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BAT! -FINISH IN SEVENTH PLACE?
NQT WITH THIS CLUB,",SAYS GRIFF;
- "WE ARE OUT TO WIN THE PENNANT"
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'l' "ItjARK GRIFFITH, manancr of the team which won 'every camo from the
f- rJ Athletics In 1017, has taken a firm stand against finishing seventh In the Amerl
,ilMn Leftrue rac this year. The nllot of tho Hwnttlnc Senators, or Willow Wielding
- V$ Vaahfrigtons, denies nhat his gang of fence busters will fall no low na to bo In n
position to noonob with tho occupants of tho cellar when tle cieruy gets wcu unacr
tray, Mo has designs on a place not NEAR the top, but ON top of tho Johnson
' pj circuit, And If the work of his hlr'3 men Is any criterion tho aforementioned
iVfeIgn will be carried out. From what wo have seen of tho "Washington club
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ii Jaii u; Balnea MKtlllini UIU JVM1JCMI:S, mA unlet ll-lllia ill nm .i.buu
will haVe to go some to put Griff's artists down for tho count. Tho pitching
has been, exceptionally good, tho fielding la excellent, tho players nro filled with
"pep" and fighting spirit and tho batting well, In this department they really
SHINE. Every marl on the team seems to possess a blg-lcaguo batting eyo and
uses It to the best advantage. In yesterday's game those sincere wallops which
bounced iff their bats In tho first six innings wcro enough to ruin two pitchers
and shove enough runs across tho plato to win a couplo of ball games. Thero
was no fluke about the httljg. Each blnglc was clothed In Its own individu
ality and sent to tho spot at which It was aimed. Tho soft spot seemed to be
over second base, and out of twelve hits eight sizzled Into that territory. This
means that the barters met the ball fairly, hit It on tho nose, ns It were, thus
proving that hitters can be developed If they work hard on the spring training
trips. Three of the five blnglcs In tho first limine went out to Strunk, and It
ras through tho rapid fielding of Amos that only singles resulted. Tho
terrific 'batting was enough to-send Elmer Meyers scurrying to cover und Noycs
came In .for his share during his stx-Innlng visit. When tho Senators were nil
tired out, Nabors went on the mound and held them hltless for two frame.
Lengthy Jack deserves credit for performing so nobly.
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"7"ESTERDAY'S bombardment showed that Joe Dush pitched good ball
In the opening game Wednesday. Joe was nicked for five safeties,
two of them being rather flunky. Elmer Meyers Is considered good, yet
he- yielded five hits In one inning. Bulle Joe wins out by comparison,
especially when we figure that he remained In the game eight times as
long.
The Mystery Is Solved by Mr. Griffith
OF COURSE, there was some mystery on our part to this sudden acquisition of
batting optics at such an early date, hut it was soon cleared up by Mr. Griffith
'when he consented to spill a few words for publication. At first Clrlrf didn't
see anything strange about tho swatting prowess of his men, but after deep
thought he dug up arf explanation which explained it all.
"I know I have a hard-hitting ball club," confessed the invading manager,
"and for that reason was not surprised when the men began to soak the ball.
I admit they are Kitting pretty good for this time of the year, and I must blame
It all on military drill. That drill sergeant upset all my -plans, and tho only
thing I am sore about Is that ho didn't appear three or four years ago. When, it
was decided that the players wcro to go through maneuvers in tho morning, so
much Ume was taken" up that I couldn't give Individual Instruction to two squads
as In the past. Before this ycar'l would Instruct one squad from 10 to 11 o'clock
In the morning and the other from 11 o'clock until noon. That gave mo an oppor
tunity to correct the mistakes In the afternoon and In a week the squads weio
ready to play against each other. This year, however, I had to work on both
quads at once ancTthe only thing to be done was to play ball games. We have
been playing since March 12 and staged a game every day until wo left our
training camp at Augusta, Ga. The players rounded Into shape In a remarkably
short time and In two weeks were ready for big-league stuff. My pitchers, who
reported ten days earlier, were In shape and the batters were benefited by hitting
against them. They soon had their eyes on the ball and that slx-ga'mo series with
Cincinnati put on the finishing touches. Tho men were in better shape ten days ago
than they are now, because we have been kept Idle by tho wintry weather. I wish
we could have started the season as soon as wo returned from the South.
"VTEXT year I shall try something dlffeFent," continued Griff. "I shall
' send my pitchers to the training camp three weeks before the other
players and get them in good shape. Then the others will be given
seventeen days of fast work and we will bo ready for any one.
t Refuses to Finish Seventh, Despite Dope of Experts
T HAVE been interested in reading the dope furnished by experts, In which
''we have been unanimously awarded seventh place In tho league. Let me
tell you right now that there will be no seventh place with this ball club behind
me. I know that a team always looks geod when It is winning, but take It from
me, It is no cinch to win from the Athletics this year. Connie's team Is 30 per
cent stranger than last year and as soon as the players settle down It will be 60
per cent stronger. ' Those fellows are fighting all the time and It required good
playing on our part to win those two games. My club is better than In 1916,
but any one can see that. I guess the reason we were pegged for seventh place
this year was because we finished in that position last year. But did you ever
top to figure that I could have finished fourth had the team won two of the
last three games? It was a tight race and a close finish, with everybody bunched
except the Athletics. Harper's injury hurt the team considerably, and although
I could have used him in the closing games I did not care to take a chance.
"This year my pitchers are in great shape. You saw Johnson and Gallia and
you will see Jim fchaw and Dumont before we leave. Shaw Is-ln the best shape
of his career and Dumont Is ready. And here Is something else that you can use.
Harper is In shape to take his" turn In the box tomorrow, but I am going to nurse
him along for two more weeks before putting him In tho line-up. That Injury
last year was not so bad as reported." He was hit on tho point of the shoulder by
a pitched ball and one of the nerves was affected. Thero Is nothing wrong with
his arm, and in practice this spring he showed no 111 effects. He can throw curv es
as well as before and all he needs now 'Is a little more speed. He will have his
teat ball 'working pretty oon and then, watch us go; Harper will do a great deal
toward winning the pennant for us this year."
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GRIFFITH'S remarks again prove the value of spring training trips.
He got his players in shape In the Sunny South and rushed them
,up here in mldseason form. Although these March Jaunts are rather ex
pensive, the results Justify the expenditures.
Colleges Tottering in Track Athletics
rpHINGS are so shaping themselves that it is getting to be almost dally dope.
A these' reports of one institution after another throwing overboard Its spring
porta in order to well, that isn't very clear Just what is the large idea, hut it
Is said to come under the head of military preparedness. One feature that has
been brought up at more than one of the Individual college, con fcrences Is to the
effect that spring athletics are .generally carried on at a loss, the athletic boards
depending on football In the main to support tho other sports. This may account
In a" large degree for the falling off of track Interest among the college athletic
director.
The wholesale abandonment of sports is not only hitting the small colleges,
' but It is being followed even to the circle of tho Big Six, where there is real
Interest in military preparedness. This is going to cut into the Penn relays,
scheduled for Franklin Field two weeks from Saturday. Cornell, Michigan and
v Harvard, three mighty contenders wherever there is any cinder-path work to bo
'clone, havo all withdrawn their teams from the relays, duo to stress of martial
V "l1 c. wa,.o wi uimd lcuiiio mil lano iiiuwil Ul II1B 1UO OUC Ot In
events, though there is still some of the finest competition left among the teams
- m;uiq iisis. aie ana i-nnceion nave not oeen near a rrom lately, and, so far as
, jutows, will not withdraw their crack teams, from the stretches. The University
' .Pennsylvania will not abandon Its sports and will have somo fast filers at work
in r the felayi. Other colleges, including those from the West, will be present in
JeroeV tW,isconln, Chicago, Northwestern, Syracuse, Penn State, Missouri and
eiiaoet a score of other colleges have been pestering tho officials, anxiously hoplifg
thett things 'would not be called off. Indications are that somo of the fastest
Men In fhe country will c6mpete. There is the greatest of interest in the hiirh.
X ' fcWrdle race,, which will be run on tho grass over a very tight and tidy turfing. It
unn ini a recoru wm loppie ana me ume may ce near the cinder record
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' fTUUE1 reason, for these fond hopes is that Robert Simpson, holder of the
1 1 i. above .record, will be among those present and will put on some of his
,be$J(reyhqund stuff, JMmpaon 1b from Missouri. Hobbs, of Dartmouth,
x,w4H five him a run for it, with Burke, of Chicago, and Ames, of Illinois,
tevfcetB. m taking the youngster over the hurdles In record strides.
jbaa. scored another point in his attack on sport. The stewards of- tho
jUairlran Rowing Association cancelled the American Henley, which was
l;to be rowed on meBcnuyiKiu on May 12. The abandonment of the
let due-o the' fact that, ft is primarily a college event arid most of the
etWs.haye been disbanded. Because of the disruption of rowing among
r it was necessary to 'drop moat of the features of the regatta. Rather
I kaW ' Mediocre eveat the stewards decided to hold none at all. ,
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HENLEY REGATTA
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Philadelphia's Crew Classic
Canceled Because of the
War Conditions
MANY OARSMEN ENLIST
The American Henley Is off, U was to
hae been tho rowing classic of the season
In Philadelphia.
The icgatta was scheduled to be rowed
over the Schuylkill on. May 12. The board
of stewards of the race held a special meet
ing in this city and decided to cancel the
eent for this jcar because of tho war con
ditions. For jears the Henley has been tho center
of attraction to college and club oarsmen
throughout the country. Last year six col
lege eents found a place In the regatta, in
addition to numerous club and high school
races.
, The Chllds Cup race, In which the arslty
crew of Princeton triumphed oer Colum
bia, Penn and the Navy, w;Ss the stellar
event of last j ear's regatta. Tho special
senior elght-oared race between Vesper
Malta and Undine nlso played a star role.
Tho stewards decided to call off this gieat
rowing gathering hecauhe of the withdrawal
of many of the best entries, Princeton, Co
lumbia, Yalo and Harvard hae all dis
banded their crows.
Many of the club oarsmen already have
enlisted and the crews are disrupted. Kor
these reasons the Henley lowing heads
thought It feasible to abandon this year's
regatta:
The abandonment of the American Hen
ley regatta makes tho Penn-N'avy race on
April "1 tho last scheduled collegiate race.
All other universities except Penn and tho
Navy hae canceled their rowing schedules.
WHOLE PROGRAM OF SPORT OUGHT
TO BE PUT UP TO WAR OFFICIALS
BEFORE BEING ABOLISHED HASTILY
By GRANTLAND RICK
KENTUCKY LICENSE BILL
FOR RACE TRACKS PASSED
FRANKFORT, Ky April 13. A bill
placing a license fee of $500 per (Jay on
raco track") In Kentucky within twen
miles ot cities of 200,000. nnd ?200 per day
on all other tracks within tho State, ex
cepting those at State and county falis,
has passed tho lower house of tho General
Assembly.
THIS settlement of i-port's futuic pio
gram both In collegiate and profes
sional lines seems to be tho simplest mat
ter in tho world.
A football squad is directed by a foot
ball coach ; a baseball team Is directed by
a baseball manager; so tho technical part
of a war ought to bo run by tho War De
partment. This being so, the entire progiam should
be put up to tho War Department for an
answer as to whether sport should bo dis
continued or whether It should bo main
tained for tho common good.
Army and Navy headquarters In sport at
West Point and Annapolis havo already
glcn tho bulk ot the leply.
Tho War Department should know what
It wnnt.s. Following tho department's re
quest would then bo tho simplest thins in
tho realm.
If the unlverVal service bill Is passed tho
War Department Is going to tako tho men
It wants for service.
Those who are not taken and who do not
ro can still help in any number ot ways.
Here Is one suggestion: All j?olf and tennis
tournaments oven to invitation affairs
should have an entrance fee'.
This fee, in place of being applied to
prizes, should be turned over to army and.
navy or Red Cress funds. In this way not
only would physical training be maintained,
but thousands of dollars could bo easily
raised In the next six months. Sport in this
way could bo made to contribute financially
to the war and to the physical health of
the nation at home leaving tho iesere
forces In better shape for a second call to
service.
A Fanatic Arises to Inquire
Dear Sir Kindly explain this. Tho
Giants are being picked far and wide as
leading National League favorites. In
many places they are being entered as sure
winners. Now In baseball It Is well known
that a pitching staff Js tho most Important
department of a club.s It Is a'-so well known
that Brooklyn. Philadelphia and Boston
have better pitching than the Giants. How,
then, are the Giants going to beat out tllrco
club.s with better pitching? Last year De
troit averaged a run a game more than
Boston. This is a wldo margin. But Bos
ton, with better pitching, won. Unless the
Giants get far better pitching than, they
havo had bIikc 1013
should bo favorites.
I o.in't seo why
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One Theory of Putting
Tap the Vnll with a her,
Hut without ana fuss;
If It (It ops in c.'iccr;
; it stai3 out cuss.
Discussing the continuation ot football
schedules next fall Is u risky umlei taking.
Too- many events can tako place now in
fifteen minutes much less six months to
set up tho fututo for any taigct practice.
Good pitching' is undoubtedly more lm
poitant than any other department ot play.
Tho Giants got good pitching after August.
Without It, they will have a bard tlmo win
ning, in spllo.of their grc.it strength in
other lines. But with only steady pitching
they should win in ncanter.
A number of our leading ball players aro
willing enough to bo pro-Americans ns
long as they aro not called upon to bo pro
umplrcs. Hach known institution has a
limit.
"Jc-s Wlllaid too big to fight." Which
proves again the complications of modern
war.
Which ftlm proves the advantage of being
a heavyweight as against the lightweight
proposition.
The only aigument against Universal
Servlco Is this on second thought thero
Ism't any
BILLY NEILL, OF PENN,
GETS NAVY COMMISSION
Billy Neil!, tc former Penn star foot
ball player, fiom Washington has received
an appointment us a lieutenant In tho med
ical corps of tho coast defense branch of
tho naval lescrvc. Nelll la a graduate frMn
tho Penn Medical School.
Bob Folwell, coach ot Pcnn'g
team, luls nmioimced spring train!
Ing next Wednesday. ml
Mnnnccr Josenli r!!imi f
preparations havo been made t v7.J
weeks' prcllnililaiy drl'llng for th. Tul
dldates of varsity caliber who wm-iil
tho call. Coach Folwell will scour iimS
ous departments of the UnlvernW.'!
out every eligible man for tin, iJ.
tho gaps which havo been left fronifl
shir ' " " on 8
With a twclve-gamo schedule facia?
1IUAI mil, luinni 1M.U1S lO give th
dates a thorough drilling In thn L
of tho ganic, nnd when thn fnti ..-
gotten under way work can bo mra,4
sun tea on signals nnd tho varlous-fa
ilUIII.
As nn Inccntlvo for tho eanrtto.i
tako nn Interest In their work jind (T!
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iiiu iii.t.1. IUI.-II uta mi iny lioailions (
tlon for cups will bo held, '
Coach Folwell plans to hold corapttia
uuriiit, mu mm. uiruo uuys OE me two
such as drilling. In punting, forward .
Ing. receiving the pigskin and cpiatb
i.iB"i iu.iiih w(..T Hutu uun KivenDy&ltH
interested in iooinau, tour to go to
men who havo been on the varsity n
for ouo or more ycais and four f or t
new men who turn out for tho team ' '
Folwell figures onn big turnout anjj
pects every man wno nas ever played ft
ball to answer tho call and try for thln
According to tho requirement, ruw
passed by tho board of directors the j
ball candidates will participate In Vm
every afternoon following their workout)!
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