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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-01
POOR SCHEDULE
FOR U" TEAM
Fans Disguised With Base
ball ~Management-No
Practice Games.

University baseball fans arc said
TO be pretty we'll disguised with the
management of the team this wear,
Up to date only five games have. been
scheduled and dates for these have
really not been decided upon.
The first game of the season for the
university nine will be played at Far
team. The management has not as
yet provided any practice games be-
tore this contest and it now looks as
though the ~" team would have to
make a war,nup out of its first big
melee. The other contests alleged to
nave been scheduled are with the 4.
e.. and with the Fargo college nine
again.
With this limited schedule Camp
beii and Robinson will no doubt he
anle TO uphold the pitching depart
hlent this spring. There is another
pitcher by the name of Campbell in
school who is a pretty fast boy and
he mas promised to get out if needed.
Mcllraith. n first class catcher, has
not been out and Mct'lintock is lined
up for tho backstop job. If McClin-
toe is left behind the bat and Nc
Ilraith placed in the field. tho nut
held will be greatly strengthened.
The fans want McIlraith i'm the game.
G%ullickson will be seen at first
without a doubt.
Sagen has taken a new lease. on life
apparently and is putting up Il re-
m~arkable showing at third.
The second sack position will go to
either Rue or Blcwctt. Evans and
BurfeninE are about a Standoff for
the shortstop Job. Any of these boys
would he fairly good in the field. with
Robinson and Dryden takinf a part il,
the ceelbrations in the outer garden
some of the time.
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is. Say that boy is right there. but
slow. God forgive him for running.
ASK Blunc. he knows. Why do
YOU know hat Buttermakcr Bob is
some stirkcr. but SAY I've seen him
knock tho ball over tho fence. seen
il recovered and r"laycd twice and
gotten back to first base. i'm time Ia
put him out. Slow. say honestly when
We expected that Norman would
pitch against Superior. we used to-
start tho game the day before.
At that juncture Blulne wanted to
know whether Skoon remembered
that home run of Roh's. and the fun
continued:
Home run. say DO I remember that
home run? Well should say SO and
believe me that was tho finest exam
pie of luck l ever saw. Yes NORMAN
could hit. but it didn't do any good.
That home rum? Yes. it was this
way. NORMAN hit the ball clean over
the fence and it broke through Il
window in A street car and the car
kept going. Stub Hickey was playing
left field. He grabbed a taxi chased
after the car, caught it at the end OF
the n rushed the ball back to the
park: shot it home and it was "A dis
puted decision as to whether Wor-
man made it or not. Slow, we'll l
should say So
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- Il y: * . 4: K >: # * =: =: i: ;:
Napoleon La .ioir has one rcmark-
able record which no "thcr hatsn,an
a show. He hit 80, per cent. on no
less tina three occasions. i'm 1896.
1895 and 1908. and hit So: per cent.
in two different years. 1903 and 1906.
Mike Donlin changes mis- clothes
three times a day and tries 70 Ike
just as many base hits each day. Hans
Wagner wears the same toys all day,
but nc makes base hits Just the same.
John NJ. Ward. president of the Ens-
ton Braves. hat he has re-
tired as a comparative amatucr golfer.
Golf is trying On the nerves john
M. has enough of that with the Braves.
Lou Ritter. former Brooklyn catch
er, recently released 10y Indianapolis
on the appearance of Mig Clarke. has;
gone to Utica i'm the New York State
leakue. He was given Il present of
$500 ny the indianapolis club to rc-
ard him for his good york last year.
Seven of the eight International
league managers will direct their
teams from the coaching lines this
season. George Stallings. the Buffalo
pilot. will be tho only manager to ham
die the lines from the bench.
Doc Scanlon has formally announce
cd to Manager Charley Doom of the
1'hillies that he will not play bar this
year except with semi-prcfessional
teams in the metropolitan district.
Frank Bowerman has been signed
as manager of the London tOnt.) club
ot the Canadian league. Ills first
haseman is Loey ~Bicrbauer. son of
l .ouis Bicrbauer. the old Pittsburg
second baseman.
:,x,,, ,y,-. .
Ked SoA are the best ball team in the
world. Many figure the Red Sox will
icmain up in the race if McAieer will
keep his hands off and allow Manager
.iake Sta1l to run the team.
Cincinnati fans are figuring on hav-
iliE Il great time when the Giants and
the Reds dedicate the newstands in
Redland Park on May is. President
William ii. Taft and Gov. John Tener
of PENNSYLVANIA arc expected to be the
guests of honor. The Cincinnati Com
mercial association is looming the
dedication.
Detroit and Cleveland are having it
out in regard to attendance figures at
their respective openings. The game
between the Maps and the Tigers at
Cleveland drew 19.3O4 fans. At De-
trcit these figures We're beaten. the
Tigers beating the Maps before 24,3S2
fans. a new record for Detroit base
ball by more than 1000 persons.
Many competent authorities figure
the Boston Nationals 25 per cent.
stronger than they were last season.
and there are Boston fans willing to
wager high hats. neckties and boxes
OF candy that the Braves will finish
in the first division.
Theodore ~Breitenstein. the veteran
left hand pitcher. who was Il $4,000
beauty many years 81 has at last
abandoned himself to fate. He has
accepted a position as umpire in the
league. where. they say, the
fans have perfect control and the pop
bottles never miss their mark.
1t is said that Hank O'Day can smile
these days without hurting his face.
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HARMON HOPES TO
HOLD OHIO STATE
[Continued from Pas"

ple-who are really the l:!yan NAM
aSers-that they can carry the state
at large for Wilson :@ against Tho GOV
ernor. They make the claim in pub
lie. hut do not hazard anything at TIL"
kind privately. l:ut. they Go expect t."
carry some of the districts and arc
lending their efforts in that direction.
Mr.. BrNans itinerary. mapped out hy
Mr.. CARRIER. was cal"Iiatc,l To stir the
anti-Harnlon men To enthusiasm in
the districts where the league thinks
it has the best chance. His rctlrn
engagement will he played oNnl :. tor
ritory where they think They have n
chance. And it Will be hot sighting.
1t is not to be a kid glove affair. For
not only Ohio is involved. The influ-
ences behind the Harmon opposition
want to keep things fonented in Ohio
for the effect it may nave in other
states. There is only a little while in
which to do this. The primary will
be held and it must end there. While
it is on, however, other states will he
electing delegates and it Is desired to
create the impression that there is
great opposition to Harmon in Ohio
so as to keep other states from sup
porting him.
Where Their Hopes Center.
The districts in which the Wilson
managers say they have the best
chance r the Sixth. Eighth. Ninth,
Tenth. Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Six
teenth. Seventeenth. Eighteenth and
Nineteenth. There are Implications Of
names in some of the districts. Vale
Harold Of Portsmouth is on the Will
son list as we'll as the Harmon list.
The last word from Mr.. Harold is that
he Is for Harmon and intends to sup
port him. He voted with the Har-
mon people in the state central COM
mittee. of which he is a member.
The Sixteenth. the Steubenville dis
trict. has a mixed situation and the
visit of Bryan to the Jefferson county
capital and the big crowd he drew
has served to set more of the Harmon
men in that section into activity. Mr..
Bryan has many friends in that SEE
tion of the state and doubtless will be
able to deliver a lot of them to Will
son,
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the different curves and shoots with
the same swing. making it impossible
for the batsman to call the turn.
MatheWson's assortment consists of IL
fast high hall. a drop. sharp out curve
and his fade-away ball. or inshoot.
Plank is a left handler with an eff
fective cross fire. He has excellent
control and Il fine knowledge of the
batsnen. working them with a
straight ball OF the outside of the
plate and a sweeping curve across the
plate. He is always working under a
strain and is really effective only
against certain clubs. while to Matty
all players look alike. With Plank
1t is a case of hard work. while Matty
works easily unless hard pressed.
From 1901 to 1911 inclusive these
two noted pitchers have had only one
in which they failed to win more
games than they lost. Matty, with a
tail end team in 1902 made the re-
markable record of AT ~or cent. In
1908 Plank with a sixth place team
fell to .467 per cent. In spite of
these brilliant performances both
men led their league in pitching only
once. In 1909 Matty divided the Ma
tional league honors with Camnitz of
Pittsburgh. In 1906. Plank led the
American league with an average of
.76O.
The record by years Of these busy
pitchers follows:
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AN INTERNATIONAL
BOXING MEET

New York. May IAN international
boxing meet between American and
Canadian boxers will probably he held
In this country this summer. Through
r. Scragg Of the Vancouver Athletic
club Of Vancouver. Is. c., the Cana
dians have issued a challenge to the
American fistic artists.
In a. telegram to James E. Sullivan
Mr.. Scragg said:
What leading amateur club in the
eastern states would arrange special
tournament with our boys after the
Canadian championship? Would like
to arrange tournament. with clubs on
American side before we start west
again. Will you union sanction such
Il competition? Our team is credit to
amateur boxing
Immediately upon receipt of this
telegram Mr.. Sullivan. on behalf of
h A. A. L., wired that the union
would gladly sanction such a meet and
do all in its power to make il a sue
cess.
The Irish-American A.. c. and the
Pastime A. G. of this city have said
they would consider the proposition
st heir next meetings. Word from
1;oston says the Boston A. A. will also
consider the matter.
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IT may he that Christy MathewSon.
Rubc M%arnuard. Bender. Coombs.
II some Others we can name, arc
real live little idols. but down in that
port called the Zenith City and which
appears III tho maps spelled Duluth,
they have a fond regard for one Bob
Woman. all of the Duluth tans have.
but not President Rlumc. After his
experiences in this city, Blume doesn's
know whether Norman is a ball play
err or a joke.
When the c. J. league magnstcs
were here last week. a tanning bee
was held in a certain room in a Ger
tain hotel. n Blume was passed the
largest consignment Of rough stuff.
that has ever been slipped an as
piring magnate.
1t all happened because Blulne he
gan telling what Il whirl wind that
mar Norman was. 1t was right there
that Vice President Scoon of the Su-
perior clublet put on the record and
set the machine going. and when it
ran down. Bob NORMAN had been
drawn. quartered and dissected. The
monologue Ven something like this:
"Uh huh. Bob NORMAN. Butter
maker Bob. We call him. Yes, he's
some ball player. that is some of him
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-01

OLYMPIC
10

New York. May 1.-The Olympic
Marathon at Stockholm this year will
not he over a straightaway cours",
but twelve miles out and back oven
the same road. staring from the stad-
iunl II going almost due north to
the village of ~Sollcntuna and back to
tho track. The competitors will make
two circuits OF tho track at start and
q fraction of q lap at the finish.
American representatives who have
examined the course say 1t is A good
road. running tho entire way through
practically wild country, with consid-
cradle variety of scenery and some
hills. which. especially toward the
finish. will be trying.
Shooters who gathered at Travers
island for the annual trap shooting
championships have decided they will
he represented at the Olympic games
ly d team of nine men. who will go,
probably. at their own expense. New
York. Boston. Chicago, Baltimore. and
possibly other cities will be repre-
Scnfcl
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Young, Mathewson, Plank, Powell
Twirlers With Over 200 Victories

There is nothing that illustrates
better the short professional life Of
baseball pitchers than the fact that
there are only foul major league
iwirlers with more than 200 big lea
IL victories q their credit. They
are the evergreen Cy Young, C'hristy
Ma,heWson, Eddie Plank and Jack
POWELL. Besides these Mordecal
Brown. Chief Bender. George Mullin
and Bill Donovan are the only other
major league pitchers who are any
near the 200 mark.
Christy Mathewson and Eddie
Plank are now the pitchers Of long
est continuous service. Matty In the
National league and Eddie in the
in 1900. and Plank first pitched for
the Athletics in 1901. Matty did lit
tie work in 1900. and his career re-
ally began in 1901. when his efforts
kept the Giants in front for months
and saved the older league from a
disastrous season.
Both men began their ball playing
with Pennsylvania colleges. Matty
with Buckwell and Plank with Get
and Plank is 81. Big Six was a pro.
f%essional ballplayer when he was 20
years of age. Plank was Is before
he began his career as a pitcher for
Gettysburg.
Competent authorities consider
MntheWsOn Il wonder among baseball
pitchers. Radbourne. Clarkson, Tim
Keefe, Charley Nichols. Amos Rusie
and Charley Burlington will lonb be
remembered for their great work in
the box for the National league, but
all We're lacking in tho qualities. as a
whole. that go to make up a Math-
ewson. M%athewson is the one pitch
ar that tries apparently. 10 put eevry
ball over the plate for n strike. Math.
ewson pitches every oall With the
same preliminary motion. shortening
up with men on bases. but pitching
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RE Al. TlIST

The real test in tho Texas league
begins about july. when the hot
weather comes. 1t is then that the
players who go to Texas for the first
season begin to feel the effects of the
weather n it is often that h pen
nant Il is practically decided dur
ing that month because many prom
Using players go to the bad. AS there
arc so many in the league
and the hot weather is a killer. it
would he hard I" anticipate results
before that timn.
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SOME H.\ltD JOB.

For HI first tim" i'm many years
the manager of the Winnipeg team
will have Il task picking his team.
Two years Lohr had IL hard time
getting enough mon to line UP for
the first gam" white last season Ed
die Taylor Was away short on live
goods when he started off mt Bran
don.
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THEY'RE, .NIIN'I: NOM,

Winnipc~ telegram: It looks very
much as if tn" heretofore Rip Van
Wrinkle crowd in charge of the team
have cast off twenty wears sleep and
are hurkling to with energy to put a
real team in Winnipeg. The fans are
wen now warming ny and With a
good start TIN" Maroons should prove
a good drawing card this ycar.
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JOHNSON TURNS
DOWN BIG OFFER

Milwaukee,. May Jack johnson
turned down an offer of $4,000 by
Hugh Mcintosh to meet Sam Lanrfo
i'm Il boxing contest i'm Australia. ac-
c"rd1ng to an announcement today
by T.. $. Andrews of Milwaukee,.
american representative of Mcln-
toSl.
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COACHING Bl. PICTURES.

The action of the Cornell football
coaches in having pictures taken of
the Cornell-ChicaGo kane last fall for
lantern slides II To illustrate the Of
f~ectiveness of certain plays may be-
come a practice with many of the
gridiron coaches.
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SPORTING NEWS
PART OF PEGS"
BIG BUNCH WORK
Jim Brown Lays Calgary
Defeat to Some Bum
Umpiring.

Winnipeg. May about a hundred
fans were out to River Park yesterday
afternoon watching the Maroons work
out. Owing to the ground being still
Wet only batting practice was INDUCED
in. A stiff practice will be held this
afternoon.
Mcneil. brother Of the Mcneil that
was here two years ago: Whisman.
lest veal with Edmonton and Deidrich
from South Wayne. arrived in the city
yesterday. adding three more pitchers
to the squad.
On Saturday afternoon a double-
header is being arranged. The Lc-
lands, last years City league cham
pions. will play six innings with Jim
Browns team. and the Shamrocks will
play six innings with the players now
in h city. Then on Monday. Arbor
day, Jim Browns team will play
Catcher Shea's team.
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BROWN TELLS WHY.

Grown has an alibi for the two de-
fcats sustained by his crowd at CAL
gary. In a wire last night he blamed
tho double disaster on the rotten UNI
piring and adds with a fine touch of
irony that a new umpire worked on
Saturday and the Maroons won. Jim
is candid in his remarks. however. and
admits that the team played bad ball.
OF tho first victory i'm Edmonton. he
says: "Cummings twirled a very good
game. it is very cold in this country.
PLAYED in Il now storm in Calgary.
My California boys arc nearly freezing
up. 1t is hard to keep in shape.
Brown has sold Wicks to Calgary
and Sadobsky. a good inf1elder. joins
him today. lie comes from the Vic
toria club.
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HaIlihan was Spiked.

st. Louis. May 1.--Clcveland won
the last game of the series with ST
Louis yesterday y tn ). The Wis
itors hit f. Brown hard and he gave
Way to G. Brown in the fifth. Greg.
was effective in all but the eighth in
nlng. when the locals scored three
runs on two doubles and three singles.
In the sixth, Hallihan WAS spiked and
he had to be carried from the field.
e.. r. III. T..
Cleveland s II q
II. RroWn. &. Brown ana KrirhclI:
GreEE and ONeill and Eastcrlr
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WHAT is IT?

Just what is "midseason form?"
Fail clubs which started the season
in great shape last season were crack
I'd and splintcred in June; ball play
"rs who looked to be the essence OF
phenomenality in April were all
through before July. But "midscason
form still remains.
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GORDON BROWN MEMou,n.

The class of 1901 Of Yale is now
raising 81 100000 fund for a memorial
i'm honor of T.. Gordon Brown of the
class. WI" WAS captain of one of the
best football elevens the Blue ever
turned out.
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Kansas City Wins.

kansas City. May lin a see
saw game that either team could have
Won until the last man was out,
Kansas City defeated Toledo 6 to 4
Yesterday. Rhoades and Uigreu.
botham both pitched we'll and their
support was good. In the third, Bar.
beau was bcnched by Umpire Bier
halter for questioning a decision.
r. II. f.
Kansas City & ii i
1oleuo 9
Rhoades and O'Connor: Higsin-
botham and Carisch.
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the ninth and filled the bases. boss
man th~re"-haSs. hit cleared them
and Rossrnan scored on "a wild pitch.
tying the score. Neither t.nm was
able I" score in lhr irntn and tn.
am WAS called because of darkness.
outiieldor Bur"h of l."uisNill" N.is
put out of the gam" IN tn" ninth lv
Umpire Anderson because he objected
to-" s,renu"usly /" a decision. CIV
mcr's fielding featured.
Il. II. y.
Minneapolis Is !
Louisville = 8
Tenn innings darkness.
Wadde1l. Young. l."N"r"tio. Sage.
Olnnstond and owens. Crisis. Lauder
milk and Madden.
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PARK RIVER WON.

Con way. N. d.. May 1.--park =
River high defeated Conway high =
here Sunday through the ragged =
fielding of the latter. Conway's .
errors being responsible for the =
greater part of Park Rivers runs. :
r. II. Il. y
Park River ............15 { 5
Conway IL
Batteries: O'Hara. Helt and +
Smith, Simmer; Sisson. and Nell +.
son. =
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A patriot who is paid for it is never
so inspiring as the n who donates
his services.
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Detroit, April 30-Basebal has perhaps never known n uueere char
IN the bis leagues many ear n hasmcmher Of thu Tigers. Bill has been
Philadelphia n Cincinnati cams. bu pitched for tn Washington Chicago
CLUBS mentioned, though he possessed fancd o nal goo With ny If thc
TO ths minors n PLAYED part of h htso ability. Last year he "a sent
Tor nat lis major league careason With Minneapolis. II was taken
inherently n u down i'm his jeans Ger ws about over. but Bill thought
with a hitting team behind him he CAGE. 1t "A granted. Burns thinks that
good games SO far.
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OF THE
BIG LEAGUES
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Detroit. Ma% l%.~~lp"tr"it non a
ten inning gam" from Chicago
by a score AT I 10 =. cobb singled in
the tenth with "nc nut and wont to
third ON Erawf"rr's hit to ccntrr. AS
Cobb slid int third. he kicked the
ball. which was living i'm front of
Tann"hill. and ii rolled tn tho grand
stand. allowing him t" score tn" Win
ming run. Lord Was l,cnchnd in tn.
sixth for kicking on q decision.
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Three Out Of -Four.

Boston. May 1.-Boston won a
great game from the Athletics. e tn l.
making it three u of four games of
the series. Bedient. who succeeded
Hall, when the latter was removed bv
! mplre Mclaughlin. held he visitors
more than five innings.
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Pounded Dauss Hard.

Pounded Dauss Hard.
st. Paul. May 1.-After the sec
ond inning. Indianapolis pounded
Dauss at will yesterday afternoon
and beat the locals. 10 to 1. The bat
ting of Woodruff and Williams feat
ured.
r. H. F..
st. Paul s 2
Indianapolis ..............1o Ii 2
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Used Three Pitchers.

Milwaukee,. May Three pitch
ers failed to stop the leaders.
and they won in a romp. Z to 2. Nc
CULLEN pitched fine ball and was
in trouble. Miller's first base
play and batting featured the game.
Eovlik was driven from the slab in
the first with only five men facing
him. and four reaching first.
r. II. E.
Milwaukee I
Columbus z Ii .
Marion n Hughes; McQuillen and
Smith.
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Game Was a Tie.

Minneapolis. May 1.-Minneapo-
lis wal out-hatted and out-fielded. but
took advantage Of C.riss' wildness in
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Diamond Notes

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

II. f'rOWn. =. Rr""n ana Mitchell
and ONeill and Eastcrly.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-09-20
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Brooklyn.

The Rev. Frederick f. Shannon
will supply the pulpit of the Reform
ed Church-on-the-High Brooklyn
NJ Y. beginning in September. He
is young man of decidedly great
ability as a preacher, has very
attractive manner. and his sermons
are always interesting.
He was born in Kentucky and ed
ucated in Tennessee, and at Har-
ward University. Was ordained in
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and became associate pastor
OF Grace NJ. e. Church. Harrisburg.
Pa, in 1908. He was pastor o.
Grace NJ. e. Church, Brooklyn,
from 1904 to 1912, when owing to
a dislike to certain features of the
Methodist itineracy, he became con-
nected with the Presbyterin Church,
joining the Presbytery of Brooklyn
1t is matter for rejoicing that
the Church-on-the-H Hights Is to have
such an able pulpit supply during
the coming months. Y. Christian
Intelligencer.