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EVENING LBDGEIfc-PHILADELPHiA, FBIDA'X', JULY 21, 1916.
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PLAYERS SHOW MORE LIFE AND ENTHUSIASM IN GAME THIS YEAR THAN IN LAST TWO SEASONS
NUMEROUS INJURIES THIS
YEAR ASCRIBED TO PLAYERS'
INCREASED INTEREST IN GAME
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,ith Expiration of War-time Contracts at Close
" of Season Men Now Hustling Harder to
Avoid Cut in Salaries
MORS at&t ball player" hava been injured this year thati In any previous season
fa a. decade and tha fans throUBhout tho country aro mystlfled. They cannot
ttft&tnrtiuid Why these accldonts to stars shoujd occur bo regularly. The answer
, Je that, baseball is ft different amo this season.
" Tof several years the players have been reaping1 a harvest The natural
advancement of tho gome and the increase of the pronts of the magnates caused
to Mbtarlea of the players to mount rapidly, and then came tho war between
Organized Ball and the Feds. -
Tho players took advantage of tho conditions and held the magnates up for
Jaies" all out of proportion to their, value, with tho result that tho majority of
the clubs lost money in 1016 and 1916. There was nothing left for Organized
Bail to do but make peace with tho Federal League, nnd the retrenchment policy
Was adopted by the magnates.
Almost every -star player of iho two, major leagues was tied up to two or throo
, year contracts, the majority of which explro at the close of tho present season,
mid tho players now ore hustling. In recent years tho players refused to take
Wiy unnecessary chances. They were content to draw their salarlos and preferred
4o take no chances on Injuries, realizing that a serious accident would hurt their
earning capacity,
"When the magnates announced that thero would bo a general cut in salaries
after' tho long-term, war-tlmo contracts had expired, tho playors realized that they
urould havo to get out nnd hustle or they would bo cut oven moro than they expect.
As a result, they ore making plays and taking desperate chances which wdro
unknown in tho last two season.
Earning Powfcra Contingent Upon Showing
THBRH is no question about tho hustling of tho playors this season. They
are working harder than over, roollzlng that their now contracts will be based
ntirely upon what they show thts season and not on past reputation, as was tho
case when tho Feds wore in tho field. Perhaps many fans have noticed how much
faster tho games are this year, which is further ovldenco that tho players aro
hustling-.
For two or threo years prior to this season tho fans wore very much disgusted
, Rt tho long-drawn-out games, a contest seldom being completed in less than two
hours becauso the players comply refused to enthuse. The average time of gamo
fortaajor leaguo contests this Beason had been ono hour and 45 minutes, and it has
been a period of real action.
Dosperato chances aro takon on tho bases, in going after foul flics, tagging
runners at tho plate. The old gamo of sacrificing to save tho batting average
when the percentage of baseball decreed that tho batter should whalo away at
,tho ball 'alBO has boen missing this season. All ball playors aro very much inter
ested in their averages; but they aro thinking less about it with tho Feds out of
existence, and better ball has resulted.
Robert McRoy, formerly part owner of tllo Red Sox, and who was responsible
for Jim Dunn buying the Cloveland club, is hero with the Indians, and ho
also believes that tho game is fastor and better this season than over before.
McRoy witl not admit that the players woro loafing for two years becauso of the
Jact that they held tho upper hand during tho war, but ho says that tho players
ro hustling moro and that tho fans aro being given a run for their money now.
Bush Comes to A's Rescue
THE brilliant pitching of Joo Dush enabled tho Athletics to break their long
losing streak yesterday, after nlno succosslvo defeats. Prior to yesterday's
victory in tho second gamo tha Mackmen had lost 21 out of tho laBt 22 games
played and woro on a fair road to equaling or breaking tho famous losing record
made by Pittsburgh in 1830, when it loBt 36 out of 38 games.
Bush had moro "stuff" than ho has shown at any time this season, which
means something, as "Bullet Joe" has pitched many brilliant games in tho face of
disheartening support. Cleyeland had only ono chance to- scoro during tho entire
gamo and Bush got out of that holo without the aid of his teammates. Only four
hits were made by tho Indians, threo of which woro infield scratches, and 10 of
them -were retired T5n strikes. .
Loudermllk pitched well enough to havo won under ordinary circumstances,
but tha Mackmen woro fortunate enough to bunch threo hits and a perfect squeeze
play, with a wild throw by Chapman, the only runs of tho gamo resulting. The
most unusual feature of tho game was tho splendid control shown by Loudermllk.
In seven innings Loudermllk passed only ono man, which is tho Best record ho
bos mads in sevoral years.
This young giant has wonderful natural ability, but' has been passed up by
the Cardinals, Browns and Detroit because ho could not gain control. As a rule,
Loudermllk passes S or 10 men each gamolbut Fohl evidently has done something
which threo other managers could not do in teaching him now to control tho ball.
He is going to be a great help to tho Indians If he can continue .to pitch as he did
yesterday. Ho is badly neo'do, however, as Guy Morton still is nursing a lamo arm
and Stanley Covaleskio has been sent homo becauso ho has been feeling tho effects
of overwork.
Shcehan Gaining, Confidence and Will Improve
TOM SHEEHAN looks better every game he pitches. The lanky youngster is
gaining jthe confidence ho needed and now is swinging freely, whereas early
In the season he seemed to bo holding back, fearing that ho would not be able to
get tho boil over tha plate. Mack is very well pleased with Sheehan's work and
believes that tha Peoria youngster will develop into a great pitcher before the sea
son closes.
Yesterday Sheehan had ono poor inning in which the Indians clinched the
game. Five hits, including a double by Granoy with two men on base, were bunched
In tho second inning, threo runs resulting. During tho remainder of the game
Sheehan hod the Indians at his mercy and seemed to grow stronger as the gamo
progressed, which Is another excellent sign, as Tom has shown a tendency to
weaken In the closing innings. Two hits were all tho Indians could make in
tho last seven Innings, the last run being duo to a fumble by Wittana O'Neill's
double, which tho wind carried away from Strunk.
If the Mackmen had batted, well behind Sheehan he probably would have
won, but Fred Beebe, in his first local appearance since ho left the Phillies five
years ago, pitched grand bail, and tha Athletics had few chances to score. Beebe
lost control for a brief spell in the ninth inning, but when tho Mackmen were
in a position to tie the, score he tightened and retired the side, Tho Indians ap
peared to lack ginger and did not look like a championship team.
Many Clubs Are Handicapped by Injuries
ALMOST every club in tha two major leagues has been handicapped by injuries
it to star players, with the Athletics, Yankees and Indiana the chief sufferers.
On list places the number of crippled players at 51, but this includes many of the
usual ailments, such as sore arms and lame shoulders, which are In no way due
Id tha revival of tha fighting spirit of the players.
Nineteen members of the Athletics and Yankees have been out of the game,
aacii for a week or longer, and six broken bones are Included in the Hat of injuries,
dther players who have sustained hroken bones aro Lobert, of tha Giants,
broken leg; Chapman, of Cleveland, broken leg; Adams, of tho Phillies, broken t
ngr; Cady, of Boston, broken finger; Magee, of -Boston; broken wrist; Fletcher,
the Giants, broken finger, and Archer, of tha Cubs, broken finger.
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The Cleveland Club has protested to President Johnson that the grass at Shlbe
Park should ba cut Manager Fohl claims that tha grass is so long that the out
Jtelders are in danger of tripping or turning an ankle. It is a fact that the .grass
i longer than any we have ever seen in a major league park, but Mack says it will
not bo cut until tha Mackmen depart for the West He argues that it would ba
Impossible to cut tha grass without doing away with morning practice. This
Mack refues to do. at this time as he wants his collegians to get as much morn
ing work as possible before the team goes away,
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Scribes traveling- with the Indians point out that Fred Beebe has made at
laast one wild throw in each game trying to catctTrunnera napping. Yesterday;
Heeba mada two weird pegs In tha second inning on which runners went from
Jtrat to third and. would have made a. few
"Leeit for splendid; work by Gandll.
wiW throw coming and always is glad to get it out of his system,
Jb bojding the Cincinnati Reds to but two hits and winning the first game of
yeaWday's double-header, Alexander wan his seventeenth contest of the season.
Alx teaA tha managerless Reds, who will be guided by Mathewson today, eating
Mil C hU hand. Groh and Pinch-Hitter Mitchell made the only safeties off Alex,
lnj the former's bingle was of the scratch variety. In the second mix Al Demaree
3w one of ids bad afternoons and his shoots looked as big as a barn to the Red
kktors.
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PERCY OSBORNE IS
PEEVED BUT WINS
HIS TENNIS SETTO
Tire Stolen From "Flivver"
Almost Causes Upset and
Plays Hob With Schedule
INTERCLUB GAMES TODAY
Some Inconsiderate "sent" swiped a tiro
from Percy Osborne's "flivver," as It stood
In front of his ofllco' yesterday, whereat
"Perce" waxed very peeved, also an
noyed. For he had an engagement to play
doubles at Norrlstown with Norman
Swayne, against Albert Qross and Charles
N. Beard. The time for the event was 3
p. m and It was then well on toward 2
o'clock.
"What shall I do 7" Osborne muttered
gloomily. To attempt the long not to
say arduous journey to Norrlstown without
a spare tire was out of the question. With
out an extra, a blowout, or at least a
puncture, was Inevitable. So Osborne scur
ried around town and obtained another tire,
and, of course, tho trip to Norrlstown was
made without any untoward Incident. But
that doesn't complete the story.
Beard and Cross were dressed and ready
to play at tho scheduled time, 3 p. m.
Swayne was there, too, but not dressed. A
half hour passed, and no Osborne. Four
o'clock arrived, and still no Osborne.
Swayne grew fidgety, ana as for Cross and
Beard, the longer they waited the more de
termined they wero to "teach that fellow
Osborne a lesson."
Finally, promptly and precisely at 4:30,
only half an hour' and a half late, Os
borne's "flivver" loomed up over the
horizon, and a minute later he arrived, en
tirely surrounded by clouds of dust The In
trepid pilot dressed In a few minutes, and
he and Swayne thon tackled tho thoroughly
aroused Beard and Cross. And It surely
was a scrappy match.
Forgot Stolen Tire
Beard and Cross dashed to the net when
ever given the chanco In the first set and
smashed their way to victory, at 6-4. Os
borne finally forgot all about the stolen tire,
and although hecontlnued to bear the brunt
of tho opposing attack, he strengthened
almost 100 per cent. In the second set and
he and his "pard" pulled It out of the fire.
With the sets 1-all, the conditions o( tho
initial set were reversed and It was then
aroused Osborne, who smashed and battered
Beard and Cross In retaliation for their tao
tlcs In the opener.
Osborne and Swayne won out, 6-1, which
was very unelubby. The others bitterly
complained.
The Plymouth tourney is setting a record
for the number of marathon matches. Al
most every contest, singles or doubles,
played since the first round has had at least
ono set, and In many of them two, that
went far beyond the regulation six-game
score.
The champion roarathoners to date
aro Edward Hall and Dr. P. B. Hawk. They
won out yesterday over Everett B. Mosler,
who has been playing a bang-up game at
Norrlstown, and F. H. McCann, at 6-4, Il
ls, 11-9, a total of 54 games. All but Mc
Cann had previously played singles. Mosler
furnished the first real thrill of the tourney
in beating "Ed" Hall in tha fifth round, at
2-6. 8-6, 6-3,
COLUMBIA WILL RETAIN
INTERCOLLEGIATE ROWING
NEW TOniC, July 81. Columbia will not
withdraw from Intercollegiate rowing. That
was decided at a meeting of the Columbia
University Club last night.
Alumni and undergraduates most prom
inent In the sport gathered in response to
a call to consider the advisability of abol
ishing the sport or resigning from member
ship in the Intercollegiate Rowing Associa
tion, in which its associates are Cornell and
Pennsylvania.
It was decided unanimously that Colum
bia was not only to continue to support
rowing, but that the sport was to be put
on a much firmer! basis. The control of
rowing will be taken away from the Colum
bia Bowing Association andVlll be centred
In the Athletic Association, which also con
trols athletic finances. It is hoped thereby
to obviate a good deal of the financial trou
ble which has always beset rowing at Columbia.
3S A GOOD THING FOR THE OTHER N. L, CLUBS THAT ALEX'S DOME SPROUTS ARE NOT CRIMSON
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FOR THREE MONTHS DODGERS
HAVE BEEN PLAYING. BEST
BALL IN NATIONAL LEAGUE
And Under the Inspiring Salve of Wilbert Rob-
nison"Team Should Continue to Be Real
Pennant Contender
By GRANTLAND RICE
"TTTHY," writes as irate Brooklyn fan.
VV "don't you ever give Brooklyn credit
for having a flno ball team? You boost
the Yankees and tho Red Sox and tho White
Sox, the Braves and the Phillies, when this
Brooklyn club can play moro -baseball In
one Inning than mo3t of them play In nn
cntlro game."
We were under tho haiy Impression that
wo had fairly bubbled with boosts for tho
Impetuous Robins. The standing of the
clubs Is boost enough, but, in case we have
beon lacking, we hasten to say that Just now
we can think of no more thrilling spectacle
than Colonel C H. Ebbots as the storm
centre of a world's series. And the Colonel
has a wonderful chanco to land with both
feet In tho centre of tho big October smear.
fror three months the Colonel's team has
been playing the best ball In the National
League. And just at present we can see no
reason jvhy it should not keep plugging
along under tho inspiring salvo of Wilbert
Robinson, who Is a host and a boost unto
himself.
Not Quite So Soft
Those who figured that owning a ball club
was a soft occupation, or that a pennant
could be purchased for so much cash, might
gaze upon the case of tho Yanks.
Messrs. Huston and nuppert spent more
than 1130,000 for high-class talent. Bill
Donovan handled this talent In an admlra
bto way. And then. Just as the club was
moving along nicely out in front, one star
after another Is blown apart by serious acci
dents. There is no way to beat back a fate
of this type. A good secondary defense
might easily replace two, or ovon three, star
regulars, but when four or five are shot
down there Is no way to replenish the larder
up to normal capacity. Preparedness Is a
wonderful Institution. But a tidal wave of
trouble is another matter.
Even Without Speaker
It was around the early section of July
last year that tho Red Sox finally swung
Into their stride and began to move In the
general direction that leads to the front.
Minus Speaker, few believed that Carrl
gan ever could start his club In tho same
direction again, but late results show that
Boston Is now the most feared club in
the circuit
Any machine that has Ruth, Shore, Leon
ard. Foster and Mays to fire at the oppo
sition In order doesn't require any great
attack. Tho Red Sox have been able to
get enough runs to win, and evidently tho
club's morale has re-formed since the
Speaker sale. If Lannln can sell a star
player for $50,000 and get into the world
series besides his place as a financier is
flxedor good.
Famous Hays
Caldwell.
Fisher.
Chapman.
Hlp-hlp-hoo-
"Welsh can't
go 20 rounds
against
he take
hard opponent
Why should
chance?" Kxchange, Well. Is he?
Johnny Eyers' latest remarks to the um
pires cost hCn $500. He wouldn't pay that
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much to speak to Vorilllndenburg, Joffro
or General Halg.
Some time ago a certain well-known
amateur golfer who Is more than passing
fohd of a certain beverage was paired up
with Walter Hagen, tho Rochester pro.
"How Is the next team paired up?" tho
starter asked. "Halg and Hagcfi," was tho
quick response from another amateur who
stood nearby.
If Matty had his choice to start In as
manager he probably would tako Pitts
burgh, whero ho has two great youngsters
to build around Al Mamaux and Hans
Wagner.
Mntty, Brown and Walsh are passing as
pitchers, while other' pitchers are still
passing Hans Wagner, who started four
years before Matty, six years before
Drown and seven years before Walsh,
Learning Life's Game
After the ceaseless worry,
After the grinding toil;
After the pain and heartache.
After the stupid moll;
After the sighs jrparting,
After the tears we shed;
After tho futile striving,
After the doorn is sped; l
After we solve the riddle,
There at the journey's end,
Happily we'll know the reason
Death has been called a friend.
Exchange.
Afterta Hue-eyed chicken,
After her hair of gold;
After her carmine tips to kiss,
After her hand to hold;
After her into wedlock,
After the usual course;
After a lawyer to go out
1fer a quick divorce;
After the baseball pennant,,
After the full oo score,
But happiest ever are we
After the umpire's gore.
Divorce for Pitcher Mamnux's Father
PITTBDUnair. July 21. Word hs ten re
celved here from Philadelphia that tho (Superior
Court, alttlns there, had reversed the Common
Pleai Court ot Allegheny County In the divorce
case ot John J. Mamaux. father i of tha Pitta
burgh Plratea' famous young pitcher, and granted
the petition of Mr, Mamaux.
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BASEBALL TODAY
SHIBE PARK
AMERICAN UHaCE GROUNDS
Athletics vs. Cleveland
Asm OAIXED AT 340 P. SI.
Tickets on al at GhpbeU' and Spalding
Point Breeze Pajrk Motordrome
Annual Pienle and Game and Slulor Kaeea
IMP. ORDER OF RED MEN
Tomorrow Afternoon nnd Evg.
srECIAI. MOTOR-PACED RACE AT S I'. M.
Bedell Columbatto Ryan
GAYETY TONIGHT
I'ete Howell T. Charlie Howell S rounds
Jim Doner vs. Untiling Murrar round
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Chaporon Wins Maumcc Race
PUT-IN-BAY. O.. July 21 Buffalo and Cleve.
land boata won In the JIaumeo Klvor Yacht
Club'n to-called "short long-dlstnnce" tunc hero
yesterday. Chaperon, aklppored by F. E. Prodi
now, ot tho Iluftalo Yacht Otub. a scratch boat,
wan first, winning the club punch bowl and a.
cash prize ot 123.
Trnsk nnd Herincssy Tennis Victors
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. July 21. Charles P.
Trask and John Ilennriisy, of Indianapolis, de
feated Heath Mooro and Uurr Chapman, of Kan
sas City. In tho second round doubles of the
Great Plains tennis tournoment yesterday.
We Are Ready for
Another Smashing Big
Saturday Business
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GRAND CHIMES WINS
TAVERN STEAK PRIZE
Louisiana Steed Proves Class of
Field at Grand Cir-
cuit Meet
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CLEVELAND, July 21. Grand Chimes,
from away down in Louisiana, tramped on
the Northern-bred trotters yesterday at
North Randall' and walked on! with the
Tavern Steak, tho first cvenf raced under
thd Dovereux limitation plan on the i?i6
Grand Circuit. In winning, Grand "chimes
proved himself to bs one of tho best trot
ters that has been uncovered this sea
son. '
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It was a bitterly fought race. Grand
Chimes was nosed out In the final heat by
Busy Lassie, but to Grand Chimes went ths
tyonors and yesterday, at least, ho wns the
class of the Held.
The Tavern Hteak was rather an experi
ment. Tho field was limited to Ii6rs.es' that
havo never beaten 2:14 li or won more thiin
(2000 gross. The raco developed into one
of the grandest In the history of the event
nnd tho lime was Just nboUt ns fastnrf It
would havo been If the Tavern had been a
2.10 trot, as In tho second and third heat
the tlmo was better than 2;07, " V
The Held In tho Fnslg open 3-ycar.-oId
trot narrowed down to thrpo when the
horses were called and, as two of tnem
woro members of Tommy Murphy's stable,
thero was virtually no selling, nnd It was
tho Murphy stable that got most of tho
money, with Adele Block, the third member
of tho race, getting third. Mnpla Tree
easily had tho speed of the trio, taking the
first and third heats.
Helsor
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