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TrUAKST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN— BASEBALL AND OTHER SPORTS SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1913.
How to Do It
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BALLOONS WILL COMPETE
IN INTERNATIONAL RACES
HANSON, YANK RECRUIT,
IS CHICAGO SCHOOLBOY
NEW YORK, July 26.—The distances
in the recent elimination race covered
respectively by the three balloons whose
pilots were chosen as the teams to rep
resent America in the international bal
loon race from Paris in October,
nounced by Major Samuel Reber,
Aero
ST. LOUIS, July 26.—Harry Hanson,
a Chicago schoolboy, made his first ap
pearance with the New York Ameri
cans the other day. Hanson has been
with the team two days, having been
picked up in Chicago, where he played
with the Washington Heights team. He
Is a sturdy lad 21 years old and seems
to have a good whip.
Pitcher
are an-
_ offi
cial statistician of the Aero Club of
America:
R. A. Upson, of Detroit, In the Good
year, the statistician announces, cov
ered a distance of 685 miles; John Watts,
of Kansas City, in the Kansas City II,
673 miles, and H. E. HoneywHl, of St.
Louis, in the Kansas City Post, 658
miles. Seven balloons entered the elim
ination trials, but only four finished.
Major Reber computed the distance in
direct lines on topographical maps.
The men chosen for the international
race will start with the foreign competi
tors October 12, from ihe Tuillerles
Gardens in Paris. The race, like the
trials, will be judged on the basis of
miles cover during one continuous flight.
\ BATTING slump Is the
terror of all batters. It
seems strange that a man can
go along and hit hard and
safely day after day and then
all of a sudden go days with
out a safe one. When I am In
a batting slump It is not my
eye that Is at fault. I know
what It is, but am helpless. It
Is because my muscles are
bound and I am not swinging
freely. I believe I have the
right system of getting over it.
I do not ease up on the swing.
I believe in keeping the mus
cles at work; so I swing just
as hard as ever and the first
thing I know I get back the
old swing and the slump is
over. —HEINE ZIM M EE MAN.
CROSS LANDS JOB DOWN EAST.
Monte Cross, former scout for the
Browns and one of the members of
the “board of strategy.” has been ap
pointed manager of the Bridgeport,
Conn., team in the Eastern Associa
tion.
Toronto Star Qualified for Ameri
can Championship Despite
Awkward Style of Play.
Worries
Zim
More
Than
W HEN George S. Lyon, of To
ronto, in 1906, at Englewood,
was prevented from carrying
off the American golf championship
by the brilliant playing of E. M. By
ers, of Pittsburg, who won the final
by 2 up, there was a general regret
expressed during the match that a
player with so awkward a style, so
distinctively a cricket stroke, should
thus menace the United States cham
pionship. Lyon, with about a half-
.swing, would lunge at the ball just as
if he were hitting a cricket bull. He
has been a fine cricket player all his
life, and when he came into the golf
field, instead of trying to form cor
rect golfing habits he just whanged
away in the old form lie had in de
fending the wicket.
As u result, he has one of the most
awkward styles on the tee of all the
crack players, with the possible ex
ception of Parker YY\ Whittemore, of
the Brookline Country Club, Boston,
who would do well to take a year off
und unlearn his present methods and
adopt such a form as his frequent
Boston opponents, like Francis Ouiinet
and Percival Gilbert, possess. It
would take just about that time for
Whittemore to get rid of the faults he
now has. but it would be worth while,
for, with his fine, powerful physique
and sure eye, he would.come close,
with a perfect style, to carrying off
the national championship.
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PROVIDENCE RECALLS O’MEARA.
EVANSVILLE, IND., July 26.-01-
lie O’Meara, the shortstop who was
loaned to the Evansville Central
League team several months ago by
the Providence team of the Inter
national League, yesterday was re
called by Providence.
Curves,
Dr. H. H Green'* Sent
Bex 0. Atlanta, Ga.
140 Iine»x26 1-2 cmi
and a nod at his command. He is
modest, perhaps bashful would be
a better word, and but for a “panned"
left ear and a “tunnel” nose, would
never be suspected of being connected
with the prize ring.
“We will meet any white man in
the world,” continued Burns after
Pelky had been made to stand up, sit
down and roll over for a general in
spection. "There are no colored box
ers worthy of consideration and I am
glad of it, as this saves us a lot of
argument. The black boys can save
their breath, Pelky will never give
one of them a chance. I was roasted
from Sydney to Schenectady because
I refused to fight Johnson. After I
finally did lose to the big dinge I was
roasted all over again for having
given him a crack at the title. We
will not make this mistake again.
Pelky is a white champion for white
people only.”
How Mathewson Fools the Batter
He uses his control in a peculiar sort of way. Some pitchers dis
play their control by keeping the ball over the plate. Mathewson uses
bis in quite a different way. He never gives you a good ball to hit.
His pitches are a bit wide to hit burd yet iu far enough to tempt
you.
He pitches so closely to you that you constantly hit on the handle of
the bat. Yet it is out just far enough to get you to swing.
He’s pitching a bit high or a bit low to you. He’s alwa.vs pitching
just where you take a swing yet never where you can get a good solid
wallop.
It’s Tesreau’s wind-up rather than what he has on the ball that wor
ries me. And a deceptive wind-up has IicIimhI many an ordinary pitcher.
Remember King ('ole? He went through a lot of gyrations liefore let
ting go of the hull. The batters scarcely knew from what angle to ex
pect that pitch.
There’s no question in my mind that it was Pole’s wind-up that car
ried him through the National League when lie was with us.
Says He Will Solve Tesreau s Windup
Tesrenu hits me the same way. 1 find It difficult to watch his windup
and It Is hard for me to follow the hall from the moment it leaves his
hand. It’s on top of me before 1 can see It.
But some day I'm going to figure out that wind-up. Then I'll pay
back Mr. Tesreau. .
Too much stress can not be placed upon the value of confidence
In a batter. It extends to a team frequently which accounts for some
of the things which fans marvel at.
You read that this pitcher is a Jinx for a certain cluh. Lack .1' con”
deuce is the answer. At some time or other that pitcher was going good
when he met this club that is now
easy for him. He pitched some gooil
ball and beat them a couple of games
In one series. The chances arc the
games were important anil attracted
much attention and comment.
Transferring the Goat.
The next time that pitcher came
to town he was referred to as a jinx.
And pretty soon he was. It wasn't
that he pitched so well, although the
chances are that he pitched ahead of
his form, for the moment a twirler
gets the idea that he lias it on a
team he becomes better. It Is a men
tal condition.
The fellows In the clubhouse said.
“Well, our old Jinx will pitch to-day.
We'll have our troubles.”
They went in half licked and they
came out thoroughly trounced.
A jinx is broken the same way.
The pitcher hasn’t all of his stuff, a
couple of fellows get base hits, con
fidence is restored, the fellows go
up there with determination and,
presto—the jinx is knocked from
the slab and the chances are that
it is for all time.
A batting slump Is the terror of
all batters. It is also one of the
mysteries of the game. It seems
strange that a man can go along
and hit hard and safely day after
jl£y and then all of a sudden go
days without a safe one.
Many batters believe that it is the
eye. That isn’t my belief. When 1
am in the midst of a batting slump 1
know exactly what the cause Is. Yet
I can't remove it. The reason I am
not hitting is because I am not swing
Jng freely. My eye is all right. I
where and when to meet the
But tlie muscles of my shoul-
of "Uncle” Bill Naughton painted the
right picture when he said, ‘There’s
a guy out here wants to come i-n. I
think he’s a policeman in his Sun
day clothes.”
Pelky weighs 218 pounds now, but
in form trains down to a mere 207.
He runs mostly to chest, arms and
hands, the latter looming up as big
as a pair of month-old twins. Artie
does not talk like a fighter because he
has but two words, "yes” and “no,”
By II. M. Walker.
S AN FRANCISCO, July 26.—Ar
thur Pelky, claiming the world’s
heavyweight championship,^ but
not appearing to be a bit excited over
the fact, arrived in California—the
real battleground of the Queensberry
world—the other day and made a
general application for work.
Accompanying Pelky, whose real
name, by the way, is Arthur Pellitier,
was our old friend Tommy Burns.
Tommy is as fat as our own Jimma
da Jeff and wears considerably more
jewelry. He did all the talking for
Pelky, who stood in the background
and kept smoothing back his black
hair in a manner that suggested em
barrassment in finding himself in the
“big town,” surrounded by the men 1
who have kept the ring records since
the days when an important bout
called for a barge ride.
“There is a general disposition to
look upon Pelky as a ring accident,
just as the people tagged YVillie
Ritchie as a false alarm,” said Burns.
"This is a mistake. My man has had
o3 tights without having had a deci
sion given against him. He made
Jess Willard quit cold and he stop
ped Jim Barry in five rounds. All
that he needs is. the opportunity to
prove that he is the best heavy weight
boxer in the game to-day.
Pelky After Smith.
"There is not much doing among
the heavyweights now, and for that
ieason we have signed up for a ten
weeks, stage engagement along the
coast. The one man we want to meet
Is Gunboat Smith, but if the public
will point a finger at another man we
will be on tht‘ job.
“I boxed Pelky six rounds and at
the finish I was ‘all in.’ I knew then
that Arthur was^the real goods, and.
although it is not generally known. I
have been his manager since that
night. He has everything that a
champion should have, and is a clean
liver. Although the big fellow is 29
years old now, I expect him to hold
the title for the next six or seven
years, and before he gets through he
will be the most popular heavyweight
since the prime of John L. Sullivan.”
In personal appearance Pelky is in
striking contrast to Jim Corbett.
“Bob” Fitzsimmons. Jim Jeffries or
any of the old-timers. The office boy
who Marathons at the beck and call
Perfect car control
and freedom from skids
oiu' pastime is a bad form v»f prepa
ration for the other, especially wheth
er a cricketer can become a success
ful golfer. This point is interesting
in America, as it involves the ques
tion whether the baseball swat unfits
one for good golfing unless It is drop
ped absolutely for the true golf swing.
(1. L. Jessop, the well-known Brit
ish amateur golfer, holds the opinion
that it is well-nigh impossible to be
good at both golf and cricket in one
and the*same season, because while
the latter game demands quickness
on the feet, golf is likely to bring
nothing but disappointment to its de
votees unless he can contrive to pre
serve stability of stance and to pivot
j on his feet witli almost mechanical
l precision.
• * •
/^ATTAIN C. K. HUTCHISON, who
is a fine batsman and a first -
{ class golfer, considers that the two
just hard enough to games can be pursued in quick al-
dnn’t. I swing just ternation without one’s form at either
I’m in a slump as suffering to any extent yorth men-
imr -it niv i MW t I tioninR - And on on <‘ summer’s day
..x „i i he made about 60 runs for the House-
.m p right on swing- hold Brigade against strong bowling,
get hack to the old and then, going straight to Woking,
the slump will l>e went round the golf course there in
74 strokes. So that he must be an
excellent master of his feet.
You will enjoy driving
your car, you will drive with safety,
perfect control and absolute free v -
dorn from skids, if you equip your
car this season with
Joe 1 inker
“Live Wire”
The manager and
short-stop of the Cin
cinnati Reds — noted
for hustle, heavy hit
ting and head
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FT LOUIS MO., July 26.—Bob
Hedges doesn’t believe a manager lias
much to do with the building up of a
run-down ball club. He thinks that
duty is up to the scouts, and that in
case of failure to ^t the players the
blame should fall upon the scouts in
stead of the manager.
The president of the Browns declared
yesterday:
“I’m fairly well satisfied with Sto
vall’s work as manager with the ma
terial on hand. Next season we hope
to give him still better material and
maybe we can climb a bit.
“You know Stovall isn't building up
the St Louis Club- he mustn t get
either credit or blame for what has been
dene in this respect The manager has
nothing to do vitn tw huMd<ng up of
i> - that’s what is left to the scouts,
and as we i\* ■, ..u scouts*. 1 think
we re due to climb.”
Says it’s the best “in:
the thirsty ball player
Refreshing—\
AMONG prominent American golf-
11 ers are some * who have been
Bond ball players. The best known
of these is John M. Ward, formerly
of the New York Giants, and in his
day, twenty years ago, called one of
the greatest shortstops the same ever
saw. For one so thoroughly ground
ed in baseball as Ward was, his swing
is not bad, though there is a strunser
suggestion of tlie hit in his swing,
perhaps, than if he had never driven
'in runs on the ball field.
Oswald Kirkby, the New Jersey
champion of 1912, and one of the
finest drivers American golf has ever
produced, has been a baseball pitcher
of considerable ability. However, he
took up golf when still young, and
this enabled him to cultivate a full
swing with the sweep effect, and with
no suggestion of the baseball hit.
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SCHRECK TO MEET GILBERT.
Dick Gilbert and Mike Schreck ha
been rematched for a fifteen-rou
contest at the Valley Athletic Cl
in Elmwood, August is. The Schre
people want Ed Smith, the Chjca
referee, to officiate.
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