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__ PRICE ONE CG: [*Cirealation Books Open to All,” _ a“ pecail ENT. 1914, by The Preea based (rhe 'New York World). Publiching NEW YORK, ‘FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1914 GIANTS BEATEN, ESCAPE SHUTOUT BY FROM ATHLETICS 'o oo MERKLE HOMER ON GOOD HITTING:o oo ‘Three fides in in Row Gave Phillies Lead They Re- o tained Till End. sj Brown to Retire. NEW YORK. HIGHLANDERS R. H.PO. A. E. R. H. POA. EB. .0 0 200 o 13 2 0 0oo11 0 12319 0023 0 1 1 2 0 0 00420 0070 0 12801 00100 o11t00 o 14 0 0 0005 1 11431 o1641 00220 o1031 11140 © 000 Of} =e == = 0 100 0 4 =7°27:12 «1 Se a ATHLETICS ss iy ee R. H. POA. E “rw E. Murphy, rf...... oo10 0 Torii paiied for Murray in ninen.| DaleYvehann...- 0 1 4 0 Meyers batted for Stock in ninth, | E. Collins, 2b -0 0 1 2 0 Piex ran for Meyers in the ninth. F. Baker, 3b eo 1 3 1 0 Thorpe batted for Tesreau in ninth. McInnis, 16 028 1 0 PHILADELPHIA. Strunk, It.. oo200 1.0 0 3 0 O|Barry,ss. 0 0 0 3 OF A124 0 oo41 0 Lobert, 3b .2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 Magee, It. fo 1°4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cravath, rf. 0 2 4 0 Of me mee .0 0 9 O O/Toris............ 04% 9 0 0 @ 2 2 0 comico +o t 20 0 (Special to The Evening World) ..0@ © 0 3 0} POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK, -—— Se = April 17.—-Regulation spring weather 3. 6 27 9 O/lured enough fans to the Polo Grounds SUMMARY. First Base on Halls—Off Tesreau, 1; off Mayer, 1. Struck Out—By T reau, 4. Left on Bases—Philadel §; New York, 6. Home Run—Me Sacrifice Hit—Killifer, Stolen Base Burns, Cravath. Double Plays—Tes- reau, McLean and Stock Ball—McLean. Tesreau, 1; by Mayer, }. (Special to the Exening World.) Passed Hit by Pitecher—By Umplires— Eason and Quigley. Attendance—8,000, HIGHLANDERS WIN | Hartzell Force Pitcher this afternoon to make the inaugura- tion of Captain Roger Peckinpaugh a real event and give us a display of spring overcoats well worth while. Saptain Peckinpaugh, &c., took his jonors modestly and actually blushed when he strolled out to ane his bat- ting order to Um Evans and to (Continued on eonth Page.) OTHER GAMES NATIONAL LEAGUE PARK, PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 17.— NATIONAL LEAGUE. ‘The Phillies and the New York Giants resumed their much interrup- AT CINCINNATI. ted series here this afternoon, Tes-| CHICAGO— car manana 30021 ae (Continued on Eighteenth Page) CINCINNATI ‘ 00200 _ BROOKLYN PITTSBURGH— BROOKLYN 002000 = R. H. PO. A. El cr, touis— Dalton, ef, 013 00 000000 — Cutshaw, 1 1 0 2 0) aitteries—Kantlchnelr end Gtb- Daubert, 1 2 2 18 0 O)}gon; Perritt and Snyder, Umpires ‘Wheat, If. 0 0 1 © 0}—Rigier and Emsite. ab 22 0 3 0 —>—_ 12 0 0 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE . o 14 4 0 o16to AT WASHINGTON. hison, 0) 1 0 2. 0} BOSTON— Aiehisans pion LO 2 8 000000000—-0 Motley vars ne sens $ 11 27 12 0| WASHINGTON— 00 1—1) BOSTON 00:0 0-019 R. H. PO. A. E. AT CHICAGO. Maranville,ss..... oot 2 1 CLEV! BLAND Evers, 2b, .-0 0 0 2 OF 00003 a 4.0 0 3 0 Ol cHcAGo— vee 0 1 0 0} 00130 = Schmidt, tb..0.610 1 10 0 0] pireertes—ttagerman and Casiach: | Mana, it -0 1 3 O OO} Russell and Schalk. Umpires—<*hill | Martin, 3b... :0 UY 3 3 Ojand Sheridan, Gowdy,c.....05.0 2 3 4 2 ans ’ O1T. ee ee ale 0 0100 Totale.....+..0+0+ 0 § 24 11 3) perRoir— ~ bs 100000 - SUMMARY. Batteriee—Hamilton and Crossin; Base Balls—-Off Aitchison, |Covaleskie and Stanage. Umpires— re it went in. sie ph, 2, Struck Out—By |O'Loughlin and Hildebrandt, from whe Left on Tore (FOR OTHER SPORTS SEE SPORT- |=— 2; off Rudolph, 2. Aitchison, 4; by, Rudolph, 3. Bases—Boston, 6; Brooklyn, 5. Base Hits—Gowdy, Smith, ‘Two-Base Hit—Davbert. Daubert. Double Plays—Martin t Schmidt. Wild Pitches—Rudolph, 2. Attend- Umpires—Klem and Hart. ance, 9,000, (FOR DESCRIPTION OF BROOK. LYN GAME SEE 6PORTING PAGE, Sacrifice | Hite—Stengel, Wheat. Stolen Bases— Batteries — Lavender ‘and Archer; Davenport and Clark, Byron and Orth, AT 8T. LOUIS. ING PAGE.) —_— >: SAILING TO-DAY. St. Paul, Southampten.......10A.M. Garamacca, Belize 12M. Lenape, Jacksenville ) | Seguranca, Nessau 0, Umpires— | Timely Drives oy Maisel and} | oO ! ground. | My belief is ‘them say to the old fell | "because he had started for him almost before Circulation Books Open to All,’ Beall 4 PAG EE 8 "PRICE paca i a DRE CENT. NATIONAL AL LEAGUE AT PHILAQELPHIA— GIANTS LOSE 10000 0- PHILADELPHIA 2000 1 Ratteries—Tesreau and McLean; Mayer and Killifer, and Quigley, AT BROOKLYN-- BROOKLYNS WIN 0000 0 4 Uimpires—Kason 1 00000000 0- Batteries—Altchinson and Miller; Rudolph and Gowdy. Klem and Hart. AMERICAN LEAGUE Coll Umpires—| ' AT NEW YORK— HIGHLANDERS WIN 00002 20 0 4) Batteries—Caldwell and Sweeney; and avans, MAYOR MITCHEL'S OMN STORY CF THE ATTEMPT-T0 KILL: HIM After he had learned that Mr. Polk was not seriously hurt Mayor Mitchel, at the hospital, talked freely about the attempt on his life. He said he belleved there had been three men concerned in it and that he Brown and Lapp. Umpires—Egan should do his best to discover the wo who escaped. He said that his law partner, George B. Mullan, was already scated in the car on the side away from the curb, with Mr. Polk preparing to sit next to him. “I was just sitting down and Mr. Polk was following,” Mayor. “He thrust his head forward a little as he slid back in his seat and as he did so the shot was fired. I thought it was a blow-out at first. MITCHEL TRIED TO DRAW REVOLVER. “IT heard Mr. Woods, who was standing on the running board, cry out and I saw him spring forward, Then I tried to pull my gun, but I couldn't get It out quick cnougi, "The next thing | knew Mr. Woods and a man were Ac ~4 "ding of mi up to it, rolling on the ideretan it two men were with this man. Bystanders tell m that they heard !' The shot followed, to follow this up and see if these two men cannot be found, 1 expect | : (Now, go ah “I am convinced that they were after me, Rose, or whatever his name | may be, fired for the back of my head, and poor Frank got it. At first I didn’t realize this, I began to comprehend that it hadn't been a tire ex- plosion when 1 felt a stinging sensation on my ear. The powder had burned it. I asked if any one had been shot. For an instant or so no one replied, and then Frank said: “*Yes, he got me. He shot me in the mouth,’” HAS CARRIED REVOLVER SINCE ELECTION. The Mayor explained that he had been carrying a revolver ever since he was elected to office, “The experience of our last Mayor justified me, I thought, in taking precautions against an assassin. I was slow in getting my gun out and so I didn't have a chance to fire, but I intended to be the first if there was any more shooting.” ‘The Mayor said it was Saloshin, an interpreter, who told him of the two men supposed to have urged the old man on, The Mayor thought | Commissioner Woods must have seen these men also, for he jumped toward ‘Rose almost before the first shot was fired. “1 think Arthur must have seen the fellow aiming,” sald the Mayor, the report of the shot rang out, If it hadn't been for his quickness I am satisfied a second shot wou have got me.” 1 The Mayor Was asked about the threatening letters which Rose car- BOSTON i ATHLETICS it 00000 0 0 0 0— OF sald the} ¥ \Corporation Counsel Polk Wounde Sele lelelninulelotelntetetntelmteleteialoteleintcteletelelelsteleictel-teinteletebteleteleltel MAYOR TRIED TO PULL.OWN GUN , WHEN ASSASSIN ATTACKED HIM isivinielelleleininieleinieininmivinlelololeletelrintei-iieleiorivleloloinieloietni+ HPieteiieieleini-inieloloint Ts St ts Polk Leaving City Hall After Wound Was Dressed, Accompanied by Mayor, Comptroller and Police Aide. (Specially Photographed by an ° in Jaw by Bullet That Misses Mitchel — Police Commissioner Woods Grabs Assailant Before|declared, He Can Fire a Second Shot. An elderly, shabbily dressed man: whose name is believed to be David Rose, attempted to shoot Mayor John Purroy Mitchel in Park Row at the easterly end of the City Hall Plaza at 1.15 o'clock this afternoon. The bullet missed the Mayor and struck Corporation Counsel Frank L. Polk in the right cheek, passing through the fleshy part! of the chin, knocking out one tooth and is not serious unless blood poisoning sets in. The assassin refused to give his name, ried, He sald he got lots of them every day, but paid no attention to them, anm, Wort “Wante” Work Wonders. ia Bee acta “I never read them,” sald Mr, Mitchel, “My Secretary takes care of that, and {f they are delivered at my home I ship them down to City Hall. Of course at the beginning of an administration there are flocks of such letters, but I can’t tell whether I ever received any from this fellow.” “Mr, Polk is in excellent condition. He is wounded in the lip and the jawbone is slightly broken up. The bullet came out about two inches The doctor says the bone will live and that there will be no necessity of replacing it artideially, NO BROOKFEDS GAME TO-DAY 2Men’ sTopCoatea ut s PIT TERY RGH, April 17,-The Brook- feds the Pittaburgh ‘Federals had) to call 0 att their game scheduled for this | Spring Suits, Topcoat: afternoon, owing to wet grounds. This; macaans i ‘Second postponement in three ct K miiged ‘worsteas, all to 4; ‘worth 912 in any other store store} .|his underwear and his collar. but the name David Rose was marked on) Detectives are investigating a report that the assassin walked directly from a meeting of anarchists at the Franklin statue to the City Hall plaza where he fired at the Mayor. THE BULLET THAT ENTERED MR. cat-'POLK’S FACE PASSED SO CLOSE TO ny fe| MAYOR MITCHEL THAT IT SCORCHED *!THE EDGE OF HIS LEFT EAR. oi Sti Under the influence of a big glass of emerging from the left cheek. The wound) Evening World Photographer.) d whiskey Buse grew quite tnikcadios at Police Headquarters this afternoon. He said hehad planned to kill the Mayor for months. “| made up my mind to shoot him,” Rose “when he said he was going ‘to bring Goethals here. Then I condemned him to death. “I watched him many times but couldn’t get close fo him. To-day I was standing against the railing listening to the speeches at Franklin statue when I saw the M. come out of the front door of the City Hall. “I knew he was bound for his automo- bile, so | made up my mind that the time had come and! walked over and got there just as he got in the car. I took a pot shot at him and I'm damned glad of it.” Mr. Polk went to the New York Hospital after he had aided {Mayor Mitchel, Police Commissioner Woods and Tax Commis- sioner Mullan in getting the assassin through the crowd to the ‘ | nolice station in the basement of the City Hall. “| HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE SHOT WAS INTENDED FOR |ME,” SAID MAYOR MITCHEL, “BUT IT MISSED ME AND GOT FRANK.” MAYOR MITCHEL SAYS THAT WHEN THE ASSASSIN FIRED AT HIM HE TRIED TO DRAW HIS OWN REVOLVER. IT STUCK IN HIS POCKET AND HE WAS UNABLE TO GET IT OUT. WHILE HE WAS STRUGGLING WITH THE REVOLVER THE ASSASSIN WAS OVERPOWERED, The assassin, who was clever enough to dodge leading ques- tions, wae recognized by Lieut. Kennel of tn ie Hall police staff.