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FRAtlE, CASEYS LOSE
& ulna Pitcaei Kice Came and Ii
Never in Danger, and Ter
rapin! Win.
FINAL SCOEE IS IXJUE, TO OUE
KAN AAA CITT. Mo., May .-Johnon
had on bud Inning anrt Baltlmor won,
4 u L Qulnn pitched a nlc gam and
wa seldom in dsnger. flcor: R.11.B,
Baltimore ....o 1 0 ft 0 4
Ktniu City.. Ota 1-148
Batteries: Qulnn and Owen.; Johnson
and llennlng. Brown,
Terriers Win First,
But Held to Tie in
Second by Tip Tops
8T. LOUI0. Mo,. May . -After Bt
lxuU bed slugged Finnern and Beaton
fer a U to 4 victory In th f irst gam
of a doublo-header bar today, Brooklyn
tallied behind Ua new pitcher, Wilson,
and held the local to a tle4 gam, which
m called at the end Of tho tenth In
nlna becaus at darkness, with Oi .core
4 to 4. Score, flret game! R.11 B.
Brooklyn ft! i! ?
Ft. Louie i 0 0 t 0 0 Mil" I
Batteries: Keaton. Flnncran and Pratt;
Plank and Hartley.
Bear, aecond gam: RH.15.
k Louis.. . t0-4
Batteries: Wilson and Lend) Daven
port, WaUon, Groom and Hartley.
Illinois Summer '
School to Teaoh
Athletio Games
f'HIOAOO. May .-Oeorge A. Hurt,
diiertor of physical training at t'o Inl
vtislty of Illinois, will be the director
of t the aunimer school for ail'.letlc
roache. June 21 to July It. next summer.
Course will be given In bae bl by
Huff. In tra-k and field athletic i by
Knrry GUI, la baaket ball by Ralph R.
Jonea and In foot ball by Robert C
zDbka and the trainer of the university
M give a ihort cours In training ThU
will ba tha aecond year of the school and
indications point to a much larger attend-
a nee than in li when 117 were regis
tered, about ona-elghth of th total sum
mer session attendance. Th Idea of th
unlvarsltr in Insulting thl novel achool
- wa to help aupply tha demand for
trained coaches, a th demand la
ntut than th supply. Student ar
obliged to report In uniform and moat of
th Instruction la alven an tha athletio
ft4d. where actual game are p'ayed.
Th courses are a follow:
Baa Rail Theory and practice In bat
tin, baa running, proper methods of
Standing of Teams
WEST. U5AOVr. I NAT. LEAGUE.
W.I. Pet I WXPcl.
te Molnes.l 11 .C.-1 Chleaao 20 11 .446
Omaha 14 11 .tftl I'hlla SO 17 .Ml
Tk II HAimn IS 17 JM
Denver ....U 11 .6771 ft. Lmila.... U Joi
at. Joseph. .11 IS .", Brooklyn ...W 17 .4
iiinooin ,...iv i . t-utourgn...i is ,4ii
Ploux C1ty.ll 17 .M'nrtnnatl....U 14 .4i
Wichita .... 14 .Mi New York.. 11 II .41
AM En. LF.AGITE. ( STATE LK.AOUF.
W.L.Prt I W.TPet.
COFFEY GETS IN A HURRY
Wanti to Hare Independence Day
Set ai the Pate for Going Into
King with Jen Willard.
SAID TO LACK EXPERIENCE
Chlraa .7H pes trie.
1 etroit 14 14 .-2 Masting ,
New Tork.. 17 II .ell; Norfolk ..
Boston ....II II .&:Tork
Washlrurtonll 17 ,4 ralrhury .
Cleveland ..14 14 .424 Gd. leland
Pt. Iouls....l4 11 .W Kearney .
Phil a II 14 .KllColumbua
AMER. AUBN.
Indlanapolls.n 14 .en l
Kan. City.. 14 14 .B74
IiiUvllle .20 14.171
Milwaukee 14 M
Kt. Paul. ...17 18 .44
r ievelend .14 17 .4M
MlnneepollS.ll I .
1 .727
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, I I .
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. 1 I .'too
. 1 t .181
FED. LEAGUE.
W.KPrt.
Pittsburgh .a 14 .471
Chicago ....21 14 .6.0
Kan. nty...l9 1& .AM
Newark ....18 14 .MS
Urooklm ..17 17 .rV)
fil. Louis... .14 14 .("0
Paltlmor ..14 II
IV M .1.1
Columbus .11 n .U3 Buffalo
Veaterdar'a Reealle
WEBTERK LEAQUE.
Lincoln, I; Denver, 4.
Other gamea postponed, rain
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Philadelphia, 4; Ronton, .
Rronklvn. 1: Nie York. k.
ft. Iuls. 0-4; Pltuburgh, -l riret
caiica enii nrtn, rain.
Chicago, i: Clnclnnnatl. 1.
AMERICAN LEAGL'B.
' Cleveland-Chicago, rain.
Detroit, 7-1: 8t. Louie, 1-4. Called, dark-
.ees erhl ninth.
New York-W'aehlnrton. rln.
i DoAon, 1-4: Phllnaclphla. s-S.
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
THE FOURTH GRADE BOYS of Highland school defeated
the West Side Fourth grade in a relay race on Monday aft
ernoon. This was the first of a series of May festivals in
the South Omaha schools, under the direction of Miss
Stubhs. Back: Archie Arvis, Fred Oliverado, Ira Bonner.
Front: Francis Whalen, John Matayasooky.
Paltlmnr, 4; Kanaas City,
U-4.
Bacon d
Hrooklvn. 0-4: Ht. lyiirta.
called end ninth, darkneaa.
iurraioi'ittburgR, rain.
Newark-Chicago, rain.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION,
ft. aul, 4: Minneapolis, 1. "
Milwaukee, ; Kanna City, I.
. Other scheduled games postponed, rain.
NFHIU.9KA STATE LEAUUIC.
Norfolk, 11: Kearney, I,
Columbu, 0: Grand laland, 1.
Meatrke. : York, 0.
liaetlnie-Kalrhury, wet ground.
. Oataaes Today,
VratArn lxaaue Topeka at De Molnca,
VS'lchita at l. Joeeph, Lincoln at Den
ver, Omaha at ftloua City.
National League Bt. I.ouls at cnicago.
Pltteburgh at Cincinnati.
Aniertran League Cleveland at Chi-
caico. Ietrolt at lit. Lou la.
Federal laKiic Kanaas City at Chi
cago, I'HUbiirih at Ht. Louie.
Hate Lieagne Norfolk at Kearney, Co
lumbus at Grand Island, ialrbury at
llaatlngs, Ueatri.-e at York.
FEDS ARE MEN CHAMPS
Bowling Contest in tha Carter lake
League, After Hard Conteit,
Settled on tha Alleya.
HIGH INDIVIDUAL SCOBXS
NEW TORK, May . Jim Coffey seems
to be In a great hurry to make that match
with Champion Jess Willard. Th big
Irishman already has fired the opening
gun of a campaign that ha for Its ob
)rt a match with th champion to be de-
elded a early as July 4. A guarantee of
la.OOO, for Willard end goe with Cof
fey' challenge and no doubt he Is sincere,
but it Is not altogether sure that his
Judgment is of the best In hastening
matter.
Beyond all question Coffey Is the moet
promising challenger In sight at present.
During th laet tew month his Improve
ment ha been startling and his popularity
has grown to altogether unexpected pro
portlons. It is Just for that reason that
It Is going to be very easy to make a
mistake that might ruin his whole career.
Beyond a doubt Coffey and Wlllanl would
draw a record crowd if they met this
summer and Coffey's) share would be no
inoonslderabl sum. But It he really ex
ports to become' champion he can af
ford to wait until th time 1 ripe before
making th. attempt.
Kvrrrtbln 4 ala.
Coffey baa everything to gain and
nothing to loaa by taking his time. Both
he and Willard ar comparatively inex
perienced men, but Coffey has the better
strategical position. Willard champion
wtll ba tied up with theatrical contract
III appearances In, the ring will neces
sarily he few and far between. L'nd-r
such oondltlon It will be Impossible tor
him to get the amount of practice h re
quire. On t!ie .other band, . ther 1
nothing to prevent Coffey from fighting
very few weeks.
It Is very obvious that If Coffey Is to
hest Willard he must have the nr nonder
a nee of skill oa hi oido. Willard has a
tremendous advantage in tse, weight an!
strength and thl can only be overcome
by superior generalship on the part of the
mailer man. As matters stand lorrey
Is far too inexperienced to have a rea
sonable chance of beating down the
powerful Kansan. But la a year from
now it may ba altogether different. Time
will work for Coffey and th odd against
him are bojnd to shorten th longer he
delay. .
Willard lw to Improve
n
Th Federal Carter Lak Bewtlnf
league won th championship of Carter
lak yesterday from tha Carter Lak
fielding aoh poattioa, team work and j ftwlmmlng and Bowling club. Both club
eoarhliur method, study or trie ruie. ; ere romposea or women.
irninl eandltlon. methods of indoor
pt actic. lecture and prctlcl work. Pi
rector Huff.
Track and Field Athletlco-Instrnctlon
and practical demonstration ia starling,
sprinting, dlslanc running, hurdling.
fciga and broad Jumping, polo vaulting,
hot patting, hammer throw and discus,
practical talk on method of preparing
contestants for different lhletio events,
adaptation to Individual peeutlarltlea.
rule ot competition, study of physUat
ooad'tlon. Including endurance, speed,
fatigue and all means of training tor con
ditio; work 1 assigned for th ptomo
ttnn management and officiating of
gam and meet, and lecture and prac
tical work. G1IL
. Basket Ball Instruction will be given
in basket ball with tha idea of fitting
men t coach. Th couraa will iover
passing, goal throwing, dribbling, team
play. ' haw to condition a team and th
different styles af play used by th lead
ing coaches. Lecture and practical
work. Jonea.
Foot Ball. Theoretical a) Rule from
th standpoint of coach, player and offi
cial! (to) several style of offense and
defense, with consideration of their pa
ciei strength and weaknesses; (c) gen
eralahlp and strategy. Practical a
Training, condition and player' equip
ment: (b) punting, drop kicking, plava
kicking, kick-off and forward pawing;
tc) tackling dummy and charging aled;
d) apecial drills for linemen. nda and
bfk; (e) following th ball. Interfer
ence and team work; (f) fundamental
playa. frek play and lnal ytemj
lectures and practical work. Euppk.
. Trlnln Theories of training, massage,
treatment of sprain, bruise, etc. iand-
!n and first aid. Lecturea and prao-
ikul work. Oliiuvted.
!, Maflerrr Heelawe.
invixj.V. iltr r. -Owing to ill-health.
f.tr Mark Oiio J Ins relifn4 a chair-
, f h new lirtilsh Les company,
wwh hvem to rt th supremacy la
... .miiuui dvt industry from GermaJiy.
I! s.x--s.r Is James aU-onr, an -d-
Int'urgh. nm:r of the House of Ojib
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BOXING DEAD IN ENGLAND
Matt Weill Finds that Soldien Are
Only Onea Permitted to Practice
the Fiitio Game. '
PUGS TRAINING THE RECRUITS
NEW YORK. May 29. Matt Wells, -IlKhtwelght
boxing champion of England,
I back in this country with a most in
teresting account of how tho war ha
affected sport In Great Britain. Ho
says:
"Of course there isn't much boxing over
Theie la nothing to prevent Cotfey imer now. neraus my iitb ju iuim
from becoming a wonderfully clever n order that nobody but soldiers will
boxer. He I improving mor rapidly be given permission to box.
thany any man la th ring. On the other j "So great I th aentlment for th ol
hand, WUlard l low to Improv and on,dler that should Freddie Welah, th
account ot hi great length of reach he world' champion, meet Jerry Delaney,
e.n navsr attain th am amount of , th soldler-lluhtwelght. th tltl would b
but Moran only received $1,250. He was a
W-to-1 shot In th betting and when tha
ftght got started ho looked Ilk a 100-to-l
hot, but Bombadler misplaced hi heart
and quit cold." '
Matt says that there is a lot of grafting
going on regarding war funds. He says
that thousand ot dollar are subscribed
to buy . boxing gloves for th soldiers'
amusement, but they rarely aver get
them. H still holds a title as th wel
terweight champion of Australia, havlng
won It from Baaham at Bvdney.
'I am real patriotic now," concluded
Matt;. "I don't eat any more sauerkraut."
taken away from him.
far superior boxer.
"I wanted to enlist.'
And Welsh I a
continued Matt,
Club
Tlr Mile..
rthatnrock
After thro hour of bowling at the
Par nam alley, in which every strike was
cheered and applauded, th respective
core of th club were (.Ut and (.061, watt. He still la
giving th Federal Carter Lak Bowling willard according
leagu a margin ot 444 point.
Th total teem acore were:
FKPKJHAL I 8. AND B. CU'B.
Clover I,af...l.l' Mrs. Johnaou s.1.'-4 ;
.. 1,71 Mr. Cstlln s. . . .l.wa I
..l.VS Mrs. rermdv's.1."4 I
..1.5U4I Mrs. Kreeland's.l.j
sirs. Dermody'a team holda the cham
pionship ot it club, but made the low
cor at yesterday' tournament.
Th Tiger Lilies, howling the Bin
Bell in th city tournament, won that
contest
of Its league.
ftome high Individual scores for
tournament were:
FEDERAL.
Mr. P. H. Ftanton
Mia. M. M. Kmkad
Mi Koplila Itauber
tr Marl Kvtni
speed that is possibl for Coffey to ac
autre.
Coffey is built for pd a well a l
trength, but as yet h ha not learned j "but they refused me permission on ac
ta make th most of his ona oig aa-,eouni or my un ears, i asKea n mere
vantage, freed la Just as valuablo aa was any chance of conscription, and then
trenath. but It take art to make It j 1 might be allowed to serve, but they
count. tol(l nlB I""? didn't think there was a
It Coffey la wise he will wait until he j possibility ot such a state of affair,
reaches th stag where Improvement j However, I told them where they could
cesses. Then it will be time for him to j res oh me if they needed m.
.triw Anuarentlv that tint la Some i "ft seems that everybody ha money
l distance away, but Cotfey can afford to over In England right now. It a fellow
a mer youth while ian't the money he doesn't have to pay
to report, is oa th for anything, anyway. All h ha to do
wrong aide of aft. Willard denies this, (a ta 0iamc It on the war and everything
asserting that h I only . Even o th j (, ,u rlght
advantage I with th IrUhroan. Job. mud iiu4t Me.
RECORDS IN GRAYE DANGER
Strong: Aggregation of Athletes to
Compete on Illinois Field
Saturday.
MAROONS LOOK VERY STRONG
t'RBANA, 111.. May .-Befora th at
tack of what 1 believed the strongest
aggregation of athlete named for a con
ference meet In years, Big Nine records
are due to fall In th fifteenth annual on
Illinois' field next Saturday. From the
dashea to tho weight the big field, which
probably will include more than 300 men,
ha men who have tied, approached and
beaten th old mark in dual meet
already thl spring and with th keen
competition which th event will furnish
new mark ar pretty aure to be made.
That the mint have a hard fight on
their hands to retain their title as cham
pion 1 admitted readily here. Beaten In
dual meets by both the Chicago and Wis
consin squad. Illinois' hope rest on th
chance that Badger and Maroon will
ao dlvkl their point that th Orange and
Blue athlete may lead with It total.
Mnroons Btrons;.
Previous performance Indicate that the
Maroon have ona of th strongest team
ever turned out by the Midway coaches;
In practically every event, Chicago ha
a point winner, and in soma, particularly
tho dashes and hurdles, la almost sure
of th greatest number of point, on
paper. Wisconsin rank next to th
Maroon and Illinois third. At thl point.
the strong nonconference squads must be
considered, for Missouri, Kansas and
Notre Dame have entered their best men
and are aura to take a big share of tha
points. ' ; "
Since there are a score of squads named.
and since at least one good man 14
entered from every school, the total Is
likely to be split twenty ways, and th
prophet admit this wide distribution
make predictions hasardou. -
Record of Conference.
Aa for the records, two conference
mark beaten and another tied 1 . th
cor to date by men who will com pet
her next Saturday. Th best - mark
credited In each event ar a follow:
100-yard dash: Knight and Ward, Chi
coko. Time, 0:094.
220-yard dash: Knudsen Wisconsin,
Time, 0:21V
1 440-yard dash: Ooellts, Illinois. Time,
0:&0fc. . .
ssu-yard run: Campbell, Chicago. Time,
i:kH.
Mile
4:21V
Two-rait run. Mason. Illinois. - Time,
1:414s.
lanyard hurdles: Ward. Chlcao.
Time, 0:1C.
20-yard hurdles: Ward, Chicago, and
Ames, Illinois. Time, 0:26.
Hltfh Jump: frays. Northwestern,
HeiKht, 4 feet 1 inch.
Broad Jump: Stiles, Wisconsin. Dis
tance, 21 feet 7 inches.
Pole vault: Schoblnger, Illinois, lieigm,
run: Mason, Illinois. Time,
TexHickard Not
Strong for that
Trip to the South
NEW YORK. May . If tha Chicago
Whit Box and th New Tork Giant
should taks a tour to South America this
e-ll th, waiiU h,u, frA rt mlarfnnArlal
' -" I 10
of th national game, a tha native know 8hot pllt. Muekit wjaoonaln. DUtanca
very Uttl about bas bail. It Is a que- i 48 feet 5 Inches.
tion whether It would pay. Possibly It rHfmm,r1Ahf0t! uYVh Forest,
would, but, as a rule. South American DucuTthrowT Mucks, 'Wisconsin. Dls
do not tak to sport readily, except i tance, 140 feet I inches,
racing. Knight and Ward hav ach tied th
Thl I th opinion expressed by Tex Big Nine mark In the 100-yard dash,
Rickard, who promoted the Jeffries-John- Campbell' record beet th best previ
son bout at Reno In 1910, and several OUB conference effort in the halt-mil and
other Important bout, regarding tho jjuck' discus throw, made in the Win
proposed tour of the White Sox and TOn,n.MInnesota meet, broke Uarral'a old
Ulant to South Amerti a. Rickard in- ncOT 9t 14o feet Inche.
tlm.l.1 that f V, frln wnttM ha rr, a t ! .
from a financial standpoint.
Hlckard Is on a visit to thl country
after a three-year sojourn in Paraguay.
He asserted that he I through with th j
fight promoting game and la now one of
Jim Jeffries and
His Publicity Man
Tricked by Indians
tiui for Alarm. , -i mould aucveet that all mechanic
Apirently Coffey need not be alarmed m of worl, (n tnl, country go over to
regarding th possibility of any one else England, for they ar stir to land a Job th cattle baron of South America. i
beating him to th tltl. Non ot tho Ht waje-" "Jack Johnson was down there last , 1 1
other contenders Is likely to prov at all . jr,,,. two months before he left Ms tt ! winter and howed two or three time jim Jeffrie, former world' .eavy
dengerou so fsr a Willard is concerned. !ftavs tai and his trainer, Dla Dolling, i In Rio de Janeiro," continued Rickard. weight champion, devotes himself prln
Of course, If Coffey delays, meanwhll neld train 10.cO recruit in tte CYytal ! "He did not draw 900 people at each ex- rirallv to attempting to eatablish him-
or course, with Dase Dan it . . tne champion fish catcher ot me
Thl tero 1 lo the chmplon meeting all comers he may experience a p,,,, London. They showed them bow I hlbltlon
lBU, 1 setback. There are at least two men who ,0 boX and fo tlPOUgn the Swedish drlU. might t
th
..4JI
.tii
might be ble to outpoint him rlgnt now. ,. ake w.,ht In this country easier
but la the long run that would t,,hHn anywhere In the world." continued
matter a great deal. Matt. "I am going to b under the man-
It Coffey, la really or cnarapionsn.p f Vlin Morgan while here.
I welah 146 pound now, but when I
hWIMMlNQ A.VD BOWUNO CLl"B
material he la bound to triumph In the
end despite any slight check at the
iTi-sent t:me. That is wny hu would iu
m: ' m jhn'lS.::::::::::::::::::::::::S5 1 "
Mrs K. V. Bralley IMithey come. Ther 1 only on road to
Mil W. H. Uould. Jr 1 ti,, championship and that is by hard
) fighting and plenty of it.
1U UOI xxorvo xuirk
AMSTCitDAM. May .-Vla London -
Th Berlin Lokal Anselger states that
Italian troop in considerable force hav
landed en th Turkish Island of Rhode
in th Aegean sea-
Rhode I about tfv mOe south of th
Dardanelles. No official report bas baen
rrtvd of a declaration of war between
Turkey and Italy.
Salas Found Guilty
Of Panama Frauds
NEW TORK. May Jacob I Solas
as found guilty lata today of oonsplracy
in connection with fraud in th Panama
canai son, for which he has been oa
trial for several day past ia th federal
court her. Bala was paroU-4 pending
lb Imposing of eat)'.
El'itUN'. Msy IS. Via London.)
Tealat Bey, Turkish minister of the In
terior, In an Interview with the Constan
tinople correspondent of th Berliner
Tageblatt. declared that Turkey would
not declare war against Italy.
"W will nt deilai war on Italy,"
Taalat Bey said. "We can wait. What
can Italy do to u?"
Kaltyers Reward Reertllaa.
IiC.NlK.iN. May S7. Keveral lnglUh
business firms, In an effort to encour
aga recruiting, hav joined in an agree
ment to glv a day off to an employ
who persuades a candidal to present
hlnuolf for enrollment in th London
Rifle brigade.
fouiiht Abe Attrll after whipping Knock
out Brown I had to tan orr imneeii
be different. By having th head rnaat. Not only does Jeff go
ot th nation at ome of the game it MhinCi but he takes a pres agent along
couia t maae a social aa wen as an oi- to ul, m Rowing language the s:ie. gen-
uciai eveni. ana in mi case me nauves , .nd weight of the mem
NATIONAL BATTING IS EYEN
Each Club Has Renreientatire
Among: the Ten Leading
Hitters.
TY COBB HEADS AMERICANS
CHICAGO, May 29.-Bvery team in the
National league, except St. Louis, has a
representative among the ten leading
hitters, according- to averaaea nubll.hort
her today, including the games of last
Wednesday. Boston leads In th num
ber, with three. . Fred Luderus, Philadel
phia, continues to set the pace with a
percentage of JOO. Then comes T. Clarke,
Cincinnati, .370; Good. Chicago. .M4; Con
nolly, Boston, ,J6Ij Groh, Cincinnati, ,3W;
Daubert, Brooklyn, .337; J. Smith. Bos
ton .3M; Merkle, New Tork, .325; Hlnch
man, Pittsburgh, .SIS: Rudolph, Boston.
.810. Chicago and Cincinnati are tied
for th leadership in club batting, at .261.
Bresnahan's eleven theft still are high
water marks. Saler, Chicago, holds scor
ing honors, with twenty-eight.
With five Yletorios and no defeats
Pierce of Chicago lead the pitchers.
Coombs, Brooklyn, i credited with three
win and no losaea; Standridge, Chicago,
with two and none; Meadowa, Pt. Louis,
two and none; Lavender, Chicago, two
and none; Alexander, Philadelphia, eight
and two; Mamaux,' Pittsburgh, four and
on.
Cobb Increases HI Lead.
Ty Cobb ran hi average up from .400
to .437 In th last week and ha accumu
lated nineteen stolen bases, leading his
rival of th American league, a well
In run scored a total of forty-one. Four
nler, Chicago, has lost second plac In
batting to two of his tearnroat. Follow
ing -Obb: 4h leader ar: Daly, CAtcago,
.431; : Russell. 1 Chicago, .400; Fournler.
Chicago; .878;. Jackson, Cleveland, '.,K4;
Crawford, Detroit, .S41; Ruth, Boston,
.SS3r Kavanaugh, Detroit, .822; Lajole,
Philadelphia, .807; Ehotton, St. Louis;
S trunk. Philadelphia, and Mclnnls, Phila
delphia, tied for tenth, at .80S. Detroit,
with .385, and Chicago, with .260, load the
clubs. ' ' '
Credited with four victories and no de
feats, Bern, Chicago, rank first among
th pitcher. Jones, Cleveland, haa won
one. and lost none; Faber, Chicago, nine
and one; Fisher, New Tork, six and one;
Dauss, Detroit, seven and two.
Kaaff Top Federals.
Bennle Kauff of Brooklyn, hitting .407.
still topa the Federal leaguers, and his
manager, Xce Magee, 1 next, with .889.
Then come Klrby, SL Louis. .397; Flack,
Chicago, .871) Campbell, Newark, .itZ;
Tinker, Chicago, .857; Myers, Brooklyn,
.348; Blair, Buffalo, .847; Cooper, Brook
lyn. .841; Evans, Brooklyn, .339.' Magee
Is ahead on stolen bases, with fourteen,
on more than Kauff. Evans helps the
Brooklyn monopoly of honor by scoring
the most runs. 28; Brooklyn, with .294,
and Newark, with .263, lead in team hit
ting, i
Leading pitchers are Prendergast, Chi
cago, 4 and 0; Herbert, St. Louis, 1 and 0;
Alien, Pittsburgh, 7 and 3; Cullop, Kan
sas City, and 2; Dickson. Pittsburgh, 3
nnd 1; Lafitte, Brooklyn, 5 and S; Beaton.
Brooklvn. 1 and 3.
Gherrity's average of .472 atill keep the
Minneapolis player on top In th Amer
ican association. Indianapolis, with .131.
leads the clubs.
Lejeaa Still la Front.
Sheldon Lejeune. 81oux City, head the
Western Leagu batters, with .434; next
ar Krueger, Omaha, .410; Mogridge, Des
Moines, .400; Griffith. Wichita. .334,
Roche, Topeka, .393; Forsythe, Omaha.
.n Krug. Omaha. .380; William. Lin
coln, .871; Mayer, Topeka, .364; Galloway.
Denver, .847. Dea Moines and Omaha are
tied for club batting honor at .279; Wat
son. St. Joseph, with nine, leads the base
stealers. Jones. Des Moines, leads the
run getters, with 2.
Leading pitcher of th Western are
Lren, Omia, 3 and 1; Geyer, Sioux
. City, 3 and 0; Vane. St. Joseph, 7 and 1:
probably would follow suit.
There are only three cltle In which . . ,h. opl(1
UlJ..t rMKsa n mrA Vf sicra-M tra T"u
bers of th finny tribe caught ny tn -
lUVIUVSt ) ar.
tlaAaal.. 1Aff htll4 ltl Y tfOUt lht
Aire, and Montevideo. I would like to ' ordinarily large, and he
pound, in two week, to mak 136 pound. jv tnem come up to my town, out mat Job , a uurry
ringside. Abe weighed in with all his , probably would b too fur I IW, , at JL irtlcle. appe4r.(1 ,n M
Me wore cane. coat, derby ; " ,"V. F.T." ."V ros.t naoera describing the consummate
su.twu. uuenos Aires is uie real live wwn,
('llega (asaea.
Oeroell. 4; Pennsvlvania, a,
PrtnosioD, 2: Vale, L
clothes on.
and everything, yet dldnH tip the beam. .
"I never got any real money until my
fight alth K. O. Brown. I got so much j
money for this fight that it took myself
and two managers to carry It to our
hotel. The next morning I got the loan
of George Consldlne's machine and took
the money to the hank. One man could
never have carried It all.
Belts Ar a Joke.
"I was never ao much surprised a
when Welah whipped Ritchie In London.
Of course. I felt sore on Welsh because
I thought that I had him whipped Just
as easily In our first fight as in th one
In which he took th title from me. I
mut say. though, that Ritchie never had
a round and I pulled hard for them, too.
"At any rate, belt are a Joke In Eng
land now. You can't defend them unless
you're a soldier. What they need over
there now are 'lifebelts and cartridgw
belts, not boxing belts.
"Young Abeam W a treat fighter. They
thluk he la a world' champion over
there, but I am of th opinion that he
need mor experience before be oa lick
Carwatier.
The MorD-Well fight drew 134,000.
Germany Is About to
Declare War on Italy
GENEVA. (Via Paris). May 29.-A dis
patch ha been received at Basel from
Berlin, aaying that Germany wtll form
ally declare war on Italy within the next
forty-eight boura and that Turkey will
make ita declaration upon Italy later.
though, wher everybody seems to hav oispiayea oy -en .n -.
money, and they spend it, too. I think . landing th .peckled beauty. Tea that
the racing there I th greatest In the 1 hat the P. A. called the fish. Then
world. They also have one of the beet th lengin. orcaam ana wmm we
newspaper In th world ther." jsttested by a notary public, and the an
nouncement wa maae tnai tne iw,
which had been entered In the "biggest-fish-of-the-eaon"
competition, would be
sent to the judge by express.
An Indian guide was intrusted with th
rriie piscatorial package and started for
the nearest express offlc.
On th wy poor Lo was tempted by
soma less lortunat nsnermen uo no
old the Drise trout to them for tire
water, getting one of their fish In the
bargain. This flah waa an anaemic speci
men about four tnrhe long and weigh
ing about six ounoe. It wa sent to th
Judge, accompanied by th data referring
to the prixe fish.
A a result Jeff ha been discredited
a fisherman and ha been aleo accused
of attempting to "get ftmny" at the ex
pens of th Judges. Jeff ia said to b
searching for th Indian and la reported
to hav declared he will be th champion
of that tribe when he meet hi betrayer.
May io Frlac K ! tea.
NEW YfiRK. May 3. Princeton's
"varsity two-mil Ivlay team, which se
cured tna champlonaMp vt America, at
the Pnn rvUys. may b sent to the
San Francisco exisition this mmnw,
aoooiwuild by Oiach Keen Kttspat
rtk. This plan has not been approved
yet by the Board of Athletic Control,
but the reiior council, tho Alumni
Truk association and many Individual
alunuil heartily hav endorsed the pro-
Oppressed Christians
Go to WarWillingly:
(Correspondence of th Associated Press. )
DILMAN, AserbaUan, Persia, April 12.
ITnllKe th Belgians, th decimated
Chrvtlans of AserbaUan and Armenia
fought of their own volition. For Vfi
year they hav longed for th coming
of th Russians. Volunteers were or
ganised by th Armenian boldly, by the
Nestorians under some presaur. Th Ut
ter supplied IfiO drilled men at their own
cot.t and. if tbey may be believed, ren
dered good service. Three thousand
rifles were Issued to villager from Rus
sian arsenal and thousands were em
ployed In fortifying Vrmla.
At Tabrts there was no nmssacra and
Uttl pillage, thanks to the energy and
diplomatic skill of Gordon Paddock. th
American consul, and the flight ot tlx.
Tabrls Christiana on th Cnaueae wax
comparatively uneventful. Mr. Psddw k
delayed th entry of th Kurds, prac
tically restrained th Persian govern
ment from niKht and was then able tu
hold th local Moslem In che k. Finally
he went to th bazar,
Bailey Service la quality dentin UY.
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