tw EVENING LEDER-PHILABBLPHtA, WEDNESDAY, JULY U, 1018: PHILLIES, SO-CALLED "SPRING CHAMPS' COME BACK "THE TEN TJTOUSAND-DOLLAR AgMl BEHOLD THE PHILLIES PRECEDENT ASM ASH, THElt HA VE COME BACK '' "Spring Champions' Slip Back Into Lead After Customary Skid' ding, ana II Wa6 Alexander )Vh6 Did It-A Ctevcr Ruse by Cardinals That Helps Win Games. Whn the Phillies opened tho season With n. rush nnd went oft In the lend In the National League race the majority of tho fans throughout the country merely smiled nnd said (something about tho "spring champions" being at It again. Then when the team went Into a bad slump and dropped back to fifth plnco about six weeks later theso samo skeptics said, "I told you so." Today the Phillies are In first placo. True, they hold tho position by tho bare margin of one point, tut the. fact remains that this Phllly team upset tradition and "came back." Today a large perccntago of tho same "Mold-you-so" fans are declaring that they know tho Phils would camo back, but In truth there were few who really believed that they would over got back Into first place, oven If It should be for a day only. X The Phils Hnre Broken tho Precedent Tt has been a habit with local National League teams to get off to a good start, but they have always Blumpcd and dropped out of tho raco in mid season. Tho past Phllly teams' who pot oft to a flying start novcr ramo back after losing llrst position, but the present aggregation has Bhown Ita game ness by fighting all tho harder when things wcro breaking against them. When tho Reds staged n nlnth-lnnlng rally op tho Phillies and defeated them In Cincinnati on Juno 17 tho Phils relinquished tho first position to tho Cubs, and thero was nn enormous sum of money wagered that tho Phillies would never be in first placo again this season, but In less than a month's tlmo the Phlla havo picked up a four-gamo lead. C-po tradition was smashed when tho Phillies camo back after being ousted from first place, and baseball experts nro asking themselves today whether tradition will bo dealt another blow by tho Phillies remaining In first place for tho remainder of tho season. Whatever tho futuro may bring to Moran's band they havo established a precedent and In a season that was forecast as a total failure. , . , , It Was Alexander Who Pitched Phils Into First Place It was fitting that Alexander tho Great, tho king of pitchers, should havo pitched tho Phillies Into first placo. Alexander's victory over tho Cardinals was expected by tho fans, as tho big Nebrnskan Is almost unbcatnblo at tho present tlmo If ho rccolvcs oven fnlr support from his teammates. The Car dinals failed to scoro and got but six hits, which wcro scattered through as many Innings, and they novcr' really had a chance after tho Phillies tallied their first run In tho opening Inning. It was tho ninth consecutlvo victory for Alexander and tho eighth shut-out gamo of tho year for this marvelous Tho Phillies' orfcnslvo work was high class In all departments, and where things broko badly in tho doublo-heador with Pittsburgh on Monday when various plays wcro tried tho samo plays broke the right way for tho Phils yesterday. Tho hit-and-run was- worked In great shape, no leas than six safe hits being made through tho ability of tho Phillies to figure tho man who was going to cover tho bag. PACE MR. BALL GAME! VENDIG BOYS ON THE JOB Doak'a Clever Ruse Such Helps Win Ball Game, Sometimes Thero was. a clever little ruso In yesterday's Phllllea-St. Louis gamo that was overlooked by almost everybody, Including Umpire Klom. NIehoff over ran third on Whlttcd's hit to Butler, and when tho latter throw to third It looked as If NIehoff was out, but Umpire Cocklll called him safe. Immedi ately thero was' a howl of protest from tho St. Louis bench, and Long threw his hot in tho air in disgust. Umplro Klcm started for tho St. Louis bench i to chase tho offondcr, but hero tho Cards pulled oft a bit of strategy. Doak, who pitched on Monday nnd was, therefore, not llkoly to bo of any uso yesterday, quickly slipped oft his cap"walked out and picked up Long's. Ho got away with It, art Klem sent Doak to tho clubhouse, whllo Long was not punished. This enabled Hugglna to send Long Into tho gamo later. Tho Phillies had such a lead In this Inning that this clover little byplay did no good, but In closo games quick thinking II ko that sometimes makes a great difference. Athletics' New Pitcher a Young Giant Somebody passed tho tip about that Jack Nabors, tho highly touted youngster purchased by tho Athletics from Nownan, Ga., of the Georgia-Alabama League, was a veteran, but this Is Incorrect. Nabors Is 20 years of ago, stands six feet throo Inches in height and weighs 190 pounds. To dato ho has won 11 games, lost ono and tied one. The tto game was a 15-lnnlng 0-to-0 affair against Annlston, in which Nabors allowed but three hits and averaged better than a strike-out nn inning. Tho grentcst-performanco of tho youngster was, of courso, his 13-lnning hltless gamo against Talladega, in which but one batsman reached first base. McGraw Disposes of Promising Young Catcher ' The unconditional release of Harry Smith by tho Giants is tho surprise of tho baseball season. This youngster looked Jlko n. wonderful catcher last fall, and Manager McGraw predicted that ho would bo tho best backstop in the country in two years. McGraw believes that ho needs veteran catchers In tho present race, and tho signing of Dooln made It necessary for him to end Smith out for further seasoning. Smith refused to go to Rochester, nnd McGraw was forced to release him unconditionally to keep within the 21-player limit, as it was Impossible to suspend Smith under the circumstances, and ho had already been on the "disabled list." Farmer Boy After Gotch's Mat Title Joe Steelier, of Dodge, Neb., a farmer boy, aspires to become champion heavyweight wrestler of tho world. Stranger things havo happened. When tha present farmer-champion. Frank Gotch, of Humboldt, la., was uncovered the experts, felt sorry for him. Stecher's position is much tho same. He is, without doubt, ono of tho most promising youngsters developed in many a day. Ho wan ridiculed by the coun try's so-called wise ones, until ha demanded respect by beating Charley Cutler, at Omaha, July 6, In ono of the most surprising bouts ever held there. Stecher trains on his own farm, milking cows, hoeing corn and doing other farm work. Ha is said to possess tha strongest pair of limbs In tho world, and has earned most of his bouts by employing that familiar crushing scissors hold. With proper handling ha should, in a few years, havo the necessary experi ence to tackle that giant Iowan In a championship match. He must not bo urged along too rapidly, or ho will surely suffer tho fato of hundreds of others. Roy Campbell a Great Athlete Despite Crushing Defeat New York newspapermen are a bit hasty in metlpg out harsh criticism on Hoy Campbell's 660-yard competition or lack of It at tha Mlllrose Athletlo Club games at Celtla Park last Saturday. Campbell. It must be remembered, made a long trip from Chicago to bo present at tho meet. Any athlete who has traveled any distance knows that o. two-day train rida plays havoo with general condition. Campbell was, In raco track parlance, "a bit short" when ho started against Meredith and Hlggins, and certainly did not show anything Ilka tha form ha manifested in tho West, There ha shattered existing sectional records. Ha was out of Ms element hero In tho East, and better things may be expected of him It is scarcely to be beUeved that ha can beat Ted Meredith at any distance but he Is a far better nthleto than his first performance In this section would Indicate- If doubting. New Yorkers will take the trouble to look up his record they will find that he is one of tho most wonderful all-around performers in America That la saying a great deal. i Horry Wolrerlon. Philadelphlan, Recovers From Injuries. Local fans will be pleased to know that Harry Wolverton. a Phlladel phian, whq has made a national reputation, as a major and minor league manager, was not as seriously hurtin the recent automobile accident In San Francisco an was first reported, and ho Is out of the hospital after a month's confinement. It was first reported that there was no cbamjo for Wolverton ta recover, but hU great constitution cam to his rescue. Wolverton is directing tha play or San Francisco when the team is at home, but it will ba some time beforo ho wilt be abla to take any trips. , .Ed-lev-!a.nkJ08t B hart'jwaklng game yesterday when Ward Miller lost a fly ball in the sun with two out in tho 14th inning and permitted Chicago to tally two runs. Plank held tha Chifeds to three hits and was not sewed upon until the Mjh. No sign of Pjank bejng ready for the old man's homo yet. mmmmm - MM. '""41 mmmmt ' l " Im'l lIMI'fl ftr? fxsa ' ' - ti ai WKKKL . JAJr - iW&-5t mTT -7Vt2,. Tkmm,- 's -! Tho bellhops of tho Vendig Hotel have ono of tho best bnscbnll aggregations in tho city. Tho picture shows, from left to right, top row Malono, ss.; McDonnld, utility; Gary, rf.; Vendig, pitcher; Kelly, lb. Second row Allison, If.; Dnrrnh, 2b.; Connolly, manager; Dunleavy, If.; McLaughlin, utility. Bottom row Walsh, c.; Hanlon, utility. The THE TEN THOUSAND-DOLLAR ARM Tricks Bruno Knew Troubles of Charlie Grubb - Canaries Come to Town and Charlie Has a Most Deplorable Breakdoivn. -The By CHARLES E. VAN LOAN The World'a Moat Famous Wrlttr of Baseball Fiction. Bruno Smelzer, first ot ths J 10,000 beauty pitchers, and a rent one at that, has re tired, to the minora and Is pitching 6(17 per cent, ball (or the Ulue Jays. He haa one Interest In life his arm, and he takes rood care of that. Charlie Qrubb. munaser of the Clue Jays, wants to cet rid of liruno because Ilruno Is eccentric, will only pitch when ho feels right and la a eenoral nuisance. But tho owne- refuses to r.ro Ilruno. who has an extraordinary assortment of pitcher's tricks. Another neat trick of the sort required Sullivan's collaboration. Ordinarily foul balls against tho grandstand netting were tossed back to the catcher by players from the' bench. When Bruno worked, Btevo Eulllvan did his own retrieving. When Steve picked up tho ball ho would toss It back to Bruno, who would at once step Into the box ready to pitch. Sulli van, returning to tho plate, would pick up his mask where ho had dropped It always bohlnd tho batter and from six to ten feet away from tho plate. As Steve picked up the mask ha would address soma remark to tho batter calculated to extract a reply. If the batter turned his head to answer, Sullivan would drop the mask and dlvo Into position, for tho turn of tho batter's head was Bruno's cue to Blam the ball over for a strike. Man agers howled, team captains protested, but thero was nothing In tha rules to prevent Smelter's throwing tho ball, and If Sullivan cared to dash over and take one without his mask, that was Steve's risk. With these and other tricks, too nu merous to mention and tedious of explana tion, the ten-thousand-dollar arm con tinued In tho game, and Smelzer, with only a tithe of his strength, held his place and his percentage on the tight side of .600. Charlla Grubb, second baseman with the team for bIx years and playing manager for four, found his troublo at lost. A recruit from the wilds of Wyoming literally elbowed the boss out of his placo at second. Charlie had no wish to be come a bench manager, and he hung on as long as he could; but he could not conceal the fact that he was no. longer hitting In tha .375 class, and, to make It worse, his legs wereS going back on him. Mcltoe, the Wyoming recruit, was not only a sensational Inflelder, but he could hit like a Delehanty and he was a streak on the bases. Two or three of the sporting writers started a campaign' to drjve Grubb to 'the bench, and hammered away at him so viciously that tho entire, baseball popula tion took up the cry, and when that hap pens It Is the wise man who will step aside as quietly and unostentatiously as possible. Grubb was not wise- He took to snarling at reporters, and this was throwing gasoline on the .fire, In, the end the manager was forced to retreat, and Mcltae got his chance and mado good. To make tha situation worse for Grubb, tho Blue Jays struck a phenomenal win ning streak, which carried them through the first division and to the top for tha first time In four years. , As Grubb had been at considerable pains to make enemies out of the newspaper men, the sporting writers at once pointed out that but for. Grubb's obstinacy and bull-head edness tha team might .have been In front much sooner. Tha left-field bleacherites why Is it that all ths Insurgent fans sit behind third base? began attacking Grubb every time he appeared on the coaching lines, and they made his life a misery to him. They called him "poor old man" and sang him the song about the good old wagon that ''done broke down." Ho got no credit for handling a first-place team, and Grubb, who was soured clear through, tried to fight back. He at tempted to match the Insurgent at repartee one set of brains against a thou sand, and tha odds s. thousand to one. Grubb began to brood over his troubles and fight with Dave Bullen. The man ager went so far as to make threats against his persecutors, which, crept Into tho sporting pages of tho papers, and this was tha situation when tho Blue Jays came winging homo for tho four gomes which were to closo ths season. As luok had It, the four games were with tho club which was crowding Grubb's men hard for tho pennant tho Canaries, so called because it was believed that they had onco shown a Btreak of yellow. Thero was nothing yellow about tha way tho Canaries twittered when they rolled Into town, needing three games to win tho flag. They modestly announced that they would win all four, and tho local fans howled. Old Bruno had been parboiling his ten-thousand-dollar arm for a week, and was far from satisfied with Its condition. Ho had pitched a hard game on tho road 12 innings and ha felt It from elbow to shoulder and back again. Though ha massaged himself Industriously and worked out each, day, he. congratulated himself upon tho fact that "Heinle" Pitt man, "Beau" Nash and "Dud" Belcher, all reliable pltchors, were going well. Bruno was as game as an old man need bo, but ha had no wish to volunteer against so tough an outfit as the Canary batting order. Bruno, being his own boBs, liked to pick his victims. Why not? Nash led off for the Blue Jays, and the Beau Won his game, on cannon-ball speed. Dud Belcher went In for the second game, and sustained a defeat In 11 Innings. On tho third day poor Charlie Grubb offered his overladen back to the last Btraw. The score was a tie at three apleco when the Bluo Jays began to hit In the eighth Inning began to hit with ono out and Grubb coaching off third baso. Moltao and "Skeets" Tllford, the two heaviest hitters on the team, were coming up. Mcnao. slammed a fast ball into centre field, nnd was off around tho jffl&h' At Btevo picked up hit masfc Tie would address some remark to tha batter. it bases like a deer. Jimmy McLonnon, the Canary centre fielder, played' the ball off the fence, and when Jtcllao was between second and third, the; dullest- fan on tha bleachers saw Jimmy relay to "Wlngo" Jones, back of second base. "Hold him! hold hlral" howled "Piggy" Powell, who was coaching behind first base. Grubb lost his head completely, and signaled MoRae to keep on to the plate, and the boy had no choice but to obey the manager. Wlngo Jones whipped the hall home 80 feet ahead of Mcltae as needless a slaughter as was ever seen on a professional diamond. Coming from any coacher In the world, the blunder would have, been Inexcusable: coming from poor Charlla Grubb, It near ly precipitated a riot, and the demonstra tlon swelled tenfold when Skeets Tllford drove out tho single which should have scored Mcltae from third. And If that was not enough, the Canaries banged out tha winning run In their half of the ninth. Grubb s error of Judgment-picking the kindest name for It-had thrown away a cinch on the pennant, and Heinle Pitt map, who had pitched a remarkable game, came near weeping In tho club house That night 2000 men nnd boys waited outside tho park, and tho police had to escort Grubb to tho street car. A sensa tional ovonlng paper, which had headed tho campaign against Grubb, printed a savago attack upon him, In which it was hinted that tho manager had thrown tha gnme. In order to rovongo himself upon the town. Grubb, whoso nerves were In rags, read this article. It was tho finishing touch. Tho next morning Dave Bultcn was called out of his bed to answer tho tele phone. Ho was informed that his man ager was sorloUBly 111 at his hotel. The overwrought nerves had given wny under the strain of months of criticism, abuso and innuendo,, nnd tho doctor In charga of the caso promptly killed any hope that tho manager might bo able to appear that aiternoon at tno park. "A nervous breakdown. Mr. Bullen," snld the physician. "I havo had this man under my caro for weeks. The ah unfortunnte occurrence of yesterday undoubtedly hastened matters." (CONTINUED TOMORROW.) ROSEN FIGHTS WELL, BUT LEVMSKY WINS Lanky West Philadelphian Sur prises Douglas Fans by Giv ingvBa'ttler Hard Fight. Elongated Joe Rosen, of West Phila delphia, proved a tartar for Battling Le vinsky, the Sheriff of Stratford, Conn., and who may bo put up for Mayor there at the next election, at tho reopening of the Douglas A. p. last night. Whllo Le vlnsky was an easy winner nt tho con clusion of the contest, Rosen made a. host of friends by his good exhibition and surprised many spectators by re maining on his feet at the final gong. For the first four rounds Rosen had Levlnsky guessing at times with a left Jab, which blow Bent tho Battler's head back on several occnslon as If his neck was on hinges. Joe's footwork was bril liant,, too, and Bat missed a few hard right-hand punches to the Jaw. However, In the last two, rounds, Le vlnBky's body punishment had a ten dency to weaken tho lengthy one, and Bat was nblo to rip up enough right hand uppercuts to make Joe hold on. Pofe-f. "Off '-nc blepdlnc at the end or the set-to and ha seemed tired, while Levlnsky was as fresh as when ha first entered tho ring, In the other bouts Joe Welsh won from Tommy Cranston, Kid Patlllo defeated Charley Smith, Young Carberry trimmed Frankle, Wheeler and Preston Smith beat Johnny McAvoy. D5 P-A-CoPer and Al Cooper, Cleve land fight fans, who are vacationing at Atlantic City, came up to Philadelphia rMinn """ling i,evinsky in ad The open-air Garten Club will remain closed for the remainder of the summer Promoter "Pop" O'nrlen has deild to open another arena at Allegheny avenuo and B street. The first show whl be andKddieMcAndrewaWmeOnwn.nnyduIpe,,,0n i.u"I!? .a,Ioore',cIal.mant t0 the welter title of Pennsylvania. Is establishing as w- id "V hajL m the scared circle " aJl&llnS a bl"nt game of bali for POINT BREEZE i M . , park motordrome Tomor. Night 8 :30 Tomor. 8 :30 SO-MILE MOTORPACED RACE Carman Didier Linart Madonna America France Itelfium Italr MO ADVANCE IK WUCK8. tie and sio, nu&JSS1 Leasue Park JJLES ys-.ST. LOUIS nZ? bZ..? . ' ,AmIlon, tS,B0andT5 o8.ta S, on sal a) aimlbW-SMldtoM EVENING LEPGER MOTOS-'SttATTER OF FACT, LOUIE, ALEX'S flLOVE WOULD BEAT mSf m If a ball wero leed up on on of tho chimneys of the 63th street je""'"1',?"? hit hard enough, It would 0J ")" likely carry to tha new public links which are well under way nt Cobb's Creek. Ac cording to Jesse T. Vogdcs, chief engineer of the Park Commission, Vndet.w,,JM!hl .-.l. II.- tltika nrn hMnff bUllt, tlieV will bo ready for service by the middle pf Hp(cmber. This will bo Joyful news to hiitidrrrla of irolfers In this city who are counting on using tho new links. It Is oxpected that they will be opened offi cially with a tournament or a match be tween somo of tho crack players of the country. The courso Is easily reached. Thero will bo 18 holes, and all experts who havo viewed It are united In tho opinion that it will bo unenualed by any publlo courso In tho country. A modern locker houso for women Is being erected and another largo building la being reconstructed as e. locker room for men, Tho .country Is very favorablo for a golf cburse. It Is hilly, woody and thero Is lots of wator. Though work was begun only In May, the fairway Is In gbod shape nnd all tho greqns havo beon built. . Tho first holo will bo ono of tho best on the courso and promises to bo tho best first holo In Philadelphia. It was purposely made a long ono In order to avoid congestion. (But tho troublo that awaits straying drivers Is that It will tnko a good drlvo to clear tho creek and n ball could easily roll In It If It wcro Inclined that way. Bullrushes, hills, traps and rolling green aro some of tho other trifles to bo overoomo. Tho longest hole will be tho 11th. It will bo S12 yards and Is on tho sldo of a hill. Tho ball will havo to wear spikes to cling to tho hillside. Trees aro present to harasB players and every othor bounco the ball takes will land it In a trap. The 12th hole will be on Island. It will bo a mashlo pitch. Tho green will bo pear shaped, so that It will take fairly good pegging to bo on. Tho Hth will bo a tremondous carry over a creek. Tho creek winds in tho shnpo of an S, so If ono misses tho first bend ho still has a chanco for tho second. Tho 17th will bo tho most beautiful of tho course. It Is one of thoso long "two shot" holes with par 5. Nobody seems to make theso two shots and that always means trouble. Joo Wortz, nll-around ovorythlng, In cluding athlete, at Huntingdon Vnlloy, PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC GOLF LINKS TO BE THE VERY BEsM Course Will Be Open by September, It Is Said Holes Arran With Nicest Garcjoe wonz mams a ureat Ono at Huntingdon Valley Baseball and Golf, i holds a good many records, but t-. I day he added a now one to M. ?' Ut Wort decided to taka up g0?f i JWrt many preliminary stroke , in S IH showed tho best of form, he wl In tho middle of th -J,'.."" ..nl ball nnd dropped It to knock ,." !4 off it. Ho really hit It, 5o M play a holo or two. After a aiit H rrmuo ior ms nan with tt mashle K. i was a great confusion of sod, snliM " legs and Jar, Worts shaded his .!?.' his palm, but noWcre In , & rfS1' could he see his boll. He had.,1.0.?.'!' H wad pf sod over his left shoud. ' went back to get It. Tho ,,..".'?'' At was Imbedded In llm rn .;..' bll f backward. " "tta nv(fa Worts was In a quandary, n. au' M feci that ho should losa a . fl.M MB ball had gon backward. Finally h ' cicied to replace the d vot with kiFi V. Imbedded In It. And. holding it ,k,U Silfc-?.;80.'...!?' mad0 a beautiful & Imbedded In It. And. holding It VU . with one foot, ho mado a baniir..i SM without penalty." ' "l BaBoball players a-plenty are takl. M the game of golf. Many are slid to hi ti,.; iv uv u. nun uii mo links In i. figures. Big Chlof Bender. Vrl.ll nM Juggornnut Jawn nnd tho HonofaiSI Honua I.,. arn om nt th t,.i..n.0'J wlm chase nnr ti'lmnnv.i. tt,... . . 'arl chance. Ono wonders how they can ...A golf. In golf thero Isn't any yiimfi? ll kleklntr nn nnn'a lrnMn rr vi Tho moro times tho ball Is hit i.. ball the better for tho player's averai duc in goir tno moro times one hli iwfl hull th mnru h. ln,l "U 'fi A tn4 In VinensKnll l . ..i. . taTirt ?x r.i. r i.ivu" rr. v m But that would bo naughty.naucht'v golf. It would bo out of bounds and or would loso a atroko. a 0MJ When a batter gets In a hole In ba.J nnK hilt tvhon thn l. i ' . '" ! . . ........ ..w ow... bdui in a note Im' tears down tho henvens to cot m. Again, when a baseball player nulls am fade-away nrolng "homo" thn ,ha. Him, with applause, but when a golfer does a1 ..... ....,, w .,,u ,av.lwu t,it;uii en, Wcalt Ono blessing Is that there la n .,.,. to call strikes whon ono does tho swfns.4 nnd-mlss In golf: that is. ni...i .C.i caddy. Ho merely gives ono n ri.n. u.lIJ when the "swinger" lies about hls'icoraSl' don't mix readily. Everybody "ci ' i ... """ BiwiiKB, uui tney"ijvr. ' hand" at golf, ".!; 6. WILL COOMBS DO THE EVERS "fli wx uiyj. . uiyu VYLLtl WimUlili By GRANTLAND RICE Lines, to F. Schultc TIow does it feel to hold your strido Alone with memories to guide, . Where Sheekard starred at IToman's sidet Or does your backward vision glance Where Stcinv, Evers, Tinker, Chance Once led the league a Merry Dancet Or do your memories' take wing Back where the vanished echoes ring With ''For Chicago Broton and KUng"t Like spectral shadows down the lea, I wonder If you ever see Cray ghosts of Cubs that Used-to-Bet Gray ghosts that gather, one by one, To frollo onco more in the sun From lost campaigns, forever done Cray ghosts that gather and careen In phantom whirl across the green To mold again the Old Machine f Or, sole survivor of the cast Of fame enduring to the last, Are such dreams buried with the pastf Theso aro bizarre days for Brooklyn fans. Heretoforo tholr ultimata huzza has faded out around June 10. By that date each season tho cheering had about ceased. But here, all of a sudden, July is radiant with hope and dreams, and the vocal cataclysm has only begun. No wonder the weird shift has tossed Brook lyn nnd environs into a frenzy. Can the palpitating Dodgers maintain tholr lato flurry? No. But they woYfl i.io iu in uruor to nnisn first 'j Thoro is no terrific amount of clajl wiu ivuionai league wis season, ui any club that can travel from now orf at a .600 clip should weavo a soft neit la tho gonfalonlc branches of the pennut tree. Tho Dodgers havo as good matfri rial as any ono else, with greater ra" potusv If they fall to suddenly remeraW somo day they aro tho Dodgers, there li -V iicitni ino great ior tnom to reach, ,-j The Case of Coombs Fate has turned some queer tricks la Its day. It tossed Johnny Evers from 4 four-timo pennant winner to a chronfoj tai ondor, nnd within six months Johnnri collected his fifth world series stipend.5! Has fato the same award in view fori old-fashioned Jack Coombs? Coombd ..u ayvia, came irom a four-time ftsfj winner to a strong cellar contender, sul It may bo that ho, too, will collect SKliS The scheme theso ribald days seem ta be to leavo tho tOD. mov in tho nttn-ffl and whizz back up with thelclevator. "f By Hughey Jennings My infield is no wonder; Mil vltchlna &ta1T' tn ......n . But what else does a ball club mi ' 1, irim urawjora. Cobb and Veacht if Schalk. says Ty Cobb, "is mwnU uable to the Whlto Sox than ColllM." Possibly. And then again posslblr not With tho accent on tha closing woii Kor is this taking ono whit of credit front ths beat catcher In tho game. Unheard-Of axwell Bargains 12 New 1915 Special Demonstrators and Show Cars Beautifully finished 5-pwsenger touring cars, in finer condition than when they left the factory, completely equipped with electric ttarter. electric hehts., storage batteries and generator, high'-tension magneto, etc., etc., at very attractive prices. These cars carry our usual full guarantee. 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