W1 " 'W!b.S t ?' .w , .'' . $i& 7 J OuSElf H . EVJSNINd- PUBLIC .LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAKCH 20, 1918 HUN IDEA IS TO CARRY A HOME UMPIRE AND CLAIM THE GAME AFTER PRACTIC MORAN TO REMAIN IN ST. PETE MANAGERS AND CLUBS MAKE BAYERS OR VICE VERSA? QUERY i EVER ALIVE AMONG BALL BUGS rTT i&k . f Tfcses of Cobb, Speaker, Alexander, Johnson : r r4 and Others Cited to Sustain Viewpoint j & oi Average r an j rTJASEBALli has several problems that arc harder to down man a oau M. conscience. There is the question of relative merit of the gs;no'now and then. This Is an .ajipual miory that Is) no nearer being settled than Whcn It began the second jcar of the existence of th- pastime. Then thero tfci Iho problem as to whether the Katjie as now promoted Is a business or ! ," sport. Likewise there Is tome illsputc us to whether or not the fans "4tfUind more hitting and whether the freak dim cry stuff should be pcr- vi'artted. MH Will the war put the game on tho blink this ear" Th.it one hasn t tfmmr followers In tho ranks of the buss, who declare that the) will want 'the-tame more than ever on account of the need for inmtal relief from ,t$w tresvof the conflict and will be satisfied If tho same goes on. Koine V managers and club owners av dubious, which Is the contention at lean ;li'f certain plajcrs who arc disappointed over salar) terms rnc intcgrit) fc"' an.t ln.lnni.nl nf I he llmnlraa nlum will lip muOtfd. While' tllO 'lU'.TV IS t'O if nn.eiiteH n , uhrtlipr Han Johnson Is real!) the last of the live cars. '' If ou would get the real alert bugs starttd upon a lino of indices ' l .- I ....... ..1.. .,..,,,..... thl,t nlttiv t.rr.ViIrm! 1o the managers ,. ft.-mcuuuit.lll, iiuwvi;, iiimvij nuftT.-3b ...in i',.j ,..w........ J -nd clubs make the Players or the plaiers tho managers ana ciuus. mo Jtan -will stick by tho placrs and state Ills reasons, and the contention of tboso holding this levv point Is lined up about as follows: J. Nearly all really bis teams those; whlrh have held togcthe. for jcars ucould have slid alone with any manager rather thaif lose some one or Ktnore great stars who were Just great natural plajirs. At least this Is ono Viewpoint. Ty Cobb's case Is, of lourse, tho most extreme and best Mils- 'trfttlon. Cobb made Jennings as a manager? and, In fact, tho entire e-artcr Jit 'the Tiger team since he blew In from tho Foirthcm brush the cockiest recruit ever. This seems certain. Detroit without Tyrus I'.aymond, It U Insisted, lone since ".ould have been an American Association city. h ABOUT tho best Illustration of the point suggested bj the argu ment In question Is that well-known utterance of Dr Ccrmany Schacfer, who, when asked whom ho considered the great' st man agcr In the buslnciis, remarked, "Cobb and Cr.iwford at the bat" Say Alex's Case Wan One Well in Point 'fTtHOSC entertaining tho line of opinion set out present Alex s cac as - clearly in point, tiicy point to me jiars oi piajing success ot j'niiiy teams while tho Nebraskan was In tho fast, to th'- previous seasons of !spond which, taken with tho number of ganifs stowed away annual!) icUarly establishes tho case, they hold. Tin) adm't that 1'at Moran "hamlleil Wm well," but for all that they say It was not I'at but Ale who was doing tkc work, Take tho case of Trls Speaker. The big Tcan alone put new llf- Into "'the gamo at Cleveland at a time whin It was absolutely necessary to Mcuro a great star to start bail; tho, tide from tho long ear.i of constant "mbDlng. A good many persons couldn't tell offhand who thu Cleveland 'manager Is and the pla)ir end of the argumint looks plausible In this instance. A Another pla)cr who carries u wholo club on ills vhoulders is Walter K . Jfohnson. Clark Grlfllth may be a mlraclo man. but ho can't seem to get h' other ball pla)crs together or ejevclop them Into stars. He has one great 'M ajar, who Is Just as necessary to ins if am as is ly ooo w uvmi. m Ii-tipeaker to aev eland And Old Honus, tho grc.tist old sh rtstop of them .. noftll, did moro man an oiner iniiuentei iu utt-ii i"'n - - t-cording to the popular view. Ills gro t work und unlpio personality sur- vhed a number of managers and brought a fortune to tlio man wno oougni htm alon with a whole baseball club and for a pittance. During Fielder Jones's da)s as the hltless team manager at Chlrago, Ed Walsh was held In popular Istlmation as the mam causo of tho great Victories scored. That the now St Louis manug. r shows his appreciation 'of that fact is indicated by his giving the onco great hurler another rhanio it? life as pitching coach when ho had been turned down all ovei tho untry. SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE w V' rv ku iyf fc !- m .7 iY -.f f IX. "fe tv v ma f BOUT A LITTLC RIT)F , MQP'CL TmC TIRES &LMJllX 6HY f5 GttS OUT M ThCCOUUTPv) W(Lt HCLt, OUT- j Wlf f.U VuL LAT I I 7 jia :zJSSW . t mm: nSM& wj JMKBSimkm WlL9mmmte j Thgrc s 'Bfesj a lot I ijijS FeeLiNC I -. . CP ACClDGSJT OM FINS UMTIU HE . I This roao this i- cfttwe. alomg I Got aw O6U6H J r- called dead vsl I . crepe- CA6B vjesey ' J ' -- Sc1::- j-y wzsm&&gmmMMmimj0& t? - ), 6bzA w nmurw HI'i II I1 n I m ' IU III I i M Ml II S . - '" t' II ' 'W TO GREET HOLDOUT CREW WHILE I PHILS MAKE JOURNEY TO MIAMll Peppery Pilot, Three Veterans and Five Rookies to Linger at Training Base McGaf- figan's Great Work Impresses ; By ROBERT W. 5IAXWELL TXT MORAN has decided to assume Tlncun. rlcht flld : AH.m. .... J. I t-t the watchful waltlre role down here , hoefer. catchsrp, and Majer and Otsck! 1 . .. . r .... I Ber, pitcher?. Kn ft in me irainins camp ana iui siuj'n tlje Job to greet the holdouts If they Few Stay-nt-lfomcs I happen Ip wapder in this direction In IMdie llurris will remain at home win, tho nett few d'a)s. The manager fears. I Cravath. Bancroft, Mains. Itosff,.prra. vi- mi .ir ni nt he treated , dergast, Mckentv and vh.i Z" prop'riv U tbeflnd ever)' one on a trlp-l Mcn. will be1 occupied most of histim. T i Mi.ni .mi r,rnnall llf tee that, in developing ttio nltrh.r. a -C. . V t:ie-tt'elcome.to-our-clty ftuft Js put on the fat off Oavvy Cravath. v i Inniroper stle He wants his holdouts I Manager Moran tipped tff hls , 1 as soon as possible, and even -lll so , today in the practice tosslon . ,'! o far as to meet tn rrajns as nicy ftacKer Into this well-known land of suDshlno and hot air rn r.hiem ifnns to have been polved. however, and Tat Is relieved of additional worn- .MCuaiiiBan i"-.- 'most of hla time In coachlnc the tat I ters and -u.ed all hi, pitchers l,i'S I work Lach man pitched tr. n E? v ters and alternated durlnir th mJi workout. Luderus. SleuseT. riekun"i? i) - , GatHKan and rravath are hlmn- .!'. k in a" swell same at fecond bao. and tall and will be ready to fatten th.il y' improving every day that Bert ;ienon averages wnen the openlne gong souniVf i. . -.i,.,k. imnf.re.snrv on his ball club , , . " . T.v midget inflelder looks hftttr than ever b.fore. Is hitting tho ball hard and his all-round work has made quite a hit with Moran Discovered by Wolf r.n.t nr McGifHean was discovered bv Scout Jim Wolf out In Vernon, Cal and Milpped here lor .. fllt t-nnll ufinW 111 ..,i .(l.pd with the dab until Julv, Yams From Dixie Training Quarters 1-arry Do)le. who . back wlih iv, dlants again after an ab.enr ..t A.! out in iPon Uo )enrs. first came to the rlub ,,07 k ratoout He made , ,,, rudd).faced voVh ., ?! " ' ".InlMteen. who had attracted th ' ? I tfrtn tf Ttnl t.l.n .. "" better than last ) ear. It's a cinch that I "I believe." fald Larr). the othtr ho will be teen cavorting around the , night, that I was the greenest busher" . . ' ' . -i. - l. lu fr.!.r than Me-, that ever broke Into tl, ,i. t.. ' hoff. his arm Is better and he can Stand I thought McGrau, Dahlen and McCium tho traln of a hard gamo uctier vnan vcre regular man-eaters, and 1 was si. the Neteran At presnu ...UI... uu.. .....aL .,talu iU onen m) moutn on the ? caro If Nlehofl reports or not . Polo Grounds Alo. I was more easilr Jr . .. .. o mn,o !a5t nleht to kidded than most bushers I i-.m.-v.' ' ancelthr games with the Boston Braves I a fin Mrlnglng Ixju nilter. who vru Ji n Miiml, but thero was nothing dolnif. then catching for Brookljn, gave me. k The objection was the long trip acro-s .-vioruv u.ier i joined the Giant, f TEN BILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF FIGHTING MEN UNCLE SAM'S CONTRIBUTION IN WORLD WAR crm sinks are w-ed L) the bo)d fcr connrvtrd previously laundri work, while Trench woimn also niwoil While ure iirmtlfd to enter various calnp to featurdav mornl earn -.pvtral fratiis b) washing for the a banage fire Threr 3-IneIi gu boldlers. time 6-lnch guns were being lircd at thlrt) -second Intervals It was a great Mews Landscape .sight. Tho 3-Inch pliells were invisible tho Stawi and the poor train connections., went over to Brookbu for a serles.and t I Iho men will leave tonight for Tamp i op-ned It with a double-header. Between i-i o.wi r.itrh nn ear y train inim uitiu i" ..,i-, umci .ainc- o lously 1 hope that I , 1 ho men will leave lonism '" : in artillery camps last and catch an early train from th ng I was spectator at Miami They will travel all dav Threr 3-inch guns and train arriving on the 1-att Cgat After bt lug ut on the lb Id for a month sightseeing and working on th'- Insurance, l was luky to bo one cf two enlisted men to be selected for the as thev left thf gun, vihllo tho 0-Inch shells looked like peas for several hun dred fert hcfcTo thev became Invisible I hopo to ko some moro of this work iA i? K vvi: n w ESmt i - T-O. Af Touef S."v Pot ( pnf nf SlimniPPS HllVP a Kfill rrturn trip to hradnuart- rs by motor, i a tho front. Instead of In practice. - V iJ.WUU J J A vi. rf v j . 1-,,, inupnui. viirerl j Hlstnnre n? Hhollt rn. 1irfi,1.niartra la l,i it fln fmn 480 kllomttfrs and we were back in tho i was thero three weeks before going gay city after a three-d ly trip, stop- out on tho field and slnco returning ping In several towns "Just to look havelern here for another week The around"; also to see a number of French peoplo try their utmost to be of rhateaus, cathedrals and numerous small assistance to the Americans, as well as churches built by the r.onians centuries tne jjngllsh, Canadians New Zealanders ago and Australians, but only those who Mncc returning to headquarters, I am speak Kngllth can help me I s)mpa trvlig to get a transfer lack to the ' thlze with tho poor foreigner In the field artillery battery to which I was I States. Out War Risk Insurance Policies, Writes Sergeant Louis H. Jaft'e row night at 10 o'clock. Phils Lose Practice This means that four dajs' practice will be lost, and that Is too much for Manager Tat With the opening game of the season only three weeks away, ho feels that the men i lould get all tho work no-slblc In that time. A long trip ame over and began to war on the I talk to me tomor- .. wh(;ro (II( ou coma from i he asked I told him SurlncflM -wnai am jou hit?' was his next question. When I told him. ho said: "'Well. I don't wonder vou Ktn there well. What do )ou like to hltr ho went on I told him that. too. and after that I told him to what field I generally hit. Before he got thrmfch nuts tho'men back Instead of helping i with me he sure had the 'low down' on iiicm. ne He knew Just what to call for when U-; JK rpilU great baseball machines of modern times nave oecii tno aui- f, ''f'X letlcs. Cubs and Giants. It is contend' il by-somo that tho ... . M rt I .....I r'l.n a,, r. .u ,llln ll(lll tit 1 llltlflrt wonderful success ot eiraiuc unu nam "n "".7 "'-'j - "i"- and luck, and the Inability of each to build up another on old lines ik la cited as proof. Also it Is pointed out that McGravv nlwa)s has ifr had unlimited money both for pla)crs and salaries and Is therefore a money manager. ;- Golf Doesn't Aid Baseball Play, Sans Pratt TYCniULL. I'ltATT. of the AaiikecH, is ono of tho numerous, babcball ' players who have gone In strongly for golf Kathcr, ho Is one Ho ' Jn't strons for It now. Not that ho loves the simc any less, but ho doubts Mrlously whether golf Is good for a baseball pla)cr. und ho has dropped It f for a time anyway, dropped It completely. I'ratt was an ardent golfer. In the winter of 1916-17 ho p!a)od all tho time In Florida, pla)ed morning m fi,.n tnnnn.l imlv for lunch, ula) ed thlrt)-slx holes .1 da). ' Tills winter he hasn't touched a club, and bfmo ho lift Ht. 1-ouis for !' Florida he sold his golf outfit bag and sticks for u beggarly J3. rf' "1 wasn't satlslled with my hatting last )ear." I'ratt sa)H, In ex plaining his sudden desertion of tho links "i nau oeen roiiuik " "" time at St. l'etcrsburs and thought that might havo had something to do with It. Anyway. 1 made up my mind to glvo tho cure I had in mind havo dropped tho gamo entirely rwn la nothlnir In common between mo gou ana ua-.uuu.i r,,.,h. ' 'Tou'ro hitting at a moMtiB ball In one, arid In tho other you always aio ' ii i ., uhn tn an nbbict lvimr on tho ground. Tho baseball Ii iiriienlicrr In I ninie, l'f b -- NCI.K h.M ft foiitrilmtioii of I'rlt- huntfrs, c ntercil with the Allkd forces In tho e.pat War for tfie parposo of illinlnatlrg Kultur and autocracy, aiiparentl) Is the mot valuable org ml zatlon of hum in fl"di In hUtor t the worlds hostilities. ApprnxlmaMv 5K' 01)0,000,000 worth t lighting nifn with the strong rid blood "f Amurli.i pulsing .si:rgi:ant louis h. jaitk sentatlvfH were formed for the viork of Insuring the Sammeis It was m lot to fall in with three ntlvr I'enn")lva n'ans, one of them a Phil idrlphlan A portion of our territory took In rimps of sfvedore and labor lompa- 1 nles, i omponl of ntgrois Superstition ninon; tbe gentlemen of color proved Interesting for ui A number of negroes wro nf the same opinion as ono who said to me I Nutlln dnln' ion" wanna know nullln 'bout no un.ince It's bad lurk. I Jus as soon as Ah'il sign ono uv dim i liahern I 'e sure Id get KtlorMil (11. Nn ilifdv, notiia oat stun tin Ah In their veins are endetnorlitg to prove, or preparing to prove, tint Prussiaulsm IS "I III- II" l"V. .. . . 1K v..u Al, l.ln r-et l,.wlf In Aln Ten billion dollars worm oi numan- ", .' , , " in ' Uoes hlstor) bo ist of so prr rlous a , bain) and do farm fighting forr-M This gnat fortune Is '1 his. Darky IJcady ctlmatid following a i.impalrn f l- o tho other hand, many of the ebon)- Hiirance worn uv in. w..i-.is v...... ... ,,,, folk Kratned at th oppottunlty the fnltf d .States arnv an organuaiiuii . . . $.f, fJI)() olI . Georgia gentleman e. them. However. It gives the new men a chinco to -jhow what the) can do against real opposition, as mot of the rookies will bo taken on the trip Fred I.udcrus will ehaperono the part) which con!ts of I.uderus, first bae; McGaf figan. second: Pearce, short: I.al, third: Meusel, left field; Pickup, center Held: I went to bat and every nlaver on ik. Brookljn club knew where to play for me. I was as respectful to hlni as I could possibly be, and It wasn't for a long while that I tumbled to the fact that he hud been kidding me and worm Ing ever) thing he wanted to know rlcht out of, me " the rnltfd States arniv an organization , , ' Hi.t ovr h.ro from $"A:T, ! , ,e ,,.ri Mr Iho siiptnlslnn nf Major W lllard " I )Ians ' it- :f W.'. thorough trial, so I .. . - v . irf . .U-.,ii,. trnm uhnin in an oblect lying on tho ground. fV Wine Isn't that way at nil. Habits ucqulred becomo llxcd or aro hard to IfJf Siiw. nff. and mv exnerienco has been that there Is nothing whatever In & 4h. .,if .min .hleh can be of uso In tho baseball swing. I am cutting e from the former, confidently expecting to improve tho latter." Jvr"t' riOU' may bo a good thing, or harmless, for a pitcher, whoso $y VJT baling doesn't cut much figure, but ati)body who professes to J,'tvbo something of a hitter had better leave it aioue. t Loss of Eue Ruins War and Baseball Careers 'A PLAYFUL snapping of a heavy bath towel cost Undo Sam a good JVf soldier and deprived a promlslngLatchcr of participation In any f, t Red Kuhn, formerly of tho Chlrago White Sox and later of the '' Coast League, and star receiver for Dallas when tho team won tho Texas i league pennant last jear, was drafted Into the army list fall. Ho ' ' was glad to "Nrvo Undo Sam. Along with several thousand others ho . nlwent to Camp Travis, at San Antonio, and In a few vvc-cka tho husky "" Wdl'Player was transformed Into a regular soldier and mado a corporal. V'v ,V, few weeks ugo hp was lounging In the barracks when tho troopers $itrted scuffllnK. Ono had a bath towel with a long, heavy fringe. lied -HrntH something and Ills companion snapped tho towel, the fringe striking In tho right e)e. The army surgeon louna mat tne iringe nau HCk the pupil with enough force to destroy the sight permanently. Kuhn was given an honorable discharge from tho army. His sight ; gone and ho was of no use as a fighter. Now he's back In Dallas. baseball days are over, but lie o not disheartened. 'J. ' itT'LL COME out all right," Is the way he expressed it. Kunna home- Is In California. Ttnora Untie flftpit FtllHirPfl ill Ynnk'Pfia p """ UOHEY JENNINOH, manager, and Frank Navln, owner of the De troit Tigers, can never be accused of not helping gWe New York fans nnlng American League team. The Detroit club has always been ", to helu. the Yankees without asking a bundle of cash and players rn. w n Cqlonel Tluppert and 'his partner purchased tho club from Karrell ami 0111 Devery, Jennings willingly gave up Wally I'lpp, iffglng first baseman, and Lefty High, the diminutive outfielder. could havo 'fixed up. a nice trade for this pair, hut he con- to let them go to the Yankees so as to help Ruppert and Huston, was only the other day that the Detroit club sold George Burns ,11 amount to the Yankees so that Hugglns could make the trade Cubs Loqk Good In California scribes doing tho long-distance pen work from the onlyiblir ycamp In California pronounce prospects scrumptious. Dode If (flowing up unuauuiiy rrcn auu is euro not only OI a regular irUf but or the clean-up patting roie, code Is frisking around .4 In tho first exhibition game of the year made two circus t, ha It that Young- Hollocher is coming through at short jb 'U wonder, claimed for him by Walter McCrediri who TirwMr mm jYMverare young twirlers, of lit .."J &:" "'. t. .t'..,r-J--: Straight, of New ioil: 8.") Per Cent Accept i:ery inllsttd man In the Inltid .States service was to have been given an opportunitv pi protect himself and also his famll) llvir) man had sulll- lent tine, the limit In Ing Febru-iry 1.'. to tale udvaiitagn of the governments splendid offei Appl)lnsc for the Insur ance, policies hi Ing for from 10'jit to ii. m.ivlmum limit nf 110 000 In 1500 aii in in mus 'Mm, gib inn a I'll thousand! r All wanna p on the safe side When L'nl. 1 Sam gits leady to s-ud us niggers to tin front, he s gonna keep the ten thou sand nlggi ra fo the lust ' Working from camp to lamp I hid an opportunity to sen a lot of France and litr people, althoui'li my Inability to S-IW) tho lingo profed a great handicap In getting the full bun lit of sight i of Ing Whfii wlih tin Americans though, I fvnicd up matters Iu th') lots, pun ly was ...u, ...., .-; ... - , ou , , , , , ...nine id in nrotert himself 1 ow pasen - '. ...,.. .i ,i, ,,,,l u nmv i"K "r inrco or lour moniiis nier'- tre lip tne oppoiiiiinij . i.."..... " - - be pmvrd tint 8.". per lent "f thu Sam- mees decided to piy premiums lor a $10,000 policy ono hundred nun. Including officers. ere selected for tlin Insurance cam paign in the wai one In about six wick'l every soldier In KliKland and Franco had the insiiranco plin thor oughly explained to them Not a single man was oveilool.fi , noldlers Jii't ar ihlng from ovir thero and who had not had a (ham ft to mike a bid for tho In surance before leaving the Klates; men In hosiiltils. despite tho s-erlouxness of their ailments, men on their wa) to tho front nnd men already In tho ti inches oi iu ntlur fields of nctlvlt), all wero about quarters or ihow Barracks like rovcred In tin campaign thoso in tho camps at homo aro being ' t.nt ,.,, (Ijill llliiln llin l.na.lnnn, nlun Interesting Work .,r having the advantage of living In It was interesting work too injuring quarters previously oci upled by. French our anxious Aniirnan bo)s anxious to soldiers The Sammies liave showers eraso tho Kaiser and nnious to return I where warm water Is turned on during home Hniall uuIIh of war-risk repre- certain hours on certain da)s ("on- toughened, Me.isoned soldiers, fellows vlio were fit for hard work and all n.dy for thu buttle 'I bey were cle in, snappy and in their drills thoucd a lot of "pep '.' No Inactivity Tho men in training over here, liko In the lamps at home. have, their dally recreation periods Nobody Is seen around moping ct looking Uk a dreamer. Biseball, football and boxing aro the ehltf out-of-doors pastimes. In the Y. M l" A 's tin bojs find conveniences for lettir writing and alHi for a game of chess or checker" Not a sildlet hero has a complaint ,Sr T a 'ttl-M SI rTT? 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