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j JUASTEKJN TiUAMS REPULSE WESTERN
? INVADERS IN FIRST SERIES; CUBS
:; ONLY CLUB TO MAKE GOOD SHOWING
Giants and Phils Make Sweep of Games With Reds
and St. Louis; Boston Splits With Pittsburgh.
Athletics Open With White Sox Today '
rpHE much-heralded Invasion of the l'ust cannot bo cnlled a howling success
from the standpoint of the western clubs The first uamri have been plaved
nd only one club has shown what may be called class The Chicago Cubs made, a
clean sweep of the series In Brookln winning all four games, but Cincinnati
dropped three straight to the Giants and St Looey lost the same number to the
Thlls. Up In IJoston the Pirates split even with Stnlllngs's team, which gae the
eastern clubs a total of secn games against the fur the lsltors. Hy far the
feature of the week was the showing of the Cubs against Hiookl.vn. Hatl In the
season Fred Mitchell was supposed to lime tho naddest gang of ball plajers ever
Bot together and critics assured their readers that the club would finish In the
cellar. One writer on tho coast said that the Cub plajers were plucked from some
marble oichard, and their work proed It. Afterw.ud, when Larry Dojle'i leg
ent back on him, Vic Saler was laid low Wottman hurt his anklo and tho
pitchers went bad, It looked bad for tho Chicago aggregation and It was lost
Ight of until It Waited Brookln In four das Fred Mitchell has proved tint
his club Is a contender for tho pennant and some Interesting games will be plaed
In the next couple of weeks Today tho club opens In Hoston and it's a cinch that
every effort will be made to make the Ucancra blto the dust, l'red Mitchell Is
nnxlous to show his former boss how much he has been missed.
Cincinnati got off to a bad start In New York, but with that wrecking crew In
nape It Is no disgrace to lose a few games Matty lost only three, but that was
because only three wcie plaed. It would have been the same If a do7on battles
had been put on. llerzog la back In the line-up and tho rilants look DO per cent
tronger.
Pitts;
Phils
SHUIU'.ll tomes heie tod.iv for a t-ciles of foui games and the
should giab tho majoiltv of them Callahan's club cannot be
regarded as dangerous, and as Pat Motan's pitcheis arc going good it
should not be hard to turn back tho Smokctovvn brigade.
Bancroft Has Been Playing With His Leg Injured
THK work of Davy Bancroft has been tho feature of the last week The brilliant
little shortstop Is fielding well and hitting the bait like a real slugger This Is
hat a'blg league ball plaver Is supposed to do, but It Is s,ar to sav that few
could do It If they were laboring under the same handicap Tor the Hst week
Bancroft has been troubled with n strained muscle in the thigh nnd somo mornings
he has been unable to walk on It. He has bten str.ipped up lv Ti airier Miko Dee
nd manages to cover the ground around shortstop He tlnds It difficult to run,
nd that Is wh he seems to loaf on tho hie lines aftei hitting tho ball
The Phils sprang a suiprlse when thev won three straight 'rom the Cards, as
Hugglns was supposed to have a strong ilub this ear The team Is much better
than last jcar, but could do nothing against the pitching of Aloxandei, Ooschgei
and nixej. There Is much more "pep" and spirit among tho St Louis plaveis,
and as soon as thev get going thev will be hard to beat In the three games horo
thej made twelve hits four against Ales three against Oeschget and five against
Itlxey. For twentv-four nnd two-thirds innings they went without n run. and In
eighteen Innings of tho twenty-seven only three men faced the pitcher. They
Used six pitchers against the Phils and none was effective
There seems to be one weakness In the St Louis club, nnd that Is the desire
to knock tho cover off the ball Inste id of being satisfied with a single In tho
first game, when the baei were filled nnd Hornsby up, Alox turned on some more
team and Uogois fanned The oungster took three he.ilth swings at the bill,
and that was his downfall. Cruise did the same thing and he, too. struck out.
Saturday the Cards had two opportunities to tallv. but that same desire to knock
the brill nut of the lot made the battels easy victims
TllU White box had this same trouble last ear and finished down In the
list Inskad of In Hist place. It's a bad habit to get Into and should bo
changed as toon as possible. Against pitcheis like Alc nnd Oechger a
batter must make up his mind to take a full hvvlng before the ball is
pitched, nnd even then It Is Mimetlmes too late
A's Ready for Sox, Indians and Tigers
THU House of Mack has finished the series with the Browns nnd is to open
this p. in with Clarence II. Itovv land's much-heralded Chicago "White Sox in
the Windy Clt. liefoie the season was ushered on the war-excited public the
White Sos. weie supposed to be about the classiest club In the circuit, but to date
they have not et the league afire If anv of the teams hnve reallv lived up to
the advance dope It Is the Bed So, while the Yanks are traveling nt a fast clip
Chicago now Is having the advantage of plavlng the eastern clubs on its home
field and It ma count on gaining ground In tho present series with tho Mack
Wen, but It Is certain to meet strong opposition Following four games with
the Sox, Connie's crowd will entrain to Cleveland, where they are booked for n.
quartet of games, opening Friday, the ISth, following which series they leave
Fohl's men for the fair of tho Tigers rive games are on the card In Detroit and
the' western trip then will be at an end
THK Mackmen, as a whole, have Impiessed the faithful who turned out
for the games In St. Louis The work of Stuffy Mcliinis is easily the
outstanding feature It wus a bit of nilsfoitune that he failed to keep his
hlt-pergame recoul clean In the opening fray with tho Browns, nnd ho
might have got his hit at that If Dave Davenport had not purposel
walked Stuff In his third time at bat .lack in hitting at a lively pace
and Is contesting for leading honors with Slsler and Speaker. He Is the
only Mockman officially In the 300 class In the latest aveinges, but Strunk,
Bodle. Bates and Thrasher aie coming along with better averages and
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some tlmel wallops.
Baseball Magnates Meet and Talk, and Talk, and Talk, and Talk
THK meeting of tho National League magnates In New oil. Saturday was not
productive of any startling results. Outside of discussing a few topics, noth
ing was done, and nothing will be done for some time to come. In regard to the
baseball tax, which will be paid by tho patrons, the league will wait until further
ord Is lecclved from Washington, The other stufT, such as a later opening of
.the season and the scrap about the violation of the waiver rule, was shelved until
"the December meeting If one Is held at that time They also discussed a plan
to Improve the telegraph facilities in the pi ess bo and something probably will bo
done In the near future. At present the newspapers are experiencing home diffi
culty In repoitlng the games, and It Is feaied that the accounts will be cut down
o much that the publicity will suffei.
The baseball tax Is sure to be put Into effect and It should not be a hardship
for tho fans. Bleacher seats will ost 28 tents, the C0-cent peats will be advanced
to 55, grand stand seats will sell at 8,t tents and the pui chasers of box seals will
pay out 91.10. The tax even extends to the vast army of deadheads, who will be
forced to dig down and produce a nickel every time thev pass through the pass
Bate. Out at the Phillies' grounds one hero alread has tome thiough with his
tax. Gordon Macka. author baseball wrltei and enthusiastic rooter, has handed
his five-cent piece to Jimmy Hagan two dijs sti aighl. and thieatens to keep it up
II season whether It Is legal or not. At that, with the salary taxes coming in, it
looks as If the fans, players and even one else will have to contribute in a short
time.
Babe Adams Pitches Brilliantly in 19-Inning Game
THERE have been many phenomenal pitching perfoi mances this jeai and the
season still is oung. In the big leagues four no hit games have been registered,
three by American League twlrlers and tho fourth by Tone), of the Beds. Groom,
of the Browns; Clcotte, of the White Sox, and Mogrldge, of the Yankees, were the
Johnson circuit representatives In the hall of distinction. Yesteiday a former big
leaguer broke into the Cy Young class b) pitching a perfect game. Paul Strand,
member of the Braves the year they clowned the Mackmen In the world's series,
pitching for Seattle In the Notthwestern League, defeated Spokane and did not
permit a player to reach first base. Cy Young pitched his game against the
Athletics in 1002. . ,
While speaking of lemarkable work by mound artists, there was a game played
In Omaha a week ago which did not receive much publicity on the eastern sports
f pages, but which Is of Interest to easterners as the rival twlrlers formerly were
jtjr heroes in big league livery. liaDe Adams, star ior tne rirates in the 1909 world
"erlea, against the Tigers, now pitching for St. Joseph In the Westein League.
t,Jned the decision over Marty O'Toole, the "J22.000 beauty," who also labored for
xisirney ureyruss, in a nineieen-inning game.
i, St. Joseph Is the home of Adams and when he found he was losing his irrln
rln the bis leagues he requested the Pirates to hand him his unconditional release.
'," Adams auoweu pniy two runs in mo long game, uui uner go,ing nine Innings
yOToole weakened and was relieved by Merz, a former Federal Leaguer. In the
funeteemn inning inree singles ujm uvu uuuuicb uttuunitu jor jour runs and St.
"Joseph won by 6 to 2.
tt 'Adams was strong, all the way and in the pinches was invincible. The Pirates
iave need for this kind of pitcher.
Ct Simpson After Mark of Fourteen Seconds in Hurdles
& 'SIMPSON, the phenomenal University of Missouri hurdler, who broke the
S ,WJ world's record In the 220-yard low hurdles Saturday, has one ambition, and
! ttwt U to set the mark for the 120-yard high hurdles at 14 seconds flat. Simpson
1. the unofficial record of 14 2-5 seconds for this distance, although his
; of 141-5 secopds has been recognized and la the new official mark. In 1898
, in rprmer renn ainieie, sei ine marK ai itn-o soconas, and for
r;wlUiatood Uietucka of Shaw, Edwards, Smlthson
OARSMEN ANSWER
CALL TO COLORS
War Cancels Open Rowing
Competition on Schuyl
kill River
CLUB RACES IN JUNE
The re-xpuiife to the call to colors hns
been so well ansuered by the SihU)lklll
Nnv v oarsmen that It has been found neces
s.irv bv tho Schu)lklll Navy boaid to call
off the Sl1iiI)1MII Nav) legatta. nhcdulcd
for June !, nnd the people's regatta .lulv 4
Tho Middle States lcgalta, which alo
would have been lowed oil the thu)lklll
on Labor lJa, also Inn been canceled The
0 lintnatlon of the laet-mtncd regatta gives
a good Idea of the condition of the rowing
game, as the association leprcsenls fortv
lowing oiganl7Htlons In New Yoik New
.lirsov, Pcnnsvlvatiiu, .Man .and Virginia
and the city of WahlriKton ,
Tim effect of trilling ofT the n g ill is made
Itself fe t on the row lug men ) esterday Sun
d.i) Is alwa)s the liggpt uti) "f I he week
for the bl.idesmen but things were about
at a standstill The Visper (Mill' had a
number of suub clews on the river during
the afternoon Indulging In filuidlv biushes
over the course, but at the other rlubs ae
tlvltv was (-entered most v in single scullers
slid small crews out for ploapuie rows The
weather, of course, plaved its put as the
da was nnvthlng but Ideal from an oars
man's point of view, nor has It been since
the -arlv pait of April vvluii ine season
first opened
Wcekl) Club Kccattas
While there will nut he anv open re
gnttas held 011 the ychuvlklll this season
the oarsmen talking over the situation es
terday, determined to keep Interen alive as
much as possible by making the club re
gattas scheduled for each Saturday In June
as attractive as possible All the active
clubs havo regattas scheduled and novnl
events will bo put on the prngiams to keep
the men doing dally work and In good
plnslcal trim
There has been .1 greater response to
the call to the colors hy tho rowing men
all over the countrv tian perhaps anv other
branch of sport and the Sthuvlklll nav
men are 'doing their bit' well The ranks
of the clubs have been prellv well "shot to
pieces ' This Is attested b the fact that
all active-men In the Philadelphia. I'nlver
slty, Bachelor and Fndine Barge Clubs have
put aslrto their lowing uniiorms 10 11011
khaki, and the rest of the clubs have not
been very far behind
BiK Meet July 4
All the clubs hav- voted to remit dues
of tho men who enlist in nn branch of the
national service during the war
In connection with the Fourth of July
celebration there Is a movement afoot
among the clubs to s'age n patriotic water
carnival on the scliti)lklll somewhat on
the order of tho one tho New York Bowing
Vssoclatlon will hold 011 (ho Harlem on
Memorial l)a In place of their annual
regatta The lommodoros review, an an
nual SchuvlUlll Na observance, has not
been scheduled )et, and this affair may be
held on Independent.!) Day In conjunction
with tho watei pageant
1 he only open regatta now scheduled In
which the local oarsmen alwavs take part
Is the National Regatta, which is hooked to
be held at I.vnn, Jlass , on JUIV 27 and :
All Indications point to the fact that this
blue ribbon event of the aquatic season aIo
will be eliminated The oarsmen who lake
pait In these championship races are those
who have proved their mettle In pre
liminary regattas of tho season or who
havo alread) gained national prominence In
the lowing game
Virtual!) all the star scullers and sweeps
in the country have enlisted, and as tho
new men cannot come to the front without
competing III the othei regattas, which
havo been tanceled the competition would
be second-class In caliber and the champion
ship medals would fall to men who were
not In championship class
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LEAGUE HURLER, HANGS UP FIRST
HITLESS CONTEST IN THE MINORS
MINOTt leaRiie hischall received a flylnu
start on Saturday, every one of a flcoro
of leaguei plavlmj Iti full nchedule, al
though It appenred on several occasions a-
If a hlg strliiR of postponements would
bo neccssarj owIiir to threatening cloud".
AH sorts of records were ostablMied Heavy
hitting and spectacular catches and fielding
abounded In many of the battles
The first no-hlt decisive contest went to
the credit of N'ormlle, of D I, Ward, who
defeated Barrett, 4-1, In the southern di
vision of tho Industrial League A number
of one-sided totals were compiled In other
affairs hi the vvorkln&men's orRanlzitlon,
but playing strength Is expected to bo ad
justed In the near future, so that lop-sided
scores will be an exception
Large totals were made by I.upton, pfay
Ing Philadelphia Roll and Machine, 15-0 :
Mldvale, 20-6. against Standird Holler
Bearing, and Dlsston, 12; American Man
ganese Bronze. 1 In tho Mldvale affair
Standatd annihilated the Mcel Workers'
star hurlcr, Dougherty, hy making six runs
In tho second session, but Barrow, who suc
ceeded him, had Standard 'on the hip ' with
nothing but a slow curve ball Iliy Camp
bell mado his first nppearanco for Keen
Kutter, and while hit hard, came out u
winner against Bemls for Hale & Kll
bum, 4-3
Merlon Springs Surprise
Main line fans In general and those of
tho champion Xarberth team In particular
were handed a rude Jolt when Merlon de
feated Xarberth, 3-2. although the winners
only complied five hits ns against eight for
the loers The win was all tho more timely
on account of the champions' star twlrler,
Boh ' Olbson being on the pitching peak.
As a Jesuit of Siturdav's gamos Autocar
and II C! Dun are tied away with a clean
slite for first placo
Big crouds were the rule at tho opening
of tho Inlerhorough League Tho best gamo
plajcd was the 2-0 triumph of Drexel Hill
over MedK 2-0 Pitcher Tanker, of the for
mer nine, hid eleven strikeouts to his credit.
Union ran awav from Highland 10-2 Burd
sall, Bhortstop of Union, plajcd a Mar role
He had two hits, ono of which was labeled
for two bases, figured In a fast double play
and had four stolen bises to his credit
Jenkintown's Timely Rally
In the Montgomery County Leaguo .len
klntovvn staged a wonderful elghth-lnnlng
rally In Its clash with Ambler, compiling six
runs In that framo and winning 10-7.
Simpson hurled in fair form, striking out
eight men although ho yielded four passes
and a wild pitch Fort Washington was
hurled under an avalanche of Olenslde runs
II-.', and Bethajres defeated Wllllow Grove'.
10- C
Foreign Soccer to Close Saturday
GLASGOW May 14 The -emlflnal Ilex of
Hie (.iiinkow ( hiirltv Cup eoirer competition
were nliveil r-aturdav nnrl JO 000 rwrnona
crowned Into Ihrox I'irk lo sen lhe ntnr attroc
lion betwton Iho urrnt rivals, tho Celtics and
Hangers A rousing game took place In which
the Scoltlnh LenKuo champlona alwajs held Iho
upner hand and. scoring once In each half
entdred the final bv a Bnals to 0 Qu-een s I'ark
won from Pitr'ck Thistle b 4 to l. The final
will be, plijed next Saturdaj at Hampden Park
hetween Oltlrii nnd Queen I'ark. which will
brlnjr the Scottish aoccer renson lo n cloam
RED SOX AND GIANTS, ON FORM"
AND PERFORMANCE, ARE TEAMS TO
BE FEARED IN FLAG PACEMAKINg'I
McGraw Still Able to Hold on Without Herzog '
If Barry's Outfit Is Headed Some Western ' i
Club Will JLiave to Do It
By GRANTLAND RICE
Song of the Stalwart
(Bc-cntered and Iterla!)
"Coicards die many times before their deaths;
The tahant never taste of death but once"
Shakespeare.
Whetlur it's Heaven or whether it's Hell
Or whether it's merely Sleep;
Or whether it's something in between
Where ghosts of the half-gods creep;
Since it comes but once and it comes to all
On the one fixed, certain date
Why drink of the dregs till the Cup arrives
On the gray day set by Fate?
The coward looks to the gray beyond
And his heart grows white with fear;
Tho dark ta deep that he may not see
.18 the end of the game draws near;
Hut the valiant turns to a newer road
That leads through tho out-bound gates,
Where each drab soul of the realm must fare
And the Great Adventure waits.
One by one till the line is passed
The gutter-born and the crown;
So what is a day or a year or two
Since the answer's written down?
What ta a day to a million pears
When the last winds sound the call!
So here's to the days that rest between
And here's to the last of alll
THE Ited Sox and the Giants, by results
and form, have both shown a fairly tidy
margin over other eastern cluba
The Giants, minus Herzog, wera still able
to keep the Hast In subjection. And If
Philadelphia, Boston and Brooklyn were
unable to suppress McGraw's team, no great
fear Is entertained from Pittsburgh, Cin
cinnati, St. I.ouls and Chicago.
If tho Red Sox aro tq be rolled back, the
West must furnish the rolling power
Barry Is leading a ball club that looks to
be every whit as Mrong as tho winning
machine of last season It may be that
rough opposition from the four western
clubs can hold It In check. But unless the
four vv eatern clubs can turn this festlv e trick
at homo they are hardly likely to overpower
tho Bed Sox while Intrenched upon their
own homo soil throuah June
About Third Basmcn
Frank Bancroft, the war horso of the
Beds, Is a great booster of Heinle Groh.
'Groh Is undoubtedly the best third base
man In our circuit," Banny sajs, "and one
of tho best I have ever seen I should
say today that he was tho best one In
baseball "
Tho best third basemen In the game to
day are Groh, Zimmerman, Baker and
Gardner With Groh leading tho Xatlonal
Leaguo at this nook, Larry Gardner prob
ably gets the palm over Baker in the
A. 1. Gardner Is a trifle faster than Baker,
a brilliant tnflelder and a good, hard hitter.
Last car ho topped John Franklin by
thirty or forty points.
Few great third basemen ever come
along Where flno shortstops are plentiful,
third base runs shy of classic talent There
were Collins, Bradley and Devlin After
these had passed, Gardner and Herzog had
tho call until Herzog was shifted to short
and second Clark Griffith picks Baker as
the game's most valuable third baseman to
day, and there are many who trail with the
Old Fox.
What, Indeed?
When the Sun, the Wtnd and the Ra(n
Call me out to the moors
Beckon to hill and plain
And the lure of the Great Out Doors
When theyipeak of the Open Sky
Of a Swln'gand a Follow Through
And the blue hllh echo the cry
What else can a fellow dot
"The Whits Sox. on paper, are the best
ball club In basebill." says an exchange.
Schalk Is better than Cady or Thomas. n.
Ruth, Leonard. Shoro and May.Tr.bmJ
w IS. Sc"' Ru"s6. Ben and Faber. An.
Hobby. Barry. Scott and Gardner arib.tt.!
than Gandll, Collins, Rlsberg and Wear.?
And certanly Hoopci. Lewis and IS
aro not below Jackson, Felsch and l3j
Well, It Keeps You Out in the Open
Sir Speaking of Jobs, how'd jou Ilk. i
havo hat assignment of being mad, !
RECORD FOR WEEK IN
NATIONAL AND AMERICAN
The week's record In both leagues of ram..
plaved, won and lost, with runs, hits errorj
men left on bases and runs scored by onruh
nents. Including tho games of Saturday
May 12, Is as follows: Tl
NATIONAL
P. W
N'ew Tork ft ft
Chicago 0 (I
Philadelphia ft .1
St Loul. 4 1
Hoston 4 3
Cincinnati 4 0
ritteiburth 4 1
UrooMjn 6 0
LEAGUE
l. n. ir,
O 27 4S
O SB 4J
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20 2
1(1 31
7 21
IB 27
11 39
r. LB OR.
ft 27 I
N 83 II
4 31
2 19 ft
ft 35 1
:3 :i
81 (
13 37 M
K LB OR
5 (3 T
0 34 t
12 43 Jl
14 50 21
14 37 M
14 32 51
11 .8 II
7 38 IT
AMERICAN LEAOUR
p. w. l. n ir
Iloaton 0 ft t 21 4B
Now York ft 4 1 21 .11
Chicago S 4 4 24 4(1
St Loul. 8 4 4 .'!) 114
Cleveland 7 4 1 20 37
Detroit . ... 7 2 ft 20 44
Athletic. 5 14 N .14
Waahlngton 0 2 4 IS 3B
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