Myitf wnwimm jiupmn WWWippP 12 EVENING LEDGEB PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1915, PITCHING DAYS OP NAP RUCKER OVER MEL SHEPPARD SUES NEW YORK ATHLETIC CM SWIMMING STARS OF THE TURNGEMBINDE KENTUCKY DERBY HAS MADE SENSATIONAL TURF HISTOffl Classic This Spring Will Be Run Over Churchill Down r I tKWWfcM'AiMHWWaSJWB-SJWiw wmtismmm!simiasKEmmismgitmm a Favorite Tale in Track Circles. tpt'nj)llllffMIWHW!l'.!'HW-'W'W gSSvWEaBM&FC. MfM-mmsmxxmm!UUimimmf HJM WW-- nvmti " "wsmimbuiiiswiii. ""i rap. ipftm NAP RUCKER, ONE OF THE GAME'S GREATEST, HAS SEEN HIS DAY Great Brooklyn Pitchdr, Cunning Unimpaired, Shows Ravages of Time Baker-Mack Controversy Begvis to Wear on Fans' Nerves Ruse to Avoid Conflict of Contracts. Napoleon Rucker, once known as tlio king of southpaws, tried to twirl against the Phillies yesterday. He remained In the box for eight Innings and was able to keep the game reasonably close, nut Jt was shown clearly that tho famous left arm had lost Its strength. The wonderful brain that made Rucker famous Is still cunnlnp, but the speed Is gone and the wonderful sharp-breaking curve ball la now n. ''roundhouse curve." with little to It. Rucker's brain was working all tho time and he outguessed the Phillies In ft remarkable manner for a time, considering that ho did not have as much speed as the average schoolboy twlrler. To those who can remember tho blinding speed of tho Rucker of a fow years ago, yesterday's exhibition was Indeed pitiful. In other days Rucker would havo faced Cravath. or any other slugger In tho game, with s. smile on his face and calmly proceed to humble tho hitter but Hot now. Rucker Pitched to Cravath and Trusted to Luck When Cravath enmn Un in thfl nnrntnl Innlnir. niirlor rlr.,1 tn IfMn tho hall .way from the centre of the plate and seemed to know that he had nothing that could deceive the slugging Quakor, Cravath refused to go after two wide ones, j ana men Rucker Just tossed tho ball up, trusting to chance. Cravath mot the ball fairly and It flaw far into the left field bleachers for a homo run. Rucker was not disappointed or surprised. He seemed to feel that It was coming, and each Umo Cravath camo to tho plato ho strained the fast-weakening I loft arm trying to put all ho had In his work. In the olghth inning ho passed I Cravath Intentionally and filled the bases, only to havo this pleco of strategy miscarry. Whined stepped to tho plate and sent a single to deep left, scoring two runners and clinching the game. i The National League strike-out record of modern times Is still held by Sucker, who fanned 14 Boston batsmen In a ntne-lnnlng game. Perhaps tho fans will also remember the afternoon In 1910 when ho fanned 15 of tho hard-hlttinc ' Phillies In a 12-innlng game' That feat was accomplished with blinding speed ' ana only an occasional curve ball to the left-handed hitters. t t Chalmers Like the Chalmers of Old Looking tho box score over, one naturally would be under the Impression that George Chalmers was hit hard and was also lucky to last the full game. But this Is one cose whero figures deceive. Twelve hits were recorded for the Dodgers, but six of these were on balls that did not leave the Infield, whllo still ! another was a misjudged fly ball by Whitted. Chalmers really looked like the Chalmers of 1911. Ho was not qulto so fast as he used, to be, but his spitbali was breaking fast and his control was much hotter than he has shown In threo years. So fast was his spltter breaking that almost all the Dodgers were striking over the ball. Hitting tho ball in this man ner caused tho many hard Infield bounders that could not bo handled. When . Chalmers used his fast ball It was hopping a bit, and high files resulted. All told, there were only about five balls met fairly on tho big fellow. Ruse to Evade Baker's Contract Conflict Reports today say J. Franklin Baker is to have a position as manager of John P. Crozer's 3tock farm, with a salary of $10,000 a year, and that he will not bo signed to an Upland baseball contract. Instead he will receive hi3 money as a farm manager and give his services to tho Upland team, which Is financed by Crozer, gratis. In this manner tho Delaware County League hopes to avert a split with the Interstate Association. Manager Miller, of Upland, Intimated that tho Delaware County League in general and the Upland Club In particular would allow no Interference with its plans by the Interstate Association, while J. Borton Weeks, president of the Delaware County League, quoted a rule of tho Interstate Association which declares that contract Jumping is against its rules only when a man Jumps a contract signed with a club of that par ticular association. Fans Tire of Mack-Bakcr Controversy As badly as the fans wish to see Baker return to the Athletics, they are beginning to tire of tho affair. If Baker returns he will be welcomed by thousands as a ball player, and probably will be loudly cheered on his first appearance, but ho will never be the Idol he was before his breach of faith with Manager Mack. Tho latter has always treated Baker fairly, and the greater sympathy Is with Manager Mack. But there has been too much stalling In this matter lu ou"- lno ns- J-n sooner tiaKer and Mock do something final the better It will be. Mack says one minuto he does not want Baker, if ono is to be lieve telegraph dispatches, and In tho next interview ho intimates thai Baker may still return. Baker is likewise switching his opinion every other day. There should bo some action; either get together or split for good. Phillies Have "Bumps" Coming, Says Critic "Herbert," in the New York Tribune, has this to say concerning the Phillies: "Sensations are much a part of baseball. Nothing elso perhaps accounts so largely Xor Its gripping interest. The frolicsome Phillies, who three short weeks ago appeared to be literally shot to pieces, have been providing the first sensation of the now baseball year. The Braves, the Giants, the Cubs could have rushed off at the same wild pace without causing a ripple of ex citement, but so little was expected of the Phillies under their new manager, Pat Moran, that their wild whirl has set all tongues wagging. Without de tracting from the credit due the players, who havo settled so quickly into their stride with a show of spirit that Is impressive, it may bo suggested that the race is not always to the swift, and that one year the Pittsburgh Pirates won 15 out of their first 17 games and yet finished far back In the ruck. "About May 10, 1914, the baseball writers were marveling and saying much the same things about the Pirates as they are now saying about the Phillies. On May 9, to be exact, the Pirates were sailing along far in front with a percentage of .882, while the Boston Braves were trailing with a per centage of .231, having won Just three of their 13 games. But, oh. what a difference a fow months made! Every baseball fan knows whero the Braves were in October. All this Is not recalled for the purpose of discrediting the Phillies. They may not follow the example of the Pirates and slip back to a place In the rear, but tho fact remains that followers of the Giants, to say nothing of the other teams in the National League, havo no reason to grow restive or to count the battle over. "Kverythlng else aside. It looks as If Pat Moran would make a name for himself as a big league manager. Judging from their play here last week in winning four straight, his men have been Inspired with that fighting spirit which counts so largely in any contest. Grantng, however, that Grover Cleveland Alexander ranks with the greatest pitchers of nil time, granting that Chalmers has como back, and that Mayer, Demaree and Rlxey maka up a pitching staff of which any manager could be proud, tho team as a whqle does not yet measure up In skill or ability with the Giants, Braves, Cubs or Superbas. Things have been breaking right, the men have been aroused and encouraged by their success, but the comparative newness of the infield is likely to bo felt when the bumps, which are sure to come, are reached." f Phillies Are There, Avers Another Scribe The New York Herald has some appreciation of the Phillies. It says: "Coming from tho South only a mediocre organization, as for as past records can bo believed, Moran paraded before Boston and New York 'fans' a team filled to Uio overflowing with confidence and winning spirit. The pitching staff was all .that a manager could hope for. Headed by Grover Cleveland Alexander, who la acknowledged the best twlrler In tho National League, tha fllngers of Moran overrode all tho hitters they met until Saturday, and then only a thorough beat ing made tha Clan na Moran declare they were losers. "Some of the critics of baseball took up the subject of the Phillies, analyzed their strength both afield and at bat, and at the end of the arguments it was the consensus that 'Cactus Cravath is the most dangerous hitter In the pinch, in the league; that, Moran'a Infield performs defensively better than any ever representing Philadelphia In the National League; that the pitching staff Is well organized and founded upon power; that 'Bill' Klllefer is Just as close to the top aa any catcher In the game, and that the men already have displayed a knowl edge of; tha finer points of baseball that will make them dangerous. "None of tha critics would attempt to aay where the Phlllleswould finish In the race, although most of them figured that Moran'a club was a first division probability. Tha argument In favor of the Phillies finishing in tha first four was based on the fact that St, Louis, Cincinnati, Brooklyn. Pittsburgh and the Giants are all weaker this year than the Phils." ' mm r v fv nasata iVs2sBBB2aaBBiBu v . ifAa Wmmwm m AM MM iaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaKk B mm&WssmJjXMa&Bl 1 BBS & Jt m IHI wi I 9HI !!!!! Wrty W JKIk fill IMMmwfUm S lillitll MMUM S "f wviHrawi f . . r tjjr Some of the best swimming talent in Philadelphia has been developed at the Broad street and Columbia avenue natatorium. Here are shown Mrs. C. D. Klump, of Girard avenue, and her little daughter (on tho left) and Ethel Shutt, wee swimmers, who have won the plaudits of the club by their brilliant feats. TURNGEMEINDE WOMEN TO SWIM NEW YORKERS National Life Saving League Members Coming Here for Dual Meet on May 15. Philadelphia Turngemelnde women are training like Trojans In their natatorium for the dual meet with the Now York Women's National Life Saving Lcaguo, tn take place In the local tank May 15. Elaborate preparations are being made for the reception of the visitors. From indications the meet will be one of the best ever held here. Tho Turngemelnde numbers among Its members some of the swiftest swimmers in tho city, and it will be surprising It they do not make a line showing. The list of events has been agreed upon as follows: 160-yard relay, 10-yard swim, 100-yard swim, fancy diving and the plunge for distance. As one of the at tractive features of the program the visi tors will give a practical demonstration In the art of life saving and resuscitation of apparently drowned. The director of swimming at the local Institution has Issued a call for the mem bers tonight, and the women will be put through their paces In preparation for the coming event WILLIE LUCAS EASY VICTOR OVER KNOCKOUT FARRELL Right and Left Swings Tell in Bout at Fairmount. Willie Lucas scored his third straight victory over "Knockout" Jack Farrell In the final bout at the Fairmount Athletlo Club last night During the early rounds Farrell appar ently could not gauge his distance, ana many of tho blows which he directed at his opponent's head flew wide of their mark. Lucas had the blood trickling from Farrell's mouth throughout the bout with Btralght lefts and left hooks to the face. Farrell rocked his adversary with a series of right and left swings, delivered to the head in the third round, but ha was apparently unable to check the short right and left swings which were launch ed by Lucas at close range, and In order to protect himself he at times resorted to holding and clinching. In the last round Farrell retreated bo fast from hla opponent's attack that he almost broke Into a run. The semlwind-up was of short dura tion, Al Britt, of Baltimore, stopping Joe Murphy In 1 minute and 10 seconds of the first round with several well directed right hooks to the Jaw. In the other bouts Charlie Smith and Johnny McAvoy boxed a draw. Franklo Hart held Black Dixie, of Memphis, to an even break. Battling Butcher, of Milwaukee, was knocked out In the '.hlrd round by Sammy Milts and Jack Smith stopped Reddy Lynch In the last round. "Buck" O'Brien With Providence BOSTON. April 28. "Buck" O'Brien, a member of tha Bed Sox pitching- start -when the team -won tbe world's championship la 11)12. has agreed to term with President J, J. Lannln of the Providence International League Club. Columbia Plays Penn Today Tho Penn baaeball tram wUI play tho Co lumbia University nine today on Franklin Field, at 3 o'clock. Coacb Thomas will have hu usual lli,a-UD. with either Wlsner or eptllman doing the twirling'. rauii MB The Toast Incarnate Sing if you will of McOraw and Mack Chant tho science of their attack Up with the beaker up with a will To Hughcy Jennings or Smiling Bill; But off apart from the swirling mart And a fellow feeling within mv heart Hero goes and deep to the final drop To the Ultimate Dreg of the cup, old top Though luck may leer where fortune frowns Here goes THE HAHAOElt OF TUE BROWNS. He's a human being t know the guy With a regular nose and a regular eye He sleeps in a bed and he lives on food, While clothes prevent him from going nude; And a few of us who have hit the chutes With a harrowing run of muffs and "boots" Can take a moment or two and slip A bloke one push for an uphill trip Over tho sweep of the flag-erased towns. And drink THE MANAGER OF THE BROWNS. One Reason Dear Sir I Bee most of the so-called experts are picking Johnson and Alex--nnder now as the two greatest pitchers. What's tho matter with Dick Rudolph and Bill James, who pitched a tall-end club into a pennant and then beat the hardest-hitting machine of 10 years and made it look foolish? Or what Is the matter with Ray Caldwell, who shut out Walter Johnson, and who laBt season, with a weak club, had a winning per centage of over .650? Just a Fan Nothing Is the matter with, Rudolph, James or Caldwell. Dut In rating a slab man as a great pitcher It isn't a matter of one year or two years but of the test of time. There have been any number who starred for a year or so and then fell back out of range. Joe Wood drew one record-breaking year, Vean Gregg was a Nap Rucker for one season. Russ Ford illuminated the trail two campaigns. But one or two years form no lasting test. The Difference Matty with IS years and Flank with 11 years of stardom have proved where they belong, 'alter Johnson has been a grand pitcher for eight seasons. And now Alexander Is qualifying among the Pitch ing Immortals. -Alex began hla great run back in 1911. He starred for four cam paigns, and now, beginning his fifth year, looks to be greater than ever. So he has proved hla worth not over the short way, but over tbe long route, where the test is complete. Joe Wood In 1313 looked to be one of the great pitchers of the game. But since that one purple-tinted year Bmoke Ball Joe, through accidents and Illness though it be, has never qualified. The same is true of Gregg, who dould never be ranked with Nap Rucker. a star, not of one sea son, but of nine grinding campaigns, and these with a ball club feeding most of the way from the Soup Trough. Ray Caldwell Tho same goes for Slim Caldwell, a pitcher with as much stuff as any liv ing man. Caldwell, potentially, .Is on a par with Johnson or Alexander. But Caldwell, with all his amazing pos sibilities, has never yet won 25 game3 in a season. On what grounds can ho yet be compared to two men who have aver aged more than 27 victories for from four to eight years?" Caldwell has It In him to reach almost any pitching height. But the test Is not tn what a man might do, but In what tho record shows he has already put through, for, after all, It Is tho cold, unbiased record that furnishes the. full reply. Opinion is a smjill part of it when stacked up against tho pallid figures of won and last and earned runs. Rudolph and James got their start to ward greatness last year. But tn this pastime no one qualifies in one season to sit with the Stalwarts. The two Bravo workmen wore away to a flying start toward famo, but It will tako another two or three years at least of continued high-grade work beforo they can' take their places among the elect. Stone one season led the American League at bat with an average of .353. After that he faded. No one, therefore, would ever rank Stone among the game's great hitters. Wagner. Lajoie and Cobb draw tho hip-hip output, not because they had any one brilliant season, but be cause they havo stuck up there for one year after another against all varieties and conditions of pitching. Pierre Maupome Defeats Jones Flerre Maupome defeated Frank Jonra. 23 to St. In their three-cushion match In the rte gent parlors last night. In the alternoon Maupome won from William Campbell, i'5 to 23. The Mexican expert gave exhibitions of fancy shots.' lie will play J. M. Mack this afternoon and James Blair tonight. Maupome O 0 1 0 t 2 O 100030001 000002001100000200 'J 1010 J 0 0 t i. Total, S5. High run, 4. Jones 1 002000002001010020 O 0 0 0 1 1011002022001 a 2000 0. Total, 21. lUeh run, 3. Iteferee Mr. Clegg. RACES TODAY At HAVRE DE GRACE' Six Races Dally Including a steeplechase. Special Trains Penna, R. R, leave Broad 8U 13:3 p. m.. West Phlla., js:38 g, m.: B. & O. leave 21th and Chestnut ts. 12;45 p. m. i Admission, Grandstand and Paddock, f 1.50. Ladles, 91.00. First Race at 3:30. p, m. DEVON HORSE SHOW MAY 27, 28,29,31 NATIONAL LKAOUK I'AllII PHILLIES vs. BROOKLYN Gains at 3.30 P. M. AdmUiloa, 23c, 30a and 78c. Box Beats, II. On sale at Gimbals' and Spaldlngt. The great Kentucky Derby, the spring classic, which will be run this year over the Churchill Downs course, will bring together a classy bunch, of horses from all the leading racing stables of tho coun try. Many stirring events have featured fills race, but the tale which still sends a thrill through n true horseman Is how, away back In 1832, a rank outsider, Apollo, defeated the favorite, Runnymede. All during tho winter of 18S1-83 Runny mede was tho strong choice. lie went Into winter quarters with tho prestige of being the real star among the 2-year-olds of 1SS1. Ho had been bought of his breed ers. Drown & Clay, by tho Dwyer Bros, for $15,000 and was regarded by them ob a bigger prospect than 'nls full brother Barnes, hod been at the same age. Dur ing tho winter preceding the running of tho Derby In 18S2 good rcportB camo from the training quarters of this son of imp. Billot, with the result that a fortune was wagered on his chances In tho win ter books. As a result his price was cut and dropped to tho shortest odds over offered agalnBt tho chances of a winter favorite. His owners faad sent Hindoo to Kentucky tho year previous, and that gTeat performer walked away from his field In tho stake. Tho pros it so of tho Brooklyn ctablo affected the betting and wagers were mado from ocean to ocean. As tho day of tho Derby approached Runnymede found Increased support and on tho ovo of tho great race was quoted at even money by the layers. At post time he was an odds on favorlto and regarded as a certain winner by nil the supposed good Judges. In the meantime, however, there had come up from the South a rather ordinary looking gelding named Apollo, which was in tho stable of Green B. Morris, who Is still tn the harness as a trainer at the Juarez track with the well-known performers Brlghtstone, Rose Ring and Wavering. Morris bought Apollo In tho spring of 1SSI, when the future Kentucky Derby winner was a S-ycar-old. He was not campaigned In his Juvenile year and In tho spring of that 3eason Henry Brown. a Kentucky trainer, had Apollo In his care. While working him one morning with another horse, the latter carried the future crack all the way around the course, the pair pulling up a mile In 1:13. This work, of course, was too severe for a 2-year-old, so early in the spring. Apollo was sent by his owner, D. Swigor, to Stockwood Farm, near Mldw t, It turned out. A few weeks aftl-f ? though tho eolt tra. U? eluded to buy him. HaeSA' by paying Swlgert J120 K.2 " tf promiso of MOO more shn .Mh ', the Kentucky Derby the fol,olhfcU ' It may be Incidentally rS " nt that time the BfeffS W no Idea that Apollo was a f,,f!f?" W winner, no Had, however m "T previously which had wJvStJ? S ' tho Churchill Downs clal i " r Baden and Hindoo anS. 0AiflllS about m near a full brother t o rfflffl1 l.hl;Lass ? horse and tSSXk v-up winner, tiwigert knew that i ", i".?!''" that to ' " -"anisucK ne would hi teruy winner ciiance. so he addMMMt.'i tho prlco ho asked Morris. Tims VvA1! 1 around and Swlgert received S! Z& K00 from "Morris, for Apollo won thJnSi' of 1832. Previous to winning thVnTi7'" Apollo won the Cottrlll stake!, b& Hurt? y orcl81 ? -Brt?! To this day many excuse, are 0rW for Runnymode's defeat The heavy trial condition was one cause that contrlbttS to tho son of Billet's downfall -tKM again It was claimed that he w, 2s keyed up to a mile and a half rac Si tho Derby was his Initial 3-year.old''. pearance. In after years the winter b'l were charged with having something do with RunnjTnede's downfall, aa ii "' eral firms then operating stood to loit i , fortuno In tho event that Runnymed tZ ' 1 lshed In front. i Tho truth Ib, however, Apollo snj dll conditions that day was the better ! horse over a mile and a half of a-roml". Ho never for a moment left the rtwtt In doubt, and while Runnymede a tnl days Inter turned the tables on him la' the Clark Stakes the distance mi t quarter of a mile shorter than the Dertj race. Runnymede carried the fanxmi Red and Blue sash of the Ihry! Brothers, which has now been turned i over to the new racing firm of CorrlrM ' I & MoKlnncy. "Babe" Hurd. who rodi'l Apollo In tho Derby, Is at present a resident of Louisville. He Is still can- ? nected with tho sportv and helped In tkj ' development of those two' good youtj. ., sters. Little Nophew and Sam McSImHb, Morris ts still a prominent trainer. -A MEL SHEPPARD SUES FOR $25,000 DAMAGES Philadelphia Athlete Blames New York Club for Injuries in Recent Race. NEW YORK. April 23. Melvln W. Sheppard, of Philadelphia, one time cham pion runner, representative of the United States in several Olympic contests, and ono of the best-known figures in ama teur athletic circle that this country has produced, has been forced- to retire from tho track ns the result of permanent In juries suffered by htm In a fall, caused, he alleges, by rotten planking In Madison Square Garden. Sheppard was n par ticipant In contests In the garden, con ducted under the auspices of the New York Athletic Club, on February 10 last, and on that date, ho sets forth In an affidavit; he met with the accident which removed him from the field of athletics after public appearances extending over a period of 12 years. In a suit brought in the County Clerk's office yesterday. Sheppard makes the F. & D. Company, tho show corporation and tho New York Athletic Club parties de fendant, and demands 123,000 for dam ages which he alleges to bo due to their negligence. Sheppard holds tho 600 and 1000-yard world's championship, and was a member of the relay hurdle champion ship team for one and two miles. Locscher Clears 6 feet 2 Inch Bar .NEW YOP.K, April 23. An Intercollegiate .possibility for the hlfth Jump title appeured In the Columbia track ranks when Ernlo Loescher cleared Q feet 2 Inches yeerday. The bar sAKged only about an Inch. The sopho more snowod his performance was no fluke by claarlni? It thr tlmea In a row. Loescher la short for a high Jumper, but has a forceful spring. McANDREWS AGAIN WINS ' Manayunk Fighter Outalugs Moy at Norristown. NORRISTOWN, Pa.. April SS.-Edifc McAndrows. of Manayunk, defeatei Eddli Moy, of Allentown, In tho 10-round wind up at tho Palace Athletic Club here lut night. McAndrows outslugged Moy during" till greater part of the bout, the Allentown boxer using a Jab that had little effect on McAndrews. Moy's right eye was cut' la the sixth nnd this bothered him to a grttt extent. The' three preliminary bouts re sulted In knockouts. In the semlwlnd-uj Eddte Bratton, of Manayunk. wentdotra. for tho full count in the fifth from atari right to the stomach administered br Harry Allen, of Philadelphia. Seewv Kelly, of Philadelphia, knocked out the Butcher Boy, of Bryn Maw, In the flfta round, and Topsy Campbell foreed'Ki4 Dwyer to quit in the second session. I RADNOR V RADNOjU-B wmJ v nas W--'iMa .'H aWsSrRVlnnl!ala .''jfeSS SSMMiSiSlllHll THE NEW Arrow COLLAR WICK Fancy Hat Bands m. i. N, iV; & 3ssr-; jsasBssssssssss i-"T J" " 'ASA&nA4&.4...SiJ.' V IS I!- jait-i5J.a&&8;;j; r COME out with the right hat band on your Straw. The famous Wick Fancy Hat Bands all the new Summer Styles at the good dealers' now. 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