EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY AUGUST 31. 1916.
CARRIGAN'S TEAM BEGINS FINAL DRIVE FOR FLAG WITH A NO-HIT, NO-RUN. GAMES
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BRILLIANT PITCHING WILL GIVE
BOSTON RED SOX ANOTHER
VICTORY IN AMERICAN LEAGUE
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Absence of Barry a Severe Blow, But It Can Be
Offset by High Grade Hurling on Part of
Dutch Leonard and George Foster
IP THE Red Sox win the pennant thhvfeoason, It wilt bo due to extraordinary pitch
Inft. Whether they will get it la a question that is worrying Boston fans Into
sleeplessness. But indications aro that they will get a hlgh-grado artlclo ot hurl
ing. Manager Bill Carrlgtvn handles his pitchers well. He did last season and he Is
this season, last year Just at the time when tho Bed Sox needed good pitching
Dutch Leonard, George Foster, Baby Ruth and Ray Collins camo through in flno
ttvlo and tho Red Sox breezed homo with the well-known bacon.
Leonard's work has not been of the highest order this campaign until yes
terday, when ho pitched a remarkable no-hit no-run gamo ngalnst tho St. Louis
frowns. This not only put the Red Sox back to a good lead, but Incidentally put
a crimp in tho aspirations of tho Browns, who believed that they wero going
teadlly to tho top, regardless of tho opposition they might faco In tho East, and
also Detroit.
If Leonard and Foster can hurl as well during tho remaining weeks of tho
season as they did In 1915 and other twlrlers go along at nn averago clip, tho
Fenwayrrien would win even without tho services of Jack Barry. But Barry's
absence is sure to make a vast difference In tho play of tho Red Sox, no matter
how good tho pitching Is.
In a nutshell, tho American League race narrows down to this Is any one
club going to mako a great sprint at the flnlsh7 If not, tho Red Sox should win.
Howover, with Detroit and St. Louis playing winning ball, it Is still anybody's race,
and when the flnlsh comes tho fans throughout the country will havo to admit
that It was ono of tho greatest races in tho history of tho national game.
Phillies Will Be Made or Broken in Brooklyn Scries
TOMORROW afternoon tho Phillies meet Brooklyn in a series which Is to bo
tho making or breaking of tho Moranmon for 1910. Thero aro four gamos
echeduled with tho Dodgers hero In threo days, followed by a series with tho samo
club in Flatbush. If the Phillies are nblo to get away with a big percentage of tho
games, they will bo in a fair way to repeat their victory of 1915, but if on tho other
hand tho Dodgers win tho majority, tho Phillies will havo to fall back on their
time-honored phrase, "Walt till next year."
Unfortunatoly, Moran's pitchers, with tho exception of Alexander and Rlxoy,
have bocn a distinct disappointment this season. It was supposed that Demareo,
Chalmers, Bender and McQuillan would be able to hold up their end of tho hurling,
but this has not proved the case. Alex and Eppa aro and havo been tho only re
llablo hurlors on tho Phillies' staff, and thcro Is Uttlo likelihood that any of tho
others will come through 'except In a spasmodic way.
Tho absenco of Bort Nlehoff from the gamo has hurt tho Phillies too, not only
In actual games lost, but In tho confidence felt by tho members of tho team. Dugey
Is a smart player, but his hitting Is far below that of Nlehoff and his fielding Is
not as good as the man for whom he has been substituting.
On tho wholo, the Phillies' final western trip WU3 not a success, and tho only
way they can atone for their failure to gain on Brooklyn and Boston Is to glvo tho
Dodgers a series of trimmings which they will not soon forgot.
Zimmerman's Transfer Did Not Hurt Gamo
IF HEINE ZIMMERMAN had boon traded or sold to tho Dodgers, Boston or tho
Phillies, thero would probably havo been a mighty wall from the other two
clubs. It would havo beon contended, at least by a largo majority of tho baseball
writers In tho cities that did not get Zlm, that tho Cubs wero assisting tho club
that did got him In winning tho pennant.
As It Is, tho Giants havo the hard-hitting lnflelder and as they have no chanco
to win the flag In tho National League thls season, tho gamo has been dono no
harm. However, It remains to bo seen whether the New York club has been dono
any harm by tho addition of this self-willed player. No ono slncn tho days of
Frank Chanco has been ablo to hold tho whlphand over Helno. Ho has dono al
most as he pleased qn tho ball field and exactly as he pleased off It under Johnny
Evers, Roger Bresnahan and Joo Tinker.
If John McGraw is ablo to get along well with Zimmerman the Giants will bo
greatly benefited In 1917, but If tho reverse Is true It would havo been better for
tho New York club never to have mado tho deal In which they lost Larry Doylo.
Tho majority of New York followers bellove that McGraw will be able to
handle Zlm and that ho Is going to be a valuablo addition to tho team. McGraw
has often had troublo in handling players, but he has always got away with It no
matter how unruly tho men were. It seems reasonable to think that a manager
who could handle such men as Arthur Devlin, Art Schaefcr, Roger Bresnahan,
Mike Donlln and other men famous for their attempts to break training rules will
;o able to make Zimmerman walk in tho paths that ho should go.
Odds on Philadelphia Golfers Pick Up
PHILADELPHIANS are slowly but surely creeping up In the favor of the gath
ering which is now getting fairly numerous at tho Merlon golf links, where tho
national championship Will be played beginning Monday.
Two weeks ago not a local player was conceded a chance to get anywhere In
the tournament, hut thero aro now bets laid almost every day that some ono or
ether of the local favorites will find a place as far along as tho semifinals, or that
one will at least upset a good man before he is beaten.
Tho increase in favor is due mostly to an increased respect for the Merlon
course. It had been widely touted In various sections as a course of nice sloping
lawn, beautiful greens, many deep but not dangerous traps, and other golfy scen
ery that was In no way harmful to the expert. Now after. a few days' play over
the course, the experts are not exactly at home as yet, and they are beginning
to gfit decidedly worried.
The locals on the other hand have all played the course many times, most of
them are going at top form, and they look very good when stacked up alongside
the desperate strangers to the course. Moro that one outsider has expressed the
wish that ho had come hero earlier for his practice, and those that do not plan to
arrive till today or tomorrow will have some
nil ready for the starter's orders on Labor
The bets against the locals aro still
row real money being laid that a local will
predicted a month ago.
McLoughlin's' Service
MAURICE E. McLOTJGHLIN, the famous California Comet, who two years
ago was hailed as the world's greatest lawn tnnl.q ninvni- toiii nn Hn v.
thirty-sixth annual tennis championship of these United States, in progress on
tho fine turf courts at tho West Side Tennis Club. Long Island, unless his playing
of tho next three or four days shows marked Improvement. The "Comet," with
his partner, youthful Ward Dawjpn, of Los Angeles, failed In an effort to wrest
the national doubles crown from the 1915 winners, over himself and Thomas C.
Bundy. to wit, William M. Johnston and Clarence J. arlfnn.
"Mao's" service has lost Its sting, else how could Johnston and Griffin havo
broken through It an even half dozen times In four sets? His ground strokes are
also bad. In fact, in everything save, overhead strokes MoLoughlln'd game is
miles below his form of two years ago.
Last year it was evident that McLoughlln was slipping, but this year It Is
the opinion of some five or six thousand players and fans that ho has slipped.
Ho looked good against a weak opponent In singles on Monday and Wednes
day, but then he had nothing else to do but tune up his strokes against a man
who knew he was beaten 10 days ago, when the draw was announced and ho
found his name bracketed with that of McLoughlln.
McLoughlln cannot expect to have his service taken six times In four sets,
earn Jess than two points a game and still come out ahead of a field which today
Includes such players as R. Nonrts Williams, 2d, Clarence James Griffin," Willis B.
Davis, William M. Johnston, George M. Church, R. Llndley Murray and Karl II!
Sehr, as well as a host of others.
Tho defeat of Ichlya Kumagao, the Japanese champion, who recently won from
W. M. Johnston at Newport, by George M. Church, has boosted the stock ci the
ex-Princeton man many per cent. There are experts who now believe that
Church la to emerge the national champion. He has improved more than any
ether player in America during the last year, and indeed it would not be sur
prising to see him win the tournament at Fores Hills, although he has a hard
task ahead of him.
Tha Athletics yesterday played poorly, and mainly because they did not have
any confidence In Sheehan, who started in the box. Whenever a team has.no
Confidence in the hurler it Is a Bate bet that they aro going to play a very poor
game, That is what the Athletics did, anyway.
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PAT MORAN, NOW
FEARING BRAVES,
TO CHANGE PLANS
Leader of Champs Believes
Brooklyn Will Not Hold
Up Much Longer
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DODGERS HERE TOMORROW
By CHANDLER D. RICIITER
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 31. Manager
Moran, of the Philllos, Is Inclined to bellove
that tho Braves are llkoly to bo the tenm
that will bo battling the champions for tho
National League pennant within a fow
weeks, and ho Is thinking seriously of
changing his plan of working his pitchers
against Brooklyn In tho series Btartlng In
Philadelphia tomorrow. Moraft and his
board of Btrategy talked over tho situa
tion last night, and tho players agreed with
Moran that Brooklyn will not hold up
much longer, whllo an improvement in bat
ting makes tho Braves' chances better.
According to a plan mapped out by Moran
on Sunday, Alexander and Rlxey wera to
havo pitched tomorrow's double-header
agalnnt tho Dodgers, and the samo pair
would faco Robinson's team again on Mon
day (Labor Day), with either Al Demareo
or Ersklno Mayer hurling on Saturday.
Demareo pitched yesterday, but Insists that
ho also needs more work and wants to go
back to the mound Saturday, and his re
quest probably will bo Granted.
Hero is tho way the board of strategy
figures out tho plan of battle for the Im
portant series with the Broklyns and Bos.
ton. Alexander and Rlxey are to be sent
at the Dodgers In the twin bill tomorrow.
If both games are won, Mayer or Oeschger
will be Bent against tho Dodgers on Satur
day. In caso the Saturday came Is lost,
Alexander will pitch tho morning game on
Monday, with Demaree hurling tho after
noon gamo In case Alexander wins In the
morning. v
Ilavo Chance For Four
In this way the Phils will be assured
threo victories, have a splendid chance to
mako It four out of five, as Demareo Is al
most unbeatable when the . center-field
bleachers aro crowded, as the batsmen can
not hit his fast ball with such a back
ground. That Is why Demaree always is on
the mound In the second game of a double
header and on Saturday, whenever It Is pos
sible for Moran to manipulate his staff ac
cordingly. This plan, depending entirely upon the
breaks, would enable Moran to use Rlxey In
the opening game of the series with tho
Braves, and to send Alexander In for the
second game, coming baclc with Rlxey on
Thursday. Of course If the Phillies should
be upset by the Dodgers and lose two of
the first three games, It would spoil Moran's
plan, as It would be necessary to como back
with Alexander and Rlxey on Monday.
If Alexander and Rlxey are sent against
the Dodgers twice, It will leave the pltchtng
staff in poor shape for tho start of the
series with the Braves. Moran Is confident,
however, that the Phils will get the Jump
on Brooklyn, and he will be able to save one
of his stars for the first game against the
Braves.
Facing the Test
Moran and his men realize that thev are
facing the supreme test. If they can beat
Brooklyn and Boston, they probably again
will win the pennant, whereas. If they fall
down In either series nothing but a sensa
tional flnlsh can put the champions back
In the race.
Yesterday's defeat in Chicago caused the
Phils to lose their first series in the West
In two years, seven of the thirteen games
being lost. It was an unprofitable trip, as
the Phils should have won a large percent
age of the games and gained on the lead
ers. Al Demaree pitched grand ball, barring
ono Inning, but Jimmy Lavender, was un
beatable, with the Cubs pulling sensational
fielding plays. The champions got only
three hits, and without a lot of luck a
ball team cannot win games on this paltry
number.
One little play turned the whole game.
It happened when Cooper bumped the' left
field bleachers Just, as Zelder'a Jrlve had
lodged squarely In his hands. Cooper made
a great try and probably would have held
the ball if he had not bumped the wall.
The ball bounded out of his hands and
Zelder got a double. Flack sacrificed and
Mann followed with a single, scoring Zelder.
Mann was out trying to stretch his hit
into a double, but Saler and Williams dou
bled, the former scoring. Barring this in
ning neither team had much of a chance
to score.
Sensational fleldlnar bv Paskert and Wll.
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JOE BUSH, NOT EDDIE PLANK,
NOW IS'THE LEADING HERO OF
1916 CAMPAIGN, CLAIMS RICE
Gettysburg Veteran Is Marvel Beyond Debate,
But Mack Star's No-Hit Game Is Merely Crown
ing Incident to Wonderful Year
By GRANTLAND RICE
AFCW days ago wo figured that Edward
, Plank, tho Gettysburg Guldo, wa3 tho
leading hero of tho 191G campaign.
Wo are beginning to Indulgo In a faint
gray hunch that wo wero wrong. Plank Is
ono of tho game's wonders, a marvel be
yond nil debate. But we doubt very much
If oven Planlc has quite reached tho hcrolo
heights attained by Joo Bush, who has como
as closo to a Miracle Season as any pitcher
wo havo over known.
An Entire Pitching Staff
You havo heard of pitchers before who
havo won 30 or 40 games. But how often
have you heard of one pitcher turning In
over half the victories rung up by an entire
club through nn entlro season?
Not very often. Wo recall no caso at this
writing, but Bush has this opportunity
ahead. So far he has won 14 games, or
moro than tho rest of tho staff put togethor.
And In winning theso game? Bush was
called upon to use an abnormal amount of
stuff, as tho Macklan record might indicate.
The fact that ho was nblo to turn In a no
hit gamo Is merely a crowning Incident to a
wonderful year all tho moro wonderful
when you figure what the Mackmen have
dono with other good pitchers In the box.
Tho work that Bush has done this season, If
It had been used for a first division club,
would have mado him tho Ipadlng winner In
the American League on a par with Alex
ander In tho National.
As It Is, only eight other pitchers have
won more games, and theso all have been
with clubs well up In the race.
Concerning Fred Merklo
Wherever Fred Merklo finishes, there Is
always this ono fact to fall baclc on that
stamps him as a marvel
Just eight years ago he came through
with a play that cost his club the cham
pionship. At that moment and long thereafter he
was the most bitterly assailed ballplayer
In the span of the game.
Ho was counted out beyond all repair
a total loss, with his career over.
But since that date Merkle has played
In over 1000 games with the same club
SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS
By LOUIS H. JAFFE
Returns ot tho Johnny Dundee-Joe Welllnc
match In Now York wero unanimous In declar
ing the farmer a winner on points, but aa to
Dundee's much-advertised new knock-out punch,
there was nary a word. In (act, Dundee
was lucky he didn't nnd hlmselt on the floor
several times, as Welling staEsered him with
terrific rbrht.hand punches to thf
is jaw. It was
right, with the Gotham lightweight scoring mora
heaUly. One New York critic says there was
60 rounds of action crowded Into the sched
uled 10.
As & welterweight. Sammy Robldeau, new
Benedict boxer, should have a lot of the 142
rjounders sitting; nn tho floor rubbing their Jaws
battle between Dundee's left and Welllmrs
Last season Hobby greatly weakened himself
getting down to 133 pounds, thereby doing his
punching powers an injustice. .Against Willie
Moore tne other night and weighing 147 pounds.
Sim was atrone and fouxht Ilka a oanther. hut.
as usual, he was wild and this Is one deficiency
Robldeau roust overcome.
Two New York Eloyemen. who
will demon-
strata their respective wares In
itr resDectlva warel
are scheduled for matches In Qotham tonight.
rmuy snortly,
They are Irish Patsy Cllns and Larry Hansen.
The former meets Young Rector, while Larry
will endeavor to lambast George Yolk, a sailor.
Rumor has It that when Willie Meehan. the
Fat Hoy from Frisco, returns here he will ba
looked after by a I'hlladelphlan. It Is said
Meehan has been negotiating with Sam Jacobs to
do the heavyweight's booking. Willie boxes
Bill Sloans, after having won 11 bouts slnca
his return to the coast, at Portland, Ore.,
Labor Day.
Jimmy McCaba was only a slip of a kid when
he started boxing. If gradually has Improved
5.1,
trenvth and ability, so much that his hin.
lers believe be Is prepared to go after big
game. If Mao can beat Al Nelson Monday
night at the Olympla It will ba a big boost for
him. but ha ba a hard Job on bis bands.
Although Whltey Fitzgerald, of West Phllly,
has been coming along at a steady gait In ban
tam competition, he will hae to box better than
ever to keep up with Joe Tuber at the Wash
ington Sporting Club tomorrow sight Tuber
Is a great little battler and a real fox In the
ring. .
dene Delmont has about 300 miles of travel
ing before him. Bobby Reynolds will take him
from (Mavellml tn Buffalo for a mix with Hookr
I Kansas Saturday night and then back to Evans-
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and has been a vital factor In threo pen'
nant years.
Ho stood tho gaff as no other player
ever hns stood" It which Is somothlng bo
yond being even ono of tho greatest players
of tho gamo.
Ono Day's Slip
There was a time not. bo very many years
ngo that a golf or tennis champion could
slip here and there, bump Into an off day,
and still keep on his way. ,
But that day has passed. Ono day's slip
now means banishment for a year. Ono day
off form almost Is suro to result In a beat
ing, for thore aro too many good ones to
permit a breathing spell along tho route.
Thcro was a tlmo when a championship
was quite a lot of fun. But tho fun has
now been boiled out by ono steamy competi
tion atter another and .10 chanco to pause.
"A golf championship, " said Jnrry Travers
at Detroit last year, "is now tho hardest
week's work I know of. It used to bo n
canter mixed up with a few dashes. Now
It Is a six-day sprint for tho entry that
wins." And tho samo thing goes for For
est Hills this week. With Church, Mc
Loughlln, Johnston, Kumagac. Behr and
Murray all in ono section, where Is thero
any rest for tho weary except In defeat?
So far only 89G noncombatants have de
sired to know what golfer 13 going to win
at Merlon, well answer that query the
second some ono Informs us definitely what
two cluos win he in tho next world series
and nt precisely what moment tho European
war will end.
Looks Liko Boston Again
Boston has drawn only one world series
vacation since 1911. And It begins to look
ns If she would be forced to face another
carnival this fall, despite any great abhor
rence she might feel about tho matter.
If tho Braves flnlsh first In tho National
League, Pcrcv Haughton won't havo a'ny
thlhg to do through October beyond fifteen
or sixteen hours a day. Ho wont have
anything to look after but a champion ball
club and a football team that has lost Ned
Mahan.
"The Red Box," says an exchange,
"haven't anything but a great pitching
staff." Which recalls again tho pld one
about the sad case of John D. Rockefeller
practically having nothing but $500,000,000.
Bl1i?'if.In?"T,hr !? wl" tackI Battling
Schultx, Labor Day, but two daja later.
Harry Cross, an attache of the National A.
C. who Is at the border with a Philadelphia
regiment, postals that "the boys" will return tha
loU.eT. parA 0,Oc,0b.r- J""' djimr to see a
bout," writes Harry T,
Several
New York boxers who never showed
In Phllly
official opening of the National Club September
V. when Bddlo McAndrewa and Benny Leonard
meet In the star scrap. Dick Curley has a. few
good bois, he says, who never boxed outside of
New York.
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Bout on Labor Day
ROBERT W. MAXWELU Sports
Editor of tha EVENING
LEDGER, will view tho Kilbano
Chaney fight for tho world's
featherweight championship at
Cedar Point, Ohio, on Labor
Day Tha largest purso ever
offered for tho featherweight
championship has been placed,
and It will be a big bout all the
way through. Maxwell will give
an interesting and expert account-
of this big battle in the
final edition of the EVENING
LEDGER on Labor Day.
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Johnny Dundee Dents felling
NEW YORK. Aug. 81. Johnny Dundee of
this city, outfought Joo AVolllns. of Chicago,
in eignt rounds ot tneir ju-rnumi iotit nrro mitt
nlcht. Hath men worked hard and
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WALSH GOES TO
CARRIGAN'S CLUB
IN HALEY TRADE
Athletics' Outfielder May,
nave unance to Get in
on World's Series Pie
EXPECT DOH BROWH1
Jlmmjr Wnlsu, outflcteer nt the Athletic
nnd ono of tho tew remaining member, J
tho famous peiinnnt-wlnnlnu machine '.
American Lciruo, Cms bcor. released t0 th
Boston lied Sox atitl will report to Sian... :
Cnrrlgan today, i Wnlsh goes to the tUdS
oox. in uxuiuuku ior i-nt, naiey, the younr
catcher, whom Connlo Mock secured fromff I
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to ho eligible to play In tho world's ,.uJ
!f tho Hod Sox win tho American Li!fi"
pennant, llo was to havo been dellvtr.S
earlier, but Mack expected Don DrowrL iK
young outfielder from llarrlsburg, to rr.
this week, which tllo latter failed to rfrt
It Is not llkoly now that Brown win . m
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d&cs report, for Jtnnager Stack does t.6 A
ciro to handle players who havo to he 3
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nu-nml br tho Ynnlcnen. whn er, v.t .- .. ' .
rlsburg. Brown asserts New York owes him'?
tsomo salary nnd demands that Mack malle 1
good tho monoy beforo ho will report "ilar-v 1
said yestcrdny that ho boun-ht nm, ".'5. 1
will tako him If ho docs report, but the! 9
1ui will not nav tho mnnnv ll.nt ? .:"a.1 S
owes Brown and does not coro whether the I
youngster reports or -not
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