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Old Timers Think Bill Lange Ranked With Ty Cobb as Great Baseball Star
Chicago Outfielder Could Play
Any Position on Infield or Out
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field—Lead National for Years
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By JAMES J. CORBETT. |
(Copyright, 1919, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.) ‘
The present generation of fans is
almost a unit in the belief that no
greater outfielder ever could have
flashed along the baseball horizon
than Ty Cobb., But many of the old
timers say:
“Bill Lange was greater.”
And then they qualify:
“C'obb is a marvel—there's no dis
puting that. He perhaps has it on
Lange a little in the matter of hit
ting. It's about 50-50 in baserunning.
But as a fielder and a thrower, Lange
was Cobb’s superior. And Lange, un
like Cobb, was an all around man.
He could pitch splendidiy, was a
catching marvel and could play any
position of the infield or outfield in
sensational style.
“Lange was a glant in size, tower
ing well beyond six feet and welgh
ing well beyond .200, Yet despite his
immenge bulk, Lange was deerlikée on
the bases. There are many who have
seen both Cobb and Lange at their
best, who incline to the belief that
Lange was even faster than Cobb,
though he had to haul around much
more ‘tonnage.” He led the National
League in base stealing again and
again and through all the years of
his prime, ranked as the nightmare of
backstops. -
“Bill Lange was as graceful a bats
man as ever stepped to the plate. He
raade no wild lunges at the ball. He
hit with the same free swing of Larry
Lajoie. He didn't seem to put tre
mendous power in the drive. Yet when
bat met ball, the horgehide whistled
along as if projected from a cannon.
LANGE GREAT ON SACKS.
“And on the sacks Lange showed
quick thinking equal te that of Cobb.
His mind was ever alert for the
slightest opportunity, and timeg with
out number he stretched seeming sin
gles into two-baggers by catching his
rivals unawares.
“The throwing arm of Bill Lange
was lautled In sohg and story. He
could hurl the ball from the deepest
recesses of the playing fieid on a line
to home plate--a trick that only a
few mean of all time haye heen ahble to
duplicate. And, as a flelder, lange
was superb. His fielding was fault
less—he knew just where to play for
every ball hit out in his direction.
“Lange flgured in many apectac-‘
ular baseball feats but perhaps no
afternoon of any players' lifotime was.
a more remarkable one than l,nngr-‘
lived in Chigago nearly twenty-five
Years ago. |
BARE HAND CATCH,
*Chicago and Boston were battling
and the game had gone to the thir
teenth inning. Boston got two men
on with two out. The next batter
hamméred the ball with mighty force
toward the wall that marked the end
of Lange's fleld. Bl raced after bt
with the speed of an antelope and
just when it . seemed that the ball
would crash safely against the fence,
he made a mighty leap skyward,
stuck out his bare hand -and pulled
the ball from out of the clouds.
“A ‘hurricane of applause greeted
Lange when he stepped to the plate
in the thirteenth-—~the first man up for
Chicago. He swung his mighty
bludgeon at the initial offering of
the pitcher. As the ball whinodl
through the infield Lange tore around
the sacks and sltd home —in safety--
about one second ahead of the ar
rival of the relay throw.
“Rarely has it been given to one
man the privilege and the joy to ac
complish two such remarkable acts as
Bill Lange accomplished that summer
afternoon in the long ago.
“Lange was an individual idol as
great as Mike Kelly, Buck Ewing, Cap
Anson and the other illustrious stars
of the era of nearly two generations
ago. He had a contagious smile, was
ever bubbling with good nature and |
nothing made him happier than the |
Enying of a practical joke. A humor- |
t, & josher, a most lovable fellow
and one of the most marvelous ball
vers of all time-that was Bill
& ge.”
Oberlin College Moves
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Ahead in Athletics
Obeslin College has taken another prn«'
gressive step in ita athletic sports, The
athletie association has been done away
with and at the opening of the new ecol.
Joge year the college takes over the en
tire conduct of athletics both intercol
legiate and intramural, The budget
adopted by the trustees last June pro
vides a special appropriation to be spent
through the department of physical edu
eation for care of athletic fields, and for
athletic supplies and equipment for s(uvf
dents. - Under the new plan greater st
tention will be given intramural sctivi-|
ties. More football flelds and more base
ball mnmol‘dn will be maintatned in good
condition, and more athletic equipment
will be provided for the use of candidates
for no-varsity teams,
Professor Savage, director of athleties,
= to r absent from Oberlin the coming
‘:‘r or further study and travel. Mr
vage has recently been in Oberlin and
announced assignments for the supervis
slon of athletic work Professor T. N
Metealf will act as director of athleties
and will coach the varsity foothall team,
Assistant Professor Jacob Speelman will
direct intramural affairs during the fall
und lfilu and will coach the varsity
basketball team; Assistant Professor 1.
F. Keller will have charge of intramural
athleties during the winter and will coach
the varsity baseball team,
Preliminary registration for the year
1919.26 showa the return of a 'arge num
ber of the men who left college for war
pervice. The athletic prospects, especially
in footbdall, have never been brighter.
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Rowland Came Close
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To_Being Reds' Pilot
Pat Norl,“ manager of the Redn, is very
much 1A the Nmelight today And heré A
the real story of how he landed his job,
Garry Herrmann, supposed to be a
smart baseball man, needed a new man
lfl". Instend of selecting & man hin
oelf, he telegraphed to um{ other Na
tional League president, asking which
would be the better manager—larence
Nowland or Pat Moran, ‘The answers
were unanimous and read “RHowland." A
manager of anether club In ihat elreuit
happened to ta'k to Hermann sbout thot
time and Garry asked him about the
men
Herrmann took tha! manager's advioe
he is not sorry today.
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Here are the Crackers, “Boy Wonder s,” who may be the 1919 Southern Lea gue champions. - They are, top row, left to right: Jimmy Dykes, second base; Joe T;iht;)rburn, p!tc:el‘:. l\:‘y hGr-lf
fin, first base; Hardin Herndon, left field; Tom Sheehan, pitcher; Dan Boone, pitcher. Second row: Lena Styles, catcher; Chick Galloway, shortst op; Ray Ro 'ewrts, pnt‘c“er, ohnny
Suggs, pitcher. Bottom row: Merlin Kopp, right field; Bob Higgins, catcher; Sammy Mayer, captain and center field; Harry Damrauy, thn:d base, and Scrappy Moore, utility,
To Weigh 140
Against Lew
You will have to hand it to Benny
Leonard, for he is certainly one lib
eral and generous fellow, especlally
when it comes to taking chances
with the lightweight title, says the
Philadelphia Record. Benny offers
to fight L.ew Tendler, the only con
tendler for the honor now in sight,
and is willing to risk his title in a
State where fifteen rounds are per
mitted and where there is no ob
jection to the referee giving a
decision. g
All that Benny asks, and he in
sists on that, owing to the fact that
he is the lightweight champion, is
that the weight be 135 pounds at
2 o'clock on the afternoon of the
bout. It can readily be seen how
kindly Benny is toward his pro
spective opponent in making an of
fer like that, for it would permit
Leonard to come into the ring round
about 140 pounds or more when the
bout would be called at 10 p, m,,
which every one will concede is
really generous on his part when l
he is to fight in defense of the title |
for the 133-pound class, and is to
be up against an opponent who will
weigh about 130 pounds,
Leonard does not want to make
133 pounds to defend his title, and
he claims that, being the cham
pion, he can dictate the terms and
conditions. There may be some
basis for a champion being permit
ted to dictate some of the conditions
connected with a championship
match, but he can not dictate the
weight, which has long been estab
lished. lLeonard says in defense of
the stand he takes in the matter
that he had to box Fred Welsh at
welterweight, but that has nothing
to do with the matter. |
If Welsh, who was handed the ti
tle by a countryman who happened }
to be the referee, insisted on wel
terweight conditions and Leonard
was agreeable, that was Benny's as- ‘
fair, but it did not alter conditions |
any as far as a champfonship con
test is concerned, Leonard's man
ager makes the rather broad asser
tion that the lightweight class ti
tle has never been fought for at 133
pounds, but according to ring his
tory Battling Nelson insisted on
Joe Gans, the champion at that
time, making 133 pounds ringside
with his fighting togs on, and Gans
was forced to do so,
But there is hope that some of
these days there will be a ruling
body to control such affairs and
dictate the terns and conditions, in
stead of leaving them to individuals
to control for strictly commercial,
purposes. The army and navy elv
illan boxing board has a great
chance to get busy and take charge
of the entire boxing situation in this |
country, controlling it in connection |
with the State laws until boxing is
permitted in every State in the
Union under uniform laws,
Trip to Canada for
Making 70 in Western
When James Harnes, the St. Louls pro,
shot a 70 for 18 holés In the Western
open golf championship tourncy on the
Mayfield links, he won what is probabiy
the most unigue reward that was ever
dangled before the eves of an athletie
competiter, the prize being nothing more
nor less than a trip to Cannaa with all
expenses pald,
One of the visiting golfers at the tour-
Ay was 1. K, "Whdey,! a multi-millions
aire lumberman from Texarkana, Ars
and o Mighty strong supporier of the
‘lt:nqunh star.
- “Jim, Tl take vou over to Canada te
play in the Caradian _open noxt weele f
you shoot ag mood as 70" promised Wad.
ey as the raugy Darnes steppell up to
awat his first ball
| Barges lsoked at him inquiringly
stntled broadly and remarked that he'd
fike to get o chance to play aguinst th
anucks
‘ Arnd he 414 He shot his 70 eapily, and
Wadley was one of the first to congratus
i!uto him,
HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN — A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1919.
BASEBALL AVERAGES
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T ‘.f:tle:hury. i\l:’v‘\:m 4::7 38l 119 '3210
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3. s-.\llv','«';;.ui-noun 48] 8 36/ ,:::
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son, 14 . 6 ‘2Bl
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B mm‘““mu ‘"J ¢ol 17| 278
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Stevenson, e 1 398 36 108 (274
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Ducote, Nitte Rock N 0 188 T 2
Kimsella, Sow Ovicens 20 1 HEH
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Galloway, phis . . 61 ¢ 97 ‘361
‘anavan, Mfi",‘.,01l ") are 68l 86l ‘269
("‘ es, Chatta B'ham 216! 61| 3l ‘387
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Johneon, Tittle Rock 3 g‘ R
Tedbettor, Memphis . | skl n ‘} 825
J. Brown, ttle Rock aol 10l o 818
Robinson, l-‘m" nor\!‘ 0l 16l 1 -
ngeveld, 1 Orleans a3l 17l "I ‘2OO
;'.:"‘“" Nonatt, :‘l 1 » (691
wE S Orieans | Aol 18l 3l 867
H. Kelly, Ch Orleans a 1 I.N ‘56
Weaver, eRk sl ! 1 Bse
Potten, Saniie o < 38 11 ol e
Roberta,Atianta. . | 3 I ke
Sigmon. Birminghem oo 81
Eman. aess «| 34 8
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Deeatur, N'ville . sl 12 o Koo
Helfrich Vingham a3l ol ol ‘oB
Dy Moo noowa . | 22! 13 e
l\u:‘-.. ORatea Orleans | :: 8 ': :::
Roherte Sorieane ' 9 f les
Glnamer. Fvm mgham &M 121 4%
Qlazner, mm-mn s ‘ ! 19 171 469
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NATIONAL LEAGLE, 4
TEAM BATTING.
{AB.| R. | H. |[PCT.
Cincinnati . . . . .[3,797| 502 1.013‘ .268
Now Yok . .. .J 5.704 &Y !;l .264
Brooklyn.. . ~ . .|3,808 400!1,0.5! .260
Bt. Louis . . . . .|3,680] 367 934| .254
Chicago . . . » + .|3,629] 367 910] .261
Philadelphia ~ . . |3,800] 436] 944/ .248
Boston . . . . . .|3,648 3821 803! .247
Pittsburg. % . 31__814 368 876| .244
TEAM FIELDING,
8 | §O.I A'] K [POY.
Cincinnati . . . .!3,247]1,609] 128 .974
Chicego. . + . . .|2,980/1,683] 142] .970
Chicago . ~ , o+ . [3,989{1,583] 142] .970
Pittsburg.. . . . .|2,943/1,298 129 .970
BOSOR . .vy .{3.056 1,670! 1567| .967
New York . . . . .13,004/1,608 176/ .963
Brooklyn . . . . . .|3,127]1,619| 182] .962
8t louis . . . . . .[2,893/1,581] 183 .961
Philadelphia . . . . |3,013]1,673] 184] .961
INDIVIDUAL BATTING,
e Twenty or Mere Games. ____
S e | AB.| R.| H. |P.C.
Mitchell, Brooklyn . .| 35 5] 12/.343
Cravath, Philadelphia 206] 33 700340
Roush, Cincinnati . . .| 4201 63} .137/.326
Thorpe, Boston . . , .| 137 12| 44/.321
Meusel, Philadelphia . 409, 60{ 129.3156
Groh, Cincinnati . . .| 419 75| .131[.313
Carey, Pittsburg. . .| 135] 19] 42,311
Stock, St. Louis , , . 3941 48] 1211307
Eller Cincinnati , , . 790 10| 24/.304
Doyle, New York . , .| 314] 53] 95/.303
Sherdel, St. lLouis . . 33 1} 100301
Hornsby, St. Louis . .| 405] 651 122{.301
Young, New York . . . | 413] 62| 124/.300
Burns, New York . . .| 431 68 1"1,"7
Z. Wheat, Brooklyn . 444, 54| 1321297
McHenry, St. Louis . | 268/ 31 801.297
Myers, Brooklyn . . 415 45| 123].296
Deal, Chicago . . . .| 335] 33| 99,296
Heathcote, St. Louis . 311 41 921296
Southworth, Pittsburg . | 347 42} 102/.204
Flack, Chicago . . . 4291 67 126,294
R. L. Fisher, Cincinnati Blf 10] 15/.294
Wingo, Cincinnati , . .| 207 28| 61/.204
Willlams, Philadelphia 328 43| 961.293
1Y Aubert, Cineinnati . 447 65 130[,2![
Holke, Boston . | . 406] 39 1151.290
Barber, Chicago . , .| 183] 13| 44}.289
Shotton, St. Louis , ~ 248] 33] 1721289
Stengel Philadelphia | 323| 38; 93.280
Chase, New York . . . .| 388 BCI 112/.288
Ludgrus, Philadelphia ~ | 412] 53] 118286
Olson, Brooklyn.. . .| 481 68| 137|285
Johnston, Brooklyn ...| 209 42/ 85 .284
Cooper, Pittsburg . 81 5 23*.5"
Killefer, Chicago.. . .| 247 14| 700283
Konetehy, Brooklyn . . i’ 35| 112).281
Kauff, New York .., , l!’ 63) 116,279
Kilduff, Brooklyn ... . 130 1) s
Barbare, Pittsburg . . 94 24f 63].273
Griffith, Brooklyn . .| 413] 62| 112{.272
Herzog, Chicago . . . 364) 34/ 99/.272
MeCarty, New York . . | 196] 16 SJ*J‘N
Whitted, Pittsburg . .| 3471 38 93].268
i Kopf, Cineinnati ~ . .| 419 44] 112].267
. Rath, Cincinnati . . .| 451} 69 120 .266
Clemons, St. Louls 17 100 470263
| Magee, Chicago . . .| 384] 48| 100260
' Neale, Cineinpatl . ~ .| 421] 54| 108/.259
. Fletecher New York . | 394] 48 102.250
| Gowdy, Beoston.. . . .| 158] 11 41.259
Merkle, Chicago . . .{ 394 41| 101,268
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Bighee, Pittsburg . . .| 391] 46 100[.2566
' . Baird, Brooklyn ..| 274 39/ 70.208
| Zimmerman, New York | 3981 6511 100/ 362
Boeckel, Boston . . .| 3941 49 99261
—NATIONAL PITCHING,
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ner, Cineinnati . ~ . .| & 1] 0!1.0‘0
Ruethet, Cincinati . . .| 27} 17] 3] .880
lLqu. Clneinnati . . . . .| 27) 10 3| .760
lm\ruu. MNew York . . . . ] 13} .3 l{ 750
| Winters, New York . . .| 11! 3 1} .780
Sallee, Cincinnati . ..... 33 18] 6] .737
Ring, Cincinnati , , , , . | 27} 10| 4] 714
Eller, Cincinnati , . , .| 33} 17} 7 .708
Toney, New York . ~ . .| 18 12/ & 706
R. L. Fisher, Cincinr<ti .| 22| 10] §| .67
Dubue, New York . . , .| 30 4| 3| .697
Causey, Boston . . ~...| 23] 11} 6] .647
Adams, Pittsburg , , . . .| 27] 13 & 619
Cadore, Brookiyn . , .| 29 121 & .600
Carter, Chicago . . . .| 1% 3 2 100
Renton, New York . . .| 28] 19| 9 Axl
Vaughn, Chicagoe . . . .| 30| 17| 12| .684
Cooper, Pittsburg . .....| 36 14| 10| 583
i+ Alexander, Chicago . ..| 23] 11| & 879
| Miller, Pittsburg . . . .| 25} 11 *9| 650
Plefter, Imhl‘yn v o« +f 38 18} IB] 045
Douglas, New York . . .| 33 13} 10] 548
Grimes, Brooklyn . . . .| 24| 11| 10| 624
Rudolph, Boaston , . . | 31113 138 [foe
Goodwin, St. Louls . , . 7 7 500
Martin, Chicage . , . . . 6 6} 500
Demaree, Boston . , . .| 17 4 4] 600
Marquard, Brooklyn . . .| & & 3l .500
Ic?lll"en. Boston . , .| 18] 1 3 .600
Scott, oHston ~ . . . . .| 1} 3 3] .600
whr. Chluk o owoars o 8 88 808
oodward ‘“\m. oo] 381 B 9] 4T
Packard, Philadelphia | .| 20| & 7l 442
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! %, Chicago . . . ! ‘
Sodiaeb Yo, - 1 4.0 4
cadows, elphia . .
Mamanusx, g’tm wiaom 1 28 S W A
Tuero, At Louls . , ~ . 3% M % .43
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LiningUp f
iningUp for
Grid S
deason
AKRON, Aug. 30.—1 n less than
a week, Akron’s professional foot
ball team will star ttraining. It
is planned by the management of
the club to play the first game at
Liberty Park the last Sunday .in
September against one of the
strongest clubs in this part of the
State, more than likely against the
Canton Bulldogs. The Pitsburg
Piteairns might be met.
Frank Nied, Waldsmith and Me-
Ginnes, managers of the eleven,
plan to give AKkron one of the best
teams possible. Not only will some
of the best college players in the
country be signed, but Nied be
lieves that therg are some men
right here in AKron who will be
able to hold their own with the
biggest stars in the game, The
team will be built around four for
mer Akron university men and one
other who has made a wonderful
reputation here playing pro foot
ball.
Tumble Crisp, at one time the
~ best linesman in the State, will
; probably play at guard or center.
~ He is a big boy, Ollie Driesback,
i another Akron U. player, will play
| at tackle, He, too, received State
} wide renown while playing for
Fred Sefton.
Fat Waldsmith, one of the own
ers of the club, will also play at
tackle., “Fat,” while in college, was
picked by many experts on Ohio
collegiate football, as an all-State
linesman. He has played the pro
game for the past three years, and
has made a success of it.
Tommy Tomkinson, quarterback
and captain of the 1917 Akron U.
team. will play* an end. Two years
l in succession he was picked by
| experts, as an all-Ohio quarter. He
now w ‘(s at Goodyear and was
expected to play with the plant
eleven, but the Akron pros had no
trouble in getting him to play for
them,
Pennies Count Big in
Making Player Purse
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Aug. 30.—The first
stage of preparation for the coming foot
ball season at the Navai Academy has
been completed, a squad which reached
the number of 135 from the new fourth
class having had a little more than three
weeks of training under Lieutenant Com
mander W. A. Richardson and several as
sistants, including John Wilson, former
athletie director at St. John's, Annap
olis; Srugeon Solehaug and Ensigns Skin
ner and Whelehel, members of the acad
omy squad last season, Head Coach Gli
mour Doble has arrived in Anhapolis and
assumed charge for the season.
The conches met with a fair degree of
BUCCess in developing new material,
though & number of good men are still
rowing, and have not yet appeared on
the field, while there has not been suf
fielent time to get a line on all who have
been present. Mr. Richardson has pleked
27, considered sufficiently promising tn
warrant further watching, but the final
selections will be made by Mr. Doble, who
will have a full month with the new men
before the old football men return,
There are two men of the squad who
may develop inte the kind of backs De
hig needs so much, big and strong, and
at the same time fast and active, These
are Woodward and Owsley. The former
weighs 196 pounds and has played in the
backfields of the elevens of both Waslh
burn and Alblon colleges,
Marine Corps Team
Winner of Rifle Match
CALDWELL, N. J, Aug. 30.—The Unit
od Btates Marine Corpe won the natlonal
team mateh, the final event of the Na
tional Rifle Association program here
yvesterday., From 1,000 yards. the Marines
naintaled their lead over the American
Lxpeditionary Porce team, obtained Thurs
duy at the shorter ranges and finished
with a total score of 1,329 points, 47 more
%han the A. B F. team.
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Fans of That City Want Atlanta
to Win—Charlie Frank, Mo
bile Boy, Popular There.
By E. V. O'CONNOR.
MOBILE, Aug. 30.—The correspopd«
ent of The Georgian regrets that he
must personate a local newspaper
writer and a personal friend at that
in the story, but it must be done in
order that truth prevail and the base
ball loving public in Atlanta and oth
er cities of the Southern ABsociation
know the absolute facts leading to the
uncalled for attacks and misleading
reports sent out from Mobile regard
ing Charlie Frank, the president of
the Atlanta club, and the attitude of
Mobile fans in the pennant races. Mr.
Frank, as most people who follow
baseball know, is a ‘native of Mobile, a
Mobile boy. He began playing ball on
the local lots as a kid, developed into
a winning pitcher and later into a
slugging outfielder, going to the big
league where he made good.
But Frank had too much baseball
brains to remain a hireling, and after
severing his connection with the ma
jor association he got control of the
New Orleans club and made a suc
cess of it. Frank picked up Alex
Heinemann, made him secretary of
his club, taught him the game and
lin return got the hot end for his
pains. :
’ Going to Atlanta Frank made good
there—how good only Atlanta fans
can tell you. At any rate, he has
been successfu!, has lost no money
and this season has cleaned up.
But to get back to the subject:
Frapjk and Barney Sheridan, the lat
ter sporting editor of Mobile’s only
paper, are not friendly. I know the
reason, but it is not necessary to re
late it here. Sufficegit to say that
Barney has been hammering on
Frank for two or three years. But
only this season and especially within
the past ninety days has Barney be
come strictly personal with the
“Dutchman.” He has accused him of
every baseball crime on the calendar
and only the other day expressed the
wish that the Mobile boy would land
in hell or some other seaport—any
where except in Pennantville. Of
course there was no come-back, as
Barney's paper is the only daily Mo
bile has and Frank had to swallow
it no matter how bitter the doses.
FINN LOST PENNANT.
The claim was made when Atlanta
began her winning streak that Bob
Higgins was responsible—no credit to
Frank for grabbing Higgins. But the
worst of all the false charges, and
the emptiest, against Frank, lls the
one laying at the Dutchman's door
the loss of the 1913 pennant. This is
the limit and everybody knéws, par
ticularly Barney, that Mobile went
away on that last 1913 trip with six
teen games to play and two to win to
capture the pennant. ‘What happened
is history and all Mobile and évery
baseball writer in the South knows it
by heart. Mike Finn was the 1913
manager. He lost that pennant and
he is the only man alive who can tell
you about it. The people of Mobile
who patronize baseball laid the blame
at Finn's door. They made charges
and called the Irishman names that
would not look good In print. The
fans swore that Mobile had sold out—
to be exactand that never again
would they patronize baseball in Mo
bile. And it can be truthfully said
that from ‘1913 to 1919 thousands of
lold-time fans who formerly attended
almost every game have since re
}mained away. Not sim‘e_l9l3 has
|there been the same feeling toward
|the national game in Mobile and not
| since has the attendance measured up
to the standard. This season with the
Mobile merchants behind the club
matters looked auspicious at the
opening, but the retirement of Char
ley Colsson killed a pennant winning
club.
I So, since 1913 to 1919 no Mobilian
in the slightest manner has intimated
that Charles Frank was the cause of
|the Mobile club's downfall in 1913.
!The blame had been so thoroughly
placed years ago that it was with a
Iloollnz of amazement baseball read
ers who fallow Barney’'s dope saw him
’saddle the blame for the loss of the
1813 pennant on Charlie Frank. Mike
Finn was forgotten by Barney. Frank
did it, he exclaims. And why? Be
cause he brought his New Orleans
I(‘luh over here and beat us two
\xamns. But what of the sixteen
games the Mobile club had to play
ana wnly win two to cop the flag.
Was Frank responsible for this also?
Poor Frankr
PEOPLE DO NOT FORGET,
But the peopre of Mobile do not so
easily forget, an® while Barney has
the only paper in Mobils and can
whang the daylights out of the
Dutchman daily, his readers are as
wise as he is. They H;ow who lost
the 1913 pennant to Mobfle and they
know it was not Frank alone. He
played only a minor part.
The people of Mobile all know
Frank. They admire him as a man
and respect him as the greatest base
ball general in the South. Frank is a
Mobile boy. He has built himself up
from the ground. These are all
“pulling” for him to win the 1919 pen
nant with Atlanta.
Mobile people do not want New
Orleans to win the pennant. New Or
leans is opposed to Mobile as a rival
seaport, as a commercial enemy. This
feeling in business applies to baseball,
It has always existed and always
will., It is “anything to beat New
Orleans.” It always will be,
S 0 we are for Atlanta.
Theer are two sides to every ques
tion and this is the other side. It is
the truth. We love Barney and we
put him in the newspaper game. We
would do anything to further hisg in
terests but in this case he is wrong.
Mobile is for'Frank and Atlanta.
Stick a pin here. Stick several pins.
YWY FOR HALY SCHEDULES,
Williams College awarded the varsity
YW te players who participated in half
of the nine's games this year. It s &
new method of Beeegl e
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Otto Walker, Lancaster, Richards
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and Others in Motorcycle Meet
Here on September 13.
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The greatest motorcycle racing
meet ever held in the South is to be
staged at Lakewood Park on Septems
ber 13. Machines of the latest de=
signs will be sent here from the va
rious factories, and many stars of the
game will drive them.
Otto Walker, 1917 national cham
rion, who has just been discharged
from the service, will drive in these
events, which are being held by the
Atlanta, Motorcycle Racing Associa=
tion.
Many of the drivers will arrive in
Atlanta Tuesday, to begin tuning up
for the meet, and the oval at Lake
wood will be red hot within a few
days, after the drivers begin making
their rounds of the track.
The 1-mile, i-mile and 25-mile na
tional championships will be decided
in the meeting here, which assures
the fans of some fast racing.
Of the local drivers who will com
pete Harry Glenn, a veteran of many
yvears, Nemo l.ancaster and Tex
Richards are the most prominent.
Glenn is the head of the local Indian
Motorcycle Company, and will nilot
one of the Indian machines in the
meet. i
Other speed demons who will
compete are Fred Nixon, Spring
field, Mass.; Teddy Carroll, Spring
field, Mass.; “Shrimp” Burns San
Francisco, Otto Walker, the Chicago
star, and Glenn Stokes, also of the
“Windy City.”
The Atlanta Racing Association,
under whose auspices the coming
meet is to be held, is made up as
follows: Gus Castle, president; Hal
Gilbert, general manager;+ R. N.
Pettus, treasurer, and Harry Glenn,
publicity agent.
Pictures taken of the Lakewood
race track from an airplane, have
been sent to all the factories, show=
ing the great track, stands, etc. i
Several of the men who wi'l drive
machines here have entered the 200-
mile national road championship race
at Marion, Ind., and they should be in
their top form when they hit Atlanta.
.
Minnesota Looks for
.
Big Season on Grid
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 30.—With the
foothall season drawing mnear, ali indica
tions at the University of Minnesota are
for an unprecedented revival not only in
gridiron caliber, but alse in football in=
teres.. Seldom have the Gopher fans ap
proached a season with so much specu
lation, calculation and predicting rife as
is now manifest.
Prospects for a big year have heen en
hanced by the decision of reveral old
stars of the famous 1916 team to return
to “school, as well as the prospects for
the largest enrollment in the history of
the institution. More than 6,000 are ex
pected to attend this year, among them
some of the most promising high and
prep school stars in the territory.
Shorty Leng, quarterback in 1918, s
certain to return. Neal Arntson, snappy
little pilot of the 1917 Gophers, will also
be on hand. Pudge Wyman, plunging
fullback, may come back, He has not
fully decided.
- Dr. Williams will have at his command
‘almost no end of sparkling backfield ma-~
terial. Besides those named above, there
will be Arnold Oss, all-Western forward
last winter, and winner of second place
in the conference quarter.
| Walter Haertle, 1916, Captain Ernest
Lampi, Tony Tomasek, Pete Regnier and
| Jack Phillips are five speedy halfbacks
of the slashing, driving, Dr., Williama
type,
; Kewple Schroeder, 1917 end and of post
on *‘he Municipal Pier team last year,
'may bhe back. Pat Flinn, the other 1917
end, is said tc have taken his degrie
this epring and so is lost to the team.
| The line will be the Gophers’ blg
worry. Frank Mayer, all-Conference
tackle in 1916, will be in schocl, but be
fore he ean play must pass oif two con
‘ditions. Verne Williams, center in 1917,
'will be back. Art Gerow of the 1916
‘team will be on guard, Ray Eklund,
ihrothnr of Con Eklund, may be bhack, and
if he does he should find a berth await
ing him. He played with the Gophers
last fall. A
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Welling Is Favorite
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\ To Beat Mitchell
} CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—Joe Welling
‘rules favorite here in the betting for
his mateh with Richie Mitchell ‘at
‘Honton Harbor Monday afternoon,
and unless Milwaukee money offsets
that of the Chicago crowd, 10 to 8
will be offered by Joe's admirers,
i'l'hrer- days’ work in the gym here
has convinced the local lads that
| Welling is the better man. Joe is not
only fast and clever, but packs a
punch that spells kayo. Mitchell in
his fight with Friedman showed
‘none too well, and the sailor is cons
sidered only a second rater,
The fans here argue that if Fried«
man can drop Mitchell and hold him
even in the early rounds, Welling
'should win by a safe margin. Right
inow Joe is going his best. He has
fought Jack Britton, Irish Patsy
Cline, Lew Tongler and other near
champions, holding his own, so his
friends see no danger of a defeat
Monday afternoon.
' South Side fans are showing a keen
interest in the Paddy Clancy-Tom
' Holderson preliminary match, and
‘(his promises to be a betting affair,
Local interest is big, according to
the advance sale of tickets at Al
Bloom's.
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Griffith to Review
Bunch of Recruits
If Clark Griffith's plans carry there
will be an array of young ball players in
‘arluvn when the Nationals get home from
‘(h(- West, says The Washington Star, bent
on convineing the manager they are just
|
what Is needed to make the Washington
team a contender in the 1920 pennant
race. In Daniel Silva, the infielder, roe
cently with Fitchburg in the New bn -
land League, one promising prospect lfi.
ready has been landed, and another has
been acquired in the person of Wheelor
'B. Fuller, who is deseribed as “the star
pitecher of the A. B F."—a rather slate
tering appraisal considering the wsize of
Unecle Sam's overseas war machine
Wheeler was a lleutenant attached to the
Fifty-sixth Ploneer infantry, and was rece
ommended to Griffith by Bill Lange, the
famous old Chicago outfielder, who die
rected distribution of the bal land bat
fund supplies while representing the Y.
M. C. A. abroad.
Wheeler was mustered out of the service
only recently He is a right-hander of
generous size, and, although he had done
no pitching since July 17, shows enough
in petice to convince the pilot he has
a chance to come through., He has been
signed to a contract, and, W‘h Silva,
will accompany the team on (is anisg
around e clreull