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WORLD'S SERIES TO END ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THIS WEEK Long Postponement of Games Has Given Rise to Many Idle Rumors About the Players and Magnates. BY J. ED GEILLO. Special Dlopatcb to Tho St?r. PHILADELPHIA. October 24.?Unless the unexpected happens the world s se ries will come to an end this week. By winning: the next two games the Athlet ics will gain the title, though three games would have to be played should the Giants win one of the next two. But four more games can be played, and weather conditions promise to be such that there will be no further delay. A fame could have been payed In New York yesterday, for the grounds there drain more easily than those In Phila delphia. And. as the sun shone from early morning on. it would have been an Ideal day for a game. While it is contended that neither team has suffered by the six day lay-off, the chances are that some of them at least will show the effect of this idleness. This is partly true of the pitchers, who by reason of their id eness may And it no easy matter to control the ball. In a way the rainy spell has done Injury to the gsme, for it has given the dreamers on newspapers an opportun ity to start all sorts of 6tories which reflect on the sport. None of these has any foundation and would never have been heard of had the series not been interrupted. The latest rumor which actually gained ground here was the calling off of the series and tho pass ing of a rule abolishing these games. Nothing, of course, could be farther fr?nj the truth, for the players would be held here until Christmas if it was necessary to do so. Then came the squeal about the moving pictures, in which the players wanted to share. It was announced in a New York paper that the commission re ceived $100.?>?i0 for the privilege last year and that it would receive three times that amount this year. This naturally made the players think they were getting the worst of it. and they wanted their share. The actual figure, however is $3,500 for this series, which, when divided among forty-two ball players, after the commission deducts 10 per cent would amount to little or nothing to the p.ay ?rs. 15al! players at their best are unrea sonab'e. The six days' idleness came In the form of a blessing for them. For not only do the clubs have to pay their ex penses. rut they are under salary until the series is over in addition to receiv ing per cent of the receipts of the flr^t four games. It Is estimated that the winning team will get about $.1,?00 per man. a rather poor pay for no more than seven games of bill for a lot of Intellec tual giants who but for base ball could not make that much -voney in five years. What is amusina about all these rumors is that people can be found who sympa thize with the players. Should the series be wound up with the next two games the shares of the two clubs will be mighty slim, for the ex penses this year have been greater than HILDRETH ABROAD Racing Man to Transfer Colors to European Tracks. I % HAS HORSE IN BOWIE RACE Turfman One of the Last Stable Own ers to Leave New York?Jockey Shilling to Follow. BALTIMORE. Md., October Si.?In the running of the Bowie handicap at Pim lico today it Is Just possible that Zeus will be the last to carry the Hildreth colors on an American race course for many a year. Hildreth has engaged pas tafee for himself and Mrs. Hildreth on next Saturday's steamer from New "Vork. The majority of the horses in this famous establishment will leave the first part of next month in charge of Dave Lear>. agent for Hildreth. Hearthstone, Surfeit and Goldblade, three of the four two-year-olds now In the stable, will be disposed of, the only one of this age that will be retained being Pugglns. a winner of seven races over the Canadian circuit last summer. Prbcl lian will b?- returned to Mr- Bel mont. Novelty, Fitzherb.rt, Restlgoii<-he. Shannon. Zeus and Hampton Court will make up the balance of the shipment. Sin<-?= th- han has been placed on ra?' jnjr in New York there ha* been no incen ti\ e for men of means to own and race laree .-stabllshment* there, with the re ?ujt th;tt the majority of wealthy owneis have transferred their breeding studs and ra'-ing stables to the other side Hildreth is o?. of the last to> go. It has been intention to take this step io>* the past year, but he thought to go acrot^ without his horses and If the sport Io-jV:? d good to him over there to acquire a *tabl<- l?y purchase. Ho even went so far as to offer nts l?or?e*< at auction about six weeks ago. hut buvers for that class were not on hand. *nd the sale was declared ofi In the minds of those eap?bl?- of judg ing a man's ability, no doubt whatever ever before by reason 01 the delay, while the players are already assured of draw ing down more money than ever before In the history of the series. But New York seems to be a town of exaggeration and imagination. All sorts of rot gets into the press, and the won der is that the public understands any thing at all about the game. To begin with, the announcement that the Polo Grounds would accommodate 60,000 people was proven to be absurd. It crowds considerably 10 get 40,000 in ?he inclosure, and that is *?ven more than any other ball park in the country can accommodate But the facts are not worth while here. Everything In a base ball way has to be exaggerated or abso lutely misrepresented. Before there wa.= such a thing as the national commission the world's series were farces because they did not enjoy public confidence. To | the commission belongs the credit for the 'success that this series has proven, and yet to read the average New York paper one would get the impression that tne game had fallen into the hands of a lot of culprits who did not hesitate to fleece public and players. Those who have wagered on the Giants to win the series feel more hopeful now than they did after last Tuesday's game, because under existing conditions both Mathewson and Marquard .will be given an opportunity to repeat, which would have been out of the question but for the rain which Interrupted the games. But the fact sihould not be overlooked that the Athletics have proven them selves the superiors of their rivals in the three games played, and. barring ac cident, should be just as fit when the next frame is played as they were when the series opened. There Is, of course, no ground for the report that the world's series might be called off in the future. But It Is almost certain that it will have an earlier beginning from this out. A series of games which nets the contesting players a fortune and brings much to the coffers of.the clubs involved la sure not to be tabooed. Base ball has never had anything that is so popular with the pub lic as the world's series, and It would be a death blow to the sport to discontinue the series. But, of course, no one but those under the Influence of the fumes which are supposed to emanate from some Chinese laundry ever dreamed of such a move being made. While there is, of course, nothing defi nite known as to which of the pitchers will face each other in the game at Phila delphia today, the chances are that Ma thewson and Bender will hook up again. Both should be ready if their control has not suffered by the lay-off. and the chances are that it will be another battle in which none but the pitchers will cut much figure. But it is doubtful If there will be another so Interesting a game of ball ae> the one of last Tuesday, which went eleven Innings. About everything that could be pictured Into a ball game happened that day, and those who were fortunate enough to witness the struggle will have something to relate for many years to come. exists Hlldreth will prove the greatest exponent of American training ideas as applied to the thoroughbred that has ever visited a foreign race course. No man is a better conditioner, and if an animal possesses any class he certainly brings it out. One necessary asset is a jockey of the first class, and in Shilling Hildreth pos sesses a boy conceded to be without an equal on the American turf. Shilling will leave for his home at Paris, Tex., Tuesday morning to visit his par ents before making the trip. WANTS HEADGEAR. Frank Chance to Have One Hade for Base Ball. CHICAGO, October 24.?Manager Ifra'nk Chance of the Cubs announced yesterday that he proposes to resume his old posi tion at first base when the season of 1912 opens. As a protection against "bean balls" Chance has arranged with a sporting goods manufacturer to make him a spe cial headuear. During his career with the Cubs, Chance has been hit on the head more than fifty times by pitched bails, and last August he was compelled to retire from the game for the remainder of the season as the ; result of stopping a ball with his head j at Cincinnati. BASE BALL BRIEFS. I We must all admit that the water cure ! is the best ever known for the base ball j fever. | Gettysburg hat n foot hall player named j Dayhoff who can kick daylight Into a foot i ball. He shouldn't get chesty. I know j a Gettysburg alumnus named Plank who ? kicked nine Giants* bats so full of holes ? that they haven't been plugged up by a 1 week off. At the rate of progress the world's series is making, when Mathewson gets to the Adirondack* for lils hunting trip ; there won't be even a guide left for him : to shoot. By winning four straight games from 1 the Cubs the White Sox have Increased ith<?ir popularity in Chicago. C. W. Mur ? pliy's excuse is' that the r'ubs shot their bolt in the final series with tlio Giants ? and had nothing left. The rc.-nlt of the Windy city series was a hitter pill for ! Murphy andfhance in view of their pre 1 diction that the Sox would b?- easy piek 1 ing. 1 FAVORITES GO DOWN Six of Them Lose Out in the Seven Events on the Card. TRACK IN MISERABLE SHAPE Lieut. Rockwell's 0. K. Slips Over a Surprise?Affable and John Bear don Give Bettors Blues. ' Six out of seven races at Laurel yester; day saw favorites mowed under, Richard Reed, the great and good mudder of the Bedwell stable, being the only highly thought-of horse of the day to run true to his form in the mire. For the early events the track was in miserable shape, but a crowd of work men were busy all morning cutting in drains, and before the program had been completed the course was not half so bad. There was not improvement enougn to cause the talent to shake their fond ness for the mud runner*, however, and in every race the dopesters looked over the winners who had won laurels whe the going was heaviest. Although there were upsets in ail tne races but one. and the wisest could do nothing but trust to luck, the biggest sur prise of the day came when Kyrat, who demonstrated his ability as a heavy-track horse last Friday, was beaten in the mlle-and-a-half run by O. K., Lieut Rockwell's bay gelding, whom the officer selected to ride. The purse was $750, and was more valuable than any prize of fered during the day. ? . O. K. was fairly well liked because Lieut. Rockwell entered Matabon. but turned the task of piloting him over to Lieut. Downer. -he plunge favored Kyrat. and Lieut. Alexander made a mighty good ride of it. O. K. was saved for the stretch run and this was where he got the btuer of Kyrat. The distance was covered In 2.53 3-5, which is fairly good time when the conditions under foot are considered. Affable Loses Out. The first favorite to go under was Af fable, In the first race, who was regarded as having an even chance against a field of ten. Affable was ridden by Jockey Byrne, but was away badly and could never catch up. Jockey Gordon rode James Dockery. the winner, and aid it In mighty good style. James Dockery was off in front, and although Efficiency appeared more than once to be gaining ground and was saved for a final effort in the stretch, the J. L. llolla^d fiUy had undertaken too much, and Hopkins could not make her go fast enough to overtake the leader. Nello was third, her workouts ih the mud being responsl c for her good rating. The only disap pointment in this race was the downfall of the favorite. _ In the second race Top Not? was con sidered the most fit. The mare has a rep utation for going on heavy tracks that caused her to be posted at 2 to 1 *?a)??t the field of eleven. But Top Note was destined to share the fate of Affable and could not get up at any 8taf of. race. Ben Lomond was forced hard b> Gordon in the effort to stave off Hand runnlng. and succeeded. Argonaut was liked because of his good race Saturday, when he finished second, but could not get higher up than third yesterday. Ab get higher up than third yesterday Abra sion and Plattiutess were never very ^^tf?Reardon was the favorite to be showed 'under In the fourth race, his poor showing, in thehands ForeJfi}J causing those who ?rai condition to surmise that It will be several daT" before he will be given another C*Jacqullina was ridden home by Bruce in one of the grandest finishes -that have been seen thus far at- Laurel. Jac auilina was given a fast workout recent ly at 3 a.m. and this fact was kept secret bv Owner Anderson, who did not forget, however, to put all his friends wise. Jac quilina was off slowly, but began to im Drove 100 vards before the turn into the Btretch was reached, and mowed dow? her opponents In rapid-fire order. * J?? finished strongly, beating Font. Aspirin *Thethmiie was completed which is considered very creditable. The overthrow of John Reardon was a sad blow to the vteitore. very- few of whom knew anything of the fitness of Jac 4 The^ast event was regarded an open and-shut affair for Montgomery or bervl cence before the route was goneo^" .the two being posted equally b.v the lasers and were thought to outclass the others Dolly Bultman, in the hands ot Hopkins, rode in and out coming down the stretch. I and but for interference Troxler Pr?babl> I would have gotten Montgomery home first There waa a dispute after the race that caused a delay in the posting of the official sign, but the result went as it happened. Montgomery ran a game raoe but was slow coming up until too late i to get under the wire ahead of the win ! ner. Servicence ran a poor raee? ^failing to live up to the reputation of Service, his sire. Clem Beachey wa* played by a few who saw him slip over a win last week. MACK ONCE FIRED DAVIS. Like the Cat, He Came Back and Made Good. Harry Davis, who is slated to manage the Naps next season and who lias been the right bower of Connie Mack ever since the latter has l>een at the head of a team In Philadelphia, was once given ' the grand bounce by his present bosp. It was back in 1808. when Connie was manager of the Pittsburgh team. Mark figured that Davis was a few points shy ! of being a big league catcher, and sent : him to Minneapolis. Kinee then Davis has helped Mack with three pennants and a world's championship, while a fourth pennant and possibly a. second world's ti tle will soon be the Athletics". GIANTS SURELY PROFITED BY THE LONG POSTPONEMENT ^??? The Athletics, Prevented From Following Up Victories, Get Decidedly the Worst of j Lay-Off?New Yorkers on Their Feet. PHILADELPHIA, October 24.?If any scheduled game of base ball was ever postponed five times in succession it has escaped the memory of the oldest liv ng fan, and, like the year of the liitih wind In Ireland, the world's series of 1911 will be used as a marker to date events by the younger generation of base ball en thusiasts. Speculation as to which of the two teams profited more by the postponement is still going on, and it appears to be a dead heat. Many are inclined to the be lief that the Athletics got the worst of it. not in a physical sense, but the loss of the opportunity to follow up the moral advantage which they obtained when they trimmed Mathewson. Tuesday night the G.ants appeared to be a rather demoral ized bunch, while the Athletics, elated over their victory over Matty in his own backyard, were prepared to start the cleanlng-up process Wednesday. The en forced idleness has not dampened their confidence a little bit. The rain may not have helped the regu lars of either team, but there is no doubt that It helped the Giants in the very de partment that- they were praying for help. McGraw might use Ames, Crandall ?l *V'tEe and .g^t away with a game, but the fact remains that he is aXr&id to try any one of them except in the case of the direst necessity. He ha^ sublime conri dence in Mathewson's ability to come back, despite his reverse of Tuesday, and unquestionably the presence of Big Six in the box acts as an inspiration for the rest of the Giants. But for the rain the chances are that Matty could not have been worked before the sixth game?as suming that a sixth game would have been necessary?and even then he would not have recovered from the effects of the two strenuous games he had already pitched. With six days of solid rest under his belt, however, Matty should be just right, and it would not be surprising if he is sent to the mound today in what is the crucial game of the series for the Giants. They would be out of it, of course. If they were defeated th's afternoon, but, with three games to one against them, they would have to reveal qualities which they have not shown thus far in the se ries to clean up three straight games. It would be just the other way round with the Athletics. Let them win this after noon and they will be practically relieved of all tension. They could go into the fifth game at New York tomorrow with no feeling of anxiety whatever, knowing that if they were beaten out they would have the chance to win the odd and the big end of the loot in their own yard Thursday. ' No one better realixea than McGraw the fact that if the Giants are to win the series they must win today's game. He cannot work his staff with a view of cinching a game later on. If he has got what he considers a cinch pitcher in his band he will unquestionably lead him this afternoon, and from this angle It lookB as though he will pin his faith ip Mathewson to pull the Giants abreast of the Athletics. Before the recent moisture began falling on the Athletics and the unjust alike it was generally understood that Manager Mack would work Bender, regardless of McGraw*s selection. It Is not likely that anything has occurred since Tuesday last to cause him to change his mind, but If he has it Is not clear how he can go wrong In his selection, for all three men who have worked so far are right on edge and keen for another op portunity to toss the Giants. The followers of both camps are con fidently looking for a batting rally. Matty declares tiftt all the Giants have to do to develop a batting streak is tu make about three hits in some inning, and then they will be off for fair. Considering the way they have been hitting in the series up to date, three hits In one in ning would be one swell start. It will be up to Messrs. Bender, Plank and Coombs to discourage anything like that. But the Athletics are likewise overdue in their hitting, which so far has been i away below that of last fall, when they made such a holy show of the Cubs' ' pitchers, although at that it has been their long-distance swats that enabled them to land the two games. They gave signs Tuesday, however, of becoming bet ter acquainted with the ball. Ever since time Immemorial?and that's ever so long ago?deeds of great valor have been immortalised in verse, and it Is only becoming that the heroic perform ances of the stars of the diamond should be handed down to posterity In the same fashion. Out of a half dozen or more effusions regarding the recent exploits of that distinguished son of Maryland, temporarily sojourning in our midst, J. Franklin Baker, we submit the following as pretty good stuff: There was a pitcher bold and knowing, who won much fame by cunning throw ing. He wore the Giants' uniform and ladled out curved chloroform. His name was known throughout the states where he defied the swatting fates. Of pitch ing he knew all there was to know; his fadeaway was one grand show. He knew each batter's weakest point and made them swing arms out of joint. To some he fed the speedy curve, at which the bat with futile swerve would swing with might and ma n and vim until the slug gers' eyes grew dim. Still others got a teasing drop, which made the swatter seem do trop. Oh, great was he, in ap pearance natty: oh, lamed was New York's peerless Matty! lie watched one day a critical game, the winning of which meant lasting fame, lie saw Rube Marquard throw a ball that Baker slammed beyond the wall. Quite foolish, said Big Six that day; he'd fan at my own fadeaway. To give that follow i ball outs de was simply commit ting suicide. I've got him doped all right, all right. Tomorrow I'll make him look a sight J. Franklin B. can never hit one iow and in?whet? No! Ah, nit. So. when the Quaker, the one named Baker, next day didst face the strikeout maker, our Matty shot one at his knee, which went a mile, you'll please believe me. Mat saw it sail quite far that day when Baker smote the fadeaway. BOWLING BATTLES. INTER-CLUB BOWLING LEAGUE. Monteflore. Chanticleers. 1st. 2d. 3d. 1st. 2d. 3d Y'k'son.. ?4 64 70 Kaplan... *1 81 88 Sheff'man 61 79 84 Abr.ihaus. 7? 82 72 Watskey. 71 87 78 Brill 83 AO 101 Gntlelb... 97 79 78 R'nl-erg.. 67 75 71 Kameron. 84 6:? 82 Kam'sky.. 70 83 79 Totals.. 877 377 390 Totals.. 374 411 *11 Tuxedo. Monteflore. Pekofsky. 86 86 81 Watsky.. 70 80 96 Small 70 80 77 Spelgler.. 79 94 79 Hnro'n. .. 90 75 S3 SUeff'nian 72 75 67 Rosenb'tt 76 116 05 (totleib... 76 96 87 OfTenberg 92 97 117 Katneron. 95 93 93 Totals.. 420 460 453 Totals.. 392 439 422 Goldberg bowled third game for Pekofsky." SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Blues. Grays. Holtman.. 80 99 88 George... 104 103 91 Reed 72 105 87 Leaoh... 107 95 82 Sondh'r... 93 115 94 Mullen... 92 112 96 rratnpton 87 116 106 Quinn 93 103 83 Carroll... 84 83 88 Galleher. 101 104 102 Totals.. 416 510 4C6 Totals.. 497 517 454 NATIONAL CAPITAL BOWLING LEAGUE. Nationals. Casino. Fowler... 131 87 111 Moore.... 97 100 108 Glaaser.. 108 102 104 Goodman. 128 105 00 Wells.... 112 110 102 Thye 114 115 110 Roberts.. 109 153 100 Pearson.. 102 119 88 H.Oehier. 113 111 107 H'ksw'th. 101 189 107 Totals.. 568 563 524 Totals.. 542 578 508 NORTHEASTERN DUCKPIN LEAGCE. Bills. Fatlmas. B.D'B'ky. 113 112 98 Fegan.... 08 93 97 Campbell. ?9 06 90 Lauxman. 77 105 109 T.D'B'ky 109 95 09 J.V'Neaa. 108 140 86 Lakln 92 128 125 Wooden.. 101 99 125 Nally.... 116 114 85 J. IUs ton.. 112 101 121 Totals.. 529 545 501 Totals..^96 538 588 DISTRICT LEAGUE. Chamber of Commerce. Carroll Institute. Cooper... 196 174 183 Mc In tyre. 102 158 160 Barber... 157 171 164 Walsh... 168 162 168 Hammer. 180 171 184 Warner.. 153 114 187 Machler.. 193 166 167 Swaggert. 206 188 212 V'B'kirk. 165 165 165 MUler.... 189 199 172 Totals.. 891 847 859 Totals.. 878 821 908 DISTRICT DUCKPIN LEAGUE. Arlingtons. Belmonts. McCarty. 101 99 84 Oliver.... 97 95 87 M.Fenton 98 94 11* Young.... 94 96 92 Burbana.. 04 78 118 Ruppert.. 96 94 08 A1 Kenton 88 118 105 Rider 88 114 88 Baum.... 115 98 116 Mlchaod.. 07 95 88 Totals.. 496 483 533 Totals.. 471 494 458 ARCADE DUCKPIN LEAGUE. Holmead. Mount Vernon. . Tucker... 66 86 107 Wagner.. 86 Green ... 04 92 85 C. Olivet. 85 94 78 Downing. 105 92 86 J. Gull!.. 89 88 84 King 115 101 88 F. Geraci. 92 122 80 Stanford. 85 114 102 Howard.. 100 107 96 T. Galll 98 04 Totals.. 49G 484 468 Totals.. 481 509 441 W0LGAST-WELLS BOUT OFF. Too Much Wrangling to Suit Man ager of Title Holder. NEW YORK, October 24.-Ad Wolgast, the lightweight champion of the world, and Matt Weils, the lightweight cham pion of Great Britain, will not meet In that almost famous ten-round bout for that fabulous purse which rivals the riches of the Incas. Tom Jones, man ager of the "Cadillac Wildcat," left New York for the west yesterday afternoon, after declaring the contest off. Jones grew weary of the constant wrangling of the clubs which were bidding for the match, and arrived at his conclusion after a week or more of patient waiting for the difficulties to be straightened out. It is rumored that the Sea Beach Palace Athletic Club, which had contracted with a moving picture firm for the picture rights on the battle, but which was re fused a license by the boxing commission, would not release the company from Its contract, and the Madison Athletic Club of Harlem could not see its way clear to guarantee the sum of money which the boxers demanded. BAH OH CHICAGO PUGS. Lid Put on Fighting in Indiana and Wisconsin Towns. CHICAGO, October 24.?vuicago prize fight promoters received a setback last night when it became known that the authorities at Gary. Ind., had given notice that no more prise fights can be held in that city. With the Gary report came news of sim ilar action in Hammond, Ind., where the O'Neil-Schlossberg bout Is scheduled to be held Thursday night. The police of both cities declare boxing is dead, as far as they are concerned. That the action of the two Indiana towns has placed a damper on prise fighting in the middle west Is the opinion of followers of the sport here. Indiana and Wlscorsln have been the mecca ot' Chicago tighter.-?, and it was only recently that the Wisconsin authori ties took action to discourage the game. Since the McFarland-\V olgnst bout was called off in Milwaukee there has been but one bout held in Wisconsin. At the Sign of the Moon. [>????????????????? 'Wonder what Mert* will aay today?" Silt or (Overcoat To Order, $ 12.50 Standard $20 Value Elsewhere. Examine the handsome fab rics embodied in this offer. They are Guaranteed AH Wool. Just the sort of fabrics that ap peal to dressy men. We Have the Largest Line of Woolens in Washing ton to Select From. 8tor? clones dally at 6 p.m.; Saturday at 0 p.m Quality Tailoring at Popular Prices. That is the Mertz idea. It has been the means of building up the greatest tailoring business in this city. 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With the entire country discussing his base ball achieve ments, with writers and art'.sts searching sea, earth and sky for quaint synonyms for his very convenient name and rhmye sters of the press shattering all precedent In the number of changes they ring on both name and achievement. Baker him self regards the entire performance with i a lack-luster eye and refuses to Join In the enthusiasm In any way. "It's gettln' to be a nuisance," Baker plaintively assured the writer, when re quested to spare a .little of his plentiful time for an Interview. "I can't go away from the house for a few minutes but what I come back to And a lot of chaps camped In the parlor, waiting to Interview me. Then the photographers are after me, and even Bketch artists come bother j lng around. This morning one of the j papers phoned while I was out and as good as gave orders that I was to come down to the office and pose for pictures. I took no notice, and the}' sent a pho tographer and made me get out in the shed with a broom in my hand, to look like a picture of the bat. It makes me tired." And if ever a young man appeared earnest and sincere Baker was. The cal cium light doesn't Interest him a bit. He is of the shy and retiring order. He looks at strangers with the suspicion w'th which most of the big leaguers regard th? world at large. If he accepts the stage offers he is said to have had he will be the despair of the press agent of the show. There is nothing of the Beau Brummell j about Baker In private life. He looks much j better in his base ball uniform than In j his street duds. He sits in a parlor chair ! in the same attitude he assumes In the ? "dugout" on the ball grounds. leaning forward, his big. weatherbeaten but de cidedly capable-looking hands hanging loosely from the wrists, and rather more than the usual length of large, bony arm, unrelieved by anv suspicion of a whits cuff, protruding from the sleeves of his coat He Is without a trace of self-con sciousness, calm-eyed and natural. He is decidedly outspoken when he touches upon any Incident vital to the profession he follows, as, for instance, when refer ring to the ungentle art of spiking, as practiced by one 8nodgrass. He is very 'uncommunicative, however, on the sub ject that several millions of Americans are burning to know about, the Baker who is not seen on the diamond, the Baker bf private life. "I was brought up on a farm in Trappe, Md." Having got the taciturn batter to admit j this much, the interviewer breathed eas j ier, and the interview prooee-ded a lit i tie faster. ; "In 1886. if you want to know the ex j act date, I suppose you would like me to ' say that I began playing base ball when I could just about toddle and made home runs before I was out of the school age. Well, I can't accommodate you, for it was twent*- years later, in 1006, before I really got into the game in earnest. I must admit I always had a desire to shine in the ball field. I remember that , the other kids took a lot of interest in ' stories of the pirate and Jesse James kind, while I was always for the base ball stories. I never wanted lo go out and fight Indians. I wanted to become a base ball star. So I suppose it was born in me. "Now. look here, don't go and put In a lot of guff that I don't say at all. I was no infant prodigy and I can't recall that I ever did anything wonderful when I played base ball as a boy. My b6y days were the same as ? those of any other American kid-- I went to the village school at Trappe and learned about as lit tle as the other boys did. I had to help on the farm and I grew up a husky chap, with no bad habits, a fine, healthy appe tite and had as good a time growing up as any other country boy. Don't forget that part. I'm a country boy. with no city fol-de-rols, and when I get through playing base ball back I go to the coun try and enjoy life as I am accustomed to. No 'great white way* for mine. Trappe is lively enough for me." At this point the great home runner showed a tendency to forget the story of his life and discuss spiked shoes and Snod grass, which was not the purpose of the interview. - "Well, anyway," said the home run one, as he reluctantly came back to his own story, "Snodgrass didn't come from the same town- as me. Keep that in mind. And, furthermore, we are not the friends some of the players say we are. And as for my being clumsy In covering the bag, just let me say that I stand like this (Il lustrating); Well, all right. I next played ball with the Sparrows Point team in 1907, and in the spring of 1908 I hopped to the Tri-State League at Reading, and it was while playing there that one of Connie Mack's scouts found me in the fall of 1908. I joined the Athletics In the fall of 1906 and have been with them since. "If any American boy can gather en couragement from that dope to try for the bush league with the hope of getting higher I shall be glad to have helped him, but I pass on the proposition of handing out advice. Excuse me, I am no silver tongued orator. And I don't want you to put in a lot of stuff that never came from me, as I said before. "There's one th!ng, though, that you might put in. I don't drink or smoke. Never aid drink or smoke. If any young ster wants advice from one who doesn't mean to preach, there it is. Leave cig arettes or tobacco In any form alone and don't touch 'boose' now or at any time. It's the usual advice and doesn't carry much weight as a rule, but coming from a ball player perhaps It may mean a little more to the American k'ds. "There is no rule about smoking In the big league. They don't care for you to smoke in uniform, though. Some smoke; some don't touch tobacco. The managers think the men are old enough to know their own minds about such things. Mine Is the total abstinence platform for both booze and tobacco." In keeping with his lack of ostentation Baker lives in h very modest little bouse, about a block or so from Shibe Park, Philadelphia. He and his wife and baby are the star boarders. Mrs. Baker is a Maryland girl, and is as desirous as her husband of avoiding the center of the stage during the present outburst of en thusiasm over the batting successes of the "home runner."' "My one hobby," said Baker, In parting, "is gunning. When the season Is over I get back to Trappe as fast as the train schedu'e will let me. I have a seventy acre farm, which my father looks after during the base ball season. I put In the time when not playing ball in wgrk'Ug around the farm, and my only recreation is hunting. My wife and 1 are perfectly happy down there, and we ask nothing beter than to be left alone. We are country bred and we shall never get over it." OFF AG'IN, ON AG'IN, A GAME AGIN tf Guess ThaT RtG-HT FieLo peNCfe is GrOOft ?H<mj<rH 1 '?* / '??/n N* * * >?<".. "XfcftRT Busier BA****? I>ECt&'?N<5- To PuT" lM?L BMA_ TSr>*Y By Hal Ccfiman BRAIN DEVeioPCRS^ | VMAX'S fAlSSING- *K ~Tfc\S PlC.TOW.C-? /^NSweS'- S?^e Wt8 FeiT Xm The Sum Go&s dot we. know hot wKt^e BvTT? ?r it *SN*T IT Kv>sT fee. T^tRt *Tn* QoiNce Qu/^ftTer in ""T&eiR sun BOftMCft SoNaT/t eriTiTLtO NEVER SPIKE A PL/Wtft. IN "Th6 BAIA OF LIFE. feFFMAN BaHtimmore & Ohio. 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