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ALL-PREP TEI
NEARLY SETTLED
By Jim Glover
O F course it iw a bit early to pick
an All-Prep baseball team birt
a pretty good idea has been
formed as to who these men will be.
With the possible exception of a
pitcher all of the positions are prac
tically assured.
Sam Armlstead, of Roys High.
.vhouM he behind the bat on the
etrength of the showing he has made
in the last three games played by
his team. He is also leading the
league in hatting.
The pitching honors at present are
ivided between Kox. of Boys High,
and < 'allahan. of Marist. with the
e<tds a bit in favor of Pox on ac
count of his victory over Martat last
week when he was pitted against
Callahan. Weston, of Boys High, is
not out of the running, either, for
this position. He has only pitched
one game of importance but his
showing then was beyond reproach.
His status among Prep twirlers can
better be determined after the game
Wednesday with Boys High.
Spurlock at Shortstop.
Spurlock, of Boys High, will no
]oubt be the unanimous choice for
f»hortstop He is a fine fielder and
lugger Lowry, of Marist, looks
good for the job on first base. At
present he is catching for Marist but
he shim s on the first sack. Lowry
is without a doubt the best utility
man in the local league this year.
Hill Bedell, Of Tech High, appears
*o lie the best bet for second base.
H< bats and fields well and is a fast
man on tie diamond. He rarely
fails to steal second when once at
first.
Charlie Allen, of Marist, will very
likely be placed at third base al
though he has not shown as well
this year as In former seasons. He
is the fastest man In the league and
one of the best hitters. Weston
and Parks of Tech High are both
classy third suckers and may be giv
en the place In preference to Allen
by *om« expert*.
Rennolds a Good Man.
Harry Rennolds, of Boys High,
should cop a place In the outfield
without a dissenting voice. His
fielding average so fir this season
is about 006 and he is always there
with the stick in a pinch. Johnny
Laird, of Tech High, is another good
outfielder and a sure man on diffl-
. iiit balls The other outfield posi
tion ought to be given to Wells, of
P.a. ock, although he is a shortstop.
Wells ha played swell ball with a
losing team all season, and while
Spurlock, of Boys High, has it on
him a little at short.
Wells is too good a man to be
left off the team entirely and he
would make as good an outfielder as
any of them
Babb, of G. M. A. Is another good
player who has boon handicapped by
a poor team. He has played third
ban* but there are too many good
men for that i>osition this year, so
Babb will probanly be given a place
as sub.
It is safe to* say that no team In
the local Prep League could possi
bly be selected that could give* the
abovf ikjgregatlon a trimming
Women Taking Part
in Outdoor Sports
Feminine Athletes Increasing in
Almost Every Branch of Athletic
Endeavor.
Women art now taking a promi
nent part in the world of sport*.
In » 'lit ago three clubs of w omen
are mealed in athletic events. In the
women’s athletic club each day is
marked by some exhibition of. wi-
man's prowess in the gymnasium. >n
Tin - Jays and Fridays of each we*U
wumcn practice swimming at the Illi
nois Athletic Glub.
In Jackson Park, Chicago. Mrs. Roy
Banal, wife of the Hyde Park foy;-
bal’. star, won the race for women
Skippers recently. Miss Ethel Lar
sen is the proud possessor of a pilot’s
license.
in baseball Mrs. Helen Hathaway
Robinson Britton is the owner of the
St. Loui.- League club and Mrs.
Charles Havener Is the owner of th*;
Milw ,1 uko«- American Association
club.
,\l;i Mai v and Priscilla Williams
won i ampionships in archery.
\t the CDiversity of Chicago Mrs.
A A Stugg wife of the famous coach,
Ik interested in athletics, and score*
( • co. Us are now engaged In playing
basketball.
V more women are driving au
tomobiles this year than ever before.
T Chi ago Gun Club of Women
is ti ming out many experts with the
PEACOCK-FLEET TRIUMPHS
OVER 0. M. A.—SAMS STARS
Peacock-Fleet triumphed over the
G «» gia Military Academy aggrega-
ti. >ii > osterday afternoon by the count
SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
Warm Heart and a Piece of Ice
By Tad
“Half-Errors” Will Help Scorers
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Can Split Up Blame for Misplays
By Percy H. Whiting
W OULD It seem odd to you if
next year’s box scores should
contain such unusual state
ments as these:
A b r h po a e
Smith, rf 4 1 2 2 1 2 1-2
Jones, 2b 6 0 0 4 8 11-2
In other words we face the era of
“half-errors."
Did you ever hear of a “half-er
ror?”
No, and nobody else ever did, until
Dode Birmingham suggested a scheme
for dividing misplays.
There are many plays in an aver
age game that have the scorers gues
sing. They know' that an error has
been made but they don’t know
which of two men made it.
For Instance the batter bunts down
the first base line The first base-
man runs In to field the ball while
the pitcher goes to first to cover. At
host It Is a delicate play. The first
baseman throws a shade wide, the
pitcher gets the ball In his hands
and then lets it go again.
The question at once arises: was
the first baseman the victim of a bad
eaten or the pitcher stung by a bad
throw ?
The scorers must guess at it.
Now suppose It were possible to
give each Qf them a half error. Then
there woulfl be no hard feeling. The
baseman would be penalised for a
bad throw, the pitcher for a poor
catch.
* * *
BIRMINGHAM suggests also that
half-errors could be awarded on
the play which arises when the catch
er throws perfectly to second to
catch n base runner who is trying
to steal and when neither the sec
ond baseman nor the shortstop cov
ers.
Hut he’s wrong on this one
This play brings up the famous
“consultation error.”
There Is Just one way to score It.
The scorer must, find out which of
the two possible victims was guilty.
Frequently the only way to find out
Is to go and ask both. This isn't
a convenient way hut It Is fair.
It w'ould not do to. give half-er
rors on this “uncovered bag" play.
One man or the other is guilty. It
Is not up to both of them to go for
the ball. one man. under the sys
tem of play, is due to cover. The
other has no business there. The
only way to score this play Is to find
which one should have handled the
ball
If they will not tell you ask the
manager. He knows.
* * *
T HERE’S an awful lot of hunk
turned loose about this scoring
thing. It isn’t half as complicated
and difficult as lots of the experts
would try to make you believe.
Any good, intelligent fan could
keep a tip-top box score. The only
trouble would be that the errors
would be amazingly numerous.
A fan is a vicious scorer at heart.
After a game the fans will grab
a baseball writer.
“Say. how did you score that
thump in the third inning, when
Jones let the hall get by him ”
The scorer consults his book.
"Why,” he says. real apologetic
like, “we gave the batter a hit."
"A HIT!” they will shriek in chor
us,” Why a child could have stop
ped that ball with one finger."
• * *
M OST scorers start off like that.
But gradually the* players bring
them around. They yell so loud that
the scorers ease off, just to save
their eur drums.
Of course if you gave the players
every doubtful point, not to mention
the press stand, including ice water,
you couldn't satisfy them. But fi
nally, after much practice, your ex
perienced scorer strikes a mean. It
is neither very stiff nor very lenient.
It satisfies neither the fans nor tin
players. Therefore it is probably
moderately fair.
FODDER FOR FANS
The Fourteenth Street lads out-
p!«vrd ;he losers in every way. Both
teams did good work with the big
s . -k. G. M A. registering nine safe
;... s. w hile the winners came close
with right bingles to their credit.
Both teams, however, seemed rath-
r off in the field. Numerous errors
were registered on both sides, and
hey were usually grouped In the most
dangerous periods.
Sams pitched i fine game for his
<am. causing eight men to whiff the
breezes and giving only two bases od
balls.
nLAUS signs to box
M'GOORTY AT PITTSBURG
VF>V York, May 14.—Frank Klaus,
Pi . burg middleweight, to-day
«igriffi for a six-round bout with
Kdd: McGoorty at Pittsburg, on May
24 nnd a ten-round bout with Jack
DiPon. of Indianapolis, In that city
lieinie Zimmerman, who led the Na
tional League batsmen laat season,
fanned three times yesterday at Te«-
reau’s benders.
• * •
The Giants harvested a double, three
triples and eight singles in the game
against the Chicago (nibs yesterday.
• * *
Some sport writers are already be
ginning to figure the Pirates out of the
National League race. True, they are
seven full games behind the leaders,
but there remains about 180 games still
to be played
• • *
Again there was joy among the alibi
manufacturers in New York. For the
second successive time the Yankees,
Dodgers and Giants won.
• • •
It used to be “Who can the Dodgers
beat .’ and now it la “Who can beat
the Dodgers?”
• • •
Johnny McGraw. manager of the
Giants, predicted in a signed article
that the Cardinals were going to crack
right in the middle and break all to
i pieces, whereupon the Cardinals nosed
into third place.
• • •
Three home runs were made in the
Pirate-Phillies game yesterday, but the
one hammered out by Magee clinched
the game for the Quakertown boys.
* * •
“Shoeless Joe ' Jackson, of the Naps,
continued to pound the ball, garnering
a single, double and a triple out of
four times up yesterday.
• • •
Those alleged "lowly" Yankees halted
the Naps again yesterday, making thetr
fifth victory out of seven games played
on thetr Western trip.
• * •
"Tris" Speaker, who is out for the
batting leadership in the American
League this season, got two triples yes
terday in the game against the Tigers.
• • •
If the Phillies don’t soon lose a del
egation of Brooklyn fans may invade
their bailiwick and kill off a few of the
best players. For a week the Brooklyn*
have been on the edge of first place, but
the Piilllles refuse to lose a game
• • •
"Dutch” Schaefer and “Nick" Altrock.
the comedian Senator ball players, broke
into the game against he Browns yes
terday, but their presence failed to stop
the St. Louis team rrom winning.
• • *
The Reds’ roster contains the names
of a large number of Germans, a few
Irishmen, an Indian, an Englishman,
two Cubans, h Welshman and several
gentlemen of undiscovered nationality.
• * *
It was foolish of Hohnhorst to jump
the Montgomery club Unless that lad
has improved he is lucky to have .i
job at all—and no questions asked about
the salary.
Sporting Food
> By GEORQK K. PHAIR
THE CRIPPLE.
“ You arc sick. Brother Heine," the
young man said.
"You arc ailing and fevered and
tame,
And yet, as you toss on a hospital
bed
You are out here enjoying the
game"
”It is true." he replied, "I am ailing
and lame;
I am just a I tout ready to die.
It's a great tittle feat to be here at
the game.
For it shows I’m a versatile guy"
Seven gas bags are entered in the in
ternational balloon race at Kansas City.
Horace Fogel, however, will not com
pete.
R. Marquard avers that he is willing
to pitch his head off for John McGraw.
but even if he does he will not sustain
any great loss.
I
Frank Chance, commenting on Messrs.
Schaefer and Altrock, informs us that
baseball Is not funny. Still, you can
hardly blame Frank Chance.
■'lad me have men about me who are
fat.” quoth J. Caesar, who never sat be
hind one at a ball game.
Gambling is frowned upon in baseball
circles, but when one bets on Washing
ton with Johnson on the slab one does
not gamble.
t
EXPERTING IS A CINCH.
When Johnson hurls the baseball
scribe has these few lines to
pen:
"Thru walked right up and turned
around and walked right back
again"
After watching Mr. Ferguson in the
act of umpiring, the entire population
of St. Louis has signed a petition to
reinstate George Stovall.
The Kentucky Derby has demonstrat
ed that In spite of the depredations of
the soulless corporations it still is pos
sible to become wealthy on a small
capital.
IT DEPENDS.
Ih mis wild and print d and sulky,
Fond of raising discontent.
But his batting marQc was bulky.
So they called it temperament.
AXI> WET,
If hr were a pun ft battei-
And he fielded like a slouch.
II iron Id be anoUhcr matter—
lie iron Id be a 'Common grouch.
The report that the public is enthusi
astic over the Willard-Smith argument
will be startling news to the public.
It behooves some scientist to probe
into the psychology of baseball and tell
us why a solid Ivory dome generally
shows the strongest tendency to become
swollen.
Motorcycle raxing is a great litle sport
from i spectator’s standpoint if the
spectator looks at it from the stand
point of an undertaker.
Bv W. W. Nauehtoi
S AN FRANCISCO, May H.—If
physical worth counts for much
Jess Willard, the Kansas cowboy,
will have to be considered as having
an excellent chance of winning ove”
Gunboat Smith when they size up
next Tuesday night.
At the same time a comparison of
the two men Is interesting enough f.la
the followers of the boxing game.
Smith weighs something like 180
pounds, at least that will be close to
his ringside poundage. Willard is a
235-pound man at the present time,
so he will have a round fifty pounds
advantage. The Kansan will stand f>
feet and 6 inches, which is five morj
inches in height than Smith can mus
ter, and height, as has been said, is a
help to a man in the ring.
In other ways Willard proves by the
tape what a big chap he is. His neck
measures 19 inches, as against 14H
for Smith. Jeffries measured 45 inches
around the chest, and Willard is close
to him with 44 inches. Willard is 33
inches around the waist and Smith
can tally but 32 inches around that
portion of the body.
Gunboat Smith's search for a husky
sparring partner has at last prove i
successful. Last night A1 Kaufman
brought his fighting togs to Shan
non's and from now until the day of
the fight will lend his aid In getting
Gunboat into trim for his battle with
the Kansan. This afternoon Smith
boxed with Kaufman, Bob Arm
strong and Jack Greenwood.
MURPHY CLAIMS PENNANT
BY EIGHTEEN-GAME MARGIN
NEW YORK. May 14.—Whether le
had consulted an oracle was not
made clear by Pr sklent Murphy of
the Cubs to-dav, but he made the
following statement: “We will win
the pennant by a margin of 18 games.
1 said last winter that the Cubs
would finish at the top, but I wasn't
sure of the margin. But now I am
in a position to speak with unbridled
confidence.”
President Murphy added that if Mc
Graw had not let Bridwell out last j
year he would have won the world’s
series. “Bridwell is the best short
stop in the league, which proves that
even McGraw’s judgment is not infal
lible.” he said.
MERCER PLAYS FLORIDA.
' MACON. GA„ May 14.—Mercer's
I baseball season will end this week
] with the games with the University
• of Florida on Friday and Saturday.
I If Mercer should take these games
* the team will end the season with a
j percentage of .666
Sports and Such
By RIGHT CROSS. *
THE ADMIRABLE AND un
failing Tigers are getting it in the
neck this season which has given
rise to a debate on the question
whether Jennings is entitled to
sympathy for the way his team
is going or whether Detroit is en
titled to sympathy for the way
Jennings is going. It is to set the
question at rest that the sub
joined lines are submitted.
* *■ *
IN BASEBALL, as elsewhere, if
frequently happens that a man
grabs a lot of glory for the , work
of other men until something hap
pens to take a lot of the bounce
out of him. It Is then immediate
ly concluded that he never had
any bounce In him. This is where
Jennings comes in.
* * *
WHEN HE GOT to Detroit he
found that his predecessor. Ar
mour, had thoughtfully gathered
in Ty Cobb. Wild Bill Donovan
and others, to aid old Sam Craw
ford and others. It was a band of
mad meat-eaters who needed
nothing but a slip of the leash to
pound the well known American
League into little pieces. And
that’s what happened.
* • •
PROBABLY JENNINGS’
greatest single stroke of mana
gerial strategy was the release of
Jimmy Archer. He probably fig
ured that Archer was too good
for the American League and
would more comfortably fit into
a real world’s championship club
like the (Tibs. His discarding of
Birdie Cree also has its merits.
• * #
WHILE M’GRAW AND MACK
have been steadily'building, tink
ering and improving, Jennings
has stood pat. His team is now
much the same team that won the
championship and almost as good
—but the league has not stood
still In the meantime. It has. for
instance, developed a team that
could knock the daylight out of
the Cubs and another team that
could beat that one.
* * *
SO THE RECORDS 'indicate
that the Tigers made Jennings
fully as much as Jennings made
the Tigers.
* * *
ALL OF WHICH GOES to show
'that it will be Matty and Bender
in the first game this fall.
CROSS OUTPOINTS D0HAN
IN FAST TEN-ROUND BOUT
NEW YORK. May 14.—Leach Cross
appeared at the Atlantic Garden Ath
letic Club last night and showed his
neighbors how easy it is to dispose of
a perfectly good defensive boxer by
handily outpointing Johnny Dohan. of
Brooklyn, in ten fast rounds. Dave
Kurtz shaded Tommy Maloney in ten
rounds full of action. Patsy Kline
stopped Kid Black in the fourth
round.
No Money in New York Battles
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Fighters Claim Fame Has Sagged
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By Ed IN’. Smith
HICAGO, May 14.—There has
been a big slump in the boxing
game in and around New York
in the last few weeks, and return
ing fighters and their friends say
there is little or nothing in battling
around the big city at the present
time. This would indicate that if a
boxing bill Is passed in Illinois with
in a .short time this city would for
the time being at lea**t have a prac
tical monopoly on the short route
fighting of the country. George Brown,
the Greek middleweight, who went
there for a campaign after falling out
here with Nate Lewis, his old man
ager. is back in the city with a tale
of woe about the poor returns he
received for some of the heaviest
fighting he ever did. He is supported
in his statements by others, too.
* * *
1 7OR a vigorous 10-round engage
ment with Leo Houck, one of the
best of the Eastern iniddleweights,
Brown received a trifle over $100. and
after paying for a rubber and a box
ing partner for nearly two weeks in
preparation for the contest found that
he had but little left for himself when
he had paid off the help. George
had three contests in all. and the
Houck battle was the best of the lot,
so one can see just what happened
to George in the others. The Greek
is going to remain at home now and
see if he can not do some good for
himself around this section of the
country. He would especially like to
get oji with Jack Dillon, Eddie Mc
Goorty or some of the other good men
of this section.
* * *
T HE situation in New York ap
pears to be merely a natural
slump, that's all. The fans of that
section have been offered the very
best boxers in the world and have be
come satiated with the good cards.
In the spring of the year the athletic
enthusiasts’ attention naturally turns
to the outdoor sport, and with base
ball in full swing it takes a mighty
good card to pull even an average
house. It is the general opinion
around here that* the no-deeis-ion sys
tem, too, has had much to do with
bringing the game down to its pres
ent low ebb. The system has let
the bars down to such an extent that
• he unscrupulous fighter has done a
lot of stalling and added to the dis
satisfaction of the festive fan.
* * *
OT only has Billy McCarnev got
the white heavyweight champion
of the cfountry in Luther McCarty,
Ponce DeLeon Skating
Rink Now in Full Blast.
but he claims to have the best light
weight in the business in A1 Nor
ton. the young fighter Luther is car
rying around with him as sparring
partner. Norton is a Pacific Coast
product, and foi* a time was known
under the nom de slug of Young Al
Kaufman. The Los Angeles boy
didn’t find that the name carried
a great deal of weight after the real
Al had been licked a few times, hence
he has changed it. Norton isn’t his
real name, but Is close to it. He is
of mixed German and Spanish par
entage and weighs 175 pound?’. In
all lie has had 37 battles and has yet
to lose a decision. He has knocked
out Al Benedict, who fought a 20-
round draw with Gunboat Smith, up
setting him in seven rounds.
* * *
YA NE of our steady readers writes *
^ to ask which is the better middle- ^
weight. Eddie McGoorty or Jack Dil
lon. That’s a question! We prefer
to duck the issue now.
GIBBONS LACES CHRISTIE
IN 12-ROUND BOSTON GO
BOSTON. May 14.—Mike Gibbons,
of St. Paul, put it all over Gus Chris
tie, of Milwaukee, at the Atlas Ath
letic Club last night.
The fight went twelve rounds and
with the exception of the fifth round,
when Christie caught Gibbons with a
punch flush on the jaw which stag
gered him for a moment, the St. Paul
boy had all the better of the fighting
and simply made a punching bag of
the Milwaukee boxer.
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