CAPS HAY COMITY TOfES. V RLDAY. HAY 81. 1926.

Colyum

Ocean City Bowler Takes Second Place

Wildwood High Unable To Hold Honors at Meet

Bp Ned Hankins

Base Is Eakking His Salaky Again

Herman Ruth, the bustin' bambino of the New York ■ earning that big*salary Color.ci Rupert is handing

the contract of the greatest home run

all Wston terminates, and it behooves the big outKt again clubbing them out of the lot if he expects the Management to renew it at anything like the present Erver, if he but continues at his present pace it doesn't

I owners will T argue a whole lot about it.

■te Babe starfed on tus campaign as a home run artist [ back in 1919, when he broke the record of Edward N. Bold Chicago Cub star, which had stood since 1884, with ;> belts, fje continued his work the following year with . .ecord of 54 home runs and in 1921 had his greatest Kng 59 bxlU out of the lot in 152 games, an astrage of Ine eycry throe games. In 1922 Roger aoried 42 homers led Ruth as the scar's heaviest slugger. Fhe next year .. Sf-lr and hit 41 circuit clouts. In 1924 he hit 46 Lt vear the Babe spent considerable time in the hospital tuck his stride and again Hornsby took away the hear* r spent in diligently and persistently endeavoring to get Lditkxi resulted in the B-mbino appearing at the spring in better shape than at *nv time since his sudden nse He apparently has learned hit leaaon that high living E , sports don't mix and now realires that if he is to the highest paid athlete in the major leagues he must _> his business of knocking out home runs. When the Eng right he it worth every cent the Yankee owners When the Yankees hit town every <*» attend* the game I the popularity of the home team, just so he can be on

I .4k Babe Cmsh one over the wall.

Wildwood Man Wins Indi- Ocean Gty High Scotca vidual Alley Champion- , Point Against •hip of County Veteran Teams Rud* Fehrle h M«y High W.5 Thml

I tkit x-ritiaf Rmlh has forked •«/ tuehe hooters and of his improved physical condition has his yreatest this seestu to make pood on his statement that he E ku 1921 record. ^ a.vNATi PaoriTED By McGraws Mistake

Averacini; an exoepttonal score of more than 200 pins a game for ten sanies. I [sward Cueey. of Wildwood, walked off wllh the Individual bowling championship of Cape May County, over the Casino alleys. Wildwood. The contest drew an entry list of more than fifty bowlers from various sections of the county. It Usled two weeks, and the final compilation of scores was completed Friday. Cuary's total for the t-n games was. 2.007 pins. His nearest competitor was H. Adams. Oceac City, with a lota - of l.*21 plus. Close oa the heels of Adams came C. H. Tor ham. another Wildwood Mar. with a grand total of 1.S16

pins.

Fehrle Rallies Cuser's average for the ten games was 213.2, Adams compiled a -rand average of 1S4.4. while Topbam was a shade behind with an average of 404.3. R. Fehrle. of Ocean City, staged a nice rally to oeat out M. Maguire. of Wildwood, for fourth Place. Fehrle averaged 131. and Maguire averged 180. Each of the Brat eleven competitors was rewarded with a silver cup and cash prise. Other winners were: J. Thomas. Wildwood Crest; J. Fehrle, Ocean City; H. Braidwood. Anglesea; C. H. Crone. Wildwood; F. Chambers. Cape May. and Walter Troen. of Wild-

wood.

The Middle Township High School, presentIiik a wonderfully | well balanced team, easily took |off the Cape May County chamI pioushlp at the meet hold at Wildwood Saturday afternoon. The winners scored In every event and rolled up a total of 4S points for their afternoon's work. The WUdwuOd team marked

38 counters.

Wildwood. UK rnamptons *4 1925. were dose on the heels of the victors until the final events, but the victory of Bndicott In the

le of Art Neft to Cincinnati by McGraw and the release Jroh brings to raiafl other deals in which the Reds have tdsnmcly at the experwe of the Giant manager's slips. McGraw bad Eddie Roush and Benny Ksufi, both the Federal League, he decided to retain Kaufi and let tc th Reds. Kaufi voon pawed out of the majors via id then out of baseball altogether. whOe Roush iromeditc a slat and has remained one of the leading hitters and or the National league ever since. after playing around in Oshkosh in the YViaconsm-Illmms B or four years, came to the Giants in 1911 and was ufftlo. The next two seasons saw him back on the then he was traded to Gndnnati with Devore and amine. The other three players never came through f the majors while Grab became a star. In 1921 him back for $1(10.000 and George Bums and thrown in for good measure-

f 'hosr to o tittle errors on the part of the xthusrd leader (Hants tcrtamly most rankle deeply. So u-ondrr the noli otL-nen are willing to deal uith the (Hants. '■? * •* * An Heft Cost-Giants a Small Foetlne

I York fain will be sorry to see Neft go. He lias been one Ltnstais of tlie piMmng rtafi ever since he joined the dub | Art also coat McGraw a small fortune. He waa purchasad II from the Boston Braves for a price reported to be bnd four players. The players were Cecil Causey. J« T John Paul Jones, pitchers, and Mickey O'Neill, catcher. I itse be mined by the New Yorkers. J release of Grab doesn't necesaarily mean that his major Brerr is at an end. In spite of his "trick" knee, there n Kpient) of good baseball hdt tr. him yet, and it is likely that Cud with some major league club. fa> rather easy to obtain waivers on Groh because no other Ud pay the high salary that he is mid to hare recrived as a ^>1 the Giants. Being a teti-ycar-m*n Hemic is free to fo

s more anxious than ever r changes may be expected un-

J is’a decided improvement with his dub. There is a repprt | Giant leader will make another efiort to get Walter Hrn-

catcher, a-hom he was seeking this spring.

I If Art Fletcher .an make a drat shat uusld help his V It kirk is swiftly moving toward the bottom of the fa«. hr mndouhtrdly will he Milling to pert with llenltne.

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Haiku OmMvnc Ova* Pitching StArr iiagcr Stanley Harm has decided now that "Bullet Joe > at last apparently rounded into his real form, to once again tKirwtar mound stafi in regular order. Buck) has been havtle trouble getting his huriers straightened out this spring its now that they are ready to carry the Senators through to

mtaljj, it that .McGraw is r r pendant this year ami more changi

quarter which will ascend the pitching slab at the start of ntest consists of Walter Johnson. Stan Covrlcski. Dutch and Joe Bush. That's the order laid down by the manager says that he wdl follow it out until one of them starts in the fast pace. >en that happens he will call on the Swarthmore alumnus. Ogden, and jt* ever-ready Alex Ferguson. But now that found IxjlPf^* he illustrated to the dismay of his former t. the Su Louis Browns, last week. Harris thinks that his rtrr.au will remain *i is for some time.

Thrn in the relief ro'e Harris has that peer of all nr hutUu. Fred Markrrry. He has bern .ailed on to ’ thr taker phi hms against five different dabs already • • • • Uiunc Scores Into NEWS

r NEWS is endeavoring to do all possible to further the otjMrts in Ocean City and sincerel) asks the assistance of n AT-Wlfsr efforts. Am suggestions which you are able «( hich will make us more sucrrwful or which will be for th< sports in this resort, will he must welcome a! this office. ien your baseball team is plating see that wt get a copy o. sco.c. Score sheets will be furnished on request at th« office.

i -Wbafs wrong. Many? ■—I-T tmnrt tny ^-bam i-b-hol water. onto j, riglit. lit-

tle fool. Why didn't y* feel tbwaler hoftne ye jut your band In Itr—Obla. Whlrtwind.

Latuablir lutbtviie tb>- I

mile relay by the Middle rum assured tbe new title holders of the crown. Cape May tngn sprung a aur-*j prise by annexing fifteen polrra and coming through ahead of Ocean City for third- place. The" local team could make l single point. Dan nelly getting n third place in the 100-yard dash. The Woodbine team failed to gain •logic point. Tfce Ocean City High aggregaon. because of tbelr inexperience. wfre not seriously considered in tbo title race for this Howevet. Coach that the knowledge of the sport gained by the competition last Saturday will grsally benefit his athletes in their future meet* and Le expects to pull the surprise act when Cape May High comes here next Saturday' afternoon In the only dual meet of the local team this season. Meyer's proteges were not able to cope with the veterans In 4he county meet at Wildwood, but he feel* that in a dual meet they will make a much better show-

ing.

Spaulding Stan

Spaulding, the lanky colored^! athlete and all-round performer

for Middle Township, was outstanding star of the meet,

he did In (he meet on Saturday |H waa take first places In two|l events, a second in another and !■ third In two other events. He|l took off top honors in the hlghlfl imnp with a leap of Are feet Avc|l inches. He covered 20 feet 11 ; F inches to take first in the broad 1 ! jump; was second in the discus

ind fcls third places came wile vault and shot put e

Doughty, another all-mu ap II ithletc attending Middle Town'- ■' <hlp High, was dose on the heels of Spaulding In the race to gain the most points for their school. Doughty, who was picked as the i oeat basketball player In the high -chool ranks of the county last winter, sped to a Brat place In the 10* yard dash, took second In the high jump and ran a beautiful | .-ace In the mile relay, giving tbejl w-cood runner on his team a big . I lead over the other youthful quar- [ ter Hitlers. ;L The final event on the pro-jl gram, the mile relay, was one of P •.he most exciting events of the I day. Doughty gave his team a I good lead at the start and this I was held by the following two | runners on his team and End!-, colt, the anchor men was given ajl twenty yard start over Larcomhe. the Wildwood star quarter mller. Larcomhe amid the cheers of the I thousands of Wildwood rooters. | •el sail after the speeding Mlddl> I runner and gradually rut Into I his lead. As the (wo sped Into I

Philadelphia Golfers Enter Wildwood Meet Annual Spring Tournament Will Be Held Three Days Next Week Zimmer Platt Will Play C. Howard Topbam. chairman of the tournament committee of Wildwood Coir Clnb. an■ed on Saturday that the annual spring tourney of the club would be held on May 2«. 27 and 21. The competition, always good, will be especial!) strong this year In the biggest event on the calender of the Bout:. Jersey club. The tourney be. an invitation affair and ly of the best golfers of the Philadelphia district are expected te enter. An unusually fine array ol prlrea have heeu offered to attract the best golfing talent of the district. The Wbitemarsli country Club is expected to send the stronkast delegation to vie for the honors Bert Newton ha* already notified Topbam that he will be present and states that be will use every effort to hav> Piatt, the Pennsylvania Bute tltirholdrr. attend. He will bring along Zimmers lyotber Wood!* Plall. one of the

as well

as Bob Hoffm-e. Ill be open for

practice neat Monday and Tucs

? r M r TtJ2L bt Wednesday i' he horac stretch. Larcomhe drew 1 ,, ^ s

Th “™ 1 * y J 11 Wildwood runner was too ex- . e "tL* 1 p , i haunted to continue his beart-

win get ^I breaking pace and Endlcd.t 1 I III I* 1 ^1 d »v.J h ;^uiS i' h, off * he «kaUan«e by

•Inal* will b«- played on Friday ' • rophata picked (be dales

jrder that those w'

n lb. tnurn,mK> p*7 •*) I', r.Uia.:^ tkat Gill mad, lor St»onU | ^

I into the ceremonies between the running off of the various events.

a *- v -1 heroic spurt and breasted "'tope a winner, falling exhausted .o ‘• ke after he crossed the line,

lent may hei j, csUnuted that

Day.

Conrae How Ready Harry Avery, the pro

Wildwood Club, last week bad

the!

Fame, like life Insuranee. .-ouple of men a, work preparing,

the course for the tourney. The t,lJoy 11 '

Wildwood link*, be states, will tie a championship course In |

.very respact when the time for SUtC‘5 &HOPFK Fisas 1044- Iff

the atartlng of the tournument >

arrive*.

Charles DcugUs. president of j (he club. Is organising his com-: oilttee lo care for the Influx of visitors and friends of thr com petltlors The eatenalnnunt xunmlttee Is also busily arrangng for the making of the visit .o the South Jersey club a pleas-

UEMSTITCHINr 11 PLEATING 'J 588 SISTE 81., ttoo City, » I,

The IU: of prises is In I-SCI-I* it anything ever offered in the jrr- iou« tournamrnla. 'j'he winner and ruunti up ^n each of th*Ihlslons will be awarded prlxe* «s well as the winner* of the •eaten eights. The winner ol hr quallfyir^ round will be re sarded handsoinrly. An eighteen vole medal handicap IcMimry will »e Staged on the final day. shlrh will be open lo all rntrauls except the finallM*.

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