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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07
BRITISH HA We EDGE. on
u. S. so FAR IN SPORTS
Percentage of Wins Seems to FAVOR Lion Oper Eoo,o .
Events Starting With Penn Relay Carnival
RutRs Heavy Bat Big Factor
BY GRANTLANp RICE

A NIERICANS and Britons in common
"A play golf and tennis, sail boats and
indulge in the devices of the track and
ring. All this makes for wonderful
competition, an international display OF
absorbing interest. Nor should polo be
forgotten, although no international
contest will be arranged for this year.
But with all this. only imagine the
excitement with crack British .pitchcy
facing "Babe" Ruth in a baseball world
series with the London Lions pitted
against the New York Yanks--or the
Cleveland Indians as the case may be
with Speaker in this event supplanting
Ruth.
The Next Two
ITAyING had the returns from our
IL tennis and golf invasion Of Great
Britain the international pendulum now
swings to this side of the Atlantic as
Old Ring Lardner has nicknamed the
ocean separating the two contenders.
Which is to say that the yacht race be-
tween the Resolute and the new sham
rock will now tap the public pulse.
Shortly afterward the main whirl in
the impending Olympic games follows,
and when these two are completed there
will be a better chance to do some tab
ulating to figure how the Eagle ana
the Lion rank in the Standing OF the
Clubs.
Just at present, figuring from the
Pennsylvania relay games, on through
the various contests that have followed,
the vital statistics in the case favor the
Lion.
And no particularly broadmindeG
sportsmanship is required to extend
Fluctuations. up to date, to a country
that lost O5O 900 men killed in action
and was still able to make such show
ING less than two years later.
x,1,,. p,.h C.n Do II
WY % nu. ,.,
A NUMBEh OF astohishea iana''cs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07

speed as the bat crashes into tbo ~,
:, This, leverage, the weight Of ,h' v',,'
the physical power to SWINE bat
weight. keen eve aud perfect the
OF timing arc the sum and tbe control
OF Ruth's predominant oualit;ooo ;oos.aance lance
the field. ''a''''es above
He merely happens to have I'M
cent OF what great slugvor oo pee
which is just triflc more tbor Imeeds, mds,
hanty, Lnjoie, Davis, Bakcr Dele.
man or any of the others carried a,a' rec
The Decisive Test
THE most decisive test in spor, !,
L pennant race. No cbamnia.,.a
decided by one meeting or cysn s,ohhshlp hlp
weeks play can Sc conclusive
In tennis Johnston beats Tr,.
Parke beats Johnston; Tildep huen h0a,i
Parke. oeah
In baseball. over the short ,..,
Princeton beats Harvard: Yolo 'bbu.e,
Princeton Harvard beats Yale, oeas
In any single test lasting hu,
game or one week, too many outsido ons
unknown factors may enter. snail and
physical condition, mental otti,rd.
nerve control, etc. 'uue
But when you get a tcst that sto,,,
In April and runs every day into n.
tober. there can be no complaint, W
COPYRIGHT, 1890. An rights rcserp,o
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DEMPSEY MAY REFEREE
Leon Rains Endeavorins to Get
Champion to Appear Here July ~

Jack Dempsey, worlds heavyweight
champion, will appear before n Phila-
delphia audience of fistic followers il
the plans Of Leon Rains, promoter of
the Willie Jackson Lew Tender bout at
the Phillies' Ball Park next Monday
night, do not go amss. Promoter Rains
has started negotiations to get the
heavyweight titleholdcr to appear in the
role of referee at the PhiIs Park in a
bout between a pair of knockout heavy
weights
One Of the preliminary eight round
bouts will bring together Harley Hutch
inson and Knockout SAMSON. Rains
plans to have Dempsey appear in this
bout.
Promoter Rains Is now communicating
with Jack Kearns, Dempsey's manager.
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THE matches for the Interclub cham

! THE matches for the Interclub cham
i pionship Of the city will start to-
morrow at tho Philadelphia Country
( Club. Two other links were pronoSed.
Philmont and the Philadelphia Cricket
Club. but the Country Club is the otil
cial starting place.
North Hills plays Merton tomorrow
aud Whitemarsh plays Huntington
. Valley. These were the four clubs TO
qualify at the Cricket Club on Memorial
/ Day in the thirty six holes for the 'Io-
scph Henry Patterson Cup.
The matches tomorrow will hc four
somcs and. in the other round. two
somcs. The championship will be de-
cidcd on Friday.
Merton is the favorite to win the title.
but drew strong combination for 'the
first day in North Hills. This contest
will draw together i. W. Platt. city
champion. and Max Marston. fnalist. to
is. d. Heron last week for the Pennsyl-
vania state title. This match has been
eagerly awaited and some sterling golf
is sure to result.
Norman Maxwell. fnalist. at Old York
Road. will lead off for Whitemarsh'nnd
will give the Huntingdon Valley leader
a real tussle. The teams will be an
nounced at the first tee in the order in
which the individuals will play.
Ozark Horses
There are the usual clark horses
promised. 1t develops that Dwight F.
Armstrong is member Of Huntington
Valley. Armstrong has been here and
stated at the Philadelphia amateur that
he was going to play in the intcrclub
matches.
Armstrong qualified at the national
while he was clubmate of Heron mt
Oakmont with lT2. He was beaten by
Chick Evans in the first round.
Chick Evans made n new low amateur
score at Shawnee on Saturday which
we have not noticed in the public prints
over the holidays. The OK X-national am =
atcur and open champion scored W.
said to be the first time an amateur has
broken 20 there.
Evans played in foursomc with. Eu :
gene Grace. president of the Bethlehem
Steel Co. Reginald Worthngton and
Willie Rcckic, New Jersey, amateur
New Jersey champion.
Robert Mshler. local golf star.
acted in the capacity of scorCkecper and
submits over his signature that Chicks
golf was wonderful. Mishler states that
Evans just missed puts on the thir-
teenth, fourteenth and fifteenth holes OF
he would have broken the dazzling rec
ord set up by Jim Barnes. :,
Barnes had Il 81 there. which the tai
pro. said at the time was the lowest
score he had ever made. -
The 81 by Barnes was made in media
play of regular tournament, and Is
iikoly tO stand Ds tho official record o
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07

TT MAKES all the difference in the word wnen pau
olub s winning ball game. Yesterday when the AS
.,sonIy turned on the Red Sox and won the nghcap
s Lo oubc decker the home folks looked Ike million
dollars Before that time the Boston team looNed IKE
w., million dollars Instead of having every appearance
=, o,r AhIctcs they looked like Cleveland in the midst
Of winning streak. 1CS' u h"NcS I" ''' VI '''"''
when ball club wins. -,
Smartiuc under the sting Of nine straight walops on
tbo chin tho much maulcd Macks got sore or something
like that and believe they hhd thcr revenge. hoe
Noylor was pitching Mrs Rolic Nayl6r sat in the
,nnor povilon with her fingers crossed. and no club in
thc world could go up against combination IKE that
Tho dgita ink and the superb Ringing OF holc were
unbeatable For further details. sec the box score.
NpvIor by tho way. has been pitching good pail but
TINT was all Eleven stra ght times hc took the long
count and bolkcd at making Il dozen That's why
no called upon the family FOR assistance. .
Everybody has system in baseball. Connie Mack
has boen following and the results were negative
Al the beginning Of the second game and the boys had
washed the whitcwash of their clothes Connie told them
IN trv something else Too many men had been left on
h,sc no snd when base hits needed Therefore it
bcbo vcd the BOYS to discontinue so"kns sngy singles
and instead knock the pellet out OF shape
Tilly Walker was first to follow Instructions. In
the very first chapter he lost the ball in the lett hed
bleachers and after that he solid with the SunhSh
Then in the fourth Jimmy Dykes slammed ono into the
same spot and Jinsny social standing improved Those
two homCrs gave the home town folks lead OF : TO
until the eighth. and stuff was pulled
Walker walked which is both, alliterativc and true
Dykes popped. but not Frank Welsh should say not.
Frank waited until Harry Harper hoated one plate
ward and. after taking a hop, skip and jump landed
on the ball and sent it OVER the fence in left field
That is the third time in history that ball has been
clouted over barrier Rubc Oldng did it then
until yesterday.
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Yanks Clouting TOWARD Penr,dnt

rTVIIE Ncw York Yankees hitting their way to
pcnnant aud yesterdays performance in Washington
proves It, They sockcd the Senators IL to U, all puV
three of the runs coming in one inning.
The fourteen runs scored by the Ianks against Wash
iugop in single inning looks like record and is one TO
certain Cxtcut, for nothing like it has been done III
recent years =, ,a,, . !, =
But back in the hazy past. September U, 1851. to DC
exact tho Chicago National League CLUB made eighteen
runs in the seventh inning of game against Detroit
wcidmnn aud Burns the Tiger twirlers.
This winning streak being put ON by Huggns S
team looks good 1t has all the earmarks ot change IN
luck for the won with several OF tne stars on
rho sidelincs duffy Lewis has a bad leg Bob Shawkey
pulled muscle in his side Mogridgc has sprained ankle
and now Pcckiupaugh has strained tendon in his leg
Heretofore tho Yanks have Topped when the injuries came
in lunches like that but this year it is different They
seem to play better ball when up against it. y,
rs SOON as Shawkcy and Mogridgc get back
n into the name the pitching pH improve, for
The hard. ro 2cd regulars riH get their usual four
days' rest Then trH be the frctcorkS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07
Leonard Nav Hare Battle Getting to Weight

TT IS reported that Benny Leonard weighed 13!ha
i pounds on the morning of his battle with Charley
White, and this he entered the ring Weighing more
than 14O BENNY is getting bigger every day, and the
chances he will find difficult to get down to the
lightweight limit This discussed at length in boxing
circles yesterday and tho CONSENSUS of opinion that
Low Tender if he trims Willie Jackson decisively
Monday night, should claim the title
However. it would be well to wait little while.
Benny has been in the movies for six months has done
little training and f he get down as low as 1879
on short notice he might be able do better than that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07
Scraps about Scrappers

A MOTHER Philadelphian has started
"A to glmmcr on the fistic horizon,
although fans here do not know much
about it. When Indian Russell. lit
tie Southwark scrapper. upset the dope
by upsPttiug ANA defeating Patsy Wal
lace at Harrisburg last week. the petit
puncher. who is a real redskin. gained
a lot of prestige, his victory coming at
time when his opponent was claiming
the fywcight championship of America.
Reports on the bout cmanating from
Harrisburg differed. but the real story
is that Russell actually dropped Wal
lace several times, and was winner at
III" finish without any doubt. The Indian
is Il" newcomer in the ring. He has been
boxing in the prclims here for about six
years. and always proved dangerous
mittman because of his wallop in either
hand Russell is an awkward boxer,
being aggressive, rugged and a puncher
from any angle. One of the Indian s
previous surprises was n knockout over
Jimmy Lavender, of Pittsburgh.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07

The Shawnee open will be played
July 20.2l this year, according to the
latest announcement, which puts the
date one day forward from the first
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07

Mike ODOwd IL accused OF being afraid
OF Sailor Ed Pretosky. the California cave
man. who IL back In Philly. II Is said that
pounds. and when the sailor agreed to ma Ike
mis- weight Mike happened to think that he
couldn't make any engagements with the
native son. Petrosky says he Is ready to
meet Fulton, Greb, Brennan, Mlskle and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07

willie HOuCk Is anxious to keep busy in the
r'nG. n he succeeds In showing food form
against Johnny krause at the Germantown
\, \. tomorrow night Joe Kennedy per
sonaly will book his future matches Semi
lnal to the kTause- Houck encounter will be
Setto between Danny Rodgers and Frankie
Loster. Other bouts: Black Booboo vs. Shine
lirOwn, Willie Clark vs. Len Gibbons and
Joe Mario vs. Chap Laferty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07

First race, o furlongs, three-year-olds and
no. claiming. purse 1920!
rokey Jans 100 Golden Dawn !. io5
Pretty Baby ....lob sIron Roy ,....,liO
'Bstsinda .......l00 'RetTeat $500. ,1o5
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07

weItrrwPIght bout between Joe jackson
and Stanley llinckle will be tho star scrap
at the Eleventh. street Arena Friday night
Joe Richards meets Jack Diamond in the
semi. Jimmy Howell vs.. Frankie Mitchell
Bobby Wolgast vs.. Bobby Nelson and Ace Of
Spades vs.. PUd Sudler are other bouts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07

Thousands OF Americans crossed the bound.
Hr' I'm" Into Tia JuHna, Lower California, on
Nulday and all they got was drink
" in chasers being in order. The attraction
really was It twcnty-round bout between Jack
Johnson and Al Norton. but Mexican officials
did not permit the staging of the match
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07

THUS batting rally pas uppcd in tho bud and
another item was furnished for the ocH kno'cn
hook.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07

AS, WINNING, LOOK LIKE ONE
n MILLION DOLLARS, BUT LOSING,
LOOK .TUSTA TRLFLE CHEAPER
BY ROBERT W. MAXWELL

Waly saw the wild heave and started for second.
Ralph Perkins however, the job feded the peg
and Waly thrown out.
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Yackt.Racc Outcome Matter Of Speculation

WHICH will win the big yacht tho Resoute
w Shamrock "? The is yes At present spec
in white sailing circles is not of definite nature
Sir Thomass boat has its adhcrCntS aud there are many
baruaclcs the side Of the American craft Speed is an
possessed by both and both work we'll to wndward
RCsoutc has proved that she her rig in fair
blow aud Shamrock has Shamrock has proved that
she stand the bufetng of pretty heavy sea, and
Rcsoutc has not shown that she is able to stand much
Of a sra without sustaining less damage to her
fragile hull
The skipper of Rcsolutp has shown himself to be
clever well quick in determining upon course of
action and fast in carrying it out. The skipper of
Shamrock this country with great reputation
the premier Conthian of Great Britain but nothing
that has been of his work in this country far
affords any opportunity to judge whether he is good
a. our American Corinthan skipper
Boat for boa Nanitie was spccdcr than Rcsoute in a
ma ority of the they sailed together. and Nane
managed win at times by good margin in excess of
allowance she had to give esoute The old % meter
Shamrock mo slouch in fact. she is the speediest
yacht her inches that has sailed in British waters, but
still the challenger has beaten the older Shamrock by
than minute mile in wudward legs of
they have sailed recently.
And there you
tCoDyri0h'. 1920, Jy Public Ledger co..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07

Joe Borrell will get back into ring harness
Friday night. He will meet Henry Hauber at
tho Cambria Club Freddy Turner VS.. Billy
Cannon will be the semi. Other bouts are
Terry McGOvern VS.. JOhnny Dugan. Jimmy
McCiOvern VS. Billy Ferguson and Arthur
Rhoads vs.. Charley Murray.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07

NOW rrc knorc the dnSwer for the consistent
" losing strcats Of our IS. Thc9 h1rCn 7 nit
rnoNgh home runs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07

Jimmy O'Brien reports big sale for his
show at the Madison A. e. tomorrow night.
Robby McCann is to take on Joe Nelson IN
the headliner. battle royal also is schcd-
uled with the following preims: Duke
Avery VS. Young Sam Iangtord. Johnny Bar
ron v3. X. o. O'Grac. Tommy Sharp VS..
Matty Barrow and Jimmy Reilly VS.. Eddie
Palmer,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07
Beats Best Ball

Golfer Grace was not going as well
in the afternoon as he did in the morn
ing, when he scored 90. Evans beat
the best ball Of the other three, 4 and =.
Here are the official cards as kept by
Misllcr:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07
Windsor Entries for Tomorrow

Weather, cloudy; track hoa w.
sApprentiCe allowance claimed
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Thursdays Aqueduet Entries

Second race. st"epIechasc. four -yoar-olds
and up, about miles:
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-02-06
Lord John Russell.

During the years of my uncle's re-
tirement l was much more in his com
pany than had been possible when
was schoolboy and he was foreign
secretary or prime minister. PEN
broke lodge became to me second
home; and | have no happier memory
than Of hours spent there by the side
of one who had played bat, trap and
bali with Charles Fox: had been trav-
cling companion of Lord Holland had
corresponded with Tom Moore, de-
bated with Francis Jeffrey. and dined
with Doctor Parr; had visited Mel
rose abbey in the company of Sir Wal
ter Scott. and criticized the acting Of
Mrs. S,ddons; had conversed with Ma
poleop in his secluson at Elba. and
had ridden with the duke of yelling
ton along the lines of Torres Vedras.
&C. w. f. Russell.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-02-06
HIGHEST HON0Rs PAID POET
Men Of Every Walk in Life in Process
sion That Followed Robert
Burns to Grave.

Robert Burns died at Dumfries
Thursday. July p, 1896. at the age Of
81. Sunday evening. July "a, the body
was carried to the Trades hall, in
the High street. and from there, on
Monday. July %. 1t was borne to the
churchyard of st. Mlchael's. The poet
was buried with military honors. Sol
diers lined the streets and firing
party. with arms reversed, marched
first The coffin was carried on the
shoulders Of the poets brother volun-
teers. To the music of the Dead
March in Saul" the long procession
walked down the High street of Dunn
fries and along ST. Michael street to
the churchyard. The soldiers who took
part in the funeral were the Gentle
men Volunteers of Dumfries, to which
the poet belonged; the Fencible in
fnntry of Angusshire and the regi-
ment of cavalry of the Cinque Ports
The two latter bodies were at that
time quartered in Dumfries, and Of
fered their assistance. Among the
junior officers of the Cirque Ports
regiment was the Hon. Robert Bank
Jenkinson. afterwards the second earl
of Liverpool and prime minister of
Great Britain from 1912 to 1927. The
principal inhabitants of Dumfries and
the surrounding countryside walked In
the procession and n vast concourse of
PEOPLE witnessed the funeral
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-02-06
Tailoring Ancient Art.

The art of tailoring, in the western
hemisphere appears to have originat-
ed In connection with skin garments
rather than those OF cloth. In the
North. throughout the reindeer and
carbon area. well-tailored skin gar
mentS were worn. completely cover
ing the body. The Eskimos and the
caribou-hunting Indians cut out pieces
of skin and fitted them together In
intricate patterns like modern tailor
The tailoring art probably began In
China. whence 1t spread to Europe.
thence to the reindeer hunters in ST.
IBERIA and across from Asia into the
new world. Along the Pacific coast
the aboriginal Indians were but scant-
fly clad and the natives of Patagonia
usually Wore only a breechcloth, al
though sometimes capelike robe
hanging from the shoulders was used
In Mexico and the Andes region where
the art of weaving reached its height
garments retained the angular form
liz which they came from the loom.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-02-06

Laughter we are told by all author
tiles on the human emotions. springs
from a sense of satisfaction and SUI
periority in the laugher over the
laughee If we may coin the word for
the occasion. The Paris Rose Rouge
publishes. a hitherto imprinted essay
on laughter by Stendahl, In which the
following definition occurs:
"What is laughter? 1t is a success
sion of pulmonary spasms accompa-
MED by a peculiar facial expression
which is so familiar that I need not
describe II and by pleasurable sen.
sation around the chest
This physical state arises from a
sudden inspiration to compare our
own worth with someone else's and
resulting in a verdict favorable to our
selves. Laughter thus arises from the
sudden recognition Of our own SUI
periority."
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-02-06
MAMMOTH CAVE LONG FAMOUS
Has Been Acknowledged One Of tho
Worlds Wonders, Practically
Since the Year 1909

The mos famous cavern in America
Is Man h cave. IN Kentur writes
"Nik~ah in the Chicago -. News
Mammoth cave was an old Indian ref
uge. and the story of redskin adyen-
lures is written plain in the skeletons,
tomahawks and reed torches that have
been found In the cavern depths.
Then. in 1909, q white man, pioneer
hunter. followed a wounded bear into
the mouth of the great cave, and from
that time on Mammoth cave became
In American estimation the eighth
wonder of the world.
Almost as soon as the white man
discovered the cavern he began to
make practical use of 1t. Long before
the era of Indian possession bats had
inhabited the cavern halls and In the
course of time their skeletons had &C
cumulated on the floor. especially
near the entrance. These skeletons,
containing nitrate. played an impor-
tnnt part In the war of 1912, for
nitrate. so needed for making explo-
sives. was scarce in the colonies and
the Mammoth cave became the main
source of supply.
When the country settled down tt
a period of comfortable prosperity
Mammoth cave became, even more
than it is today, a great show place
Of America. The caves history is TOLD
in the names Of the various rooms ant
galleries. Jenny Lind and other artists
visited the cave and sang or played
the airs that had made them famous
IN "Ole Bulls Concert Hall' or othe
cavern corridors. In room sine
named Booths Amphitheater.' Edwil
Booth was inspired to declaim som
of the lines of Hamlet before SINAI
and select audience.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-02-06
Copyright Acts.

The first act providing for the copy
right of books and other publications
IT. the United States was passed 100
years ago. The term Of copyright was
then fixed at il years. with the priv
ilege Of renewal for IA years longer.
In 1911 the period was extended to
2S years and providing for a renewal
for IA years. For nearly a hundred
years after the passing of the first
copyright law the protection was OK
tended only to citizens of the United
States. In England similar injus-
tice was practiced upon Americans, al
though the British government did
permit foreigners to take out copy
right, provided their work was first
published in England and the author
was at the time Of publication any
where within the British dOminOns.
International copyright conventions
now exist between nearly all nations.
The first copyright act in England was
passed In 1909. giving protection for
II years and for the authors life If
then living. In 1914 the English law
was amended by extending the period
to % years.