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H. S. FORWARD WALL NEEDS COACH NULL'S CEMENT FOR HOLES Coach Null put his grid huskies through their regular practice last evening, a great part of which consisted of scrimmage. The scrubs gave the varsity all the roughing up they wanted and time after time the forward line of the first team would let some wily scrub slip through and pick off the man carrying the ball. The line on the high school team seems to be the one thing that needs particular atentlon. The backfleld r.tacks up as a good combination and show good football sense. The line shows lack of attention and as a result do not get Into the game in the right manner. This will be worked out In practice scrimmages before the first game, It Is expected. Plenty of Enthusiasm. Plenty of enthusiasm Is shown by the 'high school pigskin chasers and barring no accidents they should give the Shortrldge team from Indianapolis a good battle. The capital city eleven will be no mean opponent, however, as they have one of the best high school coaches in the state rounding them Into shape. Julius, former Indiana University star, has them In charge. Captain Zuttermeister had the team In charge from the quarterback job las', night and looks like a fixture there. Brown, who has been out of practice for the past few days, has showed up again and has his old place at naif back, teaming with Shumaker. Loehr is holding down the full back position. This outfit makes a formidable showing and the need now lies with the development of a strong forward wall. Yesterday's Games v , NATIONAL LEAGUE. At. Pittsburg R.H. E. St. Louis 010 110 301 7 14 5 Pittsburg 180 000 30x 12 15 0 Shultz, Lyons, Schupp. Goodwin and Dilhoefer, Gilham; Hamilton and Schmidt. At Philadelphia R. H.E. Boston 0O0 000 110 2 6 0 Philadelphia 100 304 OOx 8 10 0 Oeschager, Townsend and O'Nel'; Enzman and Withrow. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Cleveland R. H. V.. Chicago 000 000 000 0 3 1 Cleveland 110 000 OOx 2 9 0 Faber and Schalk ; Mails and O'Ne'i. At Detroit R. H. E. St. Louis 030 010 103 8 13 4 Detroit 020 155 41x 16 18 2 Boehler, Scheneberg, Leifield and Severeid; Crumpler and Manien. At Boston R. H. E. Philadelphia 010 107 00110 14 1 Boston 002 100 240 9 14 1 Naylor, Rommel pnd J. Walter, Per kins; Pennock, Garr and Chaplin. At New York (2 games) R. H. E. Washington 200 001 0003 8 0 New York 100 060 0001 4 i Acosta and Picinich; Mays and Ilanah. Second game R. II. E. Washington ....000 001 0001 7 1 New York 100 000 0012 7 1 Shaw and Gharrity; Collins, Thormahlen and Hannah. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At Indianapolis R. H. K Minneapolis 000 001 000 1 5 1 Indianapolis 200 020 20x 6 12 1 George, Lowdermillt and Mayer, Henry; Jones and Henline. At Toledo R. II. E. St. Paul 000 003 1004 7 0 Toledo 100 000 000 1 2 3 Hall and McMcnemy; Okrie and McNeill. At Louisville R.H. B Kansas City 200 020 0004 12 0 Louisville 010 000 0001 8 2 Weaver and Lamb; Graham, Eotell and Kbcher. fciriii i rnirm onnn

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SHOOT HOPES HIGH The American Legion foot ball team will practice at the play grounds to morrow morning. Practice will start promptly at 9 a. m. Coach Logan has instructed the men to dress in fu'l regalia, as a light scrimmage may be had. Several new men of known ability have joined the Legion colors and hopes for a winning combination have risen to the sky. The first game hos not been finally arranged, but with tho !r.::ent options some very heavy teams will be on the schedule before Ions. DUT THREE EVENTS TODAY ON Git AND CIRCUIT CARD COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 25. 4.ut three events are on today's grand circuit card the 2:11 pace, 2:20 trot and 2:09 trot. Most interest is promised in the latter, with Bovola, Comet, Viney Bingen, Red Russell, Lady Wilgo, Belgic, Herbelwyn, Red Ben, Uhlan Brooke and Betty Thornton in the field. Yesterday's shower put the track in excellent condition. WOMEN GOLFERS MATCHED FOR CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP (By Associated Press) HAMILTON, Ont., Sept. 25. Miss Alexa Stirling, of Atlanta, Ga., woman golf champion of the United States, today was matched against Miss Kate Robertson, of Montreal, to decide the annual ladies' Canadian golf championfhip in the final round of the 1920 tournament here.

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UNEASY LIES 1 ISISLER SEEMS SURE OF BAT CHAMPIONSHIP OF AMERICAN LEAGUE (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Sept. 23. As the major league clubs swing into the final two weeks of the pennant race, George Sisler, star first baseman with St. Louis, seems certain of carrying off the 1920 batting championship of the American league. Sisler, according to figures compiled today, is showing the way with an average of .405, with Tris Speaker, of Cleveland six points behind him. Joe Jackson, of Chicago, is in third place with .381 and Eddie Collins, captain of the Chicago club, fourth with .371. The averages include games of Wednesday. Gathered in His 50th and 51st. "Babe" Ruth, the home-run monarch, who gathered his 50th and 51st home runs Friday, clings to fifth place in the list of leaders with an average of .367. Rice, of Washington is in no danger of being deposed as the leading base stealer. He has fifty-five thefts to his credit, while Sisler is next in line with thirty-seven. Other leading batters: Jacobson, St. Louis, .346; Rice, Washington, .341; Judge, Washington, .340; Tobin, St. Louis, .33S; Weaver, Chicago, .337; Felseh, Chicago, .334; Meusel, New York, .33$; Cobb. Detroit, .327. The scramble for the batting championship of the National League has developed into a tight race between Roger Hornsby, of St. Louis, and Nicholson, of Pittsburgh, with Hornsby topping the league with .365. Nicholson, who led the race a week ago, is a point behind the St. Louis slugger. Young of New York, is third with .352 snd Roush, of Cincinnati, ourth with .340. Cy Williams, of Philadelphia, the leading home run hitter of the league, connected with another four base drive bringing his total up to fifteen. In base stealing Max Carey, of Pittsburgh continues to show the way with a total of forty-eight. Other leading batters: J. Smith, St. Louis, .329: Wheat, Brooklyn, .325; Williams. Philadelphia, .319: Scott, St. Louis, .31S; Hollocher. Chicago. .318; Konetchy, Brooklyn, .313: Foumier, St. Louis, .309; Meusel, Philadelphia, .30S. Wilbur Good, of Kansas City, batted his way to second place in the race for the American Association championship, as a remit ot crashing out fourteen hits in his last seven games. He has an average of .333, while Hartley of Columbus, continues to top the league with .331. The averages include games of Wednesday. Bunny Brief, of Kansas City, and Hargrave, of the championship St. Paul club are again tied for honors in home run hitting, each having twentytwo. In base stealing, Rapp of St. Paul went into a tie with Dressen, his teammate, each having 46 thefts to his credit. Other leading batters: Rondeau, Minneapolis, .333: Hargrave, St. Paul, .331; Tincup, Louisville, .331; Rapp. St. Paul, .327: Wickland, Toledo, .327; Kirke, Louisville, .326; Miller, St. Paul, .322; Brief, Kansas City, .316. Final averages of . the Western League show Carl East, of the Wichita club as the 1920 batting champion. In 93 games East polled 12a hits for an average of .377. Yaryan, a teammate, finished In second place with .3r,7. Yaryan also vas the leading

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THE HEAD THAT WEARS home-run hitter, having bagged fortyone. Lee, of Omaha, outdistanced the league in base stealing, finishing the season with thirty-nine. Other leading batters: Tierney, Tulsa, .335; Bogart, Joplin, .332; Beck. Wichita, .332; Walker, St. Joseph, .331; Lindimore, Oklahoma City, .330; Pitt, Oklahoma City, .326; Piatte, Omaha, .314; Moeller, DesMoines, .311. Harper, of Little Rock, won the 1920 hatting championship of the Southern Association with an average of .316, according to final averages released today. Carroll, of Memphis, who lead the league in base stealing with 56, was runner-up in hitting with an average of .336. Miller, of Little Rock, was the leading home-run hitter with nineteen. Other leading batters: Mc Larry, Memphis, .325; Miller, Little Rock, .322; Burnhart, Birmingham, .322; Bernsen, Birmingham, .320; EIHp, Birmingham, .316; Burke, Nashville, .315; Griffith, Birmingham, .304; Gilbert, Ne,v Orleans, .301. SUPERDAS IN FINAL DASH FOR PENNANT NEW YORK, Sept. 25 The Brooklyn and New York baseball teams, after a two days' rest, meet at Ebbets field today in the first of their five game series which will definitely decide the winner of the national league pennant. Brooklyn enters the series with a lead of five games over the Giants and in order for Manager Robinson's team to win the flag it will be necessary for them to take two games from McGraw's club. If the Superbas win i only one game from the Giants theyi would still have a chance of winning the pennant -by defeating Boston in the final game of the season on Oct. 5. The Superbas and Giants will play their second ganie tomorrow and the remaining three games at the Polo grounds Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week. Meanwhile the Giants will play two games with Bos-i ton at the Polo grounds and will wind ; up the season there with Philadelphia October 3. FRANKLIN GRAPPLES I. U. PLAYERS TODAY CHICAGO, Sept. 25. Mid-eastern football players Inaugurated the 1920 season today in four games, the most important of which, as regards the Big Ten conference race, will be the contest between Indiana, the only western conference team to get Into action, and Franklin college at Bloomington. The "Big Ten" Beason will open a week later. Other games in the mid-west follow: Michigan Aggies and Kalamazoo college at East Lansing, Mich.; Case and Hiram at Cleveland; and Drake and Penn college at Des Moines. With the Indiana-Iowa game only a week away, the contest at Bloomington is being watched with interest! throughout the western conference. The Indiana eleven is made up of veteran players, most of whom par ticipated in the defeat of Syracuse! last season In one of the season's startling upsets. Coach Stlehm announced that he did not expect an easy victory, despite two weeks' preparation, adding that he would take no chance of injury to star players withthe team;? first conference contest a week distant.

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" . I its THE CROWN MOWE OUTLINES NEW SYSTEM TO HIS MEN IN SECRET PRACTICE Secret practice was started by Coach Mowe at the Quaker camp Friday night, when he outlined a new system of play to his teams during the first part of the afternoon and then put them to working against each other for a half hour's windup. Pennington Injured. Leslie Pennington, who had been .showing promise as an end on the scrubs, received a dislocated shoulder in scrimmage, which will probably keep him out of the lineup for the first part of the season. The Earlham team has a little more weight than last season but it is not known yet whether this will slow up their attack, their great asset last year. The line has not taken on as much beef as the back field but with Beasley at center and Chambers at guard it has taken on some. Hinshaw Is Pivot. Hinshaw is handling the team from the quarterback position aud gives promise of being a good hand. His inexperience and unfamiliarity with the pivot job shows up at the present, however. Coach Mowe expects him to have the team well in hand by the first game next Saturday afternoon. The fact that the Quakers are facing the hardest schedule that has ever been arranged for them will make it necessary for them to have a better team than ever took the gridiron in past seasons. EAGLE-GIANT CLASH GETS FANS' ATTENTION Considerable interest is being manifested by baseball fans of Richmond over the game between the Giants and the Eagles at Exhibition park Sunday afternoon. From all the dope available on past performances the Eagles have a little the edge but with the lineup that the Giants .are expecting to take the field a little surprise party may be waiting the white representatives of the city. The Eagles have made no great changes in their lineup for the contest and will take the field in about the usual order. Hawekotte should be able to handle his curves in such manner as to "assure him a victory to make up for last Sunday. It is thought that the two teams will play a three game series for the championship of the city. The Eagles' tentative lineup is: Fitzgibbons, cf; Schepman, If; Logan, 2b; Reddinghaus, 3b; Justice, rf; Byrkett, lb; Haas, c; Eubank, ss; Hawekotte, p; Minner, p. WANT DOZEN BALLOONS FOR ALABAMA RACE (By Associated Press) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 25 Efforts were being made here today to get a dozen balloons in readiness for the start late this afternoon of the race that will determine the three entries of the United States in the International Gordon-Bennett trophy race which will start from here also on October 23. Gas was turned into the bags at eight o'clock this morning and it was planned to have the first balloon hop off at 5 p. m., the eleven others to follow at 5-minute intervals. Eight of the twelve balloons will be manned by civilians, three by army pilots and one by a crew from the

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TVt TOWN I..'-r--"T t ...4 J I ' MAILS, CLEVELAND'S SOUTHPAW, UPSETS WHITE SOX FRIDAY CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 25. Walter Malls, southpaw raw recruit of Cleveland, was too much for the White Sox Friday afternoon and the Chicago team lost their chance of taking the American League lead in this series, 2 to 0. Mails is a recruit from the Pacific Coast League. His victory Friday was hl3 sixth consecutive win since joining the club. He allowed only three hits and struck out six men. In Hot Water Once. Mails was in hot water only once during the game, in the fifth inning. By phenomenal pitching he extricated himself. After striking out Risberg, Mails lost control and passed the next three men filling the bases. He then steadied himself and fanned Weaver and Eddie Collins in succession. With this exception only two men reached second, E. Collins in the second and fifth innings. The Indians bunched their hits in the first and second Innings netting two scores. The score: CHICAGO AB. H. PO. A. Struck, rf 3 0 1 1 W'eaver, 3b 4 0 2 4 E. Collins, 2b 3 1 1 1 Jackson, If 4 1 3 C Felsch, cf 3 1 1 0 J. Collins, lb 4 0 10 3 Risberg, ss 4 0 2 2 Schalk, c 2 0 2 0 Faber, p 2 0 2 3 Totals 29 3 24 15 CLEVELAND AB. H. PO. A. Jamieson, If 4 2 1 0 Wambsganss, 2b 3 0 1 2 Speaker, cf 4 0 2 0 Smith, rf 4 2 3 0 Gardner, 3b 4 2 1 2 Johnston, lb 4 0 8 1 Sewell. ss 3 2 3 4 O'Neill, c 3 1 7 1 Mails, p 2 0 1 1 Totals 31 9 27 11 Chicago 000 000 000 0 Cleveland 110 000 OOx 2 Error Weaver. Stolen base Sew ell Sacrifices Wambsganss, Mails Double play Sewell and Wambsganss. Left on bases Chicago, 7; Cleveland, 7. Bases on balls Mails, 5. Struck out By Faber. 1; by Mails 6. Umpires Owens and Chili. Time 1:48. NO LET-UP IN PROBE OF 'FIXING' CHARGE CHICAGO, Sept. 25. The Cook county grand jury, investigating alleged "fixing" of games in last year'3 world series and charges of gambling i by major league players, has found i such convincing evidence of crooked j work that it will not disband when Its term expires, Sept. 30, but will conA, I., t . ...1 1 1 nnns,tn1 r.sis unue ils luvesLigniiuu in a njicviai bcdsion, it was announced after the jury had adjourned until next Tuesday. The ramifications of the alleged gambling were 60 widespread that it would be Impossible to complete a thorough Investigation during the regular session, Henry H. Brigham, foreman, said. "The jury has received evidence which Indicated an attempt by nationwide ring of gamblers to pollute baseball and ruin the great national game the same way boxing was killed and horse racing crucified," Mr. Brigham said in a statement summarizing the work of the jury thus far. Comparatively few players are implicated, however, said Mr. Brigham. only a "few weak moraled and weak charactered men being preyed upon by the professional gamblers." Simultaneously with Mr. Brigham's statement came one from President Charles A. Comiskey, of the Chicago American League Club, saying he had not had the full support of President B. B. Johnson, of the American League in his attempts to run down charges of crooked work by some players on his team. After seeing this statement, President August Herrman, of the Cincinnati Club, Chicago's opponents in the world's series, said " he knew positively President Johnson made an eager investigation." Indictments based on charges of conspiracy to defraud may be the result of the Cook county grand jury's investigation of alleged crookedness by the players in last fall's world's serieB, it was indicated today by Henry H. Brigham, foreman of the Jury. "There seems to be more than sufficient evidence to support such

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fMf Tra. -YOO BTTER CO TOO raao r nm. runm ccwncs. HELP EARLHAM Chairman Mills, of the Earlham college endowment fund drive, asks for the fullest co-operation of persons asked to solicit in the campaign next week. Help the work. Be a booster by joining a team. charges, Mr. Brigham declared. In connection with Brigham's announcement that Arnold Rothstein, New York turfman and chief owner of the Havre De Grace race track, has been subpoenaed. It was learned today that President B. B. Johnson of the American league has been in New York for two days investigating reports involving New York men in the alleged plan to "fix" the 1919 world's series so Cincinnati would win and enable the gamblers on the "Inside" to win large sums of money. Besides Rothstein subpoenas also will be issued, Brigham announced for William Burns, former pitcher of the Chicago American and Cincinnati National League teams; Abe Attell, former feather weight champion and several well known sportsmen. Pass Up Players. Eight members of the White Sox team whose shares in the world's series money were held up by President Charles A. Comiskey for several months, probably will not be summoned, Brigham said, adding that the grand jury "was getting plenty of evidence elsewhere." Among the leading witnesses expected to appear when the jury resumes its investigation next Tuesday are Presidents Johnson and Heydler. League Standing V i NATIONAL LEAGUE. Clubs. Won. Lost. Pet Brooklyn 89 59 .601 New York 83 63 .568 Cincinnati 77 67 .535 Pittsburg 76 69 .524 Chicago 72 75 .490 St. Louis 70 77 .476 Boston 59 84 .413 Philadelphia 57 89 .390 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Clubs. Won. Lost. Pet Cleveland 92 53 " .634 Chicago 92 56 .622 New York 91 58 .611 St. Louis 73 72 .503 Boston 68 80 .459 Washington 63 79 .444 Detroit 59 88 .401 Philadelphia 47 99 .322 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Clubs. Won. Lost. Pet. .St. Paul...f 109 46 .703 Minneapolis 81 73 .52 Toledo 81 75 .519 Louisville 81 77 .513 Indianapolis 79 78 .503 Milwaukee 76 81 .484 Columbus 61 94 .394 Kansas City 56 100 .359 GAMES TODAY. National League. Chicago at Cincinnati (2 games). New York at Brooklyn. Boston at Philadelphia (2 games). St. Louis at Pittsburg (2 games). American League. Chicago at Cleveland. Detroit at St. Louis. Washington at New York. Philadelphia at Boston. American Association. Milwaukee at Columbus. Kansas City at Louisville. St. Paul at Toledo. Minneapolis at Indianapolis (two games). MEN'S SUITS Made to measure, of all wool materials Two-piece Suits S3G.OO Three-piece Suits S40.00 Agents for Scotch Woolen Mills FRAN K EL & HARDING 820 Main St. ase ia LYNN vs. CENTERVILLE SUNDAY, SEPT. 26TH At Centerville

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