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Result of Amateur
Games Saturday
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G. P. ELKS, 6; KAMPER’S, 5.
In a close game, Grant Park Elks
won from Kamper’s, 6 to 5, yesterday.
The score:
G. P. Elks. ab.
Burroughs, 3b
Coker, 2b. .
Kelpen, rf. .
Thompson, p.
Spurlock, ss.
Cobb, lb. . .
Hadley, c. .
Echols, If. . .
White, cf. . .
Gillam, cf.. .
Totals ... .37
Kamper’s.
Brown, 3b.
Barker, ss.
Daniel, cf. .
Holme* 2b.
Akin, p. .
McSwenney, lb. 4
Taylor, rf. . .4
Allen, c. . .
Reynolds, If.
Totals ... .36 5 10 27 5 *5
Score by innings:
Grant Park Elks . . 002 010 021—6
Kamper’s 200 010 101—5
Summary: Two-base hits—White,
Taylor, Thompson. Struck out—By
Akin, 11: by Thompson, 10. Bases on
balls—Off Akin, 5; off Thompson, 2.
Double play—Spurlock to Coker. Um
pire-—Autrey and Jodran. Time—
2:05.
CAPITOL VIEW. 21; CHRISTIAN, 6.
Capitol View triumphed over the First
Christian team, 21 to 6. The features
of the game were the pitching of Alley
and the batting and base-running of
the Capitol View boys. The score:
Capitol View. ab. r.
Walker, cf. . . . 6 1
Alley, p 4 3
H. Bell, lb 5 3
Shockley, c 3 z
Benedict. 3b. ... 6 2
Blackman. If. ... 5 3
E. Bell, 2b. ... 4 2
Baxter, ss (7 2
Dixon, cf 5 3
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Totals 44 21 22 27 11
First Christian, ab.
Callaway, cf, c, p,2b.4
Hubert, If. ... 3
Everett, lb. ... 4
Niblack. 2b, c, 3b. 5
Cornwell, ss. . . .5
Ziebert, 3b. ... 4
McClain, rf. . . . 4
Rhodes, p., cf. . . . 5
Asberry, c., cf. . . 2
Cheek, p 2
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Totals.
.38
8 24 13
Score by innings:
Capitol View 117 107 22*—21
First Christian 300 010 200— 6
Sumamry.
Struck Out—By Rhodes 3. by Calla
way 3. by Cheek 3. by Alley 12
Bases on Balls—Off Alley 2. off Rhodes
2, off Callaway 2, off Cheek 2
Lowery Sluggers defeated the strong
Pressrden team by the score of 4 to 1.
The score:
Pressmen. ab. r. h.
Phillips, lb. . ' 3 0 i
Piles. If 3 0 1
Mahon, 3b 3 0 0
Mahon, c 2 0 1
Akers, p i > o f)
Quinn, cf 2 0 0
Turnipseed, ss 2 1 0
Dockendorf, rf 2 0 0
Hughes, 2b ’ . . 2 0 2
Totals 21
1
Lowry Sluggers. ab. r. h.
Simpson, lb 3 0
D. Lowrey, c 3
Appling, p 3
H. Lowery. If 2
Lockhart, 3b 2
Butters, rf 2
Watts, ss 2
Hartson, 2b.
Yates, cf. .
Score by innings:
Pressmen
Lowry Sluggers
Summary.
Two-Base hits—Hughes Watts,
nings pitched by Appling 7, by Akers 7.
Struck out—By Appling 8. by Akers 5
Time, 1:30. Umpire, Baker
WESLEY, 7-6; JONATHANS, 3-0.
.001 000 0 —1
.040 000 •—4
In-
In the first game
Tinsley,
of
the
Jonathans was
invincible
up
to
the
fifth inning when
four
free
passes.
coupled with two
hits and four
errors.
Wesley succeeded
1 in
sending >5x men
across the pan.
\\ esley
won trie game
7 to 3, and also took
the
second
6 to 0.
First Game.
Wesley—
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Fox. If.
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Hardman. 3b. . .
. 4
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Jones, cf. . . .
. 2
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Crosby, rf. and c.
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Sears. 2b. . . .
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1
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Seawell, lb. . .
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Pitchford. c. & rf.
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7
3
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4
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Tinsley, p. . .
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2
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Totals ....
.25
3
5
18
7
5
Score by innings: R.
Jonathans 001 000 2—3
Wesley 000 061 x—7
Summary: Two-base hit—W. Thomas.
Double plays—Hanlon to Long to Arm
strong. Struck out—By Tinsley, 6; by E.
Thomas, 7. Bases on balls—Off Tinsley,
5. Stolen bases—Vandergr iff, Arm
strong. Little, Foster, E. Thomas,
Hardman Wild pitches—Tinsley. Hit
by pitched ball—Vandergriff, Crosby.
Second Game.
Wesley.
Fox. If. ..
Hardman, 3b. ..
Jones, cf.
Crosby, c.
W. Thomas, ss.
Seawell, lb.
Sears. 2b. .
E. Thomas, rf..
Kane, p. • •
Totals ..
Jonathan*
Haul in, ss. .. .
Little. 3b.
Vandergriff, c..
Hafer, rf.. .
Armstrong, lb..
Long, 2b...
Lester, If. • •
Tinsley, p.
Smith, cf...
Totals
Score by Innings: „ A .
Jonathans 000 00 0
Summary—Two-base hits—Hardman,
Crosby, Seawell. Struck out—By Tins
ley. 8: by Kane. 12. Stolen bases—
Hardman: T^ong. 2: Crosby. Wild
pitches—By Tinsley. 2: by Kane. 1. Hit
by pitched ball—By Tinsley (Fox and
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MILSTEAD, 6; CONYERS, 5.
Millstead walloped Conyers 6 to 3,
the feature of the game being the
pitching of Duncan and the batting
of the Milstead boys. The score:
Milstead. ab. r.
B. Steward, cf. 6
Herrington, lb 5
Duncan, p. . . 5
J. Steward, c. . 5
Newberry, ss. . 4
F. Steward, 3b 4
Teaaley,, 2b, . 4
Dutton, If. . . 4
Goodenough, rf 4
h.
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Conyers.
Byrd. 2b ... 4
Carpenter, lb . 4
McDaniel, 3b . 4
Summers. If.
Brantley, ss.
Colley, c, .
Veal, rf. . .
Gray, p. . .
Ridgan, cf. .
— 6 7 15
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Totals ... — 3 3 12 1 4
Score by innings: R.'H. E.
Milstead .. .. 010 210 200—6 7 5
Conyers 100 001 100—3 3 4
Summary: Two-base hits—J.
Steward, Carpenter. Home run—J.
Steward. Struck out—By Duncan, 11;
by Gray. 3. Base on balls—By Gray,
1. Umpire, Oults. Time—2:15.
GRANT PARK WINS.
The Grant Park team, of the Baraca
League, won their game yesterday,
when the Gordon boys failed to put in
appearance.
AGOGAS WIN BY DEFAULT.
The McDonald team of the Baraca
League failed to put in appearance,
only three men showing up, and the
umpire forfeited the game to the
Agogas.
International Scope
For Athletic Meet
mis
IN BASEBALL
So Declare Newspaper Scribes at
Recent Gathering Held in
New York City.
Why Is a Hard-Working Player?
Q O © O O © ©
He Isn’t—If He Loves the Game
James E^Sulllvan Goes Abroad With
I wtfftatlons From Panama
Exposition.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9— Jame® E.
Sullivan, secretary-treasurer of the
Amateur Athletic Union of the United
States and director of athletics at the
Panama Pacific International Exposi
tion. left last Tuesday on the Kron-
prinzessin Cecelie to ~ttend the Inter
national Federation of the athletic
governing bodies of the world which
is to be held in Berlin, Germany, Au
gust 20 and 21. f
While at this congress Director
Sullivan will extend invitations to the
foreign governing bodies to send
teams to the Panama Pacific Interna
tional Exposition at San Francisco in
1915. All the sports at the exposition
are to be international in character,
and. as a matter of fact, teams have
already been promised from many of
the foreign countries. After a con
ference with the officials of the dif
ferent governing bodies of .‘••port in
America, a lengthy program of
sports was prepared.
It is planned to have the important
international championships In the
early spring and fall—February.
March, April, October, November and
December. The events now planned
will, of course, be subject as to date.*
and regulations to the receiving of
official sanction and approval from all
the associations that are interested.
STANDS HURT OUTF1ELDING.
PITTSBURG, PA.. Aug. 9.—“Have
you noticed that the present day out
fielders do not .fudge fly balls as
quickly as the old-timers did?” asked
Manager Clarke, of the Pirates, to
day. ‘‘The stands at most of the parks
are huge, dark affairs and when they
are filled with spectators it is difficult
to tell which is the ball and which are
the faces of the fans, until or unless
the sphere rises clear above the roof.”
BELMONT GETS NEW TRAINER.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.—It is learned
that August Belmont . has engaged
Sam Hildreth to train his American
raring stable. Some time ago Hild
reth sold his own string of horses to
the late Charles Kohler and went
abroad, the latter’s stable manager
scoring many successes on the French
turf.
N EW YORK. Aug. 9.—At an in
formal gathering of newspaper
men in New York the other day
the topic of baseball was being dis
cussed. The name of Mathewson fig
ured prominently In the conversation,
as is inevitable w henever the national
pastime is the theme. After most ot
the scribes had borne their testimony
as to the personal and professional
worth of "Big Six.” an o’d baseball
reporter put a cap on the eulogies by
remarking:
"Matty isn’t a mere baseball player
—he’s an institution.”
That remarkable tribute was hailed
with delight, as being a most apt ex
planation of the Giants’ great twirler.
There are a number of stars in base
ball at the present time who have
made and are making a marvelous
stand against the inroads of time.
Prominent among these may be men
tioned Hans Wagner, Napoleon La-
jole, Eddie Plank and Mordecai
Brown.
But of them all Matty i? putting
up the most brilliant opposition to
the ravages of the years. The best
that the others are doing just now is
holding their own. They are holding
Father Time off at arm’s length, but
the old fellow is close enough to them
to worry them in their playing. But
In the case of Mathewson it is dif
ferent. Instead of stopping to spar
with the old gentleman with the
scythe, he is going steadily on—im
proving his game—mastering his
technique and acquiring the supreme
artistry of the mound.
This year of 1913. which many had
thought would mark the last of his
active service, finds Mathewson again
at the zenith of hi« prowess with a
little added craftiness. He is an artist
and all true artists never cease
striving to improve their art—and
they never cease loving it. Who can
look upon the eager, smiling and boy
ish countenance of Matty as he stands
in the box and say that he does not
love the game?
The position he holds in the es
teem of the baseball fans and the
public at large, which, of course, is
the same thing, is unique. If a
vote were taken to-morrow to uetth*
the question as to who is the most
popular man in organized baseball,
there is 1 no doubt that Matty
would carry the election by a large
majority.
• • •
ii \\7 HAT would happen to Me-
** Graw?" asked this same old
scribe, who had characterized Matty
as an institution, "if he were to in
continently fire Mathewson after the
manner of Murphy In giving old Mor
decai Brown the gate?”
The consensus of opinion was that
if McGraw did such a thing be might
just as well lock up the Polo Grounds.
That Is just how close ‘‘Big Six” is
to the heart.9 of the baseball public.
But there is no danger of John J.
ever doing nuch a thing. In the first
place he Is not a Murphy in any cor-
pugclA of h s compact being, and in
the second place Matty’s art will con
tinue In hi?* head long after it has
departed*fr->m his arm. and as a mere
instructor he would be more valuable
to McGraw than the average twirler
is on the mound.
By O. B. Keeler.
K NOCKING about with a profes
sional ball club, you get one
ear full after another concern
ing "work,” "business.’’ "toil,” "drudg
ery,” and so forth. And so on.
You might get the hunch that the
athletes had set out from very early
in their young lives determined to
hammer out a living by working at
baseball.
That is, you might get the hunch
if you didn’t travel with them more
than one day. and never sat on the
bench during a game, and never
looked at a game very understanding-
ly. anyway.
In that case you might feel sorry
for the hard-working ball player, un
der contract providing that he must
play in order to eat. but not play for
any other club than the party of th<*
second part, or whatever party the
party of the second part shall assign
him to play with.
A good many rather well-meaning
and entirely sap-headed persons
these days are wasting perfectly
good sorrow over the assumed griev
ous* lot of the toiling ball player.
They seem to get the idea that he
is playing ball because he has to.
• •
OW. take it from one who has
seen some little chapters in the
life of a professional ball player, the
siid ball player is playing bail for
money because he can make more
money that way than he can any
other way.
And, above all, he is playing ball
because he likes to play ball. •
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J RECALL in particular one "Chick”
1 Autrey. first baseman for Sf.
Paul, in the American Association,
and the lea?«t shade under big league
caliber in hitting.
Chick is an extreme sample of the
ball player who likes to play ball.
When the club is at home. Chick is
out on the field in uniform half an
hour before h’s mates get to the club
house to dress, playing catch or bat
ting up flies with any stray young
sters he can find about the lot.
• • •
Chick is the first one to start the
regular practice. As soon a ; two or
three of the other players get out on
the field. Chick gets them lined up
for the little bunting game—three or
four arrayed in front of a batter,
tossing him the ball, which he hits
sharply bark at them, when they
chuck it at each other, under and
over and from all sides.
Chick is the liveliest of the bunch,
slapping the ball like a Juggler;
Jumping, stretching, scooping laugh
ing like a kid most of the time.
Chick would practice four hours
before the game, if anybody would
keep him company.
In the gam'*, ho is at the opposition
every moment. He is left-handed and
fields the bag like Hal Chase—and in
every move you read the snap and
dash that can come only from a love
of the game.
All around the circuit. Chick is
known as "that St. Paul guy that
loves to play baseball.”
Frank Bowerman was the same
way when he was with the Giants.
Later, when in the Association, the
grizzled veteran i mod the name of
"Young Mike" by hw evident keen en
joyment of the sport and his stento
rian vocal encouragement of
mates while the game was on.
his
I They would be playing baseball for
fun if they weren’t making a living
at it.
Max Carey said of “Big Six’’ Math
ewson the-other day:
‘‘Matty always looks as if he’d
rather be out there pitching than
doing anything else in the world. I
never have seen him in a garni* when
I didn’t think of that. After thirteen
[years of baseball as •*. profession,
j baseball still is Mathewson’s favorite
sport.”
I BELIEVE that goes for eight out
1 joj Aiupipiao ‘.sJdXnid
the ball players who are the most
successful. They don't "slow up”
quickly, these men who love the
game. “Slowing up” may be due in
a FINE example nearer home is Joe l
Agler. Joe never’ could work
around that old first sack the way
he plays around it. The class of the
Southern League in fielding. Joe per- some cases to failing legs or dimming
forms with a speed and dash that can
spring only from a real joy in the
game. Watch him. next time you go
to see the Crackers play ball.
And see if you can imagine Joe as
a mere hireling, plugging along to
earn his daily bread with the same
ambition as a man with a heavy ham
mer making little ones out of big
ones.
Eight out of ten professional hall
players enjoy the game of baseball in
the same way a sunburned kid on a
vacant lot enjoys playing the game.
eyes. But in other cases it is due to
getting stab, in the game, because the
first incentive is gone—the keen edge
worn off.
But take it from the ball players
themselves, if you please, no man ever
set out deliberately to earn a living
by working at baseball.
Every single professional ball play
er in this country started out In the
beginning for one and the same rea
son.
And that reason was because he
loved to play ball.
RITCHIE’S FATHER
STAYS IN CHURCH
WHEN WILLIE HAS
RING ENGAGEMENT
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5.—Willie
Ritchie’s father, who is down here
with his son on an automobile tour,
has never seen Willie in a ring.
Mr. Steffens (Willie Ritchie's real
name is Geary Steffen). Is of a
devoutly religious nature and has
very serious doubts as to the pro
priety of prize fighting. Ah long
as Willie is in the business, how
ever. the old man wants him to
win.
Whenever Willie is In the ring,
his father in church. He won’t
go to ihe ringside for fear of fee
ing his boy hurl and he'can't stay
at home with anxiety for society;
so he always goes to church and
remains there until the battle is
ov6r.
MINOR MANAGERS ARE
AFTER CAL’S CASTOFFS
BOSTON, Aug. 9.—Some one called
Manager Callahan, of the Chicago White
Sox, the ‘‘David Harum” of organized
baseball after Frank Chance complained
that he was "stung'’ in the Hal Chase-
Borton-Zelder deal, but despite that act
minor league managers were in Boston
recently to try their hand at swapping
with the White Sox leader.
REDS AFTER HAGEMAN.
DENVER, Aug. 9.—The Cincinnati
Reds are after Pitcher Casey Hage-
man and Second Baseman Hank
Butcher, of trte local club. Neither
Magnate Jimmy McGill nor Manager
Jack Hendricks are in any haste to
name a price upon these performers.
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