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the Washington Chess and Whist CLUB.
the Southern Chess Association was
formed for the purpose Of bringing into
closer relations and giving common
interest to the chess players OF the
District and it's surrounding states. The
time has now come when preparations
must be made for the next annual
tournament, and we would urge all
those who feel an interest in this work
to send in their names for enrolment
as members of the association. Ad-
dress communications to the Washing
ton Chess and Whist Club. 90S l4th
street northwest, or the Baltimore CHESS
Association. sos Eutaw street. or w. n
Woodbury., Roanoke, Va. or W. l..
Norman, Lynchburg, Va.
The regular winter handicap or ticket
tourney is now under way at the WASH,
ington Chess and Whist CLUB, ana VIII
run until March 1. In addition TO the
regular prizes. the club has onereo d
special prize to the winner or the erear
est number of games in this event
This game was awarded a nriillancy
prize in the major tourney OF the recent
British federation congress:
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|GANDIL GETS PLACE ON
TEAM OF BEST HITTERS
Hall, Stanage, Lajoie, Baker, McInnis, Lewis,
Speaker and Crawford Others to Receive
Recognition as Most Timely Clouters.
ATHLETICS HAD BEST TRIO OF
TIMELY BATSMEN ON ITS TEAM

The American Leagues team of time
Hest hitters for 1912 would have as it's
battery Charley Hall and Oscar Stanage:
as its intielders, Arnold Gandil. Larry
Lajoie. Frank Baker and Jack McInnis.
and as its outfielders. Duffy Lewis, Iris
Speaker and Sam Crawford. These nine
men batted in 793 runs. which was 127
more than the champion Boston club
hammered home
Bakers hitting last season was very
even. He never slumped i'm his stick
work for any length of time, and Connie
Mack could count on him bringing in
two or three runs in nearly every game.
The Marylander was not one of the
thirty players who cleared the bases
either with singles. doubles. triples or
homers, but time after time he delivered
blows that sent two men to the bureau
of registration.
opportune clouters was Philadelphia,
Baker, McInnis and Barry putting the
last touches to 3O4 runs. Lewis, Speaker
and Gardner of Boston hit in 294 runs;
Crawford, Cobb and Moriarty of Detroit,
255: Gandil. Milan and Foster of Wash
inSton, 2}I; LajOie, Jackson and Griggs
Of Cleveland. 30; Bodie, Collins and Lord
of Chicago. BOZ; Chase. linn and Daniels
OF New York, 149, and Pratt, Austin
and Hogan of St. Louis, rs.
The year witnessed the manufacture of
one single, fourteen doubles and fifteen
triples that sent in three runs, and four
homers that brought in four tallies.
These havoc-creating hits were distrib-
uted among thirty players. J. Garland
Stahl. Chicago's celebrated boy banker,
making three cleanup wallops and Duffy
Lewis and George MOriarty each two.
Three Runs on One Single.
The single that sent three athletes
scampering home was contributed by
Napoleon Lajoie, and came in the fourth
inning of the Nap Yankee battle of June
). Jack Quinn was the New York gun
ner, and he previously purposely passed
Joe Jackson. King Larry then shot a
vicious single past Stumpf, Graney. Olson
and Jackson registering and the batter
being nailed at second trying to take
two bases on the hit.
Jake Stahl and George Moriarty were
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LEADERS BY POSITIONS.
would the Detroit club be forced to turn
Mullin over to Washington?

Mull1n over to Washington?
A. FLEMING.
No. A clubs refusal to waive would
prevent the Detroit club from disposing
of the player, but 1t could retain him I'M
less 1t would come to terms with the
club wanting the player. The waiver
price is $1,000. but club is not COM
PEELED to accept this price.
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly state how the following play in
base ball would be scored. A runner on
first base and none out. The batter
hunts and the pitcher throws to second
base, but the base runner reaches there
ahead of the throw and both men are
safe. GUY.
The batter Is credited with a sacrifice
hit and the base runner reaches second
on a fielder's choice.
Sporting Editor Star:
What year did Christy Mathewson join
the New York Nationals and where did
he play before going there? X. l.. NJ.
Mathewson joined New York in the fall
Of 1900. He was with Norfolk in the Vir-
ginia League previous to that time.
Sporting Editor Star:
How many players can a club carry
during the regular playing season, and is
1T possible to carry more during the
winter? A FAN.
All major league CLUBS are limited 10
twenty-five players after May Is. During
the off season they are permitted to carry
thirty-five men on their lists.
Sporting Editor Star:
To settle a dispute please answer the
following: Kindly name the managers
and years they served following Jake
Stahrs administration with the Nationals?
A READER.
Cantillon, 1907. 1908. 1909; NfcAleer,
1910, 1911; Griffith, 1912.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please let me know William Cunning
hams home address in Sundays paper.
SAM,
Schenectady, n. Y.
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WHY FAST RUNNERS SELDOM
ATTEMPT TO STEAL THIRD
Second Base, Conceded to Be More Difficult
toPHer, Appears to Be the Objective
Point Of Most Players.

fectly satisfied with conditions. I really
believe there are some players who never
give the steal of third the slightest con-
sideratIon. On reaching second they seem
content to put further advancement I'D to
the men who follow them In the batting
order
In this connection q recall a converse
ton I had with an American League
player several years ago. who is pretty
fast on his feet. His failure to steal
more bases had always been rather sur
prising to me. / was working the bases
on the day in question and the player had
just stolen second. He would have been
an out had not the fielder dropped the
ball. due to being slightly spiked. Time
had to be called to allow the trainer to
dress the injury. In some way my con-
versation with the player happened to be
base stealing. and asked him how many
bases he had already stolen.
Il haven't been doing very we'll this
year." answered the player; don't sup
pose have more than fifteen stolen bases
to my credit"
How often have you tried to steal
third" l asked.
Had Not Once Tried to Steal Third.
Not once this year." replied the player,
Il have been having my troubles stealing
second. This remark was big sur
prise to me. Here was a player with
better than the average speed who had
not once tried to steal third base in near
ly four months Of play. 1t surprised me
even more to learn that he regarded the
stealing OF third as a far more diff1cul,
feat than the theft OF second. More as
a joke than anything else, l remarked:
You ought to do well stealing home"
Tried that once" said the athlete but
was thrown out so far decided to at.
tempt no further comedy when I GOT on
the bases"
The player I refer to has since dropped
out of the major leagues, and is now Der.
forming with class A club. He HAD
enough speed to have been regarded as q
high-class performer on the base lines, Is
speed was the only asset. Unfortunately
for many. other things aside from speed
are required to be a good base runner
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BY BILLY EVANS.

Why isn't the attempt to steal third
base made more often? That is rather
a perplexing question. Many base ball
stars and managers admit 1t is easier to
execute than the theft Of second. yet
such attempts are greatly IN the
minority. I believe II Is no exaggeration
TO say that five men are thrown out at
second on attempted steals to every base
runner retired at the third sack.
The distance between first and second
and second and third is exactly the same.
No argument can be advanced relative
to the distances. 1t would seem that.
such being the case. the base runner
would have as great a design on third as
second. SiAce the origin of base ball.
second In soHe way has been the OBJ
jectfve point Of the average base runner.
When he manages to reach the middle
station in safety he seems satisfied with
life. and Is content to allow the team
mates to do the rest in getting him
across the plate.
One OF the greatest arguments that are
always advanced when the question of
stealing third is preached is that more
runs would be thrown away by its fall
ure than would be made possible by its
success. It is contended the ordinary
fellow is able to score from second on
the average base hit. Then why should
he kill the chances Of being batted over.
by attempting to steal third? 1t is also
commended that the runner could score
as easily from second on the average
error as from third. Only on the matter
of ffy balls IS the man on third In a more
advantageous position than the fellow on
second, It is claimed. A base runner on
third can score on the average caught
fly, while a runner on second would be
lucky to get to third on the throw In.
Is Goal Of Average Player.
Second base appears to be the goal OF
the average base runner. II he succeeds
in pilferinS second he seems to be per-
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1t seemed absolutely impossible for the
player to get any kind of a lead off first
base. Time after time I have seen him
thrown out at second base on close deci-
sions that would have been rendered in
his favor had he been able to take a lead
OF a foot or two more off first before
starting the steal. He also picked the
bad spots. half the time going down. just
when the catcher would purpOsely waste
one.
Situations Call for Steal Of Second.
Why isn't a third base stolen oftener?
The only way can account for this fea-
ture Is that the situations that crop up
during the game do not call for the steal
Of third One-fourth as often as they do
Of second. Just to illustrate: There is a
man on first base, two men down and one
run needed to tie. If the man on first is
the possessor of any speed, he is usually
signaled to try to steal second. From
second base he can score on most any
kind Of base hit. With him on first, and
no attempt to steal, at least double
would be required to drive him over, or
a couple of singles. Such things are the
exception to the rule. so the chance to
steal Is usually the play, knowing a base
hit or bad boot means a run. With a
man on second and the same conditions
existing. two out and a run needed to
attempted. There are any number of
situations that crop up during a game
that really absolutely demand the theft of
second, while seldom do conditions call
for the steal Of third.
Here Is one play that calls for the steal
Of third; in fact, the double steal. the at
tempted theft of both second and third.
With men on first and second, two out,
two runs behind, and the average batter
up. a double steal is usually the play,
for with men on second and third, a
single will generally tie up the game.
With the men remaining on first and sec
ond, double would be needed to turn
the trick usually, as the single nine times
out of ten would result in only a run, and
would likely be wasted. This situation
cropped out in a game between the Ath-
letics and Detroit at Detroit last year
The score in the last half of the ninth,
with Cobb on second and Crawford on
first, with two down. was to q in favor
of the Athletics. Delahanty. always a
nings figured a double steal by Cobb and
Crawford and a single by Delahanty
meant a tie and probably victory. He
signaled for such q play. It occurred to
Mack at the same time that Jennings was
bound to take such a chance. 1t was I'D
to Mack to thwart the play, and he did 1t
in rather unusual way.
Catcher Spells Play in Unique Way.
Thomas was catching for Detroit that
afternoon. He looked in the direction of
the Athletic bench. and evidently got
some dope from Mack as to what should
be done. Cobb was taking q big lead
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TEAM LEADERS IN BATTING IN
RUNS IN LAST SIX YEARS.


been
in Lewis
ru
in
In 1o11 - Le'
In runs
19
In runs.
HemphiI In 1905 ~ runs'
in
IN
runs.
in oO6 "A
Pratt
runs, in
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SINGLE THAT SCORED THREE RUNS.
June 5-Lajoie Cleveland. OF Quinn. New York
DOUBLES THAT SCORED THREE RUNS.
April 19-Ainsmith, Washington. of Brown, Phil
adelphia. hit being f3uke, as Strunk mis-
Judged II.
May 13-Speaker, Boston, OF Lake. st. Louis.
Say 23NMoelier Washington. of Burns. Detroit.
June 21-Yerkes, Boston, Of Quinn, New York
June 23-Horiarty. Detroit. on BAumgaruner, 81.
Louis.
July 28-Oison Cleveland. OF Groom, Washing
ton.
July SO-Gardner Boston of Walsh, Chicago.
August S-Peckinpaugh, Cleveland. on Ford, New
York.
August S-Chase, New York, III Kahler. Cleve-
land.
August 15-Lewis Boston. OF Powell. ST. Louis.
September 12-Stahl. Boston, of LANCE, Chicago.
September l3-Moriar,y. Detroit. of Hughes.
Washington. The Tiger was doing pinch
hitting trick for Covington at the time.
September 22-Barry. Philadelphia, on Weilman,
St. Louis.
September 3O-Ssahl. Boston, OF Boehling. Wash
ington-
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BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Will Be Played in Pittsburgh Janu-
ary 8, 10 and IL.

PITTSBURGH, December 1.-THE
worlds title for the championship of the
1871 balkline in billiards will be played
in this city January 8. 10 and II, George
Sutton having challenged Ora Morning
star of this city, present holder. The
winner Is to receive the title, diamond
trophy, all gate receipts and a purse of
$1,000 offered by Harry Davis of Pitts
burgh. In addition Sutton and Morning
star have agreed to post q side bet OF
$780,
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TRIPLES THAT SCORED THREE RUNS.
April 22-vitt. Detroit. OF Bailey. st. Louis.
April 2S-Block, Chicago, OF Burns. Detroit.
May 3-Derrick. Philadelphia, OF Caldwell, New
York.
May 3-McConneI, New York, OF Russell. Phila-
delphia-
May 14-Wagner, Boston. on Baumgardner, st.
Louis.
May 1s-stephens. st. Louis. OF Groom, Wash
iDgton.
May 22-Gainor. Detroit. of Groom. Washington.
May 21Zeider. Chicago Off Hoff, New York.
May 31-ShOtten, ST. Louis, of Works, Detroit.
July 2S-Morgan. Washington. on Willett. De-
troit.
July 3O-Crawford, Detroit, OF Houck. Philadel-
phia.
August 27-McInnis. Philadelphia. OF Mullin. De-
troit.
September +Daniels, New York. on COMBS,
Philadelphia.
September 5-Maggert. Philadelphia. OF Davis,
New York.
September Foster, Washington. OF Bedient,
Boston.
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the lone Johnsonites to blast doubles
that hoisted for rent signs on three has
socks. The Bostonian made his first hit
of this kind off Iron Bill Lange of the
White Sox September l.. and ii gave the
Red SoX a victory. His second double
was CLEANED off Boehling of the Nationals
eighteen days later. and tended only 10
make Boston triumph more decisive.
Moriarty procured his noble walleps or
Baumgarlner of the Browns and Hughes
of the Climbers, getting his hit OF Long
Tom while doing pinch-hittfng trick
for Tex Covington. Incidentally Hughes
had just started to Engefs relief. the
youngster having fritterer away tidy
lead The Tigers eventually won out.
Q to S. the score at one time having been
s to 1 against them. This game was
played September L..
Two Triples With Bases Full.
In one contest two triples were made
with the bases damned. The struggle
was between the armies of Mack and
Wolverton. was played May 3. and the
men who cleaned up were Claude Der
rick and George Mcconnell. the suffering
pitchers being Ray Caldwell and Clar-
ence Dickson Russell.
The four players who hit for the fun
distance when three men were on the
hassocks were Jake Stahl and Duffy
Lewis of Boston, Buddy Ryan OF Cleve-
land and Eddie Onslow of Detroit. The
Nap outfielder was the first player To
complish the feat. turning the trick
Akers of the Washington team May j..
at Cleveland. The smash broke up the
/, game. Stahl dubbed for the circuit when
all the bases had tenants in St Louis
August ., Earl Hamilton. no-hit hero.
being the Browns pitcher at the time.
Twenty days later. in Washington, Eddie
Onslow of Detroit made a hit of this
kind off Tom Hughes. The last celebrated
circuit clout of 1912 cropped up at Phi la
dep hia October 3, George Edward Lewis
of Boston making 1t OFF Carroll Brown
of the Athletics I'm the presence of Rich
ard Marquard, Christy Mathewson and
sundry Quaker city fans. Players who
hit for the circuit in former years with
the cushions crowded We're Norman e.
berfield Garland Jacob Stahl Owen
Bush, Lee Tarnehll, Frank Baker. Her.
man Schaefer, Hobe Ferris Dan Murphy.
Larry Lajoie. Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb.
Ivan Olson, Bill Cunningham. ''Stuffy"
McInnis and Frank Laporte.
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CHICK GANDIL.
DETROIT.

HOME RUNS WITH BASES TANNED.
May bryan, Cleveland, off Akers. Washington.
August 2-Stahl, Boston. off Hamilton, st. Louis.
August 22-E. Onslow, Detroit. off Hughes,
Washington.
October 3-Lewis, Boston. ,on Brown. Philadel-
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4K-B2 KtxR(Kt2)
tal If KxR R-Ktcch. IKE RxR, 4oxR
KtxPch, 5 K-B2 QxQ, KxQ KtxR wins easily
(bD II -. KxP, SQ1Q5ch K-B3. 90
Q6ch. draw by perpetual check.
Richard r. Kinsella. who last year
secuted for Roger Bresnahan and the St
Louis Cardinals, and resigned when Mrs
Britton fired Bresnahan, has hooked up
with McGraw again. Kinsella has turned
UP some of the Giants best bets, and Nc
Graw was glad to get him back
The deal by which Joseph Stack, an AL
bany newspaper man, was to lease the
Albany franchise of the New. York State
League may fall through. John Evers
is said to have been back of the deal, and
the terms. when submitted for his ap-
proyal, Were not satisfactory.
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lnquisitive Fans.

Sporting Editor Star:
Please state in next Sundays pink
sheet:
lis a pitcher allowed to pitch ball, the
ball hitting the ground before it reaches
the plate, and if the ball bounces over the
plate after hitting the ground could it be
called a strike?
2-How old is Billy Evans?
A. KING.
There is nothing to prevent a pitcher
from hitting the ground with the ball in
front of the plate, but such performance
would be called a ball regardless whether
the ball bounded over the plate or not.
BILLY Evans is twenty-seven years
old.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please state in your pink sheet IL in the
event of the Detroit club asking waivers
on George Mullin and Griffith refused,
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Catcher Spells Play in Unique Way.

Thomas was catching for Detroit that
afternoon. He looked in the direction of
the Athletic bench, and evidently got
some dope from Mack as to what should
be done. Cobb was taking big lead
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Is Goal Of Average Player.

Second base appears to be the goal Of
the average base runner. II he succeeds
in pilferinS second he seems to be per-
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CHAPTER xu.-Continued.

sMahomed. no longer paciAc, struck
George violently upon the mouth. He. on
his part, was unknightiy enough to at
tempt to sink his teeth In the brutal hand.
Queer fancies hit through . mans head
In times like this: for the Intellectually
OF his bite reminded him Of Halloweens
and the tubs with the bobbing apples.
One thing was certain--he would kill this
pagan the very first opportunity. Rather
startling metamorphosis In the char
acter Of Q man whose life had been passed
i'm the peacefuless environments. And to
kill him without the least compunction.
too. To strike man who couldn't help
himself.
Hey, there." he yelled. Help Tor .
white mani" 80
After such treatment he considered it
anything but dishon0rable to break his
parole. And where Was Ryanne? Help
Mahomed swung his arm round Georges
neck. and the third Cry began with a
gurgle and ended with q sigh. Deity. the
Arab rehandaged the prisoneys mouth.
30 be Il. He had had his chance for free
dom: now he should drink TO tho bottom
Of the bitter cup. along with the others.
He had had no real ennattyl against
George: he was simply one Of the pawns
In the game he was playing But now he
S&w that there was dancer In hhersting
Inn. 1he stherg Aahamed coEyGge6 htl
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why beard. To subject him to the utmost
mental agony; to break him physically.
too: to pay him back pound Tor pence;
to bruise. to hurt, to rack him, that was
all Mahomed desired.
George made no further effort to free
himself. nor apparently to bestir himself
about the future. Somewhere in the fight.
presumably as he fell against the table.
he had received q crushing blow In the
small ribs; and when MahOmed >threw
him back he tainted for the second time
In his life. He reclined Imply In the cor
ner OF the carriage, the bosom of his shirt
bulging open: for the thrifty Arabs had
puri0ined the pearl studs. the gold collar
buttons and the sapphire cum links. And
lifted him out and dropped him inconsid-
erately into the thick dust OF the road.
He stirred again at his bonds. but pree-
emily lay still. The pain In his side hurt
keenly. and he wasn't sure that the RIB
was whole. What time had passed since
his entrance to the Engiish bar was be-
yond his reckoning. but he knew that Il
was yet In the dark Of night. as no light
whatever penetrated the cloth over his
eyes. That he was somewhere outside the
city he was assured by the tang OF the
winter wind. He heard low voices
Arabic: and while he possessed q smat-
tering Of the tongue. his head ached too
sharply for him to sense q word. Later.
q camel coughed. Camels? And where
were they taking him upon . camel? bag
dad? Impoagible-there were too many
white men following the known camel
Eayu. He grQaned q 4ttlea but tho lenp0
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Memoranda.
SCHOONER LEROY SUNK.
Rests on Shoal and Can Be Pumped
Ont and Raised.

The old schooner Leroy, which has been
running wood and lumber to this city
for many years past, 10 lying sunken
In Nanjamoy creek. but II IL stated. she
will be noated and restored to service.
The vessel delivered q cargo Of wood
here about two months ago and then
went to Nanjamoy to load again TO this
city. Soon after going into the creek
William Jordan, colored, captain OF the
vessel was taken III and had to go to q
it was while ne was away the vessel
began to leak badly. Capt. p. r. Sim
mons, who owned the cargo Of wood she
has aboard. had the boat carried into.
shoal water. so. that when she sank she
did not 60 deep and can be easily raised
and pumped out. The Leroy was built
1t St. Michaels. Nd, In 10oi and has
been IN service on FChoooQoo1Eo bay an1
the Refomac xiEex N1noo hai11 3nnnnhnb