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EVENING LEDGEE-PHIUABELPHIA', TTTEHPAY. JUNE 1. 1916:
PHILLIES AT CRITICAL STAGE IN PENNANT RACE -BIG GOLF MATCHEHEREQNSATURDAY
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BRINGS TEST OF TEAM'S NERVE
Either Braves Have Regained 191k Pace or Moron 8 Men Have
' , Struck the Skids Series With Brooklyn Will Tell Tale.
P Mack Mystifies Fans With His New Baseball Find.
Th6 moral effect of the Uravcs four victories out of ft flve-eamo series
With the Phllllefl Is vltnl Thnl Ihn Phlllfen nmii Kirk In rrrnnil stvlo and
wort the tnal game, after four succemlve defents, I a good sign, but the
Work of the Urnvcs In this series proves conclusively that cither the Phillies
are slowing up or the llrovei nre back In their 1914 form. Judging by the
'manner In which Boston did Its scoring and played In the field during the
series, It is likely that the former Is the case, becauso tho Phillies looked
'frreat In the previous series with tho Cubs.
If the Braves have really struck their 1914 Btrlde it behodves the PhllilM
to start on another winning streak. Another slump such as they suffered
during the last three weeks, barring momentary flashes, will probably prove
too much of a handicap If the Braves are going strong. Tho Phillies nro
about to start on tholr first swing through tho West, and a slump on this
first trip would not only placo tho team In tho rear, but would have much
to do with destroying the confidence which has been so obvious throughout
the present eetiBon.
Phillies nt Critical Stage of Hacc
It Is certain that tho four victories of fallings' men will convince that
team that tho Phils aro no longer Invincible, a conclusion that many of tho
Braves had drawn after tho first two series of tho season Prior to tho recent
clash the Braves had not beaten Alexander slnco tho middle of 1914, and
had come to look upon him as unbeatable. In tho future they will havo moro
confidence when facing tho Kcbraskan.
The past series was, In the opinion of many, the crltlcat point of tho year
for tho Phillies. If the team has tho nerve nnd fighting spirit It will como
back In great shape ognlnst Brooklyn If It Is inclined to lose heart It will
be apparent In tho present scries Just now Brooklyn Is going better than
any team In tho league, and this will make the Phillies' road still harder.
With such pitching as the Phillies have had prior to the last series, thcro
should bo nothing to fear If tho men keep fighting until tho breaks como their
way. Against the Braves the breaks all went tho wrong way, or the result
of tho series might have been reversed completely.
Ryan, Result of Mack's Resourcefulness.
Who lo tho mysterious Ryan, tho collegian, who is now playing second base
for tho Athletics? Four collegians stood out prominently In looking for tho
solution to the mystery of Ryan's Identity, but three of these, Carroll, of
Fordhaf; Walt, of Columbia, and Goodrich, of Amherst, all played with their
teams yesterday. Carroll played with Kordham against Holy Cross; Good
rich with Amherst against Williams, and Watt with Columbia agulnst the
Chinese University team
Mack has a habit of digging up stars from small colleges, and he Invariably
gets men who have not been touted highly during tholr colleglato careers,
but there Is a possibility that It Is Gllhooly, of Trinity, If the report that he has
already signed with the Cardinals Is Incorrect. Mack says that ho does not llko
to kecrj the nubile in the dark In this manner, and will announce the name of
his youthful find as soon as possible, which, doubtless, means at tho closo of tho
present collegiate season. Ryan Is due to disappear again In a few days until
after the middle of June.
Youngster Well Seasoned for a Collegian.
If Ryan is a collegian, he is farther advanced than most of the collegians
Who havo broken In here In many years. There wore a few plays In which Ryan
was rather crude, but tho manner In which he puts the ball on tho runner and
his handling of a relayed throw on an attempted double steal were far above the
colleglato standard.
All In all, the exhibitions given by Ryan were high class in overy way. He
appeared to be a trifle weak on curve balls, but that Is only natural when one
considers the difference In the pitching ho faced and what ho has been used to
batting against. Speed seems to bo easy for him, and during the day he hit three
fast balls with a healthy wallop.
Some fans and rival managers aro sure to ralso the cry about Mack's luck
If this youngster proves to be another remarkable pick-up, but It Is something
moro than luck. When Conine broke up his famous machine, ho made the
remark that ho had built that ono club up from tho ground and could do it
again. Tho general opinion was that he was overestimating his own ability, but
the manner In which he quickly left town nnd came back with a lad who seems
to need only little further experience to make a high-class ball player causes
one to marvel at this faculty of tho master manager.
Mack Promises Young Collegians.
Before the team departed for tho AVest on tho last trip. Manager Mack left
the team In charge of Harry Davis and slipped off. in company with Ira Thomas,
to look over several collegians. He remarked the day before the team left for
Cleveland that he had seen several youngsters who Interested him very much,
. and thata few of them would be seen at Shlbo Park this season.
ine rans expected to see some very promlslng-lookmg youngsters, but.
i, naturally, thought they would be of the Collins-Barry-Mclnnls type, that would
.need a season or two on the bench. Ryan mny show some glaring weaknesses
j that may necessitate a stay on tho bench, and Mack can hardly hope to discover
another Collins, Mclnnls or Barry, of all-around ability, but it is certain that
r this young mat, looked better than any of the trio in their first appearances.
When Ore Decision Turned Tide of Victory.
Enough beaten twice by the Red Sox. the Athletics reallv Innkorl nnr-nnr.
'fcgln?. and both" games yesterday were interesting from a spectator's standpoint.
The second was thrilling until the fatal mlscue by Kopf, which paved the way
fnr Jk. HAVPn.riln rallv that nrnn tr .ha TIa.4 Cnw -Krnn ,. i- ...
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jyery raucn opposcu to criticising tne umpires, but he said, after the game, that
Hoblltzel was out at third by two feet on McAvoy's throw to Kopf early In tho
, Inning. Had the play been called that way there would have been nn ami-ini?
fit Is true that neither Chill nor Connolly, the umpires, made any attemnt to
fmove toward third, where they would havo been In better position to see the
;,JJltjr.
Kopf fumbled Hoblltzel'a grounder, to start tho Innincr. nnd k nn,i.i
W with a single and Gardiner tried to sacrifice. It was on this nlay that Mack
says Connolly erred. The bases were full, with no one out. Thomas fanned and
, Hendrlcksen, batting In place of Mays, filed to Oldrlng. Hoblltzel scorlnir nfror
.the catch. Tho side, therefore, would have been retired on Hendrlcksen'H flv hnrt
Kopf fielded Hoblltzel'a grounder, or had the decision at third been given as
salmost every one In the stands thought it should. After this. Shawkev emekprt
fi. and the Red Sox pounded the ball all over the field.
Ray Collins Work Saves Him His Job
The brilliant work of Ray Collins In the three Innlnes he farl th. Art,.
,'letlcs yesterday afternoon has probably saved that former star his Job. Prior
to yesterday towns naa shown nothing this season, and. thoueh drawing a.
J-sealary of J7B00 a year on a three-year contract, he had failed to win a single
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pplJDhlng staff, and Manager Carrlgan attributes the poor showing of the team
, w iwr iu ma miiuro 01 v.oiuns to snow nis oia-time form.
President Lannln, of the Boston Club, Insisted upon Carriiran asking for
waivers on Collins unless he showed a return to form, and a well-founded
rumor has It that the waivers already have been asked, but will now be
withdrawn, as Collins showed much of his old speed and had a beautiful curve
ball. In the Amurjean League a manager can still withdraw waivers If ho
changes his mind before the expiration of the 10-day period, while In the
National League there Is a new rule that waivers, once asked, cannot be
Withdrawn If this rule were In effect in the American League Collins would
be a member of another club or would be unconditionally released.
Collins first attracted attention as a collgian. Pitching for Vermont Uni-
vrlty, Ray performed some wonderful feats for three years, and almost every
9,11b In both leagues in the East and a few of the West tried to net him.
jptgjt the Red Sox finally landed him. Coljlna was a star from the outset, and
tsJCW SB" It tfe Players who named his own figure when organized ball started
signing its players to long-term contracts.
As a fairly hlgh.prleed man, Collins was also a star, and late last season
; ftsrformed the now almost unheard of stunt of twirling a douhje-header and
iE poin games, with a pew contract. Collins has apparently made little
pt IP work, until the last wek, when Manager Carrlgan Informed him
5$ bad to show something or he would be released.
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,. rwr June 9 and 10 Women's Tourney
at Scavicwt June U, IS and 16.
Above tho Washington centrcficlder is shown getting to tho initinl snt
on Milan, but ho was n moment too Into.
a hurry. Lapp is putting tho ball
BASEBALL BINGLE AND BUNGLE
Critics aro poking fun at Cleveland,
but the Indian aro going along at a
merry clip slnco tho release of Birming
ham nnd tho appointment of Leo I'ochl
as manager. Just now tho team of jounB
storo Is heading tho second division, uhtlo
Washington, a much-touted club, Is in
sixth place
Tho two victories of the Highlanders
over Washington wni a great blow to
Griffith's hopes. Griff recently remarked
that tho Highlanders aro skidding and
would proe easy for tho Scnntors Three
out of four for Donovan must mako Grif
fith feel sick.
Tho daring work of Tyrus Cobb on the
bases eap tho Tigers nn oven break
with tho White Sox. Roland, Detroit's
joung pitching stnr, went down to do
fent In ono game, but pitched well enough
to win nine out of 10 stnrts
Gcno Dale, of the Reds continues In
hold opposing teams helpless. In the
morning fiamo In St Lauls ha held the
Cardinals to thrco hits nnd tho Reds won
enslly Dnlo Is not a joungster, as is
generally supposed, but has been pitch
ing for Montreal, of tho International
League, for six scars nnd Is gcnernlly be
lieved to bo pnst tho 30-year mark.
Tho veteran Nap Rucker showed one
of tho Hashes thnt may bo expected of
him at times this senson and defeated
tho Giants before a big crowd In N'ow
York yesterday. Leon Cndoro was tried
In tho morning nnd though ho pitched
well at times, was beaten.
Harry Davis had his head about him
when ho objected to umpire Chill going
down Into right Held to see tho spot whero
Hooper clnlmed Jim Wnlsh's drive had
struck Had Chill gone down there It Is
likely 'that he would have reversed his
decision ns tho ball was apparently foul
about six Inches. Davis argued thnt tho
mark In foul ground may hnvo been
made beforo tho game and Chill agreed
with Ulm.
Young Rynn played the Intercepted
throw on an attempted double steal vciy
much In tho manner that Ilddlo Collins
handles this play, and the Red Sox wora
amazed at tho way ho nipped Lewis at
the plate.
Tho wholo complexion of tho second
game might have been changed had Itube
Oldrlng's shoulder not been so soro thnt
ho could not throw to tho plate on
Hendrlckscn's sacrifice fly. Oldrlng's
shouldor kept him out of tho game for
two weeks or he most likely would have
nailed Hoblltzel at tho pinto as tho throw
was short ,
Fans In tho left-field blenchers say thnt
Duffy Lowls did not cntch Oldrlng's lino
drive, but that he had trapped It. It
wns a great try anyway, and ho de
served to get away with It, though It Is
tough for Oldrlng to loio a baso hit If
the contention of tho fans Is correct
It war ono of those raro occnslons when
thn spectator was closer to the piny thnn
tho umpire, and tho blcncherltca made
tho nost of It
ARMSTRONG, OF PENN,
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Right Fielder of Quakers' Base
ball Nine Goes Under Knife
for Appendicitis.
Right Fielder Charles Armstrong, of
the University of Pennsylvania, was
operated upon at tho University Hospital
this afternoon for nppendlcltls. Arm
strong hns been complaining for some
time, and an operation was determined
expedient.
Armstrong's misfortune leaves the
Pennsylvania nlno In a weakened condi
tion, for. In addition to being out of the
game himself at Columbia tomon-nw,
Splelmnn nnd Wallace, pitchers, will also
bo unable to make tho trip because they
aro busy with their examinations. This
leaves the pitching duty up to Wlsner.
Conch Roy Thomas stated this after
noon that he would probably use Murdock
In rlghttleld in placo of Armstrong In
view of the fact that Penn faces Yale
Saturday, theso handicaps have some
what dampened the ardor of the Quaker
athletes, for between examinations and
sickness the team haa been rended.
RUNS SCORED BY
MAJORS THIS WEEK
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Sun Jlon Total
Phllllei on
Now York fl 0
Ilerlon 4 4
Prookln HA
Pittsburgh 0 3 0
Chicago .1 0 .1
Clnelnnntl 4 4 8
St. Loula 2 4 8
AMERICAN LEAflUE.
Sun Mon Total
Athletics .1 3
I'orton 11 11
New York in IS
Washington n ft
Detroit 4 r u
Cleveland 2 SI S3
Chicago 1 ft 7
St Louis 5 7 12
FEDEHAL LEAGUE.
Sun Mmi Total
Newark S H
llrookljn s 8
imitimoro r r
ltuffnlo D
)'ltttmrgh 4 0
Chicago 4 2 H
St Louis 0 0 u
Knnsas City H 1 u
Costcllo Dents Jack 'arrcli
Trono Coctello defeated Jack rnrrell In tho
wlndup at tho Quaker rity A C. last night.
Iloliby Sconlon beat louns Tnlmer In the senil
v. Iml-up Kit West tent Jnhnnv MrAoy Joe
Tudor bmt Joe Ilradley and Sammy Miller
mado Wllllo Lewis quit
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The semifinal rounds for the Suburban
Oolf Cup will be played on St"rta-. St.
David's, winner of Dlv slon A. will play
Woodbury nt home nnd away. ! kr
chnntvlllc, winner In Division H, w 111 op
pose Old York Rond t MerchantvMIe nnd
Jenklntown. Tho two victors will meet in
the final a week from Snturday.
The heavy rains of the last week Im
posed a handicap on the work at the
public golf course on Cobbs Creek, on
which considerable progress has been
made A great deal of the work on tha
greeni that had been seeded will have to
be gone over, but despite this tho course
will be ready, as orlglnnlly planned, early
In the fnlL
Tho next Important golf event In thH
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8hawncc-on-Delnwnrc, for tho Shawnee
Shield nnd nttcndnnt prizes In coin. The
dates for this event arc June 9 and 10,
nnd havo been wlselj selected As tlio
natlonnl open takes place at Raltusrol the
following week, It means that Shawnee s
tcurnanient will bo a sort of curtain
raiser to tho United States Golf Asso-
clutlon's premier event
Invitations for the women's golf tour
nament nt ScaUcw havo been sent out,
and tho dates announced are Juno 14, la
nnd Iff. The usual 18-holo qualifying
found will take placo on the first day.
nnd four slxtecns have been provided for.
Two match-play rounds will bo held on
Juno 15, and two on Juno 16, something
of an Innovntlon In a women's tourna
ment. As a rule tho Indies piny but ono
round a day, and their events last five
Prizes aro offered by Clarence II. Gelst
for low score In tho qualifying round,
for tho winner and runner-up of each
sixteen, and for the winners of tho do
fen ted eights Entries should be sent to
Jlrs. Ronald H. Barlow, Bryn Mawr, Pa
George C. Thomns, Jr., recently set the
amateur record for tho reconstructed
course of the Philadelphia Cricket Club at
75 strokes. Thomns mado this score In
a four-ball match with Alee Duncan for
a partner, and not ono of tho holes was
approximated Several dns previous to
mnklng this round ho hnd undergone eyo
treatment, nnd while playing woro a new
pair of thoso nice, round goggles.
Apropos of record scores, note may bo
taken of tho following card lor 36 holes:
Out 4 4 3 7 4 3 4 4 U-SJ
In . ..443 .1 .1345 3-31-71
Out 0 4 3 B 3 3 4 4 4-33
in 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4-33 0S-139
This Is tho latest achievement of
Charles Hoffner, professional at the
Woodbury Country Club, over the Wood
bury course.
A ood second shot will often make up
for a poor drive, but a missed putt (j
gono forever. By tho same (oken, three
strokes In a bunker aro worth no mote j
than three putts on a green.
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"Two players In a stroke competition
were using the samo make of ball, and
after one of them had played a stroke .
through the green It was discovered that
he hnd played his pnrtfier's ball. Was
any penalty Incurred " G. 8. C.
No, provided ho then play his own ball.
But hnd he played two strokes with a,
ball other than his own he would have
been disqualified.
With n ecore of 153, Harold A. Sands,
of tho Merlon Crlokot Club, won tho Jos.
eph Henry Patterson Memorial Cup at the
Philadelphia. Cricket Club, St Martin's,
jesterday In tho morning Sands spread
engled the field with tho very fine score
of 71, nnd It was rather fortunate for him
that the majority of tho cracks failed to
approach his score, for his round In the.
afternoon tntnled 85, a score that was
benten by M. P. Jones, Maurlco Tttsley,
G C. Thomas, Jr , H. H. Fmnclne, C B,
Buxton, F W Dyer, W. II. Reynolds,
Norman Maxwell, G. J. Cooke, O, 11.
"Webster, Jr, II W Perrln and S. E.
Shnrwood This was the first tournament
that Snnds has won In Philadelphia, and
he thoroughly deserved his BUccess,
Second to Sands came Maurlco Ridley,
of Atlantic City, with 163, 83 in tho morn
ing nnd SO In the afternoon Rlsley would
havo pushed Sands much closer but for
tho fact that for onco his putting was
weak. G C Thomas and C. B Buxton
tied for third place with 161 apiece, and
tho local champion, II. II. Fmnclne, cams
next with 1G.
Tho best score of the afternoon was
made by M. P. Jones, of Frankford. In
tho morning ho wns nil at sea, but In
the afternoon ho played remarkablo golf
and took only 35 strokes on each round
of nlno holes
Women Wrestlers nt Gaycty
Madame Em Howard, weighing 240 pounds,
defeated Miss Frances Crocket, ot Canada,
weighing S10 pounds, two out ot three, falls In
ii ratch-its-catch-can wiegtllng match at tha
Oajcty Tlicatie last night
Georgetown Wins Catholic Title
NEW YORK, June 1 Georgetown nosed out
Fordhim In a. thrilling ten-Inning gamo on
Fordham Field yesterday and thereby annexed
the Catholic College baseball championship.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BASEBALL TODAY
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Athletics vs. Washington
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