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STANDING OF THE cLU
RED SOX DROP THIRD
GAME TO WHITE SOX
Shortstop Scott Makes Costly Error.
Giving Chicago Outfit Hard
fought Contest. 8 10 2.

Boston. July 9.-The Red Sox lost the
third straight game of the series to the
White SoN today. score ; to > Carrl-
gans men practically tossed the game
away in the third inning when ScOtts
wild throw. Gardners tumble. a sacri-
fice and Berger's single scored two runs
In the seventh Chicago scored on Bre-
toms triple and Cicottes fly. Score:
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Chicago, July 9-Becks home run in
the eleventh inning won for the Chifeds,
TO 3. today. The locals could do moth
ing with Kaiserling until the eighth. when
a pass doubles by Tinker and Wilson.
and Wickland's single scored three runs.
indianapolis scored two in the first on
two hits and a pass. Two hits and a
sacrifice fly gave them one in the eighth.
Score:
IndianapoHs.... 10000 oolooc-3
Chicago ....... 90 90 0 o ; 90 IL 10
misunderstanding and Rarden; Hendrix and
Wilson
St Louis, July 9.-The Kansas City
Packers shut out st. Louis TO 0 in the
first game Of the series today. Cullop
held the locals to four scattered hits.
Kansas City punched their hits in the
nrst and ninth innings with four st.
Louis errors. Score:
Kansas City. 10000 "a Q
81. Louis............. 0 0 0 0 900 90 4
Bstteries-CuIop and Easterly; Davenport and
Chapman.
Buffalo. N Y, July 9-Bufralo came
out on top in a pitchers duel between
Russ Ford and Howard Camnitz today
defeating the Pittsburgh Rebels by a
2 to l score. This gave the Buffeds four
out of five games in the series. Score:
II H E
Pittsburgh. oOolOO O-I 6 :
Budalo................ 0 0 0 X !
BGtteTies-Camnitz and Berry; Ford and Blar.
Brooklyn, July 9.-The Terrapins went
to their fourth successive defeat today.
the Brookfeds winning. to . Extra
base hits of Wilhelm. while men were
on the sacks, gave Manager Bradley's
crew their victory, and placed the team
within half a game of first division.
Score:
r. h. E.
Baltimore. l 0 o o 0 90 l
Brooklyu.............. o 2 o KS !
Battaies-Wiihelm and Russell; Finernan and
Owen
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TY COBB IS INJURED.

Philadelphia, July sly Cobb's alb
sence from the game will probably he
prolonged few days longer as a result
OF indulging in fancy fielding stunts this
afternoon at Shibe Park. Cobb was prac-
ticing during the intermission of the
first and second game and in trying to
make circus catch. bumped his head
against the right field wall, sustaining a
severe cut in the head.
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YANKEES WIN ONE.

New York, July 9.-Darkness stopped
the second game of the Naps-Yankee
double-header here today after the tenth
inning had left the score tied at three
all" The Yankees took the first handily,
TO l. Birdie Cree. who signalized his
return TO the majors yesterday by bat
ting for 1ooo continued his good work in
the first contest. getting a triple and
single in four trips Scores:
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EMERALD. 8; SHERWOOD, 2.

Runs-ODonnen ~. Parrott. Donnely MUNICH
Cussack. O'Msill. Mccarthy. First base BY srOr~-
EmCralds. 3 Sherwood. /. LIFT on bases-Ercra!ds
2; Sherwood. 3 First base on balls-Oh Murphy. !: :
on Cash. 5 Struck out-Ry Murphy, 5: by Norris
}; BY GsSch, ThreC-basc hit-Dornsiy. Two
base hits-HOlloran. Murphy. Sacrifc. ht-Hol
loran- Stolen haSes-O'DOnnel Donuelly. McCar-
thy. Miller. Double play-Donnclly 10 Munich Hit
by pitchcr-By Murphy NIcCarthyl. Wild pitch
Gasch. Passed ball-Oakley. Umpire-Mr. Dawson.
Time Of game-l hour and s minutes.
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TINCUP IS EFFECTIVE.

Pittsburgh, July 9.-Tincup was very
effective today and Philadelphia shut out
the Pirates. to O. Wagner got to the
Indian for two singles and a triple but
hitting line. Paskerts triple and Lo-
bert's sacrifice fy in the fourth scored
the lone Philadelphia tally. Score:
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LEFTY DoWNEY TO TWIRL.

Alexandria, Va. July s-"Lerty'' Dow
ney. the Treasury star finger. will work
against the Cardinals Saturday after
noon at the local park in an effort 10
defeat the fast-EoinS Clubmen.
opposed TO Downey and Strait will be
Eddie Thompson as twirIer and Patter-
son or Trenary as receivers The game
will start promptly at AIS p. m.
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Runs-P. Bsker. BaHy. StrInk. q. Rush. Hsil-
man e. Crawford. Dlbuc. Hts-OE WyckoT. IN
inningS; of Bush. in innings. Sl2T1fcI hits
McIuniS Barry. Witt. Stolen hasS-F. Baker. o.
has- hits-CCawford. NeaCh- HCms 7.rs-Dublc.
Crawford. Left bases-PhiladslPaia. 5. Detroit.
10. Strlck out-By Wyckof. :: by Bush. .; hy
DubUc. ! Double P,avS-LATp % MclnneS 20 Baker
q. Bush 10 d Baker 10 VIII Bush 20 Burns First
has- on c-Tor-Phiadephia. ! First has 0U balls
OF Wyck0T |: - DubIc. >. q Bush. :. UmPrrrs
-Mcssrs Chill and She1Jan- Time Of sane-l hour
nnI L rrinnfea
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NAVY. Z: MARINES, 8.

Rrrs-N Imam. Terr. SNYDER. ChlnsNn -. Mel
nm CunrrrSlsm ". Herman. Hall Earned nuns
NIarnsS. ! Nav. : Flrst b'~e by erTurs Marines.
>: Nav, 5 Left basss-Mari0Cs. :: Navy. :.
First hsse "a bills-Of Baylis, ) Strlck uut-By
RsvIis I hy CroShAn. : Three-b4-~ hit-Psrry.
Two hlsr hits-Pery. NOlman sacrifice hit
Hanna. S'ucn hassS-NIclJin -. Cunningham -.
Herman I1ll. Vcim8n t1. Double llay~-Goode 70
voImsn u SNYDER: Hanna to Chaiuson 20 Hoffman.
Hit by pitclcT-By Baylis Hanna. hy Crcshan
Rirhsrls'. Wild Pitchss-CrOEhsu. BlyliS -.
I'nIir, Nj. Shurtleh. Time N game-l hour and .
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JAMES Is WILD, BUT
BRAVES LAND GAME
Gives Chicago Cubs Seven Bases on
Balls and Six Hits and Captures
Contest, 3 to |.

Chicago. July s-James gave the Cubs
seven bases on balls and allowed six
hits today. still the locals lost , to l.
Twelve Chlcagoans were left on bases.
Four hits OF Vaughan in the fourth in
ming resulted in two Brave runs.
Vaughan's wild throw in the second let
in a run. Score:
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PIRATES GET YALE FIELDER.

New Haven. July 9-Pete Falsey. Yale's
left fielder for two seasons. today signed
a contract to play with the Pittsburgh
National League team, joining them at
once. His home is in this city and he
was graduated from Yale last month He
batted .2IS for Yale this season and
fielded .9l7
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Runs-MarsnIlllc q. Schmidt, heltng. Two
base hit-DeaL Stolen bases-MaranUle Mann,
Leach, CCrriden Double plays-SWeeney to keating
TO SAFER: Meanwhile TO Evers TO schmidt Bases
on kans-Oh James : Struck out-By Vaughn :;
by James. : Hit b. pitrher-By Nauhn lGOWdyI.
Wild pitch-Yaughn. UmpireS-MesSrS Byron and
Johns1n. Time Of Eame-l hour and IS minutes
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oSsE SCHRECK PASSES AWAY.

Special to The Washington Herald
Philadelphia. July 9-Ossie Schrecon-
gost, better known as "Schreck," who
ten years ago was the catcher Of the
Athletics famous battery, "waddeH and
SChreCk.' died suddenly this morning in
the Northwestern Hospital in this city.
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7. BRETHREN. 10. ST. AGNES, 8.

Runs-E. Harman. Warren Berger. Potter. Hol-
ldge, Howard. Zurnik, SeabriEht. Ferguson. BSch-
OF ~. Tipton- Earned runs-St Agnes. !. United
Brethren, e First base by srTors-St. Agnes. /:
United Rrcthren. ?. Left on haees-St. Agnes 5;
nited Brethren, First hase on hllls-Oh Har-
man. z of Bischoh. }. Innings ritched-By Har-
man. 5; by Meade. T. Hits mads-Oh Harnan !:
OF Meade. ?. Struck out-By Harrnan }: hy
Meade. 4; ty Bischo6. 3 Twobase hits-CuIlom.
Howard. Sacrifice hits-Marino. Garvey. Upton.
Stolen hases-Chapin. Marino ~. = Haman ~.
Warren o. Bischof ~. Upton ~. Cullom Passed
bslls-Wareu, Henley. Umrire-NIr. FanshaW.
lO.
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EPISCOPAL, 4; WESLEY, 3.

Totals. Sec. . 6 3 "a i
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GREAT HINIE I'm SUSPENDED.
-ial to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Chicago, July 9.-Heinie Zimmerman,
third baseman, and Tommy Leath, cap
tain OF the Cubs, were today notified
that they had been fined $50 each because
of their run in with Umpire Byron in
the ninth inning of yesterdays game
with Boston. Zimmerman also was sus-
pended for three days.
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Runs-Chapman. Bassler, steen, Cook, Sweeney
Heating Left on bases-ClevelAnd, 5; New York
T. Bases on baTls-on Steen, 6; of KeatinV /
Struck out-By steen, Z; BY Keating. Z Three
base hits-Turner. HArtzell. Two-base hit-Bassler
Sacrifice hft-Cree. Stolen blses-Kirke Cook
Double plays-Lajoie to Chapman to Kirke, Boone
TO Peckinpangh to Mullen. Keating to Mullen. Hit
by piicher-Mullen Time Of gzme-2 hours and "A
minutes Umpires-Messrs. Dineen and Hndebrand.
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NERDIANs CHALLENGE.

The Meridians yesterday defeated the
General Land Office team BY Is to Is
The Meridians challenge all sixtesn-ye
old teams in the District Address A.
Jacobs. E9 II street northwest Score
RI z
Meridian A. Co.. I54Iuos is Is I.
G. L O.............. I o 4l44 IS II }
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LANDS UPHILL GAME.

Cincinnati. July s-Brooklyn won an
uphill game from the Reds. to 5. today.
coming from behind and cutting down
Cincinnati lead OF three runs Singles
by Hummell. Wheat and Cutshaw.
base on balls and an error gave the
Dodgers four runs in the seventh. Score:
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LADY JOSEPHINE WINS RACE.

Salisbury. Eng. July e.-The Cham
payne stakes OF 5000 was won at the
Bilbury Club meeting today by Lady Jo-
sephine. wilma Stop ran second and
LOnguevig. third. All are two-year-oldS
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RunS-Knsrp. Norris. McPhilomy. wineberEeT
Pock e.. Heltman q. Abbott. johnson. Myers,
Miller ~. Queenstead. Earned runs-Petrurth s.;
Naval MeicnS. l. FIrst base ~ srrurs-PetWorth.
8: Naval Medcos > Left bases-PetWorth. 2;
Naval Medicos 6. First base on haIls-Oh Buck, ):
of Miller. TWo-bas. hits-Abbott. Pock. Hit BY
pitcher-Buck. Passed ball-WiueberEsr. Umpire
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CLEVELAND A. C. CHALLENGES.

The Cleveland Athletic Club would Ike
to arrange games with teams avera EinS
sixteen to seventeen years for Saturday
afternoons and Sunday. Games with the
Regents, Columbia A c. Yankees and
Hartfords preferred. Address all chal-
lenges to VI. Drunison. 1893 Ninth street
northwest.
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huns-GTaney, Jackson, Lzioie Kirke Maisel,
Hartzcn t2, Cree. Mullen. Nunamaker. Boone
Left On hases-CleTelan1. :; New York, J. First
base on baIs-Of Morton. /: of Pish. l. Struck
out-by Greg l. by Morton. q by McHale, J.
Three base hit-CTee. Two-hase hits-JAckson Ora
ney Sacrifice hts-Cook. Peckinpsugh. Stolen
bascs-hirke HaEtzell. Maisel e.. Passed ball
q Ncil. Wild ritchss-Gresg McHale Hit by
pitcher-Nunan'aker. Umpires-Messrs. HildetTand
and Dinecn Time Of game hours and S minutes
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PoSToFFCE vICToRs.

Runs-Andrrs,n. Beard, Vaughn. Dodge. Kerr CN
Men ~. Eckendorf. Hurley. Left on basss-PoS.-
smith, ): OF Ryan. = Struck oTt-By smith, =: hs
Ryan, 10. TwOhase hits-Hurley. Kerr. Neh
Stolen hasss-EckFrdof. Hurley. Rsmsden. Ander-
son. herr t2. Hit BY pitcher-Ry ReEan. Wild
Taich-Smith. Passed ball Holman. Krlft. I'm
pire-Mr HuEheN. Time Of game-l hour and IS
minutes
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huns-McIfuITe, IhOmas, heIIOgg, DOugherty
Dreis. Hayes ~. Innings ritched-By Hayes, 2; by
Fowler. Hits-oh Hayes. 8: Of Dreis. l; od Fowler
.. Times at bat-Against Hayes 6; against Fowler
g. Home uns-Hayes, Dreis and Fowler. Sacrifice
hit-McGuire. Sacrifice hies-Heyfarth, Lambert.
Stolen bases-DouEherty i9, DreiS tD, Dodge t9.
West C9. Hayes c., Ryder. Mcclure. Mccarthy.
Lndwig. Hit BY ptcher-By Fowler Mccarthy.
Balk-Tsyior t9. Time Of Eame-I hour and 70
minutes. Unpire-Mr. ChldresA
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FEDS RELEASE TWO PLAYERS.

Special to The Washington Herald
Chicago, July 9.-Manager Tinker, of
the Federals. today announced the un-
conditional release Of Harry Swami. He
will return to his home in Pittsburgh.
Austin Walsh, utility fielder, has also
been released.
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Runs-NIurphy Collins. Brrssler. Bush -. Witt
o.. High. KaTsnaugh. Burns staHage. Sacrifice hit
I rawf0rd TEO-hase htts-KaTanAuSh, BresSler.
Heilman. Three-base hit-CraWford- Left on bass
PHILADELPHIA :: Detroit. 5 Struck 0,Tt-By
Bresslcr :. by Co-aIeskie. ). First baSe erTur-
Detroit, L First base on balls-Oi ShAwkey, :; Of
CC.al-sEis =: OF BrcssleT. / Umpires-MeSSrs. Chill
and sheridan. Time f gsne-2 hours and MIN
UtPS.
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kuns-ScAaR ~. Breton, He1Tikssn. RshE. Thrp~-
hASs hit-BTeton. stolen haSc-JanTrin. First hass
on hAlls-Oh GCotts. !: Of ColliTE. !. Struck out
BY Cico;te ,: hy Collins. l. Sacrifice hit-Schah.
Sacrifice hy-Cicotte. Double TlayS-BerErr 10
BlackbIrnr 20 FouTnier; BlsCkbuTne TO Berger 10
Eournirr: Breton TO Folrsicr Umpirrs-MesS-S
Connolly ard Mclaughlin. AttendAnce-IsE
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1MMANUEL, !; BRIGHTWooD, 0.

thunderstorm. Left on bases-BrightwOod. 4:
Immanuel. 6 First base on bsIls-Oh Stanley ].
Struck OCt-By Gesstord. 10; by Stanley. G. Two
base hits-Tomey. Fdsde. G. Rawlings C9, R.
RawlinEs. Waldrou. Double rlGys-Dyer to simp-
son: R. Rawlings to Strait to Dyer; Stanley to
II. Statz to Dyer Wild pitches-Stanley 70. Um-
ptre-Mr. w. R. WOODWARD Tina Of sAms-l hOH
and Z minutes,
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HOLY NAME, 5; ST. PAUL, 4.

Runs-Roche e.. Folliard. O'Lone. Harmon. K.
Coe. Adamson, Sewers. Barnhart. First base on
balls-Oh X. Coe. /: of Harmon. ? Struck out
By K Coe. 6: by Harmon. II. TEo-hase -hit-Shee-
han. Stolen baseS-Roche ~. Folliard. Nops ~.
Hit by pitcher-By Harmon &c. CoeD Wild pitch
X. Coe. Passed ball-Gayer Umpire-Mr. MyerA
Time Of game-l hour and 3 minutes
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Amateur Leagues.
YEsTERDAY,s RESULTS,
: League No Games

Potomac Lsagne-No Games.~
Central Lsague-Emsrald. s; Sherwood
Departmental League-Posiofiice, Q: Commission
ers =
BrOoklLnd LeAgue-Eriscupal, 4; Wesley. ,
= Washington s S. Lsague-C. Brethren 10;
St. Agnes, J.
Railroad Y. NJ c. A. LeaSueSshop. 3; Southern,
O. Forfeit.
Northwest S. S. Leagns-InmanueI /: Bright
wood O.
Treasury Leagle-NsTy. :: Marines. J
ROsedale Lelgae-Holy Name, 5; St Paul T.
Marquette LeaEls-TennallytOwn. ;: ST. Martin,
GAMES TODAY.
Potomac LeAgue-Congress Heights vs.. FairlaEn
Central LeaGue-Columbia SpartanS
Rosedale Lelgue-St. Paul Vs. TrojanS
L Washington 5. s. League-Ninth vS Firth
Railroad Y. NJ C. A. LeaEue-Shops vs. South
Northwest League-St. Paul vs. Calvary
Treasury League-Library vs.. Interstate
BrOokland S. S. Lelgue-MethodiSt vs.. BaPtisS
MArQUstts Lesgue-EmcTald TS. St Stephen
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AFTER SUNDAY GAME.

The Northern A C would like to ar
range a game for Sunday afternoon
anywhere in the District with teams
averag ginS seventeen. Address Paul
Parks. 1863. Hobart street northwest
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'Battsd for shaw in eishth.

Earnsd run-St. Louis. l. Left on bases-wash-
hsI'h' .; 81 Louis. J. Innings pitched-By Shaw
:; by Enga. l. Hits made-Of shaw s Ttrca.
has hit-Iratt Tw'-hass hit-Shanks Umpirrs-
Messrs. ESan and Evans Time Of game-I hour aud
IS minutes
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sHAMROCKS CHALLENGE.

The Shamrocks wish to arrange games
with all fast twenty-year-old teams Ad-
dress Irving Maddox.
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TENNAILYrOWN WINS.

Rurs-Donaldson, Shalin. Hagrr. Norris First
base on balls-Oh Jones. 5 on Riley. J Struck
Out-By Jones. g. by Riley. 6. Thrce-hIse hit
Beach. Twc-haSe hits-HagcT. Shalin SIJ.pn baScs
-shalin. Beach. Oldheld ID rsah. Jones' Passtd
balls Hager C2. UmPrs-NlT NcN JlSn-
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PETWoRTH A. C. WINS.

The Petworth a. c. came back at the
sailor lads after the defeat last week and
took their measure in a swat fest yes
terday hy Q TO = Score:
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PIRATES SIGN YALE STAR,

New Haven, Conn, July a-Peter J.
Falsey, the Yale left fielder, today
signed a contract with the Pittsburgh
Nationals. Falsey's home is in this city,
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION,

Kansas City. ); Columbus. .
Minneapolis. Z; Cleveland. II.
ST. Paul o: Indianapolis. 9 forfeited end hfth
inning. st. Panl did not have another eaIchsr tc
put in gamel.
NilWGukee. I; LoutSNillA 4-
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MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

Buffalo. ); Rochester. l. Frst game
Buffalo. 5; Rochester. 0. Second game.
Montreal. o; Toronto, g.
Providence. Il: Jersey City. J
Newark. :; Baltimore, S.
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NEW YORK STATE LEAGUE,

Binshamton. >; Utica. l.
wilkesbarTe. ); Albany. o.
Troy. /. Scranton. .
Elmira 3; Syracuse. o.
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TWO-haSe hitS-MiIer. Niece. Three-hass hits
Wilson. Stock. Home rIn-Beschsr Bases on balls
on Sallee. .; Of Tesrelu }; OF NIarquard ! struck
out-By Tesreau. l. By Perdge. !: hy Saues 4. ~
Mlr9uaryi. = Sacrifice hits-Sallee, DoIsn - Beck
-. Meysr. HugS1ns. Stolen hsse-Huzz1ns.
Dolan. Bescher. Piez. snodgr4SS Double p,4ys-
MeTkle 70 Fletcher to MeTkIe. Fletcher 10 Ners,e
Time Of game-3 hours and minutes. U1pirs-
MesS-S Quiglsy and EaSor.
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Chicago FEDERALS
Win Overtime GAME
Beck's Home Run in Eleventh Inning
Lands Hard-fought Game by
4 to 3 Score.
KAISERLING SHOWS CLASS
YE<TERDAY,s RESULTS.

Brooklyn, s; Baltimore. .
Chicago. (; Indianapolis. ). eleven innings.
Buffalo, ?; Pittsburgh, l
Kansas City. /; St. Louis, o.
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GAMES TODAY.

Kansas City al Chicago.
St Louis at indianapolis.
Baltimore at Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh at Buffalo.
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soil is in ideal condition II runs the
harvester and the threshcr and hauls
the grain TO market; 1t cultivates corn,
runs the corn harvester. the husker
and shredder and the shelter; 1t picks
cotton: ii cuts hay, rakcs it, loads
it on the wagon, hauls II to the barn
and pitches IL into the NOV or bales
it: sprays the fruit trees clear to the
top, which IL more than can he done by
hand thus materially increasing the re-
turns from the orchard; II digs bitches,
grades roads. brushes rock and hauls
and distributes 1t.
A Connecticut genius has invented IA
special form of tractor for Cult!Nators
only: another has invented "A special
form to run beneath branches In or
chards, while the caterpillar" tractor.
which lays down two steel tracks. each
thirty inches wide, to run upon. can
work in rice fields and swamps where
horses cannot go. In fact, the gaso-
lcne tractor stops at nothing. just to
show what It could do. IA tractor pulling
"A gang Of five ploughs turned under will
lows ten feet high on the Missouri River
bottom near Leavenworth, Kan.
The tractor never tires 1t will work
sixteen hours "A day, ploddlng steadily
along at TWO to two and a half miles an
hour in field work, or four miles an hour
on the road, and he just as fresh in the
last hour as in the first. Indeed. some
progressive owners work their tractors
tWcnty-fOur hours day, using two
shifts of men while putting In their
crops and in harvesting, which enables
them to perform both operations under
ideal conditions. which l. something that
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ranges of Montana under its broad
wheels, ploughing up old bones ON the
overland trail in Kansas and Colorado,
increasing the yield of wheat in Cali
fornia and the Northwest and ploughing
the rio" fields of Louisiana and
Arkansas. Dragging gangs Of ploughs,
harpws and drills in It's wake the
gasolene tractor Is transforming the
Dark Continent into an abode for civil
lzed man. and it Is trundling tirelessly
over the pampas Of Argentina and the
steppes of Siberia.
To get down t. plain figures, 1000
gasolene tractors found jobs on Amer
lean farms In 1871. In the following
yeap 10000 tractors went out upon
American farms to do. thu work OF
700 900 horses. This year $4,000 tractors
will be required to me I the demand.
Although it is barely fifteen years
since the first stationary gas0ene engine
was employed to do farm work no fewer
than 1000, 900 such motors are now in
use on American farms, and they are
being added to at the rate of 500, 900 "A
year Two-thii'ds of the $50 manufac-
turers of gasolene engines specialize in
farm motors. The aggregate horse
power uf gasolene motors in use on
farms Is greater than in all other in
dustries combined
After the automobile had demonstrated
its practicability IA few years ago some
far seeing men realized that the true
future for the internal combustion en-
CINE lay in supplanting the horse on the
farm In its development the tractor
motor followed closely that of the auto
mobile motor, a single cylinder motor
being first used, then two and now
four cylinders. After years Of expert
menting the patience of the builders
was rewarded by the production Of a
| light high wheeled engine which uses
only per cent. ID its power in pro
| l"ling itself, which can travel over soft
or wet ground better than horses, and
| which has developed amazing versatility
1t ploughs, harrows and drills at one
! operation, thus enabling the farmer t.
I get his grain into the ground while the
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digger and hauls 1t to market by motor
truck or tractor. Thus the crop that
once demanded the most onerous drudg-
cry of all has become one of the easi-
est to raise.
After planting and CultiVatlng his
corn crop by power driven machinery
the farmer need no longer hurry out
at dawn ON frosty November mornings
to gather ii an ear at "A time. Power
driven machines cut, bind and shock
the entire crop. thus saving the fodder
that once was wasted. Then with "A
one man size huskcr the farmer, single
handed and alone, can husk as much
corn in ten hours as five expert husk-
crs could gather in the old way from
dawn to dark
In addition the husker automatically
shreds the fodder and delivers 1t in the
barn or silo and slows the corn in the
crib or In IA wagon box to go to
market. A shift Of the belt to another
machine will grind the corn. cob and
all, thus enabling the full food value
to be saved.
A tractor drawing cotton picking
machine operated by one man and "A
boy has picked cotton on IA Texas farm
at the rate OF 5,40O pounds day.
The small farmer of "A former genera
ton who had little grain to thresh
had to spend good part Of the fall
exchanging work with his neighhors tn
obtain help enough for the job. Now
the thresher is hauled into the stack
yard by "A tractor which requires hut
one man to wait upon It, II is then
ready, after throwing ON "A belt. to dc
the threshng. and it requires 80 lit,le
attention that the operator also runs
the separator, thus saving one mans
wages. The thresher has self feeder
and automatic band cutter. which dis
penses with the services of four men
"A sclf-staCkcr which does away with
three more mems services, and an auto
matte weighcr and Dagger or loader t.
deliver grain in bulk in wagon box
which does the work of two mere men
! At night the farmer has but to shift