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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-05
PLAN WOULD ABOLISH
INTENTIONAL PASSING
Cive Batter Privilege of Accepting or Rejecting Base
First Time, Then Allow Him T,Uo Sacks il Pitcher
Repeats Suggests CrantIand Rice
Nv GRANTLAND RICE

CJpPOSE we consider the intentional
~ pass in baseball in n triHe more de-
tail mainly for the reason that II is a
matter which the rules committee Of the
major leagues cannot afford to overlook
before the season opens.
In football, If the opposing team has
star halfback, the only way he can
be handled successfully is to mass two
or three men against him, AZ Chicago
tried to stop Heston and Princeton tried
to stop Coy.
There Is no device in football by
which an offensive star con he rendered
null and void by any such simple
cxpedicnt as lifting him completely out
of action.
In fact, there is no other game where
this can be accomplished except in base.
ball.
The Folly Of 1t
DUT in baseball a club either buys or
- develops a great hitter, who is
thereby big asset to his club.
lie may be a Cobb, a Speaker or a
Ruth.
Having acquired this star the club Is
entitled to get full value. Big crowds
come out to see him deliver his offensive
push, and each time a critical time in
the game arises, with runners on second
and third, or with runner on second
or third, the crack slugger is gently but
firmly lifted from the plate and de-
posted at first base on an intentional
ride, thereby being of no value to his
club and of no more interest to the big
crowd than a sack of salt.
His own club doesn't get full value,
and neither does the fan flock which
pays the daily tax.
We are not blaming the pitcher,
whose main business is to win the game
under the rules. We are blaming the
rules. which permit any such rank un-
fairness.
The Solution
MTE HAVE printed, read and heard
w numerous suggestions as to how
! this situation should be met.
After careful consideration of al
plans offered to eradicate the evil. the
following seems the simplest and thu
best:
When a batsmun, with runner or
base or runners on the bases, is givcr
| lOul hN small bC thtAtiNh w NAN'N'
accept or decline the pass. The pitcher
shall then start on fresh attempt, i
the pass is declined, and If he agair
walks the batsman the latter shall bc
entitled to take two bases.
This rule would settle the entir'
argument.
Suppose runners were on second an,
third, with Ruth, Speaker or Sisler a
bat. The batsman, given four balls
declines the pass. He is given fou
more that fail to cross the plate. II
then moves to second base, the man OF
second is forced to third and the run
ner on third is forced home.
How many intentional passes do yol
believe would be given in the face o
this penalty?
In Which Event
CUPPOSE, you may add, the pitche
Oisn't trying to hand out an inten
tional pass, but is making an ineffectua
attempt to get the ball over?
Any pitcher who hasn't enough con
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-05
HAL CHASE DENIES
GAMBLING CHARGES
Says All Bribery Talk Is Fool
ish-Borton and Maggert
to Have Trials

San Jose, Calf, Aug. 5.-Emphatic
denial of bribery charges made t..
President w. ii. Mccarthy and Chari
A. Baum WAS expressed by Hal Cha"
In a telephone conversation today fro"
Los Angeles. He said the talk OF brib"r'
was foolish. .r
Chase, who plays Sunday baseha'
with the San Jose Club Of the Mission
League, said he would play as usua
Sunday.
San Francisco, Aug. 5.-TrialS are
70 be given Baker (Babel Borton, first
baseman of the Vernon Club of the IA,
citic Coast Baseball League. and liarI
Maggert, center fielder of the Salt AXE
Club. W. Mccarthy. president OF the
league. announced here today.
They are involved in charges OF
rambling on the results of ball game"
In which Hal Chase, former big Lacquer,
Is Plso involved
Onlsland, Calf. Aug. 5.-Harl Mag
sert. Internationally released by the
Salt Lake Club of the Pacific Coast
Ieaeuea announced today that he in
tsrded 10 fight to retain his post. He
aid he had been unjustly accused and
would take the case TO court II neces-
sSry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-05
ZOELLER is SUSPENDED
Jockey Punished for Rough Riding
on Empire CITY Track

Saratoga Springs, y. V, Aug. g.
.Ncting on n report Of tho stewards of
the Empire City meeting. the stewards
Of the Jockey Club have taken action to
discourage rough riding by continuing
indefinitely the suspension of Jockey
Ioeller for an offcnso during the Yonk-
ers meeting.
In race on July % Zoeller. who had
the mount on Tablcur d'Honncur.
grabbed the saddle Of Under Fire early
in the race and was temporarily set
down pending investigation, During the
meeting the stewards also appointed a
number of stewards to act at the vari-
ous autumn meetings +. X. Hitch
cock will represent the Jockey Club at
Belmont Park, II. X. Knapp will be the
representative at AQucduct, W. s. Vos-
burg at Jamaica, and John +. Cowdin
ut Empire City.
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Yankees Hit the Skids

THE Now York Yankees have been Skddng in the West
and today are holding second place in the American
League By the slender margin of point They
into squalls in St Louis and Chicago and lost six of the
nine games played. A club cannot expect to win the
pCnnNnt with percentage like that. Yesterday they lost
to the White SoX by the of 10 to 3.
boosters for the Nunks getting alarmed and won.
dcrng what will happen next. liugginss team is playing
bad baseball and the pitching also is poor. They win
games by beef and Drawn, and when the hitting falls off
it's time to wash up They win many - L. games
but when is needed the stuff is off,
IN THE meantime the Indians arc brccSip0 along
rih a fire. -Game lcdd and the white Sor are
climbing steadily. WOuldni il be strange il chi
c0go and the Giants met in the rOrld series!
Copyright. I0aO bv Public Ledger Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-05

troll to handle the situation in two NJ.
tempts, IL the first pass is declined. do.
serves the heavier penalty.
The rules committee of the two
leagues will either have to face a chance
in the present situation or fan revolt,
of no small proportion.
THE Davis Cup has been Australian
i property for six years now. and 70
Tilden. Johnston and Williams can't
bring il back this winter it may stov
there indefinitely. If not several years
longer.
r G.. F.-Cobb entered the mDior
-. leagues two years before Speaker
did.
TT CYRIL TOLLEY and Bob Gard.
l. ner get together in another match nj
the Engineers Club in September Il
will take something more than rope to
handle the crowd. Individual iron
cages are all we can think of without
pressing the matter further.
LIVERY once in while Vardon and
IL Raw get trimmed in order to snar
the deadly mOnotOnN. Ibut lOt or bill
clubs could use their percentage very
nicely in the way Of acquiring a tidy
standing in some pcDnant race.
UTACK JOHNSON. being closer 10
= being n gorilla than Jack DrmN.
sey is. could very likely get in condition
I to beat Dempsey" writes Arthur Bria.
bane, who could win n lot of money Il
johnson ever turned this trick In the
meanwhile, there is Gorilla Wills 10
figure on. while Johnson is attcmptin,
to Houdini the hoose- gov.
T7IIEY may handicap Babe" Ne.
L Donald in the Olympic games by
having his leading European rival at.
tempt to carry the sixteen pound ham
mcr as far as the "Babe" can throw Y.
rCcpvrioht 1920. All rights rcscrrcdJ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-05
OLYMPIC STARS
BUSY IN BELGIUM
American Athletes Will Be
Among the Last to Arrive
at Antwerp
BY the Associated Press

Antwerp. Aug. 5.-Tnlcss the Amer
lean transport Princess Matoika arrives
sooner than is now expected. the United
States athletes will be among the last
delegations for the stadium events to
reach Antwerp. Athletes of other coun-
tries are busily training at the stadium.
Nmong them are the Italians who. with
plCtt ADAMS. their imrrican trainr".
m boy twenty one.
Thirty-unr mrmbrrN u; the Canadian
team also have arrived. among thra
Earl j. Thompson. DartmOuths hur-
dler, who holds the worlds record ia
the l2Q- yard high hurdles. Although
he, has long competed in intercollegiate
athletics in the United States. Thomp-
son Is representing Canada in the
Olympic events because of his Canadian
narcntagc.
Among other teams arriving are the
Egyptians. South Africans and Greeks.
Hans Nolchmainen, the famous Fiunisn
marathoncr, of New York, is also on
the ground
Peter Trivoulidas. winner of the 1920
Boston marnthOn, who was sent by his
Boston cOuntrymcn to represent Greece
in the Olympic m0th0thon, has arrived.
accompanied by his trainer. Potter Ia
gelman, Of New York IIc was one of
N" first marathoncrs to so over tho
Olympic course.
Five American bicyclists, entered for
the Olympic road race. arrived at Ant.
wcrp aboard the Finland in charge Of
Frank. II. Denny. They found repre-
Fcntativcs of a number Of nations ahead
OF thrm and already in training. The
cyclists arriving wcrc Freeman, EOgara.
Nocklcr, Stockholm and Grassing.
The American cyclists, Immediately
after arriving, took up their quarters
IN n school building which had been ar
ranged for their accommodation. They
,."Nnd their lodgings in the main salts
factory.
The bicycle sprlntcrs of the United
states team are aboard the Matoika
with the main Olympic team. aud arc
expected to arrive late this week,
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Tex Is "Cham pionship" Promoter

d ICKARD stands all alone in the boxing game.
IN He has put vvcr. and every bout, with
the exception of one had a unanimous winner In 1906
he staged the Nelson Cans battle Godfcd Nev and
Nelson foul in the forty second round. \ purse
Of $34.O 600 divided that day Nelson getting
$23 600 irrespective of tho decision.
Four years later Tex again invaded the boxing field
and put the Jeffrics- johnson match, which
of the talked of affairs in pugilsm. Richard out
bid the other promoters with offer of $l01 00O and
drew $27O. the gate Johnson in the fifteenth
round and was well paid for his trouble With the
900 bonus for signing and his share OF the moving
pictures. the colored collected Sf20 600. Jercs
emerged with S17 O66 which pretty good for forty
five minutes work.
After this came the Willard Moran affair, which
lasted ten rounds and the Dempsey Willard contest in
Toledo last year Rckard has been with moth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-05
COAST STAR THREATENS
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION
Eddie Maoney, OF Frisco Is Coming East This Fall - Now
Being Handled by Tommy Walsh
BY LOUIS ii. JAFFE

A MOTHER Native Son is pushing his
"A puguacious physognomy into the
hstic spotglare. He is Eddie Mahoncy.
San Francisco lightweight. The Cali
fornian is in Chicago at the present
time and he Is to be brought East this
fall by Tommy Walsh. who writes that
Mahoney will camp on the trail of Lew
Tender when he visits Philadelphia.
Just now Walsh is making things
very uncomfortable for Charley White
by challenging the latter on behalf of
Mahoney. White. you know, used to
carry the colors Of the stable of Walsh
and Nate Lewis. until recently Charley
decided to become his own manager Ia
JOHNNY Dundee.
While Whit" i i>,GnG driis TO Ernny
Leonard. Willie Jackson, Joe Ben. n.amin
and Tender, Walsh is sort of using Ma
honey as a thorn in Charlcy's side.
The Californian was turned over to
Walsh and Lewis by Jack krarns,
Jack Dcmpscy's manager. M0honey,
who established quite rep on the coast,
appears to be s. o. L.. out Of luck, or
something like that, in so far as match
with White Is concerned. because Char
ley insists on passing Eddie up.
Walsh and Lewis make Il number of
trips to Philadelphia every fall with
various boxers. and all Of their mit;mrn
usually are OF class Although moth
ing has been heard Of MahOncy in the
East, 1t is probable that he will prov"
a first rate lightweight, Kcarns says
he is a pip, and so does Benjamin.
Klddo Williams leaves today for Baltimore.
where no is TO take Johnny Erte In a
twelve-round bout to referees decis'0n 90
morrow night. The kid Is in good shape, he
says and IL confident Of knocking out the
81 Paul Kewpie. Williams spared with KID
Wagner for this battle.
G,orSie Mack has secured Jobs for two Of
his boxers Bobby Michael Is matched for u
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DOut at GrpCnneld, Mass, August w, Ten
rounds. and Bobhy Lyons Will show In New
Orleans. fifteen rounds. on Labor Day.
Al Nelson stems forward with :h", pre-
diction that his brother Joe, will sock Jn"
night at the Eleventh Street Arena Billy
Slverman. however, IL of a different opinion.
"Wrisht is in swell shape. and due TO score
oNeI vs.. Jack Diamond Bobby Allen vs,
Terry Martin, Eddie Palmer w. JGhnny
Niggi and JOhnny O'Ncil w. Tommy Hayes
are other bouts.
KY. will make his Philadelphia debut tomor-
row night at the Cambria Club The Ken
1efSn sRs VII m T. Joe FT%dI in snS ns .Sman@ bona
-" i''hy I'u.n> v. jo@nny u rsa1. I.nm:'
y Cavern ~. H.h," Earrrtt and Young
Trainer vs.. Joe Lcltz.
steve Marroc has matched a pair OF his
hywriEh:s a. q" Cambria for August i3' The
are Matty Dcchter 0n-pounder. and sammy
Cold, llo pounds, and will appear in re.
rpec;!ve boutr.
FOR this fall. He has heavyweisht, under
cover who Harry believes will make the
0GSs rSs rST T SIX eSW Sc
tall-and he can fight" said Samson today
sam Robidrnu. who used to be one OF the
Is planning a comeback this fall. Robby has
been in retirement for several years.
Chick Carsey has taken over the relns Of
Bobby McCann and Is personally supervising
the blond Grays Ferryit"'s training. Chick
plans to send Mac after the headline 12O-
FOUNDERS during tho ln20-2l campaign
Young Jack OBrien !s about reHdy for his
comeback attempt. Tn" younger brother OF
Philadelphia JRwn has been matched by
Pr moters Loughrey and Tyrel TO meet
Eddie McAndrewR in thr next h''"Cn.
rOunder at West Manayunk. McAndrews
showed all sorts OF form against Frank
Ioughrey. and Young Jack viii have TO be
ia tip-top condition to cope with Sir Ed
ward.
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RING SPORTS ARE TO BE PLACED
\ ON HIGH SCALE BY TEX RICHARD
AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
by ROBERT W. MAXWELL
sports Editor Evening rub,ic Ledger

fTNEx RICHARD than whom there is better when
4 II comes to promoting boxing shows, let the boys III
on little at a dinner in New York last night
After his guests had dnCd with hn--and on hn--thc
noted stic impresaro announced that he had leased
Madison Square Garden for period OF ten years anu
intended to stage boxing shows and other indoor athletic
events not only in the summer and winter but also III
the spring and fall.
This a surprise because nobody knew
anything about it until month when the deal was
nut through. However. Tex cared nothing for ritc
like that and made his announcement just the same In
this he acted like Warren c. Harding. who. after hctnc
when officially notified a month later that he was to be
the Republican nominee for the presidency. Delayed
surprises always are effective
But RickRrd spilled some important information be-
fore retiring for the evening lie said he had rcmodccd
the interior of the garden and inserted enough s"nS to
take of $4,000 nCCtaors This makes it the biggest
Indoor the United States and it will be possible
to stage any kind of championship match he desires
With seating capacity like that he will be able to outbd
ali of the other promoters and virtually will have the
entire when it to Offering financial induce
mcnts to tho money mad champions
Tex, however. has stepped out Of his usually con-
scrvatve role and instead of doing this all alone.
lied the Madison Square Garden sporting cub, with
membership of 1900 Cnch member pay 500. 1t is a
sort of cooperative proposition. for the members will
receive 500 bonds which pay pcr cent, and ao pro-
rated share of 30 per of the gardens net receipts
Although Richard entered a strenuous denial, it looks
rs IL the organization would give the International
Sporting Club tough tusle in New York 1t has every
appearance of opposition club. different lines.
The members will not be asked to pay all They
will have to buy tickets the everybody else
NTHERE sercrdl reasons for the formation of
4 the club" said Rckard "frSt of rhich is to
insure that the spectators az bouts rtH be men Of
high character tcho cannot bcsmirch the game by
.4 their actions ! nltcnys hare eudedrored TO
duct bouts epcryrhcrc free from scandal. aud rant
~ to be sure that this renfuro ,cV BE- the same.
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Smith Plays Stenton TonIaht

-, Up in the northeast section. at II and
Smith and Stenton, leader In the Suburba r
League, are to hava a battle The suburb.
nnlteR Will us" their star slabmAn Liz
YORK his now addition % his pitching sta n
Gnnde, formerly Of the Nativity team This
sporting goods lineup. On Saturday the
Curtis Publishing Co, team will be the at,
traction, nnd MCKenty will do the mound
work, On Sunday the Sharpless A. A., OF
West Chester win come TO y and ToEn
streets Marshall T., Smith defeated Pen,
C0yd In a twilight game last night. 8 to z
Mclicnty pitched Tor the sporting soods
team, and allowed but Ave scattered hlts
Heimhecker, the new frst-snCker Glgned b,
Mannger Carroll. got two two-haEEers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-05
DlBBLE NOT TO ROW
Canadian Star viii Not Compete In
OIymplan Races

Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 5.-Isob Dibblc.
Canadian senior scullinG champion, will
not represent Canada at Antwerp. Dib-
bic says he trained for the st. Cath
crimes meet in the hope Of meeting
Jack Kelly, of Philadelphia, who re-
Gently defeated him at PHILADELPHIA and
whom he hoped to compete with again
AS result he has not the time that
events and would only have four days
there before the races. His contention
is that if the Canadian Association of
Amateur OarsmPn had wanted him to
go it should have said so sooner.
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Kid McCoy's Eighth Wife
Will Sue for Diuorce

Los Angeles, Aug. 5.-The eighth
in the line of Mrs. Kid McCoys has
announced she would seek divorce.
She charges that her husband, Nor
man Selby, former pugilist, has con-
tributed only $50 to her support
since they were married, last April.
Mrs. Selby the Eighth, who was
Dagmar Dahlgren, said her husband
left for New York one month after
their marriage and that she has not
seen him since.
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Boxing Bouts at Gayety

Harry Roth won from Whitley jackson in
three-round affalr at the Gayetys anna
teuT boxing show last night In the l20-
pound class, while John belmont beat Joe
Barrett In the same number OF rounds
lS5-pound class when the bout was stopped
in the fourth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-05
AS IN CLEVELAND
TOSCALP INDIANS
Macks' Record in West Better
Than Yanks'--Drop Browns
From Fourth Place

Cleveland, Aug. 5.-Thc Athletics arc
here today. prepared for a four day
stand against ihe Indians. after knock
ing the Browns out of fourth place, pre-
venting the White Sox from reaching
second by winning two out Of five. and
now are out to jar the first place Clcve-
lnndcrs. Completing the first half Of
their second western journey in st.
Louis yesterday. with 7-to-2 victory
over the Browns. the Athletics have
made a better record in the West than
tho Yankees.
Miller Iluggins's expensive Yankees.
even with his three ring circus, head
lined by Babe Ruth. the terror. have
won three out Of nine in the West. The
tail end Athlctics---why. they have four
of nine in this section.
The next series will be the thriller
for Connie and his athletes. He is not
giving anybody al inch, if he can help
it. and if Mack has his way about it,
! he will walk off with four straight
against the Indians. Such a streak
of fortune. however. is not very proba-
blc--nOt with Stan COvClCSkic. Jim
BNgby, Ray Caldwell and Guy Morton
to do the pitching.
Hitting Hard
Just the same the Macks do not
intend to bow to anything without Il
stubborn battle. They chased a flock
of pitchers in the series with he
in acquiring their two victories.
They're hitting and they're fielding.
They started the Browns series with
three errors. but turned only two in
the last three games. And in hitting
they delivered forty one hits in the last
three games. This package included
six doubles. four triples and two home
runs. Tilly Walker producing the cir
cult smaShes.
This proves that iris Sneaker and
his Indians will hav" to play like world $
champions-likc a pcnnant Club--to dis
turb the Macks. When team falls into
winning streak it is hard to beat. The
Athletics toured the West in June with =
out winning single game. They prom
iSr to muEr TN fnr that w"ird %lump in
hi, nrrsrMl icurn?r. ard the Indians
IRE no hrtt"Y than the White SOX and
tive Browns. in tn" opinion Of the Ath-
lctics.
Naylor in Form
The batting had to carry the pitching
in winning from the Browns up to the
final game. and Connie smiled going
over Rolia MAYORS performance ycstcr :
day. Rolla went the entire route,
issued but one pass, famed one batter
and eleven hits nctted the Brown but
two scores. Using the words of Willie
Keelcr, that's pitching where they
amt.
Naylor had but two htlcss innings
And when the Browns tried to excite
him aud put on one of their well-knOwn
rallies. the infeld came to his rescue
with three double plays. Then adding
the fence busting by Tillp Walker and
the eight hits made by Frank Walker
in the series with the Browns, it is
shown that the Marks actually do not
nosscss a single weak spot.
1t must be remembered, though. that
the Athletics Of two months ago arc MOI
, the club Connie is directing today. II,
has a sound infcld for the first time
this season, and Dugan and Dykes not
only are clever feeders, but are hitting
; good strokes.
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MARSHALL E. SMITH WINS
Defeats Pencoyd Nine, s-2, In Twl.
Iiuht Game

Marshall T. Smith defeated Ppncovd. \ 10
.. in a twilight game last night. McKentv
pitched for the sportlng goods team and
Hnimhcckor made his debut with the snort.
ing goods team and his two two.baGErrq
hclrcd in the run getting Goode, formerly
OF Nativity, has been signed by Manager
Carroll and will pitch tonight against Stcn.
ton The score:
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l.edoux Stops Frlssee

Montreal. Aus. 5.-Charles Ledoux.
French bantamweight champion, knocked
~ Iunruy Eri".an, hantnmweigh. Of Nnw
York, In the NTH round OF a ten.round
match here last night.
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SEEN GABOLG And GAMBLING

ing but championship bouts and always value re-
ccvcd.
II have several bouts in prospect, he said but do
not to them The Walker bill has not
yet gone into effect and will not until Governor Smith
appoints the boxing and license commissioners As soon
this is DONE and If receive license shall announce
my plans more fury
"llOw about Dempsey and CarpcntierT he was asked.
I'D like to got tho match" the reply. but Car
penticr is in France and nobody knows il ne will
como bar. again However, there other bouts which
should BE- aR interesting and will try to land them.
II know | have rival in the International Sporting
Club, but my pnrt it is friendly rivalry New York
is big enough for two huge organizations and the COM
petition will insure the best cards for the public 1t also
will help the boxing game, and that is my chief dcn.
DICkARD eTpCcts TO start something ncrt month,
AZ proridcd, Of course The gOrCvnor appoints his
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-05

FTER taking the count in Neto York, the Cm-
II cmndii Reds ,rH open four day engagement
here this afternoon. In Ncw York lordr'S men
wcre accused Of playing indifferent baseball aud
quitting cold when the games became close. Thcm'S
harsh M0rds 10 say dboai q cham p0Mship clMb.