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Ro— WINNING OF NEW YORK IS STOPPED IN MODERN MANNER Ohicago Jumps in and by a Score of Thre to Ome Takes First Game MOGRIDGE HAS BAD INNING New York, Aug Chiako ore t v, the W C sually oc IS )3 « Ny 5 \ogrig R \ ( thiee ¢ ¢ CIR M v YORK | AT O P! Fe \ \ \ \ . 0 & f 0 ‘ My 000 00 . » Shiwher p 0 0 0 0 0 Yotals 29 42710 3 stted far Mogridge 1o elghth Chival 00030000 0--% New Yor V0000001 Nl hree-b Wit Millar Stolou buses N rifice hits. Wa ‘ o e fly. Fournie Double avs Baumunn to Pipp. Baumson to edeon to Pipp, Weaver to 1 Culling to u Rases on ba Orr Mogridge 3 Nita and erned ruu Mogridge 7 hits, 2 runs in eight | off Shawkey, 1 hit. no runs i one off Cicatte, 1 run Struck out. My Mg €, by Shawkey, 3. hy Cleat 1 Hildebrand and Owens. Boston Wins Game On a Forced Run Boston. Aug. 19.—Joe Boehling, re cently of the Senators, makmg s initial appearance with the ¢ leveland team, handed a game to the Boston Americans today by forcmg a run i in the minth wnmg. Boston winning, 210 1. Up to the final mning Boeh ling had pitched well, allowing only six scattered hits. Gardner opened the ninth with asingle through center, but was forced out on Scott's ground to Chapman. Cady singled to center, Scott going to third. McNally was sent in to run for Scott and he and Henriksen for Cady. Janivin, pinch bitting for Foster was walked, filling the bases. Then Boehling walked Hooper, forcing McNally n with the winning tally. Score ABHOAE BORTON Graney 1€ 3 1 00 ABH.OAE CRFndb 21 2 2 Ollaoperrf 3 0 3 0 0 Spe'kercf 2 0 1 OBarry.2b 8 2 1 1 0 Roth.rf 30 4 1 OLewisif -k I e 1Y Gandillb ¢ 0 8 1 0Galper, b 4 1 & 10 Wihsgsas 4 1 0 5 OWalkercf 4 0 4 0 0 Turner.2b ¢ 0 3 3 8G'dner3b 4 0 4 0 0 O'Netle 3 1 4 1 O0Rcotpas e200 Tly,e 00 0 1 0Cady.e 433120 Boehl'g.p 3 1 1 3 ORuthp 20020 sMoeller 0 0 0 0 0Foster,p 1 0 0 1 0 - v slunvrin 0 0 0 0 0 Totuls 38 6°2517 0°H'riksen 0 0|0 0 0 “McNally 0 0'0 0 0 Totals.30 837 § 1 *One out when winning run scored *Ran for O'Neill in elghth *Batted for Foater in ninth *Ran for Cady In ninth *Ran for Scott {n ninth. leveland 001 00 00 Bosjon 000001 00 Sucrifice hitn: Chapman, Lewis. Sacrl fice fly: Speuker Deuble pluys. Wam- baganss to Turner to Gandil, Roth to Chap man. Bases on balls: Off Boehl off Ruth, 1, off Foster, 3 Hits carned runs: Off Boehling. 8 hits. 2 runs in eight one-third inningg: off Ruth, 3 hits, no in six innings; off Foster hits, no Hig by pitched ball Struck out: By by Foater, 1. Um- ans. In three inning: By Boehling. Har Boehling. ;. by Ruth, pires; O'Loughlin and Cobb Saves the Day For Detroit Team Philadelphia, Aug. 19.—Cobb's clever work on ahe bases in the tenth inning turned today's game in Detroit's fa- vor, 6 to 2. With two out in the tenth Cobb got a base on balls. He stole second by a great slide and then started for third, drawing McElwee out of position. At the same time Veach hit the ball past the spot vacat- ed by McElwee and Cobb scored. De- troit then hammered out two doubles and a single, which, with fwo errors, sent in four runs. Johnson and Covel- skie had a splendid battle for nine in- nings with the former being accorded COMMY PLAYED BAG 0ld Roman Was First Player to Stand Away From First Base When in Field EVERYBODY DOES IT NOW vl Rrow f ' Hone h \ « wits notat | anted with Comiskey | | was carching and Silver Kimg was pitcing for the Browns Why don't you go ahead and call time e demanded of Kelly Kelly Tooked puzeled Why havent’ you fellows any hrst haseman?” he questioned nd vou have two rght ticlde Certamly he was m a quandry You'll have to put a man on first base hefore we go ahead and play " I'he catcher then to explain Comuskey, he said, had simply discov cred a new way of playing first hasc meaning that he did not hug the bag, ad rad as 1t was castomary to do in those days —and that he somehow usnally nmanaged to heat the runner out. In case, b wever, the race became too warm, Comiskey required his pitcher to cover first base; he would then field the ball and throw to the pitcher, as 1t s now done It was a rather difficult piece of news for the umpire to absorb; yet, nevertheless, the game proceeded, and thus hegan the practice of the basemen abandoning the sacks when they were 1w the field I'his was not, however, the only method that Comiskey devised; for not alone dd he msist upon his pit chers covermg first base when a ball was batted to him, but he required his outtielders to shift when different styles of hatters came up to the plate The old-time outfielders did not play for certain batters the way they do now: that is they did not familiar- 1ze themselves with the weaknesses of the different hitters, and they could not, therefore surmise where the ball would go. This meant that the old timers would sometimes have to go pretty fast to get the ball, for by play- mg in the same position all of the time a new style of batter frequently would drive a ball to an altogether and he sensed just about where cach batter was hkely to hit the ball Moreland declares that he has seen him turn around just as the pitcher was ready to throw and sprint for a certain section of the field at full speed; then he would reverse and catch a fly that the other fielders would not even have tried for, Christensen Does Not Care to Tackle M. Ple_s.tina's Game Marian Plestina continues to be a toy for a cruel fate. Last week the big Omaha wrestler signed up to wrestle one Harold Christensen, who professes to be the Danish champion. Plestina agreed tod ump Harold twice in an hour perfect support during the entire con-| The Christensen demurred. He be- test. Score: gan to talk of a large guarantee DETROIT PHILADELPHIA e A i , ROIT. DELPHIA. | Christensen was bumped in short or % 1 01 owittas & 2 3 3 1|der by Joe Stecher at Fremont a 26 2 ¢ OWalshrf & 110 1f¢ : i 3 Fr R S, «uup‘\c of weeks ago and there is a Veackl? 5 1 3 0 % 4 1 4 o 1|suspicion a frigid atmosphere encir- Cwiordrt 3 2 1 0 b ‘!”! o “‘ cled his pedal extremities when he be- Burnndb 4 113 0 OWInnlatn & 018 ¢ O)gan to scriously consider his pros- cKeme 4 1.4 3 OHaleyo 3 1420 pects with another Nebraska wrestler Cviskiep 8 0 0 § ofonnsonp 3 0 8 8 81 Apyway the match is off. It was to Totals..38 93018 0*Ficinich 1 1 0 0 0fhave been held Thursday night. Totals ..36 93015 & And now Plestina is out of the only *Ran for Haley in tenth, match he even signed up for in the D i fasonRan Un tnth o s_g|last six months. Nobody wants to Phila. ....1 0 0 0 0 0 0 o o 1—2|wrestle Marin for some reason or Two-base hita: Crawford. Burns, Witt " ¢ has sounde ¢ e b R ik fother SR ep hassounded fallthe fhig 120, Cobb, Walsh, Mclnnis. Doubls plavs: | boys out, but they refuse to get in- Witt to Lajofe and Mclnnis Bases on balls Off Covelskie, 1; off Johnson, 4. Hits and eurned runs: Of Covelskie, § hits 2 runs In 10 tnningx; off Johnson, § hits 4 runs in 10 innings. Struck out. By Covelskie, 1; by Johnson, 2. Umplres: Nallin and Dineen Elmer Smith Shows Up With Senators Washington, Aug. 19.—Washington defeated St. Louis, § to 3, today by hitting Koob and Hamilton oppor- tunely. Elmer Smith, recently pur- chased from Cleveland. made his firts appearance in a Washington uniform and had a busy day handling eight chances in left field. Score: ST. LOUIS. WASHINGTON AB.HO B H.O.. Shotten.it Millerrt 5 Sisler,1b Parks.p Wiman.p Pratt.2b Mre'se.ct Sever'd.c Austin,3b 0Shanks.3b OFoster,2b OMilan cf 0Smithit ORice,rf OW'I'ms.1b 0Alns'th,c 0J'nson,p Totals. .29 omSommoro oo almremomoon | ol moooosasni elosssccssa? K H'm'lt'n,p *Borton *Tobin Tot ruoRaunenmOw ersonoramooo ceromBmuo et coorenmonoosoo® ] onoos .36 934 Q 2 for Hamilton in fourth. *Batted for Parks in sixth. St Louls.......1 ¢ 0 2 0 0 & 0 Washington ...0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 Two-base hit: Willlams. Miller Sacrifice hita: fNies: Morgan. Bases on balls: Off Johnson, oft Parks, ton, 1. Hits and earned runs: and 1 in 2 (none out, one on base in third): off and 2 in 1; oft Parks, 2 and none in 2; oft Weilman, 1 and none in 3; off Johnson, § und 3 fn 9. Struck out: By Johnson, 5. Ume pires: Chill and Connolly. a —3 *—3 Shanks. Sacrifice Fremant Bawling League. Fremont, Neb. Aug. 19.—(Special )—Eight teams have signed up for the bowling league which will begin its schedule soon after the opening of the alleys, September 1. Last year a league of eight teams was main- tained. The state tournament will be held here' In” April. Three-base hits: | Hamilton, 3| terested. b \i\knlly Marin is a little too good Gus Tylee is handling Plestina's af- fairs and he says he and Marin will accept any kind of a proposition with anybody any place. Which is fair enough. Whitted Admits He Is Somg_ é{dent Fan When the Phils were in New York, George Whitted was at the cigar stand in his hotel, and Alexander the Great was standing ten feet away be- ing interviewed by some New York newspaper men. A stranger came up and bought a cigar. Slowly lighting it, he turned to Whitted. “That's Alexander over there, isn't it?" he asked. Yes, that's the fellow,” was Whit- ted's answer. “Ever see him pitch?” “Sure did." “He's a great pitcher.” “Now, you've said it.” “The Phils have a good haven't they?” | “Best in the world.” team, | “It must be vour favorite team:” “It certainly is." | “Do you see them play often? | “Haven't missed a game this year.” | “You don’t mean to that you actually go from city to city to watch the Phillies?” 's absolutely true, T do it.” as hes tarted to edge away from \ ted, “'you are certainly some base ball bug. see, my friend.” said the stranger | MGRAW GETTING READY 10 RETIRE Little Napoleon May Quit Base Ball When Contract With Giants Runs Out. HE'S TIRED OF THE WORRY New York, Aug. 19.—John J. Graw, manager of the Giants 1902, may voluntarily retire base ball when his contract with the New York National League club ex- pires at the end of next year. Mc state M since from Graw, according to his own ment, 15 gradually becoming of the trials and tribulations caused by managing a hig league ball club He has been actively engaged, player and team leader, ever since he broke into fast company with the fa 1893, In weary as mous Baltimore Orioles in in the service of orgamzed base ball owned by the late McGraw when they were Andrew Freedman, managed pennant-winning teams in 1004, 1905, 1911, 1912 and 1913, the slants capturing one world’s cham pionship, in 1905, when they beat the has other year to run,” said McGraw, “but I do not hehieve T will sign again to manage the Giants. [ have spent the greater part of my life on the ball field and 1 am beginning to grow tired of it all. Running a major league ball club is a thankless task It's fine if you win a pennant, but it's much different if your team loses [t isn't money that I nced, and that is why [ fee' like retiring to devote my time to some other line of work. Looks to Next Year. “The Giants have been greatly strengthened lately, and [ still hope that they will win the pennant. But we have lost so many games this year that 1t will be a very difficult task to finish ahead of the Brooklyns. Still, base ball is so uncertain that any thing may happen. 1f the Giants are unable to win this season, they surely will lose money for the New York club, which has gone to heavy ex- pense to secure a first-class team Rut next vear 1 don't see how the Giants can lose the championship It 1s my ambition to manage one more {pennant winner and then capture the world's series before 1 decide to get out of base ball” MeGraw aid to be drawing a salary of $30,000 a year from the New York club. He probably could sign a mote profitable contract it be cared to remain at the head of the Giants. 1t isn't helieved that McGraw has the slightest idea of holding up his pres- ent employer at the end of next sea- son by threatening to retire, mas- much as John J. isn't built that way. For some time the little managers iriends have intimated that he 1s growing weary ot his burden, so that the statement of McGraw, quoted above for the first time, would seem to indicate that he really means busi- is ness 4 Perhaps President Hempsirad knew something about McGraw's plans when he tried to tic a string to Christy Mathewson, so that the latter could return from Cincinnati to the Giants in 1918 Hempstead's desire to hold onto Matty stirred up much comment in major league circles, but go to the Reds as a frec agent. Offi- cials of the New York club and Mc Graw have repeatedly denied stories of friction. Apparently they are get- ting along harmoniously. McGraw has been supported by Hempstead with a liberal policy. Nearly S!OU,» 000 has been spent by the New York club this year for Kauif, Rariden, Anderson. Roush, Sallee and Herzog, to McGraw's intense satisfaction. In cidentally the New York club will earn big profits on the campaign, as the Giants have drawn large crowds at the Polo grounds and away from home. Career Spectacular. McGraw's base ball career has been spectacular. When he first played shortstop for the Orioles, managed by Ned Hanlon, twenty-three years ago, he was a lively little fellow, weighing about 140 pounds, and he signed a contract that called for 81,200 a vear. McGraw quickly showed i1l at the bat, speed on the bases 1d wonderful agility as an infielder. | Hanlon put him on third base in 1904, | when the Urioles won the National league pennant, but succumbed to | Tohn M. Ward's Giants in the subse- | quent Temple cup series that vear McGraw, in 117 games, had a batting |average of .340 and was the Oriole’s . OMAHA other words, McGraw has grown gray | it ceased when Big Six was allowed to | UNDAY BEE: AUGL CHRIS LYCKS, CHAMPIONS OF AMERICAN LEAGUE—Amateur base ballists. to right, back row, F. Guiane, third base; F. Keiner, shortstop; E. Lynn, first base; P. Keiner, rightfield; D. Nordston, second base; E. Harold, pitcher; W. Peanult, pitcher; J. Nordstom, leftfield. Bottom row, McFarland, catcher; Hawley, mascot; G. Thornstecken, centerfield. WESTERN NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 WL Pt Omaha T2 40843 Rrooklyn . 66 38 635 Lincoln 67 45 98 EPhila 624z G0 Des Mofnes i8 34 51y Honton 0x 42 a0 | Stoux City. §3 68 437 New York. fd .2 G0 | Denver 60 AntChicaks B0 14D | Topeka 8063 A2 PItsburkl 47 68 A4S Wichitu 60 K3 A4INC Louts . 49 64 434 st b5 A0 Clrcinna (k] AN AME | Boston b MEKansan Cit Clevelund . & Mg St Louls.. 63 63 043St Paul Detrolt W4 64 538 Toled New York. 60 i3 231N Wash 63 B9 473 Chila 21 K5 2 Yesterduy's Kesults. WESTERN LEAGUT St Joseph, -08; Omuhu, 1-7 Denver, 8, Stoux City, § Wichita, 2, Des Malnes, § [ { Lincoln NATIONAT | Roston St Loul New York, 2, Chl Philadelphia, L (Fourteen | innings ) Brooklyn, 1-1; Pittsburgh AMERICAN Diegroit, & i St Louts, Cleveland. 1 Chicago, 3 AMERICAN Indlanapolis, 1 Toledo, 1; » Louisville, Columbux. {-11; LIIAG [ Kansas Clty, 4 Miuncapolfs, 1 Thowt Omiha |, Western Loague Penver at Slouy ¢ Molnes, Topek A il Nath Wichita Des m oat Ch Brooklyn Cugo and he believes that he is entitled to| “Xnicrican League—open dute a rest = Since taking hold of the Giants,|jeadoff man. The other plavers on | the team were Dan Brouthers, first base; Heitz, second base; Hugh Jen [ nings, shortstop; Joe Kelley, Walter Brodie and Willie Keeler in the out | field; Wilbert Robinson and Bill Clarke. catchers; "Sadie” McMahon, uncovered spot, and the fielder neces- 5 S | Kid Gleason, Hawke and Esper, pitch- sarily had to try to get under it.|Athletics in four out of five games.|.qg' “The Orioles of 1894 Ix}|4l|r<|ll]nl':|:‘v\ Curt Welsh, then playing with Com- Led by McGraw, .l|\.” Giants m?rlc A iR ave st a4 iskey, was one of the first really to|fortunc for the |"“'"”“_‘;'l:‘l‘{l the) “The Orioles won another pennant become proficient at the new prac- | New York club and re-established thel;,, “1g95 “with 89 victories, 43 defeats e prestige and v"l”’l-“f'\’ of the Na-f204 2 team batting average of .330 Welsh, it is claimed hy George |tional leaguc iithis ci temp. | MeGraw's average was 374, Keeler Moreland, the statician, v atched the My contract with President Hemp- | jeqding the team with 394, The in- battery signs from where he stood,|tead of the New York club has an-lifjelq was altered, Carcy supplanting | Brouthers and Gleason covering se {ond base a greater part of the season Pitcher Hawke was not among the boxmen, but Hanlon added Hoffer, Hemming and Walter Clarkson. A Orioles in 18Y6. Jack Doyle covered third, as McGraw was on_the hospi- tal list nearly all season. The team's record was 90 victories, 30 defeats and 332 in batting. 0 | Goes to St. Louis. | In 1899 the National league's cir- cuit was reduced to cight clubs. Ral- timore, Washington, Cleveland and Louisville being dropped. McGraw went to the St. Lows club as man ager, captain and third cman, Robinson going along with him. But the surroundings in St. Louis were not congenial, and when Ban John- son decided to expand the American league McGraw and Robinson went back to run a new club in Baltimore venture was not a success financially, and in 1902 McGraw star- tled the base ball world by leaving Baltimore to accept an offer to man- age the Giants. He brought with him to this city Dan McGann, Billy Gil- bert, Roger Bresnalan, Joe McGin nity and other good players He found Matty at the Polo grounds, where he fired seventeen alleged ball ‘|~I;'< vers right off the reel. | \wo) | having passed into the hands of the |late John T. Brush, McGraw devel- oped his first championship team. The | Giants comorised Mathewson, Mc- | Ginnity, Wiltse, Taylor and Ames, pitchers; Waraer and Bowerman, catchers; McGann, Gilbert, Devlin, Dunn and Dahlen, inficlders; Mertes, Bresnahan and Browne, outfielders McGraw's champions won 106 games and lost forty-seven, their team batting percentage being .202, but they did not meet the champio \merican league team in a worl series owing to the inability of the rival leagues to reach amicable terms Boston 'Double Bill Carded at Ball Park Today A double-! Rourke park Omaha and St der will be played at s afternoon between Joseph. The first game will be called ! o'clock Otto Mer o has been hurling fabout the best ball of any of the Rourkes of late, and Marty O'Toole will do the hur Rourkes Sommers, the star witl paw, will pitch one the opposition ng for the Drum of the games | ner s j FOURTH third pennant was captured by the! rs later, the New York club | 20, 1916. Left HISTORIC RACE AT LOUISVILLE MEET St. Leger Handicap to Be Fea- ture of Program at Churchill Downs in Fall. EIGHT DAYS OF RACING [he autumn mecting at Churchill Downs, the local fall racing scason in Kentucky, will be- gin this year on Wednesday, Septem- ber 27, and concludes on Thursday, October 5, eight days of racing. The historic St. Leger handicap, which is over the full cup course of two miles and onc-quarter, is the big of the coming autumn meeting Downs, and is one of the most popular of races among the great fixed events annually raced for on any American track Named from English Stake. It takes its name from the famous | Doncaster St. Leger, which was first { run off in England more than a hun- | dred years ago and is regarded in that j country as the great crucial test. I'he Kentucky St. Leger was first run off at the inaugural autumn meet- ing at the Downs course in 1875, and it was in the fifth vear of its running before 'a Kentucky Derby winner earned the honor of caputring that event with his previous classic stake to his credit. Of recent years the event has been for 3-year-olds and upward, and to give the performers of all the ages and sex an equal chance in the event, it has been made a hand- icap Since the race has been over the two and a guarter miles course it has once been won by a J-year-old and ance by a 4-year-old. The 4-year-old | to win the event was Ringling, while the J3-year-old victor was Raincoat, last scason. | Handicap an Historic Race. Much history centers around the carly running of the St. Leger, when its winners embraced such perform- ers as King Alfonso, Creedmore, Vera Cruz, Leveller, Lord Murphy, Luke Blackburn, Fellowplay, Apollo, Vangnard, Loftin, Ten Booker, Sir Joseph, Montrose, Long Chance, Heron, Uncle Bob, Rudolph, Semper, Rex and Sabine and the placed horses Ten Broeck, Verdigris, Heretog, Bombay, Felicia, Lizzie Whips, For- turna, Momentum, Bucktie, Aureolus, Kinkead, Hegaiz, Lizzie S.,, Boatman, Monarch, Musk, Beechenbrook, Pow hattan, Trollope, Irish Pat, Lewis Clark, Libretto, Procrastinator, J. B Clay, Frankfort, Long Distance, Ont- bound, Riley W., W. G. Morris, Tar- quin, Irish Chief, Buck McCann and Elizabeth 1., _ Many of these names shine out bril- | liantly in the racing calendar and stud | books, as they embrace some of the | most spectacular performers that have appeared on the American track in the last forty years, . Crack Horses Compete. The event this season bids fair to be more brilliant than ever, as it is sure to draw in entries an array of | the greatest horses now in training. Entries for this event, as well as the other stake features at the Downs this fall, will close on August 22, Sec- retary H. C. Applegate is now in the cast distributing stake blanks amony turfmen at Saratoga and else- where in that tion of the country Lou North Recallled By St. Louis Browns I'lie St. Louis Nationa! league club has given Pa Rourke. owner of the Omaha club, oificial notice of the re- call of Patcher Lou North »\‘v': . however, will not leave the Rourkes until the conclusion of the Weste league pennant race Whet e will then go to St. Louis which closes feature race at the |tor t of the season, or wait until ~pring, t known, North has been going good this is ‘\; present the leading ague. b ¥ oof St ¢ e has been 1 ouis ever since oll- merely haviag ke. Persisten ANNUAL FremontKennel ClubDog Show HELD AT FREMONT, NEB., SEPTEMBER 14, 15, 16 ENTRIES CLOSE SEPTEMBER 4. Write for premium lists—now ready. CAT SHOW AND CHICKEN SHOW IN CONNECTION. Fremont Trap Shooting Club will hold their annual register- ed tournament Sept. 14-15-16. Address FREMONT KENNEL CLUB, Dept. X, Fremont, Neb. VALUABLE PRIZES. BASE BALL HISTORY |CAVE-MAN TYPE MADE BY VET STARS| BOXER IS EXTING Deeds of Walsh, Young, Wag- |Champions of Today Are Ohil- ner, Matty and Lajoie Will dren, Campared with Old Live for Many Years. School, 8ays Fitzsimmons. ALL ARE SfiNSIBLE HEROES JEFF WAS GREATEST OF ALL Ihey might be called the big vet- Robert Fitzsimmons declares the eran five of hase ball, Christy Mathew-| “cave men” of the ring are extinct who has become the Red man-|and the champions of today are chil- after sixteen scasons of pitching | dren compared with the old school. son, | 88 luty with the Giants; John Henry| I had my first fight when 1 was | Wagner, the tamous Dufchman, who ' 13 years of age,” said the old gladi- st v shortstop wonderfully well ator. T had thre bare knuckle nghts rates, although he is 42 years with heavyweights when I was a kid Lajoie, of the Athletics, weighing less than 115 pounds. peerless second baseman, That's the school 1 learned in, vho is rounding out his twentieth year | Today they get a purse that would i the major leagues; Ed Walsh, the | equal my entire ring earnings, and enowned White Sox twirler, whose |they have it handed them for six <tar is fading in his fourteenth season | OF ten rounds of no decision fight- in fast company, and Denison Tecum- ' Mg e <ch Young (Old Cy), who pitched _ "Jim Jeffrics was the greatest [ twenty years in the big circuits. ‘nghtrr that ever lived. 1 say so be- Some Feats, Alright. cause | fought him twice and [ trained | Future generations of fans will read | him for the tight with Corbett. Do of their exploits in base ball history, | You know why he lost? Not age. | but it is doubtiul if they ever will see | Bah! Age counts nothing. Says Jefi Was “Doped.” | the equals of these pillars of the na- e A | Some of his start friends thought tonal pastime. Other noted veterans g i could be mentioned who will carry |they would tune him up, and they into retirement the respect and affec- | used chloral ‘on him, and it killed tion of the great hase ball public, bu | every chance he hiad. That's as true the Big Five provide sufhcient ma- |38, 1 m Bob Fitzeimmons. =~ v terial for the story. Did you ever read | He was doped. You don't think or hear of a scandal involving these |3, ™Man like Jim would lie, do you? players? Did they ever indulge in | 1€ has never said a word since, but disorderly conduct on or off the ball |0me day you will hear the whole field? No, they took good care to save | 1O [ “think [ know who slipped some of the large salaries which (he;“ .f—?-hh""' magnates gladly paid to them. AT best bamtam and feather- Clean living and physical training | weight, to my mind, was little Dixon. He was a boxer. made it possible fqr the Big Five to| H?. was a fighter. : : outlast hundreds niv\'mmgergmen who ! L{Oe Gansiwasithe bestligntweight, refused to take base ball seriously and | 3¢ 5 puciEieatergtanticnestich squandered their earfings. Many | ;he fin}!(d_ l'hf" f'"ly one compares with promising kids came into base ball‘t‘}:m'_ e ]d‘a‘llg?‘th SAnsnibetncen with bright prospects only to fall by | cmBoutdBhavelhecntaprreatihat the wayside because they did not avoid evil companions. Wherever pro- fessional base ball clubs are operated it is easy to find thoughtless persons who obtain happiness and amusement | Tells How He Took Chances. by inviting young players to drink | “Pardon me, but I think old Fitz liquor and stay out late at night. But was a good hlca\'yweight, Fair Kird the Big Five never fell for such|of a chap. Never wasted any time temptations, with the result that today | peeping into the looking glass, but theyare plentifully supplied with nevertheless he was a fair sort of a “Mysterious Billy Smith was the best of the welterweights, if watched and trained right. He seemed im- mune to all punishment. money, enjoy robust health and num- | fighter at 158 | s g 58 pounds. ber their a(gflk"&";h)'ofh!‘ thousand. } “I fought Jack Johnson. I had a ikes ver. |broken arm at the time. took a fault. Glen Wharton beat F. H. Gaines, default, A. C. Potter beat H. A. Tukey, 5 up and 3. J. W. Redick and Guy Furay and E. A. Creighton and Jack Webster have yet to play their matches. Jack Summers was winner of a swatfest staged at the Country club of fans here since he began to sho\\';Fa‘VOrites Win in after that he did not score fewer than performance, while in 1904 he pitched | round of match play or the club ing in the 1905 series enabled the| Ralph Pcters, however, encountered that year single-handed. {won after nineteen holes of play. victories over Big Six, also playing a | Mneteen holes. inventor of the fadeaway won twenty- e Phiardephia' Ta’kes Saturday. Matty is more dcarly beloved of | chance with Jeffries as it New Yorkers than the other members | would take with a I:u|c’h:‘sptucgrri{c;'”5 his remarkable pitching skill as a Giant in 1901. He won twenty games | Country Club Golf X e | 3 3 twenty-two victories in any campaign h up to 1915. It was in 1908 that Big‘l c a,Inp]"OD'Shlp Play thirty-three victories. Matty took part | championship of the Country club last in four world’s series—in 1905, 1911, week. Ralph Peters. W, J. Foye and Giants to win three of their games | some tough opposition in the with the Athletics. In other words, | E. H. Srague,‘ 'wlm was runne‘l"f;;rai: The Athletics beat Matty twice in | Scores of first-round matches were as three games pitched by him in 1911, follows: Aea ), | W.J.Foye beat E. M. Fairchild, 3 up and 2 tie game with Christopher in the box.| Raiston Scoble beat W. T. B 4 J Again in 1913 the Mackmen, facing | W. N, Chambers b four games and lost_thirteen in 1914 without he slightest indication of los- . Game in Fourteenth Cincinnati, Aug. 19.—Philadelphia of the Big Five. He has been the idol| that year and thirteen in 1902, but| Six won thirty-seven games, his best| Favorltes were winners in the first 1912 and 1913. His magnificent pitch- [\V. N. Chambers were all victors. Matty practically beat the Mackmen |the recent state tournament. Peters while in 1912 the Red Sox scored two | Ralph Peters beat E. H. Sprague, 1 up, Chambers beat J. T. Stewart, de- Mathewson twice, broke even. The ing his remarkable skill. won from Cincinnati today, a batting | American Assoclation, At Milwaukee— R.H.E. Indianapolis .... 00000001 0—1 3 2 Milwaukee 000000101—211 2 Dawson and Schang; Shackle- rally in the fourteenth inning proving | R.H.E disastrous to the locals, who went : AR Lo RO down to defeat in the second and final | “"Battertes: trand and Wells; Leifteld and game of the series, 6 to 1. Toney | Maver. At Kansas City— R.H.E. pitched remarkable ball, but his error | v s A Loulsville 210011104—1015 2 in the _sccoml inning was responsible | Kunsas City.. 00000 400 0— 411 3 for Philadelphia’s run, thereby neces-| Batterfes: r and Billinge; Palmer, Schaue Hovlik, Crutcher, Humphrey and Hargrave. R.H.B, sitating the extra five innings: S A R R A e INCINNATL | o [Columbs - E0a 01 1L 00716 § Paskertef 7 1 3 0 0Groh,3b W94 | Minneapolta . 100000000—1 2 3 ket T 1 5 3 OReushat 6 110 0 0| Batterles: George and LaLonge; Williams Byrne,3b 7 3 0 1 0Gritfithrf 6 1 1 0 0 and Owens. Cravathrf 3 0 1 1 0Chaselb 6 1 9 1 1 Second Game— R.H.B. Good,rf 10 8 0 0Wingo,c 106 0 0fColumbus ..... 50005000 1—1114 1 8 2 3 0 0Clarkec 5 2 5 1 0| Minneapolls 00030200 5 8 2 6 015 1 ONealelt 6 1 2 0 0| Batteries: Curtls and Pratt; Coffey, Du- Hanc'ftss 6 2 4 6 OLouden.2b 5 2 3 2 0| mont and Land. Killiter.c 6 }'l.’( 0 a¥mmar,l‘s 51 3:9.1 Rixey.p 6 2 0 2 0Toneyp 320111 iy 000 0 oxmeners 2 112 0/ Great Western Race Meet at ————— *Fishor i Totals. 54124214 1 = = ceemememe— Totais. 19211 3| Burlington Is. Finished *Ran for Cravath in eleventh *Batted for Touey in elghth. Philadelphta 01 00000000000 6—6 Cinetnnati .0 000000010000 0—1 Burlington, Ia., Aug. 18—The har- ness events of the Great Western race | meet ended today with three events © Two-bare hits: Louden, Clarke, Griffith. [ and a running race. Summary: Bancroft Three-base hit: Whitted. Stolen v GFst 00T yi basec: Louden, Whitted, Double playa; [, 2:18 Pace. purse $1.00 (threo heats, every heat a race): Helen Chimes, won; Peter Pointer, second; Alexander Merriman, third. Time 2:12% tehoff to Bancroft to Luderus, unassisted; Bancroft to Luderus Dases on balls: Off R 2 <netzer, 3. Hits and earned | 12 Bits, 1 run in fourteen | 2:25 pace, purse $300: Clandestine, wonj oney, & hils. no runs in eight | Excursus, second; Tramp Quick, third Dinines. off Kneizer, § hits, 2 runs in six [ Time: 2:19%. 1 JuiiEs *hvu-ljx out: 111)"}“!:’.\" i BY | 2:18 trot, purse $500: Rapello, won; Ig- A BHASAGIEERY mpirec: Klem | ngtjug McGregor, second; Dan Field, third. dad B Time: 2:17% Persistent Advertising Is the Road | gee a0 b o & e At Smoot, won; Ester L, second. (Two starters.) to Succes Time 0:58%. o k] + GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT ! RACES | $12,500.00 IN PURSES | § AUGUST 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 ; > = SPEEDWAY TRACK ‘ ! Races Will Start Promptly at 2:30 | i Each Afternoon. v This is the first Great Western Circuit I meeting ever held in Nebraska. Several of the big eastern stables will be here. Single § admission to track and grandstand, 75c. Season tickets, good for all five days, | $2.50; tickets now on sale. i OMAHA DRIVING CLUB Edw. Peterson, Pres. O. M. Smith, Sec’y. e s B DIRECTORS: N ‘ E. Buckingham T. C. Byrnes i |® E. P. Peck Edw. Peterson 1 M. C. Peters 0. M. Smith \ . L " |