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The sun., 1917-05-27
STECHER'S NECK HIS
VULNERABLE POINT
Earl CaddOck Discovered That
Weakness and Threw
His Man.
LEONARD IN LIMELIGHT
~ cross COUNTER.

History goes on repeating Itself ren-
tury after century. and this IL especially
true OF the history OF celebrated con-
hicts between famous fighters. ancient
and modern There is an interesting
similarity in the experiences Of the late
Mr. Achilles. a perfectly good Greea
warrior who had one serious dra wback.
consisting OF vulnerable spot in his
right heel. and Joseph Stecher. a mod
ern wrestler Achilles was terrific
battler. and usually brought home .he
bacon.
The most nota Bile victory achieved by
Achilles was over combative pc sor
named Hector. who knowing nothing OF
the weak right heel OF his opponent. di-
rected his atta;k to the head and bod,
without effect Hector took the full
count, and Achilles celebrated his win
ming OF the championship by dragging
Hector behind his chariot about the
streets OF the city Anything of tha,
sort now Is prohibited by the rules c'
the Boxing Commission.
In an evil hour a Trojan prince named
Paris heard a little yarn to the effec'
that the mother OF Achilles had assure
him protection against spears and ar
rows by dipping him while an infant II
me RIVER StNN. out tnere IL tne inter
esting part OF ~ che held him by III.
right heel. and thus left the one veal
spot in his makeup.
Paris, according TO tho story. watched
Achilles till the hero turned his back ans
then shot an arrow into the Vulnerable
right heel. Achilles. like all other war
riors of those days. wore low shoes. Of
he might have lived 10 fight many daN
thereafter.
Joe Stecher although never dipped II
,he River StyX. is !mpregnable excep
In one spot-his neck. This was dscov
cred by Earl Caddock. rival srappler
who made use of the knowedge and thu
, encompassed he downfall OF Stecher
In speaking Of the way In which h
triumphed Caidock says:
In my m1tDn with Stecher | d.srOv
cred early shat he had a very veal
| neck and ! kept working on IL Tn
average wreStler neck IL SO powe"fu
| that II is impossible TO je,k il forw1r,
or downward in order to get on a hal
! nelson, II was easy to do this viii
Stecher. and that is where ! made M!
play From that time on he continue,
70 get weaker and weaker. and knew
| II was only matter OF time until III
! whole system would collapse Ard
! did. for the neck is an important cen.r
1 for fighter or wrestler. and now | ne
! lieve II is the entire secret OF Stecher
! failure
The sun., 1917-05-27
DEMMITT RETAINS LEAD.
ucads american Association Bats
men with .8Bs.

CHICAGO. May 26.--Ray Demmit, OF
columbus sun leads the batters in the
American Association. His average is
.S5N Nlcllland. indianapolis, leads in
runs scored with 20 and Becker. Kansas
iity, IN home runs with Mollwitz
Kansas city. has made II sacrifice hits
aud Dresse -. Paul. leads tho base
stealers with 10. The leading batters
are
pemmlta GO umhus sas, polan, In
dlanapolis. 3is; Viox Kansas CITY aiO
Rresuahau. Toledo 33S Becker. Ksnsa.
city. .3.6; Wise, Toledo. .325 Massey, Min
neapolis .Sl%. Csshion. Minneapolis. SoA
bigger st. Paul .2ss Good. Kansas city
9a7
Leading pitchers who have worked Ia
six or more games are
McQulllan. Kansas city and o. Lou
dermilk, Columbus. 7 and l. Curtis Colum
hus, s and :: Rose Minneapolis. . and
Dawson, indianapolis. I and . Iuqu-
/ Louisville . and /; Davis. Louisville.
and /: Northrop. indianapolis, d and
q. Thomas. Minneapolis, I and ); Kan
tlehner. Indianapolis and ,. Il. Humph
0 ric- Kansas CITY and Z.
Kansas city tops the league in team
batting. with an average Of 2sa, II
/ points ahe ad Of indianapolis,
The sun., 1917-05-27
I.eOnard's Progres..

II Benny Leonard succeeds N stop
ping Freddie Welsh tomorrow night at
the Manhattan Sporting Cluh IL vii h'
the first lime ia the history that q native
born New lorke- has hold me MO- d $
.igAtweight t'tle Leonard OW = ne rec
ogniEed lightweight champion Of America.
and is the first title holder IN tho class
that the island Of Manhattan ever had.
McAuliTe who held the American title,
was a resident OF Brooklyn. but Il native
OF ireland. Lavigne was born n Mchi-
gan. and 80 was WOlgast Nelson MAS
born in Copenhagen Cans in Btl;imo T
and Ritchie IN California.
Leonard is Il product of the East side.
and considering the fact that We never
had any tuition in the art OF selt-defeuce
his progress has been little less than
marvellous He has developed into one
OF the cleNerest men that ever wore
padded gloves. and In recent wears has
uncorked punch that has put some o.
the best men in the class down and out
students OF boxing generally concede
that II any one can dispose Of he toNt
Briton inside the limit OF ten rounds
Leonard is the man
The sun., 1917-05-27
George Burns Non Leads
National League BatterS
Crack Giant Outfelder Tops Field With $40 Rating
-Wambsganss and Speaker Tied in Ban john
sons Crcuit-Hendryx Leads Yankees

BY keeping consistently at his knitting
George Burns of the Giants now leads
all batters In the National League
regular as well as reserves-with the old
willow. Georges average is well de-
served. as he has compiled a rating OF
$40 against all pitchers. right and left
handed. Up to last Thursday he drove
out 80 hits in 2S games
Burns is followed By Bill Fischer. the
Ptttsburg catcher. who is hitting sur
prisngly well. He follows Burns with
an average of 36s. Roush of the Reds
Is third with 363
In the American League Bill Wambs-
ganss. who Ia playing great bail for
Cleveland. Is tied for the lead with Iris
Speaker. teammate and last years
batting champion. with an average Of
1886. Ward Miller OF 81. Louis is third
with 320. Cobb still is &c points from
the lead, and Is hitting $40
The sun., 1917-05-27
Turning Back Sport
Pages of Yesteryear

he Giants
Rld Mcphe.. cinelnns,r' second base
nan. stl'l plays without glove
Baltimore critics say that Third
Baseman Musssy McGrsw has made
food aud will cover the position resu-
BROOKLYN has offered Centre Fielder
NIKE Griffin 20 Cleveland for Jimmy
..isr tho oner
Baseball i- srowing. Nearly 10000
were at thr Polo Grounds when Amos
Rdsl" shut out Boston Extra tlcke.
Windows V.re opened
r'tic predicts that Cy Young. e..
cam. VII not last .wo more seasons
1eoausr he is cur,lns himself 10 death
There IL mach wisdom IN this ssser-
Pop Anson Is almost 81 years old but
he can stiil hit. The big fellow raped
rhtodore Breiienstein for two singles
series
Manager I'll McClosk.y OF the Louis.
we team has issued a deuiai that he
wns going - 'ign "r,an college
'ersity. Biz says hs has no time 20
bother with the ran. ran boys. and
every body agrees wl,h. him
4. ~cnderfui pi,cn.r. Su, few fans think
ne ~ worth " 800 season. This Is
he salary he held up Boston for.
Connie Mack il catching -esu'ariy
FOR the pittsburx team now. This ,sli
hap has good whip. but does not
seem 70 he much of a genera behind
the plate Manager Al Buckenbergsr
Is working hard 10 make thinking
ball player out o! him
1t Is reported that the Phililes are
goins 10 let out Lave Gross. who. no
doubt. Will 60 to the minors.
baltimore 10 trying out . new right
fielder named keeier. lie once played
with Brooklyn. He ooks too light for
fast company.
chicago has offered u. 900 for Al Sci.
bach. the star outhslder OF the wash
tngtOn team. This vas tempting
oner but Washington decided - keep
him
CHRIS ,On der Ahe says that lis
eatehers havs diseovsrsi "a Dele
hanty's weakness.
utnclder Billy sunday says he will
open pool and billiard room when he
Is through with baseballs
Teuer. the big pitcher OF the Chicago
team. has qui, baseball. Foolish move.
when he could have picked up from
81 800 To s.. 900 OF easy money for sew
eral more years to come.
Pitcher Hank ODay OF the Washing
ton team complains that he 10 getting
raw deal from the umpirer. What
Hank thinks Of umpires would not looh
| Mt In print
| Ban johnson, sporting editor OF The
that the collapse OF the brotherhood
means thst never again will there be
| any attempt to es,ebl! - seeond
major league. johnson is right
Members of the Cincinnati team are
| kicking because of the new iule which
park bar while In uniform.
| First Baseman Charley Comiskey /.
| said To lie a sucker for curve high
| on me inside
The sun., 1917-05-27
pHILLY PROS IN HARLEM.
win Make Local Debut Against
Lincoln Gtsats.

new semi-professionsl team will
make its debut In this city this afternoon
whor the philadelphia All Pros meet the
Lincoln Giants IN the hrst half of u
douhleheader at olympic Field. lash
street and Fifth avenue. In the closing
contest the Lincolns will tackle the
P;aInHelds leading Hight semi-profes-
sioual nine of New Jersey,
The Philadelphia aggregation, which
', ronnnaed % former major and minor
leaguers. many OF whom work in the
Delaware County League, Is anxious To
make . good showing here and may sur
prise the I.incolns. The team Is one OF
, the best ever sent TO this city from the
| Keystone State. williams will pitch the
| feature game for the Lincolns.
The sun., 1917-05-27
COVINGTON PACE SETTER.
Lends Batters In southern \ssocin-
ton with .tIO.

sew ORLEANS. May 96.--CuVugton OF
Little Rock leads the Southern Associa -
ton batsmen with an average OF 40.
Reilly Atlanta, Is the best run gette'
with ~ Mcdonald. Atlanta is first IN
home runs with > Knaupp, New orleans,
in sacrifice hits with 25, and Pittler, chat
tanooga, in stolen bases with ~ Next
to Covington the leading batters are
Hvatt Chattanooga, ISL P't'cr chat
tanooga. .37s. Moran, Atlanta, 500 ~
mondson New orleans, $50, Pirlulrh, A.
anita sil. A Manning, fitte Rock 9Sa
MUNICH ATLANTA, .3s2 Gilbert, New Or
cans s?9 knapp sew Orleans 81.
Leading pitchers who have worked IN
ten or more games. rated according "a
earned runs per game are
II Marsha. Chattanooga. ana D,
Frn,ress Memphis and !. T. Sheehan.
Atlanta. 5 ana 4 Ponder. Birmingham. .
ami . Kelly. New orleans. and 2
Atlanta is setting the pace IN rlul
batting with an average OF 2Sf
The sun., 1917-05-27

Tim Hendryx Is the Yankee batting
leader and the only one OF wild Bits
boys in the 800 class. Timothy Is hit
ting $40. The Giants had six three
400 hltters last week, but Herzog and
Holke have dropped out. Burns. kaun
Zimmerman and McCarty continue TO
lead the Giant attack. Davey Robert
son, who was hitting .si7 four weeks
ago. has slumped each week until he IS
now down to 23l. Wheat. hitting .soo.
remains Brooklyns batting leader ana
the only Dodser hitting 800.
Philadelphia has passed the Giants In
team batting. The Quakers are In front
with an average Of AIS. against 26s
for the Giants. Brooklyn also has mace
strides in team batting last week with
the result that the Dodgers are now hit
ting .240 as Q club and rank fourth 81.
Louis leads the American League at bat
with an average OF 1852. The Yanks are
sixth with an average OF .e2S
The sun., 1917-05-27
Miliers Come to the Fore.

The Millers have been coming into the
big leagues so fast that they now rank
on the same pedestal with the smiths as
the most numerous family W baseba II.
There are now six of each tribe drs win z
salary in the big leagues. The Millers
are Elmer Miller Of the Yankees. Otto
Miller of the Dodgers. Jack Miller Of the
Cardinals, Ward Miller of the Browns,
Frank Miller OF the Pirates anc Miller, a
new utility outhelder with the Cleve-
lands.
The six Smiths are Jack Smith and
Fred Smith OF the Cardinals. J. Carlisle
Smith Of the Braves. George Smith of
the Giants. Sherrod Smith OF the
Dodgers and Elmer Smith of Washing
ton. Then Brooklyn also has Smyth
which is pronounced like the other
Smiths.
The Browns have disappeared entirely
from the big league belt. Usually there
have been three or four at one time
mostly oil pitchers. and this is about the
only time that there has not been q
single Brown in baseball.
The latest edition Of the Browns, how
ever. were rather mediocre crowd
Since Mordecai Brown was in his prime
the rest OF the Browns have shown very
little. There was Buster" Brown, the
pitcher OF the Phillies and Braves, who
remained IN the league because the
Braves of those days were so poor they
could not afford to set any one else
Then there was the notorious wild man
Carroll Brown. who was with the Ath.
letics for quite spell. and finished hi.
career with the Yankees Whenever
Huston or Rupert want to think OF
something to make them laugh they
think OF the three year contract Chance
signed Carroll to Just before they bought
the club
Then there was a third rate catcher
named Drummond Brown on the Braves
few years ago. who went TO the
Feds and dropped out OF sight Tn,
next Brown was Don Brown will
young outfeld colt tried out nv II,
Yanks In the spring OF 1915 and brough,
back into the league by Connie MACK
last fall. But he again has fallen int,
the minors.
- The Young pitching family has ell
tirely dropped out OF sight About 81,
years ago there We're three Cy Youngi
pitching, Cy Young l.. Cy Young II an,
Cy, Young Ill. but to-day the oul,
Young In the big leagues is Pep Young
the Detroit lnfielder.
Connie Mack brought a regiment o.
Johnsons into the league this spring tw,
pitching Johnsons and one outfielder
Two remain, leaving four Johnsons I,
the American Lea gue--Wslter OF Wash
ington, Ernie Johnson, the st Louis in
helder, and the two Athletic Iohusons
The sun., 1917-05-27
Britton and Lewis.

lac, Bytton. the welterweieht cham
plou or the states. and Ted Lewis the
crack English welter, have had ten
contests over the limited round route
within the last TWO years, which Is very
near the record made by Sam Lang
ford for his many return matches with
The late jim Barry. Sam McNcy. Joe
Irannette and Nhers. Isn't 1t abou
time that Lewis and Britton got f.-
gether for real title match over the
marathon route
II Lewis is xious TO win the Amer
lean championship that IL the only WAY
ne can do not by .>raneine limited
round bouts with no decision i'm sight
There is no doubt about the cleNernr,s
OF the two lads, but the eight ten and
twelve round contests are not touS
enough TO have decisive result. al
though Jack Britton twice won a ref
,ree's decision over Lewis--in twclVe
rounds at Boston and once in twenty
round bout al New Orleans
The sun., 1917-05-27
TRENTONS AT RIDGEWOOD.
VIII Meet Royals In Feature of
Double Header.

with the Bushwicks playing in pater-
son the Royal Giants will do the honors
az the home team nj the Rdgewood
grounds this afternoon The Royals will
play doubleheader. meeting Perth
Amboy In the first game and Trenton in
the second The Perth Anboy team has
retained mos, Of the players who put Il
into the lead in he Old New York and
New ,Iersev League The Trenton team
is not a local organization, but the rep-
resentative of the New Jersey capital In
the Delaware Valley League,
The Trentons put up rafting fast
game al Dyckmau Oval last Sunday.
Kindle, who Just returned from the West,
will rejoin the Royals inheld to-day.
The sun., 1917-05-27
MONTCLAIR BEST AT NETS

Moutclair NcademN's tennis team wor
AN four matches from Barrinser High
School of Newark to-day The sum
naries
Doubles -Nouugmsn ana white. Mont.
clair. beat Smith ana Bradley, ia, IS
s--i Seymour and Boone, Montclair, bsat
Whitley aud Jackley, 6-3, 6-S,
sfngles--younsmsn bsat Smith. SIS
IS; Boone bsat Whitley, So. 80.
The sun., 1917-05-27
TROPHY FOR JARMULOWSKI
Win :uadrnnIuinr Chess TOuru~y
at Columbia Iniyersity,

EdN.u Jarmulowslil OF the freshman
..a>s IL columbia University YESTERDAY
emerged winner OF the quadrangular
hess tournament. limited TO freshmen
Nibrh wound up for the season the chess
activities on Moruingside Heights. Jar
n lowSkNs performance Is the more
credtable InasmuCh as he outranked
hy ore point sherman A. CIapp, n mem
hel Of the Columbia varsity chess quar-
.,i. Whicu won the intercollegiate chess
championship from Harvard, Vale and
Princeton last December The final
Stuudiur follows
The sun., 1917-05-27
COMMERCE WINS ON
DUPOY'S HOME RUN
Defeats Stuyvesant. / to 81
Erasmus Nine Beats Brook
lyn Prep in Ninth.

A home run by Dupoy in the sixth in
ming with man on first enabled COM
merce 10 defeat the Stuyvesant H. 8.
nine yesterday in a r, S. A. L. game at
Lenox Oval by score Of to 3. Nc
I.aughlin. Commerce star pitcher,
struck out eight men. while his opponent
retired four. A Stuyvesant rally was
spiked after one man was put across In
the ninth. The score:
r. II L
Stuyvesant 90 % Ia
Commerce 90 20 o X-+
Batteries brewer and Sarrla; MeLaugh
lin and SralN
The sun., 1917-05-27

Despite the fre which destroy ed the
stands and clubhouse the park will be
ready TO accommodate a big crowd. The
stands and clubhouse have been rebuilt
and the entire coI'se dressed for the
occasion
Besides the Metropolitan Ave races.
including 'he New lnrk Steeple-
chase VIII he decided on the opening
day. FortN-tWu nominations have been
made FOR ,he chase, and 1t is likely that
half OF this number will go To the post
The sun., 1917-05-27
Ethical swamps Barnard.

Ethical Cultures nine scored an over
whelming victory over barnard School
Nesterday morning on Ethicais diamond
The score was 20 to 0, Holman Ethi'
rars star pitcher. held his opponents
IA ,our scattered hits The score
II X. p
Barnard 900 90 . o. ~
Ethical 5 o 5 al. N-2o ~ ::
The sun., 1917-05-27

Staging ninth inning rally. Erasmus
Hall High school won the base0a !
championship OF Brooklyn nj Eboeis
Field yesterday morning beating Brook
lyr Prep by TO score. Erssmus
already has won the championship of the
Brooklyn division Of the =. s. A. L. not
withstanding the fact that several games
still have to be played. Brooklyn Prep
is considered the strongest private school
IA Brooklyn The score
Ers.mu. o o n -
RLiyn Pr,p 0 0 0 o 0 O-3
Batteries--Mcrhee and Barasch' Ma
lnusN End Muore
The sun., 1917-05-27
TIE IN LACROSSE MATCH.
Flushing and 81. Johns Are Dead
locked, I to ..

Flushing High School and tho ST.
Johns Preparatory School OF Brooklyn
played the most interesting game SO TAR
In the race for the championship ot the
recently organized Metropolitan Inter
scholastic Lacrosse League q; FLUSHING
vest erdsy morning The game ended in
n tie. |
The sun., 1917-05-27
EASY FOR STEVENS PREP
UoboLen Lad. Heat Boys Hirh M
Lacrosse. to I.

stevens Prep beat Boys re-
game 10 count for the ChaWu r-
the Metropolitan lnttrsy hola -t'c I....
League at the Bay Ridge St'u"'-
Crescent Athletic club yesterday r
ing The score was s To-
THE IINI.T-p
The sun., 1917-05-27
BERGEN BEACH SHOOT.

Thirteen gunners took part In the
weekly shoot OF the Bergen Beach Gun
Club over their Jamaica Bay traps yes
terday afternoon, The results follow
WEEKLY SHOOT, 100 TARGETS
HANDICAP
The sun., 1917-05-27
Burns Hlanks La sale.

Manhattan Prep's baseball team
blanked the La Sale nine Of Philadel-
phia Yesterday at Van Nest. The score
was & TO o. J. Burns. who did the tw!r!-
ing for Manhattan. struck out eleven OF
the Philadelphians and allowed only four
hits The score
r. Il T.
Ia ssi. 90 o 0 0 o 0 %
Wanhattan 0O402 is II !?
Batter!es--Lennon and NILS; j. Burns
and Mullaney.
The sun., 1917-05-27

The team Of the Boys High school
Of BROOKLYN which won the INTERIOR
ouch League championship this year is
waiting for the outcome OF the contest
fur 'hc Philadelphia championships D.
Wht,' irsis between The West philadel-
phia aud Germantown High schools
These teams tied in the regular league
ser.rs and viii play OF the tie next
week The winner will then meet BOYS
HIGH in the iu,ercitv match in Phila
dclpha W. Wolfmau, H. Adelsberg.
T. II Feuer, = Nolfson and \ Zem-
lo,k vii. play for Boys High.
The sun., 1917-05-27

seventeen PLAYERS, representing the
Central kiauch. the West side Y. NJ c.
\ and the Madison Avenue Baptist
Church League. opposed H. Helms in
simultaneous exhibition given by
IIrlnls AT the Central v NJ C. A. Thir-
teen OF the players We're defeated. but
l. ". Rubbett OF Central and ID. II.
Prentice NJ West side won their games.
while Lester Mccuddeu. brooklyn In
stitute. and +. II Des Briscy scored
draws supper attended by forty
chess players. preceded the Performance.
g Lansing HAYS, II Helms. Frederick
q Ln e> aud Prof Kirby were the
speakers
The sun., 1917-05-27
Tome school Wins.

TOME SCHOOL, Md, May 26-Tome
school baseball team defeated Harris
burg Acadcmy'here to-day by score OF
II 70 2.
The sun., 1917-05-27

Young Jeffries, burlesque boxer. Who
has had merry time with number
OF preliminary boxers, met a Tartar at
the Pioneer sporting Club in the person
of Barney McGoyern. After McGovern
had worked "A straight left and a good
r,gh, hook on Jeftries for two rounds he
comedian lost all interest in the affair
and devoted his energies 10 covering and
running
The sun., 1917-05-27
VII, Pay 81 900 for Match.

Former Champion Bantam VIII ans
o' Baltimore was compelled 10 make a
present OF 81 600 to johnny 'oulon he
fore the latter would consent TO u COM
bat for the honOrs
Williams now offers like amoun' 20
Pete Herman the present utleholder.
for a return match. Herman is offered
a guarantee of $500 for a twenty
round battle 10 decision at liz pounds
rlngside. which - the sar~e amount re-
ceived by Williams when hc trst me tile
20 Herman at New Orleans
IN addition Herman is to receive q
ce-',hed check for 81 .0o0 the instant he
steps into the ring with the former title
holder
The sun., 1917-05-27

II Is said the bill legauzlng boxing i'm
Illinois. which passed both houses and
now awaits the signature of the COY
ernor, may be vetoed. \ number II the
members OF the Legislature Went to
Racine and Witnessed the bout between
Herman and Coulon This was So fdr
cical contest. resulting in q knocAou:
OF Coulon in the third round after he
had neen hopelessly outcldssed N each
round. that unfaVorable reports have
been made 20 the Governor. The match
makers can usually be depended on 10
do something 10 spill! the beans.
The sun., 1917-05-27

Fighting Billy MURRAY. once Goa 81
championship prospect. has lived up to
his name and enlisted lie has joined
the regular army in the Engineer Corps,
In q letter received by his manager, Al
Young MURRAY stated that he ha
passed all examinations and had been
accepted ON a previous application 'he
boxer was turned down because o. IA
feet. Murray has fixed up his business
affairs for hts ranch al Santa Rosa and
is now ready for his uniform MuryPy
is on the roll or honor OF helnS among
the nrst Of the prominent boxers 10
enlist,
The sun., 1917-05-27

II Roro .bnw q 9 y Y riayer "a
leading IN the championship tournament
of the Ncv NorN citr Choss club, with
a score NJ -. -l. T. Elias. with Ave
s,-sish, wins, heads the minor tourna-
mont
The sun., 1917-05-27
Nine straight for Newman.

Newman High Schools baseball team
won its ninth straight victory OF the
season yesterday when il defeated Mac
Kenzie School at Hackensack. y. j.. by
a score OF 10 to 4. Eight errors by the
Jersey players helped the victors The
score
Newman 1iSol 90 90 II
MsckenzIe. ! y - ,aS
Batteries- Boyle and Bronson LSneh
nj ISiesrf
The sun., 1917-05-27

ossi~ING, y Y. MAY &c Holbrook
schools baseball team defeated Irving s
fast aggregation mere to-day ny seo'e
of 10 to in a hard fought game The
local hoys showed some fast tase run
ming and hit The ball hard.