Pact: TEN
Tilden
To Open Tennis Finals—e
TO MEET BOROTRA 0F FRANCE
lN DAVIS CUP MATCH TODAY
.Wm. M. Johnston to Battle Rene La Coste in
Second Struggle—Doubles. to Be Played
Tomorrow and Last of Singles Saturday
Afternoon
PHILADELPHIA, Sept: 10.—-All
is in readiness at the Germnntown
Cricket Club this ttftern0on in the
challenge round matches for the
Davis Cup. emblematic of the
world's team lawn tennis champion-
ship. With France challenging the
United States for possession of the
famous silvet howl.
Julian S. Myrlck. of New York.
chairman of the Davis (Sup Com.
mittee of the Ifnlted States Lawn
Tennis Association. made the offi-
cial (how for the flu: matchcs dur-
ing the three days of play, with it.
Norris Williams 12d and
gin, the I'cspectln captains of
opposing teams. present. it was
nounced that William T. Tilden 2d
the national singles champion 'tIICl
the No. 1 man on the American
tram, will have the hour)" of rip-m-
QU1
11-13 the series with Jean llorotra.
of France. as his opponent.
'I'ilden and thit'otta. 1v1‘l statt’
their match at 2:30 o'clock. with
the second singles between William
M. Johnston. of (.Ttlit'ornift, and
Itcne Lacoste, of France. scheduled
t.) itcgin at 4 o'clock. 'l'he doubles
match will bccin at :Y':l=1 o'clock
on Friday afternoon. and the last
two
ternoon, with 'l‘iltlcn meeting La-
costc and Johnson facingr llorota.
Doublcs 'I‘t-IIIII Not Named.
'l‘he doubles combinations of both
'from Blitllliz who made it possible
Max Dccu-I
the 1
singles matches on Saturday {11- | States will win
until tomorrow afternoon. but it is
considered certain that France will
lntI'ust her chances to liorotra and
l.ncoste. nnd almost as ccrlaln that
Vincent. itichards and Williams wili
represent this county.
The glare of the. spotlight will fall
most brilliantly on Jean Borotrafln
this series. for it was tho Enrique
fox l-‘trante to much the challenge
rounl, something she hid never
succeeded in acromplitéhihg before.
llorotra created an upset in every
match In which he competed in the
Davis Cup final round was not ex-
pccted to beat. Anderson. yet. he did
that in straight. sets. lie and La-
coste were not regarded as scrlous
contenders against Patterson and
Haw‘kcs in the doubles. yet, due
largely to Ilorotra's brilliant pln‘y,
the French team won in five. sets.
and, finally. 10 cup tho climax. llor.
otI'a humbled Patterson in four sets
on the last. day of play. '
If the, llasque can hold his form
for the next three days and Lacosie
reach 111:1 best heights. a thing he
has not done yet. :thcn lt‘rance
should put up a stirring battle for
the international honors. The feel-
ing here, tonight is that, thc I'nited
all {he Inatchcs.
but in View of the surprising things
that France has done already in
reaching the challenge round. one
nations will not be, officially known
must be prepared for still further
surprises. ‘
BILLY
EVANSNW
'l‘lllill) PLACE RACE.
While the Nationals and Athletics
are fighting it out for first place 11611.
ors in the American League. dent
oterlook the battle being waged be.
tween three clubs for thitd money.
At this writing the White Sox.
Browns and Tigers are in the thick
of a merry battle. Onlya few points
separate the three teams.
After having clung to the. third
round pest virtually from the open-
ing of the season, it now appears
as though the Pale Host.» brigade
would have a tough time finishing
there.
During the last few works of plav
both the Browns and Tigers havtc
been playing top- -Il0ii.ll ball So,
much so, in fact. that iltcy must he?
considered in the reckoning. i
O I.
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Against the. Lastct 11 (tubs. r.'ctcnt-i
ly, the Sislcrltcs and (.‘oblInIcII eII-i
1(1le rctnntkalilc SIMMONS while the:
(olllns cIIIoIIIttgo .Illdnt do ncttrlvi
so 11 cll :
a ~ It
l.\‘ NATIONAL LEAGL‘E.
In the (illlil‘ c.1rcuit Btooklyn andi
the t ardinals are battling it out fort
a placr in the first division. And al
slice of the world series coin. I
’l‘htse two clubs have been alter-j
hating :11 the fourth place rung 111-!
most all season. The clash for su-‘
premacy should he mtcrcsting downi
the stretch.
The Braves. Cubs and I‘hillics are‘
putting: on quite a fight to keep out
li’l'.
‘Simmons was four l10111_crs in the
1vcar of the. busting lob.
Should Mcuscl come through. it
of the cellar berth.n 'i‘hcrc‘s but a
game or so difference between the
sixth and eighth place teams.
For a while the Mills appeared
to haVo the sixth post cinchcd. lint
just when it looked fairly secure
the It‘lctchcr tcum hit a slump. put,-
ting the other two outilts in the
hunt.
0 O 0
-.All in all, there are. quite. a few/x.
secondary battles on in both leagues
for position places.
C
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Looks 1.1111: 1112111513.. 1
From present indications It looks
like llob llicustl of the Yankees
would bag the home run hitting hon-
ors in the -\ml‘li( '111 League this sea-
son. 'llte other (1111 the Iattk
was out in front with '37 circuit.
f-tlushes and IlllitSS he falls away
badly should lead the parade.
\\ith Ken Williams of the Btmvns
possibly out for the test of the sea-l
son, liltnsel's gtcutcst r'lvhl is Al
Simmons. sensational Mavkittn clout.
At the time this was wtittcn,
would keep the home Inn t,‘,"l()\\n
:13: in in possession of a member of
the lankces. where it hashcldswa}
pretty often of rcccnt ycars, due to
the. fence-smashing proclivities of
the well-known Babe Ituth.
O O .
licrc's another I'm-e that should be
interesting from now to the end of
the season.
Newark Will Take
Reading Franchise
READING, l"-.1., Sept. lit—An-
nouncement was made as the result
of a. visit:- here yesterday of} men in.,
terestcd in the removal of the
Reading International franchise to
'Newark. that'the Bears will operate
again in 1026. Charles A. l)1t\ids,
banker. of Jamaica and Bayside. has
agreed to purchase the Reading
franchise. including all players ex-
cept Pitchers Wilson and Mangum.
who are on option.
Da1ids‘s price for
franchise is 575.000.
Reading in the company
the Reading
Davids 1isited
of Fred
Burcheli. former pitcher of the I’hil- .
adelphla Nationals in 1903 and Bos-
ton lted Sox in 1909, who is slated
to manage the Newark club in a
new park to be constructed in con-
nection with \t’ittermeycr Park.
where all branches of sport will be
promoted.
Home Run Hitter
Sold to Giants
RICHMOND, \‘a.. Sept. 10. (AR)
——Guy Lacy. manager and second
baseman of the champion Richmond
club of the Virginia League. and
Otis Carter home run king of the
circuit, have been sold to the New
York Giants. They will Iepox’t to
McGraw immediately after the post-
season series.
and the pennant winner. of the
South Atlantic League. which is to
start Monday. Carter celebrated the
sale today with his fortieth home
run of th eseason. seven more than
the league record set last. year by
Ed Konetchy, Petersburg manager.
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TL‘NNEY MATCHI'ID WITH MAD-
DES.
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MINNEAPOLIS. Minn, Septi
10. (AP) .——Gene Tunney, American
light- -"'hea1y11elght champion, has
been signed to meet Bartley Mad-
den. of New Y.ork in a ten-round
tight. probably in Minneapolis.
September 26. It is said that Cap-
between Richmond '
“in W. X. Fawcett. the promoter,
' rec of V0, 000 for the
Another Ruth
JOE BRATCHER.
Presenting ._ Joe Butcher, 145-
pound hitting marvel of the Peoria
club, 'I‘hrec-Eye-Iiesg'ne. They call
him the “Bilbe Ruth of the minors,"
1 Look over the underpinning
' every way and which is graced to-
'something which I fear can never
. lie at large and which as well may
. keep Bobby Jones true to his own
THE EVENING SENTINEL'J-SO.‘ NORWALK, CONN.
ATHLETES; LEGS PLAY» BIG PART. IN SPORTS
‘ a
o a .- .
03......
.5
..
liy 1111.1.1’ EVANS
The logs are the thing in sport.‘
of
the various champions and you have
the answer to much of their great-
ness.
i-Iatty Gttb middleweight tham-
pion, is tho fis.l c rethcn 111. due to a
remarkable pair of lens.
or seems to live. He prances around
the ring after the. manner of a jazz
dancer. There is 110 system to his
style. except that he is never in the
same place lottn.
'Gi'cb starts a “Merry Widow"
waltz aroundltls opponent the mo-
ment the bell (ups to open the first
round. If it is; :1 15 round affair ho
is stopping Just 11.1 fast at the fin-
1le
“11111ch11 tnuse more knockouts
*“"‘"““‘“' fl“
BOBBY JDNBS
WDN’T TURN
web 1101- i place. a bail on him.
'thnu tho dynamite back of many a
punch that supposedly ends the;
bout. When the legs falter the fin-1
lab is only 11 matter of time.
'l‘iltlcn Master at. Tennis.
While. Bill Tlldm‘i has evcry tennis
stroke at. his beck and call and is a
:mrster s tegtst. still it is the ease
I with wh be glides over the court
that makes It almost impoaslble to
Tilden. a six-footer and then some
is very fast. and covers a world of
ground. 'l‘lldcn‘s overthrow in ten-
nis will not come until his legs boa
gin to slow up.
\Vhile'l‘y Cobb has won applause
for nearly, every feat that can be
performed on the ball field. his legs
have given him his greatest fame.
Ills great speed. his daring. his
dcrcptlve fall-away slide. made hint
a more feared man by the coho-i.
NATIONAL LEAG DE.
PRDFESSIDNAL
Is Offered $12 .000 As
Writer But Turns It!
Down—— ’I‘eiis Why ——=
He Loves Game 1
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A'l‘IniNTA. (211.. Sept. 10 (Al’).——~1
Bobby Jones. national amateur golfi
champion. will never become a my
fessionul.
Bobby has said so himself. and 0.
B. Kcelet'. golf writer who has fol-
lowed tho career since long before
Jones became famous on the. links.
iclls why. chlcr writes that it is
rcporled 11 prominent professional
has settled on Jones as the “great.
est drawing card in the world to-
day." and that it would be worth
$100,000 a year for the. champion to
turn pro.
"it is surprising to me that so
many people who know Bobby will
come up and say they wonder he
doesn't turn professional." Koch-r
continues. "A dozen have said that
to me since he Ietumcd from Oak-
mont whc1e Bobby again won the
amateur crown. .1 can not undet-
stand.it. but that perhaps is be~
cause 1 know so well how Bobby
feels about it—Bobby and his fath-
or.
“This is no lnvldious commentary
on the profession of golf. w hich is
a thoroughly high class and honor-
able profession and worthy in
day by many sterling gentlemen of
c'ulture and education. It is noth-
ing against the golfing profession.
“But there is an indefineable
be completely explained to the pub-
be left inexplicable. that will always
resolve tobo an amateur sportsman
to the end of the chapter.
“Coming back from \\ orcester.
Bobby told me he had been offered
$12 .000. perhaps more. for a. series
of articles for one of the great mag-
azines. commenting on a series of
ultra slow motion pictures of fa-
mous golfers. illustrated by the pic-
lures.
" 'Wcll,’ I told him, “that's a. nice
offer and it won't conflict with your
amateur standing. And you can do
those articles. Will you iake.it'." ‘
“ ‘No.’ said Bobby. ‘I declined it at
once—I can not. do that sort. of,
thing. They want it not because
I'm a writer. but because I‘m a golf-
or . .. .
It was on this same. trip. Keeler
writes. that Bobby made this re-
mark: fl
‘fl‘rn 23 years old and I'm a fail-
ure. Do you realize that-I can not
do anything well. except. play golf?"
Commenting on the statement,
despite his small stature. 0ch- a
stretch of 40 games be crushed out
01 hits, 17 of them being homers. I
lures-luv says:
"Now. i do not by any means rea-
lize that But what I do realize is
this—Bobby Jones ne1er. under any
circumstances will give up one tiny,
'BQRBOD
iw hcn disabled.
s UNDERPINNING.
lion than his batting punch or field-1
111g brilliance.
Speed Mode Cobb l amous.
His speed caused the opposition to
hurry the ball on him at. all times.
llis slide made him difficult to
touch. 1 His during ln1a1lnbly took
the opposing side off its guard and
enabled Cobb to successfully exe-
cute some play that scented down-
rlght foolish when he'startcd it.
I‘uavo Nut‘ml in the greatest. dis-
tance runner because he. has a pair
of legs that have been trained to
the minute to withstand the strain
such running puts on them.
lie Hart Hubbard, the famous
colored athlet. is a mane] nt'ths
broad Jump and the sprint because
he has a flexible pair of legs that
are apparently equal to any task he
sets for them.
"Red" Orange. football sensation
YTSTIRM
SUlTS
NATIONAL LEAGIWI.
Chicago. 9: Pittsburgh, 7.
\‘t'. ._ .
Pittsburgh ________ 83 51” 1:2“ Only games scheduled.
New lorl. ....... . 77 1’19 675 , ', ,
(.incinnati ..... 72 1:3 .533 I A)!l;.ltl$.\l\ {:E‘GLE'
lisrooklyn ..... C4 (.7 45,9 3090‘“ "' ‘ “V 9”" 4'
51' Iouis . | _ . _ .. _ .. (iii ..., 46" I'htladclphla. 1); \\ nshlngton. 7.
iiioston ............ 62 i :451‘1 WW" games "”L “Cheguled'
t ......... n -
11:11:33,;hm ....... :1 ii {35' lNi‘El‘tNATIONAII LEAGEE.
.__.____ ' ' Providence. 2;. Jersey City. 1 (first
AMERICANtLEAGI'E game). Jersey City. 2; Providence,
“2 I“ Pct 0 (second game).
\Vusrthlngton Sb 4§ (330 Baltimore, 15: Reading. 1 (first
111.113.1911»th 76 5.1 .539 “”9" “mm“: 6‘ mmmmet 3
Chicago ....... .. .. 7n 5:” .530 (5”le name).
St. Louis (,9 112: $27 Toronto. 8; Buffalo. 1 (first
Dct'rcit ...... 93 .1] .527 game). Buffalo, 3; Toronto. 1 (sec-
t‘icveltmd . . . . . . . .. 62 71 .466 Oild game).
New York . . 55 7t "3}! lochester-Syracuse. rain.
Boston ........... 39 9'4 .293 ......
EASTERN LEAGUE
INTEII.'.~ )3; ‘ ‘ ~ '. . , Albany. 3; New Haven. 2.
\ u“ \ “w? h‘fhu‘fiL Hartford. 5; Springfield. 0.
Baltimore , ‘ ._ 99 56 $.39 11 aterbnry. 4: Bridgeport, 0 (first
Toronto ..... . ,. 97 5:1 .622 game). Bridgeport, 1: Waterbury, 0
Rochester .. . . . .. Si 7 .526 (second game). ‘
Buffalo ..... ._ . 75 M .484 Worcester. 6: Pltisfield. 4 (first
Reading . ._ 71 F4 .458 game). Worcester. 8; I ittsfield. 0
Jersey City ...... .. (la .14 J51 (second game).
Syracuse .......... 68 $6 .44:
Providence ........ 57 95 .375
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Waterbury ....... . Nt- £11 £991
Tamil“ """" . 78 5:1 ’ .563 '
tew even.........74 5" 2 . . ‘ .
“New“ 71 “it :21: Chic: 22110 dignifiicw
Bridgeport 69 '1 4:14 , 3 '
Springfield 6') 11 - . Iitisburgh at St. Louis.
“hwy ..... _ " ' ” ti“ :4 "94 Philadelphia. at Boston.
l’ittsilcld si :11 "75 only games ”Chevdulgd'
.359
Ken Williams Out of
Game for the Season
ST. LOUIS. Sept. lift—Kenneth
Williams, St. Louis American out-
fielder. who IIas tbeen out of the
game since August 14 when he was
sttuck on the head by a pitched ball
at Ciev eland. will not play again this
1
Williams departed for his home in
Oregon Sunday night.
The injury undoubtedly calmed
\\' illiams the loss of this year's
American League home run honors
He was leading with 25 four- buggers
._+..
GLENNA COLLE'I'I‘ WINS.
SARANAC LAKE. N. Y.. Sept.
10.—hllss.Glenns Collett. in her last
tournament match before she prays
in the national championship.” St.
Louis later in‘ the month. demon-
straicd again that. she can play ex-
ception'.‘\y fine golf. In the final of
the Adlronducn women's champion-
ship here today the Providence girl
defeated Miss Maureen Orcutt. Lu-
tcmjsnd New Jersey champion,
without. any trouble.“ all." reeling
off a string of seven extremely dif-
ficult holes in one under par. Her
margin of Helen was 5 to '4.‘ '
bit of his' idullieo amateur stand-
ing In sport. That is above and be-
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
St. Louis at Chicago.
Cleveland at Detroit.
New York at Philadelphia.
Only games scheduled.
INTERNATIONAL LEAG l? E.
Reading at Providence.
Other clubs not scheduled.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
New .Haven- at: Albany.
Plttsfleld at Worcester.
Waterbury - at Bridgeport.
Harthrd at Springfield.
"5 Leading Batters
In Majhr Leagues
NATIONAL LEAGUE. \
'Pisyer-Club. g. ab.1-. h. Pct.
Hornsby. St.L.124 457 119 170.391
B'lt'ml'y. ELLISS 549 85 206 .375
‘Fournier. Bkn. 127 475 92 170 .358
Harper, Phil. ..113 4 9 73 150 .358
Cuyler. Pitts... 133 544 133 194 .357
AMERICAN LEAG'L E.
Player-Club. g. ab. r. h. Pct.
Speaker. Clev. .113 £28 80 186 .388
Cobb. Det.... ..... 104 ass 79 139 .371;
Simmons. P1111129 541 109 :03 .1175
Hellma’n. 9121.124 470 74 176 .1174
thgo. Det......104 342 so 127 .311
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ORIGINAL.
Parent: My son has many origin-
al ideas. has he not?
yorid the capacity which is dearest
to his heart."
. ‘inx.'—-le's
Teacher: Yes. especlauy in spell.
Lustlgs Welt. Berlin.
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2doubles and two singles
PEAKING OF LEGSo-BELOW ARE FIVE PAIR OF THE'ORBATBST IN ATHLETIC HISTORY.“ THEY?
HAVE CARRIED THEIR OWNERS TO THE TOP HEIGHTS THAT LEAD TO FAME AND GLORY. [Nu
BASEBALL. FOOTBALL. TRACK. TENNIS AND BOXING ”HEY- HAVE SHOWN THE WAY. ANDpSQIB;
HAVE SEEN AS MANY AS 20 YE RS OF BIG-TIME PERFORHANCE. SMALL WONDER, THEN. TM? AN
ATHLETE STRIVES TO TAKE U USUAL GOOD CARE OH‘ ‘ '
of the last two years, has gained
[much of his fame by his ability to
ontsprlnt. the opposition. His
change of pace has made him a dif-
ficult nntn to time for a tackle
Once he is free his speed enables
him to outdistnnce his rivals.
The Lo (:0 First.
In most one s the legs go first.
Slowncss of foot is a fatal handicap
in baseball. football. tennis, the ring
or track.
in lo A different set of muscles
is cal ed for in the sprint than the
marathon. The trained legs of a
ball player would hardly answer the
purpose of the fighting man.
But the legs are the thing in
sport. When you see somo star
showing signs of slipping. you can
make up your mind: that his legs are
troubling him.
SENATDRS LOSE
ANOTHER CAME
T0 ATHLETICS
Winning Revives
Slight Hopes of the
Mackmen i n Pen-
‘nant Struggle
NEW YORK. Sept. 10 (AP).—
Tw‘o successive victories over the
world champion Senators have re-
kindled pennant hopes in.tho Phila-
delphia American League camp. The
hopes are based on slight mathe-
matical chances. however.
Although they are trailing by
seven grime. the rAtheletics have
pulled an oven break’ out of the
series with the Senators and their
lethargy. which extended through
12 losing straight gamesyis ended.
The Macks came out of a. free hit-
ting game yesterday on the long end
of a 9 to 7 score. totaling 15 safe-
ties off three Washington hprlers.
Four pitchers were used by Phila-
delphia, Baumgartner finislhlng as
the winning twirler.
In the only other American Leag-
e gamethe Yankees bowed before
the Red Sox. 5 to 4. Flagstead's
double;with two out in the ninth
scored Rosenthel with the winning
run. Babe Ruth hung up a pair of
in four
"‘r.e of
1
i
1
times at bat and drove in
the New York runs.
Mark Koenig, recruit from the St.
Paul Club of the American Associa-
tion. has established himself at
short with the Yankees. replacing
Pee Wee Wanninger.
Pittsburgh dropped the final game
of a series to the Cubs, 9 to 7. after
an 11-innlng fray. Bunched hits and
nusplays allowed Chicago to register
three tallies in the r final inning
Kaufmann 11 ent the distance in the
box for the winners”, while this Pl-
rates used Adams. Kremer and Mop
risom ‘
The set-back reduced thelead oi.
the Pirates over the Giants to seven
and one-half games. Other clubs in
the National League_ were not
scheduled.
Two World SWim
Records Are Broken
STOCKHOLM. Sept. 10. (AR)—
Arne ‘ Borg. Swedish swimming
champlom yesterday battered two
world’s'record’s'when he swam 500
yards in 5 minutes. 38.1 seconds. and
500 meters in 6 minutes, 8.4 seconds.
Records last accepted for these
distances'by therlnternational Am.
ateur Swimming ’Federaiion
United States, whose Inatk for the
600 yards, free style, was 5 minutes,
50. 4 seconds. and for the 500 meters
6 minutes) 24.2 seconds On July
28. ht»Gothenburg. Sweden. Borg
swam 60 meters in 6 minutes. 19.6
seconds, - which: he claimed as a
world's record.
Yet there is a decided difference‘
are
those of Johnny Weissmuller. of the .
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,1925.
ack Talks Of Pennant
ATHLETICS’ PILOT SAYS FATE
AND BREAKS DOWNED HIS T
Believes Great Wecause He Ex " fl
pects Chicago, New York and Detroit t
Have Much Better
By Bad Luck
PHILADEIPHIA. Sept. 10. (AP)
—-Fate and the "breaks," in Connie
Mack's opinion, have shattered his
dream of piloting the Athletics this
year back to the high places of base-
ball and'pennnnt glory that has been
beyond his reach for more than a.
decade.
These two factors, he thinks, step.
ped in without warning when the
team was winging along at. the top.
battling neck and neck with the
Washington Senators, to deal the
Athletics a series of stunning set-
backs and drop them from the
heights to an almost hopeless posi-
‘tion in the rear in« the short space
of three weeks.
over and as long as there is the
faintest trace of a chance, Mack will
terday. gaining an even break on the
series. leaves a margin 'of
insurmountable.
until next year."
says.
along. We
with."
gcst opportunity.
tide until things suddenly
against us in the west.
tered a bit. and our pitching slumped.
‘Mv—
Mathematically the taco is not yet
have his team fighting onward. But
even the fact that the team made It
two straight over Washington yes-
seven
games between the two clubs and
Mack himself admits this is virtually
In the face of his startling adver-
sity—one that has few major league
parallels—Mack does not repeat the
familiar refrain lot the laser—.“Wait
‘Thts was our best chance". he
"I figured this as our year all
(1 only one team to
heat but we c uldn't do it._Next year
we will have four or five to contend
Chicago, New York and Do-
troit all will be in the thick of the
fight in 1926. My club will be strong
again. I hope. but it has lost: its big-
“1 thought we were on the high‘
turned
our defense"
partlcularlytnround the infield, fal-
Nines in 1926—Stun
r
These may seem the real causes 0
our disastrous losing streak but yo 0i
know tho blocks went against 11.
day after day. Whale we bud beet
hitting in the pinch, we knocked in
to double plays. once into even
triple play. We lost three straigh‘
games to St. Louis by one run at th
start of our losing stretch and tire
ped the last two to Washington 01
Labor Day by the sums margin. 1
Just scented that fate was against us
“We had our full strength on th‘,
field all this time .too. so then) at“).
no alibis on this score. We had 0
handicaps.
ments- earlier in the season. but 11'
surmounted them and kept aroun
the top, Perhaps. with our in;
strength earlier we would have doni .
Mack. generous in defeat. does hct
point the finger of blamo at any par.
ticular individuals in reviewing hi
set-backs.
disappointments to a large cxter
but he cannot conceal the fact the
the strongest ambitions of his lon
car'er. ‘
.1 .
of destiny" such as Washington ha}
been called has blocked the aspire.
tions of Mack with stattling swif
ness (1
Eleven years ago. in 1914. Mac
won his last American League pe.‘
nant. only to have one of the grea _
1
four straight world's series gam-
before the dazzling march of t 1
Boston Braves, led by the “mlrac
man."'George Stallings .
But Mack is not through. Whe
a. dozen‘years of disappointtne
might have discouraged the stoute.
heart. it has only imbued him wit .
the determination to carry on not
triumph finally perches again on b
banners. “
Just the same.
record. .
fighting . . .
they always do) nobody says a word
about it.
will ever
team.
There will be nothing novel about
seeing the Pirates in a. world series.
. Exceptthat this year they will
he on the dismom. instead of in the
box office.
I .
Mr. O'Goofty was astonished
hear Tommy Milton had been ' in
Italy competing in the 100.000 lire
race Mr. O'Goofty hadn't be.
lleved there were that many in the
world.
....
C O O
IT MUST TAKE A LOT OF
MONEY TO KEEP BABE
RUTH IN BOOKS IF HE
Home Run Hitters
And: Their Records
Y ESTERDA‘ 'S HOMERS.
Season‘s
Total.
Peekiupsugh. Scnst’s. 2 4
Fretgau, Cubs 1 6
THE. LEADERS.
Sept.’
1025 192-1
Hornsby, Cardinals .. 38 23
Meusel, Yankees . . . . 2'! t)
Williams,.Browns 25 17
Hartnett, Cubs :24 15:
Simmons. Athletics .. 28 7
‘ Founder, Robins .. .. 2t 26
Mouse], Giants 20 5
Kelly. Giants . ...... 19 18
Bottomiey. Cardinals. 19 11
Harper, Plilliies 18 14
Wright, Pirates . . . . . 17 5
Ruth, Yankees 16 44
Gehrig. Yankees . . . . 10 .
Cuylcr, Pirates 15 'I'
Jacobson. Browns . . . 13 15
Wheat. Robins 13 12 ,
Goslln, Senators 13 9.
“'rlghtstond, Phlllies.. 13 o
l. Han-ls. Senators... 1.. 3
Brooks, Cubs 13 .
Williams, Phlllles 12 19
Slsler, Browns 12 9
Speaker. Indians . . .. i2 9
hit-Marius. Browns .. . 12 i"
Robertson. Browns .. 12 3
Blades. Cardinals .. .. ll 10
Myatt. Indians . . . ll 8
Snyder, Giants . .. .. . 11 5
Cobb.'l‘lgers ........ 11 4
RiceJ‘rowns ....... ll .
FrisclI, Giants . . .. .. 10 6
Terry. Giants. . . . . . . . 10 b
Grimm, Cubs . . .. . . . 10 2
Bell. Csrdinsk . ... . . It) i
Todt,RedSox.......10 1
LEAGUE TOTALS TO DATE.
National League . . .. 597'
American League 471
Totals ............. 1068
TOTALS bA‘ST’FOUR YEARS.
Sept. 9
1023 "21 192!
480 45] £82
385 4'“ 485
"I .25 837
1024-
Natlonsl 434
American ".365
Totals ..... I”
”BY JOE WILLIAMS
Babe Ruth will, ‘
never have to apologize to Huggins
or anybody else for the 59 hpme
runs he made in buildingtup a world
Golf is very different from prize
When two good pals
come together in the prize ring (as
We don't know who holds the altl~
tude record for the year but nobody
be able to approach the
descent record set by Connie Mack’s,
to'
‘ Probe for Bolt and
.__-t
TURNS OVER A. NEW LEAF .
AS OFTEN AS HE SAYS.
Q 0
It is never hard to name the te
leading automobile racing drivers -
the year for very seldom are ther
more than that many left.
i a a v
Experts say Bobby Jones can 131
any golfer in the world five sho
and beat him But a golf '
would be a. sap to take five shots n
the stuff they serve these days.
‘ I O
concede his team has been distance 1:
. . . . This is no more important tha
a posthumous statement from Ki
Goliath verifying his defeat at tl ,
hands of One Punch David.
0 o o ,
IF GETTING THE JUMP 0N
IMPORTANT. WHY IS 11‘ 3
THAT ALL HE BROAD JUMP
CHAMPIONS AREN'T BRIL-
LIANT SUCCESSES? , ,
O O U i
The scientists of aviation shoul;
not be discouraged We suppos:
there was a. wild hullabaloo whe"
the first mule car skidded off thi.
runway. too. i
1
Thefihenandosh was the great
of recent air tragedies ... Ther.
at washington. '
Tack in Boys’ Lung -
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 10—(AP
Side by side in the broncho-seopi-
clini: of the Jefferson Houpital.t
day. lie two boys from the middl:
w.est awaiting the intervention 0.
surgery to probe their lungs for tori}.
eign objects. The delicate opera 1“
tions by the bronchoscope will b":
undertaken as soon as X-ray exa
inations are completed. .
Bernard 11 rens of Fremont. Mich
lgan arrived last. night accontpanl
instruments locate and remove
tack while kite making. ,.
patient—Roy Kruger of Rockfor-
lllinols. swallowed an inch ion
carriage bolt several months as
was brought to Philadelphia. to hav .
it. taken out. I
Broncho—scopic operations
completed yesterday on 15
WOI‘
kc. and also on Betty lion Markel‘
2. of Clearileld. Pennsylvania. Pea
ken from their lungs.
. OLYMPIC SAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON. England. _Sep
10. (ADJ—The White Star Line
Olympic sailed for New York p,
noon yesterday with 1.595 passenger »
Her crew, depicted by the seamen'
strike. was brought to full strengtl
bya contingent of men sent. out t
her in Cowes Roads.
...
.—
nncmvrzs cum" LIKE mm
Many cough preparations contai
some one or more harmful dru
which are added to take the pin
of opiates. None of these hat-cot!
substitutes have ever been used in T
l FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR COM
POUND. The name of every-tin
gradient is plainly printed on my
carton. Ian 11an what with.
taking who: you take Foley's. I '
clings to the throat.
1nd young. You have s couch. Wh 1'
not try in Refuse substitutes. Btu
icon-Powell Com-Adv.
r.’;
injuries and tllaupiminiw
1 ‘.
even better but that is only a guess. ' ‘:
His philosophy Offsets hi i
it has been a bitter blow to one Q ‘ ‘
is the second time that a “tea 3 >
est machines of all time crumble i I
Mr. John J. McGraw is willing 5 .
THE OTHER FELLOW 15 so
is no record of the hot air tragedle ‘"
by his father. to have the surgeon ‘
month; 1
old Lydia Belt: of Lincoln. Nebtas:
nut fragments were successfully ta. ‘
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