)j fY V, Vw It " 1 - ' n- -Philadelphia:, Friday, may 23, 1919 War game is great sport in which to get in shape or lose your shape, says alex EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER M! if- .v4' . ajsl 3r?il !. I " t Br K. m. kV ir g& I & MEX DISCOVERS WAR FINE FOR GETTING IN SHAPE OR LOSING IT . I I I . -f -.I M "" Eubs' Star Moundsman, Who Pitches First Game Against Phils Today, Found Army Life Real Conditioner. Pitching Ball Now a Picnic Ity KOISEKT W. MAXWELIi Sports Kdltor Ktenlng 1'ubllc lx-dger (opvrtoht. S01S. Ill Public Ledatr Co. G ROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER, ei-sergcant in the United States army nnd now star pitrhcr of the Chicago rubs, was a disappointed person Ivhen tho ball game vas called ofE yesterday afternoon. Alex was hooked to fcurl against his former playmates on the Tliils nnd was anxious to put on the Work. IIo never has faced the local nine in a regular contest nnd the ex perience would be a new one. However, he will get his chance today, providing Ihe field dries up and no more rainstorms gum up the proceedings. "It seems strange to bo hanging around a hotel in Philadelphia." said Alex, "waiting with a gang of ball players to go out to the Phillies' park. 1 haven't pitched against the hoys yet aud I expect it will be strnngc tn be out there on another club. But T guess I'll get used to it." Alex looks good nnd seems to be in great shape physically. He is much lighter than when ho was with the home folks, but is stronger and more active. Bis experieuce in France nnd Germany made a different man of him. "I had seven weeks on the tiring line," said Alex, "and believe me, they were strenuous. You probably have read of the early-to-bed and earyto-ri.e Stuff, but there was nothing to it. AVc had no regular hour". When wc went to bed at night wc didn"t know whether we would be called at ! :30 a. m. or midnight. Sometimes wc didn't get to bed at all. It was a great place to get In shape or lose your shape. I took off weight aud gained strength and en durance, and pitching a ball game is a big picnic. "My pitching arm is just as stroug as ccr; I have just as much 'stuff,' but my control isn't what it should be. 1 can set them over the plate, but when I do some guy knocks the ball a mile. I can't work (he corners as yet, but in a short time I will be in regular form nnd should have a fairly successful season. With Bill Killcfcr behind the plate, I do not fear any club in the league." ALEX hasn't icon a game yet, hut he cannot be blamed. All of the " breaks have been against him, such as dropped fly balls and other errors which should have been easy outs. Fred Mitchell Predicts Pennant for the Cubs rpHOSE four defeats in New York almost put Kred Jlitchell and .his Cubs "" down for the count, but hope was revived in the Brooklyn series. President-Manager l'rcd, lion ever, still has confidence in his ball club aud tjoldly predicts the Cubs will win the pennant agaiu this year. "We have had terrible weather in the AVcst and there was no improve ment here in the East,-' he said. "Wc have not been able to practice in the rnornings nnd the plav ers have not yet reached their top form. As soon as we get started vvd will be a hard club to beat. The pitchers arc getting better every day, but our hitting is not what it should be. There will be a big improvement HU around as soon as warm weather sets in. "To my mind there are three contenders for the National League pen nantChicago, New York and Cincinnati. I can't sec Brooklyn. McGraw Js stopping at nothing to strengthen his team and will be dangerous all season, nnd the same goes for the Reds. Pat Moran has a fighting ball club and should Mtnain in the first division. If he could get another good pitcher be would cause lots of trouble in the league. But my club looks good, and as soon as w get going just watch our smoke." v It was an off day in the National yesterday, every club being kept idle because of rain. Those double headers arc piling up and we will see many 'bargain matinees in the future. The Sunday dates will help some, but not enough to" prevent the two-a-day stuff. The real test will come in a month or so, when these postponed games arc played off. It will be up to the pitch ing staffs, and that is where the Cubs will shine. M.itchell doesn't think much of Brooklyn, but we believe the Dodgers will step out in front, or very near it, for their twirlers are almost as good as those working for Mitchell. ' A LEX.IA'DC?, Tyler, Vaughn, Douglas, Eendryx ard Atdridge are good, but I'Jeffer, Cadore, Grimes, Mamaux, Cheney, Smith, ilar guard and Mitchell also stack up fairly well for the Dodgers. Cincinnati Established Major League Record HERE is a parcel of dope to paste in your hat for future reference, nnd it's all about the Cincinnati baseball club. Ernie Lanigan, tho demon statis tician, unearthed the true facts aud goes back a distance of thirty-three years to prove it. Here it is: Cincinnati's Reds did something this year that never has been done before by a major league team, that is, score ten runs in the thirteenth inning. The Tat Morans turned this trick in Brooklyn on May 15 against Al Mamaux. Just once before in an extra-inning fray has the winner in unknotting the tie reached double figures in tallies in the wind-up chapter, and that was In 18S6. At that time Detroit was supporting a National League club and Kansas City was trying to support one. On July 11 of that year the Cowboys and the Wolverines were on efen terms at the end of the tenth. In the eleventh the Missourians broke up the game in precisely the same manner as did the Reds, by turning the lever of the scoring mill and grinding out ten runs. Cincinnati is the only major league club that has scored ten runs in the thirteenth inning of a championship game; Kansas City tho only National LeagueRub that has scored ten runs in the eleventh inning of a championship game. This may or may not bo important to remember. .Another record set in Brooklyn that memorable May 15 was when Greasy Ncale, covering right for the Reds, caught tcu flics. This is a record number for a right fielder in a game of this length. Owen Wilson, of the Pirates, playing'tbe arae position as Neale, had the same number of put-outs when his team was defeating Brookjn, 1 to 0, on August 2J, IMS, in seventeen innings. I EFT fielders and center fielders cian'onaiy capture ten flies in L. games of regulation and extra lengths, but right fielders rarely are sfr-M i? i Sii & kept so busy. Connie Annoyed by Losing Streak of A's ""10NNIE MACK is losing patience with his ball club. The consistent losing streak is getting on the Tiogan's nerves, and he is likely to shuffle the cards for a new deal at any time. Once upon a timo Connio was one of the most patient guys in the world. He started to rebuild his baseball machine, grabbed talent from everywhere, stumbled along in last place and waited for the day when, he could tell the fans ho had a regular team. That time came this year, and the A's have been losing just the same. Now the lanky leader is sore. IIo is through watching his men pull Jbonehead plays and, according to reports, will tie the tinware to each and every 'athlete -who fails to produce. Tho first to get the hook probably will be Red Shannon at second. Connie has purchased Snooks D.owd from Detroit, and ,Jthe fchan.es are that the former Lehigh football star will horn into the line-up wui 7,SBgamoi jjciriuu. jmv mu i uu mo nun ui oiuer goou piajers and says he E..V. '. 3f 'b.f1 l...... iltam -. lin inl. In - h-- fln.A IM?' f.l (ft ,w(4 uavn mvw jmu juu ft . rvvi n i,u,v, fetn.'Vj .. 5 TJUl.t- in,r the A'c urn tVin Kptr i.nm ll.ot r, , .1 ii.il ,. . SJ.WV ' -"" "- - -"- - "- " sm-cu rignm position in ti?3r. line league. The team looks good with Roth. Walker and Wltf in tho tr;M ft' .. tiir-ii rSrnvpr. Dnnphn nnrl Thnmnn tn thu tnfloM mwl .u..i it,.. -, ,y&t; , -- .......... ,uu .Mi-ucra jiBn rcrry, 'J Kinney. Johnson, Rogers and Naylor. But they arc not winning ball games, nwri-.- i- ,,. and that is the most important thing qf all. yesterday, winning in the tenth Inning. Cleveland trimmed them again w OyDER if the Indians are swiping Connie's signst MOVIE OF TWO MEN TRYING TO THINK OF A PHONE NUMBER - I "" "' ' ' -. ! IW'IMi ! !' I "' ' ' ' mmm ' . th.nh- rHs i"Pl?,yeR l 3t)GSS That' . tiTl..1B f OuurLOiAJeQ euew- two- nUmBBR haRRY- I J 3- FW&r FIVE.-SIV ) ,V J -MAY8C TS SGVG.tA-TVMi J Sasio-TVJo ( -r" I six- Five." -Seve J J" J -VL TRY IT t TvaJ0- ' " "7 I . -. 0r,66 f7T : Hope -That s X CAULIFLOWErI - -w j COULA. WAS ThB hr -, LS'SeC? FlVe-TvOO- I'vQ rrAt GoT fS RnJ dope TRr,Ttf. suPPftse 1 eveM-srx. ' " FRIEND op -ti Lr, ,) 5eUerJ eV6M- SIX- ) V r S A TkcJUSftW YOO SAID IRY T AC5Aliyi THATOOMfiV TlMS You COOL.X) 5 1 V---I . ) - I COMtS. To rtUE ELLER, REDS NO-HIT PITCHER, HAS OTHER DISTINCTIVE CLAIMS Moran' s Recent Sensation Really Was First Man toEnlist Among Ball Players, Quitting Diamond in 1916 to Join Army Along Mexican Border IN TIIE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RICE (CorrrUht, 1910. All rlrbti renewed) By Way of Reverie- But yesterday I watched them start, Vounff wonder all in serried row; But now I've seen them all depart The years flow faster than we know. 'ht ""t"" mil For I remember, young and slim, How Matty gathered gama by game: Today how many mention himt The years flow faster than all fame. Where Wagner sieung out for hit blow IfArrc Larry leaned against ihe ball , .ffoto swift they were last week or so The years flow faster than them all. Today, fresh from the corner lot, . Wo praise some youngster on the team; Tomorroto's page will know him not The years flow faster than we dream. HOD ELLER, the Red star of no-hit renown, has other distinctions. Hod quit his job as n professional ball player in 101 G to enlist in the army along tho Mexican border, which comes very close to being the enlisting record among ball players. By pitching a no-hit game for a start and coming through with a thirteen inning shut-out at his next appearance, Hod took a sudden leap toward fame. Mr. Eller is six feet tall, weighs ISO pounds and is only twenty-fivt years bid. til Seine Regatta Winners Invited to Row in Nationals at Worcester MAJOR O'RYAN DONATES CUP Gotham Swimming Stars Compete Here Tomorrow Vollmer, Catui and Geibel Will Represent New York Athletic Club in Dual Meet With Meadowbrook at Columbia Pool TTIOLLOWERS of 7 New York, May 23. The New Zea land crew which won the recent A. E. I". rrgatta on the River Sciue, in Paris, may come to this country for the national championship regatta to be held uudcr the auspices of the National As sociation of Amateur Oarsmen, at Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester. Mass., Au gust 1 and ". James Pill.ington. president of the N. A. A. O. yesterday announced that the New Zcalanders have signified a desire to rtmpetc in the revival of the championships here and Uiat an invita tion has been extended to the victorious A. E. V. crew. Race for Service Men Major General John V. O'Ryan, who commanded the Twenty-seventh Divi sion in Trance, has donated a silver cup to be presented to the winning iarMuen in a single-scull shell race for soldiers and sailors of the allied nations. The cup will be emblematic of the service single sculls ihainpionship. The race is open to those who have never won n senior or championship sculling cenl under the auspices of the national association. Another addition to the adopted program of twelve events is a four-oared gig open-boat event, coxswain weighing 105 pounds, for which John J. V. Mulcahy, president of tho Atlanta Boat Club, has donated a set of medals. Honor Heroes In a circular letter which he will dis tribute among the clubs of the associa tion. President Pilkingtou urges upon Ihe organizations the desirability of en listing new members amoug the ranks of the returning bolilicrs aim sauors. The clubs are urged to show their ap preciation of the valiant services' the lighters rendered in the lato war by undertaking their expenses on a trip to the regatta. Hoppe Wins Billiard Match -.. -. M-i "n Wllllo Horoe. holdr "n h-l-u'nn tltl. tariXy defeated Senor Vorsas the champion of Urueuav, lit an --hlbltton IS 3 Inch balkllne match at the far-lnal Farlei Soldier and allorr f-rv lco nub last nleht. ine 6co.ro to 30 was 300 swimming in this citv and vicinity will hnve the op portunity of seeing three of the country's greatest mermen in action tomorrow evening at the Columbia Pool, Broad and Oxford streets. The three stars arc Teddy Cann, Herbert Vollmer nnd Leo Gibel. Cann, Vollmer and C.ibel will compete for the New York uthletic club in n dual meet with the Meadowbrook Club of this city. The store organization lins taken over the Columbia Pool and to morrow's events -will mark the official opening. Cann Holds Records Cann was the national 100-jard free stjle champion when he dropped out of racing aud be had to his credit vic tories over most of the world's greatest 2'J0-.vnrders. including Perry MeGilliv ray and Duke Kahauamoku. He lso held several American records, nmong them the indoor one for .100 vnrds. Vollmer had attained the rank of in tercollegiate all-arouud champion ill the time he enlisted and won signal honois in the open field. National titles and world's standards have fallen to his lot and one of the latter 1 minute 1!(1 2-5 seconds for 150 vaids, has siuce been attacked in vain by the speediest sprint ers of the daj . Giebcl is the youngster of the trio, barelv twenty years old, but he has ac complished notable feats. He holds at present the National A. A. u. cnam pionships for COO yards and long dis tance swimming and be has taken the measure at the middle course of Ludy Langer. Harold Krugcr, William Wal leu and other coutcstunts, who stand among the world recoidists. Bessie Rjan to Sulm Tho events on the program nrc 400 yards relay, back stroke, (10 yards and 220 jards races. In addition to the dual contests there will be several other races for women nnd a number of open events. Elizabeth Ryan, who recently wou the f0- aud 100-jard national championships on the Pacific coast, will be one o fthe contestants. Tho Meadowbrook team will be com prised of Vic Hoist, the intcrscholastie short distance champion ; Raymond Uhl, Don Douglas, Tom Cowlcs, Don Leo pold, Cnrl Van Roden, Mifflin Arm strong nnd Eddie Lind. Outdoor Events June 7 Two scholastic events will open the outdoor swimming season of the Phila delphia Swimming Club, at Lufu.vcttc, on haturday. June 7. The first will be a 100-yards scratch evetit open to students of schools in Bucks, Delaware. Montgomery nnd Pennsylvania counties. This will bo for the Harry T. Mulpass trophy, which is ut present held by Victor Hoist, of the West Philadelphia High Scvhool. Specdbos Hold Trophies The second race will be the 400-yard relay for tho George Mulpass trophy, which is open to schools in the United States and Cannda. Each team will comprise four men with each man swim ming 100 years. Individual prizes will also bo offered for first, second und third. The George Mulpass trophy i at preseut bc!dby West Philadelphia. The event this year is creating more than usual interest owing to the swim ming being once more placed on n pre war basK Entiles for both cients must be listed with William II. Ed wards, captain. Philadelphia .Swimming Club, 122 North Eleventh street, yn or before Tuesday, June 2. UNO A. C, MR LINE-UP New Combination Is Composed of Former Well-Known League Players POSSESS STAR BATTERY Among the crack semipro baseball teams this season, none is making n better record than the Westmoreland A. C despite the fact that this is the first car the. club has been in exist ence, although ull the platers were for merly connected with the Main Line and Industrial Baseball Leagues. In tho first two games Westmoreland was returned n winner and on cuch oc casion they blanked their opponents. They have been idle on account of the wet weather the past two Sattirdajs, but will get going again this Saturday, when they play in Reading. The lineup of the Westmoreland con sists of Tusker, Dobsou, first base; James Ryan, Gcrmantown Travelers nnd RoxborcugL. Field Club, .second baso; Wallace, Dobson, shortstop; Oherscttcr, Warwick, third basc;.Clan cey, Gernlantown Travelers, center field; Rarlden, Dobson, right field; Marr. Warwick, Main Lino League, left field. The buttery of the club is Murphy, pitcher, nnd Jojce, catcher. Victory for Durham School Durham School raHlly defrated Welsh Calhouil School el'rduy afternuon at the IT. O. I. crou-nds, bcore, 17-S. H B MAY yet prove to be one of the main headline flingers of the hasy future. Things have happened so. The Test YOUNG HOLLOCHER, the Cub shortstop, belongs to that small but select group which makes a hard play look as easy as a simple one. .And this is nearly always the test of greatness. You may recall w lth what ease Nap Lajolc collected every cnance, making the toughest play resemble an easy grounder. There, is no particular effort in any of Hollochcr's work. He is one of those loose-jointed citizens who possesses the knack. VOX can write him down now as one of the top-notchers for many J years to come. Concerning Putting PUTTING is not a matter of stance or grip or club. We know four great putters Walter J. Travis, Jerry Travers, Francis Ouimet and Tommy McNamnra who in tho main employ different stances, grips and clubs to achieve nstounding results. Putting is u matter of touch. These four and'a few others have this touch eternally ut hand. Most of the multitude have it one day and lose it the next. The result is they approach the putting green with badly cracked confidence. One or two slips and they hit the Blooic Highway. The putter doesn't care whom it annoys. It has harassed the soul of Harry Vardon for ten years nnd has had Chick Evans spinning like a top. I T'S all a queer, uncanny mixture. You can't putt well unless you icell. Practice will help tr lot, but the golfer who lacks the putting touch has a hard time ahead, so far as any consistent effort goes. ' Rough Sights I've seen rough sights that left a sting .- Along life's busy marls; But a club is a terrible looking thing In a hand that holds four hearts. From sodden sights I've often shrunk Amid life's bitter shades; But a heart is a terrible picoe of junk In a hand that holds four spades. pROOI.ES, Wilding and Lamed were nil great tennis players beyond Jj thirty," queries a bystander. "Why should McLoughlin be all through after only a few years at the top?" Mainly because Brookes, Wilding and Lamed had the nrt of holding something in reserve. McLoughlin traveled at top speed nnd burned away the vital spark. He was never tho samo after his last great conquest of Brookes nnd Wilding. That stand marked his summit. But it may be thu recent rest will give him a chnuco to get going again. Stranger things bnvc happened in this dizzy universe. GEORGE STALLINGS always has been a hard loser, but he has been get ting so. much practice this season that it should come fairly easy now. Nothing like old Henry J. Habit to grease the slides. BINGLES AND BUNGLES P" '' i j,,m, ii I, . n, ii n in i ". . ., K if!-1 au '"ji'vvcM) cuiumeuio . u.( i j -,-vji jour rye on me ftVrlJ ball.' But how can you do it if you can t? ' That'll something else again. "P tf -The only possible way out Is to try to keep your mind on the ball, and per W V, "P 'our fllek"''nS eye will linger there a trifle longer. The eye is very apt K , ! ' . -1t . lt. .l!ff.. .f ti- ,.tnl 7 ' i sviivyr wit MMt v- Mtc M..HU. ' f f isi-- tun main trouuiea witu too mnnyioi ine rrussian ounter crowd is I''t'jgtjli.mU, Ua.rs.thlus hjje JwjipeBedjsJ-tee. Pl.ils and Cubs will male a.'"''v'r,'0rrf to put oirr Aleiandtr Day at Broad and llvntinoion elrttta thia alernooit. All four American !" ,nkK!"?" per ecliediile ye.terd.y, nnt the atlonal cir cuit foUed to turu out a box score. Kill KIlefr and Dode ra.kert. mJ Phlla with the Cuba, are authority tortlie statement that Alex the Great ha as much of the proverbial ituff mi the ball a" ever Ana mis in bpii u. iu- .-. ...- lost three atralfht thla bruin. Lee Fehl and Ms Cleveland Indians art jlioicin. class that npeaks well tor them bnno in the final red.oitl.io ". --,"; D-rbi,. Thev have climbed tteadllu and now are in second place, a matter of two ana a halt names south of the lr.iite Sox. "Sqnlntlnt thrnu.h the race folumna. notice- that II. II. JIhn",,nwo'! !'," ""' rare at Iuievllle Te-terda)-." aald tha cur In the bron derbr. "But 'twas not II. B. Johncon hlmeelf. ruler of the American l.eacue, for I know that he carriea nioro tiu-n 110 pound." Kid Oleaaon ha thoie White Sox ao much on their toea that when one run is acored In a came they cet this lone tally. This happened yesterdar when the pale-bosed nine hut out the Yankees. Weaver's double In the -ret Innlns, followed by a single from Joe Jackson's bat, was the only score of the duel. . Jack Oulnn and ifodrtdoe held the JfMt; Box to four hits, while Ihe Yankees registered nine blows off Leftu H'ilan. vet New YorK lost me came. '-Those St. Tuls Browns, wlio climbed Inly the nrst dUltlon irsieruay uj n-iiii Washington, must feel about as tnueli ut home as a sold fish In the Haliara Desert, glim I-ov'" rt, aUrt -with tho Tlcer -T0U6t, JW.lgMISJ. WMK MM'- Jja Up-tO'Minute Marks of Leading Hitters NATIONAL LKACilJF. O. All. R. H. Ave. (i. All. It. II. Ave. Oarath. rhlllles ... 14 42 nil .RSI Young. New York . 19 10 12 S4 .4SO Williams, rhlllles in 6(1 1,1 26 ,S01 Mensel. Phillies . . Ifl M 12 20 .310 KoneUhy, llrooUIjn 18 68 0 25 .385 AMERICAN LKAC.UE n. All. It. II. Ave. VTamhscana, Cleveland. 22 K 11 33 .SM ricltnlch. VVaihlnrton. . . 15 S 2 Iff .SM Jackson, Chicago 23 SO in 8- .381 Schang. Boston 14 37 3 14 .370 Smith. Cleveland . ... 17 87 IS 21 .378 with the tylnc run and Bush with the win ning marker. Incidentally, this setback, the second straight ut tho hands ot the Tigers, dropped the Red Sox Into the second division. , Four of the- country's foremast baseball scribes are tourina with the Cubs, fhev are Charles Drevden, of the Examiner; James Ctuslnberrv. of the Tribune: Harrv Neitv. of the .American, and Oscar Keichow, of the Dally Hews, Ferdinand Schnpp. of the Giants, who has had a siege of trouble with his salary vvhlo. may attempt his come-back In oue of the games against the CVrdlnala at the Polo Grounds, schupp's teammate believe that If he ran win one game he will hate taken a long stride back toward his tin place among the league's lending hurlers. u' what he lacks principally at the present time la commence, Theres something about them youll like- Trade Mack Twenty to the package J , ftpottlnff wttUer Johnton n four-run -ad and then btattnr him out is conaldoied an .tccoinpiiinmeni ot gifanuo proportion!. Thla, howvtr In esactly wrhat th XJrowm Bi? V V!S "'WF'rl'.v1 ! 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