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FEATURES
VOL. XII, NO. 2(51
TULSA. OKLAHOMA. SUNDAY, JUNK 10. 1!17
PRICE a CENTS
Smith's Reach Will Neutralize Roman's Superior Poundage
Spectacular Battle Anticipated When Oklahoma Welter
Tackles Bert Mullin's Conqueror in Midway A.C. Tilt
ROMAN AND SMITH
READY FOR SCRAP
BANTY CLASS BUSY
BUNCH THIS WEEK
Finish Hani Training; Taper
ing Off Program lupins
Today ; Catch Weights.
BOXERS ARE OPPOSITE TYPES
Home Boy Rangy and Shifty;
Coast Opponent Built on
Bulldog Style.
PA I. ROMAN.
t Age H years
Height 6 ft. 5 In.
I Weight 150-58 lbs.
I Neck lfitt ID.
I Cheat 4 2 In.
I chest (expanded) 45 in.
I Waist 30 In.
I Thigh . . SOft In-
I Calf 13t4 in.
Ankle a in-
I Bleeps lt in-
I Forearm 12 lb In.
Wrist n In.
I Beech - 67 In.
TRI I V SMITH.
Ae
Height
Weight , is
Neck
Chest
Chest (expanded)
WlllHt
Thigh
Calf
Ankle
Bioe.pi
Poroarm.
Wrist . .77
Reach
. . . 23 ve:i i n
. .5 ft. 7 In.
.1-12-45 lbs.
14 In.
. . .10 M
44
... 28
20
13
.... I ft
14
12
7 Mi
72
in.
in.
In.
in.
in-
In.
in.
in.
in.
Hnxing limits nave come anil boxing
bouts have gnm- in Tulsa. Imt never
lias Hie magic city tieen favored liy a
scrap that promises more than that
tomorrow, iiiklit MI the c,ra nil theater,
when CiiMey Smith (if Drumrlght and
I'nui Roman of San Francisco tangle
in .-i fifteen runnel battle before th-
Midway. Athletic club, Greater crowds
have lieen attracted hy siiim: of Carl
Morris' affairs here and in some of ;
Nate Jackson's exhibitions there has i
been a greater display of the strictly!
scientific fisticuff, hut for slap-hang, j
rip-tcnrinK. audlein e-pli using boxing
this Smith-Roman affair has them all I
hacked off the boards,
lioth Proviiia Entertainer.
Por those who saw Roman and Bert
Mullin bang their way thru fifteen
sounds of toeto-toe milling at the old
Moose hall under the management of,
the same Al Venn who is promoting
i, .in,, i i .,w nisrht's entertainment, it
takes on stretch of Imagination to pic
ture a battle when Roman gats inside
the ropes, and the same thing is true
of those who have seen the frizzly
haired oil field scrapper scrap.
OposlU- Styles.
Except thai i"th are rugged boxers,
willing mixers, there is nothing similar
between the two. Roman is quiet.
Steady going and In the ring he is a
biil'dotf. I'stng a flat-footed shuffle,
he bores in always, giving ground only
when knocked back. Jie is compactly
built, massive of trunk, a build more
often found In a wrestler than a boxer.
Smith once was a bulldog, he Still is a
buildup, but since ciimlni; under the
tutelage of Eddie Qalton he has de
veloped In addition a more open style
of warfrrrc. He is a rannry chap, in
fact, an Ideal build for a welterweight.
in addition to possessing s splendid,
hard phySlqUC, he Is blessed with the
longest reach ever carried by a welter,
having S tip-to-tip stretch of 72 inches,
a reach greater than that of many a
heavyweight
A comparison of the physical points
Of the two boxers shows that Smith
must concede some six or eight pounds
in weight; but has what is considered
M neutralising factor, superior range.
Compared to Smith's 72 inches of
itretoh, Roman has bul 07 Inches,
Xoman is built thicker all the way up.
Smith Temperamental.
Temperamental is furley's middle
Jume. He knows what he wants, he
goes after what he wants and those
who have done business with him have
come to find that the only way to get
along with Mm is to let him have it
if it is within the bounds of reason.
Smith is a fiend for publicity; in his
scrapbooh collection, part of which
has been destroyed by fire, he has as
Wmbled every line, good, bad and In
different, ever said about him In any
sheet. His collection includes posters
of most of his battles and pictures of
his victims, 32 of whom he has put
to sleep. Roman declares he never
slipped a paper In his life. Further
more, he says he never has compiled
his record and he doesn't even know
within a dozen of how many ring
bouts he has had. "
While both lads have demonstrated
In their workouts that they have made
great advancement since their last ap
pearance in Tulsa, the wonderful Im
provement In the work of Smith stands
out above the less striking change in
the cimst boy. Never before hns
Smith been In the hands of a compe
tent Instructor. He never has cared
enough heretofore; but getting the no
tion a couple of months ago that he
could fight his way to the top of the
welterweight division he set himself
to a study of the ring art and the
results have been astonishing. No
sooner had Daltnn entered his camp
than he began to develop left for his
charge. Nothing Is more effectivo
when a boxet-has a long rsaoh than a
good left, and even Smith himself has
been surprised at the manner in which
he hns learned to Jab and hook with
that hand.
"His friends won't know Curlcy
when they see him step Monday
s
r.ri. R'.mw I
in the Roman camp there has been
Herman and Williams, Br
ami Douglas, Load man
and Root Tangle.
M ChsranJ. Drill UpS
to V-' V
Ww
COBB HITTING OLD
FORM ONCE MORE
night." declared Dalton last night
while effusing over the sclentlfls de
velopment of the Oklahoman. "He
has Improved D'O per cent in his box
ing, while losing none of the rugged
ness that has carried him thru half
a hundred fierce mills in times past.
It is my opinion thai lie will make u
monkey out of this Roman.
I n the Itoman camp there has !ccn
a iuiet air of confidence all the while.
And it is not hard to understand. After
he had battled Miillin fifteen rounds of
the fiercest scrapping ever seen in
Tulsa. Itoman set himself to the task
of heating this boy with whom he had
secured only u draw. Just about a
month ago the pair tangled in Joplln
ami itoman obtained the verdict in
the eleventh round of a scheduled
fifteen-round set-to. This,
pets say, was the greatest
staged In the mining city,
so ago Itoman met Smith
Joplln pa-
bout ever
a year or
in Bartles-
ville. This was another rip-tearing
mill in which Itoman came out second
best. Now he Is out to reverse the de
cision, and in spite of the fact that
Smith is undefeated in fifty odd en '
gagenicnts. he believes implicitly that i
lie can do it.
Both boys have finished their hard
training. Vesterday they cuffed their
sparring partners around for the last
time. Today they will indulge In only
the lightest of exercises and tomorrow
will be a day of rest. Since they are !
coining In at catch weights, both will
enter the ring iii their maximum
strength.
ClRl.KV SMITH
SIOUX CITY CLOUTING
CLOSE TO M0 MARK
CHAMPIONS LOSE
BEFORE QUITTING
Lightweight Titleholder Hasn't
Retired Undefeated Since
1893.
K. Smith. Omaha, U ir lost hts
Western league leadership in batting i
and runs scored, according to av-l
erases which include games of last
Tuesday. Jones, of Wichita, with an
average of .390 displaced Smith as
the leading hitter and Qtlmorc Oil
S'oux City, drew away In the race for'
runs scored, piling up a total of US. I
Kwoldt of Dcs Moims. dethroned
(Crug of Omaha, as t!i. lending sac
rifice hitter. H, has made 15. (irlf
iln of Mncotn, broke the triple tie for
In meruit honors and Is leading wit i
inc. j. a. Thompson of Omaha, kept
his pace as the landing base stealer,
having IS to his credit. SIOUX Citv
maintained its lead In team batting
with an average of ,180.
Leading baiters for 10 or more
games. Jones. Wichita, .800; HoraO,
Joplln, .353; Crosby, Sioux city. ,151.
B. Smith. Omaha, .3.70; Conneuy,
Connelly. Sioux City, .331'.; Under,
Hioux cm. .331; Watson, Sioux City,
.220: Ktrkman, st Joseph, 30K;
Bradley, Omaha, .307; Cochrane. Jop
lln. .30.7; Urug, Omaha, .303; Metx,
Joplln, .30n.
Federal Park Being wrecked.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. June . The
Kansas City baseball park of the Fed
eral league is being wrecked to make
room for small cottages. The grand
stand, bleachers and fence of the park
cost $75,000.
NEW rORRj June fl. The acquisi
tion of the lightweight title by Benny
Leonard as a result of his recent
knockout victory over Freddy Welsh
adds the eleventh name to the undis
puted list of Championship holders In
this class since IK?:!. Arthur Cham
bers was the first of lightweight bare
tnuCklo pugilists to establish his
claim to the premier position in this
class when he defeated Hilly Kdwards
In Canada September 4, 1x72. Cham
bers is generally accorded the title un
til IHK4. when he retired and was suc-
eeeded by Jack Dempsey, The latter
soon grew too heavy and advanced to
the welterweight division, lieinn suc-
0 led in turn by Jack McAuliffe. lie
reigned supreme until 1H!I3, when he
retired undefeated, being the last of
the lightweight champions to lay aside
the gloves without a blemish upon
his record.
Nelson Rushes to rront.
Klil Lavigne then look up the title
nnd It was not until Ittt that Frank
Krne Wrested the honors from l.avigne
In a twenty-round battle at liuffalo.
Some three years later Joe Hans
knocked out Krne in a round nnd for
six years was generally conceded the
championship, nltho Jimmy BriU also
claimed it when Cans would not make
the weight for him after he had
stopped Krne In seven rounds. In the
meantime Battling Nelson was rapidly
gaining prominence in the division
and after defeating Hrltt Challenged
Clans. He lost the first battle on a
foul In the 42nd round, but followed
with two knockout victories over the
negro and was hailed undisputed title
, holder.
Nelson's reign lasted two years, tlis
Dane losing to Ad Wolgast on Feb
ruary 22, l'.'lO, at the end of forty
rounds of vicious fighting when he
was both blind and helpless, but still
on his feet, and the referee stopped
the battle to save him from further
punishment. in November 2s, 1911,
Willie Kltchic won from Wolgast on
a foul in the sixteenth round. Some
two year later Ritchie went to Lon
don, where he lost his title to Freddie
Welsh at the end of a twenty-round
bout on the referee's decision. Welsh
Staved off defeat for three years and
It was not until his third ten-round
battle with Leonard that he was
forced to give up the championship.
Vvernffe Reign Pour Year-.
Not including Leonard's ri rd, if
will be seen that in 45 years there have
aeen Just ten undisputed title holders
nnd that the average of time of cham
pionship possession has been about
lour and a half years. Chambers, the
first of the chain. Is generally eon
i r-ded to have held tile honor with but
little opposition for a period of about
twelve years. McAuliffe had an abso
lutely clear claim to the title for eight
years and was followed in point of
duration by LgVtgnS and (Jans. The
first three champions retired or nut
grew the rlass. hut after etcAullffe'S
lime the title passed from holder to
holder as a result of a knockout or
referee's decision.
The following tabulation shows the
lst of champions and their successors.
Champion.
Arthur Chambers
Jack Dempsey
Jack McAuliffe
Kid Lavlgne
Frank Krne
Joe dans
Battling Nelson
Ad Wolgast
Willie Ritchie
Freddy Welsh
TerryTurner Deserves Prominent
Place in Baseball Hall of Fame
Tho veterans of baseball, who ure
they?
Nine out of ten fans will namo
Plank, Frank Bchulte, Leon Ames, j
Sam Crawford and Johnny Kvers and I
will stop.
Somehow or other Terry Turner is
not often thot of as a veteran.
Kven in the winter fanning bees
when baseball obituaries are being
written, the little cotton-topped third
baseman from Cleveland is usually
neglected.
Yet Turner Is one of the veterans of I
the league. Also li" is one of the
real stars of the game and has been!
for a dozen years, Itut there is some-1
thing about Terry which prevents him
from being considered as u real vet
eran. For 14 years Turner has been In
fleldlnK at Cleveland. He playeo
shortstop alongside of the lncompara
ble Lujole for several years. Must ot
his gnmes, however, have Iteon played
at third.
Perbapl the most remarkable thing
about Turner is Ills even-tempereo
disposition, which did not allow even
the nerve-racking Internal dissension
on the Cleveland Club to throw him
off his stride.
For a dozen-odd years Turner has
been the anchor of the Cleveland
club. For that period he has been one
of the really great lnflelders of the
league.
He has ncvci been rated as a great
hlttur. but In 13 years In the league
he has batted at the grand averago ol
more than .260- very good for an In
fielder. I nst venr Turner turned hlr thirty
fourth milestone, a ripe old age In
baseball. Vet in 42 games at second
base he fielded a trifle better than Ed
die Collins, and in 77 games at third
was only one point lower than Oscur
Vltt, leading third sacker of the
league.
Period. Slices:.
1S72-1KS4 Itctireil
18(4-1115 Retired
18K5-18H3 Retired
lsii3-lS!il) Krne
lNH!i-1902 QMS
1 !if2-1 M0K Nelson
1108-1810 Wi Igiust
l :i i o-i ft 12 Ritchie
l!H2-lftl4 Welsh
lftl4-l'JI7 Leonard
CHAMPiOIJS IN SHORT SCRAP
Go Six Rounds at Philadel
phia; Dane Will Try for
Quick Knockout.
(My J A. BRMATINOBR.
M tt.WAl'K KK Wis. June .
With Pete Herman, the World's pre
mier in the bantamweight division of
pugilism, defending his championship
In a six-round battle against Kid Wil
liams former holder of the title while
johnny Krtie, pretender to the crown,
engages jack Douglass over the ten
round route, the interest of boxing fol.
lowers this week Will be centered III
the activities of the midgets Of tile
prize ring.
The contest between Herman and
Williams is slated for Philadelphia,
lite oilier mites will Hash at Last lu-
buflue, Iowa.
While I he encounter between the
champion ami Ins challenger is listed
as a no-docb Ion affair, all of the de
tails surrounding a title match win be
carefully carried out. Por one thing,
the rivals will buttle at 1 1 s pounds
ringside, which Is the legitimate
poundage governing the bantam class.
flcatton, hence there Will be no
ground for quibbling in the even) thai
a knockout punch sesults,
Herman win risk his championship
for the paltry sum of 11,000, without
the privilege of a percentage, Williams
has accepted 27 per cent of the re
ceipts for Ills bit.
W 111 lams Mtcr Knockout.
Bver since Williams was topple, i
from his' high estate as ruler of the
bantamweight division the heavy
handed Dane from Baltimore has been
eagerly awaiting the opportunity for
n rcM:,lch with Ills conquerOI A sys
tematic i. impugn it publlclt) in force
Herman Into another meeting has
been in progress for several months
past. Offers of substantial side lets
ranging from $1 000 to t7.oo,i contin
ually have been made, but to all chal
lenges am) defis Herman, uiilll re.
cently, had turned a deaf ear Finally
however, the pressure of public opin
ion brought about the c ueing en
counter w bile it is considered hardly prob
able that Williams will succeed in de
cisively beating Herman thru a knock
out, the possibility always exists. Pew
ring follow eis aver expected Leonard
to stop Welsh, yet tile trick w:ui
turned. The same sort of an outcome
in the Herman and W illiams engage
ment Is not an Impossibility, tho few
boxing fans look for It.
The ability of Williams to make III
pounds ringside, ami still retain his
greatest physical Strength is one un
certain factor In the dope. Before the
present match was closed Williams
had attempted to induce Herman to
box at 120 pounds, but to this proposal
the title holder was absolutely op
posed. Seeing the flit 1 1 it V of efforts
to fix the weight, Williams then gave
In an, I a priced to make llx imumls
ithe figure at which Herman fought
I ami defeated Williams for the cham
pionship, aii reports concerning Wil
liams in the past six months have had
him growing heavier and tli.. belief
generally prevailed tTiat be w is about
ready to be come an active figure in
the featherweight ciasn.
D un- Rosl Puncher,
The Dane undoubtedly is a much
stouter puncher than Herman, ami if
perchance one of his blows connects
solidly with the titled holder then Wil
liams may regain his lost crown once
again.
Reviewing the ring performance of
the rivals since they met In their
I championship battle at New Orlcsns
ion Jan. S, last It is noted that Wll-
llams has fought harder opponents
than those chosen by the champion.
I Williams has battled three times
with Benny McNetH, and also has met
such good boys as Bddle ' I'Kcefe,
Benny Kaufman. Joe l.yr.ch. Jimmy
Murray, Jimmy Taylor and Barney
Helm, a tolal of nine contests,
llermnn, on the other hand has en.
gaged In eight contests and only one
.if these was with a really dangerous
opponent. Herman's record shows
that he has fought S-iminv BandOW.
Harry Kabawoff jabes white Dutch
Brandt Pekln Kid Herman. Harry
Coulln, Johnny Conlon nnd flussle
Ejswls. I"'1 Herman from Pekln gavs
tho champion the hardest fight of all.
Thai there really Is merit In the be
lief that a baseball team plavs bet
on Its home lot Is proved by the ex
pel ii nee i.r the Western association
teams this season: for not one tei.iu
has Him m games than It h is lost
on the road and only Muskogee has
broken even on the other hand,
Tulsa and Ardmore are the only ag
rrt g in. uis that have not won a major
ity of their home games Hero Is
the wa) tiny have played, including
the last complete series;
l Home.
Won Lost. pc(
Fort Smith 22 7 ,7!i9
i iklahoma city . . . 23 9 ,7i
Mc b ster . . 2 id ' ti u 7
Muskogee IS I) (143
Sherman is to ,4t
Denlson ; it f,(j
Ardmore 13 .404
Tulsa 12 17 .414
Abroad,
Won Lost pel
Muskogee 18 II .500
Ardmore 14 15 .483
Fort Smith .... 1 1 11 .4411
( iklahoma city ...to is .357
I u nison 12 22 .353
Shot man 9 19"' .321
McAlester s il .320
Tulsa 8 19 .26
Jumps Prom Seventh to Third
Place Among Ban John
son Batters.
SPEAKER STILL HEADS LIST
Burns and Honsh Tie for Top
in National; American
League Pitchers Best.
it begins to
(.innl- wore
can
and
had
lt.l
to
EDMONDSON TOPS HYATT
AS SOUTIIEliS SLUGGER
Nppttklnn hontcra,
look im 11 Hir Veu orl
Id pttlVO RM lnil Hi tlH) POtM Ullfl fCtit
:ii tin rn gOOtl In! VMM, rMN'lllI
l III lilt watt, Bo nuf IllOJ lia
I 1 M..1 ruin ifnmeM vrlUi iiM-innaii
and Iiatv Iohj three of the four mhI
tho 1 who Innl winter nttlitiiilM(lonll)
IwtekiHl Mvi.r.iu nnd hi- ffflng to tu
II walKjiuay In l lie National lcAru
race tliln year nre bejrinnlDji to ihlfl
tinciwll) in their i hairs,
flood nftwi oonM frotn tin
asl for Roy Moort aiwi Nut
Jackson ThAnki to tht lunrtintr
r- II UN : 1 1 t I ill lit V nf fMTt'liM',
ivtt Htrtnan pOeTattgsor f tlx
ban turn wetshl orown Han ro-
dUCSd to ill' "iint wIm-i ti
ncatc ih poundi rlnssldfl
other ba ntaniwolshti whp
khvii t ii 1 1 fiat herwelghu
lift'it at'if to Kft liarU lnwii
tin required poumhiKt hk lIh
It mlhl he uraucd that thlH Ih hud
newe In that it tnoreMM the field "f
elliclblea; bul not ho, both Moore and
Jaokaoni Who alwayi have bean nnd
perhapl always will I"- l'Ktt i niti t
bantantei are hunaerlna for more
worldi to conquer. Both have been
Bgalnei the champion, both have vle
torlei over hlrn, and juHt hh toon as
ho y.fts hark Into the na rn in t k o
thf woodi with them they are al
miiHt certain t he uecumtnoduteil
with a oraok at the UUe
Paul ohfa Going Baric.
CliiVVKLAKD, June 9. Haul Cobb,
a tirother of the famoUi Ty. Ih now
a nieinher of a team In the Cleveland
baaeball league, Paul formerly played
in the Western league, n t an outfielder.
r -
The Yah Hold 1917 J
BY WALTER CAMP
See now the soul of the llowl.
Rare to the moonlight's sofe
beams.
Bmpty of i rowd and of noise,
Qreenswsrd
teams.
What did It
i 'ompassed
son! Ii "
Anguish an
left torn by the
hold
and
in Its keep,
pent up, for-
.earnings so tense,
Primitive passions of youth'
Never a bowl In Its day
Held hrew mi head) ami strong.
Maiden an I Matron drank deep,
'llit tiling il Nature's old song!
youth at Its masterful stretch,
True t i its power and place,
Primitive masculine Voulh,
Breed and the blood of the
Bade..
nswc now, soul -if the Howl,
What of yom- breed? Shall they
fall f
Maiden and Matron defend,
od and Country, Old Vale!
And whit Is true of the V.ile
Bowl Is true of the Harvard and
I'rlnceton Stadlunn nnd ot the
boys of Oklahoma, Cornell, Co
lumbia, Pennsylvania Brown,
Colgate, D.-iitsmout ii, Syracuse,
Michigan, Wisconsin. Minesota
ami the hundreds of others.
Athletes thrUOUt this broad land
have gone en masse to the
ci li 1 1
Ty Cobb Is back In Ills old-time
batting form. The celebrated Oeorg
Ian. according to unofficial averages
released today, has Jumped from
seventh to third place In tho list of
American league batters. Ills uver
age Is gig, Tils Speaker Is out In
front with ,,
Cobb pd up thirty points in his
last seven games, getting five hits
two triples, a double, and a pair of
singles - Inone gonteel He has
driven out i hits in 43 games. Chan
man or Cleveland, increased his iad
as the premier sacrifice hitter and
bass stealer, hiniK thirty sacrifice.
lilts I,, ,H oredit and l.i thefts Ruth
also of Cleveland, Is pressing him
with I I stolcnt bases.
Leading batters lor IwcntN or more
fames: Speaker, Cleveland, .305;
rtumler, st Louis, 848; Cobb, De
troit. 116; Molnnla, Philadelphia,
32f,: Walker. Huston, 314; Strung,
Philadelphia, 302, Wambaganss,
1 b-i el. in, I, ;ii; Chapman. Cleveland
-'". Sillier, St, Louis. .300; Milan'
Washington, .298.
Tlie Ic.iillui: pitchers who have par.
tlclpati.l in ten or more games, rated
according t,, earn,-, I runs per game,
arc;
! W L. K it.
Clciitte. Chicago . . . . 1 j on
Uumont, Washington II 2 4 109
Boott, Chicago 12 4 4 l.lf
Russell. Chicago ... 13 6 2 1.48
I. eon. 11 ,1. Huston ... II fl 4 l,g
Coveleekle, Cleve ... 12 7 3 1.50
Danforth, Chicago., 12 1 1 1 S8
tlnllbi. Washington.. J 4 ijj
Shore, Ibmton 10 8 2 1.R7
Bush, Philadelphia., 12 4 1 1.77
Hoi ind. Detroit .... 10 8 1 1.H5
May. ! oston to 5 1 2.04
Barns ami Bonsli Tledn
W ith an average of .347, Hums of
New fork, and Roush of Cincinnati,
are tie, I for hatting honors among
the regulars in the National league.
Jack Smith of SI. Louts, lender a
week ago. is ten points behind them.
Durns took the lead in runs scored
with 2!i and Deal of Chicago, became
the leader In sacrifice hitting with
13 Zelder of Chicago, added another
stolen base to his record and leads
uith n total of 11 Qravath of Phila
delphia, maintained his lead in home,
run hitting with six. Philadelphia Is
out In front In team batting with an
mirage of 7H The averages In
clude games of last Wednesiluy.
Leading batters for twenty or more
games:! Burns, New Vork, .347:
RoUSh, Cincinnati, .341; Urlfflth. Cin
cinnati. ,3IU; Cruise. St. Louis. 33;
Jack Smith. St Louis, 337; Kllllfer.
Philadelphia, .323; Fischer, Pitts
burgh, 523; Kauff. New Vork. 3IS;
Whltted, Philadelphia, .305, Cravath,
Philadelphia, 303. wheat, Brooklyn,
.80:'.
The leading pitchers who hnve
worked in ten or more games, rated
nci ording to earned runs per game,
ate:
O. W L. E ll.
Anderson, N. v 10 t; 2 l.ss
Carlson. Pittsburgh.. 10 3 2 1-8T
I Ames. St Louis ... 15 5 2 1.88
Prsndergiurt, Chicago 12 2 l 1.94
Alexander, Phlla. .. 11 9 3 2.12
aughnn, Chicago . . 12 7 6 2.21
Jacobs, Pittsburgh .10 1 4 2.21
MeadoWS, St Louis.. 1 2 5 3 2.22
Aldlidge, Chicago ..10 4 t 2.35
'Douglas. Chicago ... 13 6 3 2.39
failure. Hiooklyn ..In 4 3 2.42
Toney, Cinelnnattl. . 13 h 5 .2.48
NATIONAL POSTPONED
GAMES ARE SCHEDULED
New York ami Boston Have
Double-Headers on Account
of Spring Rains.
"Ham" Hyatt, Chattanooga, nns
been dethroned as leading batter In
the Southern association, by Bdraoftd-
son. New Orleans, who was tn
"Runner up" last week, according to
averages which Include games of last
Tuesday.
Hyatt, however has stepped out In
front as the leading run getter. Hav
ing scored six times in the week. Hi
now leads with tl Knaiipp, New
i Irleens, made another sacrifice hit
during the week nnd brought bis total
Up to 30, which tops the list in that
department. He niso pulled farther
to the front In the base stealing divis
ion an I leads with 15 thefts, Coving
ton, Little Rock, hns tied McDonald.
Atlanta, for honie-riinm-i s, each hav
ing made six. Atlanta, with .278,
leads In club batting.
" Leadln:: batter.'-, who have played In
20 or more games nre: FMmnndsnn.
New Orleans. .362; MeyeTS, Mobile,
,351; Pltler, Chattanooga, ,181; Hyatt,
Chattanooga. .34X; Covington, Little
Rock. .347; Knlseley. Nashville, .337:
Plclnlrh, Atlanta, .330; Mumh. At
lanta, .332; Koran, Atlanta. .32-':
smith. Birmingham, . 3 1 6 ; h. W
ilukcr. New Orleans, .312.
Football Misnomer; Harvard Man
Urges Clu ning Name of Grid Game
Football is a fraud so far as the
name of the sport is concerned, and
It's a Harvard aluntnUS who makes
the discovery. iiecause of that,
Richard S. Francis ot Philadelphia,
wants the name of the gridiron pas
time to be changed.
Poo t ball leads anyone to believe
that there Is some connection be
tween the fool and the ball. There
generally Is when Charley Brickie) or
some other of tho wondrous dr ip kick
ers of the age are doing the trick, but
Mr. pranols, by delving into the math
ematical phase of the game, lias dis
covered that on the average the ball
is kicked only once in nearly 22 plays,
and that 'football" as a title for the
game Is a gross misnomer.
Mr. FYttncls wrote a ietter to the
Harvard Alumni Bulletin In which lie
protests against the name of the game,
nnd offered raggesUons for unusual
reforms Ills letter Is In part as fol
lows ' My crusade to reform football Is
finished except for two points. Tha
first Is the name Itself. On consid
eration ou will discover that the
name of every other well-known
game either describes It accurately, or
ROt at all. For instance the terms
basketball, rowing, handball ami base
bail describe the fundamental part ol
the games to which each Is attached.
'On the other hand, '.he word 'golf
means nothing. 'Tennis,' too, means
same- the ball never souashes, so far
las I can discover. 'W hist' is simply
an (-xcUimitlon demanding silence.
'an, has no other connection With the
game of tho same name. 'Chess' IIH-
simpl) a more or less vulgar 'orni of
'yes.' Hockey' not only menus noth
ing, unless, perch nice, it was erlgln-
jai.y indulged in by those who played
i h'M.kcv but has no connection with
the ve rb to hook,' to tho best of my
-an w b-iR-e.
"Thus it is apparent that the names
of all gimes except football are honest
---at least, (here Is no Intention to de
! eele---wher.'is football parades Itself
1 under a misleading cognomen. I have
compiled, by arduous labor, statistics
which show that on the average the
i hail is kicked only once in is 3S plays,
; In other words, the promise of the
I'Ppllratl ui of the boot to the ball i-.
not fulfilled, which might he culled
sharp practice and not in keeping with
the fine sportsmanship Otherwise SO
much in evidence In the garni."
NEW VORK. .lune 9. -The follow
ing list of dates fixed for playing Na
tional league postponed and tie games
was issued today:
At Huston With Rrooklyn. Sept
5. ti and 7. two games each day; Willi
New Vork. June 20 (2); with' Phila
delphia. Sept. (I); with Pittsburgh,
duly 10 (2), July Is (1); with Cin
cinnati, July 7 (21; with St. Louis,
July 11 (2); tile protested game of
April 17 with Philadelphia has le er,
oi dered replayed on Sept 12, all open
dute.
At Hiooklyn -June 23. 23 and 2H,
two games each day; with Philadel
phia, June 18 12), Juno 30 121. with
Pittsburgh, July 14 12); with Clncln
natl, July 21 (2 1.
At New Vork -With ltoston, June
29 12); with Brooklyn, Aug. 13. 4 ami
15. two games each day; with Cincin
nati. July 14 it); with St. Louis, July
7 1 2); with Philadelphia. Sept. b,
and 7. two games each duy. Data
for a fourth Philadelphia postponed
game to be fixed later.
At Philadelphia with Boston,
Aug. 30 (!.'); with Brooklyn, June 20
(2); with New Vork. June it t2;
with St Louis, July 21 (2).
At Pittsburgh With Chicago, Juno
21 (1). open date, June 23 (2); with
St. Louis July 3 (1), open dale, Aug.
30 i 2)
At Cincinnati- With Huston, Vug.
s iji, with Pittsburgh. July 1 i3);
with Chicago, June It (2).
At Chicago With St. l.uuU) June
29 111, open date.
At St. Louis With Chicago, Juno
26 nnd 87 und Sept. 2. two guinea
such duy.