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Evening star., 1915-06-27
OPEN-AIR BOXING SHOWS
HAVE PROVED LIFE SAVERS
Scrappers, Instead of Spending Summer in
Idleness, Are Reaping Financial 1ar-
vest. as Are Also the Promoters

290 battles and is still looking for a
meeting with the best Iightweights in
the business. Unlike most fighters,
Matty prefers the home life. He is a
man of family. having three children.
and he prefers to live on his farm at
Lynnfield Center, short ways from
Boston. Unlike a great many fighters,
Matty loves grand opera and any time
he has an opportunity to hear the stars
sing 1t is a good bet that he will be on
hand He also is somewhat of a musi-
clan himself and a great reader. pre-
ferring kipling's works to any other.
He also dabbles in the stock market
once in while and is reported to have
cleaned up quite n nice sum lately in
Bethlehem steel Matty intends to re-
tire before a great while. but he would
like first to have another crack at
Freddy Welsh and would also like to
meet Johnny kilbane.
The Minnesota boxing commission has
taken stand as to the number of
clubs that will be permitted to operate
in that state. The commits ssion has de-
cided that one club in each of the
three cfties-Minneapolis. st. Paul and
Duluth-wiil be sufficient and If this
can be carried out without any great
kick. 1t viii be a good thing for the
game. No doubt there will be rival
promoters who will want to break into
the game and cause trouble. but If the
commission can get along without
VI IHEiHS tHlS dDOut II viii nave nc
complished more than the ordinary
commission.
The commission has already passed
upon the scale of weights, as follows:
Paper. los pounds: bantam, 115:
feather. 1926: lightweight. 1876: welter-
weight. las: midelleweight. 1853; light
heavy, 115. and heavyweight. over 175
pounds.
This scale of weights is similar to
that recognized by all writer's in the
states for a number of years. with the
exception that the featherweight limit
is raised from 122 to 125 pounds, and
the bantamweight is reduced from 1l6
to 115 pounds. The lightweight class
has been showed up two pounds. max
ing 135, instead of 1888 1t seems that
los pounds is pretty light for any boy
to box at and the English paperweight
limit of 112 pounds fits in better. The
foreign bantamweight limit OF 11S
pounds appears more reasonable than
our weight of 115 and with the feather
weight limit at 1876 pounds, the whole
lot is better balanced. However. the
weights differ very little from those in
Wisconsin and New York and no doubt
all the states would fall In line If a
national organization is formed and
uniform scale of weights adopted
Evening star., 1915-06-27
That EVER LIVED

Ed Deiehanty was the eldest and the
greatest of the family. He began to
make a name for himself along in the
late sos. and for eleven straight years.
est2 bIiShed big league reputation
that has never been surpassed. For
eleven straight years big Ed" bau1ed
we'll over 300, twice he passed the
400 mark. on one other occasion he fell
but one point short, 34S, and in the
following year hit for .3ai Three other
years he averaged over 80. and his
poorest year vas his first, when he
batted .3l2.
Ed accomplished many feats with the
willow that are remembered to this
day. the most famous OF these was
probably his achievement in waliopins
out four home runs and q single in five
times at bat iii one game.
Ed Delebanty IL considered by many
as the greatest Of old time players. and
the best natural hitter that ever lived.
Almost all Of his career was with the
Philadelphia Nationals. but he also
played with Cleveland, and was mem
Der of the Washington club when he
met his death. in 1909. by falling from
railroad bridge.
Tom. the second of the Delehantys.
was never the player that his brother
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Mcleod of Columbia. who was one
stroke better than the Chevy Chase
pro" divided seventh and eighth money
and received S45. while Sargent tied with
seven others for the prize for ninth and
tenth places his share of which was
$50. Mcleod leaves tomorrow night
for Brookline. Mass. to compete in the
Ma Ssa chuSetts open champions h p
event to be played Wednesday and
Thursday. He Will return Friday aft
erroon. Jh. following week, he and
Sargent Will both compete in rh. Met
ropultan open tourney to he held July
: and g on the course Of the Fox Mills
Country Club at Staten Island. ~ Y.
Mrs. &. l.. t'raileg, who is considrred
one of the best woman players at Chevy
Chase. has just returned from a snort
trip to Atlantic CITY.
A. NJ. Dempsey did a pretty iec. Of
work Monday afternoon when he holed
the ninth hole on the Bannock burn
course in ). Two perfect shots laid
him almost dead t. the hole and he ran
down his third This is the first time a
has been registered at this hole
par for which is 3. AS a matter of fact
the hole is such difficult on. thai the
tournament committee Is seriously
thinking OF raising par to strokes
The green committee of the Washing
ton Country Club expects to. announce
the first OF series of monthly tourua-
ments beginning with July. Details
nave not yet been worked out. but il
is quite likely that the events will b..
along the lines of those pla ayed at Co
lumba.
Ma Butler and Maj. Morrow Of Ban
norkburn, who have been assigned TO
the Army War College for The past
year. have been ordered for duty in
the west and Will leave aDout the first
of the month. Their loss will be k.enly
felt at Bamiockburn. where both are
popular
Among the new members at Columbia
is George r. McGinty, secretary of the
interstate: commerce commission \
few years back Mc'iinty played a good
deal OF tennis, but he is Il novice at
golf and Is lust now getting his first
crop of ideas on the subject
F. A. Wolfe of Bannockburn. who has
been representing the bureau of stand
ards at the Panama Pacific exposition,
writes that he expects to return to
Washington in short time to resume
his golf. The doctor says he hasn't
gotten chance to play while in san
Francisco and that he can hardly wait
until he gets home and gets out on the
course again.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

was. yet his career was long, If not
brilliant. and extended over fifteen
years. He played with Cleveland.
Joe, the third brother, starred with
the ST. Louis Nationals for two years.
James was the fourth. He has been
playing since 1900 a star of many
teams. He has played with the CUBS,
Giants. Braves. Cincinnati, ST. Louis
Americans. 4 Nashingtons, Detrolts,
Rrookfeds, and lastly. the Pitsfeds. He
has pla yed practically every position
on the diamond.
Frank. the fifth brother. played with
the New York Americans ard with
Cleveland
Will. the Eounges; Of the illustrious
family. never had n chance to star with
big league club. although he was
drafted. An injury to his arm put him
out of the game for good.
Jim has been released to the Co
lonial League. the Federal farm He
is thirty five years old.
He is the last Of the beiehantyS, and
now that he has passcd from big lea que
base bali there are no more to take his
place.
1t is the first time in nearly twenty
ave years that The game has been
without u Delehantl.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
BY ROBERT l.. RIPLEY.

The other day, in an obscure corner
of A newspaper, appeared the follow
ing.
The Pittsburgh Federal League club
release Of James Deiehanty.''
What of it?
This: 1t was the closing sentence of
the history Of the worlds creates
base ball family. James Was the last
of the DelehantyS.
The six sons of an obscure, hard
working Cleveland teamster became
great ball players. Each. by brilliant
exploits the diamond, assisted in
carving the name OF Delehanty in fa me
as enduring AS the national game
itself. Ed, Tom. .Toe. James. Frank and
VIII all played in the big leagues.
This is a direct refutation of the es-
tab,ished opinion that 4 bail players
brother never makes good But il IS
d about TN" only exception. Did you ever
hear of Paul Coub! Or irwin baubert.
Ernest Jackson. Al Wagner, Earl
johnson Hanh Ma hewson: OF
course not Yet all Of them are ball
pia wing brothers of famous players.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

1t is possible that Roger Rresnahan
has been kidding US, or is it that he
has adopted the Connie Mack system
of decrying his chances" Roger de-
clared that he could not figure his club
as "A contender. because OF the many
weak spots that he had not been able
TO strengthen. We may land in the
f,rst division" he said. hut in my
opinion the finish will be fought our
between the Braves and the Giants"
Thereupon Roger went up to Boston
and gave the worlds champs a thor
ough- ma ulins in four straight games.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
ENGLISH OPENING.

IA, \ safe way of meeting This opening. =
iak hn IAN ian Tsl vi Wat Tor s,inyH myHe IN n 'rp s,ieu " T
l. -.., + k3 can be played. as il is equally
coinuittal
developing III. Fiarrh.tto attack from lie
. side. In either cese the play requires The mos
careful handling.
a." Probably with the idea Of following with
II T. KR.. forcing the kt 10 kssq. Where
il would Il. useless for time. Black's clever
reply avoided III" dnnssr. as II II. Fxf en pas
satt KN': and the kr e1aild retreat TO k2.
'i' And this was 'hphatically CARRYING the
gave mp his III for T. for the time being: bn-
h- completed. t.rok" mp his opponent. X side.
Very 'l"y"ry played, If -. kxE OR.
II, Tie correct line Of d-fens". It cicsr
ly most n'c"es'iy q" ret every available piece
aronnd thc fhr""ten'ni X, If - III kr&, rf-
fg, III" other Lin" Of attark had Whit plsyed
-: NJ world a!mo-t certainty have come hy
could i"1 safely lake i. If 3s. K;xti e-k,a.
RxRrh. etc. Or if-:1 i: RI il Ri; etc
~ liz d@cisit" move. ami n" rest was easy.
\ very finely played game "n Ela.k's part.
The next event Of more than local i'm
portance in this country VIII he the
annual meeting Of THE New York State
Associa ion. to be heia during the last
week Of July or the first Week of Au
gust. Efforts are being made to in
7
dt-lphia, Baltimore and Washington in
this organization. and thus form al
Eastern Association similar 20 the
highly successful Western Association,
The consummation of this undertaking
il in every way desirable, though it,
promoter. ". T. Ryan of New York.
has started rather too late to insure
success for this wear
The annual meeting of the Western
Association, 10 he held at Excelsior.
Mimi in August, promises this year
TO equal in Importance The national
tournaments held last winter in New
York. Edward LasSer and Boris Kos
ties Will attend. and there is more than
a proba bliity that some OF the strong
est eastern masters viii enter.
II is reported that the great Russian
master. Atechine Will come to this
country for the New York winter sea
son. With capaolanca. Lasker and
kostics already here. II VIII not take
n2anN more chess imports" to make
the United States the chess center of
the Y. orld
Whatever may be said in favor of the
modern school of problem composition.
i. cannot he denied that its methods Of
construction have practically elllninat-
ed the four-mover of Old. at its best
the best of all problems, Two splendid
examples of this beautiful class ot
composition follow. the solution or
which will be given next Week. To-
gether with The names OF successfu
solyers solutions should he mailed ia
the Chess Editor OF The Evening star,
on or before July !.
EY. + koiiIZ
BLACK.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
ROSEDALE WINS HANDILY.
Columbia Proves Easy Mark. Being
Beaten in s to ! Game.

The Rosedale team easily defeated
Columbia yesterday by to l. Both
ONiel and Stanton pitched good ball.
while poor fielding resulted in most of
the winners runs. Score:
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Jack RYDER in the Cincinnati En-
qulrer says. The Boston Braves seem
to be making themselves quite unpopu-
lar around the western circuit by their
arrogant manners and their evident
belief that they are the whole thing in
the National League. The success of
the Braves last year went to the heads
Of several Of the players. who are
making 1t disagreeable for unpires and
opposing players"
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Runs-Geblcke. Charlton c.) Fitzgerald. Kehl,
Moran Farley q, and Claude. First base on
balls-Or Stanton, /; of Nutwel, ]. Struck out
BY O'Niel, 5: by Stanton. ] by Nuswell a.
Two base hit-Oharlton. Sacrifice hit-O Mel
Stolen bases-C Charlton Kehl t2, Moran and
Miller. Double plays-Miller to Wedman to
Keane. UmpireAMr. Dore. Time of game-l
hour and 10 ninNtes:
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Inquisitiue Fans.

Sporting Editor Star:
Please tell me in your Sunday pink
sheet the whereabouts of Kid Elber-
field? Is he playing ball this year?
GEORGE, MEANS
Evening star., 1915-06-27
The American Twist"


he nni$h and follow through of the
American Twist service are made on
the right hand side. finish il with
the top of my racket pointed almost
vertically toward the ground and with
its back face toward the net The
wrist is twisted over TO the side next
my body SO that the under side of my
forearm is turned TO the right Fur
ther than this, my fist is twisted back
to the right from my wrist SO that the
edge OF my racket Is not toward the
net. but its side. Il is 4 finish that has
simply worked itself out naturally for
my physique.
Generally speaking. the other serv-
ices finish across the body either
low or high. This depends somewh hat
upon the -hysiuue OF every Individual
person, and let no one diagram my
start or finish OF The serve and try to
pour himself into that mold 1t Will
be disastrous.
But the American Twist" gets its
final work" on the ball through its
peculiar finish. The true American
service is an upward hit. :. lifting
stroke-as much so the torehand
lift drive. The body nHst be more on
less bent back. The bail suuarely above
the head or ta"e: the racket must meet
the ball When the body is fully extend
ed. ana the stroke be timed SO tnat The
weight shall shift uaturally on 10 TN
left foot and 50 over on to the right
again. in stride for TIA. net after liz,
ball has gone Geft hatnders the oppu-
siteb
You must remember in this stroke
that it is extremely important to put
what is know mas top on the ball
You are trying to make it rotate from
top to bottom. forward, away from
you. At the same time you are giving
it tilted axis to rotate on by Your
racket moving from left to right with
a twist of the wrist for a finish. But
unless you get that top" you have
nothing much more than an ordinary
"Forehand Cut"
Using a Spin on Your Service.
\ word in closing with regard to
using d spin ON your service. If you
strive to get an excessive break your
pace is bound TO suffer; also you Will
sacrifice thine and add appreciably to
the drain on your strength Unless
you have exceptional stamina. and /
should but mildly recommend it even
then. do not we'd yourself to a service
that takes it out of YOU to much. The
best players no longer try for exces-
sive break on the ball l try to con-
troll the break of my serves, and do not
allow it to hamper my speed Also an
excessive break is fatal to good plac-
ing of the service.
FlnallN, III iiietlti pltN 1 never use q
great variety of services Forehand
with on without cut. and the American
twist are about all / ever attempt 1t
is quality tha counts. and placing
1, onyr-,t 1915 by the Wheeler Syndica te Inr.l |
This Is one of n series Of articles on
tennis by Champion Mclaughlin that IL
aDDearinS exclusively In this paper. |
Another article entitled "Receixing or
the Striker-Out" will appear next Sum
day. I
Evening star., 1915-06-27
BY MAURICE E. McLoUGHLIN
Americas Greatest Tennis Player

America
In America the service is a more Of
fensive stroke than ever before. Its
value is much greater than formerly.
1t has become of increased Importance
to get the receiver or striker-out upon
the defensive.
The service has been compared to the
smash, and indeed there is distinct
similarity between these strokes. They
20 hand in hand. as is evidenced by the
fact that in the case of most good serV-
ers you find man who is a sood
sma sher.
Personally I never think of my serv-
ices and smashes in the same way when
/ am going about them. | am inclined
to classify each more individually as a
stroke mainly because of the finer ele-
ment of timing that the smash de-
mands. In many cases it is true that
you use a very similar swing. For the
service. however. you are practicaliE
swinging on a stationary ball.
The different types of service may be
roughly classified as the. e.straight over
head forehand service, the forehand
service with a cut to make the bound
of the ball break" in the general d.
rection of the line of flight, and the
fOfenaHG cHop Sel VICE, "i'th -
back-Spin that causes II to shoot 10" :.
Then there is the typically American
service which / first knew as the
american twist, and TWO reverse
services of Importance, the first oelhs
the reverse overhead cut and the sec
ond that stroke so remarkably lliuS-
trated by Thomas c. Bundy, namely,
the reverse American
NV own service is both straight fore-
hand, forehand cut and American. with
occ sionai dabbiings in all the other
varieties
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Elberfeld is playing second base for
Chattanooga in the Southern Associa tion.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly answer in pink sheet of Sun
day. June -, 1915: What Is Speakers s
age? AN ARDENT FAN
Speaker is thirty-four years old
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Sporting Editor Star.

Sporting Editor Star:
viii you please decide the folloWin.
bet in the pink sheet Sunday: A bet
Z that the winning team in the gam
June II would make as many runs il
two innings as the losing team mad
In the entire ga me. The winning team
on that day scored in one inning only
Who wins" 7. f l..
4 wins
Evening star., 1915-06-27
A Good Service Position.

a GOOd service foSlL1On.
In regard to good servic. position,
| should say let it be one with your
left foot (Which is in advance pro
vided you are right handed. If lett
ha nded the converse. of course, IS trne)
within about two inches Of the base
line. and stand about two or three feet
to the right COR left, according 10
whether you are serving dlagonaiiE 10
left or riehD of an imaginary cohtinu-
alton of the center line OF the service
courts The left foot should be turned
sideways, the outer edge of the loot
being nearest the line at about
forty five-degree angle.
These are good general diFectlohs'
but. of course. l do not wish them &c TO
seem ironclad NV left foot is usually
side on to the line. In the reverse
American service both feet are more
nearly in a lire parallel to the bass
line. But these are differences thae
come after assayins ones tendency "
foot fault, after the development OF
new strikes and so on IN genera
YOU will find the position ! nave ou,
lined an easy and natural one for all
, save reverse services. ,
To absolutely new { AYERS wou.u
sav. Throw the bali high enough and
do not hit down. Most beginners do
NOT throw The bail high enough OF
swing at all. They dab at IT, MAJ tntal :
ly YOU will not begin with cohn"ehce
erouph for an ample swing, but by all
means begin to cultivate il as soon as
! YOU can, provided you foster your az
curacy at the same time. DO not M
down because the bali alfeadS Is az
scending toward YOU. Try 10 60
oyar -he net with d margin. even Win
too great margin. rather than DAG IL
constantly. ~, !,
Th. server need not necessarily pe
directly under the bali when serving.
IL u.i;1 e.a, hetrer results with the ba II
thrown M a tritl- to the right sun
less is he directly under the ba!i III
III. reverse american service, az the
ball is struck in this ease shs h'iH
the right. lower down ana III - ~. ist -
~. nI.yer But the American twist
demands that the ball be hit alfettis
over the player IN order TO get the
proper amount of spin and break
Evening star., 1915-06-27
The Time to Cultivate Speed.

Practice, practice. practice until iou
can place the ball wherever YOU wish
Then cultivate sufficient speed so that
if the BAH is placed we'll lou can
throw Your opponent off his balance.
Vary that speed with Il lower one to
ca Lch your opponent off his guard Try
to keep him guessing always as to Just
where and just how hard your next
service i:S TO come.
After all. having attained control
there remains only the matter of max
ing up your mind where YOU want TO
put the ball. Every new opponent will
cause you to serve i'll a different way.
You will have to appraise the weak
nesses of each and play upon them.
Learn to get your weight into the
stroke as much as you can fall for
ward as you hit and follow through
do not stand still and let your arm and
reach do all the work. For great speed
plete circle as possible-though not, of
course, one exactly returning-but do
not try to swing too far at first
In general. l may say that under
almost all circumstances in the game
the weight OF the body should be dis
tributed on the balls of the feet. for
II is only in this way that you can get
the perfect body poise that is necessary
in the proper shifting of positions /
know in my own case that there is
hardly time during the actual play
that my weight isn't entirely off my
heels. This is illustrated in a concrete
way by the fact that my rubber-soled
shoes will be worn through completely
on the balls of my feet and the heels
hardly show any signs of wear
Get First Ball Over the Net.
1t is very important to make a prac-
1ice of getting your first ball over the
net. If your first service is in it has
a distinct psychological effect upon
your opponent. If you usually net your
frst ball your opponent gains conf
dence rapidly. There Is a great ton
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Sporting Editor Star.
B bet that six hits can Il. made in
one inning and no one Scu!s- { Sd :
I can't be done.
FIRST two men single. THIRD hits
safely, ard runner - out at The plate.
Next man singles, and another run
uer j. out at the plate Next batter
singles nllng the bases. Mkt batter
E4Its runner with batted hall runner is
out. but halter gels HIT.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Sporting Editor Star:
Please inform me through the sun
day paper the amount OF money re-
ceIved by both losers and winners in
the world series OF 1914, between
iladelphia Americans and Boston
Nationals NJ. G EANF.T.
The players share for the four games
Sl21.b93.0S. The Boston pla yers
divided s13.lS9.45. each player receiv-
ing s2,S12.2s. The Athletics share was
s4S,759 each player receiving s2,o%l %.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Al Wpicast .s"iur To- - .a.'r "a h.rd
Proposition Jls." 80 a. Denver wnen
h. goes 4saInsJ StrE~ k-irh-i fu ::
ten i"urd content k"'cH.-i vino laiis
from chicago ana sLo mad,- y rrir "a
AHstraila =. ~ I''n'H. rlabb. - ,opui,-
% y~ars ago. j. Hpt = star bHt -. s a
ye:y toHsn bog fOr any iIsilWeig tt 80
h-ai N t"s rounds lie caa ta}. Il lac
IH2 ard sun come b.cE tor mon. aud
tnHi what viii no cpUiE bother The
ilt-ls ''4Ht'lHr h-ar.at. Ads hafIIs az.
irs- in. -o"a and n- : s4ani. tD IAN,
'f"-H Er bat 81 Srrpr-G, - f4t as
t'Na ~ E"tH NGisar' -Iuutd outota&,
k' Hr. D:f h. l:i~ fGcg -a a.!, Il tu,.pf
u. 70 ,l.t . tGs' fre same
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Using a Spin on Your Service.

This Is one of n series of articles on
tennis Nv Champion McIOughIin that IL
aDDearing exclusively In this paper.
Another article entitled "ReceiSing or
the Striker-Out" will appear next Sum
day.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Sporting Editor Star.
Kindly advise me whicn Fhiladei
puia team. Athletics or Phillies, viii
entertain visitors in Philadelphi Mon
day July ., 1915 Also name OF visit
ing club. Viii look for answer IN In
qusitIv. Fan column neat Sunday 81
Thank YOU. Me.
THE Philadelphia NatIohai Leagu
team viii have the New York Giants
as opponents july .. at Pniad- PIMA,
Evening star., 1915-06-27
SnnrLLl.. I:dLln, SI.-l-

Sporting Editor Sta:
There - runner on second base, and
he is leading off the base. The center
fielder comes in and receives the
throw from the pitcher and tags the
runner Is ne out or not?
J J. KNIGHT.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

The IA miliar figure of President Will
son on. the Washington Country Club
course will be missing for some time
Evening star., 1915-06-27
sporting Editor Star.

sporting Editor Star:
Please publish in the pink sheet
tomorrow paper the answer to II
following How many bases is tr
batter allowed ii ne hits for a clea
single and the shortstop throws n
glove hitting the ball while III II
air +. :. h.
Three