R0: TzLwm WWWM1 " 'ip'Vw'iiilMilPWWW n'l i"i i"i nil hi i '' ''''IlllillWWiilllMHMii 4 pi ff ar vts 4 ' JLJ EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, 'WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1917 v,!1 !Y GIVE JOFFRE KEYS TO CITY, WHY NOT GIVE CLAUDE COOPER AN ALARM CLOCK? lCE for national pennant MOVIE OF A MAN TRYING TO SLEEP IN A DVY COACH SWIFT-WORKING, SMART-THINKING ' ATHLETE GETS THE CALL IN ALL DEPARTMENTS OF SPORT GAME . V Frigid and Soggy Weather Conditions Fail to Furnish Outlet for the Genial Dope of the . Early Ball Season rS TODAY WESTERN TEAMS Lxn27 ?TADE THE EAST FOR FIRST TIME Clashes With Phils and Should Make rlntp.VfiRfincr fnv Mo van's Mnn Athletics .v . . " 7 . " " art lor Mound Uity Open Tomorrow 100 BUMPY SO -V" LS VOW S" ARRAiOSSS SUIT r-.S x LIES VAJ1TH T" 1 J ' sv iS? ? ues "J" i for tho National Leaguo ponnant begins today, when tho Invaders PpTMt clash with tho representatives of tho i:at In tho first Important fyear. xomorrow mo American Xioaguo will nnti oui vvnero u manus from this sldo of tho continent njlx with thoso near tho Great h Marly five weeks lntersectlonal contests havo been played and It has break. Two western nnd two eastern clubs aro In first division In & 'tar4tl 4hn mvia mmI.!... Vi Vaa .LntitlnM 1 (n VflHflnlll. VftW Hr" fcW lUWltVl tlUUill iU UVILVI ni,U,UH fcu ...... .... i'tha eenlor organization, with St. Louis second, Chicago third and tho rth. In the American. Boston and Now York aro first and second, with ftMA 'Cleveland trailing. Tho National Leaguo raco seems moro exciting, M tne gomes will bo played hero whero wo can seo them Tthe. season started It was predicted that tho i:ast, ni of yoro, would 'the pennant-vlnnlng teams. Tho Giants wero picked to win tho Teror itbe Red Sox and tho Yankees favorites for tho other. Tho Chicago ( lso wero counted In tho running and they aro closo to tho top at tho lung. But It has been Impossible to get a lino on tho tonnrj on tho l?of tho circuit, as they have been plalng among themselves, nnd thoy lxVfry, very strong or very, very weak. Thoy scorn to bo rnthor good, how- ipaplo of making tho castencn step somo when tney mingie. iouu Will boo what klhd of a team they havo In fat. Looey, Chicago meets Cincinnati goes to New York nnd Boston will entertain Pittsburgh. The , Giants seem to havo tho best of It and should easily win from their ; but Brooklyn and tho Phils havo their work cut out for them. LEf .... r, western ciuns aro in tho hotter snape, as tnoy navo not cncoiminm ych -terrlblo weather and moro games havo been plajed. This has. IpM tho pitchers considerably and their curves nnd slants snouiu worr I'endera of tho East. St. Looey has plajed nineteen games, tho Cubs tyrthree, Cincinnati twenty-four and Pittsburgh twenty-two, whllo ,Mril lead this section with only- sixteen. Scirdinals'Will Make Phils Hustle in Four-Game Series , HUGQINS and his reconstructed Cardinals will bo with us today, and fli. cinch that thoy will mako things interesting for the homo-town boys. I arc not In the best of shape and will oxperienoo some dlftlculty in putting ! across. St. Louis, on the othor hand, han boon going at top spaed, and ; bo far as to push the Giants out of first place for a day. This is con- tiWglte a teat and the toam will boar watching. It seems strange, howevor, I tens In the Missouri city do not appoar to bo taking tho team seriously. F -can't realize that thoy havo a good club in their city and continue to howl t poorplaying and hard luck. Defects aro being found In tho Infield, outfield, rs ana caicners, ana jiu .vian uioom reigns supremo. 1110 emu was num una fto tHie citizens of St. Louis, and perhaps tho now flock of bosses aro taking elves too seriously. Tho Cards look much bettor than their advance notices. n1 addition to that thoy havo tho edgo on managers. Miller Hugglns had last year, whllo Branch Rickey, former pilot of the Browns, occupies tho I, president Two heads alwajs aro better than one, and Rlckoj's ndvlco will kin handy during the year. t .. , ,- 3 ror tne mils, tney are racing quite a nanuicap. Alter regaining meir ninuu Tinning five in a row, thoy encountered frigid weather nnd rain, which threw players off their strldo and seriously affected tho pitching staff. Yesterday ;Bbiey got off to a bad start nnd lost to tho Giants, and tho day before Jim fetter, who always had tho Indian sign on McOraw'a crowd, lost out by a small (,'lt was tho weather and nothing olso that Is to blamo.and unless tho sun Ifto shine and wo get somo real warm daj3 tho homo crowd will bo up t It. .pf V m w w JSEQULD not bo at all surprising to seo fet. Louis tako tho first . -fcfcuple of games. The visitors are going good and havo not jet epcrl- th rigors of the North. As soon as thoy get acclimated, however. fwUl be even-Stevenand the Phils will havo moro of a. chanco. '! 'xmtttaburgh, With weakest Team in rears, Meets isravcs , Sl-Uie .generally accepted notion that tho FJrates are about tho weakest thing ; M irer had the temerity to venturo upon a major leaguo campaign, and their standing bears out this belief. In tho Chlneso language, whero ono reads 1,'tke" bottom up, thoy lead the league; but that Isn't much consolation. Tor (rMson or other, Jimmy uallahnn has not been nBio to get ins club together ', Jlta pitchers bust all existing oltltudo records every tlmo they step on tho idivA few weeks ago Callahan announced that ho was pleased with his IJnjr corps, and now' tho other clubs aro moro than pleased with it. It ' Seen awfullv nlca in helnlnc- them win enmes. and it is honed that It keeDS LUjfThls means, according to tho dopo, that tho Braves will have an cosy tlmo i ana move up a few notches In tho race. But basebill Is uncertain and you teiantell. )($tflM not generally knovn out this way, but tho Cubs havo designs on the inc. vs a iact, ana mo winay t.uy ian3 are uoginning to sollovo It them- Desplte that bunch of hard luck when WorUnan and Via Salor were lost l,week, the club has been going good and Tred Mitchell Is expected to guldo .team to the top. out a week ago the story came out. The Cubs wero after a certain pitcher f-afrangements wero mado for his purchase. President AVeoghman wantod him (f.'-but before tho deal was closed ha learned that tho Giants also had put In LThJs seemed to rllo the boss of tho Cubs nnd ho mado n stirring speech in &'.l aaia he would go tho limit to prevent Mcuraw from strengthening his JHliVvM wont no far. aprnrrtlnrr tn thft Rfnrv nq tn niml, v. i.- . j tf 7 ' ---- ..fc mtiv i(w nuum r.M xne pucner aiiogemer tnan navo mm sign witn Now York. And that Jjrwaat happened, vnuo the squanmtng was at its height, another club Mn and took the hurler away. W?J$ i . hf !&. - ?S weeghman has something up his slooo to spring later on vwat he will have to spring it soon if he is to bo taken seriously. The wua rar ao not measure up 10 ino eastern ciuds and this series Id prove It .u f& Athletics Will Show True Strength in Western Tour E shipped his gang of maulers to St. Louis last night, whero It will the westexn Invasion tomorrow. Tho team will bo away until May 28 I to that time wo Will know Just how good tho 1317 edition really Is. Against Ijlnrton, New York und Boston thoy won six and lost eleven games, several oh were tossed away. Thoy havo startled tho leaguo with tholr slugging i and gained the namo of being n most dangerous club. They will havo a c to prqve it against tho Browns, Whlto Sox, Clov eland nnd Detroit. - ...j.,.. ,.. i crowns aro up in irons una ino ians in ai. iouis are raving about tholr at chances. Fielder Jones has his pitchers working beautifully and there is Why they should slow up. Against tho "Whlto Sox, considered a heavy- rokib, with Collins, Jackson, Schalk and 'Others In the batting order, Ernlo -06hed a one-hit game and Bob Groom held them hltless. In addition to r, are uia Juan nanK, uavenporc nna soinoron, a youngster who is Just 'jn. xnty lonn u. viy tapauio uuipa una mo men irom tho East will ow something. In fact, It would not be at all surprising if base hits cer than straw hats in this city. ennte's sluggers havo proved that their batting eyes are In no wav .They have hit tho ball against tho best twlrlera in the Tast, and this' ,'ajtr them confidence away from home. Yesterday, for examplo, they made against six lor we laniceea ana me aay Deroro they got six. With tchlng, the flra eight men In tho batting order aro dangerous and likely tne game at any umo. rt . jM'a crime to lose that game to tho Yanks yesterday. Several op iutles to score were tossed away and tho breaks all went aenJnvt FIn the sixth, with a man on third and on.e on first and none out, i vna 10 iteai secona ana was nippea. a no other two men failed and Bodie was stranded on third with the tying score. Pine I wray, busted the ball In fine style, getting a double and a. triple. 'oeoldn't win the ball game all by himself. x ,- tto one critic, ytho evidently has studied the matter closely, the ieais put over mis neiLsun aro uuo eaureiy lo tne cold Weather. lers have been working for more than two months, and It Is ' retain their efficiency better through the frigid season than the I ttoe only logical explanation, as figures show that In the twenty. pitched in tne American league, thirteen have been pitched r. Sepiember and October. In 1903, when there were four hltless raerlcan, three came after the weather got cold, from September! V-" ... yr- ftr belng'I'Jt" i.the, ancient hidden ball episode this year ,f goes. mv mmm tm twii w ytwiwwi uwkd' u& miv JLVinwrzivim ' -. V . ...U ,' -" M l ?V na km win inf iwiuuiy wxa guy, was hafsaaary awl itslant nf H sssilisl'jrlrt , HOWTQ PLAY GOLF By CHARLES "CniCK" EVANS ivsiwrai f: rM BBBBBBBBBBBBBsB ffl 'jBBBBBBBBBBBBsl IN GOLF, as in every other gamo demand ing skill, beginning right Is of the utmost Importance. Jt fitly illustrates the old say ing, that a good beginning Is half ths bat tle. Nothing of oonsoquenco can be done in In a haphazard manner. It hardly seems necessary to say that If one builds an edi fice that ono hopes will endure the foun dation must be care fully laid with due regard to the lnvra that K0ern the con struction of good buildings. Yet In spite of this tlmo worn and time -proen assertion, Kolfers begin with a little careless In struction from friends, who them plps nlnv an lndlf- CH1CK EVANS. forent gamo and ex pect to del clop In a few jears into fine pla era. Wrong Start Tatal The poor swings, tho Indifferent stances, all tho faults in fact of a wholly unrhythmi cal gime, frequently are due to n wrong start. All subsequent practice can only con firm the errors of the wrong start Practlco docs make perfect, but the repe tition of error merely sends one further along tho wrong road. There is no rtue In practlco, unless it is tho right kind. The wrong kind only confirms bad habits. It Is here that good profeslonal Instruction be ginning with the first swing attempted makes Itself felt. I do not siy that a good game cannot be built up without professional Instruc tion I do not want to discourage a man who for any reison cannot get good pro fessional Instruction but the chances nre against the self-taught man, for he Bets forth upon a long, dllllcult roid, and unless ho lno tho courage and Btrength to re trace many a step, to pause and tear down and constantly build anew, he will naor accomplish tho thing ho has set out to do. Faulty Work Wastes Labor It Is becauso I hae wasted many precious hours undoing faulty work that I try to emphasize the Importance of starting right. I learned my first golf nt a transition period when the rubber-cored ball was Just beginning to be substituted for the old l,iitta. Now methods of play wero then being Instituted. Courses had been built for the old ball and the new dlstanoes made changes Inevitable. I did a vast amount of experimenting and muoh of my labor had to bo thrown away unless it could be placed on tho side of general train ing in patience and endurance Experiments that fall are discouraging things and for that reason, as well ns for FATE OF BOXING IN N. Y. NOW IS IN THE BALANCE ALUANT, N. Y May 0 Reluctantly yielding to the Importunities of Governor Whitman, to whose wishes ho has yielded en the local option bill, Senator Brown, leader In the Senate, paved tho way last night for the repeal of the Frawley boxing law At a conference of the Republican Sen ators, twenty-one members, Including Brown, voted to put through the repeal bill. Only Been Senators stood out against the Governor. Sprul.er ;Eweet, It Is understood, has eighty Notes, four moe thin necessary, rltdged to shoot the bill through the lower huusa. While the twenty-one Senators who voted in the conference are not enough to pass the measure. Senator Brown Is said to coant on obtaining united party sup port for the bilL tho saving of time, I advise beginning with tho very best obtalnablo advice Loan heav ily on jour Instructor at tho start and save tho exercise of any Independence of stylo for a later date when jou have lparned to stand alone Editors Note: Mr. Evans's next nrtlole will bo entitled, Practicing with Different Clubs What la jour optn- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS QimSTION I hvvo been mln thick handU prlps on my clubs nut I urn told that thin nnnaita gi0 Deucr results Ion? ANSWER Thlclc handle grips aro hardly d vlsablo Docauso they placo tho wclffht at tho wronff end of tho club QUESTION I do not seem able to overcoms my rault of trjlni? to lilt tho ball too hard. Lan sou BURKcst anything that will help mo? ANfaVV i;n Slnco sou hao diagnosed your dlf. Acuity tho remedy Is In sour own hinds When sou ore drllnr. Just stop and remember that In snlnglna too hard tho chances aro on out of 100 that sou will sllre pull or top tho ball it la Just a question of confidence nnd calmnoss with sou Remember that what lltilo you might caln In dlatnnco whn sou swine too hard you will moro than likely lose becauso of lack of precision QUCbllOV I nnd thnt I (halt have to wear classes to plav well. What kind should I get? ANSUl.lt Wear sporting spectacles rather than ese classes. They are steady at all times, nnd bicaus tho rims and classes aro lam sou will iret a tletd vision so ole that sou will be hardly conscious sou nro wearlns classes. Ur. Evans will be pleased to answer questions from our readers on Golf. Stamped addressed envelope intuit be en closed to insure replu. JACK M'INNIS KEEPS IIP DAILY SLUGGING Mack's First Baseman Has Made One Bingle in Every Game Played to Date "Stuffy" Jrclnnls's record for hitting safely In consecutive games Is still un broken. Tho Athletics' first baseman made his regular dally hit jesterday, making sovonteen games In a row that he had made at least ono single. Wheat holds the record, hitting safely In twenty-nine con secutive games last jear. Tho order of the batting leaders In the National League is slightly changed ns n result of yesterday's campaigning. In tho American League Speaker Is still In front but with n reduced batting aver age. SIsler Improved his standing, and now Is only twelve points behind tho Cleve land slugger. Tho leaders stand as follows: . NATIONAL LEAGUE riayer, Club O. A B. It. II. Av o. Ronsli, Cln 13 42 T 10 .420 Burns, N. Y Id 07 13 25 .313 CraTatli, rhlln.. . 18 SB 11 SO .301 AMERICAN LEAGUE Player, Club O. A.B. It. IL Ave gprnker, CIot.... 10 00 12 S3 .417 SIsler, Sr, L 21 84 10 34 ,40V Molnnls, riilla.. 17 68 7 20 .382 ny GRANT! ONCE In a while tho slow, deliberate tvpo of athlete li a ttar. Hut this li fir from being tho goncral rule. An Uia nAn..A 11.A afar to n fist WOrk- er, with few false actions, with no undue waste, with nervous tension not permitted to grow through any extended delay. And this goes for more gamcj than one. There Aro Pitchers In baseball the fastest working pitching wo have 'ever seen was that of. Christy Mathowson. When Matty worked, as a rule, jou could flguro the span of tho rarao from nn hour and thirty minutes to an hour nn" forty minute1? Ho wasn't out there posing or chowlng on tho ball or making extended flourishes His idea was to pitch. Having flno control, be wasted few throws. What ho did count ed. Tho result was a short gamo Walter Johnson nnd Alexander nro both along tho enmo line1 Neither Is a low, dcllberato worker. Hoth hustlo tholr games along and rarely over go bejond nn hour and forty minuter to achieve their ulti mate destinies for tho day. Games nro dclacd nnd held up by slow pitching more than by any other factor. And when tho Mars nro pitching there Is alwajs les delay, with few exceptions. In Golf Very few of tho great golfers belong to the deliberative, lagging type. Travers, Ouimet and Hvans step up, lilt tho ball and move along Bob Gardner travels along at a fast clip, taking very llttlo time for his shots, John G, Anderson, Phil Carter and Oswald Klrkby are three of the fastest workers In tho game. Careful play Is all very well enough, but too much deliberation kills Impotus. The Blow folfor Is very rarely a good player. Alexander Smith, twlco open cham pion, plnvs like a streak Virtually every leading pio, bpins through a round at good speed Delay and deliberation nro too often merely a strain upon ncrvou3 energy Winter League Stuff Baseball has been too badly frozen slnco opening day to give tho genial dopo any logical outlet. Conditions havo been en tirely too adverse to Judgo clubs vr lndl. vlduals. With Joo Jackson under .240, Eddlo 'Col lins around .130, Trank Baker way oft and other stars far out ot gear, several weeks may follow beforo tho depressed athletes get going nt normal speed. Detroit, with a team batting average ot .202, Is a loko. A club tint numbers Cobb, Vcach, Crawford and Hetlman belongs around .260. Tho Tigers led tho American League upon nttack last jear, being far stronger than the lied Sox In this respect, but the same club up to dato through tho cold nnd chilly spasms has looked llko an orphan nBjlum with tho pip Tlgurcs complied In tho presence of cold ,AND RICH winds, abundant rains and other annoying details mean very llttlo Yet nil these barri cades haven't bothered Trls Speaker to any notable extent. And so far they havon't nnnovod Kdilio Itoush In any noticeable w ay. Baseball, being a warm-weather game, will only produce true form among the moroso nthletcs when warm weather arrives. "Tho suggestion hia been made that golf courses bo plowed up " Golf courses have been plowed up for tho last flvo years tho only difference bolng that a mashle nnd n niblick have been used by -the ener getic duffer In placo of a. plow. Add "ir stuff And how about tho Tiperat l'crhaps they would give up 1 in fir(r box were Johnson And Ituth and Bhoro and Schupp. Just one mom Uttlo secret The golf champ would be me If I could drivo Hka Bvans And putt like Jerry T. p. d. a No man," sajs Colonel William A. Sun dav "could ever bo called a greater pitcher than Mathcwson. But If nny one pitcher could bo called ns great tho namo would be John Clarkson, the nonpareil of his decade." Ono assignment that wo would never care to tnke would bo tho Job of proving that any certain pitcher was a greater workman than Mathowson a moro valuablo pitcher or a greater ono "You havo never answored my query," writes n man "as to which of tho two Is th greater Inflnlder Jack Barry or Arthur netcher How about It?" Comparing a second baseman In tho American League with a shortstop In tho National League Is no plum-colored Job. Tletcher Is much the best man nn attack with Barry Just'a trifle steadier on Infield play. Both nre aggres sive, valuablo tjpes, but their dally aslgn ments aro too far npart to call for any completo diagnosis i -. SUITS im TO ORDER J--M- Bedaeed from t30, !5 and ISO PETER M0RAN & CO. "ffifflnV I3T1I MARKET. ENTRANCE ON 1STH 8. E. COIl. DTK AND ARCH 8TS. RSPWOOD For warm days and comfort! Sl,sM 15 cent Collars ItUIEaHSIrDIESIP"' EARL Gf WILSON oip A visit will eonrtaee you that theM V14.80 Bprlnc Bultlnn are $25 Value BILLY MORAN 1103 ARCH ST. 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