EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, .JULY 38. 1915. . .. ... . ., ..-., .i - . . - -. 1. .. . ...- ( .liWiW BOSTON BRAVES TAKE BIG. LEAP PENNANTWARD "THE CAST-OFF," BY C. E. VAN LOA . ..-.- - - ' - GOING UP THE BOSTON BRAVES . AT LEAST ARE ON THEIR WAT MOVIE OP A MAN SELECTING A LUNCHEON ON A HOT DAY u wouia do an ensy matter to throw la second base and complete a double r,l' If ho tried for the catch and mined, botfii men would score arid the game would h' 6Ver. "i It would be an easy matter to throw Before he had taken two full strldiJl toward the dlAmond, Hardy's decisis! 1 was made, ahd in that length of tlms hii hnd weighed his chance of reaching ihlM &! attings' Scrappy Serfs Certainly Seem Serious Contenders After Lambasting Brooklyn BuncliNow Tied for Third Connie Mack Has Real Class Among youngsters. he missed It-well. It was ba.sball'to tak, the winning chance. 12 y. I lCT W .IBS The Craves aro comlnff fast, and It begins to look as If Stalllngs' team has lit laut found Its stride In beating Brooklyn yesterday, the Braves not only checked tho mad dash pennantward of tho Dodgers, but the champions Jumped ahead of tho Giants and aro now tied for third place. Ab tho Phillies also lost, the Braves gained on all the leaders and are now but bIx games behind Moran's club. As predicted by Managers Herzog and Clarke a few days ago, tno uraves Will still have a lot to say about where tho pennant will fly, and tho return of James to form would mako Boston tho favorlto In the race, desplto tho Blxgamo Uad held by the Phillies. The DravcB Fighting Spirit Must Bo In the Calculation Tho Braves will bo a much harder team to beat In the stretch than tho Dodgors, who will lose many games through that lack of fighting spirit which tho Craves possess. In their first appearanco hero the Braves looked like a badly demoralised team and ono that was about to blow. In their last nppcaranco BtalllngB' team looked much better, and It was pointed out In thoso columns that tho team was still far from being out of the race. Local fans have been pulling for the Dodgers to lose, and a great cheer wont up from tho crowd when the 6Cor6 -Was posted at Shlbe Park with the Braves winning. But, perhaps, In a few weeks tho fans might wish the Dodgers had trimmed tho Braves a fow more games. ' Boston's ability to stand tho gaff and to play Just as well on tho road as it does at homo, onco It strikes Its stride, will play a most Important part In tho struggle during tho remainder of the season. Since coming out of their slump the Braves have won 13 out of 14 games. They will leave for tho West with the pitching staff going stronger than that of any team In tho league, oven without BUI James, one of tholr strongest members. Sherwood Mngco's Bat Big Factor In Braves' Ittso Sherwood Mageo Is starting to hit nnd that Is ono reason why the Braves aro winning. Magoe has drlvon In tho -winning run or runs four times within ;0 days. Some of those who havo been gloating over tho failure of tho former Phllly star to hit must now chango their tunc. Mageo is a wonderful hitter and 11 was only a question of time beforo ho would strlko his stride. The Braves will win many games on Mageo'a hits from now until tho closo of tho season. Pitching Is All That Connie Mack Needs After reading the accounts of tho games played by the Athletics In tho West, local fans came to look upon tho Mackmen as a poor, broken-'down aggregation of ball tosscrs. But yesterday tho now Mack combination opened their eyes. Mack declares that the pitching lost the games and that the rest of the team played well enough In the West to havo won 70 per cent, of tho contests with even fair pitching. Wlth.McInnls out of tho game, Manager Mack switched Iajolo to first and rounded out tho Infield with Malone on second, Kopf at short and Healcy on 'third. This combination played great ball, and Ilealoy made a most favorable Impression on tho crowd. Ho Is a big, strong youngster, stands up to the plate well and is a beautiful fielder. His only weakness appears to be on tho bases, and ho probably will get over that when ho Is In tho gamo for a time. There Arc More Collinses and Bakers They Are Coming Wally Schang was In centre, with Oldrlng back In left and Walsh in right. Thero Is great batting powor to tho Athletics, oven though Baker, Barry, Collins and Murphy are gone, and with a pitching staff that could hold up Its end, tho Mackmen would give any team a hard light. That Mack was right when he said he would soon havo another powerful team is evident. Hcaley Is a long way behind a Baker, and Malone still further from belngn Collins' class, but if these young men improve as fast as they should. Mack Is soon going to havo a club that will bo" up In tho race. rr ' ' (Tsri , &? ii The 1 n - i hai ' I MESHOUC , I SAND (AilCH U- BOOF I I AMD A ' v fMAw iMARVLoJnn f (MAUI 'V THE CAST-OFF' The Reds Tally Tfye Blues Beating Themselves Then Another Break and It's Up to Hardy How He Made the Great Decision and Tied a Can to the Tin Can Story. Shcchnn Shows the Nerve of a Veteran Young Tom Sheehan, a big right-handed pitcher, from tho Peoria club of tho I. I. I. League, had a chance against tho Browns, and ho made good with a vengeance. After ho had beaten tho Tigers In a see-saw game, In Detroit, scribes from that city declared he was tho nerviest youngster who had broken into tho American League In a long time, and if ho can repeat yesterday's performance' with reasonable regularity local fans will heartily agreo. Sheehan got off to a bad start, but, instead of being rattled, ho Improved as tho gamo progressed and did not permit another tally. In tho ninth Inning tho Browns filled tho bases, with only one man out, and had Austin and Slslor, two good hitters, duo. Yet Sheehan kept his norvo and head and retired them without a run. It was a great exhibition of pinch pitching, and the fans left the park unanimous in tho opinion that he "would do." Sheehan pitches more like a veteran than a youngster, and shows tho pleasing trait of being nble to "work" tho batsmen properly, something that has been sadly lacking In the Athletics' pitchers this year, Mack May Recall Cruthcrs, Sensational Second Baseman It Is probable Manager Mack, of the Athletics, will exercise his option on rress, Crothers, the local boy, sent to Momphls, of the Southern Association, for further seasoning. Cruthers, a second baseman, has been the sensation of tho league In all departments. When ho played several games hero last fall he hit poorly but fielded in great style. " Under the wing of Brls Lord, the ex-Mackman, who is managing Memphis, Cruthers has developed Into a great batsman. At the present time ho la hitting close to .320, In almost 80 games, which Is great clubbing, considering tho fact that the Southern Association 'always has been what is commonly called a pltcliera league," because of the number of high-class twirlers developed thero every season. Recently Cruthers broke a Southern Association record by.partlcipatlng in five double plays made in flvo successive Innings. In this gamo Cruthers handled J8 chances without an error, which is almost another record for a nlne-lnnlng game, Jimmy Keeley, the ex-Chester pitcher, of they Delaware County League, le also at Memphis with Lord, and is one of the leading pitchers of tho league! If the little fellow could take on some weight ho would be a valuable addition to' any major league club, as his control is remarkable for a southpaw. Pacific Coast Athletes Bound to Figure In Big Meet Eastern and Middle Western sports scribes take for granted that their favorites will be tho top leaders when the athletes gather on the Coast for the Panama-Pacific Exposition national games. The sectional writers do not give a thought to the Pacific coast contingent. Hero they are wrong, as the -Rocky Mountain athletes are a hardy lot, and in some of the games held have made Just aa good records as their Eastern rivals. The Coast contingent Is not to bo passed up lightly. Men who can run 100 yards in 9:4, and the 220 and other distances correspondingly as fast, will bear watching. Time Dwindles Before Athletes of Today Not so many years ago an athlete who could turn a quarter mile in 62 seconds stood an excellent chance of coming through a Meld, even from scratch. That was good time for quarter mllers. These days a half mller finishes the first lap of his race around 53 and 64. and then finishes up with a mark of 1:64. Norman Taber, In his attempt to break Ted Meredith's world record of 1:534. plans to run his first quarter at the Panama-Pacltlc Exposition national championships around 52. The wonder of It all is how he can do it and then finish the remainder of the route in approximately a minute. Defeat of Phillies a Heart-breaker The Phillies' defeat at the hands of the Reds was a heart-breaker. It hurts a ball team to come from behind that way only to lose through errors. It would have been better had the Reds fairly slaughtered the Phils, as defeats of this wit sometimes throw a club off Its stride. The Dodgers are In the same fix, however, as the Braves' victory yesterday was ope of the halr-rislng kind. i It Is said that two major league olubs have made offers to Durban, second baseman of the Cape May team. Durban is only a youngster and has a bright future before him. He has bwn hitting home runs Jn a manner that recalls the feats, of dene Wood, the ex.Penn star, at Cape May a few years ago. Wood received several majorlwgue offers, but turned then djawn to go Into the ootton business in Memphis. ' Tough uw)i! Just y1wa our fctew. the my. wUapa BroaWyji tbo bated foeour Write also take it fw thw4vB t ?et lHJted. , Bv CIIABLES E. VAN LOAN The world's moat famous writer of baseball Action. Slub Hardy, rcnl name Sptncer, paes oft pltchlnK to become on outfielder. Lack lug n sensn of humor, lie gets In bad UtU tin reporters and with his team, the Hluo Fok. Ho tikes a funny etory ecrlouely, nnd the name of "Tin-can" becomes associated vlth him. The fans ronet him. his ploying slumps nnd flnnlly ills manager. Hen Dly. Is rumiieltcd to act Traded to the ltcd Sox. under Catterson. Hardy deelop Into n sensational pUjer. He lam Jukrs Callahan, who flrBt got him In bad with the tin-can story, to all pirts ot the lot, dlsplais pep and Bpred and Is a great t'lmer. After all the other games In the league series hao ueen plajed the lied Box nnd tho Bluo Sox hnve u game to play. The Ited Sox haxe no ihunie for the pennant, but If tho Dlues win the pennant Is theirs Owing to the friendship of Catterton dnd Hardy for l)cn Daly there are rumors that the game is to te thrown. The game begins. Cattorson, always an early riser, pickery up tho morning papers at breakfast on the third day, and thereby ruined his appetite On every sporting page ho found an nrtlclo telegraphed from his homo town. It began: "Aro tho Reds throwing the pennant to Daly?" Tho afternoon newspnper men followed hatd on the trail. Thoy wanted to know what Manager Catterson had to say, and when he said what was in his mind they found that thoy could not print It. "This artlao mentions Hardy," said one of tho reporters. "He's known to bo very friendly with Ben Daly, and that may havft-glven rise " Catterson exploded with a mighty roar. "Something will glvo you a rise In. threo seconds I" ho said. "It will be this number 13 boot of mlnel Now, get out of hero!" Naturally that young man, In a two column article, pointed out that Catterson flew Into a rage when questioned about the statement from his own town. Tho Hardy Incident drew a subhead, and his friendship with Daly was mentioned. It was an angry team which trotted out for warming-up practice beforo the last gamo ot the season. Catterson had been reading the riot act to his men. "What If thero ain't a word of truth In It? I know It. and you know It. but If these fellows beat us by a big score this afternoon, we'll never hear tho last of It. Lot's dig In and show 'em Borne baseball!" When It came time to choose the. pitch ers, Catterson picked Thomas, a tall left hander, with slow, puzzling curves, Ben Daly chose Callahan as the one best bet. The game opened with the Blue Sox keyed up to the breaking strain and the Reds sullen and defiant. Callahan whipped over a llghtnlng-fast strike on Moles, the first man to faco htmi a great roar went up from 20,000 rooters, and IS men settled down to the final contest. ' Inning after Inning slipped by without a score, Thomas, flapping about In his looBe-Jolnted, ungainly fashion, kept drop ping his slow twisters across the plate, and the heavy-hltting Sox flubbed them along the ground or popped thorn Into the air. Hardly a ball was hit to the outfield. Thomas had "something on the ball," and, fur that matter, so had Jagga Callahan, who was pitching for his life and the postseason money thrown in. In the fourth Inning, after Hardy had doubled to centre, Jags fanned two men, retiring (he side amid thunders of ap plnuee. The last of the seventh saw the 20,000 on their feet, "pulling for luok." The luck earns, but -to the wrong team, for Parrish, of the Sox, elamed a line drive into a lightning double play. The end of the eighth found players and spectators keyed up to a savage pitch. The Sox were fighting for a pen dant and everything which , goes with one; tho Reds were fighting for their reputations. During the last of the eighth Jaggs abused his teammates like pick pockets. "What hao I got to do for you stiffs?" ho growled. "Hero I go out and hold theso trampj down to three hits for eight Innings, and you won't Btake me to a slnglo ace! GKo me one run and I'll win this gamel" To the end of the eighth Inning thero hnd not been an error on cither side. Suddenly thero came tho "break," that strange madness which attacks the bost ballplayers at times and spreads like a contagion until tho whole ''team Is In volved. Thero was no warning. Jaggs, pitching llko a fury, retired two men, and Moles, known as a dangerous man on the bases, dropped a pretty bunt along tho thlrd-baso line, catching the Inflelders asleep. Callahan started tho trouble. Ho should vrf - Kiji . i jVi fn u- ,v&Wwl AMEWOAN LUAOUK BASEBALL TODAY SHIBE PARK ATHLETICS vs. ST. LOUIS OAJIK CALLED AT 330 V, Sf. phone TENTS to HIRE ALU SIZES Water Proofing BERNARD McCURDY Ito NORTH NINTH STREET r&rUlk!b. WI0 Ilardu, trotting to Ala poslllon n the out field, pasted within JO feet of Ben Doll. i have been satisfied to let Moles reach first base, but, when the big pitcher saw that tho third baseman was not even moving on the play, he raced forward, scooped the ball, and, almost without looking, hurled It across the diamond. Moles would havo beaten a perfect throw; Callahan threw the ball 10 feet over the first baseman's head Into right field, Moles, rounding the bg like a ghost, scuttled along to second. The Blue Sox right fielder came tearing In, the ball struck the tips ot his gloved fingers and bounded out of his hand, falling 10 feet behind him. Molts, signaled by the coacher on third, crossed second like almost nt third baso when the right fielder straightened up and whipped tho ball In the general direction of the homo plate. He had caught the contagion, and, as the catcher ran back for the wild throw, Moles. let out tho Inst link In his stocky little legs and slid over tho plate just ns the catcher .whipped tho ball savagely to Callahan. Hardy, on the bench, found hlmBClt repeating: "Wo didn't do it! They beat them selves! They beat themselves!" Catterson was cursing In a whole hearted fashion; nil along tho Bed benbh there was no sign of exultation. High nnd elenr over tho muttering In the stands roso tho Joyful whoop1 of a lone Bed rooter: "There goes your old pennant! How do you llko It?" A loyal homo fan reached over- and mashed tho offending one's hat down over his eyes, and he lapsed Into sudden silence, chuckling to himself and mut tering now and then under his breath. It was no tlmo for loud hilarity. Callahan raved; tho first baseman threw his glove on ,the ground, and Jumped on It, and the right fielder walked around In little circles, making motions with his throwing arm. Ben Daly alona re mained calm. The Bluo Sox got tho last man on a pop fly, and, Jn dead silence, the teams changed sides for tho last of tho ninth. , Hardy, trotting to his position In the outtleld, passed within 19 feet ot Ben Daly. Tho manager was walking slowly toward tho bench, his cap In his hand, and it seemod to Hardy that tho man had suddenly grown gray and old. There were deep lines In his face, and all tho spring had gone out of his step. Hardy wanted to speak to him, but could think of nothing to say, and so wisely hold his tongue. It was the boy's first glimpse of a real baseball tragedy, and it hurt him to think that this thing had to hap pen to a man who had been his friend. He was conscious of a thankfulness that ha had had no hand In tho play. In the coacher's box a blue-stockinged warrior was yelling that the game was still young. "It's not over yet!" ho shouted. "Not over yet!" There was no reassuring bel low from tho grandstand, where tho fans wero sitting huddled together, BtlU stunned by tho magnitude of the calam ity that had overtaken them. Thomas ambled out to thebox to face "Budge" Tipton, put In, to hit for Cat lahar. Jaggs could have done no worse, nudge swung at two slow ones, and then popped up a weak foul to tho catcher. Harrison, the next man up, took a strike, and then dropped the ball neatly over the third baseman's head for a slnglo. 'The fans In the Btands suddenly came to life with a sharp cheer. They screamed madly when the Bed catcher dropped the next ball and Har rison slid to second. Like a flash the a rocket, and was I temper of tho great sullen crowd changed. it uuHitn tu roar xor uioou. nomas tried a fast Inshoot on Kennedy, and Kennedy spun around and took tho ball between the shoulder blade. Tho umpire under his breath: gnvo him tho benefit of the doubt, and ' he had!" Hardy was conscious of th monttrmi. J urrfalrne.s of thj thing. Why ftoSS ,1 this play be forced on him, of all the rnn on the team? Why hadn't Daly popntS ' that Mil to centre? It would have b?.n safer there, for. tho centre fielder w : playing deep. Without taking his Jlil from the ban, Hardy saw that the coach! era and base runners were wln tn -Mmule that he could not make the Ca(Cn : Harrison wag almost at the plate K' ' nedy was running down third, watching Hnrdy over hie shoulder. Confound D4w : Hardy measured the shortening flight 0i tho ba with his v. tt tn.i. ,. ?' made that catch It would be the greate.t ' fielding play of his life as well as ih 1 most Important one. n" Oyer tho din of the right-field blether. ' ' behind him. the wild, hysterical yi, I? his old enemies, ha caught the ancient retrain, lifted now In triumph: l "Tin caul Tin can!" ' ,ihy. "V,"8! i? hB "o chanc,, too, did they? Maybe ho would show them " something about fielding a thort hit That was tho spur which carried him over tho final forty feet. With one last bound i uaruy apimiea rorwnrd and dropped both hands to his shoo tops. Something struck the palm of his gloved hand with a stinging thud, the leather fingers snapped shut, and with the triumphant' yell of the rooters still quivering in th air. Hardy stralghtoned up nnd, runntn a few steps, whipped the ball on a line to Moles, who was waiting on second base. Tho end bt the game and the end of the Blue Sox pennant hopes camo with the suddenness of a thunderclap. Twenty minutes afterward Hardy was sitting In front of his locker in the club- nouse. waucrson entered. "Throwing tho games, ehj" ho said "Kid, that was the' greatest play TerA muuo in tnia towni uii, snui upr- Hardy burst out. "I couldn't do It again In ten years! I wish x u aruppca iw no," said Catterson softly. And then. Jee-rusaloml I wish' 7$r Se&f "l haren't had a FLAT THtK In months" WIIYt Seals ranctures, Preserres Ilubber. We guarantee nnd stand buck ot every nle. N TIRE SEAL SALES CORP. 12 N. 21 t St., Phila. Lccuit 1030 Itace 1S71 Kennedy Jogged down to first baso, so much elated that ho forgot to limp. Higher and higher rose tho yells from the stands. Thomas' luck was deserting him nt last. Turn about was fair play, ailsori, tho Hod catcher, walked Into tho diamond and- handed the ball to Thomas. Tho pitcher went back Into the box and discovered that his shoe noeded tying. The Blue Sox rooters Interpreted nil those signs, and yelled to tho umpire to mak the Beds quit stalling and play ball. Ben Daly stood nt tho plate, wagging n short, heavy bat In narrowing circles. Twlco he gripped hlo war club between his knees, patted his hands In the dust, and wiped thorn upon tho front of his shirt. Thomas kneW all about Ben Daly. Ho hod been pitching tb the veteran for seven years. Thomas had many theories about Daly's hitting and only ono cer tainty. He knew that Daly might hit anything anywhere. The battery signals passed; Thomas was to try a fast drop. The ball broke like a wounded swallow; broke too soon, and striking In front of tho plate bounded back to the stand, with Gibson In hot pur suit. Kennedy raced to second nnd Har rison to third. An Insane asylum might nnvo Deen recruited rrom tho grandstand; the bleacherltes were demented with joy. Out In right field Hardy could barely restrain himself, lie wanted to throw his cap In the air nna add his voice to tho tornado of sound. Only a baseball miracle could cheat Ben Daly out of his pennant now. Thomas was breaking; anybody could see that. At any rate, whatever happened, they could not say the Beds had not been trying. Just then Thomas delivered the next ball; Hardy, following It with his eye, saw Daly shorten his grip on the handle of the bat, and chop wickedly. The next ho saw of tho ball It was sailing toward him, ten feet over tho first baseman's head. Hardy heard a tremendous bellow, which seemed to beat down on him from above, and then he found himself running at top speed toward the diamond. The boy realized the situation In one sickening" flash. Daly had chopped the ball Just beyond the Infield. Before Hardy there lay the choice of two things He might "play the ball safe" by taking It on the first bound, but If he did, Harrison would tie the score, and It would take, a perfect throw to catch Kennedy at the plate. On tho other hand, he might try for a fly catch. Should he get his hands on the ball before It touched the grotmd, THE JEND. A VAN LOAN FARCE BEGINS TOMORROW "Sweeney to Sangulnettl to SchultB" is the name of the Van Loan story which begins In tomor row's Evening Ledger. It's a roar lng farce of, a story which will be completed in three generous Instal ments. Rend the flrst in tomor row's Evening Ledger. Braves Buy a "Three-Eye" Pitcher DAVEKPOIIT. la.. Julv IS. 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