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PHILS ARE GETTING BETTER WHILE BOSTON IS NOT SHOWING UP TO FORM
EVENING LEPqEB-PHXLADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1916.
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fe&RICE PREDICTS ATHLETICS
WILL ONCE MORE LAND
SAFELY IN EIGHTH PLACE
Mack, Once Leader of
Machine in History,
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Club in
By GRANTLAND RICE
Tub story of Contito Mack forms one of
the greatest dramas that bnsouftll Iisb
ever known. Baseball, being n game of
' swift action nnd Intense emotion, hns nl
ways bsrti chockful of the dramatic
But we know of nothing In all tho wide'
and winding realm of sport 'that quite
' parallels the caso of the eminent Phlla
Otljjhlnn. ' Speaking of Ups and Downs
,'xllere Is n. man Who stands ns the only
living manager that over won six pen
nants and three world championships,
One who for four years had a ball cUib
that almost wrecked tho league by Its
overpowering strength.
Hero Is this same manager piloting n
ball club that nhlshed'last a year ngo" and
.today looks to bo the weakest machine In
the major leagues. Connie Is almost sure
to flnlslv a bad last once more. We doubt
If all the dynnmlto used at Verdun could
lift him higher than tho cellar abodo he
now adorns.
Leader of Extremes
'"Apparently Fate has doomed Manager
;Jtack to bo a leader of wldo oxtrcmes. Tho
game's allotted destiny has doomed him to
have a ball club that Is cither too good
, ,or too bad for the game. And, lest It be
fforgotten, tho span erf his grcnt clubs is
ffar longer than tho rcgliWe of his poor
'ones. Ni) man In baseball has done moro
ifor the gamo and has gotton less In the
Vay of financial reward.
'Only look nt tho Individual stars ho has
dovoloped Plank, Coombs, Bender, Col
lins, Haker, Barry, Mclnnls, Schang, Old
ring, Btrunk, Dygert, Murphy, Davis and
.many others. No man has given cleaner
or better baseball, and yet today, beyond
BO, when ho should bo reaping tho roward
of wonderful achievement, ho Is starting
all 6vcr again, with llttlo profit back or
hlm.ior tho great years' ho has known.
The Situation
Wo wonder how Mack feels today with
a club doomed to last placo when he
looks about him.
.. There Is Boston, a pennant contender,
through a stnr that lie developed Jack
Barry.
Thero Is Chicago, another strong pen
nant possibility, through another of his
stars nddio Colllm.
" Thero Is New York, out of tho rut at
last, through tho strength Imparted by
Baker, still another of his pupils.
Of tho four clubs that have tho best
,chanco to vln a Hag, threo owe tho bulk
'of their pulssanco to the man who is now
a mero trailer In tho game.
Tho fact that ho waH paid for these
stars has no significance when It Is known
that ho has mado less than 2 per cent, on
his Investment, with six pennant years
behind him. If ho could make no money
with a pennant winner, where Is hli for
tuno to co mo from with a tallcnder?
The NVays of Fate
Tho ways of fato are beyond all under
standing. Tho man who nnanqcd the
A;nerlcan Leaguer tho man who stood a
chance, to lose JCiO.OOO and not make a
cent, has been crowded out through money
troubles. "Wo refer, to Charllo Somcrs.
Tho man who has given tho American
Loag-Uo Its greatest glory from th'o play
ing standpoint. Connlo Mack, Is now
headed so swiftly for the Subtcrranaan
Country that nothing' can check his
descent. '
It was tho machine built up by Mack
that stopped tho wild chargo of the Na
tional League and prevented tho younger
circuit from bolng known ns a dependent
body. The Giants had won the world
championship In 1905. Cubs and Pirates
had utterly crushed the American League
wlnnors in, 1907. 1908 and) 1909. The
National League had won the Intorleague
series four years out of Ave. And then
Mack arrived with his, legion In 1910,
dismantled the Cubs and whipped the
Giants to a froth, thereby re-establishing
Ills circuit In tho hearts of fandom.
Building Back
No game, can keep men like Connie
Mack and John Med raw down very long.
Both are fine organizers team builders
and though suppressed for a spell will get
their balance again and start moving up
ward. We recall the club that Mack sent
West Just 10 years' ago. It was one
of the poorest looking machines a big
league club over had In the field. It was a.
joke outfit in almost every particular. But
two years later Connie was giving Ilughle
Jennings a September battle for the top,
lind two years after that he had the world
series champions.
Yes, It's a zig-zag course baseball takes
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PHILLIES v, BOSTi
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Most Famous Baseball
Now Has Weakest
Majors
once It starts moving from the beaten way.
In nddltlon to Mack, doomed to last place,
and McQraw. struggling to wipe out the
blot of a tail-end year, there Is Frank
Leroy Chance leading a minor league club
and Fred Clarke out of the game.
Yet these four men In tho last IB jears
have won among them 19 pennants and
six world championships.
BINGLES AND BUNGLES
Alexander tho Great looked as good as
ecr. If there Is anything wrong with
the Ncbrnskan's nrm now, National
League clubbers nro going to have a
mlghtly loan summer when rho Phllly
star Is on the mound. After Alex pulled
out of two bad holes In the gamo tho
Braves never had a chance for victory.
One of Alexander's greatest feats dur
ing the gamo was the control ho showed
with Maranvllle at the bat In the seventh
Innlnir. Tho count stood three balli and
no strikes when Alexnnder found tho
plate. The Boston shortstop took two
strikes nnd then fouled off 7 successive
iiltrlma liefnro rrroilmllnit to Bancroft.
This made 10 succosslvo pitches Alex
ander sent acrosB tho center of tho plate
after getting In a hole. In tho fourth
Inning IConey worked tho Nebraskan for
threo Btrnlght balls, but Alex put the
noxt two over and then Koncy Illcd to
I'nskert.
Bert 'Nlehoft Is taking a freer swing
at the bnll and seems to have more con
fidence than last season. Nlchoff Is hit
ting moro like tho Nlchoff of 1914, who
was rated as 0110 of tho moBt dangerous
clubbers In the Nntlonal League. Play
ing with the tail-end Hods, Nlehoft stood
sixth In number of runs driven, in. Ho
Is, a vory much Improved ball player nnd
tho Phils should bo glad they did not
get Joo Oedeon.
Rudolph has moro troublo with tho
Phillies than all tho other National
League teams combined. Nothing Is
sweeter to Dick thnn a victory over tho
Phils, but ob Alexander Is Invariably1
sent against tho Boston star, ltudolph'B
victories over tho champions aro likely
to be few nnd far between.
WHAT MAY HAPPEN
IN BASEBALL TODAY
NATIONAL, LKAOUE.
rinii. Won. :Lot. r.r. win. i.o.
r.hlllle 3 .? .xoo ."
Olndnnnli n s ,714 .7RO .2S
llaJinn ...... S 1 .(107 .7RO .BOO
St. Ixml" J. .1 3 .BOO .Ml .401)
Pltt.hnrrli H 4 .121) .300 .8711
!SW York 1 2 .333 .BOO kSBO
Chlcnro 2 4 .313 .42? .880
llrookln U 2 .UUU .333 .uuu
AMERICAN I.KAOUi;.
Club. Won. Ixwt. P.O. Win. Lo.
rtnaton i.. 4 1 ,S0O .KSi .HOT
rhlnurn ....... B 2 .714 ,7B(i .02
Neir yorU......I. S 1 .fl17 .710 .BIH1
Si Ii!r. .1 .1 -BOO .B71 .4211
ttn.hlnrton 2 2 .boo .01)0 .41)0
Detroit a 4 .420 .Bl)0 .S7B
JiAVmnd .........a 4 .ass .i am
Athletic .0 .4 .00.0 .?00 ,000
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. NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Huston nt rhllndrlphla.
New lork at lirooklrn.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Athletic nt New York. , t
Washington at Uofiton, n. m. anil p. til
St. Loulv at Clilrnro.
Detroit at CleTelnnd
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
rhlll!an, 4 1 IloMon. 0.
Cincinnati. 4l I'lttxburib, 3.
Other kuuim postponed.
.UICRICAN LK.GUE.
New York. 4i Athletics, 2,
Wunhlngton, 4i llottoo. 2.
Detroit. 4t Cleveland, 3.
Clilruro, 7l Ht. Louts. S.
' American Association ,
Columbus, it Knnsaa Cltr, 0. k
St. Paul. 4t Indlnnnpolli, 1.
Toledo, 4 1 Mlhraukre, 2.
Mlnneapolln, 2l Louisville, I.
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CREWS READY
FORDUAL MEET
First and Second Crews to
Row on Schuylkill River
Saturday Afternoon
TEST FOR WRIGHT
College rowing comes Into Its own this
week. On Saturday Ynlo and Penn
sylvania formnlly open tho reason on the
Schuytklll, with raceB between their flrjt
and second crews. H will bo tho most lm
bortnnt meeting of the weelc for the col
legiate athletic world.
Speculating on tho outcome of aarly
Reason boat races Js always futile, nnd
more bo than ecr In regard to the coming
race. At tho same tlmo the followers of
both crows nro looking forward to the
meeting with tho most Intense Interest,
nnd thero will certainly bo many Im
portant conclusions drawn ffom tho race.
Pennsylvania men are deeply conccrnod
for two reasons. FlrBt, It will give them a
lino on tho ability of Joo Wright ns a
coach of college crews! and, second, It wilt
demonstrate to n certain degree tho wis
dom of the Spartan training regime which
Wright has installed, Wright will not
hove to proe his ability no n conch, for
his long experience with the Argonaut
Rowing Club, of Toronto, has demon
strated that, but thlB Is tho nrst time that
ho haB coached a collego crew.
Severe Test
It Is a mighty severe test for tho Cana
dian Instructor. He has had to take up
tho work of another coach, with whose
methods ho was not famlllnr, nnd ho has
had to work with a lot of new men.
Wrfght has felt his wny along carefully,
taking nothing for granted In regard to
tho ability of last yenr'a etcrans, As
a result he knows pretty well what his
crews can do.
Yalo comes hero with a veteran coach
nnd tho majority of a crew which last
year won tho intcrcollcglato champion
ship. Guy Nlckalls, a brother of last
year's Pennsylvania coach, has been nt
Ynlo long enough nnd scored triumphs
enough to command tho nbsotuto confi
dence of tho crew nnd Its followers. To
that extent Yale possesses a distinct ad
vantage over Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania men feel that their crew
Is likely to oven up YjK& natural ad
vnnt.iircB of veteran ntTTterlaf In coach nnd
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Pennsylvania was the first college crew
on the water. And, due to the rndlcat
training Ideas of Coach Wright, the men
did not return to the Indoor machines or
give up rowing temporarily because of
freezing weather.
Atlantic Magnates Meet Today
A meeting of the Atlantic? tlnaeball teairue
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noon, at 2 o'clock. The final place for, the.
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NEWS FROM THE
I.lbertr Hell quintet established a new alnrle
frame, flvft-man team record. of .11 32, aaainai
Crescents, in the. Philadelphia Lenaue aeries,
sfif
ie acorn 01 mis ni frame, .were: .iiinii,
I8i Ithoadea. Inli Rrclsher. 2351 Fink, 105:
look, ls.
Phillip Oodlay. of tha Merlon C. C, la c.
end Vice president of tho Atlantic Const Na
tional, Allocution of (he Atlantic, Coast Bowling-.
Association, while Herbert Fehr, lice
president of the local chapter, has been a
member of the Executive Board.
Tom O, Jones, president nf the local chapter
of the Atlantlo Coast Uawllntc Association, has
been elected national secretary of the oriranl
satlon. Neit rear's championships haa been
awarded to Syracuse, N r.
Thomas Damon la president of .the National
nonlinjr.Aneoclatlon, bo this city is well taken
care of by the rival eastern governing associa
tions, ,
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BOWLING ALLEYS
nfftht T.lhertv rtell won two nmH fmm
Crescent! Camden mad a clean aweep or tne
KHiurs wiin nunuroaniiel iioaa nownea x. ,
Pmlth team twice, and Keystone won two from
Pennsylvania Itallroad.
The Casino Alley championships In elnrte
and . two-men classes, open to bowlers t no
participated In tournaments decided at the
Chestnut street establishment, will be the
nrsi or me post-season tuorneya to start. They
ip nnnguncni lor jissi aionuay mam. 'jney
will ba scratch events,
, The openlna- games In .the National Asso
ciation tourney also will bea-in on May 8. on
Keystone alios, These contests will he hand!
cap events In five-man teams, three-man teams,
two-man teams and Individuals.
Tha tttldsnna. nt ttohotfen. trnnrtf9 4awm
2837 pins In the Washlnaton championship
games last nlaht and took, first place from
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