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— B «r:» "' *** r "* . - f! HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN— BASEBALL AND OTHER SPORTS. —SUNDAY, JULY 27, 7913. You Don’t Have To Be an Athlete to Do These Stunts, And They Certainly Will Keep Your Stomach Happy HEALTH No. 3. Same position as No. 2. Move the le^s forward and baek j alternately, as if walking stiff- I legged. [ T Joe Bean Says an Ounce of Preven tion Is Worth Six Miles of Rubber Undershirt—Four New Exercises to Keep Away Embonpoint. By Joe Bean. T HIS is by way of continuing the advice I gave last week on the desirability of keeping surplus weight away from the waist line. I shall use more particularly in this article the time-honored maxim—or saw, if you like that better—that an ounce of prevention is worth six miles in a rubber undershirt on a July afternoon. If there is one thing above all others that will put a man of athletic tendencies in the has-been class, it is the accumulation of weight around the waist line and over the stomach. IThere are plenty of cases, however, where the adipose tissue is distributed pretty evenly over all the body. Men who acquire that build do not show it as much as the “bay window’’ type. But it is nearly as hampering in its effects on the health and general condition, to say nothing of athletic activity. Regular exercise is the only corrective worth mentioning for this condition. And it is the only preventive measure. The exercises illustrated last | week were strictly abdominal ex- j ercises. designed specifically to j correct the results of an easy and j careless manner of good living. | Now, going on the theory that it is easier to keep this surplus weight from accumulating than to drive it away after it is estab lished, I am going to show you some fine little exercises for the man who is threatened with a rush of weight to the waist. And Here’s Another Thing. But that Isn't all. Properly prescribed exercise, taken regularly. Is the finest known remedy for the multitude of stomach and di gestive aliments the average man en counters, particularly after reaching middle life. These exercises will tone up and strengthen the stomach and other di gestive apparatus, and the results will be promptly perceptible In the general health and spirits, for If there Is a single true maxim In medicine or hygiene, It Is that when the stom ach is out of order, the whole body is out of order. A glance at the exercises Illustrat ed to-day may convey the Idea that they are rather strenuous, but a man In reasonably good condition will have no trouble with them from the start, and the man not In good condition can use the exercises of last week to fit himself for those movements that he finds too trying at first. The New Stunts. Cut No. 1. Tills exercise is started by lying on the back and bringing the feet backward and upward over the head, continuing them until they touch the floor back of the head. The feet then should be brought forward again to the first position, keeping the legs perfectly rigid and reaching forward with the feet as far as possi ble. Don't do it too maty times at the start. Cut No. 2. Bring the feet upward until you are literally standing on your shoulders, bracing the nips with the hands, the elbows being on the floor to maintain poise. Spread the feet, keeping the legs perfectly straight, and then bring the feet to gether again, repeating until pretty thoroughly tired. This is a great ex ercise for the stomach, back, waist and hips. Cut No. J. Another exercise in the elbow rest position. It Is the same as the preceding movement, except that the legs are brought forward and back alternate'v, as If walking stiff-legged. Cut No. 4. In the same position, "pedal" with the feet as if riding a bicycle, bringing the knees well down at each stroke. No. 1. Lie on your baek and bring the feet upward and back ward, over the head, until the toes touch the floor. Bring them forward through the same arc, keeping the legs rigid and reach ing forward as far as possible with the feet. No. 2. Bring the feet upward until you .are poised, resting on your neck 'and shoulders, with the elbows on the floor and the hips to maintain balance. Spread hands bracing the body at the the feet and bring them together again, keeping the legs stiff. And Only Once Has Mack’s Great Team Tasted a Trio of Sue- 0 cessive Defeats. W™ O’CONNER MAY SECURE BERTH WITH CARDINALS ST. LOUIS. July 26 —They nay Mil ler Huggins, of the Cardinals. Is dicker ing for Pat O'Connor, the Kansas City catcher. Pat is one of the snappiest, smartest and hardest working backstops in the American Association. He Is full of fight, always on the Job ar.d Is re sponsible to a great extent for the Kan sas City Blues' winning streak early this season.’ O'Connor was with the Pitts burg team two years ago. but got no chance to work Gibson was at his best, and O’Connor had to warm the bench until Barney Dreyfues sent him to Ivan gas City. Jack Malloy, manager of the Baltimore Hotel, at Kansas City, is a big booster for O’Connor “Pat Is ripe for the big tent.” said Malloy, when here recently. “He is not a popular ball player, because he Is al ways scrapping, but he will fit in nicely with a winning combination. O'Connor has a line of sarcasm that makes oppos ing players fighting mad. which helps Pat’s club O'Connor Is not one of your hand-shaking ball players That’s why vou seldom hear him boosted But he’s a live wire. I’d like to see him working behind the bat for th* Cardinals. I think he’ll make another Huger Bresna han." CHANCE WANTS FAST TEAM; PLAYERS TO BE LET OUT DETROIT, MICH., July 26.—-Frank Chance is likely to have a whole new team next year, keeping only about five or six of the present staff While the tour Just finishing has been more or less successful, the Pe.*rl**»N leader has expressed himself forcibly to close frierds here, and said friends get the notion that Chanoe wants n faster base-running club. It is even doubtful whether Cnee and Daniels will be retained Cr*e is wanted by a num- V.v- r'f —- -*■ asked on him the wires would be hot. $20,000 FOR POLO PONY. NARRAGANSETT PIER, X. Y., July 26.—Godfrey Price has sold a fine polo pony bred in Texas to an English buyer. Morris Kingscole. of Hurlingham, England, who is said to paid $20,000 for the mount HEN a team can go through a complete season, the 154 games, and play a steady per formance, day In and day out, with out any slumps or sensational spurts, then It Is going to be a pennant win ner. That’s why the Atnletics are making such a runaway in the Amer ican League race this summer. A little story In figures tells just why the Philadelphia club Is so far out In front of the nearest contender. Connie Mack’s team has not lost more than three games In a row so far this season. That happened only once. Detroit took three straights, but dropped the fourth one recently when Eddie Plank hurled a ?*hut-out game. Previous to this slump the most games the Athletics had lost In a row was two at a time, and what makes the record ail the more marvelous is that this happened but once. The recovery of championship form for Connie Mack and his Athletics really is the surprise of the 1913 cam paign. They wen in 1910 and 1911, and were the double world’s* cham pions, too. Then something happened a year back, and they exploded, with the Boston Red Sox succeeding the residents of Penn as the high rulers In the American League and as the world's champions. Last winter a majority of the dope- sters picked the Red Sox to repeat. In analyzing the Athletics the "IF” was too prominent to predict a flag for Connie Mack again Had to Build Up Team. Eddie Plank had to U^ep going; Chief Bender had to come back; Mack had to get two outfielders to help along Oldrlng; a catcher had to ar rive to take the places of Thomas and Lapp, who were slipping, and some young star filngers were needed to help out the veterans. Well, all this happened, much to the surprise of baseball dope. And It has been this steady, consistent playing that has landed the Athletics on top Right off the reel on April 10, the Mackltes started to claw and devour the Boston Red Sox. And it was this first blow , a record of six victories out of the first seven games with the 1912 monarch?, that started the Athletics on the path to this 1913 pennant. The two clubs staged a seven-game seriee and the Red Sox won but one. The Sox never could recover, while the Athletics have never faltered a bit. Won Fifteen in a Row. The record of fifteen straight vic tories was put on shortly after that. On May 26 Walter Johnson tamed the Athletics 9 to 2, and the next de feat didn’t arrive until the Browns licked the Pennsylvanians on June 11, 5 to 2. And during that period fifteen straight games were won. Slump No. 2 was June 20-21 with the Boston Red Sox turning the trick. June 20 the Red Sox won, 6 to 1 with Bush heaving against them The next day the score was 5 to 4. On June 23 though, the Athletics routed their rivals. 13 to 4 Then there was nothing doing in the slump line until July 13. when the Maokmen lost a pair to the Tigers, with Bush and Bender pitching the first game and Houck dropping the -second. On July 14 the Tigers re peated. with Bender and Bush doing the box work. JIM THORPE IS LEARNING FAST UNDER JOHN M’GRAW NEW YORK. July 26.—Jim Thorpe, the former world’s amateur athletic champion, as a result of his observation and coachirg under Manager John Me- '.raw. of the New York Giants, is rapld- •>' picking up valuable knowledge of the national sport for future use Regard ing him. McGraw says. ”In another month or so the Indian will be a really good outfielder. He starts well, knows how to plav a ball when he reaches it. and. with his speed can go a thundering long way for them. He has one of the best throwing arms on the <;ub. After a while he'll be a good hitter as well as a clever fielder; he has already learned how to gauge and hit a curve pretty well Another season Thorpe will be a seasoned ball player.’’ No. 4. Same position. “Ped al ’ ’ with the feet as if riding a bicycle; bring the knees well down at every stroke. Klem Is Latest to Praise New Balk Rule Umpire Says President Lynch Has Made Proper Ruling on Dropped Ball. NEW YORK, July 26.—William Klem, probbly the best umpire on the National League staff, discussed several points in the rules the other day. When asked about President Lynch's interpretation of the rule covering the dropping of a ball by a pitcher while in the act of delivering it to the batsman, he said: “ President Lynch has made a proper ruling in calling such a hall u balk. If a pitcher was allowed to get away with this slip he could easily frame up plays that would catch base runners dead to rights With a man on first and the Lit and run play In order he could tip off the third baseman and then let the ball slip out of ills hand so that the runner could be nipped either at second base or between the bases. “There is no written rule to cover this point, however, unless the rule govern ing the pitcher’s delivery is applied. In that case a dropped ball could be called a ‘ball’ simply because It did not pass over the home plate between the knee and the shoulder.” “What do you think of the recent de cision in the American League which sent Borton back to the plate to hit in after a ground ball thrown UNUSUAL RULES AND PLAYS IN BASEBALL (No. 3) By J. W. Heisman. over again after a ground uau m uwu by an Tnflelder had struck an umpire? Klem was asked. . ,, “The rule says that if a thrown ball hits an umpire base runners must be sent back to their original stations, was the reply, “but the rule makers never meant to have a batsman return to the plate to hit over again. These are some of the points that must be cleared up by‘the Rules Committee be fore next season. They do not come up frequently, but the umpires should be in a position to make prompt rulings. FLYNN-SMITH BOUT SHOULD BE DESPERATE STRUGGLE B. Brief Would Not Report to Browns Without His Brother NEW YORK. July 36.—New York fight fans expect to see fireworks a-plenty on August 8. for that is the date on which Gunboat Smith, the strongest “white hope’’ thus far de veloped. and "Pueblo Jim” Flynn, the most dangerous veteran in the heavy clans, have agreed to mingle for ten rounds before the Garden Athletic Club members in the arena of Madison Square Garden. Both of these scrappers have made their reputation via the knockout route, and as each is aware that pugilistic oblivion will be the certain fate of the loser, the battle should be a desperate struggle from bell to bell. WILLIAMS PLANS INVASION OF FEATHERWEIGHT CLASS LOS ANGELES. CAL, July 26.-Sam Harris, manager of Kid Williams, has announced that Williams will go through with his bouts with Campi and Burns, as he promised McCarey, and then go after the featherweights Harris thinks that Williams will have little trouble making good In the 122- pound division, and has picked Abe At- tell as the best man for Williams to meet In the new division. Williams contends that he can hit as hard os the majority of featherweights and Is husky enough to stand as fast a pace. He is game for a whirl at the featherweight contenders and promises trouble in the division. ROURKE ASKS WAIVERS ON 3. OMAHA. NEBR, July 26—Presi dent Fourke yesterday denied the re port that he had asked for waivers on practically the whole Omaha team. He admitted that he had asked for waivers on three playere, but declined to say who they Mere. There are many queer angles to -baseball, a lot of which never get before the public. Last autumn, when B. Brief was bought by the Browns, he didn’t want to leave home, ’fraid he'd get lonesome. He couldn’t see the percentage of being removed too far from the folks. Colonel Hedges hit upon a scheme. He would provide Bunny with congenial company, so he hired Briefs brother at $1 per day and ex penses to accompany the recruit to St. Louis, and stay till the season ended. The scheme worked fine. Brief Isn’t lonesome any more. In tellin’g the yarn to a crowd of sport writers, the colonel said; "Now, you fellows don’t bother Brief by printing this—wait until he makes good as a big leaguer." Hence it's printed. ATTELL-WHITE SCRAP ON COAST MAY FALL THROUGH LOS ANGELES. CAL. July 26 —Abe Attell has been heard from and from present Indications the proposed Attell- White match is in grave danger of fall ing through. Attell has wired that White must do 124 pounds ringside, a weight that is too low for White to be at his beat. The latter wants to do 12G pound* at 6 o’clock for a night fight and it is not likely that he will consent to lower his figures. Attell announces that he will fight any of the featherweights, but that he is through meeting boxerF who can not get close to the featherweight limit. Johnny O'Leary is being considered as a substitute for Attell. BALLOONS WILL COMPETE IN INTERNATIONAL RACES BUFFALO BOY AFTER BOUTS WITH STAR LIGHTWEIGHTS LOS ANGELES. CAL. July 26.—Jim- my Duffy, a Buffalo lightweight, who has earned a great reputation in the East, has written Promoter McCary ask ing for a chance to show out here. Duffy states that he wants to take on any of the top-notchers and is willing to make very reasonable terms for his first appearance, as he wants to prove his worth before asking any fancy prices. 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, are an nounced by Major Samuel Reber, 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; Johh Watts, of Kansas City, in the Kansas City II, 673 miles, and H. E. Honeywell, or 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 the TuiUeries Gardens in Paris. The race, like the trials, will be judged on the basis of miles cover during one continuous flight. PROVIDENCE RECALLS O’MEARA. EVANSVILLE, IND., July 26.-01- Iic 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. Baldwin and Cross Work Hard for Bout Both Boys Don Glove# in Preparation for Tuesday Night's Fight. Matty Shows Class. LOS ANGELES, July 26.—“Matty” Baldwin, who is scheduled to box twen ty round# with the New York dentist, Leach Cross, on Tuesday night, July 29, went through an impressive work-out at the St. Ignatius Club gymnasium yes terday afternoon. While Baldwin did not extend himself at any time in his work-out with Hobo Dougherty and .ohnny SchilT, his ease of style and complete mastery of the boxing game were apparent, and Cross should have considerable difficulty in holding him off to the limit. Baldwin comes to the coast with a record as a tough customer to handle in the ring. Baldwin does not believe in training too strenously, and his work-out yester day was of the usual length, three rounds with each of his two sparring partners. Leach Cross traveled six rounds with Louis Keese and Johnny O’Leary, going three with each, and in addition went through the full routine of gymnasium work. Cross showed excellent form and appears to be in the best of condition. Ad Wolgast and Johnny Dundee, who are to meet in the Vernon arena on Ad mission Day. were both interested spec tators at the Cross work-out yesterday Wolgast s manager, Tojn Jones, will be here in a few days, when final arrange ments for the bout will be completed. TWELVE EVENTS ON CARD OF NATIONAL REGATTA NEW YORK, July 26—Secretary Fort- meyer, of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, announces the closing of entries for the forty-first championship regatta has been fixed for July 28. The regatta will be held on the Charles River. Boston, on August 8-9. Twelve events will be contested over a mile and a quarter course. Nine races will be rowed with one turn and three, th© international senior fours, intermedi ate and senior eights, over a one and a quarter mile straightaway course. The entries received to date Indicate that the national championship will pro vide one of the best regattas of recent years, with scullers and crews from all parts of the country competing. CASHION’S ONLY CHANCE IS TEN MONTHS’ REST WASHINGTON, July 26.—Carl Cash- ion’s only chance of getting back into the pitching ranks is in ten months' rest, according to specialists here who are treating the Giant twirler’s trained arm. Great things were expected of Cushion this season, but in his first game he tore a ligament loose. Now he can not get back the speed that caused him to b^ considered a second Walter Johnson. 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. M ANY people are of opinion that all that is necessary to de termine whether a batted ball Is fair or foul is to note whether it struck the ground inside or outside the foul line* while others think it all depends on where the ball 6tops rolling. While both these points may be important factors in the final de termination, it should be understood that oftentimes the question of whether the hitting or rolling took place this side of first or third base or on the other side of it makes all the difference in the world. If the ball hit the ground inside the foul line before it reached first or third, but afterward rolled out of the foul line before passing first or third, It is foul,' no matter that it first struck fair. But if it was touched by a player while on fair ground, it is fair, even though it is plain that the ball would have rolled out had the player let it alone. | Conversely, unless a player first touches it on foul ground, the hit is fair if it eventually rolls inside the line, no matter that it first struck out side the line. But if the ball travels beyond either first or third base and hits inside the line, it is then a fair ball for good, even if it rolls twenty feet out of the foul line beyond those sacks. It is also a fair hit whenever It strikes either a player or the umpire standing on fair ground. * • * r pAKE the case of runners on first A and seconl, or bases full, and there are none out or only one out. If now the batter hits an infield fly "that can be handled by an inflelder,” the batter is out automatically the in* stant he hit up such a ball, and it will make no difference even if no body catches that infield fly. Were there not such a rule as this players would often purposely drop the ball, Instantly pick it up again, whip it to an advance base, and that baaeman would shoot it to another and they might make a double or even a tripple play on It. For the base runner would, have no means of knowing whether the fielder was go ing to catch It or not, on which ac count he would not dare to lead off his base any distance, else the infield er would catch the ball and whip it back to the base behind him and he would be doubled Sut. Not daring to take a decent lead on such a pop fly he would hdve a great distance to go to the next base after observing that the inflelder had dropped the ball and before he could get th^re he would find the ball had been picked up and had beaten him out for a double again. Thus the base runner would be between the devil *nd the deep blue. But by the operation of the present rule he cannot be put in Jeop ardy both in the front and the rear by the same little infield fly; for, as the batter is out anyway, he is not "forced” and so can stay where he is in perfect safety, which, of course, he ought to do if he knows his busi- nes. Hence the advisability again of knowing exactly how many are out at an? and all stages of the game. • * * N OW all this seems simple enough, but many have trouble in tell ing what an infield fly is and others have their doubts as to whether one such can be handled by an infielder even after it is granted to be an infield rocket. Even among umpires there used to be grave dif ferences of opinion as to the former question. But nowadays most um pires are agreed that the proper con struction of an infield fly is one that can be caught by an infielder while he is facing the home plate. He might have had to run backward for it somewhat in the beginning, but if he | can turn and face the plate at the instant of trying to nail it the hit is clearly an infield fly; otherwise not, even though he did succeed in catch ing the ball over his head or shoulder while running with it. Sometimes It's hard to tell whether the inflelder is l going to be able to turn around again j and get it or not; $>ut the umpire | should at once make up his mind one way or the other and should make known his best guess in a loud, clear voice so that batter and runners will know what to do. But how could you have a case of a clear infield fly, yet one that could not be handled by an Inflelder? That sounds paradoxical. But I have seen it happen, and so have many others. * * * IN a game between Atlanta and A some other Southern League team —Memphis, I think—several years ago this very thing happened. There were Memphis runners on first, sec ond and third, with one hand out. The Atlanta shortstop and the second baseman were both playing very' deep for a double with which to retire the side. Th e batter hit up a rather low, slow pop-fly that came down square ly between the pitcher, third base- man and second baseman. Had the shortstop been playing in close for the runner on third it would have been in his hands without requiring him to stir more than a step or two; but as it was the ball was just out of the reach of all three infielders, though they all strove desperately to reach it. Now, here was a clear case of an infield fly, and by the way the play ers on both sides acted it was plain they all supposed the batter was out. Accordingly the runners stood still I on their respective bases. The um pire, though, for once, was "on the job,” and did not call it an infield out, and his utter silenc© was evi dently puzzling to the players of both teams. The batter had run on down to first, and so there were now two runners stationed at that sack; and still the umpire said nothing. After failing to catch th e fly the three At lanta infielders stood around and rolled their eyes curiously at the ball which had rolled on through the shortstop, who had come tearing in after It on the fly. But none of them did anything save look wise. * * • U/ELL, th© Memphis base rtmner on vv third finally figured it out, saw that the batter had not been called out, that therefore everybody on base was forced, and that it was high time for him to slip his moorings and make for the home port; which he did with alacrity. As soon as he started to run the shortstop made for the ball, and then all the base fiun- ners moved up one, while the throw to the plate was to late to get the Memphis runner. After the smoke had settled the umpire explained to them that while it was an infield fly it was NOT one that could be handled, in that par ticular case, by an infielder; and hence it didn’t conform to all the stipulations of the automatic infield ouL Such cases as this occur very rare ly in the game, an'’ he who has the widest knowledge of the game and its rules is the one who is apt to do the quickest and best thinking. It pays to know every "If and but” of any game you are playing# « Big Trade Planned By Cubs and Dodgers Roger Bresnahan and Zimmerman May Be Swapped for Al len and Smith. NEW YORK. July 26.—Roger Bresna- han and Heinie Zimmerman for Smith and Allen is the big deal that ,1s in the air between the Chicago Cubs and the Brooklyn Club. There are some who are dose to the Brooklyn Club who say that this is the beginning of the end of Bill Dahlen as manager of the Brooklyn team. The rumor has it that he McKeever broth ers who have a large interest In the club, are not satisfied with the way Dah len has been handling the team and This woulfi indicate that Bresnahan would be taken and then made manager of the team. Allen Is a good pitcher, while Smith has been playing fine ball for the Dodgers at third base. The general opinion seems to be that the deal would not be a bad one for either club. VASHTI PICKS A NEW COACH. BLOOMINGTON, ILL., July 26.— At a meeting of the truet.ee* of Wil liams and Vashti College of Aledo Professor Elmer H. Wilds was chosen director of athletics for the ensuing year. He Is a graduate of Harvard and Allegheny Colleges and Is a rec ognized authority upon all forms of college athletics. Dr. Whitlaw 73 1-2 Whitehall St. PAINLESS DENTIST Have your teeth treated at once. Make your bad teeth as good as new. My system of Painless Dentistry enables me to make your aching teeth sound with absolutely NO PAIN. Teeth re-enameled. 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An eight-day ex pense-paid trip for only 549.75 (ticket good for thirty days), August 16. Our great 5.090-mile circle tour of Cin cinnati. Detroit, Buffalo. Niagara Falls, Great Gorge, T >ronto, Thou sand Islands. Montreal, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Washington, Baltimore and Savan nah. with steamer trips on lakes, river and ocean. An eighteen-day expense-paid trip for only 388 85 (tickets good for thirty days, with stop-overs). Special trains on botk tours leave Atlanta, Birmingham, Chattanooga and Knoxville. Limited and select party. Special cars for ladies alone. Write to-day for reser vation and full particulars. J. F. Mo- Farland, Agt., Box 1624, Atlanta, Go.