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ALEXANDER PERSONALLY KNOCKS SCHNEIDER OUT OP BOX PHILS WIN FIRST GAME, 8-0
EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 25. 1915.
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fWlLL PHILLIES WIN THE PENNANT?"
ALEXANDER ANSWERS QUESTION
XJie Man Doesn't Live Who Can Predict What Wiil
Happen in Baseball," Says World Famous Pitcher
in Reply to Query
By GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER
k JNwtK.ll rtlener In In. rM nnheMn.taj, In9 rMloMpht .Votfoiml. I. the
.- um J"VP:1 that our ball club no
AUXANPBI
ARTICLE II.
Will the Phillies win the ponnnntT"
gri tomelhlnu that each member
mi "V ...... .kni mieatlnn allot at him
t our ciuo .... i - Ucd nnd more
times every day. Nat
urally, none of us gives
a direct answer. The
man doesn't live who
can predict what will
happen In baseball. I
guess when I mention
what the Uoston Braves
did In our league last
season they J u m p o d
from last Tlnce to nrst
In nbout two months
nnd won the pennant I
hA nld nil that need
6to tie said about the uncertainty of the
mi' would'elve'tio great pleasuro to say
i. wv friends. "Vcs. the riillllcs will win
S nennsnt." But would I believe It
'. I said It? That's for you to find
iut Certainly, my saying that we would
J, the National League champions
rCoWaVl wi. talking to a friend
'Sis with another club In our league.
y.f h. Mid: "We Insisted the Phillies
Siia dMP into the second division by
St'i then we cave you a limit of May
KwMWJiine 15. July 4. July 15.
limit IBs and on tho latter date you
innJere lrst. Wc'ie beginning to think
"' .':"'.. ..ill ihe ion nereh and
fft be there" on" October .;
i Tftere Is no question but that we have
t.TP.Ve.l. hi.ii.ball world. They had
ricked us us a second division club before
rK r.nA nnd thev wero unwlll.
t Mto "droit that we had the class neccs
PmJt to be In the nsht for Uie flag. In
u-l fans throughout tho country today
to savin. "Well, U'b about time for tho
Phillies to hit n slump nnd drop back
where they belong." They ean't forget
M we led our league In the early part of
the 1111 and 1013 seasons nnd then fell
back when wo came Into tho home
I But you will agree with mo that 1315 la
another year and wo have a reconstructed
fc.ii riub this Mention.
Manager Mornn has discouraged pen
laaat talk on our club. He wisely says
Itbdt he wants us to go out on the ball
I Slid aeierraiiica m "' - - "
clay and pay no attention to tho other
Clubs, men, I1U BltjB, li wc uic hi imv
place or within easy reaching distance of
the top on September 1 he Will be the
tint to begin to talk pennant. Pat thinks
Ithat many ball clubs have been hurt by
Ittlklng championship and world's series
Itefore they lmd passed the critical stnge
cf the race. So wo are playing hall as
hard as wo know how and trying not to
worry about tho flag.
I WHAT MAKES A WINNER7
nut I 'rtflen have wondered what does
'mike a pennnnt-wlnnlng club. True, tho
rUm which finishes In front In any league
imust have at least four or five first-class
pitchers In good condition; they must
Jiavb some batting strength; they must
have bls-league fielders; they must have
a manager who has buseball brains, tact
and the ability to handle men. But docs
the club with nil that necessarily win the
buntliw? Emphatically! not
Fun, Anlnlnn n,il.Knl liuliJllllll Ja'A II.b,'
J.clats baseball club maydlffer frctm,imlne.
iJtat Is, I mrght say that the best club
Wnot win the pennant In 1914, nnd you
mlht agree with me. I3ut when We begin
M'ftjrure out which was iho best club
rcra might mention the Giants, and
Imljht select the Cubs (understand, I say
MI01IT).
Al a matter or fact, though, the BEST
CLUB did win the pennant. Boston wns
Vthe best club because the Braves had the
Trirve, the punch, the "I won't bo licked"
Wlrlt And that, to my way of thinking-,
makes the pennant-winning team.
I am a firm believer In the psychology
Jf the game. The mental attitude of the
players is half the battle. You may take
pur pick of tho men In all the leagues in
the country and form an all-star aggrega
tion. Hut that will not insure you a wln
Jtr. Thtre may be men on the club who
are only playing because tho pay -checks
come around on the 1st and 15th. Others
may be mdre anxious to have a 350 bat
ting average than to win games.
k Another man will get together a team
, medium amilty, but with nerve and
determination1, nnd the latter bunch will
COiHA ntlt nn Inn nftftr n Innv cnninn
" "
ALEX'S HOME RUN
SENDS SCHNEIDER TO
THE SHOWER BATH
Phils Win Opening Game of
Double-header Cravath Gets
Nineteenth Circuit Drive
of Season
i iJ i nnd the Punch and the conndence
u A "r own BullltJ'. Whether they have
III. a Rrealer degree than the other olubs
that wo must bent remains to be seen.
..T p,hlll,e hav n strong pitching
Vf.u EMen. our opponents admit that
rt.hw . !0ik 8lronKer In the flinging
riH?.0"1 ,0"l' thnn wo "ivo nt any
"I1 '!jjj i'car. Mayer, Dcmaree, Chal
mers, P.lxey and yours truly are all In
splendid Blinpe. nnd Mnnngcr Moran has
nri 7 If. 1tntt fts ncnrl' Perfectly as
possible. Not n man of us has felt tho
strain and we always have had a good
rest between workdays.
Tho National League race Is what Is
.!l0Win.,ns an orltn onc-that Is, nt least
six clubs nro snld to have n good chanco
it, ,".a.K' Tnercforc. In the closing
weeks of the campaign tho manager who
.hLiJ10, S1 Ptcl'l,1f '8 the man who
should lead his club Into the world's
Good pitching, on tho other hand, Is
wasted unless tho twlilers have tho
team back of them. Not only must the
defense hold up In tho tight games, for
ono error frequently loses a nlp-and-tuck
battle; but tho players also must do
somo batting. Our club has passed
through one serious hitting slump nnd It
.u U.l worrl(,('. I'" admit. However, wo
fell thai men like Cravnih t.im.,.
Byrne. Pnskert and other veterans, who
havo been through tho nro before, would
come across with tho blngles when they
returned to tho home lot to meet tho
Western clubs. Bo far the batBmcn havo
delivered as well as could be expected.
It hns been said that If anything hap
pened to make It Imperative, I would
work every second, day In the last few
v.cel.8 of tho season. That Is paying mo
iiulto n compliment, and is not so com
pllmentnfy to others of our twlilers who
aro winning tho majority of their games.
I don't have any Idea that the four men
who are nt to take their turns on the
mound with me will all crack In Scptem-
oer.
However, I will eay this, mid I have
told Manager Moran as much: If, to
ward tho latter end of tho campaign, w
arc up around the top and It Is the opin
ion of Put nnd the boys that I am tho
one to do tho bulk of the work, I'll be
delighted to work every second day
and I'll do It, too. I am satisfied thnt I
can pitch for several weeks with only
a day or two of rest between stalls, for
you sec there aro bound to bo some rainy
das, and Sunday wilt give me an occa
sional vacation.
It does seem that the players give mc
splendid support whenever I work, and
that has been a great help to me. Chal
mers, for example, has twirled some won
dcrfu.1 games, but the Phillies cither foil
ed to hit or made costly mlsplnys and he
was defeated. Because of tho wuy tho
felows ploy behind me, I would consider
It an honor nnd a duty to pitch Just as
often as Manager Moran would permit It
if I could thereby help to win the Has.
HEADY FOH HOT FINISH. '
11 has been my good fortune to cscapo
Injury or illness this year. I am as
strong nnd hearty as It Is possible for a
young man to be. I havo not worked
rut nf'ravtiirn mori thnn a counle of
-:..t5i7f"fj:'-:irii::;-r c.j ..:,.:
umes una scubu'1, aiiu uiei. x iuiu uk .cum.
three days' rest between games, certain
ly It would not hurt me to go to the hill
every second day for several weeks. With
a long winter to rest I will not play any
exhibition ball after the regulnr season
ends I will be Just as nt physically and
have equally as powerful an arm next
fptlug ns I own today.
The other day I heard a baseball expert
remark: "The club that beats the Braves
will win the pennant." It that Is the
case, I am pulling hard for our club to
beat the Braves.
But I prefer to say: "Tho club that
beats tho Phillies will win tho pennant."
And that Is the way I feel about It, too.
Tho one thing that would put us out
would be an Injury to ono or moro of
our regular players.
Phlladclphlnns may rest assured, how
ever, that no matter what team Is on top
on October C, the Quaker City was rep
resented In tho 1915 National League race
by one of the gamest, most determined
nnd sportsmnnllke clubs that it hns ever
been my good fortune to be connected
with. If they don't win the pennant. It
won't bo because they didn't glvo every
ounce of baseball that was In them to
Manager Moran nnd the fans of this city.
LUDERUS HITS HOMER
CINCINNATI.
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Itcrog, ss, 3
Ilodgers, ss 1
Williams, if 3
W. Klllcfcr. cf
anmth, rf 3
Wlngo, c
Waimor, 3b 3
Mollwltr.. lb 4
Hchnotdrr. i 2
Lenr.
Clark n
Cnchrnn, p 0
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Bender, Meyers, Thorpe, Johnson and Bluejacket No
Longer in Front Ranks Travers' "Weakness" With
the Wood? Well, Has He Any Real Weakness?
By GRANTLAND RICE
MOTORCARS NOW REGISTERED
IN UNITED STATES TOTAL 2,070,903
According to figures gathered by Don-
W McLcod Lay, the number of automo
" and motor trucks In the United
wts has nt last passed tho 2,000.000
?rk, the total registration throughout
e country at thn nd of tho nrat six
Ifconths of 1916 showing that 2,070,903 ma-
pimcs are In use between the Atlantic
IThcac statistics represent tho most ac-
"'w count it is in nny way possimo
J8 ecure, all duplicate registrations
wins; deducted.
1 ' Thli stupenilous showing at first glance
unosi overshadows tho gain of 331,803
tlatratlAMn niA tUn 1 717 f1i run nml
llruclts In use nt tho end of 1314. Slgnin-
.' as inqse statistics aro In tne regis
tration flplrl that? nU'n anrv. In Inlrntn
m lremendousi volume of production,
JWen, contrary to many predictions, In-
? 01 necreastng, liaB expanaeu sieaa
."J o that at Jh6 present tlmo practically
I of our factories aro cither working
."Wt or day or up to capacity. While
JS'toncern also has manufactured over
".wo Kaeollpe passtnger cars, the other
"wen of this type of vehlclo havo
lBlOt All ltiniAoA ittol. Aiilmili uihlli)
;.! mahufactrers of electrio passenger
"i ana thoso of trucks of all classes
?v found their factories taxed to tho
j"""'t to keep up with the crowing, de-
IPtedlctlons as to the total output of
! factories durlnc the current year
.uuna to be very conservative When
W liklt tit a total of 625,000 cars nnd
WU(.K. Whvn nna na,i.. n tl.lnV tl.nt In
Jjfll'on to the 300,000 cars made by one
?Pany there are several other con-
7ltll bulldllin- frnn. fj Vl In 1IV1 V) PATS
ri'ly. and a laruer group of manufde-
CT"" wno may be credited with turning
W Xrou, 10,000 to 60,000 cars, It Is found
.w is by no means our or me
Ion,
of the phenomenal features oppar
' anyone nnalyxlne; the registration
.". ror tne last two years is me
made by the States whos- popula
te for the most part devoted to
u ture These growing statistics
to emphasise the report to the ef
W farmers throughout the coun-
;0 especially throughout the grain
the Mldriln Vt h.va heen buy-
Irf constantly trowing numbers
"f UII buying them.
OHIO shows wnnuRT nAIN
?'!Prlntf the gains made in reglstra-
" t Hie various states during tne nrsi
..SM5 of '. the ratio of Increase
S.u ''rl' uniform ts compared with
iiltiat!on Increases durlnjf the cnl-
endar year 1914, Ohio Hhows the largest
gain, having 32,096 additional registrations
to Its credit since the first of the year as
compared with an Increase of only 36,318
In the prevloils 12 months. However, it
must be remembered that tho bulk of the
registrations are mado during the first
six months of the year, so that It con
hardly be expected that the tremendous
Increase will continue nt Its present rate,
although It Is practically certain that the
1914 statistics will be fnr surpassed. New
York comes second with 25,302 more reg
istrations than at the beginning of tho
year, nnd comparing well with Its gain
of 37,302 In 1914. Michigan Is slightly ahead,
of Tennsylvanla with 22,083 new registra
tion ob compaied with 22,016. Michigan's
gain Is already larger than Its total In
crease for tho entire year 1914, while
Pennsylvania's is two-thirds of Its last
year's figure, Illinois Is credited with
19,494 additional registrations, while Iowa
has 18,000. Wisconsin has 16,108, Indiana
has 15,70?. Oklahoma 15,640 and California
15.499. Other States showing gains of
10,000 registrations or over since the first
of the year are: Minnesota, 14,615; Mis
souri, 14,128, and Nebraska, 10,000.
REVERSE COURSE OF SWIM
iii
Boxers Howell and Moore Will Start
From Gloucester
Because of strong ebb of the Delaware
Itlvcr tomorrow morning plans of Tommy
Howell and Willie Moore have been up
set, and Instead of swimming from Daln
bridge street wharf to Gloucester they
will start from the Jersey toWn to this
city
The fighters and their managers will
leave hero for Oloucester about 10 o'clock
a. m. tomorrow. The boxers will plunge
Into the water from a launch at Olouces
ter and swim to Ualnbrldge street wharf.
Callahan Gets Decision
IIOfaTON. M., Aus. S!3.-Krsnkl Caltihin,
fif IlrOOSiyn, SOI iiBi'iBlwi. ,.i viuurr. ui
ant, the Chl llshtwelsht. at the Atlas
In tht nnt. but
a. A. lst nUbt In their l-round tiout.
lahan w-ortd a knockdown In tnt nrat. but
Uallant caina back atrohg In the second anil
Held ni own.
Lehigh Valley Team to Play
The Lfhlsh Valley Hallroad bauball team
wilt line up agalnet tne Irons Wltelnorainr
Tr.."m. wm PUr- lb. Utter',
grounds. Torreadale avenue and Vanklrk street.
V larxa croud l eipected to wltneu this con
il U tbe two teams have been cballenslnc
asm of the beat aemlprofeolonal nlnea In
Panntyltanla and are .oneldercd (t nm-ilan
lataball pUyera.
Totau. 31 0 4
ritll.AUHLPHIA.
Stock, 3b
Bancroft, ss
Pnskert, cf
Cravath, rf
Lmleriis. lb 4
Whltled. If 4
Nlchorr, 2h
11. Klllcfcr, c ..., 3
Alcxnndcr, p 4
Totals 33
Hutted fur Lenr In seventh.
Homers Alexander, Cravath, Ludcrus.
Tvo-baso hits Schenldcr. Williams, I.u
deius. Sncrlllcc hits Hcrzog, J'nskert,
Luderus. Stolen bases Wagner, Nlchorr,
Uancroft Struck out by Alexander. 5;
Schneider, 1; Lear, 1; Cochran, 1. Hiibo
on balls off Schneider, 3: Alexander
Doublo plays William to Groh, Schneider
to Wngncr to Mollwltz. Hits apportioned
off Schneider, 6 In four 1'inlngs; off Lear,
I In two Innings; off Cochran, 3 In two
Innings, fmplrcs lllslor and Cockrlll.
PHILAIJELPHIA BALL PAUK, Aug.
25. Alexander wns In great form tills af
ternoon in tho HrBt game of the Clncln-natl-Phllllos
scries, and tho Itcds never
hnd a chanco to win. On the other hand,
Schneider was ensy for the Phillies and
wai taken out of the box in the fifth
Inning. The locals hud amassed enough
runs to clinch tho victory on Schncldci'
nnd piled up runs at will on Lear nnd
Cochrnn. The ilnal score was 8 to 0.
Tho hitting by tho Phillies was the
feuture of the game, aside Irom the bril
liant work of Alexander. Three home
runs were made by the league leaders,
Alexander, Ludcrus nnd Cravath making
the circuit drives.
FIRST INNING.
Groh singled to left. Herzog sacrificed,
Klllefcr to Luderus. Williams out, Ban
croft to Ludcrus. Klllefer fouled to Kllle-
fer. No runs, one hit, no errors.
Stock walked. Bancroft hit to Schneider
nnd both runners were safe when Herzog
muffed Schneider's throw to catch Stock
nt second. Pasker: sacrificed, Groh to
Mollwltz. Cravath was purposely passed,
filling the bases. Luderus sent a sacrifice
fly to AyiHbAms, Bcorln Stocky but when
Bancroft tried, to tench third after the
catch, he was retired, Williams to Groh.
One run, no hits, one error.
SECOND INNING.
Stock mnde a line stop and threw out
Grlfllth. Luderus pulled down Wlngo's
drive. Wanner walked and Btole second.
Mollwltz fanned. No runs, no hits, no
eriors.
Whttted went out to Mollwltz, unas
sisted. Herzog's throw retired Nlchoir
Schneider tnrew out Klllefer. No runs,
no hits, no errors.
THIRD INNING.
Schneider got a double when Paskert
lost his fly in thn sun. Groh tiled to Ban
croft. Hcrzog lllcd to. Cravath. Williams
walked. Nlehoff threw out Wade Kllle
fer. No runs, one hit, no errors.
Alexnnder fanned. Stock walked again
Bancroft beat out an Infield hit, but when
Stock overran second, ho nan out on
Wagner's throw to Hcrzog. Paskert beat
out nn Infield hit. Cravath singled to cen
tre, scoring Bancroft. Wade Klllcfcr
made a fine catch of Luderus' short fly
One run, three hits, no errors.
FOUHTH INNING.
Grlfllth lined to Stock. Nlehoff made a
fast play In throwing out Wlngo. Wag
ner fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors.
Whltted singled to left. Nlehoff hit int
a double play, Schneider to Wagner to
Mollwltz. Schneider threw out Bill Kll
lefer. No runs, one hit, no errors.
FIFTH INNING.
Mollwltz fanned. Alexander threw out
Schneider. Groh singled to centre. Her
zog fouled to Ludcrus. No runs, one hit,
no errors.
Alexander hit Into the left-Held bleach
el a for a home -run. Lear replaced
.Schneider for Cincinnati. Stock filed to
Williams. Bancroft tiled to Grlfllth.
Williams captured Paskert's lly. One
run, one' hit, no errors.
SIXTH INNING
Williams' doubled to right. Wade
Klllefer hit to Alexundcr and Williams
was run down between second and third,
Alexander to Stock to Bancroft to Bill
Klllefer. Wado Klllefer took second on
the run down. Grlllith walked. Wlngo
filed to Bancroft. Wagner lined to
Paskert. No runs, one hit, no errors,
Cravath hit over the right centre-field
fence for a home run. It was his nine
teenth home run of the season, equaling
his record of lait season, when he lead
the lengue. Luderus hit the first ball
pitched high and far over the same fence
for ft home run. Herzog made a pretty
play In throwing out Whltted. Ncllioff
singled to center. Nelhoff stole second,
Bill Klllefer fanned. Alexander filed to
Williams, Two runs, three hits, no errors,
SEVENTH INNING
Mollwltz lined to Paskert. Clarke bat
ting for Lear. Bancioft threw out Clarke
Groh filed to Paskert. No runs, no hits,
no errors.
Cochran replaced Lear, and Rodgers
went to short. Stock singled to centre,
Bancroft beat out an Infleld hit. Pas
kert filed to Griffith, and Stock took third
after the catch. Bancroft stole second.
Q roh threw out Cravath, Stork scoring
Ludcrus doubled to left, scoring Bancroft.
Whltted filed to Williams. Two runs,
three hits, no errors,
EIGHTH INNING.
Rodgers fanned. Nlehoff threw out Wil
liams. Nlehoff made a great play In
throwing out Wade Klllefer. No runs,
no hits, no errors.
Nlehoff fanned. Klllefer beat out an
infield hit. Alexander also beat out an
Infield hit- Stock singled to centte, scor
ing Klllefer. On Wade KUlefer's throw
to the plate. Stock rounded first and was
caught napping on Wlngo's quick throw
to Mollwltz. Bancroft fouled to Wlngo.
One run, three hits, no errors,
NINTH INNING,
Grlfllth was safe on Bancroft's bad
throw. Wlngo filed to Whltted. Wagner
fanned. Mollwltz fouled to Luderus, No
runs, no hits, one error
NATIONAL I.KAlltK.
Won. I.uat. I'ct. Win. l.nir. Split.
I'hllllra 00 SO .MS t.lWO .iUl .34,1
nrnnkbn 01 .14 ..ISO .M4 .112(1 . ..
Ilo.tim AH At .MR .533 .SIS .. .
Chlrna-n .17 r,7 .300 .BO I .100 ,.
IMttKt.lirsl. ... M 00 .13 t.IOz $.173 .403
St. I.ouU 5(1 00 .183 .187 .470 .
Cincinnati ...M CO .474 t.483 t.lno .174
Mew lurk .. M r.S .408 t.477 t.439 .408
AMK1UCAN I.KAUIK.
Wan. Lout. Tel. In. Lone.
Iliiitoii 73 37 ,07n .073 .0(11
Detroit 74 41 ,1113 .047 .034
Chli-nito 71 44 .017 .021 .012
Wellington 37 33 .30!) .313 .301
New Ynrk 33 Bfl .481 .180 .477
Cle. eland 44 09 .380 .303 .380
St. I.iiuIh 43 72 .308 .371 .3113
Athletic 33 70 .313 .331 .312
i:ni:itAi, i.kaol'i:.
Won. Lout. I'ct. Win. Lose. .Split.
l'lttnlillTKll ... nt 30 .301 .303 .337 ....
Neunrk 03 Bn 1S8 .301 .333 .. . .
Clllcnsi 01 S3 .817 .331 .313 .. . .
Kniiona City. 04 A3 .347 .331 .342
St. I.miU no 33 .322 .32H .317 .
lliifTnli. .. ..37 03 .4(17 .472 .403 .. . .
llrnokljn S3 (14 .103 t.471 t.ISS .403
Baltimore . . 39 70 .339 f.3B0 $.333 .312
twin two. I,ose two.
K.QDGERS
Schneider has been an important
factor in Cincinnati's recent
phenomenal sprint in the National
League. Rodgers is considered a
brilliant prospect.
The Goat Eternal
Tnerr contra n oiffflte of tnaMve propor
tions ,
,owti jim's of MMoMer thnt Jimi'emenrti
flit:
Ony mis nre teitritnfl In bIfsHt contor
tions. SfntnpiHff find chtcrtnp find throwing
a fit,
la tt a triple, n sinptr, or doublet
What U the enwse of this rtji-ronrlnj;
efceerf
Tell me, 7 ben of iok, xehnt ( the trouoiet
O'llny hns caught a HW rrfleh n the
carl
.Vote they ac ttamUng and whooping and
raving,
Tht owing ' spasm of plemmrr supreme;
lllg fists arc pounding and straw hats arc
waving
Jog at the height of a midsummer
dream;
Wns II a homer that cleared up the basest
Tell me, 1 beg of you, what can it bet
What means the glow on those bliss-centred
faces t
O'l.onghlln's cornered a foul on the
knee.
Wait till the laughter is loudest and long'
est
Wait till the cheering has come to its
crest;
Walt till the fitniuft is maddest and
strongest,
Walt tilt the lungs tench the limit of
test;
Wait till pou've come to the top of the
it mil be or whatever the clime,
Oi'tib 41 from me nnd the tip's on the
Ump Is having onehelofatime t
The Sunset Race
Two ycats ngo the Indian ns n vital,
even though n numerically small, fenture
In baseball. Chief Bender, the Chippewa
star, was then In his pi line Chief Mcy.rB
was batting over .C00 nnd was coupled
with Jimmy Archer in leading all-American
picks. Jim Thorpe wan supposed to
dh UDon tho edge erf coming greatness,
vehlle Bluejacket and Chief Johnson were
belnir croomed for leading toles
Today the last Red star has set In a
midnight sky. Bender Is drawing the
worst year of his career. Meyers has
dropped back below .240. Thorpe has
drifted to the mlnois, while Johnson and
Bluejacket are forgotten In the day's
news. It may bo that other Indian stais
are yet to come but at present tho lied
race In baseball Is nt the lowest point It
has been for 13 years.
Meaning What by "Weakness"?
"Travers' weak work with the wood
may hurt him nt Detroit "Exchange.
Wo followed Travers for the greater part
of 31 nt Baltusrol In the open, and hae
since plnyed four rounds with him on
dlfforent courses. If there Is any one
using the fairly well-known "wood" bel
ter than ho mas upon those occasions we
fall to remember It. The Idea that Jerry
can't employ a. driver with telling effect
this summer will be dispelled very quickly
at Detroit these next few days.
Maxims of the 19lh Hole
And It come to pass upon a certain day
that n golfer hoisted one high In the air
without remarking, "Well, that Is the
highest," and that a golfer, playing well
short of tho green with a. mashle. did not
sa, "I should have used a mldlron.
Hut It so happened that he hnd been
dumb fiom birth, afflicted utterly with
n tongue that might not speak.
McLoughlin and Yofct
Sir- I sec where "Westerner-' picks Mc
Loughlln to bent Williams at Forest
Hills. It Isn't very likely. McLoughlln,
In other seasons, ndopted tho policy once
ci edited to Yost In football that a line
attack wns the best defense. Lately ha
hns nbandt-ncd this old smashing attack
fur ii sljlo that needs n strong defense
nnd ho linn never mastered n defense that
could meet a strong nttack, largely be
cause ho never had to. The fact re
mains that McLoughlln now looks to be
caught halt way between two stles, nnd
It Is liurdly probablo that he will get
clear In time to beat a man like Norrls
Williams.
1913-1015
Two years ngo, as August drifted Into
September, there were only two leaders
In the spotlight John McGraw and Con
nie Mack.
Uncli hnd Just bagged his fifth pennant,
and tho world scries acclaim was alt
theirs, Thnt wns only two soars ago. To
day Muck Is piloting tho worst-looking
tall ender of the decade, and McGraw
Is making a desperate battle to finish out
ot last place. Glory comes with a rush
In the old game, but It fades almost as
swiftly. Yesterday nnd tomorrow are
almost centuries opart.
"There Is more bone und sinew to the
Tlgerti and Red Sox than there Is to the
Whlto Sox," writes Ty Cobb. Dope out
your own comment.
Fast Bout at Allentown
AI.LT1NT03A N". Pa.. Auk. "J3. Stc.o O'Neill,
ot Siranton, outpointed Fleming Bob, ot trill
ttty. In a aavage 10-round battle at the lo
high A. C. here last nlBtit. Tliere were no
knockdowns. In the ilx-round ecmlnml
Franktc O'llrlen, or Heading, beat Jakey Max,
of this cits.
OTHER SPORTING NEW& ON RfiGE I
A STATEMENT
from THE WHITE COMPANY
to MOTOR CAR BUYERS
IN view of the confusing market which confronts motor car pur
chasers, many are looking to this company for an expression of
its attitude toward the innovations in mechanical design and new
price levels now being announced. We therefore take this occasion
to state our beliefs and purposes, which are based on fourteen suc
cessful years of experience.
We believe the four-cylinder motor is to be the standard and
ultimate type. We therefore consider it wiser to continue perfect
ing this type of motor, which we have already spent years in develop
ing, than to step abruptly into a field of design that is new to
the entire automobile industry, and thus impose an experiment
upon our customers.
With reference to price, the. White policy will be as it always
has been to build cars to the White standard rather than to a
standard that would make a cheap price possible. Materials and
labor cost more now than ever before consequently, lower prices
must and do indicate compromised quality.
We hold it as a first principle of our duty to purchasers of
White Cars to make a product that will give maximum service with
the least amount of attention and of expense for operation and
maintenance; a product of such quality and approved construction
that it will command high value at any time the owner may wish
to dispose of it; in all, to build motor cars which the owners can
truly regard as investments. '
White policy will always be governed by consideration for the
ultimate service-value of White Cars. We will not take part in the
spectacular methods, adopted solely for sales stimulation, which
prevail in the motor car market at the present time.
In short, the stability of policy which has always meant security
to White owners will continue. We neither consider it good busi
ness nor do we find it necessary to repudiate the design nor to depreci
ate, unnaturally, the value of cars which have been purchased from
us, by making frequent radical changes in design and price.
THE WHITE COMPANY
216-220 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia