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SHIFT IN YANKEE AND RED SOX LINE-UPS WOXJJD CHANGE AMERICA LEAGUEntACE
ASPECT OF PENNANT RACE
" WOULD BE CHANGED BY
SPEAKER-YANKEE SHAKE-UP
Tris and Cobb Are Two Players Who Hold
Balance of Power on Club for Which
They Are Playing
THERE aro lw6 playera In the American League who, If released to onother
club, would Breatly change the aspect ot the pennant race ror 101G. Theso
then aro Ty Cobb ana Trls Speaker. Thcro is no livelihood that Cobb will over
to sen with any other club than Detroit, but the case of Speaker U different.
Although Joo Lnnnln, majority stockholder of tho Boston tied Sox, em
phatically denies that ho would give up Speaker, It Is neverthe'w felt In baseball
circles that there 1? n chance for the New York Yankees to land the great out
f'elder Lnnnln has been having trouble with Speaker for several years over tho
matter of salary, and It is Just possible that both ho and Manager Mil Carrlgan
bellovo that they could land a pennant without the Texan.
Speaker has always been a splondld drawing card In Boston and In tho
other cities of the league, nevertheless, ho would bo nn even greater attraction
In Now York, and that Is unquestionably tho reason why tho Yankee owners,
Rupert and Huston, aro willing to part with a huge sum of money to got Trls.
Baker and Speaker a Wonderful Menu
Trls Speaker and J. Franklin Baker would mako the gtcatcst pair of turn
Utile operators In tho baseball world. "With those two players on tho Now Yoilt
Yankees, Wild BUI 'Donovan, our fellow citizen, would have not only a great
chance to land tho (lag In Ban Johnson's circuit, but ho would mako tho owners
enough money to causo thorn to forgot how much they paid out for the release
of Baker. As far as the value ot Baker and Speaker as actual baseball assets
In concerned, thcro Is little that need bo said. Both of thorn aro elenn-up
hitters and have been batting In this Important position for their rcspectlvo
clubs ever since thoy have been in tho major league. Tho Cobb-Crawford duo
would have nothing on Speaker and Baker as a run-getting combine.
As stated In tho beginning, if Trls Speaker moves to any other club in the
league tho aspect of tho American Leaguo raco will he changed. If ho goes to
the Yankees tho Hod Sox's chances to repeat this year wilt bo decreased in
nbout tho same proportion ns the Yankees' chances to win will bo Increased.
Any one who has followed tho American League closely realizes that Trls
Speaker was largely Instrumental In tho victories of tho Bed Sox In 1912 and
1P1G, In both tho season's campaign and tho world's sorlos. TImo and again
whon tho lied Sox pitchers havo not been going well against other hurlcrs of
equal ability, tho Fenway Park "men havo won out on a hit from Speaker's bat
or from clover work on tho bags or In tho field.
Few fans realize Just how valuable Speaker Is In tho outflold. Tho great
number of putouts that ho has to his credit each season should mako tho stu
' donts of the game realize that his many accepted chances uro not the accident of
n season, Speaker seems to play the outflold In what might bo termed n
iilairvoyant manner. By that wo mean that ho appears to know Just where tho
batter Is going to hit. Often Speaker has been found playing close in and far into
right fleld. Possibly on the next batter he will bo deep and In left field. In flno,
ho plays Just where ho believes the batter Is going to hit, and tho remarkable
part of It Is, ho Is generally right.
Mabel Might Help the Red Sox
Should tho Yankees dccldo that they could do without tho services of Fritz
Malsel and glvo him over to the Red Sox with a sum of money in exchango for
Speaker, It is moro probable that Fritz would bo a valuable man for tho Bos
tonlans. Larry Gnrdner Is still a good man, but ho Is not ns young as ho onco
was, and Malsel has not yet reached tho height of his playing career.
As an outfielder, Malsel would bo virtually valueless to the Red Sox, nlthough
ho would bo an assot as an inflolder, and it Is not unlikely that ho would soon
land tho third position regularly In place of the veteran Gardner.
Malsel Is a much better bascrunner than Speaker, and In thnt department
of play tho husky ccntro fielder would not be missed. On tho other hand, Malsol
would not bo on base as often as Speaker nor would he come within hailing dis
tance of Trls as a producer of runs.
Hurry Preparations for Dual Race
Both nt Yale and tho University of Pennsylvania, Coaches Guy NIckalls and
Joseph Wright havo been putting forth every effort to whip their crews In
shape for tho match race on the Schuylkill River on April 22. Just recently,
Coach NIckalls made the first shake-up of tho season. Tho two new combinations
were picked nftcr the first and second varsity had raced over a threo-quarter-mllo
course In New Haven Harbor. While the changes probably will not bo
jl5rrnanentt tho now seating will be the basis upon which the crows for tho
raco on April 22 aro picked. If tho new combinations perform satisfactorily thoro
will bo no changes before tho Pennsylvania races. Captain Soth Low was shifted
from No. 7 to No. 3, tho seat ho held until this year. Kozltsky was sent from
tho first boat to No. 4 in tho second crew. McNaughton, who was conspicuous
on last year's freshman eight, was sent to No. 7 In the first varsity. Tho crew
neats. Harrlman, stroke; McNaughton. 7; Meyers, 6; Sturtevant, 5; Sheldon, 4;
Low, 3; Glinilan, 2; Hume, bow, and McLano, coxswain.
Wright Certain of His Crew
Coach Joseph Wright has virtually settled on the make-up of his varsity
eight and will not mako any changes prior to tho Yalo contest unless necessary.
Harry Ross Is at stroke. Gels, 2; Gonther. 3, Woll, 4; Pepper, 5; Gotham, 7: Wirk
man, 7: Captain Chlckerlng, bow, and Foster, coxswain.
One week after the Yale contest Penn will meet Annapolis on tho Severn.
On May 13 In the Chllds Cup race there will bo the eights of Harvard, Princeton,
Pennsylvania, Yale and Columbia. On Muy 20 Harvard will meot Cornell on
the homo course. May 30 will find Syracuse and Annapolis In a contest on tho
fipvern. It will be the only race for tho Syracuse crew prior to tho Poughkeepsio
regatta. Yale, Princeton and Cornell will meet In a triangular contest on Lake
Cayuga on May 27, The big race of the year will be on Juno 17 nt Poughkeepsle,
with Pennsylvania, Cornell, Columbia, Syracuse, Leland Stanford, University of
Washington and possibly Princeton competing. On Juno 20 Yalo nnd Harvard
will wind up tho collegiate season in their annual race over the New London
course of four miles.
The Intercollegiate rowing season, in fact, tho season In all sections of tho
country for club and school oarsmen, will be pried open on Saturday, when tho
Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Regatta will bo held at Oakland, California. The
three colleges on the Pacific coast, namely, Leland Stanford, University of Wash
ington and tho University of California, havo been practicing daily for the last
two months on their particular waterways for the rowing classic of the Pacific
coast. Quo to the showing made by Its varsity crew In the Poughkeepsio raco
on the Hudson last year against Cornell, tho Leland Stanford eight Is tho
favorite for the contest. The Leland Stanford bunch Is virtually a veteran one
and should, besides winning the Pacific coast title, come East and give the oar.
men who will compete for tho Eastern colleges a hard race for the title.
The foolishness of one-day barnstorming trips for a ball team In training
was proved to the satisfaction of a fairly largo gathering at Wilmington, N. C,
When the Athletics and Rocky Mount, champions of the Virginia League, skipped
through nine innings In less than 1 hour and 20 minutes. The scoro of 3 to l
In favor of the Athletics might lead ono to believe that the game was close and
Interesting, but in truth such was far from being the case. After tho Athletics
got a two-run lead In the first Inning .they made no attempt to score runs, being
content to hold Rocky Mount safe and get the game over as soon as possible so
that they could get an early train.
Connie Mack wants Joe Bush In perfect trim for tho opening of the season,
aid If ha continues in his present form American League batsmen are going
to find him a hard man to hit Bush has moro "stuff" this spring than ho has
shown since he Joined the team. Not eyen in the world's series game of 1913
with the Olants which made him famous did Bush look as good as he does at
present. .
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Tho release of Catcher Perkins to Atlanta under an optional agreement by
tho Athletics was expected. The grand showing of Bill Meyer elmlnated Perkins,
aa llurphy'a hitting- clinched, tho third catching position, Perkins Is young and a!
year In the Southern Association will do him a great deal of good. He also has
i, great natural ability, and If he becomes more ambitious la certain to be back
t UrHH ttiB Xfaftlfmon nnvt anrlnw
TJho overwhelming defeat of Paterson by Greystock last night at Cooper
Battalion Hall was no surprise to local basketball fans. Greystock is much tho
better team; at the same time tho contest tonight may be- close, as It will be played
4 tho Paterson cage under Interstate rules. In tliat league no backboards aro
44 t,.d this will prove a, Kisset haaalctp to Greystock than their presence did
i Paterson last night.
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By GRANTLAND RICE
IF THIS golfer at Inrgo could hold truo
to Just ono resolution out of the count
less hundreds that ho makes each spring
at tho season's start, the ono to pay the
biggest dividends would bo this
Always glvo tho ball a chance.
It Is an old maxim, of course, but tho
only way to get c-n nn old maxim Into
the system Is by consiant pounding. And
wo figure the lteenlnp- of this resolution
would be of greatest value nn this ac
count moro strokes aro lost by not giving
tho ball a chance than In any other way.
The. Weak Shots
Hero and thero you will sco a golfer over
approach Into trmiulo beyond tho green.
Here and thero you will see a putt thnt
runs mi so far past ho cup that a stroko
goes to wasto on tho return. But wo
should say eight times out of ten tho bad
shots aru tho ones that stop well short,
not the ones that go over.
And for this reason tho shot that falls
short Is nearly always weakly lilt, and
tho shot that Isn't struck with firmness
nnd decision is pretty suro to bo poor.
A ball that Is firmly and confidently
played Is not only almost suro to be up,
but it is almost sure to bo held on the
right line.
So it Is far better to hit tho ball firmly,
nnd take a chance of being over than
to hit tho ball with a fear of overap
proachlng, nnd so strike with Indecision
and a wobbly wrist.
Those Wasted Putts
How many times In the course of a
season on tho putting greens will a golfer
tap tho ball several feet on beyond the
cup and then miss coming back? Once
In a while, but not so ory often.
How many times in the courso of a
year will tho putt stop anywhere from
two Inches to two feet short of the cup.
where It never had a chance to drop?
Almost a i often as there are leaves on
the trees or blades of grass along the
green fairway.
Thero are things that warp and wreck
the nervous system In this game, but
there Is nothing that so tears into the
heart as the sight of a putt that starts
for the centre of the cup and then dies
out two Inches short, where only a
thimbleful more courage would hao saved
a stroke.
Double Penalty
This matter of constantly going shy
on short approaches and putting has a
double penalty.
There Is first the physical penalty of
the lost stroke, or the lost chance to save
n stroke.
There is also the moral upset that fol
lows where the player. Inwardly cursing
his Indecision and lack of courage, is like
ly to lose confidence aud fall oft in his
play for the round,
Surest Test
Here Is one even surer test of the value
of always being up. You never see a
first-class putter who Is constantly short
of the cup. You never see a bad putter
who is constantly beyond the cup. Poor
putting.' more than anything else, comes
from a blow that isn't struck with con
fidence and firmness. A ball, hit with
enough firmness to carry It on past the
cup. Is much more likely to hold the proper
line than one weakly tapped, with Inde
cision dripping from every pore in the
putter.
This Isn't a matter of opinion. Follow
only a Uw rounds and you will find the
facts and the records In the case prove
the point.
Making the Habit
"Yes, I know all this," sas Mr. Henry
A. Duffer, tho well-known figure, 'but
knowing it doesn't seem to help. My putts
still keep falling short. How am I going
to break myself of the habit?"
Here Is advice that Walter J. Travis 1 1
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NEWS FEOM THE BOWLING ALLEYS
f nd Jerry Travers havn to glvo on tho
subject:
Tho average golfer, on a putt ranging
from 10 to 20 feet, hits tho ball in tho
hopo that It will stop somou hero near tho
cup from a foot to two feet nway. But
thero Is nothing In his purposo beyond
this.
"What ho should do Is to first try to
get tho right lino; nnd then eonrcntrato
on this ono thought: "This ball. If l miss
tho cup. Is going at least a foot beyond It
Is not going to Rtop short. I nm going to
glvo It a chance."
Just u Ilttlo practice nt this concentra
tion soon dotelops tho right habit nnd it
Is only by making a habit of a thing in
golf that any consistency comes.
Tho point Is thnt tho player who hits
an approach shot or on approach putt
firmly, oven nt tho ilsk of going too far,
will mako fewer mistakes than tho ono
who constantly plays under restraint
Althnush tho Tlitors did not roll In their
tnuil form they are for tho present leaders
In tho live-man tenm championship nt tho At
lantlo Const championships, In progress In
Wnshllmlun, D O Tho local squad totaled
",7't pins, tho Individual scores for three frames
each tM-liig. Hill, 4li'i, Smith, 1(1(1: Lambert,
(117, Hurtles, nio, and llarrl, IV84. Harrl rolled
tho host HlnKlo game total, 214. In his llrst
came Lnmhert totaled 'M3 In his nrst match.
Tho TlKrrs vv 111 compete In tho slmtle and dou
bles today, tho other Philadelphia teams will
lion I next I'rlday nnd .Saturday.
Casino Alleys ore to stntto nn Individual and
two-man scratch series under Attantlo Coast
Association rules, beginning April -4. It will
ho open only to league, howlers that have
rolled this senson onthe Casino alleys.
Knlpo, of the rtucs team. Is tho loading
averngo man and best Individual bowler In
tho HtrnwhrMgu & Clothier Lenguo, which
concluded Its season's play last Thursday
with tho presentation of prizes In Casino Al
lejs. riclc was high for Maneto with 800, his best
scorn tielng "14 In the third frame. Cook to
taled (138 nnd Klllott 1152.
Tho rhlladelnhla team surortsed thn rnlnm.
uus council in ineir jimgnii
of Columbus
Leaguo series on Keystone Alloys Inst night
by winning two games. San IJomlngo repre
sentatives also Jolted Do Sola by winning two
games from tho runners-up team.
McMahon cracked out 212 for Ban Salvador
In his first gnme.
Orady's bowling was a big help to San
Domingo In defeating De Sotn. ns he registered
scores of 220, 171 and 154.
Manetn gained n, Arm grasp on first plnco
In ths Quaker City League by nutrolllng tho
Wyndhnm Colts combination In all three games,
banging out a total of .103(1 In three games,
getting scores of M2S. 078 and 1033. Wynd
hnm Colts rolled 827, 030 and 010.
Mlko Costa rolled anchor for Wyndhnm Colls
nnd found tho alleys for a 2.14 count In tho
third game.
Colleges to Form Bowling League
NEW irAVEN. April 8. 8tcps havo been
taken toward the forming of an Intercollegiate
Howling Association. Under the plans of thn
proposed association the games will be bowled
by telegraph.
GREYSTOCK FIVE
PLAYS PATERSON
IN SECOND GAME
World's Basketball Contest
Tonight Scheduled Be
fore Jersey Audience
GREYS CAPTURE FIRST
The seoond match In tho world's basket
ball series will bo played In t'atcrson, N.
J., tonight. Tho Greystock five Is a one
sided favorite for tho championship today,
following Its iaay 38-16 fccord victory at
Cooper Uattallon Hall last night.
If Paterson was tho class of tho Inter
slato League, then tho Now York organ
ization must bo very weak compared to
tho Kaitcrn League.
There was nover n doubt as to tho re
sult from start to finish, and It was only
n question how largo tho score would be.
At that, Greystock did not play with
their usual dash that carried them
through tho Eastern League.
Tho Intcrstata Leaguers tallied 5 field
goals, 3 In the first half nnd 2 in tho seo
ond. JJcckmnn, who was released by Do
N'erl before tho Eastern Lcaguo season
ended, tallied 3 of Patorson'a C goats, but
permitted Ray Cross to shoot ip the floor
for 7 goals.
To night's probable line-up:
Paterson. Greystock.
Clinton forward ., Fogartr
llcckman forward Sugarman
Leonard contro Lawrenco
Hwenson guard McWIIllams
Harvey guard Cross
(Doyle).
Til
rimo nf bslves 20 minutes.
neferce llactiel.
Amateur Baseball Notes
North nnd, first-class, traveling. Mannnr,
.1 C. liberie, Klin North Hope Btrcet. Phono
Kensington 3701 W.
Potter A. A., first-class, borne. Manager.
Aaron Mclns, Trent and Hrlo avenue.
Ccdnr Orove. 18-in-yenr-old. traveling. Man-
II xu
ogcr. II. Ileldcclt. C4II
street pike.
Alias IIojb' Club. 15-17-enr-old. traveling
nnd home Manager, 1'aul ilnrth, 204ft North
28th street.
Koystnno Tolephono Compnny, flrst-clasf.
homo. Manager. John C, Hull, 1.15 South Hi
street.
U. ft. S. Alabama, first-class, home. Man
ager. A. Johnson, U. 8. S. Alabama, Lcagu
Island
Herbert A. C, first-class, home. Manager.
It. M. Hlllcgass, Jr.. 120(1 I'oulkrod street.
Kctterllnus Llthogrnpti Cnmpanv. first-class,
traveling. Manager. Lan Neu, 138 ltoseberry
street.
J. a. TIrlll. flrst-rlnss, home. Manager,
Clark, G2d and Woodland avenu-.
Herrmann Claims Chief Johnson
I.OH ANQKI.ns, Cal.. April 8 August
Hermann, president of tho Cincinnati Na
tional League club, hns telegraphed to 1M
Maler, owner nf tho Vernon team, asserting
that Clonrgo (Chief) Johnson, Vernon pitcher,
remained tho property of Cincinnati Johnson
jumped to tho PedernH last 5 ear while owned
by the Iteds. Maler said he would contest the
claim.
Haas to Captain Princeton Five
rrtlNCBTON, N. J.. April 8. Cyril Haas,
of Now York, has been elected to captain the
Trlncoton lnskethall nvo next jenr, Unas has
plajed on tho Tiger basketball flvo during the
ast tvvo seasons nnd has been 1'rlnceton'a
.nost consistent point gatherer.
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Itussell Wins Diddle Trophy
Joseph Russell, the newly elected captain
of tho University of renns!vnn!n swimming
team for next ear, captured llrst plain yes
terday In the half-mile swim for tho I)r
Thorn is Ulddlo tropbj which Is held every
jear ufter the regular swimming seaBon for
the team in over Ex-r.tptnln Shrjock finished
a close second, with Ketser third llusuelt h
tlmn was 13 mm. Ola sec . breaking tho record
held by I. O. Anthony In 1014 by 11 2-5 sec.
Pirates Release Two Players
, riTTSnunCHI, Pa . April 8 Vnnouncement
baa lieen mudo here that the Pittsburgh Na
tional League club has released Outfielder Jesse
Altenberg and Inflelder Cleveland to tho Wheel
ing Central league club in each case the
option clause vvua exercised
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