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Evening sentinel, Thursday, August 12, 1926 · page 10

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Ready For Greb.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

all set «to give theilleto
. he is through.- M the
Stadium tomorrow
‘ Dundee. veteran Ital-
r. survivor of seventeen
nah .lilhting against the
‘e holdl. does to the post
IioGrew. Detroit's Greek
t.- in a battle which will
important bearing on Don-
lated ting future. The
fill” ”emitted for twelve rounds
statue a card which. from

. Was. Will draw a cape-
‘~ . Ito the arena by the

{Idea is trained to the minute

, J thb‘ifight after a preparatory
which hesfllutended over
e Italian vet-

redli‘see that much depends on
nine from McGrew Ionian-ow
I and he has guided himself in
.. accordingly. Dundee has
matched to tight Tod Ilorgan
thejunior lightweight title on the
Sept. I and he heads pros-
.» matches against Ace Hudklns
Jenny 8a- oetere the expiration

.; current outdoor season. The
ties. however. are depend-
,- undee'e winning tomorrow

e Italian favorite. although he
the distinction of being the
, - undefeated world's feather-
lit champion and the former
or lightweight title holder. has
“..orltloiaed in some hunters for
ting the match. Many fight fol-
think Dundee Is passe. But
vast majority. with something
then sentiment dictating their
‘ « one. are confident Dundee
. ability enough to battle his
past the majority or the present
lightweight and junior light-
crop.

ay. Walk Miller. manager «of
Flowers. stated that'ltll‘e mid.
t'champion was not badly
in his bout with Battling
, Tuesday night in Atlanta.
ould leave immediately for
t with Harry Grab at the
y u. uextfiursdey night;
nursery hltiow in the second
I! of the Atlanta bout. states
ker in the night lett Zine glanc-
‘hlow ceueing Flow to go
knees. 'I'Iie'ohamplon was able
make the New York train yesto‘r‘

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Returns Tomorrow Eye
Sealant—Tiger Flowers “ERIE Badly Injured—-

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

-'-’Mudl Interest In

 

 

Esther Foley. of the New York
Women's Swimming association. won
the -U. S; diving chempionsldp at. '

Pitcher in not of delivering hall to
batsman acddentally drops it to the

‘ a telegram to Jess! McMahon
ground. What is the ruling?
I

Philadelphia. The jormer champ,
Helen Mosley. was ill and couldn't
compete.

, Best Diver .

the setto. -

 

camp said last night that he
pleased his chance for a return -match
was not ruined by the .io‘uling of
Flowers. Ho wants the Tiger to be at
» his best. Confidence is Mfi‘y's mid-
dle name. and the fact that he has
wagered a chunk on
makes him failly sure of himself.
Flowers and Chuck lurne.-_ who
meets Maxie Rosonhleoml‘l in l‘ the
ten-round semi-final. will arllve in
New York together and work out at...

 

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Will

his ' chances

 

1117 YEARS IN ’

Johnny Dundee, veteran Italian
boxer. who is the undefeated world's
featherweight champion and e for-
mer holder of the junior lightweight
title. celebrated the seventeenth en-
niversery of hie advent in the ring
yesterday training for his twelve-
round bout
Detroit Greek. to be held tomorrow
night at the Coney Island stadium.
The veteran Italian. exhibiting plen-
ty of speed end skill, went through
a workout of twelve rounds, includ-
Ing six rounds of sparring against
Roscoe Hell. skipping the rope end
punching the bag and weighed 193
pounds when he nnished.

DEMPSEY GETS
REAL ROUGH

NEW YORK. August 12 -—-Jack
Dempsey got rough with his sparring
partners yesterday in his workout at
a gymnasium.

Alfred Proslo, Argentine claimant
of the South American heavyweight
championship. gave Dempsey some
opposition until a. right hand clip to
the jaw sent him
the first round and put an end to

 

Delfino, countryman of Proalo box-
ed the chempion a full round without
hitting the floor. impressing Demp-
soy so much that he was engaged re-
gularly as a sparring partner. Pro-
.. :10 accepted a'similar assignment
and both Latin boxers left for Se.
retoga Springs; N. Y.. with the ad-
vanee guard of Dempsey'e retlnue.

 

DIAMOND nlsrurlzsneolneu. .
(By em, EVW.) 0 . i.

If there are runners 'on the bases
at the time. the dropping of the ball
by the pitcher is construed as a balk.

In such a situation the hell 'he-
comes deed and all base-runners are'
entitled to advance one base.

If there are no runners on at the
time. no penalty is imposed if the
pitcher drops the bell to the ground
‘while in the 'ect of delivering it to
the batsman.
as an accident.

' Both major leagues are now a unit
in this interpretation.

Redland Rooters Recall 1919 Season

. ’WII'IGO

 

against Phil IiicGrew.

sprawling into in

 

 

. . As Présent Team Fights for Flag

 

 

 

 

 

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meson m...

Cincinnati‘s sensational play in the National League
chase this season recalls the greet team the late Pat
Moran had in Redlsnd in lain—the your the Reds
copped the flag and then went on to win the world

series with the Chicago While Sex—tho scandal play-
off. - some have since termed it.

That was the year such recognized stars as Hclnlo
Groh. “Greasy" Neale. “Hod" Eller. Ivy Wingo. good
old Bill Reridcn end others roamed the fields for Cin-
cinnati. Most of the members of that famous aggrega-
tion have drifted out or the melnshow. but their il—
lustrious deeds on the field of battle are still fresh in
the minds of Cincy tandem.

. This year‘s team has been one of the biggest eur-

und if any club is

It is merely treated

years ago.

 

 

leseu in the Hey dlcr organization.
much of n rating by the experts during spring traillillgl
“at least it “hell 1 considered in the some bIcntll “llll
lilo Giants. the Pirates and the Cards.

llut Jack Hendricks hue had his boys‘going at a pace-
sclling clip almost since

making it two straight pennant successes. the Iteds
look like the team to turn the trick.

Tile good work of Rube liressier. Ed Rnush. Wally"
I‘lpp. I'lppa Illxoy. Polo I'louolluo and elbow has dunef
much to keep the Cincy boys in the gallop. ;

ledland routers llon the old hunting bee buzzing
again-just as they did in those hilarious days seven

It wasn't given

lilo start of the campaign
to prevent the Pittsburgh oullil from

 

 

Harry Greb at his Pompton Lake

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

the St. _ Nicholas Rink.

,, fl _ tile Coach-overshadow all
" _ . ' “ . past. New bodicté-rncw colors—new
’ comfort. g. ' . .

‘_ . Each lamorllestfriking and distinctlvcin appearance. Each
1 of body duality, comfort; and?

la a' tnumfi

~ iiibtit list (in
also have res
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4‘ Super-Six Greatlyl
_ Chassis and New Birdies ,
‘ 5 Tifeic bcauti’ful new Hudlons-thc Sedan. Brougham and . . ' A '

the great Super-Sixes of the
beauty,

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se~ll

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nt oi our history

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bility smccilanically at thcllicight of Its value and

‘neelselell

. lends ~8‘ .
vc‘n‘ outstan dm‘g’ pedorlglancc endurlcsitiabilxi principle .

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ncncc and vast prpduction he'vc bro
“if. much finer tier In every partitul Tar at
plied mcconomies of manufacture and dismi-
tlfllatpgivc amazing price and ovaluc. i ~ ..

 
 

N G.

mproved m

visoas'r nwnaubs
Ito. a in 1923 Banking

Vincent Richards. like Willie
Hoppe in billiards years ago. broke
into the tennis limelight as a young-
ster. Just as Hoppe was the boy
wondel of the cue world. so was
Richards ill tennis.

Paired with Bill 'I‘lldcn. Richards.
when 15. Won the national doubles
title. That was in 1918. Since then
he shall developed into one of the
leading players in the pastime.

l‘ilcllurds never has won the na-
tional singles title: in fact. he has
yet to ilnish runnerup. But during
the last few campaigns the Yonkers
boy has Been in the thick of every
light.

Last season "Vinnie" reached the
eeml- finale. His most notable ac-
complishment was the defeat of
Reno Lacosto. ‘teiented Frcpchmau.
Richards whipped Leeoste in straight
.. sets. just a short time after none
had ell but trimmed Tilden in the
Davis cup play.

, In the nest-to-ilnal round. how-
‘ ever. Richards fall before 'I’llden.
Richards got away .nioely winning
the initial set. 8-6. but. as usual.
Tllden came back strong. taking the
lest three without'much trouble. '

In that. Richards was No. a in
the annual 'ranklngs. posing out
, Johnston. In 1:31. 1023. 1938 end

1925 he gas third.

For the last two seasons many
. ' , - have been predicting Richards es
‘ y ‘ ' the next American titleholdor. They
see- him as a certain successor to
Tlldcn. Such a thing is a possibility.
or course. .But I don‘t leok for the
New Yorker to' turn the trick this
. year. And . this despite theofact

R herds defeated the Quaker in‘
fair y decisive i ten in ell-eastern
tournement,juet the .other day. as
well as twice in the south last spring.
- Tilden. -sa"‘ you~ w. always
. seems‘to rise "to greatest heights

‘ when his longeheld crown is at

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""" , _',i_ ' Worth Knowing in Sports
. . .. . . . , Urban "Red" fiberhee heenhurl. ‘
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mean a great deal to lanky William.
Hence. one cannot. get greatly en-
cltcd simply because Richards has
defeated Tilden several times thls
season.

Richards should reach the semi-
finals again. unless the three French
aces. Borolm. Lacosle and Cochct
giro Old Man Dope a terrific wal-
lop. But i don't see "\‘lnnio" as a
champion yet.

Richards is “noted for his perfect
demeanor on the courts. Ho's cool-
ness personified and a great match
player. He is essentially a voileyer.
his ground strokes usually serving
not as point winners. but as a way
of approaching the not. When
lodged in this position his play is
marvelous. Recently he has added
a forehand drive to his game‘ and
strengthened his service.

 

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WI [Ilium-"VII _

FORMER CHAMP

 

WORKS OUT

.
‘1'

TN MERIDEN FOR GOODRiCii

Outstanding Lightweight

Test Of Your At Ebllcts_

Field—“Doc” 3.8810! In Sammy's Corner—Other“
Boxers Are Working Hard.

 

 

Home Run Hitters

In Games Yesterday
l’l'ili’l‘idliUAY'S HUMERS
llutll. New York Amcrlcane .1
’l‘ate. Washington ....... . . . . . .1
.\lIIlIusiI. Detroit ....... . . . . . . .1
Folk Chicago Alllcriculls . . . . . .1
Walker. L‘Illcinnuli
l-lIIrgI-nlo. Cincinnati ..

..... ...1

........1

Pipp, Cincinnati ..... ..... ... .1
Total ................... .7
The Lenders
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Ilulll. New York ........ . . .37

Simmons. l’lliludelplliu . . . . . . .
\V'Illinllls. .b't. l.uuls ..... .....16
Luzzcri. .\‘cw York . . . . . . . . . . .15
iioslin, Washington . . . . . . . . . It
lenllsil. llciroll ..... .. ... ...13
Mcusel. New York ........... 9
Gehrig New York ....... . . . . 9
Cochranc. i’lIilIldI-Ipllia
liauser. l’hiladclpllla . .
Collins. New York . . . . . . . . . . .
”print“ 0. St. Louis ..... . . . . .
t'ombs. New York ..
liellmnnn. Detroit
'l‘odt. lloslon
.‘lcllanus.’ St. Louis . .
Jacobson. lioslon
Folk. Chicago .......... . . . . .
SlSlf‘l“ Sl. LOUIS-6
XA'l‘lONAl. LIQAGL'E

iintlulllit')‘. Si. Louis . ..... 15
Wilson. Chicago ........ . . . . .15
L. “0”. Si. Lums ..... . ... .. .12
h‘oullltvoriil. St. Louis ... . . . ..
Founder, lirooklyn .... . . . . . . 11
Williams. Philadelphia . . . . . ..
Hornslly. St. Louis
Kelly. New York. ...... ...,..
ilcatllcotc. Chicago . . . . . . . . . .
Blades. St. Louis ...
\Vrigill, l'lllsilul'gh
Hermon. Brooklyn ..
Grimm. Chicago ....... . . . . . .
Leach. Philadelphia . . .
llousil, Cincinnati

Harper. Philadelphia
Cutler. Pittsburgh . . . .
()'l"nrrcll. St. Louis
Wrightslonc. I’iIIladrIplIia . . . .
Lindslrom. New York ..... . . .
Jackson. New York
Walker~ Cincinnati

l.l-2AGL' E 'I‘O'l‘A LS

American ......... . . . . ..... 548
NATIONAL

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Grand total . . .

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I’I‘ouloler Humbert J. lug-...} ..n.
nounccd yesterday that T‘iilllii "I my"
Usgiey will handle Jimmy lioolll it 1..
former lightweight clullllplnll «II (V n.
world. in his t‘lgill I'Ulillilll' um.
"Kid" lv'ilplall, the cx-l‘llllllltlruv mm,
king on the Hellf‘ullllill'rl. L'ulllnmlllly
House card at l-Lbllcls ll'lr‘lll, .\l...l..«l ..
18. Iloglcy Is one of tile \lI-"l'lll
handlers of the ring. L'llllslllll"li l.- ‘1'
many exports the furllllusl I-ww
counselor ill lilo llusmcss. .\~ lili-
will be one of ill” lllnst illllli.‘ll?
lightweight tests of the
battle likcly iu lil'UdUl'l. lilf‘ l- .1
challenger for Sulllllly All: .i
crouil, floodlit-ll insislul Illl , .
lilo best mzln ulllllullle ill-hlllll ll..!l

The former {lb-pound til-‘ .Ip-
ls ll‘ltilliilg at lilll‘l ll'llull‘.‘ l. a ..
gynlllus'lulll \vilel'l: li" lllll l
until it (cw days ilcloro H..- 'l I.
when he lllll come to New l'v ,. v
taper off his il‘ullllllg. l\.:l . l -
bearing doull in his hum ‘ '
Mcriden, Conn. Ho.- also \\lll .. -
out there until a Ir \v days llrfl:
battle when llt,’ Ivlll shill. ill .I l
polllun gyullzusiulll.

’l'hc llout prolllisls to be l..
slunding lightweight lost 0[ 111'
At this writing llle [ll‘ol‘ulli-
come looks like all even llllllll

Murun S

in fact few of the (sports are \‘-. x 4
to come out strong lor lililfi‘ l.
rich or Kilplllll so close ll‘l
Illcasul'e up III lhv- dope (ll-'l ; l

performances.
The three i-luropt‘un tilllllil _. 1.‘ —

l-‘I'ancis Charles, llght li£;l\_\ll , ... "e
Il‘red lirctunnd. llgillllelcln. I 1
Andre Iioulis. it'IIIiIr‘l‘II'llll'll' e
concluding their training at, .\1.l . we
llcy's Summit. .\'. J.. camp. I: 1
meet respectively l".llll lirrlv‘u ,

Sammy Vogel end lidllic .\ll'l"'~ -
in the feature tcu round lulul- ~
Harry libhcls, Fret-port‘s Iw. ._ 'l

punchcr. will male likillll‘l \- ..l‘
l)i\odi_ Brooklyn's “I‘llf‘l‘fil'i’gll'

dcl‘ ill the opening imul of ...
rounds.

 

 

 

 

AUGUST BOUT
IS POSTPONED

Pete August will not meet Nick
Team in their scheduled return bout
ill Troy next Monday evening. Tcsto
claiming an injured hand. requested
the cancellation of the contest. It is
likely that the New York State Ath-
letic commission will force 'l'eeto
to go through with the match when
Tcsto is 0. K. again. The commis-
sion ordered this return battle. after
the unsatisfactory termination of the
initial bout between August and Tea-
to several weeks ago when the
Bridgeport boxer was disqualified in
the first round for alleged low hit-
ting.

, ....

President Coolidge has prohibited
importation into this country of re-

 

'volvcrs that unfairly simulate wea-

pons of American design and from
now on the public will have the sat-
isfaction of knowing that it is being
shot Ilp \vilh firearms of unlmpca
able American lineage—New York
Sun.

 

Many a suit guaranteed to wear
like iron dose so by eventually be~
coming rusty.-—Christlan Science
Monitor.

HOW TO' SWIM.

av mum casual:

 

moses developedlor'ipeed.
toenail, but small- of the peel-

 
 

 
 
 
 

hath
ufim'hgm louver “sheet M is
laws with .

 

 

”I kick to be used for back oomemtheturellytohim.

"Line personal equation would al-

ways he :a‘vor’e‘d‘lln matters of "W
mingle; ornls.a reel drew-
Wither! will be only one kick' for “g, and sun“ swimmer in usingthe
been cv'ererln will discover that the

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Those Slricr 'l'rudcs '

MANAGER GL‘Ullul-J SlSLLl: of "
the Browns must take considerabiv
Joy out of his band Harum trades .
since taking 0\CI‘ the St. Louis club.
Dame ll‘ortunc has certainly smllml
on him.

Lust winter Sislcr parted with Jo.
Bush and Johnny Tobin for South-
paw Tom Zachary and \\'In Iiail”...
a. sturdy right~ilulldclx At the flu:
there was much zll‘gulllcnt .‘l‘o «.7
which team got the better of Ills
trndc. St. Louis was git en the cdgv

With the season more than ml:
over. it is apparent that the In: ‘
was all St. Louis. Washington hla
turned loose both Bush and 'l‘ulllr.
while Zachary and Bullou llrllc lion-3
well for the Browns.

As a matter of fact Zachary has ‘
been sieler‘e best pitcher. “11h a
club that has always been below the
.600 mark. Zachary has won 11 out
of his first 20 games. while llullm

has five victories to allow agalm‘v
two defeals.
The moral: Have a care “illill

trading with Sislcr.
O 0 0
Will to Win __

The expression. "the old determi-
nation." is much used in baseball. 1'
may mean any number of things.

In the first place it mcaus illo‘
player takes his work seriously. la»
the proper courage. also the will-Io
win spirit.

One need watch Wells work only a
few innings to realize just what 1hr"
old determination means as Express-
ed by Cobb. His Jew is set on cvcll :1
ball pitched and his deliberate nllld- .
lip m‘akea it apparent that he feels '
he holds the mastery over the bat- -
ter. . .

The Detlolt players. half in calrl- 2"
eat and half in jest. refer to “one,
as the psychology southpaw.

A college athlete. Wells entertains
the belief that the will-to-wln is half
the battle. that if you think g. thin
hard and long enough it will come
true.

When Wells pitches the thought;
of winning is uppermost. In edditiong.‘
he holds to the opinion that he has “w
something on each and every bet-
ter that faces. him. 1

So is:- the 19:6 averages bear out“:
that contention. . f:

' ° ’ ..le
Speaker and Bout-h . .

A Pittsburgh fan writes. asking
my opinion as to who is generally
.ooneldered as being. or having been. ‘
the best fielding outfielder. Tris 'j
Speaker or Eddie Boush. ‘

Comparing two outstanding stem;-
like Rouah and Speaker is merely 1.3::
matter of individual judgment. NOV"
doubt a vote on such a question. cool:
lined to the major league- expel-lei“ ,
would bring out I wide difference oil '
opinion.

“0""! 1| “Educationably one of the
greatest outfielder-e in the history PC
the game. but it is my opinion than;
Flint“ II the mat.“ of all, field-y

. lag alone- considered. I have ne

vcl'
seen quite his eouel although I mud.
admit Relish is a close runnerup. .
Amarveleue judge of fly balls.:‘
paneling the ability to come in or

 

 

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