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FACTS ABOUT T0-DAY'S
BIG RACING PROGRAMME.

Auto Championship Match Race
Contestants: Barney Oldfield.
Ralph DE Palma and Louis Chew
rolet. Distances: 90, 80 and 20
miles. Extra heat. 10 miles.
"Air-and- Earth" Match Race
Miss Katherine Stinson, worlds
champion girl flyer. In Curtiss
speed Scout" VS.. Barney Oldfield
in Golden Submarine" Distance,
2 miles.
Worlds record trials Mt 1 and 2
miles by Ralph DE Palma for $1,000
Hardness prize.
Looping exhibition and bomb
throwing denomination by Miss
Katherine Stinson.
Two-mile motorcycle exhibition
by Champion Arthur Chapple.
Track-Two-mile circular. fast
est in world, which meets high
speed requirements UP to 14O miles
an hour.
Cost OF track, So o 0.000.
Seating capacity, 100000.
Auto parking space for 10000 or
more cars.
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Dummy Bomb Throwing at
Games Would Delight the
BIeacherites-If They Could
HurI En- at the Umpires.

CONGRESSMAN. the other day.
~ suggested It would be a good
idea TO have a demonstration Of
dummy bomb throwing before all the
championship ball games by Big
League players
Not only would II interest the
spectators" declared this advocate OF
the manly art OF blowing up the Ger
mans, but II would prepare tho base
ball players for the more serious work
they may DO called upon to do in
France. and which they could do
WE'LL"
Not n bad idea-and, II II would DO
the country any good. I am for II with
both fists. or course anybody I'M
derstands It would not help q pitch
er's arm greatly to stand out and toss
bombs for an hour or so before he
started TO work in a game. Nor
cunning OF the o%utHelders when aim
ing throws at the plate.
As / understand II, the bomb used
in the trenches Is quite n little heav.
Ter and larger than a baseball. The
bombs used here in st. Louis, usually
aimed at the umpire. vary in size anc
shape. Most OF the disciples OF thi!
system OF warfare seem TO prefer
empty pop bottles. An empty poi
bottle will do just as much damage
as a full one when It connects with
an umpire's bean. and, besides, the!
are cheaper. II you don't believe noe
ask Billy Evans, the American
League umpire, who stopped one witt
his head several years ago and thei
stopped at a hospital for severa
weeks, This occurred at a sklrmisl
in st. Louis.
Personally, 1 think better bonn
throwers could be developed in tn.
bleachers. These regular residents o
the openwork stands have had con
s~lderably more experience and woul
enter into tho preliminary sport be
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fore a game with much more Eest-
especially n the target could be
dressed up 10 look like an umpire.
This schcme would also save pitch
ers' arms. although in these days tho
individual Is not TO be considered n
certain activities will help the United
States In the war.
Lieut.. Elliot, before one OF the ball
games in Washington when Cleveland
was playing there a couple OF weeks
ago, stood at the homo plate and at
tempted 20 hurl a bomb down at sec
ond base. the bag being the target.
Tho Lieutenant used the side arm
sweeping motion which they tell me
all the best bomb tossers In Europe
employ. In this way they loop It
over.
According 20 the man who
slipped me this yarn, the Lieutenant.
although rated an expert, did not
hit the bag at all out OF several
throws. Then iris Speaker trted Il.
He depended on tho regulation toss
and landed on the bag five times out
OF ten tries. The other five were very
close TO 1t.
That's wonderful" declared tho
Australian expert, and no wanted to
sign iris UP right away for a bomb
ing squad. you would have to loop
them u bit more, because 1t takes the
bomb Ave seconds to explode after
YOU pull tho firing pin. With those
line throws OF yours the Fritzes
might have time 10 catch the thing
and throw II back. That was the
trouble with the old Jam tin bomb
and tho fuse. The ones we use now
with a fire pin explode too o 10
permit this when you loop them"
How long does a man throw bombs
at a stretch?" tho exponent OF the
art was asked.
~ saw q fellow stand in a trench
and loop them owe for two hours
without resting" declared this
product OF the bitches.
Good night" said Speaker. '"rha'
would kill your arm, tossing then
overland the way we throw in tn,
league, ven with a baseball"
you wouldn't nave TO use ~
many" answered the instructor, 81
you can throw them as straight a
you have been doing. You'd sooI
have all the Boches cleaned out"
II n ball player has all these quail
tiles OF an inclpient bomb thrower
can you imagine what n product o
the st. Louis bleachers would b
worth? Ask Lord Byron. He knows
(COtSrisht. 1917. nv tho Bell Syndicate. Inc
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Fight Result Is

Mike O'Dowd, the gam 81. Paul
Irishman. although o%utpointed, again
gave Ted Lewis, welterweight cham
pion, IA hard fight at the st. Nicholas
Rink last night.
To add to Ted's annoyance he was
compelled to shoulder a hnudlcap OF
lla pounds, for in truth Sir Michael
tipped the beam at a healthy lb6
pounds, while Lewis could muster
only IAN pounds.
The dangling Englishman was tir-
ing by the time the seventh round
arrived. He never lost the lead,
entirely blown he would suddenly
open up and bewilder Mike with his
amazing speed.
Lee johnson. the negro boxer. knocked
out Ray West in the second round at
night. A left hook TO the jaw sent West
into slumberland, The bout between
Dutch Brandt and Young Limbo ended
in a near riot. Both boys had been
%roughing II throughout and refused TO
stop fighting when the bell rang at the
end OF the seventh round. The seconds
of both men Jumped into the ring and
fists were flying in all directions. When
quiet was restored the referee ~disquali-
fled Limbo, as Brandt said ne bit him.
BUFFALO, Aug, lS.-Sam Langford,
fat and rolypoly, was still too much for
Andre Anderson last night. knocking
the giant Swede out in the second rounS,
Anderson's courage oOzed perceptibly al
the the sight Of the Tar Baby" VIM
brushed his weak jabs aside and banged
him on the hin.
BOSTON, Aug, l9,-Tommy Robsop
OF Boston knocked out Marty Cross ~
New YORK IN the third round OF their
was a fast and furious battle while n
lasted and Robson scored the Knockout
with a right hand to the Jaw Roth
boys weighed In under liS rlngside.
At Browns Far Rockaway Club last
night Mike Smith easily outpointed
Paul Edwards, n Paul Doyle. who re-
foated Willie Beccher.
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COME BACKS FREQUENT FOR
MCCOY,

Mccoy went back TO the ring at
long Intervals after his retirement.
Every time no showed some trace or
his old skill and rcsourccfulncss. His
courage always was away above the
average. lie outgamed and beat
young jim Stuart, stopped big Jim
Savage, and knocked out a big Eng
lish champion at Nice. This was
McCoy's last fight. 1t was "a dcsper-
ute battle. The Kid found tho going
hard. He was knocked down several
times, and felt that his strength was
going. But he saw IA long scotch and
soda brought TO tho timckeeper ~
the ringside. The official set tho glass
on the edge OF the ring. Mccoy edged
around and took his next knockdown
right In front OF tho official. reached
out suddenly, seized the glass and
tossed the contents into his sizzling
Interior, Within ten seconds he was
on his feet and lighting again, re-
frcshed and with new energy. He
turned the tables and knocked mis-
man out.
When America went into tho war
Mccoy was a moving picture hero.
pulling down several hundred dollars
n week. lilo cut that out, enlisted In
the Seventy-tirst, and went to the
Mexican border for several months.
Since returning he has kept In khaki,
He longs 10 round out hts eventual
life by tinkeTing with "a few Germans
with the bayonet. He has become
exceedingly skilful with that weapon
as skilful az ever he was with that
famous mccoy cOrkscrew punch OF
his.
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At the Falrmont A. c. tonight Tommy
Tuohey, New Jerseys champion light
weight, will box Jimmy Paul, Harlem's
most promising boxer. In the main
event Mt the Clermont Rink Mike Nc
Tigue. Irish mlddleweight champion Is
scheduled 10 box Zulu KID OF Brooklyn.
Frnf B,xIey announces that he has aligned ny
his star lightweight. Willie Jackson. to boz lrsh
Patsy Cline at the Manhattan A. q. Sept. 10.
Jackson also boxes Joe MOonw at the Pioneer
A. c. Aug. u. with Benny NalSer, the frencA
champion. who defeated Billy t1'hSinlmons Thu"-
day night. facing Jimmy Kane.
Gunboat Smith. who recently showed 10 IN
great form In a bout at Bnialo' \. T. was
matched today hy his manager, Jim Buckley. to
meet Kid Norfolk, tho oolored h~el'y"eDnt' LOT
,sn r,,,nd, Al an open air show to DO brought on
Nv IN. sirirome A.. c. Of NOclsster, y. Y, On
nv, Nor8ay night. Smith has been wurldrg
hsrd for bouts recently and is certain that he
will defeat hs big cdoFed opponent.
N,,. I.vt. 81 Chcag1, the VEL 'rovu Tan
AGAR Of Can Morris and Charley Waite, has just
p,su.I tAs management OF another fighter Ihe
scr,Dr.r 4. Pal Noon, the Memphis bantam
Uei.ht Lewis EaS practically mAtchei Moore 70
ms1t frankie Burns Of jersey City for ten rounds
a, the Pioneer srorhuE hui on Tussay evening.
seVt. II.
Tns levi, the clever NelterWclgnt cham Ion
and 1,,nmy Robson. the hkely fighter q Maiden,
Macs. have been signed NJ by Ivy Lewis match
maker OF the Annoy A. A. OF Boston. TO eom'
t,l.tncr IN a twslec-rnuri bout 10 a decision
At the next boxing show OF the above club on
next Tuesday night.
TIE Brnrdwly Sporting ciab OF bTooA!yn ohe
an attractive canl Of bouts TO iA patrons 10
night. Silent Marin, the deaf mute middle
weight, will go against Walter lAurett' the ives
side fighter. in the main 81, and frankie cana
Tan o. Brooklyn will hook up with shamn
O'Rlan Of Yonkers 10 tenIound bouts Johnn'
Howe and Jack Eie clash in the scmi-tnal o
ak rounds,
Jack Hsnlon. matchmaker q the Olympia A
4. Of Philadclphia, to-day announced that III
club would resume holding boxing shows on Mon
day evening. Aug. q, tOr the main go Of oil
rounds Hanlon las signed up Eddie ohtete, III
Aa EAIladslDhla bsntsnWsSht 70 meet SuEln'
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RYAN LEARNED 4 BITTER
LESSON.

Tho KIDS first great success came
when he stopped Tommy Ryan, Ryan
was a great ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
champion OF tho world, KID Mccoy
worked for him as u sparring part
nor, taking all tho hard bontlngs
Ryan handed him and saying eve
a word. But he harburcd a grudgc,
and the man Mccoy has a grudge
against might as well order the flow
ers. Mccoy resigned, ven away and
got backing and an offor OF a match
with Ryan, Tommy didn't know what
e make Of II when offered real money
10 night his former sparring partner.
But Kid Mccoy wrote him Il letter
asking him TO please make the losers
end OF the purse "a little bigger and
10 refrain from beating up" the IN
fortunate Kid too much.
You know what you can do 10
me-" wrote the Kid, plaintively.
Ryan thought no did. He cut out
training and went into the ring fat
and out of shape. lie got the surprise
OF his life, Mccoy, sneering and cyni-
cal, deliberately began TO chop him
down. Ryan fought desperately. Nc
Coy knew his every move and had a
counter for Il. He wanted revenge
Refusing to knock Ryan out when h,
had him helpless he cut Tommy Il
pieces until Ryan's seconds threw IN
the sponge.
After that Mccoy fought tho best
heavyweights OF his time-all but
Z Fitzsimmons, lie always said he's
7 wait until Fitz was about eighty
years old before challenging him, Al
said before, Mccoy had brains. n,
fought and beat Maher, Rubin
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NetVS of Sports Told in Shorts

gained such a lead the Trask horse
could not make II up,
Players who are helping the United
States National Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton raise SlO0, 900 to finance three I'M
bulancc sections make their last an
p%earance before the national singles
tournament when they play at Gedney
Farm Country club, White Plains, To-
morrow. This match has been arranged
By Abraham Bassford iT. Of Hnrtsdale,
and many tickets have already been
sold.
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Choynski and others equally famous.
He knocked Tom Sharkey down twice.
and then tho Sailor broke the KID In
two with "A swlAhing swing into tho
stomach.
Mccoy made n few fortunes In tho
ring. lie lost them, AZ u rule. at tho
race tracks. Mccoy was "a fool for
one thing horses. lie always thought
he could beat the game that can't loo
beaten. incidentally, the KID has
been married six times. 4 life 81
adventure surely did appeal to him.
When he began TO slip "A little as a
tighter he travelled around playing
poker with chance acquaintance.
This paid very we'll. It's aid tho
Kid has no superior ms "A card player.
Then he sold automobiles, had "A dla-
mond shop and became a stock
broker. firing OF trade. he went to
England. where Jack O'IIrien was
cleaning up all the English heavies.
O'Drion fed from England when Nc
Coy appeared. O'Brien always did
think the KIDS poaching on his pre-
serves was rather unklnd. Mccoy
knocked out three English cham
plons I'm n evening at the Wonder
land. After that there IA nothing
for him to- do In England. lie went
to France and challenged the cham
plon savate artist. 1t always has
' been an open question whether or not
| the skilful kicker could have landed
his battling toe or heel on Mccoy.
The Kid, using the nlmble brain that
had often served him well before, won
before the Frenchman could start.
As they squared on, the Kid. assum
ing IA look OF pleased surprise, looked
past the crouching Frenchman and
asked: rs that pretty your
Wife," Tho Frenchman glanced over
his shoulder. II was enough. Nc
Coy's blow caught him Just under tho
ear, They brought him to n hour
later.
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At Lenox Athletic Field. one Hun
bred M Forty-third Street. east OF
Ienox Avenue tomorrow a new up
10 late athletic field. managed by Kid
Carsey, formerly OF the Philadelphia
National League, a double header Will
~. MIchaels and the winners will meet
the Bloomer Girls.
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-Four Heavily Backed FaUOrites
Beaten at Saratoga Track
SARATOGA SELECTIONS.

First Race - Gex. Star Gazer.
Queen OF the Water.
Second Race-Weldship. Bet. Mar
tian.
Third Race-Ollve Wood, Rosie
O'Grady. Guesswork.
Fourth Race 90 Rlckety. Omar
khayyam. Suubonnet.
Fifth llaCC-Littlo Nearer. Dove
dale. Fizcr.
sixth Race-Miss Filly. Tell Me.
Parlor Maid.
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rauysnt ff - 90 rf@s Fssfs.rt - 'As s-- swt b.~nns w@rs
yesu sFo Nofmsh s-hy besms 'Ka Acay The origins
"No Nccoy" ~ . stare bafrlaf. bi that diant male sy an
= fsnnn, ~ Nnrman Do. neA %. name end be aanI sAni 70 nTh
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MCCOY ALWAYS READY FOR
ADVENTURE.

Adventure always did call Mccoy.
He ran away from home when n
small boy In knee pants and rode
around the country on brake beams
and "side door Pullmans." He vas
Of a good family. and had been well
educated, while his education listed.
Also he was OF an angelic appear
ance, so that the hard. cruel trainmen
didn't kick him on the trains. but
took him into the caboose and gave
him ham and eggs and coffee and
sympathized with him when he told
them he was a homeless orphan.
Somehow Mccoy learned to box.
lilo found out hat he could hit II
night when a brakeman tried to beat
him up for riding the rather" Nc
Coy didn't wait to learn what hos
pital they took the brakeman to. He
moved along. In n few weeks he was
a. sparring partner In some boxers
camp. And very soo after hat he
was fighting preliminaries and thon
Btar bouts 4 n small towns. lie didn't
'ride the rattler" now. lie got on IA
regular passenger coach, carefully sc
lCCtcd "a ticket check from tnc nat OF
some sleeping passenger. and went To
iiis various destinations unques-
toned. In the next stage of his de-
Velopment he paid fares. But thai
was after he began earning "a little
money.
Adventure began TO prod young
Kid Mccoy as soon as he achieved
some small fighting reputation. lie
Slipped away from New York and
sailed TO South Africa. There he In
PRODUCED himself, quite privately. 10
a sporting person who conducted
prizehghts. This person fancied him
self as a boxer. He offered the slight
slim, smiling KID "a tryout in private
and invited In a few friends 20 see
him hammer a wandering American
Mccoy half murdered him, lie did
Il with a slight smile of contempt or
his face. The battered victim decided
Immediately that the Kid could trim
any heavyweight in Africa, kept Il
auiet, and arranged some matches
with big side bets. Mccoy did
knock out one victim, but then SON,
one discoveIed that he was kid Nc
COY" OF New York. So h KID gath
cred his earnings few thousnnC
dollars-and sailed home again. NJ
one else In Africa wanted his game.
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MS lasting vitality. Of the youth thn,'
stnl cllngs 60 him In spite Of a hun
dred lives lived IN one.
where. by the way. are the men
who fought McCoy7 JOY ChoynsEl 10
a boNins teacher In Pittsburgh. Peter
Mahor has been down and u for
years. Jim Corbctt In financially
successful. but far beyond the adven-
uurous stage that ~ giving Mccoy
into the nghting lines. Tom shnrkey
10 "tending bar" In Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, and is fat and stodgy and
settled down. Gus Rubin II dead.
Tommy Ryan has a CLUB" in SYRIA
cuse. Many others have disappeared
and are forgotten entirely. The
Khaki hasn't called them. They are
all too old. Mccoy is alone in his
class.
The evening world., 1917-08-18

BOSTON, Aug. is.-The Boston Ma
]tlonals to-day announced the signing Of
Chief Meyers, the veteran catcher for
merly OF the New York and Brooklyn
Nationals, who will DO available TO sue
coed Tragesser as the clubs hrst-string
catcher n the latter Is drafted, as seems
likely now, Meyers vas Internationally
released by the Brooklyn club a few
days ago.
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Giants, two Games. ST. Louis. $50. Pole
rounds. To DAY, Adm, b0e-AdvL
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under bic opn
fihcs thhi day Kis Mccoy he's hso
= ifs ~ adventure such &c no Other
homer ran hoAst lie has been q
worlds champion lie has fought Ia
Africa. England. France and America
Hs has travelled on brake beams aud
In private cars lie has soid dls
monds. automobiles and horses And
today. In Khaki. he II awaiting the
chance for the great adventure" be
eide which all others are mere petty
incidents 81 life
while Mccoy wears the khaki and
IL being hard trained for active ser
Vice. the others who fought him IN
the great old days OF the ring have all
gone by and dropped from sight I
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have zee MCCOY, tall. vide shouldcred. carrying himself with a military
sxing. lean into the ring to call Tor war volunteers Che had been a re-
eruiting sergeant for the Seventy first Regiment Of New York; and some
Of his old opponents pecring up at him from ringside seats in sheer envy II
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KID MCOY'S CAREER
ONE LONG ADVENTURE

Former won6t NlodeSelcht Champion. whose LIE Mas Beer
Lac q Move ThnHer. kOw Preparing 10 Eohi IN france
Mccoy SIN Keen ios a Scrap. Though Hs od Ring Opponents
Have Dropped Into the Discard
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BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP
Christy Math'

Christy Mathewson,
Former Star Of the Giants and Manager of the Cincinnati Reds
The evening world., 1917-08-18

BOSTON, Aug. II. = Mas Many
Browne OF California defeated Miss
Molla BJutstedt OF Norway, the national
champion. In straight sets, In the final
round OF the women's singles, at the
national patriotic doubles lawn tennis
tournament at the Longood Cricket Club
y%esterday, II was the third straight
victory Miss Browne has scored over
the national champion this season.
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Jack Hsnlon. matchmaker u me Olympia 4,
A. Of Philadelphia, TO dsy announced that the
club would resume holding boxing shows on Mon
day evening. Aug. %, For the main go orsii
rounds Hanlon has signed up Eddie o'keete, th'
tAS EAIlaasDhla bAntamWsSht, 70 meet LouHAna
The evening world., 1917-08-18

LAFAYETTE. Ind. Aug. iS.-Walteg
TragcssCr OF Lafayette. catcher for the
Boston Braves. has been ordered TO re-
port here next week for examination for
the new National Army, Trhgesser re-
placed Hank Gowdy MS regular back
stop for the Braves when tho latter
Joined the Ohio National Guard.
The evening world., 1917-08-18

CLEVELAND. o., Aug. lG.-WalteI
Cox drove three winners at the North
Randall Grand Circuit meeting and
incidentally drove n pTohlbitiVe
fayorite. Mabel Trask. to defeat In the
feature event Of tho card yesterday.
This race, the battle royal for trot-
was supposed TO be all Rowed up for
Mabel Trask, but Pop Gecrs. with 81.
Frisco, started his drive earlier than
usual IN each OF the tive miles and
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-14

pletely in the hands of the people It fayors giving Che laborIng citizens of the Territory full and fair opportunity to participate in government.
 Could any newspaper at this stage of Alaskan de- velopment favor plan that is more thoroughly in the interest of the masses and the laboring men oI this Territory than that?
 And this is plan that is entirely feasible It is plan that must be followed out before we can get anything approaching satisfactory condition of gov, ernment in Alaska
 On the other hand, The Empire has had and hopes that it always will have the courage to defend capital against demagoglc attack It insists that capitalists corporation officials and others must submit their claims and rights to the general public for decision bnt n believes that when they are so submitted they should have fair consideration It believes further that the masses, including the laboring people of Alaska, will be fair and just in the exercise of the power that Of right should be the joint possession Of those of all classes of our people
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-14

hang on to our coin, we are Thrifty.
 Give your enemy credit for one thing. He doesn't waste your time by stopping you on the street while he pours out a lot of bromin about the Weather and the War.
 Hell may be a myth as they say But the hereafter holds some sort of an Iron Works for the man who is uukind to women, children and dogs.
 If the cost of the humble affinity of Corn Beef continues 10 increase, we expect to see the fashionable dame wearing head of cabbage as a corsage when she goes to the opera, while cheap trash like orchids and American Beauties will be con signed to the garbage can.
 When it takes a man two hours to tell what he Is going to do, 1t does not take him more than two seconds to tell what he has done.
 We have never tried It. But we have often wondered how q man manages to write his name and ad- dress on the little half-inch, three cornered coupons that appear at the bottoms of page advertisements in the magazines.
 She may become your partner when you marry her But don't ever get the idea that she will be silent partner.
 A man in love may want to see his nancce the worst possible way, but he never thinks of calling on her in the morning just after she has had breakfast
 The bis trouble about the hign price of eggs is that it may temp. some of the old-time, ny-by-night tragcdians to go out on the road again.
 The municipality has power to fix the weight of the loaf of bread the Baker bakcs for you. But what it needs is the right to fix the weigh. of the loaf Of bread your wife bakcs for you.