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PHILLY TEAM WOULD NOT BE
' HANDICAPPED BY THE LOSS .
OP KILLEFER AND CRAVATH
Star Catcher and Outfielder Have Able Under
studies in Eddie Burns and
Wilbur Good
THE temporary loss of Dill Kltlefer nnd Qavvy Crnvath was not as Brent a handi
cap to Ihe Phillies as Phllatlolphla random commonly believe. Naturally, Jf
Klllefer were not able to play nsrain this year, Moran's champions would have to
play spectacular baseball to beat out llrooklyn and the Braves. IJut the fleet
catcher's arm Is not nearly as badly hurt now as It was last season, when he was
forced out of tho line-up at the critical point In tho season nnd also was prevented
from taklnjr part In the world's series ngalnst tlio Red Sox.
White the Injured Phillies were out of tho game Kddte Hums and Wilbur Good
was able to tako care of their respectUo positions sumciently well to prevent
any decrease In the average offensive nnd defensive power of tho club. Hums Is
hitting ten points nbove Klllefer now. and furthermore, ho has been hitting
better In the pinches than at any other time. An far as the actual receiving Is
concerned, Eddie can also take care of that for several weeks without developing
any noticeable stateness. Ho has done It before and there Is no reason why ho
houtd not repeat. The pitchers upon whom Mornn Is depending to drive tho team
to tho top of the league aro veterans and need little nursing from the catcher.
Nevertheless, whenever the occasion arises Eddie llurns will do his part In
tho most approved fashion. Ho Is one of the smartest catchers In tho game,
theoretically and in actual play. Ho performs as quickly ns ho thinks and thinks
ahead of every play.
Cravat h and Klllefer wero able to start In tho first game today, but may bo
again forced from the line-up.
Cravalh Has Been Weak in the Pinches
18 FAR. as Cravath Is concerned, his loss
In tho first place, Qawy is not likely
Injury. But even If ho were forced to remain on the bench ns long as two weeus,
there would "be no perceptible decllno In tho Phillies' attacking power.
It appears that baseball followers believe, for the most part, that the loss of
a man who Is deemed strong enough to bat in the clean-up position necessarily
is a. Bevero blow. Ordinarily this may be true, but at present It Is not, for tho
very good reason that Cravath has not been batting In tho form this year that
Justifies his hitting In position No. 4.
When the last figures were compiled Cravath was hitting only .250. As n
matter of fact his work with tho stick has been even worse than these nono too
flattering figures Indicate. Time and ngaln Qavvy has gone to the bat with men
on baseB and at a time In the game when a hit would almost certainly have
meant victory. On tho majority of these occasions Cravath has not come through
With a clean blow. On the contrary, he has been rather easily fooled by tho
opposing pitcher and has becomo the repeated victim of fanning.
Wilbur Good Is not as strong a hlttcrns Cravath by nny means, bui he will
doubtless bo able to spin along as n cog in tho Phllly machlno ns well as Cravath
bos been doing recently.
Bancroft Rapidly Becoming Seasoned Performer
DAVE BANCROFT has shown remarkable improvement all season and In tho
last few weeks has been exhibiting a. sterling brand of shortstopplng. Last
year Dave was regarded as a. socond Moranville-to-bo. This year hl3 admirers
and tho experts are omitting the "to-be." He has apparently "arrived." Lack of
major leapuo seasoning was Kanny's only fault, and now he seems to have ac
quired all the poise born of experience to make him a perennial phenomenon.
On Saturday Bancroft participated in a triple and doublo play, both of which
came at an exceedingly timely period of the contest for tho Phillies. While tho
J?hils eventually won tho game from tho Giants at 7-3, it Is highly probable that
thoy would havo been bcaton If the triple play had not been mado at a time when
it looked as'though the Giants wore bent on pulling off a prolonged and fruit
ful rally.
Bancroft Is contributing his share to tho offensive movements of tho Phillies
as well as tearing along.at a break-neck clip afield. He gradually i3 becoming a
pood waitor, which In turn means that he not only gets more and inoro bases on
balls, but his batting eyo Is Improving so much that he is hitting oftcner and
With more precision than ho over did before.
Braves' Victories of Doubtful Local Value
THE double victory of tho Boston Braves over tho Brooklyn Dodgers is of
doubtful value to tho Phillies. It all depends on which ono of theso teams
proves to bo tho one with which tho Phillies have to fight it out for tho pennant.
Tho Phillies' slaying of the Giants while Btalllngs's men were hammering out their
two wins In Flatbush Saturday put tho local crowd within five and a half games
of the top. But It put Boston within four gnmes of Brooklyn, which Is a condition
of affairs not to be accepted lightly by Philadelphia rooters.
McQ raw's Harlem Hirelings aro not likely to make great troublo for any one
concerned. They wero losing with considerable consistency before Rariden was
Injured. After his enforced retirement tho Giants aro very apt to take the
elevator In tho direction of tho ground floor. At any rato, the Phillies should
benefit by New'York'a weakness and make a substantial gain regardless of the
outcome of the Brooklyn-Boston series. In fact, tho Phillies must continue to go
at a fast clip, for there is no indication that either the Dodgers or tho Braves aro
colng to crack under the much talked of strain. That the champions can keep
up the pace Is the firm belief of Patrick J. 'Mornn. Tho only thing, ho believes,
that Is needed for his team to go to tho top and stay there Is a llttlo pitching
assistance from McQuillan, Chalmers and Ocschger, The othor hurlers are doing
their part.
Ted Meredith Getting in Shape for European Drive
TDD MEREDITH has begun to get In shapo for the long-expected drive on tho
Swedish front. For a while tho ox-Penn mlddle-distanco champion was un
decided whether he should make a European invasion during these turbulent
times. However, ho has at last accepted tho proposition made to him by tho
Swedish Athletic Association through Hortsberg, tho Scandinavian track coach.
In the games nt the P. R, R. Y. M. C. A. Field Saturday, Ted showed that ho
does not have to do more than keep In his present condition to be able to defeat
all comers at Stockholm In October, He took a flyer at tho 100-yard dash, win
ning it in 10 2-B. Shortly afterward ho reeled off a 440-yard dash In :55 flat,
without having any competition worth mentioning.
Meredith does not bellovo In a great deal of work to keep In top form for
sprinting. That Is, he does not believe in it for himself. He has often said that
every miuifshould work out, in a general way, his own salvation regarding train
ing. Consequently, Ted will take part in various meets, including tho national
championships at Newark, before he sails for Copenhagen on September 28.
It Hvill be Interesting to see Just how much advancement has been made by
the Swedish athletes Blnce they have adopted exclusively American methods.
They made a great showing In the 1912 Olympic games In spite of their lack of
knowledge on track subjects. Four years have now passed and the athletes of
Scandinavia have been emulating the best Americans during that time. Meredith
himself believes that he will have a much harder time winning the 440 and 880
events against the Swedes alone than he had against the great International field
In 1912.
Williams Still Erratic on Tennis Courts
ALTHOUGH R. Norrls Williams, 2d, defeated George M, Church In the challenge
jtx round at Seabrlght for tho Achells cup, he showed that he Is stilt erratic and
that he must play steadier tennis to win back his lost national laurels at Forest
Hills. But for an unfortunate accident, Church would probably have captured the
match. In the second set, while reaching for the pet, the former Princeton cham
pion pulled a tendon. He gamely continued, but, his play naturally lacked the
punch that he had put Into it up to that time.
It Is reasonable to suppose that Church would have continued at the pace
he began had he not been Injured. He took the first set at 7-5 and was lead
Inn at 2-0 fn the second when he was hurt. After losing the next two at 0-3.
Church braced and took, the fourth by the score, 6-4. But the effort was too much
and he did pot have a chance In the final and deciding set, which went to
William at P-2. y
It Church conpletely recovers he will have a great chance to land the national
title. N Pfayer in the country has shown such consistent Improvement. Being
well grounded in the game's fundamentals, plus the vim he has Infected into if
.Ctfurch should make a better showing than
scssioia exception oi vv imams.
One of the most consistent local athletes is Olga Dorfncr. She came within
two-fifths of a second o equaling- her qwn recordfpr the JOO-yard swim In At
lantic City on Saturday. The water conditions were by no means Ideal, hence
her performance -was all the more remarkable.
GOOD SHOULD
would bo felt less than that of Klllefer.
to bo out of the game because of this
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KILBANE FOOLS "WISEACRES"
BY PUTTING UP FORFEIT TO
WEIGH 122 FOR CHANEY BOUT
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Champion Posts Real Money He Can Scale Feather
Limit for Labor Day Battle Other Sports
Comment by the Sports Editor
By ROBERT
WHEN Johnny Kllbane, featherweight
chnmplon, took his pen in hand tho
other day nnd ntllxed his John Hancock to
a set or articles
to box Gcorpe
Chancy on I.a
(or Day, ho put
tho muzzle on
tho majority of
the critics who
have been pan
nine 'dm for
tho last ear
Jawn did not
atop with tho
Spencerlan ex
ercise, but fol
lowed It with n
bl& bundle of
regular money,
which was post
ed as a forfeit
for weight nnd
appearance Tho
appearance stuff
did not causa a
ripple of excite
ment, but the
weight question made the aforesaid critics
sit up and tako notice
For a long time Kllbane has been roasted
unmercifully because of tho "soft money"
he was supposed to be gathering In. It
wan pointed out that the champion was
pulling a Freddy Welsh on the dear old
public and refused to meet any ono but tho
casleat marks In the game After the
"roasters" got through with this line of at
tack, they Btartcd In on the weight ques
tion, and soon many really bcllced that
Johnny never would be ablo to malto 122
pounds again.
Dougherty's Offer Spurned
When Jimmy Dougherty put up Uo.000
for a battle between Kllbane and Chaney
at Lelpervlllo last spring, theso wlso per
sons boldly asserted tint nothing would
come out of It because the champion ould
not make the weight. This could not bo
proved, as tho match never went beyond
the talking stage, as Chaney politely but
firmly refused to consider the match. Then
came Matt Illnkel's offer and onco moro the
weight stuff bobb- to tho surface.
But Johnny has silenced his critics,
temporarily at least. When he dumped
that load of coin of the realm In Illnkel's
hands, there were gasps of surprise, for
Kllbano Is a business person and never
would put up regular money If he wasn't
curt he had a mighty good chance to get It
Make Weigf t
Wo Uslted Kllbane when we were In
Cleveland a month ago, and watched the
champion take a light workout. He seemed
to be In the best of shape, although'lte had
not been boxing much, and after tho work
on ho stepped on the scales and tipped the
beam at 127 pounds, or flvo pounds more
than the featherweight limit. With a little
hard work. It's a cinch that Jawn will hit
122 or under long before tho date of his
meeting with the Baltimore slugger. It
looks to us as if Chaney would have the
trouble making weight.
This Chaney-Kllbane fuss promises to be
a regular battle, and no doubt will draw a
tremendous crowd. It Is getting all kinds
of advertising, but It looks like the best
match n years, and deserves all it gets.
George Is the first real featherweight to
een be considered since Johnny won the
HM from Abe Attell Many have tried
to claim recognition, but some one always
l-nocktd them oft when they were going
good, and they hod to start all over again.
Chaney, however, has a good record b
Mr'l him, and la the only logical opponent
In the country today.
Anxious for Bout
Both Kllbane and Jimmy Dunn, his man
ager, have been anxious to meet phaney
any place except Baltimore. They called
off the scrap which was scheduled for March,
17 in the Monumental City, for reasons of
It W Xi V 1.1.1.
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their own, and tried to put it on In somo
other city Chnney balked, howccr, nnd
negotiations wero off.
AVhcn Bletzer and Chaney wero holding
out for more money, after Jlinkcl offered
J5000 to the challenger, Dunn feared that
the match wpuld fall through. Ho stated
that he would put up a $5000 side bot, and at
the end was willing to accept tho bout on a
winner-take-all basis. Dunn knew that his
man was Chaney's superior and wanted to
tako long chances to prove It.
Barring accidents, tho scrap will take
placo on September 4, nnd the long-drawn-out
discussion will be brought to nn end,
McGuigan lias Show
Tho local boxing season will bo ushered
In on Wednesday, August 23, when Jack
McCuigan throws open tho doors of tho
National A. C Young Ahearn will appear
In the wind-up ngalnst Jack Blackburn, and
a good card has been mado up to precede It.
Ahearn has not been doing much since his
collision with Mike Olbbons's right fist, and
will mnko an effort to stago a comeback.
Blackburn also Is nnxlous to get off to a
good start this season, and will do his best
to prove that ho Is as good as Gibbons
Tho Olympla holds Is first show on tho
28th, with Johnny Moloney, tho amateur
bantam champion, stacked up against Joe
O'Donnell, of Gloucester. Moloney Is train
ing at Betterton, Md , nnd is said to be In
great shape for his professional debut
Another bout on tho program that looks
very good li tho FranMo White-Johnny
Mcalcy fuss. These boy3 wero matched
last spring, but White was taken ill and
could not appear. '
Zbjszko Wrestles Tonight
Zbyszko, the Polish champion, and Frank
Shultz, one of tho best wrestlers over de
veloped In Germany, will grapple at Central
Park, on North Fifth Btreet, tonight, in one
of the elimination contests to select a suc
cessor to Frank Gotcli It Is the first meet
ing between the pair, and much Interest has
been aroused by tho event Zbyszko weighs
234 pounds, while Shultz makes the scales
crealt nt 274 If the platform Is strong
enough, the match should bo real exciting
When Frank Gotch broko his leg In a
wrestling bout in Kenosha, Wis., Zbyszko
was among the many who claimed the title
Joe Stecher and Strangler Lewis also had
designs on the crown, but that meant noth
ing to the mighty Pole. Ho admitted he de
served tho championship and now Is try
ing to prove his claim Ho is ready to meet
any ona in the world at any time and If
successful with Shultz tonight ho will not
stop until he has ruined all of the other
claimants, '
The match will be catch-as-catch-can, the
best two falls out of three. It Is the main
bout of the evening, according to Jack
Roden, master of ceremonies and official
booster, and will be preceded by a one
fall match between Itenato Gardlnl, who wa
suspect Is an -Italian, and Frank S. Lea
vltt, billed as the Hercules of the United
States Navy,
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Terry Jvetcnei vs. Joe Tuber
TUESDAY EYEXIKQ. AUGUST U. IBIS
HUGH, WE FEEL THE
At Ub Hi 14, 1910.
Eddie Plank Allows Nine
Hits in Four Games, Filched
In Period of Thirteen Days
SINGE July 30, Eddie Plank, the
veteran southpaw, has pitched
four gnmes and in that time allowed
only nine htts and two runs. This is
an average of 2.25 hits per game and
an average of .50 run per game.
Here are the figures;
Date Opponent Runs Hits
July 30 New York. ..... 0 4
August 4 Boston........ 1 2
'August 8 Washington... 1 1
August 12 Cleveland 0 2
Scraps About) Scrappers
llr IOUlS H. JAFFK
nn-A' ttifirlcburn has ft (rood rhance to earn
FnSi ISrni Kin i In h bout with. At WnitwT
fiHhe t" r bout at tno flroadway Club tonlsht
Tho fc O wtmn h been winning bouts con-
lilfnliy and If HlacKburn Is able to crgM Wag.
n!T 'II would mean n bin boost for nil Kiae
ability.
real prelrfti knockout ktd. .Too Dornov and
folion will appear In reir-ctlio ""?""
Two
ih. I'lm-irtirnr'a program. Tno iormr wiii ,iu
WBlljr
on Ulllv lllnr' nnd -tw sf on onm-m ... -
lirnj n t'K'r "-".. ' .;".;. vi
?HowteirandVornmr8cimfcVarjo'Km,yrox
aro tho other number.
On- hundred ond sixteen tjounda rlnsaldc jov
Mna the return lilt between Jo Tuber nnd Terry
Jfflcholl for lh main must the man A. ('.
inmnrron nlRht Terr be Tern surnrlwd 1 the
fans in hla rfrit meet nir with I'uber by earning
an e en break and It Ills dally gym workout;
S'.,i ui n criterion he may continue hla
iiirnrlalng b winning on thla trip .meir "ri
meetlnj .ro"ed one of the creat bantam battiea
of tho aeuson
Illaek white, white . white nnd bl-irk a.
Mark will be the feature of the special Negro
lllk linxInT program at the reopening nl tne
NitloPM Hut. Auguat 2.1 Aa Young Ahesm
and Jack lllackburn nro c per cxpoiienta.
ii rem sclemliie atrap ahould enaue when
the throw gloc at earn othor In the final A
aperltl ho. with Young kofcrey nd.".e ."A,"
llartnn of Ne York both negroes, In the wind
up. will be held lit tho Uroadway August -'.:
Rome boxers cannot realize when nn oppor
tunity Is given them to make n reputation oer
night, after they hac clamored for recocnl lion
In star bouts nnd their demnndi Increase so
much that matchmakers arc forced to pass them
up. Wnen a boxer who hni been showing well In
the prelims Is offered n chance to nppenr In n
wind-up ho should bo glad to get the opportunity,
and not try "to hold up the promoter for tho
clubhouse."
There will bo two titles nt stnl. I.ibor Day
In the fentherwelght and lightweight class when
I'red Welsh and Charley While nnd Johnny "Kit
bano and Oeorce Chaney meet Ten to T aro
good odds thnt neither crown will change heads
Tho tame, gnmblo Is fair that Jack Dillon Is a
winner orr Jim Coffey
Tho scheduled Johnny Kllbane. Irish Tatsy
rilno mttcli In New York Thursday night has
been called off Mat Hlnkel, promoter and ref
eree of the Kllbanc-Oeorge Chaney match, re-
, nnother bout preUous to tho chnmplonshlp mix-
ron'cr'.nroomrelt",h,uaSeJ .nat,B.?,8. &
lusefl lo allow tne cnumpion 10 conipeio in
nbly will bo a B-to-3 favorite.
Only two wk remnfn before socn or ethl
clubs will begin tho regular boxing season Tho
Olympla, Natlonn! Rynn. Ilroadnuy, Nonpareil.
Quaker Cltr and Model Clubi will hold -weekly
bouts, whllo a new Kensington nnd West Phila
delphia arena nuv enter tho field.
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THE DIAMOND'S UNSUNG HEM
Grantlanci icice rays owyme xxwc w veteran
Arbitrator Who Has Served Twenty-five YeaVsl
Continuously in National Game
By GRANTLAND RICE
Dallads-of Heroes
(Bob EmBlle has Just concluded hli twenty
fifth )car as nn umpire)
When Itlndenburo held the "" "' aY
1H name ton entered upon Fames hail,
When amoral Joff checked the Teuton
army, , ,
Tie lted Cross bowed to this mighty
thrall:
The Ulu o Vrancc crept out of the pall
And mrdals iccrc pinned on Ms gleaming
coat
Who ft the greatest hero of them OUT
Emslle'a the cntrv that gets my voiei
The Trooper faces the shrapnel's spray,
And he ts a hero beyond recall;
To face grim death n the deadly fray,
To give your life at the country's call
Where has glory a greater hault
Hhow mc the chance for a greater gloat!
On the field of Honor the heroes fall;
Hut JJmsllc's the fellow that gets my vote!
Haunted and taunted, day by day,
I'or a thousand weeks by the sore fan's
squawl,
Btandcd a thief upon each called play,
Hhncil and hooted on each pitched ball;
Held to scorn In the biting scrawl,
The One and Only eternal Ooat
Come, yc heroes mid ciotcd the stalt
Emslic's the entry that gets my vote!
I'rom the northern stioto fnfo otocred
Gntil,
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float.
On with the laurel from Pall to Mall
EmsUc's the entry that gets my vote!
K
N UMPinn for 25 years nnd still allvo
nnd fnlrly cheerful I The combined hats
of tho universe should ba dotted to Mr.
Cmslle.
No ono has yet been able to manufacture
armor for a battleship that is Impregnable
and Impenetrable. What nbout a bnttleihlp
made from the hide of an umpire who could
last 25 campaigns?
Welsh vs. White .
It has taken Frcddlo Welsh a trlflo over
two years to offer a real defense of his title,
but ho has come upon a flrat-clnss test at
last.
Thcro may bo some argument ns to
whether White, Leonard or Dundee Is tho
better man, but as tho difference among
the trio of challengers Is so slight, this ar-
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