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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
Free Hitting and Loose Field
ing Keep Game Hang
ing in Balance to
the End.
BY Telegraph 10 The Tribune

Philadelphia, May The Brooklyn
Superbas jumped into A tie for second
place by defeating the hard fighting
Phillies here this afternoon, but one more
victory like it and Wilbert Robinson Will
be a gray haired man. one more victory
Ike il and he will be reduced from that
state Of benehcent plumpness which he
now enjoys to a haggard dyspeptic. One
more such victory-but why dwell on pos
sibiities? The Superbas won by score
of 6 to ). and victory covers multi
tude Of sins 1t was just the sort OF
game which explains the grip which
baseball has on the American public.
There were free hitting. pitching which
swung from the air tight 10 the loosely
knit. and fielding which varied from the
superb to that brand popular in Tus-
caloosa, where ter errors are necessary
TO make the game a success.
The Superbas took a healthy grip on
the situatio and by the time the seventh
inning rolled around we're in the lead
by score Of s to s. Then the Phillies
rallied. scored two runs in the eighth
and threatened to do dire deeds in the
ninth. but sputtered around for few
seconds and just naturally went out
While they were sputtering. however
Wilbert Robinson lost several pounds of
his we'll known corpulence.
At the first sign OF his leaving terra
Irma Robbie sent forth Pfeffer to warm
up. Before Aitchison was completely out
Of sight Pfeffer was ready to enter the
lists. lie found himself in a ticklsh stu
alton. With one out and two men on
the bases, Bobby ByIne the next man up,
beat out an infeld hit. and the paths
were crowded. Then luck took hand
Lobert hit 10 Cutshaw, who threw to
Elberfold, trying to force Byrne. Elber-
! field, however, dropped the ball. allowing
runner TO score and leaving the bases
still full Maeoe. however. struck out
and Cravath flied to shortstop.
Jake Daubert and Hans Lobert led the
batting lists for their teams. Each picked
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
SuperbaS Beat Fighting
PhillieS BY One Run

down brace Of singles. while Lobert
added a double and Jake Daubert sluGged
out A triple In addition each drew
pass. Fritz Luderus got home run over
the right field fence, while the other extra
base sluggers were Byrne. Mayer Stensel
and Cutshaw. with two-baggers each.
The Phillies scored In the first Inning
on doubles by Byrne and Lobert and
picked Up another in the fourth frame
when Luderus made his home run.
The Superbas first showed their teeth
in the fifth inning. Elberfeld, hitting for
Egan, singled, and Miller also got
single Then after Aitchison and Dalton
died Cutshaw doubled. clearing the bases,
and Daubeits triple scored Cutshaw.
Two more runs were added TO the
Brooklyn count in the sixth frame
Smith walked and Stengel doubled Byrne
threw out Elberfeld. but when Miller
grounded TO Lobert Hans threw wildly to
the plate. Smith scored easily and
Stengel by furious running. also counted
An error by Smith on Murphys grounder
and Mayors double counted a run for the
home team in the same frame.
The Superbas scored what proved to be
the clinching tally I'm the seventh inning.
With one down Daubert was hit by
pitched ball, and both he and Wheat were
safe on a felders choice. Smith flied
out, but Stengel singled, scoring Daubert.
The score follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
Chances Men Get Taste n
Own Medicine from
Boston.
RAY FISHERS RUN
OF BLANKS BROKEN
MaiseI Shows the Fans Some New
Styles in Art of Base
Running.
tRu r.l.xrnph % The Trlhun.

Boston, May THE life OF tire Yank.&
seems TO be just one shutout after a.
other these days, but this afternoon IL
men from New York were the reciplen,
and not the givers. Foster. Who pitchs
for the Red Sox. allowed only four scat.
tered hits. and Boston won the first gar1
or the series by score Of to D.
Raw Fisher was IN the box for u.
Yankees, and for time he seemed 10 10
after Caldwelrs record. In his last star
Fisher shut out the Red Sox, and Ia
hold them runless to-day until the sw.
ontb inning. Boston's pair Of runs va
we'll earned
Frank Chance who had been ~ VIA
grin. met the team here and was on ia.
bench during the game The Yankees
had several men on third. but no one
even made a good bid for hit in The
pinches.
Maisel kept up mis- daring base running
and as a consequence almost stole ia
IN the opening inning. He reached hrN
on a bad throw by Yerkes. and wha
Hartzell laid a sacrifice on the third oass
line the little comet raced all the way 70
third Neither Walsh nor Williams eoaA
nut the ball out Of the diamond.
Boston missed an equally good chance
IN ,ns second inning, when Lewis worked
his way around TO third with only one
out HIS teammates who followed gave
him no assistance.
Speaker got the first hit of Fisher IA
tho fourth and Lewis followed With az
other. but nothing came OF their activity.
Faster hunted into a double play in ia
fifth and spoiled another promising o.
portunity for his team.
The first run OF the game came across
the Mate I'm the seventh. After Gardns'
had thrown out Truesdale, Nerkes banged
a double into left. Janvrin. who was At
shortstop in place OF Scott. singled clean-
IL over second base and Yerkes slid safeli
into home. Janvrin took second on ns
throw in. Thomas made a good Old to'
a hit, but Walsh caught his line dna
and also took care OF nigh ny froa
Foster.
Walsh had a chance to drive home runs
in the eighth when he came TO bat and
found men on second and third. Two
wer. out and the batter's best was
weak fly 10 Gardner.
With one down in the latter half OF M
inning Harry Hooper shook OF MS pay
ting slump long enough TO pound M
TO deep right field. BY fast sprintlng he
stretched II into triple
Sneaker doubled and Hooper cam
across with the second run OF the gams
Fisher caught iris at third when Lew'
hit a little bounder TO the box
Bill Holden made a rally unassistec
the ninth After one man had DIED
doubled 70 left centre. Sweeney am
Peckinpaugh could not help him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
EIGHT STRAIGHT
NOW FOR PIRATES
HUMPHREYS Has Two Bad
Innings and Cubs Add
to Pittsburgh's Lead.

Pittsburgh. May The Pittsburgh
Pirates made it eight straight and fifteen
out of their first seventeen games this
afternoon at the expense of the Chicago
Cubs, winning by a score OF to I.
Cooper pitched steady ball, holding the
visitors to six hits. HUMPHREYS had two
bad innings. and was replaced by label
in the sixth after Pittsburgh had made
four runs on Eve hits and an outfeld
error
the sixth sprang a "Charley-horse' and
may be out of the game for few days.
Cooper's wild throw OF Goods bunt and
Zimmermans single gave the visitors
their only run in the first.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
ROCHESTER GUSTS
NEWARK FROM LEAD
Indians Drop to Third
Place After Defeat in
Tenth Inning.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Rochester, May 7-Rochester defeated
Newark in ten-inning contest this ar
ternoon by score of to and assumed
the lead in the international League
while their opponents drop to third place
The Indians were outbatted by the nome
team. and were not lucky when men were
on bases. Gets base running was
feature Of the game. He made the cro"d
gasp when he stole home in the third Inn
ing while Keefe was winding UP. Keefe
threw wild in an effort to head him on
In the tenth inning, with two out Cal
lahan singled. and Myers sent him home
With triple. Spencer singled through
the pitchers box and Barrows hit to
Tooley. The latter threw the ball over
first base and the runners went to sec
ond and third. Priest singled TO centre
and ended the game.
the score fallOWs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
COLUMBIA TRACK MEN OFF
Blue and White Athletes to
Meet Syracuse morrow.

Si-tcen men make up Columbia's var
sity track squad which leaves for SYRIA
cuse this morning for a dual meet with
the Salt City athletes in the stadium
at Syracuse tomorrow. The list includes
the winners in the Columbia Annapolis
meet OF week ago and in addition +. j..
Brady Columbas crack hurdler, who
was unable to go TO Annapolis.
Columbia has met Syracuse on the track
annually for the last FIVE seasons. but has
failed to win a single meet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
BENDER FAILS TO
SQUELCH SENATORS
Goes to Mound to Save Day, but
Is Found for Three Doubles
and Two Singles.

Washington, May Washington beat
out Philadelphia in the first game OF the
series to-day by score Of 10 .. Brown
started to pitch for the champions. but
was relieved by Bender in the third, after
he had given two bases on balls and al
lowed hit
fine leapng catch by Collins in this
inning prevented the Senator'S from scor-
ing They fell on Bender with ven
seance in the next inning, however scor-
ing four runs on three doubles and two
singles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
SHELTERS GET REVENGE
Defeat Montreal by Batting
Rally in Tenth Inning.
{ By Telegraph 10 The Tribune

Montreal, May Jersey City got its
revenge to-day by defeating Montreal
The score vas 5 to 2. the Shelters VIC
tory being due to a batting rally In the
tenth. which resulted in three runs.
II was a good battle between the box
men, and Dale. the home team pitcher,
deserved to win by TO score. The
Montreal infeld however, proved I'M
steady at critical moments.
The score follows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
The score follows
MONTREAL.
Totals.....37 z 10 30 is 3
Totsls...55 5 II 30 10 |

IRAN for Pearce in tenth inning tBatted
for Cunningham in tenth inning.
jersey City. o I S-5
Montreal o o q %
Two base hits-Hulswith. Straight Fisch-
er. Kohler (2). Kippert. Sacrifice hits-Huls-
with. Straight, Purtell. Double plays
Hulswith TO Pyle: Kohler 10 Hulswith to
pyle. Struck out-By Dale. S; by Brucke, /.
Bases on bails-Or Dale 4. off Bruckc. S.
First base on errors-Jersey City. 2. Mon
treal !. Urhpires-Mullen and Halligan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08

Two-base hit-Konetchy. Sacrifice hits
Konstchy. Carey. Sacrifice hy-Leonsrd. Left
OF bsses-Chicago. 5: Pittsburgh. I. First base
on errors chicago. 2: Pittsburgh. !. Hits
on HUMPHREYS 0 in 51-3 innings: OF label, 3
r. . % innings Base on balls-OH Cooper /.
Struck out-By HUMPHREYS. /. by Cooper. 2.
Double play-Swe-ney. Heating and Molwtz.
Time-t:3T Umpires-Klem and Orth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08

Tvo-base hits-Trnoy, Bradley ~ 10y
nc. hits-Berry ~, Bradley Holly. Bases ::
bslls-Or Keupper. 3: on Bsrger 2 s,r,a
out-By Keupper 2. by Camnitz, p BY HsroS.
I; by Barger, I. Pitching record-OT Kegpps.
IL hits. 10 runs in innings. on Csmnff
hits. runs I'm innings Left On hoes-S
Louis. .: Pittsburgh, 5. rime-l.5 Un2ifs-
Kane and Cusacs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
Southern Association Results.

Memphis, 3; Nashville, 3 (frsU
Memphis, 3; Nashville. 8 second
Atlanta VS.. Chattanooga first. rain)
Chattanooga. .: Atlanta, 0 (second).
New Orleans. .; Birmingham, I.
Mobile vs.. Montgomery wet gr'ds).
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08

Two-base hits-Bakcr. Morgan, Mcbride,
MoeIler Three-bsse hits-Orr. Murphy. hlts
or Brown. In two innings, none out IN
third of Bender 10 in six innings Sacrlrce
hit-Colline stolen bsses-Orr. Collins. Nc
Innis schang Oh. Smith. Left on bases
Philadelphia s. Washington. ~. First base
On balls-On Brown. I of Bender, ] OF
BoehlinE, e. First base on errors hiadel-
nhia. Hit By pitcher-By Boehling
1Schang). Struck out--By Bender, D; by
Boehling 8 Passed ball-Schang. Wild
pitch-Boehiing. Time-s.3O. Umpires-
Dineen and Connolly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
Totals 1ssI,nno Totals

sBatted for Higgins in eighth inning
tBatted for Rowan In seventh inning.
St Louis ......... 4 o . IL
Cincinnati ........o o o OIL
Two-bas hits-Bstes, Beck, Magee. Gather.
Three-bsse hit-Butler. Home run-HuEgina
Hits-On Yinging in 2 innings OF Rowan
in 4 innings. of Adams. 4 in . innings Sac
rifce hits-Magee C2), Gonzales Snyder, Per
rift Sacrifice fy-Miller Stolen has>-
Moran. Double play-Beck Higgins ana NIL
Ter. Left on bases-Cincinnati. Z 81 Louis
5. Bases on balls-ON Yinglinx. =: OF Perr.tt
.. on Adams l. Hit By pitcher-By YingLing
Mage. Struck out-By Perritt S; By Rowan
/. via pitch-YinginG Time-l67 I'm
plres-EaSor and Qulgley.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
Maps Sleep on Bases
and Suffer Shut-Out

Cleveland. May st Louis defeated
the Maps again to-day by a score OF ?
to through Hamiltons good pitching
and Cleveland stupid base running.
Mitchell twirled good ball.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08

Amateur baseball teams: Every ono
wants to keep record Of your games.
The Tribune has had printed most
complete score card, which il will give
away il you will call at the Circulation
Department, Room 314, Tribune Build
inq
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
Pittsburgh Feds Have
Winning Streak, Too

ST. Louis. May THE Pittsbur
Feds. by hitting Herbert and KeupT
and by taking advantage OF the hons
teams errors, this afternoon secured
long lead over ST. Louis and von BY
score OF 10 to 7.
pTTrcRRGJ (r-EDsNl or rNrrre rycpe1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08

Boy Strikes Out
'Twenty-Sepen
IN. r.,seranh to IN. Tribune ]

wo,c..t.r. Mass, May 1.-westboro
u,,h school In a siIteen-inninE game
defeated Marlboro High. at Westboro To-
dsy for the MIddieseK County leadership
by a score Of TO o.
The feature Of the battle was VIM
ney's pitching for the winner. Inc h'xn
school twirIer In the sixteen innings ~
lowed the Marlboro batsmen only TWO
hits. passed Ave and struck out twenty
seven. CoIIesry. who pitched for MAIL
boro, was found for six safe h'ts ana
struck out afteen Of the Westboro iaos'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
<inpaugh could not help him.

Tvo-base hIts-1 erkrs, rPttArIl H...o-
rhre,-bs.e hit-Hooper Sacrifice hit-Hir-
ell Stolen bases-Peckinpaush. Maisel. Lest
Double plays-Truesisle 20 PecNnpaush
Williams. Fisher 10 Williams Left on ous
Boston. 5; New York. 7. First base on oas
or Fisher, 3: of Foster. 3. FRS, base
errors-New York, J. Struck out-By rosie
Ttm-IT. iYmpires-Evans and Epr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
Yale Team Wins on Courts.

Middletown. Conn. May Yale de-
feated Wesleyan at lawn tennis today by
matches to .. The local college team
captured one match in the singles and
one i'm the doubles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
Cardinals Hammer
Three Pitchers of Reds

St Louis. May st. Louis defeated
Cincinnati here this afternoon by hitting
three visiting pitchers. The score was
to /.
The score follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08

IRAN for Meyers in eighth inning tBstted
for Marquard IN fourth inning fBstied TOT
Fromme in eigbth inning.
New York......... o J y
Bostcn .........3 o o 2 o %
First base on crrors-Boston, ]. Tvo-hase
hitS-Burns Mann. John Murray. Three base
hits-Jamos Murray Mann, Fletcher sacTl-
fee hlt--Evers Stolen bases-Fletcher Burns
eft bsses-New York. Q: Boston o. Bases
ON bslls-Or Marquard g. off Tromme. ! OF
Crutcher : Struck out-By Marquard. :. hN
Tromme >: by Crutcher. ]. Hiis-On Mar
Guard i'm innings. on Fromme. - In '
Innings OF Msthewson 0 I'm inning. on
Crutcher rs in innings none out IN eighth
on Rudolph. in ] inning. Time-22o. I'm
pires- Rigler and Emslee. Attendance o'ro.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08

Totals .ios1S27l2s .psll p Ii
'Batted for Murphy IN eighth inning. TBat-
ted for Reed in eighth inning. tran for I.udor-
US an ninth inning. Slated for kiilifer In
ninth inning 'Batted for Mayer in ninth
inning.
ProoElyn.......... % o q 3 o-6
Philadelphia. / 0 o 0-5
Two base hits-Cu,shsp stcngel. Byrne. Lo-
bert MAYER. Three-bsss hit-tDaubert. Home
run-Luderus. Hits-On Aitchison in g
innings; or Pfeiffer in ] - innings. stolen
bases aubert Crayath. Doom Left on bases
BROOKLYN. 10. Philadelphia IL. First base
o. balls-On Aitchison =: on Mayer 3. First
base on errors-Brooklyn I. Philadelphia.
struck out-Bv Aitchison. !. bv Pfeiffer. I: by
Mayer. :. Time-2.l5. Umpires-orth and
By ron
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08

Three base hillary. Sacrifice hit-Will-
lams. Graney. sacrihc. hy-Nares. Stolen
bases-Pratt. Johnston. First base on hal-on
Hamilton 2: off Mitchell. 4. Left bsses-St.
Louis I: Cleveland, s. Struck out-By Hamil-
ton. g. Mitchell. . Time-2:Oo Empires
o 'Loughlin and Hildebrand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
Virginia League Results.
Tri- State League Results.

Norfolk. I: Newport News. 0.
Portsmouth. .; Richmond, 0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08

Allentown. .. Reading. I.
Harris burg. 2; York. 4
Trenton. 6; Wilmington, ;.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08

Baseball. Polo Grounds. To-day $50 r. NJ
Giants vs.. Boston-AdNt,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08
'The score fallows /:
1859 30 i51, Totals.

Totsls..37 S 30 is / Totsls.-..3S l0'S Is
IRAN for Barrows in tenth inning. fBatteu
for Keefe in fifth inning .Batted for Curtis IN
seventh inning sRan for Wittenstetter In sew
enth inning zone out when winning run was
scored.
Rochester 0 I o 1 IS
Newark...............
Pitching record-OH Keefe. is times at bat,
runs hits in FIVE innings. of Upham. ls times
at bat | run. 5 hits in five innings: or curtis,
~ times Al Dat. runs. hits IN six innings
off Schacht, II times at pat runs, hits IN
four innings Tvo-base ht-Barrows. Three
base hits-Myers ~. Sacrifice hits-Spencer'
Hecknger Curtis. Stolen bases-McMllan 90
Barrows, Schultz, Collins. Myers. Getz. Double
plays-Spencer TO Pipp. Mcmillan (unassisted)
First base on errors-Rochester |; Newark. l.
First base on balls-Or Keefe ?; OF Upham,
.: on Curtis. ?. Struck out-By Keete. 3: by
Upham. 8; by Curtis 8: by Schacht. 4. Left on
bases-Rochester. S: Newark. S. Wild pitch
Keete. Umpires-Ha rrison and Finneran. Time
-2:02. Attendance. 1000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-08

wares out in second. hit by batted ball. and
Leary out ints.cond. hit by batted ball
ST. Iouis.................o IL
Cleveland ...............O 90
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-13
Promoters as College Heads.

Writing in the Atlantic Monthly on THE
Critics of the College," President Henry s..
Pritchett OF the Carnegie Foundation observes
with a show of regret the growing tendency to Sc
cure promoters, college presidents, men who
can get the money and the students Achieve
ment as educator gives way to finesse in bus
mess management, and scholarship must suffer
unless extraordinary means OF precaution are
employed Sometimes a good dean and faculty
avert the disaster. But where the president, even
though essentially promoter" is also en-
dowed with the functions as we'll the name
of his office this may not be the case especially
II the promoter-president is keenly sensitive to
all his responsibilities. This tendency has
placed in the presidency of one of the wealthiest
and most progressive OF medum-sized western
colleges a man who, while recognized as high
grade promoter and money-raiser, is not even a
college graduate, and is saved only by master
educator as dean, thanked on all sides by a
strong teaching corps. r..'...-
-"The rage for numbers, the hot pursuit for
gifts" are named by DR.. Pritchett, together
with over-emphasis on intercollegiate athletics
as among the demoralizing forces with which
the college is beset. To keep up in the race for
numbers and gifts, the promoter is maintained,
and back OF 1t all is an oversupply of colleges.
II IL just hb true Vi lue NldSsiCdi dS inc law VI
medical college, whose multiplication is being
combatted by this very Foundation. In the
United States we have approximately 900 col
leges empowered to grant degrees. Illinois,
Iowa, Ohio and Pennsylvania have more than
forty each. Iowa has one for every $4,000 of
population, Ohio one for every 100000, Massa-
chusetts for every 100000, and New York for
every 500 900. England has one degree-grant-
inc achool for each 0O0. 600 of its population
and the English are a fairly-wel educated
people.
The president of college in neighboring
state said recently that the competition for stu
dents in his state 'unseemly and humili-
ating." He longed for the day when several of
the colleges might be amalgamated. Undoubt-
eddy as efficiency has been promoted by reducing
the number of medical colleges so it should be
by merging many OF these others, which are not
doing full college work because they have not
the resources to maintain their pretensons.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-13
A Bismarck Prophecy.

Remembering that the master mind OF the
last great triumph of German arms, out Of which
eventuated the unified German empire was
Prince Bismarck what the Iron Chancellor
thought he foresaw with respect to the present
war cannot fail to excite attentive interest. A
war prophecy by Prince Bismarck Is embodied in
a report, Just made accessible, of conversations
with him in the later SOS, by an English artist,
Mr. Richmond. who painted his portrait, and
during the sittngs came into close intimacy
with him.
The occasion for introducing the subject OF
war was reference to the neglect OF prepare
ton by England, which Bismarck depored "for
the sake Of the peace OF Europe" In his mind
the natural alliance would be England, Ger
many and Italy; these three powers II placed
upon permanently strong war footing, would
insure the peace of the world against France
and Russia" He is quoted further as saying:
My great grandfather was killed in the French
under Frederick; my grandfather fought in
92; my father in rs. and have fought with the
Frcrch since 20 But in the next struggle with
France which God forbid, shall wait till It's
armies TO The French have raised such
strong many Qualifications since 10 that our
advance would be out of the question, and we could
entertain the possibility of successful advance
as we did then. We should wait and attack them in
the field. and II God gives chance we will deal
with them as We did then.
If BismarclN's views are correctly stated, and
there is no reason 10 doubt it, the Germans in
the present campaign should have waited for
the French TO attack them instead of making an
offensive expedition into France; upon their
own ground success for the Germans would be
assured, which on French territory would be
doubly doubtful. But neither Bismarck nor any
one else high in German councils, figured that
in the fight, when it came Great Britain was
to be ranged with France and Russia that
Italy would slip out from its alliance, which un-
looked for developments have plainly interfered
with pre-arranged German military plans Had
Bismarck been able to see the existing align
ment of the nations, his prophecy might, and
doubtless would, have been modified