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American League.
American Association.

boss pulled off the first unassisted dou-
BILE of the season. Mckee was on first
and Lands hit hard one which Dick
stopped and held securely in his NIT,
and then politely touched first base
with his left toe, completing the dou-
BILE execution.
Joplin's run in the ninth came on
Topeka's only error-a low throw by
Olson. With one down. Misse drew a
walk Mckee hit safe and Lands laid
bunt down the third base line. Olson
made a nice pickup but threw the ball
low and Misse scored. Mckee fell into
trap and was chased around the dta-
mond by Cooley and finally thrown out
near the plate.
1t took the locals one inning to size
up things before starting the run get
ting in the second. With one down,
Kahl singled. Mershon made a quick
effort to throw Kahl out mapping at
first but the ball lodged beneath the
bleachers and allowed the completion
of the circuit.
In the third McManus singled and
went to second on Burnum's out and
scored on Ludes tumble.
/ The real sport for the locals came In
the sixth inning. when with ragged sup
port and ineffectiveness. three runs
were scored. With one out. Mise boot
ed the ball allowing Geier life. Ludes
kicked Cooley's grounder and two were
one. Fenlon was out but both runners
advanced a station. Kahl scored two
with a double and later scored on 8
double by Cullen.
| The Joplin team looked we'll in spots
Mise is a pretty good infielder, and
Levine at third didn't pull of any bad
stunts. Ludes isn't SO much at short
and although Lands looks "bushy" a
first, gets away pretty we'll. McLuckie
looks best in the outfleld. The two
teams will compete in the Sunday per.
Torrance tomorrow. Both sides will
use plenty of pitchers.
| Doc Pollard a former Topeka pitch
er, did some fair work as umpire.
| The score:
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Manager Dresser of the Great Bend
team is certainly setting a good ex-
ample for his proteges. A few days
ago he cracked out two home runs in
one game.
The Great Bend Tribune calls it the
Santa Fe league. for the Santa Fe will
cop all the business.
Thomas Goes and Glenn Mitchell,
pitchers, and Bales and Mclean, out
helderS, have been released by Great
Bend. Goes is a brother of Eddie
Goes, while McLear is a brother of the
well known Western association scrap
per. Neither showed any of the fam
lily baseball blood.
Maxey, who was released by Cooley
to Hutchinson, has reported to the
salt marshes, and Bill link smiles a
little more than usual.
The directors of the Lyons club are
all well pleased with the work which
Jay Andrews has done for the club.
If Jay turns out winning club, he
| certainly can return to Lyons and run
for mayor next spring.
Bob Bradley of Abilene, the new
manager of the Strong City-Cotton-
wood Falls combination, has reported
and found few players waiting for
him. This is Pap" Eyler's home and
win the good graces of the fans.
A new league was organized at
Kiowa early in the week. which is
known as the Border league, and COM
prises the following towns: Kiowa.
Harper and Anthony in Kansas,
Woodward, Waynoka and Cherokee in
Oklahoma. Another Santa Fe league.
Why doesn't the Rock Island have a
league or two.
Down at Wellington the team is
working out daily and expects to make
a good showing when the Kansas State
league starts. John Meade is the
clubs manager.
wichita is scheduled to play at
1 va11 fOr nd
Carl Manda, a Hutchinson boy is
putting up a game fight for the
shortstop position on the Lyons team.
Most of the Strong City-Cottonwood
Falls players are youngsters and in
this the directors are placing their
hopes OF the pennant.
Tony Smith and Hansford, the for
mer a shortstop. and the latter a
making god at Hutchinson, although
Hansford will have battle on his
hands to beat Toronto Bill'' Maxey.
The chances are that Lefty Holmes,
who once had a trial with the Pitts
burg Nationals, will not play baseball
this season. He works in a drug store
in Hutchinson where he makes more
money than he could playing in the
Kansas State league where they have
salary limit OF $500 per month.
Pitcher Waugh, who will throw them
over for the Great Bend team, pro-
vided he makes good, has never play
ed professional ball. but the prospects
are bright that he will.
Junction City leaguers will play
practice games with the Fort Riley
soldiers previous to the opening of the
G. K league season.
According to Holland, Jack Wright
who goes to Great Bend this year, will
bear watching. He promises to play
such ball that it will be impossible for
Great Bend to keep him.
Herbert Sommers, who has achieved
q a ha - &-l T.
being doomed for backstop on the
Ellsworth team this year.
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We're Lucky to Escape a Shut
out on an Error.
POOR FIELDING LOST
Miners Pitcher Also Ineffective
at Critical Times.
Topeka Used Three Twirlers-
All Showed Good Form.
SUNDAY.

BY taking advantage of the Joplin
Miners frequent errors and landing on
Mershon, a Topeka discard at oppor-
tune times, the Topeka team did not
have to extend itself to win yester-
da-"s game, which was earned by
score of 8 to 1. And the one Joplin
run came as a gift from Olson in the
ninth mining after the team was ap-
parently shut out. But Olson is ex-
cusa'ble, having been in practice but a
few days.
The boss sent a trio Of pitchers to the
box and each one demeaned himself In
a manner appropriate and entirely in
accordance with the rules of baseball
etiquette. Each one of the trio dis
played a good assortment of merchan-
disc and the fans who saw the Work
are breathing somewhat easier.
Btrnum was the first to face the en-
envy. The big southsider was In nne
condition, much more so than he had
been at any previous time, and allow
ed but two hits in the three innings
in which he worked. Hendrix was I'M
fortunate in having an extra inning
slipped in on him. The score BOARD Is
out of commission for a few days while
a new one is being installed, and the
team forgot the inning. Consequently
he worked four rounds. And he pitcnec
some great ball In this time, ALLOWING
only one hit and that in the fourth In
ming. The remainder of the battle was
hurled by Killingsworth, the latest ad'
dition to the team. Killingsworth show
ed his wares which consists OF a split
ter which is about as good as any evel
seen in Topeka. OF course 1t is htt.t
too early in the year to control spit
ter and he had had but little box work
He emitted the only walk of the game
but showed some classy pitching. Tit
general verdict was that he would do
Mershon worked for the Bake
cohorts The former Topeka tryou
with the long silvery locks and thu
radiant sandy complexion showed
about the same form he displayed her,
last spring. He has a little speed
which he displays at intervals. in al
attempt to get the ball past the batter
In the pinches he lacked effectivness a
all of the extra base hits came oppor
tunely.
The locals played a great game in tn
field. In the very first inning tn
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Nc just Joined the team a day or two
ago. and yesterday was his first per-
Torrance.
Mise, who plays the second sack fol-
Joplin, was with Wichita for month
last season but was canned because he
couldn't hit the ball.
Lands, the Joplin first baseman,
came to Topeka one day and broke into
the lame as q catcher and did pretty
well. A few days later he brought Cy
Landreth III. Cy made good and Lands
lost out. Both are from the shortgrass
country.
The Joplin team ought to be properly
managed this time. Both Manager
Vanderbilt and President Baker ara
| with the team. Vanderbilt Is the same
| noisy good natured catcher, that the
Western association has known all its
| life. He has a lot of pepper.
IF you can't play, make nofse"-
| seems to be the slogan Of the Joplin
players. They are certainly a peppery
| and noisy lot and are always talking.
1t pays. keep it up. Tony.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES.
Detroit 10, Chicago 2.

Detroit, April 1.-Two recruit
pitchers were used by Detroit and
they held Chicago safe while the home
team found Fiene easy at all stages.
All of the visitors errors proved ex-
pensive.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
Detroit ...--....----3 % -I0 10 !
Chicago ..............1 o / 90 o. 2
Batteries+E. Jones, LATTE and
Schmidt; FIene, Sutor and Owens.
Two base hit-Schaefer. Three
base hit-McIntyre. Scarifice hits
Rossman, Fiene. Stolen bases-Bush,
Rossman. Double p1ays-Atz, Isbe1l,
Owens Left on bases-Detroit z;
Chicago 5. Bases on balls-Of Fienie
1. Struck out-By Jones 2; LATTE 2:
Fienie g. Wild pitch-Jones. UNI
pires-O'Laughlin and KERN.
New York 4, Philadelphia o.
Philadelphia, April 1.-Two errors
by McInnes in the fifth inning enabled
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NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.
st. Louis B, Chicago 4.

Chicago, April 17.-Chicago lost to
st. Louis yesterday in a pitchers bat
tie. Hagerman made his debut in fast
company and did we'll, his timely hit
saving a shut out. Two gifts, string
of three hits and a long fly gave the
visitors the victory.
Score by innings: R.HE.
Chicago ............OO 1OO0OOOI 4
st. Louis. ..............00 o. S00000-3 0
Batteries-Hagerma Lundgren
and Moran; Salee and Bresnahan.
Two-base hit-Zimmerman. Sacrifice
hits-Bresnahan, Osteen. Sallee. Stol-
en- bases-Zimm erman. Bases on balls
OF Hagerman, 2; Off Lundgren, 1; off
SaHee, 2. Hit by pitcher-By Hager-
man, Evans. Struck out-By Ha-
german, 2; by Sallee, 4. Umpires-
KLEIN and Kane.
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JOPLIN.
| SCORE BY INNINGS:
Topeka ..............0 =!

Summary: Two base hits-Cullen 2,
Kahl. Stolen base-Landis. Bases on
balls-Off Killingsworth. off Merschon
l. Struck out-By Burnum l, by Hen
dirk 2 by Killingsworth 2. Left on
bases-Topeka 3, Joplin 8. Double plays
Cooley unassisted; Vanderbilt to Mise
to Vanderbilt. Hits-Off Burnum in
3 innings; off Hendrix in 4 innings;
off Killingsworth in 2 innings. Time
of game-1:20. Attendance-200. Umpire
Pollard
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Twin CITY. 8; Normal, o.

Strong City, Kan, April 1.-THE
Twin City ball club had its first ex-
hibition game on the home grounds
yesterday with the Emporia Normal
The game was called in the eighth in
ming to allow the Normal team to take
a train. Score, to 0 in favor Of Twin
City.
Batteries-Emporia Powers and
Ield; Twin City. Martin and Jett, Nc
Grath, King, Nicholas and Harden.
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FAVORED MENtsIC A LITTLE.

No Decision Was Given in Match With
Wolgast.
Los Angeles, April 17.-George
Memsic and AID Wolgast fought ten
rounds before the Pacific Athletic club
last night. There was no decision. but
opinion at the ringside gave Memsic
shade the better Of it.
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, New York to defeat Philadelphia by
one to nothing. Both Brockett and
Schlitzer were very effective.
Score by innings: R.H e:
RSe eM Sdan .::::::SSSSSSSSGGSSSeeSS 8
Batteries-Schlitzer. vickers and
j Thomas; Brockett and Kleinow. TWO
base hits-Schlitzer. Davis. Sacrifice
bases-Kleinow. Double play-Mc-
Cornell unassisted. Bases on balls
Off Schlitzer. 2; off Brockett, 8. Hit
by pitched ball-By Schiller, l..
Struck out-By Schiller, 4; by Brock
EFT. A; by Vickers, 1. Umpires-Hurst
and Connolly.
ST. Louis 6, Cleveland s.
st. Louis, April list. Louis won
the final game of the opening series
from Cleveland yesterday afternoon.
Stephenson's home run tied the score
run that won the game with a double
in the ninth.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
e. LDui Sa'.......'....'sSeSSSSSSSddG12
Batteries-Dineen, Graham and
Stevens; Berger, Liebhart and Land.
Two base hits-Ferris 2, Turner,
Berger. Three base hit-Bradley.
Home run-Stephenson. Bases on
balls-oT Dineen 1. Berger 2, Lieb-
Stephenson. Struck out-By Dineen
2, by Berger 2, by Graham 8, by Lieb-
hard 2. Passed bal1s-Stephens 1,
Land I. Umpfre-Sheridan and Per
rine.
Washington 8, Boston 2.
Washington, April 17-Boston
punched three errors in the first inn
| ing of yesterdays game and two sin
| giles and a triple by Washington at the
same time enabled the locals to win
| 3 to 2. Both Burns and Morgan were
| effective at critical points of the game.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
washington .........3 90 O0O00s13
Boston .......-.......0 o01oO o. 8 c
Batteries-Burns and Street; Nor
gan and Corrigan.
| Two base hits-Morgan, Gessler 2.
Three base hits-Unglaub, Niles. Sac
rifice hits-Delehanty, Conroy 2.
| Street. Stolen bases-Hooper. Bases
on balls-Of Morgan 2. Hit by pitch
er-Burns 1. Morgan 1. Struck out
| By Burns s, Morgan 1. Umpire
/ Evans and Egan
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BEAUMONT MAN WANTS FIGHT.
James Gossett Offers $50, 900 for John
son-Jeffries Match.

Beaumont, Tex, April 16.-James
Gossett of this city today wired an
offer of $4,000 for the Johnson-Jef-
fries fight in the event the match IL
arranged.
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Ottawa. 10; Emporia, 2.

ottawa, Kan, April lin a one
sided game played here yesterday OF
tawa university defeated the College
of Emporia by score Of 10 to 2. The
locals secured IL hits off the Emporia
twirler. Seven errors on part of the
Emporia team helped Ottawa pile up
the score. Coe brothers was the bat
terry for Ottawa. while Emporia was
represented by Willis and Yoeman.
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Boston 2 Philadeinhia O

Boston, April 17.-In a pitchers
battle between Lindaman and Foxen,
Boston defeated Philadelphia yester-
day to 0.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
Boston ................00 O2OOO*-2 /
Philadelphia ....-..--.O o o 0O00 90 l
Batteries-Lindaman and Bower
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.


Kansas City, April 17.-By a sin
gle run the Minneapolis aggregation
Of the American association, headed
by the genial Jimmy Collins. who says
his men will surely cop the rag this
year, defeated Cross's Blues at Asso-
score Of to 1. This is three straight
for the Millers and unless the home
team gets busy today and lands on
top of the scoring, the whole series
will be taken north. Colins's timely
hitting drove in both runs and won
the game.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
Kansas City. ........1oooooooo I
Minneapolis ........ o o o / 90 o. 3
Batteries-Kansas City: Brady and
Ritter. Minneapolis: Wilson and
Block.
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on account of rain. Both Curtis and
Gehring pitched fine ball. Flynn's
home run was the only run st. Paul
scored.
Score by innings: R.H. e.
81. Pdul. " U " ~ WI D z
Observation-Disclosures Curtis Nc
Glynn and Hostetter. St. Paul:
Gehring and Yeager.
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NELSON AND MCFARLAND.
Are Matched to Battle for Lightweight
Championship.

Chicago, April 17.-Battling Nelson,
lightweight champion of the world,
and Packy Mcfarland of Chicago were
matched here last night to fight As
rounds at James Coffroth's Mission
street arena in San Francisco July s.
The articles were signed at a confer
ence between the principals and Coff-
roth
The fight viii be held at 1880 o'clock
in the afternoon and the men will be
called upon to weigh in at 1913 pounds
at s O'Clock in the morning. The men
will fight for SO per cent of the gross
receipts and it will be divided Is per
cent to the winner and rs per cent to
the loser. Nelson will receive the en-
tire receipts of the moving picture
privilege. Nelson also will receive a
bonus from Coffroth- Each man post
ed forfeit of $1,000 and the sum will
go as a side bet. Both men agreed not
to engage in any bout after June I.
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Milwaukee 4, st. Paul 4.

Milwaukee, April 17.-With two
men out and two strikes called on
Moran in the ninth. Gehring threw a
wild pitch and the home club tied the
score. After Davis had been re-
tired in the tenth the game was called
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Indianapolis Z, Toledo 8.

indianapolis. Ind, April 17-The
locals had their batting eyes yester-
day and won easily from Toledo.
Burke scored four of the runs by his
timely hitting.
Score by innings: R-H. z.
Indianapolis ..........3 000022 ~ "A
Toledo ...........11 0 90 0o1 0-3
Observation-Disclosures Slagle and
Howley; Nagel, McSurdy and Clark.
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man; Foxen and Doom.
Two base hits-Grant. DOOM Sac
rifce hits-Bransfield, Ritchey. Stolen
bases-Magee. Double plays-Doolan,
Knabe and Bransfield; Ritchey, Dab
len and Beck. Left on bases-Boston
2; Philadelphia 6. First base on balls
of Foxen 2; off Lindaman ! Wild Wis
pitches-Lindaman 1; Foxen 1. Um-
pires-Rigler and TRULY.
New York 8, Brooklyn o.
New York, April 17.-New York
yesterday beat Brooklyn by score or
8 to 0. There were no tallies until the
eighth inning, Raymond and Rucker
having had a great pitching duel up
to this time.
Score by innings: H e
New York. ............O 100000 "-s
Batteries-Rucker. Bell and Ber-
gen: Raymond, Crandall and Schlei.
Two base hits-Burch. Sacrifice hits
|-Lumley, Schlei. Stolen bases-Her-
zog 2, Devlin, Lennox. Double plays
Bergen and Hummel; BridweH,
Doyle and Tenney. Struck out-By
dali, 1. Base osn balls-On Raymond.
2; off Rucker, 2; off Bell, /; off Gran
dali, /. Umpires-Johnstone and Gus
ack.
Cincinnati A, Pittsburg 8.
Cincinnati, April 1.-THE Pitts
burgs easily out batted the Cincinnatis
yesterday but the wildness of Powell
gave the locals enough runs to win
the game.
Score by innings: R.H.E !:
Cincinnati ............1 1oo2 o0o- 4
Pittsburg .............0 o 90 0O2 o 1-3
Batteries-Duboc, Campbell and
Mclean; Powell, Brandon and Glib
son. Three-base hits-Oakes, Hyatt,
Wilson. Sacrifice hits-Duboc, Hug
gins. Lobert. Stolen bases-W. Mil
Ter, Wagner. Double plays-Mowrey,
Higgins to Mclean; Powell, Abstein
to Wagner. Bases on balls-Off Du-
boo. 8; off Powell, 5. Struck out-By
Duboc, 6: by Powell, q; by Brandon,
2. Hit by pitched ball-By Powell, 1.
Wild pitches-Powell, L; Duboc, 1.
Balk-Duboc, 1. Passed ball-Gibson
| 1. Umpires-O'Day and Enlslie.
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NO Betting at Polo Grounds.

New York, April I'm an EFFORT
to prevent betting on baseball games
forty police detectives have been as
signed to duty in the grandstands at
the Polo grounds. Three. men are
held in $500 bail each in the Harlem
police court on charges of gambling at
the New York-Brooklyn game.
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Louisville 3. Columbus 2.

Louisville. KY, April 17.-Louisville
won the third straight game of the
series yesterday from Columbus by
the score of 3 to 2. Packard and
Linke pitched strong ball. Packard
practically won his own game when
he made a home run in the fifth in
ming with one man on the bases.
President O'Brien was an interested
spectator.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
Louisville .............0 o 2 % 8
Columbus .............0 O0O1 1000-2 0
Batteries-Louisville: Packard and
Peitz. Columbus: Linke and James.
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Kansas 6, Nebraska 2.

Lawrence, Kan, April 1.-THE
Nebraska baseball team was de-
feated yesterday afternoon on Nc
Cook field by score of 6 to 2. There
were many errors made by both
teams, the Cornhuskers leading the
list. The pitching of Harlan was the
feature of the game. He held the
visitors down to five hits. Huff, the
new Kansas third baseman, led the
batting on both sides, making three
safe hits Batteries-Nebraska Wood
and Carroll; Kansas, Harlan and
Rockefeller.
Score by innings: r.
Kansas ........................3 o o "-6
Nebraska Observation-Disclosures. % 0 o O.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-01

Portland will be in the North
west league again next season,
and on the following year an eight
club Coast league will be formed
with four clubs in the Northwest
and four from California.
This is the result of the con-
ference between Dugdale and
Judge McCredie at Portland yes
terday. Dugdale while in Cali
fornia fixed it up with the Call
fornia magnates so they agreed
to allow Portland to play in the
Northwest the coming season pro.
viding the Northwest league did
not include the Portland popula-
ton in IT'S application FOR class A
rating and further, that the four
big cities of the Northwest should
join an eight club scheme fol
1911.
Dugdale agreed and in confer.
ence with McCredie yesterday thu
scheme was so arranged. McCre
die will at once apply for permis
sion to play in the Northwe5
league and the California mag
mates will be called together ant
will vote the permission, it Il
said.
III this plan goes through Taco
ma will soon be in the best elias
A league in the country with pros
poets of IT'S rapidly taking plac
up with the majors.
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ia kss~lNTlMATE
|EESEYgs c0RRESPo NDENcE,
81 llHSAS BV- RATA
BY-R RATA

President Taft preferred Mr..
Wickersham.
With one trust / have no quar-
rel. That is the aerial navigation
trust. formed by the new company
organized to exploit the Wright
brothers flying machine. A pat
ent is government-given monop-
oily. That is the idea of a patent.
The man who first solves the
problem shall have as his reward
a right to monopolize the manu-
facture of the article for a period
of years. If Wilbur and Orville
Wright did not invent the flying
machine, then nobody ever in
vented anything. Hurrah for the
$1,0OO,000 corporation, and may
they prosper in their legal fight
on all infringements! I hope to
see the Wrights as rich as the
Vanderbilts.
Our friend T. R. has written to
Jimmy Garfield telling him he
ought to be in Africa hunting
lions. All right. But who would
be in Washington hunting Bal
fingers? Sincerely,
RATH.