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The Journal and Tribune from Knoxville, Tennessee • 4

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THE DAILY JOUKtfAE AM) TttlStJOXVlLlj SEPTEMBER 15.1913S 2- F0LL017ERS OF SPORT WILL HOW TURN ATTENTION TO FOOTBALL CUBS SHUT OUT THE GIANTS jtEcnmr recalled byi the: gtaxts. REDS OUTIIIT THE1 VISITORS I DRAFTING OF DR LEAGUERS Will be Supervised by National Baseball Commission, YALE FOOTBALL MEN OUT. Last Crack of the Ball and Bat Was Heard Saturday Despite Their Bombardment of Pitcher Cheney. And It Follows That the Local Pitchers Were Best tt yy'H i- Quakers Nosed Out Cincinnati in Ninth Inning Rally. Which Will Hold Sessions in Cincinnati Today.

In Series With, the Southern League Champs -Crackers Fielded in Cleanest Style. i And Today the College Youth Will Take His First Kick at Inflated Pigskin. National League Directors WiU Also Consider Protested PhiladelphiaNew York Game. i Tingling Threw Away His Game in Ninth Inning of Play Be-j tween Brooklyn and St. Louis.

Football Practice at University Will be Started This After noon Clevenger Seems to Have Fine Lot of Material. National League Standing. Teares. New York fhllail Ipbta Chicago Pittsburgh Brooklyn Boston Cincinnati St. Lon's c.

National League Games. 7 Cincinnati, 6. Ft. I.nula, Brookljn. A Chicago, New York, 0.

of strenuous sports in Koo--v i will dow he compelled to "transfer ileir .1 fleet ion h' from the diamond to 1 1., "i Miron. the local ball season Saturday afternoon when ll-e n-1 Crackers Kittled eleven a 4 4 re. However, there I. no hiatus, whatever that, may l. f.o the pigskin ili.tMTu will get on ii- jofi at omr.

and the first inter-col-ubc ef the 11)13 eaon will on Wait licbl one week from Safoniaj uftortnion, when the ni-v-i-iii TeniieeMi- eleven will line lip the urMi and Newman coileg-I. -mi from Jefferson City KOBLRTJT2N Ql'AKEBS NOSED OCT. Cincinnati. Sept. 14.

Philadelphia nosed obt Cincinnati lo the ninth Inning today and won un exciting game, 7 to 6. Philadelphia took nn early lead by good hitting snd by the grace of errors by Cincinnati. Jiooln was hit on the knee by a foul tip In the second lntlng and retired In faTor of Burns. Score: CAPTAIN JCETCHAM. In the three games at park the last of the week between the Knoxville and Atlanta teams, the locals outhit the champions of tbe Southern league, ln-cludlng Handsome Harry" Wdchonce, the leading batter of tbe Kavanaugh circuit.

The local were at bat ICO times, and connected safely with, the offerings of the Cracker pitchers twenty-three times and earned a batting average if .210: Billy Smith's men were at 'bat 100 times and secured, twenty hits at the expense of the Knoxville the team- batting average was exactly' ,200. Tbe ten runs made by the Redlegs ia the series Were earned, wbrie Georgians had bnt five earned- runs, the other five having been made on e.rors. In the first game, the visitors got two earned runs, while they landed on. Lefty Merritt for three hits in the tblrd.lundng Saturday, which, with a sacrifice fly, netted three tallies. The Crackers outfielded tbe localsi.

aa they had 125 chances and mad but four errors, while the KnoxvilHans booted eight of their 141 chances. The average of the Southern leaguers waa .008 a against for the Knoxville crowd. Al. second baseman, wae the batting star of the while he waa also tied with Tommy Long, champion run-getter of the Southern- for run-getting honors. Ont of eleven times at bat, Hummel hit safely five times, for an average of .455.

Hummel was the only member of the Knoxville team who scored each of the three innings, in which the locale made all their runs. Frank Man-ush, the former big leaguer, was next to Hummel, as he bad' four hits oat of ten times up, and hatted .400. The onlyother member of two teams to bat .300 waa Humpy, -McEIveen, who-Just reached the mark, having three hits out of ten times at bat. Fourth place was copped by Outfielder Knox, who- batted .286, with four hits ont of fourteen times at bat. Jack Wallace and Riverton Hi stand were tied for fifth piece, with an average of .273.

The locals pitchers seemed- to have the number of H. H. Welehonce; the big cen. ter fielder, who batted .340 against Southern league hitchers, for he' secured only two hits In the series, and one of these was the -weakest -kind of a scratch that should not have gone for a safety, wel-choiice was at bat eleven times, so his erage for the series was .182. The records of the player In the series follow: Bac.

Av. 1 .455 4 .300 1 .280 0 .273 0 .280 0 .182 0 .143 2 .001 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 319 Big Dan Roliertson. the Mobile fence breaker, has been ordered to report to the New York Giants This promising youngster is the property of McGraw, and there are whisperings that the recall of Robertson might mean the disposal of Merkle. Merkle baa been bitting very weakly all year, and McGraw Is said to be thinking seriously of putting Robertson on the initial bag. The Mobile youth Is J500 hitter and a very fast fielder.

Captain Ketcham, of Yale, feels sore Philadelphia Knabc. 2b Becker, cf Lohert. 3b Magee. If iVaratb. rf Lntlerus, lb Iloolan, as Dooln.

Burns, t'amnlts. I -n li I Icveiiger. of the ohitilcer. is the city several days ago. and e.i:i hi arrival has lern uiarsuuiiug hi.

i-i. 'or tin ir first work-out, which id I given on Wait held this l- ginuiug al oiit four o'clock. Of i. oniy light work will be gicn iV i-i- at fir-t. but from now on the in ginnetl-trimsereil ours will la' sent ti their ear it nfternK-n when I.ir.

Iir mil'll III ns are cni'i't mere is a-ruuior mat me reason mr mia Si.inbivs. of euirH'. I Is that Ynle lacking confidence, but r.ict.-il meml-eri of last year's eqiia'l i ah.n.lT iu I lie ami others arc wlM tcl1- i.ilnl in today and tomorrow i I our the rest the week. that I vitle lords it is thought that thirty that the If o-'og will up everything on the gridiron. The Yale aspirants for football honors ore out on the field practising hard under head coach Howard Jones and Captain Ketcham.

This year the Blue clan Is starting practice earlier than usual and I I unlay It 4 Afhen department of Cincinnati, lA.Basebatt magnates, players and reporters be. gan arriving In this city tonight to be in attendance at the annual meeting of the National Baseball commission which will meet tomorrow and vise the drafting of players from the minor leagues. Chairman August Herrman and National League President Thomas Lynch, are here and Ban Johnson, president of the American league, is expected early tomorrow, Besides these three members of the commission nearly all the presidents of the two major league clubs are expected to be on hand. Although the cream of the minor leagues has been secured by purchase-: by the major league clubs there are many good players atyi available by the drafting route and these are being drawn1, upon heavily. It is be- lleved more drafts have been med by the major leagues this year than at any time since the' National agreement went into effect.

-The National agreement rules provide when two or -more clubs draft a player he shall bev disposed of by lot. National leaguo directors will consider the protest Involving the -game between New York arid Phlla delphla on August ,80, -which was forfeited to New York by Umpire Bren-man because of the Actions of spec-tors. President Lynch suhseqently overruled the umpire arid1 -awarded the game to Philadelphia -which was -i In the lead at the time. The New York club protested this ruling and the 'final decision will be 'made by a committee of National league dlreo-. -tors.

r. President Lynch was a 'guest of Mr. Herrmann at the game today between Cincinnati arid Philadelphia. He said -that Umpire Emslie had mailed to New York his report of the fight be- tween Manager Joe Tinker or the Cincinnati club and Maranville and Meyers of, the Bostons, which took place on the field Until he has read the report Mr. Lynch wllk--j not announce hfs but It IjQfi probable that all the players concern- ed will be suspended.1 Tinker played today, but-said he-expected that ho would receive 6-day suspension after Mr.

Lynch has Investigated the incident. 2 WELTERWEIGHT WRESTLER LOOKING FOR MATCH' 2-3; Yingling, 1 in Niehaus, 7 in Sallee, 1 in- 1. Time, 2:05. Umpires, Eason and Brennan. CALENDAR 0FSP0RTS FOR THE WEEK Scorn ny inn lugs New York .000 000 Of O-MJ Totals Cincinnati -Bescher.

If Bates, rf tiroh. 2b Martians, cf Hoblltzell. lb Tinker, ss I lodge. 3b Kllng. -Johnson.

Suggs, Wbkiand lea go 100 4J2 ot-i Summary: Two-base hits Meyers, bench Schulte, Archer. lilts Off. In A Innings; off Fromme, 0 In 2 timings Sacrifice hits Corrlden. Cheney. Left on bases New York, 11; Chicago.

2. First base on balls Off Marqttard, oft Fromme, 1. Struck out By Cheney, 4. Time, 2:00. t'nvplres, RIgler and Byron.

Totals Batted for i.r i.r-.n fcllou will I out in their grhl- i.s. preparing Oc big limi-s a 1 ml. Tin- I. Ifi-ws in lli- city now are 15:2 K-Sb. tackle; Thomason, half: t'arroll.

ph-I l.indsay. back; Met Inn, end. ami I Vi or fullback, all of last years team. I'endcr lias mil definitely di-eidcd jet that .1.11 le back in school this year, ii h. thought that Iu will east in bi- i with tfio Volunteer again atel up practice this aficruooii or I I t.alUm! pud I hi is.

guard. and Aston. and Mid on the mhiii.I team la u-r. uid Iw out ihl' sfleruoon. a will May l.i.-l last year; Fowler, quartcr- GIFT TO THE CARDINALS.

St. IOitls, Sept. -St. Louis won from Brooklyn. 7 to 0, today.

The home players secured two runs In the ninth when Yingling made two wild throw base anil wound up with Score liv innings Philadelphia 21Q 200 K-1- It ineinnatl 000 OlO 230 t. tifiversity, at Knoxville. kt. 1J Atarvville college, nt Ktmx- Oct. is Sewanee, nt riiattaimog.i.

Oct. 15T I a vidsoti, at Knoxville. Nor. 1 Chattanooga nniversity. Kr.oxviIle.

Nov. Vanderbilt, nt Nashville. Nov if Diversity of Alnbunia. at Tuscaloosa. Ala.

Nov. '2 7 Kentucky State, nt I.exing-tr.n. It is possible that a game will Is- played on Wait field November but a- et debnite nrrangciii.T.ts for the gnme have not lecn made. Aa the schedule now stands no game will le played here by the Volunteers after November 1. when the Mtx'esaina trom Chattanooga will furnish the opposition.

International League. At Jerser City-First game Newark Jersey City I.k and Smith Brandon and Blair lO A PO A Siiminnrr: Tliree-be hits -Hoblltzell. jilts tiff Vniiiiiltz. 7 in 7 innings (none out 1 eighth) Off Seuton. 2 111 2 Innings: off Johnson.

in off Suggs, 3 hi 2 -Sacrifice bit I.oliert (2), Hooiwn. Beckers Kllng. lHuible plays -Groh. Tinker and llftblltzell: "ram to Burns; Butes to Oakes, of Kllng. Ia on bsses Phlladelpnla.

jvbltted. If The score St. Louis Quinlan, rf a gee, 1 Beck. 3b Bat. Ay .273 .260 .260 .231 .182 AB 5 5 0 4 2 4 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 It 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 11 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 Atlanta Manush, rf-lf Bisland.

ss Lon g. lf-rf Thompson, Agler. lb Welehonce, cf Holland. 3b Dunn, Smith, 2b Dent, Price, Totals Cincinnati. 7.

First base i balls Oft O'Leary 2b-ss Can'll It z. Seaton. 1: Johnson 2. rurk 1 4'nilahntr 9 ont Rt 1: Seaton. Johnson.

2. Mhigo Time. i.CS. Umpires. O'lhiy and Kmslie.

Niehaus, 1 1 8 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 14 .006 .000 .000 Huggins, 2b Sallee, Evans 1 Harmon 0 Monday. Opening of Grand circuit race meeting at Michigan Stats fair, Detroit. Opening of Great Weatern circuit race meeting at Michigan State fair. Detroit. Opening of annual bench show of Spokane Kennel dub, Spokane.

Wash. Charlie White ts. Mickey Sheridan, 1U rounds at Karine, Wis. h'teve Ketchel vs. Eddie Johnson, 20 ronnds, at Pueblo, Colo.

Tuesday. National open golf championship tournament begins at Country club, Brookline. Mass. Wednesday. Annual show of Westchester Cotmty Horee Show association at White Plains, Thursday.

Opening of Iowa-IIIlnols-Mlssouri tennis tournament at Burlington, Ia. Saturday. Autumn meeting of Ontario Jockey clnb opens at Toronto. Metropolitan A. A.

U. senior track and field championships at Travers Island, N. 1. Quebec Provincial track and field cham plonshlpa at Montreal. Willie Ritchie vs.

Freddie Welsh, 20 rounds, at Vancouver, B. C. Wildcat Ferns vs. Billy Walters, 10 ronnds. at Kenosha, Wis.

Annual bench show of Western Airedale Terrier dub, at Chicago. Footbal, Carlisle Iudhins vs. Albright college, nt Carlisle. Pa. Football, Boston college vs.

University of Maine, at Orono, Me. Aviator Hilled. Bucharest, Roumania, Sept. 14. An aviator named Vlaicu, who recently designed an aeroplane which he christened the Mad Fly," fell during a test tonight and was killed.

He was preparing to fly over the Carpathian mountains. The High Cost of Living 37 4 .200 CUBS BLANK GIANTS. Chicago Sept. 14. Chicago snut out New York.

7 to f. today. Tile locals play- 1 ed a careful game liehind Cheney, who was hit hard, while the league leader ..100 10 20 84 0 Totals 36 7 2 2 Batted for CnMabnn In eighth. Ran for Evans In eighth. JACK COOMBS took too miiiiv chnuiis ou the bases In itryirg to steai and ploy the hit and run pi In the eighth Fromme.

who relieved IS IN HOSPITAL larquard. was burled under bombnrd- 1 Man ment of hU which netted four runs, Brooklyn Moran, rt ngrr Evers and Snodgrass were banished as a result of argmi e.its wrih the umtdrea. i nreugei, ei The largest crowd the season witnessed Hummel, lb Ontshsw. 2b Collins, If ground rules prevailed. a Washington.

1. high 1 team last year, and Robinson. on the onenue "ViTiibs in i i ripiftisl that Sam Hay icy. larLb- and captain of the team, wib get fieri in lime practice this afternoon, will. Kerr, giiarit.

and Itawson. half. i tsl to lie out. Greenwood and I.aier. sulmt it tiles hist jear.

are due to arriie today. Callahan. a hueky lialf-b; from J-ieksi-n. is to come with lliib-i. and ia out a.s a ''bir Meek, 'JiM-ponnd guard from At.

i rip nehisd nt Marlin, and two brothers, barktiehl players from th- same Instinitioii. will le out for fon.orrow lawnoii. of tie- team. i a j.r.-lint of lb" Ii-r in and gnat tilings are a1- i vis tcl ftsun the aire trio. s.

will be t-vpros. nte.1 Tueaday Tier when S'rrell. for tw'i i-r thru ji nier on ijii cr.u prep, school i will arrive Simmons. tiarier-i j. I Mct'ailie Imm'I at I I.

is Tin Tliia I a i'V i Ailit-r. a Tcuiiessie I' ni.ll tnen'ls-r- cf list car's team wit! ii.S this ie.tr. 'I inS4 W'llO tit tc decided not to return ar. I half; Mi-t'bre. guartl: I bm-e I ..1 I a i 'k and end.

an I ipiar-tcrbai I. in' half. Ii i- ii ghii probable also li'-ivi r. 1.1. i ill le-- he bill Inis Season's Schedule.

Smttb. 3b Fisher, ss I Fischer, Pfeiffer, 0 i Ragon. 3 I Yingling. 0 Kirkpatrick I Total Ran for Ragan in ninth. Two out when wlntng run scored.

Cfackef Jack Butler, welter- Weight wrestler of New his manager, George W. Kelly, called on the sporting editor of The Journal and Tribune Sunday evening and said that i they were every anxious to put a wrest- ling match in Knoxville during the exposition period, and that were ven more desirous of arranging the bout with i Walt Evans, local middleweight, mat artist. Butler. wh is a husky looking young fellow, mentioned a-number of. well known middleweight, wrestlers he eaid he had met, so a bout between him and Evans would doubtless he very interesting.

The young men are associated with one of tbe amusement companies -on Joy Street at the exposition, and -expect, to remain in the city for several weeks, -I Kilbane to Meet Walsh. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 14. Accompanied by his manager, Jimmy Dunn, Second game Newark Jersey City Hofn.es, Britton. Kcbacht Hlcglna; Cot ley and Blatr.

At Montreal First game Koctesti-r H.1 Hid Montreal Ten Innings. Wilhelm and Jmcklltsch Smith How iey. Second game Itocheater B'- Hughe, and Williams; Dale niul Mad-Jen. nerican Loagne Standing. Teams.

Ikliadelphla Cien land Waablngton lloMon Cl.i'-r.go St. Iios's New York 4:1 and Where He May be Placed in a Plaster Oast For Several Weeks. Philadelphia, Sept. 14. Jack Coi.mlw.

star pitcher of the Athletic Baseball club and hero of two worlds series, is in the University hospital. Muscles of the pitcher's back, weakened by a recent attack of typhoid fever, physicians say, were unable to stand the strain in Ills attempt to work into condition and he may be placed in a plas-terenst for several weeks. Physicians at the hospital say that in rare instances following a severe attack Of typhoid fever muscles of the body have been known to stretch. An X-ray the game and Score New York -I Snodgrass, Mi-Cormlck. rf Fromme.

Doric 2b Kletclitr. ss Bums. If Shnfrr. 3b-cf Murray, cf-rf Meyers, Mtrkle. lb Msrquard.

Ilerxog. Thorpe by biulngs Brooklyn 231 000 201- St. Louis 000 C01 042 -7 Summary: Two-bnse hits Fischer, Beck. Stengel. 'Evans.

Three-base hit Wtngo. Sacrifice hits Steugei. Pfeiffer. Sacrifice flies- Callahan. Cutshaw.

Stolen bases iluirnr.el. Cutshaw. Stengel. Oakes. Double plays Quinlan and OTary; Callnban, OLea-ry and Magee.

Passed ball Fischer. Wild pitch Y'lngllug. Hlt by pitcher By Pfeiffer Bases on ball-Off Nelhans. off Sallee, off Prelffer. 4.

Struck out Pfeiffer, 6: Hagan Nel- huus. It Yingling, 1. Left on bosea St JamiIk. Brooklyn. 0.

Hit Off Pelrf fer. 7 In 7 1-3 Innings: off Ragan. 1 In Can be reduced by buying our coaL ROWE TRANSFER CO. Both phones 1020. (Advertisement.) 0 i N.

photograph of the injured muscles will be taken tomorrow and a final decision made as to the need for the cast. McMoJIen, Simmonds Peltway BURGLARY INSURANCE A A Influent. games scheduled for Sunday i. -o- lea go Iach. rf Evers.

21) orrlden, 2b Schulte, if Phelan. 3b Saler. lb Joail. rf Bridwell. ss Featherweight Champion Johnny Kilbane left tonight for Boston where he will meet Jimmy Walsh of that city, in a 12-round bout next Tuesday night.

Kilbane expressed confidence in his ability, to defeat Walsh. At Indianapolis-Indianapolis. ill; St I- City- Kansas City. 2-1: Chi- Second game 5 Innings). cagi TRANSPARENT SKIRTS MAKE THINGS UNCOMFORTABLE FOR OTHERS BESIDES THOSE THAT WEAR Goldberg.

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