Jw.W -Wji;4w 1G EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER- PHIIiABELPHlI; SATURDAY, TOOT3 .ClMD RAIN HAS KEPT A LOT OF BALL PLA YERSA WA Y FROM SHIBE PARK, BUT IT BROUGHT OUTBURRUS : BURRUS WOULD BE IT'S A HARD, HARD LIFE 1st Hole - Good start' Z.MD - OrJ MY Game" P r.TTmTT T rr Snmn 3rd " I'LL MAKE 4-Th- "iMeve 5tm--'"v.'ha'd I SAY?" 6th Oh , Baby! ihi Willi yici uuum&d it ur- MIND" I u NOW, BUT IT RAINED h f ,s-SXS s ;f i? Shower During Spring Training Prevented Phils' Boss From Giving A. and M. College Star Once Over at Charlotte Makes Debut With A's Today li Itj KORKItT YV. MAXWKLI, sports Keillor Kvenlnr. 1'nlillo Leclser ( opyrffffil, 1910. by Public I.cdarr Co. TIrAlIMCT. I.t'ItltUS. need txxentr-one. height 1", fort 11 Inches and 1V A " pound" In Height, joins tlto Athletics today. This .xoung peron. who was discovered in tlio wilds of arid Columbia, S. C, by Connie Mack, comes here with a his reputation manufactured in advance, and is supposed to take (ieorgc lltirns's place at lirt base. The nthlete who does this will have to go some, but Maurice is expected to do that very thing, Connie Mack says Iltirrus Is a wonderful player and one of the most 1 krl.x looking youngsters he ever has seen, lie made a trip to Columbia and was impressed the instant he laid his eyes upon him. It required but a look and the wuns-tcr's fate vtas scaled. lie ju-t HAD to become a member of the A s and Connie refused to lonxe until the ileal was completed, Now comes one of the ".trnngo angles of the game nf ba-eball. Few know , that I'mrii-, instead of being with the Athletiis and boosted to the skies he fore he sinks a spike in Sliilie l'ark, almost became a member of the 1'lills, and the oiih thing which ptoxonted it was a rainstorm. This sounds strange, but noxerthelesi it is true. lien the rhils were tring to train down in Charlotte this spring a prac tice game was arranged with A, and M College, of ltnloigh. Coomb was anxious to plnj a real ball game with anjhody and the college Imjs were eagerly awaited. Some of the nntixos told Coombs of a wonderful pitcher named Burrus and asked him to iw him up during the game. "This lad Ilurrus is a bear." said the Charlotte booster, "lie is the beat college twirler in the South, and mj, how he can hit that ball '. Look him Iver and I'll bet jou will sign him." Jack promised to do this, but was cot impressed. Iioosts of that chnr- ncter are handed out twenty times a day in a training camp and they are old stuff. Coombs, however, who never lets anything slip by, told all of his players to look oxer the kid curxer and if lie was nn.x good he would gixe him u chance. And that was as close as the I'hils came to getting this phenom. It rained the net cljx . the game was called off and the A. and M. bojs departed for another town to plu.x n scheduled game. w -f t OIT for thr peculiar tint! to thif affair. Conmbi knows a load ball plain i 'icii he m oik, mid t Connie lent impressed the first time hi vih tiinriii, I'll' t it safe to Clinic that Coombs would hnic jnlleii put at haul' Tiur thr I, i d was a pitcher then instead fif n tint bniei'ion. hut class will tell no matter how hard you try to hidi it. Burns Playing: Bettor Ball GEORtir UI'HNS is plajing better baseball these dajs and nppcnrs to he emerging ficpm the hatting and lidding Mump of the last 'month. I'.ase lilts are fixing off his b.U more frequently. lie was the sensation of the league last j ear, when he compiled a swatting axenigc of ..".."iU, wliich was 1"0 points cttcr than his lfUT mark. George is a peculiar hitter. Never does he perform brilliantly two years in a iox, but has a bad jcar after eery good one. lie started xxith Detroit in 1014 and hit for .li'Jl. That xxas xery good in those dajs and much was etpec'ed "f him the ne-ct jenr. In 1015, however, he dropped to .'Jo.'l and came back with .'Jii the folloxxing o:ioin. The big slump came in 1017 and Ilughex Jennings, after looking at his final average of .'J2tl, decided to turn him loose In this manner he became a member of the A's and hit for .352 his first year. lie has been going bad this year, but he is a great hitter just the same, tturns stands out as a slugger, has made a reputation and xou can't take it 'axrax fioin him. The other da.x Cicorge pi'id a great compliment to Tj Cobb and said he owed eer.x bit of what little success he had to the (leorgiau. "When I tii-st broke into the league." said liurns, "o xere training in Gulfporr Miss. I a just an ambitious kid and noiked my head off every day. I was a fair hitter, but mj form xxas terrible, fine day Cobb told me m) position at the plate was wrong and suggested that I change it. After that lie paid close attention to my xxork, told me how to sxving and other little details xhk-h go xxith successful hitting. Then I xxatched him closely while he was at bat and 1 b"gan to improxe. ' Ty Cobb is one of the greatest men in baseball and alnays is xvillin- to lend a helping hand. Some say he is a crab and has a swelled head, but don't you beliexe it. T.x is one o the grandest fellows on earth." n PNOOA'S DOW I), the youna irieldrr purchased from Detroit by '"' ( onnie llatk. also n Cobb booster. Dowd says Tij taught him hoir to inn the bases, impiuie An throicnuj and always teas ready to adnse him. Babe Ruth Hitting Consistently rpYIUS TIIH (IHI'AT maintains his lead among the American League -1- hitters with an axerage of ..'!."s. He also has soaked the largest number of hits and still is going strong. It will he hard to dethrone the King of Swat. An interesting featuie in the wccklj axerages is the work of Iiahe Until in the last wrek. Tar.an is hitting consistently at last anil has busted in(0 the .r00 class xxith a mark of "l'J. This is a gain of thirtj-fixe points in a eek . This season Iiabe decided to become a home-run hitter. Kxery time he stepped up to the plate he tried to knock the ball out of the city, and as a result was an easy mark for the pitchers, xxho used change of pace. He used to leach out for xxide curxes or hit the ball near his knuckles and went hitlcss game after game Nuxv he is willing to hit a few singles and his nxera-e has piolited gnatl.x thiriby. It xxill be remembered that Cobb seldom makej a home run 'Most of his hits are one-basers. As usual, the A's make a sorry showing in the column, there being only two "00 hittirs -Keith and Witt. The others ure lust in the sbiiflie near the bottom Tilly Walker, however, has 1h.osi.m1 hK mark twenty-four points and Joe Dugan has an increase of tvxeutx two. Howexer, xvith Hums hit ting 'S.'2, l'eikins ".'Oil, Thomas . 1IJI and MrAxoj .Hi!, we can't expect to win man) ball games. 'Till: pitchris are not setting thr icoild on fire, but establishing j. rirords just the same. Tom Hogrrs hat the brit losing streak in the league uith eight stiaighl. It icill be haul to beat that mark. Gavvy Real Hero of National rplIK real lieio in the National League is (itivvv Craxath. with his batting - average of nboxe 400. This is a wonderful piece of work, especially when one realizes he is pla.xiug on u losing team where the pln.xers are discouraged and don't cue u hang if school keeps or not. The old boy K there with the Koods, is plaxing a great game every daj . steps up to the plate and whangs 'cm out as if he weie on a championship dub and never quits. That's (inxvy all oxer he is no quitter. He is doing more for the ball dub than any other man, is the principal Kate attraction unci one of the most popular plajers iu the league. At the ago of thiitj seven he is outstripping all of the .xouugsters and shows no signs of cracking If he can hit nboxe .400 when the club is losing, what will he do v when it starts x inning V The I 'Ill's still are a in.xstery. Thej are the third best hitting club in the Icajrue, second in the greatest number of hits and third in the runs scored. Vft they are losing cousistentlj and many are wondering what is the matter. Itill I'lielon, the Cincinnati expert, takes his pen in hnnd and dashes off the folloxxing: "Slowly but surely Jack Coombs's unfortunate team seems to be dropping into the cellar. There's a lot of unexen work a lot of sliickno.ss. The make- J, ulilft lulleld doesn't combine right and the runners are liaxing fun xvith the i Hi outfield. Williams never coulclSthroxv for sour upplcs and Meusel's arm is so rlame he can hardly get the ball up to the infield. Much dixersion results and much damage to the I'hils' percentage. j "Thv pitchers, too, are going wild and the batsmen take full adx-autage " of their foibles. It's a bad-looking ball club." fUUKVH the dope from a disintcicstcd outsider. Hut after losing thirteen in a roio ice can cxp,ect anything, and all ice can hope for it a big improvement tchen the club gels home on Monday, 4 7tm- "om- Vsieut.- 7 I 3th- HAGesJ C0ULDU"r DO BETTCR 3 8th- " 04uch. Two Seuens z 14-Th-' ThaTS PftR 4 6 Oth-" What thuh : 10 5"Th-" I MI3SET. A PUTT" V&F 6 6 Iotm- " I'll CdMi 8ACK" 3 igth-"oh Am i THeFte!?' 3 Ith-"its a Sood. Five' iSth- "a Five' a 3ooD " 5 I7TM-" I HAI .. Bad luck 8 7i 5 8th-"qw.00 '112 PHILS FALTER, BUT CRAVATH RETAINS LEAD; COBB STILL HOLDS TOP IN AMERICAN HITTING lavvy Only Major Leaguer Over Four Hundred Mark With His .418 Rating CUBS TRAIL AT BAT Barnes, of Giants, Leads Pitchers in National in Games Won With Nine v. s cj; I ' SQ- IIKADS WTIONAL HUULKRS In the National race, Jess Harnes is topping the txxirlers xxitli nine xictories and three defeats "NLY two I'hils now linger aboxe the ..".00 maik (iavvy Cravath and C.x Williams. The continued losing on tin part of the I'hils has failed to take the heart out of ol' Cactus Craxath, who lost thirteen points during the week, but still finds his .41S good enough to show the way in the National I.CTguc drixe. The averages. Including the games pla.xed Wednesday, touow "5arr.es Won by Pftchen From Thes Clubs " 2 y 2 2 ' 6 o o t? T - S 8 i ? ! h Games Lost by Pitchers To These Clubs c ft r. Z 1 "3 NATIONAL LEAGUE P tfher rhib Won Lost ' W T PC lust lt . Georgian Continues to Set Pace With .358; Leads in Number of Safeties JOE JACKSON SLUMPS 1 . Amej. St Louis r ? 1-"U 2 " I ) . Ill lueio. M l.oul 1 Ml L' .... 1 - - 1 1 .. .. 1 1 c .iuse Nc -lurk 5 - ,ln' - 1 1 1 1 1 I i I .Xdjins 1'ltls I 77 l ':., - 1 .. i 1 Harnes .N . . '.' J 7.-.0 -J . .. 1 .. 1 . I II I .. J Luquo c inflo ' .- ill - i ' ; I i 2 . . t 1 I'.enton N 1 . i 700 . l 1 1 1 i - J .1 i:ilr. Clniln ... 1 - ' ;! 1 1 .. 1 . 1 . sUpp clncln . - '' '- 1 J I .. 1 .. J lloutlicr Cinein . J -, 3 1 ..... .. I 1 1 'Ivlr c-hlciun 2 1 itr.T . 1 1 . . . 1 1 t .. .. 1 1 1 n-hrr. I ilirln I :i'l 1 .. 1 1 .. .. 1 .. J j I 2 1..., 1 1 D.iu.-las I'hleiKii H3C1 1 "J . 1 J . 111. 11 Nehf Huston . . 0 ' ."-" 1 . . 11 1 1.11 11 ccinrlnln St I,.. ' I 1,2" 1 . I 1 . 1 2 1 . 2 1 Plotter I'klin .. '' lid 1 1 . 11; 2 ... I . 1 1 1 orlnifw IlklMi . ' I .1 .112 . 1 .. 1 . L' . . Miller Plus .1 "1 '2 .. . I 1 .. 1 . . .. 1 1 .. 1 I 1 . loal si iuls 1 .rriii 4 1 1 1 1 .. 1 111.. 1 Hamilton Pitts ' i .'" .1 ... 1 1 1 1 . . 1111. I 1 c-oeir. Pitts ... 'j 5 M". 1 .. . . 2 12...; 1 1 .. 2 . .. : 1 Xsu.-hn. Chieac-o -So" .. 2 1 1 .. .. 2 1 1 1 1 . . 12. 1 Xoidxinn1 Phils 1 ""ill .3 . 1 .. 1 .. 2 1 1 1 .. .. 1 . . M.ix.r. Pitts I a r.on 2 .. . Ill 1 1 1 Keitinu Boston a 3 ."xno 1 . . 1 .. 1 1 3 c arlnr tkMi t 3 .5l ..1 111. 1 1 . 1 Hondrlx Chleiso 'I ! ..Mmi 1 . 11 1 . 2 1 . AUrquanl, HKImi 3 3 .100 1 . . 12 . . 1 . . . . Ton:. N X. It Sio 1 . 1 1 1 .. 2 11 .Hiohs Phils . 7 4H2 . 3 1 .. 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 Ill Alxnnder flue. 4 .". 441 1 121. 1 . . 1 .. .. 1 1 1 mxl.ilnh. Hostm, 1 7 ant 1 ..,..' 1 . 2 11 . 1 .. .. 1 .. . Wm.in. Phil . 2 4 .314 . 1 .. 1 .. 1.11 . . 1 Si hupp N - 12 33-1 . . 1 1 . . . . . .. 1 Xt,(. St. Loul- 1 2 .313 2 . . ..2 ... 1 IX-m.iree Hosl.in 1 2 .333 . 2 1 I 1 . Klltan. N' Y . . 12 .333 1 . 2 1 I I Meidnws sit i, " S .271 2 . 2 112.11 . . . I Smith. N Y -Phils 1 . 3 .20 ..11.1. 1 1 Seott. Huston 1 3 2.10 . 2 .. 11.1. 1 llifsVer Clncln . 1 3 .2'.0 1 .. . 1 2 1 Paeksrd Phils . 1 4 .200 .. 4 1 . .. 2 1 .. 1 Smith Ilklxn .. 14 .200 ..31.. 1 1 .. 1 1 Northrop Homoii 1 4 .200 .. 2 .. .. 1 . 1 .. 1 1 I Shenlell. St L 1 r. .1117 ..I . .. 2 .. 1 1 O. ' hiier. N" 0 2 .0011 . . 2 2 2 . P'endersa-t. Phils 0 2 .000 .. 2 2 Chene P.Vbn ... o 3 .nno . 3 2 1 .. 2 .. HoBit Phils . n 3 .nno ..31 11 Mnnnux Hkln II 3 000 .31 . 1 1 i:ans Pitts . o 4 000 .41 11 1 KIllliiK'm lrt'slon 0 4 000 .. 4 2 . 1 1 I iA--A PRESENT YEAR IS : REAL GOLDEN AGE FOR SHORTSTOPS Old Days Had Three Star Shortfieldcrs in Long, Wagner. and Jennings, but Spotlight of 1919 Is t-j Turned on Great' Number I IN THK SPOBTMOIIT BY GBANTLAND BICE Coi right, 1010. All rlhts reserxed. SONGS OF THE GAME A'o. 2 "You re Pitching to the Wrong Home Plate Young Mickey .ones, a big league star, iccm calling on some dame; Younq Mickey had a lot nf speed, no matter irhat the game; So after tcinding vp a bit to let his stuff gel by, lie hooked a fast one round her neck the other leas iraisl high; Whereat the lady having duckal finite safely out nf icay, Turned her .300 eyes on him and bitterly did say Chorus "Take aicay that hop from off your fast one, lid, Settle down a trifle in your lolc; Vau'd a little too much stuff upon that last one, kid, Shoic me a little more control; What with the landlord and the grocer in the game, I have ilriidrd to irnil ; Oh, you've got all the speed that a winner ought to need, 5 Bu( liou'rc pitching to the wrong home plate." So Mickey .Jones got up and left before her burning scoff; Said he, "I'll show this woman up or pitch an elbow off" : lie icon his ncrt eleven games iirf erperts all agreed That he had Alexander stopped and Waller Johnson treed; And when thr lady saw hir name in headlines every day. She iicpt to think she unto him these bitter words did say Ctnn.t "Take away that hop from off your fast one, kid," etc. The Shortstop Harvest THE old days had their great shortstops three of the greatest In Long, Wagner and Jennings. . j But it is a matter of excessive doubt if any period in baseball history ever , knew as many fdiortstnp stars as the present epoch knoxvs. The year 1019 might xvell be called the Uoltleu Age of Shortstops. , rjOLLOCHIlR, I'cckcnpaugh. Maranville. Fletcher. Scott. Bancroft, Rush, La van. Chapman, Dugan virtually all through the list. .A'o other one position carries as gieat a piopoi tton of stars. Holding the Edge IT IS no great feat to dovelop-the keen edge of form if one goes nbout the job. But maintaining this keen edge is another affair. Jack Dempsey xxas reported to be mound top form over ten days ago. He xxas teported ready oxer three xveeks before the kick-off came. This means the keenest sort of training judgment xxill be required to have him on edge around July 4. A youngster of txxenty-four doesn't need half the training period a middle-aged nthlete around forty requires. Willard had a cluster of fat to xxork off and a number of kinks to iiou out. Yet Dempsey was on the job at Toledo before Willard xvas. Dempsey needs all the weight he can carry to face a man of Willard's dis placement. He already had the keenness and the pep. tine of the easiest tilings an entry can do is to reach top form too oon and find himself skidding by the day of the main test. For here is a mental staleuess that is fully as fatal as a physical stateness, although one generally brings on the other. DEMPSEY has nineteen first-round knockouts. There is a rumor out to the effect that he would just as soon make it twenty before the next fortnight has skidded by. Limerick of the Links A moody old duffer named Mandcl. liCmarkcd, n he blew out the candle, ' My terrible seoic Might well hare been lower. But my niblick got too hot to handle. T II? easy enough to say, "Keep jour eye on the ball." clusixe orb refuses to stnj where it is put? Then what? i , But suppose the TE TIIOI'CillT when Connie Mack scattered his old machine iu lOlu that lease on the cellar. But xxe never knew he bought the place. We Tiiorc he took a CONNIB'S case carries out an old story, hoxvexer. When you get .used to a place it's, always hard to moxc. ffYiniAT is meant by a short putt?" queries a reader. OffhauJ we should bay any putt you miss. 'W! Cicotte's Twelve Wins Still Keep Veteran White Sox Pitcher in Lead L Pilfer Club Cnnth Phillies Thorpe Ho XVInTo fin stouthn'th Pitts YroinR N Y Willlnms rhlllles Hc.ush Cln stenccel. P""ts 7lchee Pitts Dovle N Y 7 Wheat. Wcljn MeCnrlx N Y Ilnlke llos peal Chi stork St L "Inih Cm i.-...ff V V Shntton. St L Ileatheote, St rturns N Y Mensel Phillies . ller-xnff Pos "'bonens St L Olson Pklxn .. Mers tikbn I.uderus Phillies Griffith Hklin lUrlden Cln Konetrhv. Ilkhn. Hcirnsbx,' St L Adams. Phillies . Plark Chi . XVlleon llos . . Kllduff Chi . Cuf"haw Pitts Kopf Cln Mllefer Chi Miller. St L . PleK chl Diiunert Tin ItUsert. llos. Lear. Chl I Kreuser. Hklyn llalrd Phillies . Itath Cln 7lm'rtnan. N 1 N'eale Cln Coy Phillies j Merkle Chl I Kletrher. N V 1 tlowdv. llos llollnrher Chl i Whltted Phillies SVklnsr. Phl'lles Maranxllle. Hos ( base N V 'Cal'ahan Phillies I Peane Phillies I Parkert. Chl . . fl AH 31 122 11 41 24 71 30 101 4.1 177 40 1113 41 1 .'..". 47 17S 42 111 43 1113 40 103 30 117 43 1.17 32 107 4H l1 41 111 4.1 1 3S 141 37 120 4.1 170 41 1.13 42 lfill 32 7.1 4"! 200 41 1"1 43 HI") 411 ls4 o,( C,i 47 171 4tl llll 30 SS 47 10 30 HO 2 R3 47 ins 4n mi 40 121 30 143 40 131 411 Id"! .31 12.1 IS 4J ,3S 123 43 mi 411 17(1 4"1 1.11 4rt 17.1 22 ns 41 M7 40 1.3S 12 .33 3S 141 32 lit" 20 P 3 4"l 140 4.1 n 2 "11 37 Mfl 411 137 sn pr 3 us 3 ii I sen n 2". 3 M2 13 as 0 nt'i 23 ill II 311 211 .11 "I 331 21 r,i .3.-o 21 .111 'I 314 20 10 lit 311 "o ro o 3117 2 r.n i ion 13 31 2 J'ltl 14 47 " '-HO n 3i o ."to 10 10 S 2'01 2rt 4 s s 2i'i 20 40 0 2f.1 21 43 2'M (iamea VX nn bv Pitehers Troni These Clubs a n n a v. ? n I : I ; 3 : ;' - AMERICAN LEAGUE tiimes Lost bv Pitchers to These Clubs BOn055 d us ! ; 1 J ? 5 : C2.B . & C" Pitcher. Club Won Lost -L P C. last last .13 23 SO 4 7 S3 21 23 411 44 33 33 37 41 S3 11 32 42 43 40 J4 17 3" .31 S .34 27 21 32 .37 12 20 10 201 204 2IH 204 203 202 2H2 200 2 Mi 2SK .2sn 2S5 U4 270 .277 277 273 271 273 2KH .vnn 2C.1 2l 2" 12 200 217 2.1.3 .210 24 K 24 fi 24.' 21S 22fi 2 IS 207 107 .isn .is; l .. l 'i 2 I 'l '. i i .! i .. i .. l 2 1 i .. l i i 2 1 1 1 Nelson, N Y ... Ciiotte. Chle . . Thor'ahlen N Y. Shoi-ker St I. ... Kerr. Chic . . Shnuke N Y . Flagbt Clev . . . . Coeleskle, Clev . C.aUla. St L Williams Chic- .. Qulno N Y Morton. Cle Hulh Koston Caldwell. Ilnston . Snzmann Cle . . James Poston... Phillips Clev . . Shaw. XX'aah Dauss, Detroit... Paber lh! Johnson Wash . i:hmke Detroit . Sethoron St L t'hle. Clev . ... Klnne Athletics. Shore. NY ... Pennork ltostnn . lloland Detroit . Selbold. Athletics. I-onard Detrclt . Jones Boston Wellman, M L . Mas llostoo llussell N Y Stiellenbacll Chle Johnson, Athletics Harper. XVash . . Perry. Athletics . Daxenport St L. ROKers. Athietlrs. Moccrldse N Y . (1 ary. Athletics . Thompson Ath's Dumont. Hoston Naylor Athletics Aiers, Wash I 0110 2 .S17 . .S.17 . 7.10 3 .7.10 2 .714 7 .7cm 3 .70(1 a .700 ."102 2 .11(17 . .IM7 . . .7 . .COO .HOO . .fiOO . .noo i ..ls.3 2 .ssn . . .ssn ..100 2 .500 1 ..100 1 soo . .500 1 .SOU 1 .soo . .444 2 .4011 . .400 . .37.1 . . .37.1 . .333 333 .333 . 2sil 1 2.10 1 .143 1 143 .lit noo .000 .000 ono .. 1 1 .. 2 1 .. 1 .0011 oob .. l t l l l i .'! .. i .. i l l Club Butting Averages in National League ciub (i An. n. ii fin. Cincinnati 4 1475 7tl.1 30S 51 Ne York 45 14X7 24 40(1 5n Phillies... 43 1.11K IPO 102 37 Hrouklyn 4'1 171.1 1MI 430 37 Sl Louis 4 144 141 37.1 4rt Hoston . 43 142(1 113 'llll 41 Plttsburih 47 1540 173 .173 7 Chlcaa-0 47 1515 144 327 41 AMATEUR BASEBALL NOTES Oak Leaf A. A, would like to hear from DHIslonal Cluh. a stronir tlrst-clais trav-Hist-class traxellne teams for June 21 iind elln team, has June 21 and July 4 (morn. If xv o"n dates In Julj I". Chlnsky. 130 Inr and fiernijont open for horn, team": ... ........ w... L"ircii U BHU O p. m. Flrlhher A. A., a first-class team, desires frames at Its ernunds on Sundan. Frank Sylvnter. 807 Chestnut it """ A ft first hjsemiin, havlne Main Line League experience. Is desirous of join l a semlpro nine. Ilallplayer. ?410 North North FlftJ'-sexenth street T'io lnH V. '.. a first-class traxellne team, would like to hear from St Kdaard. Natlxity and other flrst-clasa teams. x . r . McCarthy. PJ17 Poplar street. K.ilii n. C. of South Philadelphia, xxould like to hear from an elshteen-jear-olil honvi team for June 21 and 2.' Phuno ilace oa77. M Splelman. Tlio Cnstal A. ('. xvould like to urranre rames with all first-class horre nines havlne July and Autyst open and paying- a guar antee. John 'litis, 820 North Orlanna. trcet, '4V- TOPS AJIERICAN IirilLUKM Eddie Cicotte Is setting the pace for pitchers in Johnson's) circuit. He has x on tweixe and lost txxo games s , Con ERGEANT JOE DALT, the dispatch rider extraordinary, xvrites us that among old ball Players now xxiin me xnirii vniij uiuus me iiuiuc ure uiu ighliu, Pete Noonan, Tommy Dowd and .lark Kerin. A TY COI5I5, with his sixty -three safe ties, lias pounded out more hits this season than any other major leaguer. His rating of .3,"S is enough to allow him to set the pace in the American League. The averages, including the games played Wednesday, folloxv : Plaer Club O All. H. Cobb. Detr. 44 17H 31 lVcklnu'cth N V. 37 127 33 Vcach. lct 44 1,-11 211 S s er St. I, Johnston. Clev .. 4(1 15(1 24 l.ice xxasn 4.1 17t( .1 Smith, CI'V 37 134 21 Hulh Uos. . .. 37 110 21 rlacslead, net, ., i-i Ml it (13 10 4.1 1 SH. PC .IS .3.1 1 n .31" vwunmiu, ,-,. ..w"h, .- slide from the Rhine to home xvith June rollicking by. And it's a long hook FEDERAL RESERVE WINS 13 1119 33 5S 17 .313 4 4 1.' 42 mT 37 till 12 41 1(11 21 Rodle. N Y Witt. Ath Weaxer Chl Roth Ath. . . Oedeon. St. L ... S'hnK l's , . Hrllman, Pet ... Gardner Clev. .. Jackson, Chl xx'ambsK'ss, Clev Scott llos . ... Oandll. Chl Milan Wash Chapman, clev Lewis NY Jaconson St I.. Foster XVash. . . . Schalk Chl Oharrlty. Wash. Thompsit, Ath.. tleroer. hi I. Leihnld. Chl , r vein, ciev , Austin. St, L . . linker N Y .. Menoskey, Wash Sneaker. Clex .. Slmnk. F"V)S . . K coinn,, Chl... 4rt int loom at i llilnnls. 1'os . Plelnlch Vah.. Pratt. N. V . .., Shannon, Ath. . . IlrnnKle St I. . Alosmith Det . P.lllson. Det. ... Trrv. Hon Frlsch Chl Ciraney, Clev. . JodKe Wash. .. Dutrsn. Ath. ... Walker. Ath. ... Hooper. Hqs 3 J Ml 44 3S 47 17 5"! 21 52 4"! 1H7 llll r.b 10 41 MS 2.1 5'J r. 35 111) 11) 311 3 7 1 31 49 4'1 174 17 r-2 4"! 171 24 .11 4(1 171 17 52 42 153 13 41 41 148 17 43 21 71 11 11 4"! 177 24 .11 44 1"17 4n 111 46 11)0 17 .3411 7 331 7 .Win 2 310 2 .3211 II 11 I 3 311 31(1 3 10 303 3111 301 Won Seven Straight Games In Bank and Trust League In the final game of the National T.ank and Trust Company League, (Jirard National defeated Torn Ex change by ltl to 5. Federal Reserve won the championship. PINAL STANDING Federal Reserxe Philadelphia National . . Philadelphia Trust . . .. (llrard National Fidelity Trust . . . Pennslvania Company . Guarantee Trust . Corn Kxchonore Won 7 5 5 4 3 I 1 Lost 0 PC. 1.M0 .714 .714 ,571 .42S .;& .143 143 KMI'lltl! ATIII.KTlf CLUB llroncl nnd lliiintiridae Met. MONDAY NK.1IT, Jl NKyS.1 Kddie Vturnncl . Charley (Kid) Thomas Rny n'Mnllrv is. Dixie Moore Tiir.r.i: oTincii ist dol'ts 1 PHILADELPHIA COUNTRY CLUB TODAY AT 1 O'CLOCK Rumson Rovers vs. Bryn Mawr at Bala Take Falrmount Park Trolley to Woodslde. AIWIS-ION. S5e AND BOe J BURRUS PLAYS TODAY SHIBE PARK TODAY, 3P.M. Athletics va. Detroit After hard xieek's work snencl half liolldar with its. re;xt. 30e. 5."c, R.le and SI. 10. Huy 1h H A. 1, nt (Umbels' nnd hpaldlnes. PT. BREEZE VELODROME TOMOIIT 8'3(1 TONIGHT 1 Horn XK)Toi( iner i"K Starters: Cliopnnn, Drob.ccli, lleilell, Weber., Mirliil .xiaico it "it; itoiie.tii t iluu. Tltkets, 3()r, B3e nnd 85c 1 21 44 129 17 an 33 110 13 31 ID 33 41 144 . . 42 l.sz 0 30 41 30 127 17 31 3 12S 15 34 44 170 20 45 311 117 10 30 41 1.11 24 31) 152 24 41 15S 23 44 4.' 11 Id 41 43 14 (i 74 3 II) 43 15(1 IT 40 33 1 33 II . 27 9(1 10 . 30 OS il .20 83 11 . 2 92 12 4R US "1 . 411 17K 20 44 . 44 171 24 4 . 42 K.l 11 4 . 35 lid S 2 . 41 1.10 21 3 31 21 21 21 23 30 Sloan. M U . . . . 23 1,0 Tliirna. Ath Smith. St L. .... Demmltt St. I.. VounK Det Plpp N Y. Itlsber Chl .. Vlrk. N Y Huel. N Y Klnnej, Ath . .. Hush. Det. . . Perkins. Ath ,. . 'rooms a Alh MrAvoy. Ath. .. . Kopp, Ath. . . . 42 ins in sn in sn 30 H4 II 111 2.1 44 174 17 811 4(1 157 in 3" 40 172 29 Rrt J". 23 37 142 r.n i)7 40 14(1 17 4 ID 44 38 n in i 5 17 30 Matona street Colllos A. C, an lS-2n.t ear-old uniformed traxcllnir team, would Ilk. to Look eLmV.. with teams oaerlne a guarantee. Clements, 1331 Moure street. v. n. njran A. O. haa open dates. J. Nicholson. Belmont 2807, Club Batting Averages in American League ciub n. ah. n. h. sn. pc Cleveland. 4fl 1520 200 4.10 53 2S3 Detroit 45 145.1 182 384 84 .2114 ChlcaKO... 4fl 1474 185 387 6S 2H.I Now York 44 1411(1 ITS 3S8 40 2311 frt Iaouls 45 1440 inn 37(1 .10 2.15 IVash'lton 4fl 1541 15H 380 . 24T Ilnston, . 42 ISni K,n 333 31 ,24( Athletics,. 42 T437 130 S41 22 .237 S Hpftag -lit lg( "it ifflaS'S ifcr BV; ' """j )J ll,(BHy ''"Y iii "ilflFiig twnllft : m U w 1 l II 1 1 r WBm 1 H If ffi i ill m PR ' v I v v ..,'A;i 'I v,v .. ,V ? 4 aJj 'r". C, ...iJr,