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EVENING IEDGEK-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1016.
ROWLAND'S ALL-STAR CAST OF REPUTED FENCE BREAKERS ARE NOT CLASS OF LEAGUE
WHITE SOX AKE OVERRATED ;
ROWLAND'S TEAM NOT GREAT
CLUBBERS, CRITICS CONTEND
GhicagoLacks Real Offensive Power, Occasional
Extra Base Hitting Misleading Fans Who Com
pare Offense With Famous Mack Machine
THE Chlcogb Whlto Sox have been likened to tlio Athletics of 1010, 1011. 1912,
1813 on4 1914 as an offensive team, and critic's linve speculated at length on
the- failure o Rowland's all-stars to win. H frequently has been rumored that
Howland was" to bo displaced as manager after tho present season beeauso lio
failed to get results from tlio "greatest hitting team In tho lcaguo" mid a Won
derfully welloiilanced team, but after seeing tho Whlto Sox In seven gahtcs ftt
Shlbe Park tJjA season we believe that It 13 tho most overrated ball team In tho
major .leagues, and that Kowland Is not to blame.
Chicago may wla tho pennant, ns It ls-a strong aggregation with an excellent
pitching staff and the best catcher In tho game In Hay Schnllc, but so far an offense
Is concerned tbero la no more comparison between tho White Sox of today mill tho
famous Mack machlno than there Is between tho L'nlvorslty of l'eiinsylvunla and
a major league team.
llowland'8 team has a number of free-swinging, longdI.itauca hitters If they
connect, and while- It might bo termed a dangetous hitting team, It Is not really
a good hitting team. Tho Sox will fatten the team and Individual averages at the
expense of poor pitching, but a clever hurler will find this team of supposed fenco
breakers about as easy ns any In tho league.
There aro too many "soft spots" In tho Whlto Sox batting order to comparo It
with tho Mackmtn of a few years ago, as so many critics do, and thero also Is a
painful lack of gray matter shown by the Sox at all times. Tills is particularly
truo when they aro on the bases. Many hits nro wasted by tho pale-hosed ag
gregation, even when they are hitting nt their best, because they do not think
quickly enough.
Players Can't Think for Themselves
SEVERAL of Rowland's men nto faster afoot than tho average ball player, but
barring Collins and Schnllc they fall to tako nn extra base on a slnglo to tho
outticld; do not run when they should and Invariably run when they should not,
, pnd altogether show, a painful lack of the brand of ball that wins pennants.
Even tho famous JacIt3on is included in this list. No one rver accused .loo
of being overburdened with gray matter, but ho always has been looked upon as a
etnr In all other departments; but he uIho Is a poor baso runner despite his
epecd. When Jackson starts running thero Is no telling where ho will estop,
nnd ho has been "ridden" so often for bad breaks on tho paths that ho Is now
anchored, onco he reaches first, and goes no further until he has to.
Decauso John Collins, Fournier and one or two other members of Itowlnnd's
team occasionally go on the rampage, clouting out long extra baso drives for a
few days, tlio Impression is goneral that they nro sluggers, but, like tho rest of
tho White Sox, they aro overrated. At best neither Collins nor Fournier is a good
hitter, whllo Weaver and McMullin nro decidedly weak and Felsch littles better
With a good curvo ball pitcher opposing him.
Wo naked ono of tho veteran Mackmen why the White Sox were considered
such a powerful hitting team, and ho replied: "Search mo. I did not know
nny ono thought it was. Wo certainly do not. As for classing them with tlio
Athletics a few years ago, it is a Joke. Don't think I am prejudiced, but nsk
some of the other players on the circuit Tho Sox are not a good hitting team,
particularly In tho pinches, because they aro all trying to knock tho cover off tho
ball. Plank, Bender or Coombs, In their prime, would beat that bunch every day
In tho week without even working. The Sox aro overrated. Chicago might win
tho pennant tho way tho other teams are running into hnrd luck and erratic
streaks, but It is not really a great team."
Myers Had Rowland's Sluggers Choking Hat
ALTHOUGH beaten, Elrner Myers demonstrated In tho second game yesterday
. afternoon Just what a good pitcher can do with a team when every man Is n,
freo swinger who Is trj'ln)? to knock tho cover off tho ball. Myers made tho
Whlto Sox look like a minor leaguo aggregation, nnd It was u shnmo that ho lost.
Rowland's team was credited with eight hits, but Mvo of them wero Inllcld
scratches, three of which would have been easily fielded by experienced men.
Tho winning runs wero gifts, and In only ono inning did tho Sox oven swing
like a real hitting ball team. That was In tho fourth Inning, when Myers grooved
successive pitches to Eddio Collins nnd Felsch. They made clean singles, nnd
after Myers had bungled on Jackson's bunt u run was chased ncross the plate on
JjJm Collins' sacrifice bunt, this play being tho only bit of strategy shown by
uiuSox In Ulo entire aeries.
In the ojjier Innings the Whlto Sox wero helpless. Cloven of them woro re
tired on strikes, nnd had It not been tho fact that Fournier, John Collins. Felsch
nnd Scott deliberately bunted tho ball straight at Myers or I.ajolc, without even a
eacrllico Intention, but In order to escapo striking out, tho sensational Mack
hurler probably would havo hung up a new record.
Tho free-swlnglpg, long-distance hitters of tho Sox learned early In tlio gamo
that they could not get a "too hold" with Myers pitching, nnd nftor the young
Mack star had fanned seven men in four innings, tho only thought of tho batters,
barring Collins and Jackson, was to escapo striking out. They shortened up tho
bat and Just tapped tho ball. McMullin pulled this trick twice and got lucky Infield
singles when It was a 2 to 1 shot that ho would strike out. Sometimes this is
called place-hitting, but there was nothing like that evident yesterday, tho Sox
being too glad to escape striking out.
Lanning Made Excellent Impression as a Pitcher
MANAGER MACK tried out Lester Lannlng, the youthful left-hander from
Wesleyan College, In the first game, and Lannlng proved conclusively that ho
Is a better pitcher than an outfielder. Until the fifth Inning, when Schang played
a line drive from Schalk's hat poorly, permitting tho hit to go for a double, tho
Sox did not make a hit and only two wero registered during Lannlng's stay on
tho mound, though three runs wero tallied.
Many of tho fans were Inclined to critlclso Mack for taking Lannlng out of
the guroo after the fifth Inning, believing that this movo was mado because tho
White Sox had scored three runs which should not have been tallied, but they
wore entirely wrong. Mack did not tako Lannlng out of tho gamo because of tho
runs, but because he saw that his team was going to pieces and did not want to
have Lannlng on the mound when tho crash came.
Mack was very well pleased with Lannlng's work nnd mado a wise movo in
removing hlrn from tho game. Today Lannlng lias plenty of conildonco and will
look much better, if possible, la his next start after tho llvo splendid Innings ho
twirled yesterday; but if he had been permitted to stay in the game while his
teammates wero booting the hall around, na Mack feared they would do, hla
confidence would have been Impaired. Tho poor nnd headless fielding during tho
closing Innings proved conclusively that Mack was right.
Strunk'a Nap Lost the Second Game
THE second game should have resulted In a victory for tho Mackmen, and
probably would if Amos Strunk had been on his toes. With tho score 3 to 0
In favor of tho Whlto Sox. going into the ninth inning, the Mackmen started a
rally, and, aided by a wild throw by Fournier, tallied two runs and had Strunk on
third and Lajole on second, with not a man o.ut. '
Jimmy Walsh then hit a high bounder on which Strunk could easily have
scored, but Amos remained at third. Aa Lajole was on second and would havo
moved to third and be In position to score on any kind of a hit or a dinicult infield
chance from the following batter,, tho percentage of tho gamo called for Strunk
to make an attempt to score, but he never moved.
McElwee followed with a hard grounder to Eddie Collins and Strunk then
was cut down at the plate. Mltterllng fanned for the third out and the. Mackmen
passed up an excellent opportunity because Strunk fell asleep. Jt developed later
that Amos thought the Mackmen were two runs behind instead of ono and played
it safe, believing that one run would do no good, as both ho and Larry could scoro
on a hit from the following batter
Several Chicago players agreed after the game that they have not seen a
pitcher In years with so much "stuff" as Elmer Myers had yesterday. One of
them said: "I wonder how any one will hit that fellow when he learns how to
pitch. If ho don't lose his 'stuff before he becomes familiar with the batters'
weak points, we are In for a tough, time for a few years."
As was to be expected, it was Umpire Byron who forfeited yesterday's Chicago
Brooklyn game tq the latter team. Whenever there Is trouble In the National
League one can depend upon finding Byron's name at the end of the summary
of the box score. Being quite a distance away, we cannot bay that the umpire
was not Justified In forfeiting the game, but Byron is entirely too officious.
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The Athletics and Tankees have a clear claim to the title of hard luck kings
of the major leagues. Both teams have been handicapped throughout the season
because of injuries to star players. The only difference Is that the Yanks are still
first, white the Mackmen are in tho cellar.
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MATHEWSON IS
INDICATED AS
GIANTS' LEADER
Optional Agreement Is
Hitch in the New York
Cincinnati Trade
MATTY IS BEING GROOMED
'"JCrjW YORK, July 19 Tlicro arc new
developments along tlio Xew York-Cincinnati
trading front. .According to lato advices
from tho West, Matty was still unscntenceil
to tho management of tho Iteds, whllo
Charley Hcrzog had not yet obtained his
release from tho St. Helena of professional
1i.ipp1i.i1I. In addition the spiking of mil
McKctclinle at St. Louis on Monday may
havo complicated matters.
It Is agreed that there In only ono hitch
In tho lilg deal. Harry Hempstead still
Insists that the Jted3 give tho Giants an
option on tho .services of Matty at tlio end
of two years. This Cincinnati very naturally
and rightfully refuses to do. H would not
ho necoiding to the letter and tlio spirit of
professional baseball to promulgato any
such agreement.
Hempstead's Insistcnco on tho option
makes posslblo only ono Inference. Tho
Xow York club is evidently grooming
Matty to succeed John McCJraw In the man
agement of tho rjlants. Certainly llcmp
.stcail docs not think that :i two-year stny
on tho bankH of tho lthinc will Improvo
Matty as n pitcher.
Hempstead apparently desires to give
Matty two years of experlcnco In Cincin
nati and then bring him along to take tho
reins here. Matty Is tho only flguro now
on tho horizon ns McCJraw's Miccessor.
Men on tho insido declare that tho time
is not far distant when McCraw will bead
a syndicate that will buy out tho Hemp
htead interests.
Evening Ledger Decisions
of Ring Bouts Last Night
IIYAN A. C rrunklo While drfratrit
Young .J.irk Tolaml. Ahr KnbaknfT Mopped
Iltirk Cannon In the Hot, Henr) IllncUlo mm
from Al l'n. lotiiii: I, nt retire ilreu- with
Traukle CiMcr. minir .lullo KnnrKoU out
Vuiiiiu Tammy Onne-i in tlio eroml,
M!ll)i:i. A. C ll.irby C.i-p.lr luiitr.l
Toimn .liHnl-ton. Al hdutinN ilcfe.iteil I'reri
t'ohlt. d(JI I'.ilmrr KiinrLed nut Itnlily .Itike
In the tfinuil. Jlinmt !'err tup;H-(l Jiit tniotl
In the feetunt, Kddlt llumiu imi frum Jue
NJ'AV YOK1C Vic Moran ouMuKrd
l'runkle C'alliiliun.
NliVV OKI.IUXS Joe Thnma EOt 15
round Utthluii oirr !,uk White.
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SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS
By LOUIS II. JAFFE
Jnhnnv lmnuVe would le the next ltRhturelfrht
rh.imiMim of tin- voi 1,1 If I-'f-tl Welfth muti) he
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Jumplni; Jack, helleven Krottv Montelth. Tlio
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thit he nnnotinren hi wllllniriiees to pans up
iitiv mnni'lnl hem lit fnr n Welnh titular nilic
i-xrepiliu; J.',oo for training expunges. Leonard,
White nnd i:er H-ininii-r raeh nrobahly could
dilhruiii- tho llrltnn ua c.iMly an Dundco.
Plx boxers will be Included In Jlmmv Dlmn's
partv for his Invasion of Australia. They nro
ili-orre and Jue I'hlp, Tom MoMnhon, Undo
I'leuto, J'.iliy llr.intilunti and Johnny Illley.
New fasti". I'll., will In- th.lr leavlntt ptneo to
morrow fur San l-'rniulw-o. from whero they
t.il.D ims.i.ikc- July l'o for tho Antlpouca.
Once nsaln Ororco Chancy and Tackcy Horn
m.'V will direct uultops at cicll other'a licad.
Tni-i time New York w III lm tho nceni- of tho
h.itlle, July i'V Thi-v uroMouily met In i'hll.i
delphla and lialtliiiure. ctuitiny nnd Hointn-y
an- elussers. iiuie ami nlmple thoy lnuw noth
Ins else.
Younu Jnclt d'llrlen li norry becauso tho
Watlach family, of New York, lias only three
coin. f.lttle Jnwn already han bojted Iach
and Vhtl and now he It matched with Jlurty
for 10 rounds In New York July 27.
t'rankla roster, nn Rthnixo LEPorn news
bnv, proM'd lillliKelf in kooiI a boxer as ho ii a
wuxtni" hustler by sllpplnir "Old Mary Ann"
on Happy JlcDi-rmott's chin for rood nlnht In
tlin fourth round. The bout wna one of the
prelims or Hilly .MaxucH'a weekly thaw at tho
Colonl.il A. C, Lelpcrvlllo.
Tommy Urn.!: I' hack from tho West and ho
will remain In Philadelphia until tho lattor part
of September, when ho expeetH to otart on a
tusv i-nnipaljin throush tho wild nnd woolly.
Ills brother Louis Is nrrniiBlnK a achedule.
A mliMlewclcht mix between Ilddlo Hevolro
nnd Jai k Tnland will he tho wind-up nt tlio
rtyan next Tuesday nlcht. The nttcndaiuo at
tho club has been Improilmr steadily and by fall
capacity houies may bo In uvldenie. Tho audi
enco has been spotted with u numbor of fcmlntno
fans tho laBt fow eel.s.
Vhellever Ilenny ICaufman feels his waist
line f.otiln,; bUctr bo doesn't hae to bo conxod
to do some tryin work to keep down to wt-lpht.
He has heen ilolnir llKht trnlnlnir for a fuw
das nnd It Is not because ho has h bout In
lew. h'omo boxers must bo drained to a Gym
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Some boxers follow odd vocations durlns tho
warm weather for tho purposo of kicplu? In
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CAN OVERCOME, SAYS CONNIE
Hy GIIANTLAND RtCE
rp HUni-J are three ball clubs that havo
JL been Harassed by fnto above all others.
They nro tho Cincinnati Iteds, tho Cleve
land Indians and the N'ew York Yankees.
"There Is one pleco of hard luck," says
f'onnlo Mack, "that no genius can over
come. And that la tho loss of star players
through injury." In this rebpect Cleveland
nnd New York always havo suffered tho
evlrcmo penalty from misfortune, with no
other club even closo.
Wo linvc seen the Cleveland Club on
many occasions broken Up when It had
it chance to win. We have often seen the
Yanks shattered beyond leeognltlon Just
as they got started.
Tako tlio present campaign. Cleveland,
milking a brave, gnme halite from the
dcptlii, first lost tho services of Chapman
and Klrpfer a star Inflelilcr and n win
ning pllrhcr. Then Inter on, wllllo still
In the lead, c.iino the Injury to liny Mor
ton, one of the greatest pitchers In Hie
game, who had won 11 games and lost
but two.
The Break Againstthe Yanks
The same goes for tho Yankees. Early In
tho year tlicy lmd Caldwell out of top
condition, Mngoo, Ollhoolcy, Baker nnd
I'ecklnpaugh sick or Injured. Then Fritz
Matscl broke, his coltarbono. In splto of
this, tho great secondary Btrength of the
club filled the open gaps. About a month
igo, for tho ilrst time, tho Yanks had their
full strength In tho field. Tho result proved
that ronovan had the strongest club In tlio
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