Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 64, Hammond, Lake County, 1 September 1908 — Page 3
THE TIMES.
Tuesday, September 1, 1908.
EftSr CHICAGO ID HDlftl HARBOR
EAST CHICAGO. Max Plays Tag and Hurts Himself. Max Friedman, of the Friedman Liquor Company, was the victim of an unusual accident while attending a lawn party in Chicago Sunday evening. While engaging In an old-fashioned game of "tag" Max slipped on the grass and was thrown on his back. When he arose he complained of a severe pain In his shoulder. Dr. Carter, a Chicago physician, who rendered the necessary assistance, declares that while the injury Is not serious, it will likely be painful and conflne Max to the house for several days.
The Ladd agency today rented a house at One Hundred and Fiftieth street and Olcott avenues, to A. H. Whitesltt. Mr. Whitesltt will have charge of the manual training department of East Chicago schools during the coming year. ,
John Stirling, of Magoun avenue, visited friends in Valparaiso over Sunday, returning to East Chicago yesterday. Miss Hariet Philips, of Beason street left last night for Fort Wayne, where
ehe will spend a few days at the home of her brother. Mrs. R. Barker, of Chicago, transacted business In East Chicago last evening. Harry Caplin, the Indiana Harbor Clothier, visited friends here yesterday. James Ines and Miss Nellie Cannon of Gary, visited friends In East Chicago last evening. Miss Zachrlst, postal clerk of the East Chicago money order department. Is on the eick list. Frank Crossen has returned from a several month's visit in New York state and will resume his labors In the Republic mills. Mrs. W. C. Hutton and daughter, Helen, left yesterday for a week's visit in Monticello, Ind. Rev. and Mrs. Frank Biglow, who have been renewing acquaintances in East Chicago during the past three or four days, left yesterday for their home In Newport, K. Y. While in East Chi
cago they were guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Diamond. Mr. and Mrs William Urie, of Whit
ing, spent Sunday at the homo of their
niece, Mrs. Sidney Veaco. Sidney was alos there.
Mayor John Patton of Hegewisch was
a visitor Sunday morning and attended the Hegewisch-White Sox game on the former day. Mayor Patton declares that he will offer $50 basking to the Hegewisch team providing the East Chicago team will play a third game on neutral grounds. In view of the fact that Hegewisch was defeated by a score of 20 to 1 on Sunday, It Is likely that Captain McShane will accept the offer. Mrs. L. Durbin spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in Chicago. Attorney Abe Ottenheimer is troubled. His stenographer. Miss Nellie Scott, who handles the keys with rare ability, Is 111 and unable to work. Consequent
ly Abe has been hammering away at complaints and warrants for the past twenty-four hours. He 13 informed tonight that Miss Scott is somewhat better, and will soon return to work. Joseph Reed, Frank Price, Carl Thomas and Frank Keep, visited White City last evening. Mabel and Etta Silberman are visiting their grandparents on St. Lawrence avenue for a few days. . Burton Clapper is contemplating the purchase of a chicken farm near Crown point the coming month. ,,' Ex-Mayor Hale visited his family over Sunday. Mr. Hale is now superintending a couple of road contracts in the vicinity of Griffith and is able to get home but once a week. He declares that the work will soon be finished and that he will then feel able to assist In swaying the lines of party power at the coming elections. Herman Fleaher, of Bachelors' Rest, Trent to Chicago this morning, accompanying Charles Pettlt as far as the train on his western trip to Montrose, Colo. Frank Wall, of Todd avenue, Is the latest vlstim of the hay fever. Mrs. H. Miller, of Baring avenue, is guttering from a recent attack of rheumatism. A. C. Klucker, of Hegewisch, visited friends In East Chicago last evening. During his stay in this city, someone entered his automobile, which had been in front of the Reiland hotel, and stole a revolver from under the seat. The automobile suffered a breakdown and was left In front of the hotel nearly Ell night, the necessary repairs in the sparker being made Just as dawn tinted the eastern sky. John Gully and David Terrill visited the Hub yesterday. Chemist Ness of the German-Ameri-
fcan Tank Line Company Is spending a !
lew days In Chicago before resuming Jils experiments at the local car line plant. He will return tomorrow. TVfra W TV Jnnpfi x-1 f r n f Qnnarii
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Forty-fourth street, transacted business In Chicago yesterday. East Chicago is soon to have another physician. Dr. Bicknell, a practician of LaPorte, has decided to enter upon a practice here and has moved his family to the house at 4414 Magoun avenue. Dr. Bicknell will occupy offices In the Ladd building at the corner of Forsyth and Chicago avenues. Charles Pitzele transacted business In Chicago this morning. Rev. Everett of the M. E. church left this morning for Attica, Ind., where he will attend the sessions of the M. E.
I conference.
The Psi Mu football team Is rapidly organizing and will commence practice about Sept. 10. Two games are already scheduled with the Crown Point high school, although the dates have not been determined. The White Stars have arranged a game with the C, I. & S. boilermakers for next Sunday afternoon, the game to be played on the local diamond. The boys say they out for re
venge, as the boilermakers defeated them in a previous game by a score
of 7 to 4.
Mr. and Mrs. John Morrison and
daughter. Miry, of Whiting, visited
friends In East Chicago last evening
"FIGHT OH" IS EAST CHICAGO SLOGAN Nonplussed by $4 Contribution Graft Investigation
Will Continue.
WESTROHITE PAVES THE TO
Mr. Pitzele Resents Short and Ugly Words Used By Aid. Lewis With Reference to Him.
INDIANA HARBOR.
Receiver Is Appointed. Judge Virgil S. Reiter of Hammond yesterday appointed Attorney P. A. Parks of this city receiver of the goods in the store of Ernest Faurier. The receiver was appointed at the request of William P. Patterson, a former partner of the defendant, who alleges a claim of $900. Attorney Willis E. Roe of East Chicago, when seen by a Times correspondent, declared that it was possible that Faurier would be able to pay the full amount of his Indebtedness. The receivership was announced to prevent the further disposal of the property. Faurier was represented in the action by Attorney John A. Patterson of Indiana Harbor, while Willis E. Roc was the counsel for plaintiff, Patterson.
Attorney P. A. Parks, visited friends in Valparaiso and Wanatah over Sunday. Mrs. J. L. Walker, of this city, was
nirarilAfl spvpra! first and spoorirl nrir.PK t
specimens of hand painted china. While there were several hundred to select from, the judges' were practicaMy unanimous in their commendation of Mrs. Walker's work. , Miss Helen Galvin today commenced a fifteen day vacation, which will be spent among local .summer resorts. B. H. Wigginton, of the C. I. & S. engineering department today moved his family, from Indiana Harbor to Hessville." A party of four couples made the trip to Lake Michigan from Indiana Harbor to Calumet Park on Sunday evening in Louis Sternberg's new launch.
They report it is fine and dandy and and are waiting for another trial with unusal longing. Count von Westrum is entertaining a party of Canadian municipal representatives in this city today. An auto trip over all Westrumite streets In the Harbor and East Chicago will be a feature of the day, followed by a dinner at the South Bay hotel. Manager Lansfield of the Coliseum skating rink went to Chicago yesterday and purchased an electric organ for its opening tonight. The instrument cost $1,350 and is one of the finest manufactured. Mrs. Stephen's class of the M. E. Sunday school had their class picnic at Jackson park and White City yesterday afternoon and evening. A warrant on paternity charges was issued In Judge G. E. Reiland's court this morning against James Johnstone, a millman working for the Inland Steel company. The prospective mother is Miss Anna Papovich, aged 17 years, and works in an Oklahoma saloon. Johnstone is 21 years of age, and according to the girl's allegations, their relations have been friendly for several months.
NEW MARRIAGE . LICENSES GRUNTED
Arthur Bloomfield, Chicago; Nellie Leitelz, Chicago. John Milne, Chicago; Elizabeth Heinlein, Chicago. Wm. N. Helc, Chicago; Myrtle A. Radcliffe, Chicago. John S. Dillon, Chicago; Grace P. Duncan, Chicago. Clifton W. Pratt, Chicago; Cora B. Chandler, Chicago. John Kovczun, Donova; Mary Horkavol, Gary. Edward Halstein, Chicago; Grace Graf, Chicago. Edward J. Bluhm, Chicago; Ida Waase, Chicago. Chas. D. Tronksley, Chicago; Adelaide Gash, Chicago. Nicholas Lauer, Hammond; Mary C. A. RIbicki, Hammond.
tendent Jones of the German-American Stanyslaw Zela, Chicago; Victoria BudTank Line, was an East Chicago vis-'zinska. Gary. Walter J. Hayden, Low-
ltor Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Jones ;eii; Marguerite Will, Lowell.
Is visibly Impressed by the advantages offered by the city and declared that She would Induce her husband to move Ihelr home within the near future. Arthur Nelson of Hegewisch, has accepted a position In the office of the Inter-State Iron and Steel Company. Kelson is a brother of the famous Batling, and is almost a duplicate of his fcrother in strength. Julius Friedman made his weekly trip to Gary yesterday. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Fxinkhauser, of Olcott avenue ana-
pa Friday morning. Mother and son :name is unknown
Special to The Times East Chicago, Ind., Aug. 31. The Ci tizen's Improvement association, un
daunted and full of vigor, caring not for the evidenced disapproval of their methods by the collection of $4 at the massmeeting of Friday night, will continue its fight against the graft whic Its memhers allege exists in the East Chicago council. Their fight, however, not be directed with the usual strength against Alderman Lewis. They now
contemplate fighting the Westrumite company, and thus striking at the fountain head of the entire litigation.
May Bring Suit.
Member Charles Pitzele Is the man
who authenticated the above statement,
"We will bring suit against the Chi
cago Westrumite company," he declared. "We will sue them for the re
turn of the entire $4,320 spent in their
fake fluid by the city of East Chicago
The entire transaction has been prac
tically nothing but graft, and we believe in attempting to secure the entire
amount." Attorney D. J. Moran of Hammond, who has handled the legal
affairs of the association heretofore
will be engaged as counsel in the fight
against the Westrumite officials. Details Hot Yet Public.
"I do not care to discuss the de
tails of our plan of action," said Mr.
Pitzele, "but we have evidence enough
and assurance enough to warrant our filing the action. Our attorney believes that we are in the right and will make
every effort to secure justice for us."
Onlookers Decide Movement.
Citizens of East Chicago, not mem
bers of the association, have laughed heartily over the failure of Friday night's meeting. Officers of the asso-
I ciation have attempted to say noth
whatever about the non-support
given them, but have heen queried
many times concerning the funds nec essary to controll a movement agains
graft. Alderman Lewis Is Graft Proof.
Alderman Lewis merely smiles and
says nothing. Confidentially, he as
serts, it was just what he expected, and
that he was positive that no friends of
his, or friends of the city, would at
tempt to injure its name by the impli
cation of graft and robbery of the city funds. Resents Short and TJugly Word.
Pitzele openly resents the alderman';
application of the word "liar" in con
nection with his name. "I am no liar,'
said Mr. Pitzele, "and believe Mr. Lewis
shou'd retract his statement. I can
secure six affidavits of responsible prop erty holders, setting forth that Alder
man Lewis .actually made the declara
tion that he would pay $100 to anyon
who could secure Westrumite any
cheaper than 28 cents per gallon.
will a1so make an affidavit to that
effect and will not believe that M
Lewis can countentance any such action
as that." When asked whether th
improvement association would ask M
Lewis to pay to them the $100, Mr.
Pitzele declared that the money might
be used nicely in the prosecution
the graft charges. Wants To Keep Taxes Down. For the benefit of the public, Mr. Pitzele declared that his personal antagonism towards graft of any nature was caused by a wish to keep his taxes as low as possible. "I do not want to have to pay double the taxes other cities of our size pay," he told the correspondent, "and believe that by paving the taxes of others, I will also reduce the amount of my own taxes in East Chicago." Jokers Are Busy. The Westrumite discussion has opened a new field for the practical joker. Someone, reading an artic'e In Tub Times in which the discovery of a preparation with which soiled tank cars could be cleaned, telephoned Chemist Ness of the German-American Tank line and asked whether he would undertake the cleaning of the city's wagons, the insides of which are coated with the sticky Westrumite. The In
quiry purported to come irom Mayor DeBraie, yet the mayor disclaimed all knowledge of the call when seen by The Times reporter. "There Is little doubt that the people of East Chicago would like to get rid of some of the Westrumite, but no arrangement have
been made for its removal from the sprinkling wagons," he said.
CALEXDAB OP SPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
TTESDAV. Opening of Great Western circuit race meeting at Hamline, Minn. Opening of Grand Circuit trotting meeting at Providence, H. I. Opening of Ohio state fair races at Columbus. WEDNESDAY. Opening of tenth annual horse show at Warrenton, Va. Motor boat races of the Atlantic Yacht club, continue four days. Opening of annual horse show at Seattle, Wash, FRIDAY. Opening of 18th annual shooting tournament at Sea Girt, ". J. Matty Baldwin vs. Bert Keyes 10 rounds at Xew York. SATURDAY. Start of the San FranciscoLos Angeles reliability automobile run. Motor boat races of the larchmont Yacht club. Rhoile Island state tennis championship tournament at Providence. Annual Marathon race of the Illinois Athletic club of Chicago. Annual convention of the ntional association of Motor Cyclists opens in Boston. Junior polo championships, at Van Cortland Park, New York.
STANDING OF THE GLUES.
XATIOXAL lEAGCE. W. L. New York 69 45 Chicago ..71 47 Pittsburg 70 47 Philadelphia 60 62 Cincinnati 5S 60 Boston ...50 67 Brooklyn 43 71 St. Louis 42 74
AMERICAN' LEAGUE.
Pet. .605 .602 .698 .538 .492 .427 .377 .362
Detroit 68
t. Louis -SS Chicago ( Cleveland 66 Philadelphia 58 Boston 55 Washington 48 New York 37
48
49 52 53 57 62 66 SO
11 0IEJ.05E ORE La Vendors of Whiting Divide a Double Header Sunday.
tune of "A Hot Time In the Old Town tonight"
FIRES FIRST GUNS.
Whiting, Ind., Sept. 1. (Special) The La Vendors played a doubleheader at the Forsythe ball park Sunday, winning the first game but losing
.586 jin the second at 1:30 the first game 5! jDetween tIle Vendors and the Malt "555 jCreams of Hammond was pulled off. .504 This resulted in a score of 15 to 4,
CUBS SHUT OUT CARDINALS.
From head to foot of the National
League ladder was quite a come-down, but the cubs went on winning yesterday just as if they were playing the
giants. They shut out the St. Louis
cardinals, 2 to 0, and are within three
points of first place.
Overall, who wasn't used in the series
AMERICAN" ASSOCIATION". Louisville 82 57 Indianapolis 80 57 Toledo 76 60 Columbus 78 61 Minneapolis 69 67 Kansas City 63 74 Milwaukee 60 78 St. Paul 41 95 CENTRAL LEAGUE. Evansville 78 52 Dayton 74 57 South Bend 72 59 Fort Wayne 68 62 Grand Rapids 65 64 Zanesville 65 65 Terre Haute 61 67 Wheeling 37 92 RESULTS YESTERDAY. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Chicago, 2; St. Louis, 0. Cincinnati, 0; Pittsburg, 5. AMERICAN LEAGUE. St. Louis. 4; Chicago, 0. Washington, 3; Boston, 7. Detroit, 3; Cleveland. 7. New York, 01; Philadelphia.
CUBS TO COME TO HUB.
. 4 I o .421 .316
.530 .584 .562 .561 .507 .460 .435 .301
.600 .565 .550 .523 .504 .500 .477 .2S7
12.
Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 1. (Special) The Cubs are to come Crown Point when the season is over. Will J. Davis and his son will see to that. Will Jr. says : "I'm a regular manager now," he said, "but I have time to coach the
Cubs between rehearsals. Win or lose the Cubs are going to be guest3 of Davis senior and Davis junior on that
the victory going to the locals.
The second game, which immediately
followed the first was with the Stony Island A. C.
It was here the team who is hard to
defeat met their Waterloo, for the
honors went to the Stony Islands to
the tune of 11 to 6.
The strenuous efforts put forth in the
first game told on all the players in the second, and it is to this they owe their defeat. "
Coach A. A. Stagg fired the first guns of the 190S maroon football season yesterday. The University of Chicago director held a council of war with the Midway players and mapped out some of the plans for the early season. He put the finishing touch on the noiseless opening by scribbling off the diagrams of new plays he thought out during his summer vacation across the Atlantic. The maroon powwow was something in the nature of a surprise party, for all the maroons, in town, including a half-dozen of the ex-Midway stars, swooped down on the coach to welcome him back. Coach Stagg repeated his
lugubrious expectations for a dull season for the benefit of any confident
player and sent out the word for
every candidate to report at Marshall
field Sept. 21 for the first official practice of the season.
SLUGGERS ARE SLUGGED.
The Whiting Colts fairly walloped
the Hammond Sluggers in a fast game
of baseball Sunday, by a score of 9 to 0. C. Parker starred for the Colts, knocking two home runs and a threebagger. The co'ts will play the Roby Athletics at Calumet park next Sunday, but would like to arranged games with
any 16- to 17-year-old played at any time or this vicinity. The Whiting lineup: C. Parker, r. f. G. Parker, c. f. S. Hanson, 1. f. J. Carrette, 3d b. W. Weigand, s. s. M. Schaefer, 2d b.
B. Cunningham, 1st b. R. Carrette, p. D. Krieger, c.
team to be any place in
HEW CASES FILED
1.1
CIRCUIT COURT
8069. Jacob Kohanovsky vs. Calumet Land company. Quiet title. Bowers, Grassburg, Barr and Wheeler plaintiff's attorneys.
8070. Julius Arkin vs. Kalven Stern
Frohmann, whose Christian
Slander. Bruce &
the reported to be doing nicely and Bruce plaintiff's attorney.
inanie wears me ever lamous smile g071. Simon S. Sachs
mai woai come oil. -et al Slander, Mrs. C. Weidert, of One Hundred and lff's attorney.
vs. Kalven
Bruce & Bruce plaint-
ATTENDANCE IS VERY GOOD AT INSTISUTE.
Crown Point Has Its Annual SchoolMa'am Fest This Week. Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 1. (Special) County Superintendent Heighway reports a good attendance at the first day of the Lake County Teachers' institute, now in session at Central Music hall, and that every section of the county Is well represented. All Instructors and speakers have arrived and the actual work of the Institute will commence tomorrow. It is cutsomary on the first night of institute to hold a reception to the visiting teachers, but this year the custom was dispensed with, and no public reception was given. An additional 2 per cent is added on the examination
grading for an attendance of the four days' meeting, and the enrollment this year is much larger than formerly on
this account.
PROMINENT PLAYERS IN THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT FINALS AT NEWPORT, R. I.
"SniLOB"jsra m
Carl Anderson Promised
Good Go If He Beats Young Mahoney.
Since C. E. Baker has become a pugilistic promoter he has been receiving many offers for a match with Carl Anderson, his protege. One of the best offers which he received was one from the manager of Sailor Burke. Sailor Burke is a good man and had made quite a reputation for himself. He offers to fight Carl Anderson before any club In the country, providing he is able to defeat Young Mahoney in his fight Labor Day. Burke offers to fight at' 158 pounds and agrees to the usual division of the gate receipts. The success of the contest on Labor Day will have a great deal to do with the continuing of the fighting game in this vicinity. The tickets for the fight on Labor Day may be had at Con's saloon at 140 South Ilohman street where they are now on sale.
JIGGERS.
1 USifiZKVOOB'MSi'.
Either Beals C. Wright, Clothier, Alexander or Emerson w;ll meet Champion Larned at the close of the international tennis tournament at Newport. At the start 145 players were entered, the process of elimination reducing the num
ber on Tuesday, Aug. 25, to Wright, Clothier, Alexander and Emerson.
with the New Yorks, showed what he
might have done to McGraw's people had he been called on. The big fellow
struck out eleven of McCloskey's laborers and allowed only one to reach second base. Orvie was too good to let any Interest sneak into the game.
"Bugs" Raymond perhaps deserves as
much credit as the cub flinger as far as his individual performance is concerned.
It wasn't his fault that the . champs
crossed the plate. The "bunch sup-
Indiana farm this fall. Believe me, there is nothing too good for Chance and his bunch."
CARD NOW ARRANGED.
West Hammond Is to get Into the boxing game good and strong Labor Day, as has been told in these columns. The main event of the card Is to be a ten round bout between Carl Ander
sen, the Indiana favorite, and Young
porting him threw him down at two ; Mahoney of Racine. They have agreed
DUCK SEASON IS NOW OPEN.
AVarm Weather Preclules the Possl biiity of Sport in This State.
important moments, each throw-down
costing one run,
to make 15S pounds at 10 o'clock in the morning, the bout to take place in the afternoon. The complete card has been arranged and some great sport is promised the fisrht fans of the hereabouts. Tom
St. Louis, Aug. 31. Rube Waddell n.T-oi1 Trrmrlnle Til.. Is to meet Emil
shut out the white sox, 4 to u, nere to-jHahlwes of Hammond six rounds at
SHUTS OUT THE SOX.
day and prevented comiskeys gang
from crowding the browns out of second place in the American League pen-
158 pounds, and Kid Ryan of Chicago
will go against Kid Lavln at 118 pounds. The other bouts are between
nant race, which has become extremely Texas Brown of Dallas and "Wild Bill
close in the last week.
Langdon of South Chicago and
Manager Jones of the sox was crazy Livingston of Hammond and
Tom Kid
to land the opening game with the
browns and sent his best card, Ed Walsh, to take Rube's measure. For four innings Walsh mowed down the locals, but he became tangled up In a
mess of base hits In the fifth, which
were enough to win the game, Inasmuch as the sox couldn't score at all. But the browns came back with another cluster of swats in the sixth and Jones took Walsh out to save him for another day.
Nichols of Dayton, O., at 120 pounds.
BATTLER SAYS PACRTE MUST GET REPUTATION.
MISCELLANEOUS BALL GAMES. At Toronto Toronto of Eastern, 3; Boston Nationals, 7. At Centralia, 111. Centralia White Sox, 7; Streator Reds, 2. At Union, Ind. Union, 8; Keensburg, I1L, 3. At Hazleton, Ind. Hazleton, 4; Butler, 3. At Rockport, Ind. Rockport, 3; Newburg, 3.
San Francisco, Aug. 31. Batling Nelson made his first Definite statement about fighting McFarland today, and incidentally threw some hot shot Into his fellow Chicagoan. He declares that Packie must "get a reputation" before he will fight him, and added that he will clinch his claim to the lightweight title by beating Joe Gans again. As the day of his conflict with the colored scrapper draws near. Nelson Is gradually abandoning his boxing work. He has given up his practice with "Red" Cornet In the gymnasium and devotes most of his time to road work. He has even reduced this form of training, however, and states that he Intends to train very little from now on.
j as he is already close to the necessary
weight.
Duck shooting opens In Illinois and
a large number of other states today,
and a few local sportsmen have gone out to try their luck. Some have gone to the Hennepin marshes and others
have decided to try their fortunes along
the Illinois river. There is little ex pectation of any big bags at this sea son, however.
The weather has been so warm that the southern journeys of the birds have not been started, and all the best shooting will still have to start in the
north. The season will open in Mich
igan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, the Da
kotas, Montana and Wyoming today.
PRESIDENT MEETS ATHLETES
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 31. President Roosevelt gratified his oft-expressed
wish to "grasp the hand of every mem
ber of the winning American Olympi
team" when the athletes arrived at
Sagamore Hill today and were enter
tained by the chiftf executive. The en
tire party arrived on the steamer Sag
amore and were taken to the private
pier of W. Emlen Roosevelt, cousin o
the president, In two launches.
Arm and arm and walking two abreast, the group of the most noted
athletic performers the world has eve
known marched to the top of Saga
more Hill, where the President awaited them on the veranda of his home. The walk through the long stretch of woods
aroused enthusiasm in the party an
they were all whistling ts they ap
preached the house, keeping time to the
Tommy Murphy and Loung Loughrey have been matched to box at Rochester Sept. 23. What should prove one of the best bouts of the year is slated for Labor Day, when Abe Attell and Owen Maron are to meet at Colma. Nearly 6,000 persons attended a recent Lawrence-Worcester game at Lawrence, Mass. Both teams are fighting hard for New England league honors. Big league scouts are watching the work of Larry Pape, Milwaukee's new pitcher. Pape has done remarkable work considering the strength of the team behind him. Bert Conn, the old Providence first baseman and now with the Johnstown Trl-State league team, Is a soloist during the winter in a Philadelphia church choir. No doubt about Bill Papke being an A-l fighter, but the fast clip of Stanley Ketchell has dimmed somewhat the fistic display of the "Illinois Tunderbolt." After all, the team is the thing. Since joining Cleveland Dave Altizer, the ex-senator, has been scorching the lawn with his fast work. Seldom have two brothers been so successful as pitchers as the Silton
boys. Vedder is doing great work with
Nashville and Phil is Just a shade be
hind with Augusta.
The Philadelphia Nationals continue
to play excellent ball. It's a good bet
that the Quakers will make It inter
esting for the leaders from now on.
Both the Chicago Cubs and White
Sox are having a hard struggle to keep
within striking distance. - Neither
team is playing as strong as it was
at this time last season.
President Ban Johnson of the Ameri
can league is strong for the double
umpire system and doubtless he will use two officials in each game next season.
As a pinch hitter Criss of the St.
Louis Browns has certainly made good. Criss has been used all season as an
extra batter and leads the American league in hitting. About four times a week we read "Wagner's hit won the game," or "Wagner's error lost the game." No matter how the game goes the great' Dutchman is held responsible. Storke Is playing nice ball at first base for Pittsburg and with Leach, who is playing Storke's old position at third, the Pirates' infield Is working great. "Uncle Cy" Young of the Boston Americans received a loving cup from the American league players, a loving cup and traveling bag from New England fans and $6,551.30 on "Cy Young day." Ty Cobb of Detroit doesn't strike out very often, but when he does it grates on his nerves to such an extent that he hands the pitcher a roast of some sort. Ty yelped at Cy Morgan In Boston recently and Cy made for the great Tyrus, but was steered off by his team mates. Grantland Rice, the Nashville sporting "screebe," switches from baseball to politics long enough to ask, "On the level, how many married guys are entitled to vote the Independence league ticket?" This full-width swipe may be accounted for in two ways. Grant notices everything in the shape of a league and is married.
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