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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-16

[garding the possibility of the
death of a juryman before the
verdict is reached. Such an
event would necessitate going
over everything.
In the initial panel there was
not a venireman, Judging from
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-16

Ida Hakel, a Finnish domestic,
while walking aimlessly around
was picked up off the streets last
night and brought to the police
station by Patrolman Angus. She
said she was looking for work
and had no place to go.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-16

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16.-Rob-
ert G. Fowler, the San Francisco
aviator, plans to start from here
next Wednesday morning to at
tempt to cross the continent.
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City Briefs

The Maritime Provinces club
meets tomorrow evening in
Eagles hall.
Spencer S. S llliger will deliver
his lecture, only a Rose at the
Temple of Music on Wednesday
evening.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-16

Congressman Victor Murdoch of
Kansas, arrived in Tacoma last
night preparatory to delivering a
lecture in P~uyallup tonight. He
has been travelling extensively and
delivering many lectures through
out Oregon and Washington dur
ing the last month.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-16
Sparks Just
Off the Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
VINITA, Okla, Oct. 16.-Avia-
tor C. P. Rodgers left here at
1880 a. m today and arrived at
Muskogee at 9:15. He expects
to his flight again today.
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SEATTLE, Oct. ia wireless
message received today stated that
Clifford Pinchot, former chief for
ester, and Senator Miles PoindeX-
ter of Washington are due to ar
rive from Alaska some time to-
morrow ON the steamship Hum
boldt.
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appearances, under fifty years
In the entire venire of 1900
names it is declared there are not
one hundred prospective jurors
under forty years. The venire is
made up largely of retired ranch.
ers and business men.
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GIANTS HOME DATES
AGAINST FIVE BEST
CLUBS IN NATIONAL,
Philadslphia-Aug. IL, ~, ~, 10.
cincinnaa-Aug. le. ~. 10. 10
Chioago-Aug. Al, a., az.
Ptttsburg-Aug. a., as, 2e.
1t. Louis-Aug. az, %, 30, 81.

and losing two to the Reds. After
dropping the first OF their series to
the Cardinals they captured the next
three games. and played such remark
ably fast ball thai the Mound City
scribes hailed them as sure coming
champions.
The McGrawites started of in Pitts
burg like world beaters. breaking the
Pirates winning streak Of thirteen
straight victories. n making the for
mtr big title holders look like anna
tours. Then the worm turned, and the
mokevil outfit came bach In the next
two battles and wiped the earth with
the Giants.
Giants Closed Trip Well.
The W!ady City was the next stop
ping place for the Gotham Hopes. and
they played poor baseball in the first
two games and surrendered them. They
closed tho trip in great form. making
sixteen runs and eighteen hits &c i've
runs and seven hits by the Cubs.
During the balance OF this month.
starting tomorrow afternoon. the Giants
will meet all of the strongest clubs OF
the League. and II they climb to first
place and have any appreciate ad-
vantage owe the other clubs when they
strike the West they have a chance &c
win the flag. II they don't better !he.r
position to any extent 1t is hard % sec
how they con ever finish first.
The Phillics will stat the ball a-rol-
ling with the Giants. They have. been
the toughest nut the club has had to
tackle this season. They are the real
ink OF the New York team and II the
Giants win they will practically be up
setting baseball precedent. 1t is seldom
a club Is able TO defeat another that
has the sign on II no matter what is
their relative standing. Look how the
Giants have II on the Dodgers: the
H~ighlanders on the Tigers; the Cubs on
the Rustlers. and so forth.
After playing -four games here thu
Phlllies will make room for the Reds,
who also have four contests scheduled.
The Cubs then call for three; the
Pirates for three and the Cardinals for
four. This will conclude the appearance
OF the Eastern clubs for the season and
about wind up the Giants stay a;
home.
Tho only games thereafter will be the
following: philadelphia. Oct. 6; Brook.
Ign. Sept. 7. s, 3 and Dot. IL; Boston.
Labor Day - games) and Oct. 7.
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Tigers Side Retired on a Bad Error;
Peculiar Play Recorded at Hilltop

tho gates and invite the crowd back for
the morrow. The day Is done.
Cobb, incidentally. Is sull suneruns
from a nervous breakdown, and inc best
tina he could do on his return TO the
pastime. after a temporary expulsion
for getting fresh with Arbiter Mull'n.
was to comb Ford for a three sacRer
and Quinn for a single, both waHops
figuring heavily in the getting OF runs.
Birdie Cree must have also suffered
from some Interior trouble. for his rec
ord for the afternoon vas a simple little
matter of n three Dagger, a home run
into the bleachers and IA single. lie eS-
poets to have improved by this after
noon so that he can get back to MS
regular form.
Donovan Has a Big Day.
The second victory OF the Tigers over
our Hilltop crew was a red letter day
for william Donovan, tho pitching lee
turer sometimes known as Wild BIZ.
They call him that because he has con-
troll. To celebrate his victory over the
down-trodden Kilties Mr.. Donovan made
up his mind al the last minute TO give
us an exhibition OF the real thing that
is needed to win anne After having
shown us "A single that was hit on the
nose, this young pitcher. who has nevor
received any medals for speed on the
hoof. deliberately dropped a hunt 9e-
tween the pitcher M third and beat /,
out as easy as you please. Several
tainted In surprise. while others cheered,
Naturally this warmed the cookies OF
Williams heart and he then cut another
caper by making a clean steal of second
Everything would have been lovely FOR
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pounds In the afternoon. or he might. in
a pinch. do 1874, certainly not an ounce
lower. They had heen wrangling three
hours over the ooundage. when Morgan
suddenly said:
Brown is a lS3-pound ringside fighter,
the best In the world under those stipu-
lations, I'm tell YOU what III do. II
Wells Will make that rlngside weight:
III forfeit everything to him II Brown
doesn't knock him out I'm ten rounds,
You see, we ought to draw a lot OF
money. It's all Wells's II Brown doesn'l
knock him out Il he'll weigh in at ring
side 1873 pounds"
Ten minutes before II was a physl-
cally and absolutely impossible fol
Wells to do less h a 1874 pounds in the
afternoon. hut sl5,oJ" or 50 proved allur-
Ing halt. Both Mcdonald and Levy at,
The evening world., 1911-08-10
Pitcher Ford Misses Throw
From Outfield and Ball Rolls
to the Stands.

BIN. but ne spilled the beans by trying
to score from second on q short hit and
the fire was out.
Anyway" said BIZ, by way of ex-
PLANTATION. you will have to show mo
another shoo-footed pitcher around these
parts who can beat out a bunt n the
steal second. I know that Chief Meyers
stole second once. but you see l have II
on him because he never beat out a
bunt."
Victories come to Donovan so often
that he does not remember them, but
to his dying day he will carry that
stolen base next to his heart. This
morning ne Is one proud n naughty
person.
The Highlanders will play their fare
well game against the Tigers this after
noon, and by midnight they will be on
their way TO tho land OF the enemy.
Before striking the direct Western trail
they will run down to Washington and
play a -four days engagement with the
Nationals.
Caldwell will probably do the twirltnr
for the H~ighlanders this afternoon, and
Summers is likely to do the work foi
the Tigers.
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Micplay Stops Visitors From
Scoring During Batting Rally
in the Fourth Inning.
BY G

A QUEER hnk arose In our pastims
~ during the fourth game with the
Tigers. when II was proved con-
clusively that a bad error a some
times stop an opponent from scoring
when the best of tho pitching has failed.
Pretty hard to get that one through tho
outer lining OF the bean. but the fact
remains that tho neet-footed Tigers in
enc overheatcd inning. after making
four hits In a row. were suddenly
stopped from scoring by a most uncx-
pccted error on the part OF Pitcher
Ford.
II was IN tho fourth inning when this
peculiar play was recorded. and II VIII
20 down in diamond lore as a classic
There were two runners on the bases
and two out when Davy Jones smashed
IA hot single into left centre. Stanage
who had been on second. started to
score. but when Jennings saw that Dan
iels a made n perfect throw to the
plate. the Tiger grabbed the
big catcher and yanked him back to
third base. But. aha' the throw was
not perfect. or. at least. II was not
perfectly handled, Sweeney thought
that Ford was going to stop the ball
SO as TO make a play at second. and
Ford thought hat Sweeney was going
to take the throw, As n consequence
Ford let the ball roll between his legs
and skip to the stand. In the mean
time Jennings, seeing a sure chance to
score, turned Stanage loose n babe
him hike on to the plate. BY this time
Sweeney had recovered the wild hall
and a quick throw to Ford at the plate
nailed Stanage, and the side was re-
tired on what started out like one OF
the worst plays of the day.
Side Retired on Error.
You can take n from me-" said
Stanage, as he arose from the cloud OF
dust at the plate. that Is the first time
that ] ever saw a side retired on a bad
error
Ever that sudden check TO the am
billions OF the Tigers could not stop them
from coming into their own, for a few
Innings later they suddenly discovered
Jack Quinn or the mound. and the
heavy artillery of the visitors proceede,
TO uncork a broadside that burnt up the
outheld and put four tallies over the
pan. When Jones, Bush, Cobb and
Crawford begin their rapid fire clubbing
the -groundkeeper might as Well unloci
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Chances Very Much
Against the Giants
Capturing Pennant
During Their Last Home Stand,
Starting Tomorrow at the
Polo Grounds, the Locals
Will Meet the Five Strongest
Clubs in National League.

THE Giants are now on their a
homo from Chicago for their last
stand on the Polo Grounds. 1t
will practically decide whether or not
they will capture the National League
pennant.
II Is up to the club to overcome tho
lead which the Pirates and Cubs nave
on them and to so firmly establish
themselves in first place that when they
go on their last trip West they will be
able to retain the lead whether or not
they do better than they have on the
journey just closed.
At present II looks like a herculean
task Manager McGraw has before him
to land his team a winner. for they
virtually wind UP the season away from
home. The three Eastern clubs that
the Giants nay depend on to help them
out are nowhere near as strong as the
-four Western clubs. and Il 10 against
them that they will have to wage the
closing battles.
II the New Workers. capture the pen
nant they will have to make a some-
what similar squirt to hat being made
~ NHS haNNS ~ pitS'hc ~ ioNNN'
have won eighteen out OF their last
nineteen struggles-and have brcugh'
themselves from fifth place to the front
with great unexpeotedness.
Giants Borke Even in West.
The Occidental Jaunt just mad by the
Manhattanites isn't what you call a
good one for a team that is looked upon
as a likely pennant winner. The bes'
the club could do was to break even
winning seven and LOSING seven. This
showing. however. Is better han hat
mad by either the Dodgers, Phillie!
or Bostons.
The Brooklyn boys played surprlsingl,
well, coming mighty near splitting
equally abroad, and 1t was by far tn
best exhibition that they have made II
the wild and woolly' In years. TIL,
Rustlers and the Phlllies hardly VOL
enough games to count on one hand
and had they done as well as thu
Dodgers the Giants would be LEADING
the procession now instead OF holdinI
down third.
The Giants started of by winning tw'
The evening world., 1911-08-10
ALEXANDER AND
HACKETT BEATEN
IN STATE TOURNEY
FTER six years OF supremacy.

A FTER six years OF supremacy
"a Frederick r. Alexander and Har-
1 \ old II. Hackett. the national and
State lawn tennis doubles champions
yielded TO the slashing racquet work OF
Theodore Roosevelt Pell and Lyle Il.
Mahan in straight sets to the score or
Ga, Glove in the fourth round of the
New York state championship tourna-
ment on tho courts OF the Crescent Ath-
letic Club at Bay Ridge.
As a result OF the matches yesterday
Pell meets Bundy in the semi-tinal OF
the singles and Bull meets Mclaughlin.
In the doubles Pell and Mahan meet
the California pair. Bundy and Nc
Loughl!n, while Touchard and Lttls
meet Dean Mathey and Church.
andria Ray viii bo forei TO his limit to win
the one ,horu race for professionals which viii he
q s9e c ,s9,aFf Far. e t Sunday game, .its SI 5as 'F, ea., So'q iRe"sa
i lea. fn Sen lr." As St,, Vs. ss:s 70 &c & s sIs.s =, Ssn.al.s !;
the clever Ffnlsnder. all Of whom are running
faster nov than At any time In their careers The
&; dSS.'ii former lnS!f'" ap Sas Msr.thon tins; Additional
starters are Matt Maloney. Jimmie Lee. Ted
orsSS' r Of r:ii R RSo /, N out 70, SP' the hs'n Slo. sss asG
.happir.hip, Tier wi, BE- e. t Two, me dss a
R R%esm sht 1 Ifsh velu Hftpsr' 4 SeE York Will play
against the second Regiment n Rrcohyn.
with two I'm. round. Q, 7 and - Als s Sm r.
Inks az the Rumson Country Club. His total Of
Isl g. .,r,t the t thiTty G,iBer 4ol SicS SSP BY y wI RsIsH o.
Inc metropolitan oren champion. and james
Thomson u The fhiladelphia Country Club:
The evening world., 1911-08-10
English Champion Had Said
He Couldn't DO Less
Than 134.

Dan Norgan-they call MN 'purnn
Dan because he nerlccts TO say my
thing in praise Of Knockout Browns
an awful boob when II comes 20 making
a match for his protesc, llc always
gets the worst OF II, maybe,
In making the match that VIII bring
X. q. and English champion Wells to-
gether In this city the latter part Of
this month Morgan pulled a new one
on Manager George Mcdonald and
Racker Levy Of the Wells camp that
mad them gasping for breath when they
finally had agreed TO Morgan's scheme,
something they previously had declared
impossible.
Mcdonald had insisted that the very
best weight Wells could do was lS1
The evening world., 1911-08-10
Do You Know a "BOnidium Is?
If You Don't Here's Explanation.

II became necessary yesterday to coin a new word to describe
a certain line OF thought common TO the genus fan. Listen to
the following mental outpouring and see II you do not think that
"Bonidium" Is the proper word?
Cobb was at the bat and there was no one on base and nobody
out He got a base on balls.
"Is the pitcher trying to give him his base n balls" asked
Bone No. 1.
Sure" replied Bone No. 2 a his brow wrinkled into an er-
pression of deep wisdom. "Ie is purposely giving Cobb his base
30 IL to make Crawford hit into a double play"
Now. II you can top that you can get 8 to |.
The evening world., 1911-08-10
Jim SAVAGE KNOCKS OUT
SAILOR WHITE IN SEVENTH

Jam Savage. the New Jersey heavy
weight, knocked out Sailor White, the
big fighter OF Jersey City. in the seventh
round OF a t|en-round contest at the stag
% the Bays Head A. c.. of Far Rock
away. The finishing blow was a terrific
right hand swing to the jaw which
dropped White to the floor. where he
laid unconscious until he was counted
out by the ~referee.
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Matches

Jimmy Dunn OF this city and Will
lie Jones OF Brooklyn have been Sc
cured TO meet In a ten-round bout at
the stag Of the Atlantic A. A. %
Hockaway Beach tomorrow night.
Ty Cobb, the fast little fighter OF
Philadelphia, has been matched to
meet Johnny Dundee for ten rounds
at tho Fairmont A. c. on Saturday
night.
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EI0hf Thrilling From Start.

Right from the start the fight was a
thriller. In the beginning OF the first
round Smith jumped from his corner
n dashed across the ring. eager to be
gin. His first punch va a heavy right
that landed on Langford's chin. and he
followed with n left before Sam could
recover from his surprise. From that
moment 81 was terrific-a battle OF the
Tttans. Smith was a few inches taller
han the black man. clear skinned. mus
cuiar, small bodied. clean cut. Lang
ford. short and squat in comparison,
was much broader and heavier. Hts
muscles bulged under the shiny coal
black skin. His round head. set square
ly on his shoulders. and his sullen ex-
precision gave him a most ~forbldding
appearance. His body was heavy-he
was a little too thick at the waist line.
From the start Langford used his
rushes and swinging every blow for "A
Knockout. During the last ten seconds
of the first round Smith was staggering.
but he is tough as whalebone.
In the second Langford was painting
from his exertions, and Smith drove
punch after punch into his body, Sam
swung a heavy left against smiths
nose. and the color showed. Smith
slugged and Langford ~slugged, without
iet-up. The Farmer reached Sans CHR
and hurled him against the ropes, Foi
a moment Langford was dazed. Bo,l
were tired at the end.
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CrOggy in Third.

The third was even nercer. Langford,
Infatuated rushed and landed heavily In
the clinches. once he 'looped" four
or five blows TO Smiths chin, knocking
him groggy. Smith staggered sam
again with a right. It was very even
fghting. even though Langford was
dealing out the heavier punishment
and seemed 10 have control OF the
situation.
In the beginning OF the fourth Smith
landed a crashing right In Sans mid
section. Sam grinned-with an effort
and said: That's good" Rough slug
ging for a minute, then Smith ham
mered Langford to the ropes. The
crowd was on its feet yelling for the
white man. IIangford looked tired,
He was growing slower, but in the next
rush he swung his left against Smiths
eye. cutting It. Sam CONSIDERABLY re-
The evening world., 1911-08-10

annoyance to add to the usual vim
behind his punch.
Smiths face was bloody and
battered. Langford's showed Jumps
that didn't add to his beauty. Both
were a little tired from the exertion
OF fighting four terrific rounds. II
was now the middle Of the NTH.
The fighting was as fast and furious
"a before. Smith. grim as death and
determined as n bulldog. was rushing
and plugging and slugging. Lang.
ford, setting himself deliberately,
was trying with careful hooks and
swings and uppercuts to land the
n blow that was TO do the bus,.
The evening world., 1911-08-10
BOXING STAG TONIGHT.

At the National Sporting Cuba
white hope tournament will be
staged. Several bouts between new
men In the profession will be put on.
The evening world., 1911-08-10
LANGF0RD STOPS SMITH
IN THRILLING RING BATTLE
Westminster Farmer Puts Up Game Fight
Against Boston Colored Heavyweight at
Fairmont Club, But Right to Chin
Compcls Him to Yield.

- AM LANGFORD, black as COAL his teeth showing in a n ugly grin
and his little eyes sparkling, intenty followed every mov Of Jim
- Smith, the westchester farmer. Smith IVA making It a piunging
aght-a rlpsnorting 6ght-and at times Langford had a good deal Of
The evening world., 1911-08-10
National League Has NeW While Hope
Or Is Ii Black HOpe?-The Pirates

There Is a new white hope-or is It back?-in the National
League pennant race. To-day the Pirates are in the lead for the
first time this season. They went to the front by whipping the
Philnes again while the Cubs ere being lambasted by the Giants.
However. the Smokevine crew need not feel too cocky over their
position as they are only a teeny. weeny point ahead Of the
Cubs. The Giants are in third place, twentyfour points behind
the Pittsturgs. The Phillies have had q very disastrous trip.
being In fourth place now. Ave full games from the top rung Of
the championship ladder. The Cardinals re next In line. with
but a scant half game separating them from the Quakers Tho
Reds are coming pretty strong and have a percentage Of .49.
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ness He had been starting those blows at frequent intervals for fn,
rounds and although many had landed with a sound such a might bave
been made by a crate OF eggs falling from tho roof Of The World biIdins
to the sidewalk below. the only effect So far had been the splatternx Of
little crimson.
The evening world., 1911-08-10
Morgan Teaches English Manager Trick
About Matchmaking and Gets Wells at 1873

II up. They hurriedly phoned the glad
news to Wells at Rye Beach, and Wells
without a moments hesitation said
Sure. I'll gladly do the ringslde
weight"
Thinking they had Morgan by the
ears, they Informed Dumb Dan" that
the plan was agreeable to Wells and
the match was on.
Morgan gloated. Now" he replied,
Il have you where | have been trying
to get you for months, You have been
trying to throw In Wells as a welter-
weight against Brown all the time.
II he can make 1913 ringside, he surely
can do 1888 at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
Let that he the weight and the match
is on, otherwise everything is OFF" Out
generated and staggered at the willy
Morgan's methods. the Englishman had
nothing to do but accept Morgan's con-
dltlons.
1T was a case of an Irishman putting
It over on a wise English pair saws
Morgan. and he's really proud OF him
self to-day"
The evening world., 1911-08-10

\ new 'roNins club has been organized In
Australia which viii he known, as the sydney
%Go,crnmcnt backing, and will hold fights at both
sydney and Melbourne. The. fights viii oe
fought off at a big park which will accom-
molatc 10000 persons, The American represen.
tatiye will be George q. Almy OF Boston. Mr.,
Amy has already made ban McKetrick a bi1
Offer TO take Joe jeanette and Willie Lewis GU,
there 10 fight,
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rush. absolutely careless of the terror
OF LAnzford's wallop. He drove his
right fist straight out with all his
strength, and the thud of his glove on
LAngford's eye could have been heard
across the way on Third avenue. The
Fairmont Club. damned TO h roof
cams with coatless. sweating. enthu-
slsstic night fans. rose collectively SIX
inches from its chairs and shrieked with
Joy. LanEford staggered.
Smith Dashed In Again.
fearful right. This time Langford
pulled away Just far enough to make
the blow miss. Then Sam leaned In
and bis rEht shoulder dropped low for
single second. Up came h right
with a swing Of shoulder n body be-
hind II. LanEford's right fist met
Smiths ohm with . crunching sound.
INSTANTLY the shoulder N arm dropped
and instantly II rose again. shoulder
and body In the blow. driving tho BLACK
mans fist against the Farmers chin
Smith fell slowly and reluctantly back.
ward to a sitting position. resisted the
eAsOuSCtAbo4i Va sho ldh w "
. second. and h rolled Imply owe
upon his back. There he lay stretched
seemingly knocked out.
But there's iron In Smiths makeup
lie lay still for three or four seconds
struggled up. and in seven wa on hi
feet. But Referee job sprang betweei
the men as Smith turned TO face thu
calmly waiting black, Waving Lang
fcrd to his corner. he beckoned I,
Smiths seconds. and they came int
the ring willingly enough. The refere
had one the right thing. Smith. on hi
feet was reeling n limp, UNIT to &
on. Against some other heavyweight
yes. Smith might have pulled throug
the round But against Langford-n
chance. To ave allowed Sam anothe
valiop would have been unnecessar
cruelty. Smith didn't see II that way
II wanted TO continue.