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.
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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
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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.
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