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GREGG GRIEVED CANT GET OFF Star of Ten \ rill's Ago Who Has Slaved (?rt*al Comeback Vi a> Eufsrr In * Gel With Yanks Bjr John ii. i omki: (Cotrnrt - !?:?. h, Tl-? Ail' -I New York. Sept. 4 ? J? an ^Qregg wa odor.;*.. up jiiid duwiL. llo^_ Paclfic coast with the Seattle baseball club these days in any thing but h piea^'Hiii frame of mind. Rumor for aonio day* Iia 1 hod it that the NVw York Am? if catiB were anxious to brlnr. him ?back Into fust company. Then it developed that the rumor wa* based on cold fact. Tho Yankee* want* I if an. I were ready to j>a*a v?'^l t.?r priiv for -immediate delivery ? but Sea ttle would not let him p<> , Bob Connery, who Is Miller Hugglne' fhW- ? scout . wrnt ? nut ~ west recently, looked (fr-kk' ?>*? i and wired lluggius that th" vet eran. once with ltoHnii and earlier with Cleveland. as fji *~ir'ffYi*r-Hiid_iqgT in trim v> siw? Pen nock, the ashi-lan the Yarilts aeented to need. Huggins immediately made *j proponif inn to Seattle which looked good to Wade Killefar. , manager of I he ? lub. Hu: Charles W. Lock hard, the owner, declared that with the ran* on ? the coast in it h present acute etage the only way it would be safe for him to part with Gregg would lie Jo leave town on the _ ?a mo train that bore the hurler. Gregg became conversant with the farts and lie is hitter becuus* to fast com puny where he might have helped the Yankees win the pennant and get himself Into the world aerlea. Meanwhile lite Seattle team Is on the h'els or 8an Francisco, with- only a few points separating them, and Greg;;, fears that if lie happen* to haw-, bad luck and pitch a had came c the fans will be on him us .1 quit ter. J UM now1 S-ftf?4~'*? ehtrtte*-* to win look fairly good had he not learned of the Yanks' offer, Gregg would be pretty happy over Ills possible less triumph. Gregg's best year in the Amer ican league was 1913. uh? n he waa with Cleveland. He won 2o and lost 13 games. He was transferred to Boston when his arm began to give out, but he did not luat very long here. Had Gregg returned to New York, ho would have tWefi' possibly the first pitcher to re turn to the American l,eagui ?iter an absence of a decade. The Yankees nr? fearful that their pitching staff will g? blooi on the Western trip Hush is a game man and pitches his bent: off when victory is in sight. Hut he Is barely able to break even in 1 -bl? games and his arm has not been Just right all season. It ! teems to be Sam Jones luck to have a good season and then a bad one. despite the fact that he la one of the most willing and hardest working pitchers on Hug glna' staff* Had Gregg ben obtained by the Tanks, he would have been put into aervice at once and a result would have been loked for sim ilar to that which befell Clove "Jtfml' when they took Malls, a Southpaw, and polished off the championship in their own leagu ? in *1920 and then won the world ?erles with him. And after that.' k perhaps. Gregg would have been blown as Mailn did ? though it muni Iw rcrnrdml Ilia! I, something like himself ngain now. and ia helping to hold Oakland in the Pacific coast rnce. POP GEEKS KILLED IN RACK WEDNESDAY Wheeling. W. Va.. Sept. 4. ? Ed ward F. Geers. known ns "Pop," who waa for 60 years a harness driver and the "grand old man of the turf." was killed when hi* 1 horae threw him out of the sulky in a raof here yesterday after noon. imiHTOI, WINtt HKCOMl Johnson City. Tenn . Sept 4 Bristol won the second half of the Appalachian league and will play the run off with Knoxville. win n?ra of the first half. AITOI'HTA IH WIN N Kit Atlanta. Sept. 4. ? The South Atlantic Association ended the season here yesterday with Au gusta as the winner. THIN IT V IIKXilNH wnltK Durham, Sopt. 4.? Th.' Trinity football practice ?tartod today. New Fall Styles For Men! Young Mrn, .'l.'i lo 16. MEN'S TWO PANTS SUITS $25 to $37.50 Alrradv Hrrr. T. T. Turner & Co. y\m Man for Da<1 iui<l lh? lw>|? Major Lraguc Scores NATION" A I- |,KA(itK \\ ?-?lin-.?la> '> Mint's I'itt^liuruh, 0; St. Lou In, 1. IWMoir. 1; NVw York. 4. IMnlaii' Ijthin, 0; Itrooklyu. 7. IMiltad^lpliia. llrooklyii, 7. Cincinnati. 0; Chicago, ?i. SLaiulliiK' <>f Te?m<?. W. I.. IVt. N't w York - . 7S 51 .*05 .I'ituhurtili 7 ^ . .52-. ,531 llr??k lyn .7 K 5 1 .5!? t Chicago . - ?S9 SO .5 3ft viiuiii n ati . ?.'? a?. .02.1 Si, l.oriis 55 7?? .420 l'htlaU< ]piiiu 4!) HI .377 lJoston 17 *4 5!t AM KICK 'AN I.KACIK \\ ??? I "* S( ?ns SJ. l;ouK 7; Cleveland. St. 5; CI?'V?'lanil, !>. N? w York. 11; Itoston, ??. Cliiciico. 2; Detroit, 'l. Chicago. 4; Detroit, 0. ?"* SUmliiiR of Tram* \v. i.. ivt. Washington . 7H 55 .580 N. w York 75 6 < .573 lo troll .... 71 <12 .534 Si. I .< iii i <* us li I -.515 ('Icvi'laiitl ??3 7 1 .470 Boston 5D 71 .450 TOTIWtTpWa ? '.44S 4Mii? .1^0 TTT^ TT 4 :t & " lA^ENCE PEOBY (Capyrlght. |?4. By Thu Ad?an<*> New York. Sept. 4. ? Willln.u Tlldon's victory in the national singles over William Johnston ? mis for gond, apparently, the lit tle ('alifornlnn's pretensions to i h?> National championship class. '? Johnston was uever in better physical condition than in the matches which ended at Forest Hills Tuesday afternoon and those who have followed his play art agreed that his form this year waa belter than it was in 1919. when he defeat* d Tllden, winning his second and last national cham pionship. This being so. there Is no sub -staiuial basis for any further hopes on the part either of John st on or his numerous admlreia that lie has it In him to lowei Tilden's flaunting standard. N?'.v has anyone else now before the tennis public even so good a chance as Johnston. Tildcn stands alone, n pcniu*. eo fur as can be seen, now wirl probably to stand for a long time to come. With the national singles out of- the way. attention of t?nnia ?.n, thuslasls will turn to the pros pects of success of our Duvis cup team, which will be called upon to defend the world famous trophy at (termantown. Tildcn and Johnston will attend to the sin Kles end of the matches aud wit> both In form there need be no worry that they will find the ta??t loo great for them. As to the doubles team, there has been a great deal of favorable comment concerning the nctlon of the Davis cup committee In omir" ing Vincent Richards aiffl Bob Kinsey. The two have not played together, but there is 1 ill lo -doubt they will form about the best com bination we have had in a Davis cup match in yearn. Richards for a time tried to fit. in with Tildcn but he was too (treat n star to view with tolerance big Bill's tendency to play the whole game himself, so the com bination was broken. Th?kn ltlch ards tried Francis Hunter and th?j two did pretty well, but there wa3 nothing about their play to sug gest their fitness for International contests. The controversy over la?l year's Tllden-Wllllams combination will readily be recalled. All in nil. forming the doubles team Cor Davis cup play this year Involved no simple problem and while one may not I?m certain, the firm of Richards and Kinsey promises much. LOTTA BUNK IS WALKER DICTUM Welterweight Champion Suvm Nothing t<> Talk of Din (Quitting Welter Clan* After lli? Next Fight. tiy FAtK IM.AV ttVj.yr.rfit. 1921, toy The Adxbrl New York. Sept! 4 ? 'In a talk with the writer today Mickey. Walker' pronounced as bunk the stories that he will abandon the welterweight Has*. If he defeats B?uny Leonard, ami go after the mUdle weight crown. "I weigh only about 15? pounds right now" said Mickey "and that Ik before I have done any training for the bout with Leonard. Of courspr r-anr jxh?y= ing baseball, tenuis, and swim ming a lot. but that la the sort of life I have always led. What I want to point out 1b that I have not done any training a* if for a~ bout. "Next week I'll get busy fx. ! that respect and will have no; trouble at all 1n getting down to the class limit. Just now I'm looking for honors In' any other! class.' 1 figure Til be busy enough defending the title I hoM." Thorp never was such a power plant as Mickey Walker. He dashes uround his summer home in a white sailor suit and watch cap like a young cyclone. He 5>! never idle a minute and his mag-' netlc grin makes a friend of: everyone who meets him. It Is; going to take a lot of punching ever to make Walker drop to the floor ami ho far as the writer can see. the only man under the middle weight division who might be capable of doing this Is Denny i Leonard. I?eonard may ? - and then again he may not. That the light ? weight cham-1 pion realizes the sort of contract I he has undertaken Is best Indi cated by the - fact that be is al ready up In the CatBkilla hard at work in preparatiyj^ur the comb ing fight.? ? How will be ei>g?^e the Tero-~ clous Mickey when the two meet.', The best dope Is that he will at j times try to beat Walker to a rush, will mix in and attempt to lie him up and then. Just when Mickey has got his head down prepared for a strenuous period] of infighting. Benny will waltz i away, teaBing Mickey Into follow- 1 Ing him with all the ardor of a! bull making after a red shirt. The speed and the authority i I of l^eonard's waltzing after Wal | kcr has connected with his stom ach and ribs several times re- j mains to be seen. The light- ( . weight champion's condition will j telllhore, because a fighter's legs j are [first to feel the effects of < sollf rib roasting. | Iliul not Pancho Villa beateu : Genlro to the match with Jimmy; WlUle, Genaro and not Villa w^nld be the world's champion "flyweight at the present writing. The writer has seen the Filipi no and Frankle in two of their bouts and so far as science and ring generalship was concerned there was no doubt that Genaro was the be4ter man and entitled to the decision he received. Perhaps he cannot hit as hard as Villa, but what matters that , so long as the hardest hitter can I not land his punches solidly? Gen aro has a head and uses It. In their battle In Jersey two ago he actually could be seen , thinking two Jumps ahead or his ? y allow skinned rival. j Thero Is no reason to believe I FAT that Genaro will be any slower with hl? braiu on Thursday night tn "t*roolrtyn~wlier? Two llttu fellows meet, nor is there any ground (or figuring that Villa's mental processes will be geared up to greater speed than in tUe_ past'. By constant training a man ? may improve himself physically, may sharpen his sense of timing, may accelerate his punch and ad just his eyes to quick openings. But when it comes to the intel lect there is nothing much t-o bo done. Old Nature has hud bei say and a bosor -or ttnyone tlv ? must stand or fall upon the sort of gray matter he possesses. Tho writer saw Villa work out in his camp at Ring wood. N. J. the other day and herewith sug gests that ail who think he will be weak at 112 pounds revise their opinions. lie is the same iibertj motor as when he won the worlil'a title and if Genaro takes the de cision ? which the writer thinks is likely ? it will be on thF"Tni8rs~i>T~ his abiMty to box and think. To win. Villa, it would seem, has "got to stow Genaro away or at least wear him down so that he Is a shadow of himself .lie mav do this, but the better chance Is' that Ucnuro will bo able to elude fTie title }iold?r~utul ut Th~ tTaim tifne give liim a koo?| pa?tiu?;. No. much of a better chance, thouxh. As a betting proposition, this bout lj* nothing to plunge on either way." CAROLINA AT I'liAtTlri: Chapel Hill, Sept. 4. ? The far olina football squad reported for .practice yeaterdajr. Drink Bowden's GREEN RIVER NU-GRAPE And Quality Car bonated Beverages PHONE 201 FOR SALE! The property now owned by W. C. Baines on River Kond at Simons Creek. This land is in high state of cultivation, two seta of Rood buildings, and convenient ly located to church and schools. For further informa tion, see Gallop & Sawyer Realty Co. Where every man finds what he lil.en to wear Juxt the Suit for your College Days Tuned to Fall! IX IIAItMOXY with the new w?w)u nro the new riot lie* ? Hull* that rfprfurat I ho urine of the tailor ing art. Ileum if 11 1 |wtt?rn<t and colors. A*k to nee our DOIC MKY Model. S27.50 Spencer - Walker Company : Inrorjiorated 1 EL DALLO CIGARS Famoun For Quality D. R. MORGAN & CO. WHOLESALE (iliOCEliS l'liono mo IF SHE'S WOHTIf WHILE. 'HFTs WDl:TH WHITMAN'S The (' udu. mI the Ai'<rrni:? %itY >iioi? PHONE 114 Standard Pharmacy THEY WILL SEND IT. NKW FALL Stein Block AM) Society Brand Suits Arrhinu. Make jour *ele< tl?.?i now. D. 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