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Evening star., 1913-07-13


take a shower bath, and put on a dry
undershirt before accepting the privilege
of going to first. If player tried that
he could be penalized. of course, under
the rule which forfeits a game to the
opposing team If any one INDUCES in
action designed to produce unnecessary
delays Even then the runner could
not be called out
Suppose, for instance, Easterly had
not gone to first. at all. then, after
Zeider had scored his run. winning the
game, the Tigers had raised the point
that 1t was an illegal tally. Easterly
by that time was under the shower.
Would 1T not have been possible, under
the existing rules. for Easterly to hon
back into his suit, go out to the field
and proceed to remedy the oversight by
making the trip from the plate to first
base? Technically we think it would,
put not In common sense way Of look
What rule would be used to declare
Easterly out? He could not have been
accused Of delaying the game inten-
tionaIly or OF disobeying the edict of an
umpire. Think 1t over.
Evening star., 1913-07-13

Chancellor Of the Cuban consulate at
st. Petersburg. Russia, Jose r. Capa-
blanca. This appointment, made July 1.
is the latest manifestation of the amaz-
ing popularity which Capablanca enjoys
In his native land. He is the idol and
the hero OF Havana. and of all Latin
America. After his victory in the San
Sebastien tournament he was presented
with a palatial residence by the people
of Cuba and his picture has been on the
first pages of the Havana newspapers
more often than that of Gen. Gomez
Carablanca disposed of Chajes in bril-
liant style Friday evening. This victory
leaves the Cuban no opposition except
Duras. The score of this excellent con-
test follows:
Evening star., 1913-07-13
Comparatively Unknown Play
er Defeats Stephenson in !,
Stars Chess Tourney. !
CAPABLANCA IS VERY
POPULAR AT HOME
Has Been Presented With a
Fine Residence and Given
Public Office.

The score OF another game in The
Stars correspondence tourney was sent
to the referee during the last week-a
game which will probably be the biggest
surprise in the whole event g III.
Stephenson was defeated by w {. VIM
satt almost an unknown in local chess
circles. Mr.. Stephenson. who is one OF
the finest correspondence players in the
country. evidently underestimate the
strength of his young opponent. giving
up pawn without cause on the sixth
move. being somewhat unprepared. per-
haps. for blacks fine combination be-
ginning with the fourteenth and ending
with the twen;y-sixth move. and finally
making a biunder in tactics by s7
ROB. The score Of this excellent CON-
test follows:
Evening star., 1913-07-13

Runs-peckham ,2,. Maloney ~. Horner t3).
Freide ~, Brown, Mccoy, TiIlinghast. Bro
hough t2,. slough. C!asson 90, Devoe (2y, Haas
80, Llm t2,: johnson. Left on bases-Married
Men. A; Single Men, d. First base on balis-O6
Kelly. 1; on Gaeng, 2. Innings pitched-By
Kelly. 9: by Gaeng. 3. Hits made-On Kelly,
10: on Saeng. =. struck oq.-By Kelly. 9; By
base hits.Devoe. Haas. Lim. Roder. Stolen
bases-McCoy 20. Tiilingbast ~, Peckham (3),
Moore t2b, Ferdun t2, Campbell (2), Lum
Passed bails-Johnscn, j. Slough, 3. UInpsres-
Messrs- McQuadc and Petteys. Time of game
hours
Evening star., 1913-07-13
Promoters of the Californ,a

Promoters of the California "Winter
League already have their plans under
way, according to announcement from
Los Angeles. They expect to inaugurate
November l and playing four months.
The cities proposed are Los Angeles. San
Diego. Canta Barbara. San Bernardino.
Long Beach. -Oxnard. Bakersfield and
Santa Ana. Games win be played Sat
urdays and Sundays aud Npecial Aays.
Evening star., 1913-07-13

preme in the diyi-
vision. There were a
number Of so-called
experts who asserted
that Willie was a
very lucky youth
when the referee
awarded him the I'll
tie on q foul in the
battle with Ad VOL
gast, and referred to
him as an "acci-
dental" champion.
Evening star., 1913-07-13


An announcement comes from Buffalo
that the Bison club has refused an offer
or $1,000 for Second Baseman Frank
Louis Browns and Scout Charley Barrett
always maintained he would yet be heard
from, even Ii he couldn't be seen by the
st. Louis management.
The weather man has to stand for q
good many things. but this is a new one
When game was called recently in
Calgary. In the Western Canada League,
there was not paid admission in the
park and the umpire, at request of the
club management declared the game OF
on account of rain" And yet they are
trying to raise the salary limit in that
league
Pat Graham did not last long as man.
ager OF the Columbus team of the Cotton
States League. He had a fight with one
or his players and that led to words with
club official that resulted In Pats dis
mlssal. Pats record at Atlanta before
going to Columbus did not indicate that
he would be a success as a leader Of men,
but the Columbus club took a long
chance.
Connie Mack has gone on the stage and
is vaudeville partner Of Mike Donlin.
the former slugging outfielder. However.
the Connie here mentioned is not the
gent who guides the destines of the Ath-
letics. Connie is girl. right pretty
one. too, and she energetically asserts
that when she adopted her stage name
she never intended infringing on Mr.. Nc
Gillicuddy's patent.
Rudolph, the star outfieIder of the Har-
risburg team, can be Justly called the
leading all-around player Of the Tri-State
League. Besides being the best batsman
in the circuit, with an average of .4O2
for forty-nine games and also having the
greatest number of extra base hits to his
credit. he has a perfect fielding average
of Loo, he having accepted over 1CO
chances without an error
St Louis newspaper speaks of Law
renee Lajoie. Soon we will read of Joe
Cobb. Oscar Birmingham, Fred Speaker
and Mike Mathewson. to say nothing OF
Isaac Murray.
Evening star., 1913-07-13
WILLIE R|TCH|E IS
A REAL CHAMPION
Decisive Defeat of Rivers
Proves Him to Be Best
Since Joe Cans Days.
EcEARLAND SEEMS
TO BE ONLY RIVAL
Match Between These Two
Men Would Be Worth Co.
ing Miles to See.
BY JAMES j. CORBETT,

Former Heavyweight Champion of the World.
Written for The Star.
Willie Ritchie is the classiest light
weight champion we have had since the
DAYS when the late Joe Cans ruled su-
Evening star., 1913-07-13

CHICAGO, July 12.-Most Of the plays
which show up the insufficiency Of the
present code of base ball rules occur on
the lots or in the non-professional games
played by boys and men who probably
never saw the inside Of a rule book and
have gained most of their ideas Of the
game from tradition. Occasionally, how
ever. the majors with their skilled experts
and wise managers furnish conundrum
that Is hard to solve.
The historic Merkle incident is fresh in
memory. and so is the more recent case
Of Dick Cotter, who went to bat out of
turn and won ball game that was after
ward thrown out. Within the last few
weeks there was narrow escape from
tangle in an American League game
which probably would have gone a long
way toward stirring up the magnates to
bring about something like real recon-
struction of the playing code.
Only the failure OF a player to hear his
managers command stood between the
White SOx and a history making tangle-
In the game OF May 30 at Comiskey Park,
between Chicago and Detroit, Ted Easter
ly was sent to bat for Joe Berger in the
last half Of the tenth inning. The score
was tied at two runs apiece and there was
one home player out. Wiilett, who was
slabbing for the Tigers, gave Easterly a
base on balls. As soon as the fourth ball
was caught Manager Callahan yelled to
Easterly to come back to the bench.
which In the Sox park is on the third
base side of the home plate Rollie Zei-
der was over by first base coaching for
the Sox and ii was the managers inten-
ton to put Zeider on to run for Easterly.
Consequently, he thought he would save
Ted the apparently needless journey from
home plate to first base and back to the
Sox bench.
Evening star., 1913-07-13

II has come at last. Ever know of a
Teyan who was not dubbed Tex? They
have Just begun to use that handle on
Rebel Lefty Russell.
Joe Bell captain and star outfieIder of
the University of Michigan. team, who
has signed with the Browns, hit -425 IN
the college Games OF theseason.
Evening star., 1913-07-13

The entire Pittsburgh team on a re-
cent visit to Chicago, visited factory
where base ball bats are turned out in
large quantities. Several of them left
special orders for new war clubs that
would suit their exact requirements.
Evening star., 1913-07-13
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

winnipeg seems to have taken a new
lease OF life since Charley Jones took the
management and is giving them all a
battle.
Evening star., 1913-07-13

Doc Scanlon. former Brooklyn pitcher.
came out Of his retirement the other day
TO pitch no-hit game for semi-pro
team I'm the suburbs. Only one man reach-
ed first base on the doctor.
Evening star., 1913-07-13
Easterly Fails to Hear Call.

Easterly did not hear the call of the
manager, so proceeded to first base, and
there learned he was to be succeeded by
Zeider, who had only to step from the
coacher's box to first base. While East
erly was leisurely going back to the
bench Lord made a single which drove
Zeider around to third base, and an in
stant later wild pitch let him score
the winning run, which terminated the
game.
Not until some time later did it occur
to Manager Callahan to think what
would have been the result If Easterly
had heard the call and had not pre-
vented the Sox manager. from pulling a
bone play that would have Increased
his notoriety If not his reputation as a
manager. And what would have been
the actual result no one yet has figured
out.
If Easterly had not proceeded to first
base after being given a pass there
surely would have been lapse of ninety
feet, or nearly that distance, in the
winning run of the White Sox. Easterly
Evening star., 1913-07-13

Sporting Editor Star:
A is on second base, on third base,
one out. advances toward third and
pitcher throws to shortstop, who throws
to catcher to keep B from scoring. re-
turns toward third as A touches third
base. Catcher stands on third base line
and claims B is out because he refuses to
run toward home and be touched by
catcher. Finally catcher throws wild to
third and B crosses the plate. Umpire
rules B safe Fielding players claim B is
out for stopping, as he was forced, as
catcher stood on base line with the ball.
Umpire claims catcher should have
touched home plate or B. Was the UNI
pire right? B. c. w.
The umpire was right in allowing B to
score, but not IN claiming B could have
been forced out by touching home plate.
B was entitled to third base and could not
be forced off by A. See last sentence of
rule 90
Evening star., 1913-07-13

Sporting Editor Star:
"a When is the catcher charged with a
passed ball? The pitcher with wild
pitch? (2) When is a batter given credit
for a sacrifice hit? co Is every out made
by a batsman that advances a base run
ner sacrifice hit? A.
a. When the ball passes the catcher.
permitting a runner to advance. 1t is a
passed ball if in the opinion OF the scorer
it was the catcher's fault. and a wild
pitch if in the scorers opinion it was the
pitchers fault. (N When he makes a de-
liberate bunt with less than two out and
is out or ought to be put out and ad-
vances a runner. or when he hits a fly
which scores a runner from third base.
G) No.
Evening star., 1913-07-13
RUY LOPEZ.
BOARD 1-FRENcH DEFENSE.

The following games are selected from
the first three rounds Of the Rice Club
Evening star., 1913-07-13

Sporting Editor Star:
A is on first Batter hits long foul.
A goes from first to second to third. Re-
turning to first he cuts across the dia-
mond, neglecting to touch second. Batter
is in box, pitcher has ball and is on slab.
Pitcher throws to second baseman who
touches second. Umpire calls A out. ID
According to rule J6, section 13. is the
umpire correct? According to rule g. Sec
tions 1 and s, A can return without liza
bility to be declared out. ~ Which rule
is applicable and do the rules conflict.
L. w. d.
The important fact whether or not the
foul was caught is omitted from the
query. Rule Sc. section 13, applies only
to fouls that are caught. The ball is not
in play after a foul that is not caught
until it is so declared by the umpire. See
rule 36.
Evening star., 1913-07-13
Inquisitive Fans.

Sporting Editor Star:
Will you kindly advise me in Sundays
ed the Cleveland team and how long he
has been with that club? $. D.
Turner Joined the Maps in 1904, this be-
ing his ninth year with them.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please answer in the pink sheet OF The
Sunday Star the following question: In a
game of indoor base ball the batter hits a
low line drive to the third baseman. who
catches it before ii hits the ground, his
hand being on the ground. He lost his
balance after catching 1t and fell over.
leaning on the ball, which touched the
ground, but held firm by his hands. Please
state IL II should go for an out or should
be safe? Thanking You in advance, i
am. G. TAUBER.
If. in the opinion OF the umpire. he did
not lose possession of the ball, the batter
should have been out.
Sporting Editor Star
Please state in the Sunday pink sheet
what club won the National League pen
nant in 1911? N.Y..
New York
NEWPORT NEWS Va.
Sporting Editor Star:
Will you please answer this in your
next paper:
With runner on third base a fly was hit
to the outiield. The runner on third crosses
the home plate. then, thinking the out
fielder might catch the fly, attempts TO
return to third base. The umpire rules
the ball was dropped. The outfieider re-
turns the ball and the runner was tagged
between bases. Is the runner out? Yours
truly, W. H. Hodge, a 90
The run scores.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please publish in your pink sheet of
SUNDAY, July l3. an answer to the fol-
lowing question:
ton ahead of Boston Wednesday. July
| >. when the teams standing were
Washington. - 81. Boston, ss ss. &C.
A FAN.
This would have to be figured
in percentage. as game won does
not always raise the percentage as
much as it would be lowered IL it was
lost. .O53 is the difference in standing.
Sporting Editor Star:
Will you kindly explain the follow :
ing in your pink sheet of next Sunday:
A bets B that batted ball which
MT the screen on top of the right field
ed back into the grounds was cred
ited as home run in a game during
the last Chicago series, June IL to
16 The ball in question was batted
by Bodie of the Chicago team and
toward the end of the game. Although
Moeller had the ball in time to throw
the batter out at second base he was
allowed to trot around the bases and
score. A FAN.
Moeller did not have the ball
in time to stop Bodie from making
home He thought it was going over
the fence and did not try to get in a
position to make a quick recovery OF
the ball. Bodie got the homer because
Moeller did not get the ball to the
diamond in time to stop him.
Sporting Editor Star:
When a batsman is in position and a
pitched ball hits the bat behind the bats
man without his making any attempt tC
strike at it. what would it be called?
s. p. H.
A fair or foul ball. according to where +
Evening star., 1913-07-13

Sporting Editor Star:
When a batsman is in position and a
pitched ball hits the bat behind the bats
man without his making any attempt to
strike at it, what would it be called?
s. u. H..
A fair or foul ball, according to where Fl
went after hitting the bat
Evening star., 1913-07-13
Sporting Editor Star:

Sporting Editor Star:
With runners on second and third, the
pitcher makes a baik. Is the runner on
third entitled to score? 90 Did the White
Sox ever win a game in the city series
from the Cubs on a balk? CD With no
runners on bases the pitcher makes a
balk. Is the pitcher penalized and. II
so. in what way? a. Batter has two
balls and no strikes called. Pitcher makes
a balk and delivers the ball after the UNI
pire calls a balk. Does the batter get
ball for the balk and an extra ball for
the ball the pitcher delivers after the
balk is called? 90 With runner on first
foul ball is hit. The runner passes
second. Does he have to touch second
going back to first or can he cut across
the diamond? (0 How is percentage Of
games won and lost figured? ]. B.
"a Certainly. CO Yes. in 1909. 90 De-
pends on what kind of balk 1t is. a.
No. A balk puts the ball out Of play. (5)
Depends on whether the foul is caught.
co To get the percentage of games won
divide the games won by the number Of
games played.
Evening star., 1913-07-13

Sporting EdltOr SUIT
Score is tied, one out in the last half
of the ninth inning. A is on third base,
B on first base. c bats a fly to the out
third base the outfielder throwing the
bali to the catcher. Catcher allows A to
score. but throws out B going to second.
Does the run count as allowed by the
umpire? z. w. HotsN-
The run counts, but the out at second
does not, as the game ended when A
touched the plate.
Evening star., 1913-07-13

Inc prague Tor the F. Oden Horstman
memorial cup has just been placed i'm the
Chevy Chase Club Wolcott Tuckerman's s
name. with 321 for Y holes, is the first
and only one on it, as the event has only
been competed for once.
Evening star., 1913-07-13
Snoring Editor Star:

Sporting Editor Star:
D Batsman standing in batsman's lines
hits the ball. which strikes fair. rebounds
and strikes the batsman while standing
in the batsman's lines. The umpire cali
ed the batsman out. Was the decision
correct? % Ground rules are two bases
on a batted ball into a lot of bushes in
left field. That, I believe. would put the
bali out of play. or only two bases could
be run on said batted ball until ball was
returned. In this case would ball have
to be returned to the pitcher before the
baseman could advance? McKEAG.
~ No. It was a foul ball. (2) Ground
rules do not put the ball out of play. See
rule 36. They merely limit the distance
a runner can go under certain circum-
stances.
Evening star., 1913-07-13

A st. Louis newspaper speaks of Law
| renee Lajoie. Soon We will read Of Joe
Cobb, Oscar Birmingham, Fred Speaker
and Mike Mathewson,. to say nothing OF
Isaac Murray.
Evening star., 1913-07-13

There will be a woman's tournament at
the washington Country Club Wednesday
AFTERNOON, nine-hole handicap medal
play. being on the card for a prize offered
by one of the members of the club.
Evening star., 1913-07-13

Bannockburn is now holding weeLIv
mixed foursomes. scratch. with prizes for
each Of the winning pair. a pair after
winning once not being eligible to com
pete again. DR.. 0. H Wood and Miss
herring won last weeks event.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
BOMBS FROM THE SKY.

Such marked Improvement has
been made recently in the effective
ness Of bomb throwing from aero
planes that it is but a short time be-
fore it will be possible for one of
these sky soldiers to drop a deadly
missile into the very vitals of a ship
through the tunnels. There is a de-
mand for some sort of shield which
will prevent this and at the same
time interfere in no way with the
passage of smoke and vapors from
the furnaces of the vessel. Several
attaches of the army and navy are
at work on the problem, which in
wolves more difficulties than appear
on the surface, and the attention of
inventors outside Of these organiza-
tons has been invited with the hope
of finding some simple means of
meeting the demands.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
EUROPE'S GOOD ROADS
Regarded as Economic Factor OF
Life and Not a Fad.
Legacy Left by Romans Has Been
husbanded and Has Added to
Prosperity Of Franee-Aus-
tria ls Close Second.

The wide interest that the road
question has for all classes In Europe
Is remarkable, and II is this unity OF
purpose that builds on the network
legacy left by the Romans, Frances
Milton writes In the Scientific Amer
lean. Since that time, and that OF the
Henris and the Louises, TO whom
were due much Of the elements or
beauty that compose the French road
system today, particularly with re-
spect to tree planting alongside, and
since the later day Of the military
road making genius of Napoleon much
has been undertaken in the way or re-
finement which has produced, II not
an actual money return, at least a
prosperity which would otherwise
have been unknown.
To be just there are as good roads
in the United States today as In
France. In top dressing. In comport
with the needs OF the new locomotion,
according to any one of the four or
i've methods commonly made use OF
in America, results are superior even
to anything yet achieved in Europe.
Brick is found on some roads Of
Holland, but 1t dates from before the
motor car era, before even that IA
nous pavement of Terre Haute, Ind,
owning already to some twenty years
and still good. Great claims Of dura-
bihty are made for brick, and II these
two examples have any weight. the
thing would seem to be worth some
thing. In France there is a famous
stretch of Route Rationale in the
south, near Marseilles. Straight as
an arrow, fiat as a billiard table and
smooth as marble, with a row OF
wtndbreak Expresses on the north.
which in the writer's opinion is the
nearly ideal roadway. French ma.
tional, departmental and communal
roads, as a class, are the best in the
world.
In the French Alps are the finest
mountain roads In Europe, far and
away ahead of those Of Switzerland
on all counts. Many of them were
due to the genius Of Napoleon and his
military road builders. and II their
main purpose in times past was stra-
tegic, today they are essentially prac-
teal.
The mountain roads Of Austria are
. close second, particularly when It
comes to considering them from the
point Of view of the motor car
Italy has a nationalized roads sys-
tenn; 80 has Belgium, Austria and
most of the German confederation.
The first three meet the situation but
partially, organization and control be,
ing decidedly inferior to that In
France.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
PRETTY GOOD OLD WORLD.

If you are deceitful, two-faced,
faithless, proud, sensitive, fear
some, egotistic, you will see all
people through colored spectacles.
If you are gentle, patient, fearless,
honest, loving, candid, truly humble
and open-minded, you will see the
world al it really is.
And it is a pretty good world, and
men and women as a rule want to do
the right thing. The thoroughly bad
person is rare, an exception and an
abnormality
Furthermore, if you don't believe
this, something is the matter with
you.-Dr. Frank Crane, in Woman's
World.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
HAD OBJECT IN SELF-DENIAl
Widows Miser1iness Due Only to
Wish to Provide Suitable Memo.
rial to Long Dead Husband.

A clock costing 81 .lN0-a value
ont of all proportion with It's sur
nundings-has been placed in the
stecplc of the village church Of Ar
gau, Switzerland.
The timepiecc was designed as Il
memorial for q Brrmgartener whom
nearly everyone had forgotten. but
its striking will be an hourly remind
or Of the wifely devotion of Widow
Honegger, who toiled for more than
half a century to make possible the
testimonial.
The widow is sevcnty-six years Of
age. Her husband died when she
vas twentv-four and a village beauty,
leaving her penniless. In all the
years since she has worked as a
household servant or in the fields,
hoanling her earnings.
Her lahor-bcnt figure. excessive
self-denial and miscrly habits made
her an object of ridicule among the
thoughtlcss. but locked in her breast
was the secret ambition revealed to
her astonishcd neighbors only when
the money for its fulfllment was in
hand.
The other day Widow Iloncggcr,
now about the most popular citizen
Of Bremgartcn. witnessed the clock
started on its tick-tock journey.
Then she dried her eyes and re-
turned to the ields.-New York
Tribune.