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California Heavy. to Box Bill
Bass at Philadelphia on
Oct. 7.
BY JOHN POLLOCK.

A L KAUFMAN, the California
~ heavyweight who was offered a
sum OF money by Hugh Mcintosh
to 20 to Australia n engage In Ave
battles In that country this coming win
ter. but turned It down SO that he could
get on bouts with the big fellows at one
OF the local clubs. has finally been
matched up for n fight. He was signed
up by Jack Michigan to-day to meet
Bill Bass, the heavyweight OF Norfolk.
Va. for six rounds at a show OF the
National A. c.. OF Philadelphia on Sat
urday evening, Oct. 7. Bass recently
won the white hope tournament held n
Philadelphia. He Is twenty-five years
OLD, six feet six inches In height and
weighs 2i0 pounds. Philadelphia Jack
O'Brien Is boxing with Bass and getting
him into condition for tho contest.
With the Garden out of business tenn
porarily at least, the Madison A. c. at
Suffers win make a big bid for most
OF the big things in a fist.c way. &C.
cording TO Manager Gil Boag. Unless
the present outlook proves bad. Boag
says he will stage bouts In which Matt
Wells, Packey Mcfarland, X. o. Brown,
Battling Nelson and possibly Cham
plon Ad Wolgast Will figure,
"One-Round" Hogan. tho Frisco light
weight whose great fight with X. o,
Brown sustained the reputation he
brought East from the coast. viii be
seen In action locally this week agaInsI
Jack Dorman OF tae Bronx. TAls win be
Hogan's first appearance since his bout
with Wolgast, In which bad matchmak-
ing brought about his defeat. Hogan
says this will be a fresh start for HIN
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CHICAGO FANS STILL
HAVE HOPES Of CUB TEAM
BEATING GIANTS TO FLAG
President Murphy Encourages Followers by
Pointing Out That 1t Wouldn't Be Such
a Great Feat for His Club to Win
Nine Straight Games.
McUraw Says there's No Chance
Tor CUBS to Capture the Pennanf.

CHICAGO, Sept. 3l-McGraw is the most cheerful a in the bunch.
Usually h ei Is very pccvsh after defeat, as he Is n hard loser in baseball.
and the gang ms doagng him oil day To their surprise. when they dd
ee him he was as happy as n lark. lie figures everything on a mathe
muucaI bass. ana he sdys there is n chance fr tn eve IL thy
should win four straight
"Tho Ioa Of a couple OF gnmes 10 not such q terrible thing" h . Il
p,a,ned to hrthur Fletcher. III We had dropped those W o. the way
over here nobody would cvor have noticed IL. Yu 100. WI have won
thirteen ut Of seventeen, ard you couldn't ask for anything better than
that You Will remember when We left Vow York that We figured that
We could win tho penrGnt II we Got q little better than m ven break N
tire road. Go o and got a couple Of games nj you fellows will forget
thisw
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RuCker Recalled
10 Stop Scandal

So that the Chicago Club will not be
In q position to cry wolf when the
Giants meet the Dodgers. President Eb-
bets has recalled Pitcher Nap Rucker.
who went to Atlanta to be married, lie
had been given a vacation for the rest
OF the season, Rucker Is regarded as
the best s%outhpaw In the world. outside
Of MarQuard, possibly. and Ebbets does
not want any scandal when the Giants
meet them for seven games soon. par
ticularly 30 because of the great num-
Der OF times that McGraw's men have
defeated them this season. When
Rucker was given leave OF absence Il
looked as though the Cubs did o have
a look In. but their brace against the
Giants IL responsible for the summon
ing Of Nap.
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The Cherokee baseball club will play
the s.rong Eymard Lyceum tomorrow
for the championship OF Manhattan on
the C~herokee's diamond, These two
teams have been challenging one another
all season and have finally agreed to
settle for the championship. Marty
Russell or Crowley, the two best Pitch
ers in Yorkyille, will twirl for the
Chevokees, with Mush Sanders on the
receiving end. Norge and Smith viii
be in the points for Lyceum. The game
will be called at 3 L. NJ.
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CHkSE'S PITCHING STAFF ALL
RIGHT.

League viii line up against the Brnn, Athletics.
who have won seven O! thtlr last eight games,
There 4 some good baseball In store for the
pntrous Of Arctic iaIk IN lp morning vhtn
bedding game Of u ssrits, Two weeks ago these
teams mt, aud the game went eleven innings.
the Enpires winning ! 10 @. The Farmers Won
ths first glmg, . to /, In the afternoon tho
spIingtlelds Of Astoria viii be the attraction.
Joe McGinnity and his Newark team will play
q double header with the Metropolitans at LrnoS
oval. McGluuity will pitch one ct thu giut-.
Opposed 10 him will be Martin WaAh, a bruthei
" Lhicago's famous spilhal artist. The Met,
win have a big League pitcher for the second
game.
Baseball and soccer football viii hs rlaye,
AZ MrNultv Field. The Falcon A. G. and ~,
MeNuly HeseIss VII clash r. the, battle on n,
the football game the Eureka club via pIay H.
Washington A. e. at l 30 p. NJ.
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DEFEATS
BENNY FRANKLIN
At NEW POLO A. A.
At Other Local Clubs Beecher
Whips Smith and Wagner
Beats Kendrick.

Young Otto and Benny Franklin. the
lightweights OF this city. met in the
main bout Of ten rounds at the New
Polo A. A. stag. the former winn.ng
the contest In the opening round
the session by landing effectively with
straight left-hand jabs. After that
Otto cut loose and wad.ng into Frank
in managed to shake hin up consider
ably with heavy left and right swings
to the Jaw. He also put his nose out OF
commission with "A swift right swing
which brought the clarct In a stream
in the fourth and NTH rounds FranAlin
attempted to turn the tide in his favor.
but he failed. a. Otto met his rushes
with hard wsllops to the stomach and
face.
For u, 'ssppa i,%s 3, in, IN a.: .,or ESQ ,cI Will,
4. q. show. The battle was q hand fought on;
;inu. HI "Ak Bi.e chen a ,.sa sIs stsassAs s'f ia,e Iasd i IL.
which he had no, Trouble In landing in smith,
I Pounds 70 beat Bes1hsr. but The latter vas siwWs,
too much for him both at long range fighting AM
also in the clineheA
Jem Ksndrick, the, En.lisa ba~ntamveighI va.
has done vsIy little fishting since he has been II
AmsTGt. sn,I %si AG Soa. Al 't ths 'T wee lSGai t Hsnt sr
A.. Z. show and was given a bad beating. Mas
4sr wa. and sniTsiy on iSP i isS; A which S''{ I. d 70, hs =
sent INFO the Enslishman's face. not only Devil
dsIfd d him. np Ks sat ss'G iou nia back a.s GSis snd ho %ea.i
and while he MANAGED To score via MAJ h-a,l
y %%pIIS.s' waspeTA d. ,'F aasi t Ssii bow S.a IN. to S sSs' DS on
big margin.
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Chicago. Sept. 30.

Chicago, Sept. 80.
p IKE a wounded grizzly backed
into a corner and fighting for
life the Cubs are ready for
another battle to-day. The fans Of
Chicago who scofred al their former
champions a week ago have COM
pletely changed front and are briskly
tanning the spark OF hope that
spread through the Windy City after
the Giants had toppled to defeat
twice In succession. These rooters
realize that the Cubs must win every
game they play for the rest OF the
reason to even come close 10 a cham.
p~ionship, but Owner Charley Murphy
gave the whole town encouragement
this morning, or at least tried to. by
Issuing a statement In which he
pointed out the fact that other clubs
had won nine straight and why not
the Cubs?
Compared with tho Herculean task
before the Cubs. the Giants have easy
sailing. They rave fourteen games 70
play and to clnch the rag they nave
but to win seven OF those games.
There Is no denying the fact that the
Giant camp was thrown INFO cons,erns-
ton night before las, when they tasted
defeat for the second time In as many
days. Seeing the pennant almost with
In their grasp, some OF them had gone
% far as to figure on what they wouIi
do with the money to be won IN the
worlds series. They have been count
ing their chickens before they were
Matched. and among those who are SUI
perstitious hat Is reckoncd "a most
dangerous pastime.
No conservative man gives the CUBS
any moer nance than that OF the
drowning man who grasped at the
straw. II seems impossible that the
Cubs could win all nine OF their games
while the Giants were losing more
than seven of their fourteen. SIN base
ball IL n freakish Thing. and more re-
markable things have happened In the
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Al Kaufman Matched
to Meet Southern Giant
BOXING STAGS TONIGHT.


At Olympic A. C.-Young Sam
Langforu VS.. Kid Lewis and Joe
Farmer VS.. Mickey Carroll. In ten
round bouts. and three four round
bouts.
At Fa!rmont A. C.-Sailor White
VS.. Jack Mccormick. ten rounds. In
the semi-final Kid Herman vs. Willie
Chandler for ten POUNDS.
At National A. y. Brooklyn--Billy
will battle for ten rounds In the
star bout
Matches Arranged.
Phil McGovern and Willie Jones
Will battle for ten rounds al the
opening boxing show Of the CO.
wanus A. e. OF Brooklyn on Oct. 8
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Cy Young, Who Has Pitched Against Both,
Thinks Giants Should Beat Athletics

CINCINNATI. Sept 0-"I pick Now York to beat the Athletics o
speed and speed alone" says Cy Young. veteran pitcher OF the Boston
Nationals. who has pitched against both teams. In my opinion. the two
leagues are evenly matched. In a short seven-same series. therefore.
the team which car press tn greatest amount OF speed into . limited time
should be certain winners I don't think the Athletics pitchers oan keep
the Giants of the Bases. and m they ret OF neither Thomas a or lApp
can stop them. On the defense. Mathewson will 30 able 10 work three
games and will take care Of all three leaving only to DO won nj
of four by his colleagues. Even allowing tho pitching. fielding and batting
to size u p equally tho advantage rests with the Giants With their base
running and so ! figure them o wn."
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Especial to The Evening World.l
WINNIPEG. Manitoba, Sept. So
Jimmy Clabby Of Milwaukee and Mike
Gibbons of St. Paul fought a strenuous
dfteen-round draw here In the presence
OF a large crowd OF fight fans. Clabby
sails for Australia on Oct. 4.
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ATHLETICS TO OPEN
AGAINST ALL-STAR
TEAM ON OCT. 8
Because His Pitching Resem.
bles Matty'S, Mullin Is to
Face Champions.
The series between N. Athletics snd

The series between the Athletics snd
the All-Stars will begin at Baltimore,
Sunday. oct. 8. Games Will be played
at Richmond. Baltimore and Washing
ton. George Mullin. OF the Tigers. who
was not originally picked to twin
against the American League cham
pions. has been added to the twirlins
stafr on account o, the fact tina, his
style resembles that OF Chrlsty Mathew
son, the Giants star boxman. The bat
ting order Will be as follows;
Milan. centre field: Lord. third base;
| Speaker, right field: Cobb, left field; IL
berfeld. second base: Mcbride, o
stop: Chase. hrst base; sullivan o.
| Street. catcher; Walsh. white. johnson
and Mullln. pitchers.
Upon examination by q doctor IA
Philadelphia II was found that no bones
are broken In the wrist OF Stufy Nc
lines. the star first baseman OF the
Athletics, and he will be able to get
into the worlds series against the
| Glanta
/ Here Is the schedule that has been
mapped out for the practice series: Oc-
tober s, at Baltimore: October . and
10, at Washington; October Il and IL
Mt Richmond, Va. a Johnson. presi-
dent OF the American League, Is on
~deavor!ng to have the ina games of
the Giants moved up 10 open dates so
that the worlds series may begin on
Thursday, October 10. at the latest. II
such a plan Is adopted the schedule Of
the worlds champions and All-Stars
will be limited accordingly.
Owing to uncertainty OF the Nationsa
League race as well as the length Of
time that still i~ntervenes before the
worlds series. the National Baseball
Commission has deferred action upon
a worlds series schedule n will meet
next Thursday here 10 again take up
the question.
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and he expects to follow a campaign this
faIl which he hopAs win land him at
or near the lightweight championship.
An important ea!ti. between ifsa,hsr..ish.
and Frsnksie coai.y Of KepOshs. %i., two Of tSs
pound. 'AfkS nS.n. % Tscentiy .tncefHed '' sat Joe os
fore the same club. ~.
George Weldon. manager Of Alb. At,,li. the
man against Malt Wells the English champion,
i !. ' 4! Weldon SSn' say. , IN hat pGaiH%S' els sea sill =, ssr :.
to tia, weight he viii consent TO have The yinner
s ID, S sa' q s1s s!'5d ,s's on Il. Or result. si WIN make him .
Dement,. MSat' ca Dil'' rs sa' .s s5sss b b:s e: ',ss,:r .s e
IN search d fights. tdiiaTIi have to wait long tcf
ma TeS'' for ' I'm to Ssy'V WITH u Bsitiis: iis sai1ip'p The
local fighter, who has 4 good Teod, The lads arc
offer. They may meet at lbs pounds at the ring.
Battling Nelson, who Ia. been s.m.d IN for
three iights by gu B0as' nenaser q the Madison
weight, in the first Of these contests, Al details
men will battle for ten rounds within two weeks,
Jim tSpH; the afs'y"ss3S Of sgssloi 3GSI;,
Morris, Tie ollahoma white hope, in a resent
tout AZ Madison square Garden, mas just bsnel
articles OF agreement calling toi a tt;etn.rUund
bOut With Harm Wallace. the Kansas City heavy
weight, to take place ~ Pueblo. Col, The lsttos
part q! next week.
Harry Edwards. the popular fight promoter oi
Philadelphia. who sold out his stock in the Ma
tiOnal a, 4, a that city several months ago. viii
he the manager III the big fight club In the
Quaker tity, which will have backing OF $500, 900,
Edwards says he will only put on the topnotcl
fgitegs In the business, In the last two year
that Edwards WAS connected with the NationA
A. q. tho receipts aggregated $500, 1888.
DtSscr, stanley Is now the uhdisput.d bantam
land, last week STANLEY met Ike Bradley. the eleye
English boxer. in a twenty-ound bout ir III
bantam title. and out .ointed him 50 Tar that tn,
rseF6e had no oihtr alternative but TO award hn
the decision. A handsome gold belt was presentes
to stanley.
A match has been arranged between jim Barr
the thkago heavyweight, and Barney Williams
the HUSKY fighter Of Thiladelphia. who has beel
rapidly coming to e front this year As a rsul
OF his numerous Victories. Barry and William
A, c.. " Philadelphia, on Monday, night, tn
winner will meet Phiiadelphia jack Breu 10
six rounds at the came club q weok later.
Matt Wells. the champion English lightweight
who has won all Of the sx bouts that he Ia
engaged In since he has been In this country. ha
been secured Tor another bout His opponent w
he Rilly Donovan. VI Canada. whom he will tak
on for SIX rounds at the stadium at Toronto
1876 pousdA
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HlGHLANDERS HA We BRIGHT
PROSPECTS FOR 1912 PENNANT

in that time they are going 10 play
their 'rdest In order to win a ma.
Jority OF their contests so as to finish
third. which will satisfy their Intimate
friends and the Intelligent baseball fans
who are cognizant OF the hard luck
they have been undergoing all season.
Instead OF being practically third.
ae they aro." says one fan, the club
had II been less game. or under any
other leader han Chase. would be last
now, They surely are a gritty lot of
men. I've seen some of them In the
lineup at times so hurt n III that
they could hardly stand, yet they have
stuck to their task and done their best
to give the baseball populace a run
for their money"
For a time there was n strong rumor
current that President Farrell wasn't
satisfied with the showing OF the team
and that he was ANGLING for a new
leader for next season. but such Is
very FAR from the tue state of things.
Farrell Is immensely Pile sed by the
, way Prince Hal has handled his forces
and he Is confident that next year.
aided by some good, fresh material. the
| club viii give the Athletics and Tigers
md any other club that may strength
On Itself. a tight all tho way for the
nag.
Behind the bat tho H~iphlanders nre
well fortified for 1919. They have Blair,
| Sweeney and Williams. Sweeney Is re-
garded the best man in the league
when he Is in good form, while Blair
and Williams have improved by thor
experience OF this season. and In l9l.
should he stronger than ever.
CHkSE's PITCHING STAFF ALL
RIGHT.
The pitching stan Is the department
that has caused Manager Chase the
most anxiety this season. and even 7
he does decide to get rid Of Jack Quinr
and Jim Vaughn. as he originally de-
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faIl which he hop~s win land him at
or near the lightweight championship.
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George Weeion. manager Of Abe Att,ll. the
fsatherweisht %ehanpion,. Is anxious 70 match his
IN a tsa.Topad Sou, !. ia5 poands. weigh iIa'i II a
. T. 81. Weedon .sys that Y Wells yiIl agree
take the entire receipts or he viii make him 4
sids bet OF $4,000 on the result.
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VICTORIOUS UPHILL FIGHTS or
THE PAST.

Wilbert Robinson pointed GU, tho fact
last night that the old Baltimore team
once had 10 win twenty-four out of the
last twenty-five games 20 win and 40
II. McGraw recalled the time when the
White Sox OF Chicago landed the nag
by winning nineteen straight az me
end OF the season. Other strange things
were related until tNe va.rr frlllrs
went to bed wondering what was going
70 happen.
In the mean time McGraw Is trying to
corral his pitching strength so a. to
aim II at the Cubs In the next two
games. While he is deeply concerned
about picking the right pitchers ais
worry Is nothing TO compare with thai
OF Frank Chance. who has abou
reached the end OF his string. The
chances are now that Miner Brown Will
90 In against the Giants to-day and
that Lew Richie will be sent pack for
. second attack tomorrow.
Even II the Giants should lose both OF
their next two games. they are COM
forted by the fact that they viii get
back 10 tho East three and one-half
games In the lead That ought to be
enough for a team that has al o. the
rest OF IT'S gmos. excepting one az PHI
adelph!a md one ~ Pittshurg. at home.
There are four games NJ Brooklyn, hut
that 10 Just the slme as home, as there
will be more New YorFers over AT
Washington Park han there vii be
growers OF rubber plants.
The day OF rest In Chicago was very
quietly spent. Mos OF the players slcp.
until noon and between shows and au
tomobile rides they mauaCcd 20 enjoy
the afternoon. MAN. New Workers. wht
are In Chicago on business. or just l.
see the ball games. came around foi
. f~anfest, but they found the Glan'i
little inclined 10 talk. White tAcsl
young athletes will not admit It, Their
II no question but that they arc slight!
worried over the sudden turn of affairs
They would not have minded the los
OF two games az 81. Louis or Pitts
burgh, but 10 drop them at Chicago
when everything seemed ripe f1r end
Ing the race. seems n keen |disanpoin'
ment Another thing that has ucevc
them In the defeat OF both Mathcwso
and Marpuard.
LYNCH TO INVESTIGATE O'pAT'
WORK.
II was learned this morning IN.
President Lynch OF the Nat'Cnl Leagl
Is on his way here to witness the gam
n investigate the many reports sci
out to the effect that Umpire liar
O'Dsy had been giving the Giants Il
worst OF II. The New York PLAYERS a
very bitter toward o'Lxpy. nd they 81
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Nome cD,.le' ss SIHsd b.S.p1uhs fyhtsT o
In search Of fights. didn't have to wait long for
a bout, Geor.e Menros, his manaser, elinSihsd /.
local fighter, who has a good rcord. The lads arc
nov waiting for one of the clubs to make them an
offer. They may meet at lbs pounds at the ring
| side.
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Jim Flynn. the nea'yweisut OF iutbl COL,
who administered such a terrible beating to Car.
Morris, the Oklahoma white hope, in a recent
bout a. Madison SQUARE Garden, has just signed
articles OF agreement calling .oi a Nt;etn,rUuud
bout with Harm Wallace, the Kansas City heavy
weight, to tASe llace si Pueblo. Col, The lsttos
part % next week.
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Matt Wells. the champion English lightweight,
who has. won all Of the six bouts that he has
been secured Tor another bout. His opponent will
he Bily Donovan u Canada. whom he will take
Can. on the night d Oet .. ThW wv boz At
1856 pound. -
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Dgscr Stanley is now the uhdisputsd bantam
weight champion OF England, At Liverpool, !Ens
English boxer. In a twenty Nund bout iof lh
bantam title. and out ointed, him 50 Tar that III
rseFfe had no Other alternative but TO award hin
the decision. A handsome gold belt was presentes
to StAlley.
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The Hlghlanders will draw their sea-
son 10 a close one week from to-day and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-07-20
WHEN THE SHAH TRAVELLED

.But I had to insist pretty strongly before
he consented to lay aside his weapon
- The shah, for that matter, was no less dis
trustful of his own subjects. / observed tnat
when the Persans were in his presence they
adonted a uniform attitude, which consisted
in holding their hands crossed on their stom-
achs, no doubt as evidence of their harmless
Intentions It was a guaranty-of very cas-
ua1 sort, must admit.
For the rest his alarms displayed them
selves under the most diverse aspects and in
the most unexpected circumstances For IN
stance there was no persuading him to ascend
the Eiffel tower. The disappointment OF MS
guides was increased by the fact that he would
come as far as the foot of the pillars; they
always thought that he meant to go up.
But no. once below an immense iron frame
work he gazed up in the air, examined the
lifts, flung timid glance at the stalrcases,
then suddenly turned on his heels ana walked
away. They told him in vain that his august
father had gone up as far as the nfst hoor'
nothing could induce him to do as much
THE instructive dread of darkness and soil
tude was so keen in the Persian monarch that
he required his bedroom to be filled during
the night with light and sound. Accordingly
every evening. as soon as he had lain down
and closed his eyes, the members OF his suite
gathered round his bed, lighted all the can
delabra and exchanged their Impressions
aloud; while young mobiles OF the court, re-
lieying one another in pairs, conscientiously
patted his arms and legs with light sharp
little taps
THE king of kings imagined that he was
in this way keeping death at safe distance,
if perchance it should take fancy to visit
him in his sleep; and the extraordinary thing
is that he did sleep, Notwithstanding all this
massage, light and noise"