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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-31
SCHULTE'S EVEN DOZEN

Chicago. H.. August so-schul,c's twelfth
home rum. touched off Ia tho seventh spasm,
trimmed THE Cardinals 10 to-day. and as
tne Dodgers wh4!ed tho Giants the Cubs
now are only four games behind the top
notcheFs Cheney had one bad session. the
fourth. ana Steele. Who started for the vis!-
tnFs, encountered worse one In the last Of
the same round. Steele was ll.;cd at the
end oi the flaming. ana Geyer who succeed
% HIM held the cubs safe except Tor
achulies fatal homer Score.
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
boston nj philadelphia
brooklyn M New York.
Cincinnati mt PIttsburgh.
st. Louis ut Chicago
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LUDERUS TURNS TRICK

Philadelphia. August s0-A home run by
Iuaerus in the eighth knoticd the count.
and punched hits 10y Boston in the tenth
scored nrst in The seventh The Hostiles
ottAii ihe locals at every stage except in
tenth. bui could not get past third score.
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Portsmouth .OUOl -
Summary: Two base hits-lSates
Homo .run-Titman stolen bases
Bates. Hudgins, Wolfe (2) Titmari and
Muth. Double plays-Keating 10 Hud-
gins Sacrifice hits-Brown Base on
palls--on iBruckmiller. 4: on Verbout
/. Hit by pitched balls-Hookcr Strucl,
oHt-Bruckmiiler. /. Verbout 8 Time
of game. 1915. Umpire. Cowan
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MAPS HAVE EASY TIME

cleveland o., Angus, so-1'he Mans took
to-day's game from the white soX by the
comfortable count OF TO Douglas. a re-
oruit from Des Moines. pitched Tor the sox
and although L. exhibited great speed he
was too Wild to hold his game down. Benz
replaced Douglas in the last inning and
stopped the slugTing Handing was hit
llrl- lut knnt tnatn scattnrll. Ernrn.
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DODGERS SMASH
'GRAW'S HOPE
Take First OF Series, While Cubs
Are Winning From
BreSnahan.
FOUR GAMES DIFFERENCE
Race in Lynch League Getting
Too Close for Broad
way Stars.
FOUR GAMES DIFFERENCE
National League

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Philadelphia. 1; Boston, 3 Ctcn in
ninEs).
New Yoris. ., brooklyn, =.
Pittsburgh. =, Cincinnati
twclve inninEsD.
Chicago. .; ST. Louis, 4.
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BOBBY GROOM IS
MASTER Of YANKS
Holds Kilties to Five Bingles,
While Davis Gets Bumped
Hard.
ATHLETICS LOSE AGAIN
Red sox Go Merrily on Their
Way Toward Pennantvillc,
Not Slumping.
ATHLETICS LOSE A
American League

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Hoston. :, philadelphia. 4.
Washington. =; New York, =.
Detroit. 1, ST. Louis. ..
Cleveland. - Chicago, ..
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Boston.
Totals .-s' no e7ls Totals

'H1tfrd Tor Bender In olrhfh
Philadelphia ...................1 . 900 o %
Boston .....................-.-..0 o :. g . -
Summary; Two-hasc hiis-Speaker. Yc5kes.
Three base h,s-Waish. Barry. Sacrifice hit
Halt stolen Oases--Mcinnis. Collins.
Double piays-CoNins t. Barry to McInnis:
Lewis TO Wagner. Hi,s-oN Bodlent. In
% innings. OF Coomhs. in Innings; OH
or Bed,s, ~, oet ian 81 ro on
of Bender J. Struck out-By Hall. J. by
Coombs 5. by Bender, /. Hit ~ pitchor-By
COMBS (Warner) Wild pitch-Bcdieut
Passed hal-CarrlEan. Umplrcs. Connolly
and Hart
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KEEP ON WINNING

Boston. Mass. August ao.-Thc Red sox
again ir.umphed over the Athletics today
taking the second game o. she series by a
score OF 10 Bedient ana Coomos Who
started on tho mound. We're knocked from
tho rubber early IN thc game. HaN relieved
Hedlen. and p.LcAel wen. seo.a:
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HAMILT0N'S N0-HiT GAME

Detroit, Mich. August ac--The Browns
this afternoon defeated the Tigers to /.
pitched "A no-hit game. tho single local
tally being registered by Cobb on a pass, an
error and steal home. Duouc was reached
for nine satellites, and was easy going for
the Hostiies at an times. Score
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Totals ...S5 I II Totals .25 y Is
'Batted for steele IN NTH.
Score ly innings. u

Chicago ........................Oe OeUOlo =
summary Two-h base hlt-Konetchy Three
base nlt-Snier Home Schultz. Sacrl-
nee hits-SheckarG, Cheney. Stolen bases
iaeginH liauscr Double piay-Flauser TO
tutslns Go konctchy Left on bases-sL
Lo-ls. {. chicago. &. IIiis-OT Steele. In 4
innings of Gcycr. in innings. First base
on n4-is-on Cheney. o; OH steele. o. OF
Gcyer .. struck out-By Gey.r. .. by che
ney. Hit \. aitvhet-s Zimmerman. Wind
pitch-Stocie CD. rlne OF game. l.5o I'M
plres. Brennan and Owens.
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IS TR|KERS LOSE
TO CASTRO MEN
Verbout Outpitches Bruck1niller,
and Pirates Take Second
of Series.
Especial to The Timcs-Dispatch. !

Portsmouth. Va, August 3O.-WIth
Verbout outpitching Bruckmiller In a
fast and snappy game the Pirates took
the second of the series with the Ship
ouildcrs at Bland Park this afternoon
by score of TO 2. The score:
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Totals ...........S 81
Norfolk
Score by innings.

y OI.OIk ...-..-,--.-...-. y 0 o o 10
Petersburg ........ . o % % o 0 ! 50
summary: Two base hits Morrison
Bigbic. Home Blackstone.
stolen bascs-Slmmons. Double plays
Hinton and kirschcr. Busch. Morrison
Barnett. Busch and Barnett Bases on
Dalls-Creiger j. Poole. .. Left on
Dascs-Norfolk. s; Petersburg. 8.
struck out--by Creiecr. 3; by Poole
b. Passed balls-Braun. Time Of
game 1880. Umpire. Mcnamara At
tendance l2n0
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Detroit.
Totnls .ls3 Q q Il Totals Us ! 2

St Observation-Disclosures. 02ioNOl o.
Detroit ...............0 0 / 90 . OIL
summary: Two-hase hits Williams Alex
ander. Kutina. Thrce-basc hits-Compton.
Austin. Sacrifice h,--Hemil;on. Sacrifice.
ny--AicNandor stolen bases-Austin. Shot
ten. Lett on basos-St Louis .; Detroit. o
First base crrors-St. Louis. ! Detroit. .
First base on balls-On Hamilton. .. off
Dubuc. G. Struck out-5y Dubuc. g. Time
OF game, $40. umpircs. O'Loughlin and
Westervolt.
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Washington. August so-washinston hi,
Davis hard In the third and eighth innings
o; to-dHy's game, ank caNiiy defeated New
YORK 20 . Groom was very effective
throughout Score.
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Ii,,ston.
Totals Is I-'oii Totals ISL )
-RareA for Dodge in ninth
fEAtted for Moore in ninth
ecn-n by inrlnas

Roeton ...l.. ................ 0r6o001 90 IS
Phladoirhia ....-.... ..-...-0 o 90 oO0 : O Oh
summary. Two base hits Mcdonald. Dow
In nooian Tigs ar. -.co K ,,;,
stofcr tascs- Dolce. Kliiifcr. Sweeney and
Drldwcl ir't ON bases Philadelphia. IS;
Basion Hts on Finneran. lu in
ninrs OF Moore. in innings, on Alexan-
d.r in inning First hasc on bsHs-On
Finuefan. J.. OF Donncily. s STRUCK oni-By
Finneran =. hy Moore. g. by Donneiy s.
Time o. game. 2o7 umpires. Finnefan and
KIeitr
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Virginia League

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Richmond, =; Ronnokc. 3 ttcn In
nings; nrst Eamc).
Richmond, =; Roanokc, IS second
game.
Petersburg, .; Norfolk. o.
Portsmouth, 4; Newport News, =.
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STANDING OF THE cLUBs.

to short field, william grabbed the pei
let and shot IT toward Raley- Had II
stopped there, things might have been
different 1t didn't. Taking nice
ride TO the fence. IL allowed PRESLEY
an extra hassock Up came CHM.
Steve Griffin was playing in the right
place Cor him, but CHM was set on
getting TO that nrst station. His SIAM
instead OF going 10 tho expected spot.
rolled over first, and he beat haley
intended throw 20 Harry Griffin. which
anchored the invader where he wanted
to be ana sent Presley on to third
CHUBBY Green, a pitcher. essaying the
role OF fielder. did the thing most
unlocked for by hitting to right Press
ley counted, and CHM tramped to the
last place but one.
Where Roscrs Shines.
Now shines Mr.. John Rogers. on
neatly executed piece Of strategy. CHM
was caught on third The play hap
pened just as 1t was planned, and buS
for Roeors's poor work the tying run
would never have come across. How
over. that is sun another story. Green's
hit TO right put CHM on third. Watch
ing to keep him from stealing. Rogers
pcgecd to McComas. who relayed TO
craft Playing CHM In between the
two Rogers finally concluded to run
him down. lie could have succeeded,
but instead OF trying to tag the run
ncr, when within about "a foot OF the
bns he threw 81 Gran. and the ball
finding no resting place. romped to
left Mold. while CHM crossed ana Green
went TO tnird That one play lost two
bali games Tho wind was taken out
of the sails OF the colts. Though tile
game went into extra innings. it was
lost ass surely as IL the winning run
hud come in the ninth. Three hits
brought tile winning tally PRESLEY,
CHM and Shields producing them.
Darkness stopped the second cncoun-
tci ia the seventh Il was not a slow
game. but II WAS "a ganc OF Tremendous
Biting. in which itoanoke simply OUT
classed Richmond Charlie Strain and
Bnly HOY. Battle Axe stars. started for
the Cots, and Buddy Ryan began for
tae Tigers Both pitchers were wild.
Ryan was yanked In the first. after he
Ind hit Grlmn and Gran Burleson re
iieved him with the bases fun sad Just
(Continucd on Seventh PuceD
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ter Of IS to ?.

Our MI. Harry Griffin. who IS knownt
as the chief dancing master OF all the
nations. and pointed to with pride as
one OF the three Srdces, was given the
honor OF lifting the curtain TO the as
sembled multitude. Ordinarily our Nh
Harry Griffin is a young man in whom
we can place Implicit confidence. The
sort OF young man, in fact with whom
we would leave the till ana be con-
tented. Opposing our Mr.. Harry Grit
nm. Mr.. Buck PRESLEY introduced that
person Eard. he OF the blonde locks
However. the performances OF these
TWO was OF small moment. There We're
others in the caste who stole the cen
tire. paraded very much up stage. and
demanded the calcium with the green
spot, all for their very own.
Diminishing our Mr.. Harry Griffin ana
shat person Efrd. therefore. with =
word, We might with propriety tell
how the road TO Pennantville became
banked with an army OF Tigers. and q
silken emblem torn 10 shreds before
st left tho looms by the claws OF that
very same army. Disregarding those
two games yester-en. we were on a
fairly good way toward the gonfalon.
Nasureably close 10 the league leaders
and comfortably in the van OF the now
crowd.ng Roanokers. Counting up a.
the present moment we ind ourselves
In an almost hopeless second place.
with third staring us boldly in the face
and beckoning iendishly for us to come
on down. And TO thing that it was Buck
iPressley, he whom We had come 10 re-
gard as the friend or our bosom, who
did this thing.
Paved Way to victory.
Thinking two-run lead safe Ste
f.ss
getting those two runs early in the
nrst game. He did the same thing In
the second. but. OF course the second
IS another story. as Will DO revealed
y presently In the initial stan2a, Mr..
Ehrd managed 10 get 10 the vitals OF
both Stephen and Robert Carter before
anybody really awoke 10 the fact that
it was a ball game. Freddie Graft,
Than whom there IS no more energetic
2. person in the WIDE wide world. chunk
ed the horsehide to lott for double.
John - alley came smllingly 10 the
plalterNand rolled away at Doc New
ton. much TO his own satisfaction and
10 the satisfaction OF the fans. WMlc
the doctor was trying TO reach Ealey
ct first. Freddie trotted across.
There was almost d duplication OF
this performance IN the very next
spasm. Rogers b!ned away TO LETT
and was resting at second while Chub-
by Green was chasing the BAN TO the
fence, it havi<.g eludod his bandits,
legs. WNliaEn j., AcComas. with Il
hetty ride. IN the same direction
brought Rogers 10 the saucer n sufety
II was quite All auspicious occasion as
The ponmen say OF political meetings
But IL was the only thinB auspioious
during the rest OF tho performance
Botn gunner Were riding pcaceIny
and not until the game was nearly
tucked away did the storm arise.
During the eighth many thinGs hap
pened. chief OF which was the loss %
q ball game by the Colts and @ victory
Tor Roanoke. The knk came tAeu ana
.Rosnoke. not Richmond. was the cpa
70 unto IL While NcComas started
the trouble. That strong right arm OF
hts, which has caused death ~ innu-
merable embryonic scores forgot its
own strength. and WHEN Presley hii
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-27

er single package Co be carried and
should charge in proportion just what
it does now for one package of IL
pounds weight.
Every postmaster in the United
States will have n parcel post map
like the one which is here reproduced
except that the zone lines will be
shown with the unit of his postoffice
as n center. All that a postmaster
will have to do when parcel is pre-
sented for transportation is to find
out in what zone the destination of
the package lies. His table will show
him instantly the rate per pound from
the unit in which his postoffice lies
to the zone of the packages destina-
tions, the price as has been explained
before. to every postofiice in any one
zone being the same. The parcel post
will take nothing but fourth-class mat
ter. Printed matter Is still in the
third-class designation. Therefore
books cannot be sent by the parcel
post system. This the postoffice au-
thsrities seem to think is in a way
unjust and may work hardship. 1t
may be that in the future the law will
be changed so as to include all print
ed matter. It seems to be certain that
an attempt will be made to bring
about this change as speedily as pos
sible.
Must Bea: Stamp.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
ordered that postmasters be advised
that parcel post packages cannot be
tal fNx
a distinctive parcel post stamp and
have attached to them the return card
of the sender. A series of distinctive
stamps is now in course of prepara-
tion for this class of mail as required
by the law creating the parcel post
system. Consignments of these
stamps will be ready for shipment to
all postofices in ample time for the
establishment of the new system on
New Years day.
The postoffice department has given
instruction to every postmaster in the
country to enlighten his patrons as
much as possible on the general sub
ject OF the parcel post and especially
on the use OF the special stamps and
the necessary attachment of the re-
turn card. The law requires that all
fourth-class matter mailed Ter jan
uary /, 1913, without parcel post
stamps attached shall be treated as
Held for postage" matter. Parcel
post packages will be mailable only
at postoffices. branch postofices, let
tered and local named stations, and
such numbered stations as may be
designated by the postmasters.
1t has been announced by Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock that nearly TO-
900 scales will be required for use in
the parcel post system which is to go
into effect January list. He has ac-
cordingly authorized the issuance of
bids for that number. Two hundred
OF the largest postoffices and their
branches will be supplied with auto
matte springless scales. The next
class of offices. numbering about 1O.-
900. will be given high grade beam
scale. while the four class offices.
numbering about $4,000, will be fur
nished with the best spring balances
obtainable, each having a capacity for
twenty pounds. These scales will be
used by postmasters to determine the
amount OF postage required on parcel
post packages. The fact that many
Of the postoffices OF the country are
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*For full explanation of the rates of postage the First
Zone see the Parcel Post Guide.


which the zones are drawn. The
rates OF postage are fixed from the
unit in which the sending postoffice is
situated. but the price to every place
in any zone is just the same. To IL
lustrate. it will cost exactly the same
amount to send parcel from Wash
ington to Erie, Pa. that 1t costs to
send it to Atlanta. Ca, because Erie
and Atlanta with reference to Wash
ington are situated in the fourth
zone. The rates therefore are fixed
from the unit in which the postofiice
is located. but they are the same
from that office to any point in any
one zone.
1t will be seen by reference to tie
table of rates of postage that it win
cost more per pound to send a pack
age a long distance than it does to
send 1t short distance. The rate in
creases for package weighing one
pound at the rate of one cent for
each zone No package weighing
more than IL pounds can be sent un-
der the new parcel post law. 1t
should be said right here that on the
long hauls the parcel post may not
be able to compete with the express
companies. but that onishorter hauls
1t can SO compete. 1t was the ex-
pressed desire of the legislators and
OF the postofiice officials that the par
eel post system should be made of
particular use to persons having farm
and factory products to transmit to
| customers. 1t is probable that pro-
ducers must study the rates of post
age and the convenience of trans
initial and compare them with the
cost and convenience under present
methods before individually a man can
determine whether he is to profit or
not by the change. Then there is an
other thing to be considered and
which only can be known definitely
when fuller regulations have been
made to specify exactly what kind o.
things can be sent by parcel post. 1t
can be said in a general way that any
thing can be sent which is properly
wrapped and which will not inture
other mail matter with which it may
, come In contact
Copy Foreign Countries.
1t is probable that the government
will adopt a means of transportation
| for certain kinds of its merchandise
much like those which have been
adopted In parcel post countries
abroad. What the English call ham
pers, basket-like arrangements. prob
ably will be adopted. and as these can
be kept separate from the ordinary
mail matter 1t is believed that the
regulations as finally adopted will al
low the sending of eggs. butter, dress
ed poultry. live poultry, honey. fruit,
and other products of the country.
The 11-pound limit for single pack
age may work at first against any
very extended use of the parcel post
for some of the articles which have
been named. OF course, more weight
can be sent If It is sent in different
parcels, but the cost in that case
would be heavier because the In
crease per pound on a single package
is not great up to IL pounds, and
probably 1t would increase at no great
er rate IL the government were to
raise the limit of weight which is now
fixed. To make It simpler. 1t will
cost more to send two packages OF IL
pounds than 1t would to send one
package OF % pounds II the govern
ment eventually should allow heavt
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-27
BY EDWARD q. CLARK.

With the coming of the New Year
the United States government will en-
ter into a new field of enterprise
the transmittal of merchandise by
what is known as the parcel post.
For years there has been demand
for such n system of inexpensive
transmittal of packages. The camps
of favor and disfavor of the parcel
post scheme have been about equally
divided. Finally at the last session
will put the plan into operation, but
only It must be said in little more
than an experimental way.
It is the intention of Uncle Sam to
move rather slowly in the parcel post
matter. He wants to find how popu-
lar It will be, how much it will cost
the government, and whether there is
to be a profit or loss at the end of
each year. II 1t is found that the
plan is successful from the. point of
view of the people. which means the
government also, the parcel post will
be extended until finally 1t reaches
the proportions which its proponents
say they believe It is destined to as
sumo
Zone System Explained.
II is no exaggeration to say that
thousands upon thousands of inquir-
les have been made of the postmaster
general as to Just what the parcel
post will mean to the people. II was
the law of congress establishing the
system which made provision for a
division of the country into zones
.,nd into $4,000 units which are to be
,sed as centers in describing the cir
tiles which mark the boundaries of
the zones. There has been no clear
understanding. apparently. OF this
zone system. but really 1t is a very
simple matter.
The accompanying map shows the
country divided Into zones from the
unit in which Washington is sit
uated. as the center. Accompanying
the map is a table showing the rate
of postage per pound for parcels from
Washington to places within all the
zones.
Each unit contains an area thirty
miles square. Now each unit is a
center from which the zones are
drawn and SO every unit in the coun-
try no matter where 1t is situated will
have zones drawn from 1t Just exactly
as Washington has them drawn from
1t. For instance, take Keokuk. Ia,
which is in a unit In the fifth zone.
From that will be drawn circles ex-
actly as they are drawn from WASH
ington and they will be numbered from
Keokuk as number one, just as they
are numbered from Washington as
number one. OF course. however,
Zone Six will have different geo.
graphical position as related to Keo-
kuk than it has as related to Wash
ington, but as the radius of the circles
drawn from Keokuk is the same
length as the radius OF the circles
drawn from Washington. Keokuk's
Zone Six will be just as far from its
center as Washington's Zone Six is.
How Rates Are Fixed.
1t can be seen from this readily
enough that the postal rates from
Washington to its particular zone will
be the same as the postal rates from
Keokuk to Its particular zones. Each
unit being about thirty miles square
will of course contain In most cases a
number of postofiices. but each office
Nm the same unit is considered as be-
ing the center of the circles from
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-27
FIXING RATES
UNDER PARCEL
POST SYSTEM
Government Goes Into Business
of Transmitting Merchandise
Through the Mails.
NEW LAW FULLY EXPLAINED

Country Divided Into Zones and
Units for Purpose Of Fixing Charges
for carriase-No Package Weigh
Ing More Than Eleven Pounds 10
Misunderstanding Properly Wrap
ped Which VIII Not Injure Other
Mail May Be Sent.
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Give Him Time,

You're a pretty old man to be beg
gin'," said the lady to the man at the
back door.
Yes, ma'am," replied the man with
his hat in his hand.
Have you been begging all your
lifey'
mot yit, ma'am.-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-27

OFFICIAL PARCEL POST MAP.
This map Is for use only In unit No.
1917, In which the city Of Washington
Is located.
Numbered squares represent unIts
of area; circles Indicate boundaries of
zones.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-02-07
HOLD UP ROCK
ISLAND FLYER En-

Minneapolis, Mimi. Feb. T.
Pioneer Special Wire service -
Five masked men held up the Rock
Island passenger train near Hubert,
Ark, at an early hour this morning,
blew up the express safe, looted the
mail car and escaped with all their
plumber. t
The flyer was tagged about three
miles out of Hubert and as the train
came to a halt the engineer and fire.
man were ordered to 6isconnect the
engine, and pulled down the track
accompanied by one of the high way
men.
The Wells-Fargo express safe was
blown up and it's contents taken by
two of the men while the other two
went through the mail car, securing
practically everything Of value. The
amount stolen is as yet undertermin-
ed. The robbers made their getaway,
entering the thick woods along the
right-of-way. The passengers were
unmolested.
About three months ago the same
train was held up by masked men at
the same place.