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SCOTS HORSE WINS
Martin w. LittIeton Takes Fine
Race From Sir John Johnson.
SURPRISE BY UTTERBACK
Manassas Horseman Puts Over
Black Branch at so to Ross.
hampton Lands Steeplechase.
SURPRISE By UT1ERBAck

| AS the meeting lat Laurel advances the
crowds continue to grow larger. and yes.
| terday. even though the card was the
lghtest OF the. meeting. and the weather
cloudy and threatening, the attendance
was by far the best seen. with the ex-
ception Of Monday, when ladies were ad-
mitted free.
Although the card was light in num-
bers, the fields in each race were well
matched. and ii was no surprise to see
many close finishes during the afternoon,
and in the first and second events two
horses reached the finish SO close together
that it was impossible to tell which had
won until the Official placing had been
made.
The handicap for all ages, at six fur
longs, occupied the position of the days
main event. and as It had a good field of
sprinters named it was an interesting
struggle all the way. and in the run
through the stretch Martin w. Littleton
closed SO strongly that he was able to
take the lead in the last sixteenth Of the
race and beat the favorite, Sir John John
The six furlongs were run in the fastest
time of the meeting.
The steeplechase did not prove to be
much Of a contest, although 1t was q bet
ter race than the one of a few day. Ago.
and, at the end, Rosshampton won pulled
up. Diebold and Magellan fell In the
race, while Charivari refused.
The horses Of III. G. Bedwell have ar
rived at Laurel. and that owner did not
lose any time. as he has quite a number
Of the string entered in the races today.
Jockey Steele was among the new ar
rivals at the track.
w. p. Austin and Jimmy Butte have
parted company. and there is q good
chance that Frank Regain will be given
the horses to train.
nhoYf sat For. fSrA
day, but he was allowed to ride for his
employer yesterday.
There are a number Of the owners that
are shifting from the Pimlico track to
the Laurel course, among which are Erni,
Hall and the Ramapo stable.
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Cobb Could Not.

Cobb himself, those who have followed
worlds series base bali will recall. has
never ran bases in post-season games as
he has done while helping to win the
championship. :. He. stole home on Gibson
in the Pittsburgh games, but the steal
did not bear ON the result, and was
mainly inspired by Pittsburgh papers re-
iteration of the claim that the Georgian
would be chained to the sacks with Glib
son In. In 1905 after king had Dragged
Of Gibbs inability to steal bases on
him in 1907, the Detroiter stole second
and third, land just missed stealing home.
all I'M one inning. But this. also, would
not have affected the result, and was
done to show UP the backstop. Had
these games not been decided at the
eirne Cobb would not have dared risk
the result Of chance-taking. :.
you've got to figure the Athletics to
WIN" continued Ty. because, as ! say,
base stealing cannot figure heavily
When you talk OF pitching and batting
you really talk of the same thing. viewed
from different angles. The Athletics have
the batting. and. therefore. can allow, the
>Aants a. shade in natural skill in box
work and still beat them. bank on
Mack's men beating Mathewson, and
figure that that Is all there Is to 1t.
MarQVard may be q great pitcher. DC
not know anything about him except
what read. But he Ii 1eft-hander.
and Mack has right-hand team. Matty
10 the mainstay, and IL he cannot win II
will kill confidence among the Giants.
Now. ! have never hit against
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she did get the ball over Mrs. Nelpei
had a hard time managing II, but she
rarely ever got the first one over, and
consequently had to let up with her sec
ond and even at that she was charged
with a great many double faults.
The second set was by far the most In
tareSf;nr of the three. In this one Mrs.
Neibel turned what looked like almost
SIRE defeat into victory by well dlfned
rally which enabled her TO overcome
tWo-game lead of her opponent, ana then
continue winning until she gained the
decision. Before she had this rally Miss
Sewall had the score a.. ana looked TO
be an easy winner. She took one OF the
next three games, which gave her ID
score. and. although on several occasions
she was within a single point or victory,
this point was not forthcoming, either
on account of overanxiety on her part
or the brilliant work OF her opponent.
who took the next game. which was a
deuce one, thereby tying things up. and
who then took the next two, which gavO
her the decision.
Her efforts in the previous set seemed
tn have tired Mrs. Neibel in the third
one with the result that Miss Sewail
took il without allowing her single
game. Go being the score. Throughout
tie contest both players covered lots or
ground and played the same style OK
game being at the net most OF the time.
Roth were weak at the back court and
neither stayed there any longer than was
absolutely necessary
The rain of last night and this morn
Ing has left the courts in such a poor
condition that IL is hardly likely that play
can he continued this afternoon. and the
SoIiowinr matches. which were scheduled
for today. will probably be DECIDED to-
morrow:
Women's singles. first ronnd-Aiiss NAL
cline Davis agt. Miss M Harrison. Sec
ond round-Miss Maud Sewall agt. Miss
Enid Holden, Miss Lois Corsan agt. Miss
Jennie Doolfttle, Miss Airline Dufour agt
Miss olive Love and Miss Eva Baker agt
the winner OF the Davis-Harrison match
of the first round.
The summaries of yesterdays play are
as follows:
Women's singles. first round-Miss
Maud Sewaii defeated Mrs. p. ~. Neibel,
feafed Miss T.. Libbey by default.
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HERTINENT CONTENT
XssHappeni1&$sr

speaks. for there is no doubt that in
formally his opinion on the matter has
been sought by those who will have to
make the selection. 1t would therefore
seem that the club intends to go outside
for its new manager and IL should not
have any trouble. finding a lot of ma
terial TO select from.
Both Clarke Griffith and George Stovall
have been menti.ned. but the one man the
club is working ,Dr is Hugh Jennings IL
is. of course, agreed that 1t will be a DIFF
ficult deal to swing. but Ii would be
such a ten-strike that stone should
be left unturned to bring the hustiing
manager of the Tigers here as manager
and stockholder.
Whether Stovall is a capable man or
not his experience this year with the
Maps has not proven. There was enough
natural playing strength on the Cleveland
team to warrant il finishing third i'm the
race A couple of hitters like LaJoie ana
Jackson are sure to bring a team up In
the race, and besides Stoyafl had q crack
ing good young pitching staff TO draw
from. He may be good man to handle
a team. but il brought here would nave
to be considered an experiment.
AS for Griffith. he has not been sue
cess since the year he won pennant Tor
Chicago. and later finished second IN New
York His effort to make a winner out
of Cincinnati was a surprising failure, Tor
which, however. 1t may not be just 10
hold him responsible
When changes in the local team or proba-
BILE trades are considered ii Will be wen
to bear in mind that there is no other
catcher on the local team excepting Street
who handles Johnson's delivery compe-
tently. To allow Johnson to pitch 10
one of the local youngsters means TO nan
dicap him greatly, and team when de-
nends so much on his good pitching cam
not afford to burden him in any manner,
Street catches johnson better tnan any
one has ever handled him since ne came
into prominence. and it would undoupteo-
iy- he a serious mistake to break up th's
combination Streets experience Is OF
much value So far as his being OF sreae
helm to his team is concerned. street u q
better catcher now than he was Few
wears ago. He has learned much IN re,
cent wears and must now be numoeIeo
among the thinking catchers oil tne
league.
There is no doubt that the series with
the Cubs last year gives the Atnie,ics
an advantage. Mack's youngsters ia.
run the gantlet, and they are not APT W
he nervous when they tackle the Giants
ON the other hand. McGraw has 10, y.
Youngsters who have never peen asker
TO stand the test of a crucial series anu
IL remains to be seen IL all OF them VIII
stand up under the strain.
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BY J. ED GRILLo.

Talk to any American League player or
manager, barring the Athletics, and you
will be told that Jack Coombs hasn I
chance to win a game from the Giahts'
and vet Connie Mack, who is by no
means a novice at this base bail game
looks upon Coombs as the one man ne
can depend upon in the worlds series.
The fact that Coombs has been MT haro
nm numerous occasions during the past
sea son. though he has Won large ma
iority of his games, seems TO make tue
critics a bit skeptical about ms pIo~ess
as Giant killer, though ms Wohueri VA
overlooked There may be nothing SEN
sational about Coombs' work, but ne Is
a great man to repeat and improves Win
a lot of work. With Bender 1t Is oineren..
He is sure to pitch one high,ciasS sa
Of hall in the series, but unless ne can
have four days rest he is not apt 10 De
good when he comes back. That IS tne
difference in the physical makeup OF Inc
two men, The one has stamina ana re-
Operative powers which the otner ,arhs y
and that is why MACK IS
whole lot on Coombs.
Mathewson. like Coombs, can STAND q
lot of work. That win be especiaIs Wy
of him, since he will have had ten %. :
or more of real rest peiore Soi"s ''
these important games.
Imst now there is no way to figure the
Giants a cinch, as many believe them 70
he II may be entirely different week
hence. but before a blow is struck one
team seems to have just as good chahce
as the other.
IT is to be regretted that conditions
are such that the Laurel and Pimnce
tracks have to conflict in the fail OF tne
wear. The franchise under which Laure
onerates allows racing only during tns
month of October, while Pimiico can hoio
q meeting both in the spring ana In tnt
fall. The conflicting dates OF these twe
tracks give this section entirely zoe
much racing at one time, and WINE
laurel is sure to have the better or the
argument by reason of the track being
more accessible from either Baltimore OF
Washington, the game would nourlsf
more If the two meetings were weeks
apart.
So far as the sport itself is concerned
it does seem that Laurel has an unex-
pectedlv good lot of fields on its cards
and in this respect seems to have some
thing on its rival
linn McAleer is authority for the state
ment that no member of the Nationals
will succeed him as manager or the
team. James probably knows WHEREOF ne
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.
Brooklyn. 2; New York. 1.
Games Today.
None scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAME.
Dodgers Beat Giants.

BROOKLYN. October 1l.-Brooklyn
closed its 1911 season at home yesterday
with ten-inning victory over New York.
2 to i.
The visitors scored their only run in
the first on4a fielder's choice. a batter hit
and Murray's single, but were blanked by
Barger during the remaining innlngs.
Maxwell had q shut-out up Othe ninth,
when Hummel tripled and tied the score
on Barger's single. In the tenth Wheat
singled and came home with the winning
run on Smiths long double.
BROOKLYN q O o o o o 90 1 l--o 10 o
New york.. 4 90 o D . 0 o OIL D
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MACK HOPES TO USE ONLY
THREE PITCHERS IN SERIES
Is Pointing Bender, Coornbs and Plank to
Struggle Against Giants - Twirler
for First Game Not Selected. "

| but Gessler walked Chase got a scratch.
filling the bases. Elberfeld and Milan
played the squeeze play. and Elberfeld
was safe when Davis lost Bakers throw.
Gardner flied to Oldring and Gessler came
home. They did not score thereafter.
Davis home run over the right field
fence gave the champions their first run
in the second. The score was tied in the
fifth, when Chase muffed Gardnere
throw. He advanced on Lords out and
came home when Oldring singled
In the ninth the game was won on a
single by Collins and Bakers clean
double. The score:
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Mathewson, and l know little OF him
personally, excepting as 1 have met
him off the ball field. / regard him
as one of the greatest pitchers who
have ever stepped on the diamond, and
as still being one of the leaders in his
profession. But 1 have watched his
work closely, and ! know all about the
Athletics, and / want to call your at
tention to one little point. There are
no chop hitters on Macks team. Every
man takes a swing, meeting the good
one full, and driving 1t. And II you
have watched the dope you will notice
that swing hitters are the men who
beat Mathewson Tinker always hits
him, and beat him in the famous play
of OF 1908, as well as in last Thurs
days game, to recall only contests that
you will have in mind. Chase and
Hoffman hit him hard last fall, and
Speaker, In the Boston-New York
Matty his special victim
These are all swing hitters, like the
Athletics Daniels of New York is a
chop hitter who wants to get the
pitcher in hole; and Mathewson
struck him out four times in one game.
From what l have read and been told
Of Mathewson, no batter who waits and
lets him get the first one over, putting
him in a hole, has much chance. The
and swing on II hard are the batters
who hit him. There you have the Ath-
letics. Collins OF course. can chop and
bunt, but don't overlook the fact that
eddie can take as wide swing and
hit 1t as far as anybody. And he Is q
brainy ball player who will bat to meet
conditions"
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ATHL ETICS AND THE GIANTS
TEAMS OF RUN GETTERS
Some Personal Characteristics in Which the
Players Of Both Gibbs Are Alike
New York Has Most Sprinters.

compton. judged by the manner Of their
play in the championship races of the
year. That is their ability to concentrate
their attack. Give them an inch with
their bats and they look for the ell.
They have had their share of games in
which they have been compelled to fight
| for one run. or defend one run. and, on
the other hand. they have played many
games in which they have punched their
hits and swept the platter clean, gravy
and all.
AS a rule. it seems probable that the
Athletics have employed the bunt more
IN their games than the Giants. That is
characteristic i'm which the teams are
dissimilar. Not that the Giants cannot
bunt If the game demands it. but their
method of play has been based on a diff
ferent style of attack.
Working. the Heavy Artillery.
The Athletics are fond Of getting a man
on first, pushing him to second and then
crashing into the pitcher with their heavy
artillery. When they get into action with
that method working satisfactorily they
batters who are of the cleanup type.
They don't confine themselves to singles
| If they can help it, but belt the ball as
far as it will go.
| Neither of the teams is likely to lag if
the game starts adversely by q run or
two. They have pulled through too often
during the season to be worried unneces-
sarily by moderately Instantaneous
beginning.
The fact that there are great similari-
ties between the teams as regards per-
sonalfty is one of the strongest argu-
ments as to the smoethness by which
they have been matched through the
dispensation of the base ball year.
In many respects it is a more convinc-
ing argument to the probable keen
! ness of the coming series than any COM
parison of records.
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Totals. -.s.--.. u 20 IL
winning run scored with none out In ninth.
All-Stars ...... O 0 GO
Athletics. .......... 10 -G 1-3
Left on bases-All-Stars. 8: Athletics. 4. First
base balls-Of Coombs. }: ~ Plank. 1. In
nings pitched-By COombs 4: hy. Plank, s.; by
Bender, g Times at bat by opponents Against
Coombs ID; Plank. 10: Bender. &. Hits-O6
Coombs. 1: OF Plank. L: of Bender. /. Struck
out-By Johnson. 2; by Coonbs. e. by Plank. 2;
by Bender, 3 Home run-Davis. Three-base
hit-Baker- Sacrifice hy.Gartrs,r. Stolen bases
Milan and Chase. Double pas-Johnson to Nc
Bride 10 Chase. Umpires.Messfs. D1neen and
Egau. Time of game-1 hour and o minutes. =
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GIANTS STEALING WILL NOT
COUNT IN BIG GAMES
Runners Dare Not Take Desperate Chances
Where One Game May Decide Cham
picnship, Declares Ty Cobb.


in eviden
qualified
Of
base
anewbas e-stealng record + ican
of
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running does not count in a short series.
It never has, and never can. Each single
game is a matter of too much Importance.
Any time you try to steal a base you give
the opposing team chance to put you
out. Those chances, unless your team is
in front and hitting the pitchers. as the
Athletics were last fall, you cannot af-
ford to take.
Must Play Safe.
''You must play the game reasonably
safe. and depend on your hitting and
your pitching, because the loss OF any one
single game may result in the loss o!
the worlds championship, and the win
ner's end Of the money. That is how
worlds series differs from pennan
race. In the latter You are playing La
games. II you try daring stun and ,dt
not get away with it. the loss Of that 0nt
game is not serious. because there is &
long road to go. and you can make III
!. lost ground. In the end. the percentage
Of successful risks will tell in favor o
the team that is fast and that takes
chances. But where four games decid
centage. In SIX successive years the win
/ ner Of the. first game has won the series
That shows how much one game counts
| and also. tells why a team VIII not dar
/ to take the chances in the series that
| takes in the sea aoa. Convince your op
| ponent that you are going to run wild
| and IL he has sclever and seasoned twirl
| ers, the only kind used in worlds series
| and any kind of throwing catcher, yo
are merely playing into his hand. an
| saving him from giving you chance Z
l hit the ball. . -
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By John B. Foster.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, October II. = In all the
comparisons which have been made or
the teams which are to. play for the
worlds base ball championship. beginning
Saturday next. but little has been touched
upon regarding the personal character
istics Of the players on the ball field 1t
seems as II that is worth word.
In some respects the Giants and the
Athletics are dissinilar. In others they
are as much alike as peas in pod. II
both teams are not what may be called
fighting teams it is not probable that
either would have won the championship.
In the early part of the season, when
Detroit was reaching out far ahead OF
the other clubs in the American League
race, two base ball men were discussing
the probabilities of the season. One OF
them was discouraged. He had some
fondness for. the American League. and
with Detroit so far in the lead he saw
nothing for the future except an over
whelming victory for the Tigers and a
dead race so far as the latter part OF the
season was concerned.
The second ventured to assert that De-
troit not only might be overtaken. but
predicted that it~was more probable the
championship than the Tigers. who We're
logging out in front like a runaway colt
ahead of a circus parade.
Athletics Won.
The party Of the second part at the
time was ridiculed not a little. but has
lived to see the Athletics in front. and.
more than that. to see them eligible for
the big base ball fight of the year.
The same quality brought them to the
top as brought the Giants through that
nerve-racking trip in the west--they could
make runs, and they were never back
ward about going after them.
The moment that a runner reached first
for the Athletics during the American
League season all OF the team was in ac-
ton. That is typical Of the Giants. 1t
is true that not all Of the players are
privileged to go to the coaching line and
give directions to the runner. but there
is a stir OF activity on the bench. The
players begin to shuttle their feet, slide
back and forth, stretch their legs and talk
to themselves.
Occasionally the, more. nervous and
high-spirited get UP and go to the water
bucket for a drink. Perhaps one or two
will leave the bench entirely and walk
from one end Of the players quarters to
the other. 1t js needless. to say that all
of them have their eyes fixed intently
on both batter and runner.
These are the qualities which are typi-
caily characteristic of the team that has
confidence In Itself as a team. and they
are qualities as much in evidence In one
club as In the other.
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IS}|S lays

o0H\ OF only have English models won pref
HIN erence with the young men, but made up
W in the Blue-Gray, Blue-Brown, Oxford
Gray and Plain Blue and Plain Brown Suitings
they're given dstinctiveness that merchant
tailor can approach.
Ours are SIS and $3o. You guess how much
more the tailor would ashland still fall short of
the effective results.
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ne All-Stars got off in front yesterday.
scorinsr two runs in the first inning on a
.aSs n Milan. who STOLE Cobb famed,
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Jim McAleer is authority for the state
ment that no member of the Nationals
will succeed him as manager or the
team. James probably knows WHEREOF ne
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DUCKPIN LEAGUE.
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The evening world., 1911-02-22

EN- o life and morals the ingenious playwright could find or invent.
Yet. despite his delving one fundamental problem has remained uncon
si1ered and unsolved, and this II you are. have been or are going to be the
mother OF daughters. you Will admit is the most important of all
The solution has been found by Mrs Edith Ellis Furness in the farce of
Seven Sisters" which she adapted from an oldfashioned Hungarian play
Just how a Hungarian mother found husbands for sever poor but willing
daughters is set forth ingeniousy in the play, and yesterday. in her own
home, Mrs Furness considered the question as it interests the American
mother, and this, Is she told it to me. il
The evening world., 1911-02-22

Vaughan. and new plays by French
and American authors.
The most conspicuous novelty In Mr..
Frohman's European ventures will bs
the appearance OF three American men
stars. supported by American actresses.
in one OF his London theatres during
the coronation season. The only one OF
these stars whose name Mr.. Frohman
was ready 20 reveal is William OIL
lette. who Will appear In a repertoire
81 his own plays. On the eve Of de-
parture Mr.. Frohman signed another
ten-year lease for the Empire Theatre.
On Jan 2 OF next year he will celebrate
tho twentieth anniversary of his man
! agemcnt " this house.