in pill Basebnfl Masculine;
31:1. ‘11 111,111 an uncle disclos-
I'm; ' 11; 23-01 a woodlands
rill". 1.1111113- We guote in our:
111.1 magazine story.
“Out“ yells the umpire The .1359
run! or ran hard. Hedug his spikes
into the ground and hurled himself
at the bag. But the tfig!! beat him
out 11 the race by perhaps one fifth or
a >ctond.
The infielders tighten their belts,
(1111- their hands in their gloves and
mil to one another: “That‘s theroy
-«gel the next one now.” They are
on their toes, alel',t spirited, eager
'l‘hr base runner, mopping his face e,}
mnblev back to the dugout and takes
I
111. place. dejectedly .011 the .bench.
I’.'ll‘::i]ls someone asks him uhy he
('illll‘t beat the play.
rultly that he ran his 11911 There |
.11: :1 general feeling that he did run
1111211 under the cilcumslallct-s, andl
too-111st speedily centers in the next
He answers!
play. ».
’lilfd, play is repeated at least ten
111.11; in 1111 average game. but be-
lolw we dismiss it 1111's see just what
1.11)); tliPd. The butter had hit the
bull lather sharply to deep short
iLI'H The shortstop had to sprint
‘.t‘3'
.1111 feet to his right. in order to
Mn;- the ball. Then he had to 1'11-
1'111'1‘11' his balance and set himself for
:1 lsng. hard tlll'ou’. All this took
'11. and although tilt1 bull went
:-1l';.i.-:llt and true into the first "base-
lllem‘: wit, it took 11 111172.11 i‘l'alcton of 11
1.11.1111111 .to travel across that interred
1115; space. The batter lillltlt‘ a quick
:11-7-1111'31‘ ll'om the plate. Half the~
”11.1151 of insulin; 11 throw is ill get-
:11154 11 good start. The batter got
t‘lis start. lie. was 11 reasonably flint
1111111 111111 he. l'illl we‘ll. But he 111m
1111-11 he hit the ball that he had 11d
111.1:- to spare. He was curious to see
11” 111-1 shortstop fielded the bull clean
and just what were his chances of
111-1th .0111 the tlll'zou TlllN curiosity
l1'l hint to cast one look but across
11111 diamond to their U111 shortstop
V'ilr trying to field the bull, and 11!-
1,),0; loll he. did not reuse running, in
tilu‘ one look, he inlolunlnrily slack-
1111 '1 his speed H1111 much time did
110 lose? Probably 11! least one-fifth
of 11 second and that one fifth of aI
round robbed llilll of 11 hit and per.
111111» robbed his team mates of the
Voter}.
inning last World's Series genius
I timed. several l'-unllels with :1 stop.
watch. Hooper rim to filiil. b11110. ill
flute and tw-oliitlls seconds. He did
ml. 11 «tell the bull. 011 nnotllci occu-
film} he hit safely, but he wanted tot
311111.1' whether .'m not to make a try
fol second on the play, so about five
yards before he reached first he slow-
ed up a trifle to see ,how the, play
was progressing. ‘He reached firstin
1111 even four seconds. He could not
have made second in any case. while
he did have ample time to get to first.
But thediifcrence in time of three
fifths of 11‘ second was at least 11 eng-
utsdlrc tribute to the importance of
watching the bull. On another occa-
1111111 Hooper actually made a double
into right field. He did not know that
it 11115. a double, however, solle slowed
up in exactly the nine way and ugnin
reached first ill on even four seconds.
Put in this case be determined to try
(01 second and covered the extra dis
ta: lce (which is more didlcnlt than
running from the plate to first owing
to the turn) in three and three-fifth;
11.10111115. On both occasions it took
Tire) 111 four seconds to teach that
1111.911 he stopped to patch the. ball,
olliu. ~:1 gh he had shell 11 his ability to
reach the bag in tlnee 11nd two fifths
seconds when he made speed his sole.
obmct.
Johnson made :1 clean 'tllrcr bane
hil. He knew it was $09115? “all.
buses before he had gone four‘l'al‘d?
.0
f1'( 111'1he pl'lte in other Words... 5213 .didg'
not 111' v1: to stop to watch the ball. .
lie was bent solely on getting .at,
least to second base in the Shortest?
los-sible time so he broczed merrily .
to first ill three and two-fifths sec-
onds and with
ll'anlzczlliy on the base paths slid into»
ell 1'11 1 351101111..-
‘ u'1ll’rll the phi.) null run to Iijl'st in [our
1 Econds ‘
The figures indicate ttlut..wntcllin3g-'
the 15111 costs the base runner ap-
proximately t“: littlis ot’ a second.
A 8
51111111112910 first bush If any act on
his part increases the time needed to
cover this distance by lvzo-iiiths of a
« hecond, it automatically increases the
iatnllceoby tell” feet
= the unmet” Ila 11.11011qu slogan. “We
l the most of elery poasible advantage
the coacherfn'nying '
Itllil'd base in 11 cloud of dust in all’
At another time he 1
hit to Short stop but he turned to 1 1
cod base runner 111' (1:11:11. tuenty- j
but a second in trmeling the '
Thouhluuln oi . ~
“Out by a mile, " yells the crowd and
they ore right, but the: "Miles" '.or, 10'
be more execution: $611th dic-
tance moments inst twofltths of a
second and that napalm of- u been
.1111 is merely on indulgence in the
foolish llabt of watching the ball.
“The pitchers have the game 113':
must do owl-lilac within reason to;
keep up hurting," is another. True
itllc pitchers have been generally sue:
ccssiul in the. duel of wits with the
hotter .wbicll has gone on since base-
boll eluted
won their triumphs Umlgh making
l
If the batters want to throw away
one of their own best assets, whose
fault h. it? For that is just what the
batters do when they watch the ball.
1111111111111 _
1111111 11 1111.11
Iin tilt1 April “Baseball Magazine"
11-1 an article on how (the playing field
Micah: butting .nverages. '.We quote
in. 111 from the article written by Fred
Mitchell, recently of the Braves, but
111 w manager of .the Chicago Bubs.
. 0110 of the most curious things
1 inch nitoctl-l club dialling is the field
itself All observer would not ordin-
arily giro much ihougllt to the dia-
rwul‘v-or to the turf in the outfield.
He would naturally suppose that but-
111151 depended wholly on the ubiiity
of the. batter and the vrolntvc ability
of llllt‘nltcllfil‘ who opposed him. And
'11 the main ll. does. But otllel thiugsI
lesides betting eye and Slltll'll cur '.'1 :5.
play a big purl ill sucmssml ldtting.‘
And the field is one of the most im»'
)olthnt of those things.
There we 11111101111115“ lurks which
line whet-.1111: players call 11 "live:
itcld.’ The turf in lnlrd and tough
Pile-ball, when it is hit, labounds and
gut. skipping and rolling heroes the
outfield like a thing of life. The in-
fielder tacos shard Job when he tries
1) stop it and tub outfielder has to
chew lol'Iull kinds of twists and
muses many hard hit drives on that
account. 0n the other hand take the
‘tradi' .iicld. The ball when it strikes
.1111 to stay where. it struck. or at
best rolln forward 41 a sluggish. imit-
hearled way. The uttieili is like 11
event sponge. There is no olunticity
1.1 the soil. The fielder finds his work
much simplified and the batter finds
it correspondingly more difficult to 1111
the toll sole. He hull not only the.
'1le of the pitcher opposed to him.‘
but the field is working against hint!
The stage is properly set for his
downfall He works .'unde1 a bevy
handicap.
lI
n,
l
i
l
How a bad playing field effects a; '
club‘s batting average is shown in
the case of the Boston Braves. All
lust summer the weak hitting of this
club was a common theme for the _
sport writers. "it Stallions could 011in
not 11 little more hitting strength."
they said, ‘.‘he would breeze in with
the pannnnt." And the record did
look bad in print 1
I do not say all this was due to the'
tell itself. We had remarkably even
1itchlng at Box-lien. But I do say How
‘lha- Braves' field is the werst field in
the league for betting, owing to the
1.01;), gpongy soil and I do say that in ‘
my opinion, it out down the Boston!
Club: batting averages by at least;
ten per cent That is a [good big
margin, enough to separate a good
hitting club from a poor lilting club
and not at all due in this case to black
of toiling power. .
1
:But' ethe pitchers have 1
llord, in the third round of
1 don outclassed Carter.
woo cm». 11 won. Seriously him to 11.1.1.
[loll-rm Green the Falls iron M and has a,
Narrow hm—lm- Marlin Bout “lose Draw
The boxing exhibition at Music :Hall, the iourlll round The Dunbury lad
last night, came near developing into landed right atteuight and had Green
a tragedy when Young Carter, of Stain-loll in. In“ the middle of " the loath
the boutfiroundI, however, the Standard led {all
lushod Willie Condon, of bills city, to through the ropes in the some places
the front ropes, causing the latter to that Condon did. This completed the
lose his balance and tumble to the job started by Moody. it dazed him so
' stage below. Carter could not slow or that he. could not stand up. Otherwise
and tell in a been on top of Caution. he W115 uninjured. Jock Demsey stop-
Condon was knocked unconscious. Dr. pod the fight. “Max" Green was the
Robert M. Wolfe was called out from. her originally scheduled to meet Mun-
the.audieuce, and, utter Condon was dY- He was overwolght. however, and
carried to the dressing room. gave his brother took his place .He didn’t
him treatment. He was revived and it. seem to care to see a member of his
was found that his back was seriously family beaten so When Willie was
injured and that his shoulder blades done stepped into the rill! and ottered
were dislocated. It will probably mean to finish the light. 0! course Mona-
that Condon will novel enter the ring 881' COIIIns told him there was not
again Cartel escaped uninjured. hing (1mm: Mundy seemed to take a
111 11111 first round of the bout which dislike to Max and started for him
scheduled to go ten rounds, Conv “9 “118 Slowed by his 3001111115. The
He «battered appearance of Chief William tit. Pen
him about the ring and got in some “1“.ng in 1h" This with the other of
good body blo11‘s.,Caricr put up 388310 tlcers soon put it stop to the premature
fight riot.
Curler came buck lINllt‘ second sec- “1909921an bout wall a fine] K. O.
oion and showed that he had the Brennan 0! WNWON met Pete Vir-
goods. He landed “:13?! beautiful uto- 3“ 0‘ ”‘9 Liberty A (3- South NO”
was
much blows which 8 ed Willie down walk ““1“!“ MG" 0"!" W for two
considerable. W proved better rounds “"1911 ”‘3 bill“ W W181! OH
in clinches it was Curter’e round. b5 39‘9”“ Jack 13811139th IIW that
In tilt1 third round both boys went Brennan “'“5 getting Blamlfired K
at each other like wildcuta. Tllcy rue-h- 0 1"“ a game fight WM“ '19 188185
ed from one side of the ring to the lie was ‘bpwlmfimd by “1‘81” ”9011
other. Cutter made a car 1311 rush at “1‘“an nights light “We ‘19 lasted
(‘ondon who gave ground. The ropes didnt know how to meet “-
nearest the audience were slack and Th" ““4“" round ”out between Bab
gave way. Condon was forced back. ‘3‘“: K‘m’c
Suddenly he‘sllppcd between the sec- Lonncctlcut, and Johnnie Martin, 391“
and and upper falling to tllt'1 stage he merly “f BFOOldl'n. now of Dunbar!
low, Carter tolling after l1.lll. Condor; turned out ‘0 be the prettiest exhibl
tion of boxing every new in this city.
('11 his shoulders and back. The boy ._
was knocked unconscious and had to be The bout ended ‘5'“ ch“ draw, with
neither man in distress.
carried to his dreseing room where Dr.
Wolfe took him in charge. As usual, Bottling Kunz assumed the
A similar accident took place in the aggressive. From, thetirst "’“nd t°
second bout between Young Mundy, of ”‘0 “m" Ib" ”3"“! ”um” and 391"
Dnnbury, and Willie Green. of Stam- the 1111111 in 11 continual state of up
fordltlundy batted Willie all up until roar. in that session, however. Mur-
. tin came across with a let: swing
1 which caught Kunr. flush on the 111w.
the. blow. 'It 'was chance of a life
time to put the local boy to sleep.
or more of right and left'blows to the
head which slowed him down consid-
. cmbly.llc come back strong 'in the
eleventh 11nd twelfth sessions and
_ made Martin work to keep . out his
way. in the lust r,ouud he won out by
11 large margin. Martin being unable
- to get in a. solid blow. "
Something seemed to be the matter
with Kunz. He would rush Martin to
the ropes hold him there and bring
over the right heynnlker. He wasu 11-,11
ubld to land the blow however it
' seemed in though he was unable to
Battier wont to Brooklyn where he gotI
his new automobile. die drove the car
drove it around town. Driving 11 our
doubt it had some effect on Kunz s :poor
Batliing Kuuz champion lightweight spewing. Kunz weighed at the War.
of Connecticut, forced the light every wick hotel at 3 unlock in the afternoon
minute last night when he bat-tied with at 137 3- 4 pounds Martin weighed
Johnny Maitin of Brooklyn. The bout 1
., .lI.
'ended in a close draw. (Continued onISix’teenth Face);
* ' ternity. to the people he numbers on
champion llghtwelghl ot‘
spinning him around like 11 top. blur-1
till was slow in following him up and!
In the ninth round. Kunz got couple.
judge his distance "Yesterday morning:
is hear on the arms and there is no”
“Sane" lilting uni helm.
"'“ 1
An annual George Hopkins well theI
timekeoper. Georgie surely does
know how tepid! the hell.
.0-
The title of blunt old song, “Get Opt
Your Old Gray Bennett," has been
changed to “GetaOut 11011101111111.1111»:
Flivver."
--.- ,__ '
There is some talk about holding
air boxing exhibitons here. Plans are
being'talked over {or the pulunsoflot
one about July Fourth.
.u..._
dlughie 'Dufly, coach at Harvard,
buys that he will show a. mat ball
nine. No, don't hurt the .pwr fellow.
it’s only the Spring sent: that has
gone to his head.
4—-
Tbe Cincinnati Reds are earning
their salaries this year. In the past
they had only one work-out a day. Re-
cently they have had two practice ses-
sion daily under the glaring eye of
{Manager Mathewson.
yt-
FqLTx WAS CLEVBR ALL
AROUND ATHLETE.
President of Playon’ Futon-city Won
Honors at Baseball and Foothill
While At Brown—mum for unity
Seasons in Mnjora.
lie rs 11 dark, quiet, soft-spoken
Southerner, with the eyes of an en-
thusiast. a good, film Jew and a. most
ultl'uctive smile. '.l'hut when: fits the
description of David Lewis Fultz.
1111111 ldont oi the baseball pluyere' tro-
hlll irlends. But it‘s not that way to
the baseball nlngnatee. His friends
speak of him as 1: practical idealist
with 11 well-trained legal mind and a
bulldog faculty of hanging on to any-
thing hc once tackles. They will tell
you his aims are. high, his ability
great and his honesty beyond ques-
lion.
Nice Nick Name.
Us the club owners, those in both
the major and minor leagues, he is
inlay. That is to say, they regard
hi..1 115 upoor, benigbted heathen, but
1'1 that-Class lighting man.
Ilavld Fultz was born in Staunton,
\'11.. 111111 birthplace of President Wil-
son. ills {other was 11 Virginia lawyer
and his grandfather a Virginia. lawyer»
The family went to the South trout
Pennsylvania and originally came
from Holland This explains some
things about him. Moving a moun-
lnin is on easy task compared to!
our llging o. l‘ennsylvanin Dutchman's
opinion once he has made up his
nllnl‘ On his mother's side Ftlltz is
a ureatgreubgrandson of John blur
in... one of the singers .of the. Declara-
111011 of Independence.
I Contained Brown.
Ar.- 11 buy, Fultz attended the Stalin»
ton militury academy and entered
till-'uuu in the class of '98. He was a
‘.memter .oi the Delta Phi fraternity.
all the W'1y home and aftemardg lie is regarded by many persons as.
Iona oi the best football players ever
turned out at the Trovidence school.
considered .ns,souletl1tng oi ll. fuzzy» 1
. Brow n. ..
.l hm wwmemmez’
nun who waste meet Battling”:
last night was “Bonner" Martin Who-
'e-ver curled ale story had the mug
dope. it wasn't “Pepper.' It Was
John)? Martin who (ought Kunz.
Kunz mold more “Pepper 11hr-
Iin (or the :boy weighs only a little
over 12810 135 manila.
‘—
Jock Denipsey’s all right. Any who
can arrange a classy card like 111111.111
last night knows something about .111}
bonus game. Jack's experience stands
him in good stead tor he has bottled
in the .ring himself end knows just
what is Jim.
.4—
For Wells reasons it was deemed
beat tormatoh Young Richardson, Nor-
walk’s eoloreduprinant and abinetlib-
bone. The match may be pulled or!
some time in the :utul'e.
—-O—-
The Sentinel Printers challenge the
Hour Printers to a series at duck ,pine,
time and number to be decided later
This series should be of great inter
est.
' mined the team in both his junior and
senior years, thereby golfing the hon-
or alloted to few of being captain of
two college tennis the same season.
He played second base and in 1898
was signed by the Plilllies.
The following year found him in
Baltimore. Then came the-forming
of the American tongue and Full:
drifted no Milwaukee with Connie
Mack, when he played shortstop and
accord base. In 190.1 whenthe Amer-
icun tongue invaded the East, Mack
look i‘ultz and several other players
to i’llfladehihin. do :1902 be bad
lluublt with his arm and Mack shitt-
ed It. 111 to the outfield. This was thel
wusrm the Athletics won their first.
pennant. His record was as follows:
129 names, 503 times at 1,111,110 runs
151 hits 48 stolen bases, betting aver:
1113,3300. Ed Delehunty led the lee-
suc with .376
0 With Athletics.
F1117 went to the hankees in 1903.
When Clark Gillith M11111 manager, and
tin-1.1. he ended his major league
career. In the autumn of 1905 Fultz
wheat-.15 playing camel-field, collided
1.1111 IKid Elbortield going utter a short
lly Iilberflcld‘s. hood hit Fultz along-
side the. cheek bone and broke his
jaw. He 3.51111 taken to ulnspimlrand
that ended his baseball career. In
19111; he Went into a partnership with
Fred Murphy, 11 Brown "99 mini, and
the firm of Murphy and Fultz, '«Wthll
is still doing 11 good law-business, weal
Col'lzled.
ll‘ultz has done more or less coach-
ing of college tennis. He coached the
lillh'orsity of Maine football team in
1898. He spent one year, .1902, at
Lafayette .and,1903 found hiln at
”In 1906.111! coached .‘the New
York university baseball team and the
following season took him to the
V1113. where he made 11 great record,
his team “11903 swalnping the army,
16-5, breaking 11 long run of defeats.
He continued at: Annapolis in 1909
and i910-1-1 found him at Columbia.
He also is lilghtlythought of as a
He was star back of a. great back
field and in his senior year captainedi
the eleven. Kinkead and dominant;
Iweie among those who played-eon the 1910 11115 approached on the subject took the party on a. tour of
,t‘oom with Fultz He alumwcs 1‘1: shah of running the fraternity It was not 11011 through his toctoty, and
'lar light in college baseball and onp- until 1912, though, that "he organized Ieon was sewed at 11 o’ol'
fouil: all oflicial.
Fultz become the legal adviser of
many major league players, and in
' that time there have ten w" w
i they came about.
. [161111 in 3 Norwalk uniiorm
forms in baseball and the mambo?
Mike Smollck will certainly have to
hanole Walter Swanson very mill
Tuesday evening, if Ward Brannon
otlicizltes the contest Ward Indy
can’t pond anything 1which m
11.111 toughness
The dopeIis against Norwalk'o will.
11.11151. 91" ucedny night; 11ml. it M
m..ny local fans belieite that fine We
1119111. and the rest of his snappy crew
have. the “ludian sign" on “191mb.
boos. There may be 51111118!th in
this supposition.
The management of the Amarillo
basketball team has made Nanak
an utter to play in that city, ,9de-
in}: the loads have "Big W
limlth in their lineup. Smith in suite
a draw~ mg and in the up 11111111191111,
but he will probably never gain m
it is now doubtful it Ward 1111111.
non 'uvill referee the chat
game in Bridgeport Tuesday Mt
‘.led's price is a little too chap 1“,,
John Leary, although the RM
manager claims that the Ignite fill
dlaw a. crowd of seventeen W
Tom Tharp is the next choice otter
Brennan
.4.— .
According to all renting“ i! M
seems probable that "Ernie“ W
will play lorwnrd instead or W
Calder, both in Monday null
night’s games. “Ecky’s” knee is
giving him considerable trouble, AM
it is doubtful if the injumd member
W!ll be in condition to stand such 1!
1.1111111 as it would hone in M
111111111111 Colder attempt to my next
week.
. __._ t
W 1111 Johnny Beckman
Ncmlnn again in the lineup. m m
Ribbons will be strengthened 111111111111
ernbly. Both men will surely be” or;
hand Tuesday evening, to mm
in the big contest against Nor'ttfil
Thu locals. however, cannot add an!
thing to the strength of their m
abut must rely on playing a 111mm
‘er and a little faster than they
last. neck. it they want. to ovum
til 11. advantage gniued by 11111111111116
) b1 the addition of Norman and mm
1 man. —-O—— l) ,3:
Bill Mending is sure. that. "he-I ..
bring, a beam to Norwalk W
culling which will back the W
ott‘ the n111p.Fliend Bill fill hit.
to bring a pretty good aggro“,
of stall: with him. however, it"hg
“1111111 to accomplish thistrfék. White.
,~F.1l'l'y. Malone Roach and W
law now ,Bill’s ibest Ibet. ‘A‘I‘
months ago. Bill would have Mk, I
A111 mead & Company against all ‘
(11.1. .
,. . .
Local fans are anticipating 11133
an individual battle Mood-Toy pull
when "(.‘hris” Leonard and w '
lone line up against each other-iii,
101.11 zlrmoly. Leo has been 1 ‘
as the. gre1itest.pivotnlvman"'_
East this season, "but she" has .580
Show Norwalk boosters.mhom-I&e
got anything on Leonard.
it. looks as if the .Greystooko:
Eastern League and the Wit
1.11111 {of ithe Pennsylmnla._
would fight it out for the
championship this year The,
ti. .1 teams should have met .‘dh
walld'u championship serieelost
but wing to the lateness-91m
son when the two teams 11111!
their series with Butcrson, no,
could be arranged .
A number or local ‘Lond‘iouwt .,
business men. were tile-gnome
morning, of M. (NMoyeholtno '
“161111.171. Mayeholt & Company
toiy in Merwln street. Ml“.-
(Casi-1,1 111: BEEN TRYIN‘
To MAKE A DATE 11111114 . ,
THAT sweu. DAHE
xvi-to WAS GENT HERE
To View us TRAIL
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