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New Yorkers Say McGraw Will Quit and Pat Moran Will Manage Giants
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Will Sign Contract for Three
Seasons at $20,000 Per Year,
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According to Gotham,
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Pat Moran
will manage the Giants in 1920. Mc-
Graw will quit and Moran will be
given $20,000 a year, with a three
year contract.
Can you beat it? Can you ever tie
it? Yet that is what is setting all
New York on fire, says W. A. Phe
lan in the Cigcinnati Times-Star.
Everywhere that fans assemble this
is the current chatter, and it seems
to be accepted almost as unshakable.
“We lent Mathewson to Cincinnati,
and we took him back. We've just
loaned Moran to Cincinnati to see
if he had the ability. He’s shown it,
and he comes back to New York in
the spring.
Up and down Broadway, at the
Polo Grounds, in all gathering places
of New York, they seem to take it
for granted that Pat Moran will aban
don Cincinnati. To the ¢redulous
minds of the New York fans, the of
ficial seal was set on this belief when
Moran and McGraw were seen to-i
gether in a certain Forty-second
street place, one night when the Rodsi
were here. McGraw is all set and}
ready to resign—there is little dnubtJ
of that, especially after his failure,
with sych immense expense, to beat |
out the Reds. John will become a
silk-hatted club official, and will no
longer girth a tent-like uniform
around his ample frame. And Pat
Moran, so all new York imagines, isi
to become his successor-—was only|
loaned to Cincinnati when McGraw |
had signed him for a coaching job.
It's holy writ to New Yorkers—|
they believe it—and the best proof of
their belief is that they have forgot
ten all about: Christy Mathewsén,
who was supposed to have the inside
track as McGraw's successor. Matty
might as well be in equatorial Africa
for all the notice and attention he
receives today. The New York fans
have passed by and forgotten that
he livesr He no longer elicts a roar
ing cheer, as he stalks_to the coach
ing line. Pat Moran is the new idol,
new-risen, cheered and eulogized,
feted and fluttered after the tremen
dous events of recent afternoons,
! Pat Jaughs at the New York ru
mors. “And it's a pretty figure I'd
be cutting,” =ays he “quitting a place
where I've had such treatment as
they've given me ih Cincinnati! Tl
stay in Cincinnati just as long as they
want me to remain, Yes, I often meet
John, and, off the field, he and I are
friends for life. Didn’t John give me
this chanee with Cincinnati—didn't
he let .me off from my New York
contract so I could go there? I'm
John's friend ,and he's mine—but it's
* in Cincinnati that I'll stay, and no
other place looks tempting to me!”
old Boys Star Well
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| As Youth in Tennis
Tennis, although calling for speed and
endurance to an unusual degree, can show
more veterans of advanced middle age
“than any other form of athletics, Two
of the four semi-finalists in the All-Eng
land tournament at Wimbledon were weil
Jover §O. They were Ritchie and C. P.
'Dlxfinblxon nine years ago forced W.
Al ed, then among America’s best,
to go five sets in the Davis Cup matches,
~ while Ritchie was runner-up for English
.chamnionships in 1902, 1903 and 1904
" There was a State champion out in
‘llntlnn for many years, J. H. MecLaugh
jlin, a grandfather, who was 56 years old
‘the last year he defended the title. Sam
uel Hardy, who began tennis as a con
temporary of Larned, Davis, Wright and
Holcomb Ward, recently forced the na
tional champion, R. Lindley Murray, tho
player of most dazzling speed now in the
game, to go a fierce five-set matech to
beat him—and Hardy is now actually in
his thirtieth year of tournament play.
Strange Wagers Were
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Common in Old Days
Famous wagers are not so common now
as in bygone days, says an English
writer. In 1670, for instance Lord Digby
staked $250 that he would walk five
miles round Newmarket heath In a ecer
tain time, barefooted and stark naked,
and lost by the narrow margin of half
A minute, the king and all the court being
witnesses of the performance,
‘" In the latter half of the eighteenth
century a Liverpool sefentist bet a brother
scientist that he would read a news
paper by the light of a farthing dip at a
distance of thirty feet.
The first scientist merely coated the
inside of a shallow wooden box with
sloping pleces of looking glass, so as to
form & concave lens, placed it behind 'us
farthing dip, and easily read the small
print at the distance named, The win
-Ijnu of the wager was witnessed by &
Tdverpool dockmaster, who ultimately ap
plied the idea to lighthouse requirements
and evolved: the modern reflected lght,
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Jack Smith Imitates
Heinie Groh at Bal
(l{ International News Service.)
NEW YORX, Aug. 30--Another player
ha¥ been converted to the batting style
affeoted by Heinie Groh, that of squaro-
Iy facing the pitecher whils walting for
the ball to he deliversd to him. ‘The lat
est to ndopt the style made famous by
the Redw' third sacker is Jack Emith of
the Cardinals, who Is meeting with fair
#uccess In pursuing the « tacties Runeell
Plackburhie bhecame addicted to this styie
while & member of the Rads, but dis.
earded it after a lengty trial, Groh con
tends that he ean hetter gnuge the flight
and break of a ball from the position he
Awbos at the plate than he can while
rflhdln' in the orthodox position, and hia
ntting average Indicates that thero Is
something in what he says
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A GOLY TRUTIL = |
(l{vlniornnlonll News Service.)
NE YORK, Aug. 30.-~Bome one not
long ngo stated that it was bad form to
P'l‘( poor molf. Undoubtedly bad formn
and poor golf mo hand In hand, though
to treat the rubject more soriously, it
might be added that no one really hns
to play poor golf. It does not seern nos
gible to play like a Vardon, for he s a
ponius, rnt almont any person should bhe
nble todlenrn to drive & ball 170 yards
or so and fairly strarght most of the
time, and the man whe can do that will
wive nearly overy other ehap A good bat
tle. The trouble is that the average hu
man refuses to be content with the 170
warder, especially when the other fellow
s petting 200 or more with nearly eavery
tee shot. Uncongclously one plans nhend
endeavoring to place his drive 50 as to
open ur the approach. Tn that golf s
not unlike business: in making the trans
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Gerald Patterson, the newest Aus
tralian lawn tennis star, was not
trained and developed by Norman E.
Brookes. Far from it.
The young star gives credit to no
one but his own father, who began
grooming the boy for lawn tennis
honors when he was 10 years old.
And the course of training included
not only lawn tennis, but swimming,
football and cricket.
FATHER GOOD PLAYER.
In a conversation with a friend just
after the recent triumph at Wim
bledon, when he beat Brooks in the
final round for the so-called world's
championship, Patterson said:.
“I received no instructions from
any champion. My father, who was
really a good player, took me in hand
when 1 was 10 years old, and 1
picked up many valuable methods as
the result of his teachings.
“He. considered that if T was to
make my mark ‘among the first
class players 1 would have to train
hard. And this was the doctrine he
took care to see that I followed. He
had me out of bed at 6 o'clock every
morning, and dad and I practised
together on a hard asphalt court at
our Melbourne home.
LEARNS SMASHING.
. *"Having to deal with high bound
ing balls, I was able to develop and
then perfect the backhand drive. 1
also accustomed myself to making a
terrific smash on every occasion
when 1 was able to maneuver into
the correct position,
. “Swimming also was a valuable
asset in my training, but I cultivated
other forms of athletic pursuits as
well, and each ‘served for general
benefit.” .
Patterson made his first publicap
}pr-umn«-«\ when he was 12 years old
and a student at Melbourne College.
He was a competitor in the all
comers’ singles handicap at Geelong.
He failed to win a match in that
tournnament, but in the year 1908 he
defeated all opponents, won the tour
nament again the following yvear and
for a third time in 1011, taking pos
cession of a cup which had eluded
some famous Australian players.
PUBLIC SCHOOL CHAMPION.
In 1911 Patterson was the publie
school champion of Australia, but
lost his title to J. O. Anderson the
following year, only to win it again
in 1913,
Wwith Ashby Campbell Patterson
teamed up and won the doubles
champlonship in New South Wales
in 1914, as well as the doubles cham
plonship of Victoria, which .v!\rrlod
with it the Australian championship.
wWhen the war broke out Patterson
was mobilized for garrison duty and
later suffered an attack of appen
dicitls and was operated on. When
he recovered his health he wl-'m‘lo
England and received a commission
in the field artillery. He reached
France in time for the Somme of
tonsive of 1016 and saw much serv
ioe Oon the western front as well a 8
in Italy. He earned the military
cross at Messines,
Patterson was captain of his eol
loge cricket team for two yenrs and
distinguished himself at football amd
in high jumping.
‘Heinie’ Says Hoyt Will
Be Useless to Pelicans
It the natienal commission does not
hand down a favorable decision in the
New Orleans club’'s claim against the Pos.
ton Red Box for Pitcher Walte Hove,
President A. J. Helnemann will be a dis
appointed man,
“1 have received word from B. B John«
pon to the effect he has referred 'the
matter to tha national commission,'™ sald
FHoine” recently. ““The haticbal com
missjon eamn not overlook the fact that
Boston violated all the rules of basebal\
by tnmr&rmm with Ho{t; nor ean it help
but realize that by losing Hoyt our hopes
for the pennant were given o hard biow
and it ultimately will cost our club lots
of money, We paid raod money for Hoyt
and needed him, He would have won
the pennant for us'
Heinemann pointed out that Iloyt now
would be useless to New Orleans, ax, have
ing found out he can make good in the
majors, he would mnot do his best In A
minor leagiue at & minor league salary,
and probably would not report. In ather
words, Doston's tampering ruined a per
foctly good pitcher.
HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN — A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1919,
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The other night a number of bouts were staged at Camp Gordon be
tween boys who are wearing the khaki of Uncle Sam. Every one of the
scraps was brimful of action, and those present are still talking about
the evening’s entertainment.
Bouts of this sort, however, between soldiers are nothing unusual.
One witnessed events of this kind daily abroad; in fact, it was seldom,
indeed, when a card of unsatisfactory scraps was put on over there. And
it was just this sort of entertainment that made the sport so strong
Lt SRS T R L T T R SRS TL R SR R R oe Tl e BA Ll sel R i sl eks el Ri L S
- with the red-blooded youths of our -
country who served during the
world war, as well as those still in
}he service,
\ Moqt of the boys are back, and it
was only the other that I took part
in a conversation with two army
officers who witnessed the Herman
-Hahn fiasco staged here recently.
Both are lovers of the game, and
~one of them went so ‘far as 6 to
referee a number of bouts in France.
| As round after round of the Her
man-Hahn go went on he almost
- shed tears. “Just think of it,” he
said. “Those fellows can’'t have an
~ interest of the sport at heart and go
~ through an exhibition of that kind.
It's impossible.” *And the speaker
was right. .
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Selfish promoters, who only think
of themselves and what gain they
may derive from each bout, and
boxers whose only'ambition is to
grab as much of the “soft” money
as they can possibly get their hands
on are the game's worst enemies.
It has been this way ever since
the sport first gained a stronghold
with the public. State after State
has legalized the sport only to
clamp on the liehafter it was given
@ fair chance, ard it's a shme. |
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Recently there was some talk up
East regarding the organization of a
National- Boxing Commisgion, much
on the order of the one that rules
baseball. Even such great men as
ex-President Taft and General Wood
were suggested as being fit parties to
head a body of this kind, and they
would, but the chances are that nei
ther of them would care to meddle in
an affair of this kind,
It takes a student of the boxing
game to handle this sport, as it's a
mighty hard game at best. A com
mission that could rule boxing
throughout the country, made up of
men who have been connected with
the sport in a clean manner, would
be a wonderful thing, but for the
present it's only a dream.
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Ar good plan, however, on a smaller
scale that might be worked out, in
my opinion, is the organization of a
body of men to control boxing in a
number of States or citiés within a
set area, Right here in the South we
have boxing in Georgia, Tennessee,
Arkansas and Louisiana. If some ar
rangement could be made whereby the
leading boxing men of these States
could’ get together and form some
sort of a commission that would pro
tect the people against all visiting
boxers coming this way, it would
prove a big boost to the sport. In
that way, ilf a boxer came to Atlanta
and made a miserable showing he
could then have his case handled by
sald commission and if fouud guilty
of the charge he could then be barred
in every one of these States, besides
suffering the punishment the local
boxing heads may wish to place on
him. True, this might seem a. bit
\cumpllcuted now, but there is no
’doubt that it could be worked out to
some gatisfactory arrangement,
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During the last two years the bouts
in this town have been anything but
worthy of the patronage of followers
of the sport here, notwithstanding
‘some of the reports printed of those
encounters.
The fault is not to be found with
the local boye., For years it has been
mostly due to thelr efforts that the
gime has been able to thrive here,
It has long been the custom that
whenever o bad bout was staged in
this city that the promoter of said
evant would fall back on local talent
in his effort to get back into the good
graces of Atlanta fandom. This has
worked out to the satisfaction of
some in & way, but the fans here are
getting wised up to this fact, They
are not going to be fooled so easily
when the “next one” is pulled here as
some think. g
It's all right to send for outsiders
when they come here with the nten
tion of delivering, as real sportsmen
should, but by all means every effort
should be made to protect the fans
Copyright, 1919, International Feature Service.
here against fiascos the like of thel
recent one.
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Atlanta doesn't want to be the!
home of {ly-by-night promoters, in-‘
competent referees, and boxers who
are only touring the country to plck\
up what they call “soft” money. A]
plan has been put into use here
to have two judges and the referee
in rendering decisions, It's my
opinion that any ring judge who
hasn't got the courage to give a
my opinion that any ring judge who
hasn't got the courage to render a
decision as he sees it should keep
out of the ring. True, he may be
forced to suffer abuse now and then,
as it's a well known fact that a ref
eree, like an umpire in a baseball
game, can't call them to the naustac-‘
tion of all. Nevertheless, when the
fans see a boxing contest, they want
to see the decision rendered imme
diately after the bout by the man
who is in a position to see what has
happened. It's his duty to render the
verdict, and passing the buck to‘
some one else doesn't help matters
any. ‘
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A. A. U. To Hold Big
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Meet at Pershing Field
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Frederick
W. Rubien, chairman of the National
(hampiouship Committee, yesterday
announced that the Amateur Athletic
Union National all-around champion
ship would be held at the new Persh
ing Athletic Field, Jersey City, on
Saturday afternoon, September 20
This decision was reached at a con
ference between Chairman Rubien
and A, Harcy Moore, commissioner of‘
public parks and property of Jersey
City, vesterday afternoon. ‘
Athletes and officials alike, were
so well pleased over the fine track‘
and field constructed, that no time
was lost in placing a request betore‘
Commissioner Moore for the use of
the field for the all-around chumpion"
ship ony September 20,
This is the blue ribbon event ln‘
American athletics and will attract
entries from all sections of the Unit
ed States, \
The events which make up the all.
around competition are:
100-yard dash, 120-yard high hur
dles, 880-yard walk, running broad |
jump, running high jump, pole vault,
sixteen pound hammer, sixteen pound
ghot, sixty pound weight and one
mile run.
Among the prominent all-around
athletics who are expected to compete
in this event are Avery Drundage,
Chicago A, A., present title holder;
Farl Thompson, Dartmouth College;
Pat O'Cognor, Loughlin Lyceum; W.
F. Bartels, Unlversity of Pennsylva
nia; Carl Buck, Chicago A. A.; Jack
Fritz, New. York A. C.; Robert Le-
Gendre, Georgetown University; Cli
ton Larsen, Brigham Young Univer
sity, Utah; Marshal Haddock, Uni
versity of Kansas; Dan Shea and Ben
Lichtman, Pastime A, C,
All of these wuthletes have been
competitors in previous all-around
championships and their perform
ances are well known to followers of
the sport. ‘
In addition to the all-around cham
plonship, Chairman Rublen and Com
missioner Moore have decided to hold
three special limited handicap races
in order to give some of the local and
pessibly soma of the out of town
stars, who may remain over from m.-;
national champlonships the weeck pro
vious In Philadelphia, an opportunity
to make fast time on the new track.
The events which will be staged
are one-half mile run, three mile rulll
and 220. yard dash,
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CHASE IN 300 CLASS. '
(By International News Service,) |
NEW YORK, Aug. '30.-~Hal Chase by
steady hitting in the past few weeks hm‘
worked his way into the 300 eclnss and
bids fair to rank among the leaders in
the National Jengue, Chase, while in u‘
plump with the stick early this yoar, rl-‘
fused to be discouraged. He hatted for
a while In the hardest kind of luck, but
soon the breaks began to come his wnv,‘
In addition to Chase the other Giants
who are ba'tirg 500 or better are Burns,
Doyle, Kauff and Young. l
By Tad
| chlporiniions
| BY I. E. SANBORN.
They used to call third base the
tough spot on the infield fifteen or
twenty years ago, barring the pitch
er's job, of course. And that reminds
me that a lot of folks forget the slab
man is an infielder as well as
pitcher.
Once a week or so all summer long
the inquisitive fan comes to bat with
a “problem.” He wants to know why
an umpire permitted the other ream
to send its pitcher into the outfield in
the third inning, for instance, and
then put him back on the slab In the
eighth, for instance.
There is no more reason why a man
ager should not do that than there is
why a pitcher can not field a bunt or
cover first base. The instant he steps
off that slab he is an infielder and
subject to all the rules governing in
fielders, and if he covers first base
for an out there is no reason why he
can not resume his job as a pitcher,
any more than if he had filled In as
right fielder for an inning or so,
THIRD BASE NOT SO HARD.
No player is out of the game as
long as he s(’rys in it, and the mana
ger has the right to post players any
where he please on fair ground, the
catcher being the only man who can
stand on foul territory when the ball
is pitched,
~ Getting back to third base, there
used to be a genetar belief it was the
hardest position to play because the
hottest. But eonditions have changed
in recent year and the development
of team play has made the last sack’
on the triangle the easiest except in
purely mechanical plays. It is true
the hits come to the third baseman
faster than to any other infielder, ex
cept the pitcher, but it is also true
that the third baseman has little else
to think about except the hits that
come to him,
GETS IT OR MISSES IT.
The balls either come so fast that
the player has to make a stab at
them or they come so slow he has to
make a running pickup and throw
prdvided the pitcher doesn’'t beat him
to it. When a batsman hits to third;
as a rule, the fielder sticks down one
or two hands, according to the speed
of the hit, If he comes up with the
ball it is an easy throw to first and
Ms he doesn't it is a base hit. The
throw from third is shorter than the
average throw from shortstop to first
because the third baseman xsl.uul.s[
closer to the plate,
A lot of the spectacular infield ;vl:n'fll
are made by third basemen because it
often is a blind stab on a fast hit, but
the hard task of the infield is guard
ing the keystone sack, either at short
or second base. In the matter of
brains the second baseman probably
has the harder task of the two. At
least one usually sees the veterans
and quick thinkers stick arouna sec
ond base after they have slowed down |
with the advance of years, ‘
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT,
At either short or second base there
are a lot of things to think of besides
what comes from the batsmen, If
there are runners on the bags the
keystone job is manifold, With a man
on first the two keystone men have
to watch the catcher's signs to know
which is to cover second in case of a
steal,
Many folks believe the two players
gsettle that between themselves, but
modern baseball the catcher's sign
governs it. A fast ball pitched by a
right-handed pitcher to a right<-hand
ed batsmen means the shortstop will
take a throw to second, A fast ball
pitched by a righthander to a lefl
handed batsman means the gecond
baseman will cover second if a throw
comes there. Curve balls and left
handed pitchers reverse the system,
KEY TO HOME DEFENSE,
So any one can see the shortstop
wnd second baseman have to keep
their eyes open, The third baseman
doesn't care what is pitehed or wheth
er the man at bat Is right or left
handed. He merely keeps hisg eyes
peeled for an attempt at a bunt and
if the balls is hit his way he gets it
ilf he can
In the matter of double plays, the
two keyrtone men can make or un
make a defenge, Speed is the solution
of a double play and the shortstop or
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Famous Sprinter Keeps in Good
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~ Condition All the Time, and
~ Sees Many Races Ahead.
By WALTER ECKERSALL.
.~ Three big events were held in Chi
cago recently and each attracted a
celebrity well known to the sporting
‘world. Each is a master in his chosen
‘'specialty and the trio practically
agreed that will power and self
denial are the -all-important factors
}ln their success and that many ath
letes will be top-notchers for years
to come if they lead the proper kind
of lives.
| RAY SEES YEARS AHEAD.
~ Joie was quick to reply to what he
inferred was a rellection. The little
tri-color club athlete asserted he was
good for ten years more unless he
lost a leg. Ray was asked more point
ed questions as to his way of living
and training and had the following
to say which may be helpful to other
athletes or those with athletic am
bitions:
“lI do not follow any set rules of
training. I am a better judge of my
condition than any trainer in the
world and as long as I am satisfied
that the way I live does not hurt my
running, I do not . intend to let any
one tell me what to do.
LEARNS TO SAY “NO.”
“Years ago 1 made up my mind that
an athlete could not be a man about
town and be a good fellow with
everybody. 1 saw too many good
men fall by the wayside, because they
did not want to injure any person's
feeling, by doing things which were
bound to hurt them. I found it is
just as easy to say no as yes, A man
must have the willpower no matter
whether other fellows' feelings are
hurt,
“] am married and my wife is just
as much interested in my success on
the track as I am. We deny ourselves
a lot of pleasure, which I suppose
'seems foolish to the average man. We
do not go to social functions which
‘would break up my sleep and we go
‘without luxuries which I can well at
ford, but which I know would hurt
me in my races.
- LITTLE TRAINING FOR RACES.
~ “If I live the life that suits my
training, then I am satisfied. Perhaps
I do les straining for my races than
any other distance runner in ths
country. I do not need the work be
cause Ido not do anything which
puts me out of shape. If the other
athletes would use a little common
sense, deny themselves some of the
pleasures which genevally go with a
college life and exert e little will
power in the face of temptation, I
am sure they will be just as good
performers as I am.”
. The Grand American handicap was
‘held over the traps of the South
Shore Country Club during the week
of August 10, This event is the blue
ribbon contest of the trap shooting
world, and always is attended by the
' best amateur and professional shots
in the eountry.
| FRED GILBERT! YES! YES!
Among the many well known ex
perts present was Fred Gilbert, whose
‘home is in Spirit Lake, Towa. Gilbert
holds the world’'s record for breaking
consecutive targets at 578. He has
been shooting for years, and the
other shooters are at a loss to explain
‘how the Hawkeye can break the tar
\gpm with such accuracy day in and
‘day out. '
Like Ray, the Towa shot has a sys
tem of his own. In fact, he trains for
‘the clay target serson the same as
an athlete does for a contest, Fred
is an ardent football fan, and there is
little about the game he does not
know for an average enthusiast,
SHOOOTERS EAT TOO MUCH.,
Naturally the writer and Gilbert
became very friendly during the
coursge of the tournament, and Gil
bert let loose of the following inter
view:
“Take the majority of trap shoot
ers. They are used to three heavy
meals a day, and then wonder why |
they can not shoot through an m'r-nl‘
with a good score, I have found a
shooter must train a lot like a fu()!~(
ball player. I have followed the
game closely, and I know a f:mtlmll!
team is given a light lunch about 11‘
o'clock in the morning on the day of
the game,
“The team is given its meal at !hlfl‘
time so that it will be thoroughly di
gested when the men enter the con
test. In the last two years I have
done the same thing. If I have to|
shoot at 9 o'clock in the morning I
have a light breakfast, three hours
ecarlier, I go through the day by
eating and drinking as little as pos
sible. It simply I 8 a case of denying
myself nourishment for one day,
“The trouble with a lot of shooters
Is they eat and drink a good deal dur.
ing the tourney. When they face the
traps they are logy, and a shooter to
be at top form all the time must deny
himself certain thinge and he must
have the willpower to do It.”
Jim Ten Eyck Sr., veteran crew
coach, was in Chicago with his -
luth Boat Club erews and rowing
fans marveled at his stories of pulling
a shell for short distances with the
hest men in the club, Jim simply
Inughed and told his listeners there
could be hundreds of Ten Ilycks if
they possessed his willpower and
denied themaelves some of the ple 18-
ures which are not absolutely essens |
tinl to a 4 man's life, ‘
second baseman must be able to nan
dle a fast throw at extremely short
rango at times, 8o as to enable him to
relay the ball to first ahead of the
man who hit it. The third baseman
has none of that stuff to worry about,
The shortest throw he has to handle
is from the piteher occasionally, And
his double plays are almost always
mads by the long throw route via sec
ond bhase,
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sronr "&'{,‘y“ r'“&m."mim
p.f"fiufi‘."{«m’.‘. has a “‘-’:2:0 fleld used
for recreation purposes by employees.
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To Weigh 140
Against Lew
You will have to hand it to Benny
Leonard, for he is certainly one lib=-
eral and generous fellow, especially
when it comes to taking chances
with the lightweight title, sdys the
Philadelphia Record. Benny offers
to fight Lew Tendler, the only con
tender 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.
All that Benny asks, and he in
gists 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 rifg 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
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. Leonard 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 agreeablt, that was Benny's af
fair, but it did not alter conditions
any as far as a championship 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 strietly commercial
purposes. The ami-‘tnd navy civ
ilian 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
permltted in every State in the
Union under uniform laws.
Baseball in France
Depends on Youngsters
The French “polly” can't scem to get
the “hang” of American baseball, and the
sport won't ever be the rage in France
until the 10-cent ball and the 10-year
old kid are properly introduced, is the way
Bill Lange, famous as a center fielder
when he was with the Chicagb Cubs,
gizes up the situatior
Bill is back in the United States after
& period of coaching soldier baseball
teams in France for the Y, M. C. A
“You've got to teach 'em bhaseball young
or they won't get the enthusiasm for it
that characterizes the grand old game inn
this country,” explained Lange, “Now,
in America, a kid from the tine he can
walk is tossing a ball around, He goen
erally sleeps, eats and talks baseball dur
ing & certain stage of his childhood. The
toy isn’'t awkward then and just natur
ally learns the game right.
“Now, in France, the situation is dif
ferent. In many sections of the country
thé#y haven't ever seen a baseball game,
and it's a tough job to teach grown-up
men the game. They figure that to learn
the game they will have to mauke a show
of {-r‘msf-lwn, and that dwesn't appeal
to tism very much. And a Frenchman
fears ridicule more than anything else,
The Yonly way that baseball magy be made
a lasting -and popular sport in France s
:’o intioduce it through the French chil
ren.”
Dobie Has Bunch of
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New Men for Eleven
By pooling one cent from each pald
admission the American Assoclation has
raised a fund of between SIO,OOO aud
$12,000, naccording to Jim MeGill. - The
pennant winning club will get 20 per cent,
the second team 23 per cent and so un
down to the elghth club, which will get
what the little boy shot ta-—nothing.
Players on the clubs watch the crowds
like & hawk, After one of the SBunday
games McGill went out to his clubhouse
and the players asked him how many
were in the stand.
“The turnstile count was 9,685" an
swered MceGill,
“We thought it would go to 12,000"
snid the players. *lt looked that big
to us."
Peckinpaugh Called Best
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Shortstop in Big Show
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 30-—ln the opinion
of baseball’ sharps Roger Peckingpaugh
of the Yankees L the best shortstop In
the major leagues. Coupled with hizs re
markable batting power, his fielding
makes him one of the greatest Loll play
ers In the profession, Next to Peck in
the Ameriean Leaguo comes Buek Weave
er of the White Box, followed by Beott of
the Red RBox, and Chauman of the Cleve
lands, The National League's hest short
stop appears to be Arthur PFleteher of
the Giants, clovely followed by Hollocher
of the Cubs, Bancroft of the Phillies and
Maranville of the Braves
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Compliment Paid to
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Boxing as a Sport
A fine compliment was pald to |mm‘
as a sport when the Prince of Wales an
his Brother, Prince Albert, attended tha
bout botweonh Jimmy Wilde and Joe Lynch
in London
After the fight the Prince of Wales
mounted the ring, shook hands with Wilde
~Lynch had slipped away to his dreesing
room-—and made a neat lttle speech, He
nelcnowledged plensure that the Hritisher
had won, copgratulated Lynch on his fine
sporting apirit, and testified to the groat
value which boxing contosts like this had
in cementing the bonds of Anglo-Ameris
can friondship, which had counted for po
mush during the war ¥
Browns Have Edge on
Cards in Popularity
(By International News Service.)
BT, LOTIR, Aug. 10Ny keeping within
halling distance of the White Rex all
penson the Nrown®have i edge on pops
ularity in Bt. Leouls. Owner Phillp Ball,
Heoretary Rebert Quinn and .\lnnum r
James Hurke have been steadily building
up their team, while Branch Rickey, for
business reasons, has been compelled to
dispore of some of the Cardinals, Th
Nutional League thorefore I 8 b much
disfnsor in the Mound City, while the
Amerionn Loogue, oy the result of the
Browns' fine p!r\zln.. now has the call
Bt. Louls funs, 1 n&oh of .other citios,
have no use for & lowing ball c¢lub.
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This Is Sixth Consecutive Season
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in Which White Sox Star Has
~ Caught One Hundred Games.
Ray Schalk of the White Sox o
Monday, August 18, caught his 100th
game this season and established a
world’'s record for backstopping l'
at Jeast 100 games per year for siz
straight campaigns. This smashes
' Gibson’s mark, for the former Pn
rate star did not set his figures ]
consecutive seasons, }
~ Schalk’s career has been a most
unusual one in baseball, It was
while he was catching for a 'Small
‘town team in South Central Illinoid
that he was “discovered” by a Btouty
Several major league clubs were tip<
'ped off to the lad and, in every casey
1 the reply was “He is too small; no§
‘a chance to make good.” ;
‘ The general impression ?Qfod
Schalk, or “Cracker,” as he is known
to his friends, got going was thaf
catchers should be bulky, and, ifpos<
sible, fairly tall. They had to. end
counter shocks at the plate, and dd
the real heavy work of the sport.’
' Those who have seen Schalk blocH
a man almost twice his size and put
l the ball on him have become so ac+
| customed to the sight that it nd
ionger causes amazement. No cateh4
er in the world takes more chanced
and gets by with them, than Ray.
When doing small town ball ‘play+
ing, Schalk found that his summer
pay failed to meet all the winter
bills, so he took up the printing
trade Ile became an apprentice fino«
type machinist and landed a job in &
Brooklyn office. But before he had
| completed his term he was secured
by the Milwaukee club, which ftookt
Ia chance” ¢n him. It was no CI
before Ray's sensational exploits, be«
| came nationally known, and Comiskey
was the lucky major league ownef
who finally landed him, -
COVERED SECOND BAS'.
There is nothing on the balls field
| that “Cracker” can't do, and dos well
Only a week ago he ran up.to tfi
lhaso. whil2 two or three of theé
weer trying t> eatch ia! ','etal
leaguen and almost trapped the rund<
| ner of the base. ' 2
| Two or three years ago, Schalk par<
| ticipated in the run-down of .lgm
er between second and third,"a the
fans got the most unusual sightt of a
eatcher, clad in shin guards and chest
‘]vlmm.'lur. putting the ball on &' man
'as he slid back to second base,
It is a rule in baseball that the
'longor a catcher plays ball the slow<
l er he gets on his feet, This 48 to
| the fact that he kneels each tithe to
wive his sign before the ‘pitches
throws the ball, Schalk hasi kept
his natural speed longer tham any
other catcher [ can remember,’ but hdx
is bound to slow up gradually as the
years go by.
Like that other great player of the
White Sox, Eddie Collins; Bchl;l:
weuld rather see a good *!ootp
game than anything else Ini th’
sporting line, He believes the: Min
nesota eleven, the year it ram those
enormous scores up on Chicago and
| Wisconsin, the finest - team he evet
| saw,
| TRIBUTE TO WYMAN. :
. Schalk was particularly interested
in the forward passing of Fullback "
' Wyman of the Gophers,” who threw:
the ball from 40 to 45 yards to Caa-.
tain Baston time and again. Bo
Baston and Wyman fought overseasy
the former as an offices ip the mas=
rines and the latter az a lieutenanf
in the Rainbow Division, % j
“I only wish I could throw &
baseball as far and as uccunt?y as
Wyman does that football,” iSS the
tribute Schulk paid to the Gopher
star. And the truth of the mattes
is that Schalk is one of the.® best
throwers down to second the 'lml
has developed, L
Business life has been attrgeting
Schalk of late, When the game was
over last year Ray went outyas a
salesman and built up a fine trade
on his own bersonality and ability.
“You get the same feeling ‘When
vou go down in the morning and find
letters with orders englosed as you
do in making a two-bagger thaj
brenks up a ball game,” he sald.
One finds it dificult to realize that
Schalk has caught six years up in
the majors, He still has that fire
and dash of youth that characters
izedd him when he came to the Sox
from the Milwaukee club. In bases
ball at least he is a symbol of eterd
nal youth,
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Minnesota Looks for -
Big Season on Grid
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 30.-~With the
fonthall meason drawing ndar, all ol*diw
tiot t the University of Minnese are
for an unprecedented revival not ly in
gridiron enlther, but alse sin footb;fl ine
teres geldom have the Copher fans aps
ronched n season with se much Ir‘uu
(tion, ealoulation and predicting rife a 8
now manifest, %
I‘.‘\~ Yw' |':‘ n hig year have bean one
Wanced by the decision of several old
stars of the famous 19168 team to gvm
tn sehool ns well as the prospee for
thie ireat entollment In the hist of
the instHution More than 6,000 lhmuq
peete o nttend tk year, among *the
.u.»‘_“’n'.' n\'.~ ‘lmwf”‘:-rnu‘\‘lflml high ta 3
prep school stars in the ferritory.
ghorty Long, quarterback In 1086, I 8
cortain to retumn Neal Arntson, Ipi”
ltde pllot of !I“- I‘||7 l‘lflphnl’:, 'l‘ also
on hand ‘udge yma
’ ok, may come back, He ‘ z
fully decided ;
e itan M 1 have at his and
Al '\\v .‘. --:n\. :f <'l--H’“l:Hfl! llmv'k:t.w'nrl
torial josides those named a %
h he )\.".,m Osn ~'|'|‘»‘v'\':wtor;l rflm
last winter, and winner of secomd piace |
fn 1 econforonte quarter, 4 ;
Waiter Haertle, 1916, Captain
L.amiy Tony Tomasek, Peote Ra@ .
J e Philtips are five speedy g
50 the shing, driving, Dr ‘ll.'i
ey . Sehiroader, 1917 end and of post
on t Munieipal Pler team Il.twm;fi
buek, Pat Flinn, the © lfl**&'
. Jdd te have taken W 0
1 pring and so is lost to the 4
Mo lne will be the ' CGebh ’
v 'Prank MA, -n-mfi—uw
n 1916, will be in schoal, | bes
he ean play must pass off Ny
t Verne Willlama, coqm. 1191
will be back.. . Act Gaetaw 3( \,"& "
toam ' will bo 'off « BuKri: ny nd, "
rother of Con Bklund, may n l ¢
f he does he should find & te
ng him. He played with the Copherg
ant fall, \