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Its made in England. Its all wool. Its made in two weights. . One Line, 3.00 a Suit. The heavier line, 4.00 a Suit. No Such Values Ever Offered in Medicine Hat before. Turpin Bros. The Man's Stone Where You Get the Big Dollar's Worth AUSTRALIONS ARE BEATEN Colt Cricket Club of Phila- delphia Administers De- feat to Visitors. (W, A. P. Dispatch.) Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. 8. After de- feating the gentlemen of Philadelphia in the second match by 45 runs on the grounds of the Merion Cricket Club here yesterday, the Australian cricketers started a match with the Philadelphia Colt Cricketers as their opponents. The youngsters went-to dat first and succeeded in accumu- lating +187 runs before the side was eired, The Australians appeared to hav more trouble with the Colts bowling than with the mote exper- jenced players, losing three wickets for only 19 runs before stumps were drawn for the day, TO TRY WOMAN FOR KILLING HUSBAND (Special to the News) Bedford, Ind., Oct. 8. The case of Mrs. Maude Ping, charged with the murder of her husband several months ago, is to be called for trial tomorrow. The case has attracted considerable attention and the trial awaited with much interest, Mrs. Png is alleged to have - shot and Killed ber husband James Ping, fol- lowing a quarrel at the supper table. The woman then shot herself in an. attempt at suicide, but recovered from her wounds and has singe been confined in the county jail awaiting trial. ALABAMA G00D ROADS. CONVENTION (Special to the News.) Birmingham, Ala, Oct, 8 The cru- Sade for improved highways in this Section of the South is likely to re- ceive a renewed impetus as a result of the sixteenth annual convention of the Alabama Good Roads Associa- ton. Delegates from nearly every county of the State filled the city hall armory this shorning when Pres- ident John-Craft called the gathering to order. -W.-W- Findley;president of the Southern Railway, delivered the leading address of the day, The Subsequent: sessions, which will con- tinue over tomorrow and Thursday, Will be addressed by United States Senator Bankhead and other men of prominence. Grand Concert OPERA HOUSE, 1 1 FRIDAY, OCT. Under auspices of THESONS OF SCOTLAND By the following artists: WINNIFRED MEADOWS Mezzo. Soprano: A. FLORENCE STEWART Dramatic Reader. ENRICO WAGNER Baritone. Popular Prices, Plan of hall and tickets at Pingle s Drug Fair and Crisp Weather World Series Game Crowds Packed Streets Awaiting to Get Chance to Get Tickets for Today s Battle Between Giants and Red Sox. CW. A. P. New York, Oct. 8 New York Giants vs. Boston Red Sox at the Polo Grounds today. To baseball enthus- fasts from coast to coast that an- nouncement told of the apening day of another world s championship baseball series, the New York Ne- tional League pennant winners to contest with the Boston American League Club, the champions of their organization for the world s title. To the winners of the first four out of the seven games also goes the larger share of the money prize, reckoned at more than 100,000. Day broke fair and crisp and the weather man promised a tine after- noon. Groundkeeper Murphy looked out over the field of the Polo Grounds and reported a diamond ready for fast playing. Neither of the rival managers was prepared to announce his batting or- der early today, for everything de- pended on the sel ction for box work Just before the game. Should Boston send their left hander, Ray Collins, to the moumd instead of Joe Wood, Manager McGraw of the Giants, pro- bably will switch Snodgrass from centre to left field and replace Out- fielder Liever, who is weak against Southpaws, with Becker. Thus the uncertainty over the pitching selec- tions indicate some jockeying of the batting orders just before the um- pire-in-chief cries Play ball at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The early comers began to gather at the Brush Stadium garly last night to be in line When the gates opened at. 8 o'clock this morning, and by midnight this line had grown to 500 people. Many of them had brought camp stools and soap boxes on which to take an occasional sitting nap. It in advance, We havea fin team, one ready to make plenty of* etion. As to the Boston , well, they: must be a good ball eld to win a pennant. One hears much of their fine ing staff, but haven't the Giants been hitting good pitehins all the year? 1 thiti ean bit Joe Wood and the other Red Sox twirlers. And t must not be forgotten that the Red Sox have yet to show Whether they can hit such pitehing as will be served by Matty, md Marquard. In a short series Of; ren games, pitch- Ing is the big factor and the Giants have a rattling 604 lot of box men. Manager John J.) McGraw said the Giants are prepared to make a hard fight, McGraw lig looked the Red Sox over and stlidied the fine points of their playing, but the New York players said this morning that it wai oubtful it he had laid out any pli of battle in adyance. They knew what depends om quick judgment in the field. The Red Sox are in fine fettle. Herne injury to Larry Gardner, no aliments were reported to Manager Stahl by his men when they. turned out this morning. Gard- ner will hold down his old position at third base unless his injured fin ger gives him trouble. Clyde Engle will take his place should Gardner be compelled to retire. Engle is a good player, but has not sot, Gardner's fielding or hitting abil- its. Manager Stahl has primed. Joe Wood, his pitcher, for duty today, but there were reports that he might send in Ray Collins, f think our sea- son's record wili justity my saying this much about the series with the Giants, said Stab , and that is there won't be one g me that our opponents won't have to knoek us down to get. Thousands of dollars have been wagered on the outcome of the ser- fes. Boston was the favorite at 10 to 8 and 10 to 9. Betting this morn- ing found plenty of Boston money in sight. Bets at to 5 that Boston would win it Joe Wood pitched today were popular with visitors. for First Dispatch.) grew cold towards morning and the crowd smulggled close to the high board fence along Highth Avenue to, escape a biting wind. A woman appeared in line just af- ter midnight and was cheered. She was not long without feminine com- panions. By sunrise a score of women were found in the shivering trail that led from the yellow gates down tow- ard the I. Station at 155th Street. Club officials estimated that there Were 4,000 people at the gates at 6 o'clock. This early throng was form- ed in the line four abreast and when the gates were flung open there was Tush for the unreserved sections in the lower grand stand and for the bleacher seats back of the outfield. About 30,000 such seats were on sale today, the reserved seats having been previously disposed of. The Glants are confident of the outcome of the series but at the same time they pect to be fought until the last man is put out. 3 No one among our boys holds the Red Sox cheap, said Chief Meyers , the Indian catcher of the Giants, who was one of the first players to re- port at the club house today. i Soon after the Chief came Math- ewson, Merkle and the other players, for there were spikes to be sharpen- ed and bats and uniforms to be in- spected. Few of the players were recognized in their street clothes as they edged through the jam at the entrances. We naturally expect to win, sald Captain Larry Doyle, the Giants sec- ond baseman. We'll try, of course, to make it'four straight. What more can anyone say? Luck plays her part in baseball as in everything else, I have never been able to figure Inck New York, N, ., October 8 The prediction made. before every world s series that the crucial games will be pitchers . battles usually prove correct. It Was so last year with the exception of one game and promises to be so this year. A championship struggle was never approached with keeher interest in the reltance placed upon the pitehers than is the cabe this year.. In Boston Friday: they celebrated the twenty-third anniversary of. the birth of Joseph Wood, a date which has g nerally passed unnoticed in Previous years, but on this occasion it marks the official conclusion of a Teague championship race which for great part 1s due to young Wood's phenomienal pitching speed. A fort- night ago he completed a run of sixteen straight victories for the Bos ton Club, thereby equalling the Am- cribed as Smokey by a Boston en- thusiast and it seemed so apt that the word became his, nickname: Although one of the younger mem- bers of the team he has been with Boston since 1908. He came from Hutchinson, Man,, in 1907, which was hig frst year in professional base- He had had a record of a no- hit game there and soon after going to Boston his success as a big-lea- gue pitcher was assured, although Ray Collins was the Boston starwat the time, Tt was really not until this year that Wood came 4nto his own as the dol of the Boston fan. Notwithstanding that in Rube Mar- quard New York boasts a pitcher who equalled-the world s record by pitching nineteen consecutive yic- tories in the: early half of-the past season, the local followers appear to have side-tracked both him. and Mathewson, whil eclaiming Young Jeff Tesreau as the hero of the hodr. Matched against the Boston star is Tesreau of the same age, but his suc- cosstul-career as a big league pitcher has virtually been confined to the latter half of th past season. Tesreau s the only man in the Giants line-up who was not with the club In the world series struggle last year. McAleer, now president of the Boston Americans, when manager of the St. Louis Browns several- years ago, was the first to give young Tes- r au his first big league trial when one-of his scouts discovered him in the Trolley League in Missouri. . The new president of the Boston club could see no hope in the lad s work and turned him back, In 1998 he was tried out by the D troit Ameri cans, but failed. Ho shifted around among five dif. erican. League record set this season Krug, Martin by Walter Johnson or Washington. Lewis,Geo. B The Ddlinding speed with whten Nunumater, Lealio .G, pWood winds up was one day des- O'Brien, Thomas J. , farmed him -out-to- Toronto, Boston Americans. (Red Sox). Name, Ball, Neal Bedient, Hugh . Bradley, Hugh F lt;, Cady, Forest L. ..,. Carrigan, William gF. . Collins, Ray W. Engle, Arthur Clyde - Gardner, William Lawrence .:. Hall, Charles Henriksen, Olat Hooper, Harry B. Pape, Lawrence A. ... Stahl, Gerland (Jake) Mgr. Speaker, Tristram Thomas, C.D. . Wagner, Charles, Wood, Joseph Yerkes, Stephen D. ago, last spring, and added him to nis string of recruits. Instead. of making use of him however, McGraw there that Tesreau showed his first promise and by the end of the sea- son he was hailed as one of the best pitchers in the Eastern Leagu having mastered the art of the spi ball McGraw recalled him, cnly to be disappointed in his wilaness the first of the season, but by ntidsum- mer he. regained confidence in the young pitcher and has since been re- warded with the sensational capture of many crucial games. With seven- teen games to five lost, as the season closes, Tesreau stands at an average higher than any of lt;his colleagues on the Giants pitching staff. Mc- Graw considers him the peer of Ea Walsh, the famous. spitball pitcher 9 ot the Chicago Americans If he keeps his control he will undobtedly be given the greater part of the box work for New York in the world series. The acclaim of Tesreau and Wood, however, has not altogether over- shadowed the older favorite here or in Boston: The yeteran Mathewson is still steady and effec tive with a fadeaway ball as his specialty, and on the whole is still the mainstay of the iants box. McGRAWITE AND STA EVENLY MATCHED A comparison of the Boston Amer- ican and New York National infields will show two evenly matched com- binations. Jake Stahl and Merkle are two giants for the position of first base. They are even in hitting, both are jong drivers and both are perfect marks to-throw to. Hither is likely to break up a game with long drive. Never were two men more evenly matched for all-around work at first base, Merkle has something of Jake fn running bases; both are ageres- sive, and it is a standoff in covering ground and thtowing around to the bases. + At second base Doyle clearly out- classed Dave Yerkes as a great ball player) In fact Doyle is the big man on the New York team. He is a ne- tural batsman, while Yerkes Is only's fair batsman. In fielding Doyle is the more showy, but he will not outpoint Yerkes in playing ground balls. Yer- kes-is-considered a shade the strong- er on-bis right side. Doyle makes his plays: look hard, while Yerkes Is a smooth workman, with an effective puneh. e is Doyle is, without doubt, the fin- est all-around second baseman in the business. Yerkes simply fits in without frills and can be counted on to show up strong with a real fight on. New York has all the better of the dope at second. At shortstop Wagner is the super- for, He has a fine head, is a remark- able man for taking wild.throws at second and putting the ball on the runner. Fletcher is a fine ground coverer;-but-is-not-the fighting ma chine that Wagner js, Wagner easily has the better head. As batsmen there fs littie difference fm their percentage, but Wegner is the longest driver and if those hitters who can turn jn the timely bingles. Wagner ts a better waiter at the bat and a si base runner. Wagner is the brains of the Boston infield, and never overlooks any stray chips. His great number of put-outs-is the result of covering sec- ond base for throws, for Heinfe is remarkable one-handed player and clever one at putting the ball on Bt the runner, as well as blocking off yunner caught napping at second. Hither man is Ukely to show bril- SCHEDULE. New York Nationiils ys, Boston Americans. All games begin et 2,:p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8 First game, at Polo Grounds, New York. Wednesday, Oct. 9. Second game, at Fenway Park, Boston. Thursday, Oct. 10. Third game, at New York. HLITE INFIELDS ARE COMBINATIONS. Mant fielding and both will play a very important part in the game. Wagner is in better form this fall than for years, and the Red Sox are strong for him as a field leader. Both teams are well fortified at third base, Gardner s by all odds al Friaay, Oct. 11 Fourth game, better hitter than Herzog, both for at Boston. singles and in long drives. In fact, Satarday, Oct. 12 Fitth game, Larry is in a class by himself when it comes to driving in runs, Asa fielder, Gardner is a wonder on: hard drives, and grounders to his) left. Herzog is a fairly good hitter and a better base runner than Bos- ton s favorite. Gardner, however, is the finest thrower playing third base. He has remarkable nerve and today fg classed as one of the few great all-around third basemen in the game. Herzog is good man, great on coming. in on bunts, and game, bue me for Gardner, in a big or little ser- ies, and this superiority -will make the two inflelds pretty even. Herzog showed up strong last season, while Gardner. pas made in the important games and is a great force on the Boston team. The Red Sox infield will match up strong with the Giants inner guard. There are no lame Wings in the lot; every man can dance the ball across the diamond like a flash, and all hay played together long enough to use tHe proper judgment in going after ground balls, as well as in: backing up. As a whole, the Boston infield is the better when working with a heady pitcher; still, McGraw has worked his boys in, excellent form. Both teams will attempt the bunt game at times, and-in thisline of work the Giants look a bit better for the fielding or defence work. But when it comes to handling the fierce drives the Red Sox should get the choice. Ball players must be strong on the offense as Well 8 the defense, 80 when all is figured it looks like an even break. at New York. Monday, Oct. 14 Sixth game, (if-necessary), at Boston. Seventh game will be decided later, Club to win the first four games aptures the title. Whenever impossible, on account of bad weather or other causes, to play aigame om the day sched- uled, the contending clubs will re- main in the city at which. that game s scheduled until the game ean be played. In event of such pd stponements the schedule of remaining games will be Boshies forward. just so much, s and many of the present Boston play- ers faced each oth r then. Boston has added the greater number of new faces, but Joe Wood, its star pitcher, opposed Mathewson at that time, and Carrigan and Myers were opposing catchers. In the first game Mathewson, though hit herder than Wood, detea- ted the youngster by score of 4 to 2, In the fourth game it was Math ewson against Ray Collins, who is still on the Boston pitehing staff and the latter shut out the Giants 2 to 0. The wonderful batting of Speaker, still the star hitter of the Bostons, was really the feature of the series. At bat 21 cimes, he made 12 y cluding two home runs and a three- dagger. CALENDAR OF SPORTS FOR THE . WEEK Tuesday. First game of the. world s series between New York and Boston at New York. Opening of Chicago Nationals-Chi- cago Americans post-session series at Chicago. Opening of Fall Meeting of Ken- tucky Trotting Horse Breeders As- sociation, at Lexington, Ky. Willte Lewis vs. Tommy Cavigan, 12 rounds at Cleveland, 0. GIANTS VS. RED SOX IN 1909. The present contenders for world honors in baseball met in a post-sea- won series three years ago - which Boston won over New York by four games to one, Although that result has but a remote bearing upon the present series, it is of interest, for practicaily all of the present Giants COMPARISON OF THE INNER WORKS AND OUTPOSTS OF TWO CONTENDERS FOR WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP Duffy Lewis, Tris Speaker and Harry Hooper, the outposts for the new American League . champlons, constitute one of the strongest out- fields ever seen in the league. Lewis, the left fielder, covers hig territory exceedingly well. He can come in for er frequently develop into two bag- gers, or he can go back far and fast for the long drives. He is undoubtedly the best throw- ing outfielder im the league, if hic tenm mate-Hooper, be barred. In this particular, they are very close to- gether, The manner in which he re- turns the ball on hits into his terri- tory, his unerring and rifte-shot throws, together with his ground-cov-, ering ability, forcea the unprejudiced observer to concede his superfority a8 a fielder to Devore or Snodgrass, his opponents on the New York team. Josh Devore, the judgment as Lewis place hitters. He is not so de pendable at a critical stage as his Boston rival cannot throw with the deadly accuracy and speed of Lewis, and on the whole does not class with the Hub (man as a fielder, but asa hitter is more nearly in Lewis class, and once on the bases far the super- for of Duffy. Speaker is Boston's pride. Steadtiy Improving each year since he: broke Into the big show, he is now clearly entitled to a position among that small number of outfielders who hold rank as the greatest of their time. As a ground-coverer, he Cobb; His throwing is only, excelled by his two wonderful side partners and by them only because in releas- ing the ball he imparts a tremendous twist to Jt, common with Jeft-handers, causing the ball to describe an im- mense curve. The speed ball travels, however, is terrific, and if thrown on a line he would easily equal Lewis or Hooper. Speaker being one of the most perfect judges of a drive seen in many years, plays at least ten yards nearer the infield tha any fielder in the game. The Datsman who gets a ball beyond his reach-on efther side or over his head is entitled to the bases. the low liners that with a poor field- little Hoosier, who will probably cover left field for the Natfonal League champions, is a fast man and covers much ground, does not es a rule use as good in playing for BOSTON TRIO OF OUTFIELDERS RANKS HIGH. ER -THAN GIANTS GARDENERS It 1s unfair to Snodgrass or Beck- er to be forced to compare them as fielders with the sturdy Texan yrhom one of them will oppose in the pres- ent,serles. They are both intelligent, fast and ifustling outer gardeners, capable of electrifying catches and both have good arms, but in recover- ing ground hits, judging long and short drives and as sure catches they do not class with Speaker. Murray, 6f the Giants, and Hooper, of Boston, are more nearly equal as Melders than. are. Lewis and Devore. Murray is easily the best of the New York trio. He covers his difficult ter- ritory in the niost approved fashion, throws strong and accurately and frequently makes astounding. catches. Hooper, with Lewis and Speaker, completes what all American Eeague critics consider the best outfield yet seen in this organization, Here is s good place to state why this remark- able combination may reasonably be expected to contribute much more to the defense of thelr teani than an out- 1d-is ordinarily expected to do. This will explain also why other things being equal may be ex- pected to outplay Murray, even though the latter may be his equal in every particular, and why Lewis will show etter than Devore. Through the*ability of all, Hooper and Lewis work with Spesker most effectually against place hitters, and Speaker, in turn, with either of them. fine art. With a batter up, for instance, who ordinarily hits to right center, Speak- it was either. As none of the Boston trio is af- flictea with temperament, they are able to make the utmost use of thelr skill and knowledge of batsmen and have perfected their team work to a Dayton, 0,, -... Uti. aeaweanS means otf B00, Beezeheseaessee July 4th, and came ; feism: from some of the only explanation of this iversity of Vermont joftied the Red Sox members of the Buboun Records of the pitchers comp up to within a few games of season's clos , give Wood t average of the twelve twi : stands. at .889 as compared with Tes- reau s .773. The table i8 as follows: Tesreau Marquard Crandall :... 36 12 6 177 Mathewson - 41 22:12 294 Wiltse 26-9 5 184 Gat Ames 30.9 8 177 848 Red Sox. Wood ee 40 83 Hall Bedient O'Brien Pape. Boston, Mass., Oct. 7. No member ce ee See ne ture the world s cham) ip for Boston calls tits city bis Home. Only three of the players, in fact, live im Massachusetts. The. homes of the others are scattered through a dozen States, three Coming distant California, 3 taht, the playing Garland (Jake) si manager, is the oldest member of the: team, bug, he gt; Is only thirty-one. Heine Wagner, Capt short- stop, has been the 1 in base ball, rounding out 11 years this season, 2 OCT. 8 EN PUGILISTIO ANNALS. 1788 Danfel Mendoza, the first Jew in pugilistle annals, defeated Dick Humphries at Doncaster, Eng- land. was the third meeting between men and established Mendoza s supremacy. The Hebrew heavyweight later lost the title to John Jackson. 1909 Billy Papke and Willie Lewis fought 6 rounds in, Pittabureh, Papke winning on points by a narrow mar- ein, 1910 Al. Kauffman and Tony Ros fought 6-round draw in Philadol phia. 1911 Harry Lewis and George Contas fought 8-round draw at Ment phis. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PERRYVILIE (Special to the News) Lexington, Ky., Oct. 8. A reunion er takes lis position far inside of that chosen by. other center. fielders. Hooper plays over toward c nter, but farther back, ready to take a long dive that might he out Of Speaker's Teach. With a right Hooper comes a clever and guesses th nt field hitter up, of the survibors of the battle of Per- yville, which occurred just: filty Years ago, on October 8, 1862, was held on the battlefield today. It was seunion of the Blue and the Gray and from far and near the old war- riors journeyed to the field to mingle

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