam'nss. 2b.6 1 1 0 3 0
Joluistou, lb.5 2 3 10 2 0
O'Neill, c_4 11 3 2 0
Knzinann, p. .2 0 0 0 3 0
Coumbe, p ..0 0 0 0 10
Phillips, P...O0 0 0 0 0
tNimamaker .10 1 0 0 0
SSmlth .000 0 00
Totals ...39 6 8 33 18 2
?Two out when winning run was scored.
tBatted for Kerr In the ninth Inning.
?Batted for Enzmann In the seventh.
JBatted for Coumbe in the ninth.
Chicago. 0030100010 0?B
Cleveland. 0030001010 1?6
Two-base hits?Jackson, Weaver, Mc
Mullin, Johnston, Speaker, Wambssranss,
Gardner. Three-base hit?Nunamaker.
Sacrifice hits?Felsch, T.elbold. Sacrifice
flies?E. Collins, Jackson, J. Collins.
Double plays?AVambsganss, Johnston and
Chapman; B. Collins and Gandll. Left
on bases?Chicago, 7; Cleveland, 6. First
base on errors?Chicago, 2; Cleveland, 1.
Bases on balls-?Off Kerr, 3; off Cicotte, 2;
off Enzmann, 1. Hits?Off Kerr, 4 in 8
innings; off Cicotte, 4 in 2 2-3 innings; off
Enzmann, 9 in 7 innings; off Coumbe, 2
in 2 Innings; off Phillips, 8 in 2 innings.
Balk?Kerr. Struck out?By Kerr, 3; by
Cicotte, 2; by Enzmann. 1; by Coumbe, 1.
?Wild pitch?Enzmann. Winning pitcher?
Phillips. Losing pitcher?Cicotte.
Weilman Goes in Box
But Tigers Beat Browns
ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 10.?-Weilman,
pitching his first full game since 1916,
gave only seven hits to-day, but was
badly supported, and St. Louis lost to
Detroit, 3 to 2.
The score:
DETROIT (A. L.) I ST. LOUIS (A. L.)
ab r h po a e ab r h po a e
Bush, ?s ...2 10 5 4 0?Tobin. If ..30 1 2 00
Ellison. 2b..3 0 2 0 5 OIGedeon, 2b...4 0 0 2 40
Cub'., cf ...4 0 1 1 0 OiSlslcr, lb ...4 1114 2 0
Voa.-'l. IT ..3 0 1 0 0 0 William?, cf.4 1 1 110
Heilman, lb.4 0 0 14 0 0[Sloan, rf ...2 0 0 2 0 1
Flagstead. rf.4 0 1 2 0 0'Hronkic, 3b..4 0 1 1 52
Jone-,. .Sb ..4 0 0 0 0 OjGerber. ss ..3 0 0 2 r~
Ainsmith, c.4 1 0 4 4 0 Severeid, c.4 0 2 2
EhmHe, p ...3 12 1 3 1 Weilman. p..2 0 1 1 :
?Demmitt ...10 1 0
tJacobson ...0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals ..3137271611 Totals ...312827213
?Batted for Weilman in 9th Inning.
tKan for Demmitt in tnp 9th,
Detroit .0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0?3
St. Louis .0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0?2
Two-base hits?Ellison, Slsler, Bronkle.
Stolen bases?Tobln, Jacobson. Sacrifice
hits?Bush ?.. Ellison, Sloan, Tobin. Double
plays-?Gerber and Slsler; Gerber, Bronkle
and Severeid. Left on bases?Detroit 6, St.
Louis 11. First base on errors?Detroit 2,
St Louis 1. Bases on balls?Off Ehmke 7,
off Weilman 1. Struck out?By Ehmke 3.
Cornell.Penn Meet Off
ITHACA, N. Y., May 10.?The Cor?
nell-Pennsylvania track meet, sched?
uled for to-day, was cancelled on ac?
count of rain.
Colgate Wins b}
Over Steven,
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 10.?Col?
gate University won the first annual
track meet of the Eastern Intercollegi?
ate Athletic Association to-day bv a
margin of one point over Stevens In?
stitute. Colgate scored 25 points,
Steven? 24 and New Hamnshire State
21J/4 in a remarkably close meet for
the combination of colleges engaged
in a new meet.
Until the last few events New
Hampshire State looked the second
place team, but Stevens produced some
capable unknowns in the field events
and managed to nose out ahead of the
Granite State team.
Rain fell all day Ion? and made fast
time on the track extremely difficult.
However, all events were closely con?
tested and margins for the winners
were small. Points were well distrib
! utcd, but Colgate had the advantage
j of a well-balanced team.
Roberts, of Sfccvens; Gillo, of Col
I gate; Driscoll, of Boston College, and
! Nightingale, of New Hampshire State,
i were conspicuous performers. Nine
Standing of Maj
NATIONAL LEAGUE
GAMES TO-DAY
New York at Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh at Chicago.
St. Lonis at Cincinnati.
VESTERDAY'8 RESULTS
Chicago 4, Cincinnati 3.
New York-Brooklyn (rain).
Booton-Philsdelphia (rain).
St. I^ulH-Plttsburgh rain).
STANDING OF TEAMS
W. I* Pet.! W. L. Pet.
B'klyn .81 .000 Plttub'gh 5 6 .455
Cla'aatl.-IQ 4.714 Phtla 4 6.400
Chicago.. 8 5 .615 St. Loala 3 11 .214
Sew York 6 4 .600] Boston 1 9 .100
Max Bohland
Leads the Way
In Marathon
Paulis. A. C. Harrier Makes
Remarkable Time Consid?
ering Weather Conditions
By A. C. Cavagnaro
Max Bohland, the lithe-limbed har?
rier of the Paulist Athletic Club, scored
the greatest of his many triumphs dur?
ing the past year, when he captured
the Victory Loan modified marathon
run conducted by "The Evening Mail"
through the streets of this city yester?
day. The victory was the sweeter to
Bohland, as he defeated Charles Pores,
Millrose Athletic Association, his bit?
ter rival, by a margin of almost ten
yards. The advantage was only gained
during the final few hundred yards
when Pores began to show leg weari?
ness through a series of heart break?
ing sprints staged by Bohland.
Considering the continuous rain and
the consequent slippery going, the time
of 55 minutes 56 seconds credited to
Bohland for the course of ten and a
half miles was a fast performance.
Pores was only one second behind Boh?
land, while Joe Organ, the husky Pitts?
burgh runner, was third, exactly forty
three seconds behind Pores. For the
first seven and a half miles these three
athletes ran stride for stride, but then
Organ began to weaken. Alex. Feher,
Hungarian-American Athletic Club, of
this city, took fourth place through a
strong finish, while George Hankel,
Logan Square Athletic Club, Chicago,
was fifth.
? Storm Affects Entry
The entry list called for the competi?
tion of exactly 553 athletes for the sev?
eral hundred prizes, but more than
half of this number declined the issue
under the existing weather conditions.
The elements also scared away the
thousands that usually congregate
along the course to watch the runners
spin, but the more rabid fans were
seen clustered underneath umbrellas
a few blocks from the finish and
around the City Hall plaza, where the
test of speed terminated. While many
runners took precautions to wear extra
wearing apparel and thereby fight off
possible pneumonia germs, the greater
number were attired only in regulation
athletic costume.
The hazardous underfooting account?
ed for many prominent runners finish?
ing in the rear, among them being
Willie Kryonen, Millrose Athletic As?
sociation, whose bitter duels with
Hannes Kolehmainen for these honors
in past races have been many. Ky
ronen lacked his usual speed, and never
was a contender. He succeeded in work?
ing his way into sixth position at the
half-mile point, but he never moved
up a place thereafter, completing the
distance in 37 minutes 11 seconds.
Otto Laakse, another Finn runner,
had to be content with eighth position
after a splendid effort, during the early
stages, while Jimmy Henigan, of Bos?
ton, was fifteenth. Carl Linder. Hurja
Athletic Club, of Quincy, Mass., win?
ner of the twenty-five-mile Boston A.
A. marathon recently, was twenty
third.
The snapping of shoestrings caused
a number of the athletes to run the
final miles with one foot bare. Among
these was Nick Gianakopulos, the pop?
ular Greek, who as he sped over the
finish line in forty-fourth position was
carrying his right shoe in his hand.
Previous to the start at 169th Street
and Audubon Avenue, Major General
Robert Alexander, of New York's Own
77th Division of drafted men, spoke
to the athletes in the gymnasium of
Public School 169, where the boys
dressed. He remarked that it was
such spirit as shown under the condi?
tions of yesterday that made the
American soldier feared by the Huns.
"While all cannot win," he said, "we
all are fighting for a cause which will
always win. Run the best you can and
may the best boy win. Good luck to
you all."
Little time was lost in collecting the
Continued on page three
One Point
in Track Meet
colleges had teams on the field, and
there were points for all.
The summaries:
220-yard low hurdles?Won by Roberts,
Stevens, Blair, Tufts, second; Moore,
Kpringluld, third; Stevens. New Hamp?
shire State, fourth. Time, 0:27%.
Throwing discus?"Won by Potraty, Mlrl
dlebury; Olllo, Colgate, second: Fclker,
New Hampshire State, third; Hazleton,
Worcester Tech, fourth. DUtance, 110 feet
l'A Inches.
Running high jump?Won by Roberts,
hteven,si Stack, Springfield, and Hazleton,
Worco?ter Tech, tied for second; Kitts,
Tufts, fourth. Height, B feet C% inches.
Half-mile run?Won by King, Holy Cross;
Anderson, Colgate, second; Nightingale,
New Hampshire State, third; O'Leary, New
Hampshire State, fourth. Time, 2:09.
220-yard dash?Won by Drlscoll, Boston
College; Keldman, Colgate, second; Wackle.
Holy Cross, third; FelUer, New Hampshire
State?fourth. Time, 0:2$ 1-5.
440-yard run?Won by Drlscoll, Boston
College; Blair, Tufts, second; Van Wagner,
Springfield, third; Mohr, Holy Cross,
third. Time, 0:61 1-5 .
One-mile run?Won by Jones, Middle
bury; Nightingale, New Hampshire State,
second; Brown, Stevens, third; Hunt, Col?
gate, fourth. Time, 4:51.
Running broud Jump?Won by Pempsey,
Boston College; Hihbard, Mlddlebury,
second; Fltts, Tufts, third; Olllo, Colgate,
fourth. Distance, 20 feet 6 Inches.
Shot put?Won by Degnon, Holy Cross;
Olllo, Colgato, second; Ooodale, Stevens,
third; Edwards, Sprlngflleld, fourth. Dis?
tance, 3? feet 7V4 inches.
120-yard high hurdles?Won by Cotterel,,
Colgate; Roberts, Stevens, second. Only
two places awarded. Time, 0:17.
or League Clubs
AMERICAN LEAGUE
GAMES TO-DAY
Washington at New York.
Detroit at St. Louis.
Chicago at Cleveland.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Cleveland 6, Chicago 5 (11 Innings).
Detroit 3, St. Louis 2.
V/ashlngton-New York (rain). '
Philadelphia-Boston (rain).
STANDING OF TEAM8
W. L. Pet.
Chicago.. 10 3 .769
Boston. 7 4 .63fT
New York 6 4 .?00
IClevel'd.. 7 5 .583
W. L. Pet.
Wssh'ton.. 6 6 .600
Detroit. 4 8 .333
St. Louis- 3 8 .273
Phi la.... 3 8 .278
t?y GrantlandRice
(Copyright, 1919, New York Tribune, inc.)
To An Argonne Cross
Here, where the poppies sway,
Hiding your face away,
Guarding you night and day,
Know you no sorrow.
Here, where the dark is deep,
Sleep, valiant dreamer, sleep;
Sleep till the ages reap
Life's last to-morrow.
For you the final rest,
Still hands on silent breast;
No more the fighter's quest
Brings vain endeavor.
Safe in the night's embrace,
Doughboy or fallen ace,
God watch your resting place,
Guard it forever.
Yet through the mists are same
Who to your grave tvill come,
Called by the muffled drum
To your sweet dreaming;
Some who will come to weep,
Wailing the nig'ht so deep,
And by your endless sleep
Kneel with eyes streaming.
Is it they envy you,
Safely the journey through,
One with the dawn and dew,
Knowing no sorrow?
Who is there left to weep
One who has gone to sleep
Till the far ages reap
Life's last to-morrow?
Then-?and Now
About the time the Germans started through Bel?
gium George Stallings was well on his way to a world
championship and the title of "Miracle Man." About
the time the Germans reached for the peace treaty
Stallings was merely trying to win a ball game before
he fell clean through the bottom of the league race.
Yes; quite a number of things have happened be?
tween August, 1914, and May, 1919. Quite a number,
off and on.
Limerick of the Links
There teas a dub golfer who blew
An eleven-inch putt for a tiuo,
And the language he spoke
As the putter he broke.
Had a most picturesque follow-through.
K. G. F.
J know of another dub who
Blew another short putt for a two,
? And the zvords he let fall
As he bit through the ball
Made even his caddie turn blue.
Long driving is a vital factor in golf. But the four
foot putt is not to be despised.
Love of the Game
Larry Doyle came to the Giants twelve years ago, a
husky young Irishman, who was raw around second
base, but one who had the vital spark still aflame in
his batting eye.
Since that date there have beep ?at least two occa?
sions where Larry was voted down and out as a major
leaguer.
Yet here he is to-day as fast as ever, fielding
brilliantly, hitting the ball on the crest of the trade?
mark and running the bases at top speed. There has
been one thing above all others that has carried Doyle
along and has kept him as young after twelve years'
service as he was as a d?butante. This is love of the
game.
We recall a conversation with Larry dating eight
years back. "Suppose," we said, "you had a million
dollars?would you quit baseball?"
"What for?" he said. "I couldn't buy as much fun
with a million as I have playing the game."
And that's exactly how Doyle has felt about base?
ball from the start. The game is something more
than his profession. It is also his recreation and his
fun. And that is why, counted a has-been twice, he is
still a star in his thirteenth campaign, hustling to-day
with all the pep he knew more than a decade back.
When George Stallings had a pennant winner he
used to wear out a pair of pants a week sliding up
and down the bench. We often wonder how many
tailoring establishments George keeps busy these
morose and melancholy days of restless pain,
As C. Briggs Would Say?
When you've topped your drive to a horrible lie,
When your second flies to a trap near by,
When your third shot barely reaches the green,
But your forty-foot putt moves true and clean,
As into the cup you see it stealing,
Ain't that the grand and glorious feeling?
No one can say definitely just what shape Willard
will be in when he meets Dempsey. As we recall it,
Jeffries was supposed to be in fine shape when he met
Johnson, and Johnson was reported fit when he met
Willard. Yet the day after both battles each loser
was referred to as a "mere shell." They ?ill look good
until they have their blocks knocked off.
Willard has boxed only thirty minutes in competi?
tion in four years. This isn't going to be of any great
assistance to him in meeting a fast young fighter who
has been hard at it. But when you weigh sixty
pounds more than any other good boxer in the world
it may be that nothing else matters an awful lot.
The Giants have the strongest offensive club in
baseball. They have a faster, more robust attack than
any other entry?no better attack than the Tigers had
some years ago where they averaged five or six runs
to the game, and then couldn't bag a pennant. After
all, the main answer swings around the workmen who
are out there to keep the other fellows from hittir.g,
using their right and left arms for this praiseworthy
purpose.
There should also be an 80 per cent tax on these
slow, deliberate golfers who seem to think there is no
one else in the same county.
Treat 'Em Roughs Will
Play for Crippled Soldiers
A double-header baseball game be?
tween some of the strongest semi-pro
teams In Greater New York, a band
concert and the making of movinjr pic?
tures is the programme arranged for
Dyckman Oval to-day in a big benefit
which has been arranged to purchase
artificial limbs for crippled soldiers.
The motion pictures are to be shown
in hundreds of theatres each week.
The Treat 'Em Roughs, formerly the
old Maroons, will play the Chester and
the ironsides, the first rumo starting
at 2 o'clock. This is the first of a long
series of events which will continue
through the summer for the purpose of
raising funds to equip our boys with
legs or arms, and a standing invitation
has been extended to the various hos?
pital? to send as many of the conva?
lescent soldiers as they desire to at?
tend tho jinrnos cucii Sunday.
Giants' Pass List
Gets Trimming
From Stonehaiii
By W. O. McGeehan
Familiar faces are missing at the
Polo Grounds this year, especially
when the Giants perform on the home
lot. The reason is the change of own?
ership of the New York National
League club and the consequent shift?
ing of the free list for the first time
in a quarter of a century. There are
fewer Lambs and Friars and a larger
number of members in good standing
of Tammany Hall.
When Charles A. Stoneham took pos?
session of the Giants, stock fixtures
and good will, he happened to fall
upon the pass list which had been
lying in the safe of the National
League office ever since the days or
John T. Brush. "What's this?" de?
manded Mr. Stoneham with the natural
curiosity of a new owner.
"It's the list, of books, the free books
to the Giants," replied the secretary.
The placid brow of Charles A. Stone?
ham began to develop furrows as he
started to read down the list. "Why
does this one get a book?" he de?
manded, pointing to the name of a
person who frequents the Pest Box,
or Press Box, as it is usually callen1.
"Well, his father had one before
him," returned the secretary. "Upon
the death of the parent the pass nat
; urally descends to the son, the eld
i est sun."
"It does not," declared Mr. Stoneham
'. emphatically. "Hereafter I want it
! distinctly understood that passes to
! the Giants are not hereditary. They
; must be earned on merit. I'm" a demo?
cratic bird myself, and I don't believe
in hereditary honors. Take that out
| and stick an alderman's name in there.
"And this fellow with the French
! name, is he a field marshal or some?
thing?"
"Why, he is the head waiter who
took such good care of a former
owner."
"Out with his name, too," declared
Mr. Stoneham. "He never waited on
me. Stick in the name of Patsey Fin
negan. He's the only bartender in
New York who can make a good Bronx,
| and he's got something coming.
"What's this long list of names
| here? It looks like a roster of actors
i out of work to me."
"Those are members of the Lambs,"
! replied the secretary. "It has been cus
j tomary to send them passes. They don't
' clutter up the grandstand. They just
gang into the press stand and annoy
the reporters."
"Scratch 'em all out!" thundered the
new owner of the Giants. "I bought
; tho club and the lease and the players,
; but I didn't buy the pass list. Tarn
j many Hall's my club and I will give
I you the names of some of my little
! clubmates in place of these. Let those
; actors get some essential work some?
where and buy their way in."
"But Louis Mann," protested the sec
| retary in agonized tones. "You're not
! going to cut out Louis Mann's book,
too4 Just think, Louis Mann has been
exhibiting that annual pass of his to
everybody on Broadway for the last
twenty-five years. Won't you leave the
Giants' pass traditions?"
"Well, we'll keep Louis Mann."
agreed Mr. Soneham. "But only on
; one condition. He must keep out of
1 the press box."
"The conditions are tough on Louis."
I said the secretary dubiously. "But he
| shall be informed of your terms."
It is not known just what action the
? Lambs will take in regard to the revo
j lutionary conduct of the new owner of
the Giants. They have gone into ox
! ecutive session over the matter several
j times, but the only conclusion they
i have reached is that the new owner of
! the Giants has been infected by the
Bolshevist spirit of the times.
?
Storm Halts Golfers
ATLANTIC CITY. May 10.?A high
wind and rain storm to-day upset the
; last two rounds in the Atlantic City
Country Club golf tournament, causing
its postponement to next Saturday. The
deluge of rain followed daily storms
' for more than a week, until finally even
the candy soil became a chain of small
jjonds with the water knee deejp.
Rain Storing
Up Hard Work
For Pitchers
Downpour Halts Two
Big Games Which Fans
Have Been Eager to See
By W. J. Macbeth
Rain yesterday afternoon put a ter?
rific crimp in the usually placed genial?
ity of our honored major league mag?
nates of the big town, not to mention
one other, Clark Griffith, of Washing?
ton. The downpour washed away and
eliminated for good and aye one of
the finest holiday attendances at the
Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field that the
promoters can ever hope to attract. In
this early season things had "ribbed"
up for the S. R. 0. signs at both parks.
It was a date than cannot come again,
as there are just so many .Saturdays
and Sunda;. to go around in the 140
games schedule.
As these lines hurtled to press it
looked as if the woe and calamity
might carry over to-day, too, for the
rain was falling steadily, blown out of
the broad east. The betting was just
about a million, to one that the Sunday
attractions scheduled at both the Polo
Grounds and Ebbets Field would have
to be called off. If by any chance it
happens to clear off before noon and
the sun comes out, games will be at?
tempted, if the boys have to play in
waders.
Trouble Later On
There have been altogether too
many postponements already thin
year, and if the double headers con?
tinue to pile up it will mean calamity
later on to all save those few managers
who are blessed with exceptional
strength, both in quality and quantity
of pitchers.
The postponements of the past two
days were par?culary regrettable to
Now York fandom, because full series
between the Yankees and Senators and
the Giants and Dodgers have not been
played. A peculiar twist of the early
schedule has kept these respective op?
ponents of the respective leagues apart
to date. At most now only two?and in
all probability only one meeting?will
be possible, so that the first inter
sectional battles of the two leagues will
be put on before the respective wings
have been thoroughly tested.
New York fandom 'his week should
be able to get a fair line on the
strength of the throe local representa?
tives. Barring a regular wash-out on
the present occasion, the Dodgers and
I Giants are sure to mingle once at least,
and, needless to say, both McGraw and
Uncle Robbie will present the very best
they have in the way of pitching. Be?
ginning Tuesday, the strength of the
West in the National League take? up
a local assault?the contending Cin?
cinnati Reds at Ebbets Field against
the Dodgers and the champion Cubs
against the Giants at the Polo Grounds.
Meanwhile, after concluding Mon?
day's game with the Senators, the
Yankees move West to try conclusions
with their time-honored rivals of that
section, the Detroit Tigers. After
three games in Jungle Town the
Yankees will proceed to Cleveland for
four; then on to Chicago for a battle
with the pacemaking White Sox run?
ning through four days.
Dodgers Look Strong
Brooklyn seems in better shape to
withstand the beginning of the West?
ern assault than does New York. The
recent postponements has not pre?
vented either the Giants or Dodgers
from working out their pitchers. But
at the moment Brooklyn is the bettor
off for box talent. Indeed, no club in
.the league has more twirlers at a fine
edge than "has Robbie, who is <i wizard
at producing fine battery re
McGraw, on the other hand, ?:; par?
ticularly pinched for effective south- A
paw material. Rube Benton is able to ?
give a good account of himself, but W
right then the port side part of it
stops. It is said that Ferdie Schupp is
' just about ready to attempt a "come?
back," but before lie can be regarded
seriously he will have to produce a
winning effort or two.
Tho .Giant outlook, however, is not
so gloomy as it was a week or ten
days ago, now that Big Fred Toney
has reported. Toney is an iron man.
He will not require the time'lSf /he
ordinary mortal to prepare for stren?
uous duty. He figures he will be ri'?ht
at least in ten days. With "??.vorab'e
weather, a week will doubtless bring
him to the scratch.
Cubs Coming Along
The veteran pitchers of the Cubs
were far from ready at the opdni -
the season, but they are fas; r?und? g
to, and will doubtless be heard frcm
henceforth. Big Jim Vaughn, ths ate
of tho staff last year, seems to ha.'e
hit his proper stride and he is good
enough to bother anybody. Lenty
Tyler is coming along niceiy, too. }
Alexander the Great showed in Hi*
first start that he left none of "his
cunning in far off France. V, ;'th very
little preliminary work he stepped in
and gave Ray Fisher the battle of his
life a few days ago. Alexander needed
that experience ;o rut him on edsr?" He
is likely to be in there regularly now,
with Vaughn, Tyler and Douglas in
regular turn.
It is true Chicago's chief strength
lies in battery material of exceptional
merit. Four pitchers ,of the class
named, with Hendrix and Carter for
relief duty and Bill Killifer on the
i receiving end. can go a lone way to
success in any company.
To Hold Junior Shoot
The junior championship will be one
of the new feature ; at the-twentieth
grand American handicap trapshooting
tournament, which will be conducted
at Chicago, August 11 to 15. This event
will be open to boy* under eighteen
years of age. It will be contested on
? championship day, Wednesday, August
! 3, at 100 single targets. A trophy em
| blematic of the title will be presented
; to the winner by the American Trap
i shooting Association.
Dartmouth Blank? Crimson
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 10.?Mur?
phy did not allow Harvard a hit in a
six-inning gamo to-day, and Dartmouth'
won, 9 to 0.
Tho score:
I Dartmouth .4 0 0 S 1 1?1 7 i
? Harvard .0 0 0 0 0 0
Murphy ami Hi'hs: Johnson, i
Sn?nwir. ?nil linnramk.
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