FSlRiP'- Mr?' -Uff EVENING LEDGBBr-PHILADEDPHIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1917 REPEATERS WILL BE CONSPICUOUS BY THEIR ABSENCE AT REGISTRATION POLLS TODjl BREAKING UP OF ATHLETIC MACHINE HAS MADE POSSIBLE TWO PENNANT CONTENDERS IN AMERICAN LEAGUE Barry, With Red Sox, and Collins, With White. Sox, Main Cogs in Present Pace-Setters in ! the Johnson Circuit STATISTICIANS who find recreation in Juggling figures and facts involved in baseball spent a major portion of tholr tlmo last year calling tho attention of fans to tho splendid records mado by tho players who formerly wore tho colors of the House of Mack. Tho playing of Kddlo Collins for tho White- Sox was deemed of such merit as to Justify tho label of keystone for second base. Ho was conceded to bo tho bulwark of Comlakcy'n team. Jack Harry was a flash for tho Ited Sox, and his admirers didn't hosltato to tell tho world of his pre-eminence. Then ho camo Into tho managerial toga, and his achievements at tho holm of tho world champions havo mado him ono of baseball's successes. And so ft went. It was an amazing fact that Mack, by sacrificing tho com ponent parts of tho greatest diamond machlno over assembled, had improved his rivals greatly and mado It possible for them to contend for tho pennant. His team, a new aggregation of embryo caliber, novcr was In tho running. And thcro prom ises to bo a sort of repetition of history. This season tho playors who havo been cast adrift by tho Now York Giants nro tho baseball world's source of comment. McQraw, In a wild effort to acqulro a mauling, brainy and valuable from the box , ofllco viewpoint team, sold, bartered or released enough good ball players to havo edged their way. Into tho first division of any leaguo In existence And they, liko the old Macklan "exes," aro establishing themselves with their now-found asso ciates. AS A matter of record, It is significant that ono of tho men whom McGraw . deemed of Insufficient worthiness as a ball player to mako a place on the Giants Is a member of tho team which is tho worthiest of all tho foes with which tho Giants havo to deal. And I'hlladclphlansknow him. They should, Milton Stock Not Considered "Seasoned" By McGraw "n CJTrON STOCK is tho playor. Stock was released by McGraw to "mako Way "for'a moro seasoned player." McGraw's Judgment at tho tlmo was bclloved to be good, but Milt himself sot about to disprove tho claim that tho Giant manager Is possessed of tho soundest acumen In tho baseball firmament. Stock has not only held down tho far sldo of tho diamond with skill as a fielder nnd batter, but ho lias displayed something that Hclno Zimmerman, his surcessor with the leaguo leaders, never will display an uncanny intuition In divining enemy strategy and breaking It up at critical Junctures of tho gome. Stock Is a valuablo cog In tho Thll motor and Pat Moron appreciates it Otherwiso tho best-built runt in tho world would not bo there. Where would Chicago bo If it wcro not for Doyle, Morklo, Wilson and Demarco? The Cubs aro In third place and still aro qulto in tho running for tho bunting. Withdraw this quartet from their roster nnd tho bottom would drop out of tho cntlro combination. Doylo broko up a gamo Saturday with a hit in tho ninth Inning, a feat which often marked his tcnuro with the Giants, And ho Is fielding as well as ho over did, which Is another big point In favor of Wceghman's chances to edge his way into tho honors. Merklo is not endowed with tho sharpest of all thinking apparatus, but ho has proved hlmsolf n. rugged rider of tho ball'-and n, reliable man on first base. Wilson Is not moro than an ordinary catcher, but is of valuo fcecauso of his propensity to put a startling finish to n gamo any tlmo ho comes to bat. Domareo is of valuo to tho Cubs If for no qthcr reason than that ho Is a persistent winner over tho Giants. .Whenever ho essays to pitch against tho Clan McGraw it's a 6-to-l chance that ho'U turn them back. It's Just ono of those queer quirks with which baseball is filled and can't bo explained. Tor this reason Chicago rooters adore him and"a Chlcagoan will appreciate tho drift of that statement. Eddlo Itoush and Hclno Groh are important factors in tho mako-up of tho Reds. Itoush, though deemed by McGraw to bo of inferior meTit to Burns, Kauff and Itobortson, consistently shows up two of that trio when statistics on their respectlvo ability nro compiled. Burns Is a worthy rival to tho former Giant, but Kauff and Itobertson havo failed to Justify McGraw's Judgment. Itoush has been the league's hatting mogul for nearly tho entire season. What Robertson nnd Kauff will do by next October Is problematical, br it la hardly likely that they 'will ecllpso tho Red gardener either In hitting or In Holding. Asv; S A third baseman Groh has stood -out prominently, ever slnco his ad- AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FESLIN'? AFTSrt you HAVIl WORKCD LIKB A SlftVE DIGGING OP VA STONeS amD v DEBRIS im Your bach- YARP GARDEN 'AND HhB 6IVCU UP 4evbal HAU CAWN6& DOLLARS for seed JD gaodim IMPLBM6NTS -AMD Your WFe nD ALU "rbu VRih)DS MAvje Joshed you UNMCRClFULlY about the failure of Your Crops. equally well at second or short. That enhances his valuo to his team. There aro critics who deny that Zimmerman Is tho superior. If tho peer, of tho tiny Hclno on tho far corner. Chief Meyers Is'Slipping as a Backstop OF COURSE, tho ponderous Chief Meyers Is sadly; sliding as a backstop. When ho caught for McGraw ho was of much moro valuo os-a ball playor than ho Is now as a member of tho Brooklyn Dodgers. But tho Indian is still able to got In there and catch a nifty game. This is especially truo when ho Is handling Rubo Marquard, another Giant cast-off. Tho Rubo nndMoyers mado a battery so for midable that thoy havo turned in many games on tho won sldo. Thoy aro tho best money battery tho Dodgers boast that is, tho most valuablo In a gamo upon which much depends. After keeping Rube Shauer on the bench moro than four years, McGraw tied the can to tho southpaw. He had struggled ,to mako a pitcher of tho Rube, ho said, but somehow or other tho twlrler had failed to grasp big leaguo technique. McGraw's contention was that Shauer was essentially a "bush league" pitcher a man who would bo a phenom In tho minors, but nover would succeed In tho majors. This is a sentence all ball players dread, and when It was pronounced by McGraw tho wily Shauer's futuro looked dark. But tho Rubo repudiated McGraw, Just as the others havo dono. He Joined the Macklan troupe, and under tho skillful guidanco of Connie has developed Into a . potential star. Last weok Shauer engaged tho Yankees in acombat of fifteen Innings' duration, and lost only after a Bad exhibition of baseball by his team, mates. With proper support Shauer would havo hung up a shutout victory, and figures prove It. "F ALti the cast-offs of tho Giant galaxy-thcro Is only ono who appears at this writing to bo virtually deadwood to his owners. Bob Beschcr Is of little valuo fo tho Cardinals. But Bob's sun has set. Tears of playing in fast company havo slowed him down from tho fastest man In tho majors to an outfielder of mediocro ability. And Bob has stopped hlttln' 'em where they ain't. Catchers Should Not Protect Pitchers, Says Fold pHAT catchers make a big mistake In protecting pitchers to tho detriment of the team is the contention of Manager Leo Fohl, of tho Cloveland Indians. Accord ing to Fohl, tho catcher Is In the best position to guldo the team and to know , whether tho pitcher Is working well. If the backstop falls to notify tho manager when the twlrler shows signs of faltering ho Is endangering the team's chances of victory nnd doing a great injustico to his mates. Fohl is a former catcher and now believes it would be a good thing If -tho maskmen would reform. Says Fohl: "The catcher Is the player In the best position to know whether the pitcher is working smoothly and has all his stuff. Consequently ho Is the logical person to tip off the manager when things are not going ns they should and to make a change. I have known where a pitcher was being Kit all over the lot and yet ho would come to the bench at tho end of the inning and say he had everything and the catcher would support him. Tho truth was that the pitcher did not even have a prayer and the catcher was awaro of It and yet tho twlrler was there with an 1 alibi. Orl the other hand, I havo had catchers come to me in gomes where no runs had been scored off their pitchers and advlso mo to warm up another man for they saw the pitchers In question were lucky to get by and were due for a hammering. I wish there were moro such catchers. "I have warmed up a pitcher before a game nnd he had everything. I could not see how the opposing team would have a chance. But It would so happen that sal3 pitcher would leave all his stuff on tho bench ami tho catcher working the game would not say a w.ord about It, and before I could get a man out to warm 1 up. the gamo was lost On the other hand, I warmed up Joe Boehllng before a game nt Washington last August, He had so little when tho game started I hustled '. two other pitchers Into the bullpen to get ready, for I figured Joe would be In i trouble before the first inning was over. But he proceeded to pitch the best game ! he showed all last year. That goes to show you never can tell from tho way a ., pitcher warms up how' he Is going to act under fire when the battle Is on." Frank Chance, III, Ordejred to Take Rest "TTtRANK CHANCE, now called Ihe "Cheerless Leader," has been instructed by j " his physician to keep out of uniform. Chance, former "Peerless Leader" of the t Chicago Cubs, has not been meeting with much success this season nnd 'the worry has caused him to fall in health. Just one year ago Chance was setting the pace I In the Pacific Coast League with his Lds Angeles club and eventually wron a I pennant, This year, however, the game has been anything put a path of roses j jtor the brilliant leader, and he Is meeting with tho same success that was his when he attempted to lead the New York Yankees to a flag but failed. During the seasons of 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1910 when Chance was in charge of the Cubs, victory greeted him at every turn and tjje wlnifflfg of two world's series crowns helped to make more brilliant anr already glittering record. In 1910 he won his last flag In the big leagues and In hs two seasons with the Yankees he was unable to accomplish much. Then be returned to his orange grove on the coast and decided to give up baseball, but the urgent call of the Los Angeles owners appealed to him and he accepted. His winning team last year made him a favorite cq the coast, but when his nine hit the skids this ,year he was greeted with hisses AMD YOU MAve DECIDED To DIG UP The wmolp BLASTED GARDEN anD RE-PLrT T -AMD MON OUT YOUft DACH - YOU KNE64 and levR PATUNCE IN. DIETING 16 SEED C-J ,sli .AvT i !- hi .m. -- n - AMD HAVE STRAINED Youn eves for week Trying to see. Tne First GRGbn.SMCOT S''-"-". vuH6j OVUUtNLY- EVCRT - BLOOHlM THiMfj YOU PLANT CD COMES UP AT ONCE One niGmt JyrV M Oh-hh ANT it a GR-RR n-AND anOGLOA" VOS FEELtN VA ALL RECOGNIZED SUPERSTITIONS OF SPORTS FIND COUNTERPART IN B BATTLEFIELD' GAMBLE WITH FATil Passing Match for Third Light Equally p0J lar in Trench uuqueLit; as r urnismng Finicky1 Goiter witn lauss-jayea oaaay By GRANTLAND RICE BIG TIMBER DEALS ARE POSTPONED WHEN TIMBER MERCHANTS GATHER TO WAGE GOLF BATTLE AT SHAWNEE Annual Meeting of "Lumbermen Calls Good Golf ers, All Members of Guild, to Mountain Resort, Where Play Begins Today Ti i iHK unerago trade association tourna ment 1 a dependable mine of golf humor Owing to the fact that the major ity of players aro very much In tho duner division and aro thinking business while playing golf, moro good stories come out of tho events than a dozen of the ones that call out the dour, serious cracks. Tho cheer ful member of the guild Is out for a good tlmo. Many of them havo nover played before, and the tourney Is Intended to servo as a get-together event and not a cup race Hearty bursts of gleo follow every missed shot, and tho card with a heavy total Is greeted with thunderous applause There nro a few trade associations, how ever, that point with arrogance to their talented llnksmon. The National Lumber men Is an association with a drovo of good golfers in their midst. Tho organization stages sundry competitions throughout tho season, and the climax Is reached In June, when they hold their annual championship. This year tho place i .Shawneo and the time Is today. Timber Kellers from the Kast, North. West and South aro batting them out: over the hilly course of the river resort for trophies that astonish In quality and quan tity. Tho contestants will bo pushed to the limit, for there aro so many events jammed Into tho two-day meeting that tho commit tee calls for a comptometer to calculate tho various scores. Medal events, best nlno out of eighteen holes, best selective scores and a few other attractions are hooked on to tho regular tournament The qualifying nnd first rounds of match play aro disposed of today ; tomorrow brings the semifinal and tho final rounds, and every card figures In tho various side attractions. Good Players in Field There Is bound to bo good golf, for there are many crack players among the timber sellers. J. B. McFarland, Jr., II. W. Smed ley and J. Anderson lloss aro nmong the Philadelphia contestants, and a number of star golfers of tho Metropolitan, New Eng land and Middle Atlantic districts aro al ways In the running at tho classic. Cameron B. Burton, himself In tho flesh. Is again In our midst, nnd the overlord of local golfdom appears to be In condi tion to brush back nny challenger who might oppose his title of Philadelphia cham pion. Many golfers looked thrice before they recognized the man behind the walnut tan of Texas as he walked down Chestnut street yesterday. There will be added zest to the coming events no wthat tho title holder Is ready and fit to re-enter the competitions. Suggestions Worth Remembering The Sprlnghaven Country Club has sent out to Its members a little booklet contain ing a series of definitions of golf etiquette. There have been many attempts to define JURt what constitutes a real golfer, but the Sprlnghaven list stands out above the mass of other rules and suggestions and Is worthy of being copied by other clubs. The list follows: A real golfer Is a gentleman, and onty a gentleman can become a real golfer. The real golfer replaces all divots. He has tho Interest of tho entire membership at heart. He Is tho first ono to Invoke the rules against himself. He gives rather than takes., He neer forces his opponent to the embarrassment of calling his atten tion to a violation of the rules. When he loses a ball he Immediately signals the match following to pass through and really allows them to pass through and out of range before he resumes play. The golf player, who Is not a real golfer, Is the one who never signals the player behind to pass through, or who finds his ball after the match following has started tn en through, and then resumes pray. much to the congestion of the course and the discomfiture of the players passing thrnueh. The real golfer never figures up his score on the putting green. He moves off immediately after holing out He never takes practice shots when players follow. Ing are waiting Ho always gives way to tho match behind when It Is apparent that the match following Is being held back. He never stands close to or directly be hind tho ball, nor moves nor talks when a playor Is making a stroke. On the putting green he does not stand beyond the hole In tho lino of a player's stroke. The .real golfer, likewise, allows the player who has tho honor to play before teolng his own ball. Ho does not play from tho tee until tho party In front have played their second strokes and aro out of rango, nor does ho play up to the putting green until the party In front have holed out and moved away. Ho replaces and presses down the turf ho may havo cut or displaced; he carefully fills up all holes made by himself in a bunker, and ho sees to it that his caddie docs not Injure the holes by standing close to them when the green Is soft. When ho Incurs a penalty stroke ho inti mates the fact to his opponent as soon as possible The real golfer will do everything to help rellovo the congestion of tho course He will keep up with tho match ahead or give way to the match behind If the match ahead Is not keeping Its place and Is hold ing him back and causing him to hold back others, be will politely call the attention of the match ahead to this fact and request permission to go through.. The real golfer never resents having his attention called to the fact that he Is not holding his place on the course. Neither does he resent being requested to allow a match to go through, either for this reason or because of a lost ball. He will anticipate the request and Insist that the match pass through. After all, the real golfer Is Just a gentle man who has tho greatest consideration for his fellow players. Tim GOLF COMMITTEE. Sprlnghaven Country Club. RICE ON GOLF PROGRESS Tells in 300-Pago Treatise of Great Advancement of Sport in America What wonderful progress has been made in the golfing world during tho past year Is set forth In tho 1917 Spalding golf guide. Just Issued. Even the uninitiated can appreciate the advancement of this pastlmo by scanning the work of the editor, Grantland nice. It has required almost 3000 pages to fully cover the game, and new Illustrations of the country's leading players, coming cham pions and sectional promlnents nro numer ous. There are no Important changes in the national code of rules, but the wording of several has been altered to bring out the details more clearly. Will Play Lehigh Alumni Day Lshlih University will be the attraction at Franklin neld on Alumni Day thin year. Ar rangement! were completed yeaterday afternoon between Manager Jack UarKreavea, of tn Uni versity of Pennsylvania team, and Alanairer IMchard Cnby, of tne South nethlehem colle elans. Although It was expected that Hwarth moro College would All the date, It was later decided to disband tho baseball team at Hwarth more before the Jled and Flue's Alumni Day game. Saturday, Juno 1U, Is the date set for the Alumni Day gathering at the West Phlla. delphla Institution. ALWAYS A GREAT RACE HORSE DEALERS SWEEPSTAKE 35 Entries ISO Karh. Winner Takes AH HKI.MONT DK1VIM) I'AKK WKDNKSDAV, JUNK 0T1I P. It. R. to Narberth or C'ynwyd C2d He. surfaca Cars to Uala ADMISSION SO CENTS Broadway A. C. Thursday Night The bout all South Philadelphia wants to see Muckel RILEY vs. Neil McCUE If You Wear Underwear, Read! and Think! Never before has such value, comfort and fit been furnished in a union 6uit. The utter simplicity of the marvelous "three-button drop-seat" is winning thousands of patrons. It's your turn what's the sire please? Six Vsioro 1038 Market St. 1430 Chestnut St. 1305 Market St. Broad & GIrard Av, 2430 N. Front 35''7 Woodland Ave. Price $1.25 Up J. SMITH AND SPEAKER LEAD WITH THE WILLOW "Stuffy" Mclnnis Continues to Hold Tight to Second Place in American J. Smith, of tho Cardinals, batted his way Into tho lead In the National Leaguo batting race yesterday. Itoubh dropped from first place to third, but Durns retains second place. In tho American League, Speaker con tinues In front, Increasing his lead over Mc lnnis, and Is now thirty points ahead AMERICAN M-AOUK (I A. II. R Speaker, Cleveland 41 133 .MilnnlH. Athletlis ... .IS 110 f'nl.h Detroit. . 40 14T Wombganss, Cleieland. . . 4ft 159 Wulker. Ilooton 27 07 NATIONAL I.IAri r. A.ll. J. Smith. M. Louis 33 03 llurni. New iork . .1(1 110 ltmih. Cincinnati .. 32. 117 TruUe. St Lonlt. 40 140 I'laclirr, I'lttuhurgh Si 0' It II. Av. 23 M .V0 13 4H .S10 21 4.1 ,31lt 13 110 .314 13 20 .200 It II. At. VI 2 .314 27 4H .IIS 20 40 .312 IK 47 .3V 10 30 .320 ALlI'UTI'NANT of Canadian Infantry was talking. He had been 0er the Top twice had been out through No Man s Land on a scouting expedition once and had twice figured in repelling German at tacks on his frcr.t-llno trencn. So he wasn't guessing. "You hear a lot about superstition in sport," ho said. "I know ball players nre superstitious, some of them to a queer de gree. Hut superstition In sport Is nothing at all to superstition In this war. It is not ex en to bo compared. It Is beyond all be lief. The Great Superstition "When one goes Into a ball game or any other sporting ccnt he realizes that luck or fate will play quite a part, and so he Is frequently looking for some lucky sign, or fearing to meet some unlucky sign. This often becomes a habit. We hae all known golfers who became greatly depressed at drawing cross-eyed caddies or ball players who worried oxer other hard luck signs. "When you go Into a front lino trench or ocr the top Into a charge, you realize also that your fate Is largely a matter of luck. Your llfo Is no longer In your own keeping. It belongs to fate. It Is the greatest gam blo you have ever known. And so Instlnct Iely one begins to look for lucky omens and, correspondingly, to fear and shun un lucky omens. No man In the trenches would daro light a third cigar or cigarette with the same match. Thirteen in a gathering would bring consternation. All the old superstitions are revived and any number of now ones aro added. You are now In a wild gamble with fate. You are tossing heads or tails for llfo or death It Is up to tho fortunes of war and tho nervous sys tem Is nt such a terrifically high tension that tho smallest ecnta are amazingly en larged. Small sliadows become huge and grotesque shapes. And small turns or In cidents leap to a vital Importance. An Example "And events seem to carry superstition along. I recall ono place where everything for ten mile1 around had been shot away. The one thing standing was a wall bearing the cross. And this had stood for moro than two years of constant fire This wall had never been touched tho cross was still thcro although everything else for miles around had been blown off the face of tho world. You can understand what an effect this would hao upon tho aerage mind. "Any game or event where luck or fato Is a factor Is sure to breed superstition Baseball has Its Jinxes. War has four times as many for war Is on a far greater Bcalo and of far greater importance. In baseball good luck or bad luck means suc cess or failure, winning or loslmr t It means life and death ' P8, n ThcMatn Throb no tcho emerges from the rut May chortle "Attabov"; Hut he who sMs. a twelve-foot im Leads all thn mnrhi i i : ' Wl i " ' ivy. worm in joy, j Norrls William. .v.J Thn rrtnnrf hn v ( .... i. ;T,.i- ."-'Vi"" "'"'ams, thet. "" " -I""', vua uarrea from Plan.i m on account of bad feet . .-.J "-m save for tho trifling details th ! barred from I'lattshiiri- nn,i .i- .... ' fine condition ""eiany "W. L. S Solmnn linn n..A . like .85 of earned runs to eachSgaarnm- ... mm ny OUIIUpp ' The New Kin-r or Not? For nine years Ty Cnbh led ts. Held. He was rarelv hAA .. " " of this journey. " "" 1 o: Last April Speaker jumped out In f Cobb and held the lead mt ......,n. the Texan has led Tyrus all hs ' Which means that Trls has led Ty fo? nnd a half months wlitmnf i..i:Jr The Cleveland star now has a YoT It will be Interesting ,nJ. overhaul him. nn,i. It ,n 'l '? 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