TUESDAY. AUGUST 20. 1912: THE EVENING TIMES, GRAND FORKS, N. D. PAGB THREB. wage. He took only the soft Jobs that came along. The champion had hardly left school before the name of "coward" ( American Assn. American League What's Doing: in the World of Sport was attached to him. Many a boy smaller than Jack gave him a lacing. He didn't care for them. He prefer Standing of the Club. W. I. Pet. red to ramble away by himself. W. It. Pet. When Jack was 12 years old he Minneapolis 82 47 .636 Columbus Si 48 .631 78 35 .690 started to learn to ride a bicycle, but ....69 44 .611 Hauser, St. Louis Cardinals' Little even bike riding was too much work Toledo 77 50 .606 Kansas City *3 65 496 67 44 604 and he quit. Next he picked up the 55 66 .495 TAKE FIRST ONE job of watching a milk wagon while Milwaukee 6C< 66 .476 Shortstop, Playing a Great Game JOE JAN WIS St. Pni 1 60 72 .455 55 61 .478 the dealer delivered the milk. He Louisville 48 81 .072 .. ..61 61 .455 was paid $1.25 a week. Six months Indianapolis 45 87 ..'!4l New York 38 72 .345 of that kind of work was sufficient 36 ?• .321 F for him and he quit. His parents Pitchers' Battle at St. Paul. AFfiAfl) OF CITIES found it Impossible to make him St. Paul, Aug. 20.—Columbus lost Tigers Have Mard Luclc. work. the game with St. Paul, the first Boston, Aug. 20.—'The Red Sox wera Has Rccord for Cowardlw. of the series by a score of S to 2. lucky in winning from Detroit yester Darby's Kids, Revamped and Johnson was 22 years of age before The feature was a pitchers' brittle be day, 4 to 3. It was the only gams Connie Mack's Scout Had a he realized the need of money. That tween Dauss and McQuillan. played in the American league. Two was when he fell in with a crowd of o ~ K- H. E. of Boston's runs were made possible With Ray Practically Hard Time Getting Play fellows who worked and had money St. Paul 3 10 j by Detroit's errors. to spend. So he got a Job on tht- Columbus 2 8 3 At third a run was forced In when Cinched, Lose. docks helping to load steamers. Dauss and Marshall, McQuillan and Willot passed Wagner with the bases er to Philadelphia. His reputation for cowardice had Smith. filled. Detroit bunched four hits, in preceded him, and he soon was the cluding Crawfords triple for Its three victim of taunts. It was then that he Colonels Win With a Homer. runs in the third. decided to pursue different tactics. Milwaukee, Aug. 20.—Schlei's home R. H. E. WILSON IN FINE FORM New York. Auk. l'O.—Many are the One night after a steamer had been run over the fence with two men on Boston 4 g j odd experiences the baseball man loaded, the bully of the docks pilfer bases in the second inning was Detroit 3 9 x agers and scouts have had with new ed Johnson's coat and hat. When enough to beat the home club, the Bediant and Carrigan; Willot and score being 6 to 2. Moskiman was Stanage. players, pome of whom are attacked Jack tried to get them back, tho bully Teams Break Even on Hits, landed a stinging punch on Jack's steady in the pinches by stage fright or some other sort of R. H. E. head. Then Johnson forgot his lazi Milwaukee o 1 Each Getting Nine—Re fright as they approach a big city ness and gave the bully a terrible where they know they will have to licking. Louisville . 6 9 2 Cutting. Schultz. Slapnicka and National League face a larger crowd thar. any that It was a case of coward to bully Hughes. member Boosters Day. has seen their lesser league work. One in one night, for Johnson was recog of the funniest of those experiences nized as the boss bully of 'e.m all aft Kaws Lose to Indians- Standing of the Club. *• was that of one of Connie Mack's er that. Kansas City, Aug. 20.—Two errors, W. L. Pcti • • a * scouts who went after Joe Jackson, There were quite a few minor bat a walk, two singles, and a three-base New York 76 31 .711' STANDING OF THE CLUBS. the outfielder, whu subsequently Join tles after that and Jack forgets a lot hit gave Indianapolis four runs In Chicago 71 3S .653' ed the Cleveland t.-am. of them, but finally ho took a trip the first inning, and Kansas City was Pittsburgh ....6 5 4? .601 • W. L. Pet. * Jackson's ball playing was the out north in ISSft and landed in Chicago. unable to catch up. In the seventh, Philadelphia ... 5:1 55 .49£ * Duluth 53 34 .609 • come of games in !ho South Carolina He didn't find the people there in Baxter's error. McKee's single and Cincinnati ....52 59 .468 • Winnipeg ... 48 49 .495 • cotton mills district, where the rivalry clined to look on laziness with favor Williams' sacrifice fly scored Williams, St. Louis 50 62 • 44« • Superior .. . .41 47 .466 • Is keen and the quality of play not and he nearly starved. while McKeo's home run over the Brooklyn 39 71 .355 • infrequently surprisingly good." Hu Grand Forks 39 51 .433 • The boxing game was open, and he right field fence ended the scoring in Boston 30 78 .27* Played on a small team representing got on a match with another negro the ninth. the mills prior to the discovery by named "Klondike." Jack quit in the * Results Yesterday. * R. H. E. Giants Gain Game. • Grand Forks 5. Duluth 2. * one of Connie Mack's scouts that the fifth round because he was so weak barefooted boy was promising. Ossie Kansas City 2 10 3 St. Louis. Aug. 20.—New- York! * Winnipeg 7, Superior 5. * from hunger that ho could hardly Indianapolis • • Schreckengost, the former Athletic 6 10 1 added another game to their leal! stand up. Ho had a couple of other Powell. James. O'Connor: Taylor. * Wliere Tlipy Play Today, * catcher, who became famous as the tights before he returned to Galves over Chicago in the race for the Na^'i ft* receiver of Rube Wnddoli, when the Hixon and McKee * Duluth at Grand Forks. * VS> * * ton. tiona.1 league pennant by defeating St«j * Superior at Winnipeg. • big left-hander was in his prime, was the sflout. who, South Carolinians sav, His friends there arranged a match Louis yesterday afternoon 5 to 2. Thai with Joe Choymki, and Joe knocked WINNIPEG BEATS touml Joe Jackson leaders started scoring in the second' Jackson .it that tirno was playinK Jack out in three rounds. Johnson The generosity of Johnson and says that Choynski hit him so hard SUPERIOR TEAM inning. Murray singled but was forced! on the Greenville, s. C.. team and'was by Herzog. Sallee hit Myers an&i Wormnn, Duluth flingers, coupled its best batsman <•.iul loading runget- he, thought he was dead. They were BY A 7-5 SCORE with some good hall playing by the both jailed for fighting. Fletcher, filling the bases. Crandallj ter. It was while with the Piedmont then sincled to left, scoring Herzog! Dacotahs, won the first game from St. Louis, Aug. 20. Baseball critics uil along the National league circuit nulls outfit that the manager of the Knockout Helped Johnson. Winnipeg, Man.. Aue. 20.- -With and Myers. Fletcher stopping at sec*j Greenville team saw him plav. He It was that Choynski fight, howev Duluth'« •wrecking crew yesterday are of opinion that Hauser of the St. Louis Nationals, barring Hans Wag- Joe Rugden. the notnd Detroit scout ond. Snodprass singled over Smith's- was a country boy then, playing base er. that caused Johnson to stick to the decorating the local club's afternoon by a 5-2 score. The wreck is the greatest shortstop in the game today. Since the season opened bench head, scaring Fletcher, but Crandall the Cardinals little infielder has played a sensational game. His playing ball and picking up his schooling ring. He figured that if he could dressed in a Tiger uniform, looking ing crew <]id not outwreck the locals, wherever he couM overran second and was out. In th® against Brooklyn and New York recently was nothing short of marvelous. tfiko the awful punch that Choynski ovt»r th* players fT any likely ma- 1 Down in Newberry. s. C.. where are next inning Becker's single, followed for each team secured nine hits. In one game he had eleven assists. Hauser covers more around than anv handed him and live he ought to be terial for the Jennings team, the by Murray's three-bagger, gave shortstoj->_in_th'? game. the Mollohon mills, they r-av that it able to lick a lot of other fellows. Winnipeg team defeated the Super- th«' Grand Forks did their slugging at visitors another run. The home team took three railroad trip.s to get Jack He had a good punch then and ior aggregation 7 to 5 here today in the right time, however, and earned son to Philadelphia, where he played scored in the fourth when Konetchsr could take punishment. So he start- a game which had few features The singk-d. went to third on a single bs; two runs, while the visitors could tor a brief period with the Philadel eJ out to take pugilism seriously and Brownies bunched five of their seven only get one rally in an honest and phia Athletics. Ar that time the bos Evans, and scored when Hauser sent % mowed down Frank Childs. George hits of Pitcher Rhoades in the first sacrifice to Murray. In the eighth in- What Are Real Jokes of hed never heen in a iiry of more than Gardner, . oe Kennedy. Jack Jeffries two rounds, and, as the visitors mixed legitimate manner. on,000 population, and it is said that nine Becker singled to center. stol« Wilson, who hurled for Grand he was mortally afraid of the big and many•' others. ....their .. fiven>« errorsururs inin inese.these, innings, tnethe second, went to third on Wingo'a Forks, pitched a nice game, allowing A Big League Ball Club? town. The Athletics' scout in the iile tougher game, including Hank locals annexed seven runs, enough to throw to center, and scored the east first. attempt to v;.-, .Jackson north Griffin. Sam Mcey, "Denver Ed" Mar- win. Seaton was strong until the last erners' last run when Oakes' throwr hits at the wrong time, and in addi tin an dSandy Ferguson, came his spasm, when he allowed four runs, New York, Aug. 20.—Every now succeeded in piloiing him as far as got past Smith- tion making a hit and a sacrifice on esesntial.s for a first class pitcher, and Charlotte, N. c.. •••hen the boy de way in time and he disposed of them. The score: r jj jj his own part. Johnson started out and then somebody bids young ball some morning he will wake up and Johnson ran into an upset in 1905 Winnipeg .. .430 000 on —"7 *7 *2 St Louis ?' ^ players cheer up by saying that some cided he had gone far enough', and x the game for Duluth and up to the find it out. If I can get two or three leaving the train he successfully hid when Marvin Hart was awarded a de Superior .. 00 0 000 104— 5 « 5 ! New York I 7 1 Jifth inning was in good shape. In of the more prominent players of the I-Ie'llstaywithmeuntilhe from Schreckengost. ,\ day later the cision over him in 20 rounds. But Seaton and Hasty; Rhoades and 1 Sallee and Wineo: Crandall and that frame Wilson, first up, singled big leagues were once considered as victories 'under his belt' he is made. boy showed up in the Piedmont coun- he came back after that and beat torn. ! Myers. and got on to second through Alt- "jokes" by a manager who knew the He'll stay with me until he proves such men as Joe Jeannette, Sam man's sacrifice. DeHaven singled ball player In the rough. that he is as good as his physical ^ hat's the matter, Joe; don't you Langford, Boh Fitzsimmons. Bill sending Wilson to third. Edmunds Therein lias the difference between qualifications call for or he will quit want to he a big leaguer?" the sur Lang and knocked out Jim Flynn in fouled out to Bluhm and then John the callow critic and the experienced gray-headed. He is a natural left- prised friend of the young star asked. 11 rounds. son walked Van Dine, filling the manager. "Meyers, Marquard, Zim hand pitcher of great skill, and I'm 'No; the big places are too big. He chased Champion Tommy Burns bnses. Right here Johnson couldn't merman and Merkle were regarded I elzer, Piedmont and Newberry just tJ Sydney, Australia, in 100S. where Sport News and Notes find the pan. He lit matches, used going to get him to believe it." as "jokes' when they first broke in." Those players are not "jokes" with about suit me," was the gist of his he beat Burns in 14 rounds, therebv a searchlight and tried the pitcher's says a writer. answer, and the next afternoon he winning the title. groover, but they were all ineffectual the New York manager. They are Detroit dog fanciers have formed a Perhaps so by the unthinking. In mostly "jokes" with young men who was slamming out three-baggers and Among his victims since that time Sweet Marie. 2:02. has a Bingen foal and then he pushed a fast one over home runs for the mills team. Boston terrier club at her side. and took Samuel Foster in the ribs, the case of three of the men mention knew all about a ball player after he have been Stanley Ketehel, middle ed there was one person who never has made a reputation. A few ; -, ~ It was easy to get work there, but his mother resides. Jockey Jost's fa & k w v N Jack even at that early age showed , When presented at the Premium Department of ther is in the city with him. that he was an adept at dodging this paper with Five other consecutively numbered The King Edward park track is on work. an island known as Isle Gros Bois. photo ay jMieiRicAN PRE55 Asi'oefiaiai?1 It can be said for Johnson that coupons and 98 Cents to cover cost of handling, some ten miles down the river from ARROW sheer desperation was the only thing Carriage, etc. Add 24 cents if you want it by mail this city. It is a half mile circuit. St. Louis, Aug. 20.—According to those on the inside here, one of the that forced him to do any manual Yesterday was the opening day of the Notch COLLAR biggest baseball deals of the year will be put through shortly bv the St. labor while he was in his teens. He Cluett. Peabodr ft Co.. Troy. N. Y. •econd meet of the summer held by Louis and Cincinnati National leagu e clubs. It is said that Manager Roger was too lazy to turn a hand, and he T his is WiMiHdfafl No. QQ the King Edward Park Jockey club. Braenahan of St. Louis will part wit h his big first baseman. Ed Konetchy, did not know the meaning ot a living
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