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League Baseball Scores and News, Gossip of the Ring, Amateurs and Other Sports
'COURT HONORS
OF WEST GO TO
NEW YORK BOY
Hennessey and Hayes Fall Be
fore Vincent Richards in
Titular Play.
Western Court Leaders
Vincent Ri< hard* of Yonkers, X. T.. -
tftonni Jnnlor and metropolitan champion,
defeated Walter T. Hajes of Chicago in
the challenge round, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.
FrlCa Baotlan of Indianapolis and Lu
cian Williams of Chiiago won the sec
tional doubles championship by defeat
ing Clifton B. Herd and Walter T. Hayes
Os Chicago. 9-7, 6-1, 6-3.
Mrs. M. S. Adams of Indianapolis won
the women’s singles, defeating .Miss Ruth
Wise of Cleveland, 6-2, 6-3.
Mrs. H. 8. Adams and Miss Marion
Leighton of Chicago won the women s
doubles by defeating Mis* Rath W ise and
Miss Rath King of Cleveland, 6-2, 6-4.
Still another tennis crcwn has been
crowded upon the brow of the youthful
Vincent Richards —that of the h estern
championship.
The lad from Yonkers, X. Y., Cashed
through the Western title tourney on the
Woodstock courts last week with au at
tack that aside everything be
fore It, until Johnny Hennessey. Indian
apolis star, wag defeated in the final
round Saturday, and Walter Hayes, last
year's champion, went down to defeat in
the challenge battle Sunday afternoon.
Hennessey lost In straight sets—7-5,
6-3. 8-3, and Hayes was given the a:r
over the 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 route.
Never before have the tennis honors of
the Western country rested upon more
worthy shoulders than those of the boy
who came out of the East, to conquer
the beet we had without even so much
ss a falter in his wonderful court stride.
The work of Richards stamped an indeli
ble mark on the minds of Indianapolis
court fans, and the more they think of
his work, the more praise they heap upon
him
In the men's doubles, Fritz Bastian,
Indianapolis boy who brought the West
ern Conference singles title to Indiana
University and Lucian Williams. Chi
cago player who captains the dale Ini-i
rerslty team, came through with flying
colors and a 9-7, 6-4. 6-2 victory over
Hayes ar.d Herd, national clay court
doubles leaders.
Mrs. H. S. Adams. Indianapolis holder
of the State title, who was all but for
gotten when the Aopesters of the women's
Singles swung Into action, carried off the
glory of her event with a 6-2, 6-3, victory
over Miss Ruth Wise of Cleveland. Then,
to make It a day, Mrs Adams paired
with Miss Marlon Leighton of Chicago
to defeat Misses Ruth Wise and Ruth
King of Cleveland, 6-2, 6-4 In the women's
doubles.
The final round match Saturday after
noon between Hennessey and Richards
was of a niftier sort than that of the
French Phenom Coining
Officials of the Indianapolis Asso
ciated Tennis Clubs have announced
that Mile. Suazone Lenglen. Trench
woman holder of tlie world s tennis
title, will appear in exhibition
matches In Indianapolis during the
third week of September.
Miss Mary Brown or Mrs. May Sut
ton Bund., two woman players of
national reputation, will in alt prob
ability appear in the maches with
Mile. Iri-ion.
Mile. Lenglen Is to tour the l nltesl
State* throughout the late summer
months, playing In all the important
tennis centers, the proceeds of all
matches to be devoted to the recon
struction of the devastated regions of
northern France.
challenge round affair, and It must le
said that a cool head, gained by play
throughout the East, kept the New York
athlete out of a lot of trouble with the
Indianapolis crack.
Richard* did not to be abso
lutely “right” at the start of his maicn
with Hennessey, and there were times
when it looked as though Johnny might
break awav for an advantage that his op
ponent could not overcome, but this was
not to be. Just when Richards seemed
to be facing the worst going, he would
pull out of the rnt for a brilliant rally
end show the crowd what a great p.ayer
he was Johnny was also a bit erratic,
but not so much as Richards.
Along about the ninth game, however,
Richards get going right, and opened
up with some of the best tennis In
dianapolis has ever seen. Hennessey s
service went to Richards in the ninth
game then Johnny turned around and
took Richards. The New Yorker copped
Henuesscv's next effort, then won his
own. finishing a set that had the crowd
cheering almost like a lot of basket-ball
fans from the very start.
In the second and third sets Richards
was In there at his best pace, ar.d this
was Just a bit too much for Hennessey.
It must be said for the Indianapolis
youngster that he had his daubers up
all the way, and was ready to battle the
hardest way for every romt until the
Tery end With the score 5-1 against
him In the final set. Johnny ccme to the
front with an attack that brought him
two games, and threw the last one into
deuce three times before Richards finally
W RLcbard* took Hayes down the line at
fnU speed Sunday. The veteran Chicago
plaver. who had lost to his younger op
ponent on two different accaslons. cou and
not fellow the terrific pace, and it did
not take long for the new champ to show
that he was the best on the court.
The new -wearer of the Western crown
la nothing but a “kid,” bat every Inch of
his small bodv is crowded with “tennis
brains,” and he Is certain to prove a
worthy guardian of his newly-acquired
**£Gtrian and Williams furnished the big
feature of the dav when they passed Herd
and Haves in the chase for the doubles
title. The collegians were going at top
speed all through the match, and they
wera more than the Chicago men couid
take care of. a'tbough every point was
bitterly contested.
Mra. Adams sprung no mean surprise
when she went up for the women's sin
gles championship. The Cleveland wom
an was rated on a somewhat higher
plane than the Hoosier champion, but
Mrs Adams forgot aU about what the
dopesters had to say auil wenl in to
finish the visiting star without any more
trouble than she would experience In the
ordinarv match Mrs. Adams played some
of her best tennis yesterday, and looked
the part of the leader of Western women.
Guardsmen to Hold Big
Meet Coming Week-End
The Indiana National Guard will stage
Its biggest athletic event next Saturday
and Kundav when it will bold a track
and field meet at the fairground, start
ing at 2 p. m. Saturday. Sunday after
noon a tennis tourney under the same
auspices will start on the Hawthorn
court*. . ..
Entries from practically every unit
In the State. Including ex-college and
high school athletes, will compete In the
events, the feature of which is expected
to be the company relay race, a one
mile event for four man teams.
Medals and silTcr loving cups will be
gtren the winners of the various events
Tennis champions In both doubles and
tingles also will b<* awarded cups and
will gain permanent poaseston of them.
The events of the track and field meet,
twelve In number, follow: One-mile run,
100 yard dash, 120 yard hurdle, pole
vault, putting sixteen-pound shot, 440
yard dash, 220 yard dash, 220 yard
hurdle. 880 yard run, running high Jump,
running broad jump.
Evans Given Tussle
CHICAGO, July IS—R. E. Knepper of
Sioux City. lowa champion, carried Na
tional Champion Chick Evans of Chicago
to the thirty-fourth green Saturday be
fore Evans could annex his sixth title
st Western smatenr champion, 3 up and
day. at Westmoreland Country Club.
Baseball Calendar
and Standings
HOW THEY STAND.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Won. Lost. Tct.
Louisville 63 33 .611
Minneapolis 47 39 -047
Milwaukee 48 42 .523
I Kansas City 43 42 .006
Indianapolis ........ 41, 46 .471
St. Paul 41 46 .471
; Toledo 40 49 .449
Columbus 37 51 .420
AMERICAN I.E VGI F.
Won. Lost. Pet.
Cleveland 34 31 .635
New York 52 31 .621)
Washington 47 .43 .522
Detroit 42 43 .483
Boston 89 44 .470
St. Louis 38 48 .442
Chicago 36 4S .429
Philadelphia 33 51 .393
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Won. Lost. Tct.
Pittsburgh 55 2S .663
New York 51 80 .030
Boston 46 33
Brooklyn 43 42 .500
St. Louis 41 41 -suo
Chicago 85 45 .438
Cincinnati 30 50 -3i3
Philadelphia 23 53 -205
GAMES TODAY.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Indianapolis at Milwaukee.
Louisville at Kansas City.
Toledo at St. Paul.
Columbus at Minneapolis.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Washington at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at St. Louis.
New York at Detroit.
Boston at Chicago (two games.)
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburgh at New York.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia (two games).
St- Louis at Boston.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Louisville 000 110 000—2 7 1
Milwaukee ICO 000 000—1 3 1
Batteries—Sanders and Kocher; Schaak
and Clarke.
(First Game; Twelve Innings)
Columbus 000 000 100 003—4 10 3
St. Paul 100 UOO 000 OoO—l 8 1
Batteries—Hald and A. Wilson, Hart
ley ; Merritt and Allen.
(Second Game; Cailed at 6 O'Clock)
Columbus 200 00—2 4 3
St. Paul 101 (JO—2 6 2
Batteries—Odenwald and A- Wilson;
buc* a*u lioicliciuy.
Minneapolis 110 212 40—11 14 0
Toledo OGI 100 000— 2 7 3
Butteries—George and Shestak; Ayres,
Brady, Morlsette and SehauffeL
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Washington 000 109 003—13 13 2
Cleveland 200 000 OOO— 2 10 3
Batteries —Zachary and Picinich ; Cald
well, Morton and Nunamaker, Shinault.
(10 Innings)
Chicago *. 000 000 000 I—l 8 2
Boston (MO 000 OUO o—o 9 0
Batteries—Faber and Schalk; Myers
and Buel.
New York 010 070 nno— B 11 4
Detroit 311 000 000—5 13 1
Batteries—Collins, Qulnnn and Schang;
Farks, Middleton, Oldham and Bassier.
(First Game)
St Louis 001 004 00*—6 8 0
Philadelphia 000 001 001—2 5 2
Batteries —Shocker and Severeid; Nay
lor, Freeman and Perkins, Wyatt.
(Second Game)
St. Louis 100 100 40* —6 7 1
Philadelphia 000 010 100—2 6 1
Eateries —Kolp and Severeid; Moore
and Perkins.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
(Ten innings.)
Pittsburgh 000 011 000 2—4 10 0
New York 000 000 101 o—2 9 O
Batteries Hamilton and Schmidt;
Marnes, Causey and Snyder.
Brooklyn 001 005 10*—7 14 3
i Chicag0........ 000 104 000 —5 8 1
Batteries—Cadore and Kruger; Martin,
York, Freeman and Daly.
No other games scheduled.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Baltimore, 10; Syracuse, L
Rochester, 10; Reading. 5.
Buffalo, 6: Jersey City, 1.
(Only three games.)
TnREE-I LEAGUE.
Cedar Rapids, 5; Evansville, 4.
Bloomington, 15; Rock Island, 9.
Terre Haute, 7; Rockford, 6.
Peoria, 12; Moline, 3.
SATURDAY’S RESULTS.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Kansas City 4; Indianapolis, 3.
Milwaukee, 6; Louisville, 3.
St. Paul, 6; Columbus, 3.
Toledo, 6; Minneapolis, 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Cleveland, 8; Washington, 4.
I New York, 5; Detroit, 0.
Boston, 10; Chicago, 0.
St. Louis, 4; Philadelphia, 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
New York IS; Pittsburgh, 4.
Chicago, 6-9; Brooklyn, 2-6.
Cincinnati, 7-4; Philadelphia, 1-5.
St. Louis, 4-3; Boston, 3-5.
(First game ten Innings).
Voshell Beats Jap
GREENWICH, Conn., July IS.—Zeno
' Shimldzu of the Japanese Davis cup
team was defeated Saturday by S. How
ard Voshell, ex-national indoor tennis
champion in an Invitation tournament of
the Field Club of Greenwich. The score
was 6-3. 6-8, 8-6.
FABER ONE OF GAME’S GREATEST
By EITHER HCSTOX.
International News Staff Correspondent.
CHICAGO, July 13.—1 tis about time
to make a few remarks about Urban
(Red) Faber.
Back In 1917 Faber earned fame by
winning three games of a world’s series
that the then powerful White Box pried
away from the Giants. During this
series Faber also purloined third base
while a team mate was parked thereon,
which brought him some derision.
Ensued for the sorrel-topped twirler a
couple of mediocre years, interspersed
with a spell as a member of Uncle Sain*
Navy. Last year he again came to the
front as one of tho bulwarks of Kid
Gleason's pitching staff.
This year however, "Red” is mounting
to heights of glory seldom attained by
big league players, ne is carving a
niche for himself that stamps him as one
of the greatest monndsmen that ever
propelled the pill past major circuit
batsmen.
The White Sox of 1921 are by no means
a formidable ball club. They are the
tenants of seventh place In the American
League and have won but thirty-six
games while losing forty-eight. Several
times they have threatened to drive
Connie Xla'ck's Athletics from the cool re
treat at the bottom of the percentage
column that the Athletics so have
occupied. They may yet succeed,'
But If they do it won't Ke Faber's
fault. The Tltlan-halred heaver from
Cascade lowa, has won nineteen of the
tlirtv-alx tuuuia that tha Knx Us. ac-
Golf, Tennis, Ring
Activities Provide
Interest for Fans
Stars of Net Game Move on
Providence—Pete Herman
Back.
BY JACK VEIOCK,
International News Sports Editor.
NEW YORK, July IS.—Devotee • of
sport will have a deloctable menu
spread before them the next few days.
Interest of those who follow golf will
center at Chevy Chase, where the na
tional open championship gets under way
with the class! :st field of entries in Its
history.
The Invasion of the British stars —
Duncan, Mitchell nid Kirkwpod—and the
presence of Jock Hutchison and a host
<>f crack American professionals, not to
mention Chick Evans, national amateur
nnd western champion, and Bobbie Jones,
the sensational youth from Atlanta, and
other American amateurs of exceptional
ability, promises to make this year's
tournament a historic one. As Ted Ray
will not defend his title won in 1926, a
new- champion will be crowned.
Tennis fans will turn their attention
toward Providence, R. J., where national
and international stars will appear in
the annual Rhode Island State cham
pionships. Many players who will figure
In the national championships and the
Davis cup matches will start tuning up
at Providence. Among them will be
William T. Tllden, international singles
champion; Vincent Richards, who has
Just annexed the Western tennis singles
championship at Indianapolis; Charles
Garland, the Pittsburgh flash; R. Norris
Williams and Zenzo Shimdzu and Ichiya
Kumagee, tbe Japanese Davi* cup en
trants, in addition to a host of talented
women players. This tounis opens today.
The pennant races in the big leagues
are demanding more than a big share of
attention, too, with the Giants and Pi
rates battling for the leadership of the
National League and the pennant-thirsty
Yanks due to invade Cleveland next
Wednesday to dispute the right of Tris
Speakers worlds champions to first
place.
Fete Herman, former bantamweight
champion, will step ashore from a trans-
Atlantic liner fresh from his knock-out
victory over Jim Higgins, the British
bantamweight title holder in London, to
seek his lost championship In a bout with
Joe Lynch at Ebbets field.
These two midget bifTers will get to
gether in a fifteen rounder under the di
rection of the International Sporting
Club next Monday night, and boxing
fans are looking for a battle royal.
CONFESSIONS AS
BIG ISSUE NOW
Accused Sox Try Hard to
Have Statements Ruled
Out. .
By CAUL LITTLE.
CHICAGO, July 18.—Chicago "Black
| Sox" came to bat today with a demand
I that their confessions be thrown out of
court. , .
Repudiation of the statements signed
by three of the seven stars outlawed from
| has. bail came as soon as Umpire Hugo
t Friend -Criminal Court Judge—shouted,
i "Play ball!''
Real ti.eworks of tbe trial of the seven
former idols of the Chicago White Sox
charged with conspiracy to throw the
1919 world series with the Cincinnati
Rod*, statr.d when Attorney James C.
| (Ropes) O'Brien and other pinch hitters
for the accused, moved the confessions
be ruled out.
Pinch Hitter O'Brien launched Into a
[ lengthy argument why the twelve score
keeper* in the Jury bleachers should not
! consider the statements signed by Eddie
| Clcotte, ’Tcefty" Williams and “Shoeless
Joe' Jackson. , „ „ .
O'Brien's plea, stripped of all fancy
legal curves, for throwing out the con
fessions, follows;
1. The statements were not signed In
the presence of other players accused lr
i them.
1 2. The confessions were made only
after Immunity baths had been promised
Following conclusion of arguments of
various defense attorneys, Goerge Gor
man, assistant State's attorney, sought
the motion. , .
i Confessions of the three players made
last fall read like bedroom farces. They
said tbev found large bank rolls under
their pillows after returning I'rorn a ha'd
l work-out on the dusty diamond.
Bill Burns, former White Sox piteher.
and Joe Gedeon. former performer for the
St. Louis Browns, will be the chief wit
ness for the State.
Lineup of the Black Sox follows:
Eddie Clcotte, pitcher; ‘‘Lefty" Williams,
pitcher; “Burk" Weaver, third baseman;
"Swede" Risberg, short stop; "Chtck”
Gandll, first baseman; “bhoeless Joe”
Jnekson, outfielder, and "Happy" Felscb,
outfielder.
Carl Zork, Louts nnd Ben Levi and
David Zelscr, alleged gamblers are also
on tiial.
All the players but “Buck" Weaver sat
on the sidelines displaying little interest
in what was going on.
“Buck” seemed to be the captain of
the Black Sox whijperlng at times to the
pinch hitters and in other ways direct
ing the defense.
Not Enough Money
BUENOS AIRES, July 18—Argentina's
default in the second round of the Davis
cup tennis play, when the players of
the South American republic were to meet
tbe Danish team .was explained Sunday
by John A. Gibson, secretary of the
Argentine Lawn Tennis League. lie said
he had notified the Danish and American
tennis authorities more than a month ago
that Argentina would be unable to par
ticipate in the Davis cup matches tills
year, owing to Inability to meet the ex
penses connected with the competition,
which were made greater by the unfavor
able exchange rate.
Peru Nine Loses
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., July 18
Michigan City won a good claim to the
State semi-pro baseball championship
Sunday by defeating the Peru Grays.
7 to 1, in tne second game of the series.
The Michigan City club won the first
game, 4 to 1. Rainier struck out four
teen batsmen.
quired. In other words he hss won more
than half of all the games his team has
taken. Only five of the forty-eight de
feats for the Sox can be charged against
Faber.
Faber is out to win thirty games in
1921. If he doesn't break an arm he
should do it. If he wins thirty games
with a ball club that will be lucky to
finish above its present position it will be
a feat worthy of a place in baseball his
tory.
Fans who follow the fortunes of the
Sox are wondering how many games
Faber would have won with the old
White Sox machine behind him.
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 18, I9ZI.
AN INTERVIEW WITH J. JOHNSON
By SAM HALL,
Chicago Herald-Examiner Sports Editor.
CHICAGO, July lo. —Jack Johnson,
white insisting that he wants to fight
Jack Dempsey first, is not going to keep
on demanding such a match without
showing something. He is particularly
anxious that sport writers who saw him
fight when he was good watch ) im in
his training work. Jack aims to convince
them that he still is a great fighter, the
old defensive iraster with the great left
hand feint and the powerful rigut-hand
uppercut. That he believes It himself is
evident from his conversation, or else he's
a great and convincing story teller.
Jack was about Saturday to put in
his plea with the boxing critics concern
ing a fight with Dempsey. He thinks it
will draw even bettor than did the Demp
sey-Carpentier match, and, of course,
would like very much to have Tex II k
ard put it on in that Jersey City arena
of 91,000 seating capacity. Johnson will
be ready any time any promoter snys
the word, and is going to New York soon
to see what can be done about it. lie
says that if all the promoters turn it
down that he will manage to promote it
himself somewhere if Dempsey will give
him a chance to regalh the crown he
once so proudly wore.
CALLED TURN
OF TITLE BOUT.
Johnson, you know*, called the turn
on the Carpentier fight. He boxed with
Georges often in France and knows him
to a T. The ex-champion never has seen
Dempsey, but. he said In advance of ,the
Carpentier fight that if the title-holder
was half as good as they claimed be was
he would take the Frenchman in a hurry.
He did. It is Johnson's opinion that
Dempsey has done so well because he
has not yet met a really formidable
fighter with great defense. He stipulates
that once Dempsey finds he is up against
a man he can t hit that he will be dif
ferent looking sort of a fighter—one that*,
won't look nearly so good. Johnson con
tends that he is the party that Dempsey
can't hit.
Johnson claims that men of the
Dempsey style are duck soup for him.
WfMMMATEUM
affl/smt-PM® * ear
The East Side team won the champion
ship of the Knights of Columbus League
in an eleven-inning tilt with the West
Side club at Riverside Park Sunday
morning. The final count was 6 to ft.
Both teams put lip a good article of ball
in all departments, and the game was
easily the best played during the K. ot
C. season.
The Indianapolis Fassenger Traffic
team defeated the St. Loul* Passenger
Traffic nine. 13 to 9, :n a hot game at
St. I,ouis. Next Sundry the locals play
at Chicago, leaving here Saturday night
on a special sleeper on the Monon. The
Chicago team Is made up of ex-leaguers
but tue Indianapolis players and tnelr
followers are confident of putting over
a victory.
The Ferndnles took a hard game from
the Indianapolis Midways Sunday, 3 to
2. Tbe Midways meet at 1730 Sprues
street Wednesday ulght ior game*
call Drcxej 3778 and ask for Herb.
The Irvington Black Sox, colored, took
p. 15 to 5 defeat at the hands of the St
Phillip A C s Sunday. The A. C.s tangle
with the Indianapolis Premiers at Brook
side Park next Sunday.
After winning eleven straight games,
the Brooksldes went down in defeat, 7-2.
before the superb pltcntng of Keeting ot
tbe Indianapolis Dodgers. The Brook
sides are without a game for Sunday
and would like to take on the Dodgers
again. Cail Webster 4538 and ask for A1
Lei do If.
Lodge No. 56 K. of P.. clinched tho
pennant In the Social League with a 22
to 10 victory over the Bricklayers,
Jackson pitched good ball for the
Marion Ramblers Sunday, and the In
dianapolis pirates were given the short
end of a 14 to 6 score. State teams de
siring to meet the Ramblers should ad
dress M. L. Aker, 325 North Noble street,
or call Circle 1272.
Michigan City handed Pern another
defeat at Michigan City. The count was
7 to 1. Ranier, Michigan hurler, fanned
fourteen hatters.
Shipper gave the Marion Boosters a
speedy start when ho crashed out a
home run with two men on the initial
round, and tbe Frankfort team was
handed a 10 to 2 defeat at Marion. Daw
son pitched a great game for the win
ners.
Ritter, Plainfield pitcher, allowed but
three bits, and Plain field scored a 3 toO
victory over Moorosvllle at Mooresville.
Jewell's A B. C. nlno from Indian
apolis handed Bicknell a 13 to 2 thump
ing.
The Memphis Specials took air before
the attack of the Cothersvilie Grays. The
count was 14 to 6.
Seymour nnd Hope went fourteen
innings at Seymour before the home
team could sneak over a runner and win
the game. 1 to 0.
After pitching a great game, Martin
tied the score for the Centrals in tbe
Tom Gibbons Signs
to Box Georges in
Big Bout for Title
NEW YORK, July 18.—Tom Gibbons.
St. Paul, was signed up here at noon
today to fight Georges Carpentler for
the light heavyweight championship of
the world, Eddie Kane, manager of Gib
bons, announced.
“The terms were satisfactory to Tex
Rickard and myself,” said Kane.
Fortville Upsets Dope
and Beats Noblesville
FORTVILLE, Ind., July 18—Nobles
vllle, aspirants to the championship in
the State semi-pro field lost a heart
breaker here Sunday afternoon when the-
Fortvllle Gray's nosed out a 1) to li
victory.
Ileinzman, Noblesvllle's star twlrler,
who holds a contract rdth the In
dianapolis Indians of the American As
sociation, was knocked from tie box In
the first Inning. Three other pitchers
were used by the losers in an- effort to
stem the tide of defeat, but to no avail.
Day's work on the mound for Fortville
was a feature of the matinee. He was
credited with six strike outs. Nobies
ville's pitchers were credited wl 1 nine
strtke-outs and allowed eleven hits, five
off Helnzman —one double and four
singles. Score by Innings:
Fortville ROO 100 ,80—9
Noblesville 114 000 002—8
The only criticism ever made of John
son was'that he was clumsy when forced
to carry a fight to a man. When the
other fellow came to him he always was
wonderful. Johnson understands that
Dempsey Is an aggressive fellow, always
tearing in and taking chances. That’s
the kind of a fighter Johnson loves to
box and he actually seems positive that
if Dempsey fights him that way that
he can recover ths laurels he lost or
tossed off to Jess Willard after twenty
five and a fraction rounds under a ter
ribly hot sun at Havana some years ago.
REGARDING THAT
HAVANA SCRAP.
We asked Johnson about -the story
that ha was accused of giving out in
Europe and later on in Mexico to the
extent that he flopped to Willard at Ha
vana—in other words, that the long fight
was a fake in which he allowed the Kan
san to win when he could have won him
self. Johnson was silent for a while and
then declined to comment other than
this; "That's past history. Guess we
had better forget all about it. I have
nothing to say about that. I am still a
great fighter, can whip either Dempsey
or Willard, but prefer to fight Dempsey.
I understand \V lllnrd won’t train any
more, anyway, and is out of the ques
tion."
Johnson was to start demonstrating
his physical and boxing prowess at the
Dreamland Case, 3025 South State street,
today. Johnson will have some sparring
partners there every day, but says any
man is welcome to bring out the tough
est heavyweight he can find. He bars
none.
Johnson, asked If he had seen a really
great fighter during his eight years or
so of travels, answered in the affrmatlve.
But the man to whom he has reference
is still in Leavenworth and will be for
a year or more. Johnson says his name
is Brock and he thinks the first part of
it is Leo, but he is not certain about
thnt. "Ha weighs about IGB pounds,"
.said Johnson, "and is the best two-hand
ed fighter I have seen In years. He’s
a white boy and when he gets out should
make a name for himself in the ring.
I boxed with him often and know he
has the stuff.”
n.uiii lulling of their scrap with the
! road R.pple rb'b by poling out a home
run. Seldenstlcker then delivered the hit
that gavp the Centrals the winning side
of a 9 t'j 8 count.
The Highland A. C.s of Indianapolis
defeated Hope, Ind., 12 to 7.
The Greenlawn Feds lost a tough game
to their old rivals, the Boys’ Club, yes
b 3 t,. o For games
In the Junior class call Drexel 8376 and
The Riverside Triangles added another
victory to their already great list by de
feating the Indianapolis Orioles, 24 to 4.
h' Tr'nnc-i have KO j,, K , r0 ,,,j
season, losing hot two -n-v-r
twenty played. Home runs featured the
Bauer and onn by Schmutts ~ The Tri
angles would like to hear from some
out-of-town teams, Plnlnfle’d. Martins
ville. North Vernon or Brownsburg pro
fited For games address N Cooke,
2651 Schumann avenue, or call Randolph
9249. *
GREENSBURO, Ind., July IS.—The
Greensourg Eag.es UeteateU the i ul„.. -
bus Commercials by a score of 1 to 0
ltedmon. pitching for the locals and
Voyles, the Commercials’ pitcher, each
allowed only four hits. Grcensburg’s run
was scored through an error.
Now In Progress
VALENTINE’S
Semi-Annual Discount Sale
20 and 25% Off
Twenty Per Cent Discount on All Fur- Twenty-five Per Cent Discount On
nishing Goods—Regular Valentine Valentine Clothing (White Flannel
Quality Trousers Excepted)
INCLUDING INCLUDING
Neckwear, Silk Shirts, Madras Shirts, Three-piece Suits, two-piece Suits, Golf
TT , TT t ’ Suits, Golf Knickers and Fall and
Underwear, Hats and Caps, Night Winter Overcoats (Burberrys in-
Shirts, Pajamas and Gloves. eluded)
Not Included in This Sale
—Arrow Collars.
—Riker Handcraft Collars
—White Flannel Trousers
—Custom Made Shirts.
Discount Prices are for Gash Sales Only
15 NORTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET
Braves Continue as
Real Surprise Club
of the Big Leagues
Thrills Promised When Pirates
Invade Boston—Yanks
Creeping Up.
By HENRY FARRELL,
United Press Sport t Editor.
NEW YORK, July 18.- -A strauger is
sniffing around basoball's front yard.
Like an outfit that has been doing a Rip
Van Winkle since 1914, the Boston Braves
are nearing select society. With tho ex
ception of the rather sensational spurt
of the Beautown tribe, the major league
races are progressing according to ex
pectations.
Pittsburgh, with a lead of two games
over the Giants, is maintaining a margin
they have found sufficient all season and
it wIU be enough to give them a berth
over the New Yorkers as long as Mc-
Graw's men slump when the Buecanneers
ar; slumping.
Last week the Braves won six out of
seven games. They’re hitting and get
ting great pitching. The Pirates should
have the hardest battle of their Eastern
invasion against Fred Mitchell's men.
Only fourteen runs were scored against
them in seven games last week. Rather
low averages.
The Giants won five out of six games,
but the Pirates did not do so good, ns
they dropped three out of five games.
Cleveland is beginning to feel ‘.he New
l’ork Yanks on her heels. The Indians
had a good week, winning six out of
eight games, but the Yanks won five out
of six and kept tagging right along.
Miller Huggins may be the Jinx of
the New Yorkers. After the terrible
showing against the White Sox in Chi
cago, Huggins met with an accident and
has been in the hospital. Tbe Y’anks
haven’t lost a game since he left the club.
it looks a8 if ten clubs can start now
to rebuild for next season. No teams
but the Pirates, Giants and Braves war
rant the belief that they have a chance
for the National League pennant and in
the .’.merican the Cleveland Indians and
the New York Yanks will have it out.
Decrease in the excessive hitting was
nl.muve.i '.luring last week. Perhaps the
lively ball has been ordered on the shelf
or may tie tne pitchers are getting In
shape.
Tho Giants-Pittsburgh series livened
up the attendance here yesterday and
Saturday, but before that the stands
gave evidence of the truth of the state
ments dented by all the moguls, that
baseball was in a slbmp.
A.s Off to Early Lead
in Tilt With Monarchs
The A. B. C.s had a flying start over
the Kansas City Monarchs when they
squared off for tfie third game of their
W ashington Park aeries th.s afternoon.
The series opened yesterday with a
üble oiil. ana Taylors athletes went
• er for a brace of wins, 7 to 4 and 1 to
0.
ihe pltcnlng of Johnson and Jeffries
of tbe local team was too much for the
Monarch* yesterday afternoon. Taylor's
star moundsmeu were in good form and
they held their opponents in check all
the way. Johnson, with better support,
would have registered a shut-out in the
Initial scrap.
Jeffr.es got a lot of fielding help from
hla mates In the second game, nnd not a
Monarch rounded the second corner. Ben
Taylor also contributed a feature to this
game, getting a home run, triple and
single in three times at tat.
Perritt Joins Millers
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., July 18.—" Pol"
Perritt, right hand pitcher, reported to
the Minneapolis club In the American As
sociation Saturday. Perritt was obtained
from the Detroit club of the American
League. Perritt was also with the New
York National League Club.
Let’s Get Along j
FIRST GAME.
INDIANAPOLIS.
AB. R. H. O. A. E
Shlnnem. rs 4 D 1 0 1 0
Baird, 3b 4 0 0 0 2 1
Covington, lb 4 0 1 13 0 0
Rehg, If 3 0 0 2 0 0
Morrison, cf 3 0 0 4 0 0
Schrelber, ss 3 0 1 33 0
Sicking, 21 2 0 0 1 1 0
Pixon, c 3 0 0 1 1 0
Bartlett, p 3 0 0 1 8 0
Stryker, p.... 0 0 0 0 0 u
Totals 29 0 3 24 11 1
KANSAS CITY.
AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Scctt. 2b 5 2 8 2 2 0
Paskert, If 5 0 1 2 0 0
: Good, cf 4 2 3 2 0 0
1 Brief, lb 4 1 1 14 0 0
Zwllling, rs 5 33 3 0 0
McCarty, c 3 1 0 2 0 0
Leathers, ss 4 12 14 0
Lutzke, 3b 4 2 2 1 2 1
Ames, p 3 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 37 12 15 27 11 1
Indianapolis 000 000 000 — 0
Kansas City 002 105 31—12
Two-base hit—Good. Three-base hit —
Leathers. Home runs—Scott, Zwllling,
Good. Stolen bases—Morrison. Scott,
Zwilling. Lutzke 2. Sacrifices—Ames, Mc-
Carty, Brief. Double play—Lutzke to
Brief to Scott. Left on bases—lndian
apolis, 5; Kansas City, 5. Bases on balls
—Off Ames, 2; off Stryker, 1. Hits —
Off Bartlett. 15 in 7 1-3 Innings; off
Stryker, none in two-thirds of an ln
; nlng. Hit by pitcher—By Ames (Rehg.)
■ Struck out—By Bartlett, 2; by Ames. 2.
I Wild pitches—Ames, Bartlett. Losing
i pitcher—Bartlett. Umpires—Connolly and
! Daly. Time—l:3s.
SECOND GAME.
INDIANAPOLIS.
AB. R. H. O. A. E
1 Shinners. rs 4 0 0 1 0 1
Baird, 3b 4 0 10 10
1 Covington, lb 4 1 2 8 1 0
Rehg. If 3 0 110 0
Morrison, cf 4 0 1 4 0 0
; Schrelber, ss 3 0 0 2 2
Sicking, 2b 3 0 0 4 4 0
Dixon, c 3 0 0 3 1 1
Weaver, p 2 0 0 1 2 0
i Stryker, p ....1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals .31 1 5 24 12 3
KANSAS CITY.
AB. R. H. O. A. E
j Scott, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0
Paskert. If 4 3 4 5 0 0
I Good, cf 4 2 1 5 0 0
I Brief, lb 4 115 2 0
j Zwilling, rs 4 2 2 1 0 0
I Skiff, e 4 0 2 ft 1 0
; Leathers, ss 5 1 2 1 0 0
Lutzke, 3b 3 1 2 3 2 0
Bono, p .....4 2 2 2 2 0
Totals 35 12 16 27 7 0
Indianapo’is 000 000 001— 1
Kansas City 301 012 05* —12
Two-base Hits—Paskert, Zwilling, Cov
ington 2, Rehg. Stolen bases —-Good 2.
Skiff. Zwllling. Sacrifice hits—Brief.
Lutzke. Scott. Double plays—Lutzke
(unassisted) ; Schrelber to Sicking to
Covington. Left on bases—lndianapolis.
>4; Kansas City, 7. Bases on balls—Off
Weaver. 2; off Bono. 2; off Stryker. 2
; Hits—Off Weaver, 9in 5 1-3 innings; off
! Strvker, 7 in 2 2-3 innings. Hit by
pit-'h.w—Ey Weaver (Scott). Struck out
i —By Bono, 5; by Weaver. 1; by Stryker,
1 1. Losing pitcher—Weaver. Umpires—
Daly and Connolly. Time—l:ss.
Hurt Has High Gun
Major Hurt was high man in the
■ noosier Rifle Club shoot Sunday at Fort
! Harrison, totaling 143 in the 203 and 300-
yard rapid firo and 500-yard events,
t ■ and Mcßean followed in order.
Several shooters of the Hoosier Rifle
Club will compete In the State rifle
ii,. .rnament which starts at the Fort Har
rison range July 25, aud In the national
rifle matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, from
j Aug. 20 to Sept. 24, inclusive.
INDIANS MOVE
TO MILWAUKEE
Tribe in Hitting Slump Again
—Lose Two Games Sun
day.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 18.—It was
a shaky squad of Indians last night
when Manager Hendricks led his Hoosier
athletes out of town and headed them for
Milwaukee, where a series with the Brew
ers will be opened today.
Tbe Indians lost four games here, the
entire series, one Friday, one Saturday,
4 to 3. and then two large ones Sunday,
'l2to 0 and 12 to 1. It was awful yester
; day to see the Hoosiers take a pair of
lacings like that. When the Indians
came down from the north local fans ex
pected to see them wallop the Blues all
over the lot, but It was a different story.
The Indians took the beatings and the
final two beatings were decisive.
The Tribe bumped tut* a hitting slump
again and only eight hits were obtained
in the two games Sunday, three In the
first off Ames and five in the second off
Bono. Scott. Zwiling and Good of the
i Blues banged out home runs in the first
contest yesterday. Bartlett and Strykef
were the Indian twirlers in the opening
tilt and Weaver and Stryker in the
isecond.
Kid Golfer Scores
a 68 in Trial Spin
Before Title Event
WASHINGTON. July IS. Bobble
Jones, the Atlanta boy wonder, has the
old-time golf champions here for the na
tional open championship worried.
Jock Hutchinson, Abe Mitchell and the
other professional stars are looking over
the kid amateur’s sensational score of
sixty-eight turned in on his Sunday prac
tice round, wondering whether the tem
permental youngster will be able to re
peat in the finals.
Practically all the headliners entered
in the tournament, which opens tomor
row. were taking their final work-out
today.
Officials of the United States Golf Asso
ciation are here with the American cup
which President Harding will hand to
the winner Friday. Ted Ray, the Eng
lish pro, who won the trophy at Inver
ness last summer, came in for criticism
m golf followers here because he re
fused to come to America to defend his
title. Het said his club would not pay
his expenses.
Big League Stuff
Thirty lour thousand fans saw the
Pirates trim the Giants in ten in
ning* Sunday, with Hamilton pitch
ing good ball. Cutshaw’s triple in
the tenth did it.
The chsmplon Cleveland Indians took
a terrific lacing from the Washington
Senators, who batted Caldwell and Mor
ton for thirteen runs.
The Yanks crept to within a game of
; Cleveland when they came from behind
'ln the fifth inning to knock Parks oft
the hilltop. >
Leon Cadore kept eight Cub hits scat
tered at Brooklyn and the Dodgers won.
The Browns fattened up on the Ath
letics with Shocker and Kolp twirling
steadily, and copped both ends of a twin
bill.
Red Faber won his nineteenth vic
tory of the season when lie stopped
the Red Sox. Falk’s single in the
ninth drove in the only run.