Mhib y--t bill BRENNAN TALKS I Umpire Gives His Opinion of 1912 Baseball Players. .. No Pennant Ever Wat Taken Without Star Slabman, Declares National League Arbiter Makes Com- ; parlson of Pitchers. "Bill" Brennan, National league um pire, talked of baseball players, i world's aorlea, brother umpires nnl :. magnates and had a good word to any for all. "You can talk ali you want to about world's series," ho declared "but for " real baseball, thoso first two contests between the Cubs and Sox were as pretty as any you would want to see. Nino full Innings and twenty eight men faced Walsh tho first day "But oven at that I won't say he Ir tho greatest of them all. For InBtanco I have never seen Ford ,or Johnson work and they say those two nro the real stufT Dendei 1 havo scon and (Vino Coomb", having .worked last year In the world's series. I also saw Jof Wood laRt spring In a couplo of games before tho season opened I think, on the wholo, that tho pitching of the two leagues stacks up about even In r the National there Is Marquard and "Nap" Kuckor and Jess Tesreau, not to mention Lavender of tho CubR. Hendrlx of Pittsburgh and a few others. "Pitching Is always tho thing that wins In a short series This ha been Bald before, but it Is so tmo that It will bear repeating You may aliso add this that no team ever has won a pennant without at least one star, rilr-tlght pitcher. Look over tho list 1n both leagues. Thcro wcro Coombs and Tlenrler with the Athletics. Mullln i.i Detroit, Rculbach and TJrown of Chicago Adams of Pittsburgh. Mathewrcn of Now York and Ed "Walsh of Hio Sox In every pennnnt race of the last several years onn or noro pitchers havo had to bear tho lintnl nf thn vintnrv "Classifying the assets of a winning llll club In their order of merit I i hould place an air-tight pltchor first -:"econd onmnR the catcher A high- flass man behind tho bat Is absolute. IV noccs'ary to a winning toam and for mbstanHatlon lot mo point out Thom as, Meyers. Kllng, Sullivan and Car- - Jlgan. and, Incidentally, Stanagc All these men wero of Invaluable assist ance In bringing tho flags to their vnrlous clubs "Next comes a heavy-hitting out Held and I guess I need go no further than the Boston club of 1912 to show ' 'ou just what I moan. Tho outfield has got to bo one of tho most Im portant cogs In a modern baseball Machine and If it isn't tiu-io alruug, then good-by to pennant hopea "Offensively, of course, hitting Is tho must Important feature, but of ficarcoly secondary Importance Is faBt base running. MfcGraw's Giants real Ize the truth of this and It Is general- li ly .granted that their ability and dar- thg on tho bases were their greatest asset throughout tho season." Wilson to Help Opening. resldent-Eloct Woodrow Wilson has been asked to throw out tho first ball fo- tho "lis season at Washing ton. Mageo Is Optimistic. EC w, . ....ru-iinuili;. nil. round man of tho Cardinals, savs the team Is goln. tc be ir tho race under Managor Huggins, Regular Job for Vltt. Oscar Vltt will play third baso regularly for tho Detroit Tigers noxt season " T AT AT AT AT AT AT -- AT AT BOSTON imOOKLYN NKW YOUIC PHILAUULPHIA PITTSIlimail CINCINNATI CHICAGO ST. I.OUI3 BOSTON ' All JmIX.1? ?.,i i - t.P1 i0.!2.. ,Xp.rl,.U. J5." Ju"' ,G " " Jl,ne " H '5 June 4 6 6 7 Junf 8 9 10 11 , , A" au12' SKfiYi SJ5.Vili asn'i! V&'u &S!,W iK3-1' I 1 , 1 BROOKISTfo. ,. SWH? ,,, t.1I,V.,,5,i8 '?pr".,i.,i.,S. June 9 10 11 Jvine 3 4 5 7 June 12 13 14 15 Juno 16 17 18 19 - 1"KK3KI.TH rw?tV2 LVC sf V23.2.' ,. l"n? 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It was aa good as u donation party Out it was a tall, lank native, who sat on the horso block and ato tobacco with rare relish, who advocated what ho farmed justice for the batter " "yve been playing with tho Tom beeeo boys across yon river." said ho "We've got two pow'ful hefty batters I allow thai they can clap that old tall fu'thub than any tso huskies in this county. Hut what's tho good of their elappln' It? That's what I'm to jiak" They git a run fur It, DEMAREST AFTER BILLIARD CnAiwl.bW -a-"-"-"- BB ''WCTF' 3H ffl f M JHiaf liT-ffaff f lia -s-a,-BiT' '' Calvin Demarest, Hormer Amateur Cnampion. One of tho stars of the billiard world is Calvin Demarest, tho young Chicago cuo artlBt DoraarcBt was formerly nmatcur billiard champion and since no Invaded the ranks of the profesRlonalK ban demonstrated that ho Is capable of holding his own with IIoppo, Slosson, Sutton and the other cracks In tho rocent big tournament In Now York Demarest defeated Yamada, tho Japanese marvel Demarest Is anxious to meet Wllllo Hoppo for tho championship and may appear In a match gamo with him shortly. GOSSIP T T.IMCWJ I I SPORTS lid Walsh la picked aa the greatest pinch-pitcher In either leaguo Jett Tesreau of the Giants says lio'll cop tho pitching wreath this BcaBon. Eddio Phulps has signed his con tract to catch for tho Dodgers again Ono thing we'd Ilka to know, and that It, what position will Jim Thorpo play next Benson? Manager McGraw of tho Giants r."tB btihti i uniting aB 15 per cent of successful baseball Uarnoy Droyfusa haa decided not to sign any of his players for more than a year at a tlmo It is reported that Ooorgo Wllt-w, tho Giants' loft-hander, will bo con verted Into a first Backer this year or next. NATIONAL LEAGUE -ut Uoy? A plain, ordinary 111 i Uuu uoesni allow to go mo' than hnll au much may count a home run Seemt: to mo like that It's tho only fair thing to do to change that rule ho that a runner can keep on runnln until the ball gets back to tho pitchuh " "SuppoBo that It goes over tho fence or Into a croelt or something or that kind?" "Throo runs fo' ovuh tho fence nnd (atno called on account of water if tho ball floats away In a stream, was tho calm rejoinder "If a man kin hit a ball ovuh a fenco he shouldn't bo handicapped, but should bo encouragod to do his religious best" Break Records In Yale Swim. Yalo defeated McQIll university of Canada In a dual swimming meet, 39 to 11 Four Intorcolloglato records were brokon. Valo wop the COO feet relay raco In 1:44 2-0, breaking tho record of 1:48 3C iloadloy of yalo won the DO-yard swim in 25 3-D, break Ing tho record of '2(1 Hodgsou of Mc QIll lowered two records; lie son tho 3i dam Agnow, the young catcher se cured by the Browns from the Pacific Coast league. Is being touted as a find. Jack Love, utility player of the Kan ns City Blues for tho laBt four years, will play with Donvor of tho Western enguo this season Poor Bat Nelson! His wifo hao asked him to quit fighting This Is ono instanco in wtiicn "Bat" may not havo the last word. Louisville of the American assocla Hon gave $n 090 and two men, Johnny Bur::n and Pitcher Fuclk, to -Wichita for Catcher Clemmous. Long Tom Hughes, who was ono of Grill'" -lalnstayo Inst season. Is not to be overlooked In discussing tho Senators' 1913 chances. Bed Dooln now Is his own boss. "You'ro manager of tho club and you aro tho ono to deal with tho players." President Locke told him Dan Morgan talks nnd talks and talks of "Knockout" Brown of Now York But that Is not winning any championships for tho pugilist. SCHEDULE, 1913. -U-yai il awiin in ; 2 to bucotutu breaking the record of 2:37 In tho 100 Mild uulm he made the distance In T8 2-C chopping otT ouii-lifth of a sec ond from the recoid Announces A. a Umpire Staff. Tho umpire BtalT of the American nBSoclutlon lor l'Jl.i uas announced by 1'roBldeni Chlvlngton as follows, Ollle Chill, Indianapolis, J E John btonu Inlngtnn N J , I A Murray, Chester, Pa., Pred Westcrvcll, Rich moud, Vu , Joseph O Urlen Troy, N. Y , C 13 Erwin, Chicago. R F Con nolly, Uostou. and B S Hnndlboo. Washington Simon Pure Amateur. Connie Muck has his own Idea of shat a sliuou-puro amateur la Con nie's definition Is now Hero It Is; "A simon-pure umaleur Is uu athlete who pays another man for tho priv ilege of playing" Past Horses From One Source. Of the C3 trotters that entered tho 2 10 list in 1012 U2 truce back in tho direct male lines to George Wilkes i oubArt IArS U,.-j illui Capablanca. Cuban C-irm'on, Is Vie tor In National Play at New Ycrk-"lnal Standing Joreph R Capablanca the Cubti chess champion won the American national cIiobb masters' tournament which was concluded the other day, with a final scoro of eleven games won and two lost, comprising ten vic tories, two games drawn and one de feat. Frnnk J Mnrphail. who opposed Capablanca In the finnl round played a careful game, not wishing to Jeopar dize tits chance of -second prize the result being a drawn game after eight eon moves Marshall's score was 10', won and 214 lost, consisting of eight wins nnd five drawn contests Charles .laffe finished third with 9" won nnd 34 lost He lost a chance of tying Marshall for second place by losing his game to Znpoteon the first win for tho latter In tho tournament I'lnvprn V I Playm W X. ""npnblnnca II 2 Toiicnwurzel 514 7'4 Marshall .. 1"l4 2V4 Wliltnkcr ... D 7V4 JnfTe 1V4 34 IlllnltlBteln . 4H S' Jnnoilcl 9 4 Kline ....... AV, 814 '"halps 3 G MnrrlBon ... 4 9 Stnpfor 8 5 T.trbensteln 2H Nt4 Kupciill- .... C 6V4 Zapoleon ... 2 11 CARPENTIER A HEAVY-WEIGHT Tormer French Middleweight Finds It Difficult to Make Weight for That Division. Georges Carpentier, tho French nlddlow eight champion, Is to become a heavyweight Carpcutlnr has been growing too heavy for the middle weight class and finds It difficult to nako weight for this division His defeat at tho hands of Billy 1'apTto is laid by Carpentler's backers to tho fnct that he virtually had to starvo himself to got down to the middle weight limit and greatly weakened himself thereb) Carpentier was looked upon as a wonder In tho ring by tho French boxing lovers, who hailed him ns tho greatest middle weight in tho world. Such glowing reports of his prowess as a fighter reached theBe shores that America fight fanciers wero forced to the con clusion that ho must bo a real ring marvel. But when the French cham pion went up against n couplo of good American glove nrtlsta his boasted superiority was given a rudo setback. Frank Klaus, tho Pittsburg bear cat, and Billy Papke, who is not near aa good a fighter as he was a few years ago, had no trouble In beating the for eigner. There has been talk for some WiWiH Georges Carpentier. tlmo of Carpentier coming to thli country and giving Americans i chauco to bee him In action. It ii possible that the French star will bi seen on this sldo before long. 2 li'.i. and 2S aro inbred to him Ten of tho newcomers ire direct descend ants of Electioneer, and six are Inbred to him Sixteen of tho fast ones rep resent tho Wllkes-Klectloneer cross All but four aro representatives of tho Hamblctonlan family Yale to Meet Tigers May 10 ' Yalo will meet Princeton In tho an nual dual track games at Princeton n May 10 and Harvard at Now Haven on May 17, according to tho Yale track scheduld Rudolph's Good Work. Itlck Rudolph of Toronto led tho In ternational lea uo pitchers with 25 victories and ten defeats last sea- Bfl, Qooet for Athletics. Eddlo ColllnB adds his testimony to that of Connie Mack that tho Phila delphia Athletics will win In 1913. San Antonio Signs Catcher. The San Autoulo Club of the Texaa League, has signed Catcher Joseph C. Qroff, of Wheeling. W. Va. "WINED" HIS AFFINITY AMERICAN DIPLOMAT TOOK PITY ON THE SPHINX. Spent Much Good Money on Cham pagne to Quench Her Thirst, and Hit Reward Consisted In Belno "Fired." "Thnt recent escapade of the Brit ish official who poured a libation ot sacrilegious wine down the back of a sacred Image in Hindustan recalls a eomowhnt similar Incident that in volved ono of our own diplomats back In the rentloss days of the seventies," said a veteran official of the state de partment. "Ho was a young follow, tho favorite nephow of a statesman of national prominence, and ho turned that statesman's hair prematurely gray with his wild vagaries. "Hen, for we'll call tho young fellow by that name, was a man of most va grant mind and versatile blbulositles. His uncle, pardoning all his Bohemian obliquities, launched him forth time and again on many a promising ven ture in this lino or that, but over Ben camo floating home on a high tide of alcohol. At length tho statesman, seeking to sober him by tho burden of responsibility, gavo him a long lecture and the consulship to Cairo. Ben took tho pledge, took a drink and took tho first boat for tho land of the Pha raohs. "Ho was of a moBt romantic nature, smothered heretofore under the stern practicalities pf Amorlcan life, but. moistened by subtle liquors and nour ished by the Egyptian stars glinting their soft images In the waters of tho age-old Nile, It bourgeoned forth and throve amain. It was his wont when loaded to the Pllmsoll mark with what tho genial Horace might havo termed 'Old Falernian' to wander beyond the sacred river, and, crossing tho Inter vening sands, sit for hours in silent oommunlon with tho Sphinx. Here he felt he had met his affinity at lant. "One , afternoon, while deeply wiapped in ono of these alhnlty Quaker meetings with his stony lady love, the thought was suddenly borne In upon him that, after sitting out there for countless ages on tho dry and hot and dusty desert, the old girl must have a most appalling thirst. "Forthwith ho hied him back to Cairo, purchased half a dozen cases of the best champagno from Sheperd, loaded them upon a camel and, hiring a fellah, as assistant barkeep, so to speak, betook himself and his wino back through the soft Egyptian night to tho sand-swept paws of his silent sweetheart. "Arrived, he and the deckhnnd of his ship of tho desert broke open the cases, loaded themselves down with their contents, and, clambering upon tho head of the aged female, poured 144 bottles of wine down her neck! Having accomplished this act of favor for the idol of his heart, Ben returned to Cairo and slept the slumbqr of the peaceful hearted. "Now, all U1I3 romantic adventure, worthy of a Knight of the Round Tablo, might have been blown out into tho desert upon tho winds had not certain Inquisitive busybodies about the lobby of Shepord's hotel at Cnlro learned the sentimental story and brought it back to America, where It reached the offi cial cars of tho stato department. Of ficials of that day were an uncouth lot, with an atrophied sense of romance and poesy, and they recalled Ben with a celerity that In these days of swift ness is denominated as 'getting fired.' The sudden blow nnd the rude sepa ration from the scenes amid which his poetic soul had blossomed out into that laBt wild act of love, broko Ben's heart, and, always anxious for an ex cuse, he spent the remainder of his days in deep drink. "But," concluded the official, "ac cording to tho report on the matter, Ben Is tho only man that ever bought tho Sphinx a drink." But the New Milkman Wasn't New. A woman on Llnwood boulovard do elded not long sinco to discharge her milkman because of the inferior qual ity of milk ho had been bringing and sho happened to tell a friend about it over tho phone. Thinking to help her out, tho friend told her they had a good milkman and she would tell him to stop nnd sou her if she wished. "Walt a minute," she said suddenly. "1 think 1 hear him on the back porch right now." Presently sho camo back to tho phono and asked for the oxact street number of tho house that sho might give It to tho man, nnd after a sec ond's alienee, the woman holding tho leceiver heard n etartled exclamation at tho othor end of tho line. "1 gave him your name and ad dress," she snld, laughing, "and ho says ho has been bringing you milk for three years. What shall I tell him?" "Oh," gasped tho frlond, "Just toll him ho Is fired." Kansas City Star. Airship Shed on Heligoland. 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