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THE FARMER: OCTOBER 3, 1913 a' PPY SPORT SELECTIONS .7 Edited by Wagner . Latest and Best Reports Local and it 3 Outside News ( t- I CATCHER SCHA'NG OF MAC KM EN' MAY NOT PLAY IN BIG SERIES Srilliant Backstop Injures Hand In Game Against Yankees Just as Jack Lapp, the Athlsties Catcher, was injured just before tbe 1911 World's Series with the Giants so waa VWUlle Sehang hurt yesterday at Philadelphia In the game-with the Yankees. Sehang was struck on the right hand of a foul tip that mussed up one of bis fingers. Connie Mack last night asserted that the injury would not keep the young catcher out of the game, but he made a similar statement back in 1911, when Lapp was incapacitated and prevented from playing in the majority of the games in the big series. . Sehang has been counted upon to catch Chief Bender in jthe coming con flict for the World's Championship, and his loss will be felt keenly by the Mackmen. . The backstopping depart ment is Mack's one big advantage in the series, as he has been banking on Thomas and Sehang to divide the la bor in that division. But with Sehang out the advantage swings to the Giants by a big margin.3. WORLD'S SERIES TO ENDJHIS YEAR August Herrmann Favors Inter League Series To Include All Teams YIIIHER OF BOUT 1 TO MEETJOHHSOH Jeannette Or Langford Will Get Chance Against Exiled Negro ua Langford. the "Tar Baby" from meets Joe Jeannette, of Ho: bcUa. r In the ' wlndup of ten . rounds at the Garden. New York, tonight. The world's championship Is at stake, for the winner bai been promised a match, iw'.th Jack Johnson. In Paris or - Jjob-flr-n. - Ring sharks who have visited bothJ . Training camps oeciareu ine uuo Chicago. Oct. 3 Baseball players who will write their own newspaper stories of the world's, or other, post season series, may do so with the approval of ; the national commission. Presi dent Johnson, of the American league said, last night. upon his return from a brief vacation ln Michigan. Players who lend their names for a monetary consideration to be signed rn articles rt negroes in excellent physical con- I written -Dy others probably will be de- tiitioru sajca ana joe nave raei in i . u. duu like ring- eight tlme have fought nine- ALLOW PLAYERS TO WRITE GAMES But They Must Prepare Own Articles Under Commis sion's Eye series, Mr. Johnson asserted He did not favor the suggestion re ported to have been made by August Herrmann, of the national commis sion, to call off the world's series in case I players permitted the misuse of their names. ''The purpose of the commission is not to prevent players earning extra money in any legitimate way," said President Johnson, "but, to stop the rajcing which Is bound to do base ball a serious injury unless it is curb ed. ' , : 'If any player wants to write a bona fide story for a newspaper dur ing the world's series, let him go to the headquarters of the national com mission after the game. "We: will fur nish an expert stenographer, to whom j I he can dictate his story, s- Tie typist Football ant will have their firstly" maJce two copies.-' ohe'-ot .which ty rounds, and still no one could tell rrom. the - ninety rounds of, milling which was the better man. George McDonald, the English sport ing promoter, will . be at the ring side. He claims to have a lease on tie Olympla, In London and a permit K3 stage a fight between Johnson and ooighys winner. He says he will toutbid tiro Paris promoters. YOSTS EXPECT TO r GET HARD BATTLE , . FROM MER1DEI1 TEAM New York, Oct 3This year may be the last to see a world's series, ac cording to baseball gossip here. In many quarters agitation for the aban donment of a world's championship each fall and the substitution of an inter-league post season series in which all of the 16 major league clubs could share has been going on for some time and, according to the re ports here, at least one of the three members of the national committee has. suggested that it may be feasible to do away with the world's series after-this year. It is said that August Herrmann, chairman of the commission and own er of the Cincinnati club has broach ed the plan that the regular league seasons be , reduced to 112 games in each league, to -be followed by an inter-league schedule of 64 games, by which each National League team would play four games at home and four abroad, with each American League team. The total winning per centage for the two schedules might determine the title of world's cham pions. ; t Those arguing for such action point out that out of 16 major league clubs only four have shared In the world's series spoils since 1909. SAM KENNEDY WANTS TO SELL WATERBURY BASEBALL FRANCHISE Jimmy O'Rourke Returns Home After Good Season In The American Association GOLF CHAMPION IS NERVOUS WRECK Young Ouimet Ordered To Stop Playing Until Next Spring . (By Wagner.) Sam Kennedy, has written to Presi dent O'Rourke of the Eastern associa tion saying his Waterbury franchise is for sale. Sam cleaned.' up soma monev the past season but he prefers to go scouting for big league ciuds. Kennedy ought not to have any diffi culty in finding a buyer for with Sun day ball allowed, the Brass City is a good paying proposition- This morn ing President O'Rourke received a $1,- 200 check from the National Commis sion to pay for the draft of Pitcher Boardman of Waterbury, who was taken by the Athletics. A check for Inflelder Ireland of New London was also received. Kennedy had previous ly received $1,200 for Nash so it makes a little winter spending money for Sam. Jimmy O'Rourke, son of the Eastern association president, has returned to his home In this city After a fine sea son with St. Paul in the American association. He does not like St. Paul because of its cold climate. Jim my said he hadn't heard anything of the rumor that he would play In New Haven next season. At Newfleld park Sunday the Oak lands , will play the Annex football eleven of this city. The Oaklands have been' practicing hard under the direction of Coach Syfert and expect to win. The Annex also have a fast combination. ' ipportanity of the season to witness khe gridiron game when the Meride'n team come to Tost field next Sunday I ternoon to tackle the Remington- Tost warriors. Coach McCormick has l'en drilling- the local boys all this lareek and has them In fine shape. he open style of play will be shown pnd this Is the kind of stuff the. fans .ice. The Meriden team made a fine Record last season. The Silver City t oys have been going three weeks this kear so they have something on the Hosts. Eddie Lavery and Lachance fcrsay be with the Yosts, although this Kh not been settled. Joe Waters will i referee. The line up: rerlden. Kerning-ton-Yost fc'ossette, G. Hanson .......... No on an L. E. V.nderson ......... Abbott - X. T. lisglnson. ... . . Rosenpanny, Oschner Bartholomew-. ....... . .Sliva, Hughes ; C. kxoowies, Butler .Carlson R. O. t-Iemlta . McCormack " ' - R. T. 1A Hanson Kecko , R. E. ImXI Smith, Casey L. H. B. (Grossman M ashler, Loveday . " R. H. B. , fe. Meskell. CapL. Chester. .... .PJura F. B. E. Meskell. Qulgney .Rellly Q. B. THe Kaiserhbf STAG HOTEL GERStAH" LUNCHES BUSINESS MEXS H?NCH - - DAILY 18 TO 1, 5o ROOMS TO LET r Jay,"Week or Permanently FlegtMPn' Bers on Draught MAT WIELER Proprietor 715 WATER ST. Phone 83T-4 .11! J4;!l!BIMiJIWlBil.,a MlB MWHa th'e player caal send to the .newspa per; the other .we will keep -for com parisont : ' 'J, ,... "If the paper, publishes : the story as the player . prepares . it there will be no objection. -" - ,; "I have written a letter sto--Manager Mack, of the Philadelphia." team, which will dispose of the tangle over Collins and Baker if , Jitack wants to play the Giants' without.: Collins or Baker on the infleld he 'will "have that opportunity if they, persist lit. permit ting their names to' be signed to a-r ti des which they do' not ' prepare." President Johnson will leave Sunday for New Tork and if possible will take this matter up personally, with some of the players. . - - ' . LITTLE BETTING ON WORLD'S SERIES YET Admirers of the Giants and Ath letics seem determined to wait until the last moment before placing their wagers. So-far in New York there has been practically no betting. A few wagers were made yesterday at even money. So well matched are the respective combatants that both sides demand a shade in the odds. Furthermore, it is not known de finitely whether Larry 3oyle, if he does play, will be able to do himself full Justice.' New Yorkers wish to lay off a while to assure themselves fully that the captain is right. PLAYOGRAPH TO SHOW V GIANTS AND PHILLIES IN BATTLE TOMORROW Boston, Oct. 3. Francis Ouimet, the Boston schoolboy amateur who won the United States open golf champion ship from Ray and Vardon, the Eng lish professionals, recently, Is on the verge of a. nervous breakdown. . , Ir. Blanchard.1 an eminent Brook- line physician, has warned Oiumet that he must. lay aside his sticks un til next spring, or euffer serious con sequences.. As a result ouimet nas cancelled a number of engagements that had been tentatively made for hint on the Pacific coast, where1 it was expected that he would play this, win ter. " - The youthful Ouimet, the first ama teur to win an open, , championship in this country, gave a startling exhibi tion of reversal of form in the Leslie Club matches last Saturday, when ne was defeated at the Country Club, nis home course, by a practically unknown Philadelphia golfer. . . Ouimet was extremely nervous dur ing the match and his play suffered in conseauence. He subsequently con sulted . rr. Blanchard, who ordered him to take a long rest. ; Pitcher Boardman, drafted from Waterbury by the Athletics, .Is con sidered one of the most promising of the young twirlers, according to big league writers who saw him work. , waiter Johnson signed a one year contract yesterday with Washington at a salary of $12,000. It is believed that this makes him the highest paid pitcher in baseball. Mathewson is said to be drawing $10,000 annually. Johnson is ZS years old and shpuld be good for ten years more. Princeton has lost a valuable foot ball man in L. H. Boland who was declared ineligible by the faculty. Bo land was the leading candidate for Quarterback. Penn State has been offered a game with Harvard on October 25. This date is open because Norwich Univers ity called off all games after the death of a player. Penn State is anxious to accept and will do so if arrangements can be made to cancel a contest with Villa Nova. Willie Ritchie, 'champion lightweight. has arrived in New York bringing his version of the fiasco with Freddy Welsh in "Vancouver. He claims the management did not post the $16,000 guarantee as agreed. Ritchie will meet Leach Cross in a ten round go at Madison Square Garden, October 31. " ' - Jimmy Sheckard of Cincinnati wants to manage a minor league club next year. Perhaps he'll buy the Bridge port franchise. Perhaps not. IRA THOMAS LIKELY TO JOIN ST. LOUIS Phone 2184 FOB Ml FAIRFIELD A VEX UK. 1:1 I'LL MEET TOD AT HARRY QUINH CAFE AND BOWLING ALLEY 166 Fairfield Ave. One MJnat from Main Street Knickerbocker Beer The' 'original Playograph which de lighted thousands of local baseball fans last year will be in .operation .at the Armory tomorrow afternoon to show the Giants-Phillies game at the Polo Grounds. The contest will start at 3 o'clock. It was thought that a double header would he played but the management announced only one game. Only one Playograph is al lowed in each city, the apparatus at the Armory is the onlybona fid in strument. , . Tomorrow's exhibition is given in order to introduce the idea to the fans. , Beginning next Tuesday the Playograph will 'show the plays In the world's series. ' Owing to the won derful mechanism the audience is able to see each play a few seconds after it Is made at the Polo Grounds or Shibe Park. Giant , and Athletic lans , will probably crowd the Armory next week. S 2,000 New Woolens T SEE LTFORD BROS. TRY E En st Side and West End " T THE BEST PLACE FOR LTJNCH OH DINNER TRAVELERS ' CAFE AND GRILL Popular Brands Wlnes.Liquors, Beers end Cigars Select Dining Booms- 38-40 Elm Street il Ira Thomas is believed to be spend ing his. last few days with the Phila delphia Athletics. The veteran catch er is said to be doomed for a transfer ence to the St. Louis Browns before many months pass. ' With him will go Johnny Lavan, the former , Michi gan university star, who was sold to Connie Mack by George Stovall for the waiver price. Branch Rickey, the Brownie manag er, was responsible for Lavan's signing with the St. - Louis club and he be lieves that his protege can yet develop into a- likely big leaguer. uonnie Mack has little need of the youngster and, too, doesn't think he can hit hard enough to stay with the Athletics. On this account he will be willing im send him back to St Louis. Thomas, whose days on the diamond are nearing their end, is wanted by Rickey to act as assistant manager. He is a veteran of many a season. knows the game from A to Z, and has been used by the Sphinx of Philly as a . coach, thus showing, his value along these lines. In order to obtain Lavan and a nom as from Philadelphia, Manager Rickey has transferred his first claim upon the Kansas City club to the Athletics. Frank J. Marshall, , United States chess champion, beat' the Bohemian champion, O. Duras, In the third game of the series of five at the Manhat tan ' Chess Club, New York, early to day. Marshall opened the game, last night, with a Danish gambil and won after 30 moves. The score, today, is Marshall 3; Duras 0. Monte Pfyl, a first baseman who was declared ineligible in 1909, has been restored to grace by the National Com mission. Ho belongs to the Giants. He jumped to the outlaw California State league when McGraw farmed him out. , "Best" Is a PaiEgenras Word to Uss. But when we employ it to explain our Fall Suits and Overcoats, we do so with a knowledge, full and complete, that nowhere (and nowhere is a big place) can garments be sold to equal what we are offering. $10,$ T! m UU.ll U.ED , $15, $17 ait i$20 Not "just" suits or "mere" suits but suits that possess more crisp, bright, clever, new ideas in styling than you've ever before seen under one roof 4 OVERCOATS 0, $15, $17, $20 to $2t In big, rough, wide-weaved fabrics that look " Scotch to the core ; ! ' and in Blacks, Blues and Oxfords for those who are not so daring in their dress. $1 The Tale footbail eleven plays the University of Maine in New Haven tomorrow afternoon. Last .Saturday Harvard trimmed Maine by 34 to . 0. Holy Cross, which gave Yale such a battle last Saturday, will play Har vard tomorrow and a good compari son between the Blue . and Crimson may be made. . Capt. Snowden of the Yale 'varsity crew resigned last night at a meeting of candidates. There is. some ques tion about his eligibility because he Mnissed some class work last year. Thomas P. Denegre of New Orleans was elected in Snowden's place. PENN'S CAPTAIN MAY NOT PLAf TOMORROW National League. , YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadelphia, 8; New York, 6. New York, 8; Philadelphia, 3. Philadelphia, 4; New, York, 3. . The Boston-Brooklyn games were postponed on account, of wet grounds. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Won. Lost. P.C. Philadelphia, Oct. 3 University of Pennsylvania football followers were disappointed yesterday when they learned that Captain Young, the star halfback, who has been out of the game with an Infected- heel for sever al days, probably would not be used ' against Lafayette, Saturday. Dr. Han cock, trainer of the team, stated that although he would do everything in his power to get Young in shape, he feared that it was a hopeless task. Young, was out on the field yester day afternoon on' crutches and watch ed the varsity go through its work out. ' The team came out of the Franklin and Marshall game in good condition and the men were all out today with the exception of Simpson, who had late classes. , - RUNS MADE THIS WEEK the American association in both club batting' and club fielding practically all season. In the National league, catchers r-'t""" pr- Pirates, Meyers of the Giants and Kling of the Reds, all hit for .300 or better, while not an Ameri can league backstop reached the .300 list this season. Win. nrley . Co. 1154 MAIN ST.; OPP. ELM , Open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday Evenings and how Thorpe to Boston scribes ap pears as a "grand ball player." Mc Graw saw something in Thorpe- ' BOXERS DON'T LIKE TO WEIGH AT RINGSIDE Joe Jackson picks the Giants. says they have the ' pitchers. He Ira Thomas' advises all hands watch Pitcher Bush in the series. to Perdue of the Braves will make that tour of the world with the Giants. Lajole says the Athletics. To him Bender and Plank are as good as ever. Walter Johnson is to be awarded the Chalmers automobile for being the most valuable player to his club of any in the American league. , NATIONAL. Philadelphia ........... . . . . . 31 New York . . . - 23 Boston 19 Brooklyn 19 Pittsburgh 0 Cincinnati 0 St. Louis 0 Chicago 0 AMERICAN. New York Boston Cleveland Washington .. Philad elphia Detroit . .... Chicago St. Louis 10 8 8 5 0 1 0 0 j lOlAJmEAGUES j After the spring training trip of the Giants, Jim Thorpe looked like an ex ploded "phenom." Most critics said he would never do. for the big league. Yet John McGraw has clung to him, Chicago, Oct. 3 There seems to be a growing . prejudice among boxers from the middle to the featherweight class against making ringside weight. and one frequently hears the argu ment advanced that there is little or no precedent for such custom, as the old-timers of the roped arena were in the habit of scaling several hours be fore a battle. This statement is dis puted by some of the veterans of the ring, among them Billy Madden, the well-known handler of pugilists and himself a boxer of no small renown in the past. Madden trained Jack Mc Aullffe for-' his fight with Jimmy Car roll in San Francisco, also for his fight with Billy Myers at North Judson, Ind. In both these cases ringside weight was the order, and Jack had to take off twenty pounds of flesh en each occasion. t The hard training seemed to agree with McAuliffe, however, - for he was never in better milling shape in his1 life. Madden trained George Dawson, the then Australian welter champion, when he fought Tommy Ryan, and had to grind off several pounds from the stalwart rframe of the man rrom the antipodes -in order to -make the scaling mark at battling time. Billy also prepared Tommy White, the vet eran Chicago featherweight, for his contest with Solly Smith, in which the weight was fixed at 122 pounds ring side, i . TODAY1 IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS. 1911 Young Saylor defeated Bat tling Nelson in 12 rounds at Boston.' The bout was important as indicating a speedy finish to the long ring career of the Durable Dane. Early the previous year Bat lost the lightweight championship to Ad Wolgast, and in November Owen Moran knocked him out in the 11th round of a bout in San Francisco. . The Dane continued to entertain the notion that he could fight, and took on and defeated sev eral third and fourth raters. Bat's friends hoped that he could come back, but his defeat by Saylor con vinced them that he was all in. It re quired two years more., to awaken the Battler to the realization that . his days of glory are over, and he re cently announced his retirement from the ring. . 1911 Grover Hayes stopped Tom my Murphy in 3rd round at Chatta nooga. I 1909 Hugh Meheran knocked out Tommy Jones at Melbourne. Girl Wanted? Read th9 Farmer Want Ads. New York -. . 98 - 61 '.6C8 Philadelphia . . . . . . 88: 60 .595 Chicago . . 86 65 .570 Pittsburgh 78 69 .531 Boston . 67 82 .450 Brooklyn 65 82 .442 Cincinnati ........ 64 87 .424 St. Louis '.. 49 99 .331 Duffy Lewis of the Red Sox has agreed to make the trip around the world with the -Chicago White Sox. Humphries of the Cubs and Demi ree' of the Giants are engaged f in a hard struggle for pitching honors in the National -league. " GAMES TODAY. Philadelphia in New York (2). Brooklyn in Boston (2). American League. - YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. The Philadelphia-New York Washington-Boston games were post poned on account of rain, and the Detroit-Cleveland game Was called oil on account of rain. and STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Won, Lost. P.C. Philadelphia ...... 95 55 .633 Washington 88 63 .683 Cleveland .. . 84 65 .664 Boston 78 69 .631 Chicago 77 72 .617 Detroit ., 64 86 .427 St. Louis .56 94 .373 New York 65 . 93 : .372 GAMES TODAY. New York in Philadelphia (2). Boston in Washington (2).. Chicago in Detroit. " - ; St. Louis in Cleveland. ' "Tis said, the once mighty Rube Wa dell is about all in. Joe Cantillon, the Minneapolis manager, is caring for the former great fiinger. "Cy" Morgan, the former Kansas Citp-Phlladelphia pitcher, has organ ized a team of ojLd major league play ers for a barnstorming tour Ithrougb Ohio. Not only is Bert Shotten of the Browns hitting for .300, but he also stands among the leading dozen run getters and base stealers in the Amer ican league. . . It begins to look as if Larry Lajole will no.t figure in a world's series be fore ' he retires from baseball. The great Cleveland star has waited in vain for 17 years. It is doubtful if "Big Ed" Walsh of the White Sox will be able to take part in the Chicago city series. His start in Boston recently showed that the famous old "spitballist" was far from right. President T. J. Lynch of the Nation al league, naturally, picks the Giants. Of what use are' baseball percentages In picking out the strongest team? St. Lpaul, a second division teaf-- has 1 Il LOOK FCO M( k the sien 10' w POINT TO THE FHOGET There's the real tang of real hops in each sparkling glass of Sterling Its flavor is all its own. The knack is ours, but the smack is yours if you make sure of the genuine brew. ' R ueter Sr Compjzwv Ala Jh Porter Brawmrm OSTOJqzxx