Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-08-28
SPORT NEWS

| By the retirement of Miss Helen
Wills from the Woman's Ma
tional championship tournament Mrs.
Molla Mallory, former champion has
again forged to the front, and once
more rules as queen of the court. BY
victories over Helen Wills, Mary
Browne, and Elizabeth Ryan, she re-
gains the leadership she lost to the
first named, back in 1922.
From the time she was forced to
succcumb to her younger California
rival, Mrs. Mallory has refused to
consider herself among the has
beens. She has entered into all tour
naments at home and abroad, and has
kept banging away at opponents in
the hope of regaining her lost pres
tige. She apparently, considered that
she had many good years of tennis "a
head of her, and she was not ready to
relinquish the racquet and net entire
ly to her younger rivals. The result
shows she was right. 1t is doubtful,
tho, whether she will be able to re-
tain her recovered laurels, when once
Miss Wills has entirely gotten over
her recent operation for appendicitis.
1t is true she defeated Wills and
also Ryan who had also been returned
victor over the former champion; but
Miss Wills was hardly in condition
when she played these two.
The Eastern Shore League of base
ball is about to close its season in a
turmoil. Salisbury made good its
charge against Easton regarding the
latter's violation of the rule relative
to class players; Dover proved her
similar case against Parksley; and
Crisfeld came forward voluntarily
and acknowledged she had violated
the same rule.
Easton and Parksley, with pennant
chances favorable, were set back e.
nough games to put them out of the
running. Dover will probably come
in winner, ad the best team will not
oppose the winner in the Blue Ridge
League in the post season five-state
series.
The situation had all sorts of pos
sibilities. 1t looked for awhile as if
the "class players" charge could be
laid at the door of all the teams; and
by the addition and subtraction made
necessary by forfeiture, the Easton
team, as well as the rest, might have
regained its leading position.
But the investigation seems to have
stopped, and the season will probably
close without any more reprisals.
These are not doing the league any
good. The violation of the "Class
player" regulation and maybe, others,
is the result of too eager desire to
win. Of course, the engagement of
these players causes a violation of
the SALARY limit" regulation, since
the quality of ball they show demands
more money. With these infraction of
rules, the treasury Of the different
clubs becomes depleted, the League
weakened and the fate of the Organi-
zation can be easily fortold if the
practice is persisted in.
It now looks as if Jack Dunn's
Orioles were fated to break their
string of pennant winning seasons.
Toronto and Newark are giving the
Baltimoreans all sorts of trouble; and
if either of these two teams should
win the 1926 flag, it would occasion
no surprise.
Of course, the season is not over
yet, and the Birds may yet fly home
winners. At this writing, 8 games
sparate the leader, Toronto, from the
Orioles; but, at the same time, only a
game and half separate the Orioles
from Newark, at third position; while
Buffalo, at fourth place, trails the
Birds by only four and half games.
So it can be seen that any one OF
the first division clubs has look-in
for the championship, and Dunn must
get hustle on him, if he is to win
out.
The Dempsey-Tunney fight is meet
ing with all sorts of obstacles. Jim
Corbett is one of the latest to step III
front Of it. He claims that he has ex-
elusive rights as to boxing conests at