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Philadelphia Phia deip ia an and Chicago Loom Up as Pennant Pen 1ant at Winners
By B TOMMY CLARK CLARKOW CLARKNOW CLARKN
OW that the baseball tams teamsare tamsaro tamsaro
aro nearing the homestretch homestretchin
NOW N
in the American and Na National NatloD National
tional tloD l leagues pennant races racesthe moosthe racesthe
the two organisations are arebeglnnlng beginning to toshape tohpe toshape
shape themselves so as to give the fans fansa fansa
a very rood idea leI as to which teams teamswill t tamswill ms mswill
will fight t out for tho worlds cham championhtp champlonslp champtonf4hip
pionhtp tt3 tr s fait Of course theremay there theremay theremi
may mi may be an upset In either leaguo be before bofore before
fore the final games have been played playedIn playedIn
In the 110 pennant struggle but butjudging butjud butjudging
jud judging tng from the the class of ball certain certainclubi certainclub certainclubs
club hrve been playing it appears appearsthat appearsthat appearsthat
that picking Philadelphia in the theAuorlcan thoAworlcan theAierlcan
Auorlcan and Chicago in the National Nationalvould Nationalvould Nationalwould
vould not be such sucho a bad guess gLD S as to tothe tothe tothe
the probable outcome of the leaders in inthe Inthe inthe
the two t o leagues leaguesManager JeguesManacer leaguesManager
Manager Mack has everything that thathe thathe thathe
he needs need to pull off of the trick and is isalmost Isa1moat Isalmost
almost ire that he will do it Ho has hasthe hastha hasthe
the beet b t balanced as well as thetrong the thestrongest thestrongest
strongest trong liJt team t m in the league l gue this year yearand yearand oar oarand
and has worked hit way wa to the top In Inthe intho Inthe
the face q gfsome sonve BO discouraging hAndicars handi handicaps hnndlearn ¬
caps 1 h the was W of injuries to players playersThe p1oy playersThe ra raThe
The Detroit Dotro t team is not as good as nsit asif JI JIIt
It was last yer yt x r while the Athletics Athlotioaare Athlotl08are Athleticsare
are better bet than ever The Bostons a9b a9bgood amgood dr drgood
good but not quite the equal of Con Connie Connla Connie ¬
nie Mack Hacks s bunch and thare is nothing nothingin
in t > 3 second division that compares compareswith compareswith I Iwith
with the tbeleaders tbeleaderslit leaders leadersI
I lit the u Athletic AWe c do win the pennant pennantthe ponnantthe pennantthe
the team that beats them them for the thewurlda thewurld thewurids
wurlda wurld tide + tle wllWiavo N111 uLvo to do some orne step stepping stepp stepping ¬
pingThe ping pingThe p In
InThe
The team tI IB well lor fortified tided offenslvoly offenslvolyand otten oftenet7olyand 1aly 1alyand
and deftastrety d8 defI 1Vty ety for the development of ofewrv otever ofever
ewrv ever eltar e elaareter ter of strength tr ngth The in inflold infiold infield
field from first base 1 > se to third base is ismade Ismadt ismade
made up of a quartet of stars easily the theequal theequal theequal
equal of anything anthin in fast oompany The Theoutfield Theoutfl Theoutfield
outfl outfield leI is not th the speediest I edht imaginable imaginableBut ImKlnablBut ImaginabbBut
But the garden gar Mo mak make up tp in hitting hittingability hittingabillt bittingabillt
ability abillt whatever htver my be lacking in the theground theground theground
ground covertnA coverlnJlh cov lii e At th that t Topsy TopsyHjrtsel TopsyEtrtsel TopsyHartsel
Hjrtsel Rube Oldrln dl rh rlr ru 1i au Danny Murphy Mur Murphy Murpby ¬
phy a are re masters ma ten at playing1 for batters battersard b battersand ttors ttorsatd
and a are pretty prett shifty on the bale baiopaii b1eptku balepati
paii paiiBut ptkuBut patiBut
But on top o ot all ths Conn Conn Maak Maakha MaakiaR MaokhR
iaR ha the greatest gr att staff taff of pitchers in ei either either elther ¬
ther errue e Ie t tr1y < 1y Eddie ank nk le one oneof oneat oneof
of th tlM < s greatest aoudpaws 8O1 paws in the th game gameChief gameChkf L LChllf
Chief Bender at resent indisposed is isth Isth isthis
th this year the equal of any other right righthander rightban righthander
ban hander er in the le league ggte while Cy Morgan Morganaod Mrlnaad Morganand
and Jack Coombs have shown ronmrka ronmrkabl remarkabir
bl bir ability 80 o far To Coomb fall falls the thehonor thehonor thehonor
honor o of ± rounding rOWldtDC out this formidable formidableway formidableor formidablearray
way of lox material Hack carried carriedthe ClUliedtbe carriedthe
the tall boy tot a couple of seasons be became beca beeauss ¬
came ca of his great hitting h1t ability a1JIUt Be Besides BeII Besides ¬
sides II figuring as a pinch hitter thepitcher the thepitcher thep
p pitcher teher subbed in the outfield tftel Coombe Coombswas Coombewas Coombewas
was bothered with a lame arm Im for a along BIOD aloRE
long IOD < < time after he joined th the Athletics AthleticsToward AthleJcsToward Atb1e lcs lcsTownl
Toward the end of last ut season the Mg Mgfellow Ngfellow Mgfellow
fellow minded into fine condition He Hegave HegaC Hegave
gave Mich promise Pl that Mack held on onto onto onto
to him hbft and and the keen judgment of Con Connfe ConnJ Connie
nJ nfe Is I well w Jl reflected re reaected eCted in the gallant per performance perfoI1llDCe performeace ¬
formance of Coomb so 1M far this year
None of Macks i pitchers tchers has been beenpunished becnpunished beenpunished
punished very severely this season It Itmight Itmight Itmight
might have boen different but for the thephenomenal thephenomenal thephenomenal
phenomenal support afforded them themLittle themLittle themLittle
Little Eddie Ed lo Collins is the pivot of thj thjinner thJInner th3Inner
inner works H is the Johnny Jo1 ny Dyers Bveraof Eersot Dyersof
of the American league The best field colding fielding tloldIng ¬
ing se s d baseman Collins is one of ofthe ottho ofthe
the greatest gro t08t hitters in fast oompanyLast company companyLast compmyL8et
Last season S AScn he ran Ty Cobb a great greatrace greatrace greatrace
race for batting and beat o running Uon Uonors aonors on onors
ors Collins was a student of Colum Columbia ColumbIa Columbia ¬
bia university unlverU and andjulr juir ed into hifi hifipresent hl hlpre hiapresent
present pre ent berth almost directly dlntCtl from rom the thecampus tUcampus thecampus
campus Collins egged a jged Clarke Griffith Griffiththen Griffiththen Griffththen
then manager nager of the Highlanders to togive togive togive
give him a triaL For some reason the
1 + 1 + aio Y + + t iIJ z t + t tEIGHT
EIGHT PLACERS PLA 2ERS TAKE PART IN QUEER DOUBLE PLAY PLAYWhat PLAYWbo PLAYWhat j jtOI
Wbo What > t is conceded fA to > be the most complicated double play in the his hlay history
tOI tory y of baseball was made in Brooklyn recently between two semi semiprofessional semipi4 1 1ptnrEmoaal
pi4 professional teesiotul teams the Manhattans and the Marquettoe The play in involved Inenlvd ¬ i it
t Ii volved volnd e every player on the Marquette team save the right fielder and it itwas of ofl 1 1Ii
was l so O peculiar as to attract widespread wt e pread attention attentionMarquette attentionMarquette
i Marquette had runners on first and third with Ith one out when the theFicnal theo I
o ll Ficnal i nal wan w given for a double steal The pitcher suspecting turned a newTrfrk new newX nowtrkk
trkk Instead of pitching 19 the plate he made a halt b balk lk motion andliJpped and
X t whipped liJpped the ball to third drawing the runner off first The man on third thirddived a ttdlvpd 4
2 dived back to the bag and the baseman threw to second stopping the 3 3man
t 4 man approaching who turned back to first and beat the throw throwt throwAs I If
t f As the second MCOn Backer t threw crew to first the man on third streaked for fors < < < t s sv
v s home hom but was turned back by b the first basemans throw to the catcher 4 4A of
t A As a he was being bf < tn run down by the catcher third baseman and left leftflfldfI leftflelder jj
4 flHder the man on first continued around the paths The left fielder fiolderfin fielderfinally < j
finally fin Uy touched out the runner between third and home and turned to get J
T the man between second and third The ball was thrown back and forth forthveral forthQeveral 3 3hurried
Qeveral veral times tlm the putout finally going to the center fielder who had <
hurried in to join the play playla playIn 2
t la all the ball was thrown eighteen times ovory man but the right rightp I
+ + p fielder had assists ta and two outfielders were credited with putouts on an annhleld ci cif <
nhleld play play4N p
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Some of o Macks acs Stars ars Who Are Burning Burn ng Up the Diamond
I Old Fox failed to look the youngster youngsterover youngster08r youngsterover I
over Griffith couldnt get Collins now nowI nowfor
I for a fortune fortuneScarcely fortune fortunej foriureScarcely
Scarcely less phenomenal and me meteoric moteorlc meteorlc ¬
j teorlc has been the career of ThirdBaseman Third ThirdBaseman ThirdI
I Baseman Baker As a fielder this fel fellow telstands fellow ¬
low stands out as prominently at his hisposition hisposition hisposition
position as doos Collins at second base baseBaker hueBakor bassBaker
Baker is a heavy hitter and finished finishedbase finlshedbase
1 base runner though in both these de departments ¬
I partments somewhat inferior to Colllm CollinThis ColllmThis Collln1This
This young gentleman stands a monument monu monument monument ¬
ment to the managerial ability of Con Connie ConI Connie ¬
I nie Mack In the spring of last year yearhe yearhe oar oarhe
he appeared the biggest frost that ever everdonned everdonned I Idonned
donned spangles Yet before the end endof endot endof
of the season Mack had converted him himinto himInto triminto
into the sensation of the year Had HadBaker HadBaker
Baker not been be on spiked by Ty Cobb near nearthe nearthe nearthe
the close of the season it t is generally generallybelieved generallybelieved generallybelieved
believed that Philadelphia and not De Detroit Detrolt Detroit ¬
troit would have played the Pirates for fortho lortho forthe
tho worlds championship last fall fallHarry fnIlHarry fallHarry
Harry Davis first baseman of the theleaders theleaders
leaders IB one of the best known and
Photo by Amorlpan AmQ nn Eress cress Associationv AssociationKAL AssociationFL Association ssociat1onHAL
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HAL to tothe CHASE NEW NE f YORK AMERICANS AMERICA JS SENSATIONAL FIRST SACKER IN ACTION ACTIONThe ACTIONthe
The recent 1 ent reports ropor + s circulated clrc 1nted by several ball ballplayers players to tho effect that Hal Chase the sensational sens Uona1 first base baseman baseman baseman ¬
man of the New York Americans was sulking because < 1 he was not given full credit cre 1t for the success of his team In Inthlrf Inthl inthin
thin thl years eara ps plhnant p hnant nont race and that he h herwould would quit shortly is all tommyrot say the officials of the New York club clubThe clubThe clubThe
The Highlanders star was out of many mah games recently and this caused the rumors to spread The real cause causefor causetor causefor
for Chafes absence was that he was suffering from a a lame back He is now back at his old stand playing that thatsame thatguuc thatsaran
same game that has characterized his playing since he broke into f fqy a company companyY
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most highly respected figures in base baseball basebt baseball ¬
ball bt J He is a veteran of the old school schoola sc ool oola
a man who has een in the game ga e al almost almost almost ¬
most as long as any Infielder now be bef0ro berJro befire
f0ro fire the public Davis is of that type typewhich typewhich typewhich
which is fast disappearing before mod modern moden modern ¬
ern developments developmentsHe dev lopments lopmentsHe
He is a greet slugger and holds the thelong theJong thelong
long distance hlttlrg records of tholeague tho theleague tholeague
league Davis has knocked the ball ballover baUover ballover
over almost every fence in the Ameri American Americnn American ¬
can league l gue It was generally gen r8l1Y believed
in 1908 that Davis had about outlived outlivedhis outllvedhis outlivedhis
his usefulness and there was some talk talkof talkot talkof
of Mack releasing him so that he could couldaccept couldaccept couldaccept
accept the management of an American Americanleague Amertcanleague Americaleague n
league club But Davis came back last last5MBOn las lasseason oat oatseason t
season with all his hi old snap 8na and vim vimThis vimThis vimThis
This year he is even better than last lastWhile lastWhile lastWhile
While there is little of the fancy style styleIn styleIn styl stylin e
In his makeup Davis is a steady eteati heady headyand headyand head headand y
and capable fielder He stands second secondonly secondonly secon secononly d
only to Hal Chase In the American Americasleague
league in fielding the first base ppsition n S
Worlds ortds Series er es Stars StarsFall StarsF StarsaI
Fall F aU Out by Wayside WaysidePlayers l lays laysPlayers e
Players Players Who Were Prominent In Big Games Seem to Be BeT BeHooduoed
I T Hoodooed
Is it a Jonah to be one of the shining
lights In the worlds baseball seriesThe series seriesThe 5 rle rleTbo
The hoodoo that seams to pursue the themen themen themen
men who ho star in the big show would wouldlead wouldload wouldload
load one to believe so soBill soBm soBill
Bill Dineen who practically pitched pitchedBoston pitchedBoston pitchedBoston
Boston to a victory Ietory over Pittsburg PIUs burg is isnow isnow
now no an umpire on the American league leaguestaff leaguestair
staff Most Mostpeople people are willing HUng to take tokoan
an oath that no greater Tcater calamity can canbefall canboaIl canbefall
befall a 8 man manBilly manBilly manBilly
Billy Gilbert whose batting played playedas
as prominent a part part as Mathewsons Mathewsonspitching Mathewsonspitching Mathewsonspitching
pitching In the Glares Gln1t5 victory over overPhiladelphia overPhiladelphia overPhiladelphia
Philadelphia in 1906 Is no longer a bigleaguer big bigleaguer bigleaguer
leaguer He played his last engagement engage engagement engagement ¬
ment with St Louis and is now having
his troubles troublesiholding holding up his end in the theminors themInors theminors
minors v vGeorge s sGeorge
George Rohe whose work at third thirdbase thirdbase
base and particularly at the bat made madethe madethe madethe
the Chicago White Soxs victory over overthe overthe overthe
the Cubs possible in 1906 has been out outof outot outof
of the big league for several years Hehas He Hehas Hehas
has since shifted his affections to first firstbase firstbase
base and is now playing that position positionfor positionfor positionfor
for the New Orleans team of the theSouthern theSouthern theSouthern
Southern leagueNo league leagueNo
No two Detroit players played betteball better betterball r
ball In the series of 1907 than Charle CharleOLeary Charley CharleyOLeary y
OLeary and Claud Rossman Beforethe Before Beforethe Betoretho
the opening openln of the series Rossman was wasregarded wasregarded wasregarded
regarded as the feeble sister but his hiswork hiswork hiswork
work was superior to that of Frank FrankChance FronkChance Fran FranChance k
Chance OLeary Is now playing util utility utUIt utility ¬
ity It roles for the Tigers while Rossman Rossmanhas Rossmanhas Rossm Rossmhas an
has dropped out of the majorsJohnny majors majorsJohnny majorsJohnny
Johnny KUng was the big show In i n
11908 1 1908 and last year Kling did not play
jbalL i balL Believing his work during the iheseason
I season soa on end nd In the safes had a great greatdeal greatdeal
deal deal to to do with
the Cubs Cub success successKling successKling
1 Kling held out for a fancy Increase in insalary insalary
salary He didnt get it and refused refusedto
to play thereby losing his big salary
Coming down to the series of last lastyear lastyear lastyear
year take the two Idols of the Pitts Pittsburg Plttsburg Pittsburg ¬
burg team Babe Adams and HansWagner Hans HansWagner HansWagner
Wagner Wagner by his great workIn work workIn WorkIn
In all departments of the game kept keptthe keptthe keptthe
the Pirates In the running in
every everygame everygame everygame
game while Adams by thrl thrice < defeating
Detroit made It possible for the Pirates Piratesto
to be labeled the worlds champions championsAdams championsAdams championsAdams
Adams has been getting his bumps bumpsregularly bumpsregularly bumpsregularly
regularly this year while Wagner has hasbeen hnsbeen hasbeen
been hitting like the Immortal Casey CaseyFAMOUS CaseyFAMOUS CaseyFAME
FAMOUS FAME US ENGLISH PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIANEngland PEDESTRIANEngland PEDESTRIANEngland
England has a famous pedestrian pedestrianwho 1 pedestrianwho > edestrianwho
who is somewhat of a rival of Edward EdwardWestern EdwardWeston
I Weston I It Is the octogenarian walker walkerMark walkerMark alker
I Mark rark All His latest effort fa to tb walk
5000 miles in 90 days All originallystarted originally originallystarted originallyI
started out in 1900 to walk 100000 miles milesIn mUesin milesin
I In ten years ears He finished his task on onJuly onJuly
July 31 1909 In the September fol following following ¬
lowing he was once more on the move movefor movetor movefor
for he Intended to keep wallchjg wall h oS g for forten forten forten
ten years and he set himself to cover cover
10000 miles in 200 days He actually actuallydid actuallydid actuallydid
did the distance dlstan e In 196 days completing complctlnthe
the last mile on April 4 1910 When Whenhe Whenhe
he finishes his latest 5000 miles hewill he hewill hewill
will have tramped 115000 miles since sinceAugust sinceAugust sinceAugust
August 6 1900
H How ow Possible oss l Opponents PA p onens nen s Size iZ ize Up UpI U UI P Pi
I i I With Champion Jack ac Johnson JohnsonS JohnsonJOHNSON o non s a aJOHNSON
> > < S > 3 3Height > > < <
JOHNSON KAUFMAN BURNS LANGFQRD
Height Heighte HeightWetsht 6 feet H inch 6 feet 1 linen Inch 5 feet 7 Inches 5 feet 6 inches
A = e 32 years 24 2 years years210pounds 25 years yearsISO 30 years YQar
Wetsht WetshtReach 209 09pounds pounds 210pounds 210 pounds ISO pounds 170 170pounds pounds > ounds
Reach ReachNeck 72 Inches Inches17Jnchos 75 Inches 74 Inches 72 721nchos inches
Neck NeckChest 17Jnchos 17 171nche inches 15 inches 17 Inches
Chest normal normalChest normal 43 43l 3 Inches 3S1Iz 33 3SS inches 40 40lnchel Inches Inches44i 44 44lncbps inches
Chest Chestexpanded expanded expandedWaiat 47J5 47 mlnches inches 41 Inches 44i inches 46 Inches
Waiat WaiatCalf 33 inches 31 314 Inches 33 3 Inches 33 Inches
Calf CalfThigh 15 Inches 15 15Ya Inches 16 Inches 15 15lnchesi 15lnchesiThlgh inches inched
Thigh ThighAnkle 22h 22 2 Inches Inc e8 235 22 inches 22 2ZVz Inches InchesStt Inch 22 2 Inches Inch s
43 Ankle AnkleBlcepsi 8 BY Inches 9 inches Sit Inches 9 9inchesf inches
Blcepsi BlcepsiForearm Blccp i 14 UYz Inches 14 HYr Inches 14 Ut Inches 14 Inches
Forearm ForearmWrist 13 inches 12 1221 inches n 1154 Inches 11 inches
Wrist 7 7221nches inches S Inches 7 74 Inches 8 Stnehe StneheV inches
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i In the National league Frank Chance Chancehas Chanchas e
i has his Cub machine f ring akng at atgrand a agrand
grand pace It does doo not seem possible possiblethat po posslblthat Bble Bblethat
that the New York aggregation wilt be beable beable b bable e
able to cop the bunting this year The Thepoor h hpoor e epOQr eteam
poor showing of the Pittsburghas Pittsburg team teamhas teamhas
has been b en the surprise of the baseball baseballseason b eb1 eb1seoson I Iseason
season especially BO after winning both boththe boUlthe bo bothe
the National league pennant pennantworlds and andworlds aDdworlds
worlds championship last year yearPittsburgh yearPitts yearPittsburgs
Pittsburgh Pitts burgs failure is no hard to ex explain explain explain ¬
plain Not only did the greatest gIfNLtester play player playyen ¬
er of all time timeHans t nHeats Hans Wagnersium Wagner agonerslumped agonerslumpedin stumped stumpedin pa panian I IIn
in his work but apparently app rentIy everyon every man manon manon +
on the team h ost his snap and des desThe dash dashThe h
The old fire and spirit which wereprominent were so soprominent 80prominent
prominent last year are no longer there thereonly thr e
only onl a faint spark w h now mud mudthen amitoo a atten
then brightens up aad then quickly dt dies diesout cUesout
out outNew
New York might possibly be able to tohead tohead
head off the Cub if they pose sued a aChristy aChmtJ
Christy Christ Mathewson to pitch ball every everyday eVer eVerday ea
day The remaining members of ofl Mc McGraWs at a aGraws
I GraWs Gra ws twirling staff tatt are not in a class classto classto s
to compare with the wonderful array arraypitchers of ofpitchers otpi
pitchers pi tchers Chance owns ownsWhere own8Where ownsWhere
Where New York and Pittsburg PU Pittsburgbe burg can canbe canbe
be picked almost to pieces the Chicago ChicagoCubs ChicagoCubs Ch ChCubs
Cubs look strong in every ev positionalso position and andalso andalso
also have ne of the greatest pitching pitchingstaffs pltch1ngstarts pitchin pitchinstaffs g
staffs In the business Not another anotherj anoth anothteam er
j I team In the th league has pitchers to com compare ¬
pare with Brown Bro rn Roulbach Kroh Over Ov et ¬
I
all Mclntire Richie and Pfelsterv Not Notan NotI Notan
I an Infield In the league compares with withChance v1thChan withChance
Chance Chan Evers Tinker and Steinfeld Stelnfeldand SteinfeldI Steinfeldand
I and where could one find three better batterand betterI bettergarden
I I garden men than Bjtman H fman Sheckard Sheckardand
and Schulte As to catchers Archer ArcherIs
Is about as clever c1e er as they make themand them themand themnd
and nd then there are KHnsrandNaedham KHnsrandNaedhamas KUng Klingand and i teedham teedhamas aedham aedhamu
as second string men It looks 1001s11k8 like the theCttbs theCUbs theCubs
CUbs all the wayRACING way wayRACING wayRACING
RACING TO BOOM IN CANADA CANADAToronto CANADAToronto NADA NADATorono
Toronto Man to Head Syndicate Which WhichWill WhichWill WhichWill
Will Expend Fortune FortuneIt
It would seem that Canada ever thehome the thehorn th thhome
horn home of the thoroughbred will be very verymuch verymuch verymuch
much on the racing map hereafter hereafterTentative h8r88terTentative hereafterTentative
Tentative plans plan looking to the forma fon7nation formation torma ¬
1 tion tlono of a a second Canadian racing cir circuit ohcult ¬
1 cult have been formulated with Ith To Toronto Toronto Toronto ¬
ronto the headquarters he dquartors of the syndicate syndi syndicate sndlcate ¬
cate According to dispatches just to tohand toboo tohand
hand A Orpen the Toronto poolroom
king Is back of the enterprise which whichi whichIt
i It Is said will expend upward of stO stOiOG 810Goo < >
Goo in three new mile tracks Accord AccordIng AccordIng Accordtag
Ing to those associated asso k1ted with Orpen it itis itIs itis
is the Intention to build a new miletrack mile miletrack mileI
I track track at Toronto probably on the site siteof sitet siteof
of t the Dufferln Driving park and in inwhich inwhich inwhich
which Orpen holds the controlling In Interest Int Inthreat ¬
threat t reBt Another at Hamilton and andthltd a athird athird
third at Montreal All three cities citiesboast dUnOO8t citiesboast
boast of half mile mU courses In addition additionto
to the tha rogular mile affairs aUai s and these theseit the theseit o oIt
it is understood will be converted Intoregulation into intoregulation intoregulaUon
regulation regulation coursesAssootated courses coursesAssociated COUr etL etLAssoelated
Associated with Orpen is Joseph Tos ph A AMorphy AMurphy AMurphy
Murphy for years a prominent racing racingofficial 11C racingofficial ng ngomcJal
official in the middle west Murphy Morphywhen Murphywhen Murphywhen
when interviewed on the subject subjectstated svbjectI subjectstated
I stated that while he was not conver conversant oonverI oonrersant ¬
I sant with the intricate details of 0 tho thoenterprise thoenterprSa theenterprise
enterprise he was sufficiently apprised apprisedof
of the facts to warrant the belief that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the expectations of the promoters promoterswould pOmotW5would pmmoterswould
would be realized Murphy further in intimated mUmated Intimated ¬
timated that the project met with the theapproval theapproval theapproval
approval of the Canadian Racing associations as associations 5 5I ¬
I sociations the governing body bod in inthings Inthings inthings
things turf over ome omeUnder omeInder emstnder
Under such an arrangement H said saidMurphy saidMurphy saidMurphy
Murphy Toronto Hamilton and Montreal Mon Montreal Yontreal ¬
treal would then have fourteen tourt days daysracing daysracing S Sraolng
racing both spring and fall Under the e erecently
recently enacted Miller bill there can canonly can canonly ciLnonly
only be seven days of racing at any anyone anyone I
lone one track spring and fail but the thetracks thetracks thetracks
tracks each of course are not limitedhence limited limitedhence llmltecihence
hence you see the new circuit would be beprotected beprotected beprotected
protected While nothing of an official officialnature oftlcklnature ofticlalnature
nature has come to my notice I have havebeen havebeen
been led to believe leYe that the formation formationof
1 of a second circuit meets with the ap approval approvaI ¬
II proval of the Canadian Racing Rae1 g asso association aesoel MQ MQdUon ¬
el ciation ation and wit WIll receive its hearty h rty co cooperation coop ooOperation ¬
operation operationTHINKS op era tIoJL tIoJLTHINKS
THINKS THE CARDS WERE WERESTACKED WERESTACKED NERESTACKED
STACKED STACKEDPresident STACKEDPres STACKEDPresideat
President Pres 6Rt Dreyfuss of the Pittaimrg Pittaimrgel Pittsburgclub
el club b is of the opinion that the deck deckwas deckwas deckwas
was stacked against him hi the deal dealwhereby tIealwhereby dealwhereby
whereby the Cincinnati Reds secured securedPitcher scuredPItcher securedPitcher
Pitcher Benton from Use Macon eoa Ga Gaclub G Gcluo Geclub
club Pittsburg ptttabur offered S7fO 7 74t1 for this thisplayer thisplayer
player and an hour and a bait later laterthe laterthe
the Reds offered the same price The TheMacon TheMacon
Macon management wired Garry Herr Herrmann Ht > rr rrmana ¬
mann that his bid was 5X60 too low lowand lowaDd decorand
and when this raise < WaS called Macon Maconsold MCOnOld Maconsold
sold Old to the Reds This action was wastaken wastak wastaken
taken tak by by1be be Macon management after afterIt atterI
It I t had been announced that bids for forBeaton forBenton forBenton
Benton would close at a certain time tlroaWhen tIm tImWhen
When this time arrived the Cincinnati Cincinnatibid ClnetDnatibtd Cincinnatibid
bid had not been received receivedBEST reeelYedBEST receivedBEST
BEST CHANCE AWAY FROM HOME HOMEIt
It is not always I WyS the beet thing for a ayoung ayoung
1 young ball player to get t his first trial trialIn trial1n
In n fast ast company at home If thingsbreak things thingsbreak t lngs lngsbro
break bro k weM lOr or or him all well and good goodbut goodbut goodbet
but shout soouKr sbouldho he have a few poor days dayshe dayshe
he is I sure to come in for to for his share of ofroasts otroastl
roasts under which he may give way warentirely wayentirely wayontire1y
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