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If m YORK HAS IMPROVED STEADILY AND DONOVAN SHOULD HAVE TEAM IN RACE AT FINfjj
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YAItEES' OWNERS SPENT LARGE
SUM OP MONEY FOR STARS, BUT
GOT REAL TEAM IN RETURN
Bill Donovan Had Welded Collection of Highly
Touted Players Into a Well-balanced and
Powerful Pennant Contender
OWNERS Humeri and Huston, of the Net Ydfk American Lnsuo Chill, spent
money lavish! during the winter for star ball players and they seem to haVo
gotten the worth 'of their money. As a rule, when ft mnffiinte buys tip all tho
(HAM In eight ho is only borrowing trouble and dimension for himself mid his
nanafrer. Such Is the caso In Chlcneo, where Owner Comlskey has tried to buy
ft pennant but conditions appear to be just tho opposite In tho New York camp.
When the Yankee appeared hero earlier In tho season the teams Impressed
tho fans os ono Of great possibilities despite tho fact that Frank Uakor and Leo
JMngee, two of tho most expensive plaj-crH purchased by Owners ltuppcrt nnd
Huston, woro badly off form In till departments. The Yankees had tho speed, tho
fltfhtlna spirit, tho harmony and the teamwork, and It was only natural to expect
Baker and Mitffeo tt) atrlko their stride. It also was evident that tho team needed
only consistent pitching to bo a serious pennant contendor.
For several 'wooks recruit pltchors nnd hurlors from whom little was expected
kept the team up In tho race while tho star hitters wero In a slump nnd tho star
pltohers were badly orf form. Manager Donovan kept tho team fighting In perfect
harmony when conditions wero anything but favorable, and has been rewarded
by tho comeback of his ntars.
Frank Baker Is clouting tho ball as of yore, although ho has been handicapped
""ty ftrflnjurod legj Loo Mogeo Is hitting and showing his old-tlmo dash! "811m"
Caldwell and Hay Flshor, veteran pitching stars, are back In shape, while tho
fast of the team contlnuos at a dizzy clip. Tho Yankees are now in first place,
and It la not surprising that Bill Donovan's nrln Is broader than usual.
. Donovan Docs Not Talk About Pennant
BUT Donovan refuses to talk about tho ponnant, and does not want his
players to think such a thine so early In tho race. Donovan says that ho
is rather disappointed that his team Is not further out In front, as ho bolioves
thero will bo a, drlvlnc finish In tho Amorlcan League this season and ho will
need every gamo. Donovan also Insists that his team has not struck Its stride
yet and that there Is room for Improvement In tho general play.
When one considers that the Yankees have won n out of tho last 14 games
played, It Is hard to imagine that thero Is room for a great deal of Improvement.
In tho two games played hero tho Yankees have looked like a powerful team In
all departments. They havo tho hitting, defonse, speed, Judgmont and pitching.
Keating pitched a poor gamo on Wednesday, but ho Is no longer considered ono
of tho first four on Donovan's staff.
From mldseason on It Is likely that Caldwell, Hhawkoy and Cullop will take
rogular turns on the mound. All are In splendid shape, and tho latter has "been
Bhowlng particularly brilliant form. The former Federal League southpaw has
been Invincible in his recent games and apparently 13 destined to bo tho major
leaguo pitching sonsatlon of 1916. For rellof work and to flit In on double-headers
Donovan has flvo capablo occond-string pitchers In Keating, Itussell, Marble, Lovo
nnd Mogrldge.
Mogrldgo has shown grand form at times, being particularly effective against
Chicago and Detroit, two teams which may bo vory much In tho fight in tho
closing weeks of tho season. Ho has been troubled with a soro arm, but is now
returning to form. All things considered, Donovan has a powerful and well
balanced team, and ono which should Improve as tho'season wears on. It surely
will bo a serious contendor for tho American Leaguo ponnant.
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Pitching of Shawkey. and Shcchan Features Game
THH Yankees took another gamo from tho Mackmen yesterday and as Clcvo
land lost to St. Louis Donovan's team increased its lead in tho American
liClffUO race. Tho game was devoid of intorost, as it was a, caso of too much
Shawkey. After tho Yankees got to Jack Nabors for three runs in the first
Inning there was llttlo to tho game, as tno result was never In doubt. After
this inning it was almost on oven game, but tho Mackmen wero so helpless before
Shawkey that tho fans gavo up liopo.
Shawkey pltchod tho best game of ball he has over shown at Shlbo Park,
barring his debut with the Mackmen against Cloveland In 1013. Manager Mack,
of tho Athletics, Bald after tho gamo that ho never saw Shawkey with so much
"stuff" and that it was expecting too much to hopo for a victory for his young
sters in tho faco of such a splendid exhibition of pitching. Only four hits wero
inado off Shawkey and two of these woro rather scratchy.
The Athletics had only one good chance to scoro, whon two hits woro bunched
In tho seventh Inning, while. Bowo lost another, which may havo caused trouble,
because Schang failed to run out tho play on a bounder by tho recruit to deep
short. Bchang slowed down until he saw the ball hop away from Pecklnpaugh.
Then ho made a mad dash for second, but tho New York shortstop recovered tho
boll and nailed Wally at second. Tho inning ended when Moyor sent a long
fly to Leo Mogee, leaving two runners stranded on tho bags.
From a Mack standpoint the most encouraging featuro of tho gamo was
the pitching of Tom Shcehan, who relloved Nnbors after tho first inning. Sheo
han held tho Yankees to two hits and one run for seven innings, tho last Now
York tally being mado off Hasselbacher, the former local schoolboy, -who pitched
tho ninth Inning. Sheehon had a world of stuff and tho leaders wero helpless
before him. It was Bheehan'a second great performance within a week, he having
held tho Bed Sox to two hltB for nine Innings in Boston, only, to lose through
battery; errors.
Phillies Come Back Strong
JUST -when tho fans wero thinking about counting the Fhllllos out of tho race,
and It was being whispered that Manager Moran was going to shako up his
team, tho champions came back In great style by winning a double-header from
the Qlants. It was another instanco of tho great recuperatlvo spirit of tho Phils
-which wan such an Important factor In tho winning of the pennant in 1016.
Tho Ave straight defeats wero a groat blow to tho Phils, but as Brooklyn
ku not been able to do better than an even break on the home stand, the Phils
have lost only half a gamo slnco tho East vs. West struggle began, and the four
game lead of tho Dodgers Is not so large that tho champions cannot overhaul
them within a short space of time.
Yesterday the Phillies played the same dashing brand of ball that was so
sotlceabla in the first three games with Brooklyn laBt week. Tho Giants were
shown up badly by the hit-and-run and "squeeze" play, and also wero helpless
before tho brilliant pitching of Eppn, Bixey and "Chief" Bender.
Rlxey has been pitching grand ball throughout the season, but yesterday he
eapped tho climax, permitting only 27 Giants to face him in nine Innings. As
McQraw'a men mado four hits, Blxoy's support was an important factor In the
accomplishment of this feat, but tho lanky southpaw hurled wonderful ball. The
Met that Bender was Just as strong In the ninth Inning as at the start of the
same also waa an encouraging feature of the day.
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"Germany Schaefer has become a golf bug. The famous baseball come
Mah always insisted that golf waa one game ho would pass up, but after being
teduced to try It Schaefer has fallen hard for the ancient gamo. Yesterday
morning Captain Huston, half owner of the Yankees; Schaefer and Bill Hanna,
Harry Bchu maker and Fred Van Ness, three New York scribes, went over the
new pjiblla golf course, playing IS holes. When Schaefer waa asked how he
Waa getting along, he replied: "Great, I just mado that last hole In a double,
triple and three bunts."
Tho Yankees are one club which drew unusually largo crowds on tho road.
Bill Slocum, of tho Now York Evening Sun, who is traveling with the league
leaders, says that Donovan's team played to 120,000 persons In IB days in the
West, an average of more than 8600 spectators per day. As there are no 25-cent
hleachera in the West, the Yanks made a lot of money.'
George Wiley's victory In the SO-mlle motor-paced race at Point Breeze last
slht came as A sreat surprise, as both Menus Bedell and Clarence Carmen
were looked upon as tha most dangerous contenders. Wiley came within two
seconds of breaking the world's record for the distance, and if Carmen had not
been forced to retire because of tire trouble and a broken chain, it is likely that
the old Mark of 1 hour 3 minutes and 21 3-6 seconds would havo been shattered.
It was rumored about Washington Park that Benny Kauff, tha Giants' out
sider, had wagered $3000 on the result of the DUIon-Moran fight, and won his
bet Benny a-jd Dillon were great, friends when the former Fed star waa play,
lug with Indianapolis, and no doubt Kauff may have had a wager on the re
sult, but those who know him insist that Benny would never risk even a very
small percentage of this amount.
MOVIE OP A MAN WITH A MOSQUITO BITE ON HIS ANKLE
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WHEN DRIVE BEGINS TIGERS,
RED SOX AND WHITE SOX ARE
EXPECTED TO PULL AWAY, BUT
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By GRANTLAND RICE
SEEMS to bo agreed by the gonial
experts that when tho drive begins In
earnest tho Tigers, Bed Sox and White Sox
will rcsumo tho paco nnd drop the re
mainder of tho Hold well bchmd. This
may bo truo. But for some quaint reason
tho Yankees nnd the Indians meaning Now
York and Cloveland Insist on sticking
around where they are not wnntod. Won't
some ono let them know they are butting
In on what would otherwise bo quite a
merry llttlo party?
That Bravo Uplift
Back In March Georgo Stalllngs handed
us this Inside or outside tip: "I nm going
to do my best this season to get away to
a fast start. Maybo I won't. But, how
ever we start, from the mlddlo of Juno to
tho first of July on the Braves will bo
playing tho best hall In tho league and by
tho flrst of August will bo In front."
Tho Braves failed to get the flying start
Just as they did In 1014 and 191E. But
from the mlddlo of June tho variety of
ball they have been offering upon public
display doesn't mako Stalllngs look to be
the worst prophet In tho land. Since Evers
got back the Bravo machine hasn't been any
more dangerous than eight or ten Siberian
tigers.
Where the Main Test Is
You may think what you llko about John
son and Alexander having slipped. But tho
tost Is In victorious achievement. Tho two
pitchers who havo won m6ro games than
any others this season aro Johnson In tho
Amorlcan Leaguo with 12, nnd Alexander In
tho National with 13. This may not be
tho entlro answer, but It Is at least closo
enough for tho present.
Very few aro picking the Beds and the
Browns to win a pennant And Btlll fewer,
among rival ball clubs, are taking them
for the Jokes they used to be a few years
ago. There was a day when the mere
mention of the Beds or Browns evoked
a merry guffaw. Most of that laughter
has now ceased.
The American League has gotten to be
so tight that an early explosion Is due.
As a rule tho debris begins Its scattering
course shortly after July Fourth, when
some two or three start in upon the pro
cess known as "Cleaning up."
There Is only one way that the rapid
growth of golf can be checked. This way
Is to abolish tho niblick. Whereupon nine
eolfers out of every ten would be forced
to give up the game, ,
Who says this Is a bum country to live
In? Moran and Dillon collected 40,000
last night for 30 minutes with padded
gloves. Whereas tho Busslan mujlk col
lects .1 cents a day for charging German
shrapnel. And very little of this shrapnel
Is paddec'.
The Cub Fan's Dream
"Last night," he said with shining eyes,
"I dreamed that Chance tens back;
1 dreamed that Stciny's 'wallop
Once more led the old attack j
I seemed to see Joe Tinker make
An old time Tinker spear,
And hear J. Evers barking In
The shaking umpire's ear;
And, like a dream of heaven,
Where the feathered angels sing,
I heard tha shoots o Brownie
lilt the mitt of Johnny Kllng.
"I cheered for Circus Solly
As ho cracked one on the noso;
1 saw old Jimmy Sheckard pick
A wallop from his toes;
And with tho old-tlmo flash of speed,
Agility and science,
Wo mauled the Phillies to a pulp
.And stomped upon the alants."
lie closed his eyes in retrospect,
He sighed with foy and then
I klndtv shot him through the heart,
Beforn he woke again.
The Duffer Exclaims Again
llowe'er It be, It seems to mo
(As some one has remarked before)
Though 1 may swipe them off the tee
I cannot get a winning score;
For though 1 soak the bally ball
Beyond tha intervening ruts,
And on the green tny pitch shots fall,
I blow the putts.
And there are times that I can't miss
Tho tricky putts upon the green;
I watch them drop In growing bliss,
Tho while I work liko a machine;
But while I'm moving In this way
When 1 should 6o where pordom thrives,
When 1 get all the putts I play,
1 blow tho drives.
And there are times when I can drive
And sink my putts upon tho round;
When I should cheer to bo aliyo
And joy should seek me on the bound;
And yet tha winning score's not there
(You'd never think this verse was Byron's)
For still 1 curse and tear my hair
And blow my irons.
WILEY WINS LONG GRIND
Syracuso Flyer Finiahds First in 50
Milo Motor-paced Race at Point Breeze
George Wiley, the Syracuse flyer, won the
110-mllo motor-paced race at the I'olnt Ureeio
Motordrome last night after the mast sensational
cycle hattlo tlint ever tnole plaro In the famous
peed howl. Menus Iledell, of Lone Island, On
Ishrd ocrnnd. nnd Victor I.lnnrt, of Uelalum, was
third. Clarence Carmen, tho favorite, finished
Inst after riding a remarkable race for 20 miles.
wnen ne nail 10 retire on ncyoum 01 puncture
mil also on ine nreaicir
trouble nn
unit of a chain on
ntso on the bn
his relief machine. Tim time for tha rare was
1 hour a minutes 21 a-n seconds, nearly two
seconds ueninu tno record, summaries:
Three-mllo professional motorcycle race Won
hjr jiiuv Armstrong; secomi. imiy vancieroi
third. Henri St. Yves. , Time. 2m. 8 4.0s,
'."iv.w i.vc IfWII
Hilly Vnnderberryi
, race Won
motnrcvela
Hilly vandtrberry;
n-ivn.mllfi nrnfemlonaf
hv 1IU Armstrong! Hecond,
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tniru. Iiormnn vriiiis. .iiniirt 1111. , -i,b.
80-mlle professional motnr-paced race Won
by Oeorro Wiley i second. Menus Redelll third,
Victor IJnart: fourth, Clarence Carmen. Time,
jn. 'm. -i --us.
Two-mile trial to beat track record of 1 mln-
20s.
te
uto 22 seconds illy Vnnderbcrry. Time, lm,
Five-mile professional motorcycle race Won
Herman vcuitx.
Hilly
Time, 3r
Armstrong:
m. 33 l-3s.
second,
Harry Johnson Wins Tennis Title
BOSTON, Juno !I0. Harry C. Johnson, one of
this year's Btnto doubles tennis champions, won
tho singles title by defeating- Oeorae p. Gardner,
Jr., In the challenRa round, 0-4, 0-3, 8-0.
EVENING LEDGER
MEET IS STEP ifj
RIGHT DIRECni
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Best Possible Wav of aJ
vancing Standard of Ath'J
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COMPETITION BENEPIQiaI
By TED MEREDITH
rniwaolphla will take a rr-si . i
ward in promotlne track athletic; ftfc!
Evbniko Mjoaan senooluoy mi ? i
on S&turday at Woodslde PaHc Thi'-2
taken hold of tho right string haiitl!!
this tho best possible wav nf aS..:,"'1
standard of this city's athletics.
lated soort for tho iroune t.i,,ivr'il.N"Jii
years ago and now has public achoi 51
which aro dolne wonders for the U&Z
only In Blving Now York a hoitTiSJ.
runn.ri, but in developing all th kSiK
Bordloss of whether they ate- Wm'S.T
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Theso systems In Now York bIm jui'tS ?
oil kinds of exercise and keep lWlii?J
tereitcd by the competition tnat thtV SiZi
, This meet on Saturday la a ,.,. i,js
this line and Is a cood mnv. in, ,!;?? i
cet the competition nnd II will t,. JIB Wft
by men who know how much tthfl whlffij'
should do. In this way they iirirai
allowed to overwork, as la the cat. ofiUI
with schoolboys. .K
rno committee nas made the evtnd i m
the boys' ages and will not allay ... .:
them to do too much. The saying "coitieiL "v
linn MAlmd InlatnAQa" nrAiilr. a... j. .. .'?!x,!alJ
tho same way as It does In btijlnit'rS"-M
can't eat and hold tha Interest of bin ta "4
less you havo Somethln in inin... .i!r 'w
and If thoro are few or no mtets,you tHn
expect tne Doys to train. . j -
These meets will be for; the schoolboys Mi
... wv u.n ..m , aiiciimnenine. ta .
teams which will bo called upon to tosiZ ,
sent Philadelphia In later years. ?
It Is surprising how competition acioitft
developer In track. I was once told by $
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practice every day, but would deveien v.-
slowly. Undor these tests they would rtttJt
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