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EVENING PUBEIO ITEDGERPHIL'ABEIiPHIA; FKIDAY, KPEffiG 25,. 1919
S LONG 4S GAVVY CRAVATH CAN WIELD THE ASH, HIS RIGHT FIELD JOB IS IN NO DANCER
CRAVATH SOAKS FOUR
HANDY MAN AROUND THE HOUSE
ONLY 2 STARS FOUND
IN AMERICAN LEAGUE
DURING 10-YEAR SPAN
TS, SCORES 3 RUNS
IN PHILS' FIRST WIN
Veteran Slugger Celebrates Initial Appearance as
Regular by Staging Field Day Frank Woodward
Pitches Great Game After Ocschgcr Is Chased
Ruth and Sister Only Youtlis Combining Ability and
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Editor Irenlnic lutliv ledger
CofvrtaM, 1919, bu Pu6!!o Ledger Co.
G
I AVT CRAVATH is in again.
Tho veteran sluscfr 0onncd into the
it-
day's work and xrhilcd away his time in seeing how fur he could bit the ball,
nd winning the first game of tho 1010 season for the Phils. It was he who
vanquished the New York Giants and made three of MeCiraw's pitchers look
" like rookies on the Ocala club in the Florida League. Garvy was in larc form
for so early in the season and registered 1.000 as a batter. He got three singles,
a double and a base on balls out of five trips to the plate, scored three runs,
droTO in two others and pulled some high-class babe-running. Here is the
"synopsis ol Cravath Day at the ball yard :
First Inning With one out and two men on base, Garry soalied a double
Into right field, one run coming home. Ho stored later on IJaird's single.
Third Inning Opened with a two-bagger to right, but perished on the
Sock when his pals fell down on the job.
Fifth Inning Singled to deep short, went to third on high gear when
IVhUted singled to center and scored on an infield out.
Sixth Inning Whacked a single to right, scoring Ilancroft, and made it
possible for Young to throw wild to the plate so Luclerus lould come home.
Scored later on Balrd's sacrifice fly.
Eighth Inning Being tired after his field day and marathon around the
bases, he worked Rob Steele for a base on balls and got as far as second.
Cravath with bis five runs equaled the entire output of the Giants and
allowed his pals to score the other three which put the game un ice. Had he
been away fishing or working on the form at Port Indian, Pa., there would
hare been a different story to tell. It happened, however, that Jack Coombs
granted to use his reversible outfield meaning Whined, Mcusel and Craath
against Rube Benton, who pitches with his other hand, and after Rube had
been chased to make room for a right-hander, forgot to switch again.
fAVTY'S slugging, coupled with some high-class pitching by Vranl
" ilerriwcll Woodward, made things pleasant and enjoyable for the
fans and allowed the home folks to break into the liclory class.
Gavvy Cannot Qualify for Job on the Bench
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3R the last three years Cravath has
irns in with a flock of hits at an
the season as the regular right fielder. In 1017 Pat Moran was convinced
Gavvy was getting old, slowing up and ready for the sidelines. He planned to
plant the veteran on the bench and allow him to lead the eaBy life of a piuch
hitter. Wilbur Cooper was purchased to play right field and on the training
trip didn't miss a game. He had the job cinched until the opening conflict
with Brooklyn.
'It happened that Bancroft and Paskcrt Bingled and Stock saciihecd,
placing tho runners on second and third in tho first inning. Coo; cr walked
up to the plate, swinging three bats, and Pat Moran suddenly had on idea.
He thought it would be best to send Cravath up to hit, so Cooper was taken
out. Gavvy stepped up, whanged a double, scoring both runners, and Cooper
went to the minors.
Last year Cravath again was counted out before the season opened.
Fitzgerald was brought on from the coast to play right field, but his arm was
weak and again Gavvy went through the summer as a regular.
Now the usual thing has happened. Leo Callahan, who wab coached by
Cravath to play right field, is likely to be a spectator most of the time if the
veteran continues on his wild career. Gavvy is not jealous of the joungster,
because he likes that pinch-hitting job, but it bcenis he is too important to
bo kept out of the line-up.
Govvy is playing his e. enteeutli year of baseball and always has hit his
way into a regular job. In 100U when he joined the Los Angeles club he hit
a homer the very first day and made the varsity. After sticking through one
season as a utility outfielder for the Phils, he went to bat for a pitcher in 101o.
It was agaiust New York, the score was 2 to 0 in the Giants' favor, one man
was on base and Mathcwson pitching.
fltAVATH hit one into the left-field bleachers for a homer, tying
the score, ,'lhc next day he made another homer off ilarquard, and
has been a regular ever since.
Has Knocked 206 Home Run Since 1903
fTIHE famous fence-buster has established a record for circuit clouts, having
" a total of 200 since 1003. He has walloped 107 in his major league career,
.105 since joining the Phils. He also holds the modern league record with
twenty-four homers in one season.
Gavvy leads tho National circuit in driving in luns, with a total of 11'0,
made in 1013. At present he is one of the best diawiug cards in the league
4 and apparently is good for several more
proved ho had not lost any speed, cither on the bases or in the outfield. Once
j ho made o great running catch on Dojle's fly near the foul line and another
I time he spoiled a two-bagger for Kauff when he grabbed his line drive,
t, Another brilliadt performer yesterday was Woodward, the kid cuncr
I from New Hacn, Conn., and other points Last. Woody relieved Joe Ocsrhgcr
' in tho fifth after tho Giants had registered live mus, and held the enemy
i scoreless until the final bell. The youngster was nicked for the hits, but no
two came in a single inning, lie did not nana out a base on balls, tightened
tip in tho pinches and perpetrated only one wild pitch. He treated the heavy
thitters from New York with unconcealed scorn and rubbed it in when he
(struck out Smith in the ninth when two were on base ready to score.
'. Woodward looks like a good pitcher, which speaks well for the judgment
lot Coombs. Jack was strong for the kid
and predicted he would be one of the
? at years.
Si Doue Baird played a swell came
'when hits meant runs. In tho sixth he fielded Young's vicious grounder and
forced Burns at second, and in tho ninth robbed Zimmerman of a bit. At bat
he had two hits and a sacrifice fly out of five times up. He made up for his
bum work on Wednesday.
fOOMBS showed excellent judgment in changing his batting order
and dropping Mcusel to seventh, Irish came tip at a critical stage
in the fifth, drove in a run and scored later himself. Harry Pearce did
well in the lead-off position.
Giants Are Shy
jaN"
EW TORK did not have the pitching yesterday, and as a result the club
did not look like a pennant-winning
r 'and five runs, but the moundsmen couldn't check the Tblls. McGraw realizes
b tin nnjY nltpnprn nnrl Im Innlcinif all over the hfffh-rlflftft tjllent-. rtnirn (n ntn-H
yJVUI' ho had seventeen working out in
CMtJood ones, but apparently he has lost
irBenton, might develop later on. for
Leatruo before iolnlnz the nary last
lJ.X nlfin linti Into. rf RflltT rlpRtlitn tits noni
. r. "" ::,7. ":"r;7 -,v"r lu,u
i uie uianis will do sirengtucncu codsiuuihuij,
i No fault can be found with the hitting of the club. Burns, Young,
Chase, Doyle and Kauff are coming through in fine style, and with any kind
"jrof pitching will drive in enough runs to sew up the game. But they must have
' ftho pitching to stay in the pennant fight.
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Attaches Win After
J..TT TOOK tho A'a twenty-sir innings to win their first ball game, Thlch
kv A. nrnrp C!tinln ha n raur of stickers on his navroll. Testerdav nnnthnp
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.tttrteeu'Iuning drama was staged down In" Washington, the visitors winning
W Perkins's hit, Anderson's sacrifice and Red Shannon's blngle. Red had.
iitAr 9HM bit all day, but that was enough
LIHtr'aiMl GKrje,Burn3 thre, alt of
box score yesterday, put in a good
been slated for bench duty, but always
opportune time and spends the icst of
jenrs of baseball. His work yesterday
the first day he worked in Charlotte
best tw briers in the league in a couple
at third, makine two wonderful (...
High - Class Pitchers
aggregation. They made eleven hits
the hope of discovering two or three
out. John Paul Jones, who relieved
he made a brilliant record In the Texas
year. Causey and Barnes are rnnrl nn,i
fttnrt. Tf TnnM nnrt TAii.Wf ,...
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Twenty - six Long Innings
to win (be ball game. Whitey Witt
wblqh were superfluous, j Fred Tbcmas
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HErJRY NLL
Yoo set. That
Trunk doujm
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Ben Tincnp Wanted
to Be Sure of One Job
I.ouis.ille, K.. April 25. Pitcher
Ben Tincup. formerly with the Phil
adelphia Nationals, leportcd to the
Louis ille American Association Club
today.
Tiucup was a fiec agent and ac
cepted terms of both the Louisville
and Little Rock Clubs. For this
reason he cannot play until his- case
is acted on bj the National Commis
sion. NEW JOB FOR CASTLE
Local Player Will Manage Rockford
Club
Johnny Castle., the local ball pi a ye. I
d shin builder, leaves town t0.lLv f, ,
and ship builder, leaves town today foi
Rockford, 111., wheie he is going to
put in the spring ana summer months
trying to give the uathes out theic !
baseball winner.
Johnny has been appointed manager
of the Three I League of that pla.e.
This is the second job Castle has had iu
thc Three I as a skipper, hauiR man
aged the Qumcj Club in 3016 aud 1017.
Scranton May Get Franchise
scrarfan. P.. April 2 n International
T,tasue team ma be placed in Scranton
Dl-SDMnnl Tlji I.I t-'.il r rt I. I. ...
tprd.iv requested llobert W Allen, who huMs
li'il'coSrto'SoTiu
a. day or two
.
Rutgers Opens Tennis Season
mv lork, April 23 Tlip RutEeri tennln
Wm otvns its season with Columbia at
NeA- Urunsiclv tomorrow
SINGLES AND BUNGLES
Filtuflltvl
rhUn and Vs l06t tocetlier. bo ihtj de
cided (o win on the name dny.
Jawn
iMHu,hW V,n1;.?i?,.h"h,ayh,,.rdVH;
e Jacl. Coombs and hln ThlH who
tine ball
r there
this score
ha fiutbattcd the CliantH twcnl sfven hits
to twent5 no in tnp two tuts mus rar ruy
rd, uro not to b overlooUcd
At Mumxo I tins dun ricrp tto Ins pile nt
records last vtaht v lira, lie lirard that the
Athtrtica and U nshliiDton played another
thirteen mimic contrt. "llaan I been rfode
before vl the first two skirmishes ol a tea.
son " said At as he )upyltd the twenty sU
innings
All I.eo CalUliau lias to ia to tieai out
aiiaimu lias io no w iieai oui
th for the regular lerth In rlrht
it 1.0OI. The ullfornl manler
tinuiir I m.ull
llflf! la to hut
turned out bnfto knokK uitulnst the tilant.
nt a I.IIOO ciiii, bnEclnE two doubles uud
two singles In four times at bat.
Captain C-wie Whlttcd
or the House or
Coombs, would rather be nut out
l nrst
base than bv Umpire Charley Sloran to he
decided to break Into the bo score with
the Phils He tonne, ted safely once out of
fle times up but has yet to round into 100
per cent Whlltcd form
H' the same old atorj oftout the Otants.
Then're n nrent hall rilih tiftftt .11 the lead.
but looked like John 7ooter. North bide
frotesstonat ueslerdav alter the Phils put
three runs across in the sixth.
1-hlle the Rlnnta were heatlnr 'em aronni
In the shtli round Charlie Heeb arose to re
mark that "M-fii-aw mltht hate a heat)
hlttinr acrreratlon. but they Impress me us
teinr noeiuuy weaK on pop nies vo me in
Oeld." Score that a hit for Ileeb.
Frank Woodward the Phils' rookie curur
finished what Joe Oetchger started, ami he
made the Giants look like Pigmies when It
became a matter of depositing runs at the
scorlnc station Tou'll hear more about this
"bird" Woodward before Jack Dmpsy
lands his haymaker on Terrible Jess WllUni
Elmer Smith, the "viilHon dollar" catcher
ol tho Giants, made his bio league debttt
and impressed both Philn and Giants uiti his
ivorh. Incidentally, Cadu made his bow as
a Phil and handled our backstop assignment
urtth as much class as Smith.
Jack Coombs Is tlU Jurilinr his battle
Array to find the moet rfTectlte run-cettlnie
combination. Titers was iiotblnc wrong with
yesterday's array. It won and. ufler all,
that Is all that Is necessary.
News item Tyrua Raymond Cobb the
fence crasher of the Detroit Tigers, lias gone
back Hero Is major-league season tuo
ria old and Cobb haa not registered a single
hit.
Fred Knight won Uie bet bu plavlna set fit
round o poll, but the AthletUs had to oo
t-ilrfeen rounds to win ther first decision.
Athletics and TTashlnafon reneto 7iot(fl(iff3
today lor the thirtcen-lnntng cfcamptonshlp,
Whitey Wtt counted four lilts In six
times dp against the Henatora yesterday, bat
M9TT-e Shannon connected onlr once hi seren
tTrnee up, yet his blow wen the old ball
came. It's all la the draw, boys.
Doug Batrd played third as it should be
played yesterday. lie accepted all of Ave
chances and convinced fans that bis weird
RACES TODAY
AT HAVRE DE GRACE
l 7 RACES DAILY. Ineludlng a 8teepeeuiM
( Specfal I'unsylranla Railroad Train Lean
i9a . m.i . rHsi,, v a.
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WHITEY" WITT MAKING GOOD
IN ATHLETICS' OUTFIELD
Absence of "Tilly' Walker Adding A'o Wrinkles to Connie
Mack's Face Yesterday Connected for Four Safe Hits
By EDWIN
Washington, I). C. April 25. Tillie
Walker still is hobbling about on a lame
ankle, but C. Mack's thumping trio is
intact. Whitey Witt has made good.
The little blond-haired, sawed-off,
bow-legged youth, who was turned into
an outfielder overnight, has been pound-
luir the sphere in the series with Clark
Girffith's senators in a fushion tli.t
? -I- "edit .to Ty Cobb, lot alonej
alkpr- Connie is not adding any more
wi inkles to his face because Clarence is "U",J " " i"'"-". "' """ uuins a oue
ou the side lines. ' I "as,. "" n'EO ,0 l'Snt, and Roth again
Witt did his bet to win the old ball i ' '
game for the A's within the lcgulatioD . In ,a 'Mntev had four bits out of
. . - Ct t-t Titer tin 1.Ar. I.a.1 T. 1 'i A..
UI! " ycsteiuaj. but t.etty Anuersou - y- '' . "a" me ,ls,i" l ,
"! "! Tbom w wouldn't have it tbutlsames for a batting average of .4.w and
, "f tllt, l. 1U !t "Sain 5u ,h.,?,mw ? ," T ,'np V.'"? hM th
UH'llIll, Olll lipilin .IlUCIOIl WOUIUIl I -- uiuMuciiasuaum,
accept, and as far as au be nscei tamed R0(, all( ijurns Ac(ite
Ihcie is no rule in this town 1....I..I..; The otll,.r two mpmbcrs of thc n .
ing ball games to be won or lost in ,g ttio also were iuj-cal form yester
less than thirteen mn.ngs. , (Kly, olti10UBh on opening f,jy tb(fir b ts
lf!l- rl 1 til n 4t tn ti rw jvl r tt.i T il. . f i
iiiis iiineiy
U was a u Kfil bat lhat JOUUg Witt
"uS at Washington pitchers jestei-
day, and the mcauest port of it from a
I local standpoint was that be swung
1 it most wickedly when there were lun-
ners on the base paths. Whitey pushed
I f. ., ,, .,l . ""'"' ''"."'
'onr run3 into the scoring column with
exhibition on ooenlne djy
sample of ltls warcw
was far from a
'i"d.ra """ "'' X'H,.nV2::.ln ' ' "n the fourth. One of
I ha sc hlle "io"3 jrom raciaiiglir ( j j .. iijU.c(.ttiuir
lilt Monin mix hate lost the Phil., hut
he has nut lost any of Ills old-time knail.
In celtlnic awuv to a lljlnit .tart, for the
fc.iojid slrilldit day the Bed. Iiumneri ht
Ixiiils. hihoolmaster ISuv rislier, formerlv
of the Yankees, ncrfprmlm; the Dllc.hinE end
of tills trhk this time.
lim AaiiKhan pitched Nulf said Tuh.
:V .v' ""is Kame in tno windy c itv rrom
i -,",,,;:.. i -:",,
I J."1"?,.- p,wrl Buqh a r
i cooper
the Pirates
in
cettine the deilnlou Vaughn
maBier portsider as
(7roi. riein,ij ,7Hri .. i. .. -
call once played with the Phils without
Beratchina our dc,,,, !!.;.,? ,i.. .i,.i.,i
"i"'.1 i" ,"' taretr vetseraau. lie heaved the
i J' ? "" ;" men renreu in javor or jui
I tTUBhn. Till the un,i 1 . ., ,-,.- -i.jm
m that pitch than anu manor could . aie
Five big league g.in;c were ilc-icled on
tanous illnmondH yesUrda. jet the dnj
was without its homer. Ihis Is accounted for
1 the fait that Itube Kuth nwung a billiard
run Instead of n bat ihirlne the Idlenos of
be Red feox In en ork.
That 'Hu lt M, r. ... -...ii i -
. - - .- ... .,.w iau iv. uii . uun.r oil
he base paths this season Outfielder Heath-
nte nf th Parln.l. w.. .......
Here's the one for the book Heathcote pullert
.luiii.u in. uicr iiousn s ueaa. apparently
for three bases, but Heathcjite. thinking the
ball might be caught, turned and ran back
to first bate Hornsby passed him on the
line and was declared out for so doing
George Burns, ol the Giants, was stiff onif
sore about the knees this morning as he
sipped his Java, and Irish Mcusel, ol the
Phlla. was sore about a homer that he did
tiot get. Burns tolllded tcith the bleacher
barrier lUicn he robbed Meuiel ol a circuit
punch that uoufd liaue scored three runs.
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marll is a depcridabPe indica-
mTora $rnarc, satisfactory
COLLAR
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solid hits nnd pcisoually conducted one
himself.
Witt came up in the sixth with Roth
on third and Burns on second. He
soaked n single so deep into right that
both his pals landed in safety. Later
he scored on Dugan's one-ply blow. He
aihanccd to the plate in the seventh
with two on and he whanged another
single to right that admitted Roth. In
ndZ tKlnUtac mo
"" on n, ! P
the twelfth he was called upon when
weie straugelj silent. Roth scored three
of the A's six uins nnd knocked out
two singles. His shoulder still is in
bad shape, aud this handicaps him and
the A's when thc ball is hit to his tei
titor. George Bums went like thc wind in
his hitting jesterday aud that means
much to Washiugtonians, for the wind
was trn cling at gale rate during the
ball game. To the Tioga new Ij wed
went the credit for obtaining the first
extra base hit of tho series.
He doubled on his fiiBt appearance
nt thc plute, was hit by a pitched ball
on the second, doubled on the third nnd
getting,
Johnny Watson pitched the first six
innings und got the victor. Lefty
AuderFoti went in iu the beventh, and
would hno won der the regulation nine
innings, but l'red Thomun insisted ou
making two wild chucks to Burns in
thc ninth and Lefty aided the Washing
ton cause by hitting Miluu with the
bases loaded.
Anderson has the makings of a great
Milt liniiilnr. nml if ho potu li.ttn. mn.
1 1 rnl iIP ..ill l,o n nhinhlc nsi t t.. ihn
trui m win ui u uiuauic ussci 10 lue
..hick ntiriiug Sinn
C rerkirjs is In fa.or of changing tho
coring rules. H was robbed of a hit when
Dugan failed to touch second on Wednesday
The fore out rule in Korlne Is an popular
with hlni as tho flu
The crowd tried to ride Amleit-on Can
ou Imagine howls rattling a ku who had to
ii- UN-a in ille -nripKini: or n. u tun hur.i
In? of hnmbH anil the rsnlit pmiLin. nr . .
chine guiis9
faclv liasv rhen up hope of pRlng the
first Sunday game in New York ncalnst the
Yanks There Is a possibility. howeer, of
the game being staged at Harrison, N. J., In
the old Tederal League Park.
Savel
SS to tlO
From
Workroom
to You
BECAUSE .WE WAKE THEM .
right here in our own factory and bell them direct
you thoreason we can positively sell
Suits That RetaU for. $20 to $35
$14.S0 to $25
money savin? onnnrinnttv n vw -
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MHii!-lJg-i
Opn SftiwiUy
UieLL VHAT
ij Bo too WAMT
I I DIDN'T
HBAR YA -
ClVWHAT S T
SB'tf
George Decker Selects
Red and Blue Boxing Team
Coach fJeorgc Decker has selected
the I'enn hovers who will swap wal
lops with the mitmen from State
College in Wcightmnn Hnll on May
I!. The following men will represent
thc Red and Blue: 125 pounds, Sol
omon: 135, Don Low; 145, Grant;
158, Bourne; heavyweight, Ncylon.
Jt was planned to stngo. an inter
collegiate boxing tournament at
Wcightmnn Hall on Slay 3, but
State College was the only institu
tion that accepted an invitation to
compete.
,P0L0 TOURNEY MAY 12
9
Season's First Event at Whlppany
River Club
New Yufli, April L'5. Tho lust polo
tournament iu the Xoith this hpriug
will be held at the Whlppany Ri.cr
Club, Morristowu, X. J., fiom lay
-' tbiougb May !. The Essex polo
cup, piescuted by Mis. Charles l'ficr,
will be tho chief prize nnd thcie will
be consolation cups, too.
Accordinc to thc annoumoni. nt .mm
tho Polo Association yesterday entries
win close on -May . The Essex cup is
to become the piopejty of the club win
ning it twice. The Whlppany Ri.cr
dub will gic individual prizes to the
winning four.
Harrowgate tt Play Hllldale
Harrow gala Boll Park, the little Shlbe
Park of the northeastern section, comes out
this .ear with an addltlun to Its grand
. V.".'1 U,at lrl,1B the seatlne capacity up to
.pno The season opens tomorrow with Hill,
dale
(-"rankle Clark Wins , .
rennsgrove. X .1 April r - Trankls
Clark of Phtlulelphla, defeated Alleutown
Dundee tn the wind-up here last night In a
fust and tleer bout
NATIONAL A A m1"
nrt' ly? 7 - V April Stllh
Uay hnnls n, . oung Angelo
l.e .Inient . Kddle Sominers
bailor Kd. Iremhv t. .Hurry (Happy)
Howard
lounir Robideau vs. I-oulslana
Jack Russovs. Artie O'Leary
TICKKTS AT DONAfillY'g, 33 b. 11TH ST.
Major Biddle Tournament
,1'IN'V' U.LNTh lOMCiHT
Featherweight to Heavyweight (lasses
Major Middle will present prlres. Including
(.old WaUhes from Jamea Isumlnger
and .. llUnm Itwun
PHILA. JACK O'BRIEN'S
13TH & t'HKHTMJT STS. Spruce HMD.
Olvmnia A. A """"l "ho" Ilalnbrldge
Monday night, April 28
JIMMY hNlDFR ts. Ii!I WAGM'K
IRXNKIF. MrKFNNV s. .JOIINNI 1IANNA
JOI1NM CI.AKK ts. ,MK Id ..PATRICK
nolTULK ttlMMIP
Joe Tiplitz vs. Frankie Conifrey
Lew Tendlcr vs. Jimmy Duffy
W
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m.Wm
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Personal Magnetism to Enter Johnson Circuit in
Half Decade Always Space Around Top
IN THE SPOKTLIGIIT BY GRANTLAND KICE
(Copj right, 1010. All rights reserved)
The Message of the Winds
The Worth icind, the South tcind,
Thc East icind and the West icind,
M'hispcr from the valley to the Knob;
And each tcind that has found me
Seems to ivhispcrall around me
"Oh, tchat's thc use of sticking to a jobl
What's thc use of sticking
Where tho old machine clicking ,
lit a dritc to merely cam your rent and breadt
With thc fairtcay softly calling
Where the tnashie shots are falling
And a league of open country just aheadf"
The 'North icind, thc East wind,
Thc South wind and thc West wind
Make it mighty haid to buch-lc down;
Vor they whisper it is play time
And they croon all through the daytime,
"O, whaVjhc use of wasting time in iownT
What's the use of grinding
And of slaving on and finding
U thc finish you're an awful long time dead?
Where thc niblick shots arc flopping
And thc ten-foot putts are dropping
With a league of open country just aheadf"
Space at thc Top
AN EXPERT of note has listed seven American Leaguers in that circuit
who may bo tegarded as stars combining playing ability and a personal
magnetism that luis the fanatic through the turnstile. His list include
Cobb. Speaker, Collius, Raker, Johnson, Ruth and Sisler.
It is worthy of note that from this list of seven, live have been in the
game tcu jcars or longer. Which in to btatc that the last ten years in the
American League have produced but two outstanding stars Ruth and Sisler.
These statistics seem a bit weird. Yet here are the facts. Of the fiva
vcttyans, Cobb. Speaker and Johnson leaped to fame their first year out.
Collins and linker needed two seasons to reach stardom but all five were
established luminaries in 1010.
Considering all the hundreds who have taken a whirl nt thc Main Show
In the last ten campaigns, the development of only two highly classified stars
In that period shows the wide gap that exists between phenoms.
Ml-VT si7ct die heralded each spring, but thc aurage seems to be
about one to ciciy file years, Vhcic will be quite a bunch of space
left aioitnd thc top. And "there always will be.
Ruth's Rise
SISI-KIl is a hue ball player, but one of those quiet types that carries Jia
wide appeal
Ruth, on the contrary, has a turustile lure on a par with Cobb or
Speaker. Going still fuither, it isn't nt all probable that he will entice mora
people to the stands than either Tris or Ty. His ability to pitch with spec
tacular effect one day and then drive the ball out of the lot the next after
noon majbe combined with certain eccentricities, lifts the renowned Baba
well to the top.
If there were three tival ball paiks where Cobb, Speaker and Ruth wore
playing, the. latter would certainly draw as many fans as either of thc first
two named.
A "N D if thc big Babe only lifts a few out of the inclosurc caily in
the campaign he icill outdiaio any sole delegate iiPthc line-up.
The Best Outfield
TXrHERE do they get that stuff?" writes an irate Dettoit fan, "about.
VV the Giants, with Rums and Kauff and Young, having the best outfield?
Eveu monej any time thej want it on Cobb, Veach aqd Shoitcn who covee
as much ground, make moie base bits, steal moie bases and drive in more
inns. What else do they want?"'
WlVLh lccii a tceathir eye on these statistks through the season
iiinl ohieric thc gencial effect later on.
Revised Again
Many arc called but out of the bitnth
Most of them haidly get up for lunch.
TTUW can I keep my eje on the ball and then findlt again after I've hit
J-l it while my caddie is discussing the Ieagufj of nations or something else
with other caddies?" Which reminds us what has become of Steve Evans's
idea to manufacture a golf ball that squeaks when it gets lost?
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