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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-19
FAST PAGERS ENTERED
FOR RACES AT OMAHA

OMAHA. Aug. 1S.-Ben Earl
e 00iaD. Hal Boy (2:01h), Lillian
r. (2:02 ~. and seven other star per
free-for-all pace. the Hal Mckinney
purse the most important event of the
program of the great western races TO
be held here August 81. %, 23 and
"a This race is the feature Of the
first days card. The Ak-Sar- Ben
stake is another of the big events of
the opening day. Thirty-one 2:22
class trottcrs are entered.
The Brandeis stores purse for 2:1o
PAGERS. the feature for the second day,
has 3S entries. while twenty horses
are listed for the 2:14 trot, the Grain
Exchange purse, the main event of the
23rd.
In all nearly two hundred and fifty
horses have been entered for the IL
races on the four days program.
More than $4,000 in purses and
stakes is to be divdA among the
winners
Ben Earl. said to have been tnv
biggest money winner as well as
champion PAGER of last year, Is owned
by Edward Peterson OF Omaha. He
drew down $4,000 in grand circuit
prizes in 1916.
This will be Hal Boys first start in
a great western race. his work for the
last three years having been in grand
circuit races. In 1915 he won more
than 100000, including the $40. 900
pacing stake at the San Francisco ex-
position
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-19

DANDY SIXTH BOASTS
LIGHTWEIGHT BOXER

OMAHA. Neb.. Aug. 1s.-Members
of the latest Nebraska military or
ganization. the DANDY Sixth" regi-
ment. claim TO have the future light
weight boxing champion of the new
national army in the person of
Tommy Connolly, formerly of Boston,
Freddie Welsh's sparring partner for
two years. who won several ring con
tests last winter in the lightweight
and featherweight classes.
Connolly was working in the har-
vest fields of South Dakota when the
determination to enlist started him
for his home in Boston. Reachin,.
Omaha he was prevailed upon to sign
up with the Dandy Sixth" and Is now
being prepared for service at the
front Connolly hopes to find an in.
teresting pugilistic program ahead OF
him at the Deming training camp.
Army men assure him that he will
have to confine himself to the nght-
weight class after a few months in
the army, as the men almost invar..
ably put on flesh after the typhoid
and paratyphoid vaccinations re-
quired.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-19
More Attention Should Be
Given to Intramural Sports,
Say Critics; Special Athletes
Condemned.
CBY SOL METZGER)

Both Secretary Of War Baker and
the National Collegiate Athletic asso-
citation want more general system
of athletic training in our educational
institutions than intercollegiate sport.
1t is felt that the latter is limited to
too few students Tin some cases as
few as four per cent take part in in
tercollegiate games) and that the
cost of maintaining this system Is en-
tirely too high. While the delegates
at the recent meeting in Washing
ton of the National Collegiate ATM
letic association believed that inter
collegiate athletics were turning out
citizens capable of and willing to bear
arms as well as to do the days work
during peace they felt, Judging IVY
their recommendations that too few
students were receiving athletic benz
fits.
Undoubtedly. nearly all our colleges
have failed. and are failing. in their
broad educational function in so far
as physical education is concerned,
undoubtedly the great bulk of stu
dents, especially the "runts" ana the
weakly got little. If any, of it. But
it is doubtful If this is due to inter-
collegiate athletics or that intercol-
legiate athletics can remedy it. The
problem seems to be squarely up to
the educational heads. They have
given scant consideration to it.
Should Practice Prevention.
The educational heads have acted
in this matter as we would have
acted and as we do act in the parallel
Of our own well being. The Ameri-
can cajoles cure; he does not prac
tice prevention. Any man-sized doc
tor will tell you that. Furthermore,
we pay little attention to our ad-
visers, our prophets and our betters.
That is why we have a physical fit
ness problem in our colleges which
is not an athletic one In so far as
intercollegiate athletics are concerneu.
Physical education in the colleges
and in the schools, as we'll is sick. IT
is time to call the doctor. The mar
ady is physical disability and war mas
caused II to be brought to light. In
good American style the patient has
gone to the family medicine chest and
taken a pill called intercollegiate
athletics, which is fine for certaiu
strong people but which Will prove
about as effective in curing the ais
ease as cutting cord wood would help
person suffering from pneumonia
What's TO be done?
The answer directly concerns the
young men we must look to for fu-
ture leadership. for 1t has been stated
that half the citizens who reach po-
sitions of influence are college grad
yates. Were these men properly
educated to see the benefits OF physi-
cal fitness as they are taught tc
profit by system and scientific man
agement the results would be wide
spread. This type of man-the col
lege graduate-becomes somewhat O
model for us TO pattern ourselves
after, that is IL education is bene-
ficiaI. Therefore. we must establish
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-19
TOM CANNON ONE
OF BEST JOCKEYS.
Veteran British Horseman Dies
at Age of 70; Always Known
to Be Honest.
WINNER OF 1,544 RACES
Successful as Trainer of Riders
and Horses After Retiring
From Saddle.

LONDON, Aug. 1S.-Tom Cannot ,
sr., as he was latterly called to dis
tinguish him from his son OF the
same name, died the other day at ~
at Springfield House, Stockbridge. III,
residence in Hampshire, whore he
had a small training establishment.
During his long connection with the
turf never once has a breath of sus-
picion assailed his reputation. and he
was as renowned for his unswerv-
ing integrity as for his skill in the
saddle. No man had such gcnhv
hands on a horse. and he was espe-
cially successful with 2-year-olds; his
judgment of pace was remarkable,
and in his riding tactics he combined
intelligence, style, fairness and de-
termination.
Tom Cannons magnificent horse.
manship was as well known in France
as in England. where 1t was the
fashion to requisition English talent
for the big races over there. and.
apart from having trained the wln-
ners OF the two great jumping races
at Auteil, Redpath and Aladdin. the
jockey and trainer had previously rid
den five winners OF the grand prize
of Paris, and two OF the French uerDy
at Chantllly. 1t is probable that II
race riding. horse training and jockey
making combined are considered, rom
Cannon at his best possessed as mucn
knowledge of all three as any other
man of his time.
He practically grew up in the sad
die, for his father was horse dealer,
and at years old he was as mucn
at home on a pony as in an arm
chair. His first mount belonged TO
the famous artist, the late Mr.. Sextie.
In this race, for the Saltram stakes at
Plymouth, in 1861, Mauvournecn
struck into the heels OF Tame Deer.
threw young Tom over the rails and
left him unconscious, but later in the
day ran second to Mr.. Gulliver's Miss
Eleanor In the Tradesmen's Plate. be-
ing. however, only 54 pounds in
weight. Cannon rode Lord Ports-
mouths My Uncle the next day and
won after a hard struggle.
The first important race that was
won was the Manchester cup IN 1868,
on Isoline. a 3-year-old, and among
the horses that he beat on that oc-
casion was the famous mare caller
On. Immediately after this race he
became associated with John Days
training establishment at Danebury,
over which in later years he was des-
tined to preside with such distinc-
tion,
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Athletics Too Exclusive to
Produce Greatest Benefits

physical education as necessary part
of the college curriculum and in q
way to make II meet with student ap-
proval. Unfortunately this approval
has rarely been given up to now.
Cannot BE Suppressed.
We gain nothing by attempting sup
preston Of intercollegiate sport. when
peace comes it will likely be resumed
much as before. After all ii Is 4.
student development of physical edu-
cation. 1t grew naturally, has prob
ably overshadowed any other under
graduate activity and, because it
stands for the spirit and soul OF
youth, is the highest form of physical
education. 1t has no place for the
weak, or the unfit. or the laggard and
cannot be justly condemned for this
automatic adoption Of standard
which is the basis, to a great degree,
for the selection of our army and of
the young men who enter our SCI ,-
ice academies.
With such standards intercollegiate
athletics cannot be termed physical
education, which is athletics for a,'.
But intercollegiate sport is to physical
education what the national capital is
to the several states, what the war Is
to the soldier, the olive wreath TO the
ancient Greek and patriotism To the
citizen. Like all man-made intangi-
Bile structures, 1t has faults and flaws
but the whole is not to be cast aside
until a superior creation takes its
place. No such structure has arisen
In relation to intercollegiate sport.
Then why not let intercollegiate
sport do its share-taking care OF tne
best physical types, affording the
stimulus 70 those not as physically fit
and earning the needed money for
physical education, where that is pos
sible--in solving the problem of
physical education in our colleges
Michigan, for example, found out this
past spring that its intramural sport.
after intercollegiate athletics were
temporarily abandoned, had hard
struggle
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-19
Chip and Gibbons Meet This
Week in First of an Elimi-
nation Series.
OTHERS ARE IN THE RUNNING
Jeff Smith, Tommy Gibbons,
Harry Greb and Al Mccoy
Considered ContenderS.
(By ]. A. ERMATINGER.)

Special TO The World
MILWAUKEE. Wis. Aug. 1S.-Be-
fore the present war has run It's
course a legitimate worlds champion
may be enthroned in the middle
weight division of pugilism.
An American fighter, one of five
contending for the title, seems GER
tain to be installed in the place left
vacant by the untimely death of Les
Darcy.
Events are shaping themselves
toward an early determination of
the 15S-pound championship. Two
matches recently arranged Will serve
as sort of elimination series that
will narrow the titular field down to
three candidates. In one contest,
George Chip and Tommy Gibbons will
be contenders. They are slated to
meet in a ten-round bout at st. Paul,
Mimi, next Wednesday night.
The other encounter will bring to-
gether Harry Greb and Jeff Smith,
the battlers who are regarded as di-
rectly in line for the crown. These
men will get together in a ten-round
setto at Milwaukee, September II.
Gibbons Looks Best.
Close students of boxing form are
of the opinion that Mike Gibbons is
the legitimate champion of the mid
dleweights, but as Gibbons is not
showing a disposition to defend the
honors the public has thrust upon
him, it becomes necessary to deter
mine the fighter who stands next in
ranking to the cautious phantom.
Within the past month. frequent at
tempts were made to bring about a
match between Gibbons and either
Jeff Smith or Harry Greb. Milwau-
kee promoters wanted this match so
did promoters at New York city, Buff
falo and Ohio, but Gibbons calmly
ignored all proposals for his services.
In some cases he attempted to exact
a big guarantee, but up to the pres
ent II is not of record that any match
maker has been foolish enough 10
submit these demands.
The situation among the middle
weights. so far as Mike Gibbons Is
concerned, therefore, is at stand
still This does not mean. howevcs
that the class Is to lie dormant. on
the contrary all signs point to greater
activity among the topnotchers than
ever before. OF course everything oe-
pends upon how the fighters fare in
the draft. II called upon for military
service as many of them are certain
to be, the present plan to decide the
15S-pound championship naturally
will have to be deferred.
In the meantime. though the
inatchmakers are busily attempting Ia
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/. Jeff Campbell, second lieuten-
ant, artillery; home. ManSum, grad
uate 1917; four years a mainstay IN
Aggie line; captain; three times all
state tackle; baseball and track vet
eran; assistant coach in 1917.
2. Roy Newton, second lieutenant,
infantry; home, saltwater; special
class; two years, member footna"
varsity squad; two years, wrestling
team.
3. Claud Sale. second lieutenant,
infantry: home. Shawnee; sophomore;
two years varsity baseball twirler'
two years, basketball forward.
4. Oscar McNeeley, second lieuteh-
ant. coast artillery; home Goltry, so.-
ior: two years member of varsity
football squad; track.
3. Walter Marker, captain. ord
nance department.; home, Orlando;
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infantry; home. Saltwater; gradu"t@
1917; four years varsity football, all
state selection football haltback and
as basketball guard; captain basket
ball; baseball, two years; track.
II. Roy Kenny, second Lieutenant,
artillery; home, Blackwell; junior;
four years tackle and guard on GriH
squad; captain football and tracR,
twice all-state tackle; star weight man
on track squad three seasons, all-
state basketball guard.
u. Mortimer WoodsOn, second
lieutenant, artillery; home. Walters;
graduate 1917; track.
13. Give Murray, second licuten
ant, marine cops: home, Kcnefic;
graduate 1917; three years VARSITY
football lineman; three years star
pitcher baseball.
IA. Thurman Gay, second lieuten-
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arrange as many contests as they
possibly can for early dates. To star,
with there will be the scuffle between
Chip and Gibbons. This match will
be the feature event of the pugilistic
calendar for the present week.
The contest is a vitally important
one to both men. Each has preten-
sions to the championship. Chip has
been title factor for years while
Gibbons is a comparatively newcomer.
Shrewd judges of ring craft have
rated the middleweights in about NV
following order. Mike Gibbons. jeff
Smith. Harry Greb George Chip, Tom
my Gibbons and Al Mccoy. These
scrappers unquestionably arc the best
among the 15S-pounders and out OF
this group will emerge the man who
eventually will wear the championship
crown.
Following the contest between CHIP
and Tommy Gibbons will come the
ten-round bout between Smith and
Greb. The outcome of these two bat
ties will go a long way toward simpll-
flying the conflicting title claims. If
the winners are brought together later
on it will narrow the field of title
seekers down to three men, such a
situation would force Mike Gibbons
into the open in defense of the chdni-
pionship he has so boldly usurped.
The only possibility of tangle de-
veloping in this scheme would he in
the event of Tommy Gibbons beating
Smith, Greb. ct al II Tommy should
return victor in the elimination series
there would be absolutely no chance
of his battling brother Mi'e for the
worlds championship. The GiboonH
brothers are in accord on this point.
Should BE Great Scrap.
The coming scrap between Chip and
Gibbons ought to prove an interesting
affair. The younger Gibbons has been
showing steady Improvement in all his
engagements since the first of the
present year. Among his noteworthy
accomplishments were point victories
over Battling Levinsky, Greek *. o.
Brown and Wild Bob Moha.
Perhaps line on the relative abili-
ty of Gibbons and Chip will be OBJ.
tanned by citing their matches against
Moha Gibbons whipped the cave man
in ten rounds, but his constant punch
ing did not seriously hurt Chip, on
the other hand, gave Moha such n
beating the contest was stopped. 1t
was the first time in long and hon
orable ring career that Moha was
forced to lower his colors under an
attack. OF course, this does not really
signify anything. but 1t is fact never
theiess in all his matches Chip has
shown greater punching power than
Gibbons. This will have a tremendous
bearing on the result of the coming
meeting between Chip and Gibbons;
that Is, If the latter will stand up and
fight
Grcb Coming Fast.
Followers of flstic affairs are close
ly watching the development of Harry
Greb, the Pittsburgh battler, especial
ly since he registered such :lean-cut
six-round beating to Jack Dillon at
the Smoky City just short time back,
Greb has easily been the sensation OF
the year in the middleweight class
He has fought all the headliners and
his prestige has increased with each
encounter,
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graduate 1914; four years star tack'r
on football varsity. twice captain;
four times all-state tackle.
6. Virgil Rinehart, second lieuten-
ant, quartermasters corps; home,
Ramona: graduate 1917; four years as
tackle and guard on varsity football
eleven; all-Oklahoma selection, foot
ball; heavyweight wrestler, three
years.
Z. Charles Percival, second lieuten-
ant, coast artillery; home, Texas; two
years winner long distance races,
track.
s. Albert Hacker, second liev.ch-
ant. infantry; home. Purcell; sopho-
more; two years. football squad.
3. j. II. Cooter second lieutenant,
infantry: home, Miami; freshman;
one year football squad.
10. Herman Scott first lieutenant,
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ant, infantry; home. Pawhuska; sen
ior; football captuin-elect; two years,
center. football; all-state and south
western selection; two years basket
ball all-state; pitcher, baseball, one
year.
Is. Charles T. Forester. serouu
lieutenant. cavalry; home, Stratiord;
senior. three seasons, football line
man; wrestler.
16. Earl Horton. second lieutenan',
infantry; home. South Carolina. Irau-
uate 1915; captain, track squad; state
winner in long distance races; root
ball squad.
II. John Wilson. second lieutenant,
artillery; home, Shawnee; sophomore;
football two years.
1s. Gail Mitchell. second licu;en-
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Cobb Stands Still.

(ODD SttnuS Stiii.
Ty Cobb's mark of 1856 with which
he was leading the American league
batters last week has remained un-
changed. according to figures re-
leased today and which include games
of Wednesday, Likewise iris Speak
er's average also remained unchanged
at .351. Sisler of St Louis is gaining
on the leaders and now is holding
third place with .34S. Chapman and
Harris, teammates of Speaker, have
made the greatest strides among the
regulars. Both have jumped into the
900" class, while Felsch of Chicago
and McInnis of Philadelphia have
stepped out. Cobb failed to pilfer any
bases curing the week, but he in
creased his lead in total bases to 26l.
of result of stretching 1853 hits into
"a doubles, 22 triples and 5 homers.
Veach of Detroit and Pipp of New
York remained tied for home run
honors with each. Ownie Bush,
n teammate of the Georgian's has de-
throned him as n run getter. Bush
has crossed the plate 81 times to
Cobb's S6. Chapman's mark of 30
sacrifice hits remained high. but the
little Clevelander has added two more
stolen bases to his string and now is
leading with 36, Detroit with .260 con-
tinued to lead in team batting.
Leading batters for half their clubs
games:
Cobb Detroit, 1856; Speaker. Cleve-
land. .351; Sser. st. Louis, .34S;
Veach. Detroit. $40; Chapman, Cleve-
land, .30S; Harris, Cleveland, 1903;
Felsch. Chicago, .299: McInnis Phila-
delphia. .209; Rice. Washington. .296;
Bodie, Philadelphia, .294.
Leading pitchers who have partici-
nnted in 23 or more games, "ated ac-
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ant, engineers corps; home, shawnee;
sophomore; baseball varsity one year
10. Emery Williamson. first lieu
tenant cavalry; home, saltwater;
graduate 1916, uember varsity
gymnasium squad two years; track
and baseball.
20. Milard lIarndcn, second lieu
tenant. cavalry. some, saltwater
graduate 1917; three years varsity
football end member wrestlins
squad, track.
21 carl Weaver, second lieutenant,
artillery: home, saltwater, graduate
1916; three years varsity quarter
back; captain. all-state selection
football.
%. George Ross. second lieutenant,
ordnance department; home. shaw
neo: sophomore, two seasons, football.
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Grcb Coming Fast.
Germany Shacfcr to Play.

CRICAGO, Aug. 1S.-Word was re-
ceivod here recently that Germany"
Schaefer, the former gloon killer" OF
the American league, who has been
scouting for the New York Nationals,
has re-entered the ranks as an active
player. Schaefer has signed contract
with his old friend Mike Doolan, who
is managing the Rochester club. Right
after Schaefer signed his contract he
jumped into the game, played second
base and made three hits.
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Dodgers Get Rig Pitcher.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 1S.-The
Brooklyn Nationals soon will add big
right hand pitcher to ,heir twirling
staff, according to a report IN cxcu-
lation here during the recent Cin-
cinnati- Brooklyn series. lie is Norman
Pitt, and Is said to be the claSsiest
pitch in the Eastern league. He is
TO report to the Dodgers September s.
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Bouts This Week
Monday. Amgust 90.

Monday. August 90.
Ever Hammer VS.. Kid Mex, 15
rounds, at Denver. Col.
Pete Herman VS.. Jack Doug
las. 10 rounds, at New Orleans.
Jimmy Leggett vs.. Young
Lowrey. 6 rounds at Philadel-
phia.
Wednesday, August %.
George Chip VS.. Tommy Glib
bons. 10 rounds, at St Paul.
MINI.
Johnny Dundee VS.. Johnny
Mealey, 6 rounds. at Philadel-
phia.
Friday, August "a.
X. O. Mars vs. Roger O'Mal-
ley. IL rounds, at Toledo. Ohio.
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BENNY KAUFF NEXT
TO NATIONAL LEAD
Only Roush Tops Former Fed
eral League Star in Swatting
Percentage.
COBB IS STANDING STILL
High Mark of 1886 Established
Last Week Unchanged; Sis
Ter Is Climbing.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1S.-Roger Horns
by. the slugging St Louis infielder.
has continued to slip while Roush or
Cincinnati has strengthened his hold
on first place among the National
league batters. His average Is 349'
according to figures released today
and which include Wednesdays
games. Benny Kauff of New York,
has shown some of his Federal league
spirit and has crep. from fourth TO
second place. 2S points behind the
leader.
Although Hornsby dropped to
fourth place in batting he continued
to share with Roush, the lead for
total bases. each having lS2. Robert
son of New York has worked up u
triple tie for home run honors, with
Iornsby and Cravath of Philadelphla.
They are "all square" with eight.
williams and Doyle. both of Chicago,
each added another sacrifice hit to
his credit and continued in tie with
% Burns of New York increased his
lead as a run getter to rs, and Carey
of Pittsburgh is far ahead of the base
stealers with 32.
Cincinnati again has broken the tie
for team batting with .267 is leading
New York by 2 points.
Leading batters for half their clubs
games:
Roush, Cincinnati, .349; Kauff, New
York. .321: Cruise, St Louis, .3 y;
Hornsby. st. Louis, .3l4 Groh, Clncln-
natl. .3l1; Griffith, Cincinnati, .3OS;
Fischer. Pittsburgh, .3O7; thinner
man. New York, .3OG; Filhoit, New
York, .S06; Neale, Cincinnati, .SO4;
Clarke, Cincinnati, .304.
Leading Pitchers.
Leading pitchers who have partici-
pated in % or more games, rated ac-
..-l. 80. L q