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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09

IS SERIES FACTOR
Unusual Importance in SeIec-
. ton of Pitchers for Games.
CONSIDERABLE LUCK IN 1T
Managers Mack and McGraw Have
Burden of Selecting Twill
ers to Capture Title.
CONSIDERABLE LUCK IN 1T

PHILADELPHIA, October 9.-Whethel
it is luck or whether it is intuition which
enables a base ball manager to select
pitchers for important games, how would
you like to be Connie Mack or John Nc
Graw? 1t is generally agreed that pitch
ing will be the big factor in the 1911
worlds series. Would you. Mr.. Fan. care
to be the man to pick the pitchers upon
whom the winning of the worlds base
ball championship hinged? Guess YOU
would be losing some sleep nights.
Some Of our wisest base ball men claim
that the selection of a pitcher for a par
ticular game is like trying to pull an
ace from a deck of cards. Its all luck,
they say. 1.-The twirler you thought was
right proved way of, and the fellow who
warmed up like busher afterward went
In and pitched like a STAR In the ma
jority of cases today-and that includes
the major leagues-you will find that
managers cons der the choice of pitchers
a matter of luck
However. there are others who believe
1t is intuition. Connie Mack is supposed
to be one of the managers who do not
have to see a man warm up to know
whether he is right. He can tell, it is
sa d.. by long association with his stars
Bender, Coombs and Plank. when they
are ready to take a turn in the box and
seldom tails 80 guess right.
The selection OF pitchers in a world
series has always been the principal
factor in victory or defeat. This is large
~ due because In a short series one game
is SO important that it may determine the
issue.
Chance guessed wrong last season
Against what many base ball men con.
sidered good judgment the Chicago man.
ager picked Overall to face the Ath-
letics in the opening game in this city. II
was not that Overall warmed up best OF
was the star of the staff. Chance had
used his big Highlander with success in
previous worlds series openers and had
"hunch" that the luck would favor
Overall.
The answer was that three innings We're
sufficient to show Chance that his 1910
lunch was bad. Mack. who had. pick
ed Bender because he. knew the Chief
to be right and had confidence i'll his
stead.ness. guessed right. After all, the
guessing on that first contest alone was
a contributing factor to the series. The
victory gave the Athletics confidence. The
defeat shook the Cubs belief I'm the dura-
bility of the Chance machine.
The big guess this season is on the first
and second games, and. IL the writer has
the dope right, 1t is McGraw who is un-
decided Manager Mack doubtless win
use Bender in the first contest in New
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09

In the coming series between the Ath.
Ietics and the Giants the Philadelphians
are the better team in some respects.
As far as hitting is concerned the Ath.
Ietics are superior to the Giants.
As helders. the Athletics are fair, speak
ing Of them as a whole.
When you diagnose them as base run
ners you again discover that they art
udt more than fair.
The Philadelphia pitching STAFF likewise
II only fair.
Now turn to the Giants.
As fielders the New York athletes arr
fair.
Take them as hitters and you judge
them as being fair.
Regard the Giants as base runners and
1t least their records show. they ART
unusually fast.
The aggressiveness Of the New Yori
team stands Oh more prominently thar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
CHINESE TEAM COMING.
Orientals Plan to Meet American
Ball Players Next Spring.

received here from the orient states that
a Chinese base ball team will come to
this country next spring. The team,
which is now in the Philippine Islands.
will sail from Honolulu March 1. 1t
will be In charge of Bill Settley, the old
time Pacific coast umpire. 1t is Settley's
pan 10 have the Chinese team meet the
big league teams in the south during
their training season After that he will
take the slant-eyed players around the
country to meet the big college teams.
Also it is planned to arrange games with
minor league teams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
BANQUET FOR GA1THERsBURG
Pennant Raising in Montgomery
League Next Saturday.

ROCKVILLE. Nd. October 9.-In cele-
bration of the Gaithersburg base ball
team. of which he was captain, winning
the Montgomery County League pennant
Sidney Lodge Saturday evening gave a
banquet to the members Of the team and
a few other friends at Forest Oak Hotel.
Thomas j. Owens acted as POSTMASTER
and speeches were made by Manager
Koontz, Business Manager Alexander G..
Carlisle and Players Lodge, Gill and Nc
Carthy.
The game between the Gaithersburg
team and a team composed of the stars
of the other teams of the league, which
was to have been played Saturday. was
postponed because Of rain and will be
played next Saturday, when the pennant
will be formally presented and raised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
PLAYS A TIE.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
ELLICOTT CITY, Nd, October S.
Rock Hill battled to q tie with the strong
Washington College team at Chestertown
Saturday. the final score being to O
The game was played on q wet and
soggy field. which caused q number OF
fumbies. Both teams gained considerable
ground through the line. Each team had
a chance to score on drop kicks from
field. but the dampened. heavy ball pre-
vented. Fuccy and Taliaferro did well
on defense for Rock Hill. while
for Washington Wilkerson, Graham and
Porter starred. Lineup:
Rock Hill-staley. left end: Long left tackle:
Schail. left guard; Gately. center: Newland.
right guard; Collins and Connolly. right tackle;
Fine and Corbett. right end; Fuccy (capt). quar-
terback: Mueller. right halfback; Hopkins, left
halfback; Taliaferro. fullbsck.
Washington-Garrett Jones, Meredith, Long.
Davis, Wilkinson, Cunnara, Meckins. Porter,
Brennan, Strong. Biddle. Porter capt..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
Final American League Games.
Chicago Beats Cleveland.

CHICAGO, October 9.-Chicago and
Cleveland closed the American League
season here yesterday in a one-sided
game. the locals winning: 10 to 4. White
relieved Benz in the first inning and al
lowed only three hits. while the Chicago
hatters pounded James and Baskette for
seventeen safe drives. Zeider made four
hits and five runs. By winning Chicago
clinched fourth place in the league race
by a fraction of a point. Score:
= R.H e.
Chicago 22O2 COX -1O17 4
Cleveland - 900 90 OF 5 1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
DEATH DECREASING.
Aviation Not Responsible for as
Many in Proportion.

NEW YORK. October 0-That aviation
is becoming safer as the science
progresses is shown by series Of in
teresting averages compiled by an Eng
lish writer. who has worked them out
automatically. Taking the fatalities
Eof 1910. the writer estimates that each
death represented a mileage Of about
$500. During the year there were
in duration. and the death roll was 20.
This year. between January ! and July.
81. no fewer than 667 flights of over
an hours duration were placed on
Thus the average has bettered itself to
the extent that each death represents
1900 miles of actual flight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
ATHLETICS ON IN FULL.
Cornell Teams Are ALI Holding First
Workouts,

ITHACA. y. V, October 9.-Cornell's
athletic season is now in full swing. The
foot ballers are well on with their work.
the cross-country men have held their
first practice work of the fall season, and
the track team members are warming
up to their duties as arduously as horses
before the plow. However, the most i'm
portant news of the day as far as Cor
nellians are concerned is the fact that
work is progressing rapidly on the Itha-
cans new field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
WILL TOUR WORLD.
Gotch and Mahmout to Exhibit in
Every Country.

CHICAGO. October 9.-Youssef Nah
mout and Frank Goteh are preparing
for tour Of this country and Europe
Incidentally Emil .Klank, who took
charge of the Turkish wrestler. an
nounces that the world tour of Gotch
is assured. After covering this coun-
try and Canada the two wrestlers will
leave for Europe. after the hoIfdays. to
be gone one year. The schedule as
made up at present includes a journey
through Europe. Africa, India and
Australia --------
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09

York next Saturday and Coombs in the
first game here the following Monday.
He has faith in that pair.
With McGraW 1t is different, 'Muggsy
is wondering which It should be. Mathew
son or Marquard? At least, the host of
New York experts have ii 'doped" out
that way. They figure that "Matty" is
bound to win his first game, no matter
where it is played. with Marauard they
believe 1t Will be a case of home support
and confidence.
Now. If McGraw uses ''Matty'' in New
York and he does win, Gotham writers
say, the Giants have IAN ace in the hole "
Marquard will be used in Philadelphia
the following Monday and even IL the
"Rube" does not win, New York will be
sure Of the first game. Then. McGraw
guard I'm New York on Saturday. Gotham
folks believe ''Rube" can win with the
support of the home crowd. Then Mat
ty'' would be in reserve for the real test
of twirling the first game here.
Naturally. we don't care very much.
from our viewpoint. which McGraw
chooses, for we have faith in Bender
and Coombs. or the twirlers Mack thinks
best. But the writer has tried to show
just what a gamble the choice Of twirl-
ers is and how the selections of Messrs.
Mack and McGraw might afterward be
found to be the direct factor in the re-
suit of the series. Watch and see.
There is much amusement to be found
in the various stories afloat about Con-
ME Mack at this time. But one Of the
prime insists, the writer thinks, is the
statement made by New York writer
that Connie would permit his team To
take no chances during the worlds series.
but would insist that careful plan oil.
battle be mapped out which would have
to be followed, win or lose. tt was
pointed out that McGraw, on tine other
hand, would try to win by taking ex-
traordinary chances and trying 10 Sur
prise the opponents.
Although the writer has never had the
pleasure Of finding out just what Man,
ager Mack does do during game and
what his system il. he is willing to
wager that he does not insist upon his
men playing according to a prescribed
set of rules. For instance there have
been times when men stole home or
worked the squeeze play or did some
thing to help win a game. and Connie
afterward declared it had been done
without his knowledge In other words,
the batter or base runner had seen an
opportunity to get away with a trick
and had done 1t. He had not waited TO
get permission. In base ball opportunity
comes only once probably. and has to be
grabbed quickly.
Furthermore. for the benefit of any
New Workers who believe that Mack is
a conservative crank the writer will
wager that If a member of the Ath-
letics takes chance during the worlds
player. can fail and still be congratu-
lated by his chief. Mack wants his men
to take chances-sane chances The fell
low who has to look to the bench every
time he makes q move = not . winning
base ball player.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
Cubs Bunch Their Hits.

CHICAGO, October 9.-Bunched hits by
Chicago. coupled with errors by Pitts
burgh. gave the locals a to victory
yesterday in a game which went eleven
innings. Bunched hits enabled the visit
ors to score their runs. Score:
R.H. E.
Chicago -. 10000 o1Oo113 /
Pittsburgh :. o 90 OOO1O-2 o 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09

Connie Mack says that the only man
successful in stealing bases against the
Athletics catchers the past year is Ty
Cobb, and he doesn't figure that many
Of the Giants are nearly as good as
Cobb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.


CINCINNATI, October est. Louis de-
feated Cincinnati yesterday, to 0. Har-
mon allowing but two scratch hits. He
was supported brilliantly. st. Louis
knocked Benton out of the box in the
third inning. After the game the two
clubs contested in field meet. Score:
r. H. Z.
st. Louis. ...... o OOO-5 /
Cincinnati ...... O o 5000 90 /
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
Double Win for Browns.

ST. LOUIS. October 9.-The American
League season closed here yesterday with
St Louis winning two games from De-
troit. IL TO and > to o. Cold weather kept
down the attendance and the players did
not exert themselves. Scores:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
Yesterdays Results.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
How They Stand.
Yesterdays Results.
Games Today.

Pittsburgh at Chicago.
New York at Brooklyn.
Boston at Philadelphia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09

The big guess this season is on the first
and second games. and. II the writer has
the dope, right, 1t is McGraw who is un-
decided Manager Mack doubtless win
use Bender in the first contest in New
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09

1t seems to be the general impression
that McGraw will pitch Mathewson in
the opening game of the series. Matty
Is at his best he IL sure to prove trou-
blesome proposition. It would not be a
dif1euit matter to get good bets that he
will win his game. and no doubt the
Athletics will fear him.
: Considering the Importance of the first
game Connie Mack will undoubtedly put
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-21

Governor Stubs at Wichita the otA-
er night met the usual fate of the
man who butts into a family quarrel.
He was Kissed at a meeting there 1or
referring to the Peerless Princess as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-21

regulate the endowment of a school
and its maintenance, the number of
professors. the number of branches a
professor may teach and the maxi
mum number of hours he may teach,
the minimum number of hours study
q student may carry, the number of
hours of satisfactory work a student
must complete before eligible to his
life certificate, etc.
With this regulation of schools is
suing certificates established, the state
superintendent will have no reason
not to accept the certificate of a
school no matter in which state it is
situated.
The congress elected Superinten-
dent A H. Nelson of Utah. chairman
of the organization, and Superinten-
dents c. P. Cary of Wisconsin, and
w. P. Evans of Missouri, to act with
Mr.. Nelson as an executive committee.
The congress voted to hold annual
meetings The place for the next was
not decided
A committee on resolutions drew up
a series thanking Kansas Superinten-
dent E. 7. Fairchild, the Topeka Com
mercial club, and the Kansas Agri-
cultural college for their splendid en-
tertainment while here and also
thanked the United States bureau of
education for sending Commissioner
CIaxton and his assistant Harlan Up
degraff to the conference. These men
had a part in discussions and sane
toned the actions of the state SUI
perintendents-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-21
JURY is SET FREE
Mcnamara Yeniremsn Excused
Till Monday.
No Session of Court Is Held
Today.

8 me thirty veniremen rejoiced to-
day at being at liberty out of doors
instead of locked up under the care of
bailiffs in the Mcnamara murder case.
Agreement of opposing counsel to pro-
coed in examining talesmen without
full jury box enabled Judge Walter
BordweII to excuse all veniremen not
already in the box until opening of the
court Monday morning and only the
six talesmen left at the conclusion of
the court yesterday were under re-
straint today. There was no session
of court today, but it proved busy
day for nearly everyone connected
with the trial
Judge BordwelI found time to con-
slider numerous recommendation Of
fered by counsel. particularly in con-
nection with denial of states challenge
of Talesman a. c. Robinson, in which
the court announced that should he
find his decision incorrect he would
change it.
The defendant, James B. Mcnamara.
was visited by his attorneys, who dis
cussed the situation with him They
also saw John J. Mcnamara, brother
of James, and secretary of the 1nterna-
ton Association of Bridge and Struc
tural Iron Workers. who is an attorney.
To his brother Joe the defendant
talks much about the proceedings and
each day a transcript of the preceding
older man to consider.
The work of whipping into shape
great masses of evidence under pre-
paration by each side was continued
today. Assistant District Attorney "
Joseph Ford has been absent from the
court room for two days, working stead
lily on the states evidence.
The defense has devoted week-ends :
the same task and much other time
outside Of court. A problem faced By
both sides lies in the summoning Of
witnesses While many Of these live
in California and are subject to SUD-
poena probably more live outside the
borders of the state. and so far as the
law concerns itself with them, may
come or stay at home as they please.
Instances already have been found
where persons willing 10 testify quite
some time ago will not do so now.
Each side. however, asserts that no
real difficulty has been encountered in
this direction and that it will have
all the witnesses it needs.
Only the barest outlines of the posi-
ton to be taken by opposing counsel
have bean made known officially. Each
side claims possession of various sur
prises. and in some instances the same
evidence will be used by the state and
BY the defense in an effort to demon-
stlate the Numerically different the
cries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-21
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

Congressman Fred S. Jackson. Of tae
Fourth congressional district, has set
tied upon the details of his postoffice
primary plan. The women Will be al
lowed to vote at these primaries to Sc
lect a postmaster The county chair
men will have charge and the plan OF
the state primary will be followed IS
closely as possible Two towns in the
district have postmasters to select soon
and the plan will be given trial in
these places. If it is successful all
postmasters win be selected in tn 3
manner in the Fourth district so loi4S
as Mr.. Jackson is its representative,
and possibly in other congressional dis
tricts of the state. as the other con-
gressrnen are interested in the outcome
of the plan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-21
WAIT TWO WEEKS
Compulsory Vaccination Order
Is Postponed by City.
On Account of Number of Vac
cinatiOns, Thought Advisable.
HUNDREDS A DAY
City Doctors Are Busy With
Vaccine Point Orders.
More Than 5000 "Scratehed''
Since Last Summer.

compulsory vaccination in Topeka
VIII not be enforced for at least two
more weeks. This ultimatum will be
reached by a meeting of the city board
OF health this evening. 1t will be de-
clded to postpone the order until the
hrst part OF November on account of
the number of vaccinations now in
progress that have not had a chanca
to take"
1t is believed by Eugene e. Stotts.
city commissioner, and the members of
the city board of health that the com
pulsory order should not be enforced
until some evidence. of the present va :
clnationS is apparent 1t is consider
ed unfair to keep out of school several
hundred children who have just been
Vacc1nated and who are without a re-
suit to prove the physicians certificate.
Between 200 and 600 school children
in Topeka have been vaccinated in tie
last week The city physicians, DIR.
Stewart and DR.. Narcotic are vacci-
mating scores of children every night.
The doctors over the city are busy
with the vaccine points and even
though a compulsory order is not given
out, it is probable that a big majority
of the children viii have the marks on
their arms.
Then again there is another reason
that makes the authorities believe that
an order for compulsory vaccination
is rot apt at this time. The city is
not in the grip of a smallpox epidemic,
it is claimed by the members of the
city board of health, and with the ex-
ception of one scare in the schools it
is unnecessary to enforce a strict anti
school order to children that have not
been under the vaccine points. Al
though the order will be issued in a
few weeks without a doubt, a post
ponement at this time is not thought
dangerous to the health of the chill
dren.
1t has been found that the cause of
the smallpox scare in the Sumner
school was wholly the blame OF the
mother of the negro children. She
knew her children had the disease, it
is said. but insisted on allowing one
boy to deliver groceries and another
TO attend school,
Since the smallpox scare in Topeka
last summer more than 5000 yaccina-
tions have been made free by the city
physicians in charge. Even now with
the disease well in hand. the doctors
are busy every night scratching the
arms of the children who are not sent
to other physicians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-21
FIANCEE SEEKS JACKSON
Miss NLarva Coppack Writes Letters to
Teachers Friends.

wichita Kan, Oct. 21-Miss Narva
Coppack, the young lady who this year
resigned her position as d member of
the faculty of Stella academy of Cher
okee, Ok. supposedly with the view
of wedding Ralph Jackson, the school
teacher whose strange disappearance
has baffled the authorities and his
friends, has taken up the search for
the young man. She is daily sending
out letters of inquiry to different parts
of Oklahoma and Kansas in the hopes
of obtaining Information which might
lead to solving the mystery of the
young mans whereabouts since arriv-
ing in wichita nearly two weeks ago.
Advice received from Walker Fergu-
son. editor of the Cherokee Republi-
can, indicated that the young lady has
endured untold differing as a result of
Mr.. Jackson's dropping out of sight
and she is of the opinion that he has
met foul play.
Mr.. Jackson graduated from Stella
academy several years ago and it was
during the time he attended the school
that he met and courted Miss Coppack
1t is said the romance was a pretty
one and the friends of both had re-
garded it as an ideal love match from
tho inception.