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I s THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 30, 1916. ! ! SLIP IN JUDGMENT COSTLY TO DILLON 1 1 n 3 Jack Tosses Off the Fruits of Eight Tears of Toil in a Single Day. E 1 LIX2 CASE Or LEACH CROSS 1 S BY RINGSIDE. $ ' Nw York, July 29. Some cm never learn; otheri . refute to b; taught. This aphorismr-or whatever vou would call it it beat applied to I .he boxing game. Many a prospec tive champion haa mignrea nis chances of becoming a big wage earn er in the ring by making one ill-advised match. The case of Jack Dillon is offered for consideration. - For eight long years Dillon was buffeted about on the rough sea of pugilistic adversity. His one aim wa in wnrk himself into a nosition to.de- mand a match with the world's heavy I weight champion. Finally he suc ceeded in attaining mar, eminence after eight long years. And it took just two weeks for him to be toppled from the apex of pugilistic promi nence. - One ill-advised match is sufficient ' to destroy an entire career for a I boxer. It is to be hoped that Dil ! Ion's indiscretion will not ' turn out h I to be as detrimental as it appears at I a f! HMiMit Alert it it tn h tinned that i it doesn't take him eight long years to re-establish the prestige he en- joyed only a month ago. J For eight years Dillon has been meeting all comers. Some of them he fought once, others he tackled as i many as nine times. The latter was ' the case of Dillon and Battling Levin- " sky, the Hebrew light heavyweight. .'. Prior to a fortnight ago Dillon and Levinsky had met in the ring eight i times. On nearly every occasion Dil I Ion was returned the popular winner, I or gained the favor of the referee. 1 : Bantered Into Match. I That' should have satisfied Dillon. ; Everyone else was satisfied that Dil- "Ion was Levinsky's superior. At least everyone but Levinsky was aatis I Aed an that score. When Dillon was first matched with Frank Moran, Le vinsky bantered the Hoosier Bearcat into signing with him (Levinsky) for fifteen-round bout, to be held two weeks after the Moran affair. ' No one gave this match any further thought. The Moran-Dillon tilt was the match de resistance. It meant the elimination of Dillon as challenger of Jess Willard or it meant the obliteration of Moran as a cham pionship contender. This was the match Dillon had spent eight years in the ring to secure. , , Dillion won this match in handy fashion, outweighed thirty pounds and, laboring under a disadvantage of some five inches in statute. Dillon pummelled Moran to within an inch of pugilistic- oblivion.. Little Jack Dillon inflicted more punishment on Big Frank Moran than even the world s champion heavyweight one considered to be the best that ever held the title had done three months previously. i Should Have Been Happy.' Mr. Dillon should have been elated at this happy outcome and rested on bis laurels." Before meetins Moran Dillon was not considered seriously as an opponent for Willard, but since mauling Moran, who staved ten rounds with the champion. Dillon was looked upon as the next logical op ponent ot Big Jess. Then somebody reminded Dillon of his engagement with Battling Levins ky. As Dillon's word is his bond, he went to Baltimore and permitted himself to be decisively outpointed by the Battler. Flopl went Dillon's stock. Fortunately for Dillon, the duration of the bout was but from fifteen to ten rounds. If the battle had gone five more rounds Dillon would have been more severely pun ished, as Levinsky was in astonish ingly good torm, while Dillon fought indifferently. Thus it is that an Ill-advised match may cost . Dillon a chance for the worlds heavyweight championship. His manager made the serious mis take of matching him with a danger ous rival even before Dillon had over come big Moran. Quite likely Jack's mentor did not expect him to do as well as he did aninst . Moran. and thought be was protecting his inter ests and mat ot union by naving a l.suu match in sight. . Must Fight Way Back. : . ! Now Dillon must practically fight , his way back to the top again. He , would do well to instruct his man y ager not to be as industrious in se ; curing matches for him in which I victory means tittle gain for him, . whereas a defeat undermines the en , tire foundations of Dillon's reputa tion. - . " Another instance of Boor match j making that resulted in greatly di , nunishinsr the earning powers of j title contender was that of Leach . Cross. For vears the Ghottos lead ing lightweight was the best drawing card in Manhattan and environments. Leach's brother-manager, Sam j Wallach, snapped at an offer of some ' $1,500 to box young Saylor, a medio- I ere lightweight Cross went west , for this bout and was knocked out in 1 five rounds. Leachie hasn't fought : since. . j - ' . : Amateur Games Today Hagen Wins Metropolitan Open Tournament; Hoffner Shows Good TMi picture how It alter Higu of nochentcr 1ft), wh receatly won the mt ropolltM epea championship 1b the playoff of a trfplo tie. The other plctar l of CharlM Hoffner, a M-yoar-old PhUmont prMlonaI, who, with Jamee Bhtmi, lied with Han for tho tltlo before tho playoff. Hoffner flnlabo4 third two itrokM behind BaTMt. Brand! agelnet Chicago Union Glanta at Houriia pane . Council Bluff- AH-ltara afatnat Anita. la at ixmis Lane, .a. , Stage at Persia, la. " Omaha Oaa Co. at Plattamoath. Nob. - Chrii Lyoki agatnat Merchant Hotel.1 aat tjumona. Fonuntii pant, ai i: p. m. Bsrteao-Maah agalnit Lux us, Loxue park, p, m, , ' Armonra agalnet Te-Be-Cee, Armour park, Omaha Bicycle Indiana against South llda Morcnania, Rivarview ram. . p. m. Hollre agaliut Xorph Did !ti. Thirty aeeona ana uewey avenue, i: p. m. : Corr Bieetrlca agalnet Omaha All-Stan, oaat aiameno, jronteneiia park, i:it p. ra, ?. D. Crewe acalnat Townaanda, waat dta- wono, Kimwooa para, i:ie p. m. .. Ceoneti Bluffa ftfenarefcs at Underwood. 2a, jottneu Biuna vteiora at venieon, ia. . CwueU Blarfa !mrtaia at Atlantic, la, Covncll Btnffti lien's Vashlott Bhep t ar uvea m. CotweU Btaffa Stoli at Red Oak, la. 1 Tradetnwn acalnat Beddeoo. Ducky aeimev paxa. p. m. McCarthy'a Bunnybrooks analnet Council jiuT nooawv a,i uaa u vroaaway, uouu- ' au Biuiza. " Modern Woodmen No. 4i eratnet An- alftnt Order of United Workmen, Miller park. p. n., QrHiis-nuar. . Btare and Stripe agalnat Sandbar Trot- tern, nuenriew per a, iv a. m, . nrotharhood of Railroad Kmployei avafnet Bouue, la., at Athletle park. Council BluMa. 7 r j .--.fV 7 1 i wmBm 4 . "1 r "t y 4 it -' f f 1 I I lit fsfy - iilAl f:fev.f., J .7 . '. rvA ., . uy, WAGNER THE KING " OF ALLATHLETES Oreateit Ball Player That Ever Lived ii What William Chase Temple Saya of Veteran. NEVXK PULLED A "'BONES" Bv FRANK G. MENKE. New York, July 29. "Honus Wag ner is the greatest base ball player that ever lived," is the assertion of William Chase Temple, donor of the famous Temple cup and one of the best judges of ball players the game has ever known. "For forty year since tho Nation al league- began I have seen every star that ever flashed in the base ball firmament," added Temple. . 'There were many brilliant ones in the past; there are scintillating performers to day. But none can compare with him in all-around ability. ' "Wagner never was ranked among the graceful shortstops but who can name a player oj the present or the past who really outshone the amaz- ing nonus as a grouna covcrcrr wan ner may be clumsy and awkward in his movements, yet, today, at the age of 42. he covers more ground than 90 per cent of the short fielders in the game. , . Honus Led 1913 Shortstops!. ; Who led the Nationat league short stops in 1915? The answer is Honus Wagner-r-thc gray and grizzled Hon us., fitted against sucn rivals as tne brainy, Herzog, the fast Maranville, Bancroft called the greatest short stoo in the aame bv John Tener and all the others, Wagner,, then aged 41, outfielded each and every one. Wag ner, old and gray, won the fielding championship in his division. "Wagner takes rank among the greatest batsmen . in history. When he hit .300 for seventeen successive seasons he hung up a record that may endure for all times. And now, in his forty-second year, a decade beyond the end of the average major leaguer's life, Wagner is battling with the youngsters for the leadership of 'the leagues. Isn't that the absolute proof of his hitting prowess? "Wagner, in the heydey of his ca reer, had few equals aa a baserunner. Big and awkward, it seemed like folly for him to attempt the theft of a bag it looked like sure death. Yet, it you pSeruse the base ball records, you wilt find that Wagner's base stealing average, covering all of his twenty years as a big leaguer, shows some thing like forty pilfers a seasona record superior to that turned in by 9S per cent of the men who have piayea ine game at one time or an other during the last forty years. "What can Illustrate better the mar velous base running, skill of the 'Grand Old Man of Base Ball' than the 191 S records the statistics which show that the veteran' Wagner, with twentr-two stolen bases. ranked twelfth in that class; that Wagner stole only fourteen less bases than Carey, the league champion. - Never "Pulled" a "Boner.". "Wagner, in twenty years as a big leaguer never 'pulled' a 'boner; he never has made a mental foozle. Wag ner never was pressagented as being an exceptionally brainy player but who is his superior in mentality? One hears much aoout tne Draimncss of Cobb, of Evers, of Collins and of the others. But eacn ana every one has at some time or another, slipped a mental cable made an error of the head. But Wagner's record as a thinker is unsmudgedl "Wagner is the most gentlemanly player the diamond game has pro duced. He has caused the umpires less trouble than any other performer. Mo man has ever worked harder or more conscientiously than this same Wagner. For twenty years he has been; a star, for -a score of years praise and honors have been show ered upon him. But they never have turned his head. Conceit is foreign to Wagner's makeup. "The grand old uerman realizes that he is. paid to play ball to the best of his ability; to play with all the power and skill that is his. And so has he played.. Day after day, year after year, he has been out there on the diamond giving the best that is in him to his employers; faithful, hard-working, wonderful Honus Wag ner; " . . . ' . ; . Played Every Position. "I have seen him play, every posi tion on the diamond and olay each perfectly. He started as an outfielder and tnen was smtted to the intieid. la emergencies, he was moved from one corner of the diamond to the other. On many occasions earlier in his career, he has gone behind the bat. "Back in 1902 or 1903 when the Pirate pitching staff was shot to pieces by injuries and double headers the manager was in a quandry as to whom he should pitch, in a certain game. 'I'll go in," said Wegner. And he did. He won. He won that game, pitching in superb fashion. A week or so later he. pitched again and once more he was the victor. " "Oh, yes, Ty Cob is a wonderful player; so are Collins, Daubert, Maranville, Lajoie, Speaker and Evers;. so were Anson, Delehanty. Lange, Pfeffer, Williamson and others. But Wagner, the grand hit ter, the amazing fielder, the startling base runner, the brainy, hardworking matcmess Wagner he is king ot them all; the greatest player the diamond f ame has produced; a player whose ike never will be seen again I" BIG FIELD TO START IN GREATWESTERN (Continued from Pace One.) CALLS WAGNER GREATEST ' : x OF ALL PLAYERS. Vjlwam c. temwE. on the closing day of the" meeting, will be by far the hottest race' ever run on a half-mile track. Of the races carded for the local harness racing classic, none is at tracting more attention than- the 2:14 trot, scheduled tor the hrst tiav of the meeting. This trotting class event will bring together a field of abso lutely the highest class a ' field the like of which has admittedly never appeared on a track from the Pacific to the Atlantic and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. Many Fast Contenders. ..Among the entries are Heir Reap er, with a half-mile track record of 2:11M; Miss Densmore, marked at 2:ll4 over a half-mile oval; Dr. Wayo. who has gone the distance in 2:1214; Bessie Mac, who has trotted miles on half-mile tracks m around 2:10; General Francis, credited with time of 2:H; Great Northern, a consistent winner . on Nebraska tracks and a horse that the others will have to go some to out-trot. I he Great Western circuit meeting in Omaha will be held at a time when the racing season is at its height. Horsemen agree that the speed mer chants are at their best along toward the middle of August, and HithTi half mile track the peer of any in the country, records should go by the boards. Following the Wahoo (N'eb.) meet ing, which will be held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week, the hegira of horses to Omaha will start in earnest. It is expected that approximately 200 race horses will be quartered at the East Omaha plant of the driving club, by the time the meeting gets under way. Omaha Horses at Corning. Omaha horses did well at the Corning meeting last week, Hal Con- I T " t . i. - r stables, showing the lowars the kind of rteppers they train here. That battle-scarred veteran, Jim O'Shea, whose feed is paid for by the jovial Fred Myers, got a fourth in the Corning races. Mr. Myers feels pretty gnod'about It, even if there were only lour horses in the race. But real victory and. incidental ly, another one for the Myers sta bles was the performance ot Mr 1 . owned by Mr. MyeM and Charles Klingtr, m the Council Grove (Kan.) meeting on the Kansas and UWaho ma circuit. M. T., who has been cleaning up right this season, won the 2:11 tirt in straight hets. cut ting a fourth of a second off the horse s mark J.lv'i, , LEE FOE CARRIES A "DOC" WITH TEAM Dr. Moyer Travels With Oluh and Repairs Maimed and Injnred Athletes. PUTS C0VELESKIE RIGHT A a firm hetiever in Dreoaredness Manager Lee Fohl of the Cleveland Indiana has introduced the rather novel plan of carrying his own hos oital corps with him on the road. That is to say, he has a doctor trav eling with his club. On their recent tnn tnrouen me east the Indians were accompanied by Dr. Charles Edward Moyer, a reg istered practitioner and osteopathy who was on hand to take care of the maimed and injured, give relief for the dreaded "charlcyhorse" and to replace such muscles as got out of place on any of the athletes. "Doc unce a leaguer. Dr. Mover was once a big league flitcher himself. He was with Wash ington in 1910, and it was through trouble with his arm that he came to take up osteopathy, which has landed him in his present position. , In 1VII his arm became lame ana he had to go out to the minors. He was with Springfield for the next three seasons and during that time was constantly passing out $2 bills to doctors for relief. He finally decided he would take up osteopathy himself as the cheapest method of getting his arm in shape. so he studied and took the neces sary examinations a year ago. Last season he was able to pitch better than he had for four years. Manager Fohl had known him in the days when he was manager of the Water burv, Conn., club, when Moyer was with Springfield. This season, when fohl had so much trouble with in juries to arms and legs oq his club, he got Dr. Mover to join the club. Puti "Covy" in Shape. Already Dr. Mover has put Cove Ieskie in shape. The pitcher was get ting a lame arm from too constant work since Morton was injured. Co veleskie was able to pitch last Satur day and again on Monday. Morton has also come in for attention. The Cleveland star is reported to "be get ting along nicely. ' Terry Turner, who returned to the game after an absence of three weeks, was also another patient of the club's doctor. He twisted his ankle in a game against the Yankees at Cleve land, and until the series here has not been in a game. Dr. Moyer worked on the ankle and got him back into the batting order. Western League Averages , CMJB BATTING. W. L. T. AB. n. W Pet Denver 4S 4( 1 8081 887 807 .381 Omaha t( Si I 1017 478 8(9 .188 Sloui City 44 44 I I08S 447 1(8 .384 Lincoln 80 87 0 8928 418 810 .277 Wichita 88 48 0 281S 894 758 .288 Dai Molnaa 44 41 1 1914 179 771 .2(5 Topaka 89 48 1 2999 981 7(9 .258 St. Joaaph .34 81 1 2814 178 T10 .25! CLUB FIELDING. O.DP.TP.PB.PO. A. E. Pet. Topaka 88 (0 0 19 1184 1148 110 .9(4 8I0UX City ...89 57 9 8 1418 1117 128 .9(8 St. Joaaph ...88 41 0 S 1284 1111 138 .9(1 Dai Molnaa ..88 54 0 15 13(1 1181 1(3 .8(9 Lincoln 87 75 0 9 187T 1198 154 .959 Omaha ......89 70 0 11 1448 1189 151 .851 Denver 89 80 0 10 1348 1108 168 .8(7 Wichita 17 47 I 2288 1188 159 .858 INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES. Including plaran who have taken Dart In t.ltteen or more ramen: G. AB. R. H. 8H.SB.Pct. Johnion, Lla 84 188 28 (( 1 1 .349 OakM, Den 88 180 (0 118 8 11 .147 Ollmore. S. C 78 118 83 99 8 10 .148 Butcher, Den 17 820 62 108 13 11 .341 Llvlnseton, 8. O....S8 1(5 37 (8 8 8 .341 Cor, Wlch 34 122 22 81 8 1 .338 Kelllhar. Den 83 3(5 72 117 28 11 .338 Orlfflth, Wlch 81 (4 14 31 2 1 .830 Crime. Lin 87 144 S3 118 8 10 .838 Stevenaen, Lin 81 108 20 34 4 4 .384 Connolly. B. C 88 850 88 118 11 14 .323 R. Miller. Oma.... 187 88 108 18 18 .323 Lobar, Lin 87 830 80 104 14 18 .318 Sheatak. Dan 37 328 31 73 S 1 .814 Emit. Tod 83 119 18 17 3 8 .111 Orar. Wlch 71 131 18 71 8 1 .810 Klldurr, Oma......SS 813 51 97 18 14 .310 Krueser, Otna 81 308 33 8! 10 8 .310 E. Smith. Oma 30 338 58 104 11 11 .308 Marahall. Oma 40 148 83 45 8 8 .308 Poraythe, Oma 88 197 84 91 It 8 .308 Wataon. 8. C 83 841 83 104 33 11 .308 Kru, Oma... 83 8(7 (3 108 11 18 .105 HOtl, B. U 7 258 44 78 7 0 .805 Klrkham. St J00..8S 833 30 88 T 7 .30! Meloan. Del M....88 331 51 37 18 18 .801 Cochran, Top 88 334 (3 97 13 21 .299 Fox, Wlch. ...... ..I 313 88 88 17 18 .298 Krauie, Oma ..40 107 T 83 3 1 .2(8 Hotline, Wlch 77 179 38 83 18 I .187 Lejeune. 8. C 73 377 43 S3 3 S .398 Hartford. Dai M....84 813 37 93 10 18 .388 Dyer, Den. ....... .19 348 80 101 16 11 .291 Brltton, Wlch 87 838 64 88 8 11 .193 Thomaaon. Lin... '..84 338 47 33 13 10 .293 Sullivan,. St. Jot,;. 86 388 81 84 13 It .291 Flaherty, Wlch..;. 20 31 4 3,' 1 8 .390 C. Millar, Den 84 868 86 103 8 18 .287 Steraer, Den 88 84 8 34 1 1 .386 Mccebe, St. joa....8X (1ft SB 90 18 18 .28 Halla. Lin 36 70 8 10 6 8 .286 Hlnchman, S. C....72 374 48 76 16 8 .385 Rappi, Wlch 71 325 38 64 11 4 .284 Callahan. 8. C 78 330 44 93 9 10 .182 Shield!, Den 88 323 46 91 1 14 .283 Jourdan, St. Joe... 68 267 31 73 3 6 .380 drover. 8. C.......83 61 9 17 I 2 .279 Goodwin, Top 88 340 83 34 It I .277 .1. Thompion, oma. 44 ,es i la ,zri Hunter. Dea U....88 337 66 S3 11 7 .176 Claire, Daa II 80 194 II U II I .378 Hahn, Dei M 81 316 48 86 7 8 .272 Jonea. Dei M 88 313 (3 15 11 I .272 Orejory, Lin 28 67 9 18 1 4 .269 Croebr. B. C .67 111 17 43 8 8 .266 Muaeer, Dea M 27 60 I 16 4 0 .267 Burs, Oma 34 810 43 83 19 13 .366 SrhwelUer. Top... .86 116 49 83 3 16 .3(8 Cole, Den 92 69 11 18 9 0 .2(1 After, Top 81 a(9 10 13 II 13 .aeo Lattlmore. Lin. ....68 303 41 78 11 3 .3(7 Spahr. Dei M 67 212 22 (4 8 6 .256 LltacM. Wlch 87 2(0 36 71 38 7 .3(4 Jackion, Wlch 16 291 58 71 9 7 .254 Devora, Top ...39 114 Z3 zv 3 s .zt4 Lloyd, Den 87 134 18 34 8 6 .263 Morae, Lin ..73 349 33 (3 18 4 .868 Sommera. 8t Joe.. 35 76 6 30 4 0 .153 Keatlnt, St. Joe... 81 364 SB 64 16 30 .263 Kllleen, Dea Mi. ..16 94 4 6 6 0 .3(0 T. Smith. LI0......68 191 27 "47 17 6 .346 Breen. Dea M 63 149 13 ,86 8 I .246 Kweldt, Dei M....88 311 40 78 18 11 .348 ill.. Too 31 (4 I 33 3 3 .346 C. Thompaon, Oma.83 63 I 16 8 0 .343 Klni. Den.'.., 33 i i 1 1 .341 Monroe. Top 67 316 36 61 I I .336 O. Wllllama. St. J..83 807 36 73 11 13 .836 Fuaner, St. Joa 78 300 !0 47 39 .336 Krurer. Top 76 366 31 68 13 13 .334 Olllltan. Dea SI... .33 40 6 9 8 8 .'936 Coon.y. 8. C.......39 388 46 76 34 18 .323 Maneer. Den 38, 66 3 13 1 .318 Koeltner. Wlch. ...87 79 11 It I 1 .316 Kail, Lin 87 71 I 16 8 .211 Scherdt. 8. C IS 24 I t 3 S .306 Hennlnt. Top 19 44 I 9 3 9 .904 Slovene. Den 39 109 11 13 8 3 .303 Gardner, Lin 81 60 4 10 4 .200 Thomaa. Dei M....28 61 8 IS 4 1 .167 Rohrer. Lla 63 165 14 12 I I .184 Ford, Dan. IT 47 6 6 1 1 .131 Gaahall. Oma. .....S3 45 3 8 1 9 .178 Baker. Dea M 31 60 I 10 4 0 .167 Oaa par. 8. 0 83 61 S SI S .187 MeraToma JO 46 I III .166 Clark. 8. C H 68 I . S 4 I .166 P.U.raon. St Joa. 16 83 1 8 4 0 .141 O'Toole, Oma 16 44 I ISO .186 Wail. Den. ....... .56 44 I 11 .186 PITCHING RECORDS' ' vi.vae O. IP. H. BB.SO.W. t. pet Marahall, Top... I IS 16 J Its 1008 Johnaon. Wlch.. I 11 13 I I I 1000 Furchner. 8. C. I It 18 I SIS 1000 Harrtnston. Daa I U 10 11 I 1000 Dyer. Den I 18 7 18 8 1 8 1000 North. Oma.., ..17 138 13 44 U S I .818 O'Toole. Oma...l6 1U107 31 86 I t .818 Oa.par. 8. C....83 148 I68 87 46 8 I .750 S"r, . H 101 111 41 41 8 S .737 Thompaon. Oma.33 166 174 88 SO 13 I .738 ui.,.K' rtU3 36 S8 7 S31 .667 Halla. Lin 86 187 191 87 63 14 8.616 ' jairnT' Omm. . . . .30 lit HI 14 14 19 I .626 By FRED S SOME WEATHER. !' We would like to be in Greenland; . Or in Iceland or New Zealand, Where we now could live in perfect peace and bliss; We'd even cross the River Styx, Which they say is quite some fix, for it can t be any Hotter, do, tnan this. There is no getting around it, we'll have to ask waivers on the weather man. Want Ad. LOST, STRAYED OR SWIPED One cool breeze and rain. BRING ON THE SNOW Wi hate often hoaled in winter, And said 'twas too cold then; But since we've suffered summer, We mil never howl again. On the Public. Sam Marburger, Jack Dillon's manager, says the Dillon-Levin-sky fight was a joke. Does Sammy figure he's giving out any hews? . In other words, Sammy admits a box fight is much like a wrest-1 ling match. BUT THEN WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY AUTOMOBILE We spy in the public prints that there has been a reduction of 10 cents a barrel in crude oil, but then crude oil won't run automo biles. . A story from Cincinnati says Buck Herzog offered Garry Herrmann $20,000 in cash for his unconditional release, and Herr mann refused. Despite our some what tender relations with Messrs. Carranza and Villa, Mexi - can money seems to be finding its way into the United States. THAT ALIBI STUFF Whenever a manager toes down to defeat, 8f'a nlutntta therm tmlh fie claims thai hit hand is a hard one to beat, vrnen au mm ne noiat is deuces. Charley Ebbets has issued a kick because he says Pitcher HUNTER Barnes of the Braves tried to , , bean his star batters. Mr. Eb bets evidently overlooks the fact that Boston pitchers would, of ' course, throw a bean ball. Speaking of matches, we won der if anybody will match Stecher and Lewis again? Chief Meyers, they say, has be come a favorite in Brooklyn, showing anybody can become a favorite in Brooklyn. , YES WE ARE. We are feeling sad and blue, We really don't know what to do; Frank Gotch has quit the wrestling game. Oh, mercy me, ain't it a shame. And we are feeling sad and blue. Freddy Welsh and Charley White have been matched again. Why won't those guys behave? The Minnesota boxing commis sioners are the merry little cut-ups. Freddy Welsh refuses to fight in Minnesota, so the com mish refuses to let him. It is the uncertainties of life that make existence interesting. And that is why, sometimes, Dario Resta loses a race and the Drummers win a game. The Little Son-of-a-Gun. Dear Mr. Hypo If you're so darned good why don't you write a "rime about Ichlya Kumagae? , J. -C. B. . The Drummers have the old fight and are bound to put up a battle for the first division, says Jack Holland. Working on this theory, we may some day expect to see a rabbit spit in a bulldog's face. BY CHRISTY MATHEWSON. You may flay me and harass me, You may swear at me and curse, - Say I haven't got the punch, And I boss a rotten bunch, But I can't make the Reds any worse. Davli, Wlch 18 100 86 JT 33 S 4 .600 Wlllett, Lin 6 39 64 IS 16 I 3 .600 Koeatner, Wlch.. 88 307 179 79 118 IS 8 .591 Baker, Dei M..31 183 168 33 74 18 3 .691 Hall, Top 39 199 188 63 31 11 3.691 Clark, 8. C 33 141 160 38 76 8 6 .671 Eaat. Lin 2( 178 168 73 86 13 3.671 Gardner. Lin 31 149 167 40 79 10 8 .((( Steraer, Den 34 161 1(6 72 62 10 8 .666 Graver, Top 28 123 148 62 93 11 9 .660 Schardt, 8. C...12 98 116 17 63 6 I .646 Krauae. Oma. .. 17 118 128 41 67 8 7 .638 Lambeth, Top. ..30 154 133 61 88 3 '8 .629 Kins, Den 22 148 148 64 68 8 8 .629 Patteraon, 8t. - J.24 130 176 26 '60 11 11 .600 Thomaa, Del M.21 186 169 67 (0 9 9 .600 Gretory, Lin. . ..25 1(0 170 40 46 7 7 .600 Fleharty. Wlch . 16 83 83 26 2; 8 6 .600 Bruck, Oma 15 86 81 22 38 6 6 .600 Laraen. Top.... 6 88 46 11 18 1 1 .600 Hoffman, Lin.., 6 28 88 3 8 1 1 .508 Gent, Den 6 15 11 18 " 7 1 1 .600 Muaeer, Dei M.. 86 170 161 61 103 3 10 .474 GUIIian, Dei M.33 111 186 41 68 I 3 .471 Gaeklll, Oma. . ..23 141 168 46 49 7 8 .467 Hennlnr. Top. ..16 63 103 87 88 6 6 .466 Sommera, St. J..80 131 170 68 77 3 10 .444 Hovllk, St. J....34 154 137 94 97 8 11 .422 Maneer, Den. ...371(8 179 51 63 8 11 .432 Malarky, Wlch... 26 139 140 39 64 7 16 .413 Klein, Wlch.... 3 83 36 33 16 I 8 .400 Kelly. 8. C. 7 46 64 16 31 I 3 .400 H. Smith, Lin.. 6 84 88 16 13 3 3 .400 J. Wlllla'l, St. J.36 131 136 47 78 6 10 .375 Reynold!, Den.. 18 96 86 48 86 4 7 .364 W,K, Den 35 118 184 33 64 4 8.833 Kllleen. Dea M..1S 65 68 47 36 I 4 .333 Pate, Wlch 11 71 74 4 30 3 4 ,333 Llaton. Wlch.... 7 19 22 9 7 1 2 .383 C. Wataon. S. C. 8 24 22 15 ' 9 1 S ..888 F. Thomaa, St.J. 4 34 37 11 I 1 I .333 Grant, Dea M. .. 4 13 23 17 S 1 3 .833 Kaufman. Wlch. 11 73 93 S II 1 I .350 Burwell. Top. ...'6 31 96 14 13 1 S .260 I Daehner, Top. ..16 43 41 17 9 1 6 .1(7 Doyle, Top 14 (8 76 86 38 1 I .111 American League Averages Detroit . Cleveland New York Chicago Boaton . St. Loula Washington 47 Philadelphia 19 CLUB BATTING. W. L. T. AB. R. ..41 ..61 ..81 ...60 ...48 ...41 Chicago Boaton Detroit . New York Cleveland St. Louie . Washington 92 Philadelphia 64 INDIVIDUAL 8168 8036 1(73 38(9 2866 30(6 29(0 3(88 CLUB FIELDING. O.DP.TF.PB. PO. H. 811 748 726 .723 688 781 70S 610 Pet .266 .247 .244 .343 .Ut .289 .289 .128 ,.91 ..89 ...94 .90 .93 .93 B. Pet. National League Averages CLUB BATTING. W. L. T. AB. R. H. Pet Cincinnati 17 61 1 1089 311 771 .264 Brooklyn 49 33 1 2862 308 716 .2(2 New York. .,...86 48 0 1780 320 687 .261 Chicago .......43 48 1 2997 334 738 .346 Plttaburgh ...33 43 0 3734 3(1 8(4 .243 St. Louie.. 43 49 0 S988 398 733 .342 Philadelphia ..46 37 o ziit zie ooo .zite Boaton 44 38 1 3600 3(3 696 .328 CLUB FIELDING. r ' O. DP.TP.PB.PO. 'A. B. Pet Boaton 96 (7 0 7 2166 1023 63 .373 Phll.delDhla.il 63 0 16 3194 1033 111 .9(4 Cincinnati ..90 77 0 19 2481 1178 136 .8(3 Brooklyn !..! 0 is zjio ivzd I2s New York. ..81 63 0 6 1213 10(8 138 .1(9 Pittsburgh ..81 61 0 10 3276 9(2 132 .(61 St , Loula. .. .91 .79 0 18 3470 12( 168 .3(0 Chicago (0 64 0 12 1483 1263 178 .965 INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES ALL FLATER8 BATTING .300 PER CENT '''-., OR BETTER. O. AB. R. H.SH.SB.Pot L. McCarty, Brook.. 30 64 9 25 4 8 .391 Robertson, N. Y....76 303 61 103 11 10 .340 Daubert Brook 83 228 63 1(6 17 18 .320 Wagner. Pitts 81 306 41 87 6 8 .817 Chase. Cln 78 290 30 91 4 10 .314 Zimmerman, Chi.'.. 83 317 47 JS 7 12 .809 Hotnaby, ot. 1. (s 314 as t i .sue Long, St. L........66 232 21 71 6 13 .306 Hlnchman. PU1I...78 2(6 87 87 11 8 .304 Wheat, Brook (1 310 34 34 6 10 .303 Schultu. Chi 66 221 39 67 8 8 .303 Whltted, Phlla 77- 271 86 82,21 16.303 PITCHING AVERAGES. , Ave, , O. W. L. I. P. Pio. 'H. BB.80. Alexander, Phil. 85 18 . 6 204 1.16 159 33 81 Schupp. N. Y..13 1 I 33 1.61 28 12 28 M.rquard. Brk.18 8 1 82 1.66 66 II 89 Allen, Bos I 8 1 64 1.67 40 16 86 F. Miller. Pitta. 20 6 6 122 1.70 81 83 63 Jacobs. Pitts. ..19 4 2 90 1.70 67 51 83 7 11 117 1.74 134 87 95 Cheney. Brook. .21 7 6 122 1.76 86 63 77 Dell. Brook.... 18 6 8 12! 1.84 108 3J 56 Pfeffer. Brook . 34 16 6 187 1.88 148 41 70 rVnderg'it. Chi. 17 6 4 84 1.93 66 12 40 "".11 , CM.li 6 128 S.04 6J 26 65 Mathewaon.N.T.12 3 4 66 1.08 70 7 15 Packard, Chi... 23 6 6 37 8.11 37 II 26 LESnder. Chi.. 11 4 8 100 2.16 30 34 47 Nehf. Bo....... I I Mt.II SJ rooDor Pitts .21 4 6 84 2.26 74 17 63 R?J?? Phlla 80 10 6 181 8.27 106 38 58 Huahea Bo! ... 38 11 3 105 3.30 81 '81 71 :!hV::.2. .3 1. 1.7 ...3 17. 4,1 Ames. ot. , - ;: : . 61 1 I 9486 1176 118 .870 61 0 8 3410 11(3 114 .870 66 0 12 25(3 1278 126 .8(9 87 0 8 2494 1183 126 .969 73 6 18 3526 12(1 143 .9(4 79 0 12 3534 1395 164 .9(2 (6 0 11 24(1 1108 163 .8(0 - 78 0 7 2198 1197 188 ,946 BATTING FIFTEEN Oil MORE GAMES. , G. AB. R. H. BH.SB.Pet Speaker, Clara, ....93 388 (9 132 11 21 .391 Rice, Wash. 83 66 1 21 1 1 .882 Cobb, Dot (4 108 (5 11 8 16 .8(1 Jackion, Chi II 346 62 120 I 11 .847 Mullen, N. Y 24 64 7 18 3 I .883 Gainer, Boa 30 44 3 14 8, 1 .818 Severeld, St. L, ...69 166 16 47 1 0 .303 Burns, Det 97 319 38 96 11 S .301 PITCHING RECORDS. Ave. O. W. L. IP. PG. H. BB SO A Rusaell. N. Y.16 8 1 77 1.17 66 27 (0 A.S.KUSsell.Chl. 89 10 Cullop, N. Y. ..17 9 Shawkey, N. T. .26 11 Leonard, Bos. ..34 8 Wolfgang, Chi.. .21 3 Mays, Bos 23 10 H.Coveleskle.Det 27 13 Morton, Clove. ,.16 It Bens, Chi 18 4 Moarldse. N. Y. 14 6 Johnson, wash. Koob. St. L. 23 6 .28 14 .29 9 Fsber. Chi. C.WIIIIami, Chi, Ruth, Bos Gallia. Wash. , Ccumbe, Cleve. , Dumont. Wash. S.C'vTkle, Clev, Gould. Cteve. . Harper. Waah...2S 10 llcolte, cm zs 7 wellman, Plank. SI Scett, Chi. .....26 J Bush, Phlla. 24 Keating, N. Y...14 Bagby, Cleve. ..29 Davenport, St, L.86 Groom, St. L. ..27 Klepfer, Cleve. .18 6 Boehllng, Wash. 20 8 Hamilton, St. L II I Park. St. L. ..31 1 Pennock, Boa. . . I 0 Dsuss, Det 24 10 Caldwell, N. Y...88 6 Shore, Bos 20 8 Klee, Wash 4 0 Ldermllk. Clev.. 10 1 Gregg, Bos. ...116 3 C'nlngham, Det. 25 6 Fisher, N. Y 18 6 Beebe, Cleve. Dubuc, Det. Myers, Phlla. Footer, uos. . Nabors, Phlla. Sheehan, Phlla. Hrlckaon, Det, Bt'land, Det. . Dtnforth, Chi. Love. N. Y. . Ayers, Wash. james. uei. . Mitchell. Det. I Market. N. Y. Crowoll, Phlla Tone? Cln ."'.16 10 10 176 1.41 136 66 81 ZS&Br'Jok:::;; s .'"j"''; HaVmon. Pitts.. 17 6 6 84 3 46 60 26 34 Reulbaeh, Bos. .10 4 4 51 S.47 4f -1 Kntlh-n'r.Pltts.31 4 8 ij .... j; Rudolph. BOI...17 I J 141 3 54 131 24 SI HeSdSrc: : ' Parrltt, N. T...24 8 S 141 3.08 141 36 M Steele, St L. ...14 I .!! 5 J! II Beaton. Chi. ...86 J "J J ' " " Tyler. Bo...;,.. 6 4 88 MS J4 30 47 Mitchell, Cln. ..16 4 S 66 8.14 je Ji it Sohuls. Cln JT I IS 136 8.80 188 64 67 Knetaer. Cln.... 28 1 J JJ 3.80 88 35 39 Demaree. Phlla. 31 I I 1JJ 8.44 114 14 63 Jasper. St. L '.ll 6 " J" J! ?! " Bender. Phlla- J JJ Schauer. N. Y..I6 1 3 J.JJ is . Coombs, Brook. 15 8 4 79 l.ti ti ; ji Benton, N.r.. J ! 'J? ill 'I! j, ,! Sallee. N. Y....1J J J " ' " Teareau, N. T..-29 8 3 187 J 147 zs ej M. Brown. Chi.. 6 I I 81 8.66 32 8 Moieley. Cln....l6 4 8 " 8.88 73 31 Chalmers.Phlta. 8 8 38 6.11 14 0 la Mayer, PK"yJ, J "I" J! I fj R.Wtlllanis.St.L.13 6 6 76 4.44 8J I It annleton.Brook. 8 0 3 30 4. SO Zl 1Z i".r Rrook.. 8 1 8 16 4.50 Zl 1 I 8 169 1.48 106 24 58 1 95 1.51 78 18 81 7 131 1.78 82 46 60 6 1(5 1.80 141 40 83 8 (8 1.(2 76 33 28 4 123 1.83 91 43 40 7 211 1.54 173 47 77 1 119 1.92 98 22 76 4 80 1.(2 (2 21 26 2 (2 1.98 (2 22 II 31 17 11 236 3.03 1(2 (3153 5 2 79 2.05 72 22 Hi 8 96 2.18 71 31 43 8 119 2.27 103 31 71 8 1(6 2.28 131 7 2 1 0 r. I 1(1 2.29 142 (5 (7 ,4 90 2.40 9 16 9 2 IS Z.S SB II 19 6 177 2.44 167 46 57 , 8 33 2.49 29 13 20 9 179 2.51 130 73113 .4 98 2.51 60 SB Hi L..33.1S 11 166 2.62 144 43 63 L. ...23 7 8 124 3.64 123 43 4s 9 11 137 2.67 115 48 67 3 16 173 3.(3 126 72 (0 6 7 91 2.67 (0 87 34 8 3 161 2.69 147 8( 49 4 10 171 2.74 147 88 84 7 7 138 3.74 112 (6 67 8 4 104 3.85 97 S3 43 8 7 118 2.87 91 41 41 I S 77 2.93 71 37 17 1 4 70 3.9( 68 24 26' 0 3 87 3.00 23 8 11 7 140 3.09 127 63 58 11 1(8 8.13 138 59 70 6 106 3.14 111 21 29 1 20 3.16 20 111 3 4 60 3.24 42 46 31 3 (( 3.28 67 26 35 3 118 3.31 128 67 (4 6 112 8.88 128 29 87 8 66 3.38 40 31 30 8 122 3.47 99 (3 27 f 13 178 1.49 1(8 94 i7 6 8 115 3.(3 101 57 20 10 113 3.(4 110 49 36 I 110 3.(8 110 (032 0 17 3.71 17 0 8 3 73 8.76 63 86 87 6 60 3.78 83 22 14 0 19 1.79 18 8 8 60 S.96 63 10 19 7 71 4.18 70 41 86 7 91 4.60 95 39 45 1 4( 4.60 39 30 11 8 38 5.64.. 41 II 15 .14 3 29 12 6 I . . 23 7. . .28 .22 .22 26 ..20 .14 Si St- L 10 0 4 41 8.14 Zl 14 is n.l. 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