Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, April 03, 1916, Final, Page 12, Image 12

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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1916.
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PHILLIES AND ATHLETICS COMPLETE AN EXCELLENT TRAINING CAMPAIGN IN FLORIDA
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LOCAL MAJOR LEAGUE CLUBS
COME UP TO EXPECTATION IN
TRAINING WORK IN THE SOUTH
Athletics Had to Do Little to Measure Up to
Popular Idea of Their Strength, But
Phillies' Case Was Just Reverse.
TIIE work of tho two Philadelphia major lentiuo basobatl clubi In their uprlns
tralnlngr'camps this year has corns up to expectations. Nover beforo hao tlio
Phillies and Athletics enjoyed suoh consistently good weather as they struelt In
Bt. Petersburg and Jacksonville. This has greatly aided Tat Moran In RCttlnu his
Club on edge, and Connie Mack In shins up tho candidate that ho expects to
compose tho cogs of his now machine, which ho declares will eomo day bo ni
great as thosa of 1902, 1005, 1010, 1911, 1013 and 1914.
Mack's athlotos have como up to tho expectation of tho fans largoly be
cause they did not oxpoct anything, but tho Phillies lmo reached tho approicd
standard because thoy have clearly demonstrated that they aro stronger In pitching
than they wero last season; their team play Is improved and tho Individual work
of tho players is as good at least as It was In 191G.
Phillies Will Open AmonR Favorites
Blnco tho woeful falling down of tho Chicago Cubs, who tcro rated on paper
In winter as prospective pennant-wlnnors, tho Phillies' stock lint constantly ad
vanced. Tho view gonorally taken Is that If tho Cubs with tho best playets
of tho Chicago National and Federals of 101G cannot put a team In tho field that
Is as good as the Phillies, tho chances aro that tho other Feds, no matter how
good ihoy may be, will not add onough strength to tho various clubs to ovorcomo
the Improvement In Pat Moron's team.
While no one outsldo of Philadelphia 1 actually picking tho Phils to repeat,
few havo yet placed them out of tho running. A number of out-of town writers
havo stated emphatically that tho Phillies havo Just as good a chanco to win us
any other club, which means they aro hold In very high esteem. This tlmo last
year Moron's club was unanimously awarded tho cellar position, but thoy won
tho ponnant. This year, with a hotter team on tho field, Moran'fl ability ni man
ager a certain quantity and tho added contldonco of tho players thetnsolves, no
one can fall to sco that only a streak of tho worst luck can put the team out of
the running until lato In tho year, If then.
Mnckmcn Rated ns Tall-cndcrs Again
Although Connlo Mack has stated that ho Is going to fool some of tho wiso
ones who donate him last placo for tho approaching season, evon tho most optlm
istlo Athletic rooters cannot seo anything bettor than seventh placo for tho now
and untried machine.
It will be nocessary for Pick at third base, Witt at short and a number of
pitchers, including Meohan and Myers, to dovolop moro fapldly than Is usual for
youngsters for tho Athlotlcs to put a team In tho Hold which will approach In
strength either Washington or Cleveland, tho two clubs admlttodly tho worst In
tho American League, excluding tho Athlotlcs.
With Fielder Jones leading the Browns, Rowland presenting a remarkable
array of Individual talent In Chicago, Donovan putting out an apparently woll
roundod bunch of players, Jennings In the nold with a toam as good as last season
and Bill Carrlgan standing pat with his ponnant-wlnners, It Is hard to seo whoro
the Athletics can break Into a position anywhere near tho llrst division with a
bunch of untried and lnexporlcnced men.
Ed Konotchy Has Strengthened the Braves
Ed Konotchy played tho first sack for the Braves In tho training ramp ns It
hasn't boon played In years. Ho has convinced tho skeptics that not on!ythus ho
not gono back, but that he has como forward, both as a fielder and hitter. Allen
and Knetzer, pltcherB for tho 1915 Pittsburgh Feds, will bo among Stnlllngs' hurl
ing mainstays this summer.
Tho ratio of "flivvers" among tho "bushors" this year, however, has been on a
par with that of other years. Only about ono out of every ton youngsters that
trekked the Southern trail will como back with a major leaguo Job.
Tho major leaguo clubs expended something Hko $250,000 during 1915 for
promising looking rookies. But most of the monoy hni been wasted. Tho "second
Ty Cobbs," tho "now Christy Mathowsons" and tho "hotter than Eddlo Collinses"
havo gono back whenco they camo. They wero wonders in tho minors, but when
subjected to tho big league test they foiled.
Conspicuous among tho failures Is Dan Tipple. Pitching for Indianapolis last
season, ho sot tho American Association afire with his brilliant work. His hurling
feats were heralded far and wide. An army of scouts lookod him over and pro
nounced him a star of tho first water. And then tho clubs began bidding for him.
Higher and higher shot tho bid prlco. "Nino thousand," yollod tho owners of tho
New York Yankees. Tho other bidders became silent and Tlpplo was turned over
to the Ituppert-Huston combination. Great things were expected of Tlpplo. But
he failed. i
Basketball Moguls Overlook tho Cage
The meotlng of the Intercollegiate Basketball League In Now York city
did not bring out one of tho most nocessary points regarding tho futuro success
g the indoor gamo. Any onewho has witnessed tho games played by tho colleges
and thoso played by tho Eastorn and other leagues In this vicinity can plalnjy
see how much college play would be Improved by having tho games staged in a
cage.
On a court such as the one at Wolghtman Hall tho game Is slowed up to a
disgusting 'extent at times by tho ball constantly going out of bounds. Further
more, in scrimmages It Is difficult for tho officials to tell which side Is responsible
for the ball having gone out, and this Is likely at tlme3 to work an Injustice to a
team which may bo righting hard to come from behind.
Cage play In basketball Is so far superior to tho game as played on an open
court that thore Is no comparison, but the officers of tho I. B. B. L. apparently
cannot be made to see this.
However, the association took one excellent step toward Increasing the popu
larity of basketball In colleges even if It did overlook tho matter of playing In
cages. It advanced tho proposition of forming an Intorcollegtato freshman
leaguo. This Is an excellent Idea, and the originator deserves a great deal of
credit for putting It before the governing body. A freshman league will put the
varsity game on a higher standard, because the first-year men will take far more
Interest In their personal development as players If they have a title for which
they are playing than by simply playing a haphazard schedule.
Mike Sweeney Has the Correct Idea
Mike Sweeney, the advisory coach at Yale, has looked over the field of
athletics at New Haven and has come to the conclusion that co-operation Is
essential to future success In all branches of sports. That the Yalo students,
alumni and coaches have all been pulling in different directions for the past few
years is an acknowledged fact. This Sweeney realizes. Recently he made the
appended remarks, which show his sane
sent at Yaler
"What we must do Is to put our
iit Is possible. If wo wish to quickly win
tn the eyes of the college athletic world
athletics alone, nor to the management
of university life.
"Yale has had some severe shocks within the last six or eight years, and It Is
only by the most Intelligent united effort that she can restore herself.
"Permit me to say that the two main weaknesses which I see In Yale athletics
are the Jack of sound jnature organization and tho attitude of the student body.
Unless these weaknesses are considerably Improved Yale's troubles will continue
Indefinitely,
"At present Yale Is about the only university in the East encouraging ath
letics that does not fully appreciate the direct value to athletics of the intelligent
co-operation of the student body, From the standpoint of athletics, I know that a
team loses at least 20 per cent, through the loss of this co-operation."
Golf In Philadelphia will receive Its great Impetus this season with the
opening of the municipal links in the vicinity of Cobb's Creek, West Philadelphia.
Already there have been hundreds of applications to the Park Commission for
lockers. Indications are that when the course is officially opened it will be con
at.antiy occupied from early spring until bad wintry weather prevents further
Coach Joe Wright, of tho Penn crews, seems to have the rowing situation
well In hand. He is being praised far and wide by the Red and Blue candidates
for positions in the shells, by the lay student body and the alumni. Neverthe
less, his work can only be Judged correctly in one way the result of the
regattas and dual meets,
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Tyrus Cobb, better known as the Georgia peach, and Detroit outfielder, has
reported to Hugh Jennings in .400 shape, so he deolares. Which is "soma" shape.
fLKEH UtiTQ WE BOYJJ
)NNA WO0BL6 A
?R5C OR- TWO.
Ideas on tho subject of athletic Improve-
shoulders to tho wheel and help wherever
back our former standing and confidence
our efforts must not bo confined to the
direct, but must come from every corner
EVENING LEDGER MOVIES
Q, MY UNIFORM WAj
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GERMANN TOPS
' LIST IN CURTIS
BOWLING PLAY
Journal Press Wins Cham
pionship After Close and
Interesting Race
STATISTICS OP LEAGUE
After a cloio and most Interesting rneo
throughout tho sranon, tlio Curtln Leaguo
flnhhpd lt9 schedule Inst Friday night In a
ncre-rncklng fcHpi of rhiho-i between the
four leaders. Journal anil Color Presi brolto
oon on tho first two Raines nnil bowled
onch other to a tie In tho third gnmo
Had Color 1'resi knocked down ono more
pin In this gamo, It would have resulted
In a three-team tie for tho championship
between Journal, Color and Ilngrnvlng. tho
latter team having won the first two
games from tho Heck i:ngralng. Tho
oloventh frame roll-ofT lctnrv gavo Jour
nal Press undisputed claim to tho cham
pionship Engraving captured second
placo prlro, ono gamo bohlml, whllo Color
Press nnd Heck EngraUng tied for third
Thoy dl Ided the prlzci
ttay Oermnnn, of tho Engraving tenm
won high Individual averapo prlro, lending
the leaguo with an acrngo of 181 for 01
games. All. of Color Press, got second
high prize, with 177 for 59 game3 Cun
ningham, of tho i:enlng Ledger team,
won tho high three games Individual Bcnro.
with a total of C2B. Otto, of tho Engrav
ers, got high slnglo scoro of 200.
Tho high throo gnmca, handicap Includ
cd, for team finishing In tlio second divi
sion, was won by tho Country Oontlrman
with 20G4 Captain Marshall, of tho pre
ceding tr-m. won tho high threo Individual
second division prlzo, with a scoro of 017.
Tho high slnglo Individual gamo scoio In
second division was won bv O Halo, of tho
Composition team, who rollod 23D,
Folowlng aro the not pin record-) and
a Bruges of both teams and individuals!
team ncconns
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COUNTHY GnNTI.EJIAN.
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BVENiNo Luoann.
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Webor 52 78SI 151 HOS
Mmimori" 61 82IH 14'i 181
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Ilaker !'"'.!... 57 8121 14H 10 1
r.bbert "..".. 20 317 IS') 2U7
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511
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481
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COMPOSITION.
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Hale. 0 54
I'llie 01
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Dunn 20
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8307 157 23'l 578
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2871 143 100 480
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Totals MB 45200 143 683 2880
FINA1. BTAirDDJa OP TIIH TEAMS.
Journal Press., .
Enzravlns- S
Color Press.,.. 4
Heck Enrravin- 2
Country Cent... 5
Ev"t edser.... 4
f omposltlon ... 4
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4 28 444
7 24 .381
22 340
Lost 23 20 27 27 32 83 83 41.. ..
AMATEUR BASEBALL NOTES
The National Farm School freshmen deslrs
to schedule all freshman prep and high school
teams In and around Philadelphia. Such fresh
man teams aa South Philadelphia, Central,
West Philadelphia. Peddle Institute. William
son, Ilordentown. Camden and Textile are
requested to communions with Max Koplln,
Farm School, Pa.
Teams nlshlnr to schedule the Hermes Trav
elers, a 17-18-year-old team should set In
touch with J. N. Lynam. 1010 Harlan at.
The Country Tloya' Club, managed by C, II.
Vandersrltt. B810 North Falethorp street,
Olney, would Ilka to hear from 11-lu-ycar-old
teams
Mount Carmel Is wllllnr to meet any first
class team In the State. An unusually rood
line-up will be represented this year, and a
prosperous, season Is expected Address all
communications to Manager Miles Adams, 810
EasC 7th St., Mount Carmel, Fa.
North and South Coif Begins
PINKIIIWST, N. C. April 8 Entries for
the 10th annual United North and South
Smateur championship closed at. the Flneburst
ountry Club at a late hour this evening. Ona
hundred and eighty contestants will start In
the quallfing round tomorrow, Elgbteeu holes
will be played on Monday and 18 on Tuesday,
match play starting on Wednesday, Pennsyl
vania clubs are represented by 25 entries, of
whloh 11 are from Philadelphia and V from
Pittsburgh.
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"WATCH YOUR RACQUET," IS
GOOD SLOGAN FOR TENNIS
By WILLIAM
Tlin tennis season ii upon us, nnil many
poor unfortunates, llko myuolf, always
begin tha Benson with fear anil mlsglvlnKS
on tho ono hand and tho Joy oC tho emo
paramount on tho othoi Unfortunately,
often tho fear and mlsrjtvlne la In the
hand with tho racquet, while tho Joy la
In tho other
Many mistaken aro mado .In the early
ocaoon. Moit of thoso can ho avoided If
ono'o attention la drawn to thorn In time.
It Is thla which wo will try to do
First, let U9 etart with tho question of
tho raoquet To play pood tennis ono
must play with a good racquet, In oood
condition, with trood put In It and take
good care of It Beforo tho Beason really
openB we tonnhi bugs nro saylnff It will
open April 8 'set your present raoquet
out and tako Btoclc of Its many points If
tho frame Is cracked or warped, buy a
new bat. nlnco any defect In tho frame
results In mls-hlt shots. If thoro are any
strings broken, have tho wholo tacquet re
Btrung Do not tret In tho habit of hav
ing Btrlngs replaced .
Your wholo bat Ii looiened once a
Etrlng breaks, nnd tho only way to cm r
get It tight again Ii by ro-strlnglng lr
tho stringing is Btlll Intact, but loo i
havo tlio racquot re-strung bofora stnrt
nlng tho season, slnca hitting with a loo
racquet gets ono Into tho habit of hitting
too hard. Tho ball will not carry puce
off a loosoly strung bat
Having decided that our bat must bo
In excellent condition, then cornea tho
question of what stylo Bhall we uso. TJso
the raoquet which BUlts your gamo, oven
If It. N. "Williams, 2d, or Maurice Mc
Loughlln do not Indorse It Komembor
you havo to play with It; they do not
Aa a general rule, the best type rao-
BOATHOUSE ROW BITS
President Harry Tenn Burke. Captain
Lewis Kenney and Coach Eddie Marsh, and.
In fact, the entlro membership of tho Malta
lloat Club, are enthuslautlu oier the success
of the campaign brought to a conclusion on
Saturday night with 100 additional members.
Looks like a busy year among the Bohuyl
kllT Navy olubs.
First race will be dual Brents between
Penn and Tale Saturday, April 22. on the
BchuylUU
11 iwvcr.
There promises to be an exceptionally heavy
local entry In tho Amerloan Ileratta this year.
It Is slated to occur oer the Henley mils and
680 yards, course. Saturday. May 18
John n. Kelly, of Vesper Hot Club, local
single soul ehamplon and oliallengsr for the
national title, already has begun outdoor
work. i
Vesper wttl biv a senior elght-oared crew
this year.
Captain Walter Smith, of
alk up 20 victories this se
Vesper, wants to
chalk up
season.
It Is reported that
Edward Tlanlan Trn
brother. JlrnTen EyoK.
rim.'
t C!
Jr., as coach of tha Dulut!
tn
Boat Club crews.
New boats and. rowing equipment hava been
added to a majority of the cluba In prepara
tton for the season's aotlvltles.
Many of the oarsmen already have enjoyed
rows on the Bchuylklll Itlver this year.
The arrival of real spring weather will be
a welcome event for hundreds of novtoe .oars
men who are aniloua to gala a knowledge of
the art of rowing.
CIGAR. &&
ATA1I-G00D DEALERS JV
JA.T0LL Z-J&GvSts
OLYMPIA A, A-AW'A.
roMGIIT, 4-80 BHAltl'
Sailor Smiley s. Young Cousn
l.ra llynn t. Joo Tuber
Joo O'Donnell ys. iunle lwls
1'ete Ilrrinan vs. KdUle O'Keefe
Lew Tcndler vs. Benny Kaufman
Adin, tic. U-il. Ites. SOc. Arena lies. 75o. SI,
SDrintr Garden A. C.
TV El. KVE..
tl'UILt -1,
Big Joe Butler, 1U5 lbs.
Young Jack O'Brien, 151 lbs,
Four other bouts, tic anil SOc. Uoxers send
names, Mtr, liearus, lltti & bpriog Garden.
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NEEDS A FRIEND
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T. TILDEN, 2D
quct Is about 13H to 14 ounces tn weight,
with a medium largo handle. Too light
a racquet tl!l not glvo pneo, whllo too
heavy a bat tonda to tiro tho arm and
wrist Too small a handle cramps tho
hand nnd thus tires tho nrm
So, In greeting tho spring, let us greet
It with a good tennis racquet In one hand
In place of tho fear nnd mlsclvlnir of
which wo were speaking
IriS LIVTEITHER a man nor a, motor car can 3r4fl
I ' 1 X on a name aine B f8
It 1 rrie wor demands deeds from trie one and S Msl
II 1 5 .performance from tKe otKer. jflP't
II j,i .p In tKe working-out of that process, the world Jj )S
J j-'Jj has bestowed greater and greater distinction s m!
WS upon the Cadillac. J I Hi
II; -ft Order Now there is real risk in delay 5flMt-
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SEAMS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY
AS J STOOVB3
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EICE PRAISES WORK OF YOUNG
MAMAUX AND SLIM CALDWELL
Former May Be Flash, He Declares, But
Chances Are He Will Be an "Alex"
or a "Matty.""
By GltANTLAND BICE
"Thrre'ti ft cry from out the loneliness oh,
thtcn, honey, listen
Do iom hear Ut Do o" tear itt Tou're
a-hoUUng of me o)
You're a-sobUno in your sleep, dear, and
your lashea hoxo they cIMlen
Do you hear the Utile Voices oil a-oeg.
ptnff tne to got"
Itobort W. Service
I'en, they're whispering nnd pleading oil
across the April heather
The braisie and the niblick and each
hltjhly bunkered spot;
And though uio'vo ipent a lolrtfcr very
pleasantly together,
What Ir a wife, O Dearie, to a tocll
played innvtio shott
There's a cry ftoki out the fatnaay and
my bally soill ii lurching
To the xehllo plllflylny suilftlu on a dead
tine to the preen;
.rtml my heart is all a-flutter and my April
dreams are perching
On tho neck of Colonel Bogle, whero I
play like n maohlnc.
"Do you hear Ut Do you fear ttt" Where
the Iron blades are flashing
tn tho yellow sun of springtime as I lean
against the plllt
As I wrap the shaft rtromid me and I eend
the mlsslla crashing
And I amble on oohlnd it over valtey.
land and hillt
"You'ro a-sobblng in your steep, dear"
but remember, pleasa romombor,
T7mt though I've got to leave you- now
to seek a "string of fours,"
I'll try and make a point of it to drop in
by November,
negating you, O Dearie, with my alibis
and soores.
Tho Caso of Mamnux
There Is nlBo, In looking to 1010, tho
oaso of Mr, Albert It. Mamnux, of Pitts
burgh, la ho another Mathewaon or nn
othor Alexander, or ono of thoso who flash
and fade, aa so many have dono bcforc7
Mamaux Is the youngest star In the
major leaguos. Ho Is only 21, and yet
lastjseason, with a olub out of tho hunt,
he won 21 games and lost but eight, for n
percentage of .72.
Ho looked then to bo a great pitcher :
1916 will add a valuable chapter In tho
outllno of his futuro placo.
Bay B. Caldwell
No less Interesting will bo a study of
the campaign to bo waged by Hay Cald
well, bottor known to his Intlmato friends
as "Slim." Just how great a Btar Is the
tall telegrapher? In 10H, working with
a. club that couldn't got him enough runs
to llll a thimble, he won 17 games nnd lost
eight Last season, with another weak
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AND HOLLERED
FOR A baf.-r.el.
RlfrHT AWA-AY
batting outfit, Caldwell won IS gomes and
dropped 17.
To Bhow his worth he faced Walter
Johnson but twice and suppressed Walter
on both occasions.
To show what ho was up against, tako
tho Yanks' first Western trip. On that
Journey Caldwell pitched fine ball. But
his mates went E7 Innings without scoring
n tnlly for htm over nix completo games.
Finally Caldwell soored a run himself, and
beat Detroit 1 to 0.
Dut he lost six games where ho should
have won at least four. Thla season, with
Mngeo, Baker, Cfcdcon nnd othern to bat
In a few tallies, tho Yanlt star should give
Walter Johnson nn even fight Ho has
his chanco now, If tho Yank attack la as
robust as It should bo, to wage a keen
battle for tho pitching lead,
For ho has tho threo main requisites of
pitching tho stuff, how to use it and the
heart Considerable combination.
A Few Spring Echoes "
"Mon, mon, ye liao no chanco to hit the
ball Ilka that; tho knee's orooklt, the
neck's awrco, tho grip Is rlcght and ye
maun keep an' o'o on't."
'Til goo yo the owing; watch. Wl' nne
mleh and main, but easy, so."
"Mon, mon, yo'ro pressing again; ye'rs
oor Bwinglng noo nil tho worse, Hao yo
no brains to lalrn naught7"
"Aye, noo yet hao It It's n graund shot,
sir, tho bonnlo ono, conelderln' yor limi
tations," A Matter of Wages
De.nr Sir If Jess Wlllard gets JIQCOOO
a year from tho circus, what ought tho
elephant to getT PLATO PISTE.
Sixteen major league olubs aro coming
North thla weok, nnd 10 of them expect
to win the pennant Dope springs eternal
In tho basoball breast every April.
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