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and Cory were not to be denied. and slowly
but surely forged into the front and had an
advantage OF five laps at the halfway
marx. During the twenty-eighth mile Col.
Inns had trouble with the straps on his
wheel, and he was forced to retire from
the boards. Vanderberry, however, kept on
the track and exchanged places with Pro-
vost, who was having trouble with his ma.
chine as Carman's pacemaker
This change appeared 20 work wonders
with Carmans riding ana when the thirty
fourth mile was reached they were only
half a lap behind the leaders Try as he
could, Jimmy Hunter could not stop Van
derberry from gaining and after riding sew.
eral laps within a few feet of his rival
Nanderberry and Carman tried to take the
lead Going up on the wooden boards, to
do this, Vanderberry's seat became loose
and fell off the motorcycle on the track
AS a result Billy had to dismount and
get another wheel.
Cory made good use of this time. and at
the fortieth mile he was five laps to the
good Percy Lawrence narrowly escaped
INJURY as he was riding a few yards In
pack or Nanderberry when the saddle fell
on the track. Lawrence hit the leather
piece and was given rude jerk. but was
third
HVe laps and looked to have the race safe
When his front tire had puncture and he
hau 10 dismount Carman put on extra
speed ana was going like a house afire when
CORY came back on the track Four Of the
SIX laps lead had vanished. Beginning the
n tast mile two laps in the rear Wander
perry pulled Carman to his limit but the
lead was too great for such a short dis
vance, Cory finishing a winner by a lap
and few yards.
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FRANK CORRY, PACED BY PEERL LESS
JIMMY HUNTER, WINNER OF FIFTY
MILE BIKE RACE AT POINT BREEZE
No Title, However, Was Given Away With Last
Nights Victory-l9l7 Championship Event
Will Be Held Next Thursday

Instead of being the 1917 fifty-mile pro-
fessional motor.paced champion of the
United States when he awoke this morn
ing Frank Cory, of Australia. is just a
common, ordinary bicycle rider, without
any title. Although Cory. paced by the
peerless Jimmy Hunter, won the fifty-mile
motor-paced race at Point Breeze Park
Motordrome last night he failed to receive
the title and large silver cup.
On account Of it raining in Boston We'd
nesday night, thus forcing the motor.paced
bicycle race schedule for that night to be
held last night, Vincent Madonna. the 1tal.
ian rider, NORM and Stein. both pace
makers, were unable TO appear at the local
track for the championship event last night.
When the management of the Point Breeze
Motordrome received the above information
they though it better to postpone the title
race until next Thursday night, thus giving
all the riders chance to have a good
pacemaker in front of them.
The race last night was the best seen
on the local track this season. Cory win
ming by lap and few yards over Clar-
ence Carman the present holder OF the fifty
mile title, the winner not being decided
until the last lap.
Judge Eugene c. Bonniwell fired the gun
that started the men on the grind around
the track. The five riders all caught their
pacemakers about the same time and no
one gained any advantage. At the end of
the tenth mile Cory was leading Elmer
Collins, paced by Vanderberry, by fifteen
yards, with Carman a half lap behind
Collins. With the beginning of the twelfth
mile Carman started one of his many sen.
satonal sprints and soon passed Collins
Cory gave him a hard fight for the lead
and it was not until the end of two laps
of neck-and-neck riding that Carman took
the lead
Carman maintained a lead OF fifteen
yards over his rivals until the twentieth
mile, when Jimmy Hunter thought it was
| about time he and his partner took the
| lead. But Provost, Carman's pacemaker
| thought otherwise, and during the next mile
| the 1000 spectators were kept on their
| feet, both pacemakers forcing their riders
to travel at record-breaking pace. Hunter
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MISS MARY BROWNE
AGAIN DEFEATS MOLLA
Coast Tennis Star Wins Exhibition
Match at Cleveland-Strachan
Is Victor

CLEVELAND, Aug. 31.-Bright sunshine.
the first in over week for the national
patriotic tennis invaders resulted I'm the
fastest net play ever contested here and
also for further match advantages for
Mary X. Browne, of Los Angeles, and her
State-mate. John Strachan, of San Fran.
CISCO
Miss Browne defeated the Norwegia, ,
star. Miss Molla Bjurstedt national cham
MON. in straight sets, the feature match.
by 6-3 and 6-2. Strachan defeated the
elizabeth, N. j.. youngster Harold Throck
morton, In a smashing game. 6-2 and 6-1.
match in mems doubles developed a
deuce in the set which thrilled the gallery
in it's volleying Throckmorton paired with
Fred b. Alexander. OF, New York. defeated
strachan with Charles Garland, national
iunior champion Of Pittsburgh as partner
o. and 10-e. - IA, z /, I. A
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WESTERN CHAMPION
IN GOLF SEMIFINALS
Mrs. Let's Defeats Miss Eliza
beth Allen, Iowa Title
holder, on Links

CHICAGO, Aug 31.-Mrs. Fred C. Let's,
Jr. of Chicago. western woman golf cham
pion, gained plentiful revenge for three
defeats at the hands of Miss Elizabeth Allen.
of Rock Island, ILL.,, by defeating the Iowa
champion up and to play in the third
round of the championship tournament of
the women's Western Golf Association At
Flossmoor Country Club. The chamnion
formerly Miss Marjorie Dodd. of CINCINNATI
had previously met Miss Allen in the ma
tional, the western and the Iowa champion-
ships, and had lost all three matches
Mrs. Let's was In most splendid form,
while Miss Allen was erratic. The title.
holder started with birdie Ave on the first
hole. and with par or better for the rest of
the first nine scored Al to 50 for Miss Allen
and was up at the turn Pars on the nert
three holes ended the contest and entitled
the champion to defend her title in the semi-
finals today, with Miss Vida LleweIlyn.
champion In 1909, who disposed OF Miss
Lois stumer, sixteen-year-oid player Of
Ravisloe. and 4. by playing close to par
all the time.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 81.


VNHERE Is a good news rumor around
| the White House these days, 1t Is pos
sible that permission will soon be granted
for the resumption of tennis playing on the
White House courts.
The recent illness OF Joseph J.. Tumulty'
secretary to the President, ascribed by his
physician, Dr. Cary N. Grayson. U. S: n,
TO twelve years of overwork and lack OF
sufficient exercise has revived the subject
of playing tennis on the famous OLD courts
where Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
and Miss Wilson. the Presidents daughter
did much of their "courting
The courts have been closed since war
was declared by order of Secretary Tu-
multy, who said he did not think II seemiy
while the country was preparing for great
struggle that there should be pubic amuse-
ment on the White House grounds
II IA not yet settled whether Mr.. Tumu-
ty will allow the playing OF tennis to be
resumed on the courts. strong pressure IL
being brought to bear on MN 10 90 So
particularly by attaches OF the state De-
partment and others whose work cans them
into the neighborhood Of the White House
of,1ces from day to day. These players, i'm
bued with the modern idea OF keeping phy-
.icaIiv AT by plentiful exercise, are urging
Mr. Tumulty to take care Of his health In
accordance with his PHYSICIANS instruc-
tions. with one eye open to the opportunity
for themselves to play on what have been
rseardad al times as one of the finest sets
of tennis courts in and around Washington.
There is some talk that Mr.. Tumulty Will
allow his friends among Government att
taches, who have played on the courts In
the past, to play there again. Mr.. Tumulty
preferring to take his exercise In some spot
more sheltered from the public eye. Many
~ the young workers of Washington hav.
enjoyed the unofficial hospitality Of the
white House grounds In this respect In the
past, and the privilege Of playing 10 missed
this summer.
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never weighed 14o pounds in his life, and
yet was one of the greatest quarterbacks ~
the year OF the eleven all are Virginians
except Randolph, who was born in Chi.
cago, and Thurman, from Columbus. O..
whose great-grandfather was Vice Pres-
dent of the United States Randophs
father was Virginian. In addition to these
eleven, two more Virginia football PLAYERS
are enrolled in the next camp. They arc
Gooch and Wexford.
NoRBUNE ROBINSON
vrgnia's showing of eleven commissioned
officers out of eleven entries is far above
the average a record of 100 per cent may
be tied, but it is seldom broken.
Which recalls the fact that Virginia. in
ter day. has produced a fair average Of
military leaders There was George
Washington, to start with, who is still
highly regarded in several portions of the
country. Then there was Robert Il. Lee
but to continue the list would absorb tho
remainder of the page
As we understand it. every one figures q
New York-Chicago affair would make an
ideal world series-except Boston. For
some peculiar, uncanny reason the Boston
club cannot grasp the above psychology Of
the situation.
Just what is meant by the term short
putt? asks reader Any putt you miss.
In the interim Iris Speaker has turned
bis attention from Cobb to one G.. Siser
who seems bent upon finishing in second
place OF all the phenoms hailed early as
Second Cobbs,'' Sisler so far comes closer
to the mark. He hasn't Cobb's dash and
tlash-but he can hit the ball and get
around only shade back of the Tiger star
Sisler Is trle faster than Cobb, but so
far doesn't know how to employ his speed
up to r. Raymond's abnormal mark.
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Not Forgetting

Not Forgetting
MAP RUCkER was an institution Of long
~ standing. He held his place in the
sun well above the averaGe. Nap has now
iaued out, some time back Playing on
the same minor league team with Nap at
augusta, Ga, was another pitcher. His
name was and still is Eddie Cicotte And
Cicotte today is either leading or among
the hrst two pitchers of the American
League-dabbling in the best campaign he
has ever known,
Eddie worked his first major league game
Tor Detroit in 1905. That was some twelve
years ago. The greatest number of vic.
tories he had ever gathered before in the
haln Realm was eighteen, with Chicago
III 1915 die has now passed that mark
with more than month left He is Bos-
ION s main rampant to hurdle. And it was
Boston that turned him over to Chicago as
taded relic five years ago.
How to Bat
stand up and take n heulthu s,yiuo.
IN manner bold, ,Cithout restrain.
Get set against the pitchers fiuo-
Then nit 'em Uhere Iris Speaker ainr.
The Old Dominion Rollcall
Dear Sir: In the list of universities who
nave responded to the country's call. don't
overlook Virginia. Eleven former Virginia
oo'o'ii pidyerS TOOK their training at the
o1lcers reserve camp at Fort Myer, and
every every man came out with a commission.
lhree received captaincies and eight were
commissioned as first lieutenants
The most interesting case of all was Ran
dolph, one OF the stars. For the last two
years he has been pastor of the Episcopal
church at Lexington. He has wife and
child. He received indefinite leave of alb
sence from his church to go into the line
receiving captains commission.
Berkeley Is also an unusual case, as he
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TENNIS LIKELY TO BE REVIVED
ON WHITE HOUSE COURTS, IS RUMOR

family have not used the tennis courts this
summer. The players are plainly visible
from the raiings which surround Tho
white House grounds, and the President
and the members of his family have kent
themselves in retirement since the war
began as much as possible
An interesting story is told of the recent
visit OF Mr.. Balfour to Washington when
ne came here TO head the British War Com
mission. He challenged Mr. McAdoo 10 a
game of tennis and the Secretary of the
Treasury accepted suggesting the White
House courts; but the game was afterwar rd
called of for fear that the recreation. even
In the name OF necessary physical eyer
cise' might be misunderstood by onlookers
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EHTTE SOX, BY WINNING 8 STRAIGHT
GAMES, TAKE COMMANDING LEAD
~ IN RACE FOR THE A. l. PENNANT
While Boston Loses Game, Has Two Off Days and
Il Plays Tie With Athletics, Chicago Captures
Five Battles and Has Lead of Five Games

map of
and the Red formidable as we
While and playing
ne Athletics the White sox rolled flock victories thus @
since
combat OF the
BY walong ST. Looey yesterday Chicago scored its eighth
exceptionally weak
Victories lnd
Detroit Cleveland
a
was
made hay while the
Comskey in Chicago.
While still
with
higher
said the experts today
in
it a worrying
Take a of ball players begin
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is master OF strong
approaching shots is
always to be feared.
and | want to lay
S pecial emphasis
upon the Importance
of cultivating this
part of golf. Many
a poor putter wins
his game on the ap-
proach. for the bet
ter his approach shot
the less he has to do
on the green. More
over, when a man is
skillful with the
mashie, even If his
putting is not quite
up to par he can
often afford an extra
stroke on the green.
If approaching is
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Gardner and COrkran Famous


one of the longest hitters in this country
is Bob Gardner, twice the amateur cham
pion. In the final match against John g.
Anderson, at Detroit, two years ago, he hit
such long ball that Andcrsons shots
looked short by comparison During the
entire match his tee shots We're so long that
he was able to use a mdiron or mashie for
his second. while Anderson was using the
wood for his second.
Another slugger is Clark Corkran He
has driven the first green at Shawnee and
that is considerably more than 800 yards
In his match with Chick Evans at Merton he
frequently outdrove the open champion. and
Evans Is one of the longest hitters in this
country Another sugger is George V.
Rotan, of Pine Valley. When he is in con-
dition even Guilford cannot outdrive him.
In the days of the great prodigies of
ball-smitlng. ROLAND was called the leader.
and his longest drives with the gutta hail
were 235 and 239 yards, measured at an
exhibition driving contest. Two years ago
Harold Hilton said that he believed $50
yards about represented the limit of a golf
ers power to make a ball carry even in
these days of fast-fyng rubber cores
There are so many things to be taken
| into consideration in the matter of driving
| that it is hard to get n common basis for
calculation For example, out in California
when the turf is soft and holding in the
| spring, the force that will give a man a
| drive of 240 yards will in the summer. with
| the grass all burned off and the ground as
| hard as flint, cover a distance of nearly 4OO
! yards.
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GOLFERS WILL SLUG
FUNGO HITTER CAN DRIVE THE PILL"
Professional Golfer Can Make Baseball Expert
Look Like Cancelled Two-Cent Stamp in
Driving Exhibition
By PETER PUTTER

DIG ED WALSH. one.tme twirler for
- the Chicago Americans, holds The
record for fungo batting, To the unini-
tiated fungo batter is the man who
tosses the ball up in the air and hits 1t out
TO the infieders and the outfelders. lie Is
rarely pinch hitter and some of the best
fungo batters are pitchers and some of the
worst htters are pitchers, so you can draw
your own conclusions Walsh hit the bel
at Chicago on Comiskey Day. September
80, 1911, a distance of i19 feet one-half inch.
While the Cincinnati Reds were playing
here last July Fred Toney drove the bail
during the practice over the left-field fence,
the first time since the Phllies had their
field at Broad and Huntington streets.
But compared with the long drives of our
golf PLAYERS this looks like child's play.
The longest golf drive that has ever been
recorded was made by Il. G. Bliss at Herne
Bay, Kent County, Eng" in August, 1913.
The distance was ii5 yards. The drive
was measured and a surveyor measured
the drop in the ground from the tee to
where the ball finally rested and the fall
was fifty-seven feet And that is about
the proportion. For every foot the fungo
batter hits the baseball the golfer hits the
golf ball two feet farther.
1t would make an interesting match be-
tween one of these champion fungo batters
and one of our local professionals At
any event il would soon demonstrate to the
ball players that fungo batting is not in 1t
with golf driving.
Braid Hits Pill 395 Yards
James Braid. one of the greatest of the
great professional golfers, in describing his
longest drive said The longest drive |
ever made, so far as | can recollect was
in 1905 when playing round with Sir
George Riddell at Walton Heath. The
course was frost bound and the wind at our
backs when we were playing tho fifteenth
hole and | hit my tee shot a distance of
395 yards. carefully calculated afterwards.
At the eighteenth hole of the same round ]
drove to the bunker guarding the green
another drive of about the same length
THE fifteenth has IA slight downward slope
but there is none to the eighteenth. The
drives were measured by Sir Alex Kennedy
and the drive on the fifteenth was returned
as 395 yards and the eighteenth as 34C
yards
w. H. Horne drove ball at North Rer'
wick ass yards. The distance from tho
tee to the pin wag 3Ss yards and to the
back of the green 393 yards and the bal
| was to the side of the green, but on {
| direct line with the pin. d. r.. Anderson
| n one-armed player. drove a ball 800 yard
| at the Joliet Country Club. George Duncan
a brother of Alec Duncan, formerly pre-
yards and one foot.
| Edward Blackwell, regarded as the long
| est and most consistent of hard-hittin
| British amateurs, has a record OF 1865 yards
| In a test Arnaud Massey drove fifteen diff
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Approaching

UyHE approach shot with the mashie Is
golf and a good approach shot can ac-
compish wonders in the way of recover
ing from a poor drive. The player who
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Put Reliance in Club

In the ordinary mashie shot the player
should rely the club to give the ball
loft and not make a strenuous effort to
get under it. This last is one of the COM
mon faults of golfers. In the running up
approach the ground outside the putting
green must be good, otherwise the chip shot
should be employed to get over the rough
Some players prefer an approaching iron
rather than a mashie for the running-up
approach. or at least to use n straight
faced mashie These are details of indi-
vidual preference for the players to solve
The 6mashie shot, with cut and spin applied
to the ball, must, of course, be used IL
there is a high bunker guarding the green
in order that the ball will fall dead or vir-
tually so. To execute this shot the club
head must skim right under the ball. taking
little turf, and at the instant of impact the
club face should be drawn toward the left
foot to give the cut as described in pre-
vious article, This is a shot which requires
much practice and dexterity.
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Ad SlDigIer Ordered
by McGraU to Report

Adam Swigler, former University of
Pennsylvania pitcher and present
leading hurler of the Logan Square
staff, will leave tomorrow for Brook.
lyn, where he will join the Giants.
having recently signed a contract to
play next year. He was ordered to
report by Manager McGraw. Swigler
will likely finish the season with the
prospective National League pennant
winners. although he hopes to land a
commission in the army in keeping
with his dental qualifications.
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EDDIE CICOTTE, FADED RELIC OF
5 YEARS AGO, RANKS AMONG FIRST
TWO PITCHERS IN AMERICAN LEAGUE
Now the Real Star of the White Sox-Eleve
Former Virginia Football Leaders Have Earned
Their Commissions in Army
BY GRANTLAND RICE
The Canadian

He left the rivers that he knew-
The ,noumtains-thro,on against the sky
He left their ualleys-pearled with deW-
Nor paused to question or reply;
He left his ghost-but as he fell
He left behind more ghosts than one,
Where, striking With the force of hell,
He gaze his ansaUer to the Hun.
He left the far plains endless track
To take his place amid the slain;
From Vimy Ridge to Lens and back
He left his share of crimson stain;
He left his shattered soul to sleep
In riuen fields of gore and mud,
But crashing through the rifles stOeep,
He took his toll IN Prussian blood.
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the hosiery
booked
If twelve the
best have to for
remaining but
in
ats all
worlds
terrible
1t remembered however that
in if
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100 Scribes Are Confident of Victory and Write About

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Sox
dncve This would be the logical
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to
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and
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hurled for the trip Neither bumped
in
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nd
all to
GraMso value forma
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poorly done and a player is up against
a long putt he is under severe nervous
tension until the ball has Leen holed, and
it often happens that putting is poorly done
when n player is in this nervous frame
of mind. number of noted players have
paid me compliments on my mashie work.
And whatever success ] have enjoyed in
golf has been largely due to this iron
play. Personally l think that mashie play
is one of the most interesting parts of
golf and l have cultivated this department
Of my game assduousy.
Englishmen Had Some Putt
In considering approach shots am re.
minded of the story of the rather con-
ceited Englishman who was playing on
noted course in Ireland. He handed his
bag to a typical little Irish caddie who
was surprised to find it contained only
driver and n putter He asked tn self
satisfied Britisher for the rest of the clubs
and the Engishman replied that was all
he used Just a driver to the green and
then a putter, my boy" said the English
man. The first hole was a short one and
sure enough the ball landed on the green
The second hole however, was a long shot
and the Englshman topped his drive. The
Irish lad approached his employer with
a CLEAN of mischief in his eye, handed
him the putter and said in rich Irish
brogue, Now thin, fer whale ov a putt"
] have explained in "A previous article the
stance and grip for mashie play. In using
this club | believe golfers will do well
to select one with good amount of loft
in it and a rather wide blade. At least 1t
has been my experience and that of players
whose work | have studied that the best
results are to be had from a club of this
| type. Avoid flexible shaft in a mashe
| a mashe is designed for nice, accurate
| play, for work where control Is a vital
! point; but this does not mean that the
club can have delicate shaft. as many
| situations arise where the shaft is called
| upon to perform a rough job. In playing
with the mashe we are called upon fol-
| the ordinary mashie shot, which calls for
| a Judgment of the force necessary to put
| into the stroke and control; then there Is
the chip shot with the mashie. and there
| is the special mashie shot