NATIONAL LEAGUE.
6am Vented”.
Brooklyn, 84; Cincinnati, 30.
St. Louis, 4-1; Boston, 3-2.
New York, 1—7; Pittsburgh, 0—0.
Philadelphia, 4: Chicago, 2.
Standing in National Leann-0.
W . L. P.C.
Brooklyn ............. 54 80' .614
Bunion ................ 4 8 u .511
Philhdel phin .......... 49 38 .563
New York ............45 43 .511
Chicago ...............44 49 .443
Pittsburgh . ........... 39 49 .443
St. Louis .............43 64 .443
Cincinnati ..........38. 57 .400
' ‘ Games Today.
Chicago at Philadelphia
St. Louis at Boston (2).
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh at New York.
(2).
AMERICAN LEAGU E.
Games Yesterday.
Boston, 6: Detroit, 0.
Washington, 11: (‘il’H'iHlltL 1.
St. Louis, 4; New York, 2.
Chicago, 4: Philadelphia, 3.
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Standing in American League.
W. l. l’.(‘.
noston .4 40 .6741
Chicago 5. 42 .567
New York ............53 43 .552
Cleveland ............. 51 44 .53
Detroit ............... 52 47 .525
“'arhtngton ........... 49 45 .521
St. Louis ............. 48 49 .406
Piniadelphia .......... 19 11 .211
Games Today.
Washington at Cleveland;
Philadelphia at Chicago.
. New York at St. Louis.
‘ Boston at Detroit.
lNTERNATlONAL LEAour.
Games Yesterday.
Buflalo, 9: Rochester. 8.
Montreal, 4; Toronto, 2. '
Richmond, 4; Newark, 0.
Providence, 9; Baltimore, 7.
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Standing in international Leanne.
W. L. RC.
Providence ........... 50 40 .566
Bulnio ............... 49 40 .561
Montreal .............. 46 41 .529
Baltimore ............ 14 7 44 .516 t
Toronto ......... T. . . .44 42 .512
I'lichmond ..... ....... 43 44 .494
Newark .............. 37 51 .420
Rochester ............. 35 49 .417
Games Today.
Rochgdter at Budalo.
Newark at Richmond.
Providence at Baltimore.
Toronto at Montreal.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Games Yesterday.
New Haven, 7; liartford,.3.
Springfield, 6: Portland. 3.
New Marion, 6 Worcester, 4 (10 in-
him).
Briogeport, 4; Lowell, 3.
Lawrence-Lynn. wet grounds.
Standing in Eastern League.
W. L. EC.
Portland . ............. 53 22 .707
New London .......-...51 22 .699
Worcester ...... .. , . . .43 33 .566
Springfield .5 ........... 42 35 .545
Lynn. .................. 40 .513
Lawrence ............. 33 40 .452
New Haven'._..........29 44 .397
Lowell ............... 28 46 .378
Bridgeport ............ 00 . 50 .3 75
Hartford ..............27 46 .370
Games Today.
New Haven at Hartford.
Bridgeport at. Lowell. .
‘, Worcester at New London.
Portlatni a srrtnstleto (2).
Lynn at Lawrence. "' "
mnmc‘m ASSOCIATION cause
' VERSION]. .
IAulsvillo, 4: indinnapolil,‘2.
Milwaukee. Salt-1M L;
Columbua,‘5;h?l‘olodo. 4.
No when W5 ,
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adorninil’hesocts‘rt
. lens a run for their money. In the
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~..fl-W.Mault1r—B.J. (Bob '
by) Wallace, former American Lang-L mwwxm. Win}. August in
After ’tlantic Wuk.
Owners of [annals-d Saundraehta
take part in the annual race Week of
lite Atlantic Yacht Club have suggest-
ed upon more than one occasbn that
a race either to or from the lowerbay
list of summer fixtures.
been thoroughly threshed out by the
.egatta committee of the Graves-end
Bay organization, and in cooperation
with the New Rochelle Yacht Club
the Sea Gate sailors have decided to
hold a race around Long island for
sailing yachts this summer.
The yacht-s will leave. the lower bay
on Saturday, August 26, the dual day
of race week, and finish off the New
Rochelle Yacht Club. The course
will take the craft around Norton’s
Point, along the south shore of Long
then down the Sound to the finish line
011' Echo Bay, New Rochelle.
BRADLEY OUES FOR
Claude Cooper, New a Giant, Also
Fighting for lack Pay. '
NEW YORK. August l.—William J.
ltratllty, former star third baseman
of the I‘leveland American League
club and later manager of the Brook-
Elyn Federal League club,
de-
manding 87,500 which, he alleges. is
due him as his salary for the year
1916. The complaint
llratiley signed a three-year contract
with the. “Brooki'eda." in February.
1914. and that in March.
management of the club told him that
they would no longer continue his em-
ployment under the contract.
Claude Coopergformerly a member
of the New York National league
baseball a‘aub. who Jumped to the
i‘cdetal League at the same time as
did Bradley, and received, he says, a
three-yon! contract at. $7.000 a year,
also tiled suit yesterday for his 1916
salary.
tilled suit in the Supreme court,
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OWNER HOLDS UP DEAL.
wanna, of Colonels, Refueu to Turn
Middleton Over to Olanta.
wotsmnn. August 1.—-The deal
involving the transfer of Pitcher Jim-
my lliiddieton, of the local American
tAssociatlen team. to the Giants. in be-
ilng held up here. according to an an—
Inouncottnent.by Owner Wathen. ofthe
Colonels. Wathen feels that the loss
of Middleton at this time would [rent-
ly weaken the local club."‘lic(lrnw
has clinched the deal for Middleton,
but Vi’ttthen informed the Giant mana-
ger he'would like to hold on to the
pitcher until September 1.
Hcflrnw has sent six players here
since the start of thf season, intend—
lttg to secur‘edhe release of Middle
ton in return, and he is considerably
peeved at Wathen’s action. The play-
crs turned over to the Uolonels by
Mctiraw include Palmcm, Schmr,
Sit-cud, Wendell, Ritter and Killifcr.
llittcr reported ltcre yesterday, com-
ing from Rochester. lie was not in
condition and will be sent back. Kil-
liter and Stroud jolnmi the Colonels
yesterday.
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HEA’l,Y SCORES KNOCKOUT.
Disposea of Jim Kelly In Sixth Round
in Olympic}. C. Bout.
NEW YORK, August 1.—-—.lim Hoaly.
the Irish heavyweight, added another
knockout to his long list when he dis-
Ipaced of Jim Kelly in the sixth ses-
‘sion of the scheduled ton round star
boot in the Olympic A. C. last night.
it was liealy’s eighth victory by a
knockout in as many weeks.
Kell, who hails from the Greenwich
village. was not in condition. He was
no match for the hard hitting Henly.
Kelly twice hit the canvas in the first
round. Healy easily could have land-
that come each yearloSen Gain in;
would be a welcome addition to the2
The idea has‘
yesterday ‘
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tanning—sanctum.
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,‘ Fashions change in baseball to no
.1“: a degree than in dress, and it
Mould seem that the day of the his.
.buiky catcher, whom chief asnet is his
9ability to stand up back of the plate
and defy a. pitcher to knock him
down, is past and gone. Ten years
:ago it was quite the thing for month‘
to scour the minor inaction forgot)“
1who wore the mask and glove and
recommend them to the major league
were so slow that they hardly could
irun to the stand to get a foul fly.
1but as long as they could catch and
’throw they were retained.
the major leagues today are of a
diil'erent type. in the majority of
cases they are trimly built, speedy
men who, while strong and sturdy.
are agile enough to answer the de-
mands made upon them. Ray Schnlk,
the wonder maskman of the Chicago
White Sox, stands forth as one of
idle greatest catchers in the big
,ieagces today, and he is perhaps the
jam-nut of all. indeed. it was
"0“" thi‘t'iSciutlk who so completely shattered instead of sitting back and wondering
'tti. illusion that in order to
at catcher had to be big.
When Scbnlk came from the hill
wankee club three years ago, he
found himself in with a lot of giants.
He was only a boy, short of stature,
slight in physique.
howled incretitllously. This boy would
never do. But he did Juat the same.‘
smut: was tired with a spirit that
carried hint beyond any physical
handicap, and on until he has won
his place with the beat in the game.
Still, Schalk was bigger when he
came into the American Leone, and
is bigger today than Charley Dooin,
who served some sixteen yearn in the
National League, ever was. When
Dooln canto up be weighed 130
pounds. and all through his carear
never rose above the l55-pound mark.
Bill Rariden, dtst string catcher of.
the Giants, is another of the trimly
built catchers, now so popular. The
Hoosier star had his start with the
Boston Braves several years ago, but
it in only in the last couple of yard
that he really came into prominence.
Bill is a fast man, as catchers go,
and can develop-quite a bit oi speed
in getting around -thc patltst Jimmy
Archer, of the t‘ubs, is another such
man, and surely there is none in the
major leagues better. This list could
be extended to include Baker, the
young catcher of the Tigers; Mike
Gonzales, the tall. lanky receiver of
the Cardinals, and several others.
. Brooklyn is well supplied with the
big catchers. Chief Meyers, Lew Mc-
Carty and Otto Miller round out a
trio of big. brawny men. None of
then. is a titer in any sense of the
word, and McCarty is the most him.
ble of the three. Frank Snyder. of
the Cardinals, ii a big man. but he
is last and active. George Gibson.
the iron man of the Pirates, is one of
the oldest of the dreadnoutzht type.
Gibson was a great catcher, is mighty
good to this day. but he never watt
inst. 0n the whole, the type of
catcher is changing, and. the 300d
little man is receiving equal con-
sideration with the big man.
amend
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WINS TENNI8 TITLE
'rnov, N. r. August 1.-mmtion
B. Smith, of Troy, former Dartmouth
star and New England intercollegiate
singles champion. yesterday after-
ed the 'haymaiter before the sixth.
but he evidently wanted to give the
sixth Healy landed a terrific right
Mouton toHKeIly’a kw and the
West Eider went down in a heap.
WALLACE in‘ ‘
now mm anowus
BOBBY
fi’m. yesterday stoned to shy
t51!,it».i'flllliltdil'ofthisseaaon’wlliithe
noon clinched his claim to the fare-
most tennis player hi this vicinity
when he’deefnted Dr. A. H. 'rravla, of
Albany, in the duals oi‘ the. upper
Hudson Valley tennis tournament on
the courts of the Laureate Boat Club
here. The Twin won in‘ straight
sets. 04-2, M, 0—1.. ‘
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JIII'DLUEJAD‘KETJB unleash."
lint . pitcher. and Walter
layer, catch ; rain yesterday drop-
“my.“ f r a: at
WWI—beehh‘
and the critics‘
iconrnae he stood to his fins and was
Allie Neck. who has been boxing on
an storage of once a week for the
one! all nlbnths, has decided to lake'-
5 W N ”Min rest h the mountains for the next:
‘ “ ’ um. unannounced-w
\ Mfume Muhammad
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NEW YORK, Ausut 1’4““ he in that time he oug t over then)
mail. ‘ tbotwan'i‘
cause of the declaration by some will: :dniZn tn]: :‘fiioredultghtvteight:I
tthe unoflicial referees that Freddie ‘ '
. . fBegiuning with the month of Septem-
£61,311") a bout at Washington!” Rock's mug», Dave Simon‘s, ex
a
Friday Joe Azevedo has5'ect' to send him against some of the
started to pick on poor little Bennie“) a .
Leorard.
They [not in the ring “mitopnotchera in the lightweight class. i
November, and [canard made Joseph! ’
lookiiheauovioelnahoutmhuluom “'8 M i
ed pen weary rounds. But Aurelio, i
has improved since then and seems;
to have developed a nieep punch 01“ W] mm
remarkable power. liar/ever, Auvo,
do will show at. present form toner-j ,
row night at the Pioneer A. C. when5 Joe Wilholt my lack grace. N" be
he laces a robust person named Eddleth“ " stride, "he“ I" ‘5 “a“! it‘
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lt‘lifiord, who has no fear in his heart, :‘W the ME" that would at???
'but a terrific “kick" in either mitt. 5“” favorably with those of 8 m ‘
The m“ “m Sporting Club of Ham-'“vuwn' the Stanford miler, and of A.:
island, around Montauk P011“ and clubs. in some instances the” men,lnels will launch a new schedule of W. Carton. the Providence hali~nliler.
lbouts beginning tonight. Hereafter ,n i“ ‘ “bird" when he lengtifins out.
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events until the end of the season. Thanh?“ runs of the “w" in their.
lam attraction of this kind will brand’mm‘"e "m“- b‘" ”“9 m ‘ “M
LAST YEAR'S aALARYi The catchers who are coming intOEmfilwm“ COREY. the clever Harv“ do". players '1 tho two outlts;
lent welterweight, and Wee Wee Bar-ffor whom all itiub "“7"” would.
ton. a negro boxer, “d Paul Dixon, make a scramble tt Ithey were in 1119‘
into round Brooklyn welterweight, market, , . . 5
land Johnny Gill. ‘ . Every start for list iollmer seems
‘ if the bout between Silent Martin to lead ‘0 a up“ swimming record
and Frank t‘arbone had been Mam‘nwadayn. ' .
.“t “,“mflwon Park last Friday night Eve!" year seems to produce a new;
star in swimming in Chicago. Last!
instead of the contest between , ,. . , , , t
,Messrs. Welsh and Leonard, the spec-"e” it t.tt.. tl- mtnt Browne, of the;
1tutors would have been standing on Hamilton Club, and now it 1! 18-year-i
their chairs emitting frenaied ahrlelta old William L. “alien, the winner 0‘
’ the two-mild Chicago River swim Sat-
urday. Wallen has pressed Perry
flit-Gillivrary in several Central A. A.
but . .
i ,A. L, title. races this summer and
,terrmc two handed p unchern, and“ rather etiipaed his clubmate
fboth game as the proverbial pebble. Browne
.Itinrtln is the better ring general, and; Chalk up another Marathon win for
he earnedlhe decision for that reafismey Hugh
”0: film" was n“ ' knockout imam " The time of the race at Johns-
» ra lines, but with unflinchinggm'n. x, v., Saturday, would indicate
. Enid: it was run inside the hot belt.
in . sizzling ”In” with a" Victori'i‘herc ought to be a law against pro-
“ ”'9 ““31. a“! d "‘9 ""3- Theimoting such races in this, latitude in
spectators {who jammed the clublmmmn, Announce a Marathon in
house an wildly enthusiastic over any season and Hatch and his old ri-
the g t. nte’t. Alto! which-trout My, Bill mm; "the bmlaver."
l)’ I? it. ,lwi . ’9?!”- Weialuanlail'm‘ sardine-re somehow. ' h .. .
anti ‘Jd’hntiy Dun'n‘ know how to make? up. spani- has a chance to get
thatched trial appeal to thapatrona Ol'tnw the .400 chm before the season
b01116: 5mm, in...» Laioie batted for .42:
ac. M’chulifle its bold chap. even“, 1991 and Ty Cobb led the league
though he has not been in the ring forua 1911 with .l20 and again in 1911
some years. He recently announcedfiwlrh .410. The National League has
that he "0““ “99°" inn moving Pic'lnot had a .400 hitttr since 1899, when
lure shine- the CM“ ilt‘idfll“ 0' hiiifld Delahanty hit for .408 and Jesse
battle with Jem Carney at Rev twetgwasaecond with .402.
V! “LII... nearlySOyeu-g m- "i A remarkable thing about the
McAuliil‘e does so he will prove him-immamne nculling race between
self I hero. for tho salient polnta “flames my.” 11 yea" old. and Jim
that battle did not show McAulifle in'mco, many years his junior, at- San-
tlte role of conqueror. The refereeywn mg, sgiurday, was that the‘
called the contest a drawn battie,?'mn om- 10 had . spurt‘ln reserve
which was a bit rough on Gamer. to.“ the finish and showed no signs
say the least . inf exhaustion. Riley must have taken
Joe Welling is laying considerable;th care of his phflk‘a' 9096““
stress on the tact that he can makc'all his life to show such stamina at
133 pounds ringside. Joseph shouldthls age.
understand that if he gets walioped: Bonus Wagner is uniquoln base-
by Johnny Dundee at the Garden shall in several ways besides b91118 the
week from tomorrow night the public only man who ever batted for .300 in
will not care a hurrah in Honolulu seventeen successive years and never2
how much the woeful Welling 'weiqhsqbeing a holdout, he has worked ‘0’
if a lot of these youngsters were togonly one man in his twenty 59830“!
lttll' more attention to their boxingi'in major long!"3 baseball. He went
ability and disregard their avolrdu-Eto work for Barney Dreyfus in
pots, they would achieve more popu-iLouis‘rille in )897 and he is still draw-
larity and pence. . ling his pi} from the “me man in
George Chaney. the K. 0. klngfofiPltteburxh in 1916- N0 other “u"
Baltimore, who meets Packoy Hotna1player has worked for one man any-
mey at. the Empire A. C. next Thurs-i here near the “in. limb” ° 1
day night. also will be in a position 'yenrs. Terry Turner went to Cleve
tell a sympathetic public Just how it'land in 1904 and has been steady on
was tn. match with Kilbane fall that job, and Latote was with Charley
through. The imprei'nlon is that Sealers in Cleveland from 1902 ‘0
Chaney, through grasping lit the mlgh- 1915. I
ty dollar. lost his chance at the title.
it wan foregone conclusion that Kit.
bane ,holdlng’the championship, would
demand the lion’s share of the purse.
gwho would lead next. Martin and Car-
ibone are not only good boxers,
:ouneron WILL
agar Annsraono
and if Chaney had followed the exam- in Finale of Lenuwoed Cup. Tourney
ple of diner ‘challengers for titles he .. ' 7°“!- . '
would have taken the 86,000 and let
Klibane have the $10,000. Had he
done so and beaten Kittens, then
Chaney would have got many/o $10,-
000 thereafter. Chaney and his mind.
gel- dre‘ shortsighled. _
. Sam Baxter .a noted English light-
weight oi’ 26, years ago. who battled
with the Burgha’and othdra of his
time. '31“ Jun,” died in mm
nddte 0' cafe.- who an the ‘iitggut
nose and q elevarantioft hand of
any bantam. in captivity. will exhibit
both at close rum to Willie Brown.
at the Aryan. l. C..-l’.htttadarnlnht.
’l‘l-ia Ila-mil ”infill its
fantalegn’attns naps net-splits m
BOSTON, Augustin-William M.
New York, in the upper halt a"! the
semi-nub for the Longwoodcup at
the Lomood Cricket Club by the ‘
score of H. 6—4. 5—4, 5—4: lathe
lower ,half of the semi-finals
Armstrong. of Philadelphia. defeated
It Kan-nor, the Japanese mm
6—3. 7—5, 7—6. - ,.
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the (‘hlcnfi ‘ “iron ,
Johnston, of San Francisco, the no- '
tlonsi lawn tennis champion. yester- _ 7
day deefated W. M. Waqhburn, of ‘ “
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