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Big Thriller Slated for Motor
Bugs at Prince's Saucer on
Tuesday Night.
a HALF-HOUR team race Is to be
the big feature at the Motor
drome to-morrow night. and
for the really Jammy excitement thin
should top anything that has been
staged yet at Jack Prince's saucer.
Five teams will be in the long
grind. And what a wrangle the ten
riders hod trying to get matched up!
Finally Morty Graves suggested that
the partners be found by a drawing.
Manager Noon Hudson put all the
numbers in his new straw lid and the
result was:
Graves and McNeil, Schwartz and
Lockner, Shields and Richards, Lu
ther and Lewis, Renel and Glenn.
These teams appear to he very
eveply matched. Graves and McNeil
will probably rule fuvorites, wi'h
RichiWds and Shields second choice.
No fcider will be allowed to remain
on the track over twenty successive
minutes. But each rider can call for
his partner as often as he desip-s.
The partners who are not racing will
remain in front of the paddock. The
partner riding must drop off the track
and touch Irt* teammate on the shoul
der before tile latter can take up the
racing
It sure wllllbe a thrilling event ?f
all goes well.
The Motordrome Sweepstakes is
the necond feature everjt. All the
riders will start, live in ea^h qualify
ing heat. The qualifying heats will
be over a one-mile course, while the
final will be two miles.
Harry Glenn, who defeated I
Schwartz the other night, will meet
Luther in a match race. It will be
the two best heats in three over a
two-mile circuit. Glenn Is a local hoy
and he will he backed heavily to J
down his worthy opponent.
• • •
F 'OLLOWING Is ‘the complete card
for Tuesday night:
First Event.
First heat Motordrome Sweep
stakes (One mile to qualify and two-
mile final.) Starters- Graves. Shields,
Richards, Renel. Lewis.
Second Event.
First heat of a match race between
Glenn and Luther. (Race to be two
best heats in three.) Distance—two
miles.
Third Event.
Second heat of Motordrome Sweep-
stakes. Starters—Schwartz, Lookmr,
Luther, McNeil, Glenn.
Fourth Event.
Second heat of match race between
Glenn and Luther.
Fifth Event.
Final heat of Motordrome Swee?>
stakes. (Winners of first and second
heats an-d second man In fastest heat
to start.)
Sixth Event.
Third heat of match race between
Glenn and Luther, if necessary.
Seventh Event.
Half-hour team race. Teams-—
Graves and McNeil: Schwartz and
Lockner; Shields and Richards; Lu
ther and Lewis; Renel and Glenn.
(No rider can remain on track ov< r
twenty consecutive minutes.)
Wolgast and Ritchie
May Sign Articles
IA)S ANGELES, July 28. Eager to
nail down Ad Wolgast to his offer -a
$25,000 side bet for a return match -
Willie Ritchie to-day is making a des
perate effort to get the former title-
holder to meet him to-day ami sign ar
ticles. On Saturday, Wolgast itosted
with James J. Jeffries $1,000, part of a
$25,000 side bet, in a twenty-round title
contest with Ritchie. Wolgast specified
that half is to go that he will from the
title-holder in twenty rounds, the other
half that he knocks out. stop or force
Ritchie to uit inside of the limit.
Ritchie lost no time in accepting the
offer when he learned that there was
seriousness to Ad's movements, and he
asked Jeffries to affect a meeting be
tween he and Ad for this afternoon in
the hope that articles might he signed.
Ritchie leaves here for risen Wednes
day afternoon and he would like to close
the match before starting Should the
pair come together they will clash either
September 1 or J
LOVING CUP FOR JOHNSON;
FANS CONTRIBUTE $1,000
WASHINGTON, July 2S Washington
baseball fans have contributed $1,000 to
fill a loving cup of silver, already paid
for by popular subscription, which will
be presented to Walter Johnson, the Na
tionals slab artist, on August 21, when
he completes six years in a Washington
JEFF SMITH GETS PARIS
BOUT WITH CARPENTIER
NEW TORN, July <28.—George S.
Carpentier, the English light heavy
weight champion of France, and
JefT Smith, of Bayonne, N. J.,
have been matched to meet in a 20-
round bout at
on October 20.
Paris early in September.
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Tour Awaits Champ
By W. W. Naughton.
S AN FRANCISCO, July 28.—Ar
thur Pelky, the new white
heavyweight champion, f ‘pos
sesses most of the facial characteris
tics of the professional puglllK, but
it can scarcely be said that he has a
fighting eye.
Now*, do not misunderstand me.
There is nothing in Pelky’s look to
suggest that he is lacking in courage,
but, sizing him up as he «it in my
den yesterday, I could not he!f> think -
ing how different he was from other
brand-new champions 1 had known.
In most cases the eye of a freshly-
fledged champ glints with a mixture
of pride and defiance. If looks could
he construed Into words the look
to which 1 refer would read, “I can
licK anything that walks in two
shoes."
Pelky’s eves are large and dark —
the eyes of a man who broods To
me it almost seemed as if the shadow
of that fearful experience he had in
the ring at Calgary was still upon
him. The suspicion was confirmed
# . r ,. . _ , by his evident reluctance to talk
I about the recent past and his palpable
. mith will leave for inclination to talk about ringmen
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other than himself. To the majority
I of champions the recital of how they
I w on their spurs gives unbounded
j pleasure. To Pelky the recollection
j brings a shudder.
• • •
| T) ELKY Is tall, squarely built and
I * has a strong jaw and large, firm
ly-knit hands lie is big enough
to tackle anything in human shape.
He is here with Tommy Burns, once
world’s Champion in\hls own right,
but now fallen into flesh and quite
content to be known as a connois
seur.
Tommy is Pelky’s manager, and the
manner in which Hums discovered
I that Pelky was worth managing was
not the least interesting thing he had
to tell. Pelky went to Calgary to box
six rounds with Burns. While the
affair was in progress the beauties of
Pelky’s character as a fighter unfold
ed to Tommy At the end of the bout
Tommy was all in. and an hour later
Tommy was Pelky’s manager.
“Wt are in no hurry to make
| matches,” said Burns. “We
twelve weeks’ work in the theaters*
beginning at Pantages next week,
and In the meantime the Gunboat
i Smith-Jim Flynn match will be de
cided and the winner will stand forth
as a challenger of Pelky. If Smith
wins, and 1 think he will ”
“Pardon *mo." said Pelky in a soft-
voiced way A “I think Flynn will de-
I feat Smith."
"Well, anyway, you'll be ready to
sign with the winner," resumed Tom
my.
“And .if it is Smith you’ll like it
all the better You have always want
ed to box him, haven’t you?"
Pelky nodded his approval.
• • *
IJ URNS and Pelky were reminded
AA that Sam Langford, the negro
pugilist, is back from Australia, and
were asked how overtures for a Pel-
ky-Langford match would be regard
ed.
"1 want it to be understood that
1 will never box a colored man," said
Pelky. "Some time ago when tin
promoters of the country decided to
discourage the making of mixed
matches and contests were arranged
to decide who was the white heavy
weight champion. 1 thought it one of
the best moves ever made in pugilism.
1 am still of that way of thinking. 1
call myself the white champion, and
feel that I have every right to do
so, but if the public took the rtand
that 1 ought to accept matches with
negroes. I’d be willing to drop out of
the game entirely."
• • •
“1 THINK he’s righ|," said Burns
1 “Of course fought a negro
when 1 met Jack Johnson, but if I
had my time to go over again he
would wait a long time for a match.
To tell the truth, I never wanted to
tight Johnson 1 was offered big
money by the National Club of Lon
don. and 1 turned it down. When I
went to Australia and the question
came up again, I said that 1 wanted
every cent of $30,000 before I’d go
into the ring with Johnson. It w as a
lot of money, but McIntosh produced
it, and then there was no getting out
of it, eo tar as I was concerned.
“And talking of public opinion in
such matters, I have lived to learn
that a fighter should not lay too much
stress upon public opinion. It shifts
and veers too much. Before 1 boxed
Johnson 1 used to receive letters
taunting me with being afraid to
meet the negro. After I went against
him and lost my title the letters still
came in. But their tone had chang
ed. I was reviled tot having given
a negro a chance at the champion
ship. ’’
1.
havp \X7HEN matchmaking la in order,
’’ it is just possible that a trip
to Australia will be included in the
Burns-Pelky itinerary. In response to
a message from out yonder. Burns
has cabled that Pelky will be willing
to take the journey and engage in
series of three Sghts.
Tommy has named as possible op
ponents for Pelky Jtm Flvnti Jess
Willard, Jtm Coffey, A1 PaUer and
Gunboat Smith,
B. JOHNSON ’S RAGE.
(In one week.)
FIRST DAY.
r HE Magnate tore his seldom
hair
And roared in fearsome rage:
“What's thisf Ye gods; What this
l lamp upon the sporting paget
Jake Utah l is canned—mg own
pick—Jake!
Oh, gimme room to cuss!
I'll show those Boston gups they
can’t
Make us ridiculous!”
THIRD DAY.
The Magnate speeded to the West—
The wild news speeded, too;
In Cleveland he was cornered bp
Reporters quite a few.
“Ahem!” he said. “Abqut Jake
Stahl—
I do not rare to state
Mg full conclusions at this time—-
I must investigate."
SEVENTH DAY.
Jt test hr make* his lakeside home;
And Fandom stands agog
T i'li 'lie nugntg gar* ear put
Those ingrates on the hog!
And now the crushing sentence
comes—
llif/t quite some ‘pshaw" and
“pish"—
"In this I ran not interfere.
E'en if I had the wish!”
• • •
JIM FLYNN says without a smlla
that he is “going to train" for his
fight with Gunboat Smith.
• * •
THERE IS TALK OF PRE-
serving Hans Wagner’s uniform in
a Pittsburg museum. Posterity’s
grasp of our national game would
be safe if added to this were Ty
Cobb's spikes, McGrow's vocabu
lary and the skull of the peanut
butcher. Any fan will be glad to
contribute the latter.
• • m
JADED.
How can I get excited
When the “Standing of the Clubs"
Shows the Giants and Athletics—
And an awful flock of dubs!
• • •
BEFORE FRANK CHANCE
buys any more ball players it
might be well to fire the club
trainer and hire a consulting
chiropodist.
• • •
EVERS HAS BENCHED BRES-
nahan for disobedience, the only
wonder being th«*t in that combi
nation someone was not benched
or biffed long since.
M ORDECAI BROWN is not
through. In fact, It looks as
if Manager Joe Tinker, of the
Reds, said very true words when in
the spring he claimed that the three-
fingered wonder still had a lot of
good baseball left In him. True.
Brown is not hurling the kind of ball
he did several seasons ago, but Just
the same, Johnny Evers could use
him at present, and to good advan
tage.
After Brown had helped the Cubs
to four pennants and two world’s
championships!, his arm .went to the
bad in. 1912. When the off season
came. C. Webb Murphy thought he
would not need the three-fingered
boy any more, and shipped him to
the minors.
But Joe Tinker, new manager of
the Reds, thought different. Joe was
w ith "Brownie" a long time, and when
he was shipped to the A. A., he and
Garry Herrmann arranged a deal
whereby Miner would come back to
the National League. And it looks
as if they made no error in securing
Brown.
Beat,* Old Mate* Twice.
Maybe now C. Webb Murphy and
Johnny Evers see they made a big
mistake in releasing the former star
of the Cubs. Recently when the Reds
were playing the Bruins, the three-
fingered hurier took a p^iir of games
from Johnny Evers’ gang, one of them
being a s-hutout, in which only six
base knocks were made off him.
When Tinker secured Brown, it
was for the simple reason to use
him as a coach for his young mound-
men. He was carried until May 1
before he made his appearance on the
firing line. Since the hot weather
arrived, though, Brown’s ^ood right
arm seems to be as good as ever, and
he is taking his regular turn on the
mound for his club
Has Good Record.
Although Brown is not winning as
regular or working quite as often as
he did a few years back, he has a
record which is far better than the
one owned bv his club.
Miner has won seven games and
lost six this campaign. That’s a per
centage of .538 The Reds own a
mark of .380. so it can be seen that
Brownie Is 158 points ahead of his
team.
So far this season Brown has ap
peared in 22 games, being used as a
relief hurier most of the time. In
these 22 contests lie has worked 95
innings.
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
Ty Cobb and Joe Jackson are run
ning neck-and-neck for the slugging
honors in the American League. The
Georgia Peach has closed up the gap
on the Shoeless One, and from now on
it will be a battle to the finish.
* * «.
It looks as if Rube Marouard is going
to try to beat his record of nineteen
straight games won, made last season.
The $11,000 beauty annexed his ninth
straight yesterday and Is pitching in
better from than he was a year ago.
* * •
In a sea of mud, the Giants and St.
Louis battled for seVen innings, with the
Giants on the long side of the score.
Then the deluge came and the game was
called. The second part of the double-
header also had to be called off.
• ♦ *
The Dodgers are trying hard to get
back in the first division. TheY shoved
the Reds back twice yesterday and a
victory to-day, with a defeat for the
Pirates, will put the teams on even
terms at the foot of the leading four.
• • *
Bert Garden, of the Roanoke club, es
tablished a Virginia League record w’hen
he pitched two shut-out games against
Newport News. He is the first pitcher
in the league to start and finish two
full games.
• * *
The Cotton States League pennant
race has been won by Jackson. The de
ciding of a number of protested games
against Pensacola did not beat that team
out of the pennant, as the club had the
bunding cinched.
• * •
Catcher Agnew. of the St. Louis Amer
icans, is rapidly Improving from the
effects of being hit by a pitched ball
during one of the Washington games.
He will be out of the game, however,
for several weeks.
• • •
Hess’ wdldtiess and opportune hitting
by .the Cubs gave them a close victory
over the Braves. Zimmerman returned
to the game for the first time since his
ankle was injured and displayed his
old-time speed and hitting powers.
• • •
A report is in circulation here that
Joe Tinker, manager of the Reds, will
give up his position at shortstop and
direct the fortunes of the club from
the bench.
MAGNATE REFUSES T(M)BEY
COMMISSION'S RULING
LOS ANGELES. CAL., July 28.—
Henry Berry, president of the Los
Angeles baseball club of the Foast
League, said to-day he would not obey
the baseball law r which forbids a class
AA team to carry more than twenty
players In the middle of the season.
"If the National Commission de
cided that I should pay a fine I will
not do it," said Berry.
Charles Arbogast, a catcher, is ex
pected to Join the Lo** Angeles team
to-morrow. This wotMd make 21
players. Berry declared to-day he
would not release any of the old men
for the reason that three of his play
ers were in the hospital.
By Harry Gilmore, Jr.
L OS ANGELES. CAL., July 28.—
Next in line on the Vernon fistic
slate is the twenty-round en
gagement to-morrow’ night between
Matty Baldwin, ofi Boston, and Leach
Cross, of New York City. What bet
ter fistic offering could be asked, bar
ring an immediate championship en
counter with Willie Ritchie as one of
the principals, than those two crack
Eastern lightweights?
Cross and Baldwin have long since
been bitter rivals, and after repeated
efforts on the part of Eastern pro
moters to bring them together with
out avail, they will now settle the
old score with twenty rounds in which
to bring about a result which should
be decisive. Cross has forever found
the Bostonian a thorn in his side, and
carefully analyzing their respective
records it seems he might well have
found him a formidable foe.
* • •
DALDWIN has h*d in excess of 150
fights in the eleven years in
which he has been in the ring, and
has met the best of the lightweights
of recent years barring the old war
rior, Bat Nelson. Baldwin won and
lost a 12-round decision to Owen Mo
ran in January and February, re
spectively, of 1910, w’hen Moran was
at his best. He had previously drawn
in limited bouts with Tommy Murphy
and Abe Attell in New York City,
w'hen the foxy Abe and the Harlem
scrapper were at the zenith of their
careers. He lost to Cross on a foii.
in eight rounds, May 13, 1910, in New
York City, w'hen, it is claimed, he had
Cross beaten and practically out.
Baldwin visited the coast just two
years ago and took Freddie Welsh
for twenty rounds at San Francisco.
June 23, losing the decision after
going the limit. Only two months
later he was returned a winner in
the twentieth round over the now
present champion. Willie Ritchie. In
April of 1911 he met Cross for ten
rounds in New York, and although
a no-declsion affair, the press award
ed Baldwin the verdict. Baldwin has
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Cross-Baldwin Battle To-morrow
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Matty Has Great Ring Record
since drawn with Joe Mando\, and is
credited with a fairly even ten rounds
Just recently with Jack Britton, while
beat of all. his last engagement, a
decisive win over Young Shugrue in
New York, speaks his praise*. Shu
grue took a decision from Cross soma
months before the latter came West
for the Anderson engagement, «o on
the dope the Boston boy figures very
strongly against his Leaches.
* * *
A/f ATTY has completed training for
the bout, and shows a confi
dence that inspires tome of the Cross
adherents to believe that there is in
deed a doubtful chance for their en*
try; and. from present Indications,
the getting price will be a pretty even
thing.
"I know Cross and his fighting
style about as w r ell as any one of the
fighters who have met him," said
Baldwin in discussing the match. “He
know? that I nave little fear of any
of the wallope that he carries, and
w’hen It comes to the rough stuff that
is where I have his number, and he
knows It. When I took him on in
New York I had him bad, and would
have finished him had it been a long
er bout. With twenty rounds to go,
I am satisfied that I can land a de
cisive victory, and then I want the
chance that I have hoped for to clash
with Ritchie for the championship."
SWEENEY WILL GET $50
FOR LONG HIT SATURDAY
NEW YORK. July 2S.— Ed Sweeney,
the big catcher of the Yankees, who
had been out of the game on account
of injury, won $50 Saturday by hitting
the “bull” sign in right field with a
fairly batted fly ball. This is the first
time the feat has been accomplished
since the new Brush stadium was built.
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