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LEAO IN AMEfllOAN
One of the ancient traditions of
baseball received a. terrific Jolt during
the 1913 campaign in the Americnu
League. For many years managers
have informed the exports and experts
have imparted the information to the
:public that it was absolutely neces-
sary for a team that had pennant as~
plrations to have a veteran catcher
upon whom to rely. But this theory
was shattered by what actually hop.
pcned last year.
While there were ”a few veteran
watchers in the Ban Johnson circuit,
the youngsters were the ones who car-
ried oli’ the honors. When the scribes
were asked to pick all-star teams at
the end of the campaign, who were
the bacltstops so honored? Wully
Behring, liuy Schulk‘and ‘Steve “O'Neill,
ouch a mere kid compared with some
of the other receivers in fast com-
puny.
Schnng was but a bench warmer be‘
I-uuse of a lame arm until the season
was nearly half over. From then on
he caught the majority of the con-
rests played by the Athletics. He
caught all but one of the 'world's se-
ries battles and acquirer] fame which
will lost a lifetime. (He established
such a reputation for ganiouess and .
nil around ability that Connie Mock,
the shrewdest manager in the game.
picked him in preference to lrn ’l‘hom-
as, a veteran, and Jack Lupp, whohas
had four years‘ experience in the big
league.
rSteve O'Neill was ruled the Naps'
third catcher when the season started.
Birmingham had counted on using
(Jurisch and Land for the most of the
games. Land was injured. Steve
vcceived his chunce and when Land
not ready to cutch he was allowed to
do to Toledo. Steve had become the
team‘s second catcher. and it was not
long before Fred Curisch had to admit
that the ’Minooka youngster was the
iNups' mainstay behind the but. He
not only performed meritoriously be.
hind the but but he outbatted all the
other receivers in the circuit. And
HP is only 2?. years old.
Two years ago a youngster reported
for duty t6 Hughey Duffy. in Milwau-
izcc. Duffy told him to take it glove
and try the outfield. The kid was a.
joke outfielder and Duffy called him
to uni] told him so.
"i never claimed to be an outfield-
er." retortcd the youth. “I am a cutclb
or."
“A line catcher you would make."
said l‘lui’i‘y. “You don't weigh more
than iii) pounds."
The. youngster, however, persisted
and Duffy finally gave him a trial. Be-
fore the season was over. Chicago hnd
nought him for a big price. That
was how ‘Ruy Schulk, the premier
catcher of the White 60):, broke in.
4H0 caught all but 30 of the games
piuyed by Chicago during the 1918
‘i'lllllpllign and took down a fielding
average of .iifii.
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MATTY COST $100.
llllly Murray, Pittsburgh scout.
.zuys: “Mathewson cost the New York
club less than $100, and, . on account
of u mix—up about it, the story goes
that Andrew Freedman never lied to
puy tlmi. Just what Waiter John-
non cost in not exactly known, but it
was certainly not more than 31,500.
0f the expensive players we have to
no back to Theodore Breitenoteiu to
«ind one who proved to be a star of
the first water alter his purchase.
The price pald'i’or ‘Breitenstein was
“0,000. and that won the first big
liguro known in baseball. The other
expensive men are Mercurial. O'Toole.
'llluckburu. of Chicago: by beymour.
Spike shunnon and Kelley. recently
of Pittsburgh. 01‘ these men only
twoani-uunru and O'Toole-remulu
in the big league. None of them have
turned out to be history-mulling stars.
it think after all Connie Much has the
rigid idea. lie-gets them from the
schools. where “they don’t, out any-
thing and where the chances of aa-
vnlo'ping it our now no grantee
«inane; the minor Mum. . 1 known!
one ”nonunion Mt W not
won signed by bonnie bitch menial:
. n .yenriug‘o, and limbo-turban”
before he gets on or colleges“ elm
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Jabbaring, Arm-Waving Chaos
in Corner Duly Beiulidie
the Fighters
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Whenever you see a man ”second-
ing" a fighter in this progressive ago,
it dawns on you that he is in the “an-
gle" in a cupiwity to perform only
menial labor. He no longer stands out
as the “advisory board" anticipating
what the opponent of. his mun cons
templates doing and then thwart it
by sound advice to his principal as ot
old. Their only worth now seems to
be to swing a towel endhund a. drink
of water to the fighter as he comes
back to the corner. Either the
fighters have advanced in mental culi~
bro and can do their own thinking or
the second has deteriorated and is no
longer able to sole problems as they
arise during the progress of the but-
ties, says a writer.
How many times have you sat
about the ringside and watched these
fellows iwuving their urine in ponto-
mlme fashion, by these mute signs en-
deavoring to convey ideas to the man
who is doing his level best at that mo-
ment. Threcafourths of the fighters
probably could not execute these tele~
graphic signs even if they wanted to.
in my mind it betuddles the. majority
of fighters and had better not be at-
tempted. 'Shrleking advice to a fighter
enables the opponent to learn of his
intentions every bit as quickly as he
himself takes heed of the scoond's or-
ders from the corner. 80 that part in
nusolutoly useless.
When George Dixon was at. his best.
when the little colored boy was con-
querlng the featherweight phalanx of
the world he was always coached by
Tom O‘Rourke. They so well under».
stood each other that the slightest
twitch of a muscle in Tom's face
meant something; a glance, a turn of
the head. a how, a short laugh, all had
it meaning for (Dixon. and in that
mental telegraphic sort of fashion
ideas were conveyed without the on
position getting as much as an inkling
of their meaning. But since
OlRourke's time it seems to have be-
come a lost art.
Then, too, remember there are few
men today handling fighters that
know as much of the fighting game as
Tom did: that have made the close
and thorough study at the sport that
he did. Hence his advantage.
Some people will doubt this story.
but haven't you read where prisoners.
by knots in a. piece of thread, or by
concealing a sheet of cigarette paper
in a small ball of bread, have been
able to get all the news from the great
outside world and distribute it to the
balance of the prisoners? Everything
is principle and ()‘llourko's system
Would work right now. There would.
however, have to be a bond of sym-
pathy. a sort of mutual noderetundilln
between second and lighter to incite it
a success. Above all both would have
to be quick thinkers and use their
bruins no on to get the “flash” in tho
twinkling of a second. Au the Dutob-
man says “Such seconds nlu’t possi-
ble yet no more."
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ALLEN KEEPS HIS TITLE. i
QEATTLE, Wain. Jun. 31.«~Bennie
Allen. of Kansas City. minim his title
so pocket Millard clientele: when be
defeated Moi Munro. of Denver, six
hundred to SI? Ml night.
Wm.»
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Tonight.
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billy Gmpp; Motto Much vii. debt»
or blame.
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'SAiN MANGESOO, Jan. sir-micro
is a. merry row among the lightwelgnna
since Ad Wolgtlst decisively defeated
Joe Rivers, at Milwaukee, last Friday
night.
Willie Ritchie, who holds the
lightweight championship, in the chief
cause of the row.
Willie refuses to fight. He has
twice called off bouts with Tommy
Murphy on the eve of the battle with-
out sufficient reason either time.
Those on the inside soy Ritchie
cannot get down to 135 pounds. Many
believe that.
It the story is true Willie cannot
be considered lightweight champion
oily longer. In public statements
most of the fighters of his class and
their managers say he has passed up
the crown. He has not done so but
public sentiment may force him to
it if he does not fight soon and make
185 pounds. .
The belief here is firm that Ritchie
must soon acknowledge that he can-
not make 135 pounds. Fighters do
not pass up the fat purses that were
oifered for the Murphy bout unless
they have better reasons than Ritchie
gave.
If ‘Ritchie has outgrown his class
who will the title go to? Ad Wolgast
is the oddslon favorite. The Michi-
gan boy has an immense following.
Tommy Murphy claims the title be.
cause Ritchie refused to fight him.
Freddie Welsh says it belongs to him
becnuoe he has a decision over
Ritchie and because Ritchie willonot.
meet him now. Leach Crone claims
it because he can make .133 pounds.
The only way to decide it will be
through an elimination tourney and
since he is back inform Wolgnst will
be favorite in the odds.
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OWEN MORAN DOES
NOT HAVE TO WORM
Owen Moran is one fighter who
will not have to Worry about the price
of a meal. The little Englishmen has
reached the end of his rope, but he
can sit back in contentment while the
other fellows are hammering each
ether and take life easy. Moran ll!
worth $90,000. Chm-lie Harvey. of
New ll’orm. is responsible for this
statement. and he should know, as he
managed the libigllehmnn for a consid-
erable period. “That Moran uhoulu
have so much hale stowed any will
hurlirhio most followers of pugilism
since it has been generally known that.
the fighter was careless in his mode
of living. Moran; they believe, had
let all he made slip through his lin-
gers. but he did nothing of the sort.
While he went through his above. be
put aside n major portion of bin earn-
ings, nod today is in pounce-ion oi:
some choice real solute in England,
which in bringing him a hood income.
There are u lot of lighters who would
have the sporting world believe they
are about opendom. They niche ll lot
of noise when they stand trout. but
their followers know they are very
copy in how they not rid of their coin.
This kind of lighter mnkeu more in"
over blowing a Modeller note than
the average man does over buylns 5
row of dots.
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FINNKMN WlTl-l FEEDS.
MT WWW N. J., Jul. lie-“J”
Flume. who pitched cadmium
hubnll for the Well club at the
New England time. only to be I!»
build It tboond or the men hi?
the Pblliiul. who but sold him under
an option» ammo». Ind iii-dam
to meet to the Elimination: club
um wring. My signed b can.
um with him Otto Knobs to
pin)! with the dictum Wis.
monarch deuteron he would receive
new will“ be so: ever been
aim: in boom and that than um
no rum-re chum in his contrast.
Wilton ll thrill ”film.
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nun native Bill com
Dull billyers have found a new will
tcr vocation in which they are reap
lug small fortunes. Vaudeville for-
meriy claimed the stars, but of lute.
they have been turning toward the
"movies.”
(Rube diamond is depicted on the
films as a suffragette pitcher loosing
the bail to feminine batters. he ill-
clndes this Stunt in his vaudeville act,
being the one ball player who gets
both ends in his repertoire.
Manager Chance, ot‘ the Yankees.
storms in to the surf'und rescues-var-
ious parties 'from the undertow. he
looms up as big as life and invariably
(hows a big band from those who
my from b to 10 cents to enjoy his
tents.
Another mighty warrior who has
fallen victim of the “movies" is Chris-
tr Mathewson. Matty is the reel gen-
ius 0f the base ball world. lie is said
to have written books, said to. have
composed a play and supposed gener»
ally to be penning articles for the
papers. Whether he actually has per
formed these tools or not is u mutter
for others to decide. But he gets
money for the literary output at any
rule.
but nobody but Matty himself could
walk into the "movies." There is one
place where he alone can fill the bill.
He has tried the close, but prefers the
films. Needless to relate his stunts
win enormous applause.
The more {anions the player the
higher his pay. Some dnw down 3100
per week for peeing and performing
before the camera. Others are con-
tent, with less. 'But it's a paying
proposition for everybody, especially
as all they have to do is look not.
urnl.
What it may end in is impossible to
state. It wouldn't surprise us much
to see Waiter Johnson riding a wild
buffalo or Jake Bennett diving into
the thicket after the carcass of u or
thou.
This moving picture employment is
doubtless the moon tor the falling oft
of bull players appearing in vuudo
ville. This man. with the snow-
tioun of Marcus“. Rod boot: and
Doc Whit, none are on the boards.
Two your: I30 there was a whole
mob of ploycrs trying to win. at-
tempting to not and limiting a bluff at
”alanine. Tibia. bender, Mayors.
Donia. debut». .tltroclt. White. liar»
cum-u. mimuou~why, one could go
on almouct indefinitely and still not
much the end.
But where as tho udienoe used to
under yet upplaud wildly for four o!
wounding the relations or the diomoud
idols. today they can watch their un-
ites without the not-o.
somebody has med up a com! M
if he doesn't which some reels of
ilimu of the tourists while shroud.
There would be innumerable chances
for features which probably never
could in duplicate! min. Jupon,
Chi». the Pbllhwiun. ism/m and am.
or cool» would tarnish many native
opportunities.
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new roux, Jan. 31.—--Flddie coi-
line of the Athletics returned from a
two weeks’ visit at Luke Placid yester-
day. He spent the afternoon with
Harry Fisher. graduate manager of Co-
lumbia athletics, up at Morningside
Heights. Eddie declared that he had
played baseball with the thermometer
registering five below zero. Ed Walsh,
the iron man of the White Sox, was a
team mate of the tumor Colombian in
one game where several inches of
snow, he sold. is much more pleasant
than on turf. Eddie will coaCh the
”Blue and White baseball candidates for
a. few days until the question of who
shall be the permanent coach is set-
tled. Baseball practice is scheduled to
begin next week in the gymnasium,
now that the examinations are ever.
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ST‘AR GUNNERS TO OHOOT.
in Sportsman's Show Tourney.
The list of entries received to date
by the officials of the championship
trap shooting tournament. to be held
in connection with the big Sportsmen's
Show, in Madison Square GardenuNew
Fork. February 21 to 27. includes the
names of the greatest professional and
amateur championships and the ladies
indoor championship, will bring out
the finest fields of experts ever seen
in competition at the traps;
Among the best known profession-
als who Will face the traps will be:
7W. '3. Burton, last year's indoor cham~
plop, who will shoot for the Marlin
Fire Arms Company; Nee! Apgur, of
the Peters Cartridge 00.; Hank Ste-
vane. of the Remington -U. M. C. Corn»
puny; H. 8. Wells, of the-Deodohot
Powder Gummy. and .T. .A. Davis, or
the Winchester Repeating Arms Com-
pany. Many other prominent profess»
sionnla are certain to compete, but
their entries have not yet been oili-
cislly received.
The men's amateur field will in-
clude scores of the best wine and field
shots in the East. Among those oer-
tuin to be seen on the firing line are.
D. F. McMahon, of the N. Y. A. (7.; J.
H. Hendrickson. of Jamaica. Long is-
land; Charles Von Hone. .of Bridze-
porl, Conn: C. H. Newcomb. of I’hilw
dolphin; Dr. C. H. Martin. of N in ..
Plains. N. Y.; M. R. Guggenheim, the
millionaire champion of Weutchester
county. N. Y., and Dr. D. L Culver of
the N. Y. A. C. This is but a handful
of the best knuwn amateurs who will
compete, the full list including about
loo men. all crack shots.
Among the moat prominent women
gunners. whose content will be a new
and attractive lecture of the tourna‘
moot, are Jane Hou‘hton, at New
York; Mrs. L. (l. Vogol. of Detroit.
Michigan the world’s champion wo.
mun livebird abut; Jessie Tharp. the
ulxioeu-yeurold marvel of Mt. Vernon.
New York; Mm. F. F‘. Rodgem, Slum.
ford. Conn. winner of the Long Beach
tournament lost your; Miss “Rita
brown. of New York, and Miss blobei
1“. Rose. of New York.
The outer sports carnival will in»
clude swimming moo. diving contents
mid water-polo shines, with the best
known profmuiml and amateur wot
tormon m the item to competitors.
The events will be conducted under
moi-.1 motion In It will lift feet long.
30 int wide Ind of o depth min;
from four to tight lacuna um meat»
and to prove one of the moat uttroctivu
features of the prom-sin. Other inletu
outing pronto will be the fly cull”
contest, in which ”inscribe mm
noted mien in ii}. country will m
polo; the school W rilloobool and
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mom Volunteer ransom; Gap».
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At Least Five of Present Array
oi Managers Harv. Put heroes
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in ibis Recruit
If all of the uiouegers of the East-
ern Association live up to post por-
formnnces in‘theway of turning cu.
strung commnouons, the 1914 tam
paign should be the best that this ill.-
tie old league has ever experienced.
.it doesn't take Very long to rigure out.
the posSlbultleS Oi the present array
:of managerial talent, and if such a
thing were possible, six or the seven
would be first division handlers. but
there necessarily must be a taileudor
’in every league and the Eastern ne-
eociatlon is not exempt from this gen-
eral rule. iHo'Wever, with six of the W
seVen managers having had past ex-
perience as a handler of either a pen-
nant winner or a. club that finished
one, two, three, competition is bound
to be keen. Taken from any angle
tile dope says that the race should
be the best ever.
The sole exception to the general,
rule is William Scinflkl. owner and
manager of the New Britain club.
Scinski is a handler of semi-profeo~
clonal clubs and his experience has
been picked up in and around New
York city. Inasmuch as he‘ has never
had a taste of organized baseball and
is hardly in a. position to know what
Class B ball of the type produced in
the Eastern Association means, he
might as well be eliminated for the
present among the pennant possibili-
ties.
The six others have made good roe
ords in the past and know what it is
to handle either a pennant or first di-
vision club. In number of successes,
Billy Hamilton. the new Pony pilot,
probably leads them all. As has been
stated before. he never started 3 sea»
son and finished it in the second dl~
vision and his pennant performances
hove been enough to stamp him as u
exceedingly well pooled minor league
manager.
Si McDonald, of Hartford. became in
pennant manager lastuseuson, and is
enough of a baseball genera to know
whit is demanded at him to repeat
this performance. Jerry Council has
been successful as the handler or the
New 'lluvon club, winning the pennant
in 1912. and hen had several first «hi
vision aggregations.
l’iilniMd boasts of n. pennant “Win"
ping manager in Jack chlcr, ill-
thougb his successful ling bunt Wll‘i'
not made (H munuitvr of the Bloc-
trics. it was while Zeller hundlui.
Springfield in lllll that be put boron:
the ting ,urubbur. Zuiler.
nnd Council are the only manager»
now in the league who have untied
ponmmlu.
Clone McCall“, willie at Bridueport.
uiwuyu wounded in giving the Park
City {one I. brat division club. and
thin-tons in limb optional! for Non
Million in, the moon MM“.
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The Irish American Athletic Club,
New York, yesterday engaged Job
Dueling. 0. lawyer well versed in at at:
in law, to appear for Homes Kolohmoi
non and Abel Kivint at the ineétin
of the registration committee 1)
Wednesday when the suspended,
here will be tried for competing in
peculiar looking ma pastime l;
day. if 2113? Committee decide, i
tlnu'ev the suspension of the
ing, is instructed to appear be up
justice of the Supreme court slid W
gue (or an injunction restraining.
Amateur Athletic Union m‘m toe
the two athletes out of cempettt'
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