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'Johnson's contract of $18,500 ex- pires this season, and the speed king had made up his mind not to sign un less Griffith came through with a like offer, which no doubt explains why | our boss is letting his star mounds-| man go," said a prominent member | of the Washington American League | team in discussing the reported sale | of pitcher Walter Johnson to Cleve-| land. | In a conversation with a Washing-| ton authority it leaked out that| Griffith had been endeavoring for| the last three weeks to have John- | son sign a 1918 contract but that] the pitcher refused to aecept a cut in salary, A few days ago Griffith | openly admitted that the ¢lub was a heavy loser, and that every member of his team holding a high salary contract would have to accept a big cut or be shipped elsewhere, other-| wise the Senators would be unable to | do business The proposed sale of Johnson makes it look as if the owners of the Washington franchise are very desir- ious of getting out, for without the marvellous Walter the club would probably be an absolute tail-ender, and a sure financial failure as well. No one hesitates in admitting that the Senators have failed to make expenses at home this seasom, and as the club has not made any money for the last few years, the deal with Cleveland may mean the opening shot in an effort to recoup some of the lost fortume before the fran- chise is shifted elsewhere. | A CHANGE IS NEEDED. To Prevent Draggy Finishes in Base- ball League. Present lack of interest in base- hall due to the fact that both races are, apparently settled nearly al 'month before the season is over, sug-| gest that some change should be in-| augurated to abolish the draggy finishes that result from these con- ditions, and to save the club owners from the losses that they sustain through opening their parks to ne- gligible attendances and through paying for railroad tickets to send their players somewhere where no one is waiting to meet them. At least will either lose money or do little more than to break even after Sep- tember 15th of this year. Shortening thé season will do no good, because a race is just as likely to be ended a month before the winding up of a 140 games schedule ws of one of 154 games. One thing that could be done, however, is to declare a season closed automatically the night that a club has its league's flag cinched. There's no sense in playing after that, because nobody cares about the games, and few at- tend. "This would not affect the players, who, under present condi- tions, are paid for anywhere from a week to ten days after they have ceased to render service. Sam Crawford is Through. The management of the Detroit club is arranging an easy and com. Re TRY, 5c. Poet Cigar 5c. Look for Silk Thread on Tip of Each Olgas, S. OBERNDORFFER, Maker, Kingston, J 2 MONUMENTS | of Scotch and American Granites, Vermont Marble. goes MCallun Granite Company, Lid. _ | plimentary way out of bas=ball for "Wahoo' fam Crawford, the veter. an outfislder. who will retire at the end cf this #>ason. The Detroit management will aot actually release the player, who has never been sold, traded or i:leased In his eighteen years of service." He hroke into professional base)ail #n +85 vith the Chatham team of the Canadian League, was signed hy De- rot, "iouned"" to Grand Rap!ds, and afterward went to Cincinnati, where he playcé for four years before Ye- ing awarded to Dettoit in the fam. ous "peace agreemeni." Seattle Fan Gets $1,000. Edward Kavafian, who was hit by a batted ball while he sat in the third base bleachers at a game of the North-western League, in Seattle, Wash., last year, obtained a verdict for $1,000 against L. E. Dugdale, owner of the Seattle Baseball Club. He sued for $6,000 for injury to his knee. The defense introduced a num- ber of fans who testified that the third base bleachers, although 'un- protected by netting, were ideal for view, but every one who sat there took a chance of being hit. a seasons, COBB DROPS 12 POINTS Ld He Got Only ¥ive Hits in Seven Games--Bush Is Best Scorer, Tris Speaker, the 1916 batting champion, is making a desperate drive to finish second to Ty Cobb for American League batting hon- ors. Averages released show the Cleveland star back in second place, with an average of .353, with Sisler, of Bt. Louis, who held the spot a week ago, six points behind him. The averages include games of Wed- nesday. Cobb fell off 12 points in the week, getting only five hits in seven games, but he is safely in the lead with an average of :374. Bush, the Detroit shortstop, is the leading scorer, having brought in 101 runs. Veach, of Detroit, retains the home run honors with eight. Roth and Chapman, of Cleveland, are fighting it out for honors in base stealing, Roth with 45 having a lead of three. Chapman continues to show the way to sacrifice hitters with 64. Detroit, which leads in team batting, has an average of 259, Leading batters who have played fn half of their club's games; Cobb, Detroit, .374; Speaker, Cleveland, .353; Sisler, St. Louis, ,347; Felsch, Chicago, .314; Veach, Detroit, 306; Chapman, Cleveland, .306: Lewis, Boston, .305; Cleveland, .306; Lewis, Boston, .305; McInnis, Phil- adelphia, .302; Harris, Cleveland, 301; Bodie, Philadelphia, .300. Cicotte of Chicago continues to fead the pitchers participating in 30 or more games rated according to earned runs per game with 24 won, 11 lost, and an average of 154 earn- ed runs. Rousch, of Cincinnati, widened the gap between himself and Horns- by, the St. Louis shortstop, for the batting lead in the National Lea- gue, averages, including games of | Wednesday, giving Rousch an aver- | age of .345, nineteen points ahead of his rival. PITCHER CICOTTE IS 45 He is One of the American League's Most Effective Hurlers. Pitcher Cicotte of the Chicago White Sox, has been accused of being forty-five years old, and one fre- quently hears from rival players the charge that it is impossible for him to become a winning pitcher after so many years of medicore success, without the aid of some magic. Those who talk that way simply do not know the facts. The official records of the game show that Cicotte, with the exception of one year, has been a dozen of the 16 major league clubs among the leading pitchers in the American League ever since the pre- sent system of ranking hurlers by their effectiveness instead of games won and lost was adopted. In that time Cicotte has been the second best pitcher in the league two different seasons and eighth once, The aver- ages for this year show that Cicotte is only a little more effective than in previous seasons, consequently he is only a shade better pitcher than he has been. The suspicions are al- most wholly due to the fact that the White Sox are winning rather more games for Cicotte tham in previous Hitherto he has been known as a hard luck hurler be- cause he could mot "win" games. He would hold his opponents to one or two runs but his teammates could not score enough tallies to cop. Who'll Win World Series? Ajjudge of odds in baseball, says New York will be the fagorite over Chicago if they meet in the world's series, with little or no accent on the "it," and that the odds will be 6 to 5 and perhaps even 7 to 5. As a matter of fact, both teams are so much alike in general mold and characteristics that it looks ' more like a case of even money and take your pick. Both teams are well bal. anced" offensively and defensively. They have about the same batting strength of hitters of much the same type. Neither team has an -Alex- ander, or a 'Walter Johnson, or a Babe Ruth ,but both are well equip- ped with pitchers, some of whom, notably Fredie Schupp and Jeff Tesreau of the Giants and Lefty Russell and Scott of the White Sox, rise to great heights at times. It will be the first meeting between the east and' west in a number of years in a world's series, and inter. est is sure to run high. wail in Torontos Well 'on Top. In addition to winning the Inter- national Baseball League pennant the Toronto Leafs led the league in hit- ting and fielding and Lajoie was the champion individual batter. YES, AND JEFF MIGHT HAVE HAD A TOUGH STEAK TO CHAUCER. : " GIANTS AND CHICAGO ON THEIR LAST TRIP The Giants Have to Win Only 8ix Games to Cinch Na- tional Pennant. With Charley Herzog out of the game--perhaps for all time--the Giants are on their last western trip of the season. At his home in Mary- land Herzog declared that unless he improves greatly in health he will not return to the game, even for the world's" serfes. He said, he hoped, however, to get into the big games. Finishing up on their pennant should not be hard for the leaders of the National league dedpite the loss of Herzog, Seven more victor- ies will see the rag cinched for them. They have sixteen more games to play. The Phillies would have to win nineteen straight to even tie them should the Giants win only six of their remaining games, Jimmy Smith is filling in at seec- ond base while Herzog, is out, and in doing excellent work. Jim has been knocking 'em far and wide since Herzog turned over the job to him. His blows have been fimely. Her- zog's absence is hurting the team is fielding fully as well as the Giant captain and in a few games he has taken part in has hit better than the Maryland star, The Chicago White Sox again- are on the road, needing seven games to claim the pennant as their own. They have twelve pastimes left on their schedule. The Red Sox have eighteen left and must win them all to tie the White Sox if the latter win only six of their scheduled games. Dunn to Sell Whole Team. Jack Dunn, owner, manager and president of 'the Baltimore Orioles, announces that he will sell every member of his team. The Orioles have lost much money again this season. International League outlook. has already sold nearly $40,000 wcerth of players this season. $17,113 For Red Cross. Charles A. Comiskey, president of the Chicago American League Ball Club, has sent the Red Cross a cheque for $3,144.37, making a total of $17,113 contributed by the club this year. 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