K. I Bl E& k J- 'ft w 1 Ifr Jfe ' it. :K"DAVIS, HERO OF ' j.i 1. ' ENTITLED 2AFOF KNOCKS IN EFFORT :T30?BUiLD UP C ,. J Ill Iwm. General Will Maintain Silence Until I ' Ready to Make Real Announcement Phils I IjVilf'Strengthen and Prospects Look Good KB eyes of the baicball world are focused on Philadelphia as the 1918 -jaMOtt draws nigh, The financial transactions perpetrated by Connlo t'SUetCand William F. Baker have Riven the city luigo cobs of publicity. rM4 It la tho belief of the wise ones ' tb-bllnk this year. The National and American League entries are cx tectd tc-vflnlsh eighth In their races, nnd they are given this ranking because thcro aro only eight clubs In each circuit, ' I i Not only that, but the experts who fling a nasty typewriter aro re- , v'terrtas to Thlladelplila as a Joke town,. nnd In a short time followers of baseball are likely to believe that such Is tho case. Ono writer. In dls- t cussing tho national game nnd conditions In general, grooves tho following pair of sentences: "One of tho many evils of major lcaguo baseball for many jcars nasi .jr Been tlte fact that the wealthy clubs have been able to purchase stars irom A - . . . , .. ;kf me weaKcr outfits. This nas brought 1 i cities, Philadelphia, for Instance." itT This writer Is partly right, If the dope Is taken seriously. Tiuc, the Athletics are a beautiful picture of desolation and a first-class wreck, be cause of the sale of Mclnnls, Stiunk, IJush nnd Schang and tho loss of ten other players, who have entered tho service: but no ono can tell what will happen when, the season opens. Connie Mack Is a wise bird; ho stands in-a class by himself as a manager, and It's a cinch that he has something concealed-In his sleeve which will cause a big surprises when tho season pens. Cut at present the club must be placed In the Jokc class. CONDITIONS are different with tho rhllllcz. The loss of Alex ander and Klllcfcr will bo keenly felt, but that docs not mean the club will trail tho league. Klxcy's enlistment and tho trading of Code Taskcrt will bo felt, but there nro other players who can perform their duties In big leaguo stylo nnd keep tho team up In the running, r.it Moran has lost only four men two very impor tant ones, It is truebut there aro some new men romlng this jcar who.' may fill tho breach. Let's wait and sec If they are jokc players. 'Make-Up of Athletics a Mystery Until Connie Talks IET3 take a look at tho proipects of tho two big lcaguo clubs and how Jfhcy lino up for tho 1918 derby, First wo have the Athletics, guarded by tho sphlnx-llko sllcnco of Connlo Mack. Thcro Is no news emanating from Shlbo Part; these dajs.-but from the data In hand It li posrlblo that seven players aro available for tho opening of tho season. Tho left-overs from last year Bodlc, .lamlcson, Schaucr, Klmcr Myers nnd .loo Dug an probably will be with us, and Thomas, Gregg nnd Kopp, obtained from tho Tied Soy In tho first trade, nlso nro slated to be on deck. Connie will not admit that theso men will play this year. In fact, ho will admit notliln'g as ct, suiting ho will maintain a discreet silence until March 1. He will not deny or affirm tho report that Gardner, Cady and Walker will 1)0 turned over to him for Mclnnls, and gives the gucsscrs freo rein to guess their heads off until March 1. Perhaps these three plajers will be here next season, as the news comes from Boston, and there may be some thins to it. But no one can blame Connie for his clamllkc attitude. He is running the ball club; it Is his money that Is Invested, and with so many volunteer advisors to point out his mistakes, ho has a perfect rlghj to keep mum. Mack. Is running n business valued at $500,000 or more, and Is trjlng to mako It pay. Ho Is Just tho same as any other business man, and should he allowed to uso his own Ideas In. conducting his affairs. If a stock broker rusbed a story to the newspapers before pulling off a big deal, he would find others on his trail and everything spoiled before It started. Connie Is in the same position. He Is working out his own problems, nnd they aro tough ones. He wants to put a good ball club In the field, and his work is harder than any one imagines. Ho Is panned and discredited on all sldc3, no encouraging words arc offered him, and It is up to him to work out his own salvation alone and unaided. Ho hasn't had a booster for three years, and is It any wonder that ho wishes to be left alone? i r " BUT you can rest assured tlut Connie will pull something big when the time comes for the official announcement. He Is hot after talent, and does not caro how young or how old the players may bo. Instead of building up a club from youngsters ho will have a flock of veterans on hand, and perhaps his standing In the raco will be higher than in the last three yars. It might bo a good plan to lay away the hammers and glvo Connie a chance. He was a great guy when ho was winning pennants, and now that he has slipped, a littlo boost now and then will be far better than those constant raps. Let's wait and seo what happens. Phils Do Not Look So Weak in Comparison With Other Clubs NOW tho Iiillllcs havo lost only four of last year's regulam and gained one In exchange. Alexander and IClllcfcr will weaken 'hn lenm n one In exchange. Alexander and trifle, but perhaps not so much at Is expected. Tho star battery helped considerably last year, and wo looked upon It as CO per cent of tho club. Trcsldcnt Itakcr, however, believes Ills team will not bo. In tho Joko class or linger in tho second division. Tho Infield Is Intact and tho oufiteld, with Cy Williams, Muesscl and Fitzgerald, will be strengthened quite a little. Whlttcd and Cravath also will be In the game, so there should be no worry, about tho guardians of the outposts. Jack Adams is said to be another Klllcfcr, and It used regularly Is ex pected to bo ono of the utara of tho league. He showed up well last year, and 'Pat Moran thinks well of him. Eddlo Burns, who was not in good shape. last season, will be used, and Dllhocffer, the kid backstop, has tho goods. Adams, however, Is picked as the real star, and we aro pulling for him to make good. The pitching department must bo strengthened, and Pat Moran Is angling for a bunch of high-class twirleis. He Is tald to bo flirting with Hippo Vaughan, the southpaw with tho Cubs, nnd hopes to land him. With Rlxey in the service, Pat needs a good left-hander to take his place. At present he has Bender, Oeschger, Mayer, Flttery and two rookies, Davij and Woodward. NEW YOniv and Chicago loolc good in tho National League, but tho other clubs cannot be considered stronger than the Phillies. Tho ace In the holo, to our mind, Is Pat Moran. Tho Fitchburg genius has a faculty of developing good ball clubs, and he will be well up In the running If Us team has any kind of luck at tho start. But the Phils cannot be placed In the joke class. They have not qualified as yet. Managers Said to Be After McGraw's Scalp MTNFOnMAL" sport has been quite popular the last season, which fact imay be responsible for a story coming from western papers to the :': effect that a little Informal and casual understanding has been reached C1 . ' ' ! it.. .. ., .., T ,. j... . ... .. f MnutiK itu? uiituBficrs ut- mica iiiuiiui fc . .-? - ... .. ... . 1 Trings oi 'Vne vjuuus tno coming season, inu pian as set out is lor tue : '-vkeit' pitchers of each club to bo used 'vimuIMa TTnr Is IhA nlnt n Kf 8 Alexander and Vaughn, of tho Cubs; Ames and Meadows, of the , Cards f Cooper and Miller, of the Pirates, are to bo sent into action against cJcGraw'8 pen as often as they can .ftaent in again. S... "Second-string pitchers can be held ,"-it 'whenever the Giants appear on 'ijiiuadftd the hottest opposition that can be put forward." ' .!'ho'etoTy further Is to the effect that the managers 1 liformally) suggested to Christy tetttRCjn'on a deal of the kind in JtowMBlHE-ycar. . ' Tj SUdlinmt Has Big fielding Sfar tn wicmana WUCKliAXV, secured oy, tno uraves irom tnuianapons, win go to fcaicefttWof, American "kultur" with no reputation as a wielder of b,,' he enjoys a wonderful neiamjr rccoru. uuring tne entire 'tltn the American Aeaoclatlbn recruit made only two fleldlns TjW :Jl)lng In 124 games, ." kUmi's mtsplays Came ln June one on the 4th, In his niUe .thivlSth, In VtmwJtwl'.WKmMtK ,mm Crml tr,WieklBd Hiye4. 1-W ball, accepting JU lJ 2 .- . fl M.,: T. ...... A 1I.A !.. t.. vba m m' pam i trpm ''Xti Mi .' TO KIND WORDS NEW BALL CLUB that baseball will be very much on about Jokc uascoaii in me oepicicu IvlIIcfer will weaken tho team a jca&uu iCaiu3 uiieiiueu to cup me .,.. . . .... . ... against McGraw's outfit Just as often fnrth! be used, rubbed down, freshened and , back and used against other teams. theso three arenas they are to be Involved have (also Mathewson the fine possibilities of tno Interest of his teams prospects for giving .him the magnificent defensive hls'seventh game. Al accepted eighty- x ifmMVerjWMmariwa up Bjnt nun, ana men carca ernVtsM-MmasUUNc' hk.saowdand last' mlsplay of the lir-xty-threa TOoteets under Jack m.hwhv ismtnujr .i, imv, 9 uccu ZXyton inlM3 ' y .; rv EVENING PUBLIC MANY BASE3ALL BATTLES, RETIRES ' AIN'T IT A GRAND ANDtGLORIOUS FEELIN7 WHEiJ.cw MONDAY Yau .Cava, up Tue Com. mn) and mc SaVs Nothing poimg omtiu Thursdav STAR IN JUDGES , Prep School Basketball 1 Team Will Meet Penn 1 Fresh Tomorrow CHAT OF SCHOOLBOYS By PAUL PREP In view of the recent victories overl the Wilmington I'rlcnds' and West town School quintets the Swarthmore Prep basketball team and Its rooters arc Inclined to look forward with expecta tions ct victory to tho "big" contest with the Tenn I-'reshmen tomorrow afternoon In the .Swarthmore gjm. Th team has struck Its proper stride and at present Is the best squad that has I represented the Garnet school In many 5 cars The majority of the team aro around or over tho Fix-foot mark, and lhl.1 Is onr. of the several reasons why . . , , ,,.-,. P , tboexp.ct to braak tho winning pla of me iteu and wuo ycarungs. In the Wilmington fracas Coach l Harry's players held the Wilmington five without a Held goal during the second half until within n minute of the nnal whistle, when Captain Tavlor diopped in two tallies In bucccsslon. During this period the Swarthmore team added nine teen points to the seventeen they scored i In the first half. This Contest uncovered Judges, the former scrub plaver, In his nrst varsity contest, and ho scored moro points than nni- h.i. u.ntrr. caelntr sK goals from ' t'-.c fic'd. fcc-iicely less brilliant was the I I pci rormnncu of Mllliken, another pro ! mated sciub who caged three goals from tho field. For a time Coach Harry had feared for tho success of his team when l.ungien dropped tho game and LeFrane did not come up to expectations. But thco two substitutes have niled the bill. Snarthmoro beat Wcsttown by an citven-point margin. In this game 'iar- nail jcored eleven neiu goats, or incu- . Cn.nmrn'a frtPtV noIntS. West town's best piaser, captain scott. was ' iump,ns ccntcr rPsUo lar"a ' . ,., i. ,t.. ih.li diamonds are at present burled under the recent heavj snows, baseball comment Is In the air. The Kplscopal Academy students alrcadv have taken stock and found that Coach Mccarty will have oniy tour iiicui.,: ' of last year's team around whom to form his nine. "Sf Kellers, wno wa n.. with the captaincy at the close of last season, Is tho latest to bo numbered I among the "gono but forgotten." t 1.1 i!,n .T.tmps V. Hazlett has been elected to head the team for the coming season. Hazlett and Johnny Harp, both football plaers, aro both strong at the lmt nnd will bo tho mainstay of the team In tho matter of score getting, but I tho greatest promise of the team seems 'to He In "Bud" Starr, the outhful short. 1 slop of tho 191" team, who has the car. 1 mtiks of a real ball player. Indoor batting practice will soon start In tho academy gvmnaslum, and the 1 opening gamo will be plaved tho Hrst week In April. There Is talk at tho Friends' Select i already of the coming baseball season. .Manager Illlngsworth has only a couple of games to settlo upon before ho will have tho schedulo ready to give out The season is rightly looked forward to Iwlih much enthusiasm with such an at tractive schedule and tho many members of laBt year's team who are In school. Hemmey was elected captain and ex pects to lead another successful team. Coach O'Brien of Central High, has i been unable to have tho track team practice during the last week on ac count of the lack of heat and light. Xow that tho exams aro In progress he will be unable, to get the candidates together until after February 1, when they start to get ln shape, for the open ing of tho Indoor track season on Feb ruary 16, when tho Crimson and Cold meets the Northeast High team. The outcome of this meet will give tho BCholaMtc track fans a chance to dope out the result of the Indoor quads on March 11. Sports Served Short WelVrr rfhrn defeated Oeorre Button, the. handles billiard player, ln their handi cap match at New Tork by a score, ot 30 to US. James V. Austin, tho "spark plur" of tho nrowns and ona of tha threa playera of tha elub given salary cuts for the romlne sea. son. Iiaa sinned his contract for another year at lower flmre. J, If, Marshy, ot MaMen. Miss., was elacted to lead this J ear's Dartmouth hoekey learn. Ila I" only a Junior, but Is coachln tho team and has a atronar seven. Ilraneh RleVer haa alaned Twomblsy. a plterer, of Irfhlah University. Twoiubley la a ruht-hander. The Jahns IIipLlnt Ufilverslty football team will play tliht nmti tn tha fall. The. opening- gams will ta on October J J with tho Virginia Military Institute. Drown. Dickinson and Carllslo have been dropped from tha acbedul". Tenny Kerrigan, fosmtr solt professional at tha Hlwanoy Country Club, haa Jolntd tha hard rtaerv trilnlns school at Pslbam Cay. Tha Tarslty and freabman candidates for tha Cornell erewa have been called out. Tsranty.flta, membera of tha vanity and freabnutn aicnta in ina laai two yeara ar now In aoroebranc of tho national service, COAL MOH AND HG V POWM ,,,w.r, t lv'l p H I AMtt FRIT) AY VoU Sre vmoSaTURDAY A. M. I -AMD AT 2. P.M. Tue MOST VMONPERfUl, w t. r . i i Jn.n.rj kaimu anu -- Svv?, m hoy; in't ,t n ur ? SWARTHMORE HAS h'w m.im MORAN REFUSES - fSj-fJ-i v r i-v.r,t'i LEDGER-PIWLADELPPJX TUESDAY, AMD TueiOAY YoO - AMD WeDMESDAY ISA AwD THURSfSV oBSCKVe The coa.1. Colder JaV THam J5um- you CMLtJP AOMH mi r l nun V oikiA AMD liU MAIZC To flt-H. ,. rnai. i - .""""" " ,., ...i rvTDL luMlilT or. rurv. wwr , "V sal mm r$' Jm Wm rm riLn .mm Wm. Vaughn Pitches No-Hit Game Every Four Seasons A rood hH trt mike 1 Hint If .llm VhiikIhi In iltrh!ne four je.ir lirnrr he ulll hurl tt nu-lilt mine. Thff ( lilrnKn i uli' fouthnuu hnn hfn n ni-liit hero tlirrfl tlmrn, earh of hU Niv iimnter lilerr hlnc four yrnr nimrt nml rnrh romlne In n ?rnr In uhtrli rreldent tta inmiKurnlefl. TIip Hrt no-lilt Bnmp Vniichn nltehert nn. for Msntn. of the nlly lrastie, araln.l. 'olumlila. on M.u ri. 11X111. Ilnlr nnf inun cot on. .lint fr.nklne one of hln npimnntii lit tlie nlnlli. 1 be ncorit n .V In II, On Jnn '!'!. lain. V.tiielin. luirline for lnniift (Ht. fnrtwil thp Toledo VlutU hen lmc'& Mllhotit hit or run nlnnlnir i In 0. l.nAt rar. on ay 2. .Tim nbnt'il Hip llil for nlnf. fr-iinr tlthout hlor nr ftnll). hut 1'rnl 1onr illil lift nn nrll. nnd lit llie irnui i inrinnaii kui iwiii a hit and ti run, Yiiuchn lmlnf, 1 lo o, O'MARA LATEST DODGER Trv T?Mt ICT" 1M SPRV1PP. I Mil'1 f"r Ienvtr nnu osucu that tue 1U iitNJjlSlllN OEIv lblra)o of ljatlIo ,)0 Klftc,j t0 ,l0 y-rat. NI'AV YOBIC, Jan. :. Oliver H. O'Mara fetepped over to the Erookljn Navy Yard jesterday and enlisted. He makes tho seventh of Squire Kbbcts's call iinnun Dndeers to bo accented for ..-..inn,.! service, and tho monarch of Kiathush is beaming with pride. Ho also Is having another service star em. broldercd for the nag that now hangs rirooklvn baseball of Ice. Tho other Dodgers who have already Joined tho aimy or navy are Jen FfelTer. Leon Cadore, Sherrod Smith. John ritzslmmons. John Kelleher nnd I-ou Malone. Kaeh one of theso men. was potentially valuable to the JO-18 Dodgers, the three first named being pitchers of whom It was reasonable to expect much. ' nT-ixTiiTir l-tTTCin rT ircn UbiSWY IVAUrT VLiAVs&U TW n,A?ts 1 OF DRAFT rOMr.ROY, O, Jan. 20. When called a "'' lacing at Mil Do l'aru last sum l)efore tho local draft board hero yes- mer and hopes to repent. Willie Mooro . ., . . .. .. . I.I.. mine. Int. .. n ! CA Tlnn lamln Michael Kauff, ccntcr fielder on the Giants, waived all exemption claims and was placed In class 1 Kauff stated to tho officials that he was ready for tho call to arms at nny time and wmuld be glad to Journey to Franco. He will take a physical exam ination soon, nnd If passed may be mustered Into tho service. Ono of Kauft's arms Is shorter than the other and physicians have said he would not be accepted by a military board. Kauff mado no claims for ex emption of this score In his answers to tho questionnaire. BAN GETTING AMERICAN BALL SCHEDULE READY CHICAGO, Jan. 29. Ban Johnson, president of the American League, ex pects to put the nnisning toucui-i iu the 1018 sclicuuia ot uiu h.-ubuu ..V.V iii. .Tnhnson returned from 1 Ilia- burgh wltlna. rough draft of the sched ule. but still has a few wrinkles to Iron uii, uui nii ti i, out of the program beforo giving It his approval. HOBLITZELL TO MANAGE RED SOX CLUB DURING WAR First Baseman Is be lected for the Job; as Barry Must Stick to the Navy Mclnnis to Play Second B1 ECAUSH baseball plajers who have enlisted In the navy will not receive furloughs during the coming season, the pennant plans of tho Boston Itcd Box have been smashed to smithereens In tho last few das. Harry Fraieo, Con nie Mack's principal customer, has been notified that ho would have to strugglo along without tho services of Jack Barry, Ernie Shore, Mlko McNally, Chick Shorten, Del Gainer and Herb Pennock and now is doping out n. scheme to patch up tho vacant spots. Of course. Jack Barry will havo to step out of his Job as manager for the duration of the w-ar. and a tip comes from Beantown that Dick HoblitxcU will be offered the position. This has not been announced as jet. but It Is safe to slate that ho will bo tho new pilot In a couplo of days. Hoblltzel recently was permitted to leave a hospital In Cincinnati, where he had undergone a dllllcult operation) He Is now convalescing at Ids homo there and probably will meet Harry Fraiee of the lied Sox at the schedulo meeting of the American League In New York on February H. . . A strange part about Hobby's opera tion Is that he decided to go- through with It to enable him to enter the dental service In the army. The proffer of the temporary management of the EtiSton team may cause him to change his mind. HobllUell will continue at first baso for .Boston, and Stuffy Mclnnls, the Ath letics' old 'first baseman, will be shifted to second. While Mclhnls has won niost of his fame as a first baseman ho orlgnajly came Into tho American TO R(W IN WFOTlrf.r.StiTis? Ferocious Fredward Not Keen About Keeping His Date in New Orleans LYNCH'S OPPORTUNITY Uy BILL BELL rredward Fulton does not seem to bo highly enthused over his coming bat tlu with Frank Jloran In New Orleans, February 22. Tho ferocious one Is think ing seriously or foisal.lng the sumo rrn city Jloran, however, refused to do this, saying that all arrangements already havo been mado and the fight would bo put on in New Orleans. It would not bo at all surprising If Fulton decides at tho last moment not to keep his date with Mor.tn on the twenty-second, Fredward never has been anxious to mk with the tough blond, and It will be remembered that ho has been matched to meet him on lun nlliAr nfnalnn, flirt l,io-',il,.lit ., rli,mallt iikcs- to m(.et .ho (. onc!) jko Wclncit and Gunboat Smith. Williams at Olympia Kld -Williams will meet Joe Lynch, the most recent bantam flash. In the wind-up at tho Olimpla tonight. Lynch ha3 1)ccn UoInff eood work ot ,ate aml tonight's bout will dctermlno whether or not ho has the class to dlsputo the tltl0 "'", 1ct0 Herman. Joe Welsh, Bobby Gunnls's champion. Is slated to l0K Young Brown of New Yoik In the and Charley Bailey will appear In one of the other bouts. Scraps About Scrappers Joe ltorrell nml Jink Mct'nrron are traln Inir hard for thlr l.nttiB at the Cambria 1 rlilar nlirht Tlin. winner will hn In lino to meet Mike O'Dowd nr Mlko Ulbbons. One of the wire Ihijh working out of Rn cheater nen1 a nald lnearaee ntatins' that nalph llr-i'ly. of Sjracuae. sweated Joe Tuonan, of New ork. last nltfbt. TMdlo Horsey la aald to havo won from Younc Murphy In thu scml Itlllv Krtlr U fcrtntn he- 1ia lb next I lnUMIewclnht champion In fhuck VVIffcln. 1 of lndtanapnlU Ohm I: wela-Tis 152 pound and Jh unxloua tn argue with the tnn , notchors Ho Is seeking' a bout with Mc ' Carron or K. O. Laughlln. Tat (line nml Jolinnr Bnndee have been mntcheit twenty rounds In New Orleans on 1 February 11. Tho bout will be a de I clslon. ( Itnhbi' (lininls haa started a moement to auiiply boxlnz cloen to tho armv ramps. It sunelv Is a intrlotlc Idea And llobbv should fbo clvcn lota of assistance by tho club owners In Philadelphia Patrick O'Keefe. mldJIewelsht champion . rtf ii and. stnnned llondsman Hlako ln tha of Kngland. stopped iiomuman isiaks in ha I second ruunu ni tuv In London last nlsht. second round at the National Sporting Club DICK HOBLITZELL League a shortstop, and can play a tidy game at any Infield position. It is a curious coincidence that three members of Mack's famous 8100,000 In neid Collins, Barry and Mclnnls will play second base next season. Barry will play for u navy team. uesptto tno inroaas winch tho war has made on the Ilea Box, Hoblltzell will bq able to put u rattling good team on tho field next season. Ha vrll) have "Walker, Btrunk and Hooper for" an out field: himself, Mclnnls, Bcott and'Qard- ner for an Infield; Schang, Agnew and Cady, catchers, and Leonard, iluth Mays nd Bush for his first string pitchers. BMaalaT sslaUaal IKaW- al aS ' ' 9IKmAjl B rV'jaflaaaaaaaaaaaaW ' WaaaaaaaVaaaal l ' UsaaaaaaaaaaaanliO ,i V'. "I'kV " r ij JANUARY 29, IDiS FROM THE GAME TO ENTER BUSINESS; ' 7 HARRY DAVIS. MAKES EXIT FROM GAME Mack's Right Bower Will Devote Time to Business and Common Council STARRED IN MANY PARTS By KOBERT V. MAXWELL .Another good story was spoiled last night wiien Harry Davis, common coun cilman from the Twenty-eighth Ward, piesldent of the Sterling Iron and Steel Company nnd assistant manager, cap tnln ntul nrntit rvtrnnrdlnnrV Of the Atll- I Ictlcs ball club, decided to sttp out of ..baseball nnd devoto his entire tlmo to common counclllng nnd taking care of I his customers who need Iron and steel. Unrry left Connlo Mack flat, ami tno boss of the A's Is disconsolate. Harry Is not soro at Connlo nnd Connie it not I soro at Harry. Tlicy aro tho bct "f ' friends : they did not go to the mat after K-rnii nr anvthlne IlkO that. Davis iiult Just because his business uas grow- jo iju,, the name or the all lug so rapidly that ho didn't havo the i brought on the big debate. time to devote to baseball. But let's get back to tho lo't story. When Connie shunted his stars to Bos-1 i, fn- ... miiMi ner star and canned some of tho goofs to tho minor league-, ' It a hinted that Davis would return to tho ganio nnd play first base next season. Harry was about tho on J placr left, nnd It was thought ho woum nil In at tho Initial sack until some ono was procured, Although the ripe 1.1.!,ll V.vrn- nnn Was nnXIOUS ID see t i ,.. .. ..i.i nut. hut now the stuff Is ofT. Thus Big Du-lncss has stcorcd another victory over baseball. Played Many Parts Harry was ono of the unique charac ters In baseball. He never became ex cited and went serenely on his waj working his head ore, but aluavs keep ing both feet on tho ground. Ho would bo on tho coaching lines one day and don tho falso whlfckers and gum shoes to spy on somo unsuspecting bustier In tho grass belt the next. Occasionally he would fill In as a pinch hitter In the regular games, and when Connie was on a still hunt fov talent, would sit In as manager of the club. Harry mado him self useful at all times and his easy going methods earned him the name vi diir-ijui Miiiwut. . ..j. . Harry was a great hitter In his day and led tho American Leaguo In home' runs for lour i.tralght seasons. In 1001 he had ten circuit swats, eight In 130-, twelve In 1000 and seven In 1007. He could hit 'cm a mile In those days and In 1002 led tho leaguo In two baggers, when ho rapped out forty-three. In 1903 ho gathered forty-seven and In 1907 camo tlnough with thirty-seven. That's some record for extra-base clouts. His Last Appearance He played In one gamo last jear and Just mlscd being a hero by one Inch. It was In tho thirteenth Inning of a scoreless game with tho New York Yankees, played at Shlbo Park on May 30. Both teams vvcro playing wonderful ball, the pitchers were going good and the batters were a path from tho home nlato to the bench. Connie was anxious to grab that game and Inserted new plavers heio ai.d there until his supply had been need up. In lm thirteenth Bodte opened with a walk and -took second on Bates's sacrl- fice. Stuffy Mclnnls stepped up and rapped a slnglo to left, and Ping, who was traveling without a taxlcab, could get no farther than third. ally hchang . . m ... .... .I..... tl.lv.l Vl-nll KsOlnncr sat ln for Haley, ana hum J.ove, me Yank hurler, was told to pass him This filled the bags with only ono out, and Jlng Johnson was tha next batter. Davis to the Rescue vjonnio iookcu utci i ,7 v. .... men strewn over tho bench and shook his head. o ono was present who could even dent tho ball and Johnson was about to meander to the plato when Macl; turt ed to Davis. "How do you feel. Harry? he asked. "Can ycu hit for Jlng?" Davis lushed to tho bat pile nnd searched for h'.s old bat. It was not there, but he grabbed the longest ono In tho bunch and siroae up to mo inaio. Tho Yankees were surprised and Luvo couldn't believe his eyes. So ono ex pected Harry to take an actlvo part in the contest any moro than Connlo Mack. But he pitched to tho veteran and the crowd tho largest ot last reason sut back and breathlessly watched tho out come. Hits Into Double Play Harry let two bad ones slide by and then took a mighty swing. Ho hit tho hnii on the nosa and sent It to the left of the second baseman. It looks like a sure safetyr but Fritz .viaisci mauo a sensational stop, "got Schang at second and tho ball was relayed to first In tlmo to nip Davis by a step. Tho double play retired tho side and to this day Harry blames everything on the guy who stole his bat. Had be been swinging the old war club, which was ona Irtch longer, the ball would havo been knocked Into Kensington or some place, ho claims. Tho Yankees won the game In the fifteenth Inning when they shoved a pair of runs across the pan. Harry Davis was tho originator of llto reverse stem in uttscuaii unu vauaeu . the rules to be changed. In ono game ho reached second and In order to worry tho pitcher, stolo first base. The novo had tho desired effect. Notes of the Bowlers Jim Guest, of tha Wyndham team. Quaker City League, save ona of tho greatest pin scattering exhlblttona ever witnessed on a local howling alley when he felled tha plna for 217, -".'7 and 243 In three games, setting a total of ,1(1 plna. Ilia wonderful arhlsve ment not only gavo him the high Individual honors, but. In addition, his total was al most equal to ona-thlrd of the total score made by Ma teammates, their three rollings netting them tho magnificent sum of SIM. . San Salvador again atenpsd Into first tlaee, nrslns out Columbus, St. Leo dropping ack to foura piece. Al I.uneren. who averaged 191 plna In forty-two games played, won tha tilth-average prize In the Quaker city's drat and aecond tourney, mil Knox took aeennd, with 101 pins In thirty-Ova games rolled, Mcrherson. of Mane to. topped Art Elliott's three-game acora by thlrty-sU plna. Ills total was 093 for three games. Main Office, of the. American Tee Learua. loat two out o'f three to Station, No. O. which till holda tlsht to llrat Ptaca In Its ltague. Iluach. of Btatlon No. 0. aet a new record for this league when ho rolled 231 in hit last same. , Victors of tho Ke atone Section Jl" won tha championship of tho flrat asaaon'a series, with Actives a. cloaa second and Florist flnlshlns third. Eekman noaed out Mu'ford by tin same In tha Drua- League with a lead of ,2 per cent. Waropola cojitliraea o light hard. King ona same, back i,f Mulford. Wa fladno cbanga In the Artisan Tragus 1 for last week:. Underdown noma tlrat place lin flection "A.", Ilarraoriy and Irfhlgh stilt ila away In flection '?. and Northwesters l-I... Jlm l UMInn "EI." aaiMm uiu ,, w..w i ntm ln Bectlon "B." RICE'S SELECTION OF MASTER MOUNDSMAN BRINGS ON GREAT DEBASE WITH THE FAN FOLK Straw Plebiscite in Form of Mail Vote Show's Many Favoring Cy Young and "Vy alter John son Over Matty as All-Time Star By GRANTLAND RICE r; YOU are ever looking for an argu ment or for a burning debate we have the recipe. Merely get In n bunch and mention some one pitcher as being the greatest of the lot for all time. Then sit back and observe the- languige pour out In a sol lil stream. The Test Wo found this out some" time ago when we unfurled our dope on the greatest ball club of all time. This llnc-up produced the expected amount of correspondence. Very few disputed Buck living's reign as catcher. Mo"t of them were willing to admit that lMdle Collins, Ham- IVagner and Jimmy Col lins were supreme around the Infield. Virtually none disputed the over whelming greatness of Cobb, Keelcr and Speaker. But with all the wonder work that Christy Mathewson has done from 1901 to 1D1C, the name of the all-star pitcher xj,c Master of Mound T , , , .. In naming this selection there was a wide discrepancy. Some of the old- timers stood by lladbournc, A few- named Amos Bus Busle. But In ' the main the voles werelist for Cy Young ami Walter Johnson, with IM Walsh and Alexander nlso named. Most of thoee. however, Who didn't vote for Matty "were for either Young or Johnson. Hero were tho main ar guments: For Young Won more ball games by a w Ido margin than any pitcher that ever worked. Pitched moro bill games by n wide margin than any other man. Was therefore the most useful. Mailn ,hls great record with two clubs. Cleve- lanu nnu Boston West nnd Hast to phow he could meet any change; Worked with pennant winners and with losing teams, but was always a star. For Johnson Has been handicapped most of tho tlmo by a weak club, hpt In splto of this, did wonderful work. Had moro speed and was harder to hit than any other. Would have mado an even more remarkable record If he lnd been with the Giants, ns Matty was, With a strong club back of him to get a few tuns would have been unbeatable. Young, Johnson and Matty i ,. . There Is so much to bo said In favor of all three men that no definite proof 1916 World's Series Games to Be Replayed This Spring The world's nerles of 1018 wilt be re produced for tlm New Orlrnns haitebsll fiint In April. The noalon Red Sax anil Hie Ilrookljn Dodgem are tolne In hook lin In the Crevent Cltv In it series nr tralnlnr Irln snmes. notli teams will mnke lonr Jitnnft In order to participate. Tho Nrooldjn ( Ink train In llorlds, the Red fox at Hot .Sprincn. RISBERG AND KOPF HOLD BUM FIELDING RECORDS Tnn shortstops. Itlsberg. of the White i ,-0Xi al),i Kopf, of the Cincinnati Beds, mado more fielding mispiajs than any ' other major league players last year. ntslicrir was charired with sWtv.onn crr0rs. while Kopf made slxty.elght. Ills- ber vaa benched Just beforo tho world's sere,, hecauso ho was weak at tho hat. ..... jon played out tho full schedule - . .... , ...I. l.l.. ...I-,... .. for jiatty. Inasmuch ns his stlckwork was a factor in the Reds' successful light fop a placo ln tll0 flrgt division. Ktlll f mtberg and Kopf were not blamed by ther refpectlvo managers for blunders ma- Tlle5' nt attcr "er- ADMITTING KIDS WOULD COST $5000 THIS YEAR According to Branch Rickey, of the Cardinals, 37,000 boys were admitted to championship games placd on the home ground? by the Cardinals last season. It had been planned to still further In crease, the membership this season. Tho bos occupied j-eats In the (lfty ccnt covered stand arid for each admis sion oVer a certain number equivalent. to the average pass list at other parus a. charge ot twelve and one-half cents for each boy was paid to visiting clubs. On a basis of last year's attendance of Knotholere, plus the five-cent war tax, the Cardinal Idea would cost the club more than 3000. Basketball Games Tonight Two of the nun) lornl basketball leagues will bo In action tnnlaht. Tha Northwest Church Association's iranies at First llulih Hall are between Uethnny and Hchwenk felder and Covenant and OlUet-Covenant. Tha latter two are tied for first, neither hav inir lost a camo in thn second halt of tha schedule. The other leaeua In nctlon Is tho newly organized national, which plaja nt fit. Timotlu'a Hall, tha samea betas' 1111- ton Dns' Club aaalnst Junto Ilojs'.Olub and Ardcntaea Juniors acalnst Fourth Dutch. j , p?m r lrS - laalCaaHili mwm BvrflTralallllM Wn'rm " W - " "jiaaaaaaaaaaaaaH IS KaaBBBaV L :.s'!TallllH i W 'I .w I"-k can ever be collected to,settle the debate. .. -" Mimier ot opinion, and not a matter of record. All three were big. powerful -men. with a world ot stamina. Yung had the greatest stamina of the,,, n. ns his twenty-two yearn of worlrwill show, em bracing mora than 800 games and more than 500 victories. On tho basis of games won. Young wtoild lead the Held It may bo that Walter Johnson, pitch! Ing for the Giants, would havo reached the greatest heights of tho Int. He has the Huff about all the stuff thcro Is ' Synced and control aro two great fcau urcs. and ho baa both, nnd has both In nbumlancc. But frr all that, neither Johnson nor Young has ever shown Mahewson's amazing versatility. He had fine speed In bis youth, nnd when this left him he still remained a great pitcher through the emplojment of headwork and courage. Mathewson was a winning pitcher after he had lost mc-st of his speed Would Young nnd Johnson, minus speed still he. winning factors? Mathewson, also did an enormous amount of work that was never registered. Dnv nfi.. ' day he had tc; warm up In order lo bs able to relieve some faltering mate, lis did much more of this work than either Johnson or Young. In 1008 Mithewson worked nlmost every other day fr,T th last few weeks. He was lint VA Walsh's equal In this respect, but for all that his burden was heavy. The Undisputed Four men on the all-tar line were ah solutcly Undisputed. They wcr Hsns Wagner at short, and Cobb, Speaker and Kecler for tho outfield. There were those wiic; believed that Chaso should displace Tenny and that Lnjole should displace ICddle Collins. Also that Kllng or Mlko Kellv or Brc nahan should displace Buck Kwlng. But Wagner. Cobb. Speaker and Kecler stood unchallenged all tho way. The Two Leaders Out cf the entire army It was almovt universally voted that Wagner stands as the all-time king of fielders, with Cobb the nil. time king of outfielders, batting nnd baBcrunnlng being used to sum up the complete account. These two stand bevond any and all 'challenging. One Is the most useful In i fielder that ever lived; the other th i most useful outnclder. And between them i uiufc usciui uuuiuiuer. rtiia nciween inen (they havo drawn in moro money at tlv gato than any other ball players, ELWELL, WITH 78, WINS QUALIFYING MEDAIT Veteran Walter Fairbanks Second in Big Golf Tourney at Palm Beach TALM BKACH, Fla., Jan. :3. The annual Lake Worth golf tournament for the benefit of tho Bed Cross started yesterday over the links of the Palm Beach Golf Club with seventy-four en tries. It Is the first event ot the Palm Beach season, and so well did the golf- Crs play that there w ' ., , , ln lcaa or ,1"ee' as c Ill be four flights originally planned. Joseph B. niw ell, of Apaw amis, with a C .. .... . I.. .... . i .. . .- S, won the medal In the eizh.teen-hc.Ie qualifying round. Second place fell to. ' Walter Fairbanks, of Denver, who re i turned a card of SO. The third lowest scor6 was that of Paul CHITord, of Brae burn, who.flnlshed with 81, and George Wright, of Boston, was fourth with '84. A. TV. Cameron, of Huntingdon Val ley, landed In the first flight with a card of 87, while J. F, Halloway, another', Phlladelphlan, tniallllcd for the second ' division with a total of 31. It was with keen reeret that the mny players and spectators saw Walter J. Travis sitting on the clubhouso veranda t Instead of being among the contestants tno event iiaruiy seemea me same wiin. nut Travis, whn Rn Innfr and so ably defended the championship of the Talm ucacu ciuo. summaries: i rmsT sixtkcn J. n. Eltvell.. Anawamla. 78: Walter Talf. banks. Center. SO: Paul Clifford. Hrs-burn, K2 tle&ige Wright, lloston. SI: O. V. Itarnes. llnalflwAod. &.-, VVu IT. Walker. Bel mont KDrlnaa. 83: A. Julian. Cincinnati. 87: 4 a. w. uameron. ituntingion vau. cj, John hhepard, Jr., llhode Island, J7 JU, . I'emberton. Caledonia.. 87: V. VV. BlrM. J- VI. !... fB. 1 IS 1lk.. Va,.alai fits, f rt,a.U. 1." K"aak ITalluwAaJ fifl It. 'h.I i,a Wilcox, orange bsj i;. a, itcmi. luytr c,1 nvsiU. UK' n. W. Pair HInort. 88. ' '"' " "' B. . "''"' """"l. '.. 'Jf. "'rili : : iv. . 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