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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-05
FRED'S COMMENT
 ON THE AMATEURS

The postoffice 'pirates'' were at last defeated. It was their first reverse of the season, and 1t came as a complete Cola boys put up the best game and deserved to win. The field was muddy and numerous errors were made. The "pirates' can afford to lose a few games and still lead the Greater Birmingham league.
 Pep-to-Lac easily romped out another victory over the First National Bankers for their tenth consecutive win. The bankers were expected to put up a bet ter game than they did but the soft drink combination was too strong for them. Horton, a new twirler, was tried out by the bottlers and proved that had the stuff"
 Southern Bell continued her pennant drive Saturday when they barely es- capped with win over the West Wood' lawners It was a pitchers battle be- tween Stephenson and Smith both former college twirlers at Alabama, with the edge with the former. As East Lake was being defeated, the grouping of the teams grows closer for the final spurt.
 The addition of new material and new spirit into the Progressive Farmers seems Ito have worked wonders with them. Manager Rodgers has now a lively col lection of ball tossers. and will probably win the mapority of his remaining games
 Mineral Springs strengthened her hold on the top of the ladder when they took their double bill from Broolsside, their nearest opponents The "springers' have a good lead now and provided they keep playing the brand of ball played in the past they will have an easy time in win ming the gonfalon
 Deerhurst upset the dope in the Shelby County league by their double win over Siluria Saturday. The Siluria boys were picked to cop the affair in easy fash ion, aided by their heavy sticksmen, but the Deerhurst hurlers held the sluggers helpless before their slants. The double victory puts Deerhurst in striking dis tance of the leaders.
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teams are in line for honors.

In the senior organization the Chi cago, Philadelphia. St. Louis and Pitts burg clubs are so closely punched that 50 points will come close to covering the span between first and fourth. Sep arated sharply from the first group come the Brooklyn. Boston, New Hork and Cincinnati teams still nearer to . gether as 20 points recently has been sufficient to bridge the gap between fifth and eighth place clubs.
 The Chicago leaders have been slip ping back while Philadelphia has been gaining and St. Louis and Pittsburg about holding their own. In the second division the long looked for brace of the Bostons has not been in evidence. Instead the club was badly mauled re- gently by the New Yorks, who in turn lost four straight games to Brooklyn.
 The Brooklyns at present are making the strongest threat to move out of their division.
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The Giants pitching staff is proving so unreliable that the team is losing oftener than 1t Is winning. The veteran Mathewson seems to be regaining form
 The American league race finds the Chicago team far out in front, but with the chances of Boston and Detroit by no means hopeless. The White Sox's pace, however, is a dizzy one, and the second and third place teams until the past week have not kept up with 1t. But both the Red Sox and the Tigers are doing better. In general the Chi cagoans are playing a game not to be matched at present in either league.
 New York and Washington form the second American league group and are in a sharp fight for fourth place with the advantage just now with the Yan- kees. In an apparently hopeless position are Cleveland. St. Louis and Philadel . phia, forming the last group in the league. The once famous Athletics were still further brokcp up during the week, Jack Barry, long the shortstop of the club, going to Boston to play second base McInnis alone remains of the $100,000 infield.
 The Federal league clubs stood at the close of the week, just as they did a week before, with St. Louis and Kansas City fighting for the leadership, the latter having had slightly the better week of it. Chicago and Pittsburg, both winning with considerable regularity. pulled up rapidly on the other two first division clubs. In the other division the Buffalo team alone gained ground, Newark doing worse than break even and Brooklyn and Baltimore dropping rapidly.
 Buffalo sees chance to get out of last place and is doing its best. The Brooklyns are badly disorganized, with two of their pitchers under suspension for indifferent work and it's star bats man, Benny Kauff, on strike.
 The record of games played, won and lost with runs, hits, errors and men left on bases
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American Association
Tennis Tournament

Atlanta. July 1.-The southern tennis tournament will begin on the clay courts of the Atlanta Athletic club tomorrow, with players from most of the larger cities in the south entered.
 Earrings for the singles will be held in the morning and play will start in the afternoon. There are 65 entries for the mer's singles, 19 for the women's singles ana more than 30 teams for the doubles.
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YALE PLAYERS
 LOST THEIR GOAT

No. Abbot, seeing his fly was a cinch 10 catch didn't run to first. That was the initial bonehead, his failing to run.
 No. 2-Legore saw that Abbot had quit running, so realized his chance for a double play by means of the trapped ball, trick. He purposely let the ny drop and took it on the first bounce That much was good baseball Legore's play then was to throw to second, which would force out Mahan, the second bal seman then to relay the ball to first, putting out the batter, who having stopped run ming wouldn't have had a chance to beat the relay, and moreover was out anyway for having quit running. Legore though. instead of throwing to second, threw to first. That was bonehead No. 2.
 No 3-Mahan, as soon as he saw Le- gore let the fly drop, should have real ized that he then was forced to go ahead to second base and ought to have begun to run as soon as the ball was dropped Instead. he stood still on first base. He apparently was confused and thought that the "infield fly rule applied whereby the batter Is out on an infield fly whether 1t Is caught or not. But that rule con- cerns only situations where there are men on both first and second or on first, sec ond and third. Here there was only a man on first so the rule was not in force. Mahan, therefore, should have beaten it to second. His standing still on III iSl pdSe coHSlltuteu DOne numDer three.
 No. 4-Legore's throw to first was wide and pulled First Baseman Bush off the bag. Bush scrambled over and touched the base with his foot, thereby putting the batter out. That was bone number four. What he should have done in the circumstances was first to tag Mahan, who, by the rules, was out if touched anywhere before he could get to second base, and then to touch first base after ward to get the runner. But as he touched the base first, putting the runner out, Mahan no longer was forced to get off the base and should have stood there in safety as long as he wished Bush's bone. therefore, was touching the base as soon as he could find That made number four.
 No. 5-Mahan was guilty of the next mistake After Bush had put Abbot out by touching first, Mshan was perfectly safe where he stood and ought to have held his ground. But now he got rattled somehow and thought the best thing for him to do was to beat 1t away from first before Bush could tag him. So, depart ing before Bush could sweep his arm around, Mahan lit out for second. Bush threw to Second Baseman Hilburn and Mahan was tagged for the second out of the double play
 A recapitulation shows Abbot making one bone. when he stopped running. Le- gore making one when he threw to first instead of second Rush. one when he touched the base instead of Mahan; and Mahan two-failing to run In the first place and failing to stand still in the second place. It was some play, believe me- Bill.
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EXHIBITION BASEBALL
Giants Down Yankees

New. York, July 4.-The New York Nationals defeated the New York Americans to 3 in an exhibition game today for charity at the Polo grounds Bill Donovan, manager of the Yankees, pitched steady ball for five innings. and then gave way to Cottrell. A home run by Burns in the filth with one man on and Fletcher's triple with two men on in the seventh won for the Giants. Score: R.H. E. Yankees ........ 101 010 0O0-3 0 Giants .......... 900 021 20s--5 9
 Batteries: Donovan,< Cottrell and Uunamaker, Sweeney; Schupp, Schauer and Wendell. Empires. Byron and O'I.oughlin.
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LOOKOUTS DOWNED
 BY NASHVILLE VOLS

Nashville, July 4.-Kissinger pitch ed In masterly fashion against Chatta- nCoga today while Nashville hammered Marshall when hits meant runs. Tn :. final score was to l. Marshall was taken out for a pinch hitter and Taff finished the game. The hitting of Street featured. Score:
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BLOOD ON THE MOON"
 WELLS WORDSWORTH

There Is blood on the moon," yells Gladys Molesworth, "and 1 must have those two games or Jawn Dobbs and B:isco Lord will hie away with Miss Pennant."
 An, tis a gripping tale of adven- ture and better than the movies" Thousands of fans and fannets should go out to Redwood this morning and afternoon and witness this vivid base ball drama which for sheer power ot stlrring souls in intense emotional out bursts against the upsettng of ambi- tio, s is unsurpassed in any other arena in the city. Remember the place Redwood Field-this morning at 10 o'clock and this afternoon at 3:3O c clock. By the way, Bob Tyson, ol6 scout. is this advertisement We arc writing for you or a news story?
 As for the Barons and Gulls, thoy found the going rather dull yester- day It rained rather steadily in the morning which forced the athletes to their rooms, wherein solemn commun- fngs they implored the powers that be for aid in filling bobtail straights and other episodes connected with tha retional game as it Is played on the inside. Other and more adventurous spirits CO., operated with the police au- thorities in hunting the blind tiger to his lair. Still others compared the exclusive fielding averages published in The Age-Herald with their own privately kept account of playing ef- forts.
 Taken all in all, it was very quiet Sunuay fer the baseball players and most of them remarked that 1t re- minded them of Montgomery in it's palmiest days. Now this was very cruel on the part of the Barons to compare the peerless city of Birming- ham to Montgomery. They could at the very least compared this city to Selma, but Montgomery-awful
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Beaumont: Beaumont 2, Dallas ? Q1 innings, darkness).
 At Houston Houston 40, Waco 11-2. At Galveston: Galveston-S Shreveport, rain
 Al San Antonio: San Antonio 4, Ft. Worth 2.
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Both Chicago Teams
 Leading the Majors
Brace of Boston Red Sox One of Features of the Week-Connie Mack Disposes of Jack Barry.
 Giants Pitching Staff is Unreliable

New York July 4With the half mark of the baseball near ma league clubs gathering well defined groups, for the drive the finish Should the teams continue playing approximately they have been during the first half of the race any one four National league clubs has excel
 lent chance for the flag while in the American league three
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MEMPHIS CHICKS
 HALTED BY TRAVELLERS

Memphis, Tenn, July 4.-Little Rock punched three hits in the third inning to- day and defeated Memphis, ? to l. A doubleheader was to have been played, but rain stopped play In the fourth in- ming of the second game with the score tied, to R. Score.
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MEMPHIS CHICKS
 DOWNED HAND|LY
Nashville Vols Easily Stop Attack of LO0kOuts and
 Displace Birmingham
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING

Results Yesterday
 Little Rock ?, Memphis L
 Nashville B. Chattanooga l.
 Games Today
 Mobile at Birmingham.
 New Orleans at Atlanta
 Little Rock al Memphis.
 Chattanooga al Nashville
 Atlanta. July 4.-AccOrding to the off, f.iaI league figures, Memphis con tinued to lead the Southern associs- ton club standing, but New Orleans was only half a game behind at the cIose of tke week ending yesterday. Memphis played five games and won three, while New Orleans took four out of seven.
 Birmingham and Nashville improved their percentage, the former winning four five and dropping two These teams are not far behind the leaders and the first division race Is becoming exceedingly close
 Though it lost four of its five games, Chattanooga continued to lead the sec ond division, due to the fact that At lanta could win but two in eight. Mo- bile won five and lost three and Little Rock won twice In five starts.
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(Seven innings, agreement)

Summary: Three-base hit, Couchman. Sacrifice hit Eabe1 Stolen bases Jant- zen. Bases on balls, off Couchman 1. Robertson 3. Struck out, by Couchman 8, Robertson 4. Hit by pitcher, by Couch- man (Merritt. Time, 1:35. Umpires Pfenninger and Bernhard.
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UIdTS ..... 5Z b Z4 I. "Batted for Marshall in eighth.

Summary: Two base hits, Harris, Me- Cormick, Street. Double play Dodge to Paulette. Stolen bases, Sheehan, Johnston. Sacrifice hits, Farmer, Dodge, Kisslnger. Left on bases, Chat tsnooga 3, Nashville 3. Bases on balls, Marshall l. Struck out, Marshall 1, Kis- singer 6. Inning pitched Marshall ' with hits and runs. Time. 1:3o. Um- pire, Rudderham.
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JUP|TERP P[UVIOUS
 ON THE JOb AGAIN;
 TWO GAMES TODAY
Athletes Spent Quiet Sun day Johnson and Black Will Face Gulls in the
 Games Today
By RICHARD F. LUSSIEH rafned yexferday


 Nothing new in that except that fl wsr Sunday and the Barons were not playing bnII. That, at least, was dis tinctly original on the part of old Jupiter PIuvius.
 It will not rain today-perhaps not. If IL does not it Is the intention of the Birmin gham Baseball club, better known to the proIatariat as the "boId snd battled" Barons, to entertain tho Mobile Baseball club. known here- abouts and tbereabouts as the "faIter- ing GuIls," in two sessions of base ball.
 The first of the aforesaid set-tos will he staged at 10 o'clock this morning and the second part of the torrid "di amah' entitled "Sniping the Gulls," by Chubby Carleton, is scheduled this afternoon at the regular hour-whioh, o'clock in the afternoon
 In "Sniping the Gulls" the role of sniperette in chief will be entrusted in the hands of long, lean and lanky Arthur Johnson and his offside part ner in iniquity, Karl Black, alias Loud epslager and other things. With these two stellar thespios in the cast Gladys Molesworth is assured of splendid sup port and the "villyun," Dutch Char lie Schmidt will rue the day he en- tered the precincts of Redwood Field.
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Chifeds Win

Chicago July 4.-McConnelr hitting and pitching were leading factors in Chi A wet ground made fielding difficult and many of the hits might have been outs on a dry field. The visitors pounded Me- Connell hard, but he was strong in most of the tight places, while Dickson was the victim of rally in the sixth which caused his retirement and Allen sent in one run on balk. Score: R. H. E.
 Pittsburg ................. .OH 900 1O0-4 13 O Chicago ..................0 .010 0O3 10*-5 13 2
 Batteries: Dickson. Allen. Barger and O'Connor; Berry, Mcconnell and Wilson
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Baltimore Wins
Conserving Resources

From the Kansas City Journal.
 I'm glad to beat the carpets before I started my backyard garden"
 "Why so?'
 'I thus secured a nice topsoil to go with the tin cans, loose ashes, and broken glass"
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St. Louis, July 4-Loudermilk cele- brated Independence Day by shutting out Cleveland 2 to in a one-hit game in which both teams played errorless ball. Smith robbed the St. Louis pitcher of a. no-hit game by a triple in the fourth after two men were out. Loudermilk further helped his team by doubling to right in the eighth and scoring on Shot tons double. The other run was brought in by c. Walker, who doubled in the fourth and scored on Walshs single. Score: R. H. F. Cleveland ............. 600 GOO 000-0 0 St Louis ..............0 900 100 O1*-2 8 O
 Batteries: Mitchell, Jones and O'Neill; Loudermilk and Severeid.
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FEDERAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Kawfeds Win With Ease

Kansas City, July 4.-Every Kansas City batter made at least one safe hit today and Rawlings and Shaw hit every time up. St Louis went back to second place, giv- ing the lead to Kansas City again. Score;
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Georgia-Alabama League
STANDING

Games Today Rome at Griffin. Newman at LaGrA.nges Talladega at AnntDton.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Reds Win Two Games

Cincinnati, July 4.-Cincinnati nosed out at Louis in both games of a dou- ble header today, winning the first l to and the second 3 to ?. Dale's pitching and remarkable fielding de- fcated the visitors in the first game
 In the second game Cincinnati nit kallee hard and he left the mound in scored, tieing the score, and two men were on base Griner could not stop the locals. for single by Herzog brought home the winning run Rain tkem ended the game Scores
 First game RHE St Louis ........ 900 900 OO0-0 6 Cincinnati ...... 010 900 00*-1 $ Batteries: Robinson and Snyder; Dale ard Wingo, Clarke.
 Second game: RH.E. St. Louis . 900 OO2 0-2 , O Cincinnati ......... 900 010 2-3 g 1 Batteries: Sallee, Griner and Snyder; Lear and Clarke
 Cubs Win
 Chicago. July 4.-Chicago defeated P:ttsburg to today The locals rlade their runs by punching hits off McQuillan and Cooper Cheney weak ened in the fifth when the visitors started a rally and retired in favor of Lavender, who stopped the visitors Score: R. H F. Fittsburg ...... 900 1S0 Oo1-5 3 Chicago ......... 232 001 00%-8 12 2 Batteries: McQuillan, Cooper and Ethang; Cheney, Lavender and Archer
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
TY-gerS Win

Detroit, July 4.-Detroit defeated Chi cago in the tenth inning today, 8 to q, giving the local team three out of four games. Detroit's heavy hitters knocked Scott out in five innings and took a six-run lead. When Steen become wild in the eighth and his support weakened, Chicago tied the score. Covaeskie re- lieyed Steen and Wolfgang, who had re- lieved Scott for two innings, gave way to Faber With two out in the tenth and Cobb and Crawford on bases Faber purposefy passed Bush filling the bases, to get at Baker. Then he walked Baker on four pitched balls, forcing In Cobb with the winning run. Score: R. H. E. Chicago .......... .010 00O 15O or ? Detroit .................1 100 330 600 Is 15
 Batteries: Scott, Wolfgang. F'aber and Schalk, Steen; Covaleskie and Stanage, Baker.
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COLLEGE PLAYERS
 SHOW UP MERKLE BY B0NEHEAD WORK
In Recent Harvard and Yale Game Five Distinct Bone Plays Were Pulled-It Was the Prize Con-
 crete Work of
 the Age

New York, July 4.-John Anderson, Barry Mccormick and Fred Merkle will live long in memory after their bones are inferred. Likewise, their bones will live long in memory-the famous bone head plays they have made Anderson passed out of the baseball spotlight some six or seven years ago, his last big league engagement of any importance being as first baseman of the St. Louis Browns. Mccormick Is spoken of still every once in while because of his holding down a job as umpire in the Federal league. Merkle Is still on the job with the New York Giants, ever and anon adding an- other striking bit of stupid play to his long list of sensational blunders.
 But while this big league trio-names that to all regular fans are synonymous with bonehead-will ever rank high in the ivory quotations, the college boys must not be forgotten. Harvard and Yale got off play in their last series this year which In itself seems to overshadow any one particular piece of concrete-domed work ever sprung in professional ranks. The 5000 who attended the game at Eb- bets Field, Brooklyn, failed to appreciate the treat offered to their eyes, probably for the fact that the crowd was a college crowd, with very few real baseball stu- dents in 1t, such as are found in nearly any big league assemblage.
 It took four men to perpetrate this really wonderful play. and among them they made a total of five bonehead mis- takes, all on the one play. Shortstop Le- gore and First Baseman Bush of Yale made two of the bones and the other three were made by Pitcher Mahan and Second Baseman Abbot of Harvard. The deed was done in the sixth inning.
 Now, for the distressing details: Ma han, the first batter, was hit by pitched ball and got the first base. That set the stage for the play. Up strode Abbot and raised a high fly directly to Shortstop Legore of Yale, who didn't have to move from his tracks to get It. Here comes the five hOnebeads.
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International League

Al Jersey City: Jersey City IT, IIar- risburg 20.
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Results Yesterday Little Rock ?, Memphis 1. Nashville ,, Chattanooga l.
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Games Today Mobile at Birmingham. New Orleans at Atlanta. Little Rock at Memphis. Chattanooga at Nashville.
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Mans Defeated

Schalk, Steen; Covaleskie and Stanage Baker.
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THE GREAT MATTY
 REGAINING FORM

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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-07-01

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strangely as they had begun.
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back 70 bed and were asleep. But
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