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THE OMAITA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 29. 1010. V i .( tm OMA1IA SUNDAY BEE. COXDHC STILL BEST HITTER KMIIA, NEB., SUNDAY. MAY , WW. TUB country hat been ao scoured tor several seasons for available big league timber that bane ball scouts today admit they have Itttle to draw from. Managers of some eluba are up against It for what they retard hi top notch player and there la eteadlty Increas Jneajompetltlon mon the huntera. We be lieve the big teama are making a mistake In not settling down to more careful and patient development of the material they have. It atanda to reason that thla la the only aura solution of what seems to be a problem In ba.se ball. The treat difficulty la that the leading teama are unwilling to hazard the risk of training young players and that means that many promising buda are allowed to go unblossomed and some teams are deprived! of their services that need them. The leaders regard thla matter of training or breaking In new men a r")"yt of swapping horses while crossing the ' stream, leaving all this sort of work to be done by the teams In the second division that have no mortal chance to win the pen nant and have little to lose. Well, there Is after all some compensation In the system. Boston, Philadelphia and New York In the American league and St. Louis, Cincinnati and Boston In the National have been doing Lathis breaklng-in work for soma time, and ) today, while they may not ail have top notchers, they have teams that will be comers for at least three seasons without much If any changing. The Athletics of course and possibly Boston and New York tn the American league may be considered as contenders, while the others must be irltnnMl with. ThA 2iihs.' VrAtm. Dntrntr I1 V-"" and one Or two others have to come to a renovating process sooner or later. Of course Pittsburg haa been doing more or less of It, and the others a little, but not nough. Leads All the Bourkei in Wielding Willow Three Aboye .300. C0RRID0N BEST BASE STEALER ) Observing fans must have been struck before this with the faot that few games have been played thla year In this or any other league that could be classed as close contests. Large, one-sided scores have been the rule. The writer was asked by a big league scout In a letter last' week, "How ydp you account for the heavy batting In tile Western leaguer' He accounts for It n ti A nn . . . - I. ' ...... I H mm im bvuvuuvi .ui mm ubht uniting 111 leagues by the faot that the pitchers ave not begun to work with any degree of reliability, and this Is due entirely to the Irregular weather. Some one says, but Omaha's pitchers have not begun to work with any degree of reliability and this Is due entirely to the Irregular weather. Oh, yes, they have. Take, for Instance, the games played on the home grounds last week. 'There was Hagerman pitohtng for Denver again Omaha, undoubtedly one Of the best minor league pitchers today,, a man who haa had the advantage of Cub training, and yet he was simply slaugh- tered by the Rourkes and other pitchers were hit hard. But the weather has af fected not only the pitchers, It has hurt 11 the men, Frank Chance said tfae other day i "There has not been, a game of ball thla season." Of course that Is rather hyperbolic, but It Illustrates the point Major and minors alike have had to put Vp with conditions. But the intelligent fan will jjoi get stampeded; he, will understand that when the sun shines regularly his pets will warm up and go. to, It. Be a sport, not a knocker. ' Kaae Has Best Flrldlaar Average Team Improves la Alt Braackea of tke Clame Sine Retaralas; to Homo Orossi!). Grinding still continues to lead the Omaha battera. He has an average of .33$. Bhot ton la second high, with .824. McCafferty Is the other Rourke which Is above the .300 mark. Omaha Is next to last In team hit ting and has an average of .290, The Rourkes have climbed in the percentage column of the team fielding, and are third with .Ml. Corrldon Is tied for second In the number of bases stolen. Fox of Omaha la second with the number of sacrifice hits made, while Harry Welch la third. Kane leads the team with an average of .988 for field ing. Welch la second with .179. Baitlaa; Averages, AB. R Isbell la. said to contemplate retirement from active work on the field and manage 'his team from the .bench If his recruit, Koehler, makes good at first. W have no desire to hope for ought but the best for Koehler, but we sincerely wish that Isbell may not for this or any other con sideration act upon his reported plan. Isbell, rlpa with th experience of a de cade In the major leagues, la needed In action in the Western league What do we cara that he plays and leads to victory an opposing team? For tha larger Inter ests of tha Western league, we want to see stay In the harness. Ills presence at L-Jt base adds Interest and pleasure to the game and, tha man who can see into the heart of basa ball can find delight in Imply watching this old warhorse guide his youngsters. He is displaying qualities of rare leadership, he is whipping Into shape- a team of only ordinary material, one with which few other men In the league could stay as near the top. More than that, Isbell In action Is worth more by far at the box offloe than Isbell on the bench. A man good for several seasons yet la fast company hwof course, aa at traction in minor league ball. Co not take to the bench, Issy. Stay where you are. You are reeded there. Don't desert your Play young Koehler whoever he Is- ewhere else and lay oft some - other man, but you stick to the game. And If Isbell doesn't think, he la needed at first base, a few gamea on the bench probably will convinca him. Olllen, Denver 1 Folbre, Topeka t Graham. Omaha 1 Jlartmrtn, Hloux City , I f ox, Lincoln 9 Geint, Lincoln 12 Jones, St. Joseph 100 Landreth, Topeka 66 McAleese, Denver , 116 Dalton. Des Moines 108 McMurray, Denver 43 Fenlon, Sioux City..... 117 Towne, Sioux City 44 Lindsay, Denver 112 Oondlng, Omaha 69 Neighbors, Sioux City 118 Swift, St. Joseph 24 rinon, Kt. Joseph 8 Rellly, Topeka ....93 Knapp, Lincoln 21 McCafferty. Omaha 8 Olmstead, Denver 21 Qulllln, Sioux City 110 Kahl. Topeka 77 Hhotten. Omaha Ill Dolan, Denver 99 iNelhorr, les Moines 96 Andreas, Sioux City 63 Wooley, Topeka 91 McChesney. St. JoseDh 106 Hammond, Denver 16 Belden, Wichita 90 Kernel1, Des Moines 71 Beall, Denver , 1M Cockman, Lincoln 93 Bachant, Des Moines 23 Pettlgrew, Wichita 93 Weaver, Denver , 73 Cobb, Lincoln 87 Rattle, Des Moines 104 Powell, St. Joseph Iu3 Colllgan, Des Moines Kd King. Omaha 101 Isbell, Wichita 108 Mlddleton, Wichita 115 Shaner, Wichita 21 Boles, Topeka 28 - Kernes, Topeka 77 McNeil, St Joseph 65 Kane, Omaha 102 Corhan. St. Joseph..; 93 Shaw, Wlohlta 90 Farthing, Lincoln 18 Jude, Lincoln 88 Clarke, Sioux City 11 Sullivan, Lincoln 22 Welch, Omaha 103 Hughes, Wichita ....104 Clark, Lincoln 67 Matttlck, Des Moines 112 Watson, St. Joseph 15 Miller, Sioux City 64 Waldron, Lincoln 103 Shea, St Joseph 63 Kunkle, Topeka 84 Qagnler, Lincoln , 103 Thomas. Lincoln ....100 Curtis, Des Moines 100 Kelly, Omaha 112 Stem, Sioux City 109 Casslday, Denver 113 Westcrsll, Wichita 106 Schipke, Omaha '. 96 Hersche, Des Moines........ 20 Dwyer, Des Moines......... 24 Willis, Lincoln 4 Owen, Des Moines. , 20 Ick Cooley Is quoted in one of the To peka papers aa attributing his failure to win games on the recent eastern trip to adverse decisions of the umpires, especially in Omaha. In Omaha he says be and his team were robbed by Umpire Spencer and points out that the game that went to Omaha I to I should have been Topeka's by 10 lo . He says that with three men on bases Kunkle knocked a home run and the ump called It a foul. "Poor Dick, bad Dick, our wayward son, turbulent. Idle, reckless one," we love him with all his faults. It was ever thus. But wait, wait till Spencer happens to' make a good de B rtslon, Dick, things will even themselves up by the end of the season. Robbery! 1'lffle, driveL Doesn't sound like good old Dick. Unless the New. York Americans are play. In away ahead of their gait they have a . chance for the flag. They are certainly going a fast clip, but It will be recalled that they made a dash last year and then slumped. But they are stronger now than then, for the young material last year that baa stuck is seasoned now and they have made valuable additions. The Tigers are having their bumps and the AthleUca glv Ing great promise of redeeming the hope they disappointed last year. . It looks like 'J tier race in both major for tha entire circuit. It Is not necessary to believe that the kf 4 tight Is fixed to come to the realisa tion that moving pictures showing a black man whipping a white man would have Terr Uttla market value In the north, east or west and none In th south. Solan. Thomason, Topeka 100 Burnett, Stoux City 12 Welch, Sioux City Ill Lloyd, Denver 70 Corrldon, Omaha 99 Clark, St. Joseph 88 Freeman, Sioux City 21 Fug-ate, Topeka 18 Fhman, Denver , 13 Mclxan, Sioux City 13 Wolfe, St. Joseph 40 Bauer, St. Joseph 46 Cadman, Omaha 36 MoManus, Des Moines...... 46 Fox, Omaha 96 Sage, Des Moines 14 Durham, Wichita 19 Jarnlgan, Wichita 24 Chabek, Sioux City 26 Claire, Wichita 110 Hollenbeck, Omaha 26 Thompson, Denver 74 Blersdorfer, Des Moines.... 16 Wledensaul, Llnooln 16 Pennell, Topeka 88 Jokerst, Wichita 11 Abbott, Topeka 61 McLear, St. Joseph 66 Kaufman, Topeka 20 McOrath, Llnooln 7 Adums, Denver 14 Hassler, Wichita 7 Harris, Topeka 7 Baker, St. Joseph 14 Hawkins. Dea Moines...... 22 Melter, Omaha 8 Jones, Llnooln 8 Wrlghi, Topeka 16 Bens. Des Moines 8 Oalgano, St. Joseph........ 17 Wilson, Stoux City 11 Hanson, Omaha 11 Schrelber, Denver 22 Keeley, Omaha 23 Hagerman, Denver 15 Sharkleford, Wichita 18 AltchUon, Wichita 2s Hobson, Des Moines 1 Roher, Des Moines 8 Sanders. Omaha ............ 6 Jackson, Topeks 17 Johnson, St. Joseph...,.,.. 14 Alderman. Stoux City. 18 Davis, Des Moines 1 Hueston, Des Moines.. t Murray, Lincoln i Buchanan, Denver S c It's a gay life at that, now since the comet haa curled ita tall and beat it , Five soreheads have chartered regular seat at Vinton street. . This I not Sander weather anyway, you Tutt remember. ')l . VHi th emergency pitcher again this ' Skipper Bill seems to be doing O. K. , Better sit on th bench. 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Wlrhlta 6 1 Cockman, Lincoln J9 f ox. Omaha 66 Jones. St. Joseph 65 Brman, Denver 3 Rohrer, Des Moines 10 Wolley. Top ka 35 Chabek, Sioux City 2 Cockman, Lincoln 32 Hersche. lrm Moines 8 Clarke, Sioux City 0 Waldron, Lincoln 47 Kahl, Topeka 79 Colllgan, Dea Moines 89 Wolfe, 81. Joseph 08 Keeley, Omaha 0 Thomawon, Topeka 81 Lloyd. Denver 40 McMurray, Denver 43 Schrelber, Denver 4 Cobb, Lincoln 27 Westersil, Wichita M Kunkle, Topeka 19 Wilson, Sioux City 7 Altchlson, Wichita 4 Powell, St. Joseph 87 Raftts, Des Moines 67 Wright, Topeka 0 Roh s, Topeka 22 Corrldon, Omaha 60 Ualgano, St. Joseph 8 Hammond. Denver 8 Claire. Wichita 46 Jokerst, Wichita 15 Melter, Omaha 2 McLear. St. Joseph 27 Curtis, Des Molnrs 47 Welch. Sioux City 40 Schipke, Omaha 43 Haterman, Denver 1 Durham, Wichita 1 Nlehoff, Den Moines 27 Sholton, Omaha 47 Dolan, Denver .... 48 Oelnt. Lincoln 8 Thompson, Denver 51 FInrtman. Floux City 2S Rellly, Topeka 64 Freeman, Sioux City 1 McNIel. St. Joseph 27 Swift, St. Joseph 13 Jackson, Topeka 0 Fugate, Topeka 3 Kelly. Denver 64 Adams, Denver 2 corhan, St. Joseph 63 r ox. Lincoln 0 Johnson, St Joseph 1 Knapp, Lincoln 3 Jilllln, Ploux City 40 Watson, St. Joseph I Kaufman. Topeka l Burnum, Des Moines 0 Sanders, Orrraha 0 Pmi, Des Moines 1 Hueston, Des Moines 0 3 8 ' 73 3 57 66 It 8 8 84 66 19 12 0 73 73 Jl 22 8 48 tl 18 4 64 42 13 26 8 83 10 17 l 16 16 78 3 7 0 3 33 46 7 14 70 3 14 4 39 45 61 11 44 14 12 9 62 13 17 10 It 16 64 18 15 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 .916 .'4 .934 .H81 .92 .931 .l9 .923 .H27 .927 .o; 9M .9.') .9-'2 .921 .9!?0 .ni9 .917 .917 .917 .917 .917 .912 .911 .910 .909 .90S .901) .909 .)9 .907 .906 .9 .905 .901 .9 0 .900 .900 .83 .8M .80 .RX9 .RVl .RS2 .877 .876 .875 .870 ,8'9 .868 .8i7 .866 .857 .857 .857 .816 .833 .83 .83. .833 .826 ,?5 .800 .soo .750 .667 .429 .000 .000 .000 .000 .ooo .000 Davis, Des Moines 0 Hobnon. Des Moines 0 Folbre, Toroka 0 Olllen, Denver , 0 Graham, Omaha ' 0 Team Work. Team Batting floux City, .298: Denver, .280; Des Moines, .279; Lincoln, .273; Topeka, 267; st Joseph, .206; Omaha, .260; Wichita, 256. Team Fleldlns Lincoln. .950; Wichita. .949: Omaha, .941; Sioux City, .934; Denver, ,933; Des Moines, .931; Topeka, .930; St Joseph, .925. Stolen Bases Denver. 74: Omaha. 48: St. Joseph, 44; Des Moines, 43; WIchHa, 7; Sioux City, 85; Lincoln, 32; Topeka, 22. Sacrifice Hits Omaha, 47; Des Moines. 47: St. Joseph. 46: Sioux City. 45: Denver. 45; Lincoln, 39; Wichita, 38; Topeka, 22. Stolen Bases MeAleese, Denver.. v.. 18 Beall, Denver 13 Corrldon. Omaha..........' 13 Cockman. Lincoln 10 Dalton, Des Moines 10 Nlehoff. Des Moines 10 Dolan, Denver..., Jones. St. Joseph Thomas. Lincoln 8 Shotton. Omaha , 8 Stem. Sioux City 7 Corhan, St. Joseph 7 Lindway, Denver t 7 Mattlck, Des Moines 1. 7 Schipke, Omaha 7 All other players have less than seven. Sacrifice Hits Colllgan, Des Moines 12 Fox, Omaha lo Welch, Omaha , , 9 Mlddleton. Wichita n Neighbors, Sioux City... Raftls, Des Moines MoChesney, St Joseph.. Clark, St. Joseph McLear, St Joseph Andreas. Sioux City...... Clark.. Lincoln Cobb, Lincoln . Mattlck. Des Moines..... Ball. Denver No other player haa exceeded six. Pitchers' Records. ',' The records of pitchers who have got results in two or more games are as follows; Won. Lost Pet. eee Clarke, Sioux City 3 Baker, St Joseph ,....S Owens, Des Momes .....8 Sage, Des Moines 8 Bens, Des Motn ....4 Swift, St. Joseph. 4 Sohrleber, Denver 8 Wright, Topeka 8 Hassler, Wichita 2 Johnson, St. Joseph 4 Jones, Lincoln i Keeley, Omaha 4 Farthing, Lincoln 4 Alchlson, Wichita 4 Burnett, Sioux City 1 Sanders, Omaha 8 Hammond, ' Denver 8 Galgano, St Joseph 4 Blersdorfer. Ies Moines 8 Durham, Wichita 8 Fhman, Denver 2 Shaner, Wichita 2 McQrea-or. Des Moines S Hollenbeck, Omaha 8 Jackson, Topeka S f reeman, Sioux City.,,, 2 Alderman. Sioux Ckv i Olmstead, Denver 2 Gngate, Topeka 8 Kaufman, Topeka 2 Fox, Lincoln.. 1 OVIst, Lincoln I Hajrwman, Denver.... 1 Chabek, Sioux City 1 Wilson. Sioux City.. 1 Melter, Omaha 1 Knapp, Llnooln 1 Hersche, Des Moines 1 Watson, St Joseph 1 Furchner, Sioux City 0 Shaokleford, Wichita .0 Fielding; .Averages. PO. A. McLean, Sioux City 8 uurneit, bioux city 1 Cranston, Denver 0 Buchanan. Denver 1 Meldon, Wichita 50 Finch. St. Joseph U Harris. Topeka 0 Pel nell, Topeka 27 Murray, LJncotn 4 WUHs, Lincoln 0 MMlrHh, Lincoln Farthing. Lincoln , 1 Jones, Lincoln 2 - liaker, St. Joseph 8 Hanson, Omaha 1 McCafferty. Omaha 0 HasHlnr, Wichita Owens, Dea Moines 0 Blertidorfer, Des Moines.... 0 Landreth, Topeka 99 Shaw, Wichita 119 Kane, Omaha , 242 Stem. Sioux City &U Catuldy, Denver 52 Weaver, Denver ...126 Istwll. Wichita 2U9 Thomas, Lincoln 267 Miller, Sioux City 113 Welch, Omaha 45 Goiidlng, Omaha 71 Lnday, Denver 2X0 Kerns, Topeka HI Cad man. Omaha til Clark, Lincoln 114 MoManuit, Des Moines 68 Sullivan, Lincoln 14 Wledensaul, Lincoln II Pettlgrew, Wichita M Fenlon, Sioux City 26 Kerner. Dea Moines 129 Olmstead, Denver 6 Towne, sioox t-Hy s Clark. SU Joseph 26 A Wei man, Sioux City...... 1 Shaner, Wichita Dalton, De smnrs x Baohant, De Moines........ 86 Shea. St Joseph 7 lxyrr, Dea Moln-es ,. 81 Hawkins, Des Moines 89 Andreas, Sioux City. ........ 48 Hollenbeck, Omaha 3 McChesney, St. Joseph 63 Mlddluton, Wichita 44 McA !, Denver 60 Gamier. Lincoln 76 Basil. Denver M 4 Shaokleford. Wichita 3 Jarnls&n, Wichita 4 Mattlok, Des Molne. ....... 60. Abbott, Toprka 113 fcxura. Dos iloluoo.. I 0 . 3 t IS 1 8 4 6 18 10 7 6 13 7 14 2 22 7 21 4 89 16 84 SO 2 24 23 38 11 27 8 16 16 8 ;i 17 21 23 23 8 81 3 13 49 1 a 10 8 73 16 18 11 0 l.OOO 1.0J0 1.000 1.000 .800 .800 .760 .760 .667 .667 .667 .667 .67 .067 .667 .667 .600 .672 .50 .500 .500 .500 .600 .429 .400 .400 .400 .400 .875 .S.-3 .833 .333 .260 .250 .333 .250 .250 .200 .200 .000 .000 EARLY BOAT RACES VITAL Two-Mile Preliminaries Will GiTe Line on Crews. HARVARD AND CORNELL CLOSE Unsafe to Wager Math oa Either Eight, Bays Doplst Yale an In kssns Factor 8o Far, at Least. NEW YORK. May 28.-The preliminary boat races this year, the two-mil affairs that annually cause so much heartburning and confusion, promise to glv a good deal better line than usual on the Important regattas at New London and Poughkeep sle. The most Important of all theao early races, that between Harvard and Cornell, Is still to be rowed and the critics are bound to reserve opinions until after the meeting of the two universities that stood at the head of American rowing last year. The race takes place this year at Cam bridge on Memorial day. The Navy takes part In no Intercollegiate regatta this year, through hoped tor per mission to go to Poughkeepsle not having been obtained. But the Annapolis crew, a rattling good one, gave Harvard, early In the season, a close race, and, becoming seaxoned in that trial, beat Columbia. The victory over Columbia, which was won without much difficulty, was followed up by a gruelling struggle with Syracuse, vic tory resting with the middles by the nar rowest of margins. Syracuse was third at Poughkeepsle last year, well beaten by Columbia, which crew gave Cornell a pretty hard fight for first honors. Columbia and Syracuse both have good crews this year, excellent combina tions for speed and well fitted to row two mile races early In the season. Harvard Ouarht to Be Good. Therefore, If Harvard, rowing on the Se vern could beat a crew that disposed of Columbia and Syracuse, It Is reasonably safe to assume that the Cambridge eight is formidable in the extreme. It ought to be, aa a mater of fact It ought to be a crew even better than the superb one that rowed the heart out of Yale at New Lon don last year. But it will not do to assume that Harvard Is going to beat Cornell easily. It would be unwise to bet on Harvard to beat Cornell at all to any large amount and it would be equally unwise to bet much on Cornell. Courtney had two great crews on the Hudson last year his varsity and his freshmen eight. He ought, barring troubles of the kind that wrecked his crews In 1908, none of which have . developed aa yet, to have a better crew this year. And, with each crew better than a year ago, the race on the Charles ought to be well worth watching. Local conditions favor Harvard, but Wrey has only one object to beat Yale d has .stopped developing two-mile crew for race on May 30. The Harvard crew now is on Its way to the race with Yale, the ultimate test. It is being trained to row four mllos. Now, last year' crew went after the .big race from the gun, shot Into the lead, kept up heart-breaking pace for three miles, and had to do little more than paddle In the last mile. A irew trained to row that way Is better in a two-mile race than one that Is content just to keep on even terms for the first two and a half miles and trust to spurt toward . the end. Columbia ha been trained In just the opposite way. In the last three years the Columbia crews at Porghkeepste have rowed absolutely to a time schedule for the first three miles, paying no attention at all to any other beat, and spurting only in the last mile. Each of those crews In 1007, 1908 and 1X baa been beaten by less than a boats length by the crew that had made its bid just a trifle earlier and had the power and the stamina to stand off the rush of a strong crew rowing from behind. Early Forsa Reversed. Thus Harvard, since the advent of the new system, ha been able to do good work in two-mile race, while Columbia has failed to make a particularly good showing before the Poughkeepsle race. Last year, for Instance, Harvard fairly rowed away from Columbia on the Charles, and was. In turn, beaten by Cornell. Then Columbia, largely despised, turned around and at Poughkeepsle gave Cornell a remarkably stiff fight Harvard's race with Cornell ought to crystallxe the situation pretty well. Yals an unknown factor, more or loss, but Yale will have to have a much better crew than laat year to have a chance to beat Harvard. At Poughkeepsle, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have failed to reveal any Indications of their form as yet. Av. 1.000 1.000 1.000 l.OuO l.OoO 1 0)0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 l.OnO l.tno 0 1.000 0 1.M 1.000 1.01 1.000 l.OuO .SW) .903 .9S8 .9M .92 .92 .981 ,9M .979 .979 .979 .977 .973 .973 .973 .971 .970 .968 .968 H .966 .964 .963 .961 .958 .957 .955 .964 .951 .950 .94 .947 .918 .949 .941 0 WEST LIKES FOOT BALL RULES Was a Forearono Conclusion that Western Colleges Would A free. NEW YORK. May 28.-That the west would be pleased with the new foot ball rules waa a foregone conclusion when the forward pass waa saved. Stagg, who I the spokesman for that section, had been In gloomy mood, though determined to fight to the end. Now all Is changed. In fact, th now rules bear tha distinct Impress of the west, and In view of that faot the threat to abolish the game haa been with drawn. Foot ball In that section la cafe for at least one more year. Stagg and the athletto authorities of the University of Chicago have given their en thustastlc approval to the 1910 rule. The Maroon officials characterise the new statute as "the most sensible in the annals of the game," and predict foot ball's high est development for next fall as a result of the changes. Here Is the western view, right from headquarters: "The decisive success of tha friend of th forward pass, which la retained in prao tlcally Its old form, is regarded at the university as a victory for Stagg over some of th members of the committee. That Stagg won in a long and arduous contest against those who wished to tear down the open game la considered sure proof of the power of weetern Ideas and complete vlndi cation of the forward pass, th most fa mous and most debated of all toot ball evolutions. "Th retention of the forward pass, with Its minor changes to secure safoty for the receiver of the ball and limitation of dla tanre, is to all intent and purpose guarantee of the pcraanence of th so- called 'new foot ball,' and a title of leader- ablp for those who have championed th feature sine It Inception. This rule regarded by all odd the most Important of all paasea In th recent turbulent series of meetings." .944 .940 8 Jtrt Frosoeets Ar Bright. Th only decided irregularity In Oman at present 1 In tb box. With the slab men settled down to their maximum powers th team will undoubtedly htt the trail for a fast gait and make the others bustle. Persistent Advertising is th Rod to Bl Rut urn hoped by thousands of fans that this rumor Is not correct. Neither Chance nor Clarke la rcAdy or old enouKh to go to the bench and the fans will Insist on their staying where they are. CREWS ELATED AT PROSPECTS Oarsmen Are Permitted by New Rale to Loot June 1. NEW YORK, May 28. Those connected with Yale university rowing are well pleased with th 'action of tb faculty which permits the oarsmen to leave for New London on June 1. The crew will have on week more than usual In which to practice on the Thames, and It has long been believed at New Haven that the sweepswlngers develop very rapidly at th New London quarter. A week was taken from th Yale Christ ma vacation this year ana commence ment placed a week earlier. At first the oarsmen wer a bit worried over the po slblllty of the change affecting their New London practice. Since the college calen dar remained unchanged at Harvard, there was trouble in arranging tne aaie 01 tne annual race, which was finally arranged as heretofore. Yale profit by the new system, since the members of the squsd will take their final examination at Cales Ferry and leave New Haven at the close of the recitations. The veterans, of th Yale crew will find Improvement 'at th training quarters. The dining room and quarters have been enlarged by George St John Sheffield the veteran rowing statistician, who remains at Gale Ferry whenever tha Blue oar men ar there. THEJGS T0U OUGHT TO KNOW All for of Ad Ice on llaadllaa; and Carina- for Aato. A scrunching noise In a bearing should receive Immediate attention, the bearing be ing taken apart In order to discover the cause. It may be found to be due merely to the presenco of some grit, though that Is bad enough. In this case a thorough cleansing of the bearing and lubrication will cure the trouble. If one of the balls Is found to be broken, all the bits must be removed and a new ball Inserted. But un less a new one of exactly the right else can be procured. It is best to run the bear ing with the ball short for th time being; as, should the new ball be a shade too large. It will also certainly cnuso trouble. When the bearing Is apart the cones and cups should be carefully examined for scores and cracks, as If those are found, the parts affected should be renewed at the earliest opportunity. In some cases, where the damage to the bearing parts la sesrlous. It Is best to remove the balls and let the bearing run on the plain surface as far aa the nearest point available for re pairs. If a wheel spindle has been cut Into so as to weaken It materially, the load should bo lightened as much aa possible, or the run discontinued, pending repairs. Chains should be soaked In kerosene, dried, and immersed in hot tallow. It con siderably stretched, they should bo re moved. It Is hopeless to endeavor to remedy a stretched chain by means of the adjusting rod. This is only useful up to a certain point, say to. the extent of one link, but after that link has been taken out the dif ference In pitch between the chain and the sprocket becomes too great for the chain to run properly, and It Is forced to ride up the teoth In Its endeavor to find Its proper pitch circle. At this stage It will save much trouble to invest In a new pair of chains. While It Is bad economy to stint the lubri cating oil. It is a very common fault to use a great deal too much. This is not only wasteful, but tends to foul the valves, sparking plugs and platinum contacts. Fur ther, it has a prejudicial effect In creating a cloud of evil blue smoke. The driver should keep a lookout to see that he is not thus polluting the atmosphere and bringing motoring into evil repute. He should also be caretoul to close his lubricator when stopping, as otherwise th cloud will be apparent when restarting, even though the lubricator may be correctly adjusted for running. Cara are sometimes sent out with stranded connecting wires just twisted round all the terminals, and there held by the screwing up of th terminal screw. W would strongly advise any automoblllst who finds his new car wired in this care less and shiftless fashion to get' proper terminals soldered . on without delay. It will save both time and temper in the long run. Moreover, from frequent bending round the terminals, the stranded wire breaks, and one often' gets nasty, painful prick in the finger therefrom, which smart and are sore for some time. There can be no sort of excuse for sending out oars wired up in the slipshod way we nave referred to, and the purchaser of a car should ee that it 1 put right. If the porcelain body of a sparking plug allow a loes of compression at the packing gland, it is often only necessary slightly to , tighten up ., the. hexagonal top of the circular portion of the gland. After doing so,, the plug wire should be inspected to make- sure that any slight rotation of the porcelain does not affect the adjustment of the two points, otherwise some mis fire or entire failure to fire, the charge may result. Another frequent cause of maladjustment of these point when the plug is new is the screwing of the plug Into the cylinder. When tha wire attached to the metal body of the plug is hammered into position the thread is usually burred Slightly. This is restored to position when the plug Is screwed Into the cylinder, and the wire is slightly moved in consequence. When new a plug should be filed at the thread by means of a triangular, or fine half-round file, to remove the burr. The plug should be screwed home, and then re moved and examined to see that the posi tion of the wires Is not varied, after which the plug can be again screwed into the cylinder, with the certainty that H will work correcuy. Often on the road it is found that a Iobs of compression is taking place past the copper washer "beneath the spark plug flange, and that a spare washer ia not available. An excellent substitute can be made by cutting a piece of 1-16-inch copper wire the right length and bending it round circularly so that the ends overlap. Then give each of the overlapping ends a tap with a hammer to reduce the thickness to about one-half, and so that they fit to gether fairly. On screwing up tightly it will be found that this will make a suf ficiently good temporary joint. To test for a broken circuit, due to breakage of a wire or bad conectlon at the terminal or frame, proceed aa fol lows: Conenct up the voltmeter as be- fort, aet the wipe or the contact breaker so a to make metallic conectlon, leaVe the switch open and take tho voltmeter reading. Now close th switch, and if the current flows, a It should do If the circuit 1 not accidentally broken some where, tha needle of the voltmeter will move, giving a lower reading. Thla test may save a good deal pf time spent in futile atempts to adjust contact points or trembler. Since a strong current would pass through (he coll when th points of contact breaker or trembler are held together, as in this test, the witch should be opened again Immedi ately after the movements of the volt' meter needle have been observed. CONTROL IS THE BIG THING Pitching ii a Simple Matter at Com pared to Good Delivery. ANY SMALL BOY CAN PITCH Spltter Is a Great Rail to Vse In Pinch to Strike Ont the Oppo nent lleadvtorlg C'onata V far Mnch. CHICAGO, May 28. "Any small boy can pitch the spltball with a little practice," says Harry Mclntlre. "Hut pitching and control are two vastly different arts. It a simple matter to take a base ball, moisten two fingers, and hurl th object toward a batsman. In fact, that la mere child play compared to the skill required to send the ball whirl.ng with a sharp, deceiving break, which comes almost at th plate. I learned to throw, th spltball In ten min utes. Then I practiced dally for six months before I acquired control, "The average base ball fan labors under the Impression that the moist ball can be thrown only with an overhand delivery. That's a mistake. Nine out of ten pitchers using this freak start their delivery over head, but I prefer the side-arm swing, whloh gives greater accuracy, Is less of a strain on the pitcher, and permits of a sharper hook as tho ball approaches the batsman. What success I have experienced while pitching the "spltter' In th lust five years I attribute to the manner In which It Is mixed with the old-time, overy-day curve ball. "My motto Is: 'When In doubt, use the spltter.' Otherwise, I 4m content to take mj chances with Bpeed, control, ordinary curve and the time-honored play of trying to outguess your opponents. For strike-out purposes, to my notion, there Isn't another ball to bo compared In point of effective ness with th 'spltter.' "Pltchera find their greatest difficulty In handling the freak, owing to the heavy friction required. The ball is twirled with two fingers, gripped on one side, and the thumb on the other, much the same as any other curve. The object Is made slippery at the point touched by the fingers, so that It rolls oft with Just the slightest degree of friction. The part played by the thumb adds to the friction, causing the ball to take whirling flight over a short dis tance until the friction overcomes the re volving motion, when the break occurs the sharp, slg-zagging Jump that haa baf fled some of tho greatest curve ball hit ters ever known to the game. "When pitched with an overhand motion the spltball shoots almost straight down ward and when the side-arm movement, such a I employ, I brought into play, with the thumb toward the body, It breaks as a fast curve does, downward, and either outward or. onward. Most pitchers who use the 'spltti"-' are men of powerful physical build, for they must possess great strength In order to benr up that Is, if they go Into the box In their regular turn, way every third day, and hope to pitch winning ball with the aid of the 'spltter.' "The big men who have use.1 It with success include lid Walsh and Frank Smith of the Chicago White Pox. Jack Chesbro, Al Orth. formerly of the High landers; Arthur Raymond of th Olants and Rob Ewlng. now of the Phillies. Ail these men employ their strength to pitch the 'spltter' successfully, as th faster it Is hurled the more deceiving th break that follows. "Scores of pitchers are still earning money In the minor leagues and winning ball games that might have been lost by one-sided scores but 'or their adoption of the spit-ball. The overhand slant opened a now avenue of employment and contin ued successes on the slab for tlngeri who careers were about over. Like wise, a lot of husky boys with llttl knowl edge of the curve ball managed to break Into the top circles simply because they had 'smoke' and a fast, effective break to their moist ball. Almost every pltchet tried his hand at It, but few of the star who wero shining brlshtest when the freak was discovered by Elmer Strlcklett back In 1903 cared to master It for regular us In championship games. "Gradually these newcomer developed variations In the mode of delivery. Llcorlc. slippery elm, oil and numerous other appli cations were used to reduce the rriction 01 the fingers. Others took to using rum, rosin or tape on their thumbs, wltli' mor or les success. While I hav been classed among tho spltball pitchers of the National league, I do not regard myself In the light of that class using the 'spltter' exclusively. It's only when I am forced Into tight cor ners that I cut loose with the lde-rm freak. "Ed Walsh of the White Sox goes about his work In plain, ordinary way, using a piece of allppery lm bark In hi mouth to keep up tho stock of moisture needed through a nlne-innlng contest Ho moisten a spot an inch square on the ball between the seams. HI thumb clutches the spher lengthwise on tho opposite cam, and wKh a mighty overhand swinging delivery the big fellow hurl the ball straight toward the pan. Sometime It will Jump two feet downward or upward, all this depending wholly upon the way his arm swings. "Many pitchers using th freak mak -It a practice to mix up straight, fast ball with the spltter, faking, i It were, In order to outguess tho opposing batter. The pitcher with steady control can get away with thla lln of work and oftentlme pitch no-hlt game. All batter look aliko to the sptt-ball artist when he ha a fast break and control. When thing are going along smoothly the freak will cause th most dangerous hitters to hoist weak pop upa to the Infield, while the strike-out column usually takes on a heavily dotted appearance. But once the 'spltter' fall almost any old fate is likely to befall th twlrlcr." 11 ALL KINDS OF SPORT GOSSIP Bnn la Reckoned the Brainiest of All Ball Player. A to the merit of the two men, could we count on Jeff being In normal form, you may figure out thla problem In propor tion: If Sammy Langford, welglng 137 pounda, whipped Jack Johnson in rag time rapidity, how long would It take Jim Jef frie, weighing 220 pounds, to whip him? Johnny Ever is considered th brainiest player base ball has. He get more out of th play of one game, it 1 said, than moat player do out of ten and yet at a recent banquet he mad th astonishing tatement that he never In hi life read the book of rules. He said he take th play a they com up and hi "noodle" usually tells him what I right Anybody who ha ever watched this human machine in action will understand that 1 1 a moat remarkable statement. Ill grain work Ilk a 'steel trap. . It la rumored that Chance and Clark will manag th Cub and Pirate, re spectively, from th bench next year; Campbell going to left for th Pirate and Luderu to first for Chicago. It will be The best way to keep magneto In or der ' 1 to refrain from doing anythinf more than Is absolutely necessary . to them, such, for Instance, as keoplng the contact clean and free from grease, and keeping the bearing sufficiently lubri cated without flooding thern. If a mag neto is dismembered the permanent magnets should not ba left without keepers; that is, a piece of iron or steel bar across the ends of the "U" mugncts, If not. It Mill result In the loss of a cer tain amount of magnetism and a conse quent diminution in the power of tho machine as a producer of electrlo cur rent. It is only under extraordinary con dltions that the removal of the magnets Is necessary, and, therefore, practically they should never be touched. Fuel has much to do with tha power that can be obtained from a gasoline motor, but if a carbureter is adjusted for certain grades the difference will hardly be perceptible. It Is a mistake to suppose that a grade of gasolln of high test will glv more power; ai matter of fact there are more heat unit in a given quantity. In bulk, of tha lower grades, but unless the carbureter is properly adjusted thes heat unit in the lower grade cannot be turned Into working agent a readily aa can those In the higher grades. 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