ft v'ff"7i&r-f - vEV&ttlHG mBsvsm IS NO MORE REASON FOR A COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOUT TflAN FDR A GREENLAND I$EMA1 iH)i ili i GUMSHOE MAN" OF COLLEGE GAME MOVIE OP A MAN AT HOME W HOSE TIME IS WORTH MONEY TEXAS TYPHOON NOT SON .0' SWAT WHO HOLDS MOST-GRIMLY TO THE' : TY COBBIANPACE;TIS HITTER JOE Tristam Speaker Checked Georgia Swatter's Reign Last Year, But Citizen Jackson Is Hang ing on to Cobb, Hit for Hit A'Most :PIT TARGET FOR THE GENTLEMEN ? OF FOOTBALL RULES COMMITTEE System of Scouting Rival Team Defeats Purposes ?pf the Game and Violates Principles of Sports- WPJw MSMSBM---------' ccioe I I 1 cikhtaM Looks f 1 oosiata) ToRi1 on ,A To RGMAlM ''J Go to OUT. OF I Co To ' 'COLO" KAVJCGT . -A . X a4iiik- l..i---ar. .. I Tf. n W w r 1 V 1 s ToDAV A" -. 7 WIN00V. :5 r .. I 0 To manship New Legislation for Coaches Needed .v . Br ' h!U U- - !- ', if: - C4V ,-' &. IK1, i fi ... ft U' 4,' -A. Pv : i m EH ll ft- H' i'OLEai3 football, which hns been nmontr tho mothrmlln Mnco Venn Journeyed t' .': , n" 10 wny to ln'ndcnn, pal., 'only Msl-5tno "nn,ls of cloven rough pcraons Ejlshcd up for another season. Onco a year tho members of tho rules committee t together and pcrpotrato a lot of technical talk which nobody nulte understands, fTHtt Which everybody likes to comment on. ili? , TCat COllcfTO Cntrm. nnil In tin ntlinr t'1: -v .. .. r. "::... . . . . R KfnvlKU lo ciear up uispuieu points, xnereioro it is necossary tnai n. coinmiuco V "' ,at far-sighted students of tho gamo net ns tho court of last resort, thus protect- f,:i"B tho sl,ort 'rom well-meaning but Ignorant reformers. This year It Is evident k'i i. 'that no now legislation of a basic nature Is needed, but there aro several reforms t, i.!naving xo uo witn coacning methods t. y ommittee. Sport In Its most refined phase should .American public has tho right to look fjJH5t "" J'"!' id decency ruling among tho tutlons of learning send their sons out to engago In honor-bio contest tho men 'ttn Vintinrnrl aVtrtltlil ti)nf t Vin rrn win n lt Hinwll n rl t Vi IVia lino tnn n U'lnnlnf lnnt a PW -"""--"""" 1'"" "' ' " '" v"?'. games snould ba won on tho gridiron, in tho mlnda of tho young athletes nn erroneous Idea of elenn Bport. i""1?1 Irtnn nf CsiWis Ciiiittii r. -. -- .--- - .. . . - rt a,. 11 10 jinru lor mo rem lovers 01 epon snouiu nave 10 practice uoumu "ciosea gnics." it is auucim 10 cxpmm way uiu in., attrctAtn d!i.i,Ii1 Kn i,wir.HliiA,l nml nAKmlllnrl I linn rrnnttai nt nil f.nllnfrrt CHfllOU 1 r A -'' OfcVi.i DilUUkU UU li;VUhlll''Ul (ttlU IV1 llllilt.U lli tl,U ,WU.OV v. .... VVII.0U nH'"u" rij1 If It Is ethical for a scout of ono college to soy on tho football souad of a rival ttiJ Institution, then tho gates should bo thrown open and tho thing dono above board. lit' i 'If it Is unethical, then tho point should bo emphasized by tho rules committee and v,,l ne coaches and athletic associations f All7 llUUUl BjaiUlll HJ1UUIU UU UllllZtlll UUll WJ10 havo a right to admittance. Tho Idea ! association gumshoeing around in. an effort to get advance Information on a ;j v fu'turo football rival Is repugnant to real sportsmen and lovers of fair play, who r like to see the gamo played on Its merits. Thero is another coaching usage which should recclvo tho attention of tho rules committee. Coaching from tho side lines Is not permitted, but, strangely nough, tho putting in of substitutes for tho purposo of conveying Instructions from tho coach Is a recognized custom. This seems Inconsistent, to say tho very least. If It is wrong for tho coach to advise during tho course of a game, then this loopholo should be plugged up. The committee has already gono on record as "deprecating" this practice, but It Is evident that somo stronger word must bo used to convlnco tho coaches that there is a real purposo behind tho rule whlolf chains them to tho bench and prohibits them from walking up and down the sldo lines. Tho privilego of sending In substitutes Is sadly abused. Players go rushing on tho field when tho teams re all set for play, and In their mad effort to "tip off" tho man calling signals to the desires of the coach break up the sequence of plays and add to tho confusion. IN PASSING, it is recalled that Mllco Dorlzas "crossed" tho coaches nt Franklin Field in 191C by declining to transmit their instructions when sent In a gamo for that purposo at a critical moment. "Mlko" could not reconcile the practlco to his notions of fair play and sportsmanship. V? Jimmy Callahan Facing Supreme Test JIMMY CALLAHAN, former manager of tho AVhlto Sox, goes into tho National Leaguo raco this year for tho supremo test of his career as a manager ot tnajor-leaguo baseball clubs at tho helm of tho Pirates. " With a brand-new base ball, club of his own selection, ho must live or dlo by his own efforts as a structural pilot, Thero Is scarcely a member ot tho club who was among those present when Fred Clarke made good his threat to become a farmer. It Isn't oven certain that Hans "Wagner will bo ready to hold down first base. If that is tjio case, then Callahan will havo to llguro all over again for a guardian at that station, for , (Wheeler Johnston has departed for tho minors. At second base ho seems to havo 'ioug up a real star In young Farmer. Shortstop promises to glvo Callahan somo worry, for Jio has dispensed with VJ'ounB Jimmy Smith, and Wagner doubtless will not attempt to play In that posl- . tlon. Ho still has an excellent lnflelder In Douglas Baird, and thl3 youth may bo converted into a shortstop. Warner seems to havo cinched a Job at third base. Baird, ono of the flashiest youngsters who has visited tho National Leaguo for many a day, originally cavorted at this corner, but ho was superseded when Warner began to show what he could do. Tho outfield doubtless will be composed of Hlnchman,, Carey and Ulgbce, ot whom the latter has shown promlso of living up to tho wonderful advance notices sent out for him. Ho Is a hitter of class, a emart baso runner and Is a fast, sure fielder. Ho will make a great running mato for Carey. Callahan's pitching staff, something Callahan always has been able to havo ' around, shows loss of class, with Mamaux ready to uphold the heaviest burden. Plenty of youngsters will be given thorough trials at tho Hot Springs training ground. Jacobs has shown class, as has Evans, and thero Is Cooper to help out. I F CALLAHAN can instill his own battle will be half won. Barney words when ho charged his players national pastime. Baseball pennants and tho Pittsburgh manager knows It. :Vl " "Sport of Kings" in Healthy Condition ITRHE "sport of kings" has como back to the Empire StatV, and It comes with a 'i f loud and encouraging hurrah. Desplto tho hammering of tho skeptics, who "!iS Insisted that horse racing could not IIvq without betting, the 1917 season promises js-fipf to surpass, all records for attendance, purses and contests. About $800,000 will bo ItXr' 'flonatea ny tne jocKey iuu tor purses 10 uo run ior nunng mo 112 racing ciays f on the eight New York State tracks a sum which exceeds any previous donation. 'VtKThe most Inflated purses, of course, will go to tho nags who fight It out at tha I ("1 big Belmont and Saratoga tracks, but (VA . 'n.-i- .a tt 1.44 r.i. ...Ill U t v ? Jrjpini; iiuck aim riewieii. j uin. niu u nun nuuii miiwiib iuj. . It is too much to expect that the authorities will be able to stop all wagering, ', , although tho move to push through legislation authorlblng pari mutuel machines St. thU season has failed. Oral betting, however, will bo in voguo, and tho folks who i like to back their opinions with a bankroll will havo an opportunity of losing f'f the rent any old day. Tho system of "deposits" In voguo last year will again prevail unless the lawmakers devise somo AUGUST BELMONT, one of tho biggest figures In American racing circles and chairman of the Jockey Club, thinks' that tho record attend ance at the raco meets of last year will bo shattered. August Belmont Predicts Big Racing Year iti T frim 4r m n a Hinmrh 4 Vila wnnlrt tiA thft mnt v .- ?' 7 1 ajw-vw v " "- ..w0.. v.. .., "? - I Jl.t -I It I.J T1.. 1 - ever nau in iiiis buuuuii, wm ucim-iu, &)? ' tetter than ever, and I look for more Evmarks on the track. Tho war In Europe t-KY wifl.nfia on manv iamous norses ma. fi ' ''land wero campaigned there at all tho L' .- ..aTiai- farAlen nlttnfl hava alitn added to Wr atralnst the best, breeds of America and ,' "' . speed. Somo very thrilllnc stretch duels ore promised." U; ' The racing scneauie last year coverea a penoa 01 103 uays, and it was $, t:thought at first by many that this would prove too long. But the facts wero that .. J 'itAnroved too short and agitation was begun for on .extra meet In the fnii. it Rr. - jjfVer went throu6h, but if the meetings meet with the some favor this year there Jfa , $'' ' ? likely to bo an addition made to the schedule. Belmont thought the best SfeAT v.to " .w .... w. .. ", A "The larger they aro the more, it enqws tne crowtn or racing," he said. "The ' 'total award last year was more than $650,000. That's a big sum, yet this season wo ivo gone beyond that mark. If the popularity of the game continues it would & be surprising at all If New York State alone paldout $1,000,000 In 1918. Itaclng e tu.a nnmn hnok It hnscome back to stay. Kt 'iv. -v.- lannrt nt Ulnp,'" - .'," MMHB Meadowbrook meet is tho climax of a series of big meets held at tha . n. M , la f fea I i i t t wl ntAlp Yfett Dnlii Hflntf 4l Ii.-I1.l.i . Vjf," wWWrnerciai wuwum iu c- mew wn, wooi, uamiuu wjo mi.ercoiicBiai.es .--. v.. T " .. ..ir1 VatBf1ai t tt f v tha miuaiim nrnn njliy4 !!. .! mqp H laXKO VlUYVUf .vatciua 4h.mwuh uiu mvvm. nuo yawivnu Willi BUllOUl" to,lwho came to cheer,, thelctjams In the "quads." Saturday night the capacity museum will be taxed by those who niicountry porfobtt. ; 'J4 of having the basketball teams bf the new league composed of three inlontCir and two amateurs for .the purpose' ot developing new players is ' and Worthy of consideration. But pray tell.jue they solnarto find jr '" AtMts will I iu- those IM-tytH to nbsorb a doublo portion ot punishment from Oreson, will coon bo hnulcjl out una Tliprn In nn unnrt mi rnmnllcntpfl ns tho nlhlplln pnntunt nrn nn mnnv KlIfrrrPHtloln v . ' . .., " ' which should rccclvo tho attention or, uio rule on the college athletic field. Tho for and expects to find tho elements of collcgo athletes. when two great instl- """ "" '" - "" f - "" and on tho gridiron alone, tho custom T?rt ntirtMnrtf- 4t CnivoillDII . . .... . . . ....... 11 , 10 uiiucrs-anu way our, cuu.gu luums notified that such practices must cease. iJlU gUlUS UU UCit Ul Ull lltllW w it.utjw of a representative of a college athletic fighting spirit into tho Pirates the Dreyfus was not indulging In idle with making a lovo feast of the aro not won by pink-tea tactics, tho awards at Jamaica, Empire City, ..!! ...n.ll. .1.1. .I . method of stopping It. -w .... .... wu.wuo year wo I1RVQ lit U-tl.... iL. ii.i. . u.ucvu me jhujuc jines norse racinc interest than ever, as well as mnnv nnw has made It possible for us to lay our wore maroonea. o 10 snpnv in t ,!-. world - famous hicetlngs. Paris. Berlin nn.i the list. Thesn vnnntrqlAri win t.a . .1 something is bound to happen in tho wov .-.,. It's a real snort and thev'vn nnmmi , come to see the greatest track athletes . In these days of "muddled amateurism" so. many amateurs? playing in the Amerioan Baseball League s ash trtoe to many. A New York' scribe rises, to- M W-i i-rr, '.'be,--U adM, ,W w: Arlcal ''Wkyl , 0RMoMvg ' ;9X!S5 f' U-A vjCJ another Yi s -ys. r. . Tr-c- LOOKS AT PLsV5 Wirw JL DITTO PM TteMPCHAWRC t Dft-V 'tPT QIRD ritW$ 60LBPISH Ffie J 60 To tug) ... ', W "MV COUNTRY 'TIS KVrS VITH LOOK. OUT - 1 BeCIDEi To OF TMEI?" , VUL1? OP VVINO0W . " (AKE AMOTHHC one FiMGsn ' SMoo e Wn , 1 Vil 1 mLy- 11J SUGARMAN'S REMARKABLE WORK VIRTUALLY GIVES GREYSTOCK FIVE SECOND HALF BASKETBALL HONORS His Field Basket in Closing Minutes Is Big Factor. Adams and Brown Have Chances But Fall Down Jasper Meets Reading Tonight GrtnVSTOCIC nailed down tho second hnlf pennant in the ICastern League lat night when tho Churchmen captured ono ot the best-played and most thrilling grimes of this or any other basketball Feason from Camden. 31 to 33. And to Lou Sugarman the Knnicat reiircscntatlves owe their tri umph, for ho played his finest game, of tho entire year and spun nro'und tho door llko greased lightning. In tho first half It was necessary for him to call tlmo out and get repairs when a gash was opened on his head by run ning Into the cage. Tho goal that really divided tho Issuo was scored by I.oulo while tho ether nlno men were huddled closely together near tho Camden basket. Ho had a clear Held and raced down tho court unmolested and registered. On tho other hand. Jack Adams and Jimmy Brown had opportunities to win the gnmo for tho SUeetcm In tho closing min utes, but their shots wero too hurried. i:erv man on the floor registered from the field except Eddie Dolln. Tho baskets wero ten for the Dreys and seen for tho Skceters. They went to Dclghan. two ; Broun, two; Steele, three; Attains, one; Mc Wllllams, one; Cross, three; Sugarman, three ; Fogarty, two. and Lawrence, one. Just by way of Illustration In describing tho closeness of tho conlllct It might bo noted that tho figures wero tied on eleven different occasions, and tho lead switched eight times. It was a pretty game to watch, and was well played from start to finish. Tho Jasper Jewels return to their duties In the Kastern League this evening, and will be on the Job at Nonpareil Hall to meet Reading when tho Hears play their farewell gamo of tho season In Kensing ton. Hill Kennedy's men aro out of the second half, so far as capturing tho honors nro concerned, and It Is almost an assured fact that tho line-up tonight will bo Hough anil Sedran, forward. Kerr, center; Fox- and Friedman, guards. This Is tho team that has been playing Down Fast the last week and defented everything In sltjlit. Tho New Fngland na tives tendered the locals a areat reception, as HoURh was formerly a member of Springfield and Fox played with Holyokc. The visitors will present a changed line up. White, a nifty player, will pair oft at forward with Johnny Heckman, and Charllo O'llonnell will again be at guard, a position new to him, but which be Is filling In flno htyle. Andy Hears will, "as usual," warm tho bench. Sears Not Given Credit Recently we penned a story about Andy and tho up-Stato club, which a scribe In that town has reprinted for tho benefit of the fans up there, and he adds tho follow ing: "Barring tho accusation that tho local newspapers have been roasting Sears, the Philadelphia ncribo appears to know condi tions that havo kept tho Bears down In the race. No newspapers ever panned Aridy. But It must bo admitted that tho local scribes havo never given ?cars the credit he deserves for his tterrlng work. This Is duo to Sears himself. It Is Sears's modesty that has prevented tho bald-headed guard from being Just as popular as nny other man on the team. L'p until a few weeks ago Sears was just as valuable as any ROOKIES AND REGULARS Macon, Ga. Home nun Taker didn't, but ha did slnoie, with I.ee .Maseo on, and the Yankee rerulara were eavod, 'J to 2. Marlln, Tex. George Kelly. Riant utility man, is a buddlna pltuher, with a regular Job In view. Ho helped Wank Hans Lobert'a team," 7 to 0. ' Hot 8rlnc. Ark. Sixteen ball players and Wllbert Uobtnson reached hero today from llrooklyn. New Orleans. I.a. Owner .Dunn, of tha In dians, bought Joa Wood's brains as well as his arm when u paid out thnt fifteen thousand. Kvery clay Wood warms up alongside a youns ster and coaches tho bud carefully: raaailana, Oal. 'Twaa a wild game that broke tho Cubs' winning streak when tho "flro brand's" Vt-rnon Tigers raked a, 14 to p out of tho coalftf Mineral vt'ell". Tex. The old noman has be coma a goif llend. Today, contrary to preca dent. Owner Comlskey spent his tlmo on the golf links. , Hot Wells. Tex. Jlofnshy, still a holdout. Is cracking 'em n mile for the Cardinals, Falestlne, Tex. Fielder Jones named one of his Drown nines the soakers." In the last three Inntnxa of a nln-lnnln contest they rapped out eighteen hlta for sixteen runs. VTaiaharhle, Tex. Although It was official "sore-arm" day fur the Tigers, Jennings In slated upon two grilling practice periods. Hot Springs, Ark, Dick Hoblltzell Is sched uled to arrive tomorrow, and Trestdent Fraxee aspects the entire lied Box team to bo signed up by Monday. . Miami, no. Weather permitting, the Brave and Semlnoles will hit It up this afternoon. glurexepori, I. Dave Shean, new rtedlegger 'from the Kaat. blew In from Iloslon, and there only remains rtousch and Matthews to All the Cincinnati team'a spring tryout bunch. Man. ecr Mathawson i scouting for one of more .gardeners from. othr clubs, Statistics of Intercollegiate and Eastern Cage Games KASTI'.HN J.KAOn: w.L.i'c. w i..rr. Orjitwk. . 11 ft .OHH fnmdrn. ... It ! .171 Trenton... !1 H .r.'iil Ueiiillns. . . K 8 .SOU Jnl'fr H 8 .60(1 llr.Nrrl... A 11 .313 stiu-.mii.i; run wi:i:k Tonlitlit Rtnlln nt Jimper. 1'rlilnj Ii Nrrl nt fireyntorkt Trenton nt I'nniilrn. Snturdnj -Iniiirr nt- De Nerl TirejMoek nt llrnilinc, iNTKitrnt.i.KniATi: muoui: w iit. w.rrr. Vnl 7 I .87.-1 Dartmouth.. 4 t .MH) l'rlnretnn. . . 7 1 .873 Coliiinlilii ..3 7 1tK) I'rnim ft 4 .:."i0 Cornell 1 0 .100 hriiDDti.i; roit wi:kk Snliinl.i) I'rlntetoll lit lVnnoImnUll Yule nt Dartmouth. player on tho team. Tho "slump" suffered by tho brawny foul tos3er shortly after the second half of tho race Btarted was the first tlmo Andy fell down slnco Joining the Bears. Season after season Sears went along with uncanny consistency, especially at the foul lino. Andy's playing as so consistent that tho fans looked upon It as a matter of courso. They soon failed to appreciate the value, of tho floor captain's skill. Star in Every Department Somo fans think that Scars was only nluablo to tho team because 'of his free pegging. Nothing is further from the truth than this. "He Is rated as ono of tho best scoring guards in tho league. A glimpse at tho lecords for tho last four years will show this. F.ven In the first half of tho race he was next to tho over-shooting Beckman In scoring from the field. As a guard his abil ity was never questioned. Tills Is provod by tho fact that Heading was ono of tho best If not tho best defensive club In tho league for Feveral years. Look ocr tho Bcores for tho last few years and seo how often Andy's opponents otitscorcd him. He is ono of tho greatest 'pluggers' in tho business, as every other player In the leaguo will admit. He does not know tho meaning of the word quit. Unlike many players, Andy goes bet ter away from homo than he does on the local court. Not Manager This Year For somo unknown reason Sears Is blamed for the poor showing of the team In the final half of tho race. The fact that Seara Is the boss la believed to bo tho reason for Andy being made tho goat. But Andy Is only the boss In the cage. He had nqthlng to do with tho managerial end of tho game this year. Tho only reason he Is the floor leader Is because tho others would not accept the job and insisted on Sears taking the posi tion. Sears Is not deserving the panning he Is receiving from some fans." Andy Seal's Is far from being all In. Shades of Joo Fogarty ! . Tomorrow evening will be a busy one In basketball circles. At Cooper Hall Grey stock meets Do Nerl, over In Camden the Skeeters take on the Totters and out at tlin Quaker City A. C. the second and possibly tho final gamo in the city cham pionship will bo staged, rump here, la going over Into Mouth Carolina to do his conditioning, ho said today. Ty plans to work ott his extra poundage by packing a gun over the hills, He has been here a week, but has taken no part In the practice. He will re. port to Manager Jennings at Waxahachla In about two weeks, Ran Antonio. Tex. The brunt of practice fell upon recruit lnflelder at the Cardinals' camp today, Manager Hugglna 0ut them through swift fielding workouta In an endeavor to determine oirlckly the quality of Infield ma terial on 'hand. Suits or Overcoats TO OIIDE1 9 11 .80 ?"" ' Kedoe.d frees Biz Windows I0, Ml m PETER M0RAN& CO. "55?Vf7 ; MX. COB. TH H ABOH H. ' .SATtmDAY NIOHT SATURDAY MOHT National a. c.tsmrisr.iu. flKflRflK rifANKY VH. JOHNNY MAYO Knoekont King Latest rung nensanon. RTIIIIK KITZIilSinVH VH. BTANI.KY WILLIS TAN IIO I TIIBKK MORE AM-8TAE UTS THREE ADM. S5c,i RES, 60c, 70c. and tl. BROADWAY A, C TONIGHT THE M.ACK-TO BEE TIJB REAL IMTTLES JACK DUNLEAVV vs. BOBBY REYNOLDS CAMBRIA A. C. .,0Uv.gB,FBN8 . Kensington Avena end RotnrrMt 'eVKIIiAV KVKNINU. MARCH TH . S STAB BOCTS , STAR BOUTS Eastern rue Basketball, Bi i.-'t PENN HAS GREAT FRESHMAN TEAM Quaker First Year Athletes to Compete in Meadow brook Games Saturday ALL STAR PERFORMERS Lawson Robertson has gathered together one of the greatest freshman track teams In the United States at the University of Pennsylvania, a team that at this moment probably could hold Its own with nny varsity track team In the country. This stellar band of freshmen athletes will turn out for 1'cnn for tho first time In the Meadowbrook meet on Saturday night In Commercial Sluseum. Hayman, tho western sprinter, will bo shown In tho fifty-yard Invitation race, and Maxim, tho former St. Albans sprinter, will run In the fifty-yard handicap and 440-yard run. AVnl lace, tho former St. Albans shot-putter, will try out In that event. Jlcllale, tho former Central High School runner, will run In tho quarter-mile event, and Fddlo Shields, tho one-mile prep school recofd holder, will run in tho mile, aud iu tlfo raco between Mercersburg and 1'cnn freshmen. Last year Shields ran with Mercersburg and his run ning beat Perm. This year ho will try and reverse tho feat. Then thero Is Landers 'and Kby, the greatest pair In the country, Kby will run In the 060-yard Invitation raco and has a good chance of winning; tho Pennsylvania Mercersburg event and In tho one-inllo In torclty relay for Philadelphia. Landers is tho scholastic record holder for the polo vault with 12 feet 8 Inches. Ho will com pete In the pole vault, hurdles and broad Jump. Landers was a whalo In scholastic competition. Ho won from three to five events In every ono of tho scholastic meets last spring, and he and Frank Loom Is won every meet, as a two-man track team, for Oregon (111.) High School. Then there is Gustafson, a Swede, who Is said to bo a great runner. Robertson does not know Just what tho Swede can do as yet. He has tried .him at the quarter, half, mile and two mllo and he has done well In every one of them. Ho has shown a 4:35 mllo and a. 10:35 two mile and he, nas never run in competition. , Baker, of Giants, Is Reinstated CINCINNATI, O., March 8. Tho National Baseball Commission has reinstated Hrcnml Tlnse man Howard llaker to good standing and recou nted tho rlnht of the New York National League club to his services. llaker was carried by New York on Its reservation list In 11)10 as a voluntarily retired rdayer. Trig Boy Who Vt ooio Shoes W.L.Douglas Pegging Shoes at Seven Years of Age. lSlxtyFlve years ago W. L. Douglas startod acquiring the know ledae of how to make good shoes. lit North Eighth Street j !.; !i4Kr p2jy07. . &?aE$ I J4di fSm & Msm jgm H 1 OrH mh vHS5v Wmm it By GRANTLAND RICE TIUS SI'RAKUn, the Texas typhoon, was tho Son of Swat, who checked Ty Cobb's ten-year reign last season, but for nil that Speaker Is not tho ball player who Is press ing Ty closest for the batting premiership of the game. Cobb, with a mark of .369 for his com plete span, Is twenty-six points beyond tho Texan, who Is nestled back at .340 for his eight-year total. This Is no Invincible lead, hut for tho tlmo being It Is.safo enough to compare nnothcr Sunland slugger now on top of Cobb's flying heels. Tho cltlien wo refer to Is none other han Joseph Jackson, ths Carolina Howitzer, who tefuses lo bo hhaken looso, even by a Ty cobblan pace. Jackson's Brilliant Fight ' Cobb has been setting a terrific pace since Hitter Jackson entered the major leaguo six years ago, and whllo-tho (leorglan still has a margin, K Is far from being a wide nml woolly one. For all tho while Greenville Joe has been hanging on grimly, only a stride or two away. Starting the 1917 campaign, he .will he only six points behind Qobb In tho complete account of base hits, nnd six points Is no particular part of an unvarnished cinch. Hero nro tho data: tinmen A. II. Hits .T.C. fnbh l.Mn 5.7110 2,m .3BI1 jaritson H12 a,:.:: i.ik:: ,3ii.i This Is quite a bit closer than any non combatnnt figured any one was to Cobb as a hit producer. It Is a margin that might bo wiped away In two or thrco months. Cobb, nmong other ambitions, hopes to rctlro with the greatest, of the highest, batting .average ever compiled by nny player In baseball for tho full span. Jackson, Speaker and Collins have tho chanco to head him off. hut of these Jack son nlono Is In position to strike with effect. And a ball player who can average .363 for six campaigns is no soft, enemy. Ono of tho toughest breaks In baseball has been the fact that Jaclison,. ablo to average .363 for six years, has never led the leaguo at bat. He batted .108 and .39o on two occasions, only to finish In secondplace. After almost two golflcss years, Jerry Travers has at last found tlmo for a brief winter vacation In Houston, TCx. Duo In tho main to a rheumatic shoulder, his golf thero has been well below his average, so thero Is no lino yet upon his championship possibilities for tho season ahead. Travers will undoubtedly play at Oak mont this season In the amateur champion ship, but only tlmo will tell whether or not ho will bo able to bring his gamo back to tho old form. Thero Is this In his favor any man who can glvo hattlo In golf as ho has In tho past is not to bo counted out too soon. Tho record of tho last four years alone (.hows what n rugged opponent ho has al ways been to beat. In his' last four years of championship play, counting only match play for tho nmatcur title, Travers has played seventeen matches. Of these he has won fifteen and lost two. His victims have Included Fvans, Qulmet, Travis, Anderson and other stars, while the only two through this period who havo cudgeled him out were Oulmct and Marston, If Travers gets a chanco. this summer to get his gamo going nt odd Intervals, as ho hopes to, he will bo no small factor wjien tho Oakmont pro gram gets under way. "Giants, picked far nnd wide to win, are likely to get overconfident." Ordinarily this would be true. Hut developing overconfl denco with John McOraw on the bench and Duck Herzog around the Infield Is no easy matter. 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