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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-
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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
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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
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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
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Laurels to Varden
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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.
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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.
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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'.
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