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thst “batten-ing" Jack has an poncho worthy of his steel to use Popular phrase. ,

M1‘ Jimmie Boutillier of Hal well known trainer of fast horse flesh. informed the writer last night that he saw Allen fight in Holyokr and Worcester. Mass, a. few years

to come long. He was great- ly impressed with the Boston sign:- er’s style and willingness to swap punches. .

Knowing very little of George Allen. the fans o! the Island will no doubt rend with interest the above information with regard to the Americans jprowess. ,

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---. efirst appearance oi the Ethel May next week. excellent programs. menu to be oiiered

Star Repeated Victory in Dublin

DUBLIN, Aug. ior-Phil Edwards. Canadian Olmpic middle distance star who beat out Llyod Hahn for fourth place in the Olympic B00 metres, repeated his victory over the Boston boy today when he won the metres ‘run at the Taiteann games, Edwards uncorked a terrific sprint at the finish and left the Boston Express" looking more lib a side-track freight. Edwards and i-lshn fought a fairly even duel un- til they roundedthe final turn. but the former had more left at th end.

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.Caretaker James Arbing of theoi 2.08 1-4. Exhibition Grounds is a man oford of 2.14 1 keen observation and his opinions a few years in regard to racing are well worth Bill looks good listening m. In conversation with a sure 2.10 won't stop him. he expects Torah Grattan or Har- ing on the track Saturday ry Putnam to beat 2.10 and perh and hopes to make equal John R. Bradenb track record faster by Wednesday.

BARETAKER ARBINB EXPEBTS REBHRBSEM BBBRUKEN

As for the trotting rec- -4 made by Bill Sharon ago m. Arbing sayb to me s d I am . Al'- reporter last evening he stated the bing will have e stall of metiwork- moon it two seconds

minutes 2 l-b seconds. fast time for a grass track.

B1000 Flier From New Glasgow W in s Antigonish E v e n t

Wood the Great. the black flier from New Glasgow, broke the track record in-the free for all at River'- side ‘hack yesterday afternoon do- ing the distance in 1131-2, lower- ing Bud Hall's time by one and three quarter seconds.

This was the high light in the en- tertaining programme provided by

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Amherst Plays Tie h t m __ With Springhill o°ithrhifosti

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runs across the ma" til th econ.

gllt with Spring- hiil, the Maritime baseball cham- pions. Umll the seventh inning the more stood 2-2 both teams turning in errorless ball.

In the seventh frame Bpriughill commenced a heavy batting any and at the same time the Amherst players commenced to fumble the ball. The minors scored nine runs

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‘Gains Wins Negro

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the third round oi s scheduled l round bout here tonig

advertised as for the ‘Negro heavy weight championship of the world.

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‘fay’ sutatricd the blow and received B14110 Boy, i Tatamagouche .... ..4 1 a a a 9 otlfliiubrw. a 00 owe- ' an 4 Bhilooh. c. rm , an - ~ 1 ., _, , were walla“? Forenoon mm Canadla: heavyweight aunt: urge-am m“ . er . a a dro ‘ ,_ gnome simul- e canvas an was carried Am, M , 0 ~ - _____ "n7 wmmm.’ corner. Betty Aubrey, n’. 01MB. Oises Ba .......... .. 4 ilro v your» folio! m"! "in"?! InaprevimumsetingGodfrayob- Glace Bay .... .......aaii1ioeam0orritqo. m. A. " ~ synod sun invented in '~ a technical knockout verdict Harvest Maid. flgin xii-r, , Antigohish ..s o no nermtnv which.‘ over Gains. Their weights tonight An n l a a s r s1 i-l; Mil-Ii, anti-s; , itlu Qi-ihnia

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claim had s slight edge in the msullng which preceded Godfrey's right upper cut which the Philadel- Gains stepped forward just as God-

nineteen of the s est horses of the province. identally Allie Wood won the fi-eT-“for-sli in straight heats though closely press- edJIh the first heat of the 2.24 event Peter Aubrey tripped and fell his driver. Rilflddfhllfl. who sustained a sprained wrist. He was given a piece for the heat. The 2.30 was wellcontested five heats being necessary to decide the racer -for-lall Allie Wood e amt, our: cDougall. New Glasgow .. 11 1 Bail/motto. W. ltudderham. Syd- ney . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . ..2 4 The Little Bondsman. Matt Mc- , Adam. Glace 4 2 4

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Queen Helen. nary onvor, ~ Therbum Worthy Watts, E. Farrell. Sher- brooke . . . . . Peter Aubrey. A. Reeves. Syd- ney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Hector Todd, Jas. McKay. Thor- burn

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AMBRICAN LEAGUE RESULTS

lib - Jsuppy-hadgd a. SMI faced heart- llngiiug adventure-

3 Blakenship and Grouse, Hoyt and Bengough, Dickey. Cleveland Boston

the star three-year-olds are expect- ed to go i0 the post in one race. Heading the list is the champion stepper from New England. Fire- glow, who set e. new race record of 2.04 ior two-year-old trottcrs last fail at Lexington, Ky. The event will New York 0 mark his ifirst start of’ the season.

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s. and ‘Hogan, - . 32km’ Hem and Hannah“ two yeah bids in money earnings.

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Doak and Gooch. Grimes and Hargreaves. Hemslcy.

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Stars For Piotou Meet

PICTOU and Halifax sport follow- ers will see the "greatest show on earth" on August 29 and September- 1. Word was received from Arthur DIIHQY. former world's record holder» for the 100 yards, now with the Boston Post. that George Brown. one of United Btates team managers = irom , that the iollow- ‘ ing athletes will compete in the Pictou and Halifax meets: -

Sabin Carr. of Yale‘. University, world champion pols ulter.

Charlie Paddock, of bps Angeles. holder of the world's records for the sprints and lauded as the world's fastest human.

Ilse Barnes, of Los Angeles, hold- er of the world's record for the pole vault:

Charlie liar-sh. oi Los Angeles, 200 metre champion of the United

Joey Bay. oi.’ Chicago first Amer- ioah to finish in the Olympic Marathon and winner of thefrail- ‘titan Marathon in Dublin yester- Y.

Ciarmoe Deliisr, oi Melrose, Mass Ullélbdliotm long distance cham- P

Johnny Risko Loses on Foul

“BROOKLYN. N._Y., m-Roberio Robsrti. Italian heavyweight, won from Johnny Risko, oi Cleveland. on a foul in the sixth round oi their ten round match here last night. About 15.000 stood and hooted for five minutes at the tisfactory ending of the battle. Roberti had a 84 pound weight advantage, scaling I21 to Riskos 187. Risko. scour-ding to the Associated Press score sheet. had a clear mar- glhin three oi the five full rounds

likewise will make his 1928 debut. Other stars who are expected to start are Nellie Signal, 2.04%. win- ner of the historic Matron Stake at. Toledo; Guy Abbe, Red Aubrey, Gaylworthy, Scotland. The Blonde Irady. Oizinachson, Bogalusa the Great, Fine Girl, Coburn and The Virginia Senator.

Fireglow. favorite for the Humble- tonian from the very time the future books opened, will be the choice. He aPDw-rs in championship form as attested by a workout mile in 2.04% with ease. Walter R. Cox, the Gosh- en. N. Y. veteran, will drive him.

A darkhorse for both the Cham- pionship Stallion Stake and Hambie- tonian is the Cleveland candidate. Coburn, owned by P. W. Harvey. He never faced the starter, but is working exceptionally well and. is c. picture horse. He took a time record of 2.08 as a two-year-oid.

Two other events will be on the Wednesday card. They ale the Rainy Day and Homebrew Sweepstakes, both for two-yéar-old trottcrs. The former is a nationally known fixture while the later is a race for juven- iles owned by imembers 00f the Gentleman's Driving Club of Cleve;- land-

Among the stars. in the Rainy Day are Bingen McKlyo, the property of the Indianapolis breeder and sports-

sagzrv. . . crai Grand Circuit reinsmen ,ha ebeen here two weeks getting ‘josndidatss info‘, shape. They LU! Vebonaldihoflnilimapolis. Whbhasr _ er} Diiikfliiflshon oi ' Ky. who has Guy Abbe brewer; Marvin Ohiids.

unconscious and made no in claim]. foul until ‘pa! referee rimmed ‘him a victory. s blow dame after l minute 80 leii- ' onds of the sixth round. Robert!

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Olympic team summed up the mag- nificent exhibition given by a Cana-

flat race in the Olympic Ohm" here. ‘i I - Ami the sturdy Canadian flash deserved all the credit that couldbé given him, for in the second days proceedings he showed that 0111105"- could tum out, notonly world beat- ers like Percy Williams. 0f VB"- couver. the world's 100 metre cham- pion. but men who could run on spirit and spirit alone, when all their physical energy had been expended. Williams‘ victory in the 100 metr- es was the sensation of ‘the day, but Little's exhibition in the preli- minary heats and semi-final oi the 800 metres came a close second. in his he , on the first day Little came up ag inst the redoubtable Dr. Peitocr, of Germany, world's record holder for the distance, and such men as Pauien, oi’ Holland. and W. G. Tatham, of Great Britain. As the gun sounded he was of’! with the others. keeping well up in the pack and as they rounded the track once securing second place.

Great Effort

Watching him through glasses when the race was three-quarters over the effort that he was making o keep Canada's colors flying could be seen. He hung grimly 0n Pelt- zer's heels. When the German in- creased his paoepbittle did the same. However fast the leader ran, he ould not shake of! his Canadian ival. .

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. AMSTERDAM. Aug. 1'1. — "Such The last 50 metres sew hiiii silil courage-I have never seen any-

Thus a member of the French

dian, Brant Little, in the B00 metres

going gailantly. beaten Rh‘- B- 111i“ but never sivins Ull- (396881118 "W line in fourth Place he sssin wile!’- sed, not an ounce of ensruv left.

there for fully a minute before ‘In! of the oflicials went over to nun i0 see whether he wanted thelm-“AM they did hot go until shouts drop the specta‘ attracted thelnr ,

Little was iiften up M14 _ down the course; his arms ro _ _-_ _ shoulders oi the Canadian te his legs trailing weakly beneath ‘hillt- l-lis two efforts, ‘ofllclals said, pres- ented one or the finest exhibitions of courage ever witnessed since the Games were inaugurated more than two years ago.

It was in the same event that his team mate. Phil Edwards the dusky runner from British Guiana. pro- vided an exhibition of another kind oi courage. Edwards is one of the finest 800 metresmien at tlieiilamcil and he has one foibie-he cennoi bear to see anybody runnilli; B11685 of him. No matter‘ how much he has to sprint, how many elmallengti he has to throw ofl’. he considers there is only- one place for th “Maple leaf". out in fmnt. He gave the crowd an inkling oi this in the first heat. At the sound; 0i the gun he was of‘! to a threes yard lead in the first 20 yards, once there he slackened up. and with his beautiful effortless stride that made spectators cheer at him as he ran. he kept in front. Starr, of Great Britain, challenged him, only to see Edwards increase his pace for 20 yards and stay ahead. McEachern of Ireland. did the same. but Witha similar result. Edwards stayed on top. l-le found himself in a heat with far more formidable opponents in the semi-final. Foremost was Lloyd Hahn. of the United States. then came P. Martin, of Switzer- land, and Sera Martin, of Frailce

" my“ - ' “m” 5nd L'- ‘ tin on a final s rint for victory. l” #977911» 545C954? n- Rum"! "Id Pegzer tried to dgaw away. while Barry‘ ‘human’ CLEVELANII “"3" lti-nme Tutham came up to challenge Li‘.- Detroi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 0 ll 0 royally bred, candidates for the $70. m, m, second pm“, 3mg flung Phila. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1B 17 l 000 Hambietonlan three-year-old back, nearly n“ ms physkm enemy Berreil, Billings, Holloway and trot at Syracuse. N. Y., the week of gone, Mme m, we “w; mg yam}, Hesgreave, hen, W. Bush Aug. 27 will give harness turf de- on newa when, “other mm. and Cochrahe. Perkins. _ voices a definite line on their would m“... given n u], he maintain.) Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. '7 B 4 chances when they go to the post ed ms posmoxh threatening the] _ ve-shington . 2 ‘I l in the $11,000 ChempionshipStalllon German Me and fln-(jwlng 010' me '33. 930°" “P? . - 908w"- Bi-flke Bl I 89000101 ‘me-dill’ card f" challenge of’ the Britishci" .00 1010.; I Brown, Marberry and Ruel. Burke. the North Randall track here Wcd- bee“, lfali. INTERNATIONAL LE nesdaY- His nerve and his courage, 559M898! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - -- For the first time this season. ail brought mm through 01w,- Qvcr

the line with second place his. he tumbled headlong on tlie_track "out

with Muller of Germany and Tat- ham of England almost their eq- uals.

Unperturbed by the illustrious op- position Edwards delighted the crowd by flashing of!‘ at the start to gain a three-yard lead. At the 200- metre mark Hahn made a strong challenge. and for B0 metres he and Edwards ran neck and neck. Ever the rcdoubtable American could noi

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! such men‘ as Byhleil of Sweden. 5 Watson. of the United States. and ,. Engeihard of Germany. as his Op-[ngnin like a shot out of a gun. , ponents. and once again he was c110 I, at the start and travelled with his-though it made n ilnc exhibition.

1 ,. I last lap challenged the ‘leaders in mail-night he challenged again. This ‘f sprint that promised for a moment‘

to land him first.

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to the world," not an ounce more hang on to him there. Edward's energy available. Tathain helped strides increased percepiibiy. His him up and they curried him to the feet fairly flew over the ground an( side of the track where he rested Hahn had to rest content with se- until he could summon up enoughicond place for the time being.

Tile crowd roared at the battle in miniature. They roared twice a‘ loud when Tuthnm challenged him at the half way mark and thrown back again by the d once. running that deadly last 1U0|i~unner's puce. They roared tin-lei metres on nerve again. Once again as loud when Martin, of Switzer- he was drawn in a hard heat with land. attempted to take the lead n! the 600 metre mark. Edwards flush- oil

energy to walk buck to the compet- itor's quarters. ,

But once was enough, In the semi finals in the second day of the

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rivais for the whole course. {was not perhaps the best tactics Running doggedly over the first Hahn 10nd been running on Ed- up he held on to third place and wards‘ heels after he had failed in laii‘ way round on the second nnddiis first challenge, and on the