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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-27
TRENTON BOY Is
SIGNED BY CARDS
Bill Lloyd, Second Baseman
of Globe Tire, Reports
to Miller Higgins
HAS EXCELLENT RECORD

N'rnr TIugrirs a"d hie st Louis Cards
blew into town this morning for their series
wItA i.le Patphas ANA .nOrtiy aztec the!r
arrival the visitors squad was increased
by one, the said one being Billy Lloyd,
Trenton boy, who has been signed by the
st. Louis boss.
Lloyd was on hand early and came in
response to a telegram TO report in this city
He is a second baseman and has been play
ing for the Globe Tire in the Delaware
County League.
Eddie Mack, for a number of years big
league scout, is responsible for Lloyd's pro
motion to the stellar ranks. Eddie was
requested TO look Lloyd over and he had no
more than given him the double 80" when
he reported favorably to Higgins.
Lloyd paid a visit here to interview the
st. Louis chieftain during the last trip Fast
His terms were readily agreed to and he
.. left with an understanding he was to report
when ordered Lloyd has been putting up
fine brand of ball for the last two years
and has received offers from Connie Mack
and Quincy of the Three-I League. He
played his final game with Globe in the
Delaware County League when his club
defeated Upland by to 2.
The new Cardinal is well known in this
city by Eastern League baseball fans.
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EDDIE O'KEEFETO
MEET LOUISIANA
Clever Bantamweights to
Clash in Opening Show
Windup at Olympia

The indoor boxing season will get under
way tonight when the olympia A. A. throws
open its doors for the l9l7-l9lS season.
Eddie O'Keefe and Louisiana. rival bantam
weights have been booked to entertain in
the windup at the inaugural show. OKecfe
and Louisiana have met on number Of
occasions and the result always has been
close Each hopes to gain real decision
in tonights encounter.
A well-balanced card has been arranged
and the semi-windup and three prelimnaries
will bring together some very good boys,
Benny Mcneil, the English bantamweight,
who has met Kid Williams in three battles,
two at fifteen rounds and another at six.
every time going the limit, will be opposed
TO Gussie Lewis, the local boy who made
such fine showing against Pete Herman
the bantam champion, Mcneil Is making
his Headquarters in this city now and has
his following. Lewis also has many rooters.
Terry McGovern and Young Joe Borrel, a
pair of rugged, hard-hitting lightweights,
will meet in the third attraction, Neither
lad knows much about the scientific end
Of the game, but when 1t comes to free
for-all fighting each is in his element.
Joe Tuber former fyweight champion,
now performing in bantamweight circles,
will meet Jack Doyle in the second number
on the program Patsy Wallace, former
amateur king among the wee ones, will
open the show with Battling Murray,
frritoral rival
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-27
DALLAS PICKS MEN
FOR TITLE GAMES
,eadowbrook Club to Leave
North Philadelphia To-
morrow for st. Louis
RELAY TEAMS CHOSEN

Ten Of the athletes who helped the
Meadowbrook Club to win its first track and
field championship of the Middle Atlantic
states In the history Of the club last Sat
urday have been selected by Manager
Dallas to represent the club at the National
a. \. L. championship to be held Friday
and Saturday of this week and Labor Day
in st. Louis They will leave North Phila-
delphia station tomorrow on the SO ex-
press
Jimmy Curran and Spcallcr, the Meadow.
brook coaches, do not expect to win the
team championship, but ae Manager Dallas
expressed it, We are just taking the trip to
make trouble for the others"
In the Junior events. scheduled for Fri
day. Dallas has entered strong set OF
athletes who will do more than make trout
Die Tor the others In fact they viii be
found up there with the winners when the
maj event Is finished. Alden Woodrng
who won the 22o-yard dash and came in
second to Fred Motley In the century will
compete in the same d;ents, along with W.
). Trout, second place winner in the fur
long and third in the century
Elmer Smith viii wear the coors Of the
store club in the 4i0-yard Junior dash
smith was only a few yards behind Ted
Meredith in this event last Saturday
II Is in the half and mile races that the
Mcadowbrook expects to gather quite few
points with Larry Shields. the Penn state
star, who won The mile on Saturday Russell
Foster, l.. L. Glover, who In winning the
hNe-mile event, ran the last quarter In 5S rs
seconds, and last but not least j. Howard
berry. Berry did not compete in the run
ming events saturday, but his ability in
thcSe two events is well known
Harold Barron. captain of the Penn State
track team, will toe the mark in the hurdle
events on Friday and Saturday. Barron
was the only winner of two first places on
Franklin Field Saturday He also broke
the district record held by himself in the
l2o-yard high hurdles. Barron will also
compete in the all-round championship on
Monday. This will he his first attempt in
this event
In the field events Howard Berry will
compete in the junior javelin and discus
throws and Gerold Sweeney in his favorito
event the pole vault
Ted Meredith and Eddie Shields will COM
pete for the local club i'm the Stnior events
Manager Dallas also announced the per-
sonnel of the relay teams which have been
chosen for the relays on Monday. They are
as follows:
one milc-Smith. Trout. woodring and
Meredith.
Two-mle--Larry and Eddie Shields
Berry and either Foster or Meredith.
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WORLDS MARK IN
P0WERBOAT RACE
Miss Detroit Averages 56.3
Miles Per Hour in Taking
Second Victory Of Series

MINNEAPOLlS, MINI. Aug 27.---A new
worlds record was established yesterday
by Miss Detroit II, driven by Cars Wood.
Detroit, Mich, in the second of series
of three thirty-mile races for the gold
challenge cup of the American POwerbOat
Association. She covered the distance wan
an average speed Of jG.3 miles per hour.
Her average yesterday which also was
record, was 5O.7 miles per hour
On the first siX-mi.e lap she averaged
59.5 miles per hour, the fastest time ever
made for the distance in competition over
a measured course. II was this good start
that brought her average up for the race.
Miss Minneapolis, holder of the gold cup,
made better showing than she did sat.
urday, with an average speed of fifty-two
miles per hour. Ilawkeyc H. the other
contender, averaged i2.9 miles per hour.
BY the system of scoring one point for
each boat starting one point for finishing
and one point for each boat defeated, Miss
Detroit is in the lead by ten points Miss
Minneapolis second with eight and Hawk
eye third with six. Whip-po' VIII has not
yet started.
The final race will be run today.
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TRIPLE TIE IN MAIN LINE LEAGUE "a
is BROKEN AND R. G. DUN NINE is:
AGAIN IN FIRST PLACE; UNION WIN
Isaac Rhodes Club Makes Auspicious Debut b|
Defeating Autocar- Rube Foster and His \
American Giants Here Wednesday

TNllE triple tie in the Main line Baseball
L League has been broken and once more
H. O. Dun 4 Co hold sole possession of the
rirracle position This state Of affairs came
about as the result of Dun winning from
Brandywne by 5-2 and Isaac Rhodes Union
n. \ defeating the Autocar champs. 3-l
Dun Co. completely outplayed Brandy
wine in every department of the game
landing twelve hits to four and chasing
Raynor from the box in the sixth The az.
fair between Union and Autocar was closely
fought, with hitting honors even. Wayne
played i IL draw with Lee Tire. while ST.
Gertrude trounced Berwyn by ll-5.
Olney hugs the trail of Fern Rock in the
Philadelphia suburban The former found
North Phillies an easy proposition and
gained the honors by an easy liz win.
while Fern Rock received a forfeit from the
dsbanded oak Lane crowd. Lindlcy handed
Fox Chase n shutout by 10.
Rube Foster and his world colored cham
pions, the Original American Giants. con-
CeGed to be tn" greatest aggregation OF
Cclorcd baseball players In the world, are
cue here Oh Wednesday. when they meet
the Peerless American All-Stars at Point
u eezc Park Motordrome
Foster is known as the greatest colorcd
player In the country and has an immense
following in this city, His line-up includes
Drck BEDDING Tom Johnson, Ruby Tyree
way and George Dixon, catchers; Leroy
Grant first base: Bngo DE Moss second
l'se; william Francis third base John II.
I.tyd, shortstop: Frank Duncan, left field
}. =, Hill, center field and Jessie Barber,
right field
For various reasons the locals nave with
held the identity of their lne-up until to-
morrow, but announce their battery az
Bullet Frank Brown, Of Toward CuiNer-
sity, pitcher. and Yank of the Bacharach
Giants catcher. 1t is expected tHat $4,000
persons will attend the series, which will
be staged Wednesday, Thursday and FRI
day Motorcycle races will precede and
follow the games.
Curtis Country Club gained a notable victory
at the cxnense Of the AllConRswood nine by
to !. The affair was hard fought and WAS
an uphill battle In which Curtis escelled. The
hitting Of Algaycr 9nd Daysnport was as. fen fea.
sion and the latter on three.
After losing fifteen games, all that were
representing Becker, smith e Page broke into
the winning column by defeating the strong
American Pulley aggregation . to 4; Barrett
Won from MOnotypc and increased Its lead Tor
first place.
Upland dropped Its first encounter Of the sec
| Globe Tire or the latter's grounds at rrcnton
by to 2 Chester coniGyed to lose and S Media Media
| of Baumgartner In a pitching duel.
| St John has yet to lose game, in the Frank
/ sans No. 80 Just to their liking, winning WIN
ease by II to L. They poed out total OF
| twenty-one hits. while the losers were held to
| five.
Glcnslde still holds one-Game advantage
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MISS BROWNE LEADS
MISS MCLLA BJURSTEDT
California Girl Has Won Ten of
Seventeen Matches in Series
With Champion

Miss Mary X. Browne, the California
girl who is now generally conceded to be
the queen of the American tennis courts,
continues to win from her most consistent
rival, Miss Molla Bjurstedt, of Norway. the
young lady who now holds the womans
national lawn tennis title for last and this
year.
Miss Browne and Miss Biurstcdt are en-
gagged in a series of match events the
itinerary of which includes almost all of
the big tennis centers of the country The
long trip began in Utica, ~ Y, on July
81, and will end in Kansas City on Sep
tember 23
Miss Browne has won the greater num-
ber of games as well as sets from Miss
Bjurstedt, her victory on Saturday bring
ing the total of games won by her to l9l,
as against 1877 to the credit Of Miss Blur
stedt, while Miss Browne has won twenty
one sets to her rivals sixteen, and ten out
of the seventeen matches played up to date.
The schedule that has been arranged for
the two women players Is to continue on
for more than a month. They will finish
their renal kable campaign to raise funds
for the ambulance section on the courts al
Kansas City, Mo, on Sunday September %.
The remainder of their schedule follows:
August %. 2s. Rochester; August 30 81,
September I. Buffalo; September B. A. Niagara
Falls: September 3, Scranton; September Z, 3,
o. 10, PhiladelphIs; SeptSm,Ger n,r Il ~ Cincin-
IN ChicHgo; Scptembe lS, 10, st. Louis; Septem-
ber -, 23, Kansas CITY,
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entirely. depicts the general feeling Of hall
players toward service. They have been
taking it all very seriously, and the young
er ones have expressed a willingness to
begin service at once.
The draft is going to be along In time to
hit the worlds series pretty hard. It doesn't
seem probable that the Government would
allow the players it takes to remain at their
work until the seasons are over. In fact,
Ban johnson. president of the Americnfi
League, and John X. Tener president of the
National League, have declared on more
than one occasion that baseball neither ex.
poets nor wants favors of that sort
Among the White Sox there are certain
to be vacancies in the lineup If that team
goes into the ser es, and there probably will
be even more among the Red Sox The
Giants have number Of young players ell
gibe.
The worlds series will be played regard.
less of what happens. Ban johnson. ex-
Governor Tener and Garry Hermann. the
three outstanding figures in the national
game are convinced the public wants Its
baseball the remainder OF the year. with
special emphasis on the worlds series. s
atshe
Oat.nuing sports of
any kind. including baseball has given the
sport "A new lfe. with the certainty of con.
tinuance even II men gone from the game
have to be brC y 'r' action.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-27
BOSTON SETSPACE
IN ENLISTMENTS
Several Players From Down
East Have Joined Army
and Navy
BARRY GOOD EXAMPLE

Ernie Shore, no-ht artist of the Red
sox, who recently gave his services to the
navy. added just one more to the contribu-
tons baseball Is making to the national
fighting forces from Boston. Following the
lead of Hank Gowdy, star catcher OF the
Braves, when lie enlisted in the Ohio =
tional Guard. Rabbit Maranville said
would enter the navy and other member
of the National League club are said to
be ready to take the plunge.
Chick Shorten and Jack Barry are en-.
rolled in the navy shorten as yeoman
and Barry in the reserve. Others are con-
tempating tho step.
Baseball is giving its young men without
murmur. Leon Cadore the brilliant
young pitcher of the Dodgers, was exam
ined and accepted short time ago for
the national army He only smiled and said
he was ready. His spirit, while not typical
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Mayer and HOrstman
in Pitchers Battle

Continued from Page One
inning. but Dave was unable TO advance
further.
In the second inning, with two out. ME-
hoff was safe on Hornsby's wild throw.
When Snwder was about to bluff throw
to first base, the ball slipped out Of his
hand and rolled toward the grandsta VI.
Snyder, however, quickly recovered the ball
AMI threw to Hornsby, who touched out
Niehoff.
FIRST INNING
Long popped to Luderus. J. Smith fOuled
to Killefer Mayer threw out Miller No
runs, no hits. no errors.
Paskert popped to Baird. Bancroft
walked. Stock flied to Long Cravath
fouled TO snyder. No runs, no hits, no
errors.
SECOND INNING
Hornsby dropped double in right
Cruise flied to Whitted Bancroft threw out
Paulctte. Bair famed and Hornsby was
out trying to steal home. No runs, one hit
no errors.
Hornsby threw out Luderus. Whtted
flied to Cruise Hornsby threw wild on
Niehotts' Groundec. In bluiiing a throw
to first, Snyder tossed the ball over his own
it 70 IoTrnsby, who touched out Niehoff
No runs, no hits, one error
THIRD INNING
Snyder singled to right Horstman sac
rifccd, Mayer TO Nehoff. Bancroft threw
out Long. Niehof threw out Smith, No
runs, one hit no errors.
Klefer fouled to Paulette Horstman
threw out Mayer. Paskert was hit by a
pitched ball. Paskert was caught mapping
at first, Snyder to Paulette. No runs, no
hits, no errors.
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MRS. LET'S TO DEFEND
TITLE IN WOMEN'S GOLF
Field of $50 to Compete in Western
% Tourney Which Opens
Today

CHICAGO, Aug. 27-Nearly $50 women
golfers are listed 10 start today In the
%omens western golf championship AT the
Elossmoor Country Club to contend for the
tltle now held by Mrs, F. G. Let's, OF Chi
City
The champion will not have to play the
qualifying round, under the rules Of the
association.
The field will be led In the first medal
round by Miss Elizabeth Allen of Rock
Island, champion of Iowa last year, and
MISS Elaine Rosenthal, North and South
champion.
Among other well-known players entered
are Miss Corela Lukens, Miss Carrie Kuhn
ert, Miss Marjorie Edwards Miss Earnes-
slne Pierce. Mrs Melvin Jones, Miss Louise
Fergus, Miss Marie Powers and Miss Vera
gardiner, Chicago; Miss Ethel Chatfield
~, kalb, ILL.,, and Miss Frances Hadfoeld,
Mllwaukee; Mrs. Alexander Printz. Cleve-
iahd and Mrs. j. ii. Livesey. Detroit.
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TING-A-LING CAPTURES
FIRST RACE AT SARATOGA
13-to-5 Shot Wins Mile Event, With
Thornhill Second

SARATOGA SPRINGS RACE TRACK.
N Y, Aug. 27-Jockey Troise rode Ting-a-
Ling. a l3 to 8 shot, to the wire in the
opening race for three-year-olds and up
here today running the mile In l minute
AZ 2-5 seconds. Thornhill, who paid to
2. placed, and Amalf came In for money.
Mother Machree was among the also ran
FIRST RACE. three-year-olds and up. claim
ing sirns.a ling 100. Troise, ,1s to even to
= Thurnhill, iii. Butwell to 70 TO
Amaih los. McTaggart 10 70 l TO 70
D. rTtms 4 40 as Zamora, Mother Machree,
Ocean Prince and Ambrose also ran
SECOND RACE. three-year-olds and up, SELL
ii'tT l. Tip r,'io' o TIL Wave. no. o,oostos7,o,o
i Haynes; tp..;,,, itooI sttooi 10
z. wooden Ia Sh9Gs 1Sert . l5 TO S to l 3 to 2
Fi@s kssS' iol i sS Ss' Night stck Contest Wood
tran Merchant and Traction also ran.
THIRD RACE. two-year,Olds. conditions oH
iurionssG; sG;,o,d III. I.oftus. !. 2to 3 out
Top Coat i,s ksSsln ksssln.oa. 7ssb a.
S SS'sssss ISsSSiss. AksS's AKiass.: ~ tsss "a
Mnn1fnIIa AL1o {aA> X VA 81. - &. u /.
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Faithful Fish Fall OF
Water Wagon in Jersey

N7WARK, Aug. 27.
WHEN fishermen from this section
w and other parts of Northern
New Jersey skirting the upper Della
ware River angled in the stream in
the vicinity of Sand Island and later
circulated reports that the tinny
Tribe swan in a sizzag manner and
were, so tame that they could be
caught without hook or line. the tales
were accepted as "fish stories"
" developed yesterday, however,
tnat they were true. Several days
ago an agent from the Department
oI Foods in the State Department OF
1ealth at Harrisburg visited Easton,
ra;, and aftes investigating things
ordered local brewer to dump
eighty barrels of inferior beer into
ne river. The beverage flowed down
Eye stream, filled innumerable pools
lopg the shore, and when the fish
c9 into the mixture they became
'>>.@@@1<&s IL. * \ - ..L i . ~ -.
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'EIICS WITH LAST PLACE WHEN THEY CAPT.

D"ek TO his native California to accent a
commission in the navy
,..s 10 true that Murray has taken his
'eoSure IN n threo-set match on the clav
IuurtS ,t.S of the Yahnundasis Golf Club. of
80. III me latter part of July. but John
tiua n1u barely stepped off the transcon-
,,,nsi..s train at the time and had not yet
worked the kinks ont of his rnuscIes
johnston Out of Shane
iaroid Throckmorton had also defeated
n%l,u % III 'he same tournament, but at Plain
@ @ntLu Two days later Johnston turned the
.a"ies on the national junior champion. and
t rIeehWch, on the turf. the following
week the former national title holder gave
evidence that few more days of NAV
would md him at the top of his game.
Murray and Johnston have met on a
nuihoer OF occasions i'm the last two or
uree years, and the advantage has always
rested with Johnston until the meeting AT
= '.,a tad these two native sons met
~ tne lihal round at Forest Hills last Satur-
uay the match would have been n memoir
able one, and we are inclined to believe
mat Johnst:n would again have been the
VICTOR But that Is a question that must
ever remain unanswered.
f5ut these facts stand out with COM
peliing drectness: Murray started out in
~ me'u ot SiNty-four competitors at Forest
Pr"a'"st players on the courts today, and he
Travelled different path to the final round
"iHiam I, Tildcn Jr., u sashing. brilliant
'''' was ne first serious obstacle i'm the
metcors path and Murray came through
saieiy by score of 3-6. 6-i, 6-3,6-3
Biddle Pushes Murray
Craig Bddle, of Philadelphia. who seems
TO nave drunk deeply Of the fountain of
youth this season, was Murray's next on
poheht. lie played the greatest tennis he
mas shown in several years, but here again
Murray was Triumphant, wining at 4-G, 81.
Cd, 4-6, 81.
John X. Strachan, another Californian
attempted to stop Nurray's progress to-
ward the final round on the following day
but the meteor moved this opponent down
ny score of As. 6-3, 6-%, 6-l and thus
earned the right to face Niles in the final
bracket
There will be no official ranking list this
year because of the war, and perhaps that
is just as we'll but there is small doubt
that Murray will be placed before all the
rest of the racquet wielders when it comes
time for the followers Of the game to maze
their own rankings.
IT the recent tournament proved Muir
rays rro-eminence, it also proved that
Championships are only gained as the re-
suit Of unremit,ing toll and practice. vii.
lamS, fresh from three months soldering
at Plattshurgh, is a case in point, His
!hyscal condition was probably as good as
II ever was, but there was something lack
ing III TIE champions game,
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R. L. MURRAY'S PLAYING SURPRISES
CRITICS AT FOREST HILLS MEET.
: DESERVES CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN
Coast flayer, IN Better Form Than Ever Before
IN Ills Career, Outcasses Big Field-Traveled
Difficult Path to Final Round

When the deeds of 1917 are written
down In the lawn tennis histories the name
of Robert Lndley Murray, formerly OF
California. but now of Niagara Falls n. v,
Is certain to be placed before that Of every
other player. Murray clearly earned this
honor by his decisive defeat of Nathaniel
W. Niles. of Boston, in the final round of
the national Red Cross singles at the West
side Tennis club on Saturday.
Before this the meteor had giver cvi-
dence earlier in the season that he was
playing in better form than ever before
in his career. The Californian has rounded
nut his game appreciaby since that time
In 1914, when he first astounded the East
nv his spectacular style of play and earned
a ranking at the No. position among the
first ten"
Played Smashing Game
In those days Murray was the cmbodi-
nent of Pacific coast tennis. as exemplihed
frst by the great Mclaughlin. with him
II was case of terrific service, crowd the
net and then smash or volley--mustly
smash. It was sensational tennis to watch,
hut II entaiied a tremendous waste of phys
ica energy. and when ptted against game
like that of Richard Norris Williams. I'd,
present natlohal chaihploHt IL couiu NOT
prevail.
But since then the Californian has curbed
his wild and undirected speed and has
brought to his aid a repertory of ground
sIrokea that while not of the soundness
,ossessed by some others among the top
notchers nevertheless are sufficient to help
him out of tight situations and bolster
I'D his net attack.
Murray now can afford to wait in the
hack of his court until an opening presents
. itself and then rush to the net to finish
of his points. His volley also has under
zone a marked change for the better Some
of his low Volleys during the week of play
et Forest Hills were remarkably sharp and
decisive and these did their part in en-
compassing the downfall of Niles
Conserves His Energy
The Californian is still prone TO eXpend
TOO much energy in going after almost un-
ret,rnable shots. but even here has put a
check on himself with the result that he
can survive the rigors of a hard hve-set
match far hetter than was the case before
he learned caution and conservation.
1t is a pity that William NJ. Johnston,
national champion of 1915 and one Of the
souudest players who ever trod a court,
could not remain in the East long enough
10 take part in the tourney at Forest Hills.
This little man with the mighty forehand
drive and the deadly overhead Volleyng
game. was just reaching the heights in his
game last month when he was summoned