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MOVING PICTURES OF CHRISTY MATHEWSON DELIVERING HIS FAMOUS ‘FADEAWAY’
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Baseball Owners ‘Money Mad’
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Managers Hang on to Players
Middleweights Will Don Gloves in
San Francisco Ring on Ad
mission Day.
S AN FRANCISCO. Aug. 30.—Bob
McAllister and Sailor Petroskey
In a return match will be the
pugilistic card In this city on Admis
sion Day. James W. Coffroth, mana
ger of the Shasta Club, yesterday se
cured the signatures of the boxers’
managers to a set of articles and the
fans will have an opportunity to see
the local middleweights once more.
The articles call for a twenty-
rournl bout to be held at 3 o’clock on
the 9th of September. The weighing
In will take place at Tom Corbett's at
10 o’clock on the morning of the fight
and the men agree to scale 160 pounds
or less. Each boxer is required to
deposit 3600 with John T. Clark as a
forfeit for weight and appearance.
. . •
ID the numerous argu-
t followed the draw de-
on given by Jim Griffin when the
i last met the question of who Is
>e the referee will probably be the
lect of a lot of discussion. The
cles say that the referee must be
! c ted on or before September 1.
1 McAllister represented Ms
ther In the negotiations and the
(rests of the sailor were looked
-r by Luigi Parents.
•ALLISTER and Petroskey boxed
twenty rounds at the Eight*
eet Arena on the evening of Au-
t R and at the conclusion of the
t Referee Jim Griffin decided that
credits were even and called the
t a draw. The supporters of each
n still think their favorite should
e won. and the followers of the
e-am* will welcome the Admls-
i Day bout in the hope that It will
1© the much discussed question ar
which Is the better man.
ermany will send team
wmiV Aug. 30.—Gerany wilt
a a t'eim to the 1916 games at
i PVanclsco. according to a prom-
'S by James E. Sullivan.
„ German athletic leaders to-day
l return of courtesy It Is expected
American athletes competing next
r in the Greek Olympic games
go from Athens to Berlin.
MONEY
TO SALARIED MEN
awful rates
ro«t!*s° Ry notes
loot Endorsement
it Collateral Security
. Keel Estate Security
a DISCOUNT CO.
Fourth National Bank Bids.
By W. J. McBeth.
N EW YORK, Aug. 80.—Organized
baseball seems to be on the
verge of losing its last vestige of
sport for sport's sake. The commer
cial end of the enterprise overshad
ows all else. The magnates are oat
for the money and make no bones
of the fact. The lust for gold Is as
deeply rooted in the minor leagues
as in the major organizations.
The two big circuits depend upon
patronage for financial gains. Be
cause of this it is necessary for them
to secure the very best talent to dis
play before the public. Thousands
upon thousands < # dollars are ex
pended every season by each club in
the National and American Leagues
for the sole purpose of fortifying the
future. Every club owner has sev
eral highly paid scouts beating all
around the country in search of like
ly looking “bush" timber. Some have
as many as six sleuths under salary.
Besides these, there is a grand army
of amateur sharps who do business
on a commission basis. This poiicy
of near extravagance is all well
enough for first division aggrega
tions. But it is a serious drain upon
the pocketbook of the unfortunate
holders of second division franchisee..
• * •
B ECAUSE at their weakness sec
ond division clubs In the major
leagues call for the greatest expen
ditures. This makes their lot all the
more severe. The money Is put tip
on a pure gamble, because a club
away down In the race Is lucky to
make Interest on Investment. The
leading teams which might well af
ford to speculate In talent have not
the same crying need to do so. But
those leaders usually string along in
a sort of "dog in the manger" fash
ion and often corral most promising
talent which they can not possibly
flee, Just to keep It away from some
lowly rival that might utilize It to
the disadvantage of the strong.
T HE hold of commercialism on the
national pastime has been forci
bly Illustrated time and time again,
but never more strongly than in the
American League this present cam
paign. Frank Chance could not get
any assistance from his colleagues,
many of whom had bench warmers
who'would have been of the greatest
assistance to New York. It took him
a couple of months to secure Short
stop Pecktnpaugh from Cleveland.
Birmingham had no use for this
plaver. He wished to turn him back
to Toledo, the farm of the Naps.
When Chance's outfield was perform
ing in a most pitiful manner, Connie
Mack was carrying six gardeners, any
of them superior to the best the
Peerless Leader could show.
• * •
T HERE vu a time when the major
leagues, by Juggling the market,
could maintain a self-supporting re
cruiting institution. Undesirable tal
ent snatched from th e "brush” could
be turned back at a profit. But that
time Is past. The minors—former
p re y—have become the close-fisted
bargain drivers. "If you desire our
good men you must pay dearly
enough for the castoffs.” The minor
leagues depend to a very great extent
■ upon the sale of players for self-
I maintenance and can not be blamed
1 for getting back at the big fallows on
every possible occasion. Major
league magnates, who display cold
indifference among themselves, de
serve no pity when minor league pro
moters put on the screws.
• * *
*t»HE major leagues themselves are
1 responsible for most of the pres
ent day commercialism of the game.
Always has their attitude been the
most exacting and the most grasp
ing. As this sport has gradually be
come more and more of a show busi
ness. the methods of show have at
tached themselveta. The power of
publicity has appealed to the club
owners, who now take every means
of boosting their own game through
press agent stuff. Ever since the
two big leagues went to war salaries
have maintained the high standard
that the fight established. But the
magnates in any announcements have
never failed to exaggerate the remu
neration of a star.
* * •
’"THERE were “newspaper” salaries
* of $10,000 in the big leagues years
ago when an athlete involved would
have shaken hands with himself for
receiving half the sum. And there
are reputed salaries to-day which, if
the truth were known, would shrink
considerably In the wash of straight
fact. But there are instances where
the magnate has had to toe the mark
and come across with the big money.
Ty Cobh, of the Tigers, Is one. He
Is the highest paid athlete of the
game. Bonuses will bring his stipend
this year to fully $15,000. He might
have been contented with half the
sum 1f the magnates themselves had
not educated the public and the play
ers to the value of publicity. Cobb
was in a dictatorial position. He knew
that the Detroit management might
as well lock up its park as to allow
him to Idle, while the once great Ti
ger machine was on the toboggan.
• •' •
T N kindred fashion the promoters
A have injured their own cause by
taking in stage money. The late
John T. Brush set the fashion by pay
ing an alleged $11,000 for “Rube”
Marquard. There followed another
“alleged" bit of extravagance on the
part of Barney Dreyfuss when Rt.
Paul accepted $22,500 for Martv
O’Toole. O’Toole perhaps did not
cost more than a third of his reputed
sale price, but the record figures made
good reading throughout the country
—-and a big drawing card for Pitta-
burg. Other clubs saw the advant
age. Playefs that formerly could he
had at modest figures soon began to
arrive in fast company, heralded as
“record” purchases. For a while the
minor leaguers . smiled up their
sleeves. Then they gradually began
to take advantage of this mania for
publicity and boosted the figures
steadily.
JOHNNY C0UL0N OFFERED
BOUT WITH EDDIE CAMPI
LOS ANGELES. CAL., Aug. 30.—
Promoter McCarey wired Johnny
Ooulon to-day offering the bantam
champion a guarantee of $3,000 and
two round trip tickets to come hen.
and box Eddie Campl In October.
Campi already has accepted terms
and the promoter is confident the
champion will consent to meet the
Sian Francisco boy.
The Sunday American herewith presents, in pictures, to the baseball public for the first time the “tip-off” of Matty’s “fadeaway,” the delivery made famous by the Giants’ pitching star and which made "Big Six” famous. These pictures were posed by
Mathewson especially for The Sunday American. Whenever you see Matty preparing to pitch, as in the picture at the extreme Jeft ; then you will know that the 01 j Master is about to deliver his “fadeaway,” the most mystifying delivery in the pitching category.
It Is the characteristic posture of baseball’s idol. The other pictures show Matty going through his motions in shooting the “fadeaway” over the plate.
Cool
England Refuses to
Send Stellar Sprinter
Governing Body Refuses W. R. Apple-
garth Permission to Make
Tour of America.
Thorpe Drops
NEW YORK, Aug. 80.—Word
reached A. A. U. headquarters here
yesterday that W. R. Applegarth, the
record-breaking English sprinter, had
been refused permission to visit the
United States by the governing body
in England. It was a typical turn
down of the Amateur Athletic Asso
ciation, for the sprinter was not in
formed why he was not allowed to
make the trip to America.
Applegarth was very anxious to
come here for a tour, as he possessed
the idea that there was some virtue
in the American tracks and that the
American atmosphere made a sprinter
run exceptionally fast. He believed
if he had a few weeks' training here
he could beat all records from 100 to
300 yards.
When the sprinter applied to the
home association for the permit to
appear here, he produced an invita
tion from James E. Sullivan, secre
tary-treasurer of the A. A. U.
When asked why Applegarth wos
not allowed to come, an officer of the
Amateur Athletic Association said it
was rather strange that Applegarth
could find the time to go to America,
yet he refused to accompany the Eng
lish team to South Africa on the plea
that he could not find the time.
Out of Limelight
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McGraw Keeps Indian on Bench
W
i T THAT a difference Just & few
hours make!”
”It seems Just a few
hours ago, too, that Jim Thorpe, the
big Indian, was in the limelight in
Stockholm’s beautiful stadium, win
ning victory after victory in the
Olympic pentathlon and decathlon
series. Hardly had the Bac and
Fox tribe brave completed his double
triumph by winning the l,600*meter
event in the decathlon than he be
came the most-talked-of athlete in
all the world. The biggest men in
Sweden sought his company, and
King Gustav himself shook hands with
Jim at the ceremonies attending the
presentation of the Olympic prizes,
and afterward sent him a summons
to appear In the royal presence.
Times Have Changed.
Hardly had the applause at the
Olympiad ceased when it was taken
up in France, w’here Thorp* appeared
at a couple of meets before sailing
for home. His arrival in this country
was the signal for the adulation to
spread over America like wildfire, and
Thorpe's athletic reputation was again
greatly enhanced later in the fall by
his wonderful playing on the football
field. Every expert that wrote of the
great gridiron game last fall pictured
Thorpe as the greatest football player
i of the year, If not of all time, and
from this opinion there was no dis
senting voice.
And now what picture does Thorpe
present? Why, he's out of the lime
light sitting w r ay back in the shadow
of the players’ bench. The same
bronzed face that grinned at the huz
zas of thousands last summer is deep
in study to-day, wearing a nettled,
puzzled expression. The same nar
row-slit eyes that followed the grace
ful flight of the discus and the Javelin,
or picked with perfection the take-off
spot in the broad jump last summer,
is now closely watching the real big
leaguers day In and day out. His
chances to perform come few and far
between.
Still Has a Future.
And yet Is the shadow that holds
Jim Thorpe in its folds without its
silver lining? Many say decidedly no!
The great Carlisle brav© has every
thing in his favor. He Is young and
strong and possesses the greatest all
round athletic ability ever seen in one
human body, and besides he's getting
good money for warming the bench.
Thorpe has learned to play other
games in a fortnight’s time. Then
why can not he learn the baseball line
in a couple of years under McGraw?
When Jim went to Stockholm last
summer he knew nothing at all about
throwing the Javelin. In fact. Law-
son Robertson says that Thorpe was
so green at this branch of athletics
that he was trying to throw the spear
from a seven-foot circle. And yet
Jim Thorpe had been in Stockholm
less than a week when he threw the
javelin 151 feet and beat the Scandi
navians—those who were in the
pentathlon—at their own game.
McGraw Teaching Him.
Bench warming look* a lot wore©
to the average spectator than It does
to the aspiring young ball player, and
the fact that John McGraw is paying
particular attention to teaching
Thorpe the fin© points of the game la
doubtless encouragement for the great
Indian athlete who is sitting in the
shadow of the bench day In and day
out while the Giants are making their
fight for the pennant.
TOLEDO AND INDIANAPOLIS
PLAYERS JOIN FRATERNITY
TOLEDO, OHIO, Aug. 80-—After
listening to a talk on the value of or
ganization by Dave Fulte, president
of the Players' Fraternity, who is
working to bring every athlete la
organized baseball In the country In
to the association, every number of
the Toledo team joined the fraternity.
Fultz then hurried away to the
Boody House, where he talked with
the same success to the Indianapolis
players. Heretofore the fraternity
has Included only major league per
formers.
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