vrr; Fwcirw ;- i,rj wrf!UNi wnfumn'pm'MwmiiwuMpiiiipw faHpw imy'i""'u -t- " ffjjijyiiwi11 immmm " "yininrntifji't J -i wr'w , IMI8"l'Wi.y"- i'')wwififMjiiwiiwMii iiiiuMi)mj ini. nyytW'W'ffiywWWlMf WU .... , . LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER SJ1, ' 1917 EVENING EASIER TO SELL THE OLD STRAW KELLY THAN BEAT OUT THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX N - - 'yT "ywvw r rf - ''' " l fit i r v v: ft to. ?tt&Y BATES COMES , HIMSELF OUT OF A JOB; PALMER BESj&g&E PLAYS STAR GAME AT THIRD BASE . fm n From Texas Makes With White Sox Elmer Myers Blows Up in Eighth and Chicago Drives Another !?lBk Spike in AT BATES cams back to th fold t grand stand ana wntcncu a youngster left tho Athletics last week to answer tho call or tho drart ana it was :ht that he would bo mteslng tho Jwre tnado hla plans for tho futuro without Including his old third baseman and tit result was placing Palmer on tho far corner for experimental purposes only. k experiment was a success. Palmer, -who played on tho Dallas,. Tex., club this year, came hero as a acond baseman, but with Itoy Grovcr playing such a wonderful gamo at that position thero was llttlo chance for the new man to break In. Then Bates went away and Schang was sent to third. Connlo wasn't satisfied, so before tho Chicago series decided to use Palmer and see what ho could do. Batting In tho cln-iip position tho Texan got two hits and a baso on balls out of four times wp the first day, reached first on a base on balls and scored tho winning run on Wednesday and yesterday scored two runs, got four hits and a baso on balls out of flvo times up. In tho scries against what aro believed to be somo of tho best pitchers In tho league, Palmer batted an even .600 and carried oft tho swatting honors.' This Is going some when one considers tho condition of tho White Sox hurling staff. In tho field ho accepted eight chances and mado ono error, which win bo excused. Palmer has solved ono of tho problems Connlo Mack hai been facing for tho last week. With Bates In the army and getting heavier each jenr, thero was a Urn clianco of using him In the, 1918 campaign. A third baseman was needed &nd tho man from Texas stepped into the breach. Connlo likes his work and when we asked him last night what ho Intended to do with Bates, ho replied: "Bates Is hero and ready to play, but I think I'll use Palmer a few days longer" That means Ray will be among those present on tho bench until he Is called again for army duty. ANOTHER new face was Inserted behind the bat yesterday. "Cy" XAPerklns, who played with Atlanta, caught for the A'a and .performed his duties satisfactorily. He singled the first time up and hit the ball far Into the outfield tho other three times. Ho nailed tho baso runners better than some of the veterans and has the earmarks of a comer. Connlo Is trying out a number of catchers and It would not be at all sur prising if he has an entirely new staff next year. Elmer Myers Holds Record for Quick Blow-Ups AFTER pitching a wonderful game for seven Innings and holding tho Chicago Xj club to threo measly hits, Elmer Myers drifted up In tho clouds and was chased by an avalancho of baso hits, accompanied by a flock of scores. Elmer seemed to have everything while things broke well for him, but Just as soon as breaks went against him the aviation stuff was put on. Myers certainly Jiad hard luck, for Gandll opened the Inning with a hit which took a bad bound and glanced off Witt's shin. Weaver followed with a hit to right which should have been caught by Jamleson, but Grover went after It and barely touched It. That put Gandll on third with nono out and Eddie Murphy, who batted for Lynn, brought Chick home with a long sacrifice fly. Lelbold singled to center, placing 'Weaver on third, and then came the finish. McMullIn hit to right, scoring Weaver, and Jamleson for somo reason, hurled tho ball home. There was no chance to get the runner and Lelbold was on his way to third. Tho ball trickled through Perkins's legs and Nemo came in with tho tying counter. It was a terrible brainstorm on the part of our right fielder. After that, Elmer was canned and Belpold finished the combat. Myers always has been a mystery on the mound and his work yesterday Bakes it appear worso than that. For seven innings he looked llko tho best pitcher In the world and only ono real hit was mado off him. Gandll punched it in tho nose in tho fifth for a single to left and the other two wallops woro scratches. Not a man reached third In those seven innings and It looked like another victory for the home folks until the fatal eighth. After that, nnythlng was expected. Myers either is very, very good or exceedingly bum when ho performs. Thero is no middle ground for him. Ho has a wpr,ldof stuff, but doesn't seem to .know how to use it. One day in Detroit thlsyear ho had everything a pitcher would want, but the Tigers walloped his slants all over the lot. Yesterday It was tho same, even when Chicago began to hit him. MTF MYERS would get some control and pitch low to the batters he - would bo tho most cffectlvo pitcher in tho league," said one of tho critics yesterday. "His height would givo him a terrlblo drivo on a low ball and tho batters could not touch It. But he pitches low, then high and grooves too many these days. Ho should confine himself to low balls and try to keep them lower all of tho time." World Series Will Start in Chicago on October 6 IT IS all over but the shouting so- far as tho entrants for the world series aro concerned. Chicago's ictory over the A's yesterday coupled with Detroit's win over Boston places the Whlto Sox In such a commanding position that it would not bo at all surprising If everything were fver tomorrow night. Tho Chicago club plays in Boston today and two victories over Batry's men will give them the pennant. The Red Sox are on tho toboggan and ready to turn over and play dead. Tho Tigers grabbed three straight and took much of tho con lMenco from the champions of last year. Tho team has given up hope and probably will put forth weak opposition against tho Westerners. Everybody wm happy as the White Sox left for Boston last night and already the players are spending their share of the series. It's a great and glorious feeling. Everything was settled in regard to the opening game when a coin was temed in Cincinnati and President Hempstead, of the Giants, made a bum guess. Chicago won tho toss and tho first gamo will bo played in tho Windy City on Saturday, October 6. Another game will be played on Sunday and both clubs ""Jjjy commuto to New York, where the third and fourth battles will be staged on j),g .esday and Wednesday. After that wilt come tho rub, provided more games ySriineeded. Thursday will be spent on the train and the fifth game played in Lc&icago on October IS. Then comes a. weird break in the schedule. Instead of Pteying Saturday, the teams will rest two days and the sixth combat will be , ptit'bn in New York on Monday, October 16. That will give each city three games Mt5?ln case another is necessary, a coin will be tossed to decide. v i" rpHIS means a long-drawn-out series, 't For tho first time in years the and the attendance figures should fc worrying the magnates now is the possibility of rain. A couple of moist J'days will gum things up considerably. Phils Get Six Players in the Draft T1JE National Commission, in addition to making plans for the world's series at the meeting In Cincinnati yesterday, held a draft meeting not the kind where the men report for a khaki uniform, but for a big league outfit. The Phils were Wost fortunate, as tho club drew six players while the A's secured only one, IJanda Filllnglm, who onco did some twirling for the Mackmen and who has been With Indianapolis, of the American Association, this season, is one of the men ,rawn by tho Phillies. They also secured Davis, of the Louisville club; Wood ward, from New Haven in the Eastern League; Muesel, from Los Angeles; Fltz ifcrald, from San Franc.sco, and Wilkinson, from Newark in the International. jrtMingim is a right-hand artist and with Cy Falkenberg virtually won the pen nW for the Association leaders. Davis is known as Dixie Davis and is a right- )MHter, ono of the best pitchers in the A. t-hand pitchers, making It four twiners ha fast and Fitzgerald is one of the acue. The Phils also canceled drafts jleaguQ ClUU, U,MU V.U03, wumcww v. w.w The A's drew Third Baseman Dykes, fltollj uli lira" club in the Blue Ridge League :a a' pig demand ior minor league stars uy uio major leagues, wiin me , I fague getting twenty-two players and the American twelve from the Cincinnati led all other clubs in going there "VVashlngton Americans obtained three; Cleveland, Detroit, Yprk Americans, Brooklyn, Boston Nationals and Chicago Nationals each ,ed two, while the Boston Americans, and New York Giants, each obtained one. The Boston Nationals origin- jMrted six ne,np but later canceled jWi' C Worcester,, Murray, or, Worcester, ana aiunroe, or jopuru Neither L"4 lapwn r tn cnicago Americans oDiaineu a man uy artuu IL jb ,-A v j'-' r v y ' 9 'WAS also announced at the meeting that a small world's series to . -AjtA itu, haftnthill rhamnlnnshln of i.fcit' " U&.- xl f...l. J Fft. ...U..H.1 .. October ; thfrd and -fourth games t, Bfth (MM in Cincinnati -on h. L'saina HiMebrAdd. at BACK, BUT FINDS Four Hits in Final Battle Pennant yesterday afternoon, took a seat In tho want away witn nts jod ai imru oaso. remainder of tho season. Connlo thero- but it should be an interesting one. East ana tne west will fight it out be large. Tho only thing that Is A. Woodward and Wilkinson also are ana two outfielders. Muesel is said top-notch batters in tho Pacific Coast on crosDy, catcher of bl Joseph, West- v twwo , . vo otuuu league. who played a reliable game for the of this State. This yearly function getting players through draft, seven St. Louis Americans, St. Louis Na- their claims on Lane, of Oakland; Con- Ohio will ba nl&ved. startlncr In Pin. 4lf 1A ti nl.,11 I, ft-. !......, I be: played in Cleveland on October October 9 and the sixth In Cleveland th Amrlcan Leaerue. and Harrl- FOOL!') rFouul you IiJlITfoijl? 71 T . . M I vui iu moved vvu IFniil . FfiilL 1 fe J0R6 AS I BET VOU THAT TEN WHERE j? lOUL. -0L. I a boil- H 'A fouled- YdO 8AU with, GET THVT 7 I VesHft D'D had a ciMCh ( A CALLeo dKjE Your CUE ! DOM'T C1ET TH Jack- 7MASS J , - OH HIS BALL A flfd ME jUST HARD LUCK r oolrjT- WHA&5A 1 RlGHT J ou ey-RfBoDn Z v f V'p .if V V Yum-wm GIANTS WILL WIN, SAYS LAVENDER Phillies' Pitcher Who Per formed Against Both As serts Sox Will Lose CICOTTE BEST HURLER CHICAGO. Ill, Sept 1. While the little raindrops Rently fell over the green sward nt Wceghm.in Park yesterday after noon, thereby piocntlng a Ramo between tho riilllles and tlio Cubs, a fnnnlng bco was held In tlio clubhouso with tlio world scries na tho chief topic. It was Renerallv admitted without de bate that pitching Is tho compelling and deciding factor in a world series A pitch er who has worked both ncalnst tho So practically composed as they are at pres ent and npalnst the Olants during the car Is competent to dlcuss the relatlvo alues of the two clubs better than any ono else, and In Jimmy Lacnder tho man most competent is 1Iti cred. Hero Is what James had to say: "New York has a ery remarkable bat tins team, but oery batter has a well-defined weakness. If a pitcher does not Pitch right to the.so batters they are likely to murder his delivery. If ho pitches right tho Giants nro likely to be beaten. Must Know Weakness "If tho Sot pitchers know these weak nesses they will win; but I do- not bellevo they do-. Ccrtnlnly neither myself nor any other National League pitcher or player will tell them, as a matter of loyalty. If you study tho records you will see that before the right pitchers Kauff and Robert son can be foiled. Neither hae done much In Chicago, because Vaughn and somo of the other hurlers duo to Hippo's Instruc tions are wlso to them "I nm a great admirer of Eddlo Cicotte. I have pitched against him In Cub Sox series. He Is game as a pcbblo, a flno fel low personally, and I should hate to see him beaten. However, I bellevo that the Giants have nn excellent chance at him, but I nm by no means posltie. It all depends on what he throws them, and he has a great delivery. "I personally mot his shine-ball delvery. I studied It and lme been using It myself, and hae dono ery well with It It is not a spitbail delivery It Is a delivery oil of Its own and perfectly legitimate. I am glad to add It to my stock In trade, al though I claim no mastery of It, but have done well with It "If IZddto Cicotte and his catcher know the Giant batters and Ed has his shiner working as well as the rest of the stuff he has, look out, McQraw. But, naturally, they tel3 Factory to you TifTV .?fAV 'S0 Evtrywhere natt ro toaii United Hats $1 .50 $ 1 2 Ml Stylf Valtft $3 & $3.50 if AS i While prices elsewhere have ad vanced we'll still maintain our original policy of the utmost qual ity for the lowest possible price. We aim at blp turnover rather than large Indlvfdual profits that's why, quality for quality, price for price, our hats are the biggest value In town. Caps SOc, $1.00, $1.50 Set our fashion ahoto windows for tha beat styles in town. United Hat Stores 1217 MARKET STREET Nail Onr roitouM An:prbT KELLYCALLING- A FOUL cannot know National League batters as a National League pitcher docs. "Asldo from Cicotte, who always is a winning chance, I pick New York to win because, they havo three star left-handers that can do nine Innings. Sallee is great. Benton Is a mighty good left-hander and they don't dopo him to pitch at all. Schupp Is ono of tho greatest young left-handers that has come up in a long time. I think he will win, but I have no certainty cm this score. "It's going to bo a great series. If Ed Collins and Jackson come through on their old-time, dopo tho Giants will havo trouble. PIcks Giants to Win "But tho ono thing that makes me pick the Giants Is that tho Sox, as I havo read reports this ear, hac only ono nlne-innlng dependable pitcher lMdlo Cicotte. Faber has tho stuff to beat tho Giants, but I am not at all Mire of his lasting nlno Innings. Itussell is n great hurler. Ho can beat the Giants it ho Is In right, but I understand he Is not n dependable quantity because of a soro arm. "To summarize, tho Sot have Cicotte as a sure asset, Taber a probability; Russell a risibility, and a great one If ho Is there, and a team In 'Williams and Danforth, who have been only half pitchers nil year. The two halves havo won a lot of games. I doubt If they can against the Giants. The Giants are great on bases. Schalk Is a great catcher I can't gues this problem, but I must dope the Giants to win." Indian Queen to Meet Tulip Mutineer Younfr, o( tho Infllan Queen Athletics, ImH urcured the Tulip A, A. for tomorrow's at traction at tho Indian Queen l'ark. WlKtahtckon tnenuo !elow Queen Lne XI eso two teams meet on July 21, with Tulip lieinp returned the victor, fl 0 Simpson or Bctz will twirl for Indian Queen, with Jordon on the mound for lullp I r "SKf yu need that littIe SP111 1 I jr to carry you over the brow, it's I TiK "You've Got tha Goodi, Atlantic" Todij.th pacific mrlt7 ttt li pro tfcatlrworthltitMt check on tho iult blllty of a tftolB, for xampU, for ft gfvtn motor qulpment. It trot mottprobablatbitth definition of ollno will bar to t bated on tha par cantata that dUtlla ore r batwaen apad flad tamparatu raa whan tha dlatlllatloa la rarrlad out under tpacJflad condition a. "Tha ftaolln moat nat vaporlza too fraaly for two raaaonaiOna that It would not ba aala, and aacondly,Ita loaa In ator ago by evaporation would batootraaL llance, tha a pad flea lion may bav to contain llmltatlona of tha percentage dla tilling ovar below a certain tampareture, coupled perhaps with a proTlao that car tain percantasea ahall dlatll orer below other fixed temperaforee, In order that requUlte amounta of lowbolllng comtlu ueate ahall ba preeent to taeure easy ataxt I off of en engine. "Zikewfea the t pacification moit con tain proTteo that all moat dlatll over below certain masJmam tern para rare, la order to exdode from the ruoltna too heavier petroleum dUtllJatea, such fceroaene. Official Press Statement fry 17. aS. Govt Bureau of Standards. We'rebeen preach lnf and practldagtbe) earne thing foryeara. Tb a boiling point of Atlantic Ca.olJne la alwaya tin I form It meet Undo Sam'a Waaa perfectly. ATLANTIC GASOLINE BURNS FIRST TO SCORE 100 RUNS New York Outfielder Passes Century Mark Yesterday. Veach Tops Rice RACE IN NATIONAL CLOSE Georgo Burns, tho brilliant outfielder of tho Giants, is tho first National League player to score 100 or more runs. Burns passed tho century mark o,stcrday by scor ing twlco In tho tlo game ngalnat tho Pirates, Donio Bush, of tho Tigers, Is tho leading rungettcr of tho American League Tho littlo shortstop has crossed the! plate 104 times. By hitting safely twlco In four trips to tho plate, Bobby Veach, of tho Tigers passed Sam Rico, of the Senators, for fourth place In tho raco for batting honors In the American League. NATIONAL T.TifiCK O. All. R. Ronoh, Cincinnati .... 13.1 Ml 81 Hornsbv. St. Iouli .. 1.1(1 4K7 HO Uoilft". New York. .. . 115 B29 8", Horn. Now ork 14. nun 101 Groh, Cincinnati ... . 111 Ml 83 AMERICAN I.HAOUn O. All. It. Tolih. Detroit Ill Ml IM) hpmlier, ( lmclnnil 110 not 88 Sliler, rt. Louis 1.11 fill) CI A each. 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Heavy and Volar ine WORLD'S SERIES RESULT USUALLY GOES VIA THE DOPE ROUTE; IT HAS IN FIVE OUT OF LAST SIX YEARS Only When Braves Toppled Athletics, in 1914 1 Was a Prediction on Baseball's Blue Ribbon , Qnf TfiVlrintr Sinno 1Q1A By GRANTLAND RICE In Reply The melancholy daya aro near. As some one's eaid before, When there will be no chance to write About tho daily score. "What will you have to write about?" The fan asks, somewhat solemn? What will we have to write about? Oh, well, about a column. For sport may come and sport may go, With ever changing pace, And yet, somehow, sufficient words Remain to fill tho space. ffTTTHAT Is tho use, queries ft writer, VV "In trying to pick out n world series winner when you know that nearly every series brings about an upset?" An upset? Not at nil. In 1911 It was generally estab lished that the hard-hitting Mackmen would beat tho Giants. They did four' games to two In 1912 tho Glants-Itcd Sox carnival was regarded ns a toss-up. It was going to the tenth Inning of tho eighth game. In 1913 tho Mackmen wero held to bo far su perior to tho Giants. They were by four games to ono. In 1914 the Mackmen were picked to throttlo tho Braes. This was tho first and only upset of seven years. For In 1916 and 1916 the Bod Sox wero held to be superior to tho Thlllles and the Dodger In 191B we recall making a slight wager with Colonel Frank V. Adams that the Phillies would not win more than one game. Which they didn't. So Bince 1910 there has been but one upset The club which the majority of critics picked to win has won, with the lone 1914 exception. We nro not counting here the opinions of managers and players from tho rival leagues. Natu rally they pick their own league to win in print. Tholr private opinions aro often different. So far there has been no widespread verdict rendered on the Giant-White Sox affair. But the dopo will bo exploited. Never fear I And It will very likely come bound ing safely through. And a Few Others Dear sir: I have Just read your comment on world series high spots. I have a few others I would llko to add. One Is the great record of Jack Coombs, the only pitcher in the world to win all Ave of his world series starts. I do not recall any other pitcher who ever weatherctd threo world Bcrles without a defeat. Thero was also the sensational work of Walter Maranvlllo In the 1914 series. A third great feature was the groat world sjrles catching of Johnny Kltng. Ills work was tho headiest I havo over seen back of tho bat In a post-season championship. Tho Record Breaker A short mtesed putt brings a ringing oufse; A topped drive's often even worse; But a fouler thing than a slice or a Jioofc Is to pop a mashie into the brook. Into the mud, and slime and goo When you dreamed of being dead tn f?o. "Trls hopes to overtake Ty." Can It bo that Trls haa equipped himself with one of theso new Liberty motors? Tho Nine-Stroke Handicap "I note," observes a bystander, "that sev eral writers state that Mrs. Gavin haa Tuts Tea In Yaur M9t9r. proved that no malo colfer dan civ a .... woman player nine strokes una win! ConM tho best woman golfer that evei -lived h, stood up to that western ewpo jV Barnes, even with a nine stroke hanaicto 3 match or medal playT" """"cap at The answer, In a w"rd, Is "No" , played seventy-two holes In a 71 aver... Wo don't beliovo there Is a wmMt n existence who could play Mvetw holos In an avcrnRe of nine strokes hlrh.. to the round. If It has ever been JoS? t ' record is mtsilnjr from the archives. Answering Query Van the White Bob Mm the Oiantif "Can they shatter Perritt's spent" "Can thev play xoith greater soieneit ' Can they tilt the ball as usetlt" We've the ancient answer ready, Which tee happen to remember we can tell you more at out it In October or November. Jl'" " fanitlo, "win cieott. ia w;tn hli shine-ball on e, olouay or rolttr day? Who knows but what Eddie hj ii T?ft70lIa ba" oU prlmea for a welUier SUMMER RESORTS ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. Where the Season Has No End but Atiantte City's flneit two months ire, without n doubt. Hertcmotr and October. Bright, unny days, an equable temperature, perfect bathlns anil a host ot attractions await tho lsItor. while tho finest hotels la America will bid him welcome. Golf, FIjhlnB, lloraeback Jtldlna. Salltna and Promenading. The Leading Housed Will furnish Information, rates, etc., on application. MAnTJIOItOUGlMlLKNItEIM niKLsnv Mii:i,iitiitNK KT. rilAKI.F.S ttll.TSIIIKU om.en ham, m.as1dk stisand ii:xms hot.miicisst Only ono hour from Philadelphia. Fre quent trains ln Phlla, and Reading Kwr. from Phcstnut St Terry., ami Tenna It. R. from llroad St. or Market St Kerry, both steam and electric trains. Auto bus direct from Atlantic City terminals to hotel. 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