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Volume 48—No. 1. Philadelphia, September 15, 1906. Price, Five Cents. CLEVELAND CHANCE THE LION'S SHARE TO CAPTURE A SPECIAL PURSE FOR WINNER OF THE WORLD'S WITH 1HE PENNANT. CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. The Cleveland Club Owners Put Up The Chicago Nationals Are so Confi a $5000 Purse as an Incentive dent of Winning, No Matter Who For Napoleon Lajoie's Sluggers to Their Opponents, That They Will Win the American League Flag. Make No Sharing Agreements. Cleveland, °-> SePt- 13.—Messrs. John Chicago, 111., September 12.—Editor Ivilfoyl and Charles W. Somers, own 'Sporting- Life."—If the Chicago Na ers of the Cleveland Base Ball Club, tional League team gets into the on the 4th inst. an world's series—and noth nounced that they would ing- short of a miracle present $5000 to their can keep them out of players if they would the games now—there win this year's American will be no equal division League pennant. They of the receipts between had planned to make the them and the American offer two months ago, League players who op but demurred when pose them. One of the Bradley and other stars Cubs has spoken, and he became crippled in the seems to echo- the senti East. "We think we ment of every member have as good a chance of the team. "In case to land the bunting as we do land the National J, H. Kilfoyl any club in the league," League pennant and get Frank Chance said President Kilfoyl. into the world's champ "The race is not over by a great ways. ionship series," said a member of the Last week they were touting Chicago, Chicago team, "we and this week New York. We are in WILL NOT ENTER 'the running, and every Nap will do into an agreement with our opponents his best toward making Cleveland the by which there will be an equal divi championship club." sion of the receipts instead of the 75 NEVER LOST ALL HOPR. per cent, to the winners and the 25 During the past seven weeks the per cent, to the losers, as provided for Cleveland players have not been talk in the National Commission rules ing much for publication, but they governing such a series. With the have never lost hope and have been exception of two or three players, all steadily sawing wood and praying for the New Yorks did that sort of thing some other first division clubs to in the world's series last season, and strike their share of misfortune before one of them welched on the arrange it was too late for Cleveland to profit ment after the games were over. There by the calamity just as the others had will be no welching on our part, for strengthened their positions in the there will be race at the expense of Manager La NO SUCH AGREEMENT. joie's sad plight. And now after seven "We are just conceited enough to weeks of plodding the local aggrega MORDECAI BROWN, believe that if we can win the Na tion can see a break in the cloud of tional League pennant we can beat the misfortune which has been hanging Fitcher of the Chicago National League Club. best team in the American League, and over them so long. They rose up in are willing to take a chance on get their might and humbled the White ting the short end of the purse in our Sox and while they were doing this efforts to land the lion's share of the the hand of fate descended upon the money that will be divided among the Sox—just as it did upon the Clevelands players. There is not a man on our on July 19—depriving them of the team who does not think we are more services of Sullivan, their standby be than a match for the best team in the hind the bat, and making it question American League. And we'll land able whether Tannehill will be of either 75 per cent, or only 25 per cent, much value for the remainder of the of the players' share—no 50 and 50 for season. us." LAJOIE'S GA>fENESS. In this last desperate stand of the Httnlon I/ami* the Cnbs. Cleveland Club in the series which Cincinnati, O., Sept. 12.—Manager meant that they would be out of the Hanlon, of the Reds, pays the Cubs race entirely or would still have a this tribute: "A manager who has his good chance for the pennant, Manager men working for him the way the Lajoie deserves no small amount of Cubs work for Frank Chance, is suro credit for the part he played. In the to be successful. I've seen many cham Sunday game at Chicago he received pionship teams, and have encountered such a bad cut in the left leg just many managers in my day, but I have above the ankle that some of the ing the pennant to Cleveland, is the Doubting Thomases in Cleveland who never seen a combination that works players were sickened just by looking most convincing proof of an earnest wisely shake their heads and assert better than the present Chicago ag at the wound. Notwithstanding the desire for the pennant ever offered by that the Cleveland Club will never win gregation. A team of that kind de great suffering he experienced as a an American League club owner, and it a pennant, "because the club owners serves to win championships, and result of a similar injury last season, is strictly in line with the well known are afraid that it will kill the town." there is nothing that can prevent them Larry made up his mind that the Chi policy of the Cleveland owners ever Such people -will have a fine time con doing it. Take the Chicago team from cago series -was to be the turning since they pulled off the greatest coup vincing themselves or any one else end to end, and it is plain to see why point for his club in the present pen of the decade by bringing Lajoie to that they know what they are talking they have done so well in an artistic nant race and with two stitches in Cleveland in spite of the National ef about in the face of this practical way. They have an advantage over his leg stuck gamely to his post and forts to prevent Larry from playing demonstration on the part of the local any other team in the National League helped his; men give the Sox a double in the younger organization. During owners that the pennant is what they in a number of respects, with Chance trouncing on Labor Day. The doctor the past five years Messrs. Kilfoyl do desire, above all other things. himself as about 30 per cent, of the has not yet decided whether the and Somers have spent in the neigh WHY IT WAS CONCEALED. total strength of the mechanical part •wound will eventually compel Mana borhood of $50,000 for minor league of the aggregation a,nd the greater ger to remain out of the game for a players in their effort to keep the The reason that the above news has per cent, of the organization strength. time, but until he gets orders to stop Cleveland Club a factor in not been made public previous to this He is undoubtedly the greatest first the Cleveland chieftain is determined THE PENNANT RACE, time is, that the day after the offer baseman in the major leagues today, to remain at his post and do his share and, while much of the material has -was made it did not look as if Cleve and he does not allow his managerial toward helping the Naps climb back gone the way most minor league ma land had much chance of landing the cares to interfere with his mechanical into firsts place, terial does go, enough has remained to pennant and the club magnates feared work. Why? Because he has his men. CLTTB OWNERS SINCERE. make the local club feared at . all that they might be accused of making working" in such a way that he need This offer of $5000 to the local play times by every other club in the an offer which they knew they would not worry about them, and naturally ers, as an extra inducement for bring- American League. There are many CONXl^JCKIi O^ 8KCOMJJ PAUK. the best results follow." SPORTTNO LIFE. September 15, 1906. CHICAGO GLEANINGS THE CUBS SAFE BUT SOX MUST LATEST RULINGS OF THE NATIONAL "Sporting Life" has had reproduced cabinet size phototypes of cele WORK HARD. brated base ball players and offers to send to any of its readers photos of COMMISSION. their favorite base ball players for six cents each; by the dozen, fifty cents, assorted or all of one kind.. The pliotos are regular cabinet siz-e (S 1^ x 1% inches) mounted on heavy Windy City Fans Continue to Pull Mantello mats and packed carefully to insure safe delivery in the mails. Player Jensen Awarded to the Spo- Here is an opportunity to ornament your room with photos of your For Two Pennants and the Grand favorite base ball players at small expense. Each photo in a separate kane Club—Important Rulings transparent envelope to protect and keep it clean. Play-off—Both Teams Now Do The following photos are now ready for immediate delivery. Others in Reference to Territorial Rights will be. added. ing Good and Pleasing Work.