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The evening world., 1917-07-07
THREE MORE STARS OF
SPORT RANKS TO JOIN
UNCLE SANS FIGHTERS

Three more star athletes an
nounced to-day their intention OF
serving Uncle sam. One Is from
the boxing ranks, one from the
grldiron and tho other from the
tennis world.
Word comes from San Francisco
that Willie Rltche. formerly light
weight boxing champion Of tho
world, has enlisted in tho United
States Signal Reserve Corps as n
private.
Jesse S%paldlng. OF Chicago. cap
tain OF the Yale football eleven In
1912. has applied for a place in the
officers reserve training camp
which is 10 open NJ Leon Springs,
Texas, next month.
Tennis Is to lose another OF It's
shining lights at least for tho time
being, as Ralph l.. Baggs will hang
up his racquet following the Uni
versity Heights tournament now
In progress. Baggs intends TO go
TO Plattsburg Monday rs a mem
Der OF the second contingent OF tho
] Officers Reserve Corps.
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power. usually knocking his man NJ
cleanly with a single punch.
Leonard and Kilbane fought ten
rounds, with no decision, in New
York n little over two years ago. Al
hat time Leonard hadn't developed
into the wonderful boxer he Is to-day.
II Kilbane bases his judgment OF
Benny's ability on that fight he'll be
somewhat surprised.
Leonard began lighting when he
m n small boy, and became the
champion OF his block. In those days
n purse OF a couple of dollars looked
big "a Benny. Then he began going
TO SEQ bouts at the Fairmont. He
didn't have any money to spend for
tickets. but managed, with some
other boys, TO horn In" one night
he asked Billy Gibson TO put him on
In a preliminary. He did 30 we'll
winning fights with clean knockouts
that he soon attracted GlbSon's Mt
tention. and Gibson has been his
manager ever since.
Leonard'B career was sensational
from tho start. lie soon took the
place OF Leach Cross In popularity on
the east side. Leach was about
through when Benny was coming.
Leonard fought Welsh three times
Tho first time he beat Welsh badly
and nearly finished him. The second
Welsh boxed safely through, out
pointing Benny. The THIRD Benny
went right after tho champion and
soon beat him into a state OF help.
~lessness. hanging him s~enseleas acros.
tho ropes, where, as Welsh was IN
tlrely d~efenseloss, Referee McPart-
! land stepped in to save him from
/ injury.
| One OF Leonard's best fights wa
, with Richie Mitchell. considered th'
p best lightweight I'm the Middle West
They fought for tho American light.
% weight title, and Benny hung Mitch
. ell on tho ropes with a knockou
% punch, just AZ he afterward did witt
n Welsh. Mitchell Is a very cleve0
v boxer, and but for Leonard Nigh
o have beaten Welsh and become cham
s pdon. Kilbane fought Welsh u littl
o time before Leonard. Ho had tn
best OF the fight, but never handle,
Welsh In the masterful tina
e made Leonard champion.
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BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP
By
Christy Mathewson,
Former Star of Giants and Manager Of Cinei.aAh Rsds

with Evers out OF II.
Meanwhile reflects the frequent alb
sence OF Evers, for he does not play
the same sort of ball with some one
else alongside OF him and certainly
does not stick nearly as well. Be
sides all this. the rest Of the players
are not hitting up to their old stand
ards. Sherwood Magee has never
batted near his former stride since
Joining the Braves. Maybe he V
got over his disbursement due 10
the fact he left the Phillies just when
they were getting ready TO win a flag
and Increase their bank accounts ac-
cordingly. II is common knowledge
in baseball that players, used 10
working beside each other at second
base, do not go so well when teamed
up with another man. Take Eddie
Collins. He has never played as good
ball since he lost his old side kick.
Jack Barry.
The Giants are going e be tough
! customers for us this trip, McGraw's
club seems 10 be going better now
than at any time this season, even
with McCarty out OF the lineup.
Every pitching stan should have one
man who carries the stamp OF sus-
tanned success. A manager can build
around this one. McGraw has such a
man IN f|erdlnanO CCNupp WIZ
turned up toward the end OF last sea-
son as a great outstanding star. after
lnhabiting the Giants bench for
quite a ~protracted period, and his
sudden discovery and squirt came as
a surprise, even 10 Mac, I think.
Schupp will do more 10 help the
Giants to the pennant-at his present
~pAce-than any other man on the
club-if they win II.
Schupp is not like most left hand
ers-that is, he has not any OF the
unstable qualities usually attributed
20 southsiders. But, as n matter on
fact, II would he hard TO find
steadier, more sombre, and more sat,
lsfactory worker than Edward Planl
IN his prime-whlch prime stretched
I'VE a period Of several years. Their,
have been other southpaws lust a.
steady, but n few erratic spirits who
by birth. did their hinging with theil
left hands gave the whole crowd a
bad lame.
The Phillies have been falling back
but they are always formidable a
home-ln their bandbox park. The,
will give us n battle, but the real higl
hurdle I see I'm the East to-day viii
he put mp NJ the Polo Grounds, Har
lem, New York.
Copyieht. 1OI7. nv Ne Rel Syndicate. ms
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The Fact That Wilson Colt
Showed Good Performance
Pleasing to Trainer Healey.
Blu Vincent TrednOr.

IGTT was a real horse race. Johnny
and l have no complaint TO
make. Campfire a a fine
race all the way and I am as pleased
as I can be although l wish he had
Won" Trainer Tom Healey was
easing little Johnny McTaggart's
mind yesterday at Aqueduct when the
boy came to the paddock with the VIII
son colors on again for the Corn Tas-
sci race.
Gee, I thought I had him beat sure
at the head OF the stretch" replied
Johnny. "Omar Khayyam was under
a drive Their and l was Just 'ciucking'
to Campfire. He passed me at the
last sixteenth pole. but he didn't make
Campfire stop much. Right at the
end ! cracked him with the whip once
and he came again with a Jump"
Just as Healey said, II was a horse
race between his Campfire and Omar
Khayyam, the $4,000 Kentucky Derby
winner. Any time they come down in
1877 S-5 they're racing, There was lit
Ito fast pace in the early part, Camp
fire running under what seemed too
much restraint. He went TO the front
as the barrier went up, but those who
backed him expecting he would open
up a gap Immediately were disap-
pointed. Instead Omar Khayyam was
right at his heels, and as the first four
eighths were reeled off comparatively
slowly in 10 seconds, "a 2-b, 80 S-b'
As 3-5, the closeness OF the Derby win
v., To-, Nl. % V1u ~Tnrnntnn NNng nXnlQlnnn
Campfire can ordinarily run eighths
faster than this, but McTaggart was
riding to Trainer Healey's instructions,
which were GO to the front, don't
force any fast pace, but don't relin-
uuish the lead" Johnny did just as he
was told and didn't relinquish the lead
until the final eighth, when Campfire
simTly succumbcd to Omars character
istlc final quarter. There probably
isn't a horse in the country who can
Law down a faster last quarter thai
this colt. For six %furlongs Campfire
had Omar Khayyam beaten. Midway
between the far turn and the home
bend Collins tried to send Omar hhay-
yam past Campfire, but McIagBart lel
ont a wrap and Campfire moved a Oh
further in front. Whether or not Col
Inns was satisfied then that he coulC
run over the top OF Campfire IN time
., was ready, and purposely o back
onIv ColGns knows. At any rate Col
Inns made no further effort to move
past tho Wilson colt until h tna
quarter. Hero McraP"art went to the
whip and then the stretch duel pc
ran. Campfire FOUGHT II out ganlelV
lint II soon became apparent that Omal
Khavyam wa too much horse for hin
in that last eighth The Derby col
drew away under Collins's mud urgin:
~ win cleyerly McIagsart kept u
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HAROLD FAKESE WINS.

PROVIDENCE. July Z. - Harold
Farese OF Harrison, y. j., easily de-
f,ated Kid Henry OF Newark in the
star t"1,sSI UHmry 'o nm Wss as h'shSo
knockout In the eleventh and twelfth
rounds. Referee Martin Candle OF Fan
River gave the decision To Farese,
which was loudly applauded by the
1000 fans present.
George Marks or Brooklyn won the
lO5-pound championship OF New Eng.
lane by getting the decision In ten
rounds over young Willard OF Proyl.
dence. Eddie shannon OF Frisco boxed
twelve rounds In the semi-final witt
, Shamus O'Bricn OF Nonkvrs. Al the END
of the contest the referee gave the au
clsion 10 shannon
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Boston Braves All "Shot to
Pieces" Appear to Have Lost
Their Punch-Reds Rated as
Best Of Four Western Clubs
in National League.

Here we are East again, and we are
full Of pepper-fnller Of 1t than we
have been at any other time this sea-
son. / have a real ball club on my
hands now. and l believe the East
erners will be surprised 20 see how
We are travclling-if we manage TO
keep up anything like the pace at
which We have been going in the
West for the past week or two. To-
day, l rate tho Reds the pest Of the
tour Western clubs. and | think the
results of this present trip Will con-
firm this opinion. We will face some
Tough teams in the East-and others
not 80 tough.
The Boston Braves appear to have
lost their punch. Stallings Is weak
behind the bat, and the Braves-al-
ways "a light hitting team-have not
had the pitching this season that
carried tham TO the Worlds Cham
pionship in 1914, In the first place,
Stalling's pitchers have been slow 10
come around, and the stan IL doubt
less missing h patient handling OF
cred Mitchell. This was true of the
Giants after Wilbert Robinson went
to Brooklyn. MCGraw did not get the
pitching he did with Robbie in full
charge OF his squad. StallIngs is very
much discouraged over his catching
situation, He was depending on
Gowdy, who has enlisted, and he IL
left with only Tragesseer between
him and a terrible fix.
George Is now paging himself as a
catcher OF some ability. This an
%nouncement Is not intended as an ad-
vertisement. The departure OF Gowdy
upset the pitching stan as well as the
receivers. The Boston twirlers have
become accustomed TO working with
Hank and now, with both Gowdy
and Mitchell gone, they must feel as
strange as an actor playing an Oid
part with a new cast OF characters
tuat knows nothing about his style
They'll have TO become addicted e
a new catcher. The big outstanding
weakness Of the Braves to-day ia
first, the failure OF the pitchers Il
shap cup promptly and, second. The
still unsettled condition of the stat
due TO new surroundings. The pitcher
catcher combination is an importan
thing to a twirler, and II is hard 70.
a man, at all nervous as he works
to get along with a new backstop.
1T was all very patriotic and fin
FOR Hank Gowdy to enlist say
S~tallings, but II was certainly toug'
. on my ball club"
? or course, the Braves arc affecte
, by only the spasmodlc appearance
Of John Evcrs AT second base, Thi
upsets John, himself, quite as niue
as the ball club since he has Away
b been n great worker, but his health
a not good. In It's palmiest days, IN
a Boston club never looked the sam
The evening world., 1917-07-07
Fstic News John p Pollock and Gossip :

Pete Hartley, the Danish lightweight.
who has won such success IN the ring
this year, not having suffered defeat.
viii box Patsy Frederick. formerly
known as Young Ghetto. at tho Fair
mont A. c. tonight On his last appear
ance at the Bronx club Hartley stopped
Milburn Saylor. In the semi-final to-
night Billy Doscher OF the Bronx and
Young Eddy. the clever Greenwich
lightweight. will meet.
Ted Kh LewiS. the now welterweight cham.
pion, has made Base out OF Tia last two fights.
For winning The chamIf1nship title frm Jack
bHtton a. Dayton, o.. he dr0s down s.. 2G8,
while for meeting johnnie or diths Al Auon. o.,
on July =, he received 5000. The gross receipts
u ue LsuasliHtton bout wcTe 81. 500 while the
gate for the lssis Gnfntia o1ntoI sm1,uted D.
5000. Bnttnn drew down tho sdne Amo.Ht A.
lewis.
"A Mike O'DUNd will be unable to NEST Ted
Lewis at the st. Nidholaa Rink on Account OF a
lady cut eve, matchmaker Jimmy Johnston de-
card TO-DAY that ho will uHc Joe Yelling a
Chieaso with either Willie Jackson. Charlie
White Of Chicago, or Johnnls Dundee on IN.
day evening, July 20.
Juhnny Dundee, the fast local Italian light
woght, ami TOmmie Tlohey Of puttensn. y. j.,
Who serms to imgroyc in al Of hs bouts, were
mnidlcd today, b CHARLIE Dooserck. TO meet
IA uo main event u ten rounds at the Pioneer
\. O., 90 IucBiS e,0ning. july "a. nrhey hai
been anxious tn 80 sgainst Dundee fr SOM
time aud as a result Matchmaker DOessrrck he
no ums in signing the hoys up.
Kenny LEONARD. Who "A 70 a. against Johnni
Kilbane. ieatherweight champion. an a si1- rounl
tout AZ a ssvtal shes TO oo staged At Shibo Park
In Philadelphia. on June 10Th. started trAinin
' a-day A. GHlIp's Gymnasium, Benny "a wOrkn
out with three apaTing partners.
2 I've BUadwsy 3. @. Of Br,uhlyA hAs ano, he
attractive 0rd Of three tsu-rOund bouts for IL
z regular weekly show tonight. Dutch brandt vi
meet Harry Nelson of the BrunI; Franz Brown
the east side bantam, will 70 against BAttlit
= Lain. and IN the ssni final Young THy Match
VII tackle Uarhe Goodman Of the Lorimor A. I
JGck Dunu and JACK CAffod will box At n
same Club on next TuevIp night,
frankie Buns. the Sensational Jenay cts bal
tamWeght. who meets Dutch Brandt Of Bpokb
In the star g. Al tho Pioneer :. q, on 1ue~l.
might, 70 getting into condition for the oOnte
a. Belle Har1ot, l.. L.. whils BEandt IA worai
out In a gymnasium IN brooklyn. In the seu
final Young Rcd McDousld OF the west side "
tackle KID Henry of Newark.
Young Limbo. te Brokyn fratherwelght. "
has boxed srnr q the noted boNep In his cla'
including Eddie wallace, Dutch Brandt and X
Taylor, has PLACED himself under the mAuageme
u Joe sarno. Limbo Will participate Ia his M
bout under hs new Manager 1huusday night VII
he tarkles BNN DE F,. for tea rounds al I
= ClennOut A. T., oi BFoOkyu.
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Sawyer Paired With Ouimet
In Western Golf Medal Round

CHICAGO, July THE Western Golf Association championship
tourney will open here Monday, with Bobby Jones Of the Druid Hills
Golf Club OF Atlanta, and James Standtsh j. of Detroit, sharing tho
honors OF leading the qualifying round. Jones and standish IN sched-
uNd to start the ball rolling ct s o'clock and In hve-minute intervals
thereafter more than 100 players will take part
Ned Sawyer Of Bob o. link second only to Chick Evans in respect
&c his golf. was chosen to play a round with Francis Ouimet- They will
get started just before noon. Jesse Guilford. ouimets Boston friend.
will play with Albert Seckel another Chicago expert
As wa feared by the committee, Chick Evans elected to stay out
OF the tournament, as dd Bob Gardner, the two leading opponents OF
the game in the Western district II is a truly great field, however,
with golfers from every section Of the country entered. r. A. Haight
and C. T. Van Week il. are the New York Representatives. !. 8 Worth
ington OF sunningdale. England, who has been in this country for some
time o business. will take part. and is paired with George w. Adar,
father OF Perry Adair and chaperon OF the four Atlanta (Ga) young
sters who ire entered. Reuben G. Bush Of New Orleans also will play.
The evening world., 1917-07-07

Johnny Whalen showed a nice two
year-old in Ultima Thule in the
maiden ace for youngsters. He was
In command practically all the wy.
and in the last sixteenth had every
thing behind him staggering. DIR.
Johnson, IA Sir John Johnson colt, in
PRODUCING the colors Of Mrs. w. VI.
~Jeftards, was a paddock tip in the
rae He ran a very good race, was
up with tho pace all the way. only to
stop Mt tho end, giving tbs impression
tina Ire needed this outing.
The evening world., 1917-07-07

Mig Entry for n. Y. A @. Meet.
Many star athletes Of the Now York
district will compete in tho New YorN
A. c. handicap games at Travers Island
this afternoon. Only four events ara
an the card, but the entry list Is th4
largest that the club has received fof
anv OF It's weekly meets.
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Rosncr Wins Fast Bout.

PHILADDLpHIA, July = Johnnv
Rosner, claimant Of the flyweIgh,
championship OF America. who recently
knocked out Joe Tuber. won over Younp
McGovern In six rounds here last night
The fight was fast from start to finish
with Rosner in the cad all the way.
The evening world., 1917-07-07

Tho two dummies lost at Browns Far
Rockaway Club last night, Silent Martin
losing TO Augie Rather and Dummy
Burns being beaten by Freddie Reese.
Rather earned tho honors in every Sos
sion. In the seventh and ninth rounds
he had the mute In a bad way from
body punishment. but was not able TO
floor him. The weights were Rather 1874
pounds and Martin $50 pounds. Reese
found Burns easy.
The evening world., 1917-07-07

Bully Boy, the colt which Madden
sold to the Glen Riddle Farm stable
for a fancy price. was entered I'm the
first, but scratched, Trainer Billy
Karrick evidently thinking DIT. John
son good enough 70 win. Bully Boys
first race will be watched with inter
est. Madden says he's a really great
tw~o-year-old.
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work on Campfire right TO the last
ten yards. Right at the end the Will
son colt responded TO the crack of the
with with a forward jump, but the
jump wasn't enough, and besides It
was his last game effort.
The evening world., 1917-07-07

Dovedale, the kOvorite in the NTH
race, showed a very poor performance.
He was under the whip even In the
Tarst sixteenth. Thereafter he seemed
to sulk. lie was cut off and pocketed,
too, several times and never could
get into n contending position. His
race was n great disappointment TO
Trainer Willie Shields,
The evening world., 1917-07-07

Tv Cobb failed 10 hit safely IN yef1
terdav's game at Detroit and broke htt
streak OF thirty-five consecutive game4
in which he has hit safely. He stu
holds the major league record. WITH
fortv games. Faber and Scott wore the
pItchers who stopped Cobb. The formeh
has always been a difficult proposition
for the Detroit star to solve. Baber durS
Cobb 10 a batting average OF less than
or. Cobb began his hitting streak
against Cleveland on Memorial Day. He
averaged 800 during no Eastern trpg
he Detroit club returned TO the WestS
The evening world., 1917-07-07

Theodore Smiths Lottery doesn't
seem to be much horse Just now.
Jack Joyner says ne Is a cur horse,
works like the wind in the morning,
but won't try a lick in a race.
The evening world., 1917-07-07
BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK
FIGHT WITH LEONARD GIVES
KNBANE CHANCE FOR FORTUNE

As Two Time Champion Feaherwelght Title Holder Would Com
mand Almost as Much Attention as less WOlard-Philadel-
phla Bout Of Six Rounds May Prove Enough to Settle All Dis
putes on Ability OF the Pair il Both Try for a Knockout.
The evening world., 1917-07-07

wagner Day" will be observed Weds
pesdav at Ebbets Field, where the
Pittsburgh Pirates and tho Robins will
clash in the. opening. game OF theia
honor OF Honus Wagner. ~PittsburEh'A
veteran shortstop.
The evening world., 1917-07-07

Omar Khayyam kicked up IN awful
fuss in the paddock before going TO
the post. He reared around, kicked Up
his hind legs, and didn't want 10 go
out on the track. lie finally had 20
be whipped and showed out. Some
wag remarked that he was afraid or
Campfire.
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orr1.s 1911 10 ns Pres PuNAins o., ns Nw Tt E-anF wOhd).
DENNY LEONARD and Johnny Klbane are to box six rounds in Phla-
X delpbia July 25 For this pair six rounds may be enough to settle all
- disputes Leonard and Knbane have each shown a oneround knock
The evening world., 1917-07-07

Sam Wick. outfielder for the. Memphis
southern Association Club. has beeQ
sold TO tho Yanks. He will report herd
aftsr the Southern season. The pricd
was $4,000 in cash and two pitchers.
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out punch on many occasions, even
when against f~lrst-class opponents.
And as far as Kilbane is concerned,
there will be every effort made to
end the fight In less than six rounds,
for n he car stop Leonard. as
Leonard stopped Welsh, Kilbane
will gain a title than can easily
earn him a fortune. Kilbane is
popular as a featherwelght, yet the
feather class never has risen to the
popularity Of the lightweight. And
as a two-time champion, Johnny
would be able to demand almost as
much attention as Jess Willard.
II would be impossible 10 make a
match that would draw better. That
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Defeat by Omar Khayyam
After Great Mile in I.375
Didn't Disgrace Campfire
RACING SELECTIONS.
AoUEOUcT.

First Raee-Hidden Star, Wanda
Pltzer. Favour.
Second Race-Sun King. SkIb-
bereen. Slipshod.
Third Race-Lucullite. Gold Tassei.
Happy GO-Lucky.
Fourth Race-Roamer. The Finn,
Borrow.
Fifth Race-Muckross, Bond,
Photo.
sixth Race-Wawbeck, Q~uietude,
Adeline Patricia.
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the fight promoters all over the country think so has been shown by the
number Of big money offers for the bout. Matt Hinde OF Cleveland
Ia tried hard to land Il, for twelve rounds and a decision with a purse
that would be good enough for a heavyweight championship. But the
PHILADELPHIA propoition was ven better.
The evening world., 1917-07-07
I~ner-senIs Mt Dyckmnn Oval.

The Kingsbridge Athletics. at their
home grounds, DyckmRn oval. near the
DvCkman Street subway station. will
take on the Iner-Seals tomorrow after
noon at 3 o'clock.
The evening world., 1917-07-07

GIANTS, two games, st.. Louis I.46.
PAo Grounds. o,DU. Adm, 6Oc,-Adyt.
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George Burns saved the game n
the ninth with a miraculous catch \
qonzales's low drive and a cordnd
throw to Fletcher that doubled Horns-
by at second. Some ball player. that
boyi
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KILBANE CAN HIT WHEN he
WANTS TO,

After a while Kilbane's winning on
points became rather m-onotonous. II
was thought he couldn't hght as Ae
did before he beat Attell. 9ut sud
denly he put asice the clever boxing
and started "A new streak OF knock
outs. He showed astonishing hitting
The evening world., 1917-07-07

Tho rejuvenated Cardinals are ad
aggressive bunch. No longer are
they easy pickings for any team
While the St. Louis team fingers Il
tho Polo Grounds the Giants WON'T
have many breathing spells.
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The Giants hung Poll Perrttt TO thu
first line Of defense and the first at,
tack of the Western invasion was
successfully repulsed. Perritt had one
Of his good days and held the scrappy
Cardinals to seven scattered hits. Tho
| Giants touched up Packard at oppor1
tune moments and earned a 2-1 dc{
ciston. 4.
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Dyckman Oval, RRychman subway station,
lnsr seals N. ktnSsbrdSo Athlstiss. . A''
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30

K.ss.sd at shs posss0ssis Dessssa. CssossAo
elass nail natter.