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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 8

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THE DETROIT REE PRESS TIGMAKECLEAN SWEEP AT WASHINGTON WITH OURTH STRAIGHT OPENING AT WINDSOR ROM NATIONALS Be in Wild Bill With Times tha ns Some of the horses from Latonia 1 0 4 lb 3 0 1 16 24 1 0 0 27 9 12 41 Totals 0 INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS 0 Shipke threw out Jones so 0 3 10 SOX ARE STILL SLIDING just Neuer Three WILD BILL DONOVAN COBB NOT SERIOUSLY HURT NEW II AND TROTTER IS DEAD RECORD BY TIGES TEAM TO 0 12 0 0 PLAY HERE MONDAY Rohe 3 4 Totals 3 24 9 8 Hoft 1 of PILGRIMS BREAK STREAK THREE JOCKEYS THROWN Losing Slx 3 3 1 4 16 4 3 1 1 iuiii in viv force of the blow fol success however A AVOW TEAM HOLDS A Windsor DETROITS 17 Percent Lose None Win 3 627 AMERICAN LEAGUE 56 94 and 611 Lose None Win 2 Races 6069 624 56 93 Lose 1 baseball man presented the Win'2 608 1f 620 57 93 5W 604 time Lose None Win 1 600 622 56 92 AIL MEETING Lose 1 Win 1 6056 617 1 57 92 601 Highland Park Club Lose 2 Win 1 2 613 597 58 92 3 NATIONAL LEAGUE Lose 1 Win None 593 BeginningTomorrow 615 57 91 599 Lose 2 Win None 6107 58 594 91 Lose 3 Win None 49 590 6066 59 91 586 Lose None Win None 619 56 91 603 AMERICAN LEAGUE IMPRISONED TIGER BUG HAS WILD DREAM BATTING RACE Cartercar BILLIARD and POOL PLAYERS Lead reserved that last 4 Macomb Street Corner Randolph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 for the Chicago Pittsburg Phillies 1 3 II 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 1 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 4 4 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 not think was sent A Walsh 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 St Ixiuis Boston 6 0 2 1 0 1 4 1 0 1 1 3 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 3 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 1 0 13 9 0 0 5 1 0 34 3 0 0 0 0 11 1 3 3 0 27 7 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 liahnr Jones Atzm Isbell 2 Davis Pct619603 153 134 4 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 DETROIT Athletics Chicago Cleveland 5100 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 3 Pct714595 31 73 53 0 10 4 0 io 0 4 i 0 0 Pct 44S429382331 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 4 11 69 67 59 48 Brooklyn Boston St Louis Murphy2 Collins 3 OldiTgm S'hreckc Dygerp sent re Percent a 614 ed pitchers of time six furlongs 6 to 5 won 2 lickr Bradley 3 Baym Lajoie 2 Clarkec Listerl Seyboldr 1 Mu Such a contingency is looked for The result of the race In American league is so uncertain that commission has been unable to make plans as yet and it Is likely that the series will not be started for a day io last great the fact that they liked because they did not head a pennant winner according to this man a manager should come Niies2 in Stone! Spencer Jones 1 Howell of the and Pa rent 2 wlLord 3 Wagners Shawc Morgan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 65 63 none or lose all three with team here are the tables do your own figuring: AB 4 4 4 3 4 r' AB 602 568 529 214 581 503 he would Should they Louis the Athletics Washington to take none is lost will not with Washington or to lose two and win' But has to Detroit to divide business and stories Beck said good bye He was anxious to said that after the again read the battle William felt there watching sheriff says he has breathlessly read that game thirty times or more But the worst came when he got to sleep William thought he was right on the scene in his dreams Wild Bill was firing them through so fast that they looked like peas to the Athletics and the game kept going a tie until the twentieth in ning when with two out Wild Bill himself dished up a home run and won his own game whereupon Wil liam that is "Calhoun County Wil promptly fell from his bunk onto the floor a distance of six feet and broke nose He claims however that the fall was worth the money but was very much disappointed when he woke UP i 82 89 99 nine Tiges 1 20 1 0 0 3 4 5 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 2b 105 88 79 7 8 0 0 0 0 Dygert i'1 meeting tomorrow 1 cr in 1 In the evening Burt Cloyne 95 Balia 97 1:14 3 5 Belarfus the catcher RIDAY OCTOBER 4 1907 lb 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 6 3 League pennant 0 12 4 He has won twenty flve but has not been at himself one of the last five pitphed the left hand flinging will Siever who looked remark 24 8 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 3 3 Pct349326 31S313310298 0 1 0 follows: 11 210 185 168 67 179 150 149 141 144 Win 4 89 Win 3 88 Win 3 88 Win 2 87 Win 2 87 Win 2 87 Win 1 86 Win 1 86 Win 1 86 Win 1 86 Win None 85 Win None 85 Win None 85 Win None 85 Win None 85 Small McKenna and Vaughn best Coach George Kelly ex hour and a working with The score: DETROIT AB 5 80 84 S9 99 at lint rtara nf the Central manager dotte contemplated putting a lot of husky "ringers" in its line up and rather than risk injuring the Blue and White men by playing a heavy eleven so early In the sea son Mr Wldman called the battle off VICTORY MEN Still climbing upward in the percentage column and pulling away from all com petitors Tyrus Cobb is practically certain to lead the American league in batting at the close of the season Yesterday he got three hits in four times at bat whidh brought hs average up to 349 Sam Craw ford nearest rival did not fare sowell batting five times without a bingle thereby losing 3 points lick also fellway losing 2 points Stone gained 1 bringing his average to 310 while Lajoie did not alter his standing The percentages or tne sx leaaing Sluggers are as COBB CRAWORD lick Clymer Stone Lajoie' KEEPS IN1 PENNANT RACE description of the that he was right the game and the and Mr McWilliams But they merely do not go 31 14 27 15 1 6 0 0 0 0 hits I Stolen iret back big scoring' inning for the team was the seventh Dele started witli a single Bill Continued wards third roller but saw and did not throw past Ship: tempts to one down I race vear' nlHa caiiur and a sixteenth Woolstone 100 Continued on Page Nine Totals 2' Innings Poston St Louis Run Parent I laird Pickering Stone 2 Congalton Chadbourne on balls Off Morgan 6 off Howell 1 By Morgan 2 by Howell 3 play Wagner ana irimshaw Boston 5 St Innis 6 Morgan 1:50 Umpire Sheridan A Shedd Miller Parker Lemmon McWilliams Wheeler DunlapSmall (capt) McKenna Vaughan razer He fielded one more inning tne eigntn geiLius ne was opr Big Stake Events RACING and STEEPLECHASING irst race at 2:15 18 8 9 0 Detroit Boys Allow armers But Points 7 8 0 0 3 0 Elberfeld fifth Kay Blanken Donovan the throw third and Blankenship going to second Smith ilied to Crawford and Kay died at tha plate trying to score Schmidt Uhrowwithout mov ing an inch Gehring and 'Milan both singled in the sixth With one gone Ganley hit over first base waist high Rossman grabbed the ball and tagged first before Milan could The home hanty LongWalk Is More Than Half O'er Cincinnati October 3 Haggard but still determined to walk 1000 mhe in one thousand consecutive hours Dm tramped his six hundredth mie at 3 this afternoon STANDING 42 60 64 68 PCX469450399327 Central Wyandotte Gaine Is Off Manager Wldman of theCentral high school football team has canceled the game scheduled with Wyandotte high for to morrow afternoon and is trying to arrange a contest with the lint Mutes to be played Persistent rumors reacnen tne that xv van Today's Gaines Chicago at St Louis New York at Philadelphia Brooklyn at Boston 97 101 Cardinal A football team has started practice All players please report at Bur diamond at 1 riday night Home 6 in 3 innings off Sacrifice hits bases Isbell 2 Neuer Double Davis and Donohue Moriar Leit on irst base or? Neur ti' base on btrucK out 1:42 fed Kay a slow one and the big fel low hit it to center He was forced when Jones grounded to Blankenship fouled out Smith tripled over Crawford's head send ing both runners home He was left when Shipke flied to left Gehring Starts Worry Gehring xvho' is some hitter for a pitcher started the ninth with a triple and scored on in field hit after Milan and Ganley had died on the infield Kay flied to and ended it Despite all of the hitting and tne game naa peen cuuipiev an hour and a half both little waste Some of shape but Coughlin has a O'Leary cannot n'hhont wlnnlnz bruise from a batted ball at Philadel phia They are going just as fast as though in perfect The return of Schaefer is the big secret of the The German nas been strong in every game thus rar played The Washingtdn Post this morning commented on his work saying: few days ago the disgruntled fans of Detroit soured on Herman Schaefer His work was criticised and word was sent but that the German would be dis posed of before next season Let us hope that the Detroit club owners will follow the advice of the grand stand managers and dispose of 'Schaefer and let us wish that it will be the Washington club that will secure him" Apropos of possible pennant winning a well known matter from a new angle during this trip He claimed that a number of club man agers were fighting their hardest to stop the iges despite the Detroit team wish Jennings to These managers do not think that in from some other league and go to the front In his first season They think he ought to sit by quietly for three or four seasons until he gets accustomed to his HCW BULiVQ ans around the circuit do not seem to share the feelings of these managers In every town in the league the Tiger leader is a hot favorite with those who pay their money to see baseball Will Play Benefit Monday Win or lose the the Tiges are go ing to have that benefit game on Monday That is unless they get into the series and are kept away from Detroit through some action of the commission on tne day named not the the any bis or two later than is usually the case The players figure that even should they get into the battle for the supremacy there will be alot of fans who cannot get to the big games who would like to come out and them a little cheer They must practice on Mon day anyway So at a meeting this morn ing they decided that they might just as well take out their practice in a match game for the benefit of their friends Con sequently unless something unforeseen comes up to interfere the team win or lose the flag will play a game at Ben nett park on Monday Two teams from the club will be made A few volunteers win be used to The players are Thompson and irst race five Hasty Agnes vasanta lvi time 1:01 2 5 Darling Dan Snake Dovely Girl Stoneman MCKee namiei Totals 30 2 Innings Cleveland Philadelphia Runs Seybold Murphy 4 Two base hit Clarke viaring cai inn Stolen Birmingham Birmingham and Lister i 1 a 1 1 0o Sacrifice Spencer Della Snnft' 1A1 16 to 5 won My Queen of NEW YORK 1 1 Games New York at Boston Philadelphia at Washington 3 5 Bottles very sore hand put on his right shoe with pain result of a 3 4 were being1 received for I on 0 0 Sullivan i bases Bases Struck Double Left on Wild to Have I Stake Promises to Knee Association ootball In the Peninsula league series topior row brings together in Walkerville tlio old Detroit and Walkerville while tlie two Sandwich teams meet In Sandwich Dickson of Sandwich will referee in Walkerville while a Detroit or Windsor man will Officiate in Sand wich The following Detroit players are reouested to Campau avenue Clymott Pillman Cullough Weightman Daines and Laurence of to Applies Whitewash for Second Time Three Days riction Transmission No clutch no gears any speed Per fect control simple reliable economical MOTORCAR CO 253 and 255 Jefferson Avenue after Hocrifice Gebrintr grabbed it He rtiit Schmidt I PI1HI11B! IU at third but made the play to first over and to to 2 to 1 third Prytania ran ifth race 112 ishilling) (Walsh) 7 to 2 second (Pickens) 4 to 1 third time Hans Bender Dr Mathews Ttnbel Oueen ran Sixth race mile and a sixteenth (Charlatan 104 (Taylor) 9 to 10 won Hammer Away 101 (Shilling) 6 to 1 second: Bitter Brown 101 (Bailey) 15 to 1 third time 1:48 4 5 Bendigo irst Mason Piller Louise Macarlan Bacache The Pet Trenoia ran AB Hofnm 2 2 3 Balls 0 Chase 1 Bell I ms 2 wc Nvtterp SMALL SCORE EXPECTED IN CONTEST 36 h7u AGAIN SHUTS OUT THE NAPS report at foot of Jos at ocioca: Stein Sutherland Riesdorf Derbyshire Hill Macall Me jjnony Emery tianem Jardine Morgan Petz Also an to owe' the game are requested to be on hand encourage the boys Totals Innings Detroit Washington TAvnca Hits Donovan base Schmidt Smith Gehring Sac rifice hits Rossman Donovan Stolen bases Cobb 3 Rossman Double plays Schaefer and Rossman Deary and Rossman Craw ford and Schmidt Rossman (unassisted) Left on Washington 4 Detroit irst base on Off Gehring 1 irst base on Detroit 3 Washington 1 Struck By Gehring 5 by Donovan 2 Time 1:30 Umpires Hurst and Brown Record made the Philadelphia now yp(nrd in the American league this season for consecutive victories Up to this time Cleveland held the honor with eight straight In the matter of winning spurts this season has remarkable showing how keen the battle has been Incidentally it was theK Tigers that broke up the streak which they made in May it being broken Memorial day afternoon at Cleveland with Mullin pitching The Tigers started their recent string of victories at New York winning the second game of a dou ble header at New York then they took the Boston outfit down for three straight one at Philadelphia then the tie game followed by the four Washington victories That pitching staff of the Tiges Is sort of kaleidoscopic affair Every so often some twirler goes wrong and' just at that time some other boxman rounds into again Jennings Jias never had more than three men at one time in shape to pitch winning ball 4 Kil lian thinks that he is out for the year games in any All of frill to ably good in the opening Washing game Mullin Comes Back When Killian went out Mullin came in The big fellow aa stated yesterday seems rom Page One Gehring fielded the that he was too late singled two futile at Donovan laid ic hitting diifrc'nr ran be snared hit at St Louis as they have they will grab the two that neea Tiges Establish win straight victories for with the tie game at excepted which is a 1 0 1 0 0 1 9 WASHINGTON AB 0 0 BRIGHTON BEACH irst race maiden 3 year olds six fur longs Sal Volatile 107 (McDaniel) 16 to 5 and 6 to 5 won Summer Cloud 107 (Miller) 4 to 1 place second Algelone 107 (Troxler) 7 to 5 to show third time 1:13 Ramrod Tiffin Miriam Adalbert Belle Pass Him Out Mollie Ball Perservance Lad of Langdon Rain Queen High Class and Silver Point also ran Second race 4' year olds and up sell ing one mile and a sixteenth Voorhees 110 (Miller) 4 to 1 and 9 to 5 won Marster 107 (McDaniel) to 1 place second Vino 102 (Walsh) 1 to 4 to show third time 1:46 1 5 Quinn Brady Miss Doyle Ricardo Ed Bali St Valent tine Just So and Hyperion II also ran Third race handicap all ages six fur longs Jack Atkin 126 (Radtke) 4 to I and 7 to 5 won Dreamer 116 (Brus sel) 3 to 1 place second Prince Ham burg 122 (Nicol) 4 to 5 to show third time 1:12 Kennyettd leming rank Lord Sir Edxvard Hooray Edna Jack son Juggler Bellwether Orphan Lad and Rapid Water also ran ourth race The Triumph Stakes year olds one mile Uncle 112 (inn) II to 5 and 4 i to 1 won Spooner 112 (Miller) 8 to 5 place second 112 (E Dugan) 4 to 5 to show time 1:39 2 5 Alfred Noble irestone Earls Court ather Koffee Robert Coni er and east also ran 1 mile1 Dygert Brush 810000 Ex Denver here severe tomor row in which to recuperate he will be all right' The team needs ail its hitters right now Unless Wash ington one game from the Athletics the Tiges must win two at St Louis to get the flag Should Washington take one one victory will be enough Should Washing ton take it wo the Tiges would not have to beat tlTe Browns at all The is hot in yet as this dope shows Hence anxiety Cobb has made thirteen base hits here and has stolen enough sacks to assure him leadership in that de partment this year The whole team is hitting of course but no If they can here they Harvard and Pennsylvania Plajer Show Best orm Philadelphia October 3 Harvard and Pennsylvania today maintained the advantage they gained yester day in the inter collegiate cham pionship lawn tennis tournament in progress on the courts of the Mel lon Cricket club at Hartford As a result of the second day play there are now eight survivors in the singles of xvhoin Harvard has four Pennsylvania three and Yale one In the doubles the seven pairs still unbeaten compromise two a from Pennsylvania and Harvard and one each from Princeton Cor nell and Yale The best match in the singles was that between Niles Harvard and Gordon of Prince ton Gordon took the first set 6 '2 In the second and third sets Niles twist service and vigorous smash ing earned him the victory 6 2 Niles tomorrow xvill meet Charles Tilden of Pennsylvania in wlmt should be the best match of the meet In the doubles the big match was that between Tilden and Regis ter of Pennsylvania and Spaulding and 'II Bundy of Yale the Pennsyl vanians winning 2 6 6 4 6 4 ST LOUIS AB 3 4 3 Whitewash St Louis After teen Straight Games Boston October 3 After failing to win a single one of sixteen consecutive games the Boston players today shut out St Louis 1 to 0 Howell pitched a strong game and Morgan was invincible although a trifle wild Score: BOSTON 1 the fly Boost for Schaefer of the men are not In the best none is complaining ahd Totals 3 4 1 0 0 on viaiKsvii base on errors Cleveland 1 Philadelphia Struck By Clarkson 1 by Dygert urn Spill at Latonia Hesulta In Slight Injuries to Riders Cincinnati October ites won the six events at Latonia today The Wildfire purse at a mile and a sixteenth was the event Tt was easily won by Carew Jn the opening event McKee Hamlet and Ogbent The jockeys were only slightly injured instead of killed ai stated in earlier reports Shilling rode four winners Track fast 107 (Shilling) 3 to 1 won (Powers) to a GT Lee) 4 to 1 third Marcus Aurenub Xfnrv Insnect Kornelia Kinks ran Ogbent ten Second race rosps 98 (Powers) 20 to 1 second 95 (Ott) 4 to 1 third time Ingenue Cygnet Caper Company Nellie Burn Nellette Sis ter Polly LOU Niffln ran Sylvan Belle left at post Third race nve anu uo Harting 106 (Heidel) 2 to 1 won Ben Strong 110 (Shilling) 13 to 5 second Miss Paddon 106 (Koerner) 30 to 1 third time 1:07 2 5 Merrick Hollys Pollys Polly Toboggan Chief Archibald Nellie Racine Clifton orge Bob Au gustine Belltoone Voting ran ourth race Wildfire purse mile and a sixteenth Carew 97 (Shilling) 7 to 5 xvon Beau Brummel 88 (Martin) 5 to 2 second Montslgnor 91 (Walsh) 2 STANDING 91 56 S3 56 86 63 84 66 Marylebone Cricketers Ottawa Ont October 3 The Ca nadian eleven in its cricket match today xvith the Marylebone made 94 runs as against 110 scored by the Marylebones yesterday The finest tables in the world 25 Six Legged Pfister Tables THE BROADWAY Lansing Mich October 3 Detroit Michigan Agricultural college football teams opened their season here this af ternoon The Detroit boys surprised the farmers holding them to the low score of 17 to 0 In halves of 20 and 15 duration The were much lighter than the farmers but they made up for this in gamenfess Rain made the field "slow and end runs were almost impossible which prevented the Detroit boys from making gains in this line of attack The farmers made most of their gains through the'use' of the forward pass It took the ywinners nearly ten minutes to' secure their flrst scuic it ueiiiK run by Shedd three yard line it over on three This was all the scoring done in the first half Just after the second half opened Mc Kenna picked up the ball on a quarter back kick and ran 30 yards for a touch down Small again kicking goal The last score was made In the last minute of play on another quarterback kick which rolled behind the goal and McKenna fell on it' or the Detroit eleven kick ing and the game way in which the vis itors held were bright spots while for A showed pressed satisfaction with the showing made by the Detroiters Summary: Position Casey Burke Pokriefka Zengerle De Galan itzgerald Crowe McDace Kelley Marshall' McNamara McBreatrty Touchdowns McKenna 2 razer 1 Goals Small 2 Referee erguson Umpire Doty Russell 20 and 15 minutes Score A C' 17 Detroit College 0 Holds Them to Three Hits and No Runs York October The local Ameri cans scored another victory over the Chi cago team today shutting out the visitors 8 to 0 The batting feature was home run hit to center field in the third Inning score: CHICAGO AB 4 Milan Ganley 1 Delehanty 2b Kay Jones lb Blankenship Smith Shipke 3b Gehring got in all right and the others will be here today The Goldblatt stable was detained because one of the members was kicked in Wednesday racing and they could not be ship ped that night Along with the Go blatt horses which by morning are seven head owned oy ex Jockey Everett who has turned out to be a clever trainer Kverett also is bringing his brother as stable jockey and thelit tle chap is said tobe getting to be a clever riaei Working on the Track The rain yesterday gave the a backset It was in fine shape nesday night and' needed but tie more sunshine and wind to Philadelphia October Philadelphia ended the season on the home grounds to jday by shutting out Cleveland in a quick ly played game The visitors were unable to hit Dygert while the home team batted Clarkson at opportune times in the third and sixth innings The AthieUcs have not yet abandoned hope of winning te pen nant though they must take all four games from Washington and Detroit ose rniiis in order to do so Score CLEVELAND PHILADELPHIA 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 or More RACES Daily (Rain or Shine) His throw was two yards head and Schmidt scored Donovan gettin third before the ball was retrieved I) Jones struck out Schaefer drove one through the box that Gehiing get out of the way of He deflected the ball to Smith who threxv out Schaefer Donovan scor ing Crawford struck out Tiges Have Batfest There have been few finer exhibi tions of game wrecking than the Tiges gave in the sixth Cobb open ed It with a single to right tidd Rossman struck out trying'to bunt blit Cobb stole both second and third bases while Claude was fan ning Coughlin hit to Smpke and got around to third while Cobb was being run down trying to score Schmidt tripled over Ganley head scoring Coughlin doubled to left sending Schmidt home 'Don ovan hit center field fence with ordinarily a tripie xu Jones Schaefer Crawford Cobb Lowe 1 Rossman Coughlin 3b Schmidt Leary s' Donovan 1 ATHLETICS Lose None I 56 Lose None 56 Lose 1 57 Lose None 56 Lose 1 57 Lose 2 58 Lose None 56 Lose 57 Lose 58 Lose 59 Lose 1 57 Lose 2 58 Lose 3 59 Lose 4 60 Lose None 56 made possible by: a fine who was stopped on thefrom where they' "bucked downs Small kicked goal Totals 30 Innings Chicago New York Runs Hoffman Conroy Chase Laporte Williams Two base hit Williams man Off Walsh Atlrock 8 in 5 innings Chase Elberfeld Stolen Rohe Mpriarity 2 Chase tla vs Hone ity Williams and Chase ChtcagJj New" York 4 I IM I I ii 111 Chicago 1 New York 3 By Neuer 3 by Altrock Egan and Evans ANOTHER ONE THAT YOU CAN PASTE IN YOUR HAT The table published in The ree Press yesterday giving all the different combinations possible in the remaining games to be played by the Tigers and the Athletics attracted so much atten tion that another is herewith printed bringing the combinations up to date It will be seen that if Detroit wins two or more games at St Louis the Philadelphians cannot beat them out If men win only one game at St will have to be victorious in all four with the pennant Winning only three even if help them If men lose one game win two and lose none the Tiges will have to be beaten out the arrival yesterday Tmtter lucnings Brown stables and several lesser strings there was plenty doing at the Windsor track to have things in readiness for the opening of the fall tvric from early morning1 until fho nffice WI1I1C of the Highland Park club telegrams 1 COV I Marshall Mich October 3 Even the prisoners in the Calhoun county jail are exhibiting an undue amount of enthusiasm over the American league pennant race Wm Pierce xvas unfortunate enough to be placed in the Calhoun county bastile at this most exciting stage of tlie race but his craving for baseball news has not been peimit ted to diminish any as the result 'bf the charitable xvay in the sheriff has used him but last night William had a terrible experience: He had carefully section of The ree Press which gave the story' of game and before retiring last night Donovan Holds Washington Safe at All While Detroit Clouts Gehring Hard Cobb and Schmidt Leading to be back In the form that he showed in the springtime when he held the club up in the race while the other three twirlers were being brought around Mullin and Siever both told this morning that they were willing to pitch the concluding Washington game so that if he wished to be m'kht' Donovan who had a pretty haid strain In ills seventeen inning game with tne A thletlCSf Mullin himself of course had done fifteen innings on Wednesday buUhe said that it take much out of him The team gave him a ood lead in the second contest and he kept tne batters hitting them up in the Donovan need the Jest as good as ever today and copped his twenty sixth victory easily No soft spot is looked for at St Louis McAIeer east Results Pittsburg 0 Ann Arbor Mich October news was let out tonight Mane rr Baird had signed up McAllister for baseball coach no spring McAllister did for Miele gan in 1905 and 1906 what Hughe Jennings is doing for Detroit Hi year He took fourth raters ar 1 made champions of them Miehig was the surprise of the west tho years The will begin buzz when they hear that lie is cor Ing back Only a small score is looked against Case Saturday as the va sity men are fagged out with grueling work in mid suiniu weather 1 know myself how Michi gan will line said Yost "Ham mond is in Chicago attending a wed ding Loell and Douglas are in eligible on account of conditions in college work and Capt Magoffin has the The varsity went through signa practice only this afternoon Some new plays were given tlie men but they bungled them and Yost did im: look like a boy with Christmas pres ents falling on him as he left th field A enrf nr with iRn DidYUiK ms wv ball that it was looked to to furnish earlier in the season It can do nothing for itself of course other than to nose New York' out of fifth place But it is just that sort of a team that makes trouble for a pennant contender De troit a year ago It will be recalled without "a chance on earth to put itself where it would figure managed to take Van VatL thrift in a 1 club had whaled Chicago 4 zx loft this series was' the thing that decided where should Popular Ball Player Will Have Charge of Nine Next Spring care to tire himself with the game pretty safe and took but two on it Shipke threw out Jones so it matter much any way In tho seventh with one out Craw ford was safe on a third strike that got by Blankenship the ball hitting the ground just as the catcher reached for it Cobb Dut him at third with a line single into right Ty took second on a passed ball Rossman was allowed to stroll Coughlin forced Rossman Crawford scoring Schmidt flied to Delehanty Another ruh was made in the ninth after two were out Rossman hitting to left stealing second and getting home on a long single to center by Coughlin Washington's Threat Washington threatened some while Detroit had only a one run lead but dangerous after that Kay beat a bunt to start the second in ning Jones tried to murder the ball and Schaefer grabbed his grounder tagging Kay and throw ing out the batter for the first dou ble play of the day Starting the fourth Milan was safe when Schmidt fumbled his chop hit in front of the plate Ganley hit to OTeary who tagged second for a force play and threw out the man WHO niL me uau me singled and Jones' filed ship bunted to Rossman was late to first base and got past him Kay taking round out the linerups anxious to nave Sam rank Schiebeck representing the veter an professionals of the town in the game ani will also ask a couple of the A veterans to get in The team has a warm spot in us neart tor tne ciub named Its many kindnesses of various sorts to members of the league nine Rooting Leaving Team Our stock of royal rooters is rapidly be coming depleted Rooks one of the original party that left Detroit with the players has oeen lorceo to return his time between his of the trip George to the boys tonight go to St Louis but strenuous afternoons that the Tiges had given him here and at Philly he needs a'rest Mr Wesbrook of Detroit also goes home from here There were' two addi tions to the crowd in this city A Results Detroit 9 Washington 3 Athletics 4 Cleveland 0 New York 8 Chicago 0 Boston 1 St Louis 0 TO COACH 'ki 1 1 1 Princeton Han Gnnd Kfolcow Princeton October 3 Out side of a warm half scrim mage between the varsity and scrub University field this afternoon a drop kicking bee in which featured proved the sensation The stock half back gave one of the cleverest exhibitions of clean booting' ever1 seen here and many were reminded of' the when John DeWitt hoisted them be tween the posts Harlan remained back of yard line all the time He shifted his position con stantly causing the angle to vary and in eighteen tries succeeded in placing sixteen to the good Eddie Dillon reappeared in the ganie this afternoon Men Worked on the Track AH Last Night tnrlo Greut IMPORTANT to INDUCEMENTS All American League Losers Except Nationals Are Handed Blanks Varsity is Affected by Warm Weather and Bungles New Plays row after lot The work of Detroit in track Wed a Ht make it fast for the opening Instead the rain came but Secretary Pariper took hold of and made the best out of it He employed ex tra men and more teams and every thing at the plant that looks liKe a harrow was put into use The har rows werq dragged over the track during the dry hours and served to turn over the soil so that some of the dampness evaporated Instead of knocking off last as usual the men worked in the evening and later on were relieved by extra men and horses who kept it up all night If such a thing is possible the track will be fair for the opening tomorrow As it is the horses will be worked on the outside this morning as many of them are in need of mud galloping after a long shipment Big ield Promised The Ontario stake the feature of card is the one topic of discussion among horsemen and pa trons of the sport It is conceded to be the most open affair the track ever has known and not uatil the entries are out today will the public have an idea how many are to start There are twenty six in the entry1 nkmit twenty of them are at the track or will be the first thing this morning A great Peentage of them have won stakes and handi caps during the year so it isa hard mutter to say which one win oe ta vorite when the odds are posted to mHawkama is' ene of the most re cent winners and Colonel Jack Or Right Charlie Gilbert and Sthers have the winning habit in pronounced form King of Troy has been showing up so well In his York at Windsor that this horse will have a strong followjngX: a Charles zwhdx is to be Lharics meet ng arrived the I south accompanied by John Mor row of Nashville' Richard Dwyer the premier starter iof the country beginning to like himself after having had an unpleasant sick spell since coming here Perfection That Cost plres on Way to Word was received nio ht tn the effect that th trotting mare Perfection a candi I date for the of 1908 had died in transit at Peoria She was JOE JACKSON heins shipped by Trainer Charlds I qhprp De Ryder from Columbus to Den I Washington October 3 There ver where De Ryder intended to I were a few anxious moments for winter I during" game Perfection was 1 brought east by I a time that' Tv De Ryder last spring and he gave it being feared for a time tnat ly George Estabrcfok of Denveran Cobbwho will bq badly needed at option on her for $10000 then for hls hitting and run worked her a mile at Cleveland in nnriniti 2 06 3 5 when Estabtdok Paid over getting? wjts dpjyn and xyt the money She was trained' and Sjxth inning Cobb twiCQ (nurt saved for the big Detroit stake of hJmsejf while running the bases neiXn thersamc car with Perfection and finally collapsed on the was the stallion austalear owned about two yards from the plate by John Brown of this city and conclusion of a run down play it is likely that the horse will be on which he could have scored had brought back here as De Ryder has I ot bls strength given out He ie changed his plans and is going to I from the game after one California from Lexington nf ntav and was sent i IIIU1 Dlllllh to the hotel After tne team re turned to the Arlington it was said that the right fielder ythlBouis Monfrpr of helUPT OUt Of St JuOUlS serifs the h2It and his exertions in this inning being responsible for a collapse that made it for him to continue but that would have no permanent effect Cobb had singled in the slxtli He stole second and hurt one Ir is knees sliding into the bags TW he stale third The ball was wait ing for him and he jarred sliding around Shipke and hooking his foot into the sack Unable to Score I Immediately afterwards Coughlin hit to Shipke and Cobb started home He danced up and down the l)ne with the entire infield after him inally Delehanty chased him to ward the plate overtook him and atnhhAd him in the back with the I fnl li ii lowing his exertions knocked Cobb down and took all the wind out of him Delehanty dropped the ball and it rolled away But though Cobb was only a yard or two from I the plate he could not get up ano step on the rubber or even crawl to it He lay there until he was tagged out after which he was I helped to his feet and back to the I lirn I rl a 1 1 Ari in another bingle after which I forced to quit loss would be a blow to the club but with Crowley of or jacKson i on with the team Two will stick to the finish These are William Lambe arid Bob Edwards They are of the St Louis party The Tiges' have a slxteen section Pullman to themselves for the trip and it is pretty well filled Vernon ratcher the Bennett park? em ploye who acted as bat boy here and at Philadelphia goeshpme frofn Stliis sfeity He has Had enough excitement i ori Some unknown reason he was taken off field at Philadelphia by the same police party that escorted Rossman from the scene of battle The boy was picking up bats and 1 straightening out the pile when the police decided that his presence was obnoxious He and rtossman watenea tne nmsn the game on a downtown score board Electrical Score Board Sure Arrangements were completed today over long distance telephone for the installa tion at Bennett park during the series of one of the electrical scoreboards mentioned in dispatches The contract is provisional of course on the Tiges being a party to the big series Mr Compton for the scoreboard people said that he would govern his actions largely on the result of the game played Satur day Should the Tiges lose await further developments win he would consider the race over and would ship the apparatus at once Connie Mack and his friends do that tha race is ended Notice today to the Arlington where the Athletics will stop to reserve accommodations for fifty persons This means that the team is going to be accompanied by a bunch ot rooters in addition to the newspapermen who will strive to cheer the Athletics on to four straight in this city Most of the Philadelphia scribes may be bunched in with the rooters all with the exception of a few of the veterans who have been through the mill many times being there with the shout stuff GREAT TWENTY INNING BATTLE ALLS ROM BUNK AND BREAKS NOSE rxf rCtaV nnd WaS more Hiiuiib tn the hotel After the team "that The 'right fielder was in Totals 28 4 5 6 O' 0 0 0 0 2 Cnllhis Three base hits Hartsei Davis ijouoie piaj Ift on Cleveland 5 Philadelphia 4 Bases on iiir Clarkson 2 off Dvsert 11 rnt Uv 1 on uvn wit Wild Clarkson 1 Connolly and Loughlin 1 I rt tW go ft "I 1 I BL J' f'i i 56 1 I 1 HKaHtfflBff 'aBsTOl fl SWl Lt Ay V'? 'V 'c' 1 if BHfliiK kz WMIi Witimr iiw Mr A "5.

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