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FIVE TEAMS TD
BATTLE IN RACE
FOR 30 MINUTES
Big Thriller Slated for Motor
Bugs at Prince's Saucer on
Tuesday Night.
% HALF-HOUR team rare 1? to be
the big feature at the Motor
drome to-morrow night, and
for the really jammv excitement this
should top anything that has been
staged yet at Jack Prime's saucer.
Five teams will be in the long
grind. And what a wrangle the ten
riders had trying to get matched up!
Finally Morty Graves suggested that
the partners be found by a drawing
Manager Noon Hudson put all th'
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 be very
evenly matched. Graves and McNeil
will probably rule favorites, with
Richards and Shields second chokv.
No rider will be allowed to remain
on the track over twenty successive
minutes. But eadh rider can call for
his partner as often as he desires.
The partners who are not racing will
remain in front of the paddock. The
partner riding must drop off the track
and touch his teammate on the shoul
der before the latter can take up the
racing.
It sure will be a thrilling event Jf
all goes well.
The Motordrome Sweepstakes is
the second feature, event. All tile
riders will start, five in each qualify
ing heat. The qualifying hea:s will
be over a one-mile course, while th*-
final will be two miles.
Harry Glenn, who defeated
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 boy
and he will be backed heavily to
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-
stake*. Starters—Schwartz. Lockner.
Luther, McNeil, Glenn.
Fourth Event.
Second heat of match race between
Glenn and Luther.
Fifth Event.
Final heat of Motordrome Sweep
stakes. (Winners of first and second
heats and sec ond man in fastest he it
to start.)
Sixth Event.
Third heat of match race between
Glenn ^nd Luther, if necessary.
Seventh Even.
Half-hour team race. Teams
Graves and McNeil; Schwartz and
Lockner; Shields and Richards; Lu
ther and Lewis; Renel and Glem\
(No rider can remain on track over
twenty consecutive minutes.)
Wolgast and Ritchie
May Sign Articles
LOS 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 and sign ar
ticles On Saturday. Wolgast posted
with Janies .1 Jeffries $1,000, part of a
j.OOO side bet. in a twenty-round title
contest with Ritchie. \\’6lgast specified
that half is to go that be will win from
tl < title-holder in twenty rounds, the
other half that he knocks out. stops or
forces Ritchie to quit wlthtp 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 effect a meeting he
tween he and Ad for this afternoon In
the hope that articles might be signed.
Ritchie leaves here for 'Frisco 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 P
LOVING CUP FOR JOHNSON:
FANS CONTRIBUTE $1,000
WASHINGTON'. July 28 — 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 YORK. July 28—Georgy S
Carpentier, the English light heavy
weight champion of France, and
Jeff Smith, of Bayonne, N. J.,
have been matched to meet In a 20-
round bout at the Cirque de Paris
on October 20. Smith will leave for
Paris early in September.
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S AN FRANCISCO, July 28.—Ar
thur Pelky. the new white
heavyweight champion, pos.
sesnes most of the facial characteris
tics of the professional pugilist, but
it can scarcely be s.iii that he has a
lighting eye
Now. do not misunderstand me
There is nothing in Pelky's look to
suggest that he Is lacking In courage,
but, sizing hint tip as he sstt In my
den veBterday, I could not help think
Ing how different he was from other
brand-new champions I had known
In most cases the eye of a freshly-
fledged champ glints with a mixture
of pride and defiance. If looks could
be construed into words the look
to which I refer would read, "I can
lick anything that walks in tw'O
shoes."
Pelky's eyes 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
bv his evident reluctance to t'alk
about the recent past and his palpable
inclination to talk about ringmen
other than himself. To the majority
of champions the recital of how they
won their spurs gives unbounded
pleasure. To Pelky the recollection
brings a shudder
• • •
P ELKY is tall, squarely built and
has a strong Jaw and large, firm
ly-knit hands. He is big enough
to tackle anything in human snape.
He is here with Tommy Rurns, once
world’s champion in his own right,
but now fallen into flesh and quite
content to be known as a connois
seur.
Tommy ip PMky’s manager, and the
manner in which Burns discovered
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.
“We are in no hurry to make
matches,’’ said Burns "We have
twelve weeks’ work in the t heat ere.
beginning at Pantages next week,
and in the meantime the Gunboat
Smith-Jim Flynn match will be de
cided and the winner w'll stand forth
as a challenger of Pelky. If Smith
wins and I think he will ’’
"Pardon me." said Pelky in a soft-
voiced way. "I think Flynn will de
feat Smith."
“W^I, 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.
* * •
¥3 URNS and Pelky were reminded
** that Sam Langford, the negro
pugilist. Is back from Australia, and
were asked how overtures for q Ptl-
kv-Langford match would be regard
ed.
"1 want it to he understood that
1 will never box a colored man," said
Pelky "Some time ago when the
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. I thought it one of
the best moves ever made in pugilism.
I am still of that way of thinking I
call myself the white champion, and
feel that I have every right to do
so. but if the public took the Kami
that l ought to accept matches with
negroes. I’d be willing to drop out of
the game entirely.”
* • •
THINK he’s right," said Burn?*
1 "Of course I fought a negro
when I 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
light 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 I wanted
every cent of $30,000 before I’d go
into the ring with Johnson. It was a
lot of money, but McIntosh produced
it. and then there was no getting out
of it, ho far 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 I boxed
Johnson I used to receive letters
taunting me with being afraid to
meet the negro. After I went againsi
him and lost my title the letters still
came in. But their tone had chang
ed. I was reviled for having given
a negro a chance at the champion
ship."
* * •
y\7 HEN matchmaking is In order.
* ’ It is just possible that a trip
to Australia will be included in the
Burns-Pelky itinerary. In response to
:< message from out yonder. Burns
has cabled that Pelky will be willing
to take the journey and engage in a
series of three fights.
Tommy has named as po-'sible op
ponents fer Pelky: Jim P'vnn Jess
Willard. Jim Coffey, A1 Palzer and
Gunboat Smith.
Sports and Such
B. JOHNSON 'S RAGE.
(7n one week.)
FIRST DAY.
7 HE Magnate tore his seldom
hair
And roared in fearsome mgr :
"What's thisf lr gods: What this
I lamp upon the sporting page?
Jake Stahl is canned—mg own
pick—Jake!
Oh. gimme room to russ!
I’ll shoir those Boston gups theg
can’t
Make us ridiculous!"
THIRD DAY.
The Magnate speeded to the M et/—
The mild news speeded, too;
In Cleveland he teas cornered hg
Reporters quite a few.
“Ahem!" he said. "About Jake
Stahl—
I do not rare to state
Mg full conclusions at this time—
I must investigate."
SEVENTH DAY.
At last he makes his lakeside home;
And Random stands agog
■ir put
Those ingrates on the hog!
And now the crushing sentence
comes—
With quite some 'pshaw" and
"pish"—
“In this I can not Interfere.
E'en if I had the wish!”
• • •
JIM FLYNN says without a smile
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. McGraw’s vocabu
lary and the skull of the peanut
butcher. Any Tan will be glad to
contribute the latter.
• • •
JADED.
How can I get e.rcitrd
ir/icn 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 ae
if Manager Joe Tinker, of the
Reds, raid very true words when in
the spring he claimed that the three
fingered wonder :ill had a lot of
good baseball left in him True.
Brown is not hurling the kind of ba’l
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 pennant? 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
with "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.
Beats Old Mates 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 hurler took a pair of games
from Johnny Evers’ gang, one of them
being a shutout, 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 Mav 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 re«””lar 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 thi6 season Brown has ap
peared in 22 games, being used as a
relief hurler most of the time. In
:hese 22 contests he has worked 95
innings.
Sporting Food j How Fogel Will Wreck Majors
By BIOROII. PHAiB 1 *•+
Dryden Makes Big “Discovery”
YACHTING DE LUXE.
Oh, iron Id I were a sailor
l pon the rolling seas.
And beat it hence from spot to spot
Upon mg large and gilded yacht,
Nor eared for any breeze.
Oh, would I were a sailor
Upon the billows blest.
And I could say: “Come hither,
Steve!
I hare a tirrst thou sh-mldst re
trcvc."
And he would do the rest.
Oh, would I were a sailor
And owned a ya< lit of steam.
Hut one must he a pirate bold
Ami trim the landsman of his goli
To realise that dream.
Every time a fight manager offers to
bet $10,000 one is led to wonder whether
Confederate money still is being used.
A doctor having discovered that no
bones are broken in Heinie Zim's ankle,
the Inference is that his ankle bones are
made of the same substance as his head.
An X-Ray examination of the Great
Zlm reveals the fact that his tempera
inent is suffering from a malignant at
tack of gout.
When one learns that Hal Chase has
made five boots i.n one game, one will
not be surprised to hear that Joe Dunn
has swiped five bases in the same in
terval.
The latest scandal In the Sport of
Kings in England merely reflects the
spirit of the times. A king these days is
looked upon generally as a nine-spot.
It is claimed in England that the prev
alence of foul riding there is due to the
American style of wearing short stir
rups. Even our English brethren have
learned to pass the buck.
Bill Peet. a Washington scout, says
he discovered Joe Boehling. and seven
American League teams have discovered
that Bill Peet is some discoverer.
Suggestion to Milwaukee sporting
editors: Why not organize a few boxing
clubs?
It still is early to pass Judgment on
Laverne Chappelle but up to date he
has earned approximately $1.75 of his
purchase price.
Members of Frank Chance’s team
wear black sweaters, but even that does
not fill the bill. What they need is crepe.
On the theory that misery loves com
pany, Boston and St Louis baseball
bugs may organize a Mutual Sympathy
Society.
ACCENT ON THE “OH!”
Eight little managers,
Seated in a row.
Connie Mack said: *'Coomh8 is back!**
All the rest said : "Oh!'* -
Charles Dryden.
H onorable Horace fogel
is getting ready to absorb bo f h
big circuits and put the mag
nates on the bum. He has said it,
and what Horace savs goes. As the
present major leagues are a joke
Horace will start a lieutenant-colonel
league for a change grabbing off all
the star talent-now employed grinding
out tile national pastime.
The new organization should be ac
complished without much trouble
Mr. Fogel talked himself out of the
old league, and he is now’ engaged
asking himself into the new one, or
lieutenant-colonel league, to dis
tinguish it from the old majors.
Horace has his towns for the circuit
booked out already yet once. Thev
are New Yj^rk. Philadelphia, Balti
more, Pittsburg. Cleveland, Chicago
and St. Louis. That makes seven, and
they need one more. The eighth city
will be either Boston. Indianapolis or
Kansas City. If Horace included both
Boston and Kansas City, look what a
fine jump the athletes would have
from Boston to play a Sunday game
at Kansas City.
Backers cf New League Named.
The financial backers of the lieu
tenant-colonel league ere said to be
Otto Steifel. of St. Louis, and Jeff
Livingston, the well-known pickle ex
pert of Cincinnati. Mr. Steifel is be
hind the Federal League at St. Louis,
and Mr Livingston is in the pickle
and tomato ketchup line at Cincy.
They are to furnish the money, and
Horace will supply the words. It is
claimed that Horace has landed ail
the stars worth having in the two
major circuit?, but the statement is
discredited, because Tom Needham
has not been signed by the lieutenant-
colonels. We are inclined to believe
that if there were anything in the
new’ organization. Mr. Needham would
not have been overlooked. If Tom
is not a star, where could thev find
one?
Be that as it may, the lieutenant-
colonel league will be in full opera
tion next spring, and the magnate.*
of the tw’o so-called major leagues
will be begging for peanut concessions
and hot dog stands in the park? of
the new baseball body. They made
a goat of Horace, and now he is get
ting back at them.
His Investigation Sidetracked.
His investigation of the trust was
sidetracked, and just for that the Na
tional and American must get out of
business for all time. By next Fourd
of July we will hear of Pittsburg. New
York and Cleveland selling their new
steel stands for old iron. It is an aw
ful picture to contemplate, but the
magnates showed Horace no mercy, •
and he Is determined not to snare
them in the hour of retribution.
Otherwise Horace is a mighty good
fellow’.
P. S.—Mr. Fogel has prepared an
advance statement of 8.000 words In
reference to the new’ league, w’hich
statement was to have been released
simultaneously with a lot of papers
on July 7. ,
Double P. S.—We do not know’ why
the statement was not released oil
July 7.
MAGNATE REFUSES TO OBEY
COMMISSION'S RULING
LOS ANGELES. CAL., July 28 —
Henry Berry, president of the Los
Angeles baseball club of the Coast
League, said to-day’ he would not obey
the baseball law 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 Los- Angeles team
to-morrow. This would 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.
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