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quet campaign which Murray could not equal. Murray's best asset at this time Was his terrific and high bounding serv- ice and although Church's was almost as good, it did not appear to bother the Californian so much Even in these sets Murray was carrying Church along at a terrible pace. The men sprinted about the courts like greyhounds, making ap- parently impossible gets and placements. church, however, had a slight advantage because of his superior passing ability and the speed with which he got to the net
 MURRAY IMPROVES With the third set Murray appeared to draw upon reserve store of energy and skill. His service and stroking of the ball in rallies grew in force and certainty and as Church also lifted his game to meet the new requirements. sensational volleys followed every service Murray showed. however. that no matter how fast or certain Church made his strokes, he could still go him one better
 With the match two sets-all and the score four games to love against him, Church made a great bid for the match. With wonderful flash of playing and court covering he drew up to almost even terms with the Californian, who once was within point of the match, only to have victory postponed for time While ne let Cnurcn wear hlmSelf out.
 As a result of today's play Griffin will meet Williams in the semi final half of the upper draw and Johnston and Mur- ray will cross racquets in the lower half of Monday. and the winners of these two matches will meet for the championship Tuesday.
 In the final junior and national boys championship today, H. A. Throckmor- tor, middle states champion moved into the final round by defeating Arthur Favreau. New England champion, 6-2, 6-2. 9-7, 6-1. Benjamin Letson, middle states boy champion, defeated D. w. Johnson. tri-state titleholder, for the na- ticnal boys championship in straight sets by scores of so, 6-0 6-1.
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WITH RAG DECIDED INTEREST CENTERS IN FIGHT ID DUST
 SLUP|NG PEL|CANS
Barns, Travellers and Crack CTS going at Rapid Clip in Effort to Take Second
 Place From DObbers

Atlanta, September 2.-With the pennant safely in the hands of the Nashville Volunteers, who clinched the 1916 cham pionship yesterday by winning from Little Rock, while New Orleans did not play, interest in the Southern association is cen tered in the hot fight four clubs are making for second place.
 Nashville now has lead of nine full games over New Orleans with eight games left to play and New Orleans recent slump gives every indication that the Pelicans are in grave danger of sliding further down the percentage column.
 The race for second place plainly lies among New Orleans, Little Rock, Br- mingham and Atlanta with Atlanta and Birmingham just at present travelling at the fastest clip. New Orleans has man aged to get but a single victory out of five games played since Sunday. Little Rock this week has won three and lost three, faltering badly from the stride which recently has made the Travellers look like real pennant contenders.
 Atlanta. winning five games out of seven, is back in one of its characteristic winning streaks, the duration of which no critic has dared to forecast, while Birmingham has won four out of seven. The Coal Barons dropped the opener of a short series with Atlanta here yester- day.
 Chattanooga has met disaster at every turn. This club in 8 week or two has fallen from third place to near the bottom of the heap, and at present Is contending desperately with Memphis for sixth place. Chattanooga since Sunday has dropped four games out of five and Memphis has broken even in four games.
 Mobile with an occasional flash of bril- liant play has lost four out of seven ap- parently accepting last place as its prop CT position for the season.
 Critics see the last real fights on the circuit in the games to be played here within the next few days. Today Att santa and Birmingham play again and next week New Orleans comes here for a short series.
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CURTAIN RAISER IS HELD ON GOLF FIGHT Players Go Over Merion Course and Find It in
 Fine Shape

| Philadelphia, September 2.-M. F. Lewis and G. w. White of the Flushing Golf
 club, and John G. Anderson and F. H. Hoylt of Siwanoy tied today in the four ball-best-ball competition at the Merton Cricket club the curtain raiser for the amateur national golf championship
 which will be played over the double Merion courses next week. The scores of these pairs were 70s
 All of the 1855 crack players who will start in the qualifying round Monday were on the Merton course today and found it in excellent condition. A gallery Of 300 followed Robert A. Gardner national amateur champion, and Charles Evans, Jr., national open cham pion. over the west course The two were paired and represented the Chicago Golf club in the foursome event Their best ball was a 72, S9 out and 33 in
 There were 80 club pairs in the foursome which was not restricted to players who are to start in the national champions ship.
 Seventy was not broken by an amateur in today's practice, but Ben Sawyers. the North Berwick professional of England, who is here. went over the west course in S6 out, S3 in--69. a new record
 Leading scores in the foursomes: M P. Lewis and G. w. White, Flushing, 70. J. G. Anderson and F. H. Hoyt, Siwanoy, 70. G w. Mckee and G. T. Gregg, Oak mont. q. R A. Gardner and Charles Evans, Jr., Chicago Golf club, 72. J. B. King and J. H. Gay, Jr.. Cricket, "A. Rob- ert Abbott and w. P. Seeley, Brooklawn, "A. W. c. Fownes, Jr and G. A. Arnis- toni, Oakmont, "A. G. s. Lyons and w. $, Greening, Lambton. Canada. "A The tie will be played off tomorrow.
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MISS MINNEAPOLIS
 WINS FIRST HEAT 0F
 POWER BOAT RACES
Hydroplane, Regarded by Many as Fastest in the
 World, Wins Easily

:! Detroit, Mich, September Miss Min- neapolis. regarded by many as the fastest hydroplane in the world, this afternoon
 won the first heat of the gold cup power
 boat races here. The average for the 5o-mile heat, which was made in six, ] five-mile laps was 46.55 miles an hour Her time for the heat was 4441 In the first heat she attained a speed of 512 l miles an hour
 Peter Pan VII, Columbia Yacht club, New York, was second, Miss Detroit, the defender third; Hawkeye of the Lake George club, fourth, and Baby Marold of the Detroit Boat club, fifth. Miss Hamtramck, another Detroiter, develop ed engine trouble early in the race and dropped out
 Under the point system of determining the winner which gives each boat a point for it's entry, a point for finishing and point for each contender behind it when it crosses the line, the winner to- day received seven points. Peter Pan VII got six; Miss Detroit 5, Hawkeye 4 and Baby Marold 3.
 While Miss Minneapolis led at the finish of each lap, the performance of Peter Pan VII, furnished the thrill of the race She finished the first lap in sixth place. In the second lap she was nearly two miles behind the leader. She went into second place during the fourth time around and finished the heat only IA sec onds behind Miss Minneapolis. Hawkeye and Miss Detroit were nearly two miles behind the first two boats at the finish
 Woods hydraulic of Detroit won the first 10-mile heat in the express cruiser race. Betty M. II, and Venetian Maid also of Detroit, were second and third respectively and Ouananchie of Sandusky, Ohio, fourth ka
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Church had been the ruling favorite to win the title. Murray won in close to two hours of the fastest kind of play, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2, GA, GA.
 Earlier in the day Douglas Walters of New Orleans, southern champion, had been eliminated by R. Norris Williams, II, of Philadelphia in four sets, 3-6. 6-1. 6-1, 6-2 The southerner took the first set handily, his opponent playing compar- atively conservative game, but with the beginning of the second set the Philadel- phian increased his speed to a marked degree and though Walters fought back gamely, he could not stem the tide of defeat. Williams was the only customer to win his way into the semi-fnals.
 GRIFFIN WINS MATCH
 Clarence J. Griffin of San Francisco dis posed of William F. Johnson of Phila- delphia, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 William M John ston of San Francisco accounted for Wat son M Washburn of New York, e-2 6-2, 7-5
 Church and Murray started their match after o'clock. Church, No. g in Amer ican lawn tennis ranking for last season, drew the service. Across the net his op- ponent, who has played in but one or two of the more prominent tournaments this year, was not even ranked because of the lacking of playing data at the end of the 1915 season. It was evident from the beginning that the spectators expect ed Church to win. The battle so aroused the spectators that their cheering and applause disconnected the players and special request was ma de that the gallery refrain from applauding until the con- pletion of rallies.
 In the first two sets Church with hls great stride, rushed to the net at every chance and from there conducted rac-
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PRESIDENT M|LLAR OFFERS FANS GOOD
 ATTRACTION MONDAY
Two Good Amateur Games Promised at Bessemer on Labor Day-Band to
 Furnish Music

President Miller of the Y. '. L. league offers the public the opportunity of seeing his four best bets in action La Dor Day when Bessemer plays Pratt City and Red Mountain plays Ensley on the Rolling Mill grounds. President Millar is very proud of the record these teams have made during the season and is anxious for the followers of amateur baseball in the Birmingham district 10 see what he has to offer It will De struggle for supremacy between the Manufacturing and Mining divl- sions of the league. each division claim ing to play the fastest ball
 To substantiate their claims to supe- rlorlty the Manufacturing division pre- sents the names and records of the fol- lowing players:
 Bessemer: Cochran, Boykin, Cheney and Stephenson of South Atlantic fame Baumgardner, Ragsdale and Vines from the Georgia Ala bama league; Little rom the Cotton States, while Scott, O'Rourke and Hughes represent the best prep schools of the state
 Ensley: Ramage, Reese, O'Neill and Roberts from the Georgia Alabama; i; Hagerty and Carnes from the Cotton States: Norton, Slick" Davis, Vaughn and Thomas of local fame.
 To offset this galaxy of stars the Mining division offers the following
 Red Mountain: Howell. Moses, Harris and Edney from the South Atlantic Love and Perkins from the Georgia Alabama Ganong and Riokert from the Kitty league; Wagner. Williams and Sleeves are well known local stars.
 Pratt City; Welsh. Bradley and Price rom the South Atlantic; O'Hara and Machin from the Carolina league; Jen- Klns and Santymyer from Auburn: 'Mfcky" O'Brien from the Central league, while D. simon. E. Simon and Rickett represent the local clan
 The T. C. I. band will furnish mu- sic for the occasion and good music as well as good baseball is promised. First game will be called at ? p. m.
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Cobb has taken the lead in runs scored with SS and holds the base steal ing lead with AS. Joe Jackson Is in front in total bases with 243; Weaver, Chicago, and Chapman, Cleveland in sacrifice hits, with 34 each; Pipp, New York; in home runs, with nine, and De- troit In team hitting, with .260.
 The leading batters:
 Speaker, Cleveland. SIT; Cobb, Detroit, .S6s; Jackson. Chicago, $50; Strunk, Phil adelphia, .Sos; Gardner. Boston, .36s; Roth, Cleveland. .S0S Sisler, St Louis, .Sol; Felsch, Chicago, .293; Nunamaker, New York. .2e2; High, New York, .2s1.
 Leading pitchers for 2 games
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WELSH AND WHITE
 FINISH TRAINING Champion and Challenger Will Take It Easy
 Until Fight

Colorado, Springs, Col, September ? Freddie Welsh and Charlie White finished their preparatory work today for their 20-round championship battle next Mon- day. Neither man did more than was necessary to keep him limbered up From now until they appear in the ring both champion and challenger will take it easy. While no official weights have been an- nounced the fighters say that they will have no troable making the required IS. pounds at o'clock on the morning of the fight.
 referee the bout. arrived this evening.
 w. l. Reilly of the Colorado Springs Athletic club. was appointed official timer this afternoon.
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FIVE BIRMINGHAM PLAYERS BATTING
 BETTER THAN .25O Steve Yerkes Leads SOuth-> ern Hitters With Aver
 age of 1885 EMIL MEUSEL TOPS
 THE BARON LETTERS Danny Clark Drops to .292-Smith and Coombs Also Lose-Fred Derrick Is Improving-Jacobson Has
 Made Most Hits

Steve Yerlxes, Cracker second base- man, is leading the Southern league batsmen with an average of 1885. Thrasher, also of the Crackers, is sec- ond with Jacobson of the Travellers third.
 Jacobson has made the most hits with 155. Harris of Chattanooga Is sec Ond with 146 and Williams of Nash vile third with 143.
 Paulette of Memphis with 76 runs leads the run getters. Harris of Chat tanoaga with 72 Is second, while Pitt Ter of Chattanooga, Allison of New Or leans and JacObsan of Little Rock are tied for third with 71 each.
 Here are the players who are hitting .250 or better through the games played Wednesday, August 30,
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LOOKOUTS' DEFEATS
 INCREASED TO SEVEN

Chattanooga, September 2.-Chatta- nooga's string of consecutive losses was increased to seven this afternoon when Memphis won both games of double header, 2 to and 4 to 3. Barger held the locals helpless throughout the opening contest, while seventh in ming rally fell one short in the second game when Paulette threw Messenger out at the plate on Graffs attempted squeeze. The scores:
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GUN CLUB SHOOT

Lee Moody led the shooting at the reg ular weekly handicap shoot of the Bir- mingham Gun club by breaking AS out of his 50. shooting from the 1S-yard mark. He was followed by Fletcher and Sellers, who each scored 46 breaks out of their 50 shot at. Fletcher is still leading in the handicap race for the presidents trophy. Dr. Atwood did splendid shooting for a beginner, scoring 3S H. C. Ryding led in the double target shooting The double target was done too late to make good scores. Ryding was followed by Barr, who was one target behind. Score:
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MEUSELS MARK DECREASES

MEUSEL'S MARK DECREASES
 Rumlers .341 is still high mark in the Southern association. Wares record, ot Little Rock, leads with stolen bases on S6 and scored runs with 91; Knaupp, New Orleans, in sacrifice hits. with 45 Rum- Ter. Little Rock, and Harris, Chattanooga, in home runs, with each; Jacobson, Lit tie Rock, in total bases, with 226, and Little Rock in team hitting, with .270. Leading batters, including records of last Tuesday:
 Rumler, Little Rock, .341; Jacobson, Little Rock, .3sS; Thrasher, Atlanta, 3S3 i; Yerkes, Atlanta. .331; Moran, Atlanta, S29 Meusel Birmingham, .31S; Harris, Chattanooga, .317; Schmidt, Mobile, 316; Kirby, Little Rock, .312; Mcdonald, At lanta, .S04.
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Comstock Sent to the
 New York Giants for
 Catcher in Exchange

Milwaukee, Wis, September 2-Pitcher Ralph Comstock of the Milwaukee Amer ican Association league, will be sent to the New York Nationals in a few days, according to President Timme of the local club today In return Timme expects to get a catcher Comstock has been the only winning pitcher on the Milwaukee staff this ason.
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COBB MAKES BRA VIZ SPURT, NARROWING
 LEAD D OF SPEAKER
Georgia Peach Cuts Margin to Nine Points s-Jake Daubert Continues to Head Eaters in National. Wares is Best Base Stealer in Southern-Jac0b- son Leads Hitters

Chicago September 2Ty Cobb making gallant spurt to win the years batting championship the American league Averages printed here today show the Detroit player has creased his percentage by five points, whe Speaker still lead ing the league nine the last week. so that Cobb is now only nine beb
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.:AJLY DOPE
 ON THE SLUGGERS
Watch 'en < Fight

Going to bat nine times during sL double header and getting four safe hits, Hal Chase increased his batting average five points today and now is but one point behind Daubert, leading batsman of the National league. Daubert was not in the game. Wagner went to bat once in pinch and got hit, nosipg Hornsby, who did not play, out of third place. Robertson made but two hits in nine times at bat.
 & Speaker got one hit in three times up, which did not change his average, but Cobb, who is pressing him for American league honors, lost a point when he hit only once in four times up. Jackson gained one by getting two hits out of four times at bat The standing:
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Prof. Roscoe Pound, who has been ap- pointed dean of the law school of Har- ward university. is a native of Nebra ska He was admitted to the bar in 1890 and for several years practiced at Lincoln He is also well known as botanist hav- ing been director of the botanical survey of Nebra ka. 1s92-l9s3 He has written many monographs and articles for Euro pean and American botanical journals
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NcIHpulS INV Vii VTo Chattanooga ....0 .000 900 co
 Seven innings by agreement.
 Summary: Two-base hit, Dobarh. Three base hits, Ruel. Hyatt. Stolen bases. Dobard g. Sacrifice hit, Chad bourne. Double plays, Harris to McMil- Ian to Harris; Cruthers to Walsh; Ruel to Paulette; Dobard to Cruthers to Fau1ette. Base on balls, Merritt 8, Bar ger 1. Hits, Merritt 4, with runs, in 6 innings. Struck out. Barger 4. Merritt 2. Wild pitch, Merritt. Time, 1:15. Um- pires, Breitenstein and Pfenninger.
 SECOND CAME
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International League

At Toronto: Toronto s-s. New ak 6-4.
 At Montreal Montreal 7-1o, Rich- i:iond 4-5 2-c.
 At Rochester: Rochester 2-14. Bal timore 1-6.
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JAKE DAUBERT LEADS

JAKE DAUBERT LEADS
 Daubert holds the lead in the National. Carey, Pittsburg, is still in front in stolen bases. with 45; F'lack, Chicago, in sacri- nee hits with S4; Williams, Chicago, in nome runs, with 10; Wheat, Brooklyn, in total bases, with 198; Burns, New York in runs scored, with v, and Brooklyn in club batting, with e61
 Leading batters: Daubert Brooklyn. 1925; Wagner, Pittsburg, SIS; Hornsby, St. Louis, BIT; Robertson, New York, 316; Wheat, Brooklyn, .314 Chase. Cincinnati,
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Dodgers Lose Again

Philadelphia, September 2.--Philadelphia made it three straight victories over Brooklyn by winning today's game, 4 to 1. Cheney was knocked off the rubber ir the five innings, all of the home team s runs being made off him. Smith was hit safely four times. Score: R.H.E. Brooklyn ............... .O00 900 1O0-1 o Philadelphia ....,....... .000 130 00*4 g o
 Batteries: Cheney, Smith and Miller; Demaree and Burns.
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PHYSICAL TRAINING MAKES WHITE GOOD |. CROWN CONTENDER Once Frail and Delicate, He Is Now Hale and Hearty.
 To Meet Welsh CONTINUE TRAINING
 AS A DAILY HABIT Walk Before Breakfast Helpful-Con- tlnuous Exercise in Gymnasium De-
 veloped Body-Hopes to Defend Lightweight Crown
By CHARLIE WHITE, Contender for Lirhtwetvb+ ,

To make clear my position in the pugil- istic world I wish to state that I hope to become the light weight boxing cham pion of the world when I meet Freddie w elsh in a 20-round go at c ol or a d o Springs on Labor Day. I believe l can win the champion ship title now car
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Long Drive for Hinchman

Pittsburg. September 2.-Hinchman's terrific drive in the sixth inning of the first game of today's double header with Cincinnati was the longest hit ever made in the Forbes field and netted two runs one man being on and Hinchman going home with ease. Pittsburg scored twn more runs in the eighth and won. the first game, 4 to 3. In the second game Evans was hit hard after errors by Me- Carthy and Warner had allowed men 1n and Cincinnati won. to ?. Scores
 First game R. H. E. Cincinnati .............. O12 0q0 000-3 10 Pittsburg ................ GOO GG1 02s-4
 Batteries: Knetzer and Wingo; Har- mon and Fischer.
 Second game R. H. E. Cincinnati .....:........ O03 O21 OO1--7 9 2 Pittsburg ............... coo 200 000--2 6 6
 Batteries Moseley. Schulz and Clarke :; Carpenter, Evans. Cooper and Schmidt.
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|MURRA Y FURNISHES FIRST UPSET OF BIG
 TENNISTOURNAMENT
Murray Defeats Church By Playing Wonderful Game Waters Eliminated By Defeat From Williams Griffin Wins Easily - Champion Johnston Wins Over Washburn

Forest Hills, Y September 2-R Lindley Murray grad uate of Stanford university and resident of New York city, furnished the first form upset the irtysxth national singles tennis tournament here today by defeating George M Church of Tenafy N J. in the bat tiles the greatest of all American tennis tournaments lmanv
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Giants Show Fight

Boston. September 2.-New York won the first game of today's double-header, 1 to 1, and fought the Braves 10 innings to tie in the second contest, called on account of darkness with the score 5 to 5.
 in the first game New York hit Tyler hard in the second inning, scoring three runs. Gowdy was put out of the game for disputing decision.
 Boston had 5 to lead in the second game up to the seventh, when passes, a singled and a fielder's choice gave the Giants two runs and the visitors tied the game in the eighth. Manager McGraw was put off the field in this contest for disputing a called strike. Scores:
 First game: R.H.E New York .......... .O31 GOO 000-4 10 o Boston ...................0 <. .010 GOO 000-1 2 2
 Batteries: Perritt. Saiiee and Rariden; Tyler, Reulbach and Bowdy and Black burn.
 Second game: RH.E. New York ......... 900 900 220 O-5 O Boston ..................OO .OOO 104 900 0-5 2
 Batteries: Benton. Schupp and McCar- ty; Rudolph and Blackburn
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ISeVen innings by agreem6nt.J
 Summary: Two-base hit. Messenger Three-base hit, Paulette. Stolen bases, Paulette. Cruthers. Sacrifice hits, Cruth- CTS, Knisely, Graff. Base on balls. Knowlson g. Monroe B. Struck, oEt Knowlson 2. Hit by pitcher, Monroe 1 Messenger. Time, 80. Empires, Pfen- ninger and Breitenstein
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Carolina League

At Raleigh: Raleigh 4, Asheville 0. At Winston-Salem: Winston-Salem 5 Greensboro 2.
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Dallas: Dallas 5. Shreveport B At Fort Worth: Fort Worth 1, Waco 6. At San Antonio: San Antonio g. Beau mont 6.
 At Galveston: Galveston 2-5, Houston
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American Association

At Louisville: Louisville 1, Toledo O. At Kansas City: Kansas City 6. Mill waukee 3.
 At Indianapolis: Indianapolis 3. Co., lumbus 0.
 At St. Paul: St. Paul ,, Minneap- ais 5; 10 innings.