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I IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
?4
rr COBB ALL ALONE 1
DEFEATS NATIONALS
Speedy Georgian Drives in All
Detroit's Runs With
Timely Hits.
Sjmtih 1 I>i?|>al<h t?? Tin- Slur
DETROIT. Mich., August 21. ?With I
some extraordinary assistant'*1 of lyiusj
Cobb. (ienrgc Mullin yesterday found it j
possible to win n pitching duel w.th
Walter Johnson, to 1- Mullin was most
of the defensive show until the sixth in- ;
ning. there being two down In that pei iod .
before a base hit was tnade by Washing- j
ton. Then two came, and gave the Na
tionals a temporary lead
At all stages Cobb was the offensive j
star, hitting in all three runs. \\ ith him
t'Ut it would have been solt for Johnson. |
I>etroit presented Tom Jones on first'
sack. The ex-Brown didn't have a great;
deal of difficult work to do in the field, j
but lie performed neatly on all chances j
presented. Likewise he helped himself
to a pair of bingles and added a sacri
tice to his collection. The Tigers fielded
very correctly, hut outside of ' "obb no
one seemed to he able to hit Johnson
when men w aited to register. W ashing- |
ton had a couple of expensive errors, but [
i' also did some fine defensive work.
K'-haefei starring in the general sense
and Milan specifically with a tine peg
to the platter
All in One Inning.
As far as results were concerned, the
i.-ame was played in the seventh inning,
which, opeidng with (he count one each,
closed with Detroit two to the good. Mul
lin was the fir.-t batter in this period, and :
waited out four balls. Davy Jones bunt
ed in front of tlie plate, and Street and
Johnson waited for each other to field,
the batter therein getting the base. Bush
hit to Schaefer, who forced Jones. Then
Cobb came up and wrecked the game.
Johnson's original plan seemed to be lo
let Cobb walk, for he handed him three
wide balls without any apparent attempt
to t;et them near the plate. Cobb was
watching for the next pitch, however.
Johnson sent it up on the inside corner,
jus* below the waist, where Cobb is j
supposed to be weak. There was notli-1
ing markedly anemic about the blow that
followed. He swung and hit the ball by
I'rglauh so fast that the latter didn't
come close to reaching it. Browne, in his
hurry t<> return the hall, fumbled and let !
it go to the crowd. When the smoke j
cleared it was found that Bush, coming
from tirft base, had scored behind Mul
lin and that Cobb was on third.
Close Shave for Walter.
*"raw-ford hit the hardest ball of the day J
right at Johnson's head. The pitcher j
couldn t sidestep, but threw up his hands. !
The ball knocked tiiem apart and went to ;
Schaefer. The latter figured Cobb for a .
dash to the plate and turned to throw
Cobb had held third and Crawford was j
on first before Shaefer could make a
play there. He stole, then Del bunted to
Conroy. Cobb followed the base in. but
turned and went back to third when
Conroy started after him. Delehanty j
made first. With the sacks full Moriarity '
flied to Milan, whose perfect throw to ,
Street nailed Ty beyond chance for ar-'
gument. It was a grand throw. It was'
the most interesting of a series of in
nings that presented much to engross the
base ball fans. Prior to this time the i
Tigers had mostly been missing chances.
Johnson thwarting them twice when runs
seemed certain. In each of the first,
fourth and fifth innings, twice on hits
and once on a pass, the first Detroiter up
got on. but never could he score. In the
third one run was made.
Davy Jones made first in the third in
ning, with no one gone. McBride letting
his ground ball go through him to left
field. Bush singled to center. Cobb
broke in here with a peculiar two-base j
bit. H 1 drove a grounder past Johnson, i
McBride cut across in the hope of j
blocking or breaking down the l>a!I and j
s opplng a run. It went by him. how
ever. and hit the second sack, taking a
high hound at an acute angle over Mc
Bride's head and going in'o 1 ft field in
stead of to center. Jones scor d, Bush
took third and Cobb made two bases.
But Johnson tightened up and fanned
bo h Crawford and Delehanty
"Del'' Was Left.
In the sixth Delehanty doubled to left
and Moriarty's fiv bunt went over John
son's head into a saf? spot. Tom Jones
hit to McBride who threw to Scliaefer
for a double play. Delehanty might have
scored, but stu--k o third, and was left
w hen Schmidt grounded to McBride.
Washington had an outside chance for
o ??;
n ,
o
a run in the fourth, when Schaefer
walked and stole, but was nailed on the
lines v.-hen Rush went into left field ami
crabbed Cnglaub's grounder, which
should have been a single. Unglaub took
second on tOe run-down, and l,elivelt
walked: l>ut <'onroy hit to Moriarity. I
Th r?- were two gone in the sixth when
i'nglauh got the first lift off Mullin, a
double past Moriarity. Lel'velt walked
and Conroy singled to center. Crawford
made an accurate throw to the plate, but
lost the decision because the hall hounded
high instead of burning. The runners
mov d un one sack each and waited for
Milan, who grounded to Bush.
Browne opened the eighth with an in
field single. Schaefer smashed one to
center and Browne tried to make third.
Crawford had 'he ball ahead of him, and
he was out. SChaef r took second: I'n-,
giaub walked; Lellvelt and Conroy died,
on the infield. This was the last chance.
The score:
HKTROIT. A B. H. If. <?. A. K.
P. If 4 t 2 '? ?* "|
Hush. ss - 1 t ' ? A
? ot)ti. rf. .. 3 i? 2 (l
Crswford. of 4 " ' - I
pelehanty. 2b ? t? 2 - "
Morinrltv. 3b 4 " - 4 ?'
T lon?s. lb 3 ? 2 13 1 ?'
Schtni.lt. c 4 o O 2 1 "
Mullin. p 2 1 ?? ? ? "
Totals :;<? 3 12 27 1"> <?
WASH IXOTOX. A. B. R. H. ?>. A.
Browne, rf 4 o t 1 1 I
Schaefer. 2b 3 41 '
I licInuK II- :t I 1 !l O 1
l.ellvclt. cf 2 ? '? " 11 11
Conn-v. .11, 4 O i :: 2 ?
Milan. If 3 ?? 0 - '
MeRrlile. ss 3 ?' ?' ' ; 1
Street <? too .i 1 o
johuson. ? <> ? ? j
Totals 2f> 1 4 --'4 1? "-J
Ootrr.lt Out 0 0 0 2 0 X ?3 |
Washington O o 0 0 0 1 <? 0 O?1
Two-base hits -- Cobb. Peleltanty. T. Ioih-k.
Cnglaub Sacrifice lilts?Bush l2i. Cobb. I.
.1 otic>. McBri.h-. Stolon bases ?Crawford. Nchae
fer Base* on balls i>ff Mullin. off Jolinso'i.
:: I.cfl on bases?Detroit, 10: Washington. 7.
Struck out Bv Mullin. 1: by Johnson. l>ou
blc plays?McBri.le to Sohnefor to t nglau'i; |
Milan to Streot. Umpires?Messrs. Connolly tn.l i
Kcrln. Time of same 1 h-ill and minutes.
St. Louis Off Form.
ST. LOI IS. August it.?Atrocious field-j
ing by St. l.ouis and indifferent pitching
by Graham. Pelty and Powell gave Bos
ton an easy victory yesterday, 0 to 3.
The score:
St l.ou;s. It.H.O.A.K.i Boston. R.H.O.A.E.
Hartzell.ss 1 2 2 ? 1 Mlcs.lf .. 2 2 1 o o
Stone.If. ..1 :? "4 0 0 Lord.3b. . . 1 .? 2 2 O
HofiiiHii.cf 0 2 2 o o Spcal.or.cf 2 2 2 0 O
Orlggs.lb.. o 1 !? o o (Josslcr.rf. o 2 3 o o
Schwit'r.rf 0 2 1 o 1 Wngn'r.ss 12 4 2 0
1-"orrls.3b.. o 0 0 1 O M'Con'1.21. 0 2 3 7 0
WiH'ins.2b 1 0 1 1 Carrig'n.lb 1 0 2 0 0
Cricer.c... o 1 7 2 0 Hotiohtio.e 1 0 ."> t> 0
fir a bin;, p. o O 1 0 0 Wood.p... 1 ?? O o it
Poltv.p. . 0 o O 0 1 Wolters.p. 0 0 5 0 0
?McAleese O o o 0 "
Powell.p.. 0 " " 0 0
Totals... nil 27 12 4 Totals... It IS 27 11 0
?Batted for Pelty in the fourth inning.
St I ouis O 0 2 O O 0 0 1 0 o
"Boston. 1 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 0-?
Two-base hit?Oossier. Three-base hits?Speak
er Critter. Sacrifice hit?Welters. Iloublo play
McConnell t . Warner to Cerrlgan. Stolen base
McConnell. Hit by pitcher?By Woo<l. 1.
Bases on balls?Off Powell. 1: off Wood. L.
Struck out - Br (Iraliim. 1: by Wood. by
Powell. 4 liits mad.*?Off C,rahan\ .*> in two
a.?l two-thir.ls inr'ntjs: "ff Pelty. 4 in one anil
on"-third ittninss: off Powell. 4 in Sve innings.
I.cft on bases ?St. I.ouis. 10; Boston. ?. 1 m
pires- Messrs. Pcrrine and Sheri.ian. Time of
Hump 1 hour ami *0 minutes.
Yankees Finish Strong.
CHICAGO. August 'J3 ?New York de
feated Chicago 0 to yesterday, by scor
ing four runs in the ninth inning. Chi
cago made one in its half of the ninth
and had two on bases when a double play
stopped it. Cole, a recruit from
Wichita. Kan., played his first game with
Chicago ami made two two-base hits.
The score:
Chicago, n. H. O.A.F.. X. Y. R.H.O.A.E.
Altteer.il> 1 1 12 1 o ll,m'r.of. o 1 o ft o
Patent.ss. 2 <? ."i 2 1 Keelcr.rf. o 1 1 o <t
Cole,of... it 2 10 0 Knirle.lf.. it o 1 0 o
IVjiirtv.lf 1 II 3 1 ?? Cree.ss... 1 1 2 3 1
Hahn.rf.. 0 1 o o u Iyap.irte.2b 2 2 4 4 1
T'n'h'1.3b 0 1 0 3 0 Knigbt.lb 1 1 ft 4 o
Ats.2b.... 10 14 1 Austin.3b. 1 1 3 4 o
Sullivan.o o o S 0 o Sweeney.e 1 3 ? 1 0
? Isbell... O 1 0 0 o Hughes.p. O o 1 2 o
f Rellly. .. 0 0 <i 0 o tHernphlll O o 0 o o
Walsh.p.. O 0 o 4 o Warhop.p 0 ?i 0 0 o
Smith.p.. o 0 o o w
Totals...5 ft 27 15 2 Totals.. .0 10 27 18 2
?Batted for Sullivan In the ninth inning.
?fRan for bbell In the ninth inning
iP.atto'l fc Hughes in the ninth inning.
Xew York ?? 2 o 0 o o o 0 4 fi
Chicago ? O it O 0 3 O 1 1-5
Two-base hlte- Knight. C^le i2l. Isbell. Hits
made?Off Walsh. ? in eight and one-third in
ninss; off Smith. 1 in two-thirds inning: iff
Iluciies In eight innSncs; off Warhop. 1 in
one inning. Sacrifice hits-Dougherty. Cede.
Komuiitt. Altiier. Stolen base Demmitt. Struck
,.nt Bv Walsh. 4: by Htighos. 4. Ba-es on l.alls
?Off Smith 1- off Hughes. 5: off Warhop. 2.
1 >i.uhie plins Austin t.i Knight; Cree to I.a
iiorte. Left on bases - Chicago, fi: Xew \.rk.
? I'niplres -Messrs. OT.oughlin anil Kgati. Time
o.' game - 2 hours ami 10 minutes.
William Derby, a pitcher who will be
given a trial by the Boston Nationals,
was with the Shamokin. Pa., team last
year and this year until the Atlantic
(outlaw) I-eague broke up. Derby
won thirteen games and lost one
this year, and last year had a
record of twenty-eight out of twenty
nine. He was at Lowell with Fred I,ake
when tlie New England I-eague pennant
was won six years ago and pitched fot
Richmond, Va.. for three years.
ma
rain
$20 Suit:
130 Suit
$40 Suit,,
T rouser:
-7 Trouser:
$10
$115
$20
$2.50
$3 JO
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Tailored to Suit You.
These Prices AH This Week.
Every Yard
to l?e Sold
in This Sale.
STOUT
Finest Suitings
at Clearance
Prices Now.
'IMF. SION OK
GOOD VAU'K.
Don't DeSay. The Very Suiting You Want
May Be Bought by Some Lucky Feflflow To=
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TAILORS,
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F Street Northwest
AVERAGES OF THE
NATIQNAISJO DATE
Eight of the Locals Show a
Gain in Their Batting
Percentage.
Still Going- Up.
The following players of the Nationals
linn Increased their battine percentage*
in tin* tire names played during the
week with Philadelphia ami Detroit:
P.. A. IS. A. Weekly
Atis. 15. Aue. 22. ??ain.
Kiilifcr IMIO .444 .444
SI at tory iittit .333 ..'>33
Kcbaefcr mm .219 .219
.tohiison 100 .119 .oU?
'irnom 055 .069 ."14
I-elivelt 260 .271 .ol 1
Street 197 .2"4 .007
I iifflaii 1> 251 .252 ."(>1
A complete and accurate description
follows of the work of all those players j
who are at the present t'ine with the Na- '
tionals from the commencement of the ,
season in the race for the pennant,
which represents the championship of
the American League, to Sunday. Au- j
gust I'L', including the game played with j
Petroits Saturday, which the Nationals j
lost after a-i uphill tight, after their op- i
ponents had a start of four runs in the i
opening inning. The team played five j
gomes during the week with the two
leaders in the rare? Philadelphia and De
troit?winning one and losing four.
Killifer Leads the Team With .444.
Wade Killifer, the young recruit se
cured from Detroit In the deal with
Schaefer for Delehanty, leads the team ,
with an average of .444 in five games, !
and with an average of ..'{<*$ for the sea- '
son in twenty-nine games, followed by ,
Slattery, in three games, with .3:;.'!. i
Browne coming next with ..a loss of j
.<*'7 points from the previous week. l>?!i- j
velt did good work with the willow dur- i
ing the week and boosted his average :
from .2?"? to a gain of .011, and if I
he could liit left-handed pitchers he (
would soon be in the ..'500 class. Schaef- j
i er has recovered his batting eye and has j
improved his averajro while with the
Nationals from .00t> to ."JIM. and for the
season from .240 to .2Tri), which is .?34
points ahead of Delehanty. Johnson,
Groom, Street and 1'nglaub are the
i other players who have increased their
averages. The team, as a whole, during
the past week, batted ."-'."VS in the five
1 games, and for the season,' .216, a loss
of .001. The team improved its field- I
ing percentage by .0<>1, and the whole
team seents to play with more ginger
since Schaefer joined tlie team, and the
infield is playing n much better game
than heretofore. "Germany" lias pulled
off eight fast double plays in four games.
In Browne. Killifer. Leiivelt and Milan
the Nationals have a very fast and re
liable outfield, as their tielding averages
will show. .!?74, 1.0<0, .!)C4 and .052 in the
order named, with 1'nglaub to fall back
upon in case of an emergency, with .!)S0
and Milan in center with .070. All these
players cover a great deal of territory,
all being swift runners. Conroy leads the
team in sacrifice hits with twenty-four,
followed by Milan, Donohue and Street.
Conroy, Browne. 1'nglaub and McBride
are the base pilferers of the team.
Browne. I'nglaub and Conroy are the
leaders in long Hits and total bases, while
Browne, Conroy, Milan, I'nglaub and Mc
Bride are the leading run-getters in the
order named. The team made but seven
errors during tiie week, against twenty-j
three the week previous. The figures j
give a better Idea of their work:
Individual Batting.
<i. AB R. RH Au.J42.Au. 15
?iKiliifer 5 9 O 4 .414 .00(1
?Slattery 3 :t " I .833 .000
?Browne S3 320 34 96 .300 .307
Lelivelt 52 188 13 51 .271 .260
?Blankenship .. 4" 61 3 IK .282 .267
?I'nglaub 05 357 28 jm .252 .251
Rpi-Hng 1 4 ii I .25" .000
Oberlln 4 8 ti 2 . 250 . 25?t
?Donohue hi 275 12 68 .247 .247
Conroy 110 381 30 87 .22* .231
McBride 115 376 25 84 .223 . 220;
tSchaefer X 32 4 7 .219 .00" |
Stri'Pt 1"7 32!* 17 67 ,2"4 .197 '
?Milan 1"4 334 2? 64 .1144 .1!?l
?Miller 7 12 1 2 .167 .10.7
Smith IK 42 " 7 .1(17 .16."
?Kahoe 4 K " 1 .125 .125
Johnson 34 H4 5 1" .111* .Wo
?Gray 35 57 2 6 .105 .113 t
Groom 34 58 1 4 .0(19 ."55
Wit hemp 9 15 0 1 ."?7 .oti
?Keller 12 32 " 2 ."63 .ii?3
Hardy" O " " " .IKM ,<MK?
Sebrl'ug 1 o O ft .00" .ooO
Tola s Auk 22 .115 $3,081 *250
Totals Aug. 15..HO +3.514 +239 J763
Weekly gain.. 5 167 21 43 *258
?Rlankenship has been called niton lo bui in (
nineteen garnet*. tirny in ten. Milan in six. Mil -
ler In four. R row no ni three. Slattery in two. \
Killifei In two. Donohue in two. Keller in one.
I nglaub in one and Kahoe In one, as substitutes j
for other batsmen.
^Killifer's hatting average for season, .306;
Schiiefer's. .259.
tIncludes #89 liuies al bat. 39 rnns and 136
base bits made by the fifteen players who are
not now playing with the Nationals.
? Weekly balling average.
Individual Fielding.
R. A. 11. A.
G. P.O. A. K. Au 22. An. 15.
Browne, ef 3 10 0 o l.ono | mm
Oberlln. p 4 2 3 " 1.000 1.000
Killifer. ef 14 0 0 I.OOO 1.<MMi
Conrov. if 2 4 O o I.OOt 1.000
i'nglaub. If s 3 " O 1.000 l.oto
Miller, ef 1 3 " O l.tKMi 1.000
Conroy. s? I 0 3 0 1.000 1,000
Relsllng. p 1110 1.000 l.ilOo
Rlankenshlp. If... 1 o 2 0 l.oofi i.<w
Killifer. c 1 0 1 O 1.000 1.000
Slatterv. lb 1 1 O o 1.000 l.?M0
I Keller." ef 1 1 0 0 1.00?? 1.0"0
1'nglaub, lb 2* 252 :? 1 .???? 1.000
Donohue. lb 79 734 37 13 .9*4 .984
Milan, ef 66 131 10 3 .979 .979
-Schaefer. 2b 8 16 21 1 .974 .9-18
Rrowne, rf 16 35 2 1 .974 .941
Street, c 107 563 181 24 .969 .970
t'nglaub. 2b 24 19 71 4 .9t>K .968
l.ellvelt. ef 31 7'5 5 3 .964 .974
Groom, p 34 S 7o 3 .901 .9.t9
I'nglaub, rf 35 45 3 2 .MO .960
.lehnson, p 34 14 55 3 .958 .955
Conroy. 3b 102 122 201 21 .954 -?-!?
tiray. p 25 3 38 2 .953 .951
Milan. If 29 53 7 3 .952 .943
Browne. If 63 84 7 6 .93J* .938
Witherup, p 9 0 13 1 .929 .929
McBride. ss IIS 262 366 52 .ft2>> 922
Smith, p 18 5 36 4 .911 .911
i Leli*elt, If K 7 2 1 .90" .900
l.ellvelt. rf 15 17 1 2 .900 .900
I'nglaub. 3b 4 1 6 1 *873 .^5
Rlankenshlp. c.... 13 34 7 6 .872 ,8t2
Keller. 3b 9 9 16 5 .833 .833
Conroy, ef 4 4 0 1 .800 .800
Kahw, e 3 9 2 5 .6*^ |
Ha rd v e 0 0 O O .000 .<>00
Miller, rf 1 0 0 <? .?>0 .?>??
Blankenship, rf... 1 o 1 -0<*? .000
Sebrlng. ef I 0 O O .(**) .???>
Milan, rf 1 O <? " .000 -MtO
Conroy, 2b 1 0 0 O .000 .000
Slattery. c 0 O O 0 .<M)o .""O
Blankenship, cf... 1 0 0 0 .00" 1)00
Totals 115*3033* 1500*216
j Note.?In the 107 games in which Street has
I oW' lated h?> la charged wllh seven passed balls,
which are counted as errors and are placed In
the error column: Blankenship with four In thir
teen games, and Kah'>e with two In four games.
?Includes 444 putouts. 302 assists and ;14 er
rors made bv Rums. Allrock. Tanneblll. Keeley,
Hughes. Havllk. Ohl. Delehanty. Clymer. Fro"
man. Ganley. Shlpke. Hemphill. Cravatli ind
Collins, who are not now with the Nationals.
Long Hits and Total Bases.
O. R.H. 2B. 3B. H.R. T.B.
Browne 85 IMi 11 5 1 121
Tnglaub... 95 ?" 10 8 0 113
Conroy 117 87 14 2 1 los
McBride... 115 84 9 0 o
Donohue... 81 ?* 12 1 O 82
Milan 104 64 7 4 1 82
Street 107 67 10 0 0 77
I,eMvelt 52 51 3 5 O k 4
Blankenship 40 10 1 ft ft 17
Johnson.... 34 lo 2 0 1 IS
Schaefer... 8 7 2 1 ft 11
Smith 18 7 o o 11 7
Gray 35 6 1 ft ft 7
Groom 34 4 1 o o 5
Killifer 5 4 ft O o 4
j Keller 12 2 I ft ft 3
Oberlin 4 2 " " ?? 2|
Miller 7 a o 0 O 21
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Slattcry....
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Witherup. ..
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115 ?Hf?? ?1??9
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1 home rim anrj 17N futal ???<??* xnatl** by thos
players who have been released.
XX *5 ?9l>?
ubJes. 7
Team Batting Average.
lis
AH
rt ssi
K.
2S0
B.H.
Hik;
HA
210
Team
Fielding
Average.
115
I'.O.
A
1.Si 'H
K.
21t>
V A
.t'SS
Sacrifice Hits.
Sehaefer -S
Coiirov 110
Donohne si
Johnson .".4
Milan 1?M
Street ]n7
Witherup !i
MeBrliie 1T"%
(Jruoiu .??>
I T'clatih !>.*
l.-llvelt S2
Smith is
Browne ss
? Jrav
Hlsnfcenship ... 40
Totals 115
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.05?
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mi 7::
'Include* sacrifice hits made l?y rH^naed
leaver*.
? Average per jranip fnr the entire team.
Stolen Bases.
Keller 12
Browne ss
Conrov Iio
I'nirlauli OS
Schaefer s
PoilOhll" si
I.elireit S2
Mi-Bride IIS
Milan 104
Smith is
Blankenship ... 40
Street 107
SB.
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12
14
12
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IO
7
1
1
Total*
*Jnelu?l
players.
tAvernffe
. IIS
Stolen
S 1
per en nn
?02
liases
IV t.
Aus 22.
. U17
.141
. 12S
.120
. 12S
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.0S7
.0R7
.list;
.023
.019
vtl.ROO
ivt.
AI1C. IS.
107
. IOO
.121
. 1 <0 I
IIOO j
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.110
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O20
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for
purloined liy released
he entire team.
F
BIGGER THAN HER
Official Guide Shows 900
Games in the Regular Col
lege Schedule.
The official font ball suide just issued as i
the latest addition to Spalding's Athleticl
Library gives the information that the!
American foot ball season will open on
September 18 with a game between West
ern Maryland University and Rock Hill
and closes December ii."> with a same at
Havana. Cuba, between Rollins College
and the University of Havana. In all
there are in the schedule 1**0 sanies to
be played this coming season between
toams other than those of the schools and
athletic clubs.
The changes in the rules for this season
form one of the features of the guide,
chief r.f which is the change of scoring
a goal from field, which now counts .'I, in
stead of 4. as last year
The forward pass remains the same as
last year, the only alteration of any kind
being that the rules now make it clear
and definite that there is a zone lying be
hind the scrimmage line in which space
an end might stand, and by assuming this
position be not eligible in any event to
receive a forward pass. This position is
more than one foot back of the end of
the scrimmage line, and not a full yard
back. Xo man occupying this position is
eligible to receive a forward pass, the j
object of this rule being to make a man \
stand either up to the scrimmage line or I
a full yard back, where the official can I
readily see that he is not on the line.
Chance to Get Out.
Another and possibly still more impor
tant change is the provision that a side
having a klckout may have the option of
taking the kick, as under the present
rules, or having the ball down for a i
scrimmage on their twenty-five-yard line, j
This change will permit a team that has i
been forced to make a touchback to have j
some chance to get out of their difficul
ties even if the wind is against them. |
Formerly the>' were forced to kick the i
ball out while the opponents stood wait
ing for it and ready to make a fair catch
or failing in that, still to have a good
chance at a drop kick. The defensive side.
were forbidden to kick the ball out ol !
bounds, and hence their helplessness
It lias always been a prood point for a i
team having a strong kicker to kick (lie
ball across the goal line on the kick-off.
becau.-e then the opponents lost thei,- op
portunity for a running game, being j
obliged to kick out, and hence the side
having kicked off had also the first !
chance to show their running game. This I
provision is really therefore equivalent to I
conceding the side which received the !
kick-out what is equivalent to catching
the ball and running it out. with safe con
duct. until they reach their 2.1-yard line. !
If they merely tou h the ball "back this j
touchback gives them this privilege.
As there have been some discussions j
from time to time as to players taking
up the game fur the first time and not I
knowing what the names of the positions j
mean, the rule book this year will have a ;
definition of the positions and a designa- j
tion of the players as ordinarily grouped. !
Mustn't Blow Whistle.
In several games last year the referee
blew his whistle to indicate a foul, some
times inadvertently, and as the referee's
whistle made the ball dead it was impos
sible for the offended side to take advant
age of whatever t un they made by refus
ing the penalty. For this reason the
rules this year call particular attention to
the fact that the referee should never,
under any circumstances, blow h's whis
tle to indicate a foul. However, if he
should inadvertently do so, tiie ball is still
dead and play must stop.
As there was said to be some misunder
standing at times regarding the limita- |
lions of positions, a rule has been made
to show that the limitations apply only
to the team on the offense, but an at
tempt at evasion in order to get around
the rule will not be permitted by the of
ficials.
One or two changes were made for the
sake of making the penalties uniform and
it was suggested by the rule makers that
the position of the referee should be be
hind the line of offense.
The new book also contains All-America
selections by Walter Camp and other
leading authorities; a review of the sea
son of 1908 bv Air. Camp; all representa
tive teams and their work In 1(X>8.
Other important features of the book
this year are records of games in 190s a
list of leading colleges with names of cap
tains, with the positions they play, coach
es and managers, and the official list of
American intercollegiate foot ball rules
committee, as compiled by the central
board of officials, of which Prof. James
A. Babbitt of Haverford is chairman.
HEYDLER SUSTAINED.
National League Directors Favor
Pittsburg on Protest Question.
NEW YORK. August 23.?By a telegraph
vote the board of directors of the Na
tional Lea#rue has sustained the decision
of President Heydler on the protest
game of May lf>, when the Pittsburg
team scored the winning run in a game at
Brooklyn on a wild throw into the crowd.
The Brooklyn Club held that under the
rules the runner should noi have ad
vanced farther than .third base, and ap
pealed from the ruling of Umpire Klem
and Heydler.
The game will stand as a Pittsburg
victory.
YALE'S STADIUM
i 10BNjOBKER
Athletic Association Has
$100,000 in Bank Ready
to Begin Work.
By Edward R. Bushnell.
The premature announcement of the
plans of Hie Yale Athletic Association
I for the construction of * ,-ast stadium
to seat HO,OOO people, and ,ile consequent
denial of the Yale authorities, do not
necessarily affect the real plans of the
Elis. It merely means that the guessers
hit on the wrong plot of ground as the
location of Yale's vast athletic amphi
theater. That Yale will build such a
stadium, and that it will surpass in mag
nificence. cost and seating capacity any
in the college world, is an absolute fact.
For it the Yale Athletic Association has
been annually laying aside a big pro
portion of its athletic profits, and now
has something like sioo.oou in the bank
for this purpose.
Strange to relate, there is a class of
^ ale graduates which object to the con
struction of this stadium. When an
nouncement was made in the Yale Alumni
Weekly several months ago that Yale
had such a plan in view, not a few
graduates wrote in letters of protest
against the expenditure of so much money
for such a ptojeet. The burden of their
complaint was that the application of so
much to athletjc purposes was overem
phasizing the athletic side of the
student's life. But protests of this nature
can have little weight with Vale s au
thorities. educational or athletic.
The class of men who oppose an athletic
stadium is made up of those who have
not kept pace with the progress of
modern college athletics. Alak ng the
physical development of the student of
proportionate importance with his mental
progress has excited not only great under
graduate interest in athletics, hut it has
iroused public interest in the same
measure.
The most potent argument in favor
cf the construction of the proposed
stadium is found in the experience of
the last Yale-Harvard game at New
Haven. By erecting temporary stands
wherever possible the management was
able to seat .".'J.itoo pe sons. This seems
like a huge crowd, but when it is re
called that all these ;?'J.oOi? individuals
represented only the graduates and un
dergraduates of Yale and Harvard, with
a few of their dear friends or relatives,
and all sold weeks in advance, the claim
of trie outside pubilc for some considera
tion assumes considerable importance. On
top of this comes the statement that last
year the Yale management had to refuse
requests for tickets from some of the
graduates of the two universities.
If the Yale stadium as planned, pro
vides seats for fio.ooo persons, it may not
i>e tilled very often, possibly not wholly
| filled for a few years, but at the rate
Yale is turning out her hundreds of grad
uates every year, and the intense hold in
tercollegiate athletic rivalry is taking on
the student body, it will not be many
years before the capacity of tlie stadium
is taxed.
Yale is evidently determined to profit
by the example of Pennsylvania, which
was the first big university of the'east to
construct a large athletic stadium. Frank
lin Field was built to accommodate 20,000
on three sides, the fourth side being taken
up with gymnasiums. On the occasion
of the Army-Xavy game the authorities
have been accustomed to increase the
seating capacity to i'.ooo by temporary
seats. The amphitheater couid have been
built to seat 30.000 by arranging the seats
flt a steej>er incline and running them
higher. Each year it is becoming in
creasingly difficult to take care of the
crowds, especially those that wish to at
tend the Army-Navy game, and the
Pennsylvania authorities probably wish
that they had used more forethought in
the construction-of their stands.
Princeton is evidently destined to con
tinue to have her stadium difficulties. The
Tigers have but one game in two years
when they require extra seating capacity,
that being when Vale plays in Tigertown.
Princeton has no permanent stadium and
is oblige;! each fall to construct tempo
rary wood n stands. The small financial
profit from the Princeton foot ball
season and the isolated location of the
university town, have always been in
surmountable obstacles to the erection of
a stadium at Princeton. Harvard has
solved her stadium problem with what is
probably the finest amphitheater in the
country. Its principal drawback is that
it has no gymnasium, insufficient training
quarters and is located a long distance
from the university. In this respect
Franklin Field of th^ I'niversltv of Penn
sylvania is the finest equipped athletic
flfld in the east, for the gymnasium and
the training quarters are within the Held
which is less than a five-minute walk
from any part of the universitv.
Syracuse Cniversitv is already equipped
with a splendid stadium, gv mnasium and
other facilities, while Cornell is construct
ing a splendid field at Ithaca. Cornell is
beset with manv, of the same difficulties
? n location at least, that Princeton is,
though the Ithacans" financial prosperitv
tne Pen"sylvanla game at
Philadelphia and the Harvard game at
( ambridge.
Western Athletes Supreme.
Those athletes from the Pacific coast
who carried off the point trophy of the
A. A. I". championships at Seattle a week
ago have reason to feel congratulated
for their victory over the east. Jt is true
that th? east had a small representation,
but the men who did go were of high
caliber, and on this account many critics
expected them to win anyhow. The
forty-six points, and
the Olympic Club of San Francisco, with
thirty points, easily outscored all the
other competing clubs.
To show that the west actually de
served its title one needs only to exam- !
ine the records made by its representa
tives. Most important of them all was
the mark of l r,r, 1-5 bv which Ed
munson won the half mile.' This is only
I 4-.? seconds behind the wi.rld record for
the distance, and, being made by a new
man, indicates that he is bound to be
come a j:reat performer. The work of
Forrest Smithson and Ralph Rose, both
westerners, in winning the 120-yard hur
dles and shot put ?ith record perform
ances. was to have been expected. After
A. C. Kraenzlein there is no doubt
that Smithson is one of the greatest
high hurdlers this country ever saw,
and there is little doubt,that he will some
day reduce his time to fifteen seconds fiat.
Ralph Rose at last got a bona tide record
in the shot put of more than fifty feet.
For years he has been shoving the leaden
missive over fifty feet in practice, but
some fate always prevented It in a meet
until this time, when he had a put of
fifty-four feet three Inches. One of his
puts is reported to have been a foul put
of fifty-four feet seven inches, which can
easily be believed when it is .recalled
what great puts he made in England pre
paring for the Olympic games.
Of the eastern athletes, probably Joe
Ballard, representing the Boston A. A.,
had the honor of making the most meri
torious performance, though this came
during the junior championships instead
of the senior events. Mallard captured
the Junior mile in 4.24 2-5, the fastest
this event was fcver run at the junior
section and exceeded only once or twice
in tjie senior events. Ballard is only a
schoolboy, having run for the Providence
High School this spring. Ballard is slat
ed for the University of Pennsylvania,
which institution he tried to enter a year
ago. He is a pupil of A. C. Bowen, the
old Pennsylvania champion. In view of
the fact that Pennsylvania now has
Paul!, the intercollegiate mile champion
and record holder with a mark of 4.17 4T.'>,
the Quakers seem to have a plethora
of riches. As Baliard is equally good
at the two miles, it is not unlikely that
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Early Practice for Navy Eleven.
Every year that the Middies lose th<?!r an-1
nual foot ball erame to the soldier eleven
from West Point there is instituted a
period of unusual activity the next year.
This fall it is seen in the decision of
? he naval authorities to l>egin their prac
tice a week earlier than usual, and as
near the mMdle of September as possible.
This is to be accomplished by the sailor
gridiion candidates cutting short their
summer va< ations hv a week or more.
The Middies will be In severe straits
this year for new material, because many
of the best players from last year's squad
have graduated. The sailors, however,
have the advantage of a larger enroll
ment than West Point, and may be count
ed on to make the most of it.
Pithy Athletic Notes.
If Cornell eventually gets Cozzens, the
star Brooklyn schoolboy quarter miler.
Trainer Jack Moaklev ought not to hav^
much difficulty in developing him into an
intercollegiate champion. Two years ago
Cozzens made a record of 50 2-5 seconds.
Harvard's team captains are an
aristocratic lot. Hamilton Fish. jr.. the
foot ball leader, is a son of Representative
Fish. Ex-Caplain Bacon of the crew is
a son of former Assistant Secretary of
State Bacon. Vale ought to find some
place for young Taft, the President's son,
who is a student there.
If there were very many athletes in
cluded in the ?"flunked" list of Chicago
University recently. Coach Stagg is likely
to have his own tioubles this fall.
An effort is being made to interest
more universities in the middle west in
the western conference cross-country
championship tills fall. Last year only
Nebraska. Chicago and Wisconsin com
peted. Nebraska winning for the third
time.
There is practically no prospect of
Columbia having anything but interclass I
foot ball to enthuse over tli's fall.
Oawbarn, the Princeton sprinter, is try- '<
ing to make up for the athletic competi- ;
tion he lost in college by competing as
a member of the New York Athletic
(Hub. He did not discover that he
could run until the spring of his senior I
year.
The nine-and-three-fifths-seconds sprint-(
ers all failed to materialize at the A. A.
U. championships a week ago.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
How the Clubs Stand.
w. l. ivt.i w. i.. fvt.
Phila<|p|p'a 7*> 4- Chicago.... ."7 . 4-VJ
T>?-f it . ... <?!? \:\ .?iI7 N>\v York.. .VI .Wsj
r.ostnn. . <;!? Hi .H'M St. Louis. . 4~? *?4 .11". |
Cleveland.. r?7 r?7 .Waskingt'ii .'?!! M) .2M? [
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Today's Games.
Washington hi Detroit.
New York at t'hlcaco.
Boston at St. I.oul*.
Philadelphia at Cleveland
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
How the Clubs Stand.
W. L. Pet. . *V. L,. Pet.
Pittsburg . 7R '50 .722 Philadelp'a t!? .V? .4.".4
(hie ago.... 73 .'??*> .??(?.! Si. I.ouis.. 44 ?>2 .415
Xew York.. ?>4 4" .tlltt Brooklyu. . ::t* tis ,3tJ4
Cincinnati. ."4 53 ..">03 Boston.... 2y S2 .301 .
Today's Games.
Chicago at Boston.
St. I.ouis at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Xew York.
Pittsburg at Philadelphia.
MINOR LEAGUES.
American Association.
At Toledo Columbus, J>; Toledo. 2.
At St. Paul Minneapolis. 4; St. Paul. 3.
At Kansas City Kansas City. .*>: Milwaukee. 1.
At Louisville Flr-t gauie: Louisville. 2; lu
dliinoplls. 1. Second game: Indianapolis, 2;
Louisville, 1.
Eastern League.
At Jersey City First game: Jersey City. 1;
Providence, 4. Second game: Jersev City, 2;
Providence. 4.
At Montreal-Montreal. 0; Toronto. 2.
At Newark first game; .Newark, 1; Baltl
more. 2. Second game:' Newark. 3; Balti
more, 2.
Western League.
At Pueblo?First same: Pueblo. 1: Omaha, 12
Second game: Pueblo. 11; Omaha. 2.
At Wichita Wichita. 7; Sioux City, 8. *
At Topeka?Toiti-ka, 2: Lincoln, r>.
At Denver?First game: Denver. 1: Des
Moines, 3. .Second game: Denver !? lie*
Moines, 2. '
Southern League.
At Memphis-Memphis, 3; Nashville. 2.
At New Orleans?New Orleans. 5; Atlanta, 2.
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Byrne last week every fan in the cotintrv
cried "shame!" because the Pirates ap
peared likely to share in the w rid s
championship series money this fall, and
it looked like taking so much coin away
from the two players who had done much
toward keeping Clarke's crew at the heal
of the procession. But Fred Clarke is n? t
that kind of a manager or a man. W lien
it became necessary, as he thought, t ?
make the trade for the good of Ids team.
Clarke promised Storke and Barbeau that
the transfer would not interfere with their
interest in the post-season money it
Pittsburg were lucky enough to land th?*
National League pennant. The proceeds
will merel\ be divided by one more player
?tlie lucky Byrne.
The honesty of base ball will be put to
the test when St. Louis pla\s the Pir?l< ??
with the two former Pirates in the Cardi
nal line-up. But it will stand the test, as
it always has.
Bresnahan made another trade yester
day. swapping Infielder Charles for Mike
Mowrey, with Cincinnati. These men wiil
change uniforms and camps today
BASE BALL NOTES.
The Nationals wind up in Detroit today
and then move on to Cleveland where
they open tomorrow.
The question arises once more. What
would Detroit do without Mr Tyrua
Cobb? The answer?Nothing.
Old Tom Jones will play cons.stent
ball, nothing brilliant, for the Tigers,
and that is just what Manager Jennings
wants. He has enough stais to win out.
Guess those games in Detroit starting
tomorrow won't be interesting. Hit. bo?
If the Quakers drive the Tigers to the
jungles they'll never come out again.
Pretty good pitching that .of Bcebe and
Backman. holding the Brooklyns to two
runs in twenty-four consecutive inuin-s
Holland, manager of the Wichita clu'?
of the Western Base Ball League. has
sold Willis S. Cole, an outfielder, to tin
Chicago American League club, to report
ft once. The price was $li.."><?<?
The time of the year has com<? when
likely pennant winners take pencil and
paper nightly and figure out their chances
from every angle.
Three of the best young players of <hrt
year happen to be second basemen? Col
lins of the Athletics, Egan of the Cin
cinnatis and Miller of the Pittsburgs.
Why is it that a batter takes an un
holy delight in swatting a slow ball for
a base hit? Probably for the same rea
son that a pitcher delights in fooling the
batter with a slow ball.
Put Griffith on the coaching lines and
he can detect more illegalities in the op
posing pitchers' delivery which the um
pires ought to correct than all the rest
of the managers in the game.
Among pitchers who can stand lots of
work Arellanes of the Boston Red Sov
looms up. He has t.iken part in sixteen
parts of games and eighteen whole games
so far this season.
Somebody has discovered a new pitch
ing "record" for Overall. In twenty-nine
games this season the big Cub has struck
out more men than base hits have been
(Continued on Fourteenth Pa?e.)