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i-iia Ability to Get on Base Fact-
or in Baseball Games
The lead- off than on a big league
ball club plays a most important part
in the game. His ability to V“get on"
Whether on a hit or pass often has
helped to win more than one game.
inst season. strange’ to say, not a
.300 hitter led off for any of the six-
teen major league clubs, but there
’ were several lead oil! then who were
more valuable to their clubs than
heavy-stickers and these were players
who managed to. get on the bases
more often than the heavy aiuggers.
do 1913 the St; Louis clubsclalmed
the best leadofl men.‘ They were
Miller Vilug‘gina. or 'the Cardinals. and
Bert Shotton. of ,the Browns. .Hug
‘ gins’ value as first man at hat was
apparent because of the fact that he
rirew ninety-two bases on balls. But
tShotVton was even more valuable. as
he walked 102 times during the sea-
son. Eddie Murphy. of the Athletics.
houex er, was the leader of them all.
lie strolled only sixtyeight times. but
. hit'for.295. Bush. otDetroit, another
man or smallntaturc. also was val—
noble, drawing eighty passes.
Fritz Maisel, the Yankees' third
sucker, proved to he a good man to
lead oil for the Yankees. for in fifty‘
one games he made tortyeight hits
and accepted thirty~§ix gifts. Mueller
oi": Washington walker-z seventy‘two
times, bathe struck out more times
than any other player in. the Ameri-
can League; Hooperyoi the‘Redi’Sox.
and Weaver. clothe White .Sox, were
only fair. The former hit tor .289
and received sixty-three-paases. while
the latter hit .272 and walked sixty-
onc times. Neither Johnson nor Lie
hold, of the Naps, distinguished him.
self
Next to Huggins, Tommy Leach. oi
the Cubs. was about the beat leader-
off the Nntloml'mague has. as the
veteran" averaged “a hit to a. game
and drew seventy-four passes. Bob
Beecher proved an excellent waiter.
walking ninety-tour times. and also
batted well. Little .Ma’i'anvilie. oi the
Braves. drew sixty~elght passes. almost
averaging a hit to a game in addition.
None of the other National leudoi’t‘
men, Snodgrass, Burns. Doian, 'Byrne
and Moran. made much of a showing.
JOHNNY KILBANE UNPOPULAR
WITH FIGHTING «Pueuc.
Johnny Kilbane found himself in a
atiange position. The featherweight
king outcliisses all contenders so for
that there is none, to give him a real
battle. and yet he is a “most unpop-
'. ular champion. That is. Million in
unpopular in the two big boxing cen‘
ters,’ New York and California. In
home cities Kilbane is growing in, la-
ror. particularly ' in Philadelphia.
where the champion has done some
good . work during the putt
months.
, 0th in California they think so little
‘ of ’Kilbaue that old Able Attell has
been reaurrected to give him battle on
Washington's Birthday. Even when
' his popularity was at its lowest ebb
New York had a higher opinion of
him than that.
ills has always shown that he can
fl iiiglit whenhe has to. Make seldom
wiLsou mono W‘rflkc‘f
runs into eunuch opposition to stir
him up. Kilbane'a appearance does
not fulfil the popular idea of what a
, champion should look like. no up
pears more like a particularly trash
youngster with his brood (tin and
cocky Ways. Manyl or the in. who
have given up good money to ace himr
stall thrltlllh iii: pom m m in- ,. V
2.6 received. mldedii ' motion In W“
the coast ”porn no Wm MUM”
clined to think that he was laughing
. at them. and naturally hie popularity
has not been minimum SW
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‘ EBBETG THERE? TINKER DENIES.
"Va.
Region” at can.» Hotel. Jul .1!
Silent and Get. Away.
Clill-CAGO. "rob. a. -— President
Charles H. Ebbeta. of the Brooklyus.
passed through here yesterday on his
way to various towns to sign his play
are who are still on the outside. He
did not make his pfssonce known'aud
did not call on the owner of the Cubs.
who denied having any knowledge oi
Ebbets beinx‘here. ‘ Ebbete registeredb
at the Great Northern Hotel. but could:
not be located. A
it was thought .he came here to have
a secret conference with Manager Tin~
her. of. the Chicago Female. but Tin
kcr declaratiuho hadnoknowlodgo-thot
Ebhets was. here and that he had no
appointment with him. The Federal
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Young Griiio and lim Corbett
Only two Fighters iiavinp
This Distinction
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Two. and only two. fighters con say
that they hive retired from the ring
without ever being extended to the
limit in any bout. Two more now in
the ring have a chance or retiring
without being forced to go as hard as
Doldibio. '
Young Grilfo and Jim Corbett were
League manager mm“ ‘ 30]”, was never towed to their utmost in any
being perpetrated on him when told bout
lJolmnio Kilbane and Packey McFar~
the Brooklyn mag-note was here.
Of the present-day boxers.
“I will 807 this." Md Tinker “libel land have yet to be driven to show-
I will not so to Brunklynil Ebbotaputp log all their “"93 m the ring. , ‘
$500. 000 in front. of me i have a little
money and a whole lot of pride. and was a marvelous defensive lighter. To”
money would not induce me to desert WA“ he “1‘10“! '1‘“ ‘0 ““9 any “3' "
Grille, the once great Australian:
the Federal league, for i am with it 9353"“ stand ”3““59‘ 11° “mm
to the finlah”
BILL nan-inert. “do. MGKSTOP or
true mvea. gafvcovanoav
“Beliicoee Billiiho‘FBoy Backulop oi!
the Boston Braves." might be the title
or a nickel library setting forth the
life story of Bill ‘illarlden, the star
catcher oi the Bean ‘City aggregation
of the National liaison. Bill’s bio-
graphy begins with Feb. 5. 1811. twen-
ty-six years ago yesterday, which was
the date of hip birth at Redford. Ind.
"Oncea Hoosier. "always a Hoosier."
holds true in :his‘ case, ior alter grad-
uating into the big show be retained
his allegiance to the State and tom
of his birth. Bill was eight years old
when he‘ began catching for a scrub
nine in his home town. and he has been
catching ever since. No other position
on the diamond ever tempted him from
his first allegiance. From the first he
was contented with being mentioned
second in the announcement of the
“bett'ries for tuhday." Most ball play-
ers have tried several positions before
they found their true vocation. but not
Bill. He knew his place was behind
the but, and there he stuck during the
-"kid nine” days when he caught '91::
on the bounce; during the subsequent
period when he was “hotelier” on the
school nine; during his career or three
years as,buckatop on the IBedtordiHlsiI
school team. and throughout his pro-
fessional career on the diamond. At
llliglrachool he made the football as
well as the baseball team. and his
'gridlron experiences was later tostand
him in good stood in blocking oi! ruo~
cars at the plate. at which Rariden
has never had an equal. illariden was
a.» fireman for a 'time after ‘ieavinlt
school. and at that time it was his
intention to be a blue sitcom”!
for the rest} of his life. it was while
playing with a local bail club that
‘Rariden attractodithe attention of the
manager of the Onion, 0.. Central
league club. 'who bilered him 1‘ job.
That was “in 1907. and he caught (or
Canton through the lilitli‘ section and
a part of 1909.- inlaid-emu of tho
latter year. when ‘Rflflden was only
twenty-one. he broke into last oom-
pony with the Benton Braves. with
whom he soon made a‘ reputaticuaa a
heady; fact and nonppy player. and
one of the beat backutops in the Na-
tional circuit.
tomorrow om wmmuo‘ to.
am on mm: mm.
llicward r. W uiaenrin‘oaeid 001- today that nuaotnn 1.. await. the m
'ored boy who is new a student at. m financier. who on: many years loot: or
the University “We!!! 0mm“. in. m .32in up mpolo player; llItl
continuesa to Mi" oi! «continual decided to dispose of W WNW
0’ MI ‘M museudooeutornomfl
mints to tho
, smother his opponent without having'-
a glove laid on him. lie was upbeat;
‘on his feet but depended almost on-
“rely on blocking with his arms. lie
was a wonder at Judging time and
distance.
Corbett. though defeated. was never
forced to the limit unless it was lin
his early mun with Peter Jacliaon. Bo
«littered widely from Grille. seldom
blocking. but making use or his one
oeedinsly clever toot work in avoiding
punishment. He says he never had a
black eye- or bloody nose. IIlia three
defects were not from being pushed
to the limit. Twice he was overcoo-
fldent. and had a knockout punch
slipped across. Once he went into
therinc‘ln very poor condition. ..
Thotwo great boxersof the present.
Johnnie Kubane and McFarland. dif-
fer in style from the other two. Kil-
bane depends principally on footwork
and a punch. He in not exceptionally
clever at fainting, ducking or pulling
away trom blows.
Mohrland‘s style is more like Cor:
bett'c. though he blocks oitener than
Corbett did. tile is an excellent taint-
er. a good judge of time and distance. 3
and his footwork its quite up to the
Corbett standard.
With the exception of these men.
though there have been and are many
good boxers, none can say he has not
been extended. Coulon. Joe Gallo. Kid
McCoy. Tommy 'Ryan, Frank Erna.
Jimmy Britt, Abe Attell and Mike
Gibbon all have had to go top speed
oomewhore in their careers.
RUNNERS GOING To BOSTON.
NEW YORK. Feb. 6.-—*Hullnoa Ko-
lehmoinen and Abel Kiviat. the two
members of the lush-American Mb-
letic Club who were recently absolved
from any mount at wrongdoing no
the result of running a twomile race
to it dead heat. will journey to Boston
tomorrow to take part in the annual
mid-winter games of the Boston A. C.
Elvin will endeavm- to clinch hie title
to the trophy for the llunter little, I
scratch event, in which he will be
opposed by Oscar Hediund. B. A. A»;
.J. R. O‘Neil. N. . ll. (3.; William Gor-‘
don. of Yonkers. and several other-line
runners Kivlot has Won the prize
twice and needs “other victbry
AWAZ TO ecu. m
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JACK IRATTON‘AF‘I‘ER
MATOH WITH WELSH
Jack Britten hoe milled in‘ the pup-
port of "Willie Ritchie in tho latter’a
controversy with Freddy Welsh. Brit-
ton very considemioly otters to inter-
poac between the champion and the
man who has been a thorn in Ritchie's
side.
Welsh will only consent to meet him
there-will benofurthoroeed totrou-
ble Ritchie.
Welsh. however. appears lust as re
luctant about meeting Britten as Rit-
chie is to tackle the English .cham-
pica. When forced to make cooper
to the Britten (action Welsh asserts
that here is on demand for the match
Land consequently on puree large
enough to make it worth while.
Britten makes answer to this that
he is ready to soon a percentage ba~
sis and Welsh. should be willing to do
the canto. But Welsh. having a pro--
found respect. for the shitty Britten.
can see no profit in rialdnc bio laurela
in o battle in which he has all to lose
and nothing to pain.
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Rearnicvmo Fonwano use.
NEW O'RYK. Feb. fi-«Chanseo in
the rules to restrict the forward paaa.
which last season was used so success-
fully, by the smaller college teams.
many times opening detect tor. larger
rivals, were postponed today by deio
gates to the meeting of the interact
leslate footboll mien committee. Sev-
eral plane were annealed to make the
play more ditlicult of execution by
making it. obligatory on the part of the
thrower to toss the ball without delay
after receiving it back oi the line. AI
the rule now stands. the thrower may
delay delivery of the ball as long on
he likes and may run to any port oitne
field bolero making the throw.
The lonayiookpil “(or innovation of
numbering the players had many back-
ers at today‘ a meeting. Walter Camp.
oi Yale;.Parke Davis. oi Princeton;
Head Coach George Brooke. of Penn-
sylvania. and many other prominent
iootball men. favored this move. are
ingtnatitia‘agreotaidwthespecta-
tors in following and identifying play.
are in the fluid
30078 THl8 WEEK.
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amateur bouts.
mitten.
Otto Borg vs. Sailor In. Grit-dot
"halo. Col.
Ed. Kelley vs. .1. Demos”; Johnny
We. ve. Johnny Dundee; Battling Lo
vinsky ve. Tom Mediation and it. Jim
Vvs. 3‘. man. New York.
I’ Buy Woods vs. Cougar. Whom
tor. till. ,
Toni Ginty vs. and Kansas. Geneva.
oi. Y.
.l Show vs. Fred Kibbler. Brooklyn.
, lid llaclon va. Mike Boom Pitta
burgh. V
, Saturday.
My “one its. Kid Mao.
Philadelphia. .
aill Moo vs. Charles Manx.
Cardin. Mateo. _
Kid 78““le Va. Battling lain,
Brooklyn-.-
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The standing in the iiremen's plnoch.
lo tournament tor‘Cominissioncr M; J.
Riordan! clip was somewhat changed
by the sitting last night. hold in the
Mayflower Hook and ladder quarters.
in East Not-walk. Third district. The
standing at the present time is as 'foi~
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MAKES APPOINTMENTS
HARTFORD, Feb. 6.—-Witli the in-
stallation or officers the Grand L. (151.0
of Masons in Connecticut ytsterday
closed. its annual two dayo' seasion
here. Follovving his inducti n into
office Grand Master Edgar. H Park-
man. of 'l‘hompsonvillo. announooi the
following appointments:
Grand Hannah—Charles C. Perkins '
New London.
Grand Senior fiteward—‘Charles W.
Cramer. Portland.
‘Crand Jun'or steward—4%“): L
Wilder, Bridgeport.
Grand Chaplain—Rev. Thomas 'ry-
‘rie, ilazard'ville.
Grand TylereWiillaln A. Durant
New Haven. A
$1,352,318}. " """" WNW-g Associate Grand Chaplains—Rev.
3~Pioneer ”61 Jolie ll Chapman. Ridgeueld; Rev
1d Well “" .60 Aaron C Coburn Dnnburv; Rev. Ar-
5: RC ope Honors”: """ “ . 7 ‘thur F. Lewis. North Haven: Rev.
FPumamIHom. " """ V":""62 R, ’H. lilarbnur. Plainville: Rev. Dr.
I. F. VJobnstone, Hartford: Rev
The sitting last. night resulted as fol-
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dorm; Rev. F. W. Coleman. NTwichV; ‘
Rev. John F George. Rockvi‘le.
Deputies lbv districts—Firth Their
done W. Benedict, Jr.. BVrldizopri-t;
Second. Charles «M. Beach. New Mn-
ford: Third no appointment: Fourth.
Walter M. Bovnton, Bradford: F‘fth.
William J Rowlingc. New Britain.
Sixth William R. Hasbrook. Foot
Hartford: Seventm'Charles E. Flush.
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Evidence that the hospitalisation
rapidly drawing,r near was. t
ment yesterday oi dozeuu.othnow,1 V‘
by Secretary Heydlen; o! the hi ' '
League to the dillorent team ' ‘”
zero in the circuit. Them ‘
used at the training camp; 51
latter part of this month .
March. As the league’s co
the manufacturers calls for.
number or bfllmtrpodl charge V
ply for the practice games in those ' '
is plentiiul. The first box ‘or he
hides sent out by Heydlor up add
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