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PAGf? FOUB
SUNDAY MORNING —o— MUSKOGEE DAILY PHOENIX
SEPTEMBER TENTH
The Most "Finished" Infielder
In the American League
Bobby Wallace is Picked as the
Best All-around
Player.
(BY W. R. PAHNSWORTH.)
NEW YORK. Sept. .—A few
Weeks ago a bane hall fan In Phila-
delphia wrote and asked me who ]
thought was the most finished Infield-
er, second or third-baseman or short-
— In the American league. This
fan nnd hts friend had wagered, one
■electing Collins, of the Athletics,
while the other picked Lord, of the
White Sox. Tt Is pretty hard to llnd
a man who has anything on either of
these two.
But, on the last trip of the New
York Yankees, through the West, J
often thought of my Philadelphia
baseball brothers, und took especial In
terercpt in watching the Inrtelders of
the Tigers, Naps, White Sox, Browns
and Yankees. And, I came to the con-
clusion that Bobby Wallace, Manager-
raptaJn-shortstop, of the Ilrowna, Is
without any doubt, the best defensive
fielder In Ban Johnson's circuit.
Here Is a veteran, nearly 37 years
1 old, who has done duty In fast com-
pany for eighteen years, but here Is
why he Is Rtlll one of the greatest
players that ever wore a glove:
He Is a student; he studies every
batter and Is always playing In the
right spot. Far one man you may
find him playing over near second,
while for another he Is almost In back
of the third baseman. For aome he
plays deep, for others he Is way In
on the grass.
He Is the best man In the league tak
lng a throw from the catcher and In
getting It on. the runner. It Is almost
Impossible for a yfbuld-be pilferer to
hook a elide around him, as he rides
with his man.
He Is the surest man on grounders,
but either direct at him or to either
aide, although he Is better going aft-
er welts to his left than to his right
He digs deep into the dirt for the
ball and seldom does It get away from
him.
Line drlveB are his specialty. Al-
though he Is only five feet> 8 1.2
Inches tall, he can go up m the air
BAER S HATS
ALWAYS
$2.50
WORTH $3.00
EVERYWHERE
KEVSTOIME TAILORS
Second anil Okmulgee
Automobile Livery
Up-to-date Automobiles for Hire.
RCHADKN CIGAR STORE.
Miotic fl-IR Residence Phone 1120.
For
Auto Livery
Call SMITH
P. &H. CIGAR STORE
Phone 2181
All New (ars. Fxcellenl Service
the proverbial mile and freeze to the
pellet. He simply eats up Texas
League clouts to short, left or center
and on half-deep fouls he can tear
around back of third in ten seconds
time.
And what an arm this veteran pos-
sesses. He can peg 'em across from
a deep field Jo first on a dead line
and It matters little what position he
Is In when he makes his heave. He Is
lightening fast In getting the ball
away from him, too.
Hull Chase, the Yankees' manager
and great first baseman, says Wal-
lace Is the best Infield thrower In the
league. A few weeks ago a benefit
game was played In Cleveland for the
widow Of the late Addle Joss. An All-
Star team played the Cleveland team.
The All-Star Infield was made up as
follows: Chase, first base; Collins, sec-
ond base; Wallace, shortstop; Baker,
third base.
An Infield with some arms! I asked
Chase which one was the best throw-
er. In a flash he said Wallace. "He
Is not noly the hardest pegger, but by
hir the most accurate. Artd he throws
a "light" ball besides. It Is a pleas-
ure to catch his heaves."
If Wallace had made good as man-
ager of the Browns, he would be the
most talked-of man In baseball this
year. But he failed simply because
he wasn't given the material to work
with. The othar mhn could have
done any better with the St. Lous
club. They are without any doubt, the
poorest aggregation of ball tossers
that ever held a berth In the Amer-
ican league. They couldn't win an
Eastern league or American assocla.
tlon pennant.
There Is no reason why Wallace
shouldn't make a successful manager.
He 1s well acquainted with baseball—'
no one knows It better—and he Is an
excellent Judge of a player. Give him
the proper material and I am sure he
would put St. Louis back on the Amer-
ican league map.
But Just the same, I believe this
will be his last year as manager of
the Browns, < >n my last visit In the
torrid Mound City, 1 was given some
inside Information which was to the
effect that Clark Griffith, ex-leader of
the New York Americans and now
manager of the Cincinnati National
league club, has already accepted
terms from Colonel Bob lledger, to
occupy the managerial berth In St.
Louis, n-i>.t season.
It has been known for some time
that this wcult! bo O'rlff's last year In
Cinclnnat', and things broke badly
for him tlx re. As for Wallace, the
only quality he Is lacking In to be a
great manager Is aggressiveness. He
doesn't get out and fight enough.
Bobby, or rather Rhoderlck J. Wal-
lace—for tha Is his Christian name--
was born In Pittsburg, 1'a.. on Novem-
ber 4, 18'. 4. He started playing base-
Id'! In Clarion, In 1883, and the fol-,
liwlng year was with Franklin. In
the fall of 189-1 he was sold to Cleve-
land, Joining that club In the fall of,
IS'.Ti. He played third base. He re-
mained there throughout the seasons |
of IH'j.i, 18!'G. 1897 and 1898, when he!
went -.o M. Louis. The Hohlsons own-I
ed both the Cleveland and 8t. Louis
flubs at the time, and made whole-
sale transfers. Bobby was with the
'arllnals in 18.-9 1900 and 1901,
Jumping to the St Louis American
league i l ib In 1902. with which ho
has played evei since.
Wallace Is a ctack billiard player
and devot« most of his spare time,
i specially during the winter months,
with the ivories. "He Is a quiet chap,
but a poor mixer, although well.liltea
by ail who really know him. He was
married last spring to a St. Louis
belle.
My Manager Will Bet $10,000
I Beat Flynn," Says Morris
J; t. , .
CARL 1 ^
MORRIS^
Phoae 24(5
I'KINDLK
ilO Ooun
american association.
At Minneapolis—Minneapolis 4-8;
Kansa-s City 6-2.
At Columbus Columbus 2; Toledo 0.
At St. 1'uul—St. Paul 8; Milwaukee
fl.
At I.outsvtlle—Louisville 2; Indian-
apolis 1.
western league.
At Des Moines- Omaha 6; Des Moin-
es 1.
At Topeka- Topeka 1; lincoln 7.
At l'ueblo—Pueblo 6: l>rnv*r 2.
At Sioux City—Sioux City S; St. Jo-
seph 3.
| Ask your Grocer for Lilly Butter.
Made In Muskogee. (adv)
Carl Morris9 Own Statement
SPORTING EDITOR OF THE PHOENIX,
Muskogee, Oklahoma.
My condition was never better. In my opinion I will
knock Flynn out in ten rounds or less. I ain training
harder than ever before. My sparring partners and
trainers are Con Riley, Irish; A1 Benedict, Italian; Iiay
Simon, Syrian; and Morris Hart, a negro.
My manager will wager $10,000 that I beat Flynn.
I had Mandino here for a spurring partner for a while.
I knocked him out every day and he quit. I have an
ideal place to train here, right on the New Jersey beach.
Mr. Ufer is with me here. My wife is in better health
here.
I will be lighter here than ever before. I met Flynn
at the Langforjl-Jeanette fight and he looks good.
(Signed) CARL MORRIS.
national league.
t'lDryo llrat the Cubs.
CHICAGO, Sept. 9—Cincinnati put
one over on the I'ubi today, but as the
Ulants played the dodgers to a tie. no
serious damage was done. The count
of the Cub-Ited combat was 3 to 1. The
lteds scored two in the fifth inning.
Mclntyre fourth lilts but one of them
was HobliUell's homer behind a pass
to Beecher In the opening round.
George Suggs whs a pusxle all the way.
lie pitched himself out of several tight
place* and was the whole show In the
ninth. Score:
Chicago 000 000 001—1 7 2
Cincinnati 200 000 001—8 7 0
Katterlea—Mclntyre , Cheney and
Needhani; fuggs and McLean.
tilant and I lodge rn Tie I'p.
NEW YORK. Sept. 9 After the
Giants came from behind and tied the
score by a rally In the .ninth Inning
todnv the game wa.s called on account
of darkness. The Dodgers pounded
Crandall and Wiltse from the mound.
Singles by Coulson. Hacker and I>au-
bert gave the Dodgers two runs In the
fourth and Smith's two bagger, Hum-
mel's sacrifice, Davidson's single and
Krwln's double sent two more Dodgers
over In the seventh. The Giant- tied
the score In the ninth on Fletcher's
sacrifice. Score:
Brooklyn 000 200 200—4 15 0
New York 300 000 001—4 6 1
flatteries—Rucker and Krvvin: Cran-
dnll, W'lltse. Mathewson and Wilson.
('■nl. aid Pirates Split Kven.
ST. IXIl'IS. Sept. 9 Pittsburg had
no trouble whatever in capturing the
first game from St. I.ouls, score 4 to
1. Had not Byrne made a wild throw-
in the eighth he would have effected
a shut out. One whi down when
Bliss hit a high bounder to Byrne and
when the latter fired the ball to the
grand stand, Jack hiked to third. Re-
cruit Clark wa« sent In to hit for
Harmon and Ills roller to Byrne al-
lowed Bliss to score. Harmon was wild
and was hit hard. Store:
FIRST GAME
Pittsburg 010 201 000—4 8 2
St. Louts 000 000 010—1 2 0
Batteries—Deifleld and Simon; Har-
mon and Bliss.
SECOND GAME
Eugene Woodburn held Pittsburg to
one lilt In the second hattle of today's
double header while St. Douis pounded
both Camnit* and Robinson. 7 to 2.
The lone hit was secured by Camp-
bell In the ninth. Campbell tapped an
easy roller straight to Koney. "Big
Ed" inflelding ftie ball, slipped on the
muddy diamond and fell. Pittsburg's
runs were all scored In the ninth on
three errors. Score:
Pittsburg 000 000 002—2 1 0
St I.ouis' 00S 202 Ota—T 11 .1
Batteries—Camnlt7„ Robinson and
Simon: Woodburj and Bresnahan.
Money to loan on farm lands and
Improved city property.
A. B. ROBERTS.
402-405 Flynn-Amcs.
DUNDEE Is here to stay! (adv)
standing of teams.
National Lmiu.
Won Lost Pet.
New York 77 «• .«2«
Chicago 76 47 .615
Pittsburg 76 66 .680
Philadelphia 68 67 .644
Ht. Louis 86 62 ,8l
Cincinnati 67 69 .452
Brooklyn . . ..60 78 .407
Boston 38 92 .264
AMcrteaa UatM.
Won Lost Pet.
Philadelphia 86 45 .664
Detroit 78 62 .600
Cleveland 69 60 .684
New York 70 61 .634
Boston 64 67 .489
Chicago 62 67 .481
Washington 64 77 .412
St. Louis 38 90 .297
Americas Association.
Won Lost Pet
Minneapolis 83 61 .676
Columbus 80 66 .662
Kansas City 78 64 .549
Indianapolis 69 74 .483
St. Paul 67 74 .475
Toledo 67 77 .465
Milwaukee 65 77 .458
Louisville . . 64 SO .444
ameriganTeague.
Thirteen Inniusi, f to 1.
WASHINGTON, Sept, 9.—Ford and
Walker hooked up In a pitchers' bat-
tle today and the honors were with
the New Yorker, though he was forced
to go thirteen innings to win. The
scoro was 5 to 1. New York won in
the thirteenth after two were out on
a single by Chase, a triple by Hartzell
and a wild throw by Street. Score:
Washington 000 000 010 000 0—1 5 2
New York . 000 001 000 000 4—5 11 2
Batteries—E. Walker and St £et;
Ford a-nd Blair.
ISapr Make It Ten Sn«l«sh .
CLEVELAND, Sept. 9.—The Naps
won their tenth straight .victory by
taking the last game of the series with
St. Louis by the score of 9 to 2. Moser
was batted out of the box In the sec-
ond and Hamilton, who replaced him.
allowed but four hits. Kaler pitched
a fine pame for the Naps. The Napfc
got two tallies in the first on a pass,
a steal, an error and a sacrifice fly.
In the second four hits and two errors
netted six tallies. A pass and a
double netted another In the fourth.
The Browns tallied in the second on
two singles and got their second run
In the eighth on two more singles.
Score:
Cleveland 260 100 OOx—9 9 1
St. ^.ouls 010 000 010—2 10 •
Batteries—Kaler and Easterly; Mos-
er, Hamilton and Southwlck.
Mullln Did II.
DETROIT, Sept. 9.—The White Sox
fell in defeat before the Tigern today,
1 to 0. Mullln was back on the Job
for the tirst time since Ms quarrel with
Jennings, and he pltcdeh as If lie was
trying to show samples of his best
days to the Sox who may own him
soon. The Sox lost by blundering in-
to a double play. With two men on
bases and none out Hamer tried to
score on a fly to Drake who after a
clever running catch close In Hashed
the ball to second and Bush tossed to
first, completing the triple play.
The one run that Detroit made was
scored only by a fraction of a step
as one runner was tagged out at sec-
ond almost the second that Stanagc's
foot touched the plate. The benefit
of the doubt went to Detroit and the
game went the same way. Score:
Chicago 000 000 000—0 4 2
Detroit. 000 010 OOx—1 3 1
Batteries—Scott and Block; Mullln
and Stanage.
Boston Take* a Snlil Game.
PHILADELPHIA,' Sept. 9.—In lta
farewell appearance of tho season here
today, Boston won Its only game of the
series with the Athletics, and more-
over. it Inflicted a shut out, 2 to 0.
Victory was entirely duo the excellent
pitching of O'Brien, a Denver spltter,
who began his league work by blank-
ing the champion of the world.v He al-
lowed six hits and gave three passes.
The Red Sox Sox scored twice in the
tirst iiitiink- on Hooper's single, Ycrkes'
double. Backers' wild throw and a
sacrifice. Score:
Boston 200 000 000—2 5 1
Philadelphia . . .000 000 000—0 6 2
Batteries—O'Brien and Williams;
Plants, Kreuse, Danforth and Lapp.
Montreal Heanlta.
First race, 6 furlongs, handicap—
Naushon; Guy Fisher; Lawton Wig-
gins.
Second race, 1% mile, kings plate—
Kilo; Kiloiri; Crown Reserve.
Third race, 7 furloi.gs. selling—Bea-
uccup: Ragman; Baby Wolf.
Fourth race, 1'/* mile, Earl Grey cup
—Sir John Johnson; Star Charter;
Sotemla.
Fifth race, about 2 miles, steeple-
chase—Bello; The Prophet; Sam Ball.
Sixth race. 5furlongs, purse—
Buckhorn; Isadora; Aldebaran.
Seventh race, 5 Vi furlongs, selling—•
Senator Sparks; Avernus; Sympathy.
Anarondn Rranlta.
First race. 6 furlongs, selling—Prin-
cess Industry; Dareington; Miss Sly.
Time 1:20 3-5.
Second race. 6 furlongs, selling—
Fore Guard; Tommy McGee; Sorrowful.
Tlm<t 1:20.
Third race. 1 mile, selling—Sinn
Fein; Jack if Lantern: Lady McNally.
Time 1:49 2-5. y
Fouth re;e, 6 >,4 furlongs, pv^sr—
Silv i i- Stocking; Novgorod: The Fad.
Tlmo 1:12 3-5.
Fifth race. 5V4 furlongs, selling—
Biskra: Swagerlator; Black Sheep.
Tlm« 1:13 1-5.
DUNDEE Is here to stay! (adv)
For quick auto livery, call Phone
2630. (adv.)
Faust b a "Bug" But He's
A Good Omen to Giant
They Found Him Waiting at
the Gate and Now He's
in Uniform.
NEW YORK, Sept. #.-<=-Hls name
Is Faust and he certainly looks the
part—and acts It. Anyone who
could think of a thing with that
handle and at the same time think
of baseball must be "off his nut," not
to say' "moozy."
Yet he wears a Giant* uniform em-
blazoned with the "strange device"
N. Y., and he dally adorns the land-
scape of the Polo grounds—the great
new Brush Stadium. His first name
Is Charley, but they call him "Tony."
Thus far he has not received a con-
tract from Johnny McGraw, but he
Is hoping for Charley Faust has
dreamt a dream that he Is one day
to become a great ball player.
And thereby hangs a tale.
When this big, awkward" slew-foot-
ed Kansas farmer awoke on that
eventful morning In July, he sat up,
rubbed his eyes and then realized all
of a sudden that, for hts vision to
come true, he must be with the
Giants—that's what the dream said.
So he dug up a National league
schedule, asertalned that the Giants
were playing In St. Louis and set out
to "trek" across the state ,of Mis-
souri. He met up with McGraw In
the quaint old Southern hotel and
immediately set himself to the task
at hand. But McGraw would give
him no contract. He told him so,
which opened the opportunity for
Faust to dissertate upon the folly of
big league magnates, then argue with
McGraw as to the advisability of
'taking him on" and finally to right-
about and harangue the miniature
army that had assembled In the lob-
bey to listen to the fun.
McGraw consented to Faust ap-
pearing In Giant uniform that after-
noon, to show "what he had."
Faust thinks he is a pitcher;
others think he is "plumb loco," and
both sides are entitled to their opin-
ion. However, be it, Charley did
stunts that afternoon in St. Louis
and created an extremely "amusing"
impression.
In the evening, the Giants were to
depart from New York, and Faust
had to get his contract then or never,
he thought. So he ambushed Mc-
Graw again and made another bid.
The "little Napoleon" received an in-
spiration and told Faust that he had
forgotten and left the contract in his
room in the hotel. "Wait a minute
while I go upstairs and get it."
Faust waited a minute, several
minutes In fact, and the boss didn't
show up. Half a dozen hours passed.
Disconsolated? not by a Jubfull.
Nobody knew how he got there,
but Faust was waiting at the en-
trance of the Polo Grounds when the
first Giant showed up for the initial
game of the next serier in New York.
He modestly said "Howdy" to e%ch
member of the squad as they gled
through the gate and, when McGraw
came, last of all. Faust cut loose the
ever-ready request for a contract.
McGraw saw a chance for some
fun. He had discovered that Faust
was a "bug" pure and simple and
about the biggest one he had ever
seen. So he again gave him a Giant
uniform and told him to warm up.
Since then, every day, he had per-
formed before the thousands, to the
delight of all. He slides at the rate
of sixty miles a year and pitches
with the speed and curves of a pop-
gun. Whenever a pitcher Is going
well, McGraw drags Faust forth
from the bench and tells him
Warm up. "There may be a sudd^
blow.-up," he says, "and, when
pitcher that going good blows up, t|
blow-up is all the more sudden.
Where he learns all his new ant(
is a mystery, but each afternoon
^prlngs something that he had
sprung before.
McGraw has decided to take Fai
with him on the rest of the Qlan^
trips on the road, not only to provii
amusement and bring in a few extl
fans who will pay to see the corned)
but for a bigger and more lmportaf
reason.
Faust may win the pennant f^
the Giants!
There Is a superstition amo^
baseball players that the presence
a "bug" is a good omen. They poi*
to the fact that no team without
mascot or "bug" of some sort han^
ing around has won a pennant
recent yeara. Accordingly the Giar
players are urging McGraw to giv
Faust a contract. "Muggsy" will nc
do that, but he has promised Faua
meals and a place to sleep until
end of the season and, If the Giant
get much dough from the postseasoj
doings, Faust will receive a ni
slice for "pulling" for the team.
Faust is queer, but so are ti
superstitious players. Which Is ti
queerest? Dunnol
MOOSE ENTERTAINMENT.
The Loyal Order of M;ooso extend
an Invitation to their" many membei]
and friends to be present at
first semi-monthly entertainmenl
which will be given at their "Lodge"
on South Fourth street, Monday
night, September 11, 1911.
There will be entertainment in mill
sic and song by the best talent of thf
city, refreshments, games, a soelablj
evening and dancing. A fine time
promised for one and all. Free. Coml
and see a "real" Moose. Bring you(
wife, sister, mother or sweetheart-.
E. C. FUNK, Sec'y.
For auto livery, quick service, cal|
Milo's, phone 567. ' (adv.)
Ozark Water
Drink Ozark water if you|
want to save your doctor
bill, good liver and kidneys,!
and for your general health.I
Nothing like this pure}
water.
Five gallon bottle 75c—!
We deliver.
OZARK WATER CO.
221 North Cherokee
Phone 3070
THE PARIS LUNCH
ROOM
118 North Third—Across Street
From Surety Bldg.
Open Day and Nighll
Best cooking in country—Every-1
thing clean—Round counter, quick|
service, prices to suit everybody.
The Original Muskogee Cyclery
450 West Okmulgee
Most Expert Bicycle Repairing in the City—Go carts re-
tired; new rims $1.75 each; punctures 25c.
I do good work at reasonable prices—seventeen years
practical experience; four years in Muskogee.
Does your coaster brake slip?
A. G. ANSHUTZ, Proprietor
IVfutt Cashes a Bet and Takes Jeff to See a Show By "Bud" Fisher
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