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8 D TrUAKST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN— BASEBALL AND OTHER SPORTS SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1913. How to Do It Confidence Gets the Hits mx FAD SHOWS HOW THE GOAT PASSES FROM BATTER TO PITCHER AND VICE VERSA OM v Ptfsrry hit it dot -yoo pat , . head / ILL. 00 TO THIS ONE, VoHiCH SIDS' ^ OF HIM IS THA-rt 3ALL COM I NO n r-MM CHIEFsjii THG TlwV pITCWST— 1$ AworneR. marvel- VtfiEV 7V*-e RJVAL TT®rM pears him he tosses THe. 0ALL ovep AS 8/<J- AS A BARREL VAHTH WOO+l WE' OM IT 9<Jr THE ^5 cover awo Moaooy^ HITS IT- A Bath/us- ^l_OMIP IS A MN5TETS<0«5 AFFAIR. USUALLY TW FELLOW WHO IS IH A SLUM? / CHOKES THE 6AU y TRIES TO KILL ' £ rHE Ball £T4* Amo S7AVS l/U THE iLUMP •yoUO THAT .51 hi* OUAS CRAFKIYS- op SOMETHlHCr- vjOULONT TO Y BTTrurRwP Some Day He Will Land on Them, Get His Confidence Back and They’ll Be Easy. I THIWK THE BEST wav to oerouT OF A SLC/Mp IS TP TAKE IT E>W — t)OMT FRET- JWIAie- FREEW AT THE - , PIL-L AhO CRADUAlLV VOW COME bACfLi a BATTER irhn port up tn Ih jLi plate believing he is point to hit the ball ha'k a hip shad* oh the pitcher, nap* Zimmerman, it thin, the third article of his series Read what follows and see if you d( not agree with Urine's logic. W/iym*, ncltsav me urjssr maw up <?raRI a Hit- cowFipEwce RETUPWS- THE VJUCUl team Hint— eyuu tim'c Wind 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. Kite quick reliW usually from the first dose. Dis tressing Symptoms rapid ly disappear. Swelllnj and short breath soon removed; often gives en tire relief In 15 to 25 days. A trial treatment FREE by mall. THi* V5 fool A CUBlST PlCTOR-G - - it is truST AS TESR.EAO LOOKS TD Z IAA y/HEA) HE VJIMP.S 0? . Z-f AA 5AVS TW-AT*, fte Qvot tell ,tustvu i+eue the" ball is com/z^g- fu-oa^- 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 Diamond Safety Tread (Squeegee) Tires SCOUTS ARE BIG FACTORS IN RACES, SAYS HEDGES This is a real non-skid tire—the // 'original “Won’t Slip,Won’t Slide, Won’t - VSkid—it Grips and Holds.” V/1 And without extra cost you get J the More Mileage Vitalized Rubber, Perfect 3-Point Rim Contact, also No- Pinch Safety Flap for inner tube protection. So this time buy Diamond Vitalized Rub ber Tires with the famous Safety Tread—you can get them to fit your rims from 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. Diamond Safety (Squeegee) Tread for Automobiles, Motor tye lei, Btcyilei uen LOANED TO SALARIED MEN AT LAWFUL RATES ON PROMISSORY NOTES Without Endorsement Without Collateral Security Without Real Estate Security Demand the Genuine— Refuse Substitutes. 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. 1211-12 Fourth National Bank Bide. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta, Os. 553p! m, U.-jUg p p-i J —— i