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, this year he has II. but. like Ruth.
he's slow starting. He Is the best
left handed pitcher In the game.
when not pitching he plays first.
Boicy is one OF the best shortsops
in baseball. He is young and has
never had a major league trial. He
is now hitting .s9s.
Bishop Is a second baseman. He
had Just returned TO the game after
an injury. Last season he was the
best second sacker in the league and
hit well over 900.
Merwin jacobson Is the star Of tho
outfield. For three seasons he has
been up amongst the batting leaders.
Jack Ogden Is the best right
handler in the league. He won -
games last year and In one winning
streak made is In row.
Harry Frank leads the league now.
He has won IS and lost two.
Tommy Thomas is youngster In
the box. Veterans say he Is the most
promising OF the three. lie got a
bad start but is going great now. Hd
has won 10 and lost but threA
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the other club owners In the Inter.
national league that he must sell at
least three OF his stars this fall They
threatened to put the draft back on
the league II he refused. He sub
mitted.
For two years nearly every big
league club has hidden for the star
Oriole players and Dunn laughed.
The Cincinnati Reds offered s6o.-
600 for Jack Bentley. Dunn laughed.
The Giants offered $4,000 for
three players-Bcntley. Joe Boicy
and Jack Ogden. Dunn laughed
some more.
But now they're for sale.
Bentley and Boley--sioo.ooo each.
Max BIshop-s75.ooo
Jack Ogden and Merwin Jacobson
$50 900 each.
Tommy Thomas-s25.0 900.
Harry Frank-s25, 900.
Dunn will sell three of the lot.
These are about the prices hc ex.
poets.
Bentley IL the minors home.run
king. He had 20 last year. Thus far
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Net Title
Tilt Set
for Today
Tilden and Richards Meet
Patterson and Wood for
Doubles Championship

BOSTON. Aug. 2s.-.Ceraid Pattvr.
- son and O'Hara Wood. Of Aus
fraiia. and william TIldcn II and
Vincent Richards. Of America. are
scheduled 10 meet today In the finals
OF the nationss doubles title tourney.
Tho Australians fought their way
into the final round by beating ". w.
Niles and Jean BorotEa In straight
wts yesterday. 81. rs. 60.
william NJ. johnson and Wallace
johnson went down before the IT,
den. Richards combination yesterday.
after carrying every set to deuce
SO. los. rs.
A ooincsdencs Of today's match fos
the national title Ia that the prin>
cipais win likely Oppose each other
in tho same event Of the Davis cup
play.
Tiiden n . certainty 70 play fos
America IN the doubles. and Richards
Is regarded ~ his logical partner.
al;ho Little Bnf' johnson of Cali
fornia may replacs Richards
No upsess featured TIN othes
matches OF yesterday.
Tiiden and Moiia Mallory downed
Borotra and Mrs. May Bundy. ~
60. advancing 20 the final round
Miss Helen Wills OF California w1H
meet Molia Mallory In the womeu'l
singles finals Miss Wills eliminated
Mrs. Bundy In the semi.finals yvster
day.
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BENTON GOES
TO PHILLIES

The Charleston club or The 6outh
Atlantic has sold its champion all
around player. Rabbit Benton. 70 the
Philadelphia Nationals. Benton has.
played practically every position on
the team for Charleston and done q
well. He's up among the front hit
tiers and 10 ore OF the Sally leagues
leading base steaiers. Such = great
bail player as he seems 10 be de-
served a better fate than being sold
to the Phlilies.
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w. OF w. FOOTBALL OUTLOOK LESS ROSY NOW THAN i'm MA
McCraw Still Fears
Pittsburg's Pirates
In Spring John McCraw Regarded Pittsburs a. The
Ciants Only Rival; Belited ST. Louis; Now Critics
Are BEGINNING to Think That He Was Right

NEW YORK Aug 26-Is history going TO repeat itself IN
IN the National league?
Last year the Psburg club entered the home stretch
hot favorite TO win the pennant.
New York really the only club that $1,000 between
them and the National league championship.
series of games still TO be waged between The
two clubs II my memory me correctly the New York
Giants won all of them.
The that Ptsburg suffered at the hands OF h
Giants turning point in the 1922 race Those seven
defeats CREASED the toboggan for the Pirates.
Despite every effort Manager Gibsons part the club
continued TO lose with regularity and lucky
4.T ...nl. ~. no..Ax La
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BLUES TO HAVE
NEW BALL PARK

Reports from Kansas City are that
George Muehibach win not renew the
lease he holds from George Tsbcau
on the park now used by the Blues.
but win build a park with much
larger capacity. Crowds that have
attended Kansas City games In the
last season or two have taxed tbs
present park and with one in q more
convenient location the belief Of the
club management Is that attendance
will increase.
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MUST WRECK CLUB-IT'S TOO STRONG
BALTIMORE,

BALTIMORE. Md. Aug. &C.
- Three, maybe five. Of those Ia
nous Baltimore Orioles are going up
this fall. No wonder they smile.
Jack Dunn, Baltimore owner and
manager. has done something that
only one man before him ever did
he's developed team that's too
strong for the company it's In.
The Orioles must be scrapped. but
the scrapping will bring Dunn a
handsome profit.
Against his own wishes. against
tho wishes OF Baltimore fans and
against the wishes OF n lot OF base
ball men around the country, Dunn
is being forced 10 dismantlo the ma.
chine that won three straight pen.
nants and nj this moment OF writing
has lead OF more than Is games In
the race for the fourth straight flag.
Many years ago Connie Mack built
n baseball machine that was too
good for the big leagues. Then he
tore It down---from choice. not be.
cause OF any uitimatum.
Now Jack Dunn has been told by
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Bagshaw Is Gloomy;
Loses 8 Letter-Men


HUCH of the optimism that seeped from the University
wi of Washington football circles last quarter has waned
Some of the stars years rosh eleven who de-
pended upon bolster up the contingent of veterans on the
1922 varsity, will not return for the fall quarter.
Yet there is the bitter with the sweehree former Blue
and Gold grid stawas will be present for the opening
kickoff.
Ebert Harper 1920 fulback Jimmy Bryan weight man
and basketball STAR who out of football last year owing
to Illness and the great Bill Grimm easily the best tackle
on the Coast in 1920. will form nucleus for what may
cvolve into n representative Washington machine
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SEARCH SAFE
FOR EVIDENCE

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 2e.--Foiics
today planned TO break open . safe
In the home Of the late Fred oce
terrcich. wealthy Milwaukee and
Los Angeles manufacturer in the
belief that papers said to be Tn the
safe may reveal some ciew to his
mysterious murder early In the
week.
oesterrcich was shot to death In
his home here at midnight Just
after he and his wife had returned
from an evening party.
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]. JOSEPHS
WOULD LIKE
RETURN GO

rTU1AT Jack Josephs was uninten.
i tionally fouled by Travie Davis
~ ths early rounds Of their bout
u tbe Arena. "Wednesday rssht. Is
: theory advanced by Abe Kubey.
chisf second for the Fastener, for
the failure OF Josephs to come back
strong In the fourth czuto. after
he long rest
He would IKE nothing better
than another crack at Davis: for he
was unable TO show at his best
sfteF the weakening blow. and the
long vait chilled and stiffened him
He would have had a better chance
had tho bout gone on with just the
customary rest OF one minute be-
tween the third and fourth rounds. .
Kubey said this morning.
The question Of n foul n one OF
Individual opinion. II there was one
the referee did not catch II. IL is
certain. however. that Davis did be.
labor Josephs right Justify on the
tcetb-case.
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NOW THEY
COLLUF IN
THE TREES
CRAwFoRDsvfLLE. Ind. Aug

rRAWFoRDsvfLLE. Ind. AUG.
~ as.-~Mrs. Gale Blackford. semi.
finaiist In the women's roif cham.
pionship here, turned bird for few
minutes In her efforts 90 play the
game.
Her third stroke landed IN n birds
nest on the limb OF a tree.
Mrs Blackford climbed the tree
and played the hail from the nest to
within a few feet OF the cup.
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Johnny Kbane. feather knopn Of the boring universe,
is beered TO be nearing the end Of Of the greatest
any fsc king has experienced He has been
tered bv the sport spotlight recently because Of The
nctancs TO defend his title IN his "oh age pugstcciy
speaking Deprived of his NeU York state for
fsn0 10 meet Johnny Dundee in title match IL is probable
that the feather champion cH meet Eugene Crq Of France
his merit important bout Reali-ing that he is slipping
Kbdne is demanding erorbtan purse 10 meet ffrsrate
contenders Since his rise TO the top this great little fighter
has easily beaten all opponents his class suffering but
Knockout hen he ent out Of his class and fought Benny
Leonard. lightweight king
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American Riflemen to Try
for International Title

Morris Fisher. who won the individ.
uai championship Of tho world at
Antwerp. Belgium. In 1920. and Cap.
tain Joseph Jackson and Marine
Gunner Calvin a. Lloyd. both OF
whom have made phenomenal scores
In former matches.
Commander c. T. osburn Of the
navy. n rifleman Of international
prominence, will act as team coach.
and Major Llttleton w. T. Waller OF
the marine corps, In team captain.
The team includes army and civilian
riflemen OF prominence. The results
OF the Milan match will be watched
with interest by scores OF riflomen at
home and abroad.
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NTAsuINGToN, ID. c. Aug. &C.
w Crack rificmcn OF tho United
States. who have made notable rec.
ords In national and international
matches. will compete i'm the intcr.
national rifle matches. to DO held at
Milan. Italy. beginning Sept. IL.
They will leave New York City for
Cherbourg. France. Aug. %.
Nearly all Of tho European nations
have entered their best riflcmen In
the Milan match. but they will moe,
with strong competition from tho
American marksmen.
Among the Y. s. marine members
OF the American team are Sergeant
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AUGUSTA CLUB
is BADLY SHOT

The Augusta club ~ still bringing
on new ones though II - hopefessly
out Of the Sally race. Among recent
additions arc Grant. first basernan.
and Landreth. an infieider They
we're dug up by Manager Forrest
cady from an independent club A.
Asheyiiie. where Cady went scouting
ana for brief vacation In the noun
fains. Augusta has been playing
pitchers and everybody else on first
since Wilbur Davis was scotland
Davis meanwhile Is taking a turn at
pitching for Charlotte and doing
some great work.
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CULLOP MAKES
MOUND RECORD

Nick Cuilop. Louisville southpaw.
has a record to be framed. lie took
part In four games In three succes-
siye playing days. was credited with
three wins and one defeat. on Aug.
8 he went 70 the rescue OF lineup In
the first game Of a doubled header
and won f. lie pitched and iost the
second game that day. Monday was
an off day. Tuesday. Aug. 8, lineup
rescued again. pitched three innings
and was credited with the victory.
On Aug. 8 be pitched the second
game Of double.header and won Il
nicely.
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NEW YORK. Sammy Nablc. New
Paul heavy. knocked out Fred
Fulton In tho first round.
NEW YoR.--ssmmy Sabie. New
York. won n izround decision from
Billy Kickoff. Now York.
NEW YORK. - Hurry London.
New York bantam. was knocked out
in the third round by Billy Mariowe.
New York.
SYRACUSE. - Jimmy Darcy.
California middIewciEht, knocked
out Eddie Record, Montreal, In
the seventh round.
AURORA. fil.--Joe BurInan out
pointed Eddie Anderson In 10 rounds
DENVER. Murphy and
Heinse Shuman, Denver wclters
fought n I2.round draw. Joe Berger
Chicago, won mn eight.round bout
from Johnny Bernis. Rochester. N. Y
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-08-26
How Urban Sh0Cker Loves
Those New York Yankees

yesterday.
Il wanted 70 go back and pitch
tho second game. was right and
know ] could have knocked them
Off. Wish we we're here for four
days. ! would grab anothc rgamc.
Maybe ! will anyway, II Lee Foil
VIII let me-"
The one Joy In his life II beating
tho Yanks and hoadmits tit. The
Yanks sold hi Midtown the river"
several years ago. He has neither
forgotten nor forgiven.
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MAKES 3-PLAY
KILLING ALONE

The first unassisted triple play In
organized ball for the season was
made by shortstop Charley pechous
Of Columbus DEBATE wss on second
and Rondeau on first when Pechous
stabbed a liner from Jennings,
stepped on second before DEBATE
could got back and then tagged the
slow going Rondeau on the way back
TO frs. base.
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CITY BOWLERS
PLAN SEASON

At the first meeting Of City league
bowlsrs at the Ideal alleys. II was
decided to change the handicap for
the coming season, making 1876
scratch. bowiers averaging below
that figure last season being award
ed handicaps Of tho difference be-
tween that figure and their average
with 20 pins the maximum handicap
Prospects are for IL or II teams.
Following officers were reelected
unanimously: William BurrelI. presI
dent; Henry Mahnken. vice president
J. l.. Missing. secretary. and Emil
Koch. treasurer.
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NEW YORK. Aug. 26.--"If we go
IN back homo within one game OF
the Yanks wen win the pennant."
said Urban shockor, spitball nee OF
the Browns.
The Browns are hitting. The
young pitchers are coming thru and
the schedule IL in our favor"
Shocker pitched the Browns TO ono
victory over the Yanks In the double
headers that opened the battle for
first place In tho American league
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Seattle Angles for Major
FkSt-Sacker, Is Report

Burger hasn't been himself since
tho first part OF July.
Sammy Crane IL out % the game
with a Charley hcrse. Tho clever
Seattle shorts,op ran back into iaf'
field wednesday and pulled down .
great catch. Eut in running back
ha pulled a tendon In hss right les
and he will be out for some limo.
10 Barney r. one player who
doesn't take Jake May. the Vernon
southpaw acc. will make good n he
goes TO tho biE show.
Barney says that May = cold
weather pitcher. May pitched for
ayracuse In IN. International league.
where Barney played with Buffalo.
'out there IN tho heat May
didn't turn IN the pitching stunts
that he IL doing for Vernon says
barney. MAY II heavy fellow
and the heat cost him his stuff"
How would Jack Knight look on
first base for Scatter knight IL
no spring chicken. but ho il play.
ing pretty sweet bali for Oakland.
both In the field and nj the plate.
knight IL a 400 hitter In any minor
league IN the country.
Del Howard says that he may talk
turkey with Seattle n the Indians
want him for the first base. In case
they don't land Johnston.
Tex wisterxi II anxious 60 OBJ.
tain that managerial job in the Tex.
an league. Tho Indian third sacker
In no longer n youngster and he
would like 10 have fling nj the
pilot game. Ills home Is in Texas.
and he may line up position there
for next season unsigned.
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FIGHTING JUMPS
GET FREEDOM

ROCHESTER, N. r.. Aug. 90
William McGowan. International
league umpire. who was arrested
several days ago for taking a swing
at Syracuse player. has been re.
leased by J.. c. Toole, president OF the
league.
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WILLIAMS HIT
STREAK BROKEN

NEW YORK. Aug. 2s.--The sea.
sons conservative hit record was
stopped yeHterday when Waite Hoyt.
Yankee pitcher. held Ken williams.
81. Louis outfieidcr. hi;iess after he
had hit safely IN ~ straight games.
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is
FIELDING WELL

Alex Mccarthy has been playing n
great fielding game at third base for
Milwaukee. He recently completed a
run Of IS games In which he did not
make an error. though handling
multitude of chances
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-08-26

Sunmafyi INNINGS rifrhtd-~NY Haft7F
"a. a. bat q. hits .. rens 8. by ftnncran
=. a. bat a. kfls 4. runs 4 ChAfxs de-
feat 10 uurxsr Russ rssponnoie for
Burxsr I. kresasr ]. Ftnnersn J. etruek
ous--py Krsfnsr I. ~ rixx ,. n~sss on
bziis-otf Burger Z. off krennr :. eff
Flsg . atolea bsscs--fAae. uro~n.
Thrss- tase hlts--Hood. Marriott. I've
sas. hits--Heod. Lane schsiis. knixht+
Sacrifices hfis--Eidrea. Bro~n. senate.
Gather. pouhl- play-~orr 70 stamsf To
!. Adxma rtms--ifse. umpirss-~Ssscy
and ByFon.
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TO
FIGHT O'DOWD

Young O'Dowd has been matched
TO meet Bud Fitzgerald In the six.
round main event OF the Tenino A. A.
smoker on Aug 80. A six.round
semi windup and four preliminary
goes complete the card.
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1AsED|
|971tSe83

Yesterdays hcro-Callaghan,
substitute outficlder. equAled
an old record when he came up
three times In the fourth inning
and got two singles. helping beat
the Pills. 26 10 e.
The Yanks and Browns split even
In n double header opening the battle
for first place. The Browns won the
first, . to I. and lost tho latter. 6 to s.
Frisch's single. Bottomleys error
and single by Meusel gave the
Giants the run that beat the Card.
mails. 4 TO ..
After going all season without win.
ming a game In Pittsburg. the Robins
broke loose and won double. header.
s 10 7 and 8 TO 9.
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o finish in second place.

Recently the New York Giants met
the ~. Louis Cardinals IN a crucial
series at tho Polo Grounds. The
Giants won four Of tho five games.
obtaining q hrcs.gams margin on
the series.
Tho Giants looked great. while the
Cardinals. because Of bad pitching.
looked terrible. On tho showing IN
that series lot Of the experts be.
gan 20 conceds the pennant 20 the
Giants and 10 count the Cardinals
Dfsf
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McGItAW SAW
AHEAD

In the spring. Manager McCraw OF
the Giants. In summing up HIS
clubs chances. simply sAid:
''PitssburE Ia the club that we beat
II we are TO win. Tho other teams
will offer strong opposition but Pitts.
burg really In tho only dangerous
club"
~ that time most Of the experts
were selecting 81 Louis a. ths
Giants toughest opponent. Al pres
eni II IN beginning to look ms " John
McGraw krw what no was talking
about
From now on the Pitsrburg team
win bear watching. IL In playing the
bail n really Ia capable Of.
II would he . strange coincidence
n history should repeat itself. 10
having the four scverses ktart the
Giants on the wrong road N did the
seven defeats In 1891 for the Pirates
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Oaks Beat
Redskins
in Fourth
Tribe Loses After Three
Straight Wins and 10 in
Sixth Place Again
BY LEO II. LASSEN

Aus. as.--it was too
" good 10 last. mates. The Indians
dropped back Into sixth place Friday
after climbing past the Oaks with
three straight wins. Tho Acofns
turned the tables yesterday and won
their first start Of the week by an
TO tally. II was terrible demon.
stration.
Lefty Burger started on the hill
for the Redskins and he was pound.
cd hard. In fact Manager Adams
left him on the Hill too long. as the
oaks hammered him right off the
reel. Joe Zimmerman pitched an In
ming and then Vic Pigs. tho biz
scdro wooliey recruit. hurled tho
last few ffames
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Leading in
Links Race
Competition for Star Tro-
ply Nears End With
Leaders Bunched
BY ALEX c. ROSE

WITH next Thursday, AUG. a.
w marking tho wind'up OF the
threo.months eclectic solf tourna'
ment for The star trophy. At the
Ingiowood Country club. the TO
naming days play promnes 10 pro
duoc sovcrul thrills. an at least
half OF the so.odd compositions have
grand chance 10 win the hand
some silver cup.
Ted Knudson. n seven.handicap
man. appears 20 10 tho best bet
70 lead the field II he can ring a
go or a ~" on the 18th hole.
which n the only vacant square ON
his string. A. hts card reads now.
lie has gross Of 81 for ~ holes.
which. with his half handicap al.
iowpnco OF four strokes. giyes him
n net 81.
six players have filled out thsir
cards and a like number lack two
ringers 20 complete their round.
when the final count is made. Club
Captain Gene iIatton. who 10 hand.
ling the tournament. expects that a,
least IS fun strings viii appear on
tho electric board. all Of which shows
that Gene has the boys all popped
up and fighting hard for the big
prise.
Win 40 many OF the leaders all
punched together. the coming weeks
play on the Lake Washington course
should be interesting. A perusal Of
tho score.board last night reveals
the fact that a triple tic now exists
for low net figures. bat these marks
viii undoubtedly be cut down this
week.
Here are the names Of tho lad,
who are now leading the rnce. DIT
J. G. Moore. si.s-ba. Dr. T.. n. Ris
tine. st.i7.ss. and II. 4. Saramore
ss'is.sa. Harry Griffith. who has
the low gross score. comes next with
a card % Ss.s-s4.
Jim Forde and Che, King. with re
spec,ivc nets OF 90 ana 81. are the
others whose cards have been flioc
out,
TED Knudson. John n. Gray. Rush
Esisc. Tbso Lcman. r. y. Throm
Jim Blake. DIR. c. II. Ford and
several others win put on the finish
sns touches within the next day OF
two. All cards must be turned lr
THURSDAY night. The winners name
and the leading scores viii be an
nounood In these columns next Sat
uriay.
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BY LEO II. LASSEN

OAKLAND. Cal. Aux. ss.--IocAi
~ baseball reports have II that
Seattle n angling with the rhlla
deiphia Athletics for the services OF
Doc Johnston. veteran first racker.
Manager Adams and James J.
Richardson. local officials with the
club here. don't know anything re-
xarding tho report Both. however.
say that Johnston would make a
wonderful man for tho Indians. Sc
attis 10 In need Of a good firnt
nacker badly and Johnston. who IL
veteran. ia stsIi good enough 10
play IN this league. With young
Haussr playing swell ball for the
Athlstscs. Johnston has been on the
bench. Johnston sitsrna,ed with
Burns at first for Cleveland when
the Ohio club won the worlds title
In 1890.
Hs IL a nifty fielder and a 800
hitter In the majors. He has slowed
UP. however. and can no iongcr
mako tho major league grade.
wafiy HOODS fielding at first base
was a mess In the opening engage.
ments here this week and he has
been shifted back 20 the outfieid.
Bill stumpf playing the pillow.
Russ Hall. Cincinnati scout. Is
here for the rest OF the season. He
intends 70 make San Francisco his
headquarters until Christmas. Hall
said yesterday. after Burger had
been hammered out of tho boz
again. that he thinks tho Brave
southpaw Ia Just about thru for the
season. Hair says ho thinks that
Burger has lost his speed and stuff
and needs n long rest.