W"n H h VENIHG1 K PUBLIC LMlIAlBipfiiAv W0m? ripltBJ : 4$r r ir rt'liij&i , a -I FRED MITCHELL ADMITS THE CUBS HAVE A BEAR OF A PITCHING STAFF FOR COMING CAMPAIGN MITCHELL DEPENDING WNHURLERS TO CARRY CUBS TO N. L. PENNANT Wmnfield, With Merkle, Ilollocher and Ilerzog in Poor i' ''M.. Shape, Makes Chicago Prospects Uncertain Pard Pcarce Will Be Retained lly KOllKItT V. MAXWELL. frixrtu Editor i:enlnic Fnhllc redcer J,-"'' CervripUt, lift, hv ruWe Leiotr Co. j'A FTEH all, this spring training depends on how lucky you arc. Some clubs lxpiek towns reputed tobe unterproof anil spend the time Improving their ipoker and ruining their bankroll while the rain patters merrily on. Others take J'ft chance on a town that linsn t such a good reputation and nre able to cet in vdme real work and come back to the North In shape for the opening jamv. ,'(" Take the Cubs, fV instance. Hill Veeok and Fred Mitchell divided on t'asa- JTeoa, Calif., and everybody was happy. Pasadena Is supposed to be the heart of Sunny California, where the rosea bloom in January. The Cubs are working their way East now after thirty-two days around the Golden Mate and they say jtliat the main thins learned on the trip is that it's foolish to try to fill an inside Utraight. IF IT ISN'T ONE THING IT'S ANOTHER From the dope that i gathered on this side of the Mlsusslp, rain and cold weather crabbed the training act at Pasadena like prohibition crabbed eggnos. iOne member of the hurling host Abraham I.iurolu Ualley mounted the scales after the third week of practicing anil tipped the beam at 21rt pounds, or jtiet lone pound more than he reglstj-red the day the drilling was Hiipposed to have jitarted. Sitting around green -clothed and white-clothed tables never docs 'reduce the waist measurements. Besides rain, other things like charley horses, jbone bruises and sore arms helped retard the real work. The business of whip '.ping the regular crew Into action was not begun until the Cubs arrived In San JFrauclsco about a week ago. However and notwithstanding the sore whips and everything, Fred Mitchell !la determined to start the same ball club against the Reds on April 1-1 as ended Una 1010 campaign. Fred is satisfied that noue of his rookies is any better than his veterans and titc line-up will be the same. Some of the recruits Ijnve made 'A good Impression on Frcdward and they will stick, I t AS IS always, the case, other recruits showed nothing much and the U .i tintcare i letup adjusted for their benefit. Before long they tcill be starting on another trip. R - Pard Pcarce Making Good TWO collegiate youngsters are making good witli the Cubs, and although It is not likely that either will laud a regular berth they are Mire to stick with the club as utility men. according to the dope handed out by Harold Johnson. One of them is Pard Pearce. the Penu football player, who left the University after it was discovered he was u professional ballplayer. The other Is Clarence Twombly, the I-ebigli luminary. Pearce Is an infieldcr of more than average ability on tfib defense. Twombly is an outfieleder There are many who like Chicago's chances for the flag in Mr. Heydler's- flrcult, but Fred Mitchell looks mainly to bis pitchers to carry him through. There Is no denying that the Cubs have a great staff of tlingers any club has if Alexander and Vaughn are among them but pitchers can't w in a championship alone. The Ileds have a good group of twirlers, and I believe Moran has it on the Cubs in the other departments, aside from the catching. One can state that Bill KUlefer is the best maskman in the league and get away with it without an argument In most any place, although Ivy Wingo Is no slouch. The Cub outfield, consisting of Davy Robertson. Max Flack and Turner Barber, is not the best in the league and the iafield will start the season off as cripples. Buck Hcrzog, Charley Ilollocher and Fred Merkle. constituting three fourths of the regulnr inner wall, seemed to be out of luck from the start of the training season. Merkle has had a sore whip, Hcrzog ruptured himself going after a bard drive, and Ilollocher had to submit to an operation on bis left hand for the removal of a cyst. Herzog was told by one physician that he should go under an operation which, if it had been performed, would have kept him out of the picture for ten weeks or more. Another medico advised a truss, nnd the veteran kcy-tonc-sacker has been getting by with the aid of the special harness. Hollocher has returned to the game, but his hand still bothers him. Merkle is improving, but la not up to form yet. Charley Deal is the only healthy one of the quartet. THIS full HIS patched-up infield trill start the season. Perhaps it tcill go the route and again it may crack. You never can tell in baseball. Ilollocher s Misfortune Pearce's Fortune rC WAS the operation performed on Hollocher that gave Pearce his chance and the former Pcnn gridiron speedster has been the sensation of the training trip, again referring to the information handed out by Johnson. Pearce always has been a flashy fielder and electrified those who had uothing else to do but watch the Penn freshman plfty a few years ago. However. Pard never has set the world afire with his hitting and if Fred Mitchell can teach bim how to slug, lip's a wonder. Mitch has turned Pearce into a left-handed hitter nnd Herzog hns been teaching him the liner jwints of shortstopping nud second basing. If any thing happens to Buck. Pearce will get the assignment. Robertson and Flack have shifted positions in the outfield. Max has been moved from the right to center because of bis speed and Davy will be seen in the right garden. Barber will be in left. Dode Paskert. Twombly and Barney Fribcrg, the New England interscholastic wizard, will be retained as utility fly chasers. This Cub outfield should be easy for a left-handed pitcher. All of them bat from the port side of the plate. Bill Killefcr. Tom Daly and Bob O'Farrell. the receiving trio of 10U, again will man the guns back of the log. Only one rookie maskman clamored for a place on the trip and after the first day of workout he was voted out of the league. As has been mentioned before, the ioficld will consist of Fred Merkle, first base ; Buck Herzog. second ; Charley Hollocher, shortstop, and Charley Deal, third. i . cjuae wtM'i c Rtf'ToJ t woNoen which cm. caTAtft' ( wwut To newr a ir tol at WA3T Two A V Fine I OUGHT To FAVofe ( sevxeeJ Room M7RT- J tyM w,jl( I OATHS - AMO .6MV 1 -jL MCNT- ('S ply &y w m mmiwk Wk ivM WH ffflwIITlllAIWIII OH-H-H- F TS VBSVJ j. THING- I IL 0 AJy' ) --3Cw).4ril'V.- A C3) nuMWaonClv ) 47.8 "&r b 4r n n tiv.,MV sS J P-J'Wi mlAi itL TW K tV a MUN(CfvS .Poii f5V JxJ' fa n AmPa, r iM rmrnwr &- mm,--iUAr raMMr mmmM Weakened in Varsity Race i Against Yale Wright Goes to Toronto Penn's 1010-1020 nthletic nrogram is rapidly drawing to a close. The last few weeks have witnessed the wind -tin of several sports, minor nud major. Crew races, the track meets and bnse ball will be the big cards for the re mainder of the academic year. The national championship basketball series ended the winter sports' program nnd Saturday's races with Tale over the Henley course opened the spring sports. Although defeat marked the opening event, it was featured by good sportsmanship nnd a grand effort for victory. Jst before boarding a train for Toronto, Coach Wright said : "It's all over and it's no use making excuses now. Wc put up a good fight and a pretty race, but I still think that with a lighter boat we could have won that last race. Vale won that race in the last, twenty strokes." Coach Wright returns from his home in Toronto tomorrow. It Is believed there will be several shifts made in the Pcnn crews. Although it has been asserted that varsity oarsmen broke training, Coach Wright declares that his men were "supposedly" in good physical condition. Walter Ames, bow man in the varsity shell, although ex ficrienced. Is probably the weakest man n the boat. Ills strength waned when the last quarter of the race was being rowed. When he collapsed Frank nud Swan toppled over with him. The pare set up by Stroke Thomas, necessary to win the rnce. found the Penn oarsmen incapable. Ames yesterday was con fined to his bed in the training house with tonsilitis. Harvard and Princeton will row with Fcnn on the Charles river at Cambridge on May 1. On May 30 the American Henley will take place on the Schuyl kill river. Of particular interest to Penn will be the Chllds Cup regatta, which Penn has won the last two years. In addition to the three original con tenders for the cup, Penn, Columbia nnd Princrtoc. the Navy, Syracuse. Vale and possibly Harvard will participate. New York, April B. The lawn tcnnls"strugglc between William T. Tildcn, 2d, the new national indoor champion ; Vincent Richards, the former holder of thnt title, and S. Howard Voshell, another Indoor cliampion, so keenly waged-last week in the Seventh Regiment Armory, will be renewed this week at Pine hurst, N. C, where the annual North and South championship tour naments for men nud women will be gin on Thursday. Frederick B, Alexander, Heals C. Wright, Harold A. Throckmorton and Ichiya Ku magac will beglu play on the clay courts. BENNY BASS W NS 2 AMATEUR BOUTS Philadelphia Flyweight Reaches Semifinals in National Championships Boston, April 0. The boxers from whom the United States sparring repre sentatives at the Olympic games will be chosen were in action at the big Na tional amateur boxing championship tournament nt Mechanics' Hall. The bouts. In eight classes, were advanced to the semifinals, where they will be resumed this evening. Boxers of the colleges met those of the nthletic clubs, each group including present national titleholders and champions of almost every section of the country. The col lege men, headed by Edward Eagan. of Yale, were more often victorious. The Yale captain, who won the heavyweight title last year, defeated Frank Oraybcr, of Pittsburgh, the Allegheny tltlcholdcr, in three rounds. Benny Bass, Philadelphia, flyweight, won two bouts, reaching the bcmifinals. Snow Halta Ball Game lluntlncton. VC. Vn.. April fl. Thf exhibi tion name nfhfdulfd htri yeatrrday foftwetn the rtotton Nat lonn In and the Detroit Amerl rune wis postponed because of a snowstorm. FOR 1920 SEASON South, Philadelphia Hebrew As sociation Again Will Appear on Baseball Field South Philadelphia Hebrew Associa tion will be represented on the diamond again this season. Virtually the name nine which established a brilliant 'record last year on the local diamond again will wear the colors of the downtown club. P ncoyd Iron Works, a team that beat S. P. II. A. In a thrilling H-2 con test in 1010, probably will be the open ing contest for the South Pliilly club on May 1. Ed C.ottlleh. 400 South Eighth street. is now negotiating with the same tenni" which appeared on the S. P. II. A. schedule last year. Including Stetson, E. C. Budd. Christ Church. I,ognn A. A., Strawbridge & Clothier and Parked burg. (James are to be played in Phila delphia as well as out of town. Practice by members of the South Phllly team has been on for n week. One of the Dew players probably will be "Label" Ooldblatt, He received a medal from South Philadelphia High School on his graduation as being the recognized all-round star athlete of the downtown institution. S. P. II. A. also -will bo represented in track and field sports. , Malinger Dechtcr has surrounded himself with n bevy of downtown talent which bid. fair to make quite a stir in local track circles and emulate the example set b) the association's baseball and basket ball teams. The club will be represented In both the junior and senior baseball classes, and to tnke care of the youngsters" a junior branch of the organization will be formed, with headquarters at the Starr Garden Recreation. Seventh and Lombard streets. Boys more than eleven years of age possessing athletic ability should communicate with Joe Dccbtcr, 1.117 South Fifth street. . Kolb High Gun Ilorrrtimn, r Anr!l fl. Despite the In termittent showers, the annual Easter Mon day shoot of the Bovertown Sportsmen's As sociation yesterday proved success ami was .well attended. The live bird event for th, Poyertown run was won by Scott Kolb with Charles K. Wrenn wlnnlnsr a triple shoot-nfr with John II Levenrood and William Tj hcheiler for th tLi.nernp imihy. OUIMET PICKED. 2-1 .1. .. TO DEFEAT GRAHAWI Nevertheless, Figuros Trovo That Under Dog in Play for Amateur Title Is Good By SANDV McNIBLTCK Plneliurst, N. 0.. April 0. Sara Graham, who plays Francis Oulmet to day for the amateur golf championship of the North and South. Is good. The figures prove this. Graham has fought his way through the upper bracket, where there was a troublesome conges tlon of stars, the only one of whom he did not meet was Perry Adair. But the Greenwich star trounced F. C. Newton, .Tlmmy Standlsh and finally R. H. Rockenkamp yesterday. The latter (has picked as the, dark horse. All the fans who knew his game were buzzing that Bockenknmp needed watching, that be was the class of the. upper bracket and pointed to the fact that this young St. Loolan had been a finalist for the western championship as well as taking Nelson Whitney forty holes In the finals for the trans-Mississippi title last eason. Against this data Graham knows every grain of sand nnd every pine tree down here, which Is a consid erable, aid In the play of the type ucccs sary at Plneliurst. Oulmet's match yesterday with Har old Weber was his only' tough one of the. tournament and, unless the ex amateur nnd open natlounl champion unloosens one of his now 70 runs to day In the thlrty-stx holes required to win tho title. Sam Graham Is figured to have a real chance. Graham's play around the sand greens is particularly fine and the strokes there have decided every championship down here In tho last two -weeks. Despite tho fact that Oulmet Is com paratively uninitiated to Plneliurst golf, ho has been using his superb shots to full advantage, nnd his push shot hns It on them all. Winds may blow, but that ball sails right In its teeth and runs far up the slopes or down the grades on the pin line. The No. 2 course, where the championship is be ing played, Is dotted with traps, and here again Oulmet's. nationally known gnme Is at home, for he Is rated as one of the best In the country at getting well out of trouble. He Is, therefore, n 2 to 1 favorite to win the title today. Jack Wins Palace Races The Ice was In perfect condition for speed skating last night nt the Philadelphia Ice Palace, and as a result fast time whs re corded In both events on the program of amateur tndoor speed-skallnit rapes of the eastern 1'ennsyivania fixating: Assorlatlon. Raymond Jack, the Penn University stu dunt. wsn the quarter-mile backward skntlnt; rare with ease, far In advance of his flelil. jack won the half-mile race. E, M. Dough- riy was me comennins; lacior ai an limes. Victor I.evan also showed up well In this race. The summary,: Quarter-mile race, skatlm: backward P-aymond Jack won! Victor Levan. scco'iJ, K. It. Dmehcrty. third. Time. 1:03. LOOKS AS IF INDIANS ARE DUE THIS SEASON Cleveland, Stronger and Better Than Ever, Appears to Be About to Break Long Drought Speaker Believes in Players Br GRANTLANB RICE (Cenirloht. 1910. Ml Went retervtl.) I F THERE Is one club that Is favored In the dope above all others to step forth and lay violent hands upon the pennant, the answer Is Cleveland, Twtce now In the last two years this club, by n sprinting finish In short ses sions, has barely falted to win. With a full 154-gatnn schedule to work on It would, nlmost surely have beaten Boston In 1018 nnd Chicago In W. ... , . . , , .... ;nu mis season uicvcianu iooks stronger and better than ever under the peppery leadership ofTrislam Speaker, the Texas viking. Speaker's Belief LAST October in Cincinnati we asked Speaker how he felt about Hie 10-0 race. ' y "It Is a dangerous prediction to make this far ahead." ho said, "but I know we have the stuff' to win with. If- acci dents don't tenr away our strength I be lieve wo can land over the. 15-i-game route."' The strength Is undoubtedly there. Cleveland has a great catcher In O'Nell a fast-fielding, hard-hitting infield with Harris. Johnston. Wambv, Chnp nmn and Gardner. Four of three batted ..100 or betl'er last year. Oraney, Speaker and Smith form nn outfield something below the power held by Detroit with Cobb, Vench and Flag stead, but tho Cleveland trio Is excep tionally good. Speaker alone is an out fielder of no light merit. Grnney Is no great hitter, but last season he drew 105 passes and scored seventy-nine runs, which Is the main object of the game. As for the niching Tllb possible fly that may wreck the ointment Is the pitching, to employ a wry-necked metaphor. Coveleskle, Bagby, Morton, Caldwell, Uhlc the main reliance complete n fair staff, but nothing exceptional. With n first-class southpaw In tow Cleveland would make a joke out of the circuit. Coveleskle, Cleveland's most effec tive worker, wis her only pitcher finish among tho first fifteen in the wt of effectiveness. Morton's arm hns ai ways been a trifle wobbly, and Tuy Caldwell Is always a guess a rrtt pitcher when he feels the mood iinon' him, but otherwise an erratic porson. allly, i Poised for Flight QCENTING the fragrance of new mown kale to bo harvested around tho Ides of October, the Cleveland club has hustled nt top speed all spring. It will mean from $.1,100 to jJCOOO apiece for the pennant-winning players this year, and with the raro chance they have ahead the athletes are deadly In earnest. They apparently haven't n much financinl temperament ns tli Vnnks and nre much more likely to hustle nnd work better together. Llko Old Times FEATURING Cleveland In n pennant role Is very much Ilko old times. We recall making similar predictions In 1004 and 1005. baseball ages that are. now dry with the dlist that lies thick upon the records of those years. We Telt like a regular prophet for three months around 1004. when Clere fland. in late June, was lift points be yond the tielil. Alter which the only ball playera. she lost through sickness, or Injury were Lajoic, Bradley, Joss, Moore, Bay, Stovall and Flick. The other three remained in fair condition. This season we nre putting a lot of reliance In the managerial power of Tris Speaksr. Speaker has tho friendship of his men nnd they nre sure to arise upon their hind legs nud hustle for him every yard of the way. And this means more than you mny kuow of in this age of tem perament nud ennui. Cleveland hasn't the pitching which the Yanks carry, but she has a better catcher and u better Infield nnd Is likely to nave more oi me Dcnnnnt spirit. pE.n ARCE, McCahe and Lear tcill attend to the infield uitlltty labors. Alex and Vaughn in Shape 'A I.EXANDER and Vaughn are in better shape than any of the other players. jtx These two veterans stole off to Hot Springs. Ark., two weeks before the Cubs went to Pasadena and the early start did them a lot of good. They have been simply loafing along in their training. It is said that Hendryx has been struggling along to gain control of a curve ball and has had unusual success. The Kansas slicker was rated as a hooking expert back in 1011 nnd 1012. when he was with the Pirates, but he discarded ,thc curve when he suffered an injury on the 1013 spring trip. Since that time he has been specializing almost entirely on a spitter. This year he didn't bring any slippery elm along and has not pitched anything that resembles a freak delivery. I'nder orders from Mitchell. Lefty Tyler has been taking things easy. He has shown flashes of his onetime greatness, but will not be asked to take his regular turn un the slab for some time. Last winter Lefty had all but three teeth extracted in the hopes that thib would aid him in regaining his stride. yyirrciiF.i.L m said lie is dt M not icorryuia a bo in litt pitching sian. jn jaci. ti ii (frnr,idui7 on thorn to wheel the Cubs to the penrinnt. "Speed" Mai tin nnd irk farter are in shape and these, with Alexan der, Yaunhn. 7 ylrr ami llendryx. should cause considerable trouble for opposing batsmen. 1 es, considerable is right. "DAYLIGHT SPECIAL" TO n? NEW YORK A new week-day express, train, "The Daylight Special," with. Coaches. Parlor Cars and Dining; Car, leaves Reading Terminal 6.00 A. M. Standard Time, arrivine New York (Liberty St.) 8.00 A. 51. Standard Time (9.00 A. M. Daylight Saving Time). EXPRESS TRAINSPniLADELPHrA ToTfEW YORK lVhKKIIAia Head-1 lor Arrlsa sw York Isroi- ttbsrty W, lid lasl Bt. St. u.oo 7.00 R.00 stl.00 111.00 S.OO 4.00 BOO s.oo J. -to b.UO b '.'7 utrj u.r.' 10.00 lO.'JC II 10 ll.M kt.?o i:..is 4.00 4.4 I M ,U T.oa i.ji I 1I.S0 .... a.oi .... Parlor, Sleeping and Dining Car 8erflu t "Daylight Special" ? f'arlor and Uloer Parlor and Diner Parlor Cio Diner Parlor and Diner Parlor and Plner Parlor Parlor Parlor and Diner Parlor Sleeper Kead- Inr TrJTr" uftV "- at. 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