THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JULY l. 1910. MANY ABE WILLING TO FIGHT JOHNSON Corbett Gets Letters From. Hundreds of Aspiring Pugilists. GIVES THEM GOOD ADVICE Ex-Champ Says They Should Study : XiTes of Fighters, and Points Out What Makes a Leader. Other Prlzerlng Gossip. ' BY JAMES J COBBETT. Since I announced Immediately after the Reno fight between Johnson and Jef fries.. July 4 that it would be one aim of my life to find a man who would win back the championship and to see that It waa again the white man's burden I have received several hundred letters from all parts of the country from ypung. and even old. aspirants for the heavy weight pugilistic crown. I wish to take this opportunity to say to the writers of these letters and to ail other with like desires that I am deeply touched by the sentiment which excited this correspondence. While It Is impos sible for me In the height of my sum mer vaudeville season to make personal replies to all, 1 have had each letter carefully filed away and ordered from a newspaper clipping; bureau reports which will cover a wide circuit in order that I may keep fully posted upon the advance made by these men. My advice to them all is to caution por j sonal care. Avoid all the pitfalls and temptations which tend toward physical weakness. Stick fast to careful training and let your matchmaking be always ( toward the highest goal. . One good, hard , fight won is worth a dozen victories over . "easy marks." and it frequently happens that a defeat after a hard battle is the atepplng stone toward a championship. Should Study fighters Lives. It would not be a bad Idea to read ' the stories of the lives and battles of our ! greatest fighters, and in this matter I j may digress in order to say tha.t it has , always been a wonder to me why come : one has not prepared in book form such a I complete volume. It would he a reaay seller and full of Interest. While I have stated that I would be willing to give my time and such ability as I may possess and my experience to any promising white fighter whom I may think may have the ability to win back ; the championship from Johnson. this must not be takn in too literal a sense. I could not be expected to take even a" . dozen or six men under charge. But I do say now. as I intended that the offer should first appear for accept ance, that when the t:ie comes that I think one man stands out from all the : rest as having a chance he will then be asked to accept my offer. Today there are a number who seem to be poBsiblll ! ties. It Is for them to get together in the ring and show us which Is the best 'among them all. And 1 want to impress stronirlv unnn 11 who may feel a sincere desire and who have the physical uualincattons fcthat while thty may not at this time be airectiy under tlie spotlight they should always remember that many of our champions have won the crown al though they have entered the ring with seemingly only half a chance at best. Odds on favorites have lost their hon ors In scores of lichts. It is wen in remember these things. ; And now a word to Jack Johnson. In some quarters It has been made to ap pear that I am personally antagonistic to him because he defeated Jeffries: Of course, I feel that natural dislike that comes to every man against one who licks hla friend. Johnson Is Praisril. All my readers, however, will remem ber that 1 gave Johnson all the praise as a tighter that was coming to him in Imy weekly Sunday letter of Julv 10. and also directly following -the Reno light. I frankly admit I have a race preju dice against Johnson because he holds the championship, but I am not alone In this. 1 don't believe that a white man should enter the ring with a ne gro. If we are to have colored men as champions, then let them tight In a class by themselves. Johnson as a great fighter, as he Buroly is. was entitled to public oppor tunity, but I certainly blame Tommy Burns, who practically had a grift of the championship for which we of the good old times almost. If not actually sweat Mood to gain, in match ing up with a colored man. When Burns lost, while I felt some personal friendly sympathy. I also believed he rhad been Justly rewarded for his fool- ishness. I hope I have now placed myself ,plalnly on record as regards Johnson. : Briefly, r want to see Johnson whipped, but with me it's the supremacy of the white race that I wish to see again established, and I won't rest until 1 have done all that I can towards bring ing about such a happy and. to myself, satisfactory conclusion. "Cnknown" Looks Vnod. incidentally, I have an unknown un ler cover who is a big, strong, dan 'Kerous fellow, and I think him a good candidate for championship honors. When I can see what he can do I will Rive his name and more particulars to the public. Those' who have carefully read the newspaper of late, and I hope all my readers are "regular subscribers." may have noticed that Hugh Mcintosh, the Australian promoter, publicly offered to back my unknown against Johnson for a side bet of at least $,U00, the fight to be not less than 20 rounds. Johnson was personally notitled of this offer, and what do you think he said In reply Just this: "I. too. have an un known to match with your unknown." As Sig Hart, erstwhile manager of the champion, would say: "Johnson Is a pi eat self-made man. Got ail his edu cation hisself." They are gradually setting Johnson screwed up to a fight, however. Mc intosh offered him $7.1,000 to fight three men. the first contest to be with Tom my Burns and within three months. I understand that this match between Johnson and Burns is cinched. Joe Woodman, manager of Sam Langford, the Boston tar baby, opened the eyes of the Johnson clique the other day, when he went to New York to post a forfeit of $5000 for a fight of 45 rounds for a side bet of $20,000 and the largest purse. Arid I'm just going to tell you that this Sam is some scrapper and Johnson knows It as well as anybody. Burns and Langford to Fight. Mcintosh Is likely to bring Tommy JBurns and I.angford together and this will be a fight worth going a long way to see. Langford and Al Kaufman are to fight In Philadelphia August 10, and 3 hear that Bill Lang, the Australian heavywelght brought over by Mcln- HIGH-BRED HORSES TO RUN IN FALL FESTIVAL MEET Big Purses Attract Some of Fastest Harness Racers in Country Noted Trainer Praises Buoy Light Extensive Exhibit of Fancy Stock Will Be One of Features of Coming Show. f Ul, ;i AIT.;. .l d : t fl I; -3' I 1 -Vj:.- A5lfeV- V i ' A i J V - . -t.ijr-fik U-viti. 1 v- " FHOM LEFT TO 1UGHT THE PROM BY W. J. rETRAlX. PORTLAND'S first annual Fall festi val, to be held under the auspices of the Portland Fair and Livestock As sociation, Is only a few weeks away, and greater Interest than ever before Is now being taken In the big event. Finer racing, better attractions, and a bigger and more extensive stock show will be more attractive features during tho week of September 5 to 10 than havs marked any show held In the North west In the past. This annual festival Includes the regular harness race meet, and this year the fancy steppers are to have a greater' Inning all over the circuit of the North Pacific Fair Association than has been the fortune of the horsemen in previous years. Larger purses are being offered all over the circuit, and as the Portland meet starts the hall rolling, the Interest naturally centers upon the proposed plans of the Port land association. Unlike former occasions, when the annual fair either lost money or just about broke even, the coming race meet and stock show here will undoubtedly prove a huge success. Different man agement, a generally improved policy, and the added interest attached to big cash stakes for the races means in creased attendance at the gate, and corresponding prosperity. . The Port land Fair and Livestock Association, after careful consideration of every de tail, decided upon the policy of offering Increased purses to attract the best horses and biggest horsemen to this circuit and the policy is already proving Its wisdom in the large number of high class entries already received. Pick Wilson, one of America's great tosh, is to right Stanley Ketchel. two ripping good bouts. Langford sails for England August 20. He is to fight Burns 20 rounds before the Olympic Club. London, the last week in Sep tember. 1 heard that Frank Gotch had given up the idea of entering a pugilistic ca reer. Gotch has many good points to recommend him to public attention in this way. but he finds it hard to screw his courage up to the sticking point. Now that I recollect. I think he ex pressed some idea of entering the ring about six or seven years ago. but about as suddenly decided to reconsider the matter So far as my knowledge goes. I don't think Jeffries ever will fight Johnson again, or that the Californlan has any serious intentions of such a contest. There are many besides Sam Berger and Joe Choynski who think "Jeff" IN EXT HORSEMEX SHOWN IN THE JOHNSON PORTER, U1CK WILSON, A. est ' trainers, has been in Portland for several months, and he has worked out his own horses as well as the best bred fancy steppers owned by Portland and Northwestern horsemen. He is de lighted with the prospect of a success ful season, and predicts that the North Pacific Fair Association can compete with the Grand Circuit right now, and that it is only a matter of a year or two when most of the biggest horsemen in- the country will be looking to this circuit for their Fall sport., Dick Wilson has something like 40 horses In his care, about one-third of which are his own entries, the other two-thirds being Northwestern horses intrusted to his care for handling and training preparatory to the .big races of the coming month. Wilson was c driver, trainer and handler on - the Grand Circuit for more than 15 years, and today is rated as one of the best whips in the country. He knows the horse game thoroughly, and is enthusi astic n his praise of the quality and class of the Northwestern horses, whether bred here or imported. One animal which has performed ex ceptionally -well, and over which Train er Wilson waxes most enthusiastic, is the 2-year-old mare owned by Mrs. A. R. Shreve. This mare is Ruby Light, by Aerolight. 2:11. as a 3-year-old, out of the famous brood mare Bertha, dam of five horses with marks of better than 2:10, and of five others better than 2:14.. Coming from such splendid stock Ruby Light has the proper strain to become a great pacing filly, and Dick Wilson predicts that, barring accident, she will some day be tbe champion pacer of; the country. Aerolite, sire of Ruby Light, has a mark of 2:05. and Wilson declares the Shreve mare will better this mark easily before she Is a 5-year-old. The other day Wilson put Ruby Light to sulky and drove over the. track of the Portland Fair and Livestock A'sso clatlon in 2:254 with Frank E. Alley, would make a bettef showing than be fore, perhaps reverse the decision, but I don't think Jeff, while sore- at his defeat and angered at his own showing, will ever enter the ring again. Those (60,000 purses for a fight in private be tween the Reno contestants and a lot of other guff which comes Eastwards have the same flavor as the sea serpent stories. Nelson to Re-enter Ring. Battling Nelson is to re-enter the ring this winter, as I learn that he has agreed to fight Jack Redmond in Mil waukee. Redmond, it will be remem bered, gave Ad Wolgast a hard fight of 10 rounds In Milwaukee last spring. There Is some talk of re-opening a fight club at Coney Island, by which you will observe that the little old town of New York probably is to be 4 1 PICTIRE ARE ti. K. HOWITT, PALL U. SHREVK AND FRANK K. ALLEY. of Roseburg, one of the best-known horsemen in the Northwest, as timer. The last half was made in 1:104, which Is considered a remarkable performance for a filly of her age. This colt is entered in all the futur ity events In the Northwest, and Wil son figures that she stands an excel lent chance for the $5000 stakes' of fered for these races in the, Portland and Salem meets. All the horsemen of the Northwest are especially inter ested in the colt, for she has shown such splendid form in the workouts that it is naturally interesting to find just, what she will do when raced and put to the test of her strength and en durance. Thus far Wilson is handling the filly e'aslly and has not hurried her to the limit of her speed. He says all.? can do much better than her mark of 2:25, and roughly timed In morning workouts has gone the mile in 2:22. Another excellent performer being handled by Wilson Is Frank E. Alley's 2-year-old trotter. Count Bonl. This spiendidly-gaited young trotter is be ints - groomed as carefully as possible, and the Eastern turfman says he will be a sterling performer by the time he Las finished the futurities and en ters the regular stake events. Count I'.oni is a finely bred horse, and 'Mr. Alley has received several flattering tffeis for his colt. - Paul Wessinger's Oregon Patch ' is another finely bred stallion being pre pared for the Fall meets. In this horse Wilson believes he has ai entry likely to startle the Northwestern circuit. Oregon Patch Is a pacer of. fine strain and class, and his owner, Mr. Wessin ger, has received many fine offers for him. .However, the .owner desires to race him over the Northwestern circuit this Fall, and has intrusted the horse to the care of Wilson to fit him prop erly for the campaign. Wesslnger also owns the. famous brood stallion, -HaL B-. which has also been entered in the coming races, though he will probably the center of the pugilistic map this fall and winter. It takes the women to show us a thing or two, after all. Over in West port. Conn., the Ladies' Town Improve ment Association, in order to give an added attraction to a lawn fete and fair, advertised the moving pictures of the Reno fight. The clergy denounced the show, but the women knew that the clergy didn't pay the piper. The pictures were shown all right, and in the big crowd were several, clergymen who declared later that, the show was a corker. Motorcycle Champion Suspended. SALT LAKE CITY. July 30. F. H. Whitley, holder of the motorcycle championship of the United States, will not be permitted to compete in the annual championship races at 1 J 3S--VJr WESSINGER, LOIIE CARRILLO, be retired to the stud entirely at the end of this season. There is no busier place than the track of the Portland Fair & Livestock Association during the periods when Dick Wilson and his staff of trainers. Including the veteran, Louis Carrelle put the fancy-steppers through their paces. Every now and again Wilson, handling some fast horse, and Carrello holding the ribbons over a similar promising entry, engage in a speed test much to the delight of the group of owners and stable hands assembled at the track to watch the workouts. Many a hotly-contested heat is dashed oiT in this way, for the horses seem to enter into the spirit of the affair and do not have to be urged by their hand lers to let themselves out. It is in this way that Wilson has discovered many of the fine points of the various, horses owned by Portland and Oregon horser men. Botween handling so many locally owned horses and those of his own stable. Wilson has his hands full, but he enjoys the task and is always smil ing. Probably his principal reason for wearing that golden smile of his is the fine manner in which his high-bre-i mare, Lucille Patchen, works out each day. Wilson has entered the Patchen mare In the $10,000 trot to be raced here in Harvest Festival week, and if she doesn't win that big purse It will be because somebody else has a better horse entered. Lucille Patchen is one of the finest trotting mares In ihe country, and no. one realizes this more than does Wilson. Considering every phase of the com ing meet, it does not seem possible tnat It can be other than grand success both as far as merit and finance-, are concerned. Everybody should boost this affair, not only for the sport ft will furnish during that wek, but also because of the. incentive it adds to blooded stockraising in Oregon and the Northwest. Philadelphia next month. He was sus pended from membership indefinitely last night by the officers of the Feder ation of American Motorcyclists. Whitley appeared at the Salt Balace, a National Cycling Association track. Local representatives of the Federa tion, which is at outs with the Associ ation, consulted the Eastern headquar ters by telegraph and Whitley's sus pension followed. Washington Doctors Elect. BELLINGHAM, Wash., July 30. The Washington State Medical Association closed Its annual, session .here today by the election of the following officers: President, Dr. Wilson Johnson, of Spo kane: vice-president. Dr. L. L. Love, of Tacoma; secretary, C. H. Thomson, of Seattle, Wash.; treasurer. Dr. Park Wood Willis, of Seattle!. PERIOD OF REAL S E No Good Fighters, Big or Little, Left to Maintain Game's Former Glory. PUGS ARE. ALL MONEY-MAD High Financing Occupies Their At - ten t ton Rather Than Fighting, According to View Taken by This Writer. I BT TV. J. rETRAIX. Boxing promises to be a dead issue in America' as far as the professional exponent of the game Is concerned, for there are no good big or little men left to uphold the title of champion. No matter what the division selected, one cannot point to a John L. Sullivan, a Jack Dempsey or a Jack McAuliffe. The old-time champions were real champions and not money-mad finan ciers as are the would-be fistic pre miers of the present day. In the olden days the men who posed as fistic champion would fight, and it was by fighting that they won the prowess enjoyed! by them during the time they were at the top. The champion of to day tells his challenger. If he be a poor man and without backing, to go and get a reputation. The champion figures that the unknown will hardly help the box office receipts and that is more essential than the champion ship. Besides if he were to lose to the unknown he would be no more a card and would not be an attraction sought after by the giddy promoters of the present time. tiamo Fraud to Get Money. The present status of the fistic game is nothing short of a gigantic fraud to get the money. The pro moters, fighters and training-camp followers handle the truth about their entries as recklessly as a negro young ster would handle a watermelon. This was emphatically demonstrated In the case of James J. , Jeffries and his handlers, who heralded him bioadcast as the physical marvel of the aif. As long as It was pons!ble to peddle a laie 01 jeni great physical prowess the "'hirelings'' attached to his camp as well as to the staffs of various newpnaDera. took advantage of the unlimited space allotted them to tell the poor old general puonc wnat tne poor old general Duhlic. out of simpathy more than anything else, wanted to know, and that was that J?ff nan come bacK. How he came back i! history. It was about the most miser able comeback ever experienced. Johnson Alone In Field. The elimination of Jeffries leaves Jack jonnson alone in the field. The big negro is in a class by himself, for there is no other man living who looks to have a chance with him. for he was not put to' the test In his recent fight with Jef fries. There are some who think Sam Langford stands a chance with Johnson Sam Langford is about the same size as Tommy Burns. Johnson, the bigger and cleverer of the two, does not seem likely to mind much of the chirping from the Langford person. Then we have the "joke" challenger, Al Kaufman. Billy Delaney once told Kauf man that he was a fighter, and Al was fool enough to believe because- Delaney seldom made a mistake in doping out flstice experts. However. Kaufman has been tried several times and each time he has been found wanting. It would be a pity to let Johnson at him, and have the burly black man put up an earnest fight. In New Tork they are mentioning a young collegian. William Warren Barbour, as the posslole conqueror of the black champion. Barbour is the scion of a wealthy family and does not take to the idea at alii so it is extremely doubtful if he will seek the championship. Anxiety to secure a possible conqueror capable of defeating Johnson has also brought forth a Harvard football player and all around athlete named Earl Van Meter Long. Long is a burly young giant, and said to have all of the qualities necessary' to the winning of a world's championship. Neither Barbour nor Long ever appeared in a regular fight, so they would be but experiments at best. M. A. A. C. Gossi The true Multnomah Club spirit was shown the past week when everybody worked for the bond sale. President Holt and the board of trustees wish to thank the public and the clubmen for their generous support of the project. The new clubhouse will be taken over tomorrow by the club and will be gotten into shape to receive the mem bership inside of a week. The new clubhouse is expected to prove so com fortable that It will be with reluctance that the removal to the bigger club is made. Martin Pratt, an honorary member, has asked that his name be placed on the active list again, that his dues may help the club. Ralph Knight, who won three months' free dues in a recent membership campaign, has refunded that amount to the club. W. Tyler Smith, a well-known track athlete, who was formerly employed by The Oregonlan, has taken the posi tion of circulation manager of the Medford Sun, a new' paper. Tennis players are still seen on the club courts night and morning. A dressing tent has been established on the grounds. The new courts are in first-class shape and play on them will begin soon. On the new clubhouse lawns croquet will be tne dominant game. Dow Walker has ordered several sets. The big lawns are Ideal for this game. The handball players asked that they be allowed to pay for the establishment of a new court "n the temporary quar ters. This is being taken under ad visement. All of the debris about the old club house site has been cleared away. "Wesley," the caretaker of the towel room, has left the employ of the club to manage the farm of W. M. Davis, at Tualatin. Colin Dyment is expected back from the East about the end of August. Mr. Dyment Is now visiting his brother at Durant, Okla. - The new addressograph was saved from the fire and proved a valuable C H A M P 1 r J GO N asset in addressing the bond letters and circulars. More than 3000 letters were addressed by It the past week. LAJOIE AND COBB ARE CLOS& Struggle for American League Bat ting Honors Is Interesting. The struggle for the batting honors in the American League is one that Is attracting widespread attention. Na poleon Lajoie. the Cleveland star, and Ty Cobb, the Detroit whirlwind, are batting along about even these days. Lajoie has a head of scarcely 10 points over the "Georgia peach," and indica tions are that this struggle, for which an automobile has been offered to the leader, will be of as much Interest as the pennant fights in both leagues. Tha averages follow: Player iluhs. AB. R. H. Av. S3 7 13 -4:;S ROO 41 115 .3S3 ?:? l 121 .37.-. 273 o5 vi 173 11 VS .4 S')0 41 7 .32 279 St .315 22S S4 71 .311 2-.7 S.K P3 .310 2! 40 SO .3oS :7 5 17 .2'.S 04 17 2S .2:S 37 2 11 .237 S!7 47 P3 .2K3 '-'42 4rt 71 .25 S57 S!l JS .2Vt 2S ft S3 .;: 4 5 S 13 .2 1S7 43 57 .2J. 187 20 4S .2S7 2S2 S3 SO .24 241 37 67 .27 S 3rt . 10 .27 S 24f 17 w .277 K23- 35 S3 .27d 317 41 S7 .274 HVt lO 28 .371 2:i 8 .-7 70 11 21 .2'.rt 154 2t 49 .-' i;.0 20 4i .2'irt 27 1 no 71 .2-! 2.VS 3 tirt -2ri V 10 2 4 7 .2i2 2S 3 74 .20 27 7 .S-;.! 272 Rl TO .2.7 277 2rt 71 .2?.tf 25 24 J12 .2A4 22S 24 ISS -2'-4 215 14 54 .251 l-4 7 2 .250 304 65 7C .3.-.0 12 3 .2o. S a 17 ,2 V" 225 IS 5 .24: 245 23 Rl .210. 1 1 24 .2(S S10 5.1 79 .2 4 SO lf 22 .247 OO lO 22 .244 So2 3S 73 .242, 32rt 42 70 .242 05 7 23 .24 i 137 IS 33 .24 1 271 2S 5 .2411 122 14 20 ,23 43 4 1 ,2;. ;.-! 2S f.l .23S 2o2 O 45 .23S 131 17 :.l .237 . 1K2 IS SS .235 2, .32 63 .234 39 3 9 .231 109 22 4rt .231 1 14 .230 35 O 8 .229 2WS 21 61 -2'-'S 171 IS 39 .22S 230 32 S2 .22rt 1K1 17 St .224 107 8 24 .224 1R5 12 37 .'.".'4 214 2S 4 .224 oS ! 13 .224 1.5ft 21 35 .T21 40 11 .22 4 265 25 59 .223 251 32 3 .221 S5 4 R .222 12t! 13 2 .222 155 Hi 35 .222 224 30 53 .2 111 105 11 23 .210 204 15 64 .21 S 161 9 35 .217 149 14 32 .211 25 21 55 .215 141) 17 SO .214 flt S 13 .213 200 31 V2 .2'iS 77 7 IS -2HS 170 17 215 2 4S 17 5 .2o2 204 1 41 .201 24 3 6 .2o0 Strunk. Athletics . . . -1 -ll Lajoie. Cleveland . . Cobb. Detroit Speaker. Boston ... Easterly. Cleveland .Si . 7.Y Oldrlr.a-, Athletics . Laporte. New York . 1. Garaner. Boston . -til .ti Murphy. (Athjettcs. Stahl. Boston Bender. Athletics .. Daniels. New York . ,.'J5 . . IS tiray. Washington . . E. Collins, Athletics . Delehantv. Detroit. . Chase. New York... Baker. Athletics,.... Karper. Boston .... D. Jones, Detroit.... Knlsht. New York .. Lewis. Boston . . .St . .7tt .49 tarry. Athletics .... Wood. Boston . .7ii .18 Hoffman. St. - Louis. . as Mtlan. Washington. . .S4 urawrord. Detroit. .84 Mitchell, New York.. Wallace, St. Louis. . SO Schmidt. Detroit .S3 Newman. St. Louis ...4 K. Gardner, N. Y....t5 Lellvelt. Washington . .74 H. Davis. Athletics. . ,7it Enjcle, Boston .v Wagrner, Boston . . Housor. Athletics .14 Morlarlty. Detroit ....76 Lord, Boston 7 Elherfeld. Washington ."SS Cree. New York 1S T. .lonea, Detroit ....6fl Bemis. Cleveland ....::S Bush, Detroit Manning, New Y"ork..lo O l.ea-v. Detroit 2" Carripan. Boston "1 DoiiKherty. Chicago ..fi Heitmulier. Athletics. .2S Wolter. New York ....8." Walsh. Chicago Simmons. Detroit .84 Turner. Cleveland. Hooper. Boston ... Block. Chicago . . . Roach. New York Stone. St. Louis . . . Perring, Cleveland Mullen, Chicago .. Zeider. Chicaco ... Griggs. St. Louis . Browne. Chicago.. . .M . .S4 . .SS . .44 . .7rt . .:t7 . .18 . .7 . .! Sweeney. New York Gessler, Washington. .7S Bailey. St Louis SI B. Lord. Cleveland. . ..5 Lake, St. Louis .24 Lathers. Detroit lit Stovall. Cleveland .74 W. Killifer, Wash B9 Hertsel. Athletics .7 Nile. Cleveland 4S Thomas, Athletics. ... S.I Conroy, Washington. ..VI Austin. New York ...fia Cromhs. Athletics. .. .2;. McTntyre. Detroit .... 4 Qtilnn. New York 21 McBride, Wash'ton . . . fcl Graney. Cleveland .... a" Beckendorf, Wash'ton. i:t Schoefer. Washington . 40 Stephens. St. Louis. . . .o2 Hemphill, New York..u Lapp. Athletics ,10 rurtell. Chicago SI Payne. CThlrago S4 Truesdale. St. Louis.. 4,1 Schweitzer. St. Louis. 73 Birmingham. Clland..4t Tannehill. Chicago ...IS Hartzell. St. Louis ...S2 Mullin. Detroit .1. Collins. Ch Icago.. . . Onndll. Chicago .. ...H7 Strange, Detroit 0."s Krause, Athletics ....10 HAXS WAGNER COMES BACK Pittsburg Player Again Has and Ex ercises His Batting Eye. Hans Wagner, the famous Pittsburg player, has finally "come back." For a long time this season the "Flying Dutch man," hitherto the terror of all pitchers, had been trailing along among the almost hitters with a small percentage. But Hans seems to have recovered his batting eye of late completely and is flamming the ball at fiuch a lively gait that he is once more in the .300 class. This won derful player is the marvel of the base ball world, for it is seldom that a player gains SO batting points in so short a time as ham Wagner. Larry McLean has also hit well in ths last few games, for he has increased hia percentage. The averages up to the games played July 22 are as follows: Players Clubs. G. AB R. H. Av. Snodgrass. New York..4 132 21 47 .."5t: Maddox, Pittsburg 14 is 3.6 .333 Graham. Boston 74 203 2d G7 .330 Campbell, Pittsburg 45 121 1 40 .33(1 Becker. New York 35 4i 9 15 .32d Wllhelin. Brooklyn 15 10 2 6 .31. Phillippi. Pittsburg 14 IB 1 5 .312 Bresnahan. St. Louis. .44 125 IS 39 .312 Meyers, New York riS 190 IS til .311 Chance, Chicago i7 ISO 3'j 58 .310 White. Pittsburg 17 20 4 9 .310 Burns, Cincinnati 17 39 K 12 3hs Magee. Philadelphia. ..70 261 47 70 .303 Wagner. Plttafcurg 77 2S1 4S S3 .3(12 Hofman. Chicago 72 249 43 75 .31 Wheat, Brooklyn 82 32.1 42 116 .205 . Pakert. Cincinnati. 14 267 20 7S .202 Pnelps. St. Louis 50 151 10 44 .201 Hohlitzoll. Cincinnati. .82 324 45 94 .200 Bock, Boston N5 314 33 Oo .2S7 McLean, Cincinnati. .. .71 241 17 69 .2S11 Keeler. New York 12 7 2 2 .2S Byrne, Pittsburg 77 31) .: R4 .284 Grant. Philadelphia. . .75 202 3.1 S3 .2S4 Konetehy, St. Louis.... 7S 21 42 70 .2SI Hummell, Brooklyn. . .70 307 34 Rft .2si Hulswitt. St. Louis. 45 03 8 2 .279 Zimmerman. Chicago.. 47 144 12 40 .27S Corridon. tit. Louis.... 10 18 2 5 .278 Mathewson. New York.2t ' 54 4 15 .278 Lobert, Cincinnati 37 124 15 34 .275 Bates, Philadelphia. .. .63 237 40 65 .274 Roth. Cincinnati 18 22 3 6 .273 Abby. Boston 2t OH 7 IS .273 Seymour. New York...7( 266 29 72 .271 Ewlng. Philadelphia. ..15 37 3 10 ,27" Devlin. New York 72 241 40 65 .27(1 Beaumont. Chicago. .. .45 104 .16 28 .27o L. Doyle, New York.. .75 204 42 79 .260 Crandall. New York... 21 26 0 7 .269 Betcher. fit. Louis 11 26 2 7 .269 Devore, New York 65 238 48 64 .269 Leach. Pittsburg 66 248 36 63 .266 Downey Cincinnati .... 78 271 29 72 ,26.1 Bridwell, New York... 74 259 38 69 .2;o Bescher. Cincinnati. ... S3 321 51 S5 .2)15 Hugglns. St. Louis 82 304 53 SO .263 Powell. Pittsburg 12 23 3 6 .261 Mitchell, Cincinnati. .. .S3 315 39 S2 .260 Herzog, Boston 62 215 29 56 .260 Shean. Boston 79 278 28 72 .250 H. Miller. Boston ",6 243 17 63 .250 Merklc. New York 76 267 46 69 .258 Hyrtt. Pittsburg 30 103 21 .257 Stelnfeldt. Chicago-. . . . 77 268 42 69 .257 Shurpe, Boston 70 277 21 fil .256 Walsh, Philadelphia 48 120 14 33 .256 Mowery. St. Louis 72 242 27 62 ,25 Sweeney, Boston S4 278 21 71 .255 0. Wilson. Pittsburg. . .7o 248 25 63 .254 Tirker. Chicago 60 248 17 63 .254 Schulte. Chicago 79- 296 34 73 .2;.2 Dauhert. Brooklyn 72 278. 33 70 .252 F. Clark, Pittsburg 74 258 32 64 .2 18 Flvnn. Pittsburg 45 161 12 40 .244 Bransfield. Phila 58 197 19 48 .244 Knabe. Philadelphia. . .74 23 37 69 .244 J. Miller. Pittsburg. .. .65 236 24 57 .242 Smith. Boston 41 79 4 19 .241 Egan. Cincinnati 81 2S8 44 69 .240 Dcoln. . Philadelphia. . .S3 167 1 40 .240 Roy Thomas. Philad.-.ll 42 5 10 .239 T. Clarke. Cincinnati. .23 43 7 10 .238 Doolan. Philadelphia. .74 269 22 64 .238 Lennox, Brooklyn 63 220 11 52 .236 Murray. New York 76 202 40 S .233 Oakes. St. I ouis 73 287 3:s 67 .233 Gibson. Pittsburg 74 236 23 55 .233 Evers. Chicago 65 23.7 33 35 .232 Davldscn. Brooklyn. .. .68 246 15 57 .232 Kills, St. Louis 74 282 44 63 .2311 Moran. Philadelphia.. .36 101 8 23 .228 Kowan. Cincinnati 23 44 2 10 .227 McElveen, Brooklyn ... 30 85 2 10 .224 Lush, St. Louis 23 40 3 11 .22 4 Evans. St. Louis S2 266 3s 59 .222 Sheckard. Chicago ..... 7 1 2rtO 38 58 .222 Titus. Philadelphia1. .. .68 2;7 46 52 .210 H. Smith. Brooklyn 34 7g 7 17 .218 1. eifield. Pittsburg 20 23 4 5 .217 Frock. Boston 25 46 4 111 .217 Zacker. St. Louis 33 88 19 .210 Archer. Chicago 43 121 8 26 .215 Kling. Chicago 35 107 8 23 .215 Jacklitsch, Phlla 20 38 5 ' 8 .214 Mclntlre. Chicago .16 33 2 7 .212 W. Miller, Cincinnati. .42 57 10 12 .212 McKechnie. Ptttsburg. .24 " 58 8 12 .207 Collins. Boston 84 325 34 67 .200 McMillan. Cincinnati ..50 150 8 32 .203 Hauser. St. Louis 65 211 IS 43 .2(14 Burch. Brooklyn 61 237 26 48 .203 l-'lctcher. New York... 23 79 6 16 .202 Luderus. Chicago 21 50 5 10 .W0