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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-06-20
Oldest Sport With Stick and Ball.
Which Again Brings the Kings
Horsemen to America, Is
Full of Thrills.

~VEN baseball, the king OF
sports, takes a back eat when
an international polo match Is
on, the same being true OF
those times when Sir Thomas Upton.
the English yachtsman. comes over to
try and take the Americas cup away
from us. In these two sports Uncle
Sam and John Bull are ever striving
to excel each other.
Just now polo is the big sporting
topic. For twenty-three years England
held fast to the international polo cup,
and then In 1909 the American team.
under the leadership Of Harry Payne
Whitney, the millionaire New York
polo premier and society man, brought
the trophy over here. That meant
that the sons OF Britain would be
obliged to win it back. If they could,
Oh American soil. This they endeavor-
I'd to do two years ago. fighting Il
pretty battle, though an unsuccessful
one.
A sense Of mutual respect and a re-
aliZation that the match this month at
Meadowbrook, y. v, would be the
l1veliest struggle yet caused the po-
.oists here and in England to prepare
for the fray with the utmost care and
caution. Americans and EngliShmell
acknowledged that they We're altogeth.
err at sea as to which would come Ou1
victor
The Memorable Match Of 1911.
The story OF the contest within q
week is fresh in the minds Of thos.
who We're present and the reading
public; but, fast though it was, to us'
a popular slang phrase, it had moth
Ing on" the match OF 1911. Tina
match was the fastest ever seen in TIN.
country and probably in any countr,
up to that time.
BY the margin Of one goal the Amer
lean defenders of the cup defeated tn
English challengers. When the clane
. ing bell sounded the end of the eight
period the big white figures OH tn
black s%coreboard read: America, a..
England, 80.
1t was the moment for which 300
persons had waited for more than a
hour and n half-a moment more hope
for than expected a good part of tn
time-and with cheers and yellS the
swarmed over the ground Where III
MeadowbrOok fOur-LarryOUnd J. \
Waterbury. Harry Payne Whitney Al
Devereux Milburn. their ponies ri
bling noses with those Of their Engli'
opponents-were shaking hands wi
Captain st. c. Cheape, Lieutenant
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GOSSIP
3 By "SCOREKEEPER" :

By "SCOREKEEPCR"


Ray Schalk Of the Chicago White
Sox, smallest catcher In the Ameri-
can league and. in fact, said to be the
smallest backstop that eve wore a
mask. is quite Il baseball attraction
this year.
President Comiskey bought Schalk
from Milwaukee last year. aud he was
seen in a few games and also in the
city series. in which the White Sox
defeated the Cubs.
killing base stealers in the Ameri-
can association won Schnlk Il perma-
nent position with the White Sox.
Scouts from half a dozen big league
camps We're watching the %youngster
work in a game against Toledo. Some
Of the fastest base runners evidently
knew that Schalk was being eyed
closely. Seven OF them attempted to
take liberties with his arm. He flag
ged every man. The eighth reached
second despite the fact that the peg
W S perfect. The second baseman
failed to touch the runner. That set
tie | it. Bidding for the diminutive
backstop began early.
Catcher Ira Thomas Of the Athletics
says George Moriarty is a trickier
base runner than Cobb and the hard
est man in the game to catch on a
steal Of second.
Hans Wagner is brief. among other
Ythings. Joe Sugden tells a story on
Hans which illustrates Hans system.
Two years & Joe managed the
Newcastle club. Barney Dreyfuss sent
Joe a letter telling him to grab a player
named Nixon. Hans Wagner had sent
Nixon's name to Dreyfuss. Barney
could not use Nixon. but thought Joe
might have a job for the youngster.
Joe Immediately wrote Wagner ask
ing him about Nixon. Hans replied
on the stationery of his garage. The
reply: Friend .Joe-Yours received
Seen that boy Nixon. Good boy. Don
drink. Can lick his weight in Wild
cats. Played on my basketball team
Your friend Hans"
Catcher .Alvah Williams of Washing
ton has a most peculiar record. Though
an excellent hitter, Alvah has neve
made a home run in his professional
career
Commenting on the frequency will
which some players are hit while 9th
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\. Edwards. Captain ]. Hardness Lloyd
and Captain H. H. Wilson.
Polo is the most ancient Of all games
with stick and ball. and probably hook
ey, golf and cricket are but mod1hca-
tons Of it. 1t is spectacular and de-
mands daring. The earliest records OF
the game are Persian and date back
GOO wears before Christ. So popular
was the game in Persia that it not only
survived the downfall Of the Persians
at the hands Of the Mohammedans, but
also mastered the ~conquerors.
How Polo Is Played.
OF all games polo is perhaps the sim
| plest and easiest to understand. 1t is
| PLAYED between W. mounted teams OF
| four men each on a turf field, 500 feet
long by 45O feet wide. The field is
usually laid u north and south to
avoid the interference OF the late aft
ernoon suns rays The sides Of the
field are bounded by boards ten inches
high. The goal posts. placed at either
end Of the field. are ten feet high ana
twenty-four feet apart, painted with
the colors Of the home club and light
The ball Is Of wood, painted white,
three and One-third inches in diameter
and not over five ounces in weight.
The ball is propelled by malletS carried
by the players. The mallets have cigar
shaped heads and long handles OF cane
or rattan, the length suiting the taste
OF the player and the height OF the
pony. The length is usually from four
to four and one-half feet. The handles
have II loop at the end. through which
the player runs his hand.
The game consists Of eight periods OF
seven and Il half minutes actual pla!
each, with two minutes rest between
each period. \ rest of eve minutes
is taken at half time. at the end OF thu
fourth period. In a game the players
usually maintain the same positions
throughout and are known as Nos. !
>, 3 and back. The teams alternate
goals after Il score has been made
At the beginning Of q polo game tn
i teams line UP IN the center of the fell
| on the 40 foot line, facing the referee
> with the exception of the two backs
who take positions down the field o.
. either side about twenty-five feet frol
u the lineup. where they can best az
u frnd their goals. The referee, Wht
= like the players. is mounted, the
throws the ball into the center of til
= field and the game is ON.
a Work Of Each Player.
b. Team work. as in every other COZ
I'll test. is most Important, as in this WA
h goal scoring with expert players b.
comes at times an Easy matter. !
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crs escape. 1t is stated that in all his
baseball career Joe Tinker has never
been hit on the head by u pitched ball
in a regular game. though he has beer
to bat more than 1000 times In the ma
jor leagues.
In view Of brilliant past perform.
ances fans following the fortunes of
the Cincinnati Reds are watching
Johnny Killing. He has taken the
young twirlers under his wing and his
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Golden Text.-Spek good. and not
evil, Thai We may live.-Amos V. II.
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manifestations Z. ~.
photo by American Press Association.

Photo by American Press Association.
Johnny King, the Veteran Catcher Of
the Cincinnati Reds.
coaching is proving valuable to the
pitching staff. Kings managerial du-
ties with the Boston Nationals inter
fered with his catching last season,
but when he entered the game this
year Manager Tinker said the veteran
was again in fine condition and far
from being all in.
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Work Of Each Player.

Team work. as in every other ron
test. is most Important, as in this wa&
goal scoring with expert players be-
comes at times an Easy matter. In
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.S0y Offer $3.50
FOR new PITCHER
Davenport Club Attempts to
Purchase Bentley from
Monmouth Club.

The PretGel baseball club has opened
the campaign to land a new twirler,
and to start the ball rolliGg, Jim Hayes
has offered the Monmouth Central as
sociation club $3.50 for Pete Bentley,
one of the star slabmen of that cir
cult. Manager Hough, it is understood,
did not take kindly to the offer, fear
ing that Bentley's loss would put his
club on the shoals, insofar as pitching
talent is concerned. Davenport tele-
graphed Hough at Ottumwa Wednes-
day morning, stating that $3.50 would
be paid for Bentley, immediate deliv-
cry. No decision has been reached
as yet, but in all probability Pete will
remain with Monmouth, for a while at
least.
Bentley is regarded as one of the
best pitchers in the Central associa-
ton, and the club has received many
offers for him. Not long ago Des
Moines offered $500 for him, and then
Davenport comes along and tips the
ante $50 seeds worth. Hough realizes
that stock is going up and believes
that if he keeps Bentley a while long
er that he will bring more kaIe and
is therefore loathe to part with him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18
ATHLETICS ARE
BEATEN BY,SCOTT
Sox Play Great Ball Behind
Death Valley" Jim and
Win, 3 to Q.
CUBS SPLIT DOUBLE BILL
Clymer's Triple With Bases Full Wins
Opener-Afterpiece Is
Easy.

Chicago, July 1S.-The Inulan sign
hung out by the White Sox whenever
Mack's Athletics are around to gaze
upon it was doing business yesterday
p. m, so Calls South Side terrors
again gave the prospective champions
the hook by to 2 Swell pitching by
Jim Scott linked with some healthy
and timely swatting of the offeriHs
of Bush were the contributipo M
lures to the downfall of the Qua yer
burg representatives.
Scott pitched beautiful ball AGAINST
the smuggling bunch of visitors and al
most deserved a shutout. He was
touched for six hits in the nine rounds
of pastiming and the Athletics bunch
ed three of these for their first run
in the seventh. Had Chase been able
to make a low bare-hand catch to
one side of the bag after Weaver had
made sensational stop behin' sec
ond of Barry's bounder, the run would
have been shut off. The second count
was McInnis' f1uke homer in the ninth,
Fournier playing it badly instead of
letting it go for a single The score:
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WHAT CHAPPELLE
REALLY COST SOX

In view of widely varying statements
and guesses as to the purchase price
of Outfielder Larry Chappelle, bought
from Milwaukee, President Comiskey
yesterday showed the contract of sale
and authorized the publication of the
following figures:
Cash, S1S,5o0.
Outfielder John 6eall. or 5000 in
cash il for any reason eeaII failed to
report.
One catcher by Jan. 2, 1914, or, IT,
a satisfactory catcher is not offered,
the sum of 81 1900 in cash.
The outlay in cash and players,
therefore. totals $4,000. Beall has re-
ported te>fhe Brewers. but il is likely
81, 5OQ'w will be paid In lieu of the catch
e.. as Comiskey expresses himself as
unwilling 10 let go of any of his pres
ent backstop STAFF. Some of the men
out under optional recall contracts will
be offered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18

There is an excellent opportunity at
the present time for some earnest,
hard-working young man, with we'll
planned physique, a large amount of
momentum il the swing of his arms
and little natural boxing talent. Per-
haps never before in the history of
the fight game was there such beau
tiful chance for someone with the
goods to come forward and claim the
bay leaves. The fair Miss Title is wait
ing only too eager to embrace the first
thing that shows up and seems to re-
semble a soul mate. She has plenty
of suitors, but they're not very in
teresting crowd and it is to be hoped
that she won't have to take any of
them in holy wedlock in want of
regular groom.
Lii Artha, the one-time owner of
heavyweight honOrs has left our stern
and rock-bound shores for keeps
Jack Johnson at his own word will
never impinge upon the American
landscape again and he is good and
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sore over what he considers shabby
treatment" received at the hands of
American judiciaries, jurymen, police
and other officials. Paris is the city
that Johnson plans to honor with his
residence and Paris can have him for
all of us. He will no doubt find a con-
genial circle of acquaintance there,
as the Frenchmen are said to be very
fond of the "cullud boxers" 1t seems a
pity that the big smoke had to be such
simp as to trifie with public senti-
ment and get in bad. when he might
have remained here in peace and lived
happily to his retiring years.
However, unpopular with the Amer
lean public at present, there is no
denying that Johnson was a wonder
full worker in the ring and his shoes
will be hard to fill. Surely there is
no one at present at all capable of
takiAg his place. Look them over.
Gunboat Smith, Jim Flynn and Al Pal
ger are perhaps the best bets among
the heavyweight claimants at pres
ent, and of these Gunboat Smith seems
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18

to be the logical head of the heavy di-
vision, since McCartys demise. Billy
Gibson Of New York has offered belt
for the winner of a heavyweight tour
nament to be held in New York and
the above three mentioned will be the
prominent contestants. Perhaps to
these might be added Jess Willard,
Arthur Pelkey, Jim Coffey and Fred
Mckay, all of whom deserve a little
consideration for one reason or an
other, but they're all far from cham
pionship calibre. And they present a
very pitiable picture when lined up
alongside the heavyweight stars of
yesteryear.
The alterations that are apt to en-
sue in an endeavor to cop the heavy
weight belt will hardly rouse us to an
ague of excitement. The fight fans of
this country have been thrilled by the
real thing of yore. q we imagine
that Liz Artha across the drink will
grin his well-known' golden grim
when he notes from afar what is try
ing to hold down his old-time job.
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CHAPPELLE
FINALLYLOCATED
$4,000 Outfielder Located al
His Home-Was Taking
a Little Vacation.

Outfelder Larry ChappelIe, the
$4,000 beauty, was located by tele-
phone yesterday at his home in Nc
Closky, Ill, the first tidings the White
Sox had received since Chappelle
wired that he had left Milwaukee on
the day of the sale.
According to the long distance con-
versation, Chappelle thought all minor
league stars entering the majors were
entitled to several days off to visit the
home folks and tell fellow townsmen
all about it. He promised to arrive
this morning.
Manager Callahan was asked wheth-
er there was any dispute over salary
to account Tor Chappelles nonappear-
ance. There couldn't be- said Gala
han. THE only word l have had
from him was the telegram saying
he had left Milwaukee. He telephoned
one of his friends that he had taken
few days off to visit his home as
he did not expect to get back until
fall, but would arrive Friday. ! don't
believe he Understood the sit,, :
or he would at least have secured Der
mission to visit his home, and we
would not have announced that he
would play until we were sure of it,
Owner Comiskey did not take kind
ly to the reported protest of New York
in regard to the Chase deal
Somebody must have told New
York that Hal Chase is playing great
ball. He was offered to several clubs
before we got a crack at him. Borton
played for several weeks, so there
could be nothing wrong with his con-
dition He fell off in hitting, but he
can hit yet.
Regarding Zeider, there didn't seem
anything the matter with his condition
the day he beat us in New York after
the trade was made. We were playing
him before the trade and there was
nothing the matter with him when he
left the Chicago club"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18
THAT NEW PARK.

During the coming two weeks the
new Bickhaus park will be a busy
place. To get the grounds in playing
shape, considerable dirt will be hauled
on the infield. This viii be soaked
and rolled and rolled and soaked until
1t is perfectly smooth and hard and
presents perfect playing surface. Al
ter this work has been completed, the
infield viii be of the turtle back type,
insuring perfect drainage. Later on
the infield will be sodded and then
the new park will be equal to the
best in minor league balloon.
The cost of the new park exceeded
the estimated cost b. $4,000. When
the association decided to build it was
expected that the new pant could be
obtained for that much less. However.
when it was learned that the expense
would be that much more, the asso-
citation did not ba.k.-Quincy Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18

st. Louis. 81 was surprised to learn
of the fight. Evans is protected by the
park police and should have appealed
to them if any fan was annoying him"
President Johnson also said in case
the Athletics and Giants did win their
respective league championships the
worlds series games would be played
on alternate days in New York and
Philadelphia. Should the winning
teams be separated by greater dis
lance of travel than these two cities
then the series would be played two
games at home and two abroad All
umpires in the worlds series will re-
ceive $1,000 each for their work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18
FANS FROM CHILE TO
SEE WORLD SERIES

New York, July 1S.-Wherever the
world series games are played this
coming fall at least five fans are GER
tain to be on hand TO see all that
goes on. There will probably be thou
sands more than this particular five,
but they won't travel from Chile.
When here yesterday Ban Johnson
made known the fact that among the
large number of applications already
received for world series seats one was
from the far-off South American coun-
try. johnson said he had personally
written them to make their plans to
come and that he would see about the
seats.
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WHY, HARRY!

Harry Kelly robbed himself of a
double, the finest hit of the game, by
the way, for neglecting to touch first
base. To the man in the stands it
looks like inexcusable carelessness TO
miss the cushions and on a par with
the declination to run out an infield
drive, as was illustrated by Billings,
the Quincy catcher, yesterday. a num-
Der of Boomers have lost out on hits
and the team on runs by this over
sight this season. II was a crime to
see that fine double of KelIys go to
the discard. Umpire Johnson stood
right over the play and there was no
kick coming .-Bloomington Panta-
graph.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

THREE-I LEAGUE.
Springfield, L; Dubuque. 4.
Decatur, 2; Davenport. 8.
Danville, Z; Peoria, 3.
Bloomington, 0; Quincy, 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago, 5; Philadelphia, ?.
st. Louis, 0; Washington, 1.
Cleveland, /: New York, Z. Z
Detroit-Boston, rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Boston, fl; Chicago, 20.
Philadelphia, "a; Cincinnati, %
New York, 3; st. Louis, AZ.
Brooklyn, 8; Pittsburgh, 4.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Milwaukee, .; Columbus. l.
Kansas City, 8; Louisville, 4.
Minneapolis-Indian rain.
st. Paul-Toledo, rain.
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
Chicago, 2; Cleveland, 3.
Indianapolis, 6; st. Louis, 0.
Pittsburgh, 3; Kansas City, 0 (siy
innings, rain).
CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.
Burlington, 3; Cedar Rapids, II.
Keokuk, 0; Waterloo, l.
Ottumwa, 2; Kewanee, 5.
Muscatine, 3; Monmouth, 2.
Observation-Disclosures LEAGUE.
Wausau, SO; Madison, "a.
Green Bay, z; Fond du Lac, l.
Appleton, 8; Racine, /.
Oshkosh, l; Rockford, 0 I'll innings)
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
Fort Wayne. 5; Evansville, O.
Grand Rapids, 6; Terre Haute, 1.
Springfield, 3; Dayton, 10.
ILLINOIS-MISSOURI LEAGUE.
Kankakee, 6; Streator, T.
Lincoln, 8; Champaign, G.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Memphis, 3; Chattanooga, 0.
Mobile, 0; Birmingham, (nint
rain).
New Orleans, 6; Atlanta, 5 q
innings).
Montgomery-Nashville, rain.
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GREEK MAT ARTIST
OUT WITH CHALLENGE

Who is there that thinks about wrest-
ling with the thermometer chasing the
100 mark? We have the correct an
swer. The gent is James Parnon,
another Greek demon of the mat who
halls from the Windy City Parnon
tips the beam at 145 and has acted as
trainer for Gus Pappas for some time
past. Parnon is anxious to take on
some one or anyone, although his pref
erence lies in the direction of Billion,
the Moline Swede. Parnon wishes to
challenge said Moliner and the side
bet can assume just as large proper
tons as the challenge deems fitting
and proper. The sooner the match
is arranged, the better Parnon will
like it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18
JOHNSON SEES SOX
AS FLAG WINNERS

Detroit, Mich, July 1S.-President
Ban Johnson of the American sleague
alighted here yesterday and said
enough to convince the most skeptical
he is the best P. a " business.
Byron B. started by saying that he
will not interfere with the sudden
change made in the Boston American
management; took a few shots at I'm
pire Evans for inviting fan to fight
under the grandstand at ST. Louis;
promised to settle the trouble arising
between the Sox and Yankees over
the Chase deal and lastly made the
statement that the Athletics are by
no means the fiag-winners.
Johnson thinks the White Sox IS the
club to five the leaders a fight for ire
flag. He says the Mackmen must slow
up after the terrific pace set UP TO
the Fourth Of July and that the other
clubs will gain strength enough to
make a creditable showing against
Philadelphia. Much depends on the
rounding to of Walsh, so far as the
White Sox are concerned.
Il will investigate the Chase-Zeider-
Borton deal as soon as I receive an
Official report" said Johnson. Chance
has flied complaint claiming that Gala
han misrepresented the physical con.
dition Of the men given for Chase.
If find that the Chicago officials did
misrepresent matters | viii force them
TO recompense the New York club.
This has been done before.
Evans had no business to engage
in brawl with a spectator" continued
Johnson, in referring to the mix-up in
which the umpire engaged yesterday at
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stolen bases-Cann, Flack, Yelle,
Fountain, Wallace, Staley. Two-base
hits-Falk, Wallice, White, .; Ohlin, 2.
Three-base hit-Walliser. Double plays
-Witte to Falk to Vogel, Witte to
Falk, Falk to Staley. Hits-Off Cam,
IA in seven innings; off Rugan, 2 in
one inning. Struck out-By Cam, 8;
by Rugan, /; by Witte, 8. Bases on
balls-Off Cam, 2; off Rugan, l.; off
White, ?. Wild pitches-Witte, 2;
Cam. Hit by pitcher-WalIiser
Passed ball-Yelle. Time-1:44 I'm
pire-Cusack
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18
SPORT GOSSIP

San Francisco, Cal, July 18.-Bob
McAlester, former amateur heavy
weight boxer of the Olympic club, ana
yesterday for a 20 round bout on the
night of Aug s. They have agreed to
weigh in at 100 pounds at O'Clock
Evansville, Ind, July 16.-"Young"
Thomas and Jack Day of Indianapolis,
Eelterweights, have signed articles for
a fight near this city on Labor day.
Anaconda, Mont, July 1S.-Dan
Cummings of Chicago was given the
decision over Young Joe" Thomas,
featherweight, at the end of twelve
fast rounds of fighting here last night
Clovis, n. NJ, July 1S.-In a SEIZED
uled 10-round boxing bout staged in an
open air arena here, Carl Morris OF
Oklahoma knocked OUT Marty Cutler
a Chicago heavyweight, in the second
round
OdhidAu' Cdi, July Io.-Wll!le Nee
han of San Francisco won tae decision
over Frank ManteE of Fawtuckett, r
l., in a 10-round bout here By con
slant clinching in the last round, Man
tell saved himself from being knocked
cut.
Dubuque. Iowa. July 1s.-Willie
Sohaefer Of Chicago and Mike Ora
ham of Milwaukee. welterweights, last
night fought 10 fast rounds to a draw
at Riverside arena. Schaefer led in
the early rounds, but Graham evened
up by strong finish. Hal Clark OF
Milwaukee earned the decision over
ice Ryan of Racine in a 10-rounh
semi-wfndup. Both are dghtweights.