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SygflNNIE MACK PLUGGED THE GAP IN PITCHING? "THREE AND TWO," BY VAN LOAN
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ifi YOUNG PITCHERS PROMISE
LjT TO HEAL WEAKNESS OP ATHLETICS
lode Rvals Mechan, Richardson and Eccels
ItwU Prospects Team Has Scored Enough
Runs to Be in
The Dljf "If
If Alexander break an arm,
And If that arm thould be Mi right;
If Mayer come to tudden harm
By being hot in dead of night;
If Ohalmer lota loth hi eye,
If Rlxev inapt hit iplnal cord;
If big McQuillan twiftly diet .
And Demaree It badly gored;
If young Baumgartner throwi a fit,
If Oravath break hi collar bone;
If Btock thould tuddenly be hit
By half a ton of falling atone;
If fever itrike down Luderui,
Nlehoff and Byrne and Klllefcr;
If tome Joy-riding jitney but
Should leave of WMttcd but a blur;
If ratkert ("Dode") thould bite the dutt.
And If it or an' protecting dome
Should tuddenly explode and butt,
And leave U thut: "Nobody home";
If Baker tellt the other men
And leave rhll Park without a tenant,
JVhy, fan, old top, It may be then
Some other team will win the pennant.
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'man wr & handicap for the most powerful team that can be constructed, as
also dwvwent In 1912 when tho wonderful Mack machine, men at us ncigni.
& on. the American league pennant because its pitching staff, barring flank,
nsed andTS"
combat, atit good pitching can do for a
SS -.jhlHIes this season. In contrast
ritton hap apparently was shot to pieces when Manager Mack, of the Athletics,
, cook's, my of his greatest players. But even at that the Mackmen have
I1!, ar Bfnough runs and hit enough
lie In l1' thy had had consistent pitching.
IxpIalnS " -
tliaV Moundsmcn at Last
a.naarF Mark until thin nrnsnn
I.A tn P,ac 'alng veterans.
t ana it was mis department
fITT I? ce th 8tart ' tno scaBOn Mn?k
lULu like an lnnelder or pitcher, and
. jmS out at Bhlbo Park. Yesterday ho was trying out lnflelders and dls
GljlljP pitchers, who, with the coaching and schooling they are sure to
:e nere, snouia aeveiop into strong
rector,' Three Youngsters Look
rjointefbree more promising recruits have
U' nf Meehan and Richardson, who
J 0VWVH UlU itLUnj BUUUIUVV, W11U WHO 1VV.UUU5 slaO owuitu man
' Mfehan was taken from the mound after the Indians had scored Ave runs
our innings; but the tallies were
f Ax n the part of tho support. This youngster has ono of the best curve
' seen at Shibe Park In many moons and also has a lot of work on his
all. He Is still green and unfinished, but he Is Just as good a prospect
h Id bv'00 was a year ae and WN flt n we m machine, unless
.1 - a.jr a QAiuuiuuu wan a itUACt uuu
tn&A Iri cnr ttt&iitCB uciuio iiiu uiuoa ui
pat Wft no wm ngnu Aie is a
-tM anti Jfnnr Ynrlf RtntA TniniAft
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fTsenUnlck from "Wllkes-Barre.
Bureau
edlto; Richardson, a Giant, Should make Great Hurler
kmovlnjchardson was purchased from
1 isiinn. Ann narnrA jmnnwAn mm
lies.' -:- --
to ie In well. Tas youngster stands
'''"I pounds, but withal he is fast on his
S"i!b speed is terrific, nnd will be even
3y Into his swing.
In his initial appearance in a major
.dlans at hH mercy. They scored three
ive been made had not errors placed
"lows more than almost any of Mack's
ideal man to work on in the development of a successor to Jack Coombs in
'' ! AIron man." He is also fortunate enough to have excellent control, and will
Pvwuurr, uo an easy man 10 icacn a. curve
km
Eccels Not a
j .Mny 111 me ween, .v(;cib, u nuukiipaYv, wmi a, iumearm ueuvery sucn ss
tfdiCddle Flank possessed 'when he broke In
' jwy'"011 tor a tevf nIlnKs, but because of his awkward delivery the fans
.Mi
JiiT-r ' u wwasw v..v ( wa
L 1rt11njf in hllava fViat Viln frfs
LC?d that h Was reallv a hlffh-rlnn
II MMf "---
U ma In flve ,nnlngs Eccels, after a bad
Itly vl """cok Muiwuuus ui mo
I ectpless before r delivery and six of
llceoungster farmed the side after Wllle
HSo strikes.
Infield Line-UpiHas Promise, But
rrhe Athletics' new infield prospects did not look promising yesterday, but
-Joo early to pass Judgment. Damrau, who was used at third 1, ,.,.,
H of rT bl,8tered heel that h cannot" wear a street shoe, and this was a great
"'. 7 'an. although he did wall nn nnil nin. j ui. .u. ...
Iiva !W e. " --------- --- --- . ..-, ... n i0 uuu nara twice.
y i fleulf' at snort and Edwards, at second, both suffered "stage fright," and
taKTfW wa aD"' lo ao nlm8el1 Justice.
nt0w'8' however' and wtI1 8rely look
.rl''f surroundings.
o
th Tnnv Wn Tli 6n Tlfs
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ttic ,aimBvr iicreoR piayea no invontes. He sent Fred Toney against the
lar;hllllM, and now the fans are sorry he "did, because the big Southerner had
r-" '""" mervy mrougnoui,
ii. wm mns nope now is mat Toney will do Just as well against the
kaves and Dodgers, and it Is Jlkely that he will.
Ire Ai Demaree opposed Toney and pitched well enouith to hnv. w .
r-TBiiary circumstances, but with no hitting aid from his teammates and two
2Jtly errors, Demaree had no chance for victory. It was one of Demaree's
.. imn in a jong time ana 11 was unfortunate that he had to oppose Toney.
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Brooklyn Gains Full Game, But Who Should Worry?
While the Phillies were loslngJBrooklyn won from tho Cubs and .rnin.H
. game; but there was some balm In
,-tartar in St. Louis. It now looks as
V, tenter than the Braves after all. The
the team is not hitting.
Phillies Jlay Lose Eight
With yesterday's defeat the Phils
hat remain on the schedule to force
ut of l g(jies to pass Moran's club.
ihe defeat does not darken the prospects
! Brooklyn winning all but three of its
uui wnnfc rcimiM win win oven more man 11 out of 19 with the pitch-
" T
fpiy- Gould. Jt local boy, who has been in Mack's morning school, has
tl& to the afternoon squad. He came to Mack as a first baseman.
1 converted into a pitcher
wvement.
EVENING
STur loo it
Such
First Division
of baseball. A good pitching start fre-
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team Is evident In the wonderful work
Is the poor showing of the Athletics.
this season" to have finished In the first
Give Promise of Ability
nlwuvn has bnen nble to develOD recruits
Apparently his weakest pdlnt was his
wnicn women mm most.
naB been trying out everything that
at the present time has 20 twlrlers
cogs in ino new nuwnino.
Like the Real Thing
seldom been seen In one afternoon
were making their major league debuts,
almost entirely duo to errors or commis-
iitui, to tiaiui itoij' lucciiaii may
tuo ocu-auii, uui uciuto isiu is wen
jocni ooy, wno nas oeen pucning in xne
tnr tVtA Iflnt twn vpnm TTa warn TmtrrVtf
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the Marshalltown team, of tho Central
vrirn n mnrvninni nhvatnun tvhiph will
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6 feet 4 Inches In height and weighs
feet and Is free of delivery. Richard -
greater when he Is taught to get his
league uniform, Richardson had tho
times, but none of theso runs would
the runners on the bases. Richardson
recruits, and for this reason should be
pan.
Flash in the Pan
with the Athletics In 1901, gave a fine
tn n flnnU l !... . -r-.-.ij
. naou in mo ia,n, icBieruay no
twlrlr ronrlv fnr t-Atrnlat A-.- t-Uui .
,.... - . . v. .ws awouKf UUVJ lfj4ll. liiWa
start caused by Schang"s mlsplays, gave
year at onioe traiK. xne inaians wore
them fanned. In the elchth lnnlnir tho
and Chapman had three balls called and
They handled themselves like ball
better when they get accustomed to
.
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"""Hie, uui. rnilS L,OSt
ana mey never had a chance to win.
the fact that the Bravo, ,,.u
if the Dodgers will atlru in ...
world's chamnlons ar hiiv .ii.
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More and Yet Win Flag
must win 11 out of th to o,
the Dodgers to capture 13 victories
While a vlctorv wonM i,. ,i
for the Phils. Them 1. ntti. .,.-'
games and there is also little doubt
.
and has been ihnwinn. m.o.i.i.
LEDGER MOV1ES--THE PHILS TANK UP EVERY Nlggy-SO THE STORY GOES. IF SD. WTC nOMMF.MrT
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THREE AND TWO
It's the Sixth Ball That Counts The Pitcher's Winding
Up and "Sockless" Is Swinging Then, Miracle of
Miracles But, Read the Story
By CHARLES E. VAN LOAN
The World1 Mot Famoui Writer at llaecball Fiction
Jim Tenny, tar ecout of "Shad" noj J
Tourlt," dlncovera Charles ("Qabby" )
Jfelllsan, a deaf and dumb catcher, who la
a wonder. After much argument, Jim rr
auadea hlf manager to engage the mute
wonder, who "has a whip like a 42-centl-meter"
and a bat without any holes In It.
"Oabby'a" prowess ns a catcher ana
batter are soon established, and It takes
only a little longer to rrove that he can
play poker and administer a knockout as
well as ho cavorti through the national
no cavorti tnrouKn mo naiio
Hit keen brain nnd all-welng ev
Im to dev lie new playa tor tn
i." now nicknamed the "Dura-
pastime HI
enable him
mles." and to build a stonewall Infield
almost Impossible to pierce.
In "Cabby'i" third season. "Sockless
Shaw, so named because he was picked up
In the backwoods barefoot, and an old
frlfnd of the mute, breaks In as the lead
Ine slugger of the "Wanderers." Toward
the end of tho year the race narrows down
to s nlp-and-tuck fight between the two
team.
Tho final decision retts upon a three
rame series at the end of the schedule.
Each team has won a game. In the decid
ing contest errors, with two down, enablo
the "Wanderers" to even up the score In
Ihe fourth. 4 to 4. In the last half of the
eighth "Gabby" pokes out a two-bagger
and gallopa home with the run. placing the
"Dummies" In the lead. The "Wanderers"
In their halt of the ninth get a man on sec
ond, but he rests there while the second
man goes out at first, and a pinch hitter
fans.
But the next tatter la "Socklesi" Shaw.
"Shad" Roe yanks Castell and puts In
Devlne, whose first three offerings are
balls. But Devlne Is able to get the next
two across Othe bat. It's three and two
now.
(Copyright. 1011, by Street & Smith.)
The blcacherltes were standing silent,
apprehensive, hoping for the best, yet
fearing the very worst, which Is the way
with baseball fans the world over. One
man, of small originality, piped up In the
midst of the silence:
"Oh, Devlne! Fan him out! Fan him
out!" There was no answering roar. The
men were staring Into the diamond.
There would be no noise from them until
after the sixth ball was thrown and per
haps not oven then.
Gabby Kelllgan's mask was within two
feet of Shaw's ear as Sockless turned his
head to watch Devlne. He was panting
hard, as If he had been circling the
bases, and Shaw felt his breath distinctly.
Slowly the slim pitcher went through the
motions preliminary to delivery. The
spikes of his left shoe took hold of the
close-packed earth, his right arm swung
In front of him In short, half circles, and
then back It went, the pitcher's whole
body following It back, back, poised a
second, then flashed forward, and the
ball was on Its way.
There were four men who knew as
soon as the ball left Devlne'a hand what
had happened. They were. In the order
of perception, Nelllgan, Shaw, Devlne
and Corcoran. From the wind-up Gabby
knew that Devlne intended to use bis
speed; but the ball had not traveled
more than a few feet before Gabby
knew that It would cross the plate
squarely "In the groove," a foot higher
than It should have been, and In the
precise spot where Shaw would have
ordered It exactly the sort of a ball to
suit his peculiarities as a hitter. Shaw
recognized his good luck, too, for he
set himself, and started his backward
swing In order to meet the ball with his
murderous, roundhouse wallop.
Gabby saw It coming In the flash'ng
eighth of a second the whole picture un
rolled before his eyes. There was the
ball, on Its way, and looking as large as
a toy balloon. Not the slightest excuse
for Shaw to miss a groover like that
and the three men on the bases were
running like whiteheads. It was all overt
Oh, why hadn't Devlne kept It lowl Why?
A sudden wave of rage swept over the
mute catcher rage at Deylne, at KlSaw,
at everybody.
Then, out of the silence so tense and
breathless, there came a strange cry
half scream, half yell, and the like of
It was never heard outside an asylum for
the insane. There was In it something
horrible, bloodcurdling; Just so a man
might have screamed sfter tearing from
his throat the hands of the strangler.
Even the reporters Jumped at the sound,
for the cry came from the diamond. Its
"", uiuii uis umicr was even more
amatlng. Sockless Bhaw, with his bat
ttt. l?e .I"4 ot iXa backward swing, heal
tated. threw up his head sharply, re.
covered himself almost immediately, nd
,h.n-.Btriiclt .at tne ba" w" All hi
mlghj-after It was in Nelllgin's mitt.
"lw outl" howled Umpire Corcoran.
Then, as the literary people say, chaos
THE GOLF CUP
reigned all over tho erandstand.
and
there was nlso a slight shower of blood
upon the diamond.
Nelllgan twitched off his mask, and, as
bockless Shaw turned, raving, from the
Plato, tho deaf and dumb player offered
his hand with a grin, as if ho would
say:
"Well,
I hopo?'
It's all over. No hard feelings.
Instead of taking that Innocent hand,
Sockless Shaw smashed Nelllgan upon the
nose with a yell which reached the top
row of the heaving grandstand.
..Xou blB Btlftl" crled the mighty hitter.
What for did you yell In my ear that
way? You mado me miss that strike!"
Tho papers referred to what followed
aa a most disgraceful scene, and prob
ably It was. Gabby Nelllgan waa not
the sort of a man to pocket a broken
noso and say nothing about It always
remembering that ho talked with his
hands. The remarks which he made to
Sockless Shaw were abrupt and em
phatic, to say the least He made them
with the talking fingers doubled Into a
fist, and the battle became general In
side of three seconds.
Smiling Tim wept bitterly as he
dragged Umpire Corcoran around the
"There was the ball on It tooy."
diamond bellowing in his ear the news
that Nelllgan had yelled .Into Shaw's ear
and spoiled his swing at the ball.
"But Nelllgan can't yelll" panted the
Judge of play.
i"Sf,n'fAell.T." screaned Payne. "He did
It, akin t he?"
"The decision Is made," said Corcoran.
And that waa only the beginning of the
trouble.
There are cases on record which tell of
speech restored to mutes by some sudden
strain of great excitement Gabby Nelll
gan's name, will not be found on the list
He has never made any noise since:
and, If you should ask him about It
he would wag his fingers excitedly, and
deny the whole matter. But he hasn't
spoken to Stockless Shaw since, and it
is likely that he never will.
(TUB END.)
Heinezlm Still in Dutch
CIIICAaO. Sept. 18.-Helne Zimmerman's
susrxmsion from the Cub line-up was to havi
expired last night, but a telegram from Pre si!
dent Tener, of the Nstlonal League. mTkeath.
suspension indefinite because : Zimmerman'!
vtrbat abuse of Umpire Esson last TtieldaT
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AMERIOAN LEAGUE
Baseball-rTwo Games Today
SHIBE PARK
Athletics vs. Cleveland
lUlBT GAME CALLED AX HS0 P. M.
WJ&f-
MOTORYACHTSRACE
FROM CAMDEN TODAY
FOR DU PONT TROPHY
First Vessels Were Ordered
Under Way at 4 A. M.
110-mile Run to Ship
John
JENNIE S. IN GOING
Tho Naomi, owned by William J. Mc
Namee, of tho Riverside Yacht Club of
Esslngton, piloted by Dr. C. S. Btreet and
Commodore Bradley, of the West End
Boat Club of Chester, got the gun at 4
a. m. this morning for the 110-nautlcal
mile run to Ship John Light and return
from the Camden Motor Boat Club.
Up to the last moment It was thought
thnt a dozen cruisers would compete
for the Du Pont trophy. When the en
tries closed eight boats had been
scratched and, therefore, but four boats
started.
The Pickaninny, owned by Bell and Tay
lor, of the Camden Motorboat Club, left
two hours after the Naomi. The Picka
ninny was second place winner In the con
test last year from tho Wilmington Tacht
and aiotorboat Club, and Is out for a vic
tory this year. ,
The Jennie S, owned by George Stock,
ot the Camden Motor Boat Club, left 10
minutes and IS seconds after the Pick
aninny. The Jennie s won the trophy
last year and the year previous and, Is
out for permanent possession today.
The Gwlne, owned by E. H. Ewlng,
of Wilmington, was the scratch craft and
was sent away shortly after 8 o'clock.
The boats were sent away ahead of the
ebb tide In order to round Ship John
and como up river with the flood. Chester,
Marcus Hook, Wilmington, New Castle
and Stone Ledge reported that the boats
were progressing,, well.
The first boat should appear tonight
about 7 o'clock.
In the race of 12 nautical miles of the
Delaware River Yachtsmen's League,
held last Saturday under the auspices of
the Columbia Yacht Club, of Brldesburg,
the Naomi was a winner over the Hattle
Bert, owned by Harry Brlghtley. of the
Farragut Sportsmen's Association, by
three.flfths of a second. The Hattle Bert
Is a starter.
GUESTS AT PENN FOOTBALL
OPENING NEXT SATURDAY
Brumbaugh, Blankenburg and Pro
vost Smith to Attend Game
When the University of Pennsylvania
plays Its first game with West Virginia
one week from today, It will have for
three of its guests of honor Governor
Brumbaugh, Mayor Blankenburg and
Provost Smith. All three have accepted
Invitations and will sit together In a box.
With the reduction In price of seats In
the east stand. It Is believed that the at
tendance will be the beat It has ever been
for an opening day.
According to Information on Franklin
Field today, the report from Allentown
that "Bill" Stephens, last year's Central
High School star, had entered Muhlenberir
Is Incorrect It Is still expected that
Stephens will enter the college depart
ment and take the seven-year course of
arts and medicine.
RACES TODA AT
HAVRE DE GRACE.
B1 Kaees Dally Ineludlnr a Bteepleehaas.
Special Trains) I'enna. It. H. leave, llroad
St. IJiS p. ni.. West l'litla., HiSS p. S2
II. It O. feave Mth ft ChestW StsV U,
p. w.
Admission. Grandstand & Taddock.
fl.60 Ladles. ItOO.
First lUce at JiSo p. m.
OLYMPIA A. A. iiE&ftffis"?-
MONDAY NI01IT.s',oi'sriAm' ""'
QBEAT ALL-8TAII 61IOIV
BAILOR GKANDE w. MirlKtt,yN
Aaia., i!Sc. Hal. K., Mo. Areiw Mes..7o, L
KID WILLIAMS CHAMP,
SAYS SAMMY ilARRIS;
Official Disqualified Titlchold-
crf but Did Not Award Ertlc
Decision $5000 Bet Offer
for Return Match
Back in hl home In Baltimore, Bammy
Harris Is today a sadder but wiser man
than before he made his disastrous trip
to St. Paul, where Kid Williams waa dis
qualified In a match with Kewplo Eftle.
Harris has busied himself at his type
writer and this morning's mall brought a
bulky envelope enclosing a signed state
ment from Referee George A. Barton.
The refereo says ho did not give Ertle
the decision, although ho stopped the bout
There was also a signed statement from
Harris himself that tho club's physician
called a foul, which does not deprive Will
iams of his title. Finally a clipping from
a Baltimore paper signed by Harris of
fering to bet JSOOO thnt Kid can stop
Ertle In &. 20-round bout.
Referee Barton's statement follows:
IM. Smith, Sportlnr Editor American.
Chlcaro, Ills.: As referee of Krtle-Wllllame
Celt t did not ttle decision to Ertle on foul,
erause of fact that under Mtnesota State law
referee Is not permitted to slve decision, I dis
qualified Williams, as he really struck Ertle in
SToln.
I don't think championship should change
hsnds under circumstances. Statement that I
Siivo decision to Ertle on foul erroneous.
OKonoE nAHTON, Dally News.
Witness. EDDIE KANE.
Harris'
follows:
(5000 side bet clipping In part
I will bet Ertle (5000 that Williams will
knock him out If they meet before January 1.
The only conditions are that the n eight be 11(1
pounds, the legitimate bantamweight limit:
that the mill be scheduled for 20 rounds and
that the winner take everything. I want no
odds. The bet Is good at even money. That's
Just what I think of Ertle'a chances.
Now, my offer to Ertle Is right, but I want
some mm ot prominence to art as referee. I
will tccept Ed. Smith, ot Chicago; Charley
Whtte. of New Yorki Charles Eyton, ot San
Francisco; Hilly Ilocap, or I'hlladelphta, or Tom
Anlrews, of Milwaukee. All of those men are
well known and are not particular friends ot
mine. They are simply competent referees.
Jack Hanlon, of tho Olympla. witnessed
tho bout between George Chancy and Ed
die Morgan In Baltimore the other night
and he says the worst cither should get
waa a draw. Jack declares It was one of
tho best fights ho ever saw. While In Bal
timore Hanlon got Kid Williams' promise
to meet Louisiana at tho Olympla here
during the world's series.
PENN FOOTBALLERS
HOLD MORNING DRILL
Varsity Gridiron Squad Will
Arrive From Port Deposit
Tuesday Morning
Pennsylvania's "home squad" of football
candidate's had their first tastoiof near
football weather this morning. Practice
was held on Franklin Field with about 20
men participating. Dlcjt Marshall, coach
of the freshman squad, was In charge, as
Harold Gaston went to Port Deposit to
spend the day with the varsity squad
there.
The practice was confined to such pre
liminaries a-s falling on the ball, punt
lag and passing, after which Marshall
took the men over to the tackling dummy
and taught them how to tackle low and
hard. Coach Marshall then dismissed the
men, announcing that there would be no
further practice until Monday.
The coaches are looking for a big turn
out of new men on Monday. Efforts are
being made to get as many freshmen can
didates as possible to report on that dav.
although the official call will not be Issued
before Wednesday. The varsity squad
will come up from Port Deposit on Tues
day morning and will hold a scrimmage
practice that afternoon.
WHAT MAY HAPPEN
IN BASEBALL TODAY
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Won. Lost. Pet. Win. Lose. Split.
Thlllles 77 SS .570 .S74 .860 . . . .
Brooklyn .... 74 St .536 .510 .532 ....
Hoston 72 61 .529 .836 t.5S2 .529
M. Louis .... AS 72 .4S8 .403 J.479 .486
Cincinnati ... 68 71 .482 .486 .478 ....
Chicago 64 70 .478 .481 .474 ....
Pittsburgh ... 67 75 .472 f.iia i.465 .472
New York ... 61 73 .419 .457 $.412 .449
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Won. Lost. Pet. Win. Lose. Split.
Boston Dl 45 .859 . .672 .664 ....
Detroit Dl 49 .650 .652 .615 ....
Chicago 80 58 .680 f.586 .571 .579
Washington . 73 61 .551 .555 .517 ....
New York ... 61 73 .455 fABS t.440 .456
St. Louis .... 88 79 .423 .428 .420 ....
Cleveland .... 52 83 .880 t.S88 t.374 .381
Athletics .... 38 06 .281 f.299 t.279 .287
FEDErtAL LEAGUE.
Won. Lost. Pet. Win. Los. Split.
Pittsburgh ... 75 60 .550 f.562 t.517 .653
Chicago .71 62 .511 .617 .510- ....
fit. Lou(--..... 74 CI ,536 .543 t.529 .536
Newark 70 03 .626 .633 $.519 .626
Kansas City . 70 63 .528 4.333 i.SIB .320
IIUfTalo ...... 69 G9 .500 .501 .496 ....
Brooklyn ....68 72 .480 t.493 2.179 .486
Daltlmure ...41 01 .320 .330 $.321 .328
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THE GREAT
ALLENTOWN FAIR
FOUIt DAYS' THOTTINa.
KACING ANII KUNNINU
$33,000 In Pur sea and Prcmlunis)
DIRECTUM I (1:58) v.
RETER STEVENS (2:02)
PUIIBB IS000. WINNEH TAKK AM.
Wednesday, Sept. 22
In esse of rain race takes place Frl.
day, sept. 24.
Largest Poultry and Pigeon
Display in the World
All roads lead to Allentown
Special trains and reduced rates on
ail railroads hs Jleadlnr. JUhlih
Valley, Jersey Central and l'eiklomen
II. IU The Lehigh Valley Transit c
will run limited trains direct to the
(rounds from Slxty-nlnth Btreet and
Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia;
H. B. BCHAI.I.. Becrctarr
THE
BLUSHING PAT
SPIELS GLIBLY
TO A FAIR MAID
Young Woman Reporter
Interviews Phillies' Pilot
and Gets Dope Galore
PHILS TANK UP NIGHTLY
f
Bl a Staff Correspondent
CINCINNATI, Sept. 18.-Pat Moran'has
been Interviewed by a female of the re
portorlal species. That she was far more)
deadly than the male was evident when
she cornered Pat In his big armchair at
the Metropolo Hotel.
Pat was thinking of something many
miles away when this journatlstlo sprite
burst upon him from a clear sky and
began to Interview him In this wise:
Female reporter Oh, Mr. Moran, I
think baseball Is Just grand, don't yoUT
Had you rather play In hot weather or
cold? It's very warm hero today. Isn't
It? Is your wife a suffragist, Mr. Moran?
I do hope she Is, because all of us women
here are so strong for tho great cause.
Do you like to play golf, Mr. Moran?
Pat Well, you see, I er that Is
F. R. Of course, I know you jfst
deathly sick at everybody always inter
viewing you, but I told them at the office
that I would Just love to talk to you
about baseball. I think It's so Interesting,
don't you7 You see, I'know a good deal
about baseball, Mr. Moran.
Do you folks go to Peoria next? I've
heard a lot about Poorla, but I never have)
been there. It must be splendid to travel
to all these large cities and live at the
big hotels. Oh, here Is my photographer.
You'll pose for him, won't you, Mr.
Moran?
Tat I don't usually but, of course, you
see
F. It. Oh, I Just knew you would. Yes,
your tie Is on straight, Mr. Moran: that's
Just the way I wanted It taken exactly.
You know, some people don't like being
photographed. Have you over been In'
Cincinnati beforo? They say Philadelphia
Is such a slow town, do you think so, Mr.
Moran? Are you the pitcher for tho
team? You mustn't beat our boys too
bad. Well, I must go. You have cer
tainly given me a lot of good "dope," aa
tney say in tne oiuce, ana i nope my
piece in the paper will suit. Good-bye,
Mr. Moran, I'm ever so much -obliged.
Pat rose, stretched himself, sighed
deeply three times and passed out Into
tho street.
"Dost fnlnfc the Phil will cop the fiagt""'
One queried Pat again.
"I don't know what the o recast it.
To me it Joofcs like rain."
That vast army of Cincinnati's veterans
of tho amber fluid agreo that the Phillies
aro the best looking club In the National
League.
"dlcnolden was never like thisl"'
breathed BUI Shettsllne, as he gave 'eirt'
the up and down last evening under the'
white lights of the superheated city.
Mike Dee's consistent work on Oawy,
Cravath's knee has put the Phillies' slug
ger in good shape again.
The Phillies tank up every night here
that Is. they use the big swimming pool
on the first floor of their hotel.
Willard Barred in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 18. The Wiscon
sin State Boxing Commission issued an
order forbidding Jess Wlllard from giving
boxing exhibitions In the J01 Ra'nch Wild
West Show, with which he Is connected.
State laws forbid boxing anywhere ex
cept In regular bouts legally licensed by
the commission.
GET IT STRAIGHT
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You can get all the news of
Sport and get it correctly,
too, from the PUBLIC
LEDGER Sports Magazine.
Herp are the features for
tomorrow's issue:
What tho Mc-Farland-GIb-bona
Bout Developed," by
Billy Rocap.
"Surf
Fishine Prom tho
Boardwalk,
. by J. A. Ham-
mond.
"America's
P 1 a y e r,"
Gibbons.
Gamest
Tennis
by
Paul Wt
"The BrlRht Star That
Shines and Guides a Club
Pennantward," by Stpney
McLlnn.
"The Woman Horso Break
er," by II. D. Jonea.
'!llTi Y?nderbeck Captures
the National Woman's Golf
Cup," by Wm. II. Evans.
"PerigcoplnB tho Football
Horizon" by Robert W.
Maxwell.
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