12 ' MUGGSY M'GRAW'S IDLE MUCH-TOUTED GIANTS NOW LOWEST OF LOW; McGRAW'S IDLE BOAST New Yorkers in Last Place for First Time in Eleven Years at This Stage of Race Phillies Must Hustle, as Braves Are on Their Heels Cincinnati a Puzzle Manftjjer John McOraw, of tho New York Glnnts, declared severnl weeks bro that the National League wan o weak that It wan a Joko. Ho also Mated that his team was tho best In a poor league, and should easily win tho pennant In Iho final dash. Kor making these statements McQraw wns criticized by mad nates nd managers throughout the circuit, but he Insisted that ho was right, and do stated In signed newspaper articles. When McGrnw mado these statements tho Giants wero four games behind tho Phillies and apparently duo for a spurt. Today tho Giants aro In last place, having dropped Into that position by losing to St. Louis, whllo Cincinnati was winning from Brooklyn. McGrnw Can Now Sympathize With Connie JIack rtasebnll fans throughout tho country nro tho same. They lovo a winner and despise a loser, forgetting tho triumphs of the pnst. Today McGraw Is being roasted In tho city whoso fans Idolized him until four months ngo. Thcro Is no denying tho fact that McGraw Is ono of tho greatest leaders tho game has ever had, and thcro Is also little room to doubt his ability to rebuild nnothcr great machine, but, like Connlo Mack, McGraw Is feeling tho sting of criticism for tho first time In 12 years. In his first season as mnnagcr of the Giants, In 1903, McGraw was not suc cessful and wns frequently criticized, but hls was due mainly to the manner In which ho "double-crossed" tho American League In Jumping to New York from Baltimore with his wholo team. In 1904 McGraw built his first championship team In the National League, and since that time has never been In last place at this" tlmo of tho year. An Odd Position for the Giants at This Time of Year The Giants had their troubles In 1908 and again In 1910, but In both seasons McGraw hnd a strong team that was In tho race moro or less until tho finish. Then McGraw. built his second pennant-winning machine In 1911, and It reigned upreme In tho National League until the unexpected overthrow by tho Uravos Inst year. McGraw made two deals which, It wns thought, would strengthen tho team to such an extent thnt ho would win tho pennant. This was when ho got Lobert from tho Thlllles and I'crrltt from the Cardinals. Lobert and Perritt Have Failed to Boost Team Both Lobert and Perritt failed to live up to expectations. But, even at that, the Giants still look like a good team, but they aro In last place nnd McGraw Is the target for bitter criticism, which ho brought on himself for his remarks con cerning the strength of the league. Liko Connie Mack, It is certain that McGraw Will como back, but his road will bo harder because ho Is duo to meet with moro resistance because of the things he has Bald about the seven other teams and the players In tho National League. Boston and the Keds the Heal Hummers Now Boston and Cincinnati contlnuo to pick up games on tho leaders In tho National League, whllo Brooklyn and the Phillies have been nblo to make llttlo headway on the homo stands that wero anxiously awaited by tho fans of both cities. Boston is now back where It wns before the three straight reverses at tho hands of the Phillies. Its pitching staff is working smoother now than nny In the league, with the exception of Cincinnati, which has been favored with remarkable twirling for three weeks. A Possibility! Cincinnati in First Division!! Cincinnati is now out of last place, and unless it Is stopped by the Phillies It Is likely Hcrzog's team will bo In tho first division beforo they return homo for a solid month. Thcro Is practically no chance for Cincinnati to pick up eight games In the few remaining weeks of the season, but that club can troublo the leaders, while Boston must be stopped by tho Beds later In the week, or tho Braves -will again be on top. Brooklyn Stung Right in the Same Spot The Phillies were fortunate again. Although beaten by the Cubs, Mornn's men still hold the samo lead over Brooklyn, thanks to Cincinnati's third straight victory over ,Boblnson's team. So long as the Phils can stick In the lead there Is little usq of worrying, ut It behooves Moran's men to hustle, as tho "dark horses" generally slip In about this time in every closo race. Cubs Got the Jump and the Game The Chicago Cubs got tho Jump on tho Phillies in tho farewell game of the season In this city, and, with superior pitching and all tho breaks of luck, man, aged to hold the advantage without much trouble. Eppa Illxey had two bad Innings, In which the Cuba took advantage of the breaks and piled up such a lead that Lavender's work was made easy. Poor Judgment on tho bases In the sixth inning broke up a promising rally, and that was tho only real chanco the Phillies had to cut down the lead. The first good break for tho Cubs came In the first inning. Rlxey hit Good, and Fisher then shot a high fly to deep left, which bounded into the bleachers for a home run. Then, after Schulto wns retired, Zimmerman lined a wicked single to left, which took a bad bound to Whltted, and Zimmerman reached second. He went to third on an out nnd scored on Williams' short single, which would not have scored him from second. Every Break of the Game Was for Chicago In the fourth Inning IUxey allowed an easy grounder to get away from him, and two runs wero tallied after tho side should havo been retired. On the offen sive everything broke wrong for tho Phils. Three times double plays were mado Just when It looked as If tho Phillies were about to stage, a rally. One of theso double plays was duo to Bancroft's attempt to score from third on a short sac Ice fly to Good. Ho was nailed at the plate easily, and had no right to try to score, as tho chance was too great and one run was of llttlo value when It entailed such risk. On .the other double plays Paskert and Nlehoff wero unfortunate enough to hit hard drives. straight at Zimmerman, and both balls bounded perfectly. There were several other stages where a break of luck might havo put the Phillies In the game, but It was one of those days when all the breaks went tho other way. Umpire Cockill a Little too Speedy Perhaps the poorest breaks of the day wero received on baso decisions. Umpire Cockill has a bad habit of calling tho plays too quickly, and while most of the decisions which drew Jeers from the crowd wero on plays that were close It seemed that at least three rulings at first baso should havo been given to tho Phillies, If that old Idea of "tie In favor of tho runner" Is still In vogue. Marquard and Benton on Same Team! Horrors! Pity poor John McGraw! He has been awarded Pitcher Uube Benton before the walvere on Marquard have been obtained. There 1 snothlng worso that could be wished on a. manager than to havo this pair of temperamental and eccentric southpaws on the wme team at tho same time. Marquard was a creat nitniior Rnd probably will come back, while Benton should be a star right from the Junu In New York. Magnates Have No Respect for Their Contracts The selling of this pair of stars Is another evidence that the baseball con tract la not worth the paper It la written on, If a magnate really wants to break it. Unconditional releases are flying thick and fast for high-priced stars who have failed to make good. Many players wero of the belief that theso players would not be released, with the Keds still In the field, but the Independent league can gain no prestige, and therefore steers clear of men who havo been stamped with the unconditional release brand. If all the major league teams waive on Marquard, the Feds will certainly pass him yp, but It Is also almost certain that several major league teams wilt bid for his services, as Marquard'a salary will be almost halved. Thomas, of Cubs Management, Hag Mental Lapse President Thomas, of the Cubs, is evidently an absent-minded sort of an Individual. He forgets what he says a few momenta after he tells something that he should not tell. Thomas denied that Cheney was on the market and that there was any chance of his Joining the Phillies a few hours after he had talked ft the proposed trade. Perhaps Charley Murphy wired from Chicago and spilled the deal or ordered Thomas not to talk, despite the fact that Murphy la "out of bMAball." -' ' " " ' "-r 'afc EVENING EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, 'AUGUST BOAST-"THE BULL MOOSE OF THE MAXWELL SETS PACE IN BALA GOLF MEET Aronimink Mnn Has Curd pi 8G nnd Leads 110 Players in , Fnll Tournament 11ALA, Pa., Aug. S5.-The opening gun of the fnll golf season was flred at the Bain Golf Club this morning. Norman Maxwell, of Aronimink, who gained a placo In tho Hall of Kamo by winning the Gclst cup at Whltamnrsh Inst fnll, wns the lender of the first sec tion of the Meld of 110, with a capital score of Rfl. Under the conditions that existed at the time, Maxwell's round was hlKh class in every respect, nnd but for missed putts on four holes coming homo ho might havo bottcrcd this score by at least half n dozen strokes. Ills card; Out 4 6 4 5 4 8 6 4 3-40 In 4 6 5 6 6 5 7 4 5 4ft-i6 Cecil Calvert, George K. Lauder, Prank nicking nnd C. n. Webster, Jr., winners of the 1914 tournntnent, are down among tho afternoon starters. As the course will bo considerably dried out then, It Is hardly possible that Maxwell's M will re tain the lead. Second place Is occupied by F. L. Mais tcr, of Phoenlxville, who returned a Bcore one stroke higher than Maxwell's. These two nlono of the llrst SO were under 90. Mnxnell's card: Out 4 5 4 B 4 S 6 4 3-40 In 4 G 5 6 G 8 7 4 3-4fi-Sfi Paul Haber. of the Scottish-American Golf Club, of New York, an organization that uses the public holes at Van Court land Park, wns considered by many a dark horso. Unfortunately Haber, a la Penny Sayres, couldn't putt, nnd will be lucky to And a plnce In the second 16 with a S3. Summary: Out Norman Maxwell. 'Aronimink 40 K. U Master. I'hoenlxvlllo 43 J. Q. Vox. Jnnkford 42 Paul Haber, Scottish American ... 41 F. M. clumbes, rhoenlxvlllo 45 J. J. Kcenan, Jr., Lansdowne 45 J. P .MnclSean. Jr.. OM York lload 4') Harry Mountain, Plymouth r2 J. J. YounK. unattached M A. M. Chrel, nala 4't K. S. Darin, Frankford SO A.M. ..food, Aronimink ,! I)r. 1'. y. Sturtevant, Frankford... B2 J. r. Hallowell. Old York Hood... 4S Dr. M. D. Faunce, Haddon : J. n. Kites, Hala B7 II. I.. Held. Philadelphia Country.. .'.1 Michael DonoRhue, Aronimink .1l F. Strnlth Miller. Ilala ! II. M. Newlan, llal.i (It II M. Itosokrana, Aronimink .S E. II. Cornish, Aronimink fii WILLIAMS DEFAULTS IN TENNIS CONTEST Champion Concedes Match to W. P. Snyder at Southamp ton, New York SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y., Aug. 13. Evi dently believing that he has had cnoiiKh match play to put him on edge for tho championship tournament next week, II. Norrls Williams, 2d, tennis champion, de faulted his match in the tournament be ing conducted here. Summaries: MEADOW CIAJn CUP SINGLES. Third Round. W. P. Fnyder defeated It. Korrla Williams, 2d, by default. Fourth Itound. Walter Merrill Hall defeated Dr. William Hosenbaum. 0.2, 3-fl. 0-1. Edward II. Whitney defeated W. P. Snyder. 0-0 o-s. Watson M. Washburn defeated Ward Law son (1-4, 2-0, 8-0. O. Colket Caner defeated Lyle E. Mahan. 0-2, 7o. Leonard Peekman defeated Harold A. Throckmorton, 0-4, 3-0. 8-6. FEDERALS OFFER CODB FORTUNE TO SIGN Report Says Detroit Star Is Tendered Contract for $100,000 NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-An offer of 100, d0 is reported to havo been made to Ty Ccbb to sign a three-year contract to play with the team that tho Federal league will place In New York In 1916. Of this amount, &0.000 will be paid to Cobb Immediately upon signing tho con tract, while the balanco will bo paid to him over n stretch of three years. Cobb, It is said, has taken tho matter under consideration. Cobb's contract with tho Detroit Tigers has three more years to run, nnd It la understood that tho document is of tho lron-clnd nature. The Federal Leaguo officials, it Is un derstood, havo told Cobb that If he signs up with them and Is barred from playing by a court Injunction he will bo paid his full salary by tho Federals for sitting on tho bench, but this arrangement Is not entirely satisfactory to Cobb, Cobb signed a five-year contract with the Detroit club at tho beginning of tho 1314 senson. Tho real salary that Cobb gets has not been made public, but It is believed to be in the neighborhood ot 1 17,500 per year. 1916 Maxwells FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY $655.00 F. O. B. Detroit HURLEY & EARLEY, inc. S. E. COR. BROAD & RACE STS. Phone Walnut 700 LEDGER MOVIES- THE THE BULL MOOSE OF THE BLEACHERS A Prophet of Evil Honored in His Own Country A Concerted Attack on the Bull Moose A Detective on the Job and a Plan of Action By CHARLES E. VAN LOAN The World's Moat Famous Writer of Baseball Fiction. When Andy Anderson lest a fly hall In Iho sun, ths P-antame' supporters roasted him. Jiut when they had oult, a " rooter, with a voice that would tamtJ convention, roared out that Andy puxht 'o be taken Kick to Copenhagen. It ". " new one, and tickled the crowd. Anay. after the Inntnr closen. goes to bat. . Airaln the voice roar cut. a "'rn,,i!; lection of humor and downrlaht P""""1.. which nniuera the crowd. The HtIS! Ret Into a nenoua atate, wratvfle. with earn other, and loe the a-ame. The next day the Ilull Moon, a they call the unknown rooter, predlcta their defeat. Copyright. IMS. by Street & Bmllh, Tho Moose turned out to be a com petent prophet of evil, for the Ponies laced tho Bantams by the scandalous core of 14 to 2, nnd each nddltlon to the heavy end of tho count was the sig nal for a fresh outburst from the human mesaphone, so craftily concealed on the bleachers. "ll&a a little guy about i0bald and fat." On the third day the bantams ex pected to hear from tho unknown, and awaited his opening salute with tense nerves. On the fourth day they dreaded him, nnd nftcr thnt he became a night mare, a pest, an abomination, nnd any man on the club would have poisoned tho Bull Moose with all the pleasure In life. Day after day the Bantams lost, and day after day the terrible voice gloated over their defeats nnd led tho Increasing anvil chorus. In the minds of the ball players tho Bull Moose was the personi fication of hard luck, the symbol of the losing streak, nnd the cause of the woeful slump Into which they had fallen. The very fact that they did not know what he looked like added to their dis comfiture, nnd, though tho extra men on the bench watched the crowds carefully, they were unable to pick out tho sinrm centre In tho sea of faces. Tho Bantams boasted a modern ball park, with seating accommodations for 30,000. nnd from tho home bench a face on tho bleachers was no more than a tiny redi speck. Silent McCloskey, 'still on the Invalid list, put In n whole after noon with his wife's opera glasses, but tho Identity of tho Bull Moose remained ns much of a mystery ns ever. After the Bnntnms dropped their eighth strnight game Glldersleevo pitched It, nnd the Moose had been, it anything, moro insulting than ever Dan O'Hara called a council of peace In the club house. "Now, here," said the manager. "I won't stand for any more of this fight ing on the bench and Jawing in the club houpe, d'ye get me? Gildersleeve, if you can't keep your mouth shut, I'll suspend you till you learn how. You, too, Ander son, nnd the same thing goes for Kehoe and McCloskey. If you'd fight the other fellows half, as hard as you fight among yourselves, we'd win a game once in a while. "About this loud-mouth who's been get ting the crowd after us, well, I've got a plan. I'm going to have him spotted and TENTS to HIRE ALL SIZES Water Proofing BERNARD McCURDY Phones 110 NORTH NINTH STREET POINT BREEZE r a n k f Motordrome HI'KCIAI, THUItHDAY NIGHT, 830 One Hour Motorpace Race Carman, Linart, Bedell, Sears NATIONAL LEAGUE PAllIi PHILLIES vs. CINCINNATI Flrat Came 1S0 T.M. Admission, 23,' SO ft lie IIox Beats f 1, on sale at Ulmuels' HimldlniV PHILS MIGHT USE ONE m trailed, nnd maybe something will happen to him that'll keep him away from this place for a while, I don't know yet Jut what It will be, Juit I won't have one man bust up my ball club If there's nny way to stop him short of murder. We'll get him, boys, nhd we'll get him right. Jow, then, let's bury the hatchet and play baseball again! The first fellow that starts anything Is going to lay off for a month without pay, d'ye get mot" That very night Dan took the first step toward the unmasking of the Bull Moose. The manager looked up Lenny Austin, a shrewd, thin-faced young man, who had performed many anonymous services for O'Hara's ball club. "It's Ilka this, Lenny," said Dan; "this fellow has got our goat, nnd I want to get his, see? I want him spotted nnd trailed. 1 want to know who he Is, where he works and all about him. Get out there on tho bleachers tomorrow nnd move nround until you've got him pegged. Then trail him nftcr the game. Mako a report to mo here tomorrow night, nnd we'll try to frnme up some way to put a silencer on him, d'ye get mo?" Twenty-four hours later the report was made, as follows: "Well, I've -got your man," said Lenny, "Fine!" said O'Hara. "Who Is he7" "Did you ever eat at the Metropolitan Grill?" asked the amateur detective. "Whnt do you think. I nm a million aire?" demanded Dan. "That ain't any place for a ball player to cat!" "Well," said Lenny, "I cat there once In a while, and I knew this bird the minute I got where I could Bee his face." 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Its remarkable service record in the hands of thousands of owners has established it as the standard American aucomoDiie or 33 Points of Jeffery Superiority Standard seven passenger body Divided lounge-type front eeati Extra length springs Weight 2750 pounds IIS inch wheel base 3t x i Goodyear Fortified tlrea-All-weather tread rear Jeffery Chesterfield body gear seat S inches wide Easy-rlding auxiliary scats Kxtra wide doors Deep real leather upholstery Cpncesled door handles Light Brewster green finish Left drive-center control Jeffery highspeed motor Unit power plant Extra large motor bearings Uosch magneto Ignition st romberg high-efficiency carburetor ! 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Nobod there would know 'em by sight It's a little too swell for 'cm; too rich for their blood, but stlll-Crabbe. Kehoe. Gildersleeve, Mc Closkey and Mulholland, thty've all got splkc-tall coals. I know. That ought to help some." With this rather ramblme nnd ambiguous conclusion, Dan rose nnd clapped Lenny Austin smartly on the, shoulder. "You nnd me," he said, "will eat at this millionaire Joint tomorrow night, see? In our moonlights, d'ye get mo?" I don't yet," said Lenny, cheerfully, "but I'll bet you I return any lead you make!" (CONTINUED TOMOItnOW,) SWIMMING MEET AT ST. RITA'S Many Have Been Entered as testants for Prizes Con- The second annual swimming meet of St Rita's Catholic Club will bo held on Trlday evening at the club, northeast comer of Broad nnd Federal streets. The meet Is under the auspices of the Ath letic Committee, of which Tommy Mo loney Is chnlrman. A large list of entries have been re ceived nnd some lively contests are looked for. 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On the contrary, it is the aim and determination of the Jeffery Company to establish the JeffyFourasatoiifaS Qltandard price a cax whl discriminat ing buyers can drive for a number of seasons "fc wffering the marked depreciation crease the enviable reputation of the JefferyFoir. The Jeffery Six only hlsh-prktd toraloA cari-V.J'Z S2 Jirlea J I Tin frv ri "J,"r"."" mam npHcVn faftatarK.en"la''300 ' even jhioomm. ,.... -.-. r-, ' t"':' " rever lower Orders must be n1n-ri i.... miGis8&ssLz UUUU!'1 JUAKLdSY, Inc. fialVfl flnrl QavI.. BROAD AND RACE Car Now on Sales Floor A LITTLE - VAN LOAN Prize Bone in Minors When Runners Crossed According to Ned Kgnn, the "Connla Mack of the Minors," mere "honehead" ptays are made In Claw O and D leagues In a week than you nee In the big leaxtifi In a season. Kgan dear rlhea a play mad. In the Central Association that kept' the rlrrult amnaed for .evrral days. Waterloo was playing at Mnncntlne and Wetietl, Maocatlne'a right fielder, wa. it flnt base, Willi Bourn, of the name team at hat. Sonra tare the hlt-and-rnn al nal and Weltell Marled down for aerond baae aa anon as the pitcher began ta wind up. Konra hit a long fir. Just as he reached aerond baae Wettell thnnsht he saw lllll, Waterloo's left fielder, reach, inn up to catch the ball. Without walling lo are whether the fielder made the ratch, Wetietl raced back to fh-at baae. 'Meantime the ball had oared high over Hill's head, and finZ turned flrat base nnd raced for ,n,.j f-.-n t.i -"Tina, i """" !""" ni mil apeed, golnc In the opposite direction. When Sour. reached aerond, he thought that he had made a mistake about aeelng (he ball f.u safe, and started back to flrat. 8lmnl taneonsly Wettell aaw Hill chasing ji.. sphere and he ngaln brgnn the dash for aerond nnd once more both plareri passed each other on the dead run, both badly confused. The result mas that a hit that should hate been good f,. triple and a score went lorn donhle And nil tills happened without the'nm plre being entangled In the "bonehead" play. Pitcher James Goes to Louisville LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Aug. 23.-Pretd.. II. Wathen yerterday announced th..,nt .- t Lefty) jHinc. of tho Cleveland Amen?..' had been added to tho pitching star? o,"."..'' I.oulllle American A-aoclstlon team and i!Il reported to Manager "Mldkiff at .Mlnneawll One Pennant Race Decided ' 1'lTTSnUP.air, Aug. 25. The Central L,. reason closed yesterday, the Etansvllls r?v winning tho pennant. The race throughout ; ill season waa close, tho Indiana team not rn;l ing Its hold on the title until yesterday. "' Plan view of JfUry Four showing roomy ven-pat' i.nr uitnjr arrimfSRisni 131 ctBK r t. t tc 1 V M IV w w I I fc 5f I' t t h II b ;n i b n tl 8 n n ti I t) t v L' I c I 8 t I" fr r If (TRAITOR.1. A AWNOTM YOUR.E AN r TtTTTTT 1 1 . (Jr; iHO) J) (JgSg) I CMT