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The game was the first of four that were to be played In Detroit. and in the eighth inning the Tigers were leading by the narrow margin of one run. Every member of tho two teams knew that the first game probably would decide the series. Detroit was clinging desperately to the one run lead that was earned by two terrific drives by Crawford and Cobb. Donovan was pitching magnificently. yet he could not prevent the' Athletics from hitting; time and again the Tigers were thrown back on the defensive and saved by tho wonderful fielding feats of Cobb and itush. The eighteen athletes were strained to the breaking point and each one wns "on his toes" every Instant. In the eighth inning the Athletics got a runner to secdn?l bade with no one out. It looked Tike a tied score, perhaps victory, when one <>f the strangest freak plays over soon Intervened. saved, Detroit. and turned the entire tide of the season. The batter twice attempted to sacrifice failed and was forced to lilt, lie swung at a fast ball. high and out- , side the plate, and sent, a twisting, teasing fly over the head of the tlrst baseman, perhaps seventy feet back of the bag, and the ball was falling almost on the foul line, one of the few spots on the entire playing field where balls fall safe almost ovtjry time, out of the reach of any fielder, ltossman, the first baseman, turned and tore down the foul line, his hack directly to the plate, hut from the first It was evident he could not reach the falling ball. Schaefer, who was playing second, had been playing In perfect position to cut oft a right-field hit from the bat of a left-handed hitter. He started the Instant the ball was hit and sprinted at top speed toward It. From short right came Ty Cobb, who. seeing the victory snatched from his team by sheer luck, had turned on the wonderful burst of speed that has made him the marvel of baseball. It looked as If Cobb might reach the ball by a feat possible only for him, yet Schaefer. although slower, had made a quicker start, claimed the catch and reached the ball. Ills final leap, made with hands outstretched, brought him to the ball just Inside the foul line and. as he accomplished the wonderful cntch, and while the crowd was roaring with applause, Cobb, unable to check himself In his frantic effort, crashed against Schaefer, turned a somersault over him and, as he went down. Schaefer allowed the hall to fall from his hands. A groan arose from the crowd. The Athletic runner on second had tried to get back to the base when he sawthat Schaefer would reach the ball, and now he turned and raced for the ? -"? IM Hal Chace. plate. Schaefer, dazed by tho shock, reached for the ball, and. in a sitting position, with a last effort before going "out," threw wildly to the intleld. in hope that someone would catch it and stop the runner at third. He threw without aim, but the ball, going over Kossman's head, struck the grass, and went on the first bound Into Schmidt's hands at the plate, retiring the runner who was striving to core from second Philadelphia failed to score, Detroit won the game, won the series and finally won the pennant in the last few days of play. This play reveals the manner in which one turn of fortune may change an entire season's outcome and uppet all the calculations of the baseball world. No one ever has been able to figure out the percentage of luck In the national game. I have heard players estimate that luck is 20 per cent, while other* claim it la at leaat 65 per j icrt Plays tall Championships Fullerton 9 r \V ? Chaauian) Oddly enough, when one begins t study the freak plays that decld Raines and not Infrequently settle per nant races. It will bo found that mos of the strange bits of play that seer inexplicable, happen to clubs durln their winning streaks. In lookin over the queer plays of the last tw seasons in my records I picked ou twenty and discovered in every ir stance that the "luck broke" for th club that was at the time having "winning stfeak." There are time when "everything breaks for" on club, when nothing another club ma try will win. During the early weeks of last sea son it seemed as if. no matter whett er they did well or HI. the freak play all resulted in their favor. "It's th only team I ever saw," mourned Fre Clarke, "that can win games by maV ing errors." There was one play tha must still remain impressed upon th memories of those 'who saw it. Th game was at Chicago and had gon into extra innings. In the tenth, believe it was. Chicago had a runne bji third base with two put. The bat ter smashed a'fierce dflve 3ust tns'id the first base, the gAjUQ seemed dvo and the victory Chicago's/ Konetehj the Cardinal first baseman, dived a thV?'baIl as it was passing, slapped hi mitt do\yn, and by this despairing el fort, he managed to ifiake the glove hi the ball'.: .Hut fristtead of stopping, th halt rolled slowl/ back into right fiel on fnir ground and stopped perhap twenty-five feet behind the bag. Lik a flash Konetchy leaped In .pursuit o the b<tll, retrieved It and whirling h threw to tiro pitcher who was covei ing the base at top speed, only a ste] ahead of the runner. Konetchy 1 opc of the most powerful throwers 1 the business and he th'rew with all hi fprce iu ail effort to tnal>e the pla and save the day. The ball llashe past tho pitcher se ?a,st he hadn't, ^im to put up' his. hands, shaved the hea of the runner; who dodged, and bourn! ed perfectly into Hresnahan's hand at the plate. The runner coming horn from third with the winning run ha been loitering, and when to his amazi ment he saw the hall beating him t tile, nlate lie lruwle n hi?l.it?>rt olYnri t slide, but Itresnahari blocked bim an touched him out. It perhaps was th only time on record when a wll throw to first base ever caught a tut ner at home and saved a ball garni It was merely an exaggerated exan pie of the manner in which fortun followed the Cardinals during tlia period. The most sensational game I hav ever seen during twenty seasons c watching major league baseball wa that between the Washington teai and the Chicago White Sox late i 1011. It was filled with freakish play from start to linish. The Washingto team Just then was in the only luck streak it enjoyed during the seaso and seemed a certain winner. Firs Walter Johnson hit one of the longes drives I ever saw, a hall that on still day would have cleared the dee center-fleid fence. A high wind, hov etier. was blowing directly from cer tor toward the plate and the ball, soai ing high, was caught by it. llodie lia started straight outward at top spee se? niingly without a chance to reac the ball, but as the wind'checked th force of the "drive;'the* ball began t slow up and then fall, at first directl ^nntnilKoi) ...i.l #1..... ?- - tho pursuing floldet*,' *who actuall overtook it. and made a spertacula catch. A few moments later Walkei in left Held for Washington, raced t left center In pursuit of a vicious lin drive. There was a puddle of wate in his path and Walker appeared t he watching that puddle more tha he was the ball. He skirted the wi ter and turned as if in pursuit of th ball and. glancing up. he saw that th high wind had broken the flight c the sphere and that it was oomln straight at his head. H? ducket threw up his bare hand as if to war off the blow, and the ball struck hi hand and stuck there. Inning after inning of sensation! catches, startling stops, line smashe aimed straight at Holders, rapid dot ble plays. followed. keeping th crowd roiled up and wild with enthus asm. Finally "Prince Henry" Schae er capped the climax by starting play that became historic, and starte never ending discussion. Clyde Mllai a fast and clever runner, was o third. Sehaefer was on first, two me were out and a weak hatter was a the plate. On the first hall pitche Sehaefer stole second, loitering pu poselv and trying to draw a thro' from the catcher that would glv Milan a chance to score. As two run would not do any more damage tha one. tho Sox let him run unmoleste* feeling certain the batter could nc hit On the next oall pitched, also st.ike, Sehaefer stole from secon back to first, again striving to fore Chicago to throw. The White Sox li stantly raised a protest. The umpire were silent. They could not tell th Chicago players what to do. althoug palpably the play was for the fir? baseman to run ahead of Schaefe take the throw from the pitche force Sehaefer back to 'he first bat and touch him out. Milan hadn't chance to go home If the play wa \, = made that way. Schaefer had no = right to first base but was free to re turn to second If ne could escape be Ing touched, as no runner Is out or the bases unless touched or forced Chicago, evidently Ignorant of the rules, was arguing heatedly and Man ager Duffy ran from the third basf coaching line to the pitcher's slab tc appeal to the assistant umpire. Final ly the ball was thrown to first base but behind Schaefer. who Instantly started for second and when the bal! was thrown to second Milan made r 2 dash for the plate. Schaefer achieved s his purpose, even though Milan wat caught at the plate. Then Washing ? ton protested the game, in case of de e feat, on the grounds that, when the l" play was made, Chicago had ten nier 1 in uniform on the playing field. " The game went to the twelfth in ^ ning and finally, with a runner or K third base, and Schaefer again or first, the batter drove out a clean sin gle that ended the contest. Stil unsatisfied with the freaks of the day p Qchnofnr ro?? # ??-? 4 J ? . Hum uini uuwn to see ond, stopped, looked around to see 11 anyone (especially an umpire) was looking,, walked all the way arounc * second base without touching it, and satisfied that he had duplicated Mef kle's famous play, came off the flelc grinning. Thnt evening he held s celebration to gloat over the WhlU j Sox and the umpires, not one of whore had observed his failure to touch the bag. (i Among the abnormal incidents thai figured in the earlier history of the * $ i : o d | k. ^ :iim fJk i- _ S- Germany Schaefer. le national game, perhaps none Is a; it well known to old-timers as the om which happened to Cliff Carroll, or e the St. Ixtuls grounds, when he was s if member of the famous "Browns.' s Perhaps you have wondered why base n ball players have plain shirt fronts n 1 and why so few players have breasl s i pockets. Cliff Carroll is the reason n | lie was running forward to take r y | base hit on the first bound. The bal n ! bounced crooked and hit him on thf i.; cnest. no grabbed at trio ball hastllj it; and, as ho clutched it. he shoved ii a down into the handkerchief pocket or p | his shirt front. The runner saw Car 7- roll tugging and straining to tear th< 1* | ball out of the pocket and instead ol r- j stopping at iirst. he sprinted on to sec d I ond while Carroll, still trying to dis d ; lodge the hall, ran to second. Th< h ; batter passed the fielder and turner e ! for third with Cnrrpll in pursuit. Ai o third Carroll stopped and tried in vati y i to release the ball, and the runnel d kept on across the plate and scorer y ' the winning run. Chris von der Ahe r who at that time was at the head ol r, , the euphonic trio. Von der Ahe. Muck o enfuss and Diddlebock, which operat e ' ed the club, was furious and orderer r j all pockets removed from basebal o 1 shirts. Other teams followed and fhr n ] pockets never have been restored, ex I- cept by a few players who are willing e . to risk the repetition of the accident e Of all the good luck freaks that ?f ever heard recounted, the best was g that which happened to Frank label l.i when he was playlnget'ith St. Paul ii d ; the old Western league. In thoar s days baseball on Sunday was not per niitted within the corporation limlti il of St. Paul, and a Sunday park hai 8 been erected outside the city's juris i- i diction. The ground was extremely e 1 small and was inclosed by a hlgl | fence. So small was the Inclosun f. j that batters hitting the hall har< a against the fences were compelled t( i] j sprint to first, because if the ball hap | pened to rebound directly to the field n er. he could throw a slow runner out n As It required about four hits of theli it equivalent In errors to yield a run (j small scores were ihe rule. In tin r. ninth inning of this game Milwauke* iv , had two runs the advantage and then pi wr-re runners on first and second witl 8 Isbell at hat. St. Paul's only logica n hope was for a home run over one o i, the high fences. Isbell hit a han >t line smash to right field against tin a | fence. The runner on first was : (j slow man and the fielder squatted e ; expecting the hall to rebound to hin n- and to whirl and force the slow mar .3 i at second base, ending the game Pit ip ' the ball didn't rebound. It Impale* h Itself on a wire nail about ten feet ui it the feme, and while the Mllwaukei r outfielders were hunting a ladder, Is r. h?*l' circled the bases and won tin ir garr> a .' rother peculiar play once gave thi :a' ( hica.^o Whltj Sox a game tba seemed loat. Harvey, a left-handed pitcher, was compelled to play third base because of the badly crippled condition of his team and in the seventh inning, Chicago being one ahead, the opposing team got runners to first and second before anyone went out. Naturally the play was. for the batter to push down a sacrifice bunt. The White Sox had a system of play . designed to kill the sacrifice in that r situation. The shortstop and second I baseman, aided fcv the pitcher, were i to hold the runnei at second as close 1 to the base as possible. The third > baseman was to play close, as if in tending to take the bunt, but as the ball was being pitched he was to run ' back, cover third, while the pitcher i fielded the bunted ball, threw to third and forced out the runner at that - point. Harvey had been carefully i coached how the play was to be exci cuted, but the batter, detecting the play from the actions of the shortl stop and second baseman, changed ' signals and decided to try to drive the - ball past Harvey hard Instead of r bunting. As the pitcher wound up \ Harvey whirled and sprinted back 1 to third. The batter chopped the , ball hard and sent a lino hit straight - toward third base. The ball Btruck I Harvey on the back of the head, nnd i bounded high; the sub-third baseman. > as he went staggering on over the i base, caught the ball and. by a fast > throw to second, doubled the runner off A a Hnrvwv f n m o off tho L nursing the hump on his head Mana> ger Jones remarked: "That's using your noddle. Old Man." Leeford Tannehill was the Hero .of a remarkable play late in the season of 1006. and, as the play saved the j game for Chicago, and as the "White ; Sox won the pennant by a one-game i margin and then beat the Cubs for the world's championship, the freak play I might be said to have given the Sox the world's championship.* The game was against -St. Louis .and wlth- tho ' White Sox one run in the lead, an ! error and a two-base hit put Urovn | runners on second and third with one j out. The infield was called close ,to i < ut oil" tlie rtinner at the plate and | prevent a tied score, as Jones, the I manager, saw his team could not hit | the St. Louis pitcher and figured a ] tie probably meant a defeat. The ball 1 was hit fiercely and straight at Tannehill. who is one of the surest field rs in the business and possessed of a wonderful pair of hands for blocking hard-driven balls. -The ball . appeared to bo bounding true but on the short bound, it struck something, shot straight at TanneliiU's chin., hit him and. as-he reeled from the knock| out blow, the ball fell back directly : into his hands. He threw to the plate, I then sat dojvn looking foolish and took j tlie full count before he was able to get up. Larry Doyle's lucky kick which almost gave the Giants the National league championship in 190S is another historic freak of play. Those perennial rivals, the Giants and Cubs 5 were playing what seemed the decid. lng series of the year; the Cubs need ed one run to tie and had two men on bases, when the batter hit viciously . between Doyle and second base Doyle reached the ball but It broke through his hands, and it seemed as if the error had given Chicago the game. Instead, the ball hit Doyle's shin, bounded straight into the hands , of Hridwell, who was on second wait, ing for the throw, and an ea.by dou \ J bio play retired the Chicago team, . New York winning by one run. , The tales most often told are those Illustrating how ill fortune will pur . sue teams and the instances of "run? ( of luck" and "tougli breaks" are as . I numerous as there are games multi plied by players. The Chicago . Cubs . never will cease mourning the fact j that Ceorge Rohe, of the White Sox t one of the weakest players that ever ( broke into the American league, and [a weak hitter, beat them out of onr . ; world's championship. Rohe. whc wasn't strong enough to hold a sub ' Ty Cobb. r . stitute position on tho team mor? ? than or.n more season, made twc ? three-base hits and each of them gavt ? the White Sox a victory. Hal Chase lost a name for New I York last season in a peculiar fash f Ion. Two runners were on the basei 1 and two men were out when an easj 9 bounder was hit to third. Ilnrtzel made a perfect throw and the inninj . seemed over, but as the ball camt > near to him Chase dodged suddenly 1 threw up his hands as if to protect t his face, two runs scored and tht 1 Highlanders recorded another hart 9 luck defeat. It developed later thai ? a photographer was squatting on th? i- ground outside the coachers' box ant ? the sun reflected from the metal oi the camera dazzled Chase Just at tht F> critical instant and caused him to lost t sight of tho ball. To Cleanse m o Rusty Nail Mm' Wounds : Get HANFORD'S r Balsam of Myrrh For Galls, Wire Cuts, Lameness, Strains, Bunches, Thrush, Old Sores, Nail Wounds, Foot Rot Fistula, Bleeding, Etc. Etc. Made Since 1846. Price 25c, 50c end $1.00 All Dealers FILMS DEVELOPED IOC PER ROLL- AHV SIZE Print* 3c, ?c and 6c. Perfect work?quick results. RICHMOND ART CO., Dept. D, Richmond, V*. 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When Silverman went behind the'*' bar about G:3Q he found that burglars who doubtless had started Spot's unprecedented barking had ripped open | the cash register and taken $30 and a N ring from It. and then had attacked the safe and got away with one dia- V J mond ring worth $125, two more worth \ $lon each, a $75 watch, a favalliere ' ? | worth $75. a $45 locket and chain and four Russian gold pieces worth about $10.?New York Sun. England's Oldest Bowling Green. , Which is our oldest recreation'.' There are not wanting nrcheologists w whn ltrnfooo ta V?a ?J> 1 <-? ? ? , .. W.v uu IV/ uv WilC IU itutc I CICI , cnrpH to football and baseball on , Egyptian moral tablets. However, , when it comes to actual records, the i tine old English game of bowls would appear to be as old as any. Southampton, Eng., has records showing that one of the local bowling greens was in existence in 1299. , Many interesting customs are asso. ciated with the game on this historic , green. Every summer a "tire jack" , competition is held, and an order or knighthood is conferred on the win-' ( ner, who kneels in the ceuter of the j green while the other players gather round him and the master touches . him with a sword and dubs him "sir." , His Chance. > Gateman?Hold on. there, young feller. A -dollar for the car! Stude?Sold! riease trie Home Folks ( v By serving Post Toasties They are among the good things to eat, but not I in the cook book, because they require no cooking. ? Toasties are always crisp ' 4 and appetizing?ready to , eat direct from the pack' age. You save heaps of time and avoid hot work ! in the kitchen. i . ? Some rich cream?sugar p jig ? if you want it?or cool fruit juice, with these fluffy bits , of corn and you have a i dish that is fascinating for 1 any meal of the day. f Toasties are sold by . \ grocers everywhere. I