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Judgments
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ANT year have passed since
th fan were treated to any
thing: like the. how that la now
being put on for them by the
' big league.- About the. only
thing that U teally settled as to the out
come Is last ' place In the Bap Johnson
atandlnr tab.e. The Athlettca Can hard
ly be disturbed In their position of 'the
cellar champions, and maybe the Cin
cinnati team will be permitted to hpld
eighth place In the National, but It Is
still 'possible for many, changes to be
made there. At the top all la uncertainty
and. the merriest scramble In the history
of the game la now In progress.. Detroit
haa overhauled! the Red Box, and Satur
day, tqund these teams tied at the top,
and each going good. Philadelphia and
(Brooklyn are having a similar scramble
for the, honors., la, the . National, ' anil
Newark and - Kansas City In the Feds,
while behind the leading pairs In each
league come other dubs, all. struggling
In a most determined manner to gain
the leadership. In the Federals any on-j
of five teams may win to first place In
a week's playing. It is an Ideal condi
tion, for the' game, and Is reviving the
Interest of the public In the game. The
WITH THE OMAHA AMATEURS
Second Game of City Series Between
Drexels and Clarks to ' Be
Played This Afternoon.
Mercantile League Champions
FAST CURTAIN RAISER CARDED
' By FKaXK QITIGMSY.
! Two championship games will be staged
at Luxu crk this afternoon under the
auspices of the Omaha Amateur arsoda-1
tion, the first of which will be between
the J. D. Crews and the O. A. Nelsons,
to ascertain which team doservea the rag
of the Booster league. These teams rung
In with a knotted average. Bach team
lost one game during the league season
to each other and the games lost were'
extra Inning af lairs. Their last row went
for' thirteen founds before the Nelsons
emerged with the winning pearly. Ben j
Monroe will hoist the pill over the crock- I
ery for the Crew herd and Mancusco will j
utilize his puzzlers to help the Nelsons ,
cop the grapes. -
Immediately, after this fight is history
the Drexel Shoe company team, the dudes
that nailed the pennant In the Mercantile
league, will endeavor to eliminate the
Corr Electrics, now known aa the Walter
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owners, who kicked so strenuously on the I PlnniP by slipping them a dose of de
appHcatlon of the twenty-one player feat- ihe Corr r..c ctrux waltzeu off wiih
liintr last spring, are now seeing the 1 th honor t the Southern league. Silver
wisdom, of the rule, which has had, ths
effect of equalizing in a considerable da
rea the playing strength of the teams,
and has given the pennant chase the npk
pearance of a race rather than a pro-i
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; The real sensation of the week is- the '
ale of . Joe Jackson to the "White Sox.
Comlskey figures he still haa a chance
V'to lead the league, and, he's going. right
aftee the plaoei . Jackson has been ob of
the big lights In tho American league
: for a number of years. He hasn't bean!
quite so showy as Cobb, nor so fussy as I Hasaen Is playing grand ball for Ducky
some of the others, but he ha gone right 1 illSw H' " '
along, cutUng.down the Una drives, out-j Mana(rer Meloher decided to change the
running long files, cutting off runners nme of his band from Corr liiectrlcs
who try . to take extra bases on hit to 'to Walter O. Clarka
Cleveland's right field, and then stepping
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Roeca will deliver his slants and twisters
for the Drexels and either Peterson or
MoQrath will kink the horsehld for the
Walter O. ' Clarks, formerly the Corr
Electrics.
jasi weeic iixus para, wnere wm
contests will be staged, which Is located
at Twenty-fourth and Vinton streets, was CflTITrTP&W PITT, TA QTJflW
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enolosed and the grandstand and .bleach'
era enlarged ao that approximately LGOO
can, be comfortably seated- Richard Kia
sa.no, local adjudicator, will handle the
Indicator during both tangles.
Saadlot Oeslp
Chicago Cnbi Only Club in Big
Leajraei Who Haa Two Depend
able Left-Handed Twirlen.
LEONARD AS UTTER FAILURE
up to .the plate and slamming the ball
into tmoocupied: territory; oftener than
. any man on the team, and quite aa reg
ularly aa anybody In the league. He haa
mad ninety-five hits in eighty games so
far this season, for an average of .&!3,
while the only Cobb has only made 114
hits In 11S games; Cobb's average Is .SK,
the difference being due to the fact that
the pitchers are much more willing to
"walk Tyrus than Joseph. Here's hoping
that Joseph enjoys his promised exper
ience on a -team that bids fair to be a
winner. -' ,
The ivory hunting season closed without
the usual blaxs of big. prices,, and with
NEW YORK, Aug. IL Left-handed
pitchers are having a vary poor season ao
la., against i lar year. Those wno were stars in
the UU base ball manipulators. their respectl v leagues last season have
Hansen, the Joe Smiths' klnker. only I not been showlnar thalr ald-tlma form
allowed tne mtamiins oi uucKy naroni i thus far.
Next Bunds v Pet McQnlre will toss his I
slants for Dunlap, la., at Ute,
crew four smanhea and he whiffed ten.
Today the Brown Park Merchants will
have to put on somo extra atvam In order
to trim the Joe Smiths of Council Bluffs.
The South Omaha Merchants are anx
ious to secure games with Class B tea ma
Call South 006 and squawk for Bachman.
Jack Methane says he will be back in
the game next season. He used to grab
rhem out of the clouds for Cruighton uni
versity.
Nearly all the big-run totals
and the hitting records of the year In
the two big leagues have been mado
against left-handers, to say nothing of
long strings of basea on balls Inter
spersed with wild pitches and hit bats
men, it Is possible, of course, that tha
port wings will lose some of their kinks
after a protracted spell of good old-fashioned
hot weather. But If Mr. Left-
msdlocacy or worse. He haa . won a
couple of games during the last few
weeks In which the opposition got nearly
ten runs off htm, simply being lucky
enough to have tha assignment on the
days when the Giants hit harder and got
still more runs for him.
Only a few left-handers hare been de
livering tha goods as they should. Rebel
Russell of tha White Sox wUl be quite
a factor In his club's success if he can
keep on as at present, and may even
mean the difference between just a fair
team and si flag winner. Oeorge Fierce
and Jim Vaughn of tha Cubs have gone
along In fine shape, and Manager Roger
Bresnahan can congratulate himself on
being about ' the only man in the world
that haa two really good left-handers this
year. Rube Benton has pitched a good
gam here and there for Cincinnati.
Harry Covelenkl haa been the big noise
for the Detroit Tigers. Joe Boehllng's
work for the Washington Senators has
been well above par. These last few
Fan Suggests Series for
Eastern Nebraska Honors
ALEXANDER AFTER RECORD
A Plattsmouta ' fan comes forth with
good suggestion which should arouse con
siderable Intsrest araony the baso ball
fans of eastern Nebraska. The Platta
niouth fan suggest that it would be a
good idea ' to stage a series of games
for the championship of eastern Ne
braska. His letter to the sporting edi
tor of The Bee folio wst
Why wouldn't It be a good Idea to
boost fur and arrange a series of games
to deo.de championship of eastern Ne
braska? I am sure tha ti the fast teams
such aa Blair, Pender, Dodge, Qretna,
Plattsmouth and champions of the
ucnerer or me urexws was tne mam : . ,,i i. i, x. ,.w ,
gink with the club during theBrandels- . . - " - T. " .... T'l I
Drexel
smeller.
Manager Mullen's Old Timers will meet
tne Uorr Mectrics, cnampions or tne
Greater Omaha league, and other fast
. u i i waiiM iva thj.li. Aimnnrl . r rr ak.
turned are enougn to keep the Ill-fortune ; it a success. That would eiimluata many
of the left-hander from being unanimous, I of thee so called champs. Let s got
hn . ,,.. e.Ilnu,. ,,,. I together and make It go.
l iin j-iaiisinuuui in in risuv. jirft-u-
row. He cracked three on the j U normal-sided brethren during tha sea-' perk up If th brigade as a wholo is going
only a few sales.- Four Wee tern league ' g0". leaBU at Fon O nxt
rlayers were disposed of by sale to the' Bmn rtrango thttt Nebraska
big league owners, one from Omaha, ! Telephone company failed to ring In with
which is quite as much as could be ex-; a team this season. They had a fast
pected, when conditions are considered, j quad last year.
In Kruegt- the Yankees have secured a Toward, th vlntton ' fthe
. .,, ,, . . . . frame between the leaders of the Greater
good man, quite the class of the Western Omaha league and the Joe Smlths ouffht
wnen Jt comes to catching ana one wno to draw a packed house.
will give good service, after he has had
a, little seasoning. . The draft will be
the next point, and it isn't likely that any
extensive raids will be made, this season. ;
All; the big league teams have full rosters.-
and all ' have strings en the player
they were supposed to cut loose when
et"-)r down to the limit, so it will not
be pe"e" s-ry to' riddle the minors in order
to build up young armies under the ban- j
ners of major league clubs. Another sea-
conservative policy will go a
long Way towards restoring the business
as well as the playing end of the game.
' In the Western league It seems that
the positions are fixed, for It is hardly
likely that Denver can again head Des
: Moines, and that is the only chance for
' a change at the top. Nor can anjr of
the other teams greatly benefit their po
sitions. Omaha has seemingly recovered
from the slump that marred Its sojourn
at home In July and August, and is now
playing rattling good base ball. It s an
other case of the pardon coming too late,
though, for the best Omaha can do now
will be to head off Lincoln for the top
of tha second division. Kind of seems
good, though, to see- the Rourke boys
getting some of thebreaks, for they cer
tainly suffered a long time through hav
ing all go against them.
Foot ball Is edging Its way onto the
stage, despite the fact that the climax
of tha base ball season is not at hand.
The college manager are getting their
strategy boards lined up, and very soon
we will have served to us daily the "bear
stories," so familiar to us all. That Is
on point In which tha foot ball men have
shown no advance for years. Some day
.a eoach will start1 the world by telling
the truth about the condition' pf his play
era, and a new era will be commenced.
- The amateurs, who are busily trying to
determine local supremacy, are proving
themselves adapts at th flnesso of th
game. If they can play ball as well as
they can politics, they are wondera
... To tali.Bk Ball.
Frank Derrick of th Portland club has
' announced his Intention of quitting base
' ball after tht season. He is talking about
going into the grocery business with rela
tive at Claytoa, Oa.
Three teams are tied for first placo In
the Commercial league., namelv, the
Halley Dentals, Nebraska School for the
Deaf and McGraw. Electrics.
1 The first row to decide the champion
ship of the Commercial .league will be
between the McOraw Electrics and the
Nebraska School for the Deaf.
Now If the Townsends and Kohout Coll i
don't get nervous today when they gilds .
along on the velvet sward at Rourk park
a good game will be uncorked.
Next Sunday at the County Fair
grounds a motorcycle carnival will be on
the program, consequently the aaeooiatlon
will have to utl'lze Luxu park.
Next Sunday the Luxus team will buck
up against the Btors. The lsst srgument
between these two teams resulted In a
victory for the Stora by one point.
Honack and Kennedy were the clubbing
tar awainat the k'nhnuti last Sunday
land they also pulled down everything that
rambled around tneir neignDornooa.
Next Sunday the Brown Par Mel,
chants will glide over the rails to Ben
nington. Neb., and do the'r best to whJp
the village base ball manipulators.
Jawn Dennlnon, chief of the t.uxus crew
says if some class A herd could hand the
Alamito a lemon, then hts gang would
trim them and a tie would be Inevitable.
Southpaw Vern Hlrsch I now twirling
for the Athletics. If he was only eligible
to join some Clau A team, the speed
merchants would have to hustle to trim
him.
Prefke. the star backstoooer. who
fractured his Jaw while catching for
Corning, la., some time ago Is again in
perfect condition to do duty .behind the
stick.
The game between the Alamito and
Rlack Kats will not e protested because
It was a reed by both managers that It
was O. K. to use plavers not under contract.
I According to the done, the Old Timers
i would cheerfullv r-i'1er a g"me w'th
the Brow- Prk Merchants an would
. slo be willing to speculate on the outcome.
From antiearsnces the ' Belle y Dental
To snd the NehrneVs tehoo for th j
iitesf will be tied for the first nlsce wben i
the curtain drops In the Commercial I
.irie. j
"Ben Vecined v. one of the backer of
th Kenn"" e-ellns nned to menage
the fMt Kiu team, whicti wxs one or
th leedor In Omaha sproxlmately ,
i twelve year ago.
1 It the Netvwak for the Def or .
Palter Den'a's op flrtit ulace In the Com- I
mercnl iere tew Hi flM It out with !
the Nationals snrt ffr Ofiaha leagues j
for th clasa A champi'nhip.
son he will have to get a move oa him
pretty soon. y .
Several teams with pennant aspirations
based much of their hopes when th
campaign began on expected sensational
work on the part of their leading left
handers. The most notable case of this
kind is the Boston Red Sox. Picked all
over the circuit as the probable pennant
winners, some admirers even laying odda
on them r gainst the field, th Red Sox
counted on sensational pitching on the
part of Dutch Leonard, who led the
to land up with or ahead cf the right
handers for th year.
Even Money Offered
on Red Sox Against
the Field in Omaha
With the rise cf th Detroit Tigers In
the last fow days, odds on the Boston
American league's left-handers last year, ' Rod Sox to win the American league pen
and yean Oregg.'Clsveland star of a few
years back, who appeared due for an
other first-rat year. "
Gregg a Fallare.
Gregg has been an utter failure thus
far. Manager BUI Cariigan ha not even
given him a regular turn In the box.
Leonard' case hss cooked up th cau
dal of the season. According to th man
ager and President Joe Lannln, owner at
the Club, Leonard has refused to obey
training rules and keep In condition. His
nant hav dropped. . The odd dropped
from ( to t to even money on Boston
against th field.
Among betting men of Omaha the Red
Bog are easily favorites and little of the
even money is being taken. Betting on
th Tigers runs about 3 to 4.
Th White Sox are no longer considered
pennant contenders. All betting on the
Sox runs 4 to 1 that the pale ho crew
monta pro and con regarding th re
spective ability of various teams have
always been current between th sup
porters of semi-pro and amateur team
of the various towns. Oftsntlme two
teams wllf play three or four games
and then continue to dlsput supremacy.
Several clubs Invariably lay claim to th
championship.
AH Of tho teams mentioned by th
Plattsmouth fan are fsst aggregations.
Any two of them would put up a fast,
snappy battle. Would it not, stimulate
Interest in base ball In eastern Ne
braska If It could be arranged for the
team to play a tournamantT Sorely It
would.
Why then, wouldn't It be a good Idea
for th managers of th suggested teams
to oommunicat with each othar, draw
up a schedule and play a regular
elimination series. For instance Dodg
and Blair could play. And Plattsmouth
at Gretna. Then In th second round
the winner of th first mentioned fray
oould play th wlneV of th second on
and so on until aa undisputed oham
plonshlp club shall hav earned th pre
mier Jiouors. It might even be a betier
Idea fur each club to play two games,
on at ho in and on abroad. If a third
gam la noary, lota could b drawn
or a neutral field selected.
It's a good Idea, managers, and It
should fee a success both from th stand
point of sport and as a financial prop
osition. Get together, as th Platts
mouth fan suggests.
MORAN BEFORETHE CURTAIN
Frankie Trip Over from Paree and
Promptly Cuts Loose with Chal
lenge to Jen Willard.
WAS TRDIMED BY JOHNSON
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NEW YORK, Aug. Jl.-The recent ar
rival of Frank Moran on our shores and
finishes In th first division. Betting h, announcement that h Intend to
Is 5 to that Det.-olt and Boston noth,forca JeM willard Into a bout for th
recent sutpenston brought forth charge I,nl,l Br,eaa uowiann s men. i heavyweight championship, add a little
of internal dlsseuslon In the team. Re-! Three to 1 are odds offered that Clcve- jnew interest to, one feature of the boxing
gurdless of the dissension, suspension and j lana rnunaeipn.a ano nu iouis remain
disobedience of training rules, however.!111 P01110" or below in the final
It is sufficient to say that Leonard has i tndlng.
been practically worthless so far, w ha re as
he was counted on to win probably mor
games than any other man on the staff.
Babe Ruth,, still another Red Sox left
hander, found it lmixiaalhls tn ilrllu - I
winning gait, until his return from the
AMATEUR GAMES TODAY
first western trip. Collins has a'so been
useless.
Th on big disappointment of the
champion Boston Braves is George Tyler,
th left-hander who ranked right with
Dick Rudolph and Bill James when th
big trip swept through th National
league last season. H has been worse
then Indifferent In his showing this year.
Other loatksaw flakes.
Slim Bailee and Hank Robinson of the
Cardinals are two more failures to date. I
Wilbur Cooper of th Pittsburgh Pirate !
and Earl Hamilton of the Brown hav '
ueen unaepennaDie, too. Hamilton was
suspended for breaking training rules Just
as Leonard of the Red Box was. H is
reinstated now and has shown an in
clination to return to his capable winning
J. D. Crews agulnst O. A.
Nelsons,
Q.
JJrexel Shoe Co. against Walter
Clarks, l.uxua park, :W p. m.
Drowning-KIng Co. at Louisville, Neb.
Luxus st Bialr, Netx
Brown Park Merchants against Joo
Smiths, at AthisHo park. Council Bluff.
btors against Chicago Leiund Giants,
Rourke park, :' p. m.
Kohout Colts against Townsends,
Rourke park, 1:20 p. in. '
Black's Kats against Chris Lycks, Fon
taneite park, east, diamond, 3l:bo p. m.
Alamltos aaslnst Bourgeois. Fort
Omaha, 2:10 p. in.
Armours again Ducky Holmes. Twen-ty-sUUt
and Martha. Si. m
Main Moores as; In at Dundoe Woolen
Mills, went diamond, Fontenell park,
1.80 p. in.
Council Bluffs Imperials at Karllng. Ia.
Nebraska Auto ihooi at Fender, Neb.
Veteran Bar as glaaed.
Rowdy Elliott, manager of the Oakland
ways, but thus far his figures sra by no Conunutsr. has signed Bill Burns, th
no means Impressive. Connie Mack's I veteran southpaw released by the Angels,
lO CIS roster oi piicnere.
Pattlsaa Recalled.
Pitcher I'atttscn ef Terr Haute, who
I w.a mn A n liraiiil ttmlilAm lrk.
absolutely . ,4,0, under an optional agreement, has
MelHa a Manager.
George Mul'ln. the veteran pitcher, late
of Newark, has been engared to manage
the Cheater. Pa., club for balance of sea-eon.
, Athletics had a dismal enough outlook
' as It was without counting on any break-
down of his most promising pitcher. Rub
I Bressler, a bl boy who resemble Eddt
Plank In motion, haa don
I nothing thus far to Justify th confidence been recalled.
i reposea in him.. I . . n
j Rube Marquard. one of th queerest Brady Cla V.
mixtures t good and bad ta bfjTound j It is announced from Dallas that
. anywhere, begun this year with a no-hit ' Pitcher Cornelius Brady, of th Dallas
I game and then immediately sank Into ,.amv b" l" h w vrk
Americans
game which had almost been forgotten.
A similar announcement from any other
memhor of the heavyweight division
would occasion only passing notice, but
Moran sees to have some Justification,
for his (leinnnds. Furthermore, the chal
lenge came out in the tnofat matter of
fact sort of wsy and was not the result
of sny managerial bluster.
Moran laated twenty rounds with Jack
Johnson a year before the big black lost
his title to Willard, and this In Itself is
sufficient reason for his demand of a
match from Willard. It Is on the ability
of Johnson that Wlllard's claim to dis
tinction rests, as h had done nothing
worthy of not previous to Ida affair
with th black champion. It I not to bs
supposed that Johnaon did not go back
to some extent during the Interval be
tween the Moran and Willard Uouta. If
Moran's feat In staying twenty rounds
with the champion Is unworthy of notice
It Is .only logical to ssaume that It was
no great feat to drop the big Texan a
year later.
Was Uatpolated.l
It Is true that Johns. n . outpointed
Moran by a wide margin, but It is also
true that Willard ran second to 'the big
negro on the finer points of the gam in
the early rounds of the battle at Ha
vana, Had this affair been limited to
twenty rounds, instead of being long
distance affair, Johnson would undoubt
edly hav gons about his work In a dif
ferent manner, and the change in tactic
might hate broght th negro through
th twenty rounds with a verdict on
points. Juat In th battle with Moran.
The fact that Moran loot to Johnson In
twenty rounds on points can hardly b
offered aa a real reason why he 1 not
entitled to a niatoh with the present
champion. The battles were fought under
different conditions and Moran use loglo
in pointing out these differences.
Moran was not seriously regarded dur
ing his boxing career her previous to
tits recent sojourn In Rurope, but th
same might be sold of Wlllard's early
career, or up to the time of his battle
with Johnson at Havana. Both matches
were looked upon, by the majority of
flattc followers as sure victories for the
black champion. But fortune surely fa
vored Wlllarn In the arrangement for
the bout. The generally aocepled post
ubrtem for the Havana fight was that
Johnson was about ready to fall before
the first strong man who met him.
Moren found twenty rounds too short to
turn ths trl k in Psrls and Willard had
the same difficulty in Havana. But the
second match went beyond th twenty-,
round mark and th extra time proved
all that was necessary.
' tights Over Here.
Moran haa put up some creditable bouts
In this country, the most notsble being
with the lets Luther McCarty and with
Al I'alivr. There Is no denying that Pal
ser was not himself th last time they
fought, but he had previously evaded
any such punishment as he took from
the 1'ittabrgher. Moran has shown un
questioned gainenes in several bouts,
he has the we'ght and strength heeded
for hard fUhtlnx. and he carries a fair
amount of science. Certainly he I not
overburdened with a resemblance to the
stylo of Corbctt, but none of th present
day heavle I burdened to any great ex
tent. If Moran is sincere in his statement
that he will first prov his right to a
battle with the champion by rmnovlng
all ths other challengers, his ultimata
challenge to Willard will carry all the
mor weight, and public opuilon will be
strong on thlw side of th red-haired
Plttsburgher. Willard will hav a busy
time Ignoring Moran under the conditions.
As tb bouts with Johnson furnish the
only real liiiu in determining the relative
merits of tiieae two heavyweights, Wil
lard can hardy pass up Moran on th
ground that he Is not worthy of consid
Nebraska Lad Cloiely Approaches
Great Record Made in Dayi
of Long- Ago.
HAS THREE ONE-HIT FRAYS
WW TOrtK, Aug. n.-lf Orover Alex
ander continues In hi reoord making ef
forts he will smash sotuj pitching records
which hnv stood for many seasons. I
he can add a nj hit game to his list, hv
will hav equalled the bet record ever
mad tn pitching few hit game for one
season
it Is now more then twenty-fin rent
mine "Mstty" Ktlroy. th outhpew
hurler cf the Baltimore team of the.
Amert,Kn association, then a malor
nagic organisation, made a record in'
pitching few hit gamwa Kllroy during,
the season of 1W, pitched three one-hit'
games and a no hit gam and to make
It good ho struck out forty -seven men in1
th four contests. This record is tho
best ever mud In mslnr leag ins.
Whllo tho St.. Paul. Nb,. wonder hasn't
created any haw records up to date, yet
the trreMer Alexander haa accomplished.
In half a enon whnt less than a dosotv
hurlori in the history -rf the game havo.
aceoinpllaheil In a whole neason, The
achievement of pitching three one-hit.
gsmot In three months Is a wonderful
one, and Orover hna two months to bel
ter his remarkable record. It ia an even
bet that the big hurler will equal cr better
the on now rtandlnr. Of the iosen pitch
er who hav pitched three came ot ltv
cne-hlt va.-lety or moi In on season, :i i
mentioned nhovc, "Mntty" Ktlroy holiN
the beat record.
Daly Holds Record.
Hugh Daly, th wonderful nne-armeil
hurler of clilen days, while pitching for
tho Chicago team of the Union essnciu
tlon during th season of fSM, hiirlel
four one hit games, and th one-winged
wondor added to his performance by fan
ning fifty-four batsmen. ,
"Jimmy" Oalvln, known aa the "Little
Steam Lkiglne," ot the pitching game
back In 18M, pttohsd two one-hit gamei
and a no-hit contest that season. A
hinder named Henry Gastrlght, whlln
pitching for the Columbus club, then a
member of a mnjur organisation, during
the season of U90, duplicated the per
formance of Qalvlik
The great Charley Sweeney made a
tecord during th fore part of th season
of 1SSI. which Is almost th oxact repeti
tion of the work of Alexander this sea
son. Sweeney pitched three one-hit
games, no runs being scored, and had
them 11 on ice by July 4.
Of th other old-timer who. made
records In burling three eingie-hlt. con
tests in on neason 'are f'Ttia" Keofe, of
the New York OUnts. back in the early
eighties. "Tim" touched tho mark In
1883. Then a certain Oeorge MoGHnnls,
who was a star with th St. Una Na
tional buck In th ante-bellum days,
pitched three one-hit gains during tha
season of UM. Then cam th phenome
nal "Tom" (Toad) Ramsey, who In 18K
mad a wonderful record in pitching few
hit gamoa, exoellod himself when he
pitched two cne-hlt game In succession,
and in order to glv a littl mor class
to th performance h whiffed thirty-two
man. Ramsey addad another ons-hlt game
to his llftt before ths sason ended.
Few ia M Oder a Days.
Of recent ) rs we have but three pitch
er besiles Alexsnder who hav added
class to their sr lenrlld records by pitching
three one- hit games or better In on see
I son. Bsck In V. Frank Smith, th fam
ous hurler of the Chicago TTnlt Sox,
pitched three few-hit gume that season.
Hmlth pitched sensational ball that year,
and had many few hit games to his credit,
among which were two one-hit games and
a no-hlt Contest Tn piano movers
work stands as the best of all modem
day records In this Una l
"Iron Man " VVslsh In tho season of 1H0
hurled three one-hit games, and it a
only cruel l.'ck that prevented the big
; fellow from making two of them no -hi'
. affairs.
j "Ad" Joss In 1!W. got Into th gloiy
Circle of the stingy hurlers by making
la record of pltohlnA three smus wherein
his opponents Just made a sliWId hit Pr
Hint, getting tho Detroit Tigers, whu
were in a mad rush peonantwerd that
reason, twice for that near am pltchln ;
stunt.
1 GATE CITY BOWLING LEAGUE
i FIRST ORGANIZED THIS YEAR
Ths Oste Oily Bowling league Is the
first one to get orgs niw d for the oominx
season. Pranchlsts l.ave been awarded
to the following teams: Regan's Fal
staff. Lewis Bufet. Mickey Gibson.
Plorshelin Shoe company, Olymplo Candy
Kitchen, the Old Boys, Rogers' le Cream
Kid and th Murphy Lid It'.
Th season will open on September 7.
There will bs a meeting at Morrison's
bowling alley on Sunday, August tt. at
p. m. All members and others who
are interested are Invited to be In attendance.
Daley ta Taaat.
Pete Daley may be seen In th PndfV
Coast Inagua soon, after a two years
sojourn In the American leagna with th
Athletic and later wttb th Mew Torka.