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' ’ ♦ HKARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN BASEBALL AND OTHER SPORTS -SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1013. 5 D ■ ■Pin..... _ I " j. -• HtllflN 1 LLLb nr Turn rnrn/ 1 SILK. HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT Harry Tries to Crab His Honor's Game Copyright. 1013, InlernaUonal New* Service ** By A J. H. Heisman. P ERHAPS the most singular thing I ever saw happen in a baseball game was during a contest be tween Oberlin and Allegheny Colleges about twenty years ago. The game was being played on Allegheny’s cam pus at Meadville, Pa. The baseball Park was very long, but it was quite the narrowest baseball park I ever ’.saw. IJotli the right and left flell- ers always played but a little way back of and out from first and third base respectively, and let line drives to their outside hand hit the fence, and then play them on the rebound like they would a ball on a pool ta ble. The near proximity of these fences 1 ’ .also meant that many balls w’ent over the fence, and so they had to keep a couple of boys on the outside dur ing the game to return the balls. At one time I remember, there were six balls outside the fence. The boys on the outside simply returned the balls into the field by a throw over the fence, and so they were liable to come popping back into the field of play at any old place and time. * » * T one stage of the game there was a man on first and one on sec ond for Allegheny, with two hands down. The batter hit a slow line drive that started right for third base, but when it had traveled about tw'- thirds of the way there it suddenly encountered another ball that came from outside the field. This other ball appeared to be headed for second base, and of course from the side of the park. The two balls were jour neying about the same height, and when they collided they were both deflected from their former courses and both rolled almost together right down to shortstop. Being called upon at short notice to handle not one but two balls, neither of which he had expected to try for, the Oberlin short stop went up in the air for an instant, but valiantly decided to try for both. They were not rolling with much speed so he managed to flag one with hie right hand and one with his left, but as he handled neither of them clean he managed to roll them both from one hand to the other just enough to confuse himself and every one else as to which was the batted ball and which the thrown. But be ing near third he simply tossed on° ► of them to the third sack with his * left hand and landed it there before the forced runner from second Ar rived. He now whipped the oth i, which he had picked up with his right hand simultaneously with the grab of the first by his left over to first base. He made a pretty g«od heave, but it was clear the batter had beat t out by a step. * * * 'fTHTEN came the argument. If the 1 ball that short threw to third was the batted ball Allegheny had been retired; but if the one he threw to first was the ball that had been in play then no one was out and all hands were safe. There were about 849 people at that game, and 424^ persons were ready to make affidavits that the ball that went to third was the one that the batsman hit, while about 424^ others took their oath then and there that the batted ball was the one thrown to first. The poor umpire was the only individual in the grounds who seemed to have no opinion w’hatever on the subject. But he heard all about it from the captains, the players, the waterboys, •corers. lawyers, doctors, expert wit nesses and, I believe, every cat and dog in the grounds. * * * H E wound up by giving a decision that of course pleased nobody. He declared that, inasmuch as his light eye had seen the play one way and his left eye the other way, the best thing he could do was to put the runners back where they started from and the batter- back at the plate, and all hands try it over again. Wouldn’t it be a funny old game if two batters and two pitchers and two balls were put into the game at the same time? Here's one I heard Treasurer Ban croft. of the Cincinnati Reds, tell ;i year or two ago, which I have told once or twice since and found It was as well enjoyed by others as it had been by me. • * * W HEN Bancroft was a young man —many, many years ago, he V was connected with a professional f team of bush leaguers whose mana ger found himself in sore need of an infielder. He recalled having re- teived 3 number of letters from a novice living in a neighboring state who had over and over again assured this manager regarding his, the writ er’s wonderful ability and of the cer tainty of his becoming the game’s greatest star at no distant day, could he but secure a trial. In desperation v the manager wired him to come on. The recruit arrived in due time and was promptly thrust into the breach, hut. sad to relate, he booted and bungled and threw away about every ball that came down to him, and thev were many. That night he mustered up courage enough to approach his sorrowing manager with an idea of squaring himself as best he could. “I was a little bit off to-day," was his propitiatory offering. "Yes, a little.” conceded his mam- -or. with a tinge of young grape fruit in his voice, "just a little, but not near as far off as you will be this time tomorrow.” ,, . 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N EW YORK, May 10.—In the es timation of New York fandom this big town is reasonably certain of a share of the next world’s championship games. No one who has seen the Giants perform around these parts is ready to concede any other rival more than an outside chance against the two-time cham pions of the National League. It may be sectional prejudice, for under Johnny Evers the Cubs have gotten away to an advantageous start fo 1 .* a club that was heretofore a slow breaker, but strange to say the Chi cago team does not carry the same fear as in former days. The answer is the absence of the Peerless Leader. The Cubs have always been fuli of surprises for New' York and may be again this season. More will be known of this after the Keystone King’s men have had a chance to sift through the Eastern wing of Tom Lynch’s domain. If the Windy City- array is able to win against Phila delphia and Brooklyn with the same marked regularity that they have been cleaning up our Western neighbors, then it will be high time for John Mc- Graw to shovel on more coal. From this long distance angle it strikes one that Chicago’s fine showing has been the result of poor opposition rather than individual club brilliancy. Jn support of which a few argumerts will hereby be presented. Pittsburg Team Crippled. In the West Chicago has encounter ed practically no opposition. Cincin nati and St. Louis have shown a straw defense. Pittsburg, generally accredited pennant prospects at the start was wrecked and broken when the mighty Hans Wagner and the reliable George Gibson went down in a heap. It is an easy matter for even a fair team to beat out crippled or sadly disorganized rival aggregations. Now the Giants on the other hand have battled neighbors that shape up far stronger than for the past several seasons. Philadelphia and Brooklyn both ap pear better balanced than in years and from what they have shown must be reckoned for first division berths. Philadelphia and Brooklyn have both displayed real pitching: pitching of far greater class than Chicago has yet encountered. Chi cago’s pitchers have been winning right along with five and six runs scored against them. This speaks for the hitting powers of Evers’ line but in the same breath insinuates box weakness on the part of the rivals. In New York’s games the scores have been much more limited, proving bet ter pitching and all around baseball qualities. Must Face Eastern Pitchers. If against Eastern battery strength the Cubs are able to rip off seven or eight runs a day then indeed the Chicago Cubs shall be hailed with due acclaim. They will indeed be a great shadow to the pennant pros pects of the Giants. But I do not think the team exists that consist* ently tear loose even an average )f four runs against such box men as Seaton. Alexander. Mathewson. Tes- reau, Marquard. Rucker. Allen and such sharpshooters. Certainly’ New York, Philadelphia and Brooklyn may expect to score as frequently against the Cubs as have St. Louis, Pitts burg and Cincinnati. In which case, limiting the score as the good Eastern pitching should, the Windy City trioe is most liable to find tough sledding on its first long travel. All of which puts it fairly and squarely up to the approaching Eastern invasion by the West. We will have to await devel opments to get a proper line. Giants Look Stronger. New York has reason to preen herself over the possibilities of a third st’« ght pennant. To date the club has looked fully 15 per cent stronger than last season when the pennant was won in the first there months. That McGra.w does not enjoy the run away lead he did a year ago is due to the improvement of Philadelphia and Brooklyn, a happy circumstance that should help his cause greatly when Pittsburg and Chicago heave into view. Every department of the cham pion machine has been improved ove- 1912. George Burns, in left fieid, has rounded out a garden combina tion that will compare favorably with any rival. By the elimination of De vore. McGraw has suffered no ioss in speed and has gained greatly in hitting power and defensive strength. By the same token the infield has been bolstered up by Shafer. He 5s better than Fletcher in every depart ment. Still McGraw’s greatest 5s embraced in a new battery strength— a department which for years has been a constant source of worry to him. Matty in Great Form. Christy Mathewson, the great an chor man of his hurling corps for the past decade, has shown all his old time form and should have one of the greatest campaigns of his bril liant career. Marquard was late in re porting, but is almost ready to cut in witn all his accustomed ability. Wil- iiRBi QohintxYrx uvii ho ia all rio'ht and none should know better. Tesreau has always been a hot weather pitch er. He is better now than any time before this early in the race. Leon Ames, with a brand new spltball, has chased his “jinx” and stepped into his proper sphere at last. George Wiltge seems to have returned to his form of 1908. In A1 Demaree little Mac has corralled one of the season’s finds, to all appearances. He has several other very fine looking Colt tossers who should provide against any possibility of overwork to the veterans. As it stands to-day Mc Graw has undoubtedly the most ef fective pitching staff in his company if not in organized baseball. He need not hang hi9 head whe-n his catching corps is compared with any other. Chicago boasts a great pair of backstops in Archer and Bres - nahan. But for all around effective ness Meyers and Wilson will pretty nearly hold their own. The “Big Chief” has always been a rattling good catcher, subserious to injury ar.d a fellow who will stick pretty close to .330. Hitters of this type are mighty scarce nowadays when batting covers a multitude of sins. Wilson is a very much improved catcher and also a very dangerous hitter. Hartley the third man on the list, in the esfimation of John J. Mc Graw is just about the sweetest pros pect he has ever seen. Giants Have Youth and Speed. Those greatest of all natural ad vantages—youth and speed—belong to McGraw by a very wide margin. He. too, possesses a list of candidates of such well balanced ability that it is practically impossible to cripple him. His substitutes are just one little shade less formidable than the regular men. Now both Chicago and Pittsburg, while possessing in num bers are far below in class. Nor are the regulars possessed of that vigor of youth that is capable of standing all the strains of a strenuous cam paign. Take the Cubs. now. Clymer. Mitchell, Bridwell and ' Evers hav? several times stood upon the brink of major league oblivion the ^ast few years. Clymer, a veritable “old man,” was rescued from the minors when everyone thought him through as a major star years ago. The great uncertainty of pinning faith to waning stars is best illus trated in the case of Pittsburg. The loss of one such man a» Hans Wagner seems irreparable. The great “Fly ing Dutchman’s” playing days have run their course. In his unfortunate fall he carried down with him the pennant nrospects of the Pirates. Be ' fore Wagner and Gibson were laid on the shelf—let us Jiope it will be but temporarily in both cases—the Giants seriously regarded Pittsburg’s opposi tion. Chicago has never received the same sort of respect. Pittsburg ha? a wonderful pitching staff; Chicago corps is lightly regarded. There lies the answer. Cubs May Be Surprise. Chicago may be the big surprise wf the season. We will all know better in a couple of weeks. But in the meantime we may look for better things in Brooklyn as some consola tion should the Cubs slip one over Mr. Dahlen at last appears to have rounded out a real first division pos sibility. There should be no am lit grain of comfort in that. JOE RIVERS TURNS DOWN OFFER TO MEET BRITTON NEW YORK. May 10.—Rivers*, the Mexican lightweight, who gained re nown by stopping Knockout Brown and outpointing Leach Cross, doesn’t appear to be anxious to try conclu sions with Britton in the Garden. Rivera so l'ar has refused to box Britton at 133 • ingside and 27 1-2 per cent, of the gate terms named by Dan Morgan, manager of Brit ton Rivers is willing to tackle Welsh or Murphy at 133 ringside but neither Freddie nor Tommy will con cede this point. JOE MANDOT TO BECOME MERCHANT IN HOME CITY NEW ORLEANS. May 10.—Joe Mandot is one boxer who has saved his ring earnings and will probably never need a benefit. The French Market crack has never been a roun der or a spender. But Joe realizes that the ring life of a boxer is lim ited at the best, and that the wise men are those who save their money. He has been a regular depositor at a bank near the French Market, but will soon withdraw a good portion of hi-.' savings and enter the men’s furnishing business. MOORE AND GRIFFITH TO CLASH IN ’2-R0UND GO AKRON. O.. May 10.—Pal Moore, of Philadelphia, and Johnny Gr.ffith, local boy, have completed training for their 12-round scrap here Monday night. Griffith has fought some of the toughest lightweights in the game lutving recently ” bested Jack White, U19 boy who bolds victories over Har ry Thomas, Frankie Conley and Owen Morn n. E-i- qJEWT TO A C.0BIST ART" JH00J VOTERDAV Afternoon’ ''Hit. OH- UICE THAT-; EH? k Bv R. L. Murdock. B OSTON, May 10.—How do you account for the failure of a ball team which consistently, and on its merits, won the champion ship of the world, reported in splen did condition for spring training, came out of the training season in better shape individually than ever before, and is nov\ beaten consistently in about seven-eighths of the games it plays? This question is in the mind9 of all Boston “fans,” who- have been aston ished at the conspicuous downfall of the Red Sox since the season began. There is. not one. but many, an swers, all of which partly explain tne position of the Sox. Of course, the team is not batting up to the hitting of its competitors It is not slamming the ball as hard and as safely as last year, although still hitting hard enough to win more games than it has, if the men “came through” in pinches as they did then, and if backed by the pitching that made the Sox famous in 1912 and the other sterling defense that con tributed so much to last season’s tri umphs. But this is a general answer—one of the kind which explains most teams’ defeats. Why has the batting fallen off. particularly hitting togeth er when hits mean runs enough to win victories? Pitchers Fallen Behind. Why have the pitchers dropped be low the 1912 standard? Why is the other defensive strength below the average shown last season? Why ril this when the men. individually, a<c in better shape, physically, and ca pable of playing faster baseball than they ever showed before at this sea son? Looking at the team individually, we find, first, that Speaker is batting above his 1912 form. Gardner is hit ting up to last season’s work. Hooper, who had an off year in 1912. is no worse, surely. Yerkes has a higher average than last season. Lew is seems to be batting in the form he displayed a year ago. But there vou stop. The bottom quartet has failed to “deliver.” Fail to Hit in Pinches. A year ago, the Sox, all the way down the list, were timely hitters. Every one of the nine men in the average line,-up could break up a ball game when necessary. Although the men at the lower end had no high averages, they won many a ball game. They are not doing that this season. They are not “coming through in the pinches.” No team can win a pennant unless it does have a batting list that has good men in the pinch all the way down the line. The men at the top can not win enough ball games, no matter how hard or consistently they cloul, to carry off a championship- no, not even if among them were a 1.000 hitter and the rest .300 boys. . You see, a few men batting suc cessfully over and over again can’t score enough runs alone to win seven out of ten games—the percentage necessary to land on top. The other fellows do not get on the base lines often enough to score runs sufficient to count, and the number of times that the topnotchers can come to bat is limited. Also, you will find that even the topnotchers, while making good rec ords in the percentage tables, are not "coming across” when hits mean games, as often as they used to. Loss of Stahl Hurts. One of the losses in the lower part of the list is Jake Stahl. Stahl bat ted over .300 last season. In his stead Engle and Janvrin have played first base and batted sixth. Neither hits well enough to do his share in a championship team. "Heinie” Wagner is also a fallen idol in the batting list. “Heinie” has never been noted for high averages. But by clever use of his brains and wits he used to manage to “get on" in many a tight place, and, once “on.” was a terror to the opposition. He was one of those timely fellows who do nbt figure high up in the percentage qolumn, but who win many a ball game that the star clout- ers were unable to squeeze through. The pitchers and catchers, who used to be more consistent batters when hits were needed than most battery men. have also failed to deliver the goods this season. DOC WHITE HOLDS RlcORD FOR RUNLESS INNINGS PITTSBURG, May 10.—George L. Moreland, the baseball statistician, found figures to-day tending to show that "Doc" Harry White, of the Chi cago White Sox, established the world's record for consecutive runless innings with forty-five Innings and not chesbro for the 1 Highlanders with forty-two, as recently contended. White shut out Cleveland, St. Louis. Detroit, New York and the Athletics in nine-inning games in 1904. } Brooklyn j (\ BY DAMON RUNYON. M l XE air* have seen this morning, after rubbing them some rubs, The figures as presented in the Standing of the Clubs: And irhat is this I’m seeingf Why, the birds they pegged as Dubs— It’s Brooklyn marching on! Mine ears have .heard the cheering of J. Evers’ gallus Cubs. And the moaning of the f’irates as they’re sinking to the hubs— But what’s this scream behind us. and the flourishing of elubst It’s Brooklyn marching on. BEST IF ILL THE WhiteSox AreNewSpeed Marvels © O © © O O 0 Cal’s Men Rank High in League L CUT OUT BIB 'STAGE' BOXING By W. W. Naugkton. S AN FRANCISCO, May 10—When White Hope Luther McCarty ar ranged a series of pugilistic one- night stands with his far-flung bat- the line extending from Pittsburg to Calgary, critics said that Luther evi dently meant to 4 take no chances of losing the championship belt confer red on him by Tom McCarey. It is just possible that McCarty's motives were correctly construed, but it looks as though Luther is likely to protect his girdle at the expense of his reputation. . So far Luther’s cross-country matches—some one has designated them safety matches— have detracted from rather than in creased his prestige. His .affair with Jim Flynn In Philadelphia was voted exceedingly tame, and his bout with Frank Moran in New York was worse. Tiie trouble with McCarty is that since his defeat of A1 Palzer he has had too much foot light work and not enough boxing. It required a very’ moderate amount of success to turn his head, and it seems as though real fighting Is the las-t thing In his thoughts at present. That Luther has become ftghty is suggested by the episode of the bath robe. It seems that instead of pro ceeding to the arena to put on his ring togs the night of the Moran go he donned his ring togs at his hotel in New York and went out through a crowded lobby’ to his waiting taxi cab wrapped in a bathrobe. He returned the same way, and the hotel management promptly request ed him to give up his apartments. The one thing required to complete the asininity of the exhibition would have been for Luther to have had his champion belt buckled around the bathrobe. McCarty’s pranks are in distinct contrast to the businesslike methods of that other cowboy hope. Jess Wil lard. Jess is putting in big licks up at Harbin Springs r.nd will be in fine fettle when the date of his match with Gunboat Smith comes around^ He has for sparring partners Soldier’ P21der and Big Jim Cameron. Charlie Miller is to join the camp soon, and then Jess’ collection of mastodons will be complete. JACK BRITTON’S MANAGER SAYS ALL ARE DODGING NEW YORK. May 10.—'“Jack Brit ton" is flghtiiiK himself out of a job," says his manager, who goes on to rtate that Leaoh Cross, Joe Rivers. Tommy Murphy, Freddy Welsh, ami Willie Ritchie have all turned down offers for a fight with the Morgan entry. "Freddy Welsh," he continues, “was matched to bix with Britton last tear, and Britton says he ran out of the match three days before the contest, with a very poor excuse. "Jack Britton will be champion of the lightweights before the year is half through, if Willie Ritchie will give him a chance. Jack has so far beaten every lightweight and welter weight pitted against him and the ta,k of securing further opponents is very hard.” WELLS AND CARPENTIER SIGN. PARIS. May 10.—Bombardier Wells the English heavyweight, and George Carpentier. the French champion, yesterday signed articles for a twen ty-round contest in this city on June 28. ATHLETICS PRAISE CALVO. , PHILADELPHIA, PA., May HI 1-Yank Baker, Ira Thomas and other members of the Athletics state that Calvo, the yoimg Cuban with Clark Griffith's squad, looks like a mighty sweet hitter and a promising young| F p°TO player to them. By Left Hook. F rank klaus is on top now with Jack Dillon running a close second and with a very good chance for front position. Mc- Goorty and Clabby are a tie for third place. This is the present middle weight status. It now looks as though a 15R- pound or a 160-pound champion is the hardest thing in the world to find. The task of developing one has been as hopeless as the white hope mar ket. The same old candidates have been in line for the middleweight honor ever since Ketchel was laid at rest in a Grand Rapids cemetery. They have been scrambling among themselves for two years or more without ma terial results. There have been changes in the relative standing from time to time, but the goal line is as yet uncrossed. McGoorty and Clabby fought ten rounds in Denver recently to the same indefinite outcome—-a draw. How is one to tell from that whether either or neither is a conjuring fac tor in the race? That’s the way the struggle has been going on, however. It has been one long series of un satisfactory. meaningless competi tion. Klaus Whipped Papke. Klaus went to Paris and whipped Carpentier and Papke. He put the Illinois Thunderbolt on the rear end of thb parade. Jack Dillon iias been Scouting along for a few months, whipping every possible contender with whom he could get a match. He defeated Molm decisively In Milwau kee la«t week and Moha had pre viously beaten McGoorty. The win nings of Klaus and Dillon have been the only consoling features of the dull and uninteresting story of Ketchei’s would-be successors, and they tend to make this pair look better than the rest. Dillon vs. Klaus. With Klaus back home and the pro moters willing to use him against Dillon, those interested in the fluctu ations of middleweight values may honestly expect a solution to the problem, but unless things turn out differently than before there is no logical cause for a favorable result. The Pittsburger and the Hoosier have met twice, in ten and twenty round contests and there, lias been little to choose between them. Not only that, but the battles 1 sre listless and not of a kind to snake one rise up and cheer. Their styles are practically the same. Dillon is the better boxer Dillon however, lias been fighting in more brilliant form this year. And Klaus showed in his Parisian engage ments that he is more powerful than ever, with more trick- than he pos sessed two years ago. Title Still In Air. So if the two are matched and they fight according to their recent ability, it is just posible we may have a champion after all. The title at present lies between Klaus and Dil lon, and if one wins with lots to spare there is little doubt that he can go out and clean up McGoorty and Flabby. However, another Klaus- Dillon meeting will have to be of an entirely different color than the other bouts. Therein lie? the settlement of the long struggle. It s a slim chance. THOMAS AND WHITE MEET IN RETURN BOUT MAY 19 NEW ORLEANS, La.. May 10.—Joe Thomas is down to hard training for his ten-round bout with Charlit White the Chicago speed marvel, here May 19. Joe Golden is putting his protege through some stiff work-outs in an effort to get Thomas into the best of j shape when lie stacks up against the Chicago boy. White is at present doing his work in Chicago, but he i« ex pected here some time this week. SMITH OFFERS M’CaFtY $5,000 GUARANTEE TO BOX SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., May 10.— I anxious is Gunboat Smith, the I “white hope destroyer” to meet Luth- | er McCarty, that he to-day offered j to guarantee McCarty $5,000 if Mb- ( Carty will meet him. Smith claims McCarty has continually evaded 1 meeting him. By Bill Bailey. D ID it ever occur to you that th<5 White Sox team, as composed at the present moment, is one of the fastest aggregations in the American League? It never did? Ap parently it has occurred to few. Mighty little has been written about the speed of the white-hosed boys, and it’s an asset that is rarely mentioned when the Sox fans ge': into a discussion. Omit the pitchers, for they are al ways in a speed discussion, aad put Schalk behind the bat and the White Sox line-up looks one of the fastest in B. B. Johnson’s organization. Baker Borton wouldn’t b'* accounted a fast man on the bases. He isn’t horribly slow or anything of that sort. But when you have said that the first eacker is not a fast man you have mentioned about the only fellow’ in the line-up who wouldn't be account ed swift on any team. Take the infield. Rath at second is a fast man. Weaver at short is a man who is deceptive in his s^eed. Lori, the third baseman. Is anything save a slow man when he gets on the bases. Weaver should really be a great base runner. Nov only has he the speed, but he has the vicious slide which the reallv great base runner must possess. There isn’t anything gentle about the shortstop. He is vicious when he tags a runner. Apd he goes into a bag the same way. That’s a big asset, because any time that the basemen get the idea th.*t you are going in there with all you 1 ' weight back of you and with tho8€ spikes glistening they, hecome a trifle timorous. Which.is only natural. * * * 'THE outfield, especially with Shaller * in the line-up, also is fast. Col lins looks like a speed boy. Mattick is another fellow’ w ho can cover a lot of ground in the outfield or who can get over the base paths in a hurry. And Shaller is fast enough to hold his own. Here is another deceptive fellow. Shaller is a daring man on the bases, yet a fellow w’hose work will fail to attract a great deal of attention. He is of the Schulte type—a fellow who makes difficult plays look easy rather than one who makes the easy plays look difficult. “What’s the use?” queried Shaller when he was told that almost any other outfielder would have made the chance look difficult after he had grabbed a line drive at the end of a hard run. He got it so easily that half the spectacle was taken from the play. “But the fellow who runs ring# round a fly ball and then grabs ft ?rltb one hand looks good to the fans,*'was the answer. • / “But don’t you suppose the man ager knows?” was the retort. * * * TT’S possible that Schalk would not A be accounted a fast man ff you compared him to some of the in and out fielders. But catchers, as a rule, are slow and you couldn’t call the lit tle backstop that. He’s so much faster than the average run of receivers that he has the right to be classed with the fast ones. Rath, Lord, Weaver. Collins. Mat- tyck, Shaller and Schalk would be ac- counted fast on any ball club. And on top of that the fellow who would give any and all of them a race for the base-running honors has not been mentioned. Rollie Zeider is the lad No, sir, there are mighty few ball clubs In the American League pos sessed of more ispeed than that South Si<io aggregation. 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