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“E m SUNSHINE
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Watchtul
waiting and preparedness were much
. in mace yesterday at the
Side Tennis “Club alone at Forest
Hills. bong Island. whoro'the notional
lawn tennis championship will start
this morning. The watchrul waiting
was her the sun. which failed to ma-
terialize although the corps of ground
keepers prayed for it to come out and.
put the finishing touches on the turf
' for She thirtyd'irth annual titular ev-
ent, the first to be played outside oi!
Newport. The preparedness was in the
nature or many huge tarps-alias which
formerly protected the turf on the
championship courts at the Newport
Casino irom moisture. Because of
these costrings it is expected that the
turl'wlll be in excellent shape this
morning when the men come out to
our. 4
At t meeting of the olilclals yester-
day in the finder-hilt Hotel, where
the players and committee have made
their hisdq'flrbers the opening day’s
I'M“!!! schedule was revised. The
fist of the matches to be put on the
main courts st 10 o 'clock will bring to-
aetherCedrlo A. Major. former Cor-
nell pll'ter‘nlld‘llfllder at the Connectlu‘
C Law at Princeton. Simultaneously
was ”this am Ward Moon or
on Multiply ism-c. Me.
U Kay. an‘4 on the twenty other coon;
there will be" a host. of other good.
niches;
llllENIBESDES
III'EMINEIISI
NEW YORK, Aug. all—Jose Azevedo
who-recently arrived in New York in
search of bouts. has taken-quite a
liking to the east, and, has made up
his mind to become an Easterner. and
has just signed a live year contract
with John J. Relsler one of the lead»
in: wingers oi boxers in the east.
Azevedo. probably one at the best
lightweight contenders in the country,
as a Portuguese, born in the Azores
Islands Nov. 13. 1894. He began his.
pugiit‘atic career in 1912. in Sscretnsn-
to.
Acevedo Jumped into the limelight
'when he gained a decision over Ad
.Wolgast. He followed this perform-
ance by surprising Johnny Dundee,
~Johnny Grillitlls. Joe .Mandot. Young
Saylor and Owen Moran-these boxers _
being at the top oil: their class.
Azevcdo shapes up in the8 ring: very
4mm lilseoAd Wolsast being of mg-
md build and a powerful body punch-
er. lie has those big assets that are
so valuable to a boxer—grit, nerve
and punching ability. He-stondszl’rieet-
S and a haltinches in height, and is
D legitimate lightwein’ght. tipping the
scales at ringside, 133 pounds. Reisler
his new» manager has posted .3600 to
bind a match with Freddy Welsh for
a ten or twenty round bout. All ad.
ditinnal $500 will be presented as a
gift to Freddy Welsh as he steps
into. the ring with Azevedo. This
$1.000 offer, Relsler says. goes also lol-
Willie Ritchie the American champion
svho states he is coming east to box
Acevedo”. -
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. SWATOG‘A Aug. 30.—-0flicel‘s or
tile Saratoga Assocation said yester-
dhy otter-noon that the nice meeting
which ended yesterday had been s’uc—
oesslul beyond their wildest dreams.
to two previous years the association
was helped' olit’ brittle owners mud;
Ind With that’ie‘sllsusted there" was
4 I 1415mm doubt,” to the financial suc-
cuss or. the meeting Big crowds from
opening to closing day dispelled these
....‘hllfi. [living is again able to
.416 ovln legsf ,
West ; .
cut State championship, and Bernard ,
Ipti't of the season.
Chicago at New York.
pltuourgli' kt Brooklyn.
Clmlnnotl. It Boston.
St. Louis I! Philadelphia (2).
Brooklyn at W.
cmoo at Pit
Yu'tmfl Rescue.
Baltimore at N'elwark (2).
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Karim any ot‘St.\Louls.
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Rochester at
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In”!!! at Jersey cm.
Toronto of Harrisburg.
Mom! at Richmond.
”I VESTERDAY'S RESULTS. 82. Louis 2, Kansas Clty 1.
ll Lode 8. Kansas City 0. 4 All games postponed—vain. , Detroit 7,. mm 4.
No games scheduled. M“ g, saggy-g. 2. _;,__. Boston ,4 method B.
*— W’us- G. tubercl- HIW- . m. o 5 Phllldel his 0
snuomo or ewes mi ton-u no! ill-sins. "‘“'“ °" curse a . ' p '
W L. PG P w; I. p.c' St. Louis 2, Washington 1.
. - - rovldenoo ...... 7‘ .
I Philsdelphln ..... . 64 so .561 4 ermomo 03'“? M gum... ,,,,,,,,,, so i: 4::
Brooklyn ........ as so .537 M I ssh so ‘2 5” "Wm. ________ 59 .3 4527 surname or alias.
308ml! ......... . 51 55 .526 l I I ..... “ 51 ‘57 To r0 nu ......... u ‘0 .409 w. a. P3.
CMBIQO . ......... 59 59 .m Ell :: . . ~ . _ ' 05 56 .541 HIH'IOMI‘Q . . _ _ '52 sq hm Boston . . ........ 79 39 .“9
St. Louis ........ u 62 .486 St. Louis 66 56 '5“ Rochester _______ E M 350 ‘ Detroit .......... 79 43 .648
New York ....... 54 60 .414 “am my ..... a. so .528 ”chm“ ....... 4. 57 4423 Chicago ......... 73 47 .608
Pittsburgh ....... 57 64 .471 '0 5. u 472 “my my ...... 40 7‘0 43“ Washington ...... so 57 .514
Cincinnati ....... 54 65 .454 am” """"" 57 as In: New York ....... so so .47s
-—— mm“; “‘"'”,m 7s '33, ‘-~' so Louis ..... 47 73 .392
GAMES TODAY. it . “HR TODAY. Cleveland ....... 46 74' .378
am TODAY» poll-dolphin ..... so ill .3ns
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VEST!“ DAN“! “Wk".
No games schedulw.
0AM ES TODAY.
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Id!!! IIII SIIINE
Rm Honey and Tobey Festm
Mossy: 10-5 Intu-
The Lockwood A. A2. made it the
second victory at Amusement Park by
downing the last Laurels, of Bridge
porn. by the score of 10 to 6. The
Lodhwr ads turned the cables on the
Laurels. who deflated them on Beco-
rauon Day by the score cl“ 8 to 2.
The game was loosely pissed. both
sides making costly "error-ammo ot
the slszling rain throughout the
game.
McMahon of the home teams, pitch-
ed‘ a great game iii spite of the we!
balls. allowingthe Lam-ole thine hits
and striking out 13 men. The; Look-
woods got to Broad in the seventh in-
thing. scaring sir muons Whales.
who relieved him in the eighth, was
touched up for three runs.
The Icatuns of the me wens
Ivan and Hovessey and Tobey’s two
base blow with two men on i'or the
home team. and for the Laurels. the
fieldlnlr of Linleflhd Nordstrom. rob--
blue the home team of. long drives.
Drummer Kill wishes to announce
that- he has hooked a higmttractlon
for the coming Sunday and Labor
Door. On Sunday, the Lockwoods will
lake on. the Port Cheaters. who de-
feated the home team in the earlier
On Labor Day
the Lockwoods play a double-header.
the Norotons in the month. at 10130-
and theColored Stars of the Park
Score by innings:
LockwoodA.A.00000163x—Llo
Laurel A; C. ..000040001—5
Summary—Earned runs, Backwoods
7. Laurels 2. fl’wo base hit, Tobey.
First on balls. oil” Icfiall’en S". ‘0!
Broad 45; o! Walsh ‘3. Struck but.
by McMahon '13; by Bread 8: by Wha-
len 2. Sacrifice hits. Moore. Doug-
las Left on bases. Lockwoods 12,
Laurels 4. Double plays. Lonchalt to
Lindqulst; Lonchak to Herring to
Lindduist. ' Passed balls. Arielle
Wild pitches. life'Mhhon 2. Broad 2.
First on errors. Lockwoods 4, Laurels
3. Hit by pitcher. Hevessey. Stolen
bases, E. Herring. Tobey, Lindqulst.
Andrews. Whalen. Moore. Umpire.
City in the afternoon at 3:30.
Ariel]. Time. 2 :10.
Yanks Fildsll ill West
YANKEES FlNSN ..
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 30.—Tlle
score of yesterday's gamep‘the'last in
the West for the Yankees this'sesson.
between the New York Yankees and
the Detroit Tigers was 7 to 4, with the
visitors on the short end, making the
home crew.
Except for a few moments In“ the
‘second innins, when the Yankees
were ahead by virtue of some timely
doubts and My esiibllohod the aim
' larder-s» single; I; double, a triple and!
count four games out of live for tille‘
may; they never m as} 9°“.
soiling the pace eventor 's minute
and proceeded- tmt on one of those
innings wherein the'bevting is even
‘Mer that the visionssnsm get the
side out... and introduced in crescendo
's homernn. There was also a su-
frifltze "hunt and a base on balls Five
runs resulted new the arhhmetlcsl
progression or thumps. and that of
course Broke up the ball game and
«tired "Bob" Shewkey,
credit. "Doc" stilling the best oi
those noon he went'bsok slmoetto‘
liw Bleachers to» the seventh Ind
~ , v vim
A very consul
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ST. MEL. Kim. Aug. 30. —-For the
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NEW HAVEN. A113. 30. -John Cava-
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Eliot-ring. eta-out 0'1. 0 0"]
sebum. ....sozolo
',..:.:.....Ioore.rt- .3 1 1 0 0 0
mm. rt . ..2 0.1. 2 0 0
Arte“. c A 1. 113 1 ll
flamingfllb...32012.0
Tmssey, it ........ s 8 2 0 0 ll
Lonchak.ss ....... 8 1 0 1 3 2
Lindquist. 3b ...... 3 l 1 2 0 1
Ryan, 3h .......... 2 0 2 0 1 0
mailman. p .......4 1 1 1 2 0
copay—«.....-
Totals ....;.......88 1012 27 1.0 “.
Laurel AI. ‘
mummp. ..... 0-0221.
thorny, 3b ........5 0 0 1 3 l
Downey.2b ..... t 0 0 .1- 2. O
Linley, ct ......... 3 1 0 2 0 0
Nordstrum,ll..-4....‘l l 0 3 0 1
Douglas, ss ....... . 2‘ 1 1 I 2' l
Snyder. 1b ........ 3 I 0 8 ll 2
Andrews.c ........ 2 1 0 6 0 ll
»Broad.p.rl. ...... £00020
Totals ............33 5 32110 'B
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book, Pochinpsugli" bush and no.5.
‘lll‘nhn' all hid logic; on... to and
BMW
MINIMUM
NEW some A118 tor-M Wol-
cast. W lightweight. on-
nolmoes than he has moped: out a
campaign _eslonhte(l"tn ions. uls- light-
weight title for him.
manger Jimmy mm of the
Clement A. 0.. Brooklyn. accompan-
ied— Wolgast.
“My first step in ,what you might:
call my regeneration will be takenl
against PacEe‘y Hommsy, who Lam
ders‘ldnd is one of the shining lights
in the' lightweight ranks in these-
»parts,?’ said. Wolsast. “l amto meet
:him on Monday. night at Twytord's
club, and I’m» certain that 1'“ score
decisively. After that J~intondlto
take them on as fast as they come. i
lbelieve I have broken. my arm for
the last time "
Hommey recently bested Leach‘
“cross in a- m round bout: ‘ 4.
M
EMERALDS AFTER LOCKWOOD
. A.» A. '
challenge the Lockwood A A., or
South Walk. to a some for any
unday. As agar J. Hill don’t 4
seem. to have 9 dates when a Slam
ford team y
best, of condition for their work.
pressed. all over the city in the eight:
round hour between Ham Williams;
at my film an]: Freddie m of athletics in Canada may be judged by
Bridgeport. \‘l'liere-
predict House will
while Williams' friends and admirers. adlan Association of Amateur Oil's-
.“ of the opinion 39“. will 3. not men are at the treat. or have enlist-
out of the running shortly after he ed and are waiting their turn to he
enters the ring against the imminent there. and so by the announce
lightweight. They believe by rushing meat that until be war is over the
him tron: the start Williams will soilannual Canadian Henley will be aban-
allie- to get over the old haymsken
alter a while and then have» a cles
claim to the title of lightweight charm!
plan of Sonnectlcnt. 4 ‘
There is also much interest over",
the eight moo bout between Chin postmaster of Tommie. was asked to
llm'fl and Bunny Ford. which William: a brief sketch on how rowing has
[be the semifinal bout u; this show: been adopted in Canada‘ by the war.
The Eulerald A. Q. (:1 Stamford. ‘-
nie has «milling in. mdt’ness ’fbr
his being show at the Casino on Fri-
day night. The boys who take part in
the show are ill'\minlng mmlully
every day and no“ to» be in the
There is much interest being ex-
are many what
step Millions,
M and FOMHQMEN
'Both
Ivan: and b‘ot’li express confidence all
Winning and winning by the knockei
out route.
Brown's friends think that Ford'sl
Mod isn’t wright and‘nsver will be and
NEW YQBK; Ads. 30. ogsttlingvliec
floated Soldier .4 4
7
knock out the Chicuo wonder.
It is quitetheusuoithingm box-
on to issue pro-bottle statements or
this motors. but coming from Gibbons,
manqummmmmmmit
cont... minibus shoal: it mo
and tram another Human. The so.
ilrst time slnce the consummation of Paul man mnldenuy believes that ,
lilo mouth with Pockie McFarland,IMcFarland will out s. victim to his
which will be staged at the Brightonzpnndh rather than his clout-noes.
mm on Installer. Pb, Mike like is in prime condition rinht now
Gibbons. the St. PII‘I phantom. has and punching harder than he ever did.
venturbll a prediction as to the- out- {This is sworn to by his sparring pert- -
coins. Alter boxing ten rounds yester- none who have been obliged to encaso .
{by ottemoon with his sparring part-' themselves in a veritable suit of arm. 4
lists; Gibbons (Noland that “would or to withstand his heavy blows.
Rtlllllh wit
that the old veteran Will not beable
to pull any “come back" stunt when
he these the little southpaw. Brown.
ml! SEMI“
um IN
Ill SIIINE IRON!
NEW YORK. Aug. 30y~Just how
seriously the wsr'hss interfered with
the 'fact that more than one-half of
the registered members of the Can-
doned. _
14mph erlzht.. of Toronto. ll»-
years comb or the famous Argonout
crews of that city. who combines his.
interests in rowing with the duties of
This is his reply:
. .
4 (continued on Fourth Panel
illllchpcrtsolll'ancll
.4 dertake in consecutive rounds; yet,
new Yo'llK. Aug. aimless oer-
ley. promoter or thotoss will».
Jack Johnson light is frequently in-
noyed, while traveling. by W .
strangers who insist and persist h
talking to him about the big fight. b
variably these one-sill“ m
take the most llnpcrtiuent term. .i
wouldnbe “flan" endeavor-lag to ~fl:
"’ltlside‘ hfimfliflmw shout IN was.
litter aching- Carley how“ minim
son really get. how much Willi-SI
really 'got, £13.. the inevitable all“
is:
“Now tell me, was the light really
on the level?"
On his most recent trip to the mid»
dlowest Carley was untouched; on
portly gentleman who had leaned ..
Iron the porter that “the his hilt
was the man what promoted the H’-
fight.“
Without any preliminaries the pill»
ly one jumped right into a mullet“
or questions and opinions. mung II
the routine questions. and finally 3
wool-id up with: '
"Well, i guess all those Wiles my
more or less crooked?"
“Pardon me. sir." said Carley. “but:
lyou hove evinced. on tom m
in My private mus. Now may i not
‘vlnht your line or hustneu lot.“
myonandmvdoyudoz .
“Why," promw replied on.“
1} individual. Tia a hour or To
this. list. l"---- '
"Well" interrupted Carley. “spoil
log of crooks. I‘ll tell you. that. thereto:
a whole lot more bankers in lb
hoosegow at Leavenworth. Kan" thu:
there are fight promoters there. "
Whoroupon the pull! all“
.shrunk visibly.
WWW,”
Dn’rnm'r Aug. 30. d-The played
(or the American Geller trophy tout
.the day from Being an idle one.” a:
as competitions were concerned or
the inks of the country Club of Do-
Now. Tim on polls which use to
the silver club on Friday played in
eighteen hole round yesterday mom- ‘
in: and Thomas lit. Sherman and
Sherlll Sherman won (or Yohnnndssls
with the best ball score of 1'3. In
R. Marston and Charles E. Van Vlecl.
J.r. o! Baltusrol made a 75. .
, As Huston and Van Vleck won 5
similar competition at Apswimis dill!-
ing the last Metropolitan champion- .
ship and the Sherman brothers m
considered to have placed togethe’r at:
almost unreproducable best bollsm‘
on Friday when they turned in a W
with individual totals of 78 and it.
the, Jersey golfers were decided is"
voriles when the playoff began
terday morning. That did not seem:
to bother the two Utica golfers ‘ 4 f,
more than the fact that each of tlii
was about a toot shorter. than
.40! their two opponents. The tact tho
they min is the best evidence or t '
lachol worry over the fact that n
1: every one had picked them to
lose.
ONE IIIIEE EINI ENSII
YEAR AND NE’S‘II ‘
SPRINGFIELD. Mass. Aug.;' 304.745,
Seventy- -tvm holes oi golf is more than
the average enthuslast cares to uh-
I
...l,4
Robert Reach veteran golfer and Ill-
club in Brooklyn. Levinslty reduced
Ions-no with an assortment of annoy
ling left jabs and a heavy bombmdi
'Iment with the right wing. which
Etwlce dropped Kearns to the canvas.
He took a count or nine each time.
Levin‘sky tipped the scales at no
While items hit them up for 2413
thorlty on sportlns subject‘s. whbso'
home is in this city. celebrs ”
seventy-second birthday yester 'y by
Iplalflng “Its mhny’ddm as he lsi , ‘
old. Beach. in comp “with is" In:
.Roberts, began his cll Ills t
only-two hols ladder. Roberts hull:
by him for thirtysiX holes.
A. Nevin became the
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