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BY JOHN H. GRUBER.

Probably few players have had more
varied experience on the diamond than
Robert NJ. Byrne. Not only was he
jack of all-trades before he entered
the big league. playing every position
except that of pitcher regularly. but
in his early career he was never for
tunate enough to play on a pennant-
winning team. nor on any team that
finished in the first division. fIe began
his professional life with the Fort
Scott team, which wound up last in
the Western Association. The second
year he was with the Springfield, Mo,
team, also of the Western Association,
and ill., too, finished last. II. the third
wear of his base ball life he was with
shreveport of the Southern League,
which ended the race i'll fifth place,
one notch outside Of the first division.
Then he went to the ST. Louis Car
l,linalS and remained with them nearly
three years, during which time they
got twice under the wire in last piace
and once in seventh. From the Car
dinals he went. to the Pirates. and at
once found himself a member of flag
vinniup crowd. He left the Pirates in
n;idsc4aou of 1919, and 1t is Il fact that
since he Joined them. nearly two Years
laso the PhiIlicS finished ahead Of the
Pirates ~omcthiug they had failed 20
accomplish siucc 1899, = stretch oil
thirtc"it years.
Byruc VAS bo7i,1n St.-Lous bcccmacr
l.I IS%. Had he been born norS" "a
ridiculous f;trcNb he would h"V" been
one year old tho day aItcr ms hlrth-
Put as il is. he runs an cEcH race with
thc wear lacking probably - few mini
lutes artl his days. weeks aud month
arc counted b. Father Iiii" III Tue
sa Nv. columns with thoS" oil In" babe
il Jauuary and the old man III Dcrcm-
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Triple Figures in Extra Bases.
Very Select Company.

Statisticians seem TO, agree that the
only major leaguers who ever made
four home runs in a game were Dan
Brouthers, Bosby Lowe and Ed Della
hanty. 1t is likely that four doubles
and four triples in games also con
stitute major league records. Ed Della
hanty. May 13. 1893. hit for half the
route on four occasions in the New
York 76-F,hiladelphia National League
contest. and April IS, 1901. in the De-
troit-Milwaukee American League
game. Frank Dillon did the same
thing Bill Joyce OF the Giants. May
Is, 1884, banged out four triples in
game witsl the Pirates.
The writer arrogates credit to him
self for having induced the major
leagues to print the number Of doubles,
triples and nome runs the players an
nually make. He kept these records
long before the National and Ameri-
can leagues started to- publish them.
;. 1t is for this reason that fans may
now know now leading members of the
Brigade OF Biag have Jared in doubles,
triples and homers by scanning these
81 sxtatisticS
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played Is games. won 2%6. drawn
and lost /. All honor to that one. lone
winner. L. 3. Adams of Washington.
l.. q.
In the fourth round % the District
championship tournament, piayed AT
the Capital City Chess and Checker
Club tne following results we're -e
corded: Zapoleon 6cfeated WiiienchicA.
Walker disposed of PaSch, Knapp drew
with Lowell. and the Stacy-Tharp game
was unfinished. The postponed game
between Tharp and Etllenehick from
the secund round was drawn. These re-
suits leave Lowell and KNAPP tied for
first place with scores Of 3ie TO = and
Ia po,eon q close third with score ~
!: to !. Lowell still remains strons
favorite for first houors by reason OF his
victories over Napoleon, W;tike' AND
Stacy, while Zapoeon and Knapp nave
yet Ia face the strong end OF the bat
ting order, With The execution OF Lowell
y. r. Whitaker mas jusl returned from
a visit To Lyuchburg. the chess center
of virginia, where besides simultaneous
exhibitions. blindfoided work, etc, lie
scored Il most decisive E,Gtnry oyer the
Old Dominion .eteran: w. l., Moo-nIai
| The local master played foUr games vita
Mr.. Norman, Of which he won three
and drew one-a record Jo bc proud aF
as those who have ir.G tie pleasure OF
playing with Mr.. Moorl!an can testify.
The a announcement til2j l.: T. Black
will not he able TO pa!licipate in the
coming masters tournament is quite
disappointment 10 American chess low
ers. as Black was. perhaps this couI-
try's strongest entr3ut after Marshal.
His place will be filed by DIR. g. f
Adair for many years a resident of this
city and q member OF the Washington
Chess and Whist Club
The following game from the individual
~ mi nlS nf Nafr
tan Chess League will show just what
form Black is in these days-it has
been some time since Bernstein was
completely outclassed in an important
contest:
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A Kerry Patch Boy.

Bobby learned TO toss the ball III a
section of the Mound CITY called kerry
Patch. This used to be famous lot.
! hose name was known from ono end
of the country to the other. but now
seldom mentioned In by-gone days all
the successful players hailing from 81.
Louis pointed to the patch as their
alma mater, and did II with boastful
! pride and expanded chests
! 1t was in 1904 with the Fort Scott,
| that Byrne did his first professional work
| and the averages will show that he led
| all the third basemen. In 1900 Fort
Worth dropped out of the Western Asso-
citation. and Bobby was turned over to the
Springfield, Mo-. team. Of the same body
| Here he was employed in every posi-
! ton, even first base, something remark-
| able considering his size. II is seldom
q little man is seen perched on the first
sack, and Bobby is not a tall man lie
! belongs to the tribe of small terriers
whose courage and aggressiveness is pro-
verbal. In 1906 he went a step higher by
| joining the Shreveport team playing at
| short.
| So well did Bobby do with Shreveport
| that he was drafted by the st. Louis
! National League clulA, for 1907, and al
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BASE BALL BRIEFS.

The Toronto International League
club has obtained First Raseman Don
aldson Ora ham from the Cincinnati
Reds. Graham is the big fellow gath
cred III by Herzog from the Virginia
League. but he was not fast enough
for big league ball
"A tin can salary" said Charley Dooir
when offered $4,000 season by the
Cincinnati Reds. That ought to go
good next summer e" good with those
-dollar-a day wage earncrs who sit
III ihh hIcachers aud make base ball
V hat ii is.
Secretary Eiackwood of tho Clevefa nd
Indians. commenting on the progress
shown III training, remarks that the in
dividual players haNe shown up we'll
and Chat all needed is team work. lie
might have added that was al! the
Cleveland team eyer lacked.
De Wolf Hopper. while in New York.
picks Mctiraw as the greatest base ba
leader. It's / to 100 shot that in Bos-
ton he'll say it's a toss-up bet1een n
Ca rrigau ana Stalinss: in Detroit he'll
name Hughis Jennings as the greatest,
and soon. His seogra phical location will
be ever considered
at bat. = man who steps away from
tic plate when fast one comes shoot
ing up. should take fast one in the
back and then ne never again would
be shy at the plate. He also says
it does not hurt any to get hit by a
pitched ball. He can have any and all
of that practice he wants. There are
certain fingers who can serve the ball
go hard that some people had rather be
hit by one of those German fort de-
stroyers.
This news item is found On the market
page OF a Fort Worth newspaper un-
der date of March IS: '"Tris Speaker Of
Hubbard. the famous outf1elder and
batter of the Boston ericans. sold
twenty-seven COWS on the local live
stock market today Tor Si.o17.S0. They
were sold by his representatives. rs ne
is nov engaged in spring training.
Twenty six OF them were stocI.er heif-
ers. averaging .65 pounds. and selling
at $7.85 per hundredweiGht. The other
was fat COW"
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ADAMS ONLY MAN
TO DEFEAT CUBAN
The One Victory Over Capa-
blanca in 1872 Games Gotten
by Washingtonian.
KNAPP AND LOWELL TIED
IN DISTRICT TOURNEY
Zapoleon Is Close Third in Race for
Local Champion
ship.

When Caplb,a1ea finished his rece'
simultaneous exhibitions before the
shington Chess ard Whist Club Win
fort ty-nine Victories. one draw and oae
loss. chess columns throughout the
country hailed this achievement as a
world record. Il now seems that the
real record was made hy L. y. Adams.
the player to win frolh the great Cuban.
Since leaving Washington Capahlanca
has given seven exhibitions. mcetins.
1872 players. without the loss OF a single
game and with only five draws. Com
bined with his record here. he has
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Inquisitive Fans.

Sporting Editor Star:
Win yOu please publish in your In
qu!sittvei Fans column Of the Sunday
sporting sheet the names of all Of the
pitchers OF the Washington base ball
team? J. E. G.
Johnson, Cia1lia, Shaw, Roehling, Har-
per, Bentley. Hopper. Engel, Clarke
and Ayers.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please say in Sundays pink sheet
whether Mathewson ever pitched
against the Washington club in an ex-
hibition game in this city; if SO, date
and name Of opposing pitcher. Also the
number Of times the Giants have ap-
peared in Washington within the past
flye years. II. K. MURPHY.
Mathewson was advertised to pitch
here several years ago in an exhibition
game, but he did not
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Johnny Bates. who went to the Ealti-
more Feds after drawing his release
from Cincinnati last summer, only to
be turned down this spring by Otto
knabe, has signed to play with Jack
Dunn's Richmond International team.
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Controversy over the san Francisco
Slub's policy of running d booze case"
at its park became SO warm that Two
newspaper reporters engaged in fistic
battle. The man vino opposed the sell
ing OF intoNicants was whipped, but ne
still is having his say.
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Exce1s in Triples.

II is as d manufacturer o. triples thae
Uetroit's Son of Swat eIcels, however.
sam has driven out $50 three-nasted
hits since 1898, making = better record
il. triples last year than he ever dla
before in his life He sfouid register
his three hundretti th-ee-aaGge.-. this
season. and 1t is practically a certainty
that he will make Eis 425th double.
Sherwood Magee is due. during lsle;;
to tear off his 350th two-o&gS anu
iris Sneaker undoubtedly will get by
the quarter-century mark in hits of this
kind Tyrus Cobb is within sight OF
his l50th triple and his fftieth homer.
and Frank Schulte's acxt Tour-o.sSer
kind. The long hits that will and
should be made b.. big leaguers this
scrson are as follows:
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Held WORK Nlth tEe LOUISVILLE team, and
the Cardinals were considered extremely
fortunate in obtaining his services How
ever. with Byrne's acquisition there was
30 room for the eX-American Association
star, SO in June, 1907, he was let go to
the Wilmington club Of The Tri-State
League.
Drafted by Cardinals.
That same year. 1907, Bobby saw an
other man go. one WHO was of the best in
his day--Js.ke Becklcy. Jake had seen
service with the Pirates, the Giants and
fhc feds before ne joined the Cardinals,
and was beyond doubt one of The bright
est of the stars hovcriny around lrst
base. This was his fourth year with ST
Louis. and he was sent 10 Kansas City
20 make place for coming iuminary in
, the person of ed konetchy The latter
WIS green one, coming from La Crosse
Wis, but he speedily developed into u
iirSl class player In 1905 there was "a
dispute between the st. Louis and Gin
cinnatt clubs over the services of Rich
ard fioblitZel. another future star first
haseman, but because OF konetchy's su-
reTp work st. Louis was CT silly persuaded
70 suppress its claim.
Eyruc. oucc in Possession of thjr,I
base. never reiinquishcd it, and neither
hid k"nctcly let 20 of first base Be
iN""n them the base FAITHS there
iN"ic numerous changes, each year see
il':S new men At second base ana short
.'iana-erS were also changed Jol,u J.
Met ioskcN Was al the head. Of the team
h"ii Bobby became Il Cardinal, but in
l!'"'' Ii" WAS dcpuScd aud Roger Eres-
hiillan given the position
Eobb% took orders from !3rcsuahap
hlitHS little more than four months,
and tho last order lie received was to
pack up and lon ,he Pirate rreW. THIS
occurred August 49, and August 20 he
became full-ledgsd Pirate. covcriu;,
third base for them. Tho change rame
about from the fact that BreSuslan
needed iphelders, aud arranged > trade
with the Pittsburgh club by which he
got two IN exchange for Byrne. The
two were William J. Jap Barbeau aud
Alan Storke. who. like Byrne. PLAYED III
their nsW uniforms the day after the
trade.
dinals III May. 1910. the Jap was sent
to Kansas City. and has been playing a
strong game in the American Associ-
alton ever since. Last year Kansas
City sold his release to Milwaukee for
$1,000. and he is now on the reserve
list of the Brewers for 1915 Storke
lasted only to the end of the season of
! 1909. Then he figured in trade by
which St Louis gave him and Pitcher
Huggins. Rebel Cakes and Frank Cor
ridon. But Storke never wore a Red
uniform. He died al Boston of typhoid
fever March IS, 4 month before the
sea of 1910 opened.
Fits in Nicely.
The Kerry Patch boy fitted nicely in
the Pirate infleld. which now presented
strong front with Bill Abstein on
first Jack Miller at second, Hans Wag-
ner at short and Byrne at third There
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ny ERNEST j. LANIGAN.

Sam Crawford. Wahoo, Nebraska's s best
known citizen and Detroit's most de-
pendable batsinan i'll the pinches. pos
sibIy will hang up record for all time
as an exlra-iase clouter. In sixteen
t.au,yiai.us Crawford has raped ioi
a, aggregate of 1,2E0 additional pil-
5cws. Honus Wagner, in eighteen sea
sons. has 319 extra bases to MS creuie ;
Napsleou Lajoie, in ninetecH,
Crawford shows no signs OF set'ii.s
oye- the habit of smashing out ooun
les. triples and homers. Wniie ~"
Waprer and Lajoie ire not the ione
distance Maiiopers they once We're ny
natro;t,y in the last three peHi''
-,,,rs,,it., MAS harvested ti5 extra pt's'
clo,,ts. the. PtttsburgheT, IL anu ~,
,,s,,, Na tIknsn So. Crawford. sne
md aioe probably arc the oi'is i''
,c,p-crs who have passed the thousa"u
,nark in extra bases ShcrWooo
tincham MaEec. partc'oah' :"
1.arue con,bats ,fcr eleven !cs,tS' oN -
SIG additional saas: TNrns ~
cobb who, has worried !N''e' -"
League Iurtcrs for. ten seasons. 80, -.
so. Frank : Schultz mas eo'
Sneaker, 500: Frani>-. Baker. 90. oNe'i
wilson. 476: Eciniet Zimmerman. 80
Joe jackson. s.5: Eddie Collins, 500
Gavvy Cravath. scs. ,and DuHy LEWIS
316.
Both Wagner and i.ajois will slip oF
the 500 mark in. n.two-tasSers TINS sea
son Hans now has ma mmered out 'ys
doubles, Larry 5e2. Wagner has made
So more triples than Laioie and 10 more
home runs Should the (!outinS Corsalr
hit for the circuit seven tlmes uu5ins
1e15 ne would have an even nundreu
home runs to his credit. he IS nos
likely to do ii. however. Sam Craw1ora
probably will be the first na1o-. ieaguer
Of the present time TO become 4 hol.'e. ne
hi FOR four furlongs on So occasions
and has been known to reacn' douote
figures in grand tour waEops during
4 campaign
Evening star., 1915-04-04
RIY LOPEZ
EI!.At'h

End game froIa the Lewis collection
of 1927, by the author. W. Lewis,
Teacher OF chess"
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May Be Made This Year.

@o0th double by Ty Cobb. who now
has made 270 in American Leaue.
:00th double by Frank Baker, who
nov has made 19f in American League.
tooth triple by Joe Jackson, who now
has made So in American League.
Tooth triple by Frank Baker. who
now has made IS in American League.
I50ti. home run by Hans Wagner,
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Should Be Made This Season.

e00th double by Napoleon La1oie. VINO
now has made 5s2 IN major leagues.
so0th double by Hans Wagner, who
row has made 59z in Ma tiynai League.
.25th double By Sam Crawford, who
,low has made 413 N rnajo1, leagues.
S50th double by rwood Ma gee, who
now has made 337 in NatioItaf League.
10th double by Trfs Speaker. who
now mas made 2i6 in american, League.
115tn double b. Heinie Zimmerman,
who now has made 1856 in National
League.
175th double by Joe jackson. who
HOW has made 153 IN American League
I15th double by Eddie Collins, who
now has made Is. in American League.
115th double BY Duffy Ls..is. who now
has made 165 in American. League
i50th double by owen Wilson, who
now has made rs in National League.
10th triple oy Ty COBB VINO now
has made Is9 In American League.
tooth triple by iris Speaker. who now
has made So in American League.
Tooth triple by Owen wilson, VINO
now has made 80 in National League.
18th triple by Heinie zimmerman.
who now has made = 81 in National
League.
18th triple by Eddie Collins. who now
has made 20 in -American League
Goth triple by Duffy Lewis. who now
has made Al Ill American League.
Goth triple BY Gavvy Cravath. who
now has made 42 in major leagues.
18TH homer by Frank schultz. VINO
now has made - in National League.
55th homer b. Ty Cobb, who now has
made 4s In american League.
25th homer by Duffy Lewis. who now
has made - III American League.
Evening star., 1915-04-04
EXPERIENCE OF BOBBY BYRNE
ON DIAMOND HAS BEEN VARIED
Jack of All Trades Before Entering Big
League, Playing Every Position
Except That of Pitcher.

once was placed on third base. succeeding
Harry Arndt. Two years before this
period Arndt was setting the American
Association On tire by his splendid in
field work with The Louisville team, and
the Cardinals were considered extremely
fortunate in obtaining his services. How
ever. with Byrne's acquisition there was
20 room for the eX-American Association
star, SO in June, 1907. he was let so to
the Wilmington club Of the Tri Estate
League.
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Fits in Nicely.

The Kerry Patch boy fitted nicely in
the Pirate infield, which now presented
Il strong front with Bill Abstein on
first, Jack Miller at second, Hans Wag-
ner at short and Byrne at third There
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PLAYED .43 games. won 3@6, drawn s
and lost i. All honor to that one. lone
winner. L. 3. Adams of Washington.
I I,
Evening star., 1915-04-04

OPEN DATES FOR POSTPONED GAMES.
July IL
I5-Navy y. Commerce.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-12
CauseleSs Irritation.

Nothing in the presidents Indian
spolis speech seems to have caused
more irritation in republican circles
than his remark that the republican
party ''has not had new idea fol-
thirty years."
Yet this is precisely what 1000, 0O0
republicans said in 1912, and they not
only said it, but voted it. Why should
it be regarded as an exhibition of of.
ensive partisanship for "a democratic
president to say o f the republican par
ty what 100000 republicans have
/, said of it at the ballot box?
The republican party of 1915 is not
only reactionary, but it is even more
reactionary today than it was in 1912.
Then, at least, the progressive leaven
vas.at work. Now the party has
meekly submitted to the leadership OF
Penrose and Cannon and Barnes and
Callinger, and confesses to no princi-
ple except the property principle. -
New York World.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-12
WHEN THE TIRED
MOTHER GIVES OUT
What Then?-The Family Suf-
fers, the Poor Mothers Suf-
fer-Mrs. Becker Meets
This Distressing Situation.

Collinsville, 1ll.-"I suffered from q
nervous breakdown and terrible head
aches, and was tired all over, totally
worn out and too discouraged to enjoy
life, but as had four in family and
sometimes eight or nine boarders, kept
on working despite my suffering.
81 saw Vinol advertised and decided
to try it, and within two weeks
noticed decided improvement in my
condition and now am well woman. :"
Mrs. ANA BECKER, Collinsville, Ill.
There are hundreds of nervous, run
down, overworkedw women in this vicinity
who are hardly able to drag around and
who we are sure would be wonderfully
benefited by Vinol as Mrs. Becker was.
The reason Vinol is SO successful in
building up health and strength in such
cases is because it combines the medici-
nal tissue building and curative elements
of Gods livers together with the blood
making, Strengthening properties of
tonic iron. We ask every weak, ner-
vous, rundown man or woman in this
vicinity to try bottle of Vinol on our
guarantee to return their money if it
fails to benefit.
PA. Clemmer, druggist, Cresco. low q
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-12
1.-The Menace. :"

An unfortunate issue has been raised
in Congress by bills to exclude from
the mail certain publications the policy
and practice of which Is t. attack the
Roman Catholic church.
The issue is really freedom of the
press versus a narrow and feroclous
religious intolerance, an issue which all
good Americans of whatever creed will
most earnestly deplore and hope to
avoid.
The Catholic sponsors of the bills are
in every way justified in protesting
against publications which they we'll
describe as "scurrilous, libelous, and
filthy" The text and spirit of such
sheets as The Menace and The Yellow
Jacket are an outrage not merely
against Roman Catholics but upon all
American intelligence and right feeling.
They raise only disgust in an enliyht-
ened mind and they can make no serious
headway toward affecting real public
opinion.
But it is mistake to strike at these
publications in manner which involves
perhaps the most jealousy guarded of
all American constitutional liberties.
1t is evident that it is difficult or impos-
sible to get at them through existing
statutes; nevertheless the attempt to
bar them from the mails by the neces-
sary general law hardly can be accepted
as within the bounds of public policy in
our country.
The sponsors of the bills would do
we'll to recall the action of Lincoln,
who refused to use his great power
under war conditions to close the
Chicago Times at most critical stage
of the defense of the Union, although
the most unjust, abusive. and seditious
assaults were being made upon him and
his administration by that newspaper.
1t was moment when discord in the
north was perilous and serious division
existent. Yet Lincoln SO respected the
right of free press that he refused to
use his extraordinary powers to protect
himself and his great cause at its tenn
porary expense.
Publications like The Menace deserve
no consideration. The right of free
press deserves every consideration.
The injection of religious intolerance
into our public life is deplorable and
those who are guilty Of it are not true
Americans. But the way to fight it is
not by the perilous path indicated in
these bills. Forcible suppression only
aggravates a disease of that kind
Chicago Tribune, Wednesday, February
3, 1916.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-02-12
Here. and There.

Some time ago, Canadian mllltiamen
fred on two )American duck hunters,
killing one and wounding the other.
The Americans were violating a domin-
ion law, and when seen tried to escape
arrest. bu1even 30, the shooting was
almost Ideplorable affair. The most
draconian code in the world nowadays
does not prescribe the death penalty
for hunting ducks without q license.
According to old-world notions Of
Irrational honor" and the like, there
were the markings of a beautiful row in
this episode. Fortunately, the incident
occurred in North America, and the tw
nations involved have learned how to
be friends. The matter was investi
gated. not by secret service agents
anxious to cook up case for war, but
by responsible men who were willing
to learn and tell the truth
Having the facts, Canada and the
United States talked them over like
neighbors. and agreed on settlement.
Canada to pay $4,000 to the parents
of the young man who was killed and
$1,000 to the man who was injured.
An American duck hunter is as good
as any Austrian archduke that ever
lived-but much less expensive. The
shooting at Niagara costs $4,000. plus
sum legal expenses, and is not allowed
to interrupt for moment the regime
of good will that has prevailed or
this continent for century. The
shooting of Serejevo cost a million
lives and ten thousand million dollars,
besides insuring legacy of hate that
will last as long as the war debt
Chicago Journal