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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
CLEVELAND FANS DON'T WANT
DAVIS TO MANAGE MAPS
George Stoval's Showing Has Won Him
Many Friends = Petition Urging His
Retention Being Circulated.

take the initiative and run the team,
practically without comforting with h m.
IN other words, man in whom ne can
place such reliance that he would not
nave to give the game the personal at
tention he has since he engaged in base
ball
He has half million dollars tied up
in base ball and Ire wants a high priced
manager to run his base ball business.
Perhaps in Stovall he has just such a
man Perhaps Davis would prove a
success. The fans. however. think Sto-
vail is the man. and starting with today.
they intend to let the owners Of the
Cleveland team know it.
The fans argue that inaSmuch Sto-
vail has made success Of the field end
of the mana geral duties. there is no
reason to doubt his ability to exercise
wider latitude leader-in fact to
assume such duties as have been under
taken by Chance. Clarke, Mack Jen-
nings and the other base ball leaders
who are managers in fact as well as
name. They ask why Stovall. with his
success of this year behind him. could
not fill the bill as well a. Davis. who has
had Connie Mack to fall back upon at
all times.
There is no doubt of the members of
the Maps being all Stovall rooters. and
the campaign to he started today will
demonstrate the attitude of the Cleveland
patrons of the game.
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LAWN TENNIS TREAT
Davis Cup Matches to Begin
Tomorrow on N. Y. Courts.
DRAWINGS FOR THE PLAY
Larned and Mclaughlin to Face
Dixon and Lowe in
the Singles.
DRAWINGS FOR THE PLAY

NEW YORK. September 9.-I.awn ten
MS PLAYERS representing this country and
Great Britain will meet today in the first
of the preliminary matches for the
dwight F. Davis international cup on the
turf courts OF the West Side Tennis Club
az 23sth street and Broadway. Charles
p. Dixon. captain of the British team
Will meet William A. Larnod, the seven
times holder of the American singles title
while Maurice +. Mclaughlin. the Cali
fornian. who won the ail-comors' tourna-
nnent at Newport. will meet Arthur H
Lowe, the second string OF the British
team This draw was made last night
Committee, at the Hotel Belmont. both
Of the captains being present
Under the arrangements the doubles
match will hold the courts Monday, at
which time c. r. Dixon and A. r. Bea-
mish. the Britons. will face Thomas e.
Bundy and Raymond -. Little. the
American doubles pair. Tuesday the final
matches OF the series of five competitions
VIII be decided. Larned facing Lowe and
Mclaughlin Dixon. Victory in three out
Of the five matches entities the winning
nation 10 go To Australia in quest of the
cup, and the prospects are particularly
bright for the Americans
Both or the teams engaged in final
practice yesterday the West Side
courts. Lowe and Beamish We're on hand
early in the morning. followed by Dixon
about noon. All by themselves, the Eng
lshmen tried out their strokes. They
worked faster than heretofore and ac-
complished some good maneuvering for
the net positions. This is the line along
which they expect the American at
tack. The trio had luncheon al the club
and left the courts at o'clock. After
the Rritons had left Larned. McLough-
lin. Bundy and Little arrived. The ma
tional champion took on Mclaughlin and
devoted the entire afternoon to coaching
him Those who watched the two were
impressed by the improvement in the
brilliant young californian's game. Bunds
and Little faced o. NJ Bostwick and
Theodore Roosevelt Pell for three fast
sets winning at o.. g.. 6-3.
The Davis cup. for which the nations
are competing. was frs; offered I'm lW
by Dwight F. Davis of ST. Louis, then
a student at Harvard. The Britons were
the first challengers. Roper Barrett, Ar
thur w. Gore and E. u. lack being
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the players, while Malcolm D. Whitman,
Dwight F. Davis and Holcombe Ward
successfully defended. although the series
was never finished, because of rain on the
courts of the LongWood Cricket Club.
Boston.
1t was not until 1903 that the Britons
won the trophy that being the second
year of the Dohertys invasion. They
defeated William A. Larned and the
Wrenn brothers on the Longwood courts
at that time
In 1907 Anthony r. Wilding and Nor
man f. Brookes, the Australians, dis
posed of Wright and Behr. the American
team, then defeated Arthur W. Gore
Roper Barrett and NJ. j. G. Richie for
the cup. Since that year the Australians
have successfully defended it always
against Americans.
1t is estimated that half million dol
lars has been spent by the nations in
competing for the cup since it was first
offered. The list of competitors includes
America. England. Australia, France.
Austria and Belgium.
Word came from the other side Of the
world yesterday that the final matches
have been scheduled for the courts at
Christchurch. New Zealand on Friday
December ~: Saturday. December 30
and Monday. January ]. This is a month
later than usual, but it is believed that
the weather in the Antipodes, from
which Americans have suffered, VIII be
cooler at that time of the year.
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BOXING COMMISSION
DEADL0CKED AGAIN
Pat Powers Not Compelled to
Answer Some Questions
About WeIIs-BroWn Fight.

NEW YORK. September ?.-The much
discussed Investigation by the state ath
latic commission least by Commits
soner Frank ONeil of Binghamton-
against the Madison Square Athletic Club
regarding complaints about violations of
the rrawley bin on the night of the
Wells Brown bout and other features OF
the club. took up more than an hour yes
terday al the commissions headquarters,
Al Park row. and when an adjournment
was taken until next Wednesday nothing
had been accomplished Patrick T. Pow
ers head of the Madison Square Athletic
Club. was put on the grill by Commits
sioner ONeiI and he showed more of a
disposition to answer questions than he
showed at the last meeting. bat he did
not answer al the questions asked Two
refusals on monetary questions spoiled an
otherwise perfect average for p. 7.
Commissioner O'Neil has come out so
strongly during the last few days regard
ing a public meeting that il was gener-
ally believed that no secret session would
be held. Evidently Commissioner Dixon
the only other member in session who
could vote. again disagreed with his col
league. so the meeting was held behind
tloSeh IDtTS, one tedUlnS INTO an
ante room and the other into the room
where the hearing in progress.
When the hearing was adjourned Com
missioner O'NeiI was asked to give out
the details Of the hours session. and he
stated that everything was included in
the minutes, which he understood would
be given out and which he was willing
should be given out. Secretary Harvey,
when asked about the minutes declared
that they were not to be made public and
refused TO tell what transpired during the
meeting He was evidently following out
the instructions of Commissioner Dixon.
as Commissioner O'Neil was willing to
have everything made public
1t was learned later from one who had
attended the session that the hearing con-
fined itself simply to a number of aues-
tions by Commissioner O'Neil to Patrick
I. Powers, the only member OF the Madi-
son Square A. &. who was examined.
Harry Pollock was not called upon All
the questions except two were answered
by Mr. Powers, but 1t was impossible to
learn how the answers were received by
Mr. O'Neil who seems to be playing
lone hand in the investigation. He left
the meeting much disturbed over his fail
ure to have all his questions answered.
James Young, secretary treasurer of the
Madison Square Garden Corporation and
Frank Is. Sturgis, a member of the same
corporation, together with other wit
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Special Dispatch to The Star.

Speclai DSpatch 10 i nc star.
CLEVELAND September a.-Cleveland
fans do not relish this talk about Harry
Davis being made manager of the Maps
next wear, believing that George Stovall
has more than made good in his term as
acting manager ard that 1t is better for
the club to continue under known
quantity than to take chances under
PLAYER who has never had any man
agerial experience.
To that end a number of the most
loyal patrons of the game in CleXe-
land will today start the circulation
of petitions among the fans. asking Presl-
dent Somers 10 retain George Stovall as
manager of the Maps for 1912
Just why Davis should be considered,
after Stovalls successful administration,
is stppendous puzzle. 1t is known,
however that for the last few years
President Somers has desired to have a
man at the head of the Cleveland team
who would take entire charge. just as
McGraw, Bresnahan. Connie Mack and
Fred Clarke have assumed control over
their teams-a man big enough in base
ball wisdom to buy and release players
on his own account-a manager VINO VIII
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Other American League tTa e
Athletics Win Another.

PHILA DELPHIA, September al
though Cy Morgan gave eight bases on
balls he held Boston down 10 three scat
tered hits yesterday. and the home team
won it's fourth straight game from the
visitors the score being to 1.
Philadelphia won by punching five sin
giles off kililay's delivery in the fifth in
ming. Score:
R.H +.
Philadelphia. -. o o :: Ok = )
Boston u o o o o . D OIL 3
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SUTTON SISTERS COMPETE.
Miss May Beats Miss Florence in
Western New York Tourney.

BUFFALO,. n. Y. September 9.-Charles
Benton ard May Sutton were winners
yesterday in the final of the western New
York tennis tournament. Benton. Cleve-
land city and Michigan state champion,
beat Fred Harris, the Dartmouth cham
pion 81. So G-5, 1-6 and Ct. Miss
May Sutton captured both sets from her
sister. Florence. by the same score, O..
Today Benton meets Nat w. Niles. the
Boston crack, for the international cup
and championship title. Miss Sutton will
meet Miss Moves of Toronto for the wonl-
ans cup and title. In the finals of the
woman's doubles Miss Florence Sutton
and Miss Moves won from Miss May SUIT
ton and Miss Bissel. the latter OF Buff
falo The scores were c. and 6-3
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ANOTHER PROTEST.
Cincinnati Objects to the Way the
Cubs Won Yesterday.

CHICAGO. September "A protest was
filed with President Lynch of the Ma
tional League by the Cincinnati club over
tho victory of the Cubs yesterday. This
p,as tho word that went the rounds last
nipht the protest being based upon the
inlay made by Esmond, when he attempt
Cd 70 score from third in the sixth inning
while Eyers was being put out. and while
the Cub players were arguing WITH mplre
o,Day after two Cincinnati players had
counted on Richters error Cincinnati
contends that as there were but eight
men on the field and as two balls were on
the diamond Umpire O'Day should have
called time
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Marquard Wins Another.

NEW YORK, September 3-Marquari
held Brooklyn safe in every inning but
one yesterday and New York won, :,
to .
With one out in the seventh both Smith
and Hummel doubled. and Davidson TO-
lowed with a long single. the combination
netting Brooklyn two runs.
Rucker was easy for the Giants. but
Knetzer, who pitched the last five in
nings. held the locals hitless.
. Only sixteen men faced him. Murray
twice drawing passes. but being doubled
up on one occasion. Score:
RHE
New York. ....... q o 3 q O q TX, g
Brooklyn. y % " q o q d o. q ,
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NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.
Cubs Nose Ont Cincy.

CHICAGO. September a.-Saier scored
from first base Needham's single,
bea ting the relay of the ball to the plate,
in the eleventh inning, and Chicago won,
) to ,. over Cincinnati yesterday.
The visitors took a two-run lead on two
passes, Il stolen base, an error and
single.
Chicago tied 1t up by timely hitting.
coupled with a hit by pitched ball.
Schultz made thirteen fouls before he
finally struck out, with the bases full, in
the eighth. Score:
R.H. T..
Chicago. 90 900 OO1 Ia 10
Cincinnati 90 D y u = U o u % . l
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cAee Will Not Be in Position to Try Out His New Men This Fall
FAILUREOFRECRUITSTO
WILL PREVENT EXPERIMENTING
Long the Only New Face to Be Seen
Here This Fau-Milan's Blunder
on Bases Proves Costly.

stays Of the Highlanders' pitching staff
next season.
John Henry caught a splendid game
of ball The youngster has benefited
a lot by the experience he has gained
this year. and it will only be a uues-
ton of a little while when the Amherst
boy will be numbered among the really
great catcherS of the country Henry
has wonderful throwing arm. which
he neither has to wind up nor take a
step to cut loose. and this gives him
a great advantage over most catchers.
and makes it possible for him to get
the bail away very quickly. He is
ideally built for the position. and will
be able to stand lot of work once
he gets the experience he needs.
Elberfeld was not disturbed by Cald-
wells delivery. and he led his team
at the bat with three clean hits
Gessler came next with couple of
field fence. hut unfortunately bounded
right back into Handiboe's hands, and
was held to a single.
Al Handihoe had a very good start, He
,ook care of everything that came into
his field and behaved nicely at the plate
getting one clean hit and never failing to
connect with the ball. Hal Chase was
much pleased with the youngster. and will
continue TO play him in right field.
Russell Ford. who has never pitched
fun game on the local grounds. though
he has been a star i'm this league for two
years will positively be OH the rubber
for the Highlanders this afternoon. Hal
Chase said this morning that Ford was
ready to pitch and that he would posi-
lively make his appearance on the slab
Dixie Walker will probably be his OPP
ponent.
After Conroy had made a splendid
stop of Gardeners grounder in the second
registering the first out. Knight hit for
three bases. Hughes then caused Handi
Doe to pop up. Blair followed with a
scratch hit over second. scoring knight.
Hughes caught Blair off first. but Nc
Bride dropped Schaefer's throw. and
Blair was safe. Then came couple of
hits by Caldwell ard Daniels. and Blair
was home with the second and final run
the Highlanders secured
The Nationals had several chances to
score. but could not get the necessary
hit. In the sixth Milan tossed chance
but wien he tried to take third on
Schaefer's tap to Knight he was caught
at third by Chases good throw to Hart
zell. Hits by Elberfeld and Gessler fol-
lowed. but were wasted, for Walker hit
% HartZell and died at first.
Again in the ninth there was a chance.
Elberfeld hit safely and Gessler was hit
by a pitched ball Ainsmth ran for FL
berfeld and Blair caught him mapping OF
second Walker flied to Handiboe, and
with Mcbride up Gessler was caught at
tempting to steal second, ending the
game. The score:
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White Sox Beat Tigers.

DETROIT. September 9.-Chicago
pounded three Detroit pitchers yesterday
for a total of sixteen hits and beat De-
troit. to 3.
Walsh pitched good ball after the first
inning. Remarkable fielding by Bush kept
down the score. Berghamer, a recruit
from the Central Association, made his
first appearance at second for Chicago
Score:
R.H. f.
Chicago. % 3 q o % Is 1
Detroit. .......... q / 90 o. -3 . l
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JENNINGS TO TRY OUT MANY
OF HIS RECRUITS THIS FALL
Tiger Manager Believes He Can Get Good
Line on Youngsters in Regular
Championship Games.

we would never have been headed in the
race for the pennant.
Il believe Detroit has caught the cream
Of minor league players in the draft.
While We didn't get as many as Brook
lyn, we got players who have shown their
worth and We should get some out of
the lot who will make good"
Jennings has been freely criticised not
only in Detroit but in other American
League cities for the failure of his pitch
ers to stand up under the fire of other
clubs. 1t isn't Jennings fault. The fault
has rested with the twirlers themselves.
Early in the season it looked as though
Detroit had picked up jewels in Lafitte.
Lively, Covington and Mitchell. Lafitte
and Lively have pitched poorly for two
months, while Covington has not shown
much. Mitchell is the only one who la 5
not been given fair opportunity to
work.
The Detroit manager has also been
criticised because he does not pull a
pns err when the opposition starts to
action are many. but principal is Jen-
nings' belief that pitcher will usually
right himself. and the other that the
pitcher who is working is, nine times
out of ten. superior in skill to ones do
ing warming-up duty.
1t is simply a case of the manager
choosing the lesser of two evils
1t is generally acknowledged that
Jennings with Connie Mack. is the best
judge of ball players in the American
League. Mack has had better luck in de-
veloping players. and he has had an able
assistant in Harry Davis. Eddie Plank
has also taken it upon himself to coach
the young pitchers. and this has reflected
in the success of the Athletics pitchin.
staff
Harry krause, sensation of the Ameri-
can League in 1909, was a proteGe of
Plank's. Plank spent bours tutorinc
krause into the mysteries of the cross
fire, and he also showed him the weak
nesses of American League batters.
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Maps Win a Duel.

CLEVELAND, September 9.-Cleveland
had the better of a pitchers battle be-
tween two left-handers yesterday. win
ming. to l.
Mitchell and Brown opposed each other,
the latter being a st. Louis recruit from
Burlington, Iowa. Cleveland was outbat-
ted. but managed to get three hits when
they counted. Score:
R.H.E
ST. LOUIS. 10000 0O0l-l 10 =
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LESTER BEATS LANG
IN TWENTY ROUNDS

SYDNEY. n. s. W., September 8.
jack Lester Of Gle Elum. Wash,
today defeated "Bill" Lang, the
Australian heavyweight, for the
championship Of Australasia.
The hattie went the full twenty
rounds scheduled, and Lester was
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Third Baseman Elliott of the Highland
ers. who was said to be a wonder before
the season opened, has dropped out OF
base ball He laid off with lame arm.
and later relative left him small for
tune 1t is said that he will never play
ball again,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09

First Baseman Fred Hunter. for whom
Pittsburgh turned over TO Kansas City
about $4,000 worth of men, has been re-
leased TO the Indianapolis club of the
American Association. The deal is stated
to be an outright sale, with nothing but
q cash consideration involved,
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

At I.ouisvil.e-First game: Columbus. I: I.oais
vile. ). Second game: Columbus. o.; LOUIS
vile, 1.
Mime apolis Is: Second game Milwaukee, q
Minneapolis. $.
AT ST. Paul-First game Kansas City. ); s.
Paul, /. Second game: Kansas City, =: st
Paul. >.
At Indiana o.Is-Toledo. =: Indiana polls, ..
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First base on errors-Ncw York. J. Left on
on halls-On Hughes 1: of Caldwell. 2. Struck
out-By Hughes. 1: by Caldwell. g. Three base
hit-knight Sacrifice hirs-McBrde, Daniels.
Hemphll. Gess'er. Double plays-McBrde. FL
horfeld and Schacfer: Mcbride and Schaefer:
knight. Chase and Hartzel. Hit by pitcher-By
Caldwell Gessler. Umprcs Messrs Perrne
and Dncen Time of game hour and 50
minutes.
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The Pirates were cheated out of game
with the Cardinals on account of rain.
AS both Cubs and Giants came across
with victories, the pennant hopes of Fred
Clarke's Buccaneers dwindled trine.
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At Knox Vile Knoxville. s. Asheyile t.
At johnson City-Johnson City. l: Bristol. q.
At Observation-Disclosures :: clevclend, !.
II Knoxville wins and Johnson City loses to
iny Knox Vile will win the pennant.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

TUDAY. TUMUKRUW.
Cincinnati at Chicago. Cincinnati at Chicago
Brooklyn at New York. Pittsb'h at st. Louis
Pittsbh Mt st. Louis.
Philadelp'a at Boston.
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WESTERN LEAGUE.

At ST. Joe st. Joe. Z: Sioux City. .
A., Pueb'o-Pueblo. 4: Denver. o.
Al Omaha Omaha Dcs Molnes. wet grounds.
At Topcka-Topeka-Li Lincoln. rain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09

Seven full games and a few points tn
spare mark the lead which the Athletics
now hold over Detroit.
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MINOR LEAGUE GAMES.
EASTERN LEAGUE.

At Jersey City-Baltimorc. Z: Jersey City, 2.
At Observation-Disclosures. q: Toronto s.
At Montreal Buffalo. !: Montreal. =.
At Providence Newark Providence game pos
'uncd. wet grounds.
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NEW work. STATE IE.cUE
APPALACHIAN LEAGUE.

At Scranton Scranton Albany. wet grounds.
AT Wiliesbarrc- Wilkesbarre. .: Troy, |.
At Utica Utica Elmira. rain.
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Yesterdays Results.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Schedules.
AMERICAN LEAGI-E.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
TODAY. TOMORROW
New York at Wash'n. Cleveland at Detroit
Boston at Philadelp a. st. Louis at Chicago
st. Louis ut Clevel nd.
Chicago at Detroit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09

SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
At Savannah Savannah. L: Columbia. 4.
At Macon Macon. >: Columbus. o.
AT Albany Albany jacksonville. postponed
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For a youngster who is seeing his
last year. should turn him down, Cald-
we'll gives promise of becoming Il really
great pitcher. and to think that Dick
Padden, who secuted for the Nationals
last year. should turn him down. Cald-
we'll has tie size and the delivery to
make him successful. and barring &C
cident he should be one of the main
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-27

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