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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1016.
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EBBETS INSISTED ON PLAYING FIRST GAME OF PHIL-DODGER SERIES DESPITE
v EBBETS HAD NO THOUGHT FOR
FANS' COMFORT; SIMPLY CASE
' OF GETTING PUBLIC'S MONEY
Evidently Brooklyn Club Disliked Idea of Re
funding Receipts, for 10,000 Paid Admissions
) . and Ordered Game Played
TilB worst farce In the history of baseball va3 enacted at Ebbets' Klold yester
day afternoon when the Phillies and Brooklyn wero permitted to start and finish
the first game of a scheduled double-header with the field In such horrlblo condi
tion that It was apparent to the 10,000 spectators that baseball was out of tho
question. Tho fans would have been contented If the III at prao had been post
poned, and they were propared to wait for the start of the second battle when the
umpires, acting upon Instructions, railed play.
It had rained from 12 o'clock until after 2, and was drizzling slightly, with tho
field ankle deep In mud, when Umpire Byron announced that n gama would bo
played. The fans were amazed, but us tho skies were clearing they believed tho
etorm might bo ovor and the flold would bo 'ill y after a few Innings had been
played, but no sooner had tho game begun than It started to rnln heavily.
Tho flrBt shower after play had started should have been enough to enuso
the umpires to call tho contest off,, but Owner Ebbet3 let It be known that ho
wanted tho game to continue because there were 10,000 cash customers In tho park.
Brooklyn has had many postponed gomes on the present homo stand, so Ebbels
thought that the fans should pay for the club's misfortune
Tho most remarkable gamo In tho entire history of baseball resulted, nnd
regardless of who happoncd to win, tho result only could be and was unsatisfactory.
It looked very much as It Utnptro Byron would have called the game off after
four and a half Innings If It had not been the second outbreak by tho fans. If
this had been done the score would have reverted back to the fourth Inning, with
neither team winning, while the rain checks would not have been good, because the
'required four and one-half Innings had been played. It is a fortunate thing that
Umpire Byron has gicat courage, nnd took It upon himself to make the two
teams go through nine innings In n steady downpour of rain and on a Hold which
'was ankle deep In mud on tho base lines, and from five to ten inches depth of
iqrater on tho outfield.
Ebbctts' Statement at Sports Writcis' Dinner
IT WAS only last winter that Owner Ebbets told several hundred fans nt the Phila
delphia Sporting Writers' banquet that baseball was tho gamo of tho people;
that he had always mado It "a point to allow tho fans to dictate tho Brooklyn
Club's policy, and several other such statements about baseball being in Its
infancy, etc., and that ho was tho real pilot of tho dear old public.
After four Innings had been played In a downpour of rain yestotday the fans
camo to, the conclusion that Ebbets forgot his promises and did not hear them
shouting to call the game, and they took matters In their own hands. They
rushed' upon th field and, standing nnklc deep In mud, demanded that Umpire
Byron call oft tho game, which would permit them to see a double header today
on the rain chocks Issued yesterday. Umpire Byron know just what Owner
Ebbets thought of such a procedure after tho gamo had been permitted to start,
nnd rightfully looked out for tho club's Interests. Ho Insisted that the gamo
continue.
Fans Thoroughly Peeved nt Owner Ebbctts
THE fans were Just as obstinate as Byron and they insisted that It should not
continue. The action of the fans placed Byron, Owner Ebbets nnd tho Biooklyn
Club in a very nasty position. If the fans refused to leavo the Held within live
mlnutos there was nothing left for Byron to do but forfeit the game. This would
have satisfied tho fans, a3 much -as they wanted to see tho Dodgers win, because
the rain checks would have been good today or any other day. Any time a
baseball fan ia willing to cause the forfeiture of a game which thq. homo team has
an excellent chance to win, thoy are thoroughly peeved, ami such was the case
yesterday. ,-'
Thins were not enough police or ground attendants in the park to handle
tho crowd, bo as a last resort Manager Robinson and Captain Jnke Daubcrt mado
apecrhos, begging the fans to got off the field to save a forfeiture, l-'lnnlly
their pleading had tho desired effect and the fans returned to their scats; but
ns tho storm broke out auow, thuy swarmed upon tho Held again after Ed I'feffer,
tho Dodger's star pitcher, hod thrown three balls.
They know they were hplng robbed, and as much as thoy sympathized with
tho Brooklyn players, who .are battling hard to bring home thd 'pennant, thoy
could not stand for such an exhibition of greed on tho part of a magnato who
showed plainly that tho dollar mark comfj beforo tho comfort and good will of
tho fans. After arguments between tho Brooklyn players nnd tho fans, they de
cided that since tho club had their monoy and Intended to keep It, they might Just
ns well get the farco over ao quickly as possible.
Tinker Has Settled on His Own Line-up
JOE TINKER has completed experimenting with his Cub machine and now has
It aimed In the general direction of tho 1910 National League pinnant, he
declares.
The Cub3 sized up on paper as one of the best outfits that has visited Phila
delphia th!3 season. Tinker i ought them here Just at a time when ho had fin
ished tinkering. Tho Cubs have n great outficd, a fast infield, their pitchers are
breezing along meriily and the team is slamming the ball to all poitlons of tho
playing area and frequently out of It.
Sousa's band has nothing on tho Cubs when It comes to harmony. The whole
crew Is working together with a "do-or-dle" spirit; they are fighting every Inch
of tho way, but thoy are fighting cleanly; they aren't baiting umpires. The season
Is. 10 weeks old, yet In all that time only two Cub players have been chased fiom
the frolic and none has been suspended.
When tho Chicago Feds and tho Cubs were merged Tinker promised tho
Chicago fans that Heinle Zimmerman would bo n different person this year; that
Helnlo would play the gamo every day, play with all the skill that Is his and
that Heinle would leave the umpires alone. "If handled right Helnlo is ono of tho
easiest-going players In the game," bald Tinker. "Helnlo understands me and I
understand him. Wo'ro going to get along nicely." And they have. The way
Heinle, has acted this year ha3 been ono of tho big surprises of tho season. Only
once since tho barrier arose In April has he been expunged from tho battleground.
That was In tho ninth Inning of a game, and tho offense was so slight that no
suspension was meted out.
"I'vo asked my boys to let me do the debating with umplros," said Tinker,
'I want them to stay In tho gamo. Every time they have words with an umplro
they risk being sent to the clubhouse If some of the boys are put out of tho
game It means that the fans in a way are being cheated, because thoy have paid
to see all my men play, nut to sea thorn quarrel with umpires or sit op the bench.
"I am being paid to manago the team and fight for Us rights with tho umpires.
The fans, don't pay to sco me manage, and so if I am put out of tho lot the patrons
arent being defrauded of any part of tho anticipated entertainment. So I am
doing the arguing and the boy3 aro doing the playing."
Howard Derry Excellent Choice for Captain
HQWAB.D BERJtY, Amerlca'B greatest alljarauni college athlete, not only should
be the leading baseball player In collegiate ranks next season, but he should
prove to be a capable leader for the Red and Blue. Berry learned tho game from
professionals and knows every angle. He will be Invaluablo to Coach Ioy Thomas
In many ropro way than the average college player.
Although Thomas directs tho team play from the bench, the strength of tho
nine will be Increased materially by tho presence of Berry In tho rolo, of captain
and shortstop. He will, in his position, be at the proper place to direct all of
the defense.
Berry Is a born athlete and natural baseball player. He knows what to do
without having to think out the play, as the college player is taught to do. All
of these qualities combine to make the pentathlon champion ono of the best
selections ever made by the boys on Franklin Field.
Peng's oarsmen were highly praised for their good work In practice before
the Intercollegiate regatta, hut since that disastrous affair we have nqt h,eard that
the coxswains crew once even, to say nothing of thrice.
Davis Typical "Native Son" Player
IN THE Pennsylvania Btate lawn tennt3 tournament, which was finished yester
day on the courts of tho Slerlon Cricket Club, Haverford, wth AVIUls E. Davis
Victor, the Calfornlaq thawed that ho I3 ne of the true "native sons" at this
popular pastime, Davis play through the tournament smacked, of a dash and
vJm pf the coast. His. "Bis Bertha" service, fierce forehand drives and deadly
killing nt the net, Indicate that he is ope of the coming national stars.
Davis' victory over Craig Blddle yesterday In the final round, was colorless.
in the extreme, but 'hat does not prevent him being Justly considered among the
best who ever wore the Pennsylvania lawn tennis crown, Davis s young, and. it
is hlghjy probable that if he is able to remain here ftnd enter the national tourna
rnent at forest Hlls. I. I., that he wiU be one of the contenders ior national
honors in Jqly,
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'ARCY LEAVES
AUSTRALIA FOR
U. S. INVASION
Antipodean Middleweight on
Way to America, Accord
ing to Reports
It seems probablo now that I.cs Darcy,
tho Austialian middleweight, will p.iy n
lslt to thin country. Tho source of this
Information Is Kred Der, another Aus
tralian, who has recdcd a letter from a
friends In Australia. In which it was b.ild
that Darcy would "sail next week for
America." According to this news Darcy
Is already on the water on his way to this
country. Tho letter also contained the news
that Darcy was leaving Sydney, Australia,
for San Francisco, where ho would meet
Jack Kcans, his American manager.
Many boxing promoters in tilts country
have displayed an paRPineia to get Darcy
to come to tho United States and some
good offers have been made. Tho Aus
tralian's feat In twlco knocking out lMdie
McCIoorty, who was looked upon ns n
lcgltlmato contender for tho world's mid
dleweight honors, coninced piomoters on
this side of tho ocean that ho was a boxer
of ability.
All attempts, however, to Induce tho Aus
tralian to come to this country liavo failed
because ot the war nnd the fact that Is
pllglblo for inllltniy duty. The last heard
from Darcy was that ho had enlisted and
was tialnlng in the aviation corps It was
understood recently that n heavy bond,
guaranteeing Daicy's return to Australia
after he had contested In a series of bouts
In this country, had been refused considera
tion by Australian officials.
If tho Information contained in tho letter
to Dyer in authentic, Amcilcan enthusiasts
of boxing can look forward to a match be
tween Jlike nihbons, tho St. Paul boxer, nnd
Darcy. Attempts by promoters on both
sides of the ocean to obtain a match be
tween these two boxers have failed. It
has been announced several times that tho
St. 1'aul boxer was intending to mnko the
trip to Australia for a match with Darcy.
but tho Australian promoters: hao failed to
come up to Gibbons' requirements.
Scraps About Scrappers
Hcmts achrdulfil for tonight will bu held at
tho lt an and Model club.!
Jail: Jilnckburn, recognized ns the ureatcat
boxer In the world aecrul jrtirs seo lietause
of hla ability to copa successfully, with oppo
nents from the llnhtwelcht tu tha heavjHclKht
classes, Is tho featuro boxer at tho Jtan. Tlvi
negro ortncil by his victory last wwlt oor
Lensthy Jon Iloaen that he Is doxIiib well aituln
For toni.-ht he inlets a rucacd opponent In
Willie Haker. toueh as well aa a haul puncher,
and IHackburn should bo elven a eood ton
South Philadelphia llRhtwelcht laurels will h
nt stake when Tommy O'kjffu pairs nlfwlth
Joo Welsh In tho llnal nt tho Model Iloth aro
cleor boxers, nnd It will be n unso of thu ono
who sets his punches started drat who will
"return with tha bacon."
Charley Bear can expect soms touch milling
when ho tackles At Nelson, who is boxlne finely.
In tho semi at tho Ulan. Voune Low rev s.
frank-to Coster. FranklH Conway vj Uilly Illnrs
and Walter Ilruwn s. Morris Wolf ara the other
bouts.
Preliminaries at tho Model follow: Jack Kant
row s. FranUio Itlch. Mutt McCabe. who has
been scorlns consecutive knockouts, vs. Jack
lirady. Marly Leonard vs Jack Woltert and
Harry Tatu s. YouaB Coulon.
Philadelphia "pot It" first. Now New York
Is In lino Friday nleht Uenny Leonard will
meet ono who Is boins advertised aa u "touyli
bird" In the person of Vie, Morun. on. tha
strensth of his reported two knockdowns In a
bout with Charley White. Morau ahowtd hero
with Eddie McAndrews and proved himself a
Iioor preliminary uoxer. ja-anaru prooauiy
eurned of Moran's rial ability, for he has
wasercu viuuu Q tiuuu inai yio wiu not last
eight rounds.
OASl'ER BARNS VICTORY '
N IjQUT WITH JAMISON
Smoky Hollow kada EJarly Lead En
ables. Hjm to' Return Winper
Tommy Jaralsan went down, to defeat before
Darby Casper In tha wtndun last night at the
Jlroadway Athletic Club ltrnaa a fiercely con
tested bout from the third round on, with little
dlffoienco between tha pair "i too later rounds
Casper won In the tlrst two rounds, as he hub
scrsd Jamison.
Casper cut Jamison's left eye., causlne the
latter to eua up. Th serolwlnd-up, between
Al Wasner and Johnny Clsrlie. both Italians,
was wop by the former In i el rounds. Charlie
Hauber was batn-hy Indian Ilussell. Jimmy
LeKtt won In three rounds front 1-ranlt IJrad
ly. announced as ttoa St. Paul, the, referee
brlnclns the bout to close, as Pradley had
wrvd a bad put on tho side of bis,, nose.
Willie Spencer bent Vally Nelson, la a limited
encounter-
Other Sports on Page 17
THERE'LL BE NOTHING TO THE
PENNANT RACE ONCE MY CLUB
GETS STARTED, SAYS JENNINGS
Ry GUANTLAND RICE
Lines to the Colonel
Out of politics or in it.
Whatsoever be the job,
HtlH ft Iffifcr rvcry minute.
With a bntting eye like Cobb;
Here's your health and even belter,
One above tho common )naUl
That no party lines could fetter
And ho Z''fc couW crcr hold.
'neinembcr, too," advises I'ortho, "that
If Clo eland sctH Into a world scries, Tris
Speaker has never pla ed on a losing world
bcrtpo club."
Consider It recorded,.
As Sung by Giants and Yanks
Sti Of alt the pitchers pesky
There's no cove like Covclcskic.
Call Out the Reserves
As we understand It from V. Morun and
.1. Dillonreach Is to hammer the other's
block away In about two dizzy round3.
Doth hclnB prophets of equal horsepower,
with tile veracity ci each one unlmpeached.
thcro shall occur, then a double knockout
very soon In tho I'oJtTest.
Or van It be that. Meers. Moran and
Dillon merely arc talkine through their
rough-edged straws?
The Greatest
Sir: To help decide an argument, who
Is the greatest all-around athlete from this
list: Jim Thorpe, Ollphant, Des Jardlcns.
Mahnn, Urlckley or Berry, of Pcnn? What
older would you place these In'.'
D. G. L. (Lnwrencelllo).
Jim Thorpe, wo should say, leads this
or nny other Ust-rtaklng In his arylng
ablltles upon tho gridiron, track, field and
diamond. Ranking the others In correct
order is a tilde beyond our limited dope.
No 50-50 Evers
Thcro" ia nothing halfway about Johnny
Kers. Ho has no 60-50 angle. This is
especially true whoro umpires aro con
cerned. With an umpire Johnny can follow
but ono of two courses to devour the
judge of play alive, having first; well
roasted him or else lcao him socrcly and
bcreucly nlono.
When Johnny once casts restraint aside
upon the field he admits that the situation
gets beyond his control, lie finds It unable
to go Just so far and then stop, llo told
us last March at Macon that he determined
to have no debato of any sort with the
judge?, and bo far ho has stood by his
early decision. And we vlolato no confi
dence in saying that this stand has about
mined Johnny's entlro summer, however
pleasant It has mado life for the umpires,
Tho 1916 Tigers
The Tigers' Juno rush from tho morass
has carried out Hughoy Jennings' early
dope, "lloston," ho said Inst year, "beat
11.1 out by threo games. Since then Boston
lias lost Speaker, who means a good many
more than any threo games Wo certainly
are as good as we were, with our main
rival weakened. We may get no great
pitching, but we will get pitching good
enough to win. And onco my club gets
under way there should be no great doubt
about the result."
The fact thqt other club3 liavo been
strengthened doesn't upset Jennings' dope,
for they will cut In as heavily upon jils
rivals as they will, upon him.
Tho Braves of 1J114 and tho Phillies of
1015 have proven well enough that a pen
nant can be won by a rank outsider. Tha
Braves that year were picked to finish deep
in the second, apd so were the Phillies a
year later.
The claims of both were joshed and
hooted, which accounts for the fact Cleve
land has few scoffers today When two
upsets come In succession the nvciage out
sider is willing to bellovo strongly In a
third, once tho chance arrives.
Mlsa Molla BJurstedt's book on "Tennis
for Women," recently gotten out by Douhlo
d,iy, Pago & Co., has more than Its, share
of valuable Instruction. What Miss BJtir
stedt doesn't know about tennis for her
Sex ns well ns the opposite could bo written
upon a postage stamp.
That zipping nolso you may have just
beard was Grocr Cleveland Alexander slip
ping again To date he has won only I-'
out of 15 starts.
Tris Speaker has been a lot of help to
the Cleveland Indians, but Ouy Morton
hasn't dono them very much harm If
you'll tako a brief glance at the records
In tho case.
Speaking of Tennis
It's easy enough to 'be pleasant
In the act of winning a bet.
Hut the guy worth while Is the one who
can smile
After soaking one fitfo the net.
OARSMEN CALLED TO ARMS
Yale Athletes, Members of Soldier Bat
teries, to Report After Big Race
NEW HAVnN. Conn.. Juno 20. The fact that
four membori of the Talo rowlnc sauad, now
Inuart nt dales Kerry, are members of the
Yale soldier batteries, led to u requst upon the
military uuthorlti sesterday that these oars
men be not required to report for duty until
Saturday. In order that tho Vale-Harvard rr
ualta plans might not ho upset. It li understood
that Ihe Hannrd crew mannccmenl has been
Informed o the predicament In which tho Ynlo
trows find themselves.
Morris Hnd!y. sod of TrcBldent Hndley, who
li rowlnc In Yale' a' second nrslty tlt'ht, Is a
lieutenant In tho Yale battalion
PO()R FIELD
ENTRIES READY
VIM WUTIVittn, 3
1 Vll OVUUIUX , . i
navyrbgatta'
List of 38 Crows to Competi
nil Pl'nrri'avM i. .
of 13 Events'
DATE SET FOR JUNE gfl
Thlrtv-elcht crows win . .
63d annual regatta of the Schuylkill 'Ml
for thd rnlitwnll li-nnh J.?Vv.,KI"Wt
decided over the national one-mlfs l!a -'J
quarter course on tho uobir h.w?l!$
nver on Saturday afternoon, Tun,".'
Th s was disclosed when it,. .".".! U
nouncement of tho entries lor th ifll
rowing classic were officially nnnL !1
lHt night at the regular meeting if ,k.'
navy board nl tho Colonnade tim.i ' h1!
Positions were drawn nt tho maetlne uM
night. The crows will number from iVll
western shore In tho order they nt. . I
rnnirivl In hr fntlnwlnc II. ":.. '!
D -1 """ entries. fl
Junior singles V ! Hanse, Pen,, n m
Mntthrw I.ukcns. Undlnm Wniit-'.'."I nrH
West Philadelphia " ,crate,J
'1PM sg!j
Nll,h,':n".c,holn"Uo "'""'-"West rhllad.lcM, J
Senior fours Wnheralty Iinrso nrt mai -
Association singles J Klllot NeVClIn fe, 1
defnhla llorftc! li. O. Shmldhel.er. Wfin."""
Junior four-oared elss Quaker ri?in'.:
Undine, Ilachelors', Penn Darse. rirZ:Ttt-i
Malta. Vrsnr. "se, J alrmaiim',
fienjor eights Malta, Vesper and Unflln. it
Sen or s nitlcs lolin n. Kelly. VesnK.T' -.
Hot Newlln. fhllari.lphln lUrr" ve,M"'-KI-1
Junior doubles tlochelors', West PhltM.i..., !
I) c . Penn llarie nnd Undine tnl"lrtl;j
Junior octopedes snr. Malta and itni. tl
Senior centipedes Undlno. Malta and vfti
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CLUVEt.AKD, June 20. Franlclln ti.i...
reformed Maryland farmer, hai not i55 r!3
touchei on th badlr battered Jinx whirl, M
fsen harassing- tho Ynnks. The -sffin5,' 1
accounted ror four of the seven runs" ffihR'S
Kew; York Americans needed to win bv thi'i?'!
nt 7 to il. Three nf lh... ,'. "I,iDeJ teortS
Bothered hy drlvlnit out a home run In thi 15f
nnlnu nnd sendlne a. couplo of Yankeei hSS"
beforo him.
BASEBALL TODAY '
SHIBE PARK
AJIEItlCAN L1UOUU GROUNDS
ATHLETICS vs. WASHINGTON
Gain; Called nt 3:30 I'. M.
Tickets on sale nt Glmlicls' nnd Snildlnj'i.
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