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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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 . . .
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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 .
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.49
tarry. Athletics ....
Wood. Boston .
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.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