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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-08
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FOR TENNIS CLUBS
Northern New Jersey Tennis
Association Launched Amid
Great Enthusiasm.
F. E. STEPPE is PRESIDENT

Amid great enthusiasm, the North
ern New Jersey Tennis Association
was launched last night at a meeting
of the representatives of nearby ten
mis- clubs held at Achtel Stetter's
Hall, Broad street. Fifteen clubs
have signified their intention of join
ing the association, and the outlook
for a successful career is decidedly
promising. f. e. Steppe, of the
Ridgewood Tennis Club. who has
been a leading figure In tennis cir
cles for some time, was unanimously
chosen president of the new organi-
cation, and G. l. Brinkerhoff, of the
Forest Hill Club, was appointed tom
porary secretary George Glmour, of
the Ridgewood Tennis Club, was
made chairman of a committee to
draft the constitution, with r. W.
Romine, of the Valley View Club. and
M. w. Mayer, of the Criterion Club,
as his associates. H. T. Davenport,
of the Criterion Club, was named as
chairman of the tournament commit
tee with John Holden, of the Pru-
Dental Tennis Club, and A. E. Van
Bell, of the Ridgewood Tennis Club,
as other members.
The following clubs have consented
to join the association: Forest Hill
Club, Prudential Insurance Tennis
Club, Clinton Hill Club, Bishop Club,
South Orange Field Club, Racket
Club. Criterion Club, Ridgewood
Tennis Club, Elizabeth Town and
Country Club, Valley View Tennis
Club. Maplewood Field Club, Nutley
Tennis Club, Grove Street Ten
mis- Club, Orange Tennis Club,
Belleville Tennis Club. Wyoming
Tennis Club and the Wanderers
Club. Notices will be sent to every
tennis club in the northern part of
the State, showing the objects of the
association, the benefits to be de-
rived from Joining it and the cost of
becoming a member. The initiation
fee will be IS, of which s4 will go to-
ward a tournament prize and 81 to
the club treasury.
Keen interest was shown last night
in the tournament idea. The COM
mittee in charge of the event will
model it on the lines of the Davis cup
play and handsome cup will be the
trophy. So far, the neighboring ten
mis- clubs have been generous in offer
ing their grounds for tournament
matches, and no difficulty is antici-
pated in this direction. Entries for
membership in the club and in the
tournament will close on August Fl,
when the representatives will again
meet at the Criterion Club rooms,
Lincoln and Arlington avenues, city,
to report on progress.
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A devotee of cycling, who evident
ly doesn't understand what pull"
means, asks about it as folIows
]. P. N:
l am writing this between races at
the Velodrome Sunday 1t seems
that there were an unusual num-
Der of paced races today. Being a
comparatively newly-initiated bike
fan, 1 have often wondered just what
the advantage of pacing is. If you
have the space, 1 should like very
much to see in your pithy columnF
a short explanation of the "psyehol-
ogy of pacing" A. H.-R.
If you have ever seen the way a,
piece of paper will follow in the
wake of a railroad train, you will
understand the psychology" of pac-
ing. If there was no resistance to
the atmosphere we could all ride
bicycles fairly fast. 1t Is the re-
sistance of the air that makes nee
essary to have strength to ride fast.
The rider in front breaks the air,
which leaves a canal free from re-
sistance in the PAGERS wake and the
rider behind is not meeting the air
resistance the PAGER Is. The accom-
panying sketches illustrate how the
air is broken by the PAGER and how
it sweeps back and closes in behind
the rider following pace.
There Is another peculiar feature
of pacing in bicycle races that few
people outside of the riders know
of. When a rider is following pace
he Is dropping back and going up
on the pacemaker all the time, as
1t is impossible to ride as steadily
as the pacemaker. A rider follow
ing pace will try to keep at an even
distance from the pacemaker's back
wheel all the time, but the distance
varies, although it is never more
than six inches. If the rider follow
ing drops back a bit too far 1t re-
quires an extra "kick" on the ped
ais to bring him up to the proper
distance. After giving that extra
kick he will close up on the pace
maker and many times this extra
kick" is more than is needed and
the rider will coast" for a short
distance. The "coasting" may last
for not more than yard when 1t is
necessary to push hard on the ped
ais again. But in that brief moment,
while the rider is coasting he is get
ting a rest, for all of his weight
is carried by the bicycle and not by
his own legs, as is the case with Il
runner. These little rests, combined
with the advantage of not having to
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break the atmospheric resistance
gives rider following pace a tre-
mendous advantage over the pace
maker Few runners can understand
why being paced is such an advant-
age, but that is because a, runner
has to carry his own weight Nall the
time and there is no "coasting'' for
the runner. Also runners cannot
run fast enough to create any no
ticeable air resistance.
Pacing of a certain nature will even
help to carry the rider along in addi-
ton to breaking the air resistance.
AS an instance when "Mile-a-
Minute" Charley Murphy rode a mile
in 81 seconds back of a train on
Long Island in 1898 there was such
a vacuum IN the wakel of the train
that he was unable to stop when the
mile was finished. Murphy found
that by the hardest kind of back
pedaling he could not draw back from
the train, which was rapidly near
ing the end of the track built for his
record ride, and approaching the ties
He shouted his predicament to those
standing on the specially built plat
form on the train and they pulled
him up onto the platform. This plat
form extended from a point three
inches above the ties to the top of
the rear car and was a half hexagon
in shape Absolutely no air could
strike Murphy, but it closed In around
the end of this platform In eddies so
strong that when Murphy backed into
the eddies he was pushed up into the
half hexagon shield again.
The day that Murphy made his IA
nous ride 1t was perfectly calm.
There was not breath of air stir
ring. Yet as the engineer looked out
of the window of the cab a sixty
mile an hour gale hit him in the face.
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wonderful players from the Antipodes,
although the clever Britons were
given a look-in, of course. However,
1t is the Australasians whom we must
battle, and 1t will be battle In N.
e. Brooks and A. F. wilding, Austral-
asia is well represented. Both in the
singles and in the doubles they have
shown superior skill, and their form
at the present time, to Judge by their
contest against the Britons, was never
better. Brooks is playing particu-
larry well, and wilding is right at
himself
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The U. S. A. will have formidable
team in the field, and our chances
appear to be just about as good as
the foreigners. In Maurice McLough-
lin we have a Jewel, and an almost
certain winner. and in r. Norris
Williams we have a young man who
will take a lot of beating. 1t Is the
general opinion that the red topped
anu iiOiy MCLouEi1i1n Will WIN Doth
his matches In the singles-that he
will defeat Brookes and Wildine Just
as they are fed to him. 1t Is also the
talk that Williams will win from
Wilding, but that Brookes may take
his number. In such an event, the
outcome of the matches would be I'D
to the doubles and that's whera u,a
appear to have a shade the worst of
it. Brookes and Wilding. as team,
We must take off our hat to. We will
give them good argument with Nc
Loughlin and Karl H. Behr or with
MeLoughlin and Bundy, but before
the start the race would seem to be
partly won by our clever visitors.
We are not giving up the ship in
the tennis matches, by any means
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TRAVERS TOPLAY
NEVILLE IN FINAL
Upper MontcIair Golfer in Fine
Form Against Max Marston
at Schenectady.
NEVILLE DEFEATS STEARNS

SCHENECTADY. Aug. s.-The fnai
round in the annual tournament at
the Mohawk Golf Club today will
bring together Jerome D. Travers, or
Upper Montclair. n J., and Jack
Neville,s the Pacific Coast star. They
will meet in thirty-six hole match
for the championship.
The New Jersey star played Won
derful golf yesterday in the morning
round against Max Marston, of Bal
'tusrol. Travers reeled off five holes
in a stroke under par, and at the
thirteenth hole holed a full mashie
shot at fifty yards for a three. This
was two strokes better than par. In
the afternoon Travers defeated Nor
ton L. Feary. Richmond County,
up and to play.
Neville reached the final through
his defeat of Gilman P. Tiffany, Pow
elton. by 4 up and to play, and of
John N. Stearns Sd, Nassau, 3 up and
/ to play.
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VETERANS ANNEX
| DOUBLES HONORS
Hackett and Alexander Defeat
Palmer and ThrockmOrtOn in
Tennis Final.
LOSERS PLAY FINE GAME

NEW YORK, Aug. 8.-Harold H.
Hackett and Frederick B. Alexander
won the New York State doubles ten
mis- title yesterday on the courts of
the Crescent Athletic Club, at Bay
Ridge. r. H. Palmer and H. rhrock-
morton, who were pitted against them
In the last round. were no match for
the veteran champions and were de-
feated in straight sets by a score Of
6-3, To, So.
The defeated pair put up better
fight than most persons in the gal
lery thought they would be capable
Of In the second, and again in the
third set, they came within an ace
of winning, but each time The supe-
rior strategy and steadiness Of the
one-time national title holders pre-
vailed and they prevented the
younger pair from getting the neces-
sery point.
The result of the match marked
the third victory of the HacKett-
Alexander team. They won before
In 1909 and 1910.
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Harrison Fans Ready to Give
Frank Kramer Royal Welcome


All arrangements have been COM
pleted for the big Kramer Day. in
Harrison tomorrow, and Manager Pat
Mulvey, of the Riordans A. A., liz
wearing a smile that won't come off
as a result of the attention that his
plan has drawn Frank Kramer,
Floyd A. Mcfarland and Walter
Rutt will be welcomed by Mayor
Joseph Riordan, of Harrison, and
sBig Steve will then toss the first
ball that will open the Riordan-
Arlington series. The game has re-
ceived much notice, as this will be
the first time in Ave years that the
Arlington nine has played in Harri-
son. AS all the fans know, the series
will decide the championship of West
Hudson, so both mines will put forth
every effort to gain the victory. Mil
Ter and Flynn will do the heavy work
for the visitors, while Collins ana
Leary are slated to be the Riordan
battery
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and we are hoping and pulling for
victory. It may be that the contest
will be decided on the result of the
singles and that the outcome of the
doubles will not cut any ice at all.
Looking at the championship in this
light, why the sky appears yexcep-
tionally bright. One can almost bank
on Mclaughlin to come home win
ner in both his Individual contests
He should beat Wilding beyond ques-
ton, and he should win over Brookes
in a walk, and is sure to bring forth
the very best that is in him. In put
ting Williams to the same task, we
are not so sure. He will probably
dispose of Wilding, but we fear that
Brookes will prove his match at
least. OF course, all this previous
analysis Of the Davis cup matches is
likely to go awry. Mclaughlin may
lose one of his series and williams
may lose only one OF his series, but
we were Just figuring it out the
brightest way 1t looked to us and for
us. In any event the chances are
that the championship will come
down to the doubles, and with all
our enthusiasm we must admit that
the Australasians appear to have the
call against our best bet
O.
Newark got off to flying start in
the first game of its present home Sc
ries, and the boys are playing good
enough baseball to warrant all the
support and all the enthusiasm that
the fans have at their command. II
has been tough year all around, but
the International League has been a
particularly hard sufferer. In the
face of 1t all. though, Newark has
done remarkably we'll. The attend
ance at the home games, while moth.
ing up to last year, when we had q
championship team with us, was moi
so poor at all. In fact, President
| Charles H. Ebbets, jr., told me no
! long ago that under the circumstances
and everything considered, he had NJ
complaint to offer. That. of course
Is a philosophical way to view tn,
situation, but from what l know o
young Mr.. Ebbets and of his illustri
Gus father, also, they are not of tn
bellyaching kind. Both father an,
son would like to have a winner owe
here, but they are sports enough t
know that with eight clubs in tn
league only one can win, and Their
must be seven disappointments. TIL
fans, too. should look at baseball L
the same light, and they should no
withdraw their support just becaus
the team happens to lose a few bal
games.
The Tigers are playing a snapps
aggressive game and they will be /
the first division before very 1ons
AS champions they deserve the sup
port of the fans. and while they ma
be out of It as far as the pennan
this year is concerned, we should nc
desert them. The fact that Rocheste
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nrItons TO Play at Ekunnok.

NEW YORK, Aug. Sunless the
war interferes with their plans, two
British golfers will try for the ma
tional amateur golf championship at
Ekwanok next month. Lord Charles
Hope announced some time ago his
intention of trying for the American
title, and yesterday word was re-
ceived from England that c. B. Mac
farlane, the young Scotch golfer,
would also be a competitor Macfar-
lane defeated Chick" Evans al
Sandwich last May in sensational
fashion by 4 up and to play, but
later lost to E. Martin-Smith.
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Eastern Trades Golfers
to Play at Forest Hill

The midsummer tournament of the
Eastern Trades Golf Association will
be held over the links of the Forest
Hill Field Club on Thursday, August
49, Conditions call for an eighteen-
hole medal play handicap, coincident
with which will be match play
against DOGGY. There also is sched-
uled a competition, in which best-ball
foursomes will be the form. Prizes
will be awarded at dinner follow
ing the day on the links, and the
committee in charge consists of ]. NJ.
Kipe, c. R. Fowler, G.. e. SLY, r. B.
Hunt and J. Barton Garfield.
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AUSTRALAS|ANS
TOPLAY YANKEES
Wilding and BrOOkes Defeat
British Pair in Davis Ten
MS Doubles.
vICTORs IN STRAIGHT SETS

BOSTON. Aug. s.-Australiasia Will
meet the United States in the chal-
lenge round for the Davis interna-
tional tennis trophy on the courts Of
the West Side Tennis Club. Forest
Hills. Long Island, on Thursday
Friday and Saturday of next week,
as a result of the matches at Long
wood yesterday. The players from
the Anfipodes defeated the Brltons
Yesterday IN the doubles play in
straight sets, 81, so, Ga, and
with the victory In the singles play
on Thursday have earned the right
10 play the cuphoiders. The Austral-
asians will arrive at Forest Hills late
today and will start practice at once
for the matches with the Ameri-
cans
Through a stalwart defense at the
net, Anthony r. Wilding and Nor
man e. Brookes brought about the
downfall of the Briton pair, James
C. Parke and T. M. Mavrogordato
In the doubles yesterday.
Neither of the Britons could pene-
frate the sterling net game Of the
Australians. Parke was particularly
weak in his returns, while Mavro-
gordato, who was a target through
out the match, upheld the British
side for a time by his cat-like work
In court covering. His play was spec
tacular but cratic Many of his re-
eoyeries bordered on the marvellous.
Rrookes's errors were more numer-
ms than Wilding's, since he trleu
for apparently impossible balls. ms
service was also uncertain, and ne
started the match with couple OF
double faults.
If was only in the third set, when
with the score to 0 against tnem'
that the Britons rallied.
In the ninth game OF the oecloins
set both Brookes and Wlldlng De-
came unsteady, but In the last game,
on Brookes's service, they resumed
their marvellous teamwork ana
quickly ended the one-sided match.
The points of the match were as
follows:
Brookss. wildng - 4 3 SaE75E5-9
rarks. Masro gggeioSb ? SET : \ : O
B ss y, w yraIosa.io SG-i7-S
THIRD SET.
Brookes and widng- -
parlte and Mavrogordato-
ss24 1-30--4
The stroke analysis follows;
Nets. Outs Pl. A. FITS.
BroolSes .......... 10 II 10 =
w y ....... - - l9 ! II
afavrogordato 20 IL
Summary: Davis Cup preliminary final
round donbles-Norman l.. Brookes and A.
+. Wilding. Australasia, beat j. G. Parke
and T. NJ. Mavrogordato. British Isles. 81,
SO, 6-4. Total score-Australasis, 3;
British Isles D.
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NEWPORT, Aug. S.-The trophies
offered by the Casino for the mixed
doubles tennis tournament were won
yesterday by Mrs. Arthur Scott Bur
den and Charles z. Sands, who de-
feated Miss Mimi Scott and Austin
L. Sands in one of the hardest
matches played on the Casino courts
this summer. 1t required three sets
TO decide. the score being 4-6, SO,
20-1S.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. s.--The pro-
gram for the Western open cham
pionship, which title Is held by John ].
McDermott, of Atlantic City, N. j.,
has been announced The tournament
will be held over the links of the In
terlachen Country Club August 25
and 26 Seventy-two holes of medal
play are on the conditions, with the
first prize $500. second 500. third 500,
fourth SIS and fifth $50 This will be
the week following the national open
tournament at Midlothian, near Chi
cago.
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BAR HARBoR. Me, Aug. s.-The
semi finals of the Maine champion
ship tennis tournament yesterday
left Richard Harte, jr, last years
champion, and Edgar Scott. runner
up last year, to contest in the finals,
Harte defeated Joseph 7. Bowen, of
Chicago, Ga, 10-s, while Scott de-
feated c. W. McMullen, 81, 81
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Winners Score in Straight
Heats on Grand Rapids Track

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Aug. b.
The three races on yesterdays Grand
Circuit program furnished little ex-
element all being won in straight
heats. The 2:10 trot and the 2:13 trot
were "easy picking" for Lady Graf
tan and Guy Nella, respectively.
Peter Stevens had to step lively In
the 2:0S pace, but he never was In
danger of being beaten.
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BASEBALL EVERYWHERE

New York State League.
Binghamton .. Albany 4.
Elmira 6, Troy /.
Scranton Z, Syracuse 5.
Utica ., Wilkesbarre g.
New England League.
Lowell 8, Lawrence /.
Lewiston 10, Lynn /.
Portland 4, Manchester 1
Haverhill 2, Worcester 2.
Eastern Association.
New London S, New Britain o.
New Haven 3, Springfield .
Hartford 8, Bridgeport 3.
Pittsiield II, Waterbury ,.
Tri-State League.
Lancaster 6, Harrisburg ).
Reading 3, Allentown 2,
Wilmington 3, Trenton ).
Virginia League.
Roanoke I, Portsmouth g.
Petersburg 4, Richmond 3
Norfolk g. Newport News 3 (first
camel Newport News 5. Norfolk (sec-
ond game).
Ameriesh Association.
st. Paul 10, Minneapolis .
No other games scheduled
Pacific oeast League.
Portland 4, Venice thirteen innings).
Oakland 4, Los Angeles 3.
Sacramento ?, San Francisco o.
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Champion. Retain Title.

PROVIDENCE, Aug. s.--J. B. e.
Bones and Stanley Henshaw. Rhode
Island doubles champions, retained
their titles yesterday by defeating
N. NJ. yose and S. Y. Sites, 81,
6-3, 81, in the State tennis tourna-
ment at the Agawam courts.
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WORTHY PRINCE SURPRISES

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. s.-wor-
thy Prince, an outsider, was the sur
prise Of yesterday. The son of Prince
Mckinney took the 2:13 trot In
straight heats.
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Now that we are sure who is going
to meet us in the challenge round
for the Davis Cup, we will have good
reason to worry over our prospects.
In defeating the Englishmen in the
final series Of the preliminary matches
at Boston, the Australasians proved
their mettle indeed. All along it has
been the sneaking suspicion that we
would have to contend against those
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Battling Jim Johnson has been
matched to fight Sam Langford at
the Stadium in New York next
Wednesday night. This should be a
much better bout than the Jeanette
Johnson bout on Wednesday night.
Jeanette was entirely too clever and
too foxy for Johnson. Against Lang
ford Battling Jim should be able to
get In one of his great wallops once
in while, and that will make the
"go" interesting.
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General MacFarland, by request,
has planned to stage fifty-mile
teams race at the Velodrome next
Wednesday night. One team will be
Kramer and Cavanagh and another
team will be Rutt and Moretti. Be-
sides this big race Mac" will put
on two record trials. one for the
pros and one for the amateurs. The
general has termed this a double
header" also. and also having in
mind, no doubt, our old friend, Jimmy
Moran.
@
Harrison is to have a Kramer
Day. tomorrow. The champion will
pitch the first ball at game between
the Arlingtons and the Riordans.
Other notables will also be there in
the person of Floyd MacFarland and
Walter Rutt. Mayor Riordan, of
course, will be Herewith bells on.
The mayor is one of the biggest fans
in the State, and in order to make
the opening game for the West Hud-
son championship q particularly
brilliant affair the mayor suggested
the invitation to Kramer and Rutt
and MacFarland
@
Jimmy Johnston, manager of Kid
Boonton, is after Jimmy Mcveigh for
fight, and Johnston, in a letter to
me, says that McVeigh doesn't seem
anxious to do battle. Jimmy declares
that McVeigh can have a ten-round
bout with the Kid at practically his
own terms. He will agree to bet $50
on the Kids chances, a proposition
suggested by McVeigh, but even that
consideration, Johnston says, hasn't
been appreciated by McVeigh. John
ston's latest ultimatum to Mcveigh
is: II will wait until McVeigh is
ready to talk little business and
then he can consider the match on al
any terms he wants" That seems a
liberal view. What say you, James
McVeigh2
Mcveigh, it is said, would much
prefer to fight Banty Lewis agair
than to give Boonton another chance
In a letter to Charley Doesserick
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Mcveigh, it is said, would much
prefer to fight Banty Lewis again
than to give Boonton another chance
In a letter to Charley Doesserick.
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Mickey Donley and some friends of
Mickey Donley, including his brother,
Young Stanzo, say that Mickey has
been matched to fight ten rounds with
Kid Boonton at Far Rockaway on
August IS. Neither Boonton nor
Jimmy Johnston, his manager, seem
to know anything about this match.
1t is said. though, that the bout Is as
good as made. This would be another
great little match, but Boonton would
have an advantage of few pounds
in weight. Donley, however, is very
clever, and he and Boonton should
draw a big crowd from Newark.