' rmnmnpa snRPRTfnuN NATIONAL RACE-VAN LOAN'S "THE TEN s r jls j jl4 m,vkj h-r BROOKLYN'S RUSH PENNANTWARD SENSATION OF NATIONAL RACE Managerial Blunders Big Handicap, But Club of Great Batsmen Is Forging to Front; Pitchers, Also, Unexpectedly Strong. Golf Prescribed to Preserve Health of Nation. The sensational spurt of tho Brooklyn Dodgers was tho feature of the week In major leaguo baseball. Brooklyn was picked ns tho "dark horse of tho Nallonat League race nnd a most dangerous pennant contender In these columns beforo tho season opened, much to tho amusement of out-of-town scribes. Tho Dodgers were considered a Joke because of tho poor brand of ball played throughout the 1914 season. Hut tho team has found Itself nnd lti coming to tho front rapidly. Tho greatest handicap tho Brooklyn team has In tho pennant fight Is Its manager, Wllbcrt Robinson. Boblnson has thrown away enough games to havo placed the Dodgers so far in front of tho other teams that tho raco would be a runaway affair had It not been for his poor tactics. There Is not n team In the country, barring possibly the White Sox, that has so many free-swinging clubbers, while tho defense Is wonderful. ritchcrs, Supposed Weak Point, Are Delivering Lack of veteran pitching strength was pointed out as a. weakness that could not be counter-balanced by tho Btrong batting and nelding, out. me pitchers havo proved above tho average, particularly In tho last two weeks. After getting an even break with the Phillies In four games, tho Dodgers started on a sensational streak and havo won seven consecutlvo games from tho Braves and Cubs, two of tho strongest clubs In the league Tho team was In a batting slump until two weeks ngo, when It started clubbing as It should. For two seasons Brooklyn has led tho National League In team bat ting, but threw away so many runs on tho bases and through poor managerial tactics that tho team was never a serious contender. This season Mnnnger Boblnson Is listening to tho advico of a few of his Veterans nnd .'resident Ebbetts, and as a result, with good pitching, tho team looks better than any In the Icaguo at tho present time, barring possibly tho Phillies. Phillies Were Wise to Delay Double-header f Manager Fred Clarke, of tho Pirates, accuses tho Phllly management of showing poor sportsmanship In not playing tho double-header Thursday, Fri day or Saturday instead of holding It over until today. Clarke says that tho Phillies knew ho had a hard week ahead of him and that they made tno roaa till harder by holding the double-header off. Pittsburgh Is scheduled for thrco other double-headers this week, and Clarko hoped to havo tho Phillies' extra game played earlier, so that ho could rest his pitchers. On the other hand, Manager Moran would have crippled his staff had ho played tho double bill lost week. As it was, AI Dcmarco was forced to go bock to tho mound on Saturday with but two days rest. Dcmareo generally needs from thrco to flvo days between games to bo effective, but he camo through In fine Bhapo again on Saturday. Fred Clarke Cannot "See" Young Dan Tipple Fred Clarko declares that ho docs not think much of tho chances of Dan Tlpplo burning up tho American League as predicted. Tlpplo Is tho youngster who was recently purchased by tho Highlanders from the Indianapolis Club for an enormous sum, after a spirited bidding contest with sovcral other clubs. Clarko had Tipple In 1912, but released him to Columbus, which club In turn released him to Omahn. Ho pitched great ball In Omaha In 1914, and was purchased by Indianapolis, where ho has pitched remarkable ball. Ho opened tho season with 10 straight victories, including a no-hit and a one-hit game. Clarko Intimates that Tlpplo has everything a pitcher needs but nerve. Hugh Jennings Hangs on to a Promising Youngster. Connie Mack Is not tho only baseball manager who Is hnvlng trouble with wild pitchers. Hughle Jennings, of Detroit, is puzzled over -what to do with: George Boehler, his big right-hander. "I probably will hold Boehler for two or three weeks; then, If ho doesn't how signs of gaining control, tho chances aro he will go to the San Francisco team of tho Pacific Coast Lcaguo for development," declared Jennings. "There is only ono way for a fellow llko Boehler to get control, and that Is to work In a game, night now the pennant raco Is so uncertain that I cannot afford to experiment with him, and it may bo that a few months In a fast minor league will bring him to the point necessary for a regular place In tho major leagues." Boehler gives promlso of being a great pitcher. Jennings regards him somewhat as Mack regards Haas. Golf to Preserve the Health of a Nation. The United States Government ofllcially has recognized what thousands nil over the country already have learned and what thousands already have decided to do; that is, play golf. Tho United States Public Health Scrvlco In a bulletin just issued advises that If golf bo not available ono should push a baby carrlago or do a bit of gardening. It must be admitted that wheeling a baby carriage Is not altogether to tho liking of some and wholly Incompatible for others. Gardening is some times a bora and also is not always convenient. Hence, golf seems to bo gen erally accepted ns the, best and mo3t pleasant means to preservo the health of the nation. Public golf links aro rapidly springing Into existence all over the country. There will be moro of them every season, and the thousands already In tho ranks will be Increased to other thousands. Westerners Look Dettcr on Asphalt. While It Is possible that the team which Is In San Francisco representing tho Eastern tennis players might havo a fighting chance to win on turf courts, there Is very little doubt that tho Westerners will capture tho majority of tho honors In the asphalt court meeting which began Saturday. On tho opening day all of the favorites, both Easterners and Westerners, came through with victories. However, several members of the Eastern team showed plainly that the ultra-speedy play of the asphalt courts Is not altogether to their liking. McLoughlln, Strachan, Johnston and Murray, the pick of the Westerners, have been used to playing on dirt and asphalt courts more than they have on grass, consequently It Is to be expected that the players from this section will have a rough road ahead of them. This Is particularly true In view of the fact that, with tho exception of Williams, tho Eastern team can hardly be called representative. Church, Mathey and Washburn are high-grade play ers, but they cannot by any stretch of the imagination be pictured as the cream of the Eastern ennls players. Jack Knight Proves Success as Manager Local fans will be glad to know that Jack Knight, the former Central High School player, who leaped from the scholastic diamond to a major league sen nation 10 years ngo, has succeeded In bringing the Cleveland American Associ ation Club from last to second place In a month. When Knight was appointed manager It was generally believed that ho would not be a success, in Cleveland anyway, but he has fooled them all and Is right In line for an American League managerial berth in Cleveland, according to Ed Bang, of the Cleveland News. Bang Is generally right In his predictions, Pat Moran Is running a, little baseball school of his own. He believes In giving youngsters a chance, and he has several lads who may be future greats. One of them Is John Ogden, Bcholostlc star In Delaware County, who, It Is predicted. Is going to dovelop Into a great pitcher, Ogden will sign no con tract, as he intends to enter Swarthmore College this fall, but the Phlla will have first claim on Iris services If he shows major league class. Cobb and Crawford were too much for the lied Sox yesterday and the Tigers gained more ground on the leaders. Cobb made two. hits and scored three runs, while Crawford, with three hits, drove In four of the Tigers' five runs. News dispatches and comments on the Melrose Athletic meet In New York continue to credit Ted Meredith with equaling the world's record in the 60-yard run, The Bvbnjnq Ledqbb of Saturday afternoon was the only paper ta detect the error In the news reports. Homer Baker made the course in 120 2-6 on September 26, 1914. Meredith's time was 120 3-6. A wild threw by Jim McAvoy enabled the Browns to defeat the Mackmen again yesterday. MaAvoy relieved Lapp, who had been catching great ball nnd who was hitting hard. Just as soon as McAvoy entered the game the Browns started to run wild and overcame the Athletics' lead. .wa awaw- EVENING LEDGER EVENING LISPGEB-PHILAPlEtPlIlA. MONDAY, JtTLY i2!lHL . "7.. ,,rtTri WHEN MATHEWSON, WALSH, ALEXANDER, WALT JOHNSON PITCHERS ALL By GRANTLAND RICE Alexander the Greatest "We've seen them come up, ono by one; We've seen them drift back with the tide, Holding their brief day in the sun Of ruling fame and vaunted pride; We've seen them crowned amid the fray. Or lifted up to glory's height, A flash, a streak across the way, AND THEN GOOD-NIGHT. Hadbournc and Bwcency, Jtusle, Young, Big Walsh and Brown, of potent Sway; Ilotu long ago their fame was sung, And yet It was but yesterday; Though none may say that one viay shine Above all with the Fancy Fluff, You stand with those who've earned this line, "He had the stuff." Norrls Williams evened up with George Church for the lawn tennis Intercollegl ates of last year, but continuing this ad vanco against McLoughlln will call for additional tactics. Beating Mr. McLough lln 3000 miles from home on Eastern sod Is no light undertaking, to say nothing of bearding him In his California den. "Oulmet," says a contemporary, "played around In 71 strokes, one worse than the number of strokes allotted for the course." Can any one tip us off to a course where about 88 perfeotly good strokes are allotted for a round? Even More So "The Braves were sure to flivver," and WWard "couldn't do it," As was proved in facts and figures by the ton; They were "absolutely hopeless," there was "simply nothing to it," The dope was all against them but they won I Don't let the dopesters daunt you, though They have the whole thing charted; Just fight your battles doggedly, my son. And when you've had your triumph You can chuckle, merry-hearted; "The dope was all against me but J won." (Berton Braley In "The New Story Mag.") There's an even greater triumph you can dram of super-proudly, There's an even finer conquest to be spun; For you'll teach the game's star limit on the day you cackle loudly, "The Dope was in my favor yet I won." Aye, that's the final answer to the game's achieving story There waits the greatest stunt beneath the sun, On the day when you can rise up as you chortle in your glory: "The leading experts picked me but I won." Beauty and the Pulchritude and puissance are not al ways linked In thoughts that range the field of athletic achievement. Yet In many cases the game has thrown them together. If one had to select the four greatest pitchers of the lastylO years their names, almost without argument, MOVIES-SOME BALL, A FELLER NEEDS A fk'u' ' K. "'l lL Fa would bo Mnthcuson, Walsh, Alexander ana Johnson. And these four aro much of the tamo physical type all moro than six feet, well built and good looking enough to pose for H. C. Christy or C. D. Gibson. It Is oIbo worthy of note that these four stars havo all. been hard workers and havo carried more than their share of the pitching burden. Also, that all four have been what might be called easy tempered, almost placid, wasting no ener gy In petulance or worry over tho breaks of tho game or unfavorable decisions from umpires. This temperament has permit ted them to direct or concentrate their main attontlon upon throwing a baseball whoro they wanted It to go, which 1 what they were being paid for. "Hardwlck and Brlckley," comments an exchange, "the two greatest all-round college athletes that ever playod." Prun ing no credit from tho estimable and emi nent careers of these two stars, how much did they have on Jim Thorpo for all round efficiency? The Braves were under a tougher handi cap this season than last. For this season the esteemed experts were mostly picking them to win. What has become of the old-fashioned fan who would have choked to death In a mild frenzy over the pennant race they are now spinning In the National League? Giants Get New First Baseman SEATTLE, July 11. A deal closed hero by Dick Klnsella gives the New York Giants First Baseman George Kelly, of the Victoria Club, Northwestern League. APPEAR AT LOCAL imrr -iMiBrT n mim "nw l v "--s i Muzz &fryav lln'nSoUt Phadelphia favorite, will make his first wind-up PES!J CVBaAnat, JoU,9 Doonn?11 Rt the Broadway. In the sta? bout at the Quaker City, Smiley will tackle Bobby Williams, EH, LOUIE? WELL, JUST WATCH THOSE PHILS FRIEND WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN BASEBALL TODAY NATIONAL T.KAOUK Won. I.o.t. I'ct. M In. Lose. Split ChlraKO .... 40 .12 .Ma .M2 .548 . . . l'llllllen SH 31 .851 t.5(13 $.835 .840 Brooklyn . . 3? 35 .514 .521 .507 . St. Louis ... 39 .17 .513 t-520 $.500 .513 I'ltttbumlt . . 35 30 .103 .507 .470 .193 New York .. 32 31 .178 .485 .471 ... Cincinnati . . 30 .17 .448 .480 .441 ... UoKtnn .. . 33 40 .411 t.458 t.3i Ala iWIn tno $Loe tno, AMKItlCAN I.KAOUi: Club. Won. Lost, l'cr Ct. WlnXose. CIllcnKO 49 27 .01.1 .040 .038 Boston 44 21) .020 .034 .020 Detroit 40 20 .013 .018 00.1 New York 38 37 .507 .513 .500 Washington . . 3.1 38 .401 .472 .458 St. Lolllit ... .28 41 .389 .307 .184 Athletics 28 40 .378 .387 .373 Cleveland 2G 45 .300 .373 .301 FEDUKAL I.KAOUK Club. Won. Lout. I'cr C't. Wln.Lose. St. Louis 44 3(1 .59.1 Knnaut) City ... 41 31 .570 ChllUEO 42 32 .508 l'ltthhurch 40 31 .841 Nfwurk 40 30 .520 Buffalo 32 40 .410 .418 .403 Brooklyn .11 45 .408 .116 .403 llultlmore 28 40 .378 GIL NICHOLLS IS DEFEATED Metropolitan Champion Loses De feated by Bob McDonald. NEW YOniC. July J2.-Gllbort NIcholls, of Wilmington, who won the Metropoli tan open golf championships on Satur day, and Herbert Strong were defeated, 2 up, by Bob McDonald, who finished second In the play for the Metropolitan golf championship, and McDonald Smith, In a four-ball match nt the Inwood Golf Club, Inwood, L. I., yeflterday. The best Individual score for the morning play was 76, made by Strong, and In the after noon play, Smith mado the best score when he completed the course In 74. The record for tho Inwood links Is 71, and Is held by Strong. CLUBS TONIGHT tae. 5cr THOUSAND JTWS? iV TttUUOrt.LyMJ-JLrSAJjiJtu, Ji.MW$ "Which Is Him f" The Grand Grand Old Arm oumvuwty auuitt aruno Smelzer and His Arm. By CHARLES E, VAN LOAN Th World's Most Famous Writer of Baseball Fiction. ,.i inlned the Blue Whenever a recruit joineu i Jnys-that . famous m ;"--, Uie big IcagneT and" takes' veterans In J changcthe first thing .that the recruit was likely to ask was, "Which is mrrw Nobody pretended to misunderstand that question. The players would point out a tall, thin man, with a wrinklca forehead and hair turning gray tit the temples, and the recruit would look h Is fill with reverence nnd somo awe In is eyre. "Him" was none lhcr,,'hIn"nt? great and only Bruno Smelzer- 'Brim o of the Ten-thousand-dollar Arm!" and our fathers cheered them.elves home over many ---- ..: ., him in tno laio cignu ,." -, tics. As tho recruit took In each detail of face and figure, he would remember that this man was pitching no-hlt games away back In tho dim and distant past when It wns customary for tho third baseman to wear a mustache, and the tcn-thou-snnd-dollar wing was a household phraso beforo tho great pitchers of tho present day were out of tho kindergarten. To do tho recruits Justice, It was not tho sight of ono of the former great ones of tho diamond which movod them so strongly, but tho thought that old Bruno was still pitching winning ball "still get ting awny with It," as they said. In this day nnd generation, scant rever ence Is paid to nge, and an old man to hold his own must meet young men in competition and defeat thorn. The Ja panese respect tho years, but wo havo no such kindly custom. With us It Is a caoo of hold tho pace or go to tho scrap heap; nnd In tho Bluo Jay clubhouse Bruno was no longor tho demigod of the nineties, but a futsy old woman, sitting up nights with what remained of the greatest pitching arm of a vanished Period. Bruno Smelzer wns a left-hander. Check Bruno had on eccentrlcltl ft lay in the ahiwit idolatrous wot ship he ua- stowed upon his 1 10 ,000 arm. over the list of tho great southpaws of the past and present, and you will under stand why ball players hold tho firm belief that every phenomenal left-hander is "queer." Without wishing to nick tho sensitive feelings of any gentleman who hurlfi them from tho port side, It may bo stated that thoro havo been enough pe culiar left-handers to justify thebeller that sldc-wheclers and loose screws go together. If Bruno had nn eccentricity, It lay In tho almost Idolatrous worship which ho bestowed upon his tcn-thousand-dollar arm. If that bo an eccentricity, then a red fox Is eccentric. It was nothing but tho extravagant care which Bruno lav ished upon his aged wing which mado It possible for him to outlast overy other left-hander In tho business and all tho right-handers savo one. There aro many clever young ball players of the present period who would do well to Imitate Bruno Smelzer in that respect; for, when these young men lose their salary armB, they will eat snowballs In winter. From tho day when a major league manager paid an unheard-of price "for Bruno and his left arm, Smelzer had been a sensation. This happened long before the days of frenzied finance in baseball; and the wise old owls of that day blinked their eyes and said that the manager had made a mistake. Bruno said nothing at all; but Immediately be gan justifying tho deal and price by shaking ten thousand dollars' worth of winning games out of his loose left sleeve. and "Slo 'em, Bruno!" became tho slo gan of the season. In those good old days Bruno had everything In tho world speed, curves, control, change of pace, and fielding abll ity Becond to none. Ho could nip either corner of the plate at will or buzz one straight down the groove, and, whenever Bruno was In doubt, ho cut loose with his speed. In those days, he was pitching with his arm; later he began to pitch with his head as well, Bruno lasted several seasons as a big leaguer; and then slipped quietly away to the minors the training Bchool for comers and the graveyard of has-beens. The keen edge of his speed was blunted, and the big league hitters "were onto him"; but he was still enough of a pitcher to demand a top-notch minor league salary, and he set about the task of making his ten-thousand-dollar arm pay dividends as long a possible. Smelzer did not have to play ball to live, for he had nursed his bank account even as he learned to nurBe his left arm, and as a consequence he owned property In three growing young cities, which in time must make him Independent. Bruno signed with the Blue Jays be cause of the warm climate of their home town. The old-time baseball player likes warm weather the warmer the better The best loosens his aged joints, sup ples his tired old arm, and takes the kinks out of his rheumatic legs so that he Is able to prance and cavort about the dia mond like a. recruit. There were several big league veterans with the Blue Jays renewing their youth In the blazing mkU wimtr neat! and nruno fl,,ed "n well with the Une-uo For the first few seasons the old-timer FOR SOME MORE BALL OLLAR Ag urn nr.r n a r Old Man of the Blue Jays and t found that his arm was still mum iJ ,itIm. ,.., j ' equal , task of mixing curves nnd speed for innings; but after that he depended, nnd more upon his head, coaxing hl thousand-dollar arm with vn .:. at his command. Perhaps no man it' mado n moro cxhausllvo atudv nt u. ui tuning uuivii mi! numocr of tiit-i balls lo tlm minimum ni.,1 i...pl,ffl Innings with tho least noanlhU f. ' turo of energy, Bruno was a. past tn. of every annoying trick hv l .. pitcher "sneaks over a strike ball UbS dangerous hitter! nnd ho lay ow.ijfi! night planning new strategies. uS -1.1ft, MM AVA ft linltlHM Y.I. MWt work ns possible. Tho curvo ball, of course, was UfB imnn hta firm, on nc tlm .. . WJ ""- " " ...no went on pitched very few of them and th-i, ply to provo to the batter that h$j; nuu u. uuiiuui. imen uruno StOjffill aim, mo umuiicr hhow mat the was coming nnd It broke Smelzer- KM! to throw ono. In rare Instnnces tass iiiuii- ituo (4iu.ii. ucuu, no would Otllf what ho proudly colled his "break bar It whb only tho ghost of his onr . puzzler; and sometimes It would brS Tho epoctacto of this holdover ft baseball cemotory, out In th niit,.j: box making a pttlablo exhibition i h old ngo, wabbling nlong perilously nS n smash, having ovory appearance of K lng harmless as well as holpleeg, an4 f wiiiiuuu iwu-iiiiiuu ui ins games via nothing but a well-placed straight bal and a knowlcdgo of batting weakneun never failed to enrago tho young m of tho opposition. m "till hill" tho coachcrs would raji "Wo'll Bond this old man to tha cleanml 1J I "T- A 1, .. . ... -" loauyi no s uui. mcro on ine mil ag4i and ho ain't got a thing but a poreti piiLBiur mm u. ciuiuiit uqck to thft m b.1.1Ia litMnl TtTA'tl n! 1.l. 1.-- iJ2 auiu.Kia i.w.i.w, u ub Him maayi Sometimes thoy "got" him. but m,S often thoy did not If ho had nothiS else, ho still hnd his marvelous control and ho nover throw a mnn the sort cfi ball which ho liked to hit. Ha funwj very few mon unless ho could cattS them napping. His specialty was to raUi them hit Into tho nlr and trust to Hit fielders a safo proposition In any lMpi? His solicitude for his ten-thousand-dS lar arm lncrcnscd with his years of fcr? tco until It became a sort of obseseli (CONTINUED TOMOnnOW.)! J HANNON VS. O'DONNEl "si SMILEY VS. WILUABB Broadway and Quaker Ci Stage Bouts Tonight Louis ana Boxes at Ebbets Field Llttlo Wlllio Hannon, of Point Brua will participate In tfo first Btar btrojK, his short pugilistic career when ho raert. K. O. Joo O'Donnoll In tho wind-up af Broadway tonight. This 'bout, his i..ni I.,. tVm atlrfoat tn.it nfnrn Hannrm appeared tn tho ring. j. The feature iray or tne tjuaicer u. Club's weekly show, tonight, wUUtri toeethor Sailor Smiley and Bobby VfC' Hams. Tho programs follow BROADWAY A. C First bout nddlo Kelly, Southwark, M3W Marks, Southward. ' Second bout Joe Brock. SouthrarluBi Tommy Dennis, North Fcnn. -,Wt Third bout Mlko Husscll, Little ItilllCj Leftv Tvlfr. I.lttln Italv ? Semlwlnd-up Hock Bones, Memphla, Kmlth. Rntlthwarlf. Wlnd-up Joo O'Donnell. Gloucester! wlllio Hannon, Point Breeze. QUAKER CITY A. A. First bout Charley Freltaff. 17th Wi .Tnn HrnHlnv. Rmithivnrlr. Second bout Lefty Montague. I'lceto' johnny Lougnrey, west I'liuaaeipnm. 'intra doui lommy Livingston, rainus vs. Johnny Kelly. North Fenn JSt Semlwlnd-up Paddy Sylvester, (North FBS vs. Kid West. North Penn. si Wind-up sailor SmUey, North Py Bobby "Williams, Gray's Ferry. 11 Four star ten-round bantam boatfJHll be staged at Ebbets Field, BrooMiTV1?', 20. Lojlslana, .of this city, will JnjS Dutch Brandt, nf Brooklyn. In the US? The other bouts follow. Eddie CamplE Frankle Burns. Young Solsberg vs. ! tllng Beddy and Battling Lahn vs. Jltgl (Murray. rfU Joe Phclan and Joe Heffcrnan wlli. In the wind-up nt tho Ludlow A. C. MJ Friday night. M Renovations on tho Douglas A. the reopening tomorrow night have wg completed, nnd tho arena looks Ills entirely new club. With Battling M2g eky and Joo Uosen as the feature attraa tlon, a capacity houso probably will w attendance. a Joe Borrell received an offer to r3 Silent Martin at tho Broadway SporH uiub. Brooklyn, but the Phlladel would not accent tho match becawj short notice, Promotor John WelssmanJ Is endeavoring to match Borrell wun dler Bartfleld for Ebbets Field. Tho first show nt thn season st Olympla Club will be staged Auguit Matchmaker Jack Hanlon said he wiu range nn nil-star bill. He has not dec! whom he will Blgn up as yet. 4 Tom Gibbons, brother of Mike, Blllle Mlskle. who showed here In eral bouts, will meet at St. Paul. Mj tonight. Jlmmv fMnhhv nrnlintfrs Frank er, Oshkosh middleweight, Jn tha lit homo town tonight. TAKE A KODAK vol! HAWORTH'S EASTMAN KODAK ty. Atlantlo City Store, I6S7 HoardweJ"!! mn 'iiKtir.iut s" NATIONAL LEAGUE PA! iiniritTv.iivriTiKI. PHILLIES va. PITTSBURGH First Game iiSO T. 31. AdmUsIon, ia. Quaker City A. A. BV,ib luniuiii diu -. -"Twt Tt SATLOK S5IILUY vs. UOUUX WIIXU Four Other star woui. L HftST NlCrHT - VLfcNTY OF I yAS AT eff;shunts A PAWH5E ' ? !frl sue enuff and vr Punr- r-' ... t 7"t THERE WAS" j e.LuE. y(urM) VweV KM1, "V speak.n . V fa r Y.1", , NIDAMES 6-A.LORE "T7T n - "" r- i.. -1 T--- '