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MSB PLATISBURGH DAILY REPUBLICAN- MONDAY, AUGUST 21. 1016. rA(;i:sM,N £9^ News Gossip and Information of Interest to Sportsmen^ ^^— j —.—„ . _. . .......... .. . ._ ..••^_^^—- „.... _. —•.-.. . . .-. — , -_~ „ ..... . - - — — - - —- • - • i r I I m uiiiim i i BASEJALL Up-to-Date Scores in the Big Leagues -Games Scheduled and Played Yesterday. r THE DAY IN PORT BASEBALL OF BY-GONE DAYS IS DESCRIBED BY JAMES WOOD, VETERAN, FOR MODERN FANS J I.I. »A*t!!i!>Ar» JtMIUlVg SUte I>agM« Albany, 3: Scranton, 0, Syracuse, 2; BiHghanttoit, 0. Vim, 4; fsimira, o, WilMbarre, i\ Hlrrlsbtifg, 1, (Wt'sl game,) iVifkeabarro, flj Harrisburg, t Sce- ohd ganw,) National League PWtubtogh, 2| Brooklyn, 1, (First 'Brooklyn, 1; pt^burglt, 1, (Second game.) Chicago, 8{ New York, 2, ,(tl Ih- »Ung»,) St, LotHS, 7; Bos.tOH, 4. Philadelphia,«; Cincinnati, 1, (14 lh- itfngs.) , _ _- * AlMrlciii Leagae Calclfo, 3| NOW York. 1. Boston, 2; Cleveland 1, Washington, 5; St, Louis, it. Detroit, 6; Philadelphia, 2, (it) ill* Buffalo 8, Providence 8, STA'L'K MAQlHi, Syracuse 10, Bihglmmton 0, Mlmira (I, utlca 2, lata rnativMl League Buffalo, 41 l»rovi««nce, 0, Newark, 4; Toronto, «', (Fit-lit game Torwto, 4| Newark, 3. (Second Baltimore, 7; Rochester, 4, (First f»me,) Rochester, 12; Baltlmoi'ofi 3. (Second game,), Montroalfl 8; Richmond, 0. (First gKmii.) Richmond, »; Montreal, 4. (Second game,) *'•'* \TANlHfMl OK (MBS Syracuse .. Blng4ia«iton Seraiilon ... Wllkesbarro Utlea Albany ..., Elmtra Harrisburg . 66 61 50 51 62 49 47 46 1* 44 45 46 40 66 6.7 62 62 pel ,«oo .675 .62* 1610 1481 -.m ,431 .426 KATIOlf AL LEAGUE. Club Brooklyn ........ Philadelphia Boston ........... New York ........ Chicago ....< FlttsbUfgh Bt.I, ouls • • • • * i t § w, 66 63 59 63 60 47 '49 Cincinnati 43 h. 39 42 42 53 6i 56 64 71 PCt. .629 .600 .564 ,500 .460 ,448 .431 .377 POST TEAM IS AGAIN WINNER Defeats All-Stan of This City by the Score of 7 to 6. The strong Post team added another Victory to their long Hiring, when thoy defeated the All-Stars of thin city by the score of 7 to 6. A good stood crowd tylthoSSed tile game in Spite of scVeru heat, Which put \pep\ into tho players making it oho of tho best games play- ed here this gummcr, .« The\ town toam did not begin to score until the third inning when Thomas scored on Murphy's Mingle, Again In the fourth Domihlck crowned the plate on Labombard's hit to right, tfulbord and Murphy scored on tint\ goon's (WO bagger in the fifth and In the seventh and eighth Landry, a for- mer High School player dashed across tile plate, adding two more runs to the numbor, The soldiers Htarlcd to score early, sending four runners ticrosB tha plato in the first inning. Darby ! B two bag- ger and Davis's homo run did tho trick. Ih the fifth inning Darby Mcorod, 011* Snellen's two base hit into deep Centre. Jcssup and Darby brought In the BCores that won tho game in thu ninth on Steven's two bagger and JOB- sup's single, Tho pitching of Jeasup and Labombard was airtight and from tho first of tho game It was scon thai a pitchers battle was to bo Btagod. Thomas, who finished the game for the down-town aggregation is an old- time 5th Infantry player and finished well considering tho fact that he ha» not been in tho pitcher's box for sev- eral years. JeBsup waB credited with eight strike outs, while Labombard fanned nine of the batters that faced him. villi' team arrived, I lu pi mv plavets ilililor cover. I dldn'i want llmt flull Iievlln-C raver crowd in mod my boys ami to db.oovei' lliftt Hn- message nev- er Imd boon delivered \ If was my film to give the gnmh- IPTH what they had coming to them; It) trap tlicln With the very same trap they had laid for others. Ami that is Just what happened, \ Amtiimlhg that the game was fixed, .the gamblers wont ahead ami bet every dollar they i'ould 11111111* on Louisville to Witt—and Louliivllro wait beaten! \Not being absolutely a tiro that my plavora hadn't boon tampered with Hi parson, 1 called thorn together before II ' i.i II i n ' I'lllll Hull lime. I..I . i. ill I..1.1 I... < r-onlrolled i»v an m '.1111 . in.ni kim-vn an the Nailniml AMMIK iiiiimi >•! l'i\f. nlotint llnseball plnvr-pi 11 ' II IM fiol powerful elwuiirh nii'l H • scope Is loo liuilied,\ ^aid Huli-m 'A lie* rtiiiiiH body l« IUHIUI mi' With iibKolnle nulhorllv, one tvlm Ii can slump out dbilioite«iy and mamii HUM: in ImKeball \And so llullieil, woildiiK nit*«•»«- liitflj (luring llii' wlnlei or IS?.', ami fl (hi* HlU'lllg Of IR70, lirouglil tilinul IIK-II\'\' formation of the National lii'iiKU' 1 |l \ '•\'•' <'• the unmi' National I.caHiie which In. ILK i>\n in i\.i lived mid prospered dnrliu; li yeaf- ofiin i ..c, .i|.|» in <l 11. 11,. 1,. • 11 -... 1 in 1 . ll TM.lllllll i \lliiun •'. • w 1< '1 .1 <\ ,1,. .. li t 'III ' . ,1'll.U . In.111 1 1.11 ' UTO RACING CALENDAR Many Events Scheduled Be- Iwcmt Aug. 8th and Decen?bcr 25tlu ...I 1 1- ii>- i i «. |i I C lii.lU ' .1 I 'II'. t I I •• It llll 'II. I II *', v.ut .11 cotnmlngled peace and waifare j tun..mi i.,nnu' mih m O \ llnlbei't, In organizing the new 1 in im •••, t>« an< ti •»». .mi ... -, the game began, I told them that'.circuit made II u condition that 'mi |„ llu hl with (l i,u„, ,. U '\ mi UHU'O was a Bchoinc afoot to have C'hl-jeltib can be a memPet of the National: WllK ,„ lirn r Htunnlav cago throw the game and tho series, League unless H lm« a impulallon of J | ) l( . |i ( |,. u m ttil ., , u ,„ U f », lo Louisville, And thou I told my 75,ooo or more.\ The 01 miual National (l)l> , II()1|II1U . llll. ..I. ll - ll I II. t AMERICAN LEAGUE. The Bcore that tellB tho story fol lows; Pittsburgh All-Slars Related by Jatnos Wood, OapWIn and managci' of tho Famolm Chicago White Slobldrtgs of 1870-71, to Frank G. Moitko. \Tho formation of tho National Loaguo lit .1.876, warn tho direct out- growth of oi'ookodhoBB which had ex- isted ih baseball BOIIIO yearn previous- ly, ahtl which 1 was fortttnato enough to uncover during tho sensational Louisville-Chicago series in the sum- mer of 1875. \ Some historians hitvo It that Hall, Cravor and Dovlln, 'the Louisville playei'B, wore expollod from baseball In 1877, bttt that Is an error. They wore barred from baseball two yoai's earlier, duo to tho fact that I Inter- cepted their telegrams, addressed to somo of my Chicago players, in which th«y outlined how my team was to throw the onBtlllig sorios to the admit- tedly Inferior Louisville club for tho benefit of the gamblers. \ lit tlio Cltl'ly days of baseball, es- pecially during that period from 1869 to 187(5, btlBobul! WHS tho real gamb- ling Hport in America, Hundreds of thousands of dollars often wore bot on the outcome ot big series. Gamb- lers circulated—without I'OHlralnt— through the standi), offering botB. Thoy would lay odds on any angle of the game; but on tho straight out- come, on the numbor of hits, the num- bor of runs In oach Inning and tho number ot errors, etc. \ Not only was there heavy plunging on Iho games In tho parks, but thou- sands of dollars woro wagered In tho poolrooms in every city on the result of tho different games. \ And lJuciuiBo of the tendoncy of tho public to back tholr diamond fav- orites to the limit, tho gamblers plan- nod a huge clean-up In that Loula- vlllc-t'hloago series, expecting Hit) aid of tho throe Louisville players. \ Carver, tho Louisville catcher and captain, was selected HB the real go- botween. Ho previously played on my Chicago team, but 1 Busplcionod him boys thai, the first Imperfect play on tho part of any one ot them would moan not only his removal from the game but his, expulsion from baseball, \ And, to this day, 1 regard llm play- ing of my Chicago team that after- noon, n« the most perfect 1. have ever seen any club perform, Those boyH played beyond themselves; not one of thorn dared to make an error of hand or head, fearing ho would bo tainted immediately with the suspicion of bo- ing a crook, \ Wo won—-easily—and tho torrlllo financial loss which Hie gamblers suf- fered that day cured many ot thorn forever of tho plunging fever, \immediately after our BOHCR wus ovor, 1 went to William H, Hulbort, prCstdonf of our club, uhd laid all tlio facts before him, 'Y-Thls Is the ellmiu,' said Hulbort. 'Baseball Is a sport and should be kept a clean sport, Gambling should not outer Into it. Unless wo take League circuit follows, I'hicugo, Hi LOIIIH, Cincinnati and Louisville, In the west; Boston, llnrtfoid, New York i t \ mlu J (Mutual team) and the Philadelphia Athletics In the east. \Hulbort was the unanimous solei • Hon for the presidency of the leanui All ho needed to do was to Indluitc ills willingness to hold the olllrc Uni Hulbort didn't want it to appear that he sought the honoi as a icwaid toi what ho had done. j \ , , , •••I would Huggoai that in electing j W''dtu-ula> matinee ami t.i.l,- 1 n„ our first president, wo dismiss Uu ' rial fealiiri- picture prolan, will \„ straight voting plan,' ho said. ' La' offered in ionium mm with tin tin.. U8 write on separate slips of paper the | big acts of vaudeville \mnlnii nm Tin- \Lne|i iiuniii f.,t 1 .Mni'hii .-in nt llii- luttrlj lieaiiMful vai hi 1 in inn- MI The eiuimnj.-; viulit llvehen «.i. In nni 1 on 8aiiii(livv (I.I a ft vv liniti • in I tic titteinnon Sl'tCCIVI, I'H'ri It KM «M»M-MIH\ \T Till'. Pl.x'ITHIII l!t«II llll:- AT UK, '•> i-t. i.ii.. 1 t if. 1 .l/.H If, I IH- . 1111, in 11 .'. |.i< 1'I- 1 i Tt i- !i 14- f, Limit I, N Y .:. |.i. i.iln 1 I 1 M..itii In . 1 iiliml\ I t - W.i Ii ;'.t pit-iiil.i 1 'l •I: uii|i\li' i Ju<l Ai [.ft mini ii. Illl'lUI. (t ( Hi (lit 11,1,1 r 11 V.ikint.'t, Uu'ih Mi i-ieinli. t- 2'\ N ). K-fpti-mbcr 3'1 Hpuedway slut [inhcatl th%i, N. Y. (Htoi.tr 7 Hpucdwuy race, Omabi, Neb. rfpeedway race, t'ftte*> :i-i itLvuy i.t- f, l»'8 Ti'.iee Mi'i-. .-tpokam*, .-tpi-til.vay fact, tit- sp« < »lw,vy tare, prov* I'raik r,ico, NarlK Tmco fact 1 , Tretltoa, racs, (H-toN-f U f.tt •ictiibir t!l, .H-DII 1. I ml. Oeioliir 21 Mi. U. Siivemt\ r U'- names Ot each club president. Tin 11 'popular film wlui V;um \hnin In Hi drop them In a hat. The Hint name 1 flt iu i„it live ni KpuUI \Tin Auhai San fa Moitb-a. ('ill. withdrawn shall be our president' n , ,„ tiit „,_ ..,.,„.,,.„„ ,„„,.,„.. November i« flraml Tho BUggeBllon was accepted \ the , of .t'eriieiua' also \I'lnnlif Chaplin' I hi a new comedy and other phi nun Hpeeilwuy face, Indian* Track race, KalamujW, Vaiid'-rhllt cup r»e*, pvtm rs«#» Novcmiiei- ;;n speedway race, Utm Speedway race, \m Santa Mimiia, 1'al. drastic steps now tho gamo will bo ^7\^ 0 wn baseball career ended with wrecked oh the i'ocks of crookedrtcsB.', J of ig7r , i, ul -. \ And HhlbCft, one of the AnoBt UW! c,OBO sportsmeit tho game ovor has produc- ed, then Wont to tho other club own- ers, made a formal complaint against Cravor, Devlin arid Hall and brought nuino of Morgan G. Bulkcloy, or llari- ford, Conn., was extracted and to him j matinee piicen Lmliw m ceui., child , Alu , t . k , ( | ( . ilL was'itccorded the honor of being ihe. H .„ 5 ( . ( . IUl , Fll( | !i y \ hx> \\ iH <l m the, tu ,,,„,,„, ;„., first chief executive of the National.^, (t . vnll|ltonnrj r W(l| . (lmln;l .. A An>;i . u . Hi ,. lU- ' llll b.lllle ol -•»- H..nm»K«t ami o,lu-r *.,,,.•, i„ 41,1 READING NOW OWNS i. u L.caguo. , , ,. Cimilntiiml (iur (iliiiwii iti«!874 I had lost a limb, due i„;nr»\uid PliUUburgh out !».. yt-tt*.i UiOOd polBOttlfig following a knife jab,, 11,50. Adv. ending my playing days. In 1875 .1, * —- consented to manage the White Stock-' «r> • •» 1 I rt „.. rt/1l \ , ings, tho team which I originally or- ^g[ JJ J|| J^QUCS Club Boston Chicago ..,. Cleveland .. Detroit .... J3t, LquiB ... Now York . Washington Philadelphia W. 66 65 62 63 62 60 54 23 L. 47 51 52 54 54 63 58 Pet. .584 .560 .544 .538 ,53* ,531 .482 ,211 INTERNATIONAL LEAtiUE. Club . W. Buffalo 62 Providence ..,'...,. 59 Baltimore ......... 56 Toronto 53 Montreal 54 Richmond I. 52 Rochester 45 Newark 44 h. 46 48 63 61 67 54 69 Pet. .57.1 ,551 .614 .519 .50'J .491 .433 .US YESTERDAY'S RES UM'S. NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Chicago R. H. lfl, Brooklyn 1 10 1 Chicago ,, 0 1 0 Batteries—Coombes and Meyers; Hcndrix and Elliott. At St. Louis R.H.13. New York 0 8 0 St. Louis 5 11 1. Batteries—Benton and Kocber and Smith! Steele and Gonzales. At Cincinnati R. H. 13, Boston 4 10 2 Cincinnati 3 9 2 Batteries—Allefl, Hughes ahd Black- burn; Mitchell and Clark. Thomag—H.S. bulgord—lb. Murphy—3b. Dragoon—2b. Fountain—cf, Frederick—c. Domlnick—rf 2b Landry—If. .. Labombard—p 3 0 0 8 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 10 AB. R. H. PO, 13. of shady tactics and released him. LoulBvlllo later signed him. Graver told the gamblers that he needed the assistance of one or two of the other Louisville players to swing (ho big QJCOUP, and, with their sanction, enlisl- „icd tho services of Hall, iho center- Jfielder and Devlin, Iho first baseman of the Louisville club. \ Shortly before Louisville nunc to Chicago lo play that series, telegrams arrived for some of my players. They Were nol at the clubhouse al I he time, Total S •• ' 1!5 6 12 27 ^IJUH! I IhmiKlit proluibly Ihc ineBsaKOH Post leant jmighl contain some Important news. AB, R.H. PO. ID. SQ 1 oponccl Ihein and In the reading 1 0] 3 0 1 ti about tholr expulsion. The. Btory of'gitnlzod In .18(19-71), but I found during ^ tho framo-up was given wide publlcliy! Hint 1875 season, that the managerial i,,,,,,.. , at tho time and it served as a lesson oiid of the game wan a hit too slienu- ^.u,,, , 1 -. 10 all other ball players. ous for a man In my condition, and I agnln ALBANY FRANCHISE , *, ;i Vuhuiit. M V, Aug 2» Tim trans« i.i lit Uii.un I'l.inrhiite lo RctttL - I'i • % 1 , iiiiumm ed l.v I'ct* lUlcllt • •• :' ,.•• 'i.i N. u v-.ik Htii'i- Bast'bitll : ..1 ,. Tii. i.ii.ma club wtll open in lii.i.lni,'. ,,i i,t Tm n|,i>. ii r, TT AT T- StcvehB—cf 6 Httyes—ss Darby—lb DavlB—-c Snellen—3b. .. IB. Davis, HarkiiiB,—If. .. Thompson—2b. .... G .... 5 .... 5 .... 4 .... 4 .... -I iiohnson—rf 4 Jfessup—p. 4 0 3 0: o f those mcKsageii there was unfolded 1 n 1'before my e.ves Iho monstrous plot to 3 9 6, throw Iho ensuing Louisville-Chicago li 11 0 .frames to Louisville tor Hie benelll of 1 1 ! thu' gamblers, j •'There was nothing In lho.se mes- iJisilges Which led me to believe thai my 3 |own boyH were In 1 he ploi up lo (hut -10 7 0 0 1 0 1 llnm. The niCHKiigch were more in; 1 1 OHIie form of a proposal than anything ;else. Hut Hie way I he propasltinn wan 8 27 5 worded meant Unit no reply from m.\ Totals Two base hits, Thomas, Dragoon, players to whom Hie messages wen- Darby, Snellen, Hayes. addressed meant that they would enter Home runs, Davis. *ho plot and would throw the game Stolen bases, Labombard, Domlnick, to the Louisville club. Gulbord, Murphy, Darby, Snellen, and \Those messages promised my bnys Johnson. —thill Is, those who were to be ring Sacrill'co hits, Labombard and Hayes, leaders in biltiging about our defeat Hit by bait GUibord and Davis. il1 fabuloua «\«> or money Time of game two hours and three minutoB. Umpire, MeDonough C. A. C. Attendance 700. lNI'EJtNA'l'IONAlJ LEAGUE. At Newark, first game. Newark, 4, Toronto 1. Second game, Toronto 7i Newark 1, At provldeiics. M Troop of tho Second Cavalry (journeyed to Cadyvflle last Saturday and defeated the Cadyvllle town team by the score of 11 to 2. \Get it at Jaques\ And w by 1 slioiililn'l Ihey have been plven a lug amount had liny eiueiod 111(0 the toni- pacl? The gainblei-H behind the scheme had plunucd to bcl everj dol- lar ihey could gel on Hie Louisville team. The odds wen- big Koniellung Ilk.- 5 to 1 that Chicago would win Hie series. II meant dose lo $ 1,000,000 for that oiiint it 11 could swing Hie game lo LouiMille. \Well I lu-'Ked HIUM- nit hhiige« in my pocket and never said a word tu an,.' of the pluvevs When 'k. Loult- i A Sensible Cigarette Comforlabl< tliatVwliy they're sensible. AH you've-probably noticed, it i* the keen, aelive-ininded type, of nuin vvlio is particular lo eboose Fitlinuis. If you woresinokintfFatimas, you would know why. You would find llmt Ful ima-, mure than any other eigarelte, are eonilort- able while you. smoke and aflvr you hiaoke them. Their delicately balanced Turki-I blend makes them a M-IIMIIII- ei^ut'lt to Miioke. Why not prove llii- fur yourself?
