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Directors Often Disapg
pointed-No Longer CountA
on Using “Star? Recruit
According to information believed to
be reliable, the proportion of profes-; lieutenant Harry (Moose) McCor-
si‘onal athletes rejected in the physi- mic-ii, who several seasons ago was
cal examinations prescribed for accept- famous as a pinch 11mg,- for the Giantg,
' ““09 3‘5 3 50W“ or 3 53110": is high. has. just returned from France, where
1‘ is said 10‘ be higher than in any he has been in the front line trenches
other group of men called to the ml for“ early six months, and brings back
oral - twit him a message which baseball
Strange as it may seem: the prize people, club owners and players alike,
fighter who. time and again, has taken “1“”, well take heed of. ,
3 grueling beating in the padded ring “if the club owners and ballplayers
has not necessarily the stamina of know what the boys who hav} gone
many a clerk who, for years has wot'k' one to the other side to fight think of
ed at a shut-in occupation. Because a the they would not want to play a
man is a skilled baseball player, a top world‘s series," says Mccormick
notch runner or a great football play-' “TIA” would want to turn to their
er. it does not necessarily follow that bats {Or guns and get into a may con-
lle is physically sound or has the male test.
ing ofa good soldier or sailor. l “The soldiers have become dis
Can't Count on Using Them. igruyntled with baseball‘as it has been
Well-known ball players fall down conducted in this country this year.
of poor heart action or some physical Th decision of the leagues to play";
ailment that has not interfered with wo-ld’s series after the expiration'of
their winning fame and a livelihood on so rotary Baker‘s reprieve and the
the diamond. ,Some of them are sent numerous players who jumped to steel
lldme, others into the non-combatant plans to play ball when they were apt
service, and the percentage of thOse to e drafted has created the impres-
wvho win a place in the line regiments sion among the soldiers that the base-
is considerably below that of the aver- ball people were thinking more. of their
age man. * game than their country.
The situation has so impressed ath-i “For a time this year all the scoresl
letic officers of the various regiments of the games were sent to the other
that they llo longer count upon using sidf. But afterthe fight or work order
some 'star athletic who has been draft- was issued and baseball'still tried to t I
ed into camp until he is well past the go n, it had such an effect on theA
physical “exams" and ready for as- othxr side. llut after the fight or work
alignment to a regular unit. in a re- or or was issued and baseball still:
cent draft, there were three famous triad to go on. it had such an effect on
bail players, a borer and a runner with the other side that the Stars and
a truck championship, all of whom fell Strkpes discontinued printing “‘9‘
down on the final examinations for one scocs of the games. Since then we
cause or another. Difterent from the..hn\Ae heard of baseball development
usual cause of rejection in these cases chi‘pfly. through the European edition
was the experience of Lewis Santop of of the New York Herald. _
the Lincoln Giants of,1\'ew York. who , Players Should Have Enlisted.
on the American diamoea‘; est hitters so it a condition, but I think much of ‘
he was looked up. as it {May and. thi feeling that exists on the other“ . T
addition (0,1le "2:”, tallwflllml‘tam std» could have been averted had the}, 't '
Dir, But when the phygga at Camp pla, ers acted differently. if one man| ‘~ ‘
cam ma . t . us at tho fro 11 each club had enlisted and gonnal , .
h it me o exanline him they found ed a company it would have shown a: . , .4 a \ ,
'afm 339.1923?an 88:23:11,112)! twisted. tin spirit for the game “and mayChaggpigngrnnlymiiizmvll‘fill‘l'dweii‘lsd in: {ligamrsh 'n‘nd Cincinnati sarles,‘
several yearsago lt mad: itaiccldent.’ mi; ht. never have bccnjthc impression Lewis king - of the welterweights. necgéd'?:ce fl‘lmthtemili Hi a m or: mud]
bio for him to handle a whossl- in t the game Was not doing its full Would be one of the prettiest boxing club D D _ 118 up of is old
properly. and so he ha burn or salute part. A soldier ""8 trench can not be exhibitions eve staged in this countr A .
‘ed as physically unfit fs een dischargo expected to feel very kindly.toward a J k C -. r .- ‘ _ y.’ In almot v ‘ ‘
- 0‘ army sel'vlco.'man who is playing ball while he is ac lurley “‘ "3"”; V9” “”1 ”A e. my “56 wherengleague
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Duke Kahannmoku, the swimming marvel of Hawaii, who holdsmost of
the records for short distances, is new shown with Rudie Linhart, a well-
known swimmer of New York, and M15: (‘luire Gilligan, one or the women
, champions of the east. The llawnilanfrecently beat all New Yorkswimmers
at 1253““? and other short distances
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Com. Ross’s Latest Acquisi-
'ahead of P. Aficmrk's Lion d'Or, on: General March
Abau‘ed' Billy Kelly demonstrated that 2 tion is to establish limits, both maxi
‘ his head. With Sande still lugging on“ age and go, to 45 in order to get 11.9
.out was in second position. Hp still;Ch3n8e to the draft law approximately
,than the remainder of the field, and’flually announced that the American
'desplte the efforts of Ensor to hold military policy from this time on if
__ __ . I risking his life for a real cause. bring these two worthy ringmen togeth . players have come back to the diamond
Yesterday’s Results "bile in France Lieutenant McCor- er. and ‘1 M" be known ‘Odn‘v With-While on furlough from too “my or
, ‘mi‘k mm Major '1‘. L. Huston, half what success he has met in landing navy. they bill’s performed brilliantly.
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Cincinnati,'5: St. Log;- ai 2' ,ma‘ndlng a battalion in‘au engineering I” 1' no 1‘1. th dv ‘t ":1 i m :safc prediction lhlll‘ Benn s a iile n:
Chicago. 2: Pittsburgh'OI re intent. He also met Hank Gowdy. "3 3 .er ins e a an age 0 I)? g " “w“, l I ., 1 ‘b t i y w
T Other teams were not'hcheduled. jthe first active ball player' to enlist. reach and weight over Benny. Many, KW 11 ‘3 0““ a n “"3 “”5‘
lMtiCormick says that Major Huston
i ha been very strongly Opposed to the
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standing of the Clubs.
Chicago ”3mm“ ngt- .PéC-l action of bull players and owners de-
New York ..........63 43 53 spite the fact that he :has a small-
5:23:13? . . . . . . . . . .gg 50 .523 sized fortune invested in the Yankees.‘
Brooklyn 49 g .276 MajorlHuston's: attitude toward base-
Philadelphia .......47 5; 4;; ball was made quite plain in a letter
Boston . _ , _ .46 59 Z438 which he wrote some months ago and
Stnllouis ...........,.44 67 .396 wli‘ich caused quite a stir in baseball
- cir les. He said then that baseball
7- New Yorkejtmgfnmmfi Ella better begin thinking of doing
.98 Brooklyn at Pittsburgll.l isonething in the war. _ _
3" Boston at St. Louis. , A McCormick won his commission with
AMERICAN LEAGUE : the first boys who went to Plottsburga
. Cleveland, 7; New York, 2. ' 5y 1' ago last April. He has been in
nI'lilrélouls, 4; Philadelphia, 1 (11 in- Fr nce nearly a year. Hisunit was in
Boston, 5. Chich . (the .last Marne. fight. McCormick re~
» «go. 3. . -.
_ Detroit, 5; Wasllington, 3' cell ed orders to return to this country
. . - while the fighting was going on: He
Standing of the Clubs. isaid: .
‘ Boston . ...... . . ' mvggn- legit. P33. . ‘lThe Americans certainly surprised
Cleveland ___________ 6'3 47 '57; th Germans. and for that nlatte‘rtlhe
‘xgghglgtgn . , _ ..60 ~ 49 :550 Fr nch and English, by the way ey
Chicago Hr): g; g: ‘ ,490 fo-ght. ' IThey dashed into battle with
‘ St. Louis .......... 1:49 56 . 1%; a pirit that swept the Germans right
Detroit W48 59 :449 off their feet. The difficulty was to
-Phlladelphill ..... 42 ac .389 stT them." a
39:8,,“ iimgggc'gk; H‘gh Safiaried Shipyard
lcago at Boston. A A
St. Louis at Philadelphia. A L Players Barred.
N' DOW” at “’asmugtou- Pnunnnnrnm, Aug:¥15.—Th:bm-
EASTERN LEAGUE. ployment of professional ball players
.Binghamton' 2; Jprsey City, 1 (10 in- in shipyards "more, for the purpose of
g. ,mlrlqgs): _ . _ .. . bo stering up teams than to expedite‘
R3335}; 3’8]?a113‘tlllxllfl:lr:' ii. th ship-building program,” will no
The TorontoHamilto’n game was lo ger be countenanced by theEmer-
postponed. - , ge. cy Feet corporation.
. -——f—. in an order issued yesterday by the
Standing of the Clubs. A vi epresident, Howard Coonley, ball.
Toronto _ . . . ........ 2;?“ ngt- 1’6;le pl yers are,plaéed on the same footingA
Bingllamton .. , _ .62 35 :689' as} all other workmen, and yards thatA
filtlmore . . . . . . . .61 40 .604A Ofier‘high salaries to obtalr'their ser-A
Chester ........ ...5s 41 .577A vices will not b at bu d b
{Newark ......-.......51 52 495A ’ e r m me “ha:
Bun'alo .............41 69 2373 cqrmmm‘ A-
Hamilton . ........ , , .31 61 .337- Mr. Coonley declared that he favored
Jersey City‘. . .. ‘ ..24 ~ 71 .253 splirt, but that it ghould be conducted,
. on a high plane in the present emerv
gotcy and the professional athlete
sh old he treated as are all other
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. Game: iToday.
_ Binghamton at Jcrsey City. "K
, Baltimore at Newark. _7
; Toronto at H ton- .
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that 19 should be the minimum and I
came to the 18 minimum only after
annihilating :_ ] lifllllithll
the appropriate number of men."
’; ‘le comuittee’s action in reporting
bill, the report says, is “based on
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(ion Shows He Can Run im the Senate next Monday of the nor f.
Mlld and Carry WCight lman power bill extending the draft
\ _ -. .. iages were blocked today by failure of
“SARATOGA, N Y., Aug 15.—-—Billy:8 quorum to appear when Chairman,
Kelly, the little gelding which Com-A Chamberlain of the military commit-A
mander J. K. L. Ross bought last week tee. submitted the measure with a far-
from W. F. Poison for $50,000, ran off A orable report. ,
with the Sanford Memorial yesterday; In his report Cha’mlan ChamberlainA
afternoon. To win the $5,000 purse for . quoted extensivelyfrom testimony be
his new owner theoll’estern champion : fore ”18 committee l1." seqeialy.ment.”
was not compelled to extend himself: Baker, General March and gi‘l'Ol'Oétl
at. any stage of the journey. He gal.l Marshal General .Crnvder.
loped home the victor seven lengthsj “The United Ellie‘s governnnmt
is quoted as soyirgp
added starter. B. J. Brandon's (:01.1 “has been asked ’1" 1191‘ Hill“ 10 em-f
Livingston finished third.
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\ .sis a. '1 he opinion of the sec-
‘.ary of war, the chief of staff and,
.. ment of Senator Reed, providing for
from men absent from work without
_ cause, the report says:
Aburk upon a progmm so large :llnt lit
The field that opposed Billy Kelly: wasnecessary very (arefullv to nscer-A
was not made up of the best juveniles. A tain whether “’8 could is
Most of them were selling platers, and it 01‘ not, and one Of “.413 features 0‘
as a result Commander Ross" entry 3 ”115 enlarged progtu ’1 W85 DTOH‘JAD?
was an odds on favorite and llea\'ily!‘nlen. The desire, at the Adlulnistra-‘
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he can run well in the mud and can;mum and minimum, which v illnccom-A
carry weight. He carried 130 pounds,ll’“3h this program and at IIto same;
eight more than the scale, and sped" lilac disorganizlz thc‘indumrles of the‘
over the muddy course in such im'pres- country as little as possible» i the cans
sive style as to warrant the belief that “Th? policy 0f He “"1!‘ DPWHW‘N'I
he is a youngster which can run as A is to put the maximum. number of mien
well on one kind of a track all 0min France with th-e‘iuea of shortening;
another. the war. We fonul from figures lur Afaith to follow the
The result never wasdn doubt. Lionnlshed by the Provost Marshall Genl
d'Or sped away from the barrier on his: oral that we could eg'l‘blll'K on a prb A
toes and quickly took command. Run-f gram of eighty lelSlO s in France by
ning dob'n the back stretch he was alane 30, 1919, with eighteuu divisions:
a through In 1th t
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authorize the drafting of boys between
ed in useful and necessary occupations
from actual service in the ranks. that
as in other cases. 0
length ahead of “'illis Sharp Kilmer's A a! home. These lelrlullu consist (“f
Mormon, which ‘was leading the ye-l roughly 40,000 men town divisiunr Af
mainder oi” the field, A ter prolonged study_ of the available!
At the bend Billy Kelly was mm]; man» poWer of the United States; the: hour an
but it was plain that he could take :‘lovost marshal general showed that'
command the._ instam Sande gaVe mmi it. was necessary todrop to 1% years pl
tform, enter the“ ranks and hearts
the reins Billy K_elly swung into the men *0? carry it through. All;
home stretch and when straightened the men obtained under the propoaudl
At the eighth . 2,300,000—«we expect if! have in France
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was running easily.
Dole Sande gave the Western cham- bydune 30.1919-”
plon his head and” in. the next. fewl General hiarch told the committee
lumps the race was over. All soon as’ thatebetlwas unqualifiedly’ln favor of
Billy Kelly got‘freewreln "hc' bounded living the army composed of as many
to the mm and increasedhls load Milkmen as possible. ‘x'oumz men
with every stride. When the hull alx- between matador-beam, not only do
teonth pole was reached Enact on Lion not-have mull/iglleuml-uu 3*... but they
d‘Or saw'his mount was hopelessly 8’9 bfltérflt physically.
beaten and eased up. “The president." said General
Mr. Clark's colt was much better March; resuming his statement, “has
--to do so he ought to
be‘ subject ‘
draft- . ‘-
cease labor-when any man Alliance's
"though he, had not been5‘ex‘em
the first instance." ‘
“Ila—n“
Newest‘Plloto of Kerensky
him back during the last part of the' centered on the western front and we
race he took the second and of the have declinediovbe diverted from “in!
purse. half ll doren lengths in from of, one thln'ga‘ The War Department has
Col. Livingston, now adopted this as aipollcy and it is
Billy Kelly was the only favorite to the policy of thefllniled States than the
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thorough study of the situation midi
with some reluctance, but finally bow
lie‘.‘_ing it to be necessary to secure
necessity of the government in this. . v .
use Provost Marshal General that it,
’ would be better to extend the draft '
ages than to “invade those classes.‘ .
which have been deferred by law and, .
A by regulations of the war departs;
Regarding the Work or light amend: ,
' Awithdrawal‘ of deferred classification '
“it seems to the committee that. in.
. view of the fact that we are about to
lthe ages of 18 and 21 as well as those --
above! 21 up to and inclusive of 45 and i
are providing for. the exemption ioti
men between 18 and .45. who are engage
lwhen any are exempted solely from "
e,their services are more web . ..
uable to the nation in the production 7 '
of things essential to the productionpf. ,.;
the war, that when they cease in goody.
essential occupation 5 1., 4
they ought to be subject to the draft V
“Tile young man not engagedddnn
'these «occupations must wear the uni?
breast to the. weapons of Germap arm . .
He cannot refuse to work even for an
d be is compelled to actions
, whether he feels disposed to do 5020! '
lnot. in view of this. when a youngn i" ‘
man is exempted from the draft sole-
ly in order that he may engage in” .i
essential industry he ought to con-
tinue in that employment in good {pith it?
while any.grlevance is being’odjnsted
by the industrial board, andlfhe {oils
"The provision does not pletc‘nd‘to
interfere witbrthe right of any no hit
do so, butasimply says to him that if ‘3
he does cease-he shall, under. such
regulationa‘aa: the president may pro '
fscribe, subject himself to the draft as
ptcd 'in
of Lewis's admirers fully belieVe Tedj burgh and Cincinnati games.
will detect the incomparable Leonard.
welterweight,-
Jack Britton. former A
champion. who has boxed Leonard andlflmry in his fight to have atthtlQ
Lewis, thinks Leonard will win mini-“3mm“ stationed at the. “”0““ “in"
welterweight championship h, ab'outA tion camps to see that only those who
three or four rounds. He says he does A "9 fit 3° “9- The War and N3" 9‘“
n‘t believe Ted could stand up undérimr‘mem“ have gone “e“ furfi'ér
l-and upset followed upset. The heavy “11MB-
! track bad to
win. Form was thrown to" the winds military program is ‘0 be centered in
“The motions of America is to fur-
Walter (‘nmp has scored asvveeplnzu
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Benny‘s bombardment,
Hill Chase, to put it mildly, has a pc-
jor league baseball about ten years
ago and unquestionably has been a
star performer on the ball field. He
has been on erratic gent in other res-
pects, however, jumping contracts be-
ing one of his strong suits. He began
these stunts in his first year with the
majors. Now the Cincinnati club has
‘suspended him indefinitely for alleged“ vent a great many aeoidents, develop
indifferent work.
It Benny Kauff is able. to join the
Giants and play with them in the com.
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EDDIE COLLlNS ‘
TO RETIRE SOON
Eddie Collins plans to quit baseball
this week and join the navy. His old
fielding mate, Jack Barry, is already
in Uncle Sam’s harness, as are others
of the stars who once immortalized
the Philadelphia Athletics.
Baker, Barry, Collins and Mclnnis
were a wonderful infield. There never
was a greater one, though Chicagoans
probably will aver that Steinfeldt, "'I‘in- '
ker, Evers and Chance of the old Cubs,
surpassed, ,or at least equalled the
Mackian quartet. But the most of us
will. favor Baker, Barry, Collins and
clnnis, and there has never' been a
greater infielder than Collins. 'He
could do‘and does do everything well.
In addition, he is uncommonly consist-
ent under any and all' conditions.
.Ahide from the pitchers, he was the
star of_the 1917;_world’s series.
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uch to do with the rover-l
sols. ,nish enoug}: man power to.whip the
in the lifth 1198;; handicap of seven l Germans mam now one; The only way : ’
furlongs, }lloniface showed startlinglthat Germanyroan- be rwhlpped is by
improvement and led home“ such re'i America goinginto this thing with hex
nownedrtboroughbeds as W. R. Coe's whole Strength.“
Polymélian and Mrs. Walter M. Jet-l “Then lAmerlca has got to put
lthnn proposed by Camp and have on
A dered that all camps be provided ‘ with
{flight surgeons, whose duty it will be
w are ill r hen:
,culiarpersnnallty. He. came, into ma-i to see that men ho o 0‘
wise unfitted for duty in the air keep
terra firmer ‘
The athletic directors appointed an
der the direction of Camp willnelp the
surgeons and direct, the sport. and re,
creation of the aviators. it is expéct-
ed that this double super-Vision over
the’ physical well being fliers w!!! pre-
A greater efficiency and new the Gol’erlr
Ament thousands of‘ dollars hitherto,
last or injured motors smashed planes
or equipment.
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A . Polymellan ' Set a terrific pace. litany?" asked Senator Kirby.
ford's Dr. Johnson. ' l enough men. over there to whip Ger
through the heavy going for six {up} “That is it in a nutshell,"
ions and then quit, Then Boniface, March repliedn ’
went to the front and won easily. 0.3 "It 9 it'll {0 “9 ”will the W5" and
c. Rasch’s little selling plater Gloomy we can win it. How long it will take
(luscame with a rush in the final fur-f WA“ “9911‘??qu upon what W6 (‘04
long and gotup in time to beat Mr,;'If wanting/along with this thingvand
Coe'schampion sprinter half a length: put a small» force overthere we will
for second honors. ' g be playing Germanyfs game. , it is my _
E belief thhl".nglh on—Aemerican army of .._
4,000,000 menu in .-France under one
commander—inchief we~can go through
at: the Germanvline wherever we please." g
l "This law," the.genet‘ai added, “wit.
. let us lean on Class One ,until June 30
Arthur Duray and his camouflage" Lot, next year.» We reached the conclu
General
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Nos NEAR can't-i
Narrowiy Avert Fatal~Mcident
Shoepthead Speedway.
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Acome'tp know them over years of ex-
} perlence. He handles throws from the
catcher to nab stealing runners with
poise and boldness and he can cut
down athrow and toss to the plate on
an attempted double steal as Well as
any one "we ever saw. In addition, he
hits ludiciouslytyaries his style of at-
There are no players year in and year
out of more team'value than Eddie
Collins.
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BARNEY OLDFIELD
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
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ney Oldfield, veteran motor race driv-
er, narrowly escaped death or injury
yesterday in an attempt to lowar the
mile track record at the State fair
here, when, his machine skidded at a
turn, crashed lots» the fence, over-
turned and burstilnto names. Old-
' I singed. will: car was
(afternoon. The near tragedy occurred
tack, runs the bases and slides well. '
SPRINGFIELD, rill;,~Aug.. 15,—Bar-l
racing car nearly" sent the - iworld’sA “on. that the enlarged program Was I
,speed king and'Ralph «DePalma, cham- A necessary on July 303. .
pion‘all around driver, to ,death' at the Secretary Baker explained £119.51”... .
Sheepsheud Bay Speedl'vay, “Nada-Vi that led up to the change illrllle .‘lli‘i' ,r :Thig
I tary program.
during one of the trial spins of thel .. After the recess of Congress."~the
speed demons for the 525'000 internini secretary said, “the study of the. situa~
tional sweepstakes 'at
. “"3 seasme. tlon Went on and a few davs ago it be
course next Saturday afternooni
t
e , i came clear to usihat the eighty divis-
The CO!" scheme of Durays racer! ion program was perhaps the maxi
blends with the traclf. It is hard to see -
- mum which we could possibly hope to
his car. On one of the fastest ceruitsl »~
" ‘ accomplish and that to accomplish
negotiated by these two drivers Durayl . .
was leading DePalma by several yardal that it would be necessary to change.
Suddenly. on an turn Duray‘ shot downi the age limits from the precious liuui.
the embankment for the trail in an" of; , m 18 to “n' , ' _
fort to increase speed beyond the 11;). Secretary Baker said he asked the
mile gait at which he 'was traveling. .snrgeon-general. for a formal opmion
De Palma, directly behind, saw onlyt as to what changes he would ”COW;
a flash, and intuitively steered his ma- l mud. to which the surgeon-general;
chine up the track, shooting by Duray’gA suggested the ages 18 to 45. 4 A
car by inches De Palmaalmost struck . "The bill as his written meets with
the upper guard rail. 2 my entire approval," declared Set-re;
» , - tury Baker. ~ 3
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