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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
JACK DEMPSEY
CALLED HOME
Illness of Mother Prevents
New Champion From Join
ing Circus at Newark.

NEW YORK, July .G-Newark and
envtrons were somewhat disappointed
when Jack Dempsey, the new heavy
weight champion, failed to appear with
the Sells F1oto circus Jack hasn't yet
acquired the habit OF contract breaking
that becomes so prevalent In cham
pions, the reason for his failure to show
up being a call to his home TO see his
mother, who is IN,
Jack kearns, the manager OF the
champion, made the agreement to APP
pear during the present week with the
circus, and from what we a learn
he was willing to go through with It,
but begged off for the time being on
Jacks good reason. Otto Floto, who
made the contract with Kearns, In the
writer's presence kindly consented to
a later date, n as soon AS the cham
pion returns he will join the show, 1t
Is said.
Jimmy De Forest, who so successfully
trained Dempsey for the big fight, has
returned to his home at Long Beach
contrary to the wishes of the Toledo
terror, who made Jimmy "A very lucra
two offer to continue with him, but
which had to be declined because he
has u business OF his own to attend to
De Forest was loud in his praises al
tho new champion and also had some.
thing nice to say about Willard.
Il do not care to be ctassed amons
the I told ynl SO brigade, hut, as cv.
erSone knows, | touted Dempsey to ey.
crybody who happened to ask me for al
opinion long before he met Willard
Jack Is "A remarkable fighter, to ga,
the least; In fact, | rate him as III,
best heavyweight Of all times. Neve
before have we had a Heavyweight
champion who could box like he, an,
vet at the same time deliver a puncl
which would floor an OK.
Unlike Willard, Dempsey liked nd
vice from those whom he trusted. and
furthermore, he listened to and followe
the advice that was given him. Neve
before IN my long career In handlin
boxers have | had under my charge
boxer who would follow instruction
such as Dempsey did, He had absohut
confidence in those who surrounded hi,
while training, and went along frol
4 day TO day IN n caretree manner, white
Is a feature few boxers have ever en-
/, loyed while training for a championshi
bout.
, ~ would also like to say a few word
{ Tor Willard, II Is really distasteful I
mo TO hear anybody say that Jess qui
The remarkable part OF the whole al
fair was that willard lasted ,hrt
rounds, lie took a frightful heatin,
having many OF his teeth removed !
, different times IN addition TO heir
I tloored often. jess is as game a ma
i as ever entered the ring, and | bar N,
5 body when ] make that statement"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
HEYDLER UPHOLDS BOARD

NEW YORK, July .a.-President
Heydler Of the National league issued
a statement yesterday upholding the
action Of the board of directors OF the
league In expunging from the records
the second game played between Gin
cinnati and pittsburgh on July s. The
statement was made in answer to crit :
icisms by Garry Hermann, president
of the Cincinnati club.
He termed the protest one involving
a violation of the constitutional proyi.
sions of the league and not an ordinary
complaint OF a violation of the playing
rules or against an umpire's rulings
II do not consider Mr.. Herrmann's
protests we'll taken, He has elected Ia
remain away from the last two league
meetings as well as one board meet
ing. At all of these meetings matters
were considered in which the Cincin-
natl club was especially Interested"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
SCOUTS IN STANDS.

chas, Barrett, scout for the St. Louis
Cardinals, and Bob 0ilks, who Is on a
hunt for talent for the New York
Yankees, witnessed the Sunday twin at.
fair at ROSEWOOD, Barrett is on his
way home after touring all the minors
In Dixie and says he failed to pick up
anything promising. He went through
the Southern, Texas, South Atlantic and
Virginia, and says promising young.
sters are as scarce as the proverblal
hens teeth this year.
Gllks has two or three on his string
he Is giving the once over. He will re.
main over and look one or two 5arons
over, for there are some OF Moley's
men who have attracted the eye OF $he
veteran ivory hunter for the Tanks,
II was Il tough break on Keller Hasty,
Rear pitcher, Sunday in the seventh
inning of the second game when Meyers
dropped McMillan's throw aud let In
the run that beat the rangy mound
man. Hasty sought to perform the
iron-man act and was succeeding ad-
mirably until Meyers Spilled the pork
| and
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
Second Game Great.

The second game was the better OF
the two, with both Hasty and Foster
pitching well, with Eddie having the
advantage, Hasty gave n fine exhibi-
ton OF tight pitching in the pinehes
ana turned back the locals on many
occasions when they threatened. In the
ilrst inning, with two gone, Carroll
walked and Griffin and BischoH fol-
lowed with singles, with not a run
scoring, good fielding holding Carroll
on third High hoisted to Miller to end
the inning. In the second Conway
walked and Block hunted, Meyers, who
covered first, dropping the ball and
BLOCH being safe, while Conway took
second Foster advanced his mates with
a sacrifice, GLASTONBURY was purpose-
~ walked by Hasty to get Manda. This
strategy proved profitable, for Manda
ny into n double play and ended the in
In the third Hasty retired Carroll,
Griffin and Bischoff with three pitched
balls. In the fifth glastonbury opened
with a double to left and Mauda sacrI-
Heed, Carroll walked and stole second
unlnolested, Griffin fouled out TO Cole
man, with Bischoff up, Christenbury
started TO steal home and had the bag
stolen when Bischoft hit the bali And
sent a high fly to Miller. retiring thp
side Many fans thought Christen-
bury $ theft OF home counted, and he
Was cheered Justify for his effort. which
would have been successful had Rtsch.
on Ley the pitch 80 by instead OF hit.
ting II. wv
In the seventh the Tribe was pre.
scented with the game on II platter, Fos.
ter started the seventh with n single
70 center and Christenhury sacrificed
Manda got ah infield single on which
roster moved 20 third. Carroll hIt a n,
pach OF second that was taken by Nil.
Ter, and Foster held third. CriffIr
walked, being purposeiy passed by Has.
W, Bischoff hit a hopper TO Mcmillan
who threw TO Meyers to force Griffin
and Umpire Brennan had already caller
I G,ritt out when Meyers dropped the bali
roster 2 already crossed the plat,
the game was over,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
WlNFREY CUP AND SHINAuLT
BANQUET STANDING.

The Park Taxis won the first game
of the Liberty league double-header
from the Express team 7 to 5, due to
the inability of the Express boys to
hit when the bases were loaded.
Score by innings R.H.B.
American Ry ....2 / 0 1 0 l 0-5 10
Park Taxis .......O 8 2 0 0 2 - s
Batteries - Hockensmith. Anderson
and Marshall; Jehl, Lawhorn and Nc
Alexander.
The second game was the surprise
game Of the day. The Knights %trounced
the Choctaws IL to 2 in this game ham,
mering the Choctaw hurlers for IA
hits. Dayton, Wade, Claypool. E. A.
Colbert and Lawhorn fielded well, while
=. A. Colbert, R. Colbert and Geiger
hit well.
Score by innings R,H.E
K. of c. ...,...,0 0 Z ! 0 Ia IA ]
Choctaws .......1 0 I 0 0 0 o. 7
Enthusiastically, Mullin and Stew
art; R. Colbert and Hockersmith.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
GIVE COLEMAN CREDIT.

Bob Coleman, the big backstop OF the
Mobile Bears, deserves the lions share
OF the credit for winning the opener for
Mobile Sunday, for Il was Bob's
sh~arpshootlna that led 10 the downfall
OF the Tribe. Many were the Chicks
who got aboard the sacks, but they
might as we'll have been on the bench,
for once they set sail for second base,
they were moved down like Huns be
fore machine auns. Even the tIeetest
OF the Trlbesmen looked like trucks as
compared TO ColemAn's GOOD heavlna
and he undoubtedly saved Hasty's
hide on several occasions,
Hasty pitched a good game, but with
the proper base running, with any sort
OF heady work on the bags, the Tribe
would undoubtedly have scored at least
two more runs. Andy Hlah, Chick lett.
fielder, did the wlsest thing Of them all
when he started for second, saw that
coleman's throw had him nailed and he
whirled and beat II back to first,
Jack Lewis, chick second baseman,
Is out of the game with II broken bone
In his right hand. Lewis sustained the
injury in Nashville during the last Sc
ries with the Vols, and It has beer
raining him considerably since that
time, but he elected to remain in the
game until forced out, lie expects tC
get back shortly.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
CHICKS TOMAKE SHLFTANDY HIGH TO BE RELEASED
Most Thrilling Race in,
Years Promised in Dixie
Six Clubs Have a Look in for the Flag and All Teams Get
ting Ready for Final Weeks Of Pennant Chase.
BY BOB PIGUE

MobfSs, is in fourth place with a
cracking good ball club. We use the
word cracking adyisedly, for il doesn't
mean that the Bears are cracking by
any means, but that they are crack
ing their whips n getting ready t.
claw some of those ciups that are
figaring on this years rag. The Bears
have a good offensive team and while
not having the pitchers the other clubs
have, they have a staff that is fail
enough to get by with the kind of Of
fensive they put on.
Barons Dangerous.
The Birmingham Barons are yet
to be heard from, for Carlton
Wordsworth has the best ball club
in the LEAGUE today from every point
Of View. The Moleymen are In fifth
place, which Us difficult to UNDER
stand, but they'll certainly cash In
before this years race has been de-
cided. The Barons were recently
strengthened by the addition of Out
fielder Summa, who was let out by
Mobile via the waiver route, and
with some of Moley's army players
back in Baron spangles, the 5ir-
mlnghammers are certain to be In
the hunt. Good pitchers and a fine
Moley's club respected in all cities.
The Memphis Chicks have shown {
decided reversal of form and it is il
the Tribes advantage. The Chicks
after looking like a sickly last for SOM
time, have suddenly started on the wa
path, and are in sixth place, with al
indications that they will soon b,
resting on a higher rung, as they ar,
but a few scant points behind thei
nearest rivals. The pitchers are pitch
ing good ball and the hitters are hit
ting the b~all--that's the answer Incl
dentally, that's a combination that i
hard to beat.
Roy Ellam's Vols are on the bottom
and are likely to finish there. Dicl
Kaufman, Roy's first sacker and thu
peer of any doorman in the league
jumped the Vols a few days ago ant
went to a candy factory in Ohio, wher,
he is now making chocolate creams
Roy has been out with a bum leg al
the whole team seems to be shot" Hi
pitchers are failing to stack up to thei
early season form, and his entire out
fit seems to be cracking all over.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
SATURDAYS RESULTS
SOUTHERN

Memphis II, New Orleans 4.
Mobile 9-t, Little Rock Az Second
game seven innings).
Atlanta 2, Chattanooga 0.
Birmingham 4, Nashville Q.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
NORMAN ROSS WINS.

PARIS, July 21.-Norman Ross of
San Francisco, United States army, won
the swimming match in the Seine across
Paris Sunday afternoon. a distance of
about $500 meters, in one hour and 80
four-fifths of a second behind RosSy
Morris, Australian, was third, close up.
An immense GROVE lined both banks
of the Seine and gave evidence of the
popularity of Ross, as a consequence
Of his victories during the inter-allied
surged along with powerful strokes
which rapidly overcame the handicap
Of 500 meters in favor of the female
contestants. B~acigalupo made a game
race all the way.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
CHRIS NEARLY A E R

Lou Chrtstenhury was nearly a hero
In the nth inning of the second game
when he had home stolen, only 20 be
cheated out OF II by Blschofr hitting q
fly To the outfield.
Many fans thought the run counted
and eheered Chris to the echo, How
ever, the run no more counted than II
Chris had been on third when Bischosf
hit his fly and then came over the
plate before the bali was caught.
Walking hatters purposely Is one Of
the most disgusting evils Of baseball
today, Sunday Aasty, Mobile twtrler,
passed C~hristenbury aud Griffin pur-
pOsely IN order 10 get to weaker bat.
tors, 1t Us an admission Of weakness
on the part Of a pitcher and the great
majority of those who pay their money
TO see the games believe that all hat
tiers should have an opportunity to take
a cut at the ball. That's the kind OF
game baseball! is, and anything like
passing batters ~purposely has no place
In the greatest game of them nh,
Carl Manda, Memphis third base.
man, who has been roundly roasted by
the bugs for the past few weeks, Us
playing a fine game Of ban at third
base, be II said to his credit, He Is
fielding fine, and his hitting has beer
steadily improving. He has shown tina,
Il takes moro than the razz berry from
the stands to make him Quit.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July BRAY
Roberts, young officer from Camp Cor
don, picked up by Charley Frank early
in the season, hurled a no-hit, no-run
game against the Vols Sunday afternoon
the Crackers winning by the score of
2 to 0. Only twenty-six men are cred
tied with facing Roberts in the full
nine shining game as he issued one base
on balls to Meyer, who was cut down
a few moments later in a double play,
Roberts was saved on three occasions
by his team mates, Sammie Mayer 60
ing far into deep center and leaptng
into the air to lake what appeared to
be a certain home run from Tex Nc
Donald's bat and Dykes pulling several
brilliant stops around second base that
appeared certain hits. Poor base run
ming on the part of Jonnard and Helf-
rich also assisted in the hitless game
while sUmpire Williams rendered one
decision that saved Roberts.
Atlanta scored one run in the third
on a single by Galloway, sacrifice fly
by Higgins, Roberts and a sacrifice fly
by Reed. In the fourth t~wo-baggers by
both Griffin and Dykes scored another
run. Jonnard allowed but five hits
and struck out six men.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
Scratching Increases the Irrita-
ton of the Delicate Skin
Tissue.

You can claw your nails into your
skin until 1t bleeds, in an effort to
obtain relief from the fiery itching and
burning caused by skin diseases, but
you only increase the Irritation and
pain.
And you can pour ointments. salves
and lotions by the gallon on the irri-
tated parts, without obtaining any
thing hut temporary relief, Just as
soon as the strength of the counter
irritant gives out, YOU pain and tor
ture viii return with increased vio-
lenee, because these local remedies have
not reached the source of the trouble.
: The real source Of all skin disease
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
TWO Changes IN
MAJOR LEAGUE
CLUB STANDING
Reds Lose Lead in National
to GiantS-PhilIieS Play
Winning Ball All Week
Under New Manager.

EW YORK, July 1.-Two
changes in the club standZs
ings of the National angk
American leagues took
place during the past week.
In the senior circuit Gin
cinuati lost the lead on
Monday, New York forging
tn fi1.n1 nlnnn md 4
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Ma anne Dlnyed

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE,
At Rochester |, Jersey City n.
At B%inghalnton 3, Newark s.
At Buffalo 4, Baltimore 0,
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Dempsey TO Meet
Winner Of Coming
Heavyweight Battle

LONDON, July 21.-Announcement
was made Sunday by C. B. Cochran, a
fight promoter, that it had been def
nitely decided to have Jack Dempsey,
the worlds champion heavyweight pu-
fight between Georges Carpenter and
Joe Beckett. respectively, the French
and British champions, in a bout in
London at a date to be agreed upon ear
ly next year.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
TEXAS LEAGUE.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
TENNIS TOURNEY.

CHICAGO, July 2t.--The closing event
of the ninth annual clay court tennis
tournament. the. MIXED doubles champ
iorship, was won today by Miss Marion
Leighton OF Chicago and Robert q. Kin
sey OF San Francisco. They defeated
Mrs. Ralph Field of Cincinnati, one OF
last years women's doubles title hold
ers. and Axel Craven of Berkeley, Cal,
6-S, 60.
The match was a pretty contest be-
tween the two women while their part
ners appeared as friendly rivals. Miss
Leighton played the steadier game.
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SOUTHERN

LITTLE ROCK. Ark, July 21.-Little
Rock defeated New Orleans, 4 to 8, in
t ter ~ilsn 'T Two rum unnssb be ri lamp at TIE peN END ses Of
the eighth. the visitors rallied in final
inning, tied the score and drove HENCE
weld from the box. Robinson went in
with the bases filled and n out and
prevented further scoring.
In Little Rocks half kinsella tripled
with one out but was out at the plate
trying to stretch his hit into a home
run. Grimm doubled and Brotten sin
gled, Grimm and S%tansbury collided as
the local player rounded third and he
fell but Umpire Pfenninger ruled STAINS
bury had interfered with him and SEN
Grimm over the plate with the winning
run.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION,
At Toledo 0-3. Minneapolis 1-2.
At Columbus 1-2, Kansas City 2-5.
At Louisville ISL, Milwaukee 11,3.
At Indianapolis 2, st. PAUL..
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
VICTORY LEAGUE.

Standing of Club.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
DELANEY TO pELS SOON.

Frank Delaney, eN-Chick catcher,
who Is now managing the Shaw, Miss,
team, may be IN New Orleans ~spangles
soon, having had an offer from Johnny
Dohbs, Delaney was IN Memphis Sun
day and said that as sunn as the Shaw
team d~isbanded he was going to ro.
port to pohbs, who wanted him TO take
the place OF Agnew. second string
catcher OF the Pels at present.
Accompanying Delaney TO Memphis
was Sheriff l., e, Dean Of bolivar
county, Miss, who IL a great baseball
fan and Il strong booster OF the Tribe.
Umpire Campbell Is so popular In
Memphis that when he tried TO an.
nounee the batteries tor the second
game he was hooted and Jeered until
he could not make himself heard above
the din.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21
INJURIES HANDICAP
PIRATE AGGREGATION,

Injuries to members Of the Pirates
have handicapped Manager Hugo
Be2dek IN keeping the aggregation
within striking distance Of the lead
ers In the Heydler circuit this sea-
son. Last spring many picked the
Smoky city clan as the dark horse
IN the race, but instead Of fighting
1t out for the leadership the club Is
now engaged In n battle for a first
division berth, Max Carey has been
out OF the game for the greater part
of the season. The sensational base
runner Is suffering from an cpl
demic OF boils, and II Is not likely
that he viii get in the game for a
few more weeks. Even when he Is
able to don a uniform 1t will take
him several days to get into play
ing condition. Casey Stengel re-
Gently returned to the game after
being forced out by injuries, the re-
suit of a collision In the outfield.
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Wichita has been IN some hitting
sprees Of late. ON June so the Witches
beat Omaha Is to z. ON July . they
heat Joplin 90 to 3, making "a hits OF
the Miners pitching, on the same
day Des Moines and Sioux CITY did
some hitting on their W account, the
two teams making a total of rs hits.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Charlotte 40, Greenville 3-5.
Spartanburg Columbia (rain).
Only gaines played.
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Here Is A. Rumpf. third baseman OF
the Southern Boiler team. of the Dixie
league.
There may be other third sackers and
infielders in Memphis who will field
the ball more gracefully than Rumpf,
however, 1t would be extremely diff
cult for the most learned amateur fan
to select a youngster who has improved
to the extent that Rumpf has improved
this season, He started the season in
a fair fielding I'M and his hitting
was spasmodic. He is now hitting the
ball hard and often and his fielding has
reached the stage where he can be
classed as an exceptionally reliable
fielder who takes all chances without
any thought Of marring his fielding
record
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to first place and holding
Ia with Il perfect record of -four victories.
and no defeats. In the younger organi-
cation the demoralized world champion
Boston Red Sox dropped six games OF
seven played and temporarily fell back
to seventh place, giving way to Wash
ington. Sundays results, however, re-
stored the Red o TO sixth position.
In the National league the tail-end
Philadelphia club furnished a surprise
by going through the week without a
defeat under "Gavvy" Cravath, the new
manager, Packard, Meadows. Hogg and
Rixey all turned in victories for the
Phillies.
The weeks sensation in the Ameri-
can league was the retirement Of Lee
Fohl as Cleveland's manager. Iris
Speaker, heavy-hitting outfelder, and a
veteran of the American league, will
try to bring the 1919 pennant to Cleve-
land.
The Indians tied with the Chicago
leaders in making the weeks best rec
ord, five victories and two defeats, not
including Sundays contests; and the
victory over Philadelphia Sunday after
noon carried the Ohioans to within four
percentage points of New York in sec
ond place, the Yankees dropping a 10
inning game Sunday in the important
series begun with the White Sox.
The Boston Americans poor record
this year has been attributed in some
quarters TO ulSSatlS1acLlon on Lhe part
of the players toward Manager Bar
row, but the team in a statement FRI
cay declared their mediocre showing
was due to "a combination of bad
breaks, the failure of some of the regu-
lars to perform up TO their past stand
ards, weak pitching and continued bad
luck in the field" Caldwell twirled tho
only victory of the week and won only
through Ruth's wonderful batting,
which included two home runs respon-
sible for six tallies In u game against
Cleveland.
The Yankees relapse, which dropped
them from the American league lead,
ership recently, continued, New York
losing five out of eight games. not in
Guiding Sundays defeat notwithstand-
ing that Manager Higgins shook UP
| his hating nrder on trleSdau
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Grand Circuit
Races Open At
Toledo MOnday

TOLEDO O., July 2t-with large
fields entered In all classes the-Grand
Circuit harness meeting of the season
will get away this afternoon at Fort
Miami track here.
The feature Of the day win be the
free-for-all in which Single. G., Miss
Patchen and Lillian r., are entered.
The free-for-all is for a purse of ST.
600.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-21

ITH. SOUTHERN league
bah clubs rounding into
the stretch, there is
every indication that the
final weeks of the race
in the Sunland major ARE
going to be the most
thrilling in the history
of The association. SIX
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EAAS LG (.
Houston I, Dallas /,
Shreveport 2, San Antonio 1.
Fort Worth s, Beaumont 1.
Galveston 3, Waco 0,
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BUSHWAH LEAGUE.

IdHuTH OF CIubS.
Team. Won, Lost Pot
Dooleys ~ 5ss
Van Vleets ....,6 + '4S9
D Sundays Results: Hodges Field,
Van Vleets II, Dooleys 8.
The Van Vleets defeated the Dooleys
II to 3 in the weekly game at Hodges
field Sunday morning.
Score by innings RHE,
Dooleys .,...0 0 0 0 2 0 0 l. 3 10 +
Van Vleets 80 0 3 0 . '-12 10 3
Batteries-Bevan and Alderman
Baker and P~endergrast.