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HERZOG RETURNS ,
WITHOUT TALKING
ID GIANTS' OWNER
, New York, Sept. 20 -Charley Her
og, captain of the New "Fork Giants;
lett for . his : home In .Rldgely, Md..
it 1 o'elock'yesterday 'afternoon with
out seeing Harry N. Hempstead, pres
ident of the New York Baseball club.
Dr. Henry Moller of 841 West 67th
I iaat An nf tViA fnrflmOflt Specialists
I In the country, under whose care
Herzog has been, examined the player
again yesterday - morning . and gave
him some encouragement, as1 to his
condition. ' The doctor .would not
prqmise, however, that ' Herzog would
get into the World's Series..
. With fhn nermiasion of hia-Datlent
jl)r. Moeller later consented to dis
I cuss the case briefly. '
,,', "Mr., Herzog came to me shortly
that he : had 1a temperature a quick
rheart jetton, 'and that he was sufferA
!lns from shock and 1 slight Internal
Injuries. (Later examination proved
, this diagnosis to be correct. , , .
j '.."I told mm tnat ne requirea rest,
and advised him to lie on his back as
much as possible, and take no-.vio-
fclent physical exercise. I am afraid
that he -did not follow . these direc
tions. Later the trouble became ag
gravated, a -. .
r ''I again told Mr. ' Herzog that tIt
I was absolutely . necessary he should
fiest and that his only -exercise should
.jre snort waiKS. xoaay . 1 iouna mm
Slrriproved after, his rest at home, but
'he still must rest and recuperate, u
Via obeys ' ray . directions -there is no
'reason why , he ' should no recover
I Wand be -even stronger than . be
fore' .'If, however, he does not take
care of 'himself, now it might be that
pie would aggravate his trouble, to
such an extent that It would ( becomo
f serious, and last for years. . -.
'."He has gained two pounds, and it,
Imay foe that he will recuperate rap
Cidly im the next two weeks. I should
inot be surprised to see him gain flv
for six additional pounds in that time.
I fuljy understand that he Is, eager
Jto -plax'-in the TjaeebaTl games which
'.are comtlng,j.rfd .1 sincerely, hope that
be may bfe in condition to '(d io, but
I wouQd not promise that such would
the case.
-"Under ordinary rcumstances v I
4 should wish him to have four weeks
more -of rest.- I -ehalj make another
examination of 'Mr. Herzog .in the
future and will then advise him as to
whether he can play without' danger
o ' 'trilffifeffai?W'WlfTn-''J: ' ' ''
TT rr optl-
Hnlstic-; 4b resar d-,io Jjaodttion.' He
fsatd that he felt a little better and
Ithat he hoped that In a couple more
(Weeks he would be well enough, to
Jxejoin theteam. -','.- '
'Atthough'tthe captain of the. Giants
ifllfl not see Air. Hempsteaa wnne ne
tvu itBre.! hs. did not call on John K.
gTeper, ,'" president ,of the. National
League. : .Gov. -Tenor left last night
E to. attend. a meeting of the National
t Commission in Cincinnati.- Mr. Hemp
f stead went to Cincinnati to' join the
Setter clutt presidents who will attend
Ithe draft., meeting and go over the
arrangements fox the coming World's
' Tener and x Hempstead both assert
ed that thr. never had been any in
tentlon of departing from the usual
custom" of decing by the toss of a
coin the city where the series would
ftopen. . '' , '
2: ."fo bet .we'll toss a coin," 'said
i Gov. Temer, "and I surely - hope th
National League will be lucky enough
pfco win the toss." V1"; ,
iVORLD'S SERIES IS
T0?START OCT. 6
l Cincinnali,- Septv ' 20 The draft
Ixneetiag of; tMe National Baseball
. $ Commission '.and the 'National and
f jLmarican leagues , opened here today
With baaatialUmen .present-fsooa many
parts -of tb country. .From, indica
f tions trlytotiagr. it appeared that all
Zof-' ftoe major league clubs would be
grept neunai ax me meeung. xn aa
ldtlea tb tosvnsactrns business con
luectedV with : the draft, the cpmmis-
f VI U II Will. MWin 9L NUCUU1P A.UX biXO
. World's Series and also ' for inter
(league : gacmes'between Cleveland and
' SClnciBAati.
L8emi-oflVrfally, it was indicated: that
e worldisi series probably will start
on' Oct. 1he city, where the open
ring gamewill be vplayed' will b de
cided by-the toss of a coin. ,
When .the .commission went into
esslon it appeared probable that not
ujmu players would be drafted
it .this meeting as in past years be-
.cause of the war. " The commission
a . . . j i il. j ...
Sprice, in the case of players eligible
7to. selective conscription need not be
?pard ntil the players report ft the
v bdrafteng club.
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HE'S THROUGH HOW
V
sNew. York, Sept. 20 J. Franklin
l Baker,- leading batsman of the New
Tork,,Anje?lca league club for the
jjlast iwo'"aons, announced today
fthat he had retired from organized
jhbasebalLn, He reported lt ; the Solo
Grounds on Tuesday prepared to play,
' Shut was told-that Jiis suspension will,
vjjemain in effect until the end of the
""eason He has taken this as the
(club's final answer and is preparfng
Fto leave for his home at Trappe, Md.
fBaker's contract, which calls for close
Ho $10,000, has another year .to run.
John ("Dots") Miller, captain of
ithe St. Louis Nationals, - has been
drafted and although married,, has
Sled no claim for exemption, it was
announced today. '.
FLORAL BOUQUETS
AND DESIGNS. .
JOHJf RECK & SOU-.
Want Ads. One Oent - a vWord
SISLEA TELLS SECRETS OF
HIS SUCCESS WITH STICK
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,-Sisler is easily the' batting sensa
tion of the year. We are used to Ty
Cobb and .Tris Speaker tut when a
young fellow, on the , Browns starts
to burning up the circuit we all sit up
and take notice. In the October Base
ball Magazine the star: .first, sacker
makes a few sage comments as fol
lows: V
'Perhaps ;I. am hitting Just at, pres
ent beyond mynormal stride, but I
hope not. I have, always wanted to
be a true three hundred hitter. ' TT
have even indulged in the Tiope" that
I might become, a . three ; fifty hitter.
No doubt all batters whoare a little
new . at the game, and who. are lucky
enough to get away to a good, start
have , similar ambitions and perhaps
my own will fade away when the .pace
gets hotter.. But I repeat; I . hope
not. .' . ' ' ...
"At that, my, record so far, hasn't
been" unalloyed good luek. Early in
ljio wasun x was soing a gooa aea.1
better, I suppose, than I have any
right to expect when I sprained my
thumb. At the time, as 1 remember
It, I was leading the' league. Cobb
hadn't got started yet and Speaker,
while traveling at a fast clip, was ex
periencing a little hard luck. . Per
haps that sprained thumb Was only a
good alibi for of course I might have
slumped, anyway. But for all that
the thumb In. Itself kept me from hit
ting much above a - hundred for a
good long while. I -..
.:'I wa out of the game -only two
days on account , of the sprain ., but
perhaps I would have been Just as well
off if I had stayed a little longer. I
got back into the -harness, because the
club needed me and : because of a
sprained thumb. But for all that the
thumb bothered me. -, L-couldn't grip
the bat at all well with that particular
hand and I was also handicapped in
fielding- .
"Now of v. course, my han ds are in
as good, shape as anybody's. :I mere
ly mention my own small accident to
show 'how minor things may mar a
batting average. Very likely more
than one batting championship hasfl
been determined by just such small
details which were eenerallv forgot
ten by the, public long, before the sea
son came to a close, and made not the
slightest appearance in the records.
In fact batting is" a rather odd thing
at best and the part luck plays in a
successful record , is a big and ever
varying quantity. And not the least
evidence of luck is Just such secon
dary injuries as I speak of, which pre
vent' a man from doing his best work
Lbutat the same time don't loom up
as important enough to cut much dash
in the dope.
One thing which has influenced my
ball playing perhaps more than any
other, is the fact that I am left hand
ed. , Now I am not a port aider in
other ways. .. I. write with my right
hand and do most other things in
the same way as a normal human
being.-- But in baseball I am a true
left bander, -1 throw-' left handed, . bat
left handed, in fact depend mainly
on my 'left hand '
"I grew into the habit when I: first
began- to play baeeball which;,-was
pretty early. ' Now of course it would
be impossible for me to change. At
first, I never .gave the matter much
thought. It didn't seem to me of any
great importance which hand I used
most, so long'i as I used it to advan
tage. But, a moment's thought will
show that such was not the case, r I
"As a pitcher, true enougH, it didn't
make any difference whether I was a
left banker or not. The preference
is given to right . handers on the
mound as elsewhere, but there is al
ways room on any club, for a "south
paw who ban win games.
"When I began to play baseball In a
small way, I was a pitcher. - I en
tered the majors as a pitcher and have
hurled a few games with the Browns.
ButJthe management early decided
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fri 1 ill imrwtwr A-t-Wi-tra-r , urnr.-, ';,
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in a regular line up and then the fact
that I was left handed settled my po
sition for me beyond all argument. Of
course J 'do not, know that I could
have been a successful short stop or
second baseman even if ' I had been a
right hander, But the fact that I
was not, presented me from even try
ing to fill any other position save first
oase. mat is tne -penalty tnat tne
left handed infield&r pays for his
physical deviation from the normal.
Three out of four positions available
are. Immediately : shut off from his
reach. . . : '; .: -;
"I felt this handicap' when I began
to play regular ' baseball, but -at the
same time I noted that there were
compensations. ,' There usually are.
If my port sldeness kept me from try
ing for three out of four infield posi
tions, it made me all. the better first
baseman. - For at the initial sack I
consider that the left-hander nas a
slight; but decisive . advantage over
his right handed brother. ; Throwing
as he does from the offside of his
body, lie can get a quicker throw to
second, or third and Just as quick a
delivery to home opiate; This ad
vantage, slight to be sure, is never
theless valuable and should give the
Jeft hander a visible percentage In
making double plays. . -i '.
"The advantage - of .batting left
handeid) is generally recognized. Most
of the great hitters , have schooled
themselves to bat from the near side
of the plate:,- though ' they are left
handed in no pther respect. ' Ob
viously from this side the runner has
a shorter distance to cover In reach
ing first base and the difference, some
three or, four feet is frequently enough
to determine whether a 'batted . hall
Shall be a safety or an out Again,
the left handed batter swings-normally
into his stride and should be in s
position to make a quicker get away
to first than as though he -batted from
the opposite edge "of the platter."
Joe Goss Once Held
American Title Though
- f He Was Englishman
.- Joe Goss ' defeated Jack Rooke in
sitxy-four rounds at Birmingham,
England, on Sept 20, 1859, Just fifty
eight years ago today. This was the
first ring battle Goss fought.. He af
terward came to America and battled
his. way to the heavyweight cham
pionship.' Joe was twenty-one when
he fought the memorable , battle at
Birmingham. .Before coming to these
shores he fought three contests with
Jem Mace, one erfding in - a draw,
while the other two were victories for
Jem. " - v
Goss was thirty-six years old when
he annexed .the American title by
whipping . Tom Allen in Kentucky,
and he was in his 424 year when he
lost the championship to Paddy Ryan
in an &7 -round contest at Collier Sta
tion, W Va. Goes' ring career ex
tended over twenty years, a'nd he was
at his best when he was about 40
years old. Joe did not live long after
retiring from the ring, as he died in
1885, in his 47h year. With the ex
ception of Bob Fitzsimmons, Goss was
the last native of England to hold the
American heavyweight title,
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No Interscholastic
, i , Soccer League Now
At a meeting held in the Board of
Education rooms last night it was def
initely decided that there would be no
Interscholastic Soccer league. Joe
Booth, state Soccer Organizer, said
that the matter had Been left to him
and that if he formed such a league it
would, injure the Junior league It is
thought that - the High school team
will enter the 'Junior league composed
of the Celtics. Swedes. Remington,
- Ictandi -the3bItgh-school -teamsv
UP AND DOWN
SPOE T S T R EET
GLIDES HERE OCT. 21.
. The Washington Glee club f ootbalf
eleven of New Haven will play the
American Chain Co.. team at Newfleld
park, Oct. 21,;. according to an an
nouncement made today by Manager
Kearney of the Chain eleven. He
had a conference with Manager Co
den of the Glees today and details
were . arranged. The Chain -players
will practice tonight at Newfleld park
at 7:30. ' All- local boys wishing a
tryout are urged to report and also
any l out of town players who--were
with the-team last year.
I
j PRESENT FOR CARTER.
Nick Carter, who has played with
various Industrial league, and semi
pro baseball teams in this city and
once had a trial with the Bridgeport
club, was one of the guests of honor
at, a chicken supper given last night
at the home of J. , J. Burns in .the
South End. Carter and Henry A
Keating left this morning in the draft
contingent hound for Ayer, Mass., and
their friends wished to give them a
good' send off. . - Carter and Keating
were each presented with a. purse of
30. J ,. ,, ' , , - . ..
SINGERS IN HARTFORD. '
The final game in the series be
tween the Singers- of the Industrial
league and the S. K. F. team of Hart
ford for the state championship, will
be played in Hartford, Saturday afternoon.-Champion
will pitch for the
Singers and Leonard for the S. K. F.
boys. Each team has won one game
so far. ' .''. v "" .' - '.'..'
Aren't there aiy baseball fans in
rKiM a-n'a nolle! force? TJhey .ar
rested a man and had him examined
in.anitir ViMaiiaA be was shoutinsf
n the streets that the Giants would
beat the White Sox in the world's
series. ' Later "details who show that
the. man. was dressed' in a blue and
white suit," a red shirt, cream colored
hat and suede, shoes. So theyxdidn't
need to examine him to prove he was
nut-- " ' ,
: Someone writes that Ed Walsh, the
handsomest pitcher " in. baseball, is
having a toughs time coming -back
with the, Braveef: because the batters
are not up there to flirt. , .
" Manager Danny Murphy of the Mew
Haven Eastern league champions,
preditf's that the White Sox will win
the world's series. - -s
. Hnmo New York writers say-the
fans .in N the metropolis wftl raise a
howl if the world's series prices are
higher at the Polo Grounds than in
Chicago. President Johnson ." of , th
American league" has announced tnat
prices at the White Sox park will e
mnra fhan trioiihle the rearular sea-
Bon rates, which , means that there
will be no charging of $5 for a seat
in th rfand. The rates for the series
will be fixed -at a meeting pt , the Na
tional Commission jn, Cincinnati to
day. ; !" .'! i, "''.".
RBiiirv Tonard is not making such
a wonderful sacrifice in, agreeing to
waive the color line. He knows there
Is nobody in the present crop of negro
lightweights that he cannot beat with
one hand in a sling. - . ,
r Joe Rodriguez, the Cuban first base
man with New .London in 1916, re
lieved Holke of the Giants fonja shorj
time in yesterday's' game In Chicago.
He drew jp. 'pass in his only 'time at
bat.-.- " , . ' .
VETERAN WALDO
OF BROOKLAWN IS
APAWAMIS VICTOR
Vnrv Sent' 20 When a man
cuts eight strokes off his first day's
score he has Just reason for feeling
pleased and that probably explained
C. G. Waldo s look or com.eni.meni. ai
v, r.rf nf tii first half .of the senior's
golf tournament at the Apawamls club
yesterday. Th BrooKiawn evieran,
who has passed the-three score mile
moaithe beat ctoss round of
the day with a 84, won the prize for
the second'year In succession. .Last
fall, however, he won the. chief tro
phy. . , ' -t,. ' ' -' v .
Indianapolis to Play
Series With1 Toronto
' c-rvf 9.A Th a TndianaTWlis
J - - ,
club, won the pennant of the American
o,niitiMn -with a Rood margin over
St. Paul and (Louisville, which were
tied for second place wnen me asso
ciation season came to an end yester
day. . ' '-'
, Arrangements for a post-eeason se
sles between Indianapolis and the
Toronto club, winners of the Interna-
-Msvnni irrfsnTiaiit. were anDounceQ yes
terday. The first game will be played
in Toronto Tuesday, ssepi. ts. ,
Joe Welling, Dundee - ;
And Charlie White On'
Card In N.Y. Tonight
(New York. Sept. 20. Joe Welling,
Charlie White and Johnny Dundee,
the three leading- contenders for the
lightweight crown, will appear in ten
round ibouts -afil tho St Nicholas Rink
tonight Welling, who is making his
last stand before donning the blue of
the .Naval Militia, will mingle with
Jimmy Duffy. Dunldee is matched
with Joe (Mooey. .
The clash between Charlie- White
and Johnny Tillman promises plenty
of fireworks. Two weeks ago Tillman
shaded White in a six-round bout in
Philadelphia.
Floral bouquets
and designs.
JOHN RJECK Jt SON.
ADVERTISE - IN- THE ' FARMER
GIANTS AND WHITE SOX TO
MAKE JOURNEY TO FRANCE
Plan to Show World's Series Teams to Soldiers Abroad Meets
Willi Approval of Players.
Chicago, Sept. 20 Following an
agreement yesterday between Charles
Comiskey, owner of the - White Sox,
and John McGraw, manager of the
Giants, to play at least one game be
fore the big troop encampments in
the ast and West, they took up the
proposal to keep the teams intact for
a trip to France for a series of games
in aid of American soldiers, provided
the Sox and Giants win their respect
ive pennants.- V ' '
Both McGraw and Comiskey are
eager for the" trip to France. Co
mlsloey figures it would ost him
J7.000 to send the White,' Sox over,
but he is willing to do this much for
the soldiers. McGraw could not close
the agreement, which must have the
official sanction of Harry Hempstead,
but the feeling prevails here that Mr.
Hempstead will agree. The players
of both teams are enthusiastic over
YANKS! RECRUITS
GET ME RAP IN
CLEVELAND GAME
OWew Tork, apt. -20. Choosing the
game In which Stanley Coveaes&ie was
the opposing 'pitcher to (present new
material had one thing . to recommend
it , N The recruits thus introduced won't
be , put . to any severer . test. ' Every-:
thins- will toe softer from, now on. The
Cleveland shut out the Yankees, 2 to
0, at the Polo .Ground yesterday,-, and
Coveleskie held our ibeaten " boys ' to
one hit.. ,
Feweter, second , baseman;. "Lamar,
con tre fielder, and Camp, right fielder,
the new men' who went through the
anie, hit as well as the most veteran
of veterans and the .. most eagle-eyed
of ibatters on , the Yankee side except
Fritz Malse, tp : whom, fell the high
honor of making the New-York hit.
Six Innings were-flung' back into th
irreclaimable past Ibefore the one hit
was rerthcoming to impose its aggra
vating but; unsurmountable ' barrier
between Coveleskie and a" no hit game.
Before the regular game - a team of
Donovan's recruits played a six in
ning contest with the Yankee regu
lars. The regulars won, 5 to 0, and it
was an entertainment of little ' inter
est. Interoluib games are all right in
the spring, when the season is "fresh.
and young men want to get in shape.
but a player, would 'be .more than hu
man, who could arouse any errthuel-
am toward them now. All this one
did was to bring out nothing, of con
sequence regarding the new men, and
perhaps. to make the .regular Yanks a
little more dispirited .-, for the game
with the Clevelands.
The recruit team array in the prac
tice game was as follows: . Shay, third
base; Ward, shortstop; Lamar, left
fields "Vick, right field; Camp, centre
field ;' De Noville, first base; 'Fewster,
seoonkS base; Deufel, catcher; Hosa,
pitcher. Bob McGraw, : last spring
Yank, who has been kindergartenlng
with Newark -all summer, and Buel,
the .new catcher, were the battery for
the regulars. ; . ,. -
Shay is a seml-mro - from Ronton-
Ward comes from the South Atlantic
league, lamar, from i Baltimore, Vick,
from aKemphis, Camp from the South
Atlantic, De Neville from. New Lon
don, Fewster from Baltimore. TWrfal
confesses to being a troduct of Mid-
diemnry, vt., and Boss is ' another:
spring Yankee who summered in New
ark, an, incident in his career he owns
up -to when subjected to the third de
gree.
MERKLE HAS BEEN
10 YEARS IN GAME
'Fred Merkle, the- star first sacker
of the Chicago Cubs, formerly of the
New York -Giants, will celebrate to
morrow the ' tenth anniversary of his
National Eeague , ' debut There are
many serious, solemn . and , painful
memories of his early baseball , career
stored, up in the-bean of Merkle. ' He
had had many hard experiences, the
kind that usually make or break a
man, and to his credit be it said that
they made him! Merkle played his
firs game in the big show on Sept. 21,
1907, A "little over a year later, tho
Giants and. the Cubs were tied for the
pennant and an extra frame was play
ed on' the Polo Grounds in New York
to decide the issue, Merkle pulled ,the
famous stunt that made ' his name
synonymous .with ' "bonehead." - In
failing to touch second base he cost
his team the' championship, and a big
wad of world's series coin.
Players, press, pulpit arid public
called down curses and abjurgations
upon his head said head, in the
opinion of "many prominent physlcions
present at, the ; obsequies being of
some, dense and solid material, prob
ably xbone. . Lynching, tar and feath
ers and boiling in oil were among the
punishments snercrested hv tha unniir.
ed rans, but all were discarded as be
ing totally Inadequate for tsuch a
crane. There was a general concen
sus of opinion, lay and professional,
that Merkle should immediately be
canned.
Manager McGraw didn't agree with
the mob, and. refused to sacrifice
Merkle to make a Gotham holiday.
And -so it happened that Fred Merkle
stayed on witih' the Giants, lived down
his title of "champion bonehead," and
turned out to be one of the best play
ers on the'entire team. Playing with
the Chicago Cubs, as he is now, he can
he counted upon to be an Interested
follower of the World's Series games
whlcih will be played this year, by his
old teammates s(nd if . you observe' a
darkening of his countenance, you will
know what he is thinking of.
FLORAL BOtJQTJETS
AND DESIGNS. '
JOHN KECK - A SON.
the matter, and are willing to make
considerable- sacrifice. Do put it
through. .
Concerning the exhibition game to
be played before the troops in can
tonments if the series should end in
the Cast, the game will be played
either at Plattsburg, N. or Tap
hank. L. L. If the aeries closes in
the West the game will be staged at
Rockford, where mors than 40,000
soldiers will be in camp by that time,
the great majority of whom are rabid
baseball fans. '
If the Journey to France is finally
decided upon probably only one ex
hibition game will be played in the
United States, . depending upon where
the championship title fight closes.
The world series will purf down a big
lot of money for owners, managers
and players, and they are all strong
for the trip to France. ' , . '
KUNZ WILL NOT '
ALLOW DECISION
IN BROWN BATTLE
New Haven, Sept "20 No decision
will be renderecV by the officiating
referee in - the bout between Chio
Brown and Battling , Kunz ' which
takes place at the Arena next month.
Kuna, -according' to , the local pro
moters, positively refused - to stand
for a. decision -boot, 'with the result
that the latter were forced to con
cede this point in order to get the
champion into the ring with Brown.
This bout 'will be! the. first decisionlesa
affair to be fought in this city in sev
eral years. -." ' y ;
': Kunz's refusal to box to a referee's
decision means that his title will not
be jeopardized to any -great extent.
Brown, i order to win' back the title,
must either score a knockout or win
on a foul. His local admirers,, how
ever, are confident that he will : be
proclaimed champion again after
Oct 2 by .virtue- jot a clean-cut knock
out. . .. ...v : " , .". . .-' ,'- : :,
- The boost in scale f prices for' the
coming show is also blamed upon
Kunz. Kunz, it i said, demanded
the elimination ,df,60.cent seats and
the. lowest price,--therefore, will be
one ,; iron man.; Kunz is receiving a
handsome guarantee as well as a per
centage, of the gross receipts.. ;
RIGID PHYSICAL TEST v
FOR ALL PLAYERS ON '
- B. IJ. S. FOOTBALL SQUAD
Mr. Hedges, coach of the-'Varsity
football team, - has , announced . that
some time next week all the fellows
who are eligible for. the. 'Varsity team)
will have to undergo a rigid physical
examination before they will; tie eJ-
towed to play, . This rule is made toe
cause of the death of George Ouneo,
who .died last year at the track meet
held at Seastdte tpark. Ouneo after
having made a broad Jump sat down
on the grass beside one of his : companions-and
fell back unconscious.
He died about half an hour later.
The, Freshmen have . organized a
basketball' team to (be known as the
Freshman -Junior team. ; They-expect
to play most of their -ames- at he Y.
M. C. A and are now trying to secure
the services of-Mr. Jekell of the Y. M
C. A. to coach thenv The team will
be composed of the following players:
iWlesmier, Bolter, Mickel, Cooper, Mc
Govern, Hooper and Foster. , , .
" The candidates for the Freshman
footiball team heW a' meeting yester
day In .the Auditorium and about 15
boys ..turned out. They' will hold their
first ' practice today at " Seaside , park."
Among these ,who turnied out were
Bachman,' Tiokey, Ham mill, Lee,. Wel
don. Page, Boynton and Oooper. The
Sophomores have organized a basket
ball team composed of the following:
Coley, , IMarcin, Wilcox, Roach . and
Buckley and are out for the cham
pionship of the school. '
The B.' H. S.football team ia prac
ticing : hard every night at Seaside
park and everything is in readiness
for .the initial game. The practice so
far,' has consisted mostly of scrim
mages, forward passing, and tackling.
"Ralph HiurlcH whq captained the team
in 1910 and who was later one, of the
crack backs on the El Paso Military
Academy's team, was down to .prac
tice . the other day and complimented
the team on its good work. The first
game will toe . played one week from
Saturday at Newfleld park with An
sonia as the opponent' It Is expected
the following will !be 'in the lineup:
Ray Porter, Paul iM-oEilroy, . John Ho
gan, Sumner Smith, Meyer "Lipscher,
Frank Murray, Ben Lee, Walter Keat
ing, George iEssau, John Reuther,
Moose "Miller and Clinton Hawes.
The. Junior Commercial boys have
decided to form a football team and
challenge the other class teams of the
school. ,It is expected ' Harry Keating
wll be elected manager ankl James
(Burns is in the running for captain.
They will have a meeting Thursday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. The, following
are requested to report: Maynard,
RickeL Bemeder, Davis, Tielbalt, Segal,
Keating, Burns, DeRosheur ind all
others wishing a tryout.
ST. MAEY'S TO HAVE
FAST FOOTBALL TEAM
The St. Mary football team has re
organized and are willing to play any
team in their class in the city. No
team barred. Among the fast players
are Friedman, Kelly, Rowe,- iMacGov
ern, .Cleary, Slmko, Klely, Connelly,
Schondorf, ' Copley, Grogan, Holden,
Keating, Pratt, Cavanaugh, Rigney,
Arnold, Monaha'n. All others wishing
a tryout report at the Yellow Mill
Playground-jtomorrownisiit. ,
POOR DECISION IS
COSTLY TO GIANTS
IN CUBS' CONTEST
Chicago, Sept. 20 In the fifth In-:
nlng of yesterday's game between the
Gianjts and Cubs," with Burns on third
and Kauff on second, Zimmerman hit
a wicked line drive to left. The' ball
knocked up the whitewash on the foul
line , and left a-mark that was evi
dence the ball was ' fair. Umpire
O'Day, however, failed to ; surmise
correctly where the ball' landed And
called "foul. Bums and Kauff had
crossed the plate and were walking1
to their bench. There" was he out
at the time, and Zlm, on his second
turn at bat struck out Fletcher
alsd was retired.
The visitors outbatted and outfield
ed , their opponents but failed to
bunch their eight safeties. The Cubs
won out, 4 to 3. Sallee was knocked
out- of the box in the third-Inning.
Anderson, who finished, pitched"
splendid ball. ' :
The Cubs started off . On Bailee
rather viciously Flack shot a hot
(Single past Zimmerman, and KlldnJTs
sacrifice ' bunt . put him on ' second!
Zeider's liner to right for one bag '
sent Flack home. ' v -
Great running catches were made
by Flack and Schick off Rariden and
JtfcCartyv in the Giants' fourth. Mc
carty batted in place of Bailee. An- ;
derson replaced Sallee in the Cubs
fourth 'and stopped the home players.'
He fanned Pechbus and Vaughn.
0U1MET TO PLAY
GOLF ON DAY HE
JOINS THE ARMY
Boston. Sept." 20v One more oppor
tunity to see Francis Ooimet in a war
fundi golf match, beltore he puts on '
Uncle Sam's uniform ia to b provided
at the Belmont Stprtag Country club'
next Sunday. On ' that "day, the' same
day on which he has been notified to
report at the Aper Enoampment. he"
wiS play a 36 tboie match against M.
J. Brady of Oakley for the benefit of
the Marine ExpedSOonary , Faros- to
France.. -. s . -- .
Ouimet must hurry to Ayer fay. auto
mobile to take bia place that night 1a
the company of otihers eaUed out that
day toy draft. In their home, and
home match at Oaikley and Woodland
respectlvery. Bray and Ouimet ended
on even. term. :. -
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Results of Yesterday's Gomes.
Chicago' 4, New York 3.
Pittsburgh 2, Boston 1 (first) : "" T '
Boston 6, Pittsburgh 4 (second). --
Brooklyn-St Xouis game was post
poned) ODaccount of rain, other teams
not scheduled. ' 1 -
the Crabs. '
Won. Lost. P.Gr
91 60 .C45'
77 68 .562"
78 i 66 ' .542
73 71 ".607
72 72 .500
68 78 4 .468
63 ,76 .453
47 i 96 v .829
New York. . ... .
Philadelphia ... . . ,
St. Louis
Cincinnati ......
Chicago,'. ........
Brooklyn - . .. '. . . f .
Boston . . ... . . . . .
Pittsburgh ......
. Games Today.
New York in Pittsburgh.' f
Philadelphia In Chicago." T-
AMEEICAN LEAGUE
. Results of Yesterday's Games. "
Cleveland 2, New Tork 0." ' v
Detroit 6, Boston ' 2 (first)
Detroit 1, Boston 0- (second.)
Washington 6, St Louis 4. - I"
Philadelphia 2, Cbicvago 1. ,,
Standing of the Clubs.
. Won. Lost
P.C ;
.668 ;
.604
.569
.500
.48( '
,468 .'
.861
.36
Chicago
Boston .
Cleveland
....... 95
49
55 :
63
72
71
75
92
89
84
80
7V
67
66
52
50
Detroit ......
Washington v .
New , York
St. Louis . . . .
Philadelphia .
Games Scheduled .For Today.
Cleveland in New York. j
Detrqet . in Boston. : , ' "
Chicago in Philadelphia. . v
St. Louis in Washington. v
American Association -
Results of Yestel5y's Games.
At Toledo (first) R. H. fi. f
Minneapolis ...... ... ..1.10 17 (
Toledo 7 10 2
Batteries Thomas and v Owens;
Schulz'-nd Alexander.
Second- ' ' . R. H. E.
Minneapolis .............. 4 12 8 1
Toledo' ..- 6 10 4!
Batteries Boardman .nd Bach ant;
Brady and Alexander.
At Columbus - - R. H. B,
St Paul . . . ... . i.. ..,;., I II
Columbus ........ j, ... .', . t? 16
Bateries Grlner Williams and?
Kelly; Knetzer . and Hoffman, Cole-r'r
man. ',';' :'-'" -. '- -
At Louisville-- "R. H.E. "
XT a nana C.itw " A . 10 A ;
Louisville ' . ..... .... ; S"' 6
Batteries Smith and liar grave ; .
Davis, Strouff and Kocherr -- '
At IndianapoliST R. H. EL '
Milwaukee . . . v. . . . . V.ll 10 ' 0 "t
Indianapolis .-. 4 -10 3
Batteries North and Murphy;
Voyles.. Iale and Schahg. " ' J o
rover basketball
team; to get ready
The Rover basketball teom will bold3
its first practice tomorrow night at the ,
Boys club. The following player q
please take notice and report: Blade,
Lovely, Myers, Silver, Cavanaugh, Oopjl
ley," Malone, , O'Rourke. Greetistein
and Pokras. V . All others wishing a
tryout win . report tor practice also.!
They 'expect to i nil tins inillnn i
i . - .