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HEILMANN BADLY HURT AS DETROIT WINS OUT 8 TO 5 Sport News inancial News VOL 87 NO 3 3 4 DETROIT MICHIGAN SUNDAY AUGUST 27 1922 Sport News inancial News PRICE: 'TEN CENTS mJ Ir Ik 5 A V' AMOUS GOLD CUP AND BOATS WHICH WILL COMPETE IN REGATTA STARTING RIDAY a 7 4 a re Starting next rida and continuing through the following Monday Detroit will stage the greatest powerboat meeting of the year the annual Gold Cup regatta This year the conditions of the race' have been changed and instead of hydroplanes 'facing for the trophy the contesting boats will be runabouts In the center of the above panel is the Gold Cup while on its left is The Bee owned by Bornman and on the right is The Roamer owned by Morgan each of which will contest for the cup At the extreme left of the panel is Silver Heels II ownedby Commodore A A Schantz' which is entered in the cabin cruiser race Commodore Schantz who is shown next to his boat will be commodore of the regatta On' the extreme right is Paul Baby Sure Cure entered in the Detroit Trophy race Next in from the right is Gar Wood holder of many motorboat speed records who is a former winner of the Gold Cup Mia W' i MllK i rvreww SC nW'WfVoWl 1 i MS A I yXi 4 IhtX SSL KV a r'r? i 7 JL 4 A b3zWfWHy ftrtBfM nrr xV Mi wsrM 'J WOK 'WBHMiSr Mw gosai BENGALS OVERCOME LEAD SENATORS BY HARDER HITTINGf' i' Washington Jumps on George Daiiss in Early Innings and Piles Up Advantage Moore and Ehmke Effective After Slips Topper Bat tery eatures Tiger Attack BY HARRY BULLION Washington Atiff 26 Overcoming a four run lead that the Na tionals assumed early in the second game of the series this afternoon the Tiger by superior hitting and incidentally a better brand of pitch ing turned back the Nationals for the second time in successive days Hie ligers victory achieved by the score ot to a count not uis count the loss they suffered through a severe injury to Harry Heit mann who sustained a complete fracture of the right collar bone in a collision with Prank Brower in the sixth inning however It is doubtful whether Heitmann will return to the lincuix again this year since the season has little more than a month to go Heilmann topped a pitch and the hall bounded off to right in a spot that eliminated the pitcher's changes to get Heilmami on a throw to first base But the youngster pegged the ball anyway but badly' In reaching for the leather Brower was directly in path and a crash was unavoidable ARGENTINE 4 IS ELIMINATED 4 Loses to Orange County Polo Team in Herbert Cup Play 13 to 10 HitrdlrA Over Brower Brnwer war stationary and Hell mann was Injinotlon and In tho impact Harry hurdles Tur head to the far side of the bag In alighting Hellmann hit on his nock and shoulders and crumpl ed up He retained the presence of mind to crawl Lack to first base Mwe he sank to the ground Examination proved that In the collision or fall the right collar bone' of the giant Californian had snapped He was raised to his feet hut was about to stagger again vhen several of his teammates lift ed him up and carried him into the club house In that Inning the Tigers with bro runs broke a tie they created vith three the round before and assumed a lead the Nationals fac ing Ehmke then after pauas and Moore were relieved in turn were unable to overcome Hohl Lend Evidently the Nationals recall vivJly the orgy staged at their cX htrlby the Tigers on the last trip hero' when nln runs in the 'ninth inning With a four run advantage this sft rnoou in third inning they fiouid not hold it a constant at tack finally overcoming it and a cuTtjinucd assault by the Tigers toa do victory for Detroit certain Oft Zachary who pitched one ln h' hg and Brillheart who went th? rest of route the Bergals col le ted 15 safeties of various dimen spn VVjth three errors a couple f'f bases on halls and a hit hjan to help the Bengal cause alongsht runners were accounted for he plate Ih uss started for the Ti Pers was oft form completely and the five runs which caused the Jun ontlnued on Puge Twnty four Costly Victory 0 3 2 I 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 9 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 hits 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 (I 0 0 0 0 2 a 9 0 Klne lb CiitKluiw 2b DETROIT AB 0 0'2 0 00113202 1 2 l0 0 0 ThrRe bHs dih VV YbillXGT' LX AH Ji 3 0 5 1 cf yn8 21 nre U) if 5Vk rf finpbui tnlllKirt Totals Mrnlt baeja hlt rtn Mnnk Rolen last Han I vte dgney Bassler Baaalcr to Jonn te Zia2 On i Io: Washington 12 balls Oft DaiiM 1 Brillheart 2 SUw trwk out Ry Krlliheart 2: Ehmke 4 Oft Drums 8 In 17 nJ ErtlUnirt 14 In 9 Hit lv 27 r5 Dhusm BrLiheei 1 1 by i Mron Bronr ul llt Hnlthew Winning pit'h a Briilheart res uwens auj Nullm Tlme 2 27 4i 3b I 3b 2 rf i lhfnv as 4 b'T 1 'UMe WoAlalI i totals for Dauss hi South Americans ail in irst Geme Played Since Coming to Rumson Aug 26 Argen tina's polo team which came to the United States 10 days ago freah from triumphs In England was elim inated from tho Herbert Memorial cup tournament today by the Or ange county four 13 to 10 the handicap of five conceded to the Americans being too much for the Eatin players to overcome Hated as about the equal of tho American four which won the in ternational cup from England last year the Argentina players wore disappointing particularly as Or ange county until now had not been considered a probable winner of the cup The short time they have spent in this country after an unusually long voyage with scant time to escape social fetes and get down to practice told in their team work which however was better than that of Orange county The game was played on a soggy field the turf being nearly as soft as mud from a heavy rain that fell shortly after noon and which kept the attendance down to a few hundred With a handicap of five to wipe out the scores began to count the South American poloists had the game almost even at the end of the first half In which they scored seven goals to three for Orange county But in the second half tho North 'Americans completely outplayed their opponents making five goals to three Eouis Iacey the back of the Argentina team was the individual star scoring half of his goals and making drives that for length were not equalled by any one else in the game While Ixicey was an Individual star ho showed that he also can work in close co operatinn with his team mates Many times he did most of the work In passing the ball across the field but many times broken turf caused the ball to rich ochet and bound to one side of the goal posts Other times he took the ball slope from a congested play and dashed the length of the Held driving the ball with such force that only three or four of hi pow erful strokes were needed to get within easy range of goal Both Captain AV a Harriman number 1 and Rumsey num br 2 nf Orange county played superbly Malcolm Stevenson ex hibited daring horsemanship time and again outriding several of the Argentina players Argentine (10) portion xOrangp Ccm (13) Mlles (0) No Hnrrlman Jack Nelson (3)No 2I3) Rumsey John Miles (2)No 3 1)' Stevenson Lacey (5)Back (1) Belmont xHandicap of 5 Total 13 Score by periods: Orang? County 7O I ft 2 1 2 11 Argentine 11 3 2 1 (j 2 Goals from fouls: Argentine 3 ell by Ijicey Orange County 3: Kumsey ZHarrjpian 4' WATCH HOLDS WILL Palo Alto Cal Aug 26 Execu tors of the estate of (Dadi Mnulton noted athletic trnrner Stanford university who died July 19 opened his watch and tonk from It bls last will and testament hlch wan written on a circular jUr ee of paper and pasted on the Inside of rhe case The will loft an estate valued at 1000 to his widow Ida Moulton YANKEES TAKE LEAGUE LEAD ROM BROWNS Wright afl to Halt Heavy Hitting and Bayne Re places Him MEUSEL AND PIPP HEAD SLUGGING WINNERS Maya Holds St Louis Safe Until Champions Are 7 Runs in ront New York Aug 26 Doing some more of their In a couple of days and out a couple of days stuff the New York Yanks and the St Louis Browns swapped places here this afternoon and the Yanks went back into the lead in the feverish fight for the American league pen nant The Yanks copped the second game of the veries by a score of 9 to 2 and made the count 2 to 1 in the four game aeries The present champions were not forced to a hard fight to win Carl Mays the blonde submarine pitcher had one of his good days and whn he is right he is right hlle he had the Browns patting a path in the mud between the plate and the bench the Browns played loosely behind the weird pitching of Wayne Wright and tho Yanks had runs thrown at them Hain Keeps Crowd Down The victory cost the Tanks around $15000 Rain fell nearly 11 day and no one expected a game There were only 10000 fans in the perk when Manager Huggins decid ed to get it over and prevent a postponements that might give Urban Shocker another crack at his men before the end of the season Rain drizzled through most of the third game and the athletes were toiling around heavy footed from the soft going on the fields The bugs who risked the exposed scats came with umbrelles and used them The Yanka got the jump in the second inning with the help of a weird decision by Umpire Morlarity ripp opened the inning with a single and went dow on Infield out Bob Meuse! drove him In with a single and Ward fanned Cull Meue Safe on flteal Mfusel attempted to steal and the throw apparently beat him to the bag The Browns were almost In the dugout when Morlarity call ed him safe Much argument re sulted and when the Browns went back to work Scott drove Meusel in with a ringlc The Yanks counted again in the fourth inning on Blpp double error on sacri fice and a wild pitch Two more pattered over in the fifth inning when Dugan singled Tobin muff ed sky scraper fly and Mc Manus made a wild throw on an easy chance The Yanks continued working In the sixth and seventh Continued Oi Page Twenty four SHOCMESy ONLY BROWNS Club Is Hitting and Young Pitchers Are Coming Through He Says New York Aug 26 "If wefgo hack home within one game of the win the Urban Shoeker spitball ace of the St Louts Browns was doing the talking 'The Browns are hitting The young pitchers are coming "through and the schedule Is In out favor" Shocker pitched the Browns to one victory over the Yanks in the double header that opened the bat tle for first place in the American league yesterday "I wanted to go back and pitch the second same I was right ind know I could have knocked them oft Wish we were here for four days could grab another game Jfaybe I will anyway If Lee ohl will let he said The one joy in his life is beating the Yanks and he admits It The Yanks "sold him down the river" several years ago He has neither forgotten nor forgiven" all saying that the get us when we go back to St Louis to finish the season nothing to that New York and' Washington are both worse than St Louis when it's sonic air out there the matter with nothing standing flatfooted a HARRY HEILMANN Qhi oiii tut Disabled 7' I 7z 7 X' 7 V'U Vila jt 4 SUB Uxe As TflW 7 uW Jrf A V1KZ 'St 7 UK 'w A I I 11 lAfcf i i JIMki 1 3V rL I BO jw IWW fls Jrxl W' 'f Tiger right fielder who probably will be out of the game the fest of the season because of a fractured collar bone suffered in Saturday's game i YACHT RACE GOES TO THE LAKEWOOD rank Boat Leads in 12 Mile Race The Lakewood skippered arr won the yacht race undor the auspices of the Detroit Yacht club Saturday afternoon over four other contenders Her time1 was 3:31:20 4:13 and for the three legs to wind ward spinnaker and close hauled The distance of the course was about 12 miles craft sailing from the Country club The Spook Henry skip per was second with the timo score 4:19:30 and 4:40:52 and the Meagha skipper by Kurtz worth was third with 3:34:40 4:19 40 and 4:40:55 i The A St Claire piloted by Hen drie made the distances In 3:39:40 4 30:10 and 4:40:55 The Detroit with Tom Van Sickle as skipper finished with 3:46:30 440:35 and 5:10 WINS ALABAMA TITLE Montgomery Ala Aug 26 of Birmingham won the stat championship of the Ala bama Golf championship of tho Ala ernnoh defeating of Montgomery 7 up and 5 to go In tho 36 hole final match PLAY THIRD ROUND OR DENNEN PRIZE Plum Hollow Members in Midst of Tovmey Plum Hollow golfers have com pleted the third round of the tour nament for the Dennen trophy Two of the third round matches were decided on the eighteenth green and another on the nineteenth The results: 1 Black beat William Braley 1 one up Boothby beat Ma haney on up A Nauman beat Barthel one up 19 holes Weeks won from GAV Mason by default A Rosborough beat II Clarke 5 and 4 AZ essler beat A Moore 5 and 3 NEW TROTTING RECORD SOUGHT Hartford Conn Aug Peter Manning 1:6" 4 world's champion trotter will endeavor to beat the New England trotting record of two minute at the Grand cir cuit meeting at Charter Oak park Sept mbr 5 The record is held lointly bv Peter Manning and Ixu Dillon both horses having made the time over the Headville track HANDICAP GOES TO MERRIMAC ATDEVONSHIRE i Marie Blanche Noses Out av orite Tycoon in ourth When Dtdy Bom Quits HELD HORSES HNISH WELL IN THIRD RACE Lady elix and Athanna Re ward Backers in irst Two Dashes Merrimac ran one of his best races Saturday to win the Wind sor handicap feature of the open ing card at Devonshire showing speed when needed and receiving a nice ride The son of Wrack and Resignation took command at the third stood off all challengers from there in A $2 ticket on Merrimac paid $1085 Guy the favorite was second by a length and Cotton Blossom went tho iamo' footago behind Guy The time was 1:44 4 5 3 5 slower than the track record Bung Burk alls The hot Information had to do with Runga Buck old track fa vorite which has shown poorly In his last three races He was made second choice but out in the roads where the bets are decided he show ed no form Improvement Citation which has changed hands twice In a week started as guide for the field and stepped a lively gait up to the three quarters here Merrimac went to the front and stayed The crowd was about It 000 and the track was fast Threat ening showers failed to arrive and the events were run under a sjate sky that was a relief to those who sweltered on the Windsor Jockey club griddle earlier In the week avorite Left at Post Sir Clarence heaviest backed of the lot which appeared In the first race was left at the post while Lady elix beat the barrier and opened up a long lead to win ty five lengths Once Smallwood got Sir Clarence into motion ho ran a game race and at the wire was covering twice the ground ot the winner Statlm took the show money a length behind Sir Clarence In the second Athanna with noth ing to beat laid in the third hole until the stretch where she sprinted strongly and won going away Eau Gallic was second and Virginia ox thud Two field horses ran one three in the third race the winner develop Continued On Page Twenty six NEW MARK SET BYBABYGARIII Wood Wins Allison isher Cup Making Last 50 Mile Heat at 41 3 10 Miles an Hour Hamilton Ont Aug 26 Baby Gar TH owned and driven by Gar Wood of Detroit set a new vrorld record) Saturday in winning the third and final 50 mlle heat for tne Allison isher trophy averag ing 41 3 10 miles an hour covering th'e distance in 1:12:33 Ionic finished second tn 122:53 Packard Baby Gar third in 123:47 and Nick Nack fourth in 139:01 Miss St Lawrence developed1 en gine trouble and dropped from the race on the twenty third lap Vincent's Packard Baby Gar jumped Into the at the start Baby Gar" III started 300 yards behind the field but picked up all contenders but the Vincent boat on the first lap The latter boat led for 30 miles then was com pelled to slow down because of mag neto trouble RAIN PREVENTS RACING Poughkeepsie Aug The Grand Circuit races were call ed oft Saturday because of rain The hordes were to be shipped to Readvine 12 AST RUNABOUTS TO VIE OR GOLD CUP SPEED BOAT TROPHY POLICE SECURE IRST IN MEET 2 3' AMERICAN LEAGUE hlrsrn Detroit NATIONAL LEAGUE 3 4 45 aS NEW YORK BARS PASKE ther action by tne commission next Tuesday con Sat 73 sa 73 St 54 63 61 Chics co Pfttsburcfr Pt Louis Detroit Cleveland was was sec und and 613 ritielnrat! Hrorklm 57 Phi ilea 42 Boston" NevT York Aug The btate athletic commlMionJSaturday an nounced the suspension Jcnnny Paske his foul tactics' In the ring at Queens erry Athletic club 59 61 3S 79 Sunday Gamea Tfcneten at CJnrhmatL Detroit Washington St Louis at New Turk Other ciube nut echedutoe 1Y et 4M 111 til Get Sweet Revenge on ire men in Annual Municipal Track Competition aa Wash mon 504 Individual Work of Karimo I Great actor in Win Success BY STANLEY I BRINK Members of the police de partment need enduro bv longer the gibes taunt and jeers ot their firemen rivals relative to their prowess on track and field bvcausu by victory In tho second annual municipal aflidr at Cudd field Saturday afternoon they at tained their long desired revenge for tho overwhelming defeat suf fered in 1921 The officers wound up their ac tivities with a total of 73 points while the firemen harvested but 41 Street railways nosed out the post office men by getting 6 to the lat 5 It was merely a dual meet between tho police and firemen after it developed early that the other two departments lacked the strength they weru thought to pos sess Complete mastery dn the Held tests particularly the weights played the major part In the suc cess of the police And then too they possessed individuals whose all around ability had been cealcd but came to the fore unlay oremost In the triumph Lauria Karimo All he did take Uvc first places and three onds lie won both the high low hurdles high iumu Javchn shot Jn the 56 puund weight ham mer and discus he brought in sec onds Without Lauria the police might nut have fared so well The firemen said they would have been awav behind And such an obser vation covers I value to his team Edward was' another policeman who rendered yeoman service Hts contributions were firsts In the 440 and the half mile run and running fourth man in the relay His sprinting in the team race kpt the lead established by the police In the third lap and as sured victory to the guard ians Catlin wltn first places in thehot and discus was another heavy contributor In gathering In points In the weights he was ably assist ed by Paul Smith Claire Snover Walter Glago Joe Prevanda How ard Martin and Ed McPherson To cut a long tale in half tne police had a track team which the fire men underestimated All the laurels however did not rest with the police force Herbert fire department captur ed both tne' 100 and 200 yard dashes after brilliant battles with Howard Martin police They ran a dead heat In the century race and the judges permitted them to run again Then Herbert won In the fur long Martin gave him anotner race but Herbert won out in the final 25 yards Make Good Time Taking into consideration that the contestant lacked the train ing which is the fortune of the college or prep athlete tne time made in many of the events was ex cellent In the mile 4:53 was regis tered won the 440 in Continued on Page 27 Saturday's Results 3 Waahington 5 i 4 ChicMro PhHadeipbia Bustonanevetand (rain) Major League Standings Rmq Pittsburgh 7 Brooklyn Phlfadrlphls 3 Chtasgt 6 Cincmnatl 4 2 Boston 3 1 St Xoius 7 ork 3 Only io of the runabout have been identified tn th regatta mlttee of the Detroit Gold Cup and Harmsworth Trophy committee Tha bv havc be'n ntrei by praminent sportsmen but neither one ha divulged the name ot tyne Otat "Otered 1 type This la one year that Derrolteri' ctn assurd th GoM Cup will no co elsewhere Huftlo hae two chances to win wlrn Continued On Twenty sli Athietlcab 4r Boston 4471 Event to be Greatest in History from Entry Standpoint other cities strong Bidders for Honors Gar Wood out to win 1 50 Mile Race Detroit will stage the greatest speed boat event of the season in the running of the 90 mile Gold Cup rare which starts next riday afternoon on the Detroit river and will (be completed Monday after noon Twelve of the fastest runabouts of the Gold Cup type' will race for the famous trophy long regarded as the national championship The race will be run on the two and one half mile course between Celle Isle and the American shore and if the boats were evenly spaced around the oval there would be one boat for every two tenths of a mile i rom the entry standpoint it will be the greatest Gold Cup race in history as it far exceeds any of the previous races As a rule two or thre of the fastest hydroplanes have battle for the Gold Cup with Gar Wood always victorious This year (he specta tors will likely see four or five boats battling for the pole on every turn Three Hacker Entries Among the 12 runabouts entered for the Gold Cup are two not pre viously Identified One is one oi the "dark lorse" entries made be fore the closing the Zephyr one 'f John Hacker's runabout creations entered by oul Strasburg ot the Deltolt Boat club The other Is an other Hacker runabout entered by Edward Grimm Buffalo Launch club and named Miss Mary This gives Hacker three chances to win the Gold Cup with the Zephyr Miss Mary and Arab VI a lie Miss Mary and arab VI are similar boats being with six cylinder Sterling engines of the bea Gull type The Grimm entry was not announced earlier due to the fact that he made his entry to the racing commission of theAmerican Pawn Boat association instead of to the Detroit Gold Cup and Hrrmsworth Tr iphy committee The Belle Isle Boat Engine company has the percentage In the race with four of Its Bear Cats as follows: Bear Cat Special Dick Locke Demon Bear Cat 1 Eric son Bear Cat Roamer Starlev Morgan Bear Cat Bee red Bor man Chrls Smith the Algonac Jihe' of Pductlons racing the Chrlscraft II entered Catherine Smith In ood brother of Gar Wood as brought two boats from Minna spoils both hull and engine being Minneapolis productions.

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