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TIUARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA, DA, SUNDAY. JULY 4, 1915.
BASEBALLS MYSTERIES'
The Braves
Larry Mr Lean
Clarence Rowland
Whenever We Want to Feel Lazy We Think of a Clear, Cool Summer Day
Then, Again, the Thought of a Worryless Vacation Crams Us With Ambition and We Proceed to Work
DOUT GET EXCITED!
The Cubs and Sox are leading
their respective leagues all right,
but don’t forget that it’s a long
way to the finish.
ELEVENTH (EUR
FINDS HUB
GREAT US EVER
FRED HIE
? Y
OW
Cobb and Collins Gloating
Their Destructive Bats
Over Misery
Bring to Rivals
“Georgia Peach" Is in Class by
Himself; No Way to Dis
credit Him.
S OMF
Wf
OME tim# Ago. when all the fan*
vere talking about Benny Kauff
and hi* near-jump from th#
Federal* to the New York Giant*,
come acribe quoted the outlaw star
as saying he thought hlmeeif the real
good* and that if he got into the olg
league he would show up Ty Cobb.
To the credit of the Fed outfielder
and batter it can he said that Benny
has denied ever making such a state
ment, and most .of us are glad to
hear that he has denied it, for no one
would ever take such a remark *eri-
oualy.
Benny Kauff nor any other ball
player I* ever going to show up Ty
Cobb, for the noted Georgian is out
there all by himself and the other
great stars are merely t lose contend
ers for the honor of being next to Ty
rus
This is Ty Cobb's eleventh year n
the American League, all of which
time he has spent as a member of
the Detroit club. He Joined the Mich
igan tribe in the season of 1905, when
Bill Armour was managing the T!
per*, and since then he has been a
major league brilliant. It took him
Just about a year to get under way,
and since that time has has ruled su
preme In 1907 he led the American
league at the hat for the first time,
and tie has never relinquished hi# lead
since then.
Now. it stands to reason that any
ball tosser who can go up against
stars like Tris Speaker, Joe Jackson,
Fiddle Collins. Frank Baker and oth
ers, year after year and show them
the way to the finish each fall must
be a regular batter
Cobb Best Bet in Baseball.
Without arguing that the American
league is faster than the National, it
must be admitted the tig batting
stars of the world are to be found In
the American, and when Cobb ran put
It over them It Is reasonable to is
pume he could do the same thing 'n
the National, for there Is no reason to
believe the Tener hurlers have any
thing on the Johnson fingers. In oth- I
er words. Ty Cobb Is not only the I
boss of the American League, but he
is the best bet to be found In baseball.
One thing that many overlook in .
figuring the merits of Ty Cobb Is his
age. Next December the noted Geor
gian will he 29 years of age. which :*
getting along quite well, as far p.s !
ball-pVlayIng ages are consider'd, j
There are any number of players In
the Central League to-day who are
younger than Cobb, yet considered as
veterans by the fans, who Judge by
the length of time they have been In ,
service A few vears ag< folks said
that while Cobb was probably greater i
than Wagner and Tgijole ever were,
he would never rank as the eoual of
these inen, firr he would never last ss
long In fast company as they have.
May Surnris# All.
These critics argued that the stren
nous game which Cobb plavs would
Pg George £'. Phair
THE COME BACK
John Ert rs is himself again, thp
evening paper nay*.
Although he slams no two-base hit*
nor too/A* in double play*.
John Ever* is himself again, although
hts well-known fate
I* never seen around that spot de
signed tin second base
John Ern-s is himself again, though
bats he dots not wield
I knov\ because an umpire up anti
chased him off the field.
Charley Somerg wants to limit
American League teams to eighteen
players. Charley has been gathering
ball players for several years, but never
gather nine.
Sam Crane Praises Giants’ Firyt
Sacker for His Courage in Out
living Past Blunders.
T HIS interesting photograph shows Eddie hitter, as he could not coax a hit out of it. So
Collins, of the Chicago White Sox (at left) Tyrus returned to his old love, a bat made much
and Tyrus Cobb, of the Detroit Tigers, exam- {like that belonging to Collins, and with this
ining a bat especially constructed for Collins.; Cobb was more successful, for he promptly
Cobb was so impressed with its quality for pro- j banged out a couple of bingles that made the
ducing hits that he gained Collins' consent to White Sox pitchers wish Collins had presented
use the same piece of hickory during the Tigers Ty with the new bat for the entire series. Cobb
White Sox series. However, the bat did not and Collins have both hit over the .300 mark for
act as a charm for the leading major league {many seasons.
N
By Sam Crane.
B\V YORK. July 3.—Those who
have followed Merkle’# career
with the Giants, from the time
he joined the team, a youngster,
through all the ups and downs he has
had, know what he has been up
against H a failure to touch second
base In lhat historical Glants-Cubs
contest in 1908 cost the New York
team a pennant. Again, in Boston,
when he failed to try for a foul fly
owing to being blinded by the sun, he
was blamed for losin another cham
pionship.
He wa.s roasted on all sides for these
Th* Cub* are responsible for the close j slips, and the fans were so prejudiced
race In the National League thlsjseai- againnt him that he had to prove h.s
j gameriess and ability as a ball player
.. the National League this tea
•on. All of which Is natural. Their
owner Is the closest man In baseball.
Closeness in baseball seems to be
contagious The fans are getting that
way.
By purchasing a monthly ticket for
one buck ($1.00) It Is possible to see
ball games In Dayton. Ohio, for less
than 7 centa per game. It Is possible, J
however, to pay the one buck ($1.00) j
and stay sway from the game.
War has mused the abandonment of
the Kriglish Derby, but the only thing j
that could prevent the world's series j
i is another deluge.
THE TRADERS.
fVinsider Jimmy Archer;
The scribes are trading him.
! And yet those ball scribes, 1 surmise, j
Are just the same old bunch of guys
Who traded Heine 'Mm.
Rumors of an Impending sale of Jim j
Archer lead one to suspect that John
McGraw has been shooting noxious
gases Into the Cub trenches.
It is hard to imagine that a rude hall j
| plaver from Boston Intentionally spiked I
I Heine Zlm It would he easier to im-
I aglne William I Bryan In the act of
( handing Jess Willard a poke on the
law j
It Is not sur prising that Connie j
Mack picks the White Sox to win the |
pennant. His old team Is now playing
second base for Comlskey.
Baseball fans In Philadelphia present
ed Eddie Collins with a gun. If It had
been a ,22-callber gun Connie Mack
would have filled the barrel with 20-dol-
lar goldpleces.
r Mack emits the information that
chalk is a better catcher than Schang.
\\> might add that Eddie Collins is a
better base runner than Bing Bodle.
Charley Herzog is one of the most re
markable figures In baseball. He Is
trying to manage the Reds and the
stockholders at the same time, and still
manages to keep out of the nut foun
dry.
thou*
KM zed a t
pictures of
several hundred
Barney Oldfield
not permit him to keep it up as long we are led" to wonder whether ho eats
ns Wagner and Lajole. for the latter j and sleeps with that cigar in hts mouth,
were of the easy-going type, moving ! FABLE
quickly when occasion, demand'd. ; , ipon a ,i me a Bu.h.r wx h.t-
but not pulling ofT the stunt# on th# t , 347 , n t he Ohlo-Californla League
bases which have ever made Cobb tn and getting the circuit afire. He was a
Critics Not Only Express Belief Rowlanders
Will Win, but Explain Why the Chicagoans
Will Land Glory.
By Larry Woltz.
C LEVELAND, .July 3.—Critics throughout the American
League are almost unanimous in conceding the 1915 Johnson
flag to Rowland’s White Sox. One expert in Washington
refuses to recognize the Sox as the class oi the league, and in De
troit they do not want to admit that Comiskey's aggregation is
the best bet. However, the scribes of the other Americaji League
{cities are willing to acknowledge that Chicago’s 1915 representa-
| tives in the Johnson circuit is the greatest looking ball club of
1 recent years.
Ty Cobb, an Eddie Collin* and
Speaker all In one.
bought him for $25,000 c&sh.
The Busher made good.
Trls
mnufi the world over. However. It
looks now bf If Tvru.s Is going to give
them all h surprise, for wo find him
1n his eleventh year as a major
leaguer and to all appearances going
a# well as ever—In fact, probably bet
ter than he has for some time.
As was the case with Wagner, I ca
jole and the ether brilliant players
who starred for so many years. Cobb
owes his long success to the care j
which he has taken of himself.
The only abuse his body know* is i
the strain to which he puts It during .. , rtt . Muggsy McGraw
the (tame While the battle la on I * * V oJL.iv .nmethln. nn-
there la nothin* he will not attempt. <>«'' brok, ‘ n Recently something nn
h^ the ninth Inning has been , ^J.^^rLtSLu^.poke peasant?;
concluded it la Tyrua for the simple . ;" c ? h r ” ump , r e „ , n proteatlng . decision
life. Of course, he beats up on a , WUh on J, down in the seventh Inning,
butcher or two now and then, but ! Wagner hit a double along the left field
that is merely recreation when the j foul line while Vlox followed
opposing player* arc not able to make
It interesting enough for him on the
ball field
on countless occasions to "come back.
He was .-ailed "bonehead” for years
S A a Bla League Magnate, having heard : after by fans throughout the country,
of the busher’s remarkable ability, who shouted the slurs at every oppor-
* - tunity for the purpose of rattling the
player. It is done now, but only occa
sionally.
Merkle has lived down those play
Has ‘Mugg-sy’ Lost
His Fighting Spirit?
In Class by Hlmielf.
Talk to almost any of the classy
ball plavers nf the major leagues, and
they will tell you thnt Cobh is In a
class bv himself Some of them have
very little use for him some are Jeal
ous of his ability, but none of the
good men deny his worth
Some of the others declare there
are Just as good players as Cobb up
there, but they don’t get the chance
to shine; but this Is all poppycos-k.
for Cobb has starred when bis club
was in the rut. Just as well as when
It was on top.
Giants Are Slow,
Says Gotham Critic
According to one New York critic,
nothing Is operating so much against
the success of the Giants as their
alow ness in base running. Two year#
ago speed was their asset, but this
year they are showing poorly In that
department. The absence of Snod
grass, the slowing up of Doyle and
the lameness of Burns accounts for
this in part.
an easy
out. McCarthy then slammed a hard
one to Hans I Albert, which the Garrick
fellow failed to hold, as It was a very
haul hit bull and too hot to handle.
l.obert recovered the ball quickly and
made a swing around to get Wagner
coming from second to third. Lobert
touched Wagner before the Dutchman
got to the cushion, but Empire Eason
called Bonus safe. Mcdrgw ran out on
the diamond and questioned the deri
sion. Then Eason told Muggsv that
while Lobert had touch**! Wagner with
hi# left hand, the ball was in his right
ml Then McGraw politely asked Eason if
he would permit an appeal to l mpire
Quigley and accept his ruling, but La-
son stated to Muggsy that he was abso
lutelv sure of the play and that thru
j ad
doubt. —.
i and walked off the field
I it was perhaps the first time that
j Muggsv has had a decision rendered
1 against him and not said something
I sharp to the umpire.
something that very few other players
would or could have done. By doing
so he has stamped himself as a man of
the strongest mind and character.
But If the fans did not appreciate his
worth, both as a player and a man. his
manager and fellow players did. They
sympathised with him. encouraged
him and made him forget his trial#.
The grandest act of John McGraw s
managerial career was when he held
onto Merkle In the face of all the ridi
cule and opprobrium piled on him.
And what of Fred Merkle now 7 He
is one of the best -If not the beat—of
first basemen In the country. I know,
anyhow, that McGraw would not trade
him for any other In either of the big
leagues—and there are some corkers
There was never a harder or more
conscientious worker than Merkle He
has improve! by experience. Plays
come to him by intuition.
I have critcised him in the past, and
with good cause, as 1 thought, but T
appreciate him now as being second to
none in his position, and hasten to
voice that opinion.
ir sure of the play and that there t l m ^
Kling Learned Two
Games, Followed One
They Can't Kid Ty
^••1- 4 , e*r* +•+
He Always Delivers
President Fultz, of
Players' Fraternity,
Would ShortenGames
CLEVELAND, July 3—Three years
ago a Cleveland fan told Cobb: "Joe
Jackson says he is going to hit .400
this year.” Cobb smiled and retort
ed: “If he does I'll hit .450.” That
year Jackson hit close to .400 'd
, Ty slammed at .427. This year they
\ told Cobb: “Maisel is the fastest
man In baseball.” Just to prove
; them wrong Ty is leading his !e ~'ie
( In both base stealing and runs
scored. £
Smallest Outfield
In Major Leagues
With Jack Graney in left. Nemo Lei-
bold in center and Billy Southworth
in right, the Cleveland Indians will
show American League fans a collec
tion of the smallest outfielders in ma
jor league captivity—possibly the
smallest in the history of the game.
Not one of the trio will measure up
higher than 5 feet 7 inches at the very
most. Being left-hand swingers, good
judges of pitching and small of stat
ure, they naturally are hard to pitch
to. Thus Fobl is blessed with three
outer gardeners any one of whom
could be used as a lead-off man.
How Wilding Died
v • J- -I- • -’r*
Blown Up by Bomb
The Philadelphia Evening ledger
of a recent date comes out with an
unusually strong boost for the Sox.
The Ledger expert gives the flag to
the South Siders. He cites the fact
that the Rowland block has the speed
of the 1912 New York Giants, the
hitting of the 1913 Athletics and the
fielding of the 1914 Braves. No pret
tier compliment could be paid any
ball club.
However. The ledger man opines
that Rowland’s outfit ts weak nt third
base. The Sox veteran players dis
agree with him. So do the war cor
respondents traveling with the pale
hose. There Is no third sacker in the
league playing any better game at
third than Russell Blackbume. And
Lena has started to hit.
Rowland Likes E. Murphy.
Rowland admits that he made Con
nie Mack a proposition for Outfielder
Eddie Murphy. However, it was not
with the idea of placing Roth on third
base and Murphy in the outfield.
Should by hook or crook Murphy’s
services be obtained, either he or
Roth will be carried solely in the role
of pinch hitter. Blackburne has
' made good at third base and will re
main there.
The following is the way The
Ledger expert wrote of the Sox after
their departure from Philadelphia:
"The baseball season is almost half
! over and every club In the two major
! leagues has made its appearance in
i this city, and the £hicago White Sox
have stood out far above all others. In
| their games here at least.
"In the three garner played in this
j city the Chicagoans did not show the
slightest sign of weakness in any de
partment. unless it was that they are
a trifle overconfident, and there is not
j a single position that needs strength
ening except third base.
"It is a team that has the batting
strength of the Athletics of 1913. the
speed on the bases of the Giants of
1912, the fielding of the Braves of 1914
and White Sox pitching. The Sox al
ways have had a powerful pitching
staff since Fielder Jones put together
his pennant winner in 1900, and even
before that time dark Griffith had
good pitchers in Chicago. It is a club
that apnarentlv has. everything, and
should It continue at its present clip
it is likely to be a machine as famous
as the Athletics, the old Baltimore
Orioles and the BostonS of the later
nineties
“With Such Fine Pitching.”
"The acquisition of Eddie Murphy
would enable Rowland to bring Roth
in to third permanently and thus give
the team batting strength for every
position. Russell Blackburne is a
fine fielder, but a weak hitter, while
Murphy is a strong hitter, but a weak
fielder. With such fine pitching Man
ager Rowland is likely to sacrifice
the fieldifig strength for the hatting.
and use Murphy in right field with
John Collin# switched to left and
Roth to third base.
"There is no denying the fact that
Eddie Murphy is a wonderful player
offensively, and he is really a much
better fielder than he has shown this
season. Murphy has apparently had
but little interest in the game this
year, and no doubt would welcome a
switch that would send him to a. club
that has such a great chance to win
the pennant.
With Murphy the White Sox would
be even stronger than they are at
present, and members of the Athlet -
ics, including Manager Mack, de
clare that Rowland:# team is playing
by far better ball than any club they
have seen to date. The Tigers have
a wonderful outfield and a fairly
strong club offensively, mainly
through the wonderful work of Cobb
and Crawford, but its infield is weak,
while the pitching staff has not
enough dependable performers io
hely out Coveleskie, Dauss and Du-
bus.
Free Swinging Swat Artists.
"Perhaps some of the star pitchers
will discover glaring weaknesses in
the batting of Felsch, Roth and Four
nier, three of the White Sox young
sters. and send the Up around the
circuit, with the result that the long
distance clubbing of this trio will
cease, but chances are against this
happening. I
"When the. vouthful Athletic team
started off in 1910 Just as the Sox are
going to-day. this same thing was
predicted, but Mclnnis, Collins, Ba
ker and Strunk,’the four youngster#
who were to be shown up by the star
pitchers as the season wore on. are
still powerful clubbers, and It Is like
ly they will discover that the White
Sox are simply a wonderful bunch of
free-swinging, long-distance hitters.
"Many other clubs have had plenty
of long-distance hitters and sluggers
who perhaps surpass the present
White Sox aggregation and yet never
won pennants, but none of these
teams possessed the speed or pitching
that Rowland has at present. He ha#
five twirlers who are in perfect shape,
and each is considered a star For
consistency Faber. Scott, Cicotte,
Russell and Benz form the best hurl
ing staff in the country, and then
there are Ed Walsh (if he can come
back), Mel Wolfgang and Klepfer. the
Pacific Coast recruit, to aid when the
double-header days begin.
“All things considered, there seem
to he only two chances to stop the
White Sox from winning the Amer
ican League pennant. They are over-
confidence, which is already apparent
in the earlier stages, and misman
agement. To date Rowland, a minor
leaguer, has obtained surprising re
sults. If he continues as he Is going
at present and does not let a few re
verses destroy his judgment, he will
have the honor of leading a pennant
winner.”
<
John Kling. when he was a major
league baseball catcher, believed that
ATHLETICS PLAY AT DECATUR. idleness did not pay. Consequently, the
DECATUR II.I. Julv 3 Athletic | «-x-Cub to-day la earning more monev
events fostered bv the Decatur High I than he did when he was a member of
School during the last year drew' j the world’s championship Chicago Cubs.
$1,65(1 In admissions, according to the
report of the treasurer, Thomas M.
ELGIN WILL HAVE RACING.
Deam, which was submitted this
week One-third of this came from
football games A new system by
which season ticket# were disposed of
at $1 each proved profitable and pop
ular.
$
horses have been entered In the an
nual harness race# to take place at
Wing Park on July 4. Three events,
a 2:30 pace. 2:50 trot and a free-for-
all, have been arranged by Edward
Ryan, chairman of the entry commit-
STREATOR SELLS A PITCHER. ’M 1 ,
Ho Is a billiard expert, and In addition
owns a billiard rom In Kansas City.
And all this came about because he
refused to be idle
"1 found that 1 liked billiards when
l was a young man and devoted my
spare time to that game. 1 did not do
it merely as recreation, but with the
idea that 1 would learn the game and
the business and devote my time to It
in the off-season and when l quit *•'«#-
STREATOR. ILL.. July 3.
was always able to pick up the
Pitcher right sort of friends,.congenial fellows
William Whaley, star of the Streator
team of the Bi-State League was
sold this week to Cedar Rapids, of
the Central Association He has been
tee of the Gentlemen # Driving Club. I winning steadily this season
who liked the game of billiards, ami we
spent pleasant and helpful evenings at
the green table Billiards is a scientific
pastime requiring a good eye and a
steady nerve That is ideal recrer*'«n
for a ballplayer.”
Chase Must Pay
Wife $600 a Year
NEW YORK. July 3. Harold H.
Chase, former first baseman on the
New York American League team,
will pay only $600 a year alimony to
hi# former w ife. Mrs. Nellie H. Chase,
uner an order just issued h\ Supreme,
Court Justice Donnelly. The papers,
do not disetose the reason for the cut
in Mrs. Chase’s alimony, but it is be
lieved to be due to a reduction in
Chase's income.
Chase sued his wife for a divorce
three years ago. and Mrs. Chase re
plied with a counter claim. The case
was 'heard by Alvin Cntermeyer as
referee and he recommended that
Chase’s suit be dismissed and a di
vorce granted to the wnfe on her
counter claim.
NEW YORK. July 3.— Official recog
nition of the time consumed in play-
I ing games in the big leagues has been
taken by David Fultz, of the Players’
Fraternity, in an open letter to the
directors of the major league clubs.
Fultz declares the players themselves
can eradicate inanv of the features
which lead to long drawn out contests.
The letter follows:
1. By hurrying to and from positions.
2 By avoiding unnecessary arguments
with umpires.
3. By pitchers consuming as little time
as possible in preparing for their de
livery.
4. It has also been suggested that the
trouble could be helped by a uniform
rule requiring the umpire to throw in.
another ball when a foul goes any dis
tance from the field of play, but this,
of course, is not within our jurisdic
tion. , .
This is a bad year financially for base
ball The fans are not as enthusiastic
as they have been in the years gone
by. It is unquestionably up to the
players to make the game as attractive
to the public as possible, and we all
know a long drawn out game, especial
ly when the result Is determined In the
early Innings, loses much of its at
tractiveness
It is to the players own interest to
help eradicate this growing evil. The
teams Individually and as a whole could
accomplish a great deal by observing
the points mentioned and by each player
using his influence with his fellow-play
ers with the same end In view.
A letter received from London
tells how A. F. Wilding, the lawn
tennis player, met his death last
i month at La Bassee. France. Wild
ing was attached to the armored
car section of the service, and was
on duty with his car inside the fir
ing line. He left his car to have a
chat with some brother officers in a
' neighboring trench and a shell
burst right in their midst, blow
ing the whole party to pieces.
Frank Baker Is Not
Batting in Old Form
MEDIA. PA.. July 3.—The official
averages of the Delaware County
league for the nine games played so
far this season have been compiled,
and show that Turner, of Media, is the
leading hitter of the league, with a
batting average of .429. Turner has
been to bat 35 times, and has 15 hits.
5 of which are doubles, 2 triples and 3
homers. ^
Thirteen players are hitting above
the .300 mark, but this list does not in
clude Frank Baker, former third sack
er for the Athletics, who is hitting
only at the .235 mark. Baker is forty-
fifth on the list of fielders, he having
had 4 errors in 23 chances
Harry Stovey Holds
Base Stealing Mark
In stolen bases none of the present-
day wonders can come anywhere near
the record made by Harry Stovey
when with the Athletics in 1888. when
he stole 156. Billy Hamilton in 1891
stole 115 bases with Philadelphia,
while Milan, of Washington, in 1912
placed the figure at 88 for the Ameri
can League.
The record for stolen bases in a sin
gle game is held by Billy Hamilton.
September 1. 1894, and George Gore,
of Chicago, in Providence. June 25,
1881. who each stole seven bases in a
single game. Eddie Collins twice stole
six bases in a single game in the
American League, which is the record.
The first man to ever steal a base was
Cuthbert, of the Keystone team of
Philadelphia, in a game at Brooklyn
at the old Capitoline grounds in 1865.
In all the time baseball has been
played there have been nineteen
games played in less than one hour.
De Oro In Line With
Defi for Cue Title
‘Rabbit’ Overdoing
After Dinner Stunt
"Rabbit” Maranville’s attempt to
mix theatrical with ball playing dur
ing the baseball season is not meeting
with favor, as the following by Wal
ter Hapgood, in The Boston Herald,
indicates:
“It may be a little short of lese
majeste to dare to criticise one of our
own world champions and one of the
admitted stars of the combination at
that, but the fact remains that there
is a growing impression among the
fans that ‘Rabbit’ Maranville 1# very
decidedly overdoing the after-dinner
stunt at the expense of his own play
ing, and the club’s chance# for suc
cess In this stern pennant chase of
the 1915 reason.
"This growing impression is very
closely In accord with the facts. The
Rabbit’ Is a likeable chap, is at ease
In whtaever company he finds him
self. and hi# abiltiy to entertain,
either by smoke talk or song natural
ly makes him in large demand at
smokers and at club gatherings of va
rious sorts. It Is not surprising that
he i# the recipient of so many invita
tions, and, while it would be physi
cally impossible for him to accept
them all, he 1# more times than not,
as a favor to practically strangers,
accepting more of them than is for
his own be?t good.
"Maranville is a young fellow en
joying a reputation upon the diamond
that many more matured and expe
rienced can never possibly attain. Yet
he should always remember that his
first interest in his ball club. He can
not afford to take chances with his
playing career, even though he may
find it difficult to refuse the invita
tions that are extended him.”
Alfred DeOro has already challenged ATTAU/ . oiCMO A C* uaDTCTAD
the winner of the match for the rush- OTTAWA SIGNS A SHORTSTOP.
Ion carom championship between Wil
liam B Huey, of Chicago, and Georg* ROCK ISLAND, ILL. July 3.—El-
W_ Moore, the champion. j mer Engman. of Rock Island, has
»,n ! signed with Ottawa, of tho Bi-State
will not be played until the latter part ; T ° , ... , ’ , . . Tr
of September In between thirty and j League, and will play shortstop. He
forty days thereafter the winner will I wap with the Kitty League last sea-
have to meet DeOro. | son.
Schaefer Tells Why
Boneheads Are Made
Germany Schaefer ha# advanced an
idea worth some comment. According
to Schaefer, most bonehead plays, so-
called. were made by ball players who
were trying to pull something off the
beaten path.
"A ball player who goes out and
tries to make some play out of the or
dinary frequently falls down,” says
the game’s leading comedian, talking
seriously. "He may have had a legit
imate chance to make good; the at
tempt may have been one to be com
mended. But if he fail# he is prompt
ly labeled a bonehead because he
failed to work along old-fashioned
line#. The spectators, through force
of habit under certain situations, ex
pect to see a certain play made, and
when something else fails, they im
mediately decide that the player’s
dome is composed of concrete or
marble. The player who doesn’t think
much will make few bonehead plays,
because he will only try the routine
And if he doesn’t work out
merely an error.”
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Champion Pacers to
Race for Big Stake /
DETROIT, MICH., July 3.—Four
world’s champion pacers—Directum
T, 1:58; Frank Bogash, Jr., 1:501-4;
William, $2:00, and Anna Bradford.
2:00 3-4—are entered in the $5,000 free-
for-all which is an added feature of
the blue ribbon Grand Circuit meet- %
ing here July 26 to 30. Local driving
club officials say that never before
has a quartet of such famous pacers
met in the same race.
The contest is to consist of three
heats, the purse being divided for
each heat, and there Is an extra $500
for the horse beating the world’s rec- ^
ord. The event is scheduled for July
27, the Chamber of Commerce Stike
of $5,000 for 2:07 pacers bein^ ad
vanced to July 26. while the M & M.,
the $10,000 trotting classic, is set foi*
July 28.
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nd Jesus said
unto her.Keither^
do J condemn thee
go and sin no more
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‘The Story of Susan Lenox, Her Fall and Rise”
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