EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1915, ATHLETICS PLAY BOSTON TODAY RED SOX PITCHING STAFF REPORTED "SHOT TO PIECEJ 12 mi ill if TACTICS OF BOSTON PLAYERS DISGUSTING TO BALL FANS HERE Red Sox Catchers Guilty of Blocking Plate in Unsportsmanlike Manner and Dangerous to Base Runner Indecent Lan i guage Used in Effort to "Rattle" Athletics. ,....?'htero .wero two distinct features of Boston's victory over the Athletics jestirtlny In tho second game of tho scries, and neither reflects credit on baseball. This Is no attempt to detract from Boston's Victory, which was uesferved, as better baseball was played In nil departments by Carrlcans learn. The llrst fact, one noticed by nil spectators, mid uhlch was distasteful to tho fans, was tho deliberate blorkltiR at the plate by Manager CarrlBan. in tho opening Rnmo Cady twice blocked the plate, and tho runners trying to scoro were lucky to escape Injury. , , . Yesterday Carrlgnn not only stood In tho path of the plate, but ap parently went out of his wny to make sure that there was no chanco for Mclnnls to touch It. Tho play at the home station was not close, but had It been there was no chanco for Mclnnls to slide. Had ho tried to slide It Is almost certain he would have been badly hurt and possibly have broken ft lee, as many others have since tho shin-guard has been used by catchers. Both" Mclnnls and Walsh Mocked. Mclnnls was thrown in fpni nwnv from the nlntc and was nearly tossed out by Collins, who retrieved the ball thnt went past Cnrrlgnn to the stand In tho mlxup, riter In the game Walsh was completely blocked from tho plate and collided with Carrlgan, though In this cuhb tho piny was not oven made at home. Walsh was on second when Mclnnls hit n ground ball past second. Scott made a beautiful one-hand pick-up nnd shot tho ball to Hoblltzel ahead of Mclnnls. Walsh had rounded third nnd continued to tho plate, but Baw that Mclnnls had been called out and slowed up, but not In time to dodgo a collision with the aggressive lender of tho lied Sox. Despite protests registered by the Athletics both days, Umpires Con nolly and Chill permitted Carrlgan and Cady to get away with this stylo of baseball. Some heavy penalty should be attached for this offense, and probably will bo when some one Is seriously nnd possibly fatally Injured through theso tnctlcs. No fnn likes n cntcher who fears base runners nnd who will sidestep them, but there is a hnppy medium and fair play. Bos ton's cntchers do not seem to renllze this. This Is not the first time that Ctmlgnu has been In the limelight for the wny ho blocks the plate. Last senson ho caused a small riot In Clec land when Olson collided with him. The blocking was so deliberate that the players camo to blows, and before tho cooler heads Intel rtiptcd funs and players were swapping punches on the Held. Indecent Language Disgusts Spectators. A certain clement of spectators do not seem to mind such tactics as mentioned above, though they hooted yesterday. But they most assuredly do object to the methods pmployed by Carrlgnu's men in trying to get tho "Athletics' goat" in both contests. After the world's series last full It was written that the Braves kept after tho Athletics nil the time, making little personal Illngs which worried and riled the players. It wns ulso freely stilted thnt tho language used Was by no means choice, and would hnrdly pass In good company. Evidently tho Red Sox believe they also can rile the Mackmen nnd get them up in tho air. No sooner had the opening game started than ,tlie Boston players " anouting irom mo Dencn. Finally their language giew so strong that Umplro Connolly, who was officiating behind the bat, was compelled to go over to tho dug-out and Issue a warning. t,Umplr.e C1.'L'f ls clt!1.or vcry hunI of llciir'ng or did not have tho bnds n ,! JFf P?otlco yesterday. Spectators sitting In tho grandstand on the right field side sny that the remarks of the Bed Sok were not only disgusting, but annoying to patrons, partlculuily women, who had come nJi S" KnnCba4.'ua,',il ,re""ed Pastime. It is time to put n stop to this sort of baseball. The Reel box were a mighty popular team In this city and throughout the circuit, but this popularity will not last long under such conditions. McAioy Falls to Fill Schang's Place. Tho game itself yesterday was V.fi let.es- by the Injury to Wailf Schnn To" la ago the writer "alffio Athletics had a decided edge on the Red Sox In the catching c i" provided Schnng was lucky enough to escape injur. otherwise many clubs had it o tho Mackmen In this depaitment. This was m.ule apparent when i,u virtually handed the came to tho Red Kov tiirnM, ','; ,.,.wI,.en. Vl'Uo Tho error of Judgment wns one which wns due to nexper ieneo mo t lack of thinking ability. McAvoy has all the enrmirks of n nne young backstop and Is sure to lmproe with each game, but there is n to n ,m Terence between a -McAvoy and a Schang. quIt0 a dlt" Warmer Weather Then Watch Lajoie. Larry Lajoie, like, every veteran player on tho diamond, cannot do his best work until the weather begins to take on some semblance o" summer The last two days have been unfavorable for the big Frenchman because he could not quite get warmed up to his work, night times Larrv hi hnn to bat. yet he has not registered a safe blow jet. But he li-i met 1 of tho balls in his former stjle. Indicating that when the brealbo4),.o Will be smashing the ball as was his wont with the Xaps In former " ', In the field Lajolo 1ms been putting up a great article o fan He 1,-fs picked up with remarkable ease grounders which vcro labeled "ton w t., handle." In making his plays at second base. Lajolo shows that he has lost none of his former cleverness, ease and certainty. Some ono remarked in -the stand yesterday that the Frenchman should have gotten the hit mnrtn by Duffy Lewis in the seventh Inning. But at the time the II ws made Speaker was on first nnd Lajolo had gone over to cover: then I owl.. w the ball through tho gap Larry had Just left. That does not indicate tlmt Lajoie was too slow, because In the ninth round an Identical play was made except that Barry was, pulled out of position and Lewis sent the ball Into WILL RUN FUTURITY AT BELMONT PARK Famous Stake Shifted From Saratoga History of the Great Classic. NEW YORK, April It The futurity, one of the oldest and most famous of tho takes of the American turf, will bo run at Belmont Fark this year Instead of at Saratoga, where It has been held since XD10. The Coney Island Jockey Club, which established the classic and still controls It, officially announced yester day that It had turned over tho race to the Westchester Racing Association for their autumn meeting- on Long Island. This action will curtail tho Saratoga meeting by two days, making the dates at the Spa extend from August 2 to Aug ust SS Insctead of to the last day of that month as originally planned. The Fu turity was to have closed the mcrtln? on Tuesday afternoon, August 31. The Futurity was first run in 1S4S at the Coney Island Jockey Club track, tjhcepuhead Bay, and was won that year by Proctor Knott. It was last stuged at that course In 1300. when Sweep was first home under the wire. The follow Ins year, by a special arrangement with the Coney Island stewards, who still retained control of the stake, although no meeting was given under their auspices, the stake was transferred to Saratoga and has been held there since that time It niB on In 1010 by Novelty, In 1513 by Pennant and last year by Trojan. There was no racing In 1911 and 1912. The Futurity was at one time the rich est stake In the country. Its most af fluent year was backlnlSOO. when Poto mac was the victor. The purse amounted to J6W73. The following year Its value was 561,575, when Ills Highness uccounted for flrst place. Of late years the purse has not reached such high figures, al though It has averaged about I23.Q0O. Last year WfilO was Its valuation. Mike Donlin Lands a Job HEW YOJIK, April 16. Michael Donlin, former New York ulant and one-tlmo leadlnz b.lna or tbe National League, aulatcd Andy Coakley In coichlng the Columbia bae toitl camUdat. on South field yesterday. Tba xblx leaguer was out on the field in uniform and worked out with the college lada. After lha ueual batting practice Donlin watched outnpw Don peck and lilt George Smith at Hut, en the mouud. not n pleasing one from a spectator's 'ALL-F0R-GL0RY' RUNS START NEXT WEEK West Branch Y. M. C. A. to Promote 'Cross-country Race Friday Night. Lovers of cross-country running will have an opportunity to get in a few "licks" on the road next Friday night at 7:13 o'clock, when the West Branch Y. M. C. A. will stage the first of its weekly invitation "all-for-glorj" street runs from tho SIM and Sansom streets building. Tho distance to bo covered will bo about two miles, and this will enable local run ners to start with light training. It is tho plan of Director Owen V. Davis to pro mote nn "all-for-glory" set of track and field games this summer. If the first sot is successful others will follow. Athletes who will take part In out door exercises on track and field will begin their early training In about a week's time. . mr,rCfi.1 U,nlvcrslt' Trac Association will hold its 16th open handicap meet on faaturday. May 1. A. A. U. and Intercol legiate rules to govern. The list of open events will be 100. 2J0, U0 jatds, 120 high and 20 low hurdles; half, one and two mile runs; broad and high Jumps, polo vault, hammer and shot. The closed events will be an Interclass relay and an Interclub (closed to men with varsity stripe). The New York Athletic Club will stage the monthly amateur boxing tournament tonight. Simon V Gillies, the New York A. C hammer thrower, has started outdoor training. Simon will compete in the East em tryout for the Panama-Pacific cham pionships. DREW AND KELLY TO RACE IN RELAYS HERE NEXT WEEK Champions From West to Enter Big Track Events. LOS ANREI.ES. Cal . April Id-Fred Kelly. world' champion broadjumper. eapecti to tart Sunday with hla teammate. Howard Drew, to compete In the Pennayhanla relay gnmea at Philadelphia despite the fact that Kelly uaa .piked tadly In the left foot in practlco eeteral days ago. Diew la a holder ot neera! International ahorl'dlaiance records. Drew and Kelly will repreaent the Unlteralty or Southern California at tbe Philadelphia meet. Freddie Welsh to Battle Harvey COLUMBUS. O.. April 16 -Freddie Welah. champion lightweight haa been matched to mem Johnny ilarvoy. of New York, In a 12. round bout here April S3. . J EVENING LEDGER MOVIES YES, ARCHIMEDES, IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, BUT TODAY C xRkxxBASE TANtflNGKOMW Marquard's Rebuttal So tens naught but a bally joke I've lost the break to mv curve and smoke I'd nothing left but a olovc and piaycr With a heart bou.cd down by a load of care. 1 he old Soup-bone ufft the Southern swipe Was a piece 0 cheese and a hunk o tripe Poor old llubc tins n faded bluff But who tins theic with the Xo-Iiit Stuff r They'd cracked my ncrtc til the record pace; They'd smashed my heart in the driving lace; Rube, the bum, was a bush-league joke, For his cuive had passed tulti his van ished smoke: With a blighted soul and a uorii-oii( wing, Ilube, the bum, teas an Acful Thing; 1'oor old boob of tho Jlas-becn fluff But icho was thee ulfi the Xo-ltit Sluffl Some day we expect to sit back of the plate and observe Mr. Marnuuid strike out 27 batsmen or win a ball game by pitching exclusively with his right car. As far as we can figure It, these are the only two chairs In the Hallway of Fame Into which he has not jot eased his U loivy form. Back In 1912 tve observed the Rube for a starter peel off 13 consecutive victories establishing a modern mark In 1314 on a certain sultry afternoon In Pittsburgh we observed him nail a "1-lnnlng victory, smashing all past National League rec ords. And no later than jesterday after noon we Baw the resilient Rube rise again upon his sinewy hind legs and travel nine rounds without permitting the semblance ot a swat. We have Just received a wireless cable from Col. Bill Donovan that, ao far as he can make out, the recent mid-winter con trovcrsy has not upset Walter Johnson to any marked extent. "He may not be." cables Wild BUI, "as good as he used to be but ho is still entirely too good for any ordinary use." K You Recall the Details As practically exclusively mentioned In these stirring dispatches gome two or three months ago, Johnson was highly unpopular In Washington until he recorded his first shut-out. After that the average fanatic let na ture take its well known course as th old hlp-hlp began to pop around the field with more buoyancy than ever. The Giant Status The 1915 status of the Giants bilngs around one of the most Interesting phases of psychology now extant. According to no less or no greater as the case may be an authority than John J. McGraw, New York's chances to sup press the Battling Braves this season de pends upon the ambition of hla club and Its capacity for hard work and eternal hustle. Tho Giants are not a young club. They have enjoyed three pennapt years, and there Is no longer for them the dream and the luru of reaching the heights. The money call In Itself Is not suffi cient. There must be something more the obsession of winning and fighting and If they have this, they have their chance. There Isn't any club In either circuit today good enough to stampede the rest of It and win when It cares to. There Isn't a club In the game with the ability of the old Cubs or with the driving power of the Mackmen. The two clubs that win WHAT'S THE ANSWER? , tluougli 1915 will win through outfighting and ouuiusuuiK uu cnnipciuorB. muuii should make for the best sc.ifoii of many campaigns with the lopsided aspect of other years removed. The Physical Array In other respects, meaning the phsl cal. tlioj look to lie even better, tliiiu tin (nigh tliclr pennant ycuis 'Jlerklo, Dojlc nnd neither ate ns fast and ns robust as ever. I.olicrt Is as due a third baseman us they have had Muce Art Devlin. The pitching staff, with Tesrcau, Mnthuvvson, .Mniuuaid and I'errltt, Is nbovo reproach so far as form goes. There Is no great lessening iu speed, and there is the advantage of added experi ence in many wais. Doyle and Movers look to be tendy wltn the bludgeon again, nnd these two bats men hi uhape to face nil varieties of pitching, with their batting eyes bereft of dust, menu much. So, In the main, It Is a matter of ninui tion or lather uf ambition renewed. It is easy enough to artnuge nn ambition to reach a certain point. But having got there, sUood a while and then dropped back. It Is only an exceptional ambition that can stir the human breast to know old glories. Tho I.ure of tho New is over and tho I.uio of tho Now Is the greatest beckoning force In woik and play. The Giants have this no longer They ore now where tho Cubs and Tigers were when they enjojed In full the thrill of first place. But the Giants arc in better physical condition than either of these clans to romp back and give battle for the Old Homestead In the Promised Land "Who was It," queries Norfolk Kan," "who wrote this": "Back to the 3Itchlgan hemlocks Back to the vines of Maine: Back to Dakota and old Minnesota They ride on a sonowful train; Back to the friends who love them Back to the friends they love They bounce away ft am the big league fray Like spitballs bounce from a glove." The author referred to Is the Hon. Wm. P. Kirk, of Mllwaukoo and Now York. After facing a Mr. Pennock the Boston Red Sox wish to deny the sprightly ru mor that C. Mack lost his pitching staff when Plank and Bender leaped to the Feds. Tney say the rumor Is practically without foundation. While Jess Willard trimmed Jack John son, wo advise him to stay out of the lot when Walter assumes a pitching attitude and' starts to warm up. Well, Then What? Dear Sir You can take this tip and take It straight. The next world's series will be between the New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox. This goes to u cinch. C. L. J. Which the rampant public will be pleased to do about two and one. third days before it assumes another quest, forgetting what club Willard pitched on before waivers were requested with a badly stifled yawn. TOMOIIKOW NIGHT TOMOltltOW NIOHT National A. C Jack Mcuuigan, rrop. nuHuumn, j. ,lllindCll,hlne4u Gus Christie vs. Young Aliearn TONIGHT Quaker Citv A A iirNuabickei,iTop. vtuunv.1 juy A'Ae .nth Ilauphln Bla. JACKIE CLARKE 1 a. TEHBV MARTIN 4 OTHER GOOD 11 OUTS I OLYMPFAA A Hroad and Ualnbridg. MONDAY NIGHT. 8:30 LOUISIANA va. JIMMIK TAYLOR Adm. S5c, Ual. Ilea. SOc. Arena Itea. 75c, fl. WILLARD HATES STAGE; MAY FIGHT SOON Match With Promising Heavy weight, Jim Coffey, Now Ring Talk in New York. Ni:W YORK, April 16.-Jess Willard, however much he may dcslro to pick up the coin that Is due him, takes to the life of a thesplan with about ns much Mndncss as a hen docs to water. Tho big Kansan told his managers Wednesday, and reiterated It yesterday, that tho "two-a-day" did not make any appeal to him whatev cr. Inasmuch as it Is generally known that Willard himself will be glad to get back Into the ring, as one way of saving lilnv--self from tho arduous duties of a heavy on the boards, It for no other reason, many of tho fight fans are beginning to talk of an early match between Willard and tho most promising of the heavy weightsprobably Jim Coffey. Rumor has It that a fight might be pulled off at Biighton Beach early In tho fall, or perhaps late In the summer. When questioned about their plans as to match ing their charge, Tom Jones, Wlllard's manager, and Jack Curley, who promoted the big fight, would not make any state ment In regard to tho Brighton Beach proposition, contenting themselves with saying that thero was nothing on for the Immediate futute except tho show busi ness for the ..n!iiinp Jesi Electric Cleaner l Von nr entitled to the same RACES TODAY At HAVRE DE GRACE Six Races Dally Including a steeplechase. Special Trains Penna. R. R. leave Broad St 12.31 p, m.. West Phlla. 12:38 g. m.; B. & O. leave 2Uh and Chestnut ts. 12:45 p. m. Admission, Ornntlatand and Paddock, 8US0. Ladle, B1.00, First Race at 2:30 p. m. RACES Havre de Grace, April IS to 30, fl.sa Round Trip. Special Train, I.v. ISiSS p. m. Returning utter races BALTIMORE & OHIO AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL TODAY SHIBE PARK Athletics vs. Boston GAME AT 3:30 V. M. BASEBALL U. OF PENNA, vs. YALE Franklin Field, April 17, 3 P, M. Admission SOc and $1,00 tJW?jEa "HOW I WON THE WORLD'S RING Cowboy Fighter LoshFirst Battle on Foul in Frame-Up AaaiM Him, He Says Easily Defeated Fink Next TimeAdmtiM Jumping nau in uwbiwhh ARTICLE IV By JESS WILLAKD Heavyweight Champion of tho World. My ring opponent In that first light was a young fellow named Louis Fink, and the battle was decided In a ring at 8a putpa, Oklahoma, Tcbruary 13, 19H 1 lost It on a foul In tho 10th round. As 1 have already told you, I was so nervous that they had difficulty In put ting my gloves on and tho big crowd put a dent In my confidence at tho start. But wo hadn't been going nlong more than a couple of rounds before I discovered that Kink wasn't able to hurt mo In tho least, whereas my blows seemed to bo telling on him, hm.m .. ...a ,MnA noollrnnrp. ntlfl 1 4ilill bit.' it, u in v.. w - ' .-.. . ...... - was sailing along pretty good by tho tlmo tho middle of tho fight wns reached, l didn't know It at tho time, but I soon discovered that they didn't want me to win. In fact, certain parties were keen for me being defeated, nnd nbout the only wny that could be accomplished Avas for the referee lo declare mo loser on a foul. Ho waited until the 10th round be fore he had nerve rmfugh to soy that ho had an excuse for this, nnd then lu, stopped the battle and gave It to Fink on n foul. 1 don't know whnt the foul was. As a matter of fact, there wai not any. but he said thcro was and I had to stand for It. Tltero was a popular roar about my getting tho worst of It In thnt bottle, nnd wp were rematched that same night, the fight to take place five weeks later. Fink was frightened to dentil at tho beating 1 gavo lilni In that first battle and proved nn easy victim In the sec ond, taking tho l till count In the third round. I managed to connect with a right-hand punch full on his tfiln and ho crumbled In a heap. As I remember It. I got about $33 for my llrst light and nearly twice as much for the second one, and, as I was com pletely broke at tho time, I didn't com plain any. 1 stilt thought I would bo a champion soma day and was willing to wait until my chnnco came. As my expenses were being paid around Oklahoma, I was able to give all of my earnings to nil' family and tills kept all of U3 going. Mv wife didn't like the Idea of my lighting and was urging mo all file tlmo to quit the game. 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Thnt T wnfl nhln (n t.nt . . ill: trtl this convincing manner enabled meto'i it lii iimiiiiii in rninii n r inn n .. . n homn, nnd they figured me as stilt & nut almost unbeatable. i It Is true that I was chased eJS Oklahoma. Thoy arrested me on n" charge of prizefighting, and I was W under bond of $500. J. D Broclt 3r had helped me a whole lot In my Brthi wns arrested with me, and after ww out I decided that the best thing I Jm do was to Jump the bond This Jtw going to St Louis, where I first tn Chnrley Cutler, tho Chicago wrestler advised me to Journey on to Chlcw which I did. nlM There my real troubles, as well as mV real career, really started. , 4 a RAD nor; 1 . THE NF,W Arrow-; Collar i iuzo Arch afreet -? iiillVwMIlH o r CHAT?) WHEN ARe -v TN LIKE A MAN V ', I fCOlSESJ , MU5T ) I ("hm-MM?)! ( YOU'VE got ME Y w krt, ii ii. m- C .141 P, SfRlNfrlTl nv.ninfcve., i ri 5HAMtD op YO" S -THEY ME-ET N t atHLetics- ',C SCONi-TME . r,-- f " - . I . ,-.. . . ni -m -. 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