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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-16
LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE.

PHILADELPHIA. July 18.-Ticket'
for the eight-round fight between Benny
Leonard, world champion lightweight
and Lew Tender OF this city, at the Ma
tional League Baseball Park here Aug
y. Will be placed on sale next Monday
\ new lighting system viii be installed
az the park so that the ring. which is tC
be located between the home plate and
second base, will be in direct view OF
every seat. 1t IS planned 10 place be
tween 10000 and - coo chairs on the field
increasing the seating capacity TO at least
non
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-16
RUDE BACK IN EAST.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, July 16-Rubs
Oldring, formerly lead-off batter of the
Philadelphia American League team, and
for the last two years a member of the
Seattle club of the Pacific League, will
join the New Haven team of the Eastern
League next Sunday, it was announced
Friday The deal whereby the slugger
makes the transcontinental jump is said
to have been put through by Connie
in the East.
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Sneed in the Family

YONKERS. y. Y, July 16.-My Play.
2-year- old brother of the famous Man o.
war, is expected by racegoers now at
tending the meeting here to live up to the
family traditions for speed. In recent
workout, as part of his preliminary
racing education, he did five furlongs In
:0f15 His performance was considered
the most impressive Of any Of the juve-
niles this season.
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Harry Greb or Tom Gibbons would be
easy picking" for Carpenter, in the
opinion Of Jack Dempsey The champion
was quoted TO that effect by Floyd flJz-
simmons. a personal friend Of the ngnter.
Who stopped OF here on his way to New
York. -,
"F.tz" expects to sign papers with
Jack Kearus for a title bout at Benton
Harbor on Labor Day.
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Kills Self on Field
Where He Often Played

SOMERvILLE, Mass. July 16.-Arthur
Esiason, a youth If Fairmount, w. Va,
was found lying across the pitchers
mound on Tufts College oval Friday dead
from bullet wound through his heart.
A note addressed to his mother said he
was in despair over illness and that he
had decided to end his life on the field,
where he had often played baseball A
new baseball Law beside his body and an
other note called for three cheers for the
Boston Braves
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-16
BorGHT BY WASHINGTON.

COLUMBIA. S. c., July 16.-Purchasc
by the Washington American League
club Of Outfielder Leon Gosln and
Pitcher L. y. Turk from the local club
Of the South Atlantic Association was
announced Friday by W. D. Foster
president Of the Columbia club. The
players will report at the end of the
South Atlantic season.
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DON'T EXPECT TO WIN.

LONDON, July 16.-The British Isles
team which will play in the Davis cup
tennis series sailed for the United States
today. Tennis experts here say they do
not expect the team to survive the sec
ond round in which it meets the winner
of the match between Canada and AUS
tralasia. The second round will be played
in Pittsburgh Aug. 4, 5 and g.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-16
HARRY WILLS sPEAKs.

NEW YORK, July 16.-Jack JOhnson's
claim for the colored heavyweight cham
pionshlp found vehement objector here
today in the person OF Harry Wills.
Just as soon as johnson gets me out
of the way he can get some place with
his claims. It's Easy enough to he "A
talk champion, but the titles don't come
that way" Wills said.
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KANSAS CITY.

Two base hit-Morrison. Three-b base
hits-Lutzke Rehg. Home runs-Seott
Paskert Stolen base-Batrd. Sacrifices
-Sicking Brief. Leathers, McCarty,
Double pIay=Rogge to Sticking to Cow
ingon: feathers 70 Brief CovIngton ia
Schneider to Covington. Lett on bases
Indianapolis, 10; Kansas City. 8; Bases
on balls-Of Rogge, s; of Lambert, i
Hit by pitcher-By Lambert lShinners
2. schreiber). Struck out-By Lambert,
8; by Rogge, 5. Winning pitcher-Lam-
bert. Losing pitcher-Rogge. Umpires-
Connolly and DAILY. Time-1 80.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-16
WHITE BACK n RING.

CHICAGO, July 16-Charley White is
about to resume active fighting The
heavy punching Chicago lightweight
matched himself yesterday with Terry
Long Of the Pacific coast TO go ten
rounds in wichita Falls, July %. White
knows little or nothing Of Long.
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JAP METERS PRACTICE

FORREST HILLS, n. Y, July 49,
ZenzO Shimdsu and Iichiya Kumagae,
who will represent Japan in the Davis
cup competition, have started prac-
ticing at the West Side Tennis Club.
: The Japanese stars viii lay in the
Rhode Island tournament at Providence
next week.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-16
ARMY GETS GR1DDER.

BALTIMORE, Md, July 16.-Elmer
Jones of Baltimore a star member of
Johns Hopkins University football team,
has been appointed a cadet at the West
Point Military Academy and will enter
the academy in a few days. For four
years Jones was selected as an all Mary
land half back.
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Net Scores Yesterday
MEMS SINGLES.
MEMS DOUBLES.

Semi final Round
Johnny Hennessey Qndianapolis) de-
teated Clifton B. Herd (Chica go Califor-
lia), CO. 6-3. 90.
MEMS DOUBLES.
Third Round
Jack Mckay Undianapolis) and Vim
Ut Richards (IOnkers, y. " defeated
snce Orme. Jr.. and Leland Haworth,
IndianapoliE), go, 6-1, S-6.
Fritz Bastian indianapolis and Lu-
h Williams (Chicago) defeated Kirk
Id and Willis Fulton (Cleveland), g.,
1 4-6. Ga.
WOAiEN'S SINGLES.
Mrs. II. S. Adams 0ndianapOlis) de-
ted Miss Lindstrom QndianapOlis)
60.
Hiss Lavena Fisher Indianapolis de-
1ted Miss Ruth King (Cleyeland), rs,
A
Miss Ruth Wise (CIeveland) defeated
Mss Rhea Pagan QndianapOlisl, 81, ell
Miss Marion Leighton (Chicago) de-
feated Miss Haworth Qndianapolis). 81,
FOfi5wine announcement to the con-
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KIwANIs PLAYER HURT.

HARTFORD CITY, Ind, July 16-In
game played at Button yesterday the
Hartford City Kiwanis baseball team
was defeated by the Bluffton Kiwanians,
IL to 10. Capt. Ross Daugherty of the
Hartford City team was injured IN a
collision with another player.
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OTHER FRIDAY BovTs.

AT AURORA, Ill-Sammy Mandell Of
Rockford beat Babe Asher, A. Z. F. bal-
tamweight champion, in ten rounds.
frankie Schaener beat Gene Watson in
ten rounds.
AT SACT STE MARIE, Mich.--Jimmy
rounds
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Washington at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
New York at Detroit.
Boston at Chicago.
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WHITE REINsTATED.

NEW YORK, July 16.-Charlie White
Chicago lightweight, who was suspended
by the National Boxing Association fol
lowing the Wisconsin Boxing Commits
sion's complaint of his bout with Sailor
Freedman, has been reinstated.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-16
NEGRO NEARLY WINS TITLE.

BOSTON. July 16.-Johnny Wilson.
middIeweight champion, after being near
" knocked out 10 the first round by
George Robinson. colored boxer, managed
to win the decision after ten rounds here
last night
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-16
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
THREE-I LEAGUE.
GAMES TODAY.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Indianapolis at Kansas City.
Louisville at Milwaukee.
Toledo at Minneapolis.
Columbus at St. Paul.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE,

Pittsburg at New York.
Chicago at Brooklyn two games).
Cincinnati at Philadelphia 1.-TWO games).
St Louis at Boston two games).
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eleven innings.)
ten innings.)
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
III games postponed-Rain.)
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

Buffalo, Z; Jersey City. 3.
Toronto. 6; Newark. ..
Baltimore, Q; Syracuse. 5.
Rochester, Is; Reading, 0,
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THRFE-IIFAGTF

Terre Haute, 4 Rock Island, .
Moline. 4 Evansville, l.
Bloomington. 2 Cedar Rapids, 1.
Rockford. Is; Peoria, 7.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-16
Big League Stuff

The Yanks gained full game on
the Cleveland Indians when Waite
Hoyt held the Browns to seven hits.
Babe Ruth made his thirty fifth home
run of the season.
The National League was under a wet
blanket all day.
The Red Sox won q pitching duel from
the Cleveland Indians Pennock and
Russell did the twirling for the winners.
Shelly and johnson pulled of a
triple play against the Washington
Senators, and Dick Kerr won his first
extra-lnning game since coming to
the American League.
The As took the last game Of their Sc
ries with Detroit for an even break.
Timely hitting decided the contest.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-16

Sunday the Giants will try to add an
other victory to their string when they
meet-the Charlottesville nine. All play
ers should report at the Terminal sta
ton at 10 80 sharp Sunday morning.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-16

The Indianapolis Giants. a local colored
team. have lost but two games out Of
fifteen played against some Of the
strongest teams in the State.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-16

The Hoosier Specials have a park per
NIT for a Garfield diamond tomorrow,
but can find no fast clubs desiring to
meet them. Teams looking for real ac-
ton should call Drexel O656 and ask FOR
Carl.
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RESULTS YESTERDAY.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Columbus .......... o3l 100 COS II 2
st. Paul ............. O10 0O1 001-3 3
Batteries-C1arke and Wilson; Shea,
Foster and Allen.
Milwaukee .......... O10 100 Oo"-2 Z l
Louisville ........... 600 0l0 000-1 10 l
Observation-Disclosures and Clarke; Long
and Kocher.
Minneapolis ....... OO4 100 O0'-11 13 !
Toledo ............. 600 COZ oil 4
Batteries-S and Mayer; Nc
Coll, Brady and Schautfe., Haines.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
New York. 600 1873 OOo-7 10 5
St Louis............. 010 600 002-3 l
Bstteries-Hoyt and Schsng; Vsngilder,
Bayne, Morris and Collins.
eleven innings)
Chfca 90 .......... 100 100 900 01-3 5 l
Washing ton....... 600 0O1 100 O0-2 II 2
Batteries-Kerr and Schalk; Erickson
and Charity.
Boston. 200 o01 000-5 0
Cleveland. ........... 600 100 010-2 0 /
Batteries-Pennock, Russell and Ruel /;
Sothrron, Male and Nunamaker.
ten innings)
Philadelphia .... 900 900 10 Ia 8 !
Detroit. ............ 40 900 600 % 10 2
Batteries-Hasty, keefe, Rommell and
Perkins; Dauss, Middleton and Bassler
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-16

The Brookside Lodge odd Fellows
would like 70 meet some fast state team
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-19
MERIDIAN OFFICIALS TAKE JUNKETING TRIP
 TO INSPECT PAVING

Meridian, Miss, January 1S.-Mayor John W. Parker and Councilmen Albert Covington end George B. Neville, the latter a member of the Meridian Self Preservation league, are in Atlanta, where they went last night. The two city officials will inspect certain paw ing material, after which Mayor Parker and MT. Neville will visit Jacksonville, Fla, to investigate the municipally owned and operated lighting plant of that city. The inspection of paving material in Atlanta is preparatory to selecting the material for paving Twen- ty-fourth avenue, a. resident street in this city. The investigation of the Jacksonville lighting plant is in the in- terest of the movement here for the es- tablishment of the city of similar plant, MT. Neville representing the Self Preservation league and Mayor Parker the city's interests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-19
------------- ANDALUSlA BASKETBALL TEAM WINS ANDcLOSES

Andalusia, January 1S-(Special )-The Andalusia High school basketball team Journeyed to Troy Friday, where they met the teams of the Troy high school and the Troy Cta:c .sormal, playing the lat ter team on Saturday morning. Andalu- sia lost the first game by the score of F to [ The game was hard fought anl exciting throughout. One of the players of the Andalasia team missed the train that took the players to Troy and his ab- sence was felt. The Saturday morning game resulted in a win for the Andalusta five, the Normal team being defeated by the score of j6 70 Q.
 The Andalusia team has lost only two games this season. the other being to the Greenville High school team at Greenville.
 Troy High school comes to Andalusia Friday for a return game in the after noon. The following players made the trip to Troy Frank Stephens, Cecil Jones, Dossie Carroll, Fred Taylor, iGr- yin Hart. Charles Simpson. Thomas Connor and Fletcher Spicer Prof. F. D. DoWdv was in charge of the team.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-19
BASKETBALL AND BOXING
 FOR LOCAL BOYS TONIGHT

Todays sport programme for Bir-
 mingham calls for basketball games and boxing matches. The City league will 1 hold its regular meeting at the Gen. ! tral Young Mems Christian association, while the Boys club will. stage the city boxing championships in the club gym nasium.
 Sloss- Sheffield and Central "Y' will l meet in the feature battle of the City league meeting tonight Neither team has lost a game, and the two are tied for first place with a perfect percen- tage of 1000. The game between these two leaders should prove a battle from start to finish.
 In addition to the Sloss- Sheffield By Product-Central Y. NJ. c. A. scrap, two other fast scraps will be staged. At the Boys club. about 10 youth fuI mitt artists of Birmin gham will meet to decide the city juvenile championships. According to Dave Evans and +. A. Galley, these bouts will be thrilling and interesting, if not quite ms scientific, as the bouts between the older fellows. There ares several mighty promising
 little scrappers around at the Boys
 club. and it would pay some of the
 Magic City fans to pay the institution
 visit tonight and witness some really
 good scraps between the youngsters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-19
Planning Biggest DaUis Cup Meet of
 All for This Year

New York, January 1S-An effort to have the greatest number of nations competing for the Davis cup tennis trophy than in any previous meet will be made by the United States Lawn Ten nis association, it was announced today. The American Davis cup committee has authorized the sending of letters to South American and European nations with organized tennis associations who have not heretofore competed, inviting them to forward challenges.
 Canada expects to enter the competition this year, the committee has been noti- fled by E. H. Senior, secretary of the Canadian Lawn Tennis association He declared the advisablity of challenging
 is to be taken up by the association and that it would be satisfactory to play the preliminary ties in the United States.
 The American Davis cup committee an- nounced it will recommend to the schad- ule committee that the. challenge round of the Davis cup matches precede the national singles championships, no mat ter where the latter event is played. It
 will advise also that the championship should not be held much later' than mas
 been the custom, owing to the failing light of September
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-19
National Polo Meet
 Awarded to Bala, Pa.

New York, January 1s.-The national polo championship matches for the open. senior and junior titles were awarded t. the Philadelphia Country club. Bala, Pa, at the annual meeting of the American Polo association here today. The events are to be decided in the late summer
 The American team, which will meet the Birmingham team of England for the international polo trophy next June, will sail for England in April. The team will train for two weeks at Tidworth, where 50 American ponies are now being accli- mated, and for two weeks at Hurl;ng- ham previous to the trophy contests,
 The association decided today to make a revision of it's handicap list, elimi- hating players who have not competed for several years. Chairman H. l.. Her bert, Secretary-Treasurer W. L. Hazard and the executive committee were re- electd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-19
Nine Teams Bunched
 In 6-Day Bike Race

Chicago. January 1s-The forty-fourth hour of the six-day bicycle race found 9 of the l. teams which started the grind punched with a record of IJ0 miles each one team permanently out Of the running and two trailing lap be- hind the leaders. The team of Madden and Magin was in the lead in points, however, with 22, good work in today 5 sprints bringing them to the front.
 Charley Piercey was forced out of the race through injuries received in a fali Sunday, and his partner, Arthur Spencer after failing 10 get new rider to help him out, withdrew today
 The teams of Stein and O'Shea and Ryan and Drobach each lost lap today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-19
LEADERSHIP TIE WILL BE BROKEN
 AT "Y" TONIGHT
Sf0sS- Sheffield and Central Y M. c. A., Leaders, Meet In Big Cage
 Battle
By MAXWELL ALLEN

Up at the Y. M C. A. tonight basket hall fans of Birmingham will be served | h three games. and from all indi- cations these games are going to be of the variety that will make a bunch of the solemnest rise from out of their seats and howl like a bunch of news boys.
 The first of these games is going to be pulled off between the Stockhan, Y. M c. A. and the Birmingham South ern Reserves. Both of these teams have played in previous games this season and have displayed some good basketball. This game should be a corker, especially since Stockham dropped last weeks game to sloss- Sheffield and is anxious to turn in a win tonight.
 The Adamson Motor company's duin- tet resents being called flivvers even though they are engaged in repairing them, and tonight they will endeavor 10 show the faps that just because they forfeited game last Wednesday Y Tight it is no sign that they can't take one from the North Birmingham community team tonight The motor car boys may accomplish this feAt, but lhey VIII have to get up and do some 1ast navigating, for the North Bir- mlngham boys know the game well ana they light like bunch of tigers all ot the way through the game.
 The last game of the night, and probably the one in which there wifi be the keenest rivalry and the hard : est fighting. is going to take place be- tween Coach Abels Y. NJ. c. A. five and Sloss Sheffield By-product plant team. Neither one of these teams has dropped game this season, and they are the only ones in the City league to go this far without blot on their record. It goes without saying that. when two teams of real basketeers are such bitter foes there is going to be fight worth travelling a little bit to see Aside from the rivalry of the teams themselves. there is lot of the spirit of rivalry between the back CTS of these teams and the game to- night should be enlivened by enthu- slastic roofing of the spectators
 The public is invited to attend the games tonight. No admission Is charged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-19
DEUETTE ALLRED ITO GET CHANCE IN FIGHT WITH DONNA
Local FeatherWeight Meeting One of Dixie'S Best In Ash
 ton D0nZa

Deuette Alfred, local featherweight boxer, will have his chance to make a name for himself in southern boxing at the B. A. c. tomorrow night. It will be his first fight with a Dixie boxer of any prominence and victory fer him would mean recognition as one of the south's really good featherweights.
 Before he outgrew the class. Donza was international amateur bantam weight champion. He is 9 ringman of much experience, having Appeared in amateur bouts ever since he was q youngster In knee trousers. As it is now, he is still in his teens, being, perhaps. 19 years of age. For one so young, he has had really remark able ring career and the better part Of his life is still before him.
 PICKED AS CHAMP
 Donza has been picked by many who really know the boxing game to be in line for the worlds featherweighs | championship, now held by Joe Lynch. who wrested it from Pete Herman. q townsman and good friend of Ashton Donza.
 Ashton Donza. however. has long tlihe petore he advances as far as be- Ing championship contender in pro- Iessional boxing, for as yet he is only a youngster, good, promising boy, but still only an amateur champion.
 AIlred's greatest claim to distinc- ton in boxing is the fact that he Iought his way to the semi-finals of ms class in the southern amateur tournament last fall backed by the fact that he has lost only one fight since then and that to Jack Brady. local lightweight.
 The bout tomorrow night may mean the making of Deuette Alfred while to be defeated by as classy little scrap per as Donza would not mean any se- rious setback to the local youngster.
 It promises to be a great bout. Bringing together two of the fastest iitte boxers in Dixie mittdom and two who can either take or give sur prlsing amount of punishment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-19
FIVE LEADING WOMEN
 GOLFERS OF U. s. TO
 COMPETE IN ENGLA AND


 Chicago. January 1S.--Five of the leading women golfers of the coun- try have signified their inten- ton of competing in the British wom- ems championship, starting a. Turn berry, Scotland, May 30, it was an- nounced today by Mrs. Hathaway Wat son, president of the Women's Western Golf association. They are Miss Alexa Stirling of Atlanta, the national cham pion; Miss Marion Rollins of New York. Mrs. Ronald H. Barloy and Mrs. William A. Gavin of Philadelphia, and Miss Edith Cummings of Chicago Mrs. F. C. Letts, Jr., the western champion, has not reached decision. Mrs. Watson said.
 The annual championship of the Women's Westerfn Golf associat tion will oei held at the Westmoreland Country club, Chicago. August 22 to 27 along with the Western Amateur champion ship, it was said.