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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-17
CHAPPELLE SIGNS
 WITH BEANEATERS

Memphis, August 16.-(Special) )-Wil- liam Chappene the giant pitcher released by Memphis and claimed by New Or leans under the Southern league waiver process. will appeal to the national con- mission to pass on his case.
 Manager Kelly of the Boston Nationals wired terms to Chappele which were ae- cepted today. President Kavanaugh Is taking steps to prevent Chappelle from playing with Boston.
 Little Rock, August 16.-(Special)- When informed tonight of Pitcher Chap pelle's statement that he intended to fn- ish the season with the Boston Nationals, President Kavanaugh expressed the opinion that Chappelle would be compelled to go to the New Orleans club, which claimed him under the waiver price.
 Under the agreement made by South ern association clubs no club has right to release a player without first giving the other clubs a chance to claim him by paying over the $4oO; that is equally true whether the player is to be released to a club in some other league or let out internationally. For that reason, when Memphis decided to get rid of Chappelle the New Orleans club was acting within it's rights when 1t claimed him. Further more, as I understand 1t, Manager Frank has paid the waiver price to President Coleman of the Memphis club, which transaction however. Is not necessary to make the New Orleans claim valid.
 aIn case Chappelle refuse to report to Manager Frank" said Judge Kavanaugh, further, "and decides to carry the case to the national commission, I do not know exactly what would happen. It Is pos sible that the commission would refuse to take cognizance of our waiver rule and declare Chappelle free agent. However, in case that action Is taken by the com mission, Memphis will be responslole to the New Orleans club, and will be haDie to A fine from the league for failure 10 enforce one of the leagues agreements or will have to pay the New Orleans club damages for Chappelle's refusal to re- port
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pitching staffs. With Waddell doing right, St. Louis has the best of 1t here
 Then 1t Is up to St. Louis to beat Detroit for the championship by beat ing her In a majority of the seven games which will be played in St. Louis in September.
 McAleer will probably make a special campaign for this series with the Vol verines. What will he do?
 What can he do but use his left handlers, waddelL Bailey and Graham. Here comes in the great value and inn portance of Waddell.
 Ma matter how reliable Donovan, Di- neen, Powell and other men are, and any one of them Is liable to be hit out of the box any day, Waddell is, when at his best, the greatest left-hander that ever pitched baseball, and with the possible exception of Rusie, the great est pitcher, left or right that ever lived.
 If Waddell Is good he should pitch three and win two games of the seven Bailey and Graham should win three of the remaining four. That will give the Browns five of the seven at home.
 It is scarce necessary to explain that the point of using the left-handed pitchers Is that the left-handed batters of Detroit-Cobb Crawford, Mcintyre Rossman and JonesEwill not be so lia- ble to hit the outgoing curve of the left -hander as they could the incoming one of the right-hander.
 Now here is a nice point of baseball tactics: Would you, with an effective eft-hander twirling, pass such men as Cobb and Crawford when there were men on bases?
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Pan-American conqress.

Buenos Ayres, August 16-Prof. L. S. Rowe of the University of Pennsylvania chairman of the pan-Amercan scientific congress which will be held in Santiago, Chile. in December, has arrived here and already has commence series of infor- maj conferences with members of the pan-American committee for the Argen- tine republic and later will hold formal conferences with the full committee. To this committee is intrusted the duty of securing the ratification of the treaties and resolutions adopted by the pan American congress of American republics In its session In Rio de Janeiro in the summer Of 1896, and of making prepara- tions for the next pan-American con- gress, which will meet in Buenos Ayres in 1910
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St. Louis, August 16.-(Special.)- pears to have narrowed down to d point between Detroit and St. Louis, it may not fall amiss that we should pom der well upon what the chances of the Browns to win exactly are.
 Especially is this race interesting will probably be cast upon the result of the seven games St. Louis plays with Detroit in St. Louis from September 5 to 16. There Is, of course, an interim between the first series and the second of these games.
 Briefly put, Detroit Is stronger in Cobb and Crawford than St. Louis. These two men mark the present pre- ponderance of the Wolverines. During the recent trip of the Browns through the east they followed Detroit in many cities. In each ball park the awe panels in the fence where long drives by Cobb and Crawford had done dam age It was like following a devasta- ting army and looking where the shells hit and caused ruin and havoc.
 But 1t was only Crawford and Cobb Rossman hits fairly well. And Me Intyre. But Crawford and Cobb, with long drives were cleaning up.
 Everywhere, save at center and right field, St. Louis Is the strongest club The Detroit or no other infield begins to compare with that of the Browns Probably it is the very best inffeld that ever has been put together, particularly when you must consider intelligence as well as manual performance.
 There Is not much difference In the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-17
CHESS MASTERS
 WILL MEET SOON

Berlin, August 16-The approaching fight between Lasker and Tarrasch for the worlds championship is looked forward to with the liveliest interest, not only in chess circles but by the general public The project of a meeting between the two masters has been talked of for IA years, since the time when Lasker, defeating Steinitz, gained the title of champion.
 The two leaders of the chess world are to come together, thanks to the efforts of the German Chess association, which has succeeded in arousing the interest of chess players all over the empire and obtaining the necessary guarantee fund.
 Lasker and Tarrasch will play their first series of matches at Dusseldorf, be- ginning August IT, and further series in Munich, at a later date. The sum of $3750 has been collected to be offered as prizes, the larger portion of the sum go- ing to the winner.
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BY MANHATTAN.

'The disqualification of Carpenter was the rankest injustice. Halswele is a grand exhibition runner. but he's got a streak of yellow in him as wide as a barn door. Halswelle can run like a streak of greased lightning when he thinks he had got his man beaten, but when he gets up against 1t good and hard he loses heart
 Ray Ewry had this to say on his re- turn:
 Tt was evident from the first that the English people as class felt a bitter jealousy and hatred of the Americans instead of a generous athletic rivalry. It wasn't so much the big instances of un- fairness that hurt and disheartened us as the constant sneering criticism and the petty sights we were subjected to every day. When we cheered the win ners from other countries, the English couldn't understand it at all, and they criticised that. When we carried our winners out on our shoulders after the hard races, just because we were full ot enthusiasm, the English said we were a lot of uncuItivated savages and didn't known enough to be reserved and digni- fled.
 ''The Kilometres was a planned rob bery In the first place, l know more about it, I think, than even the runners. I was in the high jump at the turn l stepped to the edge of the track to get clear view of the race. The alleged foul was right where I stood. The English officials had made up their minds that Halswelle was to win that race. They had watchers all along the track espe- cially for this race At the curve oppo- site me Carpenter ran wide in perfect arc. He might have been going out for clear chance to pass Robbins. Hals- welle ran along outside of Carpenter, then dropped in behind him. He couldn't run fast enough to get in reach of Car penter and so naturally it was impossible for him to have been fouled. Carpenter couldn't have touched him without stop ping to wait for him. and the stories that Halswelle was bruised by Carpen- ter's elbows was a plain fake. l saw the whole thing, and no one touched Halswell from start to finish. The watch
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Southern League Misnomer.
the Arkansas Gazette.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 When In the winter of 19oO-O1 the Soutb- ern league was reorganized the circuit became known as the Southern Associa- ton of Baseball Clubs-the name Southern league being discarded. However, since that time, with apparently not the slight est justification, the association has con- tinued to be called the Southern league. The Southern association is no more the "Southern league" than the American as- sociation is the American league, nor than the Western association is the Vest ern league. The term Southern league in speaking of the circuit of which Judge Kavanaugh is the head-is hereby discard ed and Southern association is substi- tuted.
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CT who signalled to stop the race was near me. When the judges came down to look at the tracks of the runners and find proof of interference they located the alleged foul at least 20 yards beyond the place where the runners were when the stopping signal was given. Moreover, at that place Halswelle's track were run ming in a straight line behind Carpen- ter's. lie was far enough behind to run straight without interference.
 And here is the most important proof of reconciliation. The first official from the finish line to arrive at the scene of the alleged foul rushed out on the track beside me waving his arms and bel lowing: This is the most disgraceful piece of work I ever saw in a race. It's outrageous, It's disgraceful fouling. That man was well liked In England. He's run here before After this he will never be allowed to run again on an English track
 This struck me as such an extraordt- nary statement that I turned and asked the official. 'who?' Taylor he yelled thought he must have mixed the names up, as Taylor was so far behind that he couldn't have been in any possible foul. 'WhoY I asked. Do you mean the col ored boy7' Yes said the official. He was simply in line to back the claim of foul if Halswelle was beaten.
 T learned few things at these Olym- pic games that surprised me The first thing was the open hostility of the Eng fish crowds to all Americans.
 During the final of the standing high jump the mob boohed the Americans, try ing to rattle us, and finally became so boisterous that the officials had to threat en to stop the games before they could restore order Another thing was that the feeling of resentment toward the English that we all had was shared by the Canadians and the South Africans and Australians and all athletes from the British provinces. who were treated with little more courtesy than the Americans. We all hope 1t will be a long time be- fore they hold another set of Olympic games in England"
 August 29 Is the day set for the re- ception of the Olympic athletes. and un- less all plans fail 1t will be the biggest day for amateur athletics ever seen in this country. Not only will the president, the governor, the mayor and other nota- bles take part, but thousands of young athletes will join in doing honor to the men who have added such luster to Amer icas athletic prowess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-17
 M'ALEER'S SOUTHPA WS PLAN
 TO SNATCH RAG FROM TIGERS

St. Louis will very probably gain but little, If any. on Detroit until septem- Der 5. Both teams will be playing the Eastern clubs by that time.
 That means that unless the unfore- seen happens, and 1t Is always happen ing in baseball, both teams will win quite regularly from now until Sep tember 5.
 Chicago is liable to take a few falls out of Detroit. White and Altrock arc bad medicine for the Tigers. But real ly the Sox are playing on their nerve. They have had to fight too hard to beat Philadelphia and Washington to be rated as a first-class team.
 St. Louis, the Sox and perhaps Wash ington are the teams Detroit has to fear.
 Plank might beat them a game or two, as any good left-hander may. So may some of the Boston left-handers Yet, upon the whole, Detroit will win as many games as St. Louis from now until the teams meet, though left handlers will not affect St. Louis so grievously as they will Detroit. Stone will be the only St. Louis batter for whom left-handers have terrors. Cobb, Crawford, Mcintyre, Rossman and David Jones will suffer when the south -siders pitch against Detroit
 There is one great point in connec- tion with the play of the Browns. Cen ter and right field must get in the game. These men must be alive.
 The Browns are really more of a h homogeneous whole than a team of in- dividual stars. While Ferris, Wallace and Williams are stars in their posi- tions. they depend greatly upon one an- other and upon Tom Jones, who is not star, but merely a good average hardworking fellow.
 Detroit depends entirely upon It's stars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-17
Negro Confesses Crime.

Norfolk, Va, Auust 16.-Quiet pre-. vails in Portsmouth today following the jail attack last night by a mob who caught the negro assailants of Mrs Albert Powell of Prentis place. after the prisoner had, without the knowledge of the mob, been brought to Norfolk for safe keeping. Henry Smith, alias Oscar Perry, the negro charged with the assault upon Mrs. Powell, today admitted breaking into the Powell house.
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On Trail of YaquIs.

El Paso. Tex, August 16.-Twenty-hve cavalrymen and fifteen foot soldiers were sent out from Nogales.s Ariz., yesterday by the Mexican authorities upon receipt of news of a Yaqui raid at the old Mon- tezuma copper camp in Sonora. An oner by the Indians, but escaped. TWO ruraes, who were returning to the camp from Montezuma, where they had gone with civil prisoners, were also killed py the Indians. A detachment of soloiers has also been sent to the Montezuma camp from Nacozari. Sonora.
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At Kansas City: Kansas City g. Colum- bus F.
 At Minneapolis: Minneapolis 5, Indian apolis O.
 At Milwaukee: First game. Toledo z, Milwaukee o; second game. Toledo 0. Mill waukee 3.
 At St. Paul: Louisville l. St. Paul 3.
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PREPARING FOR BALL PLAYERS.
A'l-Americans Will Play Several Games
 In Japan.

Tokio, July 3O.-All details for the coming of the Reach All-American baseball club have been arranged. It IS now definitely settled that the ball players will come and play series of at least nine games in Japan between November 12 and December 3. Much interest Is being taken in all the ..' rangements, but particularly with re- gard to the team that win represent Japan. This team will be chosen by committee and will be composed or the strongest players in this coun- try.
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hltchcock,s Day of Rest.

Chicago, August 16.-Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock and other officers of the re- publican national committee spent quiet Sunday. Gen. L. Coleman Dupont, di- rector of the speakers bureau, and George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the na- tional committee, left for New York to- day. MT. Hitchcock will leave tomorrow for Utica, N. Y., to be present at the mo- tifcation of MT. sherman, the republican nominee for vice president.
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 Nashville in Montgomery.
 Mobile in New Orleans.
 Little Rock in Memphis.
 The Barons left last night for At- lanta.
 According to the schedule, three games will be played. But there Is one post poned game to be pulled off, and one game transferred from Birmingham to Atlanta
 Therefore, five games, in all probabili- ty, will be played.
 The team is in good condition Meek S injured finger, which has given Raub all the backstopping to do, is about healed, and he will do some of the work in the Atlanta series. Manager Molesworth. be- lieving the Crackers no stronger than his men, hopes to make decent show ing in the Gate City.
 The team returns Thursday to meet the Nashville Volunteers. There are couple of postponed games to be played against Nashville, and if all are played, the Barons will go through ten battles u six days. This is quite strenuous pace. but Manager Molesworth realizes that he will have to go out of an ordi- nary gait if he captures the rag this sea- son.
 There occurs a change of scene all around today. Nashville, after taking three of four games from Atlanta in Atlanta, will swoOp down upon the Mont gomery Climbers CD this afternoon. Mem phis opened its series with Little Rock yesterday, and with South Atlantic Kei- Der in the box scored a signal triumph. New Orleans, too, played the first game of it's current series with Mobile yes- terday Brazelle, out of the Cotton States, held the Gulls safely through out the engagement, and won home in New Orleans.
 At the conclusion of the week Nash vile is in Birmingham, Atlanta goes to Montgomery. New Orleans visits Mem phis and Mobile travels to Little Rock.
 At the conclusion of this series the western clubs will entertain the eastern CTS for the last time this season. After these games the western clubs come east. Thesl the season is ready to close.
 Manager Molesworth will leave the club at the conclusion of the Nashville series this week, and make a scouting trip throughout the leagues in the eastern half of the country. He hopes to land several valuable men for next season.
 All of which reminds that the Phila- delphia Nationals are looming up as the dark horse team contingent of the Ma tional circuit.
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T Mat- thews. Home runs, Thornton, Lord Stolen bases, Manning, James Sacrifice hits, NH, James, Brazelle. Struck ont by Brazelle 5, by Hickman 2. Bases on balls, By Brazelle 1. by Hickman 5. Hit by pitcher, Massng, James, Lord. Jeff on bases, New Orleans 8. Mobile g. First on errors, New Orleans g. Time. 2:14. I'm pires, Weaver and Fitzsimmons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-17
NEW PITCHER IS
 PUZZLE TO MOBILE

New Orleans, August 16-The locals tried out a new pitcher this afternoon. Brazelle from the Cotton States league. He was wild, but steadied down in the pinches, allowing but four hits. Thorn tons home run in the first inning re- suited in Mobiles only run Hickman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-17
TWO LITTLE HITS
 MADE OFF KEIBER

Memphis, August 16.-The pitching or Keiber was the feature of todays game and was largely responsible for the lo- cals victory, the second Sunday game won this season. It was Keiber's first gon,e with the Memphis team. Score:
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LIVE SPORT FROM
 ACROSS THE POND
BY RICHARD DAHLGREN.


 down, and the attention of the sporting public is turning to other matters.
 An interesting aftermath of the games, however, is found in the victorious career of the American Olympic athletes since the games were finished. In Dublin, in Paris, in Edinburg and in Stockholm the Americans have shown that their winning at the Stadium was on form. They have gathered in enough trophies to occupy a respectable position in the strong room in the steamer on which they will go home.
 Dorando, the game little Marathon run ner Is soldier in Italys standing army. He obtained a three months furlough to come to England for the Olympiad. The Italians here tell me that Dorando's s King will do something big for him in recognition of his carrying Italy's colors in the customs, like Sherring, of Canada, did. or be educated for an officer in the army of Italy.
 Little Walker, of South Africa, is an athletic freak He is but 19 years of age and weighed 1121a pounds on the day of the 1O0-meter final Strangely enough the South Africans did not think Walker good enough to class at the Lon don games. He was sent by a number of sporting mer, who raised funds to meet Walkers expenses by private sub- scription
 The idea that the American athletes did not receive fair play is regarded by the newspapers as incomprehensible. The Evening Globe said editorially recently: That as far as sporting honor goes there can be no difference of opinion; that in commerce and other things Eng land may have rivals, but that in sport, we are, at any rate for the moment, su- preme, and our justice and love of fair play will nowhere be denied
 The Pail Mall Gazette says: That they have no monopoly of excellence" con- fessing openly, that the day of the British monopoly is over" It can only find consolation in this single clrcum- stance, that if Englishmen have been beaten their countrymen have, at least known how to take beating 1 that gen. erous spirit of sports sake, which Is ex- pressed in the phrase, let the best man win"
 These expressions are fairly typical. The British public is firmly convinced that the visiting athletes, especially the Amer jeans, were given every consideration.
 It may be said they find few Amer jeans who are willing to admit that ''our justice and love of fair play will nowhere be denied"
 Jockey Milton Henry is doing some great riding at ostend this season. He took the Grand Prix de Ostend, and is early at the head of the list of winning jockeys in Belgium.
 Signorinetta, winner of the Derby and Oaks, is favorite for the St. Leger, which Is to be run on September g. The lilly Is training on in great shape. Others fancied for the St. Leger are Mite Eagle, Norman III, Mountain Apple, Lesbia and Ebro The Kings horse Perrier, has gone back to 20 to In the betting.
 Johnny Summers and Jimmy Britt have been matched to fight before the Ma tional Sporting club in September. Britt Is taking in a good deal of money at the music halls
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Summary: IWO-DdSe HIlS, bdtl WdIu and Page Sacrifice hits, Cranston, Kei- Der. Stolen bases. Becker ?. Double plays, Becker (unassisted. Passed balls, Wells 2 Struck out, by Eyler 2. by Keiber g. Bases on balls, Eyler ?, Keiber 2. Hit by pitcher, Owens. Time of game, 200. Um- pire Moran.
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Cardinals Have Walked Up.

Saddle and driving horses constantly on sale at the Ter minal Stock Yards, 2nd Ave. and 27th Street. HAYNES-D -DONAHOO HORSE
 & MULE co.
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Ads illustrated with gocd cuts are trade winners-The 0awx maksa <ooo nssAn i;
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COTTON STATES LEAGUE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

At vicksburg: vicksburs 1, Monroe 3.
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cIncy Captures Two.

Cincinnati, August 16.--Cincinnati won two games from Brooklyn this afternoon. In the first game Campbell kept the hits we'll scattered while the locals managed to bunch on Fucker The final game was called In the seventh to allow Brook lyn to catch train. Scores:
 First game R.HE. Cincinnati .. :. .... 13o 900 O1s-5 12 Brooklyn .. :. :. ....... 000 GOO GO0--0 ' Batteries Campbell and Mclean; Ruck- CT and Bergen. Time. 1:35.
 Second game RHE. Cincinnati ......... .101 210 ~5 8 Brooklyn .... ......... 100 00O 0--1 5 2
 Batteries: Volz and Pearce; Bell and Ritter. Time, 1:2o. Empires. Rigler and Rudderham.
 Cardinals Have Walked Up.
 St. Louis, August 16.-St Louis gave New York setback in the pennant race by taking both games today. In the first game the score was to 5, and in the second to 2. Scores
 First game R.HE St. Louis ..... 200 020 02$-6 3 New York .... coo. ..O10 001 030-5 3
 Batteries: Lush Raymond and Bliss; McGinnity. Taylor, Malarkey and Need- ham. Time, 1:40
 Second game R.H.E. St. Louis :. ;. ....... 200 100 O0+-3 New York .. :. ....... .O0 GOO 100-2 Batteries Karger and Ludwig; Ames. Crandall and Bresnahan. Time, 1;59. I'm pires, Klem and Johnstone 4r
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Mme. Cartello, comic opera at the Pastime all next week.