Robbie's Dodgers Shut Out Cubs, 1 to O ?
Ruth Gets Two Homers in Exhibition Game
Tommy Griffith Saves Day
For Flatbush Ball Team
Brooklyn Right Fielder Robs O'Farrell of Triple
by Sensational Running Catch; Smith Pitches
With Skill; Speed Martin Also Puzzles Batters
By Charles A. Taylor ,
The Dodgers returned to their winning ways yesterday afternoon,
defeating the Cubs by a score of 1 to 0. As the Reds also triumphed over
the Phillies, the relative standing of the two leading contenders for the
pennant remains the same, but the Giants, through their idleness, dropped
*>. half game further behind the nine from across the big bridge.
Sherrod Smith and Tommy Griffith?
were the chief factors in enabling the I
Flatbush team to come through safely
in the last encounter of the season
with the Chicago lads. The Dodger
southpaw pitched with consummate
skill, for, although he allowed eight
hits, he so arranged matters that never
more than two came in any one inning.
This made scoring on the part of the
Cubs an impossibility, inasmuch as j
Smith received almost perfect support
from his mates. Little Peterkin Kilduff i
made the only misplay for his side, but :
this was more than offset by his many i
brilliant stops.
Tommy Griffith was the boy who, if
he did not save the day for Brooklyn,
at least prevented an extra-inning bat
tie. One man was out in the ninth
when O'Farroll. the Chicago catcher,
drove the ball on a line toward the |
exit gate in right center. It looked
li?e a certain triple. Tommy start- j
ed with the ball, and after running ,
some distance at top speed stuck up!
his gloved hand to make one of the
most sensational catches ever seen at
Ebbets Field. That proved the expir
ing gasp of the Cubs, for Deal flied
gracefully to center for the final out.
The only other inning in which Smith ;
was in difficulty was the seventh, which ,
this same troublesome O'Farrell opened
with a single to short center, which
was just out the reach of Kilduff.
O'Farrell attempted to make second on
the hit but was thrown out, Griffith
to Olson. It appeared to many in the
?tanda that Olson dropped the throw
as O'Farrell slid into the bag and Hank '
O'Day brought a storm of criticism
down upon his head when he declared
the Chicago backstop out. Fred
Mitchell "yapped" long and loud, as did
?11 the members of his squad. Deal ;
lined out to Kilduff. Friberg then
singled to center, a hit that would
have scored O'Farrell from second j
easily, had there been an O'Farrell
there. Martin forced Friberg at sec- j
ond and a fine chance of a tie-up
passed.
The lone run of the game was pro
duced in the sixth inning, young Har- !
old Leathers, late of the Texas League, ;
who was subbing at short for Terry, .
contributing two errors to help along j
th^cause of the Dodgers. There was
some excuse for the actions of this
fellow Leathers at that, for the Ebbets '
Field hireling whose duty it was to !
lay the dust ?bout the diamond with a
sprinkler before game time, used con?
siderably too much moistener.
The result was that when the contest
started there were pools, of water about
second base. Several fans imagined
naturally that a heavy rain storm had
visited Flatbush during their sleep the
night before.
Anyhow, Olson led off in the decisive
inning with a grounder to young
Leathers, who sprawled a bit in the
mud as he started his throw. The bal!
went over Merkle's head. Olson tried
for second on the misplay, but was
thrown out by the ex-Giant, Friberg
taking the toss. Johnston also tapped
to this same Leathers, who again
slipped, and this time threw wide to
first. Griffith fouled to O'Farrell, but
On the hit and run play Wheat drove
a double through short and by fast
sprinting Johnston beat the throw of
Paskert home.
It was tough game for Speed Martin
to lose. The Cub recruit had ei??ry
thing a good pitcher requires, allowing
a total of only five hits and no two
of these came in one inning.
To-day will be the big day in Flat?
bush, for the dejected and forlorn
world champions are due to open a
three-game series at Ebbets Field. Bur
leigh Grimes, the Dodgers' mound star,
has been rested up for the purpose J
of taking the first crack at Moran's
men. Hod Eller may be Burleigh's
opponent in the box. The score:
CHICAGO (NY L.) ) BROOKLTN (N. I?)
ab r h po a e: ab r h po a e
Flack, rf .. .4 o l 3 0 l|01?on. n ...400 1 20
J/ftthoTK, ss. 4 0 1 2 3 3! Johnston, 8b.4 1 0 2 20
Hotwttaon. U.4 0 2 1 0 0> Griffith. rf...*0 1 3 0 0
Mart??, lb. ..3 0 1 7 2 Ol Wheat, If ..4 0 1 1 0 0
Partert. rf. .4 0 1 3 0 1! Myers, el ...3 0 0 3 0 0
<YT*mU. c.401 6 1 0 Sch'indt. lb.80110 00
DM!. 3b ...4 0 0 0 0 0! Kilduff. 2b..2 0 2 4 7 0
?Mbert. ?b..S0 1 1 3 01 Miller, c ...2 0 0 3 10
Martin, p ..3 0 0 1 2 0' Smith, p ...3 0 0 0 3 0
Totals ?,111114 11 5! Total? ...291527150
Chicago. 00000000 0?0
Brooklyn- 0 0000100 x?1 I
Two-base hit ? Wheat. Sacrifice ? KM- ?
duff. Double play?Johnston and Schmandt. !
JDStt on banes?Chicago, 7; Brooklyn, fi. I
Baaea on balls?Off Martin, 1; off Smith. 1.
Struck out?By Martin. 3; by Smith, 2.
l.mplrea?Quigley and O'Day. Time of !
game?1:29.
?-??f
Army Polo Players
Triumph Over Arden
HEMPSTEAD, N. Y? Sept. IB.?An
international polo match could not have
created more enthusiasm or been more
stubbornly contested than the special
contest to-day at Meadow Brook be?
tween some of the crack army players I
and the Arden, N. Y.. four, of which
W. Averill Harriman is captain, played
with Lawrence L. Rumsey, How- ?
?rd Phipps and Davis Dows. The
array, playing with Major A. H. i
Wilson, Major J. K. Brown, Ma?
jor Lewis Brown jr. and Captain!
C. Brewster, by a remarkable display I
of team work in the second half won I
out by a score of 8 to 7.
When the referee, Captain Harry
H. Holmes, of the British Army, tossed
the ball for play a representative gath?
ering of polo enthusiasts lined up on '
th&- side lines with officers and their
families from the various posts about
New York.
With its string of polo mounts all
in fine fettle the Arden players rushed
the army so rapidly in the first four
periods that the score at half time
stood 6 to 4 against the army men.
Majors Wilson and Lewis Brown com?
menced a series of fast combinations
in the seventh chukker and scored three
goals.
a i ?
American Association
Chattanooga. ?; Mamphl?, 3 <10 In., rain).
Birmingham, ?: Atlanta, 4.
LUttle Rock. 1; Nashville. 0.
New Orleans-Mobile; no game.
Dodgers Gain a Half
Game on the Giants;
Yanks Stiil in Lead
T>Y shutting out the Cuba, 1 to 0.
yesterday the Dodgers gained a
half game on the Giants and held i
their own with the world's cham- !
pion Beds, who also won. Brooklyn
has only twelve more games, and if ?
the team can break even in these
It would be necessary for the Giants <
to win fifteen of their remaining
seventeen and for the Reds to win I
seventeen of their remaining nine?
teen games to heat out the Brook?
lyns?provided all the teams are
able to play all of their remaining
games.
It will be seen, then, that with
Brooklyn the pennant seems a cer?
tainty unless- the team comes a
great cropper either in the series
with the Reds that begins this af?
ternoon or with the Giants later on.
The Yankees were idle yesterday,
but though Cleveland won from the
Athletics the New Yorkers did not
relinquish the lead. These three
clubs are so evenly bunched that
anything may happen from day to
day. It looks like a drive to the
very last game.
Indians Smother
Athletics by 14-0 ;
Bagby Invincible
CLEVELAND, Sept. 15?The Indians
wound up their series with the Ath- !
letics to-day by winning, 14 to 0. The
game was one automatically trans?
ferred here when rain prevented play
on the last dav the Cleveland team vis?
ited Philadelphia. Bagby held the
tail-enders to three hits.
The score:
I'HILA. (A. I.) ! CLEVELAND (A. I...
ah r li pr> a e ab r li po a e
r>ykrt, 2b ...4 0 1 4 4 0 Jam'son. If. 4 2 2 2 00
Griffin, lb ..2 0 0 4 0 01 Evans, if. .1 0 1 0 0 0
BurnH lb.. 2 00 3 0 0 Wam'g, 2b 4 1 1 0 40
Walker. If ..4 0 0 1 0 0: Speaker. cf.5 14 4 10
Perkins, c ..10 0 2 0 01 Smith. rf..3 2 2 100
Mvatt. c ...2 0 0 2 OOlGraney. rf.,2 0 1 1 0 0
Ducan, 3b ..sol l 2 0 Gardn'r. 3b.6 3 3 1 SO
Johnson cf.3 0 0 0 OOlJohna'D. lb.4 10 8 10
High, rf _200 3 101 Burns, lb..l 0 13 00
Galloway, ss.10 0 1 lOlSewell. br.S 2 3 4 3 2
McCaun. BS..2 01 3 1 0 O'Neill. e..2 0 2 3 10
Keefo, p ...0 0 0 0 2 0: Nuna'ker. c.2 1 1 0 00
Moore, p ...3 0 0 0 3 1 Bagby. p...5 1 1 0 0 0
Total? ...29 0 3 24 14 li Totals. 44 14 22 27 15 2
Philadelphia 00000000 0? 0
Cleveland.. 14 0 5 2 110 x?14
Two-base hits? Dugan, Smith, O'Neill I
(2), Speaker. Gardner. Burns. Three-base I
hit ? Nunamaker. Home run ? Gardner.
Stolen base ? Smith. Sacrifice ? Wambs
gans-s. Double plays?Johnston, O'Neill
and Gardner; Se well. Wambsganss and
Johnston; WaiiTbsganss, Se.well and Johns?
ton; McCann, Dyke? and Burrus. Left on
bases?Philadelphia, 3; Cleveland, 12.
Bases on balls?Oft Moore, ii ; off Bagby, 1.
Hits?Off Keefe, 8 in 2 inntngs; oft Moore,
14 In 6. Struck out?-By Keefe, 2; by
Bagby. 2. Passed ball?Myatt. Losing
pitcher?Keefe. Umpires?CoVinolly and
Owens. Time of game?1:45.
Browns Pound Red Sox
Pitchers ; Win by 18 to 5
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 15.?The local I
American League batters fattened their i
averages to-day at the expense of Karr
and Hoyt, and defeatedJioston 18 to 5.
The score: *
BOSTOX (A. L.) ! 8T. LOL'IS (A. L.)
ab r h po a e! ab r h po a e
Msuoakjr. If..4 1 1 4 0 01 Gerber, ?s.6 11150
Vltt. 3b _8 1 0 02 0O?xleon, 2b,6 2 2 2 40
Paachal. rf...4 0 0 4 0 01 Staler, lb..4 3 3 12 10
Hendryx, cf..3 1 1 2 0 0! Jacob's, cf.3 2 8 1 0 0
Orme, cf ...11 1 SOOiWetiel. of..2 0 0 100
Schansr. c ...4 1 2 2 1 Ol I?amb. If..4 1 2 1 0 0
Scott, ss ...2 0 0 10 0'Smith. 3b..4 2 2 O 20
Waltern, lb .20 1 2 0 0'KpeiT.w. 3b.2 00110
M'Na'y lb as.3 0 1 3 2 0 Tobtn. rf..4 3 3 1 00
Ilraiiy, 2b_4 0 2 8 3 0 Pruess, rf.O 1 0 2 10
Karr, p _10 0 0 0 Oj Sovereld. c.3 1 2 1 0 0
Hoyt, p _20 1 0 0 01 Collins. c.O 00100
Woll'an. p.5 2 4 3 2 1
Total? . ...33 5 10 24 8 li Totals. 43 IS 22 27 16 1
Poston. 300000 0 0 2? S
St. Louis... 12020121 X?18
Two-base hits -Hendryx, Scliang, Oed
eon, Jacobs-sun (2), Siiiler. Lamb, Tobln.
Home run?Smith. Stolen bases?Lamb,
I'ruess, Jacobson. Sacrifices ? McNally.
Vltt, Lamb (2), Severeld. Double plays?
Wellman (unassisted) ; Smith. Gedeon and
Staler; Gerber and Hlsler. Lfeft oni.bases?
Boston, 3; St. Louis, 9. Base? <)r/ balls?
Off Hoyt. 5. Hits?Off Karr, 9 In 2 1-3 in?
ning?; off Hoyt, 13 In 6 2-3. Struck out?
By Hoyt, 1; by Wellman, 2. Wild pitch?
Hoyt. Losing pitcher?Karr. Umpires?
Hildebrand and ?Morlarty. Time of game
? 1:41.
Light Winds Spoil Race
For Manhasset Bay Cup
GREENWICH, Conn., Sept. 15.?
Light winds spoiled the first of a
series of three races for the Man?
hasset Bay Challenge Cup, between the
Wasaka 2d, representing the Boston
Yacht Club, the challenger, and
Nahma by a good twenty minutes.
In?iaia Harbor Yacht Club, off here
to-day.
The course was three and thrce
?^narter miles to windward and re?
turn. It was to have been sailed
twice. At the end of the first round
the Boston challenger was leading
Nw? -ma by a good twenty minutes.
It had taken her to drift one half
of the race three hours, forty-five
minutes and twenty-five seconds. Ah
the time limit was five hours and the
wind was growing lighter it was self
evident that the craft would not
finish in time to make it a contest.
Record of Major League Clubs
* NATIONAL LEAGUE
GAMES TO-DAY
rilt%bn?gti at New York (two).
Cincinnati at Brooklyn,
St. Lonls at Bouton (two),
Chicago at Philadelphia.
YESTERDAY? RESULTO
Brooklyn? 1: Chicago, 0.
Plttsbar*h, 2; Bouton, 1 (1st).
Boato?, 4; PlUsbergh. 1 (2d).
Cincinnati, 3; Philadelphia. 2.
Other teams not scheduled
! AMERICAN LEAGUE
GAMES TO-DAY
i ?New York at Chicago.
1 Washington i.t Cleveland.
Boston at Detroit.
Philadelphia at St. Louis.
YESTERDAY'S RE8ULTS
j Cleveland, 14; Philadelphia, 0.
St. Louis, ?8; Boston, 5.
Other teams not scheduled.
OP TEAMS
W. L. Pet. i
?8 72 AU i N. York
?4 74 AU Heve....
65 70.420 j Chicago
04 M M* I St.Lonis
STANDING OF
W. L. Pet?!
88 5.1.62* Boston...
85 52 .820! Wash...
85 55.607 Detroit..
68 08.500'Phi la...
TEAM?
W. L. Pet.
6G74.471
61 72 .459
58 84 .887
45 93 42?
You'll Have to Hand It to the Wife : : : : : By briggs
* * * '
Reds Take Final
From the Phillies
By Close Margin
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. IB?Cincin?
nati solved Meadows in one inning to?
day, beating Philadelphia in the final
game of the series. 3 to 2. Luque Rtruck
out nine local players and pitched him?
self out of several tight places.
Two jumping catohes by Duncan
robbed Rawlings of home runs into the
bleachers in the sixth and eighth.
Wing's sacrifice fly and Rath's single
drove home all of the visitors' runs.
The score:
CINCINNATI (N. L.) I PHILA. (NY L)
ab r I? po a e, at) r h po a e
Rath, 2b ...4 0 1 2 J? 0 Paillette, lb.4 0 0 15 1:0
Daubert. lb.5 0 1 5 0 0 Rawllngs, 2b.4 0 0 14 0
Rouah cf ..4 0 2 4 0 01 William?. cf.2 0 1 1 00
Duncan. If...4 1 2 8 0 0, Meiurl, rf ..3 0 1 0 00 1
Seal?, rf ..4 1 2 1 0 0'Fletcher, ss.,4 1 2 2 5 0
Crane, ?>a ..4 0 1 1 0 lJ.'Bour'au. lf.4 0 0 3 10
Sicking 3b.. 2 1 0 0 0 0! Wrl'stone. 3b.4 1 1 2 30 1
Wlngo c ...3 0 1 11 1 1-Wheat, c ...10 0 0 2 0 |
Luquo p ...3 0 0 OOlWIthrow. c.3 0 1 2 0 0
I Meadow?, p..2 0 0 I 2 1
?Stengel .10 0 0 00 !
Belts. P ....0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JTOavatll ....10 1 0 0 0,
I? Causey .00 0 0 00
Total* .. .33 3 10 27 1 3| Totals ... 33 2 7 27 19 1
?natte?! for Meadow? in seventh inning.
tBatted for Betts in eighth inning.
?Ran for Cravath In ninth Inning.
Cincinnati... 03000000 0?3
Philadelphia. 0 0 0 10 0 3 0 0?2
Two-base hits?Daubert. Williams, Cra?
vath. Home run?Fletcher. Stolen bases
? Rath, I'aulette, Fletcher, Williams. Hac
rltlces?Wlngo, Slcltlng. Left on bases?
Cincinnati, 8; Philadelphia. 8. Bases on
balls?Off T.uque. 4: off Meadows, 2: off |
JBetts, I. Hits?Off Meadows, 10 in 7 In- |
nings; off Betts, none in 2. Struck out ?
By Luque, 9; by Meadows, 2. Losing
pitcher?Meadows. Umpire??Morail- and
Rit'ler. Time of game?1:58.
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Braves and Pirates
Divide Double Header
BOSTON, Sept. IB.?Pittsburgh
closed its season in Boston to-day by
winning the first game of a double
header, 2 to 1, and losing the second,
4 to 1. Grimm's triple scored Pitts?
burgh's runs in the first game and
Holke's triple broke up the second.
The scores:
FIRST GA3IE
PITTSBURGH (N. L.) I BOSTON (N. L.)
ahrhpoael , ibrhpo if
Bichee. If ..4 0 1 1 0 Ol Powell, rf ..4 0 0 2 0 0
Cutshaw, 2b.4 0 1 5 5 0|Mann, If ...4 0 2 2 0 0
BoiiUi'rtli. rf.4 1 1 0 O o, Sullivan. rf..300 4 00
Nlrholaon, c.f.2 1 0 3 0 0| Holke. lb ..3 0 1 8 0 0
WMtled. 3b..3 0 1 1 1 01 Boeckel, 3b .4 0 ? 2 2 0
f?rlmm, lb...3 0 1 10 2 Oi Maran'l*. as.3 0 0 B 22
M'Kech'e, as.4 0 0 3 2 0> (?'Nell, c ...3 0 0 2 10
Haeffner, C..4 0 1 4 1 0 Kord. 2b ....4 0 0 1 5 0
Ccxjper, p ..4 0 9 0 3 0 M'Qull'n, p..2 0 0 0 2 0
! ?dowdy .10 1 0 0 0
1 ?Chrlsten'y ..0 10 0 0 0
Scott, p ....000 0 00
Totals ..33 2 6 27 14 01 Totals ...3116 27 12 2
?Ratted for McQuillan In eighth Inning.
+ Ran for Gowdy In eighth inning.
Pittsburgh.. 0 0 000200 0?2
Boston. 00000001 0?1
Three-base hit?Grimm. Stolen bases?
Nicholson, Mann. Sacrltlces?Maranvllle,
Sullivan. ? Double pluys?McKechnle, Cut?
shaw and Grimm; Cutshaw and Grimm:
Kurd, Maranvllle and Holke. Left on
buses?Pittsburgh, 7; Boston, 7. Bases on
balls?Off Cooper, 2; off McQuillan, 2; off
Scott. 1. Bits?Off McQuillan, 6 In 8 In?
nings; off Scott, none in I. Struck out?
By Cooper, 3; by McQuillan, 2. Passed
ball?O'Nell. Losing pitcher?McQuillan.
Umpires?Klem and Kmslle. Timo of
game?1:30.
SECOND GAME
PITTSBURGH IN. 1,1 : BOSTON (\. I,.).
al) r h po a e ab r h pn a e
Bltfbce. If ..4 0 0 2 0 0? Powell, cf .3 0 0 100
Cutahaw, 2b.4 00 2 1 0, Kavra. If ....211 400
Houth'rtli, rf.4 02 3 00j tfulllTan. rf ..310 400
Nicholson, r.f.4 0 0 4 0 0? Holke. lb ...3 13 310
Whined. :.b..4 1 1 o 1 0 Boeckel. 3b ..401 21 u
GrUum. lb . .4 0 1 l'j o 01 Maran'la, as..3 1 o 5 0 0
M'Kech'e, ?s.2 0 1 1 4 0, Gowdy, o _4 0 0 5 0 0
Tralnor, s.i..2 0 1 o 2 01 Kord. 2b .4 00 22 0
Schmidt. C..2 0 1 Q 0 0J Kllllneim. p..3 0 1 120
Carlaon. p. ..2 0 1 0 0 01
?Zlnn .2 0 0 o 10
TotaU ...34 18 24 ? O? Totala . ...?9 4 6 27 6 0
?Hatted for Carlson In aeventh Inning.
Pittsburgh.. 00000000 1?1
Boston. 01003000 x?4
TVo-baao hits?Holke. Tralnor, South
vinrth. Three-bane hit??Holke, Boockel,
Verted. Sacrifices? Schmidt, Eayra.
Stolon bases?Kayrs, Maranvllle. Bases
?m ball??Off Carlson, 3; off Zlnn, 1; off
Filllnglm, 1. Left on baaea?Pittsburgh
8; Boston, 7. Struck out?By Flillnrlm 2
Hits?Off Carlaon, 6 In 0 Inning-?; off Zlnn
?d.'" ?? ,H'f by Planer?By Carlson
(Bayra) Losing pitcher?Carlson. L'm
plrea?Klern and Bmalle. Time of cam?_
1:28
One Record Shattered,
One Equalled in Pace
SYRACUSE. N. Y? Sept. 15.-One
world's record was broken and another
equalled at the State Fair Grand Circuit
meeting to-day. Princo Loree set a n?w
mark of 2:03V4 for double-gaited horses
when he paced a mile in ?:02V*., break?
ing the world's record, held by Harves?
ter, at 2:OCV4 for the trot and 2:04*4
for the pace.
Trampsafe equalled the world's rec?
ord for throe-year-old pacing colts of
2:04ffl in the 2:13 class pacing event.
General Todd first established the mark
seven years ago.
KBBKTA flKM>. Br^klyr. v.. Ctix-In
nstl to-day. 1:30 P. M.. Bway Brighton Bap.
to Proa. Pk Interboro to Franklin av.?Advt
POBTUGHT
& Grantiand Rice
(Copyright, 1920, Nexo York Tribune Inc.)
After Working Hours
Slip me the rag and pack?the world-wide open track,
The trail that leads from dawn to dusk across the h-,art of life;
Only a song to sing?in light heart wandering?
By vale and hill and mountainside beyond that endless strife.
Where is the heart to stay when the west wind calls "Away!"?
When the east wind and the north wind and the south wind in refrain
Plead in the early light?call through the gloom of night?
Of highways and of byways through the sunlight and the rain?
No one to wonder when I come this way again;
No one to watch and wait for me when I have passed beyond;
No weary tears to shed because some dream is dead,
Where every dawn, shall send its dream to every vagabond.
Where dull care leaves the mind free from the sodden grind,
Free as the drifting winds that romp by heather and by foam,
Where no se; lamp shall burn to wait for my return,
But each far strand I touch xipon shall be the Port of Home.
The Winning Temperament
Once again we arise to put i,his query: What is the Winning Tempera?
ment in sport?
Johnny Evers was one of the most nervous, high-strung ballplayers
ever known?and one of the greatest.
Hans Wagner and Nap Lajoie were almost stolid in their serenity?
and they were also two of tho greatest.
Jock Hutchinson is one of the most nervous golfers of the age?
and one of the greatest.
Francis Ouimet is one of the most serene, unruffled golfers of all
iime?and one of the greatest.
Does temperament, after all, have very much to do with nervous?
ness or lack of nervousness?
Isn't it rather a matter of such intenise concentration that com?
plete coordination results between the eye or brain and the nervous
system where they wojk in harmony?
^here the brain says "Do this," and the muscular and nervous forces
respond?
One man can work effectively in this way when high-strung?another
when he is as cool as a January dawn.
The Batting Eye
We have always maintained that the Batting Eye functions longer
than any other part of the baseball system.
The legs may wear down, the arm may lose its elastic quality, but
the Orb of Swat goes on.
Cobb, who was batting over .300 baak around 1905, is still over .300.
Speaker and Jackson were leading hitters in the Southern League in
1907. They were leading their league together thirteen years ago. Here,
as far along as 1920, they are still giving the leader a battle.
After thirteen years their batting eyes carry the same marvelous
flame which each knew back in his youth. And after twenty years, when
their legs were gone and their arms were skidding, both Lajoie and
Wagner were still about as effective with the stick as they had ever been,
to far as hitting the ball was concerned.
Canning a Myth
In 1916, at Minnikahda, Chick Evans became open champion, not
only through fine golf but by fine putting. That same year his putting
at Merion was a big factor in his championship success.
Only recently over the Engineers' Club course, where the greens are
replete with more rolls and clips than a series of ocean waves, Evans out
putted Francis Ouimet in the final test by a decisive margin. In fact,
Evans never took three putts to a green.
So, while Chick may have his off days upon the greens, just as any
one else has, it is about time to can that ancient myth of poor putting.
He outputted Bobby Jones in the Western amateur and finally stopped
the young Georgian with a 12-foot downhill putt that decided the match.
Chick may be no sensation on the greens, but if he were there would
be no competition left.
As it is, he has been sinking a steady procession of those 3 and
4 footers, and with his ability to wield a mashie this distance is long
enough.
Those pennant contenders who intend to crack under the strain had
6etter go to it quickly, as there are now only two weeks left in which to
?tort the detonations under way.
(VDowd Outpoint:? Petrosky
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. IB. ?Mike
O'Dowd, former mitldleweight cham?
pion, outboxed Sailor Potrosky, of Cal?
ifornia, in an eight-round bout ht-re
to-nifrht.
American Association
Milwaukee, 6; Minneapolis 4 Mat).
Minneapolis 7; Milwaukee. 3 (2d).
Kt. Paul, I?; Kanea? City, 1 (lat).
Ht. Paul, %; Ksnua City, 7 <!?.).
Other gnme? postponed; rain.
English Cricket Team Wins
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 15. The In
rogniti cricket team of England, ?lr
fcated f Germnntown Cricket Club'?
eleven in their two-day mutch to-day
by 11 margin of 112 runs ami five
wickets. Gcrmantown scored 270 in two
innings, having been oblitjcd to follow
on.
iiln.n.n va. Pittsburgh to-day, : game?,
ls.10. Polo Od?., adm. 75o & }1 1ft. Inc. tux.
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Training To - dav
For Welling Bout
Johnny Dundee and Joe '.Veiling will
complete their training to-day for their
fifteen-round contest to-morrow night
at the reopening of .Madison Square
Garden as a fight crena. The Italian
went through a strenuous campaign the
last week. He suffered a slight scratch
on his left check after going- eight
rounds, and to-day will lengthen his
boxing to twelve rounds as a final trial.
Welling, naturally a long-distance
boxer, has been going the full route
of fifteen rounds the last three days,
but at an easy gait. .To-day he will be
put through a severe test, winding up
with Jack Britton. Both Welling and
Dundee are within a pound of the re?
quired weight, 135 pounds. A knock?
out in tue last five rounds is predicted
by many ring followers.
The two ten-round decision contests
preceding the main bout should be ex?
ceptionally i'ast, the first being between
Joe Benjamin and Pete Hartley, and
the semi-final between Andy Chancy
and Tommy Noble, the English feather?
weight title holder. Sammy X;ilile and
Bobby Hanson will open the show with
a six-round bout.
Yankees Lose
To Ex-Giant's
Teatai in Tenth
Dubuc's Single Wins for
To!edo | Leaders Have
Hard Road to Travel
By W. O. McGeehan
TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 15.?Wiih thir?
teen ?rames to play, the Yankees are
sitting pretty on the top of the league
to-night. To-morrow comes the next'
of the many "croocial" series through
which the Yanks pass into the stretch
of the race. On the last drive they
have taken five out of six ?rames and
the lead.
The Yanks are interested in the
yarns to the cffect,that the White Sox
pitchers have begun to flon, but they
are not convinced as to their authen?
ticity. If is highly .probable that Carl
Mays will start the first game against
the Sox. Thormahlen, the left-hander
who pitched such a great game in
Cleveland, is still limping from the
spiking he got, but he will be ready to
go in for one game against the Sox.
The series in Chicago will determine
whether it will be the Sox or the Yanks
that will co under the wire with the
Indians.
The Yanks will have to get back to
New York with a rood lead and then
they will have to hold it in the series
with the Senators nnd the final skir?
mish with Mr. McGillicuddy's Athletics.
The Indians finish with four games
with Detroit, and there are no more
teeth in the Tigers. They gave the
Yanks the best light that they' could put
up and the Yanks took the series.
What hannens in these? three games
in the shadow of the stock yards will
?iecide whether or not the world's
series will concern only the two ends
of Brooklyn Briilge or not. If the
Yanks toss the series to the Sox the
Polo. Grounds will be vacant during
the neriod of the series.
The morale of the team at the cur?
rent writing is better than it has been,
unless it should skid at Comi?key
Park. The pastimers are beginning to
smell the world's series dough, and the
winners' end of it at that. This al?
ways insnires the athletes.
Shouldthe Yanks take ten out of the
thirteen games that are to come they
will ' practically have the pennant
c%iched to one'ef those mathematical
certainties while Cleveland is still play?
ing the schedule out. That would mean
the taking of the majority of the games
in three series and a sweep of the final
three with the Athletics. But if the
Yanks flop badly in any one of the
series then the two Colonels will spend
the winter doping out how that pen?
nant was lost in the stretch.
The Yanks arrived in this town on
the opening day of the squirrel season.
About 12.000 of the local nuts escaped
the fatalities of the day and saw the
local Toledo Mud Hens beat the Yanks
in an exhibition g:;mc. It went for ten
innings to a final score of 8 to 7.
Babe Ruth cavorted at first base and
got two home runs during the exhibi?
tion. The first homer came at his first
time up and cleared the fence. The
second came in the third inning. It
struck th" top of the fence and bound?
ing outside and continued to travel.
The two homers netted six runs.
Ferguson, who started in the box for
the Yanks, showed the same sort of stuff
that he showed at Pittsburgh, but
Byrd, a new recruit, was not so much.
?I'?in Dcbuc, who is now managing the
Mud Hens, won the game for Toledo
in the tenth with a timely single. Mon
sieuer Jean used to heave for the
Giants some time back.
The score bv innings:
n. h. e
NY'w York... r. ?) n 4 n n o n n n?7 12 r.
Tole I". n 1 n 2 1? 0 1 2 2 l ?8 15 3
Itatteriep PcrKunrm, Byrd and Hoffman;
Meado, Nelson. Uulims and Woodall.
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