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THP BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY, MAY 3. 1921. Up-to-Bate News and Gomip of Interest to Sport Fans 2 C I' V !0 V 50 New Players : Will Probably Stay In Majors . 1 Veterans Fast Passing Out Both Leagues Carrying Many New Men Giants : Have Young Team. New York, May 7. A baic ball expert says that according to present indications bU new players will be able to stick in the major leagues, I his number of promising young sters is about equally divided be Uveen the National and American circuits. As the big leagues, com bined, usually carry in the neighbor hood of 400 men' during the life of the pennant races, it can be easily secn how the oldsters are gradually passing out of fast company. At the present rate at least half of the regu lars now enjoying popularity and drawing handsome salaries will have been, replaced by young bloods at the end of the 1924 campaign. Manager McGraw of the Giants I.as taken on five players from the minors, who appear to be reasonably .sure of being retained all season. They are Outfielders Walker and Brown, Third- Baseman Rapp, Catcher Gaston and Pitcher Ryan. Ever Also Keeps Five. Johnny Evers, the ' Cubs' leader, has decided to keep five new comers Pitchers Freeman and thceves, rirst Baseman Grimes and Oot fielders Mai.se! and Twombley, Georcc Gibson, the Pirates' manager, is thoroughly satisfied with Infielders J tcrney and Barnhart,' also Pitchers lellowhorsc and Glazner. Pat Moran of the Cincinnati Reds will cling to Second Baseman ron- seca, Third Baseman Bohne and Catcher Hargraves, Branch Rickey of the Cardinals, says that Second Baseman Torporcer, Outfielder Muel ler and Pitchers Pcrtica and Riviere will not be released. Bill Donovan, who is tryin'g to re construct the Phillies, already has shot a fine young catcher in Bruggy and a sensational shortstop in Park inson, a Trenton semi-professional. Braves Have Some. . The Boston Braves are .carrying several colts, the best of hom seem to be Catcher Gibson and Pitchers Cooney and Morgan, who soon may attract attention in National league games. Manager Gleason of the Chicago White Sox, is using more young players regularly than any of the other American league team leaders. Glcason's new shortstop, Ernie John son, once was .a member of the Browns, but First Baseman Sheely, Outfielders Mostil and Talk, Thjrd Baseman Mulligans-Catcher Yaryan and Pitchers Morris, McWeeney and Mulrenan all are playing in the John son circuit for the first time. Lee Fohl, who is handling the Browns, is hanging on to Second Baseman Glcason, Third Basemen Lee and Lamb. Outfielder Wetzel .md Pitcher Kolp. Detroit's new players who have met with Ty Cobb's approval are First Baseman Blue, Third Basemen Huber and Hale, together with -Pitchers Stewart, Sutherland, Cole Snd Middlcton. Speaker Works Fast. Tris Speaker, manager of the World Champion Cleyejands, already has developed Riggs Stephenson of the Uniycrsity of Alabama, into a splendid second baseman and hitter. ( Speaker also will keep Pitchers Petty 'and Odenwald. First Baseman Brazil!, Outfielder Frank Walker, Catcher Johnny Wal ker and several pitchers are sure of permanent engagements wjth Can ute Mack's Athletics, Outfielder Hawks, Pitcher Picrcey and Iniiclder Mitchell are the Yan kees' uc wplayers who probably will be kept on the payroll. The Washington club's colts arc Foss, an infielder; Miller, an outfield er, and . Brottcuu 'a' catcher, who once received a short trial with the Cardinals. With a few exceptions, McGraw is building up a comparatively young team of Giants. He is looking into the feiture and may not be compelled to make radical changes in the line- up, outside of the batteries, for three or four years, if not longer. . Burns Only Veteran. George Kelly, Frank Frisch, Dave Bancroft, Ross Young. Ed Brown, Curtis Walker and Earl Smith have just "borken in,"' one might say. Papp is not a kid in point of age, but he is a fine player and has sev eral years to spend in the Giants' Burns, still the best left fielder in the game, is a veteran, in fact, the only one on the team, ex cepting the pitchers, of whom Doug las, Toney, Sallee and Benton can- 'not last forever. But Barnes, Nehf and Ryat still have a long time to serve the New York club. Catchers Snyder , aud ' Gonzales, ' now in their prime, have a promis ing understudy in Gaston. Mean while the fact must not be lost sight of that McGraw has attached strings to valuable recruits who are gaining s needed experience in the minors, while his sharp-eyed scouts are look ing for other hidden stars. Pirates Are Strong. v It may be well at this stage not to underestimate the strength of the Pirates. Manager Gibson is driving ,them along at a lively rate, and they are beginning to set Pittsburgh on fire. Gibson, has put the veteran George Cutshaw back on second and has moved the sensational "Cotton" Tierney over to third, to supplant young Barnhart. Maranville is the. life of the Pirates' infield, as, everybody expected. The Rabbit is ''playinar the game of his life" and is inspiring the other mem bers of the team. Gibson Is getting some high class pitching from Coop er.' Hamilton, Ponder and Carlson, while Bab Adams, as soon as hot weather sets in, will have to be reckoned with. Carl Mays, who has won three straight games, is the Yankees' pitching ace. But Huggins needs the valuable strategy of Bob Shawkey to keep his team at or near the top. , (juinn, Hoyt, Piercey, Collins and Harper may pitch well now and then, but Huggins should have plenty of first class box work right now, Fighting Fans Buy ! Many Fight Seats j - i Apply for $25,000 Worth of; Tickets Great Interest fa Match. New York, May 7. A' surprising amount of interest is being shown in the Dempsey-Carpcntler fight, even though it is two months off. For some time past Promoter Tex Riek ard has been receiving requests for seat reservations, but these have come from persons known as regular fight fans here in New York. They represent a considerable amount of money, but is the steady flow of let ters and telegrams whitta lias been pouring into Rickard's dike in Madisou Square Garden, since Jer sey Lity was named as battle ground, which indicates that the bout is likely to prove a record breaker in point of attendance. These applications are from all parts of the country, from cities, vil lages and hamlets. The demand for cho'ice seats from Canada tops them all at this early date. Rickard can hardly understand if unless it reflects the desire of some Canadians to stage the fight when the promoter was in the market for ibids tor it.. bo far seats totaling about $25,000 have been applied for by sp.orts from across the border. Carpentier is a big favorite among the French'Cana- dians, and it is said they will back him to a man to beat Dempsey. It is even said that no matter what the odds on the fight are now in this sec tion, the Frenchmau is regarded as an even money chance jn Canada. English Criticize Tennis Selections Challenging Nations for Davis Cup Having Hard Times Pieking Teams. New York, May 7 The sclec tion of players to represent the chal lenging nations jn the international matches for the Davis cup is creat ing lively discussion in some quar ters. In Japan the lawn tennis of ficials are busily engaged in pulling wires so mat enzo snimiazu, wno is now in Calcutta, may secure a six months leave of absence" to take his place on the court beside Ichiya Ku- magae in this country. t storm of criticism has burst forth in England over the, selections it made itself manifest a few davs ago when b, M. a. i-isher. a famous New Zealand player, who has re sided a number of years in England, was requested to participate in the test matches the outcome of which would determine the final selection of the four nominations for the British Isles team. Fisher nroiHDtly de clined, stating that his reason was based upon his lack of confidence in the selection committee and its judg ment. Fisher, who formerly held an of ficial position in the Australian asso ciation, came bodly forth in an open letter which has threatened an up- leaval in the British Lawn Uenjns association, 1 I Itf TV. 1 Loiumoia iviav ntcn Fall Grid Quarters At Military Camp The Columbia university eleven of" vew York will do its preliminary training next September at a foot ball camp to be established near New York by Coach Buck p'Neill. O'Neill ison a search of suitable sites within a radius of 50 miles of Gotham. Columbia elevens have enjoyed the benefits of such camps in the past, but not since the gridiron sport was brought back to life on Momingside Heights in 1915. The site most favored is Camp Vail, at Lake Silver, N. J., about 40 miles from New York. Camp ! Vail is an aviation field, with a large body of soldiers quartered there now. If Columbia completes its present tentative arrangements, the foot tall squad wU Jive in one pt the soioicr barracks. ' Ralph Stephens Trims Albert Cafin, 35 to 27 Ralph Stephens, former state champion billiard player, handed Al bert Cahn, Omaha Athletic club champ, his first defeat in the three cushion championship tournament, being held at the Academy parlors, last night when he trimmed the vet eran cue wiclder in a close game by the score of 35 to 27. . As a result of Stephens' victory another game must be played to de cide the winner of the $100 first place prize. The game will be played Tues day night. . - ' Fans Predict That "Babe" Ruth Will Wallop 75 Homers This Year New York, May 7. If "Babe" Ruth maintains anything like his present pace he undoubtedly will shatter last year's record of 54 home runs. Last season May 11 arrived before he had hit a home run. In April this year he collected four in a i"ey days. It looks like a big year for him. The Babe himself is confi dent he will surpass his mark of 190. He aim? now to hit at least 60 homers, but he won't be one bit surprised if he should go beyond that number. He has found the spring pitching very much to his liking. His eye is as keen as ever, if not keener. His timing is well nigh perfect. He gets a tremendous drive into his bat One thing is certain. Ruth has not gone back in hitting. He may be somewhat overweight. He may be a trifle slower on the hoof, but just a trifle. His batting, however, is just as powerful as it was last year and unless rival pitching improves Waiting for one of his liking. Charlie White To Marry Northwestern University Co-Ed Chicago, J11., May 7. Charlie White, the veteran Chicago light weight, will be marrieel June 7 to Miss Stella J. Schinners, a Northwestern university co-ed. White is recovering from an op cration and intends to re-enter the ring early in July. Fownes Attempting . To Persuade . Herron To Enter Tourney New York, Mav 7. Word . has been received that W. C. Fownes. jr., captain of the team which will go abroad to compete in the British amateur golf championship tourna ment, has not yet given up hopes of getting S. Davidson Herron on his lineup. Fownes is working hard to impress upon Herron the necessity of his making the trip, especially since Fownes himself, because of a bad shoulder, will not be able to play. The Oakmont veteran had also been counting on Harpld W'eber of Ohio to make the tfip, but only a few days ago he got word from Weber that his wife was ill and that he would not be able to go. Georg; Rotan of Texas is going. jack Britton Turns Down Large Offer Milwaukee, Wis., May 7. Jack Britton, welterweight champion box er, turned down an offer of $10,000 and a percentage which, it was ex pected' would have netted over $15, ()00, to box, "Pinky" Mitchell of Mil waukee in a 15-round itle contest July 4, according to Tom Andrews, local promoter? ' , According to Andrews, Britton de clined the offer on the plea that he could get as much money in the east for the same match and for 10 rounds with no decision. Mitchell went through a.lO-round no decision contest against Britton jn Milwaukee a few months ago and while the majority of the sporting writers credited Britton with a shade, some thought Mitchell entitled to an even break. To Raise World's Championship Flag ' Cleveland, O., May 7. The world's championship pennant won by the Cleveland Americans last fall, wjll be hoisted to the top of the flag pole at Punn field here on May H with appropriate ceremonies. Washington will be the opposing team and sev eral base ball notables are expected to attend. The American league championship pennant was raised re cently. 50 per cent, he will reach his old home run mark before August 1. Pitcher Rommcll discussed Ruth the other day. He said: . "There is no doping Ruth. I. thought I had it on him. If you re member the first time he faced me, I made him hit a dinky little tap to first. Then I gave him everything I had jn the third, but he crossed me on that high wide ball and hit it a mile. There's no telling what he'll do. He's just a great natural hitter with an uncanny eye and more power in his swing than ny other player in the history of the national game." And it is sate to say all ether pitchers who have yielded home runs to the" "Babe" agreed with Rommel!. Yes, indeed, Ruth is hitting as well as ever. Some fans believe that Ruth will make a record ot 75 homers this year. Knights of the Home Run "Babe" Ruth giving it a ride Great Blue Herons Visit to Halsey, Neb-, May 7. The Great Blue Herons ate back. Two colonies of these big, awkward looking, long legged bluish-colorpd birds have ar rived at their summer homes in the sandhills of Nebraska and may be, seen daily standing in the shallow water of the Middle Loup river be tween Dunning and Thedford on the lookout for fish to come within reach of their long sharp beaks attached to the end of a correspondingly long neck. The great Blue Herons form an interesting feature in the way of bird life in western Nebraska. Visit State Often. A large number of these birds, or ganized into two colonies, 'have been coming here for many years to spend their summers. For the same num ber of years they have been using as .meeting places two clumps . cf native hackberry trees, one located about three miles back in the rough hills south of the, Middle Loup, and the other colony about the same distance north of the Dismal river. The Great Blue Herons, along with all other birds and a small baud of white-tailed deer, are the pets of iay Higgins, supervisor of the Ne raska National forest near here. It is on the national forest these birds and deer make their homes. Kind to Animals, " The birds and deer are given every protection by the fore6t service em Brooklyn Home of Famous Trophy of Soccer Once More New York, May 7. For the, sec ond year in the history of the na tional challenge cup. emblematic of the chamnionshio of the United States, this much coveted prize willithat toe hold. r.na a resting-piace m vireaier at:w York. The Borough of Brooklyn will be the home of this famous trophy of soccer. Robins Dry Dock of Brooklyn by defeating Soullion Steel, of St. Louis at Fall River, Mass., returned the cup once more to the east. Last season the Ben Millers of St. Louis, Mo., got possession by defeating the Fall River Rovers of Quincy, Mass., and this season a strong representa tive team from the same city made a strong effort to retain it in the west for another period. Elimination Boxing Tourney Probable Cleveland. O.. Mav 7. A elimi nation tournament to reduce the field of featherweight contenders for Chamnion Johnny Kilbane s title is under consideration by local promot ers. Kilbane was victorious in a simi lar tournament nine years ago when he won the championship from Abe Attell. after eliminating Frankie Con- ley, Benny Coster and Joe- Kivers, the latter by a knoclcout. Anions: those considered as logical opponents in a championship content are Andy Chaney. Danny Frush, Sammy ieger, Buly JJcl oe and Charley Beecher. O'Keefe To Battle Freedman of Chicago Chicago, May 7. Dennis O'Keefe, the Chicago welterweight, who has been unable to box for several months due to fractured hands, will return to the ring May 13, meeting Sailor Freedman of Chicago, in a 10 round contest at Kenosha, Wis. Jack Britton to Box Johnny Tillman Des Moines, la., May 7. Jack Britton, welterweight champion, and Johnny Tillman of Minneapolis have been matched for a 10-round match here May 17, Tommy Ryan announced today. and off for his circuit of bases. Make Annual Nebraska Sandhills ployes at the Bessey nursery. Each year the Blue Herons return to their old home to nest and rear their young. Last year, Mr. Higgins says, the Hord company which has been grazing a large number of cattle in the surrounding hills, fenced off one of the clumps of trees used by the the birds to protect the nests of eggs and young birds from the live stock which in rubbing on the trees vigor ously shake them, to the detriment of the eggs. The nests, which are rather crude looking affairs, made of coarse sticks and grass, are retouched each season by the addition of a little new ma terial. The same nests have been used so long that the Hackberry trees which ordinarily have a very symmetrical shape, have been flat tened, bent, and are more or less stunted from the weight of the nu merous nests and continued use by the birds. Live on Fish, At present the birds are nesting. The eggs are about the size of clucks' eggs and are of a delicate greenish blue color. The birds sub sist largely upon fish, which they hnd m the shallow waters ot the Middle Loup and Dismal rivers ad- lacent to the rleronry. After the young birds are reared and the cool days of fall arrive, the sandhills are deserted by the colony for the warmer regions of the south, Why The Seconds At Mat Matches? Queries Old Fan l notice that they propose as a reform in wrestling to bar the head- lock," said ohe 01 those fans who long have followed the grappling game. "While they are about it they might as el slip the hook to lhat hold, m my opinion, is even worse ana never should have been permitted. How ever, it is about time that something was done to place the sport on a more scientific basis and abolish all the disagreeable features in connec tion with it. "One thing which they surely ought to abolish is those senseless seconds at wrestling matches. Why a second at a wrestling match? I never could quite make that out. You have seen him march down the 'aisle accompanying a wrestler to the ringside and there his service ends. The wrestler goes to work with his opponent, and while it might last several hours the second just stands near the corner with nothing to do but take up valuable space and ob struct the view of the faithful who pay the" tariff at these contests." Princeton Tiger Will Go Sailing Edgar Palmer, donor of the Pal mer Memorial stadium at Princeton university, recently attended the launching at Boston of the three masted steel auxiliary schooner Guin evere, the largest sailing boat added to the American yachting fleet in more than a decade. The figurehead for the craft will be the. image of the Princeton tiger. Frank Troeh Winner Of 120 Target Shoot Portland, Ore., May 7. Frank M. Troeh, Vancouver, Wash., won high gun honors in the 120 target event at the opening of the 37th annual tournament of the sportsmen asso ciation o.f the northwest here yester day. He" scored 119. He also estab lished the longest finished run of the day with a record of 83 straight. McCarthy and Murphy Draw. Portland, Ore., May 7. Johnny McCarthy, San Francisco welter weight, and Frankie Murphy of Den ver, fought a 10-round draw here last niirht. The San Franciscan led Vn the early rounds of the battle, "V " SV xs "ft J V k, 1 v GEORGE KELLY (Above) Giants' first baseman. SAM RICE (Below) Washington's outfielder. Tribune Photos. Indiana Co-Eds Form Base Ball Teams Bloomiuglon, Ind., May 7. Indi ana university co-eds have taken up base ball aud are making serious effort to organize class teams. Helen Coblentz and Marjorie Hull, coaches, have announced rcg ulation rules will be followed with a possible revision of that pertaining to stealing home. Just what the objection is has not been explained; neither has a likely change in the playing code been advanced. Four girls have shown exceptional style on the pitching mound. Doro thy Simering, Hazel Spencer, Ruth Baker and Grace Stanton have de veloped control and have proved effective in the training games. Kath- enne Vansick.and Henrietta Kosen thai are the "Babe Ruths" of the candidates. Just how far the girls intend to go with their base ball proclivities has not been announced. Neverthe less, they have acquired a liking for the national pastime and play the game seriously and strenuously. Students, faculty and Bloomington residents have become interested in the girls' playing' and a. big crowd daily attends the practices. Two Boston Boxing Clubs Bidding for r . it n , netum nerman uo New York, May 7. There are two clubs in Boston now bidding for the return battle between Pete Herman of New Orleans and Young Mon treal of Providence, which will be staged next week. The lads fought such a great fight in their first con test there some weeks ago that the fight fans are asking the different clubs to have them clash again. The clubs after the go are the newly organized Boston Arena A. C. and the Armory A. A., which staged their first scrap. ' The club that of fers the biggest inducement will get the go. Comenius, Girls' School Ties Cass School The Comenius school girls' base ball team played a 12 to J2 tie with the Cass club at the Cass grounds yesterday afternoon. Evelyn Bellinger, pitcher for Comenius, hurled a good game." A 1 vox -Mfc.. ...-'K 1 --" Paddock Is Only Holder of Four World's Records and Joint Possessor of Two Others New York, May 7. Charley Pad dock's sprinting feat, accomplished at Redland, Cal., on April 23, un der conditions that are said to have been most exacting, means that his name will go down on the Afhateur Athletic union's record boolcs as a joint holder in the 100-yard dash mark, and a lone holder of the 220 yard, 200-meter, ' 200-yard and 300- meter distance. Bob Weaver of Los Angeles, pres ident of the Amateur Athletic union of the United States, took the trou ble to run up to Redlands to see Paddock perform, and will doubt less add his affidavit to those of the timers and other officials that han dled the meet in which the Olympic champion gave Father Time such a terrific jolting. It is interesting to note that one of the records that Paddock is cred ited with smashing was that for the 00-yard run a mark of 30 3-5 sec onds, made by Bcnnie Wefers, at Travers Island in 1896. This mark, though made on a track that is none too fast and around a big field, was one of the most respected on the A. A. U, list and the fact that Paddock beat it by the best part of four yards, indicates the tremendous speed that the Californian has de veloped. In view of the wondcrtul set ot performances that he accomplished at Redlands pn April 23 there is hardly a doubt that Ihc A. A. U. record committee w.V. allow Pad- deck one of the ma:ks of 204-5 sec-1 Javelin Throwers Enter Chicago Meet Americans to Get Men Pre pared in This Event for Next Olympic. Chicago, May 7. The national track and field meet which will be held in Chicago, June 18, will bring together the best collection of jave line throwers in the history of ath letics in this country. The defeat of the American javelin throwers in the recent Olympic games has evidently spurred college throwers to greater activity, and al ready a number of conference records have been brokeu in various sec tions of the country. Some of the best records so far this season are as follows: McBce, Baker college, 157 feet, S inches; Tuck. University of Oregon, 187 feet; Curtis, Oberlin college, 16S feet, 7 inches; Zimmer man, University of south Dakota, 185 feet, and Whitlow of the same school, 170 feet; Mahan, Texas A. and M.j 186 feet, 6 inches; Brede University of Illinois, 18S feet; Ma jors, University ot California, lea feet; Hoffman, University of Mich igan, 182 feet; Miller, Purdue Uni versity, 178 feet; Dunne, University of Michigan, 181 feet; Patrick, Uni versity of Minnesota, 177 feet; Sundt, University of W isconsin, 164 feet. The Missouri Valley conference has added the javelin throw to the list of events for the Missouri Valley conference meet this .year and In ternational Collegiate American Amateur Athletic association has announced that next year they will add the javelin throw to their pro gram. The javelin throw is a compara tively uew event in American sports and this accounts lor the poor rec ords in the past. This year, how ever, should sec all of the past American records bettered. Report That Kauf f Is Practicing Daily Benny Was Ordered Out of Base Bali Until He Could Clear Himself. New York, May 7. Hugh S. Ful- lerton says that Benny Kauff, who was ordered out of base ball until he can clear his name of the ac cusations raised against him, is back on the scene. He has been attend ing the grames at the Polo grounds and practicing on the same held wuh the Giants m the workouts. The presence of Kauff on the Polo grounds after the decision of Judge Landis has raised a question ot his status in base ball and of the atti tude of the Giant management to ward him. Judge Landis, after in terviewing Kauff, recommended that he should not rejoin the team dur ing the spring training, but wait un til his innocence of the charge of theft of an automobile be established. It is reported that Judge Landis is in possession of the evidence re garding Kauff's connection with the world's series scandal of 1919. He has at least one affidavit stating that Kauff was the person who ap proached Arnold Rothstein with a proposition regarding the series. In his decision in the Kauff matter the head of base ball made no ref erence to the alleged connection of Kauff with the Reds-White Sox scandal. Says Tobin Most Scientific Batsman Cleveland, O., May 7. Pitcher James Bagby, who led all pitchers in organized base ball last year with 31 victories for the Cleveland Amer ican league team; thinks Johnny To bin, right fielder with St. Louis, k the most scientific batsman in th country and a worthy successor to Willie Keeler, who led the National league in 1897 with a batting aver age of .432. Bagby says Tobin has the ability to hit the ball as far as other heavy hitters, can bunt more skillfully than most of them and places his hits with more accuracy than any other player in the American league. onds and 21 seconds fiat, which. hi made at the Stanford university a.ic Univers.'ty of California meets, re spectively. Such a turn will bring to Paddock the ciedit f being lh sole Polder of four standard world's sprint marks the 220 yards, 200 meters, 300 yards, and 300 meters as well as a joint holder of the 100 yard mark of 9 3-5 seconds. - The Californians 'will doubtless give Paddock another fling at the record list while he has his record speed edge. The best performances of 150 and 200 yards are pie for the Olympic lOO-roeter champion in his present mood. The former mark, 144-5 seconds by C. Sherrill and J. Owen and the double century, 20 seconds flat, by Wendell Baker, Faddock can beat by yards on any good day. Giruyoa a iteKng el real oomfort and tb Maurmnca of partaet protection while xr ciaior or ptayiaf amcaox maj una. A3 eta, tia, pc foe ftt. Will Mt ln la frost Uif bt botkd loclauM, TWO WEEKS TRIAL. If aotMtlifarttaywluiarjatlMMwy. lrillMrafundL Hiitedanratviptof price, 1. Qll4 vull THK WALTUI r. MM MNMjflr, Drpt.ll aanw wwn (uovt mttj nilla a4a Modest Violets, Unsung By Fans Win Ball Game Eddie Murphy is One of Best Sox Assets Case of Fuhr, Former Omaha Pitcher, Illustrates Point. Some of the men most valuable to a major league base ball team seldom appear 111 tne oox scores, except as pinch hitters, and some of them not at all. They are the modest violets of the diamond, the unsung heroes of many a battle. Yet some of them arc more valuable in a way to a team than even a Babe Ruth. It's true they do not individual ly attract as many dollars to the ball parks as does the mighty Tarzan, but some of them SDDTB MURPHT. TRIBUNB Fhota.l enable their teams to draw a lot of patronage by winning ball games in ways that the average rooter wots nothing of. Eddie Murphy Is Example. Only philosophers dote on the ab stract. The base ball fan demands concrete illustrations as well as grand stands.. In the dugout of nearly every big league team is such an individual, and most of the time he stays there. To select one of them, most familiar to Chicago fans, we will tell the world some thing about Eddie Murphy of the White Sox. Never a brilliant performer on the field, Murphy has made a wide repu tation as a pinch hitter. That, how ever, is not his chief value to the Gleason tribe. Murphy is one of the clofest and most successful students of inside base ball, particularly in doping out pitchers. A couple of springs ago the While Sox went from Detroit to Cleveland and found the home papers blazoning in big type with photos the fact that George Uhle, unbeaten sand lot re cruit from the home town, was going to pitch for the Indians against the Gleasohs. Uhle's previous work had put him in line to become the find of the year. "Find" Uhle in Eighth. For seven innings the White Sox got only one soft and tender little scratch hit off Uhle the phenomenon. But in the eighth they suddenly be gan to whale the ball all over the premises, and a relief pitcher had to be sent in to finish the round. To the grieving Cleveland fans that meant only that Uhle had weak ened under the strain and lost his cunning. They had not seen one Ed ward Murphy squatting inconspicu ously on the edge of the Sox coop or coaching on the third base line. For those seven innings Murphy had been studying that young phe nomenon with his blue eyes, which Lave the keeness of an eagle. And those trained optics discovered that Uhle did not deliver his fast ball and his curve with the same motion. There was a slight difference in the swing of his arm. Knew What Was Coming. The Sox waited and watched until they were sure of it. Then they were able to take a toe hold and wal lop anything he put over the plate, because they not only knew what it was but whether it would be over the pan or not. I he same thing happened to Oscar Fuhr, a Cub rookie, and formor Omaha pitcher, recently in :i game with Pittsburgh. Fuhr finished game for Martm and was doing magnificently with his 'southpaw stuff until some modest violet on the Pirate side doped out his detiv- , ery, and then nine runs after two men were out in the ninth. But to return to Murpby. He has made such a study of pitchers that it is a pastime with him when on the road to stage an imitation of the various slabmen before his team mates, sometimes while they are dressing in the clubhouse, sometimes while they are loafing after dinner in secluded spot outside or inside their hotel. Knows All Slab Styles. Eddie (or Mike, as he often is called) can imitate the pitching mo tions of scores of slabmen, right or left handed, so well that his team mates will guess 90 per cent of thera correctly. And that is why Murphy is a good pinch hitter. If he has seen the pitch er whom he is facing long enough to learn his delivery, Edward can make that pitcher put the ball over the plate for him, or else get a base on balls, and when he docs swing at a, ball he usually knows what's bn it. Even then, no living batsman can hit it safely always. Lynch Beats Moore Louisville, Ky., May 6. Joe Lynch, bantamweight champion, de feated Pal Moore of Memphis, in a 12-round bout here tonight The 12th and final round saw Lynch trying hard for a knockout. AUCTION SALE Gattod Saddle Horses Our first annual auction sale of thirty 3 and S gaited pies sure and show saddle horses will be held at Ak-Sar-Ben field, Omaha, on May 21st at J.:30 p. m. All of these horses are from the Peters' Stable and were trained by our ,xprt riders. We have just the horse you are looking for. Be sure and at tend. Write or wire for com plete information. M. C. PETERS MILL CO. Omaha, Neb. 1 7 I 1