CLEVELAND CREEPS UP IN AMERICAN LEAGUE; KIWANIS LOOTS CAMP COLT OF GAME BIG LEAGUERS CARRIED ON Jnion Station Manager Tells Sad Tale of Steeltoe Stars, Ramsey and Phillips Here 1# the uncensored account of a wild, weird baseball trip, as sent in by the manager of the Union Station team, who evidently speaks from "the heart out,'' Saye he: "The Union Station, with Phillips and Ramsey, of Steelton, twirling the two games on our trip handed the game on a platter to the Lycom ing Foundry and Machine team of Willi&msport, 4-5, this same team having defeated Steelton. 4-3, recent ly. Miller'a drive to center for a single took a bad bound as Euker was set for it and rolled to the fence for a trip around the bases. "They scored two again in the fifth on base fielding while the only technical run they earned was in the seventh when, with two down, Eu ker, Snyder and Killinger played the I triple act on who was to take the I ball. This tost a run and Killinger's I throw past third, when the runner > attempted to steal. gave them the fifth run of the easiest game that wasj ever handed them. "Union Station scored in the fourth on a single and double, again in the! sixth on a single and sacrifice fly, | while in the ninth two more, scored j on two singles, an out and T. Euker's! clean steal of home while the pitcher j was sleeping in the box. The um- j pire waved iiim safe, then about five seconds after he called the batter out, claiming the throw to get Eu ker was the third strike. This was very helpful tc Williamsport with the tieing run on third. "The following day on a very bad field the team defeated the strong Shamokin champions, 6-2, this be ing the third defeat they tasted in two years. Ramsey Just toyed with them and this carelessness cost two runs. It was a bitter dose for the Spring field team to swallow and had the team backed Phillips like they back ed Ramsey and like they are capable of doing. I think the proud conquer ors of Cockill s Steelton team would have beeu handed a drubbing, so all in all wo consider it a success ful trip. "The team pulled two fast double plays at WiUiamsport with G. Kil linger on the starting end of both, while he also took a fast hopper in deep right and got his man at first. The adventurers comprised: W. Euker. shottstop: E. KiUinger, catcher: McCurdy, first base; G. Kil linger, second base; Weaver, third base; T. Euker, center field; Weve dau. left field; Snyder, right field; Phillips, pitcher; Ramsey, pitcher. The summaries were: Harrisburg 00010100 2—4 Williamsport .... 01002020 x—s Harrisburg 50001000 o—6 Shamokin 00010001 o—3 Ephrata Treated Roughly by Lebanon Leaguers The fast Eph-rata team which his been beating all comers yesterday en countered the Lebanon Steel League" club, with Plitt pitching and the regular lineup. A huge crowd of homerooters saw the local stars roughly trampled by the big-leagu ers. 10-1, although the home team showed brilliant work, especially on the part of Baldwin, Rittenhouse and Carris. The score. . LEBANON R. H. O. A. E. Stowe. ss 3 3 0 3 0 •Mowery, 3b 3 3 2 3 0 Shultz. cf 9 2 2 0 0 Walsh, lb 0 1 12 0 u Clouser, rf 0 0 1 0 0 Babbln'n. If 2 2 2 0 0 Marh'ka. 2b 0 1 2 3 0 Trout, c 1 2 2 1 0 Lalonge, c 0 1 4 0 0 Plitt, 1 1 0 0 Totals 10 16 27 13 0 EPHRATA R. H. O. A. E. Worley, ss, 0 0 3 2 0 Keilir. If 0 1 2 2 0 Pore's, cf 0 0 4 0 u Baldwin. 3b 0 1 7 2 0 Carris. c 0 2 3 5 1 Agnew. lb 0 1.3 0 1 Ritten's. rf 1 1 1 0 0 Miller. 2b 0 0 1 0 0 Brown, p 0 1 0 1 0 Totals 1 7 24 12 3 Lebanon ..*.... 10312120 x—lo Ephrata 00000000 1— 1 Bases on balls, off Plitt. 3: Brown. 3. Struck opt. by Plitt, 6: by Brown. 2. Two-base hits, Plitt, Babbington. Rittenhouse. Passed balls. Trout. Wild pitches. Plitt. Stolen bases, Stowe, 2; Mowery, 2; Trout. C. I. and S. Electric Will . Battle Bethlehem Steels Tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock will start a battl£ royal at Cottage Hill, where a team representing the electrical department of the Bethle hem Steel Plant and one represent ing the same activity in the C. I. & S. Company intend to prove who's who. Never before ha\e quotas from these two industrial establishments met and there is bound to be some warm rivalry and rooting. The Steelton squad will be fortified with Bobby Clark at first and Jones in the pitcher's box. while "Kid" Shay, of Allison Hill fame, will twirl for the opponents and Kootz is scheduled to do the backstop work. RESORTS ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. CHESTER HOISE, 15 & 17 S. Georgia Ave. nr. Beach. Two squares from Reading Station. $2 daily: slu up weekly. Mrs. T. Dickerson. 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WEDNESDAY EVENING, Snoodles He Does a Little Barbering Himself By Hung erford KIWANIS LEGIONS AT CAMP COLT ROUGHLY TREAT HOSTS AND EATS (.cttysburg, Aug. 28.—The mighty Kiwanis army rolled back the Black Kittens in the second battle of Get tysburg fought on the Nixon Held here yesterday by the score. 15-4. Koughly tramping upon the defense less kittens the victors continued their ruthless treatment of the de feated army by appropriating a large stock of provisions from the captured camp. After several hours spent in plundering Camp Colt mess halls the Kiwanis army made a strategic re treat to Harrisburg, termed by Gen eral Charles E. Reeser, "a retreat to victory." The Kiwanis hosts arrived on the battlefield at noon yesterday, begin ning their looting by raiding every souvenir and postcard store in the town. With Eddie Seligman and Otto J. Buxbaum leading tho hosts, the postcard supply of the town was com mandeered and it is reported that the Gettysburg postofflce was swamped with pictures sent home to adoring wives and sweethearts. More than 2,500 soldiers from the Camp Colt Tank Corps and several hundred civilians were on Nixon field at 3 o'clock to watch the second bat tle of Gettysburg. With Eddie Plank as umpire. .the game was opened. Un til the last few innings everything looked promising to the kittens but an erfor or two started a regular Russian debacle and in a few mo ments the white flag was raised. When Lieutenant Omar C. Harris, papa of baseball in the army and camp postmaster at Camp Colt was apprised of the result of the game, his optimistic spirit was downed for a moment. "You understand that this is not our regular Black Cats team." he explained. "These are the kittens. Wait until the regular fe lines show their claws." Not satisfied with taking the vic tory from the poor kittens, the Ki wanians rambled through the camp seeking something to devour. The party discovered an efflcers ess all an invaded it as the members of the staff were sittinp down for dinner. With such epicures as L V. Fritz. Bill Strouse Gilbert Day. Jack Heastings. Harry Rubin and numerous others as the guides to the proper use of Newsies and West End Win in Industrial League INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE Last Evening'* Results Newsies, 5: Belmont, 2. West End, 11;.Appleby, 7. Standing of the Clubs W*. L. Pet. Kiwanis 6 1 .857 West End 6 1 -857 Suburbans 5 3 .625 Appleby 4 3 .571 Newsies 4 5 .444 Belmont 2 4 .333 Evangelicals 2 4 .333 Baptist 1 7 .125 To-night's Schedule Baptist vs. t Kiwanis Suburbans vs.' Evangelical The Newsies won a big black head line last evening By salivating Bel mont. 5-2, the slippery' slants of Pitcher Ensweiler being mainly re sponsible for the defense, while some healthy wallops for three bases by Berghaus and Bowen helped on the aggressive. Nine Belmonts ozoned. and though they threatened to rally at moments. Ensweyer, with good 1 support, brought home the bacon. In the other Industrial fray West End piled up 11 runs to Appleby's 7; this in but five innings. Bennet was conspicuous in the West End box and he also rapped twice at bat. The sec ond heat was a slaughter for Apple by. The summaries: Belmont 0 0 0 1 0 0 I—21 —2 Newsies 0 0 4 0 1 0 x—s 1 i Three-base hits, Berghaus. Bowen and Hildabrant. Sacrifice hit. Rich ards. Double play. Dugan to Ludwig. Struck out, by Ensweiler, 9; Motter, 7. Base on balls, by 2; Motter, 3. Hit by pitcher, by Ens weiler, Boatman; by Potter, Ludwig. Umpire, Miller. West End 0 7 2 0 2—ll Appleby 0 0 0 4 3 7 Two-base hits. Bennet and George. Three-base hit, Robert. Double play. Tick to Levan. Struck out, by San ders, 2; by Bennet, 8. Base-on balls. Sanders 3; Bennet, 4. Hit by pitcher. Barrow and Bell. Stolen bases, Bell and Benfer. Coatesville Challenges to Duckpin Contest Sporting Editor, Harrisbmg Telegraph A . Kindly insert the following chal lenge in your sport section: The Coatesville Recruits are desirous of arranging a series of games with any five-man duck-pin team in your city; games to be played home and hoiQe. Teams desiring games, please write to R. E. Eight, manager, 330 Chestnut street. FLAG FOB MARIETTA Marietta, Pa., Aug. 28. —On Mon day evening a handsome Silk flag will be unnirled in Center Square, being donated by residents of town. Captain John W. Reifit, a veteran of the Civil War. and former president of the school board, will have charge of the affairsr The Liberty Band will be present. the cutlery, the. Kiwnnians fell to I with a will. A quartet from the 330 th Battalion entertained the marauders with several selections, among them "Love's Old £ we. i S'lit" „nd "Keep the Home Fires Burning." The mob moved to the big Y. M. C. A. tent where another entertainment was provided, fergeunt Gi'l sang severa' songs. Private Douglas gave a piano log and played an original com position. "Liberty of Flame March" and Sergeant Frederick sang "Three Wonderful Letters From Horn*." Y. W. C. A. women from York enter tained the big audience for the rest of the cten.ng. A feature of the affair to be long remembered by the Kiwanians was the meal at which real wheat bread, rich. Juicy steaks a foot long and real pie with Ice cream on top. were served. The bread ws so good that Lew M. Bricker of the West Shore Bakery pronounced it better than his own make. The steaks. Jack Heast-' ings said, were better than those of the famous Harris House and Charles E. Reeser called for a second piece of pie. And it is darkly whispered that as a result of the meal some of the visitors may enlist in the Tank Corps. In fact Eddie Seligman says he will, begosh. The officer who made out the appended score was so full of steak that he had no ambition for adding up totals: BLACK KITTENS R. H. O. A. E. Lt. Huttleston, lb. ... 1 1 9 0 0 Lt. Davis, ss 1 1 1 s 1 Lt. Day, rf 1 1 0 0 0 Lt. Holmes, If. ....... 0 0 0 0 0 Lt. Gould. 2b 0 0 2 1 0 Lt. Mercer, cf 0 0 0 0 0 Lt. Hansen. 3b 0 0 0 2 0 Lt. Kalfault. c 0 0 2 0 1 Corp. Wiley, 0 0 0 1 0 Lt. Spencer, p 0 0 0 1 0 KIWANIS Lipman, ss 1 2 5 5 2 Cobb, cf 0 0 2 0 0 O. Waltz, c 2 0 9 1 0 Sterrick, lb, ........ 0 0 7 0 0 Hilliar. 3b, 1 2 0 0 1 Fritz, rf 0 1 0 1 0 Darr, 2b 0 2 3 2 0 Jefferies, If. 10 10 0 E. Waltz, 0 1 0 2 0 "Moe" Swartz Could Not Mow Down Crescents JUNIOR LEAGUE STANDING W. L. Pet. Summit 23 5 .821 Swatara 20 10 .666 Albions 9 16 .360 Crescent 5 23 .178 The Crescents again downed Sum mit 6 to 3, last evening in a fast game. The winners with their heavy hitting outfit pounded out 12 hits off "Mose" Swartz, while Winks held Summits to 4 scattered clouts. This evening Crescent plays Albion. The score: SUMMIT Ab. R. H. O. A. E. A. Michlevitz, cf. 4 1 1 0 0 1 Snyder, c 4 0 1 5 0 0 M. Michlevitz, lb. 3 0 0 8 1 0 Geary, ss 3 0 1 2 2 1 Demma, rf 3 1 0 I 0 0 Kearns. 2b 3 0 0 3 2 0 Motter, 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 Laverty, If 3 0 0 0 0 01 Swartz, p 3 1 1 1 3 01 Total 29 3 4 21 8 21 CRESCENT Ab. R. H. O. A. E. I Duncan, c 4 0 1 6 0 1 j Hocker, lb 4 1 2 8 0 0j Winks, p 4 0 2 1 3 0 Gilbert, If 4 0 1 0 0 0; Geiger, rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 Ditzel, 3b 3 1 2 1 1 Oj Martin, 2b 3 0 0 1 2 ll ; Lutz, ss 3 2 2 1 2 0 Bowman, cf. ... 3 1 2 0 0 0 j 1 Total 31 612 18 8 2 Summit 0 0 0 0 2 1 o—3 Crescent 0 3 0 0 1 2 x—6 Two-base hit—A Michlevitz, Hocker, Ditzel. Three base hit —j Bowman. Sacrifice hits —Snyder, Motter, Duncan. Double plays— Crescent, 2, Martin to M. Michlevitz, Ditzel to Duncan to Hocker; Swartz to Kearns to M. Michlevitz. Struck out—By Swartz, 3J Winks, 5. Base on balls of Swartz, 1; Winks, 1. Left on base—Crescent, 7, Summit, 5. Stolen bases—Snyder, Swartz, 2; Winks, Lutz. Passed balls—Snyder, |1; Duncan, 1. Innings pitched— Winks, 7; Swartz, 6. Time—l.32. Umpire—Shickley. Samuel N. Eby, Lebanon College Trustee, Buried Mount Joy, Pa., Aug. 28.—Yester day afternoon funeral services for Samuel N. Eby, the oldest resident of Mount Joy, was held in the Unit ed Brethren Church. He was aged 90 years old and Is survived by a wife. He .had for many years been in the mercantile business and r.lso served as Councilman of the borough, He was treasurer of the Mount Gretna United Brethren Campmect ) lng Association, and was one of the i directors of the board. He also serv es trustee of Lebanon Valley Col lege. Services were conducted by the pastor, the Rev. D. E. Long, as sisted by the Rev. R. R. Butterwick, of Herahey, and the Rev. O. G. Ro mig, of Florin. Burial was made In | the Mount Joy Cemetery. i HAJFLRISBURG TELEGRAPH TRAPSHOOTING .FOR RED CROSS Nation's Stars to Popularize Sport by Touring Country and Collecting Funds j History in days to come will tell how the great war caused a mighty revival of trapshooting and marks manship practice in general. The fact that the American Red Cross benefits is no side issue, either. It means that the # sport is highly use ful. and it is fitting that the Wash ington government should jump in and lend a hand. The time was in the old frontier days when every man. woman and child in this country knew how tq handle a gun. Tom Marshall, Peter B. Carney and a host i of other enthusiasts have been writ- I ing their fingers off to boost this wholesome pastime and their efforts are materialising on a vast scale. They want to see the period when the term "marksman" is synono mous with "Yank" and the most re cent acUvity stirred up is to tour the country with five of the leading pro fessional trapshooters of the West and five from the East. There is no doubt that an exhibition of thiS sort would draw in Harrisburg where there are regiments of clever shots. Hugh l osten. the San Francisco professional trapshot, has offered his suggestion. It isn't a new one, as it has been suggested to several of the ammu nition companies that they help the Red Cross in this way, but coming from Posten it shows that the trap shooters themselves are interested and are willing to aid the movement. Such a tour no doubt would re sult in many thousands of dollars be ing raised for the Red Cross as well as to increase the interest in trap shooting and be instrumental in in structing the public in the proper use of the gun and just what trap shooting means to the United States. Trapshooting has been doing its best —not its bit —for the American Red Cross ever since America got into the war. They have donated ambulances, the gun clubs of the country stage benefit shoots from time to time and in the Grand American Handicap the Red Cross events netted several thousand dol lars. One of the Red Cross events in this tournament was a competi tion between the East and the West. As the Western trapshootirig cracks have never invaded the East and the Easterners have done very little shooting in the West, such a tour as suggested by .Posten could not do anything but attract large au diences. A Western team might be made up of Posten. E. L. Mitchell, of Los Angeles: Lester Reid, of Seattle: Frank Riehl, of Tacoma, and .Rush Razee, of Curtis, Neb., oc George Maxwell, the one-armed shot of Hastings. Neb. Some possibilities for the Eastern team are Lester German, of Baltimore; Homer Clark, of Alton, HI.; J. Mowell Hawkins, of Harris burg; Bill Crosby, of O'Fallon, 111.; John R. Taylor, of Newark, 0., and Rollo Heikes, of Dayton, O. Cleveland Has Chance; Speaker Carries On By winning in Philadelphia yesterday, at the same time that the Red Sox were losing to De troit at Boston, Lee Kohl's Cleve land Indians gained one full game and are now 2 1-2 games back of tirst place. Hence it is that Cleve land figures it still has a good chance of beating out the Red Sox. The high spot in the third game between the -Athletics and Cleve land, which the latter won, 8 to 6, was a warlike scene created by Tristan Speaker, the Indians' great outfielder, in the fifth frame. The direct cause of Speak er's bellicose break was a deci sion on him at the plate when Umpire Connolly declared him out. Tris lost all control of his better self, heaping a torrent of abuse on the veteran arbitrator, and had it not been for playersi undoubtedly would have assault ed him. For nearly ten minutes Speaker stormed and threatened around the plate, exhausting his own anger and the patience of the fans, and he finally disappeared. The big jaw and near scrap were occasioned by an innocent little play in which every one save Speaker united in declaring was absolutely right. With the sacks loaded in the fifth and two down, Johnston rapfed a stiff hopper at George Burns. The lat ter made a great stop, but his throw to Pitcher Johnson, cover ing the bag, was too late to re tire the batter. Chapman scored on the play, and Speaker on sec ond made a bold dash for the plate. Roy Johnson saw Tris speeding for home and whipped the ball to McAvoy, who had the sphere before Speaker started his slide. There was'no doubt that he was out. The great outfielder Jumped to his feet and began ranting like a wild bull, with players quickly interposing to prevent him from attacking Con nolly. Fullerton "Dopes" Short-Stops And Out-Field in Series (Copyright, 1918, by The Bell, Syndicate, inc.) THE SHORTSTOPS REI) SOX Offensive Defensive Total 848 467 1315 CLEVELAND Offensive Defensive Total 827 460 1287 CUBS Offensive Defensive Total 821 475 1296 CUBS Offensive Defensive Total 839 476 1314 There is class concentrated in the shortstops who still have a chance at the pennant aVid glancing over the lists of all the clubs, It would seem that the war demands ha\e dealt more leniently with the shortstops than they have with players in any other position. All three of these great shortstops are waiting for the summons to daty, and it is probable that two at least would be at their posts now but for the chance of playing the big series. The astoun,ding part of the dope is that this kid Hollacher, a first year man. shows in the 'figures as the equal of the great Scott and in some points the superior of both Scott and Chapman, who have, with Rockin paugh. been rated as the premier shortstoppers. There probably will be some protest in many cities over the high rating of a youngster who never has been under fire in a big series against a cool, fighting and unexcit able man like Scott. Comparing these two players is like comparing fire and water. Scott is, I believe, the coolest cucumber in the patch. He is not a good hjtter. but in a series like this he becomes dangerous because he has what we call the "gambler's nerve." and the harder the position, the greater the strain, the more apt he is to come through. In defensive work he is one of the greatest short fielders the game ever has known, with a pair of hands the like of which has not been seen since Lee Tannehil drop ped back. He is practically unshak able, the savior of his team in times of panic and a fellow more likely to hit in a pinch than he is when the bags are clear. Contrast him with Hollacher, a hustling, aggressive, superbly con fident without swell headedness and in the matter of covering ground he can beat Scott. He throws from any position, goes in both directions and he is so wonderfully certainof him self that it will take a lot to smash his nerve and bring on a panic. The hitting of Hollacher this sea son is too good to be entirely true. He has held up in the .300 class in a major league (weakened, 11 is true, but still a major), and hit far ahead of where he was able to hit In the coast league. He has gone through his first seqpon as a big leaguer with out one slump either in batting or fielding. Rather to my astonishment I dis cover from Hollacher's games that he has been hitting the good pitch ers as well as the bad. True, he has grabbed several clusters of four hits per game, most off weak pitchers, but he has hit the good ones and has done fairly well against some of the lefthanders. In spite of these facts it is impos sible to figure Hollacher against the Red Sox pitchers at the strength he has shown, in his own league. Two of them, at least, are certain to slow up his batting attack. Ruth qertainly will trouble the little fellow terribly and Sam Jones, with that puzzling slow ball he has developed, will worry him. As to Mays, that fellow always Is troublesome to a dopester. He is like that little girl who had a little curl. When his underhand "swift" is under control he is prac tically unhittable, unbuntable and uneverything else. Any club which can by its style of attack compel Mays to shift to overarm pitching has him beaten right there, and about the only way that happens is when he loses control of the un derhand delivery. Mays will worry Hollacher. The nearest thing to Mays' style the kid ever has seen is Fred Toney's "swift," and Fred no longer uses that except to waste or as a leaner. No tice Hollacho.'s work against Toney and you will discover that he has troubled Toney and besides drawing passes has hit. It is plain that Hol lacher's value against Mays would be in trying to worry him into wildness rather than by hitting. The fact that Vaughn and Tyler must carry the brunt of the Cub pitching in order to stop Ruth, Mc- Innis, Hooper,, etc., plays into the hands of Scott and compels us to add many points to his value as a hitter. The figures show that he has hit the lefthanders about 40 points better than he has the righthanders, but in' this my own records are Hot com plete, as it only goes to prove he does hit them better than his reg ular average agajnst the run of mi nor pitching. It 'i an odd thing in studying the Cubs and Red Sox that we find each team strong in the same spots that the other is, and weak in the same places, and the further we go with the dope the more that truth be comes evident. And to some extent the same ap plies to Cleveland as we find Chap man in the same as the two rivals. In some ways Chapman is a better player than either of his ri vals. but for the purpose of a series between Chicago and Cleveland the youngster shows a lead of a few points over the Cleveland wonder and Hollacher shows to be more val uable for a series against Cleveland than he would against the Red Sox, because it figures that he would hit the Cleveland pitchers harder. The edge, however, which Hollacher shows on both rivals is in his speed, which' adds many points to his value as an all round player. He is not only fast but is extremely spry, a quick starter and a shifty runner. It is not quite clear yet whether Secretary Baker's decision that the world's series may be played and that the players of the two teams who hre in the immediate draft for the army are to be excused or whether the ex cuse extends only to those affected by the work and light order. Scott is in the draft and has been expecting a call at any moment. Hollacher is in and expects to bo called early in September. Chapman has tmlisted and is awaiting orders. It makes dop ing extra hazardous, as the calling of any one of these players would practically wreck the infield defense of his team. To-morrow w'e will study the third basemen —and then get to the catch ers and pitchers, where the points of difference are even more vital. THE OUTFIELDS RED SOX Offensive Defensive Right 826 231 Left 845 v 207 Center 796 222 Totals 2467 660 CUBS. Offensive Defensive Right SI4 225 Left 809 221 Center *B2l 231 Totals 2444 677 CLEVELAND Otfensive Defensive Right 852 22 3 Left 839 211 Center 843 244 Totals 2534 678 CUBS Offensive Defensive Right 831 225 Left 823 221 Center 827 231 Totals 2481 677 Chicago's Cubs do not shine in comparison with either the Red Sox or Cleveland Indians for the pur posed of a world's series yet it is sur prising to observe how close they come to rating up with outfields which, at first, almost any student of baseball would declare outclasses them. Either Fred Mitchell constructed a ball team more cunningly than we have given Mm credit for doing, or there is much unsuspected strength and adaptability lurking among the Cubs. No one would at first venture to compare any one of the Cub outer gardeners favorably with either Speaker or Hooper, who by the way, are two of the greatest that ever covered an outer garden, yet, for the purposes of the series this fall, the Cub trio, men rated as medio cre and one as an almost passed vet eran. figure close up to .their rivals, in spite of Ruth's dangerous driving power which is largely reduced by hitting against Tyler and Vaughn. The reason is that Speaker's strength in attack is largely reduced by the mere fact that if the Indians and Cubs play, he will bat practically all the time against two corking left-, handed pitchers, each a pitcher of' the style which troubles him most. Speaker, of course, hits any kind of pitching, even the good lefthand ers, but some he cannot hit as well as others. Ruth, on the other hand, often is completely stopped by cun ning lefthanded pitching and in spite of his tremendous driving power at bat aa4 the extreme shortness of'the right field at Chicago, he does not figure as nearly as dangerous against Tyler and Vaughn as might be sus pected. Besides which we cannot fig ure Ruth in the outfield for the en tire series. It probably will be the strategy of Barrow to pitch Ruth against one or the other and to use him as an outfielder against right handed pitching. Hooper Most Consistent Outfielder When we started this doping I certainly .expected to find that Hoop er would shine high in the figures. Hooper, I know, is one of the great est and probably the most consistent outfielders that ever played the game. His figures, both on season's work and on comparative figures in world's series, have shown him to be the best of them all, possibly with one or two scattered exceptions and over a period of years, he ranks alone. Yet the dope on the Cubs and Red Sox shows him only slightly the superior of Flack who, while a corking young fellow, fast, clever at bat and almost the equal of Hooper as a thrower, cannot be classed the some. This is detracting nothing from Flack.- but merely giving Hooper what is coming to him. Yet this year Hooper shows much lower figures than he ever done in dope on any world's series since Vie has been playing—not that ho has deteriorat ed but because •he loses on two counts, first because he is against pitching which naturally cuts his at tacking average, and again because the shortness of the right field in Chicago detracts from hIR fielding ability. The truth is that a short right field makes one man almost the equal of another save when it comes to being familiar with the angles of the wail so as to judge the rebound quickly, and in this respect Flack will have a slight edge on his great er rival. Joe Wood Figures High In Fielding It may be something of a surprise to note how nigh Joe Wood figures in the dope, especially in fielding. However, it will not surprise those who seen Wood's steady improve ment in the fielding end of the game. I 'AUGUST ZS, IVIS. Besides that, any fielder who plays either right or left with Tris Speaker in center must given additional points as a fielder "because Tris can cover so much ground that they are free to work closer to the four lines and thus cover more ground and play better, more fearlessly, espe cially when a batter has a known weakness of hitting in any given di rection, as we will be certain to ob serve when it comes to the study of some of the men. Take for instance such as "Chick" Gandil. of the Chicago White Sox, I who hits hards but practically all thej time to right field. He may hit the | Boston or Cleveland pitchers quite! as bard as he does the of some other teams, yet he will get fewer san- hits because Hooper and Wood (the latter helped by Speaker!,; will catch a number of drives that otherwise would go safe. Cleveland 1 loses some points because Wood probably will play iirst in two games with Beacher in right. Cleveland gains somewhat because of Graney's style of hitting, making it likely that he can hit the left handed Cub pitchers and loses con siderably because of the weakness of Graney's arm which has not yet conje around into proper condition. Strunk loses considerably, as do the other Red Sox outer gardeners because the Cub pitchers have the kind of delivery which cuts off some of his swatting value. I cannot figure that Mann or Pas kert possibly can hit the world's series pitching anything like as hard as they have been rapping the Na tional leaguers this season. A study of their hitting, however, shows that both have been hitting the good pitchers much better this season than they figured to do. even though the bulk of their gains in hitting have been against weak pitchers. Paskcrt gains points on greater speed and condition that he has shown in several seasons, and Mann is a dan gerous driver at times and is en titled to increases because of his pinch hitting this year. Yet, as a whole, the outfields as compared fall /iearly a hundred points to the man lower than in any world's series in the last ten years, partly because of lower class ma terial, and yet more because the pitching is especially adapted to stop some of the best hitters, no matter which club wins in the American. To-morrow we will tackle the in fielders, starting with the first base men and X expect we will discover a greater difference between players on the infield than we have found among the outer guardians. (Copyright, 1918, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) What They Did Yesterday; Where They Play Today YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York, 4. St. Louis, 2 (First Game.) New York, 7; St. Louis, 6. (Second Game.) Cleveland, 8; Athletics, 6. Detroit, 2; Boston, 1. Other clubs not scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE Phillies, 7; Pittsburgh, 6 (First Game.) Phillies, S; Pittsburgh, 2, (Second Game). Cincinnati-Boston, rain. Other clubs not scheduled. STANDING OF THE CLUB American League W. L. Pet. Boston 70 49 .588 Cleveland 69 53 .566 Washington 68 54 .557 New York 58 58 .500 Chicago . 57 63 .475 St. Louis 55 63 .466 Detroit 52 66 .441 Athletics 49 71 .409 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Chicago 79 41 .658 New York 67 50 .573 Pittsburgh . 63 57 .525 Cincinnati ......... 61 57 .517 Brooklyn ....A..... 54 65 .454 Phillies 52 65 .444 Boston 50 68 .424 St. Louis 50 73 .407 Play Safe- Stick to KING OSCAR CIGARS because the quality is as good as ever it was. They will please and satisfy you. 6c— worth it > JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers - SCHEDULE FOR TO-DAY American League Chicago at Washington. St. Louis at New York. Detroit at Boston. Cleveland at Philadelphia. National League Phillies at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati at Chicago. Other clubs not scheduled. Jap Stars in Tennis at Forrest Hills Interest at the thirty-seventh annual national singles cham pionship of the Lawn Tennis As sociation now in progress at For % rest Hills, L. 1., yesterday center ed on Ichiya Kumagae. It was [he initial appearance of the skillful little Japanese player. Ho was given the grand stand section of the tiirb. His opponent was George W. Wightman, of the Longwood CricHet Club, Boston, and while the Oriental player won in straight sets at 6-3, 6-2, 6-2, Wightman offered enough opposition to again demonstrate the fact that Kumagae's game has greatly improved since his previous appearance in the 1916 tournament, following which he was ranked fifth among the lead ing ten American players. The outstanding features of the day's play was a remarkable test of endurance between Seilchlro Kashio, the Japanese, and G. A L. Dionne. of New "Sork. These two exponents of the base lino game played for four hours and twenty minutes, and when darK ness terminated the unfinished contest Kashio was leading at 6-1, 7-9, 6-3, and the fourth set standing at two games all. This is undoubtedly a record in tour nament tennis, none of the oldest followers of the jiame being able to recall any match exceeding in time this class. The two players seldom moved into the service line, and neither used much speed or cut in serv ice or turn, playing cautiously, and with placements the rallies were interminable and the win ner of the point usually profited by his opponent's net or out. The stroke between points frequently ran over 100, the highest that was counted being 128, and thd slow iong-drawn-out exchanges more than once passed beyond the minute mark by actual timing. At the end of the third set the players took the customary ten minute rest, but the umpires had been changed before that point was reached, the heat and the strain of watching the ball hav ing made the first occupant of the chair too dizzy to proceed. Kashio and Dionne will continue their match to-day. Goal is the subject most people are talking about just now. We loan Money on furniture and other securi ties for Just such emergencies. Call'and see us today. Employes Loan Society Room 206 Bcrgner Blag. THIRD AND MARKET STS. Licensed and bonded by the State. 9
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