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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 1922. FIFTEEN - YEAR-OLGIRL SWIMMER SURPRISES D GERTRUDS EDERLE. Tk ;'Vinner May Bit of Baseball History That Fit Into Conditions Exchange Blows With Tommy Gibbons; Then Comes Greb. 'u They Exist' in This Day, V By SPARROW MGANN. Copyright, 1922. by SaJt Lak. Tribune) NEW YORK, Aug. 12. After the battle between Tommy Loughran, the rhllly Apollo, end Cene Tunncy. the dethroned On August king of the It Is cards that there will he some doings In what the British call the cruiser-weigdivision. The inside dope is that the winner of that contest wbl exchangein blows with Tommy Gibbons and that, turn, the winner will mix It up with Harry Greb for the championship title. The writer had word from Tommy the other day. He is filled with but one ambition. end that is to show the world Orel) is not master. To this end he Ijas been preparing himself carefully, taking on a few second-rat- e opponents and knocking them endwise, and, above all, to his condition attention careful laying Tom was overconfident when he met Grab in was the best condition, either. not and well lhare are many who will pishIshim a likeIn his ambitions; for Tommy the time He that realizes able mauler. bas come for him to put in his best licks, because age waits for no man, and Thomyears as now acknowledges thirty-thre- e of existence In this vale Of punch and Jab Thewriter first recalls Gibbons back In 1913. when, as a novice with nothing but a wallop to aid him, he stowed away Tommy Bergwa, Joe Borrcll, Young haw and Jack Mike Donovan, Johnny mixeagle-eye- d Denning, the er who now spends his days handling younger flghtora The next year he did did not a big tiring, although easterns realise it st the time. He . beat Billy llske In eight rounds. What did attract attention, though, was his victory over She highly touted Buck Crouse in four gained rounds that year.. In BUS Gf a lot of prestige, although fighting only three battles. He handed a lacing to Billy Murray, the west coast favorite; beat hl.lske again, and won easily over Harry1917Greb. won soma fine victories over In ha Btich men a George Chit), Bob Moha and defeated Battling Levtnsky After that he Isirrv Williams, Harry Greb, Bob Foster "would have course His Mlske and again. been altogether triumphant had It not -- Copyr.fcht by Underwood & Underwood. bejn for a ralnv day In Pittsburg, when, the plasGreb, TMttsburger again meeting WILLIAM T. TILDEN, VINCENT RICHAEDS tered Tommy good and proper, But It was not until last rear that This country should be very well repGibbons became a pugilistic sensation. He It was thought Williams and Washburn resented In the Davis up match at For- would be good enough to, play In the douhad taken oo weight so fast that so too entered lie the est Hills, ' L, I., September I to 4. The ble, with Tilden and Johnston expected were small, heavyweight division, Toney Melcher and players who will defend the famous tro- to win enough of the singles engagements Al Belch were easy for him snd then he to hold the but Washburn has given are indication ofcup, came on to New York and put Paursamp-so- n phy were named last week. late of being on the downaway In such workmanlike stjle that William T. Tilden II of Philadelphia, Wil- grade, the critics at once touted him as the Richardss record far surpasses that of most promising contender for Dempsey's liam M. Johnston of Pan Francisco, Vin- Washburn, and critics mainly hold that crown. Thereafter pugilists fell before cent Illrhards of Yonkers, N. Y and R. the youngster was deserving of terns his fadeaway like wheat under the Drap- Norris Williams II of Boston. named The fact that he performs best er. Those who enjoved pleasant dreams Tilden and Johnston are expected to with Tilden ns a partner ki the doubles, as a result of contact with his fiat were and might not do as well paired play In the. singles. Just what player however, Williams, Porky Flynn. Jack I was a question. with a not Ray Smith, Jack Clifford, Willie will work In the doubles matches are not In an effort to get a line on the respecMeehan, William Keeler, Ian Q'Dowd, oertain. Williams, because of seniority tive merits of the two combinations Billie Reeves. Fred Aller and a number as a cup plaver, will be the captain. Tilden and Richards, and Williams and cf other heavies. The selection of Richards, who Is but Washburn the lawn tennis officials pitTommy was on the highest crest when 19 years of age, came as a sort of surprise ted them against each other in two Maddest and to many tennis followers. He was chosen he went against Bartley matches fortnight ago. Each won cue failed to put hlm.awav, although he heat In place of Watson M. Washburn, who match. him up viciously. Whether this failure played with Williams on the doubles team Because of a strained tendon, Richards to send Bartley to dieamland affected tact year. was kept out of the Seabrtght tourney. Tommy's nerve or whether, as suggested In the foregoing, he held Greb too cheaply, the fact remains that he was beaten hv the Pittsburger and since then he nas been treading those outer regions of darkness wherein abide those who have failed. 4: 's) atonas I : ht dark-faee- h d, middle-weigh- ts lee-na- n, F er Financial Profits on American Golf Links Lure British Champs By Tribune of Crimson Teams Prestige Noted in Various Ways; Old Grudges Come Back. By WALTER CAMP. (Copyright, 1922, by Salt Lake Tribune.) NEW YORK, Aug. 12. It is not pleasing to have to record a revival at Harvard of old antagonism between students and the townies'' the old town and gown antagonism which forms a part of he annals of every college or university lo- -, cated In email cities throughout the coun- Outcroppings of bad feeling were first noticed a few years ago, and oases have occurred recently Indicating that the , feeling has attained formidable proportions. Years before the introduction of college athletics, trouhle between students and citizens of a college community served as one of the outlets for the pent-ti- p spirits of the young collegians. Usually there were sporadic conflicts with the townies" and often with the firemen. In a seaport city such as New Haven there were often pitched batcles between students and sailors. The origin of rlhe class bully at Yale was a fight with sailors .on Long wharf, In which, the students wrested from a giant sailor a huge club, which was preserved and known as the bully club." of organized , But 'with the introduction athletics the ebullient spirit of collegians had another outlet. At the present t.me disturbances came from a desire on .the part of not only the townspeople, but from graduates of other college living In Cambridge, to see the home team downed. This, as a matter of fact, also bT the case at Y'ale. hut In lesser degree. Instead of the streets, the grandstands of the athletic fields have become the scene of conflict. Bo serious were conditional at Harvard last year that the Harvard athletic committee has taken drastic action regarding the seating of spectators at the football games to be played this fall. They propose to permit the patrons of the games who are now Harvard men to come to the contests, but they are to be seated In ether sections of the stands, so that the solidarity of the Harvard stand, holding none but Crimson sympathizers, shall not be broken or disturbed. The trouble has been pronounced at Cambridge, wherg, If some incidents that occurred last year were narrated, they would hardly be believed. At Yale football games against certain Beaton colleges and certain other teams have developed some similar conditions. In other universities located In or near the big centers feeling has also been- - manifest of late. But It has pracnever tically appeared at such places as Dartmouth. Princeton and o on, where the Institution is larger than the community in which It stands. Universities which have large graduate schools attended by alumni of other seats of learning are liable to find bad feeling cropping out from time to time. However, Harvard and other Institutions which ar now facing the trouble in form more or less acute should regard the situation as complimentary, inasmuch as it Is to have its bams in sympathy forlikely the '"under dog. When practically every iteam that comes to Cambridge is this 'Bort of a canine It speaks volumes for 'the athletio prestige of the Crimson. town-and-go- t I J, Special Sport Service. LONDON, Aug. 12. A correspondent of the Morning Post says; America has become the professional golfers' El Dorado. Month by month and year by year the exodus of British players to the states la steadily increasIt is In America where the bis ing. money' Is, and It Is not surprising, In view of heavy taxation and dwindling incomes here, that there should be a rush to share m the spoils." The statement volunteered by Walter Hagen, the new British champion, that his Income or earnings purely from golf during the next twelve months will he 150,000 throws a piercing ray of light uiion the finance of the game as viewed from the American standpoint. No such sum has ever been earned by any two British professionals In any one year. The fact that golf has become a positive fewer In the states largely accounts for the ability of certain famous golfers to earn sums which a few years ago would have been regarded as fabulous and Indeed fantastic. Ixt us examine the case of Hagen, who confidently expect to Increase his bank balance by several thousands of pounds during the next twelve months. He started life as a ciuldie In an oboruie inland club at. Rochester, N Y., and by gr.t and perseverance, combined with a natural gift for hitting a golf ball, became resident professional at the age of 18 years. Ambition eventually lured linn to Chicago, and finally he washed his hands of golf as a primary means of livelihood and launched hts craft In the deep waters of finance. He became n bill broker nnd a dealer In stocks and shares, and It was while engaged In these unaccustomed t he applied to the United pursuits States Golf association for an amateur status. It was refused. th.-i- Hagen Drops Business. It is hnrdlv nece'nrv to inquire how Hagen fared in the maelstrom of finance. But it Is rather significant that stock promoting no longer Interests him, and that ills first love golf now claims his whole energies Although Mtarhed to no club, he was the most successful profeo-lcn.- il golfer in America last vear. His Income was on a scale that would be regarded with envy by most paid golfers in this country. Ills ambition haa been crowned bv winning the British chamnow on the eve of a Is he and pionship, worid's tour which will take him to the ends of the earth and produce the princely sum of $59 OOP In company with Kirkwood the Australian, who has thrown up hi appointment, he will visit every The krnnd tour will he rountry. so timed that they are back In England next June m time for the open champion-shi- n at Troon, on the west coast of Scotland. Nothing of the kind has ever before been attempted In golf. It goes to show what a wide appeal the rime makes, snd what Its devotees are prepared to pav to obtain supposed enrghtenmnt from seeing other people plav it There Is now the spectacle of four British professionals touring America at the same time but with diferent Itineraries, In of dollars. Duncan and Mitchell pursuit have as pattners fop the second yeir In gone succession: J. II Taylor and Alec Herd have engaged In a similar venture. Yardon would hive gone If he could have got Arthur Havers as a colleague; Aubrey Boomer and Arnaud Massy had fixed up a partnership, but decided to postpone the lour, believing there were so many people "squeezing the lemon that there were chances of its running dry. These ar very profitable For a four months tour In undertaking. 1920 Vardon and Ray netted, after paying double In X Jr v .s 4 v ) rS r 'L A gfyr x y Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. n try. " f B. NOEBIS WILLIAMS, II WILLIAM M. JOHNSTON which was expected to give a further line declared that his game la not yet perfar off fectly rounded, eaylng In particular that he lacks a safe forehand drive and has It seems a fair hazard that the doubles only a defensive backhand, but he has team will be Tilden and Richards, with steadily shown improvement In these reW Ilhams not playing, but ready to do so spects. if necessary, and at the same time look He Is so good, though, that only Tilden, after the details ns' captain. ranked No. 1. and Johnston, placed No, A Richards, a kid in years and appear- are considered his superiors. Except for, ance,' haa risen on the world's lawn ten-hi- s possibly, Johnston, he la copsidered the firmament sensationally. lie early best volleyer In thle land. A forehand shbwed great natural talent for the game slice, which he speedily follows to make acid was encouraged by F. B. Alexander kills at the net, has been everywhere and later by Tilden. The Influence of praised: Alt kinds of stars, no one exTilden, however, Is the most marked. cepted, have found him particularly difRichards idolizes the national champion, ficult to pass and very dangerous to lob, and every word of Instruction receives because of his decisive and accurate the most studious attention. smashing. At the age of 15 Richards won the naIncidentally, he and Tilden won the tional doubles championship paired with national doubles title last year from WilTilden. This feat brought him wide rec- liams and Washburn In the final round, ognition and assured him that he had the playing sensationally against the DaJis making of a great player. Critics have cup pair. on him. Washburn, however, was his old game in the tourney. -- SIR THOMAS LIPTON MAY CHALLENGE AGAIN forc, be mow (c) If 10-1- then bow f-- 1519; 4rwm, draw. . tt&NRI KLEIN. SALT LAKE TRIBUNE GAVE NO. 1392, Lftttftle. "Ayreahir Tbe late. Pick Jordan naa real worlds champion, but not lufaiiitilr, end here ! enr where be stumbled. Contributed by W. Veal, Southampton, England, .who played tbe white men agaioet tbe ebamptoo. i It 15 H U 4 8 219 15 come tax $3i0 of which was paid In New York before they were permitted to leave the country over $13,009 each. Lost year Mitchell and Duncan pocketed a similar sum, and the assumption Is that they will do the same this eai. This-Iquite apart from their earnings In this country, which must be fairly substantial. 11-- 18 22 15 11 18 0 22 7 22 n n H iA 20 19 14 18 9 14 25 22 2 27 123 29 22 5 9 . .19 10 0 15 26 23 1 s (b) Well played. - 8 ALT LAKE TRIBUNE GAME 3mgle Corner. Tour Profitable. KO. 1393. rentb game, state tourney, phired Augnet 5, 1022 - C. D Erb. black; J. B. Smith, white. Golf is conducted on a far more expensive scale In America than it is In Engt, land. Ony the United States could or conceive, a scheme like the club near New York, where the capital is $6,1.00,000 and there are four eighteen-hol- e courses. It Is due resort of lmllionau es. No wonder that Charles Mayo, whom 1 met in Baris recently, was able to save more In the two years he was engaged at the Edgewater club, Chicago, than he could have done in twenty years In England. Jack Hutchison, the son of a fisherman, who as a child ran barefooted over the classic links of St. Andrews, went to the status when 18 years of age and is now In s state of affluence. James Dames, who began life on the Lelant links In Cornwall, nnd Is now at the exclusive Iel-haCountry club. New Y'ork, has met with the same measure of success. No doubt the fruits are few, but to those who are In a posttion to pluck them they are- - very luscioua 21 sup-lor- JEM 20-1- 0 mi 1612 4 16 1 2 6 10 14 6-- 26-- 2 at (hJa point Is given In the books the nun! continuation. I find no on this 27 2 more, though there mag beplay plenty of it to far at I know. (b) From here on. J. V. Cmne kept aeora. aa trappier (c) Crone euggttted 4a B. SMITH. aa m (at SALT LAKE TRTBTNK PROFESSIONALS HAVE FULL GOLF PROGRAM " Thomas, Linton, unsuccessful in four efforts to lift the America's cup with Bir Bv Tribune Special Sport Service. NEW YORK. Aug. 12. .Plenty of competition for professional golfers has been arranged for the' fall months. Seventy-tw- o holes of medal play will be In order at the Orchard park club In Buffalo on August 17 and 18; the championship tournament at I.hlq is scheduled for September IS to 15, ami September 28 to 30 th southern open championship will get under wav at the Bello Meads Country club, Nashville, Tenn Twelve prizes will be awarded In this event, $1500 to the winner, $1000 for second place. $50 for third, $500 for fourth and down to $100 for twelfth position. OB August 14 to 19 the members at the salaried brigade will plav at the Country club in Pittsburg for the Rodman V anamaker prizes, under the auspices of the Profisslonal Golfers association. The greatest players In th country, after a process of elimination, will be on hand at' Oakmont to try their luck regarding the title now held, by Walter Hagen. Fourteen golfers have qualified from this section. Including Jim Barnes, twice winner o( the p. G A. title Gen Sars-tethe new national champion, will doubtles qualify In his section, and Jock Hutchison from Chicago, so that the four most famous goters In the United State will be (here. Hagen, be'ng the champion, doe not have to qualify. Conditions call for, sixty-focontestants Instead of thlrtyitwo, as heretofore, one match round each day being scheduled throughout the week of play The tournament at San Antonio. Texas, will be held January 28 and 29, with $1500 for first prise, $1000 for second, $750 for third, $500 for fourth, and other sum down to $50. There will be money prises for the first twenty players, with 850 as a minimum. Ban Antolno's tournament will be the start, ng for a senes of open events In that point part of the Chrlstl world, with on Corrus second the list, and -- then' Houston. Shrevenort and New Orleans In order. The events will be arranged so that little time wtl$ be lost by the players In their competitive plana GAME NO. 1394. his Shamrock yachts. Is said to be coming again with a new type of vessel to lift the "bloomin' mug." He will probably change from the sloop to the schooner type. If the New Y'ork Yacht club, holder of the trophy, will permit. metro-pobtanop- Oak-mo- CHECKERS ' Belt L.he, Any. 13. LAKE TRIBUNE PROBLEM NO. 825. By W. O. 5V, Leggett, London, England, Contributed by tbe author, Black 13, 11; kings 15, 31. BALT nt I cint aee it, Tbia game Is to correct Chicago l)ally News game No. 2f0. A. H. BARNES. LAKE TRIBUNE GAME KQ. 'poahli Ceraer. Played between Hugh McKean and O. A. Clark in the 1922 Kanega elate tourney the winning of which by Mr. Kean made Mm the 1922 Kansea Mate champion. Since Mr Me Keana rtnm to Klon. some of Mr. Clarke f Honda hare tried to wleh the title on to him. but ae a rule the genenrt public demand that a champion actually win Me title, and haa hot little nw for a eotirtemr title. Contributed by Mr. McKean, who handled tbe "darkles. BALT et V. Create tha ecer keeper, eftrrwtrd celled tentloa to a trappr Move which both player hlle it U toe (lied tole ace at tbe time. good opponent, risky play (or trap with it deceat hurt to (Ire biro e chance to beet himself by cheetnf e piece the wrone wty. Prawn: R. fltewart re. A. Schaefer, lb) 27 24 forma the DefiaDce, le White 21, 22, SO; kin 1906 23. Wbltt to play, buck to win. or PROBLEM BO. 824. SOLUTION By HEN Ht KLEIN. Black 1. 6, 15; kin 19. White 10, 13. kin I. White to pixy, VV hat resulty-8-7 ' KOTBB 1 . I 7 2 7 73 b)U-16 IB 110 for the state championship In the play-of- f 18 It Drawn. 4 the last game rethe expected happened- A) 15 18, 13 9; whit win. sulted in a draw, reproduced !il this isene. then 8-nad Mark not go Erb had a slight pull ia the ending, but Smith (Vt If or bo would k all three piece; Lhere- - played carefully; too carefully, in fact, (or J. ltMKa 7 2 69 on 13 ca I i 'H , . k Miss Gertruds Ederla ot the New York Women's Swimming association, 13 years ot age, sprang ths aquatic surprise of the season last week, when she won the awtm for first International th Joseph P. Day cup at Brighton be&ch. MIsa Helen AVakiwright of the same club, national champion, was second and Miss H.lda James of Yarston S. C., of Liverpool, England's water queen, fin Ished Jhlrd. Miss Ederle covered the three and lf mile route in 1 hour 1 minute 34 5 seconds. Last year the national long distance championship was held over part of the same eourne and Mtoa Uthetda Biclbtrey won In 56, minutes 27 seconds, sotting a new record for the course. Yesterday's race was half a mite longer and Miss Ederle actually beat the record for the old course by 4 minutes $2 seconds. The greatest surprise of the day was the defeat of Miss Hilda James of England, who came to this country foe th express purpose of taking part In the swim. The English water queen finished more than 100 yards behind Miss Wainwrlght, who followed Mias Ederle by sixty yards. one-ha- farce for the leading experts, who ere apt to regard it ys g wearisome waste of time: but. to 1 at once relee ted to the minor tourney and there nn qnlckly eliminated has actually contested tourney games with the great players and can always look at bis tourney book and conaole himself with the sight of himself in e group of player and with the playing over of hia recorded game. Childish? Perhaps so, but they are the geese who lay the golden egg to enjoy. for the matter Th tendency In all sport Is for the experts to rfeire to form a Brahman clique, forgetting that once they were dubs themselves and their successors of tomorrow are often tbe duba of today. CHESS. C. A. Sweet of One moat recent visitor wa the Kenwood (hese club. Chicago, who la motoring to the Pacific coaat and amnaltig himself He had the by playing chess on the wav. edge on Dudley, the Denver champion, and on the Rev. Dr. ftcott ef Greeley, regarded aa the leading Colorado player but here in Zion he fared worse, losing a game to Cornell, one to Page and scoring on Plumly. Lewie 8 Cornell, our leading local player, battled and long valiantly against the vUitor In tbe following a Corwas even contest. which good, game, nell's move: DANISH GAMBIT." J V Crooe bee prewnted to Mr. Uicy W. Smith the bendtome checker board b which ws played tbe recent mutch for the city title He bed done considerable heed work oe it, which made It tmnoukUy attractive and popular. and, like all who had Qed It, she e preened appreciative Itklag fw U. A fine me men to of e memorable match. about ready Newell W. Banke ie reported e the order of to publish 6 guide intending to itart Keere eld guide, and also a new checker magnetne tbe end of the year. The first U good, but the !nt U of doubtful expediency, an left it in to be on the order of n checker dipper assembling new play from tho several column. The American Checker Monthly bee managed to survive quite a while and it would bo a pity to divide it legitimate support, which ie not too strong at bept. ia gradually catching up. the My Teets leans of the "A. C M. showing up bright and newsy, end with a fair lot of game and problems. Tbe Boaton eqoabhle wa again aired moat ef s bops for the lest time. But, speaking of Beaton, we think they have th meat rabid baseball fans on record. A. 1. Heffner had a splendid checker column fa the was discontinued Boaton Herald, .which shortly after the ball season opened, apparently becftwao the space wm demanded for baseball sewn. This we could understand if they had team bat, la view of the a real lowly position of both the Braves and Red Rot, are wonderfully we think the Bouton fan bsrriy able to eadore anything and gluttons lor punishment. X bbatl AMERICAN TOURNEY. , FIFTH (August second) lT$e Iftftt Hat of subscription totals 01H5, end M prominent Uaxeachasetts faa 6306 to make up any has pledged himaelt-fe- r deficit in the proposed prise fund of 621nu). to This leaves about 6300 go, and it should be secured in a month, even with the strike and the dog days to atifle Interest, R. C, Waterhouse, secretary, A C, A. 40 Antnma street, Everett. Mess , wtbee to hear from yea at to ymtr idea of how to conduct a a large meeting tourney, aa ea Beptember ef tho local committees wlU decide the tourney plans, and nil letters containing euggeo-tlou-a will bo read then t ur thirty-six-ho- By chadwick. (Copyright, 1913. by Balt Lake Tribune.) NEW YORK, Aug. II, When th major leagues shifted and the Americas eastern teams went west. Miller Huggins, manager of the Yanks said iq the course f talk about his team: If w can win mors than $0 cent of the games on tlvls trip $ think per ws will win the pennant again. This trip wtll moke or break Ruth. It will take him away from New York) where he has been stung by the criticism of th spent tors and some others He is not aocustomed to it, snd ha cannot understand It. Remember, he Is a hay In his attitude toward fport, and sharp comment rubs harshly in hts sens.hilltiss. If Ruth plays at his best, this club can win Its second championship. That It can win without Ruth going at his best la s question. Were I to ahawer that question from my opinion I would say No.' Having raid this. Hug Insisted that not word be mentioned about it until after the trip. He felt chary about starting Into the country of the enemy with any comment or prediction floating loose in the baseball atmosphere. The trip is ever and the Yanks broke better than even. Ruth played better ball than he had been playing prior to the time that the team started west, and for thsss reasons ths convarsation with Huggins comes to be very good baseball history. It will new bs In order for ths New York baseball club to win the championship to vindicate ths judgment of th New Y ork manager. As a matter of fact, ths New York baseball dub on Its trip west played more superior baseball than the other clubs In ths American league had anticipated. Very likely the managers of rlva) dubs mads (heir estimate of What New York could do on the basis of what New York did In the earlier part of ths season. Gleason thought they would bs lucky tf they broke even. Fohl of 8L Louis, as usual, had nothing to say. Lee is a very conservative citizen except on the afternoons on which the Browns win. You know, be tabes this baseball year as one of vindication for himself. He still feds that hs was entitled to a better deal In Cleveland; that he would have produced a winning team there If permitted to go his own way. The trip made by the Yanks Is up to the standard of their trips of last year, In when they won their first pennant. some years such a trip , have broken th spirit cf th conttffdter. Any baseball team wlnnlyk approximately two games In three Is playing the kind of ball that discourages ths other fellow. However, there enters Into this display of ths Yanks ths fact that Detroit and 8t. Louis have been playing nearly as wall, and for that reason th spirit of the contending teams has not been abated by the success of the champlona That Huggins estimated Ruth's value to his team better than any man who has spoken of Ruth os a ball player proves Itself by ths noticeable improvement in ths playing of the Yanks when Ruth began to strike the pace which he set in 1981. Those who shouted ao vigorously that tha Yankees could win the pennant without Ruth ehoutedMwHdeuf profound knowledge of baseballs? All evas of the Tanka last year centered on Ruth. Th middle of August Is st hand, with St. Louis and New York making the pace In both leagues and with not one of the four clubs showing a tendency to be disconcerted. The Qiants expected to run away with the championship after they had defeated St. Louis in the series which was recently them on the Polo played between Grounds. The more sanguine of the players spoke to their friend and told them It was all over. In lees than ten days they were separated from St. Louis by a bare two points in percentage, which Branch Rickey declare that If tt cam to gams for gam between his St. Louis Cards and the Giants be would win the pennant. That la a bold statement, ifbut it thera are times when tt looks as may coma to gams for game and that to be played between tha aeries which 8t. Louis and New York on the Polo Grounds In Septembsr will- decide ths championship of th National league. If the Cards had taken advantage of their chances they should have been six games In the lead. On the other hand, if the Giants had maintained their speed thev should have been ten games In front. In that difference lies the uncertainty and (fag Interest tn Hs achievement The Giants are a fading team. They need stimulants to revive them. The Bt. Louis team is a plugging outfit that cant take by sheer advantage of anything, is but able to mainforce and brute strength standard. tain certain winning MASTERS TOURNKT. The esetem column ere dicnslnf a recent Newell W, Banka, virtually to bg euggeettea the effect that the natioual ttmrncT should be restricted t recognised experts ef the same chest masters. playing level as the The shortest and rudest comment would be can have etich to enggest that the 'matters 9 tourney any time they desire if only they can get the money. Ae it is. the poor dub ia th one who digs np the prise funds for national touroers and also the purse for subscription matches between expert, and he 1 certainly entitled to a little run for bis money. When he cot only booets the prise fund, but takee tli time and spend hit money to attend masters the turoey. the may regard Mm a aa eathuslattie butanes, merely gumming up but tbe mawaye, then where would tbe tourney be without him T True enough, the preliminary or qoaiiij log round ia generally a QxKt, with .OvsRtxff,. (bt Altmrinff Wiitt, te win tha .xrb.nz- -, which after- - wa. .created, bat Black ronridcred hi. .npertnr paw fonn.tiua as be-i.mole rofbpeo.atton, would (c) KtxKt ch , followed by t.e b.ve won the exch.nire. but doubtless Whit eonridered tbxt this Improved hi position. td) Forced- .(e) The loerr. T1...K Q5 holds ths draw, for then Whtte ctnnnot erre time to sttnek either th KKtP or the Kt ir 7S...R-KK- t. P B. eh.; 74 Kt Kt7 eb.j 78 XBl, P Q7 eh.; 78 K B2, ch. snd wins. (f) A well pl.rci! ome. THE TRAITOR, Mabel is an attractive glr Georaett' Isn't she?" Cora Yea, but you can't trust hot,4 No ? Georgette Cora No. We girl out at the tennis dub all bought knickerbockers at ths some time, but no one bad th nerve to wear 'em out on the eourts. Ho ws got together and agreed to come xiut in ths kntokers all at the same t me on a certain Sundxy saftty In numbers, you know. Ar.d tnev all stuck to th agreement except Mabel. Backed out, did ehe? Georgette Cora No, ehe came out in hers th day before." Kansas City Star. X' |