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, of the second game il my memory
serves me correctly. Had it been the
winning or tying run it would have
been a headline feature the next day,
but it SO happened that Detroit was
out in front at the time.
Everett Scott, the sensational short
stop of the Boston Red Sox, pulled the
other unusual feature that ought to
stand out for all time as an excellent
example of take a chance" base ball.
1t was in the 1915 series between Bos-
ton and Philadelphia, There was a
runner on first base and no one out,
with the score a tie. Alexander was
ander is mighty tough pitcher to
face. no matter whether you want to
bunt or hit. 1t was decided that Scott
was to try to advance the runner to
second. Twice he tried to bunt Alex
ander's deceptive offerings without
success.
With two strikes on him the Phila-
delphia infield moved back. No one
for minute thought Scott would try
to bunt on Alexander at such time
Scott, mighty fine bunter, decided to
go through with the original intent
To the surprise of every one, he made
a perfect bunt down the first-base line
on the next ball pitched, and was
nipped at first by a very scant mar
gin. A base hit followed; the run
scored. and Boston won that game, 2
to 1. I have often wondered what the
critics would have said about Scott IL
he fouled the third one off and was
out on a bunt third strike.
No American League club pulls more
stuff or plays better inside ball than
the Cleveland club. However, one
never need to expect much of the un-
usual stuff in the big series. simply
because managers and players feel
there is too much at stake to get
away from the safety -first game. UNI
less conditions absolutely force it.
copyright, 1920 by W. G. Eyans1
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the present campaign with club
which last season finished as runner
up to the White Sox and was travel
J ing at such gait that it generally
is conceded would have attained the
honors had the season run week
or two longer.
The Indians were prime favorites
from the close of the 1919 schedule
to cop the bunting this year. The
Dodgers. on the other hand, landed in
, the second division a year ago, and
were conceded to have little chance
OF beating out the Reds. Cubs.
Giants or Pirates, all of which finished
ahead of them last fall.
The critics condemned his team as
a bunch of misfts, composed largely
of players regarded as near the end
of their rope, many of whom had been
released by other managers under
the impression that they were
through.
The supposedly spawned athletes
included members of the pitching
,, staff, which was admitted to be a
strong one, provided it could hold
up another year. but totally made
quate to Offset the generally deficient
strength of the team in other re-
Spects.
The rotund Robby just drilled along
with his collection of cast-offs and
veterans. kept his hurlers in the pink
of condition by judicious allotment
of work and came through in mag
nificent style. although not without
, grueling struggle, in which his
team exchanged the lead with the
Reds no fewer than nine times in the
two-month period from July 8 to
September 8.
Yes. Robby and iris are entitled to
the lions share of the credit for land
ing their teams in the fall classic
and loyalty of the athletes they di-
rected.
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1914 WOMAN GOLFERS
s. ENTER TITLE TOURNEY

? NEW YORK. October 1.-The east
will have few representatives in the
national woman's golf championship
tournament which will begin next
Monday at the Mayfield Country Club.
Cleveland. according to the pairings
Of the 164 entrants announced by Sec
retary W. D. Vanderpool of the United
States Golf Association. Alexa Stir
ling. Atlanta, present national cham
pion. apparently will not encounter
Any sturdy opposition.
: Among other well known players
who will attempt to dethrone the
Soung southerner are Elaine -Rosen-
tfiaI. Shennecossett: Mrs. William A
Gavin, New York, runner-up to Miss
Stirling last year: Marion Hollins.
Westbrook, and Mrs. Clarence Van
derbeck, Merton.
= Mrs. Charles L. Frailey. Chevy
Chase, is the only Washington en-
4rant.
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LEADING GRIDIRON
GAMES TOMORROW

LOCAL.
Georgetown VS.. St. Louis Of An.
| napolis. American League Park,
o'clock.
George Washington VS.. Wesfern
Maryland. Potomac Park. 2 o'clock.
SOUTH.
Navy VS.. North Carolina State. At
Annapolis.
Virginia vs.. Randolph Macon, at
Virginia Military Institute vs..
Hampden Sidney. at Lexington.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute vs..
William and Mary, ut Blacksburg.
Warrington and Lee VS.. Davidson,
Johns Hopkins VS.. Mount st. Mary's
North Carolina vs.. Wake Forest, at
Chapel Hill.
Richmond College VS.. Lynchbarx
College. ut Richmond.
Georgia Tech W.. Oglethorne. at At
lanta.
Georgia VS.. Citadel. Mt Athens.
South Carolina VS.. Won0rd, ut CO.
luHnbfn.
Tulane VS.. Southwestern. Mt New
Orleans.
Auburn vs.. Howard, ut Auburn.
EAST.
Maryland w. Rutgers. At New
HfunoWlcks
West Virginia VS.. Lehigh. 1t Nor
Eantown.
Delaware vs.. Ursinus, at Newark
Pennsylvania W., BucknelI, at Phiia-
deiphfa.
Princeton VS.. swarthmore. at
Princeton.
Yale VI. Carnegie Tech. NJ, New
Haven.
Harvard VS.. Maine, at Cambridge.
Army Va. Union. Mt West Point.
Brown VS.. Amherst, mt Providence.
Dartmouth W.. Norwich, Mt Has,
over.
Cornell vs.. Rochester. mt Ithaca.
Columbia vs.. Trinity, ut New York.
Colgate vs.. Susquehanna. At Ham,
Pittsburxh vs.. Geneva, at Beaver
Falls.
Penn State VS.. Gettysburg, mt State
College.
Tufts Va. Bowdoin. mt Medford.
Syracuse vs.. Vermont. mt Syracuse.
Lafayette VS.. Muhtenberg, Mt Eaaton.
MIDDLE WEST AND WEST.
Center VS.. Morris Harvey, mt Dam
willie.
Indiana vs.. Town. mt Bloomington.
Minnesota vs.. North Dakota, nj Min
neapolis.
Nebrask, va. washburn, Mt Lin
coin.
Northwestern vs.. Knox, Mt Evans
ton.
Ohio state vs.. Ohio wesleyan, at
Columbus.
Purdue VS.. De PAW. at Lafayette.
Wisconsin vs.. Lawrence. mt Madis-
son.
Iowa state vs.. Coe. mt Ames.
Notre Dame We. kaIam AGO, at Notre
Dame.
California vs.. Santa Clara. ut Berk-
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INDIANS MAY Be IDLE
Prepared to Face Tigers Twice, But
Detroit Offers Cold Weather
and DRILLING Rain.

DETROIT, Mich, October Foot
oall weather and a drizzling rain
greeted the Cleveland and Detroit
American League teams this morning
as they prepared to OPEN a four-game
series here which may decide whether
the Indians retain their lead over the
Chicago White Sox. a double-header.
10 make up for the postponement of
yesterdays game, was scheduled for
this afternoon
To ciinch the flag and win the right
70 meet Brooklyn in the worlds series.
cleveland must win three Of the
games to be played here providing
Ch1cago wins it's three remaining
games.
water Mails was Speakers prob
able pitching choice for the onenin.
contest today. Ehmke or Dauss were
slated to do the hurting for the Tigers.
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ray IOr run seems to be the watch
word at all times. The old sacrifice
is worked overtime. The hit and run
is occasionally resorted to, but at such
ter of runs badly and sees no other
hope. The steal Is attempted every now
and then. but one sees little of the dar-
ing on the bases.
Mack Displays Courage.
Connie Mack is one of the few man.
ayers l have ever seen resort to the
hit-and-run with the score a tie or his
club a run behind. In a game with
the New York Giants, with his club
trailing by run, and an adept bunter
like Jack Barry up, Mack or Barry
pulled the unexpected by working the
hit and run. The second baseman went
over to cover on what seemed an at
tempt to steal, and Barry cieverly hit
through the spot he vacated. The tech
nique of the game probably called for
a sacrifice on Barry's part: that play
and thereby enabled him to tie up the
game on base hit. Barry disdained
the stereotyped playSWorked the hit and
run successfully and three runs scored
that inning. which was just enough to
decide the issue. II the play had failed
there might have been some criticism,
but Connie Mack always has the cour-
age of his convictions.
A daring steal of second. a delayed
steal that makes the catcher look fool
ish. the squeeze play, the theft of home
with a run that means great deal, the
hit and run and other by-plays that
thrill and enthuse, are more or less the
exception in the world series. Players
adept in all these departments often
get a chance to show. but seldom do
they shine. The risk is usually too pre-
carious with the high stakes involved.
The thought is ever with the player
that anything out of the ordinary that
is attempted and fails is sure to be re-
garded as bone" No player in a big
series has any desire to be held up to
ridicule. He hardly figures the chance
worth while.
In five world series that I have um-
pired l recall few incidents that stand
out as extraordinary bits of base ball.
One of them was a beautiful steal of
home by Ty Cobb in the 1909 series
between Pittsburgh and Detroit. 1t
was thrilling bit of base running
that was pulled in the ninth inning
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Has a rs in Southern Open Tourna'
ment-McLeod Is Nineteenth,
With an 81.

ATLANTA. October 1.-Professional
and amateur golfers today are COM
pleting the first half of the seventy
two holes of medal play for the South
ern open title. More than fifty play
ers started over the East Lake course
yesterday and played remarkable goff
despite the biting forty-mle gale tina t
swept the links Jim Barnes st. Louis
professional, who now holds the sec
tional title. led the field with %.
Bobby Jones. Atlanta, holder of the
Southern amateur championship. who
was runner-up to Barnes in the open
last year, came in second with IS.
Freddie Mcleod. Columbia Country
Club professional finished with an
81. tying with David Thompson, Ma
con. for nineteenth position. Jack
an 50. Howard Beckett. Atlanta. went
around in SO.
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.S0X MAKE LAST STAND
Reorganized Team Starts Three.
Game Series With Browns
in St. Louis Today,

ST. LOUIS. October 1.-The Chicago
white Sox and st. Louis prepared TO-DAY
70 open the series that may prove the
pennant race. Three games will be
played. the final contest Sunday, bring.
ing the 1920 campaign to close.
iodays game will be the first in
the gambling expose in Chicago earle.
IN the week that resulted in the suspen.
sion of seven members of the club.
AS result. Manager Gleason has
and outfieid. and will make the final
stand for the pennant with a depleted
pitching staff.
inc white Sox batting order today
as announced by Manager Gleason. e
as follows: Leibold. left field; Strunk,
rightly field: Eddie Collins, second base
John Collins: center field; Jourdan, first
base: Murphy. third base; Mcclellan
shortstop; Schalk. catcher, and Faber
pitcher.
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ers after their morale had been shat
tered by the tragic loss of Ray Chap
man. 1t was almost hopeless task, but
his indomitable will and force of ex-
ample enabled him to accomplish it.
The uncanny foresight he displayed in
obtaining an option on Joe Sewell, the
University OF Alabama product, stood
him in good stead. BY paying neat
sum to the New Orleans club for imme-
date delivery of the youngster, who
was seeing his first year in professional
ball. Speaker plugged the gaping hole
left at short by Chapman. the youth
gritty and able playing having restored
confidence TO an infield which was wav-
ering and stumbling and the effect of
which was felt by the entire team.
RobfnSOn's Feat Notable.
In some respects Wilbert Robin
sons accomplishment in guiding his
Dodgers TO championship is even
more noteworthy than the success
attained by Speaker. iris started
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LOYAL WHITE SOX BOUND
TO GET BIG SERIES CUT

CHICAGO. October Players who
remained loyal to Charles A Comis-
key, president of the Chicago White
Sox. last year, may receive their re-
ward this year: according to statistics
computed. Attention was called to
the comparatively small number of
eligible players remaining on the
White Sox club.
If the White SoX win the pennant
even though defeated in the world
series the losers share divided among
the individual Chicago players would
be almost as great as that of their
opponents.
The rule giving second and third
place clubs in the leagues a share in
the world series pool. makes it pos
sible for the Chicago club, if it
finishes as the runner-up, and divides
the money, for each player to receive
almost as much as the individuals on
the losing club in the base ball
classic.
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BARNES TOPS GOLFERS STARTS SPORTS TONIGHT
Petworth M. E. Church Lists Ten
Events to Open
Season.

The gymnasium of the Petworth NJ E
Church on Grant circle will begin the
seasons activities with an open house
tonight. Charles L. Gable. former
George Washington foot bah and basket
bail player, will be athletic instructor
assisted by Mrs. Hurd in charge of the
girls classes and Merritt Randall in
charge of the juniors.
Tonight's program follows: Basket ball
game. boys class d: ball game, junior
girls; wrestling, boys class A: basket
ball game, boys class c: ball game, in
termediate girls; basket ball game boys
class b: wrestling. boys class D: ball
game, senior girls; basket ball game,
boys class A. and indoor. base ball game,
mems class.
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Ball Weeds Rulers Hy Local Eeren Open Season zomouo
Woman's Golf Tourney
Entries Close Tuesday

| Entries for the annual conf
| petition for The Evening Star
cup, open to all woman golfers
! In the District of Columbia,
close Tuesday, night, William &.
i Barr. secretary of the District
Golf Association, announced to-
day.
Entries should be addressed
to Mr.. Barr mt the kfrkside Golf
Club. Chevy Chase, ID. C.. where
the event will be held October
: and =.
Mrs. !. b. Pierce of the WASH
ingtOn Golf and Country Club
won the tourney last year over
her home course. The compete
ton fx n handicap medal play
event.
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PILLS OFFERED BRIDES
Doom, Manager of 1908 Team, and
Bransfeld Corroborate Charges
of Fogel.

PHIL A D e l. H I A. october L.
Charles Doom. former manager of the
Philadelphia National League base
ball team, in a. statement published
by the Press today, corroborated the
charges made yesterday by Horace S.
Fogel a former president of the club.
that members of the Phillies had been
offered large sums to throw" games
to the New York Giants in 1908. when
New York and Chicago were fighting
for the National League pennant.
I'm 1908 every member of the Phil
lie team was approached with offers
of fabulous sums" Doom is quoted as
having said. "All any of US had to do
was to name our price. A member
of the Giants was one of those VINO
tried to buy us off. man approach
ed me after the first game in New
York and handed me a package con-
tanning $4,000. l was told there was
$4,000 more in the bank awaiting me.
He was a big fellow and l called
Kitty Bransfield, our first baseman:
kitty threw him down the steps of
our clubhouse.
Doom said the reason he did not
tell of the attempted bribery sooner
was because he and the other mem
bers of the team thought it was for
the best interests of the game to keep
quiet.
THE public is all too ready to be-
lieve that base ball is dishonest" he
added.
Rransfeld Gives Version.
WORCESTER. Mass, October l.
William E. Bransfield. first baseman
of the Philadelphia National League
team in 1908, says, in regard to the
stories told by Horace Fogel and
Charley Doom about attempts by New
York gamblers to get members of the
Philadelphia club to throw the final
series to New York. so the latter team
might win the National League PEN
nant that year:
ION the Saturday before the series
was opened in New York. while We
were practicing before the game in
Pittsburgh, word came to me that
doctor from New York wanted to see
me outside. / went out and met
man / had never seen before. He
wanted me to go to New York that
night, but l did not know him and re-
fused. Later l found out he was the
head of a clique of New York gam
blers. Other players on our team
were approached by him. but refused
to have anything to do with him.
when we reached Dur hotel in New
York on Sunday, this same man was
hanging around on the opposite side
of the street. He hung around all
Sunday and Monday, trying to get to
some of our fellows. but the talk
about throwing the series was so
ed him. AS a result of the talk about
throwing the series, we determined to
win at all costs. and we played better
ball than we ever did in our lives be-
fore, setting back the Giants and
causing them to lose the pennant."
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ROTHSTEtN ASSERTS HE
WILL STOP GAMBL ING

NEW YORK. October because of
the prominence given his name in
connection with the base ball scandal
being investigated in Chicago. Arnold
Rothstein has announced that he had
severed all connections with profess
sional gambling. He will devote his
time. he said. to his real estate bust
ness and his racing stable.
My friends know that have never
been connected with a crooked deal
IN my life" said Rothstein. "but 1 am
heartily sick and tired of having my
name dragged in on the slightest
provocation or without provocation
whenever a scandal comes I'D.
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Knicks Entertain Ball Team,

The knickerbocker Club feted it's
base ball team last night. and pre-
scented club letters to the members
of the nine. The Knicks won thirty
f1ye of the forty-one games they
played during the season. and set a
District record for consecutive VIC
tories when they captured twenty
Ave in a row
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trying conditions he ever faced.
Speakers accompli shments on the
feid of battfe-far beyond the powers
OF the average player-constitute a
herculean job alone. Plotting a club
into championship is an assignment
sufciently arduous in itself to fully
occupy the attention of one man. as
dany prematurely gray managers can
attest. Speaker has attended to the
exacting details of both tasks in
manner to stamp him as one of the
greatest figures the game ever pro-
duced. The theory that guiding
big league ball club while holding a
place in the lineup will seriously inn
pair the individual worth as player
of the athlete attempting it often has
been proved. being the natural result
OF the troubles and worries incidental
TO executive duties. but in Speakers
case the burden of managership has
not affected his value as an active
daily participant, unless it has been
to increase it.
Solved Big Problems.
In addition to the ordinary trials
and tribulations of pilot, Speaker.
by his foresight and enterprise. solved
the all-important problems of provid-
ing his club with competent left
handed Understanding it lacked
for more than three-fourths of the
campaign and without which it never
could have come through in the
stretch drive. by obtaining Walter
Mails from the Sacramento club of
the Pacific Coast League. The won
derful work of this former Dodger
in experimenting the efforts of Ragby,
Coveleskie and Caldwell. the oply re-
liable hurlers ON the Cleveland staff,
has proved one of the greatest single
factors in the success of the team in
coming down to the wire.
Sneaker
however, was the manner in which he
revived the dropping spirits of his play
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Dodgers Are "On Level"
Attorney Is Convinced

NEW YORK. October 1-Dis-
trict Attorney Harry K. Lewis
Of Brooklyn expected to COM
Plete today his examination of
Brooklyn players on reports
that gamblers had approached
some OF them with proposals
to "thrOw" the approaching
world series. After three play
ers had been questioned by
Lewis yesterday he said he was
convinced that they were ION
the level" Manager Robinson
of the Dodgers planned also to
confer with Lewis today.
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Hilltoppers to Hold Meet.

Georgetown University has an
nounced an interclass track and field
meet to be held at Hilltop Field on
October 81 The Hilltop runners yes
terday reported to Coach O'Reilly for
the first practice of the college year.
Forty-two track team candidates
started training.
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White Boxing Secretary,

NEW YORK. October Appoint
ment of Charles "A. White. son of the
late Charlie" White. noted boxing
referee. as secretary of the New York
state boxing commission has been
announced. White. who played foot
ball at Andover and Yale. held the in
tercollegiate middleweight boxing
title. He entered the army as pri-
vate and was promoted to captain
of artillery in France
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No Yankee-Giant Series.

NEW YORK, October Possibility
of post-season series between
Yankees and Giants was eliminat ted
when President Stoneham of the lat
ter club refused to sanction the
games. Stoneham feared the series
might affect the attendance at the
world championship contests in
BROOKLYN.
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wv in control OF the major base ball
by President John A. Heydler OF the
ust be nationwide in scope, limitless
prominent and reputable that their
the fans that there will be no place
in the national pastime. Heydler de-
new body is already under way, he
he world series is completed.
investigation proves that base ball
needs Il nationwide but centralized
power TO control not only the major
leagues. but the minors down to the
smalfes circuits.
! There must be no cases in the fu-
| ture like that of Seaton and Smith,
who were released by the Pacific
Coast League for cause, only to find
a haven in the Southern Association
/ for time. The new body must be
able to reach out into the farthest
! corner of base ball and punish any
| guilty or undesirab Bile player. 1t must
| be so strong and of such unimpea CHI
! able reputation that it's authority will
be welcomed by every promoter.
| player and lover of clean, honest
sport.
Il believe every one who wants to
see the game put back on it's pedestal
will agree with me. and l expect the
! hearty cooperation of all
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ABLE GREATEST FACTOR
IN SUCCESS OF INDIANS AND DODGERS
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

/ alone ft sfo ckMa the gh qut o
| the tear the team mi tmanage
suit tin the rot bEnngn being
strength directing hanI ahapp
lie
tappEh sSpear WHerR
n the cssof their
all but Ohio euopon
ASK i his pd
o many fdah egaons bee
worth d m
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Dies of Foot Ball Iniurv.

PHILADELPHIA. October Mel
vim keppler, seventeen years old, cap
tain OF the Lock Haven High School
foot ball team. died yesterday in the
University Hospital from a broken
neck received during scrimmage prac-
tice Wednesday.
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Will Hold Joint Shoot.

Washington. Silver Spring and Brad
ley Hills gun clubs will hold a Joint
shoot tomorrow afternoon at Bradley
Hills. Targets will be thrown at
1880 o'clock. Five events of twenty
targets each will comprise the pro-
gram for the trap gunners.
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WORLD SERIES USUALLY
SHY OF STIRRING PLAYS
BY BILLY EVANS.
american League Umpfre.}

ORD spectacle ball
Wv But such seldom thrill
enced regular the
itself
Ordinarily
rather cut and dried affairs
The lack of color that usually world
largely due to the high stakes involved Managers who the
play almost always adopt the safety first when they the