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the admitted skill of Brtton get away
without having an opportunity of showing
his wares Possibly Mcfarland might be
willing to accommodate If no one else
will
Richie had to jump all the way from
New Orleans to land a bout, and when
the youngster landed there he proceeded
to give Joe Mandot. the southern marvel,
a very neat trimming. The story goes
that only the bell saved Joseph from a
knockout in the last round Of battle. AS
Mandot has right along enjoyed the repu-
tation OF one of the countrys best light
weights. Ritchie's stock will take a big
climb. The critics who panned Wolgasl
for not being able to put the .quietus on
Willie in four rounds may sing TO diff
ferent tune now that the San Franciscan
has proved his class.
he -Attell will have another try at fame
and fortune in the ring. provided Jim
torfroth is lucky and lands "a permit to
hold the match scheduled for the Fourth
between Abe and Harlem Tommy Muir
ply. Attell has been putting in the last
few months at Billy Nolan's ranch near
Hardin Springs. Cal, and judging from
advices that have reached me. the long
vacation In the hills has rejuvenated the
former king of the featherweights. l am
informed that Abe is now regular light
weight. and that the conditions of the
Murphy match calling for the men to
weigh in at 133 the morning of the con-
test are made to order for him. An Attell
weighing l23 pounds and In good physi-
cal trim-well il seems to me such a
party ought 10 clean up in the light
weight division But l doubt that Abe
will ever regain that great asset of
youtii-stamina.
Frank Klaus punctured the Carpenter
bubble. and French sports are shedding
tears over the fall of their favorite.
True, the victory was not as clean cut
as 1t might have been, although reports
lead one to believe that the French
middleweisht was very lucky to escape
a knockout. For my part, expected
Klaus to end the bout earlier in the
proceedings. Carpenters poor exhi
bition in the recent bout with Willie
Lewis led me To believe he would be
Frank had little trouble in putting
Willie away in six rounds in this city
a bout a year ago. and the New Yorker
was IN much better shape then than
now.
Private advices state that Carpenter
second jumped in the ring in the nine
teenth round. claiming Klaus had struck
a foul blow on the break. The particular
punch objected to was a right to the
jaw. and at the time 1t looked. as If
another wallop to the same place would
end the melee then and there. The in
reference of the second no doubt saved
Carpenter from the disgrace OF the
knockout.
AT that 1t must he remembered that
Georges is only boy in years. and was
opposed to one of the best middle
weights in the world. The fact that
he managed to stick the route for nine
teen rounds against his older and more
experienced opponent is quite boost in
itself.
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first stops on the base line. First base
man, without touching first. throws to
third and fails tn get the man, so that
all runners are safe. Is the batter credit
ed with a hit, and II not, how is the play
scored? ca Same play, except that the
first baSeman does not make the throw,
but let's the runner get to first safely.
How Is the play scored? II. r.
"a It is scored as a sacrifice hit, same
as IL the batsman had been put out. ca
Depends on how the runner reached first.
II he beat the first baseman there, or II
nobody covered first to take a throw, 1t
was hit.
Sporting Editor Star:
Can pitcher who is knocked out of
the box and placed as first baseman for
the rest Of the inning enter the box in the
next inning and pitch the remainder of
the game? CAL HUNTLEY.
Yes. if box means pitchers slab.
Sporting Editor Star:
TAI Runner is on third base and tries
the way quickly enough and the ball
which the pitcher throws to the catcher
hits the bat. Is the runner safe? OBJ
Batter makes a single and has all he can
to first and the runner by this time has
overrun first base by fifteen feet. Does he
{ have to retOuch first base before he can
start for second? tc1 What has become of
Schultz make last year? te, What were
Schute's and Cobbs respective batting
averages last year? S. B.
(a) Depends on where the ball went
after hitting the bat. II it became a fair
hit the runner was safe and the batsnan
could be retired at first. If it went foul
the runner had to go back of course (b)
No. (c) In business. Id Eight. (e) Cobb
40; Schultz. 800
Sporting Editor Star:
Runner on second. Batter hits fly to
left fielder, who drops it. but RECEIVERS In
who was originally on second. batter in
meantime reaching second. Runner on
first. Batter hits long fly to outfieder.
who drops It, but assists in retiring at
base from first. Under last paragraph Of
section s. rule 81, are these errors?
READER.
Yes The rule cited is interpreted by
major league, scorers to mean exactly
what it says.
Sporting Editor Star:
To settle dispute. will YOU please in
form me who pitched the second game
of the double header last summer when
Buck" Becker made his debut and de-
feated Chicago? Hoping to see the an
swer in the columns of. your valued
paper. ! remain. very sincerely.
THIRTY THIRD DEGREE FAN.
Becker won une hrst game, 70 L.
Groom lost the second game, to 9.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please answer in your pink sheet of
The Star who was charged with losing
the second game of the double header
between Washington and New York. in
the latter city. May %. 1912-Groom or
Akers. G. E. P.
The defeat is charged to Groom.
Sporting Editor Star:
Would you kindly decide the following
In the pink sheet next Sunday: A bets
= that if there is a ball hit to the out
field. and the ball is not touched by the
fielder. he cannot be charged with an err
ror. claims he can be charged with an
error JOHN DEVLIN.
An outfielder might be given an error
on ground ball that he did not touch If
in the Judgment of the scorer he should
have handled the ball
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AEROPLANE IN RACE.

BELL1NGHAM. Wash. June 29-An
aeroplane will figure in a marathon race
here this year. The Mount Baker Club
, holds an annual run to the summit of
Mount Baker. Entrants may he trans
ported from this city to the base of the
mountain, where foot travel must begin
by any means they choose
Weldon b, Cook, an aviator of Oak
land, Cal. has offered to enter the mara
thon and transport runner to the slope
in his aeroplane. An entrant will be Sc
lected by the club to accept Cooks Of
fer
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Those home and home" matches in
the Middle Atlantic Association are tax
ing so well this year that they Will
be annual fixtures on the local golf
program from now on. Chevy Chase s
victory over Columbia last Saturday
and its well earned victory over Mary
land at Baltimore June IL were the
only matches on the entire program
which have thus far been played that
the home team has not won. The stand
ing of the teams up to last week S
matches is as follows:
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SIGN COLLEGE PLAYER.
Ray Thomas Of Illinois University
Joins the Chicago Cubs.

ROCKFORD. H., June Gray Thomas
of Rockford. for three years a player on
the University of Illinois base ball team
and its captain in 1911, his junior year, has
signed a contract with the Chicago Ma
ttonal League team, it was announced to-
day He will report in Chicago tomor-
row.
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Local clubs are UP in the bunch. and
all Of them still have an excellent
is the only local club scheduled to play
| this week. and 1t will have an excellent
| opportunity to climb little higher ip
the race if it is able to defeat its
Saturdays opponents. the represent
These two clubs are gov tied. OF toe
three local clubs Chevy Chase Is
probably the strongest. and many LOOK
for 1T to come out on top of the heap.
Columbia is almost as strong. and it.
too. has an excellent chance of winning
Any way you take it, Washington is
we'll represented.
President Taft and Secretary of State
Knox were out on the Chevy Chase links
Friday. and played an interesting match.
but the scores We're not given out
There We're no "sweeIstakes" last week
at either Columbia or the Washington
Country Club. Herbert F. Clark won
the eighth weekly event held al BannaciI-
burn. his score being l down TO par The
tie Of the previous week was also de-
cided, w. !. Travers with down, de-
feating ID. l.. Hazard whose score was
q down. This will he the last of these
events at the Bannockburn Club. the
monthly tournaments taking their place
That card of 12 turned in by Donald
Ball, the Columbia professional, last
week is the best ever made on the course
and is causing no end Of comment.
The withdrawing Of the Elkridse HUM
Club from tie home and home matches
of the Middle ATLANTIC Golf Association
necessitated the changing OF the sched-
ule. the corrected one for the remaining
matches being as follows:
July &, Maryland at Hampton, pm:
Bannockburn at Baltimore. pm: July
13 Baltimore at Columbia, am: Bal
rimore at Banpockburn, pm: Hermitage
at Hampton. pm: September 4. Virginia
at Hampton. pm: Maryland at Rati-
more, pm; Columbia at Bannockburn.
pm: September Il. Hermitage at Coz
1umbia. a. M; Virginia at Columbia p M
September II, Virginia at Chevy Chase
am; Hermitasa at Chevy Chase, pm;
Virginia at Bahnockourn. pm: Hermit
tage at Bannoc'.burn. am; Hampton at
Baltimore, am. Hampton at Maryland
pm: September y. Chevy Chase at
Hampton. pm: Virginia at Hermita ge.
pm; September IS. Baltimore at Chevy
Chase, pm; Bannockburn at Hampton.
pr October }. Bannockburn at Column
bia. pm; Baltimore at Maryland. pm;
October IL. Columbia at Chevy Chase.
pm: October ID Bannockburn at Mary
land, pm; Hermitage at Virginia, pm:
October &C. Chevy Chase at Bannockburn,
pp.
1T is understood that two mora clubs
will be members next year. The Wash
ington Country Club has already signified
its intention of joining. and Elkrdge,
which started this season but withdrew.
will be in the fold again.
Columbia is planning a series of month
ly tournaments TO be held during July
August and September. Plans for the
July one have already been completed
and are as follows: There will be two |
the thirty-two lowest net scores |
to qualify. Contestants may. hand in as
many qualification cards IS they wish up
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until the date of closing the entries, July
6. at 6 O'CLOCK the lowest net score to
count. Prizes will be awarded to the
winners and runners-up of both sixteens.
All matches must be played upon tne club
handicap as posted.
The player with the lower handicap IS
to start his opponent up a number OF
holes equal to one-half of the difference
of their handicapS. Qualification cards
are to be handed 10 at the caddie house.
signed and certified. Strict medal play
rglcs will govern all qualification rounds.
The program is as follows: July TO IL.
ArSt rounds, Hlly II to 20, second rounds.
July 81 to -. sen:-fnal rounds, and
July IS TO August 3 final rounds.
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Brooke Disappoints.

Eddie Brooke proved quite disappoint-
ment in his match with Allan Lard. the
veteran Chevy Chase player winning
from him rather decisively, u up and =
Brooke's victory in the first fight OF the
Middle Atlantic States championship
tournament. when he met and defeated
all of the good ones In this locality had
put his stock UP quite n little and many
looked for him to put Up better game,
but he didn't have a chance. While he
was playing a rather mediocre golf. Lard
was going at his best, going out in 30
within two strokes of par, and negotiating
his first four holes on his return trip in
par 10 Until the eleventh hole. Brooke
could not take even one. Lard either
halving or winning the others. the score
being up in his favor at the turn.
Brooke rallied at the last five holes ana
made all of them in par. but his oppone NJ
was also going good with the result that
he could take hut cne-the eleyenth-IarI
taking the thirteenth with a 3 which is a
stroke better than par. The card for
this match follows
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B|CR|NGDO|NGS
FOR THIS WEEK
ThreeFightv Cards Give Prom
Use of All the Entertain
ment Desired.
FLYNN-JOHNS0N BOUT
CENTER OF INTEREST
Wo|gast SHOULD Beat Rivers in
Spite of Predictions That
He Is All In.
BY JAMES j. CoRBETT,

Former Heavyweight Champion If the World.
SreciaI Correspondence Of The Star
Patrons OF pugilisn are to be treated
10 a sort Of three-ring circus this
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week. Promoters are
spreading themselves
in the matter OF at
tra ctive cards. No
less than three, and
possibly four. cham
pions of the prize
ring are booked to
emerge from obscur-
ity and appear as de-
f e n d ers Of their
titles
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Best Card for Thompson.

Capt. Morven Thompson turned in tire
hest card for the day in his match wita
o. II. Wood. he making the eighteen
holes in 10 and winning b. up and :
to play. He took four of the first seven
holes, halving the other three Wood
Won his first hole when he made a par
> on the eighth, Thompson doing IL in g.
The Chevy Chase captain took the ninth.
making IL up at the turn. From this
time on Thompson played almost perfect
golf He came in in 3i-but stroke
higher than par. and allowed Wood but
one more hole, the twelfth when he miss
ed an easy putt and allowed Wood TO
win with par, 4. Mr.. Thompson's card
was:
Out............. ; 5 : 8 3 4-42
In. .............. 3 ) 5 4-31-79
Sam Dalzell had an easy time of il
with John Va. Brawner. ) up and being
the score in this match. Dalzells game
was very similar to that of Morven
Thompson He did not look very good
going our, but he improved as he went
along and played some excellent golf in
the last half of the match, his score COM
ing in being 81.
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BY T. S. ANDREWS.

JACK JOHNSON.
Age. 80 years.
Weight. 2l5 lbs.
Height. # =. inch.
Nationality. american, colored.
Battles fought, "a.
Battles lost. 4.
Il. o. by one.
Draw. 6.
No decision, IL.
Won, 81.
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a similar tournaGent will be held at
BaDrockburn. except. instead OF playing
qualification rounds. the men Will be
pa aired according to their handicaps. Ia
all other respects the same rules will
govern this one as those in force at
Columbia.
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ALMOST A CLEANUP
Chevy Chase Golfers Beat
Bannockburn, q Out of 5.
TRAVERS THE ONLY WINNER
Lard's Victory Over Brooke the Fea-
ture of the Contest Yes
terday Afternoon.

Another local match on the home and
home golf schedule OF the Middle At
lantic Association was PLAYED yesterday
afternoon over the Chevy Chase course
that cub beating Bannockburu's repre-
sentatives. taking four out OF the 1--WE
matches played.
The visitors only win was scored BY
W. l. Travers. who won from Gen. +. NJ
Weaver. up and 3 10 play Ordinarily the
general is q very steady player who can
be depended on TO put up strong game.
but yesterday he seemed To be way OF
form and did not come anywhere near
playing his best. Travers taking the lead
az the very starr when he non the tirst
two holes The third and fifth were
Ia we'd TraNers taking the fourth.
seventh and eighth. and allowing Weaver
the sixth and ninth. making the count
4 up in his favor at the turn. Both
men improved coming in. hut Trayers
managed TO retain a comfortable lead.
His card is given below:
Out. ............ = : Gas
In. ...........-. o 3-4o-eS
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Tuckerman Beats Brown.

In the other match played. Walter R
Tuckernan defeated DR.. T. j. w. Brown.
Neither got warmed up to the game GO
ing out thein scores for the first nine
holes being rather poor. Tuckerman max
ing them in 45 to Browns 30. At this
stage of the game fuckerman was lead
ing, up. he being able to take advantage
of Browns poor holes. Coming back both
players put up much improved game.
fucker!nan's score being par. Sc, with
Browns but two strokes higher. The
Chevy Chase crack made a 3 on the
tenth hole. of which par is four. and took
the others were halved. FIVE of them be-
ing al par. The cards for this match
follow:
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TOMMY ANDREWS PICKS JACK
JOHNSON TO WHIP JIM FLYNN
Claims the Betting Should Be to on the
Champion, With the Scrap to
Go y or Is Rounds.
Facts About the Big Fourth of Jolly Contest.

JIM FLYNN.
Age. 80 years.
Weight. $50 lbs.
Height. 5 II. 912 In.
Irish German. American.
Battles fought, "a.
BATTLES lost, D.
X. q. by 5.
Draw. 10.
No decision. 10.
Won 40
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Summary.

The summaries for yesterday follow:
Allan Lard. ciIe~y Chase. defeated f. P.
Brooke, Bapn"ckbCrn up and TO play; Wal
ter l. fuckcrnaa. Chevy Chase. defeated DR.. I.
J. ". Brown. Bannockturu, M and 10
play. Samuel Daizell. t1evy GSase. defeated
John y. Brawuer BannockbIrp, ) up and 70
play; NoNen Thompson Chevy Chase. defeated
q. u. Why'd Baunockburn. up aud 10 play,
w. ]. frGvers. BannocEhurn, defeated Gen. Z.
NJ. Weaver, Chevy Chase, up and } 10 play.
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Golfers will be interested TO learn that
the 1912 golf guide Is now out. II having
rsade its appearance .ast week in new
the place of the blVe one. The book has
many new. features most prominent be-
ing special articles on Canadian and
British golf and a section devoted 10
Special write-ups on golf throughout tho
eastern states.
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That card of 12 turned in by Donald
Ball, the Columbia professional, last
week is the best ever made on the course
and is causing no end Of comment
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The natiop;l open, championship tourna-
ulent under auspices Of the United States
Golf Association will be held August
l aud at the Country Club of Buffalo.
at Buffalo y. Y. Washington VIII be
well represented in this tournament, as
George Sargent. who won the event in
1909 and Doaad Ball are both contam-
plating taking the trip Ten prizes are
offered in this tournament. as follows:
hEt. $500 and gold medal the winner
also having custody Of the championship
cup; second. $50: third, 500: fourth.
SO; fifth. SO: sixth. $50; seventh. $50
eighth. $40: ninth, $50, and tenth. $40.
In case AN amateur wins any of the
prizes he will receive the equivalent In
plate.
Col Worthinaon and F. ID. c. Faust
as partners defeated Gen. +. NJ Weaver
in an interesting threeson,e at the Chevy
Chase Club last week. up and 10 play
being the score. Col. Worthngton low
cred his record in this match. making an
50.
John c. Davidson and a. s Mattingly
won an interesting match from DR. Lee
l.. Harlan and Alpheus Winter at the
Columbia Club Friday afternoon. UP
and l to play being the final score.
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President Taft and Secretary of State
Knox were out on the Chevy Chase links
Friday. and played an interesting match.
but the scores were not given out.
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the boxing world and the only excuse
that johnson could offer would be that
he has gone back the same as jim JET
fries did in 1910. and could not 'come
back" AS to the length Of the contest.
Johnson should win anywhere between
twelve and thirteen rounds.
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The automobile accident that befeu
Harry Lewis. the Philadelphia middle
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sack Brittcr the Chicago light weight
23s pot vet succeeded I'm persuad,ng any
y TIE l1ca' bows 70 agree 10 box him. As
the ease Of Willie Richie his ''rcn."
- coded nm 70 town and scared all de-
s.re to tight out of the New Workers.
Frfton's manager has tried in every hon.
Iraole way TO set Leach Cross TO consent
90 2 match, but the latter is evidently
afraid 10 take chance with the clever
Eesterner. Seems shame TO let a boy of
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OFF TO THE BALL FIELD.

Then, in a fash she assumed that birdy-
eyed, eager-to-learn air as a mask for her
resigned convictions and settled down TO
the worst.
Aren't we deceivers. my dear? But what
can one lone female who has spent her life
sidestepping the lure OF the hypnotic base
ball do when she finally finds herself
brought TO bay. trapped by an enthusiastic
editor and more enthusiastic sporting edi-
tor?
So, as I've told you. being adaptable, your
Aunt Kate threw herself into her new part
with the fervor Of a Bernhard or a Clara
Morris and in Hffy acquired sporting
sort OF air. / haven't studied people for
nothing, and I know the baseball face. the
wild-eyed- before the-game glare. l caught
It, must have, because II deceived the
sporting editor for time, and when the
great man from his desk suggested that
the sporting one take me to the game he
seemed glad 10 do so and treated me at
once as kindred soul. talking TO me as
man 10 man.
He little knew that most of his conversa-
ton was like choctaw 10 me.
What had / 10 do with homo runs or
fhone stretches and what had they 10 do
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isn't at all the sort Of thing to do In an
editors offlce-besdes, your auntie doesh
weep as gracefully as she does some other
things. So I just gulped back my tears
The scene must be lifted, but how?
I thought of SAYING airily. Life would De
endurable but for its pastmes'' or some
other fool thing like that, just TO make him
mad 80 that he would come out OF his
trance of grief. But | did not have 10 try
that.
Suddenly he reused himself-just Ike
that-terkity Jerk all IS ended. fudge! A
wonderful light came stealing on tiptoe
over his countenance. He beamed hopefully
Upon me and I lightened up also for that
eighth sense of mine had got wireless
from his mental battery and It read:
ut is not too late 10 learnt!
And then the sparks few.
Now. by a curious coincidence, at this
very moment the door opened and in came
the sporting editor.
Girls. he was on his way to baseball
game!
Then your Aunt Kate knew II was base
ball. too, for her, or ignominy She cast a
startled hare look around for way OF es-
cape. None visible. she threw distracted
Sister Ann glance out OF the window for
signs Of rain
No lucki
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A NEW PROFESSION.

Harry Furniss. the celebrated English
cartoonist. was asked in New York how
England avoids the trust evil
England has its trusts" said Mr.. Fur.
Miss. I'VE have many powerful trusts.
the thread trust, for example But our
trusts are not exposed by the press, as
yours are. They avoid investigation by the
government as yours do not"
Mr.. Furniss turned over the pages Of
his morning paper.
MY paper is full OF trust investigation
news" he said. But these investigations
what do they accomplish? Very little.
indeed, If there is any truth In a story
heard.
TWO music hall proprietors, in this
story. were discussing their programme
How about that mathematical phe-
nomenon? Where is he now?' asked the
senior partner. His turn is popular; we
might put him on. Wonderful the way he
could juggle figures
The junior partner shook his head.
He will never juggle figures for VI
again he said. He's making a fortune
now preparing reports for trusts about 20
be investigated by the Senate committee.' Z"