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'Athlcti
llctics and Braves Should
Ralhcr Than Averages
Than Rivals in
t
There nrc three ways by which some
conclusion regarding the relative strength
of the Athletics and Boston Braves may
be reached. Pure guess work may serve
In the end ns well ns an attempted analy
sing However, when the teams are ana
lysed there nrc two processes which tuny
kbe used figures alone and a comparison
based on judgment, regardless ot mat he-
liatlcs
lOtivlously nny one who cares to arrive
what ho believes to be a decision on
i result of the world's scries will Im-
liedlately discard blind chance. Hence
khe'flcld narrows down to a dissection of
Lie tennis either on the basis of averages
on a non-mathematlcnl adjudgement.
btalncd from witnessing the men In
ptlon. We believe that this last Is a
Iethod which would stand a competent
iBerver In the best stead.
Fudging the Athletics and Hrnes on
I'orngefl Is as apt to bring one to on
jmcous conclusion as the prediction
llior'-e race based on tin- time tun
Is. have made In the past. On the
that a given horse Is "doped ou to
Jtet track may be muddy, 01 a hun-
othcr circumstances may comwno
Bulllfy the chances. So It Is In all
ball games; then-fore It is true in me
of the Uoston ana i-niiaaeipnia
Bi-.3.
Ike. for Instance, the averages of the
fton and Athletic clubs. The Braves
theMacknien In both fk-Idlng and
Unc the last six weeks of play.
funfair to take simply the last
fa. because eltner ot me ciuds
Fnlavlnsr today the same class of
It they were playing seven weeks
tsDlte the figures. Again. It Is con-
(able that If the American League
tflcldera had been playing against the
.ves, a hundred of their lilts tms sea-
bmlght have been killed by mese men
Unc the balls differently, or, on the
Itr hand, the Braves might have n
ndred more hits to tnoir crcini u mey
Id been In Ban Johnsons circuit in
tail nt Oovnrnor Tener's. In cither
lent, conclusions based on such unstable
Premises would have little value.
Not only that, but the scoring or tne
hits may lead one astray. Any one wno
has ever sat In a press dox ai a oai
game knows that on practically every
bad missed by an Inllelder there will
bo a wide divergence of opinion as to
whether the batsman should be credited
rith a hit or the fielder with an error,
hiis applies to fielding as well as hitting.
Ro here once more the aveiugcs are
liable to make trouble to .one who re-
lies ot them solely.
The few examples prove the utter
ATHLETICS WILL
lY WASHINGTON
NATIONALS TODAY
ixs Likely to Displace
Lies to Keep on Edge
fceries Phillies Idle
y-
ft Mack's regulars will be seen In
Tne-up this afternoon when the
Athletics meet Washington at 6hlb
mPark. Ths champions' leader will allow
jz men i gei in me same or not just
B they choose Ho believes that each
man Is a better judge of his own con
dition than any one else, hence he will
not interfere in any a In allowing his
players to get on edge for the world's
series The game la scheduled to begin
at 3:30 o'clock.
This morning all the Athletics, regulars
i and rookies, were at the ball yard early.
taoroe of the oungsters were In uniform
and went through practice. The regulars
hooked on and discussed their chances
fwjth the Braves. Then, too, those who
I have recently seen the Braves play had
few remarks So make to their fellow
InaTara In the series money. Within the
olrlcei ot the club today tilings were
Ihumminr. The huge mass of details
iir the world's series which has to be
Hended to will be looked after by John
lbe. Von Ohl and Joe Ohl, while
tinle Mack hinuelf will act as usual
Ian advlsor capacity.
irrangements have not been completed
concerning the llrst trip to Boston
towever. it is likely that on next Satur
day night the Athletics will tiuvu two
Vnecial Pullmans hooked on to the
S'ederal Express. They will stou at the
1'ooley Square Hotel. ThU plan will srive
the Mackmen a complete day of rast
H-jr.'Jay and a nignt ai me hotel, instead
of spendl-g the time preceding the game
a s ?rr" v.n'n W"u!i iiHie to be
It th"y di'j n"t 'fae her jnt.i Sun
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Locals Generally Stroncer
All Departments
futlllty of boldly stating thnt the Ath
letics will win the world's championship
because they have a better season's aver
age than the Braves, or that the Braves
will win the honors licciiusc the figures
show that they have outhlt and out
llelded tin1 Athletics in the last six weeks.
ThN Is made the more Impressive when
om- lenllzeti that tho two leagues are
vastly different. Some think the Ameri
can League the stronger, others choose
the .National. Hence, If one league Is
stronger thnn the other, which Is prob
ably ii fact, the averages' value Is set Ht
, iiiuiKiii wimuui liirtner argument, be
cause they do not apply to equals.
! It may he argued that the Athletics
defeated the Giants In 1911 and In 1H1.1
when the nnte-sinsoii llgures Miuwcd that
they would. The Hguro. to be ure. before
those series did favor the Athletics. If
i their fare vnlueo wrre tiken ns wxact
j comparisons. But what about the Cubs
Athletics series of lfltO- Tlie Glants-Ited
. Soc mix-up in 1912 and tho series of 19OT
j when the White Sox won from the Tubs?
Before each of those series it was cnl-
culateil by the statisticians that tho
team which ultimately lost would prove
. a winner. Most fans rememlx-r how
Hugh lullortnti tli'iiifH tim ....i.. nr mm
Ho had them only down to such a
nicety that he not showed (before the
scries) that the Athletics did not have a
chance, but he undertook to sav Jest
how many more feet Tinker, for Instance,
could cover at short thun Barry. Also he
proved, to his own satisfaction, that the
pitching was 3 per cent, of the strength
of both teams and that as the Athletics'
pitchers were Inferior to those on the
Cubs' squad, nnother conclusion drawn'
from llgures. the Mackmen would not
have a chance. What happened In that
series Is history. The Cubs didn't hac
a chance.
Leaving, therefore, nil figures out of
the question and Judging tho players In
dividually and the teams as a whole, we
find thai several things will plav an Im
portant part In the coming series. The
mental attitude of the players doubtless
The VM,l!rf. '" tI,p,rc3,lIt- Just how far
the Athletics' confidence will carry them
?ho fle.M ,' hC mai?ty of th0 m on
no- JL . ny 'nas ,n ,1C 'l,lle "' In
1?,; 7 r Sfl,mc P'OWS have, there
foie, had wo.jd-,, se., e-sperience In
those same years, and hao won ?n a
save tho nno wMch ab ""
give 'the "Cu" Cl," T,,e" "'' -
fi,?. -nckinpn Just the confidence
they nee,! to defeat tholr rival" whUe
George Stalllngs Is schooling hl m.n
dally to pay the game and not th!nof
former are far better hitters than their
r vals. This can be plainly seen The
Mackmen hit al!.com?rs ban! and ofiVr.
of the field. They hit nearly as won
against a left bander as the" Id agains
a right bander, though Murphy. Collins
?wlntrUThr"n VaPP a,rc '-handed
swingers. The Boston payers do not
smash the ball with such terrlfle pace
nor do the) meet the ball solidly as often
,, rv.i""'11"-, Connolly. Maranvllle
?,? KEleff have l,onc beUer wf"-' with
the bat than any other members of the
club, although Staranville'a average is
lower than half a dojsen other men on the
Zm-.u Th?t ,rl ,s 8,wa dangerous,
but the others are not. The Athletics,
on the other hand, have eight men each
of whom Is almost equally feared by the
opposing pitcher.
Speed In the field will play an Important
part In the coming world's series. In this
department of play observations again
shows that the Mackmen have an advan
tage. Maranvllle and Evers are great
performers around second base, although
the hardly play un to the standard of
the. Bunyf'olllns combination. As for
the other two men on the Infield. Smith
and Schmidt, third and first baseman, re
spectively, they are not In the tanie class
with H.iker and Mclnnls as ,i combina
tion, although Smith Is much nearer to
Baker in nUdlng ability than Schmidt la
to Mclnnis.
In the outfield, the Athletics have a big
advantage. One need only see Strunk rnd
Oldrlng covering ground m reallzs that
there Is not another pair of players on
the same club In the country who can
compare with them. The Boston outfield
ers, Connolly, Devore, Mann, father, Gil
bert and Moran. are not better than the
average major leaguer, which is not sum
clently good to warrant their compari
son with champions of recognised ability.
A comparison of the pitchers of the two
teams is too long a theme to be under
taken here. However. It Is worth men
tioning that despite the fact that James,
Tyler and Budolph have had a fine year,
they still lack the knowledge upon which
Bender and I'lank can fall back In a
serious crisis. The veteran Athletic hurl
ers are gi-tting in shape now for the
series. They always do better work In a
pinch than they do at other times. Hence
they have always been able to rise to
greater heights In a. world's series than
during the league season. Whether the
three Boston pitohr can do this la prob
lematical The chances are that all of
them cannot ThU gives the Athletics'
pair a big lead on their opponents in the
box
Vhn eerytng i considered the Ath
letics lofk to have a mir-h better chanoe.
Vi wti than B"to'i Yl in a seven-game
-n3 it la ur-3fo to rr"li-t ablutely
H"h cl'jb w"H win. Tr-e vkrying drcum-
iBfc!- ,e'' asv-i-F-e-tJor u-expecteo.
e'.Hrari laeuv. I"4 1" KIT create ' of
TIMELY SKETCHES ON IMPORTANT
Gridiron News
Pennsylvania Eleven Is On
Edge for Its Contest With
Franklin and Marshall To
morrow. By EDWABD R. BTJSHNELIi
At last Pennsylvania's frBshm.m foot
ball team, painted by enthusiastic un
dergraduates In ull sorts of rosy hues,
baa had a try-out All week, as they
watched the scrubs tight drawn battles
with the varsity, the first year men have
be'-ii aching for a chance to make good.
They got It yesterday, find If what they
did to the .varsity represents only the
beginning of the progress they should
make between now and November 1, we
!ce where some school teams and fresh
men elevens from other Institutions are
going to have some unpleasant after
noons. After the varsity had beaten the scrubs
yosterday by a fluky touchdown word
was sent to Louis Young, the freshman
coach, to bring on his young furies,
When the freshmen got the ball for their
first scrimmage they went at the varsity
with such ferocity, and moreover, took
the ball down the field with such rapidity
that the varsity coaches were fright
ened at the retreat of their charges.
Stack, who played right end for the
freshleH, and Boss and Welch In the back
field were the boys who did most 'of the
execution. Stack, picking the pigskin out
of the air with ns much case as one
would a baseball, drew applause even
from til0 varsity substitutes.
Once Inside tho 3-ynrd line the three
varsity coaches lined up behind their
charges and personally coached them to
throw back the young savages, while
Freshman Coaches Young and Kcough
urged thorn on. The youngsters didn't
score a touchdown on this march, but
they would have made a score had not
Welch been tripped ns he started with a
clear field on an end run from a delayed
pass. As It was they had to be satis
fied with a safety.
As a result of this Initinl clash with
the varsity It must be said that there
is a great deal of powor. developed and
undeveloped, in this freshman team. Tho
back-field, made up yesterday of Bell, a
son of Penn3lvanla's Attorney General,
at quartet back, and with Newberry,
Welch nnd Rofo the other backs, Is
stringer than the line and right now looks
like- nn cen match for the varsity back
fleld. But they have tholr reputation still
to make. Anyhow we know thnt there
will be lots of excitement every time the
two meet hereafter.
PrtlXCr.TON', Oct. ;.-Thr Princeton regulars
put up a good brand of football In the crlm
mnse yesterday afternoon, nnd for tha first
tlm thlf season there was a semblance of a
smashing attack Herrtoforo a really uooii
line plunue Hhs been larking from the Tlgtr
npnrtolre. Hut today the varsity forced tlio
hrruli baok of lt soal line, nnd Drives finally
oarrlwl the leather oal for the tally. DiiKKS
and V. TronkuiRtin ploughed their way through
the line In Kood stylo, and It n.is their plung
ing that scored the third touchdown. The score
of tin msle,i was 10 to 0. lloland tallied first
on ft run of 15 jards and followed It a moment
luter with a run of If. yards for a touchdown
While some credit must bo given to Roland for
this work, both of his runs were mads possible
by tha splendid Interference gUen him,
CAStUP.IllOP:, Mass. Oct 2 -Tha return of
warm weather after tho hard football of tho
past two days and ths fact that the rcgntars
were dead tired combined to make, yesterday's
sirlmmaKo on Soldiers' Field a. comparatively
may run Trumbull, the right tackle, and
Cooolldse, left end. had a day off. Morgan be-
HOPPE WINS TWO
BALK-LINE GAMES
BY BIG MARGINS
Outclasses Inman in Yester
day's First Contest, 500 to
56, and Also in Later One, i
500 to 95.
NEW TOBK, Oct. I Wllle Hoppe and
Melbourne Inman did the "off agin, on
ngln. Flnnegan." at the Hotel Astor yes
terday. They played 13.! balk-llne,
Hoppo's game, so the American took the
lead once more, getting 10O0 points to
Inman'a 161. In the afternoon game
Hoppe won by BOO to 56. and In tlw eve
ning contest he had another walkover,
winning by 600 to 95. Hoppe Is now lead
ing in the grand total by 2& to 2251. To
day they play EnglUh billiards and It
will probably be Inman' turn to tak tho
lead.
The American played In rare form yes
terda Ills plalng In the night game
was the best of the match, and In spots
the most brilliant of his career Experts
declared that his run of t In the twelfth
Inning was complied by the best billiards
he has ever Bhown.
In beating Inman by 600 to M In the
afternoon contest the balk-llne champion
played a sensational game. In tha third
Inning he discovered that bis cu ball
was cracked, but did not ask hl oppo
nent's permission to change It, Despite
this handicap, he played In hut bat form,
,n c rt.n nf 111 In thft ninth llmlnlc
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and one of YJi In t'lo eleventh. He held
. - lt kt.Mj.a -iV, . EnllV,.
inman tair t evec, m .
man's best, run being It. Hep
ht 600 popit la IS --ig3 ar.
SPORT TOPICS OF THE
Gleaned From
Somc Gridiron Tests Tomorrow
IVnnnyhnnln t. Franklin nnd Marshall,
at Kr.inklln Kleld.
Yale vs. Virginia, at New Haven.
I'rlmeton . Ilucknell, at Trlnccton.
rorncll vs Colgate, Ht Ithacn.
Harvard vs. Springfield V. M, C. A., at
Cambridge,
Amherst vs. Mlddlchury, at Amherst,
Mass.
Hrown s. nhode Island State, at Provi
dence. Cnrllxlo Indians vs. Lehigh, at South
I!cthlhem.
Dartmouth vs. Norwich, at Hanover.
Delaware State vs. Daltlmore Polytechnic
Institute, at Newark, Del.
I'ordhem vs. Uallaudet. at Now York.
Oettysburg vs. Albright, nt Gettysburg.
llaverfnril Mi. Washington, nt Hnvcrford.
Holy Cross v.. MRssnchutetts Aggies, at
Worcester. Mass.
Indiana vs. Chicago, at Chicago.
lifactto vs. Urslnus, nt Kafton.
1channn Valley vs. Indian Itcsirvcs, at
Annrlllc, Pa.
Aleriersburg vs. Lafayette, at Mercers,
burg.
New York University vs. St. Stephen's, nt
Now York.
Ohio Stato vs. Ohio Wcsleynn, at Colum
bus. I'enn Stato vs. Muhlenburg, nt Slate
College.
rhllllps Exeter vs. Dartmouth Freshmen,
nt Hanover.
Itutgers vs. rtensselaer Polytechnic Insti
tute, ot Vcw Hrunswtck.
Swarthmore s. Vlllamna, nt Swarth
niore. 'jrncnn s. Hamilton, nt Syracuse.
Tilt'lty vb. Worctwter Toch, at Hartford.
Tufts r. Hates, at Medford.
West Point vs. Stevens, nt West Point.
Annapolis vs. Georgetown, at Annapolis.
Mlclilgnn s. Case, nt Ann Arbor.
Notre Damo vs. Alma, at Notre Dame.
I'nlverslty of Pittsburgh vs. Wostmlnetcr, '
at Pittsburgh.
Vermont vs. Wllllnms. at Wllllamstown.
W. nnd J. s. Dickinson, at Washing
ton. Pn.
Wesleyan vs. Bondoln, nt MIddlctonn,
ing put back Into the varsity lino at right
tocklo nnd Wcnthcrhead being promoted tem
porarily to Coolldge'H placo. Sweetscr nlso was
out of the line-up. The work of the varsity was
mnlnlv on attnek, and straightforward nttnek
nt that. Only nna forward pabs was used, but
this opened tho way for n score. Hardwlck
taking the ball from Mohan and making a
good gain.
NEW HAVEN. Oct. 2 Signal work and drill
In breaking through composed yesterday's
practice for the Ynlo football squad. Knowlcs
and Legore took turns at kicking, nnd whtlo
I-egoro's kicks went for good distances and
Knowles' were nearly as good the coaches are
far from satisfied with the showing, they sny.
Captain Talbot did not appear In uniform, but
went to the flold nnd watched the work closely.
Johnny Castles reported for work In tho back
field, as did Archie MacLelsh. Tho latter suf-
WHETSTONE, OF STATE
He is a candidate for a place on the
eleven. His work on the West Phila
delphia High School team last year
may be remembered by the sportsmen.
BASEBALL CONDENSED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
YESTERDAY'6 RESULTS.
Athletics. Si Washington. 1.
New York, Ss Uoston, S (first game).
Hoston, 4 1 New York, (second game).
Nt, Louis. 7t Detroit. S.
Cleveland-Chicago (nut scheduled),
TODAY'S OAM E3.
Washington at Philadelphia.
N'en York at Boston.
fit Louis at Chicago.
Detroit-Cleveland (not scheduled).
TOMORROW'S GAMES.
Washington nt Philadelphia.
8t. Louis at Chli-agn.
Cleveland at Detroit.
New York at Hoston.
CLUQ STANDING.
W. L P.C W. L.P.C.
Athletics
07 SO 060 St. Louis. 89 nO .463
60 B0 .601 New Vork 6S 81 .4!,
Boston.
Washln'n 11 12.611 Chicago.. 68 82.458
Detroit.. 78 73 .Bid Cleveland Bl 100.837
NATIONAL LEAGUE
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
Phillies, 0i Ilrooklyn, 7.
Button, 7 i New Virrk, 8.
Pittsburgh, S Cincinnati. I.
Chicago-St. Louis (not nhrduled).
TODAY'S GAMES.
Boston at New Vork.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.
Chicago at St. Louis.
Phillies-Brooklyn (not scheduled).
TOMORROW'8 GAMES.
Phillies at Drookljn (2 games).
Boston at New York.
Chicago at St. Louis.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.
CLUB STANDINQ.
W. L.P C. W. LP.C.
Boston... SO BO .dl8 Phillies 73 70.490
New Tork 0 OH S41 Brooklyn. 72 78.488
St. Louis. 78 00 531 Pittsburgh 0B 83.430
Chicago.. 70 73 50 f Cincinnati M 90. m
FEDERAL LEAGUE
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS,
llaltlmore, 3. Brooklyn. 0.
I'llt.burgh. Si Buffalo, t.
I hlcago. ; St. I-ouls. 1 .....
Kansas City, 3i Indianapolis, S (10 In
alngss called; darkness).
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Leading Colleges
Many Big College Football
Games Are to Be Played
Tomorrow in America by
Selected Athletes.
fered a bad shoulder bruise nt Madison In early
practice.
ITHACA. Oct. 2. Cornell wound up hard
practice for the week yesterday, when, after a
secret signal drill, the varsity's defenso got a
good test at the hands of tha Bcrubs. with
satisfactory results, though tho coaches are
not banking too much on the strength of tho
second team. Three times from tho ten-yard
line the scrubs tried to take It over, but failed
on each occr.slon. An Important shift wns made
In tho Hno-up. when Rcktey, n promising young
end. was transferred from left end on tho
scrubs to right end on tho varsity to fill tem
porarily the position' belonging to Captain
O'Henrn. who will not bo nble to play Satur
day. Lautr, who wassubstltuted for 0Hearn,
went to the second team.
HANOVER., N. H Oct. 2. Dartmouth's
eleven had yesterday tho longest nnd most
Illuminating scrimmage of tho season, when
the ''arslty, unchanged from Us Saturday line
up, was held by the second team to K II to 7
score. The star nnd unexpected piny of the
afternoon tame when Comlskey, nn old Do
Witt Clinton man. playing at quarterback on
tho second team, picked his wav through tho
flold on a kick formation for "0 yards and
finally eluded Oheo nt tho goal line. Whitney
bumped his head against the goal post In mak
ing tho varsity's first touchdown. Neither wns
Injured.
ANNAPOLIS, Oct. a.-fc-rom the fact that
tho coachos are devoting the largest share
of their attention to this quartet, the tenta
tive backfleld of the Naval Academy team
may bo put down ns Mitchell, qimrterhack;
Fulling and Alexander, halfbacks, and liar
rlkon. fullback. This arrangement was In for
nearly the whole llns-up against tho scrub
yesterday afternoon In ths last hard prac
tice before the season opener against George
town on Saturday. The combination worked
well, four touchdowns being scored against a
strong scrub In about half an hour of play.
Two of these were by Mitchell, whose offen
bIvo work Is giving much satisfaction.
ANN ATtDOIt, MiciTToct. 2,-IIuebel. tho
second string quarterback, Is the third drop
kicker of the year whom Yost has uncovered
In scrimmage, and so far none of the Wolver
ines has fnlled In n game Huobel dropped
over a goal from the .IO-nrd line vesterdny,
and the first team fought hard for threo
quartcrs of an hour before Muulbetsch could
score the touchdown which saved the varsity
arother defeat at the hands of the scrubs.
Denton replaced Millard at right guard nnd
Hitghltt was excused, Zelcer appearing at
quarter. Aside from that, the samo team
which started against l)e Tauw was used,
WEST POINT, Oct.-rTJ.ie 'Army team Is
bending all Its energy JusT now to get In
shape for the opening game with Sfivens
scheduled for Saturday. Tho coaches kept
the whole squad on the Jump yesterday after
noon nnd, following tho preliminary work, two
teams were sent against each other for n
long, hard scrimmage.
One touchdown was all the varsity could
get. nnd It camo after Benedict fell nn a fum
bled ball on the scrubs' lR-jard line. Three
plays took It over. Ollphant and Hodison do
Ing the ground gaining. The latter mads the
score, from which rienedlct kicked goal.
LANCASTER. Pa., Oct. 2. Coach Maysei
of Franklin and Marshall, took no chances
with his men yesterday and put them through
only 25 mlnuten of light scrimmage. The
local team anticipates a hard fight with Penn.
and with Captain Dlehl added to the line-up
which met Lehigh, It Is hoped to make the
battlo a close one. Previous to the short
snrimmaee there was nn hour of drill on the
playa to he used on Saturday. At three dif
ferent Intervals the men were sent around
the track at n good clip, and were aiso sent
after the dummy n number of times. In the
gymnasium after practice ths coaches gave
the team n half hour talk. A student mass
meeting wns held last night nnd one will be
held tonight to develop enthusiasm.
CARLISLE, Pa.. Oct. a. Seventeen players
will compose the squad from Dickinson Col
lege, which will leave tomorrow for Washing
ton, Pa., for the annual gam with the
Washington and Jefferson College.
The team was given a rousing send-off by
the students at n mass meeting last night and
will parade with them to tho station tomor
row. The probable line-up of the team will
he Herzler and Johnson, ends: Simmons and
Heck, tackles: McCabe and Meyers, guards;
Cvptaln Hornberser. centre, Wright, quarter
back; Laucka and Dalton, halfbacks, and Wil
son, fullback.
TO BE AN OARSMAN
PENN'S CANDIDATES
MUST BE SWIMMERS
Dr. McKenzie Has Issued an
Order That the Prospective
Sculler Must Swim 200
Feet.
Dr. It. Talt McICenzle, director of ths
Department of Physical Education at the
University of Pennsylvania, has sur
prised the rowing candidates with a new
order that this fall no man may venture
on the Schuylkill In any of the Quaker
shells unless he shall first present to
Coach Vivian Nlckalla, of tha crew, a
certificate signed by Gsorgo Ids tier, the
swimming Instructor, stating that the
bearer can awlm twice tha length of the
gymnasium pool, or ZOO feet, and that he
baa seen him do It.
There has long been a rule that all
Pennsylvania oarsmen must learn to
swim before the spring practice begins,
but there wis never any specific dis
tance required of them Tbl year all la
changed and Coach Ntckalls has been
Informed that every oarsman must sub
mit the certificate duly signed before
learning to row. The purpose of this
regulation la to prevent a possible
drowning. Thtre have been more than one
Instance In which shells have capsized
in mldriver. and the Quakers don't want
to figure In any accident. It 1 felt that
If a man can swim 200 feet he will be
able to save himself at any point In the
8f bilYkyaJiiSugh tnot fti.
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HAS
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THREE SETS OF
United Gas Improvement and
Arc Scheduled Here, While Police Athletes Race at
Newark Other Cinder-path News
Three sets of track and field games
'will attract the attention of local fol
lowers tomorrow. Two tests are to bo
held here, one at the If. G. I. Grounds
and tho other at Northcnst Field, where
tho Hale & Kilburn A. A. will stage Its
meet. Lots of local interest Is nlso
being taken In the Intercity track com
petition between Philadelphia policemen
and the representatives of Newark, N. J
at that place.
Six of Philadelphia's policemen will go
to Newark, N. J tomorrow to take part
In a set of carats there. The local officers
are finely trained nnd hope to make a
splendid showing. One of the stellar at
tractions at the games will be the Inter
city one-mile relay race In which the
locals meet n picked Newark four, Larry
Nolc, Charles Hesser, James Denny and
Harry Fryckburg will run In the order
named for Philadelphia. On paper this
team will beat 3:37 for the mile, and It
looks like n sad day for the Jersey
"cop" opponents.
John Harvey and Rutherford TVarren
will compete In the open events, prob
ably the 0-yard run.
Halo and Kilburn Athletic Association
members and n good number of out
side entrants will take part In tho track
and field meet tomorrow afternoon at
the Northeast High School grounds. Con
teats of an open and closed nature will
afford tho spectators plenty of action.
Some of the best athletes in town will
compete.
The U. G. I. A. X will hold Its 13th
annual field nnd closing day exercises
tomorrow at Its athletic grounds, 29th
street and Passyunk avenue. At 31 a. m.
until 11 p. m., the time of closing, there
will be something lolng every minute.
At noon the running races will begin.
These are a 100-yard dash, a 220-yard
dash nnd n wheolbarrow race. This will
be followed at I p. m. by a ttig-of-war
between Stations A and B. Prizes will
be given tho winners In each of these
events. At half-past 2 o'clock American
and city of Philadelphia flags will be
rnlsctl nnd unfurled to the breezes, the
gift to the Athletic Association from Sam
uel T. Bodlno. president of the V. G. T.
Company. Walton Clark, second vice
president of the company, will present a
siived cup to Stntion P., winners of the
1SH lnterstatlon baseball games.
At 3 p. m. the following events will
take place: Running the bases, tin ow
ing the ball, etc., which will be followed
PERSONAL TOUCHES IN SPORT
St. Paul, Neb, 7 Lemme sec It boasts
a railroad hostelry, a siding an' a store.
In straight geography that's all. But
when you reckon In baseball it boast.' one
big gob more. For Alexander first pitched
there. Ho pitched clean out o' his high
chair In 18S3. An' darned if he ain't pitch
In' yet. He's Phllly Dooln's one best bet
to serve 'em to the plate.
His folks originally meant that he
should be a Piesldcnt, Instead of Just
a King. They called him Grover Cleve
land so he'd have a little better show to
Join the big Dem ring. But politics was
ntx with Grove. He shoveled out-curves
In the stove an' pitched ball In his sleep.
In nlnetecn-nlne he left the boys an'
went to Gallsburg, Illinois, an' pitched
ball for his keep.
This six-foot slabster had the goods an'
didn't stay long In the woods. The scouts
got on his trail. His right arm ruached
the Phillies' dough an" when he got a
ehance to show he run up all his sail. He
hit the spotlight from the start. Ills
pltchln' an' his Detain' art took rating In
Class A. They tacked behind hi name
"The Great." He's made good on It three
year straight I trues It's gonna atay.
By A. M. CORRIGAN.
The Athletlo Baseball Ctub haa been
a veritable Bureau of Matrimony during
Its existence. The latest member of
Connie's champions to decide to cast his
lot for "better or for worse" Is "Rube"
Oldrlng. tho most popular player in Phlla.
delphla Reuben will wed Miss Hanna
Thomas, of Jersey, soon after the world's
series. The Oldrlngs will live on Jtube's
farm in South Jersey. Of the 24 ellglblas
for the world's aeries, the following are
married. Lapp, Thomas, Bender, Coombs,
Wyckoff, Collins, Barry, Davis and
Baker.
Tha Red Sox have been flecking te
President Lannln's office recently to sign
for 1915. Every man on the club is ready
to play next season except Hoblltzel.
Thla Is one of tho reaaon the Federals
are crying for peace.
'Joe Jtanette and Sam' LangforJ
draw" la the way the headlines are ar
ranged today. These morning dallies are
wrong again. Only Langford drew two
teeth from Jeanette.
The scoring of the world' serle this
year will be entirely satlsfaotory to
every one concerned. James C. Isa
minger, president of the. local Baseball
Writers' Association, will be associated
with R. E. McMillan, of Boston, and J.
G. T Spink, of St. Louis. The last was
appointed as the representative of the
National Commission, while the other
official scorers were appointed by the
member of the Sporting Writers' Asso
ciations in Boston and Philadelphia The
stlctlo-is of Isarrlnger and M-MlUan
could not have been i-nproved
oN
GAMES
HOLD LOCAL INTERES'
Hale & Kilburn Track Mccti
bv a basehnll enm hAtwp.n flfattnna A
mid B. President Bodlno will have a?
his guests the following city officials:
Mayor Blankenburg and Director of Pub
lic Works Cooke.
The Northeast High School cross-country
team will run Its first raco tomor
row, when an Interclass event will be held
In connection with the Hale A- Kilburn
athletic meet at the Northeast High Field.
Tho course covers two miles and com
prises one lap around the adjoining ceme
tery and another lap around the Meld
track, Nine teams, one from each of
the school classes and nnne-tes. will be
entered for a total of St mon. Tho win
ning team will obtain possession of a
challenge trophy given by the Hale &
Kilburn Company, and each of the first
ten men who finish will win Individual
prizes.
The race should resolve Itself Into a
stiff fight between the A and F classes
for first honors. Weaver, of the A class,
and Reteneler, of the F class, are likely
winners of tho event. Other promising
men are Craig, Dean, Read and Swarr,
the latter being a former Centtal High
runner.
An announcement sent out from the
headquarters of tho Metropolitan Asso
ciation of the A, A. U.. New Tork to the
effect that the weight events In the
championships tomorrow will bo called at
1 o'clock han stirred up trouble. It ap
pears that the change rrom tho adver
tised time of 2 o'clock was made to ac
commodate tho members of the Dollce
force who belong to the Irish-American
A. C. There is a pollco carnival at New
ark tomorrow and the cops want to
collect their titles In the senior Metro
politan events and then Journey ovor to
Newark to take part in the festivities
there,
Paul Pilgrim, captain of the New York
A. C took exception to the hammer
throwing, K-pound weight and shot put
being brought forward for the benefit of
the members of one club and Immediately
notified Fred TV. Rublen, the presidont
of the Metropolitan Association, of his
objections. Pilgrim stated that there were
college men on the New York Athletlo
Club team who would be unable to reach
tha grounds before 2 o'clock and that
they certainly would expect to compete
at the regular hour. In case the event
had been run off before that time. Pil
grim said, the entire New York A. C.
team would be withdrawn, leaving a
practical walkover for the Irish-Amerl
cans.
tho freshmen made the varsity take tr,
VUUIIU
"Blondy" Wallaco's idea of tho way la
handle a man of Mike Dorizas' calibre s
to piny him every minute In the scrim
mage against tho varsity. "Blondy" saya
the Greek will learn mora that way In a
year than by any other method In three
The man who, writes Christie Mather
son's news saya the series will be cloje.
Yes, but not to New York.
Wo cannot write It, but If v.iu will
come to the cRlce of the Evening Lecher
we will bo glid to sing It for you, Mc
Oraw's revival of the sweet old song,
"When You and I Were Young, Matty."
Umpire Klem banished two dozen Giants
from ths Polo Grounds yesterday for talk
ing too loudly. Two week ago the
Braves banished the hopes of the same
men from the same ball yard.
"Matty" is going to give the Braves'
pltchera some Information regarding the
Athletics batters. No man Is better
qualified to do this. Matty knows pre
cisely where Baker hit hi home run.
The Phillies hav an ofMay this after
noon. That haa been the trouble all
along they've had too many of them.
There will not be much of a track and
field meet If the New York A. C with
draws from the Metropolitan games to
morrow. Irish-American A. A. members
insist on changing the time for the weight
events and the New Yorkers will not com
pete if the change Is made.
Tt might be of Interest to the duck
hunter to know that the open season tor
water fowl in this State will be Ootaber
t to January U. The Unlt4 State De
parttnant of Agriculture is responsible for
this Information.
The New York World printed this very
striking headline thl morning: "MRS.
BURDEN WINS BLUB RIBBON WITH
ODD SOCKS." TVntch leads u to won.
dr whether It w the Red Box or tha
White Sox? Oh!
You may blame thl on Walter Trurn
bull:
The time and the place are aeleeted.
The National Commission has met)
But one matter still Is neglected,
There's something we wish to know yet.
It Is musing, this question, vexatious.
That has made us lose weight and grow
thin:
Bo, if you are feeling loquacious.
Tell u which team will win-
NATIONAL A. C. NATIONAL A. C.
OIUMT FKATHKRWKICIHT BATTLB
TOMORIIOW NltiHT TOMORROW NIGHT
Kour other bouts, srsry ous a star, will
precede this rrcat contest
OLYMPIA A. A- SKjfJSVS&.'lf;,.
MPN'DAY N! iHT OCT S
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