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SCHEDULE IS WASHINGTON, D. *C-Coach Morrison has called the Howard Uni vesity Football Warriors to report for practice, Friday, September IS. From then until November 30, when "The Annual Foothall Classic of the Year" i-. played at American League Park, Washington, the foothall world will be tilled with stories of the prowes? of the representatives of the two out. standing foothall teams. Howard is out to win. Lincoln is out to w in. May the best team win I Despite many misleading .store a to the contrary, this "annual classic" will he played this year in Washington at the American League Tark, and not in Philadelphia, Baltimore, or any phi other than the Nation's Capital. The business arrangements (or the gam-, by note of the Howard University Board of Trustees, will remain in the hands of the business administration of the university. Game to Be Played in the Morning Dr. Emmett J. Scott, secretary-treas urer of Howard, announces that the reason the game is to be played in the jnorr.iug at ten-thirty o’clock instead of jn the afternoon a. formerly o tha* Howard is in position to guarinUf but one outstanding game every other year tr th Managetm : t of the Amer ican League Park, while Georgetown and Georgi W 1 hingt >11 X'nivirsitie both popular institutions located here, have rnterotl into contract to stage their annua! Thank gning clash at the American League Park in Washington and to play all of their other home games also at the sm : park, thereby guaranteeing from four to <ix events each year in addition to the stellar Thanksgiving Day attraction. The arrangement entered into this year, however, as Inf*, ecu Howard I’nivcrsity, Georgetown I’nivcrsity and the management or the American League Park 1* that the Howard gam shall be played at 10 30 in the morn mg, allowing ample time ior the grounds to L implied, and tor the Georgetown-George Washington game to be staged at 2 30 o'clock In the afternoon. Thousands Expected at the Game The thousands of visitors who will be roni.ng t<» tiic game will reach' Washington, Wednesday night, No - icmbcr 29, for the var<ou* festivities being arranged in their honor and will proceed wjunidut ly after breakfast Thanksgiving morning, to the Ameri can League Park tor the classic event of the year. Dr. Scott a! - m i time that ’ht Howard L’niver- • ::dm;:.» nation hu arranged two n < i-punn-. m honor ot the footbal teams and visitors at the Coliseum—-one imtned..it* ly toll my the game, from 2 to 0 o'cluck, and another in the inning ipuii 8 * 12 o’clock, at which latter time tin mem bers of tin Howard-Lincoln Football S'juads will be present to be f- rmallv introduced to the thou-amL 11 attend ance The arr in pet tor t) entertainment of the visitors arc now full and complete. Additional Seats Provided The American League Park lias had about 10,000 additional grand stand and bos. scats added since the last game (1920) was played, in addition to that, ■ -me 7,000 teats will this year be placed on the South Side lines, thereby affording full opportunity for each and every \i-itor to sec every movement of the players The Howard schedule for 1922 is as follows: Oct. 7—Open Dati at V -hi; Oct. 14—Virginia rheological Sem inary and College, at Washington. Oct. 21—Agricultural and Technical College of Greensboro, N. C at W.-h ington. * Oct. 28—Virginia Union Uni’d’.-i': at Richmond, \ a Nov. 4—Morgan Colley. 1 Wash ington. Nov. 11—Virginia Normal and In dnstrial Institute, at Petersburg, V* Nov. 1R—Hampton Institute, at Washington. Nov. 30—Lincoln University, a! Washington. In 1920, Dr. Scott denominated the Lincoln-Howard football game of that year "The Football Classic of tne Year.” This slogan was accepted the country over as an apt description of this annual event. AH eyes arc now turned toward the American League Park. Thursday morning, Thanksgiv ing Day, at 10:30 o’clock, when the 1922 Football Classic will he staged by’ these two outstanding institutions of learning. WINS SECOND PUCE IN AUTO DACE MEET WICHITA, Kansas, September 6—. Ernst Gayden, of Kansas City, Kansas, was the only colored racer to compete in the Auto Race Meet held at Meridian Speedway today. Mr. Gayden had a nafrrow escape from death in the races. Hi^specially built Marmon was attempt ini^o pass a Dusenberg on a very sharp and dangerous curve, when the latter skidded into the Marmon. This, how ever, did not prevent young Gayden (only 21 years of age) from landing in second place. The race was a sixty-mile free for all, and Gayden’s time was 1:112:103-15 sec. Ernst spent the summer months in Chicago, where he has many friends, and all of them will be glad to learn of bis success on the track. SPORTIVELY ^PEAKING Dy Al Monroe s,,um Mis«. Lizzie." now appearing •it til- \uditorium 'I heatre under th« personal direction of Creamer and Layton producers of tin show, was tlie cause of our trip to the loop early tn tlie week. Messrs. Creamer and Layton arc presenting what ha9 cor n 1‘ \ is a ■ liar .if r. o nun Some of the numbers are fit for the "book." About others we cannot say a- much, however, the show is well staged and acted. In fact it is these Mtialities that tide the performance to tie degree of esteem that it now en joys at tlie big loop play house. o\ tile* numbers arc what yours truly call "not so good.” Some a bit rough, but these arc so well acted ami appreciatively brief until one hard ly has time to realize this fact. It is •t great show, something every Chi cagoan should see. Lets go. Mothr- Seams. M inor number of the Prairie Tennis Club, has set ail ex ample for those younger members of Iv nub who aspire for topmost laurels. \\ ith something like CO years pasted on the age page, more than 30 years record'd m the Tennis column. Mrs. S«am> ■' still able to hot competition for the best of our numerous stars iu the racket world. Just last year Mrs. Seams threw a scare into the local as well as the national championship camps, she was most crtainlv a dangcrors runner-up in each of the tournament*. It i- a remarkable example of what conditioning and proper care of the svstem mil do Join the club young girL. Have a tew moments chat dailv let her teach ou a few pointers on caring for tin .v-1rni It will not only nnke you a •r• ...» tem m player, hut carries match 1 cs - aid i r tho-r who hope to tare the essential duties of a house wife. Yo»» tel urn. Much has been said both pro and . thi ability of the leading negro team* as compared with the whit.- dubs ti it comprise the* National and American league. Some arguing that were "we” given a chance we could put a number of teams to corn pan favorably with those* teams in the tsdd With apologies, to “Bill” we should like to -av that the latter, a man who ha* been rlordv associated th and It • • - It * folly to c nnnarr them ." Anv wav, whether the Sox train* r is right or ong, lie has certainly convinced to .it least th« uric, of a meal. Hill d that D Kerr backed with n bunch of cx-b-i-mn s would drub the < nt 11 lit cliff* rent and oh well, luckil** •' • 'Uts was atl w* had in our " fv< n until th< - nd of the game, aft i w hirli we had less. Who next ' I he point wt were stnK,:l* •1,U I in the above article is this: We have received mime! ous letters the past week asking us to inform the world that Cleveland did not by any means ap: prove of tilt seemingly unfair hit ot .rtion that was handed their team by the officials ot the Negro National League It ss ms that the President ot the league called off a regular sched uled game, with the Cleveland club i. a w hite team because tt seemed like a better proposition financially. Spare will not permit us to publish any of the letter, bill, see think it tair to t|i- 1 onfid- ut' they have shown m our „.,li.;y to at I- u-t reproduce t heir at k upon the league officials. Whether Mr IJncknt i is tight or wron-, the one thing we do know is: It the U-agu. I- going to allow finances to take the pri ten nee over the nee tssitic „f tin- (tain . iml the development ot and Ians to support tln-m, the\ 't I,, ■ it "Mint to ascend to tile | int wl i there will be no qui stion U to tk ability ot negro base ball. 11 Soilic time ago vie referred to Ilugb < ' hicago Daily I ribime , i genius of -port writers due to I1,;, match],- ability as a "Dopster 1 11 vou should ask Mr. bulb.ton if he knew that bis selection m regard to r, garde,1 a- that for which tile .<tor N stands lu would undoubtedly be too modest to answer in the affirmative. I in however exactly what Hugh fJor„- to some it may seem like in unconscious act ncycr-thclcss it ts tnin a scries of articles, just ended Mr Fullerton started out to dope tin outcome of the probable meeting bc tween lack Dempsey, white. heavy weight champ an and Harry Wills logi cal rhalf Mger. fhe stone- became a national is-,e. fans from the Allan tie "o the Pa. ilie were wont to know upon which of the fighters Hugh was to lay his miraculous hand and pronounce 1 ; " h,s l, m,( ss a token of to,-mob at the rcmicst ot the1 referee. DM MfKh do it? It is a hit of sad news for those few who did not see Mr. b'ulbrion's final ar ticle, but in ke. oing w-th our nohey r( mint tell the world he d'd not. for p-rhaps the first tunc m his life i,e failed to enliahten u» on a subnet wc were aux'ous to knowIt »i' | terrible situation, ncrbnps rivaling that if "Casev ;-t the bat,” the count was three and two on the erand old dorter. Hit wr have scu Hn] in thw i-,r>1 cbefore and .watched him battle himself out. , • i. . • „ Fullerton came out ajri^nt ana in a marvelous manner or perhaps wc should sav his iinimi'aMc manner, but (be sad feature about it all is that hr. i.fi „«• k >!r. Tr',11crto*i said: A lucky punch is Wills only chance to, NEW YORK, Sept. 11—Jack Demp sey and Harry Wills may meet in the ring at the Polo grounds on the after noon of October 12, or Saturday, Octo ber 14. The Republic A. C. within a day or so will wait on the New York boxing commission, ready to meet every condi tion, with slight modification, demanded by William Muldoon, chairman, in con nection with the promotion of the match. John M- O'Conner president of the Republic A. C, will tell the boxing com mission that: A bona lidc offer has been made to lack Detnp cy, the heavyweight cham pion : ... Harry Wills, the boxing commissions recognized challenger, ha- been signed; Semrity of $2511,000 will be provided; A gem-red admission as low as $2 will be charged. . , These are the paramount conditions imposed by the commission. In addition to meeting these the Republic A. C. will suggest that; Muldoon in bull Power William Muldoon, chairman of the \cw York state athletic commission, shall act in conjunction with the pro moter' a’lii have full direction and su pers! o :i cf the match, including all finances. If there is anything in the nature of an ext • ' profit a tax may he levied in lav.ir of any charity or charities named. •■|n regard to the general admission of $2. my dub i- prepared to meet this condition,'’ said O Connor. "Mr. Mul doon has suggested that -40,000 general admissions he placed on sale at $2, hut 1 believe, that Mr. Muldoon, on careful consideration, will agree that it would make for impossible confusion to at tempt to handle a general admission of any such sire. I also am of the opinion that an admission of that sise might at tract a preponderance of an clement such a. Mr. Muldoon would not approve. The Club's Proposed Scale "Hire is the scale of a (mission my plan to Mr. Muldoon will prerent: >0,000 at 52.$ 40,000 “siooo at S3. 15.000 5,000 at $5. 25,0(10 5.000 at $101. 50,000 10.000 at $15.... 150000 15,ini i at $2t.... 300,000 20 000 .it >25 . 500,000 Total .$1,080,000 "It will be seen that more than 25 per cent of tin total attendance will he ad mitted at 52 each, arid that two-fifths will be admitted at $3 or less. It this is commercial avarice and an excessive profit results my club still stands ready to submit to any additional reasonable tax that will turn over a portion of the profits to any charity or charities sug gested." Terms cf Both Boxers The club -aid it had signed Wills for 12'A per cent of tile receipts. The com mission ruled that only 50 per cent may be given for the feature bout. Thus Dcmp ey i- left 57j'j per cent of the re ceipts, or, to put it another way, he would get 75 per cent of the boxers’ share. Here is w-hat the principals would get it the commission agrees to the propo sals of the club and Dempsey signs up; Estimated gate receipts, 51,(Ml 000; Dempsey's share, $395,000; Wills' share, $125,000, promoter's share, $560.0181, All expenses of the tnateh would of course have to be paid out of the pro moter's share and these, i' 1 - estimated, would total at least $200,000. DINS CRESCENTS DETROIT, Mich.. Sept. 9.—The Crescents, New Orleans Southern champ pion of the south, went down to defeat in th: nr-t game of the carded three ','.11111: -i rics here, the local leaguers walking "ll With the contest by .-core of ,i to - The Southerners could do noth ing with the delivery of Bill Force, grab bing hut three widely scattered blows, while the local liurler breezed nine of them. “Lefty" ucas pitched winning ball, but the offense of his mates waxed too weak for results. After two were out in the second inning, a single, an error following another base blow gave th Crescents their first rim. A base on balls, a sacrifice, and a two ply smack in the seventh gave them the second run. Wesley tore off a home run with j two out in the first, when the locals scored one run. A single, a double fol lowed by a double smack, gave the home team two runs in tile fifth. The score: Detroit .100 020 0*ix—o 7 1 New Orleans ...010 000 100—2 3 1 Runs—Wesley, 1 : Riggins, 1; Wil Jiams 1-3: G. Wilson, 1; A. Wilson, 1-2. Errors—Force, Pryor. Two-base hits — Harris, Williams, Lane. Home run— Wesley. Sacrifice hit—A. Wilson. Base on balls—Off Force, 2. Strut*!; out—By Force. 9. Batteries—Force, Williams; ucas, Gee. cop,” which in itself is certainly no news we have known since the existence ot the squared circle arguing that many a fight lias terminated in favor of the man who is first to land the lucky punch. We did not expect Hugh to give the world his opinion of such an in teresting argument especially of this nature, so long before the time tor the fight. It would have been had business, a blow to the financial end, most assuredly the time is not ripe for a man of Mr. Fullerton’s prestige to speak. The men arc not matched yet. oh, no,, far be it. from such. Anyway wc are glad its over, but the thing wc wanted to tell the world is: It was a hit of child play characteristic of a child about nine, certainly not Ful lerton. GOURDIN AND BUTLER BEATEN INBROA1 IUMP NEWARK, N. J.. Sept. O.-Those who expected to see Gotirdinof Harvard repeat his record breaking performances oi last year and easily capture the run ning broad jump in the National V A. U. track and field meet, or had visions of seeing our own Sol Butler give the Harvard star a bitter fight for the hon ors in this particular event, were given the surprise of their lives last Saturday afternoon when one Dehart Hubbard of Cincinnati easily outdistanced the two national and world’s champions at this event. Hubbard was entered in the junior meet Friday and experienced little trou ble topping the field in several of the important events including the broad jump, the hop, step and jump. And on Saturday he was again entered, in the senior meet. It was in this particular contest that Hubhard distinguished him self. Gourdin. who startled tlv world with a leap of more than 25 feet last year during the international meet, and Sol Butler, for a long time recognized as national champion, were also to take part. It was undoubtedly a task for the lad, one we should be likely to ’’want” to dodge. Hubbard did not. He went into the race, and to the surprise of the several thousand who looked on, out distanced both the super-jump men. (jotudin finished second while Butler fin ished third. Hubbard's jump set a new record for the broad jump in the A. A. V. tournament. The former record holder was H. T. Worthington of the Boston A. A. His mark was 23 feet 1 inch, made in 1DJ4. Norfolk Beats Anderson in Eight BOSTON’, Mass., Sept. 1!.—Kid Norfolk, who a short time ago was a victim of the invisible punch admin istered by the powerful Harry Wills, proved that he is not a set-up for the undergrads, at least, by gaining a well earned decision over Lee Anderson hi re tonight. Norfolk was easy the master of the situation all the way. In the very first stanza he sent a smashing right to the jaw that made Anderson groggy; it was a terrific punch and had the kid landed the second attempt at the same • pot it would have undoubtedly meant the raspberries for Anderson. It was surely bum management that did not make him continue the lead he had so easily gained with this wallop. STUNS WIN SNONT ONE DETROIT, Mick, Sept 10.—Detroit Stars defeated the Crescents of New Or leans, southern colored league champ ions, at Mack Park, Sunday, in the. con cluding game of the series. 3 to 0. Rain stopped the game in the fifth. Score: DETROIT STARS . „ „ AB H O A Lane, 3b . 3 l 0 ® Rig^itu*. ss . 3 1 0 4 Warfield, 2l> . 2 1 I L1 Wesley, lb . 2 2 ft 1 Smith, rf .. ..3 1 \ 9 Thomas, m . 2 0 0 0 Jr.iv>, It . 2 0 0 0 william . c.. • 2 0 $ 0 H'-lland, V . 2 1 0 0 Totals.• 15 3 NEW ORLEANS AB ir O A Pryor, 2b . 3 1 1 l Tack sen, ss . 3 l 0 3 Collin*. lb . 3 11* T*. Wil.vm, lb. 2 0 ? 3 a. W'iltM-.n, rf. 2 0 0 1 V Wilson, m . 1 1 \ •> Harris, If .. 2 0 2 0 fid. c . 3 it 1 t Alexander, p .. 2 0 1 0 Totals.. ... 20 4*14 7 •Two out when game was called account rain. | Detroit .2 0 1 0 *— .V New Orleans .0 0 0 0 0—0 1 R'.ins—Riggiiw, Warfield, Wesley. Errors— W'ecley, Jackson. Two-base bits—Wesley, A Wilson. Sacrifice*—A. Wilson, Warfield. Stoler a sc—Warfield. Bases on balls —Off Holland 2. Alexander 1. Struck out—By Holland 3. _ DETROIT, MICH.. Sept. 7—The American Giants of Chicago defeated the Stars here today in the final game of the series and as » result captured the series, two games to one. It was a tightly contested affair, featured with spectacular fielding and diver base run ning. Score: Giants.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1—3 10 2 Stars .0 0010010 0—2 8 1 Batteries—Brown and Brown; Hol land and Petway. Tate's Hand O. K "Bill" Tate, "Kid" Howard's protege, who has been on the shelf since his fight with Jack Thompson, has just about recovered and will start light training today. Manager Howard said today that he intended taking Tate to New York in a few days in an effort to land a match with Wills. It would be a good thing to have Tate and Wills meet again and settle that little argument of theirs that ter minated in a "DRAW” some time ago when they fought a pair of fights that was classed as one. The Easterners are not willing to concede Tate a chance with Wills and a meeting would be well received by them. TDI KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 10-Bul ! let Kogan was himself here today, and the American Giants of Chicago, leaders i of the league, did not have a ghost of a chance. The final score was: Mon* arr.hs 10; Giants 3. The Monarchs staked Rogan to a trey run lead in the first inning. In their half of the second, the Chicagoans came within one of tying the count. The third produced nothing but a number of strikeouts and fly outs and a lot of bril liant fielding, but iu the fourth, Moore, the hard hitting shortstop of the Mon archs, iced the game away by sending one of the long: I drives of the season over the right field away with one otj. It was a terrific wallop, perhaps the longct of stlie cason, clearing the right field, wall by 20 teet. Dave Brown started on the hill top for the Windy City bunch, but was chased in the very first frame when a barrage of Kansas City blows sent him to the showeys. Owens, the young collegian, finished the game, but most any old boy might have finished the game with the same re sults the way Kogan was pitching. Score: CHICAGO AB R HPO A Gardner, If . 4 1 t 0 0 Demoss, 2b . 3 Cl 0 4 t f.> ons, cf .*. 4 0 0 t 1 I. Brown, c... 2 119 2 Beckwith, 3b . 4 0 1 0 2 Williams, ss . 4 12 4.' Malarcia. ri" . 3 0 0 0 0 Grant, lb . 3 0 1 o 1 Brown, p . I'l o 0 u 0 Ov ■ p . 3 0 1 I' Totals .30 2 7 24 JO MONARCHS All R II PO A Hawkins, lb . 3 3 1 8 0 Duncan, c . 4 1 2 11 I Moore, ss . 4 3 3 2 4 McNair, If . 3 111! Rogan, p .. 4 0 1 2 2 Johnson, rf .. 4 0 2 ! 0 Joseph, 3b . 3 0 0 0 1 Anderson, 2b . 3 1 ! 1 2 Carr, cf . 3 t 1 1 0 Totals.31 10 11 27 11 The score by innings: Chicago .020001000— 3 Monarch* .3 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 10 The surrmarv: Errors— Duncan, Gardner, J. Brown 3, Williams. Two-base bits-—Williams, Beckwith. Owen*. Carr. Johnson, Duncan. Home run—Moore. Sacrifices—Johnson, J Brown, Demoss. Stolen bases—Hawkins. Carr. T. Brown. Double plays—Anderson to Hawkins, Win*ann to Demos* to Grant. B’^cs on balls —Off Brown 3, off Owens 1, off Kogan 2. Struck out—By Regan 9, by Brown 1. by Owens 5. Hi**—Off Brown 2 in one. Hit by pitched ba” —McNair by Brown. Anderson by Owens. lime rf game—2:30. Umpires— Wheeler and Boyle. US A FIGHTER. TUT IS SOI FARMER NEW YORK, Sent. 8—"Tut'' Jack son, erstwhile aspirant to heavy weight p-’gilistic supremacy, is going hack to his farm near Washington Court House, Ohio, having decided last T«esdav night that the knocks one gets in the hang-up world of fisti cuffs arc altogether too hard. A strapping, happy-go-lucky chap. "Tut" was lured from his farm hy the glamor of the riti" He found that money came easier if one could win, •md stayed on. He had a great time for a while. He knocked out some thing like 40 opponents, and then, one night, he got into a ring with the aged Sam Langford. Sam, vears aco. was one of the "reatest heavywe:ghts in the business. ' But Sam is ot’lv a shadow of his pu-dhstic self. "Tut" knocked him out. 1 and the country heard about it. "T”t” then made 't known t'-at he would like ; to meet Harry Wills, who is after Dempsey’s title. He met him !a«t Tuesday night, i They poked gloves at each other for two rounds and two minutes and five seconds of another, when Wills swung a riuht to Jackson's kidneys. "Tut" tried to get nn, hut couldn’t. THEY CANT STOP HIM “Bullet” Rogan, K. C. 1-linger. Perhaps the most consistent iliuger in the Negro National league, or any other league lor that matter, is ''Bullet” Ro gan of the Kansas City Monarchs. Ro gan is the one pitcher that sec know of who has few, if any, had days. We have seen him twirl two games a week, and in the second game he was just as effective as in the first. If there is any such thing as a man not knowing his ability, it is certainly “Bullet.” He is certainly a great little dinger. Ask Rube. Mana ger Crawford called on Rogan to stop the Giant onrush Sunday, and he did it and had very little or no trouble at all. He beat the Fosters 10-.5. Besides being a great pitcher, Rogan is one of the hardest and most consistent hitters in the league, and a great outfielder. There are few like him. 1Y BOSS IS SOI FIGHTER,” SAYS JACK THOMPSON About tbc best way to determine the ability of Jack Thompson. Dempsey's sparring partner is to tell the world , that the best thing he does is telling the world how good his boss is. Dempsey may be a good tighter and Kearns may compel his employees to act as P. A.’s in order to hold their jobs, if so this is alright with us. But we do contend that Kearns should —t men who do not publicly admit j they are in the employ of the champ, to act as Dempsey propagandist. 1 f i Thompson believes that Dempsey is \ the greatest fighter in the world to- : day, thats his opinion, we may have i the same opinion but we are certainly not going out and try to keep Wills out of a crack at the title by saying Wills is a set-up for the champ. It might he amus'ng to Thompson to know that he has discovered some thing that the best critics haw been knocking at for some time and failed to pierce. Even Fullerton couldn't solve it fully. | Standing | Teams G. W. L. Pet. Chicago .SO 33 1/ .6601 Kansas City.70 43 27 .614 Detroit .65 38 27 .588 Indianapolis ... 75 41 52 .562 St. Louis.5.8 10 19 .500 Pittsburgh .>7 16 21 .452 Cleveland .44 17 27 .386 Cubans .47 18 29 .385; CUSCO UK II DOUBLES, SAYS MONROE Tennis players in Chicago as well as other parts of the mid-west must devote more time to the study of the game than they ha've in the past. Changes ac company every successful activity of mankind, and this makes it imperative for one who wishes to become a good player to know something about the sci game and to familiarize him* suit with the changes that must necessar* ilv come about from year to year. My article lan week dealt with the changes in stroking the ball and showed how skillfully Brown has developed a driving game in comparison to the slow or chop str ike game, which is goiug to completely revolutionize the game of ingles. What Sir Edgar Brown has done in singles Talley Holmes and Syl vester Smith have done in doubles. Players who are aspiring to become •tars in doubles would do well to imi tate the Holmes and Smith combination. Their team work and generalship on the court is almost perfect. This combina tion has won every tournament in doubles (except one; for the last four years. The secret of their many victories is due to court position. They arc both either tip near the net or both are at the base line, and most of the time they are both about 8 or 10 feet from the net. It is this position that they try to hold, and from which they do their deadly volleying When Holmes is serving, his partner, Smith, stands about 8 ic-ct from the net. and after serving he runs up to the same position that his partner has in the other half oi the court. The great fault (and one that is unpardonable) with the pta\ers especially in the mid west, is that they utterly ignore this system or style of play, notwithstanding the fact that the best critics advocate it. It seems as if most of the players have formed the idea that to play doubles one player must be "perched” on top of the net, or about one foot from it. while the other one remains in the barklield, not only during the serv ice, but during a rally. A more erron eous idea of play could not be formed than this. It is evident that as long as one player is at the net and the other in the back-field, that there is an open angle at all times, in that half of the court to the side of the net man, through which the ball may be driven with tell ing effect. There are numerous other reasons whv such a style of play cannot be successful. If the players will assay the net on every advantageous occasion and learn to volley or hit the ball before it touches the ground, it will not be long the mid-west will produce a doubles team that will equal the Holmes Smith combination; but we must change our whole system of double playing in order to do so. CHARLESTON IS BES1 CIRCUIT CL OUTER PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 8.— Oscar Charleston, the great center fielder of the Indianapolis A. B. C.'s again proved himself to be the peer of home run hitters in colored baseball when he smacked out two clean homers in an im portant clash with the Hilldales, last week, and running his total up to twenty four homers for the season, Mackey, his teammate, who cavorts around the sliorstop territory also got a homer in the game with the Pennsylvan ians, making his total 18 for the season. \l »:ent to Swimmiac Duci Hub mi S«|i. Fuh.nj To Job MRS. EMMA LAWRENCE MODERN ACCOMMODATION? FOR TOURISTS REASONABLE RATES. COMFORTBLE ROOMS. GOOD MFALS S9 William St.. So. rralint Ont