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Evening star., 1919-02-19
TENNIS STARS TRIUMPH
Kunagae, Biddle and Johnson
Winners in Third Round Middle
States Tourney.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. February 10.
Three players went into the round
before the semi finals yesterday in
the annual Middle States lawn tennis
tournament on covered courts, atop
the Wanamaker building. The men to
come through victorious1y were Ichiya
Kumagae, the wonderful little play
er from Japan: Craig Biddle. the vet
cran internationaiist. and Wallace f.
Johnson, once runner-up for the ma
tionaI title. None of the three play
ers had opposition sufficient to bring
to light any weakness they may have
had, but Biddie appeared to the best
advantage, his yolleying being very
strong and well controlled and his
anticipation of shots unusually keen.
He simply walked through against
Paul Vanneman in the morning at
60, 6-1, and made the same one
sided score against George Powell in
the afternoon.
Johnson defeated Ernest French at
6--e, 6-2. largely through the use of
his chop stroke, which he controlled
wonderfully well. Johnson will meet
Lieut.. S. Howard yoshell. national
indoor champion, for the right to oc-
cupy the semi-final bracket iii the
upper half.
Kurnagae took the measure of H
w. Hanna at %, e., playing from
deep court most of the time But when
he did go up to the net it was only
behind powerful forcing shots. Ichiya
gave evidence that he has not been
playing the game very frequently of
late His probable opponent today will
be Vincent Richards, national boy
champion. Richards and kumagae
ought to put up pretty fight for the
honors, and the schoolboy might sur
prise some of the Jap's admirers,
While Kumagae and Vincent are
struggling on one court Biddle and
Frederick B. Alexander will be trying
each other out on the other in what
may prove to be the best match of
the tournament
William T. Tilden, I'd, national clay
court champion. defeated H. G. Dorm
helm. one of the local junior stars, by
a score of 6-4. 81. Tilden wore his
Army overcoat during the first set,
but later he discarded this and went
after his opponent in earnest.
Evening star., 1919-02-19
BASE BALL ON THE INSIDE
BY BILLY EVANS.

slow one, wide breaking curve, and
fadeaWay. He is constantly mixing
them. Bagby is pitcher on the
Mathewson type. easy to hit when
when base hit means something.
To watch the two in action, Coveles-
kie with his burning speed and de-
ceptiVe splitter, looks u harder man
to hit than Bagby. Yet, opposing bat
teTs find the two styles almost equal
ly puzzling, although admitting one
looks much harder than the other.
l have seen Coveleskie lose more
tough games in which he pitched bril-
hantIy than any other man in the Amer
Ican League, unless he is Eddie Cicotte
of Chicago When Coveleskie pitches
for Cleveland the Intians seem to forget
the use for which bats are rnanufac-
tured. If your team fails to get you a
run the only way a pitcher can keep
from losing is to treat the opposition
l'keWlse Last year the Indians failed
to get Coveleskie run i'll a number Of
games. and, despite the fact that he
Kept the opposition from scoring more
than one or two runs, his remarkable
performances were always wasted To
add 10 the strangeness of the situation
me Cleveland players are all strong for
COVE, try their best at all times, yet
seem unable to deliver at the bat TO any
extent when he pitches.
With Bagby in most cases things have
been the opposite. If Jim came through
with some fine pitching. in which he
held the opposition to a run or two, the
indians in many cases seemed able to
get Bagby run or two more than he
allowed the opposition. II Jim had one
Of those days in which things were
breaking badly for him, the opposition
scoring freely, the Indians also seemed
10 go on a batting rampage, and would
usually bring Jim home the winner.
No matter how good you are in base
BAH you must get the breaks to bring
TO you the success your efforts deserve
In many cases ones ability makes pos
sible the breaks. Yet there is no deny
ing that some players throughout their
entire career seem pursued by a ink
while on others good fortune is always
smiling.
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Fifteen American League hurlers
and thirteen National League pitchers
produced losing streaks that endured
for five or more games during the 1913
season.
Bill Adams. a newcomer in major
league circles, was runner-up to Perry
in the American with eight straight
losses and in third place is found Ed
die Cicotte, who showed a remarkable
form hipnop in 1918. This hurier.
who was the king pin Of the American
League the year before. couldn't get
going in 1918 and started the season
in weird fashion He lost the first
game in which he figured and from
then on until May 81 was unable to
win a combat. Dave Danforth of the
White Sox, Bill James of the Browns
and Slim Love of the Yankees. tied for
fourth position with six successive de-
feats.
In the National League it was Fred
Toney who acted as runner-up to
oeschger- He lost eight games in a
row. beginning June and ending
July II. Wilbur Cooper Of the
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MISS FENN WINS MEDAL.
Springs Surprise in Women's Golf
Tourney in Florida.

PALM BEACH. Fla, February 19--
Miss Bessie Fem of Poland Springs,
Me-, hitherto unknown in tourna-
ment play here, upset the calcula-
tions of a number of experienced
golfers by winning the medal in
the qualifying round OF the women's
tournament for the golf champion
ship of Florida. She had card OF
rs. There was a margin OF six
strokes oetween her score and that
of~Miss Elaine Rosenthal OF the
Western Golf Association, who had
been picked to win. Two flights quail
fed for match play. a 90 being re-
quired to get into the first division.
The scores follow:
4l-Ts; Miss Elaine Rosenthai, Ravisloe,
40. 44-s4; Miss Harriet Mcgook. Tuxedo. A.
44-s5; Mrs. peuElas Paige. Bellport IS. rs
III; Mss Il. Iamphef, Town and Ccuntry. As,
4s-sI; Mrs. Milton G. Herald. Whitena.r.h.
-, 4S-91: Miss Alice Stumer. Rsyisloe, ~.
49,; Miss Ethel Campbell, PHILADELPHIA. "a.
4S-82; Miss Lois simmer. Raytsloe. 4e, 47--
So; Mfs. David B. Calhoun, St Louis. -,
53-93: Mrs William Seyfert. Berkshire. a.
4T--o5: Mrs. e. L. RJfeld, Ravisloe, 46, 50--
o6: Mrs. G. J. Felber, Ia Grosse, a. 49-o6;
Mrs.. B.. J. RosenthaL Rayisioe, 45. 5c-s7;
Mrs. J. NJ Cook, Allegheny, IS, 53-9s; Mn.
John Shepard, jr.. Rhode Island, 4s. 5l-S9.
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aBOORr PITCHING CHAMPIONS
REGARDED AS TOPNOTCIIERS
Joe Oeschger of Phillies and Scott Perry
of Athletics Made Worst Records
for Consecutive Defeats.

This the Boob Pitching championswith Joe oeschger
Of
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Sa1ings
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Of
Grover
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Pirates was tied with oeschger for
third place honors. Before Oeschger
established his record of nine straight
losses he ran a string of seven
straight defeats. beginning May 6
and ending June 15. Rube Marquard
of the Dodgers. Bill Doak of the Car
dinals. Bill SherdeI1 and Pete Schnei-
der tied for fourth place. with six
successive defeats. Schneider lost six
in a row between April % and June
4. Then he probably decided that he
could better that record and started
losing again on June 13. But on July
6 his teammates hammered out
enough runs to gain victory over
the Phillies. and Schneider's second
streak stopped after he had lost five
games. Mule Watson, who lost five
in a row. began his losing streak
by dropping twenty -one-inning
game to the Cubs, in which both he
and George Tyler went the entire
distance, before the Cubs won out.
to /.
Here are the detailed figures which
show the boob pitching champions of
both leagues:
Evening star., 1919-02-19

Getting the breaks means every
thing in base ball, In most cases the
minor things play a big part in de-
termining results. It is such things
that cause managers woe. II is hard
to sit on the bench, see your team get
away to a nice lead, only to lose that
lead and perhaps the game because
your pitching selections could not
hold the opposition in check. The next
day the manager sees his team lose
a / to 0 game, despite the great work
of his pitcher. because his teammates
were unable to offer any assistance.
Such pitching the day previous would
have won a hollow victory. Such is
base ball.
Fate and luck without doubt play
leading roles in base ball. Some
pitchers seem blessed with good luck,
while others have Old Man Jinx con-
stantly on their trail. 1t seems the
Cleveland club offered perhaps the
best example of such a theory last
season. On the Cleveland club are
two high class pitchers, Jim Bagby
and Stanley Coveleskie. They are of
an entirely different type. Cove leskie
is spit ball pitcher, although he has
fine speed and good curve. His
"spitter" is deceptive. because he has
many ways of breaking it Cove
ieskie puts something on practically
every ball he pitches. He is a diff
cul. man to umpire back of. because
You have TO follow the ball all the
way, and must be careful not to call
the ball before the catcher receives
it. because at the last moment it
often takes a big break, which means
the difference between a ball and
strike.
Jim Bagby is a pitcher who, oppos-
ing batters insist. hasn't thing, yet
they never take many liberties with
him. Bagby has more stuff than
players. as a rule. give him credit.
He can zip the fast one through at
good speed. if he cares to, but Jim
seldom is in that frame of mind. He
prefers to use a ha1f-speed ball
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Perry's losing streak started on May
2S, when he tackled the Browns. In
two other games of the series he
went against the same club and they
threw him for a total of three losses.
Then Perry went against the White
Soxs twice--and twice was defeated
Cleveland handed him another jolt
and then Boston whipped him 3 to 0.
Then Perry was forced to suffer two
beatings at the hands of the Sena-
tors He broke his losing streak June
90 by defeating New York. During
his streak of misfortune he allowed
thirty-eight runs, while his own team
could compile only twenty-five be-
hind him. Five of the games which
Evening star., 1919-02-19
HEINE THE I'm SIGNS.
Giant Infelder Eleventh Player to
Send Contract to KcGraW.

NEW YORK February 1s.-Parade
Of the Giants into the fold for another
season has begun in earnest Yester-
day brought forth the signed contract
OF Heine Zimmerman. pet 6f the
Bronx, and he made no secret of his
happiness on being able to join forces
with McGraw for another campaign
Zim conferred with the Giant leader
Evening star., 1919-02-19
KERR WINS AT BEILEAm.
Golf shrs Come Through the First
Round of Tourney.

BELLEAIR HEIGHTS. Fla. Febru-
ary 19.-AN Of the stars in the frst
sixteen Of the annual Washington
birthday tournament came through
in first match round. Dewitt Balch
of Cincinnati and Augustus Roth.
having won, meet today.
Hamilton Kerr of Greenwich won
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Perry lost were by one-run margins.
Oeschger set out to tie Perry's rec
ord ON June s, when he lost to Gin
cinnati by the score of to 3. In
turn he tackled the Cardinals twice.
the Cubs three times, the Pirates and
Dodgers twice. That carried him
along until August II without 3 vic
tory. He finally broke his streak on
August 80 by defea ting the Braves
1 to 0. While Oeschger was in his
slump he yielded fifty-eight runs
while his team scored thirtyfour be-
hind him. In one game--on August
3 against st. Louis-the Phillies ham
mered in twelve runs for OeschEer,
but it wasn't enough of a margin. be-
cause the Cardinals that day ham
mered him for sixteen tallies.
Here are the detailed records of
Perry and OeSGhger:
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in the morning and signed his con-
tract early in the afternoon His was
1ne eleventh signed document the
Giant chief received and about the
fourth from regular member Of the
Evening star., 1919-02-19

The American steamer Narragan-
sett which ran on the submerged
rocks off the eastern end of the Isle
OF Wight February ], has been re-
doated.
Evening star., 1919-02-19

from T. A. Ashley. after ssnsktisnaf
finish. Being i up at the twelfth, he
won the next three holes in 4. 8, =.
two strokes under par, and settled
the match. F. C. Newton, the Brook !.
lyme golfer, is a strong player. Hn4
is expected to furnish a lot of Stroppls
for c. @. waldo, ir.. of Detroit III the
lower half of the bracket ~4e0fke
Balch. the Belleair champioa.s want
down to defeat at the hands Of Hugh
Haisell of Sleepy Hollow.
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.Cr1EsJ
II pays to read the want columns cl
The Star Hundreds of situatiors arS
filed through them. Z
Evening star., 1919-02-19
Blanks Out for
Pimlico Stakes

Entry blanks in book form
have been sent out by the Mary
land Jockey Club for the spring
stakes to be run at Pimllco dur
ing its seventeen-day meet the
first part of May. No pursc
worth less than $1,000 will be
given, and $143,1JO will be dis
tribufed among the horsemen.
The stakes, all of which carry
added money, are:
Preakness, Is miles. $4,000
Oaks, j 1-16 miles. ..... 5000
Handicap I 1-16 miles. 5000
Nursery, half mile Loo
Juvenile, Az furlongs. 2,5O0
Green Spring Valley
steeplechase, 2 miles 5000
Total .-.....-........$ .$44,OOO
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Total times pitchers lost to clubs during streaks
Copyright 1919, by Al Aoaro
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oeschge Nine
The how while

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eastman, star shortstop at Catholic
University for the last two seasons,
is out OF college. and viii be lost to
the base ball team this spring. It
viii be dfMcult for the Brooklanders
to develop q man to IN the position as
nhlv an did fyAal1rur1,s -eesS1+< =
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-17
KANSAS CITY WEEKLY
 STOCK MARKET REPORT

KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS. Oct. 13.--Cattle prices were steady to 25 cents lower, hogs strong to 10 cents higher, and sheep steady to 25 cents lower. Liberal receipts of cat tie and sheep caused the weakness in those divisions, while hog receipts were barely large enough to meet the urgent requirements.
 Today's Receipts
 Cattle receipts today were 41,O00, tEe largest thus far this year, show. ing an increase of 1900, compared with week ago, and 5000 compared with a year ago. Hog receipts were II 900 the same as week ago, and 2,000 smaller than a year ago. Sheep receipts 19,000, were 5000 larger than week ago, and 5000 larger than year ago.
 Beef Cattle Steady
 Good to choice fat cows and steers sold at steady prices, but the bulk of the arrivals were in the plain to fair classes and sold 15 to 25 cents off. No prime fed steers were offered. Some heavy Kansas steers sold at $15.00 and $15.25, and grass steers brought $13.00 to $13.50. The bulk of the 900 to 1,050 pound grass steers brought $9.50 to s10.75. The bulk of the cows sold at 15 to 25 cents lower. A good many Panhandle and Colorado cows sold at $7.25 to 1925. Veal calves were quoted steady.
 StOckers and Feeders
 Trade in stock and feeding cattle was fairly active. Prices were steady for the best and lower for the other classes. Corn belt feeders are mak- ing large purchases, and will continue buying freely the next three weeks. Feeders are selling at $8.50 to $12.50, stockers at $7.50 to $10.25, and stock cows and heifers at $500 to $S.50.
 Hogs Strong
 Hog prices today were strong to 10 cents higher than late last week and $1.00 lower than week ago. The top price was S15.70, and the bulk of the offerings sold at STATS to $15.50. Packers paid the top of $15.70. Prices are higher here than in Chi cago. There is active demand for pigs and thin hogs for feeding, at $14.00 to $15.50.
 Sheep and Lambs Lower
 Sheep receipts were the largest for some time past, and the bulk of the offerings were below choice quality. Western lambs sold up to s15.60, and native lambs s15.25. The market was quoted steady to 25 cents lower. Feeding lambs sold at S11.75 to $12.75 and feeding ewes at 5000 to $7.00. |
 CHARLES M. PIPKIN,
 Market Correspondent |
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-17
CRABLES FAME AS A
 TENNIS PLAYER SPREADS

The Tombstone Tennis Club is in receipt of a communication from At torney Francis D. Crable, of Flagstaff, relative to contest to be held in Tombstone following the state tourna- ment in Tucson. The Flagstaff club has several good players, and after the tournament at Tucson will come to Cochise county and play in Tomb stone, Douglas, and Bisbee.
 MT. Crable is we'll known in Tomb stone, having resided here for many years, during which time he served several terms as postmaster, and later studying law and passing the state examination with a high mark. He is now engaged in practice at Flag staff and is noted among the foremost attorneys in the northern part of the state.
 The secretary of the local club will make arrangements for series with the Flagstaff club.-Tombstone Pros pector.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-17
THOMPSON CROSSING
 BRIDGE IS UNDER WAY

Pouring of concrete for the bridge across the Verde river at Thompson's crossing, just below Cottonwood, will be under way in week or ten days.
 The Kansas City Structural Steel Co. now has force of six or eight men building coffer dams to keep the water of the river away from the bases of the concrete piers. These dams are practically finished and soon excavations for the piers, extending down to the bedrock, will be made. A temporary bridge structure must be made all the way across the river in order to make. it possible to trans port the green concrete to the forms. As soon as the temporary bridge is finished forms will be constructed.
 Great piles of lumber for the tenn porary bridge and for the forms are now on the ground. The steel reih- forcing has also been received. In fact, about all the material is on hand except cement, and the first shipment of that highly necessary substance is now due.
 When concrete pouring actually be- gins, from 60 to so men will be kept busy in three shifts. The bridge will be rushed through to completion in the shortest possible time and should be opened to the public by the first O. next year at the latest.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-17
LAND OPPOSITE PARKER
 IS OPENED FOR ENTRY

The government has opened for entry 75,000 acres of land on the Cali fornia side of the river, lying between Needles and point approximately op- posite Parker. These lands were with drawn from entry some years ago in the belief that a dam would be built at Bulls Head, on the Colorado river, from which water could be carried onto the dry lands on each side of that stream. This project was aban- doned, but the lands were still held withdrawn.
 About 6O,O00 acres on the Arizona side above Topock and and opposite Needles are still withdrawn from en- try, but it is expected some action looking to their being thrown open will be taken by the interior depart ment in the near future. The lands on the Arizona side of the river are very rich and would add much to the wealth of Mohave county were they to be reclaimed
 All the railroad lands have been taken over by the Cotton Lands Co.,, but the yearly overflow of the Colo rado makes it impossible to cultivate other than small portion of the area. With the big dam in the Colorado at Boulder Canyon these lands would be safeguarded and subject to reclama- tion.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-17
''NO ACCIDENT DRIVE
 NOW IN FULL SWING

The National Railroad Accident Prevention Drive" is now in full sway. Employees on all railroads under fed eral control are upon their mettle, determined to prove that many cases of pain, misery, and grief need not occur.
 That these two weeks of intensified, sincere, safety-activity will show a marked reduction in personal injuries is without presumption. The several no-accident campaigns conducted on various railroads throughout the en- tire United States since January 1st show 70 per cent reduction in casual ties on these roads during such cam paigns, as compared with the acci- dents for the same periods of the pre- ceding year. The campaign in the Central Western region showed a re- duction of over 7S per cent.
 It is the purpose of Hale Holden, regional director, through the safety organizations in this region, to dem- onstrate by this specialized drive that the great economic loss of life and limb of trained industrial workers can be eliminated, and to this end 325,OOO railroad employees in the Centra! Western region have resolved to do their best to work these fourteen days without getting hurt themselves or being the cause of another's injuries.
 The public has cause for concern. Hardly day passes but what the newspapers publish accounts of one or more people being killed or injured while driving automobiles over rail road crossings. Statistics on file in the office of the safety section of the railroad administration indicate that in the entire United States for period of one year, there were 6,133 such casualties, 1,777 people being killed and 1856 injured while crossing railroad tracks at grade. Because of increased production and use of auto mobiles and auto trucks these acci- dents are growing daily by leaps and bounds.
 This National Railroad Accident Prevention Drive," covering as it does, the entire United States and affect ing an enormous population of high class industrial workers is said to be causing unusual interest in every city and town throughout the country.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-17
LEGAL NOTICE

This is to certify that the New White Garage (H. D. Tillman and J G. Tillman) has made application for a license to operate an automobile passenger service in Flagstaff and vii cinity; and notice is further given that hearing on said application will be held before the Arizona Cor poration Commission at the county courthouse, at Flagstaff, Ariz., at 9:30 a. m., Friday, October "A, 1919. Dated at Flagstaff, Ariz., this 14th day of October, 1919.
 (Signed)
 NEW WHITE GARAGE.
 H. D. PULLMAN.
 J. c. PULLMAN.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-17
Ne,Us of Interest Gathered Here and There in tue State
GENERAL OPPOSES
 ATTEMPT TO SAVE s. TOREZ

The determined fight on the part of friends of Simplicio Torez to save his neck from the hangman's moose ha. been promptly met by the attorney generals office.
 Assistant Attorney General L. B, Whitney has filed in the supreme court motion to dismiss the appeal recently filed by attorneys for the Mexican youth sentenced to be hanged on October "A. This motion is based on the remarkable discovery that the appeal, technically speaking, is not valid in that it was made before the judgment of the lower court was handed down.
 In his motion to dismiss, Whitney points out that an appeal may be taken from only three things-a final judgment of conviction, an order de- nying a motion for a new trial, or from an order made after judgment. affecting the substantial rights of the defendant, while in this case the ap- peal was taken from the jury's ver- dict of conviction.
 This verdict was brought in by a Coconino county jury on July 21, 1919.
 The notice of appeal from the yer dict of conviction was filed July 21.
 Motion for new trial was filed August 4, and the judgment and the sentence of the court was given on the same date.
 No appeal from the judgment nor from the order denying new trial was ever filed, it is claimed, and hence there is no valid appeal. A memor- andum brief filed in support of the motion to dismiss the appeal says:
 "An attempt to appeal before final judgment will be fruitless and in criminal cases the entry in court of original Jurisdiction of the sentence upon a verdict of guilty is the final judgment. Likewise judgment is not final until entered in the judg- ment book; the fact that it has been rendered or directed by the court to be entered doesn't make it final until the actual entry in the record is com pleted."
 Simplicio Torez was charged with the murder of Victor E. Melick, said to have been committed May 31, 1919. The information was filed on June II. The defendant was arraigned and he pleaded not guilty. A trial was held before jury and the defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and the penalty fixed at death.