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Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CORBETT

By JAMES
 Jackson's terrific hitting stands forth as one of the most spectacular fea- tares cf the inaugural month of the 1919 campaign. And it has caused his ardent . dmirers to predict that at last the great southern slugger will achieve his ambi- tion-to annex a batting championship of Ban Johnson's circuit.
 Fortune has not been kind to Jackson. Year after year he has hit at phenom- enal rate; banged the ball for a mark so wonderful that it seemed that only miracle could halt him in his efforts to win the crown. But that miracle al- ways has happened in the person of one Tyrus Raymond Cobb.
 Over the sweep of nine years play, Jackson has hit for a grand average of Sta mark eclpsed by only one other athlete in the entire history of the game. Yet Jackson never has won a batting championship. "Shoeless Joe" has hit for an average nearly 20 points beyond the mighty Wagner, but while Wagner was winning eight crowns, Jackson never reached the throne
 Jackson has outhit Lajoie, Speaker, Daubert, Zimmerman, Anson, Brouthers, Keeler, Duffy, Burkett and all the other Kings of Swatdom. And he has outhit them by many points. But they won championships while Jackson has been forced to content himself with second place through all the years that he has made batting records that have been phe- nomenal-and more.
 And Cobb always has been his Nemesis. Jackson broke into Big Time" in 1910 and at once flashed some brilliant hitting Tn 20 big league combats that year he batted for .3S7. But the glory of being the batting king was denied him owing to the fact that he had participated in so few games. It was record that would have given him top ranking 999 times out of 1000 But it so happened that Cobb reached the absolute crest of his batting power in that same year and rapped out the horsehide for a mark 12 points be- yond that of Jackson. And so, to Cobb. with APO. was given the crown.
 Tn the following season Jackson came
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J. CORBETT
 back with .395 in 152 clashes-another wonderful figure. But Cobb topped him with 40. Jackson hit for .373 in 1912, but once asnin Cobb won out by hitting for 39o. In 1914 Jackson slipped off little, batting for .33S, while Cobb hit for 36S
 And so it has been year after year through all the time that Jackson and Cobb have fought it out for supremacy in the hitting world No matter how terri fic was Jnckson's batting and no matter how wonderful was his record Cobb al- ways seemed to be able to go just lit- tie bit better. Cobb seemed to wait for Jackson to set the pace and then would move along at hurricane speed toward the flag end of the season, catch Jackson. and then lead him to the October wire.
 Nine years a major leaguer; nine years over which he has averaged .356 nine years during which he has gone beyond 400 once and was on the borderline sev eral times; nine years during which he has ranked as one of the most feared tntsmen that ever lived. And nine years that have been barren as far as realiza- tion of championship aims have been concerned. That is the story of Joe Jack son.
 has more glorious chance than ever be. fore to reach the heights. He has been banging the ball for a mark around 400 ever since opening day and he shows no sign of letup. Meanwhile, his old batting rival is hitting nearly 70 notches behind him. It is a tremendous gap for even So wonderful player as Cobb to overcome when the other side of the gap houses 'Slugging' Joe Jackson.
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changed pleasanteries with Grimm during the balance of the game.

changed pleasanteries with Grimm during
 the balance of the game
 Kid Elberfeld's dilatory tactics nettled
 the crowd yesterday. The Kid refused
 to start the game until the rain had
 ceased entirely. For nearly an hour a
 sprinkle hardly discernable, continued to
 fall and fans yelled play ball' time and
 time again but the head strong Little
 Rock leader baked and wouldn't give in
 ,till Moley agreed to play just one game.
 Under the rules no game can be started
 while it's raining and Elberfeld clung
 to those few scattered drops as basis for
 his contention
 The Travellers were anxious for it to rain yesterday so their pitchers would not be used up before the New Orleans series which begins in Little Rock today. This series will determine the supremacy be- tween the Peis and Travellers. Morrison pitched beautiful game yes terday and he deserved to win. Worry has the widest curve of any pitcher in the Southern league and when they hit him it's just an accident. Ellis and Fisher haven't shown much at bat during the past few games and their slump has hurt the Barons' chances considerably The "hammer-man" will soon lose his title unless he picks up with the willow.
 Roy Ellam has definitely decided not to sign Frank Kitchens according to an announcement from Nashville. Baby Doll Jacobson stole three bases in that St. Louis New York game Sun
 day.
 Dick Robertson hasn't pitched a game for Washington yet but will probably get his chance this week. The Boston Braves canned two of thelr regular outfielders, Kelly and Powell,
 vesterday With a good set of gardeners | the Braves will make other National league clubs hustle.
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Oh, unutterable wool Oh. death. where is thy sting! Wasn't it awful, Ger trude, wasn't 1t ferocious?
 Two men out, one strike on the pat ter, nobody on base, and WOW! We can hardly believe it, and still the old box score never lies, except when the composing room has bad night with it.
 Mcdonald might have gotten Grimm's grounder, Hairston could have stopped Walshs drive, Duncan had a slight chance to catch Brottem's fly. Had any Of these three gents distinguished him self in the ninth, or even had Mor- rison not cut loose with that wild pitch, it would have been different story.
 Let's call it tough luck and let it go at that Remember how we had horse shoes or us in that Memphis series? way now.
 It's really no disgrace to be beaten by ''Rube' Robinson, the leagues pre- mier southpaw, but "Rube'' was awfully lucky to escape a drubbing yesterday.
 The boys open four-game series in Chattanooga today, and judging by the rough way in which they have handled the Lookouts thus far. they ought to have easy sailing. Lefty Sigman is slated to pitch the first game, with Sam Crews on deck for tomorrow. Fri day a double-header will be staged, with Slapncka and Ballmer as the prob able Baron hurlers.
 The Atlanta Crackers open here Sat This will give local fans their first op portunity to see Cholly Franks team in action
 Lehman is scheduled to work against the Barons in the opener today, and the locals have already beaten him twice this season..
 Reuben Marshall will probably hurl for the Lookouts in tomorrow's game, although it is barely possible that the noted thick" may draw the assignment today.
 After clouting the agate at a mad dening pace for the first 30 days of the season, Moley's men have apparently gone into a slump. Not once during shown any decided tendency to spank the onion.
 The home-stay just ended was highly successful despite the fact that the Barons lost the last three games. Seven out of 10 is pretty fast travelling. Scout Gene McCann viewed yesterday S battle from a box. He is intensely in l terested in Bobby Grimm the Little Rock first sacker, and is following the Travellers around just to see Robert work. Incidentally Grimm is a classy perform I CT, if we ever saw one
 i When one of Morrison's fast ones made l Grimm hit the dirt yesterday Kid Fiber l field ran from his dug out and started jawing at the Baron youngster. Moley ] then got into the argument and ex-
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DEMPSEY AND TATE HAVE A HARD FIGHT Hot Weather Besieges Scene of Activities at Training
 Camp of Dempsey
By Associated Press

Toledo. May 27.-Blistering rays Of the sun beat down fiercely on Jack Denpseys training camp today and through his paces during the cool hours of the morning. It was so hot at the challenger's camp on the shores o1 Maumee bay this afternoon that Demp- sey and his trainers took a swim m an attempt to get cooled off.
 Trainer Beforest sent Dempsey through his first vigorous workout. The challenger boxed six rounds, four furious sessions with Bill Tate and two with Terry Keller, light weight. Keller boxed the second and fifth rounds to give Tate a rest. Dempsey was on top of Tate from the start and the giant negro received a punching that he didn't anticipate One right hand uppercut nearly lifted him off his feet After the boxing Dempsey shadow boxed for Is minutes and then punched the bag until the rope broke.
 Jack Kearns, manager of Dempsey, plans to gradually switch his pro- tege's hours of working so that he will become hardened to the heat of midday. Kearns realizes that when Dempsey and Willard get into the ring July 1 the day may be burning hot and
  up under the heat He said that Demp- sey should do all of his boxing under the same conditions likely to prevail Independence Day, but believes there will be plenty of time for him to be- come familiar with the effects of the sun. Boxing in the heat Trainer De- forest fears, will reduce Dempsey's weight too rapidly
 CHURCHES ARE ANSWERED
 The paI nd civilian hO1 r1 of boxing control, numbering among
 it's members several governors, army and navy officers and representative citizens, today answered the protest of the Federated churches of Ohio against the match. The letter was addressed to Edward R. Wright. secretary of the organiza ton, at Cleveland.
 "The government made boxing an integral part of the training of sol diers for war which resulted in a great revival of the sport" the letter reads in part For every single per- son opposed to boxing in Ohio. and in all parts of America, we are convinced that there are a thousand devoted fol- lowers of the sport to whom the pro- posed match will be source of in nocent and pleasurable entertainments and we can not see any reason why 1t should be denied them any more than we could see the justice of interfering with any of the religious entertain ments which you frequently organlze in conjunction with your church.
 eff you will pardon our saying so, your opposition is a half century be- hind the times. We consider that those who are opposing this match are l mourning grave responsibility IS such opposition can only react to the detri- ment of religion in the minds of mil | lions of men who can see no harm in | two opponents of the highest skill in a given sport engaging in a contest for supremacy. We have read the rules of 1 the Toledo boxing commission govern | ing public contests in that city, and we have no hesitation in saying that
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SPORTS
Heart-Rending Finish After Two Men Were Out in Ninth
 Snatches Game from Barons
Travellers 'Draw-out" Moey When the Chubby One Thought He Had It Sacked-Elberfeld's Mue-Like
 Obstinacy Keeps Crowd Waiting for An Hour
BY BoR McDAyIn

Lydia Pinkham other notable philosopher marked there's slip twxt the and the p adage wildly illustrated in yesterdays battle when the Little Razorbacks snatched the of the fire after the had gone in the final frame Moley thought
 he had sack when Diste and Ebered grounded out in the ninth Grimm and Walsh hit lucky singles Morrison
 with wild pitch and Brottem dropped Texas
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THE KID KEEPS FANS
 WAITING FOR AN HOUR

But for Kid Elberfeld's mule-lke ob- stinacv a double header would have been played. Because a few drops of rain fell during the first hour at the park the Travellers manager refused to permit his men to go on the field and more than 1900 fans were kept waiting from 2:15 to 3:10. Even then the tabasco wonder stalled around ur- til Moley agreed to call the first game or
 After all, the game was played in a continual drzzle, which did not, how ever detract from the work of either team as evidenced by the absence Of marks in the error column.
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St. Louis Wins in First

Brooklyn, May 27.-St. Louis knocked Mamaux out of the box in the first in- ming of its game with Brooklyn here to- day. and won ty to 1. Three hits and an error, a sacrifice and a steal ac- counted for the three runs off Mamaux. Marquard blanked the visitors in the next hitter. Cheney, who recently recovered from long illness. pitched the last two innings and yielded an earned run in the ninth. Doak held Brooklyn to four hits. Wheats triple and Myers out saving them from a shut-out. Brooklyn today released Pitcher Miljus to Toledo. Score:
 R. H. E. St. Louis ....... 800 600 00l-- 4 g Q Brooklyn ............. 900 100 0O0-l l Batteries-Doak and Snyder: Mamaux. Marquard. Cheney and Krueger.
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resulted from this fluke hit, which won the contest
 Hengeveld relieved Robinson after the latter gave way to a pinch hitter in the eighth. Aside from the work of the pitchers the game was featured by pretty catches by Fisher and Ellis. miserable decision at first base b.y Umpire Black burn when he robbed Hairston of a hit and the bellicose spirit manifested by the Little Rock teo
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Batting Averages
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Phillips Wins in His First

Cleveland, O., May 27-Starting his first game for Cleveland Tom Phillips, New Orleans recruit, assisted in making it three straight from Boston, six to four today with three singles. Boston had thirteen men left on bases. Ruth's tri- pie was the longest hit ever made on the local field to center field. Boston plays an exhibition game at York, Pa, tomorrow. Score: R. H E. Boston ... 600 GOO 202-4 10 Q Cleveland ...... 200 300 01x--6 12 Q
 Jones. James and Walters; Phillips anc O'Neill.
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VIRGINIA LEAGUE
Portsmouth, 3. Richmond, 0.
Meyers Back With Bears

Mobile, May N-Billy Meyers of the Mobile club. released internationally on Saturday last. was resigned today by the Mobile club. He will be used as utility man. Joe Untz of the Mobile team was sent to the Spartanburg. s. C., club. Mo bile left here this afternoon for Mem phis to be absent for three weeks on the road.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Giants Win in Seventh Inning

New York, May 27.-New York defeat ed Pttsburg in the second game of their series here today, 10 to ?. It was an even game up until the seventh. when New York scored six runs on a three base hit by Doyle with the bases full and home run by Kauff with one man on base and single by Burns. Score:
 R. H. E. Pittsburg .......... .oo2 600 o00-2 2 New York ......... 100 010 62*-10 Il 5 Batteries-Miller, Evans and Sweeney; Barnes and Gonzales.
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Three-base hit, Foster. Double play, Thorburn to Galloway to Moore to Dykes. Struck out, by Foster l, by Thorourn z. Base on balls, off Foster 2, off Thorpurn 5. Sacrifice hits, Carroll 2, c. Griffin. Stolen base. Christenbury. Hit by pitched ball, by Thorburn 1 (High). Lett on bases. Memphis s, Atlanta 4. Time, l'oo' Empires, Pfenninger and Shibley
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PERSONAL

Mrs Allen has as her guest at Ter race Court, her nephew, Capt. Edward A Allen, and his wife. After short visit here and at Montgomery and At lanta, Captain Allen will return to Camp Meade, Va.
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FASTER EVENS UP WITH THE CRACKERS Barger's Crippled Team Gets Three Out of Four
 in Atlanta

Atlanta, May H.-Pitcher Foster, whom the Crackers batted out of the box last Saturday, was their master today and Memphis won, to 0, making it three out of the series four. Two timely hits won for Memphis. The Crackers play in Nash
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WORRY WAS INVINCIBLE
 TILL THE FATAL NINTH

Morrison was invincible through eight and two-thirds innings, allow ing but three hits and only one man to reach third. "Rube" Robinson also pitched effectively after the opening frame. when Stevenson's single fol- lowed by Duncans drive to right gave the Barons their lone counter for the day Only twice thereafter did Moley's men reach second and not once did a Baron batter draw a base on balls.
 In the second Peters beat out a SOW grounder to short, but was stranded on first when Morrison grounded out In the fourth Bernsen singled over second, but Hairston and Fisher failed to deliver. In the fifth Peters led off with his second single was advanced on Morrison's sacrifice but was left on base when Mcdonald and Steven son flied out
 The Barons failed to reach first in the sixth and seventh, but Morrison started the eighth with a single and 4ools second on McDonald's bunt. Stew enson and Duncan couldn't deliver. however. After the visitors had showed over two in the ninth the Barons came to bat without any life and three bat ters went out in order
 Distell singled for Little Rock in the first, but Elberfeld and Grimm grounded out. In the second Bacon doubled after two were down. but Kinsella was easy. The visitors went hitless in the third, fourth and fifth innings. In the sixth Frierson led of with single but Morrison retired nistell Elberfeld and Grimm in rapid order. Ii was three up and three down f2~ Little Rock in both the seventh nd eighth frames. but they gave us ri'dr shock in the ninth.
 IEE RUDE AWAK EWING
 CAME IN LAST FRAME
 Dstell grounded out, Hairston to Feensen Elberfeld hit one through the box on which Tom Stevenson mad 2 a pretty play, getting the Kid at first. Then Grimm singled past Mcdonald on dlnSy grounder. Walsh hit one r own the third base line, which Hair. en failed to touch although it was et a very difficult chance. Morri. then made a wild pitch on winch fNh runners advanced. Tony Brot : tenn hit fly over short, which Duncan
 7de no effort to catch. although it is rely possible he might have done
 with some fast sprinting. Two runs
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

RESULTS YESTERDAY Detroit 3, Philadelphia l. St. Louis 5, New York 3. Cleveland 6, Boston 4. Chicago 4, Washington 3.
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model of what such rules

they are a model of what such rules should be-
 Promoter Rickard declined tonight to comment on the bill introduced in the Ohio legislature today giving Gov- ernor Cox authority to revoke the per- init for the Dempsey-W Willard match.
 "It's nothing more than I expected, Rickard said. Several elements have expressed themselves as opposed to the contest. do not care to make any statement in regard to the bill"
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Leonard Wins His First One

Detroit, Mich May N.-Leonard, pitch ing his first game of the season, allowed Philadelphia only five scattered hits and Detroit won the final game of the series today 3 to l.
 After the second inning the visitors got only two men as far as second base Score. R.H E. Phil. delDhia O1O GOO O00-1 5 1 Detroit - 900 Oil 01x-3
 Johnson, Geary and Perkins; Leonard and Ainsmith.
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St. Louis Wins Third Straight

St. Louis, May 27.-Batting opportuneiy and making the most of New York's mis- plays. St. Louis won it's third straight game from the Yankees today, 5 to 8. The victory puts the locals in third place. Score. R.H.E. New York - 020 900 010-3 8 3 St Iou;s 122 900 O0x-5 0 1
 Shawkey, Thormahlen, Russell and Ruel: Sothoron and Mayer.
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Chicago Takes Whole Series

Chicago, May 27-Walter Johnson lost his second game of the series today when Chicago playing an uphill game. came from behind and defeated Washington to in the final contest It gave the locals a clean sweep of the series and was the sixth consecutive game which Washington had lost by one run. Score:
 R.H.E. Washington ......... O02 100 0OO-3 Chicago ........... 900 121 0O0-t4 Johnson and Picinich; Cicotte and Schalk,
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GAMES TODAY
NATIONAL LEAGUE

RESULTS YESTERDAY St. Louis 4, Brooklyn 1. New York 10, Pittsburg ?. Philadelphia 4, Cincinnati 1. Chicago 5, Boston O..
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over short, scoring two runs.
 Secure in the belief that the home boys had already sacked the spells, hundreds of fans left the park before the big fire works started in the fatal ninth It was the most heart-rend- ing defeat of many seasons, and one that sent the team away in a bad hu
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GAMES TODAY

Chicago at Boston.
 St. Louis at Brooklyn. Pittsburg at New York. Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
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LEAGUE STANDINGS
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
RESULTS YESTERDAY

RESULTS YESTERDAY Little Rock 2, Birmingham l. Memphis ?, Atlanta 0. Chattanooga-Mo wet grounds. Nashville-New Orleans, game sched- uled for today played Monday.
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GAMES TODAY

Birmingham at Chattanooga. Atlanta at Nashville. Mobile at Memphis. New Orleans at Little Rock.
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Byron Puts Mann Out of Game Boston, May 27.-Chicago batted hard today and defeated Boston, to o. Mann was put out of the game in the eighth by Umpire Byron for objecting to a third strike called. The Boston club traded Outfielder Al Wickland to St. Paul and Outfelder Joe Kelley to Toledo, both of the American association. Score:
 R. H. E. Chicago ...............O GOO 40 OO0-- 5 13 0 Boston .............O .O00 900 O00-O 6 ? Batteries-Hendrixa and Daily; Fillingem. Demaree, Heating and Tragessor
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Pitchers Records
American Association

American Association St. Paul, 8: Kansas City. 2. Minneapolis, i; Milwaukee. 3. Indianapolis, 4: Columbus, 3. Louisville Toledo, rain.
 International League Jersey City. 3; Baltimore. 10. Newark, 4; Reading, 1. Rochester, 6: Binghampton. 5. Buffalo, ?: Toronto, 5. South Atlantic League Charlotte. 4: Charleston. 8. Spartanburg, 1; Greenville, o.
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Cravath's Homer Wins Game

Cravath'S Homer Wins Game Philadelphia, May 27.-Cravath's drive over the right field wall in the eighth in ming with two men on bases gave Phila- delphia the second game of the series with Cincinnati today. to l. Score:
 R. H. E. Cincinnati ........... .O00 600 100- 5 1 Philadelphia ........ .00O 900 13'-4 z O Batteries-Luque and Wingo; Woodward and Cady,
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International League
South Atlantic League

Charlotte, 4: Charleston. 8. Spartanburg, 1; Greenville, o.