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Shawkey Shuts Out White Sox With Lone Single?Mrs. Wightman Wins "Met" TennisT?tie j
Baker's Homer in Third
Again Throttles Leaders
-f?-??
Bob the Gob, in winning Fifth Straight, Robbed
of Hitl-ess Game by Pitcher Faber's Fluke
Hit; Score of New York Triumph Is 4 to 0
By W. O. McGeehan
The Yankees shut out the White Sox yesterday in what Harry M.
Stevens characterized as the most crucial, epochal and significant game
played at the Polo Grounds for years. Robert Shawkey, ex-yeoman of
the United States Navy, and known as Bob the Gob, allowed the haughty
Sox just one hit that was decidedly in the nature of an accident.
J. Franklin Baker resumed his title of Home Run King when he shot
his sixty-eighth homer into the right field stands and started the scoring.
Although the drizzle had started be- '?
fore the conclusion of the game, there
appeared on the stern visage that was
framed beneath the iron boiler, or
derby, worn by Colonel Tillinghast
L'H__irriedieu Huston the same pro?
phetic look that shone in the counten?
ance of one N. Bonaparte at Auster
litz. He could see in his mind's eye
baseball historians writing of the "Sun
of Coogan's Bluff" with the same rever?
ence with which other historians had i
written of the "Sun of Austerlitz," for
through the clouds the sun was shining '
for Colonel Tillinghast L'Hommedieu !
Huston.
The iron boiler worn by Colonel Til?
linghast L'Hommedieu Huston that day
at Austerlitz?I mean Coogan's Bluff?
probably will be turned in to the Met?
ropolitan Museum in the event of a
certain thing happening. This thing
was seen yesterday through the pro?
phetic eyes of Harry M. Stevens, who
had turned seer.
Dipping into the future, Harry M.
saw visions of a world's series between
the Giants and the Yankees and heard
the -lamor of the multitude as they de?
manded peanuts and more peanuts.
Misses No-Hit Game.
It was the deep sea-going pitcher of
the Yankees who turned the tide of
battle and held the maddened Sox fast.
One of those queer quirks of the game
is the near-accident that robbed Bob
the Gob out of his citation for the
'No-Hit Hall of Fame.
It happened in the third inning. Two
strikes had been counted on Interurban
Faber, who started hurling for the Sox.
The next ball was wide, but Injerur
ban reached after it and hooked it
past J. Franklin Baker. It was a freak?
ish hit, but a hit nevertheless, and it
snatched the croix de baseball right
away from Bob the Gob.
The Sun of Austerlitz?I mean of*
Coogan's Bluff ? burst through the
clouds in the Yankee half of the same
inning, when Colonel Tillinghast
L'Hommedieu tilted his chappeau, or
iron boiier, to a military angle and the
charge of the Old Guard was on.
With Vick out on a spectacular catch
by Joe Jackson, the Tar Heel Tumble
bug, Roger Peckinpaugh, singled to
left. The caissons rumbled as J. Frank?
lin Baker wheeled up to the plate,
tossed aside two of the three bats he
carried, and took up his position. The
stern visage under the chapeau, or iron
boiler, of Colonel Tillinghast L'Hom?
medieu Huston became sterner.
Hits Ball Into Stand
Baker met fairly the second ball
pitched and sent it into the right field
stand. Peckinpaugh waved his hands
and trundled around, while Baker
trundled right behind him. Lewis sent
a long fly to right. Pipp beat a hit to
Collins. Pratt drove a two-bagger to
left, scoring Pipp. Signor Francisco
Pizrola, whose nom de guerre is Ping
Bodie, came up, anxious to play a part
in what promised to be an historic
charge, but he was thrown out by
Eddie Collins.
In the fourth the Yankees got an?
other run, but their work on the bases
was not particularly intellectual, ac?
cording to some of the best critics.
With Hannah out, Shawkey, Vick and
Peckinpaugh singled in succession, fill?
ing the bags. At this juncture the
White Sox Board of Strategy held s
Flack's Homer Helps
Alexander to Victory
CHICAGO, June 8.?Max Flack's
home run, with two men on the bases,
gave Chicago a commanding lead to?
day, and behind Alexander's great
p itching the Cubs defeated Bosont,
? ?to 2. Keating, who replaced North
rup, was hit hard.
? The score:
? BOSTON' i\. L) I CHICAGO I.V. h.)
ill r h m ? e! ab r h po a s*
Wtttrt, ?-?...4 0 0 3 OOTlaek. rl_4 2 3 1 0 0
? qrzog. Sb ..4 0 0 3 10-l'lck. 3b ...4 1 0 1 4 0
?.?veil, r!_40 1 1 1 0'Hollo'er. ??..2 0 0 0 00
?rliL.f, If ..4 0 0 2 0 0 Mi-rabe. ?a.. 1 1 1 0 10
? <flkr. lb ...400 8 1 O'.Paakert, cf..31 1 1 0 0
Ulek'n*. 3b.4 0 0 l 20 Barber, rf...lo 1 1 00
?vairie. u.lll ;; 3 1 Mark's, lb..32 112 0 0
%'Vfy.K .: ...3 12 3 10'Mann. If ..3 0 0 2 0 0
N'irthrii^. t,..J0 2 0 2 ??Deal. 3b ...4 1 1 1 3 1,
Sealing, p ..100 1 lO'Kllllfer. c. .40 2 ? 00'
I Alexander, p.3 1 0 0 3 0
Total:. ...34 2 624 12 1! Total? ..3291027111
Brftton. 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 XI?2
flilcafo. 0 10 6 0 0 3 Ox?9
(Two-base hit???Flack, Wilson. Northrop.
?TBree-baiie bit?McCab?. Home run -
Hack Ht.-iloii base?Flack. Sacrifice hit
- .Vann iJoubl? plays?Deal to Pick to
"Msrkl?: PowpII to Holkc. I,?ft on basen?
Boston. 5; Chicago, J. Bases on balls?
Off Northrop, 2. Hits?Off Northrop. 6 In
4 innings: off Keating. 4 In 4 Innings. Hit
by pitcher?By Keating ( Hollorh?-i?).
Htruck out?Uy Alexander 6; by Keating.
'?. losing piteh?r?Northrop.
Cardinals Win Again
For Fifth Straight
,ST. LOUIS, June 8 Leon Ames.
Ditching his first full game of the sea
?*on, proved better than Frank Wood?
ward and St. Louis took tho third
straight from Philadelphia to-day 6 to
? It was the Cardinals'? fifth consevu
t?ve victory.
The score:
i'HJJ.A. <!?.'. V.) I KT. liOl'lM (N. t.)
?iftrhm a eTKhotten, If..3 I 2 ! 00
MUM 2b. .4 11 t 2l:M'llen'y. If. 1 1 1 1 00
Wiilsm?, cf 4 02 2 OO'KmlHi, rf ...')! 2 1 20
?V.?:?*,?/. ?14 0 1 i l>?A-,.-k 21, .4 I 1 110
Uriertto. lb..3o> 7 1 ?{Uertubf. 3b 4 1 1 I 4 o
<1*vath. rf. ..4M 1 0 0 lieatli'te. .-f 4 0 2 2 00
)4tr?J, ?Sb ...4 8 2 8 3 0iMIII?r, Ib..2 1 1 12 10
t-Uk,r,i. m...49* 1 ?'(il.iuii. w .40 0 241
??/Jy, e _411 4 1 ?'.Clemens. e.4 0 1 5 00
vUen?d'ei*, p.2 0* 1 1 0 Aa??. v 30 l 0 20
? Hw.of) _10 0 0 0 0)
*?"-T, ? ...0 0 0 0 10
?n-ti .i?o e oo
Total? ...?0 3 ?24 11 t| Total?.. ?lT?Tt2? iT?
?Hatte?! for Woodward in eighth.
?BaU*d for Rtxey In ninth,
.tftlcklng out, hit by bat fed ball.
?"hiladelphl.V .?1000002 0?3
?f. ?V?ula .0*0 IMm x-~?
Tvro.ktu h)t?*~ Balrd, William?. Hhot
t?n (2). ?rnlth '2>, McHenry. Throe-has*,
hit??iii>rt\*\>'/. Home run?Cravvsth. WoUn
\>?.w*?l.ul'ra?, Hisi-rlfl'* hit? - - Miller.
Wmnh. I>oubl? play* f'earco to Slcklfttr
t? l/Ud#n.ist, i.uiorust to Balrrt. I.?sft on
ham* ? ftilladelphl?, ?; fit. l^oul?, 6. Ba?sew
Ml ball??'>>? Rl?4*y, 1. of? Ames, ! Hit?
V?/T f,.,./i|iv*r<J, Jl Ifl 7 Inning*, ?truel?
eut?By Wood war?!, 3; by Arne?, 3. Wild
?H?h**- Ww4 ward at). I'asHMi/1 ball?
Umf. I**-* SiUmtfimW?m+VU*.
Nearly a ISo-tiitter
CHICAGO (A L.) ! NEW YORK (A. L.)
ab r M pu a o ah r h po a e
Mehold. rf..3 0O 4 0 01 Vick, rf.5 0 1 20 0
Weaver. 3b..4 0 0 2 1 fll'eok'gli, ss.,.4 1 3 131
K Col'ns. 2b.4 0 0 3 3 01 Baker, 3b.3 1 1110
.laekson, lf...3 0O 1 DOWh, If ...4 0 1 800
Fclsch. Cf ..2 0 0 3 OO'l'lpp, lb ...4 1 1,510
tiandil lb .3 0 0 * OOlI'ratt. 2I> ..3 0 2 110
Klsberg ss ..3 0 0 1 6 01 Rodle, cf ...3 0 0 4 00
Sobalk e ...3 0 0 2 2 I1 Ilniinah, c ..4 0 1 40 0
Paper, p ...10 1 0 1 0|.Shawkey, p ..4 1 2 100
Kcrr. p ...2 0 0 0 2 0|
? Totals ...28 0 1 24 15 l| Totals ...34 4 12 27 6 1
Chicago . o n o o o o o o o?0
New York . 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 ??4
Two-bae hit?Pratt. Home run?Baker.
Stolen bases?Felsch, Peckinpaugh, Vick.
Double play?Pratt, Peckinpaugh and
Pipp. Left on bases?Chicago, 3; New
York, 10. Eases on bulls?Off Shawkey, 2;
off Faber, 1; off Kerr, 3. Hits?Off Faber,
9 in 3 1-3 innings; off Kerr, 3 in 4 2-3.
Struck out?By Shawkey, 4. Losing pitcher
?Faber.
meeting and removed Faber for Kerr,
another left-hander.
Kerr was a trifle wild at the start,
and the sight of J. Franklin Baker at
bat did not quiet him any. He finally
walked Baker, forcing in the fourth
run for the Yankees. With the bases
filled and one out, the signal was
given for the favorite Yankee strategy,
the squeeze. All post-mortems agree
that it was bum strategy.
Lewis bunted to Kerr and Vick got a
slow start away from third. Samuel
i was thrown out at the plate. A mo
j ment' later Pipp was thrown out by
Kerr. Analyzing it on the figures
alone it looks as though a team should
get more than one run out of three
hits in succession and a pass. Kind
and unkind critics alike agree that
the Yanks are not full of speed on
the bases.
Lack Speed on Bases
This was illustrated again in the
' eighth, when Hannah started the inning
with a hit and was nailed trying to
; steal. In the same inning, with Vick
on third and Peck on first, the double
steal was tried and Vick was trapped
between third and the plate.
Nevertheless, despite the base run?
ning and the drizzle, the sun of Auster?
litz?I mean of Coogan's Bluff?shone
brightly and gathered radiance as the
game closed. There was one inning
wherein the prophetic vision of Harry
M. Stevens failed him for the moment.
That was in the sixth, when Bob the
Gob gave Liebold a hase on balls. In?
stantly Harry M. disappeared into his
concrete dugout.,, But Colonel Tilling?
hast L'Hommedieu Huston merely
pulled his chapeau, or iron boiler, down
further across his furrowed brow.
Weaver made a try in the direction
j of the right field stands, but Vick
I caught it close to the fence. Collins
j shot one to second, and it went for an
? alliterative double play?Pratt to Peck
, to Pipp.
When it was over the Seer of Coo
i gan's Bluff, Madison Square Garden,
; Belmont Park. Saratoga and other
; places, emerged. "I was afraid for a
| moment," he s*aid, "but now I know
I that it is all right. Thi3 is crucial,
j epochal and wonderful. 1 see visions,
| and the Yankees are chiseling them out
j with their bats."
Colonel Tillinghast L'Hommedieu
Huston readjusted his chapeau, or iron
boiler. The Sun of Austerlitz?I mean
of Coogan's Bluff?lighted his counte?
nance.
Sisler's Great Playing
Humbles Walter Johnson
WASHINGTON, June 8. -Brilliant
playing by George Sisler won for St.
Louis over the Senators to-day, 2 to 1,
' in a pitching duel between Gallia and
Johnson. The visitors' first baseman
doubled in the second inning and then
by excellent base running went home j
when Agnew threw wild in an effort ?
to catch him off second.
In the ninth, after Bronkie had j
singled and stolen second, Sisler placed
a drive over second which scored
LBronkie and won the game.'
The score:
ST. LOUIS i A. I,.) WASHINGTON (A. U) j
ab r h p<> a e ab r h po a e '
Auitln. 3b ..4 0 1 0 0 0.Judge, lb ...4 0 0 9 101
Bronkie, 2b.4 1 2 4 2 0" i.... r. o ..10 1 2 40!
Tobin, If ...:;0 0 2 0 0 ,n i-f ...;;(> 0 2 00 i
Sl.nler, lb ...3 12 K 4 0 "lee. rt . .4 0 1 1 Im
Jaxob'n. cf..4 0fl .', 0 0 Mcnoskv. If. .2 0 0 3 00 I
Ix-mmllt, rf..3 0 0 2 0 0 Leonard. 2b..2 0 0 1 1 0 !
??erber. as ..300 0 3 01 Shank?, 2b as.4 1 1 3 10;
HoTereld. c ..3 0 1 r, 1 o:Agnew, c ...0 0 0 4 11
?Oallla. p ..3 00 3 1 0 Murphy, If...3 0 2 0 00
McBfide, ss.l 0 o o 0 0
?(jharrlty. o. ..2 0 1 2 0 0
Johnson, p.. .2 0 0 0 3 0
Total? ...30 2 ? 2" 11 Ol Totals ...311827111
St. J,ouls . 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1?2
! WftHhlngton. 00001000 0?1
i Two-base hit??Slalor, Pice. Stolen
bas*?Bronkie. .Sac-iifi<(> hit -Tobin. Sac?
rifie? fly--Johnson Double plays?Foster
: to Judge; Leonard to Judge. Left on
base?--Washington. T; St. Louis. 3. Panes
[ on balls off Johnson, 1; off (?a Ilia, 3.
Struck out?By Johnson, fi ; by Oallla, 4.
Southern Association
Mobil". 2; f'hattiinooga, o.
Atlanta. II ; Mornphls. 3.
Little Rock, k; Birmingham, 7,
New Orleans. 6; Nashville, 1.
MRS. GEORGE W. WIGHTMAN, former national woman
champion, who made a brilliant "come-back" against
Miss Eleanor Goss yesterday in winning the metropolitan
championship, at the West Side Tennis Club, in a well played
match before a large gallery. Miss Goss was runner-up to Miss
Molla Bjurstedt for the national title last year.
Voshell Victor Over Wright
In Gruelling Four-Set Match
Former Internationalist Weakens Under Fast Pace
and Loses Westchester Final
S. Howard Voshell, the former Metropolitan and New York State
champion, defeated Beals Wright, the former internationalist, in the final
round of the Westchester County Club invitation men's singles yesterday,
three out of four sets. The scores were 1?6, 8?6, 6?3, 6?3.
wrignt gave ms younger opponents
formidable opposition in the first two
sets and looked to have an even chance
for victory. He showed much of his
old form and made many brilliant
drives and gets. The swift pace, how?
ever, proved too much for him in the
long run, and Voshell won the last
two sets rather easily.
In the third set the victor rapidly
piled up points and continued the pace
in the fourth, winning each set at 6?3.
His drives in the latter stages were
difficult'to handle and he enhanced
their effectiveness by placing them ac?
curately along the lines. Voshell
varied his atack by rushing the net
as well as by lobs into the back court.
The point scores:
KIRST SET
Voshell .3 5 2 2 0 1 4?17?1
, Wright .5 3 4 4 4 4 6?30?6
SECOND SET
Voshell ....01441.14144*125 4?46?8
Wright .44224 5 142 0 743 1 ? 43?6
THIRD SET
Voshell .4 4 4 .1 1 4 2 8 4?34?6
"bright .2 o 1 5 4 2 4 6 1?25?3
FOURTH SET
Voshell ...-.2 4 4 0 4 4 0 4 4?26?6
Wright .40140041 2?16?3
Morton Drives Home
Deciding Run in Ninth
CLEVELAND, June 8.?Guy Morton
won his own game here to-day when he
singled to deep centre in the ninth inn?
ing, scoring Johnson with the ;-un that
defeated Philadelphia, 2 to 1.
The score:
r-H?LA. (A. I.) ! CU3VELAND (A. V.)
ah r h yo a e| ah r li po a o
Wilt, If ...3 0 0 ? OO?lraney. If ...4 0 1 300
?roter. 2b..3 0 0 1 ft 0?Chapman, as..3 ? 0 120
Koth. rf ..4 12 0 0 (I ?Speaker, cf ..413 200
Walker, cf. .3 0 1 1 1 OiHinith. rf ...4 0 1 200
Burn?, lb ..4 0 2 0 1 Olfiardner, 3b....4 0 0 110
Dugan. si . .4 0 0 ft 4 OlWamb'ius, 2b.4 0 2 4 4 0
Thomas, 3b.4 0 0 1 3 OJJohustoii, lb...3 10 91 0
Perkins, c .4 0 1 -? 1 0 O'Neill, c ....300 500
Naylor, p. ..300 0 i 11Morton, p ...401 01
Total? . .32 1 6 *25 17 l| Totals ... .3328 27 3 2
?One oui when winning run was scored,
Philadelphia, o o o o o i o o 0?1
Cleveland.... 000 0 0001 1?2
Two-base hits?Roth, Burns, Smith.
Three-base hit?Roth. Stolen L_s< s?
Johnston, Speaker. Sacrifi?e hits?Chap?
man, Naylor. Double play?Johnston to
Chapman to Johnston. Left on bases?
Philadelphia 8, Cleveland 9. Base on
balls?Off Morton 3, off Naylor 2. Struck
out ? By Naylor 1, by Morton 4. I'asucd
ball?O'Neill.
Welfare Team Wins Twice
The Mutual Welfare League baseball
team of Sing Sing piled up their ninth
successive victory in downing two
rivals on their Ossining field yesterday.
The Nutt Club, of this city, first bowed
before the Mutual team by a score of
6 to 1. Shortly afterward the Daricns,
of Connecticut, were beaten by a score
of 5 to 1. Schor and Beahn were the
victorious pitchers for the Sing Sing
men.
Standing of Major League Clubs
NATIONAL LEAGUE
GAMES TO-DAY
Noir York at Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Boston at Chicago.
Philadelphia at St. Louis., '
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Cin'natl, 4; B'klyn, 1 (5 in.; rain).
St. Louis, 6; Philadelphia, 3
Chicago, 9; Boston, 2.
STANDING OF TEAMS
W.L. Pct.l W.L. Pet.
N- York. 25 11 .694!Pltt*b*g. 18 21.462
Cin'natl. 23 16 .599!Phlla.. .. 15 19.441
Chicago./ 29 18 .520 St. Louis 15 22 .495
B'klyn.. 2? 19.613?Boston.. 13 23 .361
AMERICAN LEAGUE
GAMES TO-DAY
Chicago at New York.
Detroit at Boston.
Cleveland at Philadelphia.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
New York, 4; Chicago, 9.
St. Louis, 2; Washington, 1.
Cleveland, 2; Philadelphia, 1.
STANDING OF TEAMS
W.L. Pct.l W.L. Pet.
Chicago., 25 13 .658!St. Louis. 18 18 .509
Clevcl'd .23 13 .63?.Boston.. 1617.485
N.York.. 21 12.6361 Wash... 12 23.343
Detroit.. 1818.500|Phila..-. 7 26.212
V. S. Net Stars Lose
Final in Allied Meet
DARIS, June 8.?The tennis cham
* pionship in doubles of the inter?
allied nations was won to-day by
Australia, represented by O'Hara
Wood and R. Lycett.
They defeated the French pair,
Andre Gobert and Max Decugisa,
In the semi-finals, and to-day won
from Captain Watson M. Washburn
and Lieutenant Dean Mathey, Amer?
icans, who on Thursday eliminated
the Czecho-Slovak team. To-day's
score was 6?4, 6?3 and 6?2.
'._!_______
Man and Major Win
Jersey State Title
Alrick Man, jr., and Cedric Major de?
feated Harold A. Throckmorton and
Lindsay Dunham in the final round of
the New Jersey state tennis champion?
ship doubles yesterday, 6?1, 2?6,
7?5, 3?6, 7?5. It was a nip-and-tuck
? battle all the way, with the result in
' doubt to the very end.
The summaries:
THIRD ROUND (?New Jersey state
champion, men's doubles)?Harold A.
Throckmorton and Lindsay Dunham,
defeated G. French and B!. Oelsnor, 6?4,
6?3; W. Klrkland and H. Vandeventer de?
feated P. Ball and G. Lannon, 6?8, 6?2,
6?1.
SEMT-FINAI. ROUND?H. Throckmor?
ton and I.. Dunham defeated W. Klrkland
and H. Vandeventer, 6?4, 4?6, 6?4; Al?
rick Man, jr., and Cedric Major defeated
Fred Anderson and Frank Anderson, 6?2,
'j?3.
K1NA1, ROUND?Alrick Man, jr., and
Cedric Major defeated 1?. Throckmorton
and I,. Dunham, 6?1, _ ?-6, 7?5, 3?6,
7?5.
-?
Dr. King and Tobey
Win Doubles Honors |
Dr. George King and Allan Tobey
won the doubles tennis championship
of Westchcster yesterday on the courts
of the County Tennis Club of West
chester. They defeated Allan Lehr and
Henry Bassford in the final match af?
ter a four-set struggle by the scores of
7--5, 6 -4, 5?7, 6?4.
Dr. King also reached the final lour.d
for the singles championship by ne
? feating F. T. Hunter, 9- 7, 4 6, 6?1.
The winner will meet Allan Behr for
the title this week.
-?
Golf Title Matches for
Women Start To-day
The Women's Metropolitan Golf
Championships will get under wiy to?
day, when more than 80 contestants
will begin competition on the links of
the Areola Country Club. The first
pair are scheduled to drive off at 9:25
a. m.
Many well known women golfers in
this district are entered in the tourna?
ment, which is expected to be one of
the most successful ever held.
Kantern League
Worcester, 6? Waterbury, .1.
Providence, 7: Pittnlield, 6.
Bridgeport, S; HprliiKlleld. 4,
-a
American AsHorinlion
Milwaukee, 6; Toledo, 3.
l.oulHvllle, 4; St. Paul, 0.
? Columbus, 7; Minneapolis, 4 (in ln).
Indiana- olln, 1; Kanaas City, 0.
Baseball To-iluy, 3:30 P. M. N. Y. Ameri?
can? v?. Chicago. Tolo Ground?. Adm.
?0o.?Advt,
Miss Goss in
Defeat After
Taking Lead
Brooklyn Girl Lands First
Set, 6?-1, but Loses
Next Two, 4?6, 2?6
Mrs. George W. Wightman, former
national champion, came into her own
again yesterday, when she defeated
Miss Eleanor Goss in two out of three
sets at the West Side Tenn?3 Club' at
Forest Hills, and thereby won the
metropolitan singles tennis champion?
ship. The scores were 1?6, 6?4, 6?2.
Despite the gloomy day a large gal?
lery was present to witness the match,
which was one of the best played in the
tournament. It was "a case of youth
and brilliance versus experience and
steadiness, and the latter qualities won
out. The court was rather heavy and
slowed up the play of both contestants j
somewhat. Speed, however, was by no
means eliminated from the contest;
rather the velocity of play was one of
the outstanding features of the after?
noon.
Miss Goss, by sharply driven and
well placed shots to the back court,
kept Mrs. Wightman away from the net
and on tho defensive for a considerable
part of the early stages of the match.
In fact, Mrs. Wightman was very much
off form until well into the second set,
when she I suddenly rallied, and from
then on she played w:th clocklike pre?
cision and steadiness and missed very
few opportunities.
Winner Varies Attack
When finally in stride she varied her
attack and kept her youthful opponent
hopping all over the court. From a
lob she would quickly shift to a light?
ning-like drive down the side lines or
by an excellent backhand stroke turn
aside a swift shot destined for the very
edge of the back line of the court.
For more than half the distance Miss
Goss looked like the victor.
After losing the opening game, Miss
Goss, by brilliant play, aided measur?
ably by missed opportunities on the
part of Mrs. Wightman, ran through
ten straight games. She had captured
the first set in easy fashion, 6?1, and
was well on her way to the champion?
ship with four straight wins in the
second set when Mrs. Wightman braced.
She volleyed and parried almost ev?
ery shot thereafter in the second set,
permitting Miss Goss little time to get
set, and quickly ran through six
straight games for a 6?4 victory. This
sudden stapd and reversal of form was
a marvelous display of keen tennis.
Miss Goss on Defensive
Both returned to the court after a
brief rest, but it was quickly discerned j
that Miss Goss was not quite the same
player. She* seemed to have lost her
confidence and now played more cau?
tiously, with the. result that her driv?
ing lacked the fire with which she had
annexed many points. She was quickly
put on the defensive by Mrs. Wight
man's rushing attack and in this posi?
tion she stood small chance of winning.
On the other hand Mrs. Wightman,
who had appeared cool in the losing
stages, now set forth to quickly end the
strife and banged away with all the
recklessness of an easy winner. Miss
Goss in this set showed flashes of her
earlier form and managed to gather
in two games while her opponent was
taking the set and title.
The point scores:
FIRST SET. Pts. Gras.
Mrs.- G. W. Wightman ?
6 112 3 1 3?1? 1
Miss Eleanor Goss?
3 4 4 4 6 4 6?29 6
SECOND SET
Mrs. G. W. Wightman?
1 .1 4 3 4 4 4 4 7 4?38 ?
Miss Goss?
4 5 6 5 11116 1?30 4
THIRD SET
Mrs. G Wightman?
4 6 4 14 4 6 4?35 ?
Miss Goss?
18 1116 3 0?21 2
Doubles Play Halted
Miss Marion Zinderstein and W. T.
Tilden, 2d, were leading Miss Goss and
Walter Merrill Hall in the final match
of the metropolitan mixed doubles
championships when the mist became
heavier and the playing conditions ex?
tremely poor?so much so that a con?
ference was held and it was decided to
terminate all hostilities for the day und
to replay the whole match next Sun?
day.
Each pair had won one set, and Miss
?\Zinderstein and Tilden, who took the
first, were leading in the third, 4 games
to 2, at the time of the cessation. The
scores of the other two sets were 6?4,
3?6.
This match was productive of some
exceptionally brilliant tennis. The
elongated Tilden was all over the court
and executed some wonderful backhand
get?. Hall placed several hair line
shots that brought forth much ap?
plause, and the two women contestants
were constantly in the limelight with
well placed drives and gets that made
the competition of the keenest sort.
Dr. Sprague Takes Cup
In Inwood Golf Final
The final eighteen-hole matches of
the spring golf tournament of the In
wood Country Club were contested yes?
terday in three classes. The Class A
cup went to Dr. N. E. Sprague, who de?
feated Lester Morton Wild by 3 up and
2 to piny.
Samuel Seiber was the winner
Class B, defeating Samuel Stone, 4 and j
2. In Class C Edgar Bowman won from i
Jules Myers, 3 and 2.
Record for the Week
In Major Circuits
2""/"* week's record in each major league
of games won and lost, -with runs,
hits, errors and runs scored by oppo?
nents, including games of Saturday, June
1, is as follows:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
? . W. 1.. R. H. E.OR.
>ew \ork . 4 8 84 ?6 14 86
Cincinnati . 4 8 31 ?5 12 ?21
Brooklyn . 3 A 3? 86 II 3?
ChlcHKO . ft 2 I? 31 ft ft
I'lttshnrRli . 3ft 17 62 12 33
ritilnrieliiliin .... 3 4 IS SI 13 45
St. Louis . 4 2 24 ?0 12 25
Boston . 4 S 23 76 11 24
AMERICAN I.EAGt'E
W. Is. R. H. E. OR.
Chlcugo . 1 ft 10 4(1 ft 2?
Cleveland . 4 2 34 72 24 37
New York . 5 2 4? 6? 8 3ft
Detroit . ft 2 31 ?0 13 21
SI. Louis . 2 ft 30 63 11 38
Boston .4 3 22 4S ft 82
Washington .4 8 28 ft? It 24
Philadelphia .... 1 S 88 87 22 4?
IT IS a fairly easy matter, even at this early date, to pick the winner of
the heavyweight championship fight at Toledo on July 4. The winner
will be Tex Rickard, the promoter. Already he has taken in something
over $300,000, which ought to come close to defraying expenses. The
rest will be "velvet," and the puglistic financiers predict that the total
will be something like $700,000. One enthusiast sees visions of a million
dollar gate at the next heavyweight championship match. That will
depend on the future crop of maulers.
It has appeared to me, especially during the period that elapsed
between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, that the pay for ring
fighters is out of all proportion in consideration of relative values to
civilization and the world in general. Take the case" of Sergeant Alvin
Yorke. His career is harder to follow than that of Willard or Dempsey
because his fighting does not go into Queensberry history. I forget just
how many fights he was in or just how many Germans he "K O-ed," as the
saying is.
I am thinking of the purse that he gathered. It was paid in instal?
ments by a niggardly government. A good sergeant of infantry gets
something like $45 a month for keeping himself absolutely fit at all times
and holding himself constantly in readiness for any kind of fight that his
manager may order. Assuming that Sergeant Yorke's military career
lasted eighteen months, his profits on his fighting aggregated $870, in?
cluding the $60 bonus which was awarded him when he stepped out of the
ring, that embraced a large section of France and Flanders. Both Willard
and Dempsey can establish complete alibis as far a_?this ring is concerned.
However, the interest in this twelve-round battle at Toledo is
tremendous. Perhaps this is because people are looking for relief from
the other fight. But it is not good to forget the relative values of
the two kinds of fighting.
Who Are the Ring Patrons?
-T^HE boxing writer of "The London Times" attempts to analyze the
motives that bring people to boxing bouts and make up crowds like
the fifty thousand-odd that will pack the arean at Toledo. The types that
make up the London boxing patrons should be fairly representative of the
types that will flock to Toledo. The article from "The London Times"
follows:
"Let us study the psychology of a boxing audience, say, at the
National Sporting Club; here you will see every type of boxing en?
thusiast and distinguish the different root causes of their interest and
enthusiasm. A very large number will prove to be experts of the game,
who understand and appreciate every movement of the boxers. To them
anything in the nature of an unskilled rough and tumble fight between
inferior boxers is obnoxious, and anything which proves a one sided
contest, in which one of the contestants is hopelessly outclassed and
severely punished, calls for immediate stopping of the contest by the
referee. These are the real lovers of the game, students of the intricate
science of boxing, who range from the highest in the land to the
humblest. Their name is legion.
"Then there are men who are there because they are sportsmen,
who are attracted by the competitive element, be it in the ring or in any
other sphere of sport. They do not profess to be experts, although they
are essentially enthusiasts. To them any test of skill between t^*o men
or two teams, who can battle vigorously for mastery and shake hands
with the enthusiasm of mutual respect and good fellowship at the finish,
is sport or, subconsciously, an emotional satisfaction. Then there are the
curious, the uniniated ; those who imagine that the gloved blows are far
more painful than they really are. You will notice them wince at the
sound of a blow which the recipient hardly felt; they are inclined to
think it cruel, yet-the reflection that the boxers are there by their own
choice causes them to realize that there is something more which they
do not understand. They come again. *
Prize Ring and Bull Ring
"Then there is the lowest type, a negligible quantity, who is
attracted by the lust of the fight, who builds up 'round the amiably con?
ducted contest a visionary hatred or revels in a 'slogging' match when
blood flows. He is as the lower type of patron of the bull ring, who
cares not for the skill of the toreador so long as he sees bloodshed. His
lust is seldom satisfied in a modern, properly conducted boxing contest.
For the presence of the humane touch is so ever present in a modern
boxing audience that those who see in the growing love of boxing the
symptoms of degeneration to the tastes of the Coliseum and the Circus
Maximus must receive a severe shock to their theory on visiting a big
boxing tournament at the club or under amateur jurisdiction.
"Lately there are parasites of the ring, those who come simply to
bet, who never have said or will say, 'May the best man win,' but who
care only for the victory of the man upon which they are betting. These
men are a necessary evil, for whereas many excellent sportsmen have
their bet to add to their evening's amusement, there will arise inevitably
the parasite whose interests lie purely in his financial speculations, with
its inevitable danger to the sport and the poorer situated boxer."
A Complaint from Ithadb
CPACE is asked for the following in this column:
^ "Sporting Editor, The Tribune.
"Dear Sir?Sport writers in all the leading New York papers give
one the impression that Cornell's victory in the intercollegiates was largely
the result of flukes rather than because of their own strength.
"They tell us that if Erdman of Princeton had not been unable to
compete in the hurdles he would have won them both; if Shea of Pitts?
burgh had not pulled a tendon he would have romped away in the quarter
irate ; if Johnson of Michigan had not been taken ill he would have trimmed
the Cornell men in the low hurdles. If all these things had not happened,
then, they tell us, Penn would have beaten Cornell.
"Let us do a little figuring. Assume, if you will, that Erdman had
won both hurdles, Johnson had taken second in the low hurdles, and Shea
had won the quarter-mile. We would by no means have conceded it, but,
for the sake of argument, we grant it. What would have been the result?
Smith would have taken second in the high hurdles and third in the low,
for seven points. Watt would have taken third in the highs and fourth in
the lows, for 5 points. Mayer would have been second in the quarter-mile
for 4 points and first in the half-mile for 5 more. It is hard to see how
this would have raised Penn's score above the 29 points credited to her.
Cornell's men would have been placed as follows:
Mayer, first in 880 and second in 440.. 9
Smith, second in 120 hurdles and third in 220. 7
? Watt, third in 120 hurdles and fourth in 220.
Dresser, first in two-mile.
McDermott, third in mile. 3
O'Leary, fourth in mile. 2
Ramsey, tied for fourth in high jump. 1 >/_
Total. 321/_
"This would still have left us a margin of 3^ points. Perhaps,
however, it was thought that with these stars added to the entry list
Moakley's pupils would have become completely demoralized and would
have been unable to defeat some of the men whom they actually did
defeat.
"In the face of these figures and the fact that Cornell has a record
of five straight victories in these games, why not be fair and admit it is
due to the ability of the greatest track coach that the world has ever
know?Jack Moakley? Very truly yours,
"EARL E. FERRIS, Cornell 1914."
The Open Golf Championship
?yHE open golf championship seems to be about the only sporting event
where the amateur and professional can compete. In other sports
competitions between amateurs and professionals would not be contests.
There is no amateur baseball team that would have a chance with a
professional team. On the other hand, there is no prefessional football
team that could beat the best of the amateur football teams, because there
are practically no professional football teams. They do not pay. The
track and field events belong to the amateurs. The boxing field belongs
tc the professionals. The dividing line between the professional and
amateur in all sports, with the exception of golf, is impassable.
Additional interest to the open golf championship is furnished by the
fact that it will be an international affair, champions from England and
I Scotland being conceded a chance for the championship by America's
1 greatest authority on golf, Grautland Rice, of The Tribune? ^
Dodgers Drop
Brief Contest
To Redlegs, 4-11
Grimes Batted Out in Fifth
Just Before Rain Halts
Game; Groh Stars
CINCINNATI, June 8.-The Dodgeri
i seemed to have all they wanted of the
? Reds to-day when the rain stopped the
j contest at the end of the fifth inning,
I with the score 4 to 1 in favor of Pat
i rick Aloysius Moran's hustlers.
Burleigh Grimes, one of Robbie's
| riost dependable boxmen, had1 to be
taken out with a derrick in the fifth
| when Heinie Groh, who had it in for
?him all through the brief afternoon
; pasted him for a triple. Earlier 'n the
| game Heinie located Grimes for a
! double, and both of these hits sent runs
?ascross. Clarence Mitchell replaced
j Burleigh for what remained of th?j
! afternoon.
Adolpho Luque, the Cuban, who
! started for the Reds, had a tough time
j of it too. He was lifted in the third,
j when the Dodgers got their lone run in.
i "Hod" Eller replaced him and tigrrt
| er.ed up the game. He also got credit
i for the victory.
The present road trip has been a
| string of disasters for the Flatbush
| Fusiliers, and your Uncle Robbie will
1 be glad to get away from this town
| before he loses his socks. Philosophers
j on the team, however, predicted that
! the slump is only temporary and that it
i was to be expected after the bri-lliant
; showing that the Dodgers made on the
i home lot. The score:
BROOKLYN (N. L.) ! CINCINNATI (N. h.)
abrhpo ?t| ahrlipnii
Olson, s.? ..."?] 2 1 2 0 Rath, 2b ....3 11 309
Myers, cf ...2 0 1 0 0 onaubert, lb. 3 1 > 3 00
Griffith., rf. ..200 0 ft o Croli, 3b _2 1 2 0 2 S
Z. Wheat, IM 0 0 1 o n K?u?,h. cf .. .3 o n i n o
?v, lb.?ni 6 IOINVhK rf ...800 210
Rch'andt. 2b.2 0 0 3 3 o Kopf, ps ... 110 mo
Malone, 3b..2 0 0 0 3 o;[ir(-si;er. If....3 0 0 2 It
Kruegcr. c. ..10 0 3 OlWingo. c ....2 0 1 4 0 0
M. Wheat, c.0 0 0 1 1 0 Rariden. c .0 00 0 00
Grimes, p....200 0 2 0;Luque, p ....000 010
Mitchell, p..0 0 0 0 0 0 ??1er, p .202 000
Total? ...16 14 15 12 11 Total.?. ...22481560
Brooklyn. 0 n i n o?1
Cincinnati. n 0 1 1 2?4
Two-base hit?riroh. Three-base hit?
Groh. Stolen bases?Rath, Neale. Sacri?
fice hit?Groh. Sacrifico fly?Z. Wheat.
Deft on bases?Brooklyn, 4; Cincinnati, S.
Bases on balls?Off I.unu?. 3: off Crimes,
1; off Mitchell. 1. Hits?Off Lugue, 3 in 3
innings; off Eller. 1 in 3 inninps; off
Grimes. R in 4 1-3 innings: off Mitchell,
none in two-third inning Struck out?By
Eller, 3; by Grimes, 4. Winning pitcher?
Eller. Losing pitcher?Grimes.
-*~ ?
Inmaii's Chance for
Cup Disappears in
Defeat by Letson
Frederick C. Inman was defeated by
Fred M. Letson in the third round of
the Metropolitan-Bronx County tennis
championship singles yesterday on the
courts of the New York Tennis Club,
and thus lost his chance of winning
the valuable cup on which he already
has two legs. The match went the
limit of three sets and was scored at
5?7, 7?5, 6?4.
Inability to guard his approach to
the net was mainly responsible for In
man's defeat. Letson played a superb
driving game and placed his shots so
accurately that he caught Inman fiat
footed on many occasions.
Other winners in the day's play were
Francis T. Hunter, Kashio, the Jap, and
Elliott Binzen.
The summaries:
Metropolitan?Rn.nx Countv Cbampion
ship Singles? FIRST ROUND.I. H.
i Rogers defeated J. S. O'BovIe. by default;
i Dr. William Rosenbaum defeated A D.
! Hammett. 6?1, 7?5; H. W Forester d?
! feated E. Winston, by default; H W.
Hastings defeated Loon Croley, T -'., 7?5;
V. G. McMann defeated H. L. Bowman, by
default; F. T. Hunter defeated R. .1 Som?
mers, 6?4. 6?3; C. Schmidt d'-f'ated A.
Bassford, 2d. by default; S. H. Voshell
defeated T.. Lefkowltz. by default- T. B.
Koan defeated Gerald Emerson, by il'fnult;
: S. Kashion defeated Gwynne French, by
default: E. Brv defeated Y. Norton, by de?
fault; R. E. Trice defeated II II C.al
! braith, hy default; E. Desnoes defeated
W. C. Grant, by default; R. Raymond
defeated E. C. Anderson. 6 -4, 7?5;
; Frank Oliver tfofeatod Alien Tobey, by
! default; S. Speath defeated A Bassford,
, 3d, by default; F. Pianlsani defeated F A.
Porter.6?1. 5?7. 6?3: I. C. Maxey defeated
L. Mesereau, by default; H. H.iertberg
! defeated P. L. Kynaston, bv default; H.
Norton defeated A. .1 Ostendorf. by de
1 fault; A. R. Salembier defeated A. H.
? Man. by default.
SECOND ROUND?J. S. Parker de?
feated L. H. Rogers. 6?1. G -0: II. W
j Forester defeated A. F. Von Bernuth.
i 5?7. 6?4. 10?S; William M. Fischerde
? feated Walter Toussaint. 6 ? '?'?? 6?3;
1 H. W. Hastings defeated F. G. McMann,
; 6?2, 6?0; F. T Hurrter defeated C.
Schmidt, by default: Harrison R. Hatba
? way defeated Guy Brlnckerhoff. 7?3 5?>,
'6?2; Norman Johnson defeated T. B.
! Keeny, bv default ; S. Kashio defeated
H. J. French, 6?1. 6-M; Edwin Bry de?
feated Henry Wiselthler. 6- -'. 6?3: J. F
Nikonow defeated E. Desnoes by default;
Fred M. Letson defeated Travers T.e Gros.
G?4, 2?C. C?4; Elliott H. Binsen_ de
? feated George S. Groesbcck. C ?3, 7???/?
! Frank Oliver defeated R Raymond. : ? ?'.
6?3; Paul Martin defeated S. S?pe*ta,
?6?3, 6?4; M. Van Dyke Johns defeated
F. Pianisani, 4?6, C?1, C?1 ; H. H Man?
chester defeated J. S. McDermott, 0?'-.
'. 6?4. 8?6;lIngo Hartman defeated IV. H.
Prltcbard. <??1, 6?1; H. Nickerson de?
feated E. C Wilson. 10?8 6, 6?-;
E. .1. Flxman defeated A. R Sa mbler,
: 6?1. C?1.
THIRD ROUND?William M. Fischer
defeated H. W Hastinga, 6?2, 6???
Francis T. Hunter defeated Harrison S?
Hathaway. 6?3. S??; S. Kashio defeat??
S. C. Cook. 6?0. 6?4; Fred M. Letson de?
feated Fred-rick C. Inman. ??7. 7 *.
'6?4; Elliott H. Binzen defeated Fian?
Sliver, 6?4. C?3.
-?-?
Royal Giants Beaten
In an exciting game at Dyckman Oval
yestehday afternoon Sergeant Arthur
Guy Empey's "Treat 'Em Rough" nine
defeated the champion Royal tuants, 1
to 0. The single run was scored in the
seventh inning: when Cooney squeezed
home Enste, who had tripled.
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