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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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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NO WESTERN CLUB CAN EXPECT
TO WIN PENNANT THAT CANNOT I
CHECK RED. SOX ON THIS TRIP
Camgan's Club Will Be galled Upoii to Stan!
- One of Season's Tougnesu sieges wnen
Invaders Storm Ramparts
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tp thero wero exact percentages figured
lfor every man's achievement, nulte a
few who bctleve they stand between .800
nndMOOO would be startled to observo their
mark was about .217.
By GUANTLANP RICE
protected for the long September trip, S
she spends 20 days on tha road with )XW
ICHUiiiK iiMiia .., Mb aiuiiiD,
For example, In theie. dispatches, If we
could make ono hit out of every thrco
starTs for a modest mark of .333 we would
consider our average suitable enough, it
uould not be up to Mr. HubIWs stam lard,
nor Ty Cobb's, nor Trls Speaker 3. 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
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