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The Washington herald., 1915-10-10

torted by refusing to report at the train
ing camp. AS a result. there was nc
one to condition the pitchers and wher
the team got back north the hurlers
were all in bad shape.
FINALLY Moran was telsgraphcd for
the salary difference adjusted and Pa,
got busy with the pitchers right away,
said Fogel In week he had them
hack in real form and the result was
that the Phillies became runners-up in
that great 1918 pennant fight.
Moran ia the man who really developed
Grover Alexander and made him one OF
the greatest pitchers the game ever has
known. Alexander was wild when he
joined the Phillies and had a peculiar
and non-effective delivery. Moran real
ized the mighty power in that right arm
and patiently set about correcting the
Alexander faults. aided by Earl Moore.
the former Phillie pitcher. who taught
Alexander the side-arm delivery that has
made him famous.
Tom Seaton was another pitcher who
jumped into stardom after a bit of tu-
toring by Moran. Ad Brenan. the south
paw. didn't show much promise when ne
joined the Philies, but Moran took him
in Charge-and Brennan became a real
pitcher.
Moran was just as good in develop
ing catchers as he was in teaching pitch
ers.' said Fogel. He taught Killifer
the fine art of catching. labored with
him long and patiently-and Killifer to-
day Is one of the best catchers In the
and.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
Moran Sidestepped the
Minor Waiver Route

Fat Moran narrowly escaped Somg
was slated for release by Charles Doom,
then manager Of the Phillies.
twas in June. 1910. that Charles Waist
roat Murphy. owner of the Chicago
C'uss, asked for waivers on Moran. who
was figured as excess baggage because
the Cubs had King and Archer to do the
catching chores. Horace f. Fogel, then
president of the Phillies. refused to waive
on Moran. which made Murphy consider
ably pecvish. as Murphy had hoped that
all clubs would waive and let him carry
out his plan to sell Moran to the Louis
Vile club. in the American Associat ton.
for 500. When Il major league club ex-
ercises the waiver option ii gets the play
er for sl.JOO
The Phillies finally secured Moran. but
not 1T the waiver price of Sl,!O0. Fogel
claims that Murphy forced him to pay
500
Il needed an experienced catcher. and
Moran was the man | wanted" said Fo-
gel. 1T cost me $3.50 TO get him, when
should have secured him for 81. 500, but
l was willing to pay the higher price
In 1911 Moran hurt his arm and was
almost useless a catcher thereafter.
But Fogel kept him because he was a
wonder in developing pitchers. and also
because he was a brainy baseballer.
Doom. however. wanted to get rid Of
Moran" says Fogel. II think he was
Jealous of him-afraid that Moran was
being groomed as his successor in the
managerial job
1t was in 1913 that DOOM engineered a
cut in Moran's salary-and the veteran re-
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
BROWNIES CAPTURE
TWO FROM CARDS

St Louis. Mo, Oct. 9.-The st. LSHs
Browns put n crimp into the Cards hare
this afternoon by taking the big end Of
a double-header by ) to and to .. Carl
Weilman proved too much for the Ma
ticnal Leaguers in the first game. while
Niehaus was pounded for a quartet OF
runs in the opening inning of this game.
Koob got off to a bad start and was re-
lieved by Hon in the nightcap. The
Brownies came from behind and over
took the Nationals two-run lead, ham
mering Meadows in the sixth for trio
DI tallies Score:
First game Il. b. Z.
Americans........ IIeo6 6esse5 2
Natirnals............. % o. 2
Ea;tcries-Weilman and Agnew: Saee and Nei-
hars and Snyder. Cmpires-Messrs Hildebrand and
Exams.
Second game RH.E.
Americans .......... ooeolS I i cs 0
Nationais .......... 800 o 0 0 o. Q
Batteries-Eock, Hof and Severuid and Agnew !;
Meadows and Gonzales. Umpires-Messrs, Evans
and Hildehrand.
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Tennis TITLE TO
SAMUEL HERR|CK
Captures Championship at
Washington Country Club
tournament.
WOMEN'S FINALS TODAY

The fourth annual closed tennis tour
nament OF the Washington Country Club
has been in progress duriC the past week.
and though interrupted by the rain very
.-ubSta ntial progress has been made by
tho tennis committee under the able
. craftsmanship of {. T. Eingsbury.
The championship in mems singles has
gone to Samuel IIcIrick through his vic
: cory over Edward Stafford in finals yes
t.rday afternoon before a crowded gal
l,If. Young Stafford displayed very
; good brand of tennis by working into
thc finals. but had to yield TO the greater
experience of the more veteran player.
Finals in mems doubles will probably
come off this afternoon. though they
may be postponed until tomorrow on ac-
count of the finals in the district tourna
ment being run of today The choice
for the championship seems to lie be-
tween Messrs. Kincsbury and Gould and
Day and Ingle.
Semi-finalS Is and finals in the ladies' sin
giles will be run off tomorrow with two
previous champions of the club actively
participating. Miss Mabel Smith and Miss
Ethel Atkinson. The latter has been
showing great form in the practice games
and is picked by many as the winner of
the trophy.
The mixed doubles this year are occa-
sioning unusual interest on account of
the large number of entries and the keen
competition developed thereby. The ten
mis- committe Is being congratulated on
the excellent condition of the courts. and
with the bright sunshiny weather today
and probably tomorrow a large crowd IS
expected to witness the final matches.
These matches will be open to the pub
lie.
Handsome silver cups are on exhibition
for the prizes in mems singles. mems
doubles, ladies' singles and mixed dou-
bles There are also appropriate prizes
in consolation events.
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Wilson'S PARTY
ENJOYS GAME
Sit Throughout Contest and
Give Foster Encouragement
from Time to Time.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ELEVEN.

| Pennsylvania Terminal shortly after
o'clock.
In the presidents party besides his
fancee were her. mother Mrs. Vim. H.
Boiling; the Presidents cousin, Miss
Helen Woodrow Bones. his private physi-
clan, DR.. Cary T. Grayson. and his priv
ate secretary. Joseph p. Tumulty. VIII
liam T. Flynn. chief of the United States
Secret Service with a corps Of his men
guarded the executive and his friends
The Philly fans. from their cheerful
practice of the day before were in good
voice and almost raised the hat of Billy
Penns statue as the President started on
his way Despite the energetic efforts of
his guards the first man Of the land and
his soon-to-be lady broke some speed
records.
Jitney relics. Of which hiladelphia is
full were thick and slow moving as ants
on Broad street and all the parallel
streets leading to the arena. They fell
away in awe before the presidential car
but they prevented the procession from
reaching the scene until few minutes
before the batteries were announced.
Namesake Waits All Night.
Among the youngsters who had wait
ed all night not to see the game but to
get a glimpse of the bridal pair. was a
namesakc of the president, Andrew W.T.
SON Il years old. He was the fourth in
the line which shivered through chilly
night.
At the Boston hotel a little comedy was
enacted that did much to hearten the Red
SoX. wild rumor had spread that the
Beanstob presented to Bill Carrigan in
event Of victory had been spilled and
were irretrievably lost. A Sherlock
Holmes sCuad was Orpanized and after an
hours search the symbols of culture were
found in tact In the managers room.
Among the most ardent Of the Bos-
ton fans was former Mayor Fitzergerald
He entertained no doubt whatever that
n rria n, bous un1ld faEa nno
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COBB AGAIN FIRST
AMONG LEAGUE HITTERS

For the eighth time in his career. Ty
Cobb is champion batter of the American
League. Beginning in 1907 the Detroi,
player has led the hitters in every season
except i'll 1868. when the official scores
gave Criss. of St. Louis. the palm. he
having batted .3i1 in siXty-four games 10
Cobb's .324 in 80.
Today Cobb's average for the season
just ended is go.
In stolen bases the Georgian has set a
new league record at ninety-seven for
the sea son. The old mark for the Amer
lean League was cighty-eisht credited TO
Milan, OF Washington. in 1912.
In runs scored. Cobb is ahead of all
with III and leads in total bases with 21l.
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$4,000 STATE JOB
FOR FRED A. WENCK

Albany. n. r. Oct Gov whitman n
has appointed Fred 4. Wenck. of New
Rochelle. chairman of the new State
Athletic Commission. which has super
vision over all boxing matches in the
State. His salary will be $4,000 a year
Mr.. Wenck succeeds Frank J. O'Neil.
the present chairman of the board of
three unpaid members, abolished by
the Malone boxing act. and his term
Will expire January l. 1916. There are
two other members of the commission
to be appointed. and the three will
name a secretary. who will also re-
ceive $4,000 year
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
z Car Driven by Gil Anderson Won Asor Cup Auto Race Yesterday
Gil Anderson, in Stutz,
Wins Astor Auto Race
BREAKS CROWD RECORD

Sheepshead Bay Speedway. n.
u, Oct. 0-Ninety-seven thou
sand people. the largest crowd
that ever witnessed sporting
event In an enclosure, were on
hand when Gil Anderson, driving
. Stutx car, won the 35O-mile
automobile race here this after
noon.
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Marksmen to Meet.

Those in charge of the Target Asso-
citation of the Home Club have called
a meeting to be held Friday night. Oc-
tober Is. and urge every one of the
l65 members to be present so that all
the business on the program can duly
be transacted. At this meeting the
prizes won at the recent matches will
be distributed to the winners. The
Congress Heights range will not be
used, but those wishing to practice
during the winter will have the indoor
ranges at their disposal SO they will
be able to qualify for the matches in
the spring.
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Norwegian Drives Car First
Over Line in 350-mile Drive
at Sheepshead Speedway.
TOM ROONEY IS SECOND
BY DAMON RUNYON.

Sheepshead Bay Speedway, Oct. D.
Riding the tail of an American shra pnel
shell, misnamed the racing auto" Gil
Anderson, a Norwegian. won the 20-mile
race for the Astor Cup at the new
Sheepshead Bay Speedway this after
noon.
He shattered all worlds records for the
distance. His time was three hours,
twenty-four minutes and forty-two sec
onds. He was whirled along the planked
roadway at an average speed OF 102.6O
miles an hour-the maddeSt. widest
flight ever seen on this continent
while nearly 100000 persons watched him
and his competitors. pop-eyed with
ANA cement that human beings could
dare that crazy speed.
Behind Anderson came his teammate.
Tom Rooney, also in Stutz and driving
his first big race He finished just a
few clock ticks away from the 10000
that goes to Anderson. his time being
B:%J:rr9 but he gets s15. 900 for his reward
It was A dual American victory and
when Anderson rolled his car back to his
place at the end of the race his partner
was close behind him. The hand struck
up "The Star Spangled Banner while
q mighty chorus of song rose from the
great throng.
Deaf from Roar.
Anderson was SO deaf from the Ter. ifc
roar of his engine throughout that in
sane drive that he could scarcely hear Il
word that was said to him for some min
utes. He staggered momentarily when
his feet struck the ground. His lnecha
nician, e. W. Scott, was oVercom" by
the gasoline fumes.
Eddy O'Donnell, in Duesenbers. Was
third
wild Bob Burnan, one OF the great
est of all the American Mahouts OF the
planked track. had to quit two laps-only
four miles-from >fhe finish. Something
went wrong with his car. He was never
worse than fourth during the race, and
as he brought his car limpins back to
bis pit murmur of sympathy rose from
the crowd. He was a great favorite with
the spectators. and so was Barney Old
field, the grim dare devil with the cigar
gripped between his teeth. but Oldfield
had to drop out early.
Fourth place went to =. Henderson in
q Duesenberg. fifth to Tom Alley in an
Ogren, and sixth to Carl LimberG in a
Delage. the same kind of car that was
driven by Oldfield.
LimberE Finishes.
Long after Anderson and Rooney had
finished and long after many of the spec
tstors had started for home. LimoerS
came In. His time was 4:d9:2I. aver
as" of slightly over cishty-four miles an
hour, yet the experts shook their head.
and said this Was very.very slow.
Not many years ago William X. Van
derbit drove a Mercedes five miles in
about seven and half minutes. and per-
sons thought the limit had about been
reached.
Positions of racers and time of win
ners:
100 .Oo zoo $50
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GEORGE FOSTER
IS SERIES STAR
Youthful Hurler of Red Sox
Allows Phils Three Hits,
Winning, z to |.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ELEVEN.

The Phillies only run came in the fifth.
Cravath the first man up brought a roar
from the crowd when he doubled to left
and Luderus sent the crowd into a frenzy
of madness by Immediately afterward
doubling TO center. scoring Cravath
Mayer shows Form.
Here's where they sew up this ball
game" shouted the rooters. But the
Philies didn't. Nhitted was thrown out
by Scott. Neihoff lined to Hoblitzel and
Burns struck out
Mayer pitched good aa1ne for the
Philles but had it not been flor the great
support of his teammates. he would have
been given a real drubbins by the Red
Hosed folks. from Boston. Mayer was In
real trouble half a dozen times during
the game but his defense after the first
inning was perfect.
The greatest trouble with Mayer
seemed to be nervousness and failure
to get a real break on his out curves.
During the game he made at least
twenty-five pitches intended to be out
curves. but they failed to break. and
Catcher Burns had to jump from one
side to the other to save Mayer from
a wild pitch.
Milton Stock. the Phillies' third
sackcr. drew wild ovation from the
crowd in which President Wilson Joined
when he Era bbed Barry's bounder back
of third base in the fifth inning. and
by making a magnificent throw while
half in the air. retired Black Jack" at
first.
Barry in LimeliEht.
Barry also made pretty play in
the first inning. Paskert hit to Hob
litzel. who fumbled and the hall ran
through him. Barry picked it up on
a dead run and threw to Foster who
covered the bag in time to retire the
speedy PaSkert.
Bancroft brought the crowd to its
feet in the eighth with wonderful
play. Lewis smashed sizzling
Crounder through the pitchers box. 1t
looked like hit. but Bancroft raced
over into second base territory and
gra bbed the ball with his gloved hand.
transferred it to the other one and then
threw to Luderus. retiring Lewis by
stride.
1t was real ball game that they
staged here this afternoon. the kind
that the fans will tell about for years
to come-a ball game that explains
why baseball has such a hold on the
American public.
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Bobby BYrne's Romance.

Bobby Byrne. the Phillies third base
man. has looked forward loneinSly to
the end of the baseball season. because
ii will enable him t" hustle back to st.
Louis and claim his bride the sweet
heart of his boyhood days-Miss Laura
Shields.
Years ago when Byrne. just in his
Z CnS. played amateur bah in St Louis
h" met Miss Shields. then just a girl il,
short frocks. The friendship lasted
through the years. ripened into love
and the romance will have its happy
elimination probably the latter part OF
The month
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
SCOTT SHOWS FORM
AND WHITE SOX LAND

Chicago. ILL.,, Oct. a.-The Chicago Ma
tionaI League club WAS completely out
classed in the intercity game here to-
day. The White Sox got to Vaughn's de-
livery in the third and five runs were
chased across the counting block. Jim
Scott allowed the Cubs four hits and
handed them a brace of zeros. Score:
n H. z.
White so1.......... % S 0 o o 0 = e-5 10 4
Cubs ............... o o 0 o o o 90
Batterics-Scott and schalk; Vaughn. Adams and
Archer. umrres-MesWs. Quisley and Connolly.
Dinccn and 0,th.
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wH1TTED FINED s. BY UMPIRE.

Philadelphia. Pa, Oct. S.-One Of the
features of Fridays game whicn
escaped the notice of the spectators In
the stands was a little tilt between
George whitted. the Phillies' left fielder.
and Umpire Klein Whitted was at bas
when Paskert. on third. and Luderus.
on hrst, tried to work double steal.
KLEIN thought that whitted tried to
block Catcher Cady and prevent him from
making a throw. The umpire showed
George to get him out of the way. whis-
ted objected to the rough treatment.
there was a brief exchange OF words.
which resulted In 0eoeSe being ansd n
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
Bill Likes to Sleepl'

Bill Carrigan. manager of those Bos-
ton Red Sox, doesn't like to sleep. at
seems like q waste Of good time," he ex-
plains.
When Carrigan first broke into the big
leagues his habit Of sitting up late at
night brought him several rebukes from
his manager, but Bill explained his aver
sion to sleep and demonstrated that he
could get along nicely on six hours Of
sleep day. and thereafter vas excused
from turning In" At 10 or 1880 o'clock.
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SAILORS ARE EASY
FOR HILLTOP TEAM
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ELEVEN.

pa pers to the effect that Technical High
School team would play the Freshmen
eleven at the Hilltop was without founda-
ton. and the fans who arrived early
were disappointed. Lineup and sum-
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100 "O0 zoo $50
miles. miles. miles. miles

Anderson's Time. 20f minutes q sec.
oudS--at rate of 1876 miles an hour.
EoCncy's time. @05 inmates -? sec
onds-at rate of 1918 miles an hour.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
Put the Day in Luderus.

Fred Luderus. first baseman for the
Phillics, pronounces his name thusly:
Lu-day-rus
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10

Observation-Disclosures fer CHsack, Shoulwster
for Ward, Green for Nahum Burland for Green.
Grove for Fitzgerald. Nc arthy for Baon. O'C"'-
nor for ,;crney CrCnin fer Corcuran. Lyons for
Crrnin Smith for Mcnamara. Brett tor Wall.
Hanlon for ,iilrny. Suppc for Hanlon. o'BOyia
for Leishty, Ballard for Fringe Roth for Filbry.
Fflbry fer Ballard. Schaefcr ftr Walbert. Bossard
for Leonard. Fringe for AckeIman. touchdown
McNamarA Gilroy t9. Wall. Corcorsn. Hanlnn.
Brett Supple e.. Goals from touchdowns- Baron,
CONTINUED on PAGE FIFTEEN
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
NUTSHELL HISTORY OF ALL THE SEVEN-GAME
SERIES, AMERICAN VS.. NATIONAL LEAGUE CLl

@ @ w@ ~ o sB APs s P5s 9 % %
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For
"Class.
Clothes"

That's all YOU need pay here.
The k-Made Special Suits and
.Dvercoats comes in 81 styles
for short men and tall men
stout vlen and slim-young
men aud those who kicked the
calendar in the canal years
ago and have determined to
stay young.
You have thEchance to COM
pare these k-Mades with the
hest known trade-marked suits
IN the land-for we handle a
full line of 'en, too-$20.
S25 and $50.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10

CONTINUED on PAGE FIFTEEN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-10-18
mo CHANGE IN
| THE TAX LINEUP

The finance committee ~ the
council In special session Monday
forenoon recommended that Mayor
GilrK veto on the so-ealled high
tar levy" ordinance be sustained
at the council meeting Monday aft
ernoon. This means. practically.
that tho measure viii DO formally
killed, inasmuch as six votes are
required 10 pass vetoed ordinance.
and the six votes ar. no, forthoom-
ing
Five councilmen. Erickson. Mar.
bic. Lundy. Hesketh and Bolton IA.
vor the high levy and will vote TO
sustain the veto. but none OF tho
remaining four. Fitzgerald. Dale.
Hanna. or Haas viii toin the five.
Tho bill providing for the 40
called Tow levy" with the three
items Mayor Gu objects 10. elm.
mated. remained ia committee.
Monday. despite efforts on the par,
Of Heaketh 10 get Il before the
council. HeAketh contended this
hill should come before the coun.
ell ahead Of the vetoed bill.
A compromise. by which the
5000. 900 will remain In the budget.
may be effected
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DANIELS FEARS
ARMOR COMBINE
Wants Congress to Include
Government Armor Plant
in Program.
HAVE WORLD DIVIDED
az gibson GARDNER

~ gibson GAVDNEN
WARRINGTON. Oct. ia.--rhe
enormous profits 20 be resped
by making war munitions re-
qulred by the military prepsr-
edness program 10 responsible
for the new interpretations.
such az the 500, 600, 900 Mldvale
concern. headed by William e.
Corey and buying up OF other
concerns. TO consolidate with
the Bethlehem company, headed
by Charles N. sehwab.
Armor plate for wsrships and
ordnance contracts offer rich
pleklnos 20 private concerns so
long az the government delays
building lie own armor plant
making business.
Secretary OF the Navy Daniels
sees trouble ahead. lie would like
congress to link up with its prepRr'
edness program authority 10 begin
that -talked-of and long.delay'
ed government armor plant
The secretary is convinced that
the armor makers are In trust.
not only in the United states, but
all over the world
When the subject OF armor bids
was under consideration before the
naval affairs committee. lar win
ter. the secretary appeared before
the committee behind the closed
doors OF the committee room and
told how he tried To get armor for
the now Ircadnaught Pennsylvania.
lie said:
When we came 10 the armor.
We rejected all the bids and were
then absolutely In a situation from
which II appears there was no re-
lief. Tho you cannot establish Il In
black and white. there Is no doubt
OF an armor plate trust all over the
world: that 10 10 say. the people
abroad who make armor plate will
not come here and submit bids. be
cause they know n they do. our
manufacturer viii go abroad and
submit bids. They have divided
the world. like Gaul. into three
parts"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-10-18
WnlRL WIND FINISH
IN SUFFRAGE fight

TRENTON. ". j.. Oct. is-From
Cape May TO Kittatlnny Ridge. the
women OF New Jersey today made
the final appeal OF their whirlwind
campaign for suffrage.
Mas meetings everywhere In the
state were addressed hy prominent
suffragists. while bands played suf
frage tunes.
Today's speech making ended
one OF the most brilliant suffrage
campaigns In the nations history
Aided by their New York sisters
and spurred on by President VII
sons pronouncement in favor oil
state suffrage. the women spared
neither time nor money.
The suffragists are confident OF
victory
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CHAMBER GOING
after MEMBERS

The c. of c. II getcha ifya don't
watch OUT
Right soon--as soon as the pres
ent members can be lined up and
pricked with the goad OF enthusi-
asm, the Chamber OF Commerce is
going out after the young 'uns.
There viii be clean sweep OF
the city I'm n membership cam.
paign The boys WHOM be caught
in the dragnet will be the younger
set OF business men.
No use trying to escape once you
are nabbed. 80 they say, for o. $.
Larson, chairman Of the member.
ship committee. who has learned a
lot OF new tricks as a trapper
lately. will be erslissImo of the
campaign
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