- TEES ‘
LEONARDTOGET
'AROUNDjESOMO'
Gate of $550,000 Expected
For Fracas With Tend-
ler Tonight
‘ Criqui on Bargain Bill
He Will Defend Feather-
weight Crown Against
Dundee Thursday
Night
Somcthing like $750,000 will be
removed this week from the pockets
of the fistlc fans of New York an]
vicinity. l‘ossibly one-third of this
nmount will find its way into the
coffers of one Benjamin Leinert. bet-
ter known as Benny Leonard cham-
pion lightweight boxer of the world.
The bulk of the remainder will be
cut up among Lew Tcndler. Philadel-
phia. real estate man nnl lightweight
boxer; Eugene Crirtui of Paris. war
veteran, houlevardicr and
featherweight boxer of the world, and
Joseph Carrora.‘ also known as
Johnny Dundee. native of Sharkai.
Italy. and naturalized citizen of the
l‘nlted States. owner of race hor-
ses and a slinger of fists. .
In estimating the amount “'lllt‘ll
“ill be, removed from the wallets or
the boxing public in response to the
1'.er of two world's championship
ring battles within a spzicc of four
days. considerable allowance is made
for the optimism of the gentlemen
promoting these t‘olllt-ts. James J.
Johnston. the little man with 'll(‘
soft. persuashe voice. v. ho is making
the arrangemrnts for the Ixonard-
’l'endler fracas at the Yankee Sta-
dium tonight under the ausplcrs of
the t‘romucll A. 1‘. predicts the re-
reipts at his ring carnival will ap-
proximate 37"“.HHU. Loppln: off
“50mm from lns eriimate, we v.ill
allow that the gate “ill be in the
neighborhood of SBSIXHHU.
Thomas 1". ()'l(nlll‘l{t‘, the sil\-r-
toppwl mattliniahrr cf the Polo
Grounds A. (2. which is ot'f'wrin: the
('rlqul-Ilunvleu “(Will's championship
featherweight match at the home of
the Giants on ’l'hursllay night. has
put a top price of $1” for a ringside
'I‘l‘. - scale
seat on his Sllfl\'»‘. pl'tt‘: .1
down to $1 for the unreserved seats.‘
The I.eunardIra-miter aftatr will (“tsl
you from 5:” down to $2. at'wrjling
to the location of your seat. in fact.
parking spar-- in one of the front
runs \vil put a. $40 or SSH dent ‘n
your l-.m!.roll if you Set out, to g~t it
at lip“. late (loin.
l'aa-bnll .‘lngnatcs l’neasy
l7\rn \‘.ltl tli- bargain prices in
. 1‘ t H'llourkc says he will time n
.'- of from $37ti'.t'ii0 to sfiitll'tltlll.
'. u in en tl'e safe Sill" the t‘ri—
"Il - llxlrilee imbrogllo will attract
_' ~v I worth of customers. That
s - in l.' r enough. So. putting to-
r t‘ -‘ ts'imat'd rt (‘v Lp’s 0" 3.35m-
MN for tomorrow night's affair. and
32"".1W” for the ont- rtainIm-nt book—
ed for three inght's lattr. it is a
sllllll.“ matter to propli- ry w‘th Seine
show of confidence that these two
championship battles will cost the
bo'dng public approximately $7M}.-
O‘i'i.
No wonder the baseball magnates
are Jieginnlng to l'lllllli r among them-
stlns that boxing is piling too
much into the public eye and too
much into the public pocketbook. The
11".”: “erl-l's series. the crashing ell-
rnnx of a. long. grinding season's
building up. drew gross receipts of
80'I5.474 for five ball games. And
here we ha\e Mr. James J. Johnson
.assurlng us that his Leonard-Tend-
la-r entertainm-nt will attract that
much or more for a few three. minute
rounds of glove swinging
It is understood that Leonard is
receive 50 per cvnt of the net re.-
ceipts of tomorrow night‘s affair.
'l‘endler. it is reported. will draw
about ‘.‘-i per cent. The remainder
will be turned over to the promoters
with which to remunr-rate the pre-
liminary boxers and pay all the oth-
er expenses of the show.
“‘0" Out of s Job
Even after allowing for the in-
come tax and a cut to Billy Gibson.
his manager. Leonard will have
plenty of coin left to keep the wolf
from the door for several score years
if the money is properly handled.
«There have been reports that Benny
has lost the hundreds of thousands
of dollars earned through a. long and
busy career in the ring. Be that as
it may .he will have no worries once
he is paid off for his efforts tomor-
row night—win. lose or draw. _
As to Tcndler, the lcft-hande’ii
young man from the Quaker City
has let it be known thta he and his
manager. Phil Glassmnn, are 3.waiting
only for their hit from the fracas
with Leonard to complete the pur-
chase of 0. 8900.000 apartment build-
7
ing in Philadelphia. It is whispered :7"; ' ' ' ' ‘ ' 'ABEIZLEL ' ' ' ' 81-4 1::
that the left—handed glove swinger 1‘ i}; ' ' ' ' ' ' Calf ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ' 8 1 4 in.
f v s o n s c s s ------- ' s
intends to discard the habiliments o 10 1-2 . . ' . ‘ . .lt‘orearm ----- . . 11
the ring in- the future. for the
hat and fountain pen of the grasp-
ing landlord.
from a few minutes of exertion on
the palded canvas it-is likely Mr.
Tendlcr will attempt to deal out left
hooks as well as rent recipts.
Monsieur Eugene Criqui.
of Verdun. who brought his sheep's
jawbone and his sleep-producing right
flat to this country some months ago
does not rank with Messrs. Leonard
and Tendler—or even with Mr. Dun-
dee—in a. financial way. The French-
msn spent several of the best years
of his life in the trenches. receiving
therefor his clothing. food at uncer-
tain intervals and some few
3. day for real fighting, the kind that
is done with the rifle and the bayonlt
not with padded gloves. Criqui also
received a terrible wound that
well-nigh mortal. His war experi-
ences have been told rather frequent-
ly since he cameio our shores to
demonstrate to Mr. Johnny Kilbane.
Cleveland business man, that the feath
erweight boxing crown would look
much better on the head of a real
fighting man than on the gray locks
of s tired business man.
Beg-rain: M. Crlqui
‘Tho hero of Verdun will receive
31% per cent of the net receipts of
mud” night's show at the Polo
Hound} That as: not him 860.000
3.)“ " -,
(‘hn mpion'
silk
As long as it is pos-
sible to rake in such". luclous profits
the hero
cents
\V as
President of Greenwood (s.
mds If They’ll Go
GREENWOOD. S. 0.. July 22—
Greenwood's boys no longer climb
trees to raise their voices in protest
at decisions of umpires of the Caro-
lina. Baseball League as seen through
knotholes in the fence. “The Nnothole
Boys" have moved inside. and now do
their protesting from the first base
line.
Visions of the days when inability
to raise a. quarter kept him and his
friends from getting more than a stol-
en glimpse of their favorite team in
action brought about formation of the
"Knothole Boys Club" here by Joel S.
Halley. president of the Greenwood
Baseball Club and a. member of the
local Rotar‘y Club. As a result the
Greenwood Rotary Club took up the
plan as a. part of its bays' work pro-
gram.
For the sum of 10 cents and pres-
entation of a. card issued when he
signs a. pledge any boy in Greenwood
BOYS SEE BALL GAME FREE
UPON PROMISE TO BE GOOD
C.) Club Remembers When
He Had to Look Through Knothole and Invites
to Sunday School
can join the club. The plan is to get.
every boy in town into the baseball
park. and the results. it is said. have
been so good that the Rotary Club is
planning to enlarge the bleacher sec-
tion assigned to the boys.
The pledge the boys sign follows:
“I will attend Sunday school every
Sunday. except in case of sickness. I
will not use curse words. I will not
gamble. I will not lie. I will be hon-
est. I will live a. cean life. I have
read. or had read to me. the ~above
obligation and I promise that I will
always try to obey it."
Membership in the club and attend-
ance at the ball games does not pro:
clude the occasional visits to “grand—
mn's out in the. country.” or frequent
trips to the "old swimmin' hole." For
the Carolina. league teams play on
Mondays. Tuesdays. Thursdays and
Fridays.
or $70,000. Even that comparatively
small amount is a goodly competence
in the hands of a thrifty Frenchman.
t‘riqui may be thrifty but he. is not
graspnig as he has shown by his be-
havior in this country since annexing
the title. Furthermore. a. few days
after his mixup with Dundee. regard-
henefit for wounded French soldiers
He will meet the best available man‘
of his weight in this benefit show.
HOW TlldEXSlAND
NATIONAL Ll-ZACI‘IT I
W. l'. P.C. '
less of the result. be \\ill satl for‘.
l-‘rance to donate his s'r‘\ir‘es' with-t
out receiving a son for them. for a
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EN: w York ............ M :‘.l .t‘..'.‘.‘ l
It‘incinnatl ............ 53 :t3 .euti
l'Ittsburgh ....... .3: 3i I‘M".
t‘hlcago ... ...... . 47 11.1 _'.-v_-‘
Brooklyn ............. -i.- lit .T-ll
St. Louis ............. 4“ it .31!
|l‘hll:ni--lphia .. “:6 til .39.»;
lioston ............... '2?» t7?! .3”
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Games \‘et-tt'rday
_\'c\\‘ York. 5: l'lii‘::r!el;-hi.l. 4 (called
end or 5th inning. rain).
Heston, ii; llroukl) n. I) (first game).
ltrrmklyn. Huston. (sect-hi
St. Louis, 1': t‘incninati. 0.
(Hunt's Today
New York at l'llllllll‘ lpliirL
St lnuis at t‘inclnnati.
t‘hicago at l‘il'slnir'fli.
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AMERICAN LEAGI'E
W i'.. PC
New York ............ 5') ‘_‘\' .t‘.7<
‘lcveland . ........ 4K 4.: .3 T‘.
St. Louis ..... . ....... 43 i': .317'
t‘hlcago ...... ..... 43 ll! .En-I‘i
,i’lill'illt lpllla . . . . . 4L1 43 3‘35
llntmir .......... . 41 4 .tc?
l\\'ashington ........... 37 -1'.t ,tt‘o,
Boston ............... :21 53 my 2
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Games Yesterday
.\’ew York. 7: Detroit. 4.
“'ashingtou. fl: "lowland. l.
t‘hicago. 9: lloston. 2.
St. Louis. 9: Philadelphia. 4.
Games. Today
lirtrolt at Chicago,
Cleveland at St. Louis.
INTERNATIONAL I VAC-FE
\V. 1.. RC.
Baltimore ............. GI 33 .649
Rochester ....... ..... 59 30 .671.
llllfTalo...............50 44 .532
Toronto.............,’4s .50.".
Reading .............. 49 {to .493
.lcrseyCity............ 48 57 .430
Newark...............33 59 .39?
Syracuse 38 60 .335‘
Games Yesterday
Jersey City. 2: Newark. 0 (lat game)
Jersey City. 15: Newark. 1 (2d
game).
Syracuse. 6: Rochester, 0.
Buffalo. 17: TOronto. 2. '
Baltimore. 6; Reading. 4.
Physical - Equipment
0f Benny and Lew
Leonard. Tcndler.
27 ...........Age............ 2
135 ........VVcight.. ....... 135
69 ..........Reach.......... 70
5 ft. 5 1-4 in.. .Helght..5 ft. 7 in.
6 34in”.....Vi'rist......6 3-4 in.
.14 ...... Biceps.......... 14
141-42. ....... Neck.........15
36 ......Chest (Normal)...... 37
38 ...Chest (Expanded)... 39 1-2
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see we ooeoereruc may
GAMES CALLED
WH_E_NlT_ RAlNS
Springwood-Kacey and East
End-Green’s Farms Con-
tests Halted by Rain.
ltain caused the postponement of
two local games yesterday. The Kacey
and Springwood game at Iladik Field
and the Greens l~‘arms-l£ast End
game at tho \\'lcko int. wero both
called in the second inning on ac-
count of rain.
(hind
Fitted
crowds were on hand
to char-<3 both games. The score was
til-0. \\ hen the Springnood—Kacey
.zranie was called and the East Ends
vitri- lealizu: by the score of 2-0,
:wlp u the cv-n'esi was terminated.
These eaznw will be play. off later
in the form of double headers. when
lit" icnms nn-t again. in their re-
Fruity" l: .‘Hzm s.
BABE
0N ROAD "
T0 RElilllN CROWN
liven if a heartless sheriff foreclosed
the mortsage and took away the
gildul' crown which the fans gave
”l’fillu‘" ltatli two years ago. the big
llamlino is in little danger of being
lltpf'flk'll as the (‘aliph of Crash. G.
H. liuth is playing safe these days
ll» intends to buy his own home run
crown this season. and is paying for it
in thcs installment plan—about two
hunters a week.
The only threatening
the. throne is lanky Cy \V'illiams. of
the. Futile l‘hillics. Solemn Cy has
two big advantages over the Behe-
moth from Baltimore. the short right
fitld fence in Quakertown and the
slightly contemptuous attitude of the
National League pitchers. The fact
that Cy plays for Philadelphia. and
isn't any thicker around than the bat
he carries has led many a flinger into
serious error. “'hat! This long lanky
sup or water hit a home run of! me?
\Vateh this! They groove one for Cy
-—and they watch it as long as they
can see it. which is about the time it
drops over the fence into Uroad street
in \‘i’illlnm l‘cnn's favorite city. If Cy
had about forty pounds more flesh
parked under his belt he might get
more bases on balls and fewer homers.
But no credit should be taken away
from this member of the Williams
family. He's a long. lean bird with a
wicked punch. It is true that he hits
most of his homers over t e Braod
street barrier. but. what 0‘“ r hogne.
run hitter disdains such an advantage?
\Vhen G. Herman Ruth was setting
that mark of fifty-nine circuit clouts‘
he=didn't mark any of! the slate be-
cause they settled in the lower right
field stand at the Polo Grounds. A
four-base blow is a. homer wherever
it lands. Cy hits 'em on the road. too,
when he gets a ball to his liking. and
smites it fairly.
Ken ‘Villiams gave Ruth quite a
battle last year and. with Tilly Walker.
nosed out the home run king. who is.-
bored undcr the handicap of a long
suspension and a consequent lack of
practice. but this year Ken is lagging
a. bit and Tilly \Valker is out of the
picture altogether. Tilly was benched
by Connie Mack in favor of the young-
er element. but nothing hindered Ken
Williams from setting the pace except
claimant to
was omr'uurmsn
Title Bouts This llVeek to Drain $75
raEM‘ DAYS 15 GONE roasyaa.
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LOGKWOOOS DEFEAT WILTON
, lN EASE CITY LEAGUE GAME
Deerman Allows No Runs and Three HitsUp Until Eighth
. ' Inning—Wilton Ties Score in Eighth—4 M,
Mulvoy.Gets Home Run. >
Wilton we'nt down to'defeat before
the Lockwoods yesterday afternoon in
an exciting game played at Orem
Field. by the score of 6-4.
The Wilton team failed to score a
run until the eighth inning. and when
this stanza. came around the Clover
team was leading by the score of 4
to 0. Deerman had only allowed
them three hits. but then the fun he-
gan and with n barrage of five hits in-
cluding 3. home run by Mulvoy and it
three sacker by Pleasents. the Farm-
ers pushed four runs across the
palte. Mulvoy's homer should have
been held to a single. but it was a
hard hit ball which traveled nearly all
of the way on the ground and got
away Rom Lysk the Lockwoods' left
fielder. rolling down the hill. Cage.
Mertz and Keene. also collected hits
during this inning.
The Lockwoods came back in their
half of the ninth and scored two runs.
when McCartcn win- was the tint
man up singled and stole second, lins-
scll then laid down a. perfect bunt
sending McCartcn to third and placing
himself safe on first. Carlson hit to
Keene and McCarten was out going
home. tuszcil took third on the
play. Hayes then laid down a hunt
which scored Russell and advanced
Carlson to second. llall hit to Kihish
forcing Hayes on second and sending
Carlson to third base. McCarthy then
singled scoring Carlson and putting
the Lockwoods two runs in the lv-u-l.
Deerman who had pitched in llan—
bury on Saturday. was relieved by
Carlson in the eighth. \vlio held \Viltt‘ n‘
scoreless during the remainder of the:
game. i
A large crowd was on hand to wit-l
nest the game. which kept them on
edge throughout. This was the sec-t
and defeat for \\'ilton and the record
victory for the I.Ct‘k\\‘tiC-l! Slnt‘v! lhcl
City League opcntd‘fits rtuson.
Hayes 2b.. ....... 5 2 3 1 3 0
Hallcf............5 1 3 1 0 0
McCarthy 1b.. .... 3 1 1 10 0 0
Logan rf..........4 O 1 3 0 1
Lynk rf............3 0 2 3 0 0
Altern.3b.........4 0 0 0 4 0
hicCarthcn c.. .... 4 0 1 6 1 0
Russell 58.. ....... 4 1 1 3 1 1
llet-rman p.. ...... 3 0 0 0 0 0
Carlsonp..........1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 27 9 2
“TL-TON
Riley lb..........§ 0 112 0 0
Mulvoy c.. ........ 4 1 2 7 0 0
\V’hone rf.. ....... 2 0 0 1 0 0
'(_‘agerf...........2 1 1 0 0 0
'.\‘.’ertzlf.. ........4 1 1 2 0 0
l’leasents 2b.. .... 4 0 1 *l 3 0
cltntémlen p.. 4 o 1 o 2 o
Schmidt. cf.. 4 0 (i 2 0 0
Kihlslt $3.. ....... 4 0 0 0 5 0
Kenna. 3b.. 4 1 1_ 2 4 0
Totals 38 4 8 27 14 0
Score by innings:
Lockwoods o 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2—6
\Vilton ...... . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0—4
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mcxwoons '
a.b. r. h. p.o. a. e.
Summary:
Earned runs. Lockwood: 8. \Vilton
4.
Two-base Ilits. Inuit-Keene.
'l‘hrce-lvase hit. IIaU-I’lcasenis.
llomc run, Mulvoy.
First on halls—off Chittcnden l.
Struck out—by Chittenden. 3; by
lled‘nwn. 7.
Sacrifice hits. McCarthy. Logan.
Left on has-rs, Lockwood: 7. \N‘ilton
L).
Double play. Ahearn. Hayes. Mc-
Car-thy.
Stolen bases llail. McCarthy. Logan.
Schmidt. McCartlit-n. Russell.
First on Erorrs. \Vilton 2.
l‘mpire. Morris.
“its GET llccrman I.
luns. 4.
MANAGERS GEE EEGEOTERS
iii an GE ElG BOUTS AGAIN
no
YORK, .luly -..
Tom U'Hourkc. l'adcry
Kcarns and a representative
(‘romell A. C. are slated to
conference in Kenrn's office in the
Fitzgerald lluilding this after-
noon to straighten out the difficulitiesl
surrounding the matching of Jack
Dempsey with Luis Angel l-‘irpo and
with Harry “'ills for boat hvr.‘ it».
fore the close of the outdoor boxing
season.
"Everlng thing is settled except for
one thing.".uaid Rickard today when
asked about the progress of negotiat-
ions for the propcsed Dt‘lllPS(‘)"}“ll‘l\0
bout on or about Labor Day. “You
Ni»;\\' .Tex Rickard.
Mullins. Jack
of the‘
go into
fellows are all wrong about Firpo
holding it up by demanding more
money. Firm is ready to go. That
isn't the troble. I. am not at libcrty
to say what the obstacle is. but 1 exp-
tcct that Monday will see the matter
settclcd and we probably will make a
definite nnouneemcnt then?»
There are wheels within wheels in
the local boxing situation and the
complications arise. from the presench
of three major promoters. That the-
re is factional strife is no secret. Jack
Kcarns the Champion's manager.
is eager to sign for bouts with Firpo
and “'ills but must wait until the var—
ious wrinkles are ironed out. That.s
the object of the general get together
party scheduled for to—morrow.
Don‘t be surpriscdif the Dempsey
Firpo contest is scheduled for the.
Polo Grounds under a new deal. As to
the Dempsey-\Vills battle that will be
staged at the Yankee Stadium early
in October, if at all. I-‘orxcasons of
t l‘t‘l‘.‘ng opened a week or so ago Dun-
expmlienee Harry may be pushed aside
:-'.::iin and left with nothing better to
do than ply his stevedore's hook.
l'nlcss there is an unexpected shift
in the odds Johnny Dundee will cute!
the ring at the Polo Grounds on Thu-
rsday night as the favorite in his bout
with ("humpinn Eugene Criqui for the
Worlds featherweight title. \\’hen the
«ice was the favorite in New York.
where has a big personal follow-
ing. but was on the short end of the
odds in Brooklyn. Now. however.
Dundee in the favorite all through the
metropolitan area. One Brooklyn
stakeholder reported yesterday that
he had received two commissions
with Dundee the favorite. one of 31.1-
(it) to Low and another of $600 to 35‘
00. Matty Post, who is said to have
won a fortune by betting on Dundee
t‘onsistcniy. is understood to have
“‘agert‘d $10.000'on Dundee, most of
it at odds.
Preparations have been made to s.-
m‘nnlntodnte a large crowd at Dundee
quarters in “'cst Orange. N. J. to-dny
Johnny will do his usnl stunts in the
front yard of his home. winding up by
putting on the gloves with Tony Vac-
curelli and Jack Rappaport. lie int-
ends to continue at hard labor until
the day before the scrap.
(‘riqui is taking things easy at his
camp in Manhasset. He is below
weight and his problem is tokeep
from going stale. Yesterday he boxed
six shorts rounds with Leon Poutet'
and Mario Gall. "
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American League pitching. "Steam-
boa " as the Yankees call him. isn't
quite the same threatening lad that he
was last season. He misses Sisler and
the punch the Brownie team carried
in 1822. “then a. team slumps off
the morale of everybody on it is af-
fected. Last year the- Fohlies Were
battling for the pennant. Every cir-
cuit blow "Steamboat" slammed out
put the outfit four bases nearer s pros-
pective world's series. This year they
pay as well. Ken has come along of
late, however, and he has a chance of
making it interesting for the Babe.
but only a Chinarnan's chance. and
nobody wants to be a. Chlnaman in the
big leagues.
As for the Babe, if he could cash
in his free tickets to first for additional
turns at bat. he would make his home
run race I. parade. Just as the season
us...
i’rQ u.-- -
reached the halfway mark Signor
Ruth sorrowfully accepted his one
hundredth hand-engraved invitation to
stroll down to first base unniolested.
In some games he has been walked
every time he came to but. Knock-
ing out home runs is particularly dif-
ficult under these circumstances.
The pleasing thing about the Babe
is his total disregard for fences. As
has been said :before. he could knock
home runs in the Sahara Desert and
would doubtless bank the ball over the
Great “fall of China. it he ever played
in that league. His total this year
will not be particularly impressive.
but pick out any real home run he
makes and if any fan thinks that the
Ruthian punch is fafilng. he will do
the enemy flingcrs a. favor by telling
them of it. flihcy haven't noticed it.
at all.
GOSH- cow
cm AFFORD
V‘.
‘_l|
‘A, Mom
0,000 from Fans’ Pockets.
Sport Barrage
Cliat and Comment. of ' Special Interest”
rwalk
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Fine weather.
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Wouldn't it be great if everyone be-
lieved everyone else.
Hello!
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The Deerman came near striking a
coat of whitewash on the \ViltOn team
yesterday.
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Rain was the victor in some of the
baseball games around this section
yesterday.
0 O .
Mulvoy the catcher for the “'ilton
team shapes up as one of the best
backstops in this section. He has a
fine arm on him and there are very
few men stealing bases on him. He
is also a. good sticker.
0 O O
Kibish the new shortstOp on the
Farmers has added a great deal of
strength to that outfit. There are very
low balls that get by him.
0 Q 3
M’anager Riley has a. strong team
in the Farmers. and they will make a
good bid for the championship in the
City League.
0 0
The Lockwoods were very much
eluted over their victory yesterday.
and they are now confident that they
VETERAN’S LIFE
18 A SERMON
“Adams._I‘ittsbur':. \\'on 8. lost 3."
That's the entry you will find rather
high in the pitching rtcords of th?
National League this morning. Adams
of Pittsburg. who was busy winning
games for the Pirates back in lib-9.
still is busy at the same old job. l’nhe
Adams they called him in 1909. when
he flashed like a. meteor across the
major league firmament and
the Pirates to a world championship
against the llotroits. And llabe they
still call him at the age of fortyone.
There's a strong sermon in the ca—
rccr of Charles Benjamin Adams. who
was born at Tipton. 1nd,. on May 18.
1882.
he was born in 1883. but Adams will
not have it that way. Last May. when
the Pirates came here for the firstr
time and references were made to the
forticth birthday of the veteran.
Charles Benjamin Babe come. forth
and asked for a correction. "No use
cheating there. boys.
rather proud of it."
hander.
The career of Adams is remarkable
from twO‘angies—first. because he has
been in professional baseball since
1904: second. because he is one of the
most startling comebacks in the his-
tory of the game. It takes grit and
gameness. unlimited courage. to make
the sort of comeback which Adams
made in 1918. when he worked his
way back to the Pirates after having
been in the minors for two years.
The Babe "Is Through.”
In August of the 1916 season. in
which Adams won
and lost nine. the word went around
the circuit that the righthander whose
masterful control had been one of the
most remarkable assets ever shown
‘by a pitcher. had seen his best days
One afternoon came the sad news that
comes to every big lenguer in time—-
waivers had been asked on Adams.
Nobody in the National League want-
ed him. Nobody in ’the American
League wanted him.
The Babe apparently was done. He
was 34 years old. much beyond the
big league average. :‘Too bad about
the Babe. he's through." they said and
they prepared to forget him as he
made his exit. Pittsburg released him
to St. Joseph in the “'estern League.
For a. short spell Adams wanted to
go back to his farm and forget all
about baseball.
said the right-
stlll bad faith in himself. The records
insinuated that his pitching days were
over, but Adams yearned to call those
records false and time an arr-ant liar.
From the royal Pirates. seldom out of
the fight for the pennant. went Adams
back to the bushes. 'l‘h'ere was iron
in his soul and a. determination to
come back.
Adams would not rcport to St. Jo-
seph-in 1918. But in 1917 it was ar-
ranged for him to go to Hutchinson.
Ram. in the same league. It wasn‘t
long before baseball fans found them-
selves obliged to recall the memories:
of the Adams of the other days. With
Hutchinson he won twenty games and
lost thirteen. Not only that, but his
hurled .
The records will tell you that,
I um 41 and.
lthrce games in 19‘». l'
only two games‘
But the fighter in-
‘ him resented that suggestion. Adams'
MONDAY. JULY 23,
Fans.
have struck their star-1a
s s 0
Benny Leonard “. '
full this evening. v.
the same ring m'i:
boy from the an‘n r
This is UK“ 0;».‘1;
champs and w... n;~.. ;
this evening. '1‘ ..
Leonard fought Tr - j ,
time of it. l::t 3‘
fact that he 1.3.] r.-.
good kft hash l “;
time.
Since entering tr
bout Leonard i..:s 1' .
l handed sparring In"
5and as the rnsn ’. r'
lence with ' '
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l tween liglztwvic’:
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‘ This is to rt‘. '. .-
.Tiuging off for to 2.}.
Adams was mm ‘* ..
“'estrrn lmagxw m n ~
arranged \":'it l~ l-v -.
two ptgs into tl.-- . n A.
with the Kansas V‘- ‘
American Assoc -
Adams won ll
compilel an (.11
1.67. The p::.l>~
sung all arounl
pitchers were “,
l
.
l
l
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the shms it": \L:‘ r 3
old fellow. r...“ . .
well as he (-\“!‘ 3 .1
So that St: ' ‘ :5
crow. Barney it: .. ‘
the had acted teo l. .~'.
was rushed out n t.
League. “'ould .‘tt'. .‘~ Hrs ».
to come back to l"‘ r .3
sum-3 his oil fr!» r" . — _~
Pirates? \Vou‘l E: ‘ --,
ted. He had wen i“: "
{new came the '
istill could fool N
' mtn.
“‘ins "is Great Battle.
Adams won t‘. .‘ ~ 1
fight. too. Ht: 1‘...
thing he had nrt
league in many _\. :i,
came back “th a .
came back with my : '~
my control. In t‘:-’
games he pitclzwi
gave only thirty-four
g.
. r\
rushed back into 11-.-
leadcrs with (-v\i,n'-
. ten defeats. and r‘: '-
es on balls in ii:
which he worked 3::
control for you.
In 1920 Adams “
lost thirteen. In l.-_1 :c
and five with an ear .2 a
of 2.65. In 1112: his was
.won and eleven ks: “rt:
his principal victims.
has won eight and luv r:.
had won seven stra .. -
ants stopped him no: so .
back.
At 41 Adams m".
, ingly. But when
there. Get. behind ‘2 .
pitching and you “.f z. '
absence of what is lax"
No great curve bail. 2:
control. And—the
works at the vstakz
sition. He studits
mental index in v
hitter in the ion
outguessmg the ..
give them the ball tip \'
making them stri';.- ..
pitching they disiik-r.
iii.»
A credit to tin .114“
nms. and a great . .
He‘s an inspiration " " ’
lows and an ol‘iz‘ft 3*“ 3 *3 39
ones.
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Leading Batters in
NATIONAL
Players—Club G. .1 T'-
licrnsby. St. I... . ‘ i ‘
“'heat. B'kyn ..
larnhart“. Pitts. 1-,".
Traynor. Pitts... <4
‘19
Young, N. Y. . .
Hellman. D't.
earned run average of 1.75 was the!
best in the minor leagues. It stands.
out now as the best of his entire ca-
reer.
Ruth. N. Y.. . . . .
Speaker. Cleve. . . '
Speaker. Cleve.. .
Sewell. Cleve. . .
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