BVENIfla LEDftBti-PHiLAPtiLPHlA, SACTBDAr, FBBRTTABY M, 1916 KIVALS ON BASEBALL DIAMOND ARE TRAINING FOR INITIAL TILT AT SOUTHERN CAM BENNY KAUFF AND TY COBB IN TRAINING FOR BASEBALL .; GAMES TO BE PLAYED IN TEXAS Famous Detroiter Has Never Started Work - Before Spring1 Season Great Competition Expected Between Star Outfielders TWO hews Items of not moro than nvo lines, which nnngarod on sports pages throughout tho country a fow days ago, presage one of the most unusual .spring training series over staged In tho South. One slated that Hctiny Kauff had started training In a gymnasium for tho coming season, adopting tactics ''similar' to thoso used by prize-fighters, to condition himself. Immediately nn announcement was made that the wonderful Cobb had also gone Into training. Cobb Is always In good condition, and In other years seldom went to tho train ing camp until a few days beforo tho Detroit squad started on Its barnstorming trip North! but tho threats of Denny Kauff to outshlno tho famous "Georgia Peach" havo stirred tho American League star, and ho Is determined to bo In prlmo shape this season. t,, There Is method In the madness of both Kauff and Cobb In training hard beforo their teams depart for the South. But llttlo has been said of tho series nr langcd In Texas between tho Tigers nnd Giants; but It Is tho purpose of both Cobb and Kauff to star in that scries. Tho "Georgia Peach" U anxious to show Kauff up as a counterfeit, while Honny wants to convince the fans ho Is Cobb's equal. As a result, ono of tho greatest spring sciles ever contested should tako j" place when tho Giants nnd Tigers clash. Tigers' Pitchers Want to Show Kauff Up As a rule, managers nro very much against pitchers cutting loose In tho v South; but It Is safe to predict that Manager Jennings, of tho Tigers, will havo hone or two hurlcrs In prlmo shape to show Kauff up, and ono of them will bo Harry Covalcskio, a southpaw, who, In the past, has boon almost unhlttablo for a left-handed batsman. In tho Federal League Kauff Jilt fcouthpaws just as well as he did right-handed pitchers, and ho faced somo great portsldo twlrlers. Georgo Dauss is another pitcher who Is effective against left-handed batsmen, though ho Is u right handcr, nnd Jcnntngs probably will havo him in first-class shape. Neither will be allowed to pitch himself out, but both will be permitted to put, by far, more on the ball than Is customary at this time of the year. If Kauff is as popular with his fellow-players In New York as he was with" Brooklyn despito tho talcs about his conceit and bragging the Giant hlirlers and players will do their best to aid Kauff In this great Individual duel between tho two most-talked-of players in tho national game at tho present jr; time. It should be a wonderful duel, nnd it Is a pity It cannot be staged in lliitho North, unless both teams aro pennant winners in their respective leagues Inland compete In a world's series. !!" n Pcnn Must Beat Yale Tonight jj ' Penn's basketball flvo meets Yale tonight nnd It must win, or nil chance of iililandlng tho Intercollegiate title will be lost. It Is possible for Pcnn to loso tonight lli'and still finish in a. tie for first place; but It Is generally believed that tho Red and J" Blue team will go to pieces against Cornell if tho Klls win tonight, jjjj Tho defeat at tho hands of Princeton was a blow to followers of the Hed "'and Blue, but It was not entirely unexpected, ns the Tigers have been virtually Jj;un beatable on the homo floor this season. While Princeton has an excellent fim, Jlt is likely to be beaten at least onco moro this season away from horn';, ml iiijthercln lies Penn's great chance. Cornell has moro games to play than any "'.her n;iteam In the league, and it Is fortunato for tho Ithacans that the sotiedulo 11, was arranged In this manner, as tho team Is Just finding Its stride now. Had I'lilCorncll played moro league games earlier In the season, It Is likely they would j!;now bo out of the race, as tho team played poorly earlier In the year. I'M JIJI Red and Blue Players Should be Rewarded !J Penn will fnco another heavy team tonight, and one which Is credited with Jono of the two Intercollegiate League victories over tho Red and Blue this Jjwlnter. Tho Ells took advantage of its superior weight and a smaller floor than it.iWelglitman Hall and completely smothered tho light Penn forwards. This mibroke up tho Penn passing and mado tho light Red and Bluo youngsters helpless. !i" Yale is likely to bo greatly surprised at tho differenco in Penn's play on ""the largo home floor, and whllo a hard game Is expected, the Red and Blue should Jljwln with several points to spare. Thero Is still a great chance for Penn, but (even If tho championship should bo lost, Coach Jourdct and tho players deserve t.great credit for tho successful season. The regulars deserve their varsity letters n'lfor tho splendid showing, although It Is a rule not to award tho varsity "P" !!J!to the basketball five, unless It wins the championship. Orton Says Meredith Will Star Outdoors New York critics claim that "Ted" Meredith Is going back, and that tho famous Penn flyer wilt not bo able to repeat his remarkable performanco of winning tho quarter and half In the Intercolleglates this year. Coach Orton, of the Red and Blue track team, Insists that Meredith will have tho greatest year of his' sensational career when tho outdoor season starts, and Meredith himself bc- i Uoves that ho will be better than ever. Lack of training Is given as tho reason ',', for tho frequent defeats of Meredith indoors this winter. I, "Meredith Is not winning these Indoor races because ho has mado no attempt to get in perfect trim," says Orton. "I bellove that Meredith must bo right to repeat in both events In tho Intercolleglates and I don't think too much indoor work is good for him. He Is running In these meets merely to accommodate tho parties conducting them. "When the outdoor season starts Meredith will go Into active training and will be stronger than ever. Ho will open tho eyes of tho athletic world this season." First Real Bifj Tennis Tournament Here in Winter When tho school boys began their tournament yesterday on tho court of tho i 1st Regiment Armory, the first real winter meet was begun In Philadelphia. Not only will the boys complete their tournament, but tho men will compete In singles and doubles and tho women will havo similar events. This tournament is being conducted In conjunction with tho local sportsman's how. It was begun earlier than the show because tho fact that there could bo only one court placed In the armory makes It necessary that play continue all through the day and a part of tho night, to completo the various ovents. The court at the armory Is laid out on canvas. The lines are painted green. !' Tho background is good and the overhead lighting makes night playing not only possible, but also as good as It Is In the day. Is It possible that Charles Weeghman, new owner of the Cubs, who operated tho Federal League Club In Chicago, Is trying to deceive the public In order to scare off wealthy men who might want to start another baseball war? In a statement issued recently by Weeghman, he told of his tremendous losses In the Federal League venture, but the books of the club which were taken Into court during the suit Instituted by J. L. Sherlock against Weeghman show the losses for 1914 -were only $27,000. T,hls Is a large sum of money to drop In one season, but not anywhere near what has been claimed. In his recent announcement, Weeghman evidently included the cost of his new park In the losses. He stJJI has the park and the Cubs will play on it In the future, so this can hardly be considered a dead loss, The figures given out by Phil Ball, in St. Louis, also were greatly exaggerated. Perhaps this statement, was also given out for the same purpose. Alfred So Oro again has lost the world's three-cushion billiard title. Charley Ellis, of Cleveland, came from behind In a sensational rally and beat the cbam plpn in the final night's play after the Cuban had gotten a large lead. This is about the sixth time De Oro has lost the title, but he always has been able to regain It. If Ellis is successful in defending tho title against August Klekhefcr in April, it may be a long- time before De Oro regains the title, as the Clove lander is improving rapidly and Is but a youngster. The three days' plays at AWnser's was spectacular, despite the fact that neither man averaged one. Safety play kept tho averages down, but served to make the games sensational, as many remarkable shots were made after safety plays. For tho third time this winter "Hub" Perdue has been unconditionally released. Whenever baseball news ia lacking in St. Louis, the Cardinals sell Perdue to somo minor league, club. Perdue Immediately refuses to Join that team and he is unconditionally released, but somehow or other the Cards con tlnue releasing him after having given him the "unconditional" long ago, ', Reports from tho training camp of tho New York Americans Indicate that ' Manager Donovan has discovered a remarkable ball player in an 18-year-old semi-pro from New York, named McGovern. This lad Is not any bigger than ; Stuffy" McJnnls, but Joined the Yanks as a first baseman. In the batting practices, to date McGovern has amazed the veterans, Donovan Is anxious to ' tee what he will do when the pitchers start using all their stuff and the curve balls aro breaking sharply. WHO GETS THE MOST FUN OUT OP GOLF? I IB cnevr ! ? 7 S.rTMvHn.Jr-- CaavaNTV six! I nOflMTA MAD f teiiEOTf l.itf t DOM'T -Sec WHATi TH mat re WTH MP LAT61V IM WAV Tueae Two SUSPFtfr Tack o-rMe -SjiftTTVA -Joi3Ug X UBV6NTV 5tx! I C?WV ! 1,'..- " I a HlWJWEtJ if i,.rT i rne It Ac lSvw -o I -&'s&&. flli" 111? nil IST .m m$ ? wmtmmsB&s&wki ira rzymx mr fm Sr nJS 'w Wm$? fcflMAg L but TH.a mam JOE TINKER WILL STAKE HIS MANAGERIAL REPUTATION ON RESULT OF 1916 CAMPAIGN Greatest Problem Will Be to Cut Down Squad to Require ments of League By CHANDLER D. RICHTER ARTICLE V. - LAST summer when Joe Tinker was man J aging the Chicago Federal League club he Issued a challenge to the winners of the National nnd American League pennants on behalf of tho Chlfeds. Tho fans contended that the challenge was merely a little press agent yarn of tho independent league, but Tinker Insisted that It was his lioneM. belief that his Chicago Fed team was stronger than any in tho country. Immediately after being appointed man ager of the Cubs and the consolidation of tho 1915 Cubs and Wlinles had been con summated Tinker proed to tho fans that he at least was slnucro by placing on the market more than half the 191D Cub team, which was good enough to lead the National League up In August. At the time Tinker declared that he had to nnd room for his Federal League stars, who he felt ccitain would piove s-'ronger than tho 1915 Cubs. As manager of the Cubs Tinker will be gien a chance to prove to tho baseball world that the Federal League was not a Joke league from a playing standpoint. From a financial point of view tho league was surely a frost, but It is barely pos sible that Tinker had a much stronger team than followers of organized ball are willing to believe. If Tinker's Federal League team was ns strong as he claims, he should win the pennant In tho National League race, as tho addition of such pl.iycrs as Zimmer man nnd Saler to tho infield, Archer to the catching staff, Williams and Schulto to tho outfield and Vaughn, Lavender nnd a few others to the pitching staff are surely a wonderful help. When tho two teams had consolidated Tinker surely had a wonderful aggrega tion on paper, but as he Is gradually cut ting down the squad, the Cubs do not look nearly so formidable ns they did at tho tlmo the deal was made. Tinker was a wonderfully bright ball player, but Is yet to prove, himself a capable manager, and many of baseball's brightest men are In clined to the belief that Joe will be a hindrance Instead of a help to the team. Knows the Game Tinker knows the game from beginning to end, Is a splendid man personally and apparently thero Is no reason why he should not be a success; but he seems to go wrong every time It 13 necessary to exercise snap Judgment. Poor Judgment and failure to control himself caused Tinker to fall at Cincinnati In his first trial as a innnager. If he has mastered self-control, the Cubs will be a hard team to beat, but If ho has not, there Is no tell ing where they will finish. Thero are a number of temperamentnl stars on Tinker's payroll, and they will not make Joe's path any easier If. things break badly In tho early part of trje sea son. One thing In Tinker's favor Is his fighting spirit. He will not quit under fire, and come of the temperamental stars may not be able to get away with as much on him as they did on Hank O'Day and Itoger Bresnahan. Baseball men do not believe that Tinker .will have a strong enough combination about second base unless he Is In shape to play short with Doolan shifted over to second. They argue that Doolan is going back and cannot hit, while Yerkes Is below the major league standard. It Is con tended that Tinker could stand a weak hitter In one of these position, but that the rest of the team cannot carry two weak hitters and Blow runners, as will be the case with both Doolan and Yerkes in the line-up. Last spring It was contended that Pat Moran had too many slow runners on his team, and that It would be a second divi sion club because Its offense, barring an occasional home run, would be worthless; but Moran de eloped a powerful attack by constantly crossing his opponents. Tinker has many brainy ball players and may do likewise. He Is at least willing to stake everything on his Federal Leaguers, and has proven conclusively that ho was serious when he claimed the Whales were worthy opponents for any team in organ ized ball. Tinker's greatest task will be In cutting down his squad to comply with the 21- s jnfa'TWvt'iLHj I -f m 3 iV. Mi ;?' f!.?lfJ&, iH i. 'j& -x- s" M&a? I ' v ' MANAGER JOE TINKER player limit, but still Joe does not seem to bo satisfied and Is even at this time dickering for two or three players who nro on tho market. At tho present time tho Cubs have so many pitchers of recog nized nblllty that Tinker will have a hard time making his final selection, although unfortunately thero aro no real stars on tho staff; but the new leader Is negotia ting for Packard, tho star southpaw of the Kansas City Feds. Unless tho sale for Packard Is consum mated tonight, ho will revert back to Cin cinnati, which team ho Jumped, but Man ager Hcrzog told tho writer when he was In this city last week that ho did not want tho southpaw star on his team, although he admitted he Is a great pitcher. Tinker Is not anxious to pay an enor mous price to Harry Sinclair for Pack ard's rclcaso and probably will try to ar range a trado or purchase with the Reds. There nro two other players who are wanted by Tinker, which indicates that Joe Is not nearly so optimistic as ho was a. few weeks ago. Quartet of Feds The Cubs are banking upon a quartet of Federal League pitchers to show great form, but In this they may bo disap pointed. Hendrlx, Brown, Prendergast and McConnell are the twlrlers Tinker In tends to carry from the Whales of 1916, but aside from Hendrlx: none of these men are likely to be much of a help, It Brown's knee la strong, the grand old veteran may prove valuable ns a pinch pitcher, but so far as regular duty is con cerned the day has passed for the famous hurler. Tinker has much better pitching mate rial from the 191G Cub team than ho will get from his Federal League aggregation, Cubs This Season Will Place Hope for Vic tory in Players Got ten From Federals and with two high-class pitchers In Archer and Bill Fischer, formerly of Brooklyn, ho has two excellent coaches, If they aro allowed a free hand. Last summer Bresnahan worked hit pitchers poorly, and as a result tho staff went completely to pieces In mldsenson. With Hendrlx for a headlincr, there Is no reason why tho Cubs should not have a great pitching stnlT. Jim Vaughn, tho giant southpaw, will do much better work for Tinker than ho did for Bicsnahan, and the same is true of Jimmy Lavender, Phil Douglas and Zabel. Great Prospect The latter looked like a great prospect at the start of tho 1915 season, but fre quent rows with Bresnahan, which re sulted In his suspension, spoiled his work Douglas Is nnother pitcher with a great future before htm if he keeps in condi tion. Tinker had Intended to release Douglas and had mado alt arrangements for his transfer to a Pacific Coast League team, but has decided ho will gtvo him another chance. Behind the bat the Cubs will bo stronger than any team in tho National League, In eluding tho Phillies, even if Killelfer Is In shape. Fischer nnd Archer aro both far nbovo tho average and Arthur Wil son, another high-class catcher, has been sold to Pittsburgh, where ho will bo first catcher, with tho veteran Gibson as second-string mnn. Tho make-up of tho Cub infield depends entirely upon whether Tinker Is In shape to play. If Tinker plays short, Mike Doolan will bo moved over to second, with Zimmerman on third nnd Saler on first. This would make a powerful combination, but with either Yerkes or Zclder on sec ond tho infield would bo weakened almost 50 per cent. Tinker has decided Hint Zwilling and Flack would be regulars In tho Cub out field, whllo It is virtually certain that Cy Williams must play the other position. Zwilling has not been seen In this city since lie was a recruit with the Braves four years ago. while Flack has never played here. Both may be stars, as Tinker claims, but local fans refuse to believe that either classes with Williams. For outfield utility duty. Tinker Intends to carry Mann, of tho 19H Braves, and "Wildfire" Schulte. The latter Is the sole survivor as a player, if Tinker remains on the bench and Brown falls, of the fam ous Cub machine of 1906, Archer not hav ing Joined the team until later. If tho Cub team does not flnlBh one. two or three, Tinker will be voted a fail ure as manager, as ho surely had the material at hand to develop n wonderful team at the time tho clubs were merged. Already he has made several moves which were severely criticised, but time alone will tell whether ho really pulled a "bone" In allowing several players to go to other clubs. SPORTSMEN'S SHOW CONDUCTED DY THE FIKST BE01MENT, N, d. P., IN THEIR Armory, Broad and Callowhill Sts. . FEURUAIIV SS, 28. 29 MAIICH 1. S, 34 ADMISSION SO CL. CHIUIBEN 23 CU. Exhibition of Hunting Trophies and Camp Life Boy Scout and U. S. Marine Drills Indoor Tennis Championship Tournament Rifle Matches and Indoor Golf Contests Something Interesting Every Minute HUMOR AND TRAGEDY F0UN IN ANNUAL TRAINING JAU Bushers Blossom Forth and Veterans From Fame During This Period of Preliminary Work Ac By GIUNTLAND RICE QUMMIt freak of nature It Is how habit or memory hangs on. You havo read Jn' lyrical verso how somo John, obtaining n whiff of roses or mignonette, suddenly rccatled with nmaz Ing tenderness some Jane of other years. Or It may have been that somo Jasper heard an old-fnshlon5d melody nnd straightway before his vision somo Bessie or 13thcl drifted by. To borrow an Illus tration from the late Orth Stein "Last night as I fconctt from my toindoio, High over the darkling street, A. song came floating upward, liroken-and Incomplete t "What delicate wraith of passion, What ghost of tho veslcr years Tails something ns sweet as kisses, Something as sad as tears." You get tho Idea. So with us. For some reason or qthcr each breath of waning Februnry brings bnck again tho fragrant' odor of baseball. It may havo been from the fact that when we wcro a. bit of a lad, but no part of a bonny one, each passing February brought tho Instinctive desire to get out and throw tho baseball. That doslro has never passed, nnd If wo woro up nround Bntlln's Bay In Feb ruary It would be the same. For tho last clays of February aro tho outposts of spring. And when tho ball club starts Jtauth and you are ono of tho party, you and spring have met half-way. A big league training trip Is quite nn Institution. To the casual Inspector It Is mostly routine. But beyond that It Is a good deal more. It Is a very human section of life, Thero Is nothing elso Just like It. Hero nro 40 young nnd mlddlc-ngcd men work ing and living together In peaco and hap piness. Yet 20 of these aro out hustling for tho other HO's Jobs. And only 20 can stick. Either tho Busher goes back to the Bush for one more year or for his cn tlro career or tho Busher sticks and the Veteran fades out. It Is not tho matter of the honor of making a college team. It Is a matter of meat and bread, of tho Missus and the Kids, of a profession that Is to takoi up tho last hour of one's prime. n few may take a glas-j of ht end of the last workout, bid Btronger, nnd water Is the m; beverage nil nround. Hustling bread and meat, whatever the fc Is rarely a frolic. -. Tho manager's Job q tho J, them all. For the first part 0f tho recruits look bettor than the They havo youth, tho Incomp sport, nnd nro able to work at i beforo the vet has quit limping c a throbbing shoulder. And foi three weeks this .208 hitler I down tho fences, while ,tho .310 E Angus W. Pop-up, lucky to hit the plate, much less over tho fen Thero aro two Important ,s camp life. One Is tho arm! tii? the leg. . NEWS OP THE DOWL1 ire, pui imi nip noxt tuo mat n In tho Uefi-ntn f clone. nn out In the ncconil Ramc br i of 047 to 938, whllo tho tl Unotpccloil surprlson wern fealoi npcnlnc matches of tho necnnil roo yunkor .City IiiBue tournamnt on Allen last nlBht. Alaneto. tho clu the nrt rounil, uon tho oocnlnir c Mnjpstlc, but lnit thp noxt tuo mat winning i nrorp of nl.n ....- .... ... i 'V."'v. "'T U rolling 9S5 to tho rhnmplom' 923. linockpil down 22ft pins In his lait tho winners, while .Shaffer eontrlbui Ills spcnnil came nml Flower made ,"'.r.';n,!..mim.e' fr'or i'Aneto Jim tlu-n with G1C. his heat score, 213, bclnt tho second game. The three-gnmo series bclueenV mill White Klephants won noma which Wymlhnm won tho oiM gam the thlnl of tho matches nml tho ah by G plus. The cx-chnmplons reuli pins, but It fell D pins below' thr Wymlhnm. Martin was high ncorcr. In thla aeries, but for the night, to pins In his three gamps, lie bo.nn followed with 231 ami concluded wt! . Southpaw In his first appearance. Ilnlley. of Wyndhnm, .Ml Jn4 tnlnt his third gnmo for the Rlcphnnta: man nvcrayed a fraction oer 200 a Knox contributed 62C. Wyndhnm Colts, runners-up In round, wero bumped twlco bv the C Colts did not perform up to form. In a training trip there Is the humor nnd the tingedy of many lifetimes. We will take tho case' of an average Veteran. Ho has a family, and, never ' having been n great Btnr, ho has earned Just about enough to break even on the living gnme, with a thousand or so loft over. He knows that ho has but a season I or two left. And when he quits, at the h ago many start In other professions, ho ' will bo without a profession or a trade. It you aro looking for a light gray sliado of pathos you can find It In that Veteran'j eyes r he sits on the bench nurslilg a sore nrm, watching somo Kid of 22 pegging them on a. lino from third to first the second day out. His r- Job Is threatened, but for tho tlmo being , he can't defend It with a sore arm and a charley-horsed thigh. Yet wo have 'seen , this typo of Veteran on many an occasion go out ana by experlenceu coaching I try and show the Kid every trick of tho game. It takes Just a bit of a MAN to go out and try to help some one who Is after your Job. Tour of the Oermantnwn Whiles ter than 190 In compiling their II Munufnctuiois' llluo team PAVUK DROSMrljiiufatiurffa Any ono who figures that training camp llfo for tho athlcto Is a playful romp has another guess due. Up beforo 8 a. m., at tho gymn by 0 and then a two-milo walk to the orchard, as Larry Doylo calls It, And then hustle and work. By late afternoon tho atheleto Is ready to eat tho cover oft tho dining room table, and by 10 o'clock ho Is poised for a running start toward tho grand old hay. Tho first week In camp llfo is a week of agony of soro mu3cleu, of aching arms, of throbbing legs. Smoking Is cut down to almost nothing; OLYMPIA A. A. Ilro.id & I Hurry I'ttn MONDAY NKIIIT, K:30 MM NKII. Mrt'l'i: s. IIOIIRY il,VN YOUNd I'Al.MKH vs. hOI.I.VV ritANKii: wniTi; . lamtv n JOHNNY 11,110 . WII.MIjn Pete Herman vs. Lew Ti Adm. 23c: Hal. Kcm., SOrt Arena I!'t a lVONiinitrur, c.tnp National A. C. Nation? lOMflllT TOXKIIIT OHIO HIMI.i:ll . JOHNNY MI joi: o'ionni:i.t, u. johnny i JOHNNY NIU.MIN is. l'ATSEV wu.i.ii; .iiiioiti: rs. jok in JOHNNY O'J.HAUY a. SOLLY I Admlfhlon, 23c. Itcscrted ticiti,30i 1 MffiMSK : g : a VA s Wa 2 4 Advanced Work THE Franklin Engine has no water to carry it is freed of the 177 parts of the com plicated water-cooling system, and free of all the annoyances that go with water-pumping mechanism. If you want a clear idea of just what it means to get rid of these 177 water-cooling parts, step into a local repair shop. Look at the honey-comb radiator, with its 5000 cells, its pipes, pump, connections a complex sys tem of small-bore water passages, inviting trouble from leaks, from mud and sediment, from freezing and boiling. Have you over thought how much gaiollno you waita in keeping thoso 177 parts on the job? Or how often you have to give it n drink, how many timet it needs blanketing, the antifreezing mixture you have to buy for it? One man said he knew from experience that it is easier to build those parts than to take care of' theml . ' Look at the Franklin Engine! The only moving par in the Direct-Air-Cooling System is the air suction fan, and that fan is itself part of the fly f, wheel. 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