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A SPORTING SECTION SPORTING SECTION. "V-a MryncM "-rrffiv -ir-irn-ifVn n.n.fxnxjn.nrj- MORRIS GIVES STANDING Season Now Gosing Was Highly Successful Inter-City Published Final Official Figures Regarding Texas Baseball for Season of 1916, a loeries With Beaumont knnecl as One of Final Events. I iiQIJ TMANTS' EW' STAR OFFICIAL As a final tennis event, before the fall Following are the final and official fig i Shreveport Weather breaks up the Mason, Houston tennis players are planning an intercity 'r tournament with Beaumont. Correspond -ence to thla end being' carried, on by Undser tunh of' the Country elob tennla 4 committee. V- The event will mark the! and of the moat active season on record In Houston tennla :4 The notable Jiature were, Hart-la county tournament and the Boulh Texas Vat JDrwsti' retained his "title of county getting another le- on Ux C.

Ik Berijijif "cup, and with his brotheK Jim Dawson. won the county doubles. This "pair kleo the' South Texas deubMitf bufVa) Dawson was defeated inthe sin aies by- Gillespie SUcy of Austin, Btacy thereby taking a second leg on Jeaee H. Jonea oup. Stacy and urea on team standing, batting and fielding as announced by Walter Morris, president of the Texas league: League Standing.

Club Won. Lost. P. C. Waco 84 GO .583 CLUB AB.

Shreveport 4697 Waeo 4789 Dallas 4737 Beaumont 4672 Houston 4748 Galveston 4749 Fort Worth 4848 San Antonio 4694 FIELDING PO. Asst. Houston 3903 19S6 Beaumont 3804 1818 Waco 3958 1896 Galveston 4048 2122 Fort Worth 3967 1910 Shreveport 3905 1 9J2 San Antonip 4018 1902 Dallas 3866 1912 hie partner, James A. Baker of 41 7 tt W. '7' 7 M.

Galveston 71 Houston 74 Fort Worth 71 .610 .607 ..488 .458 .455 .428 Beaumont San Antonio Dallas 6 61 BATTING. Hits. Runs. 2B. Ha SH.

178 240 367 188 219 227 207 220 SB. 15 159 133 151 12 164 184 202 Pet. 260 258 255 252 244 240 2'! 227 125 679 553 477 205 75 22 1238 1207 1180 1151 1144 1161 1063 199 184 169 160 182 169 143 34 38 53 67 59 28 59 30 25 24 18 28 10 1 493 477 541 465 482 AAERAQES. E. II U.

BR. SO. 574 463 46 3D1 682 496 233 631 WP. 31 20 22 29 28 33 14 40 LB. 1012 909 1003 940 1027 860 955 969 DP, 112 SO 101 118 82 118 8 8 Pet 6i 965 W4 i64 M3 M2 3 860 284 203 223 232 226 250 229 257 21 41 35 64 42 52 50 61 410 337 4:15 447 449 371 432 454 Alexander, lUxey.

20 Pfelfer, Brock'n. .22 Cheney, 18 Benton, New York. 13 Marquard, Brook 'n. 11 Rudolph, 17 I'orriU, N. 17 11 .727 1.64 8 .714 2.17 10 .688 2.00 9 .667 1AH 7 .650 J.

10 6 .647 1.77 10 .629 2.30 10 .629 2.69 the runners-uo In the South Texas double. 'Both these tournaments were well attended, having around entries each, including, cities and towns within a radius of several hundred" miles. Both were played ont the courts of the Country club. Which -are classed among the beBt In the The Young Men's Christian Association tournament was another event of interest, was won by Walter P. Brown, who defeated R.

Brooks Jr. la the singles finals. McHard and Brown won the doable. TM Young Men's Christian Association tennis jChib is the largest of the quartet of COBB OUSTED AFTER 1 0-YEAR REIGN Tris Speaker Conceded Champion Batter of WorlrJ Chase Still Leading National. WHISTLE BLEW FOR 1 9 1 7 FOOTBALL Oklahoma University Defeated Cenrtal 27 to 0 Harvard Took 1 0 td 0 Victory from Colby.

Meet Walter H. Holke, the sensational youngster that McGraw has Just added to the lineup In Merkle's old position at first base. This tall, left handed young man from St. Louis Is attracting attention even through the heat of two raging pennant battes. He about completes the rejuvenation of the Giants.

-If, Holke proves one-half as valuable as he promises McGraw will have the best Infield in baseball. Even now the Giants are, without doubt, the best team in the National league. If Mac only had the team he has now a month ago the pennant pounds. He fields and throws splendidly and can lay down a bunt better than any man on McGraw's roster. He can bat from either side of the plate, and so far the young star has hit over .300 in high society.

Walter Holke was born In St. Louis on Christmas day, 1892. He was raised in that city, developed Into a bank clerk In the Mississippi valley Trust company bank. The lure of the game was too strong, however, and he was soon found with the Peoria club in the Three-I league In 1912. He also played with Davenport and St.

Joe before going to Spokane. Watch him this fellow Is something good. Becker leads the American association batters, 1 point ahead of Deal, with Hard-? grave, a third Kansas City player, in i third place. Thorpe, Milwaukee, still la in front in stolen bases with 44, though Bronkle of Indianapolis is close behind would fly above the Polo grouads with all certainty. Holke has the distinction of being the only minor leaguer that McGraw went after in his team bulldii business.

The other bolsters were all veterans of standing, such as Herzog, Sallec, Zimmerman, Kauff McCarty. Holke comes direct from the Rochester club in the International league, where he had been planted by the Giants two years ago. New York first got hold of him in 1914, obtaining him from Spokane, In the Northwestern league. The new retrul hit .320 with Rochester this year. He is an exceptionally fast man for one of his size, 6 feet 2 inches tall, weight 185 ON TO AUSTIN IS with 41 and gaining: Brookle In sacrifice i hjtM wlth pemmitt, Columbus, and Associated Press Report.) CHICAGO, September 23.

Speaker put another point between him and Crjbb in the race for the American league batting championship this week and with Cobb's concession of the title may now be reckoned the champion. It will be the first time since 1906 that any player participating In more than DO games has out-hit Cobb in the American league. The Georgian still leads in stolen bases with 60, against his record of 96 for the whole season last year, and also Is In front in number "of runs scored with 103. com- pared with 144 for the whole 1915 sea son. AVeaver.

Chicago, leads In sacrifice hits with 39; Baker of New York -has tied his teammate Pipp, for the home run honors with 10; Jackson, Chicago, Is ahead in total bases with 281 and Detroit leads in I club batting with .261. Leading hatters. utt lurijeu in linn men leunis games. Including Wednesday's: Speaker, Cleveland, Colib, Petrolt, Jackson, Chicago, Strunk. Philadelphia, Gardner, Boston, E.

Collins, Chicago, Veach, Detroit. Sialer, St. Louis, Roth. Cleveland, Kunamaker. New York, .292.

Leading pitchers for 24 games: W. L. Pet. E. R.

Cullop, New H. Coveleskie, Detroit Faber, Chicago Morton, Cleveland. Benz, Chicago Cicotte, Chicago 13 4 .766 2.10 23 9 .718 1.84 16 7 .695 2.24 13 6 .684 2.91 9 5 .643 2 12! 12 7 2.22 Menoskey. in home runs with 11 each; l)c niniitt in total bases with 243; Altizer, Minneapolis. In runs scored with 99.

and Kansas City In club batting with .270. landing batters: Becker, Kansas City. Deal. Kansas City, Hargrave, Kansas City, Chappellc, Columbus, .318: Clemens, St. Paul, Beall, Milwaukee.

Lelivelt. Kansas City, Bently, Mi neapolis, Kirke, Louisville? .30 Demmit, Columbus, .301 Leading pitchers for 23 games: No Owl Team Has Yet Beaten Varsity Athletes and Whole School Will Go to Austin Hoping to See Spell Broken. W. L. Pet.

E.R, Carter, Indianapolis 15 4 .789 1.69 Mlddleton, Louisville .20 .714 1.91 Yingling. '24 11 .686 3.44 Finncran, St. i'aul 12 6 .67 3.30 Pierce, Toledo 13 7 .650 2.7S Hanson, 20 12 .625 2.68 Palmero. Louisville 10 6 .625 2.79 Kenan. Kansas City 21 13 .618 2.62 4 Leificld, St.

Paul 20 13 .606 2.70 Luiue. Louisville 12 8 .600 3.16 17 10 .629 20 12 2.01 17 11 3.15 20 13 .606 2.12 i. "On to Austin" is the Blosjan now at I Rice, for with the opening game unly two weeks off Kth th rri on uncersracuates are their aUcn- tion toward the game with Texas. For four long years ltice students have hoped and prayed for a victory over Texas. The first class graduated with- rut seeing the blue and gray of the Institute carried across the Longhorns' goal lint.

Last winter It looked as though the Owls were going to break the record at last and score a victory In basket hall. But in the closing moments of play a lucky goal by the visitors shattered this hope. It Is "expected that practically every male student at the' Institute will make the trip to Austin on a special train October 7 and they are all looking to Ar-buckle to produce a winning combination. Saturday afternoon the men were kept busy practicing signals. Arbuckle Is striving to ground the men so thoroughly in the elementary plays that when the more complicated formations are Intro- duced there will be no hesitating und fumbling.

The coaches are working hard to get the eleven men to act as a unit, Both the first team candidates and the I I I I i i I I Butcher of Denver has practically clinched the Western league batting championship, his average, including last Tuesday's game, being .373. Shields, Denver, leads In stolen bases with 66; Krug, Omaha in sacrifice hits with 84; Dyer. Denver, In home runs with 16; Butcher In total bases with 299; Miller, Omaha, In runs scored with 116, and Den- ver in team hitting with .298. Leading batters: Butcher. Denver.

Miller. Omaha, .37 Kirkham. St. Joseph, Coy, Wichita, Oakes, Denver. Gil-: more, Sioux City, Johnson, Lincoln, Krutger.

Omaha, Watson, Sioux City. Griffith, Wichita. .328. Leading pitchers for 23 games: Won. Lost.

Pet. irsai anlzatldna, which constitute thi bulk of Houston player. The Young Men's Christian Association club has 6 members', to which it is limited, and there are always names on the waiting list. Dr. E.

Cooke Is chairman of the Young Men's Christian Association tennis committee. Bice Institute, wi-h half a dozen expert players among the faculty and about 25 regular players among the students, is the second largest oody. Ward and Miller are the faculty champions in doubles, and the singles title also lies between them. Ilfvey Chanaier won the student doubles title last' spring, and Ilfrey took the singles titles, his partner being cun-ner-up. The Country club, with alter F.

Brown as chairman of the tennis committee, is not only the stage for all the principal tennis meets, butalso contributes the ranking players, the Dawsona being members here. The- total list of active players at the club ranges around MorlS. The Bluebell Tennis club Is the newest the four prominent organizations, hav fng been formed last March. It is com posed of officers and employes of the Southwestern Telephone company, with N. J.

Bellegie president. Two excellent courts have been constructed, and several club tournaments have been staged. In addition to some hotly contested matches sgtl Vali fth the Texas company team. Smith and Baker of the Bluebells won over Olenny Schwartz of the Texas company In the latter events. In addition to these four leading clubs there are numerous smaller clubs of half a dozen members or lege, and dosens of private courts scattered throughout the city, the number of which is constantly Increasing.

touchdown in the third. Robinson made a field goal from the 35-yard line. At the beginning of the third period Casey received the ball for Harvard on the kickoff and ran it back 25 yards. After a series of line plunges he was given the ball on Colby's 20-yard line and in a sensational zig-zag carried the ball between the goal posts for Harvard's touchdown. Football Results.

(Associated Press Report.) At Washington Georgetown Vs. Randolph-Macon college, game cancelled. At Mass. Pinal Harvard 10, Colby 0. At Hanover, N.

H. Dartmouth 33, New Hampshire College 0. CoJ'eBe. Pa Pennsylvania State 27. Susquehanna 0.

At Worcester. Mass. Holy Cross 7. Connecticut Aggies 0. At Troy, N.

Rensalear 0, Clark-son 6. Alexander 26, Palestine 0. (Houston Post Special.) JACKSONVILLE. Texas. September 23.

Alexander Collegiate Institute opened Its "EfT today defeating Palestine High 26 to 0. NO MORE LIGHT WORK FOR S. U. FOOTBALL MEN Heavy Suits Were Donned Last Week Bruises Now the Order of the Day. (Houston Post Special.) GEORGETOWN.

Texas. September on the Southwestern athletic field are nearine completion. The been equipped with show-hiJ-K rooms. A rule drill and blackboard lecture room has also been She Srlairn i in fairly good condition. Devices for perfecung the rSA Dmen re being6 built 68 Rlx and Rbins have been In training camp since September 18.

Thursday football began in dead earnest the men cast aside their light runninV tr'unkS The day of bruised shoulders is in full sway since old man Dummy hung from tickUn 5eld' Asiae fm fSninJ1 tK tne men hv been 9 ba" nd blocking the pass, nifi has a game sched- effort wl. eeC.nd, day of ch001 vry enort will be put forth to round out a which bv September which date the Methodists clash with Howard Payne at Georgetown The camp roll follows: J. Burton ri sZhft Robblns' assisunt colchl vfn "av. letter men, Marvin W. Marsh, captain Arthur Knickerbocker, Floyd Betts, Theop LeV a Scogglns.

John Harris, Olen Carter- last Biggs. Merrem. KdensT "3 dens. P. Mr.

o. u. preps last year. Anoiin' captain Cherokee Junior college last vlV-Morgan, Coronal Institute? Barton WesTev college. Greenville; Lee Curt ii Hf.

high, three years; pu? Youni Gerse town high, two years. George- GENE BAILEY DRAFTED BY MILWAUKEE BASEBALL CLUB Bittle of Waco and Harding of San Antonio Will Also Go to the Same Team. tAssoctated Press Report. AUBURN, N. -September 23 The list of players drafted In class AAA leagues given out tonight by Secretary John HFarrell of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues.

Included: Milwaukee Bailey, from Fort Worth; Bittle from Waco, Texas; Harding, from San Antonio, Texas. Wmiams. fron Nash- KANQAROOS WORKING HARD. Coaches Warren and Choc Kelly Have Put Life Into the Squad. (Houston Post Special.) SHERMAN.

Texas, September 23 With their first game a week off, the Austin college football squad are down to hard practice. Coaches Warren and Choo Kelly have given their men a prolonged Introduction to the tackling dummy and have the charging machine next In line. Work at these, chasing punts and passes, and some signal practice, have taken up the week now spent In preliminary work The opening of school has greatly Increased the squad. The eleven, 11 now appears. Is to bf ahort of 1915 material that up to this time had been counted upon.

Probably seven letter men will be the nucleus. Splendid new mnteria! has been found, however, in Ralney, 8her-rlll. Coffin and Estes of former squads Cashlon, an all State prep half In Nortl Carolina last season: Sensabaugh of Hardin school, Adamson and Stevens, the latter a Quarter, both ah.n... 1 and Chealey from Hamilton are new stuff I tennis oi t) Tooie, omana 15 North. Omaha 16 Schardt, Sioux City 15 East, Lincoln 24 llalla, Lincoln 22 Mcrz, Omaha 18 6 .714 .696 .662 .649 .647 .643 .629 .611 .609 .609 7 12 10 10 Thompson, Omaha 1 Caspar.

Sioux City 11 Krause. Omaha 14 9 Kurd, Denver 14 9 lowly scrubs are coming in for their full The Feds claim one of the fastest semi-share of admonition and censure. I pio teams in the State and have defeated "Say, you halfback, what do you sup- the best teams in this part of the country. ONE OF THE BEST AMATEUR TWIBtEBS OF SOUTH TEXAS Louie Graboski, Star Pitcher of the Foley Feds. that Is being watched.

What holdover strength the Kangaroos have la largely line material. Warren and Kelly have shown that they are going to get all out of their material that hard, carefully dlrectod work can bring. Football enthusiasm at the Kangaroos camp Is at higher pitch than there has been occasion for In seasons. Ten Pin Scores at Turnverein On the Houston Turnverein ten pin alleys this week J. G.

Paskevici was high with S63 phis and W. E. Richey second with BUS pins in class A. In class It. N.

Danforth was high with R2A pins anda W. I. Lighthouse sec ond with 4413 pins. In class J. Beniinger was h)Kh with 443 pins.

In class 1) II. K. Waildel! was high with 473 pins and IX E. Sturgis second with 372 pins. In class J.

D. Harvey was high with 478 pins and A. J. Weiss second with 416 fiins. The winners of the Dawes E.

Sturgis button this week and the order in which' same was won follow: Player Pins. Class. 11. K. Waddell 208 IJ I.

I). Harvey ITS II i. iiarvev ma i h. chweikart 281 A The bowlers' averages by classes are as follows: CLASS A. Player Games.

I. Ilaii'ton it L. I'. Sclmeikart 0 J. (j.

0 K. Scllwcikart 3 W. Kichey 6 f. S. McNallv Mever II.

It. Bradley 1'. Hood llolunee 11. W. i Wvtf it hay Pins.

Avg. not iN.ii 112 17. mi inn i KSO IKS. 3 KW9 17H.3 .124 174. IH.) 1)44 1.17.3 IHI4 10O.

fl IMMI 151 0 831 138. (Associated Pnss Report.) OKLAHOMA CITY, September IS. Oklahoma University defeated the eleven of Central Normal school 27 to 0 In the opening game of the collegiate football season at the State fair here this afternoon. McCain, fullback, scored Oklahoma's first touchdown early In the first period. Tyler missed goal.

A forward pass, McCain to Fields, brought a second touchdown Tyler kicked goal. In the second quarter McCain again scored by plunging 25 yards through Central's broken field, Tyler kicking safely. Oklahoma's last chance came at the end of the period, when McCain carried the ball 35 yards around right end and Tyler kicked goal Central strengthened In the second half and held the collegians scoreless. HARVARD 10. COLBY 0.

Smaller School Saved Goal Line Until Third Quarter. 'Associated Press KefortA CAMBRIDGE. September 23. Harvard defeated Colby. 10 to 0, today in the opening football game of the season for both teams.

Harvard scored a goal from the field in the first period and a LIBERTY MAKES LAST STAND AGAINST SUGAR LAND BLUES Victory for Sugar Land at West End Sunday Will Carry With It Amateur Championship. With a firm determination to win and by so doing tie up the race for the amateur baseball champion cf South Texas, the Liberty club will face the Sugar Land Blues at West End Sunday afternoon. Liberty's only hope of prolonging the series Is to win today, thus making a rubber game next Sunday necessary. A victory for Sugar Land and the series will come to a close. Last Sabbath the Bluea took the first game from their ancient and honorable rivals by the score of to 3.

Effective slabbing by "Lefty" Craig, had much to do with the outcome. The southpaw was in great shape, fanning 13 men and getting swell support. He was opposed by BcotL Moore, a former Texas A. and M. star.

Karger and Reidland will oppose each other in the second game. In order to accommodate a big turnout of fans from both Liberty and Sugar Land, and the Southern Pacific is offering reduced rates to Houston and return Sunday and is adding extra cars. Each town was strongly represented In the grand stand at West End last Sunday. Sugar Land Is especially anxious to win today, for the sectional championship was won a year ago by Liberty In a series that had Its ending at the local baseball plant. Craig was defeated In the final contest In 191i.

but seems to be pitching better ball this year. Experience gained In the Western league at Wichita has broadened the southpaw's knowledge. The game will begin at 3:30 Hundreds of Houston fans are making ready to attend, for in the rival lineups are a half dozen or more local amateurs and scmi-pros. Last Sunday Liberty used Kick Helden on first, Stellbauer at third, Bellegie behind the bat and McConnell in center. Recruited to their full playing strength the Liberty and Sugar Land clubs will meet at West End again Sunday after- noon In their second battle In their championship series.

A victory by Sugar Land will bring the series to an end, for a team needs only cop two games to wind UP the. argument, and last Sunday the Blues were winners, 6 to 3. Realizing that with a defeat today the sectional title will pass from their hands, the Liberty athletes are ready to produce their most select brand of baseball. With a victory to their credit in the ahort series Sugar Land will come to West End brimming over with confidence and backed by a host of supporters. The Blues have last year's defeat to spur them onward, and with "Lefty" Craig doing the pitching will be hard to beat.

The game Sunday will begin at 3:30. Special cars will bring out of town rooting delegations from Liberty and Sugar Land, special rates having been granted for the day. TENNIS AT PORT ARTHUR. Prom Beaumont Beaten Five Matches to Two. (Houston Post Special.) PORT ARTHUR.

Texas, September 23. The Magnolia Tennis club of Beaumont sent down aeven jnen today to play an equal number of men here from the Qulf Tennla club of this place. The Magnolias were winners by five matches to two. This is the beginning of the season's play and "the next games-will be played at Beaumont. CITY LEAQUE STANDING.

Plumbera Awarded Pennant, With Bank. era a Close Second. Secretary N. J. Bellegie has authorized the publication of the following as the official standing of the City league, which dosed 'its season a week ago: Club Played.

Won. Lost P. C. .750 .667 .57 .428 jPlumbwrs Bankers. 16 15 12 4 10 5 4 5 7 8 9 12 i Tailors 1 14 14 1 Texas Company.

I Browns Court House 357 .250 SLOGAN AT RICE pose you got that ball for. anvwav? Tn nurse, "Follow your Interference there; that's what it was organized for." -Hurry up, hurry up; put some pep into this; you're not following a hearse." team belng whipped Into shape. hile no man, with the exception captain, is absolutely sure of a regular berth on the varsity, the candidates for each position are beginning to show their real orin. STAR HAWK THE WINNER. Took Fourth Annual Race for the Louisville Cup, Two Miles In 3:29.

(Atrorialeti Press Report.) LOUISVILLE, Ky September 23. Star Hawk, A. K. McCoer's three year old, ridden by Jockey Phillips was first In the fourth annual running of the Louisville cup at two miles here this' afternoon. Kmbroidery was second and Killana third.

Time. 3:29 3-5. Two Dollar mutuels on the winner paid 23.10. Feds Challenge Winner. The Foley Feds issue a challenge to the winner of the Liberty-Sugar Land s-iries.

upwaid of 200 youngsters tn the rwst two years. His 1917 line-up la almost completed. Three players with wnum Mack hopes to complete his herculean task are hliV. In the minors. These three upon whom Mack Is banking so heavily are Outfielder l'lng Dodie, one-time White Sox and now with the Vernon club of the Pacific Coast league; Outfielder Thrasher of the Atlantic club of the Southern association, and Third Baseman Bates, also of the coast.

Thrasher and Bates will report to Mack for a tryout this fall, but Bodle wilt probably not be seen In an Athletic uniform until next spring. Bates Is said to be the best third baseman developed In any minor league in the past two years. Thrasher is regarded as the leading outfielder of his circuit, and Mack Is convinced that he can make a valuable, if not a great, ball player out of Hodie. Ilodie Is hitting around .225 out In the Coast league, and playing great ball. Mack thinks that Callahan rough-shod methods ruined Bodle when tho latter was with the White Sox and that with the proper handling the famous fence THE connie Wh Hftffi Shawkey, New York Hal Chase of Cincinnati Is still in front In the National league race and Daubert, who led the league part of the season, has dropped to fourth place.

The contest In the National Is much more open than that In the American. Carey, Pittsburg, holds the stolen base honors with 52; Flack. Chicago, leads In sacrifice hits with 35; Williams, Chicago, in home runs with 12; Wheat, Brooklyn, in total bases with 256: Burns. New York, In runs Scored with 92, and Brooklyn jn team hitting with .259. Leading Batters: Chase.

Cincinnati, .320: Wheat, Brooklyn, McCarty. Brooklyn-New Vork, Daubert, Brooklyn. 3.14; Hornsby. St. Louis.

312; Hinchman, Pittsburg. .307, Robertson, New York. Wagner. Pittsburg, Stock. Philadelphia.

Zimmerman, Chicago-New York, .290. Long. St. Louis, .290. Leading pitchers for 21 games: Won.

l)st. P.C. E.R. Hughes. Boston ..16 3 812 2 23 Schupp.

New York. 8 2 .800 1 25 buster can be brought back. The infield lines up with Stuffv Mc-Innis. one of the few remaining veterans, at first base; Otis Lawry, a brilliant collegian, who has been prevented illness and injuries from demonstratini; his true worth as a second baseman: Lawton Witt, the most improved young shortstop in 'he country and a coining star, and Bates, regarded by Clark Grlfifth as the third- base find of the season. If Bates pans out uo to Connie's ex pectations Mack will have one of the fin est Infields In the country, fast both afiel aiiu on uie unsesj anu witn exceptional batting power spread here and Inore.

It may not, probably will not. measure ut to the old $100,000 quartet, but Just after Bates was corralled Mack himself an- nounced that he expected his 1917 infield to compare a shade more than fuvoiab.v with any he had ever put together. So much for the fielders. For bis pitching staff Mack will have Joe Rush, one of the best In his league; Elmer Mym. one or this season most brilliant 1 1 Jack Nabora and Tom Sheehan, whose auiuues nso iar aoove anything that tneir I BUILDER .1917.

Tins. Avg. 1115 1H.1.S IMMI 2X 1154. (I 102 1.10.3 87 144. 414 138.

tt 407 lOB.tt Pins. Avg, 881 1U3.B Pins. Avg. 828 138. 7m 132.

T38 1 2.V TIB ll. Pins. Avg. 834 13.t 4I 138. 801 133.

a 41HI 1113. 1 44T 14. a 781 ISO 1 aua ub. a sit les.a CLASS B. Games, Player II.

N. Danforth. W. 1. Lighthouse II.

Albrccht Sr. K. R. Tanner M. K.

Knodel II. Fischer Ir. D. J. Bryant.

0 0 3 3 CLASS C. Games. 6 CLASS D. Games. riayer J.

Beniinger Player II. K. Waddell t. Sturgis. W.

A. Reiler O. C. Lang CLASS E. Game.

a a a Plaver R. D. Hovt A. J. Weist O.

Harvey V. I. Wairen W. E. Bates S.

Stude I. A. I.anderm M. l)u Close Ausk 27, Tyler High a (Houston Post Special.) RUSK, Texas, September 21. Rusk Academy defeated Tyler High In the first football game of the season, by a score of 27 to 0.

The feature of the game was the touchdowns by Nash, Rogers, Thompson and Heard. records would seem td indicate, and Jtnff Johnson, the sensational young; right-hander from I'rsinus college. Taken by and this ipmitet comprises a stronger Leaving orps than has put upon the field since Kddie I'lank, Chief Render anil Coombs were at their best back in 1913. Wally Schanf. eft course, wi.l ictuin to his old station back of 1 he plate- as first string catcher and will w.uk r-i da.

As emergency back- A stops Mack will have Haley and 1'icinloh. on bis 1 iiiixlcicii team Mai will nave By Robert L. Bipley. The yud laughter that everywhere greets the Athletics of Connie Mack will coon be heard no more! In fact, the mirth has about died down Into a murmur of praise already. Next year the wise old Connie can give an imitation of he laughs last.

When Mark broke up his famous pennant-winning ball club two years ago he predicted that by 1917 he wuld ru ready to make Md for another pennant. In the meantime, while the stupendous task of assembling another machine (rom the many parts picked up among the bushes, ho expected to be laughed But he held his tongue and went about Work work that no other manager would have th heart to tackle. Right now Mark has a good ball team Next year will find him In the first division, anyway, and, as ho predicted, "making a bid for tho pennant." The Philadelphia leader has tried out I only four player who were members of the 1 iniaucirnia --ni-emu; mien um atari I t.t to rip things wide open In the fall of I it'll. At least 11 of his new regulars) will i be players who have been dug" out of the I college ranks or the bushes within the past two and only one Ping Bodle lias tost Mack any considerable amount of money. Some of the more promising of them cost only their carfare to Philadelphia.

Figuring Bodle at-15000, a lib eral estimate; poindexter at stsuo, Thrasher at 700 and Bates at $2600, it Is doubt- ful if the entire outfit has set MaOk back I Oil A AA11 as mucn as 7-:.