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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
CHANCE FOR WoLGAsr BOUT.
Opinion Opens the Way for Boys to
Enter the Ring.

MADISON. Wis. September A.-Assist-
ant Attorney General Russell Jackson. In
an opinion on the Notwithstanding
proposed boxing contest. says that IL the
bout develops into a prize fight the sher-
IN is at liberty to stop 1t.
The opinion Is contained in a letter to
winfred c.. label district attorney of
Milwaukee county, in which the statutes
governing prize fighting are stated.
The assistant attorney general then
touches upon the articles Of agreement
entered into between the Nationafs Ath-
letic Club and Ad Wolgast. and says:
TT would appear that an effort has
been made to avoid the possibility Of a
confiict with the section governing prize
fights and that the proposed contest is
TO he In the nature of a boxing match as
distinguished from a prize fight.
"Whether or not. however. the contest
will prove to be a boxing match or
.nrize fight' will depend entirely, in my
opinion. upon the facts ashley may de-
velop in the ring, II a prize fight 1t will,
OF course. be the duty of the sheriff to
stop IT.
ON this opinion the chances are now IN
favor Of the bout being held.
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LAERTINENT @f1hENT
E$sHappenin&$Sr Sportdom

making for the National League cham
pionship is a wonderful tribute to the
base ball genius of Frank Chance. known
to Chicago bugs as THE Peerless
One" The Cubs have labored under the
stiffest handicaps that ever penaliZed
any pennant contender In the history of
big league base ball. Johnny Evers the
smartest player on the team, suffered a
nervous attack early in the season and
has been out of the. game most Of the
time. Then Chance was hit on the head
by pitched ball and knocked out.
The absence Of Chance and Eyers left
only one veteran. Joe Tinker. in the In
field. Safer and Doyle are frst-year nov
ices. while Zimmerman is only an aver
age substitute. Archer's sterling work be-
hind the bat has made the loss OF Johnny
King unfelt. Harry Steinfeidt il not
missed, either The outfield Is as good a.
ever. with Sheckard. Hoffman and Schultz
going great. but the pitchers box has
been woefully weak from the start King
Coles failure to come back and pitch the
ball he did last year has been q terrific
blow TO the club. However. this lis ofrset
to a certain extent by the improved work
of Mordecai Brown, who seems TO be
better man than he was last season Then
Lou Richie. A Philadelphia and Boston
discard, jumped into the calcium and pro-
ceeded to pitch ball that astonished even
his relatives. II the Cubs win ont Chance.
Murphy 4 Co. can thank Richie.
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FALL RACING IN KENTUCKY.
Lexington Opens Season Today, Auc.
ton Pools Being Barred.

LEXINGTON, KY. September l4.-The
fall racing sea son opens here this after
noon for a nine-day meeting Nearly five
hundred horses, including some of the
best In training, are stabbed at the local
track. From here the horses go to Louis
Vile for eighteen days. and then TO La
tonia for twenty-four days.
The richest stake in America will be
run at Churchill Downs. Louisville, Oc-
toher :, when the Kentucky Endurance
stakes. worth $500 to the winner, at
four miles, will be run. This is the first
long distance race In Kentucky in twenty
years.
The Lexington track will also carry
out Q new order Of the state racing com
mission. which is that no auction pools
shall be sold at the Lexington. Louisville
or Latonia tracks.
The commission will decide today wheth-
er news reports Of the betting will be
allowed.
The commission, 1t is said. Is in favor
Of cutting out telegraph wires on the
grounds and declining to allow reports of
the races to be sent out. The news
papers have asked that such drastic
action be not taken, but that the com
mission place q censor In the TELEGRAPH,
oh1ces on the grounds. This action Is To
prevent poolrooms from getting informa-
ton.
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NATIONALS NEW UMPIRE.
Bush of Texas League Reports for
Work.

PHILADELPHIA, September IA
new umpire has been added to the Ma
tional League staff Of officials. Umpire
Bush OF the Texas League, who has been
secured by President Lynch to finish on,
the National season. reported to Messrs
Klein and Brennan at the Phillies'
grounds yesterday and he Is to be piloted
over the circuit by the two officials until
Lynch finds an opening for him to work
Bush, according to present plans, is to
attend every game KLEIN and Brennan
work in and is to jump west with these
two offlcials tomorrow night. Bush has
had orders TO go into Cincinnati. where
KLEIN and Brennan are to work, and
when he reaches Redland he may get a
chance to break into double harness with
some Of the hard working umpires.
as. country particularly hard on
Jumps and hasty in base ball judg-
ment. Bush was called the Iron Man
Of the league. giving his decisions with
out fear or favor, and every scout who
futtered through the hot belt of the
country this summer spoke in high terms
of Bush.
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BIG BOYS ARE READY
Morris and Flynn Quit Training
Today and -Are.in Fine Fettle.
BOTH BOXERS. CONFIDENT:
Oklahoma Giants First. Real Test.
Unusual Interest Displayed.
in the Meeting.


NEW YORK. September. l4-Carl. Nor
ris the Oklahoma giant, will finish his
hard training today at Jimmy de For
est's camp at A1fenh,frsr, N. j., and take
things easy until he climbs into the
ring at Madison Square Garden tomor-
row night for his ten-round bout with
Jim Flynn. The latter, who has been
doing his preliminary work at Johnson's
roadhouse in the Bronx. will also COM
plete his training today. Both have pre-
pared for the contest as if 1t meant the
championship and each is brimming over
with confidence of victory.
Morris has made most decided impress
sion on all the eastern sporting men who
have seen him in action since he began
work at Allenhurst. When he came here
the impression was very strong tnat ne
was simply an Overadvertised giant,
whose size and strength were MS oniy
assets to recognition. AS heavyweight
pugilist he was not seriously regarded.
But the form he has displayed has COM
pletely changed these ideas In many
cases. andz~a number OF eminent CRITICS
who have viewed his workouts now re-
gard him as prominent candidate for
pugilistic honors. In the training camp
he; has shown great hitting ability and
far more ring knowledge than might gen.
orally besexpected from comparative
The bout with Flynn will be Morris
first real test. and it should. go "a long
way in proving il he can be developed
into champion. He is bigger than either
Johnson or Jeffries, and will have a de-
cided advantage over Flynn from, a phys
ical standpoint. Flynn, of course, has
the benefit of a long. ring experience,
which puts him ahead OF Morris in rlle
finer points Of the game. He WIS never
regarded seriously in the heavyweight
ranks until his recent victory over AL
Kaufman, but that one battle put him
in the front rank of white lleavyweiShts.
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WILLY WINS A RACE
AND RECORD OF 2.06 II
Fastest Trotting on Record for
Horse Bred in Europe Is Now
Credited to Winans'' Stallion.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, September 1.-THE
longest program raced on the grand cir
cult this season was staged at the state
fair track yesterday afternoon, eighteen
heats and an exhibition mile by the cham
pion trotting stallion, The Harvester,
constituting the entertainment offered to
lovers OF harness racing. 1t was an ex-,
tremely unfavorable4 day for racing, an
icy wind blowing all day and overcoats
being at premium. The track was fast,
but the low temperature and high wind
seemed to put a crimp in The Harvester.
and mile in 2.os,4 was the best he
could offer to- the packed grandstand,
which, In spite of his failure. gave the
great trotter and his veteran driver, I'D
Geers, round after round Of applause at
the finish OF the mile.
The purse Of s.. 600 for I'll PAGERS was
the feature of the afternoon program
aside from the champion stations at
tempt, and this went to swell the already
topheavy list Of rich prizes won this sea-
son by the New York trainer, Tommy
Murphy.
Sir r. was the one TO bring home the
bacon" and he did it handiy after hav-
ing been beaten in the first heat by the,
Canadian stallion, Hal B., jr In this
heat the final quarter was paced in O.2S4.
ALISi lid1 a'ii US o - Dss'ss 0''A
the, Canadian entry outclassed the re-
mainder of the field.
The Austrian bred trotting stallion
Willy. after serving all season as pace
maker for half dozen fast horses, final
ly won a race yesterday from a high
class field, reducing his record to 2.G6,s
in the first heat and coming back the
second in 2o6A. This performance is the
best ever made by a trotting horse bred
In Europe. The winner is owned by
7 oris w Winang Of England
Early. jr- and Independence Boy had
their fifth duel of the season in the race
for 2.O4 PAGERS and this time Early, jr,
won, The Able being tied with 1ndepend-
ence Boy for second money.
The race for three-year-old trotters was
rather tame and was won by the chestnut
colt Fritz in slow time.
The 21S trotting race was drawn out
to 1--WE heats. The first two heats went
to Hannah Louise, then Bedelia won two
and looked to have the race at her mercy,
but In turning to score for the fifth heat
she broke bone in her leg, and 1t was
necessary to take her from the track in
an ambulance. Hannah Louise then went
out and won the deciding heat.
The Madden sweepstakes race will be
decided today, but 1t Is likely that only
Soprano and Hailworthy will go to the
post, as Joan Is lame. The intercity
matinee races are also scheduled to be-
gin, the race for the league cup being
one Of the features.
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PICKED TO BE
GREAT PITCHER NEXT YEAR
Cleveland Collegian Wanted to Out, But
Was Coaxed to Keep on Try
ing and Is Succeeding.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLEVELAND. September 14.--Fred
Banding will be a great pitcher some
day. And the particular day is not far
off
Fred has been pitching in tough luck
this year. 1t is his first season in the
major leagues Next year he should be
one of the leading hurlers in the ma jor
organization.
The former University OF Michigan star
is making a whirlwind finish. He did not
look good at the start Of the season.
There were many things in the art OF
pitching base balls that were foreign to
Fred. George Stovall and few other
good fellows got busy with Fred and
started teaching him.
Being young and finding the tide of
battle going against him, Fred felt like
most young men and, getting into that
condition. he did what most young men
do-he tried to get away. One day he
walked into the Office of President Som
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ers of the Cleveland club. 1t was the
day after he had lost a game to Detroit.
to 4, and after he had them beaten 4
to l. when the last half of the ninth
inning opened.
The Interview.
Mr. Somers, I would like to go to
some minor league club I wish YOU
would farm me out. I can't pitch ur
here, and ] want TO go where I can win
games" requested Banding.
You're not going away. You're not
going to any. minor league club. You are
going TO stay up here. young man, and
you're going to PITCH answered the
owner Of the Cleveland club.
So Fred stayed. And his teammates
helped him. They developed certain quail
tiles in him this season, and he'll have
much more next year
Banding has the build. He has the
mental ability. He is learning to curve
q ball properly. He is learning many
other things. He takes good care Of
himself. and there is no reason why h.
should not succeed.
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ANNUAL TOURNAMENT.
Will Begin on Bachelor Clubs
Courts Next Monday.

The ,twenty-third annual tennis tourna-
ment for the championship Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia will begin next Monday
afternoon on the courts Of the Bachelors
Lawn Tennis Club In Woodley Park. Play
will begin each day at $50 O'Clock. The
events will consist OF mems singles mems
doubles and ladies' singles Prizes will
he offered In all events.
The winner OF the mems singles will
be called upon to play A. ". Howard.
the present holder OF the championship
of the District
!. Entries will be received by j. T. Hen
drick. secretary Of the, club. up, to noon
next Saturday, or may be- posted on the
bulletin board at the clubhouse until q
o. clock Saturday afternoon. .st
The tournament committee consists of
Lawrence O. Murray, II. Il. Doyle. l.. A.
Fischer. a. w. HoTard and ]. r. Hen
drick.
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LIGHTWEIGHT SCRAP OFF.
Wolgast-McFarland Bout Killed Aft
er $4,000 Worth Tickets Sold.

MILWAUKEE. Wis.,, September H.
Following the calling off Of the ten
round fight between Lightweight Cham
pion Wolgast and Packey Mcfarland.
scheduled for this city tomorrow night,
it is believed an effort will be made
to stage the bout on the Pacific coast
or in New York.
The promoters Of the contest did not
give up hope that the fight could be
given as planned until after the con-
ference late last night between Acting
Gov. Morris, District Attorney label.
Sheriff Arnold Of Milwaukee county and
the promoters and their attorneys. The
off1cials were firm in their stand that
the fight would be violation Of the
law. and would not be permitted.
Wolgast's manager, Thomas Jones,
said today that offers for the fight
had been received from several cities.
About $40, 200 worth of tickets had been
sold, and this will be refunded to pur-
chasers.
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Is an Idle Day for the Nationals Tomorrow the Browns Are Herr
McALEER IS DEALING FOR
MAJORITY OF BOSTON STOCK
Deal Will Fall Through Unless He Gets
Absolute Control-Red Sox Per-
ish at Home Plate.

couple Of holes on that inneld to make
the Red SoN good enough to fly another
pennant in Boston That outheid. by the
way, is the strongest in the league. Every
one of the trio can hit, run, field ana
throw and is good ball player Gardner
and Yerkes are strong men on the inf1eid,
but a first baseman appears TO be sadly
needed.
Charley Streets throwing Is gradually
improving as he becomes accustomed 10
having two of the fingers on his throwing
hand bandaged together. Streets recent
injury has left these members weak, ana
in order to protect them Street mas oeeh
catching with the two fingers TIED TO-
gether. This makes il difficult for him. to
get a good hold of the ball and has aHect-
ed his throwing not little.
When Tommy LoEg learns how to slide
and get start he is sure to make good
base runner, for there is no question ABOUT
his speed. Long can step down the base
lines as fast as any man on'the team. In
fact 1t would be pretty close race be-
tween him and Milan. who is one of the
fast men in the league. The Gadsden
youngster is not vet on his stride. lie has
not grown accustomed to his surround
ngs and should improve with every game.
He has not failed to get a hit in any Of
the three games he has played
Ray Morgan looked whole lot better
around third base yesterday than he has
cred lot of ground and made several
good throws to Schaefer. If continued
at third Morgan should be much more at
home there by the time the season is
over.
1t was by killing Off the visitors at the
plate which made yesterdays victory
possible for the Nationals. In the very
first inning Milan nailed Hooper at the
plate when he tried to score from second
base. which he had reached by virtue Of
his double. when Yehkes singled to CEN
ter In the second Gardner died as did
Hooper. He had singled and stolen, and
took third on Lewis infield hit Lewis
worked the delayed steal before Hughes
had made move to pitch. and when
Hughes threw to Mcbride Gardner made
a dash for home. but Mcbride nailed him
there with splendid throw. which Street
handled perfectly.
Of dying at the desired goal. With one
out, Mcbride allowed Williams grounder
to slip through him. Pape followed with
a hit. and Hooper also singled, filling the
bases. Street made an effort to catch
Pape' mapping off second. He failed in
this. but Williams dashed for the plate
where Mcbride nailed him. Hooper in
the meantime had run toward second. but
was caught before he could get back
to the bag. and Hughes was pulled out
Of serious hole.
pass to Milan. a put-out, which
moved him up, and Eiberfeld's single
gave the Nationals their first run
Schaefer's hit and Longs double added
another in the sixth, and Milan scored
the final run with drive over the right
field fence. Gardeners double and Engel's
single gave the visitors their only run in
the ninth The score.
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Regardless of his. elaes, Flynn Is better
fitted to give Morris real test than any
white heavyweight in the ring today. and
it is the test rather. than the result Of
Interest in tomorrow nights clash.
Flynn. never possessed. championship
caliber and never will unless Johnson
fofgets afl' he ever Knew about the game.
There Is a chance that Morris may yet
be developed into a tighter OF champion
ship quality. He may defeat Flynn with.
out showing anything to commend him
as white hope. or he may be defeated
and still show the possibilities Of being
developed into title holder. 1t Is this
one feature that makes the bout stand
out so far ahead Of any heavyweight
battle in years. barring the Jeffries-John-
son match. and 1t promises to pack Madi-
son Square Garden tomorrow night.
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Ty Cobb apparently was not severely
injured. The Detroit star hit a double.
stole base and scored the Tigers only
run in Cleveland yesterday.
Eddie Plank showed New Workers what
he could do yesterday. banking the High
landers with only three hits. And tho
Giants do not like 70 face southpams.
Marquard got his again yesterday.
but the Giants managed to win the game.
The way the RUDE has been acting OF
late he does not appear to be in trim to
burn up the west
Bransfield got In hit and figured in
three double plays YESTERDAY II the
Cubs don't win the Nationals pennanf II
won't be "Kitty's' fault.
Jimmy McAleer Is to become an Ameri-
|can League n,agnate. Any man who COULD
exhibit the smile that Jimmy has after
ten or more years plotting tail-end 81
louis and Washington teams deserves
something soft in his old age Philadel-
phia Telegraph.
The Eastern League race was frightened
up as q result of yesterdays games. Bal
tirnore beat Providence to ), while To-
ronto won over Buffalo by the same
fell down before Montreal by 5-to-i
count
This afternoon Chicago Will be put to
the supreme test. Chances club stacks
up with the Pirates in the first OF two
double headers to be played on consecu-
tive days. Nothing but a clean sweep or
at least three out Of four will keep the
Windy city aggregation within gunshot OF
the Gothamifes. provided the Polo Ground
ers deliver for McCraw this afternoon.
Birdie Cree. the star outfelder of the
Yankees. returned to his old position in
left field after several weeks absence on
account OF an injured leg. He failed TO
get a hit because Of Barrys robbery In
the sixth. The midget cracked one a mile
q second through the box. but Plank de-
fiected 1t just enough to allow his short
stop a chance for most remarkable play.
Catcher Jack Adams of Memphis and
Outfielder Dave Callahan of New Orleans.
who were condifionally released by Cleve-
land last spring. were ordered TO report
to the Cleveland team in New York Sep
tenber 49, Cleveland will take four new
pitchers. Winchell Of Dayton. Reisgie OF
New Haven, Swindeli Of Winston Salem.
n. c.. and Baskette Of Toledo and Catch
err O.Neir Of Worcester, Mass, on the last
eastern trip.
If Pittsburgh doesn't bludgeon the Cubs
this week there will be many dazcd
athlete in McCraw's camp. The Giant
flock is looking for the Pirates 10 wrench
OF at least two games and possibly thrcA
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Other American League Games.
Athletics Blank Yankees.

NEW YORK. September fiddle
Plank out-twirled Russell Ford in a
pretty pitchers battle yesterday. the ->th-
letics winning from the New York Amer
leans. to o.
Lord doubled In the first inning, went
to third on Oldring's sacrifice and scored
when knights throw to Blair. on Col
Inns tap, carried slightly wide.
McInnes scratched hit to short in the
ninth. took second on a daring play when
Knight carelessly rolled the ball to Ford.
moved to third on Barry's sacrifice and
scored on Thomas slow roller to Card
ner on which no play could be made at
the plate. Score:
RH.E.
Philadelphia. .... o o O o 90 -2 5
New York. .... 5000 o q 100 :; =
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NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.
Giants Going Good.

BOSTON. September 14.-Boston was
unable to hit Ames In the pinches yester-
day and the Giants won their third
straight game. 4 to 1.
Errors contributed to New York's
scores Ames was supported strongly.
Her7ogs batting and baserunning were
features. Score:
RH.E.
N.v York. 90 1 OOI- 6 1
Roston o o O OOO0-1 3 5
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San Francisco May Get
Wolgast.McFarland Scrap

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, September
14-An. offer to stage. the VOL.
gast-McFarland fight came from
1t became known that the au-
thOfitfeA decided 1t could not be
held here.
The offer came from Promoter
Lewiston and his partner Of San
ErancSscov who .agEeed to give
the principals 20 per cent Of the
gross fecefptb.
They guaranteed a S9Q.OQQ-.
house, provided the fight IN exc
:. tended .fO' twenty rounds.
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Detroit critics are Of opinion that If
Manager Jennings had hack in a lump all
OF his discards he would have won the
pennant with ease this season. They are
catchers Archer and Thomas and pitchers
Cfcotte. Suggs, Warhop and Rowan.
MoNe Maxwell, who got a try-out with
the White Sox some years ago. VIII he
with the Giants next season. Maxwell
has been doing great work with Btrming-
ham, in the Southern League, and Mike
Finn. scout for the Giants. thinks he will
surely make good on his second try-out
IN the big show
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Dodgers Are Banked.

PHILADELPHIA. September 14.-Phila-
delphia shut out Brooklyn in a pitchers
battle between Alexander and Barger
here yesterday. to 0.
After two men were out in the seventh
inning. the home team scored It's runs on
Tooley's wild throw on Walshs grounder
and singles by Alexander, Knabe and Lo-
bert. Score:
R.H E.
Philadelphia -. O o o o o OK o
BROOKLYN . 90 o 900 90
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RACE FOR ST. LEGER.
0'Neill, American Jockey, Rides
Prince Palatine to Victory.

LONDON, September 1.-THE race for
the st. Leger Stakes Of $500 sovereigns
was run at the Doncaster meeting yes
terday and was won by T. Pilkmgton's
Prince Palatine. ]. b. Joel's Lycaon was
second and Lord Derby's King william
third. There were eight starters.
frankie O'Neill, the American jockey.
rode the winner. Prince Palatine won
by six lengths from Lycaon. who was
two lengths before King William.
The betting was 10 to 3 against Prince
Palatine, 10 to against Lycaon and 6
to against King William.
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Kaler Very Effective.

CLEVELAND, September 14.-Kaler
was too much for Detroit yesterday and
Cleveland defeated the Tigers, :, TO l.
Detroit made only six hits, nine men
striking out.
Cleveland knocked Summers from the
hox in the fourth inning But for Olsons
error in the ninth Detroit would have
been shut out. Score:
RHE
Cleveland COL 0OOx-5 II 2
Detroit. .... 5000 o 0 o Ill 6 .
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Members Of the Philadelphia Athletics
are of the opinion that the hall of fame
committee which awards two autos this
fall to the two most valuable players in
the two big leagues should ascertain just
which players already own autos and
then make their awards to men who are
autoless at present. Why" they ask,
should autos he given to Ty Cobb. Sam
Crawford. Eddie Collins or Nap Latpie
when each is now the owner Of = buzz
wagon"