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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-14
Record of Series for
Few Hit Games Not in
AnyDanger This Year
Ed Reulbach, of the Cubs, Pitch.
ed One-Hit Game Against Sox
in Series of 1906.

" HE excellent work Of Bedient
in Saturdays game brought
up the question of who was the
best pitcher of worlds series his
tory. The honor goes to Ed Reul-
bach, with Ed Walsh and Morde-
cal Brown close behind
As might be expected when star
pitchers, backed by star teams.
meet in the worlds series. low hit
games are not uncommon. In fact.
the history of the worlds baseball
combats shows that IA times pitch
ers have held opponents to less
than five hits.
ReulbaCh, of the Cubs established
the record, holding the White Sox
to one hit in a game in 1906.
Walsh and Brown pitched two-hit
games the same year.
Here is the record;
One-Hit Game.
october 10, 1906 -Reubach. Cubs.
against White SoX
Two Hit Games.
October II, 1906 Walsh, White
SoX, against cubs
October y, 1906 Brown, cubs.
against White SoX.
Three Hit Games,
October ,. 1903 -Dinneen Red
SoN, against Pirates.
October IA, 1908 overall, Cubs.
against Tigers
October l., l9l0-Bender Athlet-
les. against Cubs
October H. Coombs, Attn
letics, against Giants on innings)
Four Hit Games.
October 3, 1903-Phihppe, Pr
rates, against Red Sox.
October -, 19O3-Dinneen, Red
SoN. against Pirates.
October 9. 1905 - Mathewson,
Giants, against Athletics.
October 10. 19O5-Bender, Ath-
leucs, against Giants.
October II, 1905 - Mathewson.
Giants, against Athletics.
October ., 1gO5--Brown, cubs,
against White SoX.
October 9, l906-Altrock, White
SoN. against cubs.
October IT, 1905 overall, Cubs,
against Tigers.
October IS, 1905 Brown, cubs,
against Tigers,
October 26, l9ll-Bender, Attn
leucs, against Giants
Strike-out Records.
October /. 1902 Philippe. Pr
rates, ten of the Red Sox in nine
innings
October >, 1908 Dinneen, Red
SoN. eleven Of the Pirates in nine
innings.
October s, 1907 Donovan Tigers.
twelve of the cubs in twelve in
nlues
October H. l90S-Overau. cubs.
ten Of the Tigers in nine innings
October .. 1909 Nullin, Tigers
ten of the Pirates in nine innings
October IA, t9lt-Bender Athlet-
les. eleven Of the Giants in eight
innings
October "a. l9ll-Coombs Ath-
leuCs nine of the Giants in nine in
ninEs
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-14
CURlEY WILL GET TWO
FIGHTS FOR JOHNSON

chicago, oct. 14.-That Jack John
son will place himself in the hands OF
Jack Curley for two fights, and that
Hugh McIntosh's offer for two battles
in the AntipOdes will be turned down
was the assertion made today by men
in the confidence of the black cham
pion.
Johnson, it was learned. is not salts
fled with the offer made by II. j. Kelly.
representing Mcintosh. He was pleased
with an offer made by Curley
The promoter of the Flynn fight at
Las Vegas. according to the tentative
agreement with the champion. may
stage the fights wherever ne wants to
in the United States or elsewhere, and
may get any one he wants to oppose
Jack. 1t is believed one of the fights
will be with Flynn in Paris. and that
the other will be with Sam Langford.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-14
"RAGTIME" CHEERING
BARRED IN ILLINOIS

tRBANA, ILL. oct. 14.-George
Huff. director of athletics at the Uni
'erstty of Illinois. in an interview YES
torday criticised clownish antics by
student yell leaders, saying: 1T is not
necessary for a cheer leader to go
through gyrations and gymnastics I
would rather see cheer leading without
trimmings"
Huff'S comments We're the result of
the exhibition at the Illinois WESLEYAN
game last Saturday. when cheer mas
tiers ragged and "beared" while III
linois Loyalty" the college song. was
sung. a new crop Of cheer directors
will be selected with instructions to be
more digni1ed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-14
DECIDES NOT TO MARRY
AND CANCELS LICENSE

DENVER. colo. oct - or YOU
please. senior, may ! please give my
marriage license back" ] win take ms
money back have changed my mind.
senior do NOT IKE my seuorta when
nave seen uer
Win This statement Paul Mrslas u
Mexican. umidiy approached Clw CIere
rhuW. o. r.N bail and hu 600 Oh,
counter q marriage license no uaa ab-
alred earlier 10 me daN rh, br0ae-to-
be "as Miss i0Is Luuer0 The NoAIcsfg
SAID he bad decided NOT lo Ved ne
Eui hI# uuurt back
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-14

GORDON PLAYS LOCUST GROVE
BARNESNILLE. GA, oct 14-Gor
don and Locust Grove meet here today
In what promises 90 be a close game.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-14
Bv Billy Smith.

NEW YORK, oct. 14.-This aft
v ernoOn the Giants and Red
SoX hook up in what | am
sure will be the final battle of the
worlds series. With a lead of three
to one, the Red SoX no longer will
play the careful game that has
characterized their work thus far
but will open up, take desperate
chances, and probably cop by a
good score.
The Red SoX are in better fix
today than were the Athletics just
before they won their final game
last fall in Philadelphia, and you
know what a trouncing the Mack
men handed out then-l3 to , was
the final count.
Once a team gets the idea that
they have it on their opponents.
slaughter usually results; and the
Boston players have the winning
idea soaked far into their think
tanks
But today Boston will have to
face the man who downed them for
their only defeat-Rube Marquard
nave hedlN II Sald that TINS
southpa" mas leatherS on his
legs" but | don't believe It, had
lohS 'alk win MN yesterday art
ernooh' ana oeIleNe ne is the most
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-14
CAROLINAN'S YACHT
BURNS; OWNER LEAPS
TO ESCAPE FLAMES

BEAUFORT, S. c.. oct. 14.-Fire de-
stroyed the power yacht Pocahontas,
owned by J. H. Whitford, of Whitford.
Jones county, North Carolina, on the
river front.
The owner was obliged to jump over
board and swim ashore to save him
self
The yacht is said to be total loss,
but is reported as partially covered by
Insurance.
New Ulm review., 1912-11-06

foundation from which 70 unravei
SUCH cipher. SO much the better.
That made It the safest and surest
thing in secret service codes that any.
pne ever invented. It Is q marvel
I'll take my hat OF to it--but, Just to
ease the old age Of bewildered man,
you will show me the idea and the
backbone Of the thing"
TITS as easy az A B c." said Brock
ett, IF you start it right and get &C.
uuainted with 1t. AS you doubtless
understand, the terms used are all
borrowed from baseball. That's easy
enough, isn't it?''
1T ought to be-" assented the col.
pnel, "but how about the order and
sequence of the hieroglyphics?"
well, here you are" said the in
ventor. II took a guide-book, base
ball book covering the season OF 1910,
as my model, and classified things in
this fashion:
"A: Numbers. The numbers which
scorers give to the players are re-
membered-and used the other way.
The scorer usually calls the pitcher
New Ulm review., 1912-11-06

youngster who had escorted Ramon
Solano to the scene. ''Where'd de hull
bunch O. youse a. been but for Mike
McKane, I'd like tub know?'
What I'd like to know" queried
Brockett. lis how you happened to get
down here, anyhow? Who turned you
loose?"
Turned loose nottin'," answered
Mike McKane. Didn't tell youse
guys I was goin' on dis trip? Well, I
made good. Lissen tub me, bo: youse
two left a track so wide yuh coulda
driven an ortermobile over It.. When
youse left Washin't ton I was right in
de neighborhood. If youse wanter
know. you'd hadda heap O, trouble
gettin' clear from dat street fight wit
de bulls but for me. pointed 'em up
IN alley, an dey went up 1t like a
lotta boobs. After dat, it was plumb
easy fer me to keep in touch wit
youse. One or two times, youse did
doublin' act, like guy tryin' to t'row
de shadows off when his wife has
hired de Pinks ter watch i'm, but I
kinda figgered out just where you'd
likely light-an' didn't miss out once.
Did dem letters have youse a.guess-
h'?"
We'll, rather!" cried Brockett.
whats the explanation?"
Explanations dead Soft grinned
the messenger boy. "Yuh see. old
Chief Wilkins an General Cole has al.
ways thought 1 had de goods in me
fer a Sherlock Holmes. So when
youse was all framed up fer de trip
dey calls me in an tells me to hang
round in de vicinity, see? And tub
keep a close eye on youse, do all I
could to help youse, an, If youse got
stalled at de finish, to shoot home de
news. In oder words, I was guardeen
an shadow over de whole journey
an de letters was jest part of it all.
1t was q pipe fer me to learn your
cipher-any baseball bug can easy do
tan as for de letters, I can say
dis: may talk on de fritz, but at
school always got any spellin' prizes
dat was to be had"
"You must have kept in touch with
the chief, too, didn't you?" asked So
lano.
II surely did. I was de live wire,
de line of communication, an just
ferried along some letters dat de chief
an de general managed tub get tnh
New Ulm review., 1912-11-06

y0St t0O bargain C0nClu000 with the
honorable captain was business
transaction. Unfortunate to declare,
brought no money with me. Still,
Il the honorable captain will agree. /
will bring twelve thousand dollars be-
fore the sunrise of another morning =
Torrejon shook his head.
i fear" said he. that present op-
portunities must be accepted rather
than future chances. Senior Zollern.
permit me to present you with the
documents In question"
Grunting with heartfelt pleasure,
the German seized the envelopes and
thrust them, unopened, into his pocket.
Mr.. Yazimoto, clenching his small
brown hands in rage and disappoint-
ment, eyed him like a wildcat hest.
tating before spring.
"Dere vas great need" said Baron
Zollern. dot I should haf desc led.
ders. Herr ,Yazimoto, rebeat to you
You vas endirely Welcome to de
cipher code. Will you ACCEPT i'd from
me tomorrow? Also, promise you,
you shall haf de obbortunidy to ex.
anime all portions of desc babers dot
may concern you or your gofernmend.
Vot say you? Will you ACCEPT a seq.
ond reading?''
1T seems to me- came soft, we'll
modulated voice, '4hat third reading
will be better for Mr.. Yazimoto. At
least, that is my opinion"
Juan Torrejon, petrif1ed where he
stood, was staring open-eyed and open.
mouthed at a small, almost insignifi-
cant individual, standing not ten feet
from the bandits side. The members
of Torrejon's gang, suddenly convert
ed into most peaceful citizens, had
dropped their arms and were ranged
IN meek and gentle groups along the
glade. Across the clearing was
streaming long column of superbly
armed and mounted riders, and addi-
tional horsemen were already holding
every exit from the camp-ground.
II believe" the little man resumed,
"that every man is entitled to a first
perusal of his own correspondence.
Will you kindly hand those envelopes
to me, Herr Zollern? am Gomez
Esteral."
New Ulm review., 1912-11-06
MMs5MlES

on the shoulder Of a small, stocky
redheaded boy, limped up to the little
chieftain. Brockett, with a whoop o1
delight, fell upon the Cuban, who
hugged him delightedly for brief in
slant, and then turned smiling tc
Gomez Esteral.
why not let Baron Zollern KEEP
his papers?" spoke Solano. 'The real
letters, Senor Esteral, are here
Gomez Esteral took the battered old
ball gingerly, as If suspecting bomb
plot or practical joke. Brockett,
sensing the comedy Of the scene,
laughed unrestrainedly for moment,
and then, taking the ball from the
puzzled leader, ripped open the seams.
The yarn was torn away, the papers
came in view, and Brockett, still
laughing, handed the crumpled mis-.
sives to Gomez Esteral.
"Madre de Dios!" cried Juan Tor.
rejon, "but that was cunning work!
The Craft of fox! The generalship
of a Napoleon! But what, young
friend, would you have done If you
had not possessed this ball?"
Both boys joined in peal of merrL
ment. THAT, Senor Captain" Brock.
EFT answered, would have been the
least of our troubles. We would have
borrowed a new ball from you!"
Torrejon smote his thigh with open
palm. "Carramba," he shouted, land
would have given it, beyond doubt!
Then I would have been ten times
more the monkey and what you Grin
COS call the goat! Gomez Esteral, I
am your prisoner. Do with me what
you WILL do not care. After behold
ing a good joke such as this. can
meet any fate, well-satisfied!"
Gomez Esteral spoke gravely,
thoughtfully. There is much here to
perplex and bewilder me. will re-
tire and reason out the full meaning
Of these letters. Rest you here,
senores, all Of you. I will return in
perhaps an hour" And the little man,
attended by two or three of his horse
men, disappeared amid the chaparral.
Baron Zollcrn drew the worthless
envelopes from his pocket, tore them
open, and stared at the blank sheets
they had contained. Then, with
gesture of utter disgust and sardonic
contempt, he offered them to Mr..
Yazimoto. The Japanese struck them
from the Germans hand. sank down
New Ulm review., 1912-11-06
AN HOURS WALK.
You Would Hardly Think It Meant
Travelling S5,253 Miles.
(THE ENp.)

! You Would Hardly Think It Meant
Travelling 85,253 Miles.
Have you ever thought Of the dis
tance you travel when you are ous
on an hours stroll? Possibly you
walk three miles within the hour, but.
that does not by any means represent
the distance you travel The earth
turns on it's axis every twenty-four
hours. For the sake Of round figures.
we will call the earth's circumference
"a, 900 miles. and SO you must have
Travelled during the hours stroll 1000
miles in the axiai turn Of the earth.
But this is not all. The earth makes
a journey around the sun every year,
and long but rapid trip it is. The
distance of our planet from the sun,
we will put at 100000 miles, This.
Is the radius Of the earth's orbit-half
the diameter of the circle, as we call
It. The whole diameter is therefore,
1874, 100000 miles. and the circumfer-
ence, being the diameter multiplied by
3.1416. is about 57SO00.OOO.
This amazing distance the earth trav-
els in it's yearly journey, and dividing
it by 1865 we find the daily speed about
1,5S6.OOO. Then we get the distance
you rode around the sun during your
hours walk. divide again by twenty
four. and the result is about 66.0OOs
miles. But this is not the end of your
hours trip. The sun. with it's entire
brood Of planets. is moving in space
at the rate Of 1G0.O0O.OOO miles in o.
year. That is at the rate Of a little.
more than 43S.OOO miles day, or 49,
$50 miles an hour
So, adding your three miles of leg.
travel to the hours axial movement of
the earth, this to the earth's orbitaf
journey and that again to the earth'ss
excursion with the sun. and you find
you have Travelled in the hour 85.253:
miles.
New Ulm review., 1912-11-06

upon the 500. and sobbed lihN Z little
child. Baron Zollern drew himself up
proudly, gallantly.
For me-" he spoke, I'D iss all ofer.
may not 60 back to Berlin now.
Young chentlemen, I gongrachulade
you. You hat outvitted me from start
to fnich. und you haf dricketi me at
de lasd. viii You shake hands NIT
me?" 'l#
Brockett and Solano stood with
barred heads as they clasped the
baron's hand. A great soul had broken
before them. and a patriot had come
to the bitter ending Of his dreams.
They clasped the Germans hands
and all was silence save the sobbing
of the little Japanese, unnerved and
overwhelmed.
. I'D vos not fair contest" the
baron said, patting the boys on the
shoulder. sDere vas you two-und
againsd you twenty spies und skilled
hunters of men. Sometimes. Herr
Yazimoto und worked togeder. Some
dimes We worked abart. Nit all de
resources at our command, We kebt
ubon de drail-two men can hardly
WOOL twenty. We did all We could
und yet you beat us. beat us at efery
blaze, und in efery city. At lasd. here
in Mexico, I beliefed We had you
und you gate us de checkmate at de
lasd turn off de road! Boys, again
congratulate you. You will be great
some day, Baron Zollern, crushed
und beaten, say it now!"
He didn't count de numbers right,
dere,'' piped up the small red-headed
New Ulm review., 1912-11-06

Isme. Vas Johnny on de spot r1gny
up to de hnish-an' I'm thinkin' dere'd
have been q different finish today but
fer me-"
That's right" cut in solano. "You
noticed was limping little. didn't
you? was making the best speed
could to get away from our friend
Torrejon's people, when, maybe two
miles out of camp, wrenched my
ankle. They were almost on top of
me when this imp of Satan jumped
out from a patch of cactus by the
road. Somehow or other he dragged
me into the bush, and there we
crouched while the hunt went by.
They are good trackers and it wasn't
long before they were back, all round
the spot where had disappeared.
Mike proposed to give them fight as
soon as they found us, and / think
he'd have cleaned up their whole
company-only he didn't have to.
They couldn't have been ten feet from
us when Gomez Esteral rode up with
300 men and that changed the story"
"Youse never thought to ask how
dis Gomez party happened along in
the neighborhood, didja?" questioned
Mike McKane. NAV, thought not.
Charge dat to me, too. When youse
guys rode outa de cavalry camp,
was five miles in de lead. I amt no
rider, so was paddin' de hoof ahead.
When youse was held up was may
be tree hundred feet away. I knew
where youse was headed for, an so I
beat it to dis Nogal joint, where de
Gomez feller holds out Den tells
him all I know; he agrees to turn
right out, quick as he can get some
men togeder, AMI tries to hurry back
to see If dere was anything could do.
On de way, I falls in wit Solano-an'
youse knows all de rest
Gomez Esteral was holding judg-
ment in the center of the clearing.
The face of the man who had dreamed
OF empire was lined and drawn:
twenty years seemed to have been
added to his age in one hours time.
Somberly he gazed at the little group
before him, and his voice choked as
he spoke.
II have had a rude awakening,"
said Gomez Esteral. Il have learned
that friends are false, and that ene-
mics may be truest friends. The shock
has almost overwhelmed mel can
say but little. Baron Zollern, Mr..
Yazimoto-go your ways. Whether my
dreams are ever realized or my am
bition wrecked, there shall be no profit |!
for Japan or Germany. The world Of
Latin-America shall know of the tre-
mendous treachery they planned, and
that knowledge will end the hopes
your. nations may have held. Juan
Torrejon, pardon you and your men
Tor any indiscretions you may have
committed. Young gentlemen OF the
United States, you may return, under
escort and protection, bearing with
you my heartiest admiration and as.
'urance that your noble nation, at
east, need fret no more over the plots
Il Gomez Esteral!"
New Ulm review., 1912-11-06
CHAPTER XXI.

Mice promotion waiting back in
Washington for you, Mr.. Brockett,'
said old Colonel Lewis, beaming with
fatherly affection upon the messen-
gers. "Too bad you are not in gov
ernment service, Mr.. Solano"
The Cuban smiled delightedly.
I'm sorry, at times" he admitted,
that l am not an American citizen
and working in the same department
as Harry Brockett Still, Cuba Is quite
country-and I am told that a re-
sponsible post will be given me at
Havana, just as the outcome of these
adventures"
I Glad to hear 1t. my boy replied
the colonel. by the way. there is
quite lot of news from Washington
besides your promotion, Mr. Brockett.
Chief Wilkins stenographer, Miss
Lawson, will not be there when you
return. You can probably imagine
why. No arrest, no trouble-nothing
at all. For the good of the service,
you understand? This redheaded imp"
(Mike McKane looked combative for
an instant) 'tis to go into the secret
service-the chief says he regards him
as most promising junior operative.
How about dyeing that hair, young
man? That sunset head would tip you
of to every crook in North America"
Jaw, dat's nottin'," remarked the
crimson-head. Trouble an wisdom
soon turn de hair white an make .
guy look dignified."
"A bit from Chicago, also, gentle
men," resumed the colonel. "Aguilar.
the Filipino with whom you had some
exciting experiences, has been iden-
titled as one of the last ladrones, or
murderous robbers, that prowled the
Island of Luzon. Nice reward for his
capture. I would suggest that 1t be
divided up between yourselves and
the policemen who made the capture.
The big negro whom Aguilar stabbed
will get WELL"
"Glad Of It," interrupted Mike Nc
Kane. "He looked like big, good
natured mutt to me when slipped
him cipher letter in Detroit"
The colonel laughed good-naturedly.
and continued: "Everything that you
were asked to do has been done with
honor. young gentlemen. And now.
boys, there Is one thing wish you
would explain to mel have oficial
permission from General Cole to re-
ceive enlightenment upon the subject.
Will you kindly map out to me the
details Of this confounded cipher? 1t
Is easy enough to write and work out
when you have the key-but what is
The basic foundation OF the key? I've
Iried every way I could imagine to
work It out. I understand that the
best cipher experts of Germany and
Japan found the task hopeless and
That was one reason for
heir anxiety to get the key away from
'ou. Just to satisfy my own curiosity,
have submitted the code to three
American gentlemen who were sup
,osed to be marvels in deciphering
,uzzles Of the kind-and they gave 1t
lp in anger and abasement. They said
hat there was no law. no logic. no
New Ulm review., 1912-11-06

Y
SAl- S0N3 N3/5IH2RHDkRM MA<IRT27I7Y
mot a cnance. EsteraI prizes thar
ball above all other trophies, ana
you'd be lucky to escape unhanged IL
you tried to get it. Sorry for you.
Ramon-there's one of your dreams.
that won't come true"
1T looks that way" smiled the Gu
ban. "Still-there are other dreams.
That's why I want to go back east to-:
morrow. promised that would pay
call upon your sister, Harry--and
the call is overdue
Solano's dark face flushed frankly
Brockett began to whistle, and Mike
McKane revolved away toward tbs
ball field by series of handsprings
A bugle sounded; the athletes of the
cavalry trooped out to take up their
positions, and the bearers Of the.
Diamond Cipher started happily to-.
wards the battle-ground.
(THE END.)
New Ulm review., 1912-11-06
CHAPTER xxx.

Baron Zollern buttoned his coat,
clenched his fists, and snarled def
ance. "No! Nefer!" he roared, step
ping forward and glaring at the little
leader. "Dake dem ofer my dead
body-if you can't
Gomez Esteral smiled compassion
ately.
II do not wish to be too strenuous" !"
said he. "Still think we can obtain
the letters without having to commit
any massacres"
The close-ranked horsemen opened
up lane and Ramon Solano. leaning
New Ulm review., 1912-11-06
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oOop1nghtln CAnAdA and Great Bs1tainl

OOoe9ris IN Canads snd 0reas RfitainIS
= see. mein frient." quoth the
baron. dot you vos. ad lasd, in safe
hands. We're iss your bartner?"
The baron was much worried al
the news that Solano had escaped,
but expressed marked relief at the
Information that the Cuban had not
succeeded in getting away with the
letters addressed to Gomez Esteral.
dot iss vell," he sighed, happily.
1T iss, perhaps, better yet dot he hat
gone-he can haf nodings to say, und
dere iss but de Won left to disbose of.
Shall We get down to bitzness? We're
iss de liddle ledders, gaptain?"
A sentinel at the northern edge of
the clearing gave challenge, and two
more of the bandits came across the
glade. With them walked a little