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cal'wcelq A“. neg. .
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Lee Axworthy, 2:00 1»; is to make
another bid for the twom’tnute trot-
ting mark. Veteran horsemen who
saw the flier shave the record at
North Randall track. Cleveland. the
other day .ll’e (-lulfidclll he can lower
this record Ill fillt time.
It may seem a far cry from a mile
1:28 to 2'00 1—4 but the records
Show that the trotting stallions hlIV'e'
been {.5 years redming the time to
the plesent low figure,
l-‘tlan Allen set the stallion record
at 2:28 in 1538. Gradually this notch
was shaved by such speeders as
George Wilkes, Jay Gould, Smuggler.
Phallas and Maxie Cobb.
Astell lettered it to 2:12 in 1889,
“It‘ll two years later Allerton placed
it at 2:10. Nelson equalled this we
(It'd Illen Alcritm cut II [0 2209 1-4.
It was later clipped by Kremlin to
2:07 3-4; Illl‘ectum. 2:05 14; Cres-
'.‘.ni 34 and later at Glenville
to 2:“2 2H.
t‘lesceus trotted ill 2:02 1-4 at Go
Illll.I.ius ill 15:01. The Harvester re-
duced it in 19th to 2.02 in it raw at
Fort Erin and then to 2'Hi l 4 against
tilll- tlt Syracuse. Finally the same
speeder clipped it to 2:01 at f‘oium-
hue.
thrill trim l0
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;.t‘:'l't‘, where at the night session it
w.. t substituted for a. similar measure
prepared by the interstate commerce
commission. lll both houses the mess-
Ult‘ was debuted hotly.
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WWI IIIII
, , tutti
Billy Lush, former Yale athlete,I Air. pool Dario Rests! He threat-
and later a member of the New York #115 lC quit racing on the 01..."th mo
Amt-ritsn League team, but in recent‘lul' l‘peedwau because be“: ashamed
yeal. coach of college baseball and 10 take ll“? money!
Itatltelball teams. and tor a do) halt The Italian driver says his (-0".
m“... of the Ilustlers. has signed a ~t‘lrll('t-‘ is bothering hint. He feels
contract with the Navy Athletic As- guilt) he asserts, ever) time he steps
sociiztion to coach the midshipmen up and receives I check for leading a
ltvhl spring. Lush, who will act as tit-in of other buzzcart denpns.
field coach under Lieutenant C. L. don‘t think I'll dme in Chicago
Net-dhaln, of the Navy, who has been agtln this yeast)” be said prior to
desgnstcd as head coach, will suc-Iltt’litlnli ll DICK to New York for a
tw.1$te\e Brodie, who was a um-‘It‘w lounds of the golf links. “I
bet or the Baltimore Orioles, back inIfl‘d‘C been '90 Ilfl'kl' there. It Is no
the curly nineties. Lieutenant Need-"“0" Ill‘dll right that I'Should give the
ham. as head coach, succeeds Ilic~u~I01lltl driWI‘n a chance."
ten: tlt C. L‘. Gill. who has been de-I “95131135 literally coined money on
tstlwd flom duty at the academy and ”1‘3 01110380 course. Since it was ded»
orticled to see. ill'alrd a year ago last June, the “m,
This has settled the problem oi tier pilot. competing in the races, has
co..t II. but the athletic authorities areI‘WH 547.230. This suiil I'Plll'e'henlbal.
Illltrlow, of the International League
.II imam,
lat-usual for, trim s4?
is. Isv. ts—caulatu “I
«is. sums-ca lot,
more unsal- maul
Mm
I
. lritbn and Monte Attell.
III IIIIIZ 0R LIIIII
Buddy I‘aulltes. the champion ban-
lamveight of Connecticut. will prob?
ably defend his title in this state
against either Sammy Waltz or Bat-t
tlin: Latin.
l‘htllkt .4 has been proving his class‘
ill-g good boys as Leo Johnson, Darby
He aston-‘
“WCINNATI' 0" 5"“; 2”“ “Wished the New York fans with his re-t
llllt‘blluil of the international League-warn“? speed and cleverness and
t.
tor
L'IUD‘ctI League do . claim against?
George
rehearing 0‘ the Brooklyn Na'jtbey predict that he will be a secondl
Iiixon. Buddy Is now being
”W ”Him" 5" "" "“"mse' “A“ de’ handled by Pete I-‘itsgerald, the well
“I“! by the National Commissionlknown handler of boxers, and under
Edward -
contended, among other things. tllatI
tl\\ltl,’ to the fact tllltt a National“
l.t-n;:ue club was interested President
hero yest crda}. President
soiltewhllt concerned over another 111%“ I144” “I ll!“ IUIRI l'ut'sw suspend-
tlave not as yet been able to agree I'll/1 DIUIII’} aggregating “”1000.
upon a (‘tIDIIIn for next year‘s team.
ISIII‘III." after the close of the past 111-“ )tst‘ totalled
“98:0" those who participated iii the. l‘iild $30.00” for taking the Sodium,
antr-iil contest with West Point filid‘dl‘rb. and later teceived “firm for
$27.33“,
Pitt's ctlrc should be among the best,
in the country in a very short
I
Loys
tlIII‘"
A llltttcll between either Waltz or
litthll and I‘lilllkes would undoubt~
'It-llt‘l' of the National League had “alt-«115‘ be a big Ilil'ttt'IIOIl, as Iludd) is
matter. The Middles baseball players ed by lilt- spot-tinmy “mm“..“wm' the. “an ,0 a w“, in the, matter; “mill-w popular in m“ “a” and either
tottllnlssioil denied that I’resldrfln
,. , ZI’l't‘l-‘Itlt‘lll Johnson of the American;m ”H, above mentioned b0“ should
I” “"Im” ““"llhfis lit ('Illtiago League sllbllllttt-d a Illlnill'll)‘ findingqmukp him Hm“! himself 10 ”mm
' ' \ ' )I ‘
IIt’ on: .tl‘tI that lit reality d tle existed. The. his title.
.v
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I‘ttlcss Sammy \‘I'illtz. Tommy Sllea‘
'l‘vtlt'l- hltd no right to vote, but bill-,nr Young MtAllliftc mm.) to life and
were eligible to vote for leader niet,fltl-r‘-tt'ilmllnk tin-inst Oldfield, Buried that (‘Vt'll though this were true.‘:mw.,,r his challenge. Young llrindisl
bu; II is understood the vote was it"llml and tooper III a challenge r.tcc.‘section five of "Hm“ ”I ”I ”I“ NIHis going to claim the featherweight
tip. The election. it was understood,.'l‘hi:. season he klmt-ked (tut $12.00"
was to be made duringr the summer")? “Hitting the titmmile event in
Illl‘iit'llt'l‘ cruise. The cruise ended on I lune. 33.0"" for beating lie Pulmu inI
Monday, but no leader for 1917 lltislhdl' 1113th races at week litter sud:
)tI hetn cll0sell. The choice, it Is saitl.1§5t.ll"“ for his last joy ride on the
lies between liltrry (‘. lllodgetmbufiflls.
IliIIt'IlPI‘. of New York city, and Rd: A" the coin thus won hasn't been
ward J. Moran, of Illinois, right field-til'“lllt‘rt‘ti to Ile-stit's kt‘f’plng, no has
er, who is also rt member of the foot-I‘M?" Paid $23.65 its his contract with
ball and basketball teams. Hr backer. the Peugeot Auto Racing
~——--—-— ‘ l'Ull'ltlfll). requires a {.050 tip!“ of the
ISSUE N0l out of
I
SISLER DOOMED IF HE
DOESN'T CHANGE STRIDE
ed the case This section follows: I
"If the chairman and the major;
IIIIt’tI to vote on titty question arising
betm-t-n ll major and minor league1
finding shall decide the case." ,
tier (Olll'
of Ill"
League club oil it priority claim.
lt‘ail League club to $2,500. the draft,
‘IO
tional Agra-molll would haw cm"-It'hamplonflhlp of the state. accordingl
his manager. Vincent Splnello. .
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leotlzt- member of the commission on TRAPSHOOTING EVENTS
FOR NEXT WEEK
September 3~I~St. Louis. Mo.
”“I‘ should “0‘ “'0‘” ”I" Chairman?'I‘rtlt‘shooters' Association. l
September I ~Good 'I‘lmc Shooting
l‘lltyer ll 'tlrd J. Elllnke, now nil-“m” t‘ovington. Ky.: lluvill Gun club,
' “IIIII ”I0 Syracuse club Jacksonville, Fla; Ogdensburg. N. Y..
«W York State League. ““Shootlng association;
.lw'tt.lletl to the Washington American Minn., Gun club; Capital Gun club,
‘ ‘Oklahomtt Cit)‘.
The claim of the WuihillKIOIl Amer'lnth Gun club“.
Worthington.
Okla; Hammond:
Monmouth (‘ountyi
I-‘air assoclstion. Red Bank. N- J-
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\v'ASHthl'I‘ON, Sept 2.-~The enact— I w H I
went into law of enough of Presidentl ) ’
Wilson‘s program to prevent the rail,
wily strike seemed assured when that
(Continued from First Pale-l
Senate reassembled this morning III
10 o'clock with a program which callsI
tor it vote not later than ti o'clockI
till: evening. I ——"'
It was the belief of AdnlintstntlonI
through Congress or by some Instru-
leaders that the Adamson bill as it‘gmentallty created by, Congress.”
banned the House late yesterday, up! Organized labor as well as orgagl-
proved by President Wilson and “willed capital must “recognize t e
' 0 to in this
anally accepted by the labor leader-Izzfiflfuy‘il11:02:13?” ”9°”
“4 "1‘9”“ ”'9" demands, would‘ The issue is ltot one of hours. but
eventually be. accepted by the Senate,“ wages, Mr. Elliott said, the men
‘~ . ' that what tlle' now rc-
1th.. obviatlngn delay in. "°"f°“‘““°tgél'?:nrdui§len hours or less) be paid
to ”mm”? dtflerences “”1 the Dub-i for work at eight hours or less and,
lie. for overtime, 50 per cent. more per
As soon as the perfected bill final ”0““ X13967
“On this basis." he said,
IV is paused. it. special messenger will 3 men in the engine, train and yard
carry it to the summer White Home; service of the 'New Hitvcn' stegrn
at Shadow Lawn, so the Presldentlfoad would have received- in ‘1 19
may sign "t at once and end the men-I $10,180,ooo instead of $8,221,100, or
Ian iztcreusc of 81.959549, with ‘no
at? of a general paralysis of the coun-g change in the number of hours‘
if)“: transportation lines at 7 a. m.
i work or service performed.
Monday. j
“The l’rcsitlt-nt of the
‘ =States suggested that the eight-hour
CHICAGO' SPI’I- 2"}“911'18‘5ur-Iwage day be tttlopléd and that over.
(-1 that the strike order will be can-I time be lit the hourly rate for_ the.
celltd, the {oIIoW'n r - ~ 'elght hours an increase of 2:: per
te"il"d th I I g allro’tds MR’I cent. in overtime. On this basis the
.h ‘8 er embargoes. Chicago, increase would have been 81,979,932.
M'I‘I'I‘MW and S“ PM": Chicagoand‘ Whatever the increase may be, it
. Alton; Chicago. Rock Island and pwtdecréltses the ability oi theiconipaitiy
cm“ Chicago and Northwestern; MoI to add to the transportat on .lc l -
. l ties of New England.
non: mum“ and 1‘7““an lllin0i8:' “I have from the time tilts qucs-
(lllicugo, Great Western and the Illi.Itl0n began to be discussed) SQI‘IOliISIg
not: C tit . , , I. felt that_ it ought not to c sett e
N, P ml The Chicago. Burllng . without giving the public—the. real
I0" and Quincy revoked "5 order last! party in interest—time to understand
ntaltt. Western railroad heads said; it and_an opportunity to express its
that thp' understood E A... opinion before the Congress or an
.l. 3.. . , a.“ rn roads. impartial tribunal created by the
wot..:. take stmior action the President or by the Congress.
“WE“ 0f the day. . “it would seem easy for .any rail-
t‘tllL‘AGO, Sept. 2.——Moditled em.‘way_otvner_and manager to increase
““2093 a". in effect today on many the wages if every time they did so
0‘ ”'0 great railway systems of the
United
in
{freight and passenger rates could
be. Increased and the burden trans-
ferred to the public who
pays the ‘
country, and in some cases they hach
bcel: removed entirely. as a result of
the, belief by railroad officials that
time will be no strike next Monday.
Railroad executive-s. also expressing
hills—but the public ought to have
a voice in the adoption of such
policy." -
Herald that he felt that he owed
ti duty to the people of New Eng-
;Illnd as well as to the owners of the
the belief that the passage of the 8-, "New Haven" and to all the em
Ilour.bil by the “Oil-“9 0f Representa- ' ptoyeE to use' such influence as he
tives end prospect of its passage by possessed to have the subject settled-
. only after the public understood it
the Senate tonight had ”finally re-i,md had registered its will.
moved all danger of a strike at pre-2
sent, announced many tiesertions‘ YANKS GET pchHER.
from the ranks of the brothel-hoods: Presldént ~Robert Anen, of the
in the Middle West‘and asserted the‘ytscrpnton, New York State League
Ilatl sutficient men to operate It‘filnslteam' has announced that he has sold
on most of the roads in the event ol' the release of Pitcher Jesse Buckles,
a. strike. on of the leading left builders of the
On several of the big Mlddle West- league, to the New York Americans.
em roads general managers claimed Buckles at one time had a tryout with
as high its 25 per'c‘nt. of the enxi- the Chicago Cubs.
peers. and conductors have given as- Bucllles pitched and won three doll.
suranec that they will remain in work bio-headers this year and has several
even though the strike is put Into 9!— one-hlt games to his credit. He did
feet. . - not make a big running record, los-
‘Railmtd passenger 'trsnlc through
George Rlslt-r. rated the best first
bust-marl in either major lctlguc. hits
a fool (lltllt. It's the only minor shorts
coming of which he is guilty and It's
responsible for his present crippled
condition.
The star of the St. Louis Browns
doesn‘t know how to stride across
base so as not to throw all his
weight on one foot. l'p to the
present time he has been thundering
down to first and leaping onto the
bag with one foot, in hope of beating
the throw by a hair's breadth. I
The result of this has been that his
ankles are weak. His knees.
pilln under the strain. 1
“If Sisler doesn’t change his stride
and step on the bug for it more nat
ural move, he won‘t last five years in
baseball," said a player who is serv~
inc his ninth year ill hot-ness_ “At
tetlst he will lose his speed and that's
his greatest asset."
Ilrs‘
too,
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PRINCIPAL RING BATTLES BILL-
ED BOR LABOR DAY.
Freddie Welsh vs. Chill-lie White,
2t) rounds, Colorado Springs, Colo, for
world's lightweight title.
Johnny Kilbttlle vs. George Chaney.
Jo rounds, Cedar Point, 0.. for world’s
tr-ather‘weigltt title.
Jock" llillon vs. .lilli Coffeyxlo
rounds, Brooklyn.
Johnny Grltiiths vs. Joe Rivera, 12
rounds, Canton, 0.
Jimmy Duffy vs. Joe Welling, 10
rounds, Buffalo.
Joe Mandot vs. Frankie Russell, 20
rounds. New Orleans. -
Ad. Wolgast vs. Lee Morrison, 15
rounds, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Kid Williams. vs.
rounds, Baltimore.
George (K. 0.) Brown vs. Lat Lee
vinsky, 10 rounds, East Chicago. Ind.
\~.‘
Louisiana, 15
—-——————...._.
MORRIS AND MORAN FIGHT
POSTPONED FOR TWO. WEEKS
TULSA. 0kla.. Sept. 2.-—-Cttrl Mor-
ris tvnd Frank Moran will not fight. in
Tulsa Labor. Day. ‘The promoters laut
night definitely called all the match.
The date. will be set back two weeks
and the. fight will be. staged either in
Denver or Kansas City, with the. odds
favoring the latter place. The pro-
moters paid Frank'bforsn his forfeit
last evening. Morris received no
'mt’sniee.
STILES WINS GOLF FINALa.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2.——-l'. E. Stiles.
Northwestern, defeated A. N. McDom
old, Illinois, for the Western inter-
I’ll“I 0‘ ”Hy" Love, ”0'“ ”‘9’ I“"‘J‘loffotown. N. 11.. Gun club: Pastime
“We“ club 0' "l0 ““50 C°“'I‘.Gun club. Detroit. Mich; Milton. re..l
“all“? "5 allowed. lSportsmnn's snaoclation: Corbin, Ky...
The National t'ommlssion issued a Our club; K,“ Gun club, Hurt".i
notice yesterday that in view of them“. ml; Horton, Kano. Sportsman's;
m“ "I“ I" order ‘0 WOW", pr"I“!Illssoclatlon: Madison Gun club. South;
”M" "II”"I I“ plnyers. "“30' leam‘Mrdit-on. MIL: Rensulser, N." Y.. Gun
elvrs hurt! it llncelss'y to recall, orédup,‘ I
Chico. for the lost two dsys ‘lils
been hit-riot thuffor many months.
the lathe lumen hcllg “tribute! to
enslave! tourists to reach their
lng many low score games througftollcglnte golf championship at Evsn-
poor support. Be is :4 yum old, 0 stun, yesterday. two up and also to
toot. s inches tall, and possesses much play in thirty-six holes. In the mom-
sposd and a right buder's control. ins play Stiles was ‘lonr up. .In the
he joins the Ylnkl September to. second strummin- m... Dort-
tittt‘chttsc. 3 number of optimal plnv-
cit. whom they will not retei-l for?
fut-the" services. it has decided to sus-I
pent! tcnlporhrlly that rrrt of llu‘el
No. 29 which provldcs that waivers onz
purchased players cannot be asked,
for before November 15. Major leuguel
clubs will, therefore, be permitted to;
ask for waivers on players at any
time without having them report.
The Commission also issued tun,
other notice that
tente some 1916 agreements for the
nurthnsc of (‘lass AA players by ms-
jor league clubs. containing I clause
permitting a player to finish the cur-
rt 1‘. season with the. releasing club.
pore approved and promulgated. The
hSlottnninllion holds that it would be I111.
fair to enforce the provision requir-
lng the immediate delivery of some
of‘thcse bought players. and allow}
others to continue in the service of:
lhe selling club. The Commission,f
sold by them this season until the'
club. - .
DUFFS MAY MOVE
‘ CLUB TQ WATERBURY
Club owners in the Eastern League.
t‘y. at. the present time manager of the:
Portland club. may move his club to
Dun'y is considered a live wire in;
baseball. in fact one of the best lni
the ten club league. Waterbury fails.
'arb' anxious to get into the league:
fy is anxious to move there.
BOXING BOUTs TONIGHT.
Broadway 8. C.——Dutch Brandt and
Pat Moore.
Young Sinkey;
Gene Gilvory.
Quoenoboro A. O.——8s.llor Holler
and Battling‘Joues.
m
ANDERSON To BOX
1' FULTON OOTOBER 27
mo mm sud AndroMAndOi-son,
Harry Stage] and
through lnadver- 'cltlb: Avon. IIII., Gun club.
September 4-5—Vlrginitt State I
tournament. Oskwood Gun club.l
Lynchburg, Vii. I
Sqdember 4-5-6-7‘8 ~—‘VIId LIIO
lemme of Pennsylvtsnln at Exposition
park, Pittsburgh. Pa.
September 5~r~Prairle Home, Mo.
Gull club: Randolph, Neb.. Gun club.
September lid-fireman. All, Gun
club; Bradford. Pm. Gun club.
September 6—Ossinlng, N. Y., Gun
September 7-Paris, Ills.. Gun club:
(lreensbtlrg, Kant, Gun club.
September 8~~»Unlversity Gun club.
Ashtille, N. C.
September 9~Sensidc Gun
Bridgeport, Conn.
club.
INDEPENDENTS TO
PLAY IN BETHEL
Manager Barry’s Nat-walk inde-
, meson VIEW ’sEacl-t SHORTS. 1
Million will limits llll ‘ ,
)
A Full Day‘s Program on Land and!
Water Arranged for Labor Day.
All intere.~tir.; program of evettts‘
Illas Ieen planned for Labor Day. bill-j lo.-tctl
Ider the auspices of the summer col Ii’l....,do1;,;,;;,
oily of Harbor \'le\l Beach. The \a-I
I‘ltlds etellts hlr open only to resi-I
nt: there. l‘llt: preliminary an~I
nouncement says it will be “a ceiebra-.
tioll to mark the end of the 1916 sufit-‘
lller season, a sort of land and water.
de
' l ‘ ' -' | _ _
Ihrmnd he“, ‘0“ the WI “x mouths it-stltal of sports and pastlnles.” The
land has easily defeated such crack” -
program follows: I
9:00 A. M. ,
Tennis tournament. ‘ i
10:30 A. M. I
Baseball game. j
1:30 P. M. .
Water Sports. 1
Motor boat race. g
Rowing race (men). |
soul-ti Swim (ladies). i
Sit-Yard Dash (boys). l
the Yard Swim (men). I
Fancy Diving (ladies). I
I‘nder Water Swim (ladies and gen-
tlemen). I
canoe Tilting (then). i
4:30 P. M. ,
Land Sports. I
Sit-\‘nrd Itash (boys under 13).
.‘tt'lttrd Itaslt (girls under 13).
Itillllll IIlltt‘ Il'IilltII‘tPll under 7).
shill lizlt-t- (boys under 15). .
Ila.- llnd Spoon Race (ladies). I
’l‘ltleelegctd Race (men). 1
Iglt Ladies' Race (not over 6001
pounds). I
(musing Contest (ladies and gen-I
tlcmen). ;
8:00 P. M. -
Awarding of prizes- and dancing at!
pavilion. .
t'onlmlttee ~ ~ Arthur Goodenough,
(hatrmnn: George Stillman lyskeyJ
Kenneth Thomas. Elsie Ilalbert, Lou-I
ise IItlIbert, t‘eleste Rollie, Laura‘i
Iltlnsen, Elsie Steurer. ;
Judgesa Dr. W. Dailey, Dr, J. J..'
St'er, Dr. J. H. Wurthman. I
Steurer. .lr., H. E. Askey, S, W. Thom-
as. P. Knowles
lllltlll ill list .
till CtlllliSIS'
....___
The Norwalk baseball team will
stack up against two still propositions
on Labor Day. at Amusement Park.
In the morning Manager Otto
Schmidt and his pesky New Canaan
:lllr. will be the attraction at the
Meadow street lot, where the fourth
came of the Norwalk-New Canaan
series will be played. Out of three
nine-inning bouts the Norwnlks have
Lit the mat for the full count on two
occasions, and the New Canaan pill
smiters have tripped up on one of
their appearances. "Dress" Tobin.
the stocky hurler of the local aggre
gallon has always opposed “Rube"
Weller, of New Canaan. in the box in
every contest, but on Monday morn-
ing the locals will sick Ernie Linde»
mm on the heavy hitters from the
pendents will journey to Bethel. this
afternoon, and there mingle with the
therefore, decided that it will permitlhnscbatl team of that place. in the the v!3|(ors_ This is the last chance
all Class AA clubs to retain playersifitst battle of the season between theithe Norwalks “111 have of evening up
0‘50“ Win hurl ‘0' ‘he‘thc series. but according to all re-
view of their respective pennant'waalkers, and Robinson will be be- D0115 and after glancing over the 19.
races, unless the interested clubs bind the but. Bethel forced New Cit-Eon] bump, it seems that the llome-'
agree that the player Involvt‘ shall noon to go eleven innings. last Shim-isle“ will have a very good chance
report forthwith to the purchasing dny afternoon, on the South avenueiof eccomplishing their desire.
two teams.
grounds. and judging from this per-
formance. the Norwollts will have 10‘make its debut for the first time in
“next station.“ It is quite probable
that Weber will appear its usual for
In the afternoon Stamford will
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llAIIIlI IESUI I5
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Ge mes Yesterday.
l'tlilidelphla, «it Brook];
liostou. 1: New York. 1.
t’;nt.ti;.. *l. 6; I'.l'~IvllLI., :'
t litaro L‘lrlt'lmln‘l. It'lll
Standing in Nations! League.
W.
Ilrw high ..'.'2
............ To
..69
Nev: \Hlli ............ :36
Pittsburgh ......... 5:.
St. Louis ............. 55
Phil ago .............. 55
l‘ll'tllill‘dil ............ 47
Games Today.
Mw York at Boston.
i outtlytl at Philadelphia.
t‘lllcinnati at Pittsburgh.
Chicago at St. Louis (3).
I)
J.
L.
46
46
Ill
‘59
65
68
68
78
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
u—‘I—l—
Gum Yelterduy.
New York. 7: Boston, 3.
\\';lshillgtou. 3—1; Philadelphia, 1-4.
Only two games scheduled.
Standing in American League:
W.
Boston ...... . ........ 71
lit-troll ............... 70
Chill-mo .............. 69
St. Louis ............. 69
New York ............ 7
(‘II’H‘IZII'III ............ ".67
Washington .. . ..61
I’lli'miclpltia .......... ‘28
Games Today.
I hit-ago at Detroit.
Si. Louis at Cleveland.
Ilostoll at New York.
L.
53
57
57
58
58
60
63
I’lllltitielplt in at Washington.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Yum-day.
Illlfttllo, 2; Providence. 1.
Montreal, 7: Richmond. 2.
Baltimore, 11: Rochester,
TorontoNevrs‘rk. wet grounds.
Standing in International League. .
3.
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.310
’ 43
PC.
.57!
c
W. L. BO.
Bum-do i ..... . ........ 70 51 57.
I‘rr v idenco ........... “I 54
Toronto ............... M 54
Baltimore ............. 63 58
, Montreal .............. 61 55
Ric! mond ............. 55 65
lint-heater ............. 52 67
Newark ............... 46 73
Games Today.
Newark at Toronto (2). ':
Rlcbmond at Montreal. .
Providence at Budalo. . "I. ‘ ' ‘
Baltimore at Rochester. -
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Games Yutcrdsy.
Lawrence. 2: Hartford. 0.
My: London, 6: Bridgeport. 1.
Portland. 3: Bridgeport, 2.
Springfield. 4-0: Lynn, 1-3.
[lo-1e". 7-6: Worcester, 3-4.
Standing in Eastern League.
W. L.
New London .......... 75 30 .714
Portland .............. 75 31 .708
Sp'lngfleld ............ 61 46 .370 ‘
Worcester . . . . .57 48 .503
Lvnn .................. 58 51 .881
Lil“ rent-e ............. 49 55 '
New Haven ........... 46 60
Bridgeport . . .‘ ......... 39 71
Lowell I ................ 35 68
Hartford .............. 35 70 .333
Games Today.
lllovtford at Worcester.
Portland at New Haven.
step considerably to wrest
from the Bethel cohorts.
Oil Monday afternoon
Vic‘mylii number of years at the local ball
. Igrounds. After trying in every con-
the In(19‘=ccilllble«manner to secure it game
who are lnterestcd In the rearranged‘pendents will be visitors in Milfordqwilh Stamford. Manager Russell, of
circuit. for 1917. say that Hugh DuI-twhcre they will again endeavor to“... N0rv."lk5, had apparently given
'vallop the Mllfords and gain revengtl
for their recent defeat. Link will
Waterbury, to get in the new clr¢ult.Iprobably pitch for the Norwalkers. tcolts. At the last minute. however,
K00! NEEDS SLOW
BALL TO BE GREAT
Ernie Koob will be a. perfect pitch-
ncxt Lesson and, it Is understood, Duf- er the moment he‘mssters a. slow in“ game will be the 11 t 0‘ a. series
ball, according to Eddie Plank.
The kid southpr who hilt-died
from the Western State Normal. Kal-
amazoo, bitch. to win fume with the
St. Louis Browns. already is an ce-
Fslrtnont A. C.-—1llckoy ~Dunn andtabltsbe’d star but honeeds further lows: “Pat" Hurley. c; EmigiLmde.
schooling in the slab craft:
“He has a cross-lire sud it curve
that snaps sharper than any! have
ever seen," continued Plank. "His
control is it little bad but thstweak-
items can be overcome. His slow ball
is good only at times, but what he
gets control of the bull, he'll have no
squid on earth." ‘ '
10 rounds at Eu Claire. Wis. on Octo-
ber}?! . W
Itwo of the biggest lighters in tho-
gsnle. were matched yesterday to n will; and milieu s banner your tor'the motion of the Pantomlmlc col-par-
atto- to
Pink has taken Koch under his
the mt In an.
I;up all hopes of :1 series between the
'dovncounty aggregation and his own
Iillt' Stamford management agreed to
appear in Norwslk. on Labor )Day at-
:tetnmn, and demonstrate the art of
baseball to the Norwalk performers.
or contests between the two teams,
[which will be well worth watching.
Tobin will pitch for the locals against
the Stamfords. '
The Noralk lineup will be as fol-
man, rf-p; "Whitey" Schrsgue. 1b:
"Udell” Glllespe, 2b: “Teddy" Brill,
33b; Ferry. ss; Piluger, It: McMahon,
cf ; Tobin, p-rf.
Admission—will be twenty-ave cents
to each game.
FIGHT FILM ownstts Loss.
NEW YORK. 86M. 2.—-!'edsrsl
Judge A. N. Hand yesterday denied
Lowell at. Lynn.
YESTERDAY.
n
ll
Atlanta,
Btidgeport at New London.
Springfield at Lawrence (2).
SCUTHERN ASSOCIATION GAME
; Birmingham, 2.
Memphis, 3; (‘hattlfiwogin 2.
Nasltville,'2: Little Rock, 1.
No other games scheduled.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION GAMES
YESTERDAY. ‘
Columbus. 3; Toledo, 0.
St. Paul. 5: 'Iiflnneapolis, 6.
No other games scheduled.
Baseball
LABOR DAY
,NORWALK
vs. I
NEW OANAAN
10:30 A. I. ' 9
STAMFORD
Afternoon
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