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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 10

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ISlMWil MISS DETROIT III WHERE THE CUBS WILL MEET RED PRINCIPAL RESISTANCE THE BOX SCORES WINS THE SECOND ATER BAD STAR! DETROIT MONDAY 1 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I Totals38 3 0 3 i COBB AND S1SLER 't END ST LOO YEAR I IN PITCHING DUEL A 0 If 0 0 0 0 9 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 RUTH CARL MAYS CUB SOUTHPAWS OLDIELD HOREY TAKE A WORKOUT COMBINE AGAIN OR WEDNESDAY STARS AT AIR CHICAGO GIANTS enter adjudged BEAT OUT CUBANS separate ways t1 physical fitness after the war CHICAGO BY JOE JACKSON Pirk' Dral I running well mode gretvtt of it for first place the bigger! weather and track condi on but He i fi I HIST GAMI 9 two 0 0 0 winning io CALERINl MEETS 0 and THOMAS DRAAK ON WEDNESDAY MAXWELLS WILL TACKLE ROUGE their ON LABOR DAY bunched passes and hits I 2 0 0 5 9 Be iv Standards Win heats Big League 0 0 0 Ml AMERICAN LEAGUE stwdixg 73 51 59 6: hratik has com Ninth bib Rallies tn io (i (K 2 0 5 anil 1 10 it 560 0 favof Richard whonce in a great whUol Nw York st Boston Totals IT nhle substitute tn move the in red Horey who tripped f'nrh oth theater Vcl the and 0 0 third run In the seventh Ben the third St IxhiIs pitcher contributed a run to the Do 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 0 Imrlvr team ionlest 0 0 liming IXMllfl Cincinnati hinorut and Pic 0 0 A 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 Is not be aide 0 0 0 0 first time to cut to Davenport el field in 0 0 0 0 0 I losum 'levclund Lap 546 536 484 edge the ahead 3 in T3aro Torrlente Moss Peiway Mugridgc Mat trinii in fifth seventh 8 0 0 A new and sadder side of this scries confronts us With Dubue in Ed Chartier will write an other pomi Butted for Batted fnr Innings Detroit St IxiuIr 0 2 and i' 1 IuAIoms Hill hi 1 uncnn raii'ls Westley Pitway Mendez th AB If Two nut whnn Innings Chicago Cubans sev run and If Sb lb lust time this Huion local winning 5 made four nits in i AB Jlmncx 2b 4 Portunda 4 on the morrow will wend their play again if Batting Stars Work inish of Last Major League Game City Will See Until End Extra base clouts were nu opportune little tn through showing as great TIGERS TAKE OPENER BUT LOSE OTHER ONE on the fifth lap and had a mile lend at tho finish lime Trials Postponed mile time trials were past because the driver of Miss Tot Pts Ser 10 7 7 io 1 2 minutes the re his the TH for tho Italian and Belgian Wrestlers Lock Arms to Determine Right Iron b'ehwsildt Struck out llnmc Peck Brock King 1 Vaughn and workout in the home lot dlvid hoiding the This Morning BY HALL Detroit III by winning hoat of the series Sunday OUR STAR ATHLETES MAY NEVER RETURN today I hoi 3 I i i as many times at Twu base Cobb Three baso Idt Dauas waermee Double Austin Gedeon and jt on irst on er IxwlB 1 Bass on on tho Detroit tho named brackets with Ag Jones of Boston in that been member of a team in the classic without day The team was schediiled to fin ish its season in St Emils tomor row but according Io James Dunn president nf the tho players preferred to disband nt and start useful work on Tuesday Instead of running a chance of vio lating General order? chlrnso at Hr )nuis at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Philadelphia Twotaaw in cttJ Has Gold Cup Nearly in Its Grasp Only Needing to iw ish Third Monday DETROIT AH Bush fi Jones 3b 4 Cobb cf 5 Veach If5 Grints 1b5 Harper rf4 VIU 2b 2 Yelle' Daur a p4 Neither Vaughn Nor Tyler Is Scored On and Pirates Are Held to our Safeties rlnllo Tniilrui Klein Illnlm Cslschkc nd Off Czb'hkp fi 'ZlsrhKc 13 Per hr 520 Must Play Bigger Game NowThan That One of the Pennant Hunt 0 Griggs Double Header With White Sox Starting at 1 Ends Pastime Until After War Innings I Ib hUns Liitomske nnd Atbuns lay and Klan Results Chlcnpo I 0 Cincinnati St JauI 2 6 No others scheduled nsltington New Ytrk fi Washing ton Sept 1 Washing 0 0 0 Jones Cobb How Major League i Teams Performed During Last Week Naw York Sept The record In each league of games played won and lotrt with runs hits errors men left on bases and runs snored by oppon ents Including games of Saturday August 31 Is as follows: NATIONAL LEAGUE struggle with WcHtctn High Cinclnnnll IV 10 Ioiik Cincinnati Sept Tho victories oxer St Luuis by the Beds today enabled the biller to Ko Into third place as lost to hhago Both Kames were one sided Scons CURTAIN ALLS I ON BASEBALL IN running filler making a poor Inp In actual running i and HtartPd to overtake the She Dashed the Miss Detroit which broke a wrist pin that went through her "pinion nn tho upper end nf the lifth lap and was out nf it altogether Tho Minneapolis boat had engine trouble on the second run around also and lost about seven minutes getting stnited again the Whlp Will getting back In the running about four minutes after she passed the stand to score for her third lap Minnie kept the load tor place for one lap and then started wrong with h'r engine and the Whlp Will took the runner up bert about GkME ST LOElrfAB 2 This third base spot by iho way where a lot of world series his tory Is made The first George Rohe In 196 hold this sitlon Deal forced in when Smith was hurt not only played a bril liant defensive game for the Braves but had a great deal to dn with the winning offensively of two of the four games In which they swept the scries Home Hun Baker gained fame Lt his work against the Giants in two sots Zimmerman third sacker but a baserunner nt the moment furnished the big chat ter of last fnll McMullin was tho surprise of tho Dll lassie by reason nf his very Ntculv and At times unustmlly clev er uurk al third Ih had been on 1 he corner a HaUci Kerttlnk anl Hainia Ajcrj Inlth Mellows Rhl ette Ifibr and Wingo the Ijrncr In lis thiin onn ililrd of Ills tram's chninplonnhlp trarnrH Irnlnif Hie reRUlnr third Ims lilnlieig did lea 1 1 ill th league seasmi slinrtntopPlnS Weaver playing hut 0 games there Htilloc her Mann Boone 2 Holiocher Pick 3 TwG bnso Hollocher Throe base Cutnhaw Leal Stolen Southworth 2 Sacrifice Kllllfor Double Hufiocher io Merkle Luft on I'ittsburtth 5 Chicago 5 EirM base on Pittsburgh 3 Chicago 1 Bash on Off Vaughn HUI fi Hits Vaughn 1 in 4 Tyler 3 In 5 Hill 2 in 7: Comstock 3 In 1 Stnnk By Vaughn Tyler 1 Hili 1 Winning Tyler Losing pitch' 11111 In its more recent games the Bos ton club which retired Cochran to put Coffey on the far sack lias brought back the player first nam ed Both from the Western league Cochran In was one of the big hitters of the minor cir cuit with 301 and was Its bnss base stealer snaring 55 sacks Cof fer himself hit 2S9 and stole 2 bases In his game here however Coffey proved that he is not and never will be a major league sphere smasher With Detroit and Buston Jointly he has batted 1S6 (me thing that argues In favor nf Cochran is that he Is third baseman by trade while Coffey usu ally has worked on the near side Of the diamond 11? was taken from Detroit by Harrow not for third base wfirK (nnday's Detroit 7 2 S' louls 5 9 i'hun1 ChicaRo WashhiRinn 3 Nxx York 3 O'lOT vluhi not RCiHf'IUleu but to relieve Shewn whose legs were bothering him With the Cuhs swinging In a lot of left hd ml pitching however Cot fey would seem to be the choice But Harrow probably will prefer strength that the man more perienced in the position should give It worth while to wnrrv about the batting possibili ties nf oil lo average has been mentioned A pinch hitter re places Cochran with much regular While Holy and Belgium urv fighting side by side with tiulr Al lies against the Prussians in En robe natives of those countries an svheuuivu to ijy ihrout at the Avunue nesday night Joscpo 0 0 1 3 4 ihit iNurnTiiTfihitfr Eicon 1 ttelduim WHIP WILL BEATS OR SECOND Driver Wood Burned in Tim Trials Which Are Postponed Until Chicago Sept Tho Cleveland club runner up in the American league race disbanded tonight and the players scattered for their homes All of them have obtained essen tial employment under the work or fight ruling which became ef SECONh GAME ST Ltd 'IS AB 0 DETROIT AH Bush as 4 RJonen 3b 4 p4 Vpach If4 Grlsica lb4 Harper rfl Vltt 2b 4 Spcpcer c2 Uun'ham p3 Pinch hitters have their uses Del In 1916 won I series' record 14 in nlnigs 2 1 nuth vs Smith Buck was on third in 107 contests and McMullin in 52 Rowland was ready for shift if McMullin slip ped in the large encounters but the Swede never got In save as a pinch hitter Helnle Zlrn lost hero possibil ities because he stick Li third When he left the luck base luck left him Merkle the most time tried world nprformpi nf th who Will represent the National league there are six former members of champion clubs not counting Mi chell who helped to boss the rec ord setting Braves gets In on this dope Indirectly He always has played the initial In the big leagues but broke in at Tecumseh in 190) as a third baser His removal to the nearer corner in 1907 was du to Jack sale Merkle has the build and cuuld hit was sold that fall to replace Tenney Kiillfor was Iti the league Merkle In 1907 playing a few gfim with Kalamazoo and Jackson The law Paw lad was on the 1915 Phil lies with Pnskert but was crippled late in the fall and could not play Deal did not Into the South Michigan until after the other two Continued on Eleven Tobin Johns SiMler Dcmmltt r2 Smith tn4 Gedeon 2b 4 Autln el 4 N'mnker c3 Wright p4 Johnson 3b 0 and Thomas Prank Italian ami reapo' ilvely will occupy the center ot tho etiKe alter tho regular per formance conrlndee on tho night In question If the mnnagement hl neareliet for two larger men It Is doubtful whether It would have Ils qvered a pair with more displace ment than Cnlerlnt and lrask Together they weigh close to 175 pounds nnd fears are expressed for the persons who happen to under the stage when tne giants uro in ai tlon The ponderous ss "i tile nthletes docs not Interfere wilt their agility however both have demonstrated In tills elty ptt vlously Iraak bus linen beaten by licme trnl hero hut 'nlerlnt drew with ii" fulls I lie llrst time he encountered the Greek nnd tn a second meeting evened tlops with Billy On that "dope" it would appear that llie Jtnllnn has nt least a slight margli over the Belgian I 11n i 'i 1 lili i prtrd In nil nf 1 he International toumnmenis New Turk Sept Tim Stand ard baflcbnll tcftin of Staton Island clinched (ho shipyard pennant day when Ed Subma rine hall tossors from Newark fail ed to put In nn appearance at Alas ka pftfk Staton Island After Mar ty Walsh brother of the famous Ed Walsh pitchcl three halls over the plate Jimmy Johnston the for mer National league umpire gave lhe game to t)ie Standards 9 to 9 The stand nd team nnisncn season with a record of 111 won 2 lost Indians Disband Players Scatter to Their Homes Third Again May urnish Michigan Has a Chance To Do It League Leaders Have Chance to Clinch Pennant by Winning Last Game of Season Maxwells will rinse their neasun In the Detroit semi pro baseball association on Labor Day when they go tn River Rouge for a game on which their pennant depends If they wallop the Rouge boys the Hag will be theirs and a second chance to represent the I'ity of the Straits In lhe intrr clty champion ships will go with It Is likely that Okrle will work fnr tho ilnwii team in this all important contest with Mason work ing for the rtminpions Therexi a great deal of natural rivalry be tween the two aggregations and a it is the final Ira gun game nf the season for Rouge big crowd is nXperted tn be on hand Maxwells won hoth of the other games and lhe Tnnquay crowd Is out for re venge now i mo other game Is scheduled In which ihe Imperials urn carded to play the uui ilint lh Imps willn put a team in the lirl'I tiur the former Pittsburgh will work or the Imps Ifnn hr gathered for lids 'I'hn Hi'iinfllllfl follows: At Hlver Rougo Max wells vs River 2 Empires Car roll nnd Dlngemnn Scorer Dickin son A( pRckiu Imperials vs Packards Umpires Reiss and Nei man Scorer HasseUr (i 3 it I 1 Klrpi Bases on lull? Dy Klopp IN NINTH INNING Daius Victor 7 5 in ree Hitting ray While Cunning ham Takes a Loser's End Special to The ree Press St Louis Mo Sept 1 Ty Cobb and George Slsler appeared as pitching rivals in tho announced headliner of the American league finale here this afternoon The famous outfielder and first baseman did not appear until the waning innings of the second game and gave the fans an uexperted thrill Dauss heat the Bmwna In the opener 7 5 Dave Davenport Lefty Leifleld and Joe Dennett Wayne Wright and George Cunningham appeared as the pitch ers Id the second The Browns won this game 6 2 giving them two of the three game series Cunning ham pitched six Innings and per mitted five runs In the two rounds that Cobb twirled he allowed three hits and one run Slsler hurled only Ipning and blanked the Tigers permitting one hit Detroit was first to score tally ing a run in the third Vltt had expired when Yelle got a life on Sister's error of John's throw Then DauAs put a single in right send ing Yelle to third Bush fanned but a pass to Jones and Cohb's sin gle to left scored Yelle With lhe bases filled Sevcrcld made a great catch of foul against the grandstand Mndr Some More Here This total was raised io three runs in the fourth Griggs opened with a single sacrifice was fumbled by Davenport while Jones made a wide throw of Vitt'R bunt Driggs scoring Harper camped on third on grounder to Aus tin but scored when Austin tossed out Dauss Two runs tallied In the fifth were the first earned markers of the game Veach singled to right and wnen Dcmmitt tnrew tne nan opened with a single but was Austin's relay Griggs's single left scored both runners The Browns cot four hits only one run in the fifth Gedeon opend with a single but was cut down trying to steah After Aus tin fanned Severeld Nunamaker batting for Davenport and Tobin singled producing a run second double and Smith's single gave the Browns run number in the sixth Get On? Off Lefty With Leifipld twirling in the enth the Tigers counted a Jones ooened with a single Cobb followed with a double scor ing JoneB Cobb tried for a triplf but was cut down Singles by Aus tin and Severeld and sacri fice fly tn Cobb gave the Browns tneir nett used trolt total In the eighth Harper opened with a single but was lag ged trying to steal Vltt walked and scored on triple to right A walk single nnd double gave the Drowns two runs in the ninth The Tigers als got off in front In the second game when two runs wore tallied In tho third Vltt got a Hfft when Gedeon fumbled Oscar's roller After Spencer fouled out Cunningham put a triple In right scoring Vltt With Bush gone Jones singled to right and Cunningham cQuntea St 1iiIr with Tlki'r errors and scored four runs In the fourth leiinltl opon ed with a pass and Smith singled I I on Gedeon's sacrifice Cunningham made a wide throw to first ami I i'eri mitt tallied When Spencer I missed llarp'r's return Smith al so scored and Gedeon went to third After Austin tapped to Vltt Niina jnaker strolled and with Gedeon rm on a double steal went to third on single and scored on Tobin's sacrifice fly to Veach Wltli Gedeon on second i In the tlfth Cobb lost Austin's fly in the sun and It fell for a dou ble scoring Gemma I'obb went tile mound In flu' seventh when Siaier's double ami Smith's single produced a run innings I 2 St Louis 0 0 eiirlnun 1 1 0 5 Itmtories Amcs Start Miss Detroit III 3:0023 Whip Will A 3:0017 Miss Minneapolis A 3:00:47 Mist' Detroit Os MrYhtA Miss second practically made it certain that 1910 Gold Cup regatta will be held in Detroit There was some doubt about hei ability to turn the trick after had traversed the first two round! ot the race during which she en countered engine trouble buj Mechanician Smith got her golnf on tho next one and she rapidij overhauled the otjier two boat! ahead and won hapds down travel Ing the 30 miles In actu running time or at the rate of ai miles an hour Ilaa Point I end This gives Detroit Yacht club entry 10 points on coveted tro phy and all she must do in the final heat is to finish third or better to win on points Should finish fourth which is unlikely barring breakdowns she would tie If either the Whlp Will or Miss Minneapolis is first and then win fnr consistency ot performance based on the total time tor the 90 lailes of the rave There will be a pretty brush Monday for second plaos with the Minnie" and "Whip" 4 starting the final heal even on points with seven apiece The race Sunday had several moro thrills than the one of riday when lhe City of Straits boat won with out being headed after the first half of the initial round This time both the Miss Detroit 11 and Whip Will got a lead at the start and in addition the new defender was not running at her best Miss Detroit 11 was over the line seven seconds after the gun and the Whip Will 10 seconds later with the Miss Detroit 1H six sec onds after the eastern craft Miss Minneapolis would have obtained the start as she was poised almost on the line when he stalled her engine just as the gun fired and it required 17 seconds for her to get going As it turned out this was within 20 seconds of ths margin which the WhlP Wijl finally beat her out for second place Pretty Knee or Lead The Whip WlU ran beauti fully fur lhe first lap and two thirds of the jocund and then broke lu steering line on turn into stretch past the grandstand and i was stalled ror io before her crew connected i friwiorv line Previous to Miss Detroit and the Meanwhile Miss Detroit oom running wen i rar a bunt getting tho straiyhtawiiys and hydroplane going i iz 1 1 I while neither lias come sway with the highest lionors tliut could be olitninml both 'onvlmeil the nltl ninle winner tluit ills Innrels wereu rn'l Michigan has its special interest in this world aeries because of the presence on the Cubs of three reg ulars who are graduate? of the Southern Michigan association one lad a native son and on the Rod Sox of two who have been Detroit residents and baseball representa tives one long one briefly Killefor Merkle and Deni of course are the National lencuers The first new and each has that a plnvlng a game in the series Mer kle' Is going Into his fifth set but wilti Brooklyn in IPlrt played the bag tn but on game Deal is one of those lads who got in because his club was forced tn use him and who not doped in advance became a series star Jean Dubuc cX TIger gets a full share without having started a game though he pitched a few in nings Coffey who may or may not play Is the other Detroit gradu ate errors Scor: run S'uiC'l Heat Elgin Enny 1 2 3 4 ft 7 JOE BUSH In a short series lie the annual fall classic the team that wins does so largely because of its superior pitching The clash that opens Wednesday bids fair to be a burden on the pitchers At this time it is difficult to the rival pitchers except on lhe records of their respective leagues Tobin JahiiB HLMler Jiftinmltt r4 rimith Geduon Zb 4 Austin ns3 SevAreld c4 DavWt p'lNu' maker 1 ieineiti tfahnann Bennett p1 13 21 13 Totali 34 12 27 17 SO f1 Innings 1 2 Ynrlc 0 0 HSlllDKlOll 0 M7 Eat Smote Shava Rrtt and Play Van f'htk nryinrrnMi nnd Tndnv Totals83 24 15 Innlnge 1 Detroit 0 at Louis 0 Slsler DemniUt Smith Gideon 2 Vltt 2 Er GrigK Vltt Spencer Cunningham 4 John 2 Two bafe hit Slsler Three bnwe Cunningham Stolen bases Gedeon Nunanmker Sacrifice Johns Sacrifice Tobin Ixjuble Nnna maker nnd Austin Gedeon and Sislcr Left on 1 hws Detroit 6 Jt txjula 6 uti Detroit 2 Baao on Off Cunningham 4 Wright 1 off Cun Hingham 6 In 6 Cobh 3 In 2 Wright 5 In Sleler 1 in 1 Struck By Cunningham I winning plu Losing pitch Cunningham Mlllera Innings Elgin Club Miller Bntferles Moyers Armstrong and Schnei der and MacKay Mey ers 14: Armstrong 3 0 Bases nn Oft Meyers 1 rhlppen 1 Strin out Mcyrra 3: Armslrr mr I fi irst Day Will Be Spent Org anizing Campaign and Celling Line on Candidates Entirely New Backfield Must Be Built by Drew Tough Season Ahead Barney Lowers Two Mile Rec ord While red Captures ea ture Event on Program lurked on each sweep of their cars around the smooth bed of the track tho galaxy of dirt track and speed way kings ended their visit to De troit at the State air grounds' in a blaze of glory Spectacular time one broken rec ord and frills that kept the larg est crowd that ever witnessed a motor speed event nt the North Woodward exposition grounds marked the farewell and those who came for excitement were hilarious when they departed it have been nn official dny had not Rarnev Oldfield butted In with a shattered record so master driver left something to remembered when he at break neck speed twice around the oval In 1 minute 40 3 5 seconds To prove that It a mistake Barney got behind the wheel In his Case Special and clipped off throe miles in 2:41 1 5 a whirring sound as he passed stand on each round convincing the crowd that Oldfield was mad about something There is no telling what Barney would have accomplished in final event of tho afternoon 15 miles for a purse of $1600 but he naa an throng In red Horey who tr around the course in 14:09 4 5 Ideal tlons made possible the time Tho summary: Event No five rnilea Dnweon (lUv Dawson) first Alley (Briscoe) second Clino fScut) third Doyle (Roc mer Speclab fourl time 501 3 5 Evnt No 2 three miles Davies first LeCoeq second: lime 3:10 2 5 ijne mlle match Lampkin (Jumbo Benz) first Henderson (Elat Sub) sec nnd: time :5 4 5 Event No 3 two miles trial for track Barney OhlfieM 'Case Special): time 1:40 3 5 retard Mlle time Horey (iat) 50 2 5 Kay Lampkin :51 Event No 4 five Boyd (Packard) first Allen i Hudson) second Eppersnn (Mercer) third (Maxwell fourth time 4:49 Event No 5 three Oldfield (Case Special) first Hnrey (Elat) secund Alley (Briscoe) third: time 2:41 Event No 7 15 miks dlorey ('tat) first Durny Special) speond Boyd Pack ard' third Dawson (Hudson) fourth time 5 Epperson ami Young also started 1 0 0 retxxay Barbr De Witworth 4 2 Two haso hits rancis Mt worth Throe base DeMoss Trilcnu Sacrifice (inert Pedrorsa Mn dez Sacrifice Witworth Hili list base on baJIs off Junto 3 Barn I it worth 2 Left on bssea clilcagn 5 Cubans 5 Struck unt By Wil worth 1: 1'fiulitu Is to DeMoss ha I inpl DtnA an Scored Tie on Them in irst Half but They Come Right Back and Get Needed Tally In llic llrst iialf of tho ninth ln n'njr of the game between the Cu ban Stars and Chicago Giants at Navin field Sunday Torrlente Cuba's arc smashed a triple to center and scored on mult of an easy pop up tleing the count 3 to 3 Rut Rube heavy ar tillery came right bark In the last part of the frame a base on balls a sacrifice hit anda fly of the same nature winning the contest for he Chicago athletes It was a great game to watch full of brilliant fielding and timely )i Itt nil niGiiu nnd nmo times Torrlente who name came wltli three dean bloweImt ills IilttlliK aliillty is as ever nawtv efiiirbt Giants proved the backbone of the Windy City aggregation scoring the winning run and displaying wonderful skill on the paths Score: GIANTS CL BAN STARS A 0 2 4 Chicago Sept Tyler went for a final game on the Ing tho time and rales to four hits and no runs Hill and Comstock were batted freely nnd the new champions won I to 0 PITTSBURGH Elap Miles 'test 1 tme 34:56 324 56:33 'Al :8 Coach Derry Drew of Eastern 1 Hlh school will open his grlllimi drive for prep footbull mipreinacy this fall Tuesday when the troll nchoolii open their doortt The mentor will take up the first day school opens to tfet tab on his candidates and orRanUH Ills cnmpalMn i ractlco will bcin Wednesday i reason for InaufRtratins the practice season ao early is uncertain condition of his entire team due to enlisting and gradu ating When the doors A ack avenue brick were closed last June It was generally belief that It would rfMt year for Eastern Had no two of hla veteran back field men vnllsH things uould have been a good deal that way but their joining the servtc ha thus ii of affairs V' The Orange and Black face tn oug hast list of contesta Idstein SKgregatinn hafl tackled the days thexnnuaj EaJHan Centrtil Wue nv uni ahuihj all Opening (AU Departments) Saturday Aug 31st Sunday Sept 1st Labor Day Sept 2nd The Recreation Clot eland Chl(ii'o 5 (him go Sept 4R0 Ihiislo'd flu home warion oplny by losing to 'Icv eiiiml tu 5 In a Ioosh game In which tlm 1017 cninii'ions cnmmmiM Innings 1 2 3 eland 2 2 0 Chicago 0 0 0 McQulllcn mt O'Neill anil Thomas Danforth snoneno ick and Dev ormer al Dtdrilr ulrst tn? I5 Philadelphia at Wadi hi Bunion ut Next York K( Lmili gMiiim mnvellDI vo in other chips immcf NATIONAL LEAGUE BY HARRY BULLION Curtains will bo drawn on the great national game of baseball for the period of war perhaps longer at Navin field Monday afternoon Somewhere sometime tho alh i letes who have helped to make thousands happy by their dash and vim or caused them civic sorrow shortly will be engaged in a bust nets far more important than the winning of a pennant Uncle Sain's war department de crees that baseball is not an essen tial occupation and will if the prln clpela themselves are unable tofind them jobs that are designed to make for the successful prose cution of bloody carnival Exempt temporarily are the par ticipants In the Impending world's series for the others there Is no recourse Secretary Baker and Gen eral Crowder have spoken and on thetr decision the life of baseball professionally goes out After Mon day's games the first of which Is scheduled to commence at 1:46 White Sox and Tigers actors tn the climax production at Navin field Hiva nn nltArmitlvA but change their clothing for Rome of tneir country a or ebsential labor Contractu Contracts expire and the athletes to will uermit them alter tne war or sinix iroiu men lofty place In tho spotlight to ob llvlon toil that must bo exacted one of the sacrifices that all of us must make Baseball die even though government obliterates It for the best Interests of victory mere ly recline In slumber until the comes When that will 7 be only the fatefl can ordain none esn forecast the end of struggle that grips civilization ew believed that baseball would be Injured by the war other than through tho loss of patronage due the induction nf America's man hood Into the army But the blow suffered is greater than even the most nkpptlcal would have dared to Jiard a prediction swallowed up rushing current of require ments the country must meet One purpose can he served by theconditions that exist nnw and will 'obtain throughout the struggle tn restore peace and put the reptile i that Germany Its emperor where he can create no more trou ble It Is an accepted fact that 1a Alft QHrl a naeeoau leyuuw respite during the period of war will oner DSC oppmiuntiy Some Need Not Worry jqot all those associated with pastime stand accused yet Individ uals or groups of them might be eliminated for good of the sport No names need to be mentioned nor the nltuatlons that Involve them cited time will remedy the de 4 It Is sufficient to remark that the ervernment deemed it wisdom tovanU nnw and the government will must be obeyed Careers are certain to be ruined by the edirt brilliant performers now probably never returning cut off in the bloom of their greatest earning But So have lives born sacrificed to the cause Those who arc spared will have everything to be thank 7 ful for Baseball can be revived i but lives once lost be re covered uMn Uta fftftllntr (lift lUR Of trolt can pay their last respects iSthe great national pastime and tne Tigers Monday afternoon ew of the athletes expect to be hack al though all of them hope to return to the post they leave on the ao pointed day Like the rest expect nlay a part in the affairs of tip future policy governm throughout the world prnctlcall they are wmern fate: to go whither they are Sint Become Small Units Men big tn their chosen Helds of endeavor make no flourish this business of war whose gigantic size staggers belief Cobb Speaker Mathewson and others of equal prestige in baseball's hall ot fame are mere units small yet needed In the greater game of mercy hat unite all nations against the blood drenched Kaiser This farewell made fly the Tigers will be marked by lhe appearance inriij Imnnvnn on lhe mound In one of the games it Is Bill's request and Jennings's sug gestion Though rjil In years as athletes ot the diamond go the good right arm that did mucli to bring three pennants to Detroit and un erringly brought down the st hitters of their time still is sinewy and supple Whether Donovan will last th game out or what plans beyond the hurling of Bill into the breach Jennings has In mind for the "blow off" are not known Hut It bare ball must be ushered out It Is fit ting and proper that Donovan Ims a hand In it 2 2 0 0 1 otm Vltt Yelle Demmin 2 5 1 Johns Sil ler Davenport Tobin DvinnUtt 2 Stolon Cobb Griggs Vltt Sacrifice fly Tobin ihotann vjlalar i Slsler Dnuss Bueh and Griggs i i ro 1 1 i ot couie i rui UI A cl AAJUin I 4 MWO balls Off Daum 2 Davenport 1 Bennett 1 Hlu Off Davenport 7 In 5 Bennett 3 In 2 IelfiriM 3 In 2 Struck out By Dauw 2 Davenport 1 Wild Daues Ben nett 1 oblng pitcher Mvenuvrl Tho nonetl Dnlrolt HI met with hii accident bt'liip badly burned when Hie bunt bit wave and leaped Hear of wab throwing him agalnal the exhauflt pipes whm came down Sho had cumplcted one lap in 55 2 5 flovohds or al lhe rate of 651 an hour when thia occurred and Pont ponenient was made hip Wlll had run her laps anti also made a best lap tn the same time us the Miss Detroit 111 averaged around 63 miles an hour These boats were lhe only two In readiness Io try the record runs Sunday The program for final day of the regatta Labor Day will be mile time trials at Jo a last 30 mile heat of gold cup race at 3 p4 iu anti lhe final heat of I he exprotta cruiser race at 4 In tbli latter event tho Btty and Aoe tiiH are tied on points each having wop first nnd second and they should put up a great nice for honors ineir previous two having been very close EASTERN MENTOR TO OPEN GRID PRACTICE TUESDAY 0 SECOND HEAT GOLD CUP RACE Course 30 5 Miles to Starting Gun 3 ihoi it i Boat Club I'nt nnfbnll nnd Rnke(hnll M't Kept Bnotbal! and baakctbnll me thn favorlts athletics among lb midshipman a shown ly the customary derlmntlnn of Intentions taken of the over 90i) member of tho fourth elasa here Th' ao two brnnclie ate favored bv rur ctuomorrou and lo aay more thin halt the elasit Baseball I i seem to bo steadily declining In i You Are invue i Willie Willli'tn It Stocking Jr was euimected with IJnsicrn High ns assisitttil principal be tool tiic job of silirdiillng footluiU ganics i'ir tin' Institution and I lie re ull of Itis work will be known soon when the rtitlif" IC astern schedule is an matured Central High Is the one big mn lest booked while the annual clashes with Western and North western appear on the list also Sandwiched In are games wltli many cf the state's first rate elov ens Enough has been contracted for to keen any health high school grid aggregation intstllng from lite time aeiinol opens till the end of the season blew must mold an entirely new iarttfleld and line fnr the nucleus onlv two lnPn whn have had any experience at nil nt lugging' the leather These are Cunningham and lllchard who nce in a grnax wnuo pla veA gthlncl tlior Hint Jasly aaon 1 SlleA IlT i swsm" swaaai siai tia Z7 l51 ril 'Big na i 1 1 I 8 'I I 1 a I I 3 I II 7 rAvv Xww! 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