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g=lnSs | The * imaha Sunday Jee 1 ^VOL. 53—NO. 8. ’ PART TWO OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST*2 ^ 1923. 1—B _ _ FIVE CENTS Physical Strength of Big Hurler Mav Often Swing Series McGraw and Moran Both Have Confidence in Slahman of Giant Stature to Keep Team From Slump. By JOHN J. M'GRAW, Manager World's Champion Giants. A baseball fan wrote to me 10 days ago wanting to know just why I made such a point of seeking big men— men of big stature—for pitchers. He pointed out that several smaller ones could show just as good records. If that fan could have been present at the moment 1 opened his letter there would have been no necessity for a written answer. Eppa Jeptha Kixey of the Reds had just beaten our club for the second time in one series. The fan would have known that Pat Moran also knows the advantage of big pitchers. The expression of nty face would have told the story, ^^yttside of hts knowledge and art oi the game the mere physical ' strength of a man of gigantic stature will often swing a series. I seek big men simply because they have more strength, more endurance. What is hard work to a smaller man Is little more than light exercise to men like Rixey, Mathewson, Tesreau, Overall, glim Harris and Babe Ruth. The fact that a small pitcher has a good record is merely an indication of how much greater pitcher he would be if he had the extra strength of a giant. As I say. Tat Moran knew that. He used the strength of Rixey against us twice, saved the strength of his smaller men and still won the series. There Is the answer. Reds’ Comeback Is Remarkable. The sudden comeback of the Reds after seeming to be In slump is a remarkable tribute to the wtsdont and leadership of Pat Moran and is one of the surprising new feature of the National league race. The Reds have a wonderful pitch ing staff, so effective that they have been able to win with it despite a lack of batting punch. Three weeks ago this staff seemed to be tiring Pitchers, you know, wear out toward the end of a season Just as a machine does when it is worked too hard. When the pitchers tire there is a slump, it is to prevent thst slump that T always have sought big pitchers. , Pat Moran was quick to see this of weariness. Consequently he ' immediately „put the burden upon Rixey, one of the largest men in base ball. The others were able to get in a little more rest. The use of this system soon brought the pitching staff back to regular form. Luque and Donohue came hack. The Reds are on their feet again and going strong. Up until two weeks ago I believed very strongly that the Pira’es were a stronger team than the Reds. I would have picked them to beat Cin cinnati out. This sudden comeback of the pitchers, though, has thrown a new light on the matter. I still tnink Pittsburgh has more punch and should be a stronger team. Moran has been so clever with Uiat pitching staff, though, that I will make no predictions about second place from now on. Phillies Are a Surprise. Next to the surprising comeback of the Reds the most interesting fea ture of the National league race re cently has been the showing of the Phillies. Fletcher has built up a fighting spirit there that is beginning to tell. It told heavily in making our position more secure on the last west ern trip as well as the early games at home. The Phillies made it much harder for the Reds and the Pirates than they had expected. A few weeks ago, you will remember, these teams were gloating over the srhed i '» which gave them so many games "•I*— the Braves and Phillies. At the. time I remarked that one can never figure on a think like that, and I sm glad that I said It. That’s one prediction, anyway, that worked out satisfactorily. As the season went along Jimmy Ring and Clarence Mitchell began to gain strength and their help to the Phillies has been a real factor In the race. With a spell of good pitching the Phillies braced up and played bard baseball. Another big help to Fletch has been Helnle Sand, the young short stop. That youngster, by the way. looks like a real comer. He is lucky In having a man like Fletcher, one of the best Inflelders that ever lived to coach him. It takes a lot of coaching to give a young inflelder the finer points of play, even though lie may have exceptional natural qualifications. The Braves also have shown two youngsters who promise to cut quite r, figure In In big league baseball In the next few years. In the outfield (Jus Felix is getting heifer every day lie looks like a find. The big surprise of the spring was 'the showing of Joe tienowh-h, the Boston pitcher. Uko an unknown he stepped out and showed some thing. More than that he had the nerve and confidence to show it against the best clubs He was no flash in the pan. He kept rl*l’t flenewlch ought to be a gr.-st pitcher. -4,e studies his business. Any young pitcher Who will spend some of his extra time In Studying the various batters of the league and will then remember their weaknesses is bound to succeed. . _„ And. spenklrg o' young placers who have come to the front this **_•»!son don’t overlook that boy. * •nee Mueller the Cardinal outfielder. At the same time put Frlgeu down in your notebook. They look to me Ilka two very valuable baseball de velopments. Ca\eney/ of the Reds, is another The Greater Omaha bowling sea son will open September 18. The Nourse Oils, Sanford Cafes, Standard Laundry, Blue Taxis. Beddeos and Mapacubas will enter. More teams are needed. Another meeting of the league will be held next Friday. Mathewson of Walthill won the championship in the Northeast Nc Draska Tennis association tournament Friday at Randolph. Neb. E. C. Wheeler. Indian of Pawhus ka, Okl., Friday won the North American championship with a score of 24 out of 25 at the annual grand American tournament of trap shoot ers at Chicago. C.v sez: “Dldja ever hear of a bootleg iger who got so interested In a ball game that he forgot to make his deliveries?" At a meeting of the Omaha District Soccer lehgue last night1 at the city hall it was decided not to join the National Association of Soccer clubs. The Caledonians, champions of tlie Omaha district last year, will not be in the field this season. _ Shortstop Turgeon, former Des Moines player, has been sold to the Chicago Cubs. A three-day race meeting will be held at Avoca, la., In October. The celebrated Billy Evans says the squeeze play Is a failure. This merely shows how little Billy knows about the game as it is in terpreted on the park benches. It is practically certain that Bat tling Siki, the French negro, con queror of Georges Carpentler, will not be permitted to sail for America tomorrow. Paavo Nurmi, a famous Finnish runner, established a world record at Stockholm Friday for one mile and 1,500-meter runs. The mile was made in 4 minutes 10% seconds, and the 1,500 meter in 3 minutes 53 seconds. Swimming pools at the Omaha Ath letic club and the Nicholas Senn hos pital will be reopened as usual today. The Giants' lead is being threat- [ ened hy the Reds, and, gosh, how the boys In the box offlee dread itl Pete Wendell, swimming instrurtorj at the Omaha Athletic club, will actj as one of the numerous officials ail the Amateur Athletic union track and field championships at Chicago Au gust 31. The suspicion is growing that the gentleman from the Pampas is one part wild and three parts bull. Dave Shade, welterweight, outpoint ed Georgie Ward In a 15-round bout at Washington, N. Y., last night. Bert E. Collyer, publisher of Coll yer's Eye. a Chicago weekly sports paper, has urged Commissioner K. M Landis, official baseball arbiter, to make a thorough Investigation of charges that gambling cliques were operating in baseball circles. comer who seems to fit right in. I don't believe I ever have known a man to develop more rapidly unless, perhaps, ft be Travis Jackson, our young shortstop. To me one of the most, unusual happenings in baseball was the way Jackson stepped right into the shoes of a veteran like Bancroft and made good from the start. Often a player does that for a flash hut the remark able part of It Is that Jackson has kept It up and gets better every day. Recently he made 10 hits In a series, all of them against good pitching That is where the class te'’». As yet the veterans hare failed to outguess him. It takes tii»» to learn 'he finer points of shortstop play but Jackson is mastering them by de grees. His speed on the bases had baseball people throughout the west talking in wonderment Right now I have mors confidence In the championship possibilities of the Giants than a* sny t!ms this sea son. Despite their many troubles they have come through In the tight moments. They have beaten every club in the leagu* a majority of games excepting Cincinnati We still have a chance to bent them out for the season. If we can do that the Giants will certainly be entitled to bo classed as real champions. At this lime there Is little to be said about the American league race. The Yahks appear to he the class, without ’ any question. No club Is able, it seems, to challenge their leadership. The interesting part of the race from now on will be the fight of the Indians, the Browns and the Tigers for second and third place*. (Copyright. 1523.) Luis Angel Firpo’s Wardrobe Grows Atlantic Clly, N. J., Aug. !5.— I.iiis Angel Firpo'a wardrobe grow*. Alongside the gold and purple ihecked dressing gown he has worn into the ring for every fistic en gagement In the I'nited Stales, the \rgentine pugilist has hung an even tin If dor.rn suits of varl-rolorcd i*g hts. lie has black ones for Sunday, Mur for Monday, red for Tuesday, green for Wednesday, maroon for Thursday and Friday, and laven der for Saturday, lie is having n set of trunks made to order for the lltlo fight with .lack Deinpaey on Septenilrer It. In these trunks the Argentine na tions! colors, liah.v hlue and angel white will be woven Money Winners at Spring Meeting Will Return for Ak-Sar-Ben Races Next Month YUKON1. FCANTRSLL -UP. SECOND THOUGHTS -E'.VETZOLD UP. DORMS OP PUEBLO STABLE ! HORN UP. • WILZIGAN- G. SUTTON UP. , fULZ AGAIN -N. ZANDER. VP.) — W — - - -------- -f loXEUA AlAR.CELEA . E PETZOLD VP., <^8*8. Joti ety EVERY day In every way thoae Omaha Buffaloes move nearer and nearer to Oklahoma City In the Western league standings. Yesterday the Herd defeated the lowly and funny Sioux City Parkers in a double-header. 13 to 11 and 10 to 2. While all of this was going on Wichita was giving the Oklahoma City lndianas a nice 12-to-3 beating, all of which helps Omaha in the stand ings. Oklahoma City lias won “2 games and lost 31, while the Buffaloes have won 71 and lost 5ft. if the Buffaloes ran win tills afternoon's game, and Sunday's douhledieader with Sioux City, and Wichita con tinues defeating the Indians in the next three contests, the Herd and the Trihe will he tied for third place. Friday was a gala day for the Omaha batsmen. Every one of the Buffaloes got a hit and some got as many as four in one game. Dirk O'Connor, rightfielder, collected four hits In five times up in the first game. I.itlle Jolinfly Kerr got three doubles, a triple and a single in the double-header, while Bono wit* got a triple and two singles during the afternoon. Thp Buffaloes collected a grand total of 23 runs off a flock of Sioux City pitchers. Thirteen runs came in the first game and 10 In the second. Omaha was at hat in 14 Innings and got a grand totnl of 32 hltH for an other grand total of 43 bases, .not so had for one afternoon. Don Brown, outfielder, played see ond yesterday. Now, Don Isn't a see Ond baseman and can't lie expected to play the second sack like a regular Inflrlder. He made a couple of errors, but these can he overlooked when one considers that playing the Infield Isn't Brown's business. It's the outfield. With the , KNIGHTS . of the ^GLOVES irenver. .wug. —wnrnnin wrr* sworn out In dlutrlct • nuri today for the arreat of Jack Katmer and John Corbett, boxing promoter*. In what la said to he a frlendlv suit to teat the legality of Colorado a nut I-prizefight law The p'O tnotere were to have Hinged a match to night between George Manley and Tommy Cnnunlakev. Penver mlddleweights I'he fighter* were to weigh In and the weigh ing In wa» to he « onaid« red a technical Infraction «.f the law according to the district attorney« Two years ago ttte two promoter*, wmo operate the National Athletic club here brought a similar leal caae. and »h- ala in supreme court an* tained the diatrbt court In Ita ruling that the watch which wa* being held and at which the promoter* \v»*io arrented w«n a boxing exhibition, permitted by |»w. and not n prlzefigh' The new te*» case la being brought to sound the legnlltv of another phaae of the law, it wo a •aid. Bluffs’ Ball Tournament Hits Buffaloes Hard Blow Harry Manush, Omaha Second Baseman, “Jumps” Contract to Play With Corning, la., Club in Southwestern Iowa Baseball Tournament—Second Member of Herd to “Biow” Team for Outlaw Ball This Year. BY “WAG.” Council Bluffs’ Southwestern Iowa semi-pro baseball i has started to take its toll of Western league players. The opportunity to grab off some loose change before the season closes has presented itself to members of “Pa” Tearney’s circuit. As usual, organized baseball suffers; suffers badly. The Omaha Buffa loes have been hit. and aa In previoua years, said blow has Injured the Herd's chances considerable this late in the season. Harry Manush, brother of Henie. former Buffalo outfielder now with Detroit, is said to have "Jumped" his contract with Barney Burch and Join ed the Corning. Ia., club. No reason was given for Manush's "Jump.” Ac cording to Burch, there was no misunderstanding between the two. Harry was satisfied with everything, say his teammates. But. Manush "Jumped" organized baseball; his way of making a living, to play semi-pro ball and then be classed as an "outlaw” in the baseball world. Such former Western league stars! ns Hefty Daniels, Otto Merz. Chief Iiobinson and Bud Know are playing with Corning. Other Western leag uers, American association and some former big leaguers afe in the line up of these Iowa clubs competing for the prize purse In the Bluffs' south western Iowa tournament, an annual affair. The case of Harry Mannish is hard ly believable. There wasn't a harder worker on the Buffalo club than Ms nush. He was liked by his team mates; he played second base and was making quite a hit at the posi tion—a position hard to handle on any ball club. But— When $1,400 Is stuck under a bgll player's nose for two weeks' work il's a hard matter for a minor league mogul with a salary limit to keep his players from ’’Jumping." Tony Defate was the first Buffalo to "jump” this season. Manush Is the second. Manush will play with the Cor ning team against Creston, la., at • 'reston Sunday, according to the schedule of the former club. The I'orning team will Journey to Council Bluffs early next week. Barney Burch Is "burning Op the wires” trying to land a second base insn. According to th£ league rules. Burch cannot get a player from higher classification or classification equal to the Western league this late In the season. Ike Mahoney, manager i*f the Mur phy Did Its, Omaha nmateur club, may pet a chance lo tryout at sec ond with the Buffaloes. He was to | meet Bui'-h this morning. World Series to Start Later This Season Is Plan New York, Aug. 25.—This year’s world series between the National and American league champions will start an October 9 or 10, according to present plans. The major league season, closing a week later than In 1922, Is scheduled lo end October 7. Should both New York clubs maintain llielr places at the top for llie third suc cessive year. Hie nnniial title strug gle probably, will begin Tuesday, October 9. In (lie event either or both is displaeed, however, and Hie champion teams separated by a greuter dtslauee. Hie series likely would start October 10. Mike Dundee Kayoes M’Lean i Chicago, Aug. 25.—Mike Dundee. Rock Island. Ill , knocked out Stewart McLean, Minneapolis, In the 10th round of a scheduled 10 round bout: Sammy Mandril, Rockford, 111., was given a newspaper decision over Hai ry Kakaboff, St. Louis, 10 rounds, and Bud Taylor, Terre Haute. Ind., beat Jimmy Levine. New York. In 10 rounds, In the hendltne events at Aurora last right. St. Paul Saints Equal World’s Baseball Record St. Paul, Minn.. Aug. 23.—By scoring In every one of the elghl nnings in which they hatted, menr icrs of the St. Paul American A» iiilatlotl rliih Friday equaled the uirld'a record, according to avail ■ hie slatiatlra here. The Saints trounced laiulsvllle. 24 to B, gelling one run or more •arli |nning. Major and minor league records show this record has hern equaled only five times. The teams turning the trlek were Cleveland, Washington, Chicago, Pittshurgh And Boston. I Baseball Dope! Hr AuorliiM Tr*** t lilr*|o, Auff 2l.—Th* \aw York Chant* after * lone ind'wf«ry period of defeat, got Into th* victory column attain >*# tarday baatlng th* St t.oul* National* at th* Polo Ground*, b to 4 It took 14 In ntn|* to turn tha trick *nd then thev only rurcaeded on * fumble by Hill Poalc t'f th* st IiC*u * team Tha New York er* fulled to k*in In th# National lea*ua standing. *s th* t'lnclnnatl Heda baat the HtooUlyn Hobln*. Th* Cincinnati Red* non. 4 to 0. In Pmoklyn Adolfo l.utjue held tha Hobln* to four Mcittierttl hit* *n<1 • truck nut aeven. I.ikinff tha National league for atrlka-out* w 1th a total of 128 New 1 ork \merlrnn* In l>etroit *Un re turned »<> thelv winning form, defeating th* Tig at *, 7 to 1 Th* \% a«hinitain American* pounded five Cleveland Indian pltchara In Clavaland and won the final vain* of the aerie* th*t*. 20 to < Th* Waahinffton team uaed three pitcher* Th* IMtt*hiirffh 1‘lratr* non. 7 t* t. In Rnattm Ulnfflea by Rawlins* and Mffran v|lit, an arror by Ford and a double b> Buffalo Second-Sacker "Jumps ’ Club 2/ktpy fooper ga»e the PlttaburgH team flvt run* in the fourth inning The W leul* Antertrnn* defeated llo* ton In Sf l.oul*. * to R. and made a i lean sweep of the four gome* iherr •*< >" WllUamn hit lit* thirty >*er«ml home run of *he *r»»,.n with the I'hll* il<«|ph!n Nation** ennhllng the Dilutee to win. 6 to R. «nd t\ing Hah* Ituth for the home run leAiterehtn of tioih lrNgue* \dolfo l.iuiiie reglatere*! hte twentieth victory of the «t*»on when C n.nnati »hut nut Hrookbn t w|»*r held Itoaton to fit* hit* while rittaburah bun.hrd hit* behind Orrcncrr’a wildnm unit ruailv defeated thr ftra\r* Tl»r rhilfttlnlphi* \mrrtr*n« hrot thr Whlta So*. 3 to 2 Hnhtrhi'it nllimni Ihr 1’hiladrlphlMtia »-*\rn h'tr wli I'Mcaeo gathered on’x ri\ off S*» ioi «d H i i Hot . iron art t»n§ half of thr* Ihr rhtlndrlphin \mrrir«io ti«oK thr rtibhrr came from thr ihuato Vmrrh an* bv taktre n thtrr-run lead In thr opr ft • m rame f-ont »'ha«Vo» n»'h«rt«on and Itrvrt hr me ’tradrd thrrrafter. Hat Mr com 1 '■ e to tho ir»- »f whrn thr \' httr So* »ho\r Nay tot off ihr riah in thr fouith Interest Centers Upon National Amateur Golf Meet For First Time, Amateur and Open Champions Will Compete in Brilliant Field. By GKANTKA.M) RICE. For the third time In the history of golf In the United States, the open ehampion and the amateur champion will be part of the brilliant field which goes after the amateur champion ship. Four amateurs have won the open, yet Chick Evans ia the util* one to ■late who has won both titles the same year. Ouiniet won the open late in September of 1913. He had lost his title to Walter Hagen at Midlothian In June before he hail another shot at the amateur, which he won at Ek wanok. So while Ouimet held the open and amateur crowns upon successive years, he was never able to hold both at the same time. In 1915 Jerry Travers won the open at Baltusral. He had a shot for the double crown at Detroit, but fell be fore the spectacular play of Max Mar ston. Travers was 2 up when the pair came to the seventh hole in the after noon. At this short hole his pitch was only 12 feet away. Marston dropped a mashie shot within six feet of the cup. Travers went for his 2, missed, overran the cup and laid Marston a dead stymie. Marston pitched over and holed his 2, and from that point ran off a string of hirdies. Travers. 2 up at the sixth, played the last 12 holes in exact par. and yet lost four of them. Against the Field. Picking four men against the field isn’t so simple as it sounds. In ten nis It would be easy. One ca name Tilden and Johnston and find no on? to offer even money against this pair. In 1915 one enterprising bettor stated that he was willing to put up 12.500 on the three men against the field. His bet was covered and he named Travers. Ouimet a#id Evans. None of | the three survived the third round. Jn 1919 the four men named agair.-i the field were Elans, Ouiniet. Jones and Gardner. Herron won. In 1920 the dope ran truer to form. The four leaders called for that dale were Evans, Ouimet. Jones and Card ner. Three of these reached the semi-final round and two fought out the finals. That 1?20 championship at the En gineers came closer to prophecy than any other ever played. Ouimet, Guilford. Jones and Evans were listed as the four most formida ble antagonists when Sweetser broke through, and Sweetser beat three of these on successive days—the rarest of all championship achievements. The Flossrnoor Order. Who are the four to be named against the field at Flossrnoor? Three of these auttt He JOfie?. Sweetser and Eva>^ Aftpr tbgse fol low Ouimet. i^S<ner arff Guilford, with such stars as Marston. Hunter, etc., to he considered. Our pick for the fourth name will be Ouimet. His fine play in England was the leading feature of the America* invasion. He wrU the St George s Challenge cup. van? to the last eight in the British amateur and heldWeth ered to a tie at St. Andrews, after a great battle. Jones. Sweetser. Evans and Ouimet stand as a formidable combination. What Is their show against the field? There are Gardner. Guilford. Marion, Bockencamp, Rotan, Knepper, God chaux and other sta-'s—not forgetting Chicago talent in the persons of such young stars as Dexter Cummings and Ira Couch. Where the Odds Are. We favor one of the finst four named against the others—four against 2S is what it means Considering the last 15 champion*, one of the first four favorites won in 1511. ’12. '13. *14. 15, '16 and ’20. There were upsets tn 1919. 21 and '22—upsets to the extent that none of the first four teloctiotis came through. One point to consider here Is that golf ran truer to form from 1911 through 1916. For six straight year* on* of the four leaders arrived in front. Hut there has been now a greater development of talent, and so In three of tha last four years we find the top of the hatting order stumbling upon serious trouble. In this nsxt championship there will be three open or exopen cham pions and mx or seven who have won the amateur championship on one ot more occasion*. Added to this strong marching order aie the younger stars, who have been coming along, gathn ing experience and steadiness, perfect ing skill and form, who w .11 again threaten front many ambushed places I*.tst fall at Brookline two youngatti almost unknown cat tied Bobby Jonc to the 3ith green by the finest of coif, and .Tones at the time was plat ing his standard game l-'losstnoor is .v long, hard test, and these young stem like to ride the ball. There isn't a longer hitter in the game today than IVxtcr I'ummti ss the Yaie sis who ts up with Mitchell. \\ ethered oi Tolley. « So Sweetsv In defending irs crow and Jones In going after his second scepter will hate a* hard a weeks work as tint have etpr kt -wit Both have Just passed 11. and so will 1h able to stand the marathon route where stamina will play an important ttart. If they should eter reach the final frame the gallett would set a mat k f-'r championship stampede*. Malinger Jlmmi tuMin ef the M ten!* Amrii'iiPi " iii‘ urn n«1 f’^ »«-> l'Y U«n .i.thnjs.'ti i* f'xi* PiolMimg lull tin.I fttnk# .Is't’ig « l'«tK hanttltn* Hu- a««m h*v ** ' a»t ' • v# » «. »» hfua. %