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f i Btmliall THESE SEVEN CRACKERS ARE “GOING UP”—THEIR SMILES SHOW THEY ARE HAPPY LOJrCT <>• r HOT Or * A THOKPS'Or I Sit Shafer and Burns ‘Finds’ of Year Q O Q Q © O O Both Prove big Help to Giants By Ham Crane. N EW YORK, Aug. 30.—In those two sensational all-round play ing “kids," George Burns and Arthur Shafer, the Giants have two of the real baseball “finds” of the year. They are so far and away above in general play other so-called “phe- noms" who have been developed that they are in a class by themselves—as youngsters. As neither of them, although of en tirely different dispositions and per sonal characteristics, is so consti tuted mentally that they will become “swelled up" abnormally or to that extent their playing will be affected thereby, and because the Giants have the National League pennant as near cinched as can possibly be, without the exact figures denoting that fact being promulgated, it is safe to give them both their due mead of praise at this time. There have been Giants in previous years who, by too fulsome praise, could not stand up under the boosts given them, and became so self-suf ficient and complacent of their future as baseball players that they over- stepi>efl themselves and went pranc ing out of the big league. One of fh?se unfortunates was the celebrated “Waco Wonder." Louis Drucke whom T once bespoke as a second Christy Mathewson.” But “Looie”was money mad. which, together with a natural laziness that was constitutional as well as sectional, had as much to do with his failure to reach the high ideals which I had set for him as my inopportune lifting of him and his fu- tU But with Burns and Bhafer I think 1 am safe in my diagnosis of their temiieramental qualities being Im mune to high praise. Burns Meek and Modest. Burns is of a very quiet and unob trusive disposition. In fact, he is too retiring some think. He surely is not the least hit "swelled” now, and • still the work he has done this sea son would fully warrant him in even exaggerating his abilities in his own mind But, on the contrary, no mat ter how well he performs, he still feels that he has not done all he should and imagines lie should have done better. It is needless to say of him that with that ambition he will Boar to the lofty heights he has set f0 BHrns, e the way he Is playing now, does not shew a single weakness. He has all the attributes of a most suc cessful. up-to-date player, and they demand speed, a good eye and natural baseball ability. He is playing the "onfield now. and so far he has upset all the dire traditions that have come down from "Burkevllle” since Eddie Burke essaved to play the position and enthused the blcacherltes of that ' 0< Tim'' O'Rourke was the first left fielder to tackle the position. That “ , in 1890, when the present Polo Grounds was called Brotherhood Park The Giants (National League) were then playing on the Polo Grounds, now known as Manhattan Field O'Rourke played the sun field all right enough, until one day an end of his long, flowing, luxuriant blonde mustache blew into his eyes, causing him to muff an easy fly that ' cost the Giants an important game. Then Jim cut off his mustache and went behind the bat. It was that horrible accident of the mustache that resulted in the clean-shaven I fares of all ball players, ft The “nine on a side, the goatees, K the “Burnsides,” the “Dundrearys,” the “soft chewing” a la Jibbs Par rott went down and off in the cru sade against all hirsute growth. John Titus held on to his for some time; but he was at home on a farm up in middle Pennsylvania and failed to hear of the O’Rourke episode. Burns Superior to All. After O’Rourke came the Burkes, the Hickmans, the Shannons, the Mertes, the Browns, th© De Vores and others, all of whom had long tales of woe to tell about that sunfleld, but little George Burns goes along about his business, making no complaints, and beating all his many predecessors out of sight In ground covering and sure catching. No other outfielders are doing any better, if as well. Burns’ superiority over De Vore is very marked, and the improvement in fielding alone has helped the Giants wonderfully to reach their present big lead. Burns handles outfield grounders like an inflelder, is abso lutely a sure catcher on any ball he gets his hands on, can throw splen didly and knows where to heave. At bat Burns is one of the best waiters in the business. He has “walked” possibly as many times as any other player in the league, and. more than all, he can wallop the ball and to either of the three fields. There is a big battle between Burns and Daubert over who will make the most base hits. Daubert may lead now, but very slightly. The last un official records give Daubert 139 safe hits and Burns 137, so it is possible the young Giant may be ahead to day. As a base runner, Burns is very speedy, remarkably so, in fact. He can slide, too, doing the fadeaway from either side—a big advantage. But with all Burns’ present ef ficiency, he was crude when he Join ed the Giants and had to be develop ed. He came to his own slowly, too, but McGraw knew he had a prize package In the youngster, and finally polished off the rough edges and brought out the glorious sparkler Burns is now. FEW FAMILIES FURNISH MORE THAN ONE PLAYER DWT IF RACING STABLE American Horseman Quits Turf I Abroad by Selling Thorough breds He Had in Training. ES HIT ON Few families can furnish more than one member who is good enough to hold a job in fast company. The Delehanty family with five boys in the majors for several years was an exception. Ty Cobb has a brother who appears to be getting jobs more because he 'is a brother of Ty than because of any ability on his part. Josh Devore has a brother in the minors. The Athletics played against him at Galveston in 1912. He is a ringer for Josh, but his chances of ever being a big league star are very slim. Manager McGraw gave a broth er of Johnny Evers a trial last spring and then sent him adrift. The fact that a member of the femaily has made good in a major league is a recommendation for oth ers when they are touted to manag ers. The Cincinnati Reds are going to give a trial to Harry Camnltz, a brother of Howard Camnltz. of tin Pirates. Harry Williams, who has Just brok en into the American League as, a member of the New York Americans, is a brother of Gus Williams, the right fielder of the St. Louis Browns, who looks In a uniform like Pat Don ovan. Several major league stars have younger brothers in the minors, but the Delehantys, with five members, and the O’Neil family, of Minoeka, Pa., with Steve, now of Cleveland, following in the footsteps of his brothers. Jack and Mike, are th leaders in having furnished the ma jors with the most members. By Allen Sangree. N EW YORK, Aug. 30.—Let us drum a bit. Oh. nothing in particular. Too hot for serious stuff, and yet it looks as though Husk Chance is waxing quite serious. He plunged out on the coaching line last week and Gotham lost its goat. What we say Is, “Keep out there every day. Husk; and if you make a bull once In a while, flrte yourself.” This would make one whale of a hit with the “bugs.” Everybody knows that the toughest Job on a ball club is coaching at third. It is up to the man there to use his judgment on close plays. If he flivvers, they pan him. If he comes through, he’s lucky. * * * T HE fanatics are keen to have Chance in evidence. On the road the big fellow is as busy as an arm less man with the hives, and we have observed that every time he gets out and roars things happen. Further more, it keeps up the fighting spirit and, incidentally, the Yanks are show ing precisely 50 per cent better ball than two months since. Surely no one could expect Chance to do better than thiH. M ^NY people thought Noah made a mistake when he started building the ark. It is possible that Chance has slipped a cog here and there, but the only \yonder is that he kept away from the padded Cell after watching the Yanks perform day after day. • * • O F course. Chance has yet to prove that he Is there as a constructive manager, but we venture to suggest that he has made r»o blunder in pick ing up Texas Williams and Cookie, and furthermore, that he was wise In letting Chase out even if he did only get a bunion in exchange. Chase was no help to New York under the cir cumstances. Freddy Welsh One Unlucky Boxer Twice Matched With .Champion A D WOLGAST was the unluckiest champion; Freddy Welsh is the unluckiest .near-champion. Bro ken aims, appendicitis and pneumo nia kepi Wolgast idle much of the time that he held the title, and this illness also helped bring about his downfall, as it affected his vitality. But though unfortunate as a cham pion, Ad did get his chance to battle for the title; he won it manfully and defended it gamely and well. Then think of Freddy Welsh, a real topnotcher for the last eight of the nine years he has been in the ring; always able to make the lightweight limit, but still deprived of the chance to box for the championship. Now they say he’s not as good as he once was, and if he finally does climb Into the ring to pit his wares against the champion the critics say he is cer tain to lose. But how about the Welsh of a few years ago? Then he would eertainh have outbuxed Nelson in 20 or 25 rounds could he have lured the Dane, then champion. Into the ring. Lost Match With Wolgast. Twice the hoy from Wales has been matched with the champion. Once was when he was booked to meet Ad Wolgast at Los Angeles Thanksgiving Day of 1912. But 24 hour’s before the battle Ad was seized with appendici tis and Willie Ritchie was substituted. Welsh won handily enough, but beat ing Ritchie brought him nothing that he wanted, for he was after the cham pionship. Then Ritchie went out and an nexed the title from Wolga-st. Anx ious to wipe out the stain of the Welsh defeat, the new lightweight king consented to give the Britisher a scrap at Vancouver Labor Day. Fred die went into earnest training and was progressing nicely, when he at tempted to lick a 200-pound woods man. He suffered a sprained ankle in the encounter and that necessitated calling off the Vancouver scrap. Ritchie has promised to remain over In Vancouver for three or four weeks, and if the champ does so. Freddy may yet get on, but it’s a good bet that something will bob up to rob the clever little Welshman of his chance. Is Welsh Still Good? They fay Welsh is no longer the same streak of greased lightning that lie was when he worried many star lightweights into a nervous fit trying to dodge a meeting. When Nelson was champ Welsh was at his top form, and no cleverer boxer ever [ drew on the gloves. He was never a hard puncher. But he was so fast, such un excellent judge of distance, and such a superlatively good block er, that most of the critics agreed that if Nelson gave him the chance in a 20-round battle the Englishman ; would be returned the victor. ALPALZER STARTS TRAINING. I NEW YORK. Aug. 30—A1 Palzer j I started hard training yesterday fori 1 his ten-round bout with Frank llo- ; ran early next month. Tom O'Rourke, | his man ic, r, declared that if Palzi-r i whipped Moran he would compel j I Gunboat Smith to meet his white i hope. I TOPEKA BUYS FIRST SACKER. j TOPEKA, KANS, Auk 30.—Tile | Topeka Baseball club to-day bought I Koerner, first baseman of the Wich- • ita Western League team for the last five ye ars. Koemer is batting .303 at present and is regarded as one of the best players in the Western League. The purchase price was not made public. By E. B. G. Fitzhamon. Special Cable to The American. I ONDON, Aug. 30.—James B Haggln’s racing jacket will never be seen again on an Eng lish turf, according to gossips at New market, where he has sold the last two thoroughbreds he had In train ing. One of these he named Final Shot, as if indicative of his last ven ture on the fickle seas of racing. Final Shot Is a three-year-old filly by Haggin’s favorite stallion, Water cress, and she has proved a most provokingly disappointing last ven ture. Time and again she ran a win ning race in big fields that always contained one horse able to nose her out in the last stride or two. Probably no horse of her age ever was beaten by a nose, a head or a neck so often in one season as Final Shot. Last year she ran second or third a dozen times, but never won until this summer, when she scored her maiden victory in >icr twenty - second race. * • * M ANY jockeys failed to get home first on Final Shot, and, strange to say, the one that finally succeeded is named Fharles Dickens. Though regretting the passing of Haggin’s racing colors, Newmarket expects to welcome the usual con signment of yearlings to its Decem ber sales, and hopes to welcome sev eral more of his annual consign ments. The sale of th© late Charles Koh ler's American-bred two-year-olds has been held, top prices being good, $8,000 being paid for Coronis, a filly by Voter, out of Court Dross. She was bred at the late James R. Keene’* Castleton stud farm in Ken tucky, and her dam carried Keene’s colors into second place In the Futu rity he expected to win with Peter Pan, or Ballot. • # • APART from this filly, the Kohler ** tWO-.V' two-vear-olds only sold for the prices of good, had and indifferent selling platers. There were fifteen of them. A filly by Keene’s Superman made $3,000, and another, by Voter, nettled $2,400. Two colts by Uncle looked of little acoeunt. and altogether they brought only $900. which is nothing as selling platers go in England. Emil Herz bought one of them for $600, also paying $550 for a colt by North ern Star out of Tochlight. After passing through the ring un sold at the Newmarket July sales, choicely bred English brood inures have been sold privately for $16,000 to John Sanford, and will be shipped soon to Ms breeding farm near Sara toga. In New York State. This looks as if he retains some faith in the fu ture of thoroughbred racing in Amer ica. These mares are half sisters, Op pression and Light Opera. Oppres sion is by Saint Serf, out of Light Comedy, and is in foal to Radium Light Opera is by Zinfandel, out of Light ComedV, and Is in foai to Sun- star. winner of Epsom Derby two years ago. Physical Expert Says the Yankees Must Learn Art of Doing One Thing at a Time, and Doing It Completely. Nerve Energy Too Often Exhausted. By William Muldoon. E VERY man has his working capacity—physically and mentally. Non© of us is able to make a reasonably correct guess hy looking at a per- soiuwhat that working capacity may Ik?. Physically, we might make a reasommly good guess: but mentally we have nothing to be guided by. A person may appear above the average in intelligence—good-shaped head, bright, smart, apparently, in conversation, and up to a certain point able to do very satisfactory mental work. Put them beyond that point and they begin to show the effects. They make mistakes; leave some matters unfinished and forget others; become anxious; their minds tire; they complain about not feeling well and begin to indulge in that most disgusting habit of all habits—excuse making. It is had enough to make mis- f to takes, but when one begins to look' for excuses for these mistakes, whb-h is nothing more than an attempt to justify them, then they are showing their weakness. A man in this con dition is trying to go beyond his mental capacity. If he could only realize that fact and call some one to his assistance, or ask for a lighter duty, he might 9ave himself from becoming a neurasthenic. The man who is engaged at some work that Calls for greater physical strength and endurance that he hap pens to possess, receives his warning in the way of stiff muscles, lame back, pains in his Joints, tired, sore and a feeling that fie is completely incapacitated. He soon cries, "Enough!” and demands a lighter Job. Breakdown a Warning. There is no danger attached to this man's condition. He will not go be yond his working capacity ag^iin. Tut the other fellow, who Is mentally overworked, is in great danger. For if you go beyond a certain point in tiring yourself with mental work, beyond that point is the condition which prevents you from resting; or, in other words, the ordinary methods of resting do not produce the desired results. He may be unconscious with sleep for a certain number of hours at night, but when he awakens in the morning he does not feel refreshed. He may rest physically and avoid all physical efforts, but that will not re move the tired feeling in his head, lie gets a sensation of a heavy pres sure on the head, or feels as if a band of iron was about his crown; pain* in the back of the neck and, eventually, a feeling that he can not possibly sit down and remain still. It will seem to him that pains are running through his limbs, through the bones, through the muscles of his chest, and he feeds like jumping up and crying out for help. Any at tempts at work are entirely unre liable. He has no confidence in him self. He tries to do more than on.- thing at a time, and in that way only half does anything at which he is engaged. Yesterday’s and to-day’s affair.-* meet before him and he is full of confusion, fe^ir. apprehension, lack of confidence. Tha groundwork is then complete for a fully developed ca.'ii of neurasthenia. Another victim caused by going beyond his mental capacity. Business Pace Rapid. Americans flatter themselves when they say “the pace in business is so rapid and the demands for hard work arc so great that it Is beyond the endurance of any human being t*j keep it up and remain well.” I do not agree with them in this respect. My experience with men has convinced me that the man with the extraordinary good working mental vigor is not the only man who can stand the wear and t»ar of business responsibilities. During my experi ence I have taken men who were fully convinced in their own minds that they never again would be able to assume business responsibilities to any extent. By training, drilling and severely disciplining those minds along the lines of doing the right thing at the right time and in the right way, and only doing that one thing at that time, they have estab lished a working principle of strong concentration, which put into execu tion in their business duties enabled them to accomplish more work with better results. And at the end of a twelve months’ trial they have returned to me furr of cheerfulness, courage, ambition and happiness; delighted with them selves. for they had worked harder during those twelve months than they ever did before in their lives and en joyed every minute of it. Should Forget Business. Duties which formerly filled their minds with anxiety and caused them to worry were a pleasure to them when they learned the art of concen tration. One thing at a time, no mat ter how small or unimportant it is, do it right and finish it before tak- iiu.’, up the next thing. Finished work never comes back. Yesterday’s success or failure belongs to yesterday; to-day’s work is the only thing yon have to concentrate on. When you are through for the day. be sure there is nothing hanging over for to-morrow, and nothing ac complished to-d^-y that will come back to-morrow. Then, if you have time for an hour’s recreation, spend that hour in d« ing something entire ly foreign to your business, f i