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ft THE ATTAINT A UEUKtiJAJN AINU NEWS. DOING THE MRS. PANKHURST LIKE A MAJOR-— Copyright. 191S. International Newt Hereto*. • • • • By TAD Luck Reversed in Second Game I +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ T Crackers Win, lust the Same D ETROIT. Aug. 20.—"If Cleve land in going to win a pennant. !t better do It thla year, for It la ray hone.t opinion that It will have no chance next year, for I figure that I will then have the beat team I ever had." Such la the remark made by Connie Mack, manager of the Athletics Connie har little to nay about the race this year. He Is not given to boasting and has not put in a claim for the championship of 1913, hut he Is taking time by the forelock and putting in his bid for the 1914 bunt ing. Connie likes the material lie has at hand. He Is nursing It carefully and by virtue of that caution may ■ ucceed In winning the title this year. But win or lose this year, he can not see anything but success ahead next season. His reasons are many. While Ira Thomas has slowed up and Jack Lapp la not hitting &* well as he should and has, Walter Schang al ready looks as good as any catcher In the league and he should Improve next year over the great form dis played thla season. Connie probably will pick off a youngster this fall to help the former Buffalonlan and Lapp. Pitchers Performing Well. Take his pitchers. Bender and Plank have done grand work this year. They may not he as good next eeubon. but that Is what the expert" have been saving for years. Jack Coombs must he reckoned as an un certainty. but looks In better physi cal condition than he haB for several campaigns. But Connie Is not k-ountlng on his three veterans. He has already quietly announced hi* plans, which are to use Bush, Shaw key, Brown and Houck regularly In the box In 1914 and give his three veterans a fair amount of rest and only call upon them for relief work and In emergencies. He asserts, most emphatically, that Bush, Shawkey, Houck and Brown form the best quartet of youngsters In the country, and he counts on them being better In 1914 than this year, when they have shown ability to go along and keep the Athletics In the pace. Then there is no telling Just who: prises Maek will pick up in the draft and by purchase He got Schang Bush and Shawkey this season, and the plums may again fall into his basket Has Only Great Infield. Of course. Connie has no Infield worth mentioning—has no one except Mclnnls. Collins'. Barry and Baker only three of whom can hit .330 or better and only four of whom can Held with consistent brilliancy. Pret'c tough outfit—that llOO.OOfi tnfleld. Thev say the weak spot In the Athletics is the outfield. So it Is com- pared with the remainder of the team, but lined up against the outer garden representatives of other clubs, it shows superiority over St. Louie, Washington Chicago and Maw York. Bv 0. B. Keeler. r KING the first game with the Barons, and then taking the second, and stacking them up, one against the other, they look pretty much the same. That Is, In the box scores. Two games in one aeries hardly ever look more twin-like. In the first game the count In R., H. and E., you know, was Crackers. 7-13-3; Moles, 2-8-2. In the second game It was: Crack ers, 7-11-4; Moles, 3-8-1. That Is to sajr, the general propor tions Of the two WtN about even. The similarity ends Just about there. * * * II- PRICE, in his game, had all the luck In the wide, wide world, and was not scored on or hit con secutively until th ninth Inning. Elliott Pent. In the second contest ran into Krenk after streak of tough luck, and It was only after the Moles had clawed their way to a three-run lead that things began to brighten up a little. • • • DILI* FOXKN was elected unani mously to work against E. Dent, and hie amiable ambition to slip it to the Crackers 1s well enough known not to require explanation. Right at the outset, Mr. Foxen’a equipment appeared to consist solelv of his ambition and a second-band p-love, worn on the near ulde. But he was getting by with it somehow, and that is the chief end of baseball. • • • Y\J HILH Mr. Foxen was getting by vv with it, Mr. Dent was suffering from neglect. He started trouble for himself, right 'off the reel, by mak ing a two-base throw on Marcan’s bunt. Then Marcan was nipped at third on Messenger’s grounder, which was followed by a steal and a bane on balls, ending in a safe bit by the pestiferous Kniseley. who is so strong he can’t roll a cigarette without tearing the paper. • • • VU E filled the bases in the third vv with one out, but all the set ting amounted to was to show off Mr Welchonce In a strange and en tirely bus’ll league role. Mr. W. was the guy who came up with the bases reeling. So was Mr. Foxen. who had Just passed a couple and allowed a hit. But Mr. Wel chonce didn’t give Mr. Foxen a fair chance to walk him With the in field drawn close, Harry swung at the flr»t one Mr. Foxen put near the platter and Dent was neatly forced the pan on a feeble bounder to El lam. Then Wally Smith, dazed bv the mischance, struck out sadlv. • • • rTNCOFRAGED by this evidence of favor on the part of Providence, the enemy got another run in the next frame when Blsland let Mayer’*' lin* < 1 r 1 vi' sift through his system and Dent walked the next two men up ai. ”«>^vcd even Mr. F*oxen to hit a r.ticjjj fl>— a. foul, by tho way. which Calvo should have allowed to hit the dirt, unless—as probably was the cage—the little Cuban was leg ging it so hard that he didn’t know the ball was outside. One more run the Moles made In the fifth, and It wasn't an honest one. either. Blsland put that run on, too— shoved It clear around to second, in fact, by a wild heave to the south east of Joe Agler. Kniseley let out another single and the Moles were through. • • • M OBODY knew that, however, and the Crackers ruined another pretty situation in the domestic half of that inning when Long, with the bases full and nobody out. hit into a two-ply killing and only one/run got over. But Harry Holland and Bisland did a brother act In the next Inning. Harry’s hard drive getting through McBride for the circuit on what should have been a very fine little single. • • • 'T'HAT tied the svore. and here is * the point we have been driving at for quite some time: Mr. Foxen’s amblsh departed right there. We got ahead In the seventh when Agler boat out a hit that Ellam fell over fielding, a base on balls and Wel- chonee'e single. Then, with the real explosion of the happy afternoon Wally Smith shot off a home run far over Kniseley’s head and the game was on ice. • • • OUMMINO up, I>ent got better as hie luck improved, while Foxen fell completely through ns soon as Providence removed its beneficent arms. Worthy of note: Dent's pitching after he got wound up, and Wally Smith’s wallop. Other features: None. * * • 17 OR those who enjoy the cnlcula- 1 t!on» incident to a stern chase, It may be stated frankly that the Crackers now are six and a half games back of Mobile, and one and a half laps south of Montgomery. Remaining games: Twenty. To catch Mobile, if the Gulls break even, the Crackers must win seven teen of the twenty games. Chance for first place: 1 in 6.667.3 —estimated. * * • p\ON*T forget this Is “Bill Smith Day" at the park, and you have an Important engagement there not later than 3:30 o’clock this after noon. RESULTS. International League. Baltimore 7-6. Montreal 1-5. Rochester 2, Jersey City 1. Providence 8. Buffalo 2. Newark 14. Toronto 1. Appalachian League. Morristown 13-6, Mtddlesboro 1-0. Johnson City 2, Bristol 1. Knoxville-Rome, rain Texas League. Waco 5, Austin 0. Beaumont 6. Hoston 3. San Antonio 6. Galveston 3. Fort Worth 7, Dallas tx Sports andSuCh FAMOUS IN SPORTS—Vm. The Queer Ride. T he queer ride is a cor- rolLary to the Breed of Horses, which was discussed In an earlier paper of this series. The two at4i fast woven together. All efforts to separate them have, up to this time, failed. Thus Is it now generally recog nized that the Queer Ride Is an Inevitable agency In improving the Breed of Horses. The owners of race tracks are against gambling anywhere but 1n their clubs and on the Stock Exchange. Any of them will tell you so. But In spite of this fact humbler men insist on batting on the results of horse races, and the Queer Ride was In troduced to eliminate the slight element of chance, without which there can be no true gambling. The Bookmakers have responded nobly to the call, and have made free use of the Queer Ride in car rying on the crusade against gam bling. It is believed that by per sistent use of this device betting on horse races can be finally abolished. It Is figured that even a man with so little primary Intelligence as to buck another man’s game will eventually see a light after he has blown his bank roll against a srure thing every day for several years. The Bookmaker Is usually, though not always, the author of the Queer Ride, and the Jockey is the active agent. Successful demon stration of the phenomenon Is very simple. It requires only the morals of the race track and a well-de veloped forearm. On the whole, an unpretentious but valuable Institu tion. (“The Amateur” will be the next victim. Get a ringside seat.) • • • WITH THE ARRIVAL OF MR. Vsrdon and Mr. Ray, the English golfers, we have a profound hunch that the American string of inter national victories Is about due to be badly mangled. • * * LET IT NEVER BE CHARGED that w r e are hoggish. We hope the English w r ill win the golf cham pionship and that they will continue to lead the world in cricket. Noth ing could be fairer than this. • * * IF HUGHEY JENNINGS EVER r?ads the news of the chess mas ters’ tournament he will never let a guy with a name like Tenen- wurzel get away. • • • WE ARE GLAD TO LEARN that a pitcher named Tlncup is about to break into the big leagues. He will fill a hole left by the pass ing of Lush. * * * MORAN AND PALZER ARE about to fight for the pright” to meet Gunboat Smith—which Is a pretty good laugh just as it stands. We .will not acid anything. BRAVES SELL COLLINS. BOSTON, Aug 20.—Wilson Collins, a pitcher and outfielder, who has been with the Boston National League team several months, was sold outright to-day m the Buffalo club of the International League. Collins formerly played on the baseball and football teams of Vander bilt University. x Integrity Essential to Baseball Success +•4* Giant Manager M’Grau) Detests Laggard TUESDAY’S GAME. By John “Chief” Meyers. (Star Catcher of the Champion Giants and One of the Leading Sluggers of the National League.) E arnestness of purpose will carry a professional baseball Flayer a long way. An athlete who 1s not prepared to # do his Vfery best for the common cause at all times sacrifices a great part of his effectiveness. I have been associated with Mc- Graw long enough to realize that tills most successful manager places integrity above all the other virtues. Anyone who shows the least dis position ever to “quit” or to “loaf” on John J. McGraw. in doing so seals hia own doom. I have made a. close study of our boss during the annual spring training trips. To attract the serious notice of our boss in those days is something of an accomplishment, I can tell you. Rut the youngster who is thoroughly In earnest In all he does and serious in his efforts to put instructions to the best advantage has alwavs the verv keenest sympathy of McGraw from the very start. Even If McGraw might have no Im mediate opening for a recruit he would go a long distance out of his way to advise a coll ambitious to rise In his profession. At the same time McGraw has absolutely no use for a man who is not truly serious in bis work all of the time. Indifference Is Fatal. I have neen many and many a mort promising young player at the Marlin camp sacrifice his whole future, so far as any connection with the Giants might be concerned, through some apparent Indifference. What may be accomplished through diligent application might well be Illustrated in the case of almost any one of the Giants. Outfielder Jack Murray certainly is a very striking example. Murray w'as a pretty good ball Player when he came to New York from St. Louis. But though well ex perienced at that time -he was not half no valuable to our club as he is to-day. He found in working for a champion team new and more pleasant avenues for the exercise of his skill. It takes something out of the stoutest heart to be forced to buck the fate of a tall-end team year by year. I consider Jack Murray to-day one of the very best assets* of our team. If we win our third straight pen nant—and I feel very confident that we will—the auburn-haired guardian of the right field will have had as much to do with our triumph as Matty or Marquard. “Red’s” record *^paks pretty plainly and strongly for itself His work Is the admiration of thousands of our supporters. T do not know how many games he has saved us already this season by his wonderful throw ing arm. but I realize that if he had failed even several timevs on what ap peared the most desperate chances, we would not now he enjoying the ■advantageous lead which favors us. Murray a Great "Pegger.” I think Murray is the best thrower I have ever seen. His arm Is not onh’ strong to a phenomenal degree, birt. best of all. Is deadly accurate. Jack hi\s the knack of bouncing the ball true to the mark and in such a way as to leave the receiver in the very beet position to tag the base- runner. I am told that Joe Birming ham, manager of the Cleveland Americans, is the best thrower in his company. I would like to stack up Murray against him in any kind of a throwing test, Murray, of course, brought his good arm to New York from the Mound City. But It was more frac tious than now. The plucky outfielder has worked very hard to perfect that defensive system which is the pride cf his fellows and the amazement and consternation of the enemy. Jack had several striking weak nesses when he first reported to Mc Graw. His throwing was not the most accurate in the world, and he was somewhat sjow in getting the ball away from him. This was the direct result of a weakness for ground balls. Jack could always come in fafet or go to either side of him for difficult catches. But he had, trouble in going back. Perhaps he never will be able to go back with the speed and accuracy of a Milan or a Carey, but he im proved so much that to-day he com- pares favorably with any out'" It in the game. Murray’s hitting has improved every bit as much as his throwing ar.d his judgment of fly balls. He is not a slugger of the Doyle stamp. but he Is a very dangerous man In the pinch. He generally puts in his wallops where they do the most good. Is Heady Base Runner. Jack is a good, heady base runner —a much Improved one over his St. Louis form. Of course, for this Mc Graw must get a lot of credit. Mac has the knack of inculcating true base running principles into his fol lowers. He knows that branch of the science as well as any man living, for he was the king of the paths in the old Oriole days. Nobody, however, can take any credit for the general improvement of Murray, save the player himself. No man In the history of the pastime ever mastered a playing territory any better than “Red” has conquered that right pasture. He holds to single* caroms off the wall tha* would be good doubles and triples with the average fielder. Murray l ad to familiarize himself with every square Inch of the fence to accomplish this cunning. It meant a great deal of time and patience in practice and the same purpose of mind that cured him of biting at bad balls when the pitcher used to have him In a hole. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Birmingham at Atlanta. Game called at 3:30 o’clock. Nashville at Chattanooga. Standing of the Clubs. W I* Pc | W. L. Pc Mobile 72 49 .595 1 Chat. 59 56 .513 Mont. 64 51 .557 M’phis. 59 61 .492 Atlanta 64 54 .542 Nash. 50 QS .424 B’ham. 62 58 .517 I N. O. 39 72 .345 Tuesday’s Results. Atlinte Birmingham 3. Chattonaago 4-2. Nashville 3-2 (sec ond game nine innings.) No other games scheduled. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. Pet. \ w. L. Pet N. Y. 77 34 .694 B’klyn. 49 50 .454 PhHa. 64 41 .610 | Boston 46 63 .422 Chicago 62 51 .549 C’nati. 45 72 .385 P’burg. 58 63 .523 I S. Louis 43 71 .877 Tuesday's Results. Chicago 3, Philadelphia 2. Pittsburg 8. New York 3. Rt. Louis 5, Brooklyn 2. Cincinnati 4-2, Boston 2-0. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Macon at Albany. Savannah at Columbus. Charleston at Jacksonville. Standing of the Clubs. W I* Pr> I W. L Pc. Sav’nah 27 20 .574 Chas’n. 21 25 .457 C’bus 26 21 .553 ! Macon 21 25 .457 J’vllle. 25 23 .524 I Albany 21 27 .437 Tuesday's Results. Jacksonville 3, Charleston 2. Savannah 1, Columbus 0. Albany 6, Macon 4. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Boston at Chicago. New York at St. Louis. Washington at Cleveland. Philadelphia at Detroit. Standing of the Clubs. Phila. C’land. Wash. Chicago W. L Pc. 74 38 .661 69 46 .600 63 49 .563 62 55 .530 W. Boston 63 Detroit 49 St. L... 45 New Y. 38 L. Pet. 57 .482 66 .421 73 .381 69 .355 Tuesday’s Results. Washington 6, Cleveland 1. Chicago 5. Boston 1. Philadelphia 4, Detroit 3. EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE. Games Wednesday. Brunswick at Thomasville. Valdosta at Amerlcus. Cordele at Waycros9. Sending of the Clubs. W. L. T’ville. 26 16 .619 A’cus. 22 21 .512 W’cross. 21 22 .488 V’dosta. B’wick. Cordele Birmingham. ab. r. h. po. a. O. Marcan, 2b. . . 5 0 2 4 1 0 Messenger, rf. . 4 1 0 1 0 0 McDonald, 3b . 3 1 0 0 0 0 Kniseley, cf. . 4 0 s 4 0 0 McBride, if. . . 4 0 0 2 0 1 Mayer, c. . . . 4 1 0 4 1 0 McGilvray, lb . 3 0 1 6 0 0 Ellam, ss. . . . 2 0 0 3 6 0 Foxen, p. . . , . 3 0 0 0 1 0 Totals . . . , .32 8 6 24 9 1 Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. e. Agler, lb. . . , . 6 1 8 10 0 0 Long, If. . . . , 2 1 0 3 0 0 Welchonce, cf . . 4 1 1 0 0 0 Smith, 2b. , . . 4 1 1 1 4 0 Bisland, ss. . . . 4 1 2 1 4 2 Holland, 3b. . . 4 1 1 2 0 0 Calvo, rf. . . . . 4 0 0 3 0 0 Chapman, c. . . 4 1 2 7 0 1 Dent, p. . . . , . 3 0 1 0 3 0 — Totals. . . .34 7 11 27 11 3 Score by innings Birmingham. . . ,100 110 000—3 Atlanta. . . .000 012 40*- —7 Summary: Home run— -Smith. Double plays— -Ellam to Marcan to McGilvray; Bisland to- Smith to Ag ler. Struck out—By Dent 7, by Foxen 3. Sases on balls—Oft Dent 8, oft Foxen 3. Sacrifice hits—Foxen. Stolen bases—Messenger, Ellam. Wild pitches—Foxen. Time—2:05. Umpires—Rudderham and Fifleld. KEOKUK SIGNS PITCHER. MOBERLY, MO., Aug. 20.—Charles Parrlck, a pitcher for a local amateur team, has been signed by Keokuk. BASEBALL —=TO-DAY—— Birmingham vs. Atlanta Ponce de Leon Park 0 ?<jf 0 c k FORSYTH T0DA¥AT 2:30 « 8:30 TOOTS PAKA AND THE HAWAIIAN MUSICIANS Willie Weeton, Kennedy 8Rooney,Qraee DeMar. Foster & Lovett, Nlkko Troupe Tuesday's Results. Valdosta 11, Amerlcus 6. Thomasville 5, Brunswick 3. Waycross 9, Cordele 8. OTHER RESULTS. Virginia Leaque. Petersburg 6, Norfolk 4. Newport News 3, Portsmouth 8. Roanoke 3-7. Richmond 0-3. Carolina Association. Charlotte 10, Greensboro 5. Durham 0, Raleigh 0, Asheville 5. Winston-Salem 4. Federal League. Pittsburg 11-0, Kansas City 5-4 Cleveland 4, Chicago 3. St. Louis-Indianapq^is rain American Association. Indianapolis it, Toledo 4 Minneapolis 3, Milwaukee 0 Kansas City 8, St, Paul 3. 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