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FIVE BALL TEAMS REST HOPES ON STARPgCHERS-THCRAB," BY C. E
THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT
VAN LOAN
ONE BRILLIANT PITCHER EACH
KEEPS FIVE CLUBS UP IN RACE
Alexander, of Phils; Mamaux, of Pirates; Faber, of
White Sox; Foster, of Red Sox, and Fisher, of Yanks,
Teams' Mainstays Reds Becoming Really 'Uppish
Ono week, ngo Pittsburgh win picked as a. likely pennant Winner In the
1 Jjatlohnl League, but today tho club la back In the second division, and probably
Wilt stay thoro. Ono sensational pitcher kept the Pirates In the rnco for four
months, and tho value of ono star was never more apparent than In the cane of
the Pirates this season.
Al Mnmnux, unheralded and a "dark horse," Is responsible for tho Pittsburgh
club making thousands of dollars Just when it seemed, after tho mlscraDio lai
, showing, that tho team had no hope for anything better than seventh or last
place and n poor financial year.
Several other major league clubs have been up with the leaders through tho
brilliancy of one pitcher and fairly consistent twirling by tho rest of tho staff.
While tho rest of the Phllly start has pitched gieut tall throughout the season,
there Is no denying tho fact that Alexander the arent has been tho main cog
In tho Phillies' machine. Urban Fabcr's brilliancy was mainly responsible for tho
;, flying start of tho Whlto Sox; George Foster kept tho Red Box In tho race when
tho others of tho staff wcro In poor shape, whllo liny Fisher took tho High
landers off In tho lead.
Detroit nnd Urooklyn Lack Ilrllllant Twlrlcr
Detroit and Brooklyn aro In quite a different situation. Either team prob
ably would go out in front with a rush If It had one twlrlcr who could perform
similar feats to those accomplished by Alexander, Mamaux, Foster, Fabcr nnd
Fisher. Neither team has a twlrlcr who can really be termed an extraordinary
performer, and must Blug Its way to tho pennant If It wins.
Pittsburgh Is hovering nbout the .GOO percentage mark; but Mamaux has won
18 games and lost only six. Fabcr has 18 victories to his credit and clghtdefcats;
Foster has 17 victories, out of 22 games; Fisher has turned In 16 victories and
lost eight games, with a team that is Just a few polntB nbovo tho .BOO mark,
while Alexander has won 21 of tho C5 gamcH won by tho Phillies.
These figures provo tho value of ono star twlrlcr to a. team. Karly In tho
Bcason Mayer was' keeping step with Alexander, and tho Phillies gained a big
lead. Since Mayer let up, Dcmarco and Itlxcy lmvo come along, and cither Is
likely to provo tho needed man to clinch tho pennant for tho Phillies. If cither
Mayer or Itlxcy can go at a .700 clip for tho rest of tho season, tho Phillies should
win the pennant, hands down,
Mamaux Handled Just Like Alexander
Pittsburgh has worked Mamaux much In tho same manner Moran has URcd
Alexander, although tho Pittsburgh youngster has not been in so many games.
Mamaux has been soitf to tho mound in tho opening gamo of almost ovcry series,
and ho has invariably started off with a victory, giving tho Pirates a big edgo
on their opponents. Tho Pirates play llko champions with Mamaux on the
mound, and havo been almost unbeatable; but without tho Dormount youth
hurling. Clarke's team generally looks llko a minor league aggregation.
National Lcaguo players marveled at tho ability of tho Pirates to stay up
In tho race as long as thoy did; but after looking over tho figures tho only answer
Is Mamaux. This youngster has been particularly cffectlvo against tho Phillies.
Cincinnati Reds Get Hilarious Over Victory
Cincinnati's mad dash In tho National Lcaguo raco has excited comment
throughout tho country, and tho fans havo been wondering how that club Is
doing It. Ono visit to tho Cincinnati dressing room after tho Reds havo won will
convince anybody that thcro is a. reason for this sudden spurt. That reason Is
the existence of harmony and enthusiasm. Ilcrzog has released several dissatis
fied veterans and now has a young, hustling team that Is bound to succeed.
After beating the Phillies yesterday tho Ilcds celebrated in collegians' stylo.
Thcro was much, singing, hand-shaking and congratulations passed around, and
everybody seemed to bo thinking of only ono thing, and that was a. better position
In tho' race.
Manager Ilcrzog declares that tho Ilcds will finish third. This looks llko nn
almost Impossible task; but if the Ilcds continue at their present clip, they will
mako a few teams In tho first division hustle.
Rcda Have Won Eight Out of Last Nino
Eight of tho last nlno games played havo resulted in victories, despito tho
fact that Ilcrzog has not a single pitcher on his Btaff, barring young Lear and
Schneider, who was with the team at tho close of last season,
Tho pitching burden is being carried by Schneider, Dale, Tonoy nnd Mc
Kcnery, with Lear, tho cx-Prlnceton star, as relief pitcher. Incidentally, tho
Ileds aro carrying only 17 men; but nil of them aro hustling, and tho team looks
good.
Toney Probably Made Record on Number of Balls Pitched
It is a pity that no count was taken of tho balls pitched by Fred Toney In
beating tho Phillies yesterday. Tho game was half over beforo tho spectators
awoke to tho fact that tho big Southerner was not pitching many balls in retiring
tho leaders. In tho eighth and ninth Innings It required only eight pitches to
depose of tho side, despito tho fact that two Phllly players made lilts In tho final
Inning.
Tonoy pitched four balls to Bancroft In tho eighth and only ono each to Byrno
and Pnskcrt. In tho ninth Cravath singled on the fl'.st ball pitched, and Luderus
hit Into a double play on the next pitch. Whltted then singled on tho first ball
and Nlehoff popped up on his first try. It Is likely that Toney surpassed nil
previous marks In this rcspoct, and It Is unfortunato that tho count was over
looked entirely.
Rad Fielding Loses Another Game for Alexander
The Phillies never had much of a chanco to scoro, nnd ball games cannot bo
won without runs. Four hits were nil that Moran's men could get, and only few
hard chances wero offered Toney's support. Whllo Toney pitched grand ball, ho
did no better than Alexander tho Oreat. Alexander pitched well enough to havo
shut out his opponents In nlno games out of ton; but nn unfortunate misjudgment
of, a fly ball by Whltted started tho Reds off to a victory. Had Whltted caught
Qrlfllth's easy fly, It Is likely that tho Reds would havo been retired without a
score in tho fifth Inning. An Infield hit nnd a pass followed and filled tho bases
for Mollwttz, who doubled, sending homo tho winning runs.
Cincinnati never threatened to scoro In any other inning, and It was another
hard-luck defeat for Alexander. The Phllly star pitched his most effective game
of tho season against tho Reds, as Herzog's hqstlers havo batted tho king of
pitchers harder than any team In tho league to date. It was tho third defeat for
Alexander at tho hands of tho tallenders nnd, llko his recent defeat In Cin
cinnati, was duo to lack of hitting by his teammates and a slip in the field.
To a certain extent Alexander has no ono to blame but himself for the defeat,
as he might have pulled out of tho hole in tho fifth Inning had ho not wasted too
many pitches on Wagner. Ho had the Reds' second baseman two nnd nothing
and then gave him four straight balls, trying to work him. In both appearances
at the plate Wagner looked bad, and fanned each time. Chances favored his
doing likewise, with two strikes and no balls In the fifth, and this would havo
changed the whole game.
Jaok Coombs and Chrlsfy Mathewson, two of the most famous twlrlers tho
grand old game has turned out, had a little pitching duel In New York yester
- day, with Coombs tho winner. It was Coombs' third victory over tho Giants
this season and New York scribes declare that Coombs appeared to be stronger
apd faster than at any time this season. If true, this Is bad news for tho
Phillies.
Donovan Digs Up a Gem In Philadelphia
"Wild Bill" Donovan took a run over to his home In this city last week,
and when he returned to New York he had with him a 17-year-old Phllndel
phlan who has oaused considerable comment among the Yanks and visiting
teams at the Polo Grounds because of his great pitching ability,
Tha lad's namo Is Havlln, according to Donovan; but a careful search of
back Ales of newspapers reveals no pitcher of that name In local Independent
circles. Donovan says h,e plpkfid. hJm up ptt the lots, and Intends to school him
right In New York. Who is this lad? Is he one of tho local or nearby scho
lastio stars under nn. mawimed name7
C. Johnson, of the Upland team, leads the fielders In the Delaware County
League with a elan sIate-1000 per cent. In 18 games the Upland star has not
jnudt bibbfe. He accepted 26 chances and Is crjdlUtf with five assists. John.
sob U batting at a fair dip .360 having faced the plteher 68 times, registering
17 hits and nix runs.
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THE CRAB
The Crab Saves Trouble for the Manager A New Man
on Third Coached by the Old One.
The Pennant Race
- By CHARLES E. VAN LOAN
Tim World's Moat Knmous Writer of lloscball Tlctlon.
Henry 01 man, third baseman of tho
rinks, la called tho Crab by lit fo llow
rdaicrs bv the basoball nrltcra nnd by tho
tnni Ho Is a "Ucnt. slow-B'ilnK person.
hlttliiK n llttlo better than tho atraRc.
iteldlng well, but not sensationally, not a
..port off tho held, married, and o , steady
that It la generally believed that ho's an
lAtmtBhe beclrinlny of hla 10th aeaHon he
reports, an usual, but It la noticed that hla
thronlnir arm la golnR away from him. II o
tilea to anap tho ball across tho dl.imonci
Instead of arching It oyer, as ho used to.
At the beglnnlns of tho regular Betnon no
Is presented with a lloral horaeshoo for
luck. At the end of thi Sm month every
player In the league know that the Crab
' la golns back.
Copyright. 101 0. by Street & Smith.
"You notice, Joe," said Carney, "that
hf tries to take nn extra step beforo
ho throws tho ball. Take It from me,
the old boy knows, and ho's trying to
help tho peg all ho can. I don't want
to say anything to him, but " '
The Crab saved him tho troublo. Ono
night when the team was playing In
Chicago there was a rap nl Holmes' door.
"Hello!" said tho nia.',n.eor. "You must
be celobratln' tonight, Henry. It's nearly
eleven!"
ADDITIONAL INJUNCTION
HUAKTED IN BUM CASK
"You notice?, Joe, that he tries to take an
extra ttep before he throws the ball."
"I've been waltln" for you to come In,"
said Oilman, sitting down on tho edgo
of tho bed. "Joe, I'm nfrald I'm about
through. My arm has been awful bad
all season. Th'tt game today we ought
to have won It. If I'd got Dougherty at
llrat that time wo would have. He beat
me a stride and I ought to have had
him by two fee."
It was a Ions speech for the Crab, and
ho paused, turning his hat over and over
In his big, knotted hands,
"Dougherty's a fast man, Henry," said
the manager kindly. "Ho beats out many
a one down that field."
"I know, Joe," said the Crab stub
bornly, "but I ought to have had him
today and that run scored."
"How about a llttlo lay-off?" asked
Holmes. The manager was really very
fond of his quiet third baseman. "If
your arm Is sore "
"It ain't sore. It's played out."
"Aw. rats!" s&ld Holmes. "I wish I
had a carload of played-out fellows like,
you! you take a rest, we're going to
be up there In the llrat division this year
sure-nrst time we've really had a
chance. I'll let that kid Johnson cbver
third for a law weeks, and you take It
easy. I'm going to need you bad, later
on In tha season."
"Well," said the Crab, rising slowly,
Til take the rest. Hut I tell you now,
Joe It's all off, I don't want to draw
money when I ain't In shape to play "
"I guess if I can stand It, you con,"
said tho manager. "Quit worryln' about
It, Henry."
"I ain't worryln' about myself." said
the Crab. "I'vo got tho place, you
know. It ain't ns If I didn't havo any
thing laid away, and had to go back to
somo bush league. I'm worrln" about
tho team."
"Go to bed!" said tho manager.
It was 2 o'clock before tho Crab turned
In. The chnmbcrmnld found many bits of
torn writing paper In tho waste baBkot
tho next morning. Evidently tho letter
home, which had waited on the confer
ence with tho manager, had been a hard
ono to write.
Tho next day tho now man played
third base, and played It bo well that
by tho end of tho third Inning Charlie
Hrjdon wired his paper that tho old
Crab was on thu bench with ossification
of the right claw, and "Shrimp" Johnson,
tho new man, was playing llko a star
of the first magnitude.
Johnson won nn ovation from the crowd
by some very fancy Holding, and a few
lightning alfots to Carsey, and tho old
Crab, sitting on tho ground at tho end
of tho bench, nodded to his successor as
Johnson came trotting back after the
fifth Inning.
"You're going to do all right, kid," said
Oilman, "but play a llttlo mite farther
back for Burke, and closer to tho bag.
Ho pulls around on 'cm onco In a while,
and lams ono down over the bag a mile
a minute You're doing flno!"
Joe Holmes heard It, and his heart
warmed toward tho veteran, who, with
out bitterness or jealousy, was doing his
best to equip a man to fill his shoes.
This docs not happen often In any league,
big or small.
By mldscason It was a generally ac-
npnlnrl Ihnrv tlmfr tn nl,1 f?nti wnnlrt
I be seen no more on tho regular line-up,
I and by tho middle of September, so short
are our memories for those who n mil so
U8. ho was almost forgotten. Oilman
worked out faithfully every day, but tho
power was gone from his nrm. Ho was
no longer able to "arch 'cm over to first."
Soveral times he asked for his release,
but Holmes, always cautious, refused It.
"lou're worth a salary as a plnch
hittor!" the manager would say. "You
wouldn't quit mo when It looks like I'm
about to win a. pennant, would you?"
The home town, cherishing hope for
tho first time In eight long, loyal years,
burst Into a flame of baseball enthusiasm.
Every man on tho team was a public
Idol, Johnson among tho rest. The boy
owed much of his success to the care
ful coaching of tho Crab, who taught
him how to play his position for every
man In the league.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW.)
Jimmy Austin Suspended
ST. I.OUIS, Aug. 18. Jimmy Austin, third,
baseman or the m- iuis Americana, received
notice from President Dan Johnson, of tho
league, that ho had been Indefinitely suspended
s a result of his argument with Umpire Chill,
at Cleveland, last Sunday When Austin pro
tested a decision calling him out on strikes,
ho was ordered oft tho field.
Pittsburgh Feds Cannot Soil, Trado or
Dispose of His Services
PITTSnUItGH, Aug. 18.-An additional
order, preventing tho Pittsburgh Federal
Lcaguo club from disposing In any way
of Pitcher Snnfofd Hurk, who Jumped
from tho Indianapolis American Associa
tion club, was granted by Judge Ambrose
B. Ilcld, In Common Pleas Court. Tho or
der restrains tho club from selling, trad
ing, hiring out, farming or othcrwlso dis
posing of Burk'a services.
It was Intimated In court that this ac
tion was taken to forestall an attempt to
send Burk to tho Colonial League or to
somo Independent team during tho re
mainder of tho season.
An Injunction restraining tho local club
from cither employing or playing Burlc
was granted on August 3 by Judgo Held.
WILtfE BEECH ER WINS
FROM ED M'ANDREWS
Locnl Fighter Owes Defeat to His Own
Poor Judgment
Wllllo Beechcr, ono of New York's
tough fighters, appeared In this city ror
n six-round battlo with Eddlo McAn
drews, tho local favornto, nt tho Doug
Ins A. C. and Beechcr carried a victory
back to Gotham with him when ho left
the city this morning. Tho light went
tho rcgulnr six rounds with lots of hard
fighting and nlso plenty of clinching and
wrestling mixed up.
In the semifinal Joo Tuber by a contin
ual lightning attack to the head and body
defeated Franklo McCarty In six hard
rounds. This was a tcnsatlonal fight nil
tho way, with both lads giving nnd re
ceiving numerous hnxd knocks.
Yanks Sign Pelican Outfielder
NDW YORK. Aug. 18. Tho Now York Amer
icana have purchased the rolease of Outfielder
T. O. Hendryx from tho New Orleans club, of
tho Southern Association.
TRAINING FOR RING
MOORE, WELTER BOXER
TAKES TO DELAWARI
Hard - hitting Southwarker
"South Phila. Swimming
Champion" Keeps in Con- i
dition for Bouts in Water '
CHALLENGES DURB0R01
WilHo Houck Workinp; for 20.Rour?(
Match Labor Day Johnson "Win '
Enter Theatrical Ranks
Swimming as preliminary training fnt
tho coming boxing campaign Is being In
dulgcd in by Willie Moore, Southwark'f
hard-hitting welterweight. This a n,.
first tlmo in tho hlBtory of flstlana j
boxor has taken to water for tho puf
poso of reducing weight, loosening klnli
nnd Improving wind, t
For tho last two months Mooro fed
plunged Into tho Dolawaro Illvcr thres
or four times a week off Balnbrldf;
street wharf, sworn to Gloucester, N, jl
and back again without leaving tho wator
n dlstanco of about 10 miles. This prac!
tlco not only has kept Wllllo In ehapl
but It nlso has Improved his aquatle
ability. -.)
Mooro foolloves ho Is tho best swimmer
In tho southorn section of tho city, ij,
Is so confldont of his competence in the
water that Willie has laid claim to the
"swimming championship of South Phil,
adolphla." Ho Is prepared to defend hit
assumed laurots against all comers.
Through his managor, Billy Mcaonlgle,
Mooro Issues a challenge to Charles Dur
borow, holder efsovcral swimming rec
ords for competition In the water froa
Philadelphia to Chester and return. A
Willie Houck, of Mt. Airy, is tralnlnj
for a.SO-roflnd bout with Tommy Lowe,
to bo staged Labor Day across the lln
from Washington. Pat O'Connor, et
Washington, will refcrco tho contest,
After this match his manager, Frank
Foley, will endeavor to match Houck with
leading lightweights In tho country. 3
Prlvalo advices from London aro to th
effect that Jack JohnBon, former heavy,
weight champion. Is preparing to devoti
himself to a thcatro managerial career.
Ho also expects to appear behind tho footi
llghta himself. i
North Ponn fight fans will pull hard for
Harry Wagner, bantamweight, to develop
Into tho leading "16" pounder here this
season. Harry has been working out
dally and ho Is ready to tako on matches
with Lew Tendler, Young Digging, Louis
iana nnd any other of tho llttlo fellows.
Erlo Demsoy, WIIkes-Barro coal mlntr,
may appear in local ring competition thll
Beason. Ho la a heavyweight. J
Dick Jasper, Boston welterweight, 'con?
templates a trip to Philadelphia this stiff
son. Ho mado a big hit hero last yes?
In a bout with Henry Haubcr. '4
Gunboat Smith and Jack Hcmplo meet
In Now York tonight.
Carl Morris and Al Palzer, a pair of
"has boon" whlto hopes, will meet ln',5
15-round bout tomorrow night at MusltS
gee, Okla. M
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