fe '4 THE OMAHA , SUNDAY BEE: JULY 28, .1912. JACK J0HNS0NLET1IG DP Big Smoke is Going In for Xasy Game Hereafter. TEN-EOUKD MATCHES THE LIMIT Champloa lipw OB JsUm taace Roate la Too Hard a War to Hold Hla Laarela or Get Cola. BY W. W. NArGHTOX. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July ZT.-If. a report has It, Jack Johnson Is to b permitted to break Into the ten-round game in New York. It means, probably, that Johnson will round out his career over the short bout route and will lay down his laurels practically untarnished when he elects to retire. That the New York prospect appealed to Johnson la evident to any thinking roan. A day or two before he boxed Jim Flynn the champion virtually de " elded on a trip to Australia. ; He had of Xcra of matches with Langford and Mc Vea In that far land and told some of the correspondents at Las Vega that all the details had been agreed upon and that he would leave for the Antipodes In September. :, Something In the Flynn match caused Johnson to pause. Possibly he discovered that long distance fights had becomo more Irksome than formerly. Anyhow, the talk aboupt the Australian matches .was quietly' shelved and the announce ment made that Johnson was looking for ward to a series of ten-round bouts In New York. : Even though the . champion may be ring sore and travel worn, It will take an - exceptionally good man to get the better of him In a ten-round contest. ; Jack Is not so far gone but that he can train to go the distance mentioned at a fast clip, and wlfh his vast knowledge of all that pertains , to rlngmanshlp and the fact that strenuous work at close quarters is debarred by the clean break rules at present In voguo In New York, the champion should be able to maintain his prestige and dignity , without appearing to turn a b&lr. , ' 'Joe Jeannette la spoken of as the first opponent for Johnson. The Champion has been In the habit lately of referring to Jeannette as the best of the heavyweight bunch; but there is room for doubt as to whether Jack really respected Jean- , nette's fighting qualifications or Is Just doing Ms. share toward boosting a Johnson-Jeannette match. 'Jeannette's Interests have been assidu ously promoted by Dan McKettrlck, who FIX STANDARD FOR BOXING; Present Scale of Weight Said to Be Too Elastic. TO CREATE ROBE CLASSES For the last Tfctrtr Tears the Box ers aad Their Maaaa-era Have Arranged Welsh ta to y Salt Themselves. NEW YORK, 1 July 27.-When the box ing season begins next winter and' the State Athletic commission gets down to work to revise its rules and regulations It is more than probable that a standard scale of weight will be arranged that will be recognized all over the world. It is a well-known fact that the present scale of weights In the different classes, which are supposed to govern the cham pionship divisions. Is too elastic and that matches are made with provisions that are frequently out of reason and unneces sary. It has been suggested to the com mission that a change be made so as to limit the championships to weights that will bring men together at a nearer poundage and the poundage mean a title. The scale of championship weights that has been suggested to the commission Is believed would be advantageous to both boxer and the patrons of boxing. The old scale of featherweights, lightweights and the like has been In vogue for years. Long ago there were fewer boxers. . The Increase In the popularity of the sport ha brought forth - hundreds of participants and It Is . thought that a change should be made so as to create a uniformity of weights and classes which will give a boxer-an opportunity to win additional honors as , he grows older and heavier. , . ... Draw a Flaer Limit.' , ' ' The proposition is to grade the classes by poundage instead of titles by drawing a finer limit to the weights and by cre ating more classes. . For Instance, the lightest weights to be recognized by the commission would be 105 pounds. From this low weight the rules will read so as to make the next class 120 pounds and from that point to range by an Increase of ten pounds In every class up to 150 pounds, which would make divisions of 130, 140 and 150-pound classes and elim inate the existing conditions of feather weights, lightweights and so on. Thi titles would then read; The 120-pound champion and the 130-pound champion and so on up the line. By this means there would be honors to earn that today are mtK.nomor In many Old Fox Griffith Has the 3pot Light In behalf of his man has been flinging cases. For Instance, "Mike" Gibbons la challenges at Johnson and Langford for the last couple of years. It Is al ways to be noticed, however, that Mc Kettrlck. when directing his defiances at Langford, expresses preference for a contest of twenty rounds or even longer. "I want to ehow the world that Jean- tralllng along in the supposed welter weight division, when, according to rules, h Is well Into the middleweight class, and ha been for some time Under the new rule he would be would be champion of . the 150 pound class and when he could not scale that nett la Langford's master ever dls- weight entering the ring he would have tance," Is a favorite boast with McKet trlck, and such being the case the infer ence to be drawn Is that Jeannette pre fers a long bout to a short one, ho mat ter who his opponent may be. Under the circumstances it Is not easy to figure that Jeannette stands a brilliant ohancs of subduing that clever ring man, cnampion Johnson, In ten rounds. But beggars must not and cannot be choosers, and as Jeannette has been beg- to look to the middleweight division, or, say for example, the 186 pound division tor opponents, for that is the weight that ha been proposed for the middle weight division. In dealing with the weights above 1W pounds, It is suggested to make a class from MS pounds up to 195 pounds, or a aemi-neavyweignt Division, rrom wai point there would be no limit, as a man weighing more than 195 pounds would gtng for a match with Johnson for a long be entitled to step Into the ring at catch time, he must abide by New York, condl- weight, BT W. J. MACBETH. . NEW YORK, July 27. According to the generally. accepted opinion base ball al ways ha been heretofore a law unto it selfa law full of unaccountable eccen tricity and vagary that follow no net rule., Its .creed was most tersely, ex pressed In a modest proverb of Harry C. Pulllam, that still grace the wall of the National league ; headquarters: "Take nothing for granted In base ball." The only ; exception to the capricious whim was Washington. This habitual tallender of the American league was a striking Illustration of one Instance that could always be taken for granted. The great joke of the national pastime was coined from Its humility: v "Washington, first In war, first in peace and last In the American .league race." ; ' ' Washington, hitherto the exception that proved the rule. Is now proving It In fact. The capital city -has evacuated -the cy clone pit for a. prominent position in the forefront of battle. "All things come to him who .waits." - They certainly cam Washington's way as a blessing In dls-f guise, In no less a personage . than Clarke, Griffith, generally, regarded as a major league managerial failure. With the New York Americans and : with th'e Cincinnati Nationals' the old Fox. had dis appointed.- His connection with: Washing ton appeared' to' the. long-suffering fans of the District' of ' Columbia as the addi tion of Insult to Injury.' ! ' But In -vindicating his managerial fame Griffith -'has - fooled ' everybody, 'even the Wiseacres of the capital city and couple of major league magnates In New York and Cincinnati.' 'For the' first' time in Its career: Griff1 has charge of a ebb free to' direct lt" destinies. ' H was handcuffed in , New - York' ' and fettered In Cincinnati by .club' owners who- always 'have been too ready- for outside' advice. Griffith Is the heaviest' stockholder 'of . the , Senators He gambled hlserttlre fortune on the pur chase, and everyoheji'a'- glad that he in vested wisely." '-, ' ' !.: If for5 no other ' reason than ' variety Washington's sensatlonal'spurt this year proves. decidedly refreshing. tlll It em braces other Interesting features. One of the most remarkable psychological studies of th age is this combination whipped into pennant speed by Foxy Griff.' Most promiscuous in the. collection of oddities 1 that sterling centerflelder, Clyde Milan Milan has given Ty Cobb a black eye such a the Georgian; peach haa '.never before suffered In fast company. Grif fith' center section of the outer defense this year makes Ty ' Cobb look' like a truck . horse on the bagi In comparison. Never In his palmiest days did Cobb ever Cfsplay the base running class that Milan has spilled, and this In spite of the fact that Cobb Is slugging at a far more steady clip than his little rival. It Is true that Milan's batting, which exceed the classic, .SOD notch,' entitles him to place In the firmament of great Outfield er,' but It ta his wonderful baae running that commands chief respect Between Clyde and "rhoelert ' Joe" Jackson, of th Naps, the modern Gollah has been shorn of his lock, Milan boasts the golden speed ringlets; Jackson the swat ting curia For the past several seasons Milan has tlon and do the best he can. If the program ha been outlined cor- rectly to readers of sporting news in th , far west, iohnson Is expected to meet Sara Langford In New York after he Is Give New Names Th Idea Is to grade the boxers Into classes similar to the system now em ployed In the rules governing ,'tlng races and arrange more champlonwhlps. through with Jeannette. This cannot very The present scale of weight under old wu po, nowever, a L-angrora recently ,UM ig toff- wide. Names could be given signed a new contract which wilt keen h- Atttrnt w.iht. such as "midget." mm in Australia until th end of th bantam," "feather." "light weight, present year. , I witr." 'middle." and so on If be- in th absence of Langford It I likely luved necessary. That t of little Im- that Al Palter will be sent against John- nor tance. but the . better classification son and her is a bout that wilt excite ,more interest than any the champion could be party to. Not that there Is prospect of Palser handling Johnson to better advantage of the boxer I Important, By this means closer matches could be made and greater distinction and more honor earned by boxers without their being trained to almost , Impossible than any of the others under New York weights which has many time been de- ooxing conditions, but because Falser is trlmental to the health of athletes. undeniably the best white heavyweight it would also do away with th ub- iit lght at present I terfuge manager employ of matching Come to think of it. It might be as well I men to weigh In several hour bef or a to- qualify thl, by the remark that Al's bout. All contestants should be com work so far entitle him to more credit loan any of the other "hopes." His vlctorlea over Kaufman and Bombardier i Wells eclipses the performance of the other whit heavies, but It t Just possible. , of course, that with equal opportunities, i Wither McCarthy, or even big Charley Miller may do. a well. When one remember how Falser was battered around by. Bombardier Well In tSe -early stages of their bout, It does not appear a though Palxer will have much of a look in with uch a past master of ' polled to weigh in at the ringside and In public. The habit of weighing men hours before the contest has never been neces sary except when a backer of a boxer Is resorting to sharp practice. There Is no reason why boxers should . not weigh at the ringside and be sent Into the ring at a natural weight instead of being ; trained to a certain weight at three o'clock In the afternoon, with the knowledge that they ' will be . several pounds heavier at ten o'clock at : night. For th last thirty year the boxers I u 1 'J'r-'4 v Lj' fi':iP44iMrM t CLYDE MILAN. of outfielder. He did not shine as this year simply .because , he met with noth ing like the same encouragement Here's the difference the difference between a hopeless tallender and real pennant pos sibility. , That same difference . lifted ten year from the stooped shoulders of Grif fith; has made Walter Johnson take on a new lease of life and given Herman ("Dutch") Schaefer a new. line of chin good. , , , . Washington stands out .as a living ex ample of that degree to which luck fig ures In the national pastime. No one will deny Griffith was lucky to get Washington and Washington likewise lucky to get Griff. . ' - . ' ' been good-far above the average value When the Old Fox took, hold of the Nationals the Capitol City, boasted Just four players outside the pltbhers-Mllan, so gloriously" referred to above. Catcher Alnsmlth, Shortstop George McBride and comedian "Germany" Schaefer. Griffith may be considered lucky to have picked from hla recruits such a coterie of stars as Foster, Mqeller and "Chick" Gandil men who fitted right in with the veteran nucleus to form-the strongest aggregation that ever represented Washington. But was It luck after all? - All these marvel were up In fast com pany before, but were turned back as lacking the vital spark. That Griffith ha them hooked up so well may possibly be due to managerial acumen and genius, come to him who waits." state, to Improve upon "natural advan tage and to afford pleasure to the thousands who ' annually , visit this favored spot and all thl ha been ac complished at great pecuniary outlay and much personal sacrifice on the part of all these men. ; , ' - : jl i WESTERN GOLFERS PLAY . , AT IDLEWILD IN AUGUST The annual championship tourney of the Western Golf association will be held at the Idlewlld Country club, Flossmoor, III., August 28 and 29. 1 . Professionals will not be barred from the meet A total purse of $725 has been hung up- for- the professionals-while the amateurs will be awarded medals.- None of the local professionals, Dave Mentlplyof the Country club, Will Clark of the Field club or Charlie Johnston of Happy Hollow have yet mad arrange ments to attend. ' , WESTERN LEAGUE AVERAGES Baker Borton is Still the Beal leader of the Sluggers. TY COBB, THE KING OF BASE BAIL PLAYEBS. , g(ov work a the champion, especially a I and their manager have been aranglng 'New York frowns on clinch fighting. But you can never tell what is going I vi to Happen in a boxing match. weights to suit themselves." They have claimed all kinds of title to which they were not entitled.. Wotgast insist upon the lightweight limit being 133 pounds, because It suits Wolgast, and "Battling" Nelson urged the same thing. Gibbons claim the welterweight title. and Wolcott were all supposed to be light weights, yet not one of them could be considered In hi best - condition at less than 136 pounds. Rules should be made to draw finer line and more pronounced classes now that the snort of boxing has become o very popular. 'CALIFORNIA PREPARES TO 2 PLAY RUGBY FOOT BALL :SAN FRANCISCO, July 27. -An Impor- yet cannot step Into the ring lesa than ,tant meeting of delegates to the California 1 148 pounds. McAullffe, Lavlgne Rugby union was held recently at th Olympic club, In which details preliminary to the visit of Australia' crack foot ball team on the Pacific coast during October were arranged. The financial factor la connection with the enterprise were the I occasion of considerable discussion, ex- jpense for twenty-fiv pluyers having i been guaranteed the team, which will leave Sydney about September I I Stanford and th University of Cali fornia are bearing a part of the burden .of the subscription fund, while the Bar barian club has also added to th fund. Th University of Southern California 'lias given some encouragement a have St Mary' and Santa Clara college. The Olympic club 1 expected to assist in the financing of the tour. Unless the Univer sity of Nevada offer more than the fx pensea of taking the touring players from San Francisco to Reno it Is not likely that the Nevadan will be on the schedule. ; The Australian will arrive about Octo- -ber I A schedule committee waa ap pointed at the meeting to arrange the list of games. WEST POINT PREPARES TO ENTERTAIN HORSEMEN WEST POINT, Neb.; July .-(Special.) -The success of th third annual circuit race meet of th West Point Speed as sociation, which take place at West Point July 30-31 and August t has been assured a far a human energy and fore sight can make It possible. Preparations are complete for the housing of the rac ing stock and ample accommodations for all are provided. A new barn 36x108 has been erected, numerous valuable Improve. ments Installed, the tracks placed In first-class condition and, last but not least, the famous Racevlew Park, the beautiful plot of ground surrounding the entrance to the race track and which Is OMAHA TENNIS MEN GO rJ.IT TO THE DES MOINES MEET a the "Corn King." ha been Mil! further The Iowa Lawn Tennis association will L'i " it' V x -it fSL is- ; ? f ft hold its seventh open tournament at the court of the Des Moines Golf and Coun try club beginning Monday. Angust U, . 'and continuing during the week. .' Harry Koch, 1912 city and state single champion, Robert McCague of the Happy Hollow club, and Joe Adams of th Field club ar some of the local racqueter who expect to enter the meet .'" Winner of the tingle will play the r present Iowa association ; champ, Ray Branson of Mitchell, 8. D. Together with - P. N. Young of Aberdeen. S. D., Brn- . aoa will defend bis UUe in the double. rlldefea beautified and embellished. The president of the Nebraska. State Speed association, Chris Schlnstock, re sides here and is, together with hi brother, the owner of the race grounds proper. During the last three months Mr. Schlnstock ha been Indefatigable In his labors to Improve the property, to make the track and building the best In the circuit and has been unsparing jf hi personal mean to that end. The leading Idea of President Schlnstock, his brother and , Mr. Paota, who ar th dominant force behind thl enterprise, fia been to develop this portion of the f' ITVE B0TJBKES ON H0N0B LIST Thomaaon Leads the Local Team In ' Hitting, While Coyle la a Cloae ' , Second Coyle is the Best Ran Getter. -, Big Baker . Norton, . the - Josle's first sacker, continues to tumble In the bat ting averages compiled this week for th Western league, having dropped a total of nine point in the last two weeks. "Baldy" Isbell of Dea Moines, top the list with a percentage of .422, but Borton Is the logical leader with .393 and Ten- nant of Sioux City . pressing him close with .382. Sioux City and St Joseph each have three sluggers among the first ten. Artie Thomason leads the Rourkes' .300 roll of honr with a standing of .334 with Norman Coyle right behind him at .329. Eddie Allen, Kane and Johnson in the order named are the other Rourkes who cavort above the mark. Coyle 1 the best run getter In Pa' bunch with a total of 62. - ' '. ' Jack Ryan continues to hover at the top of the fielding column with a tab of 1.000 per cent. Jack has accepted forty six chances so far this season without a bobble. - Batting; Averages. - ... AB. R. H. Pet. Isbell. Des Moines........ 4a Cochran, Topeka ......... 40 Borton, .St. josepn. ...... .mo Tennant, Sioux City. 309 Z willing, St. Joseph 328 Watson. St. Joseph 3o? Smith. T., Sioux City.. ..323 Myers. Sioux City 372 McC'ormlcK, l-incoin. J hi Middleton, Wichita... 289 Breen, Sioux City 351 Beall. Denver ; S34 Thomason, Omaha...- 35S Coyle, Omaha 874 Block uenver . us Gardner, Topeka 287 kTenwnrthv. Denver 319 Clarke, Sioux City 78 U4 CUemons. Wichita xa 2 King. Topeka 844 Durham, Wichita... 67 Allen. Omaha". 33 Channell, Denver. ....... ..218 French, Sioux City ..uv Johnson, Omaha ?i Kane, Omaha..... 309 Davis. Wichita 373 Powell, St. Joseph 375 Spahr, Denver 216 Cole, Lincoln ..339 Cassldy, Denver....... 373 Rellly, St. Josepn. .. . . ....zn Korea, Des Molne..v.-...317 Craig, Wltmta .....aw Berahammer. Lincoln. ...fc9 Qullltn, Denver- ....... Barbour, Lincoln ..... Lindsey, Denver..:... PetUgrew, Wichita. . . . Belden, Des Moines.. Walsh, Topka ........ Kelly, St. Joseph...... Dwyer,- Lincoln Hughes, Wichita Claire, Des Moines.... Nlehoff, Omaha Harris, Denver..:..... Callahan. Wichita Orendorff, Sioux City. Leonard, Des Moines. .....177 12 Koerner, Wichita 133 17 Ellis, Wichita 65 6 Colligan, Des Moines 353 30 Cadmann, Sioux City ....228 24 Frantz. Topeka 228 22 Chapman, Topeka 186 19 Justice, Omaha 321 51 Meinke, St Joseph 346 38. Lloyd, Lincoln 825. 42 Westerztl, Wichita .115 9 Gondtng, Omaha ..17 1 French, Denver ....137 13 Schmidt, Topeka- . 129 12 Hall. Omaha 85 - 4 Curtis, Des Moines 334 33 Schlpke. Omaha. 90 13 Arbogase, Omaha 81 19 Patterson, Topeka 105 7 Leonard. Denver '46 . 4 Ulatowski, Des Moines.. . 121 12 Rogge,.De, Moines 89 . 8 44 33 16 87 55 65 40 77 . 82 77 27 4 32 30 19 74 20 18 ,23 10 ; 16. 19 A .248 .248 .246 .246 .241 .241 .241 .240 .237 .237 .236 .235 .234 .233 .224 .222 .222 .222 .219 .217 .215 .213 8 15 .211 3 9 .205 4 12 .206 J . 8 - .200 15 81 .196 0 12 .194 10 25 .193 10 17 .193 2 4 .190 7 10 .189 3 6 .188 5 12 .182 1 4 .182 1 6 .179 16 .176 7 .175 4 11 .162 4 10 .156 3 10 .155 8 4 .129 2 5 .128 ' 7 .123 1 .122 I 4 .121 7 6 .115 1 ( .116 1 6 .109 2 7 .109 3 4 .089 J 4 - .088 1 g .086 6 4 .079 6 4 .063 5 2 .053 2 2 .048 6 2 .048 0 1 .029 10 .000 .772 ,. 16 .686 ...320 J04 ...267 60 ...931 '63 16 ...7 69 1 ...762 43 12 ...761 65 15 A .230. 192 18 163 244 ...... 4 421 233 4 43 15 87 80 62 44 Poor CHBISTY MATHEWS0N, THE DEAN ' OF THE PITCHERS. '4 " 7 73 19 16 135 118 6 l'S 79 120 69 116 66 '129 57 117 38 S 53 119 78 113 67 119 62 123. 11 34 51 93 63 IVi 25 71 47 19S 21 6 10 37 68 53 83 96 84 114 24 57 61 43 76 27 66 60 102 61 112 38 ' 81 47 94 57 101 37 77 65 .110 - .394 63.106 .2?4 34 81 .293 44 70 ' .292 .35 . 78 ..272-1 40 79 375 . 8 1U8 16 30 65 7 671 84 48 ; 97 t .422 .400 '.392 .382 .375 .362 .360 .347 .843 .339 .339 .338 .334 .329 '.328 !.324 '.320 .320 ,.318 ,.314 .313 1.313 '.312 .312 ;.3U '.811 .308 .304 -.306 ,'.301 .300 .297 .297 .297 .297 i..374 ...360 ...276 ...240 ...269 hitting . strength ha gone , back so far that in two day taut week fourteen hit were all he could make off th world champion Athletica In Friday' double-header he connected for seven hits In his first seven time at bat, Among theseven hits were two home runs and a three-bagger. One of th circuit clouts came In the ninth and brought In th winning run for Detroit ..104 ..338 ..293 ..344 . ,..286 - 61 ,.. 96 , 15. Coffey, Denver.- ...363 . 69 Hann, Des Moines su u Mee, Wichita 266 49 Oossett, St Joseph 226 17 Cobb, Lincoln ...345 42 Ml!ler. Lincoln za a Wacob, Wichita 104 6 Carney. Lincoln 200 U Davidson, Omaha. 3ul 7 Rellly, Sioux City 317 46 Andreas, Sioux City 234 88 Faber, Des Molnea... 63 8 Lee, Topeka 352 48 Scanlcs. Omaha. .....282 44 Mullen.. Lincoln.. 330 41 19 .290 .290 .2iS .288 .287 '.827 .282 10 .278 79 ' .276 26 .. .274 Gear. Topeka 206 9 92 71 60 91 0 27 62 78 81 60 16 8 71 83 61 .273 .269 .266 .264 -62 .260 .260 .266 .256 .234 .253 .252 .252 '.249 Smith, Lincoln 71 Kinsella, Denver 44 . Crutcher, St Joseph .... 60 Tuckey, Lincoln 40 McGraw, Des Moines ....159 Johnson, St Joseph 63 Stratton, Lincoln ........135 Ryan, Topeka 88 Keleher. Wichita ........ 21 Ryan, Omaha 63 Hanson. Lincoln 32 Jackson, Wichita 66 Walnwright, Topeka .... a Palmer, Lincoln 28 Brandon, Topeka 34 Sage, Sioux City 40 Chellette, St Joseph .... 68 Douglas, Des Moines .... 64 Schrelber, Denver 64 Wolverton. Lincoln ...... 31 Northup. St. Joseph 39 Woldring. St Joseph 67 Fugate. Topeka 49 Hornsby, ropeKa Hueston. Des Moine .... 52 Campbell, Sioux City 52 Robinson, umana w Hagerman, Lincoln 65 White, Sioux City ...... 45 Doyle, Lincoln 34 Rhodes, Omaha 3a Young, Topeka 61 Brown, Sioux City 64 Hicks, Omaha Perry, ; Wichita Hicks, Omaha Alderman, Wichita 84 HmIv. -Denver-............ 41 . Fleldlns Averages. ,v-:'"'.,.y . .. . -' po. a! Ryan. Omaha ................ Tuckey, Lincoln - Carney, Lincoln 5 Arbogast Omaha J Tennant Sioux uity.... Brown. Sioux ciiy-.... Gardner, Topeka ....... demons. Wichita Ulatowski, Des Motne. Borton, St Joseph Kinsella, Denver Lindsey, Denver Kane, Omaha Scanlon, Omaha Orendorff, Sioux City.. Dwyer, Lincoln Hornsby, Topeka Koerner, Wichita Schmidt Topeka KTAfthun Ktj JOSftDh.. Cadman, Sioux City 3p Tnhiunn Omaha 326 Hahn, Des Moines... . Chapman, Topeka.... McGraw, Des Moine Hughes, Wichita Belden, Des Moines.. Gonding, Omaha .... Beall, Denver Faber, Des Moines.... Stratton, Lincoln .... Mullen, Lincoln Gossett, St , Joseph... SohinkA Omaha Spahr, Denver ..364 Keleher, Wichita 63 Rlnrk. Denver 143 Breen, Sioux City ...110 McCormlck. Lincoln .......175 Andreas, Sioux City. Davis, Wichita Johnson, St. Joseph. Palmer, Lincoln Smith, Lincoln Middleton, Wichita . Hall, Omaha ... Healy, Denver Rogge, Des Moines.. Cobb, Lincoln Pettigrew, Wichita . Doyle, Lincoln Robinson. Omaha ... Zwllllng,. St Joseph 169 Crutcher. St. Joseph 10 Meinke, St. Joseph 231 313 King. Topeka 199 J4 Thomason, Omaha 199 9 CamDbell.. Sioux City 4 43 Cole, Lincoln 183 Powell, St. Joseph 147 Channell, Denver 83 Ellis, Wichita 12 Kenworthy, Denver 242 Chellette, St. Joseph 3 60 Cassldy, Denver 131 9 Woldring. St. Joseph 4 3S Frantz, Topeka...... 263 122 Coyle, Omaha 142 11 Wacob. Wichita ..121 34 Walsh, Topeka Claire, Des Moines. Craig, Wichita Isbell, Des Moines. Frencn, Denver..... Wnrrla Denver Colligan. Des Moines 2nl 225 77 Lloyd, Lincoln. 198 206 24 Sage, Sioux City 8 26 2 Myers. Sioux City 179 11 12 Wolverton, Lincoln 7 40 8 Curtis, Des Moines 136 3 9 Houston, Des Moine ' M j Gear, Topeka 68 9 6 Brandom. Topeka 4 42 8 Clarke, Sioux City 43 3 8 Davidson, Omaha 126 10 9 Schrelber, Denver 4 66 4 Hicks, Omaha 4 40 3 Fugate, Topeka 6 37 8 Ha carman Lincoln 6 65 6 Miller, Lincoln 109 14 9 Barbour, Lincoln 122 192 23 Alderman, Wichita 6 49 4 Hanson, Lincoln .' Justice, Omaha 1'6 200 28 Leonard, Denver . 8 32 8 Nelhoff. Omaha. 126 237 28 Durham, Wichita. 5 66 4 Watson, St. Joseph 103 9 9 Perry. Wichita... a Quillin, Denver 117 168 23 E. Pet 0 1.000 0 1.000 8 7 244 93 308 74 100 533 18 .....111 11 8 ..... 33 - 7 1 .....174 14 4 15 61 2 .....226 69 8 .....708 102 23 446 119 17 ..... 74 59 4 210 167 13 4 2 79 28 79 13 75 51 74 16 11 44 62 16 43 .. 10 .. 1 .. 9 ..186 .. 11 .. 6 .. 12 ..112 ..100 .. 12 .. 4 S 1 2 7 8 2 8 6 4 2 2 7 2 23 9 9 2 110 13 10 5 75 67 7 4 4 14 3 7 2 20 8 8 10 101 4ft .178 IK J. 46 ..95 8 166 W 13 9 11 3 94 10 84 9 .'.Am , X w .; ' : ,; mi Christy Mathewson' 1 the only big league- pitcher with a record of over 800 victories., Starting his thirteenth. season. he seems .to be twirling the same brand of , base ball that has done so much toward keeping . the New- York . Giants either at the top or close, to the top on the National league every year for over a decade. When the marvelous , Mar- quart and the rest -of the Giant staff failed on the recent western5 trip and brought on the first Giant slump of th year. Mathewson was tne oniy twiner who could be depended upon. Starting his thirteenth year a a Giant Mathew son, In Pittsburgh the other day. struck out Hans Wagner four times. And Honus Is still regarded as a fairly dangerous cltlsen with the ash. .992 .989 .989 .988 .981 .985 .985 .982 .982 .981 .981 .981 .980 .980 .980 .979 .979 .978 .977 .977 .976 .976 .976 .975 .975 .973 .972 .971 .971 .970 .970 .969 .968 .968 .967 .967 .967 .967 .967 .966 .966 .966 .966 .965 .965 .965 .964 .964 .959 .959 .959 .959 .958 .957 .957 .956 .955 .955 .962 .952 .951 .961 .951 .950 .950 .950 .950 .950 .949 .946 .944 .944 .941 .940 .940 .940 .939 .939 .939 .938 .937 .936 .935 .934 .932 .932 .932 .932 .931 .930 .928 .928 .926 .926 .925 Douglas. Des Moines 4 W Berghammer, Lincoln . 83 164 il Walnwright. Topeka 4 19 2 Kelly, St Joseph 201 180 ss Westerzil. Wichita 36 78 W Coffey,-Denver 218 215 39 rr.. tv, -Mninei .194 176 84 Sioux City 165 279 41,.9l Jackson. Wichita ? Leonard, Des Moines w .922 .921 .920 .920 .919 .917' .916 915- Mee, Wichita French, Sioux City.. Callahan, Wichita..., Rellly, St Joseph White, Sioux City.... Patterson, Topeka... Rellly, Sioux City Ryan, Topeka.-i Lee, Topeka...' Rhodes, Omaha....... Allen, Omaha Young, Topeka Cochran, Topeka Pitchers' 89 14 .914 222 87 910 101 20 .906 198 84 .904 123 24 -S9S 48 6 i .837 63 1?.5&6 ..125 150 S3 j.8.13 30 47 1" 61 29 33 6 2 2 45 8 12 4 ...152 ....102 ....124 .... 87 49 .150 .3 . 12 . 4 . 6 .879 .87S .875 .SrtO .8 Record. W.L.Pct. ..10 ..10 .. 5 ...14 ,1S .9 ...14 Hicks, Omaha.. Ellis, Wichita ..... Wolverton. Lincoln. Hall, Omaha. ' " ' iw Tnvpr .13 f ecf ii oiwi - - Kinsella, Denver White, SiouxCUy.... - at JnRflnh...... Chellette, St. Joseph :- T Clnuv PitV Woldring, St Joseph.. Ryan, Omaha... ....... - Hagerman, Lincoln.... Frantz,- Topeka.. ....... Faber, Des Moines...., Smith, Lincoln.... Durham, Wichita , Douglas, 1 uea moinen 8 ..11 .J4 .. 8 ..13 ..14 11 . 11 9 ..13 11 7 6 Leonard. Denver 2 Young, Topeka ' Perry, Wichita. ' Rogge. De Moines ...U l Robinson, Omaha Crutf tier, St Joseph Heuiton, De Moines-.. Healy, Denver .... Sagie, Sioux City... Campbell, Sioux City Fugate, Topeka Rhodes, Omaha Harris, Denver McAdams, Denver ... Honrsby, Topeka Jackson, Wichita Palmer, Lincoln Tuckey, Lincoln Brandom, Topeka: Wainrlght Topeka Alderman, Wichita Northup, Des Moines..... Doyle, Lincoln '.. Speer St Joseph Mogrldge, Lincoln .. Clark. George, Sioux City Scott Wichita Jordan, WJchlta , 9 11 6 11 6 9 4 2 ...... 6 8 4 4 5 ...... 2 .....v 8 2 2 0 . 0 ...... 0 0 0 .909 .909 .6i5 .6'57 .650 .650 .643 .636 .619 .619 .65 .611 .6vi9 .m .691 .600 .550 .542 .538 .533 .533 .524 .500 .600 .500 .467 .455 .450 .413 .400 .400 .400. 8 ,385 14 .364 .364 .364 .357 .2S6 .273 .222 .182 .009 .000 Tooo .000 Team Averages. Batting-Sf. Joseph, .290; Sioux City, .284: Denver, .281; Wichita, .2a0; Omaha, .273; Lincoln, .269; Topeka,- .254; Des Moines, .247. - , ' Fielding Omaha, .958; Lincoln, .9o8; Des Moines, .956; Sioux City, .955; Denver, .954; Wichita, .952; Topeka, .951; St Joseph, 951. Stolen Bases Omaha, 159; St. Joseph, 151; Denver, 141; Sioux City, 140; Lincoln, 137; Wichita, 104; Topeka. S3; Des Moines, 71 - i Sacrifice Hits Omaha, 146; Wichita, lto; St Joseph, 138; Iincoln, 130; Denver, 129; Topeka, 113; Sioux City, 109; Des Moines, 10L Individual Averages. Players with Twenty Stolen Bases Nlehoff, 38; Mullin, 29; Kelly, 29; Thoma son, 27; Coffey, 25; Watson, 23; Powell, 23; Kenworthy, 23; Mee, 23; Breen, 22; Reilly, Sioux City, 20; Reilly, St. Joseph, 20; Quillin. 20; Barbour, 20. . Players with Twenty Sacrifice Hits Coyle, 36; Cassldy, 27; Cole, 27; Powell, 26; Meinke, 23; Middleton, 22; Meyers, 20 i' . . - -Arcjae Over Mitt. 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