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The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1912-09-12

but to injure his chances for re-
election. So, believing this, and
in order, not to defend nor to
criticise anyone, but to advise
the public of the truth, we give
the true facts relative to the case
mentioned. Mr.. Gossom was
charged with presenting a bill
to the county court in Septem-
ber, year ago. in the sum of
So. 80, which he had paid out for
rig hire in attending prelimi-
nary examinations at Steele and
Hayward. Before he presented
this bill to the county court he
examined the decisions OF
the supreme court to ascertain if
the county court could legally al
low him this expense. and he de-
cided that this expense could be
legally allowed him by the coun-
w court, so he swOre to the bill
that it was a lawful charge and ill
ed it with the county court, but
at the time told the county court
that they could allow him or not
allow him this expense as they
saw proper, but if they thought
it just, then he would be glad to
have it allowed. and the county
court allowed this bill and Mr..
GosSom received the money. The
reason for asking the county
court to pay this rig hire was
because the law required the
prosecuting attorney to attend
preliminary examinations, but
allowed him no fee therefor, and
so the county court and so did
Mr.. GOsSom, and SO does every
body else, regardless of legal
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hERIINENI @f1NENT
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ing the closing weeks or the campaign
so to have them fresh when the
worlds title games are played.
1t is extremely doubtful If Griffith will
be I'm any. position TO experiment with his
youngsters this fall. Though virtually
out of the race for the pennant, he has
a fight for second place on his hands. and
1T is but natural that he will want 10
keep his regular team intact. Should bsr
however, find himself slipping behind Tho
Athletics he will give his youngsters a
chance to show. He has several young
pitchers, among them Engel and Musser.
who give real promise of being stars. and
IL he can work them regularly this fall
it will be Of great benefit to them. and in
cidentally give him line on their true
/, ability.
Jim McAleers experience during the
past year is one of the most remarkab BILE
in baseball. He left team here which
stands good chance of being the runner
up In the present pennant race and fell
into q team which seems destined to win
the pennant. IL Is more good luck than
McAleer has had during his many years
i'm base ball. Had he remained here he
would undoubtedly have had the surprise
Of the race, but he left and did even bet
ter with a championship aggregation.
1t is. OF course. questionable whether
McAleer would have had the same sue
cess that has Griffith. for the reason that
McA1eer made UP his mind several years
ago that he did not want TO be man
ager: He has proven this by keeping his
hands off the Red SoN. He turned
the management over to Jake Stahl and
has never nterfered with him i'm any
respect, and to this must be attributed.
to an extent. At least. the remarkable
SUCCESS of the Boston team
But one man can be drafted from the
higher grade of minor leagues. and as
the loss of a single man is not usually n
serious blow tn team. many of the
minors have refused to consider any
proposition looking to a sale OF players.
preferring to take chance on having
one of them drafted. For this reason
every one of the major league clubs will
put i'm long list of drafts for players
they would have been willing to buy out
right, but which the minor clubs refuse TO
sell. 1t will be the lucky club which will
get these players.
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BY J. ED GR1LLo.

If Hank ODay returns to his first
love, umpiring, it is almost certainty
that he will becoms a member of the
American League staff, where he is
badly needed. Having made failure
of the management of the Cincinnati
team this season. Hank is too wise to
he would have to stand the kidding of
the players. ODay is good umpire.
BY many he is considered the best
official the game has ever produced, and
he would be just the man to add to
Ban Johnson's staff. which has proven
itself lamentably weak all season.
While. OF course. the failure of the
Reds this year will be blamed on
O'Day, the fact of the matter is that
he probably did as well as could any
one else. The team finished about the
same place where Griffith had 1T last
fall, and until it is properly strength
ened it will continue to be a second
division aggregation. But under such
conditions the manager is always
blamed. and there is no way for him to
square himself unless he has a long
term contract which gives him a
chance to develop ball team.
On the form he has shown of late there
is a good chance for Joe Wood, Boston 5
great pitcher 10 break both the Ameri-
can League record, held by Walter john
son, and the worlds record of nineteen
straight victories, held by Rube Mar
guard.
Wood has been perfocty handled this
year. There have been decidedly few &C.
casons this season when he has been
asked to relieve some of his colleagues
during a game, which has enabled him
to take his regular turn on the slab and
kept him i'm prime condition. Wood is a
better pitcher today than he ever has
been, and. with great team behind him.
he may accomplish the feat of going
through the remainder of the season with
out losing a ball game.
That Boston and New York will be con-
testantS I'm the next worlds series now
seems assured. Even if Stahl's men
should win but half of their remaining
games there is hardly a chance for either
the Athletics or Nationals to beat them
out. and 1t is not likely that they will
not keep up the pace they have set all
season.
AS for New York, McGraw's team is
no longer in danger. 1t will have a long
stretch Of games at home from this out.
and neither the Cubs nor Pirates have a
chance to get even close to them. In fact,
the chances are that both leaders will
have such an easy time winning their
respective pennants that both will have
plenty Of time to rest before the crucial
series rolls around.
1t may be that both champions will
have a chance to rest their pitchers dur
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CLUB OWNERS WARNED.
National Commission Issues Instruc'
tions on Drafting Rules.

CINCINNATI August 29.-Accompany-
ing the list Of purchased players sent out
by the national commission yesterday
was a warning to club owners that here
after the commission would strictly en-
| force the rule which requires that the
transfer of a player by or to a major
league club for immediate or future de-
livery must be submitted to the commits
sion within reasonable time.
The following regulations have been
enacted by the commission to facilitate
the enforcement of the national agree
ment, restricting the number Of players
major league club may carry on It's
annual reservation list to thirty-hVe. ex-
| elusive of the manager and OF the. players
promulgated as ineligible:
"A major league club that has thirty
| five eligible players on it's roster Septem-
ber Is will not be permitted to file draft
| for a minor league player.
Each major league club shall be repre-
sented at the meeting of the commission
on the first day of the drafting period
| by an official with written authority to
act for it, who shall file prior to the COM
mencement of the drafting of players
players to whom it has title. September
| l6 will be the first day of the drafting
period of this season.
! Each ma jor league club shall annually
| submit to the preSfdent or ltS league OH OF
before September 10 list OF all its play
ers on that day.
'Interleague waivers, as required IN
section ., article VI of the national
agreement shall not be asked prior to
December /. unless the player has been
under contract for ten days and partici-
pated in one or more games with the club
| applying for waivers.
| THE appearance of a player as an ac-
| tive member Of his team for an inning
! or part of an inning of a championship
contest will be construed by the commits
sion as participation in one or more
games,' in compliance with the letter and
spirit of this rule.
| THE above provision applies to players
purchased, repurchased or drafted by
| major league clubs from minor league
clubs who report to the club securing
them before the close Of the season dur
| ing which title to their services was OBJ
! tanned 4 drafted player who does not
| SO report cannot be released by the Sc
| lecting club until he has been actually
| in it's service during the following train
ing or regular season.. as described in
section Q. article VI of the national agree
ment.
| The commission also promulgated a
finding imposing a fine of $500 on the
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MINOR LEAGUE GAMES.
AMERICAN AssOCIATIOy.

AMERICAN ASSOClAVlON.
First game-kansas City, 4: Columbus, ). Sec
ond same.-kansas City, !; Columbus, :.
St. Paul. Il: Indianapolis. ..
Louisville, .: Minneapolis, ].
First game-Milwaukee. 10; Toledo, 8. Second
game-Milwaukee. >; I"ledo, o.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
First gamc-Newark, s.; Montreal. 4. Second
game-Cailed end second inning; rain; score, !
to /.
Providence. G: Buffalo, ;.
Rochester, Jersey City, ).
First game-Toronto S; Baltimore, 4. Second
game-Baltimore. 4; Toronto, Q.
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE.
New Bedford, ): Havcrhill, ).
Lawrence. 8: Lynn, 4.
Lowell. ): Worcester >.
Brockton, 10: FAN River, 6.
APPALACHIAN LEAGUE.
Cleveland. Z; Bristol. !.
Johnson City, I; Morristown, ).
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION.
Anderson. !: Winston Salem. 0.
Spartanburg. S; Charlotte, 4.
TRl-sTATE LEAGUE.
Allentown, u: Reading, IL thirteen inninssl.
Trenton, .: York. 8.
Harrisburg Wilmington: rain
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
First game Nashville. 8: Atlanta, Q. Second
First game-Memphis. ;: Chattanooga, 1. Sec.
ond Ganle-Mcmphs. 3; Chattanooga, o.
Birmingham, 3: Mobile. ;.
New Orleans Montgomery; not scheduled.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Jacksonville. IL: Albany, ..
Columbus, {: Mason, :.
First game-Coumbia. !: Savannah, 0. Second
game-Savannah, =: Columbia. ..
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Roanoke, .; Portsmouth !.
Norfolk, 6: Petersburg. 1.
First game-Richmond ;; Newport News. l.
Second game-Ricimond. ,; Newport News, i.
Evening star., 1912-08-29
ROBERTSON TAKES LEAD.
Shows Way in First Day of Western
Golf Championship.

CHICAGO, August 29.-Alec Robertson
Of Rock Island led the field in the two
rounds of play in the first day of the
western open golf championship of the
Idlew!ild Clt1b yesterday, with 147 for the
th;rty-six holes. Robert Simpson of Keno.
sha, Wis, present titlcho!der, turned in
1JS.
Following are the leaders they stand to
day: Alec Robertson, Rock Island, I41 NJ
Smith. Delmont, 1I9: G. Simpson, Wheaton
152: Il. Mcnamara, Boston. 152: j. ]. McDer
mott Atlantic City. IJi: q. Nichols. Whining
ton. 154: j. Crokc, Westward IIo. 156: H. j
Harris, Louisville. 1856: III. A. Dobson, Glen
view 1856: Walter Fovarguc. Skokie. 1855: A.
Smith. Wykagyl. New York, 157: j. Gatherum
Ridge, l5s; r. Simpson. keDosha, 15S: J.
Burke. unatt tached 159; i. Jolly, Newark y. J..
159 J.. r.. Bunnings. Belmont, 153: ]. Hutchin
son Pittsburgh, 15a: G.. O'Ncil. Beverly, l59
J. Dingwall, Pittsburgh. 139; ID. l.. George
Minneapolis, 159.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE GAME.
Cubs Nose Out St. Louis.

CHICAGO, August 29--Chicago punched
hits off Sallee yesterday in the first in
ming. and defeated st. Louis in the open
ing game Of the series here. to 4. The
visitors started batting rallies in the last
two innings, but could not overtake Chi
cago. Zimmerman made his fourteenth
home run today.
Chicago's victory puts the local club
half a game closer to New York in the
pennant race, the leaders being idle yes
terday The distance between the two
clubs now is five games Score:
R.H.E.
Chicago 100000 OOO1x-5 Z 1
st. Louis o o 0 OOO9 II . ;
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Brockton club of the New England
League. for, as the commission assert
ed, deliberately deceiving the commits
sion by twice assuring it's chairman, over
the signature of the clubs president, that
the claim of Player Bennie kauff had
been adjusted" kauff's claim of S75 for
sa larry and $12 for transportation was al
lowed. The commission further said that
the reserva ton and other rights Of the
Broclxton club under the national agree
ment will not be respected until the pay
ment of the fine to the secretary of the
commission.
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GETTING WISE ON COAST.
Pacific League Managers Refuse to
Sell Players to Majors.

SAN FRANCISCO. August aa-Mana-
ger Sharp OF the Oakland club OF the
Pacific Coast Base Ball League expiain-
cd today the persistent refusal bv coast
players of alluring major league offers by
the declaration that the coast clubs had
decided not to sell their star men to tho
majors and to meet every offer with
counter offers, SO far as possible.
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Hartsel May Succeed
Harry Davis Next Year
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to tn" Star.
CLEVELAND, August :9.-Pa-
pers In American Association
cities are carrying a story to the
effect that Charles W. SOmerS,
owner of the Cleveland Maps and
Toledo Mud Hens, Is figuring on
trading managers next season. 1t
is stated that he Is just about as
much pie eased with Hartsels sue
cess at the head OF the Toledo
club TaS he Is dfspleascd with
Davis fNilurc to show with the
Maps. and plans to put TODsy
in charge Of the Maps next sea-
son and send Davis to Toledo.
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DOUBLE.HEADER SUNDAY
Will Be Played at the independence
League Park,

There will be a big double-header next
Sunday at Independence Park. 1st and
M streets northeast. and every Sunday
during the rest of the season.
Many improvements will be made on
the grounds. In the first game the
crack Southland team will meet the fast
Teddy Bears.
In the second game the Columbias
will tackle the local colored champions,
the Barber A. c.. which has been
strengthened for this game.
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GOOD SCRAP AHEAD.
Cyclone Johnny Thompson and Eddie
McGoorty to Clash September Is.

CHICAGO. August 29.-Articles were
signed here last night by Cyclone john
n.y. Thompson and Eddie McGoorty for a
ten-round Eout at Cincinnati September
Ii. The weight will be 16O pounds at
O. clock on the afternoon of the tight
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Other American League Games.
Two for Red Sox.

BOSTON. August o9-The Red Sox
made gain yesterday that is believed
to make them safe in their hopes of
pennant. beating Chicago twice. while
their two rivals. Washington and the
Athletics, were dropping games. TIE
double-header was necessary because of
Tuesdays tie. Wood, in the play-off of
that contest, won his fourteenth straight
victory. equaling the old American
League record, recently broken by
Walter johnson. and marking his twenty
ninth victory for the year.
Boston won the first game, to d.
Hooper's triple was responsible for
run in the first. Doubles by Speaker and
Gardner, following a base on balls. gave
two more in the third. and two passes
and two errors by Schalk, in the fourth,
resulted in the two runs that decided the
outcome. Weaver's double. following
two singles. made pair of Chicago tai
lies. Errors accounted for the other.
Wood made his victory shut-out. )
to o. and was never in danger. Taylor.
a recruit twirIer. did good work for the
Sox. outside of the fourth inning. There
a base on balls and two singles were
followed by a double by Gardner. This
emptied the bases, and gave Boston all
the runs that were made in this number.
The scores:
RH.E.
Boston. ..... I % 90 x-5 4 4
R.HE
Boston .... 90 o 5 o O 30 x-3 0
Chicago.......... 900 90 90 & 0
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Recently a benefit game for hos
pital was played In Saginaw, the teams
being made up of old-timers from that
city and Detroit. Among those who
took part were Sam Thompson. Charley
Bennett, Chris and Judge Stein, the
Reitter brothers and others known to
old time fans.
Evening star., 1912-08-29

President Burkhart of the Southern
Michigan sprung new one recently
when he suspended one of his umpires
Andy Green. because he was too strict
with the players There are a lot OF
league presidents higher up who would
like to have a fellow of that class.
Evening star., 1912-08-29

Third Baseman Haddow of the Char
lotte team of the Carolina Association
angered because he was called down by
Manager Osteen, purposely threw the
game away, it is charged He was fined
500 and suspended.
Evening star., 1912-08-29

Left on bases-was shington. 8: ST. Louis. ,
Two-base hits-Moeller Foster. Ainsmith. Wal
lace Double play-JohnsOn. Ansmith and Ia, Tan
nitch-Johnson. Passed balls-Ainsmith. >. I'm
pires-Messrs. Evans and Egan. Time of game
hour and 10 minutes.
Evening star., 1912-08-29
Yankees and Maps Divide.

NEW YORK, August 29.-New York and
Cleveland broke even in a double-header
here yesterday. Cleveland won the first
game, to B. with Vean Gregg pitching.
Warhop returned the New Yorks victors
in the second by the score of 4 to 2.
Olson hurt his hand in the first game
and Baker. who replaced him, played
brilliantly in the field. Carisch's catching
featured the second game. He threw out
all FIVE men who tried to steal on him.
Scores:
RH.E
Cleveland. 900 o 90 26 10 ]
New York;. q o 0 0 90 2-3 4
R.H.E E.
Cleveland. 0OO1 5000 L. !
New York;. 900 x-4 . 4
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IOE ENGEL SLATED TO PITCH
AGAINST NEW YORK TODAY
Griffith's Youngest Twirler to Make Effort
to Break Losing Streak Team Seems
to Have Gone Stale e-Sport Gossip.

short. That run proved sufficient TO
win the game. for the Nationals failed
to even threaten Powell thereafter
i be
Evening star., 1912-08-29
BY GEORGE MoRIARTY.

There has been a good deal of talk
lately on the errors of pitching records.
1t seems to be pretty generally settled
that the present system is all wrong, that
it does not give a pitcher a square deal
and ought to be revised, but when it
comes to actually revising it / suppose
there would be offered as many systems
as there are fans.
All this talk, however, is not confined
to newspaper men, nor the fans them
selves, for the base ball player is as much
interested in things which concern him
personally as an outsider could possibly
be. I know the players of the Detroi,
club have talked this subject over great
deal. and we have pretty generally ar
rived at few conclusions which might
help matters a little IL they were found
to work satisfactory.
In the first place. I believe there is
ord should be influenced to greater OF
less degree by the standing of the club
upon which he works. 1t is altogether
unfair to expect a pitcher on a weak
team to win as many games as another
pitcher on a strong club.
! Some OF the best pitchers in the game
have played OH second division teams
where their good work was largely lost
through the weak support given them
1t is not pitchers fault that he has
an inferior club behind him, and so long
as his work is good. his record should
not suffer through the Indifferent work
of his teammates.
Need Improvement.
l haven't studied this part of the ques
ton enough to give any suggestions as
to what system could be adopted to sepa
rate the pitchers record from that Of the
club behind him. but believe that some
such system could be put into operation
which would be a great improvement
| over the present scheme Of things.
| There is one feature outside of this par
Of the problem which needs, perhaps, a.
much attention, and that is the presen
system of giving credit for victories ant
losses. A star pitcher. for instance. may
| play for only one inning and his team
mates may pile up several runs. Then
| perhaps. the star pitcher will be taker
out and another pitcher put in his place
| The star pitcher was not responsible
for those runs. for his teammates made
them. The other pitcher may work the
| remaining eight innings, and. perhaps
Evening star., 1912-08-29
flanders Open Here Today MAY Prove as Troublesome as Brown!
METHOD OF KEEPING RECORDS
OF PITCHERS NEEDS CHANGING
Mech Dissatisfaction Expressed With Way
Of Summing Result Of Twirl-
ers' Efforts.

The task of keeping pitchers records t.
the satisfaction of everybody is not ar
easy one. There have been all kinds OF
suggestions to better the rules. for it i:
pretty generally agreed that they need tc
be revised. The following little sketch by
George Moriarty of the Detroit Tigers i:
especially readable and interesting:
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

TODAY TOMORROW.
Brooklyn at New York. Brooklyn at New York.
Boston at Phila. Cincinnati at Pittsb' gh.
Cincinnati at Pitfsb'gh st. Louis at Chicago
st. Louis at Chicago. Boston at Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1912-08-29
Tigers Eat Up Athletics.

PHILADELPHIA, August 29.-Detroit
won the final game Of the series here
yesterday, ) to ).
The visitors Won in the fifth inning
after two men were out, on single by
Jones, wild pitch by Houck. a pass to
Bush. and Cobb's single to left field.
which was fumbled. by Walsh. Score:
R.H.E.
Detroit. % 700 2OO1 O-51 IL .
Philadelphia. ... 5000 O-3 5
Evening star., 1912-08-29

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
TODAY TOMORROW
New York at Washn.
New York at Wash'n. Philadelphia at Boston
Phila at Boston. ST. Louis at Detroit.
lChicago at Cleveland.
Evening star., 1912-08-29

curing a single run. and yet he gets no
credit for the victory
The first pitcher gets the credit on the
unjust rule that his club was ahead when
he left the box. This rule was not meant
to be unjust. but it works out that way
in a great many cases. Again, pitcher
may have toiled for eight innings and the
score may be tie when he Is taken out.
His successor pitches only one inning
and his teammates win the victory in the
NINTH The latter gets the credit for the
game.
Half Games.
1t seems to me that if credit We're given
pitchers for half games instead of whole
ones the results would. on tn ewhole, be-
more just. IL this were done iii both
these cases / mention the pitcher who
received no credit whatsoever under the
present system would. in that case at
least, share the victory with the man
who now receives all the credit by each
being given one-half game on their
records
I cannot say how this would work out.
and 1t is only offered as suggestion. but
/ believe it would be step in the right
direction. or course. even this does not
take into account several other things
that a pitcher should be given credit for.
For instance, game may be lost In
the first inning, another pitcher may step
into the box and twirl the ball for the
rest of the game. but the game was lost
before he started, and he gets no credit
for his good work.
This always seemed to me unjust, and
vet i cannot say now pitcher in such
a case could be given credit since there
is no credit to be given, for the game
was lost.
More Credit.
l believe, too. that pitcher who works,
say, for twelve or fourteen innings in an
extra inning game ought to get more
! credit for his twiriing than one who works.
for instance, in siX-inning contest. and
along that line of reasoning / can see no
reason why pitcher should not get more
credit for shutting out an opposing team
| than one, for instance. who wins by some
| such scores as 10 to 8.
1t is true that the public sympathiZes
| with pitcher who has worked in very
good game even though he lost it, but
| the public forgets all about it long before
| the end Of the season. and the only
memory of the game which endures is the
defeat which is registered against him in
| the records.
| 1t is, perhaps, impossible to devise a
perfect system of keeping pitching
records, and certainly these few sugges-
| tions are not offered with any claim OF
perfection. but do think that they would
at least better the present scheme. for
almost any suggestion would be an i'm
| provement on the worn-out system still
| I'm use in base ball circles.
Evening star., 1912-08-29
SCHEDULES.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.