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Who is the best drawing card in
baseball? The question is heard
often enough and never fails to start
an argument but there is only-on
answer~the 111'.inner The American
army of baseball fans has its idols.
platoons of them. and there is-not 9.;
11111301 league player in the land who
has not his array of admirers. rang
log in number all the way from mil-
lions down to a few friends.
. The late George E Weddell, world
famous as ”Rube." had perhaps asi
great a personal following as any hallr
player of modern times. on account
of his marked eccentricitles, which
were widely advertised. When Wad-
dell was in his prime it was only nec-
essary to announce that he was ex~
pectcd to pitch to draw hundreds of
fans who would not otherwise have
gone to that particular game. Tyros
Raymond Cobb has drawn n 5530111
many thousand spectators t1 ball
games during his major league career
just to see him.
trio individual although of a different
personality and temperament.
A great many Americans—not to
mention foreigners—have gone to
games to see Christy Mathewson or
\t' alter Johnson pitch. There is no oth-
lug eccentric about either of them'
personally. .but thousands prtibalily
1
1 have paid coin hoping to see Matty's
famous “hideaway" in action (and not'
one in a thousand of them know when
they saw it.) Other thousands have
gratified their curiosity
pointed because they could see the
halls he delivered, having gained the
idea they 11 ere as imisible as Mauser
bullets.
Nobody knows how many people
have gone to ball yards to see Frank
Baker knock home runs and felt like
demanding their money back because-
{he did not get to first base. Baker‘s
phlegmatic personality never drew 111
cent at the gate. Heine Zimmerman
is another eccentric.
has attracted fans just to watch him
perform antics That was before he
began to kick himself out ‘of the pic
_ ture so often that he was able to give
his admirers only half a performance
iii an afternoon.
' This is no attempt to catalogue ant'l
classify all the public idols ot the dc.
dude of even of the day. Only a few
samples have been given to point the
‘ttrgumentewhich is that the bail-
player himself is a comparath ely
s‘matl factor in the aggregate baseball
Attendance for a season.
pin the closing years of his check-
ered career Rube Waddeil was not a
great drawing card. because his ec-
oentrisities no longer- appealed to the
,iittns after he lost the strength and
peculiar cunning which made him
winning pitcher If Cobb went
a
' his na‘tion- wide reputation would not
in itself draw a thousand people to
osmium-y r1111. 'He1lnight attract:
:9‘99 curious persons if he beat up a
. butcher 01
, night before and the pgpers silver-1
11 hotel watchman the1
tired it.-
Mathewson is not nearly the draw
lug card he was ten years ago, partly?
bacause so many hundreds of thou-
‘aigfinls have seen him; but more be-’
use his masterly pitching no long-1
is as effective as~tt ms. Walton
.lohnsons falling off after the middle
If It's Here — It 15
He is another eccenw‘
regarding:
.‘iohnsons speed only to be disap-~
however, who ‘
to.
Chicago as center fielder of the tail“
team of the Georgia State League 1111'
'1 is auto
K\.‘I_I.I.I n
S is a young phenom, but that is another
E story yet
sponsibie for as many revolutions of
the turnstiie in a comparatively short
time as any person living probably
drew few er people to the games than
almost anyone else by his personality
E stone. That player was Fielder Jones,
1 and his drawing power wss exercised
as manager of the White Box rather
than as an outfielder. in the opinion
,of the men who know baseball from
Eihe inside out there have been few
2outflslders the equal if Jones; but
1 comparatively few spectators ever
realised it. because
.outiielding was done within the con-
e. lines of his skull and so little of it
n;c_0nsisted of exhibitions of spectacu.
tar skill or ability ii is 110111111111 11
any outfielder ever had a better idea
°1of where a flybali was going before
:it was hit:
Jones drew thousands of spectators
to ball parks not by his ability as Ini that they could get a, good pasting, mulled too long In Philadelphia
outfielder. but because he had a win-i but I dont tell them that. of course.
her or a near winner so much of the
time he was manager. John J
Grow may have attracted more min young man had the time or his life letics will "W 90W an my,
1 to ball parks than Jones did, .becauso
his managerial career has been longer
,A whole lot of people my have been
.under the impression that they went
to see Hugh Jennings pull grass and
to hear his ejaculate “~Eeeah!" but‘
they didn' t. They went to see the
Tigers 11in ball games, and when the
Detroit team dropped back after win-
ning three pennants. Jennings‘ antics
weren't half as funny as before to the
average rootst-
A great many people
. 'o to see a star illnyer. or a famous
diamond character .once. After their
findividuai curiosity is satisfied they
inlay take a friend to see him—once.
But the drawing power of sit the sta
.lh baseball combined would act stil-
lice to provide revenue for the cost (if
. operating any one of the sixteen mayor
undoubtedly
see some new star whom they had not
seen before. There are thousands of
.ball games scheduled for the motor
league.- alone every season. and one
star can play in only 154 of them.
barring ties. And the new stars of
lappreclable magnitude who are dis-
covered in any one season can be
counted on the fingers of Mordecai
. Brown‘s hurling hand “once over."
Suppose somebody with an original
turn of mind arranged to have 'l‘y
(‘obb bat for an hour against Waiter
.Johnson every day for a week on
One ballplsyer who probably is re-::
so much of his,
E
1 truly deserving of more matches than:
league clubs if'base‘ball fans went to} ,.
only one or two games in a season to
.Comiskey's park following with an-
.hour’s exhibition of catching tiles
1 batted by Cap Alison How many at
you would pay $1 or even 2511'cents to
,see that show by three of the most
famous heroes of the diamond. past
or present? Not one of you would
i
pay twice to see it, even if you had a
' roll of surplus money in your kick and
nothing else to do. Under the same
circumstances as to leisure "and vet-
,vet, how many games in a series of
four between the Giants and the Pi
rates, fighting for first place. would
you miss? None, if you could get in- 3
1side the park. Striped of surplus
language it's this: The game’s the
' thing. not the players.
H—W
DONOVAN iN DETROIT
AFTER HIGH AND PIPP“
DETROIT, Mich" Jan. 13.—Manager
1 “Bill" Donovan, of the ' New York
Americans, in Derolt. yesterday. dis-
oal baseball club the proposed trans-
fer of First Baseman Pipp and Out
fielder High from the Tigers to the
New York team Mr. Nevin an.
nounced last night that no deal for
the sale of the two pldyers had. been
completed.
Manager Donovan, however; said
' that he expected to acquire both men
before leaving here.
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AGNEW lli‘OFl YANKEES.
& last season reduced his value as s' it can be said on excellent author-
thrustile 111111111111; magnet appreciably.E lty that negotiations are now under
The reason for the foregoing is thatE Way for the transfer of Sam Agnew,
the American public nearly loves aE the star catcher of the Broilms,‘ to the
wasted with President Nevin, of theilo- '
: dissident see the big and little lipst‘s.
{space in the newspapers and who. in;
,tslent when they can be induced to made up of Walsh Strunk “a blur-
«tuner and despises a Mr when 11% New Yanks, under tan Donovan. 1:}
does not compromise by sy‘trtpiithiitthg the deal was through—end several
with one. This is particularly true in ”layers are involved-bill‘s Browns will
nascent-11111111 depehfilt surmount-1E int. two pitchers and in choice of re-
“ ehce sawtooth an alias profs. ‘Pl'lie ontyE orbits in addition to cash The links
other thing the Maoist] Miter lovesE will get Sam Agnew and a left~handed
anywhste nearly as much as a Manet-E pitcher-nuns: Wollmsn 111- Hamilton.
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“1 see nothins to tilt? papers theseE Connie Mack was forced to get rid
days except stories about the troublosE of Collins. 1: 1. said, in order to main-
02 the Yankees." '91 1160 P- F‘lynnp tain harmony in his once great ball
sez he. “Their troubles are nothing team. Collins. so the “cry goes, had
compared 10 lnlne. NOW that the a. serious ‘Iqusrrel with in Thomas
baseball seasoni- overnvhv not burr and -when the world's series was
the old diamond gossip for a while? ”mango” on speaking terms with
We got a fellow named Frankie only three of the jump, Collins
Mack who ought to be getting 10’1“ m charged with having‘ap swollen
cranium and his follow other. 11111
not relish solos of the comments he
made in newspaper articles. 011 top
01 this was the foot that Collins used
a Federal League offer as a club to
compel Mack to increase his salary.
Mack subsequently blamodthe great
second baseman for the than a!“
least one ofthe notes with the Boo
m
Cidbhtdlly, Qt) ”deliver better, much
better than his‘bosebail authentic.
"Up to ‘hum' Frankie is known as
the ‘Beachmont Flash' and believe
me, and you may take my word for
it,.he:s considerable battier. But ,1
can‘t get any matches .Afor lint.
Whenever any of the first-class light-
weights are asked to meet Mack..in- {on Braves-and When the world’s title
variably their answer is. 'He‘s too but been surrendered the'tall man.
toush or ‘What an I set? 1 lmWE agar decided that Collins 11:11 re
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in spite of the loss of Baden;
"M5“ “’0“ 30° Bhusrne 0"” the Coombs. Plank and Collins and the
waste. three WM! A30; and that gay {mam NM 0‘ out.“ N Am
subbing the popular decision in “i 11.1111 intends, to play We. Kc-
teen rounds Wthh shows “ll“ Innis and Baker on the bases. with
Mack deals real harshly with the, .33,” at shortstop “d the outfield
meet him. Mock has walloped the: pm. He will retain so...“ “a
daylights out of EVE” GENE”! Whp WP behind “lb Mi. III“ m ,1”th
has had the courage to meet hlmin E staff will include Showkey, Bulb.
New YOI'k. lie knocked 0m. in oi: Wyohofl, Pennock 38M”, “V”
the eight men he has met there lieu“ several mm linen isn’t.
would like to increase the list of vie» “,1“ much these days, but when
““19- the time comes to put his men in the
WW9 fl 3'0“ said WOW“ tools mower “swimwear!
about him in your columns W “8’“ ‘ a bottom um be will provide the
of publicity might induce We 9; wit "my,“
file New York men” to meet him."
swarms
Which we angled to do for MaekE
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18 mm a mtgmy tine boxer and
The next boxing match on the card
tlstiana will be that between Mike
CHANCE F0“ “Lu“ gamma and Jimmy copay. u an
chum Gallant. the Boston 113111 1 wankee. January 21. my will travel
weight. who W109 300'“ 1'3”" (3'0“4 over the twelve-round route. and
in a- sensation“ b0“ 1“ WW“ not where there is no championship issue
long ago. has been matched “I“ Sam lat stake, yet there is enough uncer-
mV Mbidf‘“ ’07 a ““9“ round bouti tainty attached thereto to cause the
at. Bridgeport. on “WV" 18 I“ view} followers of the game to await its
of Gnllsnt‘s good BMW“!!! mm” ‘1 conclusion with much interest '
Cross it would 899m “1‘“ ”minder" Ciabby today is looked upon as the
Ore overlookihs a m "1 “0‘ ““13 “EmE leader of the middleweight am. and
more often. Charley -'Whites well :he is credited with having every wot,
known left hOOk ‘9 a “39"” 93°" tribute theta champion to required to
compared With the thunderclup w“ monsoon, only he is not a hard hitter;E
109 the “0510“?“ deals out with his, that is the only drawback to him, but'
sort mauler withsl he is regarded us a great sgm-i
If Gallant had a smart manage!“ ‘0 er of the ”6",“ generation.
hustle him alonx he ““13“ ”9 “‘edE Opposed to him will be one of the
with the best of the lishtwcishls, 81 E oleverost boxers 0, all time. find it,
though he ‘8 3 little 3m“ or chant ' man who can hit and put away an!
pionship calibre. Like Cross. Gallant! opponent. The only drawback to his
is a mark [0" ““3 clever [BHWB‘ HeE makeup, somehow has initiated. isE
only shown to WW8" “he“ or» that he is 11111119 to um a dislike to
posed by an opponent who ““1 “m" the issue, which however, is not
and exchange With him At that style: borne out by facts. Suitiee it to say
Gallant brobabll' can outflght any Mi mt he is “(about donbttone of the
the lightweight stars. but as few Db: very few great fighters of the present
them will care to put the ”“1" :2, time. and one was con many. be med:
the test Gailant's status is like y E with the best of the past
remain abou as’le
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lOJiERS WORK HARD FOIl .
1' EREDAW NW&~3Q§JTO
2‘?wa HAVEN. Jan 13 “Civic Brown
and loans Blackwell are working hard
tobe ‘in‘the‘ pink of condition for an-
alley night. when they engage in I six
round boat at the Casino. This bout
, ssosrmo son-:8. . .
There bid a pew‘ahéfivyfvmight cons
ing from Australia His name is use
don Sims, and the only line we have
on him is that he beat Arthur Polity
He is over 6 1.3.11 tall and is homemade
of a splendid reach and good punch.
One more hope wouldn’t make any dif-
defiance, so come along. Gordon. old
top.
Two of the tiniest boxers in the
world will go on before the 616911151111-
gruc fight at. the Garden, New York,
tonight. The boxers are members of
the Singers Midgets troupe. one
weights 181* pounds and the other
23%. 'The smalleSt pair to ever-1 put
up their dukes in America. " and Jun-_
my Johnston last night. The whole
troupe, numbering six women and
twelve men, will be on hand at the
premium-y night of the lndlan Head's
ammo some substandmch inter.
carpenters in the clash.
“in the 1’st weight enmesgthere are
my amateur"'bonte'to be boxed 111-11
day'night.
«amateurs-that ever turned'out at 1a
local show will be seen [too Hull has
amateurs and boys who have boxes at
tition.
Billy Gibson is trying to transmits
twenty round bout between Willie
Beecher and Freddie Welsh. scheduled
for- New omens next month, to cubs.
As Beecher and Welsh have not closed
With as. New (it-isms promoters it is .
likely that Gibson will its able to one
bid them.
attraction of the show. This boot
should Wm WM“ W
1mm hiYeE‘hlfltl things” tip-in
l' V E bout.‘
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Boarders watch Jeanine! Wont MI “the shows will start «At a o'clock
when momma to WW" W 111111 1111111101111 1111 both, nights wm be
them. E reversed 11y newsman“; 1 '
do an added attraction to man up the ,
Perhaps‘the cheesiest hold 1
to list of entries showing experienced
as “various thaws hers indie past 12
litre years. The tist‘looks unusually j;
ottmtive and promises keen compo :-
vuém min mmanswnm are 1‘
finals “It'll bored at the Gunilla, Chic "
Brown muons m Riven, .» “mg.
rival, for six rounds its the windupj. .
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amateur vodka on several WW1“
1 and‘lalwnysma‘ve provided 1a spicy "
CHO“ AND SHUGRUB
iN BATTLE TONIGHT
“mm NEW YORK J" n 13:“! h mlComioltoy 80 Announce—Rowland
will obtain the 1 3111mm that he has
been striving forfito hilt his way
back into the first division of the light
sleight brigade—when he faces Joe'
Shugrue in the ring at the Madison
Square Garden Club tonight. These
battlefi will exchange pouches for ten
rounds. The bids will weigh in at 135
pounds at 3 o'clock this afternoon. at
the Garden. This is an any weight
for Bhugrue to make but will be a tri-
fle sevdire on 1,101., who began best it
in! pounds. '
it will be the third bout between
this- pair. if the contest tonightl
proves as fast or as interesting as'
the minus amounts" the furwiil
have no cause for complaint on the
more of luck of action. mm pre-
vious nuns won whirlwind affair-o.
This‘hut whim the "robber."Is
each won the wool-r decision. The
boat taught villi go a long way
toward settling the nested Question
comma mm “In
(has me nor melt“ out
We in the hat notch. floE
”MJoswuhahuvyflgbtonthei.
law. The admirers of the Jersey
boxer say that it was the only time
that Shogun was over knocked off
his foot. albumen wondemu recu-
Wive new 10.3,“ to hie-aid‘m
he no dazed. and he stalled month
the session and mooted trench from
finishing the bout with 6 Mat
punch. Shoals ”accented during
the minute's rest and finished so
strong thatge had Cross Mind or
at the milieu " .
Crops to minimum) twin o dectslvg1
ibattlo. so “:10 place himself “undo
ilino Is a dilation” for the world‘s
title. He says he realizes that Shu- ’ '
warned. A m.twohsndod'mnd
has a clever defense. But he believes
that he can penetrate his guard and
plant a sleep producing punch Bhu-
mod is at his best out at the 1mm ‘ '
Nobody except Gross believes.
time.
that the little Jeremie: can‘be
knocked out. Joe's recent defeats on
points of Freddy Welsh‘sn‘d Charley" , 33/
White proves what a fast fighter be is. -
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CHICAGO. Jan. 13 .—Ciarence Henry
Rowland. new manager of the White
”Sex arrived yesterday and assumed
several hours arranging preliminary
death for the spring training trip and
discussing the personnel of the team.
He said he had meshed a splendid
letter from nucleons“ securing hint
moths would trite the club his best
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