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NEW SCORING RULE.
Plan to Be Devised to Give Pitchers
Proper Percentage.

Cnless something Unforeseen prevents
this will be the last year in which base
ball followers active or passive, Will be
rnisled by that portion OF the official rec
ords OF players which has to do with
games "won'' and lost" by pitchers.
Never has there been devised a means Of
reaching more false conclusions than the
method which has been employed for
years OF determining the relative merits
% pitchers by the percentage OF games
they win. A pitcher who Will rank close
70 the top with a championship team be-
hind him making plenty OF runs for him
would most likely be found near the bot
tom OF the list II his lot were cast with
a tail end team. lie might be almost as
effective against opposing batsmen In one
team as another. but the Official records
would not show that fact. The old sys-
tenn might have hung on indefinitely.
however, IL the practice OF changing
pitchers had not been carried TO such ex-
tremes as managers have carried IL in
recent years. Games IN which only two
pitchers. one on each team, are engaged
have been less frequent this year than
Contests In which four pitchers are work.
ed 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 tangie as that any
idea Of which pitchers should be credited
with the victories and to whom should
be charged the defeats is an almost hope
less task. To do II with justice TO ali
II impossible Officials OF both major
leagues now are collaborating TO devise
a new system OF recording the work OF a
pitcher during championship season In
the new order of things the total num-
Der of innings a man pitches during the
year Will cut a prominent figure, because
the pitcher who Is In shape and ready 10
work hardest and oftenest Is bound to be
the most valuable man on his team s
stsr- The actual ranking OF pitchers next
year undoubtedly will be made upon some
basis to be determined by taking into
account the number OF batsmen who face
q 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" Will be figured 90 close
" az TO eliminate from the pitching REQ
ords the men who reach first on er-
rors eannotpoe prsdtcted IN ADVANCE
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GUY FISHER CAPTURES
TECUMSEH HANDICAP
In Exciting Finish Beats Lady
Irma Half Length at
Windsor.

WINDSOR, Ont. SEPTEMBER 3.-Today's
card was the best thus far offered at the
fall race meeting at the Windsor track.
Guy Fisher at to 1 came from behind
in the stretch making an exciting finish
with Lady Irma, and taking the feature
event, the Tecumseh handicap, by half
length Rain made the track heavy after
the first race
The summarizes:
First race purse $500; for maiden two-year-
olds: FIVE and a half furlongs-Scribe no Ga
ond; spes Nostra. lo7 dang. IL to !. TO and
wss,srn 'h BSy Ban News H. sRgar LUMP Cold
Leaf. Mollie s.. Heatherbloom and Twickenham
Second race. purse $500: for three-year-olds
and up: selling: six furlongs-veneta Strome.
Il2 oiusgravel, tol. TO ; and to s. won;
10 s. second: Lady Sybil, 101 tFoden), 6 to /. 2
TO and 2 TO :; third: Time. LA. Col; Ash
also ran.
Third race. purse $500; three and mp up;
Riee. ana TO 5. to and out won Everett. 100
dseid'. to ;. 2 to and out. second; Tom Hay
T T%s IL B ony three to starters. to and out
for ali ages; si1 farionssI Fisher l, II!
second; Emperor william. los iR,es!; . to 5:
-
Irma and Messenger Roy also ran.
Fifth race. purse $500: two-year-olds; six fur
longs-Rash. 104 (Rcep. q to 2, to and to
S. won: Moncrief. 1O6 (Hawes). to /. even arm
TO 2. second; Planutess. 104 tBurns), Q to =.
2 to / and even, third. Time, LA 1-5 Okolona
Lady Ormicant. Miss Jonah and Coal Chute
also =
Sixth race purse S4oo: three-yeer-olds and mp;
selling: mile-Duke Of Bridgewater. 101 Cole,
10 2. even and to 5. won; Dorothy Webb; 100
"a ,Steinhardtl, 10 to 1, 10 and even. third:
Time. LAB As. Hawks Flight, Little Usage and
Seventh race, purse $500. for three-year-ods
and up: selling: mile and sixteenth-Rineman,
lob adams, s,to Il to ! ana > 70 - We" sni
8 10 g. second: Ferrand Cecian, 100 (Goosel,
70 1. 2 to l and 10 10. third. Time, 4s 10.
Sinfrap Pedro, Coils Ormshy and Otilo also ran.
Eighth race. purse $500: three year-olds and up;
selling: uile-The Monk. 90 Killingsworth,. II
10 & p 10 10 and . 10 3. won: John Graham. 81
sGoose) Is 10 5. even and TO 2. second: Neoska-
leeta 1O6 Reid. to 1. to and 70 o. third
Time 40 3-5. King of Mist. Admonitor, Sara
band and Gwendolyn F. also ran.
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RACES At BENNING.
Tame Ostrich to Contest With the
Cleetest Trotters.

The racing committee OF the Central
Labor Union has ell its arrangements
complete for the celebration of Labor day
at Benning tomorrow.
The celebrated racing ostrich Cyclone
is expected to be on the grounds early In
the day, and in the course OF the after
noon will race against the heetest trot-
ting or pacing horse owned In the Dis
trict Of Columbia. The bird is a trotter.
and In his races draws q wagon in addi-
ton to his driver. He comes from Jack
sonville, Fla, where his owner drives him
about the streets in his business. George
w. Goodacre OF this city has volunteered
to race against the ostrich tomorrow
afternoon with Dr. Chase. 1914. and Ed
ward Daniels OF Berwyn. Nd. has also
EXPRESSED an inclination to try out Red
Rock 2.19L. against him.
With any decent brand OF weather to-
morrow the racing events at Benning
should prove interesting. The first race
on the card Is the free-for-all trot and
pace. in which are entered Or. Chase.
2lOh.; Miss Arcola, 215i.: Red and Black,
2lOk; Red Rock. 2.1N4, and Glidewood.
216L. There are only two other horses
owned In the District as fast as the field
named. In fact. 1t is the best field OF
harness horses that ever faced starter
at Benning.
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ADAMS EXPRESS NINE BLANKS
HERALD.

In a well played and interesting game
the strong Adams Express team of the
Terminal Railroad Y. NJ. c a. League de-
feated the Herald team of the Com
nferciaI League by the score Of 3 to 0. the
first coat OF whitewash the latter has
received In the post-season series.
The real credit for the victory goes to
Johnny Mcmahon, the star slab artist of
the Adams Express team. who was In gilt
edge form. Mcmahon allowed the news
paper boys but two scattered hits during
the seven innings of the game and passed
only one man and struck out nine. Grab
bic of the Herald team got both hits and
Mcmahon did not issue the pass until the
last inning. when Rawlings got on first
on four wide ones
Rawlings. who has been pitching such
great ball for the Herald team. was not
In the good form that he usually is. be-
ing touched up for nine safeties. three OF
which were copied by Fitzgerald, the
diminutive second baseman of the Adams
team. "FItz'' played a fine game at sec
ond and made a wonderful catch in the
fifth inning. going almost to center field
10 catch a fly ball.
Smith OF the Herald team played a fine
game for his team, while O'Neil. the nifty
shortstop of the Adams Express aggrega-
ton played a cracking good game.
The
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slime BEST GUN.
Kills 130 Birds Out Of $50 at Ana
lostan Club Shoot.

Before one of the largest crowds Of the
season the Analostan Gun Club held its
best shoot Of the year yesterday after
noon on its eastern branch grounds. near
Bennine bridge. for there was not only
the regular single trap going all the
time. but q new double trap that throws
out two targets at once. The new trap
aroused much interest among the marks
men. and promises 10 be big feature
in the future events. The weather con-
ditions were ideal for the sport and the
scores at both traps were very good, es-
pecialiy at the new one. considering that
this was the first shoot held at the new
singer.
DR.. A. B. Slime. who is one OF the best
shots OF the club. carried off first hbnors
in grand style yesterday. killing 139 birds
out OF possible 80, which is a per-
centage OF 927
The real feature Of the afternoon was
the splendid work Of Everett Dufour.
making splendid showing al the singles.
breaking ~ saucers out OF 100 shots. he
did the best shooting at the doubles. miss
Ing only IL targets out OF 4S shot at
but his work at the double shots were
especially good. as he had not tried this
kind of shooting for some time.
II. b. Wilson was third at the singles,
as he managed to down 134 fiiers out of
10. In the class who shot at less than
100 In the singles Miles Taylor was the
best. killing 4s birds out of 90 shot at.
This Is the third consecutive time that
Mr.. Taylor has made this record, which
is very good shooting. J. A. Browns was
second in this class, having broken one
less out Of the same number of shots.
Next to Everett Dufour, whose record
Is given above, DIR. A. v. Parsons was
the best at the doubles. having brought
down sixty-two birds out OF ninety-two
shots, which Is a percentage OF .874.
George Talbot also did well in this class.
as he finished with 60 per cent
Ernest Mudd made a splendid showing
at the single targets. killing eighteen
birds out OF possible forty. which is
IS per cent. This is fine record for
one who had never shot at clay pigeons
before. and IL he keeps UP his good work
will undoubtedly develop into a crack
marksman. as he had all the earmarks
OF one. His handling OF the gun was es-
pecially noteworthy.
The official scores, with the percentage
or each man. follow in order:
SINGLE
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SECTION A-Standing
SECTION Standing.
TWINING FORFEITS TO BANK.
Frs TEAM

As the Twining Athletic Club, cham
pions OF the Independence League, were
unable TO place but seven men on the
field in the Section game scheduled
with the American Security and Trust
Company team. winners OF the Bankers
League pennant. yesterday afternoon,
Umpire Hughes declared the game q
forfeit 10 the Bankers by a score OF
to 0.
One of the largest crowds Of the sea-
son. in view of the close game recently
played between these two teams. turned
out 10 see the game. Not to disappoint
them. the Bankers decided to allow the
Twining team TO pick up two players and
play an exhibition game, which resulted
IN favor of the latter, Il 10 1.
Ii looked as il the announcement by
Umpire Hughes that they had clinched
the pennant in Section Il had unstrung
the Bankers.
Clements, who did the box work for
the picked team, held the losers to two
scratch hits. Johnson. for the Bankers,
was touched up for fourteen drives, four
OF which were good for two sacks.
The score:
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All Depends on ManagerA

What tommyrot to take the stand that
New York should have the champion
ship just because IT is New York. This
city is no more entitled to the pennant
than Oshkosh. unless the manager
Is able TO get clever enough work out
Of his players. and the manager, like
all other managers, must take chances
and experiment with his men until he
has put together a winning combina-
ton. What kind OF a pennant race
would 1t be IL New York were to win
the flag every year simply because this
happens to be the largest city in the
United States and on Manhattan Island?
There wouldn't be- enough interest in
the affair to make II refreshing on a
cold day. The beauty about base ball
Is the work which has TO be put in by
the manager In trying for a winning
combination. II such a combination
were to be bought outright, like so
many inches of cotton cloth in a dry
goods store. and the New York club. by
reason OF the fact that 1t has a large
patronage, was to go into the market
and freeze out everybody else by offer
ing more than anybody else could at
ford to offer, there wouldn't be enough
professional base ball at the end Of
three years-to convince people that New
York ever had base ball club.
We've got to have q little amateur
tradition in this big sport of ours or
the whole thing will go bust" And
most Of all, we have got to have q little
common sense
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C0OMBS' GREAT PITCHING.
Kittredge Says Mack Star Has Mas
tered Most Difficult Of Ali Curves.

I notice they are printing stories about
Jack Coombs and how he didn't know
how to pitch until this year." remarked
Malachi Kittredge, Detroit scout. Kit
caught for years and years. and is q close
observer OF base ball. particularly pitch
ing. That Is why his comment on Coombs
is OF more than extraordinary weight.
"Coombs has started to pitch great ball
because no has mastered the greatest Of
all pitching a8eta the. drop bail that does
not break from the right-handed batters.
I don't mean ono OF those out drops. but
a ball that comes up to the plato squarely
in the center and falls from ono to two
feet without changing its lateral direc-
ton.
"Amos Rusie had that ball. ana he
threw Il with tremendous speed. Rusie
pitched that drop thing and mixed It up
with a fast one In close. and the batter
who could meet IL with any regularity
never lived. They tell me that Ramsey
and other old-timers depended on It ex-
tensively."
bition OF pitching on his recent appear
ance In Detroit. Batters like Sam Craw-
ford, who usually hit the ball hard.
swung and missed with great frequency.
Time after time Crawford hit on top OF
the drop. and nobody seemed able to DO
The regulation out drop Is much easier.
and Is rather dangerous. because q batter
sometimes catches It far on the outside.
and a long drive over the outfield results.
George Mullin has spent a lot OF time
working on q drop that does not break
away, and has mastered II so well that II
is one OF his best puzzlera When Null
lin comes up on his toes with an over
head swing and a quick jerk OF the wrist
as the ball leaves. that's the drop. He
couples It with a lot OF speed. and you
know how effective he has been year in
and year out
The day OF the curve ball pitcher seems
to be on the decline. All the effective
hurlers are depending almost completely
on quick-breaking efforts which shoot out
OF a direct line rather than curve. The
deliberate curves are effective only
against certain clubs. and the batters who
fall for them are so few comparatively
that they do not count.
Walter johnson, credited with being as
good as anybody IN the American League
at least, has q curve that breaks SO
slightly you can hardly calf IT curve.
He depends on q fast ball that shoots.
command and q slow ball which Is thrown
with the Same motion az the fast shoot
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PENN GOLF CHAMPION.
Fownes Wins Title from Admission
by 4 Up and 8 to Play.

PTTTSBCRG, September 3.-W. C..
Fownes, jr, OF the Oakmont Country
Club today won the state amateur golf
of Pennsylvania He de-
feated q. A. Ormiston OF the Oakmone
Cfub. 4 up and to play. The links
were swampy from last nights rain and
showers fell during the day.
J. r. Byers. former national amateur
Champion. won the defeated sixteen's
cup.
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him a lot of confidence and has its effect
upon the opposition.
In addition to hisf great ability, Johnson
Is leve-headed young man with the
finest kind of a disposition. which makes
him most popular with the players Of his
own as Well as opposing teams.
There is no question that for the past
two or three months the Nationals have
put up an article of ball better than
any team which has represented this
city in any league in recent years.
The greatest handicap the team had
to overcome was its miserable start in
the spring, when, though the hitting
were thrown away by reason Of the
headless playing its members INDUCED
in. Then. too. there was the slump of
Gessler and Unglaub, two players on
whom McAleer depended for the heavy
artillery work. There is no telling how
many games were lost because this pair
could not come across with a base hit
now and then. AS is usually the case
when players are having a bad year
with the stick. they were continually
up when there were men on the bases:
and even when a fly ball To the outfleld
would have meant victory but few
times did they deliver.
Notwithstanding this severe handicap
the team has worked Its way TO the
top Of the second division. where 1t
stands a good chance to remain till the
end Of the season.
Cleveland, its nearest rival. has some
thing like ten games yet to play against
Detroit and II is not divulging a secret
to say that the Tigers will put forth their
best efforts against the Maps. Jennings
men have always had a sneaking idea
that the Maps did not always hustle
their best against the Athletics when
those two teams were fighting for the
flags in years gone by and they have
not forgotten 1t. either. So that the
chances are the Tigers will take a ma
tority of these games On the form the
team has shown this season McAleer
has but to he lucky enough to pick up
a few good ball players from his string
of youngsters to have a real winner next
season.
Connie Mack has been accused OF hand
ing Jim Mcclure a gold brick when he
slipped him Morris Rath for Briscoe
Lord, but the leader Of the Athletics still
contends that Rath is a much better ball
player than he ever showed himself to be
with Cleveland.
"Rath sat on the bench all the time
he was with us and he Is a player who
must be in the game regularly to do
himself Justice" said Mack. Cleveland
had him in and out and he really was
never given a chance to get going. But
TIL bet that he will be back In fast COM
pany some day and deliver the goods:
I know that he IS a good ball player, and
Cleveland will regret some day that IT
did not hold on to him."
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PIRATES BLANK CINCY.
Umpires Escorted From Field by
Police After the Game.

CINCINNATI. September 3.-Pittsburg
won an interesting game from Cincinnati
today, 2 to O. Adams was in excellent
form. and allowed only four hits. Two
decisions by the umpires during the con-
test, both of them against Cincinnati.
served to excite the crowd to such an
extent that the police escorted the UNI
pires from the field following the game.
The score:
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New Shells for Middies.

Special Dispatch 70 Tue star.
ANNAPOLIS, Nd. September 3.-Two
new four-oared cedar shells purchased by
the Naval Academy athletic authorities
from a New York boat builder for use OF
the midshipmen were received at AM
napolis today. They are 10 be used foA
practice by the Navy oarsmen, principals
iy in breaking IN new men. 1t is 1uSe
likely. however. that a regular four-oared
crew will be organized and a series of
races arranged, though the Academy has
not been represented by such q crew for
a number OF years. A couple of double
Dared shells have also been ordered fog
practice work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04

President johnson intends to have nine
umpires on his staff next year. He pur-
poses to carry an extra man on full SAL
airy, whose duty will be to fill In whenever
one of the regulars is injured. Several
times this year, because of injuries and
sickness. II has been necessary for one
man to take charge Of a game. Each
time the club owner in the city receiving
only one umpire has invariably complain
ed and asked that he be given the double
umpire system. Having only eight men,
Mr.. johnson was unable 10 remedy the
trouble. The double-umpire system Is
now recognized as the only system by
players, fans and club owners. and Mr..
johnson hopes to be able TO furnish two
men to each city for every game by al
ways having one man in reserve.
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Long Hits and Total Bases.
Sacrifice Hits and Stolen Bases.

The Nationals in the 121 games con-
tested by them with the other seven
teams OF the league to Saturday. Sep
tember 3. have made 145 sacrifice hits.
a gain OF IL. In the last eight games
with Detroit. st. Louis and Philadelphia
(AthIetics). and have successfully pur-
Joined 1872 bases, a gain OF nine. Those
players Of the home team who have re-
'ceived the credit Of performing this Inn
portant part OF the work are as follows:
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NATIONALS RECORDS
Twelve Players Climb Upward
in Batting Percentage.
JOHNSON BIGGEST GAMER
Unglaub Advances Is Points and
Ainsmith Continues to Improve,
Doing 10 Points Better.
STILL CLIMBING HIGHER.

The players Of the Nationals who
have increased their batting per-
centage In the games contested by
the home team during the week
ending Friday. September 2, with
Detroit (Tigers), st. Louis
(Browns) and Philadelphia white
Elephants) are as follows:
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TITS. Sept. 2 I2s %, 42s q, TIC .2s7
Tits. Aug. q 121 90, 216 s2. SGT s243
Weekly gain. 8 21o 100 IA

Weekly gain. 10 100 II
Note-An passed balls In the above table are
charged against the Nationals catchers as err
rors as q base runner or batsman is advanced
a base or a run Ii scored in consequence Of
passed ball.
srncludes sixty-six putouts. twenty-five as
eists and thirteen errors made by the six play
erx who have been released, traded or sold to
m fear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04

The club will hold a special merchandise
shoot Monday and a well arranged sched-
ule has been made, which will undoubt-
eddy prove interesting. There will be
handsome prizes given to the winners
The club grounds are situated in the
rear of the Potomac electric power house
on the other side Of the Benning bridge,
on the Eastern branch.
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ATHLETICS SURE WINNER.
Konetchy, Cardinal First Baseman.
Thinks Mackites Will Triumph
Over Chicago.

Edward Konetchy. the Cardinals big
first baseman, thinks tho Philadelphia
Athletics will beat the Chicago Cubs
for the worlds championship this fall.
while I'm a National League man at
heart and will naturally pull for the
Chicago team 10 win. I'm afraid the
Athletics will beat the Cubs" said the
big first baseman. "The Chicago pitch
ing staff IS not what it's cracked up
10 be- Mordecai Brown Is not the
pitcher he was last year and nothing
like the Brown who won the worlds
championship for Chicago In 1907 and
1908.
Overall was knocked or the slab
every time he tried to pitch when the
Cubs were east the last time. Reulbach
Is unreliable. You never can tell when
he is going to pitch ball Cole was
Chances one best bet on the last trip
around the eastern circuit. without
him Chicago would be running second
to Ptttsburg-
philadelphia has the pitchers. The
Cubs outclass the Athletics In every
can't get away from the fact that
Connie Mack owns the sweetest bunch
OF twirlers In base ball and good pitch
| ers are hard to beat. i think Bender
Is one Of the greatest Fingers in the
game. was out west with the In
dian last winter and had a good chance
to look over his stun. Then you don't
| want 20 forget that he pitched an ex-
hibition game against the Cubs last
| fall and had them literally eating out Of
| his hand. Two hits Is all they could
saw off the big Indian.
II never could see what Coombs had
as a pitcher. but he must be there
with something. At that, l don't think
| he is In the Indians class. I never
batted against Plank. but people who
ought to know tell me that with the
possible exception OF Rucker Of Brook
| lyn. and Salee Of St Louis. he's the
king Of all sosthpawA Bender and
Plank look better to me than any
1.-Two tW1y1eH- Chance sha4 on his star
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Two-base hits-Graney. Lajoie, Birmingham.
Stone f2), Crisis, Schweitzer. Three base hit
Knaupp. Stolen bases Turner ~. Graney. Sto-
vail, Birmingham. Double pays-Graney and
on Lake. Is in six innings: on Crisis. in two
innings. First base bals-Kaler. 4; Lake. 1:
Criss, 1. Struck out-By Kaler. 4: Lake. 4:
Crisis .. First on errors-Cleveland. 2: ST.
Louis, 1. Left on bases-Cleveland. 8: st.
Louis. s. Umpre-Mr. Evans Time OF game
hour and 40 minutes.