.msjor leagues
they going to a
going?
Babe Ruth. George Sister.
nomsby. Ty Cobb, Joe Danbcrt and
'i‘rls Speaker seem
9'-a
away with the
two big leagues.
There
handed batsmen
to compare with
, ‘ in the Chicago Post.
' George Kellly,
man and right-handed batsman of the
New York Gls
_“"
, and giving
‘ Ruth a fine but
run litinnrs.
,‘ But recently Kelly has fallen down
in his hitting and Ruth has rushed
out into it long lead that will be hard
' to overcome.
There was a
handed batsmen
Tip O'Neill,
first American
Are the right-
ers to carry off the honors that are
are no haifdozen
Opting like it house on fire, hitting the,
hall over the fence early and often.
promise of giving
had it on the left-handout
leading batsman of the
Ewing. leading batsman of the old and
original New York 0i ts; Dd Del.
hanty. who. when wt tha’Philliss.
was the leading batsman of America:
Captain Anson of the Chicago White
Stockings. of two decades ago. and
who they used to my could hit the
bail harder than any other player liv-
ing. were all rtght-handors.*
But at that. running with them.
and in their day such wonderful left—
hiimled batsmen as Roger Connor and
Mike Tlenian of the New York (Ham;
Dan Brouthera of the famops Balti-
more Orioles; Billy Keeler, Ned Ban-
ion and Roaring Bill Tucker were just
a few of the boys who were hitting
from the port side at that time.
:ut they. great'as they were, were
no match for the company of fight-
hilniled sluggers who were going along
with them.
0! recent years. however. the men
running the professional teams appear
to be trying to educate all their new
comers to batting from the left side.
They figure that speed is everything
in these. days. and that the left-handed
batsman has a lead to first base 6!
several seconds over the man who is
hitting from the other skin.
hand batsmen of the
losing caste_ and are
How all the left-hand-
Rogers
to be running
batting honors of the
right.
in the major leagues
them. writes All Spink
the big first base-
nts. started off this
[lube
tie for lending home-
tlme when the right-t
of the major leagues
Association; Buck
/
St. Louis Driv
ness devotees has been launched.
Philadelphia y
vtve the Bermud
O
The Stanford
’ R
0
Roy
athletic director
0
A
v/ ,old paces.
boasts s
loath.
the
of
iNTEREanG
SPORT NOTES
ball irsme will be played in the new
stanford stadium next mlL
Campbell.
of Detroit coach,
arvard professor has invented a
mach no that will detect lying. Why
wouldn't that make a good attach-
mm for a golf
a
. . Pariee mtcheli's
., Uncoln. that step
yesrold. Is now being tipped a;
sting candidate for the three-year-
eaa
Bel-outracetraek.
' _ ding accommodations for
L‘ m waters, giving a full View of
m.
I-mwm-ocths
vanished
SHRUBB WHLII COACH OXFORD
Engaged for +ervn of Seven Years to
instruct Track Team of Old
ing club of light har— English University.
0 Alfred 'E. Shrubh, world’s champion
atchsmen plan to re- long-distance runner. has signed a con-
a race next year. tract to coach Oxford university track
0 C \ r . ‘
vs. California foot-
former Unlverst‘
has been appoint
at Alma college. i.
e s \
score card?
a O
hreeyear-old colt,
in 2 :11 as a two-
a
am“ a. ink-9’.
team for thong“-
awarded a M “a. ME;
is one of the“
memo ”A W mil:
New York.
d 1.000 feet in
s s a
W Pol , Boston.
0a .nzrw Many'VsasptarTI—L .. “i..-
firmmts plain-loin
IC-
....Some or the plays indicate that
.733.
)-
bst isn‘t the ,only thing on this
made of wood.
.l‘our of Ilensel's home run driv-
bam been made oi! Brooklyn pitchers.
teatime should worry. ‘
O O 0
"Failing to get Kohlbeclter from Lit-
ii. Rock. the Atlanta club decided to
hold on to Ollie l‘uhrulan.
- O O 0
Seattle's whole catching stall is
more or less crippled. with Jack
Adams being the worst oil.
0 O O
r The Reading club is in a sad way
and seems destined to drop clear out
‘6! sight In the international race.
0 O 0 .
~~sAttsnta has sent Pitcher William
‘runetaan.a ayoung right-handsr. to be
Waste of the Georgia stats for sea-
”in" ‘ .
mm
0 0 0
The International lei-sue race will
,bok litre a kitten chasing its tail 3
a circle if Baltimore persists in adding
victorlec
it open the purse strings for players.
The Columbus American association
team has announced the purchase of
outlelder Eddie Murphy trout the
Cleveland Americans.
0
The White Ros have signed a player
by the same of Willard. His first name
i.sllae notJess. leehaiistrombeno
ver, a mile higher than Kansas.
0 O 0
Perhaps it would be’iust as un~
pleasant to be run down by “Babe"
Ruth‘s speeding automobile as by one
drive: by some common person.
toksap
turn Into the sunlight.”
' REDS nam- vasna;
a ROM non nvm
IO.” Fani- Turn Out to See Ansel-l-
eon Inga-era: Play In W
CINCINNATI. July 2¢.—-llsre than
is.ooo~ persons swarmed to Redland
l-‘ield. yesterday afternoon. to witness
an ambition game between the Yank-
era and the remnants of the once
.gmt Reds. Thi- ) -w Balm, Ruth
grind out two twine runs of record
The mm“ 0' "“"9" "m m threshing proportions. both oi! the left-
has been Phil Douala! 0’ the aunt'- [handed pitching of Fred Coulnbe. and
0B1! W0 0004’“ “In” N" Mflnth driv to pirts supposed to be
wand and Phil got both of them. yond t reach of 1he lustiest hr-
0 0 0 ruper. One-iledoserlhe centre field
Walter W shortstop of tho 3t. item-e. the other ( nine to earth in the
Louis 3mm hsd m. an: M brok- fright field bleach.- and between them
a in three places when hit by . they accounted for six of the Yankees‘
pitched ball deflvered by Sam Jones. ”8*“ "1“ Ti" “0‘“ "n t to 8
Shorty Milli. infielder. George stat i "- 0" “- “90m“ mflox
lings sold to Waterbury oi the East-
ern league without even looking him
over. is hitting .850 in the Eastern
circuit.
NEW YORK. Jul)’ 26t—i‘lans tor
organisation of a Knights of Columbus
National Amateur Sports' Amociation
were announced today by “’illlam J.
McGInIey. supreme secretary of the
Knights. The association will be per-
fected at the K. of C. international
convention. at San Francisco. Aug. 2.
8 and 4.
State associations will be developed
0 O 0
Aflneoftlmandonedlyinjan
ought to convince Babe Ruth that
speed on the bases leads more elite
tively to popularity than speed on the
boulem‘ o . . in every State 0! the Union. Mr. Mc-
Oiniey said. and the. will participate
The Cincinnati Cillb Ml NM in annual national competition;
Pitcher Rube Ehrbardt over‘ to the
Peoria club of the Three-l league. Be
b a Chicago semlopro who refused to
report to St. Paul. so the Reds made
a deal for him.
0 s a
The Cincinnati club is trying out
two inhelders Just out of college. One
is Coons. a shortstop. of the Universi-
ty of Oneinnati. and the other Joha-
sob. a third baseman. who comes from
the North Carolina State college.
HSYDER AND rmm DRAI’.
NE\\' YORK. July :¢.——'Bert Snyder.
of Montreal. and Carl Hertz. of Jer-
sey Pity. last night boxed ten rdunds
to a draw in the Armory A. A.. in
Jersey City. in another ten-rounder
Kid “’ngncr outpolnted Jock hun-
ders. ‘
\"AGNER "INS BOUT.
NEW YORK. July ss.-—Kid Wag-
ner outpointed Jackie Saunders in
their ten~round bout at the Arthur!
A. A.. in Jersey City. last night. It
was a hard boat. with Wagner land~
ing the cleanennumber of blows.
DIM. CANADIAN 810098
The Booth-nor and “schema-Bent
Bed Patch.
_ _
MONTREAL July 2¢.—'riia sloop
Tlootlegger, of St. Paul. Minn. ”ter-
dny won the trophy defended by boats
entered by the Royal St. Jawrenco
Yacht 'C'lub. taking first place for a
second time in the international races
“Lake It. .louln The Freebooter.
com plan entrant from at. Paul.
in fin ed second. This gave the
ankeea a point victory over the Can-
6mm “18$ OVER scav-
' MAN
DENVER. (‘01.. July 26.——Johl\ny
Griffiths. Akron. 0.. welterweight. won
the decision o\er Harry Schuman. of
Denver. in a twelve-round bout hm
last night. '
. O
GAR FROM OLD 0“ I008-
? a sloops Red Patch and Beaver of LONDON. July 2s. —a-- made Mai
to C for the two races. Old on! loss is now in: Him
uucceaslully to the handouts 'o!
‘ Obeynlug in Bat-ex. aher towu are
rapidly following unit. It is claimed
that this wood gash-g pnetioallytbe
. e heating and Mm 9'09““.
uooaigaaand ltsuambsasaaa‘v—
lag of more than hall a dollar per/1.-
000 cubic feet to a. consumer.
'W‘
oestrous-Mannie.
thin-w max. July is 4mm
ner or the national open golt cham-
unshlp. wns m
- - brim _ tabs in
A
who no the
~ ”this
{tuna-sum.“ ‘ '
3&an opp-t
setufiaflwaney
blder of the Wu -
hired with Cyril Walker. of ‘~
wood. .3
Nearly 1.. golfers. i
.- u an the stars who
open tournmsn(.1{
Hanager Bill Donal-an of the Phillics is an optimistic‘bird. rle mile-us
but eventually he will build up a winning club tor the Quakers. Doumu de-
li. that his boss. the well-known Mr. Baker. is a “tight wad" and has refused
He said:
'hir. Baker is willing to spend money—but when are~you Oil! to get
ball players of known major league caliber! I had a trade on with Dclnuis
t. Jaavrln. but they demanded a pitcher that I refused to give up. I intend
Dustingaiongaadbbumthataomadaytheoldhardlscklanswill
SIX-DAY RACE PLEASES
FRENCH SPORTING FANS
“tests-day “pud-bike"racs
hasnadeatremeadsushitia
Paris. Arrenchwriter In”:
“Thissportiagmalcomestous
fret-America. Thematch.un—
luterruptedforslxdsyaandslx
nights. would be monotonous
snoughlftbapublledidnotgivu
its toaehotthepieturasuual
Atterthetheatenadilsrsat
political-rivet Ianaadwsmn‘
ls evsnhg dross took that:
Gatsbaddstbatrsck.sswhst
wouldbsthelsws otsrace
duttla beyond-all at them.
laser's merits: her sits
balsa. delicately balanced as a
and as light.
delta
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‘ gresentative of President
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7 -._.~——_
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m YORK July an Ti,
part oi the Women , r‘r'n' H‘ litre"
will “wince-stile“? N? York i. now rm... 1 ”1111,,
Francis .m As mu.- '8‘! combined mam“... .
gone! the WM“ will ““9”“ buildings in 2}. 1...“; "‘
be biased silhlrs' spun only to third M9.“ Center (‘lpiiol ”it!
1 his arran t
and earth dé'free We! Colum- ““97 i comm .
”II: t » cc-ncpornhe buying or n ,l. '11:. We
10‘.
or cost of door span. a. 1 ,,
The Wm planned; 6, , .
for the night“ A“ Sid. .onues. th“ mnufaclurers (1;. m a;
.. . N! the .OOI”. 0‘ women I IPpar-il \M
01‘ Columbus alderabli reduced
I
t
' i
-
1-0- to“
oi as and IQ: his
aim ‘headlgd by Harry I. lul- “9 "9" garment crumpcwm1
crew rman. Other members 01"!" a 0° Operative movemon' H I:
that committee are prominent citisehs ”“7”" "m”“f‘mmfinx confirm . . m '
of this city. including Col. Thou-nun “dairy—ls located slur.) .0“
Walter south of Times Square u .xx .
05. asenue. It consists or two in,
uyscmpeni coxertng too in.
which represent an
820.006 000
Play-eight Nmmte ma- -
cute with upward Oi .
‘ployes ere concentrating it >
‘ies in these building; l'.r.. :,
of these firms are from it.
Mullally, William J. Benson.
Chowen. J. Frank Barrett and J
O'Connor. The ma-ivs Civic Auditor-
ium of San Francisco. idenlly dtunted "
in the Civic Center of the City. will be
gorgeondy decorated and brilliantly
set for. the gala function. which Is to
take til-st place among the great. events
in the social life of the city.
.‘il;‘l
inxrt- pgm
.munw
. Pu
'1"'tor.
\ all
20. 000 people will attend the Public “.4.“
Reception. which will include an ex. $31” "d lower Firm 1. d;
ceilent entertainment program. band ~ 'he" "19 Slrmrnt l“. in.
concert. organ recital. and dancing. “med" ”1“?“ in num. :1“. M111.
macs ‘ be dered n the 3"“
Add I" to ”I! I The new building. ‘th ix “m 9'
Harmon!
vernor William D. :telpzenarraygs :rfmzrifr;3;h;zgx. 1 rom.
James Roi h. Jr.. Arc b op wa ' . .s it...
J. Hanna. ”D. 1).. Supreme Knight ih‘ ”‘0" "in 1- ‘00 Workmv' .22.;
James A: Flaherty and Supreme Direc-
tor. William P. Lei-kin of the Knights
of Columbus.
The program {or the two days fol-
lowing sflli also be of an elaborate na-
ture. including sightseeing - tours.
theater parties. Mt. 'i‘amalpais excur-
dons. picnics. _teas and social func-
tions for the ladies making up a busy
round of entertainment (or the entire
weefi of the Supreme Convention.
ed in It. construction.
L All of the kneatahop
merits of the past ha‘v l
ipietety eliminated and ins“
rectory Kequip‘pcd with th w. mod.
l‘rn appliances and the w: hi ., n m-
tem is one of the finest in ii. “Grid
PROMO. h” been made tr? W 'QL
fare of employee by the {u i\ ., “pl-ed
club-house on the top or t » of m
skycrnppera This is cm zip. g vrtl:
a modern gymnadurn. saimrr a: p01
and roof garden. There 31.5 a N hm:
installed a fully equipped hospitrl and
a system of restaurants hai tr n n.
stalled throughout the blitdmts
fi'rallgx.
‘ fl con.
' .1 .j “937
ACCIDEVT 05' NOR“'AI5K- DAN-
BI'RY ROAD.
DANBI'RY. Jul) :6 —In an auto-
mobile accident on the state highway
between this city and Norwalk late
sunday night._ Henry Gu-aveson. of
260 East lflth street. New Yerit. re—
ceived an injury to his right leg that
may necessitate the amputation of the
limb. Mrs. Agnes Steinway. of no
East 180th street. New Vol-b received
a fracture, of the rightshoulder. The
accident happened when lightsatrom
an approaching ear blinded the driver
on a sharp turn and the car left the
road. .
msMumqufl-al
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DIED AS RIBS!“ 0F (RIMl‘hfi
ACI'.
BRIDGEPORT. July 26. (LAM
B. Christan. of Bridgeport. .1 u;
result of the criminal act 0' Gears!
H. Jenkins. of Brooklyn. V. Y. sr‘
cording to the m of Fort“ f“ J. J.
Phellfl made while today i" connec-
tion with the {w azz'onml-il» um"-
dent in Stratford on Ju'. l' l". the
Btratford town court. Jiniu-x was
held under $1.50. bonds for mat be.
(orevthe Superior Court on a (Large ct
manslaughter.
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