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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, 'WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1917
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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
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Frigid and Soggy Weather Conditions Fail to
Furnish Outlet for the Genial Dope of the .
Early Ball Season
rS TODAY WESTERN TEAMS
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Clashes With Phils and Should Make
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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HOWTQ PLAY GOLF
By CHARLES "CniCK" EVANS
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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.
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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
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