Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 4

Sunday, August 29, 1909, THE DECATUITDAILY HERALD i K. OF C. TEAMS IN The Bass Bonner's Privilege. Commie Batting and Fielding. 0RLD5 It wasn't a hitting week forthe Commies, even the games won were taken without driving the runs over.

Johnny Barkwell set the pace for his men. with seven hits seven games. and further increased his growing bat- tingaverage. Cook, after his flying start had a bad week, but he stui has an average to be proud or. coie continues the real hitter of the team.

but Danny Jenkins has passed mm as a run-getter, partly Decause me Indian waa out of a couple of games last week. But three men remain on th tam now who have played in every game of the season and these three have been out tor pans or games. They are Barkwell, Jenkins ana Foster. Fieldine- work last week was clean and with the kind of work the Com mies are doing Prexy Sextons figures may' yet show Decatur the leading fielding team of the league, if it has nothing else- to its' credit Battinsr and fielding averages games played to date follow: Batting Averages. 3 a 3 a 3 DOUBLE BILL TODAY Decatur Council Meets Lincoln In Two Games At the Three-I League Park.

The local Knights ot Columbus will be In action this afternoon at Three-I league park in a double header with Lincoln, the leaders 4a the K. Interest has-been growing In theast few weeks in the fortunes of the local knights in the contest for the bunting in the secret society league and with the added at traction of two games ior me putc u. one it is expected that the crowd will be the largest of the season. Follow ing is the way the'locals win line up. Smith 3b; T.

Cooney bs; Wayne 2b; J. Cooney rf: Schulte, lb; Wire, Long, cf; Skelley, rf; Howley, p. The double header wnicn was scneu-uled between Peoria and Springfield at Springfield today has been forfeited by the Still City team because of a desire' to stay at home and attend the big Knights of Columbus picnic which takes place in that city today. Farmer City at Monticello. Farmer City will meet the Montlcel-in (-iiivo at Tntonirhan nark in Mon- thi aftprnoon.

This will be i. A i.et timo thik nravs will play at tmrna nti into in the fall. when, if Via MtrAniifp wfljrants. me aioniicei In connection with Connie Mack's charges that Ty Cobb deliberately spikes ball players' of other teams in going to bases, codd mmsen nas a word to say. to the 'effect that he intentionally hurt any one.

but that a base runner has the right or way and the burden of protecting himself Is on the baseman. Ed the St Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer, has some interesting remarks in the same connection on base running, in which he says: Connie seems to have taken sides rather unfairly against Cobb. Cobb never Intends to injure a player when he throws his knifed shoes into the bag while sliding. Nor does any other player, for otherwise it is not a mere baseball punishment the offender needs, but the penitentiary for criminal assault Anv man who Dlavs the game, whether baseball or croquet, must play it Vhard to eet satisfaction. codo heart, in a game, is bent on getting to the bag ahead of the bail and as he has the rijrht of way.

ne is enuueu to a clear path witnoui lnienereiice. The burden of protection is on tne baseman and not on the runner. As Cobb himself says ll tne Daseman is not skilled enough to put the ball on the runner without getting nimseii tangled up with the opponent's cleats, he is not good enough to be playing an infield position in the big League. The timid runner who figuratively takes off his hat and announces to the baserunner that it is probable he will get hurt if he happens to block the road to the base, is the one who will never get there, for the baseman is not responding to any Don Quixote courtesies. So, Connie, it Is not censure for Cobb your lnf ielders in the matter of hand ling base runners.

Wfiich Is Poor Business? President Sexton has turned down protests filed by Dick Kinsella against sales by Cedar Rapids of Spencer and Collins. In the case of Spencer, Sexton says negotiations were begun be fore Aug. 1, so that the sale is legal. Pennant Progress YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Three-1 League.

Rock Island 5: Cedar Rapids 0 No other games played. National League. Pittsburg Brooklyn 3 (first). Pittsburg- Brooklyn 0 (second). Chicago 6: New York 1.

Philadelphia St. Louis 4 Philadilphia St. Louis 0. Cincinnati Boston 6. (first), (second).

American League. Detroit New York 1. Philadelphia St Louis 0. Boston Cleveland 3. Chicago Washington 4 (first).

Chicago Washington 1 (second). STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Three-I League. Played Won Lost 40 45 48 53 54 56 60 82 Pet. .640 .579 .568 309 .509 .486 Rock Island 111 71 62 63 55 58 53 49 29 Springfield ....107 Davenport Ill Peoria 108 Bloomington ...110 Decatur 109 Dubuque 109 Cedar Rapids ..111 .450 .261 National League.

Played -Won Pittsburg ..116 84 Chicago 114 77 New York 112 68 Lost, 32 37 44 56 61 70 74 84 Pct. .724 .76 .607 Cincinnati 113 57 .504 .470 .391 FPhiladelphia ...115 I 64 St. Louis 115 45 Brooklyn 115 41 Boston 116 32 .356 .276 American League. Played Won Lost Pet .636 Detroit 118 75 43 Cook 13 34 10 .294 .533 Cote 109 404 44 110 .272 .275 Burns .74 237 22 64 .270 .268 Barkwell 111 392 44 99 .253 .248 Jenkins 111 415 48 98 .236 .235 Ruby 78 253 26 56 .221 .215 McNamara50 160 9 35 .219 .230 Foster 111 392 38 82 .209 .216 Benz 4 10 1 2 -200 .000 Boucher 54 141 15 27 .193 .193 Cowell 27 68 2 12 .177 .172 Purtell 101 307 19 39 .127 .125 Bomar 11 24 0 3 .125 .167 Loomis 11 33 1 2 .061 .074 Duffy 1 1 0 0 .000 i Fielding Average. lo fans will have a cnance ftiuicMimai its neeueu, uui neuer coaumiig iui liGRAY PITCHES FREAK GAMEAGA1NST SOX Gives Eight Bases On Balls In One Inning and Six Buns Score On One Hit.

CHICAGO, Aug. 28. In the first game Gray allowed but one hit but his wildness allowed the Sox to score six runs without an error by his sup port. In the second inning he gave eight bases on balls- The locals won the second by scoring one run each in the eighth and ninth. The score of the first: Innings 123456789 R.H.E Chicago 06000000 6 1 3 Wash'ton 020000200 4 9 0 Batteries Scott and Street.

Second game and Owens; Gray Innings 133456789 R.H.E Chicago 00000001 1 2-6 2 Wash'ton 00100000 0 1 5 2 Batteries Smith Reisling and Street and Sullivan; DETROIT, Aug. 28. Summers was hit hard all the way, but his support saved him. The score: Innings 123456789 R.H.E Detroit 2 0 0 00000 2 7 2 New York 00010000 0 1 11 2 Batteries Summers and Schmidt; Warhop and Sweeney. ST." LOUIS, Aug.

28. The locals were unable to score' off Coombs. The score: Innings 123456789 R.H.E St. Louis 00000000 0 0 5 1 Philadel 00000400 0 4 8 1 Batteries Powell, Bailey and phens; Coombs and Thomas. Ste- CLEVELAND.

Aug. 28. Boston hunched hits off Joss and won. The score: r.nings 123456789 R.H.E Cleveland 01000020 0 3 6 3 Boston 10020100 0 4 11 2 Batteries Joss, Berger and Clarke; Matthews, Karger and Carrigan. RATIONAL 1EAGIE BROOKLYN.

Aug. 28. Pittsburg took a double header. Bell was batted freely in the first. The second was a pitchers' battle.

The score of the first: Philadelphia ...118 72 46 Boston 121 73 48 Cleveland 120 60 60 Chicago 117 58 5 New York 117 63 64 St. Louis 115 48 7 Washington ...118 33 85 3 a a SB 1 Cowell Loomis 27 11 11 4 1 78 111 111 4 4 2 2 0 117 1082 189 229 271 27 245 99 172 .130 27 0 1000 1000 22 0 1000 1000 14 0 1000 1000 10 0 1000 1000 1 0 1000 1000 24 2 .986 .985 51 27 .977 11 5 .976 .974 57 8 .973 .972 43 Vi .966 .964 23 2 .962 .950 18 12 .956 .958 43 8 .947 .949 299 34 .983 .929 263 40 1908 .907 Bomar Benz Duffy Ruby Foster Jenkins McNamara50 Boucher 54 Cook 13 Cote 109 Burns 74 Purtell 101 Barkwell 111 a few more contests. Kothlna; Heard from ronrns. President Childs of the Commie hnxohnll club eot a request from the management of the St. Louis Browns for an exhibition games here Sept.

7 and wired back in return, but last night had heard nothing concerning awontanpp. so cannot say that the came will be played. Childs made the Browns a liberal offer, as he believed their anDearance here would be a crowd getter, and believes that the came will be arranged. One of the stipulations by the St. Louis manage ment was that 50 cents admission should be charged.

Childs consented to that, provided the half dollar included grand stand. He siys he would not think it Just to Decatur fans to ask them to pay more than that. ALREADY TALK ABOUT FOOTBALL High School Team Must Fill Places of Several Good Men. With the early opening of the public schools, interest among the hlgli school students In the football team for this year overshadows all other amateur sport. The talk so far indicates uncertainty as to places on the eleven because of the graduation or leaving school of some of the experienced pigskin chasers of last year.

Three members of last team especially will be missed, Clarence Bowers, Fred Turbyville and Marlin Starr, none of whom will return this year. Others who have left the high school are Munson, Holmes and Dro-bisch. These men were among the best players on the team. Candidates-for the high school team will include a number of the younger fellows who played on the second team last year. Much interest is expressed as to who will be selected to fill the place of captain, the vacancy "being caused by the resignation last year of Turbyville, who will enter college this year.

Among the candidates are Phil Wills and Troop Hard. Hard served as captain last year, during the vacancy caused by Turbyville's resignation. He has played as tackle since he was a freshman. Wills has played on the high school team since his entrance in school. Henry Auer, who played at center last year, and Trent, who played in at least one school game, will be members of the team this year.

Moon and McGorray, members of last year's second team, are also deemed likely material for the eleven this year. Talk is going the rounds of a number of new boys from surrounding towns who will enter Decatur high this year and be candidates for the eleven. Among these are two youths from Maroa and one from Sullivan. The following men will be candidates when the day for first practice dawns: Quarterback, Connors. Fullback, Martin, Trent.

Halfback, Yoder, Wills, McGorray, Center, Weiss, Turpin, Brecount. Auer, Wykoff, Nicholls, Faith. Tackles, Hard.llsup, Trent, Wykoff, Ends, Weilepp, Moon, Harris, Dro-bisch. in The DRhFTIKG SEASON IS NEXT OTPBOGRSM With Four Good Men Gone Decatur Has Little to Attract Attention. Though it may not be of direct fpersonal interest to any Decatur player, it mlsrht be stated as a matter of news that the big league drafting season opens next Wednesday.

The big leagues have the rigm. oi xaevuuu from minor league clubs until Sept 15. The Class A season then opens and runs until Oct. 1. when the Class organizations get their graD ni anything left until Oct.

15, when they in turn give way to Class clubs and if the leagues can find anything in I that looks good to them they can grab it until Nov. 15. There are no leagues lower than D. If a manager wants material he has to go to the brush for it. The draft prices are the same as last year, the increases made last winter becoming inoperative when the American association and Eastern league refused to ratify the Class A agreement.

A maor league club must pay tl.OOO for a Class A player, for a plaver, $500 for a player and $300 for a player. Class A clubs pay these prices: 600 for a player, $400 for a player and $300 for a plaxer. Thousands Already Spent. Each year there is talk that the majors will not be so lavish in expenditure of their coin for new material, but Just the same they go I ahead spending their money. Already thousands of dollars have Deen speni for players purchased and thousands more will be spent in drafting.

The hlirhf-st nrice cald this season for a 'player was that by the Chicago White Sox to Providence for Shortstop Blackburn $8,000 in cash and two jlayers. Detroit gave Mobile money and players equivalent to $6,800 for Bill Lelivelt and so far Bill has not been able to deliver the goods. He pitched and lost one full game and was given a second workout Friday against New York, pitching three 'tilings and being hit hard. As usual Dick Kinsella of Springfield has made the big deals of the Three-I league and the figures he gives out show he has received for five players sold. The top price was paid for Daly, who went to the Giants for The other Springfield players sold were Lynn Bell to the St.

Louis Nationals, Ralph Bell and First Baseman Metz to the Giants, and Pitcher Patrick to Cleveland. Next to Daly the highest price paid for an individual player in the Three-I was $3,000 for Pitcher George Hardin by Detroit. Cincinnati gave Peoria $2,500 for Catcher Bob Higgins. Decatur Has Sold Three. Decatur follows Springfield In the number of players sold, with three, but the sum total was but $2,500, and the deal called for the immediate delivery of one man Grover Lauder-milk.

Barkwell and Cowell remain to be delivered to the St. Louis Cardi nals when called for, as part or tne deal. The list of Three-I players sold follows: Ev SDrincfield To New York Giants, Daly. Ralph Bell and Metz; to St Louis Cardinals. I.vnn Bell; to Cleveland Americans, Patrick.

Bv Decatur To St Louis Cardinals, Laudermllk. Barkwell and Cowell. By -Cedar Rapids To Cincinnati Nationals. Carmichael. By Peoria To Cincinnati Nationals, Higgins.

By Rock Island To Detroit Americans, Hardin. By Bloomington To Oakland Pacific Coast, Cutshaw. Practically every team in the league has some players thought by their managers and admirers among the fans to be worth the draft price. Rock Island, as a probable pennant winner, fears that it will lose a number of men and that as a result the team will be riddled, but the fact that a number of the Islanders have already had their trials higher up and been found wanting indicates that her worship is getting the best of Judgment in this case. Nothing Left In Decatur.

With Leonard Cote reclaimed by Mobile and Barkwell, Cowell and Laudermilk already disposed of. Decatur appears to have nothing left that will attract attention except possibly Pitcher Howard Benz, who may be rourchased by Columbus, and Otto Burns, whose reputation went abroad when he pitched the long game on Decoration Day. Decatur, however, if It Is to have a ball team in the running next year, must get busy when the drafting period for Class clubs arrive. The local management must fill We Build Good Cigars Because We Know How Innings: 12345678 9 R. H.

Brooklyn 00000000 3 3 8 1 Pittsburg 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 7 13 0 Batteries Bell and Marshall; Cam-nitz and Gibson. Second game: Innings: 12345678 9 R. H. Brooklyn 00000000 0 0 4 2 Pittsburg 01000001 13 7 1 WHERE DO THE CONTENTS GO? A glance it all you need to tell you that the man looks honest capable, well dressed and can earn the respect of others. Energetic willing to apply himself to his work, prudent able to deny himself what he ought not to have.

You can easily tell that a good part of the contents of his pay envelope is deposited regularly to his savings account for future opportunities. He's the man that will win out Why not be a winner by starting a saving account at our bank? We Pay 3 Interest Computed. January and July. $1.00 Starts You onKight Pathway. SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOR BENT.

Steamship Tickets and Travelers'- Checks for Sale. THE NATIONAL BANK OF DECATUR Savings department open Saturday evenings. Water and Prairie Sts. D. S.

SHELLABARGER Pres. B. O. 'REYNOLDS, Cash. JNO.

ULLRICH. Vice Pres. J. A. MERIWEATHER, Asst Cash.

In the case of Collins Sexton says nprmmen a. sale aminsL in. V. 1. I 1 Decause Diuung iviu mh ue could not finish the season without he got the money.

If matters are as bad as that with Broberg there would have been a hot ter way. That would have been for the league to taite over tne club and carry it tarougn me season, rather THE FIRESIDE We want everyone who has not yet experienced the delight of owning and listening to an Edison Phonograph to come to us today and Hear tne new Fireside Model There is only one way to know how good the Edison Phonograph is and that is to hear it. Nothing can describe it. Sold for cash or easy payments. Prescott Music House 104 E.

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28 The Islanders won a postponed game from the-Rabbits today In easy fashion by-better hitting and faster fielding. The work of Berger was a feature. Cedar Rapids got two hits in separate innings and never had a chance to score. The score: ROCK ISLAND. AB PO A Murphy, cf 4 0 0 1 0 0 DQro-nr eq 1 3 2 0 2 1 10 1 2 Jacobsen, rf ....2 0 Swacina, lb 4 0 McBride.

If 1 Kelly, 3b 3 1 Wise, 2b 3 1 2 1 Neal, 3 0 Totals 29 5 I 27 6 0 CEDAR RAPIDS. AB PO A Deconley. If 4-0 Cooley, 2b 4 0 Chase, 3b 4 0 Salllard, lb 3 0 Rohrer, rf 3 0 Morgan, ss 3 0 Swatosh, cf v3 0 Kelly, ..3 0 Morten sen, 3 0 2 0 4 1 1 5 8 0 1 1 Totals 30 0 2 24 15 2 Innings Rock Island Cedar Rapids 123456789 00011210 5 00000000 0 0 Two-base hit Berger; sacrifice hits Jacobsen, Stark; stolen bases McBride, Kelly; bases on balls Off Mor-tensen struck out By Neal 8, by Mortensen passed ball Kelly; time umpires McKenzle and Clarke. Reed Sells Another One. MOBILE, Aug.

28. Left Fielder Wheat of the Mobile team has been bought by Scout Larry Sutton of the Brooklyn National league team. Wheat will finish the season with the Mobile team. Western Leigve. Pueblo, Sioux City, 5.

Denver, Lincoln, 9. Topeka. Des Wichita-Omaha, rain; third. Cardinals at llliopolis. The Cardinals will try conclusions with llliopolis this afternoon at llliopolis.

The line-up for the locals follows: Thrift. 2b: Maxel. ss; Smith, lb; Lane, 3b; Wright, If; Bowman, cf; Benford, rf; Turpin, Williams, or Forbes, pitcher. THE NEW CIGAR! Batteries Rucker and Bergen; Ad- ams and Gibson. NEW YORK.

Aug. 28. Aided by errors and by hitting In pinches, Chicago won today. It was the first time this year that Chicago has defeated Mathewson. The score: Innings: 123.

4 5678 9 R. H. New York 00000001 0 1 7 6 Chicago 13100001 06 6 2 Batteries Mathewson, Marquard and Myers; Brown and PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 28. two games by hard hitting.

The score of the first: Innings: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R. H. Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 10 12 15 11 1 2 2 0 0 0 7 1 Batteries Corridon, Scanlon. Sparks and Dooin; Sallee, Lush and Bresnahan.

Second game: Innings: 12345G78 9 R.H.E Philadelphia 40200000 6 10 1 St. Louis 00000000 0 0 6 3 Batteries Moran and Dooin; man, Raleigh and Phelps. Back- BOSTON, Aug. 28. Brown was batted hard toward the last of the game and Cincinnati won.

The score: Innings: 12345678 9 R. H. Boston 20200000 2 6 2 Cincinnati 00010103 2 7 10 2 Batteries Brown, Mattern, Shaw and Graham; Ewing, Spade, Fromme and Clarke. Springfield Gets a 'Pitcher. LA PORTE.

Aug. 28. Pitcher James Middleton of the Plymouth, Clippers has received a telegram from the Springfield. Ill-, baseball manage ment telling him that his terms are accepted and to report Monday morn lner. .610 .604 .500 .496 .453 .418 .279 TODAY'S SCHEDULE.

Three-I League. Decatur at Peoria. Springfield at Bloomington. Rock Island at Dubuque. Cedar Rapids at Davenport.

National League. No games scheduled. American League. Philadelphia at St. Louis.

Washington at Chicago. New York at Detroit. the place that Johnny Barkwell vacates at third base and it will be no easy problem. It must get a shortstop, too, for the local fans will hardly stand for Marky Purtell another year, unless he shows a decided improvement in the practice season next year. Louie Cook will be highly satisfactory at second and if Sam Foster's own dope is.

right he should be available for first base again next year. Sam goes on the belief that players will have bad years and recover. "This has been a bad year for me," he puts it "I have fallen down badly, but I believe that next year my form will change and I will be good again." The record Foster made at Waterloo last year indicates that when he is good he Is good indeed, and he should have every chance to show next year that his Dast form has returned. Ruby Most Valuable Man. Just at present Jesse Ruby is the most valuable man likely to be left on the Commie team.

He is a pitcher who can win games; he is a perfect outfielder and he can play the infield in a classy manner. In fact he might do as a successor to Barkwell at third. True, he is not much of a hitter, but he is a good waiter and as a run getter can give some heavier stickers pointers. Meddy Boucher is a better catcher than he was a year ago, but it will be another year before he has the experience necessary to make him the mainstay of the team, so that Bill Mc- Namara must De looKea on as me Keystone of the Infield. Doc Childs has already done some nlanninir for a team next year.

He has been tipped off to some good men in lower class leagues ana expects to put in his drafts for severaL He will not miss a chance to take on anything likely looking from the brush, either. Perhaps the problem that is most serious for Childs at this time is that of picking a manager. With two men on his team who have served in that capacity, he is in the peculiar position of lacking one who has had success in that line. American Aftffoclation. Pueblo Sioux City 5.

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