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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-06
MIL LERS LEADING
ASSOCIATION CLUBS

COLUMBUS, Ohio. August 6.-Minne-
apolis has been the best winning club
i'm the American Association since the
eastern teams came home from the
west, or during the present stay at home
of the Senators, TO put it more plainly.
Those who thought Mike Cantillon's
team would drop in the race on this trip
east will have to look elsewhere for
comfort than at these figures. Mime
apolis, playing away from home. won
twelve and lost but six. That's the
chief reason the club advanced from Sec
ond place while on the road to good
first. 1t is also the reason why 1T bet
tered its percentage over 20 points. Co
lumbus did the best work during this
tir0e winning twelve and losing but
eight games. Milwaukee won eleven and
lost eight; Kansas City. fourteen and
ten: Louisville, thirteen and twelve; ST.
Paul, eleven and eleven: Toledo. nine and
eleven, and Indianapolis. four and six
teen Columbus gained % points in the
standing, advancing from .47o to 500
even. also moving from seventh to fourth
place.
These figures. good as they appear.
afford disappointment to Columbus fol-
lowers. who had hoped to see the Sen.
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ators go west this trip but a few games
from the top. Columbus was but 6ve
full games from the top when the team
came home. while now through the good
work of Minneapolis. the club is six full
games away. The months work was .
loss OF one full game in, nearness to the
goal. Minneapolis now goes home for q
long stay. 1t is feared that the Millers
will be hard to dislodge In their own
stronghold, but base ball Is a strange
sion cannot be conjectured. Columbus is
due to give some one awful slap now
or never. Maybe 1t is coming to the
Millers in the series beginning Sunday.
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IN the ground there was nothing to it but

Bobby Wallace is trying to get his
strength up to the top notch. so that he
Will be at his best when he gets back to
st. Louis and finds the man who origi-
mated the story that he had been in battle
with Griggs. That story got under Wal
laces hide because it was printed in
Pittsburg and was read by his father and
mother. and it worried the old folks a
great deal.
McAleer is as sore over the story AS
Wallace. and says he can't understand
the malice that could have prompted it,
as Wallace not only is man that gets
along without quarrelins with any one.
but he was always especially friendly
with Griggs.
The last day Wallace played. says Nc
Aleer. he looked like a man with the
1aundice, SO deeply was he inocuIated
with the malarial poisoning. McAleer
says he tried to get him to stay out of
both games that day, but Wallace stuck
it out, and was In a state of collapse
after the second game
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TIM RELIEVED FROM DUTY.
Ban johnson Sets Down Hurst for
the Collins Affair

CHICAGO. August 6.-Umpire Tim
Hurst. OF the American League. who is
accused of having spat in the face of
Second Baseman Collins of the Athletics,
Tuesday, has been indefinitely relieved
from duty. according to an announcement
made by President Ban Johnson of the
American League. last evening.
In making bad decision in the Chi
cago-Athletics game Hurst angered Col
Inns and when the latter demonstrated. it
is alleged. Hurst spat in his face. After
the game an attempt was made by the
fans to mob the umpire. but he escaped
in safety.
II have relieved Hurst from duty" says
President Johnson. Il have received no
reports from Philadelphia concerning the
incident, but have relieved Hurst from
duty pending these reports. which l ex-
pect to receive in a short time. The re-
lief from duty is indefinite, but do not
consider it suspension"
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DOC WHITE INJURED.
Had to Be Carried Off Field With
Wrenched Knee.

PHILADELPHIA, August 6.-PhiadeI-
phia and Chicago broke even in two
pitchers battles here yesterday. each
team scoring a shut-out. White, who
scored the only run in the second game
on his triple and Tannehill's single. in
jured his knee i'm the sixth inning sliding
to third base and had to be carried off
the field. Scott was always master of
the second game. while Morgan dominat-
ed the first. The scores follow.
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VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Standing Of the Clubs.
Colts Beat the Truckers.

RICHMOND. Va. August Elm q pref.
ty thinning game Richmond beat Ports
mouth yesterday, to 3. Sandherr's rap,
scoring Titman, broke up the game.
verbout blew up in the sixth inning and
the visitors scored three runs on as
many hits and a base on balls. The
pitchers were in fine form and both
teams felded in spectacular form. The
score:
Richmond. ...... n o q -
Portsmouth. u U q 3 o %
Two-base hits-Messitt, Sandherr Earned runs
Richmond. 1: Portsmouth. . Three-base hit
Smith. Sacrifice hits-Sahdherr Toner Sacrifice
fies-Wallacc. Toner. Stolen bases-Titman.
Smith t2,. Mcfarland. Double piays-Sandherr
to Ison TO kanzler: Giuheen to Schrader. Left on
bases-Rchmond. Z: Portsmouth. g. Bases on
balls-Of Verbout. 4: off Foxen. (. Struck out
BY Verbout. tMorehead. Wolf ~, Chunk, Fox
en,: by Foxen. . wallace Nerbout,. Umpire
Mr. Mace. Time of game-1 hour and 65 mis-.
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Hal Chase's Ankle Sprained.

NEW YORK, August 6-Hal Chase
first baseman of the New York American
League team, will be out of the game for
two weeks. 1t is feared. on account of a
sprained ankle. Chase was hurt in Tues
days game. but believing he had only
been slightly spiked he continued to play
Wednesday. an off day on account Of the
rain, his ankle continued to bother him
and yesterday he had it examined nv
physicians, who found. that it was sprain-
ed badly enough to demand his retire
ment for several days. probably for a
fortnight.
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Yanks Divide With Browns.

NEW YORK, August 6.-New York and
st. Louis divided another doubleheader
yesterday. each game being marked by
shut-out. In the first contest, which New
York won to 0. Warhop pitched hitless
ball for seven innings. After that st.
Louis made two singles, one of these a
scratch. In the second game Graham
let the locals down with three Singles and
st. Louis won, to 0. Wilson also
pitched splendid ball, but was given poor
support. Scores:
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Totals
IotdiS 0f ~
'Ratted for Gray in third inning.
TRatted for Witherup I'm fifth inning.
IRatted for Oil in ninth inning

Iwo.base hits-Lord. Perring. Flick Street
Leliyeit Ihree-base hits-Stovall. Remis. Hits
I'm GRAY. D in three innings: off Witherup, & in
two innings: OF OIL In four innings Sacrifice
hits-L"rd; Ball 81. Young. Stolen bases-Sto-
vail Lord Double plays-Perrng. Lajoe and
stovall; Ball: Lajoie and Stovall: Mcbride Del
eehaGntE and u1glanb Left on bases-Wa shington.
.: Cleveland. s. First base on balls-Of Wffher-
up. |: of OIL. 1: off Young. 2. First base on
errors- Washington; =: Cleveland: .. Hit by
ritcher-By Gray. 1. Struck out-By Gray. 3: BY
Nitherup. I. Umpires-Messrs. KERN and Evans
Time of game hour and 40 minutes
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Totals. 4 4 81 ID 2 Totals. o
sRafted for Wilson in the sixth

st. Louis. ............. o q q o 2 %
New York. .....:..... o . o o o o o %
Two base hit-IAporte. Sacrifice hits-Hartzell.
Wallace. Williams. knight. Stolen bases-ic.
Aleese ~. Engle. Bases balls-On Graham.
B: off Wilson. 3. Struck out-By Graham 1: by
Wilson. 3. Hit by pitcher-By Wilson, /. Left
on bases-st Louis. Z: New York. 5. Double
play-Hartzall to Criger. Wild pitch-Graham
Hits-OH Wilson. 4 In eight innings. Umpires-
Messrs Per.Ine and Sheridan
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SECOND GAME.


Washington D O x-2
Cleveland. ..-........ o o o 0 90
Two-base hlts-Lajoie. Donohue. Perring. Flick
Three-base hit-Milan. Hits-On Falkenberg. S
in seven innings. Sacrifice hit-Lord. Stolen
base-McBride. Double pays-Lelivelt and
Street: Ball and Perring. Left on bases-Wash-
Smith. First base on errors-Was hington 5.
Hit by pitcher-By Liehhardt, l. Struck out
BY Smith. 5: by Faikenberg. 3. Empires
Messrs KERN and Evans. Time of game hour
aud % minutes.
Eddie Collins position at the head of
the American League batting average list
is in danger. Ty Cobb has gained much
during his stay in Boston.
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Western League.

At Lincoln-Lincoln, S; Omaha, 2.
AT Des Mones-Des Moines. Z: Sioux City, 9.
At Pueblo First game: Pueblo. IS: Topeka.
6. Second game: Pueblo. Z: Topeka, 8.
At Denyer-First game: Denver, 6, Wichita. D.
Second game: Denver. % Wichita. s.
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At Trrnton-First game: Lancaster 3: TreA'
ton. l. Second game: Lancaster. s; Trenton, 9.
At York-Reading 10: York, ].
At Altoona -Nilliamsport, 4: Altoona, 3.
At Observation-Disclosures g. JohnstowD. b.
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Eastern League.

At Baltimore First game: Rochester. =; Bal
tmore. 6. Second game: Rochester, l: Balti-
more 10.
At Sewark-First game: Newark. Z: Buffalo.
8. Second game: Newark. 4; Buffalo. ..
At Jersey City-First game: Jersey City. q:
Montreal, /. Second game: Jersey City. I; Mon
treal. D.
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MINOR LEAGUES.
New England League.
Tri-State League.

At Iowell-LOwell. &: New Bedford, I.
At Haverhill-Fall River. 5: Haserhill. =.
: At characterization, 4; Lawrence, o.
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FIRST GANfD.

Twobase hit-Austin. Three-base hit-Dem-
mitt. Sacrifice hits-ElberfeId Laporte Austin
First base on balls-Of Warhop. s: off Petty, ,:
off Waddell. .. Struck cut-By WARRIOR, 4: by
Petty. 1; by. Waddell. L. Hit by pitcher-By
WARRIOR, L; by Petty; ]; Lett on bases New
to Iaporte to Knight; Stone Williams. UNI
pires-Messrs. Perrine and Sheridan. Time of
game-1 hour and 35 minutes.
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BASE BALL NOTES.

The people who have been knocking
Charley Smith will now take q back
seat.
Everybody is anxious to see Sehein4 IN
Continued on Eighteenth PasAl
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FIRST CANE.

Chicago. .............. o 0 . . o 0 o DOL
Left on bases-Athletics. Z: Chicago I. Bases
on balls-Of Smith. ] off Morgan. 3. Struck out
BY Smith. s; by Morgan. =. by Suffer. !. Three
base hits Barry, Livingston. Hetmuer. Two
base hit-Altzer. Sacrifice hts-Ganley. Collins
Stolen bases-Collins, Baker. Double plays-I.iv-
ingston to Barry: Collins to Barry to Davis: Tan
nehiil to Isbel to Parent. Hit by pitcher-By
Morgan. ?. Umprc-Mr OLoughlin. Time Of
game hour and 40 minutes
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South Atlantic League.

At Savannah-Macop. I: Savannah. o.
Al Chatt anooga Cha tanooga, 4: Jacksonville, l.
At Columbus Augusta. .: Columbus. O.
At MISUNDERSTANDING ): Columbia. I.
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Carolina League.

At Anderson-Anderson. .; Winston Salem, l.
At Charlotte-First game: Charlotte, 1: Spar
tanburg, .. Second game: Charlotte, 6; Spar
tanburg. .. -
At Greenyille = First game: Greenville 9:
Greensboro. j. Second game: Greensboro. u
Greenville, q.
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Red Sox Make Costly Errors.

NORFOLK, Va, August 6.-Danville
errors were more costly than Norfolk's
yesterday and the locals won the first
game of the series, to Q. The batting
and baserunning of Setz were the fea-
lures of the game Both Fox and Loos
did effective pitching. but the former
was the steadier. The score:
Norfolk o o o ~
Danville. .......... o o U 90
Stolen bases-Seitz. Jackson. Sacrifice hit
Hopkins. Two-base hits-Setz o. Stafford ~,
Bonner. Double play-Loos To Reinhart. Struck
out-By Fox, .; by Loos. =. Bases on balls--o6
Fox 1: of Loos ). Hit by pitcher-Bevan. Left
on bases-NorfOlk. z: Danville. 8. Umpires-
Messrs Pender and stanton. Time Of game.
hour and 40 minutes.
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raced to second on Lajoie's wild throw
TO StoNau. Browne then tried to steal
third. so as to be able to score on an
outfield fly. but Bemis headed him of
with a good throw to Perring. Clyde
Milan at this point woke up everybody
with ringing hit into left that he
turned into triple by good sprinting.
Donohue, who had taken Unglaubs place,
Milan walked home. Delehanty kept up
the good work with a clean single into
center. and "Jigger' came over the plate
Lelivelt then slammed a single into left.
and Delehanty tried to make third on
the hit. but Lord headed him off with a
good throw to Perring.
Threw a Scare.
The Maps got busy in the eighth. and
for moment threw scare into the
local camp. With two down, Perring
doubled to right center and raced to
third on Balls single to left. Easterly
was then sent in to bat for Falkenberg,
but Charley Smith frightened up at once
and struck the big fellow out. to the
great JOY of "Frenchy' and the other on
lockers.
When the Clevelands went to the bat
in the ninth inning a heavy windstorm
rusned down on the park and darkened
things up so that it was difficult for the
was the cause of the two doubles being
made off Smith in that inning. Goode
died on a groupder to Mcbride and Sto-
vail sent out long fly that Milan mis-
judged. and it went for two bases. Flick
slammed the ball up against the right
field fence. but Stovall lost the sphere as
well as Browne. and pulled up at third
With two on bases and Lajoie up the sit
uation was a ticklish one. but Smith
never Wavered, and poked the ball right
over. Larry smashed one at Smith,
which Charley beat down and found in
time to throw the Frenchman out at
first. Stovau still clinging to third. Lord
followed with high foul back of the
plate, and II was kitty, bar the door,"
as Street went after it, and, of course,
snlothered 1t about a yard from the
stand.
The finish came at the right time. and
everybody rushed for the cars, beating
the rain by about three minutes
Following are the official scores of both
games:
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Left on Observation-Disclosures. 4; Chicago. s.
Three base ht-White. Sacrifice hit-Tannehill
Stolen bases-Cnllins ~, Isbell. Struck out-Ry
Scott. Z: by Bender. s. Bases on balls-Of Scott
4. Wild pitch-Bender. Passed ball-Lvngston
Umpre-Nr. O'Loughlin
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American Association Games.

At St Paul-St. Paul. 6: Columbus. 3.
At Observation-Disclosures 5: indianapolis, 3.
At Minneapolis Minneapolis g.: Toledo. 5.
At Kansas City-Louisville. 8; Kansas City, Y.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
How the Clubs Stand.
Today's Games.

Today's Games.
st. Louis at Washington
Detroit at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at New York.
Chicago at Boston.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Today's. Games.

Today's. Games.
Brooklyn at Pittsburg.
New York at Cincinnati.
Boston at Chicago.
Philadelphia at st. Louis
Yesterdays Results.
Chicago. .: Boston. 1.
Chicago. 4; Boston. o.
Cincinnati, 81 New York. 1.
ST. Louis. 9; philadelphia l.
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George McBride's tumble let in the first
run of the initial game yesterday. but 1t
didn't affect his playing little bit. Right
afterward Bemis almost landed Texas
Lacquer back of third. but Mac. after los
ing the ball in the sun. pulled it in after
a long and hard run. George has been
hitting splendidly Of late, getting three
singles out of four times UP off Cy
Young yesterday.
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Left Fielder Hinchman of the Cleve-
lands was taken sick at the Arlington
Wednesday night and remained In bed all
day yesterday. He was able to get up
and join his teammates on the train last
night. Harry Lord, the one-time Athletic
how and last year with New Orleans. took
Hinch's place and Joined in the feast off
the local twirlers in the first game Lord
was helpless before Smith in the second,
but, of course he had company.
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I.ajoie and Lord started to pull off a
double steal in the fifth inning of the
first game, but Streets throw to Conroy
was so fast and accurate as to make the
big fellow pull up fully a dozen yards
from the sack. Seeing that Lord had
made second, Lajoie refused to dodge
and waited on Conroy to touch him out.
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Stpyall made sensational catch in the
same inning when Clymer, batting for
Gray, laid down nice sacrifice Young
turned to throw to third. then seeing 1t
was too late slammed the ball wild to-
ward first. Clymer was almost on the
bag when stoval stuck out one hand and
pulled it in. A wild throw at that point
might have put old Cyrus on the blink.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15
HOUSE PARTIES AND
 FANCY DRESS BALL

Warm Springs, Ga, August H-(Special Correspondence.) )-Guests at the hotel and the cottage people have thoroughly en- toyed the festivities at the springs for the past ten days. While "bridge" has superseded nearly all other games of cards nowadays, good old-fashioned game of progressive euchre recently proved that this game is not entirely out of date, and that the devotees of euchre are still numerous.
 The spacious parlors of the hotel, where scores of tables were placed, thronged with merry laughter for two hours or more. after which the. first prize was found to be captured by MT. Walter Cur tis, who presented 1t to Mrs. James l.. Anderson of Atlanta. The other prizes were won by Mrs. Lawrence M. Burrus. Miss Lucille Harrison and Miss Roberta Shade.
 The fancy dress ball for the children was another gala occasion and dozens of the little tots participated In It. enjoy ing 1t thoroughly The costumes were very unique and many of them quite handsome. The judges, who were Mrs. L. M. Burrus, Mrs. Shipman, Miss Mary Berry and Miss Georgia Wilkins, awarded the first prizes to Miss Mary Compton and Master Mckenzie Barnes and the second prizes to Miss Emmett Curtis and Mas ter Price Gilbert. The other prizes went to Misses Julia Anderson, Virginia Stan ford, Martha Bratton. Clem Entino Bres- cia and George Bratton.
 A pretty little compliment to the chill dren was Mrs. Francis Mustain's attend ance at the party, this being the only affair which she has attended this summer The children in token of their appreciation presented her with large box of candy
 Miss Maude Burrett of Columbus has arrived at the hotel for a two weeks stay, and is one of the most charming and
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popular young women at the springs
 Miss Mary Berry of Rome has returned for an extended stay here, much to the delight of her many friends.
 Miss Roberta Slade of Columbus is one of the popular belles here this summer and will remain several weeks
 Mrs. Joe Harrison of Columbus and her charming daughters. Miss Lucille and Miss Maggie Belle Harrison, have opened their cottage for the summer. With them is MT. Marshall Harrison, whose beauti- ful voice has afforded 8 great deal of pleasure to his many friends during his visit. With them is Mrs. Mary Jane Martin, one of the most prominent D. A. RI in the south
 Mrs. Dana Blackmar and Mrs. Thomas Salisbury of Columbus have opened their cottage for the remainder of the season.
 One of the largest and most enjoyable house parties of the season has been in progress the past week, with Miss Ruth Pinkston as the attractive hostess. Those enjoying her hospitality are Miss Eleanor Pinkston of Greenville, Miss Martha Hays of Montezuma, Miss Stella Roberts, Miss Ava Mickey, Valdosta, Mrs E. M Me Kenzie, MT. Lawrence Mckenzie, Monte zuma. MT. J. B. Fitts, LaGrange; MT. B. G. Wilson, Griffin; MT Kingman Moore, Macon. The party Is chaperoned by Dr. and Mrs. ], W Pinkston. MT Wilson and MT. Mckenzie have had their big touring cars with them and have made it very pleasant for the house guests.
 On the register of the hotel may be found the names of the following: Miss M. P. Burnett, James A. Lewis, R. IT. Lewis, J. O. McNulty, R. R. McNulty. Roscoe Lummus, Miss Mary B. slade, Columbus; James D. Byrd, Mrs. James D. Byrd, John Manghan, David Manghan, Griffin; R. W. Spain, A. J. Perryman Jr.. T. H. Persons, Jr., E. B. Douglas, Tal- battonj E. H. Smith. J. c. Anderson, Alex M. Garber, L. P. Weathers, Mont gomery; R. T. Pace, R. O. Howard, J. l.. Anderson, G. H. Perry, L. w. Wilson, E. H. Barnes, Atlanta; W. A. Robert son, Union Springs, Ala; Mrs R. L. New man. Lincoln, Neb. Sam Andrews Ma con; H. c. Usher, Newman, Ga.; Frank Davies, New Orleans; H. T. Langley. New York city.