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ALAXY OF STAR BASEBALL PLAYERS ON THE PAYROLL OF THE CHICAGO WHITE
CLARENCE ROWLAND'S GREAT
"PA'PER" TEAM FAILS UTTERLY
;, TO PRODUCE EXPECTED RESULTS
pack of Brainy Players Is Cause Attributed to
x-uur snowing oi tne uniGago American
League Club This Season
V-T112 greatest attBtcgatloti of stars collected ort one team since tho fampus
' s "Ph,,,y machine of 1D00 was broken up by the invasion of the American League
'- to under tho wlnsr of Clarence nowland. of tho Chtcnjio White Sox, who make their
.V it nppcarnnce of the season In this olty tomorrow. Like the famous l'hllly
WHichlnc, which boasted of Lajole, Dekhnnty, flick, Thomas, Monte Cross.
r McFlarland, Douglatf, fraser. Hernhard, White, Donohue and others, the White
& Box are flndlnn It an easy matW to score a lot of runs when they get the Jump
S, n the opposing1 team, but w"en tl.oy get off to n poor start Rowland's team ap-
- fears to give up, Just as the Phllllc? did In tho old days.
On paper the Chicago team In the strongest nll-iound combination lu the major
leagues, but It falls' to produce th icsults. The Tigers arc looked upon as a
Slightly .stronger team, barrlt.g battery men, while two or three teams appear
to be belter equipped with pitching material. Hut none compares with Howland'n
tckm for alt-round mechanical citlclency.
Fans Wonder at White Sox's failure
-fTIHB fans nro mystified at the 'nllurc of tho White Hox to get a big lead, with the
JL other teams so slow rounding to form. They were surprised Inst season when
Rowland's team, after getting n lead of eight or ton games In the flist six weeks,
Went completely to pieces, an 1 It loo'o very much ns though the Sox me not going
to come back very strong this year.
Alibis of every description have been given for the failure of tho JVhlte Sox,
LQ but there opptc-s to be only one solution to the problem, and thnt Is that Rowland
Is not tho type of n manager who ran get along without brainy ball players. Tho
peerless nnd brilliant Eddie Collins Is a member of the White Sox, but ho cannot
do the thinking for tho entire to im, nnd tho majority of the other players do not
appear to bo capable of thln'tlng for themselves.
Lack of headwork, poor handling of a capable Btaff of pitchers and Eddie
Collins' failure to play up to his upual standard appear to be the main ailments
of this wonderfu' aggregation. When Rowland took charge of the White Sox ho
had tho greatest catcher In the game In Rny Schnlk, a wondetful array of
huHers and a fair team. Owner Comlskey immediately purchased every star he
could possibly buy, nnd gavo itowlaiu' a wonderful team, but It cannot win.
Jimmy Callahan Was Severely Criticised
CHICAGO fans and scribes ciiMclsed Jimmy Callahan because ho could not
finish up with the leaders claiming that ho worked his pitching staff poorly,
but Rowland has not been able to do nny better with a much more powerful team
behind tho same hurlers. On papei thero aie very few bettor hurling corps than
the White Sox havo nt tho present time, but tho results of the games would lead
' no to believe that Rowland's pitchers arc ns poor as tho Detroit staff.
Rowland has Urban Faber, Jo Bonz, Eddie Clcotte, Jim Scott und "Rebel"
Russell, who are seasoned veterans, and who are looked upon as stats on his staff,
to my nothing of Dave Danforth nnd Clarence Wlflinms. high-class recruits, and
the veteran Ed Walsh. Tho latter probably will bo of little use to Rowland, but
vUth flvo stars and two clever boulhpaw recruits, who were looked upon as the
pick of tho minor league field, tho White Sox have enough pitching talent to win
- the pennant if they were hardlcd properly.
Tho White Sox rank with the Tlgcr.4 for slugging ability, and really have a
better balanced offense, fiom tho top of the White Sox batting order, down to
Catcher Schalk. the White Stx have u wonderful an ay of hitters. With Murphy.
Felsch and Joe Jackson in the outfield, the Sox havo a powerful hitting, clover
baao running and, barring Murphy, a great fielding and throwing combination.
It Is not overcrowded with brains, however, nnd makes many costly mistakes,
Which aro not mado by quieU-tliliikliiff pluycrs.
Infield Is Powerful on The Offense
T, OURN1ER, Collins. Wcacr and either Tony or McMulIln form n powerful
' 'X? hittlnir infield, with strong fielding every place but at first base, where Fournler
"' .appears to bo woefully weak. He can hit, and has proved of greater value to tho
: f Sox: than a good fielder but n weak hitter, and while there is room for lmprove
proun(i -ent In this position, it Is jovered well enough, considering tho great power tho
f"7,0?fan has in other depattmcits.
lnaicat' Bchlnd tho bat tho "White Sox have the wonderful Schalk, who catches all tho
ons games when ho Is not on tho Injured list, and two'piomlslng youngsters In Mayer
and Lynn, tho latter being a newcomer. Schalk Is tho brainiest player on tho
c " team. br Ing Collins, and If Rowland paid moro attention to this pair In selecting
JL, Ms pltclra the White Sox probably would bo better off".
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All tiling lajJiaiUDIUU, 41 'O . 1V4IVCM. t,o.-." - 1 t""t -
nmhis nt h.cn 1:1 riL- looso on n loner, winning stieak at any time, but to date
the White Sox have been a sad disappointment. They are Just a trifle ahead
of the Atfiletlcs, and the present uulcs will be a battle for sixth plnco between
a team generally consldeied'a tnilenrl allegation, which Is playing up-to-date and
fighting bail, and an aggregation of stars who are wasting their great natural
.strength.
Phillies Have' Shaken Off Battinp; Slump
THE Phillies performed tho unusual feat of making a clean sweep of tho series
with Cincinnati on Redland Field by taking the final game with Herzog's
team yesterday. Tho Phils whaled the southpaw shoots of Heinle Schulz, nnd the
batting slump evidently Is a thlngyOf tho past. Four in a row over tho Reds
Would bo quite an achievement at any stage of the rnce. but Is oven moro note
worthy when one considers the condition the champions were In when they
started West.
Now that the batting slump Is over, tho Phillies should be able to break even
for tho entire trip. Including tho gumes played In Boston and Brooklyn. Tho
champions lost two out of lour in Boston, three straight In Brooklyn and then
dropped tho first two contests In St. Louis. It looked very much at that time ns
If tKe team had shot Its bolt In the first two weeks of the season: but the come
back In the final game In St. Louis and tho grand work against tho Reds indicate
that Moran's team Is back In the race to stay.
The ability of the pitching staff to continue Its grand work when the rest of
the team was below form saved the champions until the battirifj slump was
shaken off. Manager Herzog should be extended a vote of thanks by the Phils
for allowing the champions to Indulge in morning batting practice on the Reds'
field. This practice brought Cravath out of his slump, and tho clean-up man's
lugging was largely responsible for two of the victories.
With Cravath back In his stride and Alexander the Great still baflllng opposing
teams, the Phils look very much as they did in 1915. it remains now for Fred
Xuderus to strike his stride and the team will bo in excellent position to overhaul
the Dodgers and Braves on the long home stand.
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Frank Gllck, captain of Princeton's football 'eleven lust fall, has been op-
pointed coach of tho Mercersburg Academy football eleven for next fall. Click's
appointment came as a surprise, ns Mercersburg has alwaj'8 been strong for
Cennaylvanlans. and It was believed that a Red and Blue star would be offered
the position.
.Miserable pitching caused Detroit to drop another game to Washington. The
great slugging ability of tho Tlgem Is going to wnste because of the poor work of
th'e box men, and It Is said that tho players are becoming disheartened; The bench
ing of Crawford In favor of Harry Hcllmun after Bob Veach returned to the game
will tend to increase the confidence of opposing pitchers, who liad como to dread
the Cobb-Crawford combination, and. while Hellman may be able to play better
all-around ball than the veteran, the moral effect of "Wahoo" Sam's presence In
the game probably would bo of greater value.
The Injury to Dave Bancroft Is going to prove a serious blow to the Phillies
unless Bobby Byrne can play his old-time game nt third. Stock Is capable of play.
Ing an excellent game nt short, but Byrne lu said to be In poor shupo us the result
of on Injury sustained last winter. Any other member of the Phllly team could be
spared etter than Bancrdft. and the absence of real high-class reserve Inflelders
, jifnay prove a great handicap. .
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Lawton Witt has been increasing his batting average at a rapid clip on the
ijome stand. Since Monday a week ago Witt baB made 10 hits, Including 2 triples
,v an(T3 doubles, out of 23 tlmes.at bat. The youngster has drawn many passes and
'it fcas been on the bases oftener than any other man on Mack's team. His fielding
, .still a trifle erratic, but now that ho Is hitting the youngster's work In the field
fhquld Improve rapidly.
" Joe Byrne, a Philadelphia boy ,whp went to Bridgepoit, of the Eastern League,
tc play third base, has advanced already, Byrne's wot k attracted the attention of
Joe Birmingham, manager of the Toronto Internationals, and he made a trade for
thfl VOUn&ster. Uvrno fninprl Tnruntn In MIMimnn.l nn o.ln.,, n ..t j -A...
jJ j r -r-" -' " Jui.M.wajr. j,j jjiujrtq wiin
ifi the, Brill team, of the Delaware County League, last season, and Is a linotype .
pqir enerator In the Evbnjno LtnuKft composing room tn the winter moiths.
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HANDICAP flOPPE
IN BILLIARD PLAY,
SUGGEST CLINE
"Make Champion Play 18.1
to Others' 18.2," Urges
Local Man
GAMES WOULD BE CLOSE
Tom Foley, the Chicago eleran, started
something when ho Invented his new style
single line gntno to mnke ball to ball bil
liards more dlfllcult and thereby bring Will
lam F. Hoppe down closer1 to the level of
IiIb rivals. Other suggestions have fol
lowed, nnd It now seems probable that some
ort of tournament among the lending pro
fesslonnls will be played In the fall,
Thomas Qnllnghcr, ns lueh of n veteran
ns Foley, hns como to bnt with an argument
In fnor of cushion enroms. He thinks
this gnmc not only would glvo the others
n better chance against Hoppe. but woutd
result In Improvement of the others' gnmes
where they enn stand It most,
It would ho better for the spectnlor, too,
he hellcxcs, In thnt a player woutd not
monopolize the 'tnblo for stretches of 15
minutes nnd hnlf nn hour at a time while
making some big run of the kind often Been
in balk lint-.
Hurry Cllno, of this city, pays that he
plans steady practice between now nnd the
fnll with tho view of returning to competi
tive billiards. Cllno expressed the opinion
thnt Hoppe would outclass all opponents
just ns much In cushion enroms ns he docs
in bulk line. X
"Hoppe can beat nny cue expert In the
world nt nny gnme on the green cloth," ho
snld. "This includes balk line, cuihlon
caroms, three cushions and nny other
gnmes you enn think of. The only way to
make tho gnmes close would be to handicap
Hoppe. I would urge some such scheme ns
mnklng Hoppe play 18.1 to the others' 18 2,
lie probably would win even then."
CLEVELAND CLUBlS USE OF
SACRIFICE HIT HA PUT
THE INDIANS IN THE LEAD
During First Five Weeks' of Season's Campaign,
Lee Fo'hl's Folks Have Outscored Other
Teams in American League
Runs Scored This Week,
by Major League Teams
AMKltlCAN l.KAOUE.
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From the Cinder Path
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Thc lntcrarndmlc chnmtlonnhlpi. on the track
nnil field will be held on Franklin Held on
Hay ill
Tho defeit of Wallace Maxfteld, of I,nfnvott
by Howard Cnnn In the ahotput In tho Mlddlo
Htn.trn IntercollfRlntra came na a aurprlae. Mnx
detd'a defeat, too, cost Iafaettc the champion
ship. .
It l n bad day when the Western hurdler
do not break or equal the exlatlnfr record I.aflt
Haturday, Hlmpaon of Missouri, and Thompson
of the University of California ran 14 4-8 sec
onds over the hlsh stlcka
Hoyt, the Grlnnel sprinter, nnd Simpson, the
Missouri athlete, are track teams In themselves.
Simpson has been cood for -O or more points In
every dual meet for Missouri, nnd I!ot mi been
seorinn -(I nnd '-'3 points In each meet for Grin
nell. Norrls the former Tale mller. Is rnnnlns bet
ter for the University of Vlrclnla than he did
for Ynle. Ills half In 1:.".1 '.'-S at I'rlnceton last
Saturday vvaa his bojt effort
Kddle Teschner will b a hard fellow to beat
In thn Intcrcolteglnte sprints If he maintains his
present form He ran II 4-r, seconds for the luo
vards and 1:1 3-3 seconds for the l ncalnsl
Vale.
Htnnford and Michigan will engage In a dual
meet at Ann Arbor Snturday which should Rive
one n line on what Stanford has for the inter
colleslatca The Catlfornlan nre brlw-lni; 10
men Hast Michigan Is solne to send only five
men to the champs
Yale may not havo a wonderful team for dual
competition, but with Oler In the Jumps, aided by
Hampton, the former Kxeter lad, who leaped
over 23. Btralnst Harvard, Overton. In the one or
two miles, nnd Fnrwell In the hurdle, the lllua
will cause many colleges to nwlnr some athletes
around In the Intercolleglates.
It would be worth while for some collcffo to
give Izxy HouRh the George Rchool lad. the onco
over. In the Northeast High School meet Hough
won the broad jump, the quarter mllo and ran
third In the hundred He will develop Into a great
track man nnd Is a first-class basketball plaer.
Penn cou'd use him
SUPI'OSB some one on or around the first
day of April had offered to ungor you
that by the l6th day of May the Cleveland
club would have scored more runs thnn any
other team In cither league?
The chalices nre oU would hne sprained
your tongue taking tho bet. And having
made It, you wouliL-lmve gone out nnd
spent the money, considering the kale nl
ready yours.
Cleveland nt .the end or fle weeks would
score more runi thnn Detroit with Cobb,
Crawford, Vcnch, Jtellmnn nnd Uurns? Or
thnn Chicago with Collins, Kournlcr, Jnck
son, Kelcli, Schalk nnd Weaver? Or thnn
New York with linker. Mngoe, tlllhooley.
Matsel and Gcdcon? Yet on Jlny lSlh
Cleveland had ecbred IIS runs, beyond De
troit running second In tho tally making
line nnd tvcll beyond, tho other fourteen
innjor league clubs.
Coast Athletes Leave for Cambridge
STANFOnD UNIVEHSITT. Cal . Hay 17
The Stanford University track team of la ath
letes have left here for Ann Arbor. .Mich., to
compete next Saturday In a dual meet with the
University of Michigan. May 28 and 27 the team
Is to take part tn the Intercollegiate Amateur
Athletics Association of America championships
at Cambridge. Among tho athletes are I. It.
Wilson, who holds the Pacific coast record for
the mile and three-quarter mile runs: Mere
dith House, who broke the Pacific const record
Saturday In the 220-sard low hurdles, with
the time of 23 4-3 seconds, and Frederick Mur
ray, a lR-second man In the high hurdles.
Whys and Wherefores
Anv club, picked to finish seventh, that
can fight Its way to the front within five
weekB Is" nn Interesting study.
Modern bnsebnll Is supposed to consist
mostly In batting plus biiBe running or tho
hit and run on nttnek. Tho sacrifice Is
supposed to be ft. remnant of tho mlddlo
nges. Yet Clevelnnd. fifth In batting, has
scored more runs than nny other club
largely thiough her line use of tho B.ictl
flcc. Fifth In batting, tho Indians nro Boventh
In base stealing, only a notch nlxrvc the
Mnckmcn. Hut they have BO sacrifice hits
where no other club In cither circuit has
jet renphed 37,
it might seem Impossible nt first peek for
a telub to be fifth In batting, seventh In
base stealing nnd llrst In run making. Hut
thnt Is exactly vvhnt Cleveland Is. Cleve
land Is showing, so far, the same ability
to get runs that the old White Sox had
Just ten years ago when they won a pen
nant with1 the weakest hitting club under
neath tho Big Top. It Is this ability to get
runs without a heavy attack, plus steady
pitching, thnt has made the lluckeyo citadel
tho gossip of all fandom.
The Acid Test
Ability to get runs without a slashing at
tack shows a continuity of team play and
n. general alertness that overlooks few bets.
Whether Cleveland slays In front or not
she Is pretty sure to bo a vital factor as
long ns this team play and altcrtncss re
main in c.imp.
Can It bo that after two comparatively
lean years the Great 551m, meaning Heinle
the Hlttlte, Is about to regain his own
again?
In 1011 Heinle batted .307 with tho Cubs.
In 1012 he reached .372, leading the league;
In 1013 his mark was .313, but In 1914 and
1915 ho fell below .300, toppling to .265
last year.
Xovv Heinle is back with his pristine
punch, his ancient wallop, with the dust
erased from his batting eye. Ho enters tho
sixth -week of the campaign Just over .350
and any number of these blows havo been
for extra bases. In addition to which the
Ilenovvned Zim Is playing the star game of
his hectic, frenzied nnd harassed career at
third.
Princeton Afloat
It has been several seasons since Prince
ton landed a football or a track champlon
sTilp, but Old Nassau afloat is another mat
ter. Princeton so far has beaten Harvard,
Yale. Columbia, Annapolis nnd Penn on tho
water, proving for the first time In natural
history that tno Tiger Is an amphibious
animal.
Or will It be better to change Princeton's
Hy GHANTLAND KICK
athletic cog irom me user iu mo nyum
Fish? '
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Hobcrtnon vs. Cobb
Has Virginia at Inst entered n candidate
to oppo'C Georgia's Flying Ghost? If there
Is any man to give Ty Cobb nn even bnttl6
on the yenr's count tho name Is Have Hob
ertsoti.'tho Olnnt outfielder, better known
as the Virginia Heel
Itoberlsoil Is n trlfjo fnBtcr than Cobb,
being tho fastest man now lu bnsoball He
Is more powerfully built, weighing 192
pounds. Ho hns a better nrm, having been
one of the greatest college pitchers of tho
Inst ten years And he can hit tilt vvlth
nlmo't nny man thnt ever manipulated a
bat. llobertson, although reporting Just be
fore tho season, hns started oft ns Ty
started n year ago. He Is the only tegular
In cither circuit batting over 400. nnd,
vvhnt I more Important, he is clouting tight
and left hnndr-rs with cqitnl effect. Hobcrt
non h n harder hitter thnn Cobb, but ho
still incks tho Georgian's keen nlerlnesH on
nttnek nnd his general nggrcsslvcness at nil
times. It Isn't likely thnt oven ItobertTOti
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The fliure abote represent, the total rims
orrd by the major leacne tlulu from Hun
jr until Tuesday. Inclusive.
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day tintl
will finish beyond Cobb this senson, but If
the trick Is turned It will be Virginia Dave
finishing with the olive stuff.
The rumor hnt Hal Chase was traveling
beyond his batting speed seems to have
been a trlllo exaggerated, ns the lied star
Is still pitching along with a mark nbovo
.360.
If we ever go to war wo nominate .Tack
Monklcy to coach our nrmy corps, They
niny trim us then, but they'll never catch
us.
Chick iAIniscl Goes to Montreal
BCItANTON. ln.. May 17, Owner Allen, of
Ihc local New York State beagun team, vvaa uij
nlie to get George Malsel back from tho Detroit
Timers, to which he was sold at the rlose of the
New York Slate League season laat sear, A
deal ha been completed whereby .Malsel goes to
the Montreal team of tho International league.
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ins nuns aid not develop umii n""11 U
sylvnnla.Corncll dual meet at Vn.1"
Inst Saturday, when he fell de 'jHSiJ
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