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Meets "Terrible One" Tonight
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CANADIAN
BOY WINS
RACE FAME
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Percy Williams Defeats
World's Greatest Sprint-'
ers in Olympic Upset-
Yankee Stars Stunned By
Defeat American Team
Scores in Openintj Events
OLYMPICS IX A NlTMlrtl,!, ;
tlly the Associated P
ess. )
Today's Program:
100-meter dash, semi-finals !
and finals.
lan-meter hurdles, finals. 4 j
XOU-nirtor run, semi-finals. -100-meter
dash (women).
trials and semi-finals. H
4 llammer-throw, finals. ;
YcwUrlnyK 1'cntnres. 4 !
Kuek of Fnited States I
3- broke world's record in win- 4- '
nlng shot-put finals with toss
of .12 feel ll-lfi inch.
8 King. Fniteil Slates, cap- 4 '
tured high jump title. ( i
.Nurmi won 10.000 meters. $ 1
I breaking Olympic record; !
Joie Hay, only American to
finish, was 12th.
fr Wykoff. Uraeey. MeCalllster
and liusseil survived first two
heats in 1 oh-meters. j.
Ilahn, Fuller, 'ait-..n and
Slttig tialiflcd for S0 meter
semi-finals. Gibson and .Mhx-
well were eliminated In -100-
meter hurdles, but Taylor and 4
Cuhel survived first and sec- 4 j
ond trials. ! 1
Leading point scores: 4
I'nited Slates, 'jr.; Finland, 4 :
17. '
5,4 4'44,4'44'44'
4-
OLYMPIC STAIHl'.M, Amster
dani.. July 110. (IJI Losing; out in
all three of today's final events in
the Olympic track and field emu-
petition, .the t'nlted States athletes
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n i lie. t in pit ivv iuvi.i-1 .tio in-
pionship gii" i. . "Canada. tiio'-loO
meter hurdles tn )0'nglnnd and the
liamim-r throw to Ireland, 'all in
yisets of varying ileRrees; The best
the American's could do In these
events was to place fourth and
fdxlh in the" dash, second ami, third
In the hurdles and third and fifth
and sixth In the hammer throw.
The winners w ere comparative
unknowns in two of the three
events while Lord Davy P.urghley
of lOngland. wljo won the 40 me
ter hurdles, was
listeil us one of ;
thu most linmiislnK ronteniUTH I'Ut
was civpii Httlf irhnnrp tt lpat the
Ainoncan. MnrRan Taylor, who was
fli-fcndiliK 111" i'lialiil'l""l'll"nii In
5!tl' l. Taylor was only thinl lotlay.
iM'iiip iK-airn hy hts i-oiiniryin:ni.
Frank I'nh.-I of li.ua. as wi ll as l.y
Ulrtil'y. Tho Ulnr was Til
srronds whk-li was not m'arly as
Kcod as Taylor has donP 1'W' was
fast cnnsi'lprint; th track.
l-pri-y Williams, lirltish (.luin
l.ia s.-hooll.oy s.ranc Hip hlK Mir-
lirisp In tin- 1 00 nipK i s hy ili ti at
intt ihf woiM s l.pst. InclnfllnK Hi"
Mull ratpil AiiK'ilcans. Frank
Vyckotf unci Hoi) .Mcl'ullisui'. who
could do no hottt r than fourth and
sixth resiipctlvc-ly. Mcl.'alllstpr and
Lckk of South Africa who was
Riven fifth ldace tentatively, fln
IshPd so I'lusp toRithpr that thr
final award of plapps had to tin
iostionrd until niovips of Hip race
could he stndlPil. .lack London,
Hrlllsh tlPmo. and (Ipiiriso Ijim
niiTH, the (li'rnian took wcond and
third In the race, which was won in
HI 4-: seconds, one fifth slower
than the Olympic record.
Irish-Americans had hem rciml)
IHK off with the hainnicr IhrowinK
chani)lunshli for l"ncle Sam re
peatedly In past Olympic, hut this
nice nn Irishman. ihnnvinB for
Ireland won when I'ut OfalhiBhan
got the ball away HiS feet TH
inche s to beat Osslun Skold of Swe
den hy four Inches. ICdmund
Itlnck. the best of the Americans
was a poor third more than seven
feet behind, while his team niatps.
Don Bwvnn anil Frank Conucrs.
trailed the Italian PokkNI. ,v1,
was fourth.
(Hy Alan .1. (iouhl. A-socliilccI
Pr-s.1 Sports l-lltor.t
AMSTKHUAM. Holland. July 0
(,V)t the openlnit day's perforhi
lllices are to be accepted as a cri
terion, the I'nited ."tutes is headed
for Its ninth consecutive Olympic
tra. k anil field triumph. "n a
similar basis. Paavo Nurmi is des
tined to remove any Hnc'Tins
doubt llinl he's the super-runner
of all time.
On u day v. hen the world's shot
put record was broken by the
,.t....i-can super-man. .tohn Kttck
of Knnsas, In the first SH-fool per
formance of athletic history. II
took iiimlhcr sillier-performer li
capture the spotlight.
Kuek. with n loss that measured
11-lli of an In beyond the hither
to impregnable figure of 5i feet,
furnished the openlni: day's sensa
tion, but Nurmi provided the thrill
iiiK cllmujc by enmitiK 'rnl hehlml
In the strKteh trt beat his ancient
rival. Willie liitola. Kinnlsh-Anier-lcsn
ace. and ou'ebiss Aini-rien's
own .lole lldv alonu with the best
of a Mk field and smash the Oyni-'
. i.-ed. Willb liilolu ami Kdviu
Wide, ill.- Swedi-il hriHM.illliL.str
who clacked under yesterday.;
pace, would hate to nf ' the Klnn
when he ha any more.
The only noticeable change in
1'aavu is that he's considerably
balder, looking touch nmrc inut iVl
than his l'T years.
In a blanket finish, the American
flying cop heal the young Cana
dian. P. William, a bar' fool.
I .em; of South Afrira was third.
ilouhen, a Cermun mar. uiu
: Iiraecy were shut out hIuiik with
Tina of Argentina.
Kuck's slim put victory, which
sent the star. and Stripes flying
first on the Olympic cent or ok
fulfills the sensational 'promise oi
lh" ni,,ml practice form.
Yesterday, with Herman. Brlx. I ni-
v'rMily ,,f Wa,,,,n k-.
parent ly asMirca of triumph with
a toss of :.l feet Ji inches. Kink,
on his next to last throw, luirlni
tin- ball lo a new world's record.
boating not only Prix but the er-
' man. J-'.mil Hirsehfehl. as well.
Hirschfeld held Ihe" world's record
for the shotput officially just two
days, and ms.de a fine f fort to
keep the crown by tossini; tin 1 ti
' pound ball r-1 feet ti T-S Inches.
Hob KitiK of Stanford take his
place among the first group crown-'
, ed us Olympic champions by virtue,
of his triumph In the high jumii. j
wnn a leap or b reet 4 y-s inches.
The Yankee sprint stars scored
a clean sweep In their first and
second lao-meier trials with the
semi-finals and finals on today.
Lloyd llahn. Boston A. A. star,
led the iiuallfying ouartet In the
S00 meters competition, which
reaches the semi-finals today.
F. Morgan Taylor. Illinois A. C.
crack. and defending Olympic
champion, loomed as a strong fa
vorite to retain his lou-meter hur
dle crown aflur the unexpcctrA
elimination of Johnny Gibson.
Ploomficld lyceum, and liox Max
well. Los Angeles A. C.
The first of three Jin-meter semi
final heats was won by F.arl A
Fuller r. s.i in a clos.' finis,
with Douglas Gordon Lowe of Fug
land, defending champion.
Dr. Otto Pellzer, German siai
was eliminated.
The lUtl meters dash witnessed
the worst setback American sprint
i
ers ever received m Olympic com
petition when they failed to gel
one of the three medals. . Two
false starts preceded the race
and the secmUl. .made by Wykoff,
seemed to rattle- the young Ameri
can.
A big Upset came when Dr. P.
OVallaithan of Ireland won the
Olympic hammer throwing
chain-
plunshlo with a toss of iil::i!i mo.
ten. Kkold uf Sweden was sec-
onu, and the Americans, lilaeli
Gwyun and Connor, finished third
lilt li and sixth, respectively.
In h
(lay In which they were
in all three ' Tlnals, the
t
fhwten
A morieans gained small satisfac
tion by increasing their point lead
Totals showed the I'nited States
with :r. points, pritain l it, Fin-
land 1 7. Sweden
and Ireland each
lti and Canad t
Hi,
, 17.
STADIUM. AMSTKKDAM, July J pUchiiig
30. fTi A Canadian schoolboy iOHt y,
from Ilrilish Columbia. Percy Wll-j
Hams, sprang from obscurity tu
fame today by beating the world's
B feat est sprinters in the Olympic
laa-ineter final in la 4-.". seconds.
Frank Wykoff. A meriean favorite
In the event, finished fourth, while
Hob McAllister, "the flying cop."
regarded as a dark horse, was sixth
and last.
The viclovy of the Kiiglishmuu ; '
over the American pair of Franks NEW YORK. July 30. A
J. Ciihul and F. Morgan Taylor. Gene Tunney. arriving in New York
who finished second and third, fur-I from a week end In the country,
nished n sensational upst. I paid he will have no "nnnounc"-
" -AM hough the Aim-rican werejment" to make today. IIo will at
st u ned by defeat In the event they Mend a luncheon given tomorrow
had fell Mire of winning, the Kng-, in honor of William Muldoon, vct
lish man's triumph w;im cheered eran member of the New York
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and smiling, was carried off
the field on the shoulders of team
mates. Cuhul. stronger of the iwo Amer
icans, a? pea red the victim of a
poor start, but was outrun in the
final dash after pulling up even
with the Itrilon.
OLYMPIC STAmi'M, A M STICK -HAM.
July 3'). fli The American
foils team was defeated in both
semi-final round contests tit the
Olympic .fencing" competition to
day, lost m; to France. 5-U, ami to
Italy, li-lll. Argentina, by defeat
In Hungary. 11-T., won a place in
the finals with Italy, Franco and
Medium.
Baseball Standings
Pacific Coast iLeiiguo.
YV. I,.
IV.
Sacramento ...
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San Francisco
Oakland
Mission
Los Angeles .
Portland
Seattle
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' New York ti'i 110
'Philadelphia 62 SO
St. Ixnils 50
Cleveland HI !W
; Washington -pi f 5
; Chicago 43 '.ti
: Detroit 4 0 r.7
, Poston BS rs
1 National league.
W. L.
st. Louis. (2 :tr
Cincinnati' .. ......'. . ."?f"T0""
Chicago T7 42
New York f2 3!
llrooklyn 4H 4S
Pittsburg It! 4ti
: Itoston 27 i;o
Philadelphia -3 tj.'i
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jor League Leaders
Inclmiinir games of July 29:
( Uy the Associated Press)
National.
Patting Hornshy. Itraves. .31M.
Runs liottoniley. Cards. hS.
Ituiis batted in P.oilomlcy, Cards,
8 7. . . ,
. Hits Ootithlt. Card;
:. Gill. i
Cards.' 30.
Doubles Itollonih y
Triples ltottomley, Cartls. ' 13.
, llomei- - ilson, tns. 24.
SnUen hascs Cuyler, cubs,
is.
Pitching
Uenlon (Hants,
won
17. lust I. "
American League.
Paltlng-Goslin, Senators,
Ituns Utah;- Yankees, 107.
ktins batted in Ituth. Yanks, It
Hits- Mamtsh, Drowns, 12!t.
Doubles Flags! cad. Hed Sox,
Tiiples Dames, Senators, 1 3.
Jlonier
Stolen
Iluth, Yanks. I".
bases M until. White
-lloyt," Yankees,
won 1 3,
TUNNEY TO TELL '
PLAN TOMORROW
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TILOEN LOSES
10 COCHET IN
L GAME
French Retain Davis Cup
Big Bill Trimmed in
Straight Sets and Given
Worst Beating of Tennis
Career Strategy Fails.
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KOLAXD tlAltHOS STADll'M.
AlTFl'lL, France. July 3o. (A)
.T.Sij ' Amerii a's campaign to recapture
.:, 1 7 the Ltavis cup from the French
.017 failed today when Henri Cochei
,. x defeated W.Iliam T. Tllden in the
.3 1 o deciding match of the series in
.4 L straight sets by scores of D-7, S-t,
I fi-4.
j This gave the French three oi
j the four matches playeM.
.Kit 7 Tlio French kept the cup as a
.633 result of singles victories for t o
.Mo chpt over, both Hennessey and
.Itio Tilden and :i doubles triumph for
.4.i.ri ; fochet ami Jean Itorolra over
43 1 1 Tilden and Frank Hunter.
412: coehet thus was the hero of lh"
.3l'C challenge round, with a perfect
I record of three victories.
One more match of the chal
leiino round series remains, pit-
Hennessey, but it will be nothin
more than an exhibition, as t
thing hung upon the outcome of
the Tilden-Coehet match,
i Dig Pill put up a gallant fight
against his brilliant little French
I opponent, but showed the ei'lecta
j of the losing five. set doubles
match, in which he participated
yesterday.
Coehet was at his whirlwind
best today and gave Dig I till the
(worst beating he ever received In
; Davis cup play. Never before has
I Tilden been trimmed In st might
sets in a challenge round for me
trophy.
Keallzing that his best chance
lay in wearing dowu the Ameri
can, the canny young player" froin
Lyons kept him on the run -con-j
sianiiy. (leucine tne sets ami
stretching them nut Interminably. ;
I Tilden made n brave attempt to
w,n U1C seeonu set ami seven ,
itimes needed only ...one point to.
) gain it and square the mutch, hui
I each time fulled as Coehet stead-:
ily. . overhauled him. , The , .Ihlrd v.
i set saw Tilden again buttling'
1 fiercely, -this time in the hope '
33,!f forcing the mutch to four Nets,'
: which would have given him fins !
I intermission, at the end of the
Sox, ' mird set in which to rest. Co-1
' diet had other plans, however,
f an' finished htm off before t he
; American could gain the coveted
-breathing space.
State Athletic commission, and
"will have something to say then."
1 lowever. Tunney said today he
does not regard his forthcoming
statement as "of great importune."
! Tu n ney sa Id. h o wever, that his
! statement at the luncheon would
fetlle the (inestlon of his future
activities in connei'tlon with box
ing. The champion also took nc-
casion In a chat with newspaper
reporters to deny the truth of all
the manv suggestions made fur
hinl after he leaves the ring be -
hind. Tunney suggested that his
friends had been too enlhuMlasiie
In working out plans for his future.
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BEAVERS DIVIDE;::
San Francisco Whs forced to put
ui) stiff battles' to win twlco from
the Seattle Indians In a double
header that gave the Heals the
short scries. to 1.' The first
game, decided, by AvertU's homer
in the seventh with the bast s luad
nd, ended 11 tu 10, while the after
noon brtttle Was not decided for III
Minings! ending ti to The double
win puts the SeaU within three
games of the leagtle leaders, Sac
ramento and Hollywood. I'.attiien:
First game Mays, Malls and
Jone, Hprina: C. Sullivan and Ilry-
'an.
Heeond game Mitchell. Mou
ty and 8 p r I n
i Hehmhlt.
After winning from the Senators,
" to In the morning, the Mis -
slops Hells dropped the nightca p
! hy an Identical score. Hatirb s:
1 KIrM gnine---HnlHnK and P.atdwln:
' Vlnel. Kalljo, Hacha.- and Koeli-
b-r. s-coiid game Keating and
1 Severeld; Nev-is and Sepbeiw,
-"-
The Oaks got off to a Mi"g
start by scoring two runs In the
first Inning of the morning gnmo
with Hollywood to win. II to . The
Stat's took ihe second, h to lot
teries: First gamt Duiuovtch and
Lombard I ; Murphy and AgiH'W.
S ml game Fulh-rton and l!ass-
ler; Shea anil MeKvoy. Head anl
tnbanll.
l,os Angeles divided the doilble-
icader and sluul series with I'oi't-
laml, winning the first -ti to a, ami
dropping the .nightcap. to I. A
morn by Merger, laiy Angeles out
fielder, was the only score In the
nhhrcvatcd sevi'ii-innlng a f tern turn
game. Ital tei icm: Irsl game
ters un.l Warren; Yerkes and Whit
ney.
Second iiaiiie-Cheslev ami
Sandberg: Orenuui and Whitney, j
(allies Tills Week, i
Seattle al Portland. j
Oakland at Sacramento. 1
Missions vs. Hollywood at I. m
A ngeles
I .o.s Angeles ;
i San I- rauclsco.
You III l',dates Crime.
IIKI.I.KFONTK, Pa., July HO.
Teachoui and ''osepn uameuisKy. jr.. ---year-idd
nniff-ssed slayer of in-.
Gerald Kelly of Jchkup
1 to the olecirlc- chair
. Hot kvlew penltent ary.
Tho ynulhftil slnyT
Pa., went
today at
liad con-
fessef he shot the doctor neeauso
he bail ndvised the amputation of
one of, Kaineiifsky's legs after a
mine accident. '
SAM JENNINGS, Prop.
"It's me or the Turk, and I ain't
plannin' for it lo be me," roared;
Pull Montana, movie sheik
and
i, ui ),. 1 1 1 i i ft ii i-ii i ii u Vifw 1m t
n.m.ti,, lliiHsnii
Muhammnl untight at the Armory
In a finish w rest Hug match, win
ner take all. Montana Is deter
mined to give the Turk a few
wrestling lessons and has been
working out at the Jackson Hot
Springs for the past week, pra
paiing for the bout.
A semi-final match will precede
the main event and will feature
George I niCorenko. iiliu H Holly
wood movie actor, against an tinan
n o u n c e d opponent. DuCorcnko,
who wrestled the Turk last week
i and wnn on n foul, nppcart-d as the
executioner in the recent picture,
"The Cossack." featuring John Gil
bert, and is also In the picture,
"The Patriot," featuring Kinll Jan
nings. 1 le will return to Holly
wood this week in order to take
up movie work and will work In
another big feature picture.
IIIINI). Ihe., July ;I0.(I,I liend
l'Jagle.s defenteil Albany In the Wll-
lametle Valley league gume here
- I ycsieruay ,v io i no nngie. go.
' .1uml " H'i inning wnn a
four-run lead, which t ho visitors
were unable to overcome.
Huoro: . . 11. . H. K.
Albany 4 S fi
(tend . ;.. nil r
Haiteiies: Ctdeman and Wllkin-
: soli; Hose iipd Kubaiiks. f
SALi:.l. Ore,. July 30. !)
Saleni won from Kugeue yester
day lu a closely contest rd game.
i ' ' ' ' ' ' '. 1 1
QDflDT DDirCQ
01 Ull UiULlU . ,
I to .1. lu the eighth inning t he IMisonnient in solitary confinement
score was Hed when Luke GIH,t 'u their mrt neveral yeara ngb
of Salem got home after Kugeneln n desperate break for free-r
i claimed he should havo been I dom, escaped from their erila In
!calle.i out for interferitiB wUh I Ohio penitentiary todny, but wera
ibn brill at third base. Tho ball, t recaptured by guards In the prinon
thrown by Catcher Itllss. struck
Gilt. The umpire overruled the
Kugeue protest, lid wards of Ha -
1 )"in brought In the winning tally,
TO 6 FULL GAMES
Uy llrrlM-rl W. Barker. A-MK-iated
Prexs SMrts Writer.)
Something has struck the proud
I Yankee craft, how, stern and amid
' ships. She's still afloat but leak
lug badly and may go down at any
minute.
A month ago the champions wore
hading the American league pro
! esc.-lon by more than u dozen
games. Today that lead had dwin
idletl to six and a half games-Tak-i
lug heart at this unexpected' col
' lapse upon the part of the haughty
i New Yorkers. Connie Mack has
1 pushed his Philadelphia Athletics
along at a whirlwind pace and
! again has hopes of realizing his-
long -deferred ambition of piloting
another league pennant winner.
At Cleveland yesterday, before
2.r,t"'0 fans, the largest crowd of
j the season there, the Yankees suf--I
feted the most humiliating defeat
, they have taken since l!2t! when
; they ended the season in seventh
place. They were annihilated by
the Cleveland Indians, 21 to 6. in
the wildest major league game of
the year.
The Indians started out with
eljiht runs In the first Inning, dc-J
elded that wouldn't be enough and
scored n ln,e morn in the second.
One run was the best the In-.
dinns . could do In the third and
I they waited until the sixth Inning
to score the last six.
The pitching victims were, In or
tier, lieorge Plpgras, Wiley Moore,
Myles Thomas. Henry Johnson and
Archie Campbell.
While all this was going on, th
Athletics were chalking up another
win at St. Louis, taking over the
for the seventh straight
llllll', O IU 1.
Jimmy Foxx pounded In a hom
er, a double and tdnglc. and drove
In four runs. ;-
After losing six In a row, the'
Itoston Hed Sox beat this Detroit
Tigers, fi to 2.
After losing their seventh
straight contest lu the first game,
Ihe Chicago White Sox came back
to beat tyic Washington Senators
In the last half of a double bill.
Ted Lyons was ineffective in the
opener and the Senators pounded
out an X to a victory. Adklns was
In form In the nightcap and tho
Sox ended their long string of re
i verses with a 5 to I triumph. -
In tho National league, the' Cln
! clnnatt Ueds strengthened their
j hold on second place by turning
back the llrooklyn Dodgers, (J to G.
The New York Giants and Chi
cago Cubs fought each other to a
standstill In a double bill at tho
Polo grounds. Tho Gianta took the
I first game, 4 to 3, In 10 innings.
Larry HeMon gaining his 17th vic
tory of Iho year. Guy Jtush opt
pltehed Vic Aldrldge In the night
cap mid the Cubs won, 3 tu 1.
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COl.rMHt'H. Ohio. July 30. .$)
i Four members of the prinon
(Company K, sentenced to life im-
aiu.
t.t--z rrrrr
j'i'ho lCugeno team finished
gaim under official protest.
Telephone 223
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