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TTEARKT’S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA. O.A.. SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1915,
BASEBALL'S MYSTERIES'
The Braves
Larry McLean
Clarence Rowland
Whenever We Want to Feel Lazy We Think of a Clear, Cool Summer Day
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Then, Again, the Thought of a Worryless Vacation Crams Us With Ambition and We Proceed to Work
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DON'T GET EXCITED!
The Cuba and Sox are leading
their respective leagues all right,
but don’t forget that it’s a long
way to the finish.
ELEVENTH YEAH
FINDS Tf COBB
GREATASEVER
OW
“Georgia Peach” Is in Class byjgjj PhSlf
Himself; No Way to Dis- 1
credit Him.
Cobb and Collins Gloating Over Misery
Their Destructive Bats Bring to Rivals
S OME time ago, when all the fans
were talking about Benny Kauff
and his near-jump from the
JFederals to the New York Qianta,
some scribe quoted the outlaw star
as saying he thought himself the real
foods and that If he got Into the big
league he would show up Ty Cobb.
To the credit of the Fed outfielder
and batter it ran be said that Benny
fiat denied ever making such a state
ment, and most of us are glad to
bear that he has denied It, for no one
would ever take such a remark seri
ously.
• Benny KaufT nor any other ball
player is ever going to show up Ty
Cobb, for the noted Georgian is out
there ail by himself and the other
frea? stars afe merely close contend
ers for the honor of being next to Ty-
rus.
This is Ty Cobb’s eleventh year n
She American League, all of which
♦Ime he has spent as a member of
♦he Detroit club. He Joined the Mich
igan tribe in the season of 1905. when
Bill Armour was managing the Ti
|fri, and since then he has been a
major eague brilliant. It took him j
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 bat for the first time, (
and he has never relinquished his lead
since then.
„♦ Now. It stands to reason that any !
ball tosser who can go up against |
•tars like Tris Speaker, Joe Jackson.
HJddle Cftlllns, 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.
If Without arguing that the American
I^eegue is faster than the National. It
must be admitted the 11g batting!
stars of the world are to be found In
the American, and when Cobh can put
ft over them It is reasonable to is-
[iump he could do the same thing 'n
Be National, for there Is no reason to
•believe the Tener hurlers have any
thing on the Johnson fingers. In oth
er words. Ty Cobb is not only the
boss of the American League, hut he
a Is t he best bet to be found in baseball.
One thing that many overlock !n
figuring the merits of Ty Cobh is his
age. Next December the noted Geor
■nan will be 29 years of age. which is
| getting along quite well, as far as
Iwil-placing ages are considered.
‘ There are any number of players ’n
f the Central League to-day who are
i younger than Oobb, yet considered us
y®ternns by the fans, who Judge by
s the length of time they have been In
service A few years age folks said
[.that while Cobb was probably greater
f than Wagner and l*njo|p ever were.
be would never rank as the equal of
[ these men, for he would never last ns
in fast company they have
May Surprise All.
U These critics argued that the stren
uous game which Cobb plays would
not permit him to keep It up as long
as Wagner and Lajoie. for the latter
, were of the easy-going type, moving
piOickly when occasions demanded,
f but not pulling off the stunts on the
• bases which have ever made Cobb fa-
5 taoun the world ove\* However, 't
j. locks now as If Tvrus Is going to give
|;thcm all a surprise, for we find him
f 1n his eleventh year as a major
[ leaguer and to all appearances going
i as well as ever—in fact, probably bet-
s ter than he has for some time
K|>As was the case with Wagner. La-
t Jbie and the other brilliant plavers
| who starred for so many years, Cobb
t owes his long success to tbe care
’ which he has taken of himself
I •« The only abuse his body knows 1s
I the strain to which he puts It during
I the game. While the battle is on
■pire is nothing he will not attempt.
| but once the ninth Inning has been
1 ’concluded it is Tvrus for the simple
■■'life. Of course, he beats up on a
| butcher or two now and then, but
I “that Is merely recreation when tbe
ilppposlng player* are not able to make
1% Interesting enough for him on the
| ball field
In Class by Himself.
ii» Talk to almost any of the classy
f- hall plavers of the major leagues, and
will tall you that Cobb Is j n a
| class hv himself Some of them have
I vary little, use for him. some are jeal-
I” mi? of hi? ability hut none of th*
f foo<3 men deny his worth.
|r Some of the others declare there
| are jtist a? good players as Cobb up
| there but they don’t get the chance
[ to shine; but this Is all poppycock,
t for Cobb has starred when his club
[ was in the rut. Just ns well as when
[ It was on top.
| Giants Are Slow,
Says Gotham Critic
L. According to one New York critic,
| nothing Is operating so much against
I ihe success of the Giants as their
j, Bowness in base running. Two years
| l*o sneed was their asset, but thin
£ Year they are showing poorly In that
| Apartment. The absence of Snod-
\ grass the slowing up of Doyle and
lameness of Burns accounts for
1b in part
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ELGIN WILL HAVE RACING.
», ELGIN. ILL. July 3.—Twenty
horses have been entered in the an
nual harness races 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
tee of the Gentlemen’s Driving riub.
THE COME BACK.
John hirerh is himself again, the
evening paper sags.
Although he slams no two-base hits
nor works in double plays.
John hirers is himself again, alth<tugh I
his well-known faec *
Is never seen around that spot de
signed as second base.
John Evers is himself again, though
bats he does not wield.
I know, because an umpire up and
chased him off the field.
Charley Somera wants to limit
American League teams to eighteen
players. Charley has been gathering
ball players for several years, but never
gather nine.
The Cuba are responsible for the close
race In the National League this sea-
son. 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 la possible to see
ball games In Dayton, Ohio, for less
than 7 cents per game. It Is possible,
however, to pay the one buck ($1.00)
and stay away from the game.
War has caused the abandonment of
tbe English Derby, but the only thing
that could prevent the world's series
Im another deluge.
THE TRADERS
Consider Jimmy Archer;
The scribes are trading him
And yet those ball scribes, / surmise,
Are just the same old bunch of guys
Who traded Heine '/Am.
Rumor* of an Impending sale of Jim
Archer lead one to suspect that John
McQraw has been shooting noxious
gases Into the Cub trenches.
It ia hard to imagine that a rude ball
player from Boston intentionally spiked
Heine Zlm. It would be easier to im
agine William J Bryan in the act of
handing Jess Willard a poke on the
Jaw
It Is not sur.prising that Connie
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.
<\ Mack emits the information that
Rchalk is a better catcher than Schang.
We might add that Eddie Collins Is a
better base runner than Ping Bodie.
Charley Herzog is one of the most re
markable figures In baseball. He I*
trying to manage the Reds and the
stockholders at the same time, and still
manages to keep out of the nut foun
dry.
Having gazed at several hundred
thousand pictures of Barney Oldfield
we are led to wonder whether he eats
and sleeps with that cigar in his mouth.
A FABLE.
Once upon a time a Busher was bat
ting .347 In the Ohlo-Callfornla League
| and setting the circuit afire. He was a
Ty Cobb, an Eddie Collins and a Trls
! Speaker all In one.
A Big League Magnate, having heard ,
1 of the busher's remarkable ability,
I bought him for $25,000 cash.
| The Busher made good.
Has ‘Muggsy’Lost.
His Fighting Spirit?
Has the spirit of Muggsy McGraw
been broken? Recently something un
usual happened, probably a record for
McGraw. He actually spoke pleasantly
to the umpires in protesting a decision.
With one down in the seventh Inning.
Wagner hit u double along the left field
foul line while Viox followed a? an easy
out. McCarthy then slammed a hard
i»ne to Hans Robert, which the Carrtck
fellow failed to hold, as it was a very
hard hit ball and too hot to handle.
Robert recovered the ball quickly and
I made a swing around to get Wagner
cooling from second to third. Lobert
j touched Wagner before the Dutchman
j got to the cushion, but Empire Eason
called Homis safe. McGraw ran out on
the diamond and questioned the deot-
I sion. Then Eason told Muggsy that
! while Lobert had touched Wagner with
1 his left hand, the hall was In his right
J mitt. „
\ Then McGraw politely asked Eason If
he would permit an appeal to Empire
Quigley and accept his ruling, hut Ka-
1 son stated to Muggsy that he was ahso-
I lutely sure of the pla> and that there
i\ been no obstructions to cause a
doubt Muggsy softly said “all right,
and walked off the field.
It was perhaps the first time that
■ Muggsy has had a decision rendered
1 against him and not said something
j sharp to the umpire.
ATHLETICS PLAY AT DECATUR.
DECATUR. ILL., July 3. Athletic
! events fostered by the Decatur High
School during the last year drew
$1,650 In admissions, according to the
report of the treasurer. Thomas M.
Beam, which was submitted this
| week. One-third of this came from
j football games A new svstem by
* which season tickets were disposed of
| at $1 each proved profitable and pop-
1 ular.
HIS PH PLAYS
Sam Crane Praises Giants’ First
Sacker for His Courage in Out
living Past Blunders.
By Sam Crane.
N EW 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. IBs failure to touch second
base in that historical Glants-Cuba
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 was roasted on all sides for these
slips, and the fans were so prejudiced
against him that he had to prove his
gameness and ability as a ball player
T HIS interesting photograph shows Eddie
Collins, of the Chicago White Sox (at left)
and Tyms Cobb, of the Detroit Tigers, exam
ining a bat especially constructed for Collins.
Cobb was so impressed with its quality for pro
ducing hits that he gained Collins’ consent to
use the same piece of hickory during the Tigers-
White Sox series. However, the bat did not
act as a charm for the leading major league
hitter, as he could not coax a hit out of it. So
Tyrus returned to his old love, a bat made much
like that belonging to Collins, and with this
Cobb was more successful, for he promptly
banged out a couple of bingles that made the
White Sox pitchers wish Collins had presented
Ty with the new bat for the entire series. Cobb
and Collins have both hit over the .300 mark for
many seasons.
Critics Not Only Express Belief Rowlanders
Will Win, but Explain Why tlie Chicagoans
Will Land Glory.
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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 of the league, and in De
troit they do not want to admit that Comiskey’s aggregation is
the best bet. However, tlie scribes of the other American League
cities are willing to acknowledge that Chicago’s 1915 represents
tives in the Johnson circuit is the greatest looking ball club of
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on countless occasions to “come back.’’
He was .'ailed “bonehead" for years
after by fans throughout the country,
who shouted tho *lurs at every oppor
tunity for the purpose of rattling the
player. It U done now, but only occa
sionally.
Merkle has lived down those plays—
something that very few other players
would or could have done. By doing
?o 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
sympathized with him, encouraged
him and made him forget his trials.
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? He
is one of the best—-If not the best—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 improvd by experience. Plays
come to him by intuition.
1 have critolsed him in the past, and
with good cause. a.s I thought, but I
a.ppre»c ! ate him now as being second to
none in his position, and hasten to
voice that opinion.
Kling Learned Two
Games, Followed One
They Can’t Kid Ty \
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He # Always Delivers \
CLEVELAND. July S—Three year* J
ago a Cleveland tan told Cobb: “Joe {
Jackaon say* 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 le'^’ie )
In both base-stealing and runs <
scored. ■
Smallest Outfield
In Major Leagues
With Jack Graney In l**ft. Nemo I-et-
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 leagrue 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 Fohl is blessed with three
outer gardeners any one of whom
could be used as a lead-off man.
STREATOR SELLS A PITCHER.
STHEATOR, ILL.. July 3.-Pitcher
J William Whaley, star of the Streator
| team of the Bi-Staie Leagiu. was
sold this week to Cedar Re,.ids. of
I the Central Association. Ha has been
l winning steadily this season.
John Kling. when he was a major
league baseball catcher, believed that
idleness did not pay Consequently, the
ex-Cub to-day Is earning more monev
than he did when he was a member of
the world's championship Chicago Cuba,
j He is a billiard expert, and in addition
i owns a billiard mm In Kansas City.
And all this came about because he
i refused to be idle
"1 found that I liked billiards when
! [ was a young man and devoted my
spare time to that game. I did not do
I 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 I quit h««e-
; ball.
"1 was always able to pick up the
right sort of friends, congenial fellows
who liked the game of billiards, and we
spent pleasant and helpful evenings at
: the green table. Billiards Is a scientific
pastime requiring a good eye and a
I steady nerve. That is Ideal recrer*'->n
J for a ballplayer."
Chase Must Pay
Wife $600 a Year
NEW YORK, July 8.—Harold H.
Chase, former first baseman on the
New York American League team,
will pay only $600 a year alimony to
his former wife, Mrs. Nellie H. Chase,
uner an order just issued by Supreme
Court Justice Donnelly. The papers
do not disclose 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 Untenneyer a*»
referee and he recommended that
Chase’s suit be dismissed and a di
vorce granted to the wife on her
counter claim.
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The standings do not include games
played Friday.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
w i. t ;
N. O 43 30 .589
M'mphis 42 30 .583
B’ham 3d 32 .549
N’ville 40 34 .541
Southern League.
Chat.
A tlanta
Mobile
R. Rock
W R. Pet
33 38 .465
32 41 .438
32 41 .438
27 42 .391
American League.
W. R. Pet. | W D. Pet
Chicago 46 21 .687 N. Y. 33 31. .516
Boston 36 23 .610 C’land 23 39 .371
Detroit 39 27 .591 , S. Louis 22 41 .349
Wash. 31 28 .525 I Phila. 22 42 .344
South Atlantic League.
W. L. Pet. | W L Pet
C’lmbus 13 5 .722 Chas’n 9 9.500
A'gusta 11 8 .579 Albany 8 10 .444
C’lumbia 9 8 .529 Sav'nah 8 11 .421
Macon 10 9 526 Ij’vUle 5 13 .278
Federal League.
W. L. , W. L. Pet.
K. City 41 27 .603
S. Louis 38 29 .594
Chicago 39 29 .574
P’burg 36 29 .554
Newark
B'klyn
B’more
Buffalo
33 34 .493
30 39 .420
25 40 .384
25 44 .362
National League.
W. L. Pet W. L. Pet
Chicago 35 26 .574 i B’klyn 28 32 .467
Phila. 33 27 .550 'Boston 29 34 .460
P’burg 32 28 .533 N. Y. 26 31 .456
S. Louis 35 32 .522 C’nati 26 32 .448
Flag League.
W. L. Pot • W. L. Pet.
Dothan 6 2 .7601 T’ville 4 4 .500
W’cross 5 2 .714 i B’wick 3 5 .375
Valdosta 4 4 .6001 G’ville 1 6.143
Georgia-Alabama eague.
W. R Pet W. L. Pet
Newnan 29 18 .617 Griffin 22 25 .468
T'dega 30 19 .612 An’ton 16 29 .356
Rome 25 22 .532 L'Grange 16 29 356
How Wilding Died
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Blown Up by Bomb
A letter received from London
tells how A. F. Wilding, the lawn •
tennis player, met his death last J
) 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- y
ing the whole party to pieces. i
Harry Stovey Holds
Base Stealing Mark
Tn 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, ih 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 ba.se was
Cuth'bert, of the Keystone team of
Philadelphia, in a game at Brooklyn
at the old Oapitoline 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
recent years.
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 ajiy
ball club.
However. The Ledger man opines
that Ron land’s outfit is weak at 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 Blackburne. 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
this city, and the Chicago White Sox
have stood out far above all others, in
their games here at least.
"In the three gameu played 1n this
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
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 Giant? of
1912. the folding of the Braves of 1914
and White Sox pitching. The Fox al
ways have had a powerful pitching
staff since Fielder Jones put together
his pennant winner In 1906. and even
before that time Clark Griffith had
good pitchers In Chicago. Tt is a club
that apparently has everything, and
should it continue at its present clip
1t 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 brinp Roth
in to third permanently and thus ^ive
the team hatting- 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 fielding strength for the batting,
‘Rabbit’ Overdoing
After Dinner Stunt
“Rabbit” Maranvffle’a 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 tho
fans that ‘Rabbit* Maranville is very
decidedly overdoing the after-dinner
stunt at the expense of his own play
ing, and the club’s chances for suc
cess in this stern pennant chase of
the 1915 season.
“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 his 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 is the recipient of so many invita
tions, and. while It would be physi
cally impossible for him 'to accept
them all, he is more times than not,
as a favor to practically strangers,
accepting more of them than Is for
his own best 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
the winner of the match for the cush
ion carom championship between Wil
liam B. Huey, of Chicago, and Georg*
W. Moore, the champion.
The game between Moore and Huey
will not be played until the latter part
of September. In between thirty and
forty days thereafter the winner will
have to meet DeOro. .
OTTAWA SIGNS A SHORTSTOP.
ROCK ISLAND, ILL.. July 3.—El
mer Engman, of Rock Island, has
signed with Ottawa, of the R1 -State
League, and will play shortstop. He
was with the Kitty League last sea
son.
and use Murphy In right fleld with
Juhn Collins switched to l»ft and
Roth to third base.
"There is no denying the fact that
Eddie Murphy is a wonderful player
offensively, and he is really a muen
better flelder 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 dub
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’s 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 <o
hely out Coveleskie, Dauss and TXi-
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 tlje tip around the
circuit, with the result that the long
distance clubbing of this trio will
cease, but chances are against this
happening.
“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 youngsters
who were to be shown up by the etar
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 wjho are In perfect shape,
and each Is considered a star. For
consistency Faber. Scott, Clcotte,
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 th»
double-header days begin.
"All things considered, there seem
to be only two chances to stop tho
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. Jf he continues as he la going
at present and does not let a few re
verses destroy his Judgment, he will
have the honor of leading a pennant
winner."
Schaefer Tells Why
Boneheads Are Made
Germany Schaefer has 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 tho
beaten path.
"A ball player who goes out and
tries to make some pla.v out of the or
dinary frequently falls down," say*
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 he com
mended. But if he fails he 1s prompt
ly labeled a. bonehead because he
failed tn work along old-fashioned
lines. 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*
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 it is^
merely an error.”
Champion Pacers to
Race for Big Stake
DETROIT, MICH., July 3.—-Four
world's champion pacers—Directum
I. 1:58; Frank Bogash, Jr., 1:501-4-
William, $2:On, 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 pacer*
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 1s scheduled for July
27. the Chamber of Commerce Stake
of $5,000 for 2:07 pacers being ad
vanced to July 26. while the M. & M..
the $10,000 trotting classic, is set for
July 28.
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