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rTIHE Phils accomplished something when they ilefentPil St. Lotil- csterday.
notwithstanding the closeness of the Rcorc. They walloped r team which hat
tartlcd the National League and sot such a hot pace In the West thnt the Giants
rero In danger of loslnj; their roosting place at the top of the oinclal standing
The Cards Journejed eastward full of light and ready to make a clean sweep In
their games with the clubs of this section. They were In condition to do It, but
yesterday they bit off more than they could chew Instead of mlnpllns with n
aiedlocre team, they met one Just as strong as they and one that had as much
pep and aggressiveness. It was a glorious victory for the Sloranmen; and It camo
after a couplo of bad breaks. In the first Inning, with the bases loaded nnd only
one out, Bancroft was called out when Umpire Hill Klem ruled that ho stepped
Into the path of the ball when V. Smith hurled It home to get him at the plate.
From where wo were sitting It looked an If nanny was tho victim of circumstances
nd unjustly accused. Dut Klein was closer to tho pljy; und his word Is law,
anyway. Again, In the fourth, when Whittcd was presented with a double by J.
Smith, he was allowed to perlh on the nark while three of his slugging teammates
bit the dust.
But It was a glorious victory for the Phils; It was even more glorious for
Grover C. Alexander. The big twlrler was in wonderful shape and pitched his
best game this year. Only four hits were made off him. two of them being rather
fluky and coming In one inning He tightened up, however, every time danger
threatened, and the way lie burned them In .v beautiful to behold. In tho
fourth Inning ho pioved to nil of the freezing fanatics that his $12,500 saint y is,
not too much for his eon ices. After Bencher retired on u foul, HcUel hit one to
Klehoff which was too hard for Bert to handle. .1 Smith lolled another near
second, but Bancroft got the ball loo lale to make a. play at first. Then Banny
foozled on Miller's easy roller and the footpaths wero clogged
Then Alex asserted himself, nosers Hornsby. the best hitter on the rlub,
trolled up to tho plate and was handed thiec balls on the outside which he failed
to hit. Cruise, another slugger, followed, and ho too struck out. It wasn't an cay
Job to fan this pair, bift Grover the Great used ull tho stuff he hud, und who can
hit tho Nebraskan when he Is right?
AT THAT, Alexander would have had a hard time of It if Bill Klem
-hadn't been behind the plate. Bill Is ouo of the best umpires In tho
league on balls and strikes, and he called them right. Alex worked the
corners on nearly everv liattet. and Klem didn't miss one. That his work
was satisfactory was proved by the absence of fctrenuous "kicks" from tho
opposing batters.
Phils Are Slow in Running Out Hits
rjlHERE was considerable loafing on the bases sesterday, and It seemed ns If
most of It was done between the homo plate und lirst base. In the third Inning
Bancroft hit ono Jo Betzel at second und was eo slow In getting down that
Battel has time to fumble the ball, kick It around and retire the runner. In the
eighth Banny lifted a high fly behind second and loafed to first as tho ball fell
safe. Had he put on a little speed he easily could hae reached second, ns that
base was unguarded NIehoff, too, fell asleep, and In the fourth could hnvo reached
first safely after the second baseman tried his best to convert an easy grounder
Into an error. The only man on tho team who really ran out his hits was Gavvy
Cravath. Every time he pasted the ball ho tore down tho baseline as If his life
depended upon It. He did not place so much dependence on the perfect lleldlng
Of the foe.
Cravath also fielded well, accepting three difficult chances without a miss.
The others did well on the defense, Bancroft's error being the only one to mar a
perfect day. But the prize stunt of tho afternoon was pulled by Alexander in
tho second and prevented a score. Jack Miller led off with a double nnd Hornsby
followed with a hard smash to the right of the pitcher. Miller va off when tho
bait hit the bat and It looked as If he would reach third with miles to spare. Alex,
however, rushed over and grabbed th bull with ono hand, making such a sensa
tional ttop that Miller stood still, too amazed to move. Thfe pitcher ran over and
tagged him and quickly shot the ball to first, where Hornsby nlmot was caught
napping.
THIS one play took a lot of life out of tho Cardinals, for they realized
that Alexander was a wonderful fielder ns well as u pitcher. They
acted differently after that nnd, buvo In tho fourth inning, never had a
chance to score,
Athletics Lose First Game to the Crippled Browns
JUST because Frank Thrasher was slow (n fielding Ernie Johnson's single in
the eighth inning St. Louis scored a run and defeated tho Athletics in the
first game of the series yesterday. It wus a tough game to lose, especially now
that the club Is resting In last place, und Connie Iihs no desire to stay there Jlng
Johnson pitched a good game and deseived to win had he received tho proper
support. The Mackmen, however, made a favorablo Impiesslon and lived up to
the slugging reputation .which made them famous in the East. Of the six hits
Wade off Davenport, four were for extra bases. Ping Bodle camo through with n.
home-run wallop In tho fourth, Strunk h.id two doubles and Bates a two-bagger.
For tho first time this jear Stuff.v Mclnnls went hltless, bt caking his butting
streak of seventeen straight games.
The Browns did not put their strongest team In the field. George Staler, the
leading batsman of the league, has a sprained thumb, and Del Pratt, the regular
econd-sacker, Is suffering from a broken bone in his right wrist. To make matters
worse. It was announced before the game that Carl Wctlman, the tall left-hander,
Vrould be forced to undergo an operation for the removal of a kidney. This will
keep him out of the game for the remainder of tho season.
CONNIE'S rnon nre not dlsheat toned and will go at the enemy harder
than ever today. Noes Is slated to do mound duty nnd will oppose
Earl Hamilton.
Connie JIack Patriarch of Major League Pilots
CONNIE MACK Is the patriarch of the pilots In tht big leagues. Jrck Baity,
his pupil, Is the Junior member of the managerial organization The average
ge of the big league pilots Is forty-two, and as Connie boasts of fifty-four vears
upon earth he Is found to bo tho oldest. Barry Is only thlrt night of ihe
dictators are between forty and fifty and six nro in their thirties and Mm remain
ing two are above the half-centuiy maik. Massachusetts and Pennsylvania have
a monopoly upon the managerial talent, tho Bay State contrlljiitlijj; half a dozen
and the Keystone Stato four. Six dllfeient States sent forth tho remaining half
dozen.
Moran, Mitchell, Donovan, Callahan, Connlo Mack and Hoblnson nre the
products of the Bay State, whllo Pennsylvania Is responsible for Jennings, Mathevv
on, Jones and Fohl. Stalllngs Is n native of Georgia, Muggsy McQraw came from
Kew York, Rowland halls from Wisconsin, Jack Barry from Connecticut, Hugglns
from Ohio nnd Grlfilth from Missouri. Griffith Is tho only big league, leader who
eomes from the other sldo of tho Mississippi.
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WHAT punishment could be considered severe enough to equal Pitcher
Davenport's feat of stopping our "Stuffy's" record of consecutive hits
per game? We might venturo a, half-hearted wish that he never earns a
no-hlt game, but wo can't even do that, because Dave pitched a no-hit
game against the Chicago Federals In 1915. Let's hope he never gets
one In a regular league.
Swarthmore Is Proper Opponent for Straw Hat Day
AFTER, shifting several dates and shuffling up a few colleges, Penn finally has
JTx selected an opponent for tho uolutea straw nat day oaseoau game At nrsi
tt was Harvard, then Brown and now It Is Swarthmore College. The Red nnd
toi a tvtnA ttia ViAat sAlivrtlnn nnRlhlf ah thn Ounker colleeo vlrtuallv Is a Phlladel-
3''phl Institution and moro than local Interest will result. In addition to that,
' i'J .AHV.Mn.A Una n trfr.i tinDAnll A(1TT1 itt Vn r fltlfl will CrlVA PAntl fl hflfri hnttlO.
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Johnny Ogden has pltcnea a no-nu gamo ana me omea, piayers are aoove me urm-
nary. It will be a very good ball game and should pave the way for more events
this kind in the future.
,' r Swarthmore stands In tho front rank of the minor colleges In this section and
r j always worries me jurcr ujjpuuciiis. i,aai ycur uio ivuiuiui loam ueictueti x'enn,
'jLafayette and others, and the baseball team always has been a stumbling block.
basketball the quintet seldom falls to make good, and, taking it all In all, more
Jsseosnltlon should be given to the school In the suburbs. In fact, a contest
jsrfth Swarthmore should be one of the big events nt the University of Pennsyl-
?ViIa. and the baseball game on Straw Hat Day Is a move In the right direction.
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X '"DENN need not travel far for suitable opponents on the athletic field.
-,' Jt jn the wetern part of the State the University of Pittsburgh holds
' forth And the teams there cannot be sneered at. The football team won
I , Dm ehamplon.hlp last fall, and If the game it played this year they should
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WALTER JOHNSON IS SLIPPING
OR THE BIG FELLOW HAS FALLEN
AGAINST AWFUL BAD LUCK BARRIER
In Any Event, Present Season's Start Is Poorest
Encountered by the Idaho Howitzer Since
Entering Fast Baseball Society
By GRANTLAND RICE
A Song of the Trench
Today wc work or fight or dream,
But who thinks of Tomorrow?
Today we see the sunlight stream,
But who will sec Tomorrow?
Time was we saiv years speed away,
Or months drift by in idle play,
But.vow life only means Today,
For who will know Tomorrow?
It may be Fate ivill yield the bliss
Of knowing a Tomorrow;
But only dreamers think of this
Or look to a Tomorrow ;
Today is quite enough to sight
The flame that flares above' the fight
m nrrr icc ib iikc iie cnnaic ligut
That never knows Tomorrow.
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drifting
T be that one Walter Johnson Is
g back So far ns the record
travels In the way of results he 1ms humped
against the toughest spring start of his
career. Thn count so far shows two vic
tories against four defeats
But this might be considered, also. In
two of his defeats Johnson allowed but tuo
hits. In still another game he was shut out.
rigure from this Just what chance the Idaho
howitzer had of beating back unkempt Fate.
Records are arranged not on! from what
jou may do, but from what may happen In
the way of support lt wouldn't have taken
any sudden wiench In the break of the
game to have started Jnhiitnn away with
four victories against two defeats. Dut thli
Is an ago where results are 9B per cent of
the totnl
Jchn L. and Jess W.
Can any one imagine John Lawrence Sul
livan when be was at the top being Invited
to such a benefit as that given to French
sallois the other night and then refusing
to come?
Vet there nre those who wonder why old
John 1. was a popular Idol and why It Is
that Jci Wlllnrd Is a drab outline against
a dull gray sky Wlllard was to be the
feature of this entertainment He failed to
appear If he had n renson he failed to
give it out Apparently he didn't give a rap
what any one thought or whether the
French sailors were disappointed or not
Which Is an excellent tip-off on the fight
gamo today as handed out by Its leading
exponent
The In-Bad Association
Prizefight promoters.
Wrestlers.
Second division managers after July
The guy who missed the Kaiser
The Western Test
The highly efficient Ited Sox are now
facing their first extreme test along the
third lnp of three pennants In a row.
The three eastern clubs were not able
to annoy them to any great extent, with
Babe Ituth interposing his left arm and
his batting eje,
But there are evidences of rougher days
along western highways Facing Chicago,
Cleveland, Detroit and St. I.oula In suc
cession while the latter are entrenched be
hind homo ramparts In another matter.
The Ited Sox havo always done well In
the West. Most of their pennant winning
tactics were employed upon western fields.
Last September they reached the front by
cutting the souls out of Chicago and De.
trolt, even with Barry missing.
But If they are to be stopped the West
muot do the work. And the West can only
do It by offering 100 per cent resistance.
Pittsburgh Isn't missing Wngner any
more than Germany would miss the Kaiser.
Anyway, the odds nro that Jess Wlllard
could be enticed to a big benefit given for
Jess Wlllard.
There are faster men In baseball than
Ty Cobb, hut they don't get where they are
going to quite as soon.
The Yanks could win a pennant if they
could keep from being broken up, Just as
cut glass, dropped to a stone floor, wouldn't
break If It was Iron.
World's Record Idea
Rolf competition") may be abolished for
the season, but It will take something more
than a world war or a universal conflagra
tion to abolish tho Urindoldallbi.
SUITS 1 1
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JIOMIW EVENIMI. MAY i"'"'
Frankle William v. Charlie nailer
VMillrj Fitzgerald in. Hobby McCunn
l.eo Vincent . Larry Hansen
lark Ilratton vs. .lack Do) la
Kid Williams vs. Barney Hahn
Adm, 33c. Ilnl. Res. AO & igr. Arena Res. SI.
STlltlY MOIIT SATURDAY NIOIIT
NATIONAL A C ,,,n Catharine Nls.
Oeoric" lianey meela Terry .Vlrfinrern
Joe Tuber meets l'lnky Hums
Joe Chaney meets Jack M donkey
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Adm. 23c. Res. 60c, 75c and 11.00
NATIONAL LEAGUE FARK
PHILLIES vs. ST. LOUIS
GAME AT .1:30 P. 31.
Rot Seats on Hal at Glmbels' und Spaldlnis'
CAMBRIA A. O. Bell rhone Kenslniton MttS
Kens. Aie. A Somerset Fill. E0.. MAY 11
HAM LANGFORD TS. HARRY WILLS
Boston Tar llaby , New Orleans
4 IITIII.R UI'-IO-TIIEOllNUTK CONTESTS
COLLF.GE BAHKOALT.
"HTRAW HAT DAI"
SVRTIIMORK VS. I'ENNHILYANIA
1 rnnklln Field, 2:30 1, M. Saturday, May 12
General udmisilon 60c. Reserved seats tl.oo.
To the Man Who Buys
$30.00 to $35.00
Ready-Made Suits
Come see the beautiful worsteds
and unfinished worsteds I will sell
you for
$20.00
The high-priced tailors get from $45 to $65
ior tneso suitings.
BILLY MORAN n.iw,
1103 Arch Street
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STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER
OPEN SEASON TOMORROW
The Htravvbrldgc a Clothier baseball
team will open the 1917 season tomorrow,
playing the strong Tovvanda Club on the
grounds Sixty-third and Walnut streets,
Tovvanda has been playing very consistent
ball, having recently defeated tho .lenkln
town team of tho Montgomery County
League. The management claims to have
onn of tho fastest nemI-profes'lonal clubs
In the city
.Htravvhrlge & Clothier has a sttting team,
nnd a good close gamo may be, expected.
McKenty, who Is having a try-out with the
Phillies, and who has averaged about six
teen strlke-outs In the last four games, will
be In the box, with Waples on tho receiv
ing end. Fleming nnd Hansen will be the
battery for Tovvanda
FRAWLEY BOXING LAW IN
NEW YORKKILLED NOV. 15
ALBANY. May 11. Boxing In New York
under the protection nnd direction of tSe
Fravvley law permitting ten-round no de
cision contests will come to an end Novem
ber 15 net. Boxing, it is expected, will
continue In a desultory fashion under the
old system of putting on bouts before "mem
bers" of "clubH," but the days of the big,
well-patronized bouts aro numbered.
NORTH STAR III IS OUT
OF BIG KENTUCKY DERBY
I.OL'ISVIM.i:, Ky. May 11 North Star
III, ono of A. K Macomber's entries for
the famous turf clnsslc, the Kentucky Derby,
which will be run at Churchill Downs to
morrow, will not start Tho colt had been
picked by many expertR as the probable
winner of the race, but he has suffered n
bowed tendon, and for that reason will be
unable to go to the post.
I'enn Freshmen bowed to the skill er v
St. Joseph's College athletes In th nZ
played at Westmoreland jestcrday l tv
Bash, the ft. Joe twlrler. was given tti-t
lent support. He gave only five hits thV.1
of which wero badly played bunts. In IJ
last sevct Innings he allowed only two " kS'
and passed one man. "
Mitchell, the Penn Freshmen twlrler .
not In his usual good form St. Joi ii!
the ball haid and got four walks. Martini,
played n line all-around game for the wl.
nera. He had four dllllcult chances at short
and handled them nil without an trnt
Ullman, Bash and Byrne scored the nV.
for St. Joe.
Olrard College won an abbreviated tins 'J
with the l.a Salle College, team at GitS! i
yesterday, 3 to L'. in the third Inning Orif
and Knorr scored for Ihe home squad. Mills
and Brenner tallied for La Salle In ths
fourth. The winning run was made by
Knorr In the fifth Inning,
lt was nearly fl oVlock when the tetmi
ended the fifth Inning nnd after one mors
session It was decided to call the gam's, u
the Olrard players had to go to dinner. ' v
Penn Charter School won the Interae
demlc Tenuis League championship titl k
defeating Germantown Academy, B to 1, n
the match at Queen Lane yesterday, n'.rt
Pfingst won the first singles match whin
ho eliminated llodney Beck. Meyers, Drilkl
I'ennock, Brlgham. Simpson, Jacobs atj
Steele aro membein of the title squad.
Episcopal Academy won the league rnitch
with Friends' Central yesterday afternoon
6 to 0. Northeast High School mirmj
Captain Singleton Mears. defeated Brown
Preparatory School at the Northeast courts,
fi to 0. Captaln-eleot William Klnkul
Cloak, Cohen, Hen, Linton, Grafley, 8Ufij
and Cohen were members of the Northeast
team.
Brown Pieps defeated Penn Charter la
the dual track meet at Queen Lane, n
was decided to eliminate the two mile and
the pole vault events. Wlttmaler, the
Brownies' star, scored 18 points.
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Makes Friends
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and holds them after it makes them.
This "Pull Proof" scarf is the best
tie-buy in the country. Wc stop there
"Wcarin is believin'."
How many, please?
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1038 Market St. 1430 Chestnut St.
1305 Market St. Broad & Girard Ave.
2436 N. Front St. 3647 Woodland Ave.
"Why Pay $5, $6 and $7
for Shoes When You
Don't Have to ?
asKs The NewarK Shoe Matter.
STEP up to the window of any Newark
Shoe Store and what you see will
prove to your own satisfaction that
you don't have to pay abnormally high
prices for shoes.
You'll see the most beautiful Spring
and Summer Oxfords and high shoes that
have ever been shown at $2.50, $2.95
and $3.50.
You'll see footwear that we ought to
sell today at very much higher prices, but
due to our savings on tremendous output,
national distribution and foresight of
placing contracts way before prices began
to'advance, we are able to offer our customer-friends
at the more than " Save A
Dollar" prices of $2.50, $2.95 and $3.50.
No sir, you
don't have to pay
high prices here,
and a trial of the
Newark Shoe
will prove it.
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