Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 204, 8 July 1914 — Page 7

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, JULT 8, 1914

BASEBALL,

WILLIE. LOSES TITLE AS WORLDCHAMPIOII Welshman Forces American to Leave England's Shores as Common Pugilist. LONDON, July 8. Willie Ritchie, the American light-weight champion, was outboxed last evening by Freddie Welsh, the champion of England, and as a consequence the latter has a clear title to the light-weight championship of the world. The bout lasted twenty rounds. It was witnesed by over eight thousand fight, fans. The men were evenly matched, and although the Englishman scored the greatest number of blows, those of the American appeared to be the more telling, so there was some dissatisfaction with the referee's decision on the part of; the American spectators. It was an exhibition of boxing. Neither man went to the floor, and the last five rounds were of the fastest order. Welsh was the quicker and finally his repeated taps on the face drew blood from Mp opponent. Ritchie tried repeatedly we knock-out blow, but Walsh managed to get inside or under the erng each time. . Ritchie u&ke into sobs when the decision was made against him, and at first refused to talk concerning the fiuht. He later said: "I do not in tend to make a holler, but do think that the worst I should have got was a draw. . Welsh was .holding all the time, and I was doing the fighting. Therefore, I do not think the. decision wfts f&lr to m.' The Welshman's footwork and dodging were much quicker than the American's, and he preferred to fight in close quarters where Ritchie could not use his powerful blows. It was the general opinion of the spectators that Ritchie would have come out victor in a finish fight. Ritchie worked contin ually for a knock-out, while Welsh ! played to win the decision on points. Doping Sport With the Pal onauirock IV Is going to carry a babooh as a mascot in the yacht races next September" Sir Thomas Lipton. The yachts were in the offing, To the east of Sandy Hook. When a gent took up his spy glass For a close and searching look. He'd been boasting Yankee sportsmen ' in a brand of strong champaigne, ind the vision through those .glasses seemed to fill fcim with deep pain. 'They have got a crew of monkeys, On that blasted boat said he, can Bee them In the rigging, Just as plain as plain can be. Then he leaped into the water And he quickly swam ashore J Where he signed a dozen pledges, That he'd never drink NO MORE. BAKERS OR JOHNSONS? What with Homer Baker capturing lit kinds of athletic honors in England ind J. Franklin Baker winning world leries in this country, it would seem Chat the Baker family is giving the Johnson family a hard run for th vtoney. MAKES GOOD JOKE. This thing about Britannia ruling the waves sounds like a joke in view of the results of the Henley regatta. The well known relative Uncle Sam gets the grand cnallenge cup while the diamond sculls go to Italy. BATTERED TINCUP. The Giants put a bunch of dents into Pitcher Tincup of the Phillies on Saturday. In other words the Phillies had a battered battery. CONSCIENCE HURTS? Freddie Welsh refused to do any sparring on the Sabbath. Wonder if ho has any scruples against boxing on Tuesday nights. DODGERS IN WIN. Thf Playground Dodgers defeated the St. Mary's Specials yesterday afternoon at the public playgrounds by the score of 10 to 1. Runnells, who pitched for the playground team, allowed but two hits and struck out ten nu n. II. Runnells pitched for the St. Mary's team. Austria now has a poulation of 28,995,84 .

Take Advantage of the Hottest; Cleanest and Most Convenient Fuel that Nature Can Produce

We are now equipping hot air furnaces, hot water heating boilers, steam heating boilers, coal . heating stoves and coal cook stoves ; ABSOLUTELY. 1FIR.EE Think of the time and labor saved. You light a match, turn a valve and your fire is started. No coal to shovel, no ashes to cany out. No smoke or dust to ruin your house furnishings. Telephone 1267 or call at office and our representative will explain in detail.

Richmond Light, JeatlPouer Co.

GOLF, TENNIS, AQUATICS, BOXING

IT'S ALL PLAIN HOWi TO SEE HOW HARD When Battling Barnes went in the ring wtih Ray Jeffries at the Coliseum I Saturday night he had no Intention of staging a bout, he merely wanted to test Jeffries' strength to see how hard the local boy could deliver a punch. It baa been suggested the New Paris boy tried the experiment for scientific reasons, to compare Jeffries' punch to a mule's kick. At that all the Richmond pugilist could do was black Barnes' eye and make his' nose bleed, writes the defeated boxer. Further than tnis Barnes is perfect' ly willing to bet all-kinds-of coin that his conqueror can not stay iu the ring six rounds with Barnes' sparring partner. Urban Bussen. This is all explained In a letter received by the sporting editor this morning, which reads as follows: Barnes . Explains Bout. 'New Paris, July 7. "All I went in the ring for last Saturday was just for a round or two to HOW THEY RANK , , r i National League. Won. Lost. Pet. New York 41 26 .612 Chicago 40 32 ..556 St. Louis 37 36 .507 Cincinnati : 35 .36 .493 Pittsburg 4 32 :35 .478 Philadelphia 31 135 .470 Brooklyn 31 35 .470 Boston 28 40 .412 American League. ; Won. Lost. Pet. Philadelphia 43 29 .597 Detroit 42 34 .553 Washington 40 33 .548 Chicago 38 33 .535 Boston 39 35 .527 St. Louis 39 36 .520 New York 24 44 .353 Cleveland 25 46 .352 American Association. Won. Lost. Pet.

Milwaukee 44 33 .571 Louisville 43 38 .531 Indianapolis 43 39 .524 Cleveland 41 38 .519 Minneapolis 41 39 .513 Kansas City 42 40 .512 Columbus 37 43 .463 Paul 29 50 .367

Federal League. Won. Lost. Pet. .594 .567 .531 .530 .476 .452 .439 .417

Chicago 41 28 Indianapolis 38 29 Buffalo 34 30 Baltimore 35 31 Brooklyn 30 33 Kansas City 36 40 Pittsburg 29 37 St. Louis 30 42

. GAMES TODAY. National League. Brooklyn at Cincinnati. Boston at Chicago. New York at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Pittsburg. American League. Chicago at Boston. Detroit at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Washington. Cleveland at New York. American Association. Milwaukee at Louisville. Minneapolis at Cleveland. St. Paul at Indianapolis. Kansas City at Columbus. Federal League. Kansas City at Chicago. St. Louis at Indianapolis. Pittsburg at Buffalo. Baltimore at Brooklyn. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. National League. Pittsburg, 5; New York, 2. American League. Washington, 7; St. Louis, 2. Other games postponed, rain. American Association. Columbus, 7; Kansas City, 4. St. Paul, 6; Indianapolis, 3. Minneapolis, 3; Cleveland, 1. Milwaukee, 12; Louisville, 1. Federal League. Chicago, 5; Kansas City, 0. Indianapolis, 7; St. Louis, 4. Buffalo, 7; Pittsburg, 1. Second Game. Buffalo,-3; Pittsburg, 1. First Game. Baltimore-Brooklyn Rain. Praquay is the home of a giant wasp so terrible that most native forest hunters fear it more than they do the frnakes, centipedes or spiders.

TOTAL

BARNES WANTED JEFFRIES COULD HIT

see how hard Jeffries boxed. I did not intend to box him at all and I let him j nit me tne KnocKout diqw just as narq :as he pleased and all h( could do was ' ii i i i : -2 ' 1 umcR iuy ej e auu uintniomnf nuoe uiecu. ; ii tnere naa Deen as mucn as in i the fight Saturday, I would have gone j ten rounds but I am not fighting for my health. "If Jeffries wants a real ght, just let him put up $100 and he will get all the fighting he wants and I think a little more. I will have the money ready anytime and will fight him anyr where. v. . . ' "Mr. TJurban Bussen, of Richmond, was my sparring partner and we would box as long as twenty four rounds at a time and I will bet Jeffries all the money he wants to, two to one, that be can't stay with Bussen six rounds.. "If Jeffries wants a real ten round ght, just let him putjp the money and I am ready. ''"" ' Respectfully yours . , " Battling Barnes." AMERICAN DROPS , TITLE IN ENGLAND WILLIE RITC Willie Ritchie. the liehtweieht champion of America, who lost the worm s title to reuaie weisn, in a twenty round bout at Olympia, Eng., yeBterday. 100 BOYS SIGH UP FOR S, S, LEAGUE The Sunday School baseball league will be started next week. Physical Director Nohr, who has charge of the public' playgrounds, announced this morning that 'almost 100 boys under sixteen years of age have signed the summer privilege cards at the playgrounds and the interest is growing among the boys for the formation of a league this summer. Definite plans will be made this week by those connected with the playgrounds and it is probable that the league will be started the first of next week. Interest in the inauguration of a tennis tournament at the play grounds is also increasing, ateording to Director Nohr, and it is, probable that this will be done in a short time The court3 at the playgrounds are in excellent condition and a large number of people, are taking advantage of the opportunity to play. Early every morning, the courts are being used. Director Nohr has made arrangements to keep the nets up most of the time so that they can be used from Sun rise to sun set'."' Last year, there wer&.-tsix baseball teams organized which constituted the Sunday school league and it is the hope of those connected with the recreation work t have at least that number of teams this year. Announcements relative to this will be made in he Sunday schools next Sunday.

HIE.

BACKSTOP OF REDS SETS LEAGUE PACE

BY C; H. UBER. CINCINNATI, .July, 8 Manager Herzog, of the Reds, has decided on a new policy ror Duuaing up nis team. . his . three months of experience as mana-i ' . . i . . .i a ger in me iteas nas bdowd mm mai ; nothing is to be gained by holding on to players who have passed the zenith of their usefulness and are approach-j mg the has-been horizon. So he has adopted the plan of developing youngsters for the team youngsters who will improve right along, instead of carrying a bunch of old-timers who are going back in every game they play. With . this idea in mind Herzog is playing Lohr, a Philadelphia semi-pro, and LaRoss, a recruit from Michigan, in his outfield in the places of the veterans. Bates and Miller. He also has' added a third young outfielder to l his line-up in the person of McLaugh lin, a college youth from Geneva, N. Y., who is said to be the speediest man in baseball today. Herzog also has added a new first baseman from the Virginia league to his prospects, and has lines out for several additional stars from the minors, all of whom will receive more consideration from "Buck" than is usually accorded recruits for the reason Herzog is fully determined to get together a bunch of hustling beginners instead of carrying around a string of old boys whose ambition is on the wane. The second series Of the eastern teams in the, west now is on, and there will be much dope created as to the final wind-up of the season through this bunch of games. It looks now as if the fight for first position would be between the New Yorks and the Chicagos, the Cubs showing more speed at present than any team on the circuit. Manager McGraw, of the New "Vorks. confesses that he fears the Cubs, especially as Mathewson is the only one of his pitchers who is working up to form. The Cubs expect to get pretty close to the Giants during the coming series, and hope to have the aid of the Reds, the Cardinals and the Pirates in accomplishing this. The Reds also expect to regain much of their lost ground during the series, the improvement in the work of the pitchers and the gradual return of the batting Strength making this result possible. Eastern teams will be seen here on two Sundays during the present series, the Phillies on July 12, and j the Bostons on July 19. Tom Clarke, the Reds clever backstop, continues to set the pace in the National league catching section. Not only is the Corona boy supporting his pitchers in great shape and picking the opposing runners off the sacks, but he also is swatting the ball so I hard that Manager Herzog nas movea ! him to the "clean-up", position in the batting order fourth place where his heavy hitting is doing a lot of good. Clarke was one of the Reds' several stars who was offered all sorts of inducements to jump to the Federal league, but he declined to be influenced by the tempters. There are hundreds of Clarkes in baseball so far as honesty is concerned, and only a few Marsans and the latter class are getting theirs. BEN GRAVES VISITS EARLHAM ATHLETES Ben Graves, star quarter miler at Earlham college a decade ago, and known to hundreds of Richmond residents for his prowess on the gridiron, was a visitor at Earlham yesterday. He was on his way from Knox College in Illinois, where he is instructor in zoology, to Cornell where he will attend the summer school. Graves visited with Richmond men who were prominent in athletics at tlfi Quaker school years ago. WITH THE MAJORS NEW YORK LOSES. R. H. E. Pittsburg 5 10 1 New York 2 9 1 Batteries Adams and Gibson; Marquard, Demaree, Fromme and Meyers. R. H. E. Washington 7 11 0 St. Louis 2 6 1 Batteries Ayres, Bentley and Henry ; James, Leverenz, Taylor and Rum-ler.

(KAS

Straus

As I need room and my

just 1-2 its actual value. Every hat of the world's best makes. Every hat new amj up-to-the-minute in style. Think of it, Big City Styles at Big City prices.

DURING THIS SALE OUR mm Are the ones which have been selling at

Here Are Real Live Hat Values I say they're real, because I believe this is the first time in this city that you men have been offered real Panamas and Bangkoks at real cut prices. This is real value.

Murray timilllllllllM IMIlllIMM

ETC W

HENRY :F. PARD2ECp I 451 South Stti Street Phonel64fl

PALLADIUM WANT ADS BRING RESULTS GIVE THEI1

Gist

D rJuGt Sell Every

Straw Hat Wow in Stock.

stock of Straws must be cleaned up, every hat sold st

$5 and $6 PANAMAS and BANGKOKS 53 And you get your choice of any. in the store.

JCHTENFELS

"Foremst Furnisher." Theatre B dg. See

Means Moderation

AT THIS SALE WE HAVE St f .SUA Drt-i ' T 1 That" we are now offer ing your choice at MM Window. A TRIAL AI0) PItOVE IT.