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erstitiou. llosstllly it is fact. (‘ '1! h v. a cracker- ‘ _ ’ ’ , ‘
. When Vance pitches it seems no Jagkhwgmg'Q: ":10 “a this 'bntuei-u t1-11nls and pldiels. “ilil‘ili'il|o$€ my, i suppose old Bill 1.
if therlgllt sleeve of the undershirt 11 ”cm“ years has °h°w°d 5“" M Franklin ust have been rctli .
season. A few of the players have d .1 m o . .
‘ he wears under his uniform is about been mentioned by the Poughkeepsle l “8 oui-\ ‘ good.“ painted With Dcvoe Motor Car Finilh are
ready to drop off. it flaps hither team Mam,“ “ammo“ m, hm, T00 Jud! "Ind-Shaking . . . placed upon the slowly turning wheel of the
‘ In the words of Arthur Fletcher, “weather machine :-
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Drum and Sniffen Are In Second Place — The Score Was 24- 22— Mary Koehan and Sally
“Why f0 th Winn M d l T “Y “a” ”w" “m“ '3 1m- the: 11.11... mm |
H Id 1' e er. "- e a I 0 Who holds the edge as to mot gut of the American League. where l DiCkSO“ Are the Stars —~- RN urn Game in
0 lugul batting champions. t- a had played for years. .
era 0’ various Records’ headers or left-hands"? In the American League the lett- I Near Future'
0 if you give thought to ’1‘] Cobb. handed. batters h v "
1' s e enloyed even .
”'2‘“ N°- 7 is leading the two- man Shifts TEA’Iulfoiu'i it 3! who for nine years in succession led Um“? Prosperity than the risht- 7”” ““"W‘" "H 3‘“? gym “m" ‘ 13"“ H 1 “H“
“3 ”mum“! "M is now be- a H7 the American League and who has handed buiiuu of the National ll.l“kl>tbnll to...” rimming the Ce..." 1; r
ing “a“, at m. West rt Y. M. C. Lunny ......1. ii! in lib—l 3 turned the trick 1-3 mm. In 1m, League 01...... L. 0, 1 . , . M, , .l. ,l-: 1...... ri .
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. earn N0. 5 is in second place. ' ,our 1 l ‘ e rep y wou c u e - an or: have unishrd in rurnnon m m . I .h l " """”' ’ """
"' “' ‘ —' left-bender; of course. “out in the Ameflmn League i H “ 'U‘“ m 00. 1‘ 1"" " E" '
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. mp y u the and or u“ hm. Tum No 7 ponder our the record of Rogers The Wide muain enjoyed by the ‘0‘” :11. “mt" 'e m Milt-r11 l'Irti 1‘ 1' - 1c . '
season. There will be several medals gm“ ‘ ‘1” ‘10,; 1601—381 l»lornsb:-\nnrl recall the fact that for loft-headers in the American 1f0u8htgnm". \inry Koch .lr .111 =..i.1'~ : “- V": -
to be awarded to the holders of ver- Leary ”3 1“ "1,_‘“ the past pix years he has topped the League can all be traced to the- but. 1 My Dickeou. the “1311101". .orl'art‘lr. ‘ '\ ' 1 lm '
Ions other records Handicap to so 50—150 “mm L“‘“° “m“ ’°“’ "" a" "Wm 0‘ 0‘10 TY “W ““1! mm accounted for 1-. 1.1.1111. 7- ..
The snares of the last games are -— .. ——- -—-- """l' WW” b0 right-headers. l‘l championship. 1., his credit, inl E - _ g ‘ . _ t g ' . P! _
m too all no int 11 one goes over the battles to rammilna. Some record. , Lillian atouir. 11.1- 11.1 liltl-l "‘ K L“ H‘ " ””7 "n-I'
as follows: ' TEAM NO. 3. figures for the past 25 years he will so after all th-cre is no great. dlf- for EM M“! 1-11»? "M 111101.”. ‘1 -. . I
TEAM N0. 3' ‘Hopper 146 in 193-“: be rather surprised when he discow ference between the. two slylts of '22P? Leafy), f‘lflxfiu'” .8253“ f' E"; #1299}; {,1 .
Hopper m 177 157—456 Floweilyn 172 J“ ”1-“! are the honors pretty, evenly dl- batting as far 1111 championship hon; ‘ ‘, | Q" ".1”. ' I ” ‘3 "E “ 7.1.,
Flewellyn 111 its tits—.473 .. ... ._ .._. “died-h on "a concerned. in 25 years of; .“‘g:;j"§f,,§;'3,215, ”H mm- ,3 ',.’,.'r".'.',' E .1
‘— —' — —— at! I“ 319 on 11 t e National League the right- play in iii". two big 10“..“ 36 “,1 . ; . 1 . .1'1 .1 . ‘ i. _
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E 321 392 326 1039 Games to he rolled before close withstanding all those occasions. WILLIE: T’flchtl‘ W8 “‘C're litre
__ of wgek; baseball is in a much more healthy ‘° ”“9 “M"-
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Team Na. 1 vs. Team No. 4.
Team 9 Lea 3 “Y” League - Westport “Y”
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condition than ever before.
Billy Lauder’s E
Left-Hauders Hold The
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Takes to Golf ‘lTAKE MEASURE 0F SPEE Y
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TEAM X0. 4.
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nail ...... 191 185 lath—48¢ Team .\‘o. 5 vs. Team No.1. This is due .very largely to the: others here fcr‘-.\ltlsm‘.l1: Crafts-
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—— — -— Team No. 2 vs. Team No. 5. WhiCh the Judge has filled his peel-I E
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Strikeout .‘liystrry.
Dazzy Vance famous Brooklyn
pitcher. refuses to admit that he is
superstitious. yet there is a rather
interesting stoiy back of the flap-
ping sleeves of his undershirt.
As a matter of fact, the tale of
the shirt as explained by Vance is
one of pnyfl‘ililitigy rather than alip-
nnd thither in “it: air and makes it
appear as if a collection should bt
taken up to supply Dazzy with a
new one.
' Several years ago the trainer of
the Brooklyn club trove \‘nnce a new
undershirt that fit the pitching aim
all tho tightly for comfort. So Vanco
slit the light sleeve.
He had a. good day that after-
noon. He also noted that several of
the opposing players complained
that. the flapping of the loose sleeve
interfered with their vision and
made it difficult to follow the ball.
since there is no rule to prevent
a. pitcher from slitting the sleeve of
'his undershirt. if he so desires,
Vance has continued the practice. Hugging have already -
The great phchlu‘ is firm in the themselves in the young man. less there _ is a medium ground. "And was this St. Patrick a great $35, all carequy tailored. ”dame advice.
belief that. the flflp’illig sleeve is a e e 0 Which hotter satisfies the spectator 8113'! Was he: I never saw I better
big asset in his strikeout record as
well as general effectiveness.
fact.
Cradle Robber. Duringnhe 17 years that Hoppe Bottles 30"] , g l ' .
Not so many years ago Connie reigned supreme as 18.2 champion, In the days of Chance. the Peer- fail-‘2‘“) hLm 9!" first b3” “0“" 134‘ N0. MAIN 81'. \J' . ‘“" ~
he suffered only one defeat. If my less leader. the Chicago grounds 'r‘ "3 “1 0110 Chance. ./ DEVOE .
:1 Mack was often accused of robbing
the cradle in ills quest for ball
players
This was due to the fact that very
*ioften Mack would tie up some high
' lecbool star who showed promise.
”"fthen pay his way through college.
._. simply to get first chance at him if
he decided to turn professional.
.2 More recently in his desire to get
. together a winner. Connie has tem-
pornriiy discarded his cradle-rob.
' figg policy.
Otherwise the wires would have
START WORK 0N
NEW BALL PARK
Work has been started on the new
baseball park be used by Beck-
with‘s Cleaners. Poughkespsie‘s re-
presentative in the NYCO League.
The park is expected to be ready
for the opening game on May 16.
The Norwaik club will face the
Cleaners on that date. A steam
sliovcl went into the park Monday
and started excavating for the con-
crete base of the grandstand. The
new stand will seat 1.800 people.
bull and basketball pleyer.is ' insisted
to cover first base. “Swat" Russell
will probably cover shortstop. Fred»
die Dahn and Rube DoGrot‘f will he
the outfielders. DeGroff is all old
time St. Louis player. MoDermott
was a pitcher. having hurled with
Harthrd. Rutlaod and Chattanooga.
dy Heluomnnh. s New York high
school boy, had been signed by
Mack as a future great pitcher. ‘
In his first start of the season he
scored a shutout failing to allow a
hit, not a man reaching first base.
Last your he performed a. similar
stunt.
Possibly John Bermw and Miller
interested
Iloppo the Great.
While young Jake Schaefer is a
dizzy heights that Willie Hoppe at-
tamed.
memory serves me correct. he was
undefeated for 15 years.
Despite his well- known brilliant)!
with the cue. Bohaefer has twice
been defeated for the title within a
year.
After winning it from Hoppe. he
was defeated by the Belgian. Edou-
ard Horemans. He later turned the
tables on Horemans. only to be de-
feated by Hagenlaoher of Germany.
Nothing more concrete could be
{v'fert-d to prove the greatness of
Hoppo.
umemhauuemme-maoemu
guwwnmummummm,
"flammtbwflhte. lwope'sissh-isaersrdiwepc.
”dmwmw. “Mblmofn.
”unassuming-sans. nationals”.
There are many good reasons for
the present popularity of bombs,“
Not the least is the freedom from
any suspicion 'of attempted fixing
of games through the influence of
gambling interests.
The drastic moves Judge Landle
has adopted to deal with such con-
ditions as: they appeared has. we
believe, been the dominant cause of
freeing the game from this menace.
If there remains a. player in oith~
or league who is of the nature to be
a. thorough lesson in the utter fool-
ishness oi any attempt to fix a game
as “L ll as the impossibility of slic-
oese in such a minute
In both leagues this year. the
playing strength act-ills to be illtli‘i:
r-vcllly distributed and this should
lead to the old inshlouv-d rllzllry
the ilghtlng manager of the l’blllles:
"There has been too much hand-
shuklng und i‘rntcrnlzlng among op-
posing players."
lit the old days the players put
all the light they had into the sumo
and on occasion were not averse to
carrying it to a. convenient place off
the ball fluid.
It is no doubt a fact that too
much friendship among players of
rival teams has in recent years los-
souod the spirit of real rivalry and
lowered the morale or certain
teams.
Although it is entumly unneces-
sary and a bad practice for ilsticufi's
either on or off the field. neverthe-
that a hard fought grime is being
played strictly on its rlmrlis.
thousands of fans.
could not half hold the crowds
which came to see McGruw‘s Giants
battle the Cubs,
Whenever those two teams met
on the diamond every one know it
meant a “game for bleed" and we
fail to remember any instance or"
"hand-shaking" between rival play-
ers on the field unless. on occasion.
those hands were doubled into fists.
0n the other hand. those fellows
recognized the mamy qualities of
their rivals and were not unfriendly
when they met away from the play-
ing field.
Those old fellows took the game
seriously and were out to win with
every ounce or brown and ‘brain
they possessed.
Ty Cobb has never lost that atti-
tude and carries it through every
game as do several of the old guard
still playing.
We would wager a. good bet that
none of the champion Pirates will
be fraternimtg with opponents
while Fred Clarke is on the field.
teem me)
tempted along this line. he has had'
hoe Snell prichigllter, is suing
in Cleveland official for delamwon
lof character. thus ruenilng for the
first time in history that prize-
fighters have character.
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“Did i ever hear of Paul new?
Certainly. he was one of the ion
horsemen."
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it doesn't necessarily follow than
all polo vaultcrs are queer ye.
there must be something significan
lbOUl. the fact that. Charlie Ho.
used to take long walks on the to
in his bare feet.
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“0t course 11:. kite flyers went 11.
The papers say Johnny Wilson la
trying to stage it comeback . . .
if that guy can come back it “1:.
have to be staged.
“Beitlcmlmr (root-go Washington:
luu hot I do; he was the guy who
tout-d a boat in tho Delawurt m.
gotta "
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These spring-football scasone are
not entirely lacking in compensa-
tion For instance nobody
picks an All-America. spring prec-
tico football eleven.
trainer in vaudeville." 1
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a. chance in the American League
this season. . . . But anyone who
“Just the same I don‘t think i
would have cared much for Abra-
ham Lincoln. They tell me he al-
ways had the high hat on."
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Only seven memorandum mun-
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Johnson row OVQr‘ worm
falls 1. scales de-
Even if the meek do inherit the
earth in accordance with the en-
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traffic cops to contend with.
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