' S flsiw "if.ta 12 EVENING LEDGERPHIfiADEIiPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1916. MOHAN'S CHAMPIONS SHOW UP WELL IN THE OPENING GAME WITH CHICAGO 'CUl PHILLIES SHOW REMARKABLE . INPROVEMENT OVER THE FORM r DISPLAYED LAST SEASON , Baumgartner's Pitching Very Impressive He 1 Appears to Have , Found Himself. Whitted Star on the Bases EPISCOPAL TRACK ATHLETES AWAIT INDOOR SPORTS Churchmen in Annual Ex hibition Event This Week. Penn Charter Dates TUB moro winning of ono baseball gamo from tho Chicago Cubs at St. Peters burg docs not mean that the Phillies aro ngaln going to capture the National I.cnguo naff. But tho manner In which Mornn's champions ca-ortcd around Coffeo Pot ball park on Saturday Indicates that tho Phillies have added a lot moro than confidence to their 1916 make-up. In tho first placo, tho way tho Phils took complete ndvantngo of every op portunity offered by tho Cubs-Whales combination proves conclusively that Moran Is not going to allow his men to tako things easy. Ho Is going to drive them and drlvo them hard, Just as ho did last year, In splto of tho general belief tlmt Patrick Is not of tho driving kind. George Whlttcd's base-running, which - featured tho offensive phaso of tho contest, reminds ono of tho halcyon days f tho Athletics, when Kddlo Collins, Eddlo Murphy and Oldrlng wcro wont to throw tho opposition completely out of gear by their Insistent daring on tho paths. Not tho least Impressive feature of the Phillies opening gamo was the un fcJcpoclcdly good work of Uaumgnrtnor, tho big left-hander. For four full rounds ho sent up an assortment of hurling offerings that fairly swept Tinker's young , men off their feet. Tho mighty Zlm was tho only Chicago player to reach first bono during Baunigartncr's regime. Ho landed through tho medium of a sharp hit Into left field. With tho exception of that ono blow, tho Cubs were swinging helplessly beforo tho tall portsldc fllnger. Uaumgartncr has a lot of stuff, but his control Is by no means perfect. However, ho Is young at tho gamo and there Is no reason why he Rhould not got enough control beforo the season Is half over to make hint ono of tho lead ing hurlcrs of tho league. Whllo at the University of Chicago, Baumgnrtncr played excellent football under tho direction of Alonzo A. Stagg, which means that ho has tho necessary qualifications In tho way of gamoness for a brilliant , major leaguo pitching career. Moran needed a consistent left-hander last season, but ho did not have ono. He needs ono this season and It Is posslblo that ho will have two. If both Baum- gartner and Rlxey come up to expectations the Phillies pitching staff will bo a well-rounded, almost unbeatublo corps, and that Is over half. tho battlo In tho pennant-winning business. Jack Adams' Uniting Eye Improves Tho Cubs have been training considerably longer than tho Phillies, conse quently tho article of baseball pitched Saturday by McConncll, Lavender nnd prendergnst was moro or less of tho "mldseason" variety. Tho day was warm and Tinker told his hurlcrs to put all they had on the ball. This they did, but they could not prevent tho luird-ropplng Phils from getting enough timely base hits to put tho gamo safely In the refrigerator. Jack Adanvs hit tho ball squarely every tlmo ho went up, although ho mado but ono" safe blow. That In Itself is very encouraging to Moran nnd tho Phllly camp followers, because Adams last season was weak on tho offense. If ho "7 keeps up his good work ho will bo ablo to do n lot of relief catching during Uio coming campaign, which Is surely to havo Its usual quota of double headers Adams has always held his own well as a receiver, but ho was released by tho Giants because ho could not hit. Moran has taught him n lot about that end of tho game, and It would not bo surprising to sco Adams do splendidly with tho willow all year. Slack's Pitchers Arc Well Equipped Tho battery candidates of tho Athletics havo completed ono week of practice. , From their work In Jacksonville It appears that tho weakest cog of tho Mack machine In 191B will bo the strongest point of the 191(5 team before the season ' closes. The material Is green, barring Bush, Bresslcr and Wyckoff, but It Is won derfully well equipped In natural ability. Tho youngsters all havo that great natural asset, speed. Tho pitchers have not cut looso with the curve-ball pitching yet and n good curve Is a necessity, but thero is too much natural ability In the squad for Manager Mack and' Ira Thomt3 to fall In tho development of curvo balls. Charley Dooln and Pat Morap Improved Alexander's curvo ball and developed it for Ad Brennan, Chalmers, Tom Seatcn and others. In 1913 Seaton was tho greatest curvo ball pitcher In cither league, but tho year beforo ho did not show as much as four of Mack's young school at tho training camp this year. Most Fans Arc From "Missouri" ' Baseball fans ii skeptical. They want to bo shown and It Is results that " 'count. Pro-season dopo is sometimes knocked sky-high by unforeseen circum stances, but it Is the opinion of every ono who has seen tho Athletics at work dur ing tho last week that Mack will mako good his boast, to develop a pitching staff us good if not better than tho famous corps ho broko up. After all pitchers have been placed upon an equal footing as to conditions and are showing everything they have, a few of those who do not look qulto so good now may surprise Mack. There may bo ono or two of tho youngsters who already have a good curve ball and unusual control. It such Is tho case, Slack will bo even better off than ho appears to bo now. But at tho present time there aro live youngsters In Slack's camp who do not need moro than three months of major league work and a number of defeats (there Is no better way for a pitcher to learn than by losing games) before they Will be able to go fotward rapidly. A Splendid Young Hurling Quintet The five youngstrrs who have shown grand form and who have every natural asset which goes toward making a star twlrler are Crowell, Myers, Sheehan, Richardson and Morrlsette. There may be others, but Slack Is banking on these youngsters to be bulwarks on tho defense in his now machine. When Mack declared that ho did not want or need pitchers, critics and rival managers ridiculed lilm. They probably will continue to ridicule him for a few months as tho youngsters toss away games through inexperience, but by the end of 1916 the baseball world will readily admit that Slack is a wizard. In ono week's time Slack nnd Thomai found virtually overy serious fault the youngsters had and they are being speedily rectified. It will take time for tho youngsters to acquire tho necessary balance and confidence, but one year from now the Athletics will havo the best pitching staff in tho country unless the gteat ones at the present time improve. Crowell and Myers Look Great In Crowell and Myers Slack has two men who appear to be well qualified to tako the places vacated by Coombs p.nd Bender. Crowell is inclined to bo wild, but he will get over It after his long fast wind-up Is gradually cut down. Ho has wonderful speed and with it a break on tho fast ball that baffles Ira Tiiomas and Wally Schang, who are experienced catchers, and who have handled all kinds of pitching. Crowell's curvo ball could be Improved upon from what ho showed in I91S, and that is what Slack and Thomas will work on during the remainder of the training season and throughout tho summer. Crowell is a giant in build. He is strong, game and full of ambition. Appar ently he has a wonderful future beforo him if he thinks more of tho game than the studies he la completing at Brown University, where he has two more years. Myers Is Mack's Best Bet Myers is Slack's best bet. This lanky lad is not attempting to cut loose at the present time, lie has shown Slack enough to clinch Ills position and is work ins easily. Mack declares that Jlyera knows how to pitch. He was with the team last spring and looked so good that veterans could not understand why he had been sent to Raleigh. Mack now says ho was sent there to try out a few things taught him in a league where he could get away with them with success. The success brought -confidence, as was clearly Illustrated at Washington last fall when he held tho Senators to one hit and fanned eleven men in his major league debut. No Tie in Eastern League This Year One of the remarkable things about the Eastern Basketball League, which has Jus t: finished its 1915-16 season, is that there is no tie for first place and therefore no need of a post-season series to decide the championship, in four of the previous six years of the league's history it was necessary to decide the championship by the playing of additional games. Trenton and Reading tied in thd 1910 season; Trenton and Jasper were tho teams to tie up In 1912; Jasper, Trenton and Camden made a three cornered tie in 19H and Camden and Reading were the principals in the play-off last lyear. s Another year 1913 the tie was missed by a half game. Reading having , that margin oa Da Neri. Basketball patrons began to look upon these tie contests after SO weeks of play with some suspicion, but this year there was no chance -for any question on the league race by tha way the Grey stock team went through the league. Camden was the only club that broke even with the Greystock team )n tho season's play. OTHER SCHOOL NEWS WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND i A few Indoor events are Btlll listed for tho school nthlctcs nnd then tho teams will turn lliolr nttentlon to outdoor sports N'cxt Friday night the 13th annual gym nastic and exhibition meet will bo held nt tho Episcopal Academy, the Inst big j fixture on Malinger Pchaffer's trnck schedule. I Tlio showing of tho Episcopal Academy track team In tlio roccnt dunl meet with j Ilrown Preparatory School was partlcu- I Inrly pleasing to Coach Alex Grant. Cap- ! tain Harper, the Enlsconnl lender. Iins I Joined tlio trnck squad and will take part In tho big outdoor meets. Captnln l'oolc. JlcCall, Atleo and C. Esslg are four of tho gymnasts who will perform next Friday night. Tho Episcopal Academy trnck schedule iias ocen arranged ns follows: i April SB tntorncademlo relay, at Franklin 1 Mil t'-'iLT'.'. i;?,-TVr'!',lrator' School relay, at 1 ranklln J- eld. May 0 .Sunrtlimoro (olleo Intcrscholasllcs, May 10 Hunrthmoro l'reparutory, Uual meet, nt Mwnrthmorc. May lS--lluerforil School, dual meet, nt .May 111 Junior MMdlo States champion ship", nt I'rnnklln Field May su Senior MI.Mlo States champion- AlllPfl - '",v.. -1! 'nteracademlo championships, at franklin 1 leltl. The Tetin Charier School track athletes ar nnxlnus to Bet out to queen Lane. Thla cek tho arhool entertainment will ho held nnd ns usual, tho high Jump exhibition will bo ono of tho featurn athletic eicnts. Jfnnaner t'at- leraon has lompleted the Yellow nnd lllue track schedule which follows: April IN Northeast Itlsh School, dual meet, nt Northeast April .J West Philadelphia, dual meet, at Queen l.Rn. April s Unheralty of Pcnnsjlanla relay rai es. .May 3 (lermantnnn High School, dual mi'ri. ni wureii i.uno. ilay U l.nwrencellla School, dual meet, at I.aurencoMlle. May li I'enn freshmen, at Tranklln Field (combined preps meet) May JS Hnarthmoro Preparatory, dual meet, at yueen I.ano. May .11 Interatudcmlo championships, at Franklin Field. Manager Toplan, nf tho Southern llleh hehool trark tcnni. announced lost night that the meet with Chester Hlsh School, scheduled tentatlely for April 20, was still "pending" ns final arrangement hae not et been made. Mnv . Is on the track scheduled ns open. Otherwise tho South Philadelphia track dates are cnmnlote. ns follows. April lin Chester Jllgh (pen.'lng). April 3 Northeast High, dual meet, nt North' ast April .s rnlterslty of Pennsjlvanla relajs. April . University of Pennsjhanla relaa. May !l Combined Schools' track meet with Penn Fresh. May Hi Junior Middle States meet. .mj- -i. .t-nior .ultimo r-iaies meet. May ( PhllidelpTila Trades School dual inert. Juno .' IIlBh school championship meet. itiUc!fn.,r"J ?"R-h "creed to play Atlantic. City High school In football at the ahoro. as a. ro an It of nn nrrangement mado somo tlmo ago calling Tor a game nt tho sensldo In the event of n win on the part of the Atlantic City players oxer C. II. s. In this city, then It Is up to tho Crimson nnd Gold lo make good this promise. Atlantic City High School of nclTls are optimistic nnd hope to sea n gnmo with Centrnt nt tho shoro next nutumn. Itay Gardiner hns resigned as captain of tho crew nt Northeast High. After n strenuous season In basketball It Is only natural that tho crew leader should rravo u, rest from strenuous athletic competition. 'Without a boathouso, minus rowing machines nnd with little eteran material, crew prospects at "th and Lehigh nro mil thine but bright. The Camden Hlsh Hehool seniors will meet the I-acuity in a basketball game tomorrow afternoon, at the Camden V. II. C. A. cage. 'Ihls will bring tho cngo Reason to a closo at tho school across tho Delaware. I.a Salle College and St. Jo-eph's College navo decided to play off tho tie In tho basket ball series, each having won ono game. l,a Halle won the last gamo from VHt. Joe, i4 to -I. when Tim Donovan showed his best form ".'. ',he season as n foul-goal thrower and on Wednesday night of this week thn two teams will clash agutn at tho Quaker City Athletic The color contests at the Oermantown Friends School were a great success, duo to tha cleer management of A II. Smith, tho physical director, tiermantown Friends' meets Hatboro, High In the openlmr baseball game on April 11. Tho contest will ho played on the Queen J-ane held. y I Q WHAT , N. UARLIWC aoiT, ' V Cwt " ,1"s JUST THE POPULAR ) I TMlNG FOR -. v N. y sx-fl-ej uevubluyaj - f-,c-- r?p ijgA WORK, NOT PLAY, MAKES JACk!1 A BRIGHT BOY AT TENNli Concentration of Mental and Physical Vft Attention to Instructions and Constant Cor ' recuon 01 x-uuilb in treasury 10 Schoolboy? By -WILLIAM T. TILDEN was safer. Tho man starf Jt?'tllt ona': be hit cross-court .', "the MS Rood as a Passln shot and Vh, . speed. To this the boy answerM1' know, only I can't hit Tit IS' U tried for a year, so I thlnk'lL1 5J "KT tlc( WILLARD AND MORAN OWE PUBLIC A REAL EXHIBITION PENN AXI) PRIXCET0X FIVES 3IAV PLAY SERIES AFTER ALL Decision in Basketball Tie May Reached Today or Tomorrow Bo PrUNCnTON'. X. J. March 20. It Is hepert that a deflnito decision In tho mat ter of a post-season ttanie or series of Barnes between Trlnceton and Pennsyl vania to decide tho basketball champion ship of the Intercollepiato League will reached today or tomorrow, according to Doctor Itaycroft, the Princeton representa tive Doctor Itaycroft has been In communi cation with tho Pennsylvania authorities and has been Informed that a decision would be made today, both ns to whether tho tie would be played off and how many games would compose the series. TWO NEW AUTO RECORDS Oldfield and Burman Each Break World Mile Marks I.OS AN'GKI.KS, Cal., March 20. Two world's reiords for automobile speedwaya were established yesterday at the raclnc meet at the new Ascot .Speedway here Barney Olutleld lowered the world's record for a inllo from a flying start by almost three, (luarters of a second, while llob Ilurman clipped -1 f-T seconds off the world's record for tha same distance from a standing start, ac cording to tho omclal time. Officials said Oldfleld'a time for ths mils was . seconds flat The best previous record was 45:73 seconds. It waa made at Providence. II. I , by Ilurman Ilurman droie a mile from a standlnr start In ati 1-3 seconds, lowering the record of 1 minute and S seconds, previously held by Louis Dlsbrow. Tha Utters record was made at M I.ouls. Mo Iloth records were made today during special trials for world's automobile speed records Uddle O'Donnell won the SO-mlle sweep, stakes, which was the feature event of the meet. Ills time was 43 minutes 5 seconds. Ralph Glasee to Coach Colorado BOULDER. CoL, March SO. Ralph Olasee. former Dartmouth and Unherslty or Colorado football star, bas teen sleeted football coach at the Unherslty of Colorado, (liases was SiRLa,n.of.J!!2 Dartmouth football team In 100a. In 1007-08 be was a member of tha pitching start of the Uoston Americans, r .- yt5 h?wa",.f0.!ib". coacn at ,bB University of Southern California. ' ITensel Retires From Sports LANCASTER. I'a March 20 Harry IL Ilensel. uho for 40 years was a reported on a local paper, has retired from active work. Mr. Itensel was known far and wide In sport ing circles, and for many sears was manager of ths Lancaster Athletic Club, which staged many Jbig boxing shows. The Plea Trll tiir, O ftclphlo Oracle, That once held regal stei .Vol ii'fco itri'J ifln the war beyond ll'Acrc millions stand at hay; Xot who tolll tol the battle i7rountt Itcyond the blood-red sen. Where anntcs melt out as the aitotos That come to April's lea; lint rather tell me, as you spin The destinies of man, What sort of chance has ll'illnrrf got To knock out 1'rank Slorant Arise, O Dclphlo Oracle, That onco foretold the truth. Of armies and of battlefields, Of Age and eke of Youth; Xot whether Teddy's fun tul come To rule us as of old; Yor whether Wilson's policies Will satisfy the fold; Ilut rather, tell mo as you lift The hazy veil of doubt, lias I'. Moran pot any chance To knock Jess iriHcirtt otttf To Willard and Moran There Is at least ono definite point that Mr. "Willard and tho equally Mr. Moran should consider: Ten thousand or twelvo thousand peoplo nre going to pay moro money to seo this contest than was ever dreamed of beforo regarding a 10-round, no-declslon bout. Halng paid moro thnn double average prices, they aro going, naturally, to expect more And as Mr. Willard and Mr. Moran aro getting record-breaking prices for their display. It Is strictly up to both to see that those who mado this big monoy pos slblo get the proper return : It Is up to tho brace of principals, not to play it safe Just to get by, but to try and earn thosa big purses as far as they can. Thoy owo this much to the box-fight loving public and to the game Itself the gamo that has lifted them from n, few dollars a day to a good many thousand dollars a minute. The Needed Ingredient This doesn't mean that Willard and Moran nro to shut both eyes and slam awny eery second of the contest. But It does both mean that, through every second, each should give the best In his stock. Not many moments can be wasted whero tlmo Is paid for nt tho rate of over $2000 a minute, or over $330 a second. Harvard can lose football stars by the carload : but until she loses Percy Haugh- ton there Is no great call for any Crlm- I a . - . Y TTnimlitvn linn inlr an iritn- son tears, rur iwubiuuh m.3 tunc. Ma terial that few others could see with a modern telescope and rounded It out Into all the essentials of stardom which la the ability to do something jus a trifle better than somo one else. For Haughton Has taken material that few others could seo with a modern tele scope and rounded it out Into all the es sentials of stardom which Is the ability to do something just a trllle better than some ono else. Benny Kauff has laid out a fine little spring for himself Jf he Bhould hike along through tho first month batting around 230. About as line as the springs they have In Northern Siberia. Over the Centuries I remember I remember As Tom Hood used to say, When Caesar led the Hainan League And Pompey used to play; When Homers paper sent Mm down To cover games at Troy, And Honus Wagner, bare of foot, Was but a little boy, I remember remntr -(Well, Hood repeated, too) When Virgil had a story Saying Romulus was through; When Alexander swept the world Until his arvt went lama And Hatty, at his faker's tide, Had never icon a game. Machine Makers Tha Germans." saya an editorial, "are the greatest of all machine makers, where efficiency counts." Let us take a brief look.. In the way of machine makers, there Is a "Mr. McGllll cuddy and then a Mr. McGraw. There Is also a Carrlgan and a Jennings, a Calla han and a. Donovan. Also a Moran. Of the It Big League leaders, 11 are By GRANTLAND RICE' Irish. Which, as percentages go, Is fair enough. Half Lengths In tho act of starting anything it li Just ob well to seo that tho nearest exit Is working properly. It all depends upon your environment. Willard gets the samo pay for boxing threo minutes with soft gloves that 40,000 Russians get for lighting two weeks with hard lend. WITH the opening matches of tne school tennis season only a month away, nnd tho actual playing season about two weeks distant, It might pay Us to nslc ourselves what ono thing will bring tho quickest, surest nnd most lasting Im provement In our game. Tho answer Is short nnd easy to give wontc. What li Included under this 6omowhat general term? Do wo mean purely nnd solely physical Iabor7 No. Wo mean concentration, both mental nnd physical, at nil times whon plnylng tennis. When you start playing this season, stnrt right. Correct tho faults of sloppy strokes and lazy footwork. Think your gamo over nnd decide whero your trouble lies. Then begin to work on thoso faults to correct them. You nlono can do that. Peoplo may tell you whero you aro wrong nnd show you how tho error can bo cor rected, but they cannot nctually correct It for you. That you must do nnd do It by work. The schools this year havo tho services of secral prominent tennli players to assist their students. Mr. Paul W. Gib bons, president of tho Philadelphia and District Lawn Tennis Association, has kindly consented to assist West Philadel phia High School nnd Friends' Central. William T. Tlldcn, 2d, Is now working with Gcrmantown Academy and Frank ford High School nnd will also add Gcr tnanlown High, and Kpiscopal to theso when the season opens. To tho boys of thoso schools especially Is concentration during Instruction urged. To work with theso men and get all tho knowlcdgo they can Impart means work, but It will repay both you and them for their tlmo and efforts. To fool away your tlmo and theirs Is a puro wasto of good material. So wherever and whenever you aro being Instructed In tennis this year work and concentrate all tho time. The clubs nlso havo this year suc ceeded In Interesting several men In In structing tho boys. Tho names of these men ns yet havo not been mado known, but ono prominent player from Cnywyd, Merlon, Philadelphia nnd Manhctm is In chaigo of junior tennis at his respective club. So let's start 1916 right and work. Last Tuesday afternoon n group of boya from tho Cyhwyd Club mot a certain ten nis player for their weekly Instruction In tennis theory. Tho question of tho rcla. tlvo nerlts of tho "stroko" backhand with top and tho "poke" backhnnd without camo up. Tho man advocated tho uso of tho "stroke" backhand nnd was suddenly shocked to havo ono of tho boys, who, by tho way, recently won qulto an Important Is better." I'oiiows, thero Is a bio- tnt.t.t. attitude most of y0 boys"''.1 tennis. Simply because ou canned tho correct shot In ono or ev.n tll uu.o v.-uo.y Biinr. Wj.k1. - I ..nt . ""is. fill n. It even MJ v In 11,. ... I Luckily tlio man succeeded In ,. it- - ' nnd correct shot takes you years. tho boy boo this vlewnnlnt .. a .. with his assistance the boy Is i.7 " -w..,. ... ct.unu UUKKnaild, VSj! KEMPT0N, QUARTERBACK STil WILL PLAY WITH YALE iLtl) Tnd Jones nt New Haven and An- jiuuiilus r,nny i'ractice ' NITW HAVEN, Conn.. March jj Spring football prnctlco at Yat m Ti earlier than usual this year, accoralnfl uiu iiuuia ui inu iii-uu coacn, Tad: Jorctll who has arrived hero from Bitter V itl Just bb soon ns weather condition el' tho cntlro squad wilt be called onl f.7l drill on tho old Yolo field. "i Jones announced that former &mi Kcmpton, of Exeter, considered on f .! best quarter hacKH nmong IiMern m." paratory schools, would enter Ytlj wf .11 " SoJdfr anitan; bfl-M. JIMV1MI The 6uaqooddedIers PAYUKDR05rb(jdckti3 CIGAR VroSH9BI iW2-vp SBSP ffllti ' P! x- Itiji Tne Prevalence of tke if! , T It1' i HP' Jvir ill ill ' HE l lis , . 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