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li-'A-'S?, 0'-. PAOT 2 ' j THE MObAg STAB WrLKDSTGTOK; K. C SIKDAY;' MAY 1 8 . 101ft . , r JEFF DID HIS SHARE; ANYWAX- IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS BASEBALL - YACHTING - TENNIS - GOLF - MOTORING TIGERS WON FROHl COLUMBIA s 1 v . J W ... i &&$&jo& .-. if. U it it I t l i f - I f r rv V N. .L LEADERS BAIHEO: OUT . - ' " ' ' V New York Glantsand Pittsburg Play i-.y'td Another Long. -Tie Game i ' , Braves Won; From Cin-' A. - cinnati. : .' 7 -i. I Only two minor changes occurred In - the standing of the National League teams as a result; of yester day's games; the leading, games hav ihg been crabbed by inclement wea ther. , 4 The New York: Giants and Pittsburg staged another one. of those long tie games, yesterday's - battle, going 'for 12 innings, with a final score of one one. Tesreau anjl Crandall and Henr "drix and Adams 'were" the opposing twirlers and they . featured in a mag nificent pitchers' battle. It was a one-tb-nothinr victory for the Pirates un til the ninth inning, when New York tied it up. , The Boston, Braves won from Cin cinnati, score ' ft . to ,2.. The visitors came near tieing things up in . the ninth with two: out, Johnny Kling as a t pinch hitter, doubled, and James passed 1 the next two batsmen, c But Maranville handled. Becker's ground er cleanly and a force-out ended the game. " . . . . ' - ::Twelve Innings No: Decision;, " New York, May 17. New York and Pittsburg played a 1 to 1 12-inning tiei game, today. -The contest was a pitchers . battlft, between Tesreau and Crandall for .New York and Hendrix and1 Adams for Pittsburg, k The 'visit ora. scored tieir run in the fourth in , n4ng . when . Miller i walked, stole sec ond, and scored on. Fletcher's fumble of Wilson's grounder. - The locals tied xrp In the ninth when-Fletcher-opened with ; a safe ibunt.and Doyle walked. Murray sacrificed and Merkle's sacri fice fly scored Fletcher", j i Pittsburg -: . .;. .000 100 000 0001 & 6 New York : .;. .0O0 000,-001 000--1 6 2 Game -called on, account darkness. . Adams, Hendrix ;.and ' Simon . and Kelly ; Tesreau, Crandall and Meyers i time-2:44; umpires. O'Day and Emslla. Braves Take Third. ' Boston, May 17. James, the Bos ton pitcher i held : Cincinnati, safe in all " but one .Inning: today, : while the locals Dattea out -a victory t to z. The visitors,4 threatened - in the" ninth-, when" with two out,. Kling as a pinch hitter, doubled and ; James passed the next two1 men. But Maranville hand- . led Becker's -grotinder cleanly and a fOrce-out ended the game. Boston . . . ; . . :0W 01002X 6 8 2 Gincinnati. .....000 002 000 2 6 1 .James and Whaling; Brown, Har tert and Clarke; time 1:55 1 umpires Klem and Orth. - " - - ;TY BACK TO FOWM. Batting Leaders of Major Leagues to Date Are Announced, v v f Chicago, May 17. Ty Cobb Is back inform at least the unofficial batting averages for (the first month of the season show -the Detroit slugger lead ing the American League with- a per- whicbf he has taken part ' Five-American, Leaguers are hitting better than .400. Henricksen, of Boston, ! with .471; Shafer, Washington, .444; Col lins, Philadelphia, .432; Jackson, Cleveland, .423. Lajoie is next with -556, ' i.:;.;i'-riA.?.,r:.v'-- 'fy ' Gathers, of the St Louis Nationals, "if or ten games i& pretty near the .400 mark, with .391 and leads the league. Viox, Wagner's Understudy at short f or Pittsbura lead ?Honus"- .370 ty .351. ' Both are following7 Erwin, "of Brooklyn, who Is; second - to Gathers, with .375. Cleveland with .275," and Pittsburg with JJf5, are club leaders at the bat intheif "respective leagues. . - . : ,. Cincinnati, ?My 17J-4The National Baseball . Commission today x allowed the request of Hayer Harry Lindsey to be declared u free agent Lindsay was a member of the Grand Rapids Club of the Central League, and-based his action on the. refusal of the Grand Rapids management to furnish him with transportation from his home in Florida to Grand Rapids. . TO I - ;. STANDING OF THE TEAMS' .V AMERICAN LEAGUE t Won. .18 . 19 . 16 . 10 .12 ..13 . 10 .. 7 Lost. 7 .. 10 9 "12 . 17 19 20 20 P.C. .720 .655 .640 ,613 .414 : .406 Lhllade hla Cleveland Washington Chicago .. Boston i . St. Louis ; Detroit . New York;. .2591 RESULTS At Cleveland "7; Philadelphia 3. At Chicago 6;. New York 3. At St. Louis 4; Boston 2. At Detroit 2; Washington 5. WHERE THEY New York' at Chicago.- ' . Washington at Detroit. Boston at .St Louis. V v Philadelphia at Cleveland. IN THE MINORS Virgina League. At Portsmouth 5; Norfolk 3. At Newport News -4 ; Petersburg 6. At Richmond 2; Roanoke 4. - Southern League.-1 At Memphis 1; Chattanooga 3. At Montgomery 11; Nashville 6. At New Orleans 7 ; Atlanta 10. At Mobile 2; Birmingham 7; (10 in nings.) - South Atlantic League. At Columbus 9; Albany 0. At Charleston 4; Macon 2.' At Savannah 2; Jacksonville 0. Appalachian League. At Bristol-Mlddleboro, rain. At Johnson . City-Cleveland, rain. At Knoxville 1; Rome 3. 2nd: Knoxville 0; Rome 7. American Association. At Minneapolis 3; Louisville 8. . ' At Milwaukee I; Toledo 11. Af St Paul 1; Kansas City 5. : i v : . -.- .:-f . . - . - . .' -International League. : ' At Rochester 8; Newark 2. 2nd: Rochester 1; Newark 12. At Toronto 3; Baltimore 2. At Buffalo 3; Providence 2; (11 in-, nings.) , ; At Montreal 1; Jersey City 0; (10 innings.) - " "'.-College Games. ; At Minneapolis: Iowa 9 ; Minneso ta 6. . ' - At Macon: Mercer 5; Florida 0. At Atlanta Georgia Techs. 4; Uni versity of Georgia 2. f At' Kew -YOi-kl CohimDian5 1 INb w York University 0. ' ' i At - Ithaca.: Pxinceton 11; Cornell 4. At Worcester: Yale 4; Holy !Cross 3; (13 innings.) : At West PoinU Fordham 2; Army 0 At Burlington, Vt: University of Vermont 2; Syracuse 0." "' .- . At Hanover, N. H. ; Williams 3 ; Dartmouth 2. . . GA. TECHS. WON AGAIN. , Made It Three Out of Four From Georgia, University. Atlanta, . Ga., May 17.-MJeorgia : Techs' maide? vifc threes out of .four, against 'the. University. of Georgia, here . today, 'winning 4 to 2. Heavy; hitting by Techs and the inability of; Georgia's batters, to hit PittsV curves: decided the game. A large crowd df J college students and sympathizers at tended.; -s - . ' Techs : 200 010 Olx 4 10 3 University ,. 200 000 0002 .4 2 ; Pitts and Attridge; Morris, Corley and Hutchens. ;t - - o . 7 : r Steamer Wilmingt . NATIONAL LEAGUE A Won. ' Lost r.C. ;; i6 7. .. " .096 .18 9 .667 ..14 12 .WW .. 14 14 " ' .500 . 15 15 .500 . 11 . 14 .440 ...12 ' 17 .414 : . 20 .28(5 Philadelphia. Brooklyn : . New York V St. Louis .. Chicago.:. :. Boston r.-.' Pittsburg. .. . Cincinnati YESTERDAY At Boston 6; Cincinnati 2. ' At New York. 1; Pittsburgh 1. (12 , innings.) u , At PhilaBelphia-Chicago, rain. At Brooklyn-St. Louis, rain. PLAY TODAY No games scheduled. CAROLINA LE AG UE Results Yesterday At Durham 5; Winston 7. At Asheville 3; Charlotte 4. V , Second: Asheville 1; Charlotte 2. At Raleigh 3; Greensboro1. Standing of the Teams Club: ' . Won. Lost. Durham .. .. .. .12 9 Winston . , . . . . . . . .12 - 9 Charlotte ... ... - 12 9 Raleigh .. .. .. .. .. 11 lO - Asheville.... . . , .. 8 13 Greensboro.. ".. . . .. . 8 , ; 13 P.C. ,571 .571 .571 .524 .381 .381 CITY LEAGUE GAMES. Two Contests Yesterday Afternoon Despite the Drizzling Rain. J ; Rain that persisted in falling gent ly most rol the afternoon dampened the ardor of both players and spetca tors at the Hilton diamond yesterday afternoon, but ndtwithstanding the wetness, both games .were pulled off aa per schedule. - The. first game was between the . Rattlers and the Giants and owing to the absence of several players, was rather ragged. The Giants were , on the job with some very heavy stick work, hitting the. Rattler slab artist at will and were in the lead 10 to. 3 when time was called and the game given to them. The second game proved far more interesting and. both teams showed ability to handle the ball. Company B started the merry-g6,-r'ound in . the third and at the end of the fourth in-, ning were six runs , ahead of the Ath letics' and kept this lead to the finish. Score 9 to 1. Umpires Core and- SeV lers. . .. . ' :v:. , : "Columbia Ma; May"17.fMiss Geor gian Clark, of Rolla, Mo., a student In the -.Uniyersity' of Missouri, suffer ed aS. fracture of the jaw while play ing baseball here .today. The Mis souri "Co-Eds" organized baseball teams ,1.his Spring. Miss Clark was captain and catcher of the Sophomore team. She' was playing in a practice game today" when a. foul tip struck her.' ' ''. ? ' . - : Delgado, Defeats Juniors. It-took ten innings in each game of a, double-header yesterday for , Delgado-to defeat the Wilmington Jun iors, but she finally won out, 8 to 9 in 'the1 first game and 4 to 6 in. the second! The battery for Delgado was Mack Arthur.- and Holloman, and for thif Juniors, , Greenwald : and r Craig- head. Both games were fine." . . !Speciaf Music at The Grand - Hear the six-piece orchestra at the Grand .Theatre Monday. . Special jro Sramme of all new music. - i ; - -(Advertisement.) Come and IMPS. EDGE TOWARD THEJOP 'ft Took Third taame of efies from-Ath- letic's Senators' Defeated' Tigers : yhie So andBrowns v Won Good Ganies ' As a result: of yesterday's results in the .American League, there was a general bunching of the leading teams tn the pennant chase. . Philadelphia Athletics dropped another game to the Naps, wlyc.. put 'BifhtBham's team in a little closer proximity to the top, and. Washington, and Chicago, also winJ uiiig yesieruay s conienLiun, ai&u eas ed up a few points on the Athletics. Only . G5 points now stand between the Napa and the top, and only 15 points lower are stationed the Washington Climbers, followed by Chicago a little lower. The Athletics were easy picking for the Naps in yesferday's contest, Mack using four twirlers in the game., xJoe Jackson was. not allowed to fatten his batting average, -tout t was 4 purposely passed three times ' r . r The Washington Senators won the third Lgame, from.? Detroit x hitting at opportune moittents' In a great bat tle. Cobb and Milan,J -base-running ri vals, went wild on the bases, making almost ' all Uhe basest credited to the Tigers. - - - , ; "Frank Chaice Daji'was celebrat ed at Chicago," and 30,000 people at tended the game to see the locals take the third straight from the Yankees. ,. Keating; Chance's most de pendable twirler, -went to pieces in the sixth inning and was replaced by Klip fer. The attendance at the game beat-allworld records outside of a champiogjip game. The' Red 5ox 'dropped another game to St. Louis, in a brilliantly played game. Hamilton, for St. Louis, with proper support would have shut Bos ton out without a tally. Naps Take Another Cleveland, May 17. Cleveland eas ily defeated Philadelphia 7 to 3 today, Kahler outpitching the - four pitchers used by Mack. ; Joe Jackson was pur posely passed 'three times'. Two of these walks filled the bases and each time Rahn failed! to" produce a hit. Cleveland . . .SOI 200 10x 7 13 1 Philadelphia . .100 000 0023 6 2 Kahler and O'Neil; Pennock, Brown, Bush, Taff and Lapp. Time 1:53. Um pires, Dineen and Hart. 'Senators Take Third Detroit. May 17. -Washington today hit safely -when runs .were needed and defeated JDetroit 5 ttv2., Cotb and Milan, base-rujining rivals, had a great battle.. Vitt was removed from the game and Cashion wast put out of: the park 'for f arguing with the umpires. Washington . ..,00210 0025 10. 1 Detti i A.OOKOlO 10 2; ft 1 Gfodnf Iftd1-ltaft r'HatirTClawltteV ana Konaeau: Time 2:00. JUmpires, , In themile run H. J, Norris, of iffteevfe ;-r?f v.fcfi. if.-r jt j&t ili'ziX&i r&SftL'ir-. -ii's Chicago -Makes Three Straight Chicago, May 17.. Chicago made it three straight from &ew York today 6 to 3. Russell was in fine form and aside from the first and last innings was almost "" invincible. Manager Chance selected7 his star pitcher, Keat ing, but he went to pieces in the sixth inning. FYattkVChance, ' manager of the New . York Americans, 'played first base for' ohe inning but retired in fa vor of Chase, v President " Comisky said that the attendance for "Frank Chance Day" was about 36,000. a rec ord crowd for any game outside of a city or world championship. The weather: was threatening before the game. -' The umpires were attired . in white uniforms, the first time that an arbi ter has ever appeared on the field in this regalia. Governor Dunne and Mayor Harrison- assisted in the cere monies in the presentation of a floral harp to Manager Callahan and a horse shoe to Chance. Several minor accidents-were caused by the collapsing Wharf at 9:30 Enjoy the Day 5 "Big Jeff"' Tesreau figured muchl y in the twelve-inning tie battle be tween the; Giants and the. Pirates yesterday. Jeff is fast rounding into a form that wins games for any team. : ; 'i YALE WON DUAL TRACK MEET Blues Sprang Surprise by Defeating Harvard in Big Annual Event Southern Intercollegiate at New Orleans New Haven, Conn.,.. May 17-YaIe sprang a surprise by defeating Har vard in the annual dual track meet on Yale field this a'f ternoon 56 points to 48. The Blue unexpectedly captured 14 of a possible 16 points in the 880 yards run and 220 yard hurdles which virtually won the meet. : x - Despite unfavorable weather condi tions, three,, new dual' records were made and: two equalled. In the 880 yard run, G. E. Brown, of Yale, won in lt54 3-5, breaking the record. made by Adams, of Yale, in 1899, of 1:57 4-5 minutes, 26 seconds Thisclipped four-fifths &t a second from the rec- of 'improvised grand stands but none was hurt " New York ... .200 000 001-3 6 3 Chicago ... .. .000 003 21x C 10 2 Keating, Klipfer and Sweeney; Rus sell and Schalk. Time 1:45! ; Umpires, O'Loughlih and Ferguson. . Red Sox Lose St. -: Louis, May 1 7 '. St. Louis - won a fast game from Boston today,' 4; to 2. Hamilton pitched an excellent game for St. Louis and with better support he would have shut but Boston. Bos ton tied the score in het sixth when Hooper singled, went to third on-Yer-kees' double, and scored when Speak er's pop fly fell safe.- StLouis scored after two were out in the sixth. Boston' . . ..... 1 00 001 0002 7 1 St Louis .v 200 001 Olx- 7 2 O'Brien and Carrigan :; Hamilton and . Agnew. Times 1:45.; - Umpires,1 Hildebrand . and Evans. - . - :- 10y A. M;, 2:30 and With Us! A II 'H' -w 'in -41 ord made by Grant lof Harvard, in 1898. - ' ; In the hammer throw Cabell, of Harvard, created a new record of 162 feet 3 1-2 inches, the former rec ord, 159 feet 10 inches? being made by Cooney, of Yale, in 1909. The two records equalled were in the 440-yard run and 120-yard hurdles. In the former Barron, of Harvard, ran the distance in, 49 seconds flat. In the latter Jackson, of Harvard, equalled the record, 15 4-5' seconds. . " Southern Inter-Collegiate. New 'Orleans, . May .17. Louisiana State University won the annual Southern , Inter-Collegiate .; Athletic Association field and track meet on Tulane - field this afternoon with a total of 32 points. Mississippi A. & M. Qollege was second with 26 points, Tulane and . Vanderbiit "tied for4hird place with 23 pointi each; CJemson fifth with : 10 ; Georjgia Techs' sixth, with, eight; .Citadel College seventh with three, -and Georgia University eighth, with one point. ' - So strong .was the talent that but fw events could withstand the record shattering that feature of the day. New marks were made in the low niuru1eW;MiS?t mile, half mile.' mile- events -and the 16-pound shot, the last -three -records Holding between them any. in the S. I. A.' 'A. or the Southern A. ! A. U. ' The high hurdles record of the S. I. A. was also equalled. - . - . Coleman, of Tulane, Won , the 100 yard dash, retaining his title of pre mier" Southern sprinter. : ?;: So closely balanced were the lead- hers that Louisiana, State, Mississippi out for the honors up to thq very, last event. ' - . ' . .' ' v.. ' HALLSBORO VS. WHITEVILLE.' ' Six. to Three Score in Game Between Columbus Towns. . i- . ' (Special Star Correspondence.) Hallsboro, N. C. May 17 At White ville this week Hallsboro - again de-. feated WhiteviUe by a score of 6 to 3, the former getting 11 hits, the lat :ter two. The "pitching of Barefoot fells the tale. Batteries' Whiteville, Bullard and Cashwell; -Hallsboro Barefoot and Fitts. i V 7:30 R M. kStf-i v,.t vJ'ivJ ;r II - - ,3 i - Took First and Second ; Honors in - Dual Meet Results, of Other -v - Athletic Events Yes : . . .. : 'ter'day. . ; Princeton, N. J., May 17. Princeton won . the dual track meet with Colum bia here this afternoon by the score of 78 1-3 to 37 2-3. ' ThetTigers took first and second places In both the dashes, .Harland , beating Thomas, his team-mate; who is the inter-collegiate champion; for, first ; place in both events. A chilling rain "fell and in consequence- the: time -rmade was slow; .. Summaries ; . " ;100-yarddash Won hy 'Harland, of Pj-Inceton, time" 10 1-5. ' 120-yard hurdle, won oy Brady, Co lumbia, time 16 2-5. ' 440-yard, run, won by Bonzil, Colum bia time 50 3-5. Shot pht, won by Beatty, Columbia, with 43 ifeet, 11 inches. ,Two mUe run, won by Sticknev, Princeton, time 9 minutes 47 4-5 sec onds. - " One mile run, won by Mackenzie, Princeton, time 4 minutes 35 3-5 seconds.,- " Half mile, i; won by Mackenzie, Princeton, time 1:57 1-5. , Pole vault won by Eiske, Prince ton, with 10 feet 6 inches. - Hammer throw, won by Howard, of Princeton, with 130 feet 1 3-4 inches. 220 yard hurdles, won by Hurley, Columbia, time 25 1-5 seconds. Equals Princeton's record. Broad jump, won by Benton, Prince-, ton with 21 feet 6 .7-8 inches. 220-yard dash, won by Harland, of Princeton, time 22 2-5 seconds. , High jump; first tie between Sim mons and Washburn, of Princeton, at 5 feet, 8 indhes. Michigan Won From Syracuse. " Ann Arbor, " Mich,' May 17. Michi gan's track, team, today triumphed over Syracuse -by the decisive score of 80 to 42 in the annual outdoor track and field meet. Capt. Haff 'featured the afternoon's performance by run ning the half mile in 1:58, lowering the old mark set by C. H. Hall, of Michigan,- by one second. Seward's mark of 9 5-45 in the 100 yard dash was not allowed to stand, because the wind was at the runner's back. J ,- - ;. Kennedy Won Marathon. St. Louis. May 17. W. J. Kennedy, Illinois Athletic Club, Chicago, won the modified marathon race of the Missouri Athletic . Club here this af ternoon. He. covered, the 11 miles in 1:08 1-2. :Erxleben and Johnson, of St. Louis, .finished second and third, respectively. Harvard-Princeton Postponed. ' Princeton, N. J.May 7. The Harvard-Princeton tennic match today was declared off on account of rain. Columbia Crew Won. Princeton. N. J., May 17. The Co lumbia University eight-oared crew de'feated Princeton and Annapolis by slightly over a half length this after noon with the Navy second and the Tigers not more than six feet behind the- midshipmen. ,, y Columbia's time for the mile and five-sixteenth course was 6 minutes 45 4-5 ; seconds.- The Columbia oarsmen at no time seemed to be exerting themselves. TJhe.ireal race was,43etw.een the. Tigers and the 'midshipmen and. it was neck and neck until the final dozen yards, when the navy with a stronger sprint, pushed the nose of their shell six feet in front ; The Pennsylvania freshmen defeat ed the Princeton" Cubs finishing a length ahead of the local eight. CAROLINA GOLF TOURNAMENT Paul, of Mecklenburg, Won State Championship Yesterday .' 'Columbia, S. C, May 17. Paul, of the. Meckleniburg Country. Club, of Charlotte, today won the championship of the Carolina Golf Association, de feating "Munsell, of. Ridgewood Club, Columbia, 7 up and 6 to play. In the second' flight McFaddan, of Ridgewood, beat Bond, of ' Charleston Country Club, one up in 19 holes. The consola tion cup went to Strange, of Wilming ton; second flight, McFadden, of Co lumbia; third flight, French, of Wil mngton; fourth, flight Jennings, of Spartanburg; handicap, Rapalje, of Wilmington. - t : . . .-TV ' " .: . r -J-- , - Ill
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