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WILL REVIVE PLAY
FOR POLO TITLES
National Competition to Be
Started at Philadelphia
G. G. September 10.

Play In the national polo champion
ships. suspended since 1915 by the activi-
ties of the poloists in the war, will be
revived at the Philadelphia Country
Club. Bala, Pa, on Saturday. Septem-
Der IS. The tournament will continue
until Saturday. September 81. The Polo
Association will close entries on Sep
TENDER 1.
The senior championship. now held by
the Great Neck Polo Club, is open TO all
teams. without limit of handicap. The
Junior title. now in the possession Of the
Meadow Brook third team, is open to
teams whose aggregate handicap does
not exceed twenty goals. but this limit
is simply to define the class, and all
games in both championships shall be
played without handicaps. No player
with a higher handicap than Ave goals
may compete In the Junior champion
ship.
All players are eligible TO the open
championship, irrespective of the handi-
caps. and they need not be members of
the same club, but the latter IL manda-
tory IN the senior and junior A Cana
dian team is expected for the open this
year and an army four In the Junior,
besides a California team. The trophy
for the senior Is n gold cup presented
through the Tuxedo Club by william
Waldorf Aston, which has been In play
since 1895, and Is inscribed with the
names of the best players of each sue
cessive year who formed the winning
team.
The trophy Of the Junior. the gift OF
Samuel d. Warren of Dedham, Mass
has been in competition since 1900, and
Joseph B. Thomas. now of the Warren
ton Hunt, Virginia. gave the trophy for
the open i'm 1910. Unless a champion
ship should be won by default, the Polo
Association adds individual cups to be
won outright, In addition to the per-
petual trophy.
From 1903 to 1915 the championships
were played at the Point Judith Country
Club. Narragansett Pier. but at the an
nual winter meeting the Polo Assoc
citation decided to revert TO the earlier
custom and to play for the titles ON a
different field each year.
In 1908. when last held at the Phila-
delphia Country Club. the senior cham
pionship was won by the Country Club
Of Westchester team, John e. Cowdin,
j. NJ Waterbury. Jr,, II. p. Whitney
and l.. Waterbury; and the Lakewood
Polo Club four. George ]. Gould, his
sons Kingdom and Jay, and Benjamin
Nicoll. won the Junior championship.
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Champions soon Forgotten.

Australian boxing enthusiasts appear
to take a deeper personal interest In
their prominent boxers than is the case
In America Peter Jackson died at
Roma. Queensland, July 10, 1901, and
year later a petentious monument had
been erected to the memory OF the
fighter This is all the more remarkable
as Jackson was native of st. Croix,
West indies. He. however made his
home In Sydney, Australia, barring the
boxing tours he engaged in, and Austria
liza regarded him as its boxing represen-
tative. The memorial, which is a hand
some piece OF work, weighs ten tons. A
sleeping lion on the top is three feet two
inches long, thirteen inches wide and
fourteen and half inches high. The
bust OF Peter Jackson fitted into the
front OF the stone is two feet three inches
by one foot nine inches. Both were
carved from best Carrara marble. The
structure stands seven feet seven inches
high. The base Is six feet two and a
half inches long and five feet two and a
half inches wide. The kerbing is ten
feet by nine feet and the railing one foot
nine inches high. The stone used was
the pick OF the Pyrmont (Sydney) Quar-
ries All the work was done In sydney
The railing was specially cast for the
memorial, the design being original. The
weight rests upon a deep brick founda-
from Shakespeare: This was a man"
The scroll on the left side facing the
front bears the following inscription;
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POUGHKEEPSIE MEET
BEGINS TOMORROW
Countrys Leading Trotters
and PAGERS to Compete.

PouGHKEEPsIE. n. Y. Aug. ls.-
Thirty horses arrived here to-day to
freshen up for their this weeks engage
ment at the big trotting meeting at the
Poughkeepsie Hudson River Driving
Park, which begins tomorrow The
country's leading trotters and PAGERS will
compete. Thomas w. Murphy shipped
some that he has been schooling over the
Western tracks and will bring his crack
stake trotters and PAGERS for the meeting
from Belmont Park, Philadelphia, where
they are this week filling their Grand
Circuit engagements.
OBen White is at the track with a
small yet select string composed OF the
roam gelding Easton. 2:06la. at 3, last
seasons holder OF the worlds record for
age and sex (geldings) the beautiful
three year old Princess Etawah, record
at of 2:09A and winner OF the Ken
lucky Futurity for two year olds at Lex
ington last season the Great Miss Nor
ris, sister of Peter Volo, 2 :02, and Volga.
2:04h. for which $4,000 recently was
refused; and Edna Early. a PAGER,
:07k. one Of the fastest sidewheelers
OF her age.
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Ambitious Boxers.

The ambition OF champions to defeat
title holders in heavier divisions has
spread TO Australia, where Sid Godfrey.
featherweight champion of that country,
recently fought and knocked out Bob
Williams, the lightweight champion Of
New South Wales. When Billy Edwards
was a 1873 FOUNDER he thought nothing
of taking on a 200 FOUNDER ana beating
him.
Walcott. Lavigne and McGovern also
were partial TO the big fellows, and
Fitzsimmons. who never weighed more
than l72. re1oiced when his opponents
were pOnderous.
Therefore, Kilbane in meeting
Leonard, Leonard in boxing Lewis and
Brition and Britton in matching him
self with ODowd have not achieved any
thing novel.
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MORGAN'S SEA ROBIN
WINS ON SOUND
Outsails VoIador in Contest
Off Centre Island.
Special Despatch to TIE Sun.

OYSTER BAY, L. l., Aug. 16.-Junius
S. Morgan. Jr.. son Of the financier, won
the weekly race for the Fish class over
the first course of the Seawanhaka Cor
inthian Yacht Club. of Centre Island,
here to-day. Young Morgan sailed his
Sea Robin and won by l minute and 81
seconds from Volador. owned by George
Nichols, his brother-in-law. The third
yacht to finish was Sabolo, which be-
longs to Henry p. Dawson. Jr., son
of Mr.. Morgans partner.
The race was sailed in a good breeze
from the east-southeast. and was one OF
the best brushes of the summer. In
the fifteen foot class of the club the
winner was c. T. Bleecker's Sabrina.
The summary:
Ffsu rTAss-START a.s0-rOIIRSE No /
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Tha tcher's Declaration.

A most astonishing declaration has
Just been made by Ad Thatcher Of the
Toledo Athletic Club, who had much
to do with the arrangement of the bouts
preliminary to the Willard-Dempsey
battle. It seems that the referees Of
the minor contests have not been paid
for their services. and Mr.. Thatcher
says 1t was his understanding that the
officials were working without compen-
sation.
Things have come to a pretty pass
in the boxing industry when a well
known and capable referee" is expected
to array himself In white duck and
dignity and work like a stevedore haul
ing a pair of Queensberry goats away
from each other in the hot sun just
for the glory. Will the Army and Navy
Board please investigator
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Test for Joe Beckett.

Shortly after O'Dowd and Britton
have settled the question OF superiority
Joe Beckett, the heavyweight champion
OF Great Britain. will receive tho first
serious test that has been applied to him
since gaining the title. He is to meet
Eddie McGoorty. an American light
heavyweight. who while past his prime
MS a fighter has been making consider
able progress in contests with English
boxers.
McGoorty has had a checkered career
IN the ring. He was a prominent con-
tender for the American middlewe light
title when Klaus Clabby. Dillon. Hugo
Kelly and others were at their best, but
never succeeded in getting to the top.
Klaus outstripped him and gained the
class honors. But Dave Smith. middle
weight champion OF Australia, was an
easy mark for McGoorty. the Oshkosh
boxer, stopping the Australian twice
McGoorty in 1915 went to Australia
and was stopped by Les Darcy in fifteen
rounds.
MoooOrty went into the service OF
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To the Memory of
PETER JACKSON.
Died at Roma,
July 10. 1901.
Aged 40 Years.

Beneath this. on the base. are the
words: Erected by his Australian
friends and admirers"
Several British pugilists have been re-
membered with monuments by their add
mirers, but Jack Dempsey is the only
American champion thus remembered.
II is a modest shaft over the grave OF
the Nonpareil at Portland, Ore.
A movement was started in this city
to erect a monument to the memory of
George Dixon. hut 1t never resulted In
much except talk.
Sullivan, Fitzsimmons. Ketchel, all
noted fighters, who have passed away,
are practically forgotten.
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TARA LEADS STARS.
Finishes First in Bayside Yacht
Club Regatta.

BAYsIDE, L. l.. Aug. 16.-Donald
Cowl. sailing his new Tara, was the
winner among the Star yachts in the
weekly regatta Of the Bayside Yacht
Club on Little Neck Bay to-day. Tara
covered the course l 80 faster than
Neptune, the property of F. W. Teves,
which finished second Among the Bees,
the winner was H. p. Clarke's Busy
bee, and again Wool was the first
yacht home in the Bird class. The
regatta was sailed in fresh breeze
from the southeast. The summary:
STAR CLAss-sTART 3:So-CoURsE S
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MANHATTANs LEAD IN RACE.
Set Pace in Metropolitan Cricket
League.

Having won eleven games in success
sion the members Of the Manhattan
Cricket Club are making an extraordi-
nary record in the annual championship
competition Of the Metropolitan District
Cricket League. The winning of the
championship this season seems certain
in view of the fact that the Brooklyns,
their chief rivals. have lost four games
out Of twelve played.
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YACHTS START RACE.

Nine yachts started late yesterday
evening in the annual Stratford Shoal
race Of the Handicap Class of Long
Island Sound. The race is being given
under the auspices of the Harlem Yacht
Club There was practically no wind
at the start and the boats made very
little Roadway in their run to the
eastward. They are expected to inish
some time to-day.
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HIT WRONG UMPIRE.
Anyway, That Is What Cleveland
Fan Insisted.

Billy Evans, well known umpire, was
the target for a pop bottle shower IN
Cleveland. The bottles few from me
first base bleochers following decision
Evans made disastrous to the ClrvC!aai
team. And Dvans's home is in Cleveland
too.
Chief Folger OF the LeaEue PARK
police, stepped to the vicinity Of the POP
bottle hurlers and said
THAT was cowardly act, and ma
man who threw those bottles wou.dn
have nerve to meet Billy Evans face 10
face"
"Oh, was that Evans?" one OF the FANS
yelled. I'VE thought IL was Nallin
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LII PRINCETON, 2.O2,
FAILS AT RECORD
Trotter, However, Steps Mile
in 2;02 1 1-2 at Quaker
City Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16.-High class
racing and fast time featured the clos
ing day Of the Grand Circuit meeting
at Belmont track this afternoon. The
champion stallion Lu Princeton. 2:02.
trottsd the fastest mile OF the season
In his attempt to beat the track record
of 2:01 3-4 made here last year by
St. Frisco.
While the son Of San Francisco failed
in his attempt, the performance aroused
the crowd to a high pitch Of enthusiasm.
Lu Princeton. driven by Cox. stepped
the first half in SO "a seconds and
the mile IN :e2 1-2.
Cox also won the feature event of the
meeting. the $4,000 Winoga Stock Farm
Stake for 2 III trotters, with Mignola-
Cox's mare was a strong favorite for
the event and won the first heat handily
in Q :07 from Tommy Murphys Fenesta.
In the second heat Mignola made
standstill drive and Just managed TO
beat the distance flag. Mignola hit her
stride again In the third heat and won
in 2 :06.
Geers Wins Again.
The veteran Ed Geers registered
another victory when he won the 2 :12
pace in straight heats with Goldie Todd.
Geers drove the daughter of Todd Mac
a great mile in the first heat, stepping
the first half in l :01 and the mile in
2:02 "a. Goldie Todd had plenty In
reserve and took the next two heats
somewhat easier. Murphy being second
in each heat with Sanardo. This is a
new record for the winner.
nhx, 10 0nl ~
the meeting In the final event, the 2 :0S
pace. when he piloted Esther first In
straight heats.
The special race for trotting teams
furnished one of the best features of
the card and gave Belmont track new
race record for trotting teams of 2:14
1-e. Lorline Bingen and Lena Zombro.
owned and driven by n. M. Sullivan,
local amateur driver. won both heats
in 2:1S IA and 2:14 Ia. The former
track record was 2 :lSe1-2. made sixteen
years ago by Jacob ]. Stice's Jacksonian
and Ottinger. The summaries:
TRoTTING TEAMS. IN 8; PURSE 5000.
Lurline Bingen b. M, by Bingen-Lena
Zombro ON NJ Suilivan) ................ /
Joker b.. BY I.aie--Grace Hale (Geers).. :
Time-2:lsk, AIM.
aI2 PACE; NEW BINGHAM HOTEL STAKE;
s HEATS: PURSE 1900.
Gode Todd. b. m, BY Todd Mac
Golden Seal (Geers). l !
Sanardo murphy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Harper tGarf1sonl ,..........,.....,..... D
Double G. (Sturgeon) .................. !
Lady Todd Uawrence) .................. dis
Tim-2:02%, 2:04, 1854.
| 2i1 TRoT; wINOGA STOCK FARM STAKE;
HEATS; PURSE 5000
Mignola. CHI. g. by Alerton-Mignon
-Axworthy Cor) ..............,........ 4 3
Echo Brusis Il. Bruis:iej ................s
/ Harvest Tide (McDonald). .............8 8
The Triumph (Walker) .....:.....,."5 I 7
Anna Maloney,. Peter Plough and Miriam
Guy also started.
Tme-2o7. 1901. 2;os.
Trial against track record trotting. 2:olx--
I.u Princeton, b. g.. by San Francisco Con
lost. Tme-oSok. o:6ox. l 81, 2;02h,
2:os FACE; HEATS; PURSE 1900.
Esther r., b. m, Baronwood-King
Peter Elliott CTIhoma ...............
Betty Blackjack (Walker) ............. 8
Tommy ID. (Kline) .....s...,..,,........s 4 8
Sellers d. fsturgeon) .................. I
Tiuie-2:oeh, 2:Os. 2:osh.
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NY. A. G. 40 FOOTERS
REAPPEAR ON SOUND
Race as a Glass in Huguenot
Yacht Clubs Annual
Regatta.
MISTREL FIRST HOME
Mallory's Craft Carries Off
Honors-46 Yachts
Cross Finish,
FIRST HOME

Although the yacht racing season on
Long Island Sound Is rapidly drawing
to q close, each regatta that is sailed
sees new yachts coming to the starting
line. For the first time this season.
the forty footers of the New York Yacht
Club made their racing debut as class
since the summer Of 1916, and although
only two of the yachts came to the
starting line yesterday, the appearance
of the big sloops added additional In
terest to tho twenty-fourth annual re-
gatta of the Huguenot Yacht Club 10
oak Neck, to Parsonage Point and home
again.
In the aggregate forty-six yachts
crossed the starting line, and although
they had practically no wind >at the
start, the breeze soon freshened, and
the craft had one of the best brushes
of the summer.
So light was the wind that the COM
mittee, made up Of Chairman j. J. Pot
ter and H. B. Hubbell, on board the
power boat Unome H., decided to post
pone the start for fifteen minutes II tne
postponement did not bring all OF the
Yachts to the line in time to start at
their regular time.
The Long Island Sound schooners got
away a good half hour late and the
fourth division Of the handicap class APP
peared SO late that one of the yachts
in the division, finding no class COM
petitor, elected to sail with the third
division boats.
Philip Mallory's Minstrel was the
winner in the class, defeating H. Wes-
sons Shewara, sailed by Edmund Fish.
by c minutes and seconds. Fred Rich
| ardss Adois always had the race for the
thirty footers OF the New York Yacht
Club well in hand. At the end OF the
| first round Adois was leading the fleet.
She was clicked at 3 $50 :15. Then came
Mink at 4 :04 80, followed by Alera at
4:04:45. During the second round
Mink, which belongs to T. s. Clarke cut
down the lead OF Adois considerably,
but was finally beaten by minute ana
A seconds
Alan Clarke, a brother of the owner
| of Mink, won In the u class. He sailed
his Feather. After the race Feather
| was protested by W. T. Hornidse. owner
| of Tern, which finished second II was
| claimed that Feather used new sails that
have not as yet been measured. Al
though she finished second Veda won IN
| the second division of the handicap
class. In the third division the winner
! was Robin Hood III. Barbara was the
| first of the Larchmont Inter-Club yachts
home The Huguenot special class was
won by Dipper. Kat won among the
| Jewels and Affair again was the hrst
| of the Star yachts home. The summary
NEW YORK Y. c. 10 FooTERs-sTART 2:lo
| SPECIAL COURSE. -,
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COMRADE HOME FIRST.
Triumphs In Arrow Glass at In
dian Harbor Yacht Club.

GREENWICH, Conn. Aug, ia. G.
HRnans yacht Comrade won the Arrow
class races to-day over the Indian Har-
Dor Yacht Clubs Ave mile course. In
the one design class Richard Outwater's
Wabesi was the first to cross the finish
line. The summary
ARROW CIASS-START R.kk ID ~
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Boxing Schedule for the Week
Boxing Rule Ignored for
Benefit of Len Tender
Quaker Lightweight Would Have Been Stopped by
Jackson in the First Round but for Illegal Action
of Seconds-Other Boxing Gossip.
BY CROSS COUNTER.

entitled TO the fullest protection guaran'
teed by the rules.
In any event, the action OF Tenders
seconds In violating the rule, the atti-
tude OF O'Brien in failing to enforce
the regulation and the tendency to sus-
tain the referee in his palpable effort
to save a Quaker boxer from defeat
combine to give boxing another severe
Jolt In the home of its supposed friends.
Parson Daties's Lament.
Parson Davies, now 10 years of age.
who is about to start for England to
spend his remaining days with relatives,
is one of the old time managers OF box
ers who cannot condone the large purses
now offered. to ring men.
Davies did not see the Willard-Demp-
sey fight at Toledo, but he scored Tex
Richard for guaranteeing Willard $780,
900 win, draw or lose, declaring that II
would hurt the boxing game for years
to come. He added that II was unfair
to the public to make such a guaran-
tee and that the late Peter jackson and
other great fighters of the past would
have spurned the offer under the condi-
tons named. He said he realized that
the day Of fabulous purses for boxers
had arrived and that the champions
and top notchers in the different classes
would take advantage Of them. but to
keep the sport clean and retain the
confidence Of the public the purse money
should be split so per cent to the win
ner and 40 per cent to the loser. Mr..
Davies argued that, II this was done,
the fighters would try to pull down the
long end of the coin and the public
would see real battles.
Virtue of Necessity.
Davies is one of the old line man
ayers who fail to understand that the
commercialization of sport has extended
to boxing as well as baseball, auto rae
ing and other pastimes. Boxing enthu-
siasts now insist on seeing the most
skillful and noted men in the ring and
are willing to pay for It. So long as
there are promoters willing to shoulder
the risk. no one is justified In complain
ing about the financial end of boxing.
1t would have been impossible to have
convinced the former managers Of box
ing that FIVE six round bouts in the
open, with one title holder in the lineup,
would eventually draw 10000 persons
and yield $4,000 in gate receipts.
Davies's declaration that Peter jackson
and other boxers of his time would
have spurned the offer that was accepted
by Willard and Dempsey Is open to
question. II the financial conditions in
the days of Sullivan, jackson ct al.
had been the same as those prevailing
at present, there is not shadow Of
doubt the old time pugilists would glee-
fully have clutched the big purses.
In accepting the small sums offered
to them, the old timers merely made
a virtue of necessity
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EVERYTHING FOR
Billiards ET Bowling

Prices and Terms to Suit.
REPAIRS BY EXPERT MECHANICS
The Brunswick BaIk O. g offender o..
~ West SD Street near BrNAdWAJ'
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In a labored attempt to palliate the
failure of Referee OBrien to enforce a
fundamental rule OF boxing during the
first round of the bout between Willie
Jackson and Lew Tender. a Quaker
critic declares that O'Brien took the
proper course and then makes this star
Ting admission:
man was in distress, threw water on
him. That was a very serious breach
of the ethics and rules of the boxing
game. Had the bout been for deci-
sion or was a championship encounter
Referee O'Brien would have been obliged
to have disqualified Tender and declared
Jackson the winner"
The proposition that rules of boxing
that must be enforced In title contests
tossed aside In decisionless encounters
Is one that probably could emanate from
no place except Philadelphia.
Yet OBrien. who appears to have been
actuated largely by a desire to save
Tenders reputation, is patted on the
head for permitting Tenders seconds to
repeatedly violate a basic rule of box
ing. thus depriving jackson of the credit
OF a knockout and the prestige resultant
therefrom. There Is hardly doubt that
but for the showers of water that Ten
dler's seconds threw on their man while
he was on the ring floor he never would
have been able to arise within the stipu-
lated ten seconds, for nothing will SO
quickly revive dazed boxer as a sud-
den application OF cold water. Yet
O'Bricn. ignoring this fragrant foul. en-
abled a practically knockout man to
recover. thus taking from jackson a
we'll earned victory.
violated Boxing Rules.
Frank O'Brien knows too much about
boxing rules to accede to the proposal
that champions are Queensberry fowl
and all others Queensberry fish. He no
doubt Is aware that clause 4 of the
Queensberry code provides that when a
man falls through weakness or other
wise he must arise without assistance"
OBrien doubtless Is cognizant of the
fact that clause of the London rules
provides that after a round begins the
seconds shall not approach their prin-
cipals under any pretence without the
permission of the referee. and that the
penalty for violation OF this rule shall
be the loss Of the battle to the offending
parties.
Possibly O'Brien gave Tenders sec
onds permission to shower him with
water.
The humblest preliminary boxer is
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Cadillac 1919 7 pass, perfect condition;
Motors 1877 Bway. Circle l2is.
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HUGUENOT SPECIAL CLAss-START 2:3S-
COURSE 1oiS MILES.
Dpper. II. H Van Rensselaer, 81 ~ sl1ts
Cacoit, H. E. Mccormick. % 10 s27 10
/ GLEN COVE JEwELS-START DISCOURSE
IOL MILES
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Tme-?:07. 1901. 2:os
Trial against track record trotting 2:0l%-.
Lu Princeton, b. g.. by San Francisco Con
lost. Tme-0S0l. o6Ox. an, 2:O2h
?:os FACE; 3 HEATS; PURSE 1900.
Father u paropuynod Ktna
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The Summaries.

HANDICAP CLASS-FIEST DIVISION
START 3:l5-COURSE 10 MILES
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BAYsIDE BEEs-sTART s:s5-CoURsE 4