EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 191&.
ABUSIVE LANGUAGE AND BOTTLE-THROWING COULD BE STOPPED BY BASEBALL MOGULS
OFFICIALS SHOULD ERADICATE
SPIRIT OF ROWDYISM THAT
THE MENEMSHA GOLF COURSE AT CHILMARK, MASS.
rr A TvTT-l TJT A KlTf T?nPTT Trr.m
REMARKABLE PITCHING PAIR;
TWO GOLF CHAMPS LEAD WEsVl
PREVAILS AT ST. LOUIS PARK
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Phillies Having Their Troubles American
League Teams Fare Worse Than National
at Present Because Browns Ave in Race
THB Phillies nro now up agnlnst, but to a lesser extent than American
League ponnnntcontenders have had to face all season, tho rowdyism of St.
Jxjuls fans. There is a marked difference between tho Intensity of this spirit at
tho National and American Long no pnrk In Missouri's lending city. This, how
tver, Is merely nn accidental circumstance. In past years llicro has been more of
It evident at tho Cardinals' field than at the Browns'. The reason Is that St. Louis
fans havo not becomo educated up to tho proper Ideals of sportsmanship, and when
evor ono of their teams Is well up In tho ponnan t race they give vent to their
enthusiasm by wild demonstrations of verbal abuse and jiop-boUlo throwing.
Tha Browns at present being In the raco for the American League flag draw a
largo number of reckless, rowdy patrons who had Just as soon, or rather, hit an
umpire or a visiting player with a pop-bottle ns a piece of popcorn.
Not only do these fans put tho umpire and players In Jeopardy, but their taunts
nro the most vulgar and Insulting Imaginable. Thoy go the limit In using Invec
tives against umpires and Uniting players that they would not dare employ If they
had to malto their remarks alono and face to fnco with any one of them.
Such tactics' spoil any sports, and will eventually work to tho detriment of
' baseball in St. Louis If something Is not done by tho league ofllclnts to stop it. It
can and should bo eradicated.
They Caused Roth to Wax Wrnthy
IT was a continuous flow of these nbuslvo remarks from the right-field bleacher
ltes at tho American League park In St. Louis, plus a few well-chosen pop
bottles, Ithat caused Hobby Iloth, of the Cleveland Club, to return ono of tho bottles
Whenco It camo and with "something on It."
For that act Roth was suspended. Ho did wrong, yet any ono who had heard
and seen thoso fans In right Held at Sportsman's Park In action realizes that his
provocation must havo been almost great enough to Justify any form of retaliation.
Thoso bleacherlttes havo "gotten tho goats" of moro fielders than any others
in tho country. Ono of tho few men whom they never wore nblo to annoy, appa
rently, was Danny Murphy. Danny used sound Judgment when ho visited St. Louis
with tho Athletics. Ho neither looked toward the bleachers nor spoko to a fan
behind that rlght-flcld screen. However, they nbused him ns much ns they did nny
one, but thoy did not "get him," although they tried it for years.
When Danny Murphy was benched on nccount of his Injured knee in 1913
and Eddlo Murphy took life old plnco in right field, tho veteran gave tho youngster
lair warning of what would hnppcn If he talked back to the St. Louis bleachorltes.
But Eddie was young and hot-headed, and responded with a few lines of crisp
conversation tho first day ho played there. From that time until tho present time,
When he vlBlts thnro with tho White Sox, ho has regretted that ho over started
talking back to those who taunted him.
It was such abuse as this that caused Ty Cobb to leap into tho .stands and strike
a spectator. Everybody blamed Cobb, but tho majority who did bo did not under
stand tho provocation.
Dodo Pnskert Playing Game of His Life
IN SPITE of tho advances of years, Dode Paskert Is plajing tho greatest
game of his career right now for Pat Moran. Tho batting figures, which In
clude games played on Thursday, show that tho I'hllly center Holder Is hitting
nt a .288 clip, leading tho National League champions with the stick. Besides
this splendid record, Paskert has slammed out ll-l hits for 162 bases and has
ecored 53 runs. On tha defonse, Paskert has been playing n rcmarknblo game.
He has always been n brilliant lloldor, but this season ho Is surpassing anything
ho did before.
If the fan who does not know Paskert personally could hear him talk nnd
eeo him going through tho routine of dally life, ho would marvel nt the flno
showing Dodo makes on tho baseball field.
Paskert is a pessimist of the most malignant variety. lie Is never satis
fled with anything. If he gets a base hit he Is suro to mourn becnuse ho did
not make two ajJ ho can almost prove to you that ho should be, at least morally,
credited with that hit. As a rulo persons with such London-fog dispositions
make poor athletes. Dodo Is therefore an exception. H1b pessimism seems to
spur him on to greater efforts rathor than to lessen his desiro to excel.
It often happens that when a player Is benched and gets back In the game
he goes verylmdly for a long tlmo, If not for theirest of the season. But that
was not truo In the caso of Paskert last season. He was forced at ono stngo of
tho race to give way to Beals Becker. When he was finally put back by Pat
Moron ho played a brand of unbeatable baseball, both in the field nnd nt the bat.
It may havo been tho fear of being benched again and ultimately turned loose
that gave him such a good start this year. At any rate, Dode started well and
has kept up tho fast pace and indications are that he will continue to do so.
Connie Mack Will Not Tolerate Loafing i
CONNIE MACK himself has always been a hustler and has Been to it in tho past
that every one connected with his club worked hard. That Is one of tho rea
Bons for his success. Ho would never tolerate any ono who loafed on the Job. Moro
young players have been cut adrift for Indifferent playing from tho Athletics,
When thoy might have developed Into fairly good men, than for nny other reason.
Itubo Brcssler and "Weldon Wyckoff were a pair of tho most accomplished work
Bhlrkcrs that ever adorned a manager's bench. Mack, of course, knew this, but ho
believed they would eventually ovecomo this fault when they begin to think like
men Instead of boys. However, ho ultimately realized that, despite their natural
ability, neither would ever becomo a great pitcher because of that innato unwilling
ness to work.
In tho same way Third Baseman McElweo is In line to bo dropped, although
Mack has given no Indication of It yet. However, his work tho last tlmo ho wus
In a gome was so thoroughly indifferent that It nay be a long time boforo he gets
another chance. Furthermore, Charloy Pick is putting up a corking good game at
tho last turn and Is hitting much better thnn McElweo.
Those who saw McElwee In action against the Detroit Club when ho refused
to try to make plays on bunts on three separate occasions and another tlmo
allowe'd Cobb to steal homo while ho held the ball, must realize that ho Is not fit
to becomo a major Icaguo ball playor. Hence It would not be surprising nt nny
time to see his name among the missing from tho vicinity of Twentieth and Lehigh.
Poorly Balanced Draw Makes Williams Favorite
W'HILE William M. Johnston, Ichiya Kumogae, Maurice E. McLoughllu, Karl
H. Behr. George M. Church" and one or two other star tennis players aro
nuvlng a battle royal eliminating ono another In tho national championship at
Forest Hills next week, R. Norrls Williams, 2d, nhould be having an easy timo
In walking, through the other half of the draw to tho semifinal.
All tho players mentioned first nre In the lower half, and Williams. Griffin
and Walter Merrill Hall are the only first ten players in tho upper half.
This means that the stars In the lower half will havo to travel at top speed
right from tho outset, whllo Williams will not bo called on to extend hlmBelf until
bo roaches the semifinal, where he will play Griffin. By that time ho should bo in
splendid form, and If he manages to chase the Griflln Jinx and get Into the final
he will bo favored to come through, no matter who his opponent will be.
However, all this 'dope is if
Philadelphia Golfers to Make Debut
AMONG tho Quaker entrants In the national golf tournament, which begins In,
Jtx 10 days at Merlon, aro a number who will mako their bow for tho first'
time to national aspirations. The ones whose play will naturally be watched
with the greatest Interest are the youngsters.
Most brilliant of those already announced Is Norman Maxwell, 19 years old,
of Aronlmlnk. Maxwell's dally card over his own course for the last month or
so has averaged around 75 and 74. If he is able to muzzle his temper and im
petuous nature at Merlon he should be able to hold the pace very well.
Another youngster who will play in the national for the first tlmo Is Mere
dith M. Jack, 21 years old, of Merlon, He breaks 80 there many times, and his
game this year has proved especially speedy,
These must be dreary days for Heine Zimmerman. There Is not a day that
SQes by that virtually every aports page In the country does not carry a story,
a picture or some comment on the Great Zltn. That is a terrible thing for
Heine because he loathes publicity as much as Ping Bodle does the frothy
schooner. How displeased he must be to see his name so often in the public
prints when there have been times that he would have, endured a week's Incarcer
ation at a spring training camp to get himself talked about in typo to the extent
9t a stick!
Ichiya Kumagae, the champion Japanese tennis player, Is constantly referred
to as the "Yellow Peril." If our memory Is a week old he defeated William M,
Johnston, the national tltleholder, at Newport And the definition of peril Is
an 'Impending danger." Not only that, but he outgamed the Callfornlan.
Q- E. D. Why the Y. P.?
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GIANTS ARE TO BE
REBUILT FOR NEXT
SEASON BY M'GRAW
Merkle Deal First of Many
to Break Up Old
Machine
.VCff YORK, Aug. 2C The Giants are
to bo rebuilt.
Tlio trading of Fred Iterkle to tho
Dodgers Is tho first of many deals that will
bo put through to break up the old Giant
machine ami to build a new one.
John JIcGraw hns become convinced that
tho Giants, ns they wero constituted this
senson, nro not of clmmiilonshlp caliber.
He has found that pome of the veteran
Glnnts havo played listlessly. Tho old
Giant fighting spirit hcems to have died
out.
Doyle, tho Giant captain nnd tho key
stone guardian, Is slated to pass nlong be
fore next season arrives. JIcGraw, It Is
snltl, hopes to mnko a trade for him, but
If ho cannot put one through ho will sell
Doylo to the highest bidder. Klctcher, tho
other member of the "old guard Infield,"
will bo kept, unless McGrnw Is approached
with some alluring ofTer.
Robertson and Burns will be retained. The
future of Benny Kauff ns a Giant Is doubt
ful. Ho cost the GlantB $.15,000, but Mc
Graw will get rid of lilnr If he can make
a satisfactory deal Kauff has never lived
up to expectations.
Tosreau probably will pass nlong. The
Giants -wanted to get rid of him curlier in
tho summer, but "Big Jeff" Hashed a few
games and was retained. Since that time
he has pitched in and out baseball. Benton
probably will go and so will Hans Lobert,
tho third baseman
Whon tho Giants tnlto the field In 1917
It Is likely thnt new faces will bo seen at
first, second nnd third and possibly nt short
stop; that youngsters will supplant some
of the veterans In the pitching box and that
Homo man other than Benny Kauff will per
form In the centerfleld.
SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS
By LOUIS II. JAFFE
Johnny Krtl. the 8t. I'aul knntnm, has ar
rived In Phlladnlphta accompanied by his man
usrr, Mllto ilc.Nulty. ami two other boxers,
Jock Malnna. welterweight, and Jack Dun
leavy. lljhtweisht The iiarty Ii vtopplnjr at
Gloucester. N. 1 . whero tno boxers will uet In
shapo at Jon O' Donii'.l! ' (.-ymnaalum. Maloiio
hallH from Ht Paul and has had but few pro
fessional bouts, but Uunleavy. McNulty saji.
Is an experienced bo-r Iroiu Australia.
Another of tho latest arrivals from foreign
boxing- fields Is the Jamaica Kid. a nesro from
New Orleans The kid Is a welterweight and
he shows clippings of a match with Kddle
l'ulmer In which they stato he all but anni
hilated Palmer. The latter. It will be remem
bered, showed oft as a good boxer here several
years ago.
Tommy llouck. the local veteran feather
weight, will vet bark Into ring harness again
when no opposes Hilly De Koe In a Ill-rounder
In New York tonight At the name show an
aspiring youngster will mal.e his first showlns
under the title of Abraham Attell Goldstein.
Joe Illderberg, our own little battler, better
known as l.oulslana. la In Denver lie Is train
ing faithfully In that far-olf western city for a.
lS-round mjtch with Denny Chavej next Fri
day night. The result of tha contest rests In
a referee's decision and a match with Cham
pion Kid Williams will go to tba victor.
Two Philadelphia boxers are well thought of
In western ring competition. Louisiana and
Tommy lluck boxed In such good form In the
wild and woolly last year that the fans "out
thar" figure them among the best their weight,
lluck has received several offers to go West,
but ha expects to appear In several scraps
here before leaving the home hearth.
Although Jack White, brother of Charley,
who rneeis Kred Welsh jjbor. Day at Colorado
Springs for the lightweight title, has been a
dead Issue for about two sears, he still Is
able to get bouts. Next Tuesday at Pueblo,
Col.. Jack will meet a Kid Mex, said to to a
knockout sensation.
George Ashe, the local boxer, has gained so
much In weight that be will box as a heavy
weight In the future. He Is matched for Mon
day night In llrooklyn against Tim Lozan. the
big sailor. Logan U the same who made his
home In I'hllly several years ago.
Preliminary bouts to the Jack Toland-Tieddy
Holt match at the ltan Club Tuesday night are
well matches and real rlo-snortlnir rnniti nrnh.
ably will result The semi will be a return
ttlt between Morris Wolf and Harry Allen, a
mix that should keep the spectator on edge
throughout will be between Frankle Conway and
Wbltey Fitzgerald
Next to the main mix between Johnny Maloney
O, ANNETTE, ISN'T
2-
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Leading Sluggers in
the Major Leagues
BELOW are the batting averages,
including yesterday's games, of
the three lending hitters o tho
American nnd National Lcngues:
AMKKU'AX I.KAnUK.
(I. Alt. R.
Sprnkrr. C'lcvflnncl 11B 42i 80
Colili. Detroit. .. 11.1 4IH 71
Jackiuii, I'lilmgii. K'i IG. "I
NATIONAL I.UttiUi:.
fl. All. It.
Iliirnsliy. St. I.ouU 1 IT. 10') ,V
Duutirrt, Itrnnkljn U7 :I73 (11
II. UiiKiirr. I'ltti'li 111 331 U
it. r-.
ln. ..im
102 .301
101 .333
ii. ret.
131 .328
122 .325
107 .30
MRS. LETTS CAPTURES
WESTERN GOLF TITLE
Cincinnati Woman Defeats Miss
Kaiser in Final Round
by 3 iand 1
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Auir. 26. Mrs.
F. C. Letts, Jr., of Cincinnati, won the
women's weetern coif title on tho links of
tho Kent Country Club by dofeatlnB Miss
Laurlo Kaiser, of the Flos.smoor Club, Chi
caffo, In tho final round of tho champion
ships by a margin of 3 nnd 1.
Playing with nn accuracy she had dis
played In no other match this week. Mrs.
Letts inado a reconWfor tho first nine holes,
lioltig out In H, seven sttoUes under par.
M1b Kaiser lived up to her reputation of
being ono of tho best wleldors of wooden
clubs In the "West, but ner work on tho
greens and short approaches was unatendy.
Mrs. Letts, on tho other hand, played a
deadly short gamo
Mrs. Letts took tho lead by winning the
first hole, B to 6, and nover relinquished
her advantage, being 3 up at tho turn Miss
Kaiser reduced tho margin by capturing tho
eleventh hole, 4 to 5, but lost the twelfth.
Tho next three were halved. M ss Kaiser
temporarily averted defeat by taking the
sixteenth, 4 to C, but Mrs. Letts was down
In 5 against C of her opponent on the sev
enteenth and the match was over.
Evening Ledger Decisions
of Ring Bouts Last Night
WASHINGTON R,
r Tnn,..
Jn mUon
KnocKfU out jiike llowrll In the third. Hhltry
litzgerald Uefrited loune Coster, Joo Kgan
beat .lliiiinv Ke.irns, Johnny Kgun shaded
SlirS' "oVrr, Jimmy Austin stopped Huru
llolllli.in In the trraiid,
CAMIIItiA A. P. Charley Thomus won
i,on,lm l ''."".f I ,TOI1,!"u,1 Uornmii drew with
Jack t.lllol'lr. Kdd e lliinlnn beut Juek llnidy
In four rounds. Kddle llaney and Monk Ilixoii
drew, Denny Hughes stopped Joe Mrllrlde in
tho second, Mlko Daley khudrd Kddle Kelly.
NKW VOItK KMiikle L'alljlmn easily de
feated Ad Holrust, Jimmy O'Hagen won
from Tommy Coleman,
OAYKTV Tlir.Vrrai KM Itelmont stopped
John Moore In the lrt. K d Mrt'or defratrd
Ilalie. Ilhltr, lUtlllng (lark won fromj0imny
Murphy. Murty Held beat llattllng A?ut, KaK
tllng horhcr defeated Jimmy Tendlcr. V'ouiie
blniii.ou knoeked out KM Upseliutx lu the
second.
and Joe O'Donnell on the program of the Olym.
Pta's reopening Monday n ght more Interest
centers In the Johnny Mealy.PrTnkla Wh"a
SW, tbun uny of the other all-star bouts
Philadelphia needs a lightweight to stand out
for matches with star 33-pounder. and the
HjE"wreUntUb.rS!W" l7" "' ny 1"Ulm","
Kid Wallace possesses three diamond rings
won In 103-pound amateur tourneys at the
Oaiety Theater, and he saya he didn't do a
iJraln,n',J.r. ary ?'.h, matches. The
reason was. Wallace admits, that he didn't
know how to train. Now ha has been taken
In tow by AI Nelson, who will look after
Wallace's conditioning relatlvs to hU entrance
lu the professional tie d. emrance
3t.m cS."ie,t .'" setting his name Into print
again. This time OentTeman James Is u.lni
the sparring partner gag to place himself be-
fore the pu
lone, uorbett. according to a New
York report,
la tralnlnir and inarrln ...,.
iwn diona,
day night.
who meets Joo Cox In Gotham Mon-
The heavyweight match between Jim Corfy
and Jack Dillon In Urooklyn will be held Sep
tember 7 Instead of Labor Day,
OUly Mlakle, of 8t Paul, was scheduled to ar
rive In New York today and finish training
for his set-to with Johnny Howard next Thurs
day night
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"OFFICIALS POOR"
PLAINT OF MANY
TENNIS PLAYERS
But Condition Is Sure to Be
Remedied in National
Championship
Many tennis players who havo played
over tho "big circuit," comprising Utlca.
Longwood, Scabright, Newport and South
ampton, nro complaining about the poor
work of tho umpires and other ofllclals fur
nished In these events. Tho "powers that
be" In other sections. If thoy are Interested
In obtaining competent officials, may take
a leaf out of the record book of tho Phila
delphia and District Lawn Tennis Associa
tion. This organization, In addition to foster
ing tho development and growth of tho
Junior movement. Is malting giant strides
to develop officials. At tho junior event
held recently all the matrhes p.ivo a very
few were judged by junior playors, and their
work was as good ns and In some respects
better than that at any other local tourna
ment. Juniors Good "Umps"
Hven tho final and championship rounds
wcro umpired and lined by juniors. Searing
Vllson, junior Indoor champion of Philadel
phia, was In the chair for thoslngles final,
nnd Carl Fischer was perched thero In the
doubles. Both mndo tholr decisions quickly
and correctly.
It Is remarkable how little many players
know about umpiring and Judging. At one
tournament this year n service lino olllclnl
Insisted In calling "good" when tho service
wns In, Instead of remaining silent nnd
calling only tho balls that were out. This
Is most disconcerting.
As a general rule, however, events In tho
Philadelphia district do not lack good offi
cials. Our "champeen" umpire Is A. L.
Hosklns, vlco president of the U. S. N. L.
T. A. Hosklns has a Htylo entirely in
dividual. Ho calls out In a full, deep tone,
without nny break at tho finish, and many
try to lmltnte his methods George "Scoop""
Sullivan, ex-scrlbo, now making tho rounds
of tho resort tournaments in nn effort to
capture a couple of trophies to take back
to State College with him, almost choked In
a recent tournament trying to announce his
decisions "n la Hosklns," Fortunately, his
windpipe managed to hold out against the
terrific strain.
Calling Foot Faults Hard
Tho hardest Job of all Is that of the foot
fault Judge. If the faults are glaring It Is
easy enough, but when they aro merely
technical foot faults, from which tho server
gains little advantage. It Is almost impos
sible to detect them. And In Importnnt
matcnes a piayer is so nuely to be flus
tered when a foot fault Is called that many
judges hesltato to call them unless they
Violate every ruie.
An Instance of this occurred tho other
day at Southampton. Richard Harte and
Joseph J. Armstrong were playing their
match In tho round before the semi-final.
Harte was serving, and when the Judge
called a foot fault on him he went so high
In the air that ho served three doubles In
a row before coming down.
Fortunately, there Is no dearth of good
officials when the championship gets down
to eight survivors. Players of the old school
always are around, willing to Berve, and
the Job resolves Itself into one of giving
everybody a chance to officiate without
passing up any willing worker.
MORAN-MORRIS TO BOX
Heavyweights Will Defy Order
Oklahoma Gpvernor in Labor
Day Match
of
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug, 26. The
round match between Carl Morrla
m
15-
and
Frank Moran at TulBa Labor Day will h
staged despite the written order by Attor
ney aeneral Freellng to Sheriff James
AVooley, of Tulsa County, to stop the bout.
The promoters have sent word here that
they Intend to proceed as though no action
had been taken.
A delegation of Tulsa business men and
city ofllclals will visit the Attorney Gen
eral and Governor Williams in an effort
to convince both that there will he no vio
lation of the law. as the statutes permit
boxing contests of IS rounds.
THING COMPARED TO
By GBANTLANDlRICE
Mathewson and McGin
nity the Greatest Pitch
ing Duo, However,
Claims Rice
In the Morning League
Hey, there, Httto Toddle-htg$,
Romping down the xcay,
Can't joh take a pol alottj;
For a holiday t
Don't ioti IMnfc 1 1oit teotiM try
With a bribe for Vote,
You minht lead me back npnlrt
Thiough the Morning Oatct
Can't you lead me back again
Joioit the path of gold,
Where the yellow sunlight drljts
A in days of oldt
Where the sky is morning blue
And the road along
Every binl in every trco
Is singing you a songt
Can't you take me by the hand
Leading me afar,
Uack acrois the vanished rnrs
Where the shadows bart
Only you and I to go,
Where I, undcfllcd,
Might look out of life again
As a little chlldl
For I'll tell you, Toddtc-Lcgs
Just between us two
I have come too far away
From the dreams I knew:
Yet I would not mind the road
Where the shadows wait,
If I had but one day
Through the Morning Gate.
Pitching Pairs
iVTHBWSON' and McGlnnlty formed
probably tho greatest pitching pair
in basebnll.
Yet tho most rcmarknlilo pair In many
ways were Coombs and PInnk. Not only for
what they did as Mackmcn, but for what
thoy havo accomplished along the sunset
road, whore thoy wcro merely figured as
light aids In tlmo of utrs.s. Coombs's one
hit affair against tho Cubs Is proof enough
that Colby Jack Is stilt a winning factor, for
while he has had a sore arm a good part of
tho year ho has won 10 games out of 14
starts.
Just what do figures mean? Looking
back over the records ns arranged to dato
wo find these pitchers have been beaten
oftcner than nny others In tho two mnjor
leagues Johnson, Bush, Myers, Caldwell,
Toncy, Meadows nnd Vaughn.
Yet If you owned a ball club and this staff
was wished upon you, Just how many briny
tears would you weep?
AValtor Johnson has lost moro games thnn
any othor pitcher In mnjor league baseball,
barring only Myore. of the Mackmcn. So
far they havo nipped him 17 times. In tho
way of defeats ho has suffered worse than
nny year since 190D, when ho wns beaten
25 times. And vet ho hns won morn crnmpn
than any other pitcher In his circuit and
now Is trailing, In this respect, to Alexander
alono.
ThcBo United States havo lost tennis and
golf championships to nngland, but this Is
tho first tlmo tho palo shadow of the Japa
nese cherry blossom over drooped athwart
tho championship scene
Past and Present
Christy Mathewson starts his managerial
career firmly Imbedded In last place.
But McQraw started with tho Giants In
the samo fashion.
And Matty started his pitching careor by
losing his first three games, tho only games
ho pitched that season.
Yet later on McGraw became a pretty fair
sort of a manager and Mathewson had at
least passing success uoon the mound. ,
Tho start, after all. Is only a small part
of It oer the long route.
About Batting
Batting most of baseball? Yet tho Ileds
are second In the National League with the
Big Mace and the Braves nro a woolly last.
And In the American League the Red Sox
In a batting way are a tawdry fifth.
Cast-Offs
When "Wllbert Robinson gathered in his
broad and manly breast Jack Coombs, Rube
Marquard and Larry Cheney, three cast
offs, the rumor wont nbroad that Robby
might bo a success at establishing n Haven
for Hasbcens, but that as a pennant con
tender ho had a number of guesses coming.
Yet so far Coombs, Marquard and Chenoy
havo como through with 31 victories for
Brooklyn, and all three are registered
among tho first 10 pitchers of the league.
As for Red Sox
chancers, the best dope
this Pnprlffnn'a ..lot.
nvallablo Is about
will need about a
It starts West In
fairly comfortable,
thero aro too many
tho four western
softer opposition.
four-game margin when
September to feel even
With a smaller margin
tough clubs to face while
teams aro firing Into
We are hoping that Colonel Ping Bodla
would return to soma National Loague club
In order that he might join In close harmony
with Bennlo Kauff, chanting that rousing
ballad, viz: "If I can bust one I don't care."
BIG FIGHT FORBIDDEN
Proposed Morris-Moran Battle in Viola
tion of Laws, Says Attorney General
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. Au. 28 Attorn.v
General Frwllna ha ttsued In.truct on. to thS
Sheriff. County Attorney and Mayor of Tula ,!
to allow the Morrla-Moran fleet, ichedul." fSr
Labor Day, to take place. """ ,or
According to the Attorney Qeneral. tha atin
otjbe tight would be In direct Violation of But.
Clark Wins Play-Off of Golf Tie
MANCHESTER. Vt,, Au. 28 Clarenr. r
Clark, of Philadelphia.' equtlln, hU rund l"of";
up on boaey. which brought him Into th til
with N. M. Petera. of Knglewood for eh. ii9
thur Taylor Memorial Cus t EWwanok Ar
Wedneaday, xeterdiy won tha play-oB
fttduced from ISO, 3J ar,d JJj
Set Our 7 Big Window
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PLATONIC FRIENDSHIP?
But a Westerner Has Not
Won a Title on Eastern
Limits in Twelve
Years
Golf at its best or at Its Worlt ,
gamo of freak possibilities and comm.
Consider for rrnmnln tl, .. .,
tlons of tills golf empire tho East and'ii?!
Tllfi WeRt todnv rlntma l.A . -
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plon. Tho West today claims the umat.ur W
champion. Naturally you might figure Hi H
West supremo In golf. But consider HI'S
main details, practically as follows:
The EaBt vs. the West !
In 22 years only two western golfers ever '
havo won tho amateur championship, thtr ''
nro Chandler Egan and Robert Oartftw .
both Chicago entries. As Byers and FowmJ
attach themselves to eastern play, a ttt ,
others havo como from locations nearer th. '
Atlnntlo coast line.
Htro Is nnothor detail somo emtnM 1
statistician has figured It out that In Si
Inst flvo years tho West has only put four 1
men ns far as tho semifinals, against II '
And a semlfinnl Hat in a nrettv fair 1..0J
ot tho West has undoubtedly, as the rr
ent shows, produced some of the ncatfTi '
golfers of tho land. "ate"
The Western Hoodoo
Coming now on to tho possibilities aM ,
probabilities nt Merlon within tha next fort i
night, wo run upon this Interesting fact-. .
that not slnco Chandler Kgan won at CM-
tusrol, 12 years ago, has a western golfer .'
over triumphed over an eastern course la '
IjaliXIlljjlUllOIliJJ JJlal t
Gardner won his two titles nt Chlcm
nnd netrolt. Ho has had poor buccsss la
tho East, and so havo the best of the et
cm entries, as the facts In tho caso prove.
Six years ago, nt Brookllno, Warren K.
Wood went to tho final round against Dill
Fowncs. That was tho closest advance tha
West has been nblo to make since Chandltf
L'gan's day. . i-
The Long Lane
Even tho longest lane, according to anoli
maxim, must somo day come upon a tunv
Ing. It mny be that this Is tho year where.
In tho West Is to shako looso tho eastern '
and ancient hoodoo and carry Its prestige
Into hostile bunkers. But In conslderlnf
tho dope ono must work largely upon whit
lias gone before over a considerable stretch
of time.
And theso records show that westcra start
have always found hard nnd rocky travel
ing upon enstorn courses possibly from
tho fact that tho bunkering calls for lit
ter direction and from tho fact that the '
groens aro a trlflo moro bewllderlnj la
their averago speed and undulations.
Its Leading Assault
As conditions stand today, tho west with
n Invasion headed by Chick Evans, Boh
Gnrdner nnd Ned Sawyer, will make III
hardest assault upon an eastern strontbcli'
L'vnns comes with the tltlo of open cham
pion. Gardner comes to defend his title,
playing tho best golf he has ever p!a)f
before a championship. This pair standi li
position to lead a brilliant charge and w
that will bo hard to overthrow. But til
odds still aro against them.
Where the Handicap Is
Tho handicap is something more than t
matter of course architecture and different
greens.
The handicap largely la In the nuantit;
of high-class players. You might mention .fl
four entries from tho West with n chinci j
Evans, Gardner, Sawyer and Standljh. " ,3
But against these note what opposition, M
tho I3ast nns to oner Travers, Kinur.
Marston, Oullford, Carter, Anderson, Top
ping, ByorB, Fowncs, Dyer, Herron, Kerr,
Whlto and others, nny one of whom U
likely to bo any one opponent upon a liven
day.
Tho West therefore, whllo finely supplied
with quality, hasn't quantity sufficient to
yet go upon oven terms against tha Eait
It is our belief that Gardner, Etans,
Sawyer and Wood could beat any four
golfers from 'tho East, but four men are s
very small part of the 32 entries who are
to qualify. And this comes all the harder
when two western stars are drawn to
gether, as Evans and Sawyer were lt
year, whero ono Is to go out quickly.
by all dealers
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