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' TO BOX LANG G UNBOAT SMI TH FORD BY NATIONAL Contest Declared Fo as New York Didn't Game. (Qitenager of in forfeiting the denefit of the other two duts, on out letting the Giants have any Now, mind you, I am not predicting ie nor do I pelieve ft, but ft is porsibie Quakers might win the champio hip by just the margin of that one game, It was an ¢mportant contest and @ wecond one we have lost to the era this season through the um- ‘When the Giants were playing Phitadelphia on the Polo Grounds e: in the race, we had a battle taken aw: from us that we had clearly won be- cause Klem had neglected to announce & pinch hitter, Harry McCormick, and ; pitched. McCormick made the hit which ‘i faved the winning run on that ball. | NEW YORK PLAYERS TOOK NO ; PART IN THE WRANGLE. + Nelther I nor any of my players had’ Anything to do with the eituation which | mrose in Philadelphia, It has been cus-| 1H Gainary to-rope off a certain section of | + ithe. centre field bienchers there to help 1{ ite waters, because, when the fans Ket | 7 Nig this stand and take off their coats, © dhe white background of shirte makes | it almost impoasible for the batter to | the ball. ‘The etand is on a direct with the hitter’s vision. Before the Dootn sald: wt am going to keep that roped off of the bleachers cleared unless the Browd is eo big that there is no room Share eles." ‘This remark was made to both Bren- and me This part of the stand re- ined unocoupied until our half of ue inning. It had deen # tough game, Giants having obtained « big early ‘and then being overtaken. The ferowa was excited, Dooin was excited, mruch so that he had been put out of game by the umpire for finding ‘and the Giants were worked up ‘a high pitch. Philadelphia has al- ‘ ‘Deen ® tough town for the Giants Ths wy clud went to the bat in ninth the fane began to crowd over the barred off bleachers in spite of fact that there was plenty of room here, Not only did they ait there thelr shirts, but they e@lso began yaving their coats and hats and some ed mirrors or else the pol ding on the line reflected the their badges. Probably this was tentional It was practically {mpos- ) q@fble for the batter to see anything. “, fuAttor MoCormiax, the first hitter, had %) deen put out Brennan stopped the Bams “Do you want those bleachers cleared. it was agreed before the game?" he asked me. vit _was @ ground rule,” Z answered, “and should be ved up to. Some of my players are Mable to de hit with a pitched ball and hurt.” “LT can't see the ball myself," replied Brennan. He then .went over to the field box Where Dooln was sitting and said: “Clear those fellows out of that roped- . off stand.” “1 can't do ft," answered the Philadel- phig_ manager. POLICE MADE NO ATTEMPT TO = CHECK THE ROW. a" roe umpize walked into centre field na ence With the captain ares there, gs out the ta do #0 by a consultation with ld umpire, and returnod plate. it was then he an- an forfeited to Now nothing for me to de by the umpire's new w | have qgen my share of riots d mobbing in“my day, In the early period of my baseball career there was hardly a week went by without ® mob scene, but I am getting along in yours for thie kind of stuff and do not enjoy {t as much e@ I used to. Most mobs are cowardly if you face them and walk right out It was the eame way with thie one in Philadelphia. Most of them walted for me to come out of the @lubhouse, and then the rowdles besan eat unch of my players, ere in the neighbor. ves ther 7 aid nothing to a ) Oe ‘ot the Ry aes which Atied HANTS TREATED UNJUSTLY staining Philadelphia’s Protest May Have Im- portant Bearing on the Pennant Fight— nan Should Have Been Played Over Again, By John J. TECHNICALITY beat the Giants out of a pennant in 1908, My club ‘was awarded a game in Philadelphia in an important series a week | ago on @ ground rule which was understood by both sides before | the contest, This amounted to more than a techni- cality, and yet the Philadelphia protest was sustained, and Mr. Lynch, the President of the League, said that he waived all technicalities in making his decision egainst New York. It eeems as if any time there is @ technicality it works against the Giants. Brennan was in the right Philadelphia management nor the Philadelphia police would make any move to clear the ropedsoff portion of the bleachers. But I am not anxious to take a game in| been &lv ‘this way, as my club was two runs behind when the/ * contest was forfeited. But I would like to have had/ ning two outs. The contest should have been played over, at least. was not looking at the time Alexander | | He refused | Ag management. Bren- | i LEAGUE HEAD yesterday, but rain caused their rfeited by Umpire Bren- it! Uy : i Have Chance to Finish 3 e , ij at : i MoGraw. the Giants.) game to New York, as neither tho Golf Association, {t Is expected that on go on record publicl which we might have been ablo to f tie the battle up or win it. The umpire’s decision took this chance|‘"e Visiting English professional gol from us. And Mr. Lynch's verdict gave the game to Philadelphia jthe fact that it was uttered by th the more damaging ammunition. A fow British readera of the cabl ottles followed and then bricks and 2 eason official stones. Herzog and McLean were both Nati 4 on, Iast wee hit, Larry's straw hat saving him asked correspondents the Lond from a bad injury, and Hergog getting Journals to make It clear in their lette ‘third and Chattanooga fourth. Clad emetals 4 the most profitable season in the Ristory of the &, j j i i? f I i " E Sign That It’s Near World’s Series Time—Three Minor Leagues Close Theiy Season If you don't believe ft t# near Worl’'s Series time and aleo that the gridiron ts soon to be heard, read the following announcements of minor leagues that closed their 1913 season with yesterday's games: Martfora won ite first pennant since 1909 by capturing the Bastera Baseball Association championship. This team got off to @ poor start, but a few weeks age passed Wow Maven, last year’s winners. Martford was scheduled to play two games at Waterbury cancellation. i : ii : ney just clos Garden City holder level for tho first eighteen of the deciding match, 19 alao dea of praise. pif Ansociation are planning the est fall campaign on ri Loe A Although nothing offictal has as yet|no bookings have yet out by the United States |than tho third week In ‘Octo ——— expected that the one day tournaments SUPERBAS CATCH U8 GOING AND COMING. After the game with the Superbas this afternoon the Giants will not be! seen on the Polo Grounds until Sept. 24. On that day they drop in for one game with these same troublesome fellows across the bridge, A little later | For tho firet time within momory, | the Champs have @ final eeries with the Phillies, and the winner can then | ntel erie » 101 > 01 " | colleetate chamntonenty. which wintr,| square off for the Work!'s Series, So long aa we are going to have those opportunity to make use of the re-|tion would have teen paid to It, but] held thi wek at the Huntingdon Val ne ley Country Club, It ts expected that national open title-holder gave added | the leading Metropolitan district en-|WILL TEACH THE YOUNG IDEA HOW TO 8HOOT. ‘up newspipera which always precedes | weight to the words, particularly |trant will be John N. Stearns of Princ ¥ | November, and possibly later, weather ta favorab’ if. had been delivered | Philadelphia this year gete the ome professionals not much atten- je |ton, who caused 4 flurry in this | French title ev K, aoe on| While It ts unitkely that the fleld in rei the three nasty cut. the blood running down al} that the organization disclaimed all! Nattonal Chub er his colla! responsibility for sich remarks and in-| such stellar cast as last yenr, the list This show of blood seemed to incite| timated that an official censure of Mv-| is sure :to Include several crac! the crowd, and {t followed the team Dermott would f to station platform, with ing very desultory efforta| Now that the 1) T did not want to have! Dionship is a gtar hurt, #o instructed re turned town! that the next to nearly an hour because of the hurriea Country Club of Manchester, Vt Teicatinnian aheteiteen Se It is helloved, can secure the classic for| great crowd 1 atire to greet them next rt © got ou Saturday when they will play against | of town with the howling mob still at|the asking. our heels, ‘The whole thing looks like » that the Boston 4! mit of difculty to have been reached Anderson, the man who held the title- MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1913. NEWS OF ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT [22082 enonen By Bozeman Bulger. nor Mack have any real fears of the ultimate outcome they to get it over with and have a chance to Iay their plans for FAIR Las ONE AS FOR THE OTHER. 4 team did much better than in. Thie uneasiness, by the way, in just what McGraw It Is Expected that U. S. Golf) Tran, ine : Line aterin jon | believes it was « fecling of absolute safety that caused them to euffer the Association Will Censure John McDermott for His Re- cent Slap at Vardon and Ray. — Members of the Women's Metropolt Peds Mog the teen | Winning percentage of .600 the Philites can go an far as they like tours Sonn | light alump which martes ten days ago. holes | MATHEMATICALLY SPEAKING, IT LOOKS SOFT. erving The Giants have about twenty-five games that will be teanonably of little more than half of these, If they wind up the Wea: Glants Have About Twenty-five Games Left, and to Be Reason- ably Sure of the National League Championship It Will be Necessary for Them to Win More Than Half of These. ESS than @ month from to-day two teame will be battling through to World's Sertes, and neither the Gianta nor the Athletica are far enouga ahead to claim the pennant! They have enough lead to make it a pretty safe bet, but @ lot of things can happen in twenty-five ball eames and the two managers are going at their men hammer and tongs, While neither McGraw championship it will be necessary for them to win «a are fighting @o as the big fight On the pre- the Champs and re is considerable uneasiness among the players for fear they will do it|R has wanted. He Played, and to be rn jaunt with A not be nough | dangero! on the other hand, must win practically all of thoir later | games to tt IM be kept up until the middie of if the Phillies on our own hunting grounds John Foster aays there year’ These late comers are from the minor leagu: this week. Under the new rule major 1 bushers bought during the season en poaitively of trouble out there this season. to date anywhere except at G2 uarol in the Metropolitan district a| GETTING RIGHT DOWN TO CASES. Alexander Smith, Metropolitatn s-,champlon, and George Low, the mplonshtp posstbiitty in! profess Starting the Fall Season, 1913 tomer, I do so with one purpose in view—| label. that is to get one thousand men into my store] Roc coloring that a man might ask for—blue,|a cont TCHELL In presenting a dress-suit case to each cus-|shops, and each garnent bears the union k Overcoatings. The Rock mills are who are in the market for a suit of clothes.|iocated in Rockville, Conn., and they manu- For the price of $15.50 that | am quoting|facture some of the finest cloths made in 4 for Suit or Overcoat, I expect to give every|this country. Through a midc man coming in the equivalent of $30.00/ able to secure about twenty styles of Roc!’ value in clothing, and the dress-suit case is!}Qvercoat fabrics, just the thing for a man simply an inducement to get your order now,!who doesn't want an extreme heavy coat. no natter when it is to be finished. These goods are of fine, soft texture, beauti-|Guit or Over- Reserve your skepticism. | have every|ful in coloring and weaves that would delight coat to Order loisseur, My price, Overcoat to order, |yn cluding gray, dark silk mixtures, and all the fine,| $15.50. quiet effects worn this season, These goods} 1 have made a decided change in my|Case FREE. will be made up in my own daylight work-|organization. I have set a stan THE TAILOR FROM BOSTON home| Zelder, of bunion fame, ts to be at second; $15.50 for suit or overcoat, and I considered the start of the busy se: for the balance of this week [ pre 1 handsome Dress-Suit Case, with dleman | was|pliments of Mitchell the Tailor, ferent customers Dress Suit dard price of 1431 Broadway . Open Evenings Unt} 9 o’Clock.' Saturday . AND, REMEMBER, MILLER HUGG INS NEVER QUITS. Both the Phillies and the (ants expect stiff opposition in Pitts. burgh and Chicago, notwithstanding the fact that these clubs ate out of the race, At the same time it might be well for the on their tocs at &t. Louls. Those lowl, Cardinals hav We hear on reliable authority that Frank Chance ts going to show us brand new infleld when the Yanks ring up the curtain to-morrow. R Roger Peck!npaugh at short, Mi + Thin ta to be thi educate the public to this change. The first two weeks of September are always ason, and with the intention of getting thousands of Mitchell's fifteen-fifties on thousands of dif- Oth St. will be no riot. Just to show his youngsters the ways of the big league McGraw will take! along his entire squad of recrutts, including Rube Schauer and Bunny Hearne. Hefore the gang returns two or three more belated recruits will have enlinted. | ont of which end thelr seaxons j@ teams have to take on the on as their season ends, Champa to be e caused @ lot want to sent free the com- | do this Cor. rae | MBAS E Mee CANT : effort to force our way out of the cellar and the fans had better @et on their mark, WE CAN USE HIM ALL RIGHT. Dave Robertaon, the former recruit pitcher of the Gtante, who went to Mobdlie and was turned into an outfelder, continues to lead , the Southern League in Ritting. Hie heavy datting Rept Mike Finn's * club up at the top. Robertson still belongs to the Gants end, dis- guised as an outfelder, will report at Marlin nest epring. STILL, THORPE COULD BE USED IN A PINCH. Chief Mayers ts in @ terrible quandary whether to take that trip around the world of make another payment on that ranch that he intends to five on when hin batting eye falls him. He eays he'd like to take the long jaunt just to tea the people in other climes that we had at least one Americam on the eam, YE! TART RIGHT IN TO-DAY, GEORGE. Now that the Red Sox wd to play the Braves « post-season series of game Stallings will go righ ad on his winning way and keep in 'prace tice. Pretty nifty work to come up from the tallenéd and get @ fifty-fifty chance with the world's champion! THESE INDEED BE BUSY DAYS. Retween golfing and the rehearsal of his play Mathewson says he finds 1@ Pretty hard to apare the time for this Western trip, but for the sake of me friends, he'll make the saerifoa Anyway his other authoring werk docsh’t start for ne Fly a month yet. _ AMUSEMENTS. _ ct AMUSEMENTS, GAIETY .’ «Nbr {| POPULAR s0e TO $1.50 MATS: WED,, FARCE OF HONEST LAUGHS ANOTHER COHAN & HARRIS pp ie MOTHER, SISTER, * | BROTHER, “é ‘ale la sweeT.| HEART ANO CHILORER ‘| W'S FULL OF N) | PUNE FUN with BRUCE IED 2 SWILL PLEASE WITHOUT a BLUSH 3. 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