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Evening star., 1911-05-28
Literature for Base Ball Fans
at Public Library.

The following Is a list Of books. and
magazine articles on base ball. They are
all in the Public Library and may be bor-
rowed for home reading. For the time
being the books will be placed on open
shelves where they will be easily accessi-
BILE.
A list Of books on tennis will be pub
lished In next Sundays sporting section.
$50 Books. .s. .
: c% Cumming, J. NJ. How to Score a. Base Ball
Evers. J. ]. Touching Second. the science Of
base ball. 1910
Foster. ]. B.. ed. How to Pitch. 1911
Foster. J. B.. Ready Reckoner Of Base Ball
Percentages 1905.
McGraw. John. Base Ball, How to Play the
Game: Official rules. 1911.
Morelsnd. G. L., ed. Omcial National Base
Ball Guide: rules and records. 1911.
Murnane. T. H., ed. How to Play Base Ball.
1908.
Murnane. T. H.. ed Spalding's On1cial Guide
to the National Association Of Professional Base
Ball Leagues. 1911.
Spalding's Ohicial Base Ball Guide 1910.
Spaldng Official Base Ball Record. 1909.
Spalding's Official College Base Ball Annual.
1911.
Spalding's How to Play Second Base. 1911.
Sphinx, A. H. The National Game; a history
Evening star., 1911-05-28

the Parisian fans. As the feeling exist
Ing between the men is said to be any
thing but cordial, there IL no reason to
suspect that everything Il not on the
up and up." although I note an odd
hint here and there to the end that the
match was made possible only through
an understanding" The articles OF
agreement would tend to disprove any
thing In the way Of an understanding.
as they call for a finish fight, and stipu-
late that no fouls are to be allowed the
men to battle until one or the other y
knocked out. Which suggests one Of the
fstic historians delight to dwell upon.
New Yorkers will shortly have chance
to take slant at Matt Wells, the light
weight champion OF old England. When
Matt was over here q year ago 1t will be
recalled he was boxing welters. and the
announcement Of his victory over Freddy
Welsh at the lightweight limit was a dis
tinct surprise. Wells did not by any
means set the world on fire on his first
visit to these shores. Rather his efforts
were Of the preliminary class order. and
New Workers were shocked when they
learned he had won the championship Of
England from one OF the most clever
boys in the division. Knockout Brown
box Wells. but a difference over weight
or the formers setback at the hands Of
Tommy Murphy changed the Britisher's
plans. and Jack Goodman has been Sc
lected as the initial opponent.
Pugs Dodge Jack Britton.
] observe that none of the so-caned
bear-cats Of the lightweight division ap-
pears overanxious to make a match with
that sturdy young Chicagoan. Jack Brit
ton. who showed such a sterling perform
ance upon the occasion Of his eastern
debut. Haven't heard a whimper from
the ."knockout'' and "one-round" sluggers,
and Jack may have to look elsewhere for
trouble. From accounts. Britton Is a
pretty Classy boy. and many critics COM
pare him favorably with the great Nc
Farland. Guess we Will have to trot out
Packey for this newcomer.
Billy Papke soon will be back in this
country. Before sailing he has a little
job of work on his hands with the middle
weight champion of England. Sullivan is.
champ and 1t Is a good fighting name
but if he is of no better class than the
majority of the big men In the old coun-
try Papke ought to win handily.
i sincerely trust that Leo Houck re-
turns before many weeks. as there will
he plenty of work for him now that
Papke has signified his Intention Of COM
ing home. There is the complicated mid
dle-weight situation to he cleared up.
and I feel confident that Houck is one of
the best in the bunch. and may eventually
have to argue the matter of supremacy
with the Illinois Thunderbolt. Leo Is only
a youngster. and has proved his worth by
the defeat of Harry Lewis and a num-
ber of others. Better string with the
young blood when the class Is there.
Evening star., 1911-05-28
HASKINS CHALLENGES.
Wants to Meet Sheppard in One
Thousand. Yard Race.

NEW York. May 27.-Guy Haskins.
the distance runner. who formerly sport
edthe colors Of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania and is now representing his home
town, Christ Church, New Zealand. has
challenged Melvin Sheppard OF the irish
American A. c. to run q match race at
1000 yards Haslins and Sheppard, 1t
will be remembered, ran q series Of SEN
sational matches couple Of years ago.
in which the man from the antipodes
invariably came out On top. So exciting
were these races that In one Of them the
runners stopped to exchange fisticuffs,
with the result that Peerless Mel put
Guy away for the count Of ten and
thereby drew q ninety-day suspension.
Evening star., 1911-05-28

Cornell has . wonderfully COED aelding
team. In fact. Wagner at shortstop. Dam
nehouer at third base and Butler In left
field are ell doing splendid work. The
fielder. this being Capt. White. who has
already attracted the attention OF num-
ber OF major league managers.
The Navy Branching Out.
II tho Athletic Association OF the United
States Naval Academy continues its
progressive policy. It may not be long
,n.fl the middies secure moro noerues
from the government in the way OF out
side competition Four years ago tne
rn,ddies secured permission to compete
in the Poughkeepsie regatta, out unin-
terested Secretaries OF the Navy since
then have not renewed that permission.
The only concession made was that os
which the middies were allowed to com
petc this year in the American regatts
on the Schuylkill. The latter trip takes
the Navy away from the academy
only two days, so that permission wa
granted for the trip. Were 1t possiois
for the middies to row at Pougnkeepsi'
without losing more than the time con
sumed in going to and returning IRON
the course the Navy would probably bt
seen on the Hudson each year.
One year ago the Navy trled 70 Be
permission to compete I'm the !. c. A.. A
A. A. track and field championships
which were held at Philadelphia. Th'
middies had a very good track team
their special star being Carey. the sprint
er, who had done 4-S seconds for the 10
yards. The government officials coult
not see their way clear to grant the re
quest OF the sailors. but this has no
dampened their ardor for track athletics
In fact. the middies had an even bette
team this year than last. Although Penn
sylvania was without some OF her bes
men. the middies gave the Quakers I
close rub in their dual track meet
The desire OF the Middies Is to be al
lowed to compete in intercollegiate sport
just as the big universities do. The.
now have only foot ball and fencing. tn
latter being more Of q part OF the cur
riculum than a sport. West Point. o.
the other hand. fosters little outside o
foot ball and base ball. Nothing NOR
| is heard of the once persistent rumo
that the Army intended to take UP row
| ing, and a dual track meet between Wes
Point and Annapolis would be a walkove
| for the middies. The Navy intends I
keep up ita fire against the government
until It secures more latitude In the wa
Of athletic competition. The college worl
will welcome its success.
Evening star., 1911-05-28
lNQUlSITlVE FANS.

Sporting Editor Star: ,, t,rd,v
nuhlish under 'Inquisitive Fans wnetner
a ball that strikes on foui terIlu s,,,rd
tween home and first, or home ana thHu u,
without touching player or umpire anu
settles on fair territory. is fair or 1oui
I have read rules a. and - careIuiiy' na anu
In my opinion 1t is fair. but q man VINO 20
must strike on fair territory first. ana
afterward. should 1t roll out and IN AGAIN
II would be fair: but should 1t stay OUT.
side the line. it is foul. But SHOULD II
strike on foul territory hTst' t;en ana tnen
being that the minute it strikes FOUL ter
ritory it IS not a legally batted ball. l
called his attention to rule 10. SAVING,
foul hit is a legally batted pail, put ne
could not see 1t. j. IRWIN ESTERLY.
1t Is fair ball.
"a" says before washington returns
home from the western trip 1t Will go into
last place mot necessarily to remain
there) May "a the standing was:
Won. Lost. Per Ct.
Washington. n................... u .s sss
This was absolutely tie. Was "A
right in his assertion? Please answer In
the Sunday pink sheet. -
Respectfully. r. X. W1HTFORD.
Washington was not in last place. be-
cause st. Louis also had claim to lie
position.
Sporting Editor Star:
What is the extent Of the injury to De
Gainor Of Detroit. and how long will he
be kept out Of the game? q. Y. x.
Gainor had his wrist broken by being
hit by a pitched ball delivered by Coombs
Of Athletics. He is not expected to play
for month. . &
Sporting Editor Star:
/. II you want another player to run
instead of the one on base must you take
a bench player. and must he stay In the
game?
2. II you want another player to bat
instead OF the batters or the one at bat.
must you take bench player, and must
he stay In the game?
g. How do you keep the stolen base
average?
4 How do you keep the individual bat
ting average?
1. A substitute can be taken from the
bench to take another players place at
any time. but II player In the game
Evening star., 1911-05-28
VIRGINIA LEAGUERS
Organization in Fine Shape
and Will Have Good Season.
TO ENFORCE PLAYER LIMIT
Meeting to Be Called to Get All
Teams Down to q Business Basis.
Scout Kahoe on His Job.
TO ENFORCE PLAYER LIMIT
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
LYNCHBURG. Va. May 27.-Presi-
dent Williams says the Virginia League
is In better shape now than It has been
for several years, and he has not the
slightest idea but 1t will go through
the season intact without trouble. He
lis arranging to enforce the salary limit.
as well as the player limit. June 1. and
the clubs which signed high salaried
men in the hope OF getting by this
provision. as has been the case for five
years. will be up against the necessity
|of getting rid OF some hfgh-class men.
The limit is going to be enforced. says
the president, and II is more than likely
that a meeting will be called within
the next week or two to have a thorough
Evening star., 1911-05-28
Real Battle for Parisians.

Elimination contests will be confined in
the near future to the negro representa-
tives of the science. And the proposed fin
ish ight between Tar Baby" Langford and
Joe Jeanette. another brunette. looks
rather nifty on paper. The bout ought to
furnish mighty good entertainment for
Evening star., 1911-05-28

is substituted permission from the op-
posing captain must be secured.
=. He must be a player not In the game
and the mans place he takes is out OF
can be replaced by some other player.
however, while at bat or before he takes
the field.
3. Divide the number OF bases stolen
4. Divide the number OF base hits by
the number Of times at bat
Sporting Editor Star:
A is on first base and B at bat. The
pitcher makes q balk and the umpire mo-
tons A to second and tells B to go to
first base. objected to the ruling al to
BIS advancing. while a spectator upheld
the umpire's decision. 1. Kindly give me
! the correct ruling Of the play. =. Also
the batsman makes a safe hit and is
thrown out trying to stretch 1t into q
double. F. p. K.
l. Ruling cannot be given without
knowing which one OF the several kinds
OF balks the pitcher made. II 1t consti-
tuted q fourth called ball the umpire
was right. otherwise only A should have
been allowed to advance. 2. Give the
batsman base hit and score the out the
way 1t was made.
Sporting Editor Star:
!. Batter has no strikes, but attempts
to bunt. The ball hits him on the hand
or finger and goes fair. Is 1t a fair ball
or dead ball? 2. Suppose he already had
two strikes. what decision would the UNI
third inning, do the players get credit for
whatever hits were made during the
game? A. r. p.
1. It is foul ball and one strike. 2 It
would be a third strike and the batsman
would be out. 8. Not unless the game
was forfeited.
Sporting Editor Star:
We have a discussion over> decision
made in the fourteen-inning game be-
tween the Waseda University team and
! Monmouth College. A player on third at
tempts to steal home. The opposing
pitcher does not notice the play until he
is delivering the ball to the batter too
late to stop the throw. The catcher steps
into the batter's box and puts out the
| man coming home. Has he the right to
interfere with the batter in such case?
]. A. r.
The batsman goes to first base for In
| reference and the run scores on the balk
| (the catcher being out of his position).
| Sporting Editor Star:
| 1. With a man on third base the bats.
| man hits to the second baseman, who
| fields the ball home. but fails to get the
runner. He could have retired the bats.
| man easily at first. In scoring would
you credit the batter with a hit or what:
| 2 If man reaches first on a failure tc
catch a third strike or on an error by
| fielder is he credited with time al
| bat? SCORER
1. Score 1t just the same as II the run.
ner had been retired at the plate. 2. Yes
| Loving Fan: You are entitled to your
| opinion of Ralston. but it does not seem
\ A-~A NtHeNe % ~
| the major league clubs. Should Ralston
develop the chances are that Washington
can recall him. To date he has not set
| the American Association on fire.
Evening star., 1911-05-28
Revival of Amateur Boxing.

There are the amateur shows. for IN
staneen An entire evenings clean sport
Is assured all who, attend. And the 77fact
thstT e. number of Eclubs are going in for
this form of entertainment indicates a
widespread revival of interest in the
doings OF the amateurs,
The money number of lightweignts
have been cleaning up the last winter
would make some of the late oldtimers
turn over in their graves If IT were possi-
bic to communicate with them on the
subject And what about the veteran
lightweights still in the land Of the living
though no longer in the limeiight OF pup-
licity? George ("Elbows) Fadden,
Frank E.rne, kid" Lavigne. Dal HaW-
kins, kid Mcfarland. 'Wilmington
Jack Daily and New York JACK
O'Brien, the champion of near-champions
of ten 10 fifteen years ago. They drew
down substantial purses at times, ouI
never had the opportunities for easy
money the present bunch enjoys.
In those days a twenty-round oou
was as short as man would pay 10 see
and. some Of the boys would go the nnisl
route every now and then a. Boxers were
trained more for strength and stamina te
go the long distance, and naturally ths
wear. and tear preciuded the making o.
matches every week or ten days, as Il
now possible.
Evening star., 1911-05-28
Game Easy for Fighters Now.

Many contests were pulled off in deli
aRce of the authorities in the good old
days. and occasionally the only consola-
ton a loser received was night spent
In durance vile. None of the commodious
clubhouses, with comfortable dressing
rooms for the principals. 1t was a case
of strip and fight, rain or shine. and
lucky TO get their clothes back. let alone
anything substantial in the way of re-
muneration. Not that modern improve
rs,ents'' are unweicome. but il does no
harm to call the attention of the present
day exponents of pugilisJn to how soft
the game is now as compared with what
the pioneers of the sport had 10 contend
with II
IL has been remarked at intervals that.
given sufficient time. the white hopes
OF today would remove themselves from
the center of the stage as heavyweight
championship aspirants by the simple but
expedient process of licking each other In
turn. Recent performances would sug-
gest that the prophets are "on" to their
jobs AT present nothing in the way
of blond boxer looms up on the pugi-
listfc horizon with briIiiancy enough to
cause the dark-skinned champion any
sIeepiess nights from worrying over his
iaureis.
Evening star., 1911-05-28
Woigast Pulls Down $50, 900.

Ad wolgast was paid 10000 for his
share of the three short bouts with
Brown and Hoaan. Packey Mcfarland is
another big money maker. Every week
or two Mac performs and frequently
draws down as much as 5000 for his end
To show how profitable these short bouts
are, Packey recently refused big guar
antee TO go to England to box Matt WeIs
twenty rounds. Mcfarland explained ne
would have liked to make the trip, but
could not afford IL. He would lose hve
or six weeks of valuable and prohtaoie
time In going and coming and In extra
training, and in that period he might dou-
bia or triple the amount offered IN Dox-
ing limited round engagements and play
ing theatrical dates On this side OF the
water And, he adds, he could get at
least as much money as the English club
ofEaTed him to do "A Sen-roCnd stunt with
Wells right here in New York Pretty
wise fish, Mr.. Patrick Mcfarland.
Looking over the series OF "reminiscences
of the prize ring by Charley White, the
famous referee now running in local
paper,, the. remarkable changes in con-
dfttons governing boxing contests a quar-
ter .of a century back and those Of today
are brought vividly to mind. Jack Demp-
sey. the ..Nonpareil." frequently boxed
with the middeweight championship at
stake for insignificant sums, and after
paving training expenses Ofttimes quit
loeer on the deal.
Evening star., 1911-05-28

The local team has secured Siegiel. an
IN and out fielder. from Wilmington OF
the Tn-State League. and he is expected
to report shortly.
Evening star., 1911-05-28
Bitter Competition for Star
Bouts Nearly Ruins New
York Clubs.
PUGS GET ALL THE CASH
THAT COMES IN THE GATE
Agreement Expected to Be
Made by Which Expensive
War May Be Ended.
By James J. Corbett.

Special Dispatch to Tnc Star
NEW YORK. May.21.-So bitter has
been competition among the larger
clubs devoted to the promotion OF
scientific boxing IN Greater New YORK
that the ruinous policy of overpiddlns
and double-crossing rival promoters III
attempts to secure the services OF
prominent pugilists has in one OF Two
instances almost brought about their
destruction With few exceptions pro-
noters have been consistent losers the
last few months, and this in the face
of heavy receipts in the shape or as
easements" from the members
The recent Murphy-Brown contest
hes6 at the Whirlwind Athletic Cluh
svmnas asium in Brooklyn drew prob2piy
4 o0n members, which is a pretty falr
crowd. and under ordinary conditions
u,ould mean a profit for the club own
srs To land the bout the matchmaker
was forced to give both boys sudrdn
tees away beyond their drawing pow
ers Five thousand dollars was ,ne
ann to be paid Brown, while Murphy
was to draw down about $4,000, IL re-
norts are correct pretty amount
$9.0OO-for ten rounds between nsn.-
weights who fall far short OF cnam-
nionship requirements. On top OF this
Is the cost of the preliminaries, rent,
heln and the hundred and one other
items of expense the public wots not OIL
Promoters Gaining Wisdom.
To make a long story short. the pro-
moters are getting wise to themselves
and ON to the other fellows pitching
at the same time. and will not be
greatly surprised to hear of some sort
of agreement entered into before long
which will insure the men who assume
the financial risks an occasional pront
Which is as it should be-. Pay the
boxers what they are worth, there Is
oniy- orfs> way of determining Just how
much, 1and that bys putting the. bouts
on n spercentage basis. Then when a
match is a record breaker in the mat
ter of receipts the drawing cards Will
get all that's coming to them and the
promoters will also be given the oppor-
tunity to make money.
Not that i blame the boys for getting
all the coin they can, but there is reason
in all things, and a policy of live and
let live" should be applied TO professional
pugilism exactly the same as TO other
forms of industry and entertainment An
other thing is that the dear old pubic
has to furnish the sinews OF war, and II
assessments are to be boosted every
time a member visits his favorite ciup
with the intention of enjoying q sc1entinc
contest said member will sooner or later
forget his great love for the game tat
advanced pricesD and hunt other and less
expensive forms of instruction and amuse-
ment.
Evening star., 1911-05-28

The Norfolk and Western will carry .
considerable crowd on an excursion "a
Roanoke Memorial day. when the Shoe
makers play the Tigers morning and AFT
ernoon games in that city.
Evening star., 1911-05-28

Roanoke has secured pitcher Sam Hall
and Catcher George Mabry. the strong
battery which did such effective work for
the Eastern College at Manassas this
spring, and this battery will add not .
little strength to the Tigers.
Evening star., 1911-05-28

When Mcdonnell returned to second
base for the locals, after being out OF the
game for three days with bad leg, he
managed TO get away with fifty-nine
chances before he made an error.
Evening star., 1911-05-28

Bill Howedell. the local short fielder, 10
laid up with a wrenched knee, which has
kept him out of the game a week and
may prevent his playing again this sea-
son.
Evening star., 1911-05-28

Wallace the hard-hitting center fielder
with Richmond, is back at work. after
being out nearly a week with q bad leg.
Evening star., 1911-05-28

Virginia League fans are much inter
ested In the fine shswing Watt Powell IL
making on the Pacific coast. Powell play
ed five years with Danville and Roa-
noke before going to the coast. and few
players have more friends around this
cfrc.rff than he
Evening star., 1911-05-28

Draper. the little southpaw with Roa-
noke. who halls from Wytheville. seems
Ito be one OF the most consistent pitchers
In the league this year. He is getting
away with his games nicely and With q
bit more experience will worry the best
of hitters.