Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 1, 1916, Page 3

_mm_ Vacation Season ‘R!}V brings_the need of JS2C glary Protestion, G the AETNA at low rates. J.L. LATHROP & SONS - 22 SHETUCKET STRRET e | sented the east, six the FIRE IIISUR‘NOE (: sts so little compared o the protec- n it affords, that it a serious m take to be without it. ISAAC S. JONES nsurance and Real Estate Agent Richards Building, 91 Main’St. BURGLARY. INSURANCE —IN— The Travelers Insurance:Co: B. P. LEARNED & CO. Agency Established May, 1846. ATTOP N EYS AT LAW EDWIN W. HIGGINS Attorney-at-Law Corner Main and Shetucket Streets Erown & Perkms, Iiomeys-at-Law Over Uacas Nat. Bank, Shetucket St. Enptrance _stairway near to <Thames National Bank. Telephone 38-3. PITCHING RECORDS. American League. @ iws 11 2 b o | T 13 s ol L R gy 7 9 n e 10 8 38 gLy 7 7 ¥ on 6 4 6 4 18 11 18 9 13 8 I3 ;O s 1 A4l 08 21 18 9 T s 5 ag- 1y g, i un 1 1 n TR 7 g b 1 8 weBonssnaal National Leaguo. 4 ] Rucker, Rroo Fvans, Plttsh Carter, Chl Allen.” Bost. Huches, Bost nder. P Ph Cheney. Rrockly Marquard. B Pretter. Coomba, BannwaleSonosvesaacioaBobaullnasitucBaRRlEaren BalfesfabucSvnenanslaaSBannasansvinsansnnscs EASTEDN LEAGUE Batting Averages. Portl New Cooney, Tamm Lohman, Ls Fiearne, New vell .. London Jraves are getting uncomfort- close to the Brooklyns, but if the 1s can drub the Praves, the fag end of the week, while Robinson's transpontines ' cleaning up the Phil s 1 feat will make up for io of past defeats. F»ELL-ANS W >solutely Removes adigestion. One package roves it. 25cat all drugglsts. | Church, Tenafly, ;] rival in a long drawn out { of hesitation and doubt. Lt ’. ForestiEHills, N. Y. 'Aug. 31—Of the 128 players that entered the 36th an- nual singlesichampionship tournament of the National Tennis association on Monday, only 16 remained in play at the end of the.third round here late this afternoon. . Of these, nine repre- “Pacific coast and one the south. The eastern con- tingent ‘was- composed of Wallace F. Johnston, ladelphia; W. DMerrili Hall, New York; E. H. Whitney, New York; {(WAJ. ctouuer Philadelphia; R. Norris' + Willliams, 2 d, Philadelphia; [(Willlam M, ‘Washburn : and Leonard ‘Beekman, . New York; George M. J, and Karl H. P iorain e smbered iz e n s numbe: ence J. Griffin,” San Francisco; E."R. McCormick, Los “Angeles; Willls B, Davis, California, now a student at the University of Pennsylvania; Willlam OM Johnsion, San Franecisco, present titleholder; Maurice E. McLoughlin, “|Los Angeles, champion in 1912 and 1913, and R. Lindley Murray, formerly of California, but now a resident of New York. The south’s lone represent- ative was‘Douglas S. Watters of New Orleans. Almost without exception the sur- vivors of’the third round played strict. 1y up to form in defeating their oppo- nents in today’s matches. What came nearest to being.an upset occurred in the match between S. H. Voshell and Wallace ¥. Johnston. Voshell in the third set was within a point of winning but finally lost to his Philadelphia five set strugle. William J. Clothier, also of Philadelphia, figured as victor in a match which consumed another three hours, defeating Lyle E. Mahan of New York after five sets of hard fought tennis. The principal interest of the gailery of 4,000 spectators centered in the initial appearance of Maurice E. Mc- Laughlin upon the grandstand turf McLoughlin was drawn against T. Roosevelt Pell and the contest was not started until all the other matches had been cleared. The famous internation- alist won_in straight sets at 6-3, 6-4, 6-3, but there was a wide difference of opinion among the more expert tennis followers regarding his chances of renehing the finals despite his quick elimination of Pell. Much of the spe tacular was missing from the Califor- {nian’s game today and onl did he flash with the briil smashing forehand and overhead drive which made him so feared ea court career. He still Mcleughhn I]lsposes of Pell E-muus lnternahnnalut Defeated Cnllfommn in Straight ! Sets in Third Rouhd of Tennis Tourney—Portland jone set and the games were one all in against Pell, at least, his service was hard to handle and he easily outplaced and outmanoeuvred his opponent. McLoughlin piled up an unusual number of nets and outs for him and appeared to be in doubt at times as to just where to play in court. Most of the time he staved near the base line, driving forehund and backhand with fair success past Peli when the latter attempted to take the net. Occasion- ally he would come up to the net him- self, and there‘he was the old comet, hammering the ball with terrific force for sure points. MoLoughlin also un- covered a change of pace new for him by sharply chopping the ball from mid- court just over the net, the ball having little rise or force after it struck the ground. Pells most effective stroke was a backhand cross court shot which appeared to puzzle McLoughlin, as it passed him for many placement aces. William M. Johnston, the playing- through champlon, disposed of Nathan- el W. Niles even more easily. John- ston played fully up to the game which won him the title a year ago and com- pletely outclassed the Boston expert. who was unable to handle successfully the San Francisco expert's service and returns. Johnston showed an ail around game, playing equally well from the base line or close to tke net, and his footwork indicated tha the was in éx- cellent physical condition. George M. Church, considered to be one of the most formidable of the play- ers left in the tournament, easily ran through Eugene M. “’arrefi a young- er member of the Pacific coast ccntin- gent; and R. Norris Williams, 24, of Philadelphia, winner of the 1914 tltle, disposed of Cedric A. Major in straignt sets, once he settled down to serious play. Williams, however, was much more erratic than when he defeated Robert Lerov on Wednesday. Clar- Washington 5, Cleveland 3. Eastern League. Springfleld 6, Iynn 5. Portlend 1, Bridgeport 4. Lawrence 5, Hartford 3. International League. Newark 1, Toronto 3. Richmond 3, Montreal 2 Providence %, Buffalo 4 . Baltimore 3, Rochester 1. GAMES SCHEDULED TODAY. National Le New York at Boston. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. Cincinnatl at Piitsburgh. Chicago at St. Louls. American League. Boston at New York. Philadelphia at Washington. Eastern League. Springfleld at Lynn. Lawrence at Hartford. Portland at New Haven. Bridgeport at New London. Lowell at Worcester. THE STANDINGS, Natlozal League, Pet. Brookiyn 621 Boston . ‘800 Phfladeiphia 578 New TYork 0 Pittsburgh ‘362 St Louts a7 Chicago . 47 Cincinnatt 311 American Leagt Boston Detroit Chicago . St. Louts New York Cleveland Washington Philadelphia Esstern Loague. W. New London .18 Portland 1 Springfield : 80 Worcester S S 5T 3 Hartford Lowell Browns Hit in the Pinches. Boston, Aug. 31.—St, Louis made it three out of four from the Red Sox by ence J, Griffin, champion with John- ston in doubles was not forced to ex- tend himself in winning from William M. Rand, 3d, of Rye, N. Y.; and Doug- las S. Watters, the southern champion, entered the fourth round as the result o fa default on the part of G. A. L. Dionne of New York, due to muscle cramps, after thc pair had each won the third. The feature matches in the cham- pionship courts will bring together to- morrow Merrill Hall Wallace Johnston at 11 a. m. Watson M. shburn and Willis F. Davis at 1.30, H. Behr and R. Lindley Murray 15, and Maurice E. McLoughlin t’qatl,md George M. Church at 3.45. STOCK MARKET BUOYANT. in Amicable Settlement of in Confidence Railroad Trouble Prices of Stocks. Caused a Rise New York, Aug. 31.—Wall unswerving confidence in an adjustment of the railway labor pute found expression today in anothe: advance of price. y United States Steel repeated its record of 99 3-8, made las Mercantile Marines attained new heights, the common advancing 1 1-2 to 44 3-8 and the pr -8 to 104 8-4. Other new maximums in- cluded Inspiration Copper, which rose 2 to 8, and Kelly-Springfield Tire, which made a gross gain of 8 1-8 to 79 3-4. ‘A very considerable gains was_oblitera‘ed minutes of trading, tion of a report from 'V the president’s plea with sentatives of the brothe failed. In the malin, however. closi prices disclosed decided preponderance of net advances. Rail and other seasoned stocks were in general demand, the inquiry inating largely with the short inte which had sold stocks in e: of a strike. Commission houses also reported buying from interior sources in touch with railroad conditions. Coppers as a group followed the lead of Inspiration, with extreme advances of 1 to 8 points, and minor industrinis took their oue from Siel, with gains of almost as much. Equipments were only moderately active, the same con- dition applying to munitions, the mo- tors,” zinc shares and sugars. Total sales were 820,009 shares. Marks duplicated their recent min- imum of 70 1-2 in the foreign ex- change market and rubles yielded some of their advance at 34, with sterling and francs virtually unaltered Bonds were steady, with total sales, par value, of $2,270,000. United States ccupen fours advanced 3-4 per cent. on bid and coupon twaow 1-2 on one transaction. STOCKS. part of these in the last few publica- th the Sales. 200 Acme Tes pr .. 6800 Alaska Gold 3 700 Alaska Juneau 800 Allla Chalmers 100 Allls Chalmers pr 300 Am Ag Chem 1500 Am Beet Sugar 16800 Am Crn 200 Am Can 800 Am Cor _a&T 100 Am Coal Prod . 200 Am. 11 & L pr 400 Am Ico Beo . 700 Am Tinseed . 800 Am Linsed pp 6800 Am Locomo 350 Am Locomo pr 100 Am Maly 800 Am Molt pr 2600 Am Smelt 200 Am Smelt pr A 300 Am Steel ¥dry .. 300 Am Suga: . 700 Am Tel & Tel' 525 Am Tobacco 500 4m Woolen 100 Am Woolen pr 200 Am W P pr 300 Amer zinc 80 Amer zinc pr 18900 Anaconda 200 Asw Gil 2800 Atchison 200 Atchison pr 100 Al Coast Line 900 At G & ... 200 Atl.. G & W 5409 Bald Locom 2490 Balt-& Ohio 300 Peth - Steel 210 Brooklyn B T 300 Burns Bros 2800 Butte &Sup 800 Cal P(-tmkum 100 Cal” Pgtrol pr 1200 Can ic 1800 Cent. Leather 2200 Ches ' & Ohio 160 Chic Gt West 100 Chie G W _pr 2800 C. M. & St 800 Chie & N 2030 Ch. R I 1000 CC & 100 Chile Copper 2600 Chin Con "Cop 100 Cluett Peab . 100 Cluett P pr 6600 Col Fuel &:Ivon e A 600 1 Gas 1000 Can ... 700 Corn Prod 8300 Crucitle Steel 100 Crucible_ Steel pr 7400 Cuba Cin_Sug . 100" Cuba: Cane '8 pr . 100 Del & . Hudson 700 Den & Rlo G'pr 200 Dome Mines 200 Dia ; Matoh BB steady; 1000 o & S pr . Electric Motor s stedd 2" ‘eotral 100 Morris 5 100 Nat C &S pr . 100 Nat Lead pr Nev C Central . N H & NYO0 & West 100 Norf &South . 200 Norf &West North Prelic Phila. Co . Pitts Stesl pr Steel S. Press S Car pr 200 1000Press 160 100 2101 5400 56500 Texae Third_Avenus Tob Products Under Typo . 200 Union Bag & P . 100 Tnion B & P pr 27804 Union Pac 200.Lalon Pac U Cigar & United Fruit United Ry Inv U 5..C. P & S 1. Alcohol S. Rubber . S, Sm _ &Ref 100 5300 500 100 300 Ro Steel Wabash . 2200 Wabash pr A 400 Wabash pr B . 100 Wells Fargo 200 West Mery . 100 West Union Tel 2600 Westinghouse 100 Weym Brut 200 Worth Pump . 100 Wor Pump pr A 6800 Willys 0’nad 100 Willys Over pr Total eales 811,418 shares. MONEY. New York, Aug. 31. — Call money high 2 1-2; low 2 1-4; ruling rate 2.1-2; last loan 2 1-2; closing bid 2 1-4; offered at 2 1-2, COTTON. New York, Aug. 21.—Cotton futures futures closed firm. October 18.82, De- ce gber 16.31, January 16.38, March winning today’s game, 2 to 1. The Browns were able to hit in the pinches and were helped to one run through an error by MoNally. Scor St. Louls (A) ) 2b hpo a el Do a o Shottonlf 5 1 3 0 0| 200 Milert 5 0 & 0 o 131 4218 1 of 000 400 5 o 100 Marsanscf 4 0 0 1 ofGatner1d 7 £ig Severeldc 4 2 2 0 Of Walker.cf 400 Austin3b 2 0 2 2 ofGardner.3b $00 4228 0 220 300 1 0 700 == — ] 120 Totals 35 72716 o 000 000 (2) Batted for Scott in 9t (4z) Batted for. Score by innings: St. Louis Boston .. Two base Hits, Tigers Take Last of Series. New York, Aug. 31—Detroit made it three out of four games from New York by winnivg the last game of the series, 7 to 3. The visitors got anm early lead through Russell’s wildness, scoring four runs in the third inning and two bases on balls, a hit batsman, a fielder’s choice and two hits, Mitch- ell held the Yankees in check in every inning but the eighth, when Pipp drove in two runs with a triple and scored on a sinzle by Maisel. Score: Detroit (A) New York (A) ab hpo a e hpo a e 01 2 ofs 2350 s -2 siia ol £1100 5110 0 i 3010 of 111810 2.0 3 0.0 € 21t 31 9 2 0lOldringet 3 2 0 0 1 42 12 ofMule 11400 4 1,51 40210 1100 00020 ———— 10000 34 82710 10020 10010 10000 Totals 3410 27 19 2 (x) Batted for Russell in (xx) Batted for Love In Score by lnnings: New York ..... 00 0 0 Detroit 01 40 Two bas ng. Burns. Heavy Hitting Gave Chicago Game. Pbiladelpt Aug. 31—Chicago hit the deli of Bus abors hard and easily won xme. 7 to 1. Jackson had a home run, a triple and a single in four times at bat. Weaver was put out of the game by, Umpire Chill for disputing a decision. Score: Chicago (A) Philadelphia (A) b po ab hpo & e Letbold,rf 41140 Weaser,ss 40130 Terry, ss 580000 Collins, 2 42101 Jackson,1t 3111 20 J.Coltins,rf 20420 > 30119 820057 2 iy 191 ‘20 90000 10000 28 42715 Scere Uy inning: Chicago 0000303 07 Philadeiphta 6000010 0—1 Three base hiis, Jackson, Ness, Schalk. Schang. Home run, Jackson. Senators Settle on Lambeth. ‘Washington, Aug. 31.—Washington made it three out of four from Cleve- land by winning today, 5 to 3. locals drove Lambeth from the bo the seventh inning with four suce hits and a sacrifice netting thre Score: Cieveland (A) T in © runs. Washington (A) ab hpo a e hpo s e Chapmanes 4 172 5 0 2 g o 3221 oF 01380 420957 ) 42400 41 20 0fs i0 20 0 30501 41200 1280 0 8118 10 €10 23 €13 30 100 0 ofHenry 00000 2 0 21 ofGharrity, 417 1 ¢ Lambethp 2 0 0 1 1ldyersp 810600 LTI L R e xMoller 1 0 0 0 Ol Totals 32 92710 0 Gouldp 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 82 92411 3| (x) Batted for Morton in 8th. Score by innings: Cleveland . 0000000 23 Washington 0010030 x5 To ‘base hiis, Gindil, Leonsrd, Both Future for Wilkes Brewer. Wilkes Brewer, 2.0834, the fastest trotter of the season on the half mile tracks, will start this week at Youngs- town, Ohio, after which she has several engagements on mile tracks at Mil- waukee and other Western meetings. Then she may not fill, as_her owner: Dr. W. H. Buechner, of Youngstown, wishes to keep her eligible to the 2.08 class next season and enter her in early closing races through the Grend Circuit. Horsemen who have seen her race seem to be unanimous in the be- Hef that she can beat 2.08 on a mile track. Many offers have been meade for the handsome mare since she won her remarkable race at Lima, in which she trotted the.fifth heat in 2.08%. 16 34, May 16.70. Spot steady; middling 18 t0. CHICAGO ' GRAIN MARKET. - Bigh. Low. sy 18T% “’b 17 1% sk pre N vk A it 8 4% 8% 3% 3% 7 % 76% 3% = 41‘»1! m‘ 1% B S0% _ - 9% . Her owner has let it be known that he does mot wish to sell and has notified ‘all comers that:nothing less than $25,- 000 will te him to part with the daughter of Nutwood Wilkes. He paid about $3,000 for her less than a year ago. Cyrus Rheéims, a well known dealer in horsss in Brooklyn, had all but bought for $2,500, for 'William Kelly, about this time. 8haron—Harry Atkins of Sharon is suffering with ‘' a -broken o) ne.as the of* an’entomoblle-accident, - | 0%057 e F e Norwich, Conn., August 31, 1916 By In view of the impending Railroad Strike, and until further notice, all Checks, Drafts and Bills of Exchange, payable outside of the city of Norwich, will be received COLLECTION ONLY for Credit will be given on final payment. THE NORWICH SAVINGS SOCIETY, THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK, COSTELLO LIPPITT, Treasurer THE CHELSEA SAVINGS BANK, ® THE UNCAS CHAS. B. CHAPMAN, Treasurer, THE DIME SAVINGS BANK, FRANK L. WOODARD, Treasurer CHAS. H, PHELPS, Cashier NATIONAL BANK, DWIGHT H. HOUGH, Cashier THE THAMES NATIONAL BANK, CHAS. W, GALE, Cashier Chicago 8, St. Louis 1. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 31.—Profiting by nine St. Louis miscues, Chicago romp- ed over the locals today, 8 to 1, in one of the poorest exhibitions ever seen on the local diarnond. Only one of the visitors’ runs was earned and eight of the locals’ nine errors were made by the infield. Pack- ard pitched a strong game, only one Cardinal getting beyond first nutil the eighth, when Smith’s triple and a sac- rifice iy by Long saved St. Louis from a shutout. Score: Chicago (N) St. Louis (N) Zelder,2b 5 3 38 1| Long.rf 31100 X\clx:c{ 1 0 0 0 OfBescher,it 4 0 1 0 0 5 2 4 0 0fzBeck.Sb 11018 40121 c 3082396 g et - 200 g 2 T 10000 s2rmu e (M Batted for Wilson in Tth, IChk:; 0010038138 08 St. Louls B 00000001 01 Two hese hit. T Three base hits, Will- Pirates Pushed Hard by Boston. Pittsburgh, Pa. Aug, 31.—Pittsbursh won the final game of the series, here today from Boston by a score of 3 to 2. The Pirates scored two runs in the third inning on hits by Mamaux, Warner and Carey and Fitzpatrick’s error and another in the fourth on Farmer’s triple and Schmidt's sacrifice fly. Magee's single, Bigbee's error and Konetchy’s sacrifice fly gave the vis- itors a tally in the seventh, and an- other run was made in the next in- ning on a base on balls, an error and Chappelle’s hit. The game was called at the end of the first half of the eighth inning to permit Boston to catch a train. Score: Boston (N) Pittsburgh (N) ab hpo 8 ¢ ab bpo a e 4 13 3 o|wamer3b 4 3 2 0 0 8130 ofCarescf 32200 411 0 ofBigheatt 4 0 7 0 1 411 0 g 1.0 0 2009 0 0 1000 30 2 e 31040 30 0 0 ofSmy 201 0 1 iE 20 2 0 1lSchmidte 2 0 5 1.0 100 0 ofMamavxp 3 11 4 ¢ 1003 0 ———— 100 0 0f Totals 02410 2 00 0 0 o 000 0 G s " tor “Gomas ' in_ s (xx) Batted for Nehen in Gth ) Batted for Reulbach in Sth. core by Innings 0 Three 0 0 00 [ 100 base Lits, 0 Maran- ‘Cares. Two_base Hit, ville, Farmer. Springfield Rallied in Ninth. Springficld, Mass., Aug. 31.—Spring- field came from behind today in ite game with Lynn and by scoring five runs in the ninth inring won by a score of 6 to 5. Seven hits were mude in the one inning off Pitchers Jewett and Tu Score by R H. E. Springfleld =% 1§ (21 —5 LABOR DAY FIGHTS. Three CJamplonshlps Wlll be Settled On the Holiday. Three championships and _other important ring battles will be fought on Labor v in different parts of the country. Champion Freddie Welsh will defend hi: ightweight crown against Chariic White m a ev-round bout to a de bout is book- ed for Colo ado \pru , Col. Feath- erweigh Johnny Kilbane against _George in a 15-round decision bout at Cedar Point, O. In Brooklyn, at Washmgton parlk, Jack Dillon and Jim Coffey will clash and at Tulsa, Okla., Frank Moran and Carl Morris will clash in a 15-round bout to a decision. Other bouts sche- duled for Labor day are: Jack Brit- ton, of New York, and Johnny Grif- fiths, of Akron, O., 12 rounds, at Can- ton, O.; Battling Tevinsky, of New York, and Jim Flynn, of Pueblo, Col, 12 rounds. Many of the lesser lights in the fight game will meet on the hol- iday, so it can be seen Labor day will be a real labor day for the fighters their managers and the club promo- ters. COBB WEARY OF JEERS. Therefore the Georgia Wonder Threat- ens to Retire. Ty Cobb, who got $350 for his exhi- bition in New Haven last Sunday, may quit baseball at the end of this season. Not that Cobb is going back any, but the Georgia peach is weary of the jeers of hostile fans and wants to retire to a peaceful life at his home in Georgia. Cobb. a hot-blcoded southerner, finds it difficult to restrain himself at times from doing bodily harm to those in the g:'a.nd stand and bieachers who ride m No player in the game has had so many heated tilts with fans as had the Georgia wonder. Cobb is a verit- able fountain of energy, one who boils over when he's in there playing the game It is his —— whkdh o e fans to get goat and lead i @@ggmm;;m:w etimbed into the grand stand boxes after fans who persisted in nagging him. Cobb has announced that he will play this season out and then quit. He is convinced now that he san have no peace of mind as long as he continues in baseball. Were it not for Hughey Jennings, Cobb would have gone back to his cotton plantation in Georgia when he was suspended a few weeks ago for hurling his bat at a tantalizing bleacherite. Tyrus Raymond is working under a $15,000 contract with the Tigers which runs out this vear. It is most likeiy that the Georgia peach would be given the same stipend for years to come, for he draws twice that amount at the gate for the Tigers. Put Ty's de- termination to quit is due to the fact that he doesn’t have to play baseball for a living. He is rich in“this world's goods and can retire now and live a life of luxury for the remainder of his days. He has_invested shrowdly of the money he has earned on the diamond and his income is probably as sreat as any piayer in the game, with the possible exception of Christy Mathewson. But if Cobb quits the fans will alone be responsible, says Hugh Jennings. The Georgia peach is tired of being abused, when he doesn’t have to put up with it. MATHEWSON'S SUCCESS EARNED WITH HIS BRAIN Christy Always Used His Head Saved His Arm. and Christian Mathewson, much better known as “Christy” or “Big Six,” is remarkably = interesting as a ball player, writes Robert Edgren in the Detroit Journgl. His record in 15 years of pitching for the New York Glants is known to every /boy in the United States who ever played base- ball in a vacant lot. Matty is more famous than any of our presidents. His “fadeaway” has iong been a mat- ter of thrilling interest where the “Mexican notes” are as little known s _the proclamations of Caesar. His strike-out records have filled col. umns in every newspaper in the coun- - when the sinking of a battleship has been reported in one small para- graph. Christy is and always has been an all-around man as well as a ball plaved. He has a strong individuality in all things, from checker playing to pitching. There never has been a time when Matty lacked an ambition, and that is part of the secret of his great success. . he first time that young Mathew- son attracted any real attention was when the Tactogyville team played Honesville, Matty was the pitcher for the home nine. On the day of the big game his mother discovered that in the excitement of preparation Chris- ty had forgotten to dig the potatoes. o potatoes, no game,’ was her ultimatus. Things looked dark for Factoryville. The whole nine — or rather the other eight—came to plead for Matty's release but Mrs, Mathew- n was fixed as the north star. in hour before game time young hewson showed the genius that tc mak him famous later on. He gathered the Factoryville team and put - the proposition up to them straight: “The potatces must be dug or I can’'t play. #F I can’t pitch we lose the eame. Nine of us can dig those potatoe: And the nine did. Matty not only earned h release and pitched the winning game, but got his potato patch neatly polished off with a min- imum «©f exertion. And it's said that afternoon a big leagne scout saw him when he shut out Honesville that and put his name on the possible list. In course of time, Christy Mathew- son was-sent to DBucknell, and while still at college Christy went to Nor- folk, where he played ball in the ginia State league. His start was sen- sational in the extreme. He pitched in 24 games and won 22. He won 21 games straight. And right here he was picked up by the waiting scout and soon signed a contract with Pres- ident Andrew Freedman of the New York Giants. Matty went to New York and pitched a couple of games, finished his college course and in 1902 settled down to make pitching his life work. He was successful at once. Within a few months he was famous. He won eight games in a row for a starter. Not vet 20 vears of age, slim and not fully developed, he had a world of speed and a fair collection of curves. “Iron Man” McGinntly was pitching then, and Matty studied the Tron Man’s method and began working for control and change of speed. In a short time he had developed the most deceptice delivery used by any pitch- er in the big league. He was begin- ning to use his famous “fadeaway”— a ball that fooled the most practiced batters ever since, and can still take them into camp today. Mathewson's success, has been earned with his brain. From the start he determined to conserve his strength and win games without extending himself to the limit if possible. He mede a close study of every batter opposed to him. He learned all their weak spots. He used speed and pow- er when hé needeg it, but he developed most upon his skill.'No other pitcher ever developed such miraculous con- trol of the ball. He could use any trick of delivery and cut the plate whenever and wherever he wanted to. Matty never “beaned” a player or baited an umpire. He outguessed the mall. And he was a thorough sportsman. In all his career Matty never used a “beanball” The bsitters could stand up to the plate without the slightest fear of being hit. And vet they couldn’t find his delivery. Matty once told me in a few words his working principle. “I_always try,” he said, “to put the ball where 'they don’t want it If a batter preferred to catch the ball qn the end of the bat Matty never gave him a chance to do it. He knew not only the weak spots of every bat- ter, but the strong spots and the lat- ter he avoided. There never has been a_more pop- ular athlete than Christy Mathewson. Al of his rivals in other league clubs from the very beginning of his career, admiréd him and unhesitating- Iy praised his ability and his sports- manship. He never baited an umpire in his life. He didn't think it neces- sary or right or S$portsmanlike. He has always accepted an_umpire's de- cision without a “kick”. Now, as man- ager of Cincinnatl, he takes up his new line of work without an enemy in the world and with millions of frignds. Mathewson is a thing he attempts. He'll be a suc- cessful manager. -He is not only a great ball player, but also one of ‘the best shots in_the country, a remark- able checker Player, a first-class golfer and a_successful business man In sev- eral lines, at which he has earned a fortune of several hundred thousand dollars. The United States and every small boy and baseball fan in it join in wishing him the best of good luck. genius at every- TEST OF GREAT TEAM ABILITY TO REPEAT. Cubs and Mackmen Stand Out Prom- inent. The test of a great, or at least a first class ball club, is abilty to win a pennant and then repeat says Crant- land Rice. Apparently the Red Sox are the only entries in this class left, and they havi vet to show the fibre of the older line- ups. rting in 1901, three years in a row. was the test of class. The Giants won in 1904 and 1905; they won again in 1911, 1912 and 1913. That was proof enough of class, be- vond all argument. The two great machines were the and the Mackmen. The Cubs, i in 1905, won four pennants in The Mackmen, starting in d the same. the only two clubs in the ¢ years able to make showing. There isn’t a club in the National League today that even compares with the old Cubs. There isn't a team in the American League to be menticned in the same class with the Mackmen. A bail club may win a pennant one season through breaks in tie Iluck, ng beyond normal speed But no ball club is win- Pittsburgh won That showing for a stretch. ning t ants ce pennants in a row or four in five years unless it out- Braves scattered the old Mack- ian line-up. But the Brayes have yet to prove their class by winning an- other flas. Hartford Lost in Bad Third. Hartford, C Brown, & | Spri | ster, pitched f nst Law- rence today and one bad inning, the third, spelled defeat for him. two er- rors behind him proving costly. Fuller e the fieldimy nmerman wes ball, nd W pitched stead of O'Connell noteworthy. Score by rtford innings: 001 rence 0.0 4 own and® Sk Bridgeport Downed the Leaders. Bridgepor:, Conn., Aug. 31.—Bridge- port batted Martin and Plitt hard to- day and, aided by costly errors, won from Portland, 4 to 1. Score by innings Portland ) 00010 Bridgeport 16 0 0 0 0 Martin. Plitt and Sweatt; and Moshier. 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