j "cwittt, v i' ' 1 i 7-V , v .V EVEOTtfG PUBLIC -LEDGER-tHILAX)ELtklA, SATURDAY, itVJ&ti 12, 1919 Hi SWING TRAINING IN NORTH ISN'T SO, BAD WHEN PHILS' SOUTHERN RECORD IS CONSULTED ), '?! WILLIES SPENT AN ' AFTER THE FIRST OF JULY ALEX FACES GOLDEN CHANCE ON. RETURN TO BASEBALL FOLD Graver Cleveland, With Great Club Machine as Support,' Has Opportunity to Eclipse, T.hirty-Game, Three- mmuiyJrKuriii&JLJLi, iimr. A 'Wv 'IN TRAINING CAMP y .-f ,o- hPpor Weather and Lack of First-class Opponents Make tit stVfv i .. .....;..,... .. n...i.',.i.'., ..,7 T),.i c... .... Coombsmen Uncertainties and Real Strength La. Year Pitching Record This Year --; W M v (' f I 36oR6E CMETvvYNP" i, -r... . r ijcT.ivifN fn 1 Hill v i Will Be Secret Until They Meet Macknwn llj KOItHlIr V. MAXWKI.I, xtrt Mltnr Kirnlng I'nlilli' I erleer f'ovvrinht 1111. fry fllMfc Lritprr Cn. Efc . t ,-TJP A bum beginning mnkes a good " tionnl League ncnnntit hand down. a&'-r,xpcclfd down here, ami while Hip pln.vcrs hip in fair condition, tlipy liavp Hot hail any rpnl games to nnvv vvnnt game il scheduled tin' skv lcnk, the Wsr well-known spas of mud and ppn practicing Is impnsHih'. AVc do not wKh to knock Charlotte, but iIipip mr nllipr towns which arc bfjler suited for pr!njj training trip. This plnrc .nfTfi-- when computed with 'pther training camps because it i too, far Ninth, tlip weather is loo unsettled sind if is HlfhVnlt to find tiontr tenms to n1n. Hud tlip Phil nipt n fpv Is-tv Ampriran I.caeue eluhs in tiip Inst week fop tlip series with tlip Athletics. An it is. no onp pun trll how strong op Walt the tram is until tlip game next Wednesday. From the, looks of things mm. there will lip no game todiiy. and Hip Phils will Ipavp for home tonight after two whole dajs of idleness. A" 1 1 li good pitching and vimc pii'limiiiarv prnctuc. tin- Coonibmcn will not look so bad this year. TIip players themselves s;iv the team shapes up b"lter lhan at any othpr limp since I HI." outside of thp hurling dppiiitniput. and many of our good citizens will Iip siirppispd when thp season oppns. TIip outfield, with Whitted. Mttesel. William. Cnllnliiin and Ciavath. is pM-cption-afly strong, and It is said that Poiib I'niid N a muph hettpr bnll playpr Ihnn Milton Stock. This pomes richt from thp players, and Hip.v shnulil know what thpy are talkinp; about. SECOND ifltf ft bring tnkm cmc nj hi flniri Penicr. irhn i a hard trorirr nud n ijnod ficldrr. but irrak in hillinn. II irnuld tint be nl all nirpwivg In er (Irntnc Whittrd playwa the kriiitonr lack Am year. Wm hillinn ivmtld help comidrrahlii and lfri'W could play left field, flenrae. it will be lememherrd. irni an in fielder - -tchen he biohe inln the fait set. Janvrin Will Strengthen Washington Team rnHE Washinston tpiun shapes up wpll and I'lnik lii-ifliih expects to eaup some trouble in the Ameriian League this season, lie still is pak at second and sdioit. hoppr, but pverylhinj; will he lovelj when Janvrin gets back on the job. The forinei Ited Sox is with the team, hut will do no plnv InK for three wprks at least, lie is not in such poor phvshnl shape as was expected, but the doetor oulered him to rpst up another week hefoie stalling practlee. Janrrin will plus Hip hole nt spcond hasp, and if Iat. thi kul nhortslop, fails to eome through. Harold Shanks ran Iip put thpie. Oritlith says lip has thtep of the best pitchers in the league in Johnson. Shaw nnd Harper. They -are in stent form and will gup Washington a good .start. The lir.t game of the spason will be against thp Athletics and (iriflith Is worried. "I'onnie Mack has a good ball club this jear." he said todaj, ''nud don't you forget it. His pitcheis seem to lie going good, and with Itoth 1n thp outfield the team should do some hitting, liolh. Walker and Murns are llircc great sluggers, and there are others who can slam the pill. . don't (.Link the Athletics will finish last this .enr." Val Plcinich. who plajed wifli Mack in l!)l!i. now is unli Wifsliington. and looks like a erj good catcher. He has been selected to work with Walter Johnson, which shows he has (he class. It is seldom that Connie ever lets a good man go, but he nppaicutl.i made a mistake in I'icinkh's ense. V v" fit I! rhth irill fiuirr in I'liilndelphia nl nnnn Inmnrmir and n m I. on al Hrnad nnd II iinlinqtlnn iherls nn Monday and I rWi;. Only one piavtitc irill be held ineh day. ilaiting al I p. in. Boosting J avis Svott as Another Babe Ruth M E.MBKRS of the I'.oston I!iaes Jack Scott, the big right-handed tall, weight, close to 'JOO pounds and inn Ktf to mat np is a goon iwirier anil rani.s His tremendous clouting, howewr. is making hi in a valuable member of thp team. Since last Friday lie has been collecting ohcuit wallops and his record is second to none this spring In Alhaii.i, !a.. he lifted one oer tlie left Held fence At Atlanta on Sundu lie went in n a pinch hitter and' knocked one high anil far oei the crowd in light Held l.asi Monda in Columbia, S. (' , lie hit the cenlei licld fence, but pulled np at thin! heennse he was tired When the Ilunes plaei Detroit in Itockhill. N. t'.. on Tuesday, Scott pitched four inning-. He dtew- a base on halls the hrst time up. but the second time he biffed a homer over the fence, driving a run in ahead of him. That's piett good hitting for a pitcher iilst bieaking into the fast set. He operatpd against pitcher on the Petioit club, which proves be had no bushers to soak. In frtur games he has hit three homers and one triple, which is going some even in tins mid section. When the Braves stopped off here on their wa.v to (Irccnshoio I asked Scott how he hits them. , t1 UOX'T knoit." irai the irply. "I have hit fnl lalh. Wmr our I and ruiien. 'I hey all Innk alike In me, and Hit hall lertniiily due Irarel irhen I hit it." ' Braves and Tigers Coining Money on Trip fTUIE Ilraves and Tigcis ni" coining inoiiej on this trip Crowds tmn out to every game uuu uie prices are iroin It, business' manager, has selected towns K, not discover, but the natives nie wild about baseball. At this writing nine RJ gamps have been pla.ved. and the smallest 'gate was Sl.'.OO. Kj Itlir lpnirne owners cviiletillv tmlleil -" " y cAUiuiiiuii Mriiruuir. iiu-t'imii is iiion- K y ftinnu iowiis me jusi aciiiug io se,. real money for the privilege. During K. Interest In the sport and the exhibition lift"- nave cnangptt, nowpver. ami nailer linpgood was wisp enough to know it Kr. M !,, nil- the j.lnhs limit tmitl.. fWIIUWI .,,,,1 l,nf,..,.a tl.n ...:... :. -" - - i-.w.. vxnrct to mnke that much mm p. All of jtt 'clubs will moic than make their naming expenses this jear. Till! rhih, as iDiinl, air in Ihe rill. I'erferlly aond affcinnnim hare been trailed here and oaiy our rj-lubilion itameieill be plaued ireathrr pri milting. Ilmrcrrr, Ihe sprniti terirs irilhf the Alhleln'i should alliacl healthy atidienee next ireek. Cobb Big Drawing Card in South 'VTSX CORN is a great drawing caul in iy X the streets n large crowd follows him feV, a'viaitipg circus. In Custouia the other E.ft, live, minutes and blocked Hip traffic f,V!"5 ""'l nn ,'st'("'t 'o the hall grounds. & V On, tbc playing field everybody wants to see the great Tyhis in action gL Thcotlier players merely are scenery. The hrst time he steps to the plate aSHir-i la giTcn a rousing reception, nnd Cobb sees that there are mote eheeis ffiSlmiasHno mine nrogrcses. '" rJ-I.;,, tJK PI lihti that batc-iutiuiiifj m?j. rij if '$Ah Four Managers in Eff'Tjr,4$UEM8 strange that four regular , Jfc .UliiS fcenii-isolated southern city lit Is, iJlQyv '" "'""'j011 '" ('0,nus ntu' in- wiiu tiugncy Jennings ami te"rcd here. a.HigbejIn the same old Hugliey. rji-nearteci vviieit llic rain was lulling ireciy ami hard. It recalled the days nu Hughcy was In Philadelphia In I0U during the (iinnts-Athlctics world's tmi when for dajs and dujs it 1-niiird, prolonging the series. All Jl.i.t,V ilWlwas to giv nut' one interview after iwtiif let write nbout than Mack or b; r'. ' Vcll, Iluchcy has lost none of ?;.. tyfffotwiX rccly wllh the flock of-scribes that made this camp their temporary t. ,hjquarter8. Shortly moiPistnries on bow the Tigers lost other phenoms . ' rdutil "bouehend" scouts will be released. l-',iQVM.I.lXUti is the same old C ro( iiiivc 101 i. irArn n .'?,'fJ f.' itnu to a ttorld's championship. (Iriffit'n and Coombs irerc t l.week- in Phillr ocafnst the Mackiuen should serve to bring out the best irtK U in (lir Phils, '1 his series fc tH?jMvHv U lib cuttlus WfiiinlrwiifafiillTiiiilfii- , - Charlotte. N. ('.. Ajirit 12. ending. Hi'' Phils should win the Xn- Everything ha gone tlnoie when Hist tnev count u miiipr nrp. npnpvpr a skinned dlnninnd heroines one nf those tiipv would have been ill better shnno claim thej have another Itabe (uth in pitcher. Scott is six feet two knock the ball a mile. In addition witn tue nesi ninundsinen on the club. .si up. vv alter llapgnod. the Itosion that even Christopher Columbus could n bone tlits em- !, ......:i: .,.. ...... ... .uiiniiiii I up mimii uihii ever uelore, e fans in some oi ine nig league elutis and pnv the last three veins iheie uns tlt.u games weie frostv affairs. Conditions ,. ... ,,.,,- ,,,,- r-t 1,-s is over iiipv which means the Detroit and lt.,tn' this belt. Eveiy time he nnnem .. nnd he attracts more attention than day he stood at n street ,.ri. .. When he moved the parade started ami xfitff, irhirh floex b'nj irhcthrr he arts Charlotte at Same Time big league managers should collect In the same time, but that is just the ''lark (irittith. as explained before, the uie wrnves Willi tieorge Stallings are Ualn or nn rain, he refused to be another to the bovs. Hn n ihn. MrtSraw. bis verbal povveriiifif communication nn.t George. He insist he has Ihe hrst supposedly nisnrnani:rd anaienalion will be watched with Interest. Manager in the Mitnwl i.ntll the ciiy kklru.UU is l. i J, '- ... I, fclirisi ti Lr IN PENN RELAYS i I MoQueen to Compete in High j I Jump and Murray in Broad Jump ' ' HTHPR flTUI PTPQ PMTPR IVnnsvIvnnin's Uplnv Carnival to hp held two weeks from today and tn- morrow will show the gteatest nnd quickpst come baik in sport that has ever been known , u- ,. ' . ., ... .,,, SlV mollis ago many thought that , Peon's annual sports would he ,11111 tlj below the usual standard, hut ' ,ecent developments have put that idea to rout. Star athletes, new and old. are pntering d.iily the special events ami Ihe ipIhv i hninnionshin team with track and field talent. Dav bison College of North Carolina vesteidav sent in Hip pntries of two .i.ii. ..i :n ..,. :.. ,l. inr inn pics wihi win i iiiiiii.ii- in iin- ' , , ., .. . .. lorin inr in- ni"i inn.-. ,1. I,, .vtiiuceii. I'lipiiiiu oi no i'jvoi son team, will compete in the high McOneen has a reioid nf f iche, nnd looks like the dark jump feet t horse for this event. He will be in the vpr.v highest .lass company for Ihe best men both of the ent and yvcM am in the event, led by I.nrsen. the .ollege record hobler nt 0 feet v-s inches. Murrav is Davidson s other entry. Hroad jumper and hns .lone '.., feet. This is a very good performance, but he will have to do n few inches better to win. as Johnson, of Jli.liigan. did '2'. feet !!-; inches Inst jciir and four or five other men have dope .: feet "r ",,,er- JOCKEY KNAPP TO RIDE Signs to Pilot H. P. Whitney's Horses This Season i Willie Kunpp has been engaged to first street, tins ntternoon. aim every -....... ., Wses of II. P. Whitnev for thing points to one of the most success- i inr i in ' - " ' " me i"iB -- . Kiank Itobtuson. nt liovvie, ,s- weeh. Iheie has been much speculation as to who James Rowe would engage us .stable . ,i , J,kP5, .. . .,. Knanp. a veteian ruler and a. capable one, was granted a license two jcais ago. and last jear was stable jockey to Willis Sharpe Kilmer. l.li in i - .... !.:. tMinpp pioimiiiy wm ..iv ...- duties with the Whitney stable in Maryland at the Havie de tirace meeting. i -i-n m v cuniciier ' He Spenee. of Gloucester, nt the Penns W. & J. TO PLAY SYRACUSE grove A. C. Inst night. Reunie led all First FootbalL Game Arranged for 1 r ii iMiiiuiiiiif iipiii nit I ate Manager John H. Miirioili. of ' Washington nnd .lefferson. announced , vesterdny that he bad scheduled a foot- ball game fur September 'Si next with s incuse iniversity to be staged at the rjriirwi- piuuhiui I'he complete schedule follows: Sfntfmber 27. Oenevs. st Waihinstnn, Ortobr t Klkl. at Vahlnton. Octobfr 11. Carnesle Tch . -nt Wshlng1on Ortn her is vimlniur. nt Wxhlnirton. Oc tober : Sjrscune. at Pyracine; November I, ilrnve Cilv at Waihlngton. November S PHI. nl Pittsburgh: Novemtr IS. Peth n. at Whee.lmt. V Va. I ?o ember 'J-J, Went Virelnla Wenlejan. at ;hinton 1 and November 27 (Thankivlvlnsl, Weit Vir ginia, at Morrantown BROWN BEATS FITZGERALD Colored Boxer Proves Too Clever for Sturdy Opponent at Cambria Preston Brown defeated Whltey Fitz gerald in the final bout at the Cam bria Athletic Club last night. It was the second time that these boxers had met. The contest "was bard fought throughout, llrown was too clever for bis sturdy opponent. St. Louie Team Fay Today M, l.ouli. Mo.. April 12. Th nnut cie - erfon aerie between tM St. Ioul XatlonaLI ana American teamt for in cn cnamclop. batteries are Americans, jpavenport and ' L','i"V-Xm&'pUhV " '" ''""""' riffwmiii i- -' TwtMtiiiii-nr liln opena thli arternoon. rn aceedulecl Penris Best Chances in Special Events of Relays Quaker Prospects Good for Sprint Medley and One Mile, But Poor in Distance Races Outlook in . Fidd Contests Bright - - By TED MEREDITH "DRNN'S piospects of going big in the I inedlpy. and I feel sine that he will do - annual lelaj carnival, which wi held on Apiil and 2f!. nre not blind- , i , ,..,..' ., .... ... ..:. ..., lege chamninnsliin relnvs. the Ited and FJlue has good ehancps in only two. The tw;n ate the sprint medley nnd the one- mile. Conch Itoheitson has decided nn.t to i , lomn in tlin lc mile qml llm eniei a lenm in tne two-mile and ine i dis-.distance men aie not fast enough to be ' considered for first place. Penn hn ""' """ " ? iour-m.cpia.iei since I lio ftuimiiii I'Dpo utrn inut ( Ivfnril. ulion t;onrjSP itt,.nn, I,ngPI-. I.ou Madeira and Wnlly McCunly lost by a haiiline I" the Knglishmen. 1 lie lack of enough distance men also virtually eliminates tin. flmikprs in ttip itistniicp mpillev. yvj,!, c,Pp( Hnymond. Kred Davis, Elmer Smith and .Marvin (Justafson in tlin ini ml nied pr nnil onp nil p. thp i ,...... -- -- ... first of which will Iip held on Kridnv nnd , , ., , t .-. i the second on Satmday, th tjuakers stand an exiellent chance of winning both titles, especially in view of the fact that they drew No. J position. Ihe '- Blue ill not be the favorite in nitlim- ovnnt it tlin Irnin iw. tint vn f(r ouiU(1 ,, it ,. b(1 ,ialPKaided , tJ)p ot)po,inE lnnn(,rs. A), of thp IVnn nthlc,0, have been ,.,)minR non); in grPat sh!lpPi nnd Robilv mrp (f) ,)av(1 lln in th(,ir ,1(,M (.on. ,i,inn ien reln.v day arrives. C,utaf- M1ll wiu ,e the am hnr man on the sprint ,,,r-n-r mnr rii-iio WEST SIDE OPENS - Forest Hills Club Looks to Success- ful Season New York, April 1'J. The West-Side Tennis Club will officially open its clay '"" ts at l'oret Hills, Long Island, and nt Amsterdam avenue and Nincty- There n.e more new members today , rvpr Molf. I of t(lp 1R0 mcn who rc,p011te,l t0 the , , ,,, ,,. fortv-seven have re- i . . .' . , , . i turned aud lenevved their membcrfclup. RENNIE SHADES SPENCE I - Phlladelphlan Wins Over Gloucester Opponent at Pennsgrove A. C Wilmington, Del.. April 11!. Walter lleunie. of Philadelphia, defeated Wll - th way, the bout coins eight rounds. - " " " T" ' BATTLING MURRAY AWAITS CALL TO MEET JIMMY WILDE f Brilliant American Flyiveight English Sensation in London Ring July 4 (mTRUi, Mat, I see where you are i Yesterday the Battjer dropped In to VV ,lue to take a trip across thel''t us linnvv that he was ready, pond," interrupted a fellow laborer. "Jk'UQr"n5nrfw,1l,"t l ,0,I'1 ,0" TPr 1 ' ... .. .i, i ii " Par ?SO at that dinner given to me "Where d ou hear that? cmickl.v ,v thp fMof ,)0Vg,. epaine(1 tIle Batv asked the Hattler as be turned from bis tier. "Well, then I said I would bring bench In the Victor Talking Machine a " to thli city, and don't be Mir- . . , , ti. i 'prised when I bring back .limmv Company, where he labors eight hovr-,.,,., g(.a,p r bere hc wag daily. made for me." "According to the papers ynit may Murray is not given to boasting. He meet Jimmy Wilde in London," he was Jollowa his work to speak and his show inarmed by this fellovv laborer "WUh.1 i"" f-e f sou luck. Hope you knock his bloomin' .yearn, is the class of his class and now bend off," Thus was Battling Murray informed of the- proposed match with the Kpgllsh flyweight champion. The American fly- J v.-eight sensation, a consistent winner 'and n satisfactory performer, lost no - !.... , ,..i i , .,' ... liimc ' "mih miu ui-aiiiis .mnnn) ing ana (oeaung .johnny inabage.r, after vvorUng 'jjllrna hi, mabager, after working "'"1t "'"I mUilng tbfi.rejmrt. wwm vls-n-r YiNbItS t, - nn Hbplull iintlpr two ininutPH for tho half '"". '"""", .,ro"""" ."'" '"' ,np l1 b... o :i. iii. . 'ti i . .i "m'lmr mnn "n "" one-mile team. lt will be in the snrcinl events, hnw- rver. tlmt Hie OimUrn ill slum ... best. Johnny Itartels, the pentathlon champion of last year, is out to retain his title nud has been working hard to KP( jnto Rhnpe. He has improved over v , r I . il nis forrn nf nB year, when he was a novice nt the track game. Penn should score heavily in the pole ,. .;, u.1)ul. Npw,f(,(lcr J Sher- mail Landers. The former was in the army almost, two jeais, but now shows signs of returning to his previous form. Landers can be lehed uflon to do close to l'J feet 0 inches. Landers also will lompete in Ihe hop, step nnd jump, nnd is likely to set a " ' ' ollegiate leeord for the event, as , 1,p ready, has done 45 feet. He is en- tered in the broad jump us well, and in all piobability will come thiough for one of the places in that competition. ininnuii nun uampton will ue ine neu ami nine nopes in ine nign jump, and Everett Smallev, thp former Central High star, is likely to furnish some ur .,..,. , , ,, prises in the broad .lump and hurdles. r :.. .i.J .u,.. After competing in the pentathlon on Friday Itartels will contest in the discus and javelin on Saturday. ,ln the latter event he should do well', ns he has been tossing close to 100 feet in practice, DON LEOPOLD WINS i-i i l. n .1 ., , . .. Finishes First In Unique Contest for MacBrlde Trophy Captain Don Leopold, of the Penn swimming team, jesterday won a hard fought victory in the "qiinrter-qunrtcr- Muaiici- iiieuicy reiny race .or me g- new MacUride trophy. The event was something uni.pie. consisting of rim- - ning a quarter mile, walking a quarter and swimming a quarter. i.coiumi niveii-u me iniec-ioiiriiisiti,p mcllB singles, mixed doubles and ,mll" in 10.nJ4-.iKeconil. He was caught ' " I minute ,i seconds lor the quarter- , ,n ,. ., ..p, ...i. .1.. walk over a similar distance and 0 min utes 8 4-5 seconds for the thirteen nud a fi action lengths of the Weightmnn Half tank. Williams Athlete Returns .lhe latBt former " WilUama alam'to 'return fl rrvi asma nA ntmp Ula Vl l. ! 11 llllanit.. n Mi. Ariel! IO A ..... i ui it it antv nni uniim ma uii in iiir- trnches lr Meutenani 'Cy" Toolan, all around athletic hero for the Purpla a Tew hra a ft a Toolan played football, baeeball and batketball. graduating In 1015 1 Hopes to Be Selected to Oppose longs for that chance to cross the ocean 1 jBml '""ange punches with Wilde. . i Within a few days something definite will he known about the bout. Murray minim it win oe netci in i.oncton on July ". "no aireaqy is mapping out tits train- 'I,,, ,n,B,l, i- -i'-i" i' iuipiu. " If confidence meaflu iDthiug, Murray confidence meafls n) thing, Murr U a sure winnrt from the start, ;- " -iriiiliisWMimiiffff-iiT n m ZINDERSTEIN WHS TENNIS TITL Defeats Mrs. Marion. Morse for i! North and South Cham pionship TILDEN IN THREE FINALS I'lnelimsl. N. C. April U. Mr. Marion Zinderstein. of the Longwood Cricket Club, and Mrs. Marion Vnn derhoof .Morse, of the West Side Ten nis Club, met in the final of the wom en's singles in the North nn,1 SniitU tennis championships here vesterdav Miq- v! i ., ' . , ' '. , Miss inde.s.e n wtnning the match nd I tne trophy, 0-1. 0-4. Mrs. Morse was oiiipinye.i in all departments of the game up to the time the score of the second set stood nt ."-!! against her, when the West Side player staged a, great rally just at this critical junc ture. Mrs. Morse 'brought the game to I deuce, won it nnd took the next two games in rapid succession by1 playing I with a speed and aggressiveness that I bad been markedly lacking throughout fill tllP pni'llPl onmau 'PL... ....... -...1 ' t.iTfi. Jlir Ill'AL tlllll mst game was the best one of all. a hard-fought deuce affnir that finally went to Miss Xindersteiti nt the end "i ." IIIM-I.V ui ninny long vonevs tlint - ,. , .. . ' ""r. " l""1 featured the set. f . -..,.. -r , ,, The semifinals of Hip mixed doubles were also disposed of. Miss'Zinder stein and Vincent Richards defeated Miss Esther Tufts rtnd S. H. Voshcjl. 0-3. 0-4, nnd came through to the finnl in company with Miss Florence Hnllin and William T. Tilden, L'd. The Intter pair plajed agiin( Mrs. Morse and i;. r. Watson, Jr.. in the semi- finals and won by 7-5, 8-0. Mrs. Morse nnd Watson led bv 15-3 nnd were within a point of victory in the first set. but Watson lost the needed point and the game eventually went to Miss Balllu and Tilden, who there upon took the next two games and the set. ,,,,, 8(V)1()ml Ret wfls ioS(l Bffnir a. the way, service taking practically all' Kmes until the score stood at '0-0. ' When Mrs. Morse lost her service game' and Miss Hallin and Tilden won the "" on Miss Ballin's service and took I the t.ct and the match. The finals of men s doubles will be held today. Tilden plays in all three events ANOTHER MARK FOR RAY Clips 1-5 Second Off Half-Mile Record Chicago, Apiil 1-. ,7oe Tlay, na tional A A. A. I. champion mller, who on Thumd day night set n new world's In door record for the distance, last night broke the Central A. A. record for n half mile in the time of 1 :57 l-o. The old tnitk was'l :T 2-fi, set by Tom Campbell, then running for the Cniversity High School and now nt the Cniversity of Chicago.. Hay represents the Illinois Athletic Club, MIDDLEBURY FOOTBALL 5 Eight Gridiron Games Arranged for Vermont Eleven Mlddltbury. Vt Aliril 11!. Right games are on the Middlebury College football schedule. The season will open September 27. The schedule follows : September 27 West Polnat West Point! October 11. Kordham. at New Vorlt: 18, Boston Colleie, at HostoiT; 2S. HI, Lanrenr University, at Middlebury! November 1. Norwich, at Middlebury I 8. Williams, at Middlebury. IS, Clarkson. at Middlebury; 22, Vermont, at Burlington, No Wrestling kt N. Y.'C. C. Vw Ynrlf. Anrll 1 Wrealllnr will not be conducted this jear at the College of the City of New York as varsity sport, aeord. tng to an anrouncement esteraay bv Man ager George Nasanowaky, of the T.avsnder grapptera. Intercollegiate competition neit' season however, ts almost a certainty, dJ dared the manager. I McCagg Elected Harvard Captain Cambridge, 3la.. Anrll V.' Lewis Pul ler McCagg. of New York city has been elected Io the freshman crew captaincy at Harvard. His position In the host Is No. 0. Stevens opens Season Today or hanelml (r-Y-rlT. Anrll Ja.-rh, X3lr- Col.eg. M IN 'IIK NPOim.KSHT H- ffltAXTIN i.'oryrlitht. 1010. All rlnhtn rmcrvnl The Ultimate Theie are ulrikci that biing a pall. There arc utrikcs that hold a thralt. It nt Ihe taddett strike of'all In the tout, In hear the umpire rail As the bat slips by the ball, s "Halter's nut." AS THE ages slide deeper and deeper into the diiRty nntifjltlty of Tim, life becomes more complex every era. The first. Alexander, completing one war, sat down nnd shed bitter tean because he had no more worlds to subdue. The lant Alexander meaning (trover Cleveland returns from the world's toughest war with the game's toughest pitching job still on his hands. And by the game's toughest pitching job we mean the task of winning thirty or more ball games for his fourth successive year. JlfA ffl'HH.X handled and eighteen in Alexander's ease ii natuially i" thrnun nut, as he tens able Io pitch in nnly tiro games, through set dec in the at my. Alex A'oiu Has Big Chance ALEXANDER now has a clinnce, toiling with the Cubs, to put an under taking over that batlledhe art of Mnthevvson. Young, Johnson, Waddell, MctSinlty, Walsji nnd all the lemalning line of those who lenched thp crpst, Nonp of Ihpsp was ever able to win thirt.v ball games through four stte cossivc seasons of pitching. Young won thirty games or more three times in n row. Starting back sixteen years ago, Mnthevvson won thirty games in i 1003, thirty-three games in 1001 and thirty-one games in 100.". nijt in IfKMI lie mopped away io ivveniy-iwo gnnies nuu nroKe up hip uir iiiivc. r OS'LY once Iheiealer teas he able, to glide by Ihe thirty-game maik, ami that irns in 1908, irhcn he packed aieay thirty-seven victories. The Returning Sergeant RETURNING from the Ithine and exchanging khaki for baseball gray, Alexander hopes to resume where be left pff in 1017 bis last complete l year. I'he hie Cub broke the thirty -game with the Phillies, in 1015. when he fell heir to thirty-one victories. In 11MB be rose to thirty-seven victories and n year later haiely arrived with 'thirty. Note the keen similarity between Mathcvvson's three best wccpssiTa years and Alexander's best : (Mnthevvson) (Alexander) 1!)0:S -DO victories ' 101531 victories 1J10I "."t victories 1010 iV.l victories 11)05 :U victories 1017 ,'iO victories . UACII cric Ihe tnfnl i pieeisely I ot-rr three-year push dcncci go. Alex's Later Start THE noted Cub. who earned his fame with the Phillies, bad a 'later start than Mnthevvson enjoyed. The latter indulged in his thicp-ypnr orgy nt thp agps of twenty-three, twenty-four nnd tvventj -five. Alexander failed to reach thirty victories until he was twenty-eight. He was thirty when he won his Jinal thirty games. yeais nf age. Mallieicson at Ihirly-tirn iron hecnty-threc games nnd dinpped tirelve. .Considerable TTNM'SS a year spent in toying with caissons and field pieces has affefrted U his natural leverage, Alex has a tidy chance to set a new mark this spason j;," maMJt0 hflp carry him ,. Hp happened to be lucky in drawing n club picked byv the bulk of the experts to win the National League pennant. He has n goon lnneiu nun a goon uninciu uucr ui nun, n mw-uiuc huic iw win a year ago without his help. This will he n big advantage. Mnthowson slipped mainly in 1000 and 1007 because the Giant machine had cracked through age niyl replacements had to be lugged in. When the rebuilding process wns about completed he ti, sphkoii will be shorter thiR came hack witn ms largesi nam iihiij Neaily a tenth of the old schedule hns been pruned away. This will "add a few hazards to the occasion, lint whnt is a hazard to genius bent upon attaining a new height? , , ,, , A " II II lll a JCIC OJ IHOtc .Iflllf.NM' figine irlint a ma ffcjinr irlint a murk there is. AND what has become of the old-fnshioned golfer who takes his rubber tee nlong. defying the cynical .grin of the caddies nnd the hoarse guftaw from the clubhouse porch? Spring Practice for Soldiers in Paris Paris, April 12. Bright Spring days have attracted crowds of American doughboys into the Paris boulevards, where they are playing catch and batting up flies in prepa ration for the baseball season. French children 'never tire watching the Americans practice with their big gloves and face masks. In the neighborhood of the Hotel Crillon, where the Ameripnn peaec delegation is housed,-the broad park ing of the Roulevnrd des Champs Elysees uttords ball players nn ex cellent practice ground. RUTGERS TRACK DATES Opens Season ' April 30 Against 1 Stevens Runners New BurnswIcU, N. J.. April 1.t Columbia and New York University will furnish the cream of the opposition to the Rutgers track men this season in their dual meets. The schedule for the coming beason wub announced yesterday and is.ns follows: April 80. Htevens at New Brunswick,! May 3. Columbia at Nw York; May 1 i. New York Unlverslt at New Brunswick: May IT. Middle Slate; championships: MavUl, Rwnrthmore at New Hrunswlckj Mav al-8.1, InWMlleslat championships at Cambridge. LOTT ACTING CAPTAIN New Stroke to Lead Columbia Uni versity Crewmen v New York, April 12. Postponing their practice until late In the qfter noon because of the stiff southeast breeze, the Columbia oarsmen had a long workout in the rain yesterday. .lack I.ott, who has been stroking the.. varsity for the last two weeks, has been appointed acting captain. Reds Blank Joplln Joplln. Slo.. April 12. The Clnrlniatl Rede blanked the Jonlln team vemerilav. it Mo 0. Fisher and Uller held the Western Leaguers io two mis. Columbia Meet,s Manhattan .s7ls.npril,n7lSJ,nfflShni ?ffi. U home season on the diamond thli noon, nhn It plava the Manhattan College . team-on South Field. ' Boxing Course 3 Moi. ns Majeir Riddle's Tuornament Apr. JH.25 Enroll .New Gold fVatchra. Fobs, Cupa TrUos , PHILAJACK 0'BR!EN!S . rice mark for the first time, opernting Ihe ninriiinety-)our fietnnes I rriiiaiKflnfc coincidence cm comci- Opportunity summer by fourteen games to a club. - m - vui. f " . ... . l. t.liilnc iim,-iii! ii, oe.Mi ui, vn,y AT E Penrose and Senator Crow, 3- Year-Olds, Preparing for Big Stakes .TRACK OPENS WEDNESDAY Havre de (prarp. Md April 12.-.-Bolh Penrose nnd Senator Crow, the Triple Springs Farms stable's candi dates for the impending renewal at Pim lico of the $25,000 Prenkness, the rich est of eastern three-year-old specials, nre working briskly nt the JIavre de (Jrnec track. .lames I!oden sent Penrose three quarters of a mile in 1 :14 last Thurs day morning and she turned the trick easily. Penrose made her two-year-old debut here last April, nud her develop ment is being followed with keen inter esLby, the local racing patrons. Pen rose will be u starter, perhaps, in ths Harford Handicap, a sprint pf"five fur longs and a half that will be tlic,feature of. the opening day's card next Wednes- of. the lay It is the Intention of Richard P. ! Cannon to start bis Preaknesa candi date, the Hoy, the fastest thre-year-old at the Beuning track, in the Har ford. Penrose hns two important dates at Pimlleo. She is in the .fnOOO Pim lico Oaks as well as the Preakuess.' Senator Crow is n colt by 'Uncle, out (of Follies Hergcres. He has yet to show rrcanness form under suns, lioileu In tended to race Senator Crow and Pen rose at Bowie,, but difficulty in obtain ing transportation prevented him from carrying out this plan. NATI0NAL A. A. ftSnft, Joe Chaney vs. Biljy Gannon Joe Marks vs. Lieut. Short Willie Hannon vs. .Yg-. McFarlantl Yg. Chaney vs. Charlie Deecher Geo. K. 0. Chaney vs Jack Russo Olvmnia A. A. "'d i nainbridgt Uiympw n. n. , Edwards. Atgr. 1 Monday evening, April 14 Kid Happy v. Young Midway Max Green vs. Dick Q'llr'cn Jnhnnr Tjman ts. hlty FlUgeraM Eddie 0'Keefe ys. Jack Norain W-H- I .r . J-... -V 1 . -.11 d I 1 1 I M ..; h
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