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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-07
tRA Jack Rydcr.p

Most critics. in commenting ~ the
National league race. agrees ;ha. the
Pirates will hc the most for.r:dri,lc
nag. II MANY believe that Clarkc's
men have the best chance to Vim uut
in the long run. The last opinion is
one that is held by the majority of
observers outside the influence II
Gotham. OF curse the New: York
people arc tirin in the belief IN :; ;hc.r
cinn viii repeat. but nui:i'ltis axe
more apt To look 10 the pirates sS
il@s-w!nHers in 1915.
There arc $50 reasons irr. she, con.
:.dc"c" in the Fil;sburg .iNa. l;irs,,
the Pirates have what looks like the
best pitching staff In the league. and.
second. they arc one of tine hardest
hitting a~gsresations in the country.
lheSe are the t"o principal elements
~ ~" success of Il cam. and the
Pirates. therefore. look TO Inc sure
:lers.
"'r"oi", Cooper and .Adams. clarke
his q staff of pitchers who are brill
liant and dependable. lie does not
nav" 10 PIN his faith tn ono man, hut
mis- staff is We'll balanced With four
good iight-landers. all of whom have
'''a ."''iS N%PsI itIlte Ill last
and d couple of vcry promisin- SOUTH
paws, Ii Maihcwson, Vanguard ana
Icsreau arc all AT their hest this year
M'Gra" will have a formidable staff
OF his own. hut it is not likely that
all three of then, will deliver right
TO the top notch. Matty. still wise
and great. is slipping. while the ac-
tions Of Rube this winter do not in
crease respect M confidence in him
'resreau is young and Inexperienced.
but Very promising. Still Clarke's
crowd looks to have the edge on the
New York bunch. and that is half the
battle.
In hitting the Pirates are naturally
stronger than the Giants. but do not
play with the same vib and deternlin-
They are not nearly such goo.
walters and their hitting owe is
SO We'll distributed. They made
more hits than the Giants last year
and also Il reate number Of total
bases. in fact. they led the league in
both hits and total bases-yet the
Giants secured a higher acreage. be-
cause they are much foxier walters
and moro intelligent in their inside
work at the bat. The Pirates do not
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work stands nut as the one bright
spot and perhaps the only pleasant
memories tnat remain treasured in the
minds of the fans of the Steel city.
While this fine hurlc!. started his
club to .scemingly sure victory, the
other twirlers on the Pirate staff fail
ed to contribute. so the "Deacon's"
grand work went for naught. In the
five games he pitched during that
series he issued four passes. The
brand OF hurting Thai Philippe hand
ed out i'm the opening game was in
every Sense of the word the stuff that
gets the goat of the opposition.
Holding Boston TO six hits and Whit
fi1s ten men. had a very depressing
effect on Collins and his band of slug
gers
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-07

VI HaS'Pall 10 dat", Sockt!cXiS. Meyers
ana Bender. but Thorpe has never
the game any serious consiucru-
ton until the present time.
me st"rk visited the home of
Charles Harzog. third iaserlan of the
Ne" York Giants. II left a tom
pvund son, rcrcntIy. II is tho third
Visit "f tn" lig bird in four years To
the Hcrz"g homo.
Monte Cross, onco famous shor.stop
OF II AthletirS. has been offered the
Ipositlcn OF advisory coach Of the Uni
ycrsity of Michigan nine. Branch
hickey. who had tho place last year.
is to be chief scout for the Browns.
Jack White of Chicago. who is now
~ los angeles probably will be
matched for n twcnty-round contest
with Bud Anderson the Vancouver
ntweigh who knocked gu Sammy
lrott in six rounds Il few weeks ago.
ny one BAN player in a hundred
runs properly. and the average plan
CT coula cut 81 half second off his time
a,ohi me plate to first base by a
chanSc in style of running. according
TO- George Iioskins. trainer of the
CINCINNATI Reds. who trained track
athIeteS for years at Bucknell univer-
SHY and tor the Pittsburg Athletic
club.
Half Il second in favor of each rum
her gong to first base would mean
hundrrds of more base hits i'm a sea-
son. y majority IF close plays al frs,
pase are decided by less time than half
d sccond and. according to the view
OF thc Cincinnati trainer. the mere
turn ot the toes of the average run.
her Is enough to beat him out Of the
advantage that would make beating
out hits comparatively easy.
Hoskins says that unly two PLAYERS
in the National league run nearly I,er-
1cctly--BOb Bcscher and Bill Kelley.
inc l'ittsburg catcher. Even Vic
Campbell. the Boston outfielder. and
Hans l<obert. Philly third baseman,
rated among the fastest men in the
majors. could increase their speed.
mere are two faults runners have,
according to Eoskins. One is shorten.
ing their stride by nol getting the for
ward foot down without a pullback.
The other is a failure to land the feet
out straight, toes in front, instead Of
a side spread.
Jack White. the Chicago light
weight, who is at present in Los An
geles, is down to light training and AK
poets to close ~ match with Bud An.
dcrson. the boy who knocked out Sam.
my T'rott in five rounds.
Sam Harris, manager of Kid Will
]iams, the bantamwcight champion OF
the south. is so confident tina, his box
er Is going to defeat Eddie Canpi. tho
Frisco bantam champion. at Vernon,
Cal, on February ~. that he has al.
ready signed with Tom McCarey for
Williams To DO" Johnny Cuulon fov the
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* PIRATES HAVE STRONG PITCHERS y
$ AND HARD HITTERS FOR NEXT SEASON y

play so desperate a team game as the
Giants. but their natural smuggling is
immense. For instance. they led the
league in triples last year. and would
nave done so. even if Chief Wilson.
VINO poled 36 of The hree-baggers,
naa not driven out ono. Even With
out Wilson they. made moro triples
than n other club in the league.
Slow on the Bases.
The Pirates arc shy i'm two pOints.
one Is ON the bases. where they arc
$40" and not at all clever. especially
since Wagner slo" ii up from his for
mer speed and a@gressivcncs. TIL.
nthfr is the main ppint in which the
Giants have it on ;hcm. and that is
the determination 20 play their best
'tll every 'la,- res rdi"ss nf the oppo.
.slt!on. The Pirates pllt up some grand
e 'htests against Ia. Giants themselves
and other high class clubs. hut they
'tl! down much to. Frequently in their
with teams that ought to be
a clnch for them when at their best.
,.or instance, the Giants last year won
10 games from ihe Reds. while tn"
flrates could capture only II. from,
u boys. New York Won IL from the
Phillies and tho Pirates took onlv ii
from Dooin's men. The Giants wo.,
lG from the sad Erooklyns. while
ilttshurg took tw" l",s than that. Til,
t"'s t'un IN the t"iEuc from Wnlcn
the Pirates Won moro games than the
Giants was the C,;i'S. on whom they
have usually had something.
Fred Clarke's not playing hurt the!
Firates last year. IL was unfortunate
for them that Fred so firmly declared
himself before the season opened. and
made so many bets that he would
not tske part in a came. He lived up
to his advance notices. hut his clu:,
would have und 'ibtedly put up al
harder fight il he,had played once in
a while and had gone in as a pinch
hitter when there was a chance for
a hit 20 win a bah game. Clarke viii
not play his year. but he has two
wonderful gardeners in Wilson and
Carey. and will probably be able to
develop another good man. With his
pitching staff. fair catching, grea,
work on the left side Of the infeld
and a superb outfield. there is little
doubt that Fred will be in the running |
right from the jump. 1t looks now |
as If the main contender with the
Giants would be the P%ittsburg gang.
and they would look the best if they
played as well as they EnDw
how against the clubs Of the second
division.
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Here and There in the World of Sport--Winter Season Gossip

a week after the arrival Of the New
Yorks. and will train on the same field.
1t Is the plan of til. ew York man
ager to play daily practice games with
the Shelters. on board ship the New
Yorks will occupy the best ;..:arters.
and everything will be done during
the trip and their stay in Bermuda to.
put them in the finest condition: for
the American league race.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-07

\ study of the records Of big league
pitchers during the past twelve years
shows that Christy Mathewson leads
all the rest. In the matter of con-
troll he is we'll ahead Of his nearest
rivals--"Chief" Bender. I'D Walsh.
Addie Joss, Mordecai Brown and Wall
ter johnson. His pitching average
since lie entered bis league baseball
has been a little above ZOO. In the
matter of allowing few hits his record
has been eXcelled by but one pitcher,
..Rube'' Waddall,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-07

Turkey ,rotting." which has he
CONF" popular in ulmcs; every ball
room vi the country. is hcnrcforth not
I" be considered as strictly an indoor
sport. 1t is seer more and more on
the ice. The picture shows Miss Hal
lie Tw"mhly and MIR. John DAILY. both
of New York city. turkey trottins'
on skates at Saranac Lake. New York.
last week. Their interesting per-
f.rmance Was witnessed by thousands
Of spectators.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-07

hantamweight title at the same place
March II. Williams will stop
tampi in about eleven rounds writes
Harris. and then the kid will 90 aft
Coulon.'
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-07

After "A rigid training test Rudy I'm
holz. the Bocr fighter will tackle Leo
Kelly mt Peoria during the latter part
of this month. Kelly made n big
reputation as lightweight in st.
.l>onis. but the way Unholz is fighting
makes him Il tough match for any Of
the l33 FOUNDERS.
Carl Morris. the Sapulpa heavy
weight. docs not think he is out Of
til" race for a match with Luther Me-
for the new title. Morris figures
he still has a chance to make good
he is Il youngster. Carl wants to
battle jess Willard. the winner to get
McCarty.
This from New York:
The dramatis p%ersonae of the Giants
for 1919, now that Thorpe is one of
them:
Observation-Disclosures -of-the-Um-
pircs--McGraw.
Observation-Disclosures.
Observation-Disclosures f-Tinker-- C..
Mathcwson.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
All-Timc-Chew-K ag-Herzog.
Observation-Disclosures - Robin.
son.
lfit-and-Pitch- n-Pinch-Crandall
observation-disclosures
observation-disclosures.
Man-Eeed-Heap.E Zig Wampum -
Wilson.
All-Time-Skin-Bea r-Alive-Tesreau
Brave-W With Tomahawk-in-Face -
Wiltsc.
Observation-Disclosures.
Little Pappoose-Hennessey.
Crazy-Like-Fox-Faust.
Man-IIates-Squaw-N otes-Shafer
John T. Meyers. Esq, and James
Thorpe. Esq.-All-American battery.
An attempt is being made to stop
boxing in Tennessee. The prominence
given the negro pugilist, Jack John.
son. and the fighting of negroes in the
prize ring at home are the things that
are most responsible for the bill to re.
peal the law allowing prize fighting
was the statement Of State Senator
Horn. who. on behalf of the Memphis
delegation. has introduced In the state
senate a bill to end boxing in Tennes-
see.
Fighting Harry" Goetz is back in
the game. after a short layoff. He has
picked up weight and now wants to
minglc with any of the 175 FOUNDERS
GOetz formerly boxed as a middle.
weight. but the extra poundage he
now carries seems to be to his ad.
vantage as he is showing a%ll1round
Improvement and Is also punching
harder. He is working on a match
with Kingdom Belmont. the ct. Loui,
heaEcyweight.
National league baseball m IL
Chicago will begin at . o'clock in tn,
afternoon during the coming season
instead Of 3 o'clock. as has been tn,
practice.
In making his announcement to
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-07

After "A rigid training test Rudy Tn
holz. the Bocr fighter will tackle Leo
kclly mt Peoria during tho latter part
of this month. Kelly made a big
reputation as Il lightweight in st.
Louis. but the way Unholz is fighting
makes him a tough match for any Of
the 133 FOUNDERS.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-07
SPORT GOSSIP

" = . x x x x x :: & s. 8
OILY three Indians nave made good
IN baseball 10 date, ~Sockalcxis. Movers
and Brnd,r. but Thorpe has never
gwen thr game any serious cunsiucra-
ton until the present time.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-07

Carl Morris. the sapulpa heavy
weight. does not think he is out Of
til" race for a match with Luther Nc
Carty for the new title. Morris figures
still has a chance to make good
he is Il youngster. Carl wants to
battle jess Willard. the winner to get
McCarty.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-07

The st"rk visited the home of
Charles Herzog. third iaseman of the
New York Giants. n left a tom
pound son, recently. II is tho third
Visit "f tn" l'ig bird in four years 10
the Hcrzog humr.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-07

Monte Cross. onco famous shor.ston
OIL inc Athletics. has been offered the
position of advisory coach Of the Uni
Tersity of Michigan nine. Branch
hickey. who had The place last year.
is to be chief scout for the Browns.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-07

Jack White of Chicago. who is now
in Los Angeles, probably win h..
matched for a twcnty-round n
with Bud Anderson the Vancouver
lightweight. who knocked out Sammy
lrolt in six rounds !. few weeks ap,I,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-07

Chicago will begin at . o'clock in the
afternoon during the coming season.
instead Of 3 o'clock. as has been the
practice.
in making this announcement to-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-25
INCOME TAX PLAN FOUGHT
Employment of Agents With
out Civil Service Rules
Causes Objection.

A protest against that feature Of the
tariff bin which provides for the employ
ment Of a large number Of supervisors.
inspectors and agents In the collection Of
the income tax, without requiring them to
be selected through and under the rules
of the civil service. was laid before the
Senate today by Senator Sterling Of South
Dakota. The protest was signed by the
National Civil Service Reform League,
with headquarters in New York.
The league asserts that II the bill is en-
acted into law as it now stands 1t means
a return to the old spoils system. much to
the detriment Of the civil service. It
points out that $l.2OO.CO0 will be appro-
priated to pay these employees, who will
be selected for political reasons, and with
out regard to merit.
The protest asserts that there are plenty
OF eligibles on the civil service commits
sion lists. waiting and ready to be ap-
pointed. should Congress provide tina,
these new employees be selected In the
manner other civil service employees are
now chosen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-25
YOUNG GOLFER A STAR
Playing of E. P. AIlis III Sensa.
ton of Western Champion
ship Tournament.

CHICAGO, July 25.-The largest gal
lery that has followed pair here In sew
trail years saw e. P. Ais Sd OF Milwau-
kee and r. A. Gardner of Hinsdale tee on
this morning at Homewood in the semi
final round of the western golf cham
pionship. A large number Of those In the
crowd were attracted by the remarkable
playing Of the young Wisconsin cham
pion, who yesterday disposed of Charles
Evans. jr., who won the tournament q
year ago, and expected some great golf
from him in his match today with another
veteran Gardner is a former national
champion.
The sky was cloudless, and stiff breeze
from off the lake made a coat feel COM
Portable. The greens were perfect, and
there was nothing to keep down the quail
ity of the game. In the front rank of the
spectators was Louis AL is, father Of the
Badger champion. who yesterday forfeit
ed his match In the semi-f1nal round for
the secretarys cup in order that he might
see his son perform. Mr.. Allis, sr.. said
he was thinking Of buying the first hole.
which the junior Allis made once in one
stroke, four times in three and once in
four.
Allis competed in the western cham
pionship at Minneapolis in 1910, and Just
failed to qualify. At Detroit he quail
fled tenth and was defeated in the first
round.
]. c. LIE Due of the Calumet Club and
Warren X. Wood of Homewood were the
other pair to get away. Wood. who Is
the more experienced player. and who Is
on his home course. was the favorite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-25
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Senates

Met at noon and resumed copsid-
GRAFTON of tariff bill. Senator Works
continuing his speech against bill.
Introduction Of Mulhall letters
into record and examination of
Mulhall continued before lobby in
vestigating committee.
Postmaster General Burleson, be-
fore post office committee, answer
ed criticism Of proposed new par
eel post changes and announced he
would order changes effective Au-
gust 10.
Joint tobacco trade committee
heard Virginia tobacco 6 overs.
Senator Jones introduced amend
ment TO tariff bill to free list grain
Dags.
Met at noon.
Republican Leader Mann resumed
his filibuster. against any business
being transacted.
oanking committee democrats
met and discussed currency bill
..,.noinents offered by ''insur-
gents"
Interstate Commerce Commission
ers Prouty and Clements urged ap-
propriations committee to appro-
railroads
priate for physical valuation Of
Representative Raker introduced
resolution for investigation Of in
dustrial possibilities OF sagebrush
and greasewoo0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-25
PILGRIMS START TODAY
New York Suffrage Division
Ready for Auto "Hike"
to Capital.

NEW YORK, July 25.-The couriers
who will represent the New York d.
vision Of the women's suffrage party
July 81 at the presentation Of petitions
to Congress gathered at their head
quarters today for the start to Washing
ton. They will make the entire journey
by automobile. holding meetings In the
| various towns and cities through which
they pass.
Their schedule for today included a
| luncheon in honor Of the delegates from
New England. who reached New York
today, and trip to Paterson, N. J.. for
a meeting tonight. Saturday will be
spent along the New Jersey coast. and
Sunday will probably be spent in Tren-
ton. Philadelphia and Baltimore will
be visited Tuesday and Wednesday. and
Thursday morning the couriers expect to
enter Hyattsville. the general rendezvous
for all delegates, from which place they
will go on to Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-25
MAKES CHARGE OF PERJURY.
Jury Unable to Decide Whether Po
icemen Killed Prisoner.

CHICAGO, July 25.-A coroners jury
which investigated the death Of andre
Klimchuk reported early today. after
five hours deliberation. that it was un-
able to determine whether he was killed
by the blows from policemen's clubs or
from an accidental fall to the floor OF
a patrol wagon. The verdict ca led at
tention to the conflicting testimony and
the "very apparent presence Of perjury"
and recommended that the evidence in
the case be presented to the grand jury.
II was charged by the Russian consul,
whose attorney was active at the In
quest, that Klimchuk was beaten to death
by policemen In the patrol when he re-
fused to give them money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-25
COAST DEFENSE EXERCISES.
Army and Navy to Take Part in
Long Island Program.

NEW YORK. July 25-Arrangements
for Joint naval and coast defense exer-
cises between the north Atlantic feet
and the coast defenses Of Long Island
sound, to be held at the eastern entrance
of the sound. August to .. have been
announced at the headquarters OF the
Eastern Department Of the United States
Army, Governors Island.
The exercises. agreed upon by the Navy
and War Departments are the first of
their kind since 1905. They are not to
be a contest and no decision will be an
nounced as to supremacy of either land
or water forces. Their purpose In 30 far
as the army is concerned. is q develon-
ment OF the uses OF the various elements
Of the coast defenses. such n the proper
handling Of searchlights. battle. dre and
mine commands. For the navy. Rear
Admiral Badger has prepared schedule
OF exercises for the feet to harmcnize
with the purposes Of the army
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-25
None Is Wiling Today
to UntangIe the SnarI
of Currency Legislation

No man in authority in the House is
willing today to predict the early untan-
Cling OF the amazing snarl in the plans
for currency legislation which has devel-
oped I'm the past forty-eight hours. BY
most OF them the situation is thought to
be almost hopeless, at least for the pres
ent
Insurgency against the Presidents cur
rency bill of a most vigorous and for the
moment, anyhow effective character has
appeared in the committee on ba mixing and
currency and finds echo in a portion OF
the membership of the democrats outside
the committee.
President Wilson's pleadings with In
Surgent" Henry of Texas last night ap-
parently had no visible effect upon that
gentleman. who today gave no signs OF
returning to the reservation, although In
private conversation he stOutly denies
opposing the Presidents wish for legis-
lation at this session. On the contrary,
he insists he wants currency legislation
and expresses the belief that his proposed
amendments would actually facilitate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-25

LONDON. July 25.-The sale of the
Glenriddel manuscripts of Robert Burns
has aroused quite storm Of protest
neum. which authorized the sale.
Burns presented the manuscripts To
Robert Rlddell Of Glenriddel in token
Of hospitality shown him. They even
tually passed to DR.. Currie Of Liver
pool. whose family presented them un-
conditionally to the atheneum, An
opinion expressed in Scotland Ia that
the atheneum authorities had no right
to sell and that the sale should now be
stopped IL possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-25
WALDORF H0N0Rs AsT0R.
German Town En- Fete in Memory OF
Birth Anniversary.

BERLIN, July 25.-The memory Of
John Jacob Astor, founder Of the great
Astor fortune. is being honored in Wall
dorf, near Heidelberg. The little town
Is en- fete in commemoration of his birth
there just $50 years ago.
He was the fourth son Of butcher,
and worked in his fathers shop In Wall
dorf until he was sixteen years old.
In 1888 he went to America and started
in the fur business. which was the
source of his fortune. He remembered
his birthplace by establishing aims
William Waldorf Astor Of London has
just increased by a gift Of $12.500.
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Three Killed in Strike Riot.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, July 25.-
Three men Were killed and another ia
tally injured yesterday in short battle
between striking miners and watchmen
employed by the Wake Forest Coal Com
pany at Cabin creek. the scene Of much
rioting and bloodshed since coal strike
troubles started in April. 1911.,