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Puts the Dodgers to Rout in Quakertown Home Run Drive Cactus Cravath of 76 Brings Many a Thrill to by Spirit Bluff, Puts the Dodgers to Rout in Quakertown Fans Under Shadow ofCoogans X?-eJporilièht& GranttenàI?/ce Alexander Scores His «Second on the Present War Situation Hell Takes First Thal Old Marshall Throws Shakespeare Alexander Again ¡Season Over Celebrate A Bad "l»ui re4els nov/ are ended" Victory of (»ves Beginning "I do to have lea Party by begin bloody thoughts" Place in Contest BBOOKI.YV IS Iv 11 KII.AI'U.I'HIA Boston Out first Ball "Let the vain ah r lip.« » e «brhpti« League Champions m>.\\ i sky potatoes" '11 . « ? roas it in Kal.ri'i i».««. « ."" 4 «1 l'a.»».-!., f Giants ah r ii o a r "If 1 must die, I will encounter darkness as a bride and hug my ml '«. « .iBaiwn-ft.'«*.. »11 Beating « -¿ o Daebart.ll>. I »1 I'* . On Horizontal Bar ., , -ret It 411 * I I : 1 llana«. 2» '01 I If In Game arms" wits* If Jll «»iLadarua.lb. a« I I« I * April 20..Just aa lon*f *. 0 I > 1 » Kn«rl»m, rf ft » I 0 r Opening a box unseen ¦>>- I « »'rravath.rf... 41i » .. Philadelphia, » to the wars! Me wears his honor in Stmnal.rf ill ft » « Si-n'-Din. M I "To the wars, ray boys, « vl 0 1« St*-t..*b ««. 1 as Cactus Cravath can see the hall and Pi * «¦ACH P o FMc*-«r. k at .1«« X**«.\l*l.o*r.U>... «. »ti .* «O » that hups his kicksy-wicksy here home." ,,'..... ».}I to a bat he lhe 4 11 J Ka'!**. 4 l .411 S . « Klllirar.e .. « . II retains the power awing of ~>* Ttn riot throuKh *4 I 1 Jft «¦ "The odd« for and low alike" Dutcher McCkmd as 119 I«« J1 «S r,t after- .« raro Win From Senators high Deposes «h«if).p. «-^AfrtaiKlW.».. will come pretty close to holding his " Athletics Bluff >esterd»> * 0 I .' »» IMuTOJ .'".*¦ ft "Knpland. bound in with the triumphant sea" SI SS Mil1 Totals .Í11 « I" 1» Ï in the ef the Phillies. It ^J^aamast'* !"Mon ««n S 3 0 Rarl'I-ai. r ISO I T«Xal-, ¦-* place lineup * N»,ion*' U»*uc Sil 1 10 TVarraii 11 I 1 ï « "He is come to the testament of bleeding war" Champion Wieldcr of Indian ri.i:a«l»iph.». « » . 1 . *. nest*« p In Thirteen Inning Battle open purple «I S 0 '.* « . 9.3 wan hin crashing drive into the left pomp and i nn e 1 in -wstla mnrtial 0« and pence breed cowards; hardness ever of hsrdiness is mother"- "-**"«- far **-Anr»d Twtn- l«t 1 10 IPwn-p«. Iff f "Plenty Clubs t tua artenl «Kanari, iiarmvi. field bleachern, a drive that carried the Pelo Grounds. i e n« Ry 6 to 4 Score weakest to the wall"- latti l'.«k»rt, I,u«l»ru II«, ne run »'r«ttalh. WeMa '""at "The poes fiilatiaw \Vi,ï»i M»-rti«-» M:» beyond the mad pursuit of the great enthunien! « t-ar*a Hriutl»i. S. Brook¬ ^.^o*nnd -rr«.r Rr-v-klir.. 1 Buck Wheat, which defeated the the chill, wiad-nwept 1 he Record J «**\ -0,t of m fnr Hall«, In *r.i."f»iil.*i Rhythm Patta w all «»r* <:...-..¦. J. i"? A»»ai«d«r. lyn Lobins here this afternoon in the the cool of I .. \pril 20. Washingt«« of was in out for two . t ),..¦¦ *er.n» **TL »nd have often \«ondered where the preaHst amount rhythm Although of competition N'ielnff) «tn., » ,.u U# «lau»». »: .**" of the National League an«! tl II Il aaa We opening game saU JVtivau clgliih opened the season «t hoi::«- to by of «.'hick Evans- in the easy grace of years, Fred the r 4 luipln-i tr lit» ami Braa»n».«l neason in thin The score waa 4 f*!, ! c. Bmüh i. f/nirtc«i»h evidence upon th" Said in the iron play Hell, representing Time. 1 ;2. city. ' «3 to i in thir- to 2. though «-aerat«»*«!, » » I 1 0 M '""i I losing to Philadelphia -in the smashing service of McLoughlin in the bat¬ Socialer Turn Verein, of Chicago, ¦*¡L buttle i-k.. ...«Ol««e»«t«t00 0.2 the lstc Anthony Wilding Cravath the downfall a foorteea-iaaiag t4'cn innings. Singles by Thrasher, showed that he had lost none of his accomplished Two aase Ml H Thn» ha.»» of -or what? of the Bobins almost handed. TjTeut action c: »or* und a sacrifice hit ting Lajoie aingle noul ntirriag gaii Sml»n ba«»>* -Maranin.«» BaftM Bate» and Schunff But after close of Walter Johnson on the mound, *.he evidence seems cleverness by winning the horizontal H i.i home run waa the decisive stroke *£\.r with thrill« Sacrifl,i> lili--Ma**---. a«*i-rtll,>» fi. BabeiV run«. British study Too Kind hit »«on,! «««* Martjirli!» brctiRht in the winning all his bar contest in the annual gymnastic Langford in the engagement. Hin two-bane -¦ to way. ¡r«eeieus Mar»: », . ,, K wihcIiv IWt on and French flew over tne {-rand point to the centre field fence m the third occa.-'O.. N -.. (lass or -about the Wash of Amateur Athletic **. '(the arremu .Und and líame As.istant There is nothing of the grandstand player- the poseur championships the j drove home two runn and en¬ * on -Off T<«-»*u Î: eff «; inning i.nt'.'y won by W Ha*»« Na:;» De-1 a stuff. And for at the Sew York Turn . Bwton t/t Ksiao. 2 HU«, aid rj-net nin« StcreUiy Roo evclt «if the Navy stsr. There is none of that "every move picture" yet Union, held To Put Finishing abled his team to overcome a lead of "S into a tie ington 2. and thereby moved eau. 4 partmeat raised th« Stars «nd Stripes and all the rest of it Johnson heads Verein last Hell thrilled the one run which Brooklyn made in the AT. did not »« of Katar,. while the a blend of perfect rhythm, ease, grace night. York for the lead, H Satt!. "! hl« pole in eentrefield, spectators with his exhibition, earring second »tanza. No fielding chancea il«! of the hour. Washington player.', gave an exhibition the parade. Touch on Devere presented themselves, so Cactus stood the «pint 'Usa. I, I» Stilt, I mpirc. Vic««-President Mar¬ of a or a kink or any wasted effort. Johnson the total of r-'ihi points. B. Jorgensen, Zeh ¿Uturb .'*rP'- xhui 4" «if mlitaty drill. There isn't the semblance jerk out in right field, sometimes thinking shall thrc out th« tn st ball. ten Yet he has lost the former champion, finished a close ¡ and sometimes {Zum gttttn some- bepun his major league pitching earner years apo. to-tlay secontl. just standing. is Boston had The score: because his motion is so 't. tn» psrty run.am U'lll v 4 i. v. \-.'i\i.,<>\ |i i. i no element of his blinding «peed. Mainly pitehinp There 4«.ere few unsets during the Only Five Hits the the luck the «core would have a « Boston Dark Man Outpoints with »pint with half ab r t« p» no strain is ever upon his arm. Rhythm, R. W. of the New the Robins T^tad» been ¡.gain. Rarii. II 1 " perfectly adjusted that preat put evening. Dutcher, (¿rover Alexander faced Gaanol- squared «!i«'«er, « " M nu ai bason never looks York Arhletic Club, deposed hi« club- I and scored his second victory over l*aer» Bnttle .-. wicked grounder past amone other things, means lack of waste. Rival All Through Bout o\«i :i« if mete, J. I,. McCloud, as the Indian 'hem in as many attempts. Alex wiehee wbo »*w MeGraW-i G apparently the safest aingl 4 ., i, II 0 as if lie 4vas exerting himself and jret the ball shoots projected .. club while V. i.'iat life wan one game Aad Uoe* diz off à bat. .lust how M it SbjHI If r. n 4 1 1 champion, Winsjansen, in Harlem just Brooklyn through fourteen | ¦i ] : n a rifle barrel. Turn became the he'd off the ever to ever will from Norwegian Verein, after another, and grab .gamely tnrill ville got it nobody .. 'I three hit?. In his second new on the horse. if he n.«'st hear* ¦. first of the season Johnson allowed titleholder long extra thousand dollars promised icdt of the know. Hut there he was. buck i .' Hetir» 4 I h In his game ..«,, n n ,i as Grace Athletic Club, or more victorien this *M of the lit in a and he cam«' up with the 11 i allowed two hits and the to hi« fast ball was as pronounced Fred Siebert, wins thirty-one ond flash, .i o n i ii start he jump for the e-ion. regardless was before he csptured the rope climbing honors Tham Langford, a dark man from season. "he. great one limited to belated dinnem ball. Kariden out got ... n I a was five when he was to be at his best. away " ft it years ago, supposed the third successive year, and A. W. visitors to five hita, two of which rana ^.tarned run half way to Konetchy'n comer. lijamteaon 1 . " Boston, is cussed with a kindly heart, conviction that ere the Smith and lined to 4 " I '." Nugent. National Turn Verein, re- off the hickory of the inimitable and aa ist*« will Lobert hit for tamed the else he would have lulled Bob Devere The Tea» George Stalliags in held.
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