wwxih r ww KM . !W 3? 10 EVEKING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TIIUKSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1010. JOE BUSH NEVER TWIRLED BETTER BALL THAN HE HAS FOR THE ATHLETICS THIS SEASON M nro entirely capable. Kumagae Has Hop on His Fast One IITTLE has been mentioned about the peculiar drlvo developed by the" Japanese -champion, Ichlya Kumagae, on tho lawn tennis courts. Tlie average spectator In fact, would not notice anything more remarkable about the stroKo than the fact that the little Jap puts a great deal of power In his long swing before meeting tho call and that he has good control. But tho players who have faced Kumagao know that he lias something else Clarence Grlflln remarked after his second defeat at the hands of the clever Nippon tltleholder that his stroke was uncanny. Others who have met Kumagae recently have realized that Orinin had causo to be bewlldeied at this peculiar stroke As a matter of fact, that "uncanny" stroke is really no more uncanny than tho hop of a so-called fast ball on the diamond or tho break of a curve. The reabon why tennis players have been so bewildered is that In the forehand and backhand drives as learned in virtually every country in the world tho only spin given the ball is on the top. This topping of tho ball allows the dilver to send the ball at a tremendous pace, while the "top" causes it to drop within tho boundary lines Kumagae has developed a stroke which combines a top and a side spin This pin causes tho ball to break about two feet "In," as he Is a left-hander' when driven down the driver's side line. Kumagae Is so skillful at this stroke that 'he hits tho ball over actually the outside of tho line as it passes over the net. Tho opposing player, even if ho could block the drive, does not do so, thinking it surely will strike outside the line. But the break comes and the ball either cuts the line' or trikes well within tho court, depending on how far out Kumagae has started his drive, Ty Cobb has gained a few points on Tr'ls Speaker within tho last month but they are very few. The Cleveland clonter is leading Cobb by a margin of annrox lmately 30 points. To overcome that handicap at this stage of the fray Cobb will have to do the best batting of his career, provided Speaker does not take a tumble which ho apparently Is not going to do. ' It will be Interesting to watch the work of Mr. Speaker, who arrived here this morning with the Indians. Cobb has Just left, and while he did more than his bit In defeating the Athletics, he did not perform at the bat as valiantly as he has done in times gone by. If Speaker 'finds the Mack hurlers as easy as he usually does lie will make a considerable advance for premier swatting honors. The large number of defaults jn the tennis tournament at Southampton was a ore disappointment to the gallery which has been attending the matches Most of the leading racquet lights who entered did not take the courts when the hour for thel matches arrived. However, they cannot bo blamed, because evry ono wants to be Jn the best possible shape for the national event at Forest Hills next week Many of these stars have been through a large number of tournaments and a week's rest will put them on edge to show their best form. ' Jimmy Johnston, the speedy Brooklyn outfielder, has a badly battered nose An examination dlscloted that the Dodger regular had his pose broken In sevi era! places and when the operation was performed it was necessary to remove par, of the bone. Johnston now admits that the veteran "Three fingered" Brown has a little speed left In his old salary wing. BUSH HAS HURLED WONDERFUL BRAND OF BALL THIS YEAR AND EARNED RATING WITH LEADERS Supported by Tail End Team, Bullet Joe Has Twirled Great Games and by His Brilliant I Work Deserves High Ranking- WHEN Joo Bush Joined tho Athletics In tho spring of 1913, Ira Thomas predicted that he would become ono of tho greatest of modern huilcrs. That prediction has como true. Whllo few realize It, Hush Is pitching n brand of basebalt for Connie Mack that any man In tho gamo might bo proud of. Btlsh's Work this season has not gained him tho reputation ho deserves because tho Athletics havo done bucIi miserable nll-around playing. In spite of the band of rookies behind htm. Bush has hurled a biand of almost unbeatable ball. Joe's last two games havo been flve-hlt nlTitlrs) nnd a couple of thoso hits were very scratchy and might havo been conveited Into Put-outs by experienced players. For a time In 1014 It appeared that Bush was rapidly losing ground. Ar a matter of fact, ho was merely being taught how to pitch by tho Athletics' tutors and was doing anything but losing what ho previously had learned. Last season Bush blossomed forth Into an excellent hurler, but this season ho has gone to tho top nnd Is among tho majors' greatest hurlers. Bush has every asset that a pitcher needs. Ho Is young nnd stiong; he has nervo nnd enough confidence to cxtilcato himself and lili teammates from tho most dlfllcult situations; ho has wonderful speed, n splendid cuivo and good com mand of the slow ball. On the whole it is mud to see whero Bush could now show any Improvement. The only way that ho could do better Is to learn mora about tho batters against whom ho has to pitch. This ho Is doing and has been doing since ho Joined the Athletics. All of which leads ono to believe that con Iderlng the club for which ho la hurling, Bush will havo tho bebt record In tho major leagues this season. ' Lcc Fohl Slaking Big Hit as Manager THE attitude of the Cleveland playeis toward Iou Fohl Indicates that they have thorough confidence in his ability nnd ho Is porsonally well liked. Ono would need only go to tho hotel where tho Indians nie stopping and listen to tho conversation of the men to find out that this Is true. There Is not a shirker on tho club nt present. Naturally one reason for this Is that Fold would not stand for loafing. Nevertheless, some players) manago to shirk a lot of work that they hould do In splto of the theoretical rule against It. Fohl now Is managing his team with a view to winning a pennant this year. Ho realizes that fjiother season may bring changes in the other clubs: that some of them may be much stronger than they are at picsent, consequently ho is making every effort to land before It Is too Lite. Recently tho Indians have not been doing well, but they declare that the scries With tho Athletics Is going to give them tho life they need to win back their position at the top of tho American League. In the field tho Indians have been playing an excellent game, but their work on the offenso has boon erratic. The men havo not been hitting in the pinches. That is tho wholo tioublo. The box scores show that they have been hitting enough to win games, but thoso hits havo not been coming at the light time. Fohl Is determined to remedy this grave fault. He thinks that the mon aro simply in a temporary slump and that they will soon shako It off and begin another sensational sprint for tho front. John Coombs Still Strong for Connie Mack ALTHOUGH many of his local friends think that Connie Mack did him an In CX Justice when he released him along with Eddlo Plank and Chief Bender, John Coombs does not think so. He always has been strong for Mack and prob ably always will be. Here 13 what Coombs rocently said of his former, manager: "People say Connie has not only hurt himself and made tho Athletics a Joke as a drawing card, but has hurt tho business of the entire American League. That is not so. When Mack had his old team, with Collins, Baker, Barry, Mclnnls, Bender, Plank, Oldrlng. Strunk, Thomas and myself, wo were never drawing cards. I don't know why It was, unless because we didn't wrangle with tho umpires or swear ut tho opposing playeis. I guess wo were too businesslike. Bu that Is the way Connie wants his mon to play. Mack's methods are Just tho antithesis of those of John McGraw, both In p .- the gamo and In rebuilding a club. McGraw's Idea Is buy ball players at jji price, then mold them into a machine as quickly as possible and rush on. Tha. method Is all right If you havo unlimited capital. "Why, for what McGraw spent this year for players he could havo picked up every man on the old Athletics. Mack didn't spend anything for the men he has secured. Give Connlo a season or two moro of experimenting and he'll havo tho greatest machlno In tho country. It won't havo costhlm a penny, and It will last while three or four Giant teams aro put together and crack apart. Mack Knows what he's about. I was with him too long not to realiro that." Upsets Looked for at 3Ierion and Forest Hills milE same kind of upsets that wero so much in evidenco at both tho tennis A and golf championships last year aro not unlikely to bo present In the coming events at Merlon and the West Sldo Tennis Club. At this time. In neither event is it safe to pick two or three men from tho field. In golf thero are at least a half-dozen, and probably more, who, when things aro going right can give anybody, be he a Travers or an Evans, a hard battlo and peihaps a beating. Ii. tennis this condition is moro pronounced than in golf. In 1015 it twos either McLoughlln or Williams, and neither came through, in 191(3 it is Johnston, Williams. McLoughlln. Davis, Church. Kumagae. Murray Behr nnd others who make up tho list from which tho ultlmato winner Is expected to come ...... luEiu uic uuiciB uuncuueu oniy outsiuo cliances who oi giving the rank and filo something to talk about. MOVIE OF A MAN, A FAN AND A PAPER NAPKIN J J I g-y I PHILLIES MAY MAKE BIG OFFER FOR SERVICES OF ZIMMERMAN By CHANDLER D. KICHTER. CARMAN FAVORITE FOR FIRST PLACE IN FIFTY-MILE RACE AT POINT BREEZE DROME C. M. Clark in Golf Tie JIANCIIES1KH. Vt , .vuit. 21 C. It flirle. of I'lillml-lphla. tlcl ulth N W. lVtcrn. of nnGl,viKttl, for first honor In n. HrWl of nlnoty alx snlfT compound at tho IJkwnnok Country Club vr-stmlnv iii'irnlnc In n honoy h nullum fur the Arthur Tnylor .Mi-innrlnl Cui ST LOUIS, Mo, Aug. 24. WITH Bert Nlchoff out of the game for nn Indefinite period, Managor Moran, of tho Phillies, has again entered the field for Heinle Zimmerman's services, nnd un less Nlchoffs spiked leg Improves faster than tho physclan who attended him In Pitts burgh believes, tho Phllly pilot will mako Owner Weoghmnn, of the Cubs, a proposi tion wh.ch ho cannot nfford to turn down. WKceghman gave out n statement two dnvs ago In which he declared that ho was willing to trade or sell Zimmerman, nnu am oral clubs nre now bidding for the slugging Infleldcr. Manserer Moran stated n. few days ngo that ho would like to havo Zimmer man, but until Nlchoff was Injured on Tues day gae the matter little thought, as tho piico asked was too high for a team with a capable Infield. As it rulo the Phils are reluctant to bid ngalnst other clubs for star plnjcrs. as tho price asked generally Is more than the own ers feel that they can nfford to spend. Whenever a bidding conti-st opens for a star player. It invariably Is New York, Chi cago or Boston that gets tho man, but who ever wants Zlmmnrmun will have to como high. nH the Phillies believe that they can clinch the pennant with Zimmerman. President Baiter was In Pittsburgh when Nlrhoff was Injured, nnd had a long talk with Mun.igcr Moran before tho Phils left for Chicago Bnker told Moran to go the limit nnd mo his own Judgment. If NIc holt's leg Is In hotter shape when the Phils arrive- In riilcigo. Mnran will not bid enough for the great Zlmm, ns Brooklyn has offered an enormous sum for tho Cub stai 's release ; but If It Is certain that Nlehorf cannot play for two or three weeks, do not Big- Events Scheduled for This Evening Management Expects Largest Crowd of the Season r By SPICK HALL P IIBnn cnoilGi: B. BLISS, our heat- producing wc.tthcr man, Is kind to tho populace this evening, they will hae on op poitunlty to see a great inutor-paerd blcyclo raco nt the drome In Point Breeze park, properly staged with acts arranged by Johnny Hckhardt The main event of the evening Is third on the ll.st of events. It will bo an International llfty-mlle sprinting marathon blku hike by the speediest ped nlers In the vvoild, paced by buzzing mo torcyrles. The first event begins at 8:30 o'clock According to tho weekly custom. Car man will rnter the laco a heavy favorite for tho $1000 cash prize to be awarded the victor. Thousands of motordromo fans have wondered why Carman, under average conditions, 13 able to beat such a flno field of riders time and again. Like Po.stum, thero Is a reason. Some- years ngo. when Hunter was riding nt the Velodrome in Newark, ho picked up Carman to help him keep his machlno hi shape and do the mechanical repairing. Carman soon developed Into a rider of ability. When he realized that ho could compete ulth the best In the country, he began to enter professional races. He mndo good off the reel and slnco then has been ono of America's foremost riders. Good Team Work It Is therefore natural that Carman enn rldo better ulth Hunter than with any ono elsj. They know each other thoroughly, nnd Carman has no trouble In getting Hunter to mako tho cnct speed at which he wishes to bo paced This team-work on the part of pacer and pneed Is essential to surce.-w and tho lack of It accounts for the failure of some of tho riders to make the showing they might otherwise. Furthermore. Hunter is recognized ns the best motor-paced man in tho world, and It is natural that a man of Carman's nblllty should bo tho favorite when he tides behind thl.s daring rider. Although ho has been In tho compotitlvo game only a little more than two jenrs. there ar no angles of the reckless pastime with which he Is not familiar. Carman is an expert mechanician and, what Is more to the point, he Is n physical wonder. Sev eral times a week ho engages In these races, riding at top speed distances from 40 miles to 100 kilometers (G.'J-i miles). With tho other men. Ocorgo Wiley, Leon nidler, Bobby Walthour and George Colum batto, nil of whom are entered In tonight's race, Carman rides In Philadelphia, Boston nnd Newnrk. Somo of tho riders do a good deal of training, but Carman does not. Ho is the Ted Meredith of the wooden bowl. Ho Events Scheduled at Hlotordromc Tonight Tlirrr-mlle prnfrsslnnnt motor rnre Will Vniidcrbrrrj, llrnrl .St. Yves unci Hilly Arm strong. TMo-nille nroffsdlonnl motor rnce Ilcrmnn vrilllr. Henri St. t. llllly Armstrong. 1 Ifly-nille tnlr riuitloniil tnotor-tmrrd rnce (In one lient) (Irorcr VUler. Syracuse, nntetl li Mrlnj lon lilriler, Primer, nnrnl bv Morlnt Clarrnre Oirm in, ev s,nrk, pnrtil tiv lluntrrt Ilolilir vvnltliotir, Attnntn, nsretl by ,st. Yrpnt drones Columbntto, itnly, n.-ienl by Kenhonir. rive-mllo professional motor rnre lltr nimi Vrdltz, Villi Vnndrrbrrry, Henri St. Iron. 1 Irnt rare lirclns nt 8:30 o'clock. knows that too much work Is worse than too little, and ho goes on tho theory that If ho trains ho will grow stalo nnd not bo able to hold tho pace, Carmun, of courso, does not dissipate, but ho does not attempt to lead the rigid life of the athleto who com petes only a few times a month. Tho record for 60 miles on n blcyclo In a circular howl, motorpaced, Is 59 minutes 58 seconds. This record vvns mado last Satur day night by Carman, who incidentally rodo several of tho miles In G8 seconds fiat, fair speed for a man-propelled machine. Prepare for Crowd Manager Hckhardt Is preparing for tho largest crowd of tho season tonight. Every body who has been to the motordromo has tho fever. They go not only from Phila delphia, but from Jersey and Montgomery, Chester nnd Delawaro counties. Lcaguo Island nlwnys furnishes Its full quota of sailors and marines, usually accompanied by a pair or ho of female fans. Thousands go to tho park lit nutomobllcs. Tho majority, however, tnko a downtown trolley to Moy- umunslng nvcniio and change to a west bound southwestern car. DROMIDES Tho irlzr for tonljrht'u (iO-mtlo motor-paced tniM. rnco 1'01), nro: First, J1000; second, tSUUg Dldler wns not satlnfled with his pneomnker the last tlmo ho raced here, henco ho was allowed to hrlnc Morln from Hoston. Dldler ownn hlH own motorcjclo. It 1" to be hopea that Columbatto will not h.ive such u hard run of luck tontcht as h has lifcn havlnir. Thn last tlmo ha rodo n new f.hiiln bud been put on his pacer's motorcycle, bul It broks In splto of Its newness and Co lumlmtlo virtually was put out of the run nlnc. llobhy Calhoun, of I.caeuo Island, will do the ofnttul unnounclns from tna stand In tho arena. Ar usual. Trotter will act as starter. It had been hoped by the management to net TrlH Kpoaker. of the Cleveland Jlaseball Club, to net In that capacity, but ho could not bo located this mornlnir, although tho Indiana ar rived at 7 o'clock. Thero will bo six atartern next Thursday nlBht at the drome In the 100-Ullomcter motorpaced race. Cosldes the BO-mlle race tonight thern will he motor races of two, three and five mllca for professionals. Maxwell. Pen na!lh, Floyd Jtlllne. e Joe Ileattv. Al Price, drome ICellr. her and other prominent sports authorities will It. W. I.ouls Jaffe bo In tha arena Una. SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS By LOUIS II. JAFFE and munaner of Johnav tins finishing touches to his training there. The Broadway Club will hold Its shows on Thursday iiUIUh starting tunluht a week. Mon day nleht durtnjr tha summer months provd successful and the club .waa Jammed to Its capacity on several occasions. Kddlo Wairond vs Tommy Jamison will be tho next wind-up. Bob Jloha. Milwaukee, and Jim Ilarry, Chl- caEo, are getting into shape at Mrallord, Conn preparatory to visltlmr Philadelphia for bouts this season. Ho 111 hail been out al tho same for several years until recentfq. Youns Yt'elnert, of Kensington la out with a healthy and legitimate kick. He says he did not back out of u match with Joo Uelger and that ha would meet QelKtr any place and at any time, proildlne ha ceu a fair llnanclal con sideration. A training ramp hns been pitched at I.enni. Delaware County, by Teddy Moloney, brother ana the latter Is put Is Iralnlnur thr .Tm. O'Oonnell, John's opponent, la boilng dally with Joe Ilium, a clever lad. although he does all of bis boxing In private The Ulympla has a big auvance saie ur us mnrner exi aiDuoay nignt. Whttey Fitzgerald and Young Coster are oppo nents In a bantam bout In the semi to the Tommy Jamlson-Kddle Hart set lo at tho new Washington Sporting Club, In West l'hllly Two brothers Joe and Johnny Kxan. are to appear In respective bouts, tho former meeting Jimmy Kearns, while ueurge bmoker Is to oppose John Mike Gibbons has showed Just how anxious he Is to meet Jack Dillon First he demanded that tho lloosler weigh In at 1UU pounds. Dillon agreed to It, Mike was durnfounded. Then tne ht Paul man Insisted on tlS.UUO for lu rounds, after Dillon had agreed to a 15(100 guar antee. Mike a proposition was a little too strong. Tonight In New York Young Jack O'llrlen Will meet Marty Cross the third boxing member of the Crass family O'urlen also has boxed the other Cross bo, Leach and Poll, each of whom has rellrud. Benny Kaufman Is doubling up boxing with timekeeping The South Philadelphia bantam has been holding the watch during bouts at the Itan Club. To date no kliks have been made about his three-mlnuta rounds and one minute rtsts. AVhv Italian hAi,i, a -,...& .. . apparently peeves Itenato Oardlnl. the Italian wrestler ' lam Italian, proud too. Why not are Italian boxers, but they use the respective titles of Willis Uaker, Franklo White. Al Nelson and Pat Uradley, Jack Attell, who boxed here In fairly good form several ears ago. Is hitting the road now for an adtertlslm; firm, Attell writes that while he Is btlng kept on the jump he takes In as many boxing shows ob possible A middleweight mix Is scheduled for the blc bout at the Ityan Club next Tuesday night bringing together Heddy Holt and Jack Tolsnd' lloth are rugged battlers Promoter CnmcVII and Matihmaker Ityan are satlsMed with the receipts during the summer months and both are confident that the club will be on an even footing with any of the smaller arenas this fall, Chinese Meet S. & C. The drawbridge Clothier bill team will meet the strong Chinese team al the grounds blxty-thlrd and Walnut streets, on Saturday at 3 o'clock. The games promises to be a con test of unusual Interest. Akn n, Ani, u.n. pitch and Mark, will catch for the Chinese and Ugden and Ullmore will be the battery for the store nine. POINT BREEZE MOTORDROME TONIGHT 8 :30TONIGHT 00-MII.K INTKRN'ATION.W, I'ACKU HACK Carmen Paced by Hunter Wiley Paced by Stein Columbatto Paced by Senhouse Didier Paced by Morln Walthour Paced by St. Yves Id Ibe event of rulu rutea run Tomorrow Ntxht 20.000 MUT3 25 and 30 Cents How lo get there: Car No 0 on luth t. All tars going south connect at Moyamenslng ave. Autos take Broad st to Moyamensing ave. if any U Alexanltt Christopher Oriole and Boxy da Carlo keeo irlory. names!" Mlchas to be made. In Italian r ,,. .r: . -. -" . aneiii. -j nomas jaoraltl. 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