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INDIANS GAIN ON BREWERS AND ARE SET TO BREAK INTO FIRST DIVISIOI
TRIBE WITHIN
FEW POINTS OF
FOURTH PLACE
Battling Hoosiers About Ready
to Slip by the Milwaukee
Aggregation.
AGAIN DEFEAT BLUES
KANSAS CITY, July 9.—Jack Hen
dricks’ Indians were rather worn today
after struggling through two days of
extra-inning baseball, but they forgot
the fatigue in their desperation to con
tinue winning and thereby gain a place
In the A. A. first division.
Standing only one-half game out of
fourth place they were wildly deter
mined to hang up another victory this
afternoon, and In the meanwhile hope
for the Colonels to whale the Brewers,
thus opening the way for Indianapolis
to gain one more step In the league
standing.
FEEL WINNING
STREAK COMING.
Previous to today the Tribesmen had
won four straight games and they feei
as if they are due for another winning
streak despite the fact that their four
recent victories all have been of the wild
eyed kind.
After battling eighteen innings for vic
tory Wednesday the Hoosiers engaged in
an eleven-inning fracas with the Blues
yesterday, winning, 8 to 7.
It was a see-saw contest in which Man
ager Hendricks spent an afternoon of ex-
Fourth Straight Victory
Indians. AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Reillew, if 6 0 110 1
Wolf. 3b 4 0 0 1 2 0
Hunter, lb 2 1110 0
Covington, lb 5 1 3 11 2 0
Shinners, cf ..0 1 0 3 0 0
Kehg. cf-3b 5 12 10 0
Zwllling, rs 4 12 10 0
Gossett, c 4 2 1 5 2 0
Scbreiber. ss 5 0 1 2 4 0
Smith, 2b '...5 1 0 5 6 0
Rogge, p 3 0 2 2 2 0
•Henline 1 0 1 0 0 0
Caret, p 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jones, p 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 8 14 33 19 1
Blues. AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Miller, If 5 2 4 2 0 0
McCarthy, 2b 6 1 1 3 5 0
Good, cf.. 6 1 3 4 0 0
Brief, lb 6 O 2 16 0 1
Bweeney, c 4 1 2 2 2 0
tßrock 0 0 0 0 0 0
Letter, rs 6 0 2 2 1 0
Roche. 2b 4 0 2 0 3 0
1 0 0 0 0 0
Hartford, ss 5 1 1 3 6 2
Ames, p....'........4 1 1 1 6 0
Totals 47 7 18 33 23 3
•Batted for Rogge in the eighth.
tßan for Sweeney in the eleventh.
JBatted for Roche in the eleventh.
Indians 0400011010 I—S
Blues 3100021000 o—7
Sacrifice hits—Shinners, Ame. Stolen
bases—McCarthy, Good. Two-base hits—
Reiiley. Covingtbn, Zwilling, Rehg,
Good. Letter 2. Double plays—Wolf to
Gossett to Covington. Left on bases—
Indians, 9; Blues, 11. Bases on balls—
Off Rogge, 2; off Ames, 4. Hits—Oft
Rogge. 14 and 7 runs in 7 Innings; off
Cavet, 3 and 0 runs in 12-3 innings; off
Jones. 1 and 0 runs in 2 1-3 innings. Hit
by pitcher—By Rogge, 1 (Sweeney*.
Struck out—By Rogge 2; by Ames, 2;
by Jones. 1. Winning
Losing pitcher—Ames. Umpires—Con
nolly and Shannon. Time—2 20.
haustion on the bench, but his tactics
finally pulled the team through in a
screaming finish.
Walter Rehg drove home the winning
run after having tied the game in the
ninth with an opportune double and as
a result Walter is responsible for num
erous heart aches in Kansas City to-
started on tb£ mound for In
dianapolis and he was clearly off form,
the Blues grabbing three markers right
off the bat.
SCORE FOUR
IN SECOND.
Then the Indians whaled over four rum
in the second and the battle was on.
Kansas City immediately tied the count,
and that Is the way it went the re
mainder of the day, first one club and
then the other stepping out in front.
Due to the fact that the Indians were
hitting. Hendricks left Rogge stay until
the e:ghth. when Cavet relieved h.ro. The
tail southpaw was not effective, however,
and Paul Jones finally was rushed into
the fray to stop the terrific K. C. slug
ging.
The defensive play of Jimmy Smith
was sensational and the hitting of Cov
ington also was prominent, so it looks
as though when it comes to a give-and
take baseball the Hoosiers are superior
to the Blues.
Leon Ames went the full route for the
locals and the Indians are glad that he
remained because he was lust loose
enough for them to top anything the
Bluea started.
Big League Stuff
Babe Adams, "the ancient.” blanked
the Phils with five hits yesterday.
Cleveland regained the lead in the
American by defeating the Nationals
twice. Morton pitched In fine form
in the first game.
In addition to whitewashing Boston,
Urban Shocker collected a double and
two singles for the Browns.
Disastrous bobbles by Fewster and
Hannah proved fatal to the Yankees in
their opener with Detroit. Ty Cobb
helped the Tigers as a pinch hitter.
A ninth-inning rally by the White
Sox gave them the verdict over the
Athletics, who also pounded Clcotte
hard in the last frame.
Tyler's pitching baffled the Giants and
the Cubs mauled Fred Toney.
Manager Mitchell of the Chicago Na
tionals, today received word that he
bad been fined SSO for his recent ar
gument with Umpire Moran.
Manager Pat Moran of the Cincinnati
Nationals, Business Manager Frank Ban
croft and Auditor Karl Finke narrowly
escaped being struck by lightning at the
Cincy ball park Tuesday afternoon. Dur
ing a storm they were standing near
Bancroft's desk when the bolt Struck a
flagstaff on the roof, descended into the
office and burled Itself in the floor at
the fpet cf the club officials. They
escaped Injury.
Thieves broke Into a dressing room
at the Polo grounds Thursday during
the game between the Yankees and the
Tigers, and stole the street clothing and
personal effects of Umpires Hildebrand
and Evans. They obtained S9OO in money
and several pieces of Jewelry. A crow
bar was used to gala entrance to the
room.
Mare and Colt to Start
in Same Lexington Race
It Is not often that a mare and her
colt start at the same meeting, but this
will happen at Lexington next October
if Lueile Bingen, and her 3-year
old daughter Luclle Harvester, 2.1 2%, till
their engagements at the Kentucky breed
ers' meeting.
James Snell, who owns both, has
entered the mare in the Transylvania,
Walnut Hill cup, Castleton and Ashland
purses, while the flHy is among the
entries in the Kentucky Futurity.
Ladle Bingen was formerly a brood
mate at C. K. G. Billings's breeding farm
in Virginia. Snell drove her a mile in
2;13& In her work at Lexington a short
time ago.
1 YANKEES’ OUTLOOK IS ROSY 1
Above, Ping Bodie (at left) and Roger Peckinpaugh. Below, Babe Ruth (wait*
ing for one), Wallie Pipp spearing one and Manager Miller Huggins.
Yankee fans have got the idea pretty
firmly fixed in their minds that the Amer
ican league race is all over but the award
ing of the pennant and the pretty pins
to the boys, even though the Cleveland
Baseball Calendar
and Standings
HOW THEY STAND.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
W. L. Pct.l W. L. Pet.
St. Paul.. 54 24 .692 Indpls ... 36 39 .480
Min'apoiis 45 34 .570 Louisville. 35 39 .473
Toledo... 42 35 .545 Columbus. 34 41 .453
Milwauke. 37 39 ,487 Kau. City. 22 54 .289
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
W. L. Pct.i tV. L. ret.
Cleveland. 48 25 .05Si 805t0n.... 34 36 .486
New York 49 27 .645 St. Louis.. 35 33 .479
Chicago.. 45 28 .616 Detroit. ... 23 47 .329
Wash'ton. 36 32 ,529jPh11ada.... 20 57 .260
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
W. L. Pct.l W. L. Pet.
Cincinnati 39 29 .574. Chicago... 38 36 .514
Brooklyn.. 40 32 ,556;805t0n.... 30 32 .484
Pittsburg. 35 33 .515 New York. 33 39 .458
St. Louis. 38 36 .514,Phi1ada.... 27 43 .386
GAMES TODAY’.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Indianapolis at Kansas City.
Louisville at Milwaukee.
Toledo at St. Paul.
Columbus at Minneapolis.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
St. Louis at Boston.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Washington.
Detroit at New York.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn at St. Louis (two games).
Boston at Cincinnati.
Philadelphia at Pittsburg.
New Y’ork at Chicago.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
St. Paul 05800 003 *—ll 12 0
Toledo 2 0000000 2 4 82
Batteries —Cournbe and McMenemy ;
Middleton, Nelson and Murphy, McNeill.
(Six innings, rain.)
Minneapolis 0 0 0 1 0 o—l0 —1 6 2
Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 O —o 4 1
Baueries —James and Mayer; Lyons
and Kelly.
Louisville 01002010 0-4 8 0
Columbus 0000000 1 o—l 4 1
Batteries—Long and Kocher; Miller and
Gaston.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 s—B 16 0
Philadelphia ... 00000000 5—5 8 4
Batteries—Cicotte and Schalk. Moore.
Hasty and Myatt.
Detroit 000000 1 0 3—4 5 2
New York 00000020 I—3 3 2
Batteries—Ayers, Okrie and Ainsmith,
Stanage; Collins and Hannah.
(First game).
Cleveland 0 1000101 I—l 10 0
Washington 00000020 o—2 5 1
Batteries—Morton and O'Neill; Shaw
and Gharrity.
(Second same).
Cleveland 10020320 l-£ 17 1
Washington .... 03 1 1 000 0 I—6 13 1
Batteries-Nlehaus, Uhle and O'Neill;
Snyder, Erickson, Sehacht and Gharrity.
St. Louis 00200101 o—4 12 l
Boston 00000000 o—o 7 O
Batteries —Schocker and Severeid ; I’en
nock and Walters.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 5 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 2—14 10 1
St. Louis 00010000 1— 2 5 5
Batteries—Taylor, Grimes and Miller;
Haines, North, Kirne, Schultz and Dill
boefer, Clemons.
Chicago 12200 3 00 *—S 14 0
New York 02010002 o—s 9 <•
Batteries—Tyler and Klllefer; Toney,
Winters and Snvder.
Pittsburg 00000001 *—l 7 1
Philadelphia... 00000000 o—o 5 3
Batteries—Adams and Schmidt; Mea
dows and Wheat.
Boston at Cincinnati; rain.
Shooting Is High Class
in Bender Trap Meet
SOUTH BEND, Ind.. July 9.—Star
shots from all over the country competed
in the opening of the national American
trapshooting contest here Thursday.
H. B. Greenmeyer, Ohio. W. E. Phillips
Jr., Chicago, and D. Thomas, Chicago,
each broke fifty pigeons straight in the
special event.
G. A. Bogert, Sandusky, 0., led in the
regular event with 149; Fred Harlow,
Newark, 0., had 148. and H. C. Stutz of
Indianapolis, 147.
Thomas A. Marshall, the noted trap
shooting writer, was off form, getting
only 146, tying with G. H. Ford, Indian
apolis professional, for fourth place.
Five women entered in the event gave
the men close competition. Mrs. Wink
ler and Mrs. May, both of Chicago, broke
143 and 140, respectively.
The meet will continue today and Sat
urday.
club is topiug the standing.
Babe Ruth's hitting even better than
the most rabid bugs thought he would,
the other gluggers are backing him up
and Huggins' pitching staff looks better
every day.
Johnston Is Victor
Over Frenchman in
Davis Cup Contest
American Defeats Gobert in
Straight Sets by Flashy
Tactics.
By FLOYD MacGRIFF.
EASTBOURNE, England, July 9.—Wil
liam M. Johnston of San Francisco, to
day defeated A. 11. Gobert of France in
the first of the Davis cup ties between
the American and French teams. Johnston
won in straight sets. 6-3. 36, 6-3.
The match was played on a soggy
court and the heavy Gobert was handi
capped in the slow going.
Johnston flashed his best otvle spas
modically, but succeeded in funning Go-
I bert all over the court and won handily.
In the second match William T. Tilden
II of Philadelphia defeated W. H. Lau
lentz In four sets, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3.
Tilden was slow getting started, but
once he got warmed up to his game ills
terrific service and smashing style
proved too much for his opponent.
Why Boys Leave Home
CINCINNATI, July 9.—Five minutes
after he had received a telegram offering
him u post as outfielder for the Nashville
team of the Southern Baseball associa
tion at a salary of $225 a month, Milton
Feale resigned his position as flic clerk
In the office of the building Inspector,
which paid him S6O a month.
There’s a Difference in a
Levinson jJkjk
Hat
“Hats are hats,” you say. Ask
your best girl, what the difference
is between a Ce’cile hat and the
ones turned out by ordinary milli- /
nery shops. You bet she knows.
There is the same difference in m
is the formula: The use of the y
best quality material plus first- : raggpj&K r
class workmanship. Top that off /
with a dash of style and smartness £SrpMf
—and you have a Levinson hat. r ~
Levinson s Straws
$2 $A
Genuine Leghorns, Panamas and Bangkoks
Rightly Priced
SILK CAPS CLOTH CAPS
$2.50 $2 to $3.50
Three Big Stores i 25 West Washington Street
\ 41 South Illinois Street
Open Saturday Evenings ( Corner Illinois and Market Sts.
iiN jlhain A DAjlLi JVLii a, l&u.
LOCAL PENNSY
NINE BIDS FOR
ATTERBURY CUP
Play Leading, Up to Rail Sys
tem Finals in East Opens
Tomorrow.
GAMES AT WOODSIDE
\ ———
Grand Division Schedule
July 10 —Louisville at Logansport,
Terre Haute at Indianapolis {Woodside,
3:80 p, m.)
July 17—Logansport at Terre Haute,
Indian'*polls at Louisville.
July 24—Indianapolis at Logansport,
Louisville at Terre Houte.
July 31—Louisville at Indianapolis,
Terre Haute at Logansport.
Aug. 7—Logansport at Louisville, In
dianapolis at Terre Haute.
Aug. 14—Terre Haute at Louisville, Lo
gansport at Indianapolis.
This city Is going after additional na
tional baseball honors through the team
representing the Pennsylvania' shops and
at the Woodside diamond tomorrow aft
ernoon the club will play its first game
la the newly organized Indiana Grand
Division league.
The Terre Haute Penhsy nine will pro
vide the opposition tomorrow and, as it
will be the opening game in the race
for the Atterbury cup, plenty of rooting
no doubt will be heard.
The management of the Pennsylvania
system is encouraging athletics of all
kinds among its employes and at this
time particular attention is being given '
to baseball,
VICE PRESIDENT
DONATES CLP.
It is contemplated to work for a cham
pionship among the four western regions
by a series of elimination games between
the various divisions of each system, the
champions of the various systems to com
pete for the championship of the region
and the champions of the region to play
for the championship of the system, which
carries with it the Atterbury cup donated
by Vice President Atterbury of the Penn
sylvania system.
The manager of the Indianapolis di
vision team is Mike O'Brien, who Is em
ployed at the local Pennsylvania shops
aud who is assisted in the baseball task
by Harry Hubbard, also employed at the
| local shops.
These men sro confident their team
will win the title of the Indiana Gran t
I division, in which event the locals will
! compete with the champion of the central
; Ohio division.
! FINAL GAME
I CARDED IN EAST.
The winner of the Indiana-Ohio series
; then will meet the victors of the North
western division and the winuer <>f this
! play will go east and clasli with the
, champion of the Eastern dlvislou for the
Pennsy title.
Play of thli kind has been going oti
! in the east for twelve years and. though
something new for the west, the team
managers in this section believe they
have baseball talent the equal of uuy
thlug the ast cau produce.
I The Indianapolis team officials, through
the work of Chief Clerk Snndden, who
represents the Indiana division In base
-1 ball, has Just completed grandstand and
i bleachers at Woodside, providing for 500
spectators. The diamond also lias been
Improved and Pennsy fans are sure to
! witness high-class baseball in the local
games.
Precedlug the game tomorrow, niednis
. will lie presented local Pennsy men who
i served in the war, there being about fifty
foimer service men employed here.
Red Corrlden, former American asso
ciation player. Is manager of the Logaus
j port team, which is Included In the In
| dtana division.
Yank rUhletes Show
British More Pointers
LONDON, July 9—On the heels of the
victory in the Wimbledon tennis cham
pionships, the American colony here had
additional grounds for celebrating today
over Princeton's victory yesterday In her
; dun! track meet with Oxford.
The American collegians finished first
i In six out of ten events, winning the 10b
| yard dash, the 120-yard hurdles, high
jump, shot put, hammer throw and broad
Jump.
Daily Times Race Next
Event for Cycle Stars
15-Mile Handicap Over Gar
field Park Course Set for
July 25.
TROPHY AND PRIZES
The Daily Times fifteen-mile handicap
cycle derby to be staged on the Garfield
park course Sunday morning, July 25,
under the direction of Charles E. Wehr,
Indiana representative of the National
Cycling association, will be the next big
event for the amateur pedal pushers of
Indiana.
A field composed of 100 of the leading
amateur riders in the state is expected
to compete in the derby for a silver cup
to be awarded the winner by The Times
NEW COURSE
FOR CYCLISTS.
This will be the first race staged on
the new course at Garfield park. The
park board, at the request of Wehr, has
laid off a course over the park roads, with
the starting point at the main entrance
of the sunken garden*.
The roads over which the event is to
be staged are in perfect condition and,
in view of the fact that the riders have
been tearing off fast miles this year, Wehr
expects the time for the coming race to
equal the official mark for the fifteen
mile route.
Besides the handicap race, Lawrence
WIH/feAMTEUB
m/SEMMOS * EaSr
LOWRY FAVORS
INDEPENDENT SERIES
.Tames H. Lowry, superintendent of
public parks, hus become interested in
a proposed city Independent champion
ship series and is going to get behind a
movement to help put it over success
fully.
The manager of a local independent
team has written to Lowry asking his co
operation arid Lowry has replied, stating
that he thinks an Independent .cries
would be a good tiling for the teams tb.it
were „ kept out of the I. A. I). A. for
various reasons and has requested that
the managers of ull clubs wishing to com
pete lu a tourney of this kind meet with
him in the park board offices. City hall,
next Wednesday night, so that plans and
business matters for the meet can be ar
ranged and play started as soon as pos
sible.
It is believed that there are at least
fifteen teania iu Indianapolis that will
welcome the opportunity of playing in the
independent series and the managers are
lequested to give a definite answer next
Wednesday as to whether or not they
will play. . _
TIGERS VS. TROJANS
IN SERIES JAM
The first game of the south side in
dependent championship will be played
Grand Circuit Results
CLEVELAND July 9.—-After the first
race, a dash for 3-year-oJd trotter*, had
been raided at North Randall Thursday,
a heavy rain set in. floodtr.g the track
to such an extent that the balance or
the Grand Circuit program was post
poaed until today.
Six races, including the Ohio staka
for 2:08 class trotters and the Tavern
stake for 2:14 class trotters, both with
a value of $5,000, were to be decided to
day.
The 2:05 trotting sweepstakes was defi
nitely called off. The summary yester
day :
VMIle Dash (3-year old trotters;
purac $525) - •
Miss Montgomery, b f, by Feter Mont
gomery tEdinan i 1
Torbay, bc, by Dillon Axworthv (Ray) 2
Sister Azoff, br t by Azoff (McMahon) 3
St. Roberts, b c, by Lord Roberts
(Willie) <
Betty K. b f. by ninjolia .Ersklne)... 5
John Walts also started.
Time—l:2o%.
Root; Indianapolis rider who holds sev
eral state records, will ride a special
motor-paced race of five miles in an ef
fort to establish anew record for the
event in the Indiana and Kentucky dis
trict.
Clarence Wagner, Terre Haute rider,
will go after honors in The Times derby.
Wagner rode bis first race on an Indian
apolis track at Riverside park July 5, and
was go.ng strong for the first position
when his wheel collapsed and be was
forced out of the running.
OTHER STATE
RIDERS ENTER.
Two other Terre Haute riders will ac
company Wagner this time and Indian
apolis youngsters are going to find them
tough customers to beat.
Entries will be sent out to all riding
clubs and unattached riders in the state,
and Wehr stated today that he expects
the coming race to be the most attrac
tive of the season for both fans and
pedal pushers.
Besides The Times trophy, several val
uable prizes will be offered (ime and
place w innei s through the National Cyele
Trade Directorate. First time prize win
ner will be awarded a gold watch.
Entry blanks to the derby will be
printed in The Times tomorrow. All
riders wishing to compete in the event
should clip these, fill them out and file
entry with Director Wehr, 222 Hume-
Mansur building, or The Times sport de
partment.
between the Indianapolis Tigers and In
dlunapolis Trojans on Garfield diamond
No. 1 Sunday afternoon and one of the
best amateur battles of the year is ex
pected.
Both clubs are "loaded for bear,” as
there is a little more than reputation at
•take and both managers are confident of
a victory.
In their games with %tate clubs this
year, the Tigers and Trojans have proven
themselves not only two of the best clubs
in the city, but also two of the leading
clubs in Indiana.
The winner of Sunday's game will ac
cept challenges from all teams on the
south side wishing to dispute their claim
to the championship, and after the south,
side series has been completed, the north,
east and west side clubs will be taken on.
The regular Trojan meeting wili be
held at 2001 Shelby street tonight, in
stead of at 1133 Comer avenue, as was
previously afinouuced. All players are ex
pected to attend.
Zlonsvilie and the Waldron (Ind.) Re
serve will cross bats at Waldron Sunday.
Ail Indianapolis players working with the
Zionsvllle club are requested to meet the
team at the Terminal station at 10:30
Sunday morning. Sehaff, Long, Abrams
and French take notice. ,
Owing to a cancellation the ’Debonalrs
are without a game for Sunday and would,
like to get lu touch with a fast club.
Call Harrison 620.
All Christamorcs are requested to re
port for practice at Brookside park to
night. The Christamores and Indianap
olis Printers dash at Brookside Sunday
afternoon. For games cail Woodruff 130.
St. Philip Highbrows and the Spades
A. C.'s will clash at Spade* park Sun
day. All Highbrows are requested to
practice at Spades park tonight.
Shamrock and Resolute
Soon to Leave Dry Dock
NEW YORK. July 9. —Measurements of
I the y achts Resolute and Shamrock IV.
necessary to determine how much of a
: time handicap the Llpton challenger will
have to give the defender in the Arner
| Scan cup races, start ting July 15, will not
I be completed before night.
Two days already have been spent on
the task, it is thought that the two con
testants uiay be able to leave the dry
dock tomorrow.
Sale of Men’s
Sample Oxfords
Regular sls to $lB Qualities
240 pairs of men’s Banister Sample Oxfords —Gumnetal and
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You’ll be out of luck if you can’t find your sizes, but it is worth
while trying. u ,_
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BUY SHOES AT A SHOE SHOP
EIGHT FLOOBS OF SHOES.
Marott’s Shoe Shop
18 and 20 East Washington St.
Store hours, 8a.m.t05 p. m. Open Saturdays until 9p. m.
London Promoter Holds
Georges to Contract
LONDON, July 9.—Charles Cochran
will not release Georges Carpentier from
his contract and will insist upon the
French boxer fighting in Europe, the
London fight promoter told the United
Press today.
"Under no circumstances will I release
Desehamps and Carpentier from their
contract with me.” Cochran said. "Fur
thermore, I will insist upon Carpentier’3
next match being held in Europe, as I
am not sufficiently familiar with condi
tions iu America. I am prepared to of
fer Dempsey as much as anybody, but I
will rigidly hold Carpentier to his con
tract. Carpentier can't fight otherwise.
My New York representative is conferring
with Jack Kearns, Dempsey’s manager,
today.”
BOXING
BOUTS FOR WIGGINS.
Chuck Wiggins has been matched by
his manager to meet Gunboat Smith for
ten rounds at Grand Rapids, July 15, and
Jackie Clark of Allentown, U-., at Cin
cinnati on July 20.
Wiggins is to meet Clarke at 165
pounds, a weight demanded by Clarke
and his manager.
Wiggins went through a workout at
his quarters yesterday and boxed several
rounds with Johnny Saxon and Tommy
McDuff. *
LITTLE ROCK GETS TWO.
LITTLE ROCK, July 9.—Pitcher Carl
son and Outfielder Calvo, recently of the
Washington team of the American league,
will Join the Little Rock Southern as
sociation club at Nashville. They came
to Little Rock in part payment for Out
fielder Miller and Catcher Brottem, who
will Join Washington at the close of the
Southern association season.
O’KEEFE VS. GRIFFITHS.
CHICAGO. July 9.—Dennis O’Keefe, the
Irondale welter, and Johnny Griffiths, of
Akron, have been matched for a ten
round bout July 17 at East Chicago. Pro
moter Oswego Is dickering with Frankie
Mason, flyweight, for a bout with Jimmy
Kelly.
REEVES BEATS ROWLANDS.
TULSA, Okla., July 9. —Jack Reeves, of
San Francisco, was given a referee's de
cision over Lee Rowlands, of Philadelphia,
at the end of the fifteen-round bout here
last night. The men are mlddieweights.
Jap Stars on Way
NEW Y’ORK, July 9.—Among the pas
sengers on the Olympic, sailing Thurs
day, were I. Kumagae, the Japanese ten
nis champion, and seventeen other Japa
nese athletes bound for the Olympic
games at Antwerp.
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FIRST BOUT ON '
DEMPSEY CARD
Chicago Heavy Picked When
All Chances of Carpentier
Match Fade.
OTHER SCRAPS IN VIEW
By HENRY FARRELL.
United Press Sports Editor.
NEW YORK, July 9.—Jack Dempsey
will defend his world’s heavyweight
championship for the first time against
Bill Brennan, the Chicago heavy.
The articles were signed today by Jack
Kearns and Leo Flynn, the managers of
the principals.
Benton Harbor, Philadelphia, Rochester
and New Orleans have bid for the fight,
with prices ranging from $40,000 to soo,v
000 for the champion’s services.
Having called the hand of Georges Car
pentier and finding the Frenchman could
not make good his challenges, Kearns
turned his attention to a pile of offers
for bouts with Brennan, Fred Fulton and
Billy Miske.
"Brennan will be the best first card
against the champion,” Kearns said, after
signing.
The meeting yesterday between Kearns
and the Frenchman turned out Just as
predicted.
Kearns opened the meeting with a short
history of the Frenchman’s activities in
America, how he hart hurled challenges
broadcast and backed away when he tried
to pin him down to them.
"I am here with you now,” he said,
leaning over Manager Descamps. ‘I am
ready to sign, post a forfeit and put th*
bout up to the highest bidder.”
Descamps said he was unable even to
discuss the fight under the provisions of
a contract with Charles B. Cochrane, ths
London promoter, which holds until Dec.
SI, 1920.
Kearns said he would discuss a fight
under the Cochrane contract if Descamps
would call off the bout with Levinsky.
"Why?” Curley and Descamps wanted
to know.
"Because Carpentier won’t be worth
SIOO after Levinsky gets through with
him. I’ll be wanting to sign the Bat
tler then, not you,” Kearns shouted.
The Frenchmen could not find words
for their wrath.
One lingering ray of hope for the
Dempsey-Carpentier fight is that some
American promoter can sign Dempsey
and stage the fight In America with
Cochrane as a partner.
Carpentier leaves tomorrow for Franca.