The Cincinnati Post from Cincinnati, Ohio • 6

i THE POST AUG 12 1908-PAGE 6 (BIG AUTO RACE TO BE RUN IF TRACK CAN BE SECURED REDLEGS MANAGER MOROSS SAYS OLDFIELD AND RYAN WILL COMPETE AT LATONIA UNLESS THE JOCKEY CLUB IS UNREASONABLE IN ITS DEMAND FOR RENTAL WILL DEFEND TITLE WHEN TEDDY RECEIVES THE OLYMPIC ATHLETES STILL IN Prospects of Johnny Ryan Cincinnati's daring auto driver and Barney Oldfield world's champion driver coming together in a match race at Latonia looked better Wednesday after Oldfield and Ernie Moross had worked on Ryan until midnight in an effort to get Ryan to waive the charity clause which he wanted inserted in their contract Ryan Tuesday was anxious to race Oldfield and declared he would beat Oldfield as the latter woul not take the chances Ryan would But Ryan wanted to race for $2500 side bet and insisted that the gate receipts be given to the Associated Charities to be distributed as that organization saw fit Ryan wanted to race from a purely standpoint and does not care to make a commercial affair of it Manager Ganzcl and his Beds returned late Tuesday afternoun after rather unsuccessful Eastern trip The boys with the exception of Andy Coakley are in pretty good shape and hope to win more regularly in the fntnre Ganxel and Herrmann will hold Oldfield however declared that he could not risk his life for a few dollars and that he has parents and a wife to support and that charity with him began at home Ryan would not back down from his original position and also insisted that Oldfield waive this protest clause This Oldfield also refused to do Ryan however is coming around to way of thinking snd the match will probably be made and run off at Latonia soon Oldfield and Moross have an option on the Latonia track for a two-day meet but if Latonia cannot be 'secured the match will be run at Glenvllle Park Clevnland or at Grosse Polnte trafck Detroit i PITTSBURG PIRATES MAKE BEST SHOWING IN THE EAST Oldfield will bet $1000 on himself his manager Moross' will bet $500 more while there are a number of Cincinnatians Moross says who will back Oldfield for the balance of the side bet or as much more as Is needed phia lost three tied one and won one BtNew York and broke even at Brooklyn ANOTHER FREAK PLAV DR KARL LITTLE OF CINCINNATI SOUTHERN OHIO TENNIS CHAMPION WILL DEFEND HIS TITLE AT THE TOURNAMENT WHICH BEGINS AT HAMILTON MONDAY PLAN AUTO TRACK The story in Post which told of Pitcher Crichton getting an' assist on a strikeout seemed to prove very interesting to readers Several letters telling of interesting plays have been received One from an Ohio State University fan follows: noticed in your current baseball extra on account of a unique play in the Portsxnouth-Xewark game at Portsmouth Monday in which Crichton pitching for Portsmouth had an assist on a strikeout believe I can go you one better on this During one of the interclass baseball games at Ohio State University this spring Finney a young man from Niles was pitching for the Senior Mechanical Engineers while Nordholt a Hamilton (O) boy was catching The game was against the Senior Electrical Engineers batter had two strikes on him and the catcher signaled for a drop and stooped extending his right knee somewhat The batter struck at the ball but the catcher missed the ball which hit him on the kneecap and bounded back to Finney who threw the man out at first thus giving him an assist on a FOR QUEEN CITY 0 Giants Lead All Clubs But Smoky City Invaders Do Much Better Than Other Western CJlubs The Western teams completed their Eastern invasion Tuesday and had it not been for the splendid work of the Pirates and the fair showing made by the Ohbs their record would have been a sorry one as the Beds and Cardinals hardly did their share Fred Clarke's Pirates who are making a mighty bid for pennant performed splendidly In the East winning nine out of 13 games played The Pirates dropped one game in each of the cities they visited but they also won the series in every instance Frank Cubs did not play like champions They cap- tured nine games but also lost seven dropping moat of their games at Philadelphia and Brooklyn It waa againat the weak sisters that the Chicago Club starred nearly all tlieir AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Indianapolis 3 St Paul 1 Louisville 9 Minneapolis 2: Toledo 9 Kansas City 7 eeeond Lancaster 2 The track will be banked and some of the greatest driven in the country will be brought on to give exhibitions and match racea BOWLING AVERAGES GET AN ALUM BATH League games this seasqp will not be as high as in former years The reason? New pins will be more frequent at the hill league Prominent Cincinnatians to Build Great Oval on Licking for Automobile Races Cincinnati is to have the only simon-pure automobile race track In the country if the plans of prominent Cincinnatians pan out Harvey Myers Vice President of the Latonla Jockey Club it is reported is promoting the affair and he has some of the most prominent Cincinnatians behind him in the movement Joe Rhinock President of tho Latonla Jockey Club Julius Fleischmann and other wealthy sportsmen are sIbo In on the affair Johnny Ryan himself an enthusiastic driver owns stock In the new track which will be one and live-eighths miles around GAMES NATIONAL LEAGUE First game Chicago 4 New York 0 (six Innings rain) second game wet ground Boston 2 St Louis 0 Plttaburg 5 Philadelphia AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 3 Detroit 2 Drat game Philadelphia 6 Cleveland 1 second game Cleveland 6 Philadelphia 4: Chlrago 6 New York 1 Boston 3 St Louis 0 a conference Wednesday at which they will decide which of the young players claimed by the Eeds will be brought into the fold and when they will be mailed their transportation Oanzel expects to give his youngsters a good try-out this fall so that the team will be in shape to make a good start next season The club leaves for St Louis Wednesday night and plays in the Mound City Thursday and Friday Brooklyn will appear at League Park Saturday and Sunday A double-header will be played on the Sabbath PIRATES QUIT LEAGUE The Pirates of last year's North Cincinnati League composed of the pick of the Hamilton-co League will not be in the North Cincinnati League the coming season This is the team which won 81 games before losing a single game and altogether won 109 out of 114 games in the North Cincinnati League But the Pirates were too good They won so easily and outclassed everything so greatly that it was thought best to advise the Pirates not to enter the North Cincinnati League but give some of the weaker although more sociable teams a chance to win the glad rag But the Pirates had already decided not to reorganize the team again The place will be taken by the Pirate Juniors CLUB STANDING NAT LEAGUE Club Pet Pittsburg 61 68 AM New York 59 38 Chicago 57 42 Phil 52 43' Cincinnati 51 52 Poatnn 45 55 Brooklyn 87 60 St Louie S3 65 AMER LEAGUE Clubs Pet Detroit 62 28 614 St Louis 61 42 Chfengo 58 45 Cleveland57 45 Boefon 48 54 Phils 47 52 Wash 'ton 28 61 New York 33 68 602 JITS- 547' 495 450 281 333 562 568 559 471 475 810 827 AMER ASB'N Clubs Pet LoulsTlIle69 48 Toledo 66 47 50 Columbus 64 52 58 Kan City 52 02 Milwaukee "3 r( St Paul 32 82 CENTRAL Clubs Pet Evanavllla84 44 598 Dayton 62 44 So Bend 58 50 Rapids 56 49 Ft Wsyge54 51 T- Haute 52 63 ZerciTlllf52 54 Wheeling 27 80 584 580 547 500 457 452 287 585 537 533 614 485 491 252 BLUE GRASS Clubs Pet Frankfort 22 18 Law'burg24 18 Rlchmond28 28 Lexington 26 25 Sbelbyv'le32 25 34 OHIO STATE Cluba Pet 687 Lancaster 68 41 558 Marlon 88 48 618 Lima 54 54 519 Nawark 55 57 488 Manaflcld52 55 292 Fortam'th35 72 824 588 500 481 488 327 WAGNER NOW IN THE LEAD By walloping tha ball good and hard last week Honus Wagner Increased bis lead over Mike Donlln for the batting honora of the National League Ha now leads tha Glanta' great slugger by 14 points having a percentage of 341 wbllo Donlln who batted poorly Inet week has dropped back to 327 Wagner haa been to the bat 332 times and made 138 hits Donlln haa been to tho bat 385 timet and haa laced out 126 hits Donlln an nnual leads tha Glanta In hitting with McCormick second with a percentage of 3M $2 LOUISVILLE SlOONORTH VERNON 8c 0 S-W Sunday Aug 16 Special trala leavea t'alea Stalina TiOO a Ticket Office 430 Walnwt St Central I'alaa Station alaa Fourth aad Scott t'avlagtna High Bridge Frankfort ROUND TRIP Crescent Route Sunday Aug 1C Special train leaven Central Union Depot 8:30 a in Ludlow 1:45 a in stopping Williams-town Georgetown and Jxington High Bridge park now open Shelter House Hwlngs Dinner servli-o a In carte Hutu! Concert For years and years the Hamil-ton-co League has made record after record scores but when It came to rolling in national tourna-1 feme" Lima '8 ments against new pins few teams Marion 0 Portsmouth 4 Newark 3 of the llsmilton-co League finished in the money Columbus Milwaukee 0 OHIO STATE LEAGUE pint same Mansfield 9 Lima 4 Mansfield 6 over The work wss rather disappointing The fans looked forward to an even -break at least but the best the Ganzel-ites could do was to win six of 17 games played One of them was a tie The Reds dropped and won two at Boston lost three and won one at Philadel- LAWSON AND HARGRAVE IN GOLF FINALS Fenton Lawson and Hargrave met in the finals of the Midsummer Handicap tournament at the Cincinnati Golf Club Saturday afternoon Lawnon fought his way through the early rounds and in the semifinals Tuesday continued his good work Although conceded one stroke by Hosea Lawson won by a score of 2 up and 1 to go Hargrave with a handicap of seven strokes qualified for the finals by defeating II Williamson who had a handicap of 10 strokes Hargrave gave Williamson three strokes but he went around in 78 which wa a little too good for Williamson and Hargrave won 2 up and 1 to r- in second place Had the Pirates lost to Philadelphia Tuesday and the Giants broken even in a double-header the two clubs would have been tied for first place Had rain prevented a game in Philadelphia and the Glanta taken one game from the Cubs the tie would have existed Had the Pirates won from the Phillies and the Glanta beaten the Cuba twice the clubs would also have been tied Hut of course the Glanta had to lose one game to Chicago while the Pirates trimmed the It will take a lot of hard work to dislodge the Pittaburg-ers now They gained first place by playing good consistent bail and thny hare held it by doing tho samo kind of work Wilh the Eastern clubs playing away from home and thn Chlrago Club torn by dissension there semns to be but little chance of the Cubs Quaker! or Glanta taking the lead away from the lads from Kmokevllln Becoming a mother ahould hn a source of Joy but the suffering incident to thn ordeal makes Its anticipation onn of drond Friend la tho only remedy which rellovea victories being scored Brooklyn and- Boston WILL GIANTS EVER REACH TOP BERTH? The lowly Cardinals lind a mis-' erable trip winning only three of the 15 games they engaged in Muggsy men --did the best work of any of the clubs winning 10 snd losing 4 They took four In a row from -the Cards and when the Reds came along got three out of four from them The Pirates were a little tougher taking two out of three from McGraw's men hnt the Giants took two out of three from Chicago The Phillies won 10 and lost five an excellent record' Brooklyn won seven and lost 'nine and Boston won six and lost nine The Easterners come West again Saturday and all fandom will watch the work of the Giants and Phillies If they 'do' as well on the coming Western trip as they did on the last both will probably-be there or thereabouts at the finish YOU CAN BE CURED BY FRENCH AMERICAN SPECIALIST CO WE CHARGE NOTHING TO FROVM OUR METHODS WILL CURE YOU Men have you treated for months and years and been disappointed and humbugged until you think no doctor is honest and that you cannot be cured? 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That Is the ques-' tlon which is bothering Manager Mnggsy McGraw these days The Gothamites have been within striking distance of the top round half a dozen times within the last five or six weeks but every time they had a chance to leap the barrier they fell down Of course the Pirates are working Just as hard to keep the New Yorkers out of the top berth aa the McGrawites are to climb Into it and therefore it is something more than hard luck that is keeping the Glanta RANSICK RELIEVED At martins of tli Ohio State Loafiit magnates held In Columbus Ed Ranalck mnnsr of the Portsmouth team iinveil of the manasement of that team nut the Hub taken under the ear "Mho make the Iregu will ronduri It until a stork nrun-nny ran be formed In Portsmouth and the franrhlN be made Portsmouth owned CENTRAL LEAGUE Ft Wayne 10 Wheellns 4 Evansville South Bend 2: fin Sme Dayton 8 Zanesville 1 aerond seme Zanesville 9 I my ion 0 Hamilton-co "League Pin Knights Will Shoot at New Pins Every Lower Scores Will Result The Board of Directors of the Hamilton-co Bowling League did not meet Tuesday night A number of the Directors are out of town and a quorum was not obtainable Enough bowlers were on hand however to show that interest in Cincinnati's premier bowling league haa not died out In fact much enthusiasm waa apparent and all were anxious to start the season going It developed Tuesday night that the scores of tho Hamilton-co was scolded Doris when I finally got her attention "You behave like a child" Doris can be very severe Then she wasted 10 minutes over the "Gems and Precious Stones" plate I waa becoming almost bored until Doris pointing at a blue diamond said Innocently: would make a lovely engagement ring" I cried but ahe turned 300 pages at a Jump atad witched off to a horrible table headed Points" here!" I shrieked and forcibly holding her hands 1 found my next word Hint?" I demanded why that's said Dorla softly She did not look at me but punched ier finger at a fnt ridiculous fish oil the other page is niy last 1 dared and turned but a pages said Doris simply "Yes" I nodded "Now what do you say?" Doris said never a word merely turning Idly through the pages of the second volume Near the end of the hook she ceased to turn gazing dreamily at a thin-limbed bird dubbed Yellowlega and at a musty old yenmnn carrying a spear Kbe remained this post lire so long that I lieeame impa tlent I fret led "when In the "You are the biggest dunce broke In Doris snd then I saw a Uttlff pink forefinger reeling carelessly on a reply of affirms tion snd ronsent" gralAird up Doris with a wild whoop and as I kissed her I hesrd the tearing of ail the Y-worHs from Yenst through Yellow ami Yew-tree to Yodel fraln a song or re- girl pitcher of willinsua for the present Ronrtrk failed to i a I ika hluk win BoBoUlf fallSfl flit wlnnln ono and thn A Good Short Story DY STUART STONE Doris and I snuggled close together behind the big two-volume dictionary on the revolving rack Doris delighted In flapping the big leavea about that she might feast upon the brilliantly-colored plates flags of all nations and birds and the gaudy solar spectrum My delight was in looking slyly greedily at Doris as she turned rapidly through Anchor Larynx Serpentine to Zyzomma at the end of the fat solemn book Doris has fluffy chestnut hair worlds of it and dreamy chestnut eyes great big ones and her laugh is better music than harps make by far Doris bent over page 543 hid-lng all of the fortunate sheet except a little picture I cried ond flipped the wonderous leaves on my own so- count is this word said Doris wondering 'A letter tho ninth in the English alphabet" an Id I "Now follow and I renewed my flipping But Doris must pause for Inspection of Jujube Jumping Jnnlper tree and nil the silly J-pletiires "Why that Is 'Love' declared Doris eying mo with suspicion but was sober as Job and I dived away toward the end of the second volume Doris rmiglit sight of the page bearing great seals of States though When she had tired of this alio rondo-scended to pay me heed is nodded Doris the person excursion all the layer but my next "That's are "Follow and made used before Doris 'Ymi nr she made nmltl-tlnled lar Flowering "1 told IME he seen in Cincinnati in Septant ber MIhs Weiss will pitch for the Weiaa All-Klara a team of senti-professlonnla at Park Kept 6 or or 20 Manager Kieinnn of the Wiedemanns has honked the All-Stars for a game with his team and Miss Weiss will lie in the pitcher's box for tho All-Ktara Kite is undoubtedly the liest woman ballplayer in the country MARTIN RIDES PUTRID RACES! 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