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I lUSTON DAILY - FOCTKSUNDI 1 ? I 7-- . -'' 1 ' : V . ?
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GIANTS LEADERS IN TEAM BATTING i
Buffs Now at Bottom of List Waco Slump Has Put Nay '
Players Hare Joined Colors at Such a Rapid Chp lhat lwo
iivTlurd Place With Gassers Second.
' -'.f1'-v
sger In this league were flnlng their
nan nroxen. - . h.K
The managers tffl say. It wi
Ku4 ral.to ovaroome. 5tm..t'
ootoompblnlnc. Thay ar J401
to complete the season wlWi tour Jubi
By the tlm another hum shoold begin
mart -of the players may be with the
rotors. ut this year Is to be complete.
or thai reason the meeting has been
arranged for this week and ail ttame
itvnnf eh waa( frtf fllinle V
While It may not be true. s no pg
war Kept efftoiala and managers of wis
league are ot tne opinion uv
-t
'like many going concerns the Major
Cltf league la having he lrtOe trouble to
keep In motion. and. furnlab its share f
men for thp different branohes rar
orvle.Ti: "talghj' hive beet) different had
V-'" layer;ii teams-In -il-letne een u-
tent u'-jeak Tor 'e selective draft to
. iJ " take its course. " But the teams had dif-
ferent men. They wanted to Join now
n ?;'' and ther did. So the league has had it
aharo of trouble. a
- tu fact a spell for readjustment has
....7 been called. There will be' no games
i ' Sunday. Some time during1 the week the
f ..... team managers will E-t together and ar-
- ranfe to complete the season. The sched-
. ule may be arranged to suit the slt-
- iiatlon. It Is probable that the teams will
keep their present standings.
. The league' Started the season with six
clubs. Now there are four. It all oaroe
about because so many of the boys
wanted to be sure of gutting in the fight.
. They continued to enlist. While there
Whs of course nr effort to stop this
good work many -Vi-e the times that the
managers wen. . the nelU a man or so
shy and wondered if It would-not have
been wise t put the enlistment oil a
week or sc.
But they kept going. They . may be
j. . . going ' yer.. At. lost there were about
1j enough p.ayern left to compose four
' teams and upuold the standard of the
league. It was then decided to continue
the season with t he-four clubs. The whole
plan will be fixed at the meeting Oils
nevn. ine can win De issued inxougu
the press.
The Major City leasue is one of the
new leagues of organized baseball among
amateurs or Houston. It got' Its start
last year. The first was a banner sea-
son and this season made a start like
doing even better. Then came war and
the teams had too many men who just
love a light and will have it. Hardly had
me enlistment rusn oegun until man
rn.uam ! iw hil at others In fur
nlshmg men for war service. Whet Is
more these men are rather proud or it
It speaks well for ithe class of men whe
made up the teams.
uit trouhl af this lessHs are com
mon to every team in the city. Men are.
King ofr (o framing camps. . They like
seball but the desire to get In service
Is too strong. Most of them can not watt
for the season to close or tne araii to
1 a Ira 1t nAHFM.
The case in Houston Is nft different
tm.r lhat nt anv at lor plttf. AlOTlS With
professional baseball amateur baseball
has suffered with the raising of the army
and navy units. Athletes were the first
to respond. They will eontlnue to go
until it will be nest t Impossible to get
a set of ball players together.
' That ' may work a hardship on those
who would like to- seo both professional
and amateur baseball continue. But it
leaks rather well for the sport.
uut au mat is getting rawer iar iw
from the case of the Major City league.
Beginning next Sunday this league will
have four clubs. A regular schedule will
be carried through Into September. Dur-
ing 'the week all managers will be In-
formed -Where to come for the meeting
that will see all details of tiie arrange-
ment finally decided. !
Just now the Major City league its
officials players backers friends and
rivals are laying no claim to baseball
championships. But all are ready to take
an oath that It la leading In the race to
furnish recruits for war service.
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MAJOR CITY LEAGUE MANAGERS
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30HNNY' STARTED OUT
To 'KNOCK' EM DEAD"
OH TH STAGE.
BUT
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FOUND T EASILRTb DO THIS WAY
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John Theall.
These are the men out to keep - the
Major City league going regardless of
war and recruiting. They have deter-
mined to continue the season with four
clubs.
John Theall leads the Theall team and
ho says It is t lid best in the league. Her-
man Bade is the manager of the Tread-
well team. William Chalmers is at the
heed uf the Lockett team the last to
enter the league.
These men have been the mainstays of
the league through the first part of the
season. They say it is necessary to go
through the season so they have de-
termined to have baseball Just as the
regular schedule provided. Next Sunday
they jvili take their places on the field
and go out to win games regardless of
the International situation.
City League
i T
The Peden team headed by Manager
John Ackermann hammered t'ne ball all
over the lot and easily defeated the
Flumbers by a score of IS to 4. Blau
who started for the losers only lasted
one and a half Innings as the Pedens
drove h'm off the rubber by hitting two
two-baggers a triple and two singles In
the second ' innig. and tie Was replaced
by P. Mason but he had to take the
punishment as the Pedens had their
batting eye on and had' no mercy on him
scoring four runb off of his delivery
when Glen Myott lilt a homo run with
the bases loaded.
The Peden infield which was composed
of Watson Ruffles HlaWper and Mad
Itonald wasalrtla'.it each accepting hard
cbances without an error while the outer
garden was being taken care of by Mc-
cormick Davlin and Kreltag and each
one got one or more putouts without an
error. '
Wataon and Frsitag were the hard hlt-
tera each getting three lilts apiece while
M. Slataper was the star in fielding.
Myatt'a horhe run was a bit to the large
trees and was easily the batting hero.
Nuccle Kuhn's pitching was too much
for the Plumbers he only allowing (our
scattered hits and sent nine men hack by
the strikeout route.
- Kor the Plumbers Tharn was the bright
spot and the fielding of Blau Burton and
Slataper was good. Manager Ackermann
has a club now which Is to be watched
as they only wait for the .Texas company
to slip and then they will be up. there.
The manager says once up there they are
there to stay- as his bunch of hay toa-
ers are Just hitting their stride. Look
out Texas company.
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Y ROlIRT L. RIPLEY. 1 -Jormny
.Kllbane the' world's feather-
weight champion who meets Benny Leon-
ard the world's lightweight champion. In
Philadelphia on the night of the l&th. Is
one of the most likable and interesting
characters In thej history of the prise ring.
. Kilbahe almost miseed his ealling. The
Upplty-ai.te ortffe-lra shiifJMft'ttrrd
him from fcebtod the footlights and for a
year Johnny's career was on the buck
and wing. 1t Was a very narrow escApe
for Johnny and for the lovers of good
boxing.
The Kllbanes were a poor family and
when Johnny father became blind about
At J Ml B aglh - VI TOW UAIII WUltMUJ
the only child to assume the family bur-
den which he did like a little man. He
left St. Malachl'a school in Cleveland
with only another year to go before) he
would have graduated In order to sup-
port'hlmaelf and his father. He obtained
a position as timekeeper on the Cleveland
and Pittsburg ore docks and for a few
years managed to keep himself and his
stricken parent comfortably. And to this
day the Kllbane neighbors ten or how
Tottls
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441 310 110 iy 13 1
000 210 001 4 4 4
m ' aMBHaarjr: itrrora ueUelemthT. TUa'D. Blao
jl tat. ff.
toivib wcuviVHrtuj llMTD.
Myntt. Two-tfaae lilto Watwmf
Krol.
BlaUper T. Maaon. Three-ban bits
f Ai MaeDooild Krtltta. Home run Mr.tt. 8tola
if i baata Wataon 0 MacOoaald 3 Mratt 2. Mc-
r "i Oermlck Qarlln. Bnrtoo tbarn. Blau. Struck
'i eut Br KFan 8. by Bias 1 tij F. Mann 2.
ot By Ktian S by Bias 1 bj F. Maaaa 2.
. Baata oa baila Off Kuhn 3. off Blau l. off P
t ' Matoa 2.
. Vv ' John TufflV pltclied a two-hl game
'elgalnst the ' Knight of Columbus club
i Cannon Ball boy.' sllelton's double fol-
klwing a single by Coles and a base on
it Tuffly aHowed the
guns. Hblm Faust
i ana CleboskL soared
Herman l&c
balance of the clubs hustle for the bunt
ing. Umpire Coles was very satisfac
tory.
Vntona.
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2 t
2 2 4
Kolfbta.
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McCoBavll
Volt: lb.
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kt. .... S 0 S 4
Canavll p I 0 0 2
ruat. m
Borneo. 2b.
Holm. 3D...
Bcllccla. lb.
Johnttoa. f.
Claboska e..
Brown rf . . . .
Xufflj p
Total! ....27 10 2 141 Totals 2 2 SO IS
By lonlBss: E H U
Union. (30 000 000 9 0 2
Kolxlil. . . . 300 UOU 0003 2 0
Summary: Two-baae klta Halm fauat. Jokn.
1. Pltat bars oa belli
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010 2 Helton. 1 B i
2 8 0 Myers rf.... 4 0 0 0
1 10 OlMorean. rf... 0 I 0
0 O OlDevey. 2b 3 0 3 0
1 0 2GOBU. If.... 4 0 2 2
Left on bases unlona
a oa balla Off TnfBr 2. at! U
Connelt 3. Struck out By Tufty 10 by B
Piunl
ball Cleboake. lilt by pitcher By MoCoearll
im xuiny
Central League
when ha was throush with hla work each
evening. On Sundays snd holidays the
pair were Inseparable. His devotion to his
father won hundreds of friends for the
then future champion.
And that same affection and dutiful con-
sideration is still kept up. Johnny and
his dad are frequently seen together arm
In arm on the streets now when the
champion is at home.
When the Great Lakes ore shipping
season closed each winter 4 little Johnny
had to look elsewhere for winter employ
ment and right nereis one l tia darkest
secrets oi Kiioanes career jonnny.s
boyhood ambition was to be a champion
dancer shades of Cartoonist Webster!
He was a very adept pupil at the tcrpal-
chorean art and spent all his spare mo-
ments at the ore docks mastering the in-
tricacies of the various steps specializing
of course. In Irish reels and Jigs and
sandwiching In a few well-eeleeted "come-all-yeee."
John first displayed his wares
as "a dancer" at one of the famous ama-
teur nights at the old Empire theater in
Cleveland "and strange as it might seem
he didn't get the hook.
Spurred on by the success of his maiden
effort as a performer. John lay awake
nights trying to dnpu out an act that
wouM ' knock em cold. In the vernacu
lar of vaudeville. He had taken lessons
on the violin and also knew his way
around the ivories and John sought to
little Johnny used to lead hla father aboutJ commercialise his talents In that direc
tion. After much thouaht and manv re-
heraals John Snd a Dal welded together an
act that made Sylvester Schafer Europe's
Since the opening cof the season Waco
has been holding the lead In team batting
even if at one time it was only by 1 per
cent Since our last report the Giants of
Dallas have-Improved their percentage by
five points while the Waco bunch in a
serious slump lately dropped back four
points making a margin now In favor of
the Giants of I per eent as the Giants
have an average of tit as against 247 for
Waco. San Antonio remaining stationary
at J Is In third place and only t per
cent back of Waco in second place.
Shreveport with a gain ot 7 per- cent
moved up to fourth place In club rating
with a percentage of .231 while Fort
Worth and Houston are tied for the cellar
station with .131 apiece'.
In the Individual ranks hitters have
come and hitters have gone and one time
It was Leslie and now It Is Flynn but
when It comes to Just plain unvarnished
consistent hitting the lid should be tipped
to Right Fielder James of Waco for while
a couple ot late arrivals have a higher per
cent this week very few at the regulars
im elna la him. and aa Leslie seems to
be Slipping as his drop from .144 to .116.
will attest the only two contenders the
appear any way oangaroua 10 oemrooi
the waoo King are perry oi uie oin An-
tonio tribe and Sherman of Fort Worth
as both of these players improved their
average from our last report and are tied
with .311 each. While on these three a
further glanoe will show that this trio Is
furnishing an Interesting race for the
retest number of nits witn enarman
the lead with HI JaJfnes second with
121 and Ferry third wim 121 wnue Hem-
ingway of the Buffaloes Is credited with
124.
By comparison from our last report
the batting averages are showing a
marked improvement for of the two
doa'en leaders 17 Jumped up from a gain
of one point to 17 excusing the remeric
ante advance ot uuineiaer riynn 01 "
Gassers and only seven showed a de-
cline three of whom took an awful
slump namely Lealle Venn and McCarty
an or wnom aroppea over so points wuu
Hemingway dropped 11. all ot which ex-
plains better than words why Waco and
Houston have hit the toboggan.
Ten sons of swat have an average 01 iuv
or more as against nine In our last re
port and omitting Houston inese iv are
divided Into pairs with the remaining
Ave clubs aa flhrevoDort has Flynn ana
MoLarry (both newcomers). Fort Worth
Ultlie ana anmrman me uiur a reuimr
Weed Jamee and Leslie both regulars;
8an Antonio Hetllng and Perry the for-
mer a newcomer and Dallas has Graham
and Me tUck. .
In the art of scoring runs a consider
able change will bo noticed as in our
last report Leslie was leading with 60.
Palmer and Jamot were next with 41
and Baggan 47 while in this report Wotell
aaaumed the lead .witn a total 01
ana nam vl iiwcia aftuici tin
Palmer belHa- third with 12. Leslie and
Miller ard tied for fourth place with CO
aDlece. Sherman end Baggan next in
line with St. and Callahan and Bchlelb
ner follow with (I apiece. The honors
la. thle particular line however forbid
any rash forecasting aa only six runs
separate Wotell In first plaoe from Calla-
han In ninth a margin that could be
wiped out ere another week rolls along
and the league has six more weeks of
Pis
BATTING AVKRAQKtj TEXAS LIAQUE.
y Clubs.
Vinn. Waco 20
Lc Fort Wirth . . . '. 18
Tulloa. ShrTet.rt 31
IVlii. Fiirt Wortli 404
I'almrr. bulla a J7.1
McCarty. HoaaMo 34
Bnjoran. San .Yntofilf. 404
Cvmprro. (Julias 37
Crliw. llomion ' l
Kna. DiIIhi 31A.
LilKbi. bal'.aa tu
Karr Waco HI
Wulttakrr. Fort Wcrtb :8
Ata. Fort Wortli 143
Tleniey. 8n Ant.inl't.. 370
KMiaell. HuUMtoo.
Ht-iillebnn. Dallas..
Sins. Waco
nrke. 8bnviport . .
Mie Ban .Vntonlo.
Ma wac
4S
7
377
314
377
32M
372
McMaboa. Waco
Nixon. ehrowiKirt
Wntt-11. Waco.
WllUr. Wuo .
Danektl. 8au Antoulo 3111
HiHBXWlit 8a a An... 2
Knhn. Datla ZVi
Suits ihrereport.... 2S7
Htow. Tort Worth 2S3
Moors. Hooaton 7
O.lu StutTanort 201
jClrcber. Fart Worth.. 319
ICewuasi Houston .
Brooks. Dallas
Uom. vain
m atinrretnrt. .
n Hooaton. ..
Grnhu Waco
Bobo Baa Antonio.
Frlarsos M on a ton. .
Nortnan. Houston.
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VTlHBJUf UVUBWH
ray Fort Wortli.
Houston
l'errltt. fort Worth.
jranlknar. BbrsTsvort.
Noyaa. 1
Brownlow. Dallaa...
Cook Bai Autoulo...
Jarobos Dallaa .....
Smart Houston
Betts. BnreTCpoTt
Hawkins Waco
Ilaasr. BhreTenort. . .
i 1 i .. ... . v.l 1 .n
Mahnqnlai Waco 2M
Ny. snreTeoort
Donalda. Waco
Ctfclirehan Ban An...
Hirtlna nan Antonio
wry. Houston
laaaos snrevsport
23
134
l2
)M
no4
341
145
SW
3311
207
110
2S
2S
173
209
41
187
75
47
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greatest protean performer look tike a
pixer ana tney sex iorin 10 conquer new
worias.
UHfl HMWI Utl 1 UftU w..
vlnrarl John that there were a lot mora
exoiting things In life than the lure of the
footlights and about this time he met
Jimmie uunn men one 01 tne iemui-
erwelghu in the game. Dunn wanted a
sparring partner and although Kllbane
had never hed experience' In the ant of
fisticuffs he readily assented to assist
Ijunn In preparing for a coming bout.
Kllbane realised immediately that the
boxing game would give him the exolte-
ment he craved and he became a greet
fan. He attended every bout he could
and got as close to the ring as he could
snd watched every movement of the men.
Ho didn't see any particular difficulty In
mastering the manly art and determined
to try his hand at it. He picked up the
fine points of the art so quickly that
within a few months Dunn renounced his
own ring career to devote his entire at-
tention to his protege and it was Dunn's
K alienee and the Interest he showed In
Ubane that enabled him to reach the
coveted goal of featherweight champion.
On his last visit to New York Kllbane
entertained the members of the White
Hats club with a song and dance sketch
and as good a Judge of talent es Corse
1 ayton. America's best bad actor said the
stage lost a great performer when Johnny
renounced tbe stage for the roped arena.
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Waco
Ran Antonio
Fort Worth
Houston ....
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noon on the Heights diamond. All Brooke
Smith Players are reauested to meet on
the corner of Franklin and Main street
not later than l:U p. m. A good game II
promiseo.
The C. L. Bering team will play Simon
Lewis today at the Brooke Smith dia-
mond. The Berlngs will likely pitch
"Duke" Dunkerley. while Sasrlovitch will
oppose him on the mound. All the Bering
piayers are expected to pe on nana.
Cox Brothers vs. Thesis.
The Cox Brothers baseball team will
play the Theal team Sunday on.the Model
laundry diamond. This promises to be
one of the best games played this year
as both teams are going at a fast speed
and are made up of some of the best
amateur players In the city. This is the
first game of a series of three. Every-
body is Invited to attend. Take Leeland
car. Game Is called at 4 o'clock. The
following Cox Brothers players are re-
2 nested te be on the diamond at 2:30:
lunger Tuffly. Stork Simmons Slataper
Jackson Wicks Cawthon. Hersog Csr-
stena De Cahaumes Murphy and Mc-
Cermtok. AU players are requested to be In Cox
Brothers uniforms ee pictures will be
taken. Those that haven't any. call PS680.
Clnb
l Bros. ........
A 0frmH w. ........ ft
otiston SDortlnc O. Co. . 20
Union Lew la 20
Vrovke Smith ' 21
Ueaeaay
Playei
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Played. Won. LoaL Pat
8 ! 38
12 8 .000
4 14 JUt
Schedule for Sunday:
C. L. Bering Co. vs. t. Lewis at Brooke
Smith. '
Cox Bros. vs. Henessy at Model; -two
games. '
Houston Sporting Goods vs. Brooke
Smith at Heights.
The following managers are requested
to meet Mr. Tnomeson at tha courthouse
In uniform at 11:10 o'clock sharp Sunday
for a photograph: John Westpott. Heneeey
Park team; Oil Gardiner Bering team;
Pat Jones Sporting Goods team; O. Nor-
rls Cox Brothers; Jimmy Connors
Brooke Smith ; J. Curtln S. Lewis team.
The1 Hennessy Park baseball team will
tie up with the Cox Brothers In a double
header on the Model laundry diamond.
Manager -Weatoott will spring S surprise
on the Cox Brothers team. The manager
requests the following players to oe on
in diamond not inter man erciocx:
r Morariano
ison;
Cobh Soslovltch Richardson MoFarland
Trie Hrooka smKU win puiy tne hous-
hamrocka to Plsy.
The Shamrock baseball team will Jour-
ney down to South Houston Sunday July
It and cross bats with the South Hous-
ton boys.
The old reliable Hollman on the mound
witn riisgeraia aoing tne receiving
"Hick" Wlnborn holding down the Initial
sack: "Doc" Rlchter cavortlne around
second; "Home Run" Mandeville kicking
p tne oirst in snorts "Rabbit" Haley
oldlng down the hot corner and the
ence ousters In the outfield Patterson.
"nit" .painaunaxy and Parker.
The above jiamed players are request-
ed to be at the interurban station at
t:4t p. m. sharp along with the large
crowd of Shamrock rooters who are going
down and oheer for the home boys.
BOY SEKI0U8LT HURT.
In Falling Prom Tree Landed on
Seer Points.
(Htufn Port Sf rial.)
LOCKHART. Texas. July 21. Weldon
the 7-year-old son of H. W. Fielder hero
received serious Injuries Friday In fall-
ing from a tree a distance of U or II feet
landing en the prongs of a deer horn.
Several of the prongs penetrated the body
of the boy ana two of them were broken
off.
. ' Compress Changed HaVds.
(rsrtM Pj fMi.)
LrjLINO Texas July JL Bush Wot'
fara of Italy Texas ; Andrew Colvin of
Waco Texas; Woffard Ola of Italy
Taxes and Alexander fprunt Bon hate
purchased the Luting Compress company
and have placed Woffard cdin in charge
manager. J. F Boggue who has beeii
aainrlntendent.4M the comnan. for ta
ftaic five years turned over th business
VARGA NEXT OPPONENT FOR BROWN
Match Will Be Staged August 16 at Weat End Park Ar-
rangements Being Made for Winter Matches.
towing a single By
belle was all .that
Knigntli .rte teae:
. JohonsVtm. IJngle
V enough run In two 1
ball ihimat virheUnai
' r ona pennant drive hat will make the I tost Snorting Ooode team Sunday after ( to the neif manager' yesterday. J paper weight up to the heavy weight class. 1 day and at Bastrop Thursday. J
For a next opponent Pet Brown will
face Joe Varga of Johnstown Pa. The
date Is August It and the match will be
held at West End park. This time the
Gulf Coast club has gone East to get a
man. It 1s the first time this has been
done for several months. Varga comee
with a record of many victories in this
country and In Europe where be first
won fame.
In announcing this match for West End
park the Gulf Coast club let It be known
that plans are now under way to use tho
place through the winter. To make the
scheme possible a large circus tent will be
fixed over the ring and field with the
grand stand as a part of the lnclosurx.
But that is a long time off. The Vib
will stage several outdoor matches before
It is necessary to run from Jack Frost.
Tills Varga match Is the first of a series
that was scheduled at the park early In
the simmer. The big day at the park
will be a Labor Day1 match In the after-
noon. For that affair the best man pos-
sible will be signed and brought here for
a siege of training.
This man Varga got his first notoriety
in America by his work In the interna-
tional tournament at Detroit. With Wal
dek Zbvssko. the heavyweight Pole.
Varan came through undefeated. The
Pole who Is a heavyweight with a victory
over Strangler Lewie then put on a 20-
minute bout with Varga for a final. The
heavy man failed to get a fell In tha
time because of the speed of Varga.
However a better line Is possible on
Varga because of his vlotoriee over men
who have met Brown here. Two of them
are Paul Bowser and Wilfred Barret.
Varga defeated both. So on comparisons
It would seem that Varga la the ideal
opponent for tne Taylor man.
A peculiar part bf the Verga-Boweer
match la that times of the falls compare
well with the time It took Brown to win
at the auditorium here. Varga took the
first fall in one hour and ten mlnutee.
and the next in but little more than two
mlnutee. This time Is a little better then
the showing made by Brown.
With Barret Varga got another victory
Brown has a victory over Barret. Gn
this score the two seem to be about tight
lor a match. Varga also has a handicap
victory over Mort Henderson the Masked
Marvel. Henderson agreed to throw
Vars-a twice within en hour and failed.
Varga is a Hungarian by birth. He
has wrestled all over Europe. When he
came to thle country he wes coon reoos
nlsed In the East end has been climbing
since. Aside from hie wrestling ability
he Is an expert physical director and
holds that position with the Toung Men's
Christian Aeeoclatlon atl Johnstown. He
plans to come here to complete his train
ing. ' e
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A man works up from ohamplon of his
shin in hla class te champion of a fleeti
and then to champion ef the navy. If he
Houtton Boxer Has
Joined With Jackie
Johnny Thompson clever young Hous-
ton boxer enlisted in the United States
navy aa an apprentice seaman Saturday
afternoon.
Thompson whose real monniker Is Floyd
Robert Thompson. Is 22 years old. He
Uvea In Houston Heights.
As might be expected the lighter
passed the physical examination with the
throttle wide open. He will not leave for
training untlf he Is called. That Is the
present policy ot the navy to hold men
at home until there Is room at one of
the training stations. Just now the S. R.
O. sign is over the box office of every
one of the navy's sailor mills.
Johnny was lucky to get Into the navy
when he did. The navy Is allowed to
take only St men a week in the Houston
district and the boxer went under the
Wire aa No. SO Just as tire final flag went
down. If he had been No. II he would
have nad to wait until next Friday to
get in. -
Men around the navy office who have
watched Johnny work with the gloves
think he will be heard from la the navy.
Aboard ship there is always plenty of
flahtlnat material and the navy has cham
pions -and would-be champs from the
has the punch In his mitt.
INSPECTION TUESDAY.
Population Considered Waaainffton
County Holds Beoord.
(Hterfea Part Sttrul)
BRENHAM Texas July 11. Lieu
tenant D. C. Gliding of headquarters
company A went to Houston Friday to
see General Hulen and on bis return
stated that the men who had enlisted at
Brenham in tins company would oe in
spected here Tuesday morning or oni
rers of the Texas National Guard. OT'
dere had prevlouely been received that the
in.rux-tion would be held In Baetron Mon
day but the new arrangement will save
the Brenham boys a trip te isastrop.
Yjeutansnt Qiddinss win attend the In
anaction of the Baetroo members at that
Dlsce Monday and Captain- J. 8. Jones
will corns here for the Inspection Tues-
iov It ta baliaved the new comDany will
be enuatered Into active service about
Aiiffilat 1.
Washington county holds the record for
enlistments during the past month pop-
ulation considered.
The federal Inspection of the new com
pany wm ee neM at urennam next m
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Black Navigators '
Here for Sunday J
For Sunday the Black Buffs wlft enter-:
tain the Waco contingent known as th'
Black Navigator squad. There will be two-
games at West End park and the nrt?
will be called at !:30 o'clock. The third
and last game of the (series will be
laved Monday afternoon. Then tbe Blacky
luffs leave for a Journey Into North.
Texas.
With the South Texas championship
ready won from Beaumont the Black-'
Buffs are out to do as well for the whole
State. This series with Waco will give that
teem a start in the right direction If
two of the games can be won. - as
There will be sneciat accommodations... I.
for 'white patrons. Music will be furJ
nished by Sid Isles band. Good baseball r
andj plenty of amusement are promised--.
Had Dog Bit Twin Boys.
IHotutot) Pert Sftcitl.)
JENNTNQ3 La. July 21. The
Sfl.
two i
year-old twin boys of Mr. and Mrs.' J. t .
Watklne of near Welsh were' attaeke4
on Saturday afternoon by what has T-
proven to be a mad dog. '".'
Mr. Wat kins took the boys tow New i
Orleans where they are undergoing this :.
Pasteur treatment. He also took th'
head of the dog sad the examlnatlos) rr-"" J
vealed that the animal had hydrophobia 5
103 Men Were Accepted.
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SCHULENBERQ Texas July 1 JL-.
Colonel John A. Calmont First Lieu-'
tenant C. S. Oatee and First Lieutenant - '-
Charles W. Aydam were In Schulenber?
Friday to examine Company C Fiftlt.'
Texas Infantry e One hundred and three
men were accepted and mustered into
the National Guard. 3? being rejected out
of a total of 134 recruits.
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