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WAY SHOULD BE FOUND FOR
SjHING PLAYERS RESPONSIBLE
EO,R RECENT TIGER-GIANT BRAWL
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AIN'T IT. A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'?
Culprits With Fact That Gutter Ethics
Will Not Be Tolerated in Baseball. Even
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WNT conflicting yarns have come out of Dallas, Tex., concerning: the trouble
mr" "is w orK uiants and Detroit Tigers that It Is difficult to get at
nlth. According tothe ncwsDanermen. Cnhh nnrt TT..rnr nut nn n n.iin
n In a hotel room following tho spiking of the Olnnt by Tvrus. but both
w and Jennings state that no Huch conflict took nlace. Tho fnct thnt
and Herzog came to blows on tho field when the TIor hIM into Herzog
i De-aeniea, nnd It Is more than likely that tho two firebrands did settle tho
imhe hotel later and that McGraw nnd Jennlncs have no OFFIfirAI, knnwl.
Of the nfTnlr. Tti ntiii. mnMt it l ..... il.i . .11 .. ...i.hiu. .-
- ... ... ..,, . ,,.., ,,, la I'ajcui iiiui u uishrucoiui oxnnmion iook
ton the Dallas diamond, which will rinmnirn hnsolmll whon t.-n mninr
W teams teams made up of men who should stand for nil that Is best In
Ml meet on neutral ground before a crowd which litis a right to look for
tonal sportsmanship of the highest character, and annlv tho ethics of
gutter in contesting for supremacy, tho tlmo has come to glvo somebody tho
sr 10 re-estawiBh tho dignity of tho gamo Jn southern cities by laying a heavy
I'nn A tfi1r(tc TM ....It.!. -t .. -
... ...v, u.,Wia. i ojjiiMiiK ui iierzoc is 10 uo aenioreu. out it must bo
abered that baseball Is not a tlnk tea and basemen run tho chnnco of Inlurv
IT, time they touch out a runner. To those who know Cobb off tho field It Is
Lto believe that he would deliberately Injure another player. Tho snlkinc
Sppa.an unfortunate occurrence that might happen in any ball game, but for
W yers to put on a pugUTstlo exhibition ns a result of It Is deplorable.
n Wl? in nnt Ntrnni.a ilint 4,.n at.nt. A..I.....I. -. tr , -i.. . - .
tiJ- -..-- ....0u ....u Dut.11 iiicuiuiiua ua xicrzog nmi i.ouo snouiu lorget
If?1'3 l1 a moment of passion nnd resort to fisticuffs. But for tlm twn
tit to coolly plan.n personal ehcountcr hours after and to nut on tho hrnwl
r.a hotel room Is Inexcusable. Tho report that McGraw cavo Cobb a verhnl
sing in the hotel corridor mav or nwv nm hn trim imt if it io imi. i i. ..i.i...
Kthe New York manager has llttlo rpect for the dignity of tho gamo which
m mm a living. Further, if, tho story that Bonny Kauff strutted around offer
' to wager a sum of money that he could llckytobb Is founded on fact, then It Is
that somebody in authority impressed upon tho bolllcorent Bcnnv Mm tnrt
it baseball is a clean snort nnd not n nn? fli-ht
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HSf T1 Is virtually imposslblo to deduco from tho reports of the affair Just
L' where the blamo lies. It Is significant, howover. that most of tho stories
r .(i-'-'Wentlon the fact that tho Cobb-Horzocr ni?ht tonif ninxn in rviv.v. ,
f.'wh would seem to establish something of an alibi for tho Tiger.
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IT MAT bo illuminating to consider a llttlo talk on spiking tho writer hnd with
tTyrus Raymond some months am. Raid Tv!
iu.'.'1. havo bcon accused of spiking a lot of players slnco I bro'ko Into baseball.
II supposo I will always bo tho goat whenever my spikes hurt some one. I
at to say right now that I nover deliberately Injured another player with
spikes and I never will. I ndmit that I co Into a bntr lmrd nmi t ni,.
k what is coming to me ns a baserunner. I look at it this xvnv- Thn Tinimif
Ittb pays me a good living to play tho best baseball that I nm mn.ihin r,r ...i
:Would certainly not bo treating them squarely if I allowed hasomon in rmwri m
fnd thus lessen my chances of innHrg tho bag I am trying for. Look hero
nowcu a couplo of spike wounds), I havo been cut n llttlo myself -by base.
1 una proDaoiy wm De again, out I don't blame the men that did it, for It's a
nee I tako when I so into a base. Tho wonder to mo is that morn follow nm
t cut with our modern baserunnlng methods." .
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bvW it u. iranK sort, 01 a statement, not given as an explanation for anv iinfnr.
.""""" opminB incmem, out simply in the course of everyday conversation.
JByery one who has seen Cobb play baseball realizes that tho Tiger gives the'
rgune everything that ho htft. When the: umpire says "Plav Ball" Tvrn i..
b. k ftBl VVVkJUvfKAAnAMA.- t.A.J.
r;H"i nu 1.0 epei;ia none, dui it seems unfortunate nnd unjust that
, K.uuiu uo uccuseu 01 resorting to dirty and dangerous tactics evprv limn
spikes injuro another player. The writer has hArd many nlavers who lmv
osed Cobb say a baseman who plays tho base right runs less danrer wi,
Georgia Peach slides than when a dub flounders in.
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BN0 MAN latha gamo ,s BubJccte(I t0 s much vilification from the fans
Kfet' aa Cobb. FOW nlnvnrrt. hnwnvor nnrn lintnA i !.- i ,
' midsummer sport known as "roasting Cobb" unless Tyrus is some miles
away. Herzog's Judgment may have been bad, but his norve assayed 100
per cent pure.
Former Catchers Are Successful as Managers
EN major league managers ouUof the sixteen havo graduated from tho battorv
department of tho game. Six of the ten wcro catchers, while tho Mtnin
moundsmen all of which goes to provo that battery experlenco Is a vnln.
asset in directing the work of a big league team. Philadelphia's two l,.-.H.hnii
Chines are guided by 'men who havo served their time behind tho nlntn n
th Mack and Moran were known as catchers long beforo taklnir tlm i-nino
!Ter a club. In tho National League race last year tho teams finlnhinn. i ...,
ond and third place were led by former catchers. Brnniiivn ,uv. -ri,i .'
t'the helm; our own Phils, with Pat, nnd Boston, directed by Stalllngs, warped
itO their respective DOSltlons under thn rnMnnnn nf lllr .i.i,.. i.i.
A,, A pair of world's pennants fluttered in Boston through tho efforts of tho team
rpcxea Dy tne lormer catcner, Biir Carrlgan. Conule Mack, though temporarily
llpsedr continues to bask under tho proud record of having brought homo more
league pennants tnan any other man in the history of tho modern game.
dt Mitchell, the new manager of the Cubs, has had double exnerlenro in tiio
4tery department, as ho served as pitcher and catcher durlnc his nlavlne win
iathewson and Callahan, both former pitchers, completo tho list of pilots In the
ftdtfy circuit who havchad their names announced in the batteries.
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Pjjrjj mHERE are but two managers In tho older league who reached their
SHS,""8 through other positions. John J. McGraw, of tho Giants, at ono
f'ilmmo held; down third base, while Miller, Hugglns, of the Cardinals, is a
KWucond baseman.
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h ruiu-ruiu rroposuion in ine American
out of the eight managers in tho American Leaguo nro former battery
pn. Fohl, of Cleveland, once woro tho big mitt and mask, while Griffith, of
ningion, ana uonovan, or tne Yankees, were well-known pitchers in their
. Hughte Jennings, of the Tigers, and Jack Barry won their createst vnntv
. Ihort. Fielder Jones, of tho Browns, is the onJv nresont mnnnnr M.i.r. ..
A'from a big league outfield, unless Callahan bo considered an outfielder.'1
mice Rowland, manager of the White Sox, was never in a big league Ilno-up
rhad but-a' limited experience in the minors. Omitting Rowland, tho catchers
Muced six managers, tho pitchers four, lnflelders four and outflelcTors nno
E i,Tho reason catching managers stand out so prominently Is because of the
oning- ascendancy in tno modern game. In tho lnte "SOs and '90s tho mat
aagers -were Cap Anson, a great first baseman: Ned Hanlon. an nutfloirior n,i
kfTrink Bailee, a nonplaying manager who led tho great Boston champions of
7 and 1898 and built up the Cubs in Chicago, which wero later passed on to
nlc Chance. From 1901 to 1913 Fred Clarke, John McGraw and Frank Chun
Belder, third baseman and first baseman, respectively, won everything in tho
ional League. Thon tho tide turned in favor of tho catchex. chiofa unrt nn.
in 1914, Moran in 1915 and Robinson in J91G lifted tho league championship.
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fHUtXciC won his first pennant in 1902, again in 1905, then in 1910. 1911
P7J1'1913 and 1914. Clark Griffith, a pitcher, won with Chlcaeo in ism
fad Catcher Carrlgan, won in 1915 and 1916.
$''--' VmithwiJ IfmnuiM Tina fUnwt - lluf m.'ji.
-jsvwhxw M , MM..I UUO VHUHIC IU1 JfVllUH lllie
I Mar-record time of Miss Gertrude Artelt, a fifteen-year-old swimmer of the
Hadelphla Turngemelnde, made Saturday night over tho 100-vard rnnt ,
: In the youthful mermaid being sent to Honolulu to compete for the world's
ptonship. Miss Artelt churned the water in the century distance Sntirn.u.
Lptauto' nd 2-5 seconds which is the fastest tlmo ever made in a local pool
WV.HUH. iiio nnuonai owunming record lor iuu yards Is little better, being
trie. 8 and 8-T! seconds, at was made by another local girl in San Francisco,
iAjrmw.ino wavo -wizard, miss Artelt, despite her youth, stands a good
at auallfytog'lJn ,th try-outs which -will be held in the Honolulu events,
mpatltiqri Menu te.have harrowed down to Miss Dorfner and Miss Arioit
ttr Is the Juaiorehamplon of the Middle, Atlantic States, having broken
as w xnai ooay neia-Dy MissisiieaDeth Becker, of this organization. Miss
rbo'ls a teammate of Miss Artelt's, was only Just able to kick to the
'vVt , v,v '" "'" " '-" ioiodie Atlantic cnamplonshlp, nnd
rwui.pvi imeona sooner, in tne record-breaking time of 29 2-5 8ec-
itj-vui wr u,wortn ,uue anouia present wonderful nmiilHin
these two local weed artists. ,
Numbering Flayer Now oh Baseball Field
kU meofcav been discussing the numbering of players on the crld-
kt'B4 wnr Ueane J4i. has been started on the baseball field. The other
tfi Memphis. Tenn... the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Red Sox intro-
.fer tk trst Jtiaie on the, diamond, wearing numbers -on their sleeves
MMaMi-S' opposite, their naiaea on the scorecard. The
ikm msbcreeUKR;;wukl.be appreciated 'by Vfans.
? w'rttv,M they gamble .over, tho
Afar bi.e aaaoo.- Hiw, tH. tan. A.
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OUT To BOWJL A FE GAME5
amd You'll be back
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- A)MO AT IO.30 YOU ARE STILL
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READYFOR OPENING!
Season -Starts April 28. '
numc iciciioc i iaii meets Mj
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SCHEDULE OF 21
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PENN-YALE0PEN
1917 CREW SEASON
Rowing Schedule, Starting
Saturday, May Be Gut
in Event of War
RACES ON SCHUYLKILL
WJth war threatening an early curtail
ment of the season, tho intercollegiate
rowing campaign will be, Inaugurated with
the Yale-Pcnn regatta on .tho Schuylkill
next Saturday. College crews are working
In the full realization that tliey probably
will not bo able to participate In their re
spective classics at Poughkcepsle and New
London. If the international situation be
comes serious enough rowing will bo the
first collego sport to suffer.
Just now It looks as if at least three
events are sure to be decided, tho Yale-Pcnn
regatta, tho Hanard-Prlnccton races on
Carnegie Lake April 19 and tho Childs cup
contest between Columbia, Princeton and
Penn on Carneglo Lake May D. Beyond
that tho season depends altogether on what
demands tho nation may bo called upon to
make of the young men in tho colleges. If
tho President is not forced to Issue an
urgent call to all collegians to Join the
colors tho dual regatta season may bo
completed and only the Poughkeepsle and
New London races abandoned.
In view. of that situation, tho Yale-Pcnn
regatta takes on added Interest and lm.
portance. The Klls and tho Quakers will
contest thrco races, between varsity, junior
varsity and freshman eights, over a one and
one-half milo course.
Later In the season, on May 12, at the
American Henley on the same waters, the
Blue and old Penn are scheduled to meet
ufv.fpcclal event for cre"' no member ot
which is to weigh more than 150 pounds.
The present make-up of the Yale crews
for Saturday's races here follows:
1 r!i!lT.II(!y'' rrlman. No. 2. Allen; .Vp.
3, Head; No. -1, Captain Jle5er, Sn t,
tax; ; No. 6. Baljarda: No. 7, Ureeii; stroke"
Hyatt: coxawaln. I.aahnr. ' BlraKe-
Herond Bow, Woolley; No. 2. Lovejoy:
No. S. Gamble; No 4. rHo; No. fi. AikinJ:
No. 8. Coleman: No. 7. McNaughtori; strokS'
. Adams; coxswain. Underwood. ".
Captain Cord Meyer, Larry Fox and Ned
Harrlman are tho only inembcra of tho nrst
boat who sat In tho same shell last seahon.
Harrlman stroked tho crow in tha raco
against the Quakers.
COBB REFUSES TO PLAY
IN SERIES WITH GIANTS
Georgian Leaves Detroit Team and
Will Practice With the Cin
cinnati Reds
CINCINNATI, April 3 Ty Cobb Is here
today and will practice with the Ileds until
the Tiger series with the New York Giants
at Wichita Kails, Tex., Is over. The Geor.
glan has refused to play with Detroit until
after tho Giants' games aro ocr.
OWENS AND DINEEN OPEN
ATHLETICS 1917 SEASON
CHICAGO. April 3. Umpires for opening
games In the American League April 11
have been assigned by President Johnson
Connelly and McCormlck will officiate at
New York, Ouens and Dlneen at Philadel
phia, Evans and Nallln at Detroit and
O'Loughiln and Hildebrand at St, Louis
The ninth member of the BtafT, George
Morlarty, will be held in reserve.
THEY DON'T PICK ON THE BULLDOG
ALL A-GROWL AND PREPARED, BUT
KICK RATHER A QUIVERING POODLE
By CKANTLANI) KICK
On Ileitis Kcndy
77ic Jiinii ivho is there with the wallop and punch,
The one who is trained to the minute,
Ma; well be around when the trouble begins,
Hut you seldom will find he is in it;
For then let him alone when then know he is there
For any set part in the ramble,
To pic!; on the guy who is shrinking and soft
And not quite attuned to the scramble.
'The one who is fixed for whatever they start
Is rarely expected to prove it;
They pass him alonrj for the next shot in siqht
Where they take a full wind-up and groove it;
r or who wains 10 pick on a nuuaog or such
Where a quivering poodle is handy,
When he knows he can win with a kick or a br
With no further trouble to bandy f
HAS been remarked before that
rick
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war
Is hell." In which respect war has very
llttlo on other details of thN existence,
where tho break is well away from the ex
pected line. I'enco can furnish as many
varieties of Gehenna as anything else,
given a proper opening.
"The Days of Heal Sport"
J. Ilonus Is oio In 7ifs forty-fourth year.
There arc polfcrs bcicMskcrcd and tehitc;
But the preatest old sport, and the one 1010
is dear
To me, I observed Sunday ninht:
While vlsltinp home I icam looking for beer,
And 1 found, by the cellar's dim light.
That father, icio's far past his sixtieth
year.
Was making another kite.
SLKHPY STKVll.
Baseball and' War
Some one, It may havo been us, has
opened a discussion as to what effect actual
war would havo upon baseball Interests In
theso U. S. of A.
Tho alllrmatlve and tho negative here
each havo good arguments. War news and
war interest would, of course, far over
shadow any sporting news or sporting in
terest, and in that way have a depressing
effect.
On the other side of tho hill, the popu
lace In times of gloom and depression has
nlwaytt Reemed to crave somo diversion to
break tho monotony ot constant anxiety.
As proof of this last statement, Toronto
and Montreal last season in tho Interna
tional Leaguo had very good seasons, de-
A Beauty:
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This Easter We Have
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spite tho fact that Canada has been head
men into tlii3 war slnco the start.
Sport In tlmo of war Is nothing like
as Important a matter ns It Is In time of
peace. Hut It htlll has Its uses as a di
version as a section of the program that
is cast in lighter eln. For that leason
Hiort will not bo shelved by any means.
No nation, even In war times. Is going Into
sackcloth and ashes unless it Is being
crushed or pressed to tho limit. Those
not actually engaged will still stick to
old habits of diversion, just ns one In time
of trouble craves tobacco moro than at any
other period of his life.
For Hall Players
The best move tho ball player and tho
club owner could possibly mako would be
to follow out tho American League Idea of
military training advanced by Captain T
L Huston.
in caso a call for enlistment was made
the country at largo would look upon base.
ball with far greater favor If every leaguo
was also a military training camp, vheio
tho players weie drilling In the foicnoon
and loundlng out their schedule ill tho
afternoon.
This move would not only bo a boost for
patriotism, hut, looked upon In tho moio
sordid commercial way, would iidd gieatly
to tho player's Interest.
Otherwise, moro than a few citizens will
bo asking why a lot of husky young ath
letes are hanging back If tho call should
come. And If this query assumed tho form
of general resentment the attendance would
soon fall away. Hut 10,000 ball players In
all leagues getting ready for any needed
military duty would not only bo a big boost
for general training but would also be a
big boost for baseball.
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Krgardless of tho war situation, ths f!
scliedulo of tho Industrial Baseball League ,v
will not be Interfered with and the outlook A
Is for tho most promising season In it. 4
history, which opens In three weeks.
At last nlglit's meeting nt tiio Bingham
a number of delegates reported I heir entire &
plants enlisted in tho home-defenso plan and S
tho placrs nnd worklngmen ready to serve T
their country at their trades when called S1
upon. '!.
Tho leaguo Is divided Into two sections '
north and t.otith, which will meet in .l
M.-I n- ttb iuu luiiuiumuil m ine neason, Thft
season will open on April L'S nnd close Sen Si
..,..... .. ...d I'wi-nviinwji panics Will 1) Cr
played tho following tlnbo Saturdays.
Tho scliedulo for tho opening games Is-
Xnilh section Keen Kutter nt Ki.ni.il '.
Storage, .1. & ,T. Dobson at Hale & Kllburn -
JILhale tiled at American JlangaS '.
lironze. Dlsston at Standard HoUer Uearinv
Smith section Ward nt I.upton. Houghton I
nt Ichm-1 right. Miner T.bck at Quaker C ! tr
I'hilaclelphl.a Iloll and -Machine nt Harrett! '
Plan Slriclcr Discipline ";
I'ICsIdont C'lttell Is ilnlnrtnlno,! . i
stricter discipline In tho organization this "
year ,i has formulated a Hn of rules '
w iic Hindis iniw he nilhcred to. h
will Insist that teams must ho on tlm
grounds promptly ,,t .so ,,. ,, nnd !
gamo will bo called promptly at :i p. ,,, f
a club is late In getting on tho field that
team will lose Its tlmo at practice for "hi
minutes lato of nrrKnl. Clttell Is also en
dcaxorlng to make It easier for tho publicity
department and will impose a lino If th
standing of the. score at fi p m. and also
nt Its conclusion aro not furnished.
Dobson Getting Husy
The Dobson team Is planning one of the
best diamonds tills vicinity Yesterday
John .Smith, who laid out tho Federal Leneua
grounds In Ualtlmoie, began work on the
new park, which is situated In the lear of
tho I)ohon plant, nt Queen lane and Xor
ristown Railroad. A grand stand nccommo
dating COO speetatois will bo erected
The John & James Dobson Co., Ine Ath
letic Association has just been formed ,w Ith
the following ofllcers: Honoiary president
James Oohson ; honorary vlco" ptesldents'
Arthur Spencer. John I'yion, Jlrl 13. Dob
son Altemus, ltichanl Xorrls, JIis Artliur
Spencer; noting piosldent, .lohn Jnmes act
ing vice president. Kred Reynolds; recording
seci clary, Ilobeit U. Bates; financial secro
tary John I. Ilrooks; treasuicr, .7ohn
.Mitchell; manager baseball team. Robert
(allimin: assistant manager, William Von'
Korilnger.
Dlsvton epecls to have virtually the same
team in the field that won the pennant last'
j ear. with tho exception ot Schacffer. who
will bo with Mldvale Steel.
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