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THE TOPESA DAILY STATS JOURITAfTTCDnZDAY EVEITIITO, CCTOBSH 7; 1SU.
ODDS ARE EVEN
Statistics Show Braves : and
Athletics Are Well Hatched.
COL
IT TO II
THE DIGniTTERS
Four Catchers Will Likely Do
World's Series Work.
Backstops of Brares and Ath
letics Are Oldtimers.
New York. Oct. 7. In all likelihood
only four men will be called upon to
work at the receiving ends of the bat
teries during the coming World's cham
pionship series between the Philadel
phia Athletics and Boston Nationals.
Each club will undoubtedly depend
upon the two catchers who have given
such a good account of themselves all
through the playing season, xney win
take an important part in the strug
gle for as soon as a catcher dons the
mitt and mask of his calling in a con
test he assumes an immense amount of
responsibility. In fact there is no tell
ing how many of the games are di
rected from behind the plate. In addi
tion to exchanging signals with the
pitcher as to the weakness or strengtn
of the batters, ha has to be a quick
thinker, keen sighted, always alert and
invariably accurate in throwing to head
off the base pilferers.
In this department Connie Mack is
probably the more fortunate in having
Lapp and Schang, both of whom have
had previous experience in world's
championship games. Schang, on whom
most of the work behind the bat de
volved in the Athletic Giants' series a
year ago bore the brunt of the work
throughout this year's American league
season. Last year he caught in four or
the five games played in the world's
series and may do the larger share
again in the coming contests.
Ira Thomas, the veteran catcher, is
another on whom Manager Mack
could c II in case of accident to either
of the two mentioned, but he has not
been in the game much during the
past season and it is not likely that
his services will be needed.
Manager Stallings has two very re
liable receivers in Gowdy and Whal
ing, both of whom have been wonder
fully successful this past season. Both
are young men and each has been
identified with professional baseball
for five years. The success of the
team, phenomenal as it was, in land
ing the National league pennant this
year speaks volumes for the work
of the batteries and the catchers nat
urally are not to be overlooked for the
parts they played so wc'l in bringing
about the unlooked-for victory.
Gowdy, who did the lion's share of
catching for the Braves during the
season, stands one inch over six feet
and weighs 197 pounds.
The season's record of the Athletics'
and Braves' catchers, as compiled
from unofficial figures, is as follows:
Philadelphia Athletics.
.., - . Bat-
Name O. P.O. A. E. P.C. ting
Schang 95 470 158 29 .866 .KS
Lapp 59 283 82 10 .973 .214
Boston Braves.
Bat
Name G. P.O. A. E. P.C. ting
Gowdy 94 435 155 12 .979 .238
Whaling 56 249 86 6 .982. .215
IS ALL "TOMMY-ROT"
No Baseball Dove of Peace Exists, Says
B. B. Johnson.
Earner Bearg, who was oat for practice
with the Ichabod squad for first
time Tuesday.
STANDINC- OF THE TEAMS.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
' Won. Lost.
Boston -. 94 59-
New York S4 70
St. Louis - 81 72
Chicago 78 75
Brooklyn to 79
Philadelphia 73 80
Pittsburg 69 85
Cincinnati 60 94
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Won. Lost.
Philadelphia 98 53
Boston ...91 61
Detroit 81 72
Washington 80 73
St. Louis 71 72
New York to . sa
Chicago 69 85
Cleveland 51 101
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
Won. Lost.
Chicago R
Indianapolis 86 65
Baltimore 80 68
Buffalo 78 68
Brooklyn 74 74
Pittsburg 68 80
Kansas City
St. Louis 6 88
Pet.
.618
.647
.630
.510
.486
.477
.449
.388
Pet.
.650
.600
.528
.524
.496
458
.448
.336
Pet
.663
.570
.541
.534
.500
.459
.447
Chicago, Oct. 7. Organized baseball
has made no overtures to the Federal
league for the stablishment of peaceful
relations, nor will it make any, Presi
dent B. B. Johnson of the American
league said in a statement here Mon
day night.
Reports that certain club owners of
the American league had held a con
ference with President James A. Gil
more of the Federal organization re
cently to bring about a settlement of
the "baseball war" were characterized
by Johnson as "pure tommyrot."
"There is not a word of truth in the
story," President Johnson said. "There
can be no peaceful adjustment of this
problem. When the American league
Invaded the game, the club owners of
our organization went In for a fight to
a finish and never asked for quarter.
Organized ball was glad to welcome
us. The mere suggestion of a compro
mise in this case never has been con
sidered by our club owners."
NO EASY MEAT.
Connie Mack Admits That Boston
Braves Must Have Some Team.
Philadelphia. Oct. 7. "A team that
ean bound to the front and win a pen
nant as the Braves have done must
be a pretty good baseball team. We
do not look upon any ball club of that
caliber as easy meat. From now on
until the last ball is pitched in the
American League season we will be
preparing for the big games."
' This was Connie Mack's statement
when he was asked to forecast the
probable outcome of the world's series.
Reminded that his statement really
prophesied nothing, the rangy leader
of the American League champions
said: -
"That is all I care to say about what
Is going to happen. All of my men
are in the best of condition with the
exception of Bush and all that ails him
Is a bad finger. I am resting him up
so he will be ready for the big games."
SMITH BREAKS LEG.
Boston Third Baseman Will Be Out of
World's Series.
-Rrnnblvn. N. Y Oct. 7. By defeat
ing Boston in the opening game of
the doubleheader wnicn cioseu me
National League season . nere lues
day, Brooklyn finished In fifth place,
one full game ahead of Philadelphia.
Tnis is the best showing a Brooklyn
team has made since 1907, when the
Superbas ended the season in nun
place. "Red" Smith, the Boston third
baseman, broke a leg in the first game
Tuesday and will not be able to play
in the world's series. Boston took the
second game in seven innings.
Score: RUE
Boston. . .. 100 001 0002 7 2
Brooklyn... 101 010 00 3 9 1
Summary: Two base hits Connol.
ly, Egan. Home runs Evers, Con
nolly. Bases on balls Off Davis, 3;
off Pfeffer, 3. - Struck out By Davis,
5; by Pfeffer, 6. Umpires Rigler
and Hart.
Second game Score: R H E
Boston 301 000 3 7 9 2
Brooklyn 001 000 2 3 7 0
Summary: Three base hit Hum
mel. Home run Devore. Bases on
balls Off Rucker, 2; off Strand, 2.
Struck out By Rucker, 2; by Strand,
3. Umpires Hart and Rigler.
Other National Results.
At New York First game
Score: R H E
Philadelphia. 1 4 3
New York. . 6 10 1
Batteries: Mayer and Dooin; Burns,
O'Toole, Rltter and Smith.
At New York Second game:
Philadelphia 8 10 1
New York 0 7 6
Batteries Baumgartner and Killi
fer; Erickson, Huenke and Johnson.
Called in seventh; darkness.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Tuesday Results.
At Boston Score: R.H.E.
Washington 4 2 7
Boston 8 9 2
Batteries Shaw, Harper and Hen
ry; Foster and Thomas.
At Philadelphia Score: R.H.E.
New York ....t 4 2
Philadelphia ....1 6 6
Batteries Cole and Schwert; Ben
der, Plank, Wyckoff and Lapp.
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
WINS SHUTOUT GAME.
Kingman Team Defeats Conway Nine
In All-Star Game Tuesday.
Kingman, Kan., Oct. 7. Kingman
defeated Conway Springs in baseball
here Tuesday by a score of 3 to 0. Hug
gins, of Kingman, struck out 14 and
allowed two hits t tj..v.
Conway, who was with Cleveland I
"umiuer. rsisnop ox tne American
League; Rupp, of Wichita; Campbell,
of Fort Worth. Texas, league, and
Coulson, of the O. K., league, played
with Conway. Score: R H E
Conway Spring 0 ' 2 3
Kingman 3 6 .
Batteries Campbell and' " Gooch
Huggins and Bentley. Umpire Cloud'.
BASEBALL TODAY.
American.
New York at Philadelphia, cloudy.
. Washington at Boston, clear.
Federal.
. St. Louis at Indianapolis, clear.
Brooklyn at Buffalo, cloudy.
Pittsburg at Baltimore. 2, cloudy.
Note Final . games in National'
league were advanced and played Tuea-
day.
Tuesday Results.
At Baltimore First game:
Score: R.H.E.
Pittsburg 1 9 4
Baltimore 11 11 2
Walker and Berry. Roberts; Suggs
and Jacklltsch.
Second game Scorer - R.H.E
Pittsburg 1 6 1
Baltimore 16 1
Batteries Leclair and Berry;
Smith and Kerr. Game called end
tenth; darkness.
At Buffalo Score: R.H.E.
Brooklyn 1 6 3
Buffalo ; $ 10 1
Batteries Lafitte and Owens;
Schulz and Allen.
At Chicago First game: R.H.E.
Kansas City 1 7 0
Chicago 0 5 1
Batteries Packard and Brown;
Hendrix and Wilson.
Second game Score: R H E
Kansas City. t 5 9 0
Chicago 3 8 0
(Called end of seventh; darkness.)
Batteries: - Johnson and Brown;
Fisk, Lange, Prendergaat and Wilson.
At Indianapolis Score: R H E
St. Louis. 4 9 4
Indianapolis 7 12 S
Batteries Keupper and Chapman;
Mosely and Rariden.
ST. LOUIS CITY SERIES.
- Tuesday Results.
St. Louis. Oct. 7. First Mine.
American-National city series.
Score: R H E
Americans.. ....002 000 000 3 5 1
Nationals. . . . . . .000 000 001 1 8 1
Batteries: Americans, Weilman and
Anew: Nationals. TeJr (Mnw and
Wingo.
Dope Sheet Shows BraTes Bare
a Slight Advantage.
In the world's series which will begin
Friday, the teams representing the
American and National leagues will be
more evenly matched than for several
years. The Philadelphia club has 21
men who are eligible to play in the se
ries and the Boston club has 24. These
players are about equal in experience
and age.
In playing the New York club on past
occasions the Athletics had an advan
tage over the Giants by reason of their
youth which is essential for speed. The
same can be said of the Chicago Na
tionals under the leadership of Frank
Chance.
But this condition does not exist this
season. The average age of the Boston
club players is 24 years and 10 months
and the average age of the Athletics is
26 years, and this may prove a slight
handicap to the White Elephants.
The Athletics average experience also
is greater than" that of the Braves. The
former have an average of five years
and nine months' experience while the
Braves have had but five years and one
month.
While youth is always a prominent
factor in athletic contests of all kinds,
It. may be overcome by experience and
head work on the part of the Athletics
this season. Boston's strongest men on
the infield are Evers and Maranville,
who are thought to be the equal of any
of the Philadelphia players.
The following statistical' information
will give the fans some line on the two
teams. In offering this, however, it
must be admitted that in past years
the dope has gone awry many, many
times.
The Statistics.
Athletics. Boston.
21 No. of players 24
26 yrs. 6 mo. .A v. age. .24 yrs. 10 mo.
1701-6 ..Av. weight....... 168 1-Z
6 yrs. 9 mo...Av. exp...5 yrs. 1 mo.
PLAYED GREAT GAf.'E
Bobby Peebles Showed Lincoln Golfers
Some Professional Stunts Sunday.
Bob Peebles, the Topeka Country
club, professional golfer, played a
great game against A. Hurr, the Lin
coln, Neb., professional. In their
matches on the Lincoln links Sunday
and Monday.
Sunday Herr and Peebles played a
36-hole match for a purse offered by
the Lincoln ' club and the Topekan
won the match 2 up. Bobby did not
arrive in Lincoln until Sunday morn
ing and he began this match without
having even seen the Lincoln course,
which naturally gave his opponent a
great advantage. In the first round
of this match Peebles finished only
up, but in the afternoon he was in
much better ' form and better ac
quainted with the course and won
after Herr had rallied and made a
wonderfully strong run. .
On account of Herr not being satis
field with his defeat (a second match
was arranged for Monday for another
purse and a bet on the side and
Peebles played even better golf than
he did on Sunday and won by 2 up.
The scores in Sunday's match were:
Herr 79-78 157; Peebles 78-77
155.
Monday's game: Peebles 75-76
151; Herr 77-76 153.
Many who saw the matches said
that Peebles put up the best games
ever seen on the' Lincoln links. ,
WINS KENTUCKY FUTURITY.
Peter Volo Breaks Three World's
. Records in Big $14,000 Event.
f Lexington, Ky., Oct. 7. A large
crowd saw four world's records
smashed Tuesday, the second day of
the grand circuit meeting. Peter Volo
in winning the $14,000 Kentucky fu
turitv for three year old troters, set
three new marks when he lowered the
world's record for three year old trot
ters to 2:03. at the same time set
ting a new mark for the fastest tnira
heat for a three year old and the fast
est three heat race for a trotter of any
sex of that age.
Tommy Horn in winning the 2:09
trot, postponed from Monday, trotted
the fastest seventh heat on record
when he made the mile in 2:08 .
SKATERS AT NEW YORK.
Noted Rink Rollers Will Appear at
Madison Square Garden Thursday.
New York. Oct. 7. Eight of the
fastest professional skaters in the
country have sent in their entries for
the two mile open race to take place
Thursday night in Madison Square
Garden rink. Among tne most promi
nent nrofessionals already entered are
Willie Blackburn, New York state
champion, and -Jack Woodworth,
southern champion, who ran second
for the world's title at St. Louis. The
other names so far received are Harry
McDonald, New York; Hoggie Colston,
Washington: Dick Painter, Milwaukee:
Frank Goldie, New York, and Willie
Burke, Bridgeport.
CORNELL USES NUMBERS.
Another Eastern University Approves
New Football Innovation.
Ithaca, Oct. 7. To accommodate
the general public and the Cornell
alumni in New York city the Cornell
football players who take part in the
game with Brown at the Polo grounds
on October Z4 will be numbered. Tne
plan has been approved by Head
Coach Sharpe.
Thus Cornell goes on record m favor
of numbering, though there never has
been any real opposition to the plan.
The team will not be numbered until
the Brown game, but after that con
test it is expected that the innovation
will be continued.
Knee Cap Broken on Gridiron.
Philadelphia, Oct, . 7. An X-ray
photograph of the injury sustained by
Don Carter, center of the University
of Pennsylvania's football team, in the
contest with Franklin and Marshall on
Saturday showed last night that his
knee cap was broken. He probably
will be out of the game for the rest of
the season. Carter was one of the
best placement kickers in the squad.
Langford Knocks Out BeO.
Boston, Oct. 7. Sam Langford. the
negro heavyweight, knocked out Colin
Bell, of Australia, in the fourth round
of a scheduled 12 -round bout here
Tuesday night. The men fought a 15-
rouna araw in Australia a year ago. I
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The boob who said that there is
nothing new under the sun is hereby
requested to take note of this column
of the State Journal today. . Kansas
has a girls' football team.
Think of it! A real sure enough,
Mary Jane football team In skirts!
A nice punt old girlie! Come on there,
set low on those tackles, Susie! Use
your head and "bust" through that
line Maria! Kick high, the wind is
with you! Make 'em get back on
those punts!
: The postoffice address of this fem
inist football squad is Cherokee. Kan.,
and the news dispatch telling of its
organization is as follows:
Cherokee, Kan., Oct. 6. Talk about
being right up to now, some of the
county high school girls of this coun
ty are "there forty ways plus." They
have made the last notch in athletics
so far as this patch of the map is
concerned they have organized an
association football team, . and will
play regular games according to the
rules and regulations. If girls in any
other part of the country have or
ganized such a team, it is not known
locally. The schedule of games of the
new skirt team, has not . been an
nounced, and it is not known whether
or not any male elevens are on this
schedule.
- Tuesday afternoon, as soon as Cap
tain Trobert and assistant student
manager, Haynes, learned of the new
girls' football team they wanted to
try to get in on its schedule for ' a
game. But Coach Gray said there was
nothing doing because his team was
crippled up badly enough as it is.
Speaking of crippled men. Elbe's
shoulder seems to be . improving,
Champeny has lost most of his limp
and Stewart's rib is improving. Elbe
received a bone bruise on his should
er In last Saturday's game during the
first , of the first quarter, but he kept
ob playing and did some mighty good
work for the Blues. One of Stewart's
ribs seems to be inclined to want to
float out of its proper place, but this
doesn't affect the big boy in any way
when he gets on the field and hugs
up the pikskin.
Wearing a pretty jersey with red
striped sleeves, Bearg made his ap
pearance on the Ichabod field for the
first time this season Tuesday after
noon and was given a hearty welcome
by the entire squad. With both Bearg
and Wolfe back in line, the Ichabods
now look familiar to last season's fans
and they look a great deal stronger
to everybody. Forbes did not show
up Tuesday afternoon, and it is un
derstood that he will not be able to
get out for a few days.
The first team squad was given punt,
signal and forward pass practice Tues
day afternoon, and the scrubs, assisted
by Coach Gray and "Pinky" Beales,
lined up against the freshmen in
scrimmage practice. To make the
scrimmage more interesting and to
give - a practical demonstration of
brother against brother, Bobby Gray
played with the freshmen and the
spectators were given a good exhibi
tion of football. The scrubs scored
two touchdowns and the freshmen one.
Markham played a star game for the
scrubs and Kessler, Heil and Rice were
the freshmen blue dome twinklers.
Bobby Gray got through the scrub line
for a 30-yard gain and Heil carried
the ball over for the freshman score.
Markham's line bucks showed consid
erable improvement over his former
playing. Crip made some good punts
and forced the freshmen to turn their
backs to him several times.
A good game is expected Saturday
with the Baker university squad and
it is understood that Coach Gal lager
is working his men for all they are
worth in an endeavor to hold the
Blues down. Also the freshman-high
school game promises to be a hot one,
and the dope is so close that no one
seems willing to venture a prediction
as to who will be the winner.
Washburn's next trip will be Satur
day week when Ow Ichabods wUl
meet the Warrensburg Normals at
Warrensburg, Mo. There is every in
dication that the Blues will win this
game, but the Missouri Teachers have
a husky bunch and may make the
game more interesting than local bugs
anticipate.
Cornell university and a number of
other eastern institutions have decided
to make their men wear numbers so
that spectators in the grandstand can
better keep track of them. From a
spectator's standpoint this is a mighty
good thing. As it now is, it is almost
impossible to tell who a player is by
looking at him after he gets on his com
plete battle toga. But, with a standard
system of numbering and programs giv
ing the names that correspond to the
numbers, every person at the game
would be able to keep track of every I
player and could tell Just what player
carried the ball in each play.
The Haskell Indians will play Chris
tian Brothers college at Kansas City
Saturday and not at St. Louis as was
announced in some of the papers the
first of the week.
One of the most enthusiastic specta
tors at each afternoon's practice of the
Ichabods is Dean Rogers, who is one
of the best all-around football stars
Washburn ever turned out. Hardy, the
colored member of last year's squad,
was also out to watch the practice
Tuesday afternoon. :
- TOPEKA GOLFERS TO K. C.
Peebles and Hurley Go to Meet Mis
souri Champions Next Week.
Bob Peebles, professional of the
Topeka Country club, and Harlow
Hurley, Country club champion, will
go to Kansas City next week to play
Tom Clark, the Bule Hills profession
al, and R. Hodge, the best of Kansas
City amateurs. Peebles, who returned
Tuesday from Lincoln, where he won
two matches, will play Saturday and
Sunday in a professional tournament
at Oklahoma City.
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