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EVEtflXG LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MABCH 22, 1916.
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HARRY DAVIS AND IRA THOMAS ARE GREAT AID TO CONNIE MACK WITH YOUNG PLAYERS
GONNIE MACK ABLY ASSISTED
IN RECONSTRUCTING HIS CLUB
BY AIDES DAVIS AND THOMAS
'This Corps of Helpers Expert in Selecting
"Possibilities" and in Developing Them
Into Major League Players
ONE of tho essentials In tho rapid reconstruction of a baseball club li, besides
tho manager, an ablo corps of assistants. This explains why Connlo Mack
has retained tho services of Harry Davis nnd Ira Thomas. Thoro was nocr
nny question In tho minds of Philadelphia fans' concernlnt? Davis as lone as ho
was captain of the "Whlto Elephants, but many wondored why Mack kept Thomas
on, his payroll.
If these sumo fans who did so much wondering nnd even moro "knocking"
Vrould seo Davis and Thomas nt work with tho younsstors in Florida and at
homo nnd abroad during tho playing season, they would ccaso to marvel and
vauld probably put away their verbal hammors.
Davis nnd Thomas nro not only invaluable In separating tho chaff from tho
feat baseball material,. but they aro past masters at tho art of teaching tho
fine? points to tho who they bollevo aro endowed with tho ability to becomo
Iff major ledguo players.
Various Methods of Getting Best Results
Harry Davis, like Connlo Mack, studies his men nnd use-J methods of making
them ball players nccordlng to tho disposition of tho Individual. For example,
Davis has often used tho "kidding" method to get the best lcsutts from a
player, rather than tho moro generally used tactics of abusing them.
Thero was a certain young candldato for third baso last spring who did
not have ns much fight In his system as Davis deemed necessary for success
Ono day, while tho Athletics wero plajing tho Louisville club In Lakeland, Fla
tills player was injured, Ho said so, at least. Davis allowed him to retlto from
tho gnmo without question. Later ho Inquired Into tho nature of the injury
Under tho thick coating of an iodine solution ono could discern a slight swelling
tin tho thiol baseman's thumb where tho ball had Btruck. It was not an injury
that would Jinvo kept a real, Ilvo ball player out of tho game.
Davis did not say anything to tho player, but late.- In tho evening, with a
crowd of rookies gathered around, ho began to tell a series of bloodcurdling
stories about how Injured ball players staled in tho game, even though the
contest was only a regular scheduled leaguo affair. Ho cited m many Instances
to show that tho great players did not consider a bad spike, a soro arm or
anklo, or a split finger anything moro than a llttlo tough luck, that tho player
in question began to show visible signs of unrest. Ho couldn't stand it very long
and retired. Tho next day tho third baseman wns at his position nnd did not
bo much as hint that ho had over beon hurt.
That player did not mako good, but it is a pafo.bet that if ho over happens
to bo on a club in chargo of Harry Davis, ho will bo In tho lineup If ho 13 ablo
to don a uniform and stnnd on his well-known splftes.
One Great Trouble With "Kidding" Method
Thero Is only ono troublo nbout trying to show a baseball player his faults
by Davis' "kidding" method. A largo per cent, of tho recruits who go south aro
o dense that they don't reallzo they aro being "kidded."
But on ono is qulckor to see tho "dumbness" of a player than Davis. Honco
If ho has been tnking n fow subtlo shots at a player and scos that they aro
taking a bad "hop," or going completely over tho young man's cap, ho talks to
Mm In a language that ho can understand.
"Whilo many baseball players aro notually brilliant at repartee, thero aro
others who show a lack of mental nlmbleness that Is scarcely believable. As
tho Athletics wero being BWirlcd nlong over tho Illinois Central tracks along Lako
Michigan early ono morning Just beforo getting in Chicago, Harry Davis re
marked that tho Pacific Ocean was very calm that day. Ono of Mnck's young
men, to whom tho remark was addressed, said: "It suro Is, and say, Harry,
y'know I almost forgot Chicago was on the ocean till you mentioned It."
That actually happened, and that young man bcllovcd ho wns gazing op the
Pacific. Incidentally, ho is still with tho Athletics, but ho has learned a little
moro about geography slnco that tlmo.
Thomas Is the Battery General
Ira Thomas has been and will continue to bo a great help to Mack with the
battery men. Having been an astuto receiver himself, ho knows how to dovelop
both tho catcher and tho pitcher. Ho Is thoroughly familiar with tho batters
of tho American Leaguo and during tho season ho can show the slabmen points
about pitching to individuals which would hulp any man, no matter how great
his experience, in Ban Johnson's circuit.
At present, Thomas Is In Jacksonville, trying to mako great pitchers out
of Bressler, 'WyckofC nnd Bush, and also looking over the younger material for
fomethlng to work on In tho future. According to tho reports ho has a number
of men who look exceedingly promising, which means thnt In tho courso of a
year or so Mack, as ho himself stated recently, is going to havo another hurling
corps equal to his former greats, Bender, Plank and Coombs.
John G. Anderson Praises Merion Golf Course
John G. Anderson, tho famous golfer, who was in the finals of tho national
amateur championship last summer with Robert Gardiner, pays a tribute to the
course ot tho Merlon Cricket Club, over which tho national amateur champion
ship will bo decided late this summer.
"! played nt Merlon last fall in tho Lesley Cup matches," says Anderson, "and
I remarked at that tlmo that both courses wero of championship calibre. I havo
traveled far and seldom found a better combination of golfing possibilities, or two
tetter handled and better kept courses. Philadelphia should bo ablo to handle
any size entry list In tho nationals this year with such a wonderful lot of facilities.
"Jerome Travers, the open champion, and Francis Oulmet, nlso wero con
testants In that tournament, nnd they agreed that the Merlon course should
have tho nationals. That was long beforo Merion put in a bid for the tournaments.
"In addition to the mechanical facilities, meaning by that tho courso and club
house accommodations. Merlon lias tho finest typo of men handling the golf
affairs and they deserve the event. Howard Perrln, tho vico president of the Na-
tlonal Golf Association, la from Merion; Robert W. Lesley also belongs, and I do
not know anybody who could and would do more for golf than they.
"I think that this year will have an exceptional entry list in ail respects, and
I look for tho comeback of some of tho stars of recent years, as well as the playing
through of some dark horses, as was tho case last year. Golf is growing so fast
and Is so widespread that wo must took for these surprises each season."
Western Indoor Games Equal to Those of East
Although the events which made up the programs of the eastern and west
ern college track and field meets do not admit of a fair comparison, there were
a number of unusual performances In tho Western Conference games held at
Ryanston, 111. A wonderful distance runner was uncovered in Mason, of the
University of Illinois, who ran the mile In 4:24, and then for good measure romped
around tho track for two miles in 1:43 4-5. Both wero new records. In the shot
put, Mucks, the young Wisconsin giant, made a heave of 48 feet 7V4 inches, not
only a new conference record, but within three inches of the eastern outdoor
record.
Comparing the western meet and the indoor games of the Intercollegiate
V A. A, A- held In New York on March 4l thero were Just three events In common,
the shot put, high Jump and pole vault. Compared to Mucks' shot put the
winning heave of Cross, of Michigan, in the eastern meet was only 43 feet 9H
inches. But In the pole vault and high Jumps the eastern men showed superior
form In the pole vault three men Foss of Cornell, News tetter of Pennsylvania
and Puck of Yale did 12 feet 6 inches at New York against 12 feet for Culp of
Illinois in the West. Similarly In the high Jump Richards or Cornell led the East
With ? 03 against 6.11 for Webster of Illinois, tho western winner.
In the sprints, hurdles and relays the distances wero so varied that accurate
comparison is impossible, but all the evidence Is that the West is holding its own
pretty well with the East.
Money no Object to Californians
Tito University of California intends to be well fortified with football coach
ing material next fall. Apparently, money is no object. "Andy" Smith, the former
University of Pennsylvania player and coach, and who has been at Purdue Uni
versity for the las three years, -will be the head coach, and his assistants will
be Eddie Mahan, captain of last fall's Harvard eleven, and Robert Vaughn, the
former Princeton baseball and football player,
Vaughn has been assistant coach to Smith at Purdue ever since he graduated
from Princeton. Vaughn will take charge of the line men and Mahan the
backfteld. with prnHh over Being the work. Vaughn will also coach the basketball
and bo&eball teams of the California college. Smith sounded an Important
note In his coaching policy when he announced right after he landed In Berkeley
that; fee would; pot cut a player oft the football squad juat as long as that player
to Willing to work.
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WILLARD-IMAN
SEAT SALE NOW
AT $115,000 MARK
Rickard All Smiles as Tick
ets Go Out and Coin
Comes In
LEVINSKY IS IN PRELIM
Evening Ledger Decisions
of Ring Bouts Last Night
Ni:V 10UK ,11 MeCor defeated I-eo
lien, Kml MeMi nnn from 1111 Illnnm.
AI.UA -I rankle Ilroun Urrw with Jn
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HUSTON Mike (Hover nnd Joe Eaian
drew.
NnV YORK. March 22. Thero was a
smile of satisfaction on Tex Rlckard's
face today when ho lookrd over the ticket
chart for the TVIIlard-Moran boat at Madi
son Square Garden. The chart showed
that most of the tickets havo been sold
or reserved. In tho coffers of tho Show
Corporation there Is (115,000 In cash, with
orders for J20.000 worth of seats. They
aro being called for rapidly, and Itlcknrd
prodlctcd that tho houso would bo cold
out by tomorrow nlsht.
The ticket sellers stnte that the $10
pasteboards wero tho most popular. Tho
demand for these was so great that many
orders were declined All of the $25
seats havo been taken and all except a
few of the $20 and $t5 seats have been
taken It Is Impossible to ascertain how
many scats have been bought for women
"Many men tfr'd me that we were fool
Ish to offer such a sum for this bout,"
said Rickard, "as tho limited capacity of
tho Garden would not permit the salo of
enough seats to pay for the enormous ex
pense and troublo wo lime been put to.
I know tho public which patronizes box
ing pretty well by this time and I knew
from the first that tho best people In New
York nnd surrounding cities would pa
tronize It, and my prediction has come
truo. Wo can seo our wayclcar already,
and on tho day before the fight I expect
that thero will not bo a seat for sale,
And let me tell you that a lot of New
Yorkers who hne waited until the last
minute are going to be disappointed "
Many of the tickets hne fallen Into
the hands of speculators, and several
of them were seen yesterday outside of
the ticket onlco at tho Oarden offering
seats for Bale to buyers who left the
ticket window disappointed.
The preliminary to the big bout prob
ably will bring together Charley Welnert,
tho Jersey heavyweight, and Battling
Levlnsky.
WILLARD must beat moran
TO MAINTAIN HIS PRESTIGE
Essential to Either Knock Him Out or Clearly
Outpoint Him Necessary to Be
Very Aggressive
Ghosts of the Alamo
There's the tramp of a ghost on the low
winds tonight,
An echo that drifts Ma a dream on its
way;
There's tho blur of a spectre that leaves
for the fight,
Oravc-rhcn at last from a long-vanished
day,
There's the shout and the call of prim
soul unto soul.
As the rise, one by one, out of death's
shadowed glen.
To follow the bugle the drum's muf
fled roll,
Where Ghosts of the Alamo gather
again.
I hear Crockett's voice as he leaps from
the dust
And waits at the call for an answering
hail;
And Ilowie caresses a blade red with rust
As deep in the shadows he turns to the
trail;
Still lost in the darkness that covers their
sleep
Their bodies may rest in a sand-mounded
den,
Jlut their spirits have come from the red
starry steep
Where Ghosts of the Alamo gather
again.
You think they've forgotten because they
have slept
The day Santa Anna charged in with his
slaves,
Where five thousand men on a bare hun
dred swept
And stormed the last rampart that stood
for their gravest
You think they've forgotten; but faint,
from afar,
Brave Travis is calling the roll of his
men,
And a voice answers "Here!" through
the sliadoics that bar
ll'ftcre Ohosts of the Alamo gather
again.
There's a flash on a blade and you
thought it a start
There's a light on the plain and you
thought it the moont
You thought the wind echoed that anthem
of wart
Not knowing the lilt of an old border
tune;
Oray shade after shade, stirred again
unto breath;
Oray phantom by phantom they charge
down the glen.
By GRANTLAND RICE
Where souls hold a hate that U greater
than death,
Where Ohosts of tho Alamo gather
again.
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These aro trylnc days upon the pacifists.
In addition to tho Rround covered by the
Huropcnn vrarr thero Is tho Mexican melee.
And' over what llttlo soil remains, tho
eaunt JJhadows of Wlllard and Moran fall.
About tho only chanco now for tho
paclfjst tq keep an unperturbed bouI Is to
so Into Mr. Bryan's urnpo Juice cellar and
lock 1110 door.
After the Fight
Jusl what Mr Wlllard or Mr. Moran
mliBt accomplish to maintain prcstlfce
after tho B. F. (Big Fight not Bull
Festival) Is a matter of debate.,
A ",10-round affair In which neither Is
particularly ngBrosslvo and In which no
certain verdict In rendered will cut heavily
Into tho present prcstlBO of both men.
.Wlllard, to hold his fame, must either
kpo'ek., Moran out or clearly and cleanly
outpoint, him by a fairly wldo margin.
To finish In front by a baro Bhade will
brlnirhlin no additional cheers.
Mor&n's task Is somewhat Bhorter In
sfaljro. jlo doesn't havo to prove that
he Is Champion of tho world.
Bywaglng an ngrcsslve contest that
'Wllled.ve htm upon fairly even terms with
"W'.lliaWI, his position will be established.
But''lf'both should refuse to take any
unduefcfianccs nnd remain content to play
It. 8tti. the aftermath will contain very
little cheer.
Additional Statistics
'Very' Jfew statistics on tho Wlllard
Mor5Wmbrogllo havo been overlooked
Yft Vrtft 0.f the most essential details has
notywitj'been tabulated. We refer here
tO'-lAd'vaBt expanse of language, to the'
number;, of words, that havo been used
slncfilhedebate first opened.
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Swimming -Club Election
The nnminl mtMInc and election of the
Dilladrlphla Swimming Club mm hold last
nlsht In tho main parlor of tho Hotel Walton
Tha president. Hurrv McMillan, announced
that the clul) was In tho moxt nourishing con
dition of Itn career, havlmc tfiOOQ worth of nn
netii and no llabllltlen. The election of of
fleer" resulted as follows: President, Harry
McMillan, vico president, Treil. W ABzmann,
recordlne secretary, J Frederick Doris, corro
spondlnn secretary. William C Bchmldti treas
urer. Joseph A. Wayne; captain, John C.
Mats.
DARBY BASEBALL
PLAYERS TO OPEN
GARNETJEASON
First Game on Home Dia.
mond April 18 Late
Start Popular
SCHOLASTIC COMMENT
Darby High School made on Me,,un,
showing In basketball, glvlne qillSl1
moro High, winners of the TMll
County League title, a merry chase ?
championship Now tho Darby nlH...
havo turned to baseball and, with Vt'
opening game at home on April ii.Sl
tho Sunrthmoro team, nro eager to t.
the season with a victory. "
Fortunately for Darby, a late statt ,,,
bo mado and tho n ayom win ,.- ..'"
opportunity of getting In somo prattle,
work. Media High, Chester High, ffi
l'ark High, Havcrford High and ft
School of Pedagogy nines havo been ti.t
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" ..I-... ,.au,u tuiii:3ia Will follaw
for Darby still has Juno 2 and Jun i
open dates nnd Is willing to scheduls .
gamo for May G.
Tho schedule follows:
April 1R Swnrthmoro Illnh, at Darli
April 1M Chester Itlith nt Chester
April 28-Kldley Park High, at Darbr
May -' llaerford lllsrii. at IIa(errS;J
May tl Hwnrlhtnoro High at llainfaM
May 12 Media High., at Darby. """"
May 111 Chester High at Chester
May in Itldley Park High, at niol Prk.
Miy 21 Ierford High, at Darbr; "
May 23 School of Pedagogy, at Darbr.
George Qlnn. mnnngor of the La Balls ci.
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for this season N'ow that It Is certain th.
St Joseph's CoIlcgc-I.n Halle College baikti.
ball camo will not bo played tonight, owlmr
tn Injuries sustained by tho La Halle rminir.
stcrs, tho North llroad street collegians in
turn their attention to baseball.
Connelly, llrennan. Huney, J Mahonor, Jill.
Icr. r Mahoney. Ituf and nlser aro among ttw
candidates for positions on tho team, nalr
Paniullo. tho football, basketball and bi
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