1
r " " . -- ;?'.& - - -- fWs, -? 3" THE WASmNGTON TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1914. .. . Welsh Miners Force Odds to Favor Ritchie's Opponent LIVE SPORTS Louis Edited Dougher By, Welsh Is Favorite Over American WHEN ZEB MILAN PERISHED AT THIRD Claims the Outfielders For the World's Lightweight Title Wouldn'tSupp0t Him Coal Miners, Loaded With Money, Force Their Hero to Enter Ring Bearing the Odds in Betting. Many Women Purchase Tickets to See Big Bout in London to Decide Championship. r!F13WM!TF" By ED L. KEEN. United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, July 7. "I know I can fight and I know I can win." Willie Sitchie, lightweight champion. "All that I know is that I have a good chance to capture the world's lightweight title and that's enough for me." Freddy Welsh. This was the word today from the two who tonight battle for the light-Weig- ht championship of the world. The two fighters look fit. London expects the best "four-flsted- " fight that has been Staged here for years. The lightweights Will face probably the classiest audience la the history of the ring. Big boxing matches In England always partake mors or less of the nature of society functions. Full dress Is usually worn by occupants of the boxes, and the higher priced ringside seats, and a number of women usually attend. But tonight's fistic entertainment will be de luxe, not to say recherche. Manager C. B. Cochran, manager of the Olympia, where the contest will e staged, said today 'that fully SO per cent of the tickets of which more than 9.000 have already been disposed of have been purchased by w omen. He feels safe in estimating; that probably 20 jer cent of the Audience will be of the gentler sex. One women's club made a reservation or a block of seats. Among the men spectators will be an unusually large number of inem-se- rs of the nobility and at least BINGLES AND BUNTS Sy GRANTLAND There is nothing in the East among Philadelphia, Boston, and Brooklyn to beat the Giants out of a pennant. In 'the West neither Cin- cinnati nor St. Louis have a spec- ter's chance. If the trick is to be turned only Chicaga and Pittsburgh can do it. And ths next two or three weeks will tell a big part of the story. If Pittsburgh and Chi- cago are unable to repel New York en her present invasion the Odds will ne sGfongly agamsl either ming back later on. If they can collar the Giants now they have a ddy little opening, for the Giants haven't been going at a champion- ship clip and havo yet to show the power they displayed in their last ibree seasons of mortal combat. 4 The English Stroke. Exra. Cornell and others have come forward with a terrific fusillade at our Coatrib EU Tale for suggesting that the English stroke beat Harvard and Israeli. And there has been, in addi- tion to this, a loud hurrah over the vic tory of the American stroke at Henley. But along this line we agree most Leartily with Herbert Reed (Right "3'ing), who writes us in regard to the superiority of one stroke over another: "No Such AnimaL' ' "Apropos of the communication of 131 Tale to the effect that the 'English stroke' beat Harvard and Cornell," comments Bert, "permit me to remark jhat he has not seen a crew row the English stroke since those Tale eights hatwere badly beaten under the coach- ing of Harcourt Gold. Again., there is no English stroke. Until very recently there was an English university stroke. 5ut now Oxford and Cambridge fcavH freer drifting apart. After the victory of the Belgians at Henley, Cambridge Cniversity made radical changes In the ftroke of the Light Blues, and it was rt stroke vastly different from the one taught by Gold or NIckalls that beat jaarvard from Putney to Mortlake on the Thames. To the Crews. "Cheer-o!"- - as the English say." con- tinues Bert, "for the winning coaches, But give the men In the boat a little credit. America won at Henley, but I should not think of hailing it as a vic- tory of 'the American stroke' over 'the English stroke.' Rather it was a vic- tory of American oarsmen over Eng- lish oarsmen." All of which is plain common sense, established in an epoch where sanity Is tX a premium. America's victory at Henley was even more of an upset than England's con- quest in polo. It was another strange incident in a year of mysteries and sud- den shocks. And incidentally, it lifted i"he Eagle's count to two against three for the Lion In the international jubilee. Sticking Around. i'et nil the glory of the old-tim- e bri- gade belongs to Wagner, Lajolc. irath-ewso- n, and Plank. For Tommy Leach also belongs and well up around the top. Tommy started pro. baseball Just eighteen years ago, in Petersburg. Va. He is playing his sixteenth season in the Bin Show. And Just at present Tommy is not only fielding finely, but Is outbatting both Wagner and Lajole end about 200 others in the main cor- ral. Leach deserves to be classed with th Immortal few the 1 pr cent who. rfter fifteen years' service, are still first-cla- ss actors. In place of waning, be has played 'better ball the last two rears wan ne nas snown since tne eany Says of his stardom, when he was part of one of the most formidable ma- chines of the game. Another Golf Invasion. We haven't heard yet what plans American golfers are making for an- other English Invasion next year, but we sincerely trust the United States of America isn't going to give up the fight. "England will probably make no in- vasion of says & well-know- n English writer, "until America can make some" sort of a showing over here and prove that she has golfers good enough to furnish tis the right sort of competition." This is England's attitude, and no one can blame her Tor holding It. but it Is qult enough to stir America up. England may be supplied with better golfers we'll concede that but the dif- - lurt u widespread as the late X &. three clergymen, one of whom, the Rev. J. H. Bounier, will act as master of ceremonies. That all will get a good run for their money (the tickets run from 11.25 to $50) Is indicated by the attitude of the two principals. urantea tnat tne young American title holder has been sidestepping Welsh in the past, he appears lit and eager today, and the Britisher is equally prepared. Both arrived from America barely three weeks ago. In his eagerness to make the match with JtUtchie, Welsh surrendered every disputed point, and permits the Ameri- can to walk away with J25.000, win or lose. In fact, the arrangements are such that Welsh won't know until after the fight is over whether he is to get anything. Arrival of several thousand South Wales miners, weighted t down with coin, boosted the odds this afternoon to 10 to 9 In the Britisher's favor. Welsh spent the night at Cardiff, and arrived at Paddlngton early In the aft- ernoon, going directly to the Olympia, where the two fighters weighed in. Ritchie was secluded in a private resi- dence near the arena to avoid enthusi- astic fellow-America- Both men were in the prlmest physical condition. Experts agree on the pre- diction that the mill will be the great- est lightweight contest ever staged. Eugene Corri. the famous referee of the National Sporting Club. Is to be the third man In the ring. The contest, which is for twenty rounds. Queens-bur- y rules .is scheduled for 10 o'clock (about 6 o'clock Eastern time in the United States), after a series of RICE. Western America," J invasion would lead one to believe. For it Is also well enough to remember that Hilton, on his last visit, was brat-e- n in his first match at Chicago, and that neither Vardon nor Ray were able to take back the chief American trophy. We have a hunch that if England cares to send aver eight or ten of her best goners, they will meet all the compe- tition they care to face against Trav-er- s. Evans, Kirkby. Wood, Oulmet, Travis, Herreshoff, and others of k. - t On the same theory', the Athletics might refuse to play the Tanks until said Tanks can furnish keener compe- tition. But the Athletics happen to need the gomes. If this upset business continues to de- velop at any greater length, we may challenge Vardon for the championship of the world. Apparently tho only people able to win this season are those without a look-I- n before the conflict starts. DEFENDERS TO GET REALTESTTOflAY Defiance, Resolute, and the Vanitie to Start at Regatta Off Newport. NEWPORT, R. L. July 7. With the Defiance still an unknown quantity the three America's Cup defenders today will probably start the real tests for the honor of meeting Sir Thomas Up ton's snamrock IV, in September. A heavy foj; prevailed early today after heavy rains last night. Early indications for a race today were not promising. The Resolute has seven ictorles to her credit in the preliminary trials; Vanitie has four, and Defiance nong. Tne Resolute has proven her superiority in light winds and can sail closer to trie wind than any yacht seen this year. The Vanitie, besides being a witch in light airs, has always out-rac'- ad the other two boats. She is credited with having shown the great- est speed in the preliminary trials. Sev- eral ctianges have been made in tho Defiance and her owners are boasting she will now perform in vastly dif- ferent fashion than heretofore. Today's races will be under the au- spices of the Eastern Yacht Club, which is holding its annual regatta off here, instead of off Marblehead as customary. Tne starting line is about four miles southeast or the Brenton Reef Light- ship. Depending upon the quarter from which the wind Is blowing at noon, the cuurse wm De euner fifteen miles to windward and return or a triangle of thirty milesten to the leg. Farreli Offers $25,000 For Four of Dunn's Men NEW YORK, July Frank Farreli. of the Y'ankees, is reported to have offered Jack Dunn, owner of the Baltimore Internationals, something like $2o.000 for four players, but Dunn. is holding out for a HtUe larger figure. Farreli wants "Babe" Ruth, the sen- sational pitcher of the Baltimore club; "Birdie" Crce. an outfielder, whom Far- reli traded to Baltimore in tho spring: and Flayers Twonibley and Glelehmmnn. Farrell'a offer of $25,000 was for all the players, but Dunn is said to want J17.O0O for Ruth alone and 513.030 for the other three players a total of $30,000. York Loses Team. LANCASTER, Pa., July 7. President John H. Myers, of the Reading Trl-Sta- te team, who resides In Lancaster, received word from President George M. uranam, oi mo league, who waa in Tork winding up the affairs of the Tork team in that city, stating tnat tne transier io Lancaster had been decided upon definitely, and the team will bo here for th opening game on Wednesday with Ailentown. American Association. Indianapolis. 4; Columbus, 1. Louisville. 6; Cleveland, 2 (12 nings.) Onlywo scheduled. in. What Lads Say About Battle Tonight By WILLIE RITCHIE, Lightweight Champion of the World. LONDON'. July 7. I am not worrying at all about Welsh's twenty-t- wo successive victories in the past fifteen months. If any of my good but mistaken friends aro bet- ting on the form I showed two years ugo when Wclsn beat me, I would advise them to wipe off the slate and make a new book. I was a mere kid when I met Welsh and I was plum scared. But they say he's Improved a lot since then. Well, so have I. More- over. I'm fighting now to hold the championship. I am perfectly will- ing to admit that he is a good man, and that my victory will not be an easy one by any means. As to my condition it was never better. I was In fairly .food form before "eaving America; I did some light training coming over, and ten days' hard work at Brighton have pnt me on edge. Of course, defeat is bound to come to all champions in time, but I am confident I won't get mine tonight. By FREDDIE WELSH, Lightweight Champion of England. I think I can- - fight and I think I shall win. My hope of victory is not based on the fact that I ones beat Ritchie. I know Ritchie has come on a lot since then. He has a real nunch and he's game. As for myself, I, haven't gone back any. I may be a bit slower than I was some years ago, but I have gained in general ring experience and punching power. It seems too good to be true that after chasing Ritchie all over Amer- ica. I am finally to have a crack at him. I conceded everything. I told Ritchie he could have everything in sight so lone as he would agree to climb through the ropes. He gets 0 per cent of the gross gate re- ceipts, with a guarantee of 125,000 and I get B0 per cent of what's left after hisvshare and expenses are de- ducted. But I was satisfied to meet him even if I get nothing. I am not superstitious as a rule, but there are three omens 'that make me feel comfortable. My first backer any my first trainer will be at the ringside men I haven't seen for years. Then, the day after by arrival on this side. I received a cable from my wife in California, announcing the debut in this world of Miss Elizabeth Welsh. COOL OF EVENING FINDS CREWS OUT But One Month Remains for Final Training of Oarsmen of Washington Clubs. By KIRK C. MILLER. With exactly one month separating the present from the time for the Na- tional Regatta at Philadelphia, August 8, some of the most strenuous work of the season in Washington's rowing colony will be seen alun,r the upper and lower courses of the Potomac during the intervening time. Both of the local clubs, the Potomacs and Analostans, are entered In the National Regatta, and it will be tho first- - time this sea- son that those crews will be seen In the same race. Accordingly, in the cool of the even- ings, when Jim Rice and Clarence He-co- x get their respective proteges out upon the water, the occupants of the several boats will have their work laid out for them, and when the time trials begin, later on in the process of train- ing, each separate boat will be ex- pected to reveal the fruits of the ardent work which is planned for them. Prefacing the most serious work of the rowing season, that of applying the finishing touches to the business of training, tho Potomac Boat Club, with it 200 members including officers, oars- men, coach and their friends, are today their annual excursion down the Potomac river. For the first time in months, the seep artists are today "off" training, but it is only for a brief twent-fo- ur hours that they may partake of ice cream, candies and other sueets, and tomorrow they will again be found living upon the most nutritious diet and obervlng the strict- est of sleeping hours. Coach James Rice of Columbia, who came yesterday to take charge of the crews at Potomac, is among the "merry- makers down the river today and is taking advantage of the opportunity to Decome acquainted nun nis new cnarges. itlce had his nrst glimpse of the Red ana wnite oarsmen late yesterday after- noon, when he took an intermediate four-oare- d shell, two eights, and a sin- gle sculler out along the upper course. He saw enough of them to clearly es- tablish the distinct benefit which they have reaped from the preliminary coaching applied by Walter Thrall. None of the crews are by any means green, and Rice's big work will be to mold winning crews out of the wealth of promising material awaiting his master touch. Georges Carpentier Will Face Johnson in October PAItlS. July 7. An agreement was made today for a fight between Jack Tak.... .. .. Jl ? ..A " .... .... ,t . - of the eate. Carpentier li beaten by Gunboat Smith this month. 'Johnson has the option the match. Negotiations are In progress for a fight between Frank Moran and Bom- bardier Wells at the National Sport ing Club, London, at ena of summer. Gets Australian Offer. AKRON, July 7. Johnnv Grif- fith, local lightweight. Is considering nn offer of J20.0no for five battle in Aus- tralia, announced today. The came irom onowy the Aus- - "..--- v .. ,... ... te&te&Sht?'- q. mm &i&:kassssssw i&$&&h mm. imirmmrjSimmjB W?'ti&kf:6M v.'rtV,? uu i r. :.... c r ' mr- - .. ...-- - ... . - , j i :7'::Zf' ( NatatoMr-- ivj. r;.? ..a rv. .t.x:v .iTg MMiiilimiTd photo, er THQwfcB. Carl Thoner, Times' camera man, was within a few feet of third base in the eighth frame, yesterday and so he saw Zeb Milan die from much better position than you did. But the Times today gives you tht same view that he had. The Linden flyer was trying to annex the cushion, but Thomas' peg beat' him to it. JUMPING PLAYERS ARE ENEMIES TO BASEBALL National Pastime Depends on Loyalty and Sentiment for Its Success as Sport. CINCINNATI, July 7. Ball players who Jump their contracts or threaten to Jump them are the greatest enemies of the national game and of all other players. Scarcely any of the players realize this fact, but it is the truth, and every careful observer In the coun- try knows It to be so. Baseball is a sport which depends for its success on local sentiment "find loyalty of the fans fur one side or the other. While the game Is a splendid spec- tacle in itself, the fact remains Hut the element of contest and tne 'tcsire oi the fans to havo their team win is the most Important thing about it from a drawing standpoint. The fans like to think of their favorites as heroes, who are out there trying their best to bring home the victory. Hero-worshi- p, however, falters before the money-grabbin- g and contract-breakin- g greed inspired -- in certain athletes by the Federal League agents. xne season Sh nearly ono-ha- lf over and the Reds have played In every city in the National Leaue, and two and three times In some of them. The spirit of the fans is waning all over the In four games at Chicago last week. in Deauuiui weainer ,ana wim uie iwo teams fighting for second place and the Cubs with an excellent chance to over; haul the Giants for the pennant, there was not a tingle crowd of over 3.000. Last year that series would have drawn 8,000 or 10,000 every day, or nearly as many in one day as it drew in four days this year. The reason is simple. The fans, surfeited with base- ball and disgusted over the long stories contract-Jumpin- g, for de mands for extravagant salaries, are Just staying away. They have lost interest in the great sport. They cannot go out and enthuse over a player who has already proclaimed that he will Jump his signed contract next day and desert his club if th opposition will give him so many thousand dollars in cash. No one can root hard for a player that kind. There is a stain and a doubt which causes the honest bugs to Iobo their enthusiasm. The players are impressing it forci- bly upon the minds of the fans that they are in the game solely for the money they can get, that they have no loyalty or, sometimes, not even common honesty, ana mat mey win go where the coin lies thickest, no matter how many contracts they may have to break to get there. Thls Is what is hurting tho national sport, and will eventually kill it, if con- tinued much longer. Unfortunately ball players have so far been unable to grasp ths basi fact of the present situation. Dazzled b tho promise of largo sums of money and impressed bv the legal verbiage of Fed- eral npents "hired to bribe star athletes to Jump, they fall for the stuf that is ruining the game as a great sporc-t- he greatest of them all. The plavers are the cnl ones wno do not see this con- dition. It is a common thing to hear a play- er nay, as if he was getting r.ff quite a brilliant remark. "I'm in tne ame for all tho money I can get out of it. I will have only a limited number f years to play ball, and I am untitled to get all I can while my ability holdd out. They tell me these contracu won't hold in the courts, so I don't consider mvself bound by them. Show me the com, and I will Jump from here to Kamchatka." Sentiments like these are comor. even among the better class of athlete, and are usually warmly applauded by the athletic listeners. It is this thoughtless stuff that is putting the ganio bacK E.'idir. Very few players have any real respect for a contract, so far aj the are concerned. Of course, they expect the club to live up to it in nil itrt de- tails and pay them their salary regu- larly, without fail, even if they fall down painfully in what was expocted of them, and do not begin to earn the fat nams that are handed to them twice cery month. As to their own obligations, they feel free to Jump thx-- if they can get a higher offer from an outlaw league. This is ths spirit of unfairness which the fens are beginning to find out. and which Is taking awy the pre3t!go of the players. The writer has heard dozens ana scores of prominent men, not connect- ed with baseball officially, but always take place In Paris in October. John- - Interested and good rooters, express tne son Is guaranteed J10.O00 hy Theo- - ' opinion this season that basebal I as no dore VIenne. who organized the John- - I sport any more, but only a grab for big son-Mor- fight, plus 5 pr cent of meney. and that consequently they hail the movie monopoiv ana 45 per cent I 'ost nil interest in tne game iim nc' If of canceling tne the Ohio. he offer uancr, of of ni tended nnv more. The emnty seats In the grandstands at all big purks show that this is a prevalent opinion. A very Important railroad man In Chi- cago said last week: "I have quit them ecld. I used to think Chance's Cubs were great fellows and admired them all personally as well aa players. They always tried to win. Up to this year I have never missed a game of ball that I could possibly get to, either at the West or tne s.nitu Mde. Tnis year i have been out only once. All winter I toad nothing In th papers hut talks nbout Jumping rontracis and getting JllVttiO 21 venr. when T innw th man wasn't worth half that, arid I g"t dis- gusted. I don't fe-i- l like rootlnir for trallan promoter, through Tom An-- 1 them any more as I did I'm playing cu-b- dm awkkw naiuiiauva oli now, ana so are nusarsoa as say "i ?.''. v;Wi ?.,.;. 4he friends, who used to be regular attend- ants at the games." This no scare-hea- d stuff, but is absolutely true. The opinion expressed forcibly by this railroad man prev alent among the more Intelligent rooters in every city In both big leagues. The greed"f the ball players Is forcing the better element of the patronage out of the parks. Consequently the Reds are now playing to 2.500 people Instead of to 10,000. The Feds, whose policy of inducing players to break their contracts has caused this Irreparable Injury to the good name of the national sport, aro playing to one or two hundred a day in the majority of their cities. They have now reached the point where Jihey cannot come through with big sums of advance money, as they are hooked in so strongly that the cash is not Everyone wants to see the player get all that coming to him and a little more, because his term on the field comparatively short and he li entitled to get all he possibly can. But, once navmg signed a contract for a stipu- lated sum, he cannot Jump that con- tract without inflicting great injury on all other players. A few contract-Jumpe- rs will profit to ,.;: .tft.' ."''.1 'M mW t..A'KS'.Wjti-- j S&L'ZM3iU42 ,. rr ?f. SsfSSAfS"! A&?i& t:Z?V',At7l 77W??f&- ". j c&wvz.'Ufvvx-A'r",!.'- ? " ' (,, . t . . x . dW Hi, M,Mi a i - Is It so is Is Is J A JOE INVENTS TACOMA, Wash., July 7. "Iron Man" McGinnity, prerident of the' Tacoma, Northwestern League club, formerly a big , league twirler of renown, is enthusiastic today over a ground drying machine ho has invented. The machine la similar to a huge, blow torch, is, about four feet long, and mounted on three wheels. Four distillate burners furnish the heat. After a hard nighfsrain McGinnity claims the machine will dry out the diamond in two honrs. sport and their own friends. They are the men who are taking away the con- fidence of the public in the game of ball and reducing the attendance so that big salaries will soon be a thing of the past. Every contract-Jump- er In either league is driving a nail into the coffin of his high-salari- conditions. The sooner the players realize this fact, the better they will be off. It is unfortunate the chief officials of the Players' Fra-- J ternity are not men or tne caliber to a small extent for a year or two, hut 'see straight on such Important matters mey aro enemies oi meir own as mis and check the disaster in- - time. H . rBBBSV VBOD sT BF M PQC jS bbsssssssSssCa. BiSBBBBBBBBW MOOD" jSSS. B av.- - R. J. CO. N. C QG that outer NEW TORK, 7. Philadelphia outfield never gave me any 'That's why I a poor ihowing when sent to the be. If me as well &s have Wyckoff, Bush, and Shawkey, I'd be winning games for the championa." This Is the explanation, handed out by Carroll Brown, the yean- - pttejMr purchased bj Frank Chance from the Miclrmeii. And the Joke of "tt U be believes It. "I know anything about the support given him," railed Frank Chase today,, "but I'll send him back to Connie, if, Connle'll tend rae his oatftejd in exchange. I could worry along with Oldrlng. Strunk, and Murphy. ' ' "Why have I bought "Brown? Well, I think he has a chance- to maka'a winner out of himself it he 1s given more than he got with the Mack-me- n, that's all. He' a big. strong fellow, young enough to hard and often,, and I see that he gets all the trial he can stand. I'd tak a chance with any young fellow who has been through the mm he ha over Jn Philadelphia." ) Dixon Is today's hero. " He twirled the Oxon H1H to,a.no-b!- t no-ru- n victory over Congress Heights. score, 4 to 0- - . Despite hi record, the pitcher allowed six. bases on balls, buUalways tightened up when the position looked bad. Sweeney i wa easy for-th- e Oxon Hl'I representatives, an even dozen safeties being gleaned from his offering. Dixon struck out ten batters while the best Sweeney do In this re was to frank seven. J&F July "The -- port. they tljey don't work work shall no-h-it could spect Library alio registered a shut-o- ut when they confronted with Statistics by figures of 10 to 0. This also came near being a no-h- it contest on the part of the losers, who mads but a brace of connections. Interior took the (measure of Com- missioners, score S to t Interiors drew first blood, but the Commission- ers came back strong io. th second inning and raised the pot one run. Then the score sea-savre- -J throughout the remainder of the game until the nl'ith when three tallies gave Interior a substantial victory. Tenleytown and St. Stephens played the inaugural game in the Maruueite League under .the recently "adopted schedule, xenieytown pocketed the contest by 7 to 3 outhltting and out- playing the St, Stephens lads at evnv turn of the game. Howard connected for a three-cushio- n hit. i United Brethren outclassed Ninth in the East Washington Sunday School circuit by 7 to 2. Blschoff and Bryant ,- - KsB BBBBBBBBkk nil IHBff w . v ji llOKLr) JyjWflQfljiW ftnRHBsSSSsfSSSSSSSsT rtrtsHrwMPQnftff3BBBflflWWMsHsI --iH- 8a r fgQBQQQQOOQOOCXy REYNOLDS TOBACCO Winstoa-Selss- o, generally.made. AMATEUR NOTES 1 Amateur Schedule And, Results GAMES T6DAT. Potraae Fah-law-n vs. Eastern. Central Printers vs. Kenllwortfe. Brookland Mehodlst Tk Episcopal-Ea- st 'Washington Sunday -- School Keller vs. St. Agnes. - R. R. T. M. C. A. Shops vs. Carmen. Northwest Sunday School Immanuel ivs- - Omo Class. Rosedale Trojans vs. Iroquois. Treasury Marines vs. Civil Service: Marquette St. Martin vs. Emeralds. YESTERDAY'S BJESTTUTS. ' irosedale-S- t. Panl. 0; Highlanders," Q. Departmental Interior, 9; Commis- sioners, C Brookland Baptists, 12; Wesley, S. East Washington Sunnay School Uni- ted Brethen. 7; Ninth. S. - R. R. Y. M. C. A Station, I; Sou- thern. Z, - Northwest Sunday School Bright--woo- d, 9; Mt. Pleasant, 7. '; Treasury Library. 10; Statistics, 0.. Potmac Oxon Hill, 4; Congress Heights, 0. ' Marquette Tennallytown. 7; St. Steph- ens, 5. ... were evenly" matched for mound 4nty until th sixth when tne latter fell down completely and Kelly was call- ed to the rescue. Six runs went over In that session and Ninth was hope- lessly defeated. Charley Stancllff and Pinner were pitted in a pitchers' duel until te eighth Inning of the Insular -- Artllfery game when Pinner had a relapse and allowed three runs to cross, and .In- sular won by 9 to 8. Gheen relieved Pinner, but the damage had been done. Junfps to Feds. INDIANAPOLIS. July 7. R. J. Mc- - Connaughey, a right handed pitcher,, drafted by the Chicago Americans two, years ago, and sent to the St. Joseph club of the "Western League, signed to day with the Indianapolis Federal League ciuB. ' ''SViXfp- - nnrrf r ' .17 JsjrtTsWai.' fcXltfsssgsrt Play P. A. right across the boards ! You lay an odds-o- n bet that Prince Albert is the best pipe and cigarette smoke any man ever put a match to. You'll cash in before you clean out your first tidy red tin. ' x Here's tobacco that's got real.red-bloode- d man punch, butit can 't bite your tongue and it can 't parch your throat. That's thrown into the dis- card by a patented process owned exclusively by the manufacturers. You stick a pin here no other to- bacco can be like Prince Albert; nor has P. A. any "near" relatives ! Follow the thought ? Just put it right up to yourself for a test-ou- t. Lay a d hue against a tin of Prince Albert and get tipped off from the home plate as to how close to case cards this talk is. You get wise to that P. A. flavor and fragrance. Because if s just one of those little things in life that smooths out ruffles and wrinkles in the day's work and sends you along right cheerful like. Prince Albert Is sold everywhere. In.toppy ed best, 5c (handy for rolling; 'em); la tidy red tins, lie; also in handsome pound and half- - , pound humidors that make a hit around home or the office. -- ar tamcE Albert the national joy tmoh 'IE ari: GP I I

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THE WASmNGTON TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1914. .. .

Welsh Miners Force Odds to Favor Ritchie's Opponent LIVE SPORTS LouisEdited

DougherBy,

Welsh Is Favorite Over American WHEN ZEB MILAN PERISHED AT THIRD Claims the OutfieldersFor the World's Lightweight Title Wouldn'tSupp0t HimCoal Miners, Loaded With Money, Force Their Hero

to Enter Ring Bearing the Odds in Betting.Many Women Purchase Tickets to See BigBout in London to Decide Championship.

r!F13WM!TF" By ED L. KEEN.United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, July 7. "I know I canfight and I know I can win." WillieSitchie, lightweight champion.

"All that I know is that I have agood chance to capture the world'slightweight title and that's enoughfor me." Freddy Welsh.

This was the word today from thetwo who tonight battle for the light-Weig- ht

championship of the world. Thetwo fighters look fit. London expectsthe best "four-flsted- " fight that has beenStaged here for years. The lightweightsWill face probably the classiest audiencela the history of the ring.

Big boxing matches In England alwayspartake mors or less of the nature ofsociety functions. Full dress Is usuallyworn by occupants of the boxes, andthe higher priced ringside seats, and anumber of women usually attend. Buttonight's fistic entertainment will be deluxe, not to say recherche.

Manager C. B. Cochran, manager ofthe Olympia, where the contest will

e staged, said today 'that fully SOper cent of the tickets of whichmore than 9.000 have already beendisposed of have been purchased byw omen. He feels safe in estimating;that probably 20 jer cent of theAudience will be of the gentler sex.One women's club made a reservationor a block of seats.Among the men spectators will be

an unusually large number of inem-se- rs

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BINGLES AND BUNTSSy GRANTLAND

There is nothing in the Eastamong Philadelphia, Boston, andBrooklyn to beat the Giants out of apennant. In 'the West neither Cin-

cinnati nor St. Louis have a spec-

ter's chance. If the trick is to beturned only Chicaga and Pittsburghcan do it. And ths next two orthree weeks will tell a big part ofthe story. If Pittsburgh and Chi-

cago are unable to repel New Yorken her present invasion theOdds will ne sGfongly agamsl either

ming back later on. If they cancollar the Giants now they have addy little opening, for the Giantshaven't been going at a champion-ship clip and havo yet to show thepower they displayed in their lastibree seasons of mortal combat.

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The English Stroke.Exra. Cornell and others have come

forward with a terrific fusillade at ourCoatrib EU Tale for suggesting thatthe English stroke beat Harvard andIsraeli. And there has been, in addi-tion to this, a loud hurrah over the victory of the American stroke at Henley.But along this line we agree mostLeartily with Herbert Reed (Right"3'ing), who writes us in regard to thesuperiority of one stroke over another:

"No Such AnimaL' '"Apropos of the communication of

131 Tale to the effect that the 'Englishstroke' beat Harvard and Cornell,"comments Bert, "permit me to remarkjhat he has not seen a crew row theEnglish stroke since those Tale eightshatwere badly beaten under the coach-

ing of Harcourt Gold. Again., there isno English stroke. Until very recentlythere was an English university stroke.5ut now Oxford and Cambridge fcavH

freer drifting apart. After the victoryof the Belgians at Henley, CambridgeCniversity made radical changes In theftroke of the Light Blues, and it wasrt stroke vastly different from the onetaught by Gold or NIckalls that beatjaarvard from Putney to Mortlake onthe Thames.

To the Crews."Cheer-o!"- - as the English say." con-

tinues Bert, "for the winning coaches,But give the men In the boat a littlecredit. America won at Henley, but Ishould not think of hailing it as a vic-tory of 'the American stroke' over 'theEnglish stroke.' Rather it was a vic-tory of American oarsmen over Eng-lish oarsmen."

All of which is plain common sense,established in an epoch where sanity IstX a premium.

America's victory at Henley was evenmore of an upset than England's con-quest in polo. It was another strangeincident in a year of mysteries and sud-den shocks. And incidentally, it liftedi"he Eagle's count to two against threefor the Lion In the international jubilee.

Sticking Around.i'et nil the glory of the old-tim- e bri-

gade belongs to Wagner, Lajolc. irath-ewso- n,

and Plank. For Tommy Leachalso belongs and well up around thetop. Tommy started pro. baseball Justeighteen years ago, in Petersburg. Va.He is playing his sixteenth season inthe Bin Show. And Just at presentTommy is not only fielding finely, butIs outbatting both Wagner and Lajoleend about 200 others in the main cor-ral. Leach deserves to be classed withth Immortal few the 1 pr cent who.rfter fifteen years' service, are stillfirst-cla- ss actors. In place of waning,be has played 'better ball the last tworears wan ne nas snown since tne eanySays of his stardom, when he was partof one of the most formidable ma-chines of the game.

Another Golf Invasion.We haven't heard yet what plans

American golfers are making for an-other English Invasion next year, butwe sincerely trust the United Statesof America isn't going to give up thefight.

"England will probably make no in-vasion of says & well-know- n

English writer, "until America canmake some" sort of a showing over hereand prove that she has golfers goodenough to furnish tis the right sort ofcompetition."

This is England's attitude, and no onecan blame her Tor holding It. but itIs qult enough to stir America up.England may be supplied with bettergolfers we'll concede that but the dif--

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three clergymen, one of whom, theRev. J. H. Bounier, will act as masterof ceremonies.

That all will get a good run for theirmoney (the tickets run from 11.25 to$50) Is indicated by the attitude of thetwo principals. urantea tnat tneyoung American title holder has beensidestepping Welsh in the past, heappears lit and eager today, and theBritisher is equally prepared. Botharrived from America barely threeweeks ago.

In his eagerness to make the matchwith JtUtchie, Welsh surrendered everydisputed point, and permits the Ameri-can to walk away with J25.000, win orlose. In fact, the arrangements aresuch that Welsh won't know until afterthe fight is over whether he is toget anything.

Arrival of several thousand SouthWales miners, weighted t down withcoin, boosted the odds this afternoonto 10 to 9 In the Britisher's favor.

Welsh spent the night at Cardiff, andarrived at Paddlngton early In the aft-ernoon, going directly to the Olympia,where the two fighters weighed in.Ritchie was secluded in a private resi-dence near the arena to avoid enthusi-astic fellow-America-

Both men were in the prlmest physicalcondition. Experts agree on the pre-diction that the mill will be the great-est lightweight contest ever staged.

Eugene Corri. the famous referee ofthe National Sporting Club. Is to bethe third man In the ring. The contest,which is for twenty rounds. Queens-bur- y

rules .is scheduled for 10 o'clock(about 6 o'clock Eastern time in theUnited States), after a series of

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Jinvasion would lead one to believe. Forit Is also well enough to rememberthat Hilton, on his last visit, was brat-e- n

in his first match at Chicago, andthat neither Vardon nor Ray were ableto take back the chief American trophy.We have a hunch that if England caresto send aver eight or ten of her bestgoners, they will meet all the compe-tition they care to face against Trav-er- s.

Evans, Kirkby. Wood, Oulmet,Travis, Herreshoff, and others of k.

- tOn the same theory', the Athleticsmight refuse to play the Tanks until

said Tanks can furnish keener compe-tition. But the Athletics happen to needthe gomes.

If this upset business continues to de-velop at any greater length, we maychallenge Vardon for the championshipof the world. Apparently tho onlypeople able to win this season are thosewithout a look-I- n before the conflictstarts.

DEFENDERS TO GET

REALTESTTOflAY

Defiance, Resolute, and theVanitie to Start at RegattaOff Newport.

NEWPORT, R. L. July 7. With theDefiance still an unknown quantity thethree America's Cup defenders todaywill probably start the real tests forthe honor of meeting Sir Thomas Upton's snamrock IV, in September.

A heavy foj; prevailed early todayafter heavy rains last night. Earlyindications for a race today were notpromising.

The Resolute has seven ictorles toher credit in the preliminary trials;Vanitie has four, and Defiance nong.Tne Resolute has proven her superiorityin light winds and can sail closer totrie wind than any yacht seen thisyear. The Vanitie, besides being awitch in light airs, has always out-rac'- ad

the other two boats. She iscredited with having shown the great-est speed in the preliminary trials. Sev-eral ctianges have been made in thoDefiance and her owners are boastingshe will now perform in vastly dif-ferent fashion than heretofore.Today's races will be under the au-spices of the Eastern Yacht Club, whichis holding its annual regatta off here,instead of off Marblehead as customary.Tne starting line is about four milessoutheast or the Brenton Reef Light-ship. Depending upon the quarter fromwhich the wind Is blowing at noon, thecuurse wm De euner fifteen miles towindward and return or a triangle ofthirty milesten to the leg.

Farreli Offers $25,000For Four of Dunn's Men

NEW YORK, July FrankFarreli. of the Y'ankees, is reportedto have offered Jack Dunn, owner ofthe Baltimore Internationals, somethinglike $2o.000 for four players, but Dunn.is holding out for a HtUe larger figure.

Farreli wants "Babe" Ruth, the sen-sational pitcher of the Baltimore club;"Birdie" Crce. an outfielder, whom Far-reli traded to Baltimore in tho spring:and Flayers Twonibley and Glelehmmnn.Farrell'a offer of $25,000 was for all theplayers, but Dunn is said to wantJ17.O0O for Ruth alone and 513.030 forthe other three players a total of $30,000.

York Loses Team.LANCASTER, Pa., July 7. President

John H. Myers, of the Reading Trl-Sta- te

team, who resides In Lancaster,received word from President GeorgeM. uranam, oi mo league, who waain Tork winding up the affairs ofthe Tork team in that city, statingtnat tne transier io Lancaster had beendecided upon definitely, and the teamwill bo here for th opening game onWednesday with Ailentown.

American Association.Indianapolis. 4; Columbus, 1.Louisville. 6; Cleveland, 2 (12

nings.)Onlywo scheduled.

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What Lads SayAbout Battle

TonightBy WILLIE RITCHIE,

Lightweight Champion of the World.LONDON'. July 7. I am not

worrying at all about Welsh's twenty-t-

wo successive victories in thepast fifteen months. If any of mygood but mistaken friends aro bet-ting on the form I showed two yearsugo when Wclsn beat me, I wouldadvise them to wipe off the slateand make a new book. I was a merekid when I met Welsh and I wasplum scared.

But they say he's Improved a lotsince then. Well, so have I. More-over. I'm fighting now to hold thechampionship. I am perfectly will-ing to admit that he is a good man,and that my victory will not be aneasy one by any means.

As to my condition it was neverbetter. I was In fairly .food formbefore "eaving America; I did somelight training coming over, and tendays' hard work at Brighton havepnt me on edge. Of course, defeatis bound to come to all championsin time, but I am confident I won'tget mine tonight.

By FREDDIE WELSH,Lightweight Champion of England.

I think I can- - fight and I thinkI shall win. My hope of victory isnot based on the fact that I onesbeat Ritchie. I know Ritchie hascome on a lot since then. He hasa real nunch and he's game. As formyself, I, haven't gone back any.I may be a bit slower than I wassome years ago, but I have gainedin general ring experience andpunching power.

It seems too good to be true thatafter chasing Ritchie all over Amer-ica. I am finally to have a crack athim. I conceded everything. I toldRitchie he could have everything insight so lone as he would agree toclimb through the ropes. He gets0 per cent of the gross gate re-

ceipts, with a guarantee of 125,000and I get B0 per cent of what's leftafter hisvshare and expenses are de-ducted. But I was satisfied to meethim even if I get nothing.

I am not superstitious as a rule,but there are three omens 'thatmake me feel comfortable. My firstbacker any my first trainer will beat the ringside men I haven't seenfor years. Then, the day after byarrival on this side. I received acable from my wife in California,announcing the debut in this worldof Miss Elizabeth Welsh.

COOL OF EVENING

FINDS CREWS OUT

But One Month Remains forFinal Training of Oarsmen

of Washington Clubs.

By KIRK C. MILLER.With exactly one month separating

the present from the time for the Na-tional Regatta at Philadelphia, August8, some of the most strenuous work ofthe season in Washington's rowingcolony will be seen alun,r the upper andlower courses of the Potomac duringthe intervening time. Both of the localclubs, the Potomacs and Analostans,are entered In the National Regatta,and it will be tho first- - time this sea-son that those crews will be seen Inthe same race.

Accordingly, in the cool of the even-ings, when Jim Rice and Clarence He-co- x

get their respective proteges outupon the water, the occupants of theseveral boats will have their work laidout for them, and when the time trialsbegin, later on in the process of train-ing, each separate boat will be ex-pected to reveal the fruits of the ardentwork which is planned for them.

Prefacing the most serious work ofthe rowing season, that of applyingthe finishing touches to the business oftraining, tho Potomac Boat Club, withit 200 members including officers, oars-men, coach and their friends, are

today their annual excursiondown the Potomac river. For the firsttime in months, the seep artists aretoday "off" training, but it is only fora brief twent-fo- ur hours that theymay partake of ice cream, candies andother sueets, and tomorrow they willagain be found living upon the mostnutritious diet and obervlng the strict-est of sleeping hours.

Coach James Rice of Columbia, whocame yesterday to take charge of thecrews at Potomac, is among the "merry-makers down the river today and istaking advantage of the opportunity toDecome acquainted nun nis new cnarges.

itlce had his nrst glimpse of the Redana wnite oarsmen late yesterday after-noon, when he took an intermediatefour-oare- d shell, two eights, and a sin-gle sculler out along the upper course.He saw enough of them to clearly es-tablish the distinct benefit which theyhave reaped from the preliminarycoaching applied by Walter Thrall.None of the crews are by any meansgreen, and Rice's big work will be tomold winning crews out of the wealthof promising material awaiting hismaster touch.

Georges Carpentier WillFace Johnson in October

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Smith this month. 'Johnson has theoption the match.

Negotiations are In progress for afight between Frank Moran and Bom-bardier Wells at the National Sporting Club, London, at ena ofsummer.

Gets Australian Offer.AKRON, July 7. Johnnv Grif-

fith, local lightweight. Is considering nnoffer of J20.0no for five battle in Aus-tralia, announced today. Thecame irom onowy the Aus- -

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JUMPING PLAYERS AREENEMIES TO BASEBALL

National Pastime Depends on

Loyalty and Sentiment for

Its Success as Sport.

CINCINNATI, July 7. Ball playerswho Jump their contracts or threatento Jump them are the greatest enemiesof the national game and of all otherplayers. Scarcely any of the playersrealize this fact, but it is the truth,and every careful observer In the coun-try knows It to be so. Baseball is asport which depends for its successon local sentiment "find loyalty of thefans fur one side or the other.

While the game Is a splendid spec-

tacle in itself, the fact remains Hutthe element of contest and tne 'tcsire oithe fans to havo their team win is themost Important thing about it from adrawing standpoint. The fans like tothink of their favorites as heroes, whoare out there trying their best to bringhome the victory.

Hero-worshi- p, however, falters beforethe money-grabbin- g and contract-breakin- g

greed inspired -- in certain athletesby the Federal League agents. xneseason Sh nearly ono-ha-lf over and theReds have played In every city in theNational Leaue, and two and threetimes In some of them. The spirit ofthe fans is waning all over the

In four games at Chicago last week.in Deauuiui weainer ,ana wim uie iwoteams fighting for second place and theCubs with an excellent chance to over;haul the Giants for the pennant, therewas not a tingle crowd of over 3.000.

Last year that series would havedrawn 8,000 or 10,000 every day, ornearly as many in one day as it drewin four days this year. The reason issimple. The fans, surfeited with base-ball and disgusted over the longstories contract-Jumpin- g, for demands for extravagant salaries, areJust staying away. They have lostinterest in the great sport. Theycannot go out and enthuse over aplayer who has already proclaimedthat he will Jump his signed contractnext day and desert his club if thopposition will give him so manythousand dollars in cash. No one canroot hard for a player that kind.There is a stain and a doubt whichcauses the honest bugs to Iobo theirenthusiasm.

The players are impressing it forci-bly upon the minds of the fans thatthey are in the game solely for themoney they can get, that they haveno loyalty or, sometimes, not evencommon honesty, ana mat mey wingo where the coin lies thickest, nomatter how many contracts they mayhave to break to get there. Thls Iswhat is hurting tho national sport,and will eventually kill it, if con-tinued much longer.

Unfortunately ball players have so farbeen unable to grasp ths basi fact ofthe present situation. Dazzled b thopromise of largo sums of money andimpressed bv the legal verbiage of Fed-eral npents "hired to bribe star athletesto Jump, they fall for the stuf that isruining the game as a great sporc-t- he

greatest of them all. The plavers arethe cnl ones wno do not see this con-dition.

It is a common thing to hear a play-er nay, as if he was getting r.ff quitea brilliant remark. "I'm in tne amefor all tho money I can get out of it.I will have only a limited number fyears to play ball, and I am untitledto get all I can while my ability holddout. They tell me these contracu won'thold in the courts, so I don't considermvself bound by them. Show me thecom, and I will Jump from here toKamchatka."

Sentiments like these are comor. evenamong the better class of athlete, andare usually warmly applauded by theathletic listeners. It is this thoughtlessstuff that is putting the ganio bacKE.'idir. Very few players have any realrespect for a contract, so far aj theare concerned. Of course, they expectthe club to live up to it in nil itrt de-

tails and pay them their salary regu-larly, without fail, even if they falldown painfully in what was expoctedof them, and do not begin to earn thefat nams that are handed to themtwice cery month.

As to their own obligations, they feelfree to Jump thx-- if they can get ahigher offer from an outlaw league.This is ths spirit of unfairness whichthe fens are beginning to find out. andwhich Is taking awy the pre3t!go ofthe players.

The writer has heard dozens anascores of prominent men, not connect-ed with baseball officially, but always

take place In Paris in October. John- - Interested and good rooters, express tneson Is guaranteed J10.O00 hy Theo- - ' opinion this season that basebal I as nodore VIenne. who organized the John- - I sport any more, but only a grab for bigson-Mor- fight, plus 5 pr cent of meney. and that consequently they hailthe movie monopoiv ana 45 per cent I 'ost nil interest in tne game iim nc'

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A very Important railroad man In Chi-cago said last week: "I have quit themecld. I used to think Chance's Cubswere great fellows and admired themall personally as well aa players. Theyalways tried to win. Up to this year Ihave never missed a game of ball thatI could possibly get to, either at theWest or tne s.nitu Mde. Tnis year ihave been out only once. All winter Itoad nothing In th papers hut talksnbout Jumping rontracis and gettingJllVttiO 21 venr. when T innw th manwasn't worth half that, arid I g"t dis-gusted. I don't fe-i- l like rootlnir for

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forcibly by this railroad man prevalent among the more Intelligent rootersin every city In both big leagues. Thegreed"f the ball players Is forcing thebetter element of the patronage out ofthe parks. Consequently the Reds arenow playing to 2.500 people Instead ofto 10,000.

The Feds, whose policy of inducingplayers to break their contracts hascaused this Irreparable Injury to thegood name of the national sport, aroplaying to one or two hundred a dayin the majority of their cities. Theyhave now reached the point where Jiheycannot come through with big sums ofadvance money, as they are hooked inso strongly that the cash is not

Everyone wants to see the player getall that coming to him and a littlemore, because his term on the fieldcomparatively short and he li entitledto get all he possibly can. But, oncenavmg signed a contract for a stipu-lated sum, he cannot Jump that con-tract without inflicting great injury onall other players.

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sport and their own friends. They arethe men who are taking away the con-fidence of the public in the game ofball and reducing the attendance sothat big salaries will soon be a thingof the past.

Every contract-Jump- er In either leagueis driving a nail into the coffin of hishigh-salari- conditions. The soonerthe players realize this fact, the betterthey will be off. It is unfortunatethe chief officials of the Players' Fra--Jternity are not men or tne caliber to

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me as well &s have Wyckoff, Bush, and Shawkey,I'd be winning games for the championa."

This Is the explanation, handed out by Carroll Brown, the yean- - pttejMrpurchased bj Frank Chance from the Miclrmeii. And the Joke of"tt U bebelieves It.

"I know anything about the support given him," railed Frank Chasetoday,, "but I'll send him back to Connie, if, Connle'll tend rae his oatftejdin exchange. I could worry along with Oldrlng. Strunk, and Murphy. ' '

"Why have I bought "Brown? Well, I think he has a chance- to maka'awinner out of himself it he 1s given more than he got with the Mack-me- n,

that's all. He' a big. strong fellow, young enough to hard andoften,, and I see that he gets all the trial he can stand. I'd tak achance with any young fellow who has been through the mm he ha overJn Philadelphia."

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He twirled the Oxon H1H to,a.no-b!- tno-ru- n victory over Congress Heights.score, 4 to 0--

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allowed six. bases on balls, buUalwaystightened up when the position lookedbad.

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Interior took the (measure of Com-missioners, score S to t Interiorsdrew first blood, but the Commission-ers came back strong io. th secondinning and raised the pot one run.Then the score sea-savre- -J throughoutthe remainder of the game until thenl'ith when three tallies gave Interiora substantial victory.

Tenleytown and St. Stephens playedthe inaugural game in the MaruueiteLeague under .the recently "adoptedschedule, xenieytown pocketed thecontest by 7 to 3 outhltting and out-playing the St, Stephens lads at evnvturn of the game. Howard connectedfor a three-cushio- n hit.

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Amateur ScheduleAnd, Results

GAMES T6DAT.Potraae Fah-law-n vs. Eastern.Central Printers vs. Kenllwortfe.Brookland Mehodlst Tk Episcopal-Ea- st

'Washington Sunday -- SchoolKeller vs. St. Agnes. -

R. R. T. M. C. A. Shops vs. Carmen.Northwest Sunday School Immanuel

ivs-- Omo Class.Rosedale Trojans vs. Iroquois.Treasury Marines vs. Civil Service:Marquette St. Martin vs. Emeralds.

YESTERDAY'S BJESTTUTS. 'irosedale-S- t. Panl. 0; Highlanders," Q.

Departmental Interior, 9; Commis-sioners, C

Brookland Baptists, 12; Wesley, S.East Washington Sunnay School Uni-

ted Brethen. 7; Ninth. S.- R. R. Y. M. C. A Station, I; Sou-thern. Z, -

Northwest Sunday School Bright--woo- d,

9; Mt. Pleasant, 7. ';Treasury Library. 10; Statistics, 0..Potmac Oxon Hill, 4; Congress

Heights, 0. 'Marquette Tennallytown. 7; St. Steph-ens, 5. ...were evenly" matched for mound 4ntyuntil th sixth when tne latter felldown completely and Kelly was call-ed to the rescue. Six runs went overIn that session and Ninth was hope-lessly defeated.

Charley Stancllff and Pinner werepitted in a pitchers' duel until teeighth Inning of the Insular --Artllferygame when Pinner had a relapse andallowed three runs to cross, and .In-sular won by 9 to 8. Gheen relievedPinner, but the damage had been done.

Junfps to Feds.INDIANAPOLIS. July 7. R. J. Mc- -

Connaughey, a right handed pitcher,,drafted by the Chicago Americans two,years ago, and sent to the St. Josephclub of the "Western League, signed today with the Indianapolis FederalLeague ciuB.

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