TwS?W .iJ' Wf f'7 T-'Kff 3Ki,Mwi,' rrr-j. .1 l . H4IV I y r ' ".', . E? Sew m w LOV . 4 A ri.'-'TJ.'W .nr ras . wy.i. Raft jlii Eft- . Ivr b. v Iff- p.. tl B- i XT I r,i( if1 & ' V J. ;; N I Vi h if Kit KT r &" M li I I? !" i lu- I rK. r. twa " . 5? R$ I'ii $. h &M? vWM' k -.,.'( a rl'" ,ilf" .' aiiil- --,'"'. . " JKtNEW PLAYERS WITH ATHLETICS ARE PLACING THEMSELVES IN LIMELIGHT WITH THE FANi MACK'S TEAM HAS THE COLOR AND PERSONALITY THAT WERE SADLY LACKING IN HIS FORMER CHAMPIONS It Requires More Than Mechanical Ability in Winners to Attract, and Connie's 1917 Model Now a Popular One pEHSONAMTV cuts n wide swath In the sporting world, Tho guy who pushes over a trolley car, fights with the conductor or argues with taxi drivers soon becomes known as a real nggresslvo person nnd the leading public soon becomes acquainted with him. Kor tho same icnson, the baseball player who puts up losing battles every day with stony-hearted umpires becomes u favorllo with thn fans, whether they like him or not, Johnny Kvers always Is the center of Interest when he stalks out on the field, nnd every time Ty Cobb has a run-in with u butcher or another player he rocs big with the ciowd. Ken Trls Speaker has busted In with n scrap with one of the bad guossers on tho umpiring staff and drew a couple of days off at tho urgent request of President Johnson. Now Tristram from Texas Is ono of the regular fellows and his popularity has not suffered. All of which Is merely n prelude to another Introduction to bring on tho Ath letics. Years ago tho Macks had one of the gieatest teams of all time, but the fans never grew wildly entlfcis'iistlo over their playing Kverythlng seemed so easy cut nnd dried and mechanical, as It were that, other teams In their own league greatly outdrew them Just because they put miiuo color in their play and put up a scrap. Tho A of old had little Individuality. They were n coloile.ss club. They won ball games, but never tore Into the opposition like a ltinawiiy freight train, sending tho fragments nil over the park. Instead, they developed that slow power which crushes and grinds with the sureness of a steam-roller. The players performed their duties like perfectly running, smooth machines. They left little to tho Imagination. They never argued among themselves or questioned decisions of the umplies. Thete wasn't a tin III In the wholo crowd. E; U'RN the uniforms added to the old-style caps and the monotonous colots made all of the men look more or less alike. A stranger had difficulty In picking out Collins, HaUcr, Mclnnls, Barry or the other stars when they appeared on the field. Athletics Today Move Popular Than Ever lief ore THE American League was startled this year when Connie turned his team loose for the pennant fight. There was something strange about tho players, nnd for a time no one was able to discover what that something was. Finally It cropped out. Connie had a team of "fighters." Regular honest-to-goodness fighters, who wouldn't admit defeat and kept on trying from -tart to finish. The opposition couldn't get over It. They couldn't realize that Manager Mack would hnve such a scrappy crowd around him. On tho field they kept up a continuous chatter and were ns noisy as a group of exuberant college players. They bad, personality, color nnd everything else, and when they went to the liat zowle! How they slammed that ball! They were on their toes all the time, looking for an opening to ruin the attack of the enemy or knock the cover off tho ball and win the game. They developed Into ono of the most dangerous clubs In the league and the fans flocked In to see them play. Kven the uniforms were dllTeient. Connie threw the old-style caps Into tho discard, nnd with them went tho colorless suits. White caps with long sloping visors rested on the heads of the plajers and the uniforms wcro llko thoso of a regular club. They gavo the men a snappy, alert, clean-cut nppearance some thing they haven't had for years. They played with a snap and dash, pulled sen rational plays that looked sensational and made many errors. Kvery grounder was played as If tho game depended on it, and (heir play kept the spectators' tin their toes until the game was ended. THEM'" Is nothing Impersonal about trie 1017 volume of the Athletics. The players are very human and have emotions like every one else. That is why their admirers are willing to light for them and their enemies shake In their boots every time the club Is mentioned. There's a Difference in the Players Compare Boclie With Strunk PINO F.ODIE and Amos Strunk nre outfielders on the tame club. Amos, per haps, Is one of the greatest fielders in the game, but how many fans do you hear discussing his work? Do you ever hear them Kay that they aie going out to see Strunk bust one over the fence? Amos is a great player, u good bitter and excellent base-runner, but until he makes a great hit or pulls a sensational run ning catch few remember that he Is In the game. On the cither hand, It Is im possible to forget that the fatuous I'lng Is on the grounds, lie has a personality that attracts and n spirit which always nsserts itself, lie Is on the mop all of tho time, seems to be bubbling over with tho Joy of fighting and the bleaeherltes cheer vociferously every time he makes a move. In his short c-nieer with the Athletics he has received ns much publicity as Strunk has gatheled in all his life. Bodio is it plctutesque character, one who Is bound to tak- with tjie fans, and his sincere efforts to lose the ball every time he goes to bat add to his popularity. All of this Is not due to extraoidinary ability, but to personality alone. If ring rushed at an umpire the fans would tiemble and look for an ambulance to carry away the pieces. When Strunk makes a kick they know it will never pass tho conversational stage, and wearily sit back until the Jawing match Is over. If Amos had the spotlight ability of Hodle. Kauff or Cobb, the rooters now might be arguing as to whether or not he was the greatest outfielder In the game. Borne say that Strunk Is faster than Cobb, his fielding is better, and although his batting is not mi good, he manages to pass the .300 mark, which makes him dangerous at all times. R' AY KATES is another player who 1 Sfuffy Mclnnls, who fell. Into a the open fighting with the rest of them. Wh'tey Witt takes no back talk from tho others, and Wnlly Schanir took his llfo In his hands when he raised tho only mustache In the league. Is It any wonder the Athletics are good drawing cards this ear? Comiskey's Generosity May Get American League in Bad CHARLES COMISKEY, owner and principal rooter of tho Chicago White Sox, has stepped to the front with a proposition to nld the American Red Cross in the Windy City. From now on Comlskey will givo 10 per cent of tho gross receipts to that organization, and made good In the first ten games by handing over a check for $5219.11, This Is a commendable course, nnd, patriotic ns It may seem, it is likely to provo embarrassing to the other seen owners In tho league. They have great crowds at the games In Chicago nnd tho Sox have most of them. In the other cities, however, where they are striving hard to make both ends meet, a 10 per cent donation would result In closing the gates. Take tho Athletics, for example. Last year there wasn't a decent crowd all season, nnd Connie Mack, if he didn't lose money, was so close to the margin that there was no chance to celebrate. St. Louis, too, had hard sledding, nnd Washington always depends upon tho receipts away from home. New York drew some crowds, hut the enormous ialary.llst made that necessary, liostou ramo through Jhe season with flying colors, but the world series receipts boosted tho profits. Detroit and Cleveland had fairly good years, but It Is doubtful If the owners made 10 per cent on their Investment. But this stunt Is typical of Comlskey. Thero is nothing he will not do for the people In Chicago, nnd they appreciate It. If his ball park Is needed for nny purpose whatsoever, he not only allows his park to be used, but also provides tho men to work on tho gates and In tho stands. He bears this expense himself. For that reason there always Is a crowd at the ball park. No matter how poorly tho club Is playing, whether it Is In first place or last, tho stands nnd bleachers are filled. r fT HAS geen said that If the White the battle of Gettysburg was original cast, across tho street, the crowd would go to the ball park. Four No-Hit Games This Year THE season of 1317 is surely a banner ono for no-hlt games. When Bob Groom, former Senator and Federal league tourist, now with the St. Louis Browns, threw off his glove at the conclusion of yesterday's twin bill between the Whlto Box and Brown's, at the latters" park, he had accomplished what all good twlrlers start out to do. He had entered the Hall of Fame, after about nine years of cn deaVor, nnd added two extra innings for good measure. Groom's performance, in pitching two innings of the first game and twirling the second without allowing a hit or run, only twenty-elglit men facing him, four reaching first, one hitting a sacri fice, three getting bases on balls and ono being hit by a pitched ball, and only one, rtlsberg, in the sixth, getting beyond first, was tho fourth no-hlt game within a month of the ueason's opening. Eddie Clcotte started tho thing this year on April 14. George Mogrtdge entered the Hall of Fame ten days later; Fred Toney was the next with ten clean Innings, equaling the records of Wlltso and Mclntyrc. and on, tho same day Jim Vaughn traveled nine straight innings with u perfect slate. Groom's feat in twirling eleven frames without allowing a Sox to blngle surpasses nny mark made recently, but the manner In which it was done will rob Groom of extra praise. A rest of fifteen minutes between games nullifies his eleven-lnnlng mark and gives him credit only for holding Chicago hltless for nlno Innings, which should be laurels enough for any pitcher. . AT THE rate the record contests are piling up this year there is a . good chance of 1917 surpassing many other seasons. In 1910, when the Federal League was losing money 'for the late Mr, Ward, there were six no-hlt games. Marquard, of the Giants, stopped Brooklyn; Jimmy Lavender, then with the Cubs, now with the Thlls, blanked the New York Giants, a 'feat accomplished once in nearly twenty years. Hendrlx, Allen ' u.i and navfnnnrt. nf the Federals, r "; fctfT if tfii.frjiir no-hlt games, the A U'i."!-:..-.-1..,llVt.ltu drab, dull effect. The double-decked, has a punch in his wotk. and even rut and played mechanically, Is out In Sox were In tho cellar position nnd being fought nil over again, with the each had a no-hlt bout. Last ve'ar honors going to Hughes, of the Braves; . Tl..t. T AK-.AW.1 AV 1. ."BA.nH . '1 t'A ' V EVENING ' LEDaER - NOVEL PROGRAM FOR JUNE REGATTA Schuylkill Meet Committee at Work on Up-to-Date Schedule QUIET SUNDAY ON RIVER The elimination of tho Bnyonne regatta, which was to have been rowed on Me morial Pay tinder the njisplccs of the New York Rowing Association, has not affected tho trail. nig of the Schuylkill Navy oars men In any way. The Xrhuylkill Navy championships will be rowed on Juno ! and Hie lOMatta com mittee will nlinrtly announce the exact ro tation In which tho races will be rowed The Idea of the now schedule Is to stand nnll7.e nil regatta programs so that every ear the regattas will bo rowed Willi the same events In the same rotation. Tills wilt n low the oiimiion to know the ev.iet tmio elapsing between tho ecnts, ro that those wishing to contend In two or more laces In the same regatta will not have to scratch their entries at the Lift minute throiiRli lack of time to test up between races I'nirtuount Juniors The Falrniount Rowing Association has ivrriutcd a Junior elgbl-o.ired shell crew which will tin found on the starting line Juno n. Captain I'liarlln Rose Is coaching Hie new, which sits up ns fol'nws Clark, bow; Ad.uns, Htnggcis, Dlelil, Wltleman, Ciihuor, Manor, Ctirlln. stroke; Haws, cox swain. A Junior four.onieil gig crew will also be selected from this crew The announcement that the Olllcers' Re serve Cotps training camp at l'ort Niagara will open on May 1 1 has brought about the dlsliandment of tho I'tilverslty ti.irgs Club's chief rowing njset. their championship senior four-oared shell clew The Cndlne Club has also been compelled to change Its schedule on account of en listments 111 the Naval Coast Unserve and tin OlllcelH' Reserve Cot pi I'imcll lllltltll had quite a (Wt of senior cull men in har ness, but Shinlilliclser, I.nUens anil Allison have all enlisted, leaving the Held to the luulcrs. Most illumining among thce aio Kincroii Ayers. lUek Ferris, a former "l'enn" iiaismau, and Adolph Woll. another Red nnd ISlue sweep. Central Hich-I'i'im l'rcsh The Central High Sellout varsity and fiesh clews, which ate using the Online Club as their headquarters In preparation for the school boy race In the Navy re gatta, have ariangeil trying out races with the University of I'ciiiiHvlvanla fieshmen crews on May 2?. and IM. The Crimson and (iold varsity eight will cross blades with the l'enn Hist freshmen eight oil May 23, and the second combinations of both In stitutions will clash on the following after noon Captain Smith, of the Vesper Club, has detetmlned to have an entry In every event of tho Navy Day championship'. The pres ent make-up of the senior ciew Is: Mveis, how : McCreary. timer", Iloyd, F. Kelly, l.al ly. Howanian. I.em, stiokc; Kvvlng. cox swain. Sunday Work Quiet Rowing activity along Uoathouso Row was not Kim yesteid.iv A lew entiiiisiasilc members of the Hchuvlklll Navy, however, wen. to be noted, along with the Malta team, winking out. ns vvuie alto n number of Ktingglers from other teams. Hut in enuiageiiicut as far as promoting general Inteiixt In the work of prepaialng for the ivgntta Is noted in the fact that the New York Rowing Association has decided to put on a pulilotlc cainiviil on the JJailem River on Memoilal Kay In which all hchuyl Mil Navy news will be Invited tti partici pate. The Malta tiaoi v.iis pnrtieiilnily active In Sunda' activities The i nthe after noon vvh. spent by tills tiain in hard woik ami other teams will lliul It necessary to hit the ace shown by that of Coach Marsh to hope, for a place in the i mining. Couch Marsh bus Injected a strongly pntllotlu note Into the, prepaiaUuii wolk for the ug.itta calling attention to the value of the tialiilng to those contemplating mill taiv service for the coiinit.v The Puim Raise Club has disposed of the seiv n-i'S of Coach .liveoal. Hie icnson as signed being that owim; In unsettled war conditions the strvices of a professional m.iih aie not at this time advisable. KEEN COMPETITION IN SCHOOL TENNIS PLAY Penii Charter Leads League, With Gerniantown High the Runner-Up The fight In the Interscholastlc, Inter academlo and Junior Interacademic tennis leagues has now resolved Itself Into a com petition for second position, ns Tenn Char ter School Is admittedly tho likely winner of all three titles. When It comes to a choice for second-place honors Germantown High appears to have the call. (iermantown, though defeated by Pcnn Charter and held by Krankford High to a S.to-2 victory, has the best all-round com bination of tennis players. Pornhclm, tho Krankford High leader. Is the best In the league, barring perhaps I'M ward Casard, of Kplscopal. Harry Fisher Is on a par with Dornliehu, Fisher bent Cabsard In the (iermantown-UplKCopal match. Many critics think that Dornhelm and Klshcr rank ahead of Cassard With Harry Fisher as tho first singles, Rermantown has a sure point-winner for most of tho matches. Karl Iluckley Is sec ond singles and a first-class player. Mor gan nnd Runcie Tatuall nro next, and there Is llttlo to chooso between them. In doubles, Marshall and Iloyd are two heady players for (Iermantown. The Interscholas tlc League standing to date follows: Team. Perm Charter Uermantown High .. ivntral It Igh Krankford lf!t.'h .... Kplscop.it Academy Lower Merlon Camden llk'li Northenat HIrIi . . . . Weat Philadelphia. . . Germantown Academy TolnU won TolntM loat IB o HI 4 1. 10 ,.7 8 ,.4 n ..a 7 ft in 'J R 1 8 ..I 0 l'enn Charter .School Is certain of winning the title In Hie Interacademic League. With sixteen points won nnd two lost, the Yellow and lllue players have a lead which wilt bring them through to victory. Kplscopal Academy nnd dermantown Academy nre In line for second honors, with Kplscopal the favorite: Tho Interacademic League standing fol lows: Teama ,rolnta won Penn Charter School HI Kplscopal Academy 11 Clerinantovvn Academy ,, 7 Krlenda' Central 0 Polnta loat 12 In the Junior Interacademic League the Germantown Academy youngsters did not come up to tho high standard anticipated of them. l'enn Charter, with eighteen matches won nnd none lost. Is virtually nssured of the third 'tennis title for the 1917 season. Kplscopal and Friends' Central Juniors aro not In the running. Dr. CllnUm Strong, secretary of tha league, has announced tho tennis standing of tho Junior League as follows: Teama Penn Charter elermantown Academy Kplsiopal Academy ,. Frlenda' Central Polnta won Polnta loat ..18 O' 11 7 1 11 0 12 Every day it rains and every afternoon school baseball postponements are In order It means the piling up of the majority of the games which would otherwise have been played. At present the high school teama are having a hard time to let In the con- nililELPlHA; MONDAY MAY 7f19i7 WHEN A FELLER wJ.TH A UTTCC X rrT v "EC BOMCOtau SI-- ir-Tif ;; L i ; hj&l fjf SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS Hy I.OLMS F RANCH woke up ouo morning recently and suddenly discovered that she was shv it husky soldier, but Ueneral .loifre nnd his staff no doubt were overjoyed to lose lilin, If Lou Vligler's ring eshlbitlon Saturday night at the National Club was n criterion of his lighting In the tienches. In Rnglahil and Fiance, we am told by several l'lill.idi'lliblans who have engaged 111 and witnessed bouts theie. It leally Is an honor to quit; refuse to continue, when defeat Is evlduit. rather than get knocked out. Hilly Kramer was Monsieur Vligler's opponent anil for llnee rounds the fiuelgner gavo an impressing ihnioustiallon of how not to bov:. He mtsM'd Kramer with wild swings by inilies. sometimes by feet and even by yard (nice Ylrgler came so near hitting the clever Kramer that ho made a complete somersault. 'going headlong over the second lope, and ho picked himself up outside the ling I'll the defensive. Vhgler was good He didn't allow a wallop to miss him ; he stopped everything with his chin and body Hut tho Monsieur got tired of being tho Instigator and butt of the fniclc.il fracas, so I,ou derided that he had fought enough for one night, lie made a aliant attempt to explain his alibi, and we have to take the wold of an Inteipieter that Vlrgler said lie "was too fat and couldn't catch his breath " It was an awful "barney," and It wouldn't be a bad idea for local matchmakers to take mote pains In Investigating records of strange boxers. Instead of heeding too much to thu glowing leports oftheir managers. luhiiilV KoMicr wns the ! t,,r rr ItiitlllnR Murrav, Bin! some one nt llie rlnuslile suGKencril Unit lie wotilil he u corklns' nppnrn nt fur .(nhnn Urtle. heth Iflltu almnit the s.iin. ill ste anil Inivlnir Mentlriil ilrs Murrm n.niieil liv At Nelson, nut up a i rMltalit. shoutim Hoi iiei'H terrlflf vvaUopi when llnv lanileil rntitiht Murray n lie was la. Uiiib up. Murray went 11 11 immijiiiiimiiunii i i i ....",, , 7? lut 0MPiHBitK Baar SSaaaaaaaaiaifBCACMLliaalE H NEEDS A FRIEND II. JAFFI: Into the ilnir to stay sK roun.1. nn.l Nelson sent Mm out In the rllUlt way to hot so itan mtuuh n hauler 111 Koiner. "li-rr. Miiililen w.is another alh-Ked hoxer wtio showrcl lttsurrliicnt lUihtlnt; luslltu't to even do senile illltN. It-' hoV',1 Willie .lnuru linil. after lukiiiK iil.lltels a" a liuao Jnl.e. Ilunlly was ihiis.il out of the i Ink fur sIiiukIiik Willie Mihiih afl.T the I II r.uo:. nlul iitlelnpteil to nniK- n louKh-lmuio frioas. III which lie almost uc- I.,) tie l anolher eMLinplo nf an unknown hoxer whoN." I til sholllil ho cmeflltly vl.'Weil h. folo Ij lint BlKlliil. ('hurley Tli u. h" who It iihottil na saying Unit llennv l,eoii.ul can't hit. will imleavor to prove lo ohiiipU fnn4 tunln'it Unit he i cor net Thom.iH H n ie.il lreii iniin. lie pinve.l tl .o.Mtnt the knot kout immiihn; (totlnunlto l.mt vear i'fc ho'lt that shopl.l reic.ilt lu the hest i,n the pniin.ilil N hilled for tile s"inl lietWi'VII l'.llv HlYMlerli K. u llshtcr. iiiu WllB (lolille, a hoxer. KriltiMe li.irli. tho r.-ver newsbov, meets S.llnlliy lll.lliinllil. Young Mitlnvern. or Al lentown. unets Voiinir Meihvuy. nnil 1-Mdle Mc Nulti inctH I'liiiihle Klein. .vltise.v Dunn, one of New- York'' bet ban tams, will tlox at a local illlh In the hear fututv. ijilllll has inn Kli Williams, Johnny i;rtl". Jo., I.Miiii. I til) v- Ui'Viiii. Youni: Dli-clii", Willie Muck. H.ittUnk" Heilily nnil hot nf ntheiH ilo U ti phnInK pTfonner, ono of tl.oio coinhlneil huvr-ltKhter s rappein. Pele llerm.iii li nintrhei! for May It at rta elne. VVii.. iiKiilnst Johnny Coulon, nnil tho fol low In!.- .Moial.iy ho will ho (luste Lewis in thli i U.v. llarnev Ilaltii Is cour.dent that lie will win from Kill Williams when they hox her next Mnnda.v nlsht. They v III me. I nt cutchwrluhtH. altlioui.h Jlntiii was anxlouH to h', nt 1L'(I pound ilncxlile. at wht. li wilglit l'ete Herman ile leateil WUII.ililK lor ttie irown llahll la tonic tin; fiirwiii.l to hrlns a rhiiiuplonxhin to Phlla rhlplll.l. nnil lie helleveM that ,M Slufi lis Ilo Hue. i , iti lii k, mmr on Willi Herman lo a referee's .1. i l"lon Hie haiitam crown Ullt lolno to ttio Quaker lily. Sinol.v lliillow fimi will l,o out In ilrnvea tn s. o their haiitam prtde, Muekl, a ltlley. In union .iiralnil Jolmnv lloaner nt the Uro.idway iiiurs dav nlKht. Hlley. diiplto hli poeullnr style, ns ho standi with his rlwht hand extended, lias a inlchtv touch Joh on hti mltta. Younir I.avvienco und Ited.h Monro uro to l,o scmt-flllllllsts. The ''Millionaire Regiment" and Fatimas Last Bummer while New York Gty'a famous 7th Regiment (some times called the "Millionaire Regi ment") was encamped on the border at McAllen, Texas, a record was kept of all cigarettes sold. Fatima's sales averaged 42,680 per month ; the next most popular cigarette averaged 17,600. This big preference for Fatimas is simply one of the many indica tions that more and more men, WAJrWJU A whp p.v NOT-THERE tttt T?nr TMnTTF?.rT PT.AVTCPC! IF WAR CHECKS Average Husky Can Command Living Wage at" Other Occupation, While High Salaried Stars j k KjU.II XlcUlg niuuuu c wi ia. iiccu jut; By GRANTLAND RIC E On Behind "America In this war Is only following a dream." Berlin exchange. So ice fia follow as bravo a drram as ever a dreamer kncu; A dream that leads out endless years through tho sweep of an unknown track; And whether tho uviy be prlmrosc-starrcd, or whether the road la rut, lfc shall face the sun and the storm that wait ictth never a turning back, Jlravo hearts and bold for the Journey here. Fpr nono but tho stal wart soul lias a place In line for the quest now marked for tho roll call of thfr troop , .Vo crntrn kntpht with a shaken lanco who dares not seek tho goal, Though it lay where the light of tho world ts dim and tho flags of the ages droop. Jlravc hearts and bold that only knoio when the silver buglo calls, Wlicn the roll of the drum breaks on the rest in tho gray of tins daion's first fight t That the way leads forth through the crimson rain to the top of tha frowning walls. Where death is the fairest fate to know when It comes in a gallant fight. lt'c shall hear tho volca of tho night that calls for rest for the weary feet; And Love nill coitus with a summer rose and eyes of the ratn-wet blue, Of violet deep in the fields of May, and a aoitj? 7iaf Is ever sweet l'rom lips that plead that we stay our course till the spell of tho Bprlng is through. But the land and sky and the seas beneath aro red as tho wrath of hell, From the blood and flame that have stained all llfo with a crimson world at bay. Hut we shall hold to the road's far end, whatever the bitter spell, Tl Ufa and pcaca and tho things worth while again have the right . ofway. ' IK llA.SKHAI.If Is stopped nexl season, as llan .lohnson figures It will be. provided the war Is still raging, the player will bo up against It to a certain extent, but ho will have no trouble earning a living. With tho war on n year from now there will bp no trouble at all for a husky, able-bodied citizen to secure a Job at good living wages. The Cobbs and Speakers, tho Johnsons and Alex nutlets, will not be raking lu from $12,000 to $1S, 000 a year, but most of the high-salaried stars have enough laid aside to tide over a i. ..,.... i., ii, n schedule, i'hoso not married will bo In-tho army or navy by 1018, nnd those who aro will have no great dllllculty In diving headlong Into steady work. It will not be quite as cheerful as rapping out three-baso hits, but If this war Is on for an other year theie will bo very little cheerful ness anywhere else. The Spell of Jack Coombs The svsteln which certain pitchers have of establishing ii.epcll over certain ball clubs Is a uueer and weird udjunct of the. N 1', A number of years ago Tom Hughes, tho first, could beat Cleveland with his left hand, and Tom was a right-hander exclu sively, ono season he shut out tho Cleve land club five times In a row. I.ou Hichlo had tho (tlants festooned and ,-nidniuloil for u few years, but no pitcher In the L-ame has ever exercised a greater1 spell over one dub than Jack Coombs has employed over the aforementioned Olants. Tho second wherein John Wesley looms against tho horizon the Giants nro a bat tered nnd a beaten division. Their goat immediately goes far away, bleating a song of cxllo nnd despair. lack got his first bead on tho Giants back in 1011, tolling then for tho Mack men. Ho rumpled them into a shapeless, mass that fU. Later on ho nssumed a pitching attitude with tho Dodgers. Slnco his arrival under tho Brooklyn banner the Kenncbunk Ex press hns continued to run over the Giants and roll their mangled bodies Into tho first waiting ditch Tho Gums can beat Alexander nnd Hudolph and Vaughn and Toney nnd all the others at stated Intervals, but ngalnst John Wesley Coombs they wilt away from tho firing line. Slnco ho reached tho National League every day, are finding that Fatima'a delicately balanced Turkish blend is not only more pleasing in taste, but is far more comfortable too. More comfort while you're smok ing and also afterwards. For, even though you may smoke more than usual, Fatimas never remind you of it. They're a' sensible smoke. The next package you buy get Fatimas. WILL BE NO GAM1& NEXT YEAR I I Coombs has beaten tho Giants ten straight times. Ho has them spellbound ani ml. i lug. Coombs Is no plpo for nny club, but '' tho others beat him hero and there Th ' others do, but not tho Giants. In th bj ' lory of baseball we fall to recall another I case where a pitcher's mastery over oru club was so decisive for r.o long a spell Add Melancholy Lexicon Of each sad phrase That stings and cuts, The saddest is "I took 3 putts." Unless, perchance, This phrase arrives " kept a-topplng All my drives." 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