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The Washington times., 1928-05-26
.IGHT'


At New FORK George Courtney,
Oklahoma middle weight cutpointed
Jack Mcyey, New York negro (10l
Bobby Burns, Brooklyn light
weight, won from Phil McGraw. De-
tfoit, on foul go.
Law Kirsch, nildefeated New
York lightweight, outpointed Jack
Duffy, Toledo l10).
Jimmy Mcnamara, New York.
lsayoed Richie Randolph. Tulsa,
Okla, tS1.
At Buenos Aires Monte Mum,
Lincoln. Neb.. Knocked out Vittoro
6ampol0. heavyweight champion OF
south America f9l.
AT Boston Big Boy Peterson,
View Orleans. won decision over
Ernie Schaaf. Boston heavyweight
sl0l.
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Junior High Meet Off;
May Be Staged Monday

The annual junior high field and
track championships, scheduled this
morning al the Central High Stad-
ium, have been postponed. 1t will
probably be held Monday afternoon
on the Central track.
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Aircraft SquadrOns ~.
DEFY District Teams

The Aircraft Squadrons, of
Ouantico. Va, wishes to book base
ball engagements with ranking Dis
trict unlimited clubs the games to
be played on the opponents fields,
Address Sergt |. Schneider, Air
craft Squadrons, Marine Barracks.
Ouantico, Va.
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Baker, Ex-Centralite,
Is Fifth i'm Discus

Arthur Baker, former High
School trackster, placed fifth in the
discus time trials at the /. c. A..
A. A. A. field and track champion.
ships yesterday at Harvard. He
heaved the saucer . distance of
139 feet, ~ inches.
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He completely captured the gal
lery. Followers of the match were
used to the sportsmanlike qualities
OF young Hufty and in this respect
he was taken more or less for
granted. They didn't know Beger.
Golf galleries are quick to
spot the little things that be-
tray an iIl nature. The conduct
Of q finaIist Is as closely scruti-
nized as his golf and the slight
est suggestion Of breach in
the snOrtsman's code draws the
inverted thumb. Fighting spirit
is admirable, so long as prop
erly exerted.
Young Beger put up a fight. 1t
was the fight of quietly deter
mined golfer. But he lost so grace.
fully that one might have thought
victory and defeat to him were
alike.
Standing on the No. II tee the
young collegian was down. A
loss or a half on the short hole
meant his finish. Hufty had the
honor. His iron shot was perfectly
hit and it scared straight for the
pin. Beger watched the flight of
the hall with an expression of in
terest.
1t struck the green and rolled in
the general direction OF the cup.
1t climbed knoll and, slightly
changing direction, made dead for
the pin, placed in a hollow 1t dis.
appeared from the view of those
around the tee. For all they knew
Hufty had made an ace. OF one
thing they were quite certain: the
shot spelled doom for Beger's
hopes.
Every golfer knows the feeling
that must have come over Beger at
this moment. Barring a miracle he
was sunk. To the other young
fellah standing there on the tee was
to go all the glory Of triumph in a
cracking-smart tournament. The
runner-up quickly is forgotten. At
such a time the hateful element in
human nature has its inning and
even the strongest betray, by a
mannerism, or a forced expression
of GOODNESS, the chagrin that churns
within.
Beger regarded Hufty with
smile that somehow was re-
mindful of a stray beam of the
sun finding it's way through
trOubIOus cloud. Say, Page"
he laughed. did you SINK
that one"
Emphasis on the "sink" was sig
nificant. Page had been making
beautiful iron shots. getting closer
and closer to the pin as the match
progressed.
Page and the gallery laughed with
Beger over this bit Of joke. and
The Washington times., 1928-05-26
APTECO BOOKING
AMERICAN LEAGUE

The Apiece tossers are billing un-
limited foes. Phone Manager
Dockery. Potomac 1880.
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IheBiQIen.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AMERICAN L.EAGJrE
GAMES DESIRED

The Marberry Peewees are card
ing encounters through Manager
Moreland. Franklin 1915.
The Washington times., 1928-05-26
BY r. d. Thomas

popular victory when Page Hufty of Congressional
won the Indian Spring tournament, but the youth he
vanquhed in the final Chick Bege of Georgetown Uni
versity scored a triumph of a sort himself
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However. his work on the greens
improved and at the turn they We're
even.
The break came on No. IL
Beger's drive was 30-yarder down
the middle. Hufty was in the rough
and $50 yards from the green with
trees traps, rough, and whatnot be
tween him and the objective.
He made one of the outstanding
shots of the tournament. His per
fectly hit ball carried everything
and left him 10-foot putt. Beger
foozled his second and was forced
to take a 5 against Hufty's par A.
This putt Page l up. and he re
NAMED in front to the end.
Carrying on with the plan an
nounced yesterday, to publish one
golf rule a day in this volumn:
Definitions: (2l Advice" is any
counsel or suggestion which Gould
influence a player in determining
the line of play. in the choice OF a
club. or in the method of making a
stroke.
"a player may ask anyone To
indicate the line to the hole before
the shot is played. A player may
ask anyone for advice on the rules
of gOIf.)
The Washington times., 1928-05-26

In all probability they VIII finish
a follows: Payne, first, SIS 900; John
Salo. Passaic, N. j.. second, SIC. GOO;
Phillips Granville, Hamilton Ont,
third. SIS 900; Mike Joyce, Cleveland,
fourth. 50 500: Giusto Umek. Trieste.
italy. fifth, $1,000; William Kerr,
Minneapolis, sixth, $1,000; Louis
perrelIa. Albany, n. r.. seventh,
81 900: Ed Gardner, Seattle, eighth,
81 900: Frank Won Flue, Herman.
CaIif., ninth 81 900; John Cronick,
Saskatoon, Sask., tenth. 81, 900:
The caravan OF collOuses Is all set
far the final trek. Even some Of
those who won't finish In the money
are popped up at tie prospect OF
dsinr their stuff along the main
stem in New York. Wildfir0
gshomDgon. Of Barryville, Ark. VINO
runs IN his union suit and whose
nIrllr whiskers whistle in the breeze,
Id today he is going to step high,
vida and fancy when he hits Broad
way. All the entrants, however,
were not as enthusiastic as Wild
rfra = There was Sammy Robinson,
er,Iored. Of Atlantic City, whose
t,nderDinning has been giving him
rs end OF discomfort.
Mr.. pyle expects that the big
crowd at the Garden tonight will
help him pull out Of the red
Inf he has made it plain that this
" the first and last 'bunlon derby
-.at least as far as he Is concerned.
The end of the race tonight will
IL viewed by a swanky and nigh
class audience including many who
applauded Sl1ipwreck Kelley when
he won the flag pole sitting endur
ance contest and who went INTO
scstacies over the long distance
csharleston contest which had to be
stopped when the finalists began
t0bpling TO the floor.
Here are the leaders in the trans
continental foot race and their
eiapeed time for 3,3901 miles from
IsoS Angeles. and their probable
final positions az they enter Madi-
son Suare Garden. New York, Sat
urday night.
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~ James Z. KilgalIen

PASSAIC, IN. Il, May 2
on to Broadway is the
battlecry today Of the great
est show on earththe Bum
ion Derby. Here they are
III Passaic, the So survivors Of
g. Pyle s transcontinental
foot race, resting their tired
and aching dogs as they await
the starters pistol that will
send them off again on the
final jog that will terminate
ii Madison Square Garden to-
night.
They have been running for days
since they started from Los
Angeles. and have covered 1901
miles.
But they are expected Nv Mr..
Pyle % sprint 20 miles around
the board oval when they pant
through the doors Of the Garden
this evening.
They win be accompanied to the
Garden BY Mr.. Pyle's side show,
which includes Piu. the poison girl;
hkO. the cleverest police dog in
the world; the half pig ana half dog
with five legs: the half turkey and
half guinea with two distinct
sqilaw1s. and last but not least,
ssBosco. tho snake eater. and the
petrified outlaw from Oklahoma all
for lie, rs or so cents, depending on
the guIIibiIity Of the public.
I'm going 10 give Broadway q
real show. said Pyle this morning.
sTheatrfcaI producers who invade
the great open spaces always boast
of d New York cast will say that
/ am presenting my own bigger
than Barnum with its own
Mojaye Desert atmosphere. the bis
tiers the sunburn. tho Whiskers. and
sprinkle Of sand from out where men
are men.
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then, as though by afterthought,
the gallery broke into applause-ap.
plause of rare fine craftsmanship.
Beger, by the way. is a protege
of Gene SaraZen. Some OF the strok-
ing characteristics of the famous
pro are recognizable in the young
ster. He is 20 years old.
He halls from Westfield. N. j.,
and is one of the leading players
of the Shackamaxon Country Club.
His Metropolitan rating 81 five. He
won the Indian Spring medal with
a rs. An unusually long ball from
the tee helped him in the tourna'
meent just ended. His wood shots
rifIed like bullets, with low ira
iectory and a long roll. He con-
sistently outdrove Hufty. which is
no mean feat.
Page would have won more
decisively but for poor putting
on the first nine. At the end
of three holes he was two
down, due to missing two short
ones.
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But they are expected Nv Mr..
Pyle 20 sprint 20 miles around
the board oval when they pant
through Tire doors Of the Garden
this arellillg.
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The meeting Of this pair in
the finals today, therefore, fore
casted the settlement Of world
wide supremacy in the event and
the tentative establishment OF q
record that figured to endure
until such time as the boys got
AT IL again.
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ALEXANDRIA BOASTS
ANOTHER BALL TEAM

ALEXANDRIA, Va. July 10. - Billy
Padgett has been elected manager of
the newly organized team which will
represent the Hustlers' Bible class Of
the Methodist Protestant Church.
Ralph Scrivener. former Alexandria
High School captain. win captain the
club, with NJ T. Penn as secretary and
treasurer and the Rev. g. II. Hooker
general adviser
PLAYERS in line are Russell Kfdwell,
Russell Smith Billy Padgett Earl SAINT
n,ire. Ralph Scrivener, Struder, Doug
las Roland. S. Hooker, Gillie Lee, James
Bradley Louis DeMoll. w. Roland. G.
Potter, Blair Scrivener and James
Luckett.
Phone Alexandria I774 for games.
Potomac Fire Department failed to
appear for a game with Police Depart
ment yesterday. Police defeated an ALL
star team, 10 to 6.
Manager Lester beavers of Revision
Bureau of Potomac Railroad Yards Is
after games with unlimited class teams
having the use of a field Saturdays or
Sundays. Gail Alexandria, Sic. branch
81.
st. Mary's Celtics viii play Anacostia
Eagles of Washington Saturday at
o'clock on Corbett Field.
Pat Bennett, Colt pitcher, won his
own ball game yesterday afternoon
when he hit triple. double and two
singles In four times at bat In game
against the Braddock A. G. The score
was to s.
Woods All-Stars trounced the Alex
andria All-Stars, to 3, yesterday
Potomac Yard Tigers and Fredericks-
burg Frogs of Fredericksburg. Va. both
colored teams. will play the second
game of series tomorrow In Dread
naught Park at Sis.
Director Robert Mcdonald OF the
Richmond, Fredericksburg 81 Potomac
Railroad Co. A. A. says the second half
of the league schedule viii be hurried
through IN order TO allow the cham
pion to enter the Washington CONNER
cial series which begins August 90
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SPORT MART LEAGUE
SETS DATE OF MEET

August II has been set for the second
annual track meet of the Sport Mart
Base Ball League. to be held in Central
High School Stadium.
There viii be competition in junior,
midget and insect classes with points
to be scored on the intercollegiate
system.
With several junior and senior high
school students already entered along
with others, the affair is expected TO
prove interesting. Entries must be made
with Jerry Wolf. secretary, at the Sport
Mart, 9l4 r street, before August /.
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the light of modern trend strike one as
a pathetic lot-earth gazing mutes, un-
able to reach among the stars and
snatch down trophy, metaphor or
pat locution.
Different times, different manners.
And yet there are old fogies who occa-
sionally, and not without reason, look
yearningly back upon the days when
Achilles performed and Homer wrote
and each kept to his appointed task.
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YALE MAN LISTED
FOR TWO EVENTS
TO Run in 5000 and 10000
Meter RaceS-lS Only
Change Made.
By ALAN ]. GOULD.
Associated Press SpcrtS Editor.

s. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
en- Route to Amsterdam, July
lS.-Macauley Smith, Yale dis
os lance runner, has joined Lloyd
Hahn and Joie Ray in the ranks
OF those who will attempt TO gain two
victories for Uncle Sam in the Olympic
track and field championships at
Amsterdam.
The Young cross-country ace has
bean permitted by the Olympic COM
mittee to enter both the 5,0o0-meter
and lo.0oo-meter runs at Amsterdam
Smith amazed track experts during
the Eastern sectional trials IN the
Yankee Stadium. New York, when ne
beat Leo Lermond, Boston A. a nier:
il, the 5000 meters. Lernlond gained
revenge. however, In the finals at Cam
bridge. when he led home the field In
the same event. with Smith second
Faces Formidable Foes.
The Yale star feels that he has
better chance of winning the 10000
meters at Amsterdam than the 5000,
desnite the fact that in the longer run
ne viii meet such rivals at Paavo
Nuryni ana Willie Ritola, the Firms, and
,Tose Raw ard Johnny Rolntg, his Amer
lean teammates,
The decision that put Smith in both
of the longer fat races was the one
change the Olympic committee MADE
in the individual selections announced
before the team left for Europe. Inc
final entry list was radioed to Anlster,
dam last night after other suggested
changes in the original selections had
been looked upon with disfavor by the
athletes themselves.
Before the final entries were trans
nlitted to Amsterdam the coaches Sug-
gested shifts which would have put
Henry Russell, former Cornell SprmteT,
in the 20O-meter dash instead OF the
100 meter and Henry Cumming, the
Newark A. c. star, in the 100 instead
Of the 200. There also was discussion
as to the ACCESSIBILITY Of placing ETC
Krenz. Stanford field-event star. IN the
discus as well as in the shotput. kTenz
was of form in the discus during the
finals, but when in shape he ranks up
among the best in the United States.
Another move was suggested that would
have nut John Anderson Of Cornell,
who qualified in the discus throw. IN
the shotput. All of the athletes affect
ed, however, were opposed to the
changes and the matter was dropped.
Barbuti Tightens Muscles.
Raw Barbuti, the big Syracuse Uni
versity speedSter, strong favorite TO
capture the Olympic 400-meter cham
pionship, frightened his big muscles IN
an impromptu deck-walking race, but
is confident he can work out the kinks
before the Oiympics. He's using the
hot-water cure to relieve the soreness.
The boxing team Is one OF the young
est and most cosmopolitan of them all.
II averages % years in age and includes
10 nationaIities in its membership Of
Is. Only one man on the team was
born of full-fiedged American parents
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Smith Third Member of Olympic Team to Try for Pair OF Victo17
OLYMPIC COURSE ROUGH,
WRITES CANUCK RUNNER

GAIT, Ontario, July Is R).-
The Olympic marathon course will
be a severe test of the runners feet,
in the opinion of Clifford Bricker of
Gait, Canadian marathon runner,
who has been in Amsterdam two
months becoming acclimatized.
In a letter to an athletic official
here Gait wrote that the uneven
footing of the stretch of c0bble-
stones and bricks and the 10 miles
of rough country road would prove
severe handicap to some contestants.
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D. C. PLAYERS PRAISED
IN FOOT BALL GUIDE

In the official Spalding's foot ball
guide for 1925 which has appeared here,
mention is made of the work Of Capt,
Claude Grigsby. Nork, Saur, Mclean
and McCabe of the Georgetown eleven;
of the play Of Clapper and Carey OF
George Washington and Of that of Capt
Foley. Dufour. Long and Harvey OF
Catholic University.
AS usual the guide contains the re-
vised rules and schedules for 1928. It Is
edited by e. K Hall, chairman OF the
American intercollegiate foot ball COM
mittee.
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POTOMACS IN SIX
REGATTA CONTESTS

Four Junior and two senior class en-
tries will represent Potomac Boat Club
in the annual Southern Rowing AS
ISOLATION regatta Saturday at Alexan-
dria, 1t has been announced by Charles
W. Prettyman, captain Of the club:
Potomac has entered men as follows:
Junior single SOULS. Austin j. Nay
lor; Junior double SOULS, Alden c: I'm
ger and Sanford B. Leach: Junior
ouadruple SOULS, Naylor Alden c. IN
ger, Leach and Robert M. Unger:. as
sociation senior single SOULS, Joseph A.
Scannell or John c. Bratten; senior
double souls, Bratten and ScanneH.
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FARRELL DEFENDING
METROPOLITAN TITLE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WHITFIELD, N. j., July 1S.-Johnny
Farrell, national open golf champion,
today began defense of one of his titles,
the metropolitan open championship.
The field contained 100 of the leading
amateurs and professionals, including
Walter Hagen, Macdonald Smith. Gene
Sarazen, Jim Barnes. Harry Cooper and
George Voight, North and South anna
teur titlist
The British professionals, Archie
Compston and Aubrey Boomer. with
drew because of fatigue in exhibitions.
There will be Is holes today and to-
morrow and SO Friday, at the Shacka-
msxon Country Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-18

Americas big, happy family of
Olympic athletes bound for the 1928
games at Amsterdam. are somewhere
on the North Atlantic.
Sailing from New York July lion
the President Roosevelt, the young
men and women who win wear the
Stars and Stripes in the international
contests have duty which, II sue
ceSsfully performed, will again make
the United States supreme in the
world of athletics
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And American food win be served
almost exclusively. The liner was
stocked with tons of American food.
Five head chefs and vast STAFF of
cooks, walters and other helpers will
attend to the appetites Of the cruis-
ing athletes. II they choose. the
Olympic performers may have water
from the home land, too, for 5000
drums of water were stored aboard
shin
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big liner, for plans call for quarter
ing all aboard ship until the return
voyage is completed late in August.
When the vessel reaches Amster-
dam which, according to schedule,
will be Friday, the American entries
will find that even Yankee convey
ances have been arranged to carry
them to and from their hotelship.
Two Navy motor launches were
taken along for this purpose.
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EUREKA POINTS WAY
IN PIGEON CONTEST

D. r. Mathews racing pigeon, Eureka,
led the field in the i,200-mile fight
from the roof garden Of the Saville-
Rnhmcre at Havana, Cuba. The birds
were released the afternoon Of July 4
during a luncheon of the American
colony at the Havana Hotel. It was
said TO have been the longest "over-
fhe-water" Jump ever attempted. Eureka
homed to his loft here yesterday at
3:51 O'Clock.
Eureka is Of line Of long-distance
racers. His father broke S7-year 500
mile record last year when he homeo
from Napanee, Ind, at a rate OF 50
miles an hour.
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BAIT-CASTlNG MARATHON
OF 1921 MILES FINISHED

ST. PAUL, July 10 GP-G. C. Tur-
guson, former holder of the American
long distance casting championship,
has completed bait-casting marathon
from the Gulf of Mexico to Minnesota,
making the 1,231-mile trip In two
months.
Turguson said he cast over every foot
of the highway from Lake Charles, La,
to Lake Albert at Albert Lea, MINI.
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SPR|NTERS QUALIFY
AS FINE SPEAKERS.
Wykoff, Like Paddock, Shines
as an Orat0r-Different
From Old Days.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

Is there something about Splinter
that makes for oratorical excel
lence? Paddock's genius in the
L orotund art is we'll known. Now a
Californian advises the writer that
Frank Wykoff, who gives promise Of be-
ing the greatest short-diStance runner
the world has seen-at least since rec
ords were kept-is no mean artist him
self when it comes to rounded periods
and soul-moving rerorations.
The writer's informant says that oc-
casionally since he has won great fame
the boy-he Is Just out of high school
has taken the pulpit in the little
church in Glendale, of which he Is
member, and moved the congregation,
especially the younger members, With
his eloquent sermons on clean living,
fair play and the like.
Has Brilliant Future.
Undoubtedly a brilliant future awaits
him on the lecture circuit, provided, OF
course, the amateur sports authorities
eventually decide that 1t is not against
the rules for track stars to point morals
and dorm tales upon the platform.
Or again, perhaps, the A. A. u. and
other constituted authorities will recog-
nize that this is an age of self-expres-
sion by athletes as well as men in other
walks of "fe Gene Tunney thanks no
one to write either his speeches or his
letters.
AS with Paddock and Wykoff. the
heavyweight champion of the world is
blessed with dual genius; he can per-
form and then translate what he has
done and felt and seen into agreeable,
not to say high-sounding, sentences.
In tennis. Bill Tilden's histrionic and
literary ability, while not SO great as
his proves as an athlete, is none the
less marked, and what fine thing 1t
must be for q champion who can visual
lie and put into phrase those subtle
things which all champions must feel
and know. and yet are unable to or
ganize into words.
Other Cases in Point.
Jim Corbett knew the satisfaction
that comes of verbal outlet. Clarence
De Mar. the great marathoner, teaches
Sunday school, and very eloquently at
taches athletics to morals. Joie Pay
lacks elegance in diction, but never yet
was he known to pause because of the
lack of thought or word to ex-
press 1t.
And so 1t goes. The strong. silent, in
articulate champion of the past. men
who let their deeds speak for them. in
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In the past five Olympics Uncle
Sans athletes as a unit have been
unbeatable. Pre-Olympic dope this
year again gives them the edge over
the best that will gather at Amster-
dam from all parts Of the globe.
Reaching foreign shores will mean
loss of sea legs and other encum-
ORANGES of ocean travel, but 1t win
mean no change in temporary dorni-
cile for the 400 persons aboard the
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TUNE UP FOR FIGHT.

CHICAGO, July Is Gp).--Mike Dun
dee of Rock Island. ILL.,, and Joey
Medill. Chicago, had only light work.
outs on their schedule and were con.
fident they would make the limit OF
1872 when they weigh in for their bout
tomorrow.
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McGRATH WINS GOLF TITLE.

EDMONTON, Altamont, July 10 l49.
Tom McGrath. Mooseiaw profess
sional. won the Western Canada open
golf title with q 36-hole total OF $50
The shot OF two 75s In the two rounds,
three strokes over par.
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PLAY TENNIS FINALS.

Bloomingdale playground boy tennis
players are staging final competition
today In q tournament to determine
whom shall represent that playground
in the contest for the city champion
ship.
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sTRIBLING ON SCENE.

CHICAGO, July 10 @.-W. L.
Young" StTibling, Macon, Ga, heavy
weight, Is In Chicago to complete train
ing for his bout Friday With Tom Kirby
Of Boston.
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AGGIEs WIN LEAGUE GAME.

Agriculture nine overcane Navy Yard
in q Colored Departmental League game
yesterday. to 5. The winners took
the lead in the first inning and kept it