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Evening star., 1912-09-05
HOFFMAN LEAVES PIRATES.
Ex-Cub Says He Has Not Been Able
to Get Into Condition.

PITTSBURGH. September 5.-Artie Hof-
man. the Pirates center fielder, jumped
the club last night. just before Fred
Clarke and his Corsairs started on their
last swing around the circuit. Clarke
was informed of Hofman's intention and
sent George Gibson to the Union depot to
talk with him before the ex-Cub boarded
train for his home. in Akron. But Hof-
man refused to be swerved from his in
tention and went home.
The reason for the desertion has not
been made public. Holman says himself
that he decided to quit the Pirates be-
cause he could not get into good hysical
condition. His work during the last
fortnight, however. gives contradiction to
this statement. Holman has been playing
brilliantly in the field and on the bases
and has been batting above 400. When
Clarke was asked about Hofman's leaving
he said: Hoffman knows what he is do
ing, l guess. He says he can't get into
shape to play his best game IL that IL
the way he feels about It I'm satisfied,
It won't affect our standing in the league
raco. Yes. I expect to have Hoffman back
playing the outheld next season"
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NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.
Pirates Beat Chicago.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, September 5.-Wilson's S
home-run drive won yesterdays game for
Pittsburgh, ) to 2. and incidentally widen
ed the margin between Chicago and New
Yorh to six full games in the pennant
race.
Chicago took a two-run lead in the
sixth. Zimmerman singled and Leach
walked. Safer famed and Evers singled
too hot for Wagner. and Zimmerman
scored. Needham then singled. filling
the bases O'Toole made a wild pitch
and Leach scored. O'Toole retired after
this inning, and Robinson held the locals
safe.
The visitors made one run on Miller's
double, an infield hit. which Zimmerman
let pass down the third-base line. think
ing it would roll foul. On a double play
Miller scored
After one out in the eighth. Carey sin
gled. Donlin popped out and Wagner was
purposely walked. Miller then singled
and Carey scored. With two men on.
Wilson hit the ball over the right field
fence into the bleachers. scoring both
runners ahead of him. Score:
Chicago 90 o o o q % % & o
Pittsburgh 90 q o 90 l 4 0-5 10 o
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BY the time they started IN the AFTER
noon the crowd had doubled in size and
President Silas Strawn of the L. s. G. A.
took charge.
Travera who had been getting indiffer-
ent results all morning with his driver.
grew even wilder from the tee on the
first few afternoon holes and by the time
the fourth was reached not only was his
morning lead gone, but he was two down
to the Garden City veteran. and the tyrOs
in the gallery were beginning to decide
that the match was not going to be worth
while watching after ALL
BY the time the fifth green was reach
ed many of the spectators We're begin
ming to look back for Evans, who was
known to be coming along four or five
holes in the rear when Trayers suddenly
putt which banged against the back of
the hole squarely in the center and gave
the metropolitan champion 3. 1t was
the beginning OF the remarkable series of
holes that showed Travers to be almost
in a class by himself when 1t comes to
point of meeting the necessities of the
situation.
Jerry won the next hole 5 to by going
Travis one better after the latter had
made fine approach putt and on the
seventh a twelve-fOot putt went hanging
in for another 3, and another hole won.
That made three in a row and the lead,
but Travers was not satisfied. He seized
a chance on the eighth with an eight foot
putt LOT duOtueT duQ stepping up 10
the ninth tee played a perfect iron across
the pond to the green. The ball stopped
dead to the pin. and after Travis. who
had driven to the left edge Of the green.
had taken two puts and was still outside
the cup, the Montclair golfer nonchalant-
ly ran down his putt for and was 3
up and out in 35.
The next two were halved and Travers
made 1t up when Travis took three
puts on the sloping twelfth green. the
same one that had given them both
trouble in the morning.
With a lead of four holes and only six
more to play there could be little doubt
of the outcome. Travers had been using
his iron from the tee most of the time
since the fifth and his wildness had dis
appeared. For the rest of the way it
was only a question Of how much Travers
would win by. The 'old man" fought
hard, won the fourteenth with an un-
beatable approach and when dormy 3
down at the sixteenth ran down Q fifteen
Evening star., 1912-09-05

WHEATON, Ill, September 3.-Nine good
western golfers played their matches In
the national championship yesterday prac-
tically unattended by spectators, while
the biggest gallery Of the tournament thus
far followed two eastern players twice
around the long Chicago golf course un-
der a sun that at times seemed unbear
able. 1t was remarkable tribute to the
magic of the two names that have long
been associated with American golf:
When Jerome d. Travers and Walter j.
Travis teed up in the morning for their
fourth meeting In a national champion
ship and started toward the first hole the
crowd about the tee almost to a man
pressed forward after the two old rivals
Forgotten was Chick Evans. who, as it
proved. was to play the best golf of the
tournament in his match against Howard
Lee: forgotten was Paul Hunter. who was
to meet Young Waldo. the conqueror of
Harold Hinton. Albert Seckel, Warren
Wood and Robert Hunter, all western
favorites. were to play. but the one desire
Of the golf enthusiasts who had come out
from Chicago was to see jerry Travers
play the "old man. from Garden City.
Many Of them knew nothing about
either player, except that when Travers
met Travis there was sure to be q match
worth seeing. 1t was worth seeing, too.
for Trayers. after trailing behind his vet
eran rival for a good share Of the first
twenty-five holes. suddenly shot to the
front I'm a series Of dazzling plays and at
the thrtieth hole was four up and had
the match as good as won. With victory
In sight he eased up and was content to
let matters drift along until he won on
the thirty-ffth green by up and l to
play.
Travis began poorly in the morning and
took 6 on the first hole. He succeeded in
getting level when Travers was bunkered
at the fourth. and at the sixth holed a
thirty nve-foot putt for and was up.
He increased his lead to 2 up at the
eighth. but slipped back q notch mo-
ment later. as he topped his tee shot into
the pond on the short ninth and failed
to get the green on his second attempt.
Both men were out in 30.
Travers squared the match at the tenth
with 3. but took four puts while Travis
was taking 3 on the twelfth green.
and was l down again. The "old man"
was bunkered at the fourteenth and lost
the hole. SO they were again all even.
They halved the next two. though Travis
almost stole the sixteenth by hitting the
cup in playing out of the bunker guard
ing the green. but on the seventeenth he
had no such luck. and by missing . short
putt threw away the hole. They halved
Evening star., 1912-09-05
HARTFORD FEATURE
CAPTURED BY SIR R.
Grand Circuit Meeting Opens
With Track in Poor Condi-
tion for Racing.

HARTFORD, Conn. September o
Grand Circuit racing in connection with
the Connecticut state fair was begun
yesterday afternoon at Charter Oak
Park, the track being out of commission
since Monday, owing to the heavy rain.
1t was so bad in spots yesterday that the
ten-thousand- dollar Charter Oak stake.
the classic event of the meet, was put
over until today.
Two events were decided. the 30 pace,
which was Won in straight heats by
knight Onward. and the free-for-all pace.
which developed into an interesting con-
test between The Eel and Sir R.. the lat
ter finally winning.
In the free-for-all The Eel was favorite
and captured the initial heat 1t looked
like a contest between the favorite and
Don Densmore. The tables were turned
in the second heat when Sir r. swept
from the field in the stretch and shot
past The Eel just as the wire was reach
ed The same trick was repeated in the
final heat.
Todays program will include the ten
thousand-dollar Charter Oak stake, the
30 trot for three-year-old and the 2.p
juvenile trot. Summaries:
Evening star., 1912-09-05
Tigers Devour White Sox.

CHICAGO, H., September j-Detroit
won one-sided contest from Chicago
yesterday l. to 4. ii being the final ap
pearance of the Tigers here this season
The visitors knocked out Scott in the
fourth inning after making seven hits for
total of five runs. Douglass. a recruit
from Des Moines. finished the game, and
was hit for eight safeties and seven runs
Manager Callahan tonight released Re-
cruit First Baseman McLarry. secured
from Austin. Tex, to the Lincoln club of
the Western League. Score:
R.H.E
Chicago. 90 o 90 2-411 8
Detroit. . o o o. liz Is 1
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Other American League Games.
Yankees Defeat Athletics.

NEW YORK. September New York
hit Coombs hard yesterday and won cas-
lily. by to l.
Daniels broke up the game in the sixth,
when he tripled. with three on bases.
Chases hitting. a wonderful stop by
Barry. and great catch by Leliyelt were
the features.
Leliyelt robbed Baker of a home run in
the eighth. with two on the bases, when
he jumped into the air and pulled down
Bakers drive with one hand Score:
RHE.
Phila ....... u u u u o O-1
New York. % - y Ks IL o
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Timely Single Beats Boston.

BROOKLYN, n. Y. September 5.-Hum-
mel's single in the thirteenth with man
on third beat Boston yesterday in the
greatest pitching duel of. the year in
Brooklyn. the locals winning, to 1.
Stack and Dickson allowed but three
hits each up to the twelfth inning. Bos-
ton scored its run on a triple by Titus
and a single by Devlin in the second in
ming. Brooklyn tied it in the ninth on
Northen's single and Campbelrs tumble
of Daubert's single. Score:
R.H f.
Boston,. 200 q q u . q y q q o. :: 3
BROOKLYN U U u u q q q U D u u IL 4 y
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,batted Tor Enxel IN tniru.
TBatted for Musser in eighth.
Bos ton. ............ x-f
Washington. ......... U o O..
Two-base hits-Gsrdner. Yerkes. Lewis Three
base hit-Gandil. Hits-On Engel. in
innings; on Muss@r. in 4 innings: on Herring.
In ] inning Sacrifice hits-ferkes. Hooper.
Stolen bases-Wagner Gardner ~. Milan. Left
on bases-Boston IL: Washington. 4. First ba se
ON bas-On Engel. 2; OF Gallia. =; OF Mus
s.r %, =; on Herring l. First base on error error
tHooper,. Struck out-By Collins. 5: by Musser.
T. Passed ball Ainsmith. Umpires-Messrs
Connolly and Hart. Time Of game hours aud
4 minutes.
Evening star., 1912-09-05
TRI.STATE LEAGUE,

First game-Harrisburg. Z: York. I. Second
mc-Hsrrisburg. s: York. 1.
First game Reading. s: Chester. l. Second
game-Reading. q: Chester, =.
First game-Trenton, u: Wilmington, 4. Sec
ond Wilmington. Z: Trenton, ..
Atlantic City, ); Allentown, j.
Evening star., 1912-09-05

Bye hole not played.
Much good-golf was played in the other
seven matches and the closest Of them
was decided surprise to the western
contingent. Albert Seckel. western
champion in 1911 and former holder of
the intercollegiate championship. was
eliminated by Hamilton X. Kerr of Elk
wanok the young player who has been
playing steady though not fiashy or brill
liant golf in the east during the past two
seasons. At the end Of the morning
round the Vermont champion was up.
and after a hard fight Seckel drew even
and they were all square when the home
hole began. There Kerr ran down a
good putt for 3 and took the match.
C. Gilbert Waldo. jr.. the conqueror OF
Hilton seemed a little ratified by his sud-
denly acquired fame when he began in he
morning against Paul Hunter. and the
holes before Waldo woke UP at the
twelfth to find himself practically beaten.
Then began the gamest kind of q struggle
by the Connecticut champion. When the
first round was over he was only down
and Hunter had all he could do to win
by 3 up and to play.
That Chick Evans has a little better
chance for the title than most OF the
others. was shown by his -, made in the
morning against H. B. Lee. the Yale boy
who put out Kirkby. The collegian
played a steady game. but Evans was too
fast for him and won easily by 8 up and
8 to play.
Norman Hunter. the Englishman. is
still in the running, and meets Warren
Wood tomorrow. The latter beat w. c.
Fownes. jr., by the handsome margin of
Z up and 6 to play. Mason Phelps by
beating Harold Weber Of Toledo earned
the right to meet Jerome Travers. and
little Heinrich Schmidt, holder of the
Massachusetts title, disposed of Robert
Hunter, former intercollegiate champion.
He gbes up against Evans tomorrow
In all but one of the third-rOund
matches the east will clash with the west.
and in the fourth England will be OPP
posed to the west.
The summarizes:
Championship. second round-Mason Phelps.
Midlothian. defeated Harold Weber Inverness.
up and to play; Jerome D. Travers. Upper
Montclair. defeated Walter j. Travis. Garden
City . up and ! to play: Paul Hunter. Mid
lothian. defeated c. G. Waldo. jr.. Brooklawn.
mp and to play: Hamilton K. Kerr. Elk
wanOk. defeated Albert Secke. Riverside, 1 up:
Charles Evans. jr.. Edgwater. defeated Howard
B. Lee. Detroit. no and TO play: Heinrich
Schmidt Worcester. defeated Robert r. Hunter,
Midlothian. up and TO play: Norman r.
Hunter. Honorable Company Of Edinburgh Golf
crs defeated William p. Smith. Philadelphia.
up and 3 to play: Warren X. Wood Home
wood. defeated William G. Fownes. jr.. Oak
mont. up and to play.
Evening star., 1912-09-05
Cardinals Blank Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI. September 5.-St. Louis
won the final game of the series from
Cincinnati here yesterday. by the score
of : to u.
RHE.
St Louis q o D u > u u q o. y D
Cincinna 90 u U u D u 90 q q
Evening star., 1912-09-05
BIG TENNIS TOURNEY.
Annual District Championship Play
Starts September %.

Sanction has just been received from
the Middle Atlantic States Lawn Tennis
Association for the annual District cham
pionshjp tennis tournament to be held on
Evening star., 1912-09-05
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

First game-Baltimore, 10: jersey City, 2. Sec
ond game Baltimore, 4; Jersey City. 5.
BufIalo. 8: Toronto, 4.
Montreal, 3; Rochester. o.
Evening star., 1912-09-05
Phillies and Giants Split.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. September g.
New York and Philadelphia broke even
here yesterday afternoon in the first OF
three successive double-headers to be
played between the teams. The visitors
landed the first game by to , and the
home team the second by 4 to =.
In the first contest New York won by
punching five doubles and single with
a pass Off MOOre's delivery in the second
and fifth innings. while Tesreau kept his
opponents hits scattered.
In the second, Chalmers returned to
the game after a long lay-on and did
excellent work. Marquard was hit for a
double by Paskert. two sacrifices, a
single by Luderus and a home run by
Walsh in the first inning. These runs de-
cided the game. but DevOre contributed
another on two muffs after two were out
in the sixth inning. Scores:
R.H. Z.
A = Al n n n n
Evening star., 1912-09-05
TRAVERS DEFEATS TRAVIS
WITH BRILLIANT GOLF PLAY
Veteran Appears Sure Winner When
Young Opponent Gets Very Busy With
the Irons and Comes Out Ahead.

the eighteenth and Tfavers was l up.
with eighteen more holes to come
The card of the morning rounds:
Evening star., 1912-09-05

Carey of the Pirates last Sunday missed
his first game of the season. He WAS a
trifle stale and Clarke excused him.
Evening star., 1912-09-05
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE.

Lynn. 2: New Bedford. ].
Fall River, Z; Brockton. q.
Lawrence, 1: Worcester, Q
Lowell. g.: Hayerhill. q
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APPALACHIAN LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

johnson city. 5: Bristol. 4.
Knox Vile -MorristOwn: rain.
AsheviIIe, 10; Cleveland. Z.
Evening star., 1912-09-05

Columbus, 10: Toledo. ].
Minneapolis. II; Kansas City, 10.
Milwaukee, 6; st. Paul, 3.
Louisville, 2; Indianapolis. o.
Evening star., 1912-09-05
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

Detroit eulogies on NJ. Dubuc have been
si,enced. for the pitcher has been going
like a scuttled ship of late.
A good thing for pinch hitter TO do
who goes in to sew up a game is to haste
the ball.
Evening star., 1912-09-05
NATIONAL LEAGEE.
MINOR LEAGUE GAMES.

VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Petersburg. 8: Richmond, 2.
Roanoke, 4: Newport News, o.
Portsmouth, Norfolk; rain.
Evening star., 1912-09-05

The Giants will go up against the rising
young southerner. Eppa Rixey this week.
AS yet they haven't had the pleasure or
ginians curves.
Evening star., 1912-09-05
SCHEDULES.

SCHEDULES.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
TODAY. TOMORROW.
Washington at Boston. Washington at Boston.
Pbila. al New York. Phila at New York
at Chicago. Clev-Iand at Chicago
ST Louis at Detroit. st. Louis at Detroit.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
TODAY. TOMORROW.
Chicago at Cincinnati. Boston at Brooklyn.
New York at Phila. Chicago mt Cincinnati
Boston at BROOKLYN. New York al Phila.
Pittsburgh at 81. Louis lPittsburgh at st. Louis.
Evening star., 1912-09-05
HAVRE DIE GRACE RACES
Every Day Till Sept. 80,
EXCEPT I2tll.

Except 18th.
Special Train via Penna. AZ. H. leaves WASH
Ington at l2:l0 Pm. direct to Track. Round
Trip Fare, 81 so
b: & o. Special Train leaves Washington Mt
IL NJ. Laurel at 12:23 PM. arrives at Hartford
Race Course 30 PM. Round Trip Fare. 81 80
Evening star., 1912-09-05

Al Orth's umpiring has made hit with
the players because Orth knows in
stinctively where to stand in the neid and
is never getting in the way. Moreover,
he's on top of the plays.
Evening star., 1912-09-05

Before packing his bag for Philadel-
phis Eddie Murphy had scored one-sixth
OF all the runs made by Baltimore during
the season.
Evening star., 1912-09-05
son Will Try to Break Woods Winning Streak This Week

foot putt for ? and carried the match
another hole. II looked as though
Travers could have had the seventeenth
il he had wanted it. for Travis topped
his drive into a bunker. but the metro
politan title holder seemed TO be content
to halve the hole in and win by > up
and l to play.
The big crowd applauded the final shot
and then began to wonder whether
Travers was going to interfere with the
vests chances Of carrying off the title.
The card of the afternoon round fol-
lows:
Evening star., 1912-09-05

The reason why the CUTS are keeping
Evening star., 1912-09-05

.IH play next year IL Barney keeps me
on the nay roll," says Honus Wagner.
Well, IL Barney won't We know man
aRer whose first name Is John-Jake-Bill-
Harry-Roger- George ugh-Connie-Frank-
Jimmy Charlie that will.
Evening star., 1912-09-05

Again showing the beautiful uncertainty
Of base ball, just when the Reds are an
the brink of sixth place they brace up
and rake in nine OF their last eleven
games. For q manager who was moT1.
bund Hank Is pretty robust
Evening star., 1912-09-05

shortstop, and players that he wanted hts
club to get for him were Corridor OF
Kansas City and Butler OF st. Paul But
he has TO sit by and see the one go TO
Detroit and the other to Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1912-09-05

1T surprises me-" SAYS BIZ Lanee.
speaking of Jimmy Sheckard. that one
Who has played the game as long as he
has still has enough speed to be the lead.
of man for a team like the Chicagos."
Evening star., 1912-09-05

Eugene McGreeNey of Bloomington, ILL.,.
for several easons an umpire In the Pa
cific Coast League. and in earlier days
pitcher I'm the Three ! League. has been
signed by Ban Johnson an umpire for
the American League.
Evening star., 1912-09-05

up in the race this Year, and one that
hasn't to do with Archer, Zimmerman,
Tinker or ENers Is the marked improve
ment of Victor Saier as a first baseman
and his strong hitting.
Evening star., 1912-09-05

which tied up the game would have been
Tailed. 1t has been due not a little bit
to the consistent work of these three men
that the Electricians are in the front of
the race.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26

suming that this class of property is
assessed at one-third Of its value,
which the tax commission considers a
very high ratio, its value aggregates in
round numbers $9O,OO0,O0O
1t is the intent of the state board OF
equalization to assess railroads at ap-
proximately one-fourth of their actual
value. This year they are assessed in
round numbers at $42,00O.00O. which
makes the aggregate value of this class
Of property in this state $16S,0OO.0 900.
Other public service corporations as
Sessable by state officials total up to
81, 900, 900 The tax commission be-
lieves the equalization of the earning
powers of these would be greatly in
excess of $l6,0O0,OO0.
The last census gives the mortgage
Indebtedness on farms owned by ac-
tual operators at 47,S41,587. It is a
well-known fact. says the commission,
that the mortgages in North Dakota
are greatly in excess of those on lands
actually owned by the operator. The
bank deposits in September. 1912. ag-
gregated $70.3O2,5S4. From this
amount must be deducted the public
moneys not subject to taxation. If all
of the public moneys in the state were
on deposit at once. they would not
greatly exceed $1O.000,OOO. and from
three to five millions would probably
be the average deposit.
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census in 1910; the appraisement as
made by the state land department,
and the appraisement of the assessors.
Under the state law when an applica-
tion is made to the university and
school lands department for real es-
tate loans, the applicant must set
value upon the land on which he seeks
a loan Before the loan is made an
nppraisement of the land is made by
a county board, consisting OF the coun-
ty auditor, the chairman of the board
Of county commissioners. and the
county superintendent of schools.
This table shows that the average
price an acre as returned by the own
ers Of real estate seeking loans Is
E29O4; the average value as found by
the boards of appraisement is $27.3O;
by the United States enumerators,
s25.69, and by the assessors. $4.26.
The assessors appraisement is only
14.7 per cent of the appraisement Of
land owners.
Taking the census value an acre,
$25.69. and the 36,S3S,697 acres listed
for assessment the year, the aggregate
value of all assessa Bile land in the state
IS $946.3S6. 1926 According to the Gen.
sus report all farm property. other
than land. in 1910, aggregated 1924
434,O74. For 1912 the assessable value
of city and village real estate. includ-
ing structures, was $29. .782.813. AS
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26
TAX LISTED WRONGLY.
States Property Rated Too Low Ae.
eordin9 to Report, Just
Made,

Bismarck.-The first biennial report
of the North Dakota tax commission is
in the hands of the printer. The COM
missioners were appointed last July,
by Governor Burke, and devoted the
first four months of their term of office
to the study of tax conditions. While
their report is preliminary in it's ma
ture, it contains much information
which will be new to the state.
The taxable property of the state,
which was assessed this year at 1884,
770,37O. in reality aggregates from ST.
100000 to $1.9OO,000.O0O. While.
the commissioners find it impossible to
even approximate the actual figure for
the assessable wealth of the state, they
believe that property in the aggregate
in North Dakota is being assessed at
from Is to 20 per cent Of it's actual
value. They find the actual value Of
farm hands in the state to be not far
from $95O,OOO,O00, while the assess
ment this year was $199.073.743.
One OF the most interesting tables
found in the report is comparison
between the appraisement OF farm
lands as returned by the United States
E la y
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-12-26
Younu's Case Peculiar.

Bismarck.-One of the most inter-
esting cases in the penitentiary. and
one which occupied some time of the
pardoning board at its last session
was that of John Young. who was
sentenced from Cass county. Oct. IL. a
year ago, for robbing the North Coast
Limited train between Tower City
end Buffalo In July. 1911. Young was
picked up in Neenah. Wis.,. and
brought back to Fargo where he
pleaded guilty and threw himself
upon the mercy of the court. drawing
from ten to fifteen years. Upon re-
ceiving such heavy sentence Young
became peeved and has been putting
up fight to get out ever since. It
seems, according to his story. that he
was not in the trouble at all, but that
he had simply become the goat.