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4 THE JOURNAL AND TRIBUNE, KNOXVILLE, TENN, THURSDAY, 'JUNE 18, 1914. '4 A LAST BATTLE WAS A THRILLER TOO TEH- INNING GAMES FOUR IM A ROW: FOR THE NAPS CROWDING CHATTANOOGA DAH JOIIHSOH HAS THREATENED APPi LEAGUE HAS GLOWED" FEDERAL -LEAGUE GAMES federal League Standing. Teams With Cincinnati and 1t Louis on Losing End Knoxville and Harriman Staged a 12-Inning Draw. Who Again Take the Measure of Washington. That No, Player Who Jumps to the Federals According to a Telegram from President E.

B. Fisher, Atlanta's Third Straight Victory Over Nashville Makes Crackers Contenders For the Lead. Baltimore Kansas City Pittsburgh. Federal League Oames. Baltimore, Kansas City, 1.

Brooklyn, 3: St. Louis. 1. Indianapolis, 11 Buffalo, 8. Chicago.

Pittsburgh, Indianapolis. Jnne 17. Indianapolis won from Buffalo today 11 to 8 In game that was remarkable for wild pitch- ing displayed by both teams. The local lub used three boxmea and tbe visitors ur. Score Jimmie Burke Starred, Having Two Home Buns and a Sin-' gle Out of Four Times' Up.

Appalachian League Standing. Faber For the White Blanks the1 Athletics, Sox, And Should Have' Had a No-hit Game St. Louis Blanks Boston- -Yanka Defeat Detroit. American League Standing. Will Ever Play in Organized Baseball Again.

o- American League Chief is Beady to-Fight New Raid Predicted by Federal Chieftain. Jnne 17. Bail president of tbe American Teague, tonight said: 1 will see to It that no player who Johnson. Baseball Who Wired That League Disbanded Last Night Knox-ville-Middlesboro Series May be Played Anyway. AIHinn.1, Aithougn the members of the jhnot- ille baseball team will get in from Ilar-riman this morning, there is considerable doubt as to 'whether the first game of the Middlesboro-KnoxviUe series scheduled for this afternoon at Cliilbowee park will be played, for It seems that the Appalachian league has Mowed.

The following telegram fro -E. B. Fisher, president of the league, was received Feature Wednesday's Games in the National. Giants Again Blank the Pirates and Braves Take Two From the Cubs. 1 tional League Standing.

Teams New York Cincinnati i't. 1. is 1 ir'sonigh Ihiladelphu bit.tg Bro, -aton ii i Teams Chattanooga Atlanta New Birmingham K. Nashville Memphis. Montgomery New Orleans, 10: 'Montgomery, 2.

Atlanta, Nashville, Birmingham. Mobile-, 1 THREE IN A ROW FOR ATLANTA. Atlanta, Gt, Jtme 17. Atlanta made it three straight from Nashville by wtnulng todays game 1 to 0. The locals scored in the third when a pinch hit by Libel brought McConnell home, Score: Nashville AS Callahan, cf.

4 King, if. 7 Sloan, rf. Paulette, lb. Gibson, c. Hemmlngway, 3b.

Williams, 2b, Lindsay, as. Kroh. p. 3 4 4 4. 3 3 3 Pc IkilS .407 Yesterdays Results.

Knoxville, Harriman. 3 (12 Innings). Middlesboro, Morristown, 4. TT 1 Harriman. Jane 17.

Knoxville and Har rlmatrTinUVe the league, failed to blow today, but engaged In a twelve-inning bat- tie which resulted in 1 tie. Game was called on ait-unnt tit darkness at the end of the twelfth, the score being three and three. i Sanford ami Merchant were there all the time. Morel ant allowing eleven hits, and Hanford iut seven. i Lowes juiup.Bg catch of Cowans line' drive and running catch of Sharp drive "labelled three na-es, were fielding features, burkes home tun In the third, Knox ah.

ad of him. Lowe had three hits in four tlmis up. Fire hundred tans braved the thr. a enmg weather to attend lie funeral, and all went home delighted with the elans of ball exhibited, The National League Games blladelphla. 5 St.

Louis, 4. brookljn. Cincinnati, 1- New Yoik. 5: I lUsburgh. 0.

son. 8 7 Chicago, 3-3. 81 PER BAB WIN IN TENTH. Brooklyn, June 17. Brooklyn took a 70-Inuiug game lr Cincinnati 2 to 1 today after a pitchers battle.

Both Pfeifer and Douglass werev effective, the former allowing only three hits and the latter getting eleven strikeouts. A one-handed catch by Dalton featured the game. Score: Buffalo OOO 001 200 Indianapolis ..332 201 00 Batteries Schultz, Moore, Moran. Houser and Blair; Billiard. Mullin, Moseley and Barlden.

Jnne 17. Lange permitted no Pittsburgh player beyond second base till the ninth Inning and Chicago Won todays game 8 to 1. Score: 1 Pittsburgh 000 0011 Chicago ..10 002 00 1 Batteries-ar-Walker, Adams and Lange and Wilson. St. Louis, June 17.

Brooklyn took tfie -second game of the series-with St; Louis today 3 1. The visitor played error- iegg bail and bunched several timely hits. Score: Brooklyn 001 200 0003 1 St. Louis k. .000 000 Lafitte and Owen-' Groom, Keuppor and Hartley and Simon- 1 Kansas City, June 17.

Baltimore scored two runs on four singles and a stolen base In tbe eighth inning today, defeating Kansas City 2 to 1. Score: Baltimore oof) OOO 020-2 Kansas City .009 10 000 i 7 Quinn and Jacklitsch; Harris, Stone and Easterly. Ritchie vs. Welsh, London, Jnne 17. Willie Ritchie and I Fred Welsh, the American' and British lightweight boxers, today signed articles for another 20-round contest to be fought A4 in London between November 4.

'If Novem ber 11, this year. 1 1 1 a American League Games. Cleveland. Washington, 2. Chicago.

Philadelphia. O. C- St. Louis, Boston, 0. New York, Detroit, 3.

CLEAN SWEEP FOB THE NAPS. Cleveland, Jnne 17. The Naps beat Washington today 7 to 2 and made a clean sweep of the four game series. Ai Colla-more pitched well although he was in trojble several times. Manager Birmingham of the Naps was ejected from the field by Umpire Dlneen when he objected to a decision.

Pans in the bleachers threw jumps, no matter how big star he Is, will ever play in organised baseball the sporting editor of The Journal and again. Federal league teama will 'not Tribune: Morristown, Jane 17. The Appalachian league disbands tonight. E. B.

FISHER, President. It has been known here for some time that the league was rather shaky, but it was hoped that it might be able to weather the storm "and arrangements may be made, yet whereby it will be eondnued. The league opened the season with four clubs instead of six and from the first the attendance was much smaller throughout the circuit than heretofore. In Knoxville the decrease in attendance was very noticeable for a 7 v-j 5 few days ago the crowds picked up considerably, -and it was hoped that the bad days were over The proposed reorganization of the Knoxville club was not completed, though, and When it became known elsewhere that the local club was in a very bad shape, the calamity spread and the promoters in one or two other towns became rather panicky. Talk of transferring the Morristown fanehise to Bis-tol followed, but nothing definite was done befoe President Fisher's announcement as to the disbanding of the league get a single player from Coimskeys club.

If Hal Chase jumps his contract be will never plav with the third league club. We jwill stop him the same way Chief Johnson was prevented from playing with the Kansas City club President Johnson declared, not only will the American league try to prevent Chsses playing with the Buffalo Eed-erals but has already moved to prevent other White Sox from jumping. It is understood the ten days clause which caused the recent desertion of players from organized baseball has been eliminated from the contracts of most White Sox. Despite denials. Chase 1 believer to have signed with the Buffalo Federals.

It is said Bay Demmitt. a White Sox outfielder, also had signed ith that team. though he is not to join it until next year. Reb Russell, the Sox left-handed pitcher, is said to be negotiating with the Indianapolis Federate. James Archer, the Chicago Nationals catcher, admitted today according to a local newspaper, that he waa-consider ing a Federal league offer.

early Wednesday-afternoon by tine out when winning run scorea. Sioie by innings Cincinnati 000 OCO OlO 1 Brooklyn 000 ObO 100 12 QUAKERS NOSED OIT. Philadelphia, June 17. Home runs and double were numerous in todays game, won by Philadelphia in the tenth inuing 4. when Keeker singled, Lobert sacrificed and Sherwood Mugee drove the ball Into' (he bleachers ami was given credit The Federal league can wreck from was made.

However, something may yet a playing standpoint the two big leagues he done to keep the league in the run-withiu thirty days if it cares to-- sign nmg. ail the players who have asked to The Knoxville players are t6 get in taen over, according to a statement at tea o'clock this morning and if the here today by Gilmore. He repeated his Middlesboro team shows up here the se-statwrent that forty players are ready es will probably be played out and the to leave the National and American 1 gate receipts divided among the players, leagues, but would not eay how many who as yet have not received their sala-of them would be absorbed at thia riea for the half month ending June 15 time I The Chicago American leagne team, according to reports, will lose other players besides Chase, who will play his lasc game in a White Sox nnitorm a week from Scott, Iiussell, Weaver. Benz and iBiackburne are players the White Sox will lose, according to the report. Lord i8Wming.

Manchester. N. June 17. When Informed today that several members of the Chicago American league baseball team were contemplating joining the Federal league. Harry Lord, former captain of the club, said if they took such action he would go with them.

CONVICTED OF 7 CONCEALING ASSETS ALL NEXT Tues. and PAUL THE Summary: Two-base hits. Clunk, Merchant. Home-runs Lowe. Burke, 2.

Sacrifice hits Moire, Corumny. Double plajs Lowe to Morton, to Garrett; Sharp to Kelly to Burke: Burke to Kelly. Base on balls Sanfoid, Merchant, 4. Struck out Sanford, Merchant, S. lilt by pitcher Breaux, by Merchant.

Left on bases Harriman. 11. Knoxville, 9. Time, 2:00. I mpire Campbell.

MIDDLES30R0 ANNEXED DECIDING CONTEST Bunched Hits and Errors De- feated the Jobbers, 5 to 4. Middlesboro. Kj. Jnnc 17. The last and deciding game of the series was won today by Middlesboro.

3 to 4. Decatur wno twirled for the locals was in great form, keeping the visitors hits well scattered. The locals won the game In the second inning, scoring three runs on three bits and three errors. Uoldkamp support was ragged. The leature the game was the fielding of Wilbers and Gooch, the latter robbing Manea-of two heme-runs.

A verv large crowd attended the games. Tbe box score Middlesboro AB McCall, rf AB 3 3 4 4 3 2 1 2 3 Totals Atlanta' McConnell, 2b. Klreber. 3b. F.lbel.

lb -r WelChonce, cf. as. Plauagan, rf. Tyree, Dent, Score byUnnlnga Naahville BEBIES FOR NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans.

June 17. The locals cap-tnred today's game from Montgomery. lO to 2 and thereby won the aeries, three gamea to one. Walker struck out eleven batsmen and blanked Montgomery until the eighth when four hits. Including two fir extra bases, netted two runs.

Umpire Chestnutt ordered Rlghtfleliler Lively out of the game but reversed the edict when Acting Manages Elwert. who was nuable to play because of a dislocated shoulder, declared there was no one to substitute for Lively. Catcher Donahue was fined by tbe umpire for protesting. Score i Montgomery OOO 020 2 8 New Orleans 310 008 30H Ruscber and Donahue; Walker and Adam MOBILE LOST HER CHANCE. Mobile, June 17.

Birmingham won the first game of a scheduled doublebead-er from Mobile this afternoon by a score of 4 to 1. bnt rain caused a postponement of the second game. Two innings were ha laving scored. Mar-can double, a sacrifice, McDonalds single and. Kniselys home run gave the visitors the game in tbe flrsc Inning.

Mobile ral lied in the seventh and scored a run, but careless base running resulted in double play and ended their chances Score; Mobile .......000 000 1 7 Birmingham 300 000 1 Fans Were Supporting the Team and Guarantees Were Being Met Special to The Journal and T-ihune. Herriman. June 17. The newi of the blowing of the Appalachian league was received here with regret. Except for about fifty shares, at five dollars each, enough stock bad been subscribed to- keep Harriman In th league.

Harriman had a good team who were we'i supported by the fans, the attend-nice here being more than that of any other city fn the league, and guarantees ore -always covered with some additional. The. club officials are raising money by private subscription to-'clean up all debts and will be ready to join if the league is re-organized either this year or next. i o- I METROPOLITAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY New York. June 17.

Tennis players drew into the semi-finals of the metros politar. championship singles today nt Forest Hills, Long Island. The best performance in the singles was that of Murray, the young Californian, who beat the champion, W. M. Washburn.

Harvard In the doubles H. H. Hackett an I F. B. Alexander, ex-natlonal doubles champion, were forced to the limit of three sots to beat Voshell and Baggs.

Cheon For Iced Tea Best 50c Tea in America C. D. KENNEDY CO. (Advertisement.) SEE 1 One out when winning rnu was scored. WEEK Wed.

Matinee GILMORE 4 IN HAVOC BY H. S. SHELDON Wednesday ght By Special re-. quest, for the benefit of the Catholic Church. Captain Alvarez 1 WILL BE REPEATED Thors, and Fri.

Night, Sat. Matinee and Night The Mammy and- The flamming Bird The play that made Paul Gilmore a star, with Paul Terhune, the original organ grindei; in the role of Guisseppl Batted for McBride in 8th. Bntted for Shaw in 9th. Score by innings Cleveland .......010 022 ...100 100 02 7 000 3 BLANKED THE CHAMPS. Chicago.

Jnne 17. Urban Faber held the worlds champions to one hit today and blanked tbe league leaders 5 to 0. An er- Tor of judgment by Blackburn cost Faber! the honor of a no hit game. Lapp ground-! ed toward second In tne ninth Inning and. Blackburn, Instead of coming In on the ball, ran back a few steps and Lapp beat the throw by a narrow margin.

Score Philadelphia ATI XI PO A Murphy, rf 4 0 0 2 0 Oldring, If 2 2 0 Walsh. If 2 1 1 K. Collins, 2b 4 0 2 Baker. 3b n-3 0 0 3 3 Ui-lnnlg. lb 3 0 0 7 0 0 Strunk, cf 3 0 3 1 1 Barry, ss.

3 0 1 2 1 Lapp, 3 0 1 2 0 3 Blown, 1 0 1 1 Dressier, 1 Kopf. 0 0 0 0 0 Schang, Totals Chicago Weaver, ss. Blackburn, 2b. liemmitt. If J.

Collins, rf. ...29 AB 5 3 4 4 3 Bodie, cf 4 Sebalk, 2 Breton, 3b 3 Faber, 0 Totals 32 5 9 27 ltan for Lapp In nluth batted for Dressier in ninth Score by Innings Philadelphia 000 GOO 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 24 PO 1 11 A 1 0 0 1 1 4 4 1 3 2 i 4 0 15 2 0000 OOl 210 Oi- BROWNS BLANK BOSTON. St. Louis, Jnne 17. St.

Louis with Hamilton pitching in rare form turned the tables on Boston today and won the final game 4 to 0. Though Rankin Johnson was In on elevator accident today he pitched a fairlv good game Boston Bel.g. rf. Scott, ss Speaker, cf Sally League. At Charleston, Colombia, 0.

At Albany, Columbus. 1. At Macon. Jacksonville, 1. Play will be started promptly at 3:30 oclock if the game is staged.

The Harriman team was scheduled to play in Morristown the last half of the week iREAD WHAT CRITICS SAY OF THE HAVOC: A daring play is The Havoc; It compels one to sit on the edge of his seat, and often gasp for breath Cincinnati Times-Star. It makes one 'think. It satisfies." -Chicago Inter-Ocean. I A really remarkable Smart Set Magazine. Havoc will work more good from a moral standpoint than a million JBillv Sundays or reformers of that kind.

1 Havoc Id an entirely new treatment of the sex problem. 1 1 The Lion and the Mouse seen. The The Squaw Man The Patted for lennder In ninth St-oie by innings St. Louis 002 1K 002 Philadelphia 100 K7 Oil MATHEWSOX PITCHED. New York.

June 17. For the second day In succession New York shut out lltts-liuigh with five scattered hits, the Giants un'ng 5 to Mathew son who was In ne form, pitched for the champions. The New Yorks hupched hits on McQuillan snd ran wild on the bases Pittsburgh i 15 fi 4 Mobile. June 17. Moms M.

Meyer, a wholesale liquor dealer of wae found guilty by a jury here in the United. State district coart today of having concealed assets from the trustee when he was adjudged bankrupt several months ago. Motion that the verdict be set aside was overruled by Federal Judge H. T. Toulmin.

Sentence was suspended until later in the term. RANKIN JOHNSON IS BADLY SHAKEN UP St. Louis, June 17. Rankin Johnson, pitcher for the Boston Americans, who a to play in todays game against St. ouis.

and Forest Cady, catcher for the Boston team, were passengers in a clothing store elevator that fell five floors here today. Johnson was so shaken up that he will not pitch this afternoon. Six persons were in -the elevator. Nona was seriously hurt. Holds Two Championships.

Versailles, France, June 17. Miss Cecil Leitch, holder of the British womens golf championship, today won the French womens championship by defeating Miss Gladys Bastin, an English woman. The match was played at La-Boulie. The Royal Hunt Cup. London, June 17.

J. Easts 3-year-old Lie-A-Bed today won the Royal Hunt cup, one of the most coveted prizes at the Ascot race meeting. Brax-ted was second and Honeywood third. A field of twenty-five turned out for the race Which was over a distance of seven furlongs and 1G6 yards. The cup is valued at $1,250, to which is added $7,750 and a sweepstake of $100 each.

2 Jauvrin, lb. i.ardner, 3b. Yerkes, 2b. Cady, Johnson, p. alner, Hooper, Bed lent, Totals Batted for Johnson in eighth.

Ban for Gainer in eighth St. Louis idiotten, cf. 1 3 10 3 1 0 1 3 i 0 0 3 1 0 Norman, rf Goldkaiup. 1 Totals Score by innings MidcUesl Morristown 9 24 10 5 010 GO 3 .201 OCO 010 1 Iio base lilts Gooch. Three i a Vi llliei, i Swann, by Gfidka tnr, 1 1 1, tur.

Hit I. pla) We plre Llacki at Yockiv Stolen ba-es i i 2. V. eil Sacrifice hit Miuik cut by Decatur, Base on balls off Detail, imp 1 Wild pitch Detit tii hall ilbers Double Iwaius 1:33 emit. jL.jtas Lf ijue.

Waco, 0-0, (second Fort Worth, 3, (14 At a 1 vest 1 game 11 inn ugs) At San A innings tiaikness) CJilege Baseball. Pennsylvania At Philadelphia licll 2. Cor- Intt iiiatioral League. At Iacl 3, Clett land, 4 At Kaii'd 1. ulscille, 3.

(Eleven Inn ngs i At Mii i 10- Indianapolis, 6. tOuly th games scheduled). A tv ican Association. At City. 1 Torcnto.

9. At Pirn it ace 7. Montreal, At la i 0 Koc licser 0 2. At Neva 4 7. I it fa to.

0 12. oetcats X'aie. VoM! Tune 17 TTnrvnrd 1 June li tin vara is defeat bv Yale at Oambridj tftd.ii ren Ii.iii i ga The 1ms dCidid mi e- tt rJay winning before crowd, 7 to 3. -erics now tied will rd game Saturday, iv Fcr Rotan. PI il.idi 1 id June 17.

George TIolan 'iron Texas, won pos.sesMoii of tie 1 l-neiiood Hall gold gulf cup to.ldi ui i of tl HuntinglOi Valb i wen le defeated Howard YV. I en ill cit) 1 up in the Dual round of tcnrnancnt. Both of the contc si i ni- played e'eeptional golf. Ito-tau's s' im mg 7 only one stroke more il an tie course rei ord, while Pei-rin did the 141 1 oles in 77. In the semifinal ri lied Kotan defeated Howard H.

McCull 1 i'e Perrin wou from George A. Crump. DRINK A rK 'P ING WATER FOR YOUR HEALTHS SAKE (I I 0 1 1 1 I i i i a laey lf wev. 3b. 1 el v.

cf. VI agner. ss ueLChj. lb. Vi 1 ell if Me nrth.v.

2b. i ibs iiillan, p. t. Totals New York I e-ci cr, ef I rjjv. If.

eti her. ss le. 2b Me kle. lb I berts rf. St i Sb.

Meiers pathewson. p. 1 tills -oie by Innings Pittsburgh New urk 0090 JO 5 TWO rOR THE BRAVE. Poston. June 17 Boston took two euces from hicago today winning this ii om ng to and this afternoon 7 to Ii extra bases by Ileal and Sel'iudt were Important factors In Uo-t ns nctory in the morning.

The Jtraies 8 1 uav to a 5 run lead in the flist In- the c-1ernoon contest. Score: rntn- Mmpi- lil rning game) Phicag Oil 501 000 3 Bis 303 020 Zabel, Humphries and Hargrave and Bre-nahan: lyler and Whaling. I Afternoon game) Clueagi 000 000 102 3 Bos. 509 001 0J. 7 Pierce, Smith and Bresuaban; James am.

naling. Six Cyclists Injured. Uniontown, June 17. Three mo-torcyclsts and three antomohilibts were injured, one seriously, near here today ir a series of accidents that attended the annual hill-diinbing contests of the Faiette Count) Automobile club. R.

L. Pixler, a motorcyclist, received a frae-tured sknlL Three automobiles and a motorcycle ere dcstroved hen they dashed into rocky cliff. Singer is Found Dead. Oakland, June 17. --Miss Helen Meson, a soprano singer, was found dead in her apartment here early today.

The cause of death has not been determined. Miss Mesow was blind. A physician said that a spoon found in the bedroom smelled strongly of a quick -acting poison. One may distrust a critics opinion of a play, or may doubt-'a friends judgment, but who can question the praise that successful playwrights accord to the work of a rival dramatist Here are a few of fhe things said by the authors of other plays about The Havoc." 1 C. Walker, lf.

Leary, lb. Austin, 3b. ares, ss. Agnew, c. Hamilton, p.

Totals Score by Innings Boston 000 000 0000 St Louis 020 002 00 4 YANKS. YHIP, THE TIGERS. Detroit, June 17. After losing three consecuttie garnet to Detroit New York, with Manager Chance still under suspension, whipped the Tigers 4 to 3 today. It was the first game the THghland-ers have won from Jennings' men thia season.

Score-: New York 2021 000 COO 4 Detroit. 010 000 011-3, Caldwell. MiHale and Xunainaker; Caret. Hall, Main, Dubuc and Stanage. SALLIE LEAGUE'S SECOND SEASON OPENS TODAY Savannah.

June 17. Savannah wou the pennant in the first 1914 season cf the- South Atlantic league, which ended today. -The locals had a margin of two games over Charleston, which te.im finihel one anil one-half games abend of Jacksonville. When the three leading teams entered the final series of three games Monday either had a chanceto win the pennant. Savannah then led by two games over Charleston, which was in third place.

Savannah maintained this lead by ail three games. Charleston also wou three games, but Jacksonville los three straights and finished in third pinee. TLe second season opens tomorrow. CHARLES KLEIN, author of best constructed play I have ever Ask Your Neighbor Why she uses a Gas Range; she will tell you for the following reasons: CONVENIENCE COMFORT CLANLINESS RELIABILITY ECONOMY Why enoy the same advantages your- Get a Gas Range today. The Knoxville Gas Co.

EDWIN MILTON ROYUE, author of play Is a GEORGE BROADHURST, author of The Man of the Hour A most extraordinary and brilliant play. 1 MARGARET MAYO, author of "Baby Mine Tremendous! A play every discontented wife should see. CHARLES ANN KENNEDY, author of The Servant In the House A remarkable play of absorbing Interest superbly acted. EDGAR SELWyiN, author of The Country Boy A bully good- play. CURTAIN 8:15 SHARP.

ALL CONNECTIONS WAIT FOB THEATRE CABS. 20 Degree Cooler at tbe Park Than In the City. i I 1.

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