EVENING IBD6-BE PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1916. i
!AR OP UNPARALLELED SUCCESS APPEARS TO CONFRONT MORAN'S CHAMPION PHILLIES
ffiAL CONDITIONS PREVAIL
FOR-TJLTRA-BRIGHT PHILLY
CAMPAIGN THIS SEASON
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Fans Will Not Have to "Pull" the Wait-Until-
Next-Year "Stuff" of the Last
Three Decades
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VXRTvktsVt (Jverjr baaeball, -writer In tho country has predicted the moat
pfwfltabta baseball season for 1916 that tho game has over hnd. In general
the rtjittarks havo been applied to tho 16 clubs of organized baseball as a wholo
ftfiA Bt ilth Dartlcular1 reference to any one. But wo arc ablo to state without
a approaching tho bounds of extravagance that the Phillies are on tho eve
of 4 Utopian season.
There are a number of contributing causes to the prospective success of the
lftU champions. Philadelphia has always been a National lcaguo city. Even
In the halcyori days of Connie Mack's pennant-winning machines, the Athletics
ere sever as popular as tho Phillies. This condition has been much more
marked jflnce Pat Moran broke tho seemingly solid lco and won a nag for local
ftprMentatlvea of the parent league.
Then, top, tho conditions referred to above which aro going to help baseball
In aneral will also aid the Phillies specifically. This, In short, is that tho effaco
ment, of tho Federal League has brought about a moro settled feeling among
baseball followers. They aro hot afraid now that their team will bo riddled by
an attack of the "outlaws." They are glad the war is over and they can devote
. their wholo attention to actual play and not to wrangling bowcon two organizations
whose activities were far removed from tho ball fields.
"Walt Until Next Year" a Forgotten Slogan
In former eeasons when tho Phillies got off to good leads In the National
taue, then "blow," tho knockors were wont to begin their annual sarcastic
ton ''Just Walt Tilt Next Year." But this cutting slogan Is a thing of tho
PMt, Even last season when tho Phillies were leading tho raco many persons
thought they would "crack under the strain" and for that reason the attonuanco
WMiiot what It might havo been,
This year tho fans as well as the players havo confidence in tho ability of
the team to win, They roalizo that Moran and his champions aro not mero
1 flashes, that will fade at a moment's notice. With this foellng of security both tho
falihfbl and fair-weather fans will (lock to tho ball field to oncourago tho Phillies
to another victory.
Add to all this tho excellent showing mado by tho Phils in their training
,earnp this spring and wo find that Ideal conditions for a great year prevail.
St Pete "Weather Man Hangs Up New Record
Wo haven't anything- against our old friend George S. Blls3. On tho con
trary, this meteorological master has dealt us recently a brand of almost unbeat
able weather. In fact he always gives us some kind, which It must bo ad
jnttted is hotter than none. But In 48-polnt caps the weather man at St. Peters
burg, Fla., leads tho league by several Jumps.
This dlsciplo of Al Lang has Just hung up a now world's record for consecu
tive weather hits. Tho Phillies landed In tho Sunshine City on March 7 and
began practice the following day. Not ono day since thon havo tho champions
been. idle.. Ono' or two day's were a trifle chilly, but not cold enough for tho
' postponement of practice.
Today is the last workout of tho Phillies at St. Peto and as our correspondent
tent a wire early this morning that tho weathor was "again good, tho Phillies
Will havo tho most consistent spring practice In their long career.
(in Monday tho Phils begin their Journey north, stopping off at Richmond
-WasntoSt011 beforo arriving homo to opon tho National League campaign
I tho Giants In tho local yard, Broad and Huntingdon streets.
Phillies and Athletics on Sane Salaries
?hat wo have said of tho two Chicago teams In tho matter of top-heaviness
llarlcs does not apply to the Athletics nor to tho Phillies, yet tho latter ought
la able to repeat their fiag-wlnnlng trick of 1915.
(Tho Athletics are probably tho lowest-paid bunch of major leaguo ballplayers
he country, and properly so, becauso Indications are that they will finish with
smallest percentage. Connie Mack doesn't believe In high salaries, and ho is
going to have them, unless he develops a winning team within tho next few
and is forced to boost his semimonthly checks.
The Phillies seem to bo sound, financially and otherwise. Moran has put
team on edge for the playing season with brilliant prospects for a pennant.
while the men aro not underpaid, It cannot be said that President W. F.
Iter has made any contracts with his players that will embarrass tho club, no
Itter how poorly the club does this year.
Mack Has Shifted His Batting Order
'Manager Mack has changed the Athletics' batting orderfland In the future
tt "will be tho leadon; man. ho nas an exceneni eye, aoes noi swing ai uau
e, la fast on his feet and also can drive the ball a long distance if he gets
opposing twlrler ln-o. hole.
Jimmy Walsh, a clover bunter, will hit second, with Strunk, Oldrlng, Mclnnls,
-era or Schang, Pick, Malone and the pitcher following. Although the
Relics are supposed to bo a poor, broken-down ball team, it requires only
Blanco at tho abovo batting order to discover that there still Is a great deal
batting power in the team, and if'the pitchers come through as well as Mack
they will after mldseason the fans will see a much better brand
Lbftll than they were favored with at Shlbe Park last summer. Thero will at
st be plenty of pepper.
(Manager Mack has told each man Just what Is expected of him in regard
pnditlan this season and also has Impressed -upon them that he would not
kte tardiness to morning practice.
Welsh Will Retire With Lightweight Crown Intact
iw that Fred Welsh Is convinced that his days as lightweight champion
vorld are numbered following the vicious lacing ho suffered at the sting-
hooks and Jolts of one Benny Leonard in New York last night, it is
14 that tho Briton will retire from the game before some ono tickles him
chin and gives him the displeasure of hearing the chirping of Uttlo
has threatened to give up the game several times and start a health
L There never was a champion who loved his title toy more than Freddy,
tilted, many years beforo he got a cracK at tne crown in tact, wnen na
he championship from Willie Ritchie, he was an "old man" and Welsh has
feveral times that he would retire rather than lose the coveted honor.
ftth the Briton on the sidelines watching his many Indignant contenders
kblft for the championship, two boxers both knockout artists stand out as
tIe successors to the throne. They are Leonard and Charley White, with
aer, because of his recent series of K. O.'s, tho favorite. Another boxer
fjnust get recognition Is Johnny Dundee, the clever Gotham gloveman.
Jourdet Deserves the Honor He Will Get
I Although no arrangements have yet been made with Lon Jourdet to coach
1917 basketball team in Pennsylvania, it is certain that he will be reappointed
je course of time.
surdet has proved this season to be the master of college cage coaches,
excepting Dr. Al Sharpe, of Cornell. Lon s success has been due to
pwledge of the game, bis natural ability to lead and his personality,
tn on the Penn team this year had supreme confidence in Jourdet's
kt. and this could not have happened If he had not shown that this
was deserved.
rnlng the season with light and unpromising material, Jourdet developed
bat won the Intercollegiate League title for .the Red and Blue for
39 since 1903, The splendid manner In which the team came back and
pite4 JMnceton in the one game playoff for the championship is only another
of Jourdet's ability and Incidentally Insures Penn another successful year
i the basketball floor.
Tli contention often made that the University of Pennsylvania has repeatedly
La. creaUot of athletic material In and around Philadelphia In preference
into, from distant points, was at last disproved by the game with Princeton
i Wdiigday night. The combination of players that won the championship
? the Intercollegiate League was not -a band of athletes from any other spot in
I cavmiry but Philadelphia. Without exception the five that humbled the Tigers
M -pnre former prep school athletes of this city. Captain McNIchol was
tn; or La sane College; Martin studied at south Philadelphia High;
Salle; Jefford. Northeast, and Williamson, Phillips Brooks.
Jo Tinker blames the poor showjng of the Cubs on the abundance of straw
hMtcake at the Tampa Bay Hotel. It Is strange that they should have
i&d ml this article of food and then turned out to be pie for the Phillies.
As Imtf as Pat Moran ia manager of the Phillies, even such men as Luderus,
, OeecftKer, wisnoir ana pasxert will annually adopt cappy Ricks' slogan
lft Alles.
Southern Baseball Scores
of Spring Training Games
AT JACKSONVILLE
It It E.
Boston ..,,,., 00020000 2 i 7 9
l'Mlndelphls... O 0 O O 0 0 a 0.08 .0 1
Rudolph, names and Hughes! Hush,
Myers, Sheehan and Meyer.
AT MEMPHIS
New York... 12003020 .8 It O
Cincinnati . . . 00100008 0 7 1
Mpsrldira and Alexander! Schneider,
Hhult and Clark.
AT HOUSTON, Tex.
New York.... 00201010 0 1
Houston ,..,0 0 1
Perrltt, Anderson
Napier and Jenkins,
AT WASHINGTON
Washington.., 00011000
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4
and Itarlden: Crlss,
A 0
0
Mar-
Brooklyn (...0 0 0. no 0 1 0 01
Harper, CJnlla and Henrys Pfeffer,
quara. jucunriy- ana jvioycrs. ,
AT NEW OnLEANS-
Cleretand ... 00040000 . 4 11 1
Chtcairo 000001 1 0 02 2 1
Klepfer, Jones and O'Nell: Pierce,
Hendrlx and Archer.
AT LITTLE HOCK
New York,.., 00111042 0 n 14 1
Little Hock... 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.01 7 ,1
scnaucr. iocner ana ivennyj Aioran, uiu
llardRTove nna itumoier.
son,
AT BEAUMONT. Tex..
petroit
Ilenumont
Coveleskle Dauss and
Wright and Hobo.
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PHILS' REGS AND
YANS TO PLAY
FULL CONTEST
Moran Gave Players Two
Monotonous Workouts
Yesterday
DEVORE HAS SORE FEET
Bu a Staff Corrttvoxdent
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 1
Director Moran will put his road com
pany through two moro rehearsals at
CoITeo Pot Tark this afternoon, as ho did
yesterday, Tho slated performance be
tween the rcgulnrs and reserves was can
celed on account of a spanking breeze,
which eddied in nnd around tho
amphitheatre.
Tho Irish Impresario will recompense
tho public for tho unfulfilled date by pre
senting n, nlne-reol feature this after
noon. From tho wings, yesterday's porform
anco wa8 rather monotonous, ns It lacked
variety, the principals being restricted
to a colorless repatltton of one number,
but from tho manager's viewpoint tho
day was profitably employed.
While tho slapstick was wielded to tho
detriment of tho higher form of baseball
entertainment, tho subtle art of pitching
was not totally obscured by the limelight,
as one of tho foremost actors in tho coun
try and eight lesser luminaries basked In
Its rays.
Ilhoadcs, Fortune, Mayor, Dcmaroo and
Rlxcy performed In the morning, while
McQuillan, Baumgartnor and Adams sup
ported the peorless Alexander at tho mat
inee. Minor specialties, such as baso running,
fungo hitting and bunting games, com
pleted tho ensemble.
Josh Devoro, the principal comedian,
spent the day In dabbling his feet in tho
bayou, being unable to don his dancing
pumps as a result of lacking soma all-too-Eolltl
skin on the tips of his toes,
as a result of wearing tight shoes.
MACKS TO PLAY
SOUTHERN FINAL
AGAINST BOSTON
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Connie Will Send Crowell
in to Break Athletics'
Losing Streak
CHARLESTON GAMES NEXT
By CIIANDLEIt D. RICIITEIt
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 1. Tho
Athletics wll lplay their Inst gamo in
Jacksonville today and nfter yesterday's
exciting batle It Is likely that a largo
crowd will turn out to see the final game
botwoen the Mackmen and Braves. The
team Is scheduled to depart for Charles
ton, S. C. tomorrow, where n three-game
series will be played with the Charleston
South Atlantic League team. Then tho
ono day barnstorming schedule north will
start
"Ml" Crowell Is slated to twirl six or
nine Innings for tho Mnckmcn on get
away day, and Manager Mack Is confident
that tho long string of defeats at tho
hands 6f Stalllngs' team will lio broken
For thlB reason ho Intends to allow Crow
ell to remain on tho mound as long as ho
can hold tho Braves In check. Joe Bush
would havo gono six or nlno Innings yes
terday, but tho day was too cold, and
Mack did not want to tako any unneces
sary chances,
Incxncrlcnco in tho pitching box cost
tho Athletics a victory ovor tho Braves
after ono of the most sonsatlonal spring
games It ever has been our good fortuna
to witness The incxperlonco which Is
bound to handicap tho young Mack pitch
ors for n few months first cropped up
when "Chief" Meyers pitched poorly to
Eers and Konccthy nfter having them
in the hole In tho fourth Inning,
FINAL AT CHATTANOOGA
Thomas' Athletic Youngsters Finish
First Series Today
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn , April 1 The
first scries of games to bo played by Ira
Thomas' squad of Whlto Elephants on tho
way north, will bo brought to a close this
afternoon with tho third contest with tho
Chattanooga tenm. Part of tho receipts
will go to the local Y. M. C. A.
Harry Weaver, of Philadelphia, prob
ably will bo Thomas' first choice for
twirling duty this afternoon. Knoxvlllo
will be the next stop of tho Yanlgnns,
games being booked thero for next Mon
day nnd Tuesday with tho University of
Tennessee.
ST. JOE L. AND D. WINS
Fast Passing Marks 18-14 Victory
Over St. Ludwig Five
The 9t. Joseph Literary and Dramatic As
sociation defeated the strong St Ludwig flvo.
18-11, on tho former's floor. This closed a
successful season for tho St. Joe quintet. Only
ono Rams m lost out of the 10 played. The
rapid passlne of the St Joe wan tho feature
of tho came. John Kcmpf led the scoring
for the lsltors, with four goals from the
field
I.lne-up:
St. Joseph's, St. Ludwlc's
Illller forward Gelger
Ignas ........... forward Oruub
Nowack centre , Koha
Knmpt guard Ilcndrig
Eckert guard Dlcdor
Referee McDermott.
RICE DECLARES PHILLIES ARE
NOT T0BE IGNORED THIS YEAR
By GRANTLAND RICE
TTEItT few are taking tho Phillies serl- ho counted 69
V ously thl3 spring, but still fewer took
them seriously a year ago. When they
won 12 of their first 14 games or some
thing of that sort, merry laughter went up
around tho circuit as the cry arose
"Watch them blow." But there was very
little merry laughter at the Phillies' ex
pense around October first Very little.
Where tho Phillies may finish this com
ing campaign Is not known to us, person
ally or Impersonally. But any ono who
refuses to consider a ball club that carries
Alexander, Cravath, Luderus, Bancroft,
Whltted and Burns or Kllllfer, may soon
be calling for a now hand in the prophetic
deal.
An "If" or Two
Extremely few on the outside are pick
ing tho Phils to repeat, but suppose In
addition to Alexander, Chalmers, Mayer,
Itlxey and McQuillan. Mr. Charles Albert
Bender, the stoical Chippewa, should hap
pen to round to nicely for about IE or IS
ictorles? Charles Albert is only 33, his
arm Is In good condition, and his ambition
is rearoused. No one in tho game knows
better how to pitch.
And there Is George Chalmers. Chal
mers at the finish looked to be almost
as good as Alexander. In the world
series he worked like a star. Yet, through
a late start, he won but S games for
Moran's squad. He Is said to be right
and ready this spring.
We are not picking the Phillies to re
peat but neither are we scoffing at their
chances.
Sir To help settle an argument, who
was the hardest hitter Corbett. Fit
Simmons, Jeffries, Johnson, WlHard or
Moran? Kindly rate them according to
their hitting power aloneT J. S.
We should say Fltz was the hardest
puncher of the lot he had more leverage
and could certainly hit a harder blow
from a short range. Jeffries would fol
low Fits as the lustiest walloper. Neither
Corbett nor Johnson was a hard puncher
and there Is no great snap back of Wll- ,
lard's blows. Moran has to get set to
put through his punch, which is robust
enough when carried along by a full
swing.
But the ideal puncher was Fitzslm
mons, who could tear away part of a
rival's roof with a Jab that traveled less
than 15 Inches.
Baker's Speed
Sir: In 1911 Frank Baker stole 38
bases; in 1912 he stole 40; In 1913 he stole J
33; but In 1914 he stole but 19. Doesn't
this show pretty well that he was slowing
up before he left the Mackmen?
LARRY.
Not necessarily. When we saw Baker
work out at Macon, Qa., his legs looked
to be as elastic as ever. He looked to be
just about as fast In 1911 Ty Cobb stole
83 bases. In 1914 he stole but 35. Slow
ing up? Not exactly. For in 1915 he
stole 98, 15 above his best previous year.
In 1913 Cobb scored 70 runs. In 1914
But in 1915 he scored 144
runs. Yet a year ago the rumor was
pushed around that Ty was slowing up.
If this bo Blowing up we'd lllto to lose a
leg.
Who says there is nothing in propin
quity? Even T. R.'s secretary has de
veloped a punch.
The Joe Stccher-Frank Gotch Jubilee
hasn't been launched yet. but there is a
distant rumble which Indicates that It is
on the way. It will arrive shortly, un
less the fact that Stecher recently tossed
Doc Roller twice in 10 minutes persuades
Gotch to stick to the farm.
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