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CORRECT AVERAGES| OF MAJOR LEAGUES FLOOEY MATCHED You WITH A BIG CUB WHITE Hope FROM WE WEST, SEE? we're Gout TAKE “HE MASCOT ALONG AN’ GIVE WIM ONE MORE CHANCE LISTEN - im Goin’ GE AT THE RINGSIDE TELL YOU WHAT “To 00 wy s\ a Jost HEAD, You 8008 !* CHEER UP AXEL HE canT HiT tt On nsec ‘THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1911, EWS OF ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT | (Axel Follows Instructions F lly, Even Polly's.) asst Condi si ann \ (GETTING LICKED AGAIN ~ of Wexu! errrrrrmmnnnnnnnnnntnnnnannnnnnan. ~aercoeragcde EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN A eR ©) PURP- Wen 1S A ALT FLEA! } NEWSPAPER LIKE A 1) ud, Have NX) DELICATE PERSON / ! SOMETHING Hie une WD SAY TO eau earns You! fea : MAJOR LEAGUE RECORDS)|Chance’s Ups and Downs From Hobo ', ? So ota + are that it was all ne could w 4 move his arms, . In the stxty-ffth round Dixon began Expert Geo J Nsi e@ e@ (| to get cramps in the legs. His tights Compiled by Exp rge L..Moreland. had been plentifully splashed with v vith the water during the rounds while his #8 ‘ National League Batting Average. ; American League Batting Average. onda were ministering to hint, and jthe Records of all players batting .260 or| Records of all players, batting .25) or oo . strong breeze blowing in through the | Windows on the wet tights caused him over who have played in ten or more |over, who have played in ten or more ts . uch pam in his | games up to and including thse played [games up to and including those played | Started Life as the Son of a Banker, Made Good Record as College have ‘gotten to. Nis’ fect nad be, Sem on Wetnestay, Avg. % on Wednestay, Aug. 99: oi dewn, Jue Eariy, MoCarthy'’e Pusen, ciate ap te y Ay a Catcher, Then Had Rocky Road to Travel Before He Landed in Manager, found this out and kept urgiem { =, oe Cal to go in and floor Dixon, knowing Peta ao | res! Re a e my Big League—is Now a Dentist and a Rich Ranch Owner. t a/ that the Golnted boy woud be unable te ; : wet up. leCarthy would not admit He ing 46 : aioe $ 3 Ss | ewes if a his left hand was gone and that he was a Bee TMT 884 | E Calin. fr ig } unable to strike a blow sufficiently hard hi . 8 18 BO OS: lehanty, 12 io a BY BOZEMAN BULGER. to knock Dixon down, and hi testily de y 415° 6B 184 B20 i io a . ‘. i. a he " 3 manded of Karly wh was dot th ir ‘3 4 ae fs ait $e a HY ga Wetaee ll souk WIAd & Danlce'e don: Wansltlik knee aha hibbting —_-—_ and Tom AMeGeough. Jack McMastors | flaliting. The verbal war between the Wnelnnatt Sr Th a8 aii | Lata, 2 is ; | “hobo atew,” in a camp of these unwashed “knights of the road.” ‘Then M WAS timekeoper for Mot two continued until Karly In disguat ot pe) ag i Rt ‘ q take a peep at the baseball college record that is reposing in the hip pocket cCarthy Put Up Wonderful |< tery tor Dizon, The oree w Ms raat his hands of the whole affair, ’ ‘ j J Ey Hes ‘ ' of New York. Dixon had on full|left the hall and took the midnight B74 THT 53 faker, Athletics, 4 i of this homeless young gent, and you'll get a concise history of Frank Chance’s . ' 2 lei ‘ > . + : ae a a] ie Metnoes." Athletica, << 93 | } first season as a hero of the diamond. Fight Against Dixon, and Af- | {et" yi pasar! retin Bee ree | the eal CATAL lene: re retelt j ty OF TER cos | Sone ity’ Detroit. “But let me tell you something right at the atart,” interposed the manager of ‘i IN id of the figh ; P Gghn ity, Detroit, ++s.s B : ip and Tuck Battle. the fight. } 0 a ahem ete ee DE Be eecate rrecee exava oe 0b ne wee ot nate “plone sen the eet lee ter Being on Verge of Defeat vcr tree rain aon iat ao| Dinan wae ring ie tet wo pat Mes] en. nies ple ¢ e world, and, having learned how to make it during my short stay ‘ much. He was trying to size th ny out, but the cramps in his j % oe Bt felard. Chica: catt AB Ht | win tose trampa, Tfrequently have tt at home now. in Eleventh Round Stuck It Jerweyman’ and was much ‘puxziea by [Prevented ‘him from moving quiclly 1B: rate, Ww eet 18} Mr, Chance went on to explain that hoboes may have thelr faults, but th {Me latter's way of andl Y Bethy eae On te can ee 12 : irmingh: Vi is +f 3 y ir faults, but they | " ag on the Jaw |¢ bd iis a aig hon ae 1 Ng | certainty know how to feet. For the benefit of posterity, Mr. Chance then eave Out Four and a Half Hours! wim ier and atmos the ‘auma ‘in-|ieavoring to Seat Te ead an at all i bo ¥, whic! outly it slamming the right tato his o; ; é if Milan" Wasungton ty 144 ‘318 | the recipe for hobo stew, which he stoutly insists is of more importance ¢han @ . onent's stomach e ste Bi ting bored and demanded that the fignt i | Garigas, Booton 288 S08 $3 ‘B07 | ict of talk about doings on tho diamond, More to the Seventieth Round Poren'’s stomach, Mocarthy was fore-|hq stopped. Hundreds of dollare hed Be 1GR Bas | Bal“ Chevehand 1% He B 128 8051" “You see,” said Chance, “the hobo goes out on a foraging expedition and he leoudtwawer Attire ad or ine third | 2cer, oat many rounds before om the i 48 100 ssa | Prana, Deut 3 9 38-207) usually comes back with three or four #teaks, some potatoes, onions and crackers. and Earned a Draw. ound the betting was 10 to 6 on] number of rounds for w knockout ana i FA if is ore, St £9 #3 Hg Bei] te no succeeds in getting m tomato he is fixed. All of this ts chopped up and rthy. Tn the fourth Dixon waked |had ‘now lost intereet. tne te sara ; ee a ‘ "8 wet % ig bolled in a square ollcan over a fire of seasoned wood, Just add a little vinegar nd Bu led up on even terms with | sinally, in the seventieth round, ater | Hou: 32 40 1 AZ 283 | to that and you'll have the best hobo stew in the world, Take tt from me, tt will Cal McCarth Ci cree are Wonderfully clever. tthe baitle had lasted four hours and : x a BS es % H ‘Bs | bring more general satisfaction than a two-base hit, and that Is going some” Censrieht, 1911, ty The Pres Puvitening Co, | tne In hard blows and ducking away [tory ae ana tis tetanee Teena 4 * ‘ 7 Pe New York World, without turn “ fc : 4 i (Bi 8 1g Gl) Didn't Worry About Money in Those Days Tiernan tae IS Sa ( 4 i s ¢ ) h rounds, In the seventh a i q 8 18 8 19 ,. Having switched the famous manager of the Cubs from his mteresting 4s. Apnil % 1889, clinched Cal Me: | colored boyy landed a couple a ely aan Pearls odsit MBE QB ek “Bp | course on hoboes, he cells us that he began life in the city of Frewmo, Cal, the non Carthy's ttle to featherweight jon McCarthy's Jaw that put the J | R Smith, Cleveland... 50. dg cf B® | of the esident of the First National Bank, As soon as he was old enough and champlon of America at 115 pounds, His | bey on Qu Street for s oO . 3 ay ba bi a Lo Bt Pg) strong enough to hit @ baseball he became a student at the Washington Univer- next battle was with Mike Nolan, who! Howe ver, MeCarthy came back strong | ig Fadia, oc Os 41258 yt bes | sity of California. There he made a great reputation as a college catcher, and he claimed to be the Irish featherweight ast a, bee little men mixed ft in Py # Caen at # i $83 | Uked it so well that he began to dream of taking up the game as a profession. champion. MeCarthy and Nolan fougnt eam et anth and fants + 4 Hlogh Wahiicn: a1 4 ( Just before Chance finished his college career his father diea. He had never & finish battle on a barge dn the Hudvon| wonderful, Aching Tine and” cone | gt to Gi Wanker, Wawiinaton’ Ot ahs Pi 4 fH haa to worry about money, and he really didn’t know how mucn salary a ball River on the night of Nov. 27, 188, up} ew n eenting. | Tiny and eal | § un Payer ought to get. near Nyack. The fight was for a pure Brunt and st. | n ; and stagger, There was tt & eConiell, Chicaen” # Hy a ‘ Ho knows now all right. Frank Chance ts one of the richest ball players in the of $00 and a side bet of $250, and the AK and hugging. ‘The men's Br Pit iMels, New, Yore: 2203 $48 $8 102 (272| United States. He owas an immense ranch near Frosno, and on his present trip ven Heed 4A ocouince) wlovade “The fray, | Faghed art ean and thelr (PILES, FISTULA, u a D ie is 9 ‘z10| to New York he 1s purchasing another fast automobile to add to his California ee brought out a big crowd of sports, each| bodies ducked and twisted and xqutrmed |[ pyc eetne FISTOL Soa rr: Mt h oi lo is] rol of i , and th almost moi tule thy the eye could | pee - o 3 iB e feet. Te ts also a dentist, and when he gets through with basevall he can go to poy ella eG Si ee ne AMM: Jn the wleventh tia Ook eally and Permanently 106 8 ¥ $4 ‘209 | that for a living {f he wants to. But he won't, ne are inapention rules. Heting | 184 MOCMMLY all but Whigged, hut the CURED a eae Get ‘As soon as Iam through with baseball,” he explains, “it will be the big ranch Tae eee ne olde frota 4 to 110 10 /7ereey OY Managed to last out the by a Mild, Safe and Certain cneee? a 9) 207 | for mine, I am looking forward with great pleasure to the HOG SOR YE MIE Coe a A round, although he took enough punish SYSTEM 01 ‘OFFICE TREATMENT. Pittabn 2% 65 '296| time when I can get away from the worrlos of baseball and to % on McCarthy, He welghed M4) ment to have knocked out thre f ; i Roe BE Bb] ume hen 1 oan got amay from the woven of basabal an ws a ee vine elt paasteut tem Se'one | GRO. BS WAX Mies. Bost t Hie (Bag | (a OORY SY 98. SNS READE EE ERBOD The Irish boy proved one of the hard-| work Uy the nek toue sounde 2 a “4 9 sell’ Brookins sg ab aD] oo eere ae, have: te: CaRe collems career, however: it devel: est nuts to crack that MoCarthy had| Work as He oculd: aWAvar Rectal Specialist. Ryookisn Pt at a ea oor snes Chance Nadie men Toe Pighe name of Rod Wag- ever tackled, He wasn't a bit awed by | Dixon was put away the tough ply East 28d St., New York. Coen ig bh i | ner. came to him in the dead of nignt with a great the fighting reputation of the Jersey-| little Mot, Cale tim . Mew he Hospital Operation for the cle! i 36 B88 scheme. man, but bored right in; in fact, he | Masters, caused an uproy end [Cure of these diseasos is unneces mM tc 1 &T sont “He told me," explained Chance, "that they wanted me did most of the leading. The affair was Aba Mfreenth round by time | | 8ary and tnadvisable. The far bet- Cuts, G, tbe OR ORB. As. eteniind a q Ba | to go to Sullivan, Ill, to ecateh for a semi-professional team, full of action, Both men were badly Odds pring n. |] ter way Is by the System of Ofica 18 “RGGs: ney 1.08t 3 Pee] and that there was big monoy in !t, Getting down to figures, puntehed, In the alath round MeCarthy | yt uit not tnieceae Merced on | | Treatment, original with me aod i} FT one we found that we could et n salary of $4 a month and our nit Nolan atter the closing bell had PMcCarthe in te evlored | I practiset by me in this city tor ‘Bos pate, B board. The manager also agreed to pay our railroad fares Ladue hk A ae tne noise was so] WHER he could got the Jersey boy to | @ Mumber of year. My patients 4 1 across the country. It looked so good that we J od at it great MoCarthy id not, hear, the |@wit his sprinting, punished him :|J while under treatment are not 8 As soon as school was out we packed up our things and gong. 1 the se ast round, err the face and body, Mol jaid up, ond generally attend to 9 farted, That was the beginning of my life as a va!l player, when the men had b xparring about | (°0t ee Mn baa shape by tata} business as usual Mngton and for a while 't was a pretty sad experience,” a minute, MeCarthy got that vie] "Me ans able to deal a hard | 1 accept cases of Piles, Fistula se Lone The terrors of that far-away Fast strack young Chance on ys clous loft on Nolan'a Jaw. There was) seconds and backers know’ thin none | [and Piseure on the condition ef Club out, and he says he will never forget ft. In California they hann eeon! aay sound as the blow landed | ¢ ating that the. tent cue t.| | payment after cure. cis : gut, and he sage ba wil never forget lt In California they Gaye ao thunder ens eee een ee ey minidenty {stopped Cal Knew that there ity ttf Mald In .sttendance for Women Seago : ae “When the storm broke and it began to thunder and tightning,” says Ch hand to’ McCarthy to Indl | lot of | y bet on him and he tried! ie Patients. Cleveland i “T was almost scared to death. Wagner and myself doctder ance, that the fight was over. ‘That hard | 4* harg could to save it Writs, for, my illustrated book Wop { sey Sore an aE gsAY SHAE “eee eT. An8 mazenie dectded that the world had fake haat vTrishman's jaw. T ‘From the twentieth round up to the baie vis ALS “Petieate, Rat 875 Hi d W h Th ‘ 0 Ch h in the train. decision, urse, Was given to Me- ae ya a ntinuatio: of the AS dote Pi e Players, Clubs, St. Louis 16 1/808 lad to Was eir Own Clothe. Carthy. Nolan was the third man/bard fight McCa right orm “dan “Sutra wee mer Sierinpety Ten Leading Base Stealers, The adventurous young Chance fnally arrived at Sulllvan to boein hin great whose Jaw, ey Ea Ken with tea heria Hein ast gemennl cof BI ght. Gage career, and then his troubles started, le played om the tenm alt right, an he On Jan, 2, 1890, MeCarthy boxed an ex. | pence aad Catiniae Cs i played for #0 a manth, but Re never got the forty. He and Waxner had been pa niuttion with fohnnte Ceimn at the AROREMENTE pope MUSEMENTS. by Milian, W, ; He at a Mttle hotel, and after a white tle manager became nervous about hin hin Gindatone A, tn Providence, R. tu]. AMUSED cone © tusgine HYort, “onteago: | nt You see,” sald Chance, “we didn't get any money at all, and WW. F he ceoasicn: NEE B.Henatt sty ste WEW AMSIEXUAm rs st o.by |HAMMERSTEIN’S (ui, u00 } tuggion Sion: bogey, omc A mmynolt were 0 hard up that Wo had to 0 up tone cae ety tnd Wanner and rien fonowed ‘ho meimorante || Rit Ae Annee sta Suture: Ba 1H ST EIN S| Mai Ten Leadizg Ran Gett paramere a od ea SHE Or NE TUT Ame ANSNDE At weatlng.posles all the akin of vain Gores Mreanny renee: || THE PINK LADY! te pane Pr Games, Far SUC sstesridae my knuckles and I was unable to cateh the next day.*' | but wal to beat some good % Wis tore a is Entire hem, Aid 4 fae tr Ten Leadiag Ran The manager of the hotel : Aually gol bie monex and tanded wre ss Meaty Mad derestet, “the |] LIBERTY “Gainsty macponaty IH] sft ‘Wiaie Ba yy petite, ¢ is ooh, (au Games, bright fellow, finally figured out no wit hand, thin dime ih FRANK CHANCE, lored bay t tw maton with TE civil 25 im THE SPRING MADE] |] 1 3? Mecarthe a” rast Beecher. Cincinnati 10 Gone. Pasta nz scheme by which he could get Wh For & yoar or more Chance Man Who Built Up Cubs. mu Nornba id: qiNppeed GATETY pie. Kloet “ | ate 8A stony Montrose. t Warner, I" 07 Hush, Detroit 116 board mon He knew that the te: d amatour ball around Fresno, ana him inw round and a half, MeCart sian Clean, CT eit TT : — one, Deters AY} would not pay for Chanee and Wagner, |! Was Moally spotted iy Cul ned | then oorieeniod to meet Prison . EACUSE ME}) LECHASE He Lords Chica ut so he figured that the only way out of |/2¢ Old star, Move Chance nmeai- | Figh D . SE Alba Hooper, “ Boaton 105 . nor of the Chicag ately b that | Record Betting on Fight. JAKDIN de PARIS Sy ge ET] ATi Waste id it was to buy the team he ald, AL ta aoe ph p a team that] : oles Nights as od. | y Molntyre, ‘Chieago ut_he was worse o to look an de krea achine | wae for a fintah Ahr tor |PAwst.s 21E | } rerytoay Act, I Games Up to Aug. 23, Murpiiy, Athletica ie er Was worse of thi - t rank Seiee that the ' Hin frat | ine of | I tassk tee, ZIEGFELD FOLLIES, |) fate trom seta remece.meeonermace_ SOS ctor, Clute GW. Record of Pitchers, Including All|“. ae money ane te arte He Nee Beane there Serie frase ee ikee Hake cn KNIGKES or IPA ISADES PARK bem, ut hings went from bad to » has been there ever since ‘or Jimmy then made w | §14 < uy ‘ - Games to Aug, 23, Neri circa (Saas lan of the te eotae i t #1,00 Next s ai Mot Pitchers, Clube W. te Bhi Bite, ay, | Lnay Chance was lett dat tthe fow stare « trade for nex VONAL | Ornontte W. 1800h St. Ferry, Fireworks bared at ie Movil” chau 4 6 ds ap He borrowed enough money to ¢ D ever played tn ninors, | Was to get a 1. a medioer: i few aloe Ce Te TS siceloaerenblee OSs eo fone er A ORR atte dye and varond mam thn i flog the amntourn to Hitcher ron a BRIAN p00 BRIGHTON fis ‘ ; ANNs 1 knew fixed him up with transportation |" 0s us f Sy i c Sa a # é | Prom there Chance had planned to beat |...) Chance: Minus T tater chang teciel alee Folivs, NWT Ton 0 America tS wea, i d ‘ot Hs Aenteua rt WOR TTS CSRTS TTL ATE PERRO beat thing for me that ever he head on t are innate} RHE, | Bra trons oe Eu ais Atesetied= | Mate 20st“ Niet 10, vO UE i nate ie ? | jurapes ihe aRsaK uP) hag got wo discouraged about f h tain || EKG: REVUES & Ay, | so ig Watdeville Acts, 113. 88. Continuous Cand, # is i ns ae Ht | times, says Chance, ‘but was thrown | not allowed to catch that tf ; ay And every TT age biaty tA CUED Sy iti ehines reported peas Ue oe are 18 20, H 47) out int nw each time wasn't} wan cl Nth came tol hit o, ‘ ure tha ie ae LLO PATUS. : Uk MURIC, at. Daily, 8 8 1 nop Wi 1 to me wntli I struck thelr | some advice for which | J Hked Bim nigs ha Became ainees one far South as Washington and as far oye oe Gury SP 2181 10,20 & 306 fat fe (oe eee [Satis vatkod over to ene ncn one | eeetepag ti pesmaiets ite Montana wore sweat on une|| WALESKA SURATE 5 IRVING PLAGE e822, se Tai a iy ; Bleep PE BUD Be lventan, "etd arcnd ottoman tt ran fc ni tke pang |e — aperped ancy geet |] oat Cohan’ aa tha ey KELLERD HAMLET 23 [ PY decided to write home for mone catcher. Chance," he mot y fy -Oule oe ] BY 4 bh 1B RN ennnrt strong enough to waste my lim. [sis theve on the bench’ ant vor, SWIMMING RACES OFF, Get-Rich-Quick Wallingtord sar ; 10 Cae i ited bank roll on a telegram. “In the will do you tee pila. WINTER GARUEN River a son, f 1 1110) AS ke got a Mttle room in th yn't know how to catch any- 6 swimming © scheduled for Mau 5} , 1310 Fe 000 town f cents a day. I had | Rye Reach this 1ave HEIRS note cael 4 L | 1 8 bo 8) | trunk, which had been sent on, w good advice," postponed ur storm 1ne Is ‘ Dunoon, rom hots thd agar, DE Mett a M)| made friends with some hoboes b ‘and by the end of the sea. |Night play uN buoys and, Masters over in y ; VLAVHOUSE the Bg Py ROOF i Pa Le me Ww 12 wv I ets des | |ing one of them a@ sult of clothes, I| son I realized it. £ was too green to be “VINK platform, w cannot be|# St present fraier ‘ vy. | OOUGLAS FAIRBANKS #” ACR at es — fb RO hh ow | wouldn't ive up my alll sooks, aa they regular, but the Tong experience an |made in time, | Sh men were X ossiole || aayine ELLIOTNS Tem amc ee te BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS, ‘ are one of the joys of my life. ny- | the bench taught me how to go about — MadiWe ‘ . _~ RA SS ET) Hh he tag White”clt nat a Ways went out’ to the hobo camp and |{t when f did star f Bette Knocks Ont Worthington, | #80" All AOSNAAN } MPIRE tickpary. , § Rt ie \¢ on 13 ag ate my I hung around wit It was during the third ¢ hts! Young Bri the fea , CROSMAN Wile Aaa) eS. THI, SABO BU a} f ange, Unicagn i oR em until 1 ney came from home, | stay on tie C Cha Chance | Balt ud an ¢ ff rh : PCASING # wee, 8 Hrondway @ Ralph Av oan £8 4 | Rh, Bema ah Of course, I asked no questions about always a Se Re \ of Coney | afternoon, the stipula PSAM BERN AGD 0 4 We eo — _— $a 40 pratt o ih fe aM ipsa and Yate it. It was there that (a frat be Cha ‘ 1 the ti fourth |e, Pounds, | at 39th Streat + ion Fe AUTOMOBILES & MOTOR BOATS: $# ule | so 4 T learned the secret of hobo stow. ©.| {ans of the Un tes know how ud tt was about to deliver anh ands. Mo | JQHN MASON! Auauscus | ““AUTO TIRE BARGAINS ~~ ii is | ft Henry, the famous writer, mentioned | well he succeeded jthe knock Worthington had! Carthy was ae ack O'Mara work. As | 9808. 90) 310 Bio 4f ‘hobo ‘stews’ in several of his storiea,! In 1%5 Frank Sele became too tl tolno chance after the first minute of| ‘rom Collins and Joe Thos, [twa Pee RAB | Sosa yu 3 in i q i i and he had ‘teright. continue us the manager of the Chicago fighting aa Britt just waded in and|warly, his manager; Dixon by Tom BROADWAY ——tiatines To-Day, 2.15, ty eeeseee Ra Hi (“After @ weok with the tramns young Club, and the job was turned over to landed when and where he pleased, O'Rourke, his manager; Maurice Kelly (LEW FIELDS—™ THE HEN PECKS| TUxens excWiNow. ; we o—- “~~ oo —