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Show SPFT CUATTETVff . By AL VARDEN IM usuSRAL baseballers of the Northern I'tah loop have p;ain 1 tree Sfcbersbip to the ivory hunters' league during the presehl Bea-iiirougJi Bea-iiirougJi tln ir I m ii i-l) 1 -:i 1 1 1 stunts. Fi-ed Merkle once -oii much IRj-. publicity by failing fo touch second base, thereby losing flant I'm New York. This stunt is included in the list oi fa-Konehead" fa-Konehead" plays that have been pulled in the majors John PTfcon once r",-n vn to stal vceoml -with the bases filled, lie BUC-Bonly BUC-Bonly to find that Ins teammate. Kid HHmr lll v;is ineupy-l"pd ineupy-l"pd ba.se. "Dor" Gesler, playing the outfield for the Cub'Sj kught a fly ball in the Inst half of the ninih with the bases TTited and only one out and proceeded to the clubhouse with the 'jfSftle all of the runners scored. These iire .jnst a few of Ihe Coad plays ih.it head the list of ivory hunters that have been IQIliin the majors. They pull 'em in all leagues, the Northern irgani.ation being no exception. enil KAN svs camp Cll!y Knn-.i:- I- K:"ne ,j the COT3. 4t Mr mill with nennah Leonard. Michigan Cit. the Btiffa'o I njMemonst rated to more tha.i ie3fans that he well knows th EIK Of ni'Vf r-sa -die. Kan ,Dte;irced to concede the mill to I , cclamplon hut after only being ct, (led with pain from a broken' htnAN nni FIN MATCH. nfipXlng critic writing under tboj JtVf fne of "Punch'" pans the pro-' flireturn engagnm-nt between pempsey and Georges Carpen-. Carpen-. t an article appearing in the' In t4 Observer. His , rlticism is Ispleaslng to tin- two pilnci-1 ' ,. Jear him help hunt the c n pr ; J cas3'-coln proposition "rjjlflrst act in n- .,f the most Bt'jul com-lies that has been I .l London ''or man',- enr- w 1 . 'Jied last Friday afternoon 1 11 "jp's In the Strand. The authors cTt. JUowed Sir James Barrle's hi ' Pr',n,lnP the first act only. B" re rals-d much speculation as rlJthe plot will -Iovelop Thcr. Vf acep Iescamps and Cnrpen-pA Cnrpen-pA the two famous .Taeks. hlfe'" and Dei-op sey. They were tlD,cOll In their restrained humor th'ck Berlous in the most dlvert-a dlvert-a Orations ll"mplay started m-rrilv Vs-'Jpecla Vs-'Jpecla red that Dempse was -0Slte5t flchter ind finest fellow 0r lived, anil CilpentWr raid M fthings of Kcarns Dempse V By were all real fellows ana J m lmprec.ion that he lia-.- i. W en grleorl thai he v.as mean Wto beat such a fellow as Car-M0lfi Car-M0lfi and it would certainly hurj:; I i Ue core to he compelled to do I I llr' rrillf 'H tn" h0tl atmosphere, I I PwW comradeship. Mr. Kcarns fced the articles had been tlndlng Carpenlter and Demp- mcot In a return match c, t ,fdefore 'I ur.e l'.i '.'3 in Londui 3 ible, and su the curtain ramt 0wn the first ai.t of the some. a 47iPUIPs' far' 1 jCOATFRs sorr.nT i ,4jPaclflc Coast league baseball-4 baseball-4 now gettlnf; ihe onto over jfcouts from the majorn. BoIj tf of the Yankees, Ru-- Hall Cincinnati Reds, Mike DohUn jBoston I'.eu a ml .Ire Ki;..l BUrashlngton Senalors th" gSjnter Y-t inn it -j -i- lAfjJtt the hi.j- who hae nitraet--Bri1 eagle optics are Joo Vail and! Jyno of the Seals, Cef.y Bur-' SdTncer A Mams and Stubby Mad; OfeHfrBtndlan Buzz Arlett or the --Hollh-' Thurston and llelnh jl pffcthe r.i-iH ruly 0f lus'' H'-nts h.-.ve l.een In - 1 ng Willi the work of Ail am- ami l8 Jiertx the Indian-, and Ueefl re-to re-to li " C?" Ali:ims was a memhor of iMon- Pnon," '"'ub of the Nor thorn k pitgu' during la-i and ha -, been illo ,hrt rir"' s,'conii fl"" the In- r B ... r'r.UTRAlSK liVLLKI .IOIC. e ' lanet Mar.-., with a tankful of, the "t? ty of '"' ;,nd 11 nfw sr'1 "f A tMl W(,('k wa-s approaching the ke0 t something :.i.e :v... million, mmlnute and when Joe Buh 1 Is his halt nelson from the old ! pill it hops over the plate at ai-proximately ai-proximately the same speed. That is what one of the Ww York dallies says of the former Missoula chucker of the t nlon association. The urticle ! sa s in part: "Whether Bullet Joe has any uo-shoots, uo-shoots, drops or curves of the in-and-out variety Le hard to say. Watching Watch-ing the ball after Bush starts It going go-ing is like learning to spe.uk Russlad In one night "Whenever a batter Bapsl one of his dazzlers for a couple of scks. It's a safe bet that he closed his eyes and let the Goddess of Fortune For-tune do the swinging. Bush recently recent-ly pitched seven winning games In a row, which started Jake Schaefer wondering if he really had a corn t on the ball running business "But the man we really feel sorry for the man in whose behalf we drag out the gayly bordered handkerchief hand-kerchief and weep a couple of sob, is the; man behind home plate who ( itches the bullet. The National Reform Re-form league should take a day off from the bathing beach and the art I Institute and build a concrete w ill , around the catcher in the name of j humanity The left bunds of the backstops who catch Joe are spread-j spread-j ing out and taking on the appeefrance .of Mr. swift's premier breakfast food ! and soulmate of the well known egg." G.I IV DIMFXIGHT. Dave Davenport blunked one of j teams in the Steel league at Belolt. Wisconsin. B few days ago, winning 3 to 0 In 10 innings. He allowed hut 1 two hits one bciug of the scratch variety. . . SIDESTEPS CRCB. Georges Carpentler has signed to meet Nilles In Paris In September an t Beckett In London In October. Despite De-spite the fact that both of these mills are classed as setups tor the world B light heavyweight champion Georgi refuses to meet Harry Greb the Pittsburg whirlwind. Greb. however. is tamping on Georges' trail and announces an-nounces that be will ruin all chances 1 for another Dempsey -Carpentler go. 00 |