XT 1,, i.i-KUiU.i WEJWlUV, AttarHT ltf, 1016. T1ST OF SEASON COMES FOK TIIE PHILLIES ON WESTERN TRIP WHICH STARTS TOMORROW PHILLIES FACE ACID TEST OF PRESENT SEASON WHEN THEY MAKE LAST WESTERN TOUR Not Likely That Three Teams on Top of National League Will Be Put in Bad Shape by These Weaker Clubs ALTHOUGH tho Phillies' trip through tho West lnsta only two weeks, tho Jt Barnes played nro extremely critical. If It should happen that cither tho Brooklyn or Boston club hits a slump In tho We.st, it would virtually eliminate tljem from tho pennant race. Uy tho same token, a poor showing by the fhlls frfiuld put them In such a position that It would tirko almost superhuman base ball to drive them to tho fore and repeat their victory of 1915. But It Is not likely that any of tho thrco leaders will break In the West. Tho Phillies appear to bo movlntr along at a tnoro even clip than any of tho others. This is truo matnly because tho local hurlers nro In splendid shape. Alexander does not have to bo overworked, Inasmuch as Demarco and Itlxcy are In lino shape. Tho game Demarco pitched yesterday against tho New York club, when ho let them down with threo lilts, Indicates tha. ho 13 In top form and that ho will bo able, to maintain his paco throughout the remainder of tho season. Tho western clubs aro likely to fatten their winning percentage on the Now Tork Giants, but they aro not likely to do so on the other thrco clubs of tho Bast, in spito of tho fact that n mathematician of tho tnlddlo West has figured out precisely how and why ono of tho western clubs must win this season. Hence, If tho Phillies can weather tho western drive thero Is no doubt that they will bo ablo to accomplish a. great deal during tho following weeks to put them at tho top of tho heap In tho light for tho National Lcaguo pennant. McGraw's IlurUng Staff Not Dependable JOHN McGRAW has a powerful baseball club in many respects, but the poor pitching which has been characteristic of the team's work all season con tinues, consequently thero Is Httlo hopo oven In tho minds of tho most ardent metropolitan rootorB for a pennant this season. Another thing that Is lacking In tho club Is spirit. Tho Giants leader him self does not know how to account for this failure of tho team to work hard; nevertheless It Is a fact that thero are only a few men on tho team who Uvo tho game- as tho Phillies do. Benny KnuIT, Fred Merklo and Charloy Herzog aro con stantly on tho Job In overy game becauso thtr ltfo Is baseball. Tho other momboro of tho club naturally wont to mako good records, becauso they betlovo (and it is 1 partially truo) that good records bring forth fruit in tho form of high-range contracts. Regardless of the score or tha inning, ono will And that tho three Now York playeVs mentioned aro working, and working hard. No matter if they are far In tho lead in tho ninth Inning or If thoy are far behind, they play tho game for all thero Is to it until tho last out Is made. That Is tho spirit that makes pennant-winning teams. It wa3 tho making of former New York teams, of Chanco'o great machines in Chicago nnd of tho Ath letics. Naturally there aro different ways at getting these results, but thoy must bo got In somo manner for a team to develop to such a point of cfllclcncy that it will win a pennant. Athletics Home for Two Weeks' Stay THE Athletics arrived, after ono of tho most disastrous trips of their career, for a two weeks' stand at Shlbo Park. Whothcr they will bo supported bettor than thoy wero on tho last homo stay Is a question that tlmo alono will tell; but It Is reasonable) to suppose tho crowds will bo larger nnd liava a Httlo bit moro enthusiasm than they havo had thus far this season. " All fans aro Interested In tho mighty spurt of tho St. Louis Browns. When ever a club gets In tho winning habit as St. Louis seems to havo dono tho fans nro going to see. that club play ball regardless of tho opposition, or lack of it In thcucaso of tho Athletics. During tho last week tho MackmeTi havo shown marked Improvement, al though their quality Is not of that typo which makes pennants or oven near pennants. Bush, Myers nnd Nabors havo been going well, nnd there Is no reason why they should not get better and stay bettor on tho homo lot. Chance for History to Repeat MR. CORNELIUS JIcOILLICUDDY, tho nonpareil among tho diamond nabobs and manager of tho well-known loslmr streak, onco discussed In tho presenco of the writer tho gamest bunch of fans with whom ho ever was thrown into con tact. Tho lean leader at that particular tlmo was engaged with his flotilla of high-priced hirelings In mobilizing pennants and ducats galore. Tho conversa tion, as wo got it, took placo In Atlanta just before tho Athletics returned to their homo heath to carvo history and most of their opponents. "I will never forget," said tho thin Tiognn, "tho game, that Jimmy Colllns's nlno won from us In 190G in Boston. Tho Boston team had won tho pennant in 1903 (jnd 1904. They had beaten Fred Clarke's team for tho world's series In 1903. But that 190G team had gone to pieces, as nil good tenms will If you let tho moss grow on them. Thoy had lost 20 straight games, nnd when wo camo along wo beat them tho first two or three, I forget which, and then they beat us, winning their first gamo In 21 starts. "Now that bunch of Boston fans, nnd thero are no better. Just got up on their legs and started to yell as If they had won a world's series. They forgot all about those 20 others below tho belt and let themselves out, giving tho players a flno hand and shouting like a lot of madmen. That thing was catching, and the flrst thing that I know I was yelling a Httlo myself not for tho players, but for tho fans who could go crazy over a victory after 20 against them In a row. That exhibition was the gamest for fahs that ever I havo seen, and showed that Boston lias tho cream when it comes to real rooters. It had them that day, at any rate." Little recked the slender, sachem at that tlmo that he would bo railroading a bunch as misfitting In tho great chase for tho gonfalon as J, Collins In that sero and yellow year. Now that Connie's troupo of trained performing" losers ha gono through a similar stretch of losses, It looks as If tho Athletic fans could tear a leaf from tho Boston fan book and give tho Mackmcn something of a hilarious wel come today. i St- Louis Triumvirate Powerful Combination THERE are threo men on the St. Louis Browns responsible for tho great spurt of tho Trans-Mlsslsalpplans toward tho top of the league Thoy aro Manager Fielder Jones and Pitchers Eddie Plank and Dave Davenport. Of course, Slsler has done much so havo thoy all, for that matter but the trio mentioned form the all-Important nucleus of the club's strength. Of these three, tho one least spoken of by tho fans Fielder Jones has done the most. Last season Branch Rickey had a good individual club, but ho did not have the managerial ability that Jones possesses.- Tho present St. Louis leader has virtually every qualification that a baseball manager needs, and he Is putting his talents to tho test In a most effective way. Jones has directed the Browns to twenty-three victories out of tho last twonty alx starts up to today. Not only that, but the Browns have not gained solely from the weaker clubs. They encountered all of the teams which wero deemed pennant contenders, and'have been comparatively as strong against the best as against the Weakest. St. Louis has a long trip ahead in the East, but the Red Sox will unques tionably bo tho only club to glvethem a real battle. It Is unthinkable that the Athletics, the Yankees (weakened as they are) or Washington can check the Browns in the mad rush for the pinnacle. . Backers of football at Columbia University are determined, now that tho game has been restored, to put the Morningslde team on the gridiron map. Practice will begin September 11, two weeks earlier than in 1915, the flrst year of tho resto ration. It -will take' some years for Columbia to develop a team. that will bo able to cope successfully with tho big elevens of tho East, but those who aro running foot ball affairs declare they will have a bunch of booters in a short time. Captain Nell Mathews, of the 1916 Penn football team, writes that he iu getting down to playing form. "I have been working hard," scribbles the captivin, "and have lost several pounds and my tonsils. The latter still aro giving vr.o a Httlo trouble, in spite of the fact that I don't have them any more." Mathews is taking work at tho University of Chicago. Ho will be in Philadelphia by September 1 to begin work with Bob FoluelL On his return from Dulujh, where he was beaten' In tho national annual re gatta .for slngl,-scull honors by Tom Rooney, New York, Jock Kelly was greeted heartily by his friends, They still insist that Rooney"a victory was in the nature of a scratch, as Kelly has beaten him a number of times. Kelly is a consistent per fprmer, buf water conditions wero not as favorable as they might havo been in Duluth, ' TWO MEN GET ACQUAINTED AT A SUMMER RESORT ' v - 1 ' . Assoiumv ciMwac? I xl ropAV ;; was J. I s PRAPi YOU KnoiaJ TommV KCARMS - AUB WARD PARKeR- AWO-ROY BRAOPORO Hfln 1 Ktinuj IHtTM- 5AY7 DO Yau, kwowu i5uake! mv NAME IS JOM6S PLEAS et Ti KNOW Yrt RDAiuti'A mv WAMB- PLfAi0t!l ALL MING VOO BGTCHA LCT'A AltfounrJ to Mexr Daow, TlA Vil lAJrtUJ Orfj Cgorgo,- ......r. -Til ril I I .... . inu.nnV& Wuau'eeuT THT, ; T. m ' Jack im Clad lMTCHA Gcoaae rneo 15 a CrteAT FltlEMD C MimS. JVM AT -lb - J HftVt ill I r-'.b I ( J). untu 1 i rj J V J r cr -.. ,r- ffrrMA.W MAM 'l-. - V.-- t SECTIONAL TENNIS DOUBLES TEAMS POORLY BALANCED Present Plan of National Doubles Event Could Be Improved Upon DAVIS-CHURCH FAVORITES For years tho leading tennis players of tho land havo been agitating the abolition of tho present method of determining tha clinllcngcri for tha natlannl doubles titles. Kvciy year, in various districts, sectional doubles ctcnts aro held, nnd the winners of these events meet at Chicago In an elimina tion tournament, to determine tho challeng ers of tho tltleholders. This elimination tourney Is now going forward nt the On wcntsla Country Club, I.ako Forest, III. Tho agitation for n cliango Is due to the fact that tho various teams which qualify for tho piellmlnary doubles at Chicago aro not truly representative of tho country's strength. In past years this event has usually resolved itself into a duel between tho Pacific coast and Eastern champions. Tho winners of tho other sectional events. Southern, Middle States, Southwestern, Mis sissippi Valley nnd Western, rnrely llsrurc, and It is K.ifo to say that not one of them would get beyond tho flrst or second rounds of tho Knstcrn or l'aclllc States events. Davis and Church Strong In tho tournament now In progress Maurlco McLoughlln and Ward Dawson, 1'aclllo States tltleholders. nnd deorsa M. Church and Willis E. Davis, wlnnors nt I.ongwood, aro the real favorites, nnd tho only two teams which may bo counted upon to put up a strong battlo against William M. Johnston and Clarence J. G-rlllln, tho national champions. Church nnd Davis form ono of tho best balanced doubles teams In a decade. In many respects It Is a stronccr team than Johnston nnd Crinin and Infinitely better than McLoushlln and -Dawson. The Intter lias not yet reached tho form of a McLough lln, Dala or Church, and Mcl.oughlln will bo forced to carry a tremendous lead, as ho did In tho last few years In which ho played with- Ilundy. Although holding the doubles champion ship In conjunction with tho singles, which is the English custom, would run the na tional event well Into tjvo weeks, this would be a far better plan, and would result In much keener competition than the present Idea. At present it takes three or four days to run Oft the preliminary doubles at Chicago, nnd this time, added to the ftek or ten days already used to decide tho singles event, would not incrense tho time for the two events by more than a day or two. Too Anxious Almost A rather peculiar condition existed when Davis and Church mot It, Norrls Williams, 2fl, and Theodore Roosevelt Pell In tho final of the Eastern doubles at Long wood. Neither Williams nor Pell was ery anx ious to make tho trip to Chicago for tho preliminary rounds, while Davis and Church were not only keen to win. but ready nnd willing to give up the time for the trip. In fact, Davis and Church were so keen to, win that they almost wero beaten In Btralght sets through overanxlcty. So hero was presented the spectacle of an appar ently winning team almost ready to throw up tho sponge, and of a team almost on tho verge of defeat frantic to win. But fortunately It ended rosily in a victory for Davis and Church The "eteran" Bill Rowland has certainly come Into his own. Until recently, tennis players and fansfnever though that modesty was part of Rowland's make-up. But In a roundabout way It was learned a short time ago that Rowland was selected by the "powers that be" In national lawn tennis affairs to hold down the service lines in the Williams-Johnston match in the cast and west conflict You'vo gotahandlt to hlml Chicago Cubs Buy Two Atlanta Players NASHVILLR. Twin.. Aur. 10. Manager Frank, of tha Atlanta club, ba announced tho aal of I'ltcher Scott Vtirr and Outfielder Bam Mayer to tha Chicago National lagu club for dellyery at the end of tha icaion. Point Breeze Motor Drome TOMOrtKOW NIGHT AT 8:80 Sensational Match Paced Race I15U0 SWEEPSTAKES 10 MILES Carmen Paced by Hunter Wiley Paced by Stein Didier Paced by Morm Columbatto Paced by St. Yves In the event of rain tha race -will be run Friday nlht AdmUiloo. 56a and 60o. BASEBALL TODAY SHIBE PARK AMEKICAN LEAGUE GROUNDS Athletics vs. St. Louis GAME CALLED AT 3:39 P. M. Ticket, on aale at GbnbeL' aod Spalding'. BASEBALL MUST BE PLAYED FOR PANS NOT PLAYERS, DECLARES JOHN K. TENER National League Head Avers That There Are Too Many Alibis in the Game Sallies Must Be Eliminated NEW TOniC, Aug-. 1. TID3 turnlnt point In tha conduct of baseball on the playing flold has come. The game Is to be played from now on for ths benefit of tho fans in the grandstand and bleachers, not to satisfy somo player desiring to work off his temper, on an umplro or an opposing player. This was tna statement of Tencr, presi dent of tho National League, In an Inter view today. Ills declaration follows tho "action of National League magnates, who In their mooting last week In Now York agreed to prevent boisterous discussions on tho playing field. Umpires In the National Lcagno hore nflor nro to bo treated courteously and tho decisions nro to bo final. Also thero will bo no moro verbal attacks on visiting" playors by tho white-clad players, nor will tho homo guard havo to listen to sallies from tho visitors' bench 'This is tho day of alibis," Prcsldont Tencr said. "Tho baseball player Is much like tho nvorago mother. When a boy Is hard to control the mother blames his com panions; when n baseball player look's bad on a play he doesn't llko to tako all tho blame, so ho looks around for Bomo ono to tako It. And tho umpire usually Is tho handiest. Often ho hays things ho shouldn't, and theh ho Is put out of tho gamo nnd fined. "Wo havo certain laws which aro meant to control tho actions of players and man agers on tho Held and heretofore wo hao been forced to do all the disciplining. Ilcro nftor tho club ownors are going to take a hand, with a view to stopping all wrangling beforo it Btarts. "To this end every club has agreed to ltccp bad talk down. No player will be al--owwed to yell from the bench nt opposing plnyers, nor to make ths same kind of an attack on the field of play." The fan pays for tha gams, Toner de clared, and should bo given what ho pays Tor. He behoves tho fan gets weary when he sees nnd hears a wrnnglo on tho field, nnd he doci not believe tho fan pays for a newspaper to read statements regarding a fracas In a baseball gamo. Boxing exhibition-!, Tcner is convinced, nro provided In sultablo places and the National Lcaguo Is not in competition with tho gentlemen who nro promoting them. Theso new rulings do not mean there will be any lack of cnthuilastn, according to Trcsldent Tenor. On tho contrary, there Is expected to bo Just as much as ever with n little more cleanliness. Coaching will bo moro encouraged than ever, he said, but players in tho National Lcaguo will have to confine their conversational ability to play ers wearing uniforms llko their own. Detroit Club Purchases Joo Wood' NORFOLK. Va.. Auir. 1(1 Announcement of tha sale of Pitcher Joo Wood, to tho Detroit American Lennuo club has been mado by tho official of tho Portsmouth, Vlrclnla I.cusuo club Wonit ulll report at the end of ths Vlrclnl.i Lcacuo season. 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But it would leave us beyond Benny Harry, Johnny Kvers and Stuffy Molnnls. Which fa something. Ono alert scribe hns hit upon an admirable Idea for settling all umpire troubles. Let tho manager nnd tho club owner umplro all homo games. Nobody would kick then except tho vfeltlng club. As It Is, overy ono Is kicking, and the kicking wljl contlnuo whether tho umpiring Is good, bad or merely medium. The Siege Incarnate Starting todny four hostile army corp-J In turn will be thrown ngalnst Itcd Sox ramparts, whoro Bill Carrlgan'a club will be called upon to stand ono of tho toughest sieges of tho game. All four Western elubo In tho American I.o.iruo flguro they are still In tho raco, and alt four flguro that Boston Is tho olub to bo bentcn back. The resourcoful lied Sox went Into the enemy's country through the West and ham merod out 12 victories from 18 assaults. It took a good, game line-up to accom plish this task, but tho job will not be thoroughly completed until tho Red Sox can make a winning defonss of their own sod. It Is no easy task to face Chicago, St Louis, Detroit and Cleveland In order, for thero can bo no let-up, whereas the four besiegers have soft spots In which to re cupcrato and obtain Impetus for the Hash. Neither Is It any soft Job for four clubs to hurl themselves day by day against Huth, Shore, Leonard, Mays nnd Foster. And Boston Is now In this position: If sho can beat her four besiegers back with consldcrablo loss, she will bo moro than No Western club can well expect t ..-! the nennant that Isn't abln to .. .. ftlH Sox. And no Western club yet has .l. nnv irrcat nbilltv alonir this lln "', When It comes to hand-to-hand s.Ckt In, with tho flag at stake, thi. b"?." club In the last two ycaVs has proVS 7 i bo ono of the great machines of the deuJ-tl Can tho East Make It? 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