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11
CHALMERS SCHEDULED TQ HURL AGAINST POL PERRITT ATHLETICS MEET RED SOX
THE REAL BENNY KAUFP SAYS
TY COBB IS BEST PLAYER IN
WORLD; HAS BEEN MISQUOTED
New York Player Declares He Is Not Respon
sible for Newspaper Interviews Ex
plains His Attitude
PENN STATE STARS ENTERED IN PENN RELAY
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BRAVES HAVE BETTER TEAM
NOW THAN THEY HAD IN
1914, DECLARES MANAGER
Stallings Predict Rather Easy Victory, for Bos
ton in Pennant Race of 1916 Good
Pitchers
By GRANTLAND RICE
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By ROBERT
pvNCn when I was a Idd I rend about
Ja poor Riiy who wna shot at sun
rise or Bomethlnt? for rolblnR tho hank and
killing tho nlRht wntohnwn. After tho
party had been held and all of his friends
had sent (lowers; they
S -v lrarnrtl Hint the , not
Kiiy had nothing to
do with the robhery
and was at home
playing plnochlo on
tho nlRht that tho
t-rlnio was commit
ted. "N'ow, that's the
vn I feel riKht
now." wild ltantiy
Cair. as he stuck
nut IiIh jaw, clenched
hli teeth and doubled
up both lists. "1
haven't been shot nt
sunrise yet, but ll'n
been almost ns bad.
MAXWELL
1 have been accused
of tclllnfr the world what a wonder t nni,
'what I Intend to do to all tho pitchers
In tho Itoruo and pictured as a Rtiy
wcarlni; n .N'o. ID lint livery dnv t t If
up a newspaper and read alinut myMf.
and I want to tf'l you rlR'it now th.it tho
BtulT In nil bunk.
. Ills First Interview
l "Oct me rlpht just once." continued
Benny, as he removed h's brown velour
'hat. "1 want to &lvo out a tUCAL Inter
' view, nnd It Is llio first slrtce Joining tho
blR leaRUe. Tho only thlnR I want you to
do Is to quote mn properly, and don't
draw on your ImaRlnatlon to fill In things
I should have -aid That TllllnR In" stuff
'has Rot my Ront In New York n ronorlor
'wmild visit me and say. 'pood mornlnu.
flno day.' nnd I would mi "yes, It's a
'swell day,' and tb n r unuld cure '"ir
"with a column Interview with mo tclllnR
ivhnt a Rreat plnver I nm unci Inw s,ir i
'I feel for poor hums like Trls Sneaker.
'Ty Cobb. Sam Prawforrt, .foe .Tackrnn and
scores at other Onco more I want to
'label It pure bunk.
"Listen, my friend let me cas- you
somo tnfnnnnt'nn wbl-'i intent cnni" In
handy Rome time, providing j-ou reinembor
It. Ty Cobb In the RreaUst ball player In
the world, tie Is In a clnw nil bv tilm""'!.
and the man who hiivh ho Isn't cl'h r
knows nothlnr: of hnsebnll or Is sllRhtly
cracked beneath Ids Slft'oii 1 never said
1 was as pood n Tv f'.ibb nnd you "m
bet tho family bankroll rh.it I never made
tho mistake of tclllr.R anvono I would
show Tyrns up. It can't be done.
" I only wlsli I wi-re ALMOST as Rood
tns Cobb That Is enough for me."
Sidesteps .Bnsvlia" Tnlk
It was hntd lo R't Kenny Kauff to tnlk
on baseball !! s-emed sliy and sus
iplclous and pieforrcd boxing as a topic
'of conversation fie Is well veiseil on nil
Jmattors of purI1I'ii and spent ironic tlmo
'In pralslnp Jess Wlllird, .lack Dillon and
Benny Leonard before ho felt nafo In dls
'cusslnR the national pastime.
' Wo found Hcnny In an obscure corner
of tho lobby at the Majestic Hotel yes
terday after a long search. This is duo
to tho fact that wo expected to llnd him
ia.f tnore, conspicuous place on tho ho
tel steps or sitting on the piano, sur-
"rounncu iiy a nori; ov admirers nun teu-
,lng them what tho bail, wicked llenny
Kauff would do to Alexander the next
"tlmo ho faced him, and how Jour It
J would be before he knocked clrwn the
right-field fence nt the Phillies' ball park.
J This was tho dope, accdrdlng tu tho stories
We had read nbout him.
On the confarv. we found hlni seated
In a group of players, quietly listening
to tho conversation nnd taMiiR no pact
whatsoever. Ho was 111 nt eaoe when wo
rnpproached him and presented our card
(Big league stuff ) He seemed reluctant
Jto leave and assumed the cheerful, hap
jpy expression that probably was worn
by tho poor Rtiy who was shot at sun
rlse for placing pinochle, when ho led
tho way to a couple of vacant chairs.
Pleasing Appearance
When Benny stood up ho was as per
'feet a specimen of American manhood
5as could ho found outride of n Gibson
I sketch. Short and rather broad for his
height, Kauff s physlquo Impi esses ono
1 t'wlth Its great muscular power. Not tho
heavy, ponderous power of a draft horse,
but tho sleok, nervous power of tho rac
ing steed.
Ills features nro regular and strong.
Two frank blue eyes catch tho listener's
and hold thorn whllo he talks, and from
tlmo to tlmo IlaBh with anger when bo
tells of tho untruths which ho says have
been printed about him a topic which
causes his square law to become moro
square and his strong, whlto teeth to
click together ominously.
4 When Benny talks his voice is even
and pleasing until ho warms up to a sub
ject. Thcjn It Is nd less pleasing, hut It Is
by no means oven.
He talks, fast. Ho shoots out his words
with tho same crisp energy that char
acterizes his actions on tho bull field. Ills
hands twitch and his whole personality
seems to radiate energy.
Confidence In Himself
Let It be said right hero that Bonny
Kauff has NOT got a swelled head. There
Is nothing egotistical in his entire mako
up. Ho has confidence In himself far
more than tho average human being
but ho capnot be blamed for that. He
does not Jinow the meaning of the woid
"KAIL," apd everything ho undertakes Is
with the object of making good.
"Am I n good hall player?" Inter
rogated Benny "JtcGraw has answered
that question. If I couldn't play the game
I M'ouldn't be on the New York team.
No? I am not boastingdon't think that
but I m just tho same as Merklc, Larry
PETEY Who'd a
"fej.vte oiKirr
To iuow uwc.e pereMs
FATwet A GoopTlrxe
1 .X"iS5N
it. iv
HIt,E. HC5 MEr?e
W. MAXWELL
lloyle nnd the others with the club. When
a nnn Rets In tho blR league It Is be
cause ho has ability, and oery one
knows It.
"They say I have a swelled head. After
reading some of the alleged Interviews
with myself In tho newspapers, I don't
blmno them. Nor do I blame tho fans
and other ball plnyors for- 'riding' me.
They have read the samo stuff, nnd If It
dlsRiists me, shouldn't It hnvo a worse
effect on them?
Discourse on Ability
"livery man In tho world believes In
his own ability. Tho newsboy on tho
street knows he can sell papers; the hoct
cnrrlor knows ho can carry a load of
brlclm up a ladder: tho street car con
ductor knows ho can collect fares, and
uu c.innot pick nut any business man
In tho world who hasn't some confidence
In himself. If ho hasn't, then ho Is a
failure.
"Now, when I ro up to tho plate to
bat against nn opposing pitcher, I KNOW
that I nm going to hit that ball. I do
lint nny to myself, 'I HOI'IJ I'll get a lilt,'
but I tell myself that I WILL get a hit.
I Should I get 'panned' for assumnlg that
i attitude when ovory successful player
i in the game dues tho same?"
llenny had tnken a seat and opened up
nfter we assured him that ho would ho
quoted verbatim. It took hlni somo tlmo
to get warmed up. and ho sidestepped tho
picllmlnnry questions with the ease of a
member of tho husbands' club being
cross-examined by his better soven
elghths. Opening Chorus Fnils
"What do you think of Alexander?" was
tho way in which we opened tho conver
sation. "They say this la a great light town.
Do you know where I can bo nnd sco a
good "
"Yes, wo hao good shows hero. Now,
Mr. Kauff, do you really bcllcvo that tho
Tederal League was as fast as tho Na
tional?" "It's Just this way. I don't bcllcvo
tcre is a man In the world able to beat
this big follow Wlllard. He Is "
"Do you expect to lead the National
League In hitting this season, Mr. Ka "
"You know, I trailed with Jack Dillon
InNew Ynilc Now, he Is a real fighter,
arid I think ho can beat any man of his
weight in tho world."
Was there no way of prodding Mr.
Kauff into a discussion of tho very In
teresting Mr. Kauff? Wo tried again:
"Do you still bcllovo you are going to
make tho fans forget Ty Cobb?"
Bombardment Begins
It worked. Benny was transformed In
an Instant. His Jaw squared and tho
words poured out.
"Say, do you think I am crazy? I
neer s.ild I wns better than Ty, and
those who quoted me that way lied, that's
all. Cobb Is tho greatest player In the
world. Wouldn't a man bo n fool to say
ho Is going to show up Cobb, a man who
has led n major lengue for years? Cer
tainly. Well, I am no fool !"
Benny was out of bieath and wo halted
him long enough to offer a cigarette.
"No I don'tsmokeallthescthlngspubllshea
nboutnu'.irelle.s," continued Kauff without
a brc.il;. "Columns have been published
about Ino, representing me as a biagpart.
It has put mo 'li Dutch' with baseball
fans and some l.'isebnll players who havo
not had much -xpeilcnce with you fel
lows. 1 don't know how It started. Ono
day a New York paper cainc out with i
supposed Interview with me. In which I
am reported to have said I was the great
I am.' All of the other newspapers took
it up, and look what a mess It has made
for me.
Always Misquoted
"Why, It seems as though I can't have a
flve-mlnuto conversation with a reporter
without having a headline come out,
'Kauff says ho will slaughter Alexander.'
I may talk about nothing but the weather
or the price of n war baby. It makeB no
difference tho Mime ridiculous stuff goes
in the bhcet.
"A lot of people mistake aggressive
ness for swelled headedncss. I nm ag
gressive, and it Is this that Is going to
help mo mnko good. It wouldn't mnko
any difference, however. If It spoiled my
baseball career, for it Is my nature to
be aggressive and I can't help It nny
moro than I can help breathing.
"Wiy, the other day tho fans got after
me because I kidded a little with Eddie
Burns at the plate. That's all in a day's
work. I'ddlo caino back at mo and we
had a good JawfesL Burns la a flno chap
and wo conversed after tho game like two
regular fellows.
"Just how much damage all this talk
has done mo you can appreciate by going
out In tho bleachers during a game. The
fans ride me all the time. They do It
here nnd they did it all through the South.
I don't mean the kind of riding that every
visiting plnyor gets, but they single me
out for special attention. I don't blame
the fans, I blame tho fellows who pub
lished all the lies."
As Benny courteously walked to the
door we repeated the question, "What do
you think of the riiillles"?
"A flno team. Well balanced and a
great pitching staff. Say, where did you
bay that tight was tonight. Think I'll take
it In."
Fleisher Is Foils Champion
--Alexander Fleisher. of tho Fencers' Club,
captured the men's championship foils of the
eastern Tennsylvanla illusion last nlfht by
winning alt six of bis bouts. Miss ijle, a
former national thamplon, was forced to she
a handicap of two touches to his rivals. Miss
Ktopher and Miss Samuel, but, despite tho
handicap, she succeeded In capturing tho
LMUh Lvana trophy by defeating both.
Thought They Had Tango Teas in Hickville
f-OH OEAR.uT ITJ ( LETS 1
vow to do- he's -rv, t.. r AT&
y 9UITET AW OLD MAW . fc JlfSr
V Avid cai.V cr41,n MU5BUM, -, 1
DONHD JL. DOISAJ D. M. BJSOM
Brown will be State's third competitor in the hurdles. Dolbin is
captain of the up-State team, nnd ho will lend his relay in tho one
mile event. State's star discus thrower is Dnmbley, formerly of
Norristown High. His best mark is 120 feet.
Tales
By 6RANTLAND
JfOTn ThU Bi-rlcn will take up tlm
piny of Ifcicllnir American nnmtriir Kolf
crM. It lll not lie hlciEnmlilcnl nr'ntntli
tlrul, lint rather In llm nature of mmloni
ulthprwitlnilH mi soma ctf tier uipn und
iicliinemeiitM of our leuclhiE Rolf ktarM.
Thousands of golfers In this well
bunkered land spend a world of time
developing tho proper grip the proper
Mance tho follow through and a num
ber of other attachments to correct form.
But not ono golfer In 10,000 spends
rfny tlmo at all In tiylug to dovclop tho
main Ingrediont of golilng success, which
Is simply this pntlencc.
Not only patience for prnctlco, but
patience for the missed putt, the sliced
drive, the topped niaihlo to a bunker.
Tho patience that can tnko tho game
exactly as It comos and that counts
everything which may happen as n nat
ural part of tho day a play.
An Illustration
When Harold Hilton, the great Eng
lish amateur, was last over here, this
detect struck him above1 anything else.
"You people," ho tald, "are keen for
golf and hard workers at It, but bome
tlmos too keen. Too many of you are
Inclined to expect too much. You ex
pect every Ho through tho fairway to
bo perfect and If It Isn't you Imme
diately develop an impatlenco nnd let
this upset your play. What you call
'a good brasslo He' over hore wo call
a 'driver He,' and wo look at It as a,
rare piece of good fortune."
Which Is quite true. Tho average
golfer takes his good luck as a, natural
part of the gnme; but his bad luck Is
supposed to bo somo fiendish freak of
fato sent to harass his soul.
The Case of Bender
Hero Is a case In point. Some time ago
wo were playing with Charles Albert
Uendor, the Chippewa chjef, who Is almost
as adopt at golf as he Is nt tossing a base
ball over tho outside or inside corner.
Bender, playing the course for the first
time, made what he thought was a perfect
shot for tho green. The ball was cleanly
hit nnd on tho Btralght Ime homo. Hut a
hidden trap of which he knew nothing
caught the shot 20 yards Bhort.
You know what tho average golfer un
der such conditions would havo said and
done. The squawk would have been lm
mediate and lusty. "Tough luck." we
said. "No," said Bender, "It wasn't tough
luck; It was ray fault. I should have asked
my caddie before I played. He knows tho
course and I don't. And a trap Is put on
a course to penalize carelessness as well
as bad play."
It would be hard for the greatest pro
In the land to teach a better lesson than
this.
The Wny of Stars
Three of the most patient golfers we
have ever seen ploy are Travis, Travers
and Oulmet. It takes more than a lot to
topple any one of these from his poise.
Kven when playing badly they maintain
a stoical demeanor on the course, taking
the game just as It comes. Gil Nichols
la an example of the price than Impatience
f"- ,CM
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RICE
must pay. Gil Is ono of tho moat brilliant
golfers that ever laid a mashto shot dead
to the pin. He can travel like the wind.
Ho should have won nt least two open
championships, but he has nover won any,
and largely on this account. A bad Ho or a
poor shot has been sufficient too often to
break up his game. It takes Gil nbout four
holes to get ovor ono bad one. With his
ability nnd hli brilliance. If Gil could de
velop a steady patience In the face of
tough breaks, ho would be tho hardest
golfer In tho country to beat. For his
gamo hasn't a weakness from tho teo to
tho pin.
What It Is
Wo know of at least two crack ama
teurs who might havo won championships
but for this fatal lack of patlenco. What
Is patience? It Is first of all tho faculty
needed for practlco, for tho grinding part
of tho game that has no thrill. It Is tho
faculty of being able to come upon a bad
Ho and tnko this as n natural part of tho
game and net accordingly without being
upset. It Is tho faculty of being able to
miss a short putt and take this also as a
part of the game, and so forget ubout It.
It Is the faculty, you might say, of
knowing In ndvance that In the course of
every average round there will be bad
lies encountered, drives sliced nnd putta
missed. That these things aro all In
evitable happenings. That to the true
philosopher there la more glory In playlnir
a good shot from a bad He than from a
good one.
Expect Too Much
The main trouble Is that most golfers
except too much from their gamo. The
golfer who plays around 80 expects to
have a 75. The golfer whoso game Is SB
Is sore because he didn't land an 80. The
100 golfer figures he should have had an
easy 95.
Each round the average golfer figures
that something happened to wreck his
score which will not happen on the next
round. Ho figures this ns a piece of ex
ceptional hard luck. Ono day It is poor
driving; the next bad putting; the next
something else. But he finds It hard to
meet these various upsets with equanimity.
Which la only natural and human. It la
much simpler to mention these defects
than It la to correct them. And yet they
can be corrected just as a slice, a hook or
other physical faults can be corrected.
And nothing will pay more than this
practice of patience. It moans a steadier
grip, a surer touch, a cleverer eye. The
golfer whose disposition la torn apart by
'hard luck or a bad shot la up against It.
The neeuea control upon his nervous sys
tem Is gone. He Is a rudderlesa ship upon
a stormy sea.
1UKT LU tJE
GIANTS TO END
FIRST PHILLIES
SERIES TODAY
Bender or Chalmers Will
Be Moran's Choice for
Mound Duty
PERRITT MAY OPPOSE
By CHANDLER D. RICHTER
Tho Phillies nnd Giants will play tho
Inst gamo of tho opening scries thin after
noon. Manager Moran probably will send
cither "Chief" Bonder or Georgo Chalmers
to tho mound, with chances favoring tho
former. Bender always has been an excel
lent cold-weather pitcher and If his arm Is
In good trim ho is the most likely choice,
as Chalmers Is generally moro effective In
the warm weather.
Manager McGrnw declares that ho Iiob
no Idea who his twlrlcr will bo and will
not decldo until he has warmed two or
threo of them up. If Pol Perritt shows
anything at nil In practice he will most
likely face tho Phils. Perritt had llttlo
Bucccsa ngalnst tho champions lost sea
son, but when he wns with the Car
dinals wns even more effective than
Willie Doak, who was enjoying great suc
cess In 19H.
The Phils havo come to realize that
McGrnw has a powerful und fighting team,
which Is going to he In tho race If tho
pitchers hold up their end, McGrnw has
plenty of pitchers, most of -whom aro ex
perienced men, but aa n whole hla staff
docs not look rugged enough to stand tho
grind unless two or threo of tho doubtful
veterans como through In splendid shape
In tho wnim weather.
McGraw Drives Giants
For this reason McGrnw Is driving his
men hnrd now In hopes of getting a long
lead beforo tho time arrives when pitch
ing will decide tho Insuo If tho rnco is
close. Whether any of tho lead will bo
gotten at tho expense of tho Phillies de
pends entirely upon how soon tho cham
pions find their batting stride.
Manager Moran cannot account for tho
weak hitting of his men. nor can tho fans.
as tho Phils havo a great deal of natural
clubbing nblllty and wero going nt their
proper stride beforo arriving home. Moran
bolloves thnt a few of those who have not
been hitting are duo to start any day
now, and believes that thero Is no hotter
time than today.
Whllo the Phillies nnd Giants are bat
tling hero tho Athletics will try to brenk
Into the winning column ut tho oxpenso of
tho world's champions, providing a few
of the players do not freeze to death be
foro the game starts. Tho weather was
hitter cold for tho first two games against
the lied Sox and neither contest should
havo been played.
The homo team has the privilege of de
ciding If a gamo shall bo postponed, and
Manager Carrlgan evidently wanted to
pile up a few victories at the expense of
the Athletics while they nro weak In pref
erence to playing double-headers later In
the season, when tho Mackmen may be
going ut a rapid clip.
Witt Improving
Lawton Witt Mack's schoolboy star
from Qoddard Seminary,- will mak his
debut as the regular shortstop this after
noon. A report from Boston says that
Sam Crano Is suffering from a "charley
horse," but If such Is the case ho de
veloped It whlllng away tho tlmo yester
day, as he did not have It when the
writer left tho team In Boston.
Mack Intended to work Witt a few
games beforo the team returns, and has
been so well pleased with hla Improvement
In fielding that ho probably could not re
sist tho temptation to send him Into the
game for a few days. Unless Mack pulls
Witt out to rest him or to allow him to
sit on the bench to see a few of tho mis
takes ho mny make through Inexperience,
we will venture the opinion that Crane
will get the position back.
The best "polar bear" In the Mack pitch
ing squad will s.tart the game this after
noon, but he will divide the work with
another hurler, as Mack does not Intend
to allow any of his pitchers to work nine
Innings In such cold weather. Mack
wanted to work Crowell against tho Red
Sox. as tho youngster beat Carigan's team
last fall, but tho weather Is too cold; with
the Brunonlan a trlflo below the form he
was showing a few weeks ago. Jack
Nabors probably will start the game, with
Tom Sheehan finishing.
For the Bed Sox either George Foster or
Marty McHale will get the call. The lat
ter la performing a come-back, and Carrl
gan believes the veteran haa returned to
the major league for a long stay. He Is
In excellent snape at the present time,
while Foster and 'JDutch" Leonard are a
little slow rounding Into form.
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CTTTiJX f S C SAN- CeTNCUTHltJO-sA (p),
I NAie'tu Take, him I T'WE J om 6AW.& and lets go 7
rou. a drive Vvr-'' Tew owe o' Them foy TUot I 7
4 n TM? PARUl. J ! & WtACETS Tfcis AFT&CWOOW V gm
ls m I l AwT had a pawcb suq& MM Pm
ijN. ( x igFT mcKvvf hue ; s NX YrP
Bccoutd not understand;
Whv tftoutd Hit breathing he to hard
and rtraicnf
Where ions tho punch he once held in
each hand,
The ujinnliifl punch propelled 61 nerv
and brawn t
Why to hi eyes ahoutd come that growing
hate,
Leaving a tittir ho had not fcnoicn be
fore t
Where teas the waltop of the vanished
dayst
The knock-out waltop he had held in
atoret
What was U all about t
The heavy thumping of his tecary
heart
The dulled and mtij?!rd roar tho sullen
shout
TJic aching arms that would not do their
partt
Here tea the cAance at last to rise and
shoio
Who ruled as master of the titter fray',
Here teas the chance tut what grip
turned the blow
Into a tap a child might ward awayt
Was he not cftamplon stillf
Had he not ruled the field from year
to year t
What bands of steel then crushed the an
dent will
What through his reign had known no
foe to fearr
Wnuro loaj the oltUime potoer of the poke
That closed each battle in one stinging
blowt
Yet hero tonight he reeled before this joke
He shoutd have murdered seven rounds
ago.
And then, at last, he knew;
For even as he tagged and crumpled up,
And, falling from far heights, forever
through,
Drank to the final dregs the bitter cup
In that one flash of pain he met tho truth
That sfnicfc at him with raw fangs
buried deep
It'icro from lost years the mocking voice
of Youth
Counted the final Ten above his sleep.
Hack In 19H the Braves got away on
the Hog Train and rode this route until
July. At this point the rest of tho league
fell dead, and tho Braves, from 15 to 20
games In tho rear, romped through to a
ponnant. Last season thn Braves again
got another bad start, and wero too far
behind to make up,
"1016," says Stallings, "will bo n dif
ferent story. For the first time I havo
NEWS FROM THE
Th Manufacturers proved to be the clan
of the local aituada In thn accond annual
champlonahlpa of thn Atlantic Coaat Associa
tion tenpln matches last nluht in Washington,
I). C, and not only rolled the highest ncores
of nnj- of tho slsht local nve-man equiuls,
but also established tho hlah scorlns record
for the tourney, knocklnc down 2700 pins In
tholr three irames. Whether or not thin mrre
Ruto will bo sufficient to win remains to bo
seen, but It Is likely to be surpassed by soma
of tho other anuada yet to roll, notably tho
Syracuse expcrtB. who are applicants for the
1017 championships of tho organization.
Howeier, tho showing of the lnterclub bowl
ers Is tho best ot the major league quintets
from this city who havo displayed much skill
In the public alloy competitions here. The
Manufacturers bciran with a score of 029
and fallowed with 01 S and D17. lllcklnr, who
led on, was high for the three games, totaling;
3M7. Hchoettle got 00H and the best Individual
score, "L'.'. In his first attack on the pins,
vrliila Johnson tallied S78, having; a SOi score
In hla second same.
The Whits Elephants totaled 2052 pins,
which was two pins better than Wyndham
Colts' score, and are fourth and fifth In the
championship rating, which will close next
Tuesday, "illll" Knor I'd the ex-champions
with r.bO. nnlshlnr with a 2-- count.
Thompson showod up In flno style with the
Colts and after irettlncr away to a 141-pin
HAVRE DE GRACE RACE
TRACK OPENS SCHEDULE
Horse Meeting Makes Second of
Kind in East This
Season
HAVnil DE GItACB, Md April 15.
The opening of tho course here today
marks the second step of the Invasion of
the Eastern racing season of 101C, Havre
de Grace always has been a favorite
track with tho follower of tho sport,
principally because or Its accessibility by
rail from New York, Philadelphia, Balti
more and Washington, also the fact that
a much better class of entrants are given
their first trials.
There are stabled at the "course on
the bay" some 600 horses, which will be
augmented by the majority that havo
raced at Bowie, nnd considering the list
of events carded for this coming meeting,
each day's card having a etake or handi
cap of J 1000 added or more, as well aa a
steeplechase event which will be run every
odd day, starting with the opening, there
should not be a dearth of entries for all
the eventa.
For today tha chief event will be the
Harford handicap at rive and one-halt fur
longs, carrying an added $1500.
Withlngton to Coach Columbia
MBW YORK. Anrll IB. Ted Wlthlnrton
will be assistant football coach at Columbia
uanersny, vriiniimion piju mn i
Harvard and now Is a student at tho union
Theological Seminary,
enough good pitchers to got enough good
pitching. Even If I have two or three In
poor shape there will be others to do th
work, We havo a better ball ctub today
than when we won a world championship
In four straight games. And If wa get
tho start I expect to get well, the rest
of It Is nh easy guess."
With Speaker missing, the Braves now
have a better chance to win In the Na
tional Leaguo than the Bed Sox hnva In
tho American.
B- L P. Johnson Inst season won 27
games nnd lost 13. He had n,bad year. If
you call leading the league In pitching ef
fectiveness bad. Otherwlao not.
"To settlo nn argument," queries a
Northampton fanatic, "will Cleveland bo
strengthened 40 per cent, or only IB rer
cent by tho addition of Trls Speaker?"
We should hazard about 20 per cent. A
bit moro than IE, but not 40.
"Sny, I want to exchange this mashlo
for another. It's no good. I tried a shot
with It nt the seventh holo nnd topped tho
ball Into tho pond."
"You must havo taught me the wrong
grip yesterday. I tried It for nearly ten
minutes today nnd It wouldn't work."
Walter Johnson has lost his fast ball
just as John D. has lost every nickel and
T. R. haa lost his Pep.
Honus Wagner la going on 48 Tears old.
Ha Is almost ten years oldor than any
other Inflelder In hla circuit, Tet wo are
Inclined to take a slight wager that ho out
bats any shortBtop In the National Leaguo.
Tho Phantom Dutchman Is going: to
make a terrific effort to bat .300 this year,
and ho haa a grand young chnndo to turn
the trick. Fop Anson closed hla 22 years'
career with n .300 average, and Honus
hopes to follow Pop's solect trail.
Ono of the most historical features of
the year will be tho annunl batting duel
between Lajolo and Wagner, each In hla
twentieth campaign, Lajole has now led
Wagner for tho last six years. Wagner's
laBt victory over tho Woonsocket Wal
loper waB back In 1009. Since that date
France has put something over on Ger
many, upon this continent at nny rate.
Last year Lajolo batted .280 and Wagner
.274. For this season, If you are looking;
for a fair wager, offer a proposition to the
effect that one of the two reaches ,800.
BOWLING ALLEYS
start, he concluded with a 210 and 230, which
gavo him 581 for the scries. Tom Jonea
cracked out 11 233 score in the second gams,
this being tho highest one-gumo scoro ox any
ot tho contestants.
Wyndham rolled a total acora of 2G94.
George Ilaltey being thcfleader of this veteran
squad. with in. and ltd Hottroan knocked
down B2U,
The champion Mancto team, which won
tho right to bowl by capturing tha champion
ship of the . Philadelphia nnd Quaker City
Leagues, failed to show- expected strength,
totnllng 2ST4. Flck'a 203 In his third game
was the only double century recorded by this
toam, Majestic totaled 2323, Shatter getting
22 1 In hla second gamo and Nock 21S In his
opening match. Morion C. C. rolled 2(61.
Ilalloy began with 214 for the cricket leaguers.
With the tire-man team games out of the
way tho local bowlers will double up and roll
In tho Individual series this afternoon 'at
Washington.
In tho Industrial League aeries on Casino
the tourney, beat IJobrow two games; Enter
alleys last night the Keen Kutters, leader ot
prise nesuncs performed a similar feat against
Atlantic Heflntng Company, Ulsenlohr downed
Hcull Company la two games, and Tryon Com
pany managed to win the odd game la three
from Ketterllnus.
McCandlCBs, of Keen Kutters, rolled scores
ot 216. 1U3 and 209.
raxson banged out ISO, 205 and 21S for the
Industrial leaders.
Saylor registered a 213 tally for Bobrow
In his second game.
dalsor. of Elsenlobr, totaled 222 In hla
third game.
Evenino Lzikier lost the last three games
to Post Press after winning the first two In tha
Curtis League's three-man series on Terminal
alleys last night. 1'rovlns won three from En-
S raving, Color Press also won three from
ournal Press,
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ANOTHER STAR CARD
TONIGHT TONinilT
National A. C. National A. C.
Frnnkle Conlfrcr vs. Stanley lllnrkl
All MI UNO vs. DAKIIV CAMl'Kll
MIAMU8 O'lHirilN vs. KIIIIIK WAtiONTt
FKANKIK FI.KMINO TS. l.KO VINCENT
IIAUIIV nONOUllK vs. JOHNNY nelson
NATIONAL LKAdUK PAIIK
Phillies vs. New York Giants
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