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Are Close Enough in
Standing to Cause Appre-
hension on the Hilltop.
BY @

r COOKING AZ Il through Hilltop
glasses. the national pastims has
become Just ono peril after an
other. Having wrested third place by
winning a double-heador from the White
sox In . desperate finish fight. the mo-
mentary spell Of gloating In turned into
apprehension as We march forth to
meet the Cleveland L~arrupers. VIII
come hither with q chip on their shc IL
der and blood In their eye. These new
invaders have their murderous optic on
the third place prize that nestles close
to the Highlander bosom this morning.
and their roar a be heard throughout
the land.
The Highlanders have not for gotten
the thorough lacin& received at tho
hands Of these Larrupers on tho recent
trip West. and while tho Cleveland war
riors are generally regarded as in and
cutters, our pitching corps has a whole
some respect for those battling sticks
that have splintered the hopes of nan
n pennant contender. Pennant contend
Ing happens to DO a lost art around
these parts at present, but We would
dearly love to stay In the money. Just
the same. n many a shot will have
to be fired before Chase can be per-
suaded to turn loose his grip.
Thanks TO tho lowly Senators, the
Larrupers are not exactly on our hip.
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O'T00ke QndKplly
May Be Used
Against Giants

|THE Pirates have the pennant be-
buzzing so loudly In their bonnsts
just at present that they have
made arrangements for Marty O'Toole
and Jim Kelly. the million dollar bat
terry bought from the St. Paul American
Association Club. TO report TO them at
Pittsburg on Friday. They may be used
asains the Giants either on that day
or Saturday.
The Pirates having won thirteen
straight games has aroused new hope In
the breast Of the players Of capturing
tho National League pennant. They are
now only two full games behind first
place, and II this battery lives up to It's
reputation, Manager Clarke feels sure
that they will be a great help TO them
in finishing at the top.
At first II vas intended that the 800, 500
pitcher and the catcher who cost nearly
fifteen thousand hard earned dollars.
walt until the close OF the A. A. season
before they reported. But the race has
continued such a tossup that the Smoke
towners made arrangements for the ac-
QUESTION OF the two stars right away
tN@~h' A''''" " Wv hNNH'i n Y tlutu
$50 by ths National Commission for allowing
one Of his pitching staff to play in an e1hibitio.
for . semi professional team at Long Branch,
n. j.. July 10. Thus. ne IL the fint to suffer
the penalty OF a rule which he framed and had
passed himself.
Catcher Charlie Doom 81 the Quakers. who
broke his leg In AN accident at the plate In
u. Louis. is expected to arrive In PHILADELPHIA
to-day. 40 is bound to get . great welcome BY
the fans In that city.
II IL said that there 1, now sons probability
that Outfielder Sherwood Mage Of the Quak.
trs. who was suspended for the season for s,ik-
ing Umpire Finneran some time ago, will he
relnsatci. The Board OF Directors OF the Ma
tional League held a meeting at Chicago, and
John T.. Brnsh was the only member absent. All
of the witnesSes OF the affair were present AMI
testified. but after the session was over there
was deep mystery as TO the decision reached.
According TO President Chiyington there "a no
Truth IN the repou that the American Association
meeting at Chicago was held for the purpose Of
considering a plan TO establish a club In the
Windy city. lie SAYS the meeting was for the
purpose u petitioning the National Commission
to re-classify minor leagues and limit the price
4 a bail player " 5000 when sold to the
8AtW s~0e0s
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Mike D0nIin Sold
tOBOst0n and MQu
Become Manager
topsdA b Ths DvsaAnG woaA.,

PrTTSBURG. Aug. l-Mike Dounn,
tho great outnelder and pseudo actor.
has bean sold to tho Boston Rustlers
Of making . pennAnt team out Of what
u now . hopeless tailsnder. II 10 said
that President Russell OF the Boston
team has promised the famous 3nks
thaA 10 season he will make him man
aSsr Of his club. The price paid Tor
Dcnrn y not stated.
Since hir return to the Giants after .
two years so1ourn on the stage with
his wife, Donlin has bean only allowed
to play IN inning or % at Q dine
and to 20 TO the bot In pinches. It -
the greatest teS In the world Of the
players ability to bat TO % up TO the
plato and hit for some one. Pinch hit
tiers are only sent up when tho club u
not hitting the opposing tw1rler. Inc he
must have the steadlest Of eyes and
the irmest OF nerveo.
1t was after the nAsoo at the Cubs
Giants game In tho fall OF 1905. when
the Giants failed to win the pennant
because Of q techincality. that Donlln
quit the diamond for the stage. He was
seen with his wife. Mable Hite. In
vaudeville. All his friends went TO SEQ
him. but only for his clever wife no
would ave been an awful frost. Later
on he was seen In . policeman's part
in q legitimate play. but he was such a
failure that be thought that 1t would
be best Tor him to 20 back to his first
love-the ball field.
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terests OF tho sport. the protection Of
the promoters and the public. all re-
volve around the betting angle.
IT ave heard honest and efficient
Judges at the race rack hooted and
openly accused OF being in with a bet
ting coup because OF their decisions in
a close finish. and I have heard hght
referees with regulations for honesty
similarly referred to. There has been
no getting away from the nasty cr!ti-
cisms.
III decisions were prohibited all this
might be avoided. referees and club
oficials with some character to preserve
would not be subjected to suoh !ns!nu.
atoms. the public would be immeasur-
ably protected n suspicion Of crook.
edness reduced TO a minimum.
WOULD INCREASE PUsLic's CON.
FlpENcE IN GAME.
Referees and club officials may have
the best OF Intentions and the interests
OF the public at heart. still the money
that might be won or lost on the simple
announcement Of 20 and so wins might
offer Q temptation that the average a
might md hard TO steer clear Of. The
n way Of removing the temptation Is
to have fights decided without an ON
cial decision. Let the newspapers decide
the contests for those who must bet.
The bettors can pick their W news
papers and abide by what they say.
Neither the clubs nor their referees could
be held responsible then. and the bet
tors. after agreeing on a certain writer
or number OF writer's. would have to be
satisfied. There would be no chance to
cry fraud and scandal would DO I'M
known.
This would increase tho public's con-
hdence in the clubs. for the people
would know that they could 20 TO see
a night n possibly bet without fear
OF being robbed by the decision OF a
crooked referee.
IT'S going far back for q comparison,
but the Horton law Is the only law
that affords II. In those old days there
were. few Nights except those which end
ed in k~nockouts. where decisions were
we'll received. There was always room
for dissension. and then the bouts went
twenty and twenty-five rounds: with
the limit now at ten. opportunity for
dissenters Is doubly increased.
up In Boston the decisions OF ref
erees have almost killed the game, and
they 60 twelve rounds there. Who
hasn't heard Of the Boston decision
by which out-of-town fighters have had
their regulations injured unfairly?
Things ave come to such a stage there
that referees are changed nearly every
show. n still the public finds room
for Kicking. They even had to send
over for our Charley White.
II say wound up Gibson. cut out
tho decisions here, II We are to see an
era of prosperity and popularity in the
boxing world and save the game for
which Senator Frawley fought so hard.
They won't do the public nor the pro-
motors any good and they are far from
necessary"
The evening world., 1911-08-02
NEW YORKS OPEN AGAINST PIRATES
in DIG "MAKE OR BREAK" SERIES
Gothamites Have Won Eight
Out of Eleven So. Far
From Buccaneers.

One sterling young ball player who
probably has more admirers In Pitts
burg than anywhere else along the cir.
ut Will be against Pittsburs this after
noon and that chap Is Herzog. It will
be with wry faces and disgust that
Pirate fans see Charlie In a Giant un,-
form. Pittsburg thought they had him.
but McGraw executed a flank move
ment in the night and copped back Her
aog while the camp fires were still burn
Tag.
Babe Adams looks like a sure thing
this afternoon. Fred Clarke intimatod
that the Mt, Moriah chap would pair of
with Mathewson or DruoSe. The Pirate
pilot Is not at all superstitlous. Twice
this year he has started Adams In the
opener OF a series against the Giants
and twice has Adams won his game.
Then the Giants would take the next
three, II the Giants cop to-day II Will
break the Pirates long winning streak
and the partisans here will fad consola.
ton In the fact that II probably will
break the sad winners first axiom that
has gone against Pittsburg every time
Giant and Pirate FLASHED.
il must be admitted that the Giants
will find the Pirates more formidable IN
this series than In the others. The
Pirates have been hitting the ball VI
ciously. Their hitting has been against
tho Dodgers and Rustlers. OF course.
but when IL Is figured that such pitcn-
ers as Doe Scgnlon. Nap Itucker, Wilbur
Schardt, Cy Barger, Al Mattern. Buster
Brown and others have fallen before
terrific cannonades II must be admitted
that the enemy Is dangerous.
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MAHER, 0LD,G GRAY,
BUT HE'S THERE
WITH K. 0.PUNCH
Peter Settled Jim Doherty's
Aspirations in First Round
at Fairmont A. c.

There Is many a grandfather around
the country who any day may be heard
telling some child or other OF the time
he saw Peter Maher. the Irish cham
pion." In such and such a fight: OF how
Peter. with nimbleness OF foot and
n%eetness Of punch, knocked out the most
formidable Of opponents.
No wonder when II was announced
that the same old Peter. he of the mys-
tic ages. was going to fight at the Fair
mont Athletic Club against Jim DOH
erty. a fellow thirty pounds heavier
than himself. and a chap who had
youth and strength ln tho bargain, that
the fans laughed.
They could hardly believe Il was the
same Peter that was going to battle.
They thought 1t must be some other
fghter who had recognized the prestige
tnat went with the name and adopted Il
FOR ring purposes. They all thought that
Maher must be dead these long years"
Well. Peter came back" All
whence we don know. and he came
back and won new glory for himself. It
seems that this fellow Doherty In some
way or other insulted Peter, and tho
latter wanted revenge. He thought the
best way to get II was to arrange a
regular bout with him and have his
rival conquered where every one oou.u
witness his humiliation.
Peter entered the squared c,rc,e
Weighing over 200 pounds. His hair
what was left OF twas as white az
the freshly driven snow. while he car
red more weight than an elephant.
However. that didn't prevent him frc-
displaying flashes OF the form that made
him a much feared man in the old
Horton law days. He practically Out
Doherty away In . punch. He frst hit
him on the nose and made Il bleed pro-
fusely. h stepped back and planted q
right on the Jaw. scoring a clean knock.
out.
II took several minutes before the duh
attendants revived Doherty. and when
he was asked what he thought Of
Makers kick" he feebly said:
Sure. I'm sorry that I over said sny.
thing asainst Maher. He sure has
como back for fair. and I bot right
now he oan put away Jack O'Br,en,
Bob F1tzsimmons and the resi- of those
cld-timers that want TO rs-eutsr the
ring"
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Giants Look for
Dodgers to Help
Cut Cubs Lead.

The Giants are again beseech-
Ing the Dodgers to help them. II
all depends upon whether the
Brooklyns aid them by making
n showing against the Cubs II
the New Yorks stay In the first
division. or ours II the Dahlen-
ties take a couple from the Chi
cago champions while the Giants
are winning a majority OF games
from the Buccaneers, II will prac-
tically put tho Manhattan repre-
sentatives on eve terms with
the Windy City boys for frst
place.
The Cubs are still a full game
and n half ahead Of the Giants.
The Phillies and the Pirates are
next In line. being deadlocked
for third place. The Cardinals
are temporarily out OF the hunt,
being six full games behind the
top rung OF the pennant ladder,
but as they are playing tho Rus
tiers. starting to-day. they may
cut down the lead that the other
championship contendcrs have on
them,
The evening world., 1911-08-02
JOE JEANETTE WINS
HANDILY OVER ROSS

ZOE JEANETTE beat Tony Ross
handily enough at the Twentieth
Century A. C. last night. although
he wasn't extended until the last round
Previous to that session jeanette con-
tented himself with holding a safe lead
He jabbed Ross any time he wa I'd to.
but Tony is what they called a tough
guy. He took everything that came
his way gracefully and was always on
the firing line looking for more.
The last round was by far the best
OF the ten. Jeanette cut loose and out
classed Ross both at hong range arr n
side work; In fac he had Tony holding
In this session.
The night was thoroughly pleasing and
a fair house showed they appreciated It
by liberia. applause after each round.
The preliminary bouts uncovered a
conner" In Kid Williams from Baltl-
more. He peat Reddy Carroll Of
Brooklyn in a thoroughly business-like
way and will do,
Johnny DAILY. the cracking. good little bantam
from the cast side, has finished hi, training tor
l hioo 'ffSi'ou az IiipaHy' 'tt io.mor r5,'' nis shG!'' and Il,
wound up by workIg like q heaycs. lie worked
out At Tie lhol9 ~ i \; tie s,;i 'ooS on Iosai
pmel for eight hounds IN sore lisAt rNilI, 30
as - enhance bis ClNerncss a"l lctter bis iol,-
champion. After this strenuous afternoons n.x.
ing he jumped on the SCALES AMI tipped the beam
al ll5 pounds.
Danny M99Tsap say, there tn, any truth that
s ass;ssza T. Z; NE sA q. s 3D. a., III aa s:'sr Va a'i ~. =:
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to beat some Of tho bes, Of the other local light
weights before getting on with the sensational
lltle bond fighter, There 10 a tip out that Nor.
gan Is busy Lay .ng HAes SO as TO trip IN Ad Wo..
gas into ,tnaAlns a match with hs boy on IN,
Coast for Labor Day.
II viii be a surprise for local fandom to learn
that all the hugs fortune thAt the late mid,
d~leNtight champion, stanley Kstchel, left was
sos. II, th.i bSins the sum announced when his
estate. was settled in the Probate Court at san
Francisco.
Georse Mcdonald, manager Of Matt Wells, the
LuSl st lightweight champion. who IL living NJ al
Rye Bgaci Inn, wishes to accept Tom D'ROuIk e's
pJbl'htl oftor Of $1,000 10 Wels TO meet the
Ni1u,r OF the Wolsasi Mcfarland 20. Wells would
he suffo, .ttd with icasure TO meet either VOL,
Gasi or i,aeAey, and DOESN'T care Which one. says
Mcdonald,
\ special toSlng and w~re.tling carnival has been
a1a' ged by the sixth Waul Athlgtic club Of hi
dl for THURSDAY, Aug. 10. The object Of thr
club memleS is 10 raise q sufficient fund 20 IL
tlaN the funeral eNptnSrs Of q uruminen local
sporting writer. who died at Sarauac lake a lev
days ago, and was inferred IN a rrnDkNl GENE.
terry, Among the first tn volunteer their services
IN boxing bouts were Frantde Madden, "RrooSSn
Degsay Apd ice 6AlQb
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ManteH Stops
Connie Schmidt
In Eight Rounds

Frank Mantell OF Pawtucket stopped
Connie Schmidt OF Hoboken in eight
rounds OF a scheduled ten-round battle
at Browns Gymnasium. 1t was a ter
rife contest while It lasted. but the
Jersey miller was on the receiving end
of most OF the blows. When the referee
stopped the go 8 'hmIdt loudly protested.
claiming that he was able to continue.
schmidt n hoored often for nearly
the full count. and when he left the
ring he was a bruised spectacle.
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DECISIONS WILL KEEP WoLoAsT
AWAY FROM BROWN HERE,

Dan Morgan. manager of X. o. Brown.
says: Decisions by referees will keep
Wolgast from nghting Brown here. Had
there been q decision in their previous
bouts Brown would have had them. but
now that they may give them here |
think Wolgast will refuse to TAXI the
chance of having his reputation pune
tured."
The subject has become an obses-
sion with Gibson. He rays himself he
has lain awake nights thinking OF Il,
until now he 10 reasonably satisfied that
unless there Is a general agreement on
the matter. the sport. now on a sounder
basis than ever. may come to an un-
timely end.
Fight referees" said Gibson to-day.
'are much the same as baseball UNI
pires. and. like the latter, may be abso-
iutely honest and STRAIGHTFORWARD. They
may give decisions solely on their 1udg-
ment and without the suggestion OF
having been Influenced. Still there
usually will be room for d~issenslon.
Look how umpires are hooted and
Kissed when there Is nothing more than
interest in the home club at stake; then
think OF the natural helghtenins OF III.
feeling where there may be money bet
on the result OF a boxing contest.
"If II were possible to absolutely pre-
vent betting on bouts, conditions would
be different, but a club manager who
would try this would be W against It.
Therefore. Il seems to me, the best In
The evening world., 1911-08-02
BOXING STAGS TONIGHT.

At the Long Acre A. A.-Two
ten-round bouts viii be staged.
George Bush OF Boston VS. Dick
Howell. the Canadian. and Young
Brown VS.. Joe Bailey.
At the Bay Head Club of Rock
away Beach-Harry Soroggs and
Harry Ferns will meet In the star
bout OF ten rounds. with Charlie
Sleger and Battling Larry Ryan
in the seml-fnal.
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Plan to Cut Out Decisions
On Fights Under New Law
Causes Lively Discussion
REFEREE WHITE IS
OPPOSED TO DECISIONS
IN TEN.R0UNO BOUTS.

"xrm with Duly Gibson IN that
NO decision business" said
Charley White to-day. ~ Am op-
posed 70 anything that may lead
to manipulationA Twenty rounds7
Yes, I believe In decisions In that
cass. 4 winner ought to be easy
TO decide In twenty rounds, but
not in ten"
The evening world., 1911-08-02

1YARRY SMITH. captain Of the
I'M Pastlme A. c.. called I'D late last
night to tell us that the Pastlme
= c. will be conducting business at the
Nd stand for many years to come. A
Story has been going the rounds 20 the
eg,ct that the Pastime Is in financial
Faculties. and nay be compelled to
close up. This. says Capt. Smith. Is a.
base as well as a baseless Islander. The
good old Pastime A. c. IL not in any
financial trouble at all. 1t Is jus, as
.ctlve as ever. This is good news. for
The Fastime Is one OF the Oldest OF
wv fork's amateur athletic clubs. 1t
' 81 brought out nan famous athletes,
Worlds champions and record holders.
For many years the Pastime has been
tho cradle OF amateur athletics, and II
still continues to turn out good men In
spite OF tn. fact that they are FREE
Quently grabbed" by other clubs bet
ter able to offer free training table ani
other Inducements.
More power to you. and a long lie,
PAstimos.
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~ thursday night will be an inter
esting II for the iight fans. IN.
asmuch as II Will produce the
nrst really important heavyweight con.
test held In this town In a long time.
The big men who are TO meet are Al
Palzer and Big Ton kennedy. Palzer
10 an Iowa farmer discovered by Tom
ORou.ke some H. c ago. O'Rourke mas
trained and coached him n kept him
under cover. lie las fought a few ngats
and had done very well. In every en-
gagement he shows a great deal OF i'm.
provement. He IL a straight. dangerous
puncher. big strong n very game. lie
looks like a fighter,
A. for Kennedy. he made such a sem
satlonal debut as amateur champion a
couple or years ago. and showed up 30
well IN setting TO with Al Kaufman and
other big professionals that every In
ducement to turn professional was Of
fsred him. Kennedy didn't care to
fight for money. and he passed up all
fofsrA But at last he has changed his
mind. He like the boxing game n
thinks that he will have a chance to
work up into Jack Johnson's class.
This match with Palzer will be a hard
tryout for Kennedy as a nrst profess
slonal engagement. II he wins he VIII
take a prominent place among the
white hopes" Kennedy Is a well edu-
Gated. Intelligent man, not an ordinary
brulser. lie will be a credit to the
game. In the gymnasium he is a clever
boxer and a hard fighter. II he shows
up as well in actual combat In the rlng
IL won't be long before he becomes q
better drawing card than any of the
other white hopes" Palzer. like Ken.
nedy. 10 not OF the bruiser type. bu
10 . quiet. unobtruslve fellow who cares
neither for the limelight or the white
lights along the Way. Whoever comes
out best In their hght. the winner will
have . brilliant future assured.
Z GUESS weight thowers are born. not
made. There was Matt McGrath,
. who practiced a little while and
then suddenly came out and ecllpsed the
hammer-throwing record made by John
Flanagan after nan years OF constant
competition. McGrath was a wonder
But he has nothing on Ryan. the com
parauvely new champion OF the /. a
A. c.. who tossed the leaden weight II
feet. with only a slight foul. In a recen'
competition at Celtic Park. This Ryan
Is Q giant even among the weight-toss,
ers. The only man who exceeds him In
stature Is big Mcdonald. Ryan Is tire.
mendously powerful and has speed al
well as strength. The I. A. A. c, mem
bers are j~ubllantly prophesying hat h,
VIII soon make the records OF Flanagan
n McGrath look like cad dollars.
II know l can throw that hammer
~ feet" Ryan says himself. and I'm
Seiax, 70 do 1t"
The evening world., 1911-08-02
HighLanderS Have
Old ScOre---Or ScOreS---
to Settle With the Maps

but they are oloss enough to be within
range and to our peace and prosperity
they are . constant menace.
Ray Fisher will undoubtedly IRE the
opening shot and In Ease 10 should fall.
a pair OF JackEWarhop and QUINN
arc standing behind him ready to pIok
up h fallen banner and lead US ON
to victory.
So. bring or your Larruperr and lot
us have at them!
IN the baseball parlamoe Of MD
sedson ths happens to BE- q koII
holiday. UAtch u to coy tAot ONLY
one game VUI b played, bvt w
must beor IN mind that Il U NO 90
caston for rest o. Iassttvds. re
H~1ghfomders hovs 10 oct up o~d dSst
to Keep IN the sAodoW Of the AtA.
lsftos and tho skohtsst clip Of the
foot vH send them tumbItn0 into
the second diptston. Tho PITCHING
stag Is decidedly unsteady and tho
general team york 10 nothing to
brd0 Of, but the batting eye a re-
turned and that means much. II
an old saying that q tUo-base wdl-
Top can cover q multitude Of errors.
Harry Safur. h Of the
batteries at the Hilltop park, pulled
q new one IN that line yesterday when
he spelled out tho name Of K-r-e-i.t.z,
tho now catcher for the White Sox,
through . megaphone without attempt.
ing to pronounce II. He explained II by
saying: II knew that was the only
way they would got IT," and he wa
right.
Ed Walsh appeared to be consider.
ably peeved over his defeat at the hands
OF the H~ighlanders. He has been beat.
ting US 70 regularly that he didn't be.
lievo II possible to lose. Tho last tim,
he got a trimming on the Hilltop h,
figured out a signal tipping scandal ant
explanation.