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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1913)
Bringing Up sOOD raciou- ve UEFT MY -U HAvETOiO AND CET it: TIT Tnri1n rnfrnRTwinrlnt nf the l sPrt'nS thus quotes Presl it 'dtnt Jones of th Lincoln team: X. ,kV7 fcav been tlghtlng hard tor .;)-, s tecpnd- place all summer, and In spit of the WCt that we have scarcely dipped below third place all year, our attendance has dropped amoxlngly," The co-respondent adds that the attend ance In '' Lincoln this year 15,000 below that of 1912. Lincoln has a good tetlp, It has played good ball all pea soti the owner has been alert to stfengthen weak places with new ma terial." The same' may be said of other teams in the league, whose attendance also has fallen off amazingly. What Is the answer? Can It be that the patrons otWestern lcaguo base ball have grown vfceary .of ' watching seven teams trail Denver season, in and season out? From tfjp very Jump off this year the pennant race has been no race at all; the flag has been Denver's . from the start. It it nS enough for (wo or three teams to thfht for second laco unless there be B'ptho chance of a contest for first place. Ijtjls the hope'of winning that keeps the gljLine going, and when that hope is de stroyed the game Has hard sledding. Let tt)ls league develop .a real race Just once, such, for example, as we see almost wiry season ' in he. American asaocla ttpR; and the. fans will find it out and sjjttle the question of attendence very speedily. There Is no reason for the dis parity existing1 .between minor league feams as has existed in this, league tor ia'many seasons. If jone owner can suc ceed so well id assembling winning play ed others should com somewhere near1 nMb. It's a Ijafd task- to get good ball ptyyers, -you. jy4-&irr .but noUSO per cent harder for one than another, surely, BomeT-'ten .years ago five 'teams had al most an" even break, for the flag up t6 6 last week, 'th?y "ek na neck tothe last game.' Np one heard anything pamazthc slumps In attendances mat f ' OThe St. . Louis Republic makes the un equivocal assertion that dam Agnew, former Olnahan, now the main string father for the Browns, "has the best throwing arm of., any catcher In the American league ahd he knows how to us it." Sam was slid out of Omaha pretty? much as a turnip. He only stowed Well In flashes and we doubt if rtfajiy'fans ever knew why he failed to develop here, as he, did in Los Angeles. The fact la quite well known to some of . UfT lr&lde, though. Sam was picked out tiysdme of his helpful associates aa tho cbjtt Of the team. You know, every team must -have a goat. Sam had as much cifande to develop here aa a lamb has ttfVkill a butcher. Had Pa Rourke been riandllng the managerial reins himself this might havb been averted, greatly to li5- and his team's advantage. The case of 'Agnow will do as a basis for saying that in the matter of goat-making, It rqlght provo ef f ectlve, to let out the goat makers Instead of the goat once In a h. clever statistician figured out that Jf&j Kneavea and Pick together lost thirty-two games for us the season they ambled abbut at. short and third. Our own observation confirmed the finding. Yftfen the present season closes we doubt ll(ie that Congalton could be shown to hare won about that many games for us !rt'191S. Certainly he has put many a onj on ice for the home team with that faithful old slab of his. And Connys fielding is far ahead of hie reputation. ii has that happy faculty of all good 6d outfielders of starting with the crack b'flthe bat, which enables him to take care of difficult chances without making the catches seem sensational, which the finder with the late start is apt to da Thomason, Congalton, Kane and John ton what a quartee of fence-busters for a pitcher to face one after another. tfor this array of sluggers, with the hlng we've had most of the season, thi team would have been further down tbj scale than It is. 5maha loses but one man by the draft Tne sapient and lynx-eyed scouts have igaln overlooked ThOmason in their search for outfielders. Scouts are a good floal IJko, umpires wrong about as often arlght. But as for JohnBon, be ought itt.rnake the Giants a good second string catcher and with his ability to htt find afwarm welcome In the McGraw camp ifViheavy-hltttng catchers. ...Joe Lots finished the, season in the Nebraska State league with a batting average of .479, which ted the league. If oe will manage to hit at least half that rlard and win a little more than half his games, in tins Western next season we wftn't ask anything more of him. . igebeau ran Into the business end of the National .commission when he at tempted rto' sell Chairman Herrmann a rjppled player. If there ik such a thing as a manager lighting his way to success, Joe Tinker Ul find it lisPIIl says he Just must go. Well, Ukif'fceer o' youfself, " Jim. I Judgments Father SpC r1" JUST A , ll gy Ul ' I PePlPv,Nq-'va &0SE SEASOHHEXT SUNDAY Sandlot Teams Will Then Pack Up Until the Robins Nest Again, BOYS 'ALL HIGHLY PLEASED Games Have Been Well Supported by the Fan iuiiI There Have Been Ho II 1b Squabbles to Mar the Year's Playinsc. By FRANK QTJIGIiEV. Well, boys, there aio only a few more days left on tho calendar bofore the time rolls around for the asbestos to drop. Guess there Is not anything to re-' gret, however, and there will not be much available space for remorse around camp this fall. Without a doubt this season to date has been the best local diamond cavprters ever Indulged in. Trouble was nearly obliterated and only oi a couple of different occasions was a contest broken up before the final chapter. Everything has gone along fine and nil tho boys feel highly elated over the way the fans have supported them and also about their own classy work on the dia mond. We haVe played faster base ball and the boys' belfrys have played a more conspicuous part this year than ever be fore. Next Sunday Is the day sot aside for the locals to pack up until the robins begin to chirp again. Ttto Mixes at Fort. Two excellent mixes aro predicted for beautiful Fort Omaha's diamond thin afternoon when the fast An:lent Order of United Workmen team greet the Ad vos in the initial argument and the Luxus from Beervllle and tho Townsends will be seen in the wlnflup. Tho last duel between the Lodgeltes and the Pure Food dispensers resulted In a victory for the "latter mentioned after a gruelling battle for twelve long innings by the score of 3 to 2. The Lodge gents are pining for revenge, so it Is a cinch that they will exert all their energy to clean up the Advos this trip.. Baker will swing them over for the Advos and Holland will work for the Ancient Order of Unttod Workmen. Tho Townsends are also look ing for some revenge to be delivered nt the expense of the Luxus. At the present writing the Gunners look pretty sugary and the Brewery Tascals will have to steam up It they want to cop the grapes, but Old Man ICocher says they can "doer." Dyck will sail them across for the Luxus and McOuIre will work for the Townsends. Lineup, first game: A O. U. W. ADVOB. . Dougherty First ........ McOrath Welch Second Bowley AicAndrews Third Probst Btephan Short Mlnlcus Hall Left Donnlson Bherer Center Feltman Kennedy Right ...... Hollander Prefka Catch Coo Hollands Pitch Carter McCreary Pitch uaker wneup, secona game; LUXUS. TOWNSENDS. Venous... ,. First Krelgler emitn .Second Coady Tracey Third Saup Kapp : Short Penny Hachten Left Moore Denny Center. McQowan Fox Right Pass Clair Catch Russum Dyck Pitch McOuire aua .Pitch Adams Tito Fast Armaments. A couple of fast arguments are looked for at Athletlo pork this afternoon, when a couple of class B teams put on the first show and the Btorz Triumphs and the Council Bluffs Merchants put on the finisher, A couple of weeks ago the. first time since the Btorz Triumphs lit on the map, the Council Bluffs Merchants walloped them, to the tune of 6 to S. Of course, tho beer sllngers are now looking for revenge so It is a lead-pipe that they will do their darnedest and then some In order to slip the Bluffers' some dis tasteful medicine. Fans will never regret squandering two-blU to see this fight. Not being satisfied with trimming the hop kids once, the Merchants think they can "doer" again Alderman will prob ably work fot the Omaha crew and either Probst, Kemp or some dark horse will kink them for the Merchants. The lineup: STORK. MERCHANTS. Drummy..., First Swlngwood Oraham Second Wnhi Durkee., Third .Mlnlcus aillham .....Bhort McLean Lawler , Left , Kemp Falconer,,., Center Gotf Welch Right..... Rica Crelghton Catch........... QHiesple Alderman Pitch Probst Oleson .Pitch Steele Kelly Pitch Kemp Kugate..,.. Pitch , Crowe Other Good Games. Next Sunday the Emll Honsens will again parade up to Schuyler, Neb., where they have already played on two dlf erent occasions. They sure must like that burg. Tho two games which these two teams have .already Induged In have been Interesting affairs so this debate will un doubtedly bo a corker. At Neola, la., the Brodegaard Crowns will lunch today and after the big feed they will endeaver to amply demonstrate to the Neola populace Just how the grand, old national Joy should be delivered. Bell will probably shoot them for the Crowns and Haggerty will be on the mound for the village base ball manipulators. Already this term the Orkln Brothers' hand fcave dellyered their wares at Ben TUB OMAHA fiWrtgfct, UUl laUroaUonal News Bart to. nington, Neb., but, notwithstanding this fact Manager .Weiss went to the trouble of mustering his troupe together again so tho Bennington fans 'would have tho pleasure of seeing these two brigades fight out their tlo. As It stands they have copped a game apiece. It was the intention of Manager Weiss to balance up his books and quit business for the season, but he changed his sky piece when old man .BUn slipped In unmolested last week. This will be- one grand game and anyone making tho trip will not re gret It On the vacant gap locatod at thirty- second street and Dewey avenue, tho Dundeo Woolen Mills will bump up against tho California Athletics. This same should bo conceded to the Dun- decs, before It Is played for the Athletics haven't got an even break. At Florence park the Overlands will en deavor to wipe the Florence Atltletlcs off the map. The Florence boys always put up a hard fight, but on too many oc casions they are forced to swallow the dope known aa, defeat It Is their inten tion to show what they have got today by whipping the noted Overlands. It they do this they should be saluted lit rec ognition of their fighting spirit At Luxus park the Chris Lycks will put on a double-header, the first game of which will be with tho Brown Park Pharmacy and the second mix "with the C. B. DoVol Victors. These three teams are all approximately evenly hooked up so a couple of games that should make the hair stand on end are anticipated. First duel at 1:30 o'clock, second at three and a halt bells. Fontenelle park will be the scene ot some battle this afternoon when the Foresters buck up against the K and M's. The lost meeting between these two Bquad resulted in a victory for tho IC and M tribe and since, then the Foresters have been unable to figure out Just htm it happened. So they are decided to take another whirl at this bunch and se if they couldn't' tell a different story after the smoke clears away, On the vacant pleco of earth at Twenty, first and Charles streets the Hollys and the Burllngtons will hook up at two and a half whistles, This game Will bo a real torrid, affair because oodles of sour stuff exists between the two crows. Up at Wahoo, Neb.,, the champs ot south town viz. the Armours will do their darnedest to waltz home wjth the sweetmeat They will be up against a stiff proposition as Wahoo has ono of tne fastest organizations in the state and aside from this their umpires in variably seem to think that they are under obligations to the homo talews. Qurness will kink them for the Armou. nnd Anderson vlll work for the op positron. Diamond Dst, ofqihraaIltoacrarahat?erts.the f 80m N?xt sonW sSrmafSof f!" ,y' tVclh get KaJy hane UB vour lids. The steam will be turned off next Sunday. vH AJ''J 11 1lem ,ike ft thousand years off before the next season float around. It is nearly a toss, up as to who Is tho Vinous baoe:nan In town, Krelgler or uNext S,ulV,a,y wiu bo th6 funeral, when the sandlot fans kiss this grand season goou-by. Those All-Stars got a hold of some good SS.?;wl8he,, themselves away to the graveyard. little sapollo and go scouring for players tor next season. ..,UPile, ot ,ocal ba" tossers lately have rnCdUrja1m1ef,0an,zne!r5' Jhn Madam Rumor has It that George Ken- Joe Lotz, who formerly was a biir noise ao:m?h.merSh,tn,t8 have fua out this baacknontthhaetlr onwnCkaStt.?i.,en pHmmj'DIe ,d0,n "no at North km a,rgyooddTon,,tra,ed th iJii?SorsiA. Iconer keeps up his nur. T?riwntvf an.lt ... . trTI t "t'oiuiinii ring in tnAnv He has been stopping the rn i i.iliiv.J-' willow for ohki,.v. tw?.e W"? benjnd: the i. jo., una season. He has been catching for Qreeley Neb -tmVlAng'playy A willing to drm".-."'! You have to give ft to Jim McAndrews v? "?" yum wen as a gooa umpire. He has got it on all of the gentlemen cracksmen. Nay. nay, Pauline, out-of-town games are not all lost because the umpire gives the opposition the best of it Kvtn your SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 21, 1913 " j sweetheart will He about a base hall game. Don't think that a suffragette base ball team would be much ot a succcu. They can't even knock the stuffing out of a ballet box. You havo to give It to William Pahl for lnJoctlnc ringer and pepper Into the O. D. Klpllngcrs. They made a remark able record. Penny's breathing nachlncr.v was nearly cut ot commission after he circum navigated the bases for the Townsends last Sunday. Although approximately eighty teams In the three cities went kerplunk this season, they will havo about sixty left when the bell tingles. If some of the managers would only quit protecting a few ot tho Ivory-crowned players on their squad they would proba bly get somo place ahead. If some of the local base ballllsts would leave tho high balls alone they would probably Increase their fielding average. Do you get me, Orlando? Harry Sage Is still Icing the nicks as an adjudicator. This summer Harry hne made approximately fifty bucks per week doing the aforamentloncd stunt. Anything you want to know about amateur base ball just quirk to ANj Kalman. Ills knowledge box Is as ab sorbing an a wad of surgical cotton. Dusty Hnll Is playing sensational ball for the Ancient Order of United Work men tcom. He is tar from being all In and looks good enough for a tow more years. Despite their showing this season. Man ager Grossman and his band ot Florence Athletics will have to be given credit for their get-thereneBS and their stlck-to-lt-lveness. ' Sluggers come and go In amateur base ball, but Harry Welch Is the same old Harry of old. His trusty war club has put more than oio argument on the hum mer this season. Next Sunday at Athletlo park, Council Bluffs, the Merchants will play a double header, tho first game with the Council Bluffs Victors nnd the Becond with the Council Bluffs Stolz. Charlie Coe, the granddaddy of tocnl base ball, Is still able to show the young sters Bome tricks. None of thn klnkntnr puzzle him and he clubs them right on me oea, aespite nis age. Before Sam Fcltmnn itniiiu mit nf t.la teens he will find hlmnif in h hi. B!low JL he kops going at his present clip. For a youngster Feltman has shown great development this season. Hawkeyes Anxious to Make Showing Against Nebraska IOWA CITY, la., Sept W.--(Speclttl.l- The past woek, which terminated with the formal opening of foot ball practice on Iowa field under tho direction ot Coach Hawlcy, has been one of prepara tion seldom equalled In an Iowa camp. Captain McQlnnls has made a final ef fort to capture all available material, while Manager Kollogg has overhauled his equipment and Physical Director Watson and Trainer Mann have given the early arrivals needed advice In mat ters ot conditioning. With tho opening of school set for September 22 many of the men were slow In arriving during tho week and Kirk, tho missing tackle, failed to show up for tho first practice. Word has been received, however, that he will be on hand during the coming week Captain7! McQlnnls also sent back word that Car berry, sub end last year, would, be In school again and would try for the team. The Hawkeyes will have two weeks of practice before their opening game, which will be with the State Teachers' college team from Cedar Falls on Octo ber i. Then comes a real tryout tho fol lowing week, when the Cornell college aggregation comes to Iowa field, and following that two consecutive Journeys to Chicago, when the Maroons and Northwestern will be met on successive Saturdays. Northwestern has the date on the Iowa schedule formerly occuplod by Minnesota. The Purple team Is re garded as a more suitable opponent for the Iowa aggregation, as the Gophers have been Hawkeye Jinx for jnany years. The first real objective point of the local coaches and players, however, will bo the Chicago game on October 18, when the Hawkeyes open their big nine season on the Chicago field, Whllo admitting that with tho material at hand It will be almost Impossible to defeat the Ma roons, the locals will refuse to give Up hopo of another victory over.Stagg's men until the final score is in. The schedulo after the Chicago game Is not an easy one. Northwestern, In diana, Ames and Nebraska follow In or der. While the Ames team Is probably not up to the standard of the others, tho desperation wltlf which the Aggies fight against Iowa makes them a difficult bunch to handle; whllo the fact that th-j game annually decides the state cham pionship adds further spirit to the bat tle. The Hawkeyes are especially anx ious to make a strong showing against the Cornhuskers, as the game will mark the resumption ot athletlo relations with Nebraska, and will also decldd the tie which the two teams played (on their last meeting In 1909. Arsrues vrlth Vmpj Manager Fred Clarke and Umpire Bljl Klem had a row under the nrand stand after a recent game at Pittsburgh. They pushed and shoved and exchanged back handed compliments like a pair of fussy school boys. Clarke Is said tjo havo been "In a terrible rage" because idem missed a strike. Pushes, shoves aid profanity made up his way of showing it Drawn for The Bee by George McManud STAR COACHESFOR GOPHERS Six of the Best Foot Ball Men in Country to Mould the Team. FAS AHEAD OF CORNHUSKERS But Tiro Conches to Make Nebraska Team One Which WIU Bent Gopher-The Bee's Sng scstlon Overruled, ALL-STAR OAST OF COACHES TO TEACH GOPHERS. Dr. H, L. Williams, father ot the forward pass and the Minnesota shift, Thomas L. Shcvlln, All-American end, Yale. W. W. "Pudge" Heffelflnger, All Amerlcan guard, Yale. Called bv Walter Camp the "greatest guard who ever played foot ball." .... . John F. McOovern. AlUAmerican quarterbuck. Minnesota. Big Harris, All-Western quarter back. Minnesota. E. W. MoDevltt All-American guard, Yale, 1910. This Is the galaxy ot star coaches which will attempt to make tho Mln uesota toot ball team the greatest ma chine In the , west and the team which Nebraska university will run up against on October 18. It will be remcmbererd that Tho Beo waged a campaign for mora coaches to assUt Jumbo Stlehm In per fecting a team at Nebraska university, which would, beat) th.o, qophers, but the athlotlo board of the Cornhuskor school turned down tv proposition tendered by tho Omaha alumni, But ono man has been appointed to help Stlehm this year and that Is Sam White, former end for Princeton. Ot course Owen,, Frank will help out, but his work with the International Harvester company will keep him away from the team most of the time. Some Cracks, The roll call of the Minnesota mentors reads lIke segment of the foot ball 'blue book of ko losijwo decades., with Yale furnlshedthe fi'eavy end of tho'llst Six famous gentlemen will dovote their ener gies to giving the Qophers a 'winning team and each of the six Is known and respected wherevor the gridiron game is spoken. Each man has his own work mapped out for the season and the candi dates this fall are going to experience some real big league tutoring. Heading- the list Is Henry I Wllllam Coctor of medicine. The beat known pic ture ot tho head coach shows htm lead ing his favorite chee-lld, the forward pass, with one hand and with the other the Minnesota shift No two things In the history ot foot ball have done so much to revolutionize the game and thft doctor's love is equally divided between his chtl dren. He has been coaching tho Qophers for the last thirteen seasons and "has been giving a good" account of himself each year. In addition to steering Min nesota through many a tempestuous, sea sen, Dr. Williams has always sent his annual consignment of foot ball stuff t6 Ifew Haven to help out the Ells, from whence ho came. The gentleman is very well known in this locality nnd needs little introduction. All Are rtcnownrd, Associated with him will be Jin, Pudge Hetfeltlnger, Johnny McQov- ern, Big Harris and K. W. McDevltt. All five of the associates have carved their names so deeply Into the foot ball records that time and the elements will find difficulty erasing them. Shevlln made his name at Yale, where he played end In a way that won him place on the All-Amerlcan team without any effort Ho was captain of the eleven his last year and many critics pro nounced htm the best end that ever pulled on a Jersey. ' Pudge Hetfeltlnger had hts day at Yale about a decade nnd a half before Shevlln. Football was different than than now, but Heffelflnger's work at guard stood out so far above others that Walter Camp declared him, the greatest guard that ever played the gome. He has. also. made a reputation as a coach and can put more venom Into bone headed linesmen In a week than most ctachos do In a season. Like Shevlln ha Is In business In Minneapolis. . Modovern, famed aa tho first Minne sota man to make the All-Amcrtoan team, Is coaching at Macalester. but will devote no little attention to Minne sota. He Is one of Dr. Williams' scouts and Is expected to do motit of. the siting up of Gopher opponents oft and on dur. ing the fall. Harris n Ills Help. Sig Harris has been Williams' right hand man ever since he laid away his playing clothes about ten years ago. Much of the success that haj come to Minnesota In recent years Is attributed to Harris. He has had sols charge ot the scrubs for several years. JSaeh year he has developed a powerful team, from the freshmen and inellgtbles and. his gang has always glvn the varsity some great practice. Several seasons the team coached by Harris hau been slightly In ferior to Dr, Williams' own pets. McDevltt played guard three years at Yale and two years was chosen on tho second AU-Amerlrnn team. Last year ho wasVsslstant head coach at Yale and comes here highly recommended. Ho will devote his attention to the varsity lino and will also help with tho fresh men and scrubs. WILL BE PREMTIOUS TRIP World's Tour by Giants and Whito Sox to Be a Big Affair. TO TRAVEL IN DE LUXE STYLE No Pains Wilt Be Spared to Make the Rxonrston One of Kxtrnordl nnry Comfort for All Who (Jo Along. xrrr vnnif nn flnTtnrrv M. Grub- aw,., j r - tr Iner ot Chicago, who Is the personal . . . I , xym.mlA nl.n.lnn A Comlskoy In arranging for the world's tour of mo uiania ana wo wnuo box, Is perfecting the final plans for tho nfntnndnn. nrjMlnrl thft umrM trio, which Is to begin next month at tho conclusion ot the World's Beries. Tim rln la mlntr In hn the hlcirplt thing of Its kind which has ever been attempted in sporting annais, ana judg ing from the preliminary roports which hiivfi come from fnrelim countries: tha American game of baso ball will" ba a world-wide topla before tho party re turns to this country next March. The route ot tho party from Chlcitgo on October 19 has practically been' de- drlfta nn. Alrhntivh ChftrA In mirh a. bp-a t. Interest In the trip In tha west and nnrtVi wnt 'thnf ifi nmmnlnni Vinvn hail a difficult Visit ohooslng the cities which aro to bo viilted. Mr. Grablner has reams nf tflttftm 'mm fliA mavrini unit lAnrv1 of trades In Western cities requesting visits from tho base ball tourixts. The tour Is to be billed like a olrcus with. icncr DIIIDoard nosters ana nlrendv thn western cities are preparing for the coming ol me uiants ana the White flox. One interesting feature of the tour wiu be tna motion pictures. The plo- ture privilege has been obtained hv Jnrlr fllitnann wilt . . a games in foreign cities, and of the steamer trips and receptions which will te tendered to the players by trtelgn monarchs and ambassadors. President Wilson and Secretary of maio uryau have both shown unusual Interest In the trip, and the American diplomatic representatives In all coun tries where the players ore to visit have been requested by the government to do everything nosibl tn.entnrMn hn visitors. Dick Bunnell of Chicago is now n me orient making tho arrangements tor that part of the trip. Many games are to be Played in cities in Phinn nn Japan where unusual Interest in the inp is Doing shown. Manager McGraw has not yet chosen bis players, but It Is known that most of the Giant stars will take the trip. The White Box will havo several of the American league stars from nthnr t,n. In the lineup, while McQraw wilt toko some National league players from other clubs to complete his tedm. The baso ball party will make an ex tensive tour of tho west bofore sailing from Vancouver on November li on tho Empress of Japan. Tho teams will get a great send oft In Chicago on October IS, when a game is to be played at Comlskey park. The party, which will bo limited to 100, will travel on a special train de luxe, and they will also have special trains through the foreign countries. After leaving Chicago on October 19 the teams will play on October 20 at Spring field, III., where Lawrenco Poyle, the Qlant captain, first burst Into fame. The route to bo followed then Includes visits to Davenport Omaha, Lincoln, Bloux City, St. Joseph, Kansas City, Fort Smith, Ark., and Blue Rapids, Kan. Tho teams will then mako a tour ot the state of Texas, one ot the foatures ot this part of the trlt belnir a nun- at thn Giants' spring training camp at Marllu springs, on November S, Donham, Beau mont, Galveston, Houston, Abilene, Mid lands and El Paso will also be Included In the trip. Among tho American league nlavers who will go along with tho White Sox will bo Hal Chose, Ed Walsh, Jim Scott, Joe Benr, Sam Crawford. Trla Sneaker and probably Larry Lajole. Cre FAMILY TRADE South Omaha: Win, Jetter, 2502 N Street, Phone So. 863. 3 S CRAYATH IS HOME RUN KIDn Has Long List of Such Victories U His Credit, WORKED ALL BUT BROOKLYN Pitcher on that Team Were the Only ;One that Did Not Let Him Pound Out Four Snelcer, If Gabby Cravath ot tho Phillies shat ters tho National league record for home runs established by Buck? Freeman In 1899, tho Brooklyn pitchers will not bo to blame. They have refused to allow Dooln's fence breaker to once put tho ball out ot tho lot this season. Tho same cannot be said of any other set ot Na tional league slabmen, tor Gabby has ob tained four four-baggers In the games with tho Cardinals, threo each In tha games with the Pirates, the Giants, the Beds and the Braves, and two In tho games with tho Cubs. Thirteen of hla four-cushion blows were struck at home, two In St. Louts, one in Cincinnati, ono In Boston and ono In New York. It was by hitting tor the grand tour that Cravath became a Philllo regular this season. He was doing bench duty for Dooln until Monday, May 5. Tho pre vious Saturday, acting as a pinch hitter for Dill Kllllfcr, Cravath had wlthdut hesitation and on tho first half pitched, lifted tho servo ot Christy Mathcwson among tho dqnkcns of the left field bleachers. In tho regular lineup on the following Monday Cravath whaled an other homer, and ho has been contrlbut'- Ing them pretty regularly since. K Patriotic Fellow. Cravath seems to bo .a patriotic sort of baUman, tor he got ono homer oh Deco ration day end another on the Fourtti of July. On Independence day Cravath was acting as sub 'swatter. On August 14 Cravath got two four-baggera off Mpr decol Brown of tho Reds in ono game. Tho Quaker swatsmlth hasn't yet hit for the full distance with all 'tho hoses occu pied, but ho fs likely to do bo boforo the season ends, though said season no longer Is In Its Infancy. Eight of Cravath'a four-baggers haVe been made when the cushions wero unin habited, seven wero torn oft when one athlete was watting to score and threo vero manufactured when there were a pair ot runners on what Is occasionally alluded to as the twopaths. It la Inter, cstlng to noto of Cravath's ability to manufacture homers, and hit in tha pinches that, tho New York Giants during a fan test tho other day thought that Cravath would bo tho winner of the Chalmers car offered for tho National league's most valuable player, Ifwa'tho Giants' opinion that Joe Jackson would get tho American league trophy, Ills Homo Kbbi. Tho home runs made by Cravath this heaoon aro fully described below: FOUIMB AGGERS MADE AT HOMS May S Off Mathewson. New York, on man being on base. Cravath was acting In pinch hitting capacity for Ktlllfer ana hit the first ball pitched by "Big Six;" May b Off Marquard, Now York, no one being on base. May 13 Oft Camnltz, Pittsburgh, ono man being on base. July 4 Off Rudolph, Boston, two men being on baso. Cravath batted fo, Becker. July 7 Off Perdue, Boston, two men be ing on baso. July 8 Off Camnltz, Pittsburgh, no man being on base. July 12 Off Qeyer, St. Louis, two men being on base. July 16-Off Qrlncr. St Louis, ono man being on base. Hit decided, game In Phil lies' favor. July 22 Off Lavender, Chicago, no one being on base. Hit decided game In Phil lies' favor. August 14 Off Brown, Cincinnati, two. First homer made with no one on base, second With one man on base. August 2o-Off Lavender, Chicago, no one being on base. August 23 Off Lehrsen, Pittsburgh, ono man being on base. FOUR-RA GOERS MADE ABROAD. May SO-Off Fromme, New York, no ono being on base. Juno 23 Off James, Boston, no on be ing on base. August 2-Orf Suggs, Cincinnati, no pno belnc pn baoe. AUgwt 4 Off Harmon, St Louts, ono man bolng on base. Aurust 6-Off Harmon, St Louis, no one being on base. Gets New Haltvrr. 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