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Jones and Herron in Go?f Final To-day?Davis Beats Brookes
?7-Year-Old Atlanta Star
Eliminates Ex-Champion;
Ouimet's Conqueror Loses
platt I? Routed by Herron, Pittsburgh Youngster,
While Veteran Fownes Is Put Out of the
Running for Amateur Title by Bobby Jones
By Grantland Rice
. OAKMONT COUNTRY CLUB, Pittsburgh, Aug. 22.?If all the
.oddering and decrepit veterans beyond the age of twenty-four will
ivjndly keep off the course Bobby Jones, of ?\tlanta, Ga., and Dave Her
t?n, of Pittsburgh, Penn., will give battle to-morrow for the amateur
?at championship of the United States.
" Golf, as a number of cynical dyspeptics "have risen to remark, is
an old man's panic. Maybe it is. But a boy of seventeen and a youth
of twenty-two are the sole survivors to-night from one of the greatest
ields that ever went after the American title. Their combined ages
??re below forty, which is a world's record by a number of years for the
??cal round of a championship dash.
Bobby Jones, the Georgia prodigy,"
took hi* plac? ir> tne ?r'al round by I
?roppin* W. C. Fownes, of Pittsburgh,
0- the thir green by the margin
of 5 ar. i
Dave Herron, "h* stockily built en?
try from Pittsburgh, arrived at the
?ana sector by conducting a winning
ot?ensive arnir.st Woody Platt, the con?
queror of Francis Ouimet. Herron had
Platt cornered on the thirtieth green
by the ma'rgin of 7 and 6.
Dave continued the swift pace which
?,e 0pi,- Monday, and against;
this rug?e " ! ve Platt never had
i chance'.'" ' tr.g Philadelphlan who
ovenhrev f ugh, a hard uphill
bettle, bui mighty wallops and
hii steady . l?y were not to be
denied.
DTops Two F.x-Champions
Yo_r.?: Jor ?s's achievement in reach?
ing the fii I ot a golf champion
;-n;p a* - " seventeen - some?
thing c . sport. To reach
mini nee he had to out
cudgel tw ' ? ' ms, Bob Gard?
ner and ? "xv"' hard fighting
reterana >'A how to stick to
?
The G all the way .
file erratic, but
at ure? he has
never - ter <: when he
?ss con : He ha? given
rent tc I play when he
held the ce colla red on each
occasion ttl d back grimly" to
tbe jol par golf in order to
let the ;
r ? these two young
?ode in
.' i nes was a
t year,
a Prince
? er is a .
feet seven
Hinds. Her
.- h .s displace- ;
p rids.
Both a itters and both
,- scl iol which is
filling- i ny chance shoot
,ng for the .;.;.- trap !
in surly
silence to cal
1 ? o Gardner
Jones ? ? golfer,
? in . na?
na p. He wa; born on
:ho 17! : I, ai ,1 f '.-.: i '
-? ? . at Merlon
to Bob
: r. ? ; .7 sam<
:.
- add ?. reg " ' ho un
ort.
start
match?
. out. Of 1
iist of victims in
Frank Dyor,
G irdner, Rudy
wnes.
Hen ? ? what easier
???; ' ? nsh ip now
u the :.: ati n ilam
Will
Platt, i nd after
-. ed the others
bv offering
golf shown
week.
: ringer for
1 reddy ; ,. ?
r styles are as
' twin peas.
He has brings
? ? ? ; . and when ;n
'" ,un ' ' c he has the physical
to? ?? ng his way far
forward where rdii ary mortal
wou.d : re.'y i scape.
Jones tirst time this
wePK- ''? .n'en out his tee
shots. ?- , a . .... ,,?? rick?
ety put! ed tl
foiT r' ? ? Mr looks to be
ready for ; v.pionship Les I and if
t pace he has
5f- :r'r ' i tl ? final roun?!
.- ? CV? 'it it
, for bol
?a;riv re ? crrit and courage
,r'(1 r-' 7 v to crack under
pre?..
Youngsters to the Fore
*o ft .teen years the only'
*?iie"c ' - have won a championship
aro, [,1 . Fownes, Ouimet j
?nd Eva - vere ? ntered here. |
?H?. ' ;' ' - who are
loll ... young April
????? ? :e will pick up where they left
'? '- r\e of a new chain
P!0n ? - turday's dusk drifts
?cross ? nont green a.
. '.'-''?'' .'en a running start,
18 har,i ' . In ?ts confident lexi?
con t: ??: sucjj w?rt? aa failure.
?Ma>" ' Fownes, the main guard
)a!\ of tl moni course, made a
orive eff? rt to s op the rush of Bobby
J?ncs. He matched his skill, his rare
Judgment and his long experience
?gainst the slashing long game and the
???shins; iron play of his younger op?
ponent, but this time experiimce broke
?Od laded into the mists.
For twenty-on? holes Fownes gave
Jones _;, even battle. But from this
Point on he began to alp steadily and
?nre-y to the rear, outranked from the
??and outplayed through the fairway.
Around the greens Fownes had all the
?*sl 0: it, but he 1 ad lost too much
wl departments to catch up here.
. " h?-: ? ; .', ., , g ., nR any num
oer of tee shots Jones, in the main, was
??r?v, " th" C0~ur8e< ready to let fly
?t the green wiih mashie or iron. The
?suit was that Fownes was contin
J*!!y fighting for a half, rarely for a
"5- His fine putting merely held him
?n even terms through the earlier
li?les 12-Foot Putt
Jones got the jump in the forenoon
jJ7 holing a 12-footer on the first hole,
fu*t,.(?s missing from five feet. Fownes
'quared the match at the second hole
Mw topping his tee ?hot by holing
J ?v-foot putt for a 4. Jones was 2
??*n at the ninth. Bat he b< cami
J** plaj tenth and eleventh in
r** figure?, hia firmly hit iron shots
'?aving h,m in easy putting distance
'?r hi? par.
He finally finished the morning round
*J?J> with many lost chance* on the
?jwna. He took three putts on the
?ifhth, fifteenth, sixteenth ?nd eigh
???nth.
*&* tabulation show, that Jones
The Cards
JONES VS. FOWNES
MORNING BOUND
OUT
Jones .55474444 5?45
Fownes 64554 3 44 6?40
IN
Jones .44734534 8?30?81
town? 6564 4 534 6?42?83
?AFTERNOON BOUND
Ot'T
Jones. '5553344 5?*84
Fownes .5 8 5 6 4 S ?'S 6?42
IN
Jones .4 6 5 4 4 4
Fownes .5 6 0 8 4 6
HERRON VS. PLATT
MORNING ROl'ND
OUT
Mrrron 64454454 6?41
I h.tt ...5 4655434 7?43
IN
Herr?n .4 5 5 3 !? 5 3 5 4?37?78
Platt ...5 6 5 3 6 5 4 4 5??3 86
AFTERNOON ROUND
OUT
Herr?n .5 4 4 4 5 3 4 2 6?37
rlatt .4 4 4 5 4 8 6 4 4?38
1N
l?i-rron .5 4 5
Matt .5 5 6
used up forty putts in these first
eighteen holes. His approach putts
were stopping short and he Vas miss?
ing more than his shnrc of the three
and four-footers?missing just enough
to give Fownea a chance to recover
from his mistakes off the tee.
At the seventeenth hole in the fore?
noon Jones drove 230 yards up hill
into a trap guarding the green. Six
inches to the left would have placed
him on the carpet for a 3.
Loses Ball on Ten-Inch Shot
\ big gallery swung after the Jones
F?wnes match in the afternoon. At
the first hole Bobby turned in a golfing
? .? clo. He lost the ball after driving
? than ten inches. You don't be
it? .Well, here are the details:
Zones was close against the bank of
trap after his second shot, and in the
? ? wallop which followed the ball
?isappeared into the bunker's grassy
e, buried from sight. After five
search failed to find it Jones
gave it up and started toward the sec
? tee. The second and third holes
? halved in fives, each making mis
i -, but, coming to the long fourth,
j 16 yards away, Jones was within
wenty yards of the pin on h?3 second
shot and. when Fownes failed to get
down a six-foot putt, he fell behind,
? - mi^ to stay.
".-. the 371-yard fifth hole Jones
; played one of the finest shots of the
w- ? k. His drive left the ball in heavy
grass on the top of a ridge, at least
two feet ahove the ground. The young?
ster was forced to stand two feet below
his ball in playing the shot, yet he
'. it !o within ten. feet of the cup
ink his putt for a 3. This left.
2 up. /
The short sixth was halved in par
3s, but Jones became 3 up at the sev
after hitting two good shots when
Fownes hooked his tee shot to a trap.
Fownes was short and Jones was over
: o.. the 230-ryard eighth, but Fownes got
down in one putt, while Bobby blew a
j five-footer. This hole had bothered him
all the week, causing him no end of
? trouble.
Jones Increases Lead
Fownes reached two traps on his way
to the ninth, so Jones became 3 up
again. Moving to the tenth, Jones fol?
lowed a long drive with a high, firm
? .- to within ?fteen feet of the pin.
This hole is 4*? 1 yards long, yet he was
putting for a H. Now 4 up, he also had
the eleventh hole won until his second
carried over the green into a rut.
Fownes was trapped twice here and
reached the green on his fourth.
Jones, in playing from the rut, tore
out a wheelbarrowful of sod and
?Trass, but left the ball at the green's
edge, where he needed three more to
t down, for a half.
Two long wooden shots and a neat
itch were enough to win the 601-yard
twelfth in a par ?"5, when Fownes
^'ippeil again. Jones wa.s now 5 up
and 6 to play. But he hashed up
the short thirteenth, where Fownes
struck off a beauty. The fourteenth
was halved in par figures, but the be?
ginning of the n.,1 came in sight when
FoWnes topped his tee sho on the
fifteenth and Jones rapped one down
the middle for 250-ya.rds. Reaching
?he green in 2 he ended the match here,
and thereby, at the ripe young age of
seventeen, qualified himself to enter
' the nnal round.
Except fi| his putting .the Georgian
| had shown better golf than at any
i other stage, save in the afternoon
I round of his match against Bob Gard
! ner.
Herron and Platt had a clos? affair
for nine holes. Platt got the jump and
i the first hole, hut Herr?n
squared the match at the third by two
rood shots. They arrived at the
eighth hole all square, but from here
on the Philadelphian began to slip be?
hind.
Herron was 4 up going to the short
16th, where he whaled a long spoon
shot to within 10 feet of the cup for a
fine 3. Platt got back the 17th, when
Herron hooked up hole high into some
heavy grass under the branches of a
tree. The Pittsburgher was B up at
i the end of the forenoon round. The
i Philadelphian entry attempted a strong
comeback by starting out with 3 par
holes in the afternoon. But he was
unable to shake Herr?n loose, as the
?''!* .'-rahmte was driving the
bail a mile and playing par golf. Dave
wa i out m 36,
Herr?n kept merrily on his way, and
; when he touk the _S>th in a par 4 and
; had a 6-foot .putt for a 4 'at the long
? hole, Platt dropped by the wayside. He
had at least earned his right to con?
gratulations by eliminating such golf?
ers a? John G. Anderson and Francia
Ouimct In the first national cham
oionship he had ever tackled.
pOBBY JONES, the seven
*~" teen-year-old phenome?
non of Atlanta, who battled
his way into the final round of
the amateur golf champion?
ship tournament yesterday by
defeating W. C. Fownes, jr., j
of Pittsburgh. To-day Jones
and S. Davidson Herron, an?
other young player from the
Oakmont club, near Pitts?
burgh, will meet for the title.
Sergt. Zimmerman,
U. S. Marine Corp.s,
Proves the Best Shot
CALDWELL, N-. J., Aug. 22.?The j
winner of the grand aggregate match,
which is the sum of the best scores in
the Wimbledon Cup Match, the Presi- .
dent's Match, the Marine Corps Match
and the Members' Match, shot at the
navy ri?e range here in the National
Rifle A-sociation programme, was
Lieutenant J. A. Zimmerman, a member
of the United States Marine Corps.
The soldiers of the sea, ran r.way '.
with tito score, defeating their brothers '
in arms of the navy and army and .
also "shot rings around" the civilian
crack ri?o shots at the matches.
Zimmerman's score follows:
Wimbledon Cup Match, 06; Marine
Cup match, 193; President's match,
27*>; members' match, ?'. >. Total, 611.
Gunnery Sergeant C. !.. Weig-Te, U. S.
M. C, limshed second, with 609. i'iie
others in order were: Third, Sergeant
S. F. Thompson. U. S. M. C, 007;
fourth. Sergeant M. W. Durham. U. S.
M. C, 607; fifth, Commander O. T. Os
burn, U. S. N.,-605; sixth, Lieutenant
Commander A. R. Denny, 604; seventh,
J. DerviU?, Rocky Mountain Rifle Club, ?
60-ir eighth. Captain Roeco- Afltett, U.
S. M. C, 603; ninth, Commander R. R.
Stewart, U, S. N'., 603; tenth. Corporal
F. H. Waters. U. S. M. C. (103.
The winner receives a gold medal and '.
high men from 2d to lOOthe in the
score will receive bronze medallions.
In the elimination to select twenty
riflemen with the highest scores to rep-1
resent America in the international
small ion: match, to bo shot Sunday,!
the following men were chosen to shoot
against the British scores recently
made and not yet published:
: \ H Uli h ?? Is 2, fi. T. Wotkyns; 3
A E Hurl : I, A, L L?udensacl? . :
\ ????-. 6, E. B Rice; 'i .1 A. Wade; 8,
K a, Stewart; !>. .1 K. Boles; 10, J, E
Miller; 11, D. A. Pre?ssncr; 17. P. A. R?y
moi ' . 13, YV". A. Loe; i'. I l. YV I .
15, .1. G. Schnerrlng; 16, XV. R. SI
! 7, D. A Price, ?? one-armed marksi in
IS, A. SI. Morgan, seventeen - year ? old
schoolboy champion of tl^> l'r,lt?',| S( ?.tea;
19, H. D. Denny; 20, 7,rr-r>. 17. C. Grossman.
The pistol match for the team
championship of the I'm- I Stal ?a
vas Bred here to-day by teams com?
posed of all-militar; ma r] si n - shoi I
ir.;.- against an all-civilian team. The all
civil an i i-. .' -i with a score of 1,402.
A llitary tota ?' ' ?
Th? winning ti ? ? was com.] ose i o? A
P l ., Ci nn? ctkrut, 2S7; 7.1 I?. Snyder,
u i, 284; VV II. 3p i Cer, M . isourl, 283;
.:, A Ba ??? r, Con ctl ut, 276, a Qd J. S. '
Bailey, Texas, ~7.?.
Brookes still retains all his masterly1*
skill, all his superb court craft and
perfection of stroke, but gone a"re his ;
speed of foot, his ability to finish a j
shot overhead and the reserve !
strength that only goes with youth.
Davis played ut his best pace in win?
ning from the great Victorian, and he
had need to, for it was only his supe?
riority in hard hitting and in terrific
service, backed up by tireless court
covering, that brought him the laurel
wreath that goes with victory.
In the other semi-final round match
in the singles, Charles S, Garland, of
Pittsburg, romped through his con?
test with Lyle Evans Mahan, winning
at 6?1, 6?2, and he and Davis will
meet for the handsome new Meadow
singles cup to-morrow morning at 10
o'clock.
Murray and Mathey Lose
.The doubles event was also brought
into the final round, with Randolph
Lycett and Ronald V. Thomas, of Aus?
tralia, defeating Conrad B. Doyle and
Dudley Morgan at 6?4, f>?4, and
William T. Tilden, 2d, and Garland
vanquishing Robert Liridley Murray
and Dean Mathey by a score of 9?7,
6?3. The doubles final will be started
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
The largest and most appreciative
gallery of the week was banked about
the championship court, row on row,
when Davis and Brookes walked out
from the clubhouse to begin their
struggle. The weather conditions were
I erfect, a gentle southwest wind
blowing in over the sand dunes, tem?
pering the brilliant sun. The court,
however, which had been previously
somewhat torn up in a doubles match,
was '-spotty," that is, there were
lilac,is where the turf had been dug
up by the players' spiiy", and this
caused many faulty bounds.
Brookes seemed to he bothered
more by this than Davis, an 1. per?
haps, the veteran did get a bit the
worst of the brakes in 'his respect.
bul the final outcome was not affected
by any such misl i n
Davis gave a d? .
did sportsmanship in the fn . en
ho was leading at T> -1 on gam :, with
the service in his favor. On the firs!
point Davis chopped a short overhand
volley to Brookes backhand, and the
ball, striking a soft spot, failed to
bound at all. On the next, point
Brookes received the worst of a close
lino decision by one of the linesmen.
his shot bi ing called "out" instead of
an ace. which in truth it was.
This maiie the points 30?0 for Davis,
and the end looked near then, remem
bering the young Californian's deadly
service, but Davis "plays the game" all
the time, and it was not to his liking to
be credited with an unearned point. On
?he next service, therefore, he deliber?
ately made a double fault on service,
throwing away his chances of winning
-' ? game and the set. Brookes made
il 30 all on the next point by sending
a short drive down tire centre, Davis
netting his wild stab at the ball.
Drives Out of Court .
The Californian drove out of court
on the no:- shot, and then Brookes made
it "vantage" out' by whipping over a
beautiful cross-court shot on the full
volley. He won the game by sending a
dazzling shot straight down the sirle
une as Davis came tearing in from the
base Lne.
Thus the games were brought tc
5?all and the match squared, and it
ired the playing of sixteen more
games before the American coulc
finally batter out the victory.
1. ol ing a* the match fr? :rr the side
lines it seemed to me that Davis migl :
have won more quickly and m< re
cisively had he elected to employ e
deep lob more frequently. Brookes is
o
?nes
Saratoga Racetrack, August 22
WEATHER CLEAR; TRACK FAST
flOO FTnsT RACE?For three-year-olds aud upward; ?7S17.93 added.
E M Weld
i 1?re.
place
w mi.,
One mile. Brart good;
y Sweep??Kid Nymph, (r
P.P.
74!'
Carpel Swoep<n
C pan Gone
.? nor Ci ,v
War Rock? t .
Bridesman . . . ,
Rapid Hay ....
311 '
?;iu.
4?i
: '?.
: ickey
;.
San 1
Ro n
?
Kummer..
Jo
McCrann
? lp? ?.. High. ?? "i-- >e Plans
10 9 ~ ;r~
Si'.
8 7
1-3
1 4
8-5
7 ;.. W.,- ]? nme : 7 _4
Carpet Sweeper moved -:? f_.11 ?rousing Into the no-?.u-??. got to rhi? front ,u the i ghfh pole and
won with something to spire. Clean Gone was running strong at, Uie end. SeiiaU.r Crow ran a
go.?d race. War Bocket was always outrun.
Of)] SECOND RACK?TIIE PITTSTON HANDICAP; selllne; for three-yoar-oids and upward;
Ji,0i>7.ii1 added. On?? nulo. ?Start good; won easily: place same. Time, 1 ?.V%. Winner,
l.r. e _(V_i?y Jlamii>ck,,iirri---S.'l!?;jJi;.?._Owner, M -? K. A Smith Tra i.er. K. A. Smith,
tndez. Starter.. Wl P.P
;4
887* Slippery Elm
762 Warsaw . . ..
534 i Sasln .
749 Frogtown
IDS
1171
lion
1
Fin.
1*
2?
ckey Open High. Close. Place. Sh.
Ensor
ButwalL.
Bit-ton, .
?
9- 20
4 7-10
Slippery F.lm never left the result In do
besr "7 the oiI?-ts. s_?ln and Fro_town were bcatei
W()'> THIRD RACE -For th. year-olds and upward; $7
won diiv : . plao? same Time, 1 12%. Wlnr ir
It Bradlej Trainer H, I T' unpson.
Hide. - rtei Wt. P P St. <*
as eased up -t the ?aid. Warsaw was much the
7.92 added Six furlongs. Start good;
I?. <_, by Helmet?Love Not. Owner, 17.
756? Bdlleve M.? Girls. 107
738 Bight Angle .. ? . HI
77!' Audacious. 113
850 Trite . 106
(6S61 Do "fnl . 113
704 Cltlmatum ...... 1 on
5? 4?
1;
i. m
41.
Fin. Jockey,
l i Kummer.
2' Kator, . .
8? McAtee
4' i. JohJ sor'.
51" Knsor.._,
6 Musgrave
B,,lleve Me (Itrls forcrd the pace l?"> the head of the stre.t?li, where he went to the front and
finished strong under a hard drive. Right Angle, was easily, the itest of the o'Jiers. Audacious ran a
fair r_ce
on*) FOCRTIt RACE?THE PLATTiiBTItG HANDICAP: for three-year-olds and upward; ll.39T.9_
OUt* added, (?if mite. Start good, won easily; phvn driving. Tune, 1:37 H. Winner, b. c.
4. hy Sweep?Ballet Girl. Owner and trainer John F. Schorr.
wt. p p.
Index. Starter._W
"7! ; The I'-rrer . in
77? Courtship . 5
'1,7? Spur. ' '
, , mj Cu
J4_'?
I1U 12
2? 3'H
4 ;- - ?
Fin.
1?
2 V?
4<
.ioi'key.
Loftus .... 5-2
Er kson.... 4
... 2
Wldn. 30
Knapp . . 3
R
12
Op<m. High. CVee. p!aea7
12 ? 4-5
IS-3 7 %
Sh.
1-1
1 3
1-2
2-5
TI i I'oriei ...i.- i :i
won a.< l ' ? ? ? :
S|>ur stopped al -.!,?? end
ill* L FIFTH RACE?Soiling; for maiden two-year-old
??'* won easi!
Owner, J H Roesl
' .i' V.I- kinned ihrough on tl<- -ail al the (lead .' -. ? itretch n !
- hip nutgained Valor In Uie drive for ihe placo. Buford ran a fair race,
of sU fu. longs,
$797.93 added. Five furlongs. Start good:
pine- drivlirg. Time. liOOft. Winner, blk. f.. by Von Trump?Make Good.
Trainer. C. .T. Ca.ey
r-;arr,.r
Index_
Tsi FaV A.ri-ompli ... 107
74>i Ta.he o' C aunt... 110
7SH Uepoarer . 110
790 Ilurrv . 110
790 l?arghetto . 10S
TSI ThunderMrd . 103
7!?0 Hsmpden . 110
73fi It'ff Bang . 110
790 Mldlan . HI
790 M~k (?range _ 110
72fi Sand Bltw I! . [10
Fall Accomi i had a I the
Wt P.P. St.
H V4
l". l'Vi L?
3"4 3? 2'M
4 V. 6? 4 4
6'. 41 6>
2' 2'H SH
S'H n? in
10? K'_ 7"
H II 10 Vi
5V4
Fin._Joj*?_l_
1? Johnson....
2"H Troxler.
31* Kc*lnson...
4>H Erfrk'jon....
5H I.untford...
II1 Myers.
7'V4 Kummer....
MeCrann. ..
Open. HI g h. Close. Piaee. 3h.
. 20
30
9-2
3
5-2
40
10
9h 10 U 11
Tile
Ensor. . . ,
MiLigrave
10
R-6
?MS
1
15
2
6
15
8
5-2
1-2
1-2
tlicrs.
He
I and wi.ri with 1 1- ??? li
n!er had do excuse. Hurry was ?rever
80
- B?XTTJ K?CB
Co ' Btal ? Traini
Inn.
789
781
Ham
? For maid? 1 'i' ifs, two; vear-i Ids; $
place B?ino Time. 1:00%. VVinoe
J 1 Mil ; h\_
Wi F I- St. M, M
ser: us rontonder,
7 1 led. Five furlongs
17k. f., by Celt--Honey
Garnit was easily best
Srart good;
Bee. 1 ',, , .
Kin.
Jockey (r??t-'? Hi;!i Close. Plaee
710
Mile Vltlan ? 114
Swirl . 114
May Alley . 114
Reaming Beauty.. 116
Tltanii? . 114
llryn?r_r . 115
I4idv ?Vnod . 114
ll-11-lc .... 114,
1h
2 3'H _'Vi -_: V? 24
7 51 41. 3' 3?
6 2". 1? 1< 4'
8 41 5s 5? 5?
1 1? 2V4 5*% 6'
8 ?V4 T"S 7?? 7"
8 8 8 .8 8 __
Mile. Vivian cloxed faet on the outside and o_tgamed Swirl In the final ?ESS *Bmtl_rn
?hewed i/_;;.ty cf apond. bat <_uit at lhe osfittt po_a. May Alley ran a good racu.
710 Swwrt,
M?ller. 50
KalrliriKher. 4
Luniford... SO
Ixiftus .7-10
Miisgrava,.. 8
Sande. 4
Rodrigues.. 80
McAtee. 8
50
?-.11
4-5 13-20
10 5
8 7
40 40
12 It
Sh
8
S-8
4
Australian Singles Star
Beaten at 7?9, 6?1,14?12
Californian Proves Superiority in Hard Hittin?
Which, With His Terrific Service, Brings Victory;
Garland Easily Beats Mahan in Other Semi-Final
By Fred Hawthorne
SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y., Aug. 22.?Willis E. Davis, of California,
defeated Norman E. Brookes, of .\ustralia, this afternoon in a sensa?
tional three-set match in the semi final round of the Meadow Club's
invitation lawn tennis tournament by a score of 7?9, 6_1, 14_12.
This marks the first defeat the great Australian has experienced since
his present visit to this country, and it likewise marks his passing, I
believe, from the ranks of the world's greatest singles players.
r
The Summary
Meadow Club Cnp, men'? singles, semi?
finals round?<'luirles S. (airland, ir. Pitts?
burgh, defeated L.vle K. Muhan. New York
<j???, ??i; Willis E. Davis. Sail Francisco',
?lofent rd Normiin E. Brooks, Australia.
7?!). C?1, II?12.
Men's doubles, third round?Robert Mnd
ley Murray, Niagara Falls, and Dean
Mathey, New York, defeated Walter Mer?
rill Hall and Leonard Deo km an, ?'?o 7_.->
Semi-final round?William T. Tilden, '2d',
and Charles s. Garland, Jr., Pittsburgh, de?
feated Murray and Mathey, l)?7. ?_3
Kandulpli Lycett and H. V. Thomas, Aus?
tralia, defeated Conrad 15. Doyle and Dud?
ley Morgan, (>?I, (1? 4.
no longer the master of an overhead
wkiil" that he once was, and two or
three times in the latter part of the
final set, when the Californian did toss
up lobs, he won the point handily
enough.
Brookes elected to play his returns
of these shots safely, with the resuit
that Davis, rushing in. crashed the bail
back with terrific drives or severe over?
head volleys. The crowd was continu?
ally thrilled during the last set as
| youth and experience fought bitterly
; for supremacy. When the final point
jhad been won as Brookes Bent a back?
hand return of his opponent's service
into the net there were many com?
menta heard among the spectators to
the effect that it was the greatest
singles match seen in this country
since the ever memorable struggle be?
tween Brookes and ?Maurice McLough
lin, in l'.iU. in the Davis Cup matches
at the West Side Tennis Club.
Robert D. Wrenn was the umpire in
this match, and every line had a man
to call the balls as they were in or out.
: Davis won the toss and chose the ser?
vice, In spite of the slippery condition
; of the turf Brookes went through the
eni re match without spikes in his rub
ber-soled shoes. This must have proved
a handicap, for even the agile Davis
: had his slips as he raced about th-j
; court for placed shots.
Davis Off to Good Start
Davis won his opening service, the
| Australian having no success as he
tried to curb the mad flight of the bail
: as it shot into his court, propelled by
j all the speed and "pace" the Califor
I nian could command, but the foreigner
came right back in the second game,
taking his own service as easily as
I Davis had done, and scoring a service
ace- on the final point.
i The game went to 2?all and then came
; the first break in service when Brookes
\ took the fifth game, two beautiful
placement aces across fore-court, be
1 fore Davis could work his way to the
' net, and two "nets" by the Californian
; doing the trick.
Brookes made it A?2 by taking his
own service, and then Davis tied it up
by winning the next two games, break
in}; through his opponent's service in
? the eighth game, after a series of bril
liaht volleying rallies from mid-court.
' They alternated on winning of ser?
vice thereafter, up to 7?all, and then
Blockes once more broke through the
terrific service of the Californian,
three wonderful cross-court shots at
great angles .and a "net" by Davis ac?
counting for the points. The Austral?
ian veteran won his own delivery in
' the sixteenth game, giving him the
: first set at 9?7.
In that first set Davis had given in
' dications of striking his very top
form, but there was a little something,
probably a state of nervousness at the
i of Brookes's reputation, at
the ;r sumption of attempting to pit
his stn kes against the wizardry of
. the man from the Antipodes, that held
him lack a trifle.
But if such was the case in the
first set, there was a decided change
in the- second, for Davis got away with
an impetuous rush, using every atom
of speed, every ounce of strength in
his lithe young body. He was forc?
ing the net with a determination that
nothing could check. Shots that
Brookes had scored on before, failed
to do the same execution after Davis
got under full headway.
Davis Storms Net
The tali Californian was fairly
storming the net, going in in the face
of everything Brookes could send over.
lie was out-volleying the famous Aus?
tralian new, and it was Brookes's turn
to find himself yards out of'position
! as the ball came whipping into every
unprotected spot in his court. Davis
has a weak back-hand, there is no
doubt of that, ?ind it had proved a soft
spot for Brookes many times in the
opening set. But Davis was covering
court so quickly in the second set that
he ran around these shots many times
to take the ball on his forehand.
Rapidly the games went to 3?0,
Davis breaking through service in the
fourth game. The fifth game was the
Californian's at -'love." Brookes Bend?
ing his returns to the deadly "
service out of court four times in sue
cession. Just there the Australian
made up his mind to throw the set and
conserve all his strength for the final
! session, and Davis raced through the
next two games, raining placement
shots from overhead volleys all through
his opponent's court. This gave him
the second set at 6?1, squaring the
match.
Brookes won the first game on hi:
own delivery, but Davis took the nexi
I three, with the rallies growing ir
; speed and intensity, as though both
men realized they were approaching
' the frir-is in the match. Brookes wa?
1 y no mean? "all out" yet, for he be
! gun d rare battle against od Is, event
? ually bringing the -tames to 5-all, as
: has been told before.
The twelfth game was a titanic
| struggle, with sizzling volleys as the
j ball sped low across the net and dived
! sharply for the corners. Brookes scored
! clean aces four times in this game, and
! was once within a point of winning the
' match when he held the vantage. Davis
I held the service, though, and made it
j count heavily, Brookes's weak returns
' giving the Californian plenty of time
! to close in at the net and score on
! spectacular "kills." The last three
points were the American's on beauti?
ful volleying shots for the corners, and
the mulch was all square once more.
So they continued, neither giving
j way an inch, and the issue looked in
! doubt right up to the time that Davis
i finally broke through his opponent in
the twenty-fourth game with four
placement aces in a row, two off ser?
vice, as he ripped tremendous forehand
drives across deep court as Brookes
ran in, and two by hrilliant volleys
into fore court.
Poor Rides on
Opponents Winj
For The Porter
Erickson and Fator Err
Often and Loftus Is Pre?
sented With a Victory
By W. J. Macbeth
SARATOGA, Aug. 22.?The value of
brains, especially as applied to horse
sense in jockeyship, was never more
forcibly illustrated than in the Platts?
burg Handicap at a mile, the feature
of to-day's racing here. John F.
Schorr's The Porter, which packed top
weight in a Held of seven, wor: the hoi ?
ors because of the fact that, hi.- ri I ?,
Johnny Loftus, showed hoi se sense.
The Porter didn't exactly win. though
he ran a crack mile?1:37 3-5. on a dry?
ing-out track that was .-till a sec
ond show. Jockey H. Erickson pre?
sented Loftus and The Porter with all
the laurels. Erickson was on G. A.
Marshall's five-year-old Courtship,
which undoubtedly would have come
mighty close to the record if he had
been favored? with the strength ?n the
saddle that he showed in the heart and
legs.
It was an injustice against those who
fancied Marshall's horse that Court?
ship had to be sat:-.-".i with second
money. Courtship raced the lift o t
of Sam Hildreth's gu:r,e uni
Valor in an exciting duel through the
stretch. And both of these ran many
I lengths further than did The Porter.
And then again it must be admitted
; that, greatly as Erickson abused Court
; ship's chances, if it could be possible
; Fator abused Valor's chances the more.
: This boy, since 'the Empire meeting,
i has gone from a miiiion-dollar rider
to a hearse driver. Perhaps he stood
out at Empire only because of the fact
that so few of the goo?, jockeys or
rider3 that go as such were not in
silks at the Yonkers track.
Many Errors by Fator
Fator made every possible mistake
that can be imagined. He was of lit
; tie or no use to his mount ;n the
pinch. He rode apparently without
any fixed idea of what he was about.
: He displayed lack of initiative. He
wou.d go up and then take back, pul!
to one side and then to the other, tie
finally decided to make his run about
midway round the fur turn. Aft r
that Erickson further complicated
: Valor's chances by carrying him wide
into the turn away over by the out?
side fence of the stretch. ft was thi
; nonsensical move that gave Loftus his
chance to skim through on the rail
and save a half dozen lengths at ?east.
Couitship had all the early speed, and
in the backstretch opened a lead of a
j couple of lengths. The Porter, mean?
while, was back with the bunch. Vaior
mov? ! up, then fell back, moved up
aga .:. fa tered. Half way round the
end Fator evidently made up his
mind to shoot for the pacemaker.
He closed fast, and ju I .j they were
about, to come into the stretch was at
Courtship's saddle girths. Whether
Erickson thought to get better loot?
ing, or whether he failed to ke?
head up, he at least failed to taV i I
'? turn properly. He carried out three
quarters of the way to the outsi le
; fence and carried Valor with him.
It was just the chance ? ofl .. h '
, hoped for. The Porter, top weigh*,
had been rated off the early
Loftus sent him with a rush, skim?
ming the rail and then started to ride
i for home with everyhing he had. I!
; was a thrilling finish. Valor and
1 Courtship, hooked up in their private
i quarrel, failed to notice the new men?
ace until The Porter had nailed them
at the furlong pole. Loftus g I Tl
Porter home by a length, though driy
ing for ail he was worth. Cou
beat Valor by a head for 'he place.
Biggest Upset in Sixth
The sixth race proved the - t
upset of the meeting. This was for
maiden two-year-old fillies The Casco
Stable's Mile. Vivian, ridden by C. P.
Miller, an unknown, n I her nose down
in front in a stiff dri naid
good as 50 for 1. The Oneck Stable's
Swirl was second, rfonti i
Jones's May Alley, making her first ap?
pearance, under silks, was third.
May Alley was a 30 to 1 shot. This
one ran a wonderful race, and might
indeed have : big purse m >n? y
if Lunsford had got her away well.
He v? ?s practically left a the j ost
and had to race all an u t d th? - ' -
from an outside position. May Alley
was running over the others at the
end.
The fifth race also was a big s --
prise. C. H. Rossetter's Fait Accompli,
at 20 to !.. got th- brackets. Willis
Sharpe Kilmer's Tache o' Gaunt was
! second and Ral Parr's Repeater was
I third. Repeater got away very poorly
I under Robinson, and it did seem the
I jockey didn't try very hard till he
i got under the very noses of the of
ficia Is.
In the opening race, at a mile, for
three-year-olds and upw-ard, E. M.
Weld's Carpet Sweeper, a 10 to !
got the big money, and W. T. Wi k I
ion's War Rocket, the favorite, ran
unplaced, No favorite of this i
?.vas better supported than War Fl ? -
Clean Gone finished second and Sen?
ator Crow third.
Bob Smith's old gelding Slippery
Elm, the odds-on favorite, made a
show of his field in the second, the
Pittstown Handicap, at a mile. He
made every post a winning one and
was eased up at the end. Warsaw
was second and Sassin third. Willis
Sharpe Kilmer's Frogtown, which was
considered a good "limb" proposition,
brought up tfhe rear of the :'.??
four.
1 Saratoga Entries
FIRST RACK?Se?,ln??; for rwro-year-olJa. Fite and
a half furlong?.
7'jO Hurry LOT 539 Co k o" the B..109
737? Who Cares ...?:j;7t,; Brynhlld .10!)
77r> I.etalnaa . ... 113 178 Sea Queen .103
712 'Starry Belle..10 (7*3.1 'Air Ha..i .Ill
750 Ireland .101| 763 Fal-jin l>re ...106
7.1) *?7arHne 9. ...101. 728 "Emriolte . ... B3
790? ??, nnoTUi . ?Ill 605 'Purl . . ...93
74S Red DoOii o 111 .--.is Barley \V.,!,-r 107
7S3 Buckhi ra II
8ECO.VD RACE- TOE BEVEHWTCK STEEPI_5
? ii <..-.: HA.N'DK AI': fr U
? artl A :
Y :. - : ? | .
89!? :' (M MVI?
'. ?IOTEIi
HTAK !>. r. ??,?-?? i? ? . fu ungs.
[ :? ..'.:!?"
7 -, i M in o' War ::::?- Baal
778? ETargay . Hill l Blaze?, .22
7.7? K'a. -il.r?jsiT .115 (754 ' ; - ??' .123
735a Wtldalr .US (7 -1 Ned?3?u_ .155
: (5131 Gladiator .US] 793? l'en?..- Pennant. .112
? ?ISS R.:u.eau . U_l
i FOURTH RACE? TI(E MERCHANTS' ANT) CIT1
ZENS' HANDICAP: for lhr???-.vu..-^>id_ and up?
ward. One mile and throe-si-teei rim.
(736) Sun Briar .132) 7116? Eurriiucatar ...129
72",' P->iX_ Dot -?O?MT?T) Cudsal .133
729' Star Ma_ior . . .122.
FIFTH RAi'l??Claiming; for Ui.-tte-yew-olds and
upward, ?'ne mile.
683 Rock] rt . V"' 664 Su bj Hill .. 10?
? 673 Misa l.rvii ,10 -. K n ral ? ...10
erwar ' : - ? - g
---. '-.i Ir ? ?>?
-., ?Veti fork IS ?? ?- ttri
7111 *_l_tux-UTr? i
7fl? Mary Belie 107!
; :-r - :;???:? r ion ? n i
Kate Brfsbl ...111! ? How
'SIXTH RACE?THE WATERFORD HA.VD1 AP;
f n- three-year-olda a.- i upward Sis fur inga
530 Georgir Starr ,.11*1 778 Bur Hampron ..106
753 War l?rlve .... ?.'? 760 Wartung .177
799 Kashni-r .9*' 7?;| Herodiaa . 100
270 Motor Orp .129) 76?.)* ?Grondy ..10?
(744) Enfilade .Ill: 736* H-lliater .122
756 Raail . 93? 729 La.x-tia.T-i.US
(815) Luco-Ule ...'...130. ? loci B-KhU?_ii*
?Apprsn?c? ?_k-*n_'?_s ^?t?1^
Ask 30-Hour Week
And 60% Raises
Anthracite Miners9 Con?
vention Adopts Report
of Scale Committee
WILKES BARRE. Per.n.. Aug. 22.? .
Anthracite miners to-day declared for
the check-off, a six-hour work day,
five days a week and an increase of
00 per cent in wages. The tri-dis
trict convention in session to for
m llate the demands of the miners
adopted the report of the scale cora
mitte-. It included the following:
"We demand that the next contract
be for a period of r.ot exceeding two
y?ars, and that the making of in
dividaal agreement contracts in the
mining of coal cha!', be prohibited.
"We demand that the contract wage
scales be increased 60 per cent nnd
-.hat the increases secured in trie
supplemental agreements of 1917 and
; ? i -' [be include i In the wage
scale as ?;re basis upon which the 60
pel c? ? ?? be added and that all
?lay men be granted an increase of
52 a day.
"We demand that a work day of not
more than six hours from bank to
b?r:k be established for all clas?"?. of
inside day labor, rive days per week,
the uniform scales to be the basis
upon which the advance above de?
manded shall apply, with time and
half time for overtime and double time
for .Sundays and holidays. .
"We demand a closed shop con*ract,
which means full recognition of the
United Mine Workers of America as a
part of the agreement.'
Bui h ling Trade
Union's Creed
Called Tyranny
Employers' Man Sees in
Striker-*' Denial of Collee
tive Bargain in se to Bosse*
Attempt to Destroy
Boss painters, 10,000 of whose em?
ployes have been on strike for ten
days, took steps yesterday to counter
act what they called the propaganda of
misrepresentation conducted by the
Brotherhood of Painters. Decorators
Pa] rhar ?ers of America, in an
eff< rt "to dt ?troy the principle of col?
led ive bai ga in ing."
The boss painters, organized in the
Association of Master Painters and
Decorators of the City of New York:
United Painters and Contractors'
?association of Harlem, and the Asaoci
'. ?? of Master Painters of The Bronx,
. met to discuss what they termed their
own grievance agains, the union in
? ? ; tig to deal with them collective
Iyn an ? Ir.fr that settlement be
.. th employers individually. Th<
painters demand $1 an hour and a
five-day v
Ace rding to the officials of the cm
oi ization, they are willing
et with representatives of the
and to submit '.he dispute to
arbitration, but the union will not
a -
Employers Deny Many Returned
". employers charged also that
after agreeing to meet representatives
of the employers' a.-sociations last
] lay to discuss a proposal of arbi
n the union officials failed to ap
pear
More than TOO machinists, toolmak
?- i, ?I ler?rs and winders are on strike
at the Eisemann Magneto Company,
32-68 T - ? -'nth Street, Brooklyn.
The machinists demand 80 cents an
hour and a forty-four hour week. They
are now receiving from 45 to 50 cents
an toolmakers who are now
tig 60 cents' an hour want 90
tits. They are satisfied with their
working conditions.
Champion of Negro
Right* Beaten by Judge
Jolm R. Sliilladv Gets Black Eye
After Texa* Speerh Against
Lynching
AUSTIN, Tex!, Aug. 22 f\s John R.
'?-. of New York, secretary of
the Ni nal Association for the Ad?
vancement of Colored People, was leav?
ing a to-day, where he ad
dres ?-.'! a mass meeting of negroes, he
was assaulted and severely beaten by
County Judge Dave Pickle and Con?
stable Charles Hamby. Shillady, who is
a white man, pleaded for mercy. He was
placed on a train and warned not to
leave it this side of St. Louis. It i?
I that Shillady advocated social
? : tlity of negroes and whites.
He ai rived here yei terday and con?
sulted with the Attorney General in
for :he as
i to do bu rexas. For
-??;?? al -?? ek; a spirit of inn - '? ??
.r ai 1
, nd ? a attributed to th
of the ''?' it '? 'ciation for
the _dva n nt of Col >red Pe iple.
WACO, Tex., Aue:. 22. With a wide
dark circle around his right eye and
ru'3 and o*h?r bruises on his face,
1 ?. ii. S -i, : ? rr.;y passed through h?re
late to-day en route to St. Louis. He
eight or ten men attacked him
with their fists.
He declared that his organization
did not urge social equality of whites
?? ? 1 ?-mes. but wa? making special
efforts to prevent lynch ?? 1 He said
: ? lid not plan to make any more
. ?.: 3.
-?
Court Declares Police
Corrupt Young Girls
Tn freeing May Phelps, a Brooklyn
frirl, who said she had been robbed and
then accused by Detective Wil?am
K.ers, Judge McMahon, of the Kings
County Court, declared yesterday that
the present police method of handling
vice was open to the severest criticism
and announced ' imself an advocate of
the old ; - ' :ion If" set
?
sent to : he Bed '; rd Re
The girl tola Judg? McMahon that
I repuls? i Kiers, who hai pur
her all one evening. She had $40
, in her stocking, she said, and the de
tective, after forcing her into a sub
i way station, took $10 and then, with
! Detective Charies Heinecke, arrested
'? her on a charge of soliciting.
-*
Hotel Employe Held
As a Leper Suspect
M tchell Olicenca, a Porto Rican,
aho uni recei 5 :-..
in un?: : - c ty' larg? s< hotels, was
from his room at 257 West
? ! Streel yesterday, snffer
i ing from what Dr. D. Diddes says is
j leprosy.
The room in which the man has been
living was quarantined by the Health
Department. Dr. Diddes said he did
not believe that persons wi$h whom
the man associated are in arty danger.
Labor Party to
Ask National
Finance Control
Call for Convention in Chi?
cago November 22 .41 so
Insists on Government
Ownership of Monopolies
Will Back Plumb Plan
Ten Thousand In ion Organ?
izations All Over Country
Asked to Send Delegates
CLEV.SLA.VD, .A-::- tt T\ n?1 enal
convention of i na?
tional Labor - b* he! I ;r, Chi?
cago on Saturday, N ?- - - r
approximately 1.600 to
in attendance, M ?x Hayes, cha rmar of
the executive committee erf the new
party, announced here to day. ?in? of
the major aims of ?he par*y in to na?
tionalize railways, other great
t'ies and finance.
Mr. Haye.-, rvas elected temp?sty ex?
ecutive connu ???'.? it a con?
ference of Labor pai
represei
day, att? by r
Iiiinois. California, 01 N
and Connecti : it A (sent
out. from Chicago within a
about ten thousand labor or -
throughout the conntry ai
than TO*) city cen? i te
elect delegates to the i
The biuis of the repr?
be one delegate from each state &nd
local organisation wi*h a membership
of 500 or less and one for eac
additional members.
The call in part follows:
"We hold that the formation of a
national labor party has ? I
come expedient, but The
hopeless banl
ol itical pa -
ability to function in ?
?he people in
meet the ; ind
r>r blems that n
self-evident that I
the reins of goven i
hands if grave conseq
from our social
of understan ling ai
ed with public affairs a 'o ded
and this : trj is to be
for ju-'i.e
"Organizations ting
shall subsci be to the
formation of a political
andjbrain workers ! ?.--- i -.-?
industrial an,i soc _; democra
bodying the fo'lowing:
"1- Restoration of all c:-.- " rties.
"2 -The natiorn! owne
denrocratic managi ment of the
of transpor* itioi
'ir.ar.ee an! all
lies arid nat ra. ? - ir :e -?
"3?The ah?'i:- on f exc
owner-hip and I
use for speculative |
Mr. Have- sai :
perts to draw heavily ?"?
old parties and from the :.
ment of the Socialist party.
Loeal Option to Save
Daylight Is Plannet?
Cities and Towns Are Urged to
Pas? Ordinance? for Extra
Hour of Sunlight
A campaign to c nt nue daylight
saving by loi
?
launched yesterd . ting of 1
New York E
: I i I
The assi
ordina
sible, providing "
from May t to 0
it is hoped t
hour of sunlight
though :i
; law.
Rob- ?
will ii
Septem . in
: '
"If our tent
ninety per i ?
iving
" ?
president of tbe associ I
tig, "then our pro]
re su it in the pra -
the benefits of the act ne
and hereafter.
"If cil ? our plan,
the rural
schedules
?" ? i ii ji??i ? m
Motors and Motorik ?
The directoi ft!
Motor Fi ? d the
mnounced
i .!-???? ie, State I
to have ai, advertising sigi
from the highways of the state
is a law which gives tl
power to remove such signs Automo?
bile club direction sig
included in any order that i
these are necessary to the tu.dance o
the tourmg mo:
Commenting on th?
i a
total ? -
waj -, < - ' :: '- ?
?
< h > i u .
ten r? a ons or a va
roads, as follows :
1. (?ood roads mean the
gasolene, and consequently
transportation and adu*_j popularity of
the motor car.
2. They mean less wear and tear
on the automobile and longer life for
the machine.
3. By binding together the rural
districts and the cit; ne city to
the other, they
?ia?:on 3 real Unit ; Ameri?
ca.
? ?
that good
. iterncy
1 :.d a.d the cause of i '. tremen?
loua ...
6. ?I od roads are absolutely vital
. to any adequate programme of neces?
sary military preparedness. Ask any
: soldier to tell you of the wonderful
, service rendered the Allied armies by
I the splendid h.ghways of France.
8. Good road? r ear mor-? food?
stuffs on the market?and sooner.
7. Good roads safeguard life and
' limb and cut into half the dan??>- o?!
! accidents. ,
8. Good road:- pas U t themselves.
One authority mail
live billion ton - .?ver
our highways annually, ?>
haul of under ten mil s, at a cos
twenty-three cents per ton-mil- Good
roads would reduce this figure fifty
: per cent.
9. Is this period of readjustment
I no better national labor project could
be chosen.
10. Good roads will speed th* d_g[
o? motor truck dominaao?.