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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS SEPTEMBER 15, 1915. r i . ' I 10 hi; ' - t. BOSTON BRAVES GAT1IA New Woman Golf Champ JUST DOPE ion ?1 i. ; U' n 11 Hit - i t I I I n if J : It n r I - i nil:!' i III! r, til i; h i Si H'H - 'I ; i;- '! i ii-h'N 1: i - I" V I ST M RATE IS A CAME Even Though it Rock Along fori a E even nresome Frames. Colonel Jake Munch's swat to left in the eleventh inning of yesterday s game finally accomplished the pur poses of the Mackian envoys and the Hornets "won" the second game of the series from the Capital gang, thanks to some timely aid by the opposition. It goes down in the league records as a game but it could hardly be termed as such. The score was 6 to o and it was one of those "don't-care" sort featured by double killings, errors and stolen bases. In all three of the feature departments the Hornets excelled but they weren't j sble tp make their bobbles count for as much as did the representatives from Raleieh. Eleven errors ere un-: corked and" Charlotte garnered seven. Ten stolen bases were pilfered and Charlotte ect nine. Four double kill-, ings are recorded and Charlotte staged , three. . ! The winning tally chased across m the eleventh. Some one had borrow ed sloves belonging to Cy Perkins in right, and McConnell on second, so these two fellows chased along bare- . handed. It got rather damp and cool go Chief Myers and Cy Perkins pro-, reeded to garner sweaters. Not relish-, ing the idea cf grabbing the flies with- i cut some sort of a glove, Cy Perkins ; borrowed Jake Munch's wrong-Jianded glove so Dick Manchester skied to him. Cy dropped the thing and Man chester took second while Cy was yankinar the glove so he could throw. The next three Hornets were easy : outs. Realizing that they were forcing ; the engagement into extra frames, Ral eigh got busy and lost and Charlotte got busy and won in the eleventh. An-' derson "hit to third, Citrano pegged ; and Chief Myers hit it with his glove ' only to let it hit the fence, Anderson i taking second. Wofford sacrificed and j Jake Munch- poked one to left Rob-; erts caring no more about getting the tall than the man at the plate. ; The game was to s-;- the least a farce. Nine stolen bases were garner ed by the locals and it got so after a while that Tally made no attempt to threw. The Hornets were playing for the win and while they weren't over exerting themselves, they didn't re fuse any chances. The Macks fielded indifferently as did some of the lo cals. Many bobbles were recorded that could have been transformed into outs had there been the proper amount of ambit. But there was nothing at stake, the randstand featured by its sparse settlement and the game was nothing more than one could expect. The Scoring. Asheville garnered two in the first. With one down, Mack hit one to Slats i tnat was. a iittie too not 10 oe nanuieu, and took second when Slats uncorked a wild pitch. Citrano skied to center. Perkins hit an easy one to Leonard and Charlie" joined the Macks and booted, Perkins taking second and Mack scoring. Wasem dropped Myers- j fly and Perkins counted. j Charlotte garnered three in the j fourth. Smith walked and so did An- j doubled, scoring both. Wasem doubled and Munch scored. Raleigh came back with three in the sixth. Leonard started the thing by booting Perkins' roller. Myers ! singled to left. Roberts doubled to right and Perkins and Myers scored when the ball went to left field on Dunning's ' peg to second. McCord singled to left and Roberts tallied. The Hornets tied in the . seventh. Ledbetter tripled to deep left center, but Dunning and Smith wre easy outs. McConnell booted Anderson's roller and Ledbetter scored. Anderson stole second. "Wofford singled and Anderson scored. Wofford stcJe sec ond. Myers' error, Wofford's sacrifice and Munch's single produced the long desire results in the eleventh. The box score: Raleigh Tl JT "I 11 Al. AB R H PO A E j McDonnell, .0 .. .. o Mack, cf 5 Citrano, 3b 5 Perkins, rf 5 Myers, lb .... . . 5 Roberts, If .... . . 5 McCord, ss . . ...... 5 Tally, c 5 Munoz, p 5 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 5 1 1 0 l 3 15 1 1 2 4 0 0 4 0 2 0 Totals. . . . . .45 5 12 31x13 4 x-One out when winning run was scored. CHARLOTTE. Dunning, rf.. .. AB R H PO A E 6 0 2 0 0 1 Smith, cf ... .. ..5 Anderson, ss .... 5 Wofford, 3b 4 Munch, lb '4 Wasem, If 4 Leonard, 2b .... . . 5 Manchester, c . . . . 5 Ledbetter, p . . . . 4 0 0 2 2 o 5 0 0 7 1 1 3 8 0 0 0 o 2 n 0 3 2 0 0 7 0 13 3f 0 1 10 0 0 Totals .. .. ..42 6 10 33 15 7 Score by innings : R. H. E. Raleigh .. .. 200 003 000 00 5 12 4 CHARLOTTE ' 000 300 200 016 10 7 'Summary: Stolen bases, Dunning, Smith, Anderson Wofford, Munch 2, Wfcisem '2, Manchester, McConnell. Sacrifice hits Wofford 2. Two base hits, Munch, Wasem, Munoz 2, Rob erts. .Three base hit, Ledbetter. Earn ed runs, Charlotte 1, Raleigh 2. Left on bases, Charlotte 14, Raleigh 7. Dou ble plays, Wofford to Leonard to Munch, Anderson to ' Leonard, Ander son to Leonard to Munch, Munoz to Tally to Myers. Struck out, by Led better 3, by Munoz 2. Bases on balls, Ledbetter" none,. Munoz 5. : Hit by pitched ball, Munch by Munoz. Wild pitch,. Ledbetter. Time of game 1:50. Umpire, Mr. Lauzon. Attendance 100. IT GOES DOWN By W. C. DOWD, JR. LL MANAGE THE HORNETS Next Season, According to riM;Nui nnno UonHori fli t i oudiym uuHc Where They Winter. . The News learns on good authority that Manaerer Martin G. Dudley, pilot j of the Hornets for the past six weeks, will be chosen as Manager of the 1916 Hornets at the meeting of the Char llotte Baseball Association, scheduled jfor tonight. It was impossible this ! morning to either get a confirmation i or a denial of this report but it seems to us absolutely straight. The locals have been considering the ! selection of a 1916 pilot for some little i time and thev were strongly inclined to Dudley. The players liked him, the I fans in the other towns were com ; menting on the play of the Hornets as a result of his efforts, while Mana ; ser Dudlev was liked around the entire circuit. The directors, the report said, rt it up to the local manager straight from the shoulder. If such and such a ! thing was brought to pass, Dudley i would be retained for next season and it happened. At the meeting sched uled for tonight, therefore, the ratifica tion of this choice will be about all that is necessary and local fans need not worry over the chances of the Hor nets for the coming season. This selection will no doubt meet with the greatest of approval by the local fans. Dudley may not hit a ball a year he may not get In a single game. He is a good man even though local fans were glad to see him get out of the game for Dudley suffered about as bad a year 'this year as a man can suffer. He knows more ball players and has his hands on more men ready to step in and get to work than any other man it has ever been our pleasure to meet and Dudley will have a regular team to work for Char lotte when the 1916 season starts off. The report has been general for sometime that Dunning didn't belong to Charlotte. He didn't, but he does. This youngster secured his release from the Georgia-Alabama circuit and it was generally reported around here that he had sold his services to Cleve land. There was, we understand, some dickerings along this line but one of the last things Manager Dudley did before leaving for his home, was to sign this fellow up for another season. Dunning, therefore and barring drafts, will be a member of Charlotte's 1916 pennant winners. Three of the local team will winter in Charlotte. Pratt and Geary have bought a pool room in the Stonewall hotel and will run it throughout the winter. Charlie Leonard, wre under stand, is to run the Buford . . pool room. x Among the present crew, there are but two who do not belong to Char lotte but two who will not return for practice next year. Dick Manchester goes back to Griffin, Ga., to do duty for these fellows in the next season, while Leonard has been recalled by Memphis. Sykes will go back to his home in Georgia, Slats Ledbetter will winter at Rutherford College, Jake Munch will go back to his home just outside of Philadelphia, while we are uncertain as to the winter quarters of Andy Anderson. Chick Doak will again coach Carolina's basketball and base ball crews, while Freddie Wasem will return to his home after playing with Corbett in the post-season series with Rocky Mount. Ty Smith hikes back to Chattanooga for another spell of study while Joe Wofford is first, last and all the time a farmer, of "Wood ruff, S. C. All of these fellows with the possi ble exception of Manchester and Leon ard will return for practice next sea son. The Hornets will have little prep aration to go through " with and the 1916 season even though many, many moons away looks mighty good from this distance. HOW THEY BAT The following are the tutting aver ages of the Hornets for the 1915 sea son. They are for all games up to and including yesterday's. Player. G AB R H Av Dunning . . 29 120 21 43 .358 Anderson 45 186 37 59 .317 Munch 116 400 49 127 .317 Wofford 70 251 39 77 .307 Manchester . . . . 48 148 ' 24 38 .257 Wasem ... .. 43 174 22 43 .247 Smith 59 216 29 52 .241 Doak .. .. .. Ill 344 45 82 .238 Geary 60 174 15 38 .218 Leonard ...... 90 324 28 67 .207 Pratt.. 19 46 2 8 -174 Ledbetter .. . . 41 116 11 20 .172 Sykes . . 5 8 0 1 .125 Team Average. 2507 322 655 .261 Pitching Records. Or W. L T FU Pratt 16 8 4 0 .667 Ledbetter 31 17 10 0 .629 Geary 32 18 11 0 .621 Sykes 5 0 2' 0 .000 RADNOR .THE JN & W Arrow MARTIN DUDLEY rFMFs MAJOR LEAGUE MOGULS CONSIDER THEIR DRAFT With Same Plan as Was Work ed Last Year in Effect This Year. By Associated Press. Cincinnati, -0., Sept. 15. Many prom inent baseball men were present when the National Baseball Commission opened its annual meeting here today to consider drafts submitted by ma jor league players. This annual drawing for the choice of minor league players always draws a large attendance. When the commission convened it was believed it would follow the same plan as last year -and not make pub lic the names of the players drafted. This plan was adopted to give the clubs of the National and American Leagues opportunity to sign the play ers alloted to them by the commis sion, so they would not be tempted by Federal League offers. It was stated the drafts probably would not be announced until every player drafted had signed a contract. PATRIOTS T fireensboro. SeDt. 15. Greensboro I and "Winston staged the only real game of baseball in the Carolina League ! yesterday and the Climbers made it jtwo straights, the score being 3 to 2. j Schwartje and McWhorter were the j opposing moundsmen and both pitched (good ball. The loose fielding of the Twins proved costly. The box score: Winston. AB R H PO A E Heck, -cf 4 0 0 1 0 0 McBane. rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 ,0 1 3 Honig, If .. .. ..4 Parker, 2b 4 Stuart, ss 4 3 1 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 Parker, lb 4 0 0 Moorefield. c 4 0 2 Crow, 3b .. .. ..3 0 0 0 Schwartje, p 3 0 x-Teague 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals xBatted for Crow Greensboro. Carlisle, 3b , Davis, 2b Nesser, ss . .. . . Schuyler, cf Van Horn, lb . . Clapp, If .. .. . Harper, rf Haddock, c McWhorter, p . . 33 2 .8 24 8 4 in 9th. AB R H PO A E 4 1.2 3 4 0 4 0 114 1 4 112 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 13 1 0 10 0 10 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 3-00 3 1 0 2 112 4 0 Totals 30 3 6 27 17 1 Score by innings: . R. Greensboro 200 000 lOx 3 Winston 010 001 0002 Summary: Two-base hits, Carlisle, Moorefield, Davis. Sacrifice hit, Park er. Base on balls, off McWhorter 1; by Schwartje 3. Stolen bases, Nesser, Clapp (2), Haddock, Honig, Parker. Double plays, Stuart to Moorefield; Carlisle to Van Horn. Passed ball, Haddock. Left on bases; Greensboro 5; Winston 8. First base on errors, Greensboro 3; Winston 1. Time, 1:45. Umpire, Mr. Blackburn. Attendance, 250. STAGED AFFAIR Durham, Sept. 15. Agreeing to pitch nothing but straight ones and agreeing to hit, when possible, the first ball pitched, the Bulls and the Tourists yesterday unravelled the sec ond game of the series in fifty-nine minutes, the Bulls coming out with the big end of a 7-3 score. Twenty five hits for forty-two bases were col lected by the two teams, with Ashe ville getting thirteen of the twenty five. Frey was credited with the only strike out of the game. The box score: Durham: AB R H PO A E Butts, If v .4 1 2 1 10 W. Kelly, 2b :4 1 1 5 4 0 Kirke, ss . . . . ..4.1 11 3 0 Morpeth, lb.. ... .. 4 2 3 10 0 0 Dayton, rf ..... ..4 0 1 1 1 0 Hiller, 3b 4 12 3 10 Angier, cf . . . . .. 4 0 0 3 1 0 Boyle, c .. .. .. 3 0 0 2 1 0 Frey, p 31 21 3 0 t Totals .. .. ..... ..34 7 12 27 15 0 Asheville AB R H PO A E Bradshaw, 2b ....4 13 0 7 0 Bumb, lb .. .. .. 4 0 0 17 0 0 Perritt, rf.... .. ., 4 0 3 0 1 0 Hickman, If ...... 4 0 0 1 0 0 Fenton, cf ....... 4 1 3 3 0 0 Hewell, 3b 3 1.3 0 4 1 Woodall, c ....... 4 0 0 2 2 0 Fortune, p .. .. .. 3 0 1 0 0 0 Roberts, ss 3 0 0 1-3.0 Totals .. ...j. ..33 3 13 24 17 1 Score by innings: r. Durham 012 200 llx 7 Asheville . . .... . . 000 001 101 3 Summary: Two-base hits, Fenton (2), Hiller (2), Kelly, Frey, Hewell. Three-base hits, Bradshaw, Fenton. Home runs, Butts, Morpeth. Sacrifice hits, Hewell- Struck out, Frey 1. Sto len bases, Hewell, Kirke (2), Morpeth. Double plays, Frey to Kirke to Mor peth; Kelly to Morpeth. Left on ba ses, Durham 3; Asheville 4. Time, 1:59. Umpire, Mr. Kelly. Attendance! 500. , i - N WHPPED WN 59 MINUTES BY "GOSH." Copped. Ledbetter. Hardly a copping, though. Rather an Alphonse-Gaston sort of an affair and they got tired playing io the eleventh. The features? There was one more out yesterday than the day before. The Hornets started miserably and Raleigh finished miserably. The Hornets tightened while the Macks started off well but through out the whole affair neither team eeemed to give a a well, they didn't seem to care. In fact the struggle- got so tense and so interesting that there wasn't a kick registered on the umps' de cisions. And then when ' darkness came creeping on and neither team seemed disposed to win. And then in the tenth, some one had swiped Cy Perkins' glove and McConnell couldn't find his. They played barehanded. Then Cy borrowed Jake Munch's left handed mitt and dropped one. And then Cy and Chief Myers grabbed their sweaters and proceeded to keep warm and well, there was all kinds of interest chucked into the eleven frames. ' Again we offer our sincerest con gratulations to Durham. One from Asheville from July first to September 13 and then, whoops!! two straights. Today it'll be three straights for there's a bonus offered for finishing in second place. "Want to know how' the standing will look after today's curtain ringers? Asheville will lose, Charlotte and Dur ham will win and quit at a tie for second, Raleigh will lose, Winston will win and Greensboro will lose. We kinder hate to see a race finish this way but when the pennant was definitely decided the whole nerve tension seemed to bust and the thing dropped also the attendance. A total of 950 witnessed the threo games in this league yesterday and about 350 of those were passes. We await with much interest and speculation the beginning of today's game. In the first place we want to see a regular comedy and in the sec-' ond place we're waiting the final srong with much interest. We've -had lbout enough baseball for once and-the fin ish that's been furnished the fans around this six clubber kinder makes a man disgusted with baseball. Earl Mack went into yesterday's game with ten men and he will play today's with nine. Murphy Currie and Brazier were turned loose early and Frankie Munoz left this morning for his home in' Cuba after pitching the past season for the Mountaineers and the Macks. Charlotte all right Raleigh, Dur ham, Greensboro and he named 'em all awful. Me no pitch here next year me go somewhere else these were the musings of the furrigner. Say what you will, he's a good pitcher but we 'don't know as this old league will lose much in his services. The Hornets are just at nre?ent rocking along with thirteen men. Slats leaDeter ana Pratt have worked their last games of the season and Bob Geary will probably pitch the ring- owner tnis after. It's going to be a merrv Sort nf an affair ihara'a fo-jTlr nothing at stake and we're looking for the grandest little struggle that ever was struggled. Hats off to Ledbetter. Slats, when it comes to hitting, isn't any Ty Cobb. But Slats some time ago told Manager Dudley -to get up a bit of nerve and get in. $. few more games that he wanted to shoot him to the cellar in the batting column. Slats yesterday ran out all his. hits. He garnered t ne in four and as a result his average for the season climbs to .172. Dudley hit .171 so Slats is .today wearing the smile that won't ocme off. Carolina's football team will receive a nice bit of strengthening next week when Fatty Cowell, star guard, will report for practice. Cowell . had an nounced earlier in the season that he wouldn't return to school this fall but when he chased along down to the hill and saw the prospects for a win ner, he couldn't resist the temptation. He will return and will hold down bis old position at guard. In fact the four teams operating in this state seem to be much stronger this year than ever before. Carolina is materially strengthened while A. & M. reports some hefty looking material. Wake Forest Is materially strength ened while Davidson has much better prospects than last year. Wake For est and A. & M. st-t into the sea son with the same , coaches that they had last year while Davidson boasts Bill Fetzer and DeWitt Kluttz. Caro lina has Trenchard for the ends, Rist for the line and Blumenthal for the backfield. With the rapid approach of the initial engagements, football, fol lowers will soon be able to get a line on the teams. The Braves yesterday climbed back to second place going over the Dod gers by a single point. Today v the Braves are playing the Cubs while the Brooklyns are idle. From this dis tance, though, it would seem that the real fight in the National centers at present between the Dodgers and the Braves. The -Braves, when the two teams hit the home stretch will probably have the ad. with .the Wins. Loses. Asheville- ... .600 CHARLOTTE .557 Durham .557 alel5b. 475 Winston. .475 Greensboro .. .379 .583 .541 .459 j .459 .362 FURNISHED THE ONLY CHANGE In Yesterday's Major League Games When They Over ' hauled the Dodgers. By Associated Press. - ' New York, Sept. 15. The world's champion Boston Nationals furnished the only change in the baseball situa tion yesterday by jumping back into second place as the result of their victory over Chicago while Brooklyn was losing to St. Louis. The Braves hold the second position by a single percentage point over Brooklyn. The Philadelphia Nationals by winning another game from Pittsburg kept their four-game lead. The apparent deadlock in the Amer ican League remained unchanged. The Detroiters, although winning their third straight game from New York, were given na opportunity to gain on the Red Sox, who won their seventh consecutive game by defeating Chica go and thus retaining a three and a half game lead. The" Red Sox and the Tigers wind up their series today and then cross bats at Boston for what may be the decisive struggle. Those who already concede the race to the Red Sox are speculating now whether Chicago can retain third posi tion. Washington today is only four games behind the White Sox and at the rate Clark Griffith's team has been going there is. a chance to overhaul Chicago. The Boston Braves will have an op portunity today to get a better hold on second place, ending their series in Chicago, while Brooklyn has an off day. Philadelphia will wind up their series at Pittsburg. FATTY G OW ELL WILL GO BACK CAROLINA Changing His Mind When He Saw the Chance of Win ning Team. Special to The News. , Chapel Hill, Sept. 15. Head Coach Doggie Trenchard gave out the an nouncement here today that Fatty Cowell, star guard on Carolina's foot ball squad both last year and year be fore had changed his mind and would report for practice by the first of Oc tober. Cowell was one of the strong est men on last year's team and was a bulwark on defense. This summer he has been traveling and finding much remuneration for his efforts, he de cided not to return this fall. Return tig here, though, for a visit of a few days, the call of the gridiron and the students proved too lauch for him and Cowell announced definitely that he would return as soon as possible. The return of Cowell will make eleven let ter men back for this year's squad. WILL FILED FOR PROBATE. By Associated Press. San Diego, Cal., Sept. 15. The will of A. G. Spalding, who died here last Thursday, was filed today for probate. Mrs. Elizabeth Churchill Spalding, the widow, is named as executrix. She es timated the estate to.be worth $600, 000. Beneficiaries are Keith Spalding, son, of Chicago: Durand Churchill, a stepson, of San Diego; Albert G Spalding, an adopted son, of London, and the widow, who resides here. ATHLETICS SHIFT GAMES. By Associated Press. Philadelphia. Sept. 15. There will be no major league baseball games In Philadelphia today or tomorrow. The eame scheduled for today between the Philadelnhia Americans and St. Louis was played last Saturday, in a double-header. 'Tomorrows scheduled game with Cleveland will be plsiyed cn Saturday. fight between the Phils and Braves scheduled for later. the With the sojourn of the Tigers in Boston for a series starting tomor row, the pennant in the American League will come mighty near being settled or maybe the teams'll break even and the race will continue for a bit longer. If Boston is to win in the National, we would like to see the Tigers pull through. If the Dodgers and tiie Phils are slated to win in the National, though, our choice is the Braves. We hate these home affairs. Gastonia fans are kickjng quite a bit over the reception they received in Charlotte rather, we should say, over the predominance of Red Springs' rooting as they claim. We can vouch for one thing. That the majority of Charlotte fans were pulling for Gas tonia either throughout or until the Bender incident. The trouble, as we see it, with Gastonia's conclusions is that the Tiger fans must have consid ered all strangers as Charlotteans when the truth of the business Is that the vast majority of " those attending" came from towns other than Charlotte. Statesville had a large delegation pull ing' for Red Springs while so did Mor- ganton. Allow us to assure you that Charlotte IS for Gastonia, first, last and all the time. But today's, the last day of this old league, mobbie, and' we're after look ing to other fields tomorrow. We've put up a good fight for the lead but we lost out. We're not grouching or anything simply determined to re new the fight when the 191C season starts. If you're a lover of good, clean comedy, you'd better come out ithis after. It'll be the rage. S'long, CENSURES TTE Fandom for "Rooting for Red Springs" Also Claim Deal from Papers. We print below a complaint, 'as we isee it, from Gastonia fans over the treatment accorded them by Char lotte fans and Charlotte papers throughout the series here last week. As far as we know there is little cause for this complaint. We can speak, we feel,, for Charlotte fandom and can speak for this paper. If the majority of Charlotte fans did pull against Gastonia and we doubt it it was. done either because of the play pulled by Chief Bender or because the majority of those in attendance were from Gastonia and the local fans were looking for some fun. We have heard any number bt people say that they didn't care to take in Saturday's game because they understood that Bender was still in town and was liable to pitch. Of course, we are not blaming Gastonia for Bender's actions we are simply giving one reason why the majority of Charlotte fans were against Gas tonia if they were. Another trouble with the Gastonian's piece, is that there wrere very - few Charlotteeans attending the games in comparison. The majority were .from Gastonia and did you ever attend a ball game in an alien town and root against the home team just for the fun of the thing? Baseball and business, friends, are two entirely different matters. We have seen respected business men do things at a ball game that they would have shunned in the business world. They are not to be compared jior are the actions of any fans at a ball game. This is not a defense simply an explanation. Then the 'rambler" in the Gas tonian rambles along and rambles a few at Charlotte's newspapers and the treatment they accorded the Tiger team and fans. We can speak only for The News and we submit the files ot this paper in substantiation of these remarks. The Western North Carolina League received more space in this paper during the time it ran than did any other league.. The race in this league followed more closely if any thing and at greater length than was 'the race in the North Carolina. And this paper pulled for Gastonia to win being neutral in. the series, wj tried to get the "Amateur Dope" from Gastonia we were promised it time and again and it failed to come You're wrong; rambler, Charlotte was for Gastonia but even if they weren't can you censure Charlotte fans for pulling for Red Springs: Can you hold them up as traitors? We write the. above as an explanation not as a defense. Following is the article appearing in the Gastonian: "BASEBALL AND NEWSPAPERS. "Rambling Thoughts From the Mind of a Member of Our Staff Who Is Slow ly Recovering From a Severe Case of 'Baseballitis.' "The baseball fans of the city feel rather sore at the Charlotte papers on account of the partiality shown the Red Springs team in the write-up of the games played in that city last week. Of course, a baseball enthu siast is very, enthusiastic and gets rather severe in his denunciation of anything or person that does not ex actly think as he does about the mat ter, but in this instance we believe "the boys' have a little room for feel ing -that they have" not been given a square deal by the Charlotte papers, Thursday's game, an event . in which the entire state was interested, got about as much space in the Observer as the arrest of a few negroes for Dlayins: skin would get. As to who the write-up favored we leave that with the fans to decide. Friday's game received a little better write-up but it certainly did not give Gastonia very much credit for winning. One of the features of the game, looked at from Gastonia's viewpoint, was the fact that the first seven balls Bender threw were strikes, retiring two men and getting one strike on another, be fore' the ball was touched or a ball called. A complaint is entered also because it seems that the entire Char lotte population pulled against Gas tonia. It seems strange that a city which draws so largely from her sister city would have all her citizens against her. Though it seems that Charlotte has , always been against her nearest neighbors when it came to sport. In years gone by we have seen the time when another neighbor of hers met foes in the sport world on her diamond and in every in stance people and press were against the town from which they received their greatest support. The fans here felt that they had a worthy opponent in the Red Springs team, because they had been playing the larger part of them all during the month of Aug ust, five members being from the West ern Carolina League in the persons of Correll, Winston, Burg, Marshall and Cain. The series was more of a con test between the pick of the Western Carolina League and the Gastonia team, it being strengthened by men from some of the Western teams. "Charlotte papers and people may think it is a good thing to always pull against her near neighbors, but she will some time realize that this is not the thing to do. We would think the Observer and - The News have ten times as many patrons here as they have in Red Springsy and that the people In Gastonia buy as much in Charlotte in a week as the Red Springs people would In six months, and there should not be the feeling against these close neighbors that is 3Kd in Oharlotte. Let Charlotte have any kind of -affair and the newspapers boost it up' and Gastonia and Concord will turn hun dreds upon hundreds of people into the city. On the other hand very few people atteid like vents in the small er towns. W would not expect as many, because it is natural for people to want to go to larftr towns. One man hag suggeated that a boycott of the Charlotte paperi be started, but tma is 'cutting oil your nose to spue GRARLO your face because we can get the liillliifeliil I wi's f i 4 n MRS. C. H. VANDERBECK. Mrs. Clarence H. Yanderbrck. oi Philadelphia, won the women's golf championship of the United States by beating Mrs. W. A. Gavin, of England, by 3 up and 2 to play in the final round of the tourney at the Onwentsia Club at Forest Lake. The victory puts Mrs. Vanderbeck on the same pedes tal which was occupied by Mrs. Arn old Jackson, of Boston, last year, for the - Philadelphia woman is now the holder of both the national and Fast. hern titles. As the national cnampion- ship Is decided by match play and the Eastern championship is a medal play test, the golfer who wins them both demonstrates her worth in both phas es of the royal and ancient game. Mrs. Jackson did it last year, and now Mrs. Vanderbeck has followed in her foot steps. RESULTS YESTERDAY NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE. CHARLOTTE 6; Raleigh 5. Greensboro 3; Winston-Salem 2. Durham 7; .Asheville 2. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Philadelphia 4; St. Louis 12. Washington 3 ; Cleveland 0. New York 2; Detroit 3. Boston 2; Chicago 1. NATIONAL LEAGUE. St. Louis 6; Brooklyn 2 Pittsburg 3; Philadelphia 4. Cincinnati 9; New York 2. Chicago 1; Boston 7. 'FEDERAL LEAGUE. Chicago "8 ; ' Baltimore 7. St.. Louis 6; Newark 7. No others scheduled. , SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Chattanooga 1; Mobile 0. Little : Rock 2; Birmingham 5. Only 'two scheduled. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Toronto 7-5 ; Richmond 0-2. ( Second game seven innings, agreement.) Montreal 5-6; .Harrisburg 3-13. (Sec ond game seven innings, agreement. ) Rochester 6-7; Jersey City 4-6. Buffalo 5-1; Providence 3-5. (Sec ond' game'. eight innings, darkness.) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Indianapolis 2; Minneapolis 6. Louisville 5; Kansas City 1. Only two scheduled- ATTEMPT NEW RECORD. By Associated Press. Syracuse, N. Y.( Sept. lo.-Fnder fine wpathpr nnrl trsrk conditions, re fer Vblo was to attempt to shelter the four-year-old stallion mark of v."- to day. . Directum I and Peter Mc also were to try to break track records. The events on the program arr-"4 trot, purse $2,000; American Hore Breeders'" Futurity for 2-year-o!a,, purse $3,000; Empire State sta Ior 2:12 trotters, nurse $10,000; Cham ber of Commerce 2:11 pace, purte .v 000; 2:02 pace, purse $1,000. Charlotte papers, and they keep us well posted, for they are good g papers that can not be denied, a business man told a representative oi this paper that he had been ei-en from $300 to $500 a month in lotte and he was going to cut it oj Others are going to do the same tma Charlotte . may claim that tni 'baby act,' but when people a. loyal to a' ball team as the cmz?n ; Gastonia. have been they dontf. their nearest neighbors to lll team and boost the otner-they couia at least, remain neutral. A traj;of man from Charlotte lost all cha.c, selling a local concern because c j -wisely 'guyed- the local man aao the ball team. ' Another in tne gra.u stand in Charlotte was guying a from' Gastonia about tne de;';,No;r Thursday, when his own team ha .o to the tune of 5 to 1. . re are "The above rambling woaB"- written in the best of spirit and n.i we feerthat the Charlotte paper citizens have not 'toted' exactly u with the-Gastonia people, we are n mentioning this in order that . the? c use a little more, tact-regarding ters of this kind. No newspaper o business , man .should let PatrSu shape hia . views, even in a ha-en game, but they should njvo . juugoe eaQUlfr not to be so rank in a oat that :om not concern them j leat,M The Gastonlaa, o
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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