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Baseball Magnates Are Not Imrjosiner Campaign
AND SPEAKER.HAD BETTER AVERAGE!
Carolina Siege Gun Only Had Three Home Runs
But He Was Glad to Contribute Forty '
Doubles and Twenty-one Triples
V'. of Economy on Ball Players as They Threatened.
Fraternity Turned Back on Victimized Owners
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.ORHAT has become of tho retrenchment
''dreaded retrenchment policy of tho baseball owners? Three or four months
'ago the moguls of tho diamond wero. laying out u campaign of economy that was
' to leave the players without HulMclent funds to buy gasoline, but from tho appear
ance of things nt present tho knights of tho diamond will not even bo forced to
forgo spuds as a dally dish, nt least for another year to come. From tho words
of the magnates tho baseball fans concluded that their heroes would soon bo
mixing with tho free-lunch gang Instead of cavorting with the Kritz-Wnlvuo set
and dining on onions, carrots and other delicacies. Nothing Uko It. About the
only two clubs sticking to tho retrenchment policy are tho Hravcs and Brooklyn
the only organizations which aro still wrestling with tho holdout problem. Appar
ently Percy Haughton and Charllo Kbbets have determined to remain loyal to the
Fraternity of China Eggs, for they aro still treading tho path of economy with
out any apparent effort to compromlso with their disgruntled hirelings. Meanwhile .
the other owners have met their plajers half way, and there aro few, If any,
, players of the llrst class belonging to tho other fourteen clubs who have not
affixed their names to contracts.
Connie Mack, of tho Athletics, and President Baker, of the Phillies, have Just
about put their houses in order, and tnls without wot king a hardship on any of
their players. Tho oniclals of tho club and tho two players concerned aro tho only
persons familiar with the terms of tho contracts signed by Bush and Strunk,
respectively, but tho mcio fact that both men wero satisfied proves that they
bellevo Connlo dealt fairly with them.
Two Local Clubs Dealt Fairly With Players
THERE never was much doubt about Connio bringing his holdouts back Into
lino. Tho lean .leader has his own Ideas of doing business nnd conducting his
ball club, and ho figures that every man acts fairly If tho conditions aro pre
sented to him fairly. Tho methods by which Mack camo to an agreement with
his players aro not known and probably will never bo made public, which is Just
as well, for It Is no one's business. Sufficient to say that tho men have accepted
terms and they would not have done so had they not been satisfied. President
Baker had ono big problem to deal with Grover Cleveland Alexander and It
was considerable of a problem as problems go. It took a lot of work to bring
the great pitcher and the president together, but once they had reached a
basts for discussion It did not tike them long to agree on a compromise a com
promise which about doubled tho salary of Alexander. All of tho other men or
Moran, with two exceptions, have accepted terms, and there Is no reason to
believe that any of them will starve.
There aro still three regular ball players who ply their trade In Philadelphia
who have not yet signed contracts. They aro Nlehoff nnd "VVhltted, of tho Thll
ties, and Schang, of the Athletics. The latter will probably get together with
Connie before tho beason starts, and there is no reason to bellevo that Whined
will not be among thoso present within a few days. Cleorgo is a peculiar sort of
a fellow, with enough of the theatrical In his nature to perpotrato a surprlso
when least expected. Thero Is ndserlous- difference between Whltted and tho
Philadelphia Ball Club, and he will probably be on hand when Moran calls the
first practice nt St. Petersburg.
Nlehoff Is a different proposition. Bert has been drawing a war-time salary
from the Philadelphia club for several years, nnd It Is said that he was sub
stantially cut. Ho Is not ready to accept, and with McGafflgan, a most promising
second sacker, in line, President Baker will not recede much from his original
proposal to Nlehoff.
Where the Foot of Dave Fultz Slipped
tfAP" HUSTON, part owner of the New Tork Yankees, had the right Idea when
he said recently that the Ball Players' Fraternity mado a big mistake when it
failed to pay some attention to the actions of its own members. Tho Frat was
very active when outside interests wero fought, but when the players got in wrong
It looked tho other way. Huston pointed out that Ed Sweeney, who had a two
year contract calling for $S00O a year, should have been "called" by Dave Fultz
when he becamo Indifferent and had to bo sent to the minors without a cut In
salary. The New York club was forced to pay Sweeney $16,000 for tho work he
did In the bushes, and there was no way out of it. Had Fultz taken a hand and
either advised the catcher to play better ball or Inflicted tome punlshmen, the
Fraternity, says Huston, would have shown some constrictive tendencies which
would have helped Us case with tho magnates.
Another case Is that of Ray Caldwell, tho well-known twirling hairpin. Ray
was an ln-and-outcr mostly out and was continually getting in bad with the
Tankees because of his lax training habits. When Frank Chance had tho club
he was obliged to chaso Caldwell a couple of times, and last year Bill Donovan
stood It as long as he could before suspending him for tho remainder of tho year.
Ray has a contract calling for $SO0O, with another jear to run, and Donovan Is
anxious to give him another chance. He has written numerous letters to tho
slim person, but tho pitcher has not replied. Reglsteied letters sent to his home
at Salamanac, a metropolis In tho R. F. D. belt In New York State, returned with
Mrs. Caldwell's signature, but not a peep has been heard from the head of tho
household. Ray Is missing and no ono knows his whereabouts. The club has
left for the South and they still are looklngvfor him. Perhaps he will show up,
and again ho may not. Thero Is no doubt that his presenco will strengthen tho
team at least twenty-five per cent If he Is In shape and Wild Bill has Just
cause to worry.
Cobb's Creek Club Row Ayain
THE tempest In a teapot which has been centered around tho affairs of Cobb's
Creek Golf Club has given rise to some rather acrimonious discussion nt tho
circumstances which led to the recent reorganization of the ciub. Violent excep
tions have been taken to statements mado in these columns Friday concerning
the Incidents which led up to the reorganization. It has been pointed out that a
distinct Injustice was tlpne to H. Wellington Wood, former president of Cobb's
Creek Club.
In last Friday's comment it was set forth that Mr. Wood, soon after the
organization of the club last jear, had "tried to run the course" and that after
ward he "had a light" with A. E. Rendle, the treasurer, after which, It was
asserted, these two men wero "on the outs" with each other. Another assertion
was made that they "maneuvered so that the 'skids' wero put under Wood and
he was ousted at tho 'reorganization' meeting."
The facts of the case, more accurately stated, seem to be that, while there
were dissensions and disagreements among tho officers of the club, there was
'nothing which might be described accurately as a "nght" between Wood and
Rendle, and that they were "on the outs" only In so far as th'jy disagreed upon
the method of running tho, club"i Tho assertion that Wood tried to "run the
course" was based upon complaints from various individual players at tho Cobb's
Creek course that the officers of the club seemed inclined to attach an undue
Importance to the fancied privileges of their organization, nt tho expense of
unattached players.
As to the "skids" and the "ousting," the facts aro that thero was a movement
on foot among the members of tho club to reorganize, with an entirely new staff of
officers, which movement proved successful, Mr. Wood himself was not a can
didate for ro election as president and was not, therefore, "ousted" from his office,
because he was not a candidate.
Philadelphians Lead in Trapshootiny
THIADELPHIA Is the biggest trapshootlng center in tho country, according
St. v. -tto a statement issued recently by E. R.
In on tne sport. That his judgment Is presumably right was proved by tho multl-
jK.r tude of marksmen who attended last baturaays trap events. Approximately 200
E'nlrnrods fired away In the target competition of three local organizations, which
.seemingly adds more strength to the Wilmington man's assertion.
' ' f Not alone Is this citv known as a metropolis for bcorcs of tarc-ot sl,ntoi-
raSVbut It also Is known for Its brilliant marksmen, many of them champions. Fred
P'X'CoIeman. who some vcars back was the world's live-bird champion, is still slinnilntr
nrf i'riMiv 1;ib KntnrrlMV Iia luiH n score nf
pbmb. Is another of the Phlltie biand, having lucked away the distinction of na
tional target champion. George McCarthy
is Harry Kahler, who was tutored by
F? it Hsburg Sportsmen's Association's State
Charles Hummer, of Marietta, won the event from a Held of some fifty gunners,
rawing nineteen of his birds. Later, however, it was learned that Hummer was
a) former Phlladelphlan. So It seems that Phlllle-made products are of a cham
pionship caliber In the realms of trapshootlng.
Struck Out Fpur Men, But All Crossed the Plate
.WVER hear of a pitcher who struck out four men In one Inning, didn't yield a
'P hit. Issue a pass or hit a batter and still live to see every one of those four
Victims" score? Clinton Rogge.Is "it."
R.Jfcl ha drifted to the bushes. Four years ago Rogge pitched for a college team
nH?t us pound backstop ori the receiving end. The bantam catcher couldn't hold
and dropped the third strike that Rogge put over on the first three batsmen.
That peopled the, bases. Rogse fanned the next man. bufthe third strike eot
0kr trony the catcher and the man on third
following batter the catcher tnougnt
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Galvln, of Wilmington, a noted authoritv
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Is another of the former tltleholders,
McCarthy. Last Thursday at the Har-
live - bird championship at twenty birds,
He labored for the Feds In 1916 but
scored. AVlth tho next ball pitched to
nod try to catch the man napping off
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M'COY PROTESTS
DILL0N-DARCY GO
"Champion" A'sks Commis
sion to Protect His Rights.
Boxes Hoosier Tonight
NKW YOrtK, Feb. IT Al McCoy, tho
middleweight champion, who tonlRht Is tn
box with Jack Dillon at the Broadway
Sporting Club, is a bit worried oor the
announcement that Dillon has been chosen
by Grant Hugh Browne to meet Darcy
next Monday night In the Garden.
Therefore, McCoy, through Ills father
and manager, A I. Rudolph, has sent a
letter of protest to the Boxing t'oinmlssioti
asking that a meeting be called at once to
protpct him In his rights as tho opponent
of Darcy. Rudolph sets forth that both
McCoy and Darcy entered Into a written
contract with Grant Hugh Browne for a
contest In the Garden on March S, and that
the substitution of Dillon would bo an Il
legal step.
Tho caso Is a tangled one, ns tho com
mission ordered McCoy nnd Dillon to ful
fill an engagement at the Broadway Sport
ing Club before boxing elsewhere
Grant Hugh Bronne last night said It
could be accepted as absolutely certain that
Dillon and Darcy would meet In the Gar- i
den ring next Monday night
"If McCoy thlnksf he has a grievance,"
added Browne, "I suggest that he sue 'the i
Boxlnog Commission."
CORNELL ELEVEN IS ON
SCHEDULE FOR WILLIAMS
WIU.1AMSTOWN, Mass, Feb 27
Games with Cornell and Columbia are In
cluded in the. -Williams College football
schedule for next fall The Cornell game
will be played at Ithaca October 13 and
the Columbia game at New York October
GILL, COLLEGE PITCHER,
IS SIGNED BY BRAVES
BOSTON'. Feb 27 Robert GUI, who.
pitching for the Boston College nine last
season, scored lrtoiles oer seeral lead
ing college .teams, lias signed a contrac
with tho Boston Nationals. Ills services
had been sought by the Chicago Nationals
COMMISH BILL PLACED
ON THE POSTPONED LIST
HARrtlSBLUO, Pa.. Feb, 27. The hill
creating a Boxing nnd Wrestling Commis
sion has been placed on the postponed cal
endar In tho Senate.
MEADOWBROOK ENTRIES
WILL CLOSE TOMORROW
Athletes ileslrlng to ( participate in tho
eents of tho Meadowbrook Club in Com
mercial Museum on March 10 hae until
tomorrow to make their entries with Wil
liam II. Klrkpatrlck, 1308 Fllbeit street.
SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS
By LOUIS II. JAFFE
THE Nonpareil Club, Kensington's oldest
fistic emporium, Is not to stay closed.
After the suspension of boxing bouts for
several weeks, following I.ou Bailey's resig
nation as matchmaker at the Kensington
avenue and Ontario street arena. Tommy
Bellly has entered the field and will succeed
Diamond I.ou. Uellly has been connected
with the betting game for many years, as a
manager and trainer of boxers, lie knows
a good boxer and good bouts, and he Is
competent of putting together tho sort of
matches the public likes to witness. Tho
Nonpatell, which had been staging bouts
on Friday night, will open under Its new
regime March C, and bouls will bo held
Tuesday night weekly, Bellly has started
In the right direction by Inserting an ad In
the Evenino I.edcier, letting boxers and
managers know where he can be located.
Kensington Is one of the best boxing dis
tricts In Philadelphia. That section of the
city has turned out some of the best boxers
here, and the fans there take great Interest
In the game. South Philadelphia fans are
backing three clubs, the Olympia, National
and Broadway, and with good matches
staged at the Nonpareil It can bs run
successfully as well ns the Cambria.
rete Herman, the bantam champ, la In New
Tork, preparing for hla flrat match In tba Eait
alnca dethroning- Kid Williams. Herman la lo
onpoea Jabi Whit In Albany, N. J.. March 6.
Since saining the bantam crown Herman naa
beaten Young Handow and HarTjr Kabokoff. It
waa "Pekln Kid" Herman who recently boxed
Johnny Ertle In Kanaaa City.
Joe Connolly, a New England welterweight,
haa been In Philadelphia for several daya. Ilia
last bout waa a twelve-round referee's decision
victory over Willie Deecher at Lawrence, Mail.
An effort waa mada to match Champion Her
man with Edlo cfKeete hers, but It la aald
tnat the tltlenolder refused tba bout. O'Keefe
eipecta his damaged Up to be healed in a. ahort
wblla.
Heavyweight bonis are proving Interesting tn
New York. Hob Devore'a knockout ovsr 1 rry
Williams, of this city. In five rounds last week
haa put Robert in pretty good. H haa been
matched for a ten-rounder against Jim Flynn
In Brooklyn Thursday night,
Jaek Teland, of this, city, Is getting In snap
for a match after a. layoff of aaveral montha.
He will meet Soldier BartfleM In Brooklyn Fri
day nigbt. -
JOHNNY MAYO OUTTALKS SCHULTZ
AND SCORES VICTORY AFTER TAKING
A NIFTY LACING FOR FIVE ROUNDS
Local Boxer Almost Knocks Out Opponent in Final
Session of Semiwind-up at Olympia A. A. Lew
Tendler Defeats Artie Root in Star Bout
By HOBEUT
"10M on an' lite, yuh big stlffl Whad'ye
' mean by stallln' aroun' an' actln' like
a bum? Como on nn' show what yuh got,
ns I alnt got no moro time fer monkeyln'.
Speed up a little yuh poor fish'"
Battling Srhults, a ;.oung hlnnde gentle-
ni.in ftom Toledo,
o almost dropped
w 1 1 h amazement
w h o n Johnny
Mayo u 1 1 e r o d
those harsh nnd
cutting words.
For IUe rounds In
tho semlwlnd-up
at the Olympia A
A last night the
Il.tttlcr jabbed
Johnny 12 05B
times by actual
count, hit h I m
w 1th eerythlng
except the floor
and had Mr. Mayo
looking Uko a guy
emerging from a
scrap w 1th a
healthy tiolley car At time? Sehultz felt
sorry for his foe. ns he was winning by a
mile; anil when tho sixth round started ho
went in to make the decision unanimous,
lie put up his hands to tmear some moro
g!oes on Johnny's map when Mayo tore In,
muttering between wallops:
"Como on an' nte. yuh stilt! Quit yer
stallln' and don't act Uko a bum!"
Mr. Schullz Is Rattled
Is' It any wonder that Mr. Sehultz, of To
ledo, O., stared In amazement? Ho felt
confident that he was doing a man's work,
and If any speeches were to he made ho
should make them. But thoso few words
put the Battler up In the air and ho camo
down only onto and that was for a short
count.
Mayn talked himself Into a victory last
night, becauso Sehultz listened Instead of
fighting Th visitor was full of confidence,
but wondered what kind of a man he was
facing, who nsked him to fight harder and
quit stalling when ho had been working as
hard as he was able! He started Into box
faster, but when he did Mayo speeded up
Just a little more When tho round was half
over Mnyn rushed Sehultz to the ropes nnd
let one fly from tho floor. A padded glove
swished through the air and connected with
tho Battler's thin.
The Battler Hits tho Mat
Then all went black and darkness stole
upon him. Sehultz sank to tho floor, but
arose at tho count of five, still wobbly on
his feet He staggoied around the ring al
most helpless, with Mayo relentlessly pursu
ing him. showeilng lefts and rights on his
head and body Had Johnny been a little
more careful and not k anxious he would
have scored a knockout, but his wild swings
Eveniny Ledyer Decisions
of Riny Bouts Last Niyht
OI.YMPIA lwTendterdefeateilArtltont,
Johnny Mam won from llattllnz hchulti,
Johnny Mealv knocked out Jimmy McCabe,
first; Jack lnle beat Trankle Dolan, Ai
Vox knocked nut Joe Kagan, flrat.
ar.W YORK Soldier Ilartfleld knocked
out Johnny Herrmann, nlnthi lillly Fltzslra
mons defeated Unfiling I.ahn, Kid Freder
icks quit to Kid MucCormlrk, second; doling
Otto defeated "California Frankle" Burns.
SOIITII HF.THI.KHKM Joe. Welsh drew
with Kddle. Mov. Young l,ew Tendler stopped
Kid Troubles, first; loung Mahnner knocked
out Young McFarland. fourth; Iteda McFad
den drew with Joo halvage.
n.U.TIMDRK lohnny Conton drew with
Kteie FlCNsner. fifteen rounds,
MrKKr.M'WtT, IV Young Coldle defeat
ed Ray I'rjet.
hf'KANTON Jimmy Conway beat Ray
Parks.
AKRON, O. Ted Lewis outpointed Johnny
Griffiths.
HACINB, Wis. Spike Kelly beat Reb
Russell. ,
CINCINNATI Oeorgo Chip knocked out
fiallor Welnert. second.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark Joe Mandot defeat.
ed It Mile Mangrura, .
TOI.KDO. O Jack MeCarron beat Frank
Mantell, twelve rounds.
NEW ORLEANS Hobby Hughes wen from
Jimmy Curtis, twenty rounds. ,
ROCHESTER Tom Cowler stopped Andre
Anderson, first.
a weeli or ao. Ona Punch mada a big hit In
Philadelphia In a bout laat year and returned
home shortly after,
Johnny Dundee waa acheduled to box Jimmy
Duffy In New York tonight, but the bout baa
been set back until March a.
Willi Jackson's next encounter Is acheduled
for March 8 In New York, Tommy Touhey will
be Jackson'a vta-a-vls.
Al McCoy and Jack Dillon
meet
uroogmt tonignt unless tn "cnampion" again
geta ;alck." A. HcCoy-Dlllon bout baa been
postponed aaveral times.
dam Hobldeau la scheduled for.
la scheduled for a. fifteen-round
ing Brown, voi; Hr York, at
aday nigbt, v
aetto . witn xouni
Providence Tnun
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W. MAXWELL
failed to land on a vulnerable spot arid
Sehultz weathered the storm.
This bout easily was the feature of tho
show. Mayo absorbed enough punishment
to flatten a dozen ordinary boxers, but far
he It from Johnny to bo called ordinary. Ho
looked like Ilattllng Nelson of old, when that
blonde watrlor allowed his opponents to tire
themselves out punching him around the
ring. Mayo pulled tho same stuff and did
not weaken. Then when ho put on his mono
logue Sehultz was ready to give up In dis
gust. Johnny won tho bout
Exit Jimmy McCabe
Rome tlmo ago, when Jimmy McCabe, one
of tho regular performers at the Olympia,
was Introduced before the prominent club
men, one of the members in the gallery
shouted:
"Aw, somebody knock that guy stiff an'
e won't fcee him so much."
JJmmy wasn't knocked stiff that night,
but' Johnny Mealey was In the audience and
It is believed that he told the shouting mem
ber that his wish would be carried out In
tho near future. It was carried out last
night nnd so was Jimmy.
Mealey played a "comeback" after his
terrible showing with Artie Itoot nnd It
was quite successful. Ho took on McCabe
and worked like a real master. For two
minutes and twenty seconds he was Just
as polite as any one could he. Jabbing
lightly to the face and body and Jumping
out of the way of Jimmy's wild swings.
It looked like a hit and run act and the
spectators leaned back In their seats ready
to gaze upon six rounds of shadow boxing,
when WHAM! BANG! Mealey crossed
his right on McCabe's Jaw and tho stuff
was off.
It was a temarkably clean knockout and
the punch was timed exactly right. Jimmy
fell flat on his back, tried hard to arise,
but was still on tho floor when Pop O'Brien
counted ten. Ills seconds seemed to have
lost all interest In him when he took tho
count, nnd Mealey an4 Bobby Gunlss car
ried him to his corner. The battle proved
that Mealey has a knockout wallop and is
on the load to bigger things In the future.
Introducing the Wind-up
It seems s'trange to place the wind-up
away down In the list, but that is where
it belongs. Not that it was a poor fight, or
anything like that. It was one of the best
wind-ups we have had for some time, but it
wasn't as good as the other two bouts.
Lew Tendler, nttcr an enforced lay-off be
cause of a broken hand, clashed with Artie
Hoot nnd won after six rounds of fast
fighting. Lew seemed better than over be
fore nnd displayed somo cleverness and
ring generalship that astonished tho fans.
He outboxed Root from start to finish and
had his smaller foe missing throughout
the battle. Artie was baffled by Tendler's
awkward style and couldn't find an attack
which would penetrate that guard, consist
ing of a long right arm sticking out and
the left drawn back ready to fly out every
time there was an opening.
Last year Lew boxed Pete Herman, the
new bantam boss, and made Pete look so
sad that he went back home soon after
Root was in the same boat last night, but
It wasn't becauso ho didn't try. The Cleve
land boy was fighting every second, but
Tendler was too clover for him. That long,
rangy right was constantly In Artie's face
and It kept him at a distance. When Hoot
launched a right swing. It either missed by
many Inches, or slid harmlessly over Lew's
head.
Tendler Shows Improvement
Ip the first four rounds, Tendler piled
up a big lead and had Root bleeding from
tho nose. In the fifth, however, Artie
staged a rally and won the round; but he
couldn't come back In the sixth. Tendler Is
a much Improved boxer and now that ho
Is a featherweight, he should make some
trouble for the boys In bis class.
A little act of sportsmanshlfi on Tendler's
part apparently was overlooked by u ma
jority of the spectators. In the second
round, after (he boys broke from a clinch.
Tendler stepped back and, looking at Ref
eree O'Brien, pointed his clove at Root
"What's the matterr asked "Pop."
"Hoot Is having some trouble with his
tights and can't move around the way he
should," replied Tendler. "You had better
fix It up."
The bout was stopped for several mln
utes until Hoot's seconds repaired the dam
age. Tendler could have taken advantage
of Root's difficulty, but was too much of a
sportsman to do so,
Herman Hindin Smiles '
Herman Hlnden, the hard-working man
ager, wore .a smile all over his face after
the first bout was over, and was In such
a happy frame of mind that he enjoyed the
show like a cash customer. Herman had a
wjnner last night and he didn't care who
knew It. One of his most recent boxers
Al For, by name appeared In the curtain
raiser with Joe Eagan. Joe stuck around
for two minutes and fifty seconds ot the
first round and then took 'one on the chin
r.nd went to sleep. It always Is a pleasant
sight for Herman Hlnden to tee another
boxer hit the mat and his cup of happiness
was filled to overflowing.
Ih the other .btfut Jack. Doyle, Johnny
SpatoU' lateatcrMtle. cMtMUrM'FXMkl
By GIIANTLAND IUCE
The Ball Players' Mandalay
Ship me sometchcre South lit Dixie, ichere the tollifer league U Int.
Where a guy canthaw the kinks outami a btoke can awing a but
For I hear the old game calling, and I'm tcadg or the twicar,
i if. o lion upon tiiy raai one tituj
The Slugging- Premier
THEfin ls another spring sign In the
atmosphere. Emerging craftily from hli
winter quarters and blinking ngaln In the
llght.he pop-eyed fanatic Is beginning to
feed
once moro upon ins favorite uisn
You can tell tho hunger that lies In his
soul by the way queries begin to pop as
ine clubs start South.
Among others received today Is a query
requtest for information ns to whether
Cobb or Sueakcr was the leading slugrfcr
of the game last year. Slugging means
something moro than hitting, it means
quantity, as well as quality. Tho slugger,
essentially, Is tho long distance hlttei,
othepvlse known as tho entry with the
wallop.
Wally Plpp, with twelve homo runs, nnd
Frank Baker, with ten, are sluggers. For
both can whale tho cover off tho ball.
Tho main test of slugging must rest In
tho total number of bases pounded out.
And this lest finds Joe Jackson far out
In front, well beyond both Speaker ana
Cobb.
Last season Jackson, with nn average
of .341, pounded tho ball for a total of
293 bases.
Speaker, batting ,386, had only 274 bases.
Cobb, batting .371, ran up 287 bases.
So Jackson, although displaying a
smaller batting average, led Speaker bv
nineteen bases and Cobb by tw-cnty-slx. The
Carolina Siege Gun had only three home
runs, but ho came through with forty
doubles and twenty-one triples. This out
put was quite sufficient to give him the
extra bulge.
Zach Wheat was tho leading slugger
of tho National League, with a total base
array at 262, thirty-one bases back ot
Jackson. Wheat, however, was at bat only
668 times, against 692 for the AVhlto Sox
star.
Bomb Throwing -nnd Baseball
Dear Sir I notice quite a lot of remarks
In the papers about ball players and their
valeu as bomb throwers. I have talked
with many returned soldiers and they all
INTERNATIONAL UMPIRES
APPOINTED BY BARROW
NEW YORK, Feb. 27 Three of last
year's umpires have been reappointed by
President Barrow, of tho International
League. Tho men retained are William
Carpenter, Robe'rt Hart and John Freeman,
and the newly appointed arbiters aro John
Mullen, a former International League um
pire, who for tho last two seasons served
In tho Western League ; John Mcllrldc, New
York State League ; Joseph O'Brien, Amer
ican Asroclatlon; George Blackburn, n
former minor league manager, player and
umpire, nnd Jesse Tannehlll, at one time
prominent ns a major league pitcher.
HARTE MAY PLAY FIRST
FOR HARVARD THIS YEAR
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. 27. Hugh
Duffy, coach of the Harvard baseball team,
is considering the advisability of shifting
Dick Harte, the hard-hitting catcher on
last year's nine, to first base.
Harte, who Is a Philadelphia boy. started
at end on last year's elecn, nnd, as a
member of the baseball squad has hit con
sistently for two seasons, although his 1916
average was not as good as tho year previ
ous. EDDIE PLANK AND WIFE
TAKE HOME AT GETTYSBURG
HANOVER. Pa.. Feb, 27 Edward S
Plank, the veteran southpaw, and wife aro
moving from New Oxford to a new home
in Gettysburg, near where he was born.
Follow
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For- every MARATHON
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there will be approximately
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marathons are becoming known
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say the only renl way to throw bombi I. '
with a straight arm-n cricket bni.S llt i
Hon being tho best. A baseball throw i. . fcl
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tcady work It Is not nearly so ,. i.'r l
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nnnuio the n,.
throws; and for the short ones the bowl.
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ball player, for this work In tho trenched
would not bo as useful as a cricket play,?
who has the straight arm throw much bet.
tor developed through long ptnetice
CANUCY (Montreal!
Also
"Wlllard willing to meet Fulton for J7S..
000." News note. f
And we'll dash off a roundelay
On voses, spinach, soup or collars
For any one who cares to pay '
Well, make It forty thousand dollars
,
M. J. Condon, returning a 7t over tha
hard Bellealr course, Is another proof that
youth alone Isn't to bo served. Mr. Condon
Is another of the golf veterans who passed
fifty some tlmo ago. but who nimn i-
bag their share of youngsters In the coursa
of tho year. f
ANOTHER SPRING TIP
Herewith we knov that spring Is near,
Herewith we Hold the answer pat,
When Gentle Headers send In this
"Please publish 'Casey at the Bat.'"
A, pinker sun a bluer sky
A warmer wind these signs fall fiat,
Compared to this ecstatla yearn
"Please publish 'Casey at the Bat."
For tho Hon. Lester Dnrev on vm,
say this, anyway he is wonderfully con- l
oisiciii. jo ,.-. ittiijtnh ma icpugnance to
combat een Into his own profession, Uie
ring. By tho time they arrange a regular
fight for him ho will probably sight an
other tramp steamer In the oiling and set
t-atl for another port.
PENN MUST WIN TO STAY
THIRD IN CAGE LEAGUE
Coach Jourdet Will Play Martin For
ward in Game Against Dart
mouth Tonight
HANOVER. N. H., Feb. 27. The Penn
sylvania basketball squad Is here today for
the lntetcolleglate game with Dartmouth
tonight. The Red and Blue Is now third
In the league standing and tho Green fourth.
A lctory for the New Englanders would
place them ahead of the Quakers.
Coach Jourdet, Manager McCall and ten
players took the trip. The players are Cap
tain McNiehol, Lnln, Martin, JeffSrd,
Emery, Eblc, Marsh, Williams, Ivory and
Clarke. The Penn coach has gone hack to
his old llnc-up nnd will use Lavln and
Martin nt forward, Jcfford at center and
McNiehol and Emery at guard
While Penn nnd Dartmouth nto fighting
It out for third place. Yale will be entertain
Ing Columbia at New Haven, It Is not
likely that the New Yorkers will defeat tha
Blue, but a reverse for the Ell playen
will drop them Into second place, with
Princeton gaining undisputed possession of
first pos'itlon.
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