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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNE
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4 DAMAGED OPTIC MAY RESULT IN CROWNING JACK DEMPSEY THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
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THA T DAMA GED E YE
RECEIVED IN CAMP
MOVIE OF A BOMB THROWER
THE GAP IS NARROW
BETWEEN EXTREMES
VICTORY AND DEFEAT
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Forced a Layoff a Change for Best Was Noticed in
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TF JACK
Jess WW
DHMPSrY wins the hrnvj
illnnl nt Toledo on .Tul. 1. he
a cut over tho eve nml tlip .Tmnnii'ii Kid. The rut over the eye gave .lack n
much needed rent for more limn work, nml, ns tlio Jamaica Kid was respon
sible for it, lie should Minn- in the glor.v if there i glory to share.
Drmpspj was on the verge of going stale when he donned the gloves nt
his training ramp on Mondaj , June !). He had been told to take things easy
for n time, hut the onth was too ambitious and too eager to get into the
best possible shape. He wanted to light all of the time and was certain the.
work wouldn't hurt him. So the daily bouts were resumed.
Whei. Jack boxes with his husky sp.ining partneis he works harder than
In n real bout He tells his men to tear Into him. hit as hard ns they ran and
he vt-ou't hurt them much. This kind of work lakes a lot out of a boxer
nnd if it is continued for a couple of weeks lie is likeh to go stale. Then lie
becomes won fed ner bis condition, ami ii.-tead of taking a lay-off he works
harder, and when the iko of the tight arrives he is all primed to recede the
dreaded kuoc'iout.
Dcmpe was traveling along that road when he received the cut oer his
eye, but alreadj be has benefited b.v the la -off. Instead of working in the
hot sun he ha been confining his tiaining to road work and punching the
bag, and his condition has improved wondei fulh . He has gained ten pounds
in weight and has something to take off when he resumes strenuous training.
He tips the beam at LM)1 pounds, and tod.i.v his chances to win over Willard
are 50 per cent better than a week ago.
When we were out in Toledo Deuipsej was in top form, lie was ready
to step off twenty rounds with nnj one and felt elated ocr his condition.
But evenbod.v knows it is impossible for a man to keep in top shape for four
Weeks. He cannot improve and naturallj must go backward.
JY 7K other hand, Witlartl started with lot of fat hanginq on his
huge fiamc, and haul ti oi k icai the only Ihino to take it off. He
had something to trail, up to. while Ihmpiey only could hit the
down ninde. I'or thai uaiin the Jamaica Kid and the cut over the
eye we r gient aidi to the challriiaei .
Dempscy iow Improving His Defense
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T HAS been announced that uemp -
Satuul.iv and from tin n on the duil.v
Jimm Ue I'orrest is watching him like a hawk and sa.vs he will not allow the
Impulsive .vouth to extend himself too much. All he has to do is to improve
his defense and judgment of clM.mce.
Jack is xerj fortunate in having a man like I till Tate iu his camp. P.ill
is a dusk.v hcav.vvvoight, six fiet six inches tall, weighs "JL'O pounds and is as
agile and active a- a iat He i- moie clever than Willatd, is as tall and
rangj and an ideal target to shoot at. Dempscy has little difficult in reaching
Tate's jaw and bodv and thi h.i givcu hiin loads of confidence. He figures
If a clever man like Tate cannot stop his punches Willard will not be so
formidable
15ut it s all a question of condition ami. of course, a little luck, and
Jess is walking bard on that condition -tuff ever; day. He boxes six- or
twelve round- ever.v da with his poor sparring partners and he has no mercy
on them. Walter Monaghaii, .luck Ilempel, .Joe Chip nnd a few others are
taking daily beatings and will tell the world that Willard has a mighty wallop.
VC sThis is another angle to the big fuss. Those who have followed the champiou
? I nlr.cnl, .. .1 . 1 1 .1 i.llli't I.. el, (Itlil Cllll llllllltwnV II I 111 firrtt, f V h. t I I M t I, I. Cl,n liHn.i.l
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pr4 Ol UliilllT.
n It will be a haul fislit to dene.
f becau'e of his populaiit.v. He '. ill be the sentimental favorite, the -ame as
Frank Jloran in the New York lilt, and that likelj will affect the betting. Jael:
also has jouth and confident e. while Willard has the age handicap and virtually
four jears' ab-ence fiom the s(piared ciule. Then again we must consider
J Jess's strength, his natural ability and, most of all, his tremendous physique.
rn.T u,
sails "It
't looks to iis that II ii7aiI or Dempiey will win unlets it
is a diaw."
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IICKHT holder- at the boxing show
still an- sore over the treatment
8 o'clock found their -eats already oicupied and there weren't enough ushers
on hand to icinove the intruders. One of the unfortunates writes iih as follows:
"1 happened to be one of the unfortunates who purchased a box scat for
the bouts at the Philips' Park last Momla.v and I certainly think the news
papers should give public it to the methods employed by the management of
the show Knowing there would be unite a large crowd on hand, and fearful
of my chances to secure a ticket at the park without being robbed by specu
lators, I made it a point to purchase 111 ticket n few dav.s before the bouts
a nice, white ticket marked 'Left, Pox '-2, Rt.3().'
"However, on arriving at the paik. 1 found that the facilities for handling
a large ciowd weie veij poor aud that about 10,000 holders of reserved -seat
tickets were expected to enti r the paik through the one gate at Fifteenth and
Huntingd m streets. 1 managed to get inside after struggling in the jam for
hajf an hour, and iu the ab-ence of an usher was directed to Ho.x L'L' by some
kind stranger When 1 got there ever.v seat iu the box was occupied and I
was out of luck. I was indignant at the thought of having something pulled
over on m , but after wrangling witli the occupants of the chairs I was
convinced niv ia-c was hopeless.
"The lefi.-ed to show mc their seat checks, aud an usher (I believe there
was one iu the left-field stand) made a feeble ami, of course, unsuccessful
effort to get the seat for me. Anyway, I lost out, as did hundreds of others,
and I finally was forced to view the bouts from u seat much inferior to tint
which I bought."
1'iouioter I.eon Itains says he made arrangements to seat the crowd
propel 1 nnd had 100 matines on the job for that purpose. However, as soon
as the first bout started the soldiers rushed on the field to get a better view
of the bonis and forgot all about ushering. The result was that the crowd
occing tiie vacant seats of the late-comers 4aud noting the absence of the
aariues, made a rush and sat iu the good seats. Nothing could stop it,
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FY 77 J futuic, Kains says, there will be no trouble. Instead of
reserving the seats he will have $1, $2 and M sections roped off, and
first come, fiist seicid. This plan is used at the baseball games and
should be successful at the boxing shows. More entrances and ticket
icindows also will be opined.
Record Offer for Tendler-Lconard Bout
CHAItLEY YVEIKMrM.Kn, well known in local fistic circles and former
manager of llenuy Kauffman, is anxious to become a promoter and stage
a battle between ISenny Leonard and Lew Tendler, Charlie is no piktr and
spilled the following over the phone today:
"I will put up a purse of !?.!0,000 for the match and deposit $10,000
the day the articles are signed. Then, one week before the bout takes place I
t will put up the remaining ?20,000 In any bank or iu the hands of any person
i't. t . . !.... T ...II! .nl ...nit ,,nfil l,n tnnnn. nrnnnc In . 1. .L
UV UOSVIB Sl'iVSl. X ! AlVfc "lliv uuii k. muuij ""UM JU lUlUUgU IUC gate
I-'and Leonard aud Teudler need not worry about their share."
TMa 1 tlia firuf limifi.Hfle offer made for this fmnnrtnnf mtnl .. .i f
&sie lightweights have any intention of
fcq seriously considered.
fUUlTV thousand dollars it the
yucl lightweight bout in the
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HEN Jess Willard won his title at Havana he weighed about 247 pounds.
tl. .1 I... I. a ...111 ...flTnl, Incu tlinn itiaf urliJin Yin alana Infi !... I
j- J ll? UrVlUira U l l-SM lua vmmm w,v ,...vu . fbvi'ej iuw mo llllg
V'-Vlth Jrk Dempsey, If be does succeed In whittling away more of the flesh,
W ",-K:'5J!l f U a detitleciadTnutage, for his
weight championship nt the world from
ran Maine his success on two things
cy would don the gloves again next
work-outs will not be so strenuous.
-i . ..'.i..i,i -,., lll- -..nut. UIUUI1
Dcmn - ev will have the larger following
This Patron
at the Phils' Park last Monday night
they received. Those arriving after
meeting in the near future It should
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largest purse ever offered for a six-
history of boxing,
bnlk'alwayn has made him . slow movir.
FlNA stuff! "
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Fifty-four Rounds of Boxing
Scheduled to Precede Willard-
Dempsey Co
FIRST BOUT AT 10 A. M.
Toledo. June If). Kiftv-four sched
uled rounds of boxing w ill precede the
twelve-round beavj weight cbamnion
ship contest between Jess Willard and
Jack Dcnipsoj here Jul v 4. it was an
nounced today by Ad Q. Tbacher,
matchmaker of the Toledo Athletic
Club.
Thaeher was commissioned by Tex
Itickard. promoter of the Independence
Uav contest, to arrange the prelimi
naries and he scheduled three bouts of
eight rounds each and three of ten
rounds. The lirst match will start at
10 o'clock in the morning, an hour
after the gates of the huge arena open
and
the boxing will be almost con-
tinuous until Willard aucl ins youtinui
hallenger climb into the ring
Preliminary Bout
The complete card of preliminaries
follows :
10 a. in. Tommy O'ISoyle, of To
ledo, vs. Solly Epstein, of Indianapolis,
eight rounds at 110 pounds.
10 :40 a. in. "Wop" English, of To
ledo, vs. "Whirlwind" Wendt, of the
I'nited States army, eight rounds at 1.55
pounds.
11:30 a. m. Johnny Lewis, of To
ledo, vs. Tommy Long, of Detiolt, ten
rounds at 1.15 pounds.
12:30 p. m. Johnny Rose, of To
ledo. vs.'P.attling Ualliere, of the I'nit
ed States army, eight rounds at 135
pounds.
1 p. m. Jock Malone, of ht. Paul,
vs. Navy Ralston, of Joliet, 111., ten
rounds at 145 pounds.
2 p. m. Frankie Mason, of Port
Wavue, Ind., vs. Carl Tremaine, of
Detroit, ten rounds at 110 pounds.
Jess in Shape
Sergeunt YValtcr Monahan. chief
sparring partner for Willard. said to
day that in his opiniou lllard is '00
per cent a better boxer than when he
fought Jack Johnson for the heavy
weight championship iu Havana In
1015. t , .
Monahan, while not predicting a
knockout for Willard, believes be will
win handily. He asserted that no one
knows the tremendous hitting power of
the champion.
AMATEUR BASEBALL NOTES
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fast fourteen to
:"PnW want? Bame8 with anj
SiSJ' creeling teams,
235 Wolf street
Joseph J Reagan
The ,.;n,.vnla (Man,, haveJune
'":. 4 ,,"., ?J. 1702 Christian Vt.
28.
Julv
open
Vtc'urV. "02 Chrl
a m.
..- .c.n.hlit Social, fre.h from Its yte-
ln .. thU atronc Essex team, would UKe
orl ;"L..m.J with all flrst-class traveling
r. hmk Barnes wiin " ..,u via,aono.
. ni irftme
.earns B. t-"""'
1231 North Nineteenth
street.
I',pt""VunT-"8CandUn'e,'5,,"rs.nr"or',n,1
n?.c.ah.S." S.-U.. Wi"lam Connor,
Crum I.5ivne. Ta.
- r.l C. would llVte to hear from
The Ff ''': Intv one year old traveling
1 twenty n.tenl:, 1:...h o1Sn North
.11 tuentv
teams. William
Woodworm. 2fl North
Second street
cTa's .TuneAK aSd July 4 open for any
first-class
traveling
nue, vv esc """-
'. . Ttkllallalnhln.
..... r.l,is II. C. an elshteen-year-old
SUPfl VOWS " " , ,V. tanmi
0;eaanl"jrT;ioi8E..tAt.
lantlc street.
. riimore H. C. a thlrteen.fourteen-,Jrh-oldrnln"
nt. me.. I. Kauffm.n.
2317 Natrona street.
Th. Collin. A. C. would llk'toh'" r
first-clip! teams. V. R. demerit". 1831
Moore street,
nrldesbanc. a flrsf-claps trsvellnie team.
hl June 14 open for a food home club.
II. C. Smith, 41C9 Ent Thompson itrtet,
Th CTover A. C. has June 14 open for a
flrst-clapi Mmit team. E. F, McCurry. S441
Sunnyslde avenue.
Tha On-mmitowTi CoIIenlans are reidy to
meet any nr"i-iae niu ,em " jm "
ilf J, uonwijr, po.o jiuaivvii srvrt.
TaK(5-5 AtOOTHeR
a .. - at., li.n
LEONARD "CLEANS UP"
IN STOCKS; TO RETIRE
Lightiveight Champion
Plans to Quit Game at
End of Season and Enter
Business
TAKES A RAP AT GAME
Kj JAMES S. CAROL-AX
'pill: boxing world recognizes Henn.v
Leonard as the world's LlfiHT
WHICHT champion. Along Wall
street this same Iienny Leonard is rated
a UnAYYWEICHT.
Leonard has been a dist.-ct success
"i boding. He is one of the game's
most brilliant performers. But Hng
fans ,e i, el, to SPp u,rJ ittlp
inm in action.
Hennv Leonard nlnns (n r.,t.v
i ins
IS no chenni. nr. ,i ,1,1 el,., T,
r . "IIH -IHI. Jl.n
Leonard nersonilllv nnn,i,l l.i. .!:
Probabl would be his last season as a
; m-unm.
"-iiu.v now
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LeonnrH t:.. i ',' ' J" lm
I. ouurn lii'elfiiniMitti i,;i. n: ;..
-ew lork. and he shortlv expects to
open a branch office in this city.
Stork .Market Hind
The champion's branching into busi
ness was not the direct cause. The
Nevv oik stock market treated Benny
so kindly during the last two month's
that he managed to make more from
stocks than he ever accumulated from
work in the ring.
Leonard is the first heavyweight,
lightweight champion th.it ever ruled.
As the champion, cpiiotly quartered
In the rear of an eighteenth -century
model seagoing hack, slowly moved to
ward Shibe Park last Wednesday after
noon, he gently told of his plans. Jack
Weinstein. Joe l'irestone nnd the writer
were deadlocked in this very antiquatca
conveyance.
Haps tho Sport
'The boxing game is all right, but
the
ieuows mat arc trying to run it
lm,... ....lt.,1 -ii ,.,i. in me Bemlw incl-un. Th" othr boutn fol-
nave mined or are rapidly killing allow: Touns Cwnpti i Johnnv Doff. Patsy
great sport," said the champion as he j &" 'ialnVt'"ie VdTov. anJ Joh"nv
grasped for the side of the rocking bus.
"I don't have to box anv more. And, mti WnttM-n will cv'ebrnle his return to
what is more, I think this is niv last tne rinK a'te a !oncr ahanc overseas when
year in the game. I had plenty of luck
witli stocks nnd in the future will de
vote my time to the rubber business
aud forget tho leather (gloves)."
Leonard has fought oftener in this
city than an.v other. It was here that
he got his start. He admitted Wednes
day afternoon, as he saw Kid Gleason's
White Sox win out in the eighth over
frames with home teams J
Mouth Seventeenth street
Valentine, 1010
The retiree A. A. wnnM ilk . . ,.
mes with a flrst-elas, home team for June
rA',."iS'L"."y 9?.7.1..Trir- '-'-n and North
Phlladelphla
high avenue.
viiimia Appel, 12J j;ast Le-
I.lt Ilrothera .limlors.
ear-old team, has a fe'w ovn da '. In June
and July for such teams asI & ('Juniors
flfteen-seventeep.
well Gorbach rare T.f 1i..u
Markat streets.
Eighth and
A flrst-c-lass pltrhrr would Ilk eto Plav for
a fourteen- xteen-vear-nld team W, , r
Bannon. 20BO Cayuga street. I -harles
A rnod. fast ootnelder would HVe to Inin
a nrst-claes trave Ing club I o ?ii2!
3108 North Sixteenth street. ' Cl"K
The Ht Ivwrenee C. C ts wliho,i . .
for June 21 and dates' in Julv fo? T.
flrst-clss. home clubs S ; Fkb "?
East York street. raper, .337
hT,h'jur7,2,Ad' $K"lr, 'r"'T5 m.
away. Thone Kenslneton 1301 v ' vcn-
anV'juyy",fo7fl'r;t?;'.a,;,Sh00 ft'" '
Wilson 808 Callow hill itrt. ' ' A J-
2nryi"aSu'!l,'4.,:raa'r.oh8Vu'ndavn3,?e4.
QDr'any 75imN1orr0tnemn"thh?ee,"ound"' ul"
opJnh.e wTfianVHTl. r8PNoUrg"TVhJi'.rli'
The Victory A,
Tha rhilmnre A. A. hsa Juns 14 and .Tulv
4 open for firit-class home tmmi. Edvv In
Leech, 8747 North Front street. ""'"
The Onus Club would Ilka to meet all Jer-
5;u,0,rtnb,pnnuA,.,irr?.;'d"' w,ta "'
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" Ce- e-e1 Vovaj ge
Badda maw.
Sent to Prison for
Winning Wrestling Bout
Paris, June 10. Petro Sonda. a
200 pound Rumanian w testier, who
i-j entered for the interallied games
was taken prisoner b.v the Germans
when Bucharest was captured.
While he was in prison a match
was arranged between him and the
champion wrestler of the German
forces ip the Kast. Sonda threw
his opponent so violently that the
German's leg was broken. 'He re
ceived a severe reprimand from the
German commander and was put in
solitary confinement for a month.
the A.'s, that he got his real start here
against Tommy Langdon.
"Do jou know what I got for that
fight?" he asked.
"Couldn't imagine," replied Jack
Weinstein. "Guess it was about 500
bucks. That's what Kddie O'Keefe was
cnttinc "
I "Nothing to
t," said Benny. "I got
rtnli- C-.IV Tl.nn 'flit.' tr.1.1 ToCr.limnLll.
n,i., i'.ru. x III II ,l.i iwtil .m. n ii inn i.-.
I .... ..........
i Jack lianlon that it 1 dun t malce good
... .
lie would pay me the IfuU. Gib never
gave me that half-century note. It
wasn't uecessarj."
Tired of Game
Leonard said nothing about a cham
pionship match. He is tired of the
game and lie was serious when he an
nounced it. He now wants to" be a busi
ness man aud forget sport.
He said he was willing to appear heic
a few more time this season. Doubt
less he will exhibit here again before
the end of the season.
Then, we have Itennj 's own words
for it, he will say farewell to boxing.
Scraps About Scrappers
Ttie Bummer boxlncr tmwm nwnv at the
Nntlorral tonlcht. Joe Grlffn. National an
nouncer, fs the promoter Johnnv Alealv and
Parkev Hommev will appear In the wind-up.
Hills Gannon and t'lempneeau come together
the .nRHixes Frank I.ouKhrev In th? wind-up
at Jhe Atlantic C'ltv Snorllne Club. Chls eve
ning Eddie Morican meeU C'harlev Moora
In the xemlwfnd-un The other bouts follow:
Joe Phillip' Mi Joe Marks and Teddv Wil
liams vs. Eddie Hates
nunc .lack Tnlnnd lll be one of thL
wind-up boss at the Cambria open-air show
tomorrow nicbt He takes on thv? hird
blttlng Franklo Iiallev. of Plttsburah.
Johnny Malonev and Jlmmv Lavender meet
In the semtwind-un The other bouts fol
low: TTuhhv o'Hrlen s Martin Duffv,
Vounit Mulligan vs Hlllv Gannon and Tommy
Mursuy vs. Youne Griffo.
Kddle Majtond. sIuvkIiit Italian llaht
weight, faces the rugged Charfev (Kid)
Thomas In th feature frav at President
Sam Gross's Kmnlre A C. Monday night.
Ray O'Mailev former amateur king, ivlll op
pose Davie Moore In the semlwInd-UD. The
other bouts follow Johnny Ketchell vs,
Jlmmv Mvson. Mlrkv Ilrltt vs. Mike Connors
and Frankie McKenna s Charlie Leonard.
A battle royal also will bo staged.
Kddle) Revnlre. one-time middleweight per
former, has returned from France, lie ex
pects to start boxing soon and again has
named Herman lllndln to direct his ring af
fairs Ruvolre nwde good in all of his
service bouts abroad.
Mike Gibbons and llarrv Oreb will meet
!? ihe .J!"!!". b5.V' .at a pneclal show at
Forbes Field In Pittsburgh on Mondav night.
Greb and Gibbons once fought a hard llx-
ruunu uuui ui nil: .uiiunai nere.
" Ilutlllnc I.evlnk and nilly Miske clasfi
in a ten-round bout in Toledo on the night
oi uiy d.
' Surprise In Gayety Bout
A suprise produced unusual excite
ment in the amateur boxing tournament
at the Gayety Theatre last nigljt when
Barney Kid Dix defeated loung Joe
Fisher after an extra round. Fisher
won the 105-pound class finals of the
last tourney nnd was connidercd favor
ably to again triumph. In tha same class
Reddy Johnson trounced John MeMoon
and Johnny Curry forced Kid Thompson
to quit in the second xound. In the 110
d'vlsion, Kid Ferre whipped Harry
Shannon. Kid Jojce knocked out Babe
McAdoo in the first rouud of the 133
pound class.
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Joe O'Rourke, Mahaffy and
Dwyer Among Headliners on
Manager Haggerty's Club
TAKEN SIX GAMES IN ROW
Of all the semipro teams in the city
none stands out more prominently than
the craek Nativity team, which has se
cured a fine playing field at Ontario and
Miller streets.
The Richmond aggregation is man
aged b.v Phil Haggerty. n former player,
who began with the old Manhnttans a
few- years ago. This club is the first
one with whom Joe O'Rourke, the
player who is credited with discovering
Alexander, played. Haggerty and
O'Rourke were teammates.
Strong Line-Up
The success of the Xntivitv team is
not due alone to the ability of the man
ager, for Manager Haggertv has a line
up that promises to battle for the inde
pendent clmmnionship of the city.
On first is Tom Mahaffy. formerly of
the Wilmington Tristnte and Richmond
Internationals. At seco"'l is Rill Dwyer,
star from the Albany. New York State
League. Third ba.se is held down by a
local lad. George Meislcr. At fcbort
stop is .toe O'Rourke.
The outfield consists of Richard
Flanagan, a local lad in left: Jim
Adair, of Lupton. in right, and Edgar
Flanagan, formerly with Southampton
and Port Richmond, in center.
The catching i well attended to by
Frank McCafferty. formerly of the
champion Station R nine of the United
!as Improvement League.
Tho Tivirlers s
The pitching is in charge of Tom De
Frates, who has shown wonder form
for Hog Island, and Frank Daly, of
the Port Richmond Railroad League
champions.
Nativity has played the best teams to
date and has succeeded in winning nil
gnmes b.v good scores. Their record
of victories Includes: Nativity. 10; In
diana, 1; Nativity. 0: TuJt.choekcn
Reds, 4; Nativity. 8; North Philndci
phh Rrowns, 4; Nativity, 11 ; Co K
rtimii uversens ucgimcnt. .; Nativitv
Mnnavunk. 7; Nntivit.v. 0: Nnrtt,
Side Profs., 3. '
The Nativity Club is onen to menf nil
the best clubs in Philadelphia and otit-
oi-iovvners are invited to write for
gnmes to Manager Phil Haggerty, 201".
Cedar street. v
St. Louis Gets College Player
Mobile. Ala., June 18. Dennis Cur
ren, leading pitcher of Sprilg Hill Col
ege here, signed a contract today with
the St. Louis National League club.
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Women's National Tennis
Championship of the U. S.
(Also OlrU' Championship and Mixed Double
Championship rif (he 11. S.)
At rhlla. Cricket Club. Monday. Jam 18.
, to Fnturrfar, June 21t.
Admission chare. SOc ei Mon., Tne Wed.,
Thiin.i (1 on Frl. and Sat
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THLETICS vs. DETROIT
TODAY, S:S0 I'. SI., AT
Shibe Park
8ee Cobb nml Tlceri In nrtton.
Ticked SOc. Sftc, 8Se and SI. 10.
Reserved at Glmbell' and Spald
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Carman. Ijwrenw. Valthoi.r.
Races
Chapman. Hprlnt Match Race!
and Two Amateur Kyenta
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11TH STREET ARENA
YootMt and Largest Clnb In rhlla,
J1TII AND OATIIARINK RTRKKTS
Tatar Rowan vs. Willie Herman
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HUIY STAR PUYERS
Often the Line Which Separates Hero From a Denizen
of Bumland Is Too Small to Be Seen by
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Vocational Training
I'd like to break aicay somewhere and take a needed rest;
Go forth and seek the solitudes or some tall mountain's crest;
I'd like to but I haven't time to lake amid the strife
The training that a fellow needs to leml the simple life';
And oh, it gives mc pain to know dark anguish clouds my brou) .,
j not i m not nearly strong enough
If I could train like Wiltard has ten hours every day,
Or get my stomach ready fp digest a bale of hay;
If I could get in Dcmpsey's shape with all my nerves calmed down,
I'd run the risk I'd take a chance and beat it out o( fotcn;
Hut, oh, it gives mc grief to know, dark anguish clouds my brow,
That I'm not nearly well enough for a vacation now.
The Narrow Gap
THE gap between Fame and the opposite stuff is at times too narrow to be
seen with the nak,ed orb.
A ball plajer clrops a short fly to right field. It is a poorly hit ball, but
it so happens the right fielder was playing deep. So he drives in the winning
runs. Since the batsman obtained the desired results, he is the day's hero.
Yet if the right fielder had been plajing properly he would have been an easy
out and, therefore, a denizen of bumland.
Take the case of the recent open championship. Waiter Hagen five
strokes behind, with eighteen holes to play, made one of' the gamest rallies of
the year, overcoming, this handicap by a finish replete with skill nnd courage.
He deserved every echo of applause that he drew. The next day he wag
four strokes beyond Mike Brady, with only eight holes to play. At the finish,
or near the finish, Hagen was two strokes to the good, with only two holes to
play. He then takes a five on a par three hole and loses ode of these strokes.
And nt the last hole he Wps his tec shot in front of a brook. It so happened
that the ball luckily jumped the brook. But suppose, by the law of average,
it hadn't.
He would then have had a six on this hole and would almost surely 1 ave
lost. He would then have finished, 5-0, losing three strokes on two holes.
Imagine the difference. One day a hero the next a member in full standing
of the "Cracked-uuder-the-straiu" Club.
And the only difference between the two borders 'of herodom nnd the other
was a matter of a topped ball jumping a six-foot, brook, where, seven times out
of teu, it would have found the rock-fretted rills of disaster.
yilERE nrc times when the margin between the two things victory
oiicJ defeat cheers and jeers fame and infamy is about as thick
as the segment of a toy balloon.
The Way of Chance'
THE Law of Luck or the ways of chance are queer and uncanny. There are
times when a glaring mistake will eost nothing and at other times 'the
smallest slip may bring on disaster.
Ficd Merkle, for one example.'alvvays has been a good, hard-working
ball plajer above the nvcrage. But it has b"cn his fate to make his mistakes
just as the white spotlight was thrown upon him. So they were remembered,
where others of a ranker growth were never thought of again.
There are times, too, when a man's mistake may bring him glory. We
recall the case of a certain football player who should have been in a scrimmage
under waj. On this occasion he failed to dive iu and do his part. A fumble
resultedthe ball bounded out in front of him, ten yards from the mass, and
his sixty-yard run decided the issue of the day.
IJ2 WAS the game's hero because the law of chance had picked him
" out on that occasion.
The Answer
Never mind the speed you've got ;
Xevcr mind about your curve;
Though it sail around the lot
With a zig:ag and a swerve;
How you grip or twist the ball
Enters not upon the scroll;
Here's the answer to it all
How is your controlt
Xcvcr mind about the luck
Or the umpire robbing you
How the Fates were there to buck
Everything you tried to do;
Cut it out and let it go.
In the Book of Praise and Blame,
. This is all there is to knoio
' Did you play the garnet
A Fair Bet
THIS b(ng a speculative age, one citizen has a quaint bet which he expects
to collect. It is this that a pennant will be won this season by one of the
old Orioles.
This means McGravv, Oleason, Jennings or Robinson. It also means the
Giants, White Sox, Tigers or Dodgers.
He has Cleveland, New York and Boston to beat in the American League
Chicago, iu the main, to beat in the National League.
There is a chance that two Orioles may hook in a world Eeries, an event
that has never happened so far as we can remember.
Three of these old Orioles McOraw, Jennings nnd Robinson have al
ready entered world series. But so far they haven't done much winning, for
out of nine attempts they have bagged only one triumph.
McG KAW has dropped four out of five, Jennings all three, and Rob
inson his lone start in the big October finale.
JESS WILLARD'S style is to wait for the other man to come to him. With
Dempsey in the ring' Willard won't have to wait very long. Not long
enough to grow restless about the delay.
THAT peculiar nspect attached to the Standing of the Clubs in the National
League is easily explained'. This is mid-June und the Reds are still in the
first division. What is more to the pi)int, they will finish there unless some one
shoves Patrick Morun over a cliff.
YOU can never tell what quaiut desires may come upon a bloke. There are
always a cluster of applicants seeking an umpire's job. And there are any
number who are practicing quick starts
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