__H_«__H__k Hs_T *___>_________. ?____o ____ 'T_T"; " "__^" ALLTHE NEWS FROM THE T-T ALLTHE NEWS FROM THE ; WORLD OF SPORT \u25a0\u25a0_f ?\u25a0\u25a0_?# WORLD OF SPORT I i fl fl fl'- ? > ' tL '_V fl'-- - rß ; Edited by WILLIAMJ. SLATTERY-' THE CALL Edited by WILLIAMJ. SLATTERY SAN FRANCISCO,MSUNDAY, .JULY 113, 1913; - YOUNG MINISTER RETAINS ATHLETIC LEADERSHIP Frenzied Finance Proves a Hard Blow to the Boxing Game THIS ALL COMES UNDER THE HEAD OF PLEASURE Goldberg FRED THOMSON (Copyright, 1013,7 by, 11. ;L.i Goldberg) AMERICANS WIN LEADS FIELD IN EXHIBITION PLAY - ALL ROUND MEET WITH GERMANS Presbyterian Minister First Wallace F. Johnson of Phila- and Charles Morris of San delphia, Who Replaces Francisco Olympic Club McLoughlin, Shows Second in Honors Rare Tennis Class , NOTTINGHAM. Eng., July 12.? WILLIAM UNMACK United States team, which yesterday (Special Dispatch to The Call) won Its way to-' the final round of the LOS ANGELES, July 12.?Fred Thom- * preliminary contest to select a chal- son of the New York Athletic club lenger to meet England for the Davis this afternoon won the all around na- trophy, con- tional track and field championship international lawn tennis play semifinal with a score of 7,411% points. tinued in the round Germany today, although Jumbo Morris of the San Francisco against the remaining two regarded Olympic club was second with 6,082 matches were simply points, while Campbell of Stanford, as exhibition matches. who was running in Olympic club col- The United States team meets Canada ors, took third honors, only a few in the final next week at Wimble- -:.;.;-\u25a0-.:.. points don.. 7. \u25a0 ?'',."'',.A"-\u25a0\u25a0A behind Morris. i In the 7 flrst.match today R. Norrls Templeton, another Stanford lad, and Williams» of ? Philadelphia defeated Otto" Hoenisch of the San Francisco Pastime Froltzhelm,* the German crack, by three ease than club, finished well up. sets to one, with greater Maurice E. McLoughlln of San Fran- Thomson's victory was conceded be- cisco? beat' the same Iplayer Thursday. fore the meet started, but the real The : scores were, 5?7. 6?l, 6?5, 6?l. surprise of the day was the wonderful The j first set \u25a0'~ was U the only hard fought; :In showing and Campbell. one the match. | The Ameri- of. Morris .can took the ,first two games and; the Neither man had ever before-competed German the next two. ? -The;, evenness* in such an event, and, considering that of n the play may be ijudged from .the they very training, fact that the,score stood.at 8--8, ?4?4 had little the San . |before Francisco and 5?5 the ; German won' the men made a wonderful last two games and the set.? showing, which augurs well for their After this, 7 however, 7 William* out- chances next year. played 7. his , opponent, ; winning; j?gams- ONE REGRET OF MEET aftergame to love. T- Wallace CF. Johnson of | Philadelphia. The only regret of the meet was the ! who7replaced?McLoughlln so that the inability of Jim Donahue of the Los j latter could save himself ; for the con- Angeles club to continue with the com- j\ leaped. 21 feet 5 inches, which is a test at 7 Wimbledon, 7 won the other petition after the first event. He took [ jbit better than he jumped in his world match, v beating Oscar Kreutzer of. Ger- seriously ill after putting up a good jjrecord performance. many by three sets to one. , The scores showing In the 100 yards, and was Campbell of Stanford, got in a good SPIRIT were, 7?57 6?-4, 5?7, 6?47; a jump of 20 while SPORT DYING OUT under doctor's care for better than feet. Mor- YOUNG CROSS FAVORED were the remainder jj SCRAPPERS Both players erratic, but John- of the day. |ris also exceeded the 20 figure, being son's play showed that the United Donahue made a great record in the j? a few inches behind Campbell. States' has a good second string in case Stockholm Olympiad and\*sjas consid- | HOENISCH SHOWS WEI.I, of necessity. , as ? ?red the one man who would give i run was on A feature of the match was* Kreut- Thomson a big fight. The mile the last event OUT FOR HONORS third set, TO RITCHIE zer's ;fine rally" In the the MEET when | program, and it was a heart break- Thomson made a great showing, j for every but Hoenisch Guarantees Block Good Matches the American temporarily lost his form. beating |er contestant out Martin Sheridan's old rec- the Pastime. The San Francisco The American and German consuls ord of 7,385, but fell short of beating lof Greats Given jointly !jboy started out at a wonderful 7 pace Future Will Be Eastern Followers of Boxing here/ will . entertain.. the teams his own figure of 7,499 world by 87% ' and kept up the same strong, steady SLATTERY at dinner tonight." points. Thomson made his own ; WILLIAM J. world's stride up to half a mile, which he did Chance to Show Their Declare Him Entitled record at Princeton in May of this II The lightweight situation remains practically unchanged. Champion Willie year. tin 2 minutes 25 sec-ends. 7 He then slowed down with a lead of 150 yards Ritchie declares positively that he will shun the stage and remain true to the Worth to Match Greatest Gathering of CHAMPION* STARTS AYELI, on the held. ? .'.--.-. .--. including Freddy Welsh, champion 200 yards on ring, and he Is awaiting offers. A few of them, the v The started out with a big He finished up the last , Modern Yachts advance on his figures for the 100 a sprint, doing the distance in 5 min- British title holder; Packey McFarland, the pride of the Chicago stockyards; Schiller/ is ; an old timer at develop- NEW LORK, July 12.?Leach Cross of ing talent. He used ?to be assdciaed yards, when he was clocked in a- fast I utes 2 seconds, which ,is good for the Cross,, the New York'sensation, and Harlem Tommy Murphy have chal- New 'York vs. Willie Ritchie of Califor- 10 The - Leach with Alex C?reggains in the palmy days July 2-5 seconds. next event, how- all round Work. nia in a 20 round battle for the world's | CLEVELAND,,0., 12.?"The sail ever, the shot put, pulled his gain Templeton beat the champion in this lenged the little California king, but most of these, challenges have been half of'the San.Francisco club down, In Sixth yacht regatta at Put In bay July to ' helped lightweight championship I 20 points event, coming street- He Jimmy.Brltt, Abe At- at Jim Cof- down. He also lost in the high Thomson in third. hearted ones, so Ritchie has not as yet taken any of them seriously. tell, Frankle 27 will-be the greatest gathering of jump, half mile walk and hammer Thomson had one last chance to beat Neil and a bunch of other froth's arena, *on Labor Day. That is modern racing yachts ever seen on picked ~ run, '?The local boy is more confident now than ever he was. He knows his ability great fighters to the front. *. throw. Then he up again in his record In the mile but he : He believes the present desire for the next big fresh water," said George H. Worthing- the pole vault. failed. It was a hard task to ask a as a fighter. He fears no man of his weight in the world. All he wants is the that there are still Britts, Hanlons and ton of Cleveland, commodore of the The man to do 5 minutes 19 seconds for Attells running; loose in this city and affair in pugilism as a result of the hurdles were next, and it Was money he will start. It's finances first, last and all the time with Willie. All Interlake Yachting association, today in here that he added a big chunk to his eight furlongs after havelng gone and he is going to try :to find a few of knockout victories which eliminated discussing the program for the meeting. score, tending points through competitive events, are mere , -. them. his total 102 nine hard the other details Incidents. \u25a0 These two promising contenders on the Twenty American and Canadian yacht ahead of his record. and' Thomson naturally failed. , ,7. lads will be sent in to fight members of the As a matter of fact, the champion is very liable to strike an unpopular chord as fast as they can fourth of July. clubs are association. Then the 56 pound weight was found The meet has proved one thing, Just and the best * More than 250 yachts from United be wall, namely, that San Francisco has men if he keeps on demanding these fancy cash guarantees. He will not listen* to of them will be -.weeded out and nursed 7 The boxing outlook changes rapidly. to a stone and he lost con- a States and Canadian cities on the .great siderable, sending mak- who can go into such competition with along. ?i Many of the -lads, have 'already Only ;few months ago New Yorkers his chances of any percentage offer. He wants the promoters to start bidding for his services ; signs were pinning in Tommy lakes? and from the Atlantic seaboard ing a new world's record out of the credit to themselves and their organ- shown 7of class and it will not their faith expected. ,^ be at as of are. 7 . question with the remaining events izations.