HIvL?r.v!ICIIRP'V? Wat 7CmBxmFnr ' wit , ii i HilsStad afifl1Maf'MMMt4kHMMtMMMMatewMiMMUMWMi X " y737flfMr rr7i7vT? ;'77rraj-sfv, z:ywtt?jt.F:ki' r" '" ..is vrM&mm i. A rAgainst Tough Series Beginning Today With Jehn McGrawi Plbe-JMaliMi ajw KITij -- ?" 1' . flew Dees It Strike Yeu? RlL indifferent Stars Iterru as Coach Helding in Rlnir. " By THE OBSERVER .-rtWl I. -'J. InrtH nlntffn UUU kfittutit .Html hfiafttinll ttltitA Iia una n1l ' W . iir New Verk YnnkceH thnt Oethnm fan doubt If he will be benched '''' '" ) m...i. -,i nnh MnieM-return te the fold. i whenJLiu - ii. rne of iinether tar whaj played such Indifferent bnll In Phlln- I? j-inWn thnt he forced hit wile te nnether club. ' r pwithiii i he Innt fete yearn four of the brightest luminaries in the nl f Imve been nnfccil en ny local mngnnics Decauae iney lanen te give tlieir ETrferf te in Interests of the club.' TliiKim Unnoreft, Meusel nnd WltW Ofhcy deliberately let It be known thev didn't want te jly In our city. Stellar performers they arc, but rt!r tin's only one thin te de andl.that was te get rid of them. - Ne nne can blame. Cennie Mack or William V. P.aker for disposing of the ,..'., ,0 would net give, their best, but why wduldn't these players perform !?1"ii.,b "m their ability? ' -. . In tl" "',1 "n X Yerk nm' Philadelphia wffe bitter rivals In both Imiuc? mere i-e in the National than American. Nene of our athletes clamored in be traded te fi'ethnm. Why the changeef heart? .Either the local clubs were net paying enough money te satisfy exorbitant dctrtimls of these players or there Is something wrong" with the management. However, once n player1 affixes 1iIh signature te n contract, he should be Btde e glic his utmost te the club under penalty of a heavy fine or a long IUiPCondltlen'! within the ranks of the Phillies nnd Athletics are better this Mr. The players sec m '"satisfied and nre striving te regain Philadelphia's base bill prestige long since lest. rhllndclphln fans arc net unfair. Even If bqth clubs finish In the ceflar, tie ftlng of another fruitless sensen Would be 'counteracted if our athletes Vtdt down fighting. A'S STAND F OURTH AFTER YANK WIN Remmel, Assisted by Johnsten et al., Beats Waite Heyt, Baker and, His Pals THIRD STRAIGHT VICTORY IN CONTRAST te Philadelphia's Mine-time quarrelsome quartet of Witt. IJanoreft, Dugan anil Meuse!, consider the loyalty of Mike MrNally. Reading International 'League third baseman. McNally Was handed, his release anil refused te accept It. lie said he would net sign with any oilier club' and would be at Chief Bender's call at any time If ne filed. P . Wants Berry te Coach nt Penn JOSEPH D. GOOiyMAN, in a letter te the Observer, boosts Heward Berry as a peslble nil -around conch nt the University of Pennsylvania. Ills letter fellow s: , "Wliv in It that the University of Tennsylvafiln haf net engaged the lervlw Heward He"rry as an'athletie reach? ' , "Berry N one of I lie few Pennsylvania athletes te gain national nnd Inter national reputation. He was one of the best nll-nreund football players te ifr the Red nnd Blue. Ills record for the pentathlon still ptnnds. He was a ittr baseball performer, nnd Is one of the few recruits te he retained by the Ktw Yerk Nntiennl reague club. "It fems that he would be of great help rs one of. the' football coaches, and lis eipeilcnce In nnd knowledge of baseball certainly must be greater than that ef the preent reach. . . "If Berry were one of the athletic coaches at Penn, It is likely, that some fchelaftle ntliletes would be nttrneted te the Institution. "Mereicr, he Is n Pennsylvania man, Is familiar with Pennsylvania policies, tnd certainly is mere deslrn'ble than nn outsider. "I truH this letter will start a movement for the appointment of Berry U one of the conches nt Penn." Runs Scored for Week in Twe Big Leagues XATIOXAIi LKAGUK SI MjTWrTTFTBTl Cincinnati.. 3 " 5 2 Xew Yerk. . 10 6 l 17 St. Leuis... 10 -: l Bosten .... a 3 9 " Pittsburgh . . I 7 2 l Brooklyn... 4 2 Phillies .... e (I 0 Chicago .... 0 J 1 9 AMKRICAN LKAGUK rPTsTTi Athletics ... St. IJbiUs... Cleveland .. Bosten '. . . . Xew Yerk. . Chicago .. . . Washington. Detroit .... Ts 4 It M W III 1 1 te (I t n e a ' T THIItl) straight! Back In the tlrst division with a bang! Undisputed possession of fourth place. Sixth homer in three days. These four terse sentences tell the story of the Athletics' victory ever the prlmn donnas repre senting the American League, end of ln.,iT lerk mnjer Iil'"g"c rcI,rc jumped nil ever the fllants yesterday, I'm i i .u i i 'scoring nine runs after thirteen hits. f, ' 'i. ri'le,mwS'n r, hnndveme one Art Nrhf ,,..,, for ,lc nnt,, ,t from Baltimore, ahol(.eut earlier In wns ,irvcn from tlir mound by se many tie season, lia.l the Indian sign en the.i.u,, tlln yat am, ',, wigwagged te iii, linker. Hcliang romblnatlen ye- tMC meUnil. He. tee. felt the thump eP, .......... ,,m, ,,, m iii-vi-r hi ii. xiie the Braves' bluclgenn. Mnekmen dlsjilujed n fight hat sent i p1(.k nudelph, who hack In 1014 e few thousand spectator who braved I Knve (,8 elty n couple of nasty nfter- the Ihienteiilnc weather into n frenzy, i nrf, .turtiiK the World Series, tried am in nil. It was another plensant ij,q Pnmcback net for the third time uiirrntiwi, hip mini siraignt. TBI'. splrniUd times and records made In the women's Olympics at Mnnte Cnrle give American girls nn idea of the competition they will meet If they enter the International rnntest.s. If the A. A. U. Is join? te getern women's athletics In this country, plans should be started for an active and extensive season. J , HOBIN BOXES TONIGHT Columbia te Dedicate Field ' New Yerk, May 4. Columbia's 13.000,000 stadium ilan will lakn another stp for ward thin nftrrnoen. wMn at A TV r ,hA Mte en the DcUman tract at 218th tret KOt h"cl '",0 ,lleIr winning stride, Belgian Meets Palmer at lee Palace In Flnht.Rntinrfer ,.,,.,., . . r i i. i 1 1 I'11"1 '"a'iy will ottieiaiiy be rtiritnfi ! Jleadews will probably tnke the mound Pict liebirt jesterdny finished Ills Baker J-'leld. In honor of Oferit K. Rakr. . this afternoon ngnlnst Mefirnw'H rlnii ..! KeliS"'.n ei me pearn or tn Kirat .National rPi, n.,u ,.. . .i. ....:. . vtnite Ilejt. who In addition te being nn excellent twlrler also slings puni'lieH, wns en the mound for the innks, nnd while he wasn't slammed se very Imrd. he was found for safeties when they meant something. Klglit hits, which included Johnsten's foui feui ply shot Inte the left-field bleachers in the third, were made off the youthful twirlcr's delivery. Iteinmel allowed seven, most of them coming In the fifth nnd eighth, when the invaders mnde their due of runs. In the ether rounds the walloping Yenks, snns Ruth nnd Meuscl, who aren't missed any morn thnn n barber's nnly razor, werr helnless before lMill. wli'n ensiled in IiIh third win of the season. unher mnde a lilt yesterdav, the olev elev entli straight game in which he lilt safely. With nine victories nnd as many de feats the Athletics nre sitting pretty, as the hloacherltes have it. this morning In fourth plnce. with Chicago, New New Yerk nnd St. Leuis Up above. The Mnekmen's victory toppled the Ynnlcs out of a tic with the Browns for first place. Slim Harris will tnke Hie tee this nftcrnoen in nn effort te make it four straight. With Hasty, Naylor and Moere straining nt the lensli te get in against the Yanks, the prospects for winning one or two mere out of the three remaining are very, cry geed. (inllewny's single in the eighth sent across Welch with the winning run. A few seconds Inter Galloway crossed the platter when U. Miller mussed up his grounder by letting it go through his legs te the wall. Phils and Giants Meet The Phillies-get started this afternoon nfter n two dns' rest with the Giants, nnd if they can wallop the hur'crs from Gethnm us Bosten did yesterday there is n ciinnce Hint tne v lincimltes will Lee plensant ii,q nnmebnek yesterday afternoon nnd succeeded, holding the hnrd-hlttlng (Jlanlft te six scattered wallops, nn excellent per per ferinance nftrr the innnucr In which the (Slants have been hitting of Inte. The ether half of the Benntewn ag gregation gave Bosten a happy after noon by wnlleplng the day lights out of the Senators. Phillips, one of the star youths en the Washington team, was nicked hard and often, until n wise bend removed him from the mound. Kiglit lilts for eleven runs fells the story of the game. Qitlnn, nnether old-timer, was the victor. He wns found for nine hits, but had Ms old spltter nnd wisp head working se well that the Senators failed te nick tins platter once. The St. Leuis Cards noed out fin cinnnll in the ninth, ft-,", after the Reds had tied the score In tlieir half of the inning with three tallies, driving Dunk from the hill. -IT- ' RiCtll I ClC 1AJCCT DUG A Pliltndeltiliin. Itosten and Pittsburgh i ii v!tirt Tfti'iinUT Blackburn's home In In Palmyra. X. .T.. CLUB STARTS TONIGHT nnd he played with the .Terente Inf.-r- nationals last year. Will Open Season With Stonehurst ' aOFIfty-elghth and Walnut Jimmy Neville's West Philadelphia Baseball Club will open Its llilil! home season tonight. The gnme will be played at Klfty-elghtli nnd Walnut strectf, nnd will start nt (I P. M. Stonehurst will be the attraction. Neville originally was scheduled te open his season last night. Thtu gnme, however, was te have taken plnce en the Stonehurst grounds. Rain pre, tented the contest. New stands have been erected en the Walnut street grounds, and everything Is in rendiness for the game. Stonehurst has a fast tciim nnd a speedy contest Is expected by the West Philadelphia fans. KANSAS CITY GETS WHITTED "Lena" Blackburne Alie Purchased by American Association Team Kansas City, Me., May 4. Purchase of Geerge Whltted. outfielder, frftni th" Brooklyn Club of the Nntiennl League, nnd Russell "lectin" Blackburne, short stop, from Milwaukee, wns nnneunced today bv Geerge Muehlbach. president of the Knnsns City American Associa tion Bnsehall Club. Whltted has a long major league record and has plnycd with St. Leuis, "Ping" Bedle te Jein Vernen San Franetitre, MaV 4. "Plnr" tlmllr. emneliW. will appear with the Vernen club, of Iho f'aclhn Ceaet I.Kue, when It plaa Man Franclnce here next week, accord ing, te 1 town M Lerrrlx. Vatnen iwxiirt nn nun in new coin te iiosien Yolk Van! When ha refuaw, taut r'omnilMlener lar'lla eumirhdeit him. n i win ernen anil will Ke 1H Piay un May t: fRENCRSHRINER , URNER men's shoes Werk here for h(s eight -round battle with Jack Palmer In the Ice Pnlnce feature tonight. The Belgian welter irlght Is one of the few from the ether tide who believe that en offense is the lt defense. He is nn aggressive two twe hinJed hey. A brace of big fellows will clash in the eight-round semi-final, when Dave Rosenberg, of New Yerk, makes his Philadelphia debut against Trnnkle Britten. of this city. K. 0. Phil Kaplan, of New Yerk, snips wnlleps with Yeung Jee Berrcll, of this lty. Twe six-round battles nre en between Lew Puluse and Willie Ful ler and Ray Mitchell ami Jee Egnn. Other Sports en Pages 20 and 21 1 'FtiSJiuKS aaaaMHKNsUM (Marathon Run Tonight, 8 P. M. Hank, who provided the $700,000 fur the IMLU n IIUIUIIUP?, lhe Braves, stung te the core as the succcslvv reverses, result of seven NEWSPAPER J30LF TOURNEY Scribes Make Ready for Play Over Stenton Links, May 8 Scribe -golfers nre getting tlieir pen cils sharpened and rehearsing their alibis for the tournament of the .News pnper (Jelt Association of Philadelphia thnt will beheld nt the Stenton Country Club, Monday, May S. The course is reached via the Chef nut Hill car te Sedgwick street, thence east en Sedgwick street te the club house. It nlsi may he reached by way of the Philadelphia and Reading te Stenton tntlnn. President Clapper, of the Stenton Club, announces thnt work is being rushed en the construction of the new locker house se I lint it will lie rendy te uccnmmedntc the scrllie-gelfers. r. n. a." am te neon staht Tour trophies are te Ik prenrntiM at th nrt of the nlajlnsr aaen. by the Prauc I.tsnnrn. te the teama and ptar comprising the. Philadelphia, llnufball Association. Read the IMlllKht barthall cera oery mernlnc In the 1'lw.ie Leihikr. "Make It a Habit," Adv. "NF A Ah Pleasant te Loek At as te Wear THE Derby has all the refinements and indi viduality of the custom made shoe. Comfert, long time service and faultless appearance are "built in" te every line. The Derby is as pleasant te leek at as te wear. In Russia, French Calf and Cordovan. 115 Seuth 12th St. Just Belew Chestnut St. Superiority 'Built-in, jSret Rubbed'en i 191 ' Between Nativity and . Jean of Arc Catholic Cluba 50 men in contest. A Team niJnA Fie? edals wi" be Elei Start and finsh. feTirSaniaAv- tSZ Avenuc' aeutl te LeKh Hsinii'Ifitts "J Big Marathon Handicap Run Tuesday, Mav 16. ft P M alSSJ"1 t0, n11 "filtered A. A. U fAervi '"m and jri.es. prizes, two rm twenty individual Entrv RI.L.. fleld A?e SCHELL 5820 Spring- lrT. Jtensin&m erchw& MAY K Bex of fifty $42 r"" " ' i ant .urn ...i , iv masii I lrfBF)KiM'jBmMKjjlBL IvaaaEAaiBD!! 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