The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-12
ITS GOING TO BE
A CLOSE FINISH
Cairo Now Seems 10 Have One
Game the Better Of IL.
Has Strengthened With Central
League plsyers-Now For
the Finals.
TALE WILL SOON BE TOLD


There IL going to be n hot finish in
the X. l. T. league for the peunsnt.
and grent deal Of interest 10 being
taken In the result. Yesterdays loss
of two games by Paducah takes her
down but one 10 the per cent column.
because one OF the games had already
beep counted against her. This was
the game that was forfeited to Hop.
town when the team was on"A strike. {"
IL was forfeited in Pursuance OF the
rule which gives . game to team
when the opposing players fail TO
show up. and has been counted against
Paducah in the per cen, column since
II was forfeited.
President Thompson decided to have
the game played. ana even had il
been won u would have been taken
before the league on the ground that
President Thompson had no rish, to
oso'h th' knho fhsfeu Nh'h ~ VIM
legally forfeited to Hoptown. The
same will hold good in the extra game
to be played with Ciarksvillo. IL has
already been counted sgainst Padu-
cab. and Paducah has nothing to lose
by playing IL, tut should she win n.
the league will have to pass on II be-
fore IL can be counted for Paducah.
The percentage column today shows |
Paducah and Cairo even. according 10 |
our way Of counting IL. ana shows
Cairo one game ahead, according Co |
Cairo's way Of counting IL. After all, !
o. one OF the league papers declares.
the Cairo way will probably prevail.
~ the Official records ara Mt Cairo.
Cairo 10 mt counting one OF the
games played ut GAINESVILLE a. lost,
saying 10 was an exhibition game. ana
paduoah counts 10 as lost on the
ground that the rules prohibit ex.
hibition games during the champion.
ship season, and that two games
were scheduled between Cairo and
Olarksyille Tor Labor Day
The result OF this ~ that ON &C.
count OF . signed agreement between
the Cairo and Clarksville managers
that one Of the games was only an
exhibition. no official score was sent
Ia for one of the games. aud one Of
those we are counting against Cairo
will In eli probability not DO count.
cd against her. unless the league at
lite final meeting orders It counted.
AZ present Paducsh counts 10 against
her.
Psduoah will have TO hustle to win +,
the pennant. Cairo seems determined
TO have IL, Is she has -four or FIVE new
players from the Evansville Central
League team. including q new pitcher
and catcher.
Paduoah To-Day goes against Clarks-
Vile. and Cairo goes against Vim
,ennes. II can be safely assumed that
Cairo will lose at least one game to
vincennes, probably two or possibly
Ihree. She has been unable to hit
GOODWIN aud has always found Duty
! hard proposition. and Goodwin may
be pitted against the Egyptians for
iwo games. The championship of the !.
<. 1. I. accordingly depends on how
many games the two teams are able :,
low to win In this last series Of three :
,ames each. The finish will be !
watched with growing interest. :,
RETURNS TO BOWLING GREEN. il
Mr.. J. II. Fenwick, superintendent :
4 the steam heating company. has r
'esigned effective October LIST to re-
urn to Bowling Green and take
barge OF his foundry and machine
hops there. He has been superin.
endent since the heating plant was
and is . genial, efficient
'ificial who has made countless
riends during his residence In Pa.
lucah. He has resigned before but
he company declined to accept his
He now Ands a. advia.