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PART ''V THE DETROIT REE PRESS: SUNDAY JANUARY 12 1913 19 ONE EW REALLY GREAT SOUTHPAWS was exceuLGMt And Bryant baa ben day EDDIE COMPLETE RECORD SeTpn tie games (Ms the AH PO 0 Distinctive Dress Clothes 0 0 0 0 Totals I 19 0 0 3 0 wag 0 0 Totals 0 out Le the The Ballantine Co Tailors Stale and Washington 5 0 2 19 0 0 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (I 0 0 and had 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oi 0 matters in fait that many of the shortstop was only five feet Inches in height and hardly a clouter he was shifted to his native without a in the big show see the same old Bush to himself said he 0 0 the uc Gdii he for onea HU pitching wag a BRYANT ATER ROLLER SKATERS 9 0 0 0 0 15 And 1 not going Dooin Ik and St Leger of J914 wit he per mitted to start This means that a choice band of present yearlings and two year olds including home Raid got to hustle to show them any Pittsburgh Philadelphia franchise is to short and left respectively AValsh responded by striking out Good and fielding bounder to first Hinchman hit hard to Is lull who knocked It down and tossed to Walsh for the third out In thy second threw Dougher (M ATC VCADt: MAS WOQkEO TUfi LODGES oitfG BENCH ea Seepifi! His CUNVf STdCjrtED Canadian LtAGQqs Evening Dress Suits $45 to $55 The Best in the City Tuxedo Suits $40 to $50 Separate Dress Vests $8 to $10 Overcoats $25 to $60 Terslnunon Leads Sire leading English thoroughbred sire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 for Shaw in ninth for Tannehill In ninth for Walsh In ninth rock Suits $35 to $60 Cutaway Suits $35 to $60 Separate Trousers for rock or Cutaway $5 to $15 Business Suits $20 to $50 1 0 0 Struck shows that rather tuo or boys of to the shores of John Bull well nut have the ability to display their HUSTLING BRINGS BUSH INTO RANKS STARS CHANCE HAS NO HANKERING OR SPEED DRIVING In which Walsh would out the Naps with three passed ball had not let In the third irmlntr hist before the third man struck out When it Is recalled that these pitchers ami the teams behind tlh'in San 'ranclsvo to Get Sox Discards San rancisco expects the pick of the Chicago White Sox pitching dis cards and as Manager Callahan has 16 on his list there should be sev eral for San rancisco to pick from HITS NINETY MILES AN HOUR AND IS ALL DONE PASTIME HOLDS BIG GATHERING i among the British due to the formidable of American ln 2 0 3 0 28 1 CHICAGO AB 3 the Altrock and other Ed 0 0 4 2 0 The last year was Persimmon whose offspring earned about 3109000 of the five English bred sires whose offspring won 75Oon or more four were eons of St Simon These were ITralmmon Desmond St rusyuia and Chaueer portant questions are before the board of stewards of The Jockey club: one a matter of administra tion ami the other Involving a pos sible exercise of their disciplinary and punitive (towers The decision on both will await the choice of a successor to Mr Keene The first relates to the allotment of dales for the Marvin nd courses with the possibility of tonllict with Nor folk In the spring settle while the latter is more Important and will be vatched with great Inter est by many horsemen who raced elation having received Hbsurlnces of addi tional shipments from New York and Washington owners some of which have already been sent south There Is already a big crowd of horsemen on the ground and when they are called to the post at Pal metto Park week from next Sat urday one of the biggest crowds that ever saw winter racing is ex pected to be present Charleston appeals to the easterners attractive ly due to its proximity to New York and the short ship back to Norfolk and Lexington and there is sure to be a great measure of success for General Manager Pons and his as sociates in the sixty day meeting this year Among the two vear olds now quartered at the course are at least a score which are regarded as Derby possibilities and their per formances will be a certain criterion i tiifir summer lorm ana tnere uy wawnco accordingly School for Horseshoeing A echool of farriery and horseshoeing la to be opened at Cornell University next September The average American horae shoer is sally lacking in knowledgeof the anatomy of tho foot thougfa'a few experts here probably excel any in the world when come to scientific horse shoeing In Europe schools of farriery abound Germany having fifty eighth in stitutions for instruction in horseshoeing Here is a pitcher who I served two terms With the Tigers and rendered them excellent service both times In his prime few pitchers could boast bet ter control or greater speed His headwork kept him in the big show after his arm was gone We are particularly confident concerning our Dress Clothes We believe we have reached a plane not equaled outside of this store by the Duluth flyer little title holder la for Kendlg and Kelly class In the several vam skating he has won something like 250 races and out of that number of con tests all over the northwest the little flyer has been beaten only by David son and Munch both of these defeats occurring at a time when rank was but a novice at the game The little title holder Is but a kid In years at the present time He Is faster this season than ever and with the improvement that Is coming Bry ant should bo one of the very fastest roller skaters that the game hag ever produced The race with Davidson is the burning ambition of the Dnluth boy for he Is confident that If he can secure another meeting with Harley ho will annex the title that the Ht Paul wonder has held throughout the long string of years he has been per forming on the board tracks working more ro ll I th day DOOIN SURE TO PILOT PHILLIES ormer Detroit Pitcher in His Prime as a Wonder His Splendid Control and Great Speed Baffled Batsmen in arious Leagues BY MelEAN KENNEDY' Edward Siever was hauled out of the by Manager Stallings of the Detroit Americans in the season of 1900 Dragged out of the undergrowth was this young hurler This chap who propelled a baseball from the portside and could flash it across the plate with amazing speed and control so fine that batters didn't trifle or linger at the plate In hopes of getting free transportation to first blazed his way to major league fame by a route that fairly sparkled with sensational pitching feats With the London Ontario club In 1899 Ed Siever made his real start in professional baseball In hia first few games in that league the come his way A slight touch uf stago fright was the cause of his1 losing a few games in earlier attempts However when Edward got that left whip going right the batters turn to have stage fright With terrific sjjeed and deadly control he swept through the league winning 14 games of 20 most all of his wins coming on the home stretch This brilliant work uf Siever's helped London to cinch vne ing the The performances of the two slabmen In the battle uf October 2 were brilliant in different ways Joss was remarkably effective de ceiving the batsmen Into giving the fielders easy chances most of the time Walsh was wonderfully ef fective in striking out opponents of them falling before Mm by the whiff route although he pitch ed only eight Innings Joss began his historic feat by disposing of Hahn nn a roller which the catcher fielded and getting rid nf Jones and Isbell on easy flics i 0 0 By Last annual meeting: of Pastime Gun club at was a cessful one from every conceivable angle both In the matter of attendance and spirit shown While the election officers for the ensu ing year was practically settled before the gathering convened there was an element of uncertainty about a couple of places on tho board pf directors The following officers were chosen for the various chairs: President Herman vice president James Stark secretary A Marks treasurer John ord captain Hartford The board of directors will be composed of the fol lowing: George Hart Hadley and unley The treasurer reported the club to be In excellent financial condition and the secre tary stated that the active membership was now over 100 it was decided to erect another trap to accommodate the Increased membership Year Club and League London Canadian league Detroit American league 1901 Detroit American league Detroit American league St Ixjuis American league 1904 St Louis American league Minneapolis American association Detroit American league Detroit American league Detroit American league Aberdeen Northwestern league Chattanooga Southern league Totals for 12 years BHher Likes Thia Colt Ed Blther thinks he bu a good prospect In the 2 year old colt Blade by Bingara dam by Arion 2:07 second dam by Nut wood He has been driving him some this winter and says that he never sat behind a faster or more promising youngster Blade Is owned by Hunt of Brookline passing: the thought comes tint it must bo to the audible relief uf tin? British nominators tnat chance hlow of ate fell Just at present two rather for flv sinner himself wore still on earth he would probably have been in great demand during the past year at tho head of the line making prices for the whole ring was their slogan at the sight of a yellowback and when it is considered that during all the speculation the' opening prices were what the poolroom brigade used to call prices and that there never was a visible re cession on anv horse at post time the scalp was such that John Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie combined could not have gotten awnv with a whole skin after an eight race program such as was the favorite sport of the bandit crow Hahn rf Jones cf Isa be lb Dougherty If nartfon hrr in the the nowers that be were In Eng Messrs HIS word is especially to men of two classes the class of men who have never tried tailored clothes Second the class of men who have been or are dissatisfied with their tailor made clothes Parent Shreck Shaw White Tannehill 2b tDonahue Walfh Anderson 'LLT LIGHT ON LAUREL IMBROGLIO New Manager is Cured of Craze on Trip With Barney Oldfield A 0 0 good They never take anything for granted from hustld to beat the band in Indianapolis until Septem ber when the Tigers decided it was time to look him over You fans a i remember with what a blaze of glory he finished out that 1908 sea Jn Delrolt No auoh fielding seen there In years while the pU for 234 ln no un mistakable manner He was fixed he had to "ue tling just the same hlt curse following his small out lu re put he can hustle Up can cover more ground than any shortstop in the American league been £our years nnw Tn De troit they forget that Norman El berfeld ever played with the Tigers How He Does It No one can explain how Bush can get over the land so fast with those pudgy little legs of his But he does it No one can understand how he can leap Into the air for wild throws with those funny little legs But he does it He is one or the best men la the business to take throws at second base despite his live feet four inches At putting the ball on th sliding runner his arms seem suddenly to work telescopically In blocking off runners he gets his whole 155 pounds in the way and being bailt so near the ground hard to budge And hustle? hustling all the time He is always trying to work the pitcher for a free ticket Once on the bags he is ever seeking to pull a wild throw In the field he is always trying to get some oppo nent befuddled He is one of the livest of the live wires In the game Tbdr Mental Attitude Tn dismissing the matter 4n oc currence comes to mind which may serve to explain tho mental atti tudes of the half mile owners around Baltimore One of the prin cipal owners of one of these tracks a few years ago was booking on the grand circuit during the har ness racing season There was a th i re horse race on and oven the sport bereft fanciers of the regarded the contest as an open rare something almost un for these This bookmaker was about to up tho prices on t1P flrSf heat and an anxious crowd of let trs him awaiting a chance to get their money down After apparently pondering deeply Batted tBatteri tBatted Inninas Chicago 0 0 Cleveland 0 0 Stolen bast Latoie Walsh 1fi (Good 4 Bradley Hinchman La Joie 2 Clarke 3 Birmingham Joss 3): by Jobs 3 (Jones Dougherty Donahue) Baes on eff Walsh 1 Passed Schreck 2 Connolly and O' Lough lin pitching he landed anothe? job In the league The season of 1906 saw Edward Seiver back in his old stamping ground for In that season he donned a Tiger uniform and proved byb his effective hurl ing that he could and co meback right The year 19u7 saw Selver at the zenith of his career pitching bet ter and more effective ball than at anv other period of his major league baseball experience His re versal of form was wonderful win ning game after game and by his extremely brilliant work helped to put his team in a winning groove that led to the highest honors the final landing of the coveted flag Vhne control and speed were best assets in hia early career in later years he resorted to the use of a slow ball by using it In conjunction with a ball that burned itg wav plateward he got away with many sensational vic tories As a fielding pitcher Siever was vAcviHTice classing with iniiious ur i i i ii ii nnnu rt num i always ranked high in the aver ages Edward Siever hurled his last bail In the "big during the season of 1908 wo eking in a few games with but very little suc cess and that year saw the passing of one of the very few left handers who made a success in a Detroit uniform Of the dozen or so of southpaws who have seen service for any length of time In Detroit less than half could be classed as a success Beginning with Shaw and Baldwin away back in Says That Overall is Ready to Do Big League Service Again Chicago January rank Chine? tha new jiianag of the New York Highland era till an enthusiastic motorist But he cars no longer for the speed game Just go long as the pace keep front 20 to 35 miles per hour over the California botfle yards he la satisfied Any faster than that gets hla fiat Oldfield cured me of the craze' Atr' said Chance former eyed king vt the world Ilves in Los Angeles now you know He frequently used to take me out driving in his various cars 1 reciprocated sometimes In fact we took' our wives up to Ban rancisco ah the way from Loa Angeles an Barney used my car in a race His own weren't tn condition at tbs time I first Intended to say however was the manner tn which he deprived ms of any Idea uf developing into a racer We had been Invited to attend a ball game In the interior uf the stale Two ail siar teams were scheduled to play and included in the line ups were such men as vveralL Meyers and tinodgrass called around for me on the morning in question and I nuticed he was driving bls little Lena racur But I sua pccted nothing Barney complained of be ing somewhat III and said he was afraid he couldn't drive satisfactorily bo he pre vailed on me to take tho wheel I pro tested as long as could because hie brakes didn't work quite as easily as those on my car and I told him 1 feared be able to do the job up brown But he merely laughed at ma off we started The first mils 9r two was ail fine and dandy But approached a railroad crossing where tba traction cars go 1 noticed one of them coming I of course put on the brakes to avoid any possible collision and hanged It the machine would stop until wa were within a footof the tracks The cr breezed past and I was scared believe me Oldfield grinned long we struck a long stretch of magnificent roadway It was a semi private way extending along in front of the residences ot millionaires No speed limit was set It you could hit her up a milllcrf miles an hour there would be no objection I opened her up a little but Oldfield ob jected A 'Put your foot on It he instated I didn't care to but pressed down a tnfie to humor him The road almost seemed to leap up and hit us and I had to keep my face partially turned to avoid the stones and dust I happened to look down at the indicator and it was registering miles an hour Bay 1 got my foot off st fast Barney couldn't help noticing it laughed loudly don't be snared he said down No never been accused ot being a cow ard snd always stood right up there at the plate vhen the pitchers were the wildest But I hesitated a moment before I st my foot on that pedal gritted my teeth and bent low Gee how that car did travel My heart almost leaped into my mouth but I let the machine go for some distance lnafly summoned up my courage and looked at the Indicator again miles an hour fiay I never moved faster In my life than did get ting my foot away I felt shaky all over but Oldfield laughed loudly and tried to goad me on out to a Tiundred he Insisted but not for me I was content to loaf tn And at that we made the dis tanco tn an hour and three quarters Most autolsts thought they were smashing all records to go the same route in two hours and a half That experience which fortu i nately wound up with no accident cured me entirely Geers Likes SluIh Nags Ed Geers once remarked I had to choose between the average run of horses tn take through a campaign the one' which was Inclined to be sluggish would be my choice provided he was good In other respects Cor that kind never fret and always learn something with every race' Greatest Games in Baseball History i SIEVER DESERVES RANK AS ONE GREAT SOUTHPAWS I alufirst hid of Davis on a fly to left then had a narrow escape flng after fielding bounder threw wildly to flrt Stovall made a swell catch and got the decision Walsh struck out Laloie disposed of Stovall on 4l bounder 10 Parent and whiffed Ularkc chapter Shreck popped out and lannehill and Walsh were thrown out at first by Lajole big Ed's ran being on of the two hard hits msde off joss dur ing tho dav In the home halt the game was i decided Birmingham who made two of the three hits off Walsh opened with a low fly to right and It fell safe Walsh caught hhii napping off first but Joe start 'fu ftnd relay went wild Iptting the rtmju to third Parent threw out I'errlng without ttinz In the run Joss struck out and Good was on the wav 10 the same fat when a spitball escaped Shreck and let Birmingham home from third Ood then whiffed ibe fourth Inning saw Hahn go out on ft roller to Lajole Jones was retired in the same wav but his drive was the second anl last hard one off the Nan slabman Walsh came back hy striking out Bradley and Hlnchnmn Laloje (hen singled over second and stole the middle sack hut Walsh threw Stovall out Joss registered his first strikeout against Dougherty In the fifth inning then took 1 care of two easv bounders from tho bats waish responded men In the other and the this knight of the chalk and chamois marked up the top horse to a supporters of the other rfhi eIe pleased as thej regard their chance of getting fair odds as highly optimistic Another mo ment of deep thought on the part of the and the sec ond quotation stood 2 to 3 It oa moment to tigun? out the third horses price in his scale pf odds It was marked up as a long shot 3 to 2 and 'Come on boys was the adjuration of the odds layer So it is that one may understand wh some track managers are dis SHtiafled with 12 per cent mutuels5 congratulation that inn BnltimrtrA vwtoiji Lutnuiia sloners acted as they did Similar measures toward the half mile in a vunuusi Would be a step in the right direction William Lakeland famed as the owner of the great Klectionoer has live horses In training at his old headquarters down at Brighton Beach The place was designer! by nim and has housed many a turf champion Three by Electioneer Three of Lakeland's quintet are by Electioneer whose impressive win of the uturity of lin)6 is a bright page In turt history The three year old Asnton is out ot and a half brother of Everett He is thought to be the pick ot the lot He has not yet been to the races and Is a sterling prospect lor the nest sea son Gray Planet Is another Elec tioneer colt out of Motley Ho Is also a three year old The third Electioneer progeny in Lakeland's barn is out ot Mainsail He is named ifty five and like the other two has never been to tne races The other two are fillies by The winner or lic Ameri can Derby One a daughter of Roseerest la a two vear old of great promise The other Hannah is out of Elegance Lakeland is never so happy as when he has a band of youngsters to handle and his optimism regarding these five coupled with their fine appearance makes his high hopes pardonable Bourbon Beau is coming back to the races The great son of titar Shoot Kentucky Belle is under the care of Alex Coin at Sheephead and Owner Tom Collins expects him to carry his silks again during the coming season When it was an nounced nearly a year ago that the colt had himself' while in a workout in Kentucky and would never race again owners of other contenders at that time to the Clark Handicap thought that the most formidable candidate had been obliterated and they were probably right Now that It is cer tain that the speedy horse a five year old now is' going sound his reappearance will be awaited with interest Bourbon Beau is a full brother of George Hendrie's Rifle Brigade and of Colinet a winner at Juarez this season Chinn Seeks Reinstatement One of the pieces of news that came from across the water this week is that Phil Chinn will ap t)ly for reinstatement on the Can adian turf The ruling which de barred film was one ot the sensa tions of the time and came when he was among the leading trainers of money winners on the continent Promulgated by Judges Charles Price and rancis Nelson it took in also Jockeys Pease and Palms Coles Thompson a and Joseph Yeager known as a wherever they raced Tho ruling was inocuous in itself as it was merely a notification that future en tries of Mr Chinn would be refused No effort at opening the case has been hinted at for many months and the first step in this direction promises to provoke wide interest among turfmen A Cassidy the hustling secre tary of the Charleston Racing asso ciation has returned there after CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 Duluth Skater it Beady to Bace All Coiners in Events rom 1 to 10 miles rank Bryant the erack roller akater of Duluth Minn is out with a sweep ing challenge to all speed roller skaters offering to uko any aspirants on in events of from 1 to 10 miles and Manager Shea of Palace rink stands ready to stage and race that may be made for him In Detroit Bryant Is the undisputed holder of the northwestern title having won It through the defeat ot Joe Munch of Milwaukee With the return of Harley Davidson from Australia where the wonderful St Paul veteran js racing Bryant also Is going to open negotia tions for a race with him rank would also like to secure a race with Haymond Kelly of St Paul but the easy defeat of rank Kendlg i tne faat that in Canada and Kentucky during portions uf the past summer Un complaint of several owners who were stake winners at Laurel last fal that the amount paid them was less than the advertised value of stakes had led them to px pect the Jockey club is preparing to summon bviure it tor acuvn i (Curley) Brown gen eral manager 4nd widely known for his work in promotion uf race tracks and prior to that a a start er Among the complainants sing ularly vnougii is Maj Thomas CL McDowell of Kentucky owner of The Manager although iiaj Mc Dowell has officiated as a steward at thu laurel track Another com plainant is II Halh nbuck own er of Worth and Azyiade Mr Brown has contended that the value tb winner provisions of I uu stakes have been fulfilled un the othir hunJ tht'MH tnrfmin and others have taken an opposite view and with them side the pow ers that be in eastern racing Mat ters were on the point of reaching nn' issue here this week in which ilr Brown Intended to present his side of the case in his usual vigor ous style His sudden departure from Gotham Wednesday evening after knocking down a waiter in the diningroom of the Waldorf As toria during dinner was spectacular but not provocative of an easier adjustment of the case One thing is certain: Laurel's fall dates are in jeopardy and will be until something is done by Manager Brown before the stewards hold their next session It was a bitter pill for the half mile crew In Maryland to swallow when the Baltimore County Racing commission dictated this week that the bookmakers must go or while the commission laboring un der some sort of magnanimity al lowed the merry go rounders to ex act a commission of 12 per cent ap abnormal figure for track ex penses and profits it decreed that the festive knights of the slate must be banished for all time Glance at'Hlstory While on its surface it would seem that the half mile owners havojbeen very leniently dealt "i1! hcvertheless when one con siders the previous histories of these merry go rounds ho can un derstand well why there has been such an outcry over the matter on their part The commission sagely observed in Its official bulletin that as practiced on the half mile tracks resulted in an In direct tax of from 20 to 60 per cent of the money bet being levied Ln 1 lip Tinklin'1 CihUa Anyone at all familiar with the genesis of some of these merry go rounds bin well understand why the wail of anguish that now ex udes is caused from real financial i agony and proceeds from such a fatal wound In such a vital spot The motley crew of bookmakers which has onerated on these half mile tracks in the jnist has been a travesty on the real layer of odd The fact that these fry en joyed at all the freemasonry of their wiser craftsmen was because they the Any eas observer of tho ring at Elec i din up MariDoro on a busy could not but wonder if the nf AH Baba had been raided the price makers there so bus engaged Indeed if the old Cnnsidrrcd merely as a duel the most remarkable game I ever raw and one of the most set satiOhul ever played wan the bat tle of October 1908 In Cliveland between' Ed Walsh Big Moose the White Sox and the late Addie Joss then star uf the Nap slab staff That was tho combat in which Joss blanked tho White Sux without letting a man reach first base and have shut hits if a In a run hustle that's the Bush might be termed the favorite melody of the bril liant little shortstop He has been hustling ever since he first played ball on the vacant lots of Indian apolis and his hustling has brought him to the forefront among big league shortstops Bush was always small but that imply he had no spirit He to play in his native city with semi pru clubs until one day he concluded that all the bigger boys got the good chances with the best teams and he was being shoved out into the cold He found he had to play twice as1 well as another can didate to hold a place so small was he Well he did this until he finally got tired of hustling for nothing and grabbed a chance to play with Saginaw In tho Southern Michigan league After playing ten games there he discovered that his pay envelope was not forthcoming do you know about said he to himself said he time for me to hustle out of this place to some other place where the money is more regular in Its So he wont to South Bend in the Central Association lre Agnlnst Him Rush played phenomenal ball that year 1907 and was drafted by De troit Chicago and Boston in the American league Detroit won out but when it was learned that the new four300 own trial Peoria Ill January It camo to light today that the mother ot i Luther McCarty heavyw eight champion lies buried In a I eorfa grave having died here several years ago from the effects of a rattlesnake bite The story that the new champion's father was a street fake can be completely verified here Nine ears ago last July father and mother appeared here in the guise of Indian doctors They carried with them a small company of near actors and a cur ious gaily painted wagon pulled by two spotted pontes and followed names under which they traveled were ani Marguerite White Eagle a show each evening on the street and after a lecture posed anrhTde1 8eU medicine called a sup One year later the same troupe returned to carry out the same I program During the visit a box of rattlesnakes was received by tne doctor from the west and placed In the room with his wife in a iucai notel rhe woman was according to evidence given to In fh chloroform and while under the effects of this drug opened VL bhe was bitten in the face and She died in great vvhP? £orne hours later She was buried here as but from various records among them those uf tho 4 coroner she was the mother of Luther McCarty eooie Ano BABM6OMex leagues ovet 5 pennant and twas this pitch that attracted tho attention of Detroit management Has Grand Record So Ed Siever'graduated frdih this little league with a grand record a great pitching arm and a physique as strong as a young lion In his first game in Detroit in the spring of 190U the fans were impressed by this speed and ac curacy In his first attempt which was against the White Sox of Chi cago he showed control that was remarkable for a youngster just breaking In and especially for a left hander While he lost his first game by a score of 5 to 2 yet he only had one pitching error and that was passing a man to first In the 12 games he pitched in that season for Detroit ho just sent 19 men to first by the free route not making a wild pitch and hit ting but three men Toward the close of the season his work show ed a vast improvement winning five of the last six games a grand finish for the young southpaw control uf tho ball was really wonderful He established a Remy Discontinue) Branch The Remy Electric company An derson Ind manufacturers of the Remy magneto announce that thoi have discontinued their Indianap olis branch Owing to the proxim ty of Anderson to Indianapolis it has been found more expedient to care for Remy users directly from the service department of the company located at the hom of fice Jones manager of the Indianapolis branch continues with the company with headquarters at the homo office BY JOE KNIGHT YORK January 11 If a great sport like the turf calculated to with stand and by its history able to withstand great misfor tunes were dependent upon any one man or set of men for its maintenance its inspira tion or its popularity then in deed would the blow that be fell it in the deaths' of the late Janies Keene of Xcw York and Major all A Daingerfield of Kentucky have been severe to the point of fatality No two figures in the world of racing and breeding had been more conspicuous Re lated as were personally as well as in their activities which gave to the world year after year the greatest bands of winners the Occident had ever seen the loss of both by the hand of the great Presid ing Steward in Jess than a week came at a no man whose efforts were avail able to the revival oi the sport be missed None in deed perhaps could have been missed as greatly these twain In the east the 1cath of Mr Keen even at once makes new alignments in The Jockey club im perative fur his official position no less than his counsel have been po tent factors In the government of turf affairs In the west the death vi iu uainKerneiu eaies a va cancyun the Kentucky Racing com mission that the successor to the courtly master of Castleton must bv the (initiates of the statutes of Kentucky ue a breeder Is at once significant and fortunate and the choice will be watched wltU inter est hereabouts Cnnuot be Denied or It Is a fact little to be gain said nowadays that the advanced standards of sport inaugurated anu maintained by the Kentucky Racing commission have meant steps tm vnrd in lhi progress of racing while due to inaction here in the east the main marking time land link tho dpnfh nf Kerne ami Daingerfield Is felt as a severe 1ms to the turf Mr Keene was for many years a member ot the English Jockey elub Major Daingerfield was regarded hr a su perior auuiorny on breeding so much st his word was final in controversies that bad ttni year sportsmenharLCtLr of winning horses According to the ruling of the English Jockey elub none of Mr Good rf Bradley 3b Hinchman If Lajole 2b Stovall lb Clarke Kirmfiigham cf Perrinm ss Joss 1 of Davis and Parent bv strlkhie nit th half They wen Clnrke Itlrmlnyhafn Joss 1 erring was passed ahead of third Btrfkonnt but Was left on first Nome Hurling Shown The sixth was uneventful an Rhrntf easy for Lalolr Tannehill rapped softly to Joss and Walsh filed to Good In the other half Walsh struck out Good threw out Bradley st first and was saved hit charged against him uhon Hahn made a dashing catch of Hinchman flnf drive The seventh saw Joss throw Hahn out at first and strike out Joupr Isbell bounded one nicely to Luloie for the third out Walsh struck iajole for the second time xot rid and whiffed Clarke with the start of the eighth evrrvbodv In the tark knew what Joss had within his rrasn and the tension became fierce Lajoie thn Dougherty out at first thrn cniiMht Davjs non fly Parent lofted to Hinchman and a round of applause broke out But them st 111 was the ninth Innina io Play and the crowd hardly could wait tor It Jo Cleveland's haff Blrminrham beat out a bunt and Perrlng singled Whileloss was striking out a wicked spltter broke Shreck flmrer and he gave way to Shaw Valh finished whlifing Joss then struck out Gnod for the fourth time and disposed 'of Bradlev on a grounder leav ing two runners stranded Narrow Escape in Ninth In the ninth White batted in place anil was thrown out by Lajoie Don ahue was sni to bat for Tannehill andstruck not You could have heard a pin anvwhero In tho place when Ander son strode to bat for Walsh He was nil that stood between Joss and tvlmt the rec ord Big John hit Bradley and once more Joss had a frightfully nar row escape for Bradley In his anxiety to throw perfectly pegged badly At Immi nent risk of colliding with Anderson Stov all reached far to his Jeff for the throw caught it and hold it but top ilej over find fell flat on top of Big John who slid under to avoid the collision It was awfully close biit o' Loughlin called the runner out and not a kick was registered It would have been drowned in the cheer ing with which Cleveland congratulated it tti uriij inemseives cause the Nara still ra contenders the flag Score: Both classes of men will find it a revelation to spend a minutes in our tailoring store They will find (on examining the finished garments) Clothes that in expres sive tailoring in perfect fit in every detail of finish and in the good workmanship which counts in wear has few equals and no superiors They will find that Ballantine Clothes cost no more than indifferent sorts of other tailors Mother of Luther McCarty Victim of Snake's angs Lies in Peoria Cemetary irally doubli jij? the ctiances tu cut in on the series receipts by nusinx trolt Cost Sox Chnrnpldnhij Incidentally Cleveland victory on that Bussed ball may have cost the wnlte Sux the championship fur the Chicago men went ahead and won three of their remaining four games only to be beaten by Effort to Beat the Sensational IPaddell Cost Him Dear Strain Results in In jury to Arm and Eventual Drop to Minors the olden days the game has seen rank Knauss a wonderful port alder of the late also the fam ous Hahn Outside of uiHse tne two awards siever Killian are the only ones that any claim to fame Goes West tn 1909 Siever traveled westward in 1909 signing with the Aberdeen club of Hia Nor hwostern Iahd ha right there he demonstrated by a burst of wonderful hurling that the power to deceive batsmen hud not oy any means lert tne kthuy urm i revelation to the fans of the sun set region and repaid the Aber deen management for the enorm ous salary it was giving him per haps the highest price ever paid a player in the history of the league Edward Siever finished his career as a professional hurler with the Chattanooga club of the Southern association in 1910 the circuit In which many of the game's noted twirlers signed their last contracts and hurled their last ball The little town of Lewiston Ill was where this noted "Son of Gi first saw tho light of daj in the year 1878 Annual Meeting is Success Club in Good inancial Condition New Owner of Club Says That Charles Will Be Given ull Sway January 11 When National Icaguo baseball formally transferred to William TIensy Locke of Pittsburgh the Vlrate secretary said tonight he would be In Philadelphia one of those days to close the deal sterns as though some people were getting nervous because I have only nine days In which to close on my said Locke is really no need of anyone to gvt excited The deal Is practically closed There be any hitch and have control of the Philadelphia club before January want to say now that to interfere with Charley will be MOURNED AT HOME AND ABROAD MISS KEENE AND DAINGERIELD on that day this game easily takes place among the greatest In hlst tvrv because tno sera which the rivals were mii'ln their performance mnckahle It was the from the end of the championship season and Detroit Chicago and Cleveland were in the race for the American league pennant Defeat for either team meant the losers would have to win nil four of their remaining games to cop the bunt A ew Suits Specially Priced See them in our State Street window Some reduced $350 some $500 and some $750 Pick them out and remember that "Money saved is as good as any other money rcauv wonnpnui fin psinniiqiir reputation of being the truest left hander in the business His com mand of the sphere brings to mind the masterly work of that king of all pitchers Charles Radbourne 'Tin recorded that the i could place a common popbottle on the home plate and from the pitch ers position knock it down four time in live attempts May Be Exaggerated There may be a slight tinge of laundry blueing to this story but It illustrates the almost perfect command that possessed Siovr could waste three balls on a batter and when that individual thought he had a chance to walk would flash the next three across making the fellow hit or fan In 1901 the husky portsider had a verj' good year being especially effective against Cleveland win ning five of the six games that he hurled against the Naps Seivers started in 1902 to eclipse all pre vious records He began bv shut tling out the White Sox holding them to a couple of scratch sin gles and un to August he had reg istered four shutout games The eleventh day of August was the turning point in Ed Siever career On that date he engaged in that never to be forgotten pitch ing duel with the great Waddell He battled wit hthe mighty for 13 long innings and nothing to show on the score board for 12 of them but a row of blanks The 2000 or more fans that were lucky enough to see the contest witness ed one of the most ball games that ever took place on a Detroit field Great Pitching Duel control in that game was phenomenal and the only slip made during the 13 innings was in sending two men to first by th free route Mr Waddell ended this spectacular struggle In a manner that was truly befitting that spec tacular person In the last round the landed on one of dejected offerings for a ter rific swat that was good for three bases and drove In the winning run Ed Selver recover from that blow until the following sea I son His arm was In bad condition! owing to strain the results of that famous battle He made two more attempts to pitch in 1902 but found his arm unfitted for further effec tive work In 1903 Seiver was sold to the Louis Americans and was with them for two seasons He never fully recovered the use of his arm untd 1905 That season he was with Minneapolis of the American assuciation and with his greafc left whip in perfect working order he stacked up a record tn that circuit equal to any he ever made Leads the League In games won ho led that league with a percentage of 821 and of the 28 games that he hurled 10 wera shutouts By this sensational I ttt 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