EASY TO TAG MODERN BASE
RUNNERS, SAYS IOHN EVERS
Indoor Sports
'oi'jnifht, 191h. lntuia tlonal News Service
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But When Jawn Gets Into
American League and Sees
Ty Cobb He May Change
His Mind.
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i la-; !, u cos who are haul to put
we h.ili i n W hile theie are plenty
o: ciy tas men in the league, Mill
'"e a;e comparatively easy to touch.
In tact, non-' oi the live 1 could tnen
t'on fonip.it is with loll Dahlen,
Jimmy Mu'i's..td, ltank t. hance, Fred
(. l.irke or main others ot the past."
liowevci. ,t Lvcrs guards 'the t.iR
giiiK station for the Kcd Sox this
season lie may tmd mote artful dodg
is in the r.urh.in league than lie
could in the National, Kay Chapman
ot the l 'levelmd Indians, who has had
,som-epet k tu e that qualities him to
speak, n.om's ijiute a list, with I'obh
neaiimi; it. v iiapman says v.ono is
est man in the business to
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touch when sliding into a base and
fc!e many reasons tor this expert
opinion.
Reason No 1 is because Ty is so
fast. r
Keasson N.i. 2 is because Ty is the
best slider m the game.
Reason No. .1 is because Ty thinks
faster than any other player.
Reason No. A, last, but by no means
least, is because you never know just
how Ty is cotniiiK into the has.
C hapman says that tune and again,
if you keep the ball where you receive
it alter takers the throw from the
catcher, you'll probably retire Ty
more often than otherwise. Kay in
sists that when he takes a throw from
the catcher in front of the bag and
whirls around expecting Ty to try to
come in betiind, the peach, will slide
ight in where the throw originally
came, and vice versa.
Further remarks by Chappie re
garding Cobb ate that when Ty is try
ing for a bag the catcher naturally
hurries his throw, with the result that
often it isn't as good as it is in the
case when another man is sliding. "I'd
rather try to touch man out who is
trying to sti-r.i than do anything else,"
says the Cleveland shortstop. "Cobb
worries me most."
Collins Ranks Next to Cobb.
o J on Chapman's list of artful
! sTtiic r v iMwmd 1'rowbridge ( ol
,1ms of ttie W lute Sox. of the same
; school as (obh, but not neat lv so
; great in any respect. I Mert Chap
I man acknow Vdge that '. olio.ibia's
best known gtadiule worms lum a
good ileal when he conies sliding into
I he kev stone sack. "N ot as much as
Cohh, however." sa s Raw
' Chapman's third selection of hard
' men to tag is more or 1rs ot a sur
prise' Michael Joseph McXally. the
kid pinch runner of the lioston Red
i .Son. Champail cannot ligiitc out why
' MfN'allv is a hard man to touch out
j when he hits the dirt, whether it is
'because Mike is fast and smart or
j iust naturally clumsy going into the
' bag. "All 1 do know," says Ray, "is
; that Mike is a tough bird to touch."
I Chapman and Roth probably are
tlie fourth and tilth hanlest men in
the American league to tag when
they are trying to steal. Kay being the
faster of the two. He also is mote
brittle than Roth, who goes into the
bag with the same vigor as he shows
when taking a cut at the ball.
Cobb may be the hardest man in
the American league to touch out
when he is trying to steal, hut he an
nually gets touched out oftener than
anybody else. Last year the I 'each
was beaten to his pilfering destina
tion on .14 occasions, and as he stole
55 bases his base running average was
.Ml,
Cobb Too Fast for Schalk.
Schalk, the best pegging backstop
in the American league, if not in the
country, flagged Cohh only once in
1()17, in eight attempts. Ty appar
ently beat Kay in the psychology
game. A war correspondent of the
Tigers says that he went over his
score book once anil fuiind that 40
per cent of the errors made by De
troit's opponents were on plays in
which attempts were made to get the
1'cach.
Eddie Collins was a .706 base run
ner in 1917, getting away with Si
steals out of 77 tries. Severeid turned
Cotniskey's high priced athlete back
five times. Leslie N'unainaker vetoed
three attempts to pilfer.
Mike McN'ally's percentage on the
lanes was ,4.H. He got away with
three steals in seven opportunities.
Fifteen-Round Fights in
Store for Kentucky Fans
Kentucky has sanctioned 15-round
boxing bonis, with six-ounce gloves
used. A commission of three men
will be appointed to supervise all
bouts held in the state.
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DOUGLAS BA1RD
MAKES UNUSUAL
PLEA TO BOARD
Douglas Paird. inlielder of tl.c St.
Louis Cardinals, has been placed in
Class 4 for the next army draft and
thereby hangs a tale. When lloug ap
peared before his local draft board he
testified that he had been married on
October 1", ll17.
"Your marrying came too late for
exemption," he was told.
"Yes, but 1 was engaged before he
draft law went into eltcct," mainta ned
llaird.
"The law went into effect in May,"
said the board examiner. "How long
before that were you engaged, and
how can you prove it?"
"A month before that," said Raird,
"and 1 can prove it this way: I' all
happened because of a home tun I
made in a game in .Pittsburg last
April. I ought to be sure of the date.
1 met the girl I married on the morn
ing before the game and made an en
gagement to see her that evening.
"We had 'been friends a long unit
and I had asked her to marry me : ev
eral times and that morning she s id
she would agree to it if 1 knocked a
home run that afternoon. I don't
know whether that was the real iea
son or not, but that afternoon 1 hit
the bull sign and won a prize of $50
and when I went out to the house that
night I told her she had to make k od
and she said 'Yes.' That's euouga to
fix it in anybody's mind, isn't it?'
The draft board was so impressed
that Doug- was given deferred classi
fication. Sam Langford Leaves for
Panama to Enter League
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Sam Langford, the Boston tar baby,
is euroute to Panama, after spending
some time in Chicago this winter.
Langford and several others of the
colored boxers, have a "league" among
themselves, in order to get the match
es they cannot secure with A'iiitc light
ers, and Sam is going to Panama to
stage a few bouts with other league
members.
RANKING VETS
OF SIXTEEN BIG
LEAGUE CLUBS
MaK Carey has been willi the
Pirates longer than any of his pres
ent mates, now that Hans Wagner
has passld into the discard. Max
became a Buccaneer in 1910. Art
Fletcher has been with the Giants
since 1909. Wheat joined the Brook
lyn club that year, and Tom Clark
went to the Reds the same season.
Dick Rudolph has been with the
Boston team longer than any other
of the present members, and yet he
joined the Braves as late as 191.5.
Vaughn is the oldest of the Cubs in
point of continuous service, and his
career dates only from 1913. Bill
Doak is the Cardinals' veteran, and
he, too. started 1913.
Li the American league, Terry Tur
ner of the .Indians is the real old
tinier, his Cleveland career dating
back to 1904. Ty Cobb joined thai.
Detroit 1 igers in 190s. Walter John
son became a member of the Wash
ington club in 1907. Caldwell joined
the Yankees in 1910. Hooper allied
himself with the Red Sox in 1909.
John Collins became a member of the
White Sox in 1910. Jimmy Austin
went to the Rrowns in 1911 and Fd
mer Mye- , who joined the Mackites
as late as 1915. is the oldest man on
the Athletics' roster, in point of service
San Francisco Club Signs
John Hummel for Outfield
The San F'rancisco club announces
the signing (if the veteran John Ham
mel, with the idea of using him in the
outfield. Last year Hummel played
first base for Buffalo in the hit;; na
tional league.
What's in a Name?'
The young man w ho for:! erly
played in the Federal league 'teder
the name of Al Holt and who n iv is
to get a chance with the Cleveland In
dians, wishes it to he known tla is
right name is Alva W. Halt. We op
long enough to set him right. Halt
or Holt, it matters little.
Although nothing definite has been
decided concerning the patriotic team
matches under the auspices of the
Professional Golfers association, there
is little doubt but that the members
of the association will approve the
suggestion made by the president,
Robert White. The idea is, of course,
to stage these affairs for the benefit
of the Red Cross, and the financial
end should profit even more this year
than last sfason. when something like
$5,000 was raised.
Aside from these tentative team
matches between homebred "pros."
British and Scotch professionals com
bined, and amateurs in both the east
ern and western sections, the salaried v
golfers will probably arrange four
somes, "on their own hook'," as was
the case last year. During 1917 (iil
Nichols, formerly located at the Great
Lakes Golf club, and Alec Smith, the
Wykagyl "pro," were paired together
in about 15 matches, and were the
means of raising a considerable sum
for relief funds.
Walter Ilagen, erstwhile national
open titlcholder. also did his share,
generally with Jim Barnes as a part
ner. Barnes, however, will probably
be out of the running in the east, as
he expects to leave Florida for the t
Broadmoor County club, at Colorado
Springs, about April 1. However, 'a
worthy substitute may be found in the
person of Jim Donaldson, who wilTtake
the berth at the Norwood Golf club
within a short time. Jock Hutchinson
and Bah McDonald are another pair
to be depended on.
Foot Ball Men No Good in
Trenches, Says Scot Doctor
A prominent Glasgow physician
says that foot ball players are rot
good men to put in the front line
trenches, as their endurance is far
less than that of the ordinary men
from farm, desk or shop. He at
tributes this to the fact that the men
have been "timed" for gruelling con
tests for so long that their nerves
will not stand the strain of gunfire
and constant watching. It is like
teaming up a race horse with an ar
tillery learn," he says.
"Ham" Patterson Is Wise
Bird; Has Over Draft Team
Old Ham Patterson, manager o'. the
Dallas club of the Texas league,
pulled an unique stunt. He signed a
team over the draft age. Patterson
and "Doc" White own the club ii. the
Texas metropolis and made m.iney
last vear.
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