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Juno: Lightweight Champ.
O O O
" Sullivan defended his title last
evening against Pepper Martin at
" the Queensboro Stadium and won. It
" was agreat bout and the junior
: “(hindsight champ displayed fine
.. form.
t O O
Sullivan takes considerable pride
in the fact that he is junior light-
int ohsmp. We are glad to note
that he does. “We wish that more
' champions would take pride in the
face that they were holders of titles
and the boxing game would he s
, cleaner sport. than what it. is.”
O a I
_ In speaking of the junior light-
. weight crown. we must give Tex
Rickard a great deal of credit. He is
a. wonderful business man. He is
the creator of the junior lightweight
' championship.
l O 0
Title bouts were not coming fast
much for Tex at one time. so he
decided to create a new division and
- put up a belt;5 The crown has been
- passed along from One to miothcr
and considerable interest has been
created in the 130 pound division es-
tablished by Tex.
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The Yankees won yesterday. while
the Datroit Tigers dropped another
to the “wellington Senators. Joe
8p in Barrage
Norwalk Fans ,-
Bush was or. the mound for New
York and pitched fine hall.
......,. -- .. 1?
IttheYankeesoontinnetogetthe
suns brand of pitching that they
have in the last few days, they will
win the American League champion-
ship. '
O O 0
Both the Giants and the Pirates
were defeated yesterday. The Clncy
Reds took the Giants into camp.
while the Dodgers walloped Pitts-
burgh.
O 0 O
The Sentinel baseball teams will
do their stuff again next Saturday
afternoon, it pment plans go
through. The Stamford Sentinel
boys are not satisfied with the re-
sult of the game last week and de-
mand that Chontss and Ryan be
left out of the local paper’s line-up..
O 0 O
The Wilton nine must have sur—
prised Sieve Moore's Danbury nine
Sunday. when they trimmed them by
the score of‘9 -0. It looked like ‘a.
parade instead of a baseball game.
O C 0
Moore stated early in the season
that the \Vilton nine was not in the
some class with the Danbnry team.
He was right. they demonstrated
this Sunday. They looked as if they
were about three classes ahead of
the Hatters.
1 O t
The Knceys and the Lockwoods
will hack up in the second game of
their series Sunday afternoon at the
Baxter Grounds. Pete Wilson will
again be on the mound for the
Clover nine.
EDDIE COLLINS LOOMS AS
ONE OF BEST
Chicago. Aug. ”Edward Trow-
bridge Collins. veteran of nineteen
campaigns in the American league.
is making a determined bid for the
American league honors as its mast
valuable player for 1924.
Collins. for ten years captain of
the Chicago \Vhlie Sex. is now lead-_
ing the league in base stvaling with'
33 thefts. and climbed from sixth
to third place in batting within a.
week, going into third position with
an average of .436. Babe Ruth.
the famous Yankee. still is leading
the parade. but dropped to an even
400, with Bib Falk of the ‘Whitc-
Sox second with Collins. (‘nbh easing
into fifth place with .344, a point
behind Jamicsnn of Cleveland. The
average includes games of “'cdnes-'
day.
Collins led the American league in
base stealing last scason‘with a to-
tal of 49. and with the close of the
1924 season nearly two months
away. hopes to equal, if not surpass
his performance of 1923.
Ruth crashed out two more
home runs and swelled his circuit
drive total to 38. He has maintain-
ed an average of scoring better than
a run a game. as he registered 114
PLAYERS OF 1924
Speaker, Cleveland, .333.
Kazcn Cuyler. a national league
youngster playing the outfield with
the Pirates, is in second place
among the boilers. runner up to
Rogers Hornsby, the Cardinals
star, and champion batter of the
league. Cuylcr. a former southern
lt-aguer. is hitting .377 while Hornsby
is topping him with .407, a gain of
four points over his mark of a. week
ago.
Cuyler also is giving his team
mate Max Carey :1 fight for base
sicnling honors. The southern flash
haa come along with such speed that
he has topped Cliff Ileathcote. of
the Cubs. who was. runner up to
Carey 8. Week ago. Cuyler has swiped .
21 hasnso t lieathcotc's 20.
is leading with 30.
Frankie Frisch of the. Giants.
continues to add to his run record.
crossing the plate for a. total of 86
tallies. Hornsby increased his total
base record to 264. his 166 hits in-
cluding 29 doubles. 11 triples and
16 home runs.
Jock Fournior, slugging first base-
man of the Dodgers. with 23 cir-
cuit drives. is leading the home run
hitters by a. mfe‘ rgin.
Other leading b ters:
Carey
times in 113 games. In cracking out “—11
. eat. Brookl'n, .32"; i ,...
154 hits. the home run king has Cincinnati. 353: I’Roush‘ Cifcr‘txiqvl l.
80110 into *1 triple ”8 “'llh CObbo .352; Fournler Brooklyn . 34;;-
“"%0§L°3°‘133&T"g'°§io G H Young. New York. .341- 'Snyder'
- . ~ - -- -€ 05 1"- Nt-w York. .324: Frisch I'Vew York.
Washington, .381; Hexlmnnn. De. .323; Grlgshy' Chicago, :323; Blade:
groit. .336: Sheelr-y. Chicago. .335; St. Louis, .323. ‘7'
‘PAsnAlEs WIN
ANOTHER GAME
Defeat Norwalk Lock
Nine Saturday Af-
ternoon at Amuse-
ment Park,
The Pastimes defeated the Nor-
jwslk Lock baseball team Saturday
at Amusement Park in a thirteen
inning game. The score was 8 to 6.
The'ga'me was loosely played by
both sides. fifteen errors being made.
The Pastimes went into the ninth
landing 5 to 3. but the Lock Co. tied
the score in their half. The score
remained tied for three extra innings
and the Pastimes then sewed up the
game by scoring three runs.
The box score follows:—
PASTIMES
' » ab 1- 11 110 a. e
_‘l(cGuinness. c 7 1 2 9 n 1
.. i‘l‘homas. ss 7 1 1 i 5 z
-'Coieman. cf 6 o 3 1 o 1
Richards. 2b 6 1 2 s 2 2
Cunningham. 8b 6 0 1 2 2 « 1
Chantal. if 6 0 3 1 0 o
Peden. W. 11) 6 2 2 11 0 1
Hodges. rf 4 1 1 n n 1
Och, p 6 2 2 3 2 2
’ 53 8 17 89 11 8
NORWALK LOCK
ab r b no a e
6 0 1 1 3 1
5 1 2 6 0 1
2 0 0 3 o 1
7 1 1 3 0 0
7 2 3 11 0 1
1 l 1 0 o 0
5 1 2 8 1 1
6 0 1 1 0 1
7 0 2 5 0 0
7 0 1 1 7 (l
0 o 1 1 4 1
59 6 15 39 15 7
”I" 117 innings:-——
Foiooioooooooe—s
LockCo.-—
30000000200014
- runs Pastimes 5, Norwalk
Two base hit Coleman.
Gum. ‘ Three base hit,
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on Kosmecki 8. Struck out by Och
9. by Kosmecki 10. Left on bases.
Pastimes 8, Norwalk' Lock 18. Dou-
ble my Thomas to Richards. Kear-
ney to Ireland. Passed balls. Mc-
Guinness 2. First on errors Pastimes
4. Norwnlk Lock 4. Stolen bases.
McGuinness. Chostos. W. Peden 2.
Kearney. Rose, H. Peden. Time 2
hrs. 40 min. -
“*—
HELFANT WRITES LETTER.
LeRoy 1). Downs,
Sporting Editor,
Evening Sentinel,
Dear Sir: The 2nd Combat Train
baseball team is indignant over a
statement appearing in the local
papers that the recent game in
which it defeated the Redwood
nine was merely a practice game
and the Redwoods' full line-up did
not appear on the field.
- The Combat boys protest this at-
titude, as they claim the game in
question was a regularly scheduled
contest. and they played with that
idea in view. They further contend
that they have not taken part in a
practice game since the team was
organized. The fact that two of the
Redwood. players, O'Brien and Sal-
lick. did not show up is no excuse
tor-now labelling their defeat as a
practice game, because, as s. matter
of actual fact the Combat Train was
without the services of two of its
regular outflelders.
The local National Guarders have
in a. short time whipped together a
team that bids fair to annex the
championship of the regiment at
Fort Eustis. Va. this summer. While
they do not. begrudge the splendid
showing which the Redwoods have
displayed this season, they do not
wish their own reputation to suffer
and desire to correct any wrong im-
pression which may have been gain-
ed from the contrary statement ap-
pearing in the papers.
Manager.
EDWARD BELFANT. .
The annual appearance or the
football guide. with its schedule of
games Q, thoroughly complied by
the publishers. indicates a season of
more importance in 1924 than that
of 1933., There are more causes to‘
be played. and the series between
in larger colleges has been extended. .
to bring about." more variety. 501
course, the fixtures wbich have has”
come a historic part of football. 1
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“STANDS ALONE
Should Hold American
Tennis Title for Sev-
eral Seasons to Come
NEW YORK. Aug. 19.——-After the
calm. confident and courageous man
net in which Miss Helen Wills came
through to 19. successful defense of
her national tennis title at Forest
Hills last week one need not hesi-
tate to make the essertion that she
she ought to continue to reign as
queen of American tennis courts for
at least three or four seasons to
come. At presept there is none to
dispute the title with her seriously
unless it be Miss Mary Brown. and
the latter is now past the age when
she can hope to improve as a con-
tender. Miss ‘Vills. on the other
hand. has not yet reached her prime
She has the strokes and the speed.
and with experience'she is bound to
gain in court craft and generalship.
. At the age of 18 the California
girl is in,a position of no more ten-
nis worlds to conquer on this side of
the Atlantic. Europe. however. still
offers an incentive for Miss Wills.
Unquestionably she will seek anoth-
er opportunity to score at Wimble-
don. either ln 1925 or 1926. and the
chances then will favor her success.
In another season even Mlle Lenglen.
if she remains in competition, will
find our national champion a match
for her. No girl at Miss Will's age
ever flashed the speed of stroke and
the all court game of the Pacific
coast girl. nor showed a more ideal
match player temperament.
(‘onfidcnce and lick of it won and
lost the women's national tennis
championship on Saturday.
It was plain to see that Miss Hei-
en \Vilis entered the contest with su-
preme though calm assurance that.
she was to win. She showed it in ev-
ery move; in her unhurrled. even,
powerful attack; in the consistently
bold depth and pace she injected in-
to her shots.
It was just as plain to see that Mrs
Mallory was at a loss to determine
just what the most effective sort of
game would be to employ against the
youthful champion. Time was when
Mrs. Mallory had no doubts at all
on that score, when her always re-
liable weapon was a devasting forc-
hand wallop backed by all the speed
she could summon in covering the
court. She had one plan of battle and
it usually worked to perfection——
speed, power and punch.
But how different was the Mrs.
Mallory who faced her conqueror of
1923 in the final! How uncertain
was her generalship and how inef-
fective her attack! Before the match
began Mrs. Mallory must have been
convinced that in a severe baseline
driving duel Miss W‘ills had too
much pace for her. She had been
beaten in just that type of match
on the same court the year before
and again in the Olympic champion-
ship in France. and apparently Mrs.
Mallory no longer had the confi-
dche that her greatest tennis weap-
on could prevail against the Olym-
pic title holder.
With that confidence gone or
shaken there was little hope of vic-
tory for Mrs Mallory. Almost with
the first rally she began to resort to
waft in preference to speed. return~
in gthe ball without pace and with
Varying length in the hope of break-
ing up the effectiveness of Miss
“’ills's driving game. The plan failed
because that. style of play suited
Miss Wills just as well as the other.
In fact. she preferred it-for. it gave
her more time to set herself for a
return. more time to gauge her dis-
tance and speed. It took Mrs Mal-
lory the greater part of a. set to de-
cide that her tactics could not make
headway. She tried then to get back
to her favorite driving game. but by
this time‘Miss Wills was too far in
front and going too strongly to be
overhauled. The former champion
found it difficult to get into her
stride and while she unquestionably
did fires the youthful champion hard
er in the later stages of the affair
there never was any doubt as to the
result. That. in brief'is the story of
the match.
The women's championship of
1924 will be remembered for the
splendid bid Miss Mary K. Browne of
California made to regain a. title she
held ten years before. She was very
close to success. Had she had just
a. little more reserve in the final set
of a brilliant match in which her
gereraiship and decisive voileying
were proving almost a match .r the
Olympic champion's speed she would
have come through a. winner. ma
8119 need any but the most courag-
eous sort of player her aggressive at-
Jack and wonderful court craft
Would have prevailed.
There seems little doubt that M1354
Browns, despite the fact. that she
failed to reach the final round, is
entitled to second place in national.
rank. Had she been in the same he]:
with Mrs. Mallory instead of in mg;
Will's half of the draw she probably
would have come through to the title
match. 0n the results of the season
the most logical ranking of the top
ranking women players seems to be
the following:
1. MissHeien Wills; 2, Miss Mary
K- Browne; 3, Mrs Mona Mallory; 4,
Miss Eleanor Goes: 6. Mrs Marion
Jessa»: 6. mg Martha Bayard; 1,
,Misl Mame MacDonald.
W 91d. the Selig-less pn-
M “ed a thirteenslsour auto-
mobile ride ”fl, Wyn“-
Inc in the West 30th Streetjmlgee
notion. .snu hiredja mat":
o'clock in the amount-tier-
Mandate amusement-pieces
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around New York ordered “nerds-iv-
ruler
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
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St. Louis
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Detroit ..
Washington
St. Louis
Cleveland
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia.
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Little misfortunes often 'tlmes
turn out to be blessings in disguise.
say the ages.
Benny Leonard may ’well agree
with them. At least it would ap-
pear as though Pal Moran did the
lightweight champion a favor when
the former stuck his elbow in front
of one of Benny’s jabs the other
night and caused the king to dis-
locate his thumb. \
The accident gave Leonard
grounds on which to ask a postpone-
ment of his battle with the wclter-
weight king, Mickey Walker. sched-
uled for Aug. 20 and. judging from
Leonard's work in the ring against
Moran the extended training period
Mil be a boom to him. This even
though the sore thumb keeps‘ him
from actually {cropping punches
every day.
Leonard and Moran met in Cleve-
land at the McGlnty-Hinklo arena.
The ~New Orleans lightie was no
match for Lconnrd of course. Loon-
ard took the bout. to test himself
out for his effort to gain the wvlter
crown. And there is no doubt but
what his work that night showed
Leonard the need of more training
after his long sojourn in Hollywood.
The champ had all his cleverness.
His judge of distance was good con-
sidering his idleness of mon‘ s. Iiut
he lacked some of the snap of his
punches which have won him the
name" of being one of the fastcst
men in the ring. He found also that
his endurance was not up to its old
standard. There seemed to be mo—
ments when he called upon it for a
spurt and seemed nonpiussed when
he found his body aware of the ex-
ertlon.
It must be pointed out that L‘eon-
hrd went into the battle at catch-
weights but he appeared to me to be
five or six pounds over the pound-
age he wants to carry into the ring
against Walker.
The postponement of the tilt with
Walker—which is now moved back
to an early date in September—will
give the lightweight boss 3. chance
to cut down his weight without the
drastic measures-the original date
would have forced. It will also en-
able him to tune up his wind and
get more snap into his blows.
After watching Leonard the skier
night and taking all these things in-
to consideration I figure that he's
due to succeed where he failed the
last time he tried to go' out of his
class and wrest the welterweight title
from the holder. He met Jack Brit-
ton two years ago. June 26. 1922
randl iogfltto the crafty old vet on a
on . ton. had on
during the mill. tgeneraied him
Walker is not the craft I
or boxer that Britten was.y $3152.11!
respect to the present champ. Leen-
ard hits just as hard and is a surer
hitter. .Many‘still believe Walker
caught the aged Britten of! form
Mickey will not catch Iconard that
way. And Leonard in form is fit
to take on any man near his weight.
New York at Cincinuti.
Brooklyn .at, Pittsburgh. . ‘
Batch 81’. Chicago; ‘ . . ,
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Shillong at-Bos‘t‘e'i.‘ ' .65 "
Cleveland etvil’lhiladelphilt
By imam E. snows. -
Waterbury
Springfield
Hartford
Worcester
New Haven
Pittsfield
Albany
Bridgeport ,
mu Yde. young pitcher of the
Pittsburgh Pirates continues to lead
both leagues in pitching. Ins work
on the mound this season has had
much to do with the Pirates fight for
league leadership.
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New York _2. Chicago 0.
Boston 8. St. Louis 2.
Cleveland 13. Philadelphia 3.
Washington 6. Detroit 8. ‘»
"NATIONAL LEAGUE.
' Brooklyn 7. Pittsburgh 4.
Chicago 6. Boston 1.
Philadelphia 5. St. Louis II.
New York 7, Cincinnati 6.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Hartford 8. Albany 1. ..
(Only game scheduled).
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
ALIERICAN LEAGUE.
EASTERN LEAGI‘IC.
W. L.
70 42
65 45
62 48
63 51
59 58
47 65
42 68
40 71
“I L.
67 49
64 El
64 52
60 51
5-1 61
51 63
50 64
50 66
W. 1..
74 47
70 51
G7 53
58 64
68 66
56 66
53 69
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.475
.457
.457
.424
.431
Pair Put Up Great Battle at Queensbom .,
lam—Champion Shows Good Form _.
Wins From Tommy Milton—“Buck” J _
And Billy Miller
Attends » .
NEW YORK. Aug. 19.——Steve
(Kid) Sullivan held the ISO-pound
fort against the dashing assault of
Pepper Martin at the Queensboro A.
Stadium last night, and when fifteen
grilling rounds had been tolled off.
the pudges ruled that hard-hitting
Sullivan had retained the title glean-
ed !rorn Johnny Dundee.
A fine little champion. Sullivan.
clean cut and true hitting. He met
the old enemy with the pertain sava-
gery of a panther. It matters not
what Martin had in the way of
hooks. jabs and desperate swings to
the jaw, Sullivan always was wading
in. onward to.x-ictory. all of which
meant the retention of his title. Sui;
liven has added dignity and more
than passing importance to this title
that has been more or less of a joke
up to now. He carried the fight
right into the challenger's teeth with
never a backward step. To me. Sul—
livan's unfailing forward attack was
one of the finest bits of fighting I've
seen in years. It looked as if he was
far too anxioud to lay claim of foul
when Pepper racked his body with
lefts and rights that were not mean
love taps.
Martin weakened under punish-
ment and the pace. It was all indigo
for Pepper at times. but with his
usual comeback propensities he ral-
lied when least expected. There were
19,129 persons them and $25,727
came into the coffers.
Pepper was the first to appear,
dolled up in his gorgeous robe of
green satin with a gold harp spread
all our the back of it.
Sullivan hopped right in after
him. He looked with a smile at Mar-
tin as all champions should and
muttered. "I'll get you yet."
Martin wore green fighting pants.
Draw — Good
. .
Sullivan jet black. Sulliqn. "
wore a. plaster across the 1m...
.. Tommy Milton was aw” .
decision over Sammy PM...”
semi-final of eight rounds“:
fast go. Milton cleverlv out ..
Cohen ' “I
There .was a span -'
hand to see the strugglemsmr: 4
pound title. The pair a1... '
the faithful to the roped“?! .
:efsl always draw. but these“
a r y drag the ' ,
“-3”. custom." b
In the opening bout of
rounds, Mike Samick was o...‘
by Al Scorda. Purl; 3059‘.“ v
Billy Miller went six mpg.“
draw. Willie F'ohlcr “ I
Jimmy Mars in tight.
SARAZTIN
CHICAGO ' I;
Will Compete in 81'
Event in Windy l"
Next Saturday
CHICAGO. A‘ig. lax—With
closing of entries here i the w
000 Chicago Special. in h .‘
Hawthorne track here ..._
Aug. 23. twenty-three n: the
distance horses in the counts
been nominated. it was arm
The mails during 7hr- ncx‘ few I
are expected to bring other u.‘
Chief among those rowing
five from Harry F. Sinclair's ;
cosas Stable. Mrs. W. K. l'and
Ollh
Ed's Sarazen. and (Thatch:
brilliant Kentucky mare.
the
Real
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burns slower
and cooler
shit
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