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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21
DORNHEIM Is FINALTST
IN GERMANTOWN TENNIS
Defeats Stecher, Earning Right
to Meet Beck for Junior
Championship

Herman F. Dornheim. OF the Frankford
Country Club, entered the final round of
the Junior tennis tournament in progress
on the courts of the Germantown Cricket
Club this afternoon when he defeated p.
j. Stecher, of the Central High School, in
a two set match, 6-3, GA. This places Dorm
helm in the finals with Rodney Beck, the
young Junior champion.
Stecher put up good battle in his match
with Dornheim, who seemed to be going
better than usual. II was nip and tuck
between these two players in the second
set, but Dornheim had the winning punch
when it was needed and by a rally won
the set and match, six games to four.
In the doubles event Dornheim and Beck
defeated r. e. Cloak and S. S. Pennock of
Penn Charter School. in the semihnal
round. The scores were 6-3, 10, Ga. This
was one of the best matches in the junior
tournament and while it did not furnish an
upset the work of Cloak and Pennock took
the Beck-Dornheim team by surprise.
The summary.
JUNIOR SINGLES
Seminal Round.
H. F. Dornheim Frankford, defeated p j..
Stecher. Phlmont 6-3, "a,
JUNIOR DOUBLES
Seminal Round.
H. F. Dornhem and Rodney Beck defeated
r. e. Cloak and s. s. Pennock, 6-3, TO "a.
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MAYOR SMITH TO UMP
CITY OFFICIALS GAME

A baseball game between the officials and
employees Of the Law Department and
Water Department Of City Hall, will be
played tomorrow at Stenton Grounds.
The lineup is as follows:
Law Department - Hopple, left field
HUT, third base; Longstreth, right field
McEnery center field; McGrane, shortstop
Coyne, second base; Magee, first base
Lowengrund, catcher Connolly pitcher.
Water Department -- McCrudden, right
field; Logan, center field; Vanhorn, left
field Whitby, third base; Hanefeld, short
stop Baldwin, second base Datesman, first
base German, catcher c. Davis, pitcher
Umpires-Mayor Smith and Director
Krusen.
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TomOrrow's Ottawa Park Entries

First race. two-year-olds, 3 furlongs-Sam
Pickett 10; Dalwood, LOS; Tit for Tat, 104:
sincerity, lO4; ogle, 1O2; Fleetwood, 1922 Togo
Second race, three,yeer;7olds turlongs---
Pomp, 1O5; Rhymer, 1O7 Kathryn Gray. l08:
Comacho, lo7; Night Owl, 1O3i Princess Fay,
ioI Third race, four.year-olds and up. steeple-
chase, 2 miles---welsh King l44; Colonetta,
ia; Reddest, IA; oueed, l43; Otto Floto, 143;
Cubon, 143; Welshman, i4Oi Phil T., lSs; Aiu-
$50 Fourth race. three-year,olds and up mile
Corn BrHSn S RSS IaSI osIsy Sg
Katheryn H., I02; j.. W, Hunley 100; Meissen'
Fifth race three.yessdT;olds and ggg, mile
la Mullens. 90; Lady Mol, %.
sixth race, three-yeaF -olds and up, mile and
20 yards-Mr. Mack 115; Phil ungar, 1l0; Har-
ry Lauder, 100; Inquieta, iO5; Lynn, 105; Mer-
~ Jubilee, 1O5; Requiram, 105 Balfron, 1O4
Thomas Galloway, l04; scaramouch. 1O5; Mar
gerry, iO0i Gold Bonds. 9si ..Gorden. e7 .Dr.
Nelson, ssi Clara Morgan, 40; DR.. Prather,
seventh race. four-year-olds and up, y miles
Athena, 10S: Euterpe, 1O6; Sam Slick, 1906
Wodan, 1905 Dona, iO4; Thanksgiving, 1903;
sAprlsa, 0S.
sApprentlce allowance claimed
Weather, clear; track. fast.
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AUTOCAR APPEARS
PENNANT WINNER
Would Have to Drop Three
Out of Four to Lose
Main Line Flag
SCOUT AFTER STARS

Unless the Unforeseen occurs, Autocar
will be crowned champion of the first series
IN the Main Line Baseball League which
mas as its other members Wayne, Bon Air
Dun Co., Paoli, Narberth. Berwyn and
Gulph Mills
True II Is that Autocar is out I'm front
by only the slight margin of a single game
but Of the remaining quartet of battles
booked TO be played three are with second
DIVISION opponents. Autocar's schedule for
the finish of the first half reads June %
with Paoli; June 80, with Gulph Mills; Julv
"a m.) with Wayne, and Cp. m) with
Bon Air
The one affair that stands between the
leaders and the pennant is the contest
booked with Wayne on the morning of
July a. Wayne and Autocar engaged in a
great battle on Saturday and the former
won, 3 TO 2 in one of the most sensational
matches ever decided in the Main Line
League. The affair was played on the
grounds Of the Wayne club
Looks L ie Autocar
Frederick L. Rose. president of the Main
Line League, in discussing the situation,
has this to say:
Yes it appears as If Autocar will cap
ture the first half pennant The club is
going good, has played consistent ball and
II
course, 1t Is very close race with WAYNE
Just step behind in second place and three
others tie for third position. MANY of the
managers are now laying plans for the
second half. A number Of teams lost plav-
ers due to enlstments, but in most cases
their places have been filled with equally
good material Narberth has been a trne
unfortunate in failing to secure competent
players to plug up the vacant holes"
President Rose also admitted the Main
Line League suffers from nroads made
by other leagues and clubs Even the
majors are looking over it's talent, and
recently a Phllles' scout attended a gana
to glance over Bob Gibson, the big Mar
berth twirler and also Bill Durbin, now
playing for Strawbridge & Clothier The
business interests of both prevent their
playing professional ball.
Circuit Is Completed
At a meeting of the Independent Indus
trial League held last evening the circuit
was completed with the addition of Atlas
Ball-Bearing and American Engineering
Both clubs are fully uniformed and ready
to take the field, but the managers have
not as yet secured grounds
AS the league is a trife late I'm getting
started, it has been decided to play a com.
plete schedule, and in order to do this, mid
week games will be scheduled. The full
schedule will be announced at a meeting
next week, 1t has also been decided to
present to every member of the team win
ming the pennant gold medals, and suitable
remembrances will also be rendered the
runners-up.
Saturdays schedule is: Atlas BaII-Bear-
ing at Baxter, Kelly & Foust; standard
Supply and Equipment at American En-
gineering, a. II. SCkler at Phlladelphia
Dye Works and John r. Lewis & Sons at
Megargee-Hare Paper Company.
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HUHN ONCE MORE
BOY NET CHAMP
Takes Tennis Honors at
Merton Third Time by
Defeating Page
SCORES ARE 6-3 AND 60
HAvERFORD. Pa. June q.

HAVERFORD, Pa. June 81.
For the third year in succession William
II. Tevs HUM, Jr., demonstrated his skill
at the nets by winning the singles cham
pionship today in the annual junior tourna-
mont at the Merton Cricket Club
He faced t. Sydenham Page, Jr., in the
final contest, but put the match through in
two sets, 6-3, 60.
Some exciting matches were staged to-
day by the youngsters of Merion's tennis
contingent.
Miss Anne 3. Townsend and william A.
Lippincott, Sd, fought hard in the mixed
doubles semifnals, but lost chance to
be in at the finish to Miss Peggy Tlnyer
and william II. Tevis HUM, Jr. The two
sets were 10. 6.I. But Miss Eleanor RObb
the finals against HUM and Miss Thayer
for the title, had n simpler task defeating
Miss Katherine Stewart and G.. T. Rowland,
Jr., Go, 6-1
Lippincott, doubled with Aiken Rechner,
Jared better in a hard second round doubles
contest against II. NJ Hanull and f K.
McKenna that ended 7-5 G-3 in their favor.
This places Lippincott and Reichner in the
semifnal doubles against HUM and w.
l., Pyle, Jr.
Henry Balm. Sd, and Matthew Baird, 3D.
went into three sets before they gained
their second round victory over G. f. Row.
land, Jr., and c. J. McElroy, bringing Balm
and Baird into the seEli.hnals again against
Norris Tuttle and a. +. Walsh.
Miss Anne Townsend and Miss Margaret
Thayer are matched for the finals in girls
singles.
Summarizes:
BOYS SINGLES
Final
William II. Tevls Huhn, Jr, defeated e
Sydenham Page Jr,, as 90.
MINED DOUBLES
ScmIhnals.
Miss Margaret Thayer and twilliam II. Tevis
HUM, Jr" defeated Miss Anne B. Townsend
and William A. TLppincott, Sd, rs, Ga
Miss Eleanor RObb and Z. Sydenham Page,
Jr,, defeated Miss Katherine Stewart and @. T.
Rowland, Jr., Go G-l.
BOYS DOUBLES
First Round
H. VI. Hamell and f. X. McKenna defeated
W. L" Kendrck and Donald Darby, CO, 81, Ga.
Second Round
Henry Balm Sd, and Matthew Baird 3D. de-
feated G. 4. Rowland, Jr., and c. J. McElroy.
William a. LIppincott, 3D. and Aiken L. Reich
ner defeated II. NJ Hamell and f X. McKenna
GIRLS SINGLES
Semifnals
Miss Anne b. Townsend defeated Miss Mar
garct Spencer. 80, Sc
Miss Margaret Thayer defeated Miss Eleanor
RObb, Cd, o..
BOYS CONSOLATION SINGLES
Semihnals
Walter l.. Pyle, Jr., defeated w. f. Walsh
6-3. 80.
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EVANS, KILLED IN SERVICE,
WAS GREAT FOOTBALL MAN

ROCHESTER,, n. Y, June 21-Charles
Fl. Evans. who died Monday night at Boston
as the result of injuries received when the
mosquito" fleet boat to which he was at
tached collided with another, was one Of
the stars of the University of Rochester
football team last fall, his position being
fullback. He was an exceptional ground
gamer. being second only TO Harris the
quarterback, who was the third highest in
dividual scorer in college ranks. Besides
being a baseball and basketball player,
Evans was an honor student and member
Of the glee club.
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GOLF PLAY TO BE HELD
FOR WAR FUND BENEFIT

CHICAGO, June 21,-Pans for Liberty"
golf tournaments in this section, to be
played on July 4, have been started by
Robert a. Gardner former national cham
pion, who will have charge of the events.
which will be held under the auspices of
the United States Golf Association. Each
club in the Chicago district is expected to
put on a war charity tournament of some
sort and charge an entrance fee of 81.
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SECOND ROUND PLAY IN
JUNIOR GOLF AT PHILLY c.

BALA June 21.-The second round of
match play in the Junior golf tournament at
the Philadelphia Country Club took place
this morning. q
The results were as follows:
Taylor. North His and 9.
W. n. Stevenson Bala defeated T. r. Han
Stenton, and ].
" u. MacBean. Old York Road defeated j.
w. Kindt, Old York Road, and 4.
p Il. Corson, Plymouth, from S. p. Com
ley by default.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21
McGraw's Popularity Takes Tumble


Muggsy is not at all popular with the
scribes nowadays, as can he seen by the
following articles which appeared in the
New York papers this morning. w. o.
McGeehan, of the Tribune, pens the fol-
lowing:
The public be-damned attitude of the
National Baseball League in declaring the
incident of the MCGraw charges against
John X. Tener. president of the league.
closed will not dismiss the matter. Accord
ing to a statement signed by McGraw, the
manager of the Giants "repudiates certain
scurrOus articles purpOrting to be inter-
views with him and critczng the National
League, some Of it's clubs and its president,
John x Tener."
with the issuance of this statement
Junn X Tener said, THE incident is
closed" McGraw slipped out of New York
through side exit and Harry n. Hemp
stead, president OF the New York Giants,
left for indianapolis after declaring that
he had nothing whatever to say.
The interviews which McGraw denies
and prOnounces scurrilous were written by
newspaper men whose integrity and
veracity are beyond question In the matter
Of veracity between John Joseph McGraw,
manager Of the New York Giants and such
men as Sid Mercer, Sam Crane, Frank
Graham and j. =. Snnot there is no ques-
tion. These newspaper men are not the
sort who would dstort facts or who would
violate "A confidence. The word of any one
Of these men will stand against a million
affidavits made by McGraw and stamped
with the shifty seal of the National League
directors
"The incident is far from closed; the
baseball career OF John j. McGraw Is the
only matter closed by this statement.
up to this time McGraw has shown good
points even in his wrongheadedness. He
fought to the limit even when he knew that
he could not win. But in this instance he
seems to have quit cold and to have be-
trayed the confidence of some of his closest
associates after assuring them that he was
right, and that he intended to see the fight
through.
1T will be recalled that at the end of
last season McGraw made certain allega-
tions against the Giants. The National
League announced that he would be dis
ciplined. Nothing was said to McGraw
about that. The league directors decided
that it would be best TO consider that
incident closed BY their very attitude
they intlmated that McGraw was right
They permitted the public to believe that
McGraw was stronger than the league 1t
was the old public-be-damned and it's
none-of-ther business attitude of the men
who compose the board and who appear
temperamentaly unfit for their work,
,"If professional baseball is a sport, as the
magnates most earnestly maintained when
organized baseball was being tried under
the Sherman law, then the backstairs poll
tics and the star chamber sessions should
be abolished and the management of the
league should be as open and clean as the
game itself
"The McGraw incident will not be closed
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To Act on Bonhag Case

NEW YORK, June 21.-The mail vote on
the George Bonhag has been sent out from
A.; a. y. head9qqs,rters, to the board OF man
question contained in the vote is whether Bon
has should be disqualified for competing for
tho New York A. c. while his resignation card
Classed as unattached. Bonhag was dis
qualified by the registration committee on those
grounds.
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Artisans Meet on June 80

The thirteenth, annual track and field meet
of the Artisans Athletic Association will be
held on June 80 at FRANKLIN Field. Events
open to all registered amateurs are 1OO.yard
run, one-mile relay, high jump. twomie run,
pole vault discus throw and tayelin throw.
will also be midget and a boys relay, the
distance being a half mile in each relay In
addition to these events the following are open
only to members OF the Artisans: lOO-yard
dash SS0-yard run, broad jump. slot -pIyt
halt-mile reay-al handicap; also iOO-yard
dash for novices and tug.of-war for teams of
four men. Entries close June %
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DUTIES OF LIBERTY BELL MUCH RELTEVED
Co6b'S Average Drops;
Cruise Increases Lead

,erdSs Cobb,s AVERAGE fell three points vas
tgsrtto to'ie safety; The game marked The siys
toined 40. ccy0lhecutiye one In which nv has oh
tcri,utiso boosted his average two poInts va
MAJ" 10 "S S.dnow now leads the Nationals with a
os Gs fo,,dSs mSs leading batters Of each league nre
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Amateur Baseball Games


The cpgm6Is 0IS r. m G. has several open dates n
e year Ga sv uniformed clubs A.
The Junior Club, champions OF the Twelfth
Ward, would like to arrange games with any
yanis and New Jersey. s. Kaufman, 461 North
Fourth street.
Korb. of the West Philadelphia High school,
whom the EyEEISo LEDGER picked as the all
for the Turner Field club on Saturday against
Fsirhl, 4; G would d, Ike 4 to 9Th, hear A., from all
ahd So 5pen Sn NorS 59S
Orkney street. or phone kensington 5000 after
GsqES G. mould HsyEs lSe to Grange
HiHTsy S94 sn7SEGa oeoe avenue or phone
The Tulip 4. 4. has June ao' July "a. m. and
soands S5a Charles Tomn Sde East %SeT
street.
Indy A. A. would like to hear from Heaton
June Is sns sO Phone % O. kuh 'S wyomss Ss ao5s
after 1880 o'clock.
Shamrock F. c., OF South Philadelphia. would
pISyihS Saturday and Sunday afteFnoons ana OF
ferinE fair guarantee, FrRllnger. HSrrowgate,
notice notice John Fox 24s2 South Fifth street. '"'9
Southwark F. G. defeated swedesboro Club
| by the score Of TO 0. Williams, for South
wark and Costello. for swedesboro starred.
St. Monica c. c. Reserves would like to- ar
range games with all seventeen eighteen year old
uniformed teams having grounds. f. ]. Burke,
| 1927 Ritner street.
wister Park would like to arrange games with
| all hrst.olsss teams playing away on sundays,
with return matches to be played Wister' :
grounds o2 Saturdays. Roy Beattle, s54 Shed.
aker street.
-
Waidron A. A. has June 2S open for any
.emiprofsssiopal home team oftering fair in
ducement. n. Montague 22i2 Hast Ads No
nookwood profs have June $3.50 open for y u
nrN. team. ,, Athrlde oolo North I've 90
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as easily as the sanguine directors Of the
National League believe"
Incident Is Not Closed"
George Daley, sports editor Of the Morn
Ing World, Insists that the incident he taken
up again and the matter cleared He says:
John J. McGraw, manager Of the Giants,
refused fatly In Boston yesterday to offer
any explanation of the circumstances which
led him TO deny his friends I'm setting him
self right with President Tener, of the Ma
uonal League on Tuesday. He simply said
that he considered the incident closed.
president Tener on Tuesday and the
members of the board of directors OF the
National League used these same words In
dismissing the case from further considera-
tion.
"As a matter Of fact. the incident is not
closed. Baseball writer's, two Of whom al
least have been McGraw's warmest sup
porters and friends for a number of years.
should be heard.
such well-known newspaper writer's as
Sid Mercer OF the Globe Sam Crane, of
the Evening Journal; James p. Sinnot. of
the Evening Mail. and Frank Graham, Of
the Evening Sun, have been held up to con-
tempt and ruthlessly assigned to a new
Ananins Club.
incidentally, their grievance. and there
is ground for grievance, becomes the griev-
ance OF every sporting writer. The good
name Of journalism cannot be used as .
buffer to cover up the petty internal squab-
bles of the National League"
Muggsy in Tight Fix
Innls Brown. Of the New York Sun,
also expresses himself on the subject. He
writes
John McGraw has taken a leap out OF
the frying pan into the fire. The man
ager of the Giants who apparently cleared
himself with the National League on Tues
day, is in about as tight little fix
as he has been doing his entire career.
McGraw's attempt to clear himself by pass
ing the buck to the correspondents travelling
with the Giants is making no great hit
with the members of the Fourth Estate
who write baseball in this cityp
in sweeping reputation McGraw
branded all alleged interviews In which
he was supposed to have attacked Tener,
president of the National League, and its
umpres as 'scurrilous articles That may
have cleared John J. with Tener, but per-
haps this time McGraw has bitten off more
than he can chew.
Newspapers Of the city do not propose
to pass so lightly over the manner which
McGraw has chosen to extricate himself
from the perils into which statements cred
tied to him in interviews had thrown him
His denial leaves the matter hinging on a
point of personal veracity and steps are
anticipated that will bring out a thorough
investigation"
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Hurrins BUYS HurIer for Cards

ST LOUIS, June 2l.-- AInnaFer Huaeina. of
M st. Louis Nationals, ANNOUNCED Seaf1rdaY
antonio Texas Leaeue, clph.
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MRS. HARVEY STAR
in WOMEN'S TENNIS
Stages Uphill Fight and
Overcomes Mrs. Wood in
Brilliant Battle
SCORES 1-6, GA AND rs
ST. MARTINS. Pa. June q


The logical favorites played to form to-
day in working their way into the semi
final round of the womens national lawn
tennis tournament singles, on the turf courts
Of the Philadelphia Cricket Club at ST.
Martins.
But the sensation of the day was provid-
ed by Mrs. Gilbert Harvey the Philadel-
pha district champion. I'm her struggle with
Mrs Rawson L. Wood. one Of the strongest
of the visiting New Workers. Mrs Harvey
won at 1.6 Ga, rs, but so desperately
had the women battled for supremacy that
Mrs. Wood almost collapsed after leaving
the court and had to receive attention be-
fore she was able to stand on her feet and
walk the short distance to the clubhouse.
Mrs. Harvey's victory was only achieved
by a stirring rally in the final set, and when
it seemed she was doomed to defeat with
Mrs. Wood leading at Al on games, the
Philadelphia star proved her courage by
starting a hard driving attack that carried
her along, slowly but irresistibly, until
she drew even and finally went into the lead
at Ca.
Mrs Wood who had been firing rast,
managed to win the tenth game by a
spirited attack from mid.court, during which
she cut Off her opponents drives from close
to the net and sent the ball spinning back
into the courts from the full volley. But
Mrs Harvey had discovered the secret of
how TO encompass Mrs Woods defeat by
hammerng away at the atter's weak back
hand and this she did relentlessly in the
last set. Her placing was also a feature
and she compelled Mrs. Wood to keep on
the run ceaselessly in the effort to retrieve
the sizzling drives that kept whipping over
the net and down alternate sides of the
court.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21

Korb of the West Philadelphia High School
whom the EvENINo LEDGER picked as the all
scholastic second baseman, played fast gam
for the Turner Field Club on Saturday agains
Millville.
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Dodgers Hammer Alex
for a Big Early Lead
Continued from Page One

glcd TO center. Niehoff famed McGafgan
struck out No runs, one hit. no errors
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The Columbia b. c. has several open dates IN
July and would like TO arrange games with ali
seventeen eighteen year old uniformed clubs. A.
Wdemuth, 247 u, Girard ave.
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FairhiI. A. c. would like to hear from al
semi PRO tessionRl home clubs having July T. Jun
2S and 80 open. John hcDermott, 2T38 Nortl
Orkney street, or phone Kensington 1909 afte
8 d,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21

The Junior Club champions OF the Twelfth
Ward, would like to arrange games with any
thirteen fourteen year old teams in Pennsyi,
vania and New Jersey. s. Kaufman 491 North
Fourth street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21

Ciearfeld A. c. would like to arrange game
With hrat-class teams paying a fair qua rantee
], Hartley 2984 Kensington avenue, or phon
Kensington 3344 after o'clock.