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BVE.NING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH lt 1016
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"SPRING" PITCHING GIVES BAKER REPUTATION OF BEING A REAL HITTING "COME BACK
jVi VisiriPfgi'.
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PENN WILL NOT
PLAY OFF TIE
WITH PRINCETON
Cage Title to Be Divided
Between Red and Blue and
Orange and Black
OTHER CAGE NEWS
Intercollegiate League
t,APT NIOIIT'S IlKMtll.T
Princeton, 'ii. Cornell, Ill
tVnn
Prlner-lon
Cornell
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h i son inrttiiniiUi .1 T mo
fi fi .'nil Columbia 1 ! Kill
FRANK BAKER MAY BE ABLE
TO "COME BACK," BtJT ONLY
TIME WILL TELL, CERTAINLY
Hard Hitting in Early Spring Is Result of Weak
Pitching- and Not a Great Eye for Swat
ting the Ball
SOME! say they never come back. Others say they ito. When James .1. JofTi Id
"went," ho did not "return." Neither tiki Jaelc Johnson. Jack Coombs did
comb back and with a triple-expansion vengeance,
ttenco we contend that It all depends.
The reason for all this Is J. Franklin linker. The great question with
New York baseball fans and pitchers of tlio American League Is: "Can linker
come back after having been out of the gamo a season?" Apparently thoro Is no
reason why he should not be as good as ever, except the trilling dccllno which
comes to every athlete, no matter how good, with the passing of jears. Tint It
Is not good form, nor is It the correct "dope" to say that Makei has demount tu ted
beyond all question that ho has "come back" simply because ho slammed the ball
viciously around the lot at Macon, Oeorglu, the training camp of the Yankrcs, In
his first workout.
If the Maryland fanner continues to do this all spring, and begins pelting the
base hits to nil corners of the Ametican I-engno lawns, It will bo time to hay that
he has como back But v hen either a vcturan pitcher Is Just lobbing them neioss,
or an untried rookie Is getting u hnlMnch break on the hall, any nblo-lrodled,
two-armed man can get a hit with reasonublo frequency, liven Cmory Tltimin
used to got them In the spring.
It's the Same Old, Worn Story
This same thing happens every mason nt the v.irloim training tamps. The
pitchers h.ivo the stams on the balls they offer to the batsmen dining the first
two weeks of the senson of prep.uatlon, and thut Is about all extent the tiade
hiark. Hence the perennial glowing icport.s of the swatting wonders that wc
get from the Southland each blustciy March.
Frank Baker Is no doubt working wondcis with the willow In the lazy pre
cincts of Macon, but others ate doing It too.
Down In St. Petersburg the heavy maulers of Moron's bilgado ale batting
old boards off the distant fences with monotonous regulnilty, but that does not
provo that every player who Is doing that Is going lo lilt 300 this .season, nor
does It oven provo that any Individual will even win a permanent position on tho
strength of hitting against these weak olToiings.
Frank Baker has many friends In Philadelphia and many tolloweis who
believe that ho is going to be n big aid to Wild Hill's hunch nt Yonks. Neverthe
less it is too early to predict that this "JSIehard Is himself again" and that
he will bo able to accomplish the same feats during tho 19111 campaign that he
did as a member of Connie Mack's champion White niephants. j
One great factor In Baker's success was IMdle Collins. Tim wiilt-n Snv I
second baseman, batting Just ahead of J. Franklin, used to get to first bas,e and ! hwo bv forfeit that is tlieli privilege,
bo disconcert the pitcher by b.ts,e stealing, or bluffs nt stealing, that the average I ''."V,0 ",le I'PI,"Ip,-;r. . , ,
hllrler unnl.l ..,,. f, i. .. , . , ., . V... . " I 1'flllaulng II tie fol tile Ie.lgUO c Il.llll-
Hurler would ciy often get in the hole with Baku This meant that Frank , pionship ,i couple oi seisons ago between
wuuiu navo a cnance to get a Heavy crack at a "cripple."
ITfllVM nr rid otnnr1 In 1. !.!... ul u - i i i ...
v..uv,,., , omi.mu iu liiu ufKiuiuiiK, u an ucpenua. likewise ou ncor can
THE FEESH OFFICE BOY AGAIN
CATHOLIC TEAMS!
SHOULD FORMi
CAGE LEAGli
The I'nlvoisiiv of Ponimlviuila basket
ball team will not plij a post-season te
lies Willi Princeton. In spite of the fad
that the Tigers' 22-1!) lctmv over Ciii
ncll liiBt night put the orange and Blink
on even terms with the I ted and Illue
There are seveuil re in iris why IVnti
will not consent to the series to decide
the Intercollegiate title, leg.udless of what
action the league ntllelals may see fit to
take
After the game nt for noli on Momlnv
night the Peiinsvlvarila team dlslinitled
and broke Untiring for the bcnson Wll
Ilnnioti, the lightest and smallest pliv-
er In the league, vv is physle.illv unlit to
continue further Of a nervous lempoi.i
nicnt the lingua nice had n gie.it erfert
on his nerves At le ist two other pl.i
ers could not ktriml tho i train of anolliei
sciies of g lines, mid hever.il irieinlieiH
of the Ic.iin have been neglecting tlieli
.studies In order to give their lie-t serv
ices to the basketball te nil. This Is u
Ftnte of nlTalrs that could not continue
veiv long Thee pl'ivcrs li.ive returned
to tliclr scholastic duties, anil are through
with basKetbi.il for tho season.
I'cim Refuses
Tlioiefore even If Prliueton Is willing
to piny a series of games, mid even
should the Inter collegiate basketball olll
elals suggest Ihit a series bo plaved to
determine vvlikli team Is the lietur, I'eiiu
HVlv.iiiin Villi rrot nl iv should Pilmeton
cire to take the t It inuitonshlp of the
tell.
Harry Davis as a Rowling Magnate
The officials conducting the big bowling ihamplonship of tire Atlantic coast,
to bo staged In Washington, D. C. next month, would like to have Hairy
Davis, Connie Atnck's lieutenant, organise n live man team and enter It In
tho championships. Ite has already gotten two teams from tho AVoshlngton
American League Club, these to bo captained by Walter Johnson and Clnike
Griffith.
Mftny of tho Washington officials know Davis bowling ability of old. Ten
years ago tho Athletic vctciarr was one of tho best bowlers in this city, and
conducted one of Its leading bowling allejs He l oiled In the national cham
pionships for yeaM and generally finished up In the prize money, llo would
havo to pick a tuim of joungsters, as tho majority of his old team are miss
ing. He had on lib team in the past such men as Bonder, Plank, Schreck,
Waddell, Monte Cioss, Dan Murphy, Oldrlng, Coakley and a group of others.
It ts doubtful whether any baseball combination over compared with this team
of players.
England vs. America in Big Battle 28 Years Ago
Although the historian may consider It a mirror affair as compared with
tho great battles fought in Fiance during the present war. and' may oven
pass over it without mention, nevertheless the battle of Chantllly had some
features deserving of perpetuation in print. It was just 2S years ago this
week that this conflict was fought on Baron Rothschild's training grounds
near Chantllly, Fiance. It was England ngalnst America, the former repie
sontcd by the lithe, slender, scientific boxer, Charlie Mitchell, and tho latter
by the big, broa.l. bluff, bellicose Ir Ish-Americarr, "jouis truly John L."
Although this was a bare-knuckle battle, under the old London rules, with
the world's chamr lenshlp and $3000 at stake, it was not marked by any great
degree of ferocity The opponents and their seconds Jake Kilraln and Jack
Baldock for Mitchell and Ashton and McDonald for Sullivan seemed to re
member that the. were on the solj of Prance, that land of politeness and suave
courtesy, and acted accordingly. Tho rude language so often heard at such
affutrs was almost lacking, and "Mr." Sullivan and "Mr." Mitchell bombarded
each other with the utmost good feeling. When Cliarlio landed a good one
John would bay, 'That was a lino punch, Mlchell," arrd tho Britisher was not
to be outdone.
At tho end of the 30th round tho affair was called a draw, the battle bav
ins occupied three hours and eleven minutes. Tho alfatr was unsatisfactory to
the fans who had traveled so far to see It,
After the crowd leturned to London, an American was explaining Sul
livan's failure to win "A cold, driving ruin was falling," he said, "and poor
John was chilled to the bone. He suffered terribly from the cold, and my
heart ached for tiro poor old fellow, lighting away so gamely hour after hour.
Poor John!"
"It was a bloodj shyme," agreed an englishman. "But, blimey, who was
'oldlng tho umbrclli over Mitchell?"
Meredith May Continue to Smash Marks
Will the award of the Intercollegiate track and field championships to tho
Harvard Stadium be Just the thing to give Ted Meredith a chance to break
two world's records In May? Thoso who have studied the matter of tracks,
the trainers of the big college teams and the men who havo held records In
the past, believe that the track in Harvard's big uthleUc oval Is just enough
faster than that on Franklin Field to take a couplo of seconds off the half
mlle record nnd nearly a second off tho quarter-mllo mark, all other conditions
being equal.
Billy Paull, the former Ponn mller, who, previous to John Paul Jones' t(me,
was the holder of the college mile record at 4:17 4-5, and Mike Murphy were
two of those who most strenuously maintained that In any distance from tho
quarter-mile up tho Harvard Stadium track meant a great advantage to the
athlete. They both assigned two reasons for th'ts peculiarity. One was that
the track is better made, with a finer spring; tho second that in that nt Cam
bridge it is possible to run almost on the pole with safety, while on Franklin
Field the track is not firm enough to stand the pounding at a lesser distance
than a foot from the pole, while a third reason is the whirling currents of
winds In the stadium. ,
When analyzed by sucli a specialist as Mike Murphy, the reasons why tho
track at Cambridge can be circled in a fraction of a second faster In a quarter
imlle, nearly two seconds in the half and more than three In the mile nro clear
to track men. When the runner can tread almost on the pole and find firm
footing he is saving many yards in his cqurse about the track, which, of course,
means a saving of time.
As Meredith will again essay the winning of both the quarter-mile and
half-mile events, and naturally will hope to break both records, tho help that
the Harvard track and the wind currents will give will surely be welcome. It
is noticeable that almost all of the great records in events from tho quarter
mile up in recent seasons have been made in the stadium,
There is one ball player, at present out of a Job and probably very anxious
to land one, who could make the 19H5 pennant Just about a cinch for a team
in need of a good first baseman if he could be depended on to do his best
throughout the season.
Hal Chase 1 Ms name and American League fans do not need to be
told that he is a wonderful athlete when he feels disposed to try. The trouble
Is that there is no certainty that he will give his best efforts to any club
mora than a few days at a time.
lk nnlt niwl I ,l ll tr.1 it .1 tlir, I M nr.nl lwr I tn
'.eigne went on lieoid .111 Kiing that in
tin1 fiituio should tile league r.iee ipsult
l fl,. .1 u,i)lnu nf I'.llilnu ulwilllfl lift ,,l.,n,l
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II, lli'l lilt.' Mil' lll.lllll'll'll'.lllji ,M-i; miK-
I'ettlng tli.it tho games he plaed on a
neitti il llofir
Muili Too Late
lint the Krgui- oflkialH failed to pro
vide foi the pi 1 lug of the games within
a leasonilile time bv not moving up tho
league d ites I. on JoluiU't. coach of the
Perm team, Is of the opinion that it is
ratliLr late In the season lo bo arranging
a series of gunes Sue li games, he savs,
could not be plaveii off in Ids tlnn tlnee
weei.s that the weather would be too
vvaini and that the pitrons would not re
main Interested that long
Coirscquentlv the Intercolleglute Il-is-lietbrli
Le.iguo race of 1'llfl-luiG will re
main a tie between I'onrrsvlv mi.i and
Princeton This is the first tlmn 111 eight
jears that Pennsylvania has reached Hi U
place, and It is the first time In Prince
ton athletics tint n Tiger town team ever
got above third plate
Eastern League Standing
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CONNIE MACK MAY DEVELOP ANOTHER GREAT
BASEBALL MACHINE BY THE SEASON OP 1917
uatnonc nigh, La Salll
vjvjtitjge, ou doe and villa.
nova may Organize
OTHER SCHOOL N E y I
The organization of n Catholic BchJ
llasketbali League, with game, S
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u.. 0.1HM.W ruics anu propfer !."
regulations, would be a move Jn th n.
direction, In the opinion of many of fr
basketball followers of tho Catholic Mi!S
La Salle College, Vlllnnova Prepat4w;
and St Joseph's College teams
title could then bo decided on (he $
contago has s. lne !
tniv"il!0Sf,.e" fir .l-ho Ca"i' choi
atlon and the team w t. "u Cbcs fl
wl h.ivo thn i . i." . Dc.st 'ecordl
... " 'ui'" '"" """" tMlnl 'or tho cf,ja
oa tn
;on aim
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Pitching This Year
Should Be Far Better
Than It Was in Cam
paign of 1915
W I, Pi . VV I, PC
Ore stock J1 II c, It no Xtrl, IS 111 4M
Itcnillm; . ji it .". Jiiph r . m 'ii r.M
( nnvlen jii 111 ",1 i Trillion IL' 'jii 310
M-in:ui'r.i: ron loxicur
Jnpir nt ilievaturk
.iniwr itHiri. i n uhlrlulml rally In the sec
otiil lult of the Kiiiu nltli I imdin lust nlsht
nnd nun an l.aaii rn I.iMn'ua itimo bv a pram
of .10 to Jl lii .loimr rive lalllul llle umilM
In h row Blvln- Hum ii leuil which Canuk'n
vvrfa never nlil In ovirioine rii.i first half
r iv op
By CHANDLER D. IUCHTER
AiiTiru: xvi
THK ciniing bcasorr will bo the most Im
portant In the career of Connie, Mack,
builder of wonderful baseball machines
and the lecogntzcd genius of the national
game Within tho last lfi months Mack
has vvieilxcd eompletelv the greatest base
ball machine '." nil time and Is now start
ing again to construct another
ii.i'.Lball plajers, iriannger.s, scribes and
fans me of the opinion that Mnils has
overestimated his own ability and will
never be able to fight his way back to the
top of the limp but Connie Insists that
he will have a better team, within two
Juii" thnii the one he broke up
Throughout his i.ireir, Stack has had
wonderful Miteehs with joungsters brought
Into tho majors without a clay of minor
league experience Beforo Mack started
picking up joungsters from collegiate and
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Athletics' Roster for WIG
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Ilreslfr
IIiii.Ii
nlori
Srlianir
rrrkln
Mrlnnls
I.ajole
Mnlono
niilrlnc
W .iMi
riTCiints
Oourll
.VIxrrM
ilorrlhollo
e ivrr
cak iii:ks
.Murplu
Ilav
llicll irdnnn
slircliali
AldHivortli
.Vlcjer
im'ii:i.ii:rs
C'rino Witt
I'lrk (dlinore
3lr( onncll
ouTiini.in.ns
striink Stclllmuer
Tlinmiison
Athletics Unless tho team shows far bet
ter thnn It appears capable of doing at the
start of the heiison, game after game will
bo lost until tho youthful combination
finds itself.
At Hie present time the Athletics really
are better tlnn they look on paper. The
miserable pitching of 101B and the general
liidillerenee and lac!: of iMlrlt of the rest
of the tenm made the Maciimcn look even
worso than they were
Young Pitchers
Tho same pitchers who looked bo bad In
1915 probably villi bo malnstnj.s of a staff
which will In time rival tho famous corps
W e 1 d o n Wyckoff
Is Pitcher Around
Whom New Hurling
Staff Is to Be Rebuilt
. headed bv tho errand old trio of licndcr.
them Into the i T'lnnk mill Cnonihq. which Mai.lt Ihrnu. In
irnntn (f., m, 1. .11.. ... l, . . ..... '
r,..... ,L ...in iinitH'ii uiul 11 was unpo". tho winds.
i-iuiu mi a piajer in mane good without
jiiiin.i itokui' epcrreuce Willi nut lew
uiiltU 17 to I.'. In CamiKns
Munisor Joseph I, llillov of the Orey
si"l; IjiHlprn Leicui luskeibill trim which
lliiiheil Hie iienn nit b leitins It'iulInB on
VVi In. ail i nlitht ut UphiIIiii; HHSirlH tint ho
h nl a nirroH i hi uie from lieln mnhbtil
When llallei nbjitteil lo Hi ullnir il irlnB
i frr ill mm luii I, In th. (.line In tlm evln
n. rim! tin up Slain fiuiH liooul ami htsaeil
him anil aftir tbe mime on hla ij nut of
the hull he vviih suuounileil ,nnl om one
llll him 11 blow luck of tho head
The itnniplon (IroMnek (.bib will rllj
Jasinr ut Cuopir llittiillnii Hall tonlsht
NO HALT INT JIcCARRON'S WORK
Allentown Middleweight Continues
Traininp; for Mix With Borrell
Thero was no lct-up in Jack McCar
don's training following his 15-round vic
tory over .Initio Clark, In Allentown last
night, according to a wlro received by
Jack O'Drkn today McCarron will do
light work today, and then put In two
days of Irani training Saturday and Mon
day In preparation for his emounter with
Joe Borrell at tiro Palace Aw, C , Norrls
tovvn, Tuesday night
Borrell took Ills usual four-mile run
this morning, and before beginning his
gymnasium work this afternoon he an
nounced himself in the best slrirpo Mnco
his returrr from Kurope Joe's right hand
had been giving him trouble, but he feels
now that ho could fell an ox without in
juring the fist
exceptions, all tho players In the game
jn mi- iu iuui iinu neen picked rrom a
minor league or were bent to one for fur
ther Reasoning
Mack's Collegians
.Mack completely revolutionised tho
grmo by picking up and developing tho
gio.itest team In tho game's history at a
cost of less tlnn $.1000 in money spent
for players Collegians wero frowned
upon until Mack produced Plank. Header,
Co iklej-, Fultz. Coombs, Collins, Hnrrj',
Milnnis. j: Murphs aird others N'ovv a
laige percentage of tho men In the gamo
are collegians
The rest of tho good men who played
prominent parts In the winning of pen
nants cost Mack little lie discovered and
developed them himself. Many of them
wire passed up by other clubs and pur
chased by Mack for $500 or less Amos
Strunk. ono of tho greatest outfielders In
tho game, was picked up playing with the
"Spanows" in r.ilrmount Park; Baker
cufet Mack $750 , 1Vall 'Selling was gotten
for $1500, the draft price although 10
other clubs were after him; Ira Thomas
was a gift , so was Morgan, Pygert Shaw
key and others who havo played an im
portant part In past successes of the
Mackmen
Mack's career sounds like fiction, and,
though tho whole country appears to be
lieve that tho Athletics will remain In the
rut for years, we are Inclined to believe
that 1917 will again Hud Mack with a
wonderful team It may not have the
necessary balance to come through a pen
nant winner, but the machine will be con
structed and coming fast
For tho 1916 season ono cannot, without
a largo stretch of tho Imagination, see
anything better than last place for tho
NEWS OF THE BOWLING ALLEYS
netall Credit Is two samea ahoad of tho
Accounts miu id, each winning two mm In
tho Straw brldcu L 1'lothler League aerlea on
Casino Alli'ia Ut night
Pleraon. of Accounts, la the Ieudln? bowler
of the bit; Uoparrnicnt more league Hla
acorea of 181, ius and JUS Hat nlsht helped
him in ilntaln tr-o position at the top of the
averaeo men.
Ililga easily outrolied Men's furnishing
Slokea of tho winning team, beean his aeries
with 'Hi. which was rhe best single gamo
uf the night Trult of Iteiall Credit, knocked
down 'XI In hla last came, and Johnson of
the same lombtnatlon got 211 In hla flrst
Kame, while Armstrong of VVho'esale, twice
In auccesslon reaiheUlOS pins
Franklin won two from Pennsylvania Com
pany In the National llanlc matches on Ter
minal Allejs llaea totaled 'Hi In hla second
game for the leaders McCamey, of the
lAmrth SI nut team, with -03. and Hollowell,
of lennslvanlu Company, with iOi. were the
other other bowlers of tho -Nl experts who
reuched the double century mark In 'ii games
on Terminal Allets,
The Plratca regained thilr stride against
Hillevue and won two games In the Keystone
league tourney on Kes stone Alloa last night,
rive of the six games were over the nun mark
Plratts droDued the aecond nam,. 1171 tn n.-.l
I Dunzan vvus high for the winners, averaging
sun lor mree games. Jtugnes, or llellevue,
rolled 'Mi In hla second game and 'Hi In his
nnal
The leaders of Section Jl of the Kejatone
league suffered reverses last night Archers
twlie bested Actives, the leaders, Jn a close
ly bowled series Actives won the tlrst game
uy iwu yins anu rnia was me margin or Ac.
era won tho third conflict by a 082.to-S73
score Archers' score In the third game was
tna highest of the night In any of the down-
-Macl.uchlan contributed
irltz knocked over
town aliev matches
JII, Stamberser 18 and
13 1
lives' triumph In the second came, while Arih-
The Curtis I-eague knights of tho wooden
nlns again vvllj begin their tourney matches
In Terminal nllejs tonlsht On Kesstone al
leis the Quaker City experts will conteat
Tho Rexalla va Terminal series was an ex-
Itlng one. Terminal tailing the odd game by
two pins.
Knox, of Agasslz,
sslz. showed hln .?,! Mm. nl.111..
with tcorea of i'OI 2.'.' and 'iil In succession
against VVIImot The latter team waV" given
7.' plna by handicap allowance and won the
HLcond game by four pins
With the additional week In which to for
ward entries It la expected at leaat WO five
man teams will contest In the annual national
championships In New York, startln; tomorrow
night a week.
Not a man on either the Kdouard or llrown
Moore teams approached the desired UOO.polnt
mark In their series In which llrnwn-Mooru
won the decldlnis game by one pin, the to
tala being isd to IHi
l'alton. of the IJoosters gained some ap
plause by getting counia of M'J and 'iil plna
Swartz. of the Archers, added a S.M score
to his string, while Sprengel worked hard for
a "11 tally against Archers
It appears sure the Atlantic roaat champion
ships will be more popular with the local
bowlers than tbe national series
AVeldon Wjckoff Is to bo the Bender nf
the new staff It will bo Wjxkoff who will
bo the malnstaj1 In the pinches and the
hurler around whom the staff will bo built.
The training season is about to commonco
and the rest of the staff are of unknown
minllty, exciptlng Itush arid Bressler, who
will be stars or dubs this j'car, and we
wll venture to guess that Mjers, Morris
sette, Hichnrdson, Nabors and Haj- are go
ing to play an Important part in the re
constructing work of Mack this j'car
Myeis Is certain to he a btar If ho has
any rnrvo at all He has greater natural
ability than any right-handed pitcher Mack
lias had In jears Morrlssettc Is another
wonderful prospect His international
I.cnguo record does not look impressive,
but ho lias cveij'thlng a pitcher needs to
dovclop into a star. Manager Mack de
clare.! Morrissctto will bo ono of the best
pitchers In tho country within a ear if
ho can lenrrr that baseball is ii business
Instead of play.
Jack Dunn, who has handled Morrls
setto at Baltimore, picked Morrlssetto ns
tho best prospect coming up to tho major
leagues this enr Dunn Intimated that
Morrisbotte is hard to h indie, but Mr k
has had great success with that tpo In
the past and Is not worrying
The make-up of the rest of the team Is
problematical Melnnls will be at tlrst,
with Oldrlng, Strunk, Walsh and Thomp
son In tho outflcld, while Schnng will do
tho bulk of the catching. Lajolo and Ma
lone will fight It out for second. Larry
probablj- will start tho season, but tho
j'ourrgster Malorio Is sure to havo the Job
beforo tho season closes Mnlono Is gradu
ally changing his batting stylo and will
be rlpo for regular work as soorr as ho has
mastered his new position Ills fielding Is
above par now.
Sam Crnno vv ill start the season at
short, but unless ho can Improve wonder
fully In hitting lie probably will bo re
lieved In Juno bj- a collegian, who will
Join the Mackmen at the close of tho school
term. Mack saj-s tho collegian will surely
stnr In 1917 and will be his regular short
stop for soveral jears to come.
Pick Looks Good
At third, Pick will havo the call until
Witt becomes more experienced Witt Is
to be the regular later In tho season, un
less he shocks Connlo by falling down.
It Is rather odd that several Brooklyn
plajers, two International Leaguo um
pires nnd several plajers who plajed with
I'lck were on the Comanche, which cai
rled the Mackmen lo tho training camp,
and all wero of the opinion that I'lck
would pinvo n disappointment If he does,
Murk villi be rather sururNcri as he likes
I'lck, despite adverse criticism -
plonshlp
ii i .?tnn,dlnS of tho teams
elimination basis Is as follow b
Catholic Illirh Hhi w.on
St. Joscph'n Collego .
i"tn?,V11 Prnraratory
La Salle Collego . .
unpinin L, v, of the West Phll.j , .W
trnrk tenm. will X;, it.- l?K laalh;
medley relay race tor tm 1,,!!"" ,n W
Meadow brooic meet tonVo?rowhX & lJ
fi.a-g" .""' ru" tho 220-mrd ,
i.VW.7eM. r , Lut,..
eapeolnlly Intcrestlngjojhe lower-VrTu. ffi
It Son?rt?,ri? 1.,B.h nna Doylestrmn Illjjh ,J
it out for tho Intcrcountv h.ii.k.tr,iiiP..??t
U'0..,... tomorrour night ,tsffi".
uujiumuwn navinc won tho n.7,m Z".1
cago title and awartlmoro Phi n.fmt
County High School LoVgue 2hamS0nhiDW".t:
will bo a game well worth scelni m,M- tt
Catholic High, with nuch players .. ',
flowan. rnnlnln nt v, ---. r.er8. SS Ma.
oott .Colo arid rorguson li'a's thSTe.,' rgL'A!
of nil tho teams to date Imvinr U,!"?"!
games from I,a Salle Collcio. on. "Sf vi.I"J
nova Collego and one from n?.f.P..v! It-J
fflE-hnis . w .'?. h. iss1 ?oL8;-
School. "" " vinanova rreparxtorr!
St Joseph's Colleeo uxaltenul I- .,.. ,M
gamo with Cathollo tllirii in , a";! "
KS-'n'Sa . XXL Cr'on and ari?YSS.
... ,rm mi ,1 mm win were doomed tt. aZA
nnnolntment. thn 1711, ,.a SYX.V f 'H
voungsters llncllns themselves In n. place wh?t.I
they must. battlo with the rest for thJ SSU!
nionsnin Hrn. Mnriin iir.unn.u ; ' r."u,r
retrulnrH
Hptnn MnrflM ilr.iinr.u- .r.uu,Tssf
Conor Kro nmoi ir "ronrn . XX ,"'. """'"
nn-.in.. m VI. i 7 : ; " g Buuau or im
lnnd,,5hodl,,'1 "1SU "' a -""i
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BYHNE WITH BRIDGEPORT
Local Infieldcr Signs to Play in New
Eastern League
Joe Byrne, local third baseman whol
plajed with the J. G Brill team in the Del-I
aware County Ienguo last season, ha$E
oiKiicu wiiii mo iirmgepori uiuu, oi thsj
new jastci 11 j-eague
Byrne hns also played in tho Canadian?
nnd Tristate Leagues He will reriort fa
the Now Hngland club about the middlsl
01 jvprn inch nan, tne former Cleveland
Infielder. may manage Bridgeport
LOUISIANA BEATS CHAVEZ .
Philadelphia Lad Easy Winner in 16
Rounds Over Mexican u
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.uit,,,iu v x 1, A,itiii;ii iu uuuiaiaoi,
Philadelphia feathorw eight, gave Ityjfly
Chavez, of Denver, n thorough trouncing
In n fast IE-round fight here last nlghC
vne I'luiaiieipiua noj won seven rounds,
two went to his foe and tiro balance vvera
oven
Louisiana blocked well and used his left
hook to punch tho Mexican on tho head
and bodj Louisiana piled up a -good lead
irr tho first 11 rounds, then held hla own"
for a counle nf sessions and In the 15th'
fought the Mexican all over tho ring. !m
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