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Evening journal., 1914-08-15
NOTORCYCbISTS TO
Climb FOR Prizes
Contest Will Be Held on
ROckland Grade Some
Day Next Week
MEDALS TO BE GIVEN
TO WINNERS OF HONOR

All is in readiness for the hill
climbing contest of the Wilmington
Motorcycle Club on the Rockland hill
some day next week. and from all in
dications there will be more entries
In the event than at the last contest
which was held there several weeks
ago. Announcement by some mem
hers that il would be held Sunday was
erroneous.
IL will be the second contest of that
character, aud three handsome prizes
will be given TO the winners. The
first prize will be a gold medal, the
second a silver medal and the third
a bronze medal. The second contest
on the Rockland Hill Is the result Of
the requests OF residents OF that vi
cinity. many OF whom greatly enjoyed
the first contest.
The Wilmington Motorcycle Club
has received two handsome motor
cycle lamps from the Hawthorne
Manufacturing Company. 10 be given
as prizes to members of the local club
In the membership contest of the
Federation of American Motorcyclists.
Only members Of the Wilmington
Motorcycle Club will be eligible 10
win the prizes, II is expected that
the contest will be actively waged.
as the lamps are valuable.
The prizes have been awarded 10 the
members who won In the endurance
run Of the Wilmington Motorcycle
Club which was held few
weeks ago, the distance covered be-
ing 260 miles. Harvey y. Jones. OF
Wilmington, aud J Eisenherg, OF Read
ing, Pa, each made 1000 points IN this
run, they being the only two who
made perfect score.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
BASEBALL
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ODDS AND ENDS

ieats. The Phillies scored heaviest in
the series with Chicago and Cincin-
natl, taking four from the Windy
City team and three from the Reds.
Cincinnati won eight games and lost
FIVE, getting all four games at New
York. Brooklyn and New York each
won seven games and LOST eight dur
ING the series.
The Pirates victory record stands
at with Q defeats chalked up against
thom. Two games were annexed at
brooklyn and Philadelphia. while the
best they could do In Tie New York
ana Boston series was one victory.
ST. Louis and Chicago made the poor
est showing. the former winning but
FIVE games in IS and the latter three
ir 10.
The following table indicates the
showing Of the various teams:
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
CnLLINs WINS MERr

IN Pine streets weekly ribbon con-
test yesterday afternoon Collins walk
ed away with the high honors. having
Is points TO his credit. In the 60
yard dash he had little competition.
but IN the broad and high jumps he
was forced TO fight hard for first place
In those events. In the juniors events
Tom Nolan was high with 10 points.
The winners:
Running broad jump Senior Col
Inns, first; r, August, second.
Junior--T. Nolan, first; Gipsy. Sec
ond.
standing broad iump-Senior-
August. firHt; Collins. second
Junior-MoCullin, first; II, Nolan
second.
s0-yard dash-- --Senior--Collins. first
Junior. Ginsy. first; Donovan. sec
ond.
Running high jump -Senior-coi-
Inns, first; Nester. second.
Jnnior-T. Nolan, first.
Pole yault-Nester, first
-Senior--Nester. first.
Junior--Crossan, first; O'Donnell.
second.
Wheelbarrow race-O'Donueli and
McCullin first
Evening journal., 1914-08-15

THIRD straight game, Cincinnati being the
victim.
The Phillies tried hard to lose, but the
Dodgers refused to permit it, handing
them the game in the ninth inning BY
some sand-lot playing.
Walter Johnson checked the flying
Mackmcn, his home run giving Washing
ton the victory that his pitching de
served.
Frank Chances lighting Yankees came
from behind after the Rcd Sox had
anassed four runs IN the first inning
and slugged out a victory.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
What Do You Want
TO Know About Spori2

Sport Editor, EVENING JOURNAL:
(D Which Chicago catcher was
badly hurt at Ebbets Field this year?
(z) Whom do you consider the better
all around player. Wheat or Burns?
90 Between Robertson and Dalton ?
G. b.
(D Jimmy Archer. (s) Burns at
the present time is playing the best
game. (3) Dalton.
Sport Editor, EVENING JOURNAL:
To decide a bet, kindly let me
know whether or not Johnson is
credited with the Washington VIC
tory over st. Louis on July %?
--.-- READER.
No. Ayers is credited with the
victory.
Sport Editor, EVENING JOURNAL:
Does mascot Of a big league team
get paid a salary? A. B.
Most of them do not.
Sport Editor, EVENING JOURNAL:
Kindly state through your column
whether Harry Stone (welterweight)
and Charley White of Chicago are of
Jewish extraction.
HARRY GOLDEN.
No questions Of religion are an.
swered IN this eOiumn.
Sport Editor. EVENING JOURNAL:
How many combinations five diff
ferent numbers TO each combination)
can be made of forty different num-
hers? g.
Only sporting queries are answered
in this column.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
lcAR..L WEILMAN :. J

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 15.-Carl Weilman,
elongated pitcher for the Browns. de-
serves word, so here II is. In the
first place, Weilman is the tallest
pitcher in the big leagues, being sew
eral inches in excess of six feet. Some
say this excess Is five inches, others
PLACE it at seven. Weilman is modest
and says nothing, and he has not been
measured recently. As a pitcher Well
man ranks with Walter Johnson.
When the season was two-thirds over
Weilman had permitted only 2.17
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
WINNER OF RACE GETS
BOAT As HIS PRIZE

The Shield of Honor Committee
which had in charge the field day
last Saturday held a meeting last
night. The affair was declared to be
a success in every day. Last even
ing Al. Rossiter, who defeated AL.
Deakyne in a special race, was pre-
sented with a miniature boat con
tanning The two Ais" displaying the
American flag and the red and blue.
colors of the Shield of Honor Mr..
Rossiter was defeated last year by
Mr.. Deakyne. The final race be-
tween the pair will be held next year
when special prize will be do
mated
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
WWMhxHu
tie "
! @oorehorud

In the most wierd and freakish contest
ever staged in Trenton the Tigers de-
ieated Lancaster u TO IL. There were
s3 bases ON balls called. four men were
hit and three wild pitches helped in the
farce comedy that took three hours and
half TO decide.
The first Of two booster" davs for
the Reading Tri State team drew rec
ord crowd Of 1900 to the Circus Maxi
mus Park TO see the Pretzels lose TO
the Harrisburg leaders, by score of
70 I.
Training their heavy guns on the
Giants. the Boston Braves battled
through 60 victory over the National
League leaders. Their artillery soon
routed Big jeff Tcsreau aud Demsree
and Niltse were treated no better.
The Pirates surprised everyone, them
selves most of all, by winning their
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
LEBANON ENTRY LIsr.

LEBANON. Pa, Aug. I5.-Former
Sheriff John A. Bollman, secretary of tho
Lebanon County Fair Association, TODAY
announced a total of 26S entries for the
four days race program. which will be-
held during the seventeenth annual
county fair, August 1921. II is the
greatest list of entries ever recorded by
the local association and promises an
excellent meeting to start the big fair
circuit season, which opens with tho
Lebanon Fair.
A total OF $1,000 is offered in purses
Tor the four days program and an ad-
ditional $4,000 is offered In premiums,
cash prizes being awarded for every
thing from the farm. Joseph Davidson
OF Wilmington, Del, will again act as
starting Judge
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
East Shows More Power
in Baseball Than the West

In the lntersectionai series be-
tween National League eastern and
western teams which has just been
wound up, the east triumphed over
the wild ana woolles" by good
margin. Eastern teams won 80 games
OF the SO played for a percentage OF
.0lO victories, Boston, erstwhile the
lowly Braves, were the most FORUM
ate OF the eastern teams. getting 10
victories In the ~ games played Four
games we're won from st. Louis, three
each from pittshurg and Chicago and
and two from So. Louis, Chicago and
littsburg each won one game from
them. these being their only defeats.
Philadelphia comes next with a
record OF 10 victories and FIVE de-
Evening journal., 1914-08-15

scores per full game. while the great
Johnston had allowed 2.13 Weilman
has not won 50 many games as his
Washington rival because the Browns
Go not score many runs. Welman
recently pitched twenty-seyen con-
secutive innings without his team
mates giving him a run. This streak
OF bad luck was broken in the twelfth
inning of a game in which Weilman
held the Boston Red SoN seoreless,
and the Browns finally gave their
long finger the needed tally to win
the game.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
ALLENTOWN.

lentown, 5. Sacrifice Manning.
Sacrifice fy--McKenna. Two-base
hits-Pedone. Foye. Monroe, Mecher-
~. Three-base Murray. Stutz,
Hit by pitched -Schollenberger
Home run-MeGeehan. Double plays
Morgan TO Schollenberger; Tobin
a. Meyers TO Schollenberger; Castle
10 Boyle. Struck out-By Manning.
a Bases on balls-Om Manning, q;
Tobin, 2. Time-1.3O Umpire
Walker.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
Will PLAY ON NEW DIAMOND.

Through an error in THE EVENING
JOURNAL yesterday IL was stated that
the 7, r. X. would play Parkside at Kirk.
wood Park today. Instead the game viii
be played on the z. r. X. new ball
grounds at Thirty-afth and Locust
streets
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
Home RUN PUTS
CHIaAPIONS IN BAD
Mcclellan Draws WallOp
While Two Men Are
on Bags
CHICKS COULD NOT
OVERCOME LEAD

ALLENTOWN, Pa. Aug. 15.-Dan-
ny McGeehan's circuit smash in the
third session with two on base sewed
up the game for the Teutons. win
nings the first game Of the series from
Jimmy Jackson's Chicks by the score,
4 60.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
CITY League.

Peerless al BrowntOwn.
Pioneers vs.. Delaware II. T. at
Concord Heights.
Woodlawn at Eden.
Chesrook at c. A. c.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
GENERAL sPoRr-

Matinee racing, Horse Show Park.
Shooting, DUPONT Gun Club.
Golf and tennis, Wilmington Coun-
try Club.
Water Sports, Orchard.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
SUCCESSFUL FIELn MREr.

The weekly field meet Of Conrad
street playground was held yesterday
smorning.
chinning-First. Thompson, 13:
second, Skelley, 10.
so Yard Dash-First, Smith: Sec
ond, Stringer: third, Thompson.
Running High-First, smith: dis
lance 3 feet z inches; second, Long;
third, Callan
Standing Broad-First. Callan; sec.
ond, Long; third, Stringer.
Running Broad-First. Callan; Sec
ond, Long; third. McCallom.
Wheelbarrow Race-First, Long.
crumlish; second. Welsh-Carr.
Pole Vault-First. Dolan; second
Herman; third, Callan.
Field judge-Carroll. Starter
Bradley. Timekeeper-Glynn.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15

II is the day Of scnemes and
dreams. but the worker has a free
and equal chance in the Want Ads
Adv
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
COPPERs WARM UP FOR SPORTS.

The members OF the police base ball
teams are practicing daily for the an
Eual field day sports on September
8. The East Side officers are claim
ing that the honors will come to the
East Side this year. Several Of the
athletes who intend participating IN
tie field sports also are practicing.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
National League.

Phillies, 5; Brooklyn, Z.
Boston, Z; New York, B.
Pittsburgh, 8 Cincinnati, :.
Chioago.St. Louis moi scheduled.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
American League.

Washington, 2; Athletics, !
Chicago, O. ST. Louis, 4.
Detroit, 81 Cleveland, A.
New York, n nOston, O.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
BASEBALL
YEsTERDAY's RESULTS.

AAA1AaAt Iva AuNi
Allentown, o. Wilmington, 3.
Harrisburg, 5; Reading, l..
Trenton, III Lancaster, IL.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
Church League

Eastlake vs.. Old swedss at New
port.
Newport vs.. Edge Moor at Edge
Moor,
Evening journal., 1914-08-15

Total lost 12 10 ass
Won by east 49,
Won by west, 49,
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
HARKINs, No.HIr GAME

SALISBURY, Md, Aug. Salisbury
played rings around Delmar, and Har-
kins Of the local team shut Delmar out,
6 to 0, without a hit or run. The hit
ting of Adkins, Todd and Cotter fea-
tured.
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Salisbury .....O 2OOl3O O-G
Delmar ...........0 0 o o o 0 o o &c
Salisbury, Harkins and Cot
ter; Delmar, Wilson, Hubbard and
Noble. Umpire-Dr A. B. Burtis.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
Federal League.

Pittsburgh, 90 Chicago, 3.
Brooklyn, 3; II. Louis, 3.
Kansas City, o; Baltimore, 5.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
SATURDAY SPORTS
BASEBALL.

An-Wilmington League.
parkside VS.. p. r. r. az Thirty
fifth and Locust.
Richardson Park vs.. H. 4 II. at
South Side Park.
Bancroft VS.. vandeyer at Seven.
teenth and Spruce.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15

A clearing house OF how. where and
What to do is the page of classified
Want Ads.-AdV.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
American Leaga'
National Leapue
FederaI Ieague

Brooklyn at st. Louis.
Buffalo at indianapolis.
Pittsburgh nj Chicago.
Baltimore at Kansas City.
Evening journal., 1914-08-15
Federal League.
ToDAY'S SCHEDULE.

1ANHH a - - NNA~N
Tri-State League.
Wilmington at Allentown.
Lancaster M Trenton.
Harrisburg at Reading.
American League.
Washington at Philadelphia
Detroit at Cleveland.
New York at Boston.
Chicago at st. Louis.
National League.
Phillies at Brooklyn.
Boston at New York
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.
st. Louis at Chicago.
Federal League.
Brooklyn at st. Louis.
Buffalo at indianapolis.
The commonwealth., 1914-04-03

AIRS spent here will secure you VI
rices that will dumfound competitor
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-11

shot, he took an unusual length OF
time in his calculation.
One OF those big. fuzzy caterpillars
az this particular time. happened TO
crawl upon the ball and the weight
was just sufficient to disturb the equi.
librium OF the sphere, causing II TO
move and by curious chance it hap
pened TO roll straight into the hole,
carrying the fuzzy mischiefmaker with
il. The owner of the ball immediate
ly claimed that II should count as
having been holed on the previous
stroke.
OF course. the other side vigorously
protested. and the match remained ia
dispute Tor several days. The ultimate
ruling, the matter having been re-
ferred to an authority to decide. was
that the ball should have been re-
placed without penalty. on the ground
that If the ball had missed the cup
and rolled 10 feet below, the owner
would undoubtedly have wished 10 re-
place t..
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-11
COMEKEY AND REST
RECEIVED BY POPE
His Holiness Regrets That Vati-
can Gardens Are Not Big
Enough for a Game

ROME, Feb. 11.--Pope Plus today
expressed the liveliest interest in the
round the world baseball players
who were received in audience. and
laughingly regretted that the Vatican
gardens We're not big enough TO per-
NIT OF an exhibition game for his
benefit
Charles Gomisky was sufficiently re-
covered from his attack of acute indi.
gestion TO accompany the players 10
the vatican and the Pope showed him
especial attention.
After asking innumerable questions
and having the fine points OF the great
American game explained TO him by
tue experts, his holiness turned with
seriousness TO Cardinal Merry del Val
and ordered him to introduce baseball
In all OF the Catholic societies where
II is not already played. Del Val is
the president OF the International Fed.
GRAFTON of Catholic Athletic associa.
tions
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-11
Charlie Williams" Club is In.
censed AT Summary Dismissal
of Johnny Evers
FULLERTON TELLS THE
INSIDE STORY" OF IT
Murphy Heard That johnny
Would Consider Fed Offer
and That Angered Him
BY HUGH FULLERTON.

CHICAGO, Feb. ll.-Charles w
Murphy'a summary discharge OF Man
ager John j. ENers has caused All
eruption of Chicago baseball circles
Early today petitions were prepared
headed never usaln." and are beina
circulated over Chicago. against the
National league
Murphy's action, it is asserted, j.
due TO his suspicion that Evers was
flirting with the Federal league. y
month ago Eyers, in conversation. re
marked That all a fellow has TO do
10 get rich, is TO hit Murphy in the
nose"
He meant that the players who re-
bel and refuse 10 obey are rewarded
while the faithful ones get nothing
Murphy became angry. A little later
Evers said TO me, jokingly: Go over
and see what the Federals will give
me"
Murphy heard OF this
Evers told me in December: "The
Federals saved my job for me. MuI-
ply intended to fire me as manager
but this new league movement may
change it,
At that time Murphy had excluded
his manager from his private Office
Evers later went To Murphy and
warned him that the Federals were
dangerous. He knew some OF the Fed.
eral advance plans and warned Muir.
ply TO get his players signed At thai
time, II OF the cubs were not under
contract Murphy scoffed at the warn.
ing. and delayed. but later became
frightened and summoned Evers 10 his
assistance. Evers travelled $4,000
miles and signed most OF the players
The action OF Murphy has greatly
strengthened the Federal league in
Chicago. There are already more
than $4,000 signatures to the petition
headed Charley Williams Boosters,
agreeing to support the Feds.
The never again" petition was
printed before m. today and thou.
sands of them circulated in the down.
town district.
Evers believed, up to the day he
left Chicago for New York, that his
clashes with Murphy were ended and
that Murphy had agreed not TO over
ride his Managers orders. He had
hint the day before leaving that Muir
ply might supercede him as manager.
but declined to put any faith in 1t.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-11
SUMMER WEATHER
THE TIGERS CAMP
GrOundkeeper Haisman Returns
From Work At Gulfport--
Raised Diamond 7 Inches

Emil Haisman Tiger groundkeeper
arrived in Detroit Tuesday night from
Gulfport. Miss, where he has been
putting the Tigers spring training
diamond into shape.
Haisman said there was decided
drop in temperature al Gulfport the
day he left. this drop bringing the
mercury down TO 80 degrees above.
Almost all the time Emil was there
the temperature was at least so above.
He found the diamond there in very
poor shape, its use as a COW pasture
and football field having cut ii up bad
Is. He raised the diamond seven
inches and lowered the outheld six
inches in spots for better drainage.
The day he left there was a terrific
rainfall which ran OF the diamond and
left il nt for use at 10 O'Clock in the
morning
Haisman saw Edgar Willett, the
Tiger pitcher who signed with the ST.
Louis team in the Federal league.
Willett left Gulfport for ST.. Louis be-
fore signing and his wife followed him
a week later.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-11
HOPES TO MATCH
JOHNNY KILBANE
ANDJOE MANDOT
Glassco Things He Can get Boys
Together at Windsor Be-
fore Season Closes
WOULD FURNISH FANS
WITH A CLASSY BOUT
If Mandot Won't Come, Another
Boy May Be Secured To Let
Kilbane Exhibit
BY RALPH l. YoNKER

Johnny Kilbane. champion feather
eight OF the world. vs.. Joe MandOt.
of New Orleans.
That Is the card that Manager
Glassco, OF the Windsor Athletic club,
will Try TO card for his club before the
present season closes. As soon as
Mandot finishes his present campaign
at New Orleans where he meets John
ny Griffith and perhaps the winner oil
the Russell-Thomas bout, Glassco will
make an effort TO get these two boys
together across the river.
Glassco is going to find himself be
set with difficulties In arranging this
bout, however. and he knows IL. Kill
hane has expressed Willingness 10
meet Mandot, but Johnny has the
habit lately OF expressing willingness
very often and then retracting his
statements.
Mandot when last consulted about a
bout with Kilbane said that he was
willing TO meet Johnny just as soon
as he believed that he had been able
To get himself into shape with the pre-
urinary bouts that his manager.
Tommy Walsh. had arranged for him.
Kilbane isn't getting any fortune for
meeting the lads he is around the
country. according To Manager Glass
co. II he would come TO Windsor for
what he goes to other cities for. Ed
could afford to bring him here. How
ever. when he had to face Mandot he
might want more than the club across
the river could stand.
Mandot owes much to Detroit in his
efforts 10 come back and IL Tommy
Walsh makes good on his professions
OF friendship for Windsor and Detroit
fans he ought 10 be willing TO send
Joe back here for a real bout for q
reasonable sum.
There wouldn't be much difference
in the weight OF the two boys. Kill
bane is refusing TO make weight for
the men he is battling nowadays,
which means that he ls fighting up
around 1928 pounds. This according to
Walsh is just about what Mandot
weighs.
A bout between the two boys would
probably be the best staged at Wind
sor. II ought 10 furnish some OF the
c!everest action ever seen in the ring,
with enough solid hitting u make the
GO interesting even to those who like
the walloping style OF battle.
II Glassco can't get Mandot and Kill
bane together he will try to match the
champion with some lesser light mere
ly TO show the featherweight title
holder to his patrons.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-11

Ad woigast. who was gIven n $500
guarantee TO fight Johnny Dundee. At
New York, Feb II. has called off thc
sout. Wolgast said he was to box
Champion Willie Ritchte in Milwaukee
late this month or early In March and
would engage In no earlier bouts.
40 boxing shows at New York, last
night Bob Mona, the Milwaukee midi
dlcweiRht. easily outpolnted Jack Dris-
coll, OF Brooklyn. in 10 rounds: Jack
Britton. OF Chicago. outpointed Johnny
Dohen, OF Brooklyn.
June y and I3 have been formally
ratified AS the dates for the Interna-
tional polo matches between England
and America. The English team wished
the matches at least week earlier in
order TO be able 10 compete In cup
matches at home.
The international relay race be-
tween United states and Canada Will
be the feature event Of the New You X
Athletic club games in Madison square
Garden tonight. Next in Importance
is the inter-club race.
In an interview today with Eddie
Reddy. manager or Mike Gibbons
Manager Gibson will Insist that Red
post a forfeit OF 81 500 10 fight Pacrey
Mcfarland here. IL IS said ,he Stock
yards fighter has agreed 20 all ar
ranRsments for the bout and Gibson
feels sure that Reddy will also come
TO terms.