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APP MITCHELL'S CHICAGO CUBS
a AND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE FLAG
NOT ALTOGETHER VERY FRIENDLY
Deal and Zeider, the Eccentric Twins, and Doyle
and Merkle, Contributors to Bone History,
Give Chicago Top-Heavy Infield
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TjUlEDEniCK MITCHELL, who was Inducted Into tho managerial purple at thj
-1- beginning of the baseball year, never will flout tho bright burgeo from one
of Mr. Wccghmau'B flagpole In Chicago with tho toplieavy Infield which Is cavort
ing under his lmmcdiato eye. Chuck Deal, who endeavors to play third. Is n
uprightly olf whoso best endeavors remind one of an pighty-year-old soubrotto
trying to danco tho cancan. There are fifty-seven vurletles of reasons why
Charlie Deal Is not n third baseman fit for a pennant winner, and two of these
arc that he cannot hit and he cannot field. Tho others must be taken for granted.
Ills attempts to embellish the hectic corner are as proline of success as a wooden
legged man running n marathon.
Now comes tho obsenant citizen to Mr. Kolllr- Zcldor, the owner of base
ball's most Incomparable conk, Ilollle Is not a shortstop and his efforts are
weird In many Instances. Since the Messrs. Itearh and Spalding have failed tii
Invent gloves which an Inflelder can wear on his nose, Hollle's chances of ousting
Bancroft, Maranvllle. Fletcher, etceteia, from their shoi tstopplng pinnacle are about
as good as tho celluloid dog for n toy In Shr-ol. Mr. Zeider tries hard enough, but
he has the tutti-frutti habit He gums tho game about as often as there Is a
chance, jnd until Mltcjiell gathers to his corral a shortstop and n third Backer
thero will be no balm In Ullcail for the best restaurant keeper now in organised
baseball.
Doyle Contributes to Great Bones of History
mz
SHAKKSPKAHE, whose personal
ell known, boro not fruit with
tismal font was crowned with the expressive surname of "Yapp" If ever a man
had chances to exercise the prcrogath es of his name, (hat worthy was the satrap
of tho Chicago Cubs. Mr. Mitchell, who understudied George Stalllngs when the
Miracle Man was winning the pennant and nhotit eer thing clso in sight during
the 1914 holocaust for Philadelphia baseball, hurt the unique distinction of having
two winning runs put across the plate on Saturday nnd neither scoring In tho
melee. Llkoulse "tho book," Hint mythical publication to which the word painters
In tho press box consign cery new and freak play, had n rouplo of entries.
Mr. Larry Doyle now is teaming with Merkle, who conttlbutod the classic to
the collection of tho Great Hones of History. Perhaps It was auto-suggestion,
bud then again perhaps it was merely an ntmospherlc hazo cast by Merklo that
made Mr. Doyle' contribute likewise what the majority of fans believed to bo tin"
Incarnate osseous contribution of current history. Mr. Doyle was poised on third
waiting to wift across the winning marker in tho tenth inning of tho palatial
fracas between I'hlls and Cubs, when Leslie Mann, ono of tho Innumerable C.
Chopllns who creep into tho national pastime, slashed n single to Cravath. To the
denizens of the press gallery It looked as If tho ball would drop safo, and to about
very one of the 12,000 persons In the nmphltheatio tho pcispcctivo was ditto.
Mr. Doyle, however, felt differently. So he loitered about tho third plate
Until Crnvatn catrio In hurriedly and scooped tho ball fiom the sward. The be
lated Doyle, whose venerable limbs aro not as Jaunty as of yore, was unable to
"Work himself to "high," so llavvy's perspicacious nnd highly ornato "peg" boat
him to tho bag. As thero were tenants nt each of the pads tho throw really
'forced Doylo at tho plate. Thus for tho first tlmo in tho recollection of the
bnw.hlskcred rooter who remembers when they tacked u "Mr." in front of the
population of tho box scores, a man was forced nt home on n clean single to right.
THE other run which failed to count was likewise n deal 'twlxt Mann and
Doyle. Mr. Doyle, roosting affably nt the historic third base, was
safely- home when Mann plowed ono that Stock gleaned. Tho amiable
Charles Blgier, who helps to supply the girth of the nation, however,
deemed tho clout foul, nnd Mr. Mitchell saw this run disappear Into tho
ambient unscored. Altogether It was n braw day. nnd tho mighty fine
work with which Mr. Krk. Mayer embellished his tenure of the peak was
one of the hilarious features of a Jlm-whlzr.lng occasion.
And Mitchell Was Coaching at Third
Mil. DOYLE felt so elated that ho cheerfully could have cut .his own throat, but
he would have found several volunteers fighting him for that honor, Mr.
.Mitchell, the Impresario from the stockyards and the Michigan boulevard, who
saw h perfectly eminent ball game ruthlessly torpedoed, would have relieved him
of that peasure, while nobody would have lost his voice paging Mr. Mann to do
the Job. There Is nothing that a ball player hates worse than a base hit except
his life.
Under ordinary circumstances Mr Doyle's rightful nttltudc should have been
ta remain quiescent on third until he observed tho tenor of Mr. Cravath's efforts.
But Larry's boner, If ono must placo this foozle In tho osseous category, came
from his somnolent espIonaRo of the floating onion. Likewise the responsibility
for this mlscuo rests equally with tho esteemed Yapp, alias Mitchell, who was
Coaching Impressively nt the western. sector nt tho time. Tho manager should
have espied the patent fact that the circumnavigating bulb would not touch the
mitts of the sturdy, alert Senor Cactus, and should have shooed his hireling
homeward.
Mr. Doyle, had his eyes been ns searching and as keen as In the years agone,
would have required no managerial proxy to tip him to how tho land lay. He
Would not hao tarried nt the third corner, but would have fled to tho checking
elation. However, tho error, If such It bo clubbed by tho edict of pitiless publicity,
was a mental rather than n physical effort, which makes It outshine the memor
able work of Hip esteemed Monsieur Merkle, who lemalned a passive spectator
of trjis latest addition to the Great Hones Wo Have Seen. Hut ono must remem
ber that there was no sloth In tho brains of our own Mr. Cravath. It required
big nervy stuff to make a play llko that, at a time like that when Cravath had a
dead-open-and-shut, force play at second.
...
BUT llko the example of the lamented Stephen Hrodle, Gavvy took a
chance and won the old ball gnmo on his spino nnd a collateral
throwing arm. While we hate to hear the limbs of tho aged veteran
cracklo as he limps about doing nothing but playing right field In this
manner and hitting like a fiend, wo are loth to hang crepe on his ear as a
token of mounting that his brains are dead.
Schoolboys Make Better Showing Than Collegians
THE sixteenth unnual senior Middle States track and field championship held on
Franklin Field Saturday was a great victory for Hill School Nn particular and
Ijr schoolboys in general. The 1'ottstown youths, trained to tho minute through
the combined efforts of Mike Sweeney and Jimmy Wendell, turned tho tables on
Mercersburg a'fter losing to the Cumin proteges at riincetnu moro than a week
ago and copped the title with a total of 34 5-6 points. Tho brilliant win of Hill
School becomes oven brighter when the meet In general is compared with the
limes and performances made In the Middle States Intercollegiate carnival at
South Bethlehem, which uKs won by I.;tfuette. A comparison of tho marks made
In the two championships shims that the cullegluns performed better In only four
of eleven events, It being Impossible to compare the shot nnd the hummer, as the
schoolboys use only twelve-pound weights to sixteen by 'lie college men.
The hundred yards at Franklin Field was cuptured by Lever, of Mercers
burg, In 10 seconds flat, two watches citcliing him In 9 4-5 seconds. Ten and
three-fifths was good enough for first place In South Hetlilehem. J'erhaps the
most notlveable difference was In the half mile, which was taken In tho interschol
astlc games In 1.09 !!-i, while the winning time nt Lehigh was 31-5 seconds slower.
'The other events In which the bchoolboyn did better than the collegians were
tho quarter. 50-1-5 to 52 4-5; the high hurdles, 16 seconds to 16 2-5; the low hurdles,
SC1-5 to 26 2-3: the broad Jump, 22 feet to 21 feet 7H Inches; and tho high Jump,
E feet 10 Inches to '5 feet 8 Inches. The college men showed better class In the
220-yard dash, 22 1-6 to 22 3-5; the mile, 4.30 4-5 to 4.36 4-5; the two-mile, 10.12 2-5
to 10.25; and the pole vault, 11 feet to 10 feet 9 Inches.
With sixteen-pound weights, the collegians scored 43 feet 11 inches In the shot
put and 113 feet 2W Inches In the hammer throw. With spheres tipping the scales
at four pounds less, ihe schoolboys were credited with 47 feet 4H Inches aud 164
feet 10J4 Inches In the shot put and hammer throw, respectively. It Is doubtful
If Wilson, of Radnor High, who won tho shot put at Franklin Field, 'could throw
the sixteen-pound. pll close to 43 feet, but It Is evident that If Angel, of Mercers
burg, can .throw r weight of twelve pounds almost 165 feet, he can toss the sixteen-pound
sphere more thgn 114 feet, which would be' allowing fifty feet for an
extra four pounds, This really would give the school wins In eight of twelve
vents without counting the comparison In the shot put.
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T IS said that an excellent Imitation
holds true In a measure In the case
the pnly double winner. The Hill School youth took first place In both the
high and low hurdles, setting a new high timber mark of 15 4-5 seconds,
besides getting third place In the broad Jujnp.
Hornsby's Clout Has New York Sport Scribes Gasping
THOUGH a mere Infant In point of years, Rogers Hornaby, the biggest baseball
nolso that has come out of Texas since Trls Speaker put aside the lariat, is able
to hit a ball hard. In fact, he can lilt pne harder apd make It travel further on a
lino than any full-grown man, la the verdict of the New York aport writers.
Iftirtuby'a line drive to the center field fence In a recent game against the Olanta
caused much competition In the choice of descriptions on the part of Gotham's
jjpaart diamond historians. A "most notable apank." said one. Others thought It
waa a "herculean, thump" and "a glorious wallop." Damon Itunyon pronounced
tjie most coshawul smacK ever seen
Olants were three runs io tne
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BRILLIANT twirling was witnessed In a
number of minor league and semlpro
fcsslonal baseball contests In this locality
on Saturday. Three no-run, no-hlt games
were recorded besides a number of ono and
two blnglo affairs.
Among those who entered baseball's hall
of fame was Wagner, twirling for Locomo
tive Shops against Auditor In the Philadel
phia and Beading League Normlle, of
tho D. L. Ward Industrial Leapue, blanked
Philadelphia Itoll and Machine without a
hit or run. This Fame hurler In his pre
vious clash held Barrett hlttess, but a run
was reglsteied The other no-hlt perform
ance was turned In by Ward, of A. M.
Waldron, opposed to the Corinthian A. A.
"Bob" McKent . son of Warden Sic
Kenty, continued his wonderful heaving for
Slranbrldge ft Clothier. Ho blanked Glrard
F C, 0 to 0. allowing a single hit, and
fnnued an oven dozen of the opposition. In
Straw bridge's opening aqalr with Towanda
that team was held to a single hit and Mc
Kentv Is confident of soon entering- th on.
In't clans of no-hlt artists Tho nnd three
lilt analrs were many and, on the other
hand, contests In which fifteen and twenty
bhiRles were registered were also much In
eUdence.
.Media Is Outclassed
Tho Media champions of the Delaware
County LeaRue were on the receivlnR end
of r beautiful lacing at the hands of the
ITpIand outfit by a score of 15 to 3. Yates
and Touchstone were mauled for a total of
nineteen hits. Brls Lord, formerly of the
A's. having five safeties to his credit.
J. G. Brill opened the home season with
Chester and while the Carmakers outhlt
Poth's aggreRatlon, they nevertheless lost.
to I. errors playing a prominent part In
the defeat.
B. O. Dun In out In front In tlu Main
Line League as a result of Its triumph
over Wayne, tallenders. The winner
landed by heavy hitting In the second ses
sion, when they sent four runs across tho
pan. owing to Fourth Street club with
drawing from the league, a vacancy exists.
President Frederick C. Bose has two ap
plications for admittance and the league
will continue as an eight-circuit affair, the
vacancy being filled at a meeting to be held
In several days.
Disston Is Lambasted
Tho Disston champions received the worst
drubbing they have been forced to take
since entering the Industrial J,eague. when
they were virtually annihilated by the Mid
vale Steel outfit. Pitcher Joe Ochs waa
forced to give way to George Ashcroft In
an endeavor to stem the onslaught. The
final score was 16 to 4. "Dick" Seeds says
the Sawmakers will reverse the figures the
next time the meet Mldvale looks llksf
the best club in the north section.
D, U. Ward promise to be heard from
In the south section. After dropplnr ths,
.EDGEE-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY 2J, 1917
NEEDS A FRIEND
penso of Darrett. 4-1, thn other against
riilladelphla Itoll nod Machine. 16-0. CJIock
pitched tho loilng contest nnd Xormlle the
two winning affairs, wlilch were loth no-hlt
gnnese Dronge, 1S-0, while Miller Lock
swntfest at the expense of American Mnn
ganezH Uronie. 1R-0, while M filer Lock
broko Into the winning column through Hie
clover twirling of Units, and defeated
Houghton, J-J.
i" H Whaler l ni Tmril lurk tram nf th
.Manufai lurrra' l.tague nnl flropptd another
lough on to Rtnkra A .Smith. 5-2. Whrlr hail
the ham loadt.l In th ninth with nona out
whn a trlpln play waa atnrlrtl In Younff whlrli
tndfd tho rally I.nnalon Mnnnopo nol out
llarrrtt In Irm ninth. 2-1. while (llrard Shoo
waa Juwt a alngln roimti-r ahead of Mutter
S'0Ii,.!1 .s,4. Ainc.rlcati IMIley trounccil llccker.
Smith A. Pane, 11-1
Olenalda onjoss tha top runjr In
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defeating- Jenkln-
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turning inn iiaa in ma aMenth. wlftn four
runa were rerorrtwl Tort WaahlnKton nave an
other poor exMhltlon nnil waa defeated by Wil
low Uroe, 0 to 0.
In tha Interhoroush League Ridley Park de.
feated Prexel Hill. 7 to B. winning out n the
tmith on Itarlcer'j double. Tha other result!
3
Lennox and King aro deadlocked fop Smt
Plaea In the Philadelphia Khoa Manufacturer"
f.eaitue. each With thri-o victories Edwards and
HaUahan aro Juit tha reterse. with i ai i many
Th United Ktatea marine thrilled n hlr
crow.1 at Stetson Hall Park hy tha rase with
which they executed difficult military move,
menta. hut at plajlnir hall were Inferior to Roy
Thomas's crowd unit lot nut, s to 1.
Loiran Square ! due for a. War season. It
met Ita old-tlmo rlnl llachararh Olanta at
Atlantln City and rasllv won. 7 to 0 Only
twenty-nine men faced Pitcher Mobneaux two
helnir left on base, nnd four were thrown out by
Charlie White, who has his "nipping" arm
working overtime this aenaon.
Reach A. A. has been traveling- at a rapid
pace since, the opening of the season .but struck
a sna-r In Wlsslnnmlnir. champion of tha for
mer Northeast Suburban League. Howard
Wood nna ms --wssie-- were, easy winners,
7 to 2.
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IMPORTANT GAMES
FOR SCHOOL NINES
Final Week of Interscholas-
tic League Contests Close
Race for Title
TRADES' PLAYERS BUSY
The crucial week for the Interscholastlc
League baseball teams Is now here and In
tho next five days It will be more or less
definitely known which team will carry otr
the Princeton cup for "".I,h,,arielp,
Trades, West 1'hlladelphla KlRli. Central
High nnd Northeast are all about on even
terms and It Is still a toss-up ns to the
likely winner.
This Is Trades School's big- week. Two
Raines aro scheduled with the Central UlRh
School nine, ono of the most dangerous
tenms In the leapue. ' Tomorrow the first
came will be plated at Houston I-led nnd
the day followhiR the teams will play on
the Trades grounds near Sixty-seventh
street and tVpodland avenue.
Central HlRh has a postponed game with
Frankford HIrIi for next Thursday and on
Friday, tho day tho Interscholastlc I.eaRiie
season Is supposed to wind up. the Crimson
nnd Gold will meet Catholic HlRh brhool at
the Purple and Gold grounds.
Coach Phil I-els has decided to use as
many of his loner classmen on tho base
ball team as possible In the remaining
-m lt In bulldltiR for the future, and
.does not believe In havlnc the youngsters
who will graduate remain on the ar-
slty.
Germantown students are preparing for
the nnnual field day and color meet, which
will bo held on Juno 8. Tho school nthletes
will bo divided Into two colors, tho Greens
nnd tho Whites. The tennis team has
been doing splendid work In the Inter
scholastlc LeaRuo and Is second to Pcnn
Charter School Harry Fisher's work has
been the talk of tho school.
Penn Charter leads In nil threo leagues
and Is sure of the title. Germantown and
Central IIIrIi meet in a leagua match to
morrow afternoon at Central High's courts,
nnd this will decide tho winners of t-econd
placo In the league. Tho standing of the
teams In tho threo leagues, showing Pcnn
Charter tho triplo tennis victors, follows:
LN'TLItSCIlOLASTlC TKNNIS LKAOUn
l'olnta
Won Lost
Penn Charter School 3S
Cermantow-n High School -'
Central High bchool 2."
l'rankford High School "Jl
L'pl-icopal Academy HI
Northeast High School 1.1
Lower Merlon High School II
Camden High School It
(lermanlown A-ademy 11
West Philadelphia High School 8
intkhacamjmio luauuh (junior
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Gennantown Academy
1'plscnpnl Academy
Prlends' Central
LNTI'llACAI'UMlC LEAQUU
Penn Charter School
Lplscopal Academy
Cermantow-n Academy
I'rlcndV Central
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0LIPIIANT NEW DIAMOND
CAPTAIN AT WEST POINT
Academy's Greatest Athlete of All
Time Heads Coming Year's Foot
ball Team as Well
WEST rOINT. N". Y, May 21. Elmer
nilnhant. best nll-around athlete at tho rost.
nnd the only man In the history of the Insti
tution who has won his varsity letter In
four branches of sport, has received the
most unusunl distinction of helms selected
to captain both tho football and baseball
teams for next season.
Ho was unanimously elected gridiron cap
tain a few days bro to succeed Jonos, the
Riant lineman, to be graduated In AurusL
nnd now ho has been called upon to head
thi baseball team nlso. Ollphant has been
selected as nil-American timber ever slnco
he has played at West Point and was rated
a Rreat all-around athlete at Purdue before
eomlnR to tho academy He is a marvet
In football, baseball, basketball and track
work.
Making "Cigarette-Comfort"
for a Nation
Every minute of every day great
Latteries of throbbing macbines
are whirling out Fatimas by
thousands.
Fifty -eigbt per clock -tick is
Fatima'8 average an average that
is growing day by day because of
Fatima's comfort.
Throughout tne length and
breadth of this great country, more
smokers are daily learning the
comfort -lesson Fatimas teach
FAT
ClBS SLKJUHJbb -BUI xvjriniixiiN
OF WHAT OTHER
ACCOMPLISHED IN LATE YEARS
Pennant-Winning Phillies and Braves Were
Baseball Mixtures, While Victorious Dodgers
of 1916 Were Likewise Champion Job Lots
Dy GRANTLAND IUCE
HE astounding denouement of the even
T
more astonlshlrfj Cubs Is another tri
umph of tho Blends.
When the campaign opened the Cubs were
supposed to be the Joke machine of the clr
cult. Much after the manner of the
ForelRn LeRloft, they were recruited from
all sections of the baseball universe. Most
of their pitching staff was composed of men
other able managers had been unable to
handle. Doyle, tho infield pivot man. was
still suffering from tho effects of a cracked
ankle. Saler, the first baseman, was on
the point of adding another busted bone to
the ensemble. The outlook all around was
decidedly Indigo, fringed with purple and
dark blue.
Hut the Cubs had this In their favor
they were a team of Dlends.
The Blends
What are tho Blends? For one thing, the
championship Braves of 191 were Blends.
Stalllngs had Hudolph and dowdy from
tho Giants. Evers from the Cubs, Bed Smltn
from tho Dodgers, and one or two outfield
ers lifted from other clubs.
In 1!1B tho championship Phillies were
even more members of the Blend Associa
tion. Moran had Stock and Demareo from tho
Olants, Nlehoff from tho Beds. Whltted
from the Braves, and ono or two other
athletes from outside ports. In 1916 the
championship Dodgers led the Blend parade
Bobby was charged with having ft ball
club of cast-offs. The llrt Included Meyers,
Merkle and Marquard from the Giants,
Mcwrey and Olson from Cincinnati and
Cleveland. Coombs from the Athletics, and
Cheney from the Cubs.
These had all been considered about
through In tho old organizations. Trans
planting gave them all a new lease on
baseball existence. In tho new Blend they
looked to bo different persons.
So here were three clubs In ft row. all
mado up in goodly part from other clubs,
who In the new shift 6auntercd forth nnd
returned with pennants.
The proof was offered here that a ball
player, In tho rut with one club, might
easily repaln his old form under different
conditions, in changed surroundings.
The Blended Cubs
The 1817 Cubs are nearly all Blends.
Thero are Merklo and Doylo from the
Giants and Dodgers. Vaughn and Wolter
from the Yanks, Seaton and Demaree from
the Phillies, Douglas from the Beds, and so
on down tho line.
The result has been a new deal and new
pep. In place of being Jokes the Cubs have
been raising the well-known dickens. Larry
Doyle, despite an Injured ankle, has been at
his best. Fred Merkle has been -shooting
along at a dizzy clip, playing fine ball
around first and batting heavily and with
timely effect. The Cub pitching has been
good, while Fred Mitchell has worked won
ders with Seaton and Douglas.
On copy paper no one wouia can mo
Cubs a. great ball club. But on tho ball
field It has been tho season's leading sur
prise. Tho Blend has apparently been an
effective ono and has produced results.
The Giant Blend
Tho Giants also have their share of the
blend array There are Kauff, Anderson
and Bariden from the vanished Feds, Mc
carty from the DodRcrs, Zimmerman frcm
the Cubs, Perrltt from the Cardinals, Ben
ton from the Beds, Gibson from the Pirates
and Sallee from the DodRcrs. Herzog, bolnR
a Giant orlRlnally, Is not counted. The list
Is heavy enouRh without him,
JudRlng from thesa returns, the nomadic
life of the Rypsles Is ft strictly hearthslde
affair compared to baseball. Athletes now
the comfort to tbroatand tongue
while smoking and the man-comfort
that follows after smoking.
It's this constantly growing de
mand forFatima-comfortthatkeeps
tho Fatima machines pouring forth
thousands upon thousands of these
famous cigarettes.
And it's this common-senso
wdgarette-comfoTtMthatmake8 men
call Fatimas a sensible cigarette.
"BLENDS" HAVE '
flit from one camp to another at dizzy mtt&
and only a few ever stick with ny on
club long.
Stars like Cobb, Johnson and Alexander
are retained, but even this rule doesn't
always work, for Speaker moved from Bos
ton to Cleveland, Jackson, a. .360 hitter
moved from Cleveland to Chicago, and Coll
llns and Baker shifted over to Chicago and
New York from their Philadelphia estate.
Tho Pennant
As for the National League pennant raca
while the Giants still look to have the bett
club In tho circuit, tho New York margin
Is nothing llko as wide as It once looked
to be.
There was a vast amount of goailn
around that McGraw's line-up should have
the race welt hooked by tho middle of Juna
or the first of July. But tho Phillies art
playing better ball than they were ex
pected to play, whllo Chicago and St. Loui,
from tho West, aro stronger than any one"
evor figured them back In tho snow-swept
stretches of young April. If Brooklyn and
Boston reach last year's standard tho leagua
should bo fairly well balanced, with all
cinch bets removed.
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