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Evening star., 1917-09-09
BASE RUNNING MAY WIN
SERIES FOR WHITE SOX
If Rowland's Men Will Take Chances
Against Giants May Upset
National Leaguers.

Base running. which was fast becom-
ing a lost art in the American League,
might win the worlds series for the
Chicago White Sox, providing that club
would take the same chances In the
post-season battles that it is taking in
the games for the pennant.
Rowland's men gave remarkable
exhibition of sack navigating in the
last series with the Tigers. and the
Jungaleers were completely bewildered
by their speed and daring. 1t must be
admitted that Detroit's pitchers are not
very skillful in holding men on the
cushions. but at the same time no other
club has ever taken such liberties with
them as the Sox took in the recent dis
astrous series in the Windy city.
The Feline catchers were seldom to
blame for a theft. In fact, the Sox
were beating perfect throws right
along, and even when the receivers had
them guessed and called for pitch-outs
there was no stopping them. Stealing
third was one of the best things the
Rowlands did This is play that most
orthdox base ball theorists do not
fancy. on the ground that the risk Is
out of proportion to the benefit II the
maneuver goes through. Their argu-
ment is that as runner will score
from second on single anyhow, ne
should stay there and wait for the
batsman to do something. But chicago
several times scored runs without the
aid of hit or an error simply because
of cleverness in anneXing the hot cor
ner by burglarious methods.
Precedent Against It.
II the Sox follow precedent. it is to be
be wasted in the world series. however.
Almost invariably air-tight base ball pre-
walls in these important battles for the
big coin. Now and then somebody steals
second with two gone. but such a thing
as trying to pilfer third or of pulling the
double steal with one out is almost un-
heard Of In 1910 the Athletics cut loose
and ran themselves black in the face and
panty by so doing won against club that
was supposed to be their equal in all de-
partments and to possess the best catcher
in the game.
It would add interest and excitement to
the series to have the American League
entry discard air-tight methods and do
some running. Possibly McGraw's pitchers
would be able to break up the plays
good part OF the time. but unless the
New York pitchers are very alert to see
that nobody gets a running start the per-
centage Of success would be very high.
Chicago has an unusually large number
of good base-runners. Leibold. Weaver.
McMulln, Eddie Collins. jackson and
Felsch are fast men on the paths, and
Gandil, though slow Of foot, gets a good
lead and knows when to go. Opposed to
a pitcher that is inclined to be wild and
that is putting men on the bases by the
pass route. the Windy City boys could
score a bunch of runs with very few hits.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Would Encourage Wildness.

The more attempts to steal there were,
the more the catchers would be likely to
call for waste balls. and this, of course.
would not help the fingers to cut down
the pass list. and even though base run
ming did not bring big results in itself, its
value as a threat would be considerable.
for the enemy never would know whether
to look for the free steal. the hit and run
or straight away slugging. There is SO
much batting strength on Comiskey's club
that it does not always have to depend on
fancy stuff to get runs.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

The poor showing of Beckner. a really
fine player and perhaps the foremost
correspondence expert of the country,
is reported 70 have been the result Of
i'll health.
Judge L. L. Labbatt of New Orleans
carried on the honors in the recent
tournament of the Louisiana State
Chess Association with score of seven
straight wins.
Western Champion Edward Laskar
will be in New York from September 4
to Is and efforts are being made to
match him with Janowski, the French
champion, christening event for
the Manhattan Chess Clubs new quar-
ters.
The games today are from the recent
New York state championship tourney.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
TY COBB AFTER ALL HONORS
OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE
Georgia Peach" Tops List in Double
and Triple Hitting, Second in Scoring
and Fourth in Pilfering.

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Evening star., 1917-09-09
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Toledo, 1; Milwaukee, o.
Milwaukee. 2: Toledo. O.
Kansas City. 10; Columbus 4.
Columbus. s; Kansas City, q
Minneapolis. 8: Louisville, 1.
st. Paul. 2; Indianapolis, o.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Bowie Meet Ends Racing in North.

Racing in the north will end with
the Bowie meeting. which opens on the
14th of November and runs until the
S0th, inclusive. making fifteen days
Evening star., 1917-09-09

WHITE.
White to play and mate in two mores.
Solution TO last weeks problem;
/. Q-R2 RxRP !. - R1eP
k-ktr etc .. R-kt4. etc.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.

BirminHham, Z; Mobile, I.
Birmingham. 2; Mobile, 1.
Nashville, .: Memphis, 0.
Chattanooga. 9; Little Rock. 1.
Chattanooga. 2; Little Rock, o.
Atlanta. s; New Orleans, 9,
Evening star., 1917-09-09
MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

Providence, 3: Richmond, ..
Richmond. I: Providence, ).
Buffalo. B; Toronto. 3.
Toronto. 5; Buffalo. o.
Rochester. I; Montreal.
Rochester, q: Montreal. o.
Baltimore, IL; Newark. 5.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Sox Park Best Arranged.

There is only one ball park in the
major leagues larger than Comiskey
Park, and that is the new Braves field
in Boston. 1t is not much deeper in
left field than the South Side yard. but
anything that gets by the right fielder
is a home run without hurrying Com
iskey Park is best arranged of them all
in the matter of distances from the
home plate.
AT st. Louis the American League
Park has a comparatively short right
field. and it is possible to hit the left
field fence. but center is deep. The
Cardinal park has a short right field
stand, but center field is a mile deep
and left field Is long. Cincinnatis park
Is too big to hit home runs out OF
bounds. but they can be made in right
field inside the lot. Home runs have
been hit over right and left field fences
in Pittsburgh. but it is hard to make
one inside the grounds in center.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Joe Jackson's Handicap.

Playing in a sun field" has spoiled
many an outielder and would have
robbed the game Of Joe Jackson if he
had not been so promising that his first
major league manager favored him by
switching him out of the sun. At
Cleveland Jackson was located in right
field. which is both a short field and
sunless. When he went on the road.
however. Jackson found the sun blaz-
ing into right field in several American
League parks and he could not cope
with it. So the practice was started of
switching Joe from right field to left,
or vice versa, according to where the
sun didn't shine, and that practice has
been kept up since he came to Chicago.
1t is a hardship on the other out
fielders of a team. Of course. because 1t
makes somebody play the sun fields
practically all the time. But as long
as Jackson can clean up with the bat
he will be favored that way. AS soon
as his swatting eye begins to dim he
will find his inabality to face the sun a
handicap that will terminate his major
league career earlier than il he had
mastered the sun field.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
WHITE S0X BALL FIELD
NEARLY WRECKED BOD|E
Did You Ever Know Size of Grounds
May Make or Break Ball
Playerss

Did you ever think that ball park
Bodie had that experience and there
are many others, writes Sanborn in the
Chicago Tribune.
The size of base ball park makes
all the difference in the world to a
player like Bodie. Ping made his rep
utation out on the Pacific coast. play
ing on the old Seal grounds, where
right field was SO short Ping could hit the
fence on the fly pretty regularly and fire.
quently got only one base on such a
blow. the barrier was so close. 1t was
either single or a home run. as a rule
depending on whether Bodie hit the
fence or cleared it,
Bodie came to Chicago with the rep
utation of fence buster. and hit well
for the White Sox for a time. But the
outfielders kept backing up toward the
fences until it was almost impossible
for Bodie to hit over their heads un-
those bleachers at Comiskey Park are
ahelova ways from home plate.
Loses His Confidence.
Bodie kept trying to live up to his
long distance reputation and the out
felders kept going back and wrecking
his noblest efforts until he began to
lose confidence under the riding" to
which he was subjected here Pings
base ball knowledge then was confined
chiefly to batting. although he was a
good mechanical player because he was
a sure catch. But he worried SO much
about his failure to hit homers that he
never would master the important de-
tails about what to do with the ball
when he got it, and some of his mis-
takes proved SO costly that he was
turned back to the coast.
Out there in Frisco Bodie found the
neighborly fences a great help and be-
gan busting them again. This enabled
him to get his head up, and he COM
menced to see something of the inside
of base ball. Connie Mack brought him
back into the American League and
Ping found the size of Shibe Park much
moro to his liking than that on the
south side of Chicago. While larger
than the old Seal grounds, where Ping
started, the Athletics' ball yard is small
enough SO Bodie can ping them over
the fence or into the stands often
enough to endear himself to the fans,
and that means everything to a man of
his temperament.
If the people are with him, Ping has
his heart and soul in his work. If the
folks are against him 1t grieves Ping
so deeply he loses heart and interest.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

Howard II. Beckett. pro at the Wash
inGton Golf and Country club. returned
from a trip to Norfolk yesterday. He
was around his home course in ~. play
ing with f. P. Hawes and S. L. Mosby
Evening star., 1917-09-09

The qualification rounds for the club
championship of the Bannockburn Golf
club. called the Harvest home tourna-
ment. will be played the last week in
1.-THE present month Basil NJ Manly is
the holder of the title
Evening star., 1917-09-09

Lanier P. McLachlen. a golfer of the
Columbia Country Club. is an officer of
the aviation division of the Signal
Corps.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
QUEENS GAMB1r DECLINED.

Black announced mate in two moves.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

PROBLEM BY {. \. CHENEY.
BLACK.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

Ten golfers Of the Columbia Country
Club motored over to Baltimore last
Wednesday ana played over the course
Of the Baltimore Country Club. Two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-19
|DONAHUE PREPARES
 MEN FOR STRUGGLE l WITH MISSISSIPPI
First Big Game of Year for Birmingham Fans Next Saturday in Aggies-
 Auburn Game

Auburn, October 1S-(Special.)- )-Bir- mingham will witness it's first large football game on October 27, when the Auburn Tigers meet the Mississippi A. & M The Aggies, always a strong team, and it will be remembered that last year they threw quite a scare into Auburn supporters by holding the Plainsmen to such a close score. Little has been heard from camp of the Mis- sissippi boys. but they have large school to pick material from and no doubt will put up a strong front. While Coach Donahue is practicing his team this week for Clemson, the game to be played in Anderson, s. C., he Is not losing sight of the Birming- ham game to be played in the next 1T days Every evening the team is seen playing on Drake Field long after dark
 under the rays of the big electric re 1 fiectors. Scrimmages between the scrubs and varsity are becoming | fercer and harder. The scrubs are 9 I fighting bunch and often give the var | sity as much or more than they can stand.
 The open style of play Is being used | by Coach Mike Donahue great dea l this year. This is particularly pleasing to most Auburn followers. who al
 ways thought that Coach Donahut
 could put out a team that could sue cessfully use the forward pass. In thi. regard the game to be played in Bir mingham will probably surprise thu 1 old alumni. who are used to seeing
 an Auburn team blowing it's way dowr
 the field on straight line bucks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-19
PURPLE FOLLOWERS HAPPY AFTER WIN
 OF REBUILT TEAM
Coach Best Developing Raw Material Into Formidable Aggregation-OutloOk
 Is Better

Sewanee Tenn, October 1S--(Special) Sewanee has come back. Coach Best has succeeded in injecting the old time pep
 into the Tiger machine, and from now on Sewanee resumes her accustomed posi- tion in the front ranks of southern foot ball elevens The mountain boys dem-
 onstrated most conclusiveiy that they had come back when on last Saturday they slaughtered Pennsylvania to the tune of 72 to O. score almost double that which the Vanderbilt Commodores
 ran up on the previous Saturday against the same team. Although comparative scores can rarely ever be relied upon, and old man dope gets his bumps with , surprising regularity, the above figures are interesting to note.
 Saturday a week ago when the news ! went over the south that the mighty
 Tiger had been held to a miserable 6-6 tie by Towards collection of pigskin
 rockies, Sewanee supporters, it must be admitted, experienced most humihatlng sensation of discouragement. They couldn't understand. They wanted to know the reason why, and this is what they found out.
 In the first place, Sewanee had re- turned at that time only one letter man.
 
 freshmen who had drifted in from the
 four corners of the south to cast in their lot with the Purple Tiger. This is what
 Coach Best had from which to build a machine. Howard came up for the first
 game. Howard played football. Sewane6
 was asleep They played as if in T
 trance. Howard was on the job. Se-
 vance was not. Although the result was
 humiliating and discouraging, 1t only served to show up the weak points and a
 few days of whole-hearted practice smoothed over the rough places so that
 the overwhelming defeat of Transyl- vania was inevitable.
 In Wortham and Burlington Sewanee has two backs to compare with any pair
 in the south. Wortham bids fair to be
 the Rabbit Curry of the s. I. A. A. this year, and if, when curfew tolls the knell
 of the parting IT season, Wortham' s
 name is not among the list of those men,
 tioned for the mythical all-southern
 eleven, another indication will be crushed.
 In Crudgington, Wortham has an able
 running mate. Crudgington was late III
 reporting for practice this year on ac- count of bad attack of tOnsilitis, ana it certainly did look good to see old Doc" cavorting as of old on the greensward on last Saturday
 | Next Saturday Sewanee journeys to New Orleans to take on the strong team of Louisiana State university. Last year Sewanee defeated the Sugar Kings and this year they hope to repeat. The 1ol- lowing week comes Kentucky State at Chattanooga, with a tie of two years standing to settle. If the Tigers come through these two games with clean slate, Alabama may well beware, for the Mountain Tiger is eager to make good the defeats of the past two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-19
HOURLESS VICTOR ! AT LAUREL EVENT BY GREAT FINISH
Belmont Horse Breaks the Worlds Record in Win ming Big Purse and
 Gold Trophy

Laurel, Md, October 1S-In sensa- uonal finish today August Belmont lourless defeated Viau's Omar Khyyam in the match race between these Swear olds. The Belmont horse broke the world record for a circular track ny making the mile and a quarter ill two minutes and two seconds. The former mark was POS 4-5.
 Hourless won by a good length, al though Omar made the pace and kept il until the horses came to the home stretch, when Hourless forged ahead and kept the lead. Frankie Robinson piloted the winner. The owner received a purse by Edward B. Mclean of Washington.
 Belmont announced he will buy S1O.- GOO in liberty bonds and present then to the American Red Cross.
 A crowd estimated at 20000 saw the race. It was the largest ever assembled at a Maryland race track.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-19
WORLDS RECORD IS BETTERED IN RACE
 AT GRAND CIRCUIT
Miss Bertha Dillon Lowers Record in Second Heat of Big Trotting
 Event

Atlanta October 1S.--The setting of
 new worlds record for 3-year-old trot-
 ter of either sex by Miss Bertha Dillon
 and the defeat of St. Frisco by his old
 rival. Mabel Trask, featured the racing
 card at the Lakewood track here today.
 The new record was established in the
 second and final heat of the matron
 stake for 3-year-olds, when Miss Dillon
 trotted the heat in 2:O3A The purse was
 for S5S51. 50, the largest offered so far at the meeting
 Harvest Gale and Worthy volo divided second and third money. Mabel Trask won in the free-for all pace against her old rival, St. Frisco
 In the first heat, the chestnut mare won by nose. In the second heat she broke badly on the last turn and St. Frisco cantered in. In the third heat St. Frisco took the lead at the start and maintained 1t until the last quarter, when Mabel
 Trask forged ahead and finished half- ! length ahead.
 ] Peter June, the favorite in the 2-year
 old trotting class, broke badly in the l first heat and in the second heat held l the lead until the stretch, when Ruth Mainsheet passed the brown filley, and won by length. The 2:0S class trotting went five heats. and was not finished Straight Sail won the first heat, Peter Chenault the sec ond and fifth and Baceli the third and l fourth. Busy's Lassie and Miss Perfec- ton were eliminated from the fifth heat by the rules. The race will be finished as the first event of the programme Fri. day.
 The summarizes:
 Two-year-o class, trotting for all 2-year-olds; added money, in 3, $5OO: Ruth Mainsheet, brf. (Murphy) .... l l Peter June, oh. h. (Geers) .......... Z Truxton, be. (Cox) ,.................. 5 5 Time, 2:1OA, 2:0S14. Matron stake No. 8, for 3-year-old trot- ters; in 8, value, $5S51. Miss Bertha Dillon, oh. f. (SerrilD :. l l Harvest Gale, br. f. (Cox) .......... Z Worthy Volo, ch c. (McDonald) .... 4 Kelly DeForest, b. c. (Murphy) 5 Time. 2:0714, 2:O3A. Free-for-all trot, in 3, $500:
 Mabel Trask oh. m. (Cox) ........ l 2 l St. Frisco, b. h. (Geers) ......... l 2
 Rose D, b. g. (Wright) ............ 3 5 Time. 2:0414, 2:O5, 2:OSA. POS class trotting, in 5, $2500; Georgia
 Railway and Power company cup (un- | finished):
 Bacelli b. h. (White) 6 Z Peter Chenault, b. h. (Mur- /! phy) ....-.................... Q Daisy Todd. b. m. (McDon- ald) 1 Straight Sail, b. m. Valen- tine) ......s...................- l Z | Busys Lassie b. m. (Cox) 3 5 !. Miss Perfection, b. m. (Mc- Donald) ....................... 5 6 2 . Time, 2:o7s, 2OsA, 2:s, 2:o7A, 2:U714.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-19
RAPID PROMOTIONS
 IN MARINE CORPS Local Boys Become Lieuten- ants in Three Months.
 Office Inspected

First Lieut.. H. Colvocoresses, United States marine corps. officer in charge or the southeastern recruiting district, yes recruiting office, and praised the work being done by Sergt. Limuel F. Hill. in charge of the local station and his assistant sergt. Joel c. Whitlock.
 The lieutenant said that within the last year the authorized strength of the marine corps has tripled, but by the ex- cellent work done by the recruiting serv- ice all over the country the grand old corls" has it's full quota of men and the finest body of men evsr gathered into one organization in the history of the United States.
 He expressed himself as being well pleased with the fine showing made by Birmingham in the quantity and quality of material sent, and With the fine help of the local newspapers and business men who have ably assisted in the way of publicity toward recruiting.
 Among visitors at the local station dur ing the week were Second Lieut.. Charles McPortis, 1723 Sixth avenue, Bessemer, and Lieut.. Douglas P. Wingo, 13l0 St. Charles street, Birmingham. These two young men enlisted as privates at this station just little over three months ago and were transferred to Paris ls- l land. S. C., for training. Their rapid promotion shows what may be attained ir the marine corps In a short time by effort and close application.
 Sergt. Louis E. Wilson, ship detach- ment United States steamship New York has been in the city for several days on furlough. He left for an eastern port | today. Word has been received of the
 promotion of Private William A. Tittls
 to corporal. Corporal little enlisted a, this station a few months ago. l While the marine corps is up to au
 thor:zed strength. orders have been re
 ccsvej to accept limited number of ex
 ceptionally desirable men for enlistment
 in the general service for the duration | of the war
 l The marine corps reserve still has sev eral vacancies left As members of tn,
 reserve will be detailed at navy yard
 in the limits of the United States, 1t of I fers excellent opportunity for service [,
 those who do not care to go on foreigl | service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-19

weaker formation than when they
 played Alabama last Friday, holding them to two touch downs and often threatening to score.
 With Argo and Mccullough out ol the game the left side of the me looks weak and the scrubs hammered that side for touch down, gong oV wards in four minutes of play. Marion has suffered two defeats anu are going up against Howard college on Saturday prepared to make every effort to win despite their handicap. A number of the players say that they believe there are men in the barracks who could strengthen the team anu that they favor selective draft to
 bring them out.
 It has been rumored that Col. w. L. Murfee has been trying to get the rall- roads to let him have special train to bring the entire corps of cadets 10
 Birmingham to witness the conflict with the Howard team.
 Coach Parks, though this is his f1rst season with Marion, has become quite popular with his men and they are working hard for him. He says that with the corps at the game to en- courage his men he feels confident
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-19
BAN JOHNSON AGAIN DECLARES HE WILL FIGHT IN TRENCHES
Wants to Serve in Any Capacity Without Compen- sation-Sincere in
 Intentions

Chicago, October 1s.-President Johnson of the American league said tonight that he had arranged to meet Adjutant General Mccain of the army in Washington on Monday at which time he would formally offer his serv- ices to the government.
 The league executive said he did not know whether his services would be accepted, but that he was anxious to serve in any capacity without com pensation.
 T am sincere in my intentions" MT. Johnson said, "and I sincerely hope that shall be accepted for any duty, whether in this country or in France" :"
 In anticipation that Mir. Johnson's services will be accepted, it was an- nounced that the annual meeting of the league, usually held in Decem- ber will be held a month earlier to settle the seasons business. The meet ing will be held in Chicago.
 After dividing the winners share of the worlds series spells the victorious White Sox made a liberal purchase to- day in liberty bonds. Pitcher Joe Benz invested his entire share-$3666-1n bonds, while other members of the club bought amounts from s100 up
 President Johnson said Billy Evans and "Silk" OLoughlin, the American league umpires in the se- ries. invested the 5000 they received in bonds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-19
BOB FITZSIMMONS
 IS SERIOUSLY ILL

Chicago, October 1S.-Robert Fitzsim- mons, the former heavy weight champion pugilist was taken to hospital here today seriously i'll with what physicians believe threatens pneumonia.
 The veteran of the ring, who is past his 57th birthday, was taken i'll yester- day. He had been appearing in a vauds vile act at a suburban theatre
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-19
Suits Filed in Circuit Court

John Thomas has filed suit against the Knight Iron and Metal company for s250o damages for alleged personal .in- juries sustained March g.
 graph and Cable company for 5000 dam- ages for personal injuries alleged to have been received while employed by that company on August IA.
 Henry Williams, alias Henry Walls, has filed suit for $50O0 damages against the Birmingham Iron and Development company and M. R. McNeil. He claims that he received cuts on the arm and other injuries while employed by the company on August A.