Nebraska Newspapers

    TIIK OMAHA SUNDAY J5F.K: SEPTEMBER o, in 15.
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REBELS G1YE EDDIE
PLANK OEATIHG
It i Fint Time Pittsburgh Team
Hm Whipped Him Since He
Entered League
SIX TO TWO 18 THE SCORE
nTTSBURQH. Bept . The Bt Ijouls
Federals were defeated by the locals to
day. to l plank waa hit hard In tha
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limt inning, five hlU producing three
runs. It waa tha flrat Utna that tha
Pittsburgh laam haa beaten Plank ainoa
he entered tha league. Scorei K.U.E.
Lout o 1 1 a 08 1
ritteo-rgh ...i e o 0 1 1 u a
Batteries: Plunk and Chapman; Rogge,
Barger and Barry.
Caseys Roll Up Nine
Runs in Two Frames
KANSAS CITT, Bert 4. Ia tha fifth,
with Chicago five run In tha lead, tha
localt began oa Hendricks, and when that
pitcher waa replaced by Peadergest Con
tinued tha (lugging until they had piled
op ulna ran In two Inning, mhlch with
one made la tha third gave then a M to
victory.
Ia five time at bat Shaw hit two two.
base hits and a home run, the latter be
ing the longest drive erer made In Fed
eral league park here. The visitors
pounded three Kanaaa City pitchers hard
and scored In six of the nine Innings, but
fell one short In tha total Score: R.H.BL
Chicago I O H I 1 I I t-lii
Kansas Clty..O 1 0 4 0 0 19 11 0
rtAirerm: Hennrfv. Prnrierat an
WiUon; Packard, Johnson, Meaning and
Brown.
TERPS DROP LISTLESS
ONE TO BROOKLYN TOPS
" BROOKLYN, Sept C-Th loeala easily
defeated Baltimore, I t 1, In a listless
game here today. Frank Smith, formerly
with Baltimore, was touched for ten hits
by his old teammates The visitors
adopted costly errors. Score: U.H.E.
Baltimore ... OtlOOOOo 110S
Brooklyn ....0 1100810 S 10 0
Hauenea: wuinn and Owens; F. Smith
ana uina.
Browns Allow But
One of Two Games
To Detroit Tigers
ST. LOUIS, Sept. a Hard hitting en
'abled St. Louis to take tha opening
game of a double-header from Detroit
here today.
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f, ' ta lL.1 "." tnrUl In.tn
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iam wx auior piling up una mis tor a
total of five runs In five Innings. Veeoh'a
two-case hit tied tha score In tha sev-,
enth inning of tha second game and his
triple In tha eleventh scored Cobb wlthi
the winning run. Score, first game: .
DETROIT. ST. LOUIS.
An.rf.aA B. AB.H.O.A B.
Vitt. 8b
.... i i t emioBe. it... i 4
Bath, u 4 1
rtb. t 0 1
Twfef. it. 4 I
Vwwch II 4 1 i
Otrmu. 8a tile
e twuiut. ei. ..4 teas
1 Muotaaa. rt..4 114 4
IwMi lk.. ..4 e 14
Vovng, 9b.. ..4 4 8
Bakor. a I I
MeKw, e 4 1
itatma, m 1 4 4
Ikmbiir, s at 4
Havanata ..0 4 4
Marlwtr ...t 4 4
4 tHvetrd, lb,
lb.. .4 I 1
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4 a
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1 lA.n... ..,..4 4 4 1 4
swaiiowa s i e
4 4 TetaJs ....M U in U
TaUIS ....1 4 14 II 4
"nic.i1 lor baiiOT In eighth.
Hatted tor McKee In ninth.
Oetrolt 4 IMlHll-l
m. Louis 0 1 0 1 g 1 6 1 -7
Two-baee hits: Pratt, Blsler, Boehler.
Three-baaa hit: Shotton. Home runs.
ITstt, VebCh. Stolen bases: Vitt, Bush,
Howard, Walker, Agnew, Shotton. Uasee
on llls: Off Well man. - IUU: Off
liubtjc, a In five inninns;. off Boehler,
3 In three lnnlnga. fitruok out: By
Dubuc, U by Boehler, 1; by Wellman, L
L'mplres: Wsllaoa and Connolly. Hcore,
second game:
rBT4UJiT. a. LOTHB.
ASH. OAK AA.H.O.AK.
Vitt, lb 1 14 1 (toiottMl, U...1 4 14 0
Mrtrlart)'. Ib. 1 4
4ltMr. lb.. ..4 t 17 4 1
tFratt. lb. a .1 till
HtiMh, m -4 4 I
mth. rf I 4 I
w!oM. rf.4 4 t
xvtrh. If I I 4
Hum,, lb i 1 14
huuut, 2b. 4 I 1
Young. ... 4 4
HtABaM. a4
KaUa4. IS
twkr t a
Osnlttk.. a .4 4 4
SWaiker. cf...4 144
ajemtooe,
..4 14 14
gaooe. ..
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4
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Tots) ....IT 1811
l.ud for Boianl tn tenth.
!etralt 0 000001000 1-4
ot. Louie 0 000010000 41
Two-bsse hit: Morlarty. Three-base
hit: Veerh. Stolen baaes: Cobb, Shot
ton. Howard, WalHer. Pratt teamed
runs: Detroit, S; t. Louie, 1. Double
plays: Bush to Burns U. Bases on
l-all: Oft Bolsnd. 6: off Coveleskie. 1:
iff Koub, 4. Hits: Off Boland. S In
.. . n r-tf ru.l..bl. 1 i .
. : "'V; "t."1.
Inning Mrik out: , By Boland, 4; by
two
Koob, X Umpires
a C'-innolly and Wallace,
Cinci Reds Capture
Game from Cardinals
CINCINNATI. O.. Sept. 4 -Poor base
running in the part of St. Louis and five
double plays by tha locals assisted Cin
cinnati tn winning today's game, 4 to t
In the first three Innings tha first bats
man up for St Louis tingled, only to be
caught a moment later oft first Amea
pitched good ball for eight innings, but
in the ninth he panned Rodgera Moll
vi Its and Dale singled, filling the bases.
Perdue was then ealHd to the mound
and Kill if er drove the first ball pitched
to deep (venter. Score-
8T. LOt'lH. CINCINNATI
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1 slxta, a I 181
Tatale ....H I It 11 4
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"One out whan winning run scored.
St. Louis 0 10)001 11
Cincinnati I 0010001 1-4
Two-bas hits: KilHfrr. Wlngo. Threat-use
lilt: Snyder. Slolrn bases: Long.
Butler. Mlllt-r. betsel. fcerned runs: St.
louls. 1; 1n(-inritl. 8. Double playa:
li. to M'-llwns; Oroh to Kodavre to
.Molln, Klilirer to Heraog; Kodfnra to
Mullwlis to llersog il). Bases on errors;
t l.ouis. 8: Cincinnati. 8. he on bal's
off Ames. If off Dale. 8. Hits: Off
Ames, i in eight and one-third inning;
off i'crdue. 1, none out in the ninth.
Struck out: By Ames. 1; by Dale, 4. Wu.
pires: Orth and Kigler.
LLNS1NQ TELLS C&RRANZA
WHO ARE BEHIND APPEAL
WASHINGTON, Sept t-Oeneral Car-
ranaa waa formally notified by Secra-'
tary Lansing today that the signers of.
th aiPl for peace la Mexico sent by!
the I a -American conference affixed
tlx-lr nam. a to the document la tiielr
uff'clal carjacitiea as representatives of,
' if ir govei-nmenta. Tha measags was)
'jteonlc and did not go beyond this direct
,nir to tha Inqjlry mad by Oeneral
4 u.i n an. r be rtcelved, the sppeU.
I ati a m - ; -sV tawjc.
Wichita Celebrates
Closing at Home by
Defeating Lincoln
WICHITA, Kan., Sept. t-Wichita
JnmA k. -, I ... 1 ...
from Lincoln. It waa a see-saw contest
t" ninth, when Lincoln sent in
,cavy Lloyd to pitch. Score:
WICHITA.
AH. R, 11.
o.
4
4
0
0
4
10
s
0
1)
0
0
A.
0
0
1
1
s
0
1
Tallinn, rf t
. of a
Tha'smglif.'!";"! 4
Hetling, 8..'..7.V.. .", I
wVJ!lij!0' i's 5
FsAtereon, lb 4
h'
3
I i
V,ry. o
'Wiley, p 6
Busier 1
Ortfflth i
0
is
A.
1
0
Totals..
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UNCDLN.
U 17
AB. R.
IX.
1
a
i
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Wolf a, If...
Lloyd, Sb-p
McHMitflKan.
1
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I
0
0 .
0
0
ft
1
0
0
0
Molntyre. rf 4
W ill ma lb......... s
H. S hrelber, cf.,.. 4
Kmlth, at 4
1 Ants. o. 4
Cox. p 8
Hoffman, p 1
Si. Bo retber, p-lb...
McAllister 0
Totals M
6 U 2 10
Batted for Pete In eluhth
Hatted for Unnnett In ninth.
Kn for WSllLims In nln h.
One out when winning run scored.
Lincoln 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 J 6
Wloluta 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 S 2-4
Ift on bases: Unooln, 0; Wichita, it
lOarned runs; Unco n, 6: Wichita, 4.
Sacrifice hits: Molntyre. Thelslns;, Het
llng. Two-base hlts Tallinn, llcisn (2).
rlniilh, Tlie.slnw. Ktolrn bases: Milium-
i. II I M gao, IIoe. Hetlng. U1U: Off Co. 8 In
Ik. (Ml sis and one-third innings; off Hoffman.
4S....4 H Mil In one Innlns: off B. Bchrelbor. 2 in
two-thlrila Inning. Ktruck out: By Co.
: by Pale. 2: by R lev, t Bases on halls:
Off Cox. 8. off Hof'm-n. S; off Kllev. 1.
Wid pitch: Ctx. Hit br pltrhed ball:
wy Pate, B. rViirelber. Time: 8:to. Um-
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RECEIVER FOR MISSOURI
BRIDGE AT SIOUX CITY
8I0UX CITT, ia.. Sept S.-Ths Cam.
: btnatlon Bridge company, which owns a
, bridge serosa tha Missouri river here, to-
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"y wen inio we nanas or a receiver. F.
'u r..nn rt.. .-A .J... 7-. -V ...
i aay went into the bands of a reoelver. F.
lil. . . . ""'"
bridge company was appointed by Fed
erei judge Henry T. Heed.
A Chicago bank, which holds 110,000 in
bonds and stockholders, joined In apolica
tlon for a receiver. Th court empowered
the receiver to spend 150,000 In making
Improvements.
The bridge was built twenty years ago
to afford a crossing for a proposed rall-
j road from Houg City to Denver.
f . .
Promoter and Referee
1 1 j
W.C.rVeSr!!.
At ths left Is William C. Marshall, the
Piooklyn business man. who la proiuut-
lig the Mike Glbbotis-Packey MjVrlaad
bvut oa keteiiiUir 11. as a purely busi-j
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Standing of Teams
WESTERN LEAGUE.
I'layed. Won. Iost. Pet.
Pes Moines Sl Sfi 52 ,21
Denver 13S SO 6a ,W2
ToH-ka 1.(5 72 i3 .33
Uncoln 68 47
ISIous City 1.11 6rt ,4!4
unmfia m 87 9 .4!M
Wichita 1S4 f7 77
Hi. Joseph l.U 43 0 .323
NAT. LEAD UK. AMER. LEAQUTi
W.LPct.l W.LIVt.
Phils, 9 63 ,ftitf Boston K3 Sit .681
Boston B7 .5) Detroit 83 4R .41
Brooklyn ..67 M .5:t! Chicago ....74M.6X7
Chicago ....60 62 .4!C Washington.65 M .hM
St. Iuls...tl2 6 .4S4New York. .66 6ft M3
Pittsburgh 61 6 .473 Ht. Louis. ...W 7 .Si7
New York..R7 64 .471Cleveland ..49 7 .S!2
Cincinnati .W 68 .461 1 1'hlla M K .28
FED. LEAOUE. AMER. AS8'N.
W.L.Pct. W.L.Pct
Pltteburhh 71 B4 .fS Mlnneaplla MM .i6
Ken. City. .7 f .toast. Poul 74 M .5K8
Mt.wn.rk ...06 M .eiiW IxiuUvllle .68 43 .619
Bt. Louis. .) M .tW
Indlanaplls 68 44 .613
Chicago ...47 61 ,S2S
Kan. City. .67 47 .GtU
Milwaukee -60 72 .4
Cleveland .67 74 .4H6
Columbus . 60 82 .378
fluffalo ...3 68 .481
Brooklyn ,.W 68 .461
Baltimore .43 80 .SU4
Yesterday's Besalts.
WBSTF3RN LEAOUE.
Omaha, ; St. Joseph, 1
Hloux City. 1; Dea Moines. X.
Topeks, 8; Denver, 8.
Lincoln, tl Wichita, .
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn, 0; Boston, 4.
Philadelphia, 8; Now Tork. 2.
81. Louis. 8: Cincinnati. 4.
Chicago, 6-1; Pittsburgh, 3-J.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Detroit, 3C 3 : St. Louis. C-L
Huston, S; PhllndeUhla. 2.
New York, 8; Washington, .
Cleveland. 6: Chicago. 0.
FHDURAL LKAOUE.
Ht. liouls. 3; Pittsburgh. 4,
Kalllmore. 1; Brutklvn, .
Kansas City. 10; Chicago, .
Newark, 6; Buffalo, 4.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION".
Kansas City, 8-8; Minneapolis, 4-8.
Milwaukee, 2-U St. Paul, S-4.
'lvelenri. 4: Indian aoulia 4. called In
eighth, rain.
Games Taday.
Western Lea sue Omaha at RL Jiumnh.
Dea Moln.ia at Sioux C.ty. Wichita at
lopc-Ka. Lincoln at ienver.
Nutlonnl league St. Louis at Clncln-
natl. Pittsburgh at Chicago.
American LeaTue-Cleveland at Chi-
csgo. letrolt at St 1-muls.
r iideral Lea je Chicago at Ktnmi
City. Ptttaburgh at St. Louis, Baltimore
at Newark.
Kaalae Strikes Cattle.
' WEKPINQ' WATKR, Neb.. Sept
(Spo- lal ) County Commissioner C. B.
Heebner, living near the Missouri Pacific,
right-of-way east of town. lost three head
ef cattle and aeven others Injured .when
the mldnitcht passenger train ran Into
out onto th. right-of-way. It is thought "" " " w,ln
that the animal, were blinded by th.iV"1 n hom wlth cr'r- s-
headllght and huddled together with the
result that so many of them were struck.
of Coming Big Bout
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neas propoaJUon. At ths right 1 Billy
JoU. who has been srlooted as referos
for the bout
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TY COBB BEGINS TO RECOYER
Sam Crawford Leads the American
Leagne in the Total Number
of Bases.
LEJEUNE HEADS WESTERNS
CHICAOO, Sept 4.-Ty Colb Is recov
ering from his recent batting slump,
arioording to averages published here
today, and still la safely leading the
American league sluggers with ..175. The
Detroit star during his slump faired to
get a hit In nineteen trips to the plate.
American leaguers trailing the Geor
gian In hitting are Speaker, Boston, .828;
Crawford, Detroit, .827; Jackson, Chi
cago, .826; E. Collins, Chicago. .819;
Foumler, Chicago, and Mclnnla, Phila
delphia, tied with Mi; Veaoh, Detroit,
.307; Gtrunk, Philadelphia, .303;. Maine!.
New Tork, .802, and Lewis. -Boston, .800. f
Detroit with .370 leads In club batting.
wiin oosion second with .264. Cobb
leads with stolen bases with 78. He lost
the honor of leading In total bases, which
now Is held by his team mate, Sam
Crawford, who leads with 210. Cobb re
mains at the front, however, as the best
run maker with 130. Burns, Detroit, who
led In homers last week with S, remains
at the read of the column with lils total
unchanged.
Pitchers in the 'W class are led by
(Floater, Boston, with 18 wins and 6
losses. Tha others are: Wood. Hnvinn
lis and 4; Scott Chicago, 81 and 8; Ruth,
Boston, 12 and S; Shore, Boston, 14 and 6)
Dallas, Detroit, 20 and 8; Faber, Chi
cago, 21 and 10; Leonard, Boston, 10 and
B; Fisher, New Tork, 17 and 9; Boland,
Detroit 11 and 6, Coveleakle, Detroit 20
and 11; Dubucs Detroit. 17 and 10; John
son, Washington, 20 and 13.
Laarrae Leads Nationals.
Ludems, Philadelphia, has batted htm-
self Into the lead In the National league
I this week with an average of .836; Doyle,
iNew York. Is next with s-u- r...h-
! .J V. .J Daubert
.win, uiira wun .su; snyaer, Bt
I Ailt, nag dropped from first Place to
fourth atui I. ,i,w hi.
I-ong. with .810: Robertson. New Tork
and Hlnchman. Pittsburgh, are next with
800 each. Following these are:
Merkle. New Tork, .19:. Fisher. Chi
eago. .2P6. and Oroh. Cincinnati ws
I . t-m. , ... W(1
.tn. and Cincinnati la second with .24.
iiavHin, t-niiaaeipnia. leads in runs
. "T ,ead lh0 toler "h W
, thefts.
The ,'.a0O" class pPehers who hawa
worked In twenty or more games are:
Mainaux. Pittsburgh. 1 wins, ( losses;
Alexander, hlladetphla, 24 and 8: Toney,
Cincinnati, 10 and 4; Pierce, Chicago, 11
and S; a Smith, Broklyn, 12 and 8;
Meadows, St Louis. 11 and 7; Dale, Cin
cinnati. 17 and 11; Muycr. Philadelphia,
18 and 12; Coombs, Brooklyn, 12 and 1
K l " t I'rrm'rr.
The ten leading batters in the Federal
league are: Kauff. Brooklyn. .843; Ma
gea, Brooklyn. .810; Yerkes, PltUbursh.
.818; Plai ner. Chicago. .S17: Flack. Chi- I
, cago and Cainpbvll. Newark. Uel .3K; '
Rous. h, Newark. .315; Konetchy. Pitta-1
J burgh, and IeAl. KL Louis, tied, .S14: !
j Kenworthy, Kalians City, .3 Prooklyn ,
leads in club battling, with .270; Pitts- '
bcr h It' t ext, with .2.7. - j
cergnammur. Pittsburgh, leads In runs
soortd. with 78. Konetrhy leads In tot;U
bases, alth 232. lioae. Buffalo, with 18
homers, leads that division. Kauff is
the leading base stealer, with 42.
The leading pltrlu-rs are: Reulbach,
Newark. 17 wine, T defeats; SJoConncll.
Chicago. and ; Crandal! St. Iouls.
17 and ; A'len. Pittsburgh, W si id 8;
, Barger. Pittsburgh, 8 suj 4; Plank, St.
'lojls. 1J and ; Cullop. Ksiuas C.ty. IS
and hi; &hulti. Buffalo. 18 and 11; M.
Brown. Chicago 11 and I; Moran.
Newark. U and a
-ife Weateraa.
The ten leading batters In the West
efu league are:
La.'auna. Kioux City. .36S: Galloway.
1 Denver. .844; Forsythe, Omalia. .811;
j Spenoer. Denver. .830; Kane, Hloux City.
-;. aiortMs, Lincoln, .tl; Jones, Des
.u.ai- luucaa, .111: cni-
CU L,ChlU- n,; CJ1h"-
ll'r lesul. l dub batUng. with
SIojx Oltv 1. ,,t i,k irri
Jonns Iwads In runs scored, with
U.ilowu). in totil basts, rr'th ..;
Miv
"WINNEK OF TWIN CITY 500
MILE GASOLINE DERBY.
CARL COOPER.
and McGafflgan. Lincoln. In stolen
bases, with 40.
The leading pitchers are: Mitchell.
Denver, 22 wins, 8 defeats; Thompson.
Omaha, 14 and 6; Musser, Des Moines,
18 and 8; Mogridge, Dos Moines, 24 and
U; Caspar. Sioux City, 19 and 10; Clark,
Hloux City, 14 and 8; Thomas, Des
Moines, 20 and 13; Clunn. Topeka, 10 and
s; Gtlllgan. Dea Molnea. 12 and 8; Nar-
veson, uncoln, 16 and 10.
Famous Princeton
Gridiron Star Now
Fighting in Europe
NEW TORK, Sept 4.-Johnny Poe, ot
Princeton root ball fame, has been trans
ferred from his artillery regiment to a
Scotch outfit tha famous Black Watch.
In a recent letter to his mother, in Bal
timore, he says his company Is in the
trenches seventy-two hours at a psrlod.
After they have served this time they
are marched alxty-nlns miles to tha rear
for a rest
I lor
I ta J" . "1 th" COmTny
t?,? " h',eepk .n vr fct the
j ! ?! "'.Jri??- "' " the
sleep at all. It Is on the rifle bench.
ready to resist attack. Poe stands sentry
duty at ths periscope an hour each day.
A crack halfback In his day, Johnny
Poe reacts to wars as another man
reacts to food and sleep. Wlhen the Cnlted
States was In trouble with the Filipinos
Poe enlisted In the regular army, but
retired In disgust when he found he had
arrived too late tor anything but gar
rison duty.
Peter Scott Wins Empire City Feature
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NEW TORK. Hon, i I A -
tna areal Imlt.r a.hloh ik.
with a straisht rcord of victories. J
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track during Tus!jr s racing ot the
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FRANK MORANBACK IN U. S.
Famous, Pug Beturns from Europe
and Put(S New Life Into the
Heavyweijht Division.
A GOOD MATCH FOE WILLARD
NEW YORK. Sept. 4.-Tho return of
Frank Moran from abroad has injected
life Into the heavyweight division and
several matches which promise good
competition are now in sight. The game
so far as the big fellows are concerned
was dylue of dry rot. until the blond
haired Plttsburgher arrived. Except for
a match In whl :h the champion, Jess Wn
lftrd. would be one of the participants,
only about two heavyweight contents
really "stood out," and they are ot
merely local Interest. Now there are sev
eral attractive combinations that could
be arranged with Moran's assistance.
The heavyweight situation la a mud
dled one all through. -When it comes
to nicking an onoonent for WIH.nl th.
Picker ha. a Chinese pu,e to solve.' A H
the contender, for that match are closely that appeared or were rnlLing " m l
alrne'd '.:n,hr.Mne,V.themCRnMbere- CUy direct0 " hn't raoelveT any
sarded as the "logical- one. Moran'a prise money. One of ths worst features of
right to consideration 1. about a. strong all these base ball pools 7a "enltT tha
a. any other man's, but even hi. 1. not heavy odd. against him ths play Jdoesn
an Incontestable one. There Isn't get a fair chance to wl" He mem
battler In the division whose record 1. ber. of the concern to com.S
clean enough to make him the runner up. j and . kid of crooked work to con
Moran 1. a young man of more than ! tend with, so that the priies which are
average Intelligence and acumen. HI. ' actually given ara smaller one.5 Un no
ambition Is to meet Wlllard. but he 1.1 case th, larger amount, appearing in the
fully hep to ths fact that his record 1. list.." . ,n lna
not .0 weighty as to gain him that bout ! Some revelations of the .lie and scope
without providing additional proof ot of the Keystone company, promoters ol
hi. worth to it This 1. the very little the Keystone pool In nwvabxs
thing that he proposes to do, and on
October 19, at Madison Square garden, he
will meet one of his most formidable
rivals In ths person of James J. Coffey,
the "Dublin Oiant"
Moran Is now up the state some place
training himself for that bout After
his long absence from this country ho
requires some time to acclimate himself
egaln. He has mapped out a hard .lege
of training to fit himself for the Coffey
bout, and those which will como after.
He is figuring ahead of Coffey, for he
Is quite sure that James J. Is merely
a temporary obstacle In his path toward
tne wiiiard match. Moran's txirposs first
is to establish himself as the "logical
contender" and then to set sail for Wll
lard. If he gets Coffey there are sev
eral, more men with whom he would
make a good match, and the deciding of
these future bouts would be Interesting
entertainment for the fans.
But feds Play at Creetoa.
CRESTO.V. Ia.. Sept. 3.-( Special.) The
Buffalo Federal league hasa ban tean
w.Il p ay two exhibition games here with
the local club September 14 and 15.
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Lee Axworthy came In
ikii
Th. victor v a. driven by hi. owner
T"J f ''-u.hl-.p.l.. who drove
- .aul, race an uirougn. The v.c-
torv of Peter Srit v.n. v- . ,,ilner cn to doing so la tfa
mj -- a m ash 1 vs a,, aes; ' T1I4 '
1.. ,ruui . ... . .
red from Lee Axworthy In thai
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fhl.OoJ M. and f . slake at Detroit reoantlv. I
BASE BALL POOLS MAKE COIN
Barney Dreyfus Declares Pools
Took in More Money in Pitts
burgh Than Club Did.
FIFTY THOUSAND WEEK PROFIT
7Tnat lne
i '""V' i' J ?o1" tUnB
NEW TORK.
mure money oui or f Ittsburgh than the
PHtsburgh National league team Is the
statement made In the BaaebaU Magazine
by Barney Dreyfus, president of the
Pittsburgh club. Although legal action
has been taken against the pools In sev
eral places, there are many still In a
flourishing condition.
Mr. Dreyfus said: "Ws Investigated and
found that the pools were getting more
money out of Pittsburgh than the Pitts
burgh ball club. In one week we esti
mated as nearly as we could on the
figures at hand that they absorbed SM.OOfl
from that one city. Ws also Investigated
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brought to light in the trial, which ex
posed the working of the scheme. Part
of the sworn evidence produced at tha
trial, when the superintendent of the
printing concern which did all the print
ing for the syndicate, was on the stand,
follows:
"What was the average number of lot
tery slips and tickets printed for the
Keystonef
"It ranged from 86.000 to 7S.0OO throe
. times a week."
"How many tickets did you print weekly
for tha Keystone Pool T"
f "Well, ths highest for week was
w.Wt "
well, what was ths average week's
quantity T-'
"They, started at about 150,000 a week
and kept Increasing every weok."
At 81) cents apiece, the gross receipts
from these tickets for the highest week
amounted to 1.6.000.
The Keystone pool distributed Its tick
ets' through fifty agents, who In turn
had 300 subagents, who supplied 85,000
steady customers Its
I lice protection and other forms of 11-
'"P" connivance with the authorities to
talled 817,000 for one week. It maintained
an office staff of thirty clerks, and yet
its weekly profits were 850,000, Tha
Jumbo pool averaged a profit of 818,000,
the Windsor. 85,000. the Pennsylvania
and Ohio, the Erie, the Elm, and manyi
others cut their Indivldcal sdces from tha
Juicy melon of public gullibility. For
amid all these colossal operations the
fart stands out conspicuous that ths only
prizes actually given were ths smaller"
one., exploited.
Standard Golf Ball
Must Be Found Soon
NKW YORK. Sept. 4. When tha rub-,
bcr cored ball, an American creation,'
first began to find favor among ths eotv,
serva.tlve CnirliKh- and Ho.trh iro fers,
those to whom sll things traditional
were held sacred, predicted all snta e
I dire conseiiuencea should the "boundlns',
billy." as the lively ball was called, be!
allowid to tnet-crto the uttr. Thre
was talk then of the need for a standard
bull, and there has been much dlacuaJ
rlon sines along the same lines, though
""" r me ptan naa never appeared
feaslblo. Possibly had umathln. iib
hat teen done the .400-yar4 courses ot
present day would never have be
lhou,il of- Th forebodings of a goUer'
tr beck as 1902 are intereetine- aad'
given in part as follows: 1
"It appears certain that sooner or lata
the central author.ty on golf will be com
I Mod to adopt a standard balL It ia
done In all other gamea, and It la Sfn-
iuii 10 s what leirltimala
hjeottos,
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