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2 THE WASHINGTON TIMES SUNDAY Y SEPTEMBER 6 1908
REGATTA CREWS CREWSAWAITING CREWSAAiT1N
AWAITING WORD WORDMiddle ORD ORDMidd1e
Middle States States Attracts Great GreatConcourse GreatConcourse GreatConcourse
Concourse of Shining ShiningAquatic ShiningAquatic Shiningquatic
Aquatic quatic Lights LightsJPOTOMACS LightsI LightsOTOMACS
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OTOMACS AS HOSTS HOSTSHAVE HOSTSHAVE HOSTSHAVE
HAVE A FULL HOUSE HOUSESeventy H HOUSESeventy OUSESeventy
Seventy Shells Stored There for forRaces forRaces forRftces
Races Tomorrow omorrowVashington lomorrowWashingtonCrews omorrowVashingtonCrews Washington WashingtonCrews
Crews inGood Shape ShapeREGATTA ShapeREGATTA ShapeREGATTA
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REGATTA POINTS JOINTSFirst
First race raeeStarta Starts 10 1 a a m A raee raeeevery r revery reevery
every twenty minutes minutesIntermission mlnuttwIntermkl mInutesIntermIonI2O
Intermission Intermkl IntermIonI2O lonUIO 1SM to 2 p m mOrder mOrder mOrder
Order or events eventsAssociation eventsAIHJOCI8tlon eveothAbotRtIon
Association senior singles ing junior juniorfouroared juniort
t fouroared gig jtlntor nlor single tij e senior seniorfouroared snlertouroared 1 1touroared
touroared shell heI senior single ngle quar quartermile ftllUtermlJe qrterinfle ¬
termile dash Intermediate quad quadruple quedrupo ¬
ruple scullsr culla > cuI senior or double junior junioreightoared Jiantor JiantorelghtoaNd JrnIreightoared
eightoared shells junior double doubtsenior doublesenior doublesenior
senior Mogle junior oetupte ootupleIntermediate shells shellsintermediate uhelleIntermediate
intermediate single intermediate intermediatefouroared Intermediatetouroared lnt rmedtate rmedtatefouroarsd
fouroared gig intermediate eight eightoared MtPatoared eightoared
oared shell > senior quadruple seulis seulisintermediate IICU IICUIntermedit ecuflaIntermediate
intermediate double doub sculls and the thesenior theSfnior th thaenlor
senior eightoared shells shellsSeldom hel helSeldom uhelleSeldom
Seldom in the htotory of American Americanaquatics AmerIeAAquatle8 Americanaquatlee
aquatics has there boon such a notable notablegathering aotablgatherln notablegathering
gathering < of oarsmen o fINIMft and net professional professionalcoacnes JIOCaonalCO proe1onalGa4nee
CO < < coacnes cne in one place as In now no in inWashington InWa InWashington
Washington Wa hlnglon for the Middle States re regatta re reGatta reatta ¬
gatta atta tomorrow tomorrowYesterday tomorrowYesterday tomorrowYeeterdy
Yesterday morning about 10 oclock oclockthe oclockthe ocloekThe
the oarsmen from all over the Eastern EasternStates EaaternStates aatern aaternItates
States began nocking ftocktn < into the Potomac Potomacoat Potomacboat Potomacboat
boat > oat house hou Owing to the delayed train trainservice trainserVle trainserv1qe
service the he shells did not arrive at the thePotomac thePotomac th thPotomac
Potomac house until late in n the even evenIng een1ng evenIng
Ing Nevertheless the men rigged their theirboats tbelrloatJi theirboats
boats In a hurry and all managed ed to toget toget toget
get in a little paddle before dark darkThrough dukThroulth darkThrough
Through the courtesy of the Potomac Potomacthe Potomacthe Potomacathe
the Springfield champion double Alex Alexander A1eJander A1e A1eandor ¬
ander Warnook and Harry Bennett Bennettwent Ben Bennettwent ett ettwent
went out twice in the Potomac shell ahelland nheIIand j jand
and had quite a little row their boat boathaving boathaving boathaving
having bean delayed with 1tb the others othersSeventy othenlSeventy othereSeventy
Seventy Shell OB Hand HandInstead HandInstead BandInstead
Instead of the usual way of bringing bringingthe brlft8incthe brIn1ngthe
the shells heU to the club house the com committee eo eomlttGe cornnilttce ¬
mittee had them shipped ahtpp d direct to toShepherds toShephenl toShepherds
Shepherds wharf opposite te Alexandria Alexandriaand A1exaadrtaand Alexandriaand
and from there they were loaded 1 on two twolarge twoJarge twolarge
large scows and towed up the river to totheir totheir totheir
their destination reaching that place placeabout placeabout placeabout
about 6 oclock About forty different differentfrail dlfterentfrail dlkerentfrail
frail craft were brought up and to tomorrow tomOlTOW tomorrow ¬
morrow about the same number will be bebrought bebrought
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brought up and housed h 1i4Id at the same sameplace ameplace samepIace
place There are seventeen aevtfpl different differentevents differentvent differentYentK
events vent and in none oC them are ttre re there thereless tt there3eee re rela
less than three crews ere entered enteredj vim h the theexception thexceptlon thezceptIon
exception < of the senior > eightoareA race racethus racethuB racethue
thus giving the Potomacs about seventy seventytwo aeveatytwo aeventytwo
two boats to care for forBoth torBoth forBoth
Both of the Baltimore crews ere were on onthe onthe onhe
the he water late in the afternoon the theAriels theArlel theAriels
Ariels and an nd the Arundels and though thoughthey thoushthey thoughthey
they are bore to t fight it out among amongthemselves mo moiheln amongthemselvea
themselves iheln lvea they have an idea the they theyJiave they1l theyhave
have 1l ve a strong < lookIn for first place placein
in the junior eights It was rumored rumoredat
at the boat houwi yesterday that the theArundel UteArJn theArundet
ArJn Arundel 81 crew had beaten the time for forjunior forjunior forjunIor
junior eighU by b a Urge margin but buttime buttime but1me
time does not go for fo much In n a boat boatxace oatrace bentaace
race xaceChampions raceChampioDI aaceChampione
Champions Duo Du Today TodayThe TodayThe TodayThe
The New ew York Athletics = will arrive arrivein arrl arrlin
in town this morning and their boat boatwill boAtwHl boatwill
will be brought up with the th others so sothe 80the nothe
the onlookers at t the bridge e will have
a chance to sec the t th United States Stat cham champions champions ehampknn ¬
pions In action They too are re a fast fastvrew tatrew factcrew
crew rew and have won everything they theyhave they11ae theyhave
have entered in this season although althoughthey althoupthoy
thoy have only onl hree of last years yearsmen yeara yearamono yearsmon
men but the senior nlor Potomac Potomacerw fcraw < that thatPat thatPat thatPat
Pat Dempsy has in tow now is going goingto pnsto og ogto
to open the eyes of big rowing men menof menor menot
of this country The Potomacs beat beatthem beatthem beatthem
them for second place in the senior seniorevent Mnlorcvent sealerevent
event at the national regatta last at year yearat YeArat yearat
at Philadelphia and believe belle they can canrepeat canrepet canThpet
repeat repeatThe repetTh ThpetThe
The Th Potomacs are rowing rowtn < now DO Thrail Thrailbow Thrailbow Thrailbow
bow Miller 2 Bliss m 3 Mueller 4 4Spraney 4Spran 4Spransy
Spraney y 5 Hart f Kills EI 7 and d Brew Brewater Drewster Tirewoter
ater stroke with Lieutenant Slocum at atthe atthe t tthe
the tiller ropes Slocum has ha been at the thegame thegame thegame
game for a number of years starting tartl at atCornell atCornell atCornell
Cornell and is a thorough oarsman He Heis Heis Heis
is well pleased with the crew crewCoach as is isCoach iaCoaeh
Coach Dempsey and says they are re win winners winners winers ¬
ners nersPotomac nersPotomaCi ers ersPotomaca
Potomac Promising Juniors JuniorsThe JuniorsThe JuniorsThe
The junior Potomacs Potomac have been giv giving gtvIng 11 11tng ¬
ing the seniors nlora hard rubs tin 1n the past pastfew JMUtfew pastfew
few evenings and if they dont get stage stagefright stagefright stagefright
fright at the time of the race should shouldmake Mouldmake shouldmake
make fast time even for a senior crew crewMorse erewMors crewMorse
Morse the strike trtlle is 1 a man who takes takescare ta taCAre taescare
care of f himself all the time and is biff biffand bigand
and strong He is capable of setting sottinga ttJnc ttJnca bi61
a hugh hUC stroke which if his mates fol follow follow follow ¬
low as a they have been doing lately latelyshould latelyshould latelyshould
should deliver the goods The juniors juniorsare juniorare
are heavier than the senior crew and andseem andseem andseem
seem to be a little quicker on the starts startshaving startl3vlng startsiavlng
having frequently beaten the seniors niora in ingetting Ingetting ingetting
getting away As Aathey they will row in the therace therace therace
race the Potomac juniors will be Mil Miller Jimler MITar ¬
ler bow Smith 2 Bullough 1 3 Murray 4 4Mueller tuller 4Mueller
Mueller uller t I Foster 8 Richardson R banlllOft 7 Morse Morsestroke WOrMstroke Morsestroke
stroke and R D Randolph R coxwatn coxwatnRandolph coxwlnRandolph coxwalnRandolph
Randolph has been under Dempsy only onlya
a 5 short time but he has picked pick up Up upa upalot a alotfrom alot
lotfrom lot Ifrom from Slocum the senior coxwain coxwainThis eoxwatnTbls coxwsinThie
This morning probably every one en of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the visiting crews eN will be on the water waterfor watertor watrfor
for a practice spin and should make makequite makequite makequite
quite a spectacle in their different col colored colored eelored ¬
ored costumes costumesSo tumetJ tumetJio
io far the only O I7 disappointment has hasbeen haIbeen hasbeen
been the retirement of Nevius of the theAn UNAnJo theAnJoetan
AnJo AnJoetan An tan Club He has been called callednuc eanedou calledouc
nuc ou t of town at the lat moment and andcan andcn andcan
can not row He was entered teNd in the thejunior thejunior thejunior
junior singles MUlls and Ms departure departurewill d41parturewill departurewill
will leave the Analostans ns without an anentry anetr7 aneltry
entry in that event eventFamous eventFamous evenLFamous
Famous Coaches Here HeraAt HerLAt HereAt
At the Potomac house yesterday and andtoday andtoday andtoday
today there here was and will be among < the thevisiting thlvisiting theisitIng
visiting coaches cOaeh c aehse John Kennedy who whocoached whocoached whocoached
coached the Potomac crews in ISHffla lSiIaaand L155 L155and ISHfflaand
and has for the past few yre > t tII turned turnedout turnedout turnedout
out winners for Yale Juvenal of scull sculling Jk sIlIng ll llIng ¬
ing fame Van Flett Flett leit of the New York YorkA
A C C the Ten Hyks yka all of the Damp Dempsy Desapsys Dampsys ¬
sys sy s Rica R1e of the 00iuIH6a Oohii bta College 1ege who whoCoftthMted whoCCIII whoCo
CoftthMted Co dnued OB Ytovrth lg 0
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B E VON GAZA GAZAWho WALDEMAR W SAND SANDWho
Who Wh Will Give Entrants in Senior Singles = a Hard Rub From Form Shown in inTrial Who Will Row in Junior Singles at Middle Statet Regatta Tw Trrew rmw
Trial Spin
ENGINEER ELEVEN ELEHStrong ELEVENHAS ELEVENHAS
HAS GOOD START STARTStrong STARTStrong
Strong Coaching Staff and andNucleus andNucleus andNucleus
Nucleus ol Veterans Veteransfor
for Soldiers SoldiersBis
Bis Big football plans are afoot far rergtneer En Engineer n ngtneet ¬
gineer Corps orpIr troops t stationed at the theWashington tb tbWashington
Washington Barracks this th fall fallThe ta taThe fallThe
The candidates for the eleven were werecalled we weclled werecalled
called out for tn the first time yesterday yesterdayand y ynd
and nd about forty are expecteo peclea to oe in inuniform muBUorm inuniform
uniform before the th text of this week weekNot weekNot weekNot
Not only 0111 are ar the candidates abundant abundantbut abundantbut abundantbut
but they are full of experience ex and andtried andtried andtried
tried ability blltq with the result JWIU It hat the theEngineers theJOnctnwrs theEngineers
Engineers promise to have oue o e of the theheaviest thebeavtet theheaviest
heaviest and nd best teams in Washington Washingtonlieutenants WashingtonLieutenants uhton uhtoniJeutenanta
lieutenants Graves Rockwell and andKndreas andEedreu andEndrees
Kndreas all of whom made Lame for forthemselves torthemaeJveil forthemselves
themselves as football pIes of un unusual unuaua1 unusual ¬
usual prowess prow when at West TNt Point will willcoach willcoach III IIIcoach
coach th the < Engineers and hope h P to build buildup buildUP buildup
up an eleven that will ill win In the armyand annyand army antyand
and navy championship of the th fest Ea hstPrivateHarry festPrivate t tPrIvate
Private PrivateHarry Harry W Be Ben l nuTOger rni rer of the theteam thetNm theteeni
team has bU en his list of C material Nichol Nicholson Nichol110ft Nicholnee ¬
son end Buck fullback Sullivan half halfback baltback halfback ¬
back Stump Arnold halfback the themanager thennqer thenanager
manager hmstlf quarterback qu rterback Leroy Leroycenter Leror1ecter Leroycenter
center and Moore guard Every one oneof ooel oneof
of these e Is an oldtimer m football and andR
all1l
R Dumber rumbei umM of them have been seen on onsoldier on801dJfr onsoldier
soldier teams that have played in inWasrington InTamncton inWanrlngton
Wasrington WasringtonA
A schedule is now being arranged alT nsed and andthe andthe andthe
the soldiers hope to get enough eno h dates dateswith dteawith dateswith
with the leading local teams to put in ina Ina Ina
a bid for the District tstr1ctchamplorship tstr1ctchamplorshipGUN champiorship champiorshipGUN champlorshipOUN
GUN FACTORY TEAK TEAKLINES TEAMLINES TEAI TEAILINES
LINES UP UI VETERANS
College Stars and nd Other Well WeilKnown WellKnown VellKnown
Known Players in Foot Football Football Football ¬
ball Squad SquadThe SquidNaval
The Naval Gpn Factory football team teamwill teamwUl teamwill
will start practice on Wednesday Il ay next nextMost nextMost nextMost
Most sfll ii I of the old players playe have utve eon eonseited eOn eOnlIe1ted canseited
seited to play his year YUr and with such suchwen 4IUChlhtn suchmen
wen as those named belowthe below tbe th outlook outlookLs
Ls very ery bright brightJimmie brightTimmie brightJimmie
Jimmie Kerr Georgetowns star half halfback halfback baitback ¬
back in lft 1 l9vi will be betouod found In his old oldposition oMJMJtlon oldposition
position of right halfback and nd should auldbe auldbea be bea bea
a a moat valuable asset to the team teamBurns teamBurns teamBurns
Burns De Marr one on of Washingtons Washingtonsbest
best halfbacks and ad always a sure ground groundgainer pooundner groundgainer
gainer ner will be Kerr running mate mateLecarione mateLeeartone mateLecailono
Lecarione who is laknown known as the Iron IronMan IronMalt IronMan
Man because e of his terrific line plung phm phmI < ¬
lug I will play fullback Frank McCor McCormack McCormaek McCormack
mack who made such an n excellent excellentshowing excelentshowing excellentshowing
showing against the AllNavy team teamlast teamlast teamlast
last season will be played at end Sut Sutton Sutton Sutton
ton George Washingtons star player playerof
of IMS llC6 and nd Stine suite the AllSouthern star starwill starwill tar tarwill
will also be b pKyed at t the end peal positions pealtions ¬
tions tionsHuber UonaHuber tionsHubet
Huber has a new rote at quarterback quarterbackbut
but with a little practice should prove provea
a high class cl man at that position The Theline TheUne Theline
line is I unusually strong roag with such men menas menas menas
as Buriingame Parker Gletler Clem Clements Clements Claments ¬
ents Evans and Foster lo r all of whom whomare whomare whmnare
are veteran football players playersAll plae plaeAU playersAU
AU the squad needs Ia ie practice and andas aadiIOOft andas
as soon as team work is developed developedManager developedaDlrer
Manager Huber thinks he will have hav one oneof oneot oneof
of the best teams in the country countrySOLDIER countrySOLDIER countrySOLDISR
SOLDIER BALL TEAM TEAMHAS TEAMHAS TEAMHAS
HAS BIG AMBITION AMBITIONThe
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The Engineer Corps baseball ba ebaU team teamfrom teamfrom teamfront
from the th Washington Barracksis Barracks Ia try trying trylag trylag
lag to make e arrangements for a series seriesof seriesof riea rieaof
of games with the winner of the city ettyamateur eftamateur cityamateur
amateur championship series seriesOn serieson
On 0 merit thejmldiers the 8Qldiera ire entitled tit1 to tomuch tomueh tomuch
much consideration CODatderaii n as they have an ex exeellent exeeUeRt oxeeflent 1
eellent team Among AJft Ig the enlisted enfllltedmet enfllltedmetre men menare
are re old players who have been in the thegame thegame thegame
game all over the country and have havewide hvewiele havewide
wide reputations One of those is Iron IronFace Iroithee lronFace
Face Kennedy pitcher and third thirdman base baseman se seman ¬
man who was formerly with the First FirstBattalion FlnltBattalion FirstBttlIon
Battalion of Engineers at Fort Mason MasonCal luonCat MasonCal
Cal and gained much distinction dl b af a atwirier atwirler atwirler
twirler and infielder on the Pacific Pacificcoast PneIPccoast e eeoaMt
coast Stump Arnold Is another aol soldier aoldler aoldier ¬
dier star his best work being done be behind be behind behind ¬
hind the bat as catcher and on the thebases thebUe thebses
bases Still another is Sapp the first firstbaseman ftnit1HuIemaD Itratbaseman
baseman who has been a figure ftau on sev several several J Jeral ¬
eral championship teataa teataaManager teItBQ1 tesinenager
Manager nager Bcil to OB th the > trail of the thaleague U Ueea theleague
league ehj pJon and n ho been given givensome gweaaoj Tea TeaCOIIIafI
aoj some encouraaonient COIIIafI iRtJ S fat the matter tor tordstis r cf cfV f fO
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Entries Entri s for f r South Atlantic c Games Gamesat
at Washingtdn Wash ngtdn Grove Field FieldPass FieldPass FieldPass
Pass Century Mark MarkFight MarkFight MarJFight
Fight for Foster Trophy Feature in Relay Re ay Events EventsKemper EventsKemper vents ventsKemperJ
Kemper Israel IsraelJ and Other Washington WashingtonStJ WashingtonStarsBooked Stans StansBooked S Sr
Booked for Individual Contests
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More Mot than one hundred of the theathletes best bestathletes batatblt
athletes atblt ta the South Atlantic AtlanticUon Associa Association Aaapctioit ¬
tion have Ie mans send nearly rly two hundred en entries eatne entries ¬
tries in the fifteen events to be decided decidedat
at the seventh annual nual Labor nay games gamesof Po Poof garnsof
of th the Washington Waahlft Grove Athletic Asso Association A DO DOelation mecitlOn ¬
elation on the Grove field beginning Dftlq at t
11 oclock tomorrow morning morningThere momlnThere morningThere
There will b b4t thirteen evrnts ev t5 for In Individual I IdlvlGnal Individual ¬
dividual athletes and three relay races racesone raceaone TSCeon
one on for junior teams one open o n to all allsenior allsenior allsenior
senior teams and nd the third for the thechampionship thecbam thechainlonshIp
championship cbam lonablp of Montgomery county countyThe countyThe countyThe
The fight fta t in the latter event for the theFoster theFter thePoster
Foster trophy promises prom to be one on of the themost theJDCNIt themoei
most fiercely contested cont in the long 10 10rIea se series aetie ¬
ries tie Just 1 now the be Woodride Wood lde team t last lastyears Jutyears lastyears
years champions without a change in inits 1ftIta inIts
its makeup looks Hke the winner nner but butKenslngta butKenalngol butKenslngto
Kenslngta i with Williams Knowles KnowlesIsrael Know KnowIilraet KnowlesIsreel
Israel ard Gissell has more than tbanftchUIIIf a afighting a alighting
fighting chance Washington ahIUltfJt Grove has hasa
a green team of likely youngsters ten and andwill aAdWill andwill
will at least give the leaders der n close ran ranfor ranto runIo
for to tii >
trophy trophyIhe trophyThe x xThe
The Washington n Y M C A Brook Brookhind Brookland Brookland
land and the Gurtey GurieyAthietlc Athletic Club CIu quar quartets Quarfill euarLets ¬
Lets fill be the leading < contenders in inthe Itathe inthe
the sector 101 open race while the local localassociation aIaoelMlon localaseecintion
association the Brookland Athletic Club Cluband Cluband Cluband
and the McCultough XeCull UCh Athletic Club or orBaltimore orBaIUmore orBaltimore
Baltimore are scheduled to fight for t r the tneblue UNblue theblue
blue ribbon in the junior relay relayThrall rela relaThrall relayThrall
Thrall in i in Pole Vault VaultThere VaultTher VaultThere
There will be some good contests in inthe inthe inthe
the Individual events especially pecla1l in the thepole tI1epole thepole
pole vault ir which Thrall the South Southern Southera Southera ¬
era champion c and record holder will willonce willonce Willonce
once more be agahu Ward ard of the Bal Baltimore BaltllIIOre Baltirnore
timore Y M M t C A A Theee two twoTbraU men menThrall menThrall
Thrall with a record recorder of 11 feet fHt 2 Inches Inchesand I Iand Inchesand
and Ward only onl two Inches lneb lower have havemet havemet havemet
met a dosen tunes indoors and out in inthe Intho inthe
the last three years each with th the same samerecord samerecord me melecord
record for victories victoriesKemper vt ylcLorlcKemper Orla OrlaKemper
Kemper an od High School cham champion champJon chantplon ¬
pion representing repre enUng the Guriey club clubRoyce clubRoJce clubRoyce
Royce of the local l Y M 1 C A Thrall ThrallOanster ThrallGan ThrallGanster
Oanster Gan ter Qf r the Maryland 1lary nd Swimming SwimmingClub SwtmmlnClub SwimmingClub <
Club and Israel of Kensington Ken and the theBaltimore theBaltimore theBaltimore
Baltimore M fJleal dical College ie are some of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the men m n vh h < are In fl the sprints with withSotthsou withSntlthsou
Sotthsou 81 lUwon of J the Garfey G 1rley club Adams Adamsthi AdamtIth Adamsth
thi th t fastest fa tHt quartertnller r the Marylard MarylardArrtcultural Jtlarylac4Apleultural d dArricultural
Arrtcultural College Col has b ever ha haBlack had arid aridBlack andBlack
Black of the McCullough Club of Bal Baltimore Baltimore Baithuore ¬
timore the three fastest men in the thedouble thedoubJe thedouble
double furlong The fields in both the themiddle lbemiddle themiddle
middle distance U t Ce events are re very evenly evenlyDsJ tWenlybaJ6 evenlybaja
baja DsJ ced and some good racing < should shouldresult 8 OtIresua shouldrenuit
result Hildebrand of the Gurley club clubWenderoth clubWenderoth clubWenderoth
Wenderoth Wenderoth of George Washington Uni University University Univeralty ¬
versity rlphlnstone of the Cross CrossCountry CrotIIICountry CrossCountry
Country Club of Baltimore Mlburn M lburn of ofWashington ofVaahlnston ofWashington
Washington Grove and Fentiman of ofthe Ofthe ofthe
the Baltimore Athletic Club are likely likelyto lkelyto
to be in the front squad at the finishes finishesof ftnillbesof
of both the half and nd mile runs runsSeme runsS8Ble runsSeine
Seine Classy Jumpers JumpersOne JumpersOne
One of tLe best fields eld in in any of pie pieevents theevents he heevents
events ta IsL bi the running high jump with withfourteen wtthfourtf1t1 withfourteen
fourteen starters including Boettlnger Boettlngerof BoetUn er erof
of the Baltimore Athletic Club White Whiteof Whiteof
of the District D National Guard and andGraham aRC1Graham andGraham
Graham of the local Y M C A the thethree thetbree thethree
three best jumpers now In the South SoutnAtlantic SouthAtlaatlc SouthAtlantic
Atlantic Young and King o ot the Gur Gurley Gurley Gurcy
ley i cy club and Boettlnger will contest In Ina Ina Ina
a special scratch hopstepandjnm hopstepandjnmAthletes hopstcpandjulIlJIAthletes hopstepandjumpAthletes
Athletes and spectators from Wash Washington Washiugton VasblJaaton ¬
ington will leave thevUnion the Union Station at atSd atS atS
Sd S tomorrow morning the game be beginning be berilnnlftg beginning
ginning at 11 oclock There will be a abaseball aba8eba1l abaseball
baseball game In the tJ afternoon tternl n between betweenBrookhuH1 betweenBrooklan4i j
Brookland and Kensington Kens Uton for the B BH BH BH
H Warner trophy cup mad the cham championsbip champlonablj chantplonahip
pionsbip of Montgomery county
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K A A C J F Cissel K KAC A AC C A C CAdams CAdams CAdams
Adams Md Agr C c J A Knowles KnowlesD Know KnowD
D A C J O Mnhoney P A C CH cH CH
H W V Ganster Gn ter Md S S C W V1 O C Thrall ThrallW ThrallV
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A A C R Duncan Wash fash Y M C A AJ AT AJ
J H Hughes HUSh H A a CoYARD C CYABD
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C Y M C A A BaltW Bait Bal W B Blade BladeMe Blaetcfc BlackMe
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LJBERTYVILLE Ill Sept 5 iC C E
Dean who drove Minor Heir at Minne Minneapolis Minneapolis lInneapoUtJ ¬
apolis yesterday when he went a mile mileunpaced mileunpaced mikunpaced
unpaced on a heavy track in 2 2OQbl 2OQblcording 80Ii V4 ac according aecordlagto ¬
cording cordlagto to the timers figures declares declaeathe decIarethe
the horse hot really made the mile in inDean 11I 11IDean 1594
Dean started out to beat Dan D n Patshs Patshsrecord Patphsrecord I Irecord
record of 200 Ofl Dean declares that he hehimself hehlm hehimself
himself hlm elf held the watch on on Minor Heir Heirand Helland Heliand
and it registered 1 1O4 He had forty fortyfriends fortytriends fortsfriends
friends take the horses borse time also and andthe andthe am I Ithe
the slowest slowf t any of these watches caught caughtwas caughtwas t twas
was 159
BURNS EASY LIFE LIFESHOWING LIFESHON1NGRESULtS
SHOWING SHON1NGRESULtS RESULTS RESULTSPaun RESULT1Paunch
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Pro Comment CommentBy
By JEFF THOMPSON THOMPSONN THOKPSONXJrW THOMPSONNRW
N XJrW W YORK Sept L Totfconow LLarerrow Totfconowt Is IstINt Istb
t tINt tb Mg day dayThe ay m sgortdom sgortdomThe spoitdamThe
The fight tau aSs will be in their glory gloryboard gloryto gloryend
end to hasp am eye Oft eve every bulletin bulletinMe bulletinbosrd
board one will ne4 nee as many eyes 8 as a acentipede aC8fttlpede acentle
centipede has feet But going beyond beyondLabor beyondLabor beyondLabOr
Labor Day the future is holding holdl some someood IIOIlUtthlnp soeteood
ood thing In J store for the lover or ofthe ortlH orthe
the manly nly game Ever since the cables cablesbrought cabieblOUPt cablesbrought
brought the news that Tommy Burns Burnsknocked BunuII Burnsknocked
I knocked out Bill Squires for the third thirdtime thirdtime thirdtime
time In AusraUa the aopesters have havebeen hawbeen havebeen
been dipping deep into pact perform performances perfo perfoance performances ¬
ances and figuring on future events eventsHowever eventsHoweY eventsHowever
However HoweY < It is I fitting dttla in this tb Conner connection COIUMCUoa Connertiost ¬
tion that some mention be made of ofTommy ofToIuIA7 ofBurne
Tommy Burns is scheduled to toheaJ box boxsome boxlme
some lme heavy Aspirants upt at the he end tf tfhili pfhis f fbis
his long trip but those who know are aresadly areadly aredIy
sadly dIy shaking shakta < their heads headsBurn beadBur heedsBurns
Burn is living easy and nd taking In Inmoney InDIODey himoney
money hand over fist It is I remarked remarkedaye remarkedaye
aye city feared that his condition will willnot willnot I
i
not be the best when hen be finishes up
When he entered the ring against againstSquires apitSqulr againstSquires uPI
Squires Squlr his appearance ap nce was w sadly sadlyaaglnst adlyaa sedlynaginet
aaglnst aa nat him There was a suggestion suggestionof
of paunch uaeh about the stomach his hiejewels h hJ6wela hisjewels
jewels were heavy and his skin did didnot didnot I IIIOt
not shoW the healthy glow of the UNthlete thetrained
j trained Athlete However Ho time works worksI worksWOnders I II
I wonders wondersJack WOndersJack ra I
fl
Jack Johnson is gotnjr to box Mike KikeSnreck Mikejrerk I IAreelt
Snreck in London In October The Tb ex exact exact axact ¬
act date has not been set but both bothmen bothJtHtft bothhave
men have cone somethey forward saying that thatthey thatthey
they are in earnest and that they will willnot wtUnot willnot
not allow trifles to interfere with the thecoming theOOI thecoming
OOI coming I bout Sam Fitzpatrick Fttspatrtekof manager managerof
of the big black says that all the ar arrangements arraagmeaUl arrangenients ¬
rangements are satisfactory and that thattraining thattralD1ag thattraining
training has already been commenced commencedMarvin commeacedJlarvtn commencedMarvIn
Marvin Harts manager wanted to take takebun takeblm takehim
bun across the Me lake to give the thegiant thestant thegIsnt
giant challenger of Bu Burns a batik tOe for forhis torbi forhis
his white alley but this has h4 been fore forestalled toreatKUec1 forestalled ¬
stalled atKUec1Plllla stalledPhiladoiphig stalledPhiladelphia
Philadelphia eJpbta Jack OBrien is putting PUt putting ng
on the finishing Anhi touches for his go with
Hart on September IS 15 at Boston before
the Armory A A OBrien has signified
hte w willingness wlllin for a match with Al
Kauffman and nd stated that he would wouldleave wou wouIvo wouldleave
leave for the Pacific coast COB immediately immediatelyafter
after his fight with Hart no matter how
it turns out ou OUL The OBrienHart affair
is a fifteenround go 0 but both men feel
confident of a quicker ending endingBut end1aBut end1n end1nBut
But to leave boxing for the moment momentThe monJefttThe momentThe
The sport ap rt lovers of Gotham are waJUhpaUeaU waiting waitingpatiently waitingpatiently <
patiently paUeaU for the senior championships championshipsof
of the Metropolitan Association which whichare whlcbare Whichare
are to be held at t Tntvera Island the thesummer thenmmet thesummer
summer tame me of the New York Athletic AthleticClub AthleUcClub AthleticClub
Club on September 12 AU the larger largerteams largerteams
teams of the Metropolitan lIetropoUtan1t Association AaeocIaUoihave
have 1t ve hadtheir had their Ja larger ger clubs in training trainingautletes
for some time and with th the tnaux 1ndu of
autletes letes who won laurels arels in the th e Olympic OlympiceIi OlympicpTies I IgSRies
gSRies eIi the entry list surely offers offersvalue p era line 40eu 40eThe linevalue
value valueThe valueThe u
The track and field championship > com committee committee cornndttee ¬
mittee of the Metropolitan n Association Associationtook A8 Associationtook OdatiOfttook
took into consideration the time of the thereturning thereturBlng thereturning
returning athletes from abroad when whenthey whenthey whenthey
they settled upon the date of the meet meetand meetanti
and placed it far enough ahead to allow aJIo aJIoem
Them em to enter No entries have been re received recelvod ¬
ceived tod since September Se tembec 1 1The 1The
The American Olympic committee will willhold willhold wUlhold
hold a meeting meet1n this tal month nth and it will willlikely wiltlikely
likely be an txtremely Important portant one oneIt op opIt
It Is not ftO at t all unlikely that a big bi state statement stateme statemeat ¬
meat me t will be Issued la to the pveis i and
it is almost a foregone torl 5one cottclUBfon that
the athletic relations with the British
Amateur Athletic Association Aaect < tlon will be besevered beHvered besevered
severed severedRalph HveredRalph severedRalph
Ralph Rose e the giant athlete whosuwlght whosuweight whosu whosuweight
weight throwing added 6d d to the laurelsgleaned laurels laurelsgleaned els elsgleaned j
gleaned by this country eount abroad has de decided decIded decidod ¬ i
cided to make his hi permanent 1 ome om in
New York He thinks this little spec specoffers spototters t toffers
offers the best opportunities for an ath ath1eote ¬
lete because there is always something ethln <
doing and the Interest in athletics e here ber
Is always keen Rose at any rate rate wu wUiremain wuremain wuremain
remain here until after the national nationalchampionships ngt1olchampionships tlol tlolchamploft8hlp
championships when he wilt attempt a tetnpt to toestablish toytablh toestablish
establish a new record throwing tbrowln < the 14 14pound 11 11pound 15pound
pound shot shotThe shotThe shotThe
The next regular monthly games of the
Northwestern A C wfl 1 be jE > e held h ld at the theclub theclub theclub
club grounds on the 13th of the themonth themonth themonth
month Six events will be decided Toe Toecompetition Tbecompetition Thecompetition
competition for the point trophy tm hy Is very
keen and much friendly frlendl ilvalry i exists existsamong tXt8 tXt8among extataamong
among the men The Northwestern are arenow atenow arenow
now arranging for a serifS of open openwrestling openwrestling openwrestling
wrestling tournaments o glnntng jtotno jtotnotime IIOtnotime umetime
time in October The club lub started quite quitea
a wrestling boom last year and 11U will con continue continue ¬
tinue the good work this season seasonf
f
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Computing Standing of Pitchers PitchersBy PitchersBy PitchersBy
By Present Childish Ch ldish System Systetrix SystemInsult SystemInsult
x t Insult to Intelligence tolntelilgenceNoRegard IntelligenceNjpf Infell gence genceNri
Njpf Nri NoRegard Regard R gard Paid P idto to Support They Receive ReceiverandGood ReceiverandGoodMan anjdr an fq 43pod 43podMan od odMan
Man on Weak Club Suffers Rank Injustice InjusticeChanges Injusticehanges InjusticeChanges <
Changes Proposed ProposedBv P oposed oposedBy
1 By THOMAS S RICE
Bat Ht u Ifftl when Case c 8 Fatten was wasI wascredited 1 1I
I I credited crfdU with winning nineteen games gamesand gamesrind i
and losing sixteen tor f r a a percentage of ofSJ3 o
I SJ3 with the Washington team which whichlost whichi whichlost
i lost ninetyfly tAv games and won fifty nftyfive ttrt ttrtlh fiftyI
I five lh vi for a percentage pereenta of JfT IITU it was wasjxjfnted wasI waspointed
pointed out in nThe The Times that the themethod themetlMMl themethod
I method of rating pitchers wa WIUI utterly utterlyabsurd utterl utterlabHrd utterlyabsurd
absurd absurdThe abHrdThe
0 The principal point made at that time timewas timewas timewas
was that any an pitcher who won on more moregames moreI morega
I games ga than tbanh his team was doing splen splendld apJ8I1did
did work and that ono on who won more morethan morethaa morethan
1
than half his games while the team won wona
a small fractionmore fractionS more than a third of its itscontest Itsconte itscontests
contest t l bad ad accomplished phenomenal phenomenalresults phenomenalretN phenomenalresuke
results retN On that baste bas Fatten Patt n was pro pronounced prflnoUM pronounced ¬
nounced noUM d the best pitcher In the Amerl American Amerlean Amerlean ¬
ean League In 1900 19O a a position po lUon which la las 18as Isas
as s strong now no as than thanSince thtmSlooe thenSince
Since The Times Instated Insl too that due duecredit duecr8dlt duecredit
credit should be given Patten for his hisgrand 1116grad hisgrand
grand performance In ttft 1fiH 5 the mat matter matter ¬
ter of rating tlnl pitchers has been more moreand mo mo11M
and more mer strongly impressed upon the thebaseball thepubiJe thebaa
baseball baa bhl public until ntll today the vast vactmajority vastmajority ut utmajortty
majority of fans utterly disregard the therilly thedlr thesilly
silly standing lICIt of pitchers palmed off offon off8ft offon
on the public Criticism has not only onlybeen onlybeen onlybeen
been directed it t the gross Injustice InJu tlce of ofnot ofot ofiot
not conaMeriCH a pitchers percentage percentageIn
In connection with the standing of his hisclub blsclub hisclub
club but also at t the misleading and andfrequently andIrequentiT andfrequontiy
frequently varying rules 18M tor or telling tellingwhen tellingwhea tellingwhen
when a pitcher has won rOft or lest lestAbsurdity 185tAbsurdity lestAbsurdity
Absurdity Exposed ExposedThe
The Falkenberg case brought the sub subject aubjeet subjeet ¬
jeet to a focus IA li Washington and andsince an4allMe andsince
since It was pointed out In The Times Timesthe TtmetM Timesthe
I
the newspapers nWIIpS 1II all around the big and andlittle andittle nd ndIIUIe
little l circuits clrc have begun agitating s taUft the thequestion theqUoa thequestion
question of o reform r rorm According to the theantiquated tileantJquated theantiquated
antiquated and idiotic IdIoUcIfYem system in vogue voguenow vosuenow voguenow
now Kalkenberg when he was 1 soldto soldtoCleveland old to toCleveIaJMI toCleveland
Cleveland became he was absolutely absolutelyunable abaoluttlyunable absolutelyunable
unable to make good with Washington Washingtonranked Waablngtonranke Washingtonranked
ranked < highest of all the Washingtonpitchers Washington Washingtonpitchers a lnlton lnltonpltcben
pitchers and nd should have beer the most mostvaluable moaitvaJuabJe mostvaluable
valuable man on the tears yet it was I
perfectly well known to every player playerand playeraad playersaid
and fan in this city that he h was the theweakest theeaknt thuweakest
weakest and moat unreilaote labman Ilahmtinon labmanon
on Manager Cantitkms staff staffThe StafrThe staffTb
The Tb trouble is that in estimating a apitcher IIpitcher apitcher
pitcher by his games he frequently frequentlyescapes frequentlyNCIlpetll frequentlyescapes
escapes Maine for those he really lIy loses losesFor loHlitFor losesFor
For instance if his team Is five runs runsahead ruMalMaci runsahead
ahead and he blows up say In the sev seventh seveath aevauth ¬
enth inning and allows the opposition oppositionto
to make five runs in one iming and he heis hethen heI
is I then yanked out of the box with withthe withthe withthe
the score tied his successor who may nmyp mayso
90 in cold is charg charged d with tt the low of ofan oflID ofan
an entire game if the th oth other r team makes makesa
a winning run This is done although althoughthat althoughtbal althoughthat
that sixth run may be due entirely to torank toraak torank
rank errors while whl the man whose hoee coarse coarsework coarsewor1c coarsework
work in exploding is not demented in inany InaDY inany
any way wayUtterly wayUtterly wayUtterly
Utterly Childish System SystemTake SystemTke SystemTake
Take another case Say Washington Waswtegtenin a lftgten lftgtenIn
in the first three innings makes five fiveruns ttvenHI8 fiveruns
runs and nd the Washington Ington pitcher goes geesgood goes8OOd goesgood
good until the fourth inning when four fourrune fourrune fourruns
rune are re rolled up in a a hurry and the theWashington theablngtOft theWashington
Washington pitcher is relived by one onewho onewho onewho
who not only stops the t batting rally rallybut rallybutholdil rallybut
but butholdil holds the other side biLlets a for forthe torthe forthe
the remainder of the fourth and the theoUter theOlber theother
oUter live innings The pitcher who whostarted wh whatarted wh3started
started on the mound and had a wn wnnlng wnIII witning
nlng III mark handed to him oy D Washing Washington Washingtons Vat1 ng ngton ¬
ton tons good batting but was so bad that thathe thathe thatbe
he had to be taken out to save the day dayte dlQIs dayIs
Is credited with a 1 victory whicn lHcn he was wasthrowing wasthrowing wasthrowing
throwing away aw as fast as he could couldwhile couldblle couldwhile
while blle the substitute gets no credit of ofany otan ofany
any an kind for five Innings InnlD al 1 hitlers hitlerstwirling hltl hltlesstwirling H Ht
twirling twirlingIf t A1r1lngIf
If yt you were to submit such a system systemof systemof
of computing tho Hi value of work w rK done doneto dot1to doneto
to men in any aB other walk of life except exceetthe exceptthe
the baseball business they th would yell yellfor yellfOr yellfor
for the police pc and have you OO locked ked up upas upas upas
as a dangerous da erou crank yet that te
exactly exactl the method employed by the thewealthy thewealthy i iwealthy
wealthy And widelyexperienced men at atthe atthe atthe
the head hea of the big baseball leagues leaguesin le guo guoIn
in trying to arrive at t the comparative comparativeworth comlMLr comparativeworth Uve Uveworth
worth of their employes employesthe the pitchers pitchersThe pttchert1Tbe pltcherrThe
The consequence colUlequ nee has been that the pub public iniblie Ub Ublie ¬
lie has been completely compk > tely deceived for formany formany formany
many long years and strangely strangelyenough btrangelyenough trangelyfmcuch
enough the th majority of the club own ownera owneN owners
era and nd managers JDAn erJli have likewise failed falleOto
to wake up until the last year 1 or two twoWhat twoVhat twoWhat
What Figures Should Show ShowThe Showhe ShowThe
The matter having been brought to tothe tothe tothe
the attention of all concerned in a aforcible afurdo1e aforcible
forcible manner It is possible that the theleagues thoIMguM theleagues
leagues may be induced to figure gure pitch pitchers pltch8r1i pItchern ¬
ers standings on some reasonable hu human humcm hunina ¬
man baste b8s Suggestions SU SeUous are in order orderand orderand orderand
and It may be paid right hero the prob problem problem problent ¬
lem is golnar to be one of the hardest hardestthat ha hardetthat dC t tthat
that has ever Vtr confronted the basebull basebulltheorist base basoJitlI basoJitlItheorists 1 1theorist
theorist and mathematicians mathemaUcl8nsThtl r rThe T TThe
The object of the desired figures fl res will willbe wmbe willbe
be to estimate the pitcher himself as asan nsn asnit
an n asset as et irrespective of what his good goodor g or oror
or ill fortune may m8 be in the matter matterROSE of ofROSE ofROSE
ROSE THROWS SHOT SHOT53TEET SHOTI SHOT53FEET4
53 53TEET FEEr4 4 INCHES INCHESBreaks INCHESI INCHESBreaks INCHESBreaks
I I
Breaks His Own Worlds Record Recordby Recordby Recordby
by One Foot Seven Inches Inchesat
at Trenton TrentonTRKNTON TrentonTRE TrentonTRBNrON
TRKNTON TRE TO N J Sept 5 Ralpli RalpliRosa R Rn1piiRose lph lphRosu
Rosa the California giant smashed tho thoworlds thoworWs theworlds
worlds record for the 14pound shot at atthe atthe atthe
the Interstate Intor tate Fair Grounds here today todayHe todayHe
He put the lead ball a distance dlsta o of offeet 6 iii iiiteot
feet 4 inches Inch breaking br08kln Isle own record recordby recordb recordby
by b 1 foet 7 Inches Rose said after the theevent Uteeen theevent
event that he would got it out to 00 00feet 60feet 00feet
feet and then rest r t on his laurels laurelsTrenton laurelsTronton laurelsTrenton
Trenton never saw such a gathering gatheringof
of stars as competed It was the tll Olym Olympic Oly1Opie Olymtile ¬
pie celebration under the auspices of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the city of Trenton and the reception receptiongiven rceeptfonven receptiongiven
given ven to the Olympic heroes was a amost amOBt amost
most enthusiastic entbu I8stJl one oneCameron onoCam oneCamerofl
Cameron Cam ron who attentled Johnny Hayes Hayasthe Ha Hayesthe S Sthe
the Marath n winner at London was wnscheered wascheered wascheered
cheered time and time again as he heap heappo ap appeared appeared ¬
peared po red on the Crack with the same s me bi bicycle blcycle lIIcycle ¬
cycle and attire he had on when in inLondon inLondDn inLondon
London He pel prteed sad both Torshaw To haw and andMorrls andMorrl andMorritsey
Morrls Morritsey > sey in a a mile race While 7lille this thisrace thisract thisrace
race was as in progress the crowd wont wontwild wontwild wontwild
wild
support in the f6 Vid or orMl being basked B ke4 811 by byan bYan f fan
an array of heavy h Y hitters Is ettfer Or er r to toget toIot togot
get at this It may be necessary noaosam for forofllclal fofofficial rotofflcial
official scorers to keep tab on the th num number number numher ¬
ber of times opposing opp 8lJlg players plaT gn t tAt bat batas batas batas
as well as the number of their technical technicalatbftta teeltnlealatlHtta technaatbats
atbftta but that is a mere me detail detailWashington Mta detailWashington I
Washington Mans Criticism CriticismM
M it G Lloyd Ph D of Washington Va blng R D DC DC DC
C an expert in the Bureau of Stand Standards tandards Standards ¬
ards is one of o those who has attentive attentively ¬
ly I studied the problem and offered val valuable valuable valuable ¬
uable suggestions Mr Lloyd starts with withthe withthe withthe
the eminently proper and an demolishing demolishingcriticism demolishingcrlUcls dnioUshIncr1tic1sn
criticism that the present system of ofpitchers oCplteher ofpitchers
pitchers standings Is really nothing bur buCa
a record of the ability of the team with withwhich wIthwhich withwhich
which he Is connected The Th mathemati mathematiclan matheinattclan matheetattclan
clan proves his contention by the very verysimple verysimple rv rvsimple
simple expedient of showing that the tb tbten
ten winning pitchers in the American Americanand AMeneanand Americanand
and National Leagues Le gue last year were werenaturally werenaturally werenaturally
naturally all 11 on the big winning teams teamsfor teamsothing
Nothing else could bav have bean proved provedfor
tor
for a firstclass box artist t with a very ve vepoor
poor team is going 8010 < to have his own owngreat ownreat owngreat
great efforts nullified by the weaknesses weaknessesof klNlHe klNlHeor
of his mates so many time u that he
could not possibly potiIjlbl get g to the top while
even a mediocre twirler
working with a
brainy defense like that of Chicago or
a strong tron array of swatters like me De ¬
troit troll might and an they frequently do docome docome docome
come out on top to although hammered hammeredwith halamecedI hammeredwith
I with much violence violenceMr violenceMr violenceMr
Mr Lloyd then follows The Times
lead J on the th matter of apportioning apportto ag cred ¬
it or demerit when a club uses more
than one pitcher in the same me game In I
concluding his study which bleh appeared in
the Minneapolis Journal he offers oft the
following valuable suggestions which
should be b carefully digested not only by
the official rulemakers but by the s un ¬
official experts who make a business oj 0
keeping Use averages a of baseball
leagues and by fans tan who no want lit tosee toseesome to see seesome
some IIOme fair method d displace th tIM present
joke
Heres One Plan PlanHow PlanHow PlanHow
How should a pitchers average a be
determined det
rmlned Let us compare hint with
the other players A fielders <
s or a bat ¬
ters average a rae is computed CO Con fjUt811 mted entMeiy upon
the result vf f the game An error ror counts J JWI
as an error nd a hit counts as a hit bit
without reference reforen to its I effect upon thoscore thoeore tho thescore
score In batting and in fielding each
man stands upon his own 0 merits meritsSo meritsSo
So should it be with the pitcher Ha Hashould HoilhouJd lieshould
should be Judged solely 8OIel by the effective effectiveness ttlfoctlvenefl affectivefleas ¬
ness of his own work regardless r o owhether oJ oJwhether owhether
whether his team team is able ab to win a game
The first object of a pitcher pitcb is to pre prevent preeat preent ¬
vent eat the opposing oppo batsman fron trDll making
hits This then may be taken as a cri criterion criterion cr1tenon ¬
terion of his ability Subtract the aunt ¬
ber of hits made by the opposing bat batters battore ¬
ters from the total times at bat and andtake andtnke andtithe
I take the ratio of this number totho tothotimes to the thotimes thetime
times at bat for the pitchers tcbers average averageFor averageFor e
I For this purpose e bases OR balls haJ and
bases for being bein hit by a pitched ball ballshould ballshould
should be counted in both with Ida Ute hKa hKaand bttnel hitaand
and nel with the times at bat Sacrifice
hits as in computing C mputln batters averages averagesmight averagesmight verageamight
might be excluded from consideration considerationsince cOA consideratIonsIne on I Iiilnctt
since sIne they are re of some aont advantage tQ toeach tQeach tqeach
each side sideAnother sideAnother sideAnother
Another Suggestion SuggestionThis
This method with possible po modtnca modtncatkms modUleaUons modifications
tkms ranks a pitcher entirety upon the theeffectiveness theotrectlen theoffoctivoncas
effectiveness otrectlen CI of his pitching and ad ems seemathe emsthe seeinfithe
the most equitable that could be em employed emjloyed employed ¬
ployed The average could be expressed expressedin
in per cent and nd Ito per cent would rep represent represent represent ¬
resent perfection i ef e no bite or based basedon ba basedon e eon
on balls ballsIt b bailsit Us UstIs
It tIs is not not however the only alter alternative a1ternative alternative ¬
native The pitchers average aver le might be bebased beba5ed bebased
based on the number of earned runs runsmade runsmade runemade
made by the opposing teams in relation relationto
to the number of innings pitched but butInnings butInnings butInnings
Innings per earned run would not give giveconvenient givecomenlent giveconvenient
convenient numbers This Thill again would wouldmake wouldmke wouldmake
make him independent t of errors by b his hiaown hisown
own team and nd of the agility of f the theopposing theopposing theopposing
opposing pitcher but would eukt leave e aIIttlo a alittle a alittle
little more to chance than the e former formermethod fornteimethod orme ormemethod
method methodNone methodNone methodNone
None Can B Perfect PerfectNo PerfectNo
No system of computing averages averagescan averagescan
can exactly 8Xactl represent repre eBt Tthe the value of a aplayer Qp1aer a aplayer
player to his team and this applies appliesequally appilesequally ppUeslMlualh
equally to all departments of the game gameA gameA
A fielding error which does not result resultin
in a score places a team no further furtherfrom tJlrt furqierfr9m er ertr
tr from m the pennant A good pinch hitter hittermay hitterma bittermas
may ma mas win more games than the t man manwith manwith manwith
with the fat batting average And Andthe Andthe Andthe
the pitcher who is effective with men menon menon menon
on bases and keeps the hits well scat scattered scattered scattered ¬
tered may m8 be more valuable than ha hawho hewho howho
who allows fewer hits in the large run runbut runbut runbut
but goes to pieces at a critical stage stageof stageof
of the game gameNevertheless gameNeerthel6S8 gameNevertheless
Nevertheless the ratio of batters re retired r rtired retired ¬
tired to total times at bat gives a good goodmeasure goodmeasure goodmeasure
measure of the effectiveness of a pitcher pitcherand ttltcberand pitcherand
and would be a vast improvement upontho uponthe upon uponthe
the present crude unscientific Illogical Illogicaland Ulogicaland illogicaland
V VTWO
and Inaccurate te system systemTWO systemTWO
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TWO FOR RICHMOND RICHMONDFROM RICHMONDFROM I IFROM
FROM PORTSMOUTH PORTSMOUTHScores
Scores Shutout in First Game GameWillis GameWillis GameWillis
Willis Is Hammered HammeredRICHMOND HammeredHard HammeredHard
Hard HardRICHIOND Hard HardRICHMOND
RICHMOND Va Sept S t S Richmond 5RidalftODdt 5RichmondtOok Richmondtdok
tOok t Ok both games of a doubleheader doubleheaderfrom >
from Portsmouth Por mouth hare today todayUussey todayDuse todayBussey
Uussey Duse made his initial appearance on onthe onthe onthe
the slab for or Richmond in the first firstgame Antgame firstgame
game Lawrence shortstop for Ports Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth ¬
mouth was put out of the game for forkicking forkicking f fIdeking
kicking The second s eond game was called calledin OSIICdin
in the sixth inning on account ace tJnt of dark darkness darknoss darknose ¬
ness Willis 111is for PortsnK Portamoth > th appeared appearedhere appearedhere PiilaredhOle
here for th first time and in the sec second Heond seeend ¬
ond and fcurth innings Innln of the second aeoondgame eoondgame secondgame
game he vas If touched for a total ot otfour otfour offour
four hits which netted Richmond atx atxaggregate az azaggregate
aggr aggregate gate of o seventeen HventHns hssos hssosScore hsesScore
Score ScoreFirst s ScoreFirst
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Richmond Rlchmon1 OOtff ooJgatsixii 4 t 4 l 4 4 1 1Portsmouth 1Per 1Portsmouth
Portsmouth Per tnouth Co055 0 0 It fet < T8 I s154 I e4 2Batteries zBattorles 2 aBatteries
Batteries RleVnond rnckuiondSosoy Bs e y and andMesfiltt aadr andMsiiitt
Mesfiltt r ltt Portsmouth PortsmouthHaiigkr Hannaker and andRichmond nndVthley
Vthley Vthley5econt1 3dle
5econt1 con game gameRIhmond grneBJihmopd
Richmond RichmondPortsmouth 04 0450 04500x4 50 Ox I x f 12 1
Portsmouth orsmou 0 020 2 0 o 1 0 0 S 3 3tiattrlo 1
BaUrt Batlerlae Richmond R RhmondMinzi hmondlId M < K nzi5 and andDwan andan
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