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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-31
Final Clash Shows How Well
Matched Teams Are
In the Desperate Battle in the
American League.
HAVE NORUNS TO SPARE
About 10 of Last Games Won or
Lost by One Run.
Seven Shutouts Registered and
Seven Into Extra Rounds.

Chicago. Aug. 31.-A special to the
News from Philadelphia says:
The final clash of the west in the east
is proving how well matched are the
teams in the American league, for some
desperate battles are being waged al
most every day. The number of games
won and lost by one run in the two
series just completed is surprising and
would pass unnoticed by those who do
not follow the dope" closely. Besides
this there have been an unusually large
number of extra-inning contests, as
well as more than the ordinary number
of shutouts registered. 1t is these kind
of games that explain the even balance
Of the American league race, as well as
the ascendency the pitcher has acquired
over the batter in the game of today.
Since the western clubs came east for
this final invasion thirty-four games
have been played OF this number f1f-
teen, or almost half, have been won and
lost by one run. Such a record is con-
sidered remarkable Seven shutoutS
have been registered and seven con-
tests have gone into extra rounds.
Cleveland has been the champion win
ner Of games by one run SO far. while
the White Sox get the cellar champion
ship on the same basis. The Blues have
won four and lost one by this narrow
margin Reverse this and the record
OF the White Sox is given, one won and
four lost. Detroit has won and lost one
each way. ST. Louis has one won and
two lost. The record for the nome
clubs in these games is: New York,
four won, one lost; Boston, two won,
one lost; Philadelphia, one won and
two lost, and Washington, one won and
three lost.
IN the matter of long games Cleve-
land again leads, having played four in
these two series. Three of them were
victories, two taken from the Athletics
and one from the Senator'S Washing
ton gave the Blues their only defeat in
an extra session conflict.
There have been three ten-inning
games, three for eleven innings and one
went twelve rounds This was between
Cleveland and Washington, to 0. in
the formers favor
OF the seven shutouts three were
TO o games The record is as follows:
Detroit g. Washington o; Philadelphia
2, Cleveland 0; Boston 8, St Louis 0;
Boston g. St.sLouis o; New York 1, Chi
caro o: Cleveland l. Washington 0;
Cleveland 1, Washington 0.
There was some bad base running in
that final Boston game that pushed the
White Sox down to a tie with the Ath-
letics for third and fourth places. How
costly the mistakes of the Chicagoans
were cannot be told, but it is hardly
probable that much more would have
been accomplished. for they could not
hit Jesse TannehiIl to any advantage
after the opening inning.
II Davis could have hunted safely
in that inning the whole nature of the
game might have been changed, but as
it was he gave the Plymouth Rocks an
ouportunity to work q beautiful double
play that was disastrous to the hopes of
the White Sox- Instead of fighting for
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first station on McDill's bad throw and
both went one in addition. Then Cole
raped out a single and two more runs
were in. For good measure another
was made in the eighth. Schrant sin
gled. Dunn advanced him to third
with a nice one and he ran in on
Whites bad bauble of a grounder.
The only real interesting thing about
the game was the tying of the score
and the cause thereof. The crowd went
after Red Davis until they had the
sorrel-top clear up above the clouds.
gasping for air. 1t was an instance OF
noise rafting a pitcher-and good in
stance.
wing clipped. After the third inning he
gave but three hits. His benderines
were as puzzling to the Sedalians as
the ownership of the Topeka franchise
is at the present time. though Davis
bad error may have has something to
do with it.
Gus Alberts handled the indicator,
and If ever an umpire suited Topeka,
it is Old Spartacus. Not only that, but
he suits the other fellow just as well.
For giving all-around satisfaction they
can't beat the "old man.
The score.
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was favorite over the field. In the
initial heat the favorite led from wire
to wire, with John M at his sulky
wheel at the finish.
In the second heat the Canadian
at the word raced away to the front,
with John NJ. laying to his sulky wheel.
in the last ten yards Gallagher weak
ened and John won by head.
This heat practically settled the
race, John M. winning both the fol-
lowing heats by good lengths. The
first heat of the race made a new rec
ord for the event, lowering the one
made by Direct Hal in 1902 by one
quarter of a second. In the 2:0S trot-
ting event OXanam lowered the trot-
ting race heat record of the season
from 2:O7A to BOTH
In the 2:0S pacing Darius was first
made favorite, but later was supplant-
ed by Pauline G. Darius won the first
heat handily. Pauline G. made a break
at the head of the stretch by swerv-
ing into the track, causing Johnny
Wiseman to smash into her, throw
ing both drivers out and Wiseman
ran past the wire before he was
caught. Outside of broken suIkies
no damage was done, and the judges
placed both horses on account of an
unavoidable accident.
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AT COLoRApo SPRINGS.

The doubleheader between Colorado
Springs and st. Joseph was divided, the
visitors winning the first game and the
locals the last Sollenberger, local
college man, pitched a shutout game.
A majority of the runs in both games
were due to errors.
First game-Score by innings: R.H. E.
st. Joseph ........-0 ? 0 0 O012 -5 2
Batteries-McNeely and Baerwald !;
Clark and Garvin.
Second game-Score by innings: R. E.
Colorado Springs % 4 o - 5 3
St. Joseph ........... % o. o 0 o 0 o 90 3
Batteries ollenbergerand Baerwald;
Clark and Garvin.
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first place. as they were a week ago,
Comiskey's men are struggling against
the tide that seems to be swiftly and
surely carrying them to the foot of the
first division and almost into the sec
ond. So close to the second division
are they that should the Athletics beat
them today and Cleveland succeed in
downing Griffiths' highlanders, only
one point in the percentage column
would keep Cleveland out of the first
division and the White Sox out of the
second.
1t was rumored in Boston Saturday
that Charlie Farrell, the veteran catch
er, had notified Manager Collins that ne
is through playing with that team. The
reason is said to be that Farrell is
piqued because he was roasted in the
first game the White Sox played there
and he says if the crowd has gone back
on him ne is done. During the other
three games the Sox played in Boston
it was noticed that Farrell did not
warm up as usual. and was Indifferent
in many ways. Criger caught the three
remaining games and one, when ms
hand was hurt and it looked as though
he would have to retire, Doran, a new
conner in fast company, prepared TO
take his place.
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Asthma Can Be Cured

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sHARKEY KNOCKED OUT.
Thrown From His Runabout in Run
away Accident.

New York, Aug. 31.-Frightened by
an automobile the bay gelding Hopper
Grass (2:12H), owned and driven by
Tom Sharkey, bolted in the Brooklyn
Speedway, throwing Sharkey heavily
to the ground. The horse ran for
several blocks through the crowded
drive before being overtaken and
brought to a halt by Mounted Police
man Cullen.
Sharlxey had finished a brush with
a friend when his attention was called
to an automobile of high power, on
the front seat of which sat a dog,
dressed in automobile clothes and
wearing goggles. AS Sharkey laughed
the machine "coughed" and Hopper
Grass turned quickly. The pugilist
lost control of the reins and was
pitched headlong to the bicycle path.
The trotter started on run down the
drive.
Cullen, with another mounted po-
liceman, gave chase. The trotter can
gallop as we'll as trot. He heard the
policemen coming and jumped for
ward with vigor. The light runabout
at his heels offered little resistance.
drivers down the road. They drove
their horses onto the grass, beyond the
curbs, some of them leaving the road
in the nick of time
At Avenue L Cullen overlook Hop
per Grass and brought him to a halt,
but only after a struggle, during which
Cullen was almost pulled from his
horses back. The wagon was slight
ly damaged, and Sharkey, after a
friend had picked several Splinters
from his face. drove home.
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facing at New York.

New York. Aug. 31.-Beldame, at 1
to Z in the betting, and with 1875
pounds up, won the Dolphin stakes
for 3-year-olds, one mile and a fur
long, at Sheepshead bay. The Octa-
gon flly was giving away big weight
10 her field, and was not extended
during any part of the journey. win
ming easily by four lengths. st. Bel
lane, carrying 126 pounds, and con-
ceding weight to his field, captured
the Partridge stakes by two lengths
from the favorite, Bedouin. Glen
Echo was third. Bedouin was an
added starter and was heavily played,
being backed from to 2 to s to 5.
Letola in the first race broke the
track record for the full futurity
course. Jockey Shaw was suspended
for three days for breaking in the last
race.
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Racing at Providence.

Providence, r. l., Aug. 31.-Twelve
thousand persons saw the grand cir
cult racing at Nara gansett park. The
weather conditions and track were
perfect and the horses in two in
stances made the best marks made in
a race over any track during the year.
The big attraction today was the
Parkbrew stakes for a purse of So
900 for horses which were eligible
to the 2:09 pacing class last March.
There were five entries, but the
event was practically a two-horse race
between Gallagher, the Canadian
horse, and John NJ, property of E. e
Smathers OF New York. The former
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Talk about hippodrome performances
in baseball. 1t was absolutely the
worst. The fgeakishness Of the game
was positively scandalous. Both teams
had better lose the pattern which they
used on Tuesday.
At the end of the second inning the
fans sat on the corpse and decided that
Sedalia had the game won. The tally
sheet then read to in favor of the
Gold Bugs. Three were made in the
first inning. Bauers singled as the ini-
tial stunt of the game. He stole second
and was hurried home by Rohns SSir
one. Stoner got his base on balls. Billy
White then plastered out a two-bagger,
the bulb going through Coles legs, and
Rohn and Stoner were in. In the Sec
ond act, Hutter had lifted out a two
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Racing at St. Louis.

st. Louis, Aug. 31.-Five horses,
heads apart on the wire-Tally H,
the favorite; Eleanor Howard, out
side; Sid Silver, second choice; Whisk-
ers and Buccleuth-was the order in
which the third race was run at the
fair grounds. The five fought it
through the stretch, the favorite win
ming in the last stride. Woodlands,
Rome Respass's recent purchase from
Barney Schneider, was made a to
favorite in the fourth race, the fea-
ture of the card. Woodlands won by
the narrowest of margins from Fruit,
who was bought recently by Nose
Goldblatt for one-fifth the sum paid
for the Schneider horse. Track fast.
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Tennis at the Worlds Fair.

st. Louis, Aug. 31.-Considerab Bile
interest was taken in the Olympic
lawn tennis tournament which is be.
ing held in the Stadium. The winners
of Tuesdays games follow:
Olympic championship singles-E.
W. Leonard, Boston; Semp Russ. San
Antonio; H. NICK. Jones, st. Louis; c.
c. Cresson, jr., San Antonio; ]. c.
Nelly, Chicago; A S. Bell. Los An
geIes; w. F. .Blatherwick, st. Louis;
Dwight Davis, st. Louis; Robert Le-
roy. New York
Worlds fair singles-E. w. Leon
ard Boston; F. A. Wheaton, Indian
apolis; Andrew Drew, st. Louis; Paul
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AT WASHINGTON.

Petty easily outpitched Townsend in
the first, while Patten was much more
effective than Howell in the second
game. Second Baseman Mccormick
had his left forearm fractured by a
swift inshoot from Petty. He will be
out of the game for the rest of the sea-
son.
+ First gamelScore by innings: R.H.E.
Washington 10 o. o 0 Pa
st. Louis .-...s.!. % 90 o 0-3 0
Batteries-Townsend and Kittredge;
Petty and Sugden.
Second game-Score by innings: R.H.E
Washington .-..3 0 0 "a 10 1
st. Louis -.............0 o o 0 o / OIL 0
Batteries-Patten and Clark; Howell
and OiCOnner.
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Fitz WonId Ficht NTnnroe.

New York, Aug. 31.-"The fight be-
tween Jeffries and Munroe ended just
as 1 expected it would" said Bob
Fitzsimmons. ''Why, a man like Mar
win Hart could put Munroe away be-
fore the limit and Jack O'Brien would
be able to cut him to pieces in six
rounds. Munroe is. as 1 have stated
since he met Jeffries at Butte. little
better than an amateur. Munroe's
manager knew at the time his match
with Jeffries was made that his match
would be whipped quickly. Right now
I believe I could polish off Munroe
without any difficulty. 1 think that it
is like finding money to fight Munroe,
and if he is anxious to meet me. will
sign articles with him at once and
agree to knock him out in twenty
rounds or forfeit my end of the purse.
He would be the easiest game inn
aginable. He is in the same class
with Jim Jeffords and Al limerick -
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New York Unpopular.

New York is not a popular team
around the circuit, nor is it composed
of parlor babies. There's no mamma s
darling business about the New Yorks-
They are more like the Baltimore
rowdies, in whose school McGraw,
Bowerman, Mccain and McGinnity
were educated. They play ball, they
chew at the umpire, and they raise old
Ned generally. And they have won
a pennant. and the glory thereof is all
theirs. That's all settled. They've got
it. From now on We'll just try to
keep our heads above water and shut
off Pittsburg and Cincinnati fSom sec
ond.-Chicago Journal.
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AT DENVER.

Denver won doubleheader, but the
victory was without a struggle. Snap
by fielding and pitching combined to
produce two good contests
First game-Score by innings: R.H. E.
Denver. -. .......1 o 0 2 o 90 1 "a IA 3
Sioux City ....--..-..0 o 0 90 o IL
Batteries-Eyler and Braun; Jarrot
and Leslie. i
Second game-Score by innings: r II: e.
Sioux City ............0 o 0 010O o. s
Batteries-Kenna and Braun; Kostal
and Leslie.
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Saints Used up Two Gold Blu
Pitchers.
1AME is A POOR ONE.
Filled With Bases on Balls and
Hit Batsmen.
Final Score Was Topeka 8
Sedalia 5.

Red Davis of Sedalia made rec
ord on Tuesday afternoon. But it was
not the kind to be proud Of In six in
nings he gave Topeka nine bases on
balls. and these coupled with a wild
pitch. and two errors by his mates,
gave Topeka the victory. Hutter. finish
ed the game, but the jig was up, and
Amos didn't exert himself. The finale
read as follows: Topeka 8. Sedalia 5.
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Racing at Detroit.

Detroit, Aug. 31.-Surprises were
plentiful and complete at Highland
park. the greatest coming out of the
running of the feature event, a handi-
cap at a mile and seventy yards. In
a field of five Autolight was an even
money favorite, but finished a bad last.
Alden, an outsider, won in a driving
finish with Pretension and Spencerian,
and in doing so broke the track rec
ord. kits, heavily played, was an
easy winner in the fourth. Jade, the
winner of the second race, was the
only favorite to score.
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Racing at Cleveland.

Cleveland, Aug. 31.-The Cleveland
challenge gold cup remains in Cleve-
land for another year, it being won
by H. NJ. Hanna's Aerolite, driven by
H. K. Devereux, president of the
Cleveland club. Sadie Mac, owned
and driven by E. Z. Smathers of New
York, won the first heat and finished
first in the second, but was set back
in consequence of swerving in the
stretch, a violation of amateur driv-
ing rules.
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Dagger before the curtain was entire
ly up. Davis hit one for two sacks,
and of course it meant Home. Happy
Home" for Old Amos, B. c. But Red
got busy trying to stretch his hit into
three bases and was nipped in the act.
Bauers then got his base on balls and
stole second. He advanced to third on
McDills grounder, which was too slow
to field. Then he proceeded to beat the
throw-in following Rohn's long hit to
left. That made a total of five runs,
and it meant all that the Bugs made.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AT CHICAGO

In a very ragged fielding game Brook
lyn won in the third inning, three sin
giles, two passes and two triples bunch
ed, scoring six runs. Attendance. LOO.
Score by innings: Ri. E
Brooklyn -. -.....1 o 8 o DO 1 O-S II 4
BatterieS-Wicker and Killing; o.
Jones and Bergen.
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The Saints got one in the first. Alb
bolt hit for three sacks and then came
home on Davis wild pitch. Things
looked blue as indigo until the fifth in
ming Then Davis took his balloon as
cension. He passed Hurlburt. Then
Gramley made an error, and Hurlburt
came all way round. Cole and Schrant
both got passes and the sacks were
full. Dunn came up in the nick of
time and laced the pill out for two
sacks, bringing home Abbott and Cole.
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Boston won the game in the first
three innings by hitting Phillippi for
eight bases, scoring four runs. Willis
| kept hits scattered. Attendance, 1,516.
| Score by innings: RH.E.
Pittsburg 80. .....Oo 1000I 3
Boston 49, ...............2 o "a 8 .
Batteries-Phillippi and Phelps; Willis
and Moran.
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Woman Driver for Prince Alert.

Syracuse. n. Y, Aug. S1.-A feature
of the races at the New York state
fair on Sept. will be Miss Nina
Phelps endeavor to lower the world s
record for women drivers held by her
self. She will drive Prince Alert in
the attempt. Miss Phelps is the
daughter of q West Troy, N. Y, bank
2-12
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Gleeson, st. Louis; Robert Leroy.
New York; F. r. Feitshans. Lawrence.
Kansas.
Interscholastic championship sim
gles-L. Stearn, Chicago.
Louisiana Purchase exposition sin
gles-H. NICK. Jones, st. Louis; o. v.
Vernon. Kansas City; H. c. Aud,
Lawrence, Kan.
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At ELLSWORTH

Ellsworth had reversal of form. hit
ting Attridge at will. The visitors were
in the arr in the first fourth and sew
enth,s Stanley, for the home team kent
the Visitors well in hand until the ninth.
when he let up, giving them three hits
The same team plays here today.
Score by innings: RH.E
Minneapolis -. % o o o p <
Ellsworth ......4 1 o s o IA Is 3
. Batteries-Attridge Penquite and
Brown; Stanley and hdehl.
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AT PERRY.

An exciting ball game was played
here by Oskaloosa and Perry, resulting
in a score of to s in favor of Oska-
loosa. Batteries-OskaIoos Thompson,
Dick and Randolph; Perry, Maston and
Gramse.
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AT ST. LOUIS.

Philadelphia took the first game of
the series. Taylor was erratic and
bases on balls and a wild pitch, mixed
in with hits, were responsible for Phil
adelphias runs. Attendance, 1900.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
St. Louis ....-....o0 10000 10
Philadeiphia .-.-O U Is l
Batteries-Taylor and Grady; Corri-
don and Doom.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE STAN
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AT BOSTON.

The Champions maintained their
position by shutting out Detroit. At
tendance, 1900.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
Detroit -..... 800 o 90 o. 90 5
Batteries-Young. Criger and Doran;
Kilson, Stovau and BevilIe.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.
WESTERN LEAGUE.


BY a batting rally in the tenth inning
Des Moines took the game from Omaha.
The game was pitchers battle.
Score by innings: R.H. E.
Omaha -. .......-0 o OIL 0000.O-1 d
Batteries-Morrison and Towne; SAM
ders and Gonding.
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AT EMPORIA

In one of the fastest games ever plav-
ed here the Emporia Maroons won
from the Council Grove team by a score
of to 0. The game was q pitchers
battle in which Shaner, of the Maroons.
won. He struck out ten men and gave
the visitors one hit. He was given al
most errorless support by the team.
Allen, who pitched for the visitors, gave
the home team three hits and struck
out two men.
Score by innings: R.HE
E EmROTIa c.;v;c;......,...-SSSSSS59SSEsi
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AT PHHADFLPHIA

Inability to hit Patterson's delivery
was the cause of Philadelphia's de-
feat. Attendance, $500.
Score by innings: R.HE.
Chicago -. -. OO2oO10o-s
Philadelphia 10 o O 0 o 0 o 90 4 2
Batteries-Patterson and Mcfarland;
Henley and Schreck.