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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23

not so accurate The latter Is the most
accurate and raDid and can be taken
better. 1t requires more practice ano
ball. which Is grasped with hand on
the proximal one-third. with the mig
ers gripping the latdng. the thumo
better, as the spiral motion is given
10 the ball by the fingers leaving tne
ball last as IL Is thrown. the throw be-
ing similar 10 that given basepail.
Different individuals have Signify
different methods of passing. and II
they give successful results that - SUI
fclent.
been the subject of some discussion is
the allowing OF 4 points for held
goal, while but are allowed Tor
touchdown and l for the goal from
method a clever kicker can offset the
better play OF an eleven, 1. e., supposing
by all-around superior play two touch :
downs are made and one OF tne goais
difficult angle. But IL the other team.
which is in all other respects the weak
er, possesses one man VINO. IKE Gap :
ron. Of Minnesota, can Kick three or
side which in all other departments Is
weaker wins.
Last fall. In the wisconsin Minne-
sofa game, Wisconsin outpiIa n On n all
around merit. yet Capron's three goais
evened the score and the result was
draw, IL to II.
Good drop kickers are rare and de-
serve n reward. but hardly at the OK
pense OF the whole team. Supposing
three points were given. IL would give
the kicker credit and still allow the
really superior tcnm-toE get the credit
OF draw. provided the goal from
was secured
During last season in. several OF the
games which were played on vet
grounds and sometimes In the rain.
the slRnestion was made to allow the
referee to put In play new ball when
the ball became watersoaked There
seefns- to be no logical objection 20 such
n privilege. as bOtfT sides ~ouId.inn=
tuslly benefit blythe change and inn
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23
SCANDAL FOLLOWS
EASTERN CLOSE

NEWARK, n. j., Sept. 23.-Presi-
dent Pat Powers, Of the Eastern
league, will shortly investigate the
charges preferred by Manager Stall
ings. of the Newark club, against the
conduct of the champion Baltimore
and runner-up Providence clubs OF
that league In the concluding series Of
the season at Providence. which end
ed last Sunday.
Baltimore. which had the pennant
cinched. lost four games to the Grays
In two days, thus enabling Providence
to nose out Newark for second honors.
The games in Providence were so
one-sided as to attract the attention
of the entire league, and 1t Is believed
by many OF the club managers OF the
circuit that Baltimore deliberately
laid down" TO the Grays.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23

ball squad but there has been little
doing but signal work and rule quiz
zes on account of the unprecedented
heat.
The southcrn Michigan meets mt .ynck-
son Thursday. and may elect a new
president in place OF Joe Jackson
who has nascotted Il through it's
successful career up to date, includ-
ing three seasons.
Tax Title and Ruby Lacey won NJ CO.
lumbus yesterday. The PAGERS are
both Michigan owned and driven.
Rubys was nve-heat affair, won
by virtue of n fourth where her
rival had n seventh.
Ruth Dillon dropped out Of the clouds
and won the $4,000 stake at Column
bus yesterday, taking record OF
2:06h. The Sidney billions have been
having an uneventful year OF IL TIL
she dropped In and she's only a four
'year-old at that.
Han Johnson has suspended Tom
Hughes on the eve OF the Washing
ton-Cleveland series for moderately
'sassing" an umpire Tom SAYS he
won't pitch against Detroit II he
can't against Cleveland but that
hardly eyens up- matters. He hasn't
beaten us this year.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23
DESMOND DAY At
BURROUGHS FIELD

Saturday at Burroughs baseball
park win be Desmond day. and all
the receipts from the grands.snd Will
be. placed to the credit Of the teams
CAPTAIN and second baseman, who was
injured in . game on the Burroughs
field three weeks ago and who Is at
present in Harper hospital.
Two games will be played. the first
bringing together the Burroughs Man
ufacturing league team and the Parke,
Davis & Co. aggregation. The second
game VIII be Between the Burroughs
Representative team and the Wayne,
Mich, club, strong bunch of players
who have always been troublesome to
the Burroughs boys $500
This will also mark the close Of the
season. on the Burroughs diamond, IT
being necessary to vacate owing to
building operations. !. However. the
season 1909 will be opened early In
the spring upon new enclosed
grounds, It being the intention Of the
Burroughs management to bring to
Detroit some OF the strongest teams
A the middle west.
The first game Saturday will begin
promptly at 1880 o'clock.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23

The ponohue who caught for Boston
Is a brother to Jiggs.
O'Leary mas been practicing Tor sew
eral days in a road Uniform.
Three double plays OF which the visi-
tors sot two, helped speed things UP
bit.
The Tiges did succeed IN putting out
Mr.. Crayath once before he reacneo
FIRST base.
GessIer ACCUMULATED no less than
three scratch hits, which was goins
some.
Coughiin was back in the game after
a ionS absence He helded AL right
but failed to hit.
George Cockin and Ralph Works,
two Of pssroi ns sps H,Sa.ssd ths game:
II the Tiges should happen TO strike
Boston next year with conditions re
versed. what a tooth-and- series IL
will be.
It's asking a good deal Of schaefeI
shifted round the infield as he has been
all year.
-Ha+rp-ruthill- brought out two gar;
goyles which he placed on the roo1 OF
bailplayers dubbed them the Altrock
twins.
When Ownie Bush hits to the first
baseman there 10 sprinting matcn
worth seeing. He beat one out yestef
day by hard running
Tyrus tried meeting and slugging
both and failed equally. He was sad
child at the conclusion for he had two
chances TO hit in runs.
Among the spectators were Lew Nc
Allister Of the Buffalo club and Jimmie
Casey of Montreal. both former team
mates on the Tiger team.
Lord speared drive from Sam
Crawford in his gloved hand that
would have meant much trouble, had
IL gotten away in the eighth.
willett had another bad inning In
the fIfth in which he allowed two hits
and hit two men but was saved by a
fine double play by Schaefer and Ross
man.
Kfllifer made his appearance as
pinch runner for Schmidt In the ninth
but had no excuse for leaving first and
remained there till Bush grounded.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23
GEORGE LAWTON|S
NOT LOST TO DAG.

The news that George Lawton. for.
mer captain and the brightest star of
the Detroit Athletic citib footbatt team
viii enter the University OF Michigan
this year casts no gloom over the foot1,
ball prospects OF the club eleven, as
Lawton expects to be on the lob every
game with his old mates during the
present season. being ineligible to
play at Michigan until after a years
residence.
Lawton has been spending the sum.
mer at his fathers summer home on
Hickory Island and has been practic-
ing with the ball steadily all his vaca-
ton.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23
Tad las 4 uttk TN Kidding
,. hfd|and and k.i(h,n
BY TAD.

BY TAD.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-Packey Nc
Farland wired from Chicago last night
saying that he bumped his foot against
blade Of grass in Garfield park III
Chicago and was forced to call OF
the bout with Leach Cross, which was
10 have been held at the Fairmont
club on Oct. 2. The club has now got
Fitzgerald to meet Cross. Good fghts
Writing from Frisco, Leo Meyer, a
prominent manager. says that Stanley
Ketchell's defeat was no surprise to
him. He says he had seen Ketchell
along the "Barbary Coast" many a
time licking up the suds and raising
cain. He had heard that Stanley
smoked other things than Bull Dur
ham.
Before Ketchell went to California
he hadn't the price OF platter OF
doughnuts. He must have made $10.-
900 out there anyway, and, for box
car man, that Is terrible wad.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23

Davy Jones, batting for Coughlin. fan
ned.
The Tigers are getting cautious on
the bags which Is prima facie evidence
OF q lack OF confidence. Donohue threw
badly In practice but did not show
what he would have done, had he had
TO make heave that counted.
The Boston inneld has been doing
finely here, with the exception or
Stahl who has been unfortunate and
made to look bad on several occasions
when expecting help IN covering the
base, which assistance failed to arrive.
Freddie Payne heard OF his transfer
to Chicago just before the game. Per-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23
SPEED BOATS IN
A MATCH RACE

The committee in charge of the no
satta which will be held on Woods.
Crosse Pointe. Saturday and Sunday.
announces the booking Of a special
race for the first mentioned after.
noon: which will bring together AID.
mirai' the present champion Of the
river, owned by Frank ID. Crais and
Edward r. Walker, and Golden EIyx
Steel Boat Co.
Ihere VIII be other classes for the
speed launches, aside from the cham.
pionship event. On Sunday there will
De races for the sailing yachts IN the
IT, Is. 20 and a special class.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23
HuGRft LOOKS
FOR DIVIDEND

Hughie Jennings. manager OF the
Detroit club is heavy stakeholder in
the Baltimore Eastern league club of
which he was manager for several sea-
sons and is anxiously awaiting a re-
port from the Maryland metropolis,
relative to the financial success OF the
season.
In case a dividend Is declared,
Hughie will profit considerably by his
holdings Of stock.
Job Printing done right. Times Print
Ing Co, is John R--st. Phone 1898.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23
Noteworthy Events in the
American League Race

Detroit could not bunch hits on
Clcotte and would have been shut
out but for cravath's error. Bos-
ton hit WilIett hard In the first
and ninth and won handily.
Cleveland knocked hoga out OF
the box and Joss held New York
to six hits, the combination net
tIno the leaders a to o win.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23
MOTOR BOAT SHOW
DATES ASSURED

Secretary A. B. Moulder. of the De.
troit Motor Boat show. ANNOUNCED mat
the event f. assured for the first week
IN March and expects to have an ex-
hibition- which Tar surpass the success
ful array of last year when the pro-
1ect was launched
Detroit has the greatest opportun-
tiles In the United States for motor
boating says Mr.. Moulder, "and the
fact that the sport has doomed 30 this
summer IL evidence that. with the
Improvement In money conditions,
next year Will be a record-breaker.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23
ONLY IN ITS MINOR DETAILS WILL FOOTBALL
OF 1908 DIFFER FROM THAT OF LAST SEASON

petus would be given to the play,
which cannot help but drag when the
ball Is soggy and can neither be kicked
nor passed
A limit could be placed. a time limit.
possibly. or at least a new ball each
half. and in championship games n
change during each half II necessary.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23
.Batted for Coughiin in ninth.

Sacrfnce hltS - bcnaeIeI, cptdhvT,
Wagner Stolen bases-Gessier. First
base on balls-By Wiliett 2, by Cicotte
1. Hit by pitcher-By Wfllett 2. First
Left on bases--Detroit z. Boston IL.
Struck out--By willet 1. by Cicotte 3.
Double pfays-Schaefer and Rossman !:
Mcconnell and Stahl: Mcconnell and
Wagner. Wild pitch-Cicotte. Umpires
Hurst and Evans. Attendance-3.s 15.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23

II. <lbe.. -sarly4 part of the season
The 3. -Esss played the -Delray Athletics
AZ fyomelss grounds, a-return game be-
ins;. sohedulad at. Garvey's Immediate
" after. The o. KS 80 far have been
unable after IS successive weeks OF
trying to get on with Delray. They
ufKently request an Immediate game,
a. the season 10 mar at an end.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23
This Girl Earned Honey Tor
Education Is Baseball Pitcher

WOOSTER, O.. Sept. 23.-Alta
Weiss, of Rogersville, O.. known
as the champion girl pitcher.
entered Wooster university yes
.terday afternoon as member
OF the junior preparatory class.
Miss Weiss referred with pride
to the fact that she had earned
the money to pay her way
through college by pitching
baseball.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23

Princeton will miss Mccormick and
Harlan, but has a great leader In Dill
lon and a good coach in Roper, who
will be assisted, by the old guard, :"
including DOC" Hillebrand and Bill
Edwards.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23

team, aside from Rossman. who kept
pegging away In good style.
Had 1t been Cy Young ON the mound
we might even yet have wellfounded
hopes, for no team is. expected to do
any very ferocious smuggling OF the
offerings OF the dean Of them all,
though the Tigers have often done so
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23
DOWIN-HEARTED? WELL YES,
!: BUT NOT YET DISCOURAGED

at that. Cicotte. however. is merely
one OF the average good pitchers Of
the league. and has been no great
puzzle TO the Tigers before. He pitch.
ed a pretty good game beyond question.
but not one which would have been
shut-out with good support had the
Tiges been at themselves,
The older members OF the Tiger
team realize the situation which con-
fronts It's members. and there Is nons
OF the bravado which was so much
In evidence week or two ago. There
is no disposition TO suffer anybody 60
count them out OF the remainder OF
the contest, but sober Judgment is
strong for the belief that the teams
last chance for the championship has
all but gone
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23

''We1l give them an awful bat
tie yet II We can once oct start
ed" was the way Manager Jsn.
nlnos put II before yesterdays
game. but whsn the contest was
over HuGhle stood In front Of tho
Detroit bench and looked across
the field at the old pennant a. II
In q daxs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23
Nv PAUL u. BRuskE.

4rhs crime and accident reporter To
~;hoss unhappy lot the duty 90 often
falls Of notifying the bereaved fam
~ Of the .untimsly end OF one OF Its
members has nothing on the Detroit
baseball chronicler these days:
yesterday Il was to ! in Boston's
ssvor: the day before 1t was 4 to 3.
with unhoiy stsadfness the
.Nsps ere winning their daily bat
de. Today the Tigers are still
second, az they take the fietd for
the concluding game Of the 6os-
ton series. This evening they may
have climbed up bit nearer
.thslr riartful position at the head
.fof the column, or-horrtbie
sthoupht--they may be In fourth
position, at the foot Of the second
tdlvlsIon.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23

The belated Young Donovan duel Is
said to be booked for today. and to-
morrow the remodeled Athletics will
be IN our midst.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23
Ttl6 Bs0LEAGUE RACES ATA GLANCE


Yesterdays Results.
Chicago "A. New York 81.
r Pittsburg 3. Brooklyn 2 I'll .nnings).
Phfiadeiphia 10, Cincinnati 2.
Boston T. ST. Louis 49, II
Todsy's Games.
Chicago at New York.
Pfttsburg at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia
ST. Louis at Boston.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23
NJ GRAW MAY USE
MARQUARDT TODAY
BY SAM CRANE.

NEW YORK. Sept 23.-The Cubs
are now just few points behind. and
IL they capture today's battle they
viii assume first position In the great
est race the National league has
known In years.
Manager MeGraw may use his $11.'
900 beauty, Rube Marquard, In to-
days contest. Tomorrow II will un-
doubtedly be Reulbach and Mathew
son.
Yesterday there was not that en-
pected tumultuous rush Of exultant
humanity surging across the Polo
grounds in a frantic endeavor to carry
the victorious Giants of the field.
hailing them as coming champions.
But that may come later.
=. w. Cubs Still Aggressive.
The F. w. Cubs claim the 13 or IA.
year-old championship. Any team
wishing a game for Sunday. address
Harold Klawuncler. or phone City
2393. Delmonts, Morgan & Wright,
Jrs., or victors are preferred.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-23

The proceedings at Bennett park
bore very funeral aspect yesterday.
and that was no dream. Two runs
Boston got on wfllett In the opening
inning, and little Bush and a we'll
meaning but block-headed bat boy
were to blame. materially assisted by
. false bound on a ball that Schaefer
threw to the plate and still further
helped along by Eddie Willett's own
failure to back up said throw.
Two more runs the visiting horde
pied up in- the ninth. and the best tho
Tigers could do was lone run Sc
cured In the third when Cravath inex-
pilcably allowed Schaefer's groundet
to roll between his legs. permitting
the German to take two additional
sacks aud score on an inheld out.
- 49,
The Tiges had several and sundry
left on the bags To perish miserably.
They COULDN'T hit Eddie Ciootte worth
Z whoop. and the tale OF that game Is
bound to be a favorite topic OF con-
'versation this coming winter at the
Home Plate cafe away out In Wood
mere, over which Bddie as proprietor
ladies' out the suds during the idle
months.
oh! Very well!
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-10-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Corr. }

Washington. ID. c., Sept. 18th.
I9oS.-The New York Herald
which possesses a skill and accu-
.racy seldomly equaled in feeling
the political pulse, is astonished
at the result of its recent investi-
cation. About the first of Sep
TENDER, they estimated that Mr..
Taft had 200 sure electoral votes
and that Mr. Bryan only had I6I
sure votes of the 242 necessary to
elect. In recent issue of that
paper they declare that Ohio,
North Dakota, Kansas and Ore
gon which they had placed in the
sure Republican column must be
taken out and placed in the doubt
tul column with strong, Demo
cratic leanings. The New York
Herald during the last twenty
eight years has been an unerring
political prophet and while it is
an independent paper, the fore
cast that they make, shows that
Bryan'S election is now almost
certain. This discovery was a
great puzzle to the Herald at the
outset but they have now discov-
cred the secret. 1t is Roosevelts
despotical dictation TO the Repub-
lican leaders that has resulted in
feeling OF disgust and apathy
not equal in Harrison's over-whel-
ming defeat i'll 1892. All the
leading Republicans feel that the
nomination of Mr.. Taft was not
made by the Republican party
but by the direct appointment of
MIR. Roosevelt himself. This is a
kind of political game not relish
ed by Republicans and it is said
that hundreds of lifelong Repub-
lcans III every Republican county
are going to cast their ballot for
Mr., Bryan as a rebuke for this
dictatorship. They want to teach
MIR. Roosevelt lesson that will
be remembered by ali of his sue
.cessors in the White House.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-10-01
MUD SINGING.

1t was hoped by members Of
both parties that this campaign
would pass off without any bitter
ness or mud Singing being in
dulged in. 1t has remained for
Mr.. Roosevelt, the President of
the United States, to lower him
self to the level of a ward politi-
can and to revive the old disgust
ing methods of mud Singing cam
paigns. Every man in the country
that knows the record of Mr..
Bryan, knows that he is as incor-
ruptible as Lincoln or Washington
ever we're, and superior to RooSe-
welt or Taft. Everyone of the
policies that Nit. Roosevelt claims
as his own was taken bodily from
the teachings of Mr.. BRYAN and
DemocraticSplatforms and it is a
tact that MIR roosevelt never
originated single one of them.
This IS what makes Roosevelt so
mad.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-10-01

TIRE JovRNAk Sosda be greatly in
.debted TO its eerUcs pOEdeats il thew
giil mail their news ietters so as to
leach this ofkee before Wednesday
FORMING. \ great many items have to
20 unpublished eF he carried over until
he following weeK and I've stale read
ing because hey 90 got Feaen Shis
Office in time.
Obituaries and resolutions Of resuect
can only be inserted as paid matter for
a'uch 4 charge Of Eve cents per line is
fs'vie.
''n0nicatIops advocating caDdi-
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Contract rates furnished on appli.
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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-10-01

SAYS little Mr.. Graves, "Mr.
Bryan has fallen from his high
pedestal and is no longer the
champion of the people. no doubt
Mr.. Graves has the very laudabIe
ambition of occupying that desir-
able position himself and as he
realizes that it can only be occu-
pied by one man he has wisely
decided to pull down the present
incumbant.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-10-01

IT WAS the writer's good fortune
this week to see acted the play
produced from Thomas Dixon S
last novel. The Traitor" This
book like his other works is a
romance founded on facts and Il
description of the conditions ex-
Isting in the South during the re-
construction days ut time i'm
InediatelY following the incident
SO wildly portrayed in the
'Clansman." The story was
dramitized by Charming Pollock
and was a complete success. the
Academy of Music being complete
ly filed by a most enthusiastic
audience who appiauded the play
at every step. All that is stirring
ana dramatic in the book has
been moulded into the play and
the facts that are so real to every
southerner are so cleverly acted
as to render the play one of the
most interesting ever played in
>tbe A, ademy. Mr.. Dixon was
prese II and it will probably inter-
est some of his friends here to
know that he is in the best of
health an is getting fat. The
applause was 81 prolonged that
he made short speech in which
he stated in his usual elegant
style that he proposed. with the
aid of the Southern Amusement
Company, to place a series of
plays throq IN the South aud that
he believed that it would tend to
increase respect AMI honor for
the heroes of the Civil War,
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hold such a discussion. Had they
said that they did not deem it
exPedIeHt for them to meet, it
would have sounded more like
the real reason. The politics of
the Ninth have been notorioasly
corrupt for many years and no
one can blame the Republican
party for not desiring too much
light thrown on its past record
either ia that district or elsewhere
Instead they should be congratu-
lated for their wisdom. At pres
ent the Democratic outlook in
this stray district is encouraging
and with such men as Harry
Tucker. Henry c. Stuart and
Governor Swanson assisting Mr..
Byars in presenting the issues OF
the campaign to the people there
is every reason to hope that the
backbone of the Republican pow
er in the Southwest will be broken
in November.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-10-01

To USE al ancient but desCrip-
tive expression, Mr.. Royal is
between the devil and the deep
blue sea-" when he says he will
neither vote the Democratic or
Republican ticket in the coming
election this fall. Just which
party represents the devil of
course is liable to be differently
construed by different people,
some, no doubt, would consider
it applicable to the Democratic
party, while others would consider
it a suitable epithet for Republi-
canism. 1t is amazing that a man
OF Mr. Rovalls previously ac-
knowledged ability and foresight
should take such 4 stand. never
theless his present position is
absurd to say the least.