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GAMENESS COUNTS

extraordinary work which he has done In
previous years In the same position.
GAMENESS COUNTS
The Philly team as a whole does not
worry about the loss OF game or two
as we Journey toward the end. because
whatever Is said about us We are GER
tainly putting. up consistent team play.
In races OF this sort the best fighting
team usually wins and / believe that we
can outgame any OF them. even though
the Braves have great reputation for
courage.
The experts are constantly writing
about team cracking under the strain
and to tell the truth. this is not wholly
figure OF speech The strain that comes
over team is hard to put in words. but
there is no doubt that the men get keyed
up to a certain tension where a mspiay
or any unjust decision will create havoc
az the end OF the season where IL would
be passed by earlier in the race This
affects pitchers even more than the pub
lie lmagines. It requires very close at
tention to keep the possibilities of nine
men who face you in a game clearly In
your mind.
1t is absolutely necessary to weigh the
batter carefully as he stands in front of
you. We get to know each batter as
the race progresses and to have fairly
good idea Of the ball he wants. or course
the point is TO give MIN the ball ne don
want but with 5000 people bowling ex-
citedly and playing double headers every
day It is not always possible for a pitcher
to retain his best judgment. Another point
that professional writers occasionally lose
sight of. 1t seems to me, is the fact that
the pitchers capabilities are often very
much tried OF the manner in which sub
stitute players are rushed into the game
on double header day.
You can pick out the regular nine men
of the team opposite to you and dope out
their style of play, but Stallings and
Robertson think nothing of putting II or
10 men in the course of day instead OF
nine. 1t is. of course, all in the game.
and their sole object is to fool the pitcher
IN this way, but the strain on the pitcher
is a good deal stronger than the average
fan ever imagines. When I hung up my
twenty seventh victory for the season this
week, was pretty firmly convinced that
had not been playing against school
boys.
Copyright, 1916. by @. C Alexander)
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.bARONS RANK WELL
IN ALL DEPARTMENTS
DESPITE BAD START
Crackers Best Hitters in the
League; Travellers Sec
ond; Barons Fourth

The Atlanta Crackers is the best
hitting team in the Southern league.
They have a team average of 27s
Little Rock and Nashville are tied for
second place with .269 each
Little Rock has made the most hits
and scored the most runs and Atlanta
is second In both departments Here
are the figures through the games
PLAYED Tuesday. September s;
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HANDLING PITCHERS

The questions of physical condition en-
ters into the pitchers performance at all
times Curiously enough. the pitcher does
not always know when he Is right" He
may feel that he cannot be beaten at
any particular game and yet that feeling
may come from many other causes than
physical ability.
I know that in my own experience.
Manager Moran of our club has been
right oftener than / have about my work.
His experience as a catcher and a prac-
teal baseball player for years and the
unceasing work he does in training his
pitchers has given him excellent judg-
ment in handling the men. and this is why
we were brought through last year in
such fine shape and that in the final
lap this year we are on hand with the
pitching staff in better condition than
that Of any other leaCing club in the
league All the pitchers are well and
strong. with no strain or break among
them
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Some miscellaneous figures on the
Southern league teams might be Of in
terest to Southern league fans as
method of comparing the merits of the
teams:
Atlanta led in sacrifice hits Bir-
mingham in stolen bases Memphis in
double plays, Nashville in strike outs,
Memphis in bases on balls, Chattanooga
pitchers in hit batsmen and wild
pitches and Little Rock catchers In
passed balls.
Here are the figures throughout the
games played Tuesday, September s:
SACRIFICE HITS
Atlanta, 225; Nashville, 201; Chatta-
nooge, 1913; Memphis 190 New Orleans,
1T; Little Rock, 17a; Birmingham, 146;
Mobile, 143.
STOLEN BASES
Birmingham, 1853; Little Rock, 149;
New Orleans, 143; Memphis, 1928; Nash
vile, 1877; Chattanooga, 112; Mobile,
116; Atlanta, 100.
DOUBLE PLAYS
Memphis, 90; Little Rock, 90; Atlanta,
80; Nashville, SO: Mobile, 49, Chatta-
nooga, II; Birmingham. 49, New Or
leans, 70.
STRIK EOUTS
Nashville. 4S9; Mobile, 3SS: Atlanta,
379; New Orleans, 81; Little Rock, 361;
Birmingham. 361; Chattanooga, 35S;
Memphis, $40.
BASES ON BALLS
Memphis, 420; New Orleans, 403; Bir-
mingham, 375; Chattanooga, 372; Little
Rock, 36S; Nashville, 1867; Atlanta, 1855;
Mobile, 1884
HIT RATSMEN
Chattanooga, 55 Mobile, "a; Atlanta.
46; Memphis. 40; New Orleans, All
Nashville, Al; Birmingham. 81
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The Little Rock Travellers hit the ball
the hardest with 1916 total bases on
their hits. Atlanta is second and
Nashville third.
Atlanta has made the most doubles,
Little Rock the most triples, these two
tied for the lead in home runs and
Atlanta leads in extra bases. Here are
the figures through the games played
ThurSdaY Septemher &.
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COMPARISON OF PITCHERS

At the beginning OF the league race,
everybody compares all the teams and all
the men of the various contestants. After
awhile this speculation is whitfield down
to the three leaders and you will note
that as the end approaches, the pitchers
OF the three clubs come in for the closest
scrutiny Brooklyn had a fine lot OF
pitchers, but when the final test came,
they broke"
When half dozen seasoned hurlers
begin to be knocked all over the lot as
they were in the last series with the
Phillies, it is evident they have passed
their useful point. They are out of con-
dition to win The Boston pitchers have
been worked very hard and undoubtedly
Kneff and Allen have felt the strain
Barnes has lost a great deal of weight
and that has naturally weakened him
but Rudolph is in splendid shape The
latter, however, is no longer a mystery
to our batsmen.
The Philadelphia pitchers, however. are
intact as a fine organization. There Is
no necessity of speaking of what Dem
aree has done this season. but 1t should
be said of Chalmers and Mayer that they
have had an unprecedented run of hard
luck and that they both show best at
the end of the season. The wonderful
improvement in Eppa Rixey has been one
of the important reasons that we have
remained one of the top clubs all the
season and want to say that I consider
Rixey one of the best pitchers, right
or left handed, in the league today
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u0uG dJ blc MoIlO1l CluU COul Of
Already the holder of this season S
open championship, won at Minneap-
oils in June, he is the first player in
either America or England to capture
both national titles in the same year.
Harold Hilton and John Ball, English
amateurs, won both titles, but both In
different seasons, while in the country
Francis Ouimet and Jerome Travers
have won double honors but at differ
ent times.
The setting for this most extraor-
binary of all golfing feats was fully
worthy of the event, for the largest
gallery which has witnessed an Amer
lean golf match since Ouimet defeated
Ray and Vardon in the famous play off
at Brooklne in 1913 was present.
There was hardly a cloud in the sky
and only slight wind blowing when
the players teed off for their 36-hole
match in the morning and conditions
improved, if anything, during the Ma
ernoon round. There was a galler4NJf
fully 5000 along the course when Nhe
players drove off and it increased all
day until there was close to 10000 pres
ent for the finish on the thirty third
green.
GALLERY BRILLIANT
There may have been larger galleries
in the past, but certainly none more
brilliant and spectacular from a point
of picturesqueness. The thousands of
women with their bright colored sweat
er coats and the men in fancy golfing
toggery presented the effect of ka-
leidoscope as they scrambled or ran
from tee to green. Not the least
conspicuous member of the gallery was
the mother of the winner who fol-
lowed the fortunes of her son through
out the entire 33-ho1e battle. She shared
in the congratulations and attention
that fell to the lot of her boy when
he was presented with the gold cham
pionship medal by Frank l.. Woodward,
president of the United States Golf as
sociation, on the green where he
clinched the match. Gardner, Corkran
and Guilford were given the runner
up and semi finalist medals, respect
lively.
AS is usually the case in a contest
where two experts meet for stake
of great honor, the match was mix
ture of championship and mediocre
p golf. particularly in the forenoon
round After luncheon the pair played
game which was little short of per-
lection until Gardner cracked under
the strain after the twenty ninth hole.
Gardner reduced his opponents lead to
one hole at the twenty seventh green
and was playing great golf sinking a
three-foot putt for two after Evans
had dropped his iron drive within five
1eet OF the pin and won the hole
to 3.
Going to the 18th Evans pulled his tee
shot into trap while Gardner was well
down the fairway. Evans was forced to
play his second short and his third was
on the green but % yards from the pin.
Gardeners second was on about three
yards nearer the hole, and it appeared
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eleventh, the hole being halved in par
fours. Then Gardner weakened. They
both had good tee shots, going to the
twelfth, but Gardner sliced his second
out Of bounds. Evans second was on
the edge of the creek, and he laid his
third on Gardner dropped another ball
and hit a long one to the edge of the
green. Gardner was way short with his
fourth, and missed his putt for a five,
Evans going down in that figure
Gardner took four for the short par
three thirteenth. His mashie was in
the trap at the left. and his out was
just on Evans par three gave him a
lead of three up.
Gardner made last stand on the four
teenth, halving in four. but he gave up
the battle on the fifteenth, taking three
to reach the edge of the green His
drive was IN the rough and his second
not out Evans got well played four
feet hole and match.
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Central High Coach to Have
But Six Regulars
to Return
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
HAS ELEVEN BATTLES
Two Dates Still Open on Schedule
Which Pritchard Has Outlined.
Majority of Games at Home.
Squad ofFS1 to Start

With one of the most strenuous SEIZED
ules being arranged for several years,
the largest squad of football candidates
for the Central High school gridiron ma
chine in its history will begin regular
practice on Wednesday afternoon at East
park The practice will be held at East
park only temporarily, as the regular
practice will be shifted to, probably,
Munger field.
Coach E. A. Pritchard has had a squad
OF between Is and 20 men out daily re-
ceiving individual practice for the past
week. The central coach has, however
81 youths signed up to mako an effort
to land berth on the 1917 machine.
School will not begin until September
Is, but Coach Pritchard has decided he
will get the jump on the other schools in
the state and thus is starting practice
week before the majority of the
coaches begin preliminary practice.
I'VE will certainly have large squad
but they are green as grass" said Coach
Pritchard. II have only six regulars from
last years team to work with, the re-
naming places to be filled by new mer
and substitutes from the team last year
1 am anxious to get the entire squad
down to work SO 1 can get some idea OF
what our prospects will be for the com
ing season.
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CHARLOTTE WINS THE
POST-SEASON SERIES

Charlotte. N. c.. September s-Char-
lotte. winner of the last half pennant in
the North Carolina league. today won
the league championship by defeating
Asheville. first half winner, 3 to l. 1t
was the fourth straight victory for the
local in a. series OF seven games
Charlotte will meet Nashville Southern
association pennant winner, In a four
game series to start in this city next
Wednesday and continue through the re-
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Nashville leads the Southern league
teams in fielding with an average of
.96S. Memphis Is second and Chatta-
nooga third. Here are the figures
through the games played Tuesday
Senter1a he
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RIXEY NOT APPRECIATED

Before this season closes Rixey will
make some baseball history or I shall be
very much surprised. To begin with, he
can stand more work than any pitcher
know, although he uses every muscle
in his body with every ball he pitches.
AS to the rest of the team. the infield
is working smoother and faster now that
Luderous and Bancroft are clubbing the
ball There has been great deal of
criticism of Morans outfield, but l don't
know Of any club that has three out
feders who are popular idols. About the
best you can ever get is two out of three.
In our case Paskert and Whited are
batting close to the 300 mark and there
is no question at all about the high class
Of work of these two fielders on the
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CHICKS EVANS WINNER OF THE NATIC
GREA TEST HONORS IN HISTORY
OF GOLF FALL TO CHICK EVANS
Chicago Star Defeats Fellow Townsman For
National Amateur Golf Championship Champ
ion Already Holder of Open Title-Largest Gal
lery in History Witnesses Match-Almost
10000 See Finish

Philadelphia, September 9The greatest honors in the his
tory Of modern golf fell Charles Evans of the Edgewaer
club of Chicago today when he defeated his fellow townsman
Robert A. Gardner of the Hnsdae club up and to play
the final of the national amateur championship tourna
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ner's second was in the creek but chip
ped up dead and halved in four.
Gardner had bad slice on his iron
to the short ninth, the ball going into
the woods. Evans was nicely on. Gard
ner's out ran over the green to a trap.
He failed to get his third out. his
fourth just on the edge of the green
He conceded the hole to Evans
In the turn Evans was 80 to 43 for
Gardner.
The tenth hole was halved in Ave
when Gardner took three to get home
and Evans took three puts. Evans was
half stymied by Gardner.
From the eleventh tee Gardner hit the
longest shot of the match, reaching the
green, 1926 yards away. Evans laid his
second dead and they halved in three.
Gardner won the twelfth. Evans sec
ond getting into the creek The short
thirteenth was halved in par threes,
both mashies being on. On the four
teenth and fifteenth the players took
turns at getting skies to fours. Evans
was in a trap on the fourteenth and
Gardner took three to reach and three
puts on the fifteenth. The sixteenth,
the first quarry hole, was halved in
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bases Crayath has been roughly ham
died In the way OF criticism, but in his
case a fair criticism should take In the
extraordinary work which he has done in
previous years IN the same position.
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SIX REGULARS BACK

Jones, end Captain Craig, tackle; Hahn,
halfback; Dorskey, halfback; Red, An
derson and Lacrox, substitutes from last
year. are expected back and are counted
OH as good prospects for the present
team Nothing is known Of the other can
didates, practically all being without eX-
perience and the lot composing green
bunch of material from which winning
eleven may be developed.
The schedule is the hardest of any
teams of recent years. Coach Pritchard
will have a game for his team every
Saturday, starting September 49, and last
to Thanksgiving Day. The tentative
schedule, as it now stands with the ma
jority of the contracts signed for the
games, is as follows:
September %, open date
September 80, Ensley High school in
Birmingham.
october T. Marion institute in Marion.
october IA, Tuscaloosa High school in
Birmingham.
October q, Meridian High school in
Meridian
October %, Blount County High school
in Birmingham.
November A. Baylor in Birmingham.
November II, open date.
November 81, Etowah County High
school in Birmingham.
November 25, Sylacauga at Sylacauga.
November 80, Bessemer High school at
Redwood Field.
Coach Pritchard has numerous requests
for games but had not decided on what
teams he will select to fill the two open
dates or whether he will cancel any OF
the above games. The schedule is a
difficult one, however and will force
the Crimson eleven to fight continually,
il a good year Is desired.
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COUNTING NEW MEN

I'VE lose some of our best men this
fall, but 1 am sure their places can BIO
filled from the large list of candidates
that will try out for the team. We are
not jubilant over the prospects, but still
I believe that winner can be developed.
l will do everything in my power in the
line of work or anything else to put a
winning team on the field
The practice for the past week was only
of a very minor nature. Working the
stiffness out of the athletics body will
constitute the main part of the practice
for the next week to come Important
rudiments of the game, such as falling
on the ball, blocking, catching passes
and punts and the like will not prob
ably be reached for two weeks yet.
The following are the boys that
promised to Coach Pritcherd to report
for the initial practice Wednesday: Ac-
ton. Acker, Anderson, Andrews, Will
Baker, Peyton Baker. Balsam, Banks,
Blackwelder, Blackwell Blake, Brown,
Eurney, Button, Cain, Caldwell Captain
Craig, Chace, Davis, Dodd, Dorskey,
Donaldson, buddy, Forbes, Gassoway,
Gideon, Gillian, Gooch, Hahn F. Hall,
J. Hall, Hamrick, Hawkins, Hodges,
jackson. Fred Jones, Harry Jones, Jack
Jones' Jaffe, Kelley, Lacroix, Lassiter,
Levy, J. Montgomery, M. Montgomery,
Miller, Mays, Mcdonald Newton, Put
man, Parkinson, Rogers. Rex, Rocket,
Rives, Russell, Self, c. Self Stubbs Sloss,
Shambin, Snowden, Smith, Tony, Walker,
Watkins, Wood, Weaver Wilder, Win
ham, Morgan Wood, Yielding.
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Chattanooga, 55 Mobile, "a; Atlanta,
46; Memphis. 40; New Orleans, Al;
Nashville, Al; Birmingham. 81
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-10-26
MASONS FORM STUDY CLUB
James Johnson, Forty-one Years q
Mason, Delivers Fine Address-t0
Meet Once a Month.

The Masonic Blue Lodge has insti-
tuted an innovation by setting aside
the fourth Thursday night Of each
month for special addresses on Mason
ic history and research work. This is
in line with work taken up by some of
the larger lodges.
James johnson, charter member of
Star in the West lodge, and Mason
for forty-one years, gave an interest
ing address at the meeting held this
evening. Mr.. Johnson is one of the
best read Masons Of the state and he
took the members back to the early
days, reciting many interesting Ma
sonic traditions and giving some in
teresting information about the early
days of the local lodge. Mr. johnson
has promised to give another address
in the near future.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-10-26
FURNITURE STORE TO
Open NOVEMBER 10
Faul v. Mccoy Announces That to be
About the Date-Building Nearly
Completed.

Paul v. Mccoy returned from New
York City early this week and is very
busy getting ready to open the new
Mccoy Furniture Store in the Ander-
son block. The date of the opening
will be about Nov. 10, exact time to be
announced later. Several cars of fur
nlture are already here while other
cars are being held by the shippers,
awaiting word to ship. The building IS
nearing completion.
While in New York, Mr.. Mccoy
bought large stock of Oriental rugs,
one of the first stocks of these rugs
to be actually owned by any North
Dakota store.
Mr.. Mccoy also purchased stock of
garments for the ready-to-wear de-
partmert of the Mccoy department
store.
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MISS ESTL|Ck IS
]. an OCTOBER BRIDE
Daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Est
lick Married to Vitus Carlson
Wednesday Afternoon.

Miss Arleigh Mae Estlick, eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Estlick,
prominent North Prairie farmers, was
united in marriage Wednesday after
noon at two o'clock to Vitus C. Carl
son, prosperous and highly respect
ed young farmer residing north Of the
city. The ceremony took place at the
Presbyterian parsonage, the pastor,
Rev. P. w. Erickson, performing the
ceremony, only the immediate men,
beers of the family and VIM. Anderson
of Minnesota, cousin of the groom,
being present.
The bridal party proceeded at once
to the Estlick home where the we'd
ding supper was served that evening
The couple have gone to housekeeping
in the fine new modern residence
which the groom erected during the
summer on his farm, just a short dis
lance from the Estlick home. The
farm home is one of the most comfort
able in the county, being fitted with
furnace, electric lights and other
modern conveniences.
The bride has resided in this county
since her parents came here nearly
six years ago and she has won a great
many friends. She is young woman
of many attractive qualities. The
groom has been a resident of North
Prairie for number of years and he
is regarded as one of the best farm
ers of that district. The Independent
joins the couples many friends in ex-
tending fluctuations.
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SPECIAL TRAIN TO STOCK SHOW
Will Pass Thru. Minot First Monday
in December-Trip Will Last Eight
Days-T0tal Cost $66.

F. r. Crane, director of the agricul-
tural extension department Of the
Great Northern railway, was in the
city Wednesday, and he was the guest
of honor at luncheon given at the
Leland hotel by fifteen of our bust
nessmen.
Mr.. Cranes object in coming here
at this time was to interest the people
of the northwest in the special train
which will be run from Williston to
the National Stock Show in Chicago,
starting on the first Monday in De-
cember: Mr.. Crane hopes that fifty
Ward county farmers will make the
trip to the Windy City on the special.
While the G. N. is not permitted to
offer any cut rates, the farmers will
be given many special privileges en-
route and will be. entertained every
minute from the time they leave until
thy get back again.
The members Of the party will
spend one day in the Twin Cities and
the following day will be spent at
Madison, Wis. It is possible that a
side trip will be made to some of the
big dairy farms in Wisconsin. The