Jm 4M, 1 tjiesaasi 11 ii mil. ii i ii I. , i . i i. PHILLIES GET STAGGERING BLOW "A TWIN HIL DEFEAT FURNISHES , NOW A REAL TEST OF TEAM'S GRIT Loot! Hopet for Pennant Glory Get an Awnil Blow, but Batten Is Still Four Games Rearward Apparent Victories Reversed Grieve Fans Here . fyo defeats of the Phillies at the hands of the Dodgers yesterday changes Matwimt the aspect of the National League race. There Is no Immediate danger ' the) WilHles losing their lead, but the breakdown In Brooklyn Is a Btaggcrlng Mow U the team, more so because of the moral effect than tho loss of valuablo ground. k JMmI the rhllllcs lost those two games to somo other team while Brooklyn m winning a double-header from a club that Is not a pennant contender the revolt In ground lost would have been the same, but the defeats would not have Meant wo much. " " 'Brooklyn haa been wobbling' badly for the last two weeks, and tho general pinion was that the team was about to be put out of the race unless It received unusual breaks' or showed a complete rovcrsal of form. Dodgers, Through Victories, Gain New Lease on Life The Phillies had the chance to put Robinson's team out of the running, and with tho first game within their grasp they blew up and gave the Dodgers a new Wane of llfo. That victory In tho first game, after all hopo had apparently fled, revived tho fnet-fading pennant hopes In Brooklyn, and Instead of being a team that was playing with Its fate staring the men in tho face, tho Dodgers becamo a, machine that is looking ahead Instead of backward. When a ball team Is looking ahead, has fight and confidence, It Is hard to beat, particularly when It has tho great natural strength that the Brooklyn tenm possesses. Had Brooklyn been beaten In the first game, tho odds favored an easy -Victory for Moran's men In tho second; but nfter tho Phillies threw the gamo away hardly a fan In the city expected to Beo Brooklyn beaten In the afternoon. Alexander's Loss, Inexcusable, DIow to rhllllcs The fact that Alexander was beaten also served to Instil ginger and fight Into the Dodgers. They had come to look upon the Nebraskan as Invincible and were wllHng to concede him ono victory In the series, but with him out of tho way they would concede nothing, and, to a man, they are now certain they will win the pennant. The great question is what effect tho two defeats will havo on tho Phllly team. There Is no denying the fact that It was a hard blow and will injure its confidence, but it places the team on a cross-road that It had to face soon or late. If the club has the nerve and fighting spirit which all fandom believes It haa It will come back In great shape but If it is inclined to loso its nerve after tho 'terrific strain the team haa labored under, then It Is good-bye pennant hopes. Boston Also Falls 'Down at Critical Time It haa been the general Impression that tho Braves wero the most dangerous contenders. Players on every team In the National League are of tho opinion that the world's champions are tho most dangerous rivals of tho Phillies, and the local players believe the samo thing. If theso deductions aro correct, then Moran'a men are not In aa precarious a position as is generally believed, because Boston also went down to a double defeat, and at the hands of tho despised, Giants. Braves, Most Feared, Still Four Games .Behind The Phillies still havo a four-game lead on the Braves, and If Brooklyn Is going to drop out of tho race in the West, as predicted, tho Phillies aro in reality hi the same position as before the double defeat. But what the fans worry about Is the continual loss of games that should have been easy victories. Two victories for the Phillies would have almost clinched the pennant, with the Braves losing two games to Now York. A six-game lead at this time would have placed the Phillies In such a position that tho strain would have disappeared; and there Is no denying that a team with a big lead and great confidence Is almost unbeatable in a raco where most of the others havo cracked or are close to the crocking point. The "Ifs" That Might Have Changed the Whole Day There were many "lfs" that might havo turned the tide In favor of the Phillies. The greatest "if, however, is if Alexander had not grown careless. It te .perhaps perfectly' proper to shift the blamo to Alexander's support, in view of ' ih fact that . infield did blow up, but .defeat. He "had retired one man In tho eighth and holding batsmen cheap asserted Itself. The result was that the next two batsmen received bases on balls, a fact which proves that the master pitcher was not right. A few infield hits, which wero carelessly and poorly fielded, put Brooklyn back In the game, and then they proceeded to lace Alexander. That the Nebraskan "blew" entirely is apparent from the fact that even "Itube" Marquard hit him safely. i Even Washington, Shattered, Beats the Athletics The two defeats of the Athletics-at the hands of the Senators was an expected event, and it Iff likely to be repeated at any tlmo if the Mockmen do not play better ball than they did yesterday. Washington is far from a strong team, and It looks as If Manager Grllllth has a hard task on his hands to rebuild before the tart of the 1916 season. Recent successes have caused Washington fans to cease crying for new blood, as the alibi is given that the vetcVans are just striking their stride, but tho team is painfully slow In several places, Acquisition of Mafyer Plugs One Gap in Senators' Line-up Manager Griffith has 'one of his weak points, right field, plugged up in great shape, fedm Mayer, the 'youngster ,who Jumped to the Federal League from Kansa City, ,of Hie American Association and who was restralnd from playing, has taken Dan Moeller's position, and there Is slim chance of the latter ever Setting; back into the line-up as a Regular. Mayer is one of those freak specimens who throws left-handed but bats only i irum ins fJKi'i. biuo 01 mu piuie. jib rm oyer seen In this city, and ,hls uje, wnicn luuBiii v,run?, was a marvelous enon. Many players nave tnrown the bail farther and to the mark at'Shlbe Park, but If there waa ever a throw that .combined greater distance, accuracy and speed the fans fail to recall It. The speed of the ball waa' terrific. Mayer a Brother of Phillies' Pitcher Offensively, Mayer looks like, a natu,ral long-distance hitter. Ills home-run drive Jnto the bleachers wad the longest of the year at Shlbe Park, while Walsh sisveked against the bleacher wall and: leaped into the air to pull another of his rive-ort 6. the bleachers with his gloved hand. On the bases Mayer appears to be fast and intelligent. He la a brother of Erskino Mayer, the Phllly pitcher. West Supreme in Golf and Tennis WKh the elimination of Williams In the semifinal at Forest Hills, yesterday, the last hope of the East for another tennis champion went by the board. The, singles title now rests between McLoughlln and Johnston, of Ban Fran cisco!, .the doubles, between McLoughlln and Bundy and Johnston and Qriflln. The Went cleaned up the national golf honors; it will clean up tho national tennis honors just as handily. It alone remains for the Easterners to win the East v, West tennis match on Friday and Saturday, else the West will be supreme In the 'tM4av of golf and tennis. At any rate, the East has some consolation in .the, fact that one of the world's teams is certain to come from a Tfco, Cardinals have been playing grand ball for two weeks. The Cubs were AetakMy put out of the race by the Cardinals yesterday when they lost both game. Fans throughout the country have counted the Cubs out of the race tor two -weeks, but It was not until the Cardinals took both games yesterday tht ssewiahan admitted that the team' was through for the year as far as pen nant fcsfarutlons ore concerned. sesfc.all gloomy for Philadelphia j. VWttf) oe!H.x Norrtt Williams, .rmmmum &!&, Mrs, u, ji, vanaerbecic. set a new golf record for the ynwiilwip awtm, and, Jack Kelley won in tho Schuylkill regatta. tt wsj fcft fft jswHWe-lwawcr that Ujfc.,,,.... . fc EIEEIj Bsniiwwi in I - ' g tt&mhtfiAM. w sne- miia't' W EVJBKiyq Alexander Is mainly responsible for tho inning when that habit of casing up hub one 01 un mos remancaoie llirowing heave from the right-field fence to third city east of the Alleghenlea. sportsmen and sportswomen yesterday. at tennis, and the humbling of the the Phillies have lost this season. Te EVENING LEDGER MOVIES SO I WILL VO AS T.KrVtfANONP CO0& r iPPES N LEDQEB-PHILADEIsPHIA, TUESDAY, BEPTJBMBEB FOOTBALL COACHES SHOULD BE BARRED DURING PLAY TIME Rulo Abolishing Instructions by Trainers From Bench Is Necessary to Uphold Side lino Coaching Regulation SUBS CARRY MESSAGES So far as they went the football rule makers did a good Job In the amendments they mado to the rules of the great grid iron game. Hut there Is one very Impor tant omission which Is certain to stir tip trouble until the committee meets the Is sue squarely Instead of sidestepping It as heretofore. Although tho rule makers would like tho public to bellevo it a fact that sldellno coaching has not been abol ished, but It has not been and will not bo abolished until the committee passes somo rule which will make It Impossible for coaches to coach their team from the bench by sending In messages by substi tutes. A demand that this evil be corrected was made In ono form or another by a number of college officials, but tho rule makers Ignored It. How this evil thrives waa well Illustrated In tho Trlnccton-Yalo game at Princeton last fall. At the end of the third period Yolo led Princeton 17-0. In the last quarter Princeton sent In Frank Click, the present captain, na quarterback, nnd before Ynle could get together the Tigers, under his leadership, scored two touchdowns. In another period Princeton would havo had an even chance to win the game. What happened was this, nnd Presi dent Hlbbcn himself confirmed It: Ueforo tho entry of Ollck, the Princeton coaches had been trying to run the game from tho sidelines by sending In messages to the quarterback by relays of substitutes. Ollck declined absolutely to listen to sug gestions about plays or players from the coaches. Doctor Hlbben, In an alumni banquet speech, later commented on the fact that the Princeton coaches had failed to con trol Ollck, but he did not run tho .Incident down ' and disclose tho fact that this method of sending In instructions was a violation of tho rule against sldellno coaching. What Princeton coaches did In the Yale game was duplicated on practically every gridiron In tho country. It is taken ns an example because It was so notor ious und so frankly admitted. When tho rules commttteo met last winter it was pointed out that something should bo dono to make this sort of sldo-Uno coach ing Impossible. But all the committee did wan to Include a noto to thte effect that tho committee deprecated the uso of sub stitutes to carry messages. As a matter of fact, the evil could havo been stamped out by either of two methods. 1. The coaches could have been kept out of the playing field and restricted to seats In the stnnds. 2. A rulo could havo been passed for bidding a team to make substitutions ex cept at the request of tho captain or field general, or In case of injuries by the team physician or trainer. Naturally, the coaches did not relish the Idea that they should be kept off the playing field. But that Is done In virtu ally nil other colleso sports. In track athletics trainers and coaches are not allowed on the field. The athletes have to win or lose on their own merits. In base ball Harvard, Yale and Princeton have an agreement by which the-' coaches aro not allowed on tho playing tench during tho game. The captains run the game themselves. If It can bo dono In these sports, it can be done In football. Tho objection raised to the suggestion that all substitutions bo made at the re quest of the captain or the team phy sician was of the most specious kind. The conches contended that their pres. ence was necessary to prevent Injuries. They reasoned that a captain would not know whether an Injured player was too badly hurt to bo allowed to continue, nor would he know when the condition of an exhausted player was such that he should not be nllowed to continue. In other words, they Insisted that Injuries would follow if this wero left to the captain. As a matter of fact, tho question of injuries Is very much exaggerated. Every captain would have the tervlco or ad vice of a trainer or physician whose opin ion Is usked even by the coaches. Anyone who has been attending foot ball games here or elsewhere knows' that half tho time substitutes are .sent Into tho game at least one of the obJectB sought Is to carry a message from the roach to the captain. While It cannot be proven to such an extent that the referee can punish the offending team by the penalty against side-line coaching they know It Is done. It has been suggested that one of the reasons why the rules committee has been so slow to take action Is that fully half the members of this committee are paid coaches themselves. It Is one of the curious anomalies of college sport that football Is about the only Bport In which the professional coaches are permitted to control the flame and pass all the rules. Some day the college authorities themselves will take charge and there will be some radical changes. DEECIIER WINS EASILY New York Boxer Defeats Willie Houck at the Douglas A. C. Willie Beecher, the veteran New York lightweight, experienced little difficulty In defeating Willie Houck In the final bout at the Douglas Athletic Club last night. In the semtwlnd-up Frankle Brown, also of New York, and Harry Smith boxed six fait rounds to a draw. In the other bouts Jlmmle Doyle's seconds threw a towel In the rng In the third round of his contest with Young Jack Toland; Charlie Bear stopped " Tommy Proctor In tho first round, while the referee stopped the bout between Johnny Campl and Jack Kan trow In the second session, as the latter waa receiving considerable punishment. AMERICAN I.EAGDB Baseball Two Games Today SHIBE PARK Athletics vs. Washington FIHHT OAMK CAIJ.Kn AT 1 ISO I- M. OLYMPIA A. A. gS'J SSS1& TONIGHT. , "llAKl" " KKANK JUJllUIIKlEv . JOK HOKKELX. Xttm. tic Bal. Hes. 60c. Arena, Kes.. 75c, at - THE HORROR OF IT An 1 1 Ik" ii nn TfmisWi "iaaaamlaamk rt.mtrrtni - -'' j... jc . ..-.,J... .-.. .-u . ,J.. ,,... .. ,.. , . . n .. .1 i i i i ..,, PENNANT AND A PENANCE," BY CH AS. A PENNANT AND A PENANCE The Minister-Shortstop Makes Good With the Terrors, but This Rough Aggregation Does Not Take Kindly to Its Preacher Teammate By CHARLES E. VAN LOAN The World's Moit Famous Writer of Daeeball Fiction. Pets MacNabb. mnrr of the Terrors. was tirr shocked In all hie life as when David MeKlnetry Todd Insisted tht a "Sunder dame" be Inserted inthte eon- tract. Todd u snapped up by the old scout. Joe Sherman, who aw him play lor the last time tn the uniform of hi alma mater. The boy waa studylof for the njtn ttlry In a Mrthodlit college, when a dirty banker embeuled his mother's measre sav ins, llather than see, tils sisters taken frt.m hUh echool, Todd decided to lettlw mlrlftr wslt and earn some money. Time how Hherman was able to ret the collese ahortntop to fill the shoes of the veteran Charlie lMdeell, who wrenched hie ankle slidlnc to second, ut as the pennant race as beilnnlng to tlshten. Copyrlsht, Street & Smith. IBM. David's religion had sunshine In It sunshine and health Ho believed in doing the thing nearest at hand with all his strength and letting tomorrow's Job look out for Itself. The fact that he was on the eve of leaving collego to search for employment, and thus shunting a Methodist parsonage several years Into tho future, did not worry him iri the least. It was n part of his religion to believe that everything which happened to him was for the best; and, being as this was to bo hla last gamo' with tho dear old bunch why not make It a good onoT That afternoon Dave Todd had nine chances about four more than ho had any right to and ho handled them all In a masterly manner. He speared lino drives with either hand, started double plays on speed alone, nnd banged out three of the hits which helped to bury tho opposi tion under an avalanche of Methodist runs. It was a fine day for young Todd, and after It was over ho went to his cheap boarding houso and packed his little leather trunk. Then ho sat down on It to make his plans. Somehow, he must earn enough money to keep the girls In school and support the family. But howT What could ho do? Then a little man with watery eyes tap ped on the door, and Davey, who also believed In the direct Interposition of Providence, welcomed the luro of profes sionalism as an answer to prayer. Joe Sherman talked money so much of it that Davey's head whirled. Is It any wonder he forgot to say anything about the Sun day clauso? And that was how MacNnbb came to land his preacher shortstop, for, after Davey had been given his trial, Peto knew that Sherman had found a Jewel. On weighing tho whole matter Judicious ly, Pete MacNnbb explained to himself that as thcro wero no Sunday games at home, and only a few on tht road David's religious "bug" would make no difference. But It made all tho dlfferenco in the world, as we shall sec. Pete MncNabb's trained performers were not the gentlest lot of ruffians on tho big circuit by any manner of means, and when the news leaked out that the new shortstop had been Interrupted on his way to a pulpit, It created something of a sensation. Running over the Infield roster, we havo "Sandy" Wallace, the elongated first baseman. Sandy was an agnostic, but he would not have admitted It, be cause he did not know what an agnostlo might be. Sandy didn't "bellevo" In any thing, particularly a future state. Bandy could hold more mixed liquors than any thrco men with the club, and, in liquor or out, could whip any four' of them. That was the first man with whom David Plumb Powerful There's a terrific whack in every drop of Atlantic Gaso line. It swats the piston like a battery of 15-inch guns. You tfet more mileage and a quicker start from ATLANTIC GASOLINE Its uniform boiling point assures every gallon to be exactly like the last All good garages tell Atlantic Gasoline and Atlantic trucks , and tanks deliver any quan tity, anywhere, any, time. Use Poltrlne to boot Atlantic Folarine is the temperature-proof lubricatln it oil that "Keeps upkeep down." THE ATLANTIC REFINING CO. IS,; LOUIS, THE PHILS v: McKlnstry Todd had to establish per sonal relations. "Nipper" Canby was the second base man, and he was proud of the fact that his language on the coaching lines often burned out an opposing pitcher's Insula tions, so to speak. Nipper was profane, loud, abusive and pugnacious. Naturally, being the second baseman, ho was thrown Into tho closest possible contact with the new man, and when he found that Todd would not lift up his voice and tell an umpire what he should be told about his ancestors, or "cuss out" an opposing player, Nipper Canby waa first amaied and then disgusted. The other man in the Infield was "Feathers" Flnucane, the third baseman. Feathers was a bit younger than Conby, whom he took for his model In all things. Consequently, when David set- "Then a little man with wateru eyes tapped on the door." tied down Into his position, and dropped his hands to his knees, he was entirely surrounded by profanity nnd blasphemous ejacula'l' J. George Hopper, "Itablt" Itanson and Earn Souzay, were tho outfielders no bet ter, morally speaking, and considerably worse than most gentlemen of their pro fession. Bob Kldd, Heinle Plaw and Mark 'floT - "V TESTS iTla a . 0Je.3'".?Jh. h 'xffSiassssSn r1 '& esssssss: fiffi Jf'or , iff miJd bKwu ci-,7.,""" Uw .iS mmmmtiLmim, jm-ts DID THIS' THING-ONLY , T. 191S: , m ,-jt l. .tifnif rfenartment In importance as named. Bob doing tne heavy work. Heinle TeHevIng him regu Urly, and Mark Howe getting his infre quent chances In between. And WW were all tough customers, too-poker players, crap shooters and the lifce. The Terror pitchers were nearly all veterans-Miller, PaUee, Kerrigan, Howard, Jantzcn, Lewis and Tarks. There wasn t a man In the lot who would have made good company for an embryo Methodist minister, and there wasn't a pitcher m the string who was particularly pleased at the word that a gospel fish had come ashore In tho net. "I expect that he'll be wanting to hold I prayer meeuiis ure atw .., "7 George Hopper gloomily. "A regular kill joy. Worse than havln' an undertaker along with you." "Well," said Feathers truculently, "I can tell'm one thing. He better not start no preachln' In this clubhouse If he knows when his health is well!" Feathers worried hlnwelf unnecessarily. Davoy Todd had no Idea of preaching his religion to his clubmates; what he In tended to do was to live his religion, which silent argument is better than five part discourses. It would take a con siderable amount of nerve to do it, but the recruit had nerve. Ho had shown that much on the diamond. Todd was a born Inflelder. Proficiency came to him in his grammar school days. In school and college he had played tho game because he loved It. Now he was playing the samo game under thh power ful spur of necessity. The slashing pace which he set In his first games amazed his teammates. They were used to little league phenomenons and college cham pions. They expected to nurse this one along for the sake of his hitting, but Canby found that, on a double play, when Todd was handling tho ball, It behooved him to get up on his toes and move at top speed, or the toss would beat him to the bag. "You notice how that kid has got 'em nil speeding up." chuckled MacNflbb. "He's got so much natural speed himself that they don't have to play down to him; he mokes 'em play up!" After the Terrors quit worrying about Todd as a ball player, they began to worry about Todd as an Individual. They could find no vital fault with his fielding or his hitting, nothing tne matter witn his base-running that experience would not correct. The boy had very few of the crude spots of the amateur, and a word or a hint did him as much good as a sermon, for he learned quickly. Having found him In all ways worthy of hla professional position with such a distinguished body of athletes, the Ter rors proceeded to "go after the Metho dist goat," as Canby expressed It. When grown men take to boyish mis chief, they do the Job thoroughly. No boarding-school youngsters'4 ever waged n more petty campaign than waa launched against the new shortstop. Nipper Canby opened the ball with a long series of stories, each one of which Introduced a minister In an uncompli mentary light. No attempt was made to give these tales a personal application, so David pretended not to hear, but sharp eyes noted that his ears grew red under Canby's recitals. (CONTINUED TOMORROW.) All cigarettes are pure, but purity alone doesn't make a cigarette SENSIBLE. We-don't know of a single one of our competitors who doesn't make his cigarettes of pure tobacco. But a pure cigarette that didn't fasfe just right wouldn't do for you, would it? And to be really sensible a cigarette must give you more than purity and a good taste. auUiili "! .--wiao,! 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Two otner star oouis aro on tne pre gram, in tne scmiwina-up, jimmy Mui' phy, who proved himself the most sea? satlonal fighter here last season, will mM1 one of the cleverest lightweights in the country when he faces Bobby Reynold Franklo McCarty and Joe Tuber, twe promising Dantams, win meet in me tnita? numDer, Tho program follows : Flrit bout Young- Palmer, Tioga, vs. Jet Phllllpe. Kenttnrton. .. .. """, Soconi bout Johnny Kelly. Coaibohockes. tc.' TJV.nM. McKeever. Norrlatown. ". Third bout Frankle Mccarty, Oray'a TtrrfS vs. Joe Tuber, 12th ward. "i Hemiwinaup Mimmy eiurpry, wni rniuOel. nhla. va. nnbbv lleynolds. fiouthwark. Wlnrtup Frank Loughrey, Manayunk, vs. J.' - " tatialns-tnn T Because renovations on the National Club havo not been completed. Jack Ms." Gulgan has decided to postpone his opsl Ing show until September. Tommy! Howell will meet a New Torker In tti wind-up with Lew Tendler opposed M Battling Reddy in tne fourth bout, of aal all-star snow. Billy Bevan, who will show in ons of tho all-bantam bouts at the Olympla next! Monday mgnt, win oppose raisy uraniti: gan at wiiKos-uarro, tsepiemDer 39. A letter from "Johnny Nelson's Mas Friends" states they would like to seal the Kenslngtonlan meet lightweights ln- stead 01 weiterweignts. Bam Robldeau will be. among Jo Azevcao s opponents in me near rututeJI Th Portucuese llehtwelrht. whn hnli.il from Seattle, wasn., win mane New Tork his home this fall. Becauso he believes his eyes are nota strong enougn as yet, joe onugrue called off his 10-round bout with Willie Ritchie In New York, October 4. ifl New York fight fans will have another, "lemon" put over on them next Mondty' night wnen "K. o. Jesse, of Phllidel phla," meets Mlko McTeague at the Olympla A. C. Jesse, New York papers any, has scored 10 consecutive knock-outi' here. Jesse probably will prove to be a' Bowery bum.v It must be coo and friendly to your throat and tongue. 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