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MY OF BROOKLYN'S VICTORY

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Manager McGraw, of Giants, Accuses His Hen of Playing Bad Baseball In Deciding Game.

WAS DECIDING GAME'A "GIFT"?

President John Tener, of National League, Eyewitness, Declares New York Players Played "Sloppy" Ball.

BUOIBLE PUYERS.

NEW YORK. Oct. 4.—The naflrnl commission has announced the (allowing llat of player* as eligible to tke world's Mri«*i

BOSTON AMERICANS. W. F. CarxiKan, maaageri Amnn, Barry, Cady, Foster, Gainer, Gardner, Oregc, Henrlckncn, Hoblltsel, Hooper, Janvrin, Jones, Leonard, Lewis, Maya, McSilly, Rath, Scott, Shove, Shorten,!. Thomas, Wafner, Walker, Walah and WyckolT.

BROOKLYN NATIONALS. W. Robinson, manager Appleton, Oatahaw, Coomb*, Cheney, Daabert, Dell, Gets, Johnston, miller, Malls, My era, Merkle, Marqnard, Meyers, -Mowrey, Olson, OOIara, Ptefler, Raeker, Smith, Stengel, Wheat.

Mow YORK, Oct. 4.—The glory of -Brooklyn's victory In the National league race was temporarily obscured 'today by the controversy in baseball elrcles over Manager McGraw's censure of the New York felub in yesterday's game which decided the pennant. "IfoGraw accused some of his men of disobeying orders and playing Indifferent baseball.

Few outside of the inner circles of -the New York club knew early today Tjrhether McGraw would manage his club In the game with Brooklyn this afternoon or whether he would make

feld—"I

ood his assertion when

he left the

am through for tne year."

John D. Foster, secretary of the New York club, expressed the opinion that JkfcGraw would finish out the season. Foster declared it was impossible for -the New York club to have deliberately lost the game with -Brooklyn yesterday, but said that McGraw was thoroughly aroused t*y the indifference of hls men.

Most of those who heard McGraw'a comment when he left thje field in anger, say that he did not accuse his players of dishonesty, but of disregarding his signals and that he would foot stand for that kind of baseball. Wilbur Robinson, manager of the .Brooklyn club, said: -"It Is ridiculous even'to suggest that $he New Yorkers were not trying to .peat us yesterday. It looked to me as if they were trying, pretty. hard :fl£Jien they scored three runs against Ms In the first Inning. At that time I

Quitting the bench myself.

McGraw 8 assertions are very unsportsmanlike. He knows very well the /Brooklyns are superior to the New 7?orks and have defeated them in a -majority of the games this season, and •Ayhen they came here Monday they encountered the best team in the league. It was only natural the best team should win." The. New Yorks did piay nadb&se ball yesterday, but they were Just out of a long winning streak that

Boston crushed Saturday, and they had not the stamina to win. They were simply outclassed and did not have to play listlessly so that we could win.'

Tener Has Sayao.

**JoIn K". Tener,. president of the National league, said that after the •Brooklyns scored four runs in the third -Mining thg.t New. York "played sloppily, and it was unfortunate that it happened in the game that decided the jfiennant. I know nothing about the players disregarding McGraw's signals, but if they did it was a violation of olub .discipline. They crumbled under

H«ie fast pace that made for them a new record in victories in the manor leagueE."

W. D. Perritt, the New York pdtcher, whose action in "winding up" while a

Said:

ian was on first incensed McGraw, "If there is any implication that I Mlped to 'lose the game you can give tt.-the lie for me. That game cost me flOO I had bet that I would win twenty Semes. I was out to win."'

MORE ON THE "SCANDAL."

Two Pitchers -Retire Without Con-

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sent of Manager McGraw. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Oct. 4.—The New York Giants virtually handed Brooklyn t»e National league pennant Tuesday afternoon. So poor was the work of the Gmnts in the field that two New York pitchers retired from the game without the consent of Manager McGraw.

At one stage of the early Innings When the Giants insisted on allowing

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Dodgers to- overcome a four -run ad Pitcher Rube Benton and Shortstop letcher almost came to blows It was necessary for Manager McGraw to KO the ceYiter of the diamond- to order Fletcher back to his position. Benton Had accused Fletcher of indifferent flaying.

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Did Giants "Lay Down" To Superbas?

Crimson Backfield Looks Weak In Spite of Individual Star's Speed

RALPH HORWEEH, HARVARD HALFBACK, KICKING FROM PLACEMENT. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 2.—Harvard coaches and trainers are disappointed in the work of the 'varsity backfleld to date, owing mostly to what appears to be a lack or the proper team work. In the games with the substitutes and in the season's first game against Colby, the. Crimson backs performed unsatisfactorily in spite of occasional brilliant individual play.

So far the inability of the backs to gain consistently nsjt resulted in quite a. little Hunting. Horween, Flower and Minot have all shown kicking class, getting the ball away frequently to a good fifty yards. Flower, the regular fullback, has displayed lots- of speed in getting around the ends and will probably be a big part of the backfield's most dependable strength.

York G1O1M, hit the nail on the head when he said the Giants played with dogged determination, with the accent on the "dor." 8am Crane, for years a rabid Giant* partisan and the veteran baseball writer of the New Yortc Journal, declared that he would leave the park if lie could find any- one to complete his wire details, while Joe Vita, of the New York Evening Sun, said that It did not lok to him as if any ball team couid go bach fast enough to play as the Giants did'yesterday.

Brooklyn Can't Lose

In National Chase

T.he Brooklyn club, after one of the hottest fights in major leagues for years, yesterday won the National league^pennant by virtue of winning *,«i game agalnst'New York,' and Philadelphia s double defeat at the hands of Boston. The Quakers lost the first game, 6 to 8, and the second.- 6 to 1. Rixey was sent in to pitch the first game ana lost it through a combination of bunched hits by Boston and bunched errors by his teammates. In the second game, Mayer held the Boston team at bay until the sixth inning, when^he began to weaken. Boston tied the score in this inning and' went ahead in the seventh, and clinched the Same in the eighth ifthlng. Tyler pitched a fine game for the Braves.

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and Philadelphia win all hers and the final standing would give Brooklyn the pennant by a slight margin,

The standing of the clubs after Tuesday's game is as follows: Brooklyn ........98 59 fliigii Philadelphia ....90 61 606026

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SWITCHES AT PURDUE.

LAFAYETTE, Irid., Octl 4 O'Connell lifted Capt Hake from the quarter back position and filled the gap with Abrell, star of the Purdue

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Hake was placed

in the half back' position that Abrell has been playing all season. Several other changes before the first game on Saturday with De Pauw were intimated by the mentor. O'Connell is spending his entire time in perfecting a defense for the Methodist attack and working out his interference.

BUI Cooper and Oacar Jenaen admit they are leading two-man bowlers In these parts. Here'a Blll'a dope aa he gave It to as hlmaelf «I avrear we are the real thing when It contea to twoman bowling. We can beat any In town and make uae of the Trlbnne columns as. a speedy way to get some real, live competition. We especially seek a financial argument with Homer William* and red Sparka." v Let's hear from some of the "live onea!"

Anyhow, the Braves deciding the winner.

Hats off to the Snperbaa!

Coach Hal Mefford, of Rose, has an alibi all prepared in case of an unexpected tuni in events at St. Louis Saturday. Hal declares his team is all shot to pieces physically as a result of the practice tilt with yie scarlet and won't be at its best against Washington U. But it's results we want, Mr. Mefford!

We may aa well take our stand now. as ever—Brooklyn for onrs. Don't laugh, boys, we mean It.

Yes, "Doe" Wat era, megaphone artlat par excellent, la ready for the job. He'll give hla llrat performance Saturday afternoon la front of the Trlbnne boll ding aaaiated by yoars truly. Some team, BOW Isn't It, folkaf And we dont NIR» onraelves very well either.

Fans, don't forget the Tribune score board will give you all the dope on the

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The coaching staff for. some while will give most of their attention to the development of better team work in the backfleld. Bond, Horween and Flower, the regular backs, will be urged to their beet efforts with such backfield class among the substitutes as Casey, Minot and Thatcher. The two sets of backs have been working together Industriously and young CaBey of the subs has shown an ability to break through and an all-round speed that may bring him. into quite a few of this season's big games.

The 'varsity rush line has shown spells of weakness and the tackling of the ends down ihe field has fallen short. With an improvement 'In the work of the rush line the backfleld will perform more steadily.

WORTHIKGTONn. LOSES

Bows Before Powerful Alumni Eleven In East Fray, 14-6.

WQRTHINOTON, Ind., Oct. 4.—The Worthlngtoh high school football team was defeated by the alumni by the score of 14 to 6. -This is considerod a splendid showing, as the alumni presented a powerful lineup.

The, Olumnl scored in the first quarter, following hard plunges by Hoagland and Mcintosh. The high school team' received the kick-off and soon scored with a plunge by Trent, following a long run by Hixon, after receiving a forward pass. This ended the scoring until the last quarter, when the alumni scored again, Mcintosh carrying the ball over after getting through the high school line.

The game was played as a part of the work of getting the local team in shape for Linton Saturday afternoon. Worthington has not had a team strong enough to contend with Linton since 1912, but the present squad looks good enough to turn the trick this year. Lineup and summary: ALUMNI (14). HIGH SCHOOL (#). Griffith LE East Secrest F. 9trlckler Williams G. Strickler Vandeventer Pickard Hartley ........RG Ray Mitten Kautx Milcn E Fuller Mcintosh Mitten Ho'agland Trent Love Hl'xon Cushman Rizer

Touchdowns—Trent, 1 Mcintosh, 2. Goals from touchdown—Mcintosh, 3. Referee—Mcintosh (I. TJ ). Umpire— Kelley (Swarthmore).

MICHIGAN PLAYS MARIETTA. Prospects Bright for One of Greatest Teams In Years.

ANN ARBOR. Mich., Oct. 4.—The University of Michigan will open its football season today, with Marietta (Ohio) college as the opposing eleven. Those who have watched the Michigan squad in training declare prospects are for one of the strongest teams the university has had in years. Co ist Yost is expected to make many substitutions today, giving the most of the men in his squad a chance to show what they can do under fire.

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world s series games, first and best The opener Saturday at Boston will be played on the board as of old and a great turnout is expected. Watch the +1 *!rusr?le

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the other fans. It will be worth while.

With Georgetown High, Trlbnne Wa?.a,h valley trophy holders, already on the conquered list, the title scramble tltls season promises to be most excltJ"«V

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some little discussion ere the season'a champion Is proclaimed.

A spotlight reader, of Robinson, 111today, some information regarding Men Springer's gridiron play-

K with the Marietta college eleven «uid we gladly publish the article, as' Ben, a former Robinson, 111.,' high star, has always held a warm spot In our hearts since the Robinson-Wiley tussle. In which he was a bright star. The tnicie

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.^arietta college last Saturday. Marietta won, 81 to 0, from Davis. EUltlns, West Virginia. Springer made two °f the four touchdowns regis., tered by his team. He received- a OIL tte first play after the klck-olC and made his first touchdown. He hit the I1"* *or second. Springer smashed the line hard and is developing Into a

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TERRE HAUTE TRIBUNE.

SUPERBAS SET PACE TWO-THIRDS OF WAV

Tight Raoe and Record Breaking Feat of Giants Feature National League Season.

Its remarkable closeness and record breaking features saved the National championship race of 1910 from being monotonous. The Brooklyn team, which cinched the pennant yesterday with the help of Boston's double defeat of Philadelphia, set the pace for more than two-thirds of the way and there were

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three recognised contenders. The sensational feats of the New York Giants in setting a new major legue record for consecutive victories after two attempts at It, and of Grover Cleveland Alexander In hanging up a new mark for shut-otjts kept Interest in the moe alive in cities whose teams wert hoplessly out of It after the halfway mark was reached.

Four diffrent aggregations were In the lead at different times, but Chicago enjoyed that distinction for only twen-ty-four hours early In the combat, and shortly afterward was counted out of Si?,,™!"?1??' almost entirely. Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Boston hogged the center of the stage the rest of the time, occasionally sharing part of it with the Giants on account of their freak tBtreaks of winning.

Interest in the actual flag race itself was lessended somewhat by the lack of popularity of the Robins outside the island on which their ball park is located. The rea»on was largely because Brooklyn has no popular hero who stands high in the rooters' affections as do players like Cobb, Speaker, Alexander. and suoh stars. Jake Daubert cs-me tho nearest to it, and he is not of a magnetic" type.

Wot Poplar In New York. Even in the adjacent borough of New York the success of the Brooklyn team ^as not popular, partly because

N Yawker" 1b willing even to thin*, of anything in Brooklyn except with ridicule, and partly because at the last

Manhattan Island, and some parts h® "provinces" believed McGraw had the best team In the old league.

The Giants really were the season's feature. MoGraw started with what waji thought to be a pennant contender, but some of his dope went wrong, particularly in expecting Benny Kauff to live up to his Federal league lithographs. By constant patching with the help of trades, MoGraw added such aids

Salle®. -Hersog and Zimmerman without hurting his own strength. HJs younger pitohers developed steadiness and olass with the result that he had a yhich nearly every one concedes could hs.ve copped the bunting if it had started the season as it finished.

Break Record with 36 Games. .The Giants made a bid for it early in the race when they swept the west clean and captureu seventeen consecutive victories. Great expectations were aroused only to be disappointed when McGraw s men fell Into a slump on their own grounds. Next time the Giants began their run of triumphs they not only .fill i?* "V1 "cord of twenty-two straight, which had stood since 1S84, but Increased it to twenty-six straight before, they were stopped.

Alexander added to his 1915 laurels by pitching another great season ana hanglnsr up a record of sixteen shut-out the year. But Alex the great could not carry his team to another championship, partly because Moran's SuEi. "lowed up quite a bit. Still tiie £hillias would have made it closer at _he end beyond, doubt^f Bancroft had not been Injured Just at the moment the

M?Tans,

making their final bid.

Brooklyn deserves a world of credit for maintaining its even pace all sea,son in spite of the loss or some of its best players at different times. Daut-ert, the leading Robin swatter, was out of harness for a long period on account of a bad leg, compelling Robinson to bolster up for' the finish by weakening his catching staff to get Merkle from the Giants.

Since the first of May the, Robins never have been below second place and most of that time they have been first. Boston took the lead In the first week, but surrendered it to Philadelphia soon after the middle of April. Chicago slipped in for one day, April 28, then Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and had a three-cornered scrap which ended in Brooklyn's favor on May 3.

Phillies Jump Into Lead.

For almost a month the Robins ran I?

but were

forced to yield to

the Phillies on May 26. The following day Brooklyn resumed the leadernhip and kept It, without variation, until the first week In September. At that stage the race closed up like a winded accordion and began a strenuous battle with Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Boston all bunched closely. It was not finished until yesterday, two days before. the schedule ran out.

Chicago's Cubs were a surprising disappointment to their manager and owners because they were figured to be of pennant caliber by their friends after Tinker had welded together the pick of the Chicago National and Federal league teams. In that amalgamation lay the team's chief weakness, for the different elements did not fuse successfully until the race was well along, and then it was too late. The Cubs made a fight for a first division befth most of the w%y, but never got into a contender's berth after the first few weeks.

Following are the idates on which the different teams held the lead: April 12-17—Boston.

April 18-27—Philadelphia. April 28—Chicago. April 29-30—"-Philadelphia. May 1—Brooklyn. May —Boston. May 8-26—Brooklyn. Maay 26—Phildelphia. May 27-September 3—Brooklyn. September 4—Boston. September 5—Brooklyn. September 6-8—Philadelphia. September 9-October 5—Brooklyn

Did Giants "Hand"

Dodgers the Crown

BROOKLYN, Oct. 4.—Declaring that he was disgusted with the playing of his team, Manager McGraw, of the New York National league club, left the playing field at Ebbets field in the fifth inning of yesterday's game between Brooklyn and New York and retired to the club house. Manager McGraw did not appear on the field after that inning.

In a statement after the game in which Brooklyn clinohed the National league pennant, McGraw asserted that although he did not believe any of the players tried deliberately to favor Brooklyn, they had refused to obey orders and had disregarded signals "When Perritt wound up, with a man on first, allowing the runner to steal second, I lost my patience and left the bench," declared the New York leader. "I have worked too hard this year to stand around and watch playing like that, and I refuse to be connected with It."

Series Umps Named

NEW YORK!, Oct. 4.—The umpires who will serve- in the series were announced as follows: American league —Dlneen and Connolly. National league —O'Day and Quigley.

WHBX IK OOVBt Try The Tribusa7

GARFIELD HIGH HAS Off DAUATHRDAY

No. Letup, However, In Work As n Happed Out By Coach Clogston.

By Ralph H. White.

Garfield H. has an off day Saturday, but there Is no letup in the work as mapped out by Coach Clogston. Nor will there be a rest period. The showing of the team against the Alumni last Saturday was displeasing to ooach and players alike and a series of hard workouts are confronting the purple and white warriors.

The defeat by the Alumni ought to do a world of good for the standardbearers of the north end Institution. They entered the game over-confident, 'tis eaid, and came out of it fighting mad. They know now that a team to win must fight hard, respect their opponents, ana seek to swe« their total at every possible turn. At a meeting of the players with Coach Clogston and Manager Hylton, the game was talked over, the weak spots pointed out aid the fellows who fell shy criticized for their failure. All this Was done in a nice way, however, and the purple and white gladiators are better acquainted now than ever before. And they give every promise of working better together in the combats to come ttmi they did in the Alumni tilt.

Coach Clogston hasn't selected his lineup as yet—won't until he has tried out a series of player shifts he hhs In mind. None of the regulars have their lobs cinched, indeed, some are likely to be supplanted by some of the newcoiners. Truly, It promises to be quite a battle before the regular team is se-

Year. Winners. 1884—Providence (N. L.) 1885—Chicago (N. L. ... 1886—St. Louis (A. A.) 1887—Detroit (N. L.) ... 1888—New York (N. L.) 1889—New York (N. L.) 1890—Louisville (A. A.) 1892—Boston (A. A.) ... 1894—New York (A. A.) 1895—Cleveland (A. A.) 1836—Baltimore (A. As.) 1897—Baltimore (A. A.) 1903—Boston (A L.) ... 1905—New York (N. L.) 1906—Chicago (A. L.) ... 1907—Chicago (N. L.) .. 1908—Chicago (N. L.) .. 1909—Pittsburgh (N. L.) 1910—Philadelphia (A. L. 1911—Phllidelphia (A. L. 1912—Boston (A. L.) ... 1918—Philadelphia (A. L, 1914—Boston (N. U) ... 1915—Boston (A. L.) ,... •One tie game.

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RESULTS OF WORLD SERIES TO DATE

Games Won. S 3 ..... 4 10 10

Losers.

Metropolitan (A. A.) St Louis (A. A.) .... Chicago (N. L.) ..... St. Louis (A. A.) ... St: Louis (A. A.) Brooklyn (A. A.) ... Brooklyn (A. A.) ... Cleveland (N. L.) ... Baltimore (N. L.) .. Baltimore (N. L.) 4 I Cleveland (N. Ia)

Boston (N. L.) Pittsburgh (N. L. Philadelphia (A. L.) ... Chicago (N. L.) Detroit (A. L.) Detroit (A. L.) Detroit (A. L.) Chicago (N. L.) New York (N. L.) New York (N. L.) ...... New York (N. LA ..... Philadelphia (A. I*) Philadelphia Of. I*) ...

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The first game on the onart Is booked for Oct. 14 with Robinson, 111., High named to oppose. The "Suckers" are sure to be strong as Ooaoh Denman Is held to be a smart leader, In fact, the best coach Robinson has ever had. The tussle will be staged at the Poly field and Is expected to be a dandy.

Following the Robinson mlxqp, Garfield will play two games abroad, stackinF «P against Brazil H., at Brazil, Oet°6er 2i and Linton H., at Linton, 6etoper 28. Both contests promise to be thrillers as all three teams involved are held to be real contenders for the Tribune Wabash valley championship trofchy- Sp is Robinson H., by the by, but Garfield is liked to be returned vlotorious in all of the games mentioned.

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