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CfTPI nrAV V N .I IIhuiJ I I I ff..K 1 IT' nt , ...USUI mi. at r-vx FIGURES NOT CONCLUSIVE IN JUDGING SERIES CONTENDERS 'Athlcti llctics and Braves Should Ralhcr Than Averages Than Rivals in t There nrc three ways by which some conclusion regarding the relative strength of the Athletics and Boston Braves may be reached. Pure guess work may serve In the end ns well ns an attempted analy sing However, when the teams are ana lysed there nrc two processes which tuny kbe used figures alone and a comparison based on judgment, regardless ot mat he- liatlcs lOtivlously nny one who cares to arrive what ho believes to be a decision on i result of the world's scries will Im- liedlately discard blind chance. Hence khe'flcld narrows down to a dissection of Lie tennis either on the basis of averages on a non-mathematlcnl adjudgement. btalncd from witnessing the men In ptlon. We believe that this last Is a Iethod which would stand a competent iBerver In the best stead. Fudging the Athletics and Hrnes on I'orngefl Is as apt to bring one to on jmcous conclusion as the prediction llior'-e race based on tin- time tun Is. have made In the past. On the that a given horse Is "doped ou to Jtet track may be muddy, 01 a hun- othcr circumstances may comwno Bulllfy the chances. So It Is In all ball games; then-fore It is true in me of the Uoston ana i-niiaaeipnia Bi-.3. Ike. for Instance, the averages of the fton and Athletic clubs. The Braves theMacknien In both fk-Idlng and Unc the last six weeks of play. funfair to take simply the last fa. because eltner ot me ciuds Fnlavlnsr today the same class of It they were playing seven weeks tsDlte the figures. Again. It Is con- (able that If the American League tflcldera had been playing against the .ves, a hundred of their lilts tms sea- bmlght have been killed by mese men Unc the balls differently, or, on the Itr hand, the Braves might have n ndred more hits to tnoir crcini u mey Id been In Ban Johnsons circuit in tail nt Oovnrnor Tener's. In cither lent, conclusions based on such unstable Premises would have little value. Not only that, but the scoring or tne hits may lead one astray. Any one wno has ever sat In a press dox ai a oai game knows that on practically every bad missed by an Inllelder there will bo a wide divergence of opinion as to whether the batsman should be credited rith a hit or the fielder with an error, hiis applies to fielding as well as hitting. Ro here once more the aveiugcs are liable to make trouble to .one who re- lies ot them solely. The few examples prove the utter ATHLETICS WILL lY WASHINGTON NATIONALS TODAY ixs Likely to Displace Lies to Keep on Edge fceries Phillies Idle y- ft Mack's regulars will be seen In Tne-up this afternoon when the Athletics meet Washington at 6hlb mPark. Ths champions' leader will allow jz men i gei in me same or not just B they choose Ho believes that each man Is a better judge of his own con dition than any one else, hence he will not interfere in any a In allowing his players to get on edge for the world's series The game la scheduled to begin at 3:30 o'clock. This morning all the Athletics, regulars i and rookies, were at the ball yard early. taoroe of the oungsters were In uniform and went through practice. The regulars hooked on and discussed their chances fwjth the Braves. Then, too, those who I have recently seen the Braves play had few remarks So make to their fellow InaTara In the series money. Within the olrlcei ot the club today tilings were Ihumminr. The huge mass of details iir the world's series which has to be Hended to will be looked after by John lbe. Von Ohl and Joe Ohl, while tinle Mack hinuelf will act as usual Ian advlsor capacity. irrangements have not been completed concerning the llrst trip to Boston towever. it is likely that on next Satur day night the Athletics will tiuvu two Vnecial Pullmans hooked on to the S'ederal Express. They will stou at the 1'ooley Square Hotel. ThU plan will srive the Mackmen a complete day of rast H-jr.'Jay and a nignt ai me hotel, instead of spendl-g the time preceding the game a s ?rr" v.n'n W"u!i iiHie to be It th"y di'j n"t 'fae her jnt.i Sun l"'v a rae ot l? 'I b K'i t's after-L- d-J-d t-'t b9 Q.Tib'"- w-i W .ar-ii vrsj-T-i i , ntM'in'fi c vv i w . i T,-tt i ftMSfas5: Be Sized Up by Observation Locals Generally Stroncer All Departments futlllty of boldly stating thnt the Ath letics will win the world's championship because they have a better season's aver age than the Braves, or that the Braves will win the honors licciiusc the figures show that they have outhlt and out llelded tin1 Athletics in the last six weeks. ThN Is made the more Impressive when om- lenllzeti that tho two leagues are vastly different. Some think the Ameri can League the stronger, others choose the .National. Hence, If one league Is stronger thnn the other, which Is prob ably ii fact, the averages' value Is set Ht , iiiuiKiii wimuui liirtner argument, be cause they do not apply to equals. ! It may he argued that the Athletics defeated the Giants In 1911 and In 1H1.1 when the nnte-sinsoii llgures Miuwcd that they would. The Hguro. to be ure. before those series did favor the Athletics. If i their fare vnlueo wrre tiken ns wxact j comparisons. But what about the Cubs Athletics series of lfltO- Tlie Glants-Ited . Soc mix-up in 1912 and tho series of 19OT j when the White Sox won from the Tubs? Before each of those series it was cnl- culateil by the statisticians that tho team which ultimately lost would prove . a winner. Most fans rememlx-r how Hugh lullortnti tli'iiifH tim ....i.. nr mm Ho had them only down to such a nicety that he not showed (before the scries) that the Athletics did not have a chance, but he undertook to sav Jest how many more feet Tinker, for Instance, could cover at short thun Barry. Also he proved, to his own satisfaction, that the pitching was 3 per cent, of the strength of both teams and that as the Athletics' pitchers were Inferior to those on the Cubs' squad, nnother conclusion drawn' from llgures. the Mackmen would not have a chance. What happened In that series Is history. The Cubs didn't hac a chance. Leaving, therefore, nil figures out of the question and Judging tho players In dividually and the teams as a whole, we find thai several things will plav an Im portant part In the coming series. The mental attitude of the players doubtless The VM,l!rf. '" tI,p,rc3,lIt- Just how far the Athletics' confidence will carry them ?ho fle.M ,' hC mai?ty of th0 m on no- JL . ny 'nas ,n ,1C 'l,lle "' In 1?,; 7 r Sfl,mc P'OWS have, there foie, had wo.jd-,, se., e-sperience In those same years, and hao won ?n a save tho nno wMch ab "" give 'the "Cu" Cl," T,,e" "'' - fi,?. -nckinpn Just the confidence they nee,! to defeat tholr rival" whUe George Stalllngs Is schooling hl m.n dally to pay the game and not th!nof former are far better hitters than their r vals. This can be plainly seen The Mackmen hit al!.com?rs ban! and ofiVr. of the field. They hit nearly as won against a left bander as the" Id agains a right bander, though Murphy. Collins ?wlntrUThr"n VaPP a,rc '-handed swingers. The Boston payers do not smash the ball with such terrlfle pace nor do the) meet the ball solidly as often ,, rv.i""'11"-, Connolly. Maranvllle ?,? KEleff have l,onc beUer wf"-' with the bat than any other members of the club, although Staranville'a average is lower than half a dojsen other men on the Zm-.u Th?t ,rl ,s 8,wa dangerous, but the others are not. The Athletics, on the other hand, have eight men each of whom Is almost equally feared by the opposing pitcher. Speed In the field will play an Important part In the coming world's series. In this department of play observations again shows that the Mackmen have an advan tage. Maranvllle and Evers are great performers around second base, although the hardly play un to the standard of the. Bunyf'olllns combination. As for the other two men on the Infield. Smith and Schmidt, third and first baseman, re spectively, they are not In the tanie class with H.iker and Mclnnls as ,i combina tion, although Smith Is much nearer to Baker in nUdlng ability than Schmidt la to Mclnnis. In the outfield, the Athletics have a big advantage. One need only see Strunk rnd Oldrlng covering ground m reallzs that there Is not another pair of players on the same club In the country who can compare with them. The Boston outfield ers, Connolly, Devore, Mann, father, Gil bert and Moran. are not better than the average major leaguer, which is not sum clently good to warrant their compari son with champions of recognised ability. A comparison of the pitchers of the two teams is too long a theme to be under taken here. However. It Is worth men tioning that despite the fact that James, Tyler and Budolph have had a fine year, they still lack the knowledge upon which Bender and I'lank can fall back In a serious crisis. The veteran Athletic hurl ers are gi-tting in shape now for the series. They always do better work In a pinch than they do at other times. Hence they have always been able to rise to greater heights In a. world's series than during the league season. Whether the three Boston pitohr can do this la prob lematical The chances are that all of them cannot ThU gives the Athletics' pair a big lead on their opponents in the box Vhn eerytng i considered the Ath letics lofk to have a mir-h better chanoe. Vi wti than B"to'i Yl in a seven-game -n3 it la ur-3fo to rr"li-t ablutely H"h cl'jb w"H win. Tr-e vkrying drcum- iBfc!- ,e'' asv-i-F-e-tJor u-expecteo. e'.Hrari laeuv. I"4 1" KIT create ' of TIMELY SKETCHES ON IMPORTANT Gridiron News Pennsylvania Eleven Is On Edge for Its Contest With Franklin and Marshall To morrow. By EDWABD R. BTJSHNELIi At last Pennsylvania's frBshm.m foot ball team, painted by enthusiastic un dergraduates In ull sorts of rosy hues, baa had a try-out All week, as they watched the scrubs tight drawn battles with the varsity, the first year men have be'-ii aching for a chance to make good. They got It yesterday, find If what they did to the .varsity represents only the beginning of the progress they should make between now and November 1, we !ce where some school teams and fresh men elevens from other Institutions are going to have some unpleasant after noons. After the varsity had beaten the scrubs yosterday by a fluky touchdown word was sent to Louis Young, the freshman coach, to bring on his young furies, When the freshmen got the ball for their first scrimmage they went at the varsity with such ferocity, and moreover, took the ball down the field with such rapidity that the varsity coaches were fright ened at the retreat of their charges. Stack, who played right end for the freshleH, and Boss and Welch In the back field were the boys who did most 'of the execution. Stack, picking the pigskin out of the air with ns much case as one would a baseball, drew applause even from til0 varsity substitutes. Once Inside tho 3-ynrd line the three varsity coaches lined up behind their charges and personally coached them to throw back the young savages, while Freshman Coaches Young and Kcough urged thorn on. The youngsters didn't score a touchdown on this march, but they would have made a score had not Welch been tripped ns he started with a clear field on an end run from a delayed pass. As It was they had to be satis fied with a safety. As a result of this Initinl clash with the varsity It must be said that there is a great deal of powor. developed and undeveloped, in this freshman team. Tho back-field, made up yesterday of Bell, a son of Penn3lvanla's Attorney General, at quartet back, and with Newberry, Welch nnd Rofo the other backs, Is stringer than the line and right now looks like- nn cen match for the varsity back fleld. But they have tholr reputation still to make. Anyhow we know thnt there will be lots of excitement every time the two meet hereafter. PrtlXCr.TON', Oct. ;.-Thr Princeton regulars put up a good brand of football In the crlm mnse yesterday afternoon, nnd for tha first tlm thlf season there was a semblance of a smashing attack Herrtoforo a really uooii line plunue Hhs been larking from the Tlgtr npnrtolre. Hut today the varsity forced tlio hrruli baok of lt soal line, nnd Drives finally oarrlwl the leather oal for the tally. DiiKKS and V. TronkuiRtin ploughed their way through the line In Kood stylo, and It n.is their plung ing that scored the third touchdown. The score of tin msle,i was 10 to 0. lloland tallied first on ft run of 15 jards and followed It a moment luter with a run of If. yards for a touchdown While some credit must bo given to Roland for this work, both of his runs were mads possible by tha splendid Interference gUen him, CAStUP.IllOP:, Mass. Oct 2 -Tha return of warm weather after tho hard football of tho past two days and ths fact that the rcgntars were dead tired combined to make, yesterday's sirlmmaKo on Soldiers' Field a. comparatively may run Trumbull, the right tackle, and Cooolldse, left end. had a day off. Morgan be- HOPPE WINS TWO BALK-LINE GAMES BY BIG MARGINS Outclasses Inman in Yester day's First Contest, 500 to 56, and Also in Later One, i 500 to 95. NEW TOBK, Oct. I Wllle Hoppe and Melbourne Inman did the "off agin, on ngln. Flnnegan." at the Hotel Astor yes terday. They played 13.! balk-llne, Hoppo's game, so the American took the lead once more, getting 10O0 points to Inman'a 161. In the afternoon game Hoppe won by BOO to 56. and In tlw eve ning contest he had another walkover, winning by 600 to 95. Hoppe Is now lead ing in the grand total by 2& to 2251. To day they play EnglUh billiards and It will probably be Inman' turn to tak tho lead. The American played In rare form yes terda Ills plalng In the night game was the best of the match, and In spots the most brilliant of his career Experts declared that his run of t In the twelfth Inning was complied by the best billiards he has ever Bhown. In beating Inman by 600 to M In the afternoon contest the balk-llne champion played a sensational game. In tha third Inning he discovered that bis cu ball was cracked, but did not ask hl oppo nent's permission to change It, Despite this handicap, he played In hut bat form, ,n c rt.n nf 111 In thft ninth llmlnlc iniu . ..- -.- -" -- - and one of YJi In t'lo eleventh. He held . - lt kt.Mj.a -iV, . EnllV,. inman tair t evec, m . man's best, run being It. Hep ht 600 popit la IS --ig3 ar. SPORT TOPICS OF THE Gleaned From Somc Gridiron Tests Tomorrow IVnnnyhnnln t. Franklin nnd Marshall, at Kr.inklln Kleld. Yale vs. Virginia, at New Haven. I'rlmeton . Ilucknell, at Trlnccton. rorncll vs Colgate, Ht Ithacn. Harvard vs. Springfield V. M, C. A., at Cambridge, Amherst vs. Mlddlchury, at Amherst, Mass. Hrown s. nhode Island State, at Provi dence. Cnrllxlo Indians vs. Lehigh, at South I!cthlhem. Dartmouth vs. Norwich, at Hanover. Delaware State vs. Daltlmore Polytechnic Institute, at Newark, Del. I'ordhem vs. Uallaudet. at Now York. Oettysburg vs. Albright, nt Gettysburg. llaverfnril Mi. Washington, nt Hnvcrford. Holy Cross v.. MRssnchutetts Aggies, at Worcester. Mass. Indiana vs. Chicago, at Chicago. lifactto vs. Urslnus, nt Kafton. 1channn Valley vs. Indian Itcsirvcs, at Annrlllc, Pa. Aleriersburg vs. Lafayette, at Mercers, burg. New York University vs. St. Stephen's, nt Now York. Ohio Stato vs. Ohio Wcsleynn, at Colum bus. I'enn Stato vs. Muhlenburg, nt Slate College. rhllllps Exeter vs. Dartmouth Freshmen, nt Hanover. Itutgers vs. rtensselaer Polytechnic Insti tute, ot Vcw Hrunswtck. Swarthmore s. Vlllamna, nt Swarth niore. 'jrncnn s. Hamilton, nt Syracuse. Tilt'lty vb. Worctwter Toch, at Hartford. Tufts r. Hates, at Medford. West Point vs. Stevens, nt West Point. Annapolis vs. Georgetown, at Annapolis. Mlclilgnn s. Case, nt Ann Arbor. Notre Damo vs. Alma, at Notre Dame. I'nlverslty of Pittsburgh vs. Wostmlnetcr, ' at Pittsburgh. Vermont vs. Wllllnms. at Wllllamstown. W. nnd J. s. Dickinson, at Washing ton. Pn. Wesleyan vs. Bondoln, nt MIddlctonn, ing put back Into the varsity lino at right tocklo nnd Wcnthcrhead being promoted tem porarily to Coolldge'H placo. Sweetscr nlso was out of the line-up. The work of the varsity was mnlnlv on attnek, and straightforward nttnek nt that. Only nna forward pabs was used, but this opened tho way for n score. Hardwlck taking the ball from Mohan and making a good gain. NEW HAVEN. Oct. 2 Signal work and drill In breaking through composed yesterday's practice for the Ynlo football squad. Knowlcs and Legore took turns at kicking, nnd whtlo I-egoro's kicks went for good distances and Knowles' were nearly as good the coaches are far from satisfied with the showing, they sny. Captain Talbot did not appear In uniform, but went to the flold nnd watched the work closely. Johnny Castles reported for work In tho back field, as did Archie MacLelsh. Tho latter suf- WHETSTONE, OF STATE He is a candidate for a place on the eleven. His work on the West Phila delphia High School team last year may be remembered by the sportsmen. BASEBALL CONDENSED AMERICAN LEAGUE YESTERDAY'6 RESULTS. Athletics. Si Washington. 1. New York, Ss Uoston, S (first game). Hoston, 4 1 New York, (second game). Nt, Louis. 7t Detroit. S. Cleveland-Chicago (nut scheduled), TODAY'S OAM E3. Washington at Philadelphia. N'en York at Boston. fit Louis at Chicago. Detroit-Cleveland (not scheduled). TOMORROW'S GAMES. Washington nt Philadelphia. 8t. Louis at Chli-agn. Cleveland at Detroit. New York at Hoston. CLUQ STANDING. W. L P.C W. L.P.C. Athletics 07 SO 060 St. Louis. 89 nO .463 60 B0 .601 New Vork 6S 81 .4!, Boston. Washln'n 11 12.611 Chicago.. 68 82.458 Detroit.. 78 73 .Bid Cleveland Bl 100.837 NATIONAL LEAGUE YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Phillies, 0i Ilrooklyn, 7. Button, 7 i New Virrk, 8. Pittsburgh, S Cincinnati. I. Chicago-St. Louis (not nhrduled). TODAY'S GAMES. Boston at New Vork. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. Chicago at St. Louis. Phillies-Brooklyn (not scheduled). TOMORROW'8 GAMES. Phillies at Drookljn (2 games). Boston at New York. Chicago at St. Louis. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. CLUB STANDINQ. W. L.P C. W. LP.C. Boston... SO BO .dl8 Phillies 73 70.490 New Tork 0 OH S41 Brooklyn. 72 78.488 St. Louis. 78 00 531 Pittsburgh 0B 83.430 Chicago.. 70 73 50 f Cincinnati M 90. m FEDERAL LEAGUE YESTERDAY'S RESULTS, llaltlmore, 3. Brooklyn. 0. I'llt.burgh. Si Buffalo, t. I hlcago. ; St. I-ouls. 1 ..... Kansas City, 3i Indianapolis, S (10 In alngss called; darkness). i,LUB STANDING. w upc w lpc CW-go 4ttSigiM Brooklyn 73 72 303 Indrplu agsBBBBBssr Karaajm. ta io.iuo 4.SBBBSHVa&hl H ' Wrist' Mls m 1 ,M 'JBI-, h IT A4H&iJiJ-iissssssssF X -K H IVQ SW(9F9BlllHlsBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBWiAT4 '-jl. lffi DAY AS VIEWED BY CARTOONIST Leading Colleges Many Big College Football Games Are to Be Played Tomorrow in America by Selected Athletes. fered a bad shoulder bruise nt Madison In early practice. ITHACA. Oct. 2. Cornell wound up hard practice for the week yesterday, when, after a secret signal drill, the varsity's defenso got a good test at the hands of tha Bcrubs. with satisfactory results, though tho coaches are not banking too much on the strength of tho second team. Three times from tho ten-yard line the scrubs tried to take It over, but failed on each occr.slon. An Important shift wns made In tho Hno-up. when Rcktey, n promising young end. was transferred from left end on tho scrubs to right end on tho varsity to fill tem porarily the position' belonging to Captain O'Henrn. who will not bo nble to play Satur day. Lautr, who wassubstltuted for 0Hearn, went to the second team. HANOVER., N. H Oct. 2. Dartmouth's eleven had yesterday tho longest nnd most Illuminating scrimmage of tho season, when the ''arslty, unchanged from Us Saturday line up, was held by the second team to K II to 7 score. The star nnd unexpected piny of the afternoon tame when Comlskey, nn old Do Witt Clinton man. playing at quarterback on tho second team, picked his wav through tho flold on a kick formation for "0 yards and finally eluded Oheo nt tho goal line. Whitney bumped his head against the goal post In mak ing tho varsity's first touchdown. Neither wns Injured. ANNAPOLIS, Oct. a.-fc-rom the fact that tho coachos are devoting the largest share of their attention to this quartet, the tenta tive backfleld of the Naval Academy team may bo put down ns Mitchell, qimrterhack; Fulling and Alexander, halfbacks, and liar rlkon. fullback. This arrangement was In for nearly the whole llns-up against tho scrub yesterday afternoon In ths last hard prac tice before the season opener against George town on Saturday. The combination worked well, four touchdowns being scored against a strong scrub In about half an hour of play. Two of these were by Mitchell, whose offen bIvo work Is giving much satisfaction. ANN ATtDOIt, MiciTToct. 2,-IIuebel. tho second string quarterback, Is the third drop kicker of the year whom Yost has uncovered In scrimmage, and so far none of the Wolver ines has fnlled In n game Huobel dropped over a goal from the .IO-nrd line vesterdny, and the first team fought hard for threo quartcrs of an hour before Muulbetsch could score the touchdown which saved the varsity arother defeat at the hands of the scrubs. Denton replaced Millard at right guard nnd Hitghltt was excused, Zelcer appearing at quarter. Aside from that, the samo team which started against l)e Tauw was used, WEST POINT, Oct.-rTJ.ie 'Army team Is bending all Its energy JusT now to get In shape for the opening game with Sfivens scheduled for Saturday. Tho coaches kept the whole squad on the Jump yesterday after noon nnd, following tho preliminary work, two teams were sent against each other for n long, hard scrimmage. One touchdown was all the varsity could get. nnd It camo after Benedict fell nn a fum bled ball on the scrubs' lR-jard line. Three plays took It over. Ollphant and Hodison do Ing the ground gaining. The latter mads the score, from which rienedlct kicked goal. LANCASTER. Pa., Oct. 2. Coach Maysei of Franklin and Marshall, took no chances with his men yesterday and put them through only 25 mlnuten of light scrimmage. The local team anticipates a hard fight with Penn. and with Captain Dlehl added to the line-up which met Lehigh, It Is hoped to make the battlo a close one. Previous to the short snrimmaee there was nn hour of drill on the playa to he used on Saturday. At three dif ferent Intervals the men were sent around the track at n good clip, and were aiso sent after the dummy n number of times. In the gymnasium after practice ths coaches gave the team n half hour talk. A student mass meeting wns held last night nnd one will be held tonight to develop enthusiasm. CARLISLE, Pa.. Oct. a. Seventeen players will compose the squad from Dickinson Col lege, which will leave tomorrow for Washing ton, Pa., for the annual gam with the Washington and Jefferson College. The team was given a rousing send-off by the students at n mass meeting last night and will parade with them to tho station tomor row. The probable line-up of the team will he Herzler and Johnson, ends: Simmons and Heck, tackles: McCabe and Meyers, guards; Cvptaln Hornberser. centre, Wright, quarter back; Laucka and Dalton, halfbacks, and Wil son, fullback. TO BE AN OARSMAN PENN'S CANDIDATES MUST BE SWIMMERS Dr. McKenzie Has Issued an Order That the Prospective Sculler Must Swim 200 Feet. Dr. It. Talt McICenzle, director of ths Department of Physical Education at the University of Pennsylvania, has sur prised the rowing candidates with a new order that this fall no man may venture on the Schuylkill In any of the Quaker shells unless he shall first present to Coach Vivian Nlckalla, of tha crew, a certificate signed by Gsorgo Ids tier, the swimming Instructor, stating that the bearer can awlm twice tha length of the gymnasium pool, or ZOO feet, and that he baa seen him do It. There has long been a rule that all Pennsylvania oarsmen must learn to swim before the spring practice begins, but there wis never any specific dis tance required of them Tbl year all la changed and Coach Ntckalls has been Informed that every oarsman must sub mit the certificate duly signed before learning to row. The purpose of this regulation la to prevent a possible drowning. Thtre have been more than one Instance In which shells have capsized in mldriver. and the Quakers don't want to figure In any accident. It 1 felt that If a man can swim 200 feet he will be able to save himself at any point In the 8f bilYkyaJiiSugh tnot fti. PEMK HAS ISI POUNDS OV FoorBUU- MPrrereiu HER VARSITY: SaVJAD!!i THREE SETS OF United Gas Improvement and Arc Scheduled Here, While Police Athletes Race at Newark Other Cinder-path News Three sets of track and field games 'will attract the attention of local fol lowers tomorrow. Two tests are to bo held here, one at the If. G. I. Grounds and tho other at Northcnst Field, where tho Hale & Kilburn A. A. will stage Its meet. Lots of local interest Is nlso being taken In the Intercity track com petition between Philadelphia policemen and the representatives of Newark, N. J at that place. Six of Philadelphia's policemen will go to Newark, N. J tomorrow to take part In a set of carats there. The local officers are finely trained nnd hope to make a splendid showing. One of the stellar at tractions at the games will be the Inter city one-mile relay race In which the locals meet n picked Newark four, Larry Nolc, Charles Hesser, James Denny and Harry Fryckburg will run In the order named for Philadelphia. On paper this team will beat 3:37 for the mile, and It looks like n sad day for the Jersey "cop" opponents. John Harvey and Rutherford TVarren will compete In the open events, prob ably the 0-yard run. Halo and Kilburn Athletic Association members and n good number of out side entrants will take part In tho track and field meet tomorrow afternoon at the Northeast High School grounds. Con teats of an open and closed nature will afford tho spectators plenty of action. Some of the best athletes in town will compete. The U. G. I. A. X will hold Its 13th annual field nnd closing day exercises tomorrow at Its athletic grounds, 29th street and Passyunk avenue. At 31 a. m. until 11 p. m., the time of closing, there will be something lolng every minute. At noon the running races will begin. These are a 100-yard dash, a 220-yard dash nnd n wheolbarrow race. This will be followed at I p. m. by a ttig-of-war between Stations A and B. Prizes will be given tho winners In each of these events. At half-past 2 o'clock American and city of Philadelphia flags will be rnlsctl nnd unfurled to the breezes, the gift to the Athletic Association from Sam uel T. Bodlno. president of the V. G. T. Company. Walton Clark, second vice president of the company, will present a siived cup to Stntion P., winners of the 1SH lnterstatlon baseball games. At 3 p. m. the following events will take place: Running the bases, tin ow ing the ball, etc., which will be followed PERSONAL TOUCHES IN SPORT St. Paul, Neb, 7 Lemme sec It boasts a railroad hostelry, a siding an' a store. In straight geography that's all. But when you reckon In baseball it boast.' one big gob more. For Alexander first pitched there. Ho pitched clean out o' his high chair In 18S3. An' darned if he ain't pitch In' yet. He's Phllly Dooln's one best bet to serve 'em to the plate. His folks originally meant that he should be a Piesldcnt, Instead of Just a King. They called him Grover Cleve land so he'd have a little better show to Join the big Dem ring. But politics was ntx with Grove. He shoveled out-curves In the stove an' pitched ball In his sleep. In nlnetecn-nlne he left the boys an' went to Gallsburg, Illinois, an' pitched ball for his keep. This six-foot slabster had the goods an' didn't stay long In the woods. The scouts got on his trail. His right arm ruached the Phillies' dough an" when he got a ehance to show he run up all his sail. He hit the spotlight from the start. Ills pltchln' an' his Detain' art took rating In Class A. They tacked behind hi name "The Great." He's made good on It three year straight I trues It's gonna atay. By A. M. CORRIGAN. The Athletlo Baseball Ctub haa been a veritable Bureau of Matrimony during Its existence. The latest member of Connie's champions to decide to cast his lot for "better or for worse" Is "Rube" Oldrlng. tho most popular player in Phlla. delphla Reuben will wed Miss Hanna Thomas, of Jersey, soon after the world's series. The Oldrlngs will live on Jtube's farm in South Jersey. Of the 24 ellglblas for the world's aeries, the following are married. Lapp, Thomas, Bender, Coombs, Wyckoff, Collins, Barry, Davis and Baker. Tha Red Sox have been flecking te President Lannln's office recently to sign for 1915. Every man on the club is ready to play next season except Hoblltzel. Thla Is one of tho reaaon the Federals are crying for peace. 'Joe Jtanette and Sam' LangforJ draw" la the way the headlines are ar ranged today. These morning dallies are wrong again. Only Langford drew two teeth from Jeanette. The scoring of the world' serle this year will be entirely satlsfaotory to every one concerned. James C. Isa minger, president of the. local Baseball Writers' Association, will be associated with R. E. McMillan, of Boston, and J. G. T Spink, of St. Louis. The last was appointed as the representative of the National Commission, while the other official scorers were appointed by the member of the Sporting Writers' Asso ciations in Boston and Philadelphia The stlctlo-is of Isarrlnger and M-MlUan could not have been i-nproved oN GAMES HOLD LOCAL INTERES' Hale & Kilburn Track Mccti bv a basehnll enm hAtwp.n flfattnna A mid B. President Bodlno will have a? his guests the following city officials: Mayor Blankenburg and Director of Pub lic Works Cooke. The Northeast High School cross-country team will run Its first raco tomor row, when an Interclass event will be held In connection with the Hale A- Kilburn athletic meet at the Northeast High Field. Tho course covers two miles and com prises one lap around the adjoining ceme tery and another lap around the Meld track, Nine teams, one from each of the school classes and nnne-tes. will be entered for a total of St mon. Tho win ning team will obtain possession of a challenge trophy given by the Hale & Kilburn Company, and each of the first ten men who finish will win Individual prizes. The race should resolve Itself Into a stiff fight between the A and F classes for first honors. Weaver, of the A class, and Reteneler, of the F class, are likely winners of tho event. Other promising men are Craig, Dean, Read and Swarr, the latter being a former Centtal High runner. An announcement sent out from the headquarters of tho Metropolitan Asso ciation of the A, A. U.. New Tork to the effect that the weight events In the championships tomorrow will bo called at 1 o'clock han stirred up trouble. It ap pears that the change rrom tho adver tised time of 2 o'clock was made to ac commodate tho members of the Dollce force who belong to the Irish-American A. C. There is a pollco carnival at New ark tomorrow and the cops want to collect their titles In the senior Metro politan events and then Journey ovor to Newark to take part in the festivities there, Paul Pilgrim, captain of the New York A. C took exception to the hammer throwing, K-pound weight and shot put being brought forward for the benefit of the members of one club and Immediately notified Fred TV. Rublen, the presidont of the Metropolitan Association, of his objections. Pilgrim stated that there were college men on the New York Athletlo Club team who would be unable to reach tha grounds before 2 o'clock and that they certainly would expect to compete at the regular hour. In case the event had been run off before that time. Pil grim said, the entire New York A. C. team would be withdrawn, leaving a practical walkover for the Irish-Amerl cans. tho freshmen made the varsity take tr, VUUIIU "Blondy" Wallaco's idea of tho way la handle a man of Mike Dorizas' calibre s to piny him every minute In the scrim mage against tho varsity. "Blondy" saya the Greek will learn mora that way In a year than by any other method In three The man who, writes Christie Mather son's news saya the series will be cloje. Yes, but not to New York. Wo cannot write It, but If v.iu will come to the cRlce of the Evening Lecher we will bo glid to sing It for you, Mc Oraw's revival of the sweet old song, "When You and I Were Young, Matty." Umpire Klem banished two dozen Giants from ths Polo Grounds yesterday for talk ing too loudly. Two week ago the Braves banished the hopes of the same men from the same ball yard. "Matty" is going to give the Braves' pltchera some Information regarding the Athletics batters. No man Is better qualified to do this. Matty knows pre cisely where Baker hit hi home run. The Phillies hav an ofMay this after noon. That haa been the trouble all along they've had too many of them. There will not be much of a track and field meet If the New York A. C with draws from the Metropolitan games to morrow. Irish-American A. A. members insist on changing the time for the weight events and the New Yorkers will not com pete if the change Is made. Tt might be of Interest to the duck hunter to know that the open season tor water fowl in this State will be Ootaber t to January U. The Unlt4 State De parttnant of Agriculture is responsible for this Information. The New York World printed this very striking headline thl morning: "MRS. BURDEN WINS BLUB RIBBON WITH ODD SOCKS." TVntch leads u to won. dr whether It w the Red Box or tha White Sox? Oh! You may blame thl on Walter Trurn bull: The time and the place are aeleeted. The National Commission has met) But one matter still Is neglected, There's something we wish to know yet. It Is musing, this question, vexatious. That has made us lose weight and grow thin: Bo, if you are feeling loquacious. Tell u which team will win- NATIONAL A. C. NATIONAL A. C. OIUMT FKATHKRWKICIHT BATTLB TOMORIIOW NltiHT TOMORROW NIGHT Kour other bouts, srsry ous a star, will precede this rrcat contest OLYMPIA A. A- SKjfJSVS&.'lf;,. MPN'DAY N! iHT OCT S JACK IsLACKIIlllX is. TOMMY COIKMAV Add. 15-, B't Res. 60?, Ar;-a I'-ai. tL ItfNSlNGTON A. C. fp'-swn's F'jbt ArtoaT aivaSjr&ILE .MI V2lZ2-rlSL:' ""? laa rr'iit",- t s ""a" csre i t
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