EVENING LEDOBR--PHIi;ADELPHIA FRIDAY. SEPTEfcBER 8, 1916
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PHILLIES ARE BIG FAVORITES TO REPEAT IN NATIONAL LEAGUE RACE FOR 1916 PENNANT
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MORAN'S CLUB PENNANT VICTOR
UNLESS TEAM COLLIDES WITH
SNAG, BOSTON FANS BELIEVE
'Aggregation That Beats the Phillies Will Win
Flag, Says Stallings-Champions Have
' Been Playing Wonderful Game -
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"EWJHT etHHiecuttve victories over the best two teams In the National Xagu,
J-J an4 the teams which are battling the Phillies for the pennant, Is the proud
of rat Moran a champions, and the Phils aro now heavy favorites to re
In the National League race. Bostonlans admit that the Brakes cannot
te overhaul the Phillies unless Moran'a team strikes a sudden slump, while
Ifraitasrsf mailings says that the team that beats the ThUllea will win the pennant,
M4 h Is frank enough to state that Moran'a men look much better than his
ta; at the present time.
"While It must be admitted that the Phils have been favored by the breaks,
m ar all winning teams, not one of tho victories can be attributed to luck. The
IttHHea have played the most wonderful ball thoy have ever shown, and wo never
have seen any team. Including the famous Mack machine, play) as tho Phils have
om since the opening game of tho series with Brooklyn.
t A few weeks ago It looked very much as If the Phillies would have to depend
Urely upon Alexander and BJxey for the pitching In the homestretch, but today
Koran has four hurlers who have proved beyond doubt that they aro In perfect
shape and can be depended upon, and It also Is apparent that George Chalmers
and "Chief Bender are capable of stepping Into the breach and doing Just as well
M Mayer has In the last three weeks.
Tho wonderful come-back of Erakine Mayer has been one of the main features '
f tba work of the champions since the Brooklyn series started. Everybody ex
pected Alexander the Great and Itlxey to continue to hurl sensational ball, but
Mayer was looked upon as an uncertainty, and his feat of beating Brooklyn and
Boston, allowing only cno run In the eighteen Innings, Is one of the wry best of
the season.
The beauty of Mayer's work has been his ability to stand up vmder fire. This
is) conclusive proof that the side-arm wonder of 1915 has regained his confidence.
Manager Moran has contended all along that Mayer looked Just as good In prac
tice as at any time last season, but that he had no confidence In himself and his
'team mates had no confidence In him. Tho last two games have shown that not
enly has Mayer regained confidence, but that the other players aluo realize that
fee Is again tho Mayer of 1915-and have confidence In him.
,. Famous Fighting Spirit of the Braves Missing
ANT way one looks n.t It. It seems certain that the Phillies will win the pen
. nant. Brooklyn's pitching staff has gone to pieces and the Braves, aside from
pitching, look like a minor league aggregation. The fighting spirit that made tho
Braves famous In the pennant drive of 1914 and again last season, even though
they did not win the pennant. Is missing, and we are of the opinion that they
iutt cold yesterday.
The Phillies completely outplayed, outgamed and outguessed the Braves,
just as they did Brooklyn In the recent scries at home. They have proved beyond
the shadow of doubt that they are the strongest team, and there Is no reason to
believe that there will be any maro slip-ups such as occurred In Pittsburgh and
St, Louis. After the present series with New York the Phillies are at home for
the rest of the season, barring three gomes In Brooklyn, and neither the Dodgers
Bor Braves In their present condition are likely to overhaul Moran's team.
If it had not been for the unexpected reversals In Ptttsburgn and St. Louts
the Phillies now would be Just about ready to clinch the pennant, but It la fortu
nate. Indeed, that the Phillies are the gomest team In baseball. An ordinary team
would have gone to pieces facing a five-gome handicap at the first of September,
fcut the champions fought all the harder and have mode one of the most remark
able spurts In the history of the game. ,
Moran fears tho present series with the Giants, as McGrawa team, with Heinle
Kmmerman and Buck Herzog In the line-up, is much stronger than aPany time
this season. Thanks to the 'grand .handling of the pitching staff by Moran, the
Phillies are better equipped with pitchers, all In splendid shape, than Brooklyn and
Boston, which really la surprising In view of the fact that the last two series
consisted mostly of double-headers. We must take our hat off to Moran. He Is
the king of managers) at least so for as handling pitchers Is concerned.
Red Sox Still Confident They Will Win Flag
-fTVEDS Boston Tied Box, now Speakerlesfl and Barryless, believe that they aro
JL going to win the American' League championship-again and that they will
ultimately come through victors for tho second time In succession for tho world's
championship. The way tho players figure this out Is probably the same as the
way Manager Bill Carrlgon figured It out yesterday when he thus, as Spartacus,
addressed his listeners:
"I know that wo havo a hard trip before us In the West, bu I figure that
11 of the clubs, with tho exception of Detroit, have virtually given up the race.
St. Louis made a great showing and one that the owners and manager ought to
fee--proud of, but at that they felt down In the pinch and now they aro not con
tenders. The same thing may be said of the Cleveland team. They played fine
boll during the greater part of the season, but when the test came they were not
there. Now, as for the Detroit club I haven't very much to say. They have
played consistent ball all season, and while they aro not leading the league at the
present time, It may bo that they will be leading It before long, although I figure
that our club Is strong enough to keep in the lead. Naturally we were pleased that
the Browns beat tho Detroit club yesterday and that we were able to beat then
Athletics; but that, of course. Is not winning the pennant
"We havo not had the best of pitching, but wo have the team work that Is
essential to the success of any team, and when we are going up against teams
that have no more of this team work than we have, I calculate that we have
better than an even chance to win when we ore-leading."
, Boston Pitchers in Shape for tho Sprint
I "T KNOW that a great deal depends on our pitching staff," remarked Carrlgan,
JL "and I also know that the pitchers that we have to go up against aro not as
jeod as ours If our men are In shape. Of course, you never can tell what will
happen, but I am sure that Shore, Leonard and Foster will be able to do their
bare of the work from now' on, and that means that we will have Just as good
etching as there is In either league, not evun excepting your great Alexander,
j "When we begin the western trip I believe there Is only one club Detroit
tktt has not shot Its bolt. As I sold before, St, Louts Is not In It. Chicago Is not
'ar from the lead, but It Is not the kind of team that will fight Some of the
foyers are game to tho core, but the club as a whole will not make the showing
tt ought to. Such players as Eddie Collins and Buck Weaver will do their best
im4er all circumstances, but some of the rest of them will- not If they think that
ttsre is no chance of their winning the pennant, and that Is the Idea that most
at them have.
"Cleveland made & good race for a while, but It Is not able to keep up the
pace. It la really a pity that It cannot win a pennant, for tt has a lot of
grt players. It used to be a wonderful thing to see Harry Bay beat out those
bunts to first and to see Larry and Flick drive In the runs. But those days are
vr, and the days of the team for this -year are over, too, for that matter. That '
tub Is through. So I figure that the only thing wo have to do to win the pennant
ta is to beat Detroit aad do as well with the .other clubs as they do, and. while
I aa not predicting anything at all, I don't see why. wo shouldn't be able to do It"
Tho KW's Clerer, imA No Mistake-About It!
BOBBT JONB?, JR., the child wonder of the South, Is through m,ttr as any
thing h might be able to help out with In the play for the national golf -bam-Tloaialp
of tlje United States is concerned. But his fame will linger wherever
tl "word "giC' is In the vocabulary of the citizens for many a long day.
Never In the history of American golf has a youth of his age qualified for a
national tournament in the midst of a field of the very cream pt the country.
Never has a youth of fourteen years ever been given a thought' before In such
aa event It is likely that his fallowing feats, of, ousting a former national cham
pion and one of the steadiest match players In America, Ed Byors, and after that
ef ousting Frank Dyer, metropolitan wizard and Pennsylvania State champion,
ea the neat day, will uever be equaled. '
Tt boa-to nerve is almost superhuman. Nothing (worries him In the least
keeps plugging along, utterly unconscious of the way he is upsetting the
m and oc the reputation of the man he la playing. Against Gardner, the
an, he was Just as unoeaeerHtd as on other days. He Joked with Gardner
fca vasVttoa along heeMe him from tee to green, looking like a child Indeed
the giant champion.
at a Aaieherf oWer. He knows the shots and plays them In a manner
unlna for one of bis youth. His golf is laid on .solid rock and 'he wlU grew
t$ - ees atoav. Tea years from new he will only be In his early twenties.
fek have something large In the way of a title by that time. At present
Umltf Ms Mate abamptea. Bt tMa week has made him famous.
CARMAN-WILEY
WALK AWAY WITH
100-MILE RACE
American Motor-paced Stars
Win by Eight Laps
in 2:3:32 2-5
WALTHOUR-DIDIER SECOND
By SPICK nALL,
Clarence .Carman and George Wiley
pedaled their way to a victory In the
100-mtls motor-paced team race at the
Point Breeza track last night 'before an
other capacity crowd, negotiating the dis
tance In 2 hours 3 minutes and 32 2-5 sec
onds. Carman and Wiley represented the
American team, and nftcr the first ten
miles never were headed, and, riding away
without accident led Dldler and Walthour,
representing the French-American contin
gent by eight laps. Madonna and Colum
batto, the Italian team, finished lest, five
miles In the rear of Carman and Wiley.
Getting away to a good start Dldler and
Walthour took the lead, and. each taking
his turn, were well ahead of the other two
at ths five-mile turn. Carman and Wiley,
alternating frequently, went after the pace
setters and at the ten-mile mark were right
on their heels. Then the American team
began to show form. First Carman spurted,
and the champion set such n dlsxy pace
until he was fatigued that he virtually
wore down the leaders; then Wiley took
his turn and, going well behind some lino
pacing, wrested the lead from the Franco
American combination a few laps after the
ten-mile mark had been passed.
Americans Never Headed
From this point on Carman and Wiley
rode a careful and heady race, readily meet
ing and offsetting any challenges of the
trailers. At the thlrty-nve-mlle post the
speeders were sotting a scorching pace.
Carman and Wiley had the lead by a couple
of laps, but the rlderp toecame bunched, and
for ten miles thsy speeded around and
around, at times averaging a mile In sixty
seconds.
Dldler and Walthour lost what chance
they had early In the race. After setting
the pace for ten miles, tire trouble and
several accidents set them back five laps,
and before they could recover the Carman
Wiley combination had shot by and Into the
lead. Columbatto and Madonna neer were
dangerous.
From the sixtieth to the ninetieth mile
the three went along at a steady pace, first
one, then another, of the trailers shooting
by In the hope of cutting down a lap, but
the other two always were careful to spurt
at the same time, and It was Impossible to
make any gain.
Italian Team Disappoints
Carman thrilled the gathering by riding
the last ten miles for the Americans and
negotiated the distance In the fast time of
10 minutes and 2 seconds. Ills team was
enjoying such a big lead at that time that
he In no way was endangering the chances
of coming out victorious by making the
C-nlsh alone.
Columbatto and Madonna were not up
to form. Much was looked for from the
Italian pair, but they could not seem to hit,
their stride. They were slow In getting
away and lost a couple of laps before
tbey had gone ten miles. They continued
to drop lap by lap right up until the finish.
Every attempt they made to reduce the
lead was smothered before It hardly was
under way, and while not discouraged they
were not overiealous to keep It up.
Jimmy Hunter acted as pacemaker for
Carman and Stein guided Wiley. With this
experienced pair of pacemakers the task
of Carman and Wiley was greatly lessened,
and they seldom lost the'.r pace long enough
to threaten or endanger their lead.
Summary:
Flve-ralla professional motortrela race Won
br Herman Vsdlti: second. Will Vanderbarrjr:
third. Dill Armstronr. Ttma, S mlnutca 44 3-5
seconds.
FUre-rolle professional motorcycle race Won
br Vandorbtrry. ascond. Vedltij third, Arm
strong. Time, a minutes 81 2-& aeconds.
100-mlle professional raotorpaced team race
Won br Clarenoa Carman, paced by Hunter.
and Oaorse Wiley, paced by Stein: second.
Walthour, Atlanta, paced by Henhouse, and
Ixmn Dldler. France, paced by Morlni third.
Oeorre Columbatto, paced by (It. Tves, and
Vincent Madonna, paced by Lehman. Tine.
2 houra 8 minutes 82 2-5 aeconda.
Giants Buy Inflclder Young
DALLAS, Tex., Sept f. Boss Toung,
second baseman of the Sherman (Texas
Western Association) team, lfas left here
for New Tork, where ho was ordered to re
port to the Giants by McGraw. Voung's
price was 12000, said to be the highest ever
paid for a Class D player. He hit .330 this
season.
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WEST BATTLES EAST
IN A. A. U. MEET TODAY
Juniors Will Compete at New
ark in First Events; Senior
Championships Tomorrow
NEWARK. Sept. . The most prominent
athletes of the United States, from every
section of the country, are here today to
take part In the nnnual championship con
tests of the Amateur Athletic Union. To
day' contests are In tho junior class, but
tomorrow the senior champions will hold
their meet Interest In the contest centers
mainly In the possibilities of victories for
the western champions. The Middle West
and the Paclflo coast are sending men who
stand head and shoulders above previous
Importations from those sections, although
some of them are men who already have
taken part In the bigger frames.
The University of Missouri, In Simpson
and Floyd, has two wonderful men and tho
two are entered for the senior champion
ships, having been picked at the meet re
cently held In St Iuls. Simpson, besides
being a broad Jumper of uncanny power,
holds an unofficial world's record for the
120-yard high hurdles, and Floyd has a
record In tho pole vault. Simpson has been
timed going over the barriers In 14 8-5 sec
onds, a record that Is absolutely astounding.
From the far West will come Kelly,
Thomson and Murray, all hurdlers, every
one of whom has cleared the high hurdles
In less than fifteen seconds.
Artie Mucks, the prodigious weight
thrower from the University of Wisconsin,
will bo a contender, and the big athlete Is
expected to knock the props from under
somo records.
Tho western coast athletes already have
sent apologies ahead for any failures In the
meet They must mako a long trip to com
pete, and If they are stale It will be blamed
to that Traveling, It Is admitted, has a
bad effect on runners and jumpers.
Jolo Ilay, wearing the colors of the I. A.
C, also Is entered for the distance runs.
Alva Richards, Cornell's strong man. who
halls from Provo, Utah, is favored to take
the all-round honors In the meet September
16. He Is the present champion. Ho also
was victor in the last Olymplo games at the
high Jump.
Iteoorda are certain to fall when these
classy athletes get together In competition.
It probably Is the greatest collection of
performers ever brought together In one
field In the United States.
CANCEL TENNIS TOURNEY
Death of Sponsor Causes Abandonment
' of Rhode Island Fixture
PROVIDENCE. R. I.. Sept 8. Because
of the sudden death of Miss LyraiB. Nlck
erson, who was an active member of the
tennis committee and the donor of the
three-year championship challenge cup, the
Agawam Hunt Club has decided to postpone
for one year the women's singles, 4subles
and mixed doubles tournaments for the
championship of Rhode Island which were
scheduled for September 18.
Penn State Footballers Drill
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Sept 8, Penn
State's clan of gridiron gladiators hae
officially ushered In the local football sea
son with two practice periods. Under the
watchfut eyes of Head Coach Harlow and
threo assistants, twenty-five candidates for
the State team went through two hours of
light exercise.
Sues Coast League as Trust
BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8. A suit charxlnr
that the Paclflo Coast League la a trust, and
that It haa conspired to monopolize baseball In
California to auch an extent that players outside
tbe leacue are unable to make a livlnc. has
been (lied In the United States District Court
hero. Mrs. Esther Jacobs, the complainant,
aeeka to recover 181.800, three times tbe amount
ahe claims to hae lent the defunct Hacramento
Club, whose franchise waa aold to the Bait Lake
City Club The suit la brousht under the
Sherman anti-trust law,
American- Soccer Players Start Homo
STOCKlIAlt Sept. T. via London. Sept. 8
(2:10 a. m ) The All-Amerlcan aoccer football
"!r. '? i"X? ,a"t,inl'h.t, Sr Qhrlstlanla, from
which port they will sail for New York today
on the steamer Oscar II. The members of the
lean, iwb aivBH inoat coruiat eenu-on Dy a
lersa crowd, which followed them to the railway
atatlon and cheered aa the train drew out.
NOTHING DRAMATIC ATTACHED
TO COBB FACING ALEX IN PINCH,
SAYS RICE; NO, NOTHING AT ALL!
If Phils and Tigers Triumph, Fans Will Have
Chance to Witness Greatest Player and Pitcher
in Action Against One Another
rr HAS been a matter of seven years now
since we have drawn the chance to ob
serve Ty Cobb In a world series. Ills !'
entry was back In 10, whn the Tigers
fell before the cutlases and marllnsplkes
of the Pirates. Tlaylng no favorites what
soever In this widespread pennant grapple.
It would bo no light attraction to have
another look at the Human Hatting Kye In
a post-season championship. Cobb, for ex
ample, facing Alexander In a pinch (If the
Phillies win), of course, would have nothing
of the dramatic attached. Of course.
Where, Indeed
Ton hear a good bit about where Brook
lyn might have been today If Jake Daubert
hadn't been Injured : where the Tanks might
have been If Baker, Ollhooley and Malsel
hadn't been hurt J where Cleveland might
have been If Guy Morton had been In shape.
Hut where would the esteemed Mackmen
have been It anything had happened to Joe
Bush about May 10?
Fate
Have you elterved along the trail
That leait from any came,
.From those who win, or thoie tcho fall,
Or those who come to tame,
JIov out the hard and seam way
That all contenders know,
Fafe picks on quitters nlpnt and da
t But lets the fighters got
Fate fairly revels M that fby
Who yearns to pass the buck;
Who looks on (rouble tcKh a (cV
While cursing at his lucfci
But Fata has no time through the suHm
For that upstanding bloke
Who looks him squarely In the glim
And counters with a poke.
Tho Acid Test
By the time Brooklyn, Boston and the
Phillies have completed their next three
days' play there will be no question about
tho better ball club. By an arrangement
with destiny on the side these threo teams
were tossed against tho acid test at the be
ginning of the stretch. For tho last week
they all have been embroiled In the tough,
est sort of battling, where only tho strong
could survive. The club that la out In the
lead by the first or middle of next week, If
tho margin Is at all substantial, will be
fairly safely on the way.
The Top of Something
There are times when my joy la keen,
When my soul leaps out of the rut:
But the greatest thrill's when a rival dub
Concedes me a two-foot putt.
By some peculiar stroke of fate California
only manga'ed to get three men among the
four tennis semlfinallsts. Just how the old
State Is going to stand this disgrace Is be
yond knowing. It was a terrible blow, but
By GRANTLAND RICE
next year the Port of Native sons Is confi
dent of ending the slump.
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M..DvJa ewi" Tne nrst nma of tha season
Be" tembeT'S. C0'br Col"r, '" lh Bu
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TWO WORLD'S MARKS ARE SET
IN MEET ON HARTFORD TRACK
HAnTFOnD, Conn., Sept g. Two new
world's records were made here yesterdav
when St Frisco won the classic Charter Oak
stake for 2 OS trotters after six of ths
most excjtlng heats of light harness racln
ever witnessed at Charter Oak Park Th,
second heat was declared by the Judraa
dead heat the time J!07W, displacing ih.
world's record set In 1904 rn the Brighton
Beach track, New York, when Sweet Maria
and Arlsto raced a dead heat In 2 OIU
The other record established waa the fast'
est six heat race, the average time for tha
six heats being 2.07H. against 2 07 lj.ti
set at Lexington, Ky In 1910, In a rata
won by Spanish Queen.
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