WEDNESDAY. 11111111 9,19 OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT _ s Will Tee Off on Worcester Links Today— Bobby Jones and Culinet Leading Ana- teurs Entered— Robert Gardner With- draws—Bridgeport Player Has Chance H EPORT. June ii.—-Bridge. Will watch with interest the 1 «nuance of Henry ,.Cluci youth- ' rk City letter. 1 little National championship . it starts at Worcester today. at regarded as one of the dark - oil til etournament and is con- . to have a fine chance to 1through with the title if any of ‘ . ers falter. ‘ holder of the title. , Smith Is Favorite. ,RCESTER. June a.—Ninety- ital- golfers. among whom are " the annual 72-hole medal play e most coveted honor of the n the United States—the na- open golf championship. Two , will be played tomorrow and ursday. eat and sixty from the‘ East, h the Eastern qualifying dis- ; mbraced‘wome of the South V ear Mid-West. Cyril Walker .otvEnglewood. N. I. Who won the “titi ast year at. Oakland Hills. was i e without passing a prelimin— has indicated that he will not com- pete is Robert A. Gardner of Chi- cago. former amateur champion. His withdrawal leaves only ‘two noted tournament I'mateurh-Bobby Jones of Atlanta and Francis Ouimet of Boston each of whom has won the open and amateur titles in the past. Ouimet's tamerecently has not been up to his former standard. but Jones is im- proving with maturity. and as usual is one of the favorites. Only yester- day he did a remarkable 66 in prac- tice on the Worcester course. ,, .Walter Hagen, who has shown his ability in the ,pinch. playing par or less“ serenely at the finish while the nervous strain is rolling up the scores of his rivals. is sure Lady Luck is with him in this tourna- ment. He did a hole in‘ one here yesterday—the first see of his car- eer. Mehlhorn Likely. Bill Meblhorn of Chicago. who led the country’s qualifiers with 71-66—- 137 for the 36-hole preliminary test. likes his chances to win the title for the first time. Worcester is an in- land course, such as he is used to.1 Preliminary speculation about the winner centres on Mehlhorn. Jones, Bags and McDonald Smith. whose 70- '10 104 on the difficult Lido course was the best score of the Eastern qualifiers and who won the w... .. hymn-... Chat and Comment of Special Interest to Norwalk Fans Br. max 11.. Down -- .. ‘ My of heat C i y‘ m a laugh from I I O . 'Ayif‘ewl more summer days and ions of the baseball twirlers will get the soreness out of their arms. ”Many of the veteran maior league twirlca's this season have. been nae- less to their clubs because of sore arms. It is getting near time for hem to show something. 0 ‘ Carl Mays is having his troubles this season. The Cincinnati Red's under-hand pitcher has not been able in go to the mgund this season. y‘s am has been very sore. no recently Joined the club and. thought one he was ready to pitch again uptil he warmed up a sew times. It may be the end of his career on the O O t The Athletics gem to be holding their own in the American League. There could be, no champs that would be any more popular than Connie Mack’s team. 0 O 0 Everyone seems to be behind the Athletics. It is a long time since they have uptured a championship, but they seem to have hit their stride again this scaspn. O '0 ~‘ It Mack could get hold of another fairly good twirier his team-would stand amuch better chance of win- ning. » e A--t the m time Sam Gray. their star twirlor. is out of the game. suil'ering from an injury to his hand. and the largest share of the work is falling on Rommel]. He won his ninth game of the.ses..son yesterday. 0 0 Norwalk High school is playing the Bridgeport Trade school. in Bridgeport. today. We wouldii e to see the locals add another victor to their long list. HORNSBY AS MANAGER PUT E PEP INTO ST. LOUIS TEAM? hickey’ 5 Great Failure Was Lack of Instinct As ‘ To When to Change Pitchers—Morale of Club Lost By Bad Moves—-—Hornsby Claims He Has High Class Crowd . By JOHN B. FOSTER. (Copyright. 1925.) YORK. June a—Ths ap- , ‘ tment of Rogers Hornsby as " me.- of the t. Louis Cardinals him s. ch as to show whether he can get victories out ofa opus which he recently described to _ riter as the best on which he gever played with St. Louis. .club. under, Branch Rickey because it lacked direction hebench that would assure they were smart enough to p P the opposition. Hornsby's first will be to try to inject a little P illty and confidence into the L The next thing will be toiake .of some of the players who h an inclined to loaf and have ' s and that sort of thing. Tho new manager has convictions own. Whether his updrience rove sulficient for the Job re- 11;. to be seen. At any rate, the 7 came through with a victory ' 71' 1 y. the day of Hornsby‘s bow ; by’s appointment was in no 1 a surprise. although it might n deferred 'until the and of -11. roasibiy it‘would have on made had, Rickey been ill. But there's: the rub. Iwould Rickey have been sue- ! 1 the exception ofths pitch- ‘hich‘ never has been over nod to have been handled ner calculated to inspire one: in the pitchers them- Hokey put together a‘bétter 1.“ St. Louis in mopi a Season. . “ ' gnatest mm of the re. of theoretical knowledge of ' ssin his lack of playing , Ii:- usually manages to i 5 Leading Batters In Major Leagues NATIONAL LEAGUE. Player-Club. g. ab. r. h. Hawk‘s. Phil... 80. 98'” 40, Barnh’t. Pitts. 38 141 SP: 54’ Bancroft. Bus. 86 184 24 51 Stock. Bkn..... 36 184 1'! 51 Hornsby. St..L 38 142 316 54 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Player-Club. g. ab. r. h. Simmons.Phii. 41 179 44 74 Speakernieve. 34 185 26 ’35 Cobb.’Det....... as 144 as ‘57 Sieler, St.L.‘.... 48 305 38 81 Hellm'n, Del... 42 Plat)? 26 59 Pol. .4108 .383 .381 .381 .380 Pet. .41! .407) .396. .893' 3398 .. that almost every manager in National League figured ‘upon doing the wrong thing at the wronsI time, a combination too mudh for any manager to struggle with. Opposing managers figured that they would get aWay with games if they forced Rickey to change pitcher's, and ‘they also fig-1. ured that under certain conditions a.‘ would change pitchers, a com- blnatibn which worked out very well for everybody except St. Louis. Personally. “Rickey is one ,of the does: men in the National League. . His relation to the game of baseball ~ 1 is that of an ardent enthusiast and all his baseball career has been as P It would clean as a hound's tooth. be better if the National League had more Rickeys. He knows play- ers to a certain extent and he knowa the game from ‘the ground up. Just one little thing he lacks—but an all important thing—that instinct for the game that knows when. and when not; to change a. player and that makes for morale on a ball club. CHICAGQ. June 0—1..» r1311: hand pltehar or th White. scanners“ rel ‘ 1 new Chicago It! under Starlly before being called to HAS “CIVILIZATION” HURT IEMPSEY PAS Desire to Fight Depart Wit 1 Hatred for Society? follLuAM ‘WHARQlSou (By NORMAN E. BROWN) Has "civilisation" hurt. Jack Dempsey as a fighter? Now that crack about “civiliza- tion" sounds funny. but it isn't meant that way. No man in the history of sport has ever undergone a greater change. sociologically. than the heavy- weight champion. His entire mode of life. his very viewpoint on life have been revolutionized in a space of a comparatively few short years. This metamorphosis. incidentally eliminated all need of fighting—for self preservation or profit. Why shouldn‘t Dempsey be changed man? Ten years ago Dempsey belonged to that stratum of human life which believes that society is against its members. And. bollexing this. see life as 'a fight to "defeat" the in. visible enemy. Dempsey looked at life that way. He met conditions as he made them He grew hard to meet hard condi- tions. It was Dempsey against the World, as he saw things. Enjoyed His Strength Brute strength served him well in a ' the life he led. He soon found that nature had inducd him with a rug- ged constitution. a sturdy frame and a handy pair of hands. He called on these on the the slightest‘,pr01'cca- tion. He came to the point where his only enjoyment-was obtained in us- ing, them; He finally fornd that he could earn money by snapping punches with some one a bit less fortunate in the matter of brown and 'sock" in the ring instead of ralltdad yards. How Jack Kearns found him 11 bing around as a ham and fighter and guided him to the title is his-P tory. When Dempsey entered the ring against Jess Milan! in that sizzle ing'arena in Toledo. in. 1919; he was the perfect fighter. He was a per- fect physical specimen. He had been training six weeks with but one desire—~40 climb into that ling and step out of it over the bruised and mutilated form of Willard. As he sat in his corner monon- thb' center of the ring he impressed me as being more of a bulldog than a human being. When he faced Wil- lard in theicenter of the ring he carried murder in his eyes. He shunned 1 Willard's 7' Thy-Face the . -' his ' l DEMPSEY its one To mé Rain . wees ms mamas. wzeewvcsococw. though he wanted the good look at the man to be as Wllard lay stretch- cd out on the floor. The way Dempsey beat Willard to a. pulp is history. But with that victory came many things—— The adulation of the public. with its resultant influences. The sum of $27. 500——to a man who seldom had over a few dollars in his pocket. And the chance to make untold thousands in the same manner be- fore his time came t otaste defeat. ' Two Roads Opened. Now. these changes. thrust upon a man of Dempsey's environment. can have but two cffecis—-a refin. ing one or a ruinous one. , _ Dempsey. fortunately or unfor- tunnleiy (depending upon whether vou look at it from the social or pug- illstic and) found himself called friend by men of big caliber. He was taken into the homes of mil- lionnlrcs. dined at their tables. on- tertained in their. drawing rooms where a refinement and luxury that . he had never tasted was impressed upon hinn He found himself more interested in listening to their talk of business than in hearing himself talk of ring conqu eats: a In other words he began to de- velop a mentality that had been cloned early in his years. This new life called for more at- tention to his person..! appearance. Loud shirts and checked suits died a slow but sure death. Ho adopted the dress of a business man. In the social side of his life he soon found . - that ‘IliS personal appearance “'8! under constant scrutiny. The face of the fighter no longer lifted his eve- ning toga and the drawing room or the dinner table. He tired of that face. Business interests hit another blow at that fighting‘ countenance. so ,to speak. Motion picture contracts began to bring him huge sums. The one handicap under which he labored in .the studio was the "fighto'r's nose " He had that altered. The skilful sur- goon eliminated the most prominent partlof that bulldog look. The man one once liked-to be called "hard" found it difficult to stage a “hippodrome” fight niih la- dies present. While these change! were taking marines—as place Dempsey found they. invest- . aunt. vsaa sans mcnts, made on the advise of these new-found friends. were netting him dividends equal to those fighting could bring him. This eliminated the need of the ring game its a means of livelihood. Then Dempsey found himself in love. about the whole thing. Apparently Dempsey found what it “as. Fighting didn't fit in with "big business." sane living. social life and the general scheme of thinks. His whole altitude toward the game has changed, as a result. His love for fighting has depalted. When he fights again it will be a business fight. , And what I wonder is whether or not. with the desire to playgone, he can train himself to the point of perfection needed and then fight with that, animal love of victory which he carried into the ring against Willard and Corpcniler. Wild living has killed many a champion. Iias sane liilng ruined Dempsey? narrosan‘mieun. Boston at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at St. Louis. AMERICAN LEAGUE. 1 Washington at New York. Philadelphia at Boston. Chicago at Detroit. St. Louis at Cleveland. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Jersey City at Baltimore. Buffalo at Rochester. . Reading at Providence. 1 Toronto at Syracuse. . EASTERN LEAGUE. Pittsfleld at Hartford. Bridgeport at Albany. Waterbury at Worcester. New Haven at Springfield.‘ ’ OTHER SPORTS ON PAGE FOURTEEN There was something incongruous ' Providence . . . .. .. NATIONAL 1 LEAGUI. Brooklyn. d; New York. 5 (12 in- nlnas). Boston. 13; Philadelphia. 5. St. Louis. 8; Cincinnati. 1. other teams not‘scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE. New York. 8; Washington. 5. Philadelphia. ill; Boston. 2. St. Louis. 8; Cleveland, 3. Detroit. 16; Chicago. 15. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Baltimore, 13; Jersey City. 3. Rochester, 8; Buffalo, 4. Syracuse. 10; Toronto. 2. Reading, 6; Providence. 4 (18 in. nings). EASTERN LEAGUE. Hartford. 8; Plttaiield. 1. Albany. 2; Bridgeport. 1. Springfield. 5: New Haven. 2. Waterbury-Worcester. postponed: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Milwaukee. 8; Minneapolis. 6. "Toledo. 5; Indianapolis. 0. Louisville. 18; Columbus. 0. at. Paul-Kansas City, postponed. WESTERN LEAGUE. Tulsa. 6; Oklahoma City. 2. Wichita. 7; St."Joseph. 1'. Omaha. 7: Lincoln. 6. Des Homes. 10; Denver. it (first game). Denver. 2; Des ‘Moines. 1 (second game). PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Sacramento, 4; Vernon. 3. Salt Lake City. 1; Oakland. 0. Seattle. 3; Los Angeles. 1 San Francisco-Portland. rain. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Atlanta, 8; Chattanooga. 7. Birmingham, 6; Little Rock. 1.: Only games played. TEXAS LEAGUE. Dallas. 12: Wichita Falls. 8. Fort Worth, 13: Shreveport. 8. San Antonio, Iii: Beaumont. 8. Houston. 3; Waco. 1. NEW YORK-PA. LEAGUE. Elmira. ll“. Scranton. 0. York, 10; Williamsport. 2. Shamokin. i; Harrisburg. 2. Wilkes-Barre-Binghamton. rain. xn’rromn LEAGUE. \V. L. 23 13 24 2 1 1 9 1 :1 Put. .683 .571 .588 .487 .463 .450 .419 .390 New York ....... Brooklyn ”...... Pittsburgh ....... Philadelphia. ..... Cincinnati Boston ......... 18 Chicago .......... IS St. Louis ........ 16 AWIERIC AN LEAGU W. . " i) .. 7 2 3 2 3 2 t) 2 0 l 6 ..... 15 u—‘c——-—1 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. 11‘. L. Pet. 32 15 .681 27 17. .623 25 21 .543 22 " .532 26 .509 23 .452 29 .341 32 .304 Pct. .707 .638 .535 .489 .488 .435 .381 3‘19 Philadelphia . . . . . Washington . . . . . . Chicago St. Louis ....... . Cleveland . . . . . . . . Detroit New York . . . . . . . lesion . . . . . 1.1a.- assodllsns mamHaoal-‘l ‘3 '6 I: I»: Toronto Baltimore .’. . ... . . Jersey City . . . .. . . Reading . . . . .'. . . . Buffalo . ...... Rochester . . . . . . . . Syi‘acuso . . . . . . . . . 25 27 19 15 14 EASTERN LEAGUE. W. _ L. 25 “14 21 14 20 17 1 S 1 7 Pet. .641 .690 .641 .514 .500 .486 .364 .361 Albany Springfield ....... Hartford New Haven ....... Waterbury ........ I7 1? Bridgeport ........ 17 P18 ‘ Worcester 12 ‘21 7 I’ittsficld ......... 13 23 -‘ ......“ SIGN FOR BOUT. MOBILE. June 3—Martin Burke. light heavyweight, signed yesterday to meet Tommy Loughlin at Dexter Park stadium, Brooklyn. on June 11. The match is scheduled for 15 17 rounds. city, in the first or the big outdoor , fails: ”at“ heavyweigl? bouts. Gib Tunney. youthful and, ambitious. wi P Each'éihelii“ 1F first BiSHéaYlWeight Battlé 1 'be regarded 'as unney WILL HALT Work-’j-o dition— NEW sonic, June ...—T... Gibbons and Gene Tunney will quit traini g today for their fifteen round batte ,at the Polo Grounds on Friday eve. nlng. Tomorrow they will engage in only the lightest sort of work, such as shadow boxing and rope skipping. and then they will rest until it is time to make tacks for the allies of the Boxing Commission, in the Flat- iron Building. for the purpose of weighing in. Tunney has done all his training at Saratoga Lake. but will break camp there today and come to New York with his manaker, Billy Gibson. The latter left for. Saratoga early yester- day. in order to supervise the final period of Gene's training. George Eagle, former manager .of Harry Greb and a man well versed in the handling of boxers, has been in charge at the camp since Tunney es— tablished himself there. Engle is quoted as saying that the boxing public will see an entirely new and different Tunney when the American light heavyweight champ- ion steps into the ring on Friday night. Looks for a Knock-Out “Since he boxed George Carpeniie'r at the Polo Grounds a year ago Tun- ney has developed into one of the greatest heavyweights in the world. I think he'll surprise the experts more than he will the seneral run of fans. But probably the most sur- prise man of all at the Polo Grounds on the night of June‘s will be Tom Gibbons himself. I look for a hard fight for a time. and expect to see Tunney win by a knockout." Such sentiments coming from George Eagle must be given serious consideration, as he is one of the keenest judges of fighting material in the United States. Hp guided Greb to the middleweight championship of the world and has started a fleck of other boxers on the road to suc- cess. Engle declares that when Gibbons steps into the ring Friday night he will meet the best conditioned ath~ lete he has ever been called upon to face. Tunney is bigger and stronger than over. according to Eagle. and his boxing and ring generalship have improved 100 per cent since his P meeting with George Carpentier. “There is no doubt that Gibbons is going to hit Tunney." says George. "‘That must be admitted, because Gibbons is unquestionably a great boxer. But Gibbons“ will soon dis- cover that he is hitting a man whom he can‘t hurt. Tunney was, always tough. He has taken punches from heavier hitters than Gibbons, but, I Read LIGHT HEAYYWEIGHT BOXERS TRAINING TOD Gene in Great Shape for Battle at Polo Grou ' --Is Expected to Surprise Fans By 0m Reported to Be in Good 0 rge Crewd to Attend believe, it is a matter of recor he has neved been knocked ,0 feet .I saw Carpentier hit '1‘ flush on the Jew with that 1 right hand of his. but it mad impression than the some bio when it struck Jack Dempsey. “Perhaps the most noticeabl provcment in Tunney is the manner in which he is stooti punches and the fact that he i 1. hitting equally hard with hands. There is no lost or. motion in Tunney’s hitting, wh more than you could say of 1' year ago. “It may be pointed out that , Dempsey couldn't knock Tom bons out in fifteen rounds, bu doesn’t necessarily mean that Tunney can't do it. It is my opinion that Tunney is hitting or right now than Jack be was at Shelby three years ago Despite Engles' glowing rep Tunney’s physical condition it improved form as a boxer an general. the ltecncst experts have watched Tom Gibbons p the finishing touches on his it at a. Coney Islany gymnasium unanimous in declallng that, better in every way than be when he wont fifteen round Jack Dempsey at Shelby. Th. he is faster. is hitting harde more accurately than ever 1 career. Gibbons More Experience. Gibbons is thirty-seven yenl but he looks no more than Ll seven. Beyond carrying a few battle-scars he looks no olde Tunney. Physically he is prob. ”just as good condition as 'l‘unn possessed of equal stamina; O bon’s side there will be the i tant factor of experience. H l'are old campaigner and know trick and twist of the game. I be these talents that will enabl bone to boat Tunney to the de Gibbons is heavier than usu It is all solid muscle. Accord Tom's manager, Eddie Kane, 1 Paul battler will enter the against Tunney scaling cloao pounds. This is his natural fi weight, according to Tom h although he can make 175 p the light heavyweight limit. a be strong. There seems to be a vcry_. impression abroad that ‘ night‘s contest involves the Am light heavyweight title. held b hey. It does no‘t, as both men ~ at least five pounds over that The probabilities are that will be the heavier of the tw: Ply 1 nanny (Copyright. 111125.) NEW YORK, June s—Iz‘wmlam Tilden was not kidding at the Or: ange Lawn' Tennis Club matches-‘— in which he‘lost the final to Vincent Richards—he will shortly be out of lawn tennis. He told a club official that this would be his last tennis match. that he was going into the movies where pretty much all his time would be t on up. . here have been rumors forsome time that he has been considering a flattering movie contract but it may certain that the- tourney at Mountain Station was not his last. When——and if—he does retire he will not be likely to have his swan song characterized by the motif of defeat. No great. title was at stake at the Orange tournament and Tilden .in the past has been very apt to drop a final here and there. But when the big time‘stuff is ,on Vincent ‘Meusel. Yuikem ...-.... Home Run Hitters In Games Yesterday u—u—nL— YESTERDAY’S HOMERS. (811391, Yankees o...- Boone. Red Sos...... posh, Tigers Judge. Senators Bottomley. Cardinals. iiéusci, Giants ...... Kimm. White Sex... .Harrishnraves ....i. O’Rourke. Tigers .... Heuiiné. Phlilies ‘ \ hflhj‘i-dfli‘l‘i-‘N .THE LEADERS. Karine“, Cubs u-IIIIIOOO Hornsby. Cardinals ...... Williams, Browns ....... Simmons, Athletics ...... Rebertson,erwns ...... Wright, Pirates ......... Kelly.GllntS ...-noses.- Mutt, Indians .....-.... 'Wrightstone, Phillies .... Paschal, Yankees ....... Goslin, rs ......... Jacobson.lnrowns ....... McManus. Browns ....... Demented Sos........- ’_ .Ieb-naaaaaas Richards nor anyone else is to him. When the Western Coni’ track and field meet is held it will be interesting to co times and distances with the A.»A..A. A. meeting at ll‘r Field on Saturday. . These ar cyon days on the mid~wester and cinder areas and in the year comparisons have favor athletes beyond the Alleghan But they will have to be snuff indeed to better many performances turned in at Ph phia. by the eastern and Cal specialists. There was an ev eellencc. that was unusual. ' l Sherriii of Penn in the pole George Marstcrs of Goorgeto the half, Tierney of Holy C1 the quarter, Ralph Hills of' ton in the, shot put and D Southern California in the hurdles wen oil superfine an though Hills was the only pe- er to turn in a. record the were close enough to records of them long held—to thril spectators. ' [1011110111151 WILLPILOT THE HILL BOSTON. Jnue 3.—John ' no" Collins. veteran outfield pinch hitter of the Chicago Sex and the Boston Red Sox. given his unconditional rcleas night so that he might assu management of the Pitisfiel- of the Eastern League. Th nouncement was made after 2 fcrenco between Collins and dont Bob Quinn of the Red Collins goes to I’lttsi'leid tomo Collins, a Newtown. Mass. was for you're a. star on the C team. playing with them in when they won the world cha ship. He came to the Red 5- tore the opening of the 1921 . in a trade in which Harry .went west. .Since then he has 1 consistent ball for Boaton a reliable right. handed batting often been utilized. He succeeds Frankie Staple Bridgeport boy, who is also baseman of the Hillies. Pitts! now in last place in the E e. .
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