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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1918
Page
8
Saratoga, Aug 24. Roamer’s early lead in the Saratoga cup rivaled by Westy Hogan and Johren as strong contenders. Cudgel impresses in an overnight, with weight for age rules, while Omar Khayyam misses the cup due to hoof injury and Beamer’s pace expectations fade against a deeper field.
About 200 of 1 060 stalls have been filled for Havre de Grace autumn racing meeting September 10 to October 1. Prominent owners include Alfred Hennen Morris Robert Walden C E Clement Abner Clopton Edward McBride and G K Bryson. Runners trained at Yonkers Middleburg Bowling Brook and Green Spring Valley head to Havre de Grace to compete with Belmont Jamaica Aqueduct and Yonkers. Redfern Odem Sun Briar and Sundridge are discussed with Sun Briar favored to win Saratoga Cup after a bold Travers performance.
Saratoga notes from Harry N. Price indicate trainer Goldsborough rates Reamer higher, with plans to send horses to Maryland in October. Kilmer to run Sun Briar against Johren for 3 year olds. Billy Kelly appears at Belmont meets. statewide action centers on Bowie Handicap and Manly Memorial Steeplechase as Maryland hosts rich add-ons and jumpers.
The United States National Lawn Tennis Association schedules a wartime benefit event at West Side Tennis Club Forest Hills L I to aid War Navy Department training commissions. Top players from the service and civilian ranks expected including Kumagae Murray Doyle and Tilden. Open singles plus father son veterans and junior events feature in a full elimination series culminating nationwide.
The annual harness racing meet at Hagerstown in connection with the Interstate Fair will run four days starting October 15. A baseball note adds that a Speaker failed to boost his batting average much during the four game series here with the Nationals.
At the Great Lakes naval training station 200 men daily learn swimming in large tanks due to cold Lake Michigan water. Herman F. Olcott heads the program as athletic director. Perry McGillivray, a swimming coach, won a 220-yard event in 2 minutes 21 seconds, beating his world record by nearly three seconds before about 40,000 spectators.
In a Memphis baseball game between two negro teams, a ball struck a batter on the forehead and flew high into the air, then was caught by the first baseman after a long bounce. The incident sparked confusion over whether the batter was out as play continued and the pitcher and batter argued.
A. L. Krapp Spotswood White and Don Dudley duel on Princeton Club courts today to decide who will represent the District in the boys event at Forest Hills. Harold Fowler and George Shoemaker omit, while Thad Benton and C. B. Doyle eye national titles and junior nationals. Pell showed form in Southampton but ends with little practice.
Kilmer plans to head Sun Briar the breeding stud near Binghamton N Y but will not rush him to service. Kilmer has two stallions Magic II and Assegal. Magic II is a Martagon son bred like Mazagan and Master Robert lineage. Assegal, a Spearmint son, stood at Belle Meade and produced 2 year old winners. Magic began his stud career at Binghamton last spring and will sire yearlings January 1 next. The Martagon progeny show size bone and good conformation.
Annapolis Md August 24 report on Navy summer signal training where six to eight teams compete with elite coaching aiding nearly 1000 fourth class cadets. The piece advises golfers to pause or change approach when persistent faults ruin progress, suggesting trying a new remedy or rest to reset technique and regain form.
At the Great Lakes naval training station the AAU national championships will be held on a then finished quarter mile straightaway and quarter mile oval by September 20. Capt William A Moffett commands the base and pushes hard to create the finest athletic plant in the country for the event.
The national war work council of MCA placed a historic order exceeding $500,000 for American forces in France. It aims to equip about 1.59 to 2.006 million soldiers with 780,000 league balls and 43,200 regulation bats, gloves, masks, and other baseball items, plus soccer balls, volleyballs, nets, basketballs, rugby balls, boxing sets, and more. Scott Perry of the Athletics noted for his tireless work ethic, pitching nearly daily.
The record lists historic rapid knockouts by heavyweight contenders and others across decades. Names include Jack Dempsey, Tom Sharkey, Fitzsimmons, Battling Nelson, Dal Hawkins, Terry McGovern, Joe Gans, Peter Maher, and Frank Erie, with times from two seconds to about a minute and various locations such as Langtry, Carson City, and Fort Erie.
An obstacle course was added at Camp Kearney California by the War Department to train soldiers for real warfare. It includes brush hurdles a shallow trench wire entanglements a 314 foot high fence plank bridges over trenches and a 7 foot wall to be scaled within one minute with rifle use allowed for aid when needed.
Eddie Foster has four base hits in five games this season, the best stretch for years among major leaguers. He has hit over .400 in his last twelve games, while Giants star Georges Barnes again tops the National League in June with a strong scoring pace.
Tom Longboat, the noted Canadian long distance runner serving with a Dominion force in France, aims to study civil engineering using his Boston Marathon prize. He asks Toronto officials to forward the $500 to him for a course to aid promotion in the construction battalion.
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