New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-27
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Amateur League Baseball Title
Hangs on Game To-day.
TIE IF CHAMPIONS WIN
Larry Doyle Can Be a Mayor
if He Says the Word,
but Keeps Silent.

last scheduled game Of the league season
with the Crescent Athletic Club AT Bay
Ridge to-day Much depends upon the
outcome. rs victory for South Orange
means u tie with the Englewood Field
Club for the championship and the trophy
that goes with It. The Crescent Athletic
Club team has had poor season, and
unless the unexpected happens tho
chanJes arc all IN favor OF South Orange
winning.
II a tie Is brought about and present ar
raugemeuts are carried out. Englewood
and South Orange viii play of for the
championship IN a three-game series next
September, as vacation plans will inter
(rre with the settlement In August lt Is
the purpose 10 play one game at Englc-
wood, one game at South Orange and tho
third, If necessary. on some neutral dla-
moud. The Montclair and Commonwealth
teams in the same league, also will wind
up their schedule to-day In game at
Montcla!r
Sanford Burk was released YESTERDAY
by the Brooklyn Superbas 70 tho St Louis
Cardinals at the waiver price. Tho pitcher
| will thus get another chance 30 stay In
fast company and is safe for the present
from the minors. He will join the Cardi-
nails In Boston to-day
/ President Lynch OF the National League
announced yesterday that dates have been
fixed for tho playing of OF postponed
games, as follows:
At Pittsburgh-Ausust Il ctwo), with
Philadelphia, game OF July IL August
Il OwOj, with Philadelphia, game Of July
10. August q UwoJ, with New York. game
OF July IS, August Is two, with Boston,
game Of July e.
At CuGinnati-August - Uwo) with
Brooklyn, game Of July
At ChicaEo-Septemhc z two. with
Cincinnati previously bulletined as one
game for September 25).
At St Louis-August II two, with Bos-
ton. game Of July 10
Larry Doyle. captain OF tho Giants. Is
between two fires Ills friends in Breesc.
m, want him to run for Mayor OF that
growing city. and. Of course. his friends
here insist that he must play second base
. for New York. II may be- Mayor Doylo
some day, but for the present Il Will con-
tupo To be Laughing Larry" Dovlc.
captain Of tho Giants.
Charley Murphy owner Of the cubs. ia
on his way 10 this city 10 see hls team in
action against the Giants and incidentally
/ 90 make another effort 10 induce Horace
FoP"l Of the Phillies. 10 part with Rixey,
. the University OF Virginia pitcher He
| said Just before leaving Chicago:
MY offer OF $1,000 and another pitcher
for RiNcy sun stands. In addition | will
give anybody who persusdes Togel TO scIl
an extra 500 bonus. Al We need IS one
more pitcher Of tho csllbro Of Rixcy to
win tho National League pcnnant We
need crack left-handcr. and Rlxcy Is the
best young lefi-hander in tho league, with
the possible exception " Marquard ]
believe ia rather have him than RUDE iu
a pinch"
/ II ~ believed here that Murphy will
raise the price to $1,000. hut Togol Is not
likely 70 part with his latest And"
/ "Jiggs' Donohuc. not 80 long ago first
/ basement OF the Willie Sox. IS I'm a sanu-
/ torium .n Chicago, broken IN health
! John A. Heydior. secretary Of the Ma
uonal League made public yesterday TN"
official standing OF the clubs, which did
not vary from the one pubIishcd In The
! Tribune
/ Arthur DevlIn, once with the Giants
and now with tho Boston Braves, IS plan
/ ming to take a picked team to cuba next
/ winter
The Chicago White sox have purchased
a pitcher named Clarke from the Van
/ oouyer club, Of the Northwestern League
who is highly recommended by Ted Suln-
/ van. the scout
/ Word comes from the Coast that Al
/ Wogast. tho lightweight champion Of the
world has started for hlz home, I'm Cad
/ lilac, Mich for a long rest. inasmuch ~
+ his negotiations with Jim Coftroth, the
! boxing promoter, FOR n bout with Joe
Rivers, Richie or "Packoy" Mcfarland
have come TO nothing. Wolgast demand
cd $500 for a match with Bitchio or
4 with the winner OF the Murphy-Abe Attell
+ Eight or 5000 for battle with Rivers
. or Mcfarland. The champion also want
! ~ - -.''''A' VI 'i4' hl'NAAih linNAA' hA'll'9s
and Corfroth said. Nay"
! Arthur PelKy, who boxes Jesse Willard
I tho Texas cowpunchor, IN the Garden
next Monday night. has knocked out
Soldier Kearns. Ray Simon and ether
big fellows IN Massachusetts. Ills defeat
Of Kcarn5 provided a cleanup, IN which
several smart fellows took part. Keurns
arrived IN Chicopee Falls with his man
pGer and announced that no wanted 10
/ bet $50. PellSys friends accommodated
/ him. Then Pelky told his pals 10 bring
| their money 20 the ringslde, ready 10 bet
| IT after the first round. I'm going 10
| take q punch on the Jaw I'm the first min
| ute OF So" Eald Perky, 'and I'll l." So
grOggy YOU fellows can get two 10 one"
! Sure enough, Kearns slammed Pciky on
tho chin just after tho fight had started,
and tho latter reelcd around Ike a
drunken man, clinchng and covering Up
until time expired. During the minutes
rest Pelky got the tip that his friends had
| placed $3.50 more N two TO one. The mo-
ment the second round hogan Pell<y
rushed and landed a crushing right hand
| hook on kearns's jaw. The Soldier" fell
! in heap and wag, out for five minutes.
Tommy Bergin. who boxes Jack Den
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