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s 2 S Bringing Up I VANT TO TELL. OO.ME OODMAN KTI tfc,EVE, EbE. LICKED! LAJOIE SINGINGSWAH SONG Greatest Batsman in Major Leagues on Eve of Hii Eetirement. NEVEB ON PENNANT NINE While He Was Kin- at Ills Haasjl vrorb, Fates W Affalasl Ills Flaying? on fbamplnn ship Ta. NTOW " TORK. Aug-. 29.-Napoleon Lajole, the greatest biuman of them all, ia now on the threshold of retirement. Ilia swan song- Is being sung. At th end of the present season he Intends to quit the fame for good and all, not be causa he has tired of It. but because tha punch - that made him ono of the. greatest players In the history of base ball has nearly run Its course and there la loft only a shell of what was one an all-eonquering force. For eighteen years Lajole ha played the game, batting and fielding himself to glory, but never onca In that lung span has he felt tha thrill of playing with a team that haa won tha league champion ship. Navar has he played In a world series and never has ha had an oppor tunity to place his name alongside those of tha Mathewsons, Bakers, Collinses, Planks, Cobbs, Bender and others past and present who have made averlustlng Klory for themselves and Jhelr teams by their deeds In battles for tha premier base bail honors. Never with Feaaaat Wlaaers. Some men acquire fame and others have It thrust upon tham. Lajole baa acquired his by hard and brilliant work covering a period that has seen tha rise and fall of many base ball stars. At vari ous times In his wonderful career on tha diamond tha honor of being member of a cha'mplonshlp team seemed to be within call, but It has never arrived. ' Today ha la a member of a team that Is hopelessly out of tha race and with his retirement from tha gam drawing close there Is no chance that he will ever be a member of a pennant-winning club. In this respect the rase of Lajole la distinctive, for there have been few base ball stars of equal fame who have not at one time or other played with a championship set. Virtually all the base hall celebrities of the present time e cept Lajole have been partlclpanta In world aeries games. Kvers. Tinker, Leach, Wagner, Chance and the others have enjoyed the honor and yet It haa been denied to a player whose record Is more wonderful than that of any one of those mentioned. "Joe" Jackson of Cleveland and Walter Johnson of Wash ington are also exceptions, but these players are of a younger generation and there Is a chance that both will play In a world series before they retire. Fate Twists Cartoaslr. It Is a curious' twist of fate that keeps a player like Lajole off a pennant-wln- ntng team through eighteen yeara or splendid achievement and permits play ers who have been In the game for a single year to attain the . distinction. George Burns. "Jeff" Tesreau and "Al" Demaree all were members of champion ship eluba the first yesr they played ma jor league ball. 80 was Owen Bush of the Detroit Tigers and "Welly" Schang of the Athletics, as have been others. To them fame eame overnight; to Lajole thla particular brand of glory has never come, though his record Is more meritori ous than all theirs put together. Only twice In his eighteen years as a player has Lajole failed to finish the season with a batting percentage of more than .SCO. In lwe, his first year In the big leagues, he hit for .328, and only once thereafter, outside of the two years men tioned, was his season's record under that. In 1909 It was .XX. but that fol lowed the two year In which he fulled to reach the .300 mark and may be ac counted for by the fact that he haa not fully recovered from the worry and men tal strain entailed by his duties as man ager. It was while he was manager of the Naps. In 19u7 and 1908, that his bat ting average dropped below the .300 class, he having, respectively, for those two years an average of .279 and .ISO. Ills best season was 1901, when he hit for .42, though In most of the eighteen years h has been In the game he has enjoyed an average well over .350. Warat leaaoa at All. Thla season has been the worst In "Larry's" long career la base ba'l. Ills patting has been only a semblar.se of what It once waa Nothing shows more clearly the hand of Father Time than his present average of about .225. as con trasted with the dazzling- batting marks he has set in the peat. Lajole, when he retires, will quit the game with a record that haa perhaps never been surpassed. In fielding he haa ' always been a marvel, the personification of grace and speed. Ball playing was his natural vocation. He was born to play the game and be has made the most of the opportunities with which natur en dowed him. There Is not a single un pleasant chapter In the book of Lajole's base bull carver, either so far aa his skill or he, himself, personally Is concerned, ills Record has been clean and his achleve- 7 i r You Dot . N I rtC--)T TO I JJ THIN, about ' v lR-, fZTZ THE WAR- WOULD -ZjLJ L "T-Q-MX; ll0 Father VHr - WOULDN'T Ckke. what HA.pptriv ir fiut . . . AUSTRIA I Standing of Teams WB8T. LKAGCK. NATU LKAOUK. W.IaIMc.I W.Ul'tc. Ploux Clty..M 4H .U4 New York. .ft! 60 .654 HI. Joseph. .76 Ui ,SM Huston & M .619 Innvir 75 57 .MlXiSt. luls....V4 IM .IM les Molneii6 6 .6"t:t'hlcHgo ....01 M .lO. lnroln ....t.4 7i .477 t In. Intiatl .64 80 . 474 Omaha ... .W 72 .4fil Hrooklyn .. .53 62 .41 Ti.peka ,...M 79 .4Hi I'hl'delphla M H .4t.R V. hita ...hi) XI .3KJI Pittsburgh .52 63 .4tf AMKit, LiKAGl'K W.LJ'ft. I'h'delphla .81 38 .681 Koeton 6 49 .547 Bl Al. L.V.A U L hi. I W.L.fct. Ftcatrre ...G3 4G.57N ur. isiana. ..M 411 .e.n V 'hlnKton .61 55 .5i nestings ...62 47 M letrolt ....HO . .5-WI York bH 61 .Ma Chicago ...M 63 .479 .Superior ...64 56 .4!) HU Louis. ..SK 63 . 1.6I Norfolk ....61 (8 . New York. .54 M .411 Columbus ..4HB1.44UI Cleveland .39 to .'iM Kearney ...3T 7H .33SM h.U. i.EAUUK. I AMiCR. AfH'N. W.MVtl W'.UlVt IndlHtiaplis i 411 .570 Milwaukee ..75 67 .668 Haltlriiore ..R2 M .&r.4-Iulsvllle ...77 67 . 675 Chl'iiK 62 52 .f.MiIndliinspolts 73 63 . 5W Buffalo M M .6181 Columbus ...71 63 .6W Brooklyn ...57 56 .iVHiClevelnnd .... .615 Kan. City. ..53 64 . 458 Kan. City.... tl3 70 .474 St. IvOUls....5l 67 .4.U, Minneapolis 81176.441 I'lttsburtrh .48 64 .4Ji Ht. I'aul 48 Si .361 Yesterday's Beaelts. WK8TBRN LEAGUE. "Denver, 4; ht. Joseph, 6. Lincoln, 3, 1: Irg Moines, B, (. Torwka, 4; Hlonx City, &. Wichita, 3; (una ha. 4; second game called end second. 0 to 0. AMKIUCAN LEAOUR Chicago, 2; WnshliiKton, 1. Cleveland, 1; rhllnrielphta, i. Detroit, 6: New York, . BU lxiuls-ilnston; postponed: rain. NATIONAL LKAOUK. Brooklyn. 0. 6: Bltsburgh. 1, 4. Philadelphia, 2; Cincinnati, 6. New York, 0, 7; Chicago, 1, 6. Boston, 4 8; Ht. Louis, 0, 4. FKPKRAL LEAGUE. Buffalo, 1; Brooklyn, 4. Indianapolis, 3; Kansas City, S. Chicago, 0; St. Louis, 1. Ilttsburtth, S; Baltimore, 0. AMKIUCAN ASSOCIATION. Milwaukee, 2-0 ; Indianapolis, 10- Kansaa city. ; Ixulsvllle, II. HL I'aul-Cleveland, postponed, rain. Uaaiea Today Western League Denver at Bt. Joseph, Lincoln at les Moines, Topoka at Sioux Oty. Wichita at Omaha American League No games scheduled. National league Philadelphia at Cin cinnati. New York at Chicago, Boston at Bt. Louts. Federal Teejrue Indianapolis at Kan sas City, Chicago at Rt. Louis. American Association Milwaukee at Indianapolis, Kansas City at 1-oulsvllle, Paul at Cleveland, Minneapolis at Co lumbus, 1 Htate League Hastings at Norfolk, York at Columbus, Beatrice at Kearney, Huperlor at Grand Island. ments a credit to the national game. To aee the game Lajole is playing to day It might seem like a stretch of the Imagination to believe that ha la nearlng the end of the rope,. Yet the comparison of his work this season with what he haa done In the past Is mute evidence of the disintegration of a marvellous base ball machine. For that ts what "Larry" haa been a machine. No mere human being could do In base ball what he has done. NO RIM-CUT SERVICE GINK TRIES HAJtD AT VERSE There's a whole lot of philosophy as well as Jingle In the verses ground out by the "No-Hlm-Cut Service Gink." who contributes regularly to No-Rlm-Cut News, a house organ of The Good year Tire A Rubber Co. Here's one of his latest on "The Man Who Dug": "The village folks for many yeara had treated Old Pop Jenks with Jeers and laughed to scorn the splmple way he spent his working hours each day. For Pop laid claim to wealth galore, hid, so he said, along the ahore where Captain Kidd and comrades bold secreted all their Ul-got gold. And Pop was strong In his belief that he alone knew where the chief of that historic, robber crew had left the wealth of those he slew. Bo while his neighbors, fat and snug, looked on and sneered, old Pop Jenks dug) From early morn till sunset's rest old Pop pur sued his tallaome quest and shoveled holes In mother eeth while all the village shook with mirth. The land around old Pop Jenk'a home was not unlike a honey comb, and one would think some giant moles had lived where Pop had dug his holes. From spot to spot he moved his kit and dug the ground up bit by bit; unfalt'rlng courage marked his toll nor disappointments served to foil nor turn him from his self-set goal and folks looked on and said "Poor fool." Then one day through the vales and hills a rumor spread that caused quick thrills to agitato the minds of folk who called Pop Jenks a gristled Joke. From lip to lip the story flew, men asked each other It 'twere I true, if old man Jenks had really found the wealth he claimed was underground, and all with one accord made haste along the road to Old Pop s plaoe, where rest ing la triumphant Joy midst wealth he'd dreamed of since a boy, the old man stood with out-thrust chest a leader, now, no more a Jeat! And folks who'd sneered at Old Pop's name now shook his hand, proclaimed his fame. " "Its thus with all ambitious dreams; the world heaps ridicule on schemes that soar beyond Its narrow ken, and some times martyrs noble men. But those with strength of mind and heart grimly play their chosen part, and write their names In letters big, because like Old Pop Jenks they dig!" The Bee Want Ads Are the Best Business Boosters. CoiyrlnM. 114. International News Service. NF',F r- I J ju- u.r . BOWLERS' GONG RINGS SOON Opening Bell Will Be Sounded September 11. BUSY SIGNING UP. PLATEES Various Team Captains Plrklnsr the Brat Mrs Available, with View to Maklnsr t'nmlaa; Reason Closely Contested (Inc. When the gong rinss on tho Morrison alleys Friday night, September 11, Omaha bowling fans will see tho strongest league lineup ever organised In this city. The team captains have been busy during the Inst week sltrnlng players and are now ready to announce their lineups. One look over tho personnel of the teams will show that all are at full strength and evenly matched. This will lve the Omaha league the best race In its history. Kton'a team presents a formidable array with a lineup consisting of most of last season's fnst Wroth's Cafe team. Fanton, K .Bclile, Conrad. Martin and Terrell make up this combination. Mets's lineup has undergone a decided change and will enter the field with such stars as Cumlngs, Neale, J. Jarosh, Don man, Weekes, Huntington and Cain. Lux us' team has strengthened and will be represented by Bulser, Goff, Wart chow, McCarthy, Thomas and Learn. Old Btyle Lagers consists of Toman, Powell, Yousen, R. Sclplo and Hammer strom. Jetter's Old Age team will be practically the same aa last year's lineup, with Zim merman, Zarp, Gllbreath, GodonschwaeTcr and Bland. Mlokey Olbson'a team presents a lineup consisting of some of the younger stars. Dahmke. Lee, Miller. Dougherty and Pot ter will represent this name. Other leagues have strengthened this season and will be on the runways early In September. , Gate City, Commercial, Fairmont Creamery, Standurd Oil and Omaha Gas leagues are organized and ready for tho start Booster and Metropolitan leagues are in action and will soon be heard from. Other leagues will be organised about the middle of October, when Shoenman's new alleys will he ready for play. This season's outlook Is the moat prom ising of uny since the game got a foot hold here. Alley Notes.. The captains of the Omaha league teams overlooked neveral good bets when they failed to tnke the following nnmes on their IlKts: White, Stunz, O. Johnson. Maurer Howell. Green. C. Johnson. Fl gensi'huh, Rcmenhurg, F. Jarosh, Ht-selln, Frltscher, Chandler and Hchoeneman. With Ben Hull running the Metropoli tan allevs the name will receive a bits boost at that place. Pre-seHson match games are being played between organized teams, hj a method of petting Into shape for the season's play. aociatlon alleys and reports that Im provements will soon be made there. Dud Huntington Is on deck at the As- Electrics Boost Themselves After Trial of Two Weeks Electrically driven cars are the most difficult to sell, but they are their own best boosters after fVietr owner haa had them a fortnight says Ion C. McCord, gtneral manager of the Flanders Elec-j trio Incorporated. "It Is very satisfy ing," he continues, "to have a customer come In and thank you for selling htm a car when, at the time of Ita purchase, he did not want It very badly. Such a thing, however, has happened. "I am firmly of the belief that if the automobile business was developed to a point where a would-be customer might be given a two weeks' trial of an elo trio It would mean 100 per cent salts. Un fortunately, however, a car used for two weeks la considered a 'second-hand' machine, although Ita worth has suffered In no way from Its brief service and this sslllng plan Is not possible. 'Buyers of electrics soon find their rara have advantages which are not pos sessed by those driven by gasoline. I These qualities become more and more ' apparent as the days pass. The car at , all times is undr positive control, tho ' Jerks so annoying in the starting of gasoline cars are entirely absent, the , coupe bodies-a protection against any j kind of Inclement weather make their daily use a practicality; with the win dows open the electrics are stylish open j cars; and their lightness cuts down tire , depreciation materially. 'The worm drive of the Flanders Eleo- j trio gives It an additional advantaga ! The power Is evenly distributed con- stantly, thtre are ao jerks or Jara The worm drive applies the power in such a way that but the slightest portion Is lost. The worm drive Is the last word In electric car construction." Teaaa; Matty Appears. Steve Koyca. college pitcher, for whom McOraw overbid the He Is. except that he te smaller, Is a younger Mathewsoo In looks ami speech and bright intelli genceand Ijirry Mlan, catching hlio iu practice, says he has the gooUe. Tire OMAHA SUNDAY 15EK: AUGUST BOTS- DiD TOO Rf-AD THE NE.WS - HO HAI On a A HERE - THE KA,tR7e COIN' Tr kt-cfM, SOPPLT THE AUVTRi AiH KNT - ( ".L Owes Championship ,,t if. WALTER "Shoot straight to the flag." This was the advice given Walter Hagen by Harry Varden. the English golfing expert, which the lutter said was In a large measure re sponsible for his winning the national golf title at Chicago. Hagen's defeat of Oul met at the national tournament came as a surprise to golfing experts, although he was counted on aa one of the best play ROURKES WIN ONE AND WEATHER ONE (Continued from Page One.) rijCfl,, and Burrcll's single to center wvuntcd thai walking delegate and the prini-e. Krsg lilts In Placb. With the score tied, Kruegcr opened the ninth by whiffing, but Garrett sailed one over Ocha in center field for two basea Ochs was habltatlng the middle garden because Mr. Bills had chosen to argue with I'mps Van Sycle over a third strike. He was told to argue with the shower bath In the club house, which he did. Bell flew out to Nicholson, but Krug busted one to center which ruined Mr. Scott. , The second game was started and the freniled mob howled for more pastime. The mob waited to aee some of the ath letes slip and spoil their nice uniforms In the little rivulets around the patchs. They were disappointed, as the game was callcl before any of the athletes could got oh the runway so as to be ante to slip. Two games todsy. First game called at I o'clock. Score: Score first game: OMAHA. AB. R. H. O. A. E. Bell. If 4 0 0 t 0 0 Krug, Jb. 4 0 2 4 S 0 Thomason, cf S 1 2 0 0 Sohllebner, lb 4 117 0 0 Conxulton rf. ..... 2 0 0 0 0 0 Huriell, 3b 4 0 2 110 Thomas, ss 4 1 t 2 t 0 Kru.'tser, c 4 0 1 4 4 0 Crrelt. p. 4 1 2 0 1 0 Totals S3 4 12 27 10 0 WICHITA. AU. It H. O. A. E. Tydeman, rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 Nicholson, If. 3 1 0 3 0 0 O'Kourke, 2b 4 0 3 4 3 0 KitsMmmona, ss. .. 3 0 0 1 4 0 Hills, cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 Ovhs, cf 0 0 0 0 1 o Happ. 2b 4 0 114 1 Henry, lb. 4 1 2 11 1 0 Graham, o. 4 0 0 2 4 0 Scott, p t 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 30 3 T 36 1S 1 Two out when winning run was scored. Omaha: Huns 000001 1 14 Hits 3 10 3 111 313 Wichita: Wichita: Runs 1 10010000-3 Hits 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0-7 Two-base hits: Thomason. Garrett, Tydeman 2. flolen bases: Thomas, Hell, Nicholson. Sacrifice hits: Krug, Ctn- .TO, 1914. Drawn for The Bee by George McManus 13 THAT positive fact? TERFOflLE THIrii I MUST HMD tmf r Laurels to Varden '. ? a ' v JL 1 4 HAQEN. ers at the meet. Like the famous Kng llsh champion, Varden, who gave him the excellent advice quoted above, Hagen sacrifices distance to accuracy and the results of his method speak for them selves. Hagen's refusal to participate In the western open golf tournament which opened In Minneapolis Tuesday, came aa a surprise and a disappointment to his friends. galton. Double play: Krug- to Thomas to Schliebner. Left on buses: Omaha, 7; Wichita, 6. Struck out: By Garrett, 4; by Scott. 3. Bases on balls: Off Garrett, 3. Wild Pitch: Garrett. Passed ball: Graham. Hit by pitched ball: Nicholson. Fltislmmons. Time: 1:45. Umpires: Van Sycle and Barr. Score, second game: OMAHA. "' AB. R. H. O. A. E. Bell, If 2 o 0 1 0 0 Krug, 2b t 0 1 I S 0 Thomason, of 10 110 0 Schllebnor, lb 1 0 0 5 0 0 Congalton, rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 Burrell, 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 Thomas, ss 1 0 0 0 2 0 Krueaer. c 0 0 0 0 0 0 Styles, p 1 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 10 0 3 9 8 0 WICHITA. AR. R. H. O. A. E. Tydeman, rf 1 0 1 S 0 0 Nicholson, If 1 0 0 0 0 0 O'Kourke, 2b 1 0 n 1 1 FltsHimmona, ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 Hills, cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 Happ, 3h 1 0 0 0 0 0 Henry, lb 1 0 0 3 0 0 Jones, c 1 0 0 3 1 0 Slugle, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 9 0 1 t S 1 Two out In third Inning, when game was called on account of rain. Omaha Hum o 0 00 Hits J o 02 Wichita Runs o 0 00 1 0 0-1 louble plays: Krug to Schllehner, Jones to O'Kourke. Left on bases: Omaha 3. Struck out: By Klagle. 2. Bases on balls: Off Slagle, I. Time: 0:30, Umpires: Van Sycle and Barr. Jokasoa's "If" Claase. Manager Orlfflth claims that Walter Johnson has practical! v accepted term for a Ling term with the Senators. If the Senators have no chance for the flag W alter Is to be allowed off a few weeks before the season closes to take his bride on their delived honeymoon. That Is if he siccus his contract Mllaa Leers Hri-ord. Clvde Milan's long abnence from the game has killed his chances for the lead n base stealing honor of the American leKu this year. Eddie C llins and Frits Maieel are aav out In front with the chances favonn the Athletics' tar a Mattel Is to be twitched for light hittlna. according to rumor. Dlda't Like grhalk. The Base Ball World carries a yarn to the effect that the Superior club once lefused to give a young catcher a chance hn he pleaded for an opportunity a few et.on( lack. That youngster was Kay Mhalk, now a tar of the American circuit. WELL-5R-WHAT-IR-CAH-Slfc-.tlR-DO tIR- FOR YOU THAUK YOU- v y ; AUVTKiArs COMSULATf i - i in i BENCH WARMING HARD JOB At Least that in the Way "Brick" Owens Looks at It. MAKES THEM OLD QUICKLY Wears on a Man to Sit and Watch riays that He Thinks He Could Make Brttrr Than Men In Field. NEW YORK. Aug. 29.-"Brlck" Owens, the leading umpire of the American ns eoclatlon. was engaged In a fanning bee with oome players recently, when some one asked. "What Is the hardest position to play?" "The hardest position to play." said Owens, "strange to say, is the one that requires the least work. In fact, it re quires no work at all. Maybe that is why it is so hard, for you know that doing nothing is sometimes a very tiresome Job. "Some think the pitcher Is the hardest worked man on the team; some think tha catcher, and some the third baseman; but it is all a mistake, as we said before. The hardest worked man on any ball team Is the man who warms the bench. It Is the worst Job In the world, and If you doubt that It Is the hardest position to play, why, a&k any player, any of them can tell you. "Of course, every man who makes good has to serve a long apprenticeship. That Is fair, as no club Is going to discharge a veteran immediately upon signing a 'busher.' " 'Pretty soft," you say. 'Pretty soft Just sitting there and drawing a big sal ary.' Hard Job After All. "But don't deceive yourself. If the' sal ary was twice the slxe, the bench warmer would earn every cent of It. There is not a bench warmer today but would trade places with any man playing regu larly on the team for one-half the salary that he ts getting for sitting still. "Then, when you come to think about It, the busiest place on the field Is the players' bench. Here Is where tho man ager usually is, and where he is busy. A fellow will grow old faster on the bench than out on the grass. The agony of sit ting by and watching teammates throw away a game or watching a rival acknowl edge the plaudits of an adm.lrlng multi tude is enough to bring gray hairs to the head. "Then, wurst of all, the bench warmer never lived that did not think he could play better ball than the fellows that were doing it. It is the difficult corner, all right." OPPOSE BRANCH HOUSES AND ONE-CAR DEALER "The legitimate one-car dealer and, for most grades of motor cars, the branch houses have been two of the nuisances of the automobile business." says Henry Krohn, salea manager of the Paige Detroit Motor Car company. "The Paige company is unalterably opposed to both of them. "Mr. Jones, out at Punkvllle, writes to the factory to the effect that he does not want a contract for any ajieclfled num ber of ears, but he wants a car for his own use, and he knows he can sell quite a few others If he can get the agent's discount. Some manufacturers, hungry for business, have acoepted such proposi tions. "Jones Is not a dealer. He does not de pend on the automobile for a livelihood, hut occasionally he hears of a friend who Is going to buy a car. He tells hie friend ho is In a position to get a little extra discount and will sell him a car at some what better than list price. The result Is a cut-prloe reputation for the factory and a lost sale for some legitimate dealer. "The Paige policy Is absolutely opposed to this type of business. It never has and never will tolerate the illegitimate dealer. "The Paige company does not and will not operate brancn houses. In many In stances branch houses have been more or less of a dumping ground for factory product. They have In some cases en couraged unfair competition because prices were not strictly maintained. Enormous trade allowances have been made for second-hand cars, all of which generatea a type of competition that the legitimate dealer cannot meet We be lieve that for most grades of cars branch houses are unsatisfactory and expensive proposition, and the Paige company will, therefore, have none of them." MOTORCYCLE CHAMPIONSHIP IS TO BE RUN AT ST. LOUIS The amateur motorcycle championships of the Cnlted States will be run at ?t TOuls, July 1Mb to 18th. The Bosch Trophy has again been donated. It Is a magnificent silver trophy over two fet high an t will be presented to the rid. r who accomplishes tbe most consistent performance In the amateur championship races which are run during the convention of the Federation of American Motor cyclists. The winner of the Bosch Trophy also receives the title. National Amateur Champion Motorcycle Rider of America. l VrTU-R-0 IN AN' TELL THE AUSTRIAN CONSUL - I WCOLD LIKE I TO ,0 OVER V'li AN' Flr.u-r At DALTON LEADS IN NATIONAL Former Western Leaguer, with Brooklyn, Leading Slugger. LEJEUNE HOLDS WESTERN TOP Sioux City's Belgian Leading This Circuit Artie Thomason Passes Frits Sohllebner for Top Omaha Honors. CHICAGO, Aug. 29,-Ross Erwin s .34? keeps in the lead of National league bat ters, according to figures published here today, but another Brooklyn player, Dal ton. who has played In 99 games. Is the real pace setter with .344. Grant, New York, is third with .231. Then comes Becker, Philadelphia. .3!i2; Gonzales, Cin cinnati, .524; Daubert, Brooklyn. .31; Magee, Philadelphia, .312; Connolly, Bos ton, .309; Wlngo, St. Louis. .506; Phelan. Chicago, .304. Brooklyn with .270 heads the clubs In batting and New York Is next with .262. Manager Herzog of Cin cinnati leads in stolen bases with 39. Dick Hoblltsel, Boston, leads the Amer ican league batters with .3t:. Next are Jackson, Cleveland. ,34; Collins, Phila delphia, .352.; Mitchell, Washington. .347; Cobb, Detroit, .346; Creo, New York, .341; Speaker, Boston, .32S; Baker, Philadel phia, .326; Crawford, Detroit, .320; Mc Innis, Philadelphia. .313. Philadelphia with .269 and Detroit with .249 lead In team hitting. Malscl, New York, with 4S, Is head in stolen bases. The three leaders among the National league pitchers whose total won and lost games number more than ten are: James. Boston, 18 and 6; Doak, St Louis, 17 and 6; Rudolph, Boston, IS and 7. In the American league the leaders are Bender, Philadelphia, 13 and 2; Plank, Philadel phia, 13 and 3, and Leonard, Boston. 19 and 4. John Titus, Kansas City, continues the leader In the American association with .379. Bennle Kauff. Indianapolis, with .33, leads the batting in the Federal league. Larry Lejeune, Sioux City, holds the lead in the Western, as he has done prac tically all season. His average is .3S3. Following him are Mogrldge, Des Moines, .31: Kane, Sioux City, .345; Koerner, To Peka, .343; Butcher, Denver, .342; Coffey, Denver, .333; Patterson, St. Joseph. .333; Thompson. Omaha, .332; Schllebner, Omaha. .331; Eddlngton. Denver. .3T0. Denver, .330. Denver with .294 and Sioux City with .21)2 lead the clubs. In stolen bases George Watson, St. Joseph, leads with 49. Leading pitchers are Gaspar, Sioux City, 20 and 6; Gaskell, Denver, 21 and 6; Sterzer, St. Joseph, 23 and t. i 1 Fords Travel Over Ten Million Miles Every Day of Year Sales Manager N. A. Hawkins of the Ford Motor company has some Interest ing figures in regard to Ford mflt?ge. He says: ; ' "There are now 600,000 Fords In use. Each one certainly averages no less than twenty miles daily for twelve months In the year. These COO.000 Fords, therefore are traveling and showing themselves over a stretch of 10,000.000 miles each day, or 300,000,000 miles each month, or 1,600, CO0.000 miles each year. "This is a distance equal to 144,000 times around the world. "If these 6UO.0CO model T's started on a tour around the world and kept within a half mile of each other they would en circle the globe ten times, "Every city street boulevard, parkway, every village street, every country road Is lined with Fords. "So persistent is this constant and ever increasing parade that men, women and children who never knew anything about motor cars, can pick them out. "The Ford is the easiest car to think about, because it Is seen most fre quently." WORLD'S RECORD BROKEN AT DES MOINES RACES DES MOINES, la., Aug. 29. -The world' record for the one mile pace to a four wheel vehicle an a half-mile track waa broken In the stats fair races here today. Franklin Pierce and Buck Muscovite, en tered by W. S. Pike of Mena. Ark., made the second heat In 2:10. The former record was 2:13H- Bummarles: Paring. S-vear-old and under, purse W0: Enoch, first: eiir Francis, eecond; boo Geremore, third. Best time, 2:lo4. Trotting, 2 28 clas. purxe I7v): Miss Densmo-e, first: Judtre Hutch, seoond; Jurtue Spcnrer. third. Best time, 2:14'i. Paclne. 2:17 class, puree 1): Dad Mix, first: Charley R. se.-nd; Little George, third. Ist time. 2:12V Team race, for free-for-all pacers, to four-weeled vehicles pure tW: Frank II" Pierce and Hu'-k Muscovite, Urrt; H'lly Murray and Hertha Crelghton, sec ond l'.Bt time I.Wi- lerbv. purse Sri0: Marshall Tltehman, first; Cavaren. second; Frank Fletcher, third. Time: 2:lu'. The most desirable furnished rooms are advertised in The Bee, Get a nice cool room for tbe summer. if Of