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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 12

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THE DETROIT REE PRESS: RIDAY SEPTEMBER 4 1914 1 TYLER COL SMITH COX TAKES WINNER RELAY RACE Grounds Wins ORM ALL THE Tigers Open Three Game Series PLAYERS With St Louis riday ighting to Get Past Nationals HIGH CLASS CARRIGANS SUCCESSUL IND MACKS ON DAY 1m cv run sixth and 5 A II AB A 2 2 01 3 3 3 0 0 the 5 5 2 3 8 0 0 Lewis 0 0 0 340 0 4 JRHR two big 1 MORNING ROUND 2 A 2 2 2 6 0 dr 5 5 6 39 A 0 0 2 0 52 90 0 2 0 24 8 0 5 6 8 6 6 2 0 0 0 5 6 8 5 6 3 0 0 0 p4 0 8 0 5 8 4 0 4 6 5 3 6 4 8 87 4 0 0 national Totalis 40 18 24 11 Totals defeated 0 9 0 0 1 7 2 0 0 27 9 DEAD HEAT AT CONNEAUT CUBS SHUT OUT THE REDS HATS Mile run purse Insurance Man The new soft hats this 7 8 9 RHE 0 0 LA GRUE AVORED Saturday four Last Opportunity of the Season $5 Values Now Dr A Reed $6 Values Now 10 to 25 85 85 Cushion Oxfords BANWELL JOHNS OBianrax bold onty by Dr A Reed Cushion Shoe House 171 Gruwald'SL The Shoe of Smith Shoe Co Style and Comfort 2 0 0 0 0 ft 0 3 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 8 6 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 oooooo 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 5 0 0 8 2 6 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 and was the 2 2 5 6 0 0 7 8 2 0 3 0 3 3 3 2 6 2 2 3 4 5 2 3 0 0 0 5 8 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 2 8 2 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 3 3 8 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 ft 0 the eeventh In the ninth 0 0 0 appear at time rt and Mc Sox ana the and 6 38 5 36 781 7 12 8 Oldham in 2 0 IRST GAME 1 2 3 4 6 6 7 1 (Ul 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 base by Becker seventh and final Out In Out In Archer: Sny Gonzales (Murphy) blk (Ruthven) men 2 0 0 10 0 0 3 1 11 Jr i fra Cavanaugh second Blase Light third 6 2 6 ro a handsome new car is the proud er Colonef" Smith considerable cash 272 WOODWARD To avoid IMITATION look for the name of the maker In the shoe TIGERS WALLOP MINOR LEAGUERS YANKEES SLAM THREE PITCHERS TO BEAT GRIS EATURE AT SYRACUSE 20 in the Boston the Pittsburgh star of years made his second Allerton by Allerton We have all the new ones at $2 and $3 season Plenty style very rough hydroplanes At times out of the water SCORE MEN REPORT TO BUSS are very snappy of character and labor tor Com were brought to Smith of Park Thursday after Totals37 14 37 14 5 0 0 and BABY RELIANCE WINS BIG RACE Again his disDOBincr of and Marietta in in every game Allrnendinffer goes to the Dakota School of Mines at City where he will be head for the Diggers "Aqua" was disabled in the race and unable to nnisa The river was the speed of the greatly retarded hnats ware whollv The winner made the 25 miles tn 33 minute Tomorrow's race will be the Com modore Connors trophy and will thirty mile event A 1 30 8 6 1 0 0 2 2 John Ebberts Shoe Co Maker of a batting rally in the seventn add ed Story A Clark Wants Games Story Clark Colored All Stars have Sunday and Labor day open for any strong eemt pro state teams or games call Cherry 2077 from 7:80 a to 7 Point September site for the Army Navy game has not yet been reports to the contrary 0 0 0 Seven Detroit Boys Try for Eleven at This Year ATHLETICS pearances 15 years the senior of I any individual In the group there He wore a garment that gave the salt and pepper effect and from his manner was Inspired with the spirit of the occasion Soon the stranger declared ho would nice the son of any vet eran on tbe grounds and shot a swift appealing glance at the quiet retiring youth the center of the gathering the son of a veteran Are you?" he asked stammerd the questioned party race you What will it be replied the stranger the get up a lit tle purse anything at all would suit me" "You mean that you would race for money" shot back the challenged one "that would affect your amateur standing you With that the salt and pepper clothed person ducked into the dressing room held earnest con versation with his old parent a veteran in the relay team and emerged all smiles and apologetic want to race he blurted out now I don't I know you before I'll take it all 'Ralph Craig just smiled as poor Mike Murphy did those days the sensational Detroit boy beat the world's best runners at Stockholm Sweden two years ago 3 2 2 8 Lohert 3 Becker Magee Cravaihr Irelai) Paskeri Msnsn KUliter Aiex or High crowns contrast i i gi clean cut young men's kind games her The Browns have avod margin on the Tigers thia ting ready to bench Kavanagh and season and men will have to win all three battles of the coming series to get back In the running riday's game will start at the usual hour 3:15 while Sat urday Sunday and Monday after noons the time will be 3 AMien the club returns fiom Its western trip all battles probably will begin at the earlier hour 9 a IS i Coleman 1 2 3 4 6 6 7 8 K0 8 0 0 0 0 7 0 10 9 1 Tbtols 33 13 Special to The ree'Preas Atlanta Ga Sepeember 3 Bernie Boland the pitcher pur chased from Nashville by the Detroit Tigers blds fair to es tablish a record at the pace he Is going In the last ten 4Jjunes he has pitched Boland has fiot suffer ed a defeat winning 8 and tying 2 He has pitched 91 innings allowing but 11 runs 41 hits fanning 51 batters and walking but 19 The little right hander has been forced to extend himself In every one of the games winning six of them by one run andflve of them by blanking the opposi tion Total84 io 27 it Special to The ree Press Cincinnati September 3 The Reds were easy for the Cubs to the visitors winning by a 7 to 0 score Humphries kept the loQaJs hits well scattered while land ed on Schneider hard Six singles off this hurler in the sixth inning npiinn rniirrnna Batted for Ragan in the fifth Innings New York Brooklyn OOTBALL MEN ON THE SPOT Totals 34 10 27 4 PHILLIES A a Colonel in one seconds fresh as when ha for the inevitable When the gun in hands bark for the finish Smith Moeller r4 oster 3 4 Milan m4 Mitchell 14 Gandll 14 Smith 32 Williams o3 McBride a 4 Ayera pOAcosta 1 Harper pO Bentley pl Totals 82 BOSTON AB Hooper 6 Scott a 5 Speaker m8 I Hoblltzel 13 Janvrln 2 Gardner 33 Thomas c8 WOOQ 6 6 4 8 5 3 6 4 5 39 I 4 The new Best Made Clothes are here PIRATES GRAB TWO AND CLIMB TO ITH PLACE SECOND BATTLE IS CLOSE UNTIL AJTCHISON BLOWS Stranger Challenges Ralph Craig to oot Race Then Hastily Squares Matters With Great Sprinter In a little group near the vet eran relay men's dressing house at the state fair grounds stood a clean limbed young man quiet and pleasing Around him though entirely un conscious of his greatness were a number of young men discussing the Impending race between picked runners in the A and Col onel Smith of Highland Park There were no names mentioned and the lithe athletically built youtii was perhaps the most of the lot Some would have taken hl mfor the boys he appears to be and upon whom was thrust the honors of starter for this test of nduiance courage and swiftness of men far advanc ed in years and heroes of a war that threatened to divide the great United States In the midst of the conversation stalked a fellow who Is from ap BLU MISTAKEN IDENTITY APOLOGY COME IN ORDER Special Buffalo sixth annual thft NiHfirara day with a 26 Buffalo Chamber of Commerce tro phy The Baby Reliance VI owned by Commodore Stuart Blackton of New York won the event by a boat hngth with Baby Speed Demon owned by Mrs Blackton second and the Buffalo Enquirer owned by Commodore Connors third The Ankle Deep owned by fcCount Casimir 8 Mankowski of New York caught fire just as she was going over the finishing line and was gutted The Kitty Hawk own ed by 11 Timkin of Canton Ohio was disabled in the race and was Tiger Purchase is Pitching Splendid Ball in Southern ft Lassie McGregor br (Murphy) 3 6 dis Amheretbur After Game Amherstburg Ont September Am herstburg would like to book some strong Detroit team for Monday (Labor day) Write manager of baseball club Amherst burg or answer through The ree Pres Amheretburg defeated the Sonnenbergs of Detroit 7 to 4 Uriah and Buster Brown Tie in ifth of 2:84 Trot Conneaut Lake Pa September A deed heat between Uriah and Buster Brown In the fifth heat of the 2:24 trot furnished the feature of the Lake Erie circuit program here texay Uriah took the race winning the heat The 2:14 pace went over until tomorrow after Kip Bradley Dandy and Jack Johnson had each won a heat Summaries: 2:19 trot Herbert Cosone won Braver Bell second Ruth McKerron third Best time 2:24 trot purse 8400 Urlnh won Buster Brown second Celstone third Best time THREE MORE MICHIGAN OOTBALL MEN LAND JOBS COACHING TEAMS Boston Takes Both Games of Double Bill rom Champions Plank Loses irst While Shawkey is Battered Boston September 3 Boston took both games of a double header from Philadelphia today the first 3 to 1 and the second 6 to 8 error on Scott's fly al lowed Gardner to score Boston's first run in the opening contest and clean hitting assisted by sacrifice flies accounted for the other two runs tally was made on double and Bar single Bunched hits gave Boston the lead in the second game tri ple and Lewis's error scored for Philadelphia in the first inning and Watson and Cohn Candidates for Michigan Eleven Report Sev eral Days Ahead of Time Special to The ree Press Ann Arbor Mich September 3 men dropped off Michigan Central trains here today the couple thereby earning the honor of being the advance guard of the big bunch of fellows who will make up the early practice squad of Wol verine gridiron candidates Watson and Cohn the former a substitute on the varsity last fall and the latter a member of the Reserves were two chaps who showed their very earnest inten tions of this fall under Yost NSW YORK AJi a4 Hartzeh 13 Cook 4 Dly Mullen Peok'ugh a4 o4 Boone 2 8 Wbrhop p4 Stallings's Star is Pounded rom the Box in Second In ning Quakers Getting Six Runs in irst Two rames MORNING ROUND Out Io Seeley Out In BROOKIY AB Dalton m5 Daubert 15 Myer 4 Wheat L4 Egan 4 Cutshaw 2 4 Getz 3 4 McCarty c8 isher C2 Ragan pi Schmutz p3Stengel 1 Ideal Shoes for Men and Women Will Have Mack Park This ootball Season La Grue the popular local quar terback who broke hie leg in the Cleveland Herald game In 1912 has secured Mack park to play his Records In all the preliminary games starting at 1:30 GIANTS BACK IN LEAD OLD LEAGUE Cards Drop Double Bill to Pitts burgh and Corsairs Leap Up the Ladder Special to The ree Press St Louis September 3 St JkjuIs dropped both games of dou ble card to the Pirates today the flrstby a score of 11 to 5 and the second by a 10 to 3 count The Pirates went Into fifth place from the cellar on its double win today second game was called in the eighth Inning on account of darkness Runs Sneaker 1 Hoblltzel 1 Three hase Speaker Two base Gardner Strunk Off Off Plank 8 In 7 innlnrs off Pennock 1 In 1 inning Sacrifice Soott Sacrifice Janvrln Lewis Stolen baseeColllna 2 Double Collins to Rarry to Mc Innis: Barry to Melnntsy Barry to Collins to McInnis Left on Boston 4 Philadelphia 5 irst base on Off 1 off oster 2 Struck 'By Tlank 1 by oster 6 1:44 Umpire ixjugnun ana iiiiaeorana SECAND GAMX ATHLETICS 2 Beat Brooklyn Two Games Whil4 Phillies Are Taking BraVt Into Matty is lavi cible in Opening Encounter BY A BATCHELOR READY to make a hard fight for third place the Tigers will return home riday confident of their ability to pass Washington and hopeful that Boston also may be overtaken before the season ends Some of the players got in Thurs day afternoon but the main guard stopped over in Wilnes barre Pa for an exhibition game St Louis is the opening attrac tion here playing a three game series starting riday afternoon ana ending Sunday Then the come for two games Labor day after that the Jungaleers take trail for trios to Chicago Cleveland returning September 17 to meet the four eastern teams Washington Is no4r but half a game ahead of men and has been going so poorly lately that there appears to be little doubt that the Tigers will go by within the next week Should the Junga leers be victorious riday and the Nationals lose they would change places Coveleskie Js Due Jennings doubtless will use Harry Coveleskie In the first battle against the Browns The big Pole has not worked for nearly a week and should be in shape to make the Rickey gang eat from his hand St Louis probably will show one of its left handeri with Wellman the likely choice This tall hurler al rigers a owe him Men Want to inish Third and Have Excel lent Chance to Do So If They Continue to Play as Well as They Have Performed Lately Coveleskie Due to Pitch with a sacrifice hit to tne visitors Innings 1 2 8 Chicago 0 1 1 Cincinnati 0 0 0 Humnhrlea dec ahrer and Clarke and AB Murphy y6 DavKV Collins "2 I Kept 2 8 Baker 8 4 McInnis 14 trunk m4 Barry 4 McAvoy c3 flhawkey p6 Pennock p8Walsh 1 tThomp'n 1 Totals 88 11 Three Eaetern high Percy Drew Jack Drew and Elmer leave for Washington Pa nest Tues day to join Coach Robert Washington and Jefferson football eq aad our other Bo villc and Western of CentraiJilgh and Al Spiegel and Britt Patterson of are already at the camp The Drew boye were members of the and squad last season both playing on the line Reich whose forte tn athletics Is pole vaulting but who has played some good Independent foot 1 ball joins olweirs crowd for the first time The other four local boys are veterans Washington and Jefferson has an un usually hard schedule this fall 10 game being listed among them Har vard and Yale But ol well has prac tically all of his last team that held Yale to a scoreless tie back and expects to open the eves of the foot ball loving public by even bettering the wonderful performance of his 1913 eleven Total 13 the third 8 4 6 6 7 0 10 0 8 4 0 12 0 Ayers Harper and Bentley are Badly Senators Losing by 10 to 4 Score Errors by His Support Closing rame Give Only our Buns of the After noon Special to The ree Press Philadelphia September Sympathy in baseball? Tut Tut' So spoke Grover Cleveland Alex ander and his supporting cast of today while they were spanking George Stallings's Good wishes of Boss'Dooln et al are with the Hub for a pleasant voyage in Pen 'nantvlUe now that the are remote But with the breath men felt it 1 their duty to trip the invaders 'a defeat that cost them first place 1 in the National league pennant sprint The reign of tbe Breves as lead era was only of 24 hours duration as John McGraw revived his New York Giants and by handin? Brook iyn me wanop in uom cuuu 71 of twin bill again became sole occupant of tne top oertn was 1 curving art and a rapid 4 Are attack that crushed Boston by CONNIE MACK PICKS BRAVES TO WIN LAG ALEXANDER IN BRILLIANT ROUTE As a result of the happenings to 'day which were just tno reverse jOf the previous day when Stallingsousted McGraw New York assumescommand of the pacemaking task by the margin of one half game That Phil hats could not be si xslenced by Tyler was established the 1 moment the Brave twirler put the ball over the plate Bang it was a double by LoberL Just to fur ls ther complicate baseball "dope" as the fan freely refers to it Beals Becker tba Phil left hand hit ter in thb soused tbe ball over tne ngnt neiu wail into Broad street for a circuit of the base paths Lobert of course pulling up at the plate ahead of him So much for term of office In the first inning This was only a forecast of a more strenuous at tack to follow Ousted In Second Before 'Tyler could retire a wear er of the Dooin colors in the sec ond round he was derricked by Boss Stallings The reasons for the enforced retirement of the Bos ton southpaw are plain A double by Kililfer singles by Alexander and Becker and life on a fielder's choice were sufficient to expel Tyler Killifer and Alex ander had scored in this frame and the base paths were holding two runners when Davis relieved the mitering Tyler Pitcher Davis being of right hand persuasion his success was better 'However both runners who occupied the bases when he took up the pitching burden scored be fore He could check the rally Cap Magee wa safe on a sacrifice as Lobert beat throw to third sacrifice fly scored Lo lert A single by Irelan drove Becker across the Davis kept the Phils from fur ther scoring until the sixth when single his steal of second hdu a mi lor a manufactured the tally The score: BOSTON AB Moran m3 Evtra 2 0 Whitteri 24 'flHBO IV I Gilbert Tlme SJllK Jim Maroney Once a Jungaleer Proves Easy for His ormer Comrades Score 7 to 2 Special to The ree rew Wllkesbarre Pa September Slim Jim Maroney who has been starring as a pitcher for the Coal Barons was made to order for the Detroit Tigers and In an exhibi tion here today the Jennings crew had no trouble winning 7 to 2 At no stage did the Barons have a chance Oldham was a complete puzzle for five Innings allowing only two hits both of which were collected by Danny Hoffman Mc Creary took his place and worked three innings and by bunching hits in the seventh the Barons got theironly runs Ty Cobb took the mound In the ninth Issued one pass and forced three batters to ground oat in the infield Crawford belted the ball over the right field fence for a home run In the seventh and Hellman made one of the longest hits ever made on Diamond park In the eighth when he drove the ball over left field fence Donie Bush led In the hitting hitting three safe drives in rour times up Innings 1 2 3 4 Wllkesbarre 0 0 0 0 Detroit 1 0 0 1 Marnnev and Ttrlrer McCteery Cobb and Baker and McKee most always makes the lot of trouble and they several beatings Several new men will Navin field for the first dav Pitchers Oldham Creery and Infielder McMullen have joined since the club last played here and the fans will be Interest ed in giving them the once over Other recruits will drop in from to time between now and the end of the season and as soon as Hughle feels that he has assured the club of third place he will give them trials Lately the feature of the play has been Oscar perform ance at second base The little Cal ifornian has been hitting the ball like Ty Cobb ever since he re placed Kavanagh In the line up and has been fielding in a sensational manner Had he been able to play straight through the season there might have been a lot of difference In the percentage Just about the time Jennings was get ting ready to bench Kavanagh and put Vitt into the game back in July the westerner had the mis fortune to sustain a broken arm I in a game with the Athletics and it was more than a month before he was ready for duty again Two New Battery Men Branch Rickey will not show much new talent this He has signed up Grover Baichley a pitcher and George Hale a catch er both from the Burlington la club but is not likely to use either of them here The line up has been changed somewhat Lavan now be ing second batter and Gus Williams seventh with Austin leading off and in the clean up position Rickey is trying hard to finish at the top of the second division or higher and will fight for all the Several Newcomen Join Central High ootball Squad Thurs day Afternoon Coach Buss's Central high foot ball squad numbered 20 at Thurs day workout the second of the season Only new candidates and boys who were members of the reserves last season joined the dozen who re sponded to the first call Wednes day Those veterans Ralston Keaton Hendrian and Hyatt who have not yet been out will probably don uni forms for tho first time next week Ralston is out of town Keaton and Hendrian are working and Hyatt is trying to make himself eligible by studying up for an exam that he intends to take the first week of school Kicking passing runnng down under punts and fallng on the ball wass given the boys by Buss yes terday Th? workout lasted about an hour The squad will get out onto the old lot again this afternoon at 2:30 BattM for McAvoy in the ninth iminw jor i'ennorK in tne ninth Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7: Boston 8 1 0 0 0 3 Athletic 1 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 Hooper Speaker Lewis 3 lltsel 6 Collins Strunk 3 5 6 I ATERNOON ROUND Out In Out In summaries United State Golf association championship Third round: Walter Travl nartMi 014 Roy I) Webb Englewood i up 37 holes Jerome Travers Upper Montclair defeated Seeley Brooklawn 6 up 6 to play ownes Jr Oakmont defeated Ray Gorton Brae Bum 1 up 37 hole rancis Ouimet Woodland defeated Robert A Gardner Hlnadale 9 up7 to play Travis and Travers and owne and Ouimet will meet the emlfinals to morrow The football decided nothwithstandinr I While no official statement from the athletic authorities here was forthcoming today ru mors that the Army had surren dered and that Philadelphia was to Sot the game were denied Tesreau Pitches Brilliantly and is Given ine Crowd of 15000 Persons Sees Me Men Put It Over Brooklyn Soptember 3 York regained the National leajue lead today by taking a double beader from Brooklyn while Bo ton was losing In Philadelphia The scores were 6 to 3 and 2 Mathewson kept Brooklyn's hit scattered in the first game it gan weakened In the fourth Inning and singles by Doyle and Grant and a bad mult by Daubert on fr'Jetrh er sacrifice gave New York i runs Xour wera in on doubles by Burns Robertson singles by ljOyie iletcher and Beyors and a basoii balls to Snodgrass Schmutz pitch ed the last four Innings and check ed the New York onslaught Wheat's single which was fum bled by Burns aided bv Getz's sin gle gave Brooklyn its first run iiiignatv nniihisj 4 scored on Getz's single Getz rea ed second on fumble In the ninth and scored on McCarty single Tesreau was effective In the see ond game while 'New York reach ed Altchison for 13 hits and three runs In eight innings Steele pitch ed the ninth inning In which York clinched the game Meyer and Snodgrass walked and on grounder he Batted tor Dvl in i tRatted for Ox reham Innins 9 Phillies Moran Wbltted Connolly Whal 4 Lobert 3 Bscker KHllfer Alex ander Errora Wbl'ted 2 Mamnvllle Irelan Off Tylr 5 1 in txlnr Uxne out In the second) off Davis 4 in 5 Innings off Cocreham i tn Jn ftlnfs Home Becker Two base hits Abating Connolly Lobert KtlPfer Stol en base Maranvllle Kililfer Lobert Lecicsr 2 Double play Smlth and chmUt Sacrifice hlt Maxe Sacrifice Cravath Bases on Off Tyler 2 off Davis 8 off Alxsndr 3 Left on bases Boston 12 Phillies 7 irst base on or 1 Boston 1 Pbllllts Struck Ry Daria 8 by Cocreham 1 by Alexander 2 njcm ana Email 0RM AND 'PHILS WIN 3 3 ATERNOON ROUND Ouimet Out 4 5 4 8 4 4 6 4 In Gardner Out 4 4 3 8 5 6 7 4 In any of today's bowed bg burst i followed Napoleon Couchman Peter Stereos Peter Stevens wontraiKht race on the having an easy Uma 4IHUL uruve Straight hati After losing the first heat to Newyell Omar the favorite came back and tuok the next three heats In the 2:08 trot Brighton well liked was shut out after the third heat A peculiar feature of the meeting was that Tommy Murphy the win not two more tallies The scores: IRST BOSTON AD Special to The ree Press Boston Mass September 3 Conne Mack who came to town today with his Athletics to play the Red Sox deciares the Braves will win the pennant to it" said Mack Braves will win all right Any team that can do what they have done in the last six or seven weeks will grab the National league pennant" It is evident that Connie does not share the belief of McGraw Mathewson and other player writers that the Braves will chance for that at this stage of the game" affirmed the leader of the Athletics started their present climb on their second trip to the west they? And then they cleaned up on home grounds And then they went west again and kept on winning they? Nothing to It I say The Braves will win the pennant Mack asked the seating capacity of enway park and added sir be back here for the series" Gowdy C3 Whaling cl Tvlcr 0 Davit 1 CocTuun p9Devore 1 1 Ing staff Paterson played at cen ter for Yost last year and partici pated Big South Rapid coach true to his Germanic name was a good lighter on the football field whenever he took a notion and was selected by several critics for a guard position on All Westerns last year "Big Smith center made ina will have charge of the gridiron squad at Throop college at Pasadena Cal The success of Wolverine stars coaches In vari ous parts of the country has re sulted in selection by the Pacific athletic authorities Smith has worked as a coach under Yost the Big assistant in 1912 and he knows something 'of the system of development used by the Wolverine wizard Miller Pontius is another of tho 1913 Michigan stars who will coach this year having charge of the lads at the University of Ten nessee He was enraged last fall filled the bases Burns cleared bags with home run to left Scores: IRST GAME NEW YORK AB Snodgf m4 Doyle 3 5 Bums 8 Murray r9 letcher 8 Robertin 14 uraui Merkle 1 Mevars a McLean c2 p4 Travers Travis Ouimet and ownes Win Their Matches in Amateur Championship Tour nament on Ekwanok Course Manchester Vt September Again today players of highest rank were the survivors in the match play for the United States Golf association amateur champion ship over the links of the Ekwanok Country club completing the third round Jerome Travers of Upper Montclair present title holder ad vanced in his 'quest for further honors without close competition winning by 6 up'over Seeley of Brooklawn rancis Ouimet for mer national open champion was also an easy winner He ended his match with Robert A Gardner of Hinsdale a former amateur cham pion on the eleventh green of the afternoon round 9 up The veteran Walter Travia of Garden City another former ama teur champion and ownes of Oakmont title holder In 191b survived their difficulties Each was forced to an extra hole The match of ownes and Gorton of Brae Burn carried most of the gallery ownes started the afternoon round two up but Gorton evened the match at the sixth hole The advantage alternated after that Starting the eighteenth hole Gorton was one down ownes laid a stymie but Gorton skillfully hop ped his ball gaining the hole and squaring the match A poor approach shot lost him the extra hole Travis finished the morning round of his match with Roy Webb of Englewood two down and he lost the first two holes of the afternoon round Then he set out to even matters and had done so before the ninth hole was reached Webb's perfect four squared the mutch at the eighteenth Playing the extra hole Travis went Into the rough on the right and Webb wa8 bunkered the left on the drive Travis pulled his second missed his third and then played his fourthhot almost dead to the cup for an 18 inch putt Webb was on the green in three but he took three putts missing one of les8 than two icei unu me veteran won ollowing ar the card for the matches: Special to The ree Pres New York September 3 Wash ington dropped the first game of the series to the Yankees by a 10 to 4 score Ayers Harper and Bentley were pounded hard by the home batters and received poor support in the iieiu Score: WASHINGTON ABHOA 2 1 Margaret Drmen Wins Last Thrfce Heats of Empire State 2:14 Trotting Lassie McGregor avorite ourth Specll to The ree PrMa Syracuse September 3 The Grand Circuit races carried over from yesterday because of rain were finished here today The feature event was the 110 000 Empire State stake for 3:14 trotters two heats of which were ran off yesterday Margaret Drulen entry won the three heats today thus annexing 35000 Lassie McGregor the favorite because of resent win nings in rich stakes got fourth money Sienna and McCloskey tied for second and third foneys thus splitting 34009 Geers Wine Pace Stake Geers won his first big pac ln four Years when he piloted Napoleon Direct his chest nut stallion home in three straight heats in the Syracuse 35000 stake for 2:11 pacers King Couchman had won two heats yesterday but was not able to follow Geers speeder today The tlmestoday were: 2:05 1 2 2:07 and Because of winning the last four rich stakes King Couchman was a heavy favorite but he was not able to get better than third place la any of today's heats Camella of speed and nosing out Hob Lewis Kopf Two bafte bite Speaker 2 Three base Collins Lewie Left on Boston 9 Athletics 8 Off Bhawkey 4 in 1 Inning off Pennock 6 in 7 Innings Stolen Lewis Janvrln Baker Mcfcmla Gardner Thompson Mur phy irst base on ball Off Pennock 4 Struck By flhawkey 1 by Pennock 5 by Wood 9 Hit by pitched By Pen nock 1 (HoblitxeD Passed haJlfr Thomas McAvoy 2:03 Hildebrand and nlng driver of the season did pilot single victor PACE 3 IN 6 VALUE $o000 (Two heats Wednesday) xupuicun uirecc cn oyWalter Direct Dam untraced tueersj King Couchman br by At lantic' King (McMahon) Camella br (Cox) Irene Beau ch (Murphy) Baron Alcyone (Cahfil) 7 0 0 6 Wheat Cutshaw Geti 3 Snodgrass Burn letcher Hob 1 5 Daubert Egan 3 Sacrifice hiO letcher Murn Two base hit Robertson Cuuhaw Left on 1 York 6 Brooklyn 8 irst base on errors i York 2 Brooklyn 2 Stolen bw Whaat Double Egan to Cuha 1 to Daubert Culshaw to Egan to Daubert Dovle to latchar to Mrkl Basse ori OffRagan 1 offSchmutx 1 Struck By Rogan 2 by Mathewson 2 by Sohmuts 1 Off Ragan 8 in 6 nlngs eff Sohmuta 2 In 4 innings Tiros Eason and Quigley SECOND GAME NEW YORK AH snoagra m4 Doyle 2 5 Burns r6 letcher 5 Grant 3 Murray 14 Merkle 14 Meyers C3 McLean oO Tesreau p4 Batted for Ayer Inning 1 Washington 0 New York 2 Maine! 2 Hartsell Cook Daley 3 Mullen Pecklnpaugh 10 Milan Gandll Smith 4 os ter Williams 2 McBride Ayers Bentley Off Ayers 6 In 2 innings: off Harper none (only pitched to two in third( off Bentley 6 In 6 innings Two base Mat sei Home Ma4sel Gandll Sacri fice Smith Left on Washing ton 4 New York 3 irst base on New York 1 Double Bentley Mc Bride' and Gandll Stolen Mullen Maisel 2 Hartzell irst base on Off Bentley 4 Struck By Bentley 1 Hit by pitched By Warhop 2 (Smith Williams) by Bentley 1 (Boone) Wild pitch Bentley Tlty 1:38 Umpires Chill and Connolly Highland Park Veteran Kuns 10 Miles Against Seven Comrades at State air Automobile Months of hard rade A Pierce naught by Col 1 Highland noon at the state fair grounds or nearly half a year by his own admission Mr ierce bent every effort to assembPea team of 10 veterans to shatter long winning record but like celebrated charge at the battle of Gettysburg the attempt ended in rout and disorder Consequently Cadillac touring eat possession together with that formed a portion of the spoils Against the wonderfully preserved veteran of Highland Park the team assembled Dy Comrade Pierce though in the latter collec tion was included Captain Barnes of Pittsburgh Pa in his prime one of the greatest runners pro uuceu in America was Deaten pressiveiy ana aecisiveiy I Doc ast Time Running continuously Smith covered 10 miles hour 23 minutes and 4( ana nnisnea started save Serspiration tarter Ralph ed its slrnal was half carried half dragged to the waiting automobile and with a few words from Henry Le land president of the Cadillac Motor Car company he was driven triumphantly around the tracks Though lo miles were negotiated by the relay team but sefen were involved Captain Barnes ran the first mile and the last two though wnen former stand the victory of Smith was certain At that time the colonel had a lead of nearly a mile and a half which even Barnes confess ed was too much to overcome but not enough to make him quit Barnes still was running when friends hoisted Smith into the car and shot him around the tracK Display Old Spirit Throuarhout th aftrnnnn heroes of displayed the old spirit and dogged determination which pulled them through many a bloody battle As early as the fifth mile it was a foregone con clusion that Smith barring com plete annihilation would win Still they of the gray hair and age bent shoulders never faltered in the task before them It was as Dodds of Ports mouth O( exclaimed: old fellows are just like the darkey who put his horse in a race AVe agreed to run a mile each whether it ie fast or slow but we do it in spite of Every old warrior who competed confessed that his days were num bered but he would like to see the who could beat him in the Age has stooped their shoulders whitened their hair but the old fire remains in their eyes Nature has dealt more kindly with Colonel Smith At 71 he belles his three score years and II Site for Service Game Not Decided Deny Settlement 5 k' WZUVIU 4W flchnldt 15 Smith 3 4 Maranrie a 5 tf 2:0314 2:05 2:07 2:07 2:14 TROT 3 IN 5 EMPIRE STATE STAKE 310000 (Two heats Wednesday) Margaret Drulen by Peter the Great The Huntress by Onward ojiver (vox McCloskey br (McDonald) Sienna (Gerrlty) King Clansman br (McMahon)' Hazel Laing ch (Andrew) Time 2:0914 2:08 PACE 8 IN 6 VALUE $3000 (One heat Wednesday) Peter Stevens in by Peter th ureat ttoxie (Garrison) Marietta blk Walnut Grove TROT 3 IN 3 VALUE 12500 Lnriar by NODiesse cossa wattee Belle by King Nutwood vr 4uyuj Newzell by (An drews) Judson Girl (Cox)' Oakdale (McDonald) Reusens ch (Geers) Brighton (Murphy) Tommy Horn (Owen) Captures 25 Mile Jaunt at Buf Baby Speed Demon Second to The ree Press September 3 The power boat regatta on river was opened to race for the BROOKLYN AB HO A Dmibert 1 Stengel vvneac i Eitan Cutshaw Getz 3 McCarty Altchison flteeje pischer Paterson All mendinger and Bill Smith Are the Latest to Sign for Season Special to The ree Press Arbor Mich September more Wolverine football Innings Pittsburgh St Louis Coeoer Harmon and Perdue Robinson Perfitt Williams and Snyder and Wingo ECOND GAME Pittsburgh St Louis (Eight Innings darkness) Kantlehner and Gibson haus and Snyder and Roche Totals 31 6 Betted for Altchison In the eighth Innings 1 2 3 4 New York 1 0 0 0 Brooklyn 0 10 0 Snodgrass Doyle 2 Bums letch er Meyers Wheat Errors rut haw Burns letcher Merkle Hits off Altchison 13 8 Innings off Steele 1 In 1 inning Twu base Merklo letcher Egan Home Burns Left on New York 6 Brooklyn 6 Sa flqe Egan Sacrifice Cutahaw Double and Daubert Stolen irst base on Off AHch Ison 1 off Steele 2 off Tesreau 2 Strtr By Aitchlwon 2 hy Tesreau 1 Tlme 1:45 Quigley and Eason xa Wt Ann Three 5 Joined the coaching ranks in American colleges acording to an lI announcement made this afternoon nfKlAtlc fljRflnd JLf 1 An AfRcra hori' fe aterson Ernest Alltnendln Ker and William Smith being the latest tutors Jf 'Bubbles" Paterson captain of the Michigan eleven in 1913 goes to the University of Texas at Aus tin where he will act as line coach foi the southerners He will bei first assistant to Dave ADerdice I captain of the Wolverines in 1909 and one of Michigan best kickers Alierdice has been in Texas during ig the past year and it was his recom inundation that added a Yost prod uct to tne none star state teach 17 wa ML a iSj tsiikAAJRMn'WUft VI BL ft 1029 TL Me 1 11 A ft BftB rrtTri Tfi ru imrii Miiift fr TrrrirrTnfTT rrrrjrr iiirr zjiJTinorTTrrr ar'nr rrn mrinr iTri swim wrni tirBriMftgrrfigrrTT as a 1 1 i Ta ri Tr iij tlw rx nirJf rg nM 5 I ifl Tf ti fl 1 4 i I jh CS It I I i i I Wt fi gas ffi 9 I Id I Hii Sr a $4 GjSr VW Br ft Hooper r4 2 2 Mnrphy r4 0 10 Pcott 8 12 4 Oldrlng 14 0 10 Speaker 14 0 ColllnR 28 0 4 3 Lew la 1 3 2 3 0 Baker 3 4 12 1 Hoblltzel 18 1 6 0 McInnis 14 0 9 0 Janvrln 22 0 13 Strunk m3 1 3 0 Gardner 8 3 IM Barry S3 2 3 7 Carrigan c3 6 1 McAvoy c8 Oil oater p2 0 10 Plank p3 0 0 1 Pennock pO 0 0 1 Davis 1 0 0 0 Totals? 9 27 8 Totals 31 4 24 14 Batted for Plank in eighth Innings 1 23458739 Boston 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.

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