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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28
ELECTRICIAN MEETS WITH SER,
I0US ACCIDENT
Lewis Fl. Graves of HartIand Sustans
a Shock From Wires and Falls to
the Ground

What came near being a fatal aco'
dent and the results of which had not
been fully determined when the re
port was received, occurred Sunday at
Hartland when Lewis H. Graves, an
electrician fell from TELEGRAPH
pole, as the result of shock from the
wires. He was paralized below the
waist line, but it was feared that the
results of the fall might prove more
serious than the electric shock.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28
BOY DROWNED

A sad accident occurred SATURDAY
at 11.45 in Long Pond when the eleven
year old son of Lewis Netto vas
drowned. The lad was about 30 Zee.
fro,u the shore in front of p Bishop -
house and was out for a swim. There
were no boats near enough to rescue
him and the body was not recoYer'u
until life was extinct.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28

Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Bova of All
burndale, Mass, who are touring this
section of Maine and visiting in diff
ferent Somerset County towns were
in Skowhegan Thursday calling on
relatives. They were accompanied
here from Athens by Mrs. Bova's bro
Their. Albert Fish and wife of that
town.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28
SMITHFIELD

Adelbert Decker and his sister Mrs.
Alden L. Savage were in Skowhegan,
Monday, making the journey in Mr..
Decker's recently purchased Buick
automobile Tuesday Mr.. Decker ac-
companied by Mr. Savage, made a trip
to Skowhegan and Waterville.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28
N0RRIDGEMOCK

A Republican Rally will be held
here Saturday evening in Grange Hall
and the speakers will be Hon. John
A. Peters the Congressional candidate
and Cong. A. p. Gardner of Massachu-
sets
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28
PALM IRA

A Republican Rally will be held
here Saturday evening and the speak
ers will be Cong. Greene of Iowa and
Hon. A. p Howes of this town.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28

A Republican Rally will be held
at Fairfield Village Friday evening.
The speakers will be Cong. Greene Of
Iowa and E. c. Plummer of Bath.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28
CAMBRIDGE

A Republican Rally will be held
here Friday evening and the speakers
will be E. F. Merrill, Esq, and w. Fol-
som Merrill, Esq of Skowhegan.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28
EMRIlEN

Alden and Howard Kelley Of Walls
ton, Mass. have been visiting Win
their uncle, F. r. Williams.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28
CANAAN

A Republican Rally will be held
here Saturday evening and the speak
ers will be Con. Towner of Iowa and
Hon. S. J. Walton of Skowhegan.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28

Big Bunch Old Papers, This Office sc
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-28
BERRY-MoULToN REUNION

The annual reunion of Berry and
Moulton families was held in Maple
Grove of Michael Berry Il Son, Mon
day, August 25. A good number
were in attendance from both families
and everyone enjoyed the occasion
Mr. Berry's family had prepared gen
erous kettles of beans baked under
ground for dinner to go with the con-
tents of picnic baskets. After din
ner the association gathered for a
meeting. All joined in singing Amer
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LEACH CROSS HAS
A NARROW ESCAPE
Agreement Prevents Decision
From Going to Frank
Barrieau.

VANCOUVER, B. c.. September O.
Leach Cross OF New York and Frank
Barrieau Of Vancouver. lightyeights.
SPARED a tweive-round draw Yesterday
afternoon.
II had been agreed at the suggestion Of
cross that the bout be declared q draw il
both men were on their feet at the finish.
and this saved the New Yorker from an
adverse decision. as Barrieau outpointed
,him in eight of the twelve rounds.
In three rounds Cross had a slight adj
vantage. At the end of the bout Cross
Was bleeding from the mouth and was
badly marked around his left eye and on
the jaw, where Barrieau had landed
heavy blows.
Cross at the start tried to take every
thing that Barrieau offered while waiting
for an opportunity to land Knockout
Twice in the first round Barrieau caught
the New Yorker off his balance and sent
him sprawling. Both times Cross came
UP feiSning grosginess.
In the next three rounds Barrieau time
and again beat the New Yorker to the
punch. while Cross occasionally dashed
out with vicious swing that never
landed.
$ In the sixth Barrieau was sent to his
knees by a CHANGING blow on the head
hut was up in an instant.
Che last two rounds developed great
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Other American League Games
Eight Straight for Maps.

CLEVELAND. September 2-Cleveland
won two games from Chicago yesterday.
the morning game. 9 to ,, and the after
noon game, Z to o.
The afternoon game was Cleveland s
eighth successive victory, and the third
straight shut-out hurled by Pitcher Falk-
enberg.
In the afteroon Chicago got one hit
in the first inning and two in the third.
At all other times the visitors were help
less with the bat. Scores:
Cleveland. ......... 3 q 0 0 o x-6
Chicago. ............. > y o . . y 0 o o.
Two-base hit-Leibold. Stolen basas-Leibold
and Lajoie. Double plays-LajOie, Chapman and
Johnston: Chapman. Lajoie and Johnston. First
base on balls-On James, L; OF Cicotte. 1. Hit
by pitched bals-By Cicotte Jackson: by James
3. Wild pitch-Cicotte. First base on errors
Cleveland. 4; Chicago, I. Left on bases-Cleve-
land, Z: Chicago, Z. Umpres-Messrs. Hildebrand
and O'Loughlin. Time of game-1 hour and 81
minutes.
Cleveland . 90 o 5 o x-7
Chicago. .......... 0 o . o . o y o %
TwO-base hits-Turner, Weaver. Three-base hit
Johnston. Sacrifice hits = Chapman, Graney,
Lord. Berger. Stolen base-Jackson. Pitching
record-TwO hits and 3 runs OF Scott In one in
ming; Z hits and runs OF White in six innings
First base ON balls-On Falkenberg. 3; OF Scott,
.; OF White. /. Struck out-By F'alkenberg. Z;
by White. 4. Wild pitch-white. First base ON
errors-Cleveland. 2. Left on bases-Cleveland,
o; Chicago, 9. Empires 'LOughlin and Hide
brand. Time Of game hour and 90 minutes.
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GARDEN CITY. n. Y. September q
After a day of wedding out those
who were unable to. come up to the
standard of golf necessary to qualify
I for play in the NATIONAL amateur cham
s-pionship, the last pair out of 146 play
: ers reached the home green of the
Garden City Golf Clubs links last
evening when it was almost too dark
to watch the flight of the ball.
Scores of Sc and better left seventy
one players eligible to take part in the
second half of the qualifying round
today, but sixteen of these. tied with
the limit scores of Sc each. are to play
of for nine places. today. so that sixty
four can continue in the champion
snip division. Then the leading thirty
TWO will be drawn for the first round
of eighteen-hole match play which Will
be decided this afternoon. and on the
succeeding four days thirty-six-hole
match play rounds will be in order.
Boston golfer. Francis Ouimet of
Woodland. who recently won the Mas
sachusetts title. had the distinction of
leading the field in the first eighteen
hole stroke round
Ouimet returne da card OF Io. a stroke
better than Walter J. Travis of the
home club. Charles ". c'Chicko
. Evans jr..- of Edgewater. another
xheny at -, a stroke better than Henry
j Topping OF Greenwich and Thomas
: NJ Sherman of Utica. while Jerome u
Travers. the, title holder; Archie NJ
Reid of St Andrews and {. e. Buxton
Of Huntingdon Valley. at 80. completed
the list of those better than 50.
Never before in the history OF amerl-
can golf had a better field been sent away
on a medal round. and with the cream of
the amateurs all struggling TO get among
the first siXty-four there was bound to
be a number of heartburninSs. included
among the unfortunates was Oswald
-Kirkby. who couldn't get better than 3o.
The strange thing about kirkbys down
fall was the fact that the former New
Jersey champion considered he had play
ed in the main fully up TO his best stand
ard. In addition 10 an inability to putt
with consistency was added couple OF
bad holes and the damage was done. such
is the relentless law of medal play.
Ouinet easily lived uD to all that his
Massachusetts admirers had predicted OF
him. In the past his weakness has been
"A lack OF assressiveress rather than the
inability TO make the shots. bat he works
harder now. Consistently long and
straight off the tee, OUimet vas able to
laugh at the many yawn,aS. traps dug TO
penalize the crTinc ones. He also USED
his mashie effectively, with the result
that little chance was left 20 20 wrong,
unless he had a complete breakdown on
putting which at times is the most trou-
blesome part of his game.
On this occasion Oumet putted fairly
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Yanks Lose Both Contests.

BOSTON, September 2.-Boston won
both the morning and afternoon games
from New York yesterday, the first being
a shutout, to Q. and the second an
eleven-inning contest, to b.
While the locals were piling up twelve
hits off Schultz in the forenoon game,
Mosely held New York to four scattered
singles.
The matinee game was an interesting
one. Four hits, including triple by
Wagner. gave Boston two runs In the
second inning and the home team scored
another in the third on Speakers single,
his steal Of second and errors by Sweeney
and WOlter. .
New York's three runa were all made
IN solid hits Boston won in the eleventh
on Hooper's single. Engle's sacrifice, a
haze ON balls to Speaker and Lewis long
hit to the left field fence. Scores:
Boston York .,.. ......... . o Q %
Vt, Two.base hits-wagner. Lewis. Csdy, rerses.
Three base ht.spsaksr .r. sacf SNEAKER laS. Doa
SIo enIarnZeider knight and Masel Left on
basesNew York, 9; Boston. firs E,r psse on
balis-On S pasnn . Struck oui-By Moseley. 4;
", nr Schulz. 3. Passed balls--Cady. :. Cmp1res,
Wessrs. F:gan aud Connolly lime ol sane-i
hour and 10 minutes
Sos.o Wnrt o / 90 100 0-3
Two-base hits-Hartzell, Carriean Three base
hits~Wagner Ford. Maisel. Hits-on Collins.
in seven innings "n aI aa and n tmoshirds innings
Sacrifice hts-Oree, Engie. Stolen bsses-Sp.a kes
Wolter, Hartzel Double p iayFRSesa q New
York. S. First base on balls-on Hall 8; on
Ford, l. First base or error,b9sson. Struck r out
Collins nInei,2 by aga foEa an ~ Time Of game
hours and IS minutes.
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National League Games.
Braves Hard to Beat.

NEW YORK, September 2.-The Giants
and Braves played two slashing games
here yesterday. each going into extra
innings
In the morning game the Giants won
by to in ten innings. and in the
afternoon the New Workers. got 2-to-l
verdict in fourteen rounds.
In the morning game Boston blew up
with two out in the tenth inning, ending
a pitchers battle between Demaree and
Hess.
The afternoon game was one of the
most sensational pitching duels ever
seen on the Polo Grounds. Marquard
and Rudolph were the opposing pitchers
and each man allowed ten hits.
Marquard was extremely anxious to
win, as he had a son born in the morn
ing The winning run was made when
Merkle tripled with one out and scored
on Murray's single. Scores:
New York......... o 2 0 o O o o Is
Boston. ............ o o o o o o o o.
First base on errors-Boston, 1; New York, 1.
Home run-Meyers. Sacrifice hits-Doyle and
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BROOKLYN. September Both Brook
Ign and Philadelphia hit consistently DUR
ing the morning game here yesterday,
but the Philadelphia hits were more pro-
ductive and the Phillies won, o to ..
Umpire Brennan, who forfeited the
game to New York in Philadelphia. went
behind the bat, but had no trouble at all.
He chased Doc Miller off the bench in the
seventh inning for some casual roofing
in the game, but 1t is not thought Miller
will be suspended.
Hans Lobert went I'm as a pinch hitter
for Doom in the seventh inning of the aft
ernoon game and won the contest. 3 to 2.
for Philadelphia with a long triple. Brook
lyn had a lead of . to o up to that
stage. Magee and Luderus singled and
with two down Lobert smashed out his
three-basger and scored the winning run
on single by Burns Scores:
philadelphia. 1 o I 0-6
Brooklyn. ............ U % o 1 o o D i %
Left on Observation-Disclosures. 5: BROOKLYN. 10.
Two-base hits-Wheaf, Moran. Smith. Byrne and
LuderIs. Three-base hit-Kilifer. Sacrifice hits
-knabe. .. First base ON CONGRATULATIONS.
1: BROOKLYN. I. Stolen base-Magee; Double
plays-Fisher Cutshaw and Daubert; Smith and
Daubert Bases balls-On Seaton. 3: OF
Walker, 2. Struck out-By Seaton. 2: by Walker
3: Hit by pitcher-By Walker tMagesl; Um:
game-2 hours and Is minutes.
BROOKLYN. ........1 o o o o.
Left on Philadelphia. 4: Brooklyn. g.
Three base hits-Lobert. Moran. Sacrifice dy-
StengeI Sacrifice hits-Moran. Smith. Stolen
base-Cutshaw. Double play-Fisler. Cutshaw
and Danbert. Bases balls-On Yingliny. L:
Oh Mayer 1. Umpires-Messrs Eason and Breu-
nan Time of game hour and II minutes.
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ST. LOUIS, September 2.-Chicago won
the first game of the double-header with
the ST. Louis team yesterday afternoon,
2 to 1, and in the second game Umpire
Rigler. in the eighth inning, called the
game, to =.
In the fourth inning Gathers. sliding
into second base on steal, broke his
right leg just above the ankle and was
carried off the field. The doctor who at
tended him said he would be out OF the
game for the rest of the season. The
scores:
Chicago. ............. o o o o o o.
Twobase hts-konetchy, Schultz. Whitted.
Sacrifice h:s-Archer. Bridwell. Stolen bases
Whitfield, Wingo. Left on bases-St. Louis, u;
Chicago. Z. First base balls-0n CHENEY, :;
of Sallee, 2. Struck out-By Cheney, 3; 10y
Time of game-1 hour and 80 minutes.
Chicago ............ q q D o.
ST. Louis. ............... o y . % o o..
Called end of eighth inning account Of
darkness
Three-base hit-Konetchy. Sacrifice hit
Konetchy Stolen bases-Leach and Mowrcy.
Double plays-Evers and Archer: Hildebrand
and Magee Hildebrand and OLenry. Left ON
bases-St. Louis. 3; Chicago, 5. Bases ON balls
on Pierce. /; on Doak. 4. Hit by ptcher-By
Pierce (Hildebrand). Struck Out-By Pierce. ):
by Doak, 4. Passed balls--Hildebrand ana
Archer. Umpires-Messrs. Riger and Byron.
Time of game hours.
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BIG STAKE FOR TENARA.
She Annexes $4,000 Purse at the
Charter Oak Park Track.

HARTFORD, Conn. September p
With clear skies a fast track and a
holiday crowd in excess of $4,000 the
Grand Circuit races at Charter Oak Park
were ushered in Yesterday with some
fast racing and exciting finishes and
featured by the fastest heat OF the sea-
son.
Braden Direct set the new season s
record of the first heat of the frce-for-all
pace when he stepped the mile in 2.02A,
and in the third heat this time was
eaualcd when Earl jr., came through q
winner and took first money.
Tcnara, the mare that has been the
sensation of the season. copied her
fourth big race when she led the field
In the historic Charter Oak stake, purse
1000. in straight heats.
In the ia trot, selling. Mcdonald
drove Allerworthy through In easy
fashion.
The best racing Of the afternoon was
afforded by the free-for-all PAGERS, this
being the only race with divided heat
winners.
The bay mare Tenara had too much for
the rest of the field in the Charter Oak
stake and while she started well behind
in the first and third heats. she was able
to come through in the stretch in fine
fashion and pass all in front Of her.
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Pirates and Reds Divide.

PITTSBURGH, September Pitts
burgh and Cincinnati shared an even
break yesterday, the visitors winning the
morning game. to 4, I'm ten innings and
the locals In the afternoon, to 1. Err
rors by Wagner and Viox i'm the late i'm
nings were mainly responsible for the de-
feat in the morning, while Hendrix's
wildness also helped Cincinnati.
McQuillan held Cincinnati to four hits in
the afternoon game, while Cy Morgan,
the former Athletic pitcher was ham,
mered hard before he gave way to John.
son in the third.
The Pirates were delayed en- route here
from Chicago and made the trip from
Cleveland to Pittsburgh on special
train, the distance Of LIS miles being
covered in 143 minutes They dressed on
the train and played in travelling uni
forms. Scores:
Cincinnati. o - o % rs
Pittsburgh. ........ . o % o.
hsss s.ces s .Rs Rsss' sr ss
Brown. Sacrifice ny-MIler. Stolen bases-
Mitchell Hoblitzell and Packard Double plays
base on errors s1sl 2 no Pttssursh. !.
Bases on balls-On Packard. 2; on Brown, !.
Left LEI ), on ,t bsses.PIttsburgh IL GneinnAti
on Packard, ten in eight innings. none ont in
the ninth inning; or Brown. one In two in
on in IN
Robinson one in twothirds inning. Struck
BY Packard, 3: by Brown. /; by Adams. ::
by Hendrix, l. Passed ball-Clarke. Umpires-
Messrs. KLEIN and Ortiz. Time of game hours
and IL minutes. -
Pittsburgh. ......... q o o KS
Cincinnati. u y y y 90 OIL
Twobase hits-Dolan, Carey. Wagner. Three
base hit-Miller. Stolen baSe-WilsOn. Left
Pittsburgh, o; Cincinnati. 5. Hits-tOn
Morgan, five In two innings tnone out I'm HI.
third; OF Johnson. three in five innings; on
Herbert, in inning. First base er
rors-Pittsburgh, =. Struck out-By Morgan.
2; by Johnson. g. by McQuillan, ). Bases
balls-Of Morgan, 1; OF McQuilan. .. Hit by
pitcher-By Morgan Gibson. Cmpires-Messrs.
KLEIN and Ortiz. Time of gamc-1 hour and 4:
minutes.
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Nationals. who not only play poorl,
against his charges, but. seldom have q
break of luck
Milan was in hitting mood in the
second game. getting two doubles ane
two singles in five trips to the bat. Two
remarkably large crowds witnessed the
game. In the morning there were over
the stands were packed and the playing
field lined with people. It was estimated
that close on to 10000 paid their way into
the Enclosure something like an an, at t.
certainly an indication that thc> game has
not lost any Of its popularity
Though Murphy hit for two bases in the
opening round, he never scored. In the
second it was different; Baker started this
stanza with double McInnis put. him or
third, and Walsh, working the squeeze
hunted to johnson. who threw to- Ain
smith in time to stop Baker, but Ain
smith foolishly ran the runner back toe
far and he was safe, while Walsh was
planted at second. Barry then made TIM
squeeze play, on which Baker and Walsh
scored. already described. and the Ath-
letics had a two-run lead. This did not
last long, however. for Johnson tied it UP
in the third. With two out. Ainsmith sin
gled and moment later he trOtted home
ahead of Johnson, who hit the LETT nelo
bleachers for a home run. But again the
Athletics got busy In their half, scoring
two more runs. Murphy got on when
Johnson hit him on the foot with q
pitched ball. Oldring singled and sent
him all the way TO third Collins out
scored Murphy and then Bakers hit
brought Oldring home.
The Nationals got within hailing dis
lance in the sixth. when Milan doubled
and Gandil sent him home. This ended
Houck, and Bush came in. Morgan
greeted him with hit but the next three
batters left him on the bases, together
with Gandil
In the ninth the score was tied. Am
smith hit safely with one out and Johnson
sent him to third with a hit to right.
Moeller's long drive to left center, on
which Oldring made great play. allowed
Ainsmith to score, but Foster could not
bring Johnson around.
Milan's double, Gandils sacrifice and
Morgan's hit scored Milan with what was
believed to be the winning run, but it was
not, for this is what happened while the
Athletics were at bat in their half: After
Schang was out, Daley was substituted
for Bush. but he famed. Then Murphy
singled, Oldring doubled and Eddie Col
Inns came through with hit, all of which
brought home two runs and gave the
leaders another game.
The score:
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Snodsrass. Stolen base-Burns Left on bases
New York, D; Boston, TO- Bases balls-oR
Demaree, = Struck out-By Demaree 3: by
Hess, 4. Hit by pitcher-By Hess. fHerzog
and Murray. Cmpires-Messrs O'Day aud
Emslie. Time OF game hours
New York. o o o q o q O "a
Boston. % o o 0 y y U o q O o.
First base on errors-Boston. . Two-base hits
Fletcher Snodgrass. Merkle. Myers. Three base
ht-Merkle. Home run-Rariden. Sacrifice hits
-Marquard en- Stolen bases-Sweeney Doyle,
Fletcher Shafer. Left on bases-New York s.:
Boston, g.. Double play-Meyers and Shafei.
Bases on balls-OR Marquard, ); OF Rudolph.
2. Struck Out-By Marquard. o; by Rudolph >
Passed ball-Meyers Umpres-Messrs. O'Day
and Emslie. Time of game hours and 10
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Ryan and Mcdonald Break
Four Worlds Records

NEW YORK. September p
Four worlds records were broken
yesterday at the games Of the
Irfsh-American Athletic Club by
Pat Ryan and Pat Mcdonald.
Ryan threw the sixteen-pOund
hammer from a nine-fOot circle
1S9 feet 3 inches told record. ITO
feet ga inchesD, put the forty
twO-pOund stone with FOLLOW IS
feet 11k inches Martin Sherf-
dams record. ~ feet " inchD and
threw the thirty five pound
weight 81 feet "a inch (Old fig
.ures held by Matt McGrath, So
feet 6 inches). Mcdonald put the
fOurteen-pOund shot 5: feet 4
inches. The old record, held by
Ralph Rose, was 81 feet 6A
inches.
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Equals the Worlds Record.

HARTFORD. Conn, September 2-How
ard P. Drew, the Springfield. Mass, high
school Splinter. yesterday equaled the
worlds record in the 1GO-yard dash, on
Charter Oak track at the Connecticut
fair, going the distance in $50 seconds.
Five stop watches caught the time as
93-o seconds, and this time was officially
announced, but it was given out later that
two stop watches had caught 92-5 Sec
onds.
A few minutes later Drew ran the 90
yards in 22 seconds fiat.
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AID WOLGAST TRIMMED.
Joe Azevedo Gets Verdict Over the
EXCLAMATION Lightweight.

OAKLAND, Cal. September o.-Joe Aze-
vedo fought his way to a decision over
Ad Wolgast former lightweight cham
pion, Yesterday in their ten-round bout
here. The going was fast and the young
er fighter clearly earned the verdict. In
the seventh round Azevedo knocked VOL
CAST down. Wolgast fought almost en-
tirely with his left hand his right APP
parently being in no condition to inflict
punishment.
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DETROIT. September 2.-Detroit took
two listless and poorly played games
from St Louis yesterday afternoon.
The scores were 10 to and 5 to 9.
Timely hitting by the Tigers and loose
playing by the visitors gave the former
both contests.
In the first game a foul from Walkers
bat in the fourth inning split one of
Stanages fingers and Mckee replaced
him. Scores:
Detroit. .......... 2 Q o 1-10
Two-base hits-Stovall. Bush and Walker.
Three-base hit-Williams. Hits-Of IRverenz.
5 in Is innings; OF Weilman, in % in
pings Sacrifice hits-Ausrin and LOuden. Sac
rifice fy-Bush. Stolen bases-Shotten, Pratt (2p.
Williams and Stoyall. Double p.ays-Balenti
and Stovall: Bush. Baumann and Tutweiler %,
Left on bases-St. Louis. 8: Detroit. 5. First
base on balls-Of Leverenz, 4; OF Dauss. 4; on
WeiIman 3. Struck out-By Leverenz. l; by
Dauss 5; by Weman, !. Wild pitch-Dauss
JJmpires-Messrs Dineen and Sheridan. Time
of game-l hour and IS minutes.
Detroit ...... 1 % ! ! x-o
ST. Louis .... . . = . . %
Twobase hits-Crawford. Pratt. Comstock.
Three base hit-Platte. Home run-Crawford
Sacrifice hits-Louden, Baumann Sacrince
fies-Platte, Pratt. Stolen bases-Williams t2,.
Coyington, Shotten, Austin. Johnston. LETT on
bases-St Louis, 8; Detroit, 8. Hit by pitcher
By BaumSardner uIoudenl Struck out-By Com
stick H. Umpires-Messrs Dineen and Sherl.
dan. Time of game hour and 46 minutes.