Dempsey Observes Birthday With Fast Workout.Yankees Swamp Athletics; Giants Divide ChallengerSpeeds Up Work; Peck Continues Annexes Willard Resumes To Pound Ball Oh, Man! By BRIGGS Toney Training (.CopyrUUt, 1319. New york Tribune Inc.) First; Barnes As Locals Win Loses Champion Suffers a Cut Lip in Bout With Hempel; Second Contender Celebrates Anniver- Twen.ty-fourth Shortstop Makes Merry Uses Three Bill Tate and Jamaica Kid With Mack's Brooklyn Pitch- sary by Pounding Pitchers, ers in Opener; Mitchell Kolling Up 1.000 Average Shows Class in By W. O. McGeehan Nightcap TOLEDO, June 24..It was twenty-four years ago to-day that By Charles A. Taylor William Harrison Dempsey first saw the light at Montrose, Coi. Fond One of the biggest weekday crowds The Yankees took a tirmer grip on that has attended a have on him a mere President, but game at Ebbets parents might speculated becoming lirst place yesterday afternoon, when Field this season.estimated not in their wildest desert dreams could they have pictured little William the Athletics for the at 17,000 they slaughtered .turned out yesterday to welcome the Harrison riding the brake beam into his present condition of affluence and aecond day in succession. The score Giants and Dodgers in their first game importance. was 9 to 0, and all doubts as to the since their return from the Jack Harrison outcome were settled in the very first West. Dempsey, the William that arrived that day to join After battling for more than five hours the dozen-odd other little Dempseys, celebrated the anniversary of his inning as the result of the liberality of the teams had to content the in be- themselves entrance to this world of right crosses, doublc crosses, .?27,000 purses and Kinney, Philadelphia pitcher, with an even break, "the bases on balls and an out- Manhattanites handouts six rounds to a house of about a thousand head of stowing taking the first game by a 4 to 2 by boxing burst from the bats of "Murderers' score Uhioans. Row." and the Flatbush tribe winning the Jess Willard observed the natal day Five runs came over the plate in this honors in the second by a lop-sided of William Harrison Dempsey by re- open ing stanza. This was the mark score of 9 to 3. set in game, and it would The first was suming his work. It was a for Monday's struggle easily the bet¬ just day Rice and McGeehan seem that these hot days the Yanks ter. In this game fast, keen baseball Willard. All of his days are much are bunching their energy early so as was played. It was only by perform- the same. He is the most languid To Write to be able to sit back and rest as the ing in championship style all the wav Sort of person, in training that I ever Big Fight heat grows more oppressive. that the McGraw tribe was able to ob- peeked at. There is a sameness about The chief interest shown by the three tain victory. They received expert his afternoon's work and sluggishness For Tribune Readers thousand fans present after that first pitching by Fred Toney, who let the that irritates the oldtimers. inning waa centred about Roger Peck- Flatbushers down with five hits. The Dempsey always is speeding up. He RICE and inpaugh, the leading batsman of the New Yorkers also fielded briliiantly. works with a indi- W. O. American who is out teach But it was their feverishness that GRANTLAND two of the League, to excellent base running" cates a well-wound and well-charged McGeehan, best Tyrus Cobb what real hitting implies. that was largely responsible for their human dynamo behind it- The six posted men on sporting topics in Roger had a perfect day yesterday. win. In this branch George Burnt practice rounds he boxed to-day were this country, will report the Wil- He drew two passes, made two smash- played the leading role. much faster than any six-round bout, lard-Dempsey championship fight ing singles and topped it all off with a Toney showed in his boxwork yester¬ I' have seen at Philadelphia, despite July 4 for the Tribune.. Mr. Mc¬ sacrifice bunt. day that he has arrived. He cut the tbe fact that corners the air here has much Geehan is already on the battle Vick Starts Procession consistently and mixed a fast more soporific qualities than the air of ball with a hook and a lob that was ground in Toledo, from where he As for the ball game proper, there most effective. in the Philadelphia. is telegraphlng daily accounts of was no such thing after the Yankees Only sixtb did Still "Sore" at Tate had the home team get. to him to any ex- the training work of both heavy- taken^heir first swings at the ball. tent, and then for two William Harrison still seems a Sam Vick started the only hits, of bit weights.. He will be joined shortly procession by which one was a home-run slam irritated at big Bill Tate, the tall Mr. walking and then stole second. Peck- Pinch Hitter Clarence by by Rice. also drew a and then Mitchell. Leon Senegambian partner who bounced inpaugh pass, on the other was such an The Tribune will receive direct Baker doubled to. his two Cadore, hand, hit emphatic right off his chin fcft, seoring hard, and was in the while at play the other afternoon. In ringside service on fight day, hav¬ mates. Lewis grounded to Dugan, replaced seventb. " by Larry Cheney, who in turn was re- his second round with Tate Dempsey ing leased a special wire to trans- whose throw to nab Baker at third was lieved by Sherrod Smith in the ninth. endeavored with considerable earnest- mit the reports of Rice and Mc¬ too high and too late. ' ness to set the Senegambian on the Geehan. Pipp forced Lewis at second, but the Giants First to Score canvas. But while Home Run King tallied on the " rocked play. The a run Dempsey These two experts will write up Pratt Giants got in the second, Tate twice, once with a left hook and the in singled to right, sonding Pipp to scoring when Chase hit into the far once a fight their inimit^ble styles, third. Bodie drove a wicked with right swing to the jaw, and for g.-ounder corner of left field and galloped to William refused to be seated. the most accurate descrip- at Shannon, which bounced off the lat- third. McCarty slammed into left The Jamaica the darkest tion of the big fight and of the ter's shins, Pipp seoring and Pratt tak¬ Chase. field, Kid, Sene¬ third. scoring Toney advanced his gambian of all, with the possible ex- events preceding and following the ing Mr. Kinney was removed battery mate with a sacrifice, butBurns of Joe battle must from the box at this juncture by Con- and were ception Wolcott, fumished you read The Tribune. nie Young easy outs. plenty of action and stopped some hard Mack, Siebold, no relation to old Zimmerman doubled in the fourth ones. "Socks," ascending the mound for the and was sent to third by Chase's bunt. Dempsey was so eager in his efforts Board of Boxing Control name the ref- visitors. Truck Hannah was out on flied to and as eree the McCarty Olson, Toney to stop Tate that he went to the mat arbitarily. aqueeze play, Pratt tallyinrr and posed at the plate, looking none toi> twice. Once he slipped after missing, "I think that the fight will end be¬ Bodie advancing to third. Shannon threatening, Heine decided to steal and once Tate wrestled him to the fore twelve roundr," said Willard. thew out Quinn, and lhe spectators home. Miller received the ball in time But there is some heaved several relief Indians Humble canvas. The intense eagemess of chance that it sighs of and then Reds in Even Break to touch him as he slid over the plate, William Harrison would indicate that might not. In that event I want to went to sleep. but the force of Zim's slide knocked he is well trained know something about the man who The Yankees picked up two more White Sox the from his and pretty and getting runs sphere hands, another toward the as might have a chance to give my title in the fourth, one in the fifth and Again, With was checked ragged edge far as work Cubs: tally up. away. Also if the of a the final counter in the The Chicago is concerned. que.sti<*n foul eighth. The fifth showed Burns as a second It struck me that the should come up I want to know that Athletics never made more than one 2-0 Cobb the He punches Demp¬ there a Winning by Eller Fans speeding paths. singled, is man hit in an 10 Men sey swung for Tate were about the good in the ring. I inning off Quinn and at no CHICAGO, June 24..Clcveland made but Young hit into far right, Griffith best he had. mean to be reasonable about this thing, time threatened to do any dam'age. it two from the ball the fence. Big William declared the but I am to straight Chieago to-day by catching against was going insist on fair pro¬ They collected only four hits during shutting out the 2 to 0. Inabil- $PORTLIGHTGranflandRice Fletcher singled to and while going pretty "It's locals, ^Sty Cadore, rough.