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TILE OMAHA SUNDAY BKK: AUdUST 15. 1913. 'THREE" BIG' LEAGUE' ' 1 A 'Picture Story 'With" Just ' OhrWorcT ft. . $f m m i iVf Cop.vrlrM, VX 'jr lh Mar Company. Great Britain Right Reserved. " Drawn "for" The "Bfee BfThtf SCOUTS 111 OMAHA I Sutton ef Brooklyn, Kelly of Yankj and Murphy of Cubs All Here on Same Day. WATCH SNOOKS KX3AFFIGA11 2-S " w Thr Mf I ear" eout romped Into Omh yesterday to lamp th athlete tolling for Mnmh Rourk and Jones In action on Rourk field. The Ivory huntera ar Ira Sutton of Brooklyn. Jos Kelly of th Tanks, and Murphy, brother oC th redoubtable C. Webb Murphy, who la no longer In base ball, of th Cuba According to th dope all three acouta ar easting loving glance toward on Fnooka NcOafflfran, who scintillates gracefully about th short field for th Link. ' Sutton declared yesterday that th Brooklyn club la buying no ball player. 'My orders are not to buy a alncl player, no matter how rood h may look," eald Button. Th reason Is, finan cial retrenchment. But th Dodger la tend to work the draft to a fare-you-well Button admitted that Brooklyn would put In a draft for both MeOafflgan and Hex Dawson, a Lincoln pitcher. Jo Kelly la also looking over Me Gafflgaa with a view toward purchase. Kelly haa ben watching several Western league players, as have his mate In th Ivory-searching business, George Davis and Duk FarrelL Kelly kept aa eagle ey on Frnl Kroger while her. H Is also watching Galloway of Denver and Hartford of Dea Molne In th Weetern. Who Murphy Is keeping tab on Is ua fcnown. II la thought to be watching McOafflgari. but beyond Intimating that he la reticent Prisoners Refuse Liberty on Parole (Correepondeno of Associated Press.) TUB HAGUE. Netherlands. Aug. 11. Twenty-seven Belgian. French and Eng lish officers etill elect to remain prison ers In the Island of Vrk. In the Zuyder Zee. rather than promise that they will not try to escape from Holland and re turn to t'ijlr color to fight. If they were willing to give their promise not to try to escApe they would be allowed to roam anywhere In Holland, but th twenty saves, on the Island of Vrk prefer to re main prisoners, openly avowing their in tention to escape If possible. This make . the situation something of a game be tween the prisoners and their Dutch guards. Th loland of Vrk Is Itself a sort of geographical Joke, for It la little mot tnau a small sandbank that was left high end dry when the sea drowned th cen tral part of The Netherlands and formed th Zuyder Zee. Bom I.JOO people, how ever, now live on this little stretch of land, which the average pedestrian may "cross In ten minutes. The Islander ar extremely clannish and stick to the dress of 200 year ago. They amuse themae.lv ' by fishing for herring and anchovte and In building dyke against th terrors of . th North 8e In wtnter. Th presence of th Interned French, Belgian and Bsig lleh officers U regarded a a sort of sporting affair even among tlv Dutch guards.. Th commander describe the "situation by saying. "W are excellent friends with our prisoners. W greatly respect the men who try to escape and return to their country to go on with th fight Only It t our duty to ap them her-" Next to Commander Nyssen of th Bel gian army, who aa pulled across th Dutch frontier by his own men after h was rendered unconscious by seven bul let wounds, th most popular prisoner l an Irish major of th British flylog corps, who actually mad his escap from th ' island by swimming for some thro hours and who would hav succeeded in bis flight but for the email mishap which landed hla boat In a vlllag which was under niartlol law. French Red Cross Spends Huge Sums (Corresponds nc of the Associated Press.) . PA HI 3. Aug. 1L-The Boclete de Becour l.x Blesses Mllltalres. th most impor tant of the three societies that compose the French Red Cross, haa spent about 40,0n per month during th first year of th war up to July L The. other two societies have spent together about 8300.000 per month, which at the end of th first year will make a total of about 89.0O9.00O to which ahould . be added mor than 11,000,000 dollars In gift of supplies from different countries, bringing th total expenditure by the French Red Cross for th care of wounded soldier to mor than Ji&o.OO per month. ' With this money the Red Cross haa 'established over 1,000 hospitals, contain ing more than M.0e beds, l Infirmaries, 'sixty canteens Id railroad stations and 10 lellcf posts near the front; In this work, about 18.000 trained nurses and l&.iwo auxiliary nurses have been employed. Of these five were killed In the bombard ment of Rhelms and eleven have sue (iimM to contagious diseases contracted a tale caring for soldiers In hospltala One uurs haa been decorated with the legion of honor, thirty hav been cited In the orders of the day and twenty-three have been accorded the epidemic medal. MIRAGES CAUSE ANNOYANCE TO TH0CPS IN SOUTH AFRICA .(Correspondence of th Associated Press.) CAPETOWN. Africa., Aug. ...-Mirages caused great annoyance to the troops of General Botha's force during their re cent strenuous campaign In Oermaa Southwest Africa. Aa officer describes the msnner In which these mirage ap pear in a letter from the field: "The fatigue became awful. I began to get lisht headed. The sky seemed to b . come a straight wall in front of us, and the effect of the moonlight through the ilu.t made me Imagine I saw great palaces and churches, with the star as illtl allrflowa. "Then I would pull myself and look at the men riding In front, and thsy would turn (nt funny giantesses dancing In the muolUht. I learned afterwards that t-teryurte suffered from these hallucina t.orw. There was no check now; w lloed on and on. mile afr mile, jcr k(uiiii, drooping branches. Just leav ing it to the hor e a. Those speUndld Iuim-. They were fir saner than we MrK-kler Keirased. A It- x ivi.n, ifutriMb-r of the I-w- i cm cii.b us ii'- Nit Knclsnil Incuc, linn rlii(i OullU-Mrr ;t-il t!lKkie. ' ll.i if the ila.fvt.ci ktar. irW ' ' ' U v Mil h f . i . OMAHA DROPS TWO ' - TOWICHITA CREW (Continued from' Page One.) wind up th year Labor day. flcore: WICHITA. AR. 11. It. O A. IT. Tallinn, rf 4 1110 0 f ox. If ( 1 0 2 0 0 Jloan. aa .01 a a Urnnett, rf 4 X 1 1 lietling. 8b I 1 1 1 t 0 nrllton. It.... 10 110 Patterson, lb 4 0 1 10 1 Oray, o 0 1 4 1 6 Oelst, p 4 0 0 0 0 Totals t 17 14 t , OMAHA. AH. n It. O A. Smith, cf I 1 o t 0 0 Mreen. t 4 0 0 I 0 Foraythe, rf t 0 1 4 0 0 Kruesor. o 4 0 0 14 1 0 Knur, ss 4 1 14 1 1 McChesney, If 1 0 0 0 0 0 TannohtlU lb..,,.,.. 4 0 S 0 1 1 Hchllebner, lb t , 0 0 11 0 0 North, p..... 1 0 0,0 4,0 Totals....... "5 " ' T IS ' 1 wicnitsy Runs .........1 0000001 1- ' Hits I IIIH1IM Omsha A Runs 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 Hits 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1- Hacrifloa hits: McChesney, Brltton. Stolen baaet McChesney. Double plays: lietling to Patterson, Hosn to Brltton to l'sttrmon. Kruet;er to Shllebner, Krug to Bchllebner. Ieft on bases: Wichita. i Omaha, 4. Struck out: By eOlsl, i, by North, 1 Bases on balls: Oil UfUt, I; off Nor.h, 1. Hit by pitched ball: Hy North. Bennett. Time: 1:66. Umpire: Van Blckle. WICHITA. AB. R. II. O. A. R. Talllon. ss 0 0 110 0 Fox, It I 1 1 I 0 0 Hosp, St..., 0OO4IO Bennett, rf (01100 lietling. 3b....; 4 11 S 10 Brltton. Id........... 10 114 0 Patterson, lb 11 0 7 1 0 Cray, o 4 1 1 7 1 0 Wright, p g 0 1 I l Southern, p 1 0 10 0 0 Totals tt "l 11 SO 11 1 OMAHA. AB. R. II. O. A. E. mlth, cf.- 6 0 1 1 0 Hreen, 2b I 0 0 T 4 0 Poraythe, rf 4 10 10 0 Wells, c..,., 4 11 I 1 0 Krug. ss t 0 1 1 1 1 Krueger, rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 McChe.ney, If 41400 Tennehill. lb 4 1114 1 Ochllrhner, lb t 0 0 14 0 0 Uverdoi), p 4 0 1 0 0 1 Totals J7 1 "l 10 IS 1 Wichita Runs ....0 1000101010 Hits 1 1 1 0 1 i III 1-11 Omaha Runa 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1-4 Hits 1III1MII-I Three-has hits: Oray. Tannehlll, Wells. Two-bas hits: Hetllng. Wright. Oray, Kritton, MoChesney, Kruexer. Htnlen base: Talllon. Sacrifice tilts: Million ui, Hoap, Hailing, Tallinn. Double play: Krua to Breen to ftchltrh. iner. lett on hear; Wichita. 11: Omaha, Hits: Otf WrlKht, T In seven and two. thirds Innings: off Southern, 1 In two land one-third Innings Htruck out: By I Wright, !. bv Houlhern, a. Bases on I balls: Off WriBht. 4: off Southern. I: off Everdon. . Wild pitch: Wright Tune: 130. Umpire; Van Btcklt. Cubs Lose to Cards, Also Have Fight on Bench; Arbiter Hurt BT. LOUIS, Aug. 14. -St. Louis hit the offerings of lierc and BUndrldg and with th aid of five errors by the visitors, defeated Chicago, U to t Pierce and Zimmerman started a fist fight on the bench In th sixth Inning during th dis cussion over a fumble by Zimmerman which let In two runs for the locals. Vaughn, who stepped between them aa a peac maker, emerged with a bleeding Hp. but stopped th battle. Boor: CHICAGO IT. lH-! oo. rf t 3 S en.llar. aa. .. 1 4 '"". aa...f i i i l.Hnraer. If..t I eVhalta. f.. 1 MUiar la.... lilt ' . Ik I 0 0 4 la. r 4 lit tVifiavrr. Ut.l 111 Ci..ul lh.1 0 0 0 Ncl.r. Ik.... 4 III 1 lAllun, et.,1 lit H i I 4 K:.rf. r....l 1 I lfh.l. U..4 I IuhI, ....! 11 lr.jwr. ... I 4 i tAaua. ( 10 11 Hr.r, ! : r'"T p. ...I e 0 TeUla ... IS 11 IT 14 1 Murmr .... stt M1! ....lists Tal. ... S4 M Ul Malted fur l'i.rce In seventh. "hatted for Irandride in ninth. ( hlias-o .. 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 01 fct L-oHii o 1 1 0 S 4 I 1 U To-lwae hits: Williams, Miller. Thre taae hits: lietsel, WUitams, MU Ic-r bt.ln liaane- Wilhama, BrlaL Oon jilea. h.aii.ed runs: Chlcaao. 1; M. Ixmiis. 4. laaa on frnri tit. lul, 1 bee on 1k1J- t(f 1-lrce, 4; eiandridge, 1. off n, I Kiruck nut: ll 3: hy Ames. 4. rni'r-; Byron Mnd CMeon.' Standing of Teams WESTERN LEAGUE. riaycd. Won Lost. Pet. .. .iwi .6IH .4! .4'1 .4.4 .4t2 .m Des Moines 116 7a 42 46 r ( a Ienver Ill Cfi Topeka 1)0 4 Lincoln 1 M filoux City 1W M Omaha ...lot 60 Wichita Ill 4H bt Joseph 110 41 NAT. LJCAOUK. I AMER. cs LEAOUK. W.I Pet .... 36 .H0 ...,6 SO ....3 41 .k3 W.L.Pct. Phlla U 4& .EM Brooklyn ..67 4 .MM Boston Detroit Chicago ...SI (0 .6DN Chicago nuaourgn m tz rn oi t2 .tx v ....U 63 .6"N rk.4 61 .tl'J.Fl I.. ..60 67 .eSk Washington 64 61 .614 tioston ... New Tork ew York.. 61 60 .6.. t. LauIs....41 S .8X7 Ht. Louis leveland ..40 3 ,X2 CtnclnnaU .4S 67 .TiVhlla 13 71 .117 AltBR. AJWN, KEiD. l.EAQUE. W.IPct W.lPct tt. Paul l 46 .006 Chicago .....00 47 .Ml Minneap's ,.C3 60 .581 Newark 08 it .V4 Undianap's..60 60 .6411 Pittsburgh .68 44 .65 lxuisvUls".'.6 64 Kt. Loula.l'.67 41 IlUtS Cleveland ..41 t .H Buffalo 60 03 .446 Milwaukee .47 l .4K Brooklyn ...40 01 .446 Columbus ..41 60 .178 Baltimore ...17 6 ,S4 Yeterdaye fteaalte. ' , WE6TBRN LiEAOUB. Denver, 4-1: Bt Joseph! 4-1. Lincoln, 4; Hloux City, I. Topeka, 4: De Moines, 0. WlohlU. 16; Omalia. 2-4. " ' , . NATIONAL LEAGUE. Cincinnati, 14; Pittsburgh, 4-0, Chicago, 8; St.' 1Oiils. 13. New oVrk, 1; Brooklyn, K ... a Bouton, 0; Philadelphia. . AMERICAN LEAOUE Detroit 6: Chicago, 1 Philadelphia, 6: New York, f. Waaliliitfton. 1; Bouton, 4. 8t Louis. 4-1: Cleveland. 1-4, FEDERAL L4&AOUK. Pt Louie. 1; Newark, 1. Chicago, 7-1; Baltimore, 1-4. Brooklyn, 0; Pltubiirgh, 4. Kansas, -1; But tal i. o-s. AMERICAN AHSOCI.VTION. Columbus. I: Louisville, 'l. Mlnnaapniui, 1: Ht. Paul. 4. Cleveland, 6: Indianapolis, 1 Milwaukee, 4: Kansas City, 4. Game Teday. Weatern League Denver at Kt- Jo seph, Lincoln at Bloux City, Topeka at De Moines, Wichita at Omaha. National league t.:niogo at l. louie. Plttaburg.l at Cincinnati. American League Detroit at Chicago, fit. Louis at Cleveland. Federal League cu loui at ,ewarx. Sioux City Beats The Lincoln Team BIOUX CITT, la.. Aug. 14. Opportune hitting gav Bloux City th opening gam from Lincoln today, S to .. Th cham pions moved Into fourth place by virtu of Its win today. Boor: BIOUX CITY. AB. R. II. O. A. E. Cooney. lb 6 0 14 10 Coagrove. If...: 6 10 1 0 1 Callahan, ss 4 110 10 Iluiu, ef 11110 0 Kane, lb 4 1 1 10 0 lienallng. lb 4 0 0 0 1 01 Klcharda. rf 8 1 1 1 1 0 ' Tkmnelly, o 4 1 1 0 0 j Aoyie. p S O 0 0 1 1 Total S 11 17 11 8 j LINCOLN. All. B M. O. A. E. Wolfe. If 61100 Lloyd, lb 61 8 1 0 MoOafflaan. aa 4 0 0 1 1 0 Mnlntyre, tf 8 110 10 Williams, lb. II 1 11 0 1 H. ttchralber, rf 8 10 1 0 0 McAllister, 8b. 4 0 1 0 1 0 Yarns, e 1 0 0 8 0 0 B. Hchrelber, p.... 10 10 10 Lhmaa. P 8 0 10 8 0 Total X 4 10 14 U 1 Bloux City 0 0 1 I 4 0 0 I Unouln 0 10100010-4 Two-bas hits'. Mclntyre. Donnelly. Cooney, Callahan, fetciinc hha: Will lams, Doyle. Double plays: Cooney to Kane: lUchards to Cooitey. Innings pitched: th-hreiber, 4; Khman. 4. lllii: Off ew-hreibr, 0: off Ehmtn, 4. Bases on balls: Otf hchrnber, 1; otf loyle, X. tiru. a out: By r hreller. 1: by iole, i; by Kthnian. 1. Wild pitches: Ikiyle, X. lilt by pll.haj ball: By Doyle. Wllilams (i: by Khman. Lejauoe, Time: l ii Umpire; O'Brten. rsialaar Hurt MllUaaa. OITNBVA. Neb.. U(. 14. iSpeciat.) Yesterday waa an Meal day for an outing and 4,il people attended the tratvrnal ptcnlo here and entayed to th full the inuaio and game. But few of the crowd had ever seen auto polo before and they un joyed the thrilling- games iwmi thor oughly. Two auto wheats weir smashed atHl the players thrown, out. but no one was hurt. Bruning won the ball game from aililigau lu tke leal Inning. Score: Bruning 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 inlliB.n 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 ltaui-rtea: iismks and 8c hulls, Meyers and liana. TUite; l.M. 4 avast Ln.at Hesalta. Oakland. I: 1 Angeles. 7. Vernon. 4; lii tla.i.t. X. bait Ijike t il). . can KraJic'.io, 7. . PVp. .iy . ; -. WILLIAMS RECOVERS OLD PACE , IN TENNIS This picture of R. Norris ; Williams, the national tennis champion, was made during the play on the courts of the Longwood Cricket club at Boston. Williams had failed to come up to expectations, but in the Longwood. tourney he revived and played a slashing game as of old. th-iBMJl.njJ mum li nn i i.i ii. sm:Wwea. m TL . i sawn,. ! 11 1 A -'i ' p . .... .- ?! v 4 . . . II . , ... : : - . - - j ;, , .. ' ' ( ' If i ., v ' : vv . -. I V j-':.-' - ' - ' ( - .V. 1 J r- - 4 """"""a !( - - : m4 i '! ' 1 1 i -, f i ' " ' "" 1 '"--aTfrssay7wtiMira , w,w. . State Normal Board Continues Its Queer , Action Over Bills tFroin a Waff Correspondent.) i LINCOLN. Aug. 14. (.Special.)-Peculiar methods of ths State Normal board hav been siiown at various times and the latest cornea up through a bill allowed at th last session which was recommended for payment by the committee conalslin? of Treasurer Hall. J. H. Jletty and Dan Morris. The bill was for water- furnished the state normal at Peru by the village of Peru. Th contract had been made with th village to supply the wter at 8 cents per 1.0U0 gallona The bill tailed for 11 cents per L0"9 gallons. 4. similar bill bad been allowed by the bcarl at a former meeting for tbe latter rate alter the Poru member of the board had made a state ment that th village could not afford to furnish water at that rate. But this time the committee cut the bill to lt. contract rate of I cent per LUMI gallons and It was allowed. The peculiar part of the matter is that th bill was recommended and passed through the hands of ' a rommlttecuf Which J. B. Ovttys was a nwmUr, not withstanding th board at' the meeting had decided that Oettyt was not a mem ber of the board and hit ftrvd him over the transom and seated another man. It will alao be noted that llorrl was a memger of ihst committee, who, aa pres ident of the board, later ruled that Qettys a as not a nwmUr of the board..' The cfuculon oaturellv are "ahcu is a Ii'klm it uoiird."" JllllUI-MIIILi:j-ll L.- 1 SWORD KNOTS CUT OFF BY MISCHIEVOUS YOUTHS (Correspcndenoe of Associated Press.) AMSTERDAM. Aug. U. Ttie Brussels keUcs street boys have found a new method of annoying the German soldiers. Thry carry scissors in their sleeves and when they get close to a, Oerman soldier in a crowd, they cut 'off th leather knot of . his sword and carry it away as a trophy. . A boy of IS ha just been sentenced to three months' Imprisonment for having boasted that h had secured fifty-four of three knots. A Belgian banker Is sali I to hav offered SnuO to anyone who will relieve Oners! Von Biasing of his sword knot. The knots ar generally sold for the benefit of the Belgian Bed Cross, and they bring higher prices than any other trophies. . . . v It. Kdwara Bleaks ewaaaa Grata. 8T. EDWARD. ' Nab.. Aug. 14 (Spe cial.) In a fast game today, St. tdward shuts out Newman Urove. I to 4 Both -iltchera were at their tieat. I'oaers of ;i kijward nit alloalug the visitors a single hit: Bcore), U.H.E. Ht. blawrd....i. ...... 00000008 1 6 1 Newman Grove OOOOOOOOO-O 0 t Batteries: I'd ward. Powers and Flxher; Newman urove, alcKay and ilin man. . st. Edward plays Albion tomorrow. ' i" Kelly Gae Bark. T Nw York American club has transferred first baseman Robert Kelly sin p.tuht-r Barry Kingman Into ths Uuelph club, of ths Canadian league. Baraey ta lsakee. Edward Barney, the crack outfielder of the Jersey Ctly team, of the International I Tork club. Kent room quk-a with a Be Want Ad. .:.r:;1 : DOYLE LEADS NATIONALS Captain of New York Giants Con tinue! His Consistent Work with the Stick. COBB DROPS SEVERAL POINTS CHICAGO, Aug. R-Cgptaln Larry Doyle of the New Tork Giants, who. by eonstetent batting, located himself at the hoad of the National league batsmen, con tinues to hold that position, according to averages published her today. All the leaders had alight , slumps, but Doyle Is In front with an average of .228. Others following Doyle, In th first class, are: Snyder, fet. Louis, .826; Daubert, Brook lyn, .819; Merkle, New Tork, .310; Qroh, Cincinnati, .304; Wad KUllfer, Cincin nati. .303; Baler, Chicago, .300; Luderus, Philadelphia, .29; Long, St' Louie, .2W; J.. Smith, Boston, .297. Cincinnati and Bt. Louis are 1 tied for first place In flab batting, each hiving .255, while New . Tork is next, with .262. .Doyle. In. addition' to leading - the league In batting, holds the honors as a run getter,' with J; Cravath. . Philadel phia, who Is. sixteenth. In the batters' column, leads In . total bases,-with 170. and also holds the horn run record with 15. Carey. Pittsburgh, leads in stolen bases, with 29. Mamaux. Pittsburgh, crept Into the lead among the .000 class pitchers In the league, with aeventeen wins and five de feats. The other In the select class are. Pierce. Chicago, 10 and 8; Alexander. Philadelphia, 20 and 7; 8. Smith, Brook lyn, 11 and 1; Ragan, Boston,' 14 and 7; Toney, Cincinnati, 5 and S; Mayer, Phila delphia, IS and 10; Stroud, New Tork, S and 5; Dell. Brooklyn, 11 and 7; Dale, Cincinnati. 14 and 9; Meadows, St. Louis, 9 and 6; Standridge, Chicago, 1 and 2. Cobb Dropa Several Foists. Tyrus Cobb continue to lead the Ameri can league In batting, although he haa slumped a few points slnoe last week. His average is now .880. Others who re batting in the .800 class "are: Jackson, Cleveland. J34; Speaker, Boston, .332; &. Collins, Chicago, .330; Fournler, Chicago, 31: Strunk, Philadelphia, .317: Melnnls, Philadelphia, and Veach, . Detroit. ,811; Crawford, Detroit. .811; Lewis, Boston, .80S; Mainel, New York. .306; Gainer, Bos ton. .301. Cobb holds the lead In total runa scored, 104, and also strengthened his hold on the title of base stealer, having a total of 46. lie Is tltd with his teammate, Crawford, for the lead In total bases, with 193. Burns, Detroit, leads In home runa, with five r.oston nosed Detroit out of th lead la club batting, with .268, while Jennings' men have .263. American league pitchers who have at tained the .000 class are: Foster, Boston, IS won and 4 lost; Wood, Boston,' 11 and j 4; Scott. Chicago, 17 and ; Faber, Chi- I cago, 18 and 1; Dauas, Detroit. 10 and 8; Fisher, NewTork. 14 and 7; Ay res, Wash ington, 10 and 6; Caldwell, New Tork, It and 0; Johnson, Washington, 17 and lu: Shore, Boston. 14 and 10; Coveleskle, De troit, 16 and 10; Boland. Detroit. 8 and t; Bens, Chicago, 8 and 6; Gallia, Washing ton, 11 and 7; Dubuc, Detroit, 14 and 9. M agree Leads Federals. The ten leading batters In th Federal ' league, are: Magee, Brooklyn, JXX; Flack, Chicago, ,336; Kauff, Brooklyn. ,334; Fischer, Chicago, .832; Easterly, Kansas City, .822; Campbell, Newark. .817: Konet rhey. Pittsburgh. .317; Terkea, Pittsburgh, .317; Rousch, Newark, and Deal, St. Louis, tied with .Sit Brooklyn leads In club batting with .267, and Pittsburgh Is next with .Stiu. Konetchy leads in total bases with JC1, Berghammer leads in runs scored, seven-ty-one; Chase. Buffalo, la th leading homerun hitter with twelvs. and Kauff Is king of bass stealer with thlrty-flva The leading pitchers In the .000 class are: Crandall. 8tk Louis, fourteen won. six lost; McConnrll, Chicago, and F. Alton. Pittsburgh, tied, sixteen won. eight lost; !. Brown. Chicsgo, ten and five; Cul lop, Kansas City, fifteen ard eight; Roul bach, Newark, twelve and seven; Pack ard, Kansas City, thirteen and eight: , Plank, 8U Louis, thirteen and eight; Prendergaai. Chicago; Moseley, Newark; Rogue, Pittsburgh, and Moran. Newark,: all tied, eleven and seven. ! I.rlore Lraaa Weattfraa. i In th Western league, th ten leading ( batters. Including game played August 10, are: Lejaune. Bloux City. .354; For. sythe. Omaha, .sat; Galloway, Denver, Sal; Jonas. Dea Moines, and Fox. Wichita. .118; Spencer. Denver. -1U. Brltton, Wich ita, .310; Ppahr, Denver, .80S; McCormlcx, Denver, .816; Tydeman, Topeka, .814. Jones of Des Moines, leads In runa scored with eighty-five; Galloway leaJs in total bases with 211; MoCormlck has the greatest number of home-runs, four teen, and Coffey, Denver, with thirty three, leads . In stolen bases. In club batting, Denver, with 270, leads and Sioux City with 267 Is next. The leading pitchers In th .009 class are: Mitchell, Denver, nineteen won, tlx lost; Mogrldge, Des Moinos, 4wenty-onn and nine; Gaepar. Sioux City, sixteen and eight; lluneer, Des Moines, fourteen and seven; Clsrk, Sioux . City, thirteen and six'; Thomas, Des Moines,, aeventeen anil nine; Gilligan, Des Moines, ' twelve and seven; Clur.n, Topeka, ton and six; lit' rington, Denver, twelve and eight Foreign Promoter Favors Control oi Belligerent Boxer NEW TORK,' Aug: It Snowy Baker, leading boxing promoter of Australia, la trying to bring about soma sort of recip rocal or Joint action in all countries where boxing Is In vogue with regard to the punishment of boxers guilty, of glar ing and deliberate ' Infractions of the" rules. " His movement was started after Jeff Smith, th American welterweight, had been disqualified from further com petition In th antipodes for committing what Baker and experts asserted' waa a deliberate foul In a bout with a local boxer. It Is known that Baker haa a working understanding wHh the National Sporting club of London, which seta the pace for all British boxing organisations, but he has not yet succeeded In lining1 up the . commissions which control th sport In several states of this country. When advices reached Australia that Referee Billy Roche had disqualified both George Chip and Jimmy Clabby for "atalling" In a bout at St. Nicholas rink on May 12 th experts there were unan imous In their support of th referee, for they believe th arbiter should hav al most unlimited powers. It Is very likely that should Tom An drew' schema of forming a nation-wide board for th supervision of boxing bo consummated here, an agreement will be reached with the Australian and English authorities on all points involving inter national boxing questions. Peet Makes New Fly Cast Record SAN FRANCIHTW a..- w a, Peet of Chlcaan nriM.n, -. ... ... r . w M1 Km na tional Association of Scientific Angling clubs, brok the nstlnnai ,i vvnwu rec ord for the salmon fly cast yesterday In the tournament now being held here. He ahot hla line out 168 feet, which la lj feet better than th r.i ord, made in Chicago In 1914 by C. E. uuicuimicr or ijo Angeles. This Is the second record broken, at thla tournament. Harry Golcher of San Francisco having broken th light tackle fly casting record., . Bait caatlng war on today's program of the tournament. Xi HUNDRED MERCHANT SHIPS LOST LAST YEAR (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) LONDON. .Aug. 13. Lloyd's statistical summary of vessels of 100 tons upwards totally lost, condemned or otherwise re moved shpws that during the year 114, th effective mercantile marine of th world was reduced by (67 vessels ef 926.134 tons, of which 491 wer steamers of 870.662 tons and 275 sailing vessels of 1M.460 tons. This is an Increase ever the figures of 1911 of 838.000 tons and I 4a almost wholly to war operations. The United Kingdom lost 101 vessels f 229,179 tons by warships or by mines, while th figure for Germany ar thir teen vessels of 67.641 tons. Apart from th war, th greatest losses of the world's shipping ar under th heading of "wrecked." 268 vessels of 888, 470 tons, or 40 to 45 per cent of th total losses being thus classified. While the Volted Kingdom has lost tl per cent of th tonnag and 1.41 per cant of the vessels owned, th losses of neutral countries total 17 per cant and fl pr cent, respectively. Rent nor Quica with a Be Want Ad, Rent rooms quk'k w:tc m rsc Want Ad. t t