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LACK OF CONTROL GREATEST FAULT OF YOUNG PITCHERS Engel, Gallia and Musser All Failed to Show Much in That Department of Game Yesterday ? Johnson Will Be Worked Against Wood. by J. ED GRILLO. Sfxv-ia! tch !*? Th^ Star. BOSTON, September Mr. Griffith had an opportunity yesterday to watch four of his young pitchers in action in an effort to stop the onward march of the K.d Sox. and it is perhaps unnecessary to say that he did not spend an enjoyable afternoon. Thft trouble with every one of the re cruits was that he lacked that essential requisite, control, and as a result of which the home team and the coming champions roller! up runs with compara tive ease. Knglc was the first to fall. He g*>t out of the first inning with a whole skin, but in the second made the fatal mistake of walking Ray Collins, a v rak hitter, after two were out and one run had been scored. Then happened n hat usually comes as punishment for t>Mi much liberality toward weak stick ers?some scattered hits?and the first thing he knew four runs were over the plate. That, of course, settled Kngle. and < lallia was trotted out. He went a little over an inning when he, too, was benched because, like Engle, he could not locate the plate. Muaser took his place, and, while he .showed an occasional flash, he was too unsteady, and finally Herring was presented. He worked in but one inning, and let it be said for hint that he i left a much better impression than his1 predecessors. The trouble with Griffith s pitchers was that none of them seemed to be familiar with the work expected of them. They have not been in the game enough, but that condition will not exist by the time this trip Is over, for Griffith hopes to find out just what he has in his grab bag be fore next spring. The Boston team is a smooth moving, well-balanced piece of machinery. It is a much better ball team now than what it was when the Nationals played here last. It cai\ hit, run and seems to have pitching which is of the best. If it is weak at all it Is behind the bat. There is no wiser catcher than Carrigan, but nature has not endowed him with a good throwing arm and all the base ball brains in the world would not make up for that sort of a deficiency. Then. too. this ch^p Yerkea at second is far from a major league fielder, but he can clout and that, of course, makes up for some of his awkward work in the field. But there is nothing to be said detrimental to the rest of the aggregation. That Infield, even with Kngel on first, compares well with any in either league and there never was a better outfield. This makes a combina tion which is in a fair way to win the pennant and is sure to make it decidedly Interesting for the team which opposes It in the world series, be it Giants or Cubs. The question of who shall hold the American league record for consecutive victories will likely be decided during the present series between the Ffed Sox and Nationals. Manager Griffith this morning called on Manager Jake Stahl of the local club and proposed to him 10 pitch Wood and Johnson on the same day. Staid insisted that they had no leirular day to work Wood, and that he would not like to make such an arrange ment. Griffith thereupon announced that John son would be held back until such day as Wood would pitch, and if the Boston star is not worked In the present series Wood will have shown the white feather. "Before "Wood can lay claim to having beaten Johnson's record of sixteen straight he must meet him in this series and let the best man win." said Griffith: "If they don't work him against us, and they can't unless he hooks up - with Johnson, it will be ample proof that they are picking games for Wood to work In so that he can have a record. If S'-ahl is a game sportsman he will send Wood against Johnson and let them fight it out. If Wood can beat Walter he will have the record cinched, but I don't think he can beat him." Johnson naturally is anxious to hold the record he has gained and he has told Griffith that nothing would delight him more than to pitch one of the games here against Wood. As the meeting of this pair of stars would he a great attrac tion there is no doubt that It will be arranged. 9 A big reception for Kddie Ainsmith has J?een planned by the good cititens of ?'ambridge. his home, during his stay here, but if his friends and admirers witnessed yesterday's game it is apt to be called off Ainsmith has not given so tm?erable an exhibition since he joined the Nationals. There was no department ?>f the game in which he made good The Sox stole bases on him at will, he did not support the young pitchers well, and Is charged with two wild throws. ln ? idenially he struck out twice. It was surely an off day for Ainsmith and his work had much to do with the number of 1 1 tins the coming < hampions secured. Manager Griffith completed arrange ments today for an exhibition game with the Cincinnati National I~eague Club, to be played at Syracuse, next Monday. The1 Washington club will leceive $1,000 for exhibiting its athletes at the fair grounds, hut the changes are that the game will he worth seeing, for It stands to reason that Orifflth will do everything In his power to beat his old team. The attendance in Boston is exception- I ally good. Notwithstanding the fmt that the new plant is not popular, because of its inaccessibility, yet the people of this1 town are enthusiastic about their ball team and they are patronizing the game well. It is sure to be a great year for Jimmy McAleer, who will come pretty near put ting himself on easy street in one season. The attendan e yesterday was enormous. PJvery seat In te inclosure was taken, and they do not deal for the U.Vrent patronage hete. either. The Nationals a:e sure to pio\e the best diawlng tard that has been here this year, especially if the team can win a game or so. Bos ton folk have grown tired of seeing the Red Sox win. They want an opposing team to come along and give them real battle, and because of the Nationals' posi tion in the race they figured Griffiths team as the one to give some Interesting exhibitions. The opening ^ame. however. <lid not show much, for once Collins had .? four-run lead he wa? not exerting himse If. ?'hick Gandil seems io have recovered his batting eve lie was \Bry much in evidence in yesterday's game, hittinic the ??all every finie up and getting a triple and a single. His triple was a terrific lin.- dri\e right over first base, which carried to the right field stands on a line. But t hick threw away a run w lien he tried to score on a ball which Carri gan threw to Gardner and which did not roll more than five feet from the third baseman. Gandil was nailed at the plate when he tried to score, and I .a porte fol lowed with a long line drive to Speaker, which would have scored Gandil easily had lie remained at third. fashion will likely hook up with O'Brien or Hall today, and it is needless to say that he will hate his hands full in that be will be u!> against the hest hitting team in the league, while the pitcher w bo oppose* him ha? only to face three or four men who are dangerous at the bat. Griffith figures that Cashion can turn the trick, but it will have to he one of his very best da> s 10 do It. it may seem a bit early to express an opinion on Griffith's two outfield recruits, but it Is a pretty safe guess that neither dJoran nor Kenworthy are going to re lieve the situation in the leaat* Jdoran is h brilliant fielder and thrower, and hp is fast on the bases, but they ran t steal first base tn this league and be does not look very impressive at the plate. As for Kenworthv, he looks like a fair hatter, but there is nothing bor dering on major league class about him. ! Shanks and Mneller are. by far. better men. and both are sure to improve next season. But thrn. of course. Griffith does not believe in standing pat. He wants j to get a line on as many young players ! this fall as possible ,so that when he gets into training next spring he will know what sort of players he is to pick his team from. Sedate Boston howled with laughter at the anth's furnished by Nick Altrock be fore the game, Comedy on the ball field is an absolutely new proposition here and Altrock found an appreciative audi ence. That shadow boxing stunt, in which he knocks himself out. had them falling out of their seats laughing, and he was given a great ovation when he showed himself on the coaching lines during the game. If it was left to the patrons of base hall around the circuit J Altrock would be allowed to do his com edy sketches during every game. Just why it is that the Nationals are a better looking ball team on the road than i at home is perhaps not easily explained, but It is a fact nevertheless. The play ers seem to have more dash when on foreign grounds and display an aggres siveness that is absolutely absent when at j home. All this season the Nationals have done their best work on the road and this trip is hardly going to be an ex ception. Herring, the Indian, is, according to Griffith, going to be a great pitcher some day. He is. of course, unfinished, but ha | has shown something to his manager that he has never seen before, in that he has three different spit balls which it is impossible to hit. One of these deliveries sends the ball down and outward, the other in and downward and the other straight dov-nward. If he retains these three and gets control of a fast ball Grif fith predicts great things for him. But, as said before, he is a green hand and it will take time to make him a finished pitcher. The fickleness of patrons of base ball or so-called fans was Illustrated today when Speaker failed to get more than one hit in four times up. This was commented upon In the stands, and it was suggested by some that Speaker must be going back. And yet he is almost leading the league In batting and is one of the greatest players in the game. To his good work the Red Sox owe much of their success, but the patrons have been spoiled and expect more trom him than any human being could possibly deliver. When the Red Sox had finished their second inning the game was virtually over, for they scored four runs in that round, and when Ray Collins is right he does not allow that many. He was right yesterday, and the Nationals managed to get two over the plate. Engel went to pieces in the second. Gardner led off with a two-base hit and took third on Engel's out. Wagner brought him home with a hit. and after Carrigan had filed to Milan. Engel walk ed Collins. Incidentally, he filled the bases when he walked Hooper. Yerkes then popped up over Gandil'9 heand for a base, and a couple of runs came home, and Speaker, of course, was there with a timely hit which brought home another, making a total of four. Gallia pitched the third, but when he walked Collins, the first man to face him in the fourth, he was yanked, and Musser took up the task. Hooper sacri ficed. and then Yerkes slammed out a single, and Collins scored. Musser got away until the sixth, when a walk to Yerkes and Dewis' double brought home another. Foster's single and Gandil's triple gave the Nationals their first run in the fourth, and their final tally came fii the sixth on Milan's hit, a put-out and Gan dil's second safe drive. The score: BCMTOX. AB. R. H. O. A. F-. Hooper, rf -.2 1 1 1 0 " Yerke*. 2b 3 1 2 2 3 0 Speaker, cf 5 0 1 3 0 ?? Lewi*. If ft ft 2 ft ? ? Gardner. 3b 4 1 2 0 3 0 Kngle, lb 4 <> ft ? ? ? Wagner. **.: S 1 1 " 3 1 Carrigan c 3 o ft 7 2 <> Collin*, p 1 2 1 ft 2 ft Totala ~...32 ? 10 27 13 1 WASHINGTON'. AB. R. H. O. A. K. | Milan, cf 4 1 2 3 ?> <? Potter. 3b 4 1 O 1 2 o Shank*, rf... ? 4 ft ft :t O ? Uandll. lb 4 ft 2 ? ft ? I* porte. 2b 4 ?' 1 1 2 ?> Moran. If 4 0 I 2 ?? Vli-Bride. ?a :t ?? ?? 2 4 ft Alnamltb. 3 ft ft 2 ? 2 Engel. p 0 ft ?? ? - " Gallia, p ?... ?> o o ? ft ft Musaer. p 1 ft o 1 1 ft Herring, p ? " ? " " ? Kenwurthy* 1 11 11 " ft ? WiUiamst 1 ft " " O ? Total. 33 2 ? 24 11 ?Batteil for Kngel in tlilril. fBatfd for Mnaxer in eighth. ttiwlun 0 4 ft 1 ft 1 ? ft x ? Waablngtou 0 ft ft 1 o 1 ft ?' ? Two-base hit* Gardner. Yerke*. I>ewia Three ba?e bit-Gandll. Hits-Off Kngel. ft in 2 inning*: off Miuaer. 4 in 4 tuning*: off Herring. 1 in 1 inning Sarrifh-e hit*? Yerke*, Hooper. Stolen banes?Wagner. Gardner (2t. Milan. I**fl on ba*e?- Bottoo. 13; Washington. 4. Firat bane on ball* off Kugel. 2: off Gallia. 2: off Mua ?er. 3; off Herring, 1. J-'ir*t baae on error Washington. Hit by plt<-her By Muaser (HooperI. Striii k out - Bv Collin*. 5: by Muaaer. ?J. Taxed ball Ainamith. Umpire* lieaar*. Connolly and Hart. Time of zame 2 hour* aud 4 minute*. r Other American League Games. | * ^ Yankees Defeat Athletics. NEW YORK. September .".? New York hit Coombs haid > esterday and won eas ily, by ?> to 1. Daniels broke up the game in the sixth, when lie tripled, with three on bases. Chases hitting, a wonderful stop by Barry, and a great catch by i^elivelt were j the features. I.elivelt robbed Baker of a home run In I the eighth, with two on the bases, when he jumped into the air and pulled down Baker's drive with one hand. Score: R H E. Phlla o o o o o i 0 O ?1 7 1 New York.. 1 O o o I 4 <? ft x-tt i:i 0| Tigers Devour White Sox. CHICAGO, III., September 5.- Detroit won a one-sided contest from Chicago yesterday. to 4. it being the final ap peal ance of the Tigers here this season The visitors knocked out Scott In the fourth Inn'.rg after making seven hits for a total of five runs. Douglass, a recruit from Des Moines, finished the game, and was hit for eight safeties and seven runs. Manager Callahan tonight released Re cruit First Baseman Mc Larry. secured from Austin, Tex., to the Lincoln club of the Western I.eague. Score: H H E. Chicago 1 ?> O 0 n O O 2? 411' 5| Detroit... 2210010ft 1?12 15 1 BIG TENNIS TOUBNEY. Annual District Championship Play Starts September 23. Sanction has just been received from th? Middle Atlantic States Lawn Tennis Association for the annual District cham pionship tsnnla tournament to bs held on the courts of the Bachelors' Tennis Club, Wood Icy lane and Cathedral avenue, dur ing the week of September U3. Thip year's event will probably be even better than that of last year, as there will be more events and a larger entry list is expected. The committee in charge has decided to have the following events: Men's singles, men's doubles, consola tions. women's single?, men's doubles, women's doubles, and if enough entries are received, mixed doubles. There will be challenge rounds in all of the events, but the men's singles con solations and the mixed doubles. In the men's singles Louis I. Doyle, the present champion, will defend lil* title for the third time, and if he is lucky enough to come out victorious the handsome trophy will become his permanent property. Miss Eva Baker won the women's event last vear. and she will be called upon to defend this title. In the men's doubles the Doyle brothers will again be on the defensive, while Misses Eva Baker and Klizabeth Bryan will meet this year's winners for the women's doubles title. As this year has been an unusually good vear for the net game and more people are playing it than ever before, thi.w year's event should have a rec&rd entry list when the entries close a few davs before the starting of the tourney. Entry blanks giving all information will be issued this week. 1\ YALE STAR AT NET Church Scores a Decisive Vic tory Over Man, Jr.?Colum bia Team Last. PHILADELPHIA, September o.-Rapid progress was made yesterday In the open ing rounds of the thirty-second annual intercollegiate lawn tennis tournament at the Marion Cricket Club, the field of twenty-four contestants in singles being reduced to ten. The features were the decisive victory of <3. M. Church of Princeton over A. H Man, jr., of Yale, and the form displayed by J. G. Nelson of Dartmouth, who is a new comer in the competition. Of ten survivors. Harvard, Pennsylvania. Prince ton and Yale had two each and Dart mouth one. Especial interest attaches tills year to the tourney because of the points stand ing in regard to the championship cup. Seven points are necessary for perma nent possession, a win In singles and a win In doubles counting one point each. The standing to date Is: Pennsylvania, 6 points; Harvard, H points; Princeton, 5 points: Yale, 5 points; Columbia, U points. The summaries, singles: First round?E. H. Whitney, Harvard, beat W. T. Tilden. Pennsylvania. 6?4, tt?3: .1. J. Arm strong. Minnesota, beat J. C. Maekrell, Uni versity of Pittsburgh, B?6?1: W. H. Mace, Princeton. beat F. W. Pemslee. Vale. 6?2. 6?1; W. M. Washburn. Harvard, beat Ij. A. Fletcher. Winiams. 6?2. 6?4: W. S. Kubn. Princeton, beat S. M. Stellwagen. Minnesota. 6?3. 6?4: A. Evan*, jr., Yale, heat R. B. Jamison, Pennsyl vania. 6-0. 6?3: J. G. Nelson. Dartmouth, beat J. C. Bevereu. Harvard. 6?2, 6?2. Second round? (1. M. Church. Princeton, beat A. H. Man. jr.. Yale. 6-1. 6-0. H. W. Jones, Pennsylvania, beat H. W. Webber. Dartmouth, 6?3. 6?1; W. M. Washburn. Harvard, beat W. H. Mace. Princeton. 6?1. 6?3; K. C. Gates, Yale, heat G. A. S. McKean. Harvard, 7?R, 6-4: H. W. Page. Pennsylvania, beat J. K. Montgomery, Princeton, 6?1, 6?3. STANDING, SCHEDULES AND RESULTS IN BIG BASE BALL LEAGUES AMERICAN LEAGUE!. Teams. W. L. Pet. Win. Lose. Boston .... 90 37 .709 .711 .703 WaduagtM. 78 52 .600 .603 .595 Philadelphia 75 52 .590 .593 .586 Chicago ... 63 63 .500 >504 .496 Detroit..., 59 71 .454 .459 .451 Cleveland.. 55 72 .433 .438 .430 New York.. 46 80 -365 .370 .362 St Louis... 44 83 .347 .352 .344 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Teams. W. L. Pet. Win. Lose. New York.. 85 38 .691 .694 .686 Chicago ... 80 45 .640 .t^3 .635 Pittsburgh. 73 53 .579 .583 .575 Philadelphia 62 62 .503 .504 .496 Cincinnati.. 62 t>6 .484 .489 .481 St.Louis... 55 72 .433 .438 .430 Brooklyn .. 46 78 -371 .376 .368 Boston.... 38 87 -304 -310 -302 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Boston 61 Washington.. 2 New York 61 Philadelphia.. I Detroit 121 Chicago 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE. New York 5 | Philadelphia.. 2 Philadelphia.. 41 New York 2 St. Louis 31 Cincinnati.... 0 Brooklyn 2 | Boston I Pittsburgh 51 Chicago 2 SCHEDULES. AMERICAN LEAGU TODAY. Washington ?i Boston Pblla. at New York. Cleveland at Chicago. SI. Lotlls at Ixtroit. TOMORROW. Washington at Boston. Pblla. at New York. Cleveland at Cfcieago. rit. I.ouls at Detroit. NATIONAL LEAGUE. TODAY. Chicago at Cincinnati. New York at Pbila. Bo?toii at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at St. Louis. TOMORROW. Boston at Brooklyn. Chicago at CilK'inuati. New York at Phlla. Pittsburgh at St. Louis. MINOR LEAGUE GAMES. VIRGINIA LEAGl'E. Petersburg. 8: Richmond, 2. Roanoke, 4: Newport News. 0. Portsmouth-Norfolk; raiu. * APPALACHIAN LEAGUE. Johnson City. 3; Bristol. 4. Knosvllle-Morristown: raiu. Aabeville. lt>; Cleveland. 7. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Columbus. 10: Toledo. 1. Minneapolis. 12; Kansas City. 10. Milwaukee, 6; St. Paul, Louisville, 2; Indianapolis, 0. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Kirst jrs me-Baltimore, 10; Jersey City, 2. Sec ond game?Baltimore, 4; Jersey City, 3. Buffalo. 9: Toronto, 4. Montreal. 5; Rochester. 0. TRI-STATE LEAGUE. Kirst game -Harrlaburg. 4; York. 1. Second (sine Hsrrlsburg. 4; York. 1. First gatue Reading. S: Chester, 1. Second game-Reading, tt: Chester, .V First ssttfe- Trenton, H; Wilmington, 4. Soc ond game- Wilmington, 7: Trenton, 5. Atlantic City, ."V; Allentown. 3. NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE. Lynn. 2: New Bedford. 1. Fall River, 7; Brockton, B. I^awrenee, 1: Worceater, & Lowell, 6; HaTccfcili. K . . 1. _ . PEPCO'S CHANCES OF TAKING INTERCITY SERIES DECREASED Electricians Will Not Be at Best Saturday Because of Lengthened and Difficult Post Season Schedule It Has Had to Play. BY H. C. BYBD. The long, hard aeries through which the Pepco nine is playing will undoubt edly injure its chances in the intercity games. After playing through two sched ules, in both of which it has found it necessary to put forth its best efforts to stave off defeat, it is not probable that the Electricians will be able to show at their best in the championship double header to be played at American League Park Saturday afternoon. If iPepco wins today's game with Ninth it will be benefited immensely by the one day's rest it will get before it tackles the winner of the Richmond series. If it fails to get the long end of the score and is compelled to go through another con test tomorrow, then It will not be at all surprising If it does not show up to the expected standard Saturday. Ijist year the American Security and Trust Company lost the intercity cham pionship because it had to go through the series after coming out of the games with the Cornell Company in which it was forced to use ail its reserve strength. When the Bankers faced the Richmond and Baltimore teams they did not play with the same spirit they had shown in the post-season schedule a few days previous. This Pepco team is playing through a much more grueling series than did the Bankers last year, and should suffer more in comparison. The Electricians have had a hard time of it In their games in sec tion A, and now seem to be up agaiqst a more difficult proposition than was ex pected in the intersection schedule. Last fall about the only difficult games en countered by the Bankers were the la^t ones with Cornell, as they had a com paratively easy time winning the cham pionship of the section they were in. Unless Pepco wins the game scheduled ?today with Ninth, and thereby insures it self a day's rest -before it goes into the intercity games, It need not be expected that it will show as creditably as it is capable of doing under more favorable conditions. It was hard lines for Ninth yesterday, after it had practically won the game from Pepco, to have to lose in the last innings on misplays. While, of course, the game was a tie, it was practically a loss for the Churchmen, because they had the score in their favor until It appeared they could not lose in that last period. With one down and nobody on, it looked very much as though Pepco were going to be served with another defeat such as it re I ceived at an unexpected time from Post j Office, but a couple of misplays and a long I drive by Green chased two tallies across , the plate and evened up matters, allowing j the Electricians to still hold the advan tage in the series. Of course, as far as the real ability of the two teams is concerned. Ninth did not have any license to even play the Pepco nine to a tie, but it was one of those things which will happen in base ball. The Post Office team did not have anv right to win from the Pepco team, and yet It did so. However, Ninth P]?y?d just as good ball yesterday as did the Electricians. There was not a P*?*** when the advantage the Churchmen held was not theirs by virtue of the fact that thev had won it by better all-round work. Yesterday Ninth played just about as good bali as did Pepco, but day in and dav out the latter team would outclass the former to a great extent. Compare the two clubs individually and generally and it will be found that in each case Ninth gets only a slight margin in one or two instances. Anv one of the three fellows who hold down jobs In the outfield of the Potomac Electric Power Company nine is liable to clear the bases any time he gets up at the plate. Morris, Fury and Green are all hard hitters, and are as likely to drive the ball against the fence, or over it. as they are to strike out. , 4 , It was a long clout off the bat of ureen yesterday w hich saved the day for the Electricians. Had Green not driven that liner to right center it is not prob able that the two runs secured by Pepco, TRAVERS DEFEA WITH BRILLL Veteran Appears a Young Opponent Gi the Irons and Cc WHBATON, III., September S.?Nine good western golfers played their matches in the national championship "yesterday Prac tically unattended by spectators, while ^ the biggest gallery of the tournament thus far followed two eastern players twice around the long Chicago golf course un der a sun that at times seemed unbear able. It was a remarkable tribute to the magic of the two names that have long been associated with American golf; When Jerome D. Travers and Walter J. Travis teed up in the mornins for their fourth meeting in a national champion ship and started toward the first hole the crowd about the tee almost to a man pressed forward after the two old rivals. Forgotten was Chick Evans, who, as it proved, was to play the best golf of the tournament In his match against Howard Lee; forgotten was Paul Hunter, who was to meet Young Waldo, the conqueror of Harold Hlnton. Albert Meckel. Warren Wood and Robert Hunter, all western favorites, were to piay. but the one desire of the golf enthusiasts who had come out from Chicago was to see Jerry Travers Splay the "old man" from Garden City. 'Many of them knew nothing about either player, except that when Travers met Travis there was sure to be a match worth seeing. It was worth seeing, too, for Travers. after trailing behind his vet eran rival for a good share of the first twenty-two holes, suddenly shot to the front In a series of daasling plays and at the thirtieth hole was four up and had the match as good as won. With victory In sight he eased up and was content to let matters drift along until he won on the thirty-fifth green by 2 up and I to play. Travis began poorly in the morning and took 6 on the first hole. He succeeded in getting level when Travers was bunkered at the fourth, and at the sixth holed a thirty-flve-foot putt for a 4 and was 1 up. He increased his lead to - up at the eighth, but slipped baok a notch a mo ment later, as he topped hi* tee shot Into the pond on the short ninth and failed to get the green on his second attempt. Both men were out in 3t?. Travers squared the match st the tenth with a but took four putts while Travis was taking 3 on the twelfth green, and was 1 down again. The "old man was bunkered at the fourteenth and lost | the hole, so they were again all even. They halved the next two, though Travis almost mole the sixteenth by hitting the cup in playing out of the bunker guard ing the green, but on the seventeenth he had no such luck, and by missing a short I putt threw away the hola, They halved which tied up the game, would have been tallied. It lias been due not a little bit to the consistent work of these three men that the Electricians are in the front of the race. Jack Dodge, who used to hold down an infield position at Business High, has been playing well for the Ninth Street team this year. Dodge is playing left field for Ninth, and. while out of his posi tion. has been doing more than credi table work. Bryant deserved a. better fate yester day than he received. The big fellow pitched good enough ball for Ninth to win in easy fashion, but poor support in the last period allowed two runs to cross the plate, which caused the game to end in a tie when it should have been won. Bryant pitched just as effective ball as did Barton. There was not a time when he did not hold the opposing batters safe, and it was to the fact that the men behind him made mlscues that Pepco owes its clean slate. The Electricians did not apear to bn able to connect with Bryant at all, he having a fast and a curve ball which had them in a hole the majority of times they were at bat. The contract for the medals for the coming South Atlantic championships has been awarded to Jimmy Mulligan. It is reported that the medals to be given will be solid gold and of the regular cham pionship die. The events will taKe place at Patterson Park, in Baltimore, Satur day, September 21, and the entry blanks will be out this week. TJpe list of events to be competed com prise the twelve standard contests, and are as follows: One hundred yards, 220 yards, 440 yards, RftO yards, one-mile run, two-mile run, 220-yard hurdles, running high jump, run ning broad Jump, pole vault, 16-pound shot-put, 16-pound hammer throw. It might be mentioned, in this connec tion that there will be quite a number of entries from Washington in the South At lantic swimming championships to be held at the Maryland Swimming Club just outside of Baltimore. Saturday, Sep tember 14. Had anybody been asked to lay a bet that Ninth would do as well as tie Pepco yesterday with the star flinger of that club working against it he would have been laughed at, yet that Is just what happened. There were few. If any. per sons who thought, that Ninth had the re motest chance to win with Barton op posing it, and yet it should have done just that. With the kind of pitching de livered by Bryant the Churchmen should have won their game. In this connection it may be said that Ninth has been an underrated club. The Churchmen have a stronger team than they have been given credit for at any time during the season. They had good pitching yesterday, and that, of course, made them look well, but, barring that, they have a team that is not to be tri-1 fled with. While Ninth Is not as strong as Pepco, it is much better than was at first thought and It has shown up stronger al ready than was predicted for it. Tt would certainly be a queer turn of' fate for the Ninth Street aggregation to beat out Pepco for championship honors. While it is not probable it will do so, there is still a possibility that it will ac complish the unexpected, and if it were to do so the irony of the thing would be almost laughable. Everybody practically conceded the championship to Pepco since its win in section A. and after put ting up such a grand struggle in that series if it were to lose to the Church team?well, there Is no telling in base ball: anything is liable to happen. At a meeting of the committee in charge of the post-season games yester day it was decided to end the series by declaring the Southern out of tiie sched ule and allowing the Ninth and Pepco teams to play today and tomorrow. The schedule as it stands at present will be three games to be played between Ninth and Pepco, with one of them already won by the latter. To stay in the run ning Ninth must win today. .In which case the championship would hinge on the result of the contest tomorrow. If Pepco wins this afternoon it will have the title without dispute. TS TRAVIS fiiNT GOLF PLAY Sure Winner When ets Very Busy With ?mes Out Ahead. the eighteenth and Travers was 1 up, with eighteen more holes to come. The card of the morning rounds: Travers - ? hii ... In Travis Out ... In 4 4 a 4 4 r> :t- ;jm 3 56534 X 44 -37 76 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5o5A44.S?> 4 40? 79 By the time they started in the after noon the crowd had doubled in siw and President Silas Strawn of the l\ S. G. A. took charge. Travem who had been getting indiffer ent results all morning with his driver, grew even wilder from the tee on the first few afternoon holes and by the time the fourth was reached not only was his morning lead gone, but he was two down to the Garden City veteran, and the tyros in the gallery were beginning to decide that the match was not going to be worth while watching after all. By the time th,e fifth green was reach ed many of the spectators were begin ning to look back for Evans, who was known to be coming along four or five holes In the rear, when Travers suddenly startled them by dropping a fourteen-foot putt which banged against the back of the hole squarely in the center and gave the metropolitan champion a 3. It was the beginning of the remarkable series of holes that showed Travers to be almost in a class by himself when it comes to a point of meeting the necessities of the situation. , Jerry won the next hole 5 to 6 by going Travis one better after the latter had made a fine approach putt and on the seventh a twelve-foot putt went hanging in for another 3, and another hole won. That made three in a row and the lead, but Travers was not satisfied. He seized a chance on the eighth with an eight-foot putt for another 3. and stepping up to the ninth tee played a perfect iron across the pond to Jhe green. The hall stopped dead to the pin, and after Travis, who had driven to the left edge of the green, hid taken two putts and was still outside the cup, the Montclair golfer nonchalant ly ran down his putt for a and was 3 up and out in 35. The next two were halved and Travers made It 4 up when Travis took three putts on the sloping twelfth green, the same one that had given them both trouble in the morning. With a lead of four holes and only six more to play there could be little doubt of the outrome. Travers had been using his iron from the tee most of the time since the fifth and his wlldness had dis appeared. For the rest of the way it *as only a question of how much Travers would win by. The "old man" fought hard, won the fourteenth with an un beatable approach an# when dormy 3 down at ths sixteenth ran down a fifteen foot putt for a 2 and carried the match another hole. It looked as though Travers could have had the seventeenth if he had wanted It. for Travis topped his drive into a hunker, hut the metro politan title-holder seemed to be content to halve the hole in 5 and win by 2 up and 1 to play. The hi* crowd applauded the final shot and then began to wonder whether Tra vers w*as going to interfere with the west's chances of carrying off the title. The card of the afternoon round fol lows: Traveri - Out 4 5 ft ft 3 ft * 3 2?1ft In ft ft 4 ft 4 4 3 ft * Travis Out 44444R444 1R In ft 5 ft ft 3 ? 2 5 * - Bye hole not played. Much good'golf was played in the other seven matches and the closest of them was a decided surprise to the western contingent. Albert Seckel. western champion in 1911 and a former holder of the intercollegiate championship, was eliminated by Hamilton K. Kerr of Ek wanok. the young player who has been playing steady though not flashy or bril liant golf in the east during the past two seasons. At the end of the morning round the Vermont champion was 2 up. and after a hard fight Seckel drew even and they were all square when the home hole began. There Kerr ran down a good putt for a 3 and took the match. C. Gilbert Waldo, jr.. the conqueror of Hilton seemed a little rattled by his sud denly acquired fame when he began in he morning against Paul Hunter, and the western man had piled up a lead of eight holes before Waldo woke up at the twelfth to find himself practically beaten. Then began the gamest kind of a struggle by the Connecticut champion. When the first round was over he was only 5 down and Hunter had all he could do to win by 3 up and 2 to play. That Chick Evans ha* a little better chance for the title than most of the others, was shown by his 72, made in the morning against H. B. Lee. the Yale boy who put out Klrkby. The collegian played a steady game, but Evans was too fast for him and won easily by 9 up and 8 to play. Norman Hunter, the Englishman, is still in the running, and meets Warren Wood tomorrow. The latter beat W. C, Fownes, jr., by the handsome margin of 7 up and 6 to play. Mason Phelps by beating Harold Weber of Toled? earned the right to meet Jerome Travers. and little Heinrich Schmidt, holder of the Massachusetts title, disposed of Robert Hunter, former Intercolleglte champion. He gbes up against Evans tomorrow. In all but one of the third-round matches the east will clash wMth the west, and in the fourth England will be op posed to the west. The summaries: Championship. second round?Maaon Phelpa. Midlothian, derated Harold Weber. InverneM. 6 up and 5 to play: Jerome D. Tracers. I pper Montclalr. defeated Walter J. Trrria. Garden City 2 tip and 1 to play: Paul Hunter. Mid lothian. defeated C. G. Waldo. Jr.. Brooklawn. 3 ni> and 2 to play: Hamilton K. Kerr. k.k wanok. defeated Albert Seckel. Rlreratdev 1 up: Charles Evans, jr.. Edgwater. defeated Howard B. I.ee. Detroit. ? uo and 8 to pl?y: Heinrich Schmidt. Worcester, defeated Robert E. Hunter, Midlothian. 5 up and 4 to Pl?j: *ori?*? ,V Hunter. Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golf ers defeated William P. Smith. Philadelphia. 4 up and 3 to play: Warren K. Wood. Home wood, defeated William G. Fownes. Jr.. Oak moot, 7 up and 6 to pity. NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES. | ? t-* Pirates Beat Chicago. CHICAGO, 111., September 3.?Wilson's home-run drive won yesterday's game for Pittsburgh, 5 to 2. and incidentally widen ed the margin between Chicago and New Yorn. to six full games in the pennant race. Chicago took a two-run lead in the sixth. Zimmerman singled and Leach walked. Saier fanned and Evers singled too hot for Wagner, and Zimmerman scored. Needham then singled, filling the bases. O'Toole made a wild pitch and I^each scored. O'Toole retired after this inning, and Robinson held the locals The visitors made one run on Miller's double, an infield hit. which Zimmerman let pass down the third-base line, think ing it would roll foul. On a double play Miller scored. After one out in the eighth. Carey sin gled. Donlin popped out and Wagner was purposelv walked. Miller then singled and Carey scored. With two men on. Wilson hit the ball over the right field fence into the bleachers', scoring both runners ahead of him. Score: R.H.E. Chicago O O 0 0 O 2 O O 0?2 ? O Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 <??r? 10 0 I Timely Single Beats Boston. BROOKLYN, X. Y.. September ft.?Hum mel's single in the thirteenth with a man on third beat Boston yesterday in the greatest pitching duel of the year in Brooklyn, the locals winning. 2 to 1. Stack and Dickson allowed hut three hits each up to the twelfth inning. Bos ton scored its run on a triple by Titus and a single by Devlin in the second in ning. Brooklyn tied it in the ninth on Northen's single and Campbell s' fumble of Daubert's single. Score: R. H. h. Boston... O 1 O O 0 o o O 0 O O 0 O?1 3 3 Brooklyn OOOOOOOO 1 0 0 O J?2 ? 0 Cardinals Blank Cincinnati. CINCINNATI. .September ">??St. l?uis won the final game of the series from Cincinnati here yesterday, by the score ?f 3 l? R.H.E. St. lx?uis llOUll 3 ?? O 0 0?3 W 0 Cincinnati o o o o o o o o o-o U ? Phillies and Giants Split. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. September 5.? ] New York and Philadelphia broke even here yesterday afternoon In the first of three successive double-headers to he played between the teams. The visitors landed the first game by ft to 2, and the home team the second by 4 to 2. In the first contest New York won by ( bunehing five doubles and a single with , a pass off Moore's delivery in the second , and fifth innings, while Tesreau kept his] opponents' hits scattered. | In the second, Chalmers returned to , the game after a long lay-off and did excellent work. Marquard was hit for a double by Paskert. two sacrifices, a singl** by Luderuf and a home run by Walsh in the first Inning. These runs de cided the game, but Devote contributed another on two muffs after two were out in the sixth inning. Scores: R.H.E. New York O 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 o?ft 11 3 Philadelphia 1 1 O 0 O 0 0 0 0-2 8 2 New York oo HOOtMl 2 O?2 8 2 Philadelphia 3 0 0 0 0 1 O 0 x-4 9 1 HOFMAN LEAVES PIRATES. Ex-Cub Says He Has Not Been Able to Get Into Condition. PITTSBURGH, September ft.?Artie Hof man, the Pirates' center fielder, jumped the club last night, just before Fred Clarke and his Corsairs started on their last swing around the circuit. Clarke was informed of Hofman a intention and sent George Gibson to the Union depot to talk with him before the ex-Cub boarded a train for his home, in Akron. But Hof man refused to be swerved from his in tention and went home. The reason for the desertion has not been made public. .Hofman says himself that he decided to quit the Pirates be cause he could not get into good physical condition. His work during the last fortnight, however, gives contradiction to this statement. Hofman has been playing brilliantly in the field and on the bases and has been batting above .300. When Clarke was asked about Hofman's leaving he said: "Hofman knows what he is do ing, I guess. He says he can't get into shape to play his beat game. If that is the way he feels about it I'm satisfied. It won't affect our standing in the league race. Tea, I expect to have Hofman back playing the outfield next season." ^ At the Sign of the Moon mmmtxammm 'Wonder Wliat Mertz Will Say Today?" Store rio*e* Daily ?> P. M Saturdays, Z r. M. We Please Every Customer That i> how we have built up thi^ great tailoring business. Men, come tomorrow and share in the greatest tailoring value <?i the vcar. uit to Order for Usual $18.50 Values Other Grades at Proportionate Reductions. Showing Early Fall Styles. Every garment made by our own expert tailors and f?uarante*d absolutely. ? ???????????_? 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Two events were decided, the 2.10 pace, which was won in straight heats by Knight Onward, and the free-for-all pace, which developed into an interesting con test between The Eel and Sir R.. the lat ter Anally winning. In the free-for-all The Eel was favorite and captured the initial heat. It looked like a contest between the favorite and Don Densmore. The tables were turned in the second beat when Sir. R. swept from the field in the rtretch and shot past The Eel Just as the wire was reach ed. The same trick was repeated in th? final heat. T6day's program will include the ten thousand-dollar Charter Oak stake, the trot for three-year-old and the -.30 juvenile trot. Summaries: 2.10 pa if. three In fire. purse. $2.')00. KnfffUt Onward, b.a.. by Twelfth Night. Gray I 1 t Manafleld. b.m.. Cos 2 2 2 I Denver Jay. b.g.. Mucy Flanrona. b.m.. J'arker ? 4 4 Footprint. h.?.. Pitman 4 ft 8 Stetbrino. eh.*.. Itodner ft ilia Cot-hade. hlk.fi., Hyde T di# Time. 2. to. 2.M?ls. Fr?-e-for-all j?are. two in three, purse. $2.(*i?>. Sir It., b.g. b.v Tom < 'orn in. Murpliy.... 7 t I The Kel. (r.*? M"Kwen 12 2 I?oii Ueuxmore. b.s.. Parker 2 t? Rrauhatn Buughmaii. b.a.. (.'ox ft :t Hal B.. Jr.. gr.a.. Ray ft 4 lnde|M-udi'nr?- Bojr, <-li.jt-. Valentine 4 7 5 Vernon M<-kiuner. b.a., .Intne* rt 4dln Time. 2.??7V 2.<hP,. 2.<?<, FREEMAN DEFEATED. Wilkinson Proves His Master in Col ored Tennis Tourney. In the association tennis tournament yesterday at the corner of 13th and T streets northwest Dr. Freeman was de feated by Wilkinson. 0?1. 0?0. Freeman was unable to handle Wilkinson's over head smashes and balk line drives. Wilkinson, tall find quick, was every where about the court, placing the ball at will, without any great effort. Braxton of Baltimore, who lias not lost a match to date, defeated Cook of Balti more, ?>?4, 0?4. This leaves the cham pionship in A singles between Braxton and Wilkinson, and this match will prob ably be played off Friday afternuon. Braxton is the sensation of the tourna ment. and opinion is evenly divided a - to whether Braxton or Wilkinson will win the cup. Braxton plays a net vol leying game, mixed up with short side cuts across the court, which are almost impossible to handle, his placing being exceptionally accurate. In the doubles Bruce and Wilkinson had their hands full defeating Holmes and Cromwell. The score was 7?4, 7?ft. Freeman and Walker defeated the Curtis brothers, 0?3, 7?.?. In class B singles the surprise of tiie day was the defeat of Gaskins by Car penter. O?2, H?1. Campbell defeated Van I^oo. 0?1, 2?0. W-7. Beasley and Booker will play today in class B. Interest will center in the doubles lb day between Bruce and Wilkinson. Walker and Freeman and Cook and Johnson A reception will be given in honor of the visiting players tomorrow night at the new Auditorium Hall, Mh street be tween F and G streets southeast. BASE BALL BRIEFS. Detroit eulogies on M. Dtibuc have been silenced, for the pitcher has been going like a scuttled ship of late. A good thing for a pinch hitter to do who goes in to sew up a game is to baste the ball. Carey of the Pirates last Sunday missed his first game of the season. He was a trifle stale and Clarke excused htm. The Giants will go up against the rising young southerner Eppa Rixey this week. As yet they haven't had the pleasure or sorrow of being Introduced to the Vir ginian's curves. At Orth's umpiring has made a hit with the players because Orth knows In stinctively where to stand in the field ?nd Is never getting in the wjvy. Moreover, he's on top of the plays. Before packing his bag for Philadel phia Eddie Murphy had scored one-sixth of all the runs made by Baltimore during the season. "I'll play next year if Barney keeps me on the pay roll," says Honus Wagner. Well, if Bwney won't we know a man arer whose flrst name is Jobn-Jake-BHl arry-Roger-Oeorge-Hugh-Connie-Frank Jimmy-Charlte that will. 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Eugene McGreevey of Klo'Jiningtoii, III., for several seasons an umpire In tlie Pa cific Coa^t League, and in earlier day* ? pitcher In tlie Three I League, Iia* 1/eeM signed by Ban Johnson ax an umpire fur the American League. Hamilton in the secern! ieft-haader who has pitched a no-liit game In the \11ier lean League. Jesse Tannehlll plt' lied one Right-handers who ha\e recorded iio-ti t games in the American League are Cal lahan, Young. Dineen, Frank limit h. Dusty Rhoades. Addle Job*. Chief Bender, Joe Wood, Ed Walah and George "It surprises me." aaya Bill i*ai!g?, speaking of Jimmy Sheckard. "that oiih who has played the game as long as "he has still has enough speed to be the lead* off man for a team like the Chieagos." All season Hank O'Day haa warned a shortstop, and players that he wanted V* club to get for him were Corrldrfn 'of Kansas City and Butler ?f St. Paul But he has to sit by and see tlie one go to Detroit and the other to Pittsburgh. Again showing the beauttful uncertainty of base ball, just when the lied* %tt on. the brink of sixth pla.ee they bra^e up and rake in nine of their last eleven games. For a manager who waa mori bund Hank la pretty robust.