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The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
TROTTING
RECORD GREATLY REDUCED

record for trotters OF the age by STEP
ming In 2:OS 3-4
The three-yearold record was then
left undisturbed until 1906, when The
Ahbe. the unbeaten PAGER Of this sea-
son. trotted In 2:l0 i-2 In the Ken
lucky Futurity and thus established
n new race record for three-yesr-old
trotters. still that only tied the mark
held by Arion. The next year more
speedy thrce-year-olds were uncover
ed. Al Readville, Gen. Watts trotted
one heat in 200, while few weeks
later AT indianapolis. Kentucky Todd,
again lowered the mark by trotting in
e:0S 3.f in race. At Lexington the
climax for the season was reached
when Gen. Watts trotted In 2:06 80
In a race and esta blished . record
which stood until this year. Colorado
f.. however. has twice beaten that
mark. AT Readville he trotted In
2:06 IA and at Columbus he WAS
timed in 2:05 "a.
Other records for three-year-olda
are held by Peter Stirling who In 1901
set the record for three-year-old geld
ings al ALL IL. In 1908 The Lad
ina Lady in a trip against time trot-
ted q mile at Lexington In 2:07. How.
ever. the race record for three-year-
old FLIES 10 2:07 IA. made by Csay>
eyna In the Kentucky Futurity Last
year.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04

The speed OF locomotives, automo'
biles, boats and. OF course, fying
machines, has boen materially In
creased within the past decade, but
while these vehicles have been pro-
y.dsd with means for greater speed
the horse has not been standing stu.
The equine has been developing speed
10 Keep pace with the times and ~
has succeeded nobly.
In 1889 Axteli. the great trotter
which was sold by Charles Williams
for $i05.000. pulled high wheel sui
Ky over the Terre Haute track In
2:l2 fiat He was just three'year.
old and his performance established
double record. il being the fastest
milo three.year-o!d had ever trotted
and II also was the best performance
BY a trctting stallion. IL lowered the
stallion record OF 2:i3 IA made by
Make Cobb five years before.
Axtells record stood until 1892
when Nrlon trotted in ::io IL also
to high wheels. AS a two-year-old,
though. Arion had pulled q high
wheel snlky in 2. 10 "a, which record
is still standing.
In lSaG Sunol driven by Charles
Marin. set the record for thraeyear'
old FLIES at .:l0 IL? That same
year, however, Fantasy reduced the
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04

STILL GOING

what's difference IL Tigers don't
play any worlds series games tnia
year, Another series win start .
McGraw's park sunday when arlot o.
old fellows who used to play ball and
some others who are now In the min
or leagues will tackle McGraw's Tfg
ers. This may be followed by
week upstate, weather permitting.
These players have been signed
Ed Siever. John Cocash, Joe Yeager
Ed Killian. Steiger. doc" Casey. Lew
McAllister, Frank Scheibeck, Nelly
Great challenges are hereby hurled al
the S. & s. team and anybody else
with an enclosed park.
George Mullin and Oscar Stanage
are going to play with the s. & 8
team az soon as the American league
season Is finished The s. & s. man
agement is trying to land the pennan'
winners In the South Michigan league
for Saturday and Sunday.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
SOLDIERS
SOUGHT FOR !
AUTO RACES

NEW YORK. Oct 4.--The ofnciAIs
OF the Motors Cups Holding Co. 10
day declared that every human agency
possible would be called into servico
on Saturday, Oct. Is, In an effort 90
eliminate deaths and accidents nor
the Grand Prix automobile race, 70 "
run over the Long Island Motor Para
way. 3}hL
Instead OF starting az daybrook.
however, the race will start q 10
o'clock.
The race management will endoavL
or to have Gov. Hughes order roGl-
ment OF state militia to police The
course.
1t Is understood certain OF the supor
visors Of Nassau county were IN fSHor
OF revoking the permit to hold tho:
race. but hesitated when notified fhnt
the county would b sued fH o.
ages. The race management oouptu1f.
ed that the permit to hold thof ruoos
amounted practically TO : fSnnca1nos
and revocation would NY the coontS
open to damage suit. The agent fSor
the cars has notified the Nofor Hold.
ings Co. that unless protection q a.
sured the drivers and the spectators
the three Benz cars win not - Per
mitted to start, u "A 90.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
{ID'S SERIES NICE TO SEE
q BUT 1T PROVES VERY LITTLE

frequently an inferior team will win
regularly throughout the whole sea-
son from a team vastly superior and
a team which finishes far In advance
OF the rival who happened TO have
something on" the pennant winner
A good example OF this occurred
during the American league race OF
1908. II will be recalled that the
Cleveland club finished second that
year, but q half game behind Detroit.
Cleveland's percentage was 6S4. The
washington club finished seventh with
q percentage OF AL. Cleveland was
vastly superior to Washington a. the
percentage tables showed, yet the
Washington club won Is out OF ~
games from Cleveland. These games
were played at six different periods
of the year, extending from early May
to late in September. One half Of
them were on the Warrington
grounds, the other half In Cleveland.
The various periods at which they
took place removed the possibility OF
one clubs being In . batting slump or
having ito pitchers on their stride.
Every condition was Infinitely moro
favorable than the worlds champion
ship series for showing the superior
ity Of the stronger team, yet club
admittedly very weak beat the Maps
regularly, Knocked them out of the
pennant and II Il had been q worlds
series In which Warrington and Cleve-
land participated Washington would
have won the championship with q
club that was the joke Of the league.
The same thing occurred In 1903
with reference to Detroit and the Ath-
lettcs, although the contrast Of actual
strength was not % marked. These
clubs played - gsmes, Of which the
Athletics won II and Detroit 3. Yet,
Detroit captured the American league
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
Some Changes Made in tho
Code Governing football


1. Mass play was unrestricted and
the backbone OF the attack OF all the
leading teams.
2. No restriction as to the point
from which the pass should be made,
The ball had to cross the lines oil
scrimmage at least Ave yards nom
the point at which II was putstn play
but could be caught at any point, nc
matter how far In advance. There
was no restriction as to interference
with the man catching the ball and
the most common mafhod was body
checking, which resulted In many Sc.
rious injuries. The penalty was one
down and a loss OF Is yards on first
and second downs, and loss OF the
ball on the third.
3. No restriction as to the position
OF the kicker His teammates were
onside as soon as the ball hit the
ground at point beyond the line OF
scrimmage.
4. NO restrictiin as to tackling and
many were hurt by the head-on hy.
ing tackle.
5. The team in possession Of the
ball must have at least six men on
the line OF scrimmage.
8. game consisted Of two halves
OF 80 minutes each.
4. The man receiving the ball from
the snapback was required to cross
the line OF scrimmage at least Ave
yards from the point where the ball
was put In play
s. A man who had once left the
game was never permitted to return
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
CUBS ELIGIBLE
TO WORLDS SERIES

ELIGIBLE TO SERIES OF 1910.
Catchers-kling. Archer and Need
ham.
Pitchers--Brown, Overall Reulbsch.
Pnester, Cole, Richie. McIntirs. Pref
fer. Foxen and Weaver.
InfeIders-Chance. sEvers, Tinker.
Steinfeldt. Zimmerman and Kane.
Outfelders--Shecka Schultz. Hof-
man and Beaumont
Total-33.
Eligible. but incapacitated.
ELIGIBLE TO SERIES OF 1905.
Catchers--Kltng. Moran and Walsh.
Pttchers-Brown. Reulbach. Overall.
Lundgrsn. Pnester. Taylor and Harper.
Innelderp-ChAnce. Evers. Tinker.
stsinfsldt and Hoffman
Outnelders--Sheckard Slagie. Schultz
and 0essler.
Totals.
ELI0IBI.Es OF FOUR WORLDS SER
les
Catchor--Klfng.
Pitchsrs-Brown. Overall. Reuibach
inneiders-chance. Evsrs. Tinker and
6teinfeldt.
Schultz.
Total-lA
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
AID LOCATES ALTIzER.
Personal In Chicago Paper Secures
"pare Devil" for Cincinnati Club.

Personal In Chicago PAPER Seeo'es
"pare Devil" for Cincinnati Club.
CHICAGO. Oct. 4.-Dave Aitizer'
former member OF tic Chicago White
Sox, but lately drafted from Mime
apolis. by Clarke GrifIith. OF the Gin
cinnati Reds. today bears the dis
tinction OF being the only bail player
who has been Found" through
newspaper want lad" When Altizer
takes the field with the Reds In Gin
cinnati this afternoon. he Will marx
up score No. 1 for newspaper adver-
Using. and will give Jimmy Callahan
and several other persons In chicago
cause to be relieved.
Grifiith could not locate Altizer ano
wired Callahan to insert an "ad." Tor
the player yesterday. This was done
and In the early hours OF the morn
ing. some unknown person called Cal
lahan and gave him Dawes telephone
number.
Callahan called Altizer. but Dave
thought It was joke until 2 .e,e
gram from Grifith confirming tnat ne
was wanted" was received.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04

ins the real and actual strength Of
the contestants is concerned.
There 10 only one way to show the
worth Of . ball club and that 10 to play
Z regular schedule OF q season.
length under varying conditions, In all
kinds OF weather, In eight different
cities. In the big series one clubs
pitchers may be going bad: one club
may b In q batting slump. some neid'
or may be flghting the ball temporar-
lily; one contestant may be caught at
that peculiar time when nothing
breaks right for his club. In short.
the uncertainties are so great that
the series resolves itself into q mere
pleasant exhibition between the PEN
nant winners to the two great rival
leagues.
Al for actual baseball, the play IN
the series IN not so good generally a.
during the championship season.
Everything In against the men doing
their best. In the leagues In which
the psnnant fight has been close the
teams come to the big series tired and
worn out from the long battle the
extremely large attendance which
over1ows the playing field gives the
outnelders trouble and shortens theiv
chances for reaching ny balls. Every
thing connected with the series IL
against calm, calculating baseball
The worlds championship, however,
IL q grand thing. The clubs which
participate represent the class Of their
leagues and the games AFFORD the
public an opportunity of winding mp
the baseball season with the big cut
Of pie coming last.
But. N for displaying the relative
merits Of the contestants-forget It
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
1910


1. Mass play made impossible by
the rule provided that there shall be
no pushing or pulling Of the man
with ball.
2. The forward pass must be made
at a point at least i've yards behind
the line of scrimmage. II may cross
the line at any point. but cannot be
legally caught at a point more than
20 yards In advance OF that line. The
players on the defense may not In
terfere with the man about to catch
the ball In any way except In a bona
flde attempt to catch the ball. The
penalty for an incompleted pass is
one down, the ball being brought back
to the point at which the pass was
made.
3. The kicker must be at least nve
yards behind his line of scrimmage.
His teammates are not on side Till
the ball has hit the ground ut least
20 yards In advance OF the point al
which 1t was In play.
4. A tackler must have at least one
foot on the ground when he strikes
his opponent. This rules out the fy'
ing tackle
S. The team In possession OF the
ball must have at least seven men on
the line Of scrimmage.
6. A game consists Of four periods
of Is minutes each. Between the sec.
ond and third periods there shall be
an intermission OF Is minutes. and
between the first and second and
the third and fourth an intermission OF
three minutes
z. The man receiving the ball from
the snapback may advance It at any
point.
8. A player taken from the game
for any cause save disqualification
may return once in any succeeding
period.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04

pennant with comparative ease.
Detroit had the strongest club In the
league, yet on the interclub series
the Athletics doomed up almost twice
a. good and during SIX different times
from April TO October.
When you narrow the worlds series
down to one week you can sec with
out much straining Of the eyes how
little the championship really means
from . standpoint Of displaying the
real merit or lack Of same In two ball
clubs n teams can play al season
and, compared two by two. display
nothing like their true form, what
chance have two clubs Of demonstrate
ing beyond argument their class In
one short week?
The finger Of pride" which n point
ed 90 literally at the championship
winner - being the greatest ball club
on earth II nothing moro nor less q
signboard Of ignorance on the part Of
the pointer. The worlds season means
absolutely nothing insofar a. display
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
NAPOLEON LAJOIE
ON AUTO CHASING

Well, guess this probably win be
the last prize offered for the leading
batsman." said Nap Latoie today, com
menting upon the much-discussed auto
which he and Ty Cobb are chasing
printed about one thing in al the time
have been In baseball.
II believe all this talk will hurry
one reform that In needed badly, he
continued. They ought 20 have trav-
cling scorers. Just like umpires. The
ofhcial figures ~ kept now are Jokes.
II you have noticed baseball very
closely you cannot help seeing what l
mean. Just for instance: The last
time We were In Boston I lift . ball
10 deep short. The shortstop. Wag-
nsr, wsnt for It and fell down. There
was q man on first when the ball was
hit. Wagner fell and could not re-
cover In time to make the throw. He
was charged with an error. The same
thing occurred In New York and I got
q hit.
I'm not Acking, understand. over
the loss Of that one hit, but II just
goes to show that there ID no standard
OF scoring under the present system.
do I want to win the automobile?
Well. OF course I'd like to get II, but II
anybody else can get more hits he 10
welcome to the machine. II / win the
| prize I want II to be free from sus-
picion. All want IL what earn, the
hits actually make. and I'm not so
eager TO get the auto that I'm going to
howl II lose II. l wouldn't want the
- - a. ~ -
long end OF the scoring oget It.
But they should change the system
OF scoring II SO much Importance Is
going to be placed on the figures.
When I first broke into the big leagues
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04

b \. ''... ,.>.s.... q l~e4ers A foof high
sI ~ 49,. a,.~ HoSa MON on TOP
49, ~ rss~rsfe;s haII park and
Z S-S..~ - 1ov. ~Champions
T. y < ,;S<-S1S. si~svr nth TIE az
~ ..cS.< rs~~ns : lot: vet
,''s- ~ q ~ bo1tom Of the
Sssi,v sSov 81 the relative
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
woLGAsT OUT MONTHS.
May Never Be Able To Fight Hard
Because OF Broken Arm.

CHICAGO. Oct. i.--Ad. Wolgast will
not be able to fight again for four
months and perhaps never he able 10
mix In hard fights again. according 10
Tom Jones, his manager.
Jones returned today from Cadillac
Mich. when an X-ray examination was
made OF the champions left arm
which was injured In his fight with
Tommy Mcfarland at Fond Du Lac
Wis, last week. The physicians an
nonnced the arm was broken just be-
low the elbow. and if the break proves
as serious as the first examination In
dicates. Wolgast will not be able 70
use IL TO any great extent again.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04

batting and fielding averages attract
ed little attention. Nobody bothered
with them. Now they seem to be OF
- much interest rs the box scores. II
the public wants the dope It ought to
set II straight.
why do / think this will be the
last big prize for batting? Well. be
cause so much fuss has been kicked
up over this automobile that the ma
tional commission Is likely to stop the
practice for the good Of all concerned.
Why, they even printed that opposing
pitchers were handing me nothing but
straight balls. Does II look like that
very much when was struck on the
shoulder In Cleveland the other day
and bumped so I couldn't raise my
armY"
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
Mos Almost Got Speaker
4 nnd cSios to-. One 750usand

he could get him he, would turn him
into a first baseman, because iris
was considerable Of hitter even at
that early date.
He offered $1,000 for the pair and
the deal was all but closed when
Crisis, now with the Browns, allowed
that he did not want to play 80 far
from home. Cleburne was good enough
for him and he reckoned he would
not 90 to Shreveport Consequently.
0iiks had to return without him and
II was not long afterward when Bos-
ton bought. Speaker and farmed him
Out to Little Rock. Criss went to San
Antonio and then came up TO st.
Louis, being farmed out for one sea.
son e. 81 PAUL. Cleveland Plain
QoAAeg.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
AnFaICAN LEAGUE
RACE IN NUTSHELL

The Boston club heided poorly
Monday, 90 the Athletics won, .
to 8. Hall pitched for Boston and
Dypert for the Maekmen. Each
gave seven hits. Hall contributed
q three-baooer.
Walter Johnson added four to
hts total strikeouts, New YORK be-
Ing the Victim. The Yankees got
I'VE hits and failed 20 score. Four
safsties and four errors allowed
Washington q quartet Of runs.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
SERIES DATA
WELL BOILED down.

Monday. Ocs- II. at PhiiadelPhia-
Tuesday. Oct. 10. at Philadelphia
Thursday. Oct 20. at Chicago.
Friday, Oct. ~. at Chicago.
SUNDAY. Oct. 10. At Chicago.
Ell needed 70 decide title. seventh
game to be determined by lot
Umptres-Rigisr and ODay; Connoi-
ly and Sheridan.
Observation-Disclosures Heydier. Rob-
ert Mercy.
Games begin at p. m.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
Hoppe In Rare Form.

NEW YORK. Oct. billiard ex-
perts declare Willie l-oppe is In the
best form OF his career, as evidenced
by the handy manner in which he last
night defeated Ora Morningstar The
1S.l-inch balk line champion led from
the first. running up $50 points while
Morningstar was scoring 1877. Hopes
high run was II, while Morningstar's
hest WAS IS
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
WORLDS SERIES RECORDS
SINCE SEASON OF 1905

1906.
Giants won four out Of ave from
Athletics.
New York 3, Athletics o. Mathew
son and Bresnahan; Plank and Schreck.
2-Athietics 3, New York o. Bender
and Schreck. McGinnity. Ames and
Bresnahan.
s-New York o. Athletics o. Mathew
son and Bresnahan; Coakley. Schreck
and Powers
New York /, Athletics o. McGin-
nifty and Bresnahan: Plank and Powers.
5-New York 2. Athletics o. Mathew
son and Powers.
White Sox on four out OF six from
I-sox 2. Cubs l. Aitrock and sulli-
van: Brown and King.
2-Cubs I. sox 4. Reulbach and
klns so White CUBS 5wen a Wash ana su
van; Pfeister and King.
Cubs /, sox 0. Brown and King;
Altrock and Sullivan:
e-sox s, Cubs 8; Walsh. White and
Sullivan; Reuibach. Pfeister. Overall
Gsoa 8. Cubs 3. Brown. overall
and King: White and sullivan.
1907
Cubs won four out Of ave from De-
troft, one game was tie.
l--Detroit ., Chicago g. Donovan
and Schmidt; Overall. ReuIbach anu
King.
E-InlcaKO %. DtlTOit l. ahu
King, Muffin and Payne.
3-Chicago 5. Detroit Reulbach
and king; sievers. kiliian ana
4~chica9o 6. Detroit 1 overall and
King. Donovan and schmidt.
5-Chicago 2. Detroit o. Brown and
King. Mullin and Archer.
1908
Cubs won four .at of ave from De-
troif.
Chicago 10, Detroit. $ Regi6aeh.
overall. Brown and KING, kllllan.
Summers and schmidt
2-ChIcauO g. Detroit l. overall AMI
King: Donovan and Schmldt
2-Detroit \. Chicago =. hullln ana
Thomas; PfeiSter. Reuibach and King:
t-Chicago ;, Detroit o. Brown and
king. Summers, Winter and Schmidt
5--Chfcago - Detroit o. overall and
king. Donovan and schmidt
1903
Piu-burE won four out Of "eve"
from D~troit.
l-Pittsbarg 4. Detroit Adams and
Gibson. Muilln and Schmidt.
2-pe.FoIt = bittsburg 2. Donovan
and Schmidt camnitz. Willis and Glib
s-pitisburx 3. Detroit 9 Maddex
and Gibson Summers Wiiiett. Works
and Schmidt
i-Dstioit ). pitisburg 0. Mullin ami
stanage. Leihcld, PnillipPi and Gibson:
and Gibson SUMMERS, Wiiiett ana
Stanage ard Schmidt.
s-betroit 5. Pittsbufg Muuin
and schmidt; wis, Camnitz Phillppi
ana p,ttsburg \. Detroit O. Adams
and Gibson: Donovan. Mullin and
Schmidt.
Esrt Moore, Cleveland CASTOR, con-
,tuurs- trftehfne grand ball for -Phtla-
dciphia Nationals lie. gave Brooklyn
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04

BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. THE
card arranged by Manager Barrett of
the Armory A. c. tonight. promises to
furnish fight fans with some good
sport. Ty Cobb. of Philadelphia. will
clash with Phillip McGovern, the fast
bantam from Brooklyn, and q brother
OF the once Terrible Terry" in the
feature event Of the evening.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
Marvellous Exhibition ut the Motor
Cycle Races.

Don Klark. on his own Indian motor
cycle. lacking any special features such
as open ports, etc, put the spect0f
chine had just been received by VIM. ".
Metzser. the Detroit Indian agent, Sat-
urday afternoon and was stiff from Its
newness stu the nervy local man
made the very best showing OF any in
dividual rider az the races and had he
been able 10 adjust his machine up In
racing form IL Is generally conceded
that klark would have broken the In
dian record OF 81 3-5. made last sea-
son OF the same track. At present and
Tor long time past the Indian has
held the worlds records for speed. en-
durance and hill climbing.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
The Csss club wssfs games with fast
teams. Call Manager George Mcclure.
Burns IL Baseball Man.

PORTLAND. Ore. Oct 4.--Tommy
Burns. former heavyweight champion
of the world, has turned his attention
to baseball and plans to tour Aus
tralia with an all-star team. made up
OF players from the Pacific coast and
northwestern leagues. Burns cabled
his Australian agent today to nego-
tate for the tour.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04

Athletics =. Boston s
Yesterdays Results.
Washington 4. New York q.
Teday's Games.
Cleveland at Detroit.
Boston at Philadelphia
Washington ut New York.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
Wagner Had slow Rise.

Charlie Wagner. the captain OF the
Red Sox, has worked his way to the
front from q lowly beginning. He
started to play the game as a bare
foot urchin In Harlem and was once
q member of the New York Giants,
but John McGraw did not think him
major league timber and let him go.
He has played grand ball az shortstop
on the Red Sox since 1907 and his
election as captain IL a popular one
with the Boston fans.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
Nv xozx sElrEs,
YANKEES W.. GIANTS

Astsdax Oct a. reIe orSunds.
MT y. Oct. Is. Polo Grounds.
Z 6n6nYs Oct IL. open Remaining
ooo - BE- played. alternating
1sc1rss--Klem and Billy Evans-
31o Amsrtcans: william Locke.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
Brown a Good Fighter.

NEW YORK. Oct. 4.-Sporting men
are trying today TO find scrapper
who can stay In the ring ten rounds
with knockout Brown and win. The
little fighter added another victory to
his already long list last night by de-
feating Joe Hyland at the Olympic
Athletic club. Hyland was substitut.
ed for Bert Keyes. who injured his
hand In training. IL was Browns
fight In every round and two occasions
his left uppercuts nearly put his an.
tagonist down and out.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04

zisHsrmsn. who ~ subbfns for Ev-
ankle, dId pretty well Monday lie hit
two balls over left field fence at Gin
cinnau and whanEed out a three bag
ger. suggs, former Tiger. was the OPP
posing pitcher Zimmerman In the hrst
player to knock q ball over the left
hsld fence. which 10 exceptionally long
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
NOT FOR BILL SULLIVAN.
White sox Catcher Passes Up OffeI
To Catch Balls From Airships.

CHICAGO, Oct. BILLY Sullivan,
catcher for the Chicago White Sox,
will not attempt to catch baseball
dropped from an aeroplane by Charles
r. willard, while sailing at height
Of 1000 feet. Sullivan said today hat
he still had a desire to play baseball
q few years more.
willard offered 10 make a flight at
Hawthorne track. carrying a dozen
basebails with him, and drop one at
n time until Sullivan caught one. He
thought 1t would De great sport.
Sullivan caught ball dropped from
the Washington monument but said
he might as well try to stop a bullet
a TO be on the receiving end OF one
whixxing from an aeroplane.