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By Sam Crane.
N EW YORK, Aug. 4.—Something
must be done to the Yankees.
The low position of the team
has caused many fans to lose heart
In the club o' success, while many
others are appealing to Frank Chanoe
to get the boys to working.
What the team needs is pepper.
Chance has installed more Are into
the squad than any previous leader,
but they should have more.
Now, to counteract ^hat falling off
of interest and enthusiasm, it Is al
ways good business management to
reawaken waning interest by afford
ing something new in the baseball
lines for the fans to enthuse over and
talk about.
And here is my idea of how to go
about it:
Imagine Mike Donlin as a Yankee
And play him regularly in the out
field.
T -e Yankees need more than any
thing else Just now some such elec
tric personality as Mike Donlin on
( the field to inspire them with the good
old "pep.”
Polo Grounds patrons have been
educated to expect some fire, some
snap to the games up there, and they
resent It if It is not given them.
* * •
M IND you, this is not intended as
a reflection on the methods Man.
, ager Chance has chosen to adopt. He
is the manager and his decision on
how to run his team is final, but,
nevertheless, more action, more snap
among the home players would be
/welcomed, and to my mind, Mike Don-
iin affords the Moses in the present
dilemma.
Donlin may be thought by many
to be a "has been,” but he is far
from being that in my estimation.
He is a fighter, anyhow, and has more
real good baseball left in him than
nine-tenths of the green youngsters
who may be produced as problemati
cal life savers and rescuers of the
discouraging conditions.
* * •
M IKE is so constituted physically
and mentally that he cannot
help putting the fear of defeat into
the quaking hearts of the opposing
players. He is a bundle of nerves
himself, and he forces his fellows
to keep up the pace he sets.
The principal thing now is that
new interest should he aroused, and
furely Mike is the hoy who can do
that.
I do not know that Donlin would
/oin the Yankees, but knQwing his
Jove of the game and desire to keep
In it, I have no doubt he could be
Induced to don the Yankee spangles.
Baseball Summary.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Atlanta at Chattanooga.
Birmingham at Nashville.
New Orleans at Memphis.
‘ Standing of the Clubs.
W L Pc. W. L. Pc.
Mont. 60 42 .588 Chat. 51 49 .510
Mobile 64 46 .582 M’mphis 53 57 .482
Atlanta 55 47 .539 N’ville. 44 61 .419
B’h&m. 55 49 .529 I N. Or. 35 66 .347
Sunday’s Results.
Memphis 5-6. New Orleans 1-4.
Nashville 9. Birmingham 2.
Montgomery 6, Mobile 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Chicago at Washington.
Cleveland at New York.
St. Louis at Boston.
Phila.
Cl'ianA
W’ton.
Standln
W.
G8 30 .693
63 38 .624
56 42 .571
io of the Clubs.
tV W. L. Pc.
Boston. 46 51 .474
Detroit.. 42 60 .412
St. L. . . 41 64 .390
New Y..31 63 .330
Chicago 52 51 .505
Sunday's Results.
No games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
New York at Pittsburg.
Boston at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
Philadelphia at St. Louis.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. Pet
Jew Y.. 67 29 .698
*hila. 57 35 .620
hieago 51 47 .620
’’burg.. 49 46 .516
B’klyn.
Boston
C’nati.
Am’cus
W. L. Pet
42 50 .457
41 54 .432
39 62 .386
14 17 .452
Sunday's Results.
Ihicago 12, Brooklyn 5.
’hiladelphia 6, St. Louis 3.
'incinnatl 8, Boston 5.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
’harleston at Albany,
acksonville at Macon,
lolumbus at Savannah.
Standing of the Clubs
W. L. . _
Jol’bus 21 12 .636
(’v’nah 17 15 .631
Ubany 17 17 -BOO
W. L. Pc.
Ch'ston 1/ 18 .486
J’ville 16 17 .485
Macon 12 21 .364
Sunday’s Results.
No games scheduled.
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
Thomasville at Cordele.
Waycross at Valdosta.
Brunswick at Americus.
Standing of the Clubs,
W. L. P.C.
Y’ville 17 12 .686
Cordele 17 13 .567
B’wick 15 15 .500
W. L. P.C.
V’dosta 15 15 .500
Am’cus 14 17 .453
W’cross 12 18 .400
Sunday’s Results.
No games scheduled.
GEORGIA-ALAP *M A LEAGUE.
Games Monday.
LaOrange at Talladega.
Opelika at Anniston.
Newnan at Gadsden.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. Pet
Gadsden 45 33 .577
N'wna. 41 36 .532
Opelika 39 39 .500
W. L. Pc.
L’Gr’ge. 37 40 .481
A’niston 37 42 .463
T’dega. 35 44 .443
Sunday's Result*.
No games scheduled.
American Association.
Columbus 2. Toledo 0.
t ouisville 7, Indianapolis 6.
nneapolis 7, Milwaukee 0.
Paul 5-6, K
, Kansas City 1-5.
Federal League.
Cansas City 13-1, Pittsburg 4-0.
ndianapolis 13, Cleveland 5.
Texas League.
louston 1. Dallas 0.
ian Antonio 6-3. Fort Worth 3-0.
lustin 2-2, Beaumont 0-7.
Vaco 5-2, Galveston 0-2.
International League.
tochester 6. Newark 4.
'rovideoice 5-2 Montreal 2-4.
others nut scheduled.
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Hit Trail for a Dozen Road Games
+•+
Dent Will Face Lookouts To-day
By O. B. Keeler.
T HE Crackers, some scrappier by
reason of their recent engage
ment with the hapless Vols,
have hit the Long Trail once more.
And if it Isn’t so long this time, the
little Jaunt more than makes It up in
importance.
As far as can be seen In the course
of human events, Bill Smith’s chances
to fly a third pennant in Atlanta de
pend mainly on the shape in which
his ball club returns to the old town
lot August 14.
Approximately a dozen games will
be played, making some little allow
ances for kinks in the weather and
for extra double-headers.
H
ERE is the schedule of the final
road trip:
August 4, 5 and 6-6—Chattanooga.
August 7, 8, 9 and 10—Nashville.
August 11, 12 and 13—Birmingham.
(~\NE of the three series? ought to be
^ easy money, Judging by the per
formance of the Vols at Ponce DeLeon
last week. The others are bound to
be tough, particularly the Birming
ham engagement. The Barons still
are in the chase—and the clubs they
encounter from now on are bound to
realize it.
• • •
J UDGING by the performance of the
Smlthmen In the last series, they
will be pretty tough picking. Four
of the five games were splendidly
pitched. In one of them Carl Thomp
son came apart at the seams before
anybody knew what wap coming off.
In three of the other games, the
enemy got one run per game. In the
other contest, they got two.
The defense was good. And the at
tack was adequate.
With a fair brand of pitching the
present Crackers will win a majority
of their remaining games. The at
tack will not be as savage as it was
with Alperman and Bailey in the
line-up Holtz hasn’t exhibited any
startling slugging ability, and Holland
has vet to get started.
* * *
B OTH the new handp, however, have
showed marked fielding ability
Holtz starred with a number of fine
running catches in the Nashville se
ries and in the last two games Harry
Holland was fighting off the Vols in
the pinches with all the dash and ac
curacy of a seasoned leaguer.
A ND then there is the other new
hand, Slim Lov$.
Experience has taught us (rather
rudely at timee) not to pin too much
faith In snap judgment of ball play
ers. Particularly is it risky in the
case of a pitcher, and more especial
ly if that pitcher is a fork-hander.
* * *
pORT-WHEELERS are uncertain.
1 as a rule. When they are good,
they are very, very good—like the lit
tle girl with the well-known curl.
And when they are bad—well, you
remember the celebrated George Ed
ward Waddell.
Incidentally, there is what is said
to be a scientific explanation of the
southpaw’s erratic disposition and
performance. He does hip work on
the left sid^, and pitching is some
wrenching work. The heart is on the
left side. Ergo, the system and Its
nervous connections are continually
upset, and you have a G. E. Waddell
or a Jim Vaughn.
On the other hand—that is, on the
same hand, the other way round—
there is that marvel of steadiness and
efficiency. Edward G. Plank.
• • *
G ETTING back to Bill Smith’s phe
nomenon, it may be remarked
that his showing the first time out
proves one thing conclusively—he has
stufT. Whether he will be able to de
liver It consistently is another thing.
But the writer will vouch for a fast
ball that is a fast hall, a baffling hop
on the psme, and what will be a very
fair change of pace, once he learns not
to tip it off.
The String’s curve ball didn’t ap
pear very useful Saturday. But that
needn’t bother him. As long as he
can lay that fast one up there where
he wants it, mixing in a few slow
ones to set it off, no ball club in
Glass A society is going to slaughter
him very profusely.
And in the only game he has work
ed po far, Slim seemed to have the
control that compels the batsman to
hit at balls he. doesn’t like—which is
the only kind of control worth having.
* * •
M ANAGER SMITH is not given to
making rosy predictions of what
he expects to do to the enemy, espe
cially in the enemy’s own backyard.
The most he would admit. Just before
leaving Atlanta, was that Elliott Dent
would work in the opening game
against the Lookouts.
Still, that sounds pretty hopeful.
Injuries Wreck Big League Clubs
+•4* 4*4+ +•+ +•+ +•4*
TAKE AND! HER Wagner, Cobb and Others Suffer
CHANCE WILL HOLD ON.
NEW YORK. Aug. 4 —Manager Frank
Chance, of the New York Americans,
denied emphatically to-day the report
from Los Angeles that he would resign
as leader of the Yankees at* the close
of the present season. He stated he
was perfectly satisfied with the pres-»
ent outlook for the team and the condi
tions under which he was working.
RED SOX PURCHASE PITCHER.
BOSTON, Aug. 4.—Announcement was
made to-day of the purchase by the
Boston American club of Pitcher Rieger,
of the St. Paul team, of the American
Association.
NAPS GET BRENT0N IN
THREE-CORNERED DEAL
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 4.—Manager
Cholly Frank, of the local Southern
League team, yesterday announced
he had obtained from Toledo, of the
American Association. Pitcher Stephen
son and Outfielder McKIHen, and t*at
Pitcher Brenton. of New Orleans, had
been released to Cleveland, in the Amer
ican League.
W ITH Comiskey holding an op
tion on "Wee Willie” Prough,
the Chicago White Sox will
probably land the wonderful twirier.
W'hen the Chicago club placed Mayer
on the Birmingham club, the mogul of
the White Sox exacted an option on
the Birmingham team. As Prough is
leading the league, his third trip to
the majors is assured.
Although Prough would bring at
least $6,000 were he placed on an open
market, the Barons will get hut $2,500
for his services. In view of the fact
that Chicago holds an option on the
club, the other major league teams
have not bid for Prough.
But four times during the season
has the elongated right-hander been
beaten by the best talent of the
league. The defeats administered
came from the unexpected forces.
The Pelicans downed Prough twice.
His present mate—"Rube” Evans—
downed him on May 4, 4 to 1. Bren
ton was the next victor, with a 3-2
ten-innings triumph on May 30. Som
mers scored the third on June 3, with
a 6 to 3 victory, while "Pug” Cavet
scored the fourth, winning 2 to 1.
• * *
T T NHERALDED, Prough captured
^ his sixth straight victory when
he defeated the Turtles recently. The
winning sequence was begun June 9.
when Memphis wap beaten 7 to 3.
Hogg yielded before Bill’s masterful
twirling on the Fourth of July, 3-1,
while the third straight came when
Case was defeated, 10-1, on July 7.
Relieving Boyd and tying Harrell
prevented the growth of the record,
but Prough defeated Bagby on July
25 for the fourth straight.
* • *
p.WKT had previously beaten him
^ after he had captured four
straight, but Campbell, pitching for
Mobile, permitted him to take the
fifth when Birmingham won, 5-3.
After a sore arm prevented him from
taking his regular turn, Ply! trounced
the Turtles, 4-2, and registered his
sixth straight.
JACKIE CLARKE WON
TWO BICYCLE RACES
NEWARK. N. J., Aug 4 - Jackie
Clarke, the "Australian Rocket.” cap
tured the 10-mile open professional race
In easy style from a classy field of cy
clists at the vehdrorne here last night.
Paddy Hehir was second and Lloyd
Thomas third. The wfnner’s time was
21:28 1-5. Clarke also defeated Alfred"
Goullet, of Australia, in their 1-mile
match race in two straight heats
Donald McDonald captured his fifth
1 title event this year when he won the
1 2-mile amateur race, thereby clinching
• the 1913 title.
S T. LOUIS, MO., Aug. 4—When
the list of accidents and In
juries to major league players
for this season Is tabulated, then
probably a record will be registered.
Never before, anyway, not for re
cent years, has there been so many
mishaps to the athletes of the dia
mond
Only one team has escaped the
wave of accidents, and this is the
New York Giants. No doubt this
probably accounts for the late streak
of the N. L. champs which brought
them up to the top of the ladder
after they were counted out of the
running.
All other clubs, though, have been
victims of accidents which have taken
away their stars for lengthy periods.
And this, no doubt, has been quite
an important factor in deciding the
two major leagup pennant races.
Here, is a list of the important in
jured athletes:
National League.
Cardinals—Huggins, hit on head by
thrown ball, out two weeks; Hauser,
injury to knee which practically has
kept him out all year; Wlngo, broken
thumb, out two weeks.
Pittsburg—Gibson, fractured knee,
out two months: Wagner, injured
knee, out almost all year.
Chicago—Archer, twice suffered
broken finger and out for four w’eeks;
Zimmerman, Injured foot and out
three weeks.
Cincinnati—Tinker, attack of ap
pendicitis and sprained ankle, out
three weeks. lloblitzel, broken ankle,
out four weeks; Marsans, sprained
ankle, out three weeks.
Philadelphia—Dooin, broken finger,
out three weeks; Paskert, typhoid
fever, out two weeks; Magee, injured
arm, out two weeks.
Brooklyn—Rucker, injured thumb,
out two weeks; Catchers Irwin and
Miller, broken fingers, out indefinite
ly*
Boston—Sweeney, Injured leg, out
tw o weeks.
New York—Nothing of importance.
American League.
Browns—Stovall, injured hands, out
off and on, may not play any more
tills season; Wallace, broken left
hand, will he out four weeks; John
ston, hit on head by pitched hall, out
ten days.
Cleveland — Birmingham, broken
leg, out two months; LaJole, charle.v
horse, out ten days; Chapman, in
jured ankle, out a week.
Detroit—Cobb, spiked twice, *it
two weeks; Gainer, twisted ankle, out
a week.
Chicago—Walsh, sore arm, out
three weeks, not with team now In
East; Weaver, sore arm, out ten
days; Lord, sprained ankle, out ten
days.
Philadelphia—Coombs, typhoid fev
er, out since first of season, has not
pitched single game.
Washington—Gandil, sore foot, out
a month; Foster, typhoid fever, out
two months. Many other minor In
juries to players.
Boston—Wood, Injury to arm in
(sprng, out two ^eeks; injury to
thumb now, will him out two
TEI SLATED
more weeks; Stahl, injured foot, out
all year; Bedient, sore arm, -out two
weeks.
New' York—Sweeney, broken fin
ger; out a month.
And while the list could be boosted
by a dozen or more, this only show’s
the Important athletes who have been
kept out of the game since April.
St. Louis Teams in List.
The two St. Louis teams are in the
list, and the Cardinals, by losing Hug
gins. Hauser and Wlngo at different
times, have been wrecked completely.
Fiastly the loss of Hauser has been
the greatest. O’Leary and WhUted
have tried to fill the Rhoes of Arnold,
but without much success.
Then In the spring when Wlngo was
catching great ball he had the thumb
of his right hand broken. Almost at I
the same time Hildebrand and Mc
Lean were injured, and Huggins had
to call for Heine Peitz, and get young
ster from the minors.
With the Brow’ns. Stovall’s absence
is certain to tell. The infielders have
ruined Stovall's hands, and before
leaving for the East Wednesday he
said that he thought he would not
play any more this year. Wallace and
Johnston are the other victims.
The loss of Jake Stahl, Joe Wood
and Hugh Bedient put the Red Sox
out of the running. And finally Stahl,
when he couldn’t play and the champs
started to slip, his injury cost him
his job.
McGraw Supplied With Sub*.
The case of the Nationals almost is
the same, and but for being without
many of their stars they probably
would be right up with the Athletics
to-day. Only for a short run has
Griffith been able to present his entire
team on the field.
Fortunately for the Giants and Mc-
Grttw, they have escaped the hoodoo.
However, the shrewd John J. has sup
plied himself with extra material, and
an injury to any of his lnflelders or
outfielders would not weaken the
Giants much. He has Shafer, Grant
McCormack, Cooper and Thorpe ready
to step In.
Even the pitching staff is protected,
and it would take more than a mis
hap to Mat'y or Marquard to stop the
Giants, as Fromme, Wiltse and Cran
dall probably could step in and hold
up the Gotham crew.
The Athletics, by developing sev
eral young pitchers, have traveled
along without Jack Coombs, who has
been the only injury. Even the in-
flelders have been in there every day
since April 10. which has helped.
But down the list of the other teams
all of them have been battered and
punctured. The great Tyrus, Lajoie,
Wagner, L)ooln, Rucker, Archer, Zim
merman, Sweeney, Walsh and many
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1 *4 HE all-star polo team which will
meet the Fort McPherson quar
tet Wednesday afternoon on the
parade grounds at the Fort has been
practicing for a week, arid are confi
dent that they will defeat the soldier
boys.
The team consists of Captain J. O.
Seamans, of the Governor’s Horse
Guard, who played the game in the
army and who will lead the team; Al
beit Sidney J. Tucker, of I^exington,
Va.; E. M. Landrum, of Pensacola,
Fla., and Milton Wise, of New York.
Robert F. Maddox will act as timer;
Wilmer L. Moore, scorer; Jame? R.
Gray and Clark Howell, goal Judges,
and Colonel M. E. Carthew-Yor-
stoun, referee.
In addition to the game there will
he a band concert by the regimental
band, and music by the Glee Club of
Company M. A tug-of-war on horse
back and also wrestling on horse
back.
Another crucial series will start to
day. The Naps and the Athletics begin
the first of four games. Birmingham’s
j men, trailing the leaders six and one-
half games, will try to reduce the lead.
The last time the Naps visited Qua-
kertown the margin was even less, but
the Athletics took three out of four.
The Naps, however, are playing better
ball than the Athletics at the present
time.
• • •
Two doubles, four triples and four cir
cuit clouts and twenty singles, marked
the swatfest between the Dodgers and
Cubs. The latter bunched theirs at the
right time and Brooklyn was on the
short side of the score again.
• * *
The Phillies kept up their winning
streak, bunching enough hits in the
first three innings to grab the opener
from St. Loul?.
• * *
The Reds took the Bostons into camp.
Dickson pitched winning ball until the
seventh, when he weakened and Tin
ker’s men romped home.
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HANLON VS. HARDY.
CHICAGO, ILLk, Aug. 4.—Bud Han
lon and Tommy Hardy, local feather
weights, have signed articles for a ten-
round boxing contest, to be staged by
the club offering the best Inducements.
The boys will do 128 pound*.
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