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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02
Macks and Cubs CIashed
In Big Series Years Ago

If the Athletics of Philadelphia
and Cubs of Chicago make good their
threats to win the American and
National League championships.
base ball history will repeat itself
after many years. The Athletics and
Cubs met in the world series of
1910. the American Leaguers, then
as now managed by Connie Mach,
winning four games to one. The
Cubs were commanded by the late
Frank Chance.
Only Eddie Collins of the present
day Athletic roster was with the
White Elephants in 1910, and since
that time he has been West with
Chicago and returned to his first
base ball love.
OF the stars under Chances wing,
only one, Johnny Evers, remains in
base ball.
Connie then had Chief Bender.
Jack Coombs and Eddie Plank as his
pitching aces although Plank did not
appear in the series Coonlbs Won
three games. The Cubs had some
great pitchers. too. including Morde-
cal Brown, Orvoll Overall and Ed
Reulbach.
The Athletics and Cubs have some
able moundsmen. If he so wishes
Manager Mack can so iuggle Grove,
Walberg and Earnshaw that they can
start all the games between them.
Manager Joe Mccarthy can counter
with Bush. Root and Malone If he
feels so inclined, and has the OPP
portunity.
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OLD RECORD OF CUBS
THREATENED BY AS

Followers Of the Philadelphia Ath-
letics. confident now that Connie Mack
again will pilot pennant-winner. are
pulling for their favorite to beat the
Cubs record of 1906.
In that year the Cubs. under the
leadership OF the late Frank Chance,
won the National League pennant with
116 victories and SO defeats for a per-
centage of 1853.
The Athletics of 1929, up to June 80,
had travelled at a $50 pace, having a
record of 40 wins and Is defeats.
They then slowed a bit, winning %
and losing nine games up to July 90
That was playing at .709 pace and
made their total 70 games won and 25
lost for a percentage of 1877.
If the Athletics are to equal the Cubs
record they will have to win about
three-fourths of their remaining games
Last season, the Yankees. with lead
of IS games after midseason, were in a
fair way to equal the Cubs record, but
a slump all but wiped out their lead
and the Yankees we're lucky to barely
beat out the Athletics for the pennant
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10 GETTING READY
FOR CHANNEL SWIM
Eight Men, Two Women Have
Been in Training for
Several Weeks.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAPE GRIS-NEZ, France. An
gust 2.-Ten prospective Chan
mel swimmers, eight women
~ and two men, have been in
training at this take-off cape
for several weeks and there has not
been 10 lines in the French news
papers about their activities.
Five years ago the appearance of
one lone Channel aspirant swimmer was
good for at least column.
Mrs, Myrtle Huddleston, billed as the
American professional long-distance
champion. plans to swim from Girls
Neg to Dover and back again. What
ever the outcome of her efforts Mrs.
Huddleston. if her record may be taken
as criterion, is certain to spend more
hours in the water than any of the
nine other contestants.
The zittnefeld twins. American girls,
aged Is; Misses Ivy Hawke. Joan
Brunton, Molly Parker and Connie Gil
head of England, and Mile. Estelle De-
lannoy of France, are the other men,
bers of the weaker SEX vowing to
swim the Channel.
DR.. Schiffe of Germany and Ishak
Helmy. the giant Egyptian. who crossed
last year after innumerable unsuccess-
ful attempts, complete the swimming
colony. Helmy says he has acquired
the Gris-Nez habit. 1T is such a relief
from Cairo in August" he said, looking
all chilled in go degrees Fahrenheit.
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of the World.
~ HICAGO, August 2.-Sammy
Mandell, lightweight champion
Of the world, and Tony Can
~ zoneri, challenger, have fin
iShed their training and await
the gong, which will start them on
their battle for the title in the Chicago
stadium tonight.
Both boys have come through in fine
shape, and as Mandell has not weak
ened himself too much in his weight
making pick him to win on points.
Summing up everything, the relative
ability of the two men as ring generals
and boxers, cannot see where Tony
has chance to win from the clever
champion.
/ believe Mandell is the very best
boxer in the world today. That's a
pretty broad statement, but il there is
anybody who knows more about the art
of hit and get away, who can defend
himself so ably while tantalizing and
Furnishing an opponent, have not seen
him.
Loughran Not Excepted.
I do not except even the clever
Tommy Loughran in this broad state
ment. Mandell Is the best stylist in
boxing, just as Bobby Jones is the best
stylist in golf.
There is little difference in the meas
urements Of the lads under the tape,
but there Is vast difference between
them just the same. The tape shows
that Mandell is a bit taller than Tony
and that he has little greater spread
OF arms, enormously called reach"
But in girth of chest an6 limbs they
are about even, though possibly Can
zoneri might be trifle thicker.
Tony is smart boxer, but Sammy IS
much smarter. Tony is fast, but Sammy
is faster. I will not concede that Can
zoneri has stronger punch although
most of my readers will disagree. Tony
hits harder, but he does so because he
is squattier or more set for his punch
ing than is Mandell.
The champion didn't have as much of
task In getting to weight as 1 expected
He had no cinch getting down to the
lightweight limit of 1876, but he didn't
weaken himself to the extent I had
looked for.
Mandell, believe, has too many natu-
raj advantages over his rival for Tony
to win. I do not see how Canzoneri can
overcome the combination of speed,
ringcraft, experience, cleverness and all
round boxing ability which favor Man
dell.
Tony Tough and Game.
All Tony will have not possessed in
greater abundance by the title holder
are stamina and gameness.
The left jab is one of the most useful
punches known to boxing. and Mandell
is past master of this. With it ex-
pect to see him rip and tear Canzoneri
tossing him out of plumb, or slightly
off balance. so that Tony will be unable
to set for his best punches.
I look for the champion to open a
couple of cuts over and under CAMEO
nerl's right eye, and I expect to see
Tonys nose bleeding after few rounds
have elapsed.
think this will be a one sided fight.
and If Canzoneri wins it will be a great
big accident. I cannot see where Tony
has look-in unless the fight ends in a
foul. or one of the many accidents that
can happen to boxer in the ring under
present conditions does happen. I have
told you that Mandell is a brittle
boned" athlete. So he is, but I do not
think he'll break any bones in this fight
with Canzoneri-either his own or
Tony'S.
tCopyright, 1929. by North American News
paper Alliance)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02
SAILING CLUB MEMBERS
URGED TO ENTER EVENT

Officials Of the Sailing Club of this
city are urging all members to take
part in the canoe sailing events to be
held Sunday. August II. in connection
with the slXtieth anniversary celebra-
ton Of the Potomac Boat Club.
The first race is to start at 1890 m.
There will be no entry fee and prizes
for first and second places will be
awarded in both the limited and un-
limited classes. The contests will be
under the rules Of the Sailing Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02

n YEW YORK, August Bill
Carey OF the Madison Square
NJ Garden Corporation is assur-
4 Y ing Max Schmeling that the
proposed contest with Jack
Sharkey will take place no matter what
the local boxing commission has to say
about it and the German heavyweight
continues to ignore his contract to fight
for Humbert Fugazy.
Carey must have good and sufficient
reason to take chance of mourning
the wrath of the boxing commission,
otherwise he would not play into the
hands of Joe Jacobs and Bill Mccartney
who presumably are debating the atti-
tude Schmeling has taken.
Why the German is not permitted by
his manager to fight in August, even
though his opponent be Phil Scott or
any one else, Is not clear. When it
comes down to brass tacks, Schmeling
has not been such a bowling success as
drawing attraction. The gate he and
Pauline drew in June is evidence of
this. meeting such as theirs should
have drawn something like Sl,0O0,O00
in gate receipts
With chance to show again before
the public which he hopes will pay big
prices to see him fight Jack Sharkey,
IL is not clear just why he is being
Nv away NUN Tic GllSdStIHGIll.
ing the two years he has been in this
country he has had five contests That
is few enough for one who aspires to
the worlds heavyweight title FIRE.
quent work would give him needed ey-
perience and make him popular with
the fans
Something's tour around the country
is not the bowling success that his
managers would have the fans believe,
Instead Of being guaranteed $500 TO
box four rounds in exhibition with a
sparrlng partner, Schmeling is working
on percentage of the gate.
Herman KatZ of Cincinnati told the
writer that a show he promoted Just
about broke even when Something's
percentage was deducted. Reports from
Cincinnati and Chicago are that
Schmellng Is not drawing any bigger
crowds than the ordinary cards.
DETROIT. Mich, August 2 OFF
Schmeling wants to fight Sharkey, he's
got to fight him in Detroit" John
Buckley, manager for the Boston sailor,
declared after a three-hour session
with the Michigan State Boxing Com
mission here.
"Sharkey is ready for a fight any
time, and I want him to fight here"
Buckley said.
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RACING
WILL CLOSE TODAY
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August a. Arlington
Parks Notwithstanding Summer turf
season closes today with the running
of the $500 added City and Suburban
Handicap over mile and a quarter.
Starting the season under the owner
ship of a group of Chicago business men
and Sportsmen, the track has broken
every local record, drawing the largest
crowds and most brilliant field of thor
oughbreds and rolling up a large profit.
Track officials plan to turn over the
surplus to boost the stakes and purses
of next Summers meet, making it the
richest in American turf history.
Eleven were expected to start in to-
days final, among which were Misstep,
Canman, Golden Prince and Easter
Stockings
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EX-CUB FATTENS BATTING
AVERAGE WITH THE BLUES

BY the Associated Press.
Tom Angley has found that regu-
lar job with the Kansas City Blues is
more conducive to a fat batting aver
age than an occasional turn behind
the bat for Chicago's Cubs.
Although he was off to late start,
Angley hit for 1896 in his first 81 games
against American Association pitching
That put him in second place to Har-
grave of st. Paul, the circuits leading
batSman.
Early this season Angley was one
OF the many catchers trying to fill
Gabby Hartnett's shoes for the Cubs.
Then he came to the Blues and has
been backstopping steadily since.
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GERMAN CHAMPION
FIGHTS IN new YORK

b. the Associated Press
NEW YORK, August 2.-Germany's
heavyweight champion. DR.. Ludwig
Eaymann. makes his American debut
at the Long Beach arena tonight.
Faymann, who arrived in the United
States only a few weeks ago, is to tackle
Johnson of Boston in the 10-round fea-
ture bout.
At Coney Island Stadium Ruby
GolGstein, erstWhile lightweight sensa-
ton. meets Cuddy Demorco. Pittsburgh
veteran welterweight, in a hereunder.
One Punch Williams, Negro heavy
weight. battles, George Deschner in the
main bout of 10 rounds at the Golden
City A. c., Carnarsie.
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25,O()O EXPECTED
TO VIEW CONTEST
Title Holder Polished Boxer,
While Challenger Is
Rugged Puncher.
BY PAUL r. NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer

- HICAGO, August 2-Tony Can
zoneri, chesty little bootblack
from New Orleans whose sting
~ ing fists achieved glory in the
bantam and featherWeight Sec
tors. tonight aims his weapons at Sammy
Mandell one of the most elusive targets
Of the ring, in an audacious bid for his
world lightweight crown.
The two will battle 10 rounds to a de-
Clsion for the title in Paddy Harmon S
gigantic punch bowl. the Chicago Sta
dunn. A record indoor crowd of $4,000
is expected to watch the duel
1t is to be skirmish between a clever
boxer and rugged, two-fisted puncher,
and Mandell the boxer, is an over
Wholmlng faVoritc. The champion eX-
poets to win handily by a decision; the
challenger is confident of victory by a
knockout.
Mandell Is FayOrite.
So clearly did the Rockford shiek turn
back the title bid of Jimmy McLarnin,
pile driving hitter of the CanZoneri
type, in his last championship battle
that few observers grant Tony much
more than a chance. Although the
champion has spent the past year in
comparative idlenCSs because of injuries,
he has displayed impressive form dur
apparently as busy as ever.
Weight, too, was disadvantage Can
z0ncri had to fight against. He expects
to enter the ring from 4 to pounds
lighter than Sammy, and among light
weights such difference is a consider
able handicap. TonyS advantages lay in
his punch, his greater ring activity and
his age He is % and Mandell is IS.
Canzoneri stacked his hopes in his
right hand and his ability to sting the
champion early and force him to slow
up long enough so he can slip over his
devastating SmaShes to the head
Both fighters were confident over the
outcome and neither seemed worried
Sammy Not Worried.
81 do not like to make predictions
but l forecast Canzoncri will not bother
me any more than McGraw or Nc
Larnin did Sammy said. L am at my
best now and have had no trouble in
getting down to the 135-pound limit. I
plan to set fast pace at the start and
keep on going. Watch my left"
Il will give all 1 have and am GER
tain of winning" Tony Countered. It'll
be tough fight. though"
Tonights battle will be the third time
Mandell has defended the title he won
from Rocky Kansas in 1925. In his first
troit Greek, an unmerciful whipping.
and last year he. forced those critics
who couldn't sec him as champion to
praise him by thraShng Jimmy Nc
Larnin. Win or lose tonight, Mandell
expects to go campaigning for the well
terWelght title. He defeated Jackie
Fields, the new champion, once, and is
confident he can repeat.
RAY Miller Chicago textbook artist
will meet Luis Vincentini of Chile in
the 10-round semi-wind-up and Har-
mon hopes to match the winner with
the victor of the Mandel- Canzoneri
fight for the title.
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The Same in Foot Ball.

INJURIES have decided as many foot
L ball games as material and coaching.
Many modern foot ball schedules are
terrific. In fact, they are entirely too
hard when you consider the fact that
they are played out by students some
where between 10 and %.
Many teams today face six or
seven hard games on nine-week
schedule AS a result they must
play half of these games with badly
battered athletes, with half men or
with material that is nerve worn.
1t is practically impossible for any
foot ball team to tackle six or seven
hard games and be physically and men-
tally fit, barring all the luck there is.
Few injuries are serious. but bad knees.
bad ankles, lame shoulders and frayed
nerves take a heavy toll. These phySi-
cal injuries might happen at any time
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THE SPORTLICHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE

ME Pirates had than double share of frosty
about half the ball club the
| big of the didn't help them
by disabling and Burleigh
Donle Bush was Whng along at the head OF the pack Injuries
decided record this
the old years ago. Larry
two cacher had his broken ball.
pitchers their couldn't
bone fractured his hip from throw
months with blood
and out for six weeks Harry Bay stepped into hole in center field
broke his leg All told the Cleveland club with pennantWn
ming outfit well in the lead lost 10 regulars inside of week and
fourth eight
in the days when 800 hers were They Lae Flick
Bemis Mig Clarke, Bay, Bradley, Stoval and Turner.
With of luck 1sjc but at least the
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a. INNING BALL GAME
ENDS WITH SCORE 10

BY the Associated Press.
Twenty years ago, June 8. 1909,
Clarence T. "Cack" Henley of the San
Francisco Seals and Jim Wigs of Oak
land hooked up in a 24-inning pitch
ing duel which still stands as the long
est shut-out game in the history of
the Pacific Coast League.
The Seals won, 10.
Both moundsmen went the entire
distance.
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Fights Last Night

By the Associated Press
KEWANEE, Ill Hershie Wilson,
Danville, H., knocked out Icy Cline,
Winnipeg (2). Walter Madey, Chicago,
knocked out Joe Cheslo, New York (2)
DES MONIES. Iowa.-Tony Legouri.
Des Moines, knocked out Billy Callahan,
Portland. Greg. a.. Ray McPeck, Chi
cago and Louie Mays, Des Moines.
drew CO).
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Smith could spot Jones five or ter
q cartoon was printed showing
with Jones posed as the falling &c
Georgian up. It gave him new
started his practice play earlier tn
He came to Winged Foot ahead of
schedule. 1t was no longer just another
open championship. He had definite
opponent to shoot against besides old
man par If there had been no Horton
Smith last Winter Bobby Jones might
or might not have won. But his mental
attitude through May and June would
have been entirely different. The big
urge would have been absent. He would
still have been keen about winning but
not nearly as keen about getting ready
for the test. When they came to Winged
Foot Jones was ready, but Smith, over
golfed in tournament way, was not.
IT took a psychological turn to stir up
i Jesse Guilford, the famous Boston
Siege Gun. Guilford had played little
tournament golf for two or three years.
So they increased his handicap in Mas
SachuSettS, where they take consider
able pride in the State allotment. Gull
ford had not thought of the MaSsa-
ChusettS open until they dropped him
down the line, thereby indicating they
thought his best days were over. At
out and show somebody. He got in
enough practice TO groove his old
swing and find his old touch. And
then he went out and won the Massa-
chusetts open against the best profess
SIGNALS and the best amateurs they
could turn against him. Whereupon
the Siege Gun was in position to turn
TO the State handicapping committee
and casually inquire: where do 1 be-
long noW?' The answer being, Where
can any State open champion belong in
any State except at No. -"
TT Is to be hoped that the best of the
L amateurs can get away for Pebble
Bcach. Such amateur stars as Jess
Sweetser and Jesse Guilford would add
much to the championship. Califor-
MIA is back of this party to show what
California can do. and the amateurs
Who make the trip will find it some
thing to think about and talk about
for a long time to come. They will see
the finest scenic setting that any
c9lf center has to show, from Japan to
Scotland, taking either way around.
Pebble Beach will suit Guilfords slash
ing hitting. And match play golfers
Of Sweetser's caliber are needed to
break up the massacres that Jones has
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Blazing the Sports Trail
Comes the nl1erv.
BY ALAN J. GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.i

Chicago
the Athletics
with Connie Mack in his early sos were much better defensive
with
Wany
Cochrane greatest
Lefty Grove Rub Wabe brilliant with
1929 machine rghthands
md Macks opinion
a
a in a
vou pitching and perfect nhed well consistently attack
modern Mks heavier hitting
with good pitching great catcher fair nfeld better ouhd
championship of
m mar fol
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Another Example.

POBBY JONES was an cratic putter
- for several years. He first tried to
study and copy the methods of Walter
j. Travis. This method failed to suit
him. He then tried out the Hagen
system. This also failed to work His
next move was either a copy or at least
a likeness of the putting method Jerry
Travers has always used-heels fairly
close together-little crouching-hands
close to the body. This gave him much
greater ease and feeling of more re-
taxation. There was no inroad of ten
sion, such as the methods of Travis
and Hagen brought him.
The method that one man uses
might not suit another. But when
1t comes to certain fundamentals
that all stars must carry, if one has
no mental pattern of these funda-
mentals he might as well be told to
draw a picture of an Australian
Wangbot when he has no idea
whether said Wangbot is round or
square or three cornered.
The greatest artist in the world could
not draw picture Of horse If he
never saw a horse and had no idea
what a horse looked like. There are
many who have no eye for memory
patterns. The picture flashes and
fades and disappears. This is usually
Cue to faulty concentration. It grows
on one as the years roll up. That is
why such able athletic directors like
Mike Sweeney, of Hill School, go to
extremes in having younger talent study
form in all sports, in every possible
way, so that the fundamentals will re-
main fixed for use later on. It is for
this reason they teach in the earlier
stages that form and effort must be
separated so that the young athlete
can concentrate entirely on form until
the right habits are fairly well fixed
and established.
Many good golf teachers now make
their pupils watch the right swing as
they Uhe pros) hit the ball as it should
be hit, time after time. The pupil then
at least has starting point to work
from.
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SICKLE IS LEASED.

SARATOGA, N. Y. August 2 '(P.-
Sickle, 5-year-old stallion. has been
leased from Lord Derby by Joseph E.
Widener. Sickle, son of Phalaris, out
of Selene, is to be shipped to the FL
mendorf stud at Lexington. KY.
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GIRLS STEP LIVELY.

What is believed to be new world
record for women competing in a relay
race was established recently in Mann
helm, Germany. when a team ran the
400 meters in 40 seconds fiat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02

Auto Bodies, Radiators, Tenders
Repaired; also New Radiators
. Harrison Radiators and Cores in Stock
Wittstatts, 1909 14th North 7l77
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one11 Both Confident of Winning Tonight Leonard Picks Champ
BOXERS IN LIGHTWEIGHT
TITLE SCRAP COMPARED

CHICAGO, August 2 (41.-r:1.s is now
Lightweight Champion Sammy MandelI
and Tony Canzoneri, the challenger,
compare physically:
Mande1I Capzoneri
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What About Commercialism?

MOST of the best golfers in the game
w invaded Montreal recently to take
part in the Canadian open. where the
first money prize was $400. or Just a
trifle more than the expenses of the
trip.
Can you imagine any flock of prize
fighters. boxers or what not among the
bigger drawing cards swarming to some
free-for-all for the love of the game
and the thrill of competition?
On the other hand, you get many
of them not only demanding crazy
financial rewards. but also refusing
to let the other fellow make weight
in order to eliminate even the
slightest risk.
AS DR.. Muldoon said recently, "a
ring champion is a fellow who goes
about the country getting whipped"
There is no other sport where you
can gather as many professional stars
in competition for small financial re-
ward as you get in golf. Canadian
sportSmen have made the Canadian
open an event worth going to, beyond
the money-collecting side. They have
made it top-line sporting event. where
even $400 first money won't keep away
such stars as Hagen. Horton and Mac
Smith, Farrell Diegel, Sarazen and
many others-who also happen to pay
their own expenses back and forth
And to win this S400 the ultimate victor
has to beat most of the best talent there
is in professional golf.