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Evening star., 1915-08-08
LES DARCY CLAIMS TO BE
MIDDLEWEIGT1T TITLE HOLDER
Australian Who Fought and Beat Eddie
McGoorty Is Fighter of More Than
Ordinary Glass.

lahan of Neenah, Wis, and twice made
trips to England, meeting the best mid
dleweights and lightweights over there.
He He s. started a1, boxing , when only fifteen
his first knockout being at the hands
of Darcy in Sydney. He los: very few
decisions in his long list, two being
on points to Jimmy Clabby. the first a
loss on a foul in Australia in eight
rounds.
Some time ago Snowy Baker wrote
me to the effect that Darcy had the
making of real champion, and his
prediction has surely come true. 1t
is very probable that Darcy and Nc
Goorty will meet again and also that
Mike Gibbons and Jimmy Clabby will
seek matches with him for the worlds s
title.
While Eddie McGoorty was losing his
claim to the middleweight champion
ship in Sydney another Wisconsin boy
was making good in another part of
the Antipodes. Billy Kramer, the Mil
waukee welterweight. who went over
tically unknown, fought Henri Demlin,
the Belgian welterweight, who made
quite a reputation in Europe before the
war. hard, twenty-round battle in
Queensland. and it was reported a
draw. Kramer cabled here that he had
been robbed of the decision and Jack
Kearns, manager of Billy Murray.
voiced kramer's sentiments. However,
the Milwaukee lad might feel proud
of his work, for Demlin was consider
ed a pretty tough customer at $50
pounds and to hold him even is going
some for beginner. Two weeks pre-
viously Kramer had battled with Billy
McNabb at Melbourne and knocked
him out in fifteen rounds. McNabb
fought twenty-round contest with
Champion Darcy in 1913, losing the de-
cision on points. Gus Christie also
fought Darcy twenty rounds in Sydney.
losing the decision. All in all, Kramer s
work so far has been good and it NAV
be that he will prove another Jimmv
Clabby, although he has not the f1ashy
style that the Hammond boy possesses.
Mike Gibbons, the st. Paul phantom.
seems to be in big demand again for
matches, but some of the promoters as
well as managers appear anxious to
get Mike into bouts at a weight that Is
liable to hurt him. The other day a
New York club sent an emissary to
Chicago to confer with Packey McFar-
land and try to sign him up for a
match with Mike, but as in all past
endeavors, there was nothing doing.
It was said that Packey scaled around
161 pounds at the time, out of training,
and II this is correct then it would be a
mighty hard JOB for Packey to get
ger of the two coming together, as the
offer made them by the Cream City A.
c. Of Milwaukee last spring would be
hard to duplicate. even by New York
another seeking Gibbons scalp, and his
manager, Danny Morgan, wants to
match Jack against the Phantom at
las or even more. Jimmy Johnston,
manager of Ted Lewis. the English
lightweight, wants to match him
against Mike at 145. The fact is. Mike
could not make that poundage and be
right. His weight is around 152 to
Evening star., 1915-08-08
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis. August Hail
the new middleweight champion - II
not of the world, then. Of Australia and
Europe-Les Darcy, the twenty-year-
old lad of Maitland, N. S. W., and
claimed by Sydney as her own.
Darcy, by his clean-cut knockout OF
Eddie McGoorty in fifteen rounds be-
fore $4,000 people at Snowy Bakers
stadium in Sydney, has demonstrated
his class as middleweight and his
right to claim the championship. From
all indications he is the best middle
weight developed since the days OF
Bob Fitzsimmons, Jack Dempsey and
Stanley Ketchel Darcy insisted on
battling against McGoorty, according
to championship customs, as he SAID ne
wanted to claim the worlds title If
he should beat the American. Prior
to that time Darcy had beaten Mick
King for the title of all Australia and
was therefore in a position to demand
championship terms when he fought
McGoorty. He won on foul from Jer
title Of Europe, but which was not his
rightly, although jeff was one of the
contenders for the championship. Eddie
McGoorty also claimed the American
Gibbons and Jack Dillon. The battle
in the Sydney stadium was adver-
tised as being for the worlds title and
as Snowy Baker had previously been
endeavoring to hold an enmination
his stand in the matter was correct,
whether others will agree with him or
not. The only way to get champions
is to have them fight over the long
distance route and under championship
Conditions. That is what Mr.. Baker has
been trying to do. Let Darcy have
the title and defend it and stop all
this foolishness about this one and
that one having best clam. al o, ,o;,
lust twenty, although he has had over
thirty fights since he first donned the
gloves in 1912. He was blacksmith
BY trade and that may account for his
ties and also scored nine knockouts in
hard contests, which showed that he
had the ability to both give and take
He started as an amateur In 1872, and
ed pro and met all the best boys around
sydney and Melbourne. finally coming
ont last season against the real stars.
He lost to JEFF Smith on an alleged
foul in Ave rounds last January. 1t
having the better of the fight. Then
thew met again in May and Darcy won
on foul in two rounds. for which
Smith was barred from the Australian
ring, the directors of the stadiums TAX
ing that action after the match. Then
foilowed his match with King for the
Australian championship, which he
won by a knockout in ten rounds. The
title match with McGoorty followed.
the weight being given at $50 pounds
Eddie McGoorty has also had a re-
markable career in the ring. Eddie
was first pushed along by Patsy Cal
Evening star., 1915-08-08
WINS SECOND SERIES
Baggage Is Victor in Decisive Game
in Railroad "Y" League.

Baggage captured the second series
in the morning section of the Terminal
Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. League yesterday
by beating Car Department In the final
game, 6 to 3 Birch, new pitcher re-
Gently signed by Manager Hager. was
largely responsible for the victory of
the Baggage men. as he struck out
fourteen and allowed but five hits In
the nine rounds of play.
Stansbury, with a double and three
singles out of four times at bat. fur
nished another feature by his sensa-
tional batting.
Shops, the winner of the first series,
and Baggage will meet in three-game
series for the championship, the games
being scheduled for Monday, Wednes-
day and Friday of this week.
Evening star., 1915-08-08

patmental League will be between the
Commissioners and War, Commerce and
Agriculture and Interior and Navy
These matches are very important ones
and there is good chance some of
the teams shifting their positions as a
result. Navy and Agriculture are close
together and a decisive victory for one
while the other is being beaten would
The Dumbarton Club has decided to
postpone playing an inter-club match
with the Country Club of Virginia
until after August %. as by that time
returned to the city. This match was
to have been played nearly two weeks
ago, but was postponed until yesterday,
when it was still further postponed
until the latter part of the month. 1t
is quite likely that match will also
be made with the Norfolk Country
Club for the day following the Rich
mond matches, so that the Dumbarton
team can make a two or three day
cities Capt. Gould Lincoln now is in
correspondence with the Baltimore
Country Club and also is trying to ar
range a match with 1t for some time
during the month.
Next Saturday is an open date in the
Suburban Tennis League and no
matches are scheduled
Arthur HELEN and Spencer Gordon are
are now holding down No. 1 position
in the doubles ranking at the Chevy
Chase Club, this pair having beaten
Dudley Morgan and Ballard Moore for
their place last week. HELEN is a new
member at Chevy Chase and already
has made the team, although he has not
yet put his name down ON the list for
individual ranking. The victory of
HELEN and Gordon brings out a ques-
tion which is now up for decision be-
fore the tennis committee. The pres
ent doubles ranking is as follows: No.
l. HELEN and Gordon; No. 2, Gordon
and Moorehead: No. 3, Dunlop and Sim
mons; No. 4, Fuller and Fuller; No. 5,
LeBreton and Henry. From the above
1t will be seen that Gordon is MEM
ber of both No. and No. teams. He
cannot, of course. play on both teams
at once and so the matter has been
put up to the committee for decision.
1t is quite likely that he will be asked
to decide whom he wants to pair up with
and to withdraw from the other team.
There have been very few chances
among the woman players of the club,
the present ranking for the first two
classes being as follows: Glass A--Miss
Bose, Miss n. Johnson and Miss Marion
Gertrude Greedy, Miss katherine Du-
Leutze. Glass B-Mrs. Gardner Bell,
Miss katherine Scriven. Miss Henrietta
Fitch and Miss Alice Downing
Evening star., 1915-08-08

the best gross score. ~ he made the
round in s6. He is handicapped at four
teen strokes Mcvay turned In an 81 with
Is off. while McNeely's %, with an Is
rating, gave him q chance for the prize,
which is a handsome golf bag donated
by H. A. Gillis- In connection with
luck which cost him the prize. He
did not know about the event, but
made the round in 50. He Is rated at
IS, which gave him a net Il. When
he found out about the event he was
unable to find his card and so. of
course, could not receive consideration
There were several who entered. but
the following six cards were the only
Evening star., 1915-08-08
VIENNA OPENING.

so,.o. "a, n"vsi d1 move Played on one occasion by
6l Pos is better. Black should now pay
B-QKt5.
lei Probably best. as Black must lose pawn
In any event.
ID Much better would have been ktxP. IL
Black retakes with b, then mate follows ill
few moves by QxPch.
(el weak move, Of which Marshall takes i'm
mediate advantage.
10 OF course not k-R, because RxPch fol-
lowed by Q-Rch and mafe
\ (gl If RIO RxRch, K-kt R-B7ch XXX RxRP
and wins
(h) Much better would have been B1ktch etc.
dD II KxB then Q-Q4ch, and mate soon fol-
lows.
% powerful move, threatening RxRch or
(D beautiful move.
d OF course not PfB. because o1oP folloWes
by Q-Rach, etc.
There is no defense to the te1t move.
Very interesting for an odhand game Of thirty
minutes duration.
Following is the score Of a game
played in the present meeting OF the
New York State Chess Association at
Evening star., 1915-08-08
TIE IN GOLF TOURNEY.
McVey and Wurtsbaugh Head List
at Chevy Chase.

C. B. Mcvey, jr., and D. W. Wurts-
baugh finished ahead of the list
against thirty-f1ve other contestants in
the regular Saturday afternoon event
at the Chevy Chase Club yesterday. It
was an eighteen-hole handicap, medal
play, Mcvey and Wurtsbaugh turning
in net scores Of 76. the former having
a gross Of 81, with Is of, while the
latter made the round in "a, with an
IS handicap. The following cards were
the only ones turned in:
Evening star., 1915-08-08
JULY GOLF TOURNEY
FINALLY ROUNDED UP
Harold Doyle Wins Consultations in
First Flight at Columbia
Country Club.

With the completion Of the final round
! matches in the consultations in the July
tournament, this event was gotten out
of the way at the Columbia Country Club
during the past week and four matches
in the August tourney were played.
Harold E. Doyle captured top honors
| in the consultations of the first fight
when he won a close match from George
Chadwell, l up. while F. B. Pyle was
beaten by J. N. Thompson by the same
score in the third. John Slaven and E..
1. Ober finished the first eighteen holes
of their match in the fourth sixteen all
even and another round was necessary.
the former winning by up and 2.
H. H. Saum and DR.. p. L. Hodges in the
second flight furnished one of the best
matches, the former winning by up.
Hodges had to concede his opponent 4
up at the start and at the twelfth he
was still down. He won the thirteenth,
fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth,
squaring the match and it looked as if
he would win but Saum Unexpectedly
rallied and took the two remaining
holes.
In the August event the best match
was that between Donald Woodward and
E. NJ PoSey in the first round of the
first sixteen, which ended all even Posey
received up to go and at the turn
still had slight advantage, being l up.
Woodward squared the match at the
twelfth and was up playing the four
teenth. Posey squared the match by WIN
ming the fifteenth and eighteenth and
halving the others.
The Summaries.
The summaries follow:
JULY TOURNAMENT-CO -CONsO1.A 1.ATIONS
First sixteen-F1nal round-Harold 4 Doyle de-
fested sdtdn George ssl H. Chad Ghadwe BY up
feated DIR. P. L. Hodges, by 2 up.
Third si1teen-Finai round-J \. Thompson de-
fested ts,l+s 3; PYLE by rapp,a,n up; s.,.
feated e. 1. Ober, by up and at SO holes.
Fifth si1teen-FfnaI round-Dr. Frank Leech de-
feated William II. West, by up and 3.
AUGUST TOURNAMENT
First sixteen-First round-Donald Woodward
and E. N. Posey ended eighteen holes all-even
and another round is necessary.
Second sixteen-First round-A. L. Bryant de-
feated John L. Weaver, by 1 up; Robinson White
defeated Il. E. L Yellott. by up and 8 to play;
Robert Dougan defeated E. L ober, by up and
to play.
Drawings have been made for the
August tournament and play will start
this week with the following matches
on the card, the figures following each
name being the qualifying score:
FIRST SIXTEEN.
First roundIS n; NJ, hosey ss 90 vs. Donald Mocd-
(S2l: Dr. II. P. Cobey (s2) VS.. John F. Slaven
ss):, W. W; Price o ess) vs. ;, F. Scott Perry 9s!;
Charles ospe s & Ss Al A0e.t rbnr r. Mackenzie lSeI.
tS9,; A. L. Thurman (90 VS.. Conrad B. Doyle
fS7l: A. ]. Cummings (S6) vs- George Ii. Chad
we'll (s5).
SECOND SIXTEEN
First round-G. W. Simpson (9I) VS.. E. B. De
Graw (9O; A. NJ. Bum C96) vs.. Frank Govern
iSa5l: Otto J. De Moll 1851 VS.. Charles A. Watson
0sl: r. G. Smith (94 VS.. Ollie varnell (9I;
j. L. Shaffer (9S vs.. J. L. Mclaughlin QOD.
THIRD SIXTEEN
First round-Charles E. Cbadwen, jr. d05l vs.
3, ". Seibod uO5l; 4. G. McEaroy (l05l VI. Le-
Evening star., 1915-08-08

roy W. Heron dOo,: J. \. Thompson n09 vs..
c. A. Bieder 400: II. p. Seidemann H06) VS..
H q. Saum nO6); Byron q. Graham (l06l Va
William E. Fowler dO6): J. n. Perry C04l vs..
Z. {. Gott Q03); c. ii. kortz Q0l VS.. e. ].
Walsh GOD.
Evening star., 1915-08-08
EFFECTIVE OVERHEAD TENNIS
WORK REQUIRES CONFIDENCE
As With Proper Timing It Is an Element
That Enters Into Every Shot
In Hard Matches.

of play: and the young Britisher is
prone to disregard all advice that leads
him away from time-honored precepts.
recall remark by an English gentle
man some years ago after he had been
watching the play of a young tennis
prodigy on the public courts in San
Francisco:
Most acknowledgements he
exclaimed. and then added deprecat-
ingly: But he uses strokes that are
not in the bookv' Subsequent CONVEX
sation developed that he regarded this
deviation as disqualifying the juvenile
from any pretense to future greatness.
In their published works on tennis
the Doherty brothers. themselves
among the greatest players the world
has known. insisted that no ball could
be truly stroked unless the head of the
racket, no matter what the players
position, were elevated above the
wrist. And this is almost a sacred
method to all Englishmen.
Do not make tennis a drudgery and
become bored with the game, and
do not overstudy technique: I know
a player who practices 10000 strokes
in the morning and plays all afternoon,
day in and day out. He Is like pian-
list who practices all day on scales.
The pleasure evaporates, and with it
whatever pep" your game may have.
Play only when you are full of enthu-
siasm and ambition. Don't grind on
after you have gone STALE" Nothing
but harm can result
Evening star., 1915-08-08
Advocates "Pro'' Teaching.

/ highly advocate professional teach
ing because it~models the young player
along the right lines. By all means
dispense with all artificial aid, I know
some players, for instance. who can
play better with notches cut in the
racket for each finger. but I certainly
do not recommend this practice. If you
wish to reason out the actlon OF
spin" or "cut," Vaile's diagrams on
the mechanics Of the balps flight can
hardly be bettered.
A blank wall, barn, etc., in your vicin-
ity can be made use of sometimes for
special practice of strokes you are
learning or lettering. II such an AID
is conveniently situated to you 1t may
be a decided help. but DO not overworK TX
it, II you really have the game at
heart, keep plugging" I thought l
should never improve. 1 was conv1nc-
ed in my own mind, but I kept plug
ging away.
that they cannot be too often reiterat-
ed: Keep your eye on the ball; and
follow through. First, last and all the
time: Keep your eye on the pail.
Whenever possible, keep it also upon
This, we know, is an axiom of golf,
necessity in billiards: 1t is no less a
prime factor in tennis. Your sight Will
slacken, and when 1t slackens you Will
begin to "hit 1t on the WOOD ana "oh-
der what is the matter. In the major
ity of cases. after you have attained a
certain proficiency, it is your eye. In
expert tennis the eye must be riveted
upon the ball all the time, as the lnten-
sity and swiftness Of the play Is ex-
treme.
If YOU cultivate laziness of attention
in practice, or soft matches. you Will
never have a chance when the crucial
times comes. From the moment you
step upon the court to the moment
YOU leave it you should be electric with
concentrated attention. Your thought
and action must be almost simultane-
Gus when the game is under way, and
YOU cannot. by any means, anord to
give a single thought to anything ex-
cent the play in hand. You should De
ION your toes all the time. And al
this does not mean that you should be
vibrating in highly nervous state
Calmness, GOODNESS and control must
see you through.
Saw you are passed" once or dozen
!, times, say that you serve and again
serve double faults. every new point
and every new stroke should be piayeo
as II nothing had gone before, and as II
il were the most important shot OF the
match. Tennis shows up character, and
character tells every time.
(Copyright, 1915. by George H. Doran Company
Evening star., 1915-08-08
Eradicate Weak Points.

On the Other nand, don't give up the
attempt to remedy a deficiency in your
game just because it takes a little
hard work. If you haven't application
enough, or interest enough, to work
over your weak points you will never
be real player. Perhaps there is one
point of the game that heretofore has
been lightly treated in books. This Is
imitation. To the youngster taking up
the game imitation of the proper
method. to my mind. is of vital impor-
tance in his proper development A
initiative. In almost everything he
does he is unconscfously endeavoring
to emulate somebody older than him
self; This is particularly true in
sports.
Perso ;nally I do not have to look
back very many years to my boyhood.
and I can distinctly remember being
very vividly impressed by the beauty
of expert tennis as eXemplified by Ger
tain top-notchers. Naturally ] VISA
their strokes, and endeavored to imi-
tate them. AS I have said, / had
learned indirectly from books a little
general stroke form. and therefore
was able to recognize the points of
first class player. A sound book on
the game can greatly aid youngster
to this recognition. Select, then, one
of the best players whose game you
know and see constantly. and model
your game on his in your own indr
vidual way Choose player. prefer
ably, the features of whose game are
like yours. Base the alterations Of
your game upon your own character as
well as upon his general practices.
The more successfully you accomplish
this imitation the more your own in
dividuality will enter into your strokes.
AS development goes on these strokes
will become more and more a part OF
yourself, until they are thoroughly as
simulated This is one Of the many
pillars that support an efficient game
of tennis
Evening star., 1915-08-08
Tennis Ability Natural.

Tennis ability is natural. not arti-
fetal When one has mastered the es-
sentials of the game he should then
fall easily and gracefully into the style
that comes most naturally to him.
Many a beginner with bright prospects
has been spoiled by a desire to pursue
methods which certain authorities
have advised rather than those in
which he, personally. would be more
likely to become proficient. This ten
dency is especially noticeable among
the English players. They may be
singled out on the courts the world
over BY their peculiar national style
Evening star., 1915-08-08

The tie will probably be played on
some time this week.
W. E. Shannon, H. G. Johnson and
John l.. Weaver, all of Columbia, We're
the guests of r. l. Corby on the Corby
private course last week and played an
Evening star., 1915-08-08

Sporting Editor Star:
Nobody out. A on second. B knocks
a erounder to the third baseman and is
thrown out at first. On the throw A
attempts stealing third, but the first
baseman returns the ball in time to put
him out. Is it called a double play?
B. M. S.
Certainly See the last paragraph Of
section Z rule S5.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-21

riel this time. Opening it, Rennie
read that she loved him, he must
never think otherwise, and she would
wait a dozen more years if necessary.
only hope to see you, dear, al
most as soon as you get this letter,
she said, because my uncle has left
me five hundred dollars, and am
taking the morning train to New
York, and want you to meet me at
seven o'clock in the evening at the
station. And, dearest, remember that
five hundred dollars will go far, and
what is mine is yours"
Rennie had never been so happy as
when he was wildly sprinting to meet
the seven o'clock train. And he knew
in his heart that MurieI would never
return, alone, to FTeepOTt.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-21

Rennie went out of the auction
room and wrote a letter to one of the
papers. The newspaper refused to
print it. It had no doubt that Rem
ME was an impOster, and, anyway,
the editor felt that such a case should
be aired in the courts.
Rennie waited another day. Then
he sat down and wrote long letter
to MurieI. It was the hopeless letter
of a man who has been bOwled over
by the Bullets of fate. He told her
the facts of his struggle, eliminating
in the loss of his paintings, and re-
leased her from their engagement.
But before he had risen from the
table there came a knock at the door.
Rennie opened it, to find an elderly
woman, attired in black, standing be-
fore him.
81 am Mrs. St Clair" she said
''Mr. Rennie, a terrible injustice has
been done you, and it would have
slipped from my mind had not our
lawyer told me about your claim. He
thought you were an impOster, but as
soon as ne told me remembered.
'Mr. Rennie, my husband was the
best and justest man in the world.
On the night he died-the stroke
came very suddenly, you knoW-he
was trying to speak to me. He was
paraIyzed and he could only humble,
but I managed to make out what he
was trying to say. He said that a
picture in his studio had been painted
BY couldn't catch the name, but
it was yours that, in case he
died, he didn't want it to be sold as
his, especially since you had left no
address, and he had given you no re-
ceipt for it.
81 have written a letter to the news
papers, and meanwhile the money for |
the painting must go to you"
Rennie did not know how he re-
Il [,I h.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-21

is the we'll built and modern city that it is quite as much because of as in spite of the adversities which it un- derwent From it's earliest days 1t faced the terrors of fire and flood. Then adequate protection against either was impracticable for the time being.
 Almost every year raging torrents raced through the streets of Bisbee leaving mud and dissolution in their wake. It was from such conditions that the paved streets, subways and retaining walls came Bricked streets were laid to make traffic possible. subways built to keep that traf1c open.
 Again and again was Bisbee attacked by the fire fend and threatened with After each visitation by fire improved buildings were erected and it is this that gives to the city its more substantial character Larger and finer stores and business blocks were erected where there had previ- ously been shacks and shells Finer residences sprang up where had previously been the most modest