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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-29
SIX MORE GAMES :
TO Be PLAYED HERE
kuRKE, MAROON
MANAGER, HAS HAD A
VARIED BALL CAREER

Frank Kurke, who was made man
ager Of the Winnipeg club after the
St. Paul American association team
exercised a claim on Charley Jones.
is a Minneapolis product. Kurke has
been playing baseball in various minor
leagues for even or eight seasons. but
is still a youngster, and is a heady
player. He is a catcher. but hat been
playing second base and right field for
the Peggers and is acquitting himself
in fine shape. Most Of Kurke's league
baseball days have been spent in the
Three-1 and Central leagues, he being
a member Of the South Bend, Ind,
club for several years.
Besides being a baseball player
Kurke is a clever boxer. having en-
gagged in a number Of ring battles. 1t
is Kurke's delight to be present at
some scheduled mill and don the
fighting toys If one of the boxers fail
to appear. He has done this several
times and has gotten away in good
shape. although never making a busi-
ness of the boxing game.
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The way Of the hope is a forlorn
one It's hard enough to be the
butt of all the ridicule Of the press,
and to suffer agony by comparison
with the Did boys-Corbett, Fitz and
Jef-without being 'shadowed" every
hour and every minute by a couple
of shadows named respectively Joe
jeanette and Than .Langford.
With Langford on the way from
Australia and jeanette already claim.
ing the title things ooh sort O. darl
for white hopes. Anyway it's en-
~oarrassing with these two big night.
shades up. I should say it was EN-.
barrassing? The way it is now. ever.
one can look in on the quaking formI
Of Gunboat Smith, Willard. Rodel
and company, SO bare of courage, ant
-and-well it's embarrassing to ga.
the least. OF course II some one woult
only put down the might shades
why the hopeful ones would be re
lieved of much embarrassment. Blu
there's the rub-there's the forlorl
part Of the hope.
But II you were listening you no
ticed that we said that Joe IL claim
ing the title-that Is, his nifty littl
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began to wear down his squatty ad-
versary, and McVey's face. which at
no time would have ever gained him
any prizes at a beauty show. began
to take on a horrible aspect. But he
vas game. The combatants were such
bitter rivals that they had to be
game. Both scored repeated knock
downs as the fight grew into the
forties. but as the forty sixth round
was reached the end hove in sight.
1t was a cinch that one or the other
must lose and lose soon. Something
had to break.
The fftieth round. sure enough,
saw the end Of the he~artbreaking
struggle Of these ebony %gladiators.
When the bell rang for it jeanette
YEARLY rose and advanced to meet
McVey.
But no McVey.
Sam. sat in his corner with bowed
head and limp muscles, a picture OF
detection and exhaustion.
Joe crossed to McVey's corner and
said:
Come on. Sam. this night am to a
finish."
use finished," said Sam. a. he
weakly extended his hand.
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coMnsKEY IN MINNEAPOLIS

Minneapolis, July 29.-Charles A.
Comiskey of the Chicago White sox
is here visiting the Cantillon brothers.
owners of the Minneapolis American
association club. Yesterday he watch
ed the Minneapolis and st. Paul teams
play on the latter's grounds. Comiskey,
who is on an automobile tour from
Chicago to Duluth. will leave Wednes-
day morning for the head of the lakes.
1t is rumored that Comiskey had
come to st. Paul to negotiate the pur-
chase of Ralph Comstock, the Mime
apolis spithall pitcher, but President
NJ. E. Cantillon emphati-
cally that the young pitcher is not for
sale.
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SWEDES INSTEAD Of
YANKEES MENACED
ENGLISH ATHLETES

Philadelphia, July 29.-Just when
England was congratulating herself
upon a meet not menaced by the COM
petition of American stars h was
compelled to meet an invasion from
another quarter. At this years cham
p%ionship games held in London there
was only one American competitor.
He vas Horter Of Georgetown uni
versity. who tried for the 40 yards.
place Of the Americans there came a
small body Of Swedes, trained by
Ernest Hjertberg, the official trainer
of Sweden. This group Of men won
five firsts, two seconds, and n third.
Not only did they win, but they made
splendid performances in all of their
events, and in several showed a de-
cided improvement over the excellent
form they exhibited in the Olympic
games at Stockholm last year.
The events the Swedes won were
the half and mile runs, the hammer
throw, shot put and pole vault. The
times in the two runs were o ex-
ceptional and the Swedes might not
have Won had A. N. Johnson, the
Olympic 1900 meters champion, COM
peted. Wide. who was Sweden's best
man in the 1900 meters. was first in
the half mile run. Gender, who here
loioIe Hdu uoAe HoIi!AS eacepIiotdi
won the mile race and in time better
than 4:30.
1t was in the field events which the
Swedes did their best work. Gille
won the pole vault at IL feet 1 inch,
a new English championship record.
In the shot put Nillson vas the win
ner with AZ feet 4 1-2 inches. This
performance shows an unusual de-
velopment on his part and stamps him
as a man who will have to be consid-
cred in future Olympic championships.
The hammer throw was won by Linde
with a throw of 1855 feet 1 1-2 inches.
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In 1909. McKetrick and stable were
over in the land of the f%rogeatera
educating the Parisians in the man.
ly art-and taking their money for it.
At the same time there moved about
Paris that black plague named Sam
McVey, who had listened to the merry
jingle Of the francs and had answered
the call. 1t didn't take long for the
two tar babies to demonstrate their
superiority over the French and Eng
list mitt-mixers, 80 soon there was
no to fight but each other.
The first time they met resulted
in a twenty-round draw. About two
months later they were rematched-
to q finish this time.
At the Cirque de Paris they fought,
and what a crowd attended! You
must remember that the French did
no draw the color line. and Sam and
Joe were idols Of the ladies and gen.
tlemen fans.
They started of at 1880 O'Clock
on their long journey-the longest
most exciting. and hardest Of mod
ern times.
The battle lasted for forty-nine
rounds. ending in the fftieth. There
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were knockdowns galore. Jeanette
alone was put to the ma no less than
twenty-four times. of which eleven
were for the count Of nine. Little
Dan McKetrick nearly worked him
self to death reviving Joe. He used
two tanks Of oxygen, and goodness
knows how much smelling salts and
stimulants. But he kept him man
coming up at the beginning of each
round-and that's the main idea. The
pace was terrific, and only negroes.
with their natural physical advant-
ages. could ever have stood It. In
the thirteenth round Jeanette was
put down 80 hard that when he stag
gered to his corne at the sound of
the welcome bell he complained to
McKetrick that the referee began
counting at sever.
In the twentieth stanza Joe was in
such a bad way that Mcvey's admir-
ers in a special box began unwrappins
a huge bronze statue of Victory. which
they intended presenting Sam. But
Joe grabbed the act by just getting
up In time. Sacre-e! ,Bleu!
Then as the battle ragged on through
the twenties and thirties. Jeanette
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manager is claiming it for him. Dan
Mcketrick (said manager) has been
claiming the title for some time, but
nobody pays the least attention to
him.
And from the looks of things it
seems that he can go on claiming it
he rest of his natural life before he
does get the attention that he seeks.
About the only thing left for Joey Is
to go out in the back yard and
shadow box with himself. Joe and
Sam made a mistake by becoming
such good boxers with their com
plexion.
But Joe has had some fights in his
life. Once in a while he finds an OBJ
ropes. 80
Which was the hardest one?" we
asked Joe. And Joe. the whitest black
man that lives. smiled ~rimly as he
answered.
MY finish battle with Sam ,Mcvey."
In Paris" broke in McKetrick,
M what's more. he kept it-Jean-
cite nev had another chance.
So we will tell II to O al Dan
told it to us. with the noddine in.
dorsement Of big Joe.
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Ten Straight Victories for Flkertals--Ony Six More at Home Gam@
RALPH C0MSTOCk NOT
FOR SALE, SAY owners
Of Minneapolis TEAM

Minneapolis. July 29.-Ralph Com
stock. the sensational young pitcher
of the Miller staff. is not for sale, ac-
cording to an announcement made
yesterday by President Mike Can
tillon. Two major league scouts were
watching Comstock Sunday and the
Mosaic announcement followed a
query as to offers for the spitball ar
fist.
III Comstock leaves the Millers it
will he in exchange for players" said
the club president. I'VE don't sell
players, but we could use some from
the majors, and If Comstock goes. take
1t from me, that two or three will
come in exchange for him. The :
jors won't sell any players worth hay
ing these days. so the only chance a
major league club owner has of get
ting players is to trade for them.
"Comstock is going great guns now
and has more break and snap to his
pitching than any hurler in the league.
We are not anxious to dispose of him.
hut if we can brace the club up in
several spots we would be willing to
talk trade. There is absolutely moth
ing doing though on any straight sales
to any clubs and three of the major
clubs have made offers for the serv-
ices of the pitcher"
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SEASON
NEARING END
The Last Contests in Grand
Forks will be Staged Aug
ust 10, 20 and q.

But six more Games will be played
In Grand Forks-one with Virginia.
two with Winona and three with Su-
perior.
Today the team closes its a
ment with the Virginia club, the final
contest being scheduled for 6:16
o'clock this evening.
Tomorrow will be a day Of rest, and
on Thursday the Winona High Brows
will be here for two games, closing
Friday.
Saturday Grand Forks goes to Du-
luth, where a series of three games
will be staged. Saturday the Duluth
club will put on a field meet. the big
athletic program being proposed. in
the nature Of boosters day.
From Duluth the locals go to Min
Virginia for three contests: thence to
La Crosse for three more, and then
to Superior for three games, a double
header being scheduled on August II.
From Superior the clubs come to
Grand Forks. playing here August 10.
20 and 21. The seasons final series
will be staged at Winnipeg, August 20
on August % because August "a, the
game o fthe season, is scheduled for
Sunday.
The schedule for the last nine
games is especially hard, as Superior
will be up fighting hard for the PEN
nant, while Winnipeg is also making
a great squirt for a place.
Where h Leaders Play.
It is interesting to note the games
at home and abroad of Superior and
Winona, the two contenders for the
flag.
The Red sox have eleven games
scheduled for the home park and six
teen for the road.
Superior plays three at Minneapolis,
three at La Crosse. three at Winona.
and here may come a grand battle;
two at Virginia, two in Duluth and
three in Grand Forks. z
Winona has eleven on the road and
nineteen at home, SC it will be seen at
"a glance that the advantage lies with
the Pirates. Winona has been able to
maintain its lead. though the margin
has been reduced during the trip but
recently ended.
Right now Superior is playing great
baseball.
To show how close the fight is in the
Northern, it is only necessary to point
to the coming into fourth place of the
Peggers. Minneapolis has been plac-
ed out of the running temporarily, at
least, and the Peggers believe that
they have a fighting chance for the
flag.
The race is a beauty and with less
than a month remaining Of the sea-
son, the interest Of the fans should
reach the highest point of the season.
No n car pick the winner with
any degree Of certainty. While Winona
has been the most consistent leader
during the season, both Superior and
Duluth have played some %gilt-edged
baseball. A slump pom the part Of
the leaders would change the stand
ing of the leans. 1t is this uncertain
ty that makes the interest so great and
draws attention to one Of the prettiest
fights in any Of the leagues Of the
country.
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TEN STRAIGHT
FOR F0RKERS
Stovern, Recruit, Slams Out
Two-bagger Scoring Win
ming Runs in Eighth.

After Virginia had tied h score in
the eighth inning, Stovern. a new
catcher. came up in the pinch in the
last half of the frame and slammed
out a two-bagger that counted the
winning runs. 1t was Grand Forks
fifth straight VIII over Virginia and
her tenth straight victory. The final
score was Z to s.
Virginia scored three points in the
first inning and kept the lead through
six sessions. Grand Forks fought an
uphill battle during the greater part
Of the way. and after taking the lead
in the seventh, was forced to come
back in the next session and win the
contest.
Stovern. who was responsible for
the two runs in the eighth is to be
given a try-out az catcher. replacing
Dodge, who was brought here after
Gerlach's release. Stovern had a try
out early last season. when Grand
Forks was breaking into league ball.
He caught just one inning last night.
Wells was on the mound for the To-
calls, and allowed the Ore-Diggers
eleven hits. Rhodes. who did the
twirling for the visitors. held the
F1ickertails to eight hits. blu they
were punched in the sixth. seventh
and eighth sessions.
Virginia Starts 1t
Virginia started off with a rush and
counted three in the initial frame.
when Glockner overthrow first on
Breyette's grounder. Breyette was
sacrificed to third by Collins, Rrammell
walked and Breyette scored when
Couture singled. Larson forced Cou-
ture at second and Hargrove doubled.
counting Brammell and Larson. Mill
err struck u
Glockner's base on balls. Rube Fos-
ter's out at first and Altman's single
scored one for Grand Forks in the
same inning. In the fourth inning
Altman singled, stole second, went to
third OF Sam Fosters out and scored
on Breyette's muff Of Chase's ground
er.
Virginia added another in the sew
enth when Breyette singled, was adj
vanced by Miller and scored on Cou-
lures single.
Forkers Take Dead
In the last of the same session.
Grand Forks started a run-getting bee
that put them in the lead. Bond start
ed by singing and then Edmunds
slammed out A home run. Wells, next
up, was passed to first and went to
second on Wilson'S sacrifice. He took
third on Glockner's out and scored
vi TeIlooe error III ndIlullnS II. fOS-
ter's grounder.
Virginia tied the count in the eighth
when Miller. after reaching first when
the sun interfered with Sam Fosters
catching, scored on Rhodes triple.
Stovern to Rescue
1t was in their half Of the same
session that Grand Forks won the
game. Chase singled and Bond reach
ed first on Breyette's error. Then
came Stovern, the new recruit. He
slammed a warm n between center
and right that was good for two sacks,
counting Chase and Bond.
Virginia tried hard to win in the
next. but could add only one score.
Couture singled to left. went to sec
ond on a passed ball n scored on
Larson's grounder along the third base
line and Wells throw to first, which
Foster failed to handle.
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CAN SLIDE
INTO R BASE

Cincinnati, July 2s.-Chairman Au-
gust Hermann of the national base
ball commission. in discussing the
''unwritten law of calling a player
out who slides into first base, which
was upheld by President Thomas
C%hivington Of the American ~associa-
ton today. said it was not only pre-
posterous. but directly contrary to the
rule covering the point.
"a player is allowed to reach any
base by running. walking, jumping or
remains within the lines prescribed"
said Mr.. Hermann. This is laid
down in the rules of the game, and
no umpire, president of a league or
anyone else has any right to change
this rule"
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VIRGINIA LEADER
IN THE

Ed. Stewart. playing manager of
Virginia baseball club. is in st.
Michael's hospital, suffering with an
attack Of typhoid fever. Stewar, was
not feeling we'll when his team reach
ed this city finally he was forced
to enter the hospital.
In the meantime, Hargrove is Of
hclatlng as captain of the Ore-Dig-
gers. Stewart has been with the Vir-
g'n'a team the greater part of the
season., playing second base. His
home is at Indianapolis. RrammeII
will now do most of the second base
work. ~
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BRIcKLEY TO PHILADELpH1.

philadelphia. July 29.-George B.
Brickley the ~19-year-old brother of
Charles Brickley. the Harvard football
star, reported TO the Philadelphia
American league here yesterday. 1t
is likely that Brickley will be given a
chance to play in the out1eld as Ruhe
Oldring may be out Of the game for
several days. Oldring was obliged to
report to the clubs physician after
eating soft shell crabs.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
MATHEWSON WINS


st. Louis. Mo-. July 29.-Mathew-
son pitched unbeatable ball against
st. Louis. shutting them out with four
hits, h team h a previously admin
istered two out Of five defeats to the
Giants star suffered this season.
mon in the innings. Recruit
Doak repeated his recent good per-
formance at the Polo grounds and
held the. champions hitless and rum
less during the asst two rounds. The
score: r.. II. e.
s. 1o xGsk ......:.... 8
Observation-Disclosures and MEYERS:
Wilson, Harmon, Doak and Wingo,
Roberts.
Game Is Farce. .
Chicago. July 2s.-Chicago and
Boston ave a farcial exhibition of
stood 9 to 4 in favor Of the locals. The
fielding behind Tyler. for the visitors,
was responsible for the large score Of
the home club. Time after time the
felders would stand and gaze, then
seem startled to find the ball they
few feet in front Of them, while a
hit was chalked up against the pitch
er and the local runners hurried
around h bases. Score: r. II. E.
5oston 2
Batteries-Tyler, Noyes and Brown:
HUMPHREYS n Bresnahan. Z
Reds Win Ono.
Cincinnati, July 29.-Cincinnati by
opportune batting won the fourth
game Of h series from BROOKLYN yes-
terday z to s. Yingling, who started
the game for the visitors, was knock
ed out of the box in the third inning
when the locals made two singles and
two triples. good for three runs AL
len was wild and hit for a home run
by Groh with a man o base. The
score: r II n
Batteries = Yingiine, Allen. s IT.
and Fisher: Packard and Clarke.
Hat Hard.
PHtsburg, July 29.-Philadelphia
hammered Pittsburg pitchers while
Seaton pitched fine ball, the visitors
winning by q score Of 6 to Q. phil
adelphia got four runs, two each in
the first and third, off Camnitz. Al.
ans relieved Camnitz in. the fourth.
From that time on 1t was one sided AZ.
fatr, Pittsburg not being able f. do
anything with Seaton. The score:
Philadelphia ..............8.iI +
Batteries - seaton and K,,,i
Camnitz, Adams. Cooper and simon.
Coleman.
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GRAFTON AND LANKIN TIE

Game Had to Be Called in Seventh
on Account OF Darkness
Grafton, N. D., July 2s.-1n a lively
game here yesterday the home team
played a 4 to 4 tie with Lankin. 1t
being called in the seventh on account
of darkness.
The batteries were: McCarty and
Waters for Grafton. and O'Brien and
Heising for Lankin. Each pitcher
famed seven men.
The score follows:
R. H. E.
Grafton 5000 ooo13o "a s i
Lankin .....0 o 0 o 0 4 o. 4 2
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AMER. ASsOC1ATION
LOUISVILLE U
w. INDIANAPOLIS

Indianapolis, Ind, July "a base
on balls to Stansbury in the sixth
inning, his stolen base, Livingstone's
overthrow and Gettman's boot Of the
ball in center field combined to al
low Stansbury to score the first run
Of the game that Louisville won from
Indianapolis, 3 to O.. The score:
R. H. E.
Louisville Q
Indianapolis 4 4
Batteries = Powell and clemens;
Schardt, Works and Livingstone.
Makes 1t Five.
Columbus, O.. July 2e.-Pitcher
five straight by defeating Toledo, z to
2. After an argument with Umpire
Connolly in the seventh inning he was
banished from the field and Cook fin
ished the game. The score r. II. E.
1o!eoo . l
Batteries 49, Schiller and Land;
Cole. Cook and Smith.
Pitchers War.
Milwaukee. Wis, July 29.-Slapnic-
ka and Rhoades engaged in a hot
pitching duel yesterday but the former
was tight in the pinches and the lead
ers won by a score of 8 to 1. Gilbert
in in the second and they scored
more in the seventh on hits by Jones
and Berg, Gilbert's sacrifice, a sac
rif1ce bunt by Marshall which scored
Jones and an error by Breton, which
let in Berg. The score: R. H. E.
Kansas City z 1
Milwaukee 5 4
Observation-Disclosures and O'Connor:
-Slapnicka and Hughes.
.Millers Take Another.
st. Paul, Mimi, July 29.-Bunched
hits in the second and seventh gave
Minneapolis the third game Of the
series, 6 to 2. The Saints two runs
came in the ninth. The score:
r. Fl. E.
Minneapolis ............. 10 /
st. Paul 8 1
Batteries = Mogridge and Smith;
Walker, Laroy and Miller.
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Summary: Two-hase hits, stovern,
Brammell. Collins; three-base hits,
Rhodes; home run Edmunds: sacrifice
hits, Wilson. Collins 2: stolen bases,
r. Foster. Altman; passed balls. Ed
munds /, stovern 1, Hargrove 1; bases
on balls, off Wells I, Rhodes g.; struck
out. by Wells g.. Rhodes s: hit by
pitcher, Brammell by Wells; double
plays. Rhodes to Hargrove t o Couture;
first base on errors. Grand Forks 3,
Virginia 2. Umpire. Stout. Time Of
game, 1855.
A section hand doesn't get much
pay, and usually works as if he knew
It.
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PITCHING MARKS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Weekly Bulletin of Statisti.
clan Shows Latest Hurl-
ing Figures.

The regular weekly pitching bulle-
tin issued by Larry Ho." chief statis-
tician of the league. shows the follow
inc Ojfchjnc recordS.
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1t may not he right for the spoils to
belong to the victor, but it seems a
natural result.
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VIRGINIA DROPS Fifth
TO FL|CKERTA|[ TEAM
. . .
NOTES OF THE GAME.
Bill Carney's hired hands seem to
be going in great shape these days.

Bill Carney's hired hands seem to
be going in great shape these days.
Carney has it all figured out how
Grand Forks is going to beat out
Minneapolis n Winnipeg for a place.
Minneapolis is but three games ahead
OF Grand Forks, while Winnipeg is but
one additional game ahead.
Altman had a had night batting
last night. He only got three hits
out OF -four trips to the pan.
Last nights game vas played in the
dark-it never was light enough to
really warrant baseball.
This Rube Foster person handles
himself around that second station
like a real ball player--and, further
more. he is a real player.
This ten-straight victory business
looksp pretty good. Just a win tonight
and the locals are back to the 500
mark.
Tomorrow will he a holiday while
Wfnona is enroute here to meet the
locals in two games.
1t has been suggested that the man
who drew the Northern league sched-
ule was in cahoots with the railroads..
Stovern. who opened his engage
ment with Grand Forks last evening
by doubling with two men on bases.
really winning the game after Jerry's
nome run had tied things up. was
with the locals early last season.
Edmunds car be depended upon for
a good old healthy smash every now
and then-and Jerry always seems to
get them in the pinches.
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When a house is built to suit the
builder. the neighbors are dissatis.
fed with it.
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A dictionary is almost always avail
able; the trouble is SO many feel su-
perior to it.