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O C x z z z .0 O. .0 O. 00â€"...:.: 0 o o .0 0000000000 0 0 00000000 00000000... 1 0 00 0 00 0 0 00303000000030. 00000000. 000.0000 000000 000000000000”: Manager Callahan Sultem'd of Jacques Fournier. when told to report to Montreal. wring him that he would be. for next year. But Jacques not mind Montreal. He can “the tomrue there. aml al: ays a good first haw. ma forget Chick Ganclil. Matt. Mc‘firath and a memhor nf pic team. in the threw the 56 p0 nine font circle. This establishes the conditions. tary Crow said he was Well satisfied with the Canadians' showimr. “They had to break records to beat us," he declared. “aml tho camps shole that Canadians an- up in front ranks of the world's athletes.” Geomo Gnulclinc annoum‘cs that he will retire from walking. having Won about all then- was to win. Secre- professional sprinters in the world, cumpntml in :m H) yard hamlivup at Tonypandy. Walos. several weeks ago and they were lwatvn in “Mr hmh‘. Donaldson and Pnstle ran from scratch, but Walker, the 1908 Olym- pic champinn. wgh‘ on tho «mu yard mark. .I am»; “(mam Reggie Walker “on (I l d 1th. New York A. C. n! the American Olym- the games at Dublin pound weight lrom a t, l' i O ~11 foot 75 inches. new record under the ostle {1K the grie 18 talk his m‘allml should ftllt "I Pittsburg won a 19-inning game from Boston last Thursday by 7 to 6. It was the longest game ever played on the Boston grounds, and one of the most. interesting. Hess pitched a fine game up to the eigh- teenth. but he weakened. and the Pirates scored two runs. Boston. however. tallied twice in its half, aided by Robinson's wildness and Devlin's single ofl Camnitz. Hess was hit eVen harder in the nineteenth. Pittsburg getting three runs. Boa. ton came hack strong and scored two runs. but could not mnater another. O'Toole pitched a good game for l’ittelmrc until taken out to allow a min to run for him. that the Detroit American League franchise would he transterred to Baltimore. This report shows up eueh year. and is renerally inspired by some Baltimoreuna' wild yearning for a return to the old days when Baltimore had a major letunte eluh. Navin pointed out the fact. that the mime; of Sunday and the dayhefore drew an aggregate. of 20.000 people to Bennett. Park. and wondered it Baltimore would do that well for a fifth place eluh. and wanted to know. too. what would hevome ot the Tit:- ers' new hall-million dollar plant ii the frauehiae were taken away from Detroit. "Thn star)’ about a foreign t for the. teams takinsz part in wnrM's SN‘it‘rz this fall is true." 5 Frank Bancrnft. the Cincinnati Rt lmsinvss manager. ”It also is t Giants will win the pennant in tln National League. Tu? they should fail they wouldn't no: but the Clllls. m «lnuht. would take tlw trip. a; I un dot-stand that. Murphy and Chane famr the plan. 'l‘lm oxpnnsvs pl'OlD ably wnulll-rmch the “50.000 mark but much nf stand, will he husim‘ that 1 agent. Tho | MN h“ n? led his anr‘ husim plan w sidont s manna-'0 h. Whit.- nnd that thf .\a\°m. 0! Cl mnual denial Detroit Am: mann POIII’QL‘ ha thia mnnm‘ H‘I Ill {1 1'3! ll Minna! “’H 18?" h 1t fl I‘d Wit} «7mm! 1 ' trip. a; Inn- and Chance oxpnnsos proh- I"! of noy. T undo‘r- M by \wzllth} holiov ommisamn thr. (”12119.1 'N in the mm: 1m 'I IN the the )ll 1‘ 1N! John Arthur Johueiug. t'othet day § within the ring of rope. you put poori Jimmie Flynn away and spoiled ourl latest hope. And yet your triumph} was a sin; no Virtue in it lies; instead l of ewatting men like Flynn, why! don't you swat the flies? You show-t ed how deftly you can spoil a beam‘ ing human mug. but who's the bet-‘ ter for your toil, O self-convlacent pug? You're waxing old; you should begin to do some labors wise; in«; stead of swatting gents like Flynn. you ought to swat the files. You slammed Flynn a head and mahe it; sound much like mufiIed drum; youi labored and you pranced around and, punched him out of plumb: you emote his lannx and his chin. \oui hifled him in the me: but better far: than swatting Fly nn it uere to swgat the flies. Down «here Las Vegas: broods and moans you cooked a: young man's 20090:"1 took in thir-i ty thousand hones.’ ’ you say. as ani vxvuse. But there are better thingu! men interested in baseball. The strug- gles for the pennants, thereforeanoan considerably more than the right to diVide the prize money in the world's 381198 (‘3!‘06 Jimmy Lavender. the little chap whn tip-ended Rube Marqunrd and stnmwd his winninc streak at 19. on thv \‘vrqo of a world's recordds n Cub If any man has a right. to runin around the rim of a wheel and pat is himself on the hack. Charlie Murphy 3 v i: 11’, for Lavender. who didn't look 1 Hand enmurh to keep, is now the thic- wet druwiue‘ eard at the Cub park. 1 He is so popular that women fans we are wearing laveudar and the haher- .- «laqheries report his: sales on laven- (lar socks. neckties. shirts and hand- }: kerchieis. s -.-_ H-__-..â€"- lmmuso ho was: wished upon Charlie Murphy by the national commission. Murphy tried to got rid of Lawn- tlm' in tlw early spring but hevnusv lw mld him to Montreal. after buy- im: him from Providonvo of the same loacuo. tlw mmmicsion sent him hack to the Cubs. Dvntin Ma rqua rd THE PORCU PINE ADVANCE --Walt Ma (Town isn't GOT Also he had trimmed the $2,500 beauty. Marty O'Toole, so when you add Marquard, an $11,000 pmposi- tion. the gift‘pitcher bu served up $11,500 worth of pitching hash tor the Cub supporters to relish. Not only did Lavender db this, but he came right. back within e few days when the Giants stopped 03 on their way home from St. Louis, to play a postponed gum. and repeated the treatment. Lavender} only good Work. Before taking on the left-hamlet he htd ttaVeled some 33 innings without!»- ing scored upon. Also he had trimmed the $2,600 beauty. Marty O'Toole. so when you Lavender and Larry Cheney are the (.‘ubs' only winning pitchers and will be the nucleus of the 1913 pitching stall which Manger Frank Chance is now gathering. While Boston is on its second road trip. says Elmer E. Bates. the Hub in preparing for the world's diam- pionship. which everyone there is sure will he lietWevn the team-t of Stahl and .‘lcflraw. I m The reason fnr this fear is the re- suureefulness uf this same Connie Mack. t‘he shrewdest man in baseball. The tan-z realize that. Mack has had but one of his "big four" tn rely up- un this seamn. Eddie Plank is the wily one of that wonderful quartet who has pitched in farm. ('oomhs. the “irnn man." has been winninz on his nerve. Early this seasnn he was injured and still feels the effect of the hurt. Morgan has: been released. Ih-nderâ€"well. it requires: tavt to han- dle the Bender ease. Has the great C‘himbewa taken to the first-water trial that led another: L'reat red man. Lnuis Soekalexim tn injured the hurt ”(macrâ€" (“v the p Hu- team Int Tho charm In an outfiof nn the bench MM‘K. HIP The fan-z but one of un this so time: nn the bench. watvnmg a less (‘apahlo man fillina‘ his shoes. TO the charge that Mack erred. as have sn many other managers. in not strengtheninfl his pitching staff in ll h thlvtics-th: 19 hunr on1 {st Iv for we ml l_\'( Ii d tlu In says (‘nnnio Would known to baseball men that Mt‘Moor and Manager Stahl of ! Sax are more in fear of Mr. Mack. right nmvâ€"despite Bos- loml of 1‘20 points over the t'sâ€"â€"thzm of Washington. whiCh mr ontn Hastnn's heels stead- flmllt into om mon the lead. aminst r alsn. mtvhimz‘ Louis Sockznlcxim tn mum talk amonghall has,hut common talk I'opcntzmt and has as- m‘g-ivim: Mach that hr break his nook tn pull Nt'ad guilty. 1“.. Bender apply The player is a less (“unable Athletics to come up. despite the hundred odd points between them. Club owners. manners. players. umpirm~ and scouts say: “It looks like Boston for the flag." The team has a good lead and plays a consisb out came 'fim men are loyal to Stahl and their pluyimr proves it.- The outfield in the greatest in huge. hall and the infield is above the. av- erage. Connie picked up four youngsters. two of whom, Brown and Honcho“ of the quality he admiresâ€"men with natural ability willing to learn. There are about 45 games to be played before the American league flag- lalls, and there is plenty of time for Boston to drop back And the alabi would be that with Coombs, Bender, Plank and blot-gun, going as they were last fall. the need of new pitchers was not visible. Wood. the. pitching star. would brim: $35.00" on the Mark today. The other pitchers Would win :1 ma. jority of their games. And if the team: win a majority of the remain- im: names it means n pennant. \'09. it lnnks like nnfitnn. but don't hot that way. Leaving out, Washimz- tun-401‘ liko “Noland. the Sonatm‘a disappnint “'ht‘n the mast is oxpoflt‘d wrommnhvr that not so Very far ho)- hind is tho always masterful mains of Cornelius McGillicuddy. the fox whn has won two world's championships in a row and who can MM! :1 lot of vhivlo'ns in tho next twn months. The load nf Huston can. under an an. usual circumstances. disappear in cinus mmwnt. Ono. day he asked her to go for a walk and led the way to the church- yard; there. finding the lot where his :mcvstm's lay. he pointed to the head- t‘VO “’00 Andrew Carnegie tells of a unique prnpmal of marriace whieh was an :u-tual happening in a Scotch town where he was stopping one summer. .-\ Senteh headle was Very mneh in lnve, and was: 3180 extremely hash- iul. lie emildn't. make up his mind to ask the lady for her heart and hand in the ordinary manner. He made several attemptshut his eour- age always failed him at the auspi- :mwstnrs lav. no pmnrm to we nonu- stones. and said: “All my fnlks are buried here. Joan. Wadn’t you like to he laid away hm‘c wi' 'em some day ?'° r: p “ 'nmplo‘ stun 1 ST the Athlet l1( \\' nvs it means :\ pennant. n fans {our the team Willnot up” on the road. Stnhl’s men 1t hoon as good road-winners AthletiCs and there is another rest after the prnecnt one is The most conspicuous spot. in the Porcupine stocks has been the selling oil and slump in “it: home. the price dropping to a new low record 0! $18.50. The selling has taken place almost altogether on the curl». and as the company is practically a close corporation. no stock haVing been of- ierod to the public at any time. the liquidation is accepted as inside sell. ing. Current comment has it that the decline has been liming-ht about. by the sale of slmrcs which had been forced out mvim: tn the callimr of a loan. Thcrc is. of course. little pub- lic intcrcst in the stock. lmt the in- cidcnl has attracted a good (ical ol attention on account of the extent of the rm'oasion in market value. Last. Newmnimr home sold at $12.93, so that the setback has wiped out con- filtlt‘l‘fllll" mnro‘ than 50 par cont. oi the valuation at that timn. [0W BEBUBB [If Not More man Hear Ago Stock Was Selling at $42.25 A Share. Dumm. the rnnfer. was sent toa millionairo's palatial home, to try to find a leak in the roof. .-\.~: he entered the front hall. the butler whispered to 011mm: “You are requested to be careful ml the hardwood floors as ybu go up- stairs. they've just. been polished." “Sure there's no danger av mo slippin' on thim." Dugan replied. “01 lm spikes in me shoes.” Ilavc you good fishing “Willie fully. “c‘ “Gracious!" 1‘ must have been mandpa’s head ,1 t we or . "every time ym mother gray hair W I I .l .l 1“. WA S '1'! [FIRE EASY WALKING u 0V0!“ nutived that real H: is always at the end of (hum claya' railroad trip? BIG [MIME 5108K roturnml Willie; “you 1 :1 tormr. Look at. mnther. sorrow- ." are naughty I