hi li inniiTiriM
t' MB)Knrar"iwv
"TR"
,1 T,
HIi
KS
6
PHILS' ROAD
.
STRENGTH OF PHILLIfiS ON ROAD
BASIS FOR STRONG PENNANT HOPES
Moraris Club Has Won More Games Abroad Than It Has Suffered
Defeats Schedule Favorable to Chances for FlagNext
Western Trip Finds Team Well Fortified.
The Phillies nro scheduled to Btnrt on their second Western trip after Sat
urday's jjamo with Cincinnati and It is this trip that Will ho the- crucial ono of
tho season for the Phillies.
To dato tho Phillies have made the unusual record of winning moro gomes
on the road than they havo lost. This Is even more ttnuBunl when ono con
siders that tho Phillies had ono losing stroak, on tho road In which six games
out of elgbt played with Boston and Brooklyn were dropped. Tho Phillies liao
played 32 games abroad and U nt homo. Thirteen of these were played In the
West, the Phillies winning soven. Tho record for tho Beason at homo Is 25
lctorlos and 19 defeats, which Is not ncurly so good ns Moran's men should do
with tho natural advantages that go with plnylng nt home and a batting order
that should profit by the short fences.
Record of Hoad nnd Home Victories
It must also bo taken Into consideration that tho Phillies opened tho sea
son with 11 victories out of tho tint 12 starts nnd as their record at the present
time is 2 victories and 34 defeats, It will be seen that the Phillies havo not had
nn even break slnco tho first two weeks of tho season. Tho record for tho laBt
two weoks nt homo has been better than an oven break and Judging by tho
manner in which tho team Is playing now. it should rapidly climb toward tho
.800 mark In tho porccntngo column.
No club has over won a National Leaguo pennant without nt least .000,
although it seems certain that tho winner this season will bo under thnt mark.
Closo figuring would ploco the winning percentage at .680. To finish up with
this percentage tho Phillies must go through tho rest of tho season averaging
fix victories to every four defeats. This looki easy on paper, out. wmi wi
teams bo evenly matched In tho National League tills hcikom, Manager Moron
has a hard proposition on his hands.
Schedule of Games Appears to Faor I'lills
One thing In faor of the Phillies 1h tho National League schedule. It was
generally believed that the local team was nt a dlsnchantagc In having to talto
a trip WeBt after the Western trams wore through tho Hnst. With tho
Western teams slipping badly at the present tlmo and with every Indication
that tho battlo will be In the Hast, tho Phillies are fortunate.
But four moro games aro to be plaod In Brooklyn, four In Now York nnd
flvo In Boston. Nono of these teams havo that many games to play the Phillies
Jp this city except Boiton, but ns Alexander nnd Mayer hae been particularly
effocflvo against tho Eastern teams tho Phillies' chances aro exceedingly bright.
Tho 17 victories against 15 defeats for tho season on tho road Is a better
record thnn any other team In the leaguo has made nnd It is an nbsoluto neces
sity for a team to play well on tho road if It Is to bo in tho pennant race. Tho
team will start on tho second Western trip with Its heavy hitters back in form
and tho pltchln.g staff going even better than enrllcr in tho soason.
' Many Games Lost by One-run Margin
That tho batting slump was a terrible handicap to tho pitchers Is evident
from the fact that tho Phillies have lost 14 games by ono run, all of them being
games where tho opposing team did not tally more than flvo runs and in but
three of these did their opponents mnko as many ns flvo. Eleven gomes havo
been won by one run and and nil of these wero games where the Phillies tallied
fewer than flvo runs. Thls is another Illustration of tho strain tho pitching
staff was under.
In the last eight games tho Phillies havo averaged over four runs per game,
which Is also considerably over their year's average, whllo tho pitchers havo
hold tho opposing teams to an nverago of a llttto over tworuns per game, show
ing another Improvement.
Moran's Tactics Show. Confidence in Fighting Chance for Flag
Tho Phillies will not play off yesterday's postponed gamo until August 23.
It was generally believed that 'tho game would bo played in a doublo-headcr
today or tomorrow, as it would mean a lot of money to both clubs to havo
another twin bill whllo tho Phillies and Cubs aro battling for tho pennant. But
iho local management 1b placing the success of tho team from a playing stand
point ahead of tho financial end
Yesterday's crowd was tho largest of tho season, and a double-header today
or tomorrow probably would draw a still larger throng, but Manager Moran
realizes that the pitching stnff is his main hope for tho pennant, and with two
double-headers scheduled with tho Itedi later in tho week, Moran realizes that It
Would hurt the team's chances to add still another.
The Phillies are staking everything on winning, as has been proved by
several moves recently which placed tho playing end of the team before tho
financial end. Although he will not talk about winning tho pennant, Moran
must havo a strong notion that tho Phils are going to stay up in the race, or
bo would not sacrifice all this money for his employers.
Cubs Have Slugging Team Like Phils of Old
Italn deprived the Phillies of a double triumph over Bresnahan's team, and
While the first game was close, the Cubs did not look nearly so good as they
did on Saturday. It is a team that is thriving on long hits, nnd nothing else.
If It wins the pennant in the National League, the fans may rest assured tho
league is woefully weak. There Is much batting strength in tho Chicago line-up,
but Httlo of tho dashing, heady play that wins pennants.
The first game was close because Mayer either eased up too soon or was
fast weakening. Until tho last two innings Mayer pitched splendid ball, after
a bad start. With men on bases he was particularly effective, whllo Humphries
apparently felt the heat. He lost the hop to his fast ball and his curve was not
breaking right after tho middle of tho game. It was only a question 0f tlino
before the Phillies got to him.
Demnree on Easy Road to Fourth Victory
AI Demaree went to the mound for the second game, and he went off In
great shape. There is little doubt that Demareo would have registered his
fourth consecutive victory had not the rain Interrupted. Tho Cubs were a dis
appointed and lifeless team after the Phillies went off with a three-run lead,
obtained at the expense of SouCpaw Vaughn. Manager Bresnahan has tried
tfouthpaws against the Phillies three 'irnes this season, with tho same result
each time. Vaughn was batted from the box In his last appearance here prior
to yesterday and Fierce was treated In the same manner In Chicago.
Bresnahan's Kick on Bancroft's Homer Prevented Second Defeat
Save Bancroft's home-run drive, which was in a largo meosuro responsible
for the Phillies' victory, was a fluke affair. The ball went Into tho Httlo closet
on the scoreboard. This closet is used for storing the scoreboard material and
to shelter the boys from tho sun, but yesterday It proved of value In run
producing. Manager Bresnahan had little to say about the right of this hit to count as
a home run until It developed that tho Cubs were beaten by one tally, and then
he let out a roar. Ho consumed bo much time arguing the point with Umpire
Hlgler between games that tho second contest was late in starting. Even If
Bresnahan does not enter a protest and have It sustained, his argument was a
profitable one for the Cubs, as it consumed just about the amount of time It would
fcave taken to play the inning necessary to make the second contest a full game.
Giants at Last Land in First Division
The Giants are coming along at a great clip. They Jumped from sixth to
fdurtS place by defeating the Cardinals for the third successive time. This defeat
was the sixth in succession for the Cardinals, and they are likely to remain In
the second division for the rest of the season.
The Giants are now within striking distance of first place, and a great spurt
may yet place McGraw's team on top. Charley Dooln is given a great deal of
credit for bringing the pitching staff around and he is doing the bulk of the
catching.
Several fans have asked what has become of Larry McLean since he was
released by Media, of the Delaware County League, and Pltpher Russell Ford
unconditionally released by Buffalo. MqLean Is now playing with Donlln's All
Btars, according to press agnta for that team, whljd Fojd Is slated to plteh for
the Pullmans, a star Independent team In Buffalo, whigh plays two games &
week. How the mighty Imve fallen!
, EVENING LEDGER-PniLADELFHlA,
Tvfi BnTlFF
EVENING
EVENING TDGER-PniLAPELPHIA TUESDAY, JULY 20,
SNAPPED ON
PfflLADELPHIANS
IN TENNIS MEET
AT ATLANTIC CITY
Few Events on Court Cal
endar Until August 15.
Brilliant Matches in June
and July Were Staged in
City and Suburbs.
With the second annual lawn tennis
championship of tho Schuylkill Volley
concluded, raccpict wlcldcrs will enjoy a
much-needed rest from competition for
the spaco of sovcral nooks With the ex
ception of tho regular weokly matches In
tho Trlstato and Suburban Leagues, nnd
thu occasional meets of tho West Jersey
Pleld Clubs League, there Is nothing In
tennis until the middle of August.
The annual tournament for tho South
Jersey championship, until this year held
on the prlvato courts of Harvey Lake, at
Ocean City, will be played at the Ocean
City Yacht Club beginning August 21.
Previous to this the first tournament for
the Atlantic City tltlo will bo plajcd at
tho Atlantic City Yacht Club, and both
will find a number of representative Phil
adelphia tennis players participating.
Tho spring and early summer season
Just closing has been fraught with In
tel eating developments Several new
Btars have been discovered, and several
titles hac changed hands
As usual, the season was begun with
tho Inter-club team matches. Tho Merlon
Cricket Club again won both first and sec
ond divisions
The first tournament was tho annual
doubles event for tho Huntingdon Val
ley challenge cups. In this, J J. Arm
strong and W. K Davis went through a
fast field and captured the trophies from
W. E. Lamed and W. J Clothier. The
next event wne the Pennsylvania State
championship In women's (singles and
.doubles, and mixed doubles This marked
ips Iirsi uppeuiuuiu in x miuui-ijiiutb j.
Miss Molla DJurstedt, who later won the
women's national singles title. Miss
DJurstedt played only In the doubles,
in 1th MrB Marshall McLean for her part
ner, and In tho mixed doubles, with H D
Schnlzel, of whom little was known
then, and even less after he had gone
Miss DJurstedt and Mrs MacLean won
tho women's doubles, Mrs. MacLcun the
singles, and W P Johnson and Miss
Claire Cnssell the mixed doubles. In one
of the early roundB of the mixed doubles
Miss DJurstedt and Schlnzel lost to Mrs
MacLean and W. T. Tllden, Jr., who later
lost to Johnson and Miss Cassell. Mm.
Edward Raymond, tltleholder In three
events, did not play.
The following week found tho players
at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, with the
29th annual championship of the United
States In women's singles and doubled and
mixed doubled the titles at stake. In a
history-making match Miss DJurstedt won
the singles by defeating Mrs. O. W.
Wlghtman, tltleholder In 1309. 1910 and 1911.
Miss Mary Browne, the Callforntan, did
not defend. This Is the first time that
the national championship has been won
by a foreigner. Mrs Wlghtman and E.
C. Johnson won the mixed doubles apd
Mrs, Wlghtman and Miss Eleanora Sears
tho women's doubles.
Next In Importance to the winning of
the titles was the appearance of a young
Pittsburgh girl, who on some not too
distant date will win the national cham
pionship. She Is Miss Martha Outhrle,
the only player In the event, Bave Mrs.
Wlghtman. who was able to win a Bet
from Miss DJurstedt. Miss Guthrie has all
the various strokes, but in addition to
that she has brains, and with her strokes
improved a bit, that combination will be
supreme.
The scene shifted back to Merlon the
next week, where the Pennsylvania
State championship In men's singles and
doubles was played. For the first time
in a number of years there.were no out-of-town
entries. J J. Armstrong, of
Merlon, and ex-Middle West tltleholder,
captured the singles crown by defeating
W. F, Johnson in the final at his own
game. Doth these players favor the chop
stroke, and Armstrong was Jus,t a JtUle
more' resourceful than his opponent.
Johnson and A D. Thayer gained perma
nent possession of the doubles trophies
by defeating the veterans of a decade of
years, Dr. 15. D. Dowhurat and J. IL Car
penter, Jr. In the final
Gus Dumont Downs Walter Shive
Ou Duravnt dretd Walter Bhlve two out
tbt falls in the wrMtUn match cld t
iy TbMtrj lilt njgbt
IS VinTo tSt. while Di
T3. wblls Dunwft won tb
Bt two In -W ! -. rupMtlvdr,
nit: VS 1111 Wmtm
LEDGER MOVIES-IF THIS RAIN KEEPS UP, LOUIE, THERE'S NOTHING
THE GOLF COURSE
tiArvGoat
J9.ST. G.AtOOV
VERNACULAR OF GOLF PUZZLE
TO BOTH PLAYER AND LAYMAN
"Bogey," "Par," "Stymie," "Dormie" and the Rest of the Terms
Explained in ABC Fashion Handicaps for Play at Phil-
mont Charles H. Hoffner, Woodbury, Plays Great Game.
Not tho least of tho intricacies of golf
Is the phraseology of the game. Many
feel that they would be hotter players If
they could master the lingo Tho follow
ing ADC primer may be of help:
"Par" Is tho number of shots ono Is.
supposed to take for a hole. Two putts
are allowed on every green. If the green
may be reached In one shot, par Is three;
If in two shots, par Is four
"Bogey" Is a score to play against. It
Is an Imaginary opponent often referred
to as "Colonel Bogey " "Par" takes Into
account the length of the hole, while
"bogey" considers also the "trouble "
A plaer Is "ono up" when ho makes a
hole In fewer strokes than his opponent
The opponent Is then "ono down " If
the latter wins the next hole, the players
are "all square."
The expression "3 and 1" as the result
of a match means that ono player has
won the match by three holes with one
hole, yet to play. This hole is called a
"bye" hole and Is not played because no
matter what happens on It the result of
the match Mill be the same.
A player Is "dormie" when ho has to
win all the rest of tho holes to "square"
the match. For Instance, he is "dormie"
when he Ib three down and three to play.
If the golfer who was "three down"
wins the rest of the holes the players
are then "all square" or "even up."
The first winner of a hole, after the
match Is "squared" on the 18th green,
wins the match.
A hole Is "halved" when both golfers
require tho samo number of strokes to
play It.
A ball Is "dead to the hole" when It
Is so close that It would be hard to miss
the putt. When one ball Is on top of
the .hole and In the line of the other
ball there Is a "stymie" If the second
ball cannot go. down ordinarily without
knocking in the ball which is in the way,
When a hole Is made In one atrqke
under par It Is called a "bird." Two
under par la an "eagle " The winged
thing is yet to be born which could de
scribe a hole In three under par,
The law; allows two putts on every
green. Most golfers would rather take
take three or four, while some cannot
seem to get the ball In "nohow " A New
Zealand "pro" steps up at this point,
makes his bow and wishes to state that
putting is a cinch.
He says if the golfer wishes to putt
straight Into the hole, to lay hs right
thumb straight down the shaft of his
putter. If he wants to putt to the right
of the hole because of a slope In the green
then, simply hold the thumb more to the
right of the shaft, and It to the left of
the hole more to the left of the shaft
If the ball doesn't go in the first time,
try again, vrn suppose x It Is easy to
figure out the angle of the thumb by
trigonometry.
The Idea at PhUmont tod-ay Is that if A
llL " " ""
. -jzzt innz: 1
AT PHILMONT
OA yT&?T &CM90 .
"moose" Mccormick deposed
Former King of "Pinchers" Will Scout
for Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGAj Tenn.. July 20 Harry
McCormlck, former pinch hitter of the
New York Giants and ono time with the
Phillies, who has managed the Chatta
nooga Bouthern Leaguo club slnco tho be
ginning of the 19H Beason, was called
home today from Mobile and will Bcout
for tho local club for the remainder of
the season
gets an S9 and has a handicap of 30, he
can turn in a card of 59 This will win
for him the prize, oven though B, with a
handicap of four, should turn In a nice
W. In fact, A could afford to sneer at
B's card It might bo a record and might
win the low net prize, but who cares
about that? There is no uso In gottlng
worked up over the matter, however, for
nolther of the above "ifs" is likely to
happen.
This Is the sixth tlmo the golfers of
Phllly have girded up their loins In bat
tle to see whether they have all been
given tho correct handicaps by tho golf
association of this city.
Each golfer that falls to win the con
test claims that his handicap Is unjust or
he would have won. And there seems to
bo some ground for his argument. Only,
unfortunately, many players do not havo
their sunniest golfing days when there is
a tournament about.
Dut the committee knows its business.
They showed the canny eye last year
when there was a five-cornered tie and
nnother tie In tho play-off.
All tho golfer has to do to finish with
the leaders Is to show his standard game.
If lje does a little better he may win.
This event Is always about the most pop
ular on tho schedule.
Charles II. Hoffner, the 19-year-old pro
fessional at Woodbury, showed unmis
takable sign of a coming star when he
finished Just behind the tie of Gil Nlcholls
and Wilfred Deld nt Shawnee last week
In the open championship of Pennsylva
nia play.
Hoffner plays In beautiful form, and It
is felt by all who have seen hjm In ac
tion that as soon as he gets the steadi
ness which a little more tournament play
II1 give him he will be a big credit to
Philadelphia golf.
Only last summer he was a caddy at
the Cricket Club, being at Bala before
that. He .was born at Schuylkill Falls.
He has been on tho links around this city
more or less ever since. He picked up hla
game and all he knows about half as s.
caddy hereabouts.
If Hoffner could have equaled his aft
ernoon Bcore at Shawnee in the morning
he would have won the championship. As
It was his golf was remarkable.
r
James Barnes, professional at White
marsh, and Alec Duncan, ditto at the
Cricket Club had a Jlttle excitement be
tween themselves at Sunnybrook yester
day, when they played a round over the
"millionaires'" course there,
The course, which was opened for play
on May M, this year, was found to be
fairly smooth, though, of course, it has
not ettled to Its best behavior as yet
Barnes, who has a pepehant for rough
courses, had an elegant time and finished
a "wee" In front of his younger oppo-
Both pros expressed the ODlnlnn th.f ,.
SIS! r,ti BJ" " 1 r.
promise they give at present. WB '
1915.
-j
BY VAN L0A3
'. nr.A fiKT.jsr.En i
Mr niRge, who tells the story, "l'n .'J
HgMeolie trounce aitMnat Ike BmH. nnJJeJ
of Iho Ilefilnitlinm. wllh whom h tint broxe
into fast comi'hy n n pitcher. He "!
hl firm day, when Bmnll took him out tor
practice.
Well, he was nt first, though I ought
to had more sense than to trust n man
Willi a litnn tin1it fArn whittled dOWIl
sharp at the chin, a long nose .whittled
to n point nt tho end, nnd. a long, stiff
upper lip. He had a kind of n bad eye,
too sort of a blue-gray color and I "
hd hn rnnlrl lnnt nt fotl ttn hour With
out winking. He met me at tho train
tho morning I got In.
"Do you want I should plteh this aft
ernoon?" I asks him. ,
He laughed, one of them quiet, sar
castic laughs of his,
"You're In a terrible hurry, yoUhg
feller," he says "No, I wouldn't wish to
caro to havo you pitch this afternoon,
but If It's all the samo to you I'd like
to have you pitch Bomo this morning.
Leave your Junk at tho bonrdlng house,
and come out to tho park. I want to see
what you got."
Ike worked mo for about an hour,
standing behind me all the time llko a
section boss. It worried me at first, but
pretty soon I got going, and showed him
all I had He didn't say as much as I
thought ho would, and what ho did say
wasn't complimentary.
"Quit telegraphing that fast one, with
your foot," he'd say. "JJo you warn 10
hnvo everybody In tho lenguo waiting
for it nnd hitting It a mllo? The idea of
a fast ball Is to pitch It with tho same
motion you use for the curve. You got
smoko thero, boy, but you might as well
put It bnck In your grip as to let tho
batter know when ou'ro golrig to uso
it."
I'll never say that Iko Small nln't onto
his job He Is; I'll give him that much
credit, nnyway Ho showed mo moro
about pitching In that ono hour than I'd
learned nil my life and he told mo tho
why of everything. I had a few trifling
Httlo faults when I first broke Into
league baseball and I reckon Christy
Mathowson had bis, too. If the truth was
known but I got over mlno In no tlmo,
Small working out with mo In the morn
ing until he broke mo of what ho called
"tho bush stUff." '
"The bait man they had mqj Jivxmy
Dougherty, 'The Flea.'"
I was crazy to go In and pitch, but
Ike kept, me op the bench foi) 10 days,
and then sent me In to finish a gama
against TltUBVllle when they had us
licked by a score of 17 to i. I thought
that was a pretty mean trick, but I
pitched my head off for three innings,
and they didn't score That night Ike
tied the can to a pitcher he'd been hang
ing onto, and I know I was elected. Two
days afterward he turned me looso on
the same club, and I made 'em look llko
cripples and orphans. I had 'em breaking
their backs on my outdrop, and chop
ping at my fast one after it was In the
catcher's mitt; and I'd Ttave beat 'cm
too, If it hadn't been for Harrigan shut
ting his eyes' and hitting one a mile with
two men on the bases.
We only had four pitchers on the Dell
Ingham club, and it seems to me four
ought to be enough for any team. I
never could flguro why these big league
outfits carry such a raft of pitchers
There must be a lot of loafing done
back there.
It was about three weekB after the
season opened that I Joined the team.
It was a four-club league Delltngham.
Tltusvllle, Waverly and Mill City; and
right from the Jump It was a battle be
tween the first two
The other clubs didn't seem to amount
to much, Mill City didn't havo no pitch
ers, and couldn't support; 'em If It had;
and Waverly had a gong of bad actors
that couldn't hit a thing In the world
but booze, or field anything but high
balls. Tho Distillers we called 'em, and
they had it coming. I tell you, It's go
ing pretty strong when ball players take
their flasks with 'em to the bench, and
that's what thoso drunkards done reg
ular. Of course that wasn't generally
known, but It was so.
Well. It was up to ub to trim Titus
vllle. On the face of It, It looked easy.
Belllng'nam had the best pitching staff
after tho first month It did the best
hitters, and the best-balanced team any
way you figure It.
Ike Small, he played first base; and
though I don't like a bone In his head,
I've got to say for htm that he was some
first baseman aau field captain. He knew
baseball from A to Izard, top, sides, and
bottom; and It's my bet that he could set
right down with Frank Chance, or Jim
McAUer, or any of them wise heads,
and tell 'em stuff they never heard of.
Then there was Pete Dlaney, our
catcher, Pete could hold an Infield to
gether as well as anybody, and he
wasn't no slouch when It came to peg.
glng to the bases, Martin Dunn, Jack
Oavlgan, and Heinle Krause made up
the Infield with Small. None of em
what you could call bad. We had Mil.
llgan and Tucker and Anderson In the
outfield two hitters and one slashing
good fielder. What more would you
wantT
Then for pltchers-me. Kellerman,
Murphy and Hartley; two of us crack
ajacks, and two Just steady, average
boys that you could depend on week
In and week out Wouldn't you say that
a ball club like that ought to have
breezed hom-i all alone?
I reckon baseball la some like poker:
you may think you've got a cinch, but
some fellow might take four to an ace
and draw out on you. on paper that
Tltusvllle team was awful weak. They
had only two fence busjers, and one of
them was, a pitcher. Oeorge Dana.
Plnnlgan, the centre fielder, was the
other. Their pltehlng staff wasn't any
great shakes outside of Anstruther. He
ELSE TO DO
BLACKLISTED
, , . . ......
Some Inside Stuff Learned by Mr. Biggs, and the Situation in i)
LeagueWith Incidental Remarks About One JimtAy 1
Dougherty, the "Flea." f
By CHARLES E. VAN LOAN
m. i,-,i.i'. Most Famous Writer of IMatbntl Fiction.
." . l-liAIil.(1t'rtf'fi.tAMlMa .u.tl
" .-i.oi.iiBi, ujm mo weakest bn
ter that ever 'nollercd on a strike h
His hatting average for the season tfi
about as big ns his collnr-fourtccn It
three-quarter'!. Any time he got a. I
It was customary to give thrco cheeri
Hero Id where tho TltUsvilie tea
was strong they wero overy last n,
of 'em fielders, nnd they could run
bases. Their fielding held our ecor
down, nnd they could gd out nnd ml
runs on nothing. The way those bin
'twould. hang around tho nlntn n,i 1.
nnd wait for four balls was enough .
,gho you tho -willies. All thev v
nsKen was a cnanco to get on first hai
-and they didn't glvo a hoot how jh.
got there, cither. Even the Mill p
boys could outhlt 'em, but you est,
always tell by a club's batting aVX
whoro It will finish in tho raco, an
thoso Tltusvllle burglars had the kn
of gottlng runs over tne plate. It's ih
runs that count, no matter how theVt
made. 'tj
Tho best man they had, and the on
who mado 'cm dangerous and toUeh i
beat, was Jimmy Dougherty "tlio n'
I claim that Jimmy would bo a star B
any club In the country, and tho onl
thing thnt keeps him out of the W
leaguo is his size that and tho size o
his batting average. Ho's little, Jimm
Is-nbout tho littlest man that eve
played ball, I reckon. Ho weighs aroiln
a hundred pounds. There ain't nnythln"
to him but his nerve and l,l oimi..
Lpads. Yes. nnd his tongue. He's m
a lino of conversation that'll bllste
fresh paint. u
Jimmy led oft In tho batting order
and bocnuso ho wns so darned little h
was a hard man to pitch to H0 mad
It a heap harder by using a crouch afii
crowding on top of tho plate A mat
might as well try to pitch to a mosquito
Jimmy Dougherty wns the Bhortcst mat
bctw6cn tho shoulders and the knee
that you most ever saw. j
He'd work you for a base on ball
every other tlmo up, nnd If he couldn'
do that ho would manage to get hlmael
hit by a pitched ball. I've soaked tha
little dcll hard enough to up-endit
cignr-storo Indian; It never had no ef
feet on him whatever fcxeept mayTie tt
loosen up his tongue some Then,l
he couldn't Becm to do anything etit
ho'd dump tho ball down In front of thf
plate, and beat It to first base by 1
nose That's how ho como to havo a bat
ting average of two-thlrteen last season
I'll bet 'ne didn't hlttthc ball out of tht
Infield 10 times nil year ?
It was when tho little rat got dowt
to first base thai tho real circus began
Everybody called him the Flea, and ''a
mighty good name for him, too Y6
can't outguess a flea, can ou? And you
never know how to go nbout double"
crossing one. Most generally all fbi
know about a flea Is that he's on hli
way somewhere, biting you at even
Jump, and jumping when you don't ex.
pect him to. -it
It wasn't any manner of uso to trr
and nail him at first with a throw to III
Small bless you, that was Just whit
Jimmy wanted you to do. He'd monkey
around thoro with his petty larceny lead
until you'd make a low throw, or Ike
would let one through him, and then
zlngl you couldn't see him for dint.
Then there was only one thing left to do
to get the ball and heave it one base
ahead of where you'd think he rightly
ougnt to Btop and pray lor luck,
i
(CONTINUED TOMORROW.)
AHEAM AFTER SCALPS
OF HEAVY OPPONENT
Middleweights Draw Line on
Dancing Master and He Is:
sues Deft to Heavyweights.
Following Into the footsteps "of Battling
Levlnsky, erstwhile Barney Williams,
who as a middleweight was unable t
get enough bouts to cat regularly, Young
Ahearn, of Brooklyn, has Issued a chalj
lenge to heavyweights, no white man
barred, Ahean, a legitimate middleweight,
has been unable to get any of the "5S
pounders to meet him, hence his anxiety
for heavyweight bouts.
Al McCoy. Ceorge Chip, Mike Gibbons
and Jlmy Clabby, according to Dan Mc
Ketrlck, Ahearn's manager, all refuse to
meet the dancing master. Why these
fellows should side-track Ahearn Is
mystery. He Is a cleor two-handej
fighter, but never dangerous. Fromij
punching standpoint, Ahearn couldnt
knock a hot off any one. 4
Just the same, whenever Ahearn's name
Is mentioned for a match, mlddlew eights
suddenly think of another engagement
they have around thp corner. AhearaH
defi to the big fellows goes for the best
of 'em-Coffoy, Reich. Smith, Cowler
Welnert, RoJl and Dillon. 1
Bobby Reynolds Is working like a
Trojan for his return appearance here at
the Ludlow A, C, Friday night,. In combat
with Duck Flemlne. Doth boys are cleyes
boxers. Among Renolds' opponents dug
ins nis trip irom nome were i-naws
Johnny KUbano, Johnny Dundee, Packs:
iiommey and Harry Condon.
ThA wlnriitn nt th M.nnri shniV bl titS
reopened Douglas Club, tonight, wUl
k.ln. At..la.. TilJla TTAlIrA UlO
Tommy Coleman. The Rumanian flgnteri
Alex Costlca. will show in the semifinal
...... . . - . fil
West Philadelphia fignt fans are g
questing Matchmaker Charley What"
of the Ludlow Club, to book Jlmm
Murnhv with n. trnod llrhtwelght at
early date Murphy Is a big favor!
pugiiisticauy, across tne ttcnuywiii.
Tonleht at Ebbeta' Field. BrboXl
Johnny Dundee and Joe Rivers will m;
in a io-round bout.
Oeorge Chin will be married Augu!
and he will honeymoon to Callforn
.where he expects to remain with his brio
to-be until September. lie may not K
pear In he roped arena until OctoD?
Nnllonnl T.niif Park
PHILLIES vs. CHICAGO j
Gam at 3 30 p M. Admission, 35, CO and 1W
Box Beats, SI On sile aimbels' A SpaJdiMJ
DOXINO TONIGHT M
Douglas A. C, 11th & Sp, GardeS
TOMMY COIKMAN ys. EDDIE JIEOIB
l'OCU OT11EH 3KEAT UOUTS M
Ksyatons phone C031 A. l'rlces tic. Mem
wetu boy?)
Q
toAve no
THEV'S,tOp fAU&H
(In
Vat.
THE
n JESTNCr S
tf4Pt?HUN
KUhAlUTY
ATMUS-FEAR-
THAN-KW;
r
7C'PAWi.ET,C-AlLV
x
y.
.Li . ...J
mmmKf.
--s. ISO KIMDlV
J
J MCVSE fAEj
s
Ots nr
&
rvV
w
1 '" ' """I "l' . ..- 1
Tn m i i