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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-05

WASHINGTON, Sept 5:-That Spain. now n the verge of joining
the entente againstt the central powers, will demand Gibraltar and Morocco
as its prize for entHingt he wal is h belief in Washington
It's action in notifying Germany that it will seize German hips equal
in tonnage to Spanish vessels sunk by German torpedoes will in all probar
bnty be regarded by the Hun a s a casus beH, for Germany holds 1T lei
right to sink neutral ships at will
If Spain enters the a 1t will be a case of Hapsburg against dapst
burg, for King Alfonso is of the same, ruling family Is Emperor, kar 81
But Alfonso is having little to say about his ountrys policy. The
Spanish cabinet is he decisive factor
PREMIER Maura a. always been bitter toward England for its refusal
to give u the rock of Gibraltar, and ID is expected that he will demand
panish controls II thu great fertilization lin return for sending a n arm to
the western front Foreign Minister Dato comedies with Maura's policy
Spanish control Of h Straits Of Gibraltar is essential o Spain's am-
bnion to rule Morocco, O. a French protectorate. Spain will also demand
that the French rehnqush their control of Morocco If it enters the war IL
is believed here. -e~#
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RAILROAD ISSUES
 BASIS OF STOCK STRENGTH.

New York, Aug. 3.-Representative railroad issues again established a basis for the strength and breadth of todays stock market, advancing in a number of instances to highest prices of the year.
 Their further upward progress was doubtless accelerated by the an rouncement that Director General McAdoo is to confer with railway ex- ecutives and stockholders at Washing ton tomorrow in expectation of adjust ng the vexatious' controversy arising from the prevailing form of rental contracts.
 Buying of a substantial character was witnessed in dividend paying g rails, such as Pacifics and coalers while the increased strength of St Pauls was thought to have it's origin in matters more definite than crop prospects. The shares of numerous minor western and southwestern roads were carried forward in the movement
 U. $. Steel managed to retrieve its 1 1-2 point setback of the previous day, but cancelled half it's rally in the general realizing of the last hour rails also easing fractionally.
 Tobaccos, some of the paper stocks and minor specialties were one to two points higher at their best, but mo- tors reflected the influence of latest federal regulations in that industry Sales amounted to 3S5,OOO shares.
 Bonds, foreign and domestic, yielded a trife after an early manifestation ot strength Sales (par value) aggregat- ed $5,T75, 900. Old U. S. bonds were unaltered on call.
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BREAKDOWN OF HoURLEss
 sPoILs GREAT RACE
All Horsemen Looked Forward to Meeting of HourIess, Omar Khay- yam and Rosebud.

The breakdown of Major August Belmont's great colt Hourless is the last of a series of misfortunes that have resulted in many of the best horses being shelved this spring All winter local turfmen have been look ing forward to a handicap that would bring out Hourless, Omar Khayyam and Old Rosebud. This promises to be the race of century, but now two of these stars are out of it. Hourless for all time and Old Rose bud until far in the season in any case.
 Hourless and Omar Khayyam were so well matched last season that the followers of each colt claimed the championship of the three-year- division. The son of Marco beat his great rival on two occasions, while Hourless triumphed only once, but the latter's victory was so cleancut and the race was run in such remark able time that he undoubtedly would be made favorite if it were possible for them to meet again.
 Handicapper Visburgh, however, rated them on even terms, assigning 130 pounds to each in the list of weights for the Pimlico Spring Handi- | cap.
 Old osebud, the champion handi- cap horse of last season, went amiss several weeks ago while eworking out at the Gravesend track. Trainer Frank Weir hopes to patch him up again, but he will require long let up before he can resume training. Horsemen are inclined to be pessimis- tic regarding Old Rosebud.
 It is pointed out that a horse that has once broken down can never be relied upon again. This is the second time that Old Rosebud has met with misfortune Early in the season of 1914 he broke down so badly that he had to be turned out and he did not come back to the races until last year. Because of the fact that he had once gone wrong racing followers refused to back him with confidence, so that there. was always liberal price against him in his races last season.
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GOVERNMENT INQUIRY
 INTO THE COTTON TRADE

New York, Aug. 13.-Abnormal de- mands in war times for cotton, par ticularly of the higher grades. were blamed for the disparity between prices in the southern markets and future quotations on the exchanges, by witnesses who testified at the gov ernment inquiry into the cotton trade begun here today.
 Several brokers told Charles A. Brand, conducting the investigation as chief of the department of agri- cultures bureau of markets, that ex- acting army and navy specifications have contributed toward high prices.
 Announcing that the investigation will not be confined to the operations of the New York cotton exchange, but will go into the entire question of prices where cotton is grown, milled and traded on contracts for future de- livery, Mr. Brand declared the pres ent differences in rates seem to be wholly unjustifed."
 After it's adjournment here tomor- row, the hearing will be continued in Boston Thursday and Friday Later sessions will be held in the south.
 During the afternoon session MT Brand. to ascertain the extent of speculation on the New York ex- change, asked how an effort to depress the market by short selling could be detected. Several members replied that. unless the movements were of considerable volume and covered more than one grade, it would be difficult.
 Members asserted that no contracts are executed without charge The exchange, they said, does not deal in margins, but the clearing house as- sociation assesses a margin of $10 a bale on account for futures. Spot sales are rot penalzed.
 Discussing the disparity between spot sales and futures, President Johnson declared that the spot buyer gets exactly the cotton he wants, but that in futures the seller would nat urally deliver the poorest quality pos sible under the contract This ten dencv. with the labor situation end 2
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been a godsend to the minor.

been a godsend to the minor.
 When the club owners Of the dis rupted International League decided to reorganize their circuit this spring the first important thing them set out taking charge of affairs for them. They to do was to find a man capable of did not have to look far, but when the berth was rendered to Farrell it was done so with a foreboding that he would not accept. His decision to take over the affairs of the league as it's president put new life into the war-weary club owners and the h. ternatlonal league was saved to base ball.
 By merging the International with the New York State league, of which Farrell was president, the circuit was made more compact than ever before and the best paying cities in both leagues now make up the new organization Farrell now has a wider scope to display his baseball ability. That he will pull the new league through and eventually put 1t on firm basis is a practical cer- talnty, for Farrell doesn't know what | the word cant" means.
 No man in the pastirne knows more ball players than Farrell He has the name of every ball player ir 1 the minor leagues at his fifinger tips and he knows all about every mar jack of them. As president of the New York State league he dug UT many promising players for his clut
 owners. His league produced sucf stars as Eddie Murphy, Waffle Pipp | Grover Cleveland Alexander, Franl Schulte, Heinie immerman, Leo1
 Galore. Jack Graney John Evers
 Fred Combe, Leon Ames, Bill Hinch
 man and Steve O'Neill
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SPORTING NOTES

In these days of advance science some men go gold mining by donning padded mitts.
 Young of the Tigers, barring Eddie Collins is the best second baseman in the American League.
 Ted Lewis outpointed Jack Britton the other night. It was the first time they had met in more than a week.
 It's about time for Frank Moran to declare himself in on a fight for the heavyweight championship of the world.
 Dempsey has become quite expert at digging up soft ones. Maybe he is training to dig trenches. You never can tell.
 Eddie Foster, the Senator's flossy third -saCker, has been pastiming un- der the handicap of kink in his throwing arm.
 One can't blame Yale for wanting formal football with Harvard the com ing fall after the way she made out at baseball this season.
 Dick Burge, the English pugilist,
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Washington, Aug. IS. = Americans serving with the British army in Pal estine are to introduce baseball in that country and present plans call for a number of games in JerusalAm between rival mines among units of these troops. Complete outfits for four teams were shipped from Wash irgton today by Clark Griftiths bat and ball fund at the request or the Zionist organization of America. The outfits will be delivered to the jewish Legion for Service in Palestine, com posed of Jews from this country serv- ing with the British army who are below or above the draft age or are politically disqualified for service with the American forces.
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cLU6 STANDINGS.
American League
TRACK RECORD FOR TRoT
 SET AT HILLS GROVE

Hills Grove. R, L. Aug. 13 - Tom Donohue, owned by L. L. Archer, of Greenfield Mass, won the 215 pace in a thrilling five heat race at the opening of the Bay State Circuit meeting here thsi afternoon Betina from the Elm City stables, New Ha- ven, took the 2-25 trot in five heats. Captain Volo, entered by Joe Bolduc, of New Bedford. was the only favor ite to win and he set a trotting track record of 2.10 1-2 in the 2.14 stake. Billy Fleming drove each winner.
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PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL
 A BASEBALL GENIUS
John F. Farrell Has Had a Remark
 able Record as BosebalI Official.

John H. Farrell. the president of the international league, is something of a baseball genius.
 The Sage of Auburn" is a real veteran in the game, for he has been connected with baseball for many years and there isn't an angle of the pastime which is unfamiliar to him.
 AS secretary of the National asso- citation of Professional Baseball clubs, Farrell has served long and faithfully Many time his sage ad- vice has served as a prop ca tot tering minor league, and with Mike Sexton, the venerable president of the minor lea2na hndv. FarraU bAA
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Johnson Wins For Senators.

Philadelphia, Aug. Washington twice defeated the Athletics today , to and to l. Walter Johnson was responsible for the first victory. He cracked out a home run with Lavan Cn second in the fourth inning and singled with the bases full in the ninth inning. scoring two runs. Keene, a recruit from the Virginia League, opposed Johnson.
 In the second game Harper and Watson had a pitchers battle for six innings but in the seventh Watson's
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Second Triple Play.

An idea of the rarity of the triple play in baseball may be gained from the experience of Miller Higgins. It was about twenty years ago that Hug gins began his baseball career and this is his fifteenth season in the major leagues After the Yankees reeled off triple play few days ago in a game against the White Sox HuggiT re- marked that it was the second such play he had seen since he put on his first baseball uniform. The other occurred when lie was a member of the Cincinnati Reds and Higgins play ed a hand in this performance. When it is recalled that Higgins has been player or manager in close to ? 800 major games it becomes evident that the triple play is indeed a rarity.
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Pirates and cuhs Break Even.

Chicago, Aug. Pittsburgh and Chicago broke even in a double head CT here today. Chicago won the first game ? to 1 in ninth inning rally which was started on Ellan's tumble of Mann's grounder Pittsburgh won the second game easily, to 2, by punching hits.
 Nollwitz and Burns were ordered out of the first game for disputing the umpires decisions. Pitcher Miller was hit above the knee by line drive off Merkle's bat. but refused to leave the game. Five hundred soldiers from Camp Cody, New Mexico. who gre quartered in Chicago temporarily, witnessed the game. A collection amounting to $1.S2.50 was taken up to buy smokes for them while they entertained by singing between the games. Scores:
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2.13 trot, three heats, purse $1 GOO.
Junior Tennis Tourney,

Boston, Aug 13.-F. B. Alexander and B. c. Wright. former information round matches in the national doubles lawn tennis championship tournament
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BASEBALL
YEsrERoAr's RESULTS.

National Leauus. Ec~ York 5 Boston f. fFirst gamel. New York 5. Boston 2, Second game) Chicago 2. Pittsburgh l, (First game). Chicago 2. Pittsburgh z Second gamel. Brooklyn 2, Philadelphia l, (First sanre). Brooklyn 1, Philadelphia 8, (Second game-12 in nings). St Louis O. Cincinnati S.
 American League. Philadelphia 3. Washington 5. tFirst gamel. Philadelphia l, Washington 6, Second game)
 International LeaVus. Hamilton g. Torono f. Buffalo 3, Rochester If. Binghamtnn ,. Jersoy City 1. Newark 1. Baltimore g, (First game). Newark B. Maltimore ,, Second game).
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ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW
Dodgers lake Bcfh Ends.

Dodgers lake Both Ends.
 Brooklyn, Aug 13.-Brooklyn won both games of a double header from Philadelphia today. The first by ? to 1 and the second, which went twelve innings, by f to 3. Daubert's batting featured both games. The scores: First game: Philadelphia % DO 0 Q O-1 40 Brooklyn O.. 1-2 10 1 Hogg and Adams; Cheney and Mil Ter.
 Second game: Philadelphia
 O.. O2 O0OO10oo O-3 ' 8 Brooklyn
 %. OO111OO OO1+ Il 3 Jacobss Oeschger and Adams: Rob- srtson, Coombs and M. Wheat.
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NATIONAL GAME FOR THE HOLY LAND

on the courts of the Longwood crick- er club today. They rested only ff- teen minutes between the first and second round matches and ran out the second one in twenty minutes, de- feating J. s. Myrick, vice president Of the United States Lawn Tennis Association, and his partner, Edwin 1 Sheafe, president of the Longwood club.
 Both the first and second rounds in the tournament were finished today. All the favorites came through win ners.
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While Home Run" Baker is not doing a great deal of home running, he is walloping the ball in real Ba- ker style and leading the Yankees in hitting.
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COTTON

New York, Aug, 13-Cotton futures opened steady. October 5000 to 29.S5, December 29.25, January 29.20, March 1922, May 29.15. Spot cotton steady; middling 33.40.
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Connie Mack is not worried over the prospect that the government will go south with lis bail players. Connie could develop 6 fairly creditable team out of an orphan asylum
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-14

Joe Wood and Iris Speaker have been old pals for years. Wood has received valuable pointers on how to play left field from his old friend Iris.
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who died in March. left all of his property valued at s5.000 to his widow. Burge was F52 years old.
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Harry Weaver of the Cubs was the leading pitcher in the Eastern league last year. Twirling for New Haven, Weaver won 13 games and lost 3.
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MONEY.

New York, Aug. 1S. - Call money strong; high $; low 3-4; ruling raet 6; closing bid 5 34; offered at 6; last loan $.
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(Fist eame.)

Totals IUyZ4 Io ?
 (x) Batted for Carlson in Sth.
 (y) None out when winning run scored. (z) Batted for Pick in 9th. Score by Innings:
 Pittsburgh ........ o@1 Chicago ........... 1-2 Two base hits, Shaw. Three base hit, Hollocher.
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Jack Dempsey knocked out Arthur Pelky in one minute, causing consider able speculation among boxing fans. They cannot figure out how long Arthur happened to last so long.
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TOMMY MURPHY A THREE
 TIME WINNER ON TRACK

Philadelphia, Aug. 13. - Tommy Murphy had field day at the second days races of the Grand Circuit meeting at Belmont Track, the Poughkeepsie reinsman driving the winner in three of the four races on the card. The other race was open to Philadelphia horses only and went to Joker D. Lake in straight heats, the best time being PIP 1-4 in the first two heats.
 Murphy landed Chestnut Peter a winner in the three-year trot for a purse Of $2.000 without any trou- ble in straight heats. The Cossack and The Divorcee. owned by A. E. Coxe of Pao,i, Pa, divided second and third money.
 Murphy took the $1O0O stake for PA pacers in straight heats with Orc Fino, which stepped the fastest heat of the day, POS 1-2, in the second heat. Murphy's third victory was in the 2.13 trot which went to Allan Watts in straight heats. Tie summaries: Three Year Old Trot, 2 in heats,
 purse 5000.
 Chestnut Peter (Murphy) ...... 1 1 The Cossack (Pitman) ....... , The Divorcee (SerrilD ..... , Eleven bldcK (Lee) .'''.s'''''' TruxtonI ,(CoX) ...........,..- 4dis.
 Jennifer also started.
 Time POS 3-4; 2.09 1-4.
 PA pace, purse $2,ooo and silver cup three heats.
 Gro F'ino (Murphy) ..... 1 Sam Hurst (McGrath) ..... ? 2 Abbe Bond (Snow) .... 8 3 Game of Chance (CoX) .... 4 Flora A. (Valentine) ... , William Patch and Billy Cochato al- so started, Time 2.O6 3-4, 2.C5 1-2, POS
 2.2o trot, three heats, purse $1,ooo. Joker D, Lake (Shinn) ...... 1 Sarah H. (McDowelD ...... ? 2 Edna Owyho (Jackson) ... 3 Bourbon Chimes (Dutton) .. dis Mrs. Watts (Pope) ..... ldis
 The Jolly Landlord and Florence White also started. Time PIP 1-4; PIP 1-4 2.16 1-2.
 2.13 trot, three heats, purse $1,ooo. Allan Alall wa Watts its (RuFphy) (nG5pd;i ] Zomidotte (McDonald) .. Hollywood Noomi (Dodge) .. 3 { Lockspur (Rathbun) ....... , dis
 Mary Warren, Silobel and Bondie Boy also started. Time 2.09 1-4; 2.0j 1-4; POS 1-4.
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Max Carey is again flirting with the base stealing championship of the Ma tional league. You can't take it away from the Pirate gardener, he's a wild and woolly bandit on the paths.
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Giants Win 14th Straight from Braves


 New York. Aug. 13.-New York de- feated Boston in another double head CT here today. the scores being to 4 and 5 to 2.
 It was the fourteenth straight game New York has won from. Boston this year. Boston outhit the Giants near ly ? to in the first game, but bunch ed hits only in one inning.
 Burns won the second game for New York when he tripled with the bases full in the fifth inning. and scored on Young's single. Scores:
 First game: Boston .... 0 0 0 0 0 0 f 0-4 13 ? New York. 0 1 0 0 1 8 0 x-5 0 Batteries: George, Northrop and Will son; Causey, Demaree, Toney and McCarty.
 Second game:
 Boston ... O000 % 0 0 2-2 10 c New York. 0 0 4 0 0 x-5 10 1
 Began and Wilson; Perritt and Rariden.
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lSScopd Game

tx) Deal out for interference.
 Score oy innings. Pittsburgh . ........ f , O| Chicago ......... c 0 l-2 Two base hits. Smith, Paskert. Merkle.
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jean by the Kaiser. It has been melt ed down into bullion and the proceeds devoted to Red Cross work. The Kaiser cup was awarded to an Ameri- can yachtman for winning a trans atlantic yacht race at kiel.
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Policeman of Wilmington, Del, have become quite proficient in the handling of firearms since practice was inaug- Fated with the riot gun.
 H. R. Everding, the greatest of all gun bugs, and without doubt the most popular trapshooter in the United States. has been presented with a life membership in the Portland (Oregon Gun Club. [.
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Miller Huggins, manager of the Yankees, tells the following: The funniest play I ever saw happened one day in a game between the Pi- rates and the St. Louis Cardinals when Roger Bresnahan was manager. Hike Mcwrey was on first when Steve Evans hit a ball to right center. Mike started On the hit. and after turning second saw the coacher at third base waving him to go back, as he thought the ball would Joe caught. Mike turn
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failure to field his position opened the way for a rally by the Nationals. who punched six singles with a, sacrifice and an Athletic error for six runs. Scores:
 First game:
 Washington. 1902 2-5 10 2 Philadelphia. Q00O01D02-3 s 2
 Johnson and Ainsnith and Casey; Keene, Bauer, Adams and Perkins. Second game:
 Washington. ... GooooO60O--6 g 1 Philadelphia. 0OOOp 0G 01-1 10 J
 Harper and Ainsmith; Casey; Wat son, Pearson and McAvoy.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
STOCKS

close market, makes for the disparity,
 he said.
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NOOAO OONO1Op ldlll CISOlIdDl6 l6dm out of an orphan asylum.
 Jack Dempsey knocked out Arthur Pelky in one minute, causing consider able speculation among boxing fans. | They cannot figure out how long Arthur happened to last so long.
 Max Carey is again flirting with the base-stealing championship of the Ma | tional league. You can't take it away from the Pirate gardener, he's a wild i and woolly bandit on the paths.
 New HaveD las just closed it's most successful boxing season in the history of the sport. There were 21 shows staged, and the receipts fell only a few dollars short of the $50,000 mark.
 The scarcity of man-power is mak- ing itself felt on the boxing game When q near champion heavyweight finds himself in need of an opponent these days he has to prowl a cemetery.
 Grover Cleveland Alexander former star pitcher of the Cubs and Phillies, who is now at Camp Funston, was married on Saturday to Miss Amy Ar rant of Omaha. They were school mates
 Jack Warhop, one time pitcher of the Yankees. is making good as a shortStop Wich the Toronto club He played that position for the Maple Leafs last season for a considerable period.
 Second base Of the Giants seems to be a proper jinX this season. First, Larry Doyle took the count, and then Bert NieEoff broke a shaft while play ing the second turn at the Polo ! Grounds.
 With the reccAt departure of Ed Monroe the YaN&ae pitching staff became smaller than any pitching staff carried by a major league club in many years. It numbered exactly
 six boXmen.
 | Ernest Quigley, one of the National league umpires, has introduced the military idea into the calling of strikes Whenever he calls a good one, Quigley brings up his right hand and salutes
 the first baseman.
 ) Jack Darcy, brother of the late Les 3 Darcy, is boxing in Australia, and is 3 said to exhibit much of the skill anc
 hitting ability that characterized the i champion. Jack is said to follow t closely the style of his brother in box s Ing and hits with triphammer effect
 Frankie Burns has apparently seer
 his best days as a fighter. Frankie y lacked the old time pepper in his re. : cent bout with Battling Reddy, while S his in1ghting qualities were conspic-
 uous by their absence. He was {
 great battler in his day, fn fact, one g of the best that ever crawled througf : the ropes in this city.
 The war fund of the Red Cross wa
 considerably boosted by the gift of ; :, solid gold cup that was given an Amer
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Rina Allows Only Four Hits.

St. Louis, Aug. 13.-Ring held St. Louis to four hits and Cincinnati shut out the locals today. to 0. A costly error by Brock in the seventh, when a perfect play would have prevented scoring, permitted the visitors to get five of their runs. Score: Cincinnati. 0 0 0 0 0 0 , 0 1-6 6 ? St Louis. 0 0 c 0 0 0 0 0 co ?
 Ring and Wingo; Sherdel and Brock
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ed back and was running at full speed with his head down when Evans came along toward second base, also with his head down. The two heads met and the two players went down and out. The ball was thrown in and both were tagged. They were out then sure"