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No. 13 and that the check for $4,000
which he sent to the national commits
sion as a guarantee that the rules
would not be violated was mailed on
the 18th. Chance was in such bad hu-
NOR that many Of the players Stunned
him as much as possible. At the start
Of the second game in Philadelphia the
Cubs leader was harboring a terrible
crouch. In the second inning OF the
second game Chance lost his temper
completely when Rigler called strike
on him, and he said something to the
umpire that was not audible to the
people in the grand stand and smote
the ground savagely with his bat
Later he showed his irritation again
when Catcher King called for three
balls to catch Collins stealing when
Baker was at the bat Baker then sin
gled through Chance, and the latter
fell on his face trying to stop the drive.
AS he came up with his mouth full Of
dirt he looked daggers at King and
openly accused the latter OF sacrificing
the teams chances OF winning in order
to protect or better his own personal
record behind the bat After looking
at King for a little while he yelled:
You call waste balls on Baker for fear
Collins will get another stolen base on
you. You do that again and you'll sit
on the bench
The Washington herald., 1910-11-13
MANAGER FRANK CHANCE MOST
SUPERSTITIOUS OF BALL PLAYERS

Nearly every ball player on the
verge OF q great series is extremely
nervous, irritable and ready to take a
poke at his very best friends. but the
champion of them all is Frank Chance.
manager Of the Cubs. AS every ball
tosser knows, Chance is chronic
crouch and one of the most supersti-
tious men that ever appeared on the
diamond. A photographer was lucky
enough to get the Cubs leader to smile
when posing for a picture with Cap
tain Davis Of the Athletics before the
worlds series started. 1t was the first
time the peerless leader had smiled in
weeks. Shortly after the train bearing
the players left Chicago for Philadel-
phia TO start the series several men be-
gan o sing. 1t was o. K. until they
came 10 the song Casey jones'
Chance thinks that song is the Jinks
He Immediately jumped up from his
seat and announced that the first man
who sang that song again would be
fined $500 and suspended. Leaning to
that old superstition that history re-
peats itself. Chance opened the series
with Orvie Overall in the box In two
other worlds championship contests
Orvie won the first game. But after
the Athletics pounded Overall all over
the diamond Chance was In extra bad
humoH On opening his mali after the
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New Pitching Averages

have carried it in recent years. Games
In which only two pitchers. one on each
team, are engaged have been less fire.
quent this year than those In which
more have been used. Contests in
which four pitchers are worked on
each team. or eight in one game. are
not at all infrequent On one holiday
this year in one major league thirty
eight pitchers took part IN eight games.
To evolve out OF such a tangle as that
any idea of which pitchers should be
credited with the victories and to
whom should be charged the defeats is
an almost hopeless task. To do it with
justice to all is impossible.
Next season a pitcher who win rank
close to the top with a championship
team Behind him making plenty Of
runs for him would most likely be
found near the bottom OF the list if his
lot were cast with tail end team He
might be almost as effective against
opposing batsmen In one team as an
other, but the Official records would
not show that fact.
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Officials of both major leagues now
are collaborating to devise new sys-
TEN OF recording the work of a pitcher
during championship season. In the
new order of things the total number
OF innings mar pitches during the
year will cut a prominent figure. be-
cause the pitcher who is in shape and
ready to work hardest and ofterest is
bound 10 be the most valuable man on
his teams stan. The actual ranking
of pitchers next year undoubtedly will
be made upon some basis to be deter
mined by taking into account the num-
Der of batsmen who face a pitcher in a
season, the number of men whom he
retires and the number who reach FIRST
base against him. Whether or not the
dope" viii be igureG so closely as to
eliminate from the pitching records the
men who reach first on errors cannot
be predicted In advance.
The old system might have hung on
Indefinitely. however. If the practice OF
changing pitchers had not been car
risd 70 such extremes as managers
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Game Is Better For Changes,
but Rules are Hot Yet
Just Right.

THE new football rules have been
pretty thoroughly tried here and
there, and there is little doubt that
they are a great improvement over the
old, though still far from being ell
that could be desired. There have been
a good many injuries this fall, but not
so many nor so serlou- q those OF q
year ago.
This year football is more liable to
criticism than ever before. Not only
has it the chronic opponents to contend
with, bu: also a goodly portion of those
who In years gone by have been its
friends Half of the rules committee
was none too enthusiastic over the
changes wrought in the game. Some
wanted to go back to the old army
game, while others wanted to take
more radical steps in opening it up.
The rule prohibiting all pushing or
pulling Of the man with the ball was
probably the best bit of legislation ever
done by the football rules committee.
For years there had been attempts to
rule out the deadly mass play by
formative legislation. but the coaches
had always surmounted the obstacles
placed in their path, and last year
there was almost as much mass play
as there was ten years before. This
season heavy mass plays are impossi-
BILE II the rules are enforced. This in
itself is a big step In the right direc-
ton. The rule prohibiting the flying
tackle is also proving a success, as is
that requiring seven men to be on the
line oc scrimmage on the offense.
onsids Kick and Forward Pass.
The forward .,ass and the onside kick
are now hybrid affairs. The pass was
opened up by permitting the ball TO
cross the line of scrimmage at any
point instead Of requiring il to go at
least I'VE yards 10 one side of the cen
ter and by the rule protecting the man
going down the field to receive the pass
from all attack. These advantages
have been counteracted by the rule re-
curing the man who makes the pass
10 be at least five yards behind the line
of scrimmage. This TO a large extent
takes away the possibility for decep-
ton on the play. and IL Is doubtful
whether Il Is any more valuable this
year than formerly. Last year the
committee was divided as 70 the ad-
visibility Of retaining the pass in the
game. and the present rule came as a
ninth hour makeshift to avoid a dead
lock, Under these circumstances there
Is small room for surprise in the fact
that the forward pass rules are not
proving entirely satisfactory The pass
will either be made more practicable
before another season has passed or It
will be further restricted.
AS for the onside kick. the rules COM
mittee seems TO have put barriers
around what had come to be regarded
as one OF the finest features Of football.
The rule requiring a kick to be made
from a point at least five yards behind
the line OF scrimmage and requiring IL
to travel at least twenty yards before
the members OF the kicker's team be-
come onside has largely limited It's ef-
fectiveness.
From the spectators point OF view
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Forward Pass Is Uncertain and
and Onslds Kick Spoiled
BY Restrictions.

adapting themselves to the new condI-
ton rather well.
Where should the umpire stand in
order to be able TO fulfill the duties OF
his position in the best way possible?
This is a question that comes UP for
argument every time officials meet 20
discuss the new code Under the old
rules the umpire stood on the line OF
scrimmage TO keep a careful lookout
for offside plays and holding. Under
this years tangle the umpire's duties
are double those of last year. Along
with the offside plays and holding he
has jurisdiction over the twenty yard
neutral zone on kicks and forward
passes. The umpire cannot hold to the
old ION the line Of scrimmage" position
and take care or his numerous duties.
And no matter where he stands he is
going TO miss q lot OF them
Eastern officials say the umpire
should stand back Of the team playing
defense. depending on the head lines
! man for calling much of the offside
play. From a position back of the line
Of defense the umpire is Ia place TO
watch for holding and obstruction OF
opponents by hands and arms,
The umpire must cover lots OF
ground. He must be on the move. He
has got to get two or three yards back
OF the defensive team as soon as the ball
is put in play. Unless the field Judge
is a live one in watching the play in
the neutral zone the umpire will find
the Job almost more than he can ham
die He's got 10 be on the jump every
minute, and while on the move he is
bound to miss them somewhere. Many
experts say there should be two UNI
pires.
Facial Snapshots on the Gridiron.
The pictures show the expressions
OF some Of our famous football war
riors during the strenuous moments Of
practice and provide remarkable ex-
ampIes of what may be termed the
griGiron face. Photo No. ! is Ford
Johnson. quarterback Of the 1909 Yale
team. booting the ball No is Thay-
er. Pennsylvania clever back field
man, about 10 catch q punt No. is
Dutch Goebel. Yale's great guard OF
last season, in a line rush. No. 4 is
Wood of Cornell running back punt.
No. is Demming, one OF Yals's clever
drop kickers Of this season. just about
to boot the ball. IN No. s Is seen Car
son OF Yale about to make a forward
pass. No. 7 shows Philbin Of last
years Yale team. after trying for goal.
watching the kick TO see whether IL
VIII be successful or not OFlaherty.
one OF Harvard'E back field men, kick
ing the ball, is No. g. No 8 is Hobbs.
one OF last years Yale back field man.
punting. No. 10 is L. Smith Of Harvard
while doing some drop kicking.
Judging by the expressions on the
faces of these men one would think
that the strain and torture they under
go would have a serious effect on them.
but such is not the case on the field
the men are as happy as any one could
wish TO be unless some one OF them
has made a bad blunder.
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the two most Objectionable features OF
the new rules are the division Of the
game into periods and the privilege OF
putting man back In the game who
has once been removed for any cause
save disqualification. The objection to
the first rule lies IN the fact that II
seems to break up the game just when
the players are getting into the swing
OF IT. OF course this Is a selfish objec-
ton on the part OF the spectators.
based on the fact that they want ac-
ton all the time and should not be re-
garded by the rule makers If the rule
is OF material benefit 10 the players.
Here ls One Good Change In Rules.
The reason for the rule permitting a
man to be taken from the game in one
period and put back In a succeeding
one was that IL was thought that under
these conditions a coach would be
quicker 10 take player from the game
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refreshments or receive aid frcm any
body along the route under penalty of
disqualification. Neither win autos,
motorcycles, bicycles or eonveyances OF
any kind be allowed on the course.
These conditions were proposed by
the Italian delegate, Count Brinetta
d'Usseaux. and they met with the an
prevail Of the entire body. The Ital-
ian, in giving his reasons for introduc-
ing these conditions. said that they
would in a measure do away with the
claims Of unfairness or the runners be-
ing helped along.
He argued that If the Marathon was
q test Of endurance It should be carried
cut on the strict letter OF the word,
The Washington herald., 1910-11-13
Olympic Marathon to Be Real Test

To judge by what happened at the
recent annual meeting of the interna-
tional Olympic committee at Luxem-
burg, the Swedish program, when ANAL
ly arranged. viii be remarkable for a
lot Of changes and innovations. Only
the rough draft Of the program has yet
seen the light. but with almost two
years to work out the details still more
complicated events may be introduced.
The event 70 come in for considerable
attention was the Marathon race, and
in Sweden 1t viii be an out and out
contest of endurance. That is. there
viii be clear aourse from start to fin
Ish, and the rfnners will not be al
lowed ATTENDANTS, nor shall they take
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never clever boxer. a
possible
him look punching awhile
round and often knocked him down for second
apparently
hausOn of hitting him. His confidence
Won
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yards. He has 10 move fast, too. to be
there before the ball is put into play.
The taclIling has been pretty good TO
date in spite OF the prohibited diving
tackle. Keeping one foot On the ground
hasn't prevented the making OF q good
many hard and sure tackles In the
early games there was tendency to
tackle high. but later battles found the
players getting more accustomed to
nAbbing an opponent with one foot on
terra firma. and lower tackling was
seen As a matter OF fact there were
fewer flying tackles under the old
rules than was generally believed.
High tackling with one foot on the
ground is very likely to prove inefTl-
cient. not allowing OF a secure grip and
the tackler's hands and arms slipping
down and away from the person of the
man tackled. The players seem to be
The Washington herald., 1910-11-13
Facial Studies

when injured instead OF leaving him in
when unfit TO play in the hope that he
might recuperate and soon be OF value
to the team again. The rule is bene-
hcial in this regard beyond doubt. but
1t is subject to objections on other
grounds. Now when a player is taken
from the game instead of being sent to
the warm dressing room he is kept on
the side lines IN the expectation that
he may be used again. and while there
In the chill air he is in danger of catch
ing cold, which may lead to any illness.
Another objection lies in the fact that
the coaches are enabled to practically
run the team by the use of substitutes.
There is a rule prohibiting coaching
from the side lines. but it has always
been the custom of coaches to send in
instructions TO the players whenever a
The Washington herald., 1910-11-13
Former Lightweight Champion viii
Make Another Effort to Come Back

Despite his fail
ure to knock out
Antoine Ia Grave.
a second rater, in
San Francisco re-
Gently. Bat Nell
son. the former
lightweight cham
pion. still believes
he can come back.
The Battler says
his bout with La
Grave was Just a
tryout- He had
been out OF the
ring for q long
time, and IL was
no wonder that h.
didn't hit accu-
rately. Nelson
doesn't consider
his failure to put
his man away as
an indication that
his fighting career
is over. He claims
that he will come
back again after
q % u pie of
matches and fight
well enough to
get away with the
best of the pres
ent lightweight
crop, In his day
Nelson. the old
warhorse. was a
wonder, but the
poundings he has
received for the
The Washington herald., 1910-11-13
Australian Billiard Champion May
Cross Cues With Americas Best

The big boom
that billiards is
receiving In this
country this sea-
son is attracting
the attention OF
the cue wielders
abroad - In fact,
promoters on this
side of the Allan
tic are making
strenuous efforts
TO have a number
Of foreign CRACKS
come TO this coun-
try to compete in
several tourna-
ments to be held
this winter. Sew
eral cracks have
announced their
intention OF COM
ing TO this coun-
try before the
new year sets in.
Among them is
George Gray. the
Australian cham
Di n, W h o at
Leeds, England.
recently broke the
English red ball
and worlds all
around record in
successive days In
a match with r.
W. Hughes, the
English expert.
Although only eigi
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game Chance received a letter from
Chicago rooter which was dated 10
and in which the fan wished him luck,
as 1t was his thirteenth season in fast
company. Matters were made worse
when he discovered that his berth was
The Washington herald., 1910-11-13

Photos by America 41reSs Association.
substitution is made. Formerly this
might be four or FIVE times in game.
but under the new rules giving so
much more liberty in the realm of sub
stitution ii is possible for a coach to
keep up a running fire of instructions
to the man who is running the team.
There are undoubtedly many rough
The Washington herald., 1910-11-13
In FOOtbdIIerS

, spots in the rules which viii be smooth
ed of after a seasons experience, but
on the whole there is little doubt that
the game of football is a far safer one
this year than II was last. The rule
prohibiting pushing or pulling Of the
man with the ball. the rule prohibiting
the flying tackle and the rule protect
ing the man who is receiving the for
ward pass are such large steps in ad-
vance that minor drawbacks can well
be overlooked.
Field Judge q Busy Man.
The field judge is the busiest man on
the football gridiron this season except
the ends. The field judges province,
among others. is TO race up and down
the lawn just before every scrimnage
and mark a spot to see that the for
ward pass doesn't go more than twenty
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thing else in the morning again. The
court intended TO continue and sx-
poets 20 continue doing the work OF the
court until the 29d Of this month, and
at that time there win be someone else
to attend to IL. 1t is not the inconveni-
euCe to the court. 10 is neither or not
the court will preserve for defendant
his constitutional right.
Freedom OF She Press.
"As to this talk about freedom OF
speech and freedom Of the press, il was
only about three years ago that the
court had occasion TO punish a mar for
contempt OF court because he commun-
icated to one Of the jurors a fact con-
nected with the case on trial then; 1t
was not admissible in evidence. but II
had been offered IN evidence and eN-
cluded. n nd that man communicated IL TO
one OF the Jurors. No one supposed that
the court was interfering with the free
dom Of speech when that man was pun
ished.
Il take Il that IL man in a congre-
CATION. Just prior TO the time this ca Sc
was tried should arise there and at
tempt to mold public opinion or any
issue to be tried in the case. that he
could be punished for II. and he mOlds
public opinion by giving facts, and the
more truth there is in the facts stated
the greater the damage that is done.
If 1t is absolutely false, the district
attorney can Immediately announce TO
the Jury that he makes no such con-
tention- but IL Is because IL is true that
It interferes with the administration Of
justice.
There could be no better illustration
than the facts developed I'm the exami-
nation Of jurors in this case. They
stated that they had read this confess
sion. and they had read it three months
before. and some OF them said they
could not lay it aside: great many Of
them said IT. and I think truthfully said
Il. It IS true there were some that l
believe said Il to evade jury duty, but
there were a great many intelligent men
who said they could not lay fl aside and
give the defendant fair trial It takes
! a peculiar mind to do II, one that is
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&c. and even as TO those Jurors that
are accepted 81 may be uncertain as TO
whether or not the entire opinion they
formed Is removed.
when the court issued the first cita-
ton in this case, I thought that no
punishment would be required. that all
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CONTEMPT of Court.

or almost implicitly the statements con-
tanned in the newspaper.
Contempt of Court.
THAT IL is contempt OF court to pub
lish articles Of this kind. 1 think. IS
well established. II you desire the au-
thorities. ! presume the district attor-
ney has some; but they are numerous
and well founded. and from the highest
courts both in England and in this
country. The California case cited by
Mr. Booth is not in point In any partic-
ular. That case was reviewing the pro-
ceedings i'm the court and Il stated
them truthfully.
The authorities are divided on the
question as to whether or not the court
has authority 20 prohibit the publica-
ton Of such testimony. California holds
that it has not. and therefore 10 would
not be a contempt Of court But you
present no authorities whatever to sus-
tain your contention that when a case
Is called for trial that you then can
attempt 60 mold public opinion on the
facts that are to be tried by the court
IT simply means that the court must
surrender to the newspapers the right
TO try these cases. or IL must preserve
it 20 the law. II IS q serious matter.
and a very serious matter
There is no compromising PROPOSE
ton: we must either let the newspapers
try cases and render the verdicts. or we
must preserve it to a trial In court
There is no invasion OF the cOnstitu-
tional provision for free speech or
freedom of the press. There is a case
reported in the 1SSth Massachusetts Re
ports in which. newspaper, when a
case was set for trial and IL had been
Indefinitely postponed. published what
purported 20 be a part OF the evidence
, in the case; it was the Boston Globe,
and Il was cited in for contempt OF
court and punished, and the supreme
court OF MASSACHUSETTS, affirmed the
Judgment. and they do II expressly on
the ground that it interferes with the
court in obtaining a fair and impartial
I Jury and impedes the court In doing
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trained to discrimination. A newspaper
man when called testified that he could
not do it because he believed implicitly
or almost implicitly the statements con-
tanned in the newspaper.
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an instance. There were three persons
who went to his store; one escaped
Surprising Th0rne was not the guilty
person. not even there when the muir
der was committed. that the real Grim
inal was the man who escaped Sup
posing Thorne had desired 20 protect
his friend. the one who escaped. he
made a confession. this confession IS
published In all the newspapers IL
is republished and published again. and
copied in other papers until IL finally
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