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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Mutt Will Have to Do a Harry Thaw if He Doesn’t Win This Bet
By “Bud” Fisher
T EX RICHARDS “came back”
last night at the Motordrome.
He won every heat in which he
started, making the biggest clean
up of the season. Number "23,” Rich
ards’ famous "boat,” returned from
the factory yesterday morning, after
a thorough overhauling, and it was
just bubbling over with speed.
The races last night were excep
tionally good. While the time in some
of the heats was not as %st as ex
pected, yet the finishes were all close
and exceptionally exciting.
The feature event was the William
L. Peel Sweepstakes. Colonel Peel
was scheduled to start this* event but
on account of illness in his family he
was unable to be on the Job.
Ricnards won the Southern cham
pionship and the Peel Sweepstakes
Luther ran .second in both events,
riding fine races, but his machine just
didn’t have the necessary &peed to
nose out Tex.
Morty Graves won the last two
heats of his special match race
against Georges Renel, after the latter
had raptured the opening heat.
Here are the results:
SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP.
(One-mile hears- 2 miles final; 25
points for firsv v ; 15 points for second
and 5 for third.)
First Heat—Henry Lewis, first:
Harry Glenn, second. Time, 44 2-5.
Second Heat—Wilmer Richards,
first; Freddie Luther, second. Time.
42 1-5.
Final—Wilmer Richards. first;
Freddie Luther, second; Henry Lew
is. third. Time, 1:26.
SPECIAL MATCH RACE.
(Three heats. 1, 2 and 3 miles, best 2
out of 3 heats.)
First Heat (1 mile)—Won by
Georges Renel. Time, 44.
Second Heat (4 miles)—Won by
Morty Graves. Time, 1:25.
Third Heat (3 miles)—Won by
Morty Graves. Time, 2:11 2-5.
W. L. PEEL SWEEPSTAKES.
(French point system; 10 for first. 6
for second, 3 for third; three heats
3, 4 and 5 miles.)
First Heat (3 miles)—Wilmer.Rich
ards, first; Freddie Luther, second;
Harry Glenn, third Time. 2:08 3-5.
Second Heat (4 miles)—Wilmer
Richard.**, first; Freddie Luther, f*pc-
ond; Henry Lewis, third. Time. 2:55
Third Heat (5 miles)—Wilmer
Richards, first; Freddie Luther, sec
ond; Harry Glenn, third. Time. 3:43.
Points—Richards, 30;/Luther, 18;
Glenn, 6; Lewis, 3.
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VARDON BREAKS RECORDS ON
CLEVELAND GOLF COURSE
ON TD-DAY III
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Aug. 27.—
Harry Vardon and Edward Ray, Eng
lish professional golfers, touring the
United States, at the Mayfield club
yesterday defeated Joe K. Bole, city
champion of Cleveland, and Eben M.
Byers, of Pittsburg, 5 up in a 36-hole
match.
In defeating Byers and Bole, Vardon
broke the Mayfield course record, botli
for 18 and 36 holes. In the morning
round he lowered the 18-hole record
held by Byers, from 72 to 67. In the
afternoon he beat his own newly es
tablished record with 66, giving him
135 for 36 holes.
The old 36-hole record was 155. In
the afternoon round Vardon’s partner.
Ray, bettered the former 18-ho!e
course record, doing it in 71. John
D. Rockefeller was an enthusiastic
spectator.
MERCER’S FOOTBALL TEAM
MUST REPORT SEPTEMBER 5
MACON. Aug. 27.—Candidates for
Mercer’s football team will be re
quir’d to report for training Septem
ber 5, according to an official an
nouncement sent out by Professor J.
F. Sellers, acting president, this
morning. Coach Lewie Hardage will
report next Monday morning.
T O-DAY’S the day—Field Day,
you kno,/.
Get out to Ponce DeLeon at 3
o’clock, or a shade earlier, and kill
two guineas with one dornick—see
the Atlanta and Memphis players in
a track meet, and hand one to that
cocky Birmingham, which has an idea
of being a better baseball town than
Atlanta.
The game will begin at 3:30 o’clock,
unless the special 100-yard dash, a
challenge event between Doc Sea-
bough and Joe Dunn, should not be
finished by that time.
Anyway, Elliott Dent will pitch, and
we ma> draw Rube Kissinger as of
ficial pest for the Turtles.
But the field sports start at 3
o’clock, and there will be at least five
events: 100-yard dash, circling the
bases, distance throwing, fungo hit
ting. and a sack race.
Another special challenge event 1r
the 100-yard race between Jack Love
and Bill Abstein. of the Tuftles. Bill
declined to bet on the result, saying
he was ashamed to. But he has bound
himself to buy Jack a hat. to cost not
less than $5. if Jack can beat him.
Jack thinks that is fair enough.
FODDER FOR FANS
Every team in the second division in
e National League lost yesterday,
ew York. Ph iladelphia, Pittsburg and
tic.igo winning.
As a result of victories by the Pirates
id Cubs both teams are still tied for
ire place in the National League.
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The New York Yankees have bade
rewell to the West this season, aftei
•opping three out of four games to
e Naps.
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The Athletics celebrated their de-
irture from the West by smothering
e Browns for a shutout.
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"Big pitchers" is now the standing
•der to big league scouts. The mag
ites have found the big men cun
and more work than the little ones.
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"Babe" Adams, the Pirates’ twirler,
>t only pitched a shutout game against
the Braves, but got a two-bagger as
well.
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Bobby Byrne, the former Pirate, got
into the game for the Phillies Tuesday,
playing third base. He got a run and
a hit.
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Linn Scroggins a southpaw recruit,
started for the white Sox. but proved
easy picking for the Senators, who beat
Chicago 5 to 3.
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"Josh" Billings, catcher for the
Quincy, Ill., team in the Three I League,
has been secured by the Clevelands.
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Pitcher George Davis, of the Roches
ter. N. Y., team in the International
League, has been secured by the
Braves. Davis was formerly with the
New York Yankees.
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Triples by Archer and Saier beat the
DodgefYs.
MULFORD’S PUEG0T CAR
OUT OF BIG RACE
ELGIN, ILL., Aug. 27.—Automobile
racing fans were handed a disap
pointment to-day when the announce
ment was made that Ralph Mulford
was unable to get his Puegot car
ready for Saturday's race here. Mul
ford will drive a Mason on both days
the race meet.
The Puegot which Mulford was to
drive was piloted to first place by
Jules Goux at Indianapolis this year
In the 500-mile international sweep-
stakes race.
The fastest practice lap on the
3 1-2-mile course was credited to Joe
Dawson, winner of the 1912 500-mlle
race at Indianapolis. He sent his
Marmon around the course In 7_ ™ 1 T}*
utes and 13 seconds. Spencer Mish-
urt drove the distance in hi.) Mercer
five seconds slower than Dawson.
PLAYER BREAKS JAW
EVANSVILLE, IND., Aug. 27.—
Punch Knoll, of the Evansville Cen
tral League, broke his jaw yesterday
afternoon during the game played
oerc with Fort W ayne.
LANGFORD STOPS FLINN IN
FOUR ROUNDS AT BOSTON
BOSTON, Aug. 27.—Sam Langford
scored a knockout over "Porky” Flinn
in four rounds at the Atlas Athletic
Association last night. Ten secondj
before the bell sounded In the fourth
round of what was scheduled to be a
twelve-round bout, a right Jab to the
Jaw landed and Flinn went down f or
the count.
It was Langford's first bout since his
return from Australia. He received a
surnrise in the first round when Flinn
with a smashing left sent him to the
mat.
EDWARDS FANS FOURTEEN.
ROY8TON, GA., Aug. 27.—In the
second of the series with Elberton,
Roysten yesterday won by a score of
7 to 0. The features of the game was
the heavy hitting of the Royston team
and the superb pitching of Edwards,
who fanned fourteen men and gave up
two hits Elberton used three pitchers
MORE GAMES FOR LAGRANGE
LAGRANGE. GA., Aug. 27—Not sat
isfied with a full season of regular
Ragup baseball the I-AGrange fans are
planning to have baseball games every
w'eek until October 1. The Initial game
of a five-game series to decide the town
championship was played to-day. re
sulting in a score of 19 to 2 in favor of
thp N'or f hwest club against the South
east cluu.
Tight Golf Battles at East Lake
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D. & F. Play Reaches 2d Round
M ATCH play In the Davis &
Freeman trophy golf tourna
ment at East Lake began yes
terday afternoon, and before play
ceased for darkness the first round
had been finished in all flights and
several matches in the second round
had been disposed of.
The feature match in the first
flight was that between H. Block and
R. L. Jones, won by the former, 1 up.
in a close and exciting round. The
second flight turned up closer
matches, on the average, than the first
flight, and in tw’o instances extra
holes were necessary to determine the
winner. In one, O. B. Osbourne de
feated William Markham in 19 holes,
and in the other C. J. Halditoh de
feated C. M. Sciple at the 21st hole.
The lengthened holes, achieved by
resetting the teeing grounds, made
higher score? general, but the con
testants were much pleased at the In
creased "sportiness” of the celebrated
A. A. O. course.
Results yesterday:
First Flight.
First Round—W. R. Tiohenor de
feated R. J. Norris. 6 up and 5 to
play; F. B. Fay defeated J. Q. Bur
ton, 4 up and 2 to play; C. V. Rain
water defeated J. B. Pollard, 7 up and
5 to play; R. G. Blanton defeated D
C. Root, 1 up; J. A. Ellen defeated H
P D. Comee by default; H. Block de
feated R. L. Jones 1 up; Dowdle
Brown defeated Perry Adair, 5*up and
3 to play; George Adair defeated S
Hard. 4 up and 2 to play.
Second Round -J. A. Ellen defeated
H. Block, 3 up and 2 tc play; Dowdle
Brown defeated George Adair, 6 up
and 4 to play.
Second Flight.
First Round—O. B. Osbourne de
feated William Markham at the 19th
hole; H. C. Moore defeated J D. Eley,
3 up and 2 to play; J. C. Payne de
feated E. D. Duncan. 2 up and 1 to
play; J. B. Martin defeated A. A. Doo-
nan, 1 up; C. E. Rose defeated J. W.
Pearce. 4 up and 2 to play; J. D. Dar
ling defeated H. R. Oalet, 8 up and 2
to play; C. J. Halditch defeated C. M
Sciple at the 21st hole; W. H. Glenn
defeated P. A. Wright, 3 up and 2 to
play.
Second Round—C. E. Rose defeated
J. B. Martin, 5 up and 3 to play.
Third Flight.
First Round—C. Donaldson defeat
ed W. F. Upshaw, 6 up and 4 to
play; J. E. Mellet defeated L. M.
Urichton, 4 up and 3 to play; W. P.
Hazelwood defeated Scott Hudson, 5
up and 4 to play; W. E. Warren de
feated T. S. Ingram. 1 up; F. B. Mead
or defeated Will Soul, 7 up and 5 to
play; L. D. Scott defeated K. R. Cobb,
4 up and 3 to play.
Fourth Flight.
First Round—H. L. Dlx defeated W.
C\ Spiker, 7 up and 6 to play; R. I.
Gresham defeated G. N. Spring at the
20th hole; B. L. Craig defeated E.
G. Beaudy, 6 up and 5 to play; G. L.
Simpson defeated G. B. Allen, 1 up.
Pinch Hit by Reed,
Atlanta Boy, Won
For the Phillies
Milton Reed, of Atlanta, broke into
the limelight in Philadelphia yesterday
afternoon, when he came to bat in the
pinch for the Phillies against the Cardi
nals and settled matters In favor of his
club with a smashing hit, the Phillies
winning, 6 to 5. .
Pinch hitters were In evidence all
through the .game. In the seventh in
ning St. Louie led, 5 to 1. In that round
Miller and Byrne delivered, I’askert—
formerly a Cracker player—came
through in the eighth, and then Reed
finished It up In the ninth.
SENATORS SIGN M CABE.
CHICAGO, Aug 27.—William McCabe,
one of the fastest semi-professional
players in Chicago, has been signed by
the Washington Americans. McCabe is
at home at second, third and shortstop.
He is 20 years old.
Savannah Indians
Challenge Crackers
For Special Series
Word* comes from the direction of
Savannah that Perry Lipe’s Indians,
pennant winners in the Sally League,
are earnestly desirous of playing a
post-season series with the Cracken,
following the last game of the South
ern League season. September 8.
It seems the Indians, feeling pretty
cocky over their own achievements
of this year, and recalling the lick
ing handed the Crackers by Chatta
nooga on a former occasion, when
Atlanta consented to meet a smallar
league club, are to be the challengers.
Manager Smith said this morning
he was going to take the matter up
with the directors of the local club
to-day and would soon know If the
series could be arranged.
Third Base Job Is a Cinch One
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Art Hofman Says So, Anyway
A RTIE HOFMAN, the one-time
great utility player on the
old Cub machine, more lately
a Pirate gardener, and still more
recently a man of all work for the
Vols. having performed creditably in
every infield position, except short-
field. in the two months he has been
with that club, thinks the third base
Job is the easiest on a team.
Some time ago Artie gave the last
cushion the "once over” and ^passed it
up as "nuts to crack for any ordi
nary hall player," to uae his own ex
pression. FV>r giving the big laugh
to third base, Artie is aware that
the woods are full of ball players and
sport scribes who will he howling
to have him locked in the room so
recently vacated by Harry Thaw. But
“We'll Accomplish the Miracle of Modern BaseballSays Rube Marquard
01 ANTS BENT ON RECORD OF i STRAIGHT FLAGS
By Rube Marquard
I F we Giants justify our belief in
ability to win a third consecu
tive pennant, Manager McGraw
will be in a position next year to ac
complish the miracle of modern dia
mond history—four flags in a row.
Looking back through history we
find that few’ clubs hAve maintained
winning consistently for more than
two successive years. The Cubs,
uncer Frank Chance, were a wonder
ful collection of brains and playing
skill. They reeled off three straight
championships and came back for a
fourth after dropping behind Pitts
burg in 1909. Throughout the five
campaigns practically the same team
had remained intact. When it broke,
it split wide open, as evidenced this
year.
Jimmy Collin. 5 * old Boston Amer
ican. went to smithereens after two
successful campaigns in 1903 and
1901. The Giants won easy races in
George "Knockout" Brown and Jack
Dillon will go through with their ten-
round go at Terre Haute, ind., on l^Lbor
Day. Tommy Walsh, manager of
Brown, writes from Chicago that Georg*
is getting in groat shupe for the mill.
This will be the fourth meeting between
the rival middleweights.
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Frank Madole, the American light
weight, who is in Paris, writes that he
is tired of traveling in Europe and will
be home any day Madole tells of sev
eral of his experiences. He was forced
to box three men In two weeks, going
tw’enty rounds in one, and losing by the
decision route.
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Harry Trendall, the St. Louis light
weight, is back in the Missouri city
from his trip to Los Angeles. Trendall
left for the coast about a month ago to
get a match with Leach Cross, but Mat
ty Baldwin beat him to the big plum.
Harry refused to take on any of the
second-raters, so left for home.
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The death of "Bull" Young has put
the boxing game on the coast In a bad
light. It will probably be some time
before the heavyweights don the padded
mitts out West again
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Sam McVey, who claim* Paris aa his
home, has returned to that city from
Australia, and the chances are that a
twenty-round bout may be arranged be
tween him and Jack Johnson McVey
Is a big favorite with the Parisians ami
a bout between him and Johnson would
draw a record house.
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Young Eppy will meet Many McCue
in Racine, Wis., instead of Pittsburg
on Labor Day The match, which had
been hanging fire for a week, was
clinched yesterday. The two will weigh
122
in at
pounds.
Jimmy Duffy, the Buffalo lightweight,
is after a match with Tommy Murphy.
Duffy has wired Jim Coffroth asking
for the Admission Day date with the
Harlem boy.
LEW HARDAGE TO COACH
MERCER FOOTBALL TEAM
MACON, GA., Aug. t*.—Lew Hardage,
former Vanderbilt football star, has
signed to coach the Mercer University
eleven during the coming season. Act
ing President Sellers makes the an
nouncement. Hardage succeeds Dr. C.
C. Stroud, who has accepted the physi
cal directorship of Louisiana State Uni
versity.
HAUSER OUT FOR THE SEASON.
BOSTON, Aug >0.—Arnold Hauser,
the St. Louis shortstop, feels confident
he will recover the full use of his In
Jured leg for next season, but Mana
ger Huggins says he won’t be able to
play any thi* year.
1904 and 1905. I have often heard
McGraw sav that he was never so
sure of a pennant as in 1906, when
injury and sickness wrecked what
appeared a aure-fire third straight
win. Yet, the bulwarks of the old-
time Giants had crumbled from age.
McGraw came out of the wreck with
an aggregation of entirely new blood.
I have been told that McOraw’s
experience of 1906 was responsible
for many of his most successful
methods now employed. He deter
mined never again to be caught with
out a reserve force strong enough to
plug any emergency gap. He realized
the importance of speed on attack.
Speed and youth usually travel hand
In hand.
With the possible exception of the
Athletics no team of modern times
has remained so well fortified against
the future, at the close of three suc
cessive campaigns, as McGraw’s crew.
The Athletics, through sheer over-
confidence, overlooked a great chance
for a third straight pennant last
year.
Connie Mack has a grand team of
youth and ability that is likely to last
for a number of campaigns to come.
Still I do not believe that Connie
Mack to-day boasts the strength of
McGraw.
I am confident that the Giants wlil
PITCHER ROSE TO YANKEES.
NEW YORK, Aug. - J.—Manager
Frank Chance announced last night
the purcha*»e of Pitcher Rose, of the
Houston (Texas) League J*ub. Rose,
it was announced, would report Sep
tember 10.
Atlanta
thletieChiblallt
Walter DuBard is keen for the basketball season to start. He
says that the club team will be much stronger this season than It
was last fall
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"Pie” Weaver ia expected back from a short vacation to-day. "Pie”
is confident of earning a regular berth on the barketball team this* fall.
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Coach Joe Bean has Just announced that the training table for
the basketballers will start October 15.
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The golf "bugs” still are talking about the "80” that Tick Tichenor
turned in last Saturday. It was a remarkable score inasmuch as the
"far-away" driving tees now’ are being used.
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Why not a* golf match this fall between the Athletic Club and the
Capital City Club players? The players of the clubs should meet on the
links in a tournament at least once a year.
The handball regulars are at it every day, preferably about noon.
There usually is a terrific cut-throat match on among three celebrated
players w’ho shall be nameless for the present, and they are getting ac
customed to a "gallery ”
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Another regular feature is* ’Gene Kelley. ’Gene Is training for a
person named Smith, and he is not loafing on the job. He also is doing
some wrestling, but it is not understood that he is plotting any rough-
house tactics for the prospective engagement.
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’Gene is not lonely in his training. The person named Smith is to
be found exploding the W. &. D. pellet* about the same time. Carle-
ton’s training fancies are more inclusive. He usually is to be found
In a foursome, while 'Gene takes it out on some single partner.
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Entrants are filing their names with the club bulletin board for
the Cotton States Tennis Championships, to be played the week of
September 8 on the East Lake clay courts* Club members find that
a convenient method of entering. Out of town contestants are sending
their names to Carlefon Y. Smith, 608 Walton Building. The list is grow
lng daily.
beat the Athletics this year, if these
old rivals clash in the world’s series.
Outride the batteries, the teams are
about as evenly matched as could be
Imagined.
We have far the better balanced
batteries. Meyers and McLean for all
round effieloncy and hitting ability
will outshine Lapp and Schang.
Schang, of course, is far speedier
than either of New York’s celebrated
backstops.
Our club hAs all the call on pitchers,
though. Bender and Plank, the great
mainstays of the Athletics, have both
been overworked, ar.d are not likely
to have an opportunity to rent up for
the season. Jack Coombs is strictly
out of it, they tell me.
Mack Is not likely to stake his
chances on young pitchers who have
been very erratic. Two overworked
veterans will have to stand the at
tack of four or five pitchers who have
shown wonderful pitching consistency
throughout the season.
the one-time Cub has spent consid
erable time cavorting around the hot
corner and has his own convictions.
Here’s the way Artie has it all
doped out:
"This third base. Instead of being
the hardest position in the Infield, In
my opinion Is the easiest. Figure how
many batters ever reach first base
in a game. Still less see second and
by the time you get over to third, not
many get that far. How many gam^s
do you read of in which It says: ‘Only
one man got as far as second?’ Not
all of them, of course, but It hap
pens most every day. In some league.
“I guess I’ve seen a bunch of ball
games in my time, and in lots of them
the third baseman didn’t get his hand**
on the ball but three or four times.
There are mighty few ‘inside hitters’
In the game to-day, and where they
get all this stuff about third base
being the hardest position on the in
field is ‘by me.’ What about all
those ugly hops the shortstop and
second baseman have to handle, to say
nothing of the low and wide heaves
to first—and I ought to know, be
cause I have been in all those places
myself.
"The only time a third baseman is
really in trouble is when first and sec
ond are occupied, with nobody down
That’s something else again, for the
batter is almo>'t certain to bunt. But
if lie has a smart pitcher and a clever
first baseman there is a chance that
all he has to do is stay on the bag
and take the throw for a force play."
UNIVERSITY DROPS FOOTBALL.
LANCASTER. PA., Aug. —Having
been notified that Susquehanna Univer
sity, of Sellnsgrove, has abandoned its
football schedule for the coming season,
which included a game in Lancaster on
September 27, with Franklin and Mar
shall College, the athletic authorities of
the latter institution have arranged for
the Pennsylvania Military College, of
Chester, to fill that date.
YOUNG SAYLOR IS OUT
LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
MILWAUKEE, Aug .*C.—Young Say
lor, the Indianapolis lightw’eight. who
has placed himself under the wing of
Ray Bronson, is most anxious to get a
crack at either Freddie Welsh or Wll- j
lie Ritchie, and has offered to take the
place of Welsh against the champion
at Vancouver on l^abor Day.
Saylor recently defeated Mickey Me- j
Intyre at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, giv
ing away 10 pounds in weight. He is
a fine young lightw’eight, having met
most of the stars of that class.
TO STAGE POLO TOURNEY.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. John
B. Miller, chairman of the Pacific
Coast section of the American Polo
Association, plans to stage a world
wide competition during the 1915 ex
position in San Francisco. He hopes
to construct a magnificent turf polo
field within the grounds of the expo
sition and invite England, India.
Hawaii. Argentine Republic, Brazil
and Australia, in addition to the
American poloists.
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