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FREDDIE FULTON WOULD BE UNDISPUTED CHAMPION IF OTHERS WOULD ADMIT HIS TITLEl
SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE
JOHNNY EVERS, TIME'S GRANDEST
HUMAN SHOCK ABSORBER, SIGHS
FOR JUST ONE MORE COMEBACK
.400 HITTERS ALMOST EXTINCT,
PRESENT SEASON BEING FIFTH
SINCE COBB LAST HIT THE MASK
Eighteen Summers Have Fled Since National
Player Attained Wonder Poin1 But Five Have
Scored in Twenty Years in Both Leagues
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Auto Smashups, Business Reverses, Broken Legs,
' Neuritis and Umpires Fail to Put Him Out.
A's Winning Streak Is Thriller
WE ARE betting that Jawn Evers still haa a few more years of good baseball
left In his syatem. This extreme optimism Is not based on Inside dope or any
thing like that, but on post performances of the scrappy Trojan, who has been
chased by the umpire more often than any two players in the league. Johnny
1mm the nerve. He will not admit defeat. Every time ho appears to bo down nnd
eat he fights harder than ever and climbs to the top. That Is why wo oro shedding
tfela ray of sunlight the day after Pat Moran signed his namo to a contract
Wo call Evers the "Human Crab." Ho deserves the title, for ho won It fairly
and squarely In his fourteen years under tho Big Top. It's the cold truth that
we think of Johnny most as a crabbod, scrappy ball player a grand player, but
an awful grouch. Dut this should not be held against htm. All of ua would bo
grouchy and crabbed If wo faced the hard luck that has fallen to Johnny In tho
past. Without doubt ho Is tho most unfortunate player In the gamo. No player
ever has undergone tho mental and physical sufferings of tho Trojan and perhaps
no one will and remain In the game. Tho tough luck startod In 1909 when
Johnny invested his money In a shoo store. He had some left, so ho purchased nn
automobile. While he was learning to drlvo he saw Jimmy Shcckard standing
'ion the street corner and asked him to take a ride.
"Iot me," said Jimmy; "I want to Hvo a whllo."
"I'll take a chance," said George McDonald, a Chicago baseball writer, and
lie climbed In,
There was an accident and McDonald was killed. Evers was heartbroken
and It was thought for weeks that he would crack under tho strain. Many say
that Johnny has not been the same since. The next year his shoo business failed,
and again his friends predicted he would suffer a nervous breakdown. However,
he came back strong In tho spring of 1910 and was playing his best gamo when
he broke his leg sliding homo. That put him out for the season. In 1912, moro
thin and drawn, quiet off tho Held but more crabbed on It, he came back again.
He was the same llttlo fighter of old and played good baseball. In December, 1914,
he was seriously ill with pneumonia, but battled tho disease and won out.
THEN came this attack of neuritis from which ho is said to bo suffering
at present He'll come back from that, too tho gamest, scrappiest
little fellow who ever played out a string of tough luck to the bitter end
and never quit
Our A's Are Truing to Emulate the Giants
LAST year when the New York Giants went on a rampage and won twenty-six
J games In a row tho baseball world stood aghast. It was a wonderful record
and worthy of special mention. However, we have something Just as startling
today. It Is a winning streak, and Just as Important and sensational as the one put
over by the Joints. Hold your breath and get this: The Athletics have won four
games in a row, and they did It on alien fields! Could anything be more startling
than that? Think of It! Winning moro games in four days than they did in a
month last ycarl No wonder thero Is Joy at Twenty-first and Lehigh theso days.
But that I'd not all. ConnU i climbers came up for air Wednesday and allowed
the lowly Browns of St. Loole to occupy tho damp cellar for a time. This looked
good, for usually at this time of tho year our A's have a stranglehold on last
place and refuse to even be moved.
Early In the season Manager Mack said that If he could beat out one club In
the American League ho bad a chance to win the pennant. Ho seems to have his
wish about beating one club, but the winning of the pennant Is something clso
again. He haa a great ball club composed of youthful sluggers, and there It no
telling what may happen In tho distant future. Boston won tho gonfalon In 1914
after a furious drlvo from tho bottom, so why shouldn't hlstor;' repeat? Desplto
the injury to Witt the team is playing swell baseball. Joe Dugan, the youthful
collegian, is sitting in at short and fields his position llko a veteran. Ho Is not
batting very well, but that cannot be expected his first year. Grover is slamming
tho ball and Jomleson is hitting around .300 since Joining the club. The others
are worrying the pitchers, and if they keep up the good work a few more victories
will hang on their belts,
BUT the secret of It all is In the pitchers. At last Connie's hurling corps
is In good shape and the team Is winning. Myers, Bush, Noyes, Sclbold,
i Schauer and Jlng Johnson are speeding them across, and the other players
can't help playing good ball.
Ferocious Fredward Fulton Is About to Claim Crown
FREDWARD FULTON, the Furious, Is In again. After a brief sojourn In the
wilds of Rochester, Minn., he returned to the United States with his old manager
under his wing and a deep-laid plot to cop the championship from Jess Wlllard.
This is nothing new, for Fredward has pulled tho same stuff before. A year or so
ago, when Mlkel Collins steered his frail craft through the shoals of tho pugilistic
ea, the championship was captured a couple of times a day, Mike lost his voice,
eo he was canned and a guy named Force inherited the Job. Force couldn't talk
loud enough, so he got the gate and Collins resumed where he left off. His first
act was to visit Tom Andrews In Milwaukee and upset tho following:
"WE challenge Jess Wlllard for a bout of ten, twenty, thirty or nine hundred
rounds for the world's championship. If the big truck horse turns US down WE
will take the title any. way. I shall post JG000 to bind the match or let It go as a
course, Mlkrl did NOT put up tho filthy lucre. That wouldn't be accord
ing to Hoyle. He made his little talk and Immediately congratulated Fulton on
having such a good manager. Then he hied himself eastward, where Fredward
was to mix with Sam Longford. Sam has seen his best days, so the precocious
plasterer stopped him in seven rounds. Next came poor old ,, Porky Flynn, who
was good when Broad street was a prairie. Porky took the high dlvo In short
order. Jack Moran was next on tho list. Ho was flattened In three rounds In St.
Louis and Fred was much pleased with himself. He evidently forgot that Jack
once was his sparring partner and had been flattened many times before.
FERDIE'S quarter-inch forehead Is wrinkled In deep thought these days.
He wants to box Wlllard, but before that massacro Frank Moran, Carl
Morris and Jim Coffey must be disposed of. Fredward has three good
chances in those three fights. Hg should bo a unanimous loser.
Westerner Offered $50,000 for Kilbane-Leonard Match
NOW that the Kllbane-Leonard match Is to bo staged in Philadelphia, many
offers are being made to match tho pair all over the country. Tho Middle
West has had its fling and the habit is traveling toward the Pacific. Tho latest
is a regular honest-to-goodness bid of $50,000 for a bout to bo held in Las Vegas,
N. M., and It was sprung in Denver a few days ago. The wealthy person Is said
to be James R. Hammlll, a mining man, who has mines, stocks, a bank account,
check book and everything. We don't know who Mr. Hammlll Is, but he seems
to be a regular person If be has that much loose change In his Jeans. He seems
to have the right idea and dopes it out as follows:
Kilbane is an Irishman and always Is aching for a scrap. For that reason he
will Jump at the opportunity to fight for a $50,000 purse. That's enough for
Johnny.
Leonard, he says, has a man named Lelner for a father, and might be willing
to help the family bankroll before he goes to war In order to save the Government
from, paying a pension. That settles Leonard. The only 'thing left to be done is
to stage the bout, but
THE only thing wrong with the match and purse and everything else is
that Hammlll hasn't a chance. The champions aro matched to appear
In Shlbe Park on the evening of July 25, nnd that one engagement will be
enough for both parties concerned.
Tennis Players to Raise Ambulance Fund
ntOLLOWINa the signal success of golfers In supplying needed ambulances and
Red Cross supplies, .the United States National Lawn Tennis Association soon
will start a campaign to ralso three ambulance sections to be presented to tho
United States through the American Red Cross. Not only will the tennis en
thusiasts ba asked to supply the $100,000 needed for such a gift, but it is hoped
that it will be possible to man the ambulances with tennis players and send tho
smtlre outfit to France.
In a plea for national assistance In such a project, George W. Adce, president
f the U. S. N, L. T. A., haa caused a-clrcular to be sent to every tennis' club and
also has sounded several clubs and has received Instant support, Mr. Adee'aslcs
fat every club donate the largest' possible amount Ho makes it clear that $1000
- twys one ambulance, marked with the club's name. He asserts that the Country
Ctwb of Westchester, the Field Club of Greenwich and the West Side Tennis Club
,', haw each pledged one or more ambulances.
"Many tennis players already are in the service," reads Mr. Adeo'a plea for
JMf, "but every one cannot undertake 'active duty. These ambulance sections
, "sTr the chance to help those who can gq to France."
Many star players have volunteered to play in a series of patriotic matches.
Among them are W. M. Johnston, former national champion, and Miss Mary
jB)rwnef in California, and Frederick B. Alexander, Harold Throckmorton, Karl
M. "Behr and Miss Molla BJurstedt, In New York. R. Lindley Murray.Ts'atltanlel
W, Nllea and S. Howard Voshell may be able to take part in a few of the exM-MUofca.
conti will start about July 10, and will be held at clubs in
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National Championships
Will Begin August 20 for
Military Reasons
TO AID PLAYERS IN SERVICE
What might bo called "military neces
sity" has brought about a change In tho
schodulo of tho National Lawn Tennis As
sociation. The date of the National Sin
gles Patriotic Tournament has been ad
vanced from August 30 to August 20. It
will bo played at the West Side Tennis
Club, Forest Hills, and will continue for
one week. Tho National Junior and Hoys'
Championships which wero scheduled to
bo held the same week will begin Au
gust 23.
This change will bring the National Sin
gles Patriotic Tournament within the two
weeks Intervening between the end of the
first training camps August 12 and the
beginning of tho second camps, August 27.
This makes It possible that several of
the first ten who are now In training
for commissions will be able to play at
Forest Hills. The men In camp Include It.
Norrls Williams, C. J. Griffin, Watson M.
Washburn, Willis n. Davis and Dean Math
ey, and there Is a good chance that they
can enter this tournament. William H.
Johnston, the one-time champion. Is com
ing nast the latter part of July and doubt
less will be able to play.
ROBERTSON IS RE-ENGAGED
AS CHIEF PENN TRAINER
Leaves for Plattsburg to Take Charge
of Athletic Activities
Lawson Robertson, who has been coach
ing the University of Pennsylvania track
team for tho last year, has been re-engaged
for a term of two years. Ho will
not only look after the track team In the
future, but will handle the football men as
well.
Robertson left last night for the military
encampment at Plattsburg, where he will
remain for a month He has received a
commission to take chargo of athletic ac
tivities at the camp.
FOURTEEN TWIN BILLS
ON PHILLIES' SCHEDULE
Wholesale rain postponements have
boosted the Phils" list of double-headers fb
fourteen. Seven will be played hero and a
like number abroad. Tho following Is tho
Phils' complete double-header schedule:
At Home Chicago, today and tomorrow, St.
Louis, July 23, Pittsburgh, August 10 and 17:
llostou. August :ii) and 31.
Abroad St I.oul9. July 31. Chlraso, August
7, New "iork September 8. tl and 7, lioston,
beptembcr b. Chicago, September 21
HOW TO
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jCforks (Cjidc) Evans Jr.
ONE of the most Important qualities for
a golfer to possess Is the power to Judge
distance, for without Judgment there can be
no such thing as the accurate placing of
shots. Most golfers are aware of this fact
and work hard to obtain or to Improve this
faculty. There are
two things that In
terfere qvVe ser
iously with the
Judgment of dis
tances, and thie
are mountainous
surroundings, or 'a
stretch of ground
with a small body
of water upon It.
Tho latter dif
ficulty we all can
learn to overcome,
but from personal
experience, having
been trained on flat
there is hardly a
more, unfair test
for a golfer from
the level prairies
than confronts him
CKARLEfl EVANS
on a mountainous course.
There Is something In a foreground of
solid earth, stretching upward to the clouds,
that strangely confuses the man accustomed
to a softly bending sky thay touches either
the ground or a low line of trees along
the horizon. Of cotirse, with practice the
disadvantage of the deceptive landscape
can be conquered, but even after several
days on the links a slight feeling of un
certainty remains.
I have long believed that all good golfers
possess the faculty of Judging distance to
a marked degree, and for that reason
the following quotation from the Yorkshire
Post particularly interested me.
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to make the new recruits, both men and
officers, judge the distance of various given
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M'DERMOTT HOPES TO RETURN HOME
IN SEPTEMBER AND GOLFERS ASKED
TO ASSIST THE FORMER CHAMPION
Harrison Townsend Expects to Have Marvelous
Player Removed From Norristown Insane
Asylum Rapidly Regaining Health
TV IJVmiYTIHNO goes well, John J. Mc---
Dcrmott, tho Philadelphia youngster who
was the first American-born professional to
win tho open golf championship of this
country, will leavo tho State Insano Asylum
at Norristown, whero he has been for tho
last threo years, and return to his home In
West Philadelphia.
Tho golfers of Philadelphia have been
asked to help attain this end, nnd some
time this woelt they will recclo a letter
from Harrison Townsend, for ten years
secretary and treasurer of the Golf Asso
ciation' of Philadelphia, asking for funds
for that purpose. McDcrmott's condition
has Improved so materially that the physi
cians havo told Mr. Townsend that ho will
be well enough to move some time In .Sep
tember. The thought Is to have an at
tendant with him at Jack's homo so that
at all times he will havo expert attention
and care. But In order to do this money
will bo necessary, and Mr. Townsend hopes
that the golfers of Philadelphia will take
this burden off McDermott's shoulders.
While Jack made big money. It has been
gone for several years, and the cost of his
maintenance at Norristown has been de
frayed largely by the golfers of Philadel
phia. Mr. Harrison will bo pleased to ac
cept any contributions, and these may be
sent to him at 1000 Chestnut street.
Greatest of Golfing Machines
There Is no doubt that McDermott Is the
greatest golfer ever developed In this coun
try. Even before ho made his first wonder
ful showing in the open championship of
this country at tho Philadelphia Cricket
Club. In 1910, he was a finished golfer.
Shortly before that tournament, he sent
out a lot of challenges to every professional
around Philadelphia, but only one of them
accepted, and ho was so soundly beaten that
he wished he had not accepted.
Jack first learned to play golf over the
old Aronlmlnk course In West Philadelphia,
and while there he caddled for Mr. Townsend
and a host of other prominent Philadelphia
players. Jack made up his mind ho wanted
to ba a professional, and he got his first Job
at the Merchantvlllo Field Club. When the
open championship of 1910 began he was
unknown, and even, at tho end of tho first
day's play when he was tied for first
honors there were only a few of the spec
tators vho had ever heard of him. The
second day he came In first In a triple tie
with Alec Smith and the latter's younger
brother, MacdonaUl. The play oft was held
the following Monday, but the elder Smith
was too steady for .tho youngsters. Mc
Dermott finished second.
For some strange, unexplalnable reason
McDermott had at that time a violent an
tipathy to all foreign born or bred profes
sionals, and ho did not hesitate to express
himself In no uncertain tones do, when
PIAYGOLF
had comparatively hazy li.-as of what the
distances might be, and tho nongolflng of
ficers were little better, a golfer In the
neighborhood of the Bcratch mark gauged
the shorter distances with repeated ac
curacy, far In advance of tho rest of his
military knowledge."
Personally I cannot judge distance well
in yards and feet to me It represents so
many drives, mashles, brassies or so on.
Questions and Answers
I have never been ablo to overcome a bad
slice. It la woret oft my woodtn clubs, but Is
very bad even with my Irone. I i-an allow tor it
with fair consistency, but I have couiu to flat
It. Can you ouceest a remedy? K. S. T.
I know exaetly how you feel, for I remember
it period In mr life when It warned to hare,
prqulred, not n little slice, but a rrxular round.
Iioum run, to the right. It seemed that I
tried everything to remedy It, but without sue
eeas, and I became Intensely discouraged. I
began to nllow for It, and then Just at the
wrong time the sUee wouldn't como oft, nnd
yaen I did not nllow for It mr slice would tw
too little or too big, and It "felt" wrong on
the rlub.
At last I cured the slice, however, with the
simplest trick In the world. A sliced ball -means
that the hands r ahead of the elubliead
when the ball Is hltt this position causes a slant
to the clubhead which enert.s a spin to the
right. To get straight ball the hands and club
head should be on b perpendicular, so that
when tho ball Is properly met the club face Is at
right iinglrs to, the direction line, Vtuen the
hands lead the right hand rora under. AND NOT
OVKH, as soon oa the ball la struck.
Now most professionals will try to teach yon
to turn your right hand over Just oa you hit
the ball. This Is almost an Impossible thing to
do. nnd yet. as a matter nf faet. nn, l.h
hand doee turn oyer Jost after the ball Is lilt.
niiirr,ni ,u,v ut imns out in my DSCK
"f0 v'.If.'7 n,AM f"V: T"?"' in ."wlns-lna; with,
out hitting the ball, but keeping two, Ideaa
clearly In my mind. The Ideas werei (1) keep
your left elbow and upper left arm In close to
yonr body on the follow through, and (t) finish
with your right hand knuckles pointing toward
the sky. The effect waa magical.
A slice la much more prevalent than a hook,
ithe ehlet reason being that players will not
ct their clubhead do Its part of th work,
"her persist In forcing the stroke and, there
ore, get the slice spin angle on the club face.
Hneeeesful Is the aolfer who enn wait f.. 1.1.
clubhead, A slice can also be caused by standing
too even. In which ease your descending line la
outside the line, of direction, and eeruMral
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tho medals were awarded, the elder Smith
remarked, "Cheer up, my boy, you may be
the champion when I am dead." I3ut Jack
responded with the remark that tho next
champion would bo an American, and that
lie would bo the particular American No
ono took much stock In his remark, but It
came true tho following year.
Wins Open Title Twice
The championship was held at Buffalo,
and McDermott, Mike Brady nnd George
Simpson tied for first honors, and In the
play-off McDermott proved to be the win
ner. Not content with this, he won the
title outright the following year with Tom
McNamara, another homo bred, second.
And one of tho strange things about tho
boast of McDermott Is that not a single
foreign-born professional has won tho open
title since 1910, when Smith captured It.
Then came tho tragedy. Hay and Var
don made a tour of tho country In 1913,
opening hero with a match with tho Mc
Nlchols brothers, and not once on tholr tour
were they beaten. But there was a big
open tournament at Shawnee a few weeks
before tho open championship, and, playing
some of the most brilliant golf of his bril
liant career, McDermott won the event.
That evening the prizes were awarded. In
tho meantime, through the coaching of
George A. Crump, tho rough diamond had
been polished and he had got over his
hatred of the foreign-born professional. So
when McDermott mado a llttlo speech In
which ho good-naturedly saju that the
British players might as well go home, for
tho next open championship would be won
by an American, no one thought anything
nbout It.
Unfortunately It crept Into tho newspapers
nnd from all sections of the country cen
sure waa hurled nt him. Then came an
other blow when It wan reported that Mc
Dermott would not bo permitted to play in
the open. Tho two things broke up Mc
Dermott and while he played and did very
well he was never the same man. Un
derneath his rough exterior there lay a very
sensitive)) soul and these two incidents
wounded him soroly. Then came unfortu
nate market speculation and other things
and soon thero followed tho startling an
nouncement that he was at Klrkbrlde's.
McDermott Still a Youth
McDermott was Just twenty-one when
he won the open championship of this coun
try nnd he Is now In his twenty-fourth
year. No greater golfing machine ever ex
l"rted. From tee to green and even on the
green ho had no superior nnd few equals.
Many thought he was a boaster, but as a
matter of fact ho never boasted If he
said he would beat a certain man hn would
do It. Ho was supremely confident He
never said anything he could not back up.
He had little schooling, yet he was one of
tho most gentlemanly of professionals play
ing after some of the Philadelphia golfers
got a hold of him. He tried twice for the
British open, but ho never won the title.
Hnd it not been for his breakdown he
would without much doubt rank today as
the greatest professional player in the
country. His style was beautiful to watch,
and there was grace In every shot he made.
Everyone who knows him sincerely hopes
that It will not be long before he Is again
ranked among the best playing pros In the
country.
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By GRANTLAND RICE
The Princess Pnts
("Out of the original regiment only twenty remain.")
No need to call the roll today;
No need to read the scroll today; ,. , ,
No need to seek for friends you knew among the first command;
Small use you know the rest of it,
The worst of it the best of it-- ,,,.,.
Where Fate has written each address "Somewhere tn No Man's Land." t
Somewhere in No Man's Land today
You'll find the first command today,
From Naive Chapcllc to Vimy Ridge, wherever they were sent;
Their share? A triple store of it,
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So here's to twenty who returned
TT COBB, we aro told, Is making a drive
for a .400 year nt bat. Ty has known
this height twice In his career, and he
may get there again but tho odds aro
heavily against his arrival.
Rounding up a 400 mark Is tho last word
In batting art. The last ball players who
struck oft .400 In the National League were
Ed Delehanty nnd Jess Burkctt, and that
was back In 1899. Eighteen seasons have
passed since without a National League
star coming within fifteen points of the
mark. Hans Wagner reached .380 In 1900
and Burkett totaled .382 In 1901, but the
.400 boys have become extinct.
In the seventeen years of American
Leaguo history three men have scrambled
to the .400 crest Nap Lajolo batted 422
In 1901, Cobb batted .420 and Jackson .408
!n 1911 Cobb then followed with .410 In
1912; 1912 was the last .400 year any
eminent Son of Swat has ever known. In
the last twenty years only flvo men have
ever reached .400. They are Burkett,
Keelcr, Delehanty, Lajole, Cobb and Jack
son Keeler has faded away, Del Is dead, La
jole has dropped to tho minors, Jackson Is
now around .280 and Cobb Is still tolling up
tho slope, struggling once more to reach
tho crowning eminence.
Except for a bad start he would be over
400 today. As It Is, he has batted around
440 for the last six weeks. To finish .at
400 ho must now bat .415 or thereabouts
the rest of the season. This is no Impossible
undertaking, but It Is a monumental assign
ment, with threo months still left.
Hnuf-hton and Fate
It Is only once In a while that Fate piles
up her honors In separate fields.
In football, Percy Haughton went to tho
top and held tho pinnacle for tho greater
part of six years. Ho was tho main winner
over an extended period. But his career as
a magnate In baseball has been cluttered
up with dlsappolntmtn:. His club for two
season1- made a flurry around the top. But
each time It wan driven back. Now It Is
hopelessly stoppcl at mid-season, with only
an outside chanco of finishing In tho first
division. The Boston machine will have to
bo rebuilt In many spots now before It ever
wins again. And there will bo no Intercol
legiate football this fall that might yield
Haughton 'his chance to even up on the sea
son's count.
Song of the Links
ilanu are called, but only a few
Ever do better than 91.
ilanu are called, but with many a curse
Most o them finish at 00 or worse.
"Whisky to be abolished." Some dash
ing song writer should now rise upon his
hind legs and dash off a melancholy ditty
beginning "Oood-by, dear old nineteenth
hole, my golfing days are done."
Waivers have been nsked on old John
Barley Corn. He still had a. lot of speed
and pep, but practically no control.
Individual courage Is one thing. But
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those who understand the psycholorv t
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force of habit; are the factors which d."i
the winning score.
It must be a harassing, throbbing. BI.
pltatlng. ncrve-racklpg proposition for the
American soldier facing flrst-llne trenches
as to whether ho Is to be called Sammy n,
Teddy Wo don't see how they can "L7
pondering upon the terrific gravity ef tK
issue at stake. "'
As Revised by the National League.
An uproar ts as bad;
An inside fu m
Won't bother u,
Dut an inquest drives u mad.
And many a red-eyed entry the mornlne
after would like to repudiate the nlgh?S!
tore.
SPEAKER AGAIN
IN SECOND PLACE
Tris Ousts Sisler From Run-
ner-Up Position Cobb
Makes Gain
CRUISE PASSES ROUSH f
After holding second place for two dyi
In tho American League batting race,
George Sisler finds himself back In thi
third station with Sneaker again In seconi
plnce. Trls came to bat four tlmesjnd
was credited with three hits, while the best
Sisler could collect against the Mackmen
was ono out of four. Now Speaker has a
mark of .343 against .340 for the star of th
Browns' cast. ,
Ty Cobb also boosted his mark and li
back to .380, two triples and a single out
of four official trips to the plate accounting
for tho advance. Mclnnls made one hit
out of one trip and moved to .319.
Cruise leads ltoush by threo points with
.360. There was no change In the posltloni
of Fischer, Wheat and Hornsby.
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Speaker, tin eland.. SI 286 45
Sisler. St. Louis lit 318 31
Mclnnls, Athletics.. 13 275 25
Chapman, Cleveland. 83 286 SO
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