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Were Things Turned Upside Down in Major Leagues, Phils and A's Would Be in Fitst Placfe
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WITH HOST OF STARS
"Fourteen Pastimers From Baker's Camp Are Playing
Brilliant Ball on Alien Lots, While Mack Has Bol
stered Opponents With Eighteen Players of Class
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Ily KOUKRT V. MAXWELL,
SiHirt. Kdltor KTrnlnc rubllc Ledger
THERE aro two big league bnll clubs in Philadelphia. They arc In the
Natlonnt and American J,raKuen, aud enn be found after seven other clubs
have been brushed aside. Should there be a sudden and startling upheaval In
baseball and everything be turned upside down, both of our big league club
would be flrst. However, nothing like that has happened, so wo are anchored
In eighth place because there nrc but eight clubs In each league
The Athletics have been locked In the cellar for six straight years, and
are trying to increase 11 to seven. The I'blls bavo been down there two years,
and aro doing their worst to tnako it threo straight. This should be accom
plished with little difficulty.
Whenever a big buainess starts to decline efforts are made to put It back
n its feet again. If the employes are not delivering, they arc released and
now ones take their places. Sometimes the changes help and prosperity again
reiens. but at other times it take yours to get things running smoothly again.
Such has been the case with the PhiH. In 1018 some changes were made,
players exchanged, and thLs has been going on every year since that time.
There have been trade, trades and more trades. Six clubs in the National
league have received first-class atlilctes from the local club, and we have
been given players NOT so good. Philadelphia has helped the league, but
the league hasn't been kind to Philadelphia. Had the Phils held the star
players for the last four years the club would be in the running and up in
the first division. This, however, is u t-econd guess, because at tho times
the trades were made they looked good.
Just linger a moment and get an eyeful of the following players who now
are assisting other club in their fight for the National League pennant :
St. Louie Stock and DlllliocHer.
Chicago Alexander and KHIcfer.
Pittsburgh George Whittcd.
Cincinnati Pat Moran, RKey. Nealc.
Boston Joe Oeschger.
New York Bancroft, Rawllngs, Stengel, Causey and Meuscl.
There's a pretty good ball club which could win a lot of games. Alex is
bout as good as any hurler on the circuit and Oeschgcr is tho mainstay of
the Boston pitching staff.
BANCROFT, Ratelings and Stock are great inficlders and Dillhocffcr
and Killefer are first-class catchers. They surely would go somo
if inserted in the same line-up.
Baker Wants Winning Club Here
rJUST goes to show that jou never can tell how a baseball transaction will
turn oat. Perhnps a lot of criticism will be hurled at President Daker.
but when vou think it over Baker might be right. It is his ball club, he is
more interested in its success than any other and wants to put a winner in
.Philadelphia. The trades, according to his Ideas, were the best things for
Killefer was dissatisfied nnd said he never would play with the Thlls
again. He was traded. Bancroft played terrible baseball last year and.
although one of the stars of the game, was worthless to the PhlK He wa-
a liabtlitv and set a bad examplo to the other players. He, too, was sent
'away. Milton Stock always held out in the spring, never took spring training,
was' hard to manage, loafed continuously nnd the only thing to do was turn
him loose. Whitted's case was the same. There nrc reasons for disposing of
all of the players, and although mistaken were made, they were honest ones.
The best players In the world are of no value to a ball club If they refuse
to put their heart lu their work. Once an athlete gets dissatisfied, ho is hard
to manage and a trouble maker on the club. He won't work, won't run out
his bits, gets away with raw stuff and becomes a handicap to the team.
This is especiajly true when a club is in last place and close to the city of
New York. The players do not enjoy playing with a loser.
To my mind, the Phils got none the worst of the Meuel deal. Irish was
not producing, cared for nothing except his base hits and could not be de
pended upon in the pinches. He wouldn't get out there and fight when fight
vas necessary. His spirit was bad and the new men will do better work.
The Phils now have almost a new bnll club. It is a young club nnd bound
to Improve. Rapp, Munroe. Richbourg, Jimmy Smith, King, Walker and
Healinc will speed up the work. They have not been in the game long enough
to be temperamental and play ball because they lovo it. They will fight
iarfer when losing, and that is the spirit needed by the Phils. President
Baker has shuffled the cards for n new denl. He baa worked with Donovan
In all of the transactions and was advised by his manager. Wild Bill knew
h had to get a flock of new faces in the line-up, and has gone tho limit.
BUT it is about time to stop trading players. Some of the boys
might pull a Meusel stunt to get away from a tail-end club, and
if they do our advice to President Baker is to suspend the player, out
off his pay and let him loaf until he became normal again. Ball play
ers cannot stand punishment in the pocketbook.
Mack Has Tried Out 400 Players
NOW that we have disposed of tho Phils, let's take up the Athletics.
Connie Mack also has been kind to other clubs in the league and handed
out a lot of star pfayers. He toro tho 1014 championship team to pieces and
has been trying to get another one together ever since. In seven yearH ho
has tried out close to 400 players and still is looking for more.
This year he has his best team slnco 1014, but the players do not know
Jt. They Imagine they are hopelessly In tho swamp and play accordingly. If
the other club doesn't beat them, they beat themselves. However, they aro
putting up a better gome now, and although the Western trip was not as
successful ns It might have been, many games were lost by tho slender margin
of one run. It looks as If the A's would come through this year.
Like President Baiter, Connin Slack has bis own ideas about running his
own ball club. He decided he had no furthor use for the galaxy of stars after
losing to the Braves in the 1914 World Series and cleaned up. He sent his
players all over tho circuit and kept on bending them uway. He wanted
youngsters and got tbem. Here is a list of tho players in tho American
League that once played at Shlbe Park :
Chicago Eddie Collins and Amos Strunk.
Cleveland Jamleson, Burns, Stevo O'Neill and Gardner.
Waslilngton Zachary and Plclnlch.
Boston Mclnnls, Bush, Pennock and Elmer Myers.
New York Baker, Schang, Sltawkey, Bodle, Roth and Tom Shechan.
Not a bad ball club if they were doing business on tho same team. How
over, others have been helped, pennants are being won, so nobody Is kicking
outside of Philadelphia.
Connie went through tho same experiencr as President Baker is now going
through. He kept on trading until he bnd to cull a halt. He refused to do
business with any ball club and said he would dispose of his men only through
waivers. Scott Perry was dissatisfied and CleVcland offered $25,000 for his
release. The White Sox also made a flattering offer. Connie turned both
down and then Perry jumped the club. Rather than breuk a rule, tho lean
leader lost 325,000. That proves he menus what he says.
FROM now on it tctll be a aood thing for both clubi to continue
building up the trams and forget about trader. It might alio be
a good stunt to go out and buy some players, f they are on the market.
We have been locked m the cellar too long.
Semi-Professional League
DEAR SIR The suggestion which Charles S. Tomhnsnn offers is a fine
one, and there are thousands of "semi-pro" baseball fans in all sections of
this town who would flock to sep gomes between the twelve best teams to
decide the "semi-pro chnmp'.onship " The thought might ho carried btlll
further by having tho winner play a series w ith the best New York teams.
There Is only one criticism I havo to offer, nnd thut Is I do not bclicvo
Mr. Tomllnson has picked out the twelve best teams In Philadelphia. Pen
coyd has not by any means made nnywhere near the icputution on tho dia
mond this year thut It did last jenr, having lost tho majority of Its games.
And it is a well-known fact among the baseball bugs that Strawbrldge &
Clothier has picked a lot of "soft" ones Two very good teams he has over
looked are Shnnahnn ond the Quaker City Pros. Shnnnhan has won tho
rnaJorJt) of Its game nnd has plajed thp best teams procurable. The Qunkors
have defeated the lrngue lenders In the Montgomery County ns well as tho
Delaware Countj Lengue, and pome of the best teams right here In Phila
delphia I mu nrt endeavoring to boost the stock of any particular team. I am only
a fan, but I hnve seen most of them play and do not believe any of the teams
In thp Montgomery County League compares with Philadelphia's best.
Hoping to see more regarding this interesting topic,
JOnN J. SIMPSON.
Copyright. Itil. by Public Lrtlatr Ca
AUTO MEN GOLF
AT NORTH HILLS
Toams From Five Cities Com
pete Baldwin Cots "Loon."
Realtors in Action
MOVIE OF A MAN AFTER TWO WEEKS REST
MAKES A DOUBLE-EAGLE
By SANDY McNIUMCK
North Hills is n busy golf course,
this week. Today the Automomie
Trado Association will plav one of its
Intercity contests, 'reams trirai rniui
delphla. Brooklyn. New York, Newark
and Washington nre entered.
Oulte a large entry is expected. be
fore the day is done. Tho travelers
began drifting in cnriy so tnni mo nrex
pair teed off at 0 o'clock There will
be thirty-six holes of piny with the
different teams competing for the
honor.
Earlier in the week there was tuo
"loon" tournnment. Owing to the
cloudburst which broke over the plav
right nfter launching of the golf bnll
skiff the finalist did not piny off in
thnt tourney. Instead they decided
the winner in the old-fashioned way
nnd W. C. Bnldwin won a bloodless
victory.
No llttlo sentiment was attached to
the presentation of the first prize,
which was indorsed In a huge card
board box. It was a "loon" tourna
ment, so what could have been more
appropriate than a stuffed loon ns tuo
first prize?
It was the bird known down South
ns n sen turkey, u bird nbont eighteen
Inches high, thnt routes tho welkin
with its crn7 lnugh. It's a feathered
crcnturo quite loco.
This particular one wns captured
nfter a wild battle by Joseph G. Rob
erts, and he wns just wnltlng for n
tournament like this one to give it to
somebody.
Realtors Play
The realtors, which is nnotber way
of spying real estate men, played their
first tournnment nt Torrcsdalc yester
day Prnncis J. Dovlc. chairman, was
cautious about it. Ho handicapped the
players nfter they turned in thMr cards
Instead of before. He knew his entry
ns real estate dealers, but not ns golfers
nnd he didn t take anv chances.
Carl Helmetag. Germantown. didn't
want any mistake to be mado about
what they were "players." Ncnr the
first tec, in a line with the markers,
there Is a sign containing the word
"pla)ers" nnd golfer. Ilelmetng hit
that word with a 00-degree anglo
drive which nlniost hit Jack Sawyer.
It was an intricate shot, for it caromed
off nicely nnd bounced gnyly down the
fairway.
After that the bystanders decided
the safe place to stand wns right in
front of the driver. C. Edwin Hunter
and E. S. Tomlinson, experts In courts,
could not bo blamed for unfamillnrty
with the links, but they found them
selves mixed up in nn lntcr-scctional
debate with W. Edwin Blair and J.
Rhea Craig1, representing West nnd
South Philadelphia.
Helmetag went awny with Lester
Pfeiffer. Frank O'Donncll and Charles
Scully in a Germantown special. A
"Mutt and Jeff" match was staked be
tween "Big Tom" Shnllcross and J.
Hnrker Chadwick. They had Edgar
Cross and S- M. Gayley with them to
keep the peace.
Thomas Outtcrson is captnln of n
golf tenm some where nnd bnrred C.
Harry Johnson from playing on it when
the latter stuck one In, tho trees.
But the tenm got n lot of challenges
when Outterson himself caromed a
couple off the trees and tennis court
wires before he got properly under way.
Tho many competitors in this grand golf
get-together included also: Robert
Dnhlglclsh, Samuel Hall. Walter V.
Aehby. Glyndon Priestmnn, Bobert For
ster, Maurice Watsinger, J. Fred Burk
bart. F. J. Doyle. Theodore E. Nlckles,
Willlnm II. Wilson nnd Harry Mc
Lean. Holes Double Eaglo
A new one was written the other day
on the west course nt Meriun when C.
N. Wood, Jr.. Yale, pluying with A.
A. Corey, Jr., holed the sixteenth in n
doublo cngle, a drive nnd n deck. It
Is 445 yards nnd par 5. no was down
in 2. I'sually n player looks every -where,
finally looks in tho cup, nud
thero it is.
But Woody figured his ball lost nnd
gne up tho hole. Corey pluycd it out
for practice nnd Woody s trnll was not
discovered till tho caddy took the ling
out of the hole for Corey to putt. Corey
probably rased in about n 0.
In which cuao what would you do?
Consent to loso tho holo with u doublo
eagle - or arguu a wee bit It 8 u nice
problem.
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tWo vubW-s or TMe R6T0RN, ThRRinos 'pmns WHGtJ ToRTURP f ""
V. pasf AHeAD OP Me AFTER TWO VSI&EKS SITTING DOWN 'GBTTlNtf ffllM-bo!
t BUT tTAKC IT r 7 Vr I MIT .
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"tf'fet ANP PAR0KVSM3 IN TRgATMSNT
CI.Utl K. . T Iw
REDS ACTING UKE
RICKEY'S BROWNS
Give Braves a Stinging Double
Reverse St. Louis Stops
Rush of Yanks
GIANTS GARNER ANOTHER
What May Happen
In Baseball Today
Club
JfATIONAI. I.EAGL'n
Won Loot r.C.
rittAburEll 00 33 .(Uft
Now York 07 84 .H
llonton fit 38 ,S73
Drookljn 48 41) .nil
St. LouI 43 47 .478
CIileaKo 40 BO .441
(liwinnntl 38 02 AVi
riillmMphlu . .. 20 03 .202
Win Ix)se
.(140 .i:ih
.(ISO .020
.078 .067
.010 .00.1
.484 .473
.401 .410
.420 .418
.300 .259
FIRST TITLE BIKE
RACE IS 35 MILES
Scraps About Scrappers
ELEPHANTS TO TRAVEL
Hurjhey McLoon'a Club Will Play at
Parkland, Pa., Sunday
Hughey McLoon, former mancot of
th.8 Athletics nud now acting In tho
feme capacity for Denny Leonard,
world's llghtwclghr champion, will tnko
his White KlephnntB to I'arklnud. I'a..
this Sunday, where the will cross bntH
With the (inriiett A A
McLoou will line Kellv anil Tolnnd
aa his battery. In the infield he will
hav Ward, Maxwell, Loughrnn ami.
TTagnec, with mtb, UUIceple and gtif
open dates on its echedule for firft clnf-s
teams nnd would llko to henr from all
ilubs pnlng a fair guaruntee. Hughey
McLoon, 1S37 Mifflin street.
Amos Ruslo to Join Glanto
Nfr York. Jul 28 iinoi ltusle. ons of
(he rooit famous pttchrri of hKaetiall, la com
In back to th Naw York Olanta. Chariot
A Stonoham prrildant ot the Olnnti, an
nounced he alnrt the old hurler to act as
naalatant auperlntemknt of the I'nlo Orounaa
Mlth Mrs. ItUitlo h la now on lila way from
Seattle
BrJW lluae, former amateur IxMer. la nn
the rani for next Monday plcht nt the
I".leenth street a ona He will meet Hay
Helmont In tho remt-flnal to the Your D.l-Kins-Charley
Hay ttt-io other match's on
tills pmg-rnm ar- l.vvr M'nak v Ecldie Demt
t v. Ai Rice ii Pi o White anil M'."key Mj.
OarrlKle ;. Unokle Scott.
AI Wuirnrr expected to resume trnlnlmr
thla ). bit hla right ehoulder rtlll f'ola
eore, o he will be unable to net back
to wort until next Monday. Hilly Olbfon
WAfrnor'a munnarer, has aoveral match In
view for thi Philadelphia Italian.
An Inter-city et-to between Jlmmv nrown,
of Troitjn. a'd J Loin, of Tratikford will
be tha wlnd-, at the Cambria ton-jrrow
r eht The aeml-tlnal la West Philadelphia
Tommy 0 Toale Finnkle Smith Othar
l-nutn Rai O'NUlley . Young Jtu'.lLun.
Ctntxi Denny ia Muddy Ryan and Johnny
Murphy vs. Kid Goodman.
John btefffne and Splcket Purcell t aether
with toe Cervlno will be at the rlnsrelda In
the rol of tlmekcopero when Tcndiar and
Leonard claah.
Three of MiiniimnVn bt boxora are to
eppeir In tru preliminary nunlwra to th
.'Iminy Ju-dftn-t)obby MeCnrn flftt en-rounder
at Weil Manayunk tomorrow nl&M They
are Danny n-dnera. Al HynoIda ad Tommy
relln and will mee: KldleMoriran Frank!
McKeuvor nd lied Welch, roapectlvely
nnrfllnr Ilnkpr. at South Ph'lly lames a
rhallene to any of tho lS-pourolera here
abouts
J irk Flelerher, of Philadelphia who Is In
luflnoa- n ralmeiton, I'a., Ih grooming n
ilr of lnx-B yho aro prontrad to box In
Philadelphia Tr.ej are IMlly Kohupp and
Jarkio Gibson.
Danny McDonald, forner champion bap.
fm it tho Atlantlo Meet, wanta to b'-x In
Philadilphla, preferrlnir matchei with Little
ltt-.ir and Hay Ilelmnm
Tommy Maiden. 125-round am-tteur boxer
id pii i ns i i iJitor the r'OffsM nnl field
lie U u ider tho rrnnaeenvni of Jn Peld
mo n
Schmandt Knocked Unconscious
ClildiKO. Juh !!. Hai .vl.niundt drat
baseman of he Jlrookljn Nationals, was
knocked unconacloua at practice preceding
vestorday's frame wjion he wan bit on th
hack of tho head by a ball thrown by Hood,
an Intlolder of the team Bchmandt waa
carried Into the clubhoue where he re
mained unconaclou for nearly on hour. H
will bo nut of the game It la aald, for
several weeka
U. S. Golfers Seek Canadian Title
Toronto. July lib Play for 'ho Canadian-
If crmmnlaneh d win be neid nere next
Monday and Tuesday. Amomr American
uiraeii,,ui tho rarao. ;vifrV entered T tor & tournament , l Le
Jlufheyf aggregation In wwral ,. Loctwatm alt ntiiTwitnoiu
I'nt Mornn and hi"? Dcda may be down
in seventh plnce trying their beat to keep
out of tho cellar, but withal they have
proved a stumbling block to tho asplrn
tlons of tho Braves nnd the Giants.
When tho Mornnmcn nrrived hero on
July 10 to start their engagement with
the Phillies they had a record of twenty -nlno
wins and forty-nine defeats. This
morning a look at the percentage table
will reveal the fact that the samo team
has a mark of thirty-eight victories
and fifty -t-vo setbacks. Boiled down
the Reds have captured nine of their Inst
twelve gnmes for an average of .750,
which Is about tho best in tho Nntionnl
T,enouo over tho stretch mentioned.
After leaving here the pesky Hods
ovened the series with tho Glnntt just
when McGraw expected to make head-
wuy after splitting the scries wiui me
Pirates. Yesterday with Luquo nnd
Marquard twirling the kind of baseball
thnt thn club had two years ago. the
Moranmen stopped tho fast flying Braves
in both ends of n twin bill.
Giants Two From Lead
As tho averages read this morning
tho Braves nre seven games back of tho
top of tho ladder and five from tho
second step. Which means that the
Giants trumped tho Pirates yestirdny
for tho second straight time. Tho
tnnrMn Hint- Hnimrntea tho first nnd 8UC-
ond teams is exactly two games. If
tho men from Gotham continue their
bpurt in the next two games the rnco
will get intently Intricate.
Allan Sotlwron Fall
Allan Sothoron, who set the Yanks
bnck without n run Inst week out in
Clcvclnnd. wns unequnl to tho task
ngninst the Bed Sox yesterday nnd the
Indinns lost a C-to-4 bnttle. .Too Bush
wns pelted hnrd in tho eighth Inning,
yielding three runs nnd giving Cleve
land the lead by a run. In their bnlf,
however, tho Rd Sox enrno right bnck
nnd sent two counters across the plnt
ter. enough to swing tho tides.
Tho Browns have an excellent oppor
tunity to start West after this trip In
third place if they keep up their pres
ent fctride. Only three nnd n half games
sepnmto them from the Senators In
third plnco and one and a hnlf games
nre keeping them out of fourth plnce.
What miracles does time perform.
When tho A's hit tho Mound City they
had nn opportunity to get Into sixth
place, the Browns having but n three
game lead on them. Now look nt tho
standing.
A Lost Opportunity
The Athletics lost another opportu
nity to start their climb upward onco
again yesterday by losing to tho Tigers.
The White Sox were vnnquished by
tho Senators, who scored live runs in
one inning, tho third, off Dick Korr,
enough to win by a run margin.
Georgo Dauss and two ralsplnys by
Joo Dugan wns too much for the Mnck
inen yesterday. They evened It up in
hitting with the Tigs, but fnilcd in the
pinches, having In nil nine men left
on the sacks. Two hits came In the
sixth with two down nnd and were
wasted, while in the eighth tho first
man was hit by a pitched ball ; tho next,
Welch, dropped n Texas leaguer Into
center, but to no nvuil, as Dmy tight
ened nnd forced the two Walkers to
fly out nnd Dugnn to tako three healthy
swings.
Clnrenco Wnlker's brilliant running
catch of Bassler's smash to loft ctnter
provided tho fielding feature. Flag
stead w'BB on nt the time nnd ho wns
so suro thnt tho sphere wns going to
land snfely thnt he was past the short
stop when Tillle mado the catch. A
quick throw to flrst by Wulker com
pleted n donblo piny.
lilll rcrnca wnu too muru ror ine
Phils In tho second game of their series
with tho Cards and tho Donovnnites
tforo vanquished, C to 1. Jess Winters
was on tho mound for the locals nnd
ciifferod hla second setback alnco join
ing tho Donovnnites.
Few Original Braves Left
IloBton, July 28 Tho unconditional re
lease of Oeorae Tyler and (lunar Duxey. of
the ChlraKO Nationals hae reduced to six
the members of the Hravea' 101 1 world cham
team uuii in wit, niujur trunucn
,ln- with th Tuba. Maranvllte and
hltted are with uuur;n, aiann is at Ht
AMKMCAX IJG17K
Club '. !. P.O. Vln Lone Split
Cleveland BO 34 .081 .03H .028 ....
New York.. . BA 31 .022 .020 .015 ....
Wnnhlncton. . . BO IH .BIO .SIB .605 ....
Detroit .... 40 48 .4K9 .S0O t.470 .400
Mt. Louie 4t 40 .473 .470 .408 . ..
ltoaton 42 60 .437 .402 .462 ....
Chlrnro 40 S3 .430 .430 .420 ...
Athletic 33 SO .383 '.308 t.370 387
Win two. tLofte two.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St LouK Si Pluladclphla, 1.
Now York, tl Plttsliiirzli, 1.
Brooklyn, lOi ClUcnco. 2.
Cincinnati. 2t Iloetoii. 1 (Unit Kume).
Cincinnati, 4i llostou, 3 (second game).
AMERICAN LKAOUK
Detroit. 4; Athletics, 1.
IlotMton, Si Cleveland, 4.
bt. inula. 7 New York, .1,
aalilmrton, 5 ClUciiiro, 4,
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
ICnnaaa City, 2) Indianapolis. 1 (flrat carat)
Indianapolis, 8: Kansas City, 3 (eefoncl
Mllwnukro, 4i Louisville.
loiunimjR, 7.- at
cume).
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Paul (1 (flrar. KnmeV
C'olutnbnH. 4l At. Pnnl. 1 fnrranil mm-).
MlnnenpoUs. Oi Toledo, 8 (10 lnnlnirs).
SOCTIIERN ASSOCIATION
Xnhfllle, Oi Memphis, o (flrat same).
Mrmphle, Si Noelitllfe. 4 (second eumr).
New Orleann. 3i .Mobile. 1 (flrat game).
New Orlenna. 13s Mobile, 3 (second enmo).
Atlanta. 2 lllrmlmtharo, 1.
Cbnttouooca. 14: I.lttle Rock, 7.
EASTERN I.EAOUE
rittsneld. Si Hprlnrflfld, 2.
Waterhury. lOi Albany, 2.
Uororster, 7i Jlnrtfonl. 0.
New Ilnven, 4 Itrldk'eport. 1 (flrt name).
New Maxell. 3i Ilrldceport, 2 (aecnnd game)
Chapman, 1920 Champion,
Rides Here Tonight Against
Carman, Wiley, Lawrence
FOUR STARS IN SPRINT
GRIFF TALKS GOLF-
NOT MUCH BASEBALL
Old Fox Agrees Babe Ruth Is Some Hitter, but
Says Abe Mitchell Is Longest Hitter
'He Ever Saw
Dy GBANTLAND RICE
Tlio Duffer's I'arodlc Outburst
Onco upon a midnight dreary
(Words you've doubtless seep leforo
As I pondered, tcatt and weary,
Over my erratio score,
As I thought of strokes I'd fllvvered
"While my Jumping pulses quivered,
Suddenly I groaned and shivered
On the level I teas, sore,
As this promise I delivered '
"I am through forever more."
But nest day the sun was shining
(As the sun has shone before)
And I felt my raw soul pining
For the game J loved of yore,
Yea, I mourned for drives 1'vo pasted
And for short putts I had toasted,
For the brcczethat I had tasted
When the wind was off the shore,
So I grabbed a ball and laced it
As I loudly clamored "Forel"
ED. NOTE. Whllo making no pre
tense to orthodoxy, we confess that
ns rhymes "tasted" nnd "laced it" may
not bo precisely pnr. But who cares?
TODAY'S SCHEDULE
NATIONAL U1VOUE
Philadelphia ut St. I-ouU.
New York ut Pttthiirch.
IlrookLyn at Chicago.
Cincinnati at Iloaton.
AJrEKICAN LEAGUE
Detroit at rhllodrliililu (two games),
St, Louis at Ncn York.
Cletelund nt Iloston.
Chicago at Wulilntrton.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
RESULTS OI' YK.HTKUDAY
Jersey tit-, 8 Heading-, 7 (eliien InnlngH,
first gnme).
ItciHllnc. Hi Jrrocj City, 7 (second game).
Jtochpxter, 13 llufrnlo, 7 (first gnme).
Rochester, 2s llulTnlo, 1 (second gaino).
Syracuse, 7, Toronto. 0.
Ilaltlmore-Ncwurk. no game.
SCHEDUIJl 1X)R TODAY
Iluffalont RorJiester.
Toronto at jtyrncune.
Ualtiinoru at Nenark.
Itoadlng at Jersey City.
Stundlns oi tho Clubs
W. L. P.O. W. L. 1,0.
llaltlmore 77 24 .7113 J. Ctty... 42 BS .43.1
Iluffulo Bl) 43 .B7M Newark . 43 B7 .430
Rochester 64 43 .887 rjTaeiiho. it B7 .424
Toronto.. Bl 4t .310 Reading.. 31 71 .301
B. O. E. Going Strong
The n. O. E. (Urneolcnt Order
Efrypstlarn) bnicbs,ll team, tlthough a now
comor In tho Hold, la ploylts a line game of
tneebatl To dato slxte-n games hae hen
plnyed all of which an n-aulted in vlo
tcrlea The. irijet notablo win t- date waa
the 10-to 7 -lctory oer Forty-eighth Ward
jnet Sunday B O E can h stctiiert hv nd
5 eaolruj J Muoller. 1127 West Oxford street,
The first of n scries of twclvo races
to decide the season's motor-poco
championship of the United States will
be held at the Point Brcczo Velodrome
tonight over n distance of thirty-five
miles, with four stnrters. The entrnnts
are Oeorgo Chapman, 1020 title holder,
of rhllndelphin; Georgo Wiley, of
Syrncuso, N. Y. ; Clnrenco Carman, of
Jnmnirn, L. I., nnd Percy Lawrence,
of California. Two other title events
nro scheduled for tho Philadelphia
trnrk during August.
Tonight's event will serve to intro
duce to the Philadelphia blko fans .Toe
Kopsky, pnee setter from Chicago. Ho
will tako the place of Norman Ander
son, who has been handicapped by n
dlslocnted kneo-enp, for the remainder
of tho season. The other pnee setters
will bo Jimmy Hunter, Johnny Schlee
nnd Eddio Hoot. Tho riders will chose
their motormen In the regular way by
picking numbers for choice from a hat.
Tho champion of last year will find
himself against tho strongest of Ameri
can competition, aB Wiley, Carman nnd
Luwrenco all nro riding in splendid
shnpo this senson. Wiley nnd Carman
nre former titleholders of America,
while the former also is nn ex -world's
champion. Lawrenco has been n con
tender for tne Unltea States title lor
Fevcrnl years, but he nlwnys has fallen
Miy.
Whllo Chapman has npnenred in only
a few racos In Philadelphia this year,
ho has been doiug some sonsntionol
pedal pushing on other tracks of tho
circuit nt Boston, Provldenco and Wor
cester. Ench of these trncks hns been
assigned threo championship rnces nlso.
An alternate mutch mllo sprint bo
tweon four international crack riders
nlso Is on tonight's program. It is to
bo n thousand dollnr rncc between
Orlando Plant, of Italy; Wnlter Ilutt,
of Germany: Bill Bniley, of Englnnd,
nnd Alfred Goullet, of Amerlcn. The
event will bo run off in four heats,
with threo of tho entrnnts riding. A
point score will decide the winner.
PHILLY PROS ACTIVE
Local Aggregation Competing With
Leading Up-State Clubs
Tho Phllndelphia Profeasionnls hnve
neon meeting with better success since
their defeat at Nntlvity last month. Tho
club finds tho distant towns more prof
ltablo, being Foldom seen on local fields.
On Snturdny tho "Phils" will play
nt Shnmokin, nnd the following dny nt
Rending. August 4 and 0 open. On
August 11 tho Pros plnv nt Toms River,
then a return gnmo nt Camden Citv two
dnys Inter. Club bendqunrtcrs at 005
west l.enipn nvenue, can be renched by
phone (nell) Tiogn -1300.
Times nnd Customs
LAST week in Washington wo ran
across an old college chum by tho
nnrnc of Clark Griffith. It was not In
the Washington ball park but out upon
the Columbia golf course
"Tills Ruth is somo hitter," we re
marked. "Somo hitter," countered Griff. "Say,
watch this Abe Mitchell, Ho'a tho long
est hitter I ever saw."
Fivo times wo mado vain attempts
to talk baseball. No uso. The veteran
manager nnd clubowner, who was one of
the game's greatest pitchers when Cy
Young was still a Pnoll farmer, had ut
lnet found tho lure of another game that
fivo years ago he had considered a joke.
And if nny duffer around ninety-five is
looking for eaBy picking ho had better
let u. uriitttii mono,
TN CONCLUSION, Mr. Griffith ex-J-
pressed his willingness to take on
cither Ring Lnrdiier or Tiny Maxwell
over an 18-hole jaunt if the public de
mand becomes sufficiently boisterous.
golf in a competitive way if tho dlvlMn
contlnues to widen. nsloa
MM '
A Double Prediction
"Y"0U can nke n double prcdictlbs
i, i fi?ritKe'," renafHcd one of th.
Resin Rallb rda a few n -- .ir"
Is that Corpcntlor stops Gibbons' within
nrd stops Tendlcr in seven." m'
ConcornlM which rebuttnls from tit
other side of tho fence will bo every
whit ns fervent nnd sincere. J
"WH0 l8 th "ct heat hcavyWt
V to Dcmpsey?" we wcro nuked .
cently In a llstio fnnfest
cnnlri nrnmiili-nfo n n.i1MtH
v;r .V- .- - i "I. "1'"""" sonie one
cro nked rf
nciore tve
ui-ut uh .o n uetter nnw iit-
rnean," ho said, "Who is the fifth best?
Thero is no one nt tuo, threo or four in '
th , club standing of that l$
Which is close enough as opinions g0 lB
this ecstatic ago. u
CovuHaht. nil. AU rlohtt re.crved
Boots and Saddle
Getting Together
TENNIS is now upon n sound basis as
n nntiounl nnd International sport.
Golf isn't.
There is not only a division as to rules
nnd clubs between America and Great
Britain, but also between tho East and
West of tho United States.
Tho vast majority of players -want one
btnndnrd gnme. Tho vast mnjority'are
aho in favor of international contests
ns any ono can eco from th galleries
that flock to every international match.
But before America and Great Britain
can ever get together, America must
havo teamplay within her own borders.
Tho Western Golf Association can
never be national in scope. No more
than tho Eastern or tho Southern. If
the United States Golf Association is
wrong It should bo corrected from the
inside. This can be done by public
criticism and the voting membership.
As it stands now thero will soon be no
international golf nnd little nntionnl
Glrard F. C. Has Saturday Open
i. , , , lannilp. 'h ii tin (1 rard '1'ield
i ,ub has Saturday Jp r and would like to
hear from ar iemi pro team offering- rea
aonable Inducement . Tm lltjrht and Sunday
em7 ore alio lollclted Addreea Barney
Schaefer. 61 Eaat Laurel treot or pnonfl
tlukit 0109 durtna uu aa. )
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ntnn.hln
hal remnlna with th Cube,
IvhutMl nrA with Ptttflljurffh
Louie and Hank Gowdy and Dick Rudolph
continue ns member of the Iloaton team.
I'OINT nilEISZU I'AIIK VRMDllOMIS
vtriH Tonlatit. 8 80 ar.-MII.i: A1KH
RIkF ICAN CHAalPIONUIJIP
Us,kMj oannan, Wiley, Chapman, Lawrence
rair"P l0n(' 1'RO SPRINT MATCH
KALtS UACB-Planl, Italy, Hntt. Her
xrxv't"J (loullet. America Ilnller. Enif.
No ralee In prlcie AOc, 76c, 11,10 Heserv d
BASEBALL TODAY
Shlbe Park, Slat and I-ehlih Avenue
POUWLK-HP-VDKR 1T OAMK J!30 P. M.
ATIJLKIlCfl yJ DKTROIT
Beaerred beata Gtmbeu' ami Bpaldlni'a
h JRJlfir
K
S
KNIGHT
Scott Motor Company
H 008 North Broad Street
pu
liU Phone. Poplar till
OUR showroom (lis
plays a working
chnseis that will dem
onstrate to you why the
Stearns is the lowest
priced and most eco
nomical quality car.
Others havo seeen it
ond bought a Stearns.
i'"J , vviuteiieiu Handicap.' S4ono
added, is tho feature of tho offerbYta?
day at Empire. City, and brings'
gethcr somo high-class two-year.niH,
Tho Cnllfornja-brcd Runstar. X
suffered n dlbqunllficntion at iimnira a
few days ago when he finished first
should bo able to win today nnd hold
his victory. Bay Jay is a highly bred
youngster and may glvo keen conten.
tlon for tho nurso. June Grass sMmi
best of tho others.
Horses appearing ready for winntn
efforts in other races nrc: First-JTul
war, Glcnbclle, Promenade ; seeond-.
Dorcas, War Plume, Sun Kose; third
ot. iBiuoru, oea dinner, snap Urttan
II; fifth Fort Churchill, PickX
Aco of Aces; sixth Thunderstorm; (
Kuccreck, Dimmesdale.
i
The Kenllwoilh meetlmr at Windsor demA
yeatatdny. The Devonehlre race niMtil.
opena Saturday, at which Hlack Serviit 251
orey Lag- will meet In the J20.000 lauj.
PPl
ocio
national HandicaD.
to Canada last ntsht In charge
Grey- Lair waa ihlp-
Ct Jix
inn
oanue. who wui-riae me Rreat thrAi..
old of tho Rancocas atable. Lylc ii
have tha mount on Dlack Servant.
Kmplre City's eeeelon Is nearly over. Id
raclnit hain't much quality in these tali
summer days. Outside the e.erclie Irtnlt
-"vu krs iari
to tho radar Ut
suiiiiiitir uvra. uuibiub ine exerciBS UlD tl
Orey Lac In the Mount Klsco Sialua ti,r.
wbb little or no worth to the riclnr ti
last few days.
D. Dale, the English trainer and rtdv ct
steeplechasers, has been ongaifed to ride far
Mr. and Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark. He will
bedn his ena-aa-ement at Saratoga, an. will
return to England later In the year to ri
sume hla operations there.
Tho North American Steeplechase Hi-all.
cap. with 12000 added, will be run it
Baratona Saturday. AUfruit 18. While not
UU JS H-W UiUOt IU41AJI ttAl.k VI I UO CQMlI
on the 8nratoira urogram, it hu, nvcrtii.
soasoned timber-toppers, from which
nem sooum rceuu,
on . or icrtj
a tool
It la announced that Preston Burch Ii ta
sever nls-connoctlon with the Stanford estib
llshment at the close ot the currtnt Em
pire meeting. Mr. Burch Is a pood tnlntr.
and cot the rudiments ot his education from
his father. W. P. llurch. one of thi moit
respected and oldest of American horitmn
who now is handllmr tho allied itubUi el
Samuel Ross and Al.nlral Cary T, Qranoi.
of Washington.
Camp Dlx Has First-Class Team
The First Division. L' S A of Camp DU.
he" placed a first-class team on the dlunotl
nnd Is anxious ta hear from I n T., All
Stare. Donovan-Armstrong, Nativity, Ktr
wood, Bhanahan. Str-vwbrldre 4 Clotni"
end Reooh A. A. Address Captain B. t
Walker. Ultletlo ofllcer, Cnmp Dlx, N. J.
ymatoyafa
H$rtWt
Tomorrow Closes
a Notable Offer
At Oak Hall
$
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For the richest worsted busi
ness suits in our stock that
were formerly $75, $70. $65
$60. $55 and $50.
MORE than one thou
sand of them for
today's and tomorrow's
buyers and it is your last
opportunity to buy these
suits at this very low price
r-a price which represents
a saving of from iilz to
50 and even more on
each purchase made.
Wanamaker & Brown
Market at Sixth for Sixty Years
(Store Closed All Dau Saturdays
Until September)
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