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Late today E. ning Monday TIED UP THE SCORE—ONE HOLE demons a mimic battle. with Philadelphia of the series. lives were sacrificed today in the satur- prat near the side of the track after it speed resembled nard, secretary of the Cleveland team, present has had of had started to skid. the mechani- As the starting shot rang out the 19 ef- Manager Lajoie, who charge TOO MANY. nalia of speed which has inaugurated Schiller, issued a signed statement to that started cannon balls and a frightful the local team for five years, tendered his cian, sustained a slight fracture of the like of the great Indianapolis motor speedway. drivers fect. McGuire was formerly manager last the realize extent of scramble took place as the daring resignation Tuesday following skull, but did not the the One mechanician and two spectators paid tried to secure go- the Boston Americans and joined disastrous the team suffered dur- the injury, thinking lie h*4 only a slight advantageous places slump the of their lives. The fatal ac- ing around the south turn. Collisions Cleveland team a Since being its eastern trip. Lajoie will remain SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING. penalty cut. Keene received a g«*sh in the side year ago. ing imminent times but never the team. cident came wrhen a National car, driven of his neck and severa/ cuts about the appeared many connected with the Cleveland team, Me- with Played. Won. Lost. Pet. soon it- he is hurt. came, and the mass untangled by Charles Merz, in the 300-mile race, lost head, but not seriously >.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Atlanta 109 69 40 .633 self Into a procession as the machines At the time race ended there were Nashville Ill 63 45 .583 a tire and crashed through a fence into the tore around the first lap. still five cars on the tr%rk. Lee Lynch, New Orleans. 112 60 52 .536 a group of spectators. Aitken in his National appeared in front NATIONAL LEAGUE. in a National was leading and had cov- Mobile .. f. 110 58 52 .527 The dead are: after rounding the turn and was not ered 235 miles In 4:13:31 «-10. GOOD RACING AT 112 57 55 .509 105 Montgomery Kellum of mechan- headed until after he had covered Played. Won. Lost. Pet. Claude Indianapolis, three- Little Rock 310 61 59 .461 De Palma was s*mnd, only miles at the rate of 65.4 miles an hour. 119 79 30 715 car. Pittsburg ician in the National of a behind the leader. Still- Birmingham 112 47 65 .420 quarters lap Then, suddenly, one of his cylinder heads Chicago 108 78 35 676 114 39 75 .342 Homer Jolleffe. Trafalgar, Ind. man, In a Marmoh. was in third place, Memphis. crocked and he was out of it. At 100 New York 104 65 39 625 ALABAMA FAIR Mormon was An unidentified man. and Harroun In another miles Aitken was leading, Burman and Cincinnati 107 54 53 .505 in fourth. miles RESULTS YESTERDAY, Besides the ^hree deaths two serious his Buick being next, about four Philadelphia 108 49 69 464 According to the Statement made by and his Fiat were Nashville 2. Birmingham 1. Injuries resulted during the day. Henry behind. De Palma St. Louis 107 44 63 411 the officials, Keene who had met with Burman. The following is the racing programme New Orleans 3, Mobile 2. of suffered in the closely pressing Brooklyn 108 89 69 .361 Tapking Indianapolis an accident before the race stopped, la October: Memphis 4. Little Rock 2. just Herbert Lytle, driving an Apperson, was Boston 110 29 81 .264 for the fair in Birmingham fatal wreck a compound fracture of his was awarded fifth and DeHvmel. In Atlanta 2, Montgomery 2. place going well and finished second at the end MONDAY, OCTOBER 11. arm, a broken nose and several a Stcddard-Rnyton, was the only other right of 50 miles. Shortly afterward his steer- Mathewson In Form. 2:14 pace.$500 ■man on the track. GAMES TODAY. scalp wounds. Bruce Keen, the driver of ing gear broke while the car was high 2:20 trot—closed.600 A meeting of the officials was held af- of New York, August 2L—Matthewson was a Marmon car in the same race, crashed on the banked turn at the south end 12. Atlanta 1n New Orleans. the TUESDAY,OCTOBER ter the race and It was decided to call the track. When the steering apparatus in rare forni today, and shut out Cincin- Nashville in Memphis. Into a post shortly after the National 2:20 pace.$500 j rave no contest. broke, the car skilled down the track nati with five hits. Rowan allowed only 2:16 trot—closed.600 was wrecked and was badly cut about the i The statement was issued by following into the soft earth at the side of the In first OCTOBER 13. Nashville. August 21.— (Special.)— four hits, but the Inning passed WEDNESDAY, ROY ELLAM. neck and head. Referee 8. B. Stevens: track. Neither Lytle nor his mechanician [ who went to third on an Infield 2:21 trot.600 to the condition of Doyle, Nashville had to go 11 Innings to win Shortstop Solb By Birmingham to Cin- James Schiller, the mechanician with j "Owing physical was injured. A woman fainted when the 2:10 had been out and scored the only run of the game pace—closed.600 of the the contestants who subjected car plunged off the track, thinking she 14. today’s game from Birmingham. Py cinnati for $2000. Keen, suffered a slight fracture THURSDAY, OCTOBER to the strain of a three days’ race meet, was about to witness another accident. when Huggins made a bad throw to the skull, but the physicians say he is in 2:13 trot.500 bunching hits the Volunteers put over under trying climatic conditions, I deemed He later re-entered the race, but waa plate on McCormick’s grounder. Roth 2:25 pace—closed.600 no danger. it to the best interests of the entrants out when the event was called off. a run in the sixth round. The Barons tripled In the third Inning with one out, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15. After the second accident the officials and spectators to abandon the race. After Aitken dropped out Burman wTent work 2:11 pace.$500 got busy and sent a man over the cir- when T rule no race and no awards. it for about 40 but was caught In an attempt to the decided to call off the 300-mile race Therefore, into the lead and held Reserved for 500 DEFEATS however, I recommend head and Mathewson fanned nine specials cuit In the It was a battle MEMPHIS ‘In conclusion, miles. when a cracked eighth. the leading car—a Jackson, with Lee cylinder Bqueeze play. MONDAY, OCTOBER 18. he ■was to t i- management of the Indianapolis he was forced to withdraw when batters. was from the royal then until the 11th. when Ton- at the wheel—had covered 236 Huggins banished 2:17 pace. .$500 Lynch Motor Seedway and to the donors of leading Heed in a National, who was neman got on with a double. Sieble sin- was game for disputing a decision by Rlgler, Free for all trot.500 miles. Ralph De Palma, in a Fiat, the that suitable engraved cer- second, 21 minutes. Chevrolet and : TEAM trophy by OCTOBER 19. Manuel or- LITTLE and the same official also ordered Griffith TUESDAY, in ROCK was gled. walked Seabaugh second and Stillman, In a Marmon, tificates of be presented Strang had withdrawn and the performance already 2:17 trot.J500 der to fill the bases. Butler met one to all contestants in active participation of Burman left the Bulcks with- and Bescher off the field. Score; third. dropping Free for all pace .500 in this event at the time of its abandon- out a R.H.B. on the nose but it went into Henline’s The race will be declared no contest representative. Entries close Monday, September 20 Little Rock. August 21.—Memphis got ment end that they' be signed by' the The 25-mlle free-for-all, which was won New York 100 000 00»—1 4 0 hands. Noyes then followed and hit and the motor speed- Records made that day, no bar. great Indianapolis of the Indianapolis Motor Oldfield, was the feature of but four hits off Hart, but his poor field- management by Barney Cincinnati 000 000 000—0 6 2 the ball far over the Baron manager's will be raced for again. race way trophy Speedway, the donors and the referee.” the early events of the day. This Batteries: Mathewson and the errors of his teammates gave Meyers; bead bringing Tonneman home with ing and Merz no one had was the Grand Brassard, an | AMERICAN By a strange freak of fortune r'p to a late hour tonight, for Remy Rowan and Roth.