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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-28
Williams Has SIugging Party

7 ONG CI WILLIAMS whale the attack
- In the two games he at bat ten times and made
seven hits, two of them being doubles and triple
In the first he responsible for five of the six
runs. driving in three and scoring In the second
battle he drove in and scored Seven hits aud
seven runs in a day is not such bad performance.
That three bagger, however, something to be
mcmbcrcd. Cy is not left field hitter. When he goes
to the plate the left fielder toward center the center
fielder wanders between first and and the right
fielder is on the foul line Therefore George Burns
not expecting that waop into his territory was lucky
to get the ball in time to hold it to n triple
Williams seems to be improving with age and is play
ing the best baseball of his The fans know this
and for the first time Cy getting the credit he
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MeusePs Arm Comes to Life

IJAvE you noticed Irish Meusels throwing lately? :?
IL Take a good look the time. The old whip ap-
pears be back in shape and Irish hurng the pill with
his oldtme speed and accuracy.
That the sugging left fielder will so like
house afre from He has been worrying about
his salary apper and did not know how long would be
before he presented with the official tinware.
His hitting fell off, but that's all now. He will
prove his class and stand with the leading sluggers
and outfeders in the league.
--' -
THE New York Giants will be with again today, but
L onl, game will be played. Lee Meadows, who
didn't have chance to do anything but kick himself out
of the game Saturday, will operate for Cravath.
Copyright. 1870 BY Public Ledger 90.
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II LOSES Do NOT
/ FEAZE ATHLETICS
Connie and His Clan Sure Re.
verse English Will Be Put
on the Worm

Washington, d. c., June 2S.--"Are
we downhearted? shouts Connie Mack.
and the chorus from his players is
mo"
There you have it, fresh from the
fountain source. Connie says his gang
is not the least bit downhearted even
with seventeen straight defeats, and
after talking with the lads. You have
to admit it. The Mackmen. in spite
Of their long losing streak, are not the
least downhearted. They believe they
are about to straighten out things to-
day. No matter who Clark Griffith
sends to the mound.
The seventeenth straight defeat was
charged to Roy Moore, Comics long
southpaw. but he pitched a fine ball
game, even if he was defeated, I to 0.
He happened to be up against Walter
Johnson, and the Washington star was
in wonderful form. Naturally the re-
suit was in favor Of Washington, but
that was nothing against Moore.
One more clash is due here today
ably will send Walter Kinney to the
hill, with Clark Griffith using Bill
Snyder, his big rookie finger. Kinney
vii have TO have lot of luck II he
would win, for the Griffs are going at
top speed just now, yesterday victory
being the seventh in a row.
The Mackmen go home tonight and
open long stay at Shibe Park. Jimmy
Dykes should soon be in shape to re .
sumo playing and, with Galloway ready
to berform, Connie Mack will have his
strongest line up ready for action. Gal
loway is recovering from his spike wound
received here Saturday when Sam Rice
slid into second and tore open the
Mackman's s right hand with his spikes.
A huge Sunday crowd saw Walter
Johnson tame the MRcks yesterday,
10 q. Three hits were made off th(
Kansas cyclone, Walkers double in the
6rst inning and an inteld single b!
Fred Thomas and Tilly Walkers rea
clout to left punched in the ninth. John
son was invincible and the AS never
had a look in.
For four innings the Grihfs were un
able to score but in the fifth Shannon
opened with triple. Picinich CAM
through with another, and Johnson
aacsifce fiy 10 Strunk brought over tn
hackstop, with the second tally of tn
Rommell was on the rubber for, tn
Nseks In the seventh and the home boy!
Sunched four blows for three runs. witt
one down johnson singled. So did Judg'
and Milan. Rice bounded to hommei
and Milan was knitted. Roth's double
scored Rice with the third run OF tn
session. -,
Connie says be is going home inten
h,n buasping a lot of fresh guys witt
tfkink Ms gang will be soft. He think
prSorning practice will help his player
z I,whole lot. hut from their showing
they need AFTERNOON practice,
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Beat Calitornians, but Lose
DeIa,pare Title to Johnson
and Pearson
BY SPICK HALL

TOE and Alex Thayer have jumped
back suddenly into the lawn tennis
lime glare Neither of the brothers has
had much practice this season either
in singles or as a doubles team, yet
they made fine showing in the tourna-
ment recently finished at the Whining
ton Country Club. where the Delaware
titles were at stake.
In the semifinal round the Thayers
eliminated the University of California
team, Wallace Bates and Edmond Levy,
in grueling five set match On the
following day, Saturday, they competed
in the finals against Wallace F. John
son. Cynwyd, and Stanley w. Pearson,
Germantown Cricket Club. The Thayers
lost the match, another five-set affair.
The score was 6-3. SO, %. 6-3. OF.
Joe Thayer had had the least tennis
of any one of the quartet this season,
yet II was his play that kept the
brothers in the running until the last
two games of the final set, which Pear
son and Johnson won with the loss of
only one point. Joe Thayer has been
pitching baseball and doing athletics
generally, but his tennis has some
what been neglected. However, this was
pot evident against Johnson and Pear
son.
In Fine Form
After dropping the opening set the
Thayers played spectacular tennis,
rushing to the net and killing drives
and lobs with equal decisiveness.
BY using these tactics the Thayers
took the second and third sets. In the
fourth set the Thayers seemed to have
spent themselves. physically. for they
were unable to play the rushing game
that they had in the two previous sets
However. they came back strong in the
fifth set and kept up the fight until thc
score stood Gall. Then johnson anC
Pearson lost the thirteenth game, givinl
their opponents the advantage game
Both teams were playing desperately
for every point at this juncture, and th'
fourteenth game went to deuce, and thu
Thayers took the next point and wer,
within a stroke of the title.
But the coolness of Johnson AM
Pearson STAYED off defeat and the!
deuced the count again. Once more tn
Thayers won the odd point and agail
we're within an eyelash Of the cham
pionship. but Johnson and Pearso,
, we're again not only equal to but a trif
ahead of the occasion.
} They won the point tnat Woulu nav
, spelled defeat IL they had lost 1t, the
ran the game out:
That was the finish, for the Thayer
were apparently very weary and unabl
to hit with the fnality that had char
, acterized their game earlier in tn
| match. Johnson and Pearson continue
their steady hammering and won tn
, final two games, one to love and tn
other to IS.
spoetscylar Match
This pzas one Of the most grippin
, matches ever seen on the fine turf court
, al wilmington, although Bill Tilder
II. NJ Williams, Harry Johnson an
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Scraps About Scrappers
TT WOULD appear as If the negro wa

TT WOULD appear as IL the negro was
L about to get back into the fistic lime
glare as possible future ring cham
pion. Following the dethronement of
Jack Johnson by Jess Willard as heavy
weight titleholder, "the color line" in
tsticufs became very conspicuous and
the negro boxer appeared to be out Of
luck insofar as future titular tilts were
concerned. Now, with the announce
ment that Harry Wills, of New Or
leans, would meet Fred Fulton In the
first bout Of importance in the state Of
New York under the new law permit
ting fifteen round bouts to referee de-
cisions, the probability of interracial
matches Is in order. Willis is one Of
the cleverest and best of negro heavy
weights: If he were to defeat Fulton
decisively and impressively there is
hardly any doubt that an effort would
be made to match the Louisiana negro
with Jack Dempsey. The Wills Fulton
date has not been announced yet. How
ever, 1t Is reported that Fulton will be
guaranteed $25 900 for the bout. while
Wills is to get $4,000.
July 4 T. The date set for an interraeial
no one cares about T. Jack johnson Is
sehsduled & to meet Al Merton twenty rounds
~ iie SoAha' L>ONNr HHiornla.
Jsek Dcmpsey has started training at
iS iSshS sprhgs Col: AL OF which means that
rather than one of the reel sort.
There n letter in the sports department,
PiazzI. " '0f 'onnn'
Answer to query-Low Tender has been
handled by Phil Glassman from tho time The
southpsw started boxing. Tender has said
apsR
II would be TO retire.
Little Italy fans will have an attraction IN
While jackson bout at the PRlllies Dail nnP PARK
BATTLING or Tommyw H tSx SFray n yhat sFG5Ssr shSW
Pete Tyrell is getting Martin Judge in the
sSaneS Rssi sspe Of {SsE to meet
mSntOwfn for A 4 next ThprSdSy nisht re-
Patsy Wallace. Donahue recently Resumed
boxing and came back strongly after staying
willie Houck y another boxer to attempt
| comeback. He will be stacked against
SSiS JSh1Fsy ]. NF'0'' at the Germantown T. 4,
"Youns Tom sharkey has improved 200
SsItSnr%e'ThSS nnS, ssnsationSl knockout over Ray
TO be In line for big matches when the pes,,'
lar season starts"
| X. o.. Sullivan. the upstate light-heayy.
| weight has a proposition to make TO any OF
| the promoters. Kayo wants to meet Gene
Tunney and In order TO get that bout Sulli.
| van says he will waive HIS purse II he fails
70 go the limit with the A. e. +. title
Johnny FRwn. OF Tioga. is getting int
| shape 20 box again He was recently dis
| charged from the United States navy
FRANKIE Howell pOstals from Panama CIT,
that boxing Is going great In the Canal Zone
The Little Italy lightweight is on the U. s. s
Connecticut, bound for Honolulu with mid
shipmen aboard The Y. 3. 8. South Caro-
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uahF others have competed in the Della
ware Championship in former years,
g aiIace J0hnson's defeat in the
iihaiS by Dean Mathey came somewhat
III 'he nature OF surprise. It had been
expected that Mathey could make n
great hight with his clever yolleying and
overhead work, but he surpassed himself
against Johnson. Mathey's play was bv
iar MS best since the war. He had IN
De at his best or johnson would never
nave been beaten. Wallace IL always
capable OF playing just as we'll at the
Hhsh as he Is at the beginning, conse :
lTTently, Mathey had to be at ton form
a.! Ihe way This was shown in the
mira set when Mathey had a temporary
LapSe. Johnson quickly saw the opening
ana TOOK 1t, beating the West Slider
6,l, in that set. The three sets that
Mathey won, all at 6-4, show how cIoas
the contest was. '>
tynwyd had no trouble In defeating Rixar.
ton IN the TristatA League tennis matohss
matches, whiIe nefIm; ths me former taking eish
annex one. The singles were ali Won ~ 81
Sss ne se,s Ycspt as were also two Of ths dou.
and Edwards and Swayne with p eTi Va,,Soe zoe
man this match going TO three sets. "a,
Some st strenuous tennis matehe. were wit,
| featinE Idle Hour 3 matches to IN tb. Ie
suburban League. Idle Hour succeeded ' n
taking two OF the singles and as mani n,
doubles matches. 'N"s
| Ichtya KumaEae. Of Japan, won tha NJ,
Eopolitan tennis single cham mplonship al Seus
| York. defeating in the ANAL How
| Noshell. OF Brooklyn. the playing thr"SgSS
| tuleholder. Tho score was 90, B-l G9
Bethany made a clean sweep in m. Tn
tertownship League tennis matches on thsi,
own courts Curtis Country Club bsingt MI Nv
victims. matches TO- o, The four ainRIa,
and two doubles matches were all straish
sets.
Carlton Smith. Of Atlanta. defeated Franl
T. Payne. New Orleans for the mem
singles tennis championship of .he South Z
New Orleans. This is the third time smit
has won the title.
n. l.. James and Harold l.. Taylor.
New York, were defeated AZ .ToFopto !
i the hnal for the eastern Cnnacian oqupt@
tennis Championship by y. A.. Burns enq
Ross. of Toronto, VI. % n.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-28
THA YER BROTHERS MAKE
FINE SHOWING AT TENNIS
Record Entry List
for Tennis Tourney

Records for tennis entries are
being beaten with each succeeding
tournament this season. 1t was the
Terrace Clubs turn yesterday to
announce the unprecedented entry of
22O players in the Brooklyn tennis
championship that opened on the
courts in FIatbush. Never before
had the 200 mark been approached in
any tournament in America. With
sixteen courts available, however,
the club officials felt confident that
they could handle the record field
without any trouble and wind un
the tournament on time, weather
permitting.
Among the prominent entrants
were $. Howard Voshell and
Charles Chambers, Silichiro Kasbio
Frederick c. Anderson, Willard
Botsford, the New Jersey finalist
and Francis T. Hunter. Icbiva
kumagae, the titleholder, is not de-
Tending his title.
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siderable gloom In New York where he
played tho national links yesterday.
doc HorSan. veteran osddy, who will tote
Harry Vardons clubs on the latter's tour of
this country. is now our volunteer corre-
spondent afeld. Horgan was much i'm
pressed by the game OF Mrs. @. Henry
Stetson. Huntingdon Valley, at Shawnee, es-
pecia lily in her match against Mrs. J. Ray
mond Price. inalist for the North and
South title this year.
As for tho thirty-six-hole finals and eight.
cen holes to qualify there is likely to be
considerable diHcuEsicn at the next annual
meeting OF the local golf association. One
round to qualify this year was n new de-
parture. and II happened to be a success.
Most Of those qualified who should have, at
least none OF the real leaders In the city
failed.
Have 10 alibl that ono that Horfner beat
Platt In the semifinals. which appeared Fri
day and Saturday morning. Bells were call
Ing at family wedding and the wires be-
tween a pinch-hitter and the office got
crossed
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Crauath Tried to Sape Phils

THAT first game on Saturday, which was won by the
Giants in the eleventh inning, was heart breaking
affair The Phils and lost several times and suf-
fered oil of the breaks Eppa Rixeys wild pitch, Lee
Meadowss losing argument with the umpire and Lebor-
veau's terrible base running caused the defeat.
One of the features of the battle the action OF
Gavvy Cravath in the tenth when he took out Casey
Stenge of the best hers in the league, and went
in to bat for him. This monumental piece Of nervy
work. but Gavvy has been doing this all season. 1t will
be remembered he took Rixey day in New York
when Eppa had held the Giants to hit in eight innings
battcd for him, knocked home and won the game
In Cincinnati, in the last i,-!ng, with out, he
deliberately ordered the pitcher to three men in
succession and then the game double play and
an infeld fly.
On Saturday it of the Two out
Williams was second with the tying and Gavvy
went to the plate Had he vvercd he would have been
bum. However, he pokcd double just out of reach of
Bancrofts fingers Williams scored and the count was
all again.
CAPVY, however, made miStdke chcn he in
~ serted Leborcedu TO continue the trip around
the bases. Bevo should hare scored and the
game on Meusers single, but he didnt He
for and like Crdrath.
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Set Fast Pace on Tandem

Newark. n. j.. June 2s.-Frank Kramer
and Orlando Plani showed marvellous speed
on n tandem In winning the two-mile tandem
lace at che Velodrome yesterday afternoon.
rode around the field and into the lead. From
this point to the finish they set such a
routing every yard of the way
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RETURN OF VARDON
IS REAL GOLF EVENT
British Star Was Forty.fom When He Won His Sinh
Title in I9I4-Ruth and Sisler Best AM @
around Baseball Players
Tho Noncombatant
BY GRANTLAND RICE


The Noncombatant
Un,oeoricd, cool, along the field,
He comments on the fray;
No matter rhat the contest u
He has his little say. ~
he should have tried sout this - or
why did he make tAat throy,"
I'm quite surprised he did not have
A better trick to shop."
Apart from un tAe heat and stroin -
He looks Through ciedyer eyes,
Whic doping out the proper ,oay
TO carry of the prize;
II don't think 7 haze evsY seen
A larger hank OF bone
IN tconder php Ac tried thof out
Poor fsh--hc should haze kno,on."
Bat out thero IN the thick Of ",
Wherc peory muscles toane,
Where jumping nerves begin to skid
beneath the heavy strdin--
Where brain and broDn are parped and
morn
As trouble leaves its sting,
Where shortened breath clogs UP the
tAroaf--
It's quite another tAing.
Concerning War Clubs
pABE RUTH uses n bat varying in
- weight between 52 and 81 ounces.
Rogers Hornsby uses a light bat, al
most 10 ounces lighter than Ruth's.
Bob Mcdonald, the longest hitting
golf "pro" in America, uses a light
club, weighing from 12h to 1s ounces.
Abe Mitchell, the hardest hitting
'pro" in Great Britain, uses q heavy
17-ounce driver with a shaft like a
young tree.
You can rarely prove from what q
genius uses the best selection you can
make as a normal, average entry In the
game.
On the Battlefield Of Deal
DEFORE the current week is out Of
- the way a human story Of more
than passing interest will be unfolded
at Deal, where the British open cham
pionship will be played. =,
Vardon was forty -four years old
when he won his sixth championship,
back in 1914. The great veteran lost
six competitive years by reason of the
kaiser's desire to be open champion at
another sport. Vardon's renewal, with
that Of Braid and John Henry Taylor,
both Of whom have reached fifty, is
sporting epoch of no small Importance
not so much as an individual affair as
it happens to concern championship ac-
tivities at the half century mark.
Franco Still Around
THE main international complications
i of the year are between the United
States and Great Britain.
These two turn out the bulk OF the
international program. But France,
after losing 1900, 900 Of her men and
women in the most destructive war OF
all time. can still point to these leaders
BoxiDg-Carpentier
Tennis-Gobert, Decugis and Mile.
Lenglen.
Golf-Massy.
Counting in no others, France still
remains upon the sporting map.
CIsLER and Ruth, the two master
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Charles preissndanz. the Fairmount

eran. took a trip along "Boathouse Row.
Yesterday in an effort to get boats from the
and vicinity. They have word there will be
two eishts. double and nd, gig sig from from the the
Verone Boat Club, BROOKLYN: a single from
the Atlantic Boat Club. Brooklyn, and an
eight from the New Rochelle Boat Club. New
Rochelle N Y. The Potomacs. of Washing
ton, d. C.. have asked for three singles. a
double and two eights. 1t will be impossible
here on account OF the railroad situation, but
II Is, possible that the Wsshinston crews
take care OF any boats from Baltimore.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-28

started out as pitchers. wbsr.
proved his effectiveness. Eiths ,...,s .aSh
have held his own among the ton,,uld ,n,ould
Of the mound. Both have plsyea a'ners M
outfeld and first base effectively. STU sue
Ter finally settled down to first .bas,s.
as C steady diet, while Ruth ss,aa.'
the outfeld. But from the beginnirs
both were vivid replies to the .sncian,
query, why can't pitchers hitl"
Tb. cr.... IT.,
NH, "'o'y
""e" pou sneu feaoh the summit az
boer rdpe',
A"e s.c.. he Journey totcdrd Won,
c setting 'sn, ''''
A,d =. cont.,,.s .,,,, u
runf WV ''O' you 70
When vou havs kno,er ,o.-
6nat innino. 'u'' oHe
And dusk beoirs In Mat ana, .. =,
scene. w" ''" "s
Can pou recall that fror "A. s.., A.
oinnino ~ "' "'' o.
You PLAYED the mama "a al.
betore you get the punch that send,
you drufsno,
bc1oro Fate sounds your Anal oey.
td'n cdH,
fot" get ohdnce to do your shore
NJ, OF Wtno
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Tho low water Is still causing considerable
trouble to the oarsmen, and less than
thirty boats have been damased so far this
ger, OF the Paramount. tore the bottom out
OF a double shell. The dredge Is stili there.
but doing no work.
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ABOUT BEING IN THE CELLAR-TTEY STILL ]
FIGHTING SPIRIT OF THE PHILLLES
\ MAKES CRAVA THIS TEAM POPULAR
WITH THE FANS OF PHILADELPHIA
BY ROBERT w. MAXWELL
sports Editor Evening Public Ledger

wn furnishing lots of color and the crowd is with
them good fighter looks good whether he wins loses
TUST one more tcord about Philadelphia fans
They are not hard losers. They pill not start a
riot crcry time the home club gets tcdlloped. II
they did they ,oouh be fighting all of the time, for
10 must be remembered that the Athletics play ser-
enty- seven home onmCs here.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-28

CtIsLER and Ruth, the two master
y batsnen Of the American League.
also happen to be the two best all
around workmen in the profession. Both
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Frankie Howell postals from Panama City
Tho Little Italy lightweight is on the u S. s.
Connecticut. bound for Honolulu with mid
shlpmen aboard. The Y. 3, 8. South Caro-
Una also is on this cruise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-28

West PhiIlies have two entries. "Biii'
NoCormack will try for Junior singles and
McInerney and Resan. stroke. will take care
OF the Junior doubles.
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,asss..s:nsS ss e:sss'r hole was slss sss n ,s ,s
iksYsss Ss mis6t not b ssis %s's 70 iSss play x
q "estSh up'' In his busiless, spread con
" - klsl u " ~
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sydpey Moilard will row In association sim
gies, Zieber. Rooster. simmons and Coffin
will make up a junior eentipede An inter-
msdiats four-oared gig manned by Myers.
Kiose, r. Federschmidt and Z. Federschmidt.
stroke; Hunter. COZ. and junior gig com
stroke; Huey, cox. will be entered.
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There are two drawbacks, however II
reduces the silver Cross play to fifty-four
holes and. secondly. thirty-slx holes gives q
player a chance TO pull up who might have
gone awry In his first round. Tho latter also
applies to two-round nnals where the last
two are OF tho same ability. But thirty six
holes TO qualify and eighteen-hole matches
throushout seem TO appeal most. strongly
10 those directly involved
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-28

Johnny Fawn OF Tioga. Is getting into
shape 20 box again. He was recently dis
charged from the United States navy
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Mrs. stetson played a very. steady game
throughout" writes Horgan. "being straight
on the tees and through the faiE green. She
putting, A look at the card inclosed shows
46-43-3s. Horgan 70 also full or praise
low. Merton, who won the event. and for
the uphill fight OF Mrs. Caleb f. Fox. Hunt
ingdon Valley. who was . down going 10
Chicago. and then squared the match at the
seventeenth. They had a pair OF S6s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-28

Carlton Smith. Of Atlanta defeated Frank
T, Payne. New Orleans for the mems
New Orleans. This 10 the third tirns Smith
has won the title,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-28

Captain Haas. Of the Paramount Rowing
in junior singles and Lewis and carlin in
tupior doubles,
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Beating three such players as Walter
Reynolds, Pat Grant and George Hofrner, In
successive matches. Is a golhns assignment
that few players would care to tackle and
bet on their own chances; That's what
have been hard TO have picked for him a
rockIer road hereabouts. 1t was a real
triumph.