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Tin-: LINCOLN STATE JOI'KNAL, I A ATGL'ST -2-2, M'Graw's Giants Romping Toward Pennantville PIRATES COULDN'T STAND PROSPERITY After Sweeping Series With New York, Pittsburgh Cracks--Two Giants Given Air for Disobeying Orders. BY I I NKW YORK, Aug. losing a whole desperate series in Pittsburgh against the dangerous Pirates and after giving New York a rabid i case, ol the jumps, the Giants are bark leading the hectic National league pennant race in a romp. Going alter their fourth straight pennant the National league champions have recovered five and a half games of the nine-game lead that had them on the way to easy street before they left Manhattan to tour the wilds of the west. McGraw Disciplines Two Players.

John McGraw, the top sargeant of the company, cracked the whip in Pittsburgh after they had lost four games to the speeding Pirates. He applied the can to Ainsmith and Cadore for refusing to go to bed at the appointed hour and he told the that they were on the way to a railroad ticket if they ddin't behave Several days ago the opinion was expressed that the chances of the Pirates to win the pennant depended entirely upon the Pirates and it is beiim borne out. The Pittsburgh club couldn't stand After rising to the extreme heights when they swept the series with the Giants and cut down the lead of the champions to three games the club cracked. The Giants had good reasons for cracking after their horrible experience there but they didn't. The Pirates had good reasons for losing two games against the Brooklyn Robins.

Dazzy Vance and Burleigh Grimes are two of the best reasons in the league for losing games but the Pirates went groggy Farrell Sees Finns Declining EMERSON Distributed by Stacy Co. BY HENKV L. FARKELL. Finland, as the runner-up to the States in the Olympic track and field games at Paris, lived up lo the predictions made after the 1920 games in Antwerp. But Finland did not put up the fight that was expected.

The Finnish team that competed in Paris was not nearly as strong or as well balanced as the little bard of sturdy athletes that thrilled the crowds in the Belgian capital. In the field events, where the Finns were expected to cut deeply i territory that had been more or less shut out if they did not have the marvelous Nurml and the plodding Ritola. In the four years between 1920 and 1924, when American coaches figured that they would make a lot of progress, the Finps not only failed to develop strength, but they apparently suffered, a decline. Finland scored a lot of points in the Paris games, and it was quite an accomplishment for such a small nation, but were not so inspiring when it is recalled that two athletes, Nurmi and Ritola won five events and co-operated in winning a sixth for a total of more than 60 poinis. Much has been published about the little band of seventy Finns that held its head up so well in competition against a powerful team of more than 300 Americans.

Some of the English newspapermen made much ot the disparity in numbers until it was called to their attention that the 300 Americans were not all track and field men and that the team which was regarded as an American unit consisted of tennis players, swimmers, oarsmen, cylists, wrestlers, fencers, gymnasts and horsemen. Many Americans argue that the United States, had the officials wanted to do it, could have sent a team of 30 track and field stars to Paris and would have scored as many poinis. Suggestions were made that the only way to impose what has been looked upon as a necessary handicap on the Americans would be to limit the entries in each event to one starter. To which the Americans replied: "Fair enough. We'll play the game any way you will play it yourself." Since the Finns were not as strong in Paris as they were In Antwerp, there Is no reason to believe that the present system of conduct- Ing athletics In Finland will produce a better team In 1928.

The system Is a good one, and It would seem that the failure of the Finns to progress In the past four years was a result of poor material and not because of a defective system of teaching and training. The Finns are natural runners, but they do not take to sprinting, jumping and hurdling, and they never can hope to win an Olympic championship without developing strength in those events. Nurml, beyond all doubt, Is the greatest runner In the world today. Some veteran coaches look upon him as the greatest runner that ever lived. He hasn't the record to back up thia title, but he has not pointed for records, and if he ever sets out against time, it is certain that he could remove a lot of old marks.

One of the American coaches expressed the opinion during the Paris games that Nurmi could win every event from a half mile to ten miles and that he might run a real quarter if he trained for it. Nurmi may be better in 1928 than he is this year. He Is young and he takes good care of himself. But he likes to run 30 well that he may burn himself out in the next four years. He has become such a great International figure that he rill get thousands of invitations to run in the next four years, and he may overwork himself.

Ritola will not improve in the future. He is at the top of his form now, and he may be on theother side. He is going to remain in Finland and, quite naturally, he frill have to be second to Nurmi all the time, and he probably will get to feeling that way. In the next four years the Finns may be able to develop some new runners. Youngsters certainly should be encouraged to run by the fame and glory that Nurmi has won for himself and for his country, but Nur- mis just happened.

They are not developed. Finland, of course, can be expected to have a formidable team in Amsterdam, but the Finn menace will not be as ominous as it was before the Paris game. to the series with the Braves and split a double header yesterday. Senators Back in Running. In the American league the Washington Senators are back in the running and the Detroit Tigers, like the Pirates in the National league, have been forced on the defense for runner-up place.

Without Lou Blue and with a pitching staff that has cracked the Tigers apparently have lost the fine chance they had to cop the" pennant. Bayard Nine Has Long List of Wins BAYARD, Aug. winning seventeen out of Its nineteen games played, Bayard has been setting the pace among the western Nebraska baseball teams this season- Most of the credit is due to "Monk" Sconce, Lincoln pitcher, who has averaged eleven strikeouts and less than five hits per game in the sixteen games he has pitched. Mitchell was the last victim of the Bayard sluggers, the former nine losing a 18 to 2 battle last Sunday. The record: Bayard 3 Bayard 14 Bayard 6 Bayard 7 Bayard 7 Bayard 4 Bayard 10 Baynrd 3 Bayard 1 i Bayard Is Bayard 19 Ba.vard Bayard Bayard 11 Bayard Bayard 6 Bayard 7 Bayard 1 Bayard 18 to be played this afternoon.

Miss Helen Wills, the national and Olympic champion, and Vincent Richards, the Olympic champion, will play Rene La Caste, the French star, and Miss Eleanor Goss. In the other semi-final match Bill Tllden and Miss Molla Mallory will meet Jean Berotra, the Frenchman, and Mrs. George Wightman. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Bridgeport 1 Merrill Minatare 0 Klmball 1 Bridgeport 3 Omhkosh 13 Kimball 1 Mitchell 0 Dalton 0 Morrill 0 Alliance 0 Scousbluff 4 Bridgeport 0 Oshkosh 4 BridKeport 0 Sidney I Srottsbluff 1 Mitchell 11 Mitchell 2 SEMI-HNAls nj DOUBLES.

BROOKLINE. Aug. in the mixed doubles are Time for a fresh pair? PARIS GARTERS NO METAL CAN TOUCH YOU Yon'Il find Wideweuve Paris is a real garter for your money. It's the latest word in style, cocnfau and satisfaction. Because men appreciate the wide difference between wide garters, they emphasize Paris for quality and source.

Get a pair today. Pirates Divide with Braves. PITTSBURGH, Aug. The Pirates fell five and one-half games behind the Giants when they split a doubleheader with the Braves, winning the second 5 to 0, after losing the first, 1 to 6. Score first game: Boston 100 100 104 7 9 2 Pittsburgh 000 330 004 6-, 11 3 McNamara.

Lucas. Benton and Gibson; Morrison, Pteffer and E. Smith. Second game: Boston 000 000 000--0 8 0 Pittsburgh 000 OH 12x-- 5 9 Cooney and O'Neill; Tde and Schmidt. Robins Win from Chicago.

CHICAGO, Aug. The Robins jrnade it six in a row when they beat (the Cubs, 2 to 0, Thursday. Four- jnier's twenty-fifth homer, helped. 'Score: Brooklyn 100 000 001 2 7 0 Chicago 000 000 000 0 4 1 Bhrhardt and Deberry; Keen, MHstead and Hartnett. Rixey Blanks Phillies.

CINCINNATI, Aug. Rixey was in good form and the Reds breezed thru to an 11 to 0 victory over the Phils. Thursday. Score: Philadelphia 000 000 000-- 0 2 Cincinnati 021 014 03x-- 11 IS 0 Mitchell. Cou--h and Hcnllne.

IVendsll: Rixey and Harffrave. Hornsby Has Bib Day. ST. LOUIS, Aug. Rogers Moresby hit two homers, a double and four singles for a perfect day but the Cards dropped a double bill to the Giants at 8-4 and 12-1, Thursday.

Score first game: New Torlc 005 300 100--8 0 St, Louis OOO 300 100--4 12 Bentley and Gowdy; Stuart. Bell and li'27 Own an extra pair of Paris you caa always have a clean, frcnh pair A STEIN COMPANY AIM. of Hfcfcocr Prndocn aco New Second came: Tork 103 JOO (141 12 IS 1 St. Loo Is 000 001 000 1 11 0 Barnes and Snrd Dftr and Xelbergall. (Jowdy; I A I A LEAGUE.

Sun Hit Beats Indians. Atig. 22. Sunmroa lost Jack Qulnn's fly ITI the sun and the run trickled over the plate in tenth that gave the Sos a 2 to 1 victory over the Indians. Thursday.

Score: DM WH) 100 f-- 5 tiW WK 1 2 I JalBn atd Browms Divide with Athletics. PHILADELPHIA. Aujr. The Browns knocked the Athl-tJcs 31 to 2 3n the firs: and noppwJ. Joslag th? second 4 lo 5.

Score first Came: st. 7xti isn on is Bcrnn. 190 fltn 4 is nit and SOLONS HIT WILSON FOR THIRTEEN RUNS Lazzeri Clouts Homer in the First With Bases Full--Snyder Hits 4 for Circuit in Seventh-Drover Jinishes Game. DES MOINES. Aug.

took the odd game of the seiies Thursday from Des Moines. 13 to 8. It. was another terrible game on the part of Des Six errors were committed, three of them in the field. The Boosters entered the game with a weakened lineup due to the loss of "Chick" Knaupp because of an infected finger.

Before the game was half over, O'Conuer was put out for arguing with TJm- pire Gaffney and Hungling had to play his field. Bodie was used at third and Beall in center. Lincoln gave "Lefty" Wilson a terrible lacing. In the first inning the bases were filled with one out on a scratch single and two errors. Lazzeri then parked the ball over the left field fence.

Singles by Krueger, Skinner and Snyder with a walk to Lazzeri counted a pair of runs in the third. A double by Chavez followed by two sacrifices scored one in the fourth. Moore scored in the sixth when he got on, on a fielder's, choice, stole second and scored on Purdy's single, Snyder hit a homerun over the centerfield fence in the seventh and in the eighth after two men were out a single by Purdy, a walk to Krueger, a single by Skinner, a double steal by Skinner and Krueger and Beall's failure to hold Lazzeri's fly accounted for a trio of counters. An error by Flaskamper followed by a single and infield out scored the final run in the ninth. rf Corriden hit a home run for Des- Moines in the fifth with one on and Hamilton got a circuit clout in the eighth with one on.

The locals scored runs in the first, third, sixth and seventh. Rasmussen started for Lincoln and lasted five and one-third innings. He was taken out after Hamilton tripled, Grover finishing the game. Score: Lincoln 402 101 131--13 14 0 Des Moines 101 021 120-- 8 12 6 Rasmussen. Grover and Snyder; and Wheat.

Omaha Wins Over Denver. OMAHA, Aug. two Denver pitchers for fourteen nits, Omaha had little trouble in winning from Denver Thursday, 13 to 2. Cullop's thirty-third and thirty-fourth home runs of the season helped the Buffaloes. Score: Denver 100 100 00-- 2 7 I Omaha 1 .70 104 OT--13 14 Hall, Wenneberg and Whaling, Hinkie, Lee and Luebbe.

Saints Even The Series. ST. JOSEPH, Aug. bunched hits in the fourth inning and won from Oklahoma City, 5 to 2, Wednesday," thereby evening the Score: Oklahoma City 100 000 2 8 1 St. Joseph 000 400 lOx--5 6 2 Brown and Forrest; Iavenport aim Minttree.

Bayne Too Good For Izzies. WICHITA, Aug. was too good and Tulsa won from Wichita, Wednesday, 8 to 2. Wobbly support made Wichita pitchers ineffective. Washburn hit a home run.

Tulsa 020 002 103--8 1Z Wichita 000 000 3 3 Barne and Crosby; Sellers, Hovlik and McMullen. HOW SOLONS ARE HITTDSG. I Thursilay'n i i All II IVt. 101 13 S3 .348 S14 I Si 128 I I 38 .297 37 141 ill 41 .200 Skinner 58 278 32 80 .287 Mlj H7 333 5ft 95 Krurgrr OS SU 28 37 .266 121 43! 45 114 .263 i 46 10K l.uml) an gu Curtwrlffht Itulrn 8 2ft 231 26 7 10 2 1 3 10 64 8 12 1 8 7 9 IS 2 2 .133 10 13 0 4 7 0 1 I 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 2,000 tickets already have been sofJ for the special day. What's the matter with the St.

Joseph chamber of commerce? Wichita Eagle: The and Oilers have probably sot a new world's record for scoring in games played against each other in a season. The two swatting leaders of the Western loop have played eleven games here this season. In those eleven games they have scored exactly 239 runs. They scored 39 in one game; 38 in another; 30 in another: 29 runs once; 25 in two different games. The smallest number of runs made in one game was six, the first one of the season here.

Nine runs were made in each of two games. In all the others the runs ran up to double figures. The average number of runs scored in each game Wichita and I Tulsa have played here this season is 21. If that isn't a world's record we would like to hear of a larger average. Lyman Lamb, Lincoln boy who is trotting the gardens for Tulsa, was hit on the head with a pitched ball at Wichita Wednesday.

It required several minutes to bring him around. He was back in the game Thursday, however. THE FANNING BEEfflYE. WESTEKN-S IJEADESG HITTERS. ab pet LellTrlt, 115 436 97 168 .385 Lamb, Tnlsa 125 525 116 ZOO MUler.

St. Ill 39? 81 149 Wichita 186 545 118 204 .375 Butler, 114 479 103 177 This is what the Germans toasted before 1914 as "Der Tag." Culmination of two weeks work on the part of boosters and the chamber of commerce should result in a bumper crowd at Landis field Friday afternoon. Judge Landis, special guest of honor, arrived Friday morning and was whisked about town and then to i the country club for a round of golf. Two of the Western's home run leaders added to their totals Thursday. Nick Cullop, demon swatter of Omaha, got two which boosts his total to thirty-four for the season.

Mule Washburn, Tulsa, got one and he is now tied with Cullop. Yank Davis of Tulsa leads the lead with thirty-five while Fred Beck of Wichita is not far behind, with thirty-one. Any of these clouters have a great chance to break the league record of forty-one set up by Yaryan. The manner in which the Solons got aboard Gormer Wjlson lacked little of sending the southpaw to the showers. And it 'was Gormer's day, too.

-Des Moines celebrated Thursday as "Wilson day" honoring the haw-handed flinger who as been Brooklyn. GOLF LESSONS. ACCURATE PUTTING PILE TWO fVMWiLey rtioats IN TOP Of YOUR rVTTBR. PAINT THE CO THAT TMCV SHOW U5TTER. THIS MOM to UNC UPTrNI How can a player gain accuracy in putting? Answered by DAVID BROWN.

Veteran tournament player, former British open chump.on. XoteJ especially for his short game and accuracy on approaches. Naturally, practice is probably the chief factor in getting accuracy, but there is. a little device which the average golfer can use which ought to "save him from two to five putts during a round of golf. Take your putterJsupposing it to be of the cleek type and file two little parallel lines on the top of it as shown in the illustration.

aPint the inside of the ridges white so they will stiow up a little better. This allows the eye to line up the ball In making the putt Instead of keeping the eye on the ball while using this "trick" putter, keep the eye on the parallel lines of the putter and see that the ball strikes just as shown in illustration. GAMES TODAY. Western Ltanuc. Omaha at (2) Booster day.

Oklahoma City at Wichita. Tulsa at St. Joseph. Denver at Des Moines. American eLajrue- St.

Louis at Philadelphia. Cleveland at Boston. Detroit at New York. National I.eafrue. New York at St.

Louis. Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Chicago. Boston at Pittsburirh. American Association.

Toledo at Indianapolis. Columbus at Louisville. Minneapolis at Milwaukee. St. Paul at Kansas City.

Flowers Bests Greb In Ten Round Bout FREMONT. Aug. Greb, world's middleweight champion, was out-boxed and out-fought by Tiger Flowers. Atlanta. In a ten round no-decision bout.

Thursday night. Flowers had six rounds and Greb only two. Kaplan Wins 'Over Moran. NKW Aug. Kaplan, Meriden featherweight, won a decision over Pal Morau, New Orleans lightweight, when the referee stopped the bout In the ninth round and disqualified Moran for not trying.

Tunney-Loughran Fight Off. NEW YORK. Aug. of a fractured hand sustained by Tommy Loughran. Philadelphia light- heavyweight, the Tuuney-Loughran fight, scheduled for next week, was called off.

Al Deerose is Winner. DESMOINES, Aug. Deerose of Fort Ues Moines completely outclassed Voting Bruno, Omaha featherweight in tight rounds of boxing here last night. The Omaha man was on the defense thruout the bout. Goozeman to Meet Anderson.

CHICAGO, Aug. Gooze- man of Milwaukee and Eddie Anderson of Moline, 111, are scheduled to fight in the main event of a boxing show at Aurora tonight. Joe Pagliana of Louisville will meet Eddie Shea, Chicago, and "Tiger Johnny" Cline of St. Louis will battle Joe O'Hara, Chicago. Ben Beck to Coach At Brown University Ben Beck, former athletic director, football, basketball and track coach at Nebraska Wesleyan, has been chosen as freshman coach at Brown university at Providence, R.

I. The acquisition of the Providence position gives Beck a chance to bVoaden his scope in the east. He will have complete charge of the yearling eleven, which is a comprehensive assignment since the Brown frosh play games with the frosh of other big eastern universities. In addition, he will be responsible for all freshman athletics, and will rank as assistant athletic director. After leaving Wesleyan, he studied a year, and for the last three years he has been coach at Hamline university, in Minnesota, where he has made a creditable record.

His best year at Hamlln was 1921, when it was conceded by some sport writers that he had the best state college team in the middle west. THE "IF" STANDINGS. 1 A I I 71 132 Si Oklahoma I'lty a I-lnroln PCM Molnr.s I 1 I 4 I 76 10 A.MKIUCA.N 1-KACil K. New Tork Detroit St. I.ouls 64 61 Boston 62 49 S3 A I A LEACiVB.

York Brooklyn i 'im-lnmitl St. Louis Boston 1'hlladflplila 6S 61 49 4 2 43 4 51 71 AMBUKAN ASSOCIATION St. Paul Imliannioli5 i i Columbus Milwaukee Kansas City Toledo Minneapolis W. 71 5.t ro si 6S 55 59 66 58 67 f.6 66 69 56 TO VI. n'(i M.

i SI .551 4 6 2 4 5 3 44S 4 4 7 T. 4 4 4 .41.1 Vt. 6 2 6 57S1 564 54 Ti 1 4 2- 372 Will .829 55." .517 4 2 7 .377 i 573 .576 579 .582 553 5 5 6 4 7 2 4 7 6 464 4 6 8 459 4 6 3 457 4 4 4 4 6 1 4 4 9 .50 i 7 4 4 4 1 Ohiowa Wins In Saline Tourney WESTERN, Aug. 22. -Ohiowa won the Saline county baseball tournament held at the picnic here by defeating Western, 11 to S.

The order of finish for the different teams competing was 'Ohiowa first. Western second, Plymouth third ana Wilber fourth. Bob Hans, Fairbury, umpired. GILTNER IS LEADING LEAGUE. AURORA, Aug.

the Hamilton county baseball league Giltner leads with fourteen victories and five games lost. Aurora comes next with ten won and seven lost. MarQuette is third with ten won and eight lost. Hampton, Phillips and Stockham follow in Western League OMAHA LINCOLN August 23-24-25 All Regular Games, 3:30 p. except Saturday and Sunday, 3 p.

m. Lincoln's move toward a booster day appeals to Ralph Wagner in the Omaha Bee as being just the panacea that, would St. Joseph's present ills. Wagner writes: A black eye will be given St Joseph should the Western league ball club be transferred to some other city, especially if it is to a smaller place. Such a change is possible, according to E.

B. Tracy, president of the club. is seemingly the time for the civic organizations of St. Joseph to wake up to the fact that the city is in danger of losing one of its greatest mediums of advertising, the Western league ball club. The sup- port the club has been receiving at home has been far from creditable, and the owners are becoming di5- i couraged as they have been presenting ball of hish class all season.

Thp chamber of commerce of Lin- coin will pat on a "booster day" August 22 benefit its Western league ball club. More than Would You Shave With a Saw? A nuor Made once used, wh-n magnified, resembles aawedge. The edges ar rough rnoA scrape the face. The Valet AutoStrop Razor eliminates this. Simply strop it--and it again becomes smooth xcd keen Good for many shai Peckinpavgh is WASHINGTON.

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