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National National Rowing owma Regatt Regatta to Be Great Event Ev nt
BE E national rowing regatta regattawhich regattaI regattawhich
I which is to be held on tho thoPotomac thoPotomac thePotomac
THE
Potomac river rl er Washington WA3hingtonAug WashtngtonAug WashingtonAug
Aug 12 and 13 next is going goingto goinga olng olngto
a to be the biggest gathering of star staroarsmen staroarsmen staroarsmen
oarsmen and scullers the world has hasever hnsever hasever
ever seen seenThis aeenThis aeonThis
This broad statement Is given out by bythe bythe bythe
the Potomac Boat club members who whoare whoAre whoare
are acting as sponsors for tho regatta regattaand regattaand regattaand
and they base b e their utterances on facts factsreceived factsreceived factsreceived
received from national headquarters in inNew inNew inNew
New York Secretary Secretar Fortmeyer writ writing writing writing ¬
ing fromNew York to tho regatta com committee commltteeasserted committee ¬
mittee mltteeasserted asserted that there will 111 be more morenew morenew morenew
new clubs represented repr entedat at the meeting meetingthan meetingUlan meetingthan
than was ever known before beforeThis beforeThis beforeThis
This was attributed to the great de desire desire desire ¬
sire of many people to get a chance to tovisit tovisit tovisit
visit the nations capital for the first flrsttime firsttime firsttime
time in their lives and clubs as far farsouth farsouth farsouth
south as Galveston west to San Fran Francisco FrAncIsco Francisco ¬
cisco and nortlTto Portland Me wrote wrotethat wrotethat wrotethat
that they were coming while WhJ1r whip the theplaces theplaces theplaces
places in the middle west such at St StLouis StLouis StLouis
Louis Dubuque Minneapolis St Paul PaulQuincy PaulQuincy PaulQuincy
Quincy Pullman and Cincinnati will be bsfully befully befully
fully represented representedThe representedThe representedThe
The Washington committee is hard hardat hardat hardat
at work raising the finances to carry carrythe carrythe carrytho
the affair to a success from a money moneypoint moneypoint moneypoint
point of at ofo view as they are confident confidentthe confidentthe confidentthe
the aquatic part will eclipse anything anythingAmerica anythingAmerIca anythingAmerica
America has ias ever seen They The are not notyet notyet notyet
yet in a a position to say whether any anycrews anycreWR anycrews
crews or scullers from Europe will at attend attend attend ¬
tend though many would like lIk to do so sosnce 50snce sosince
snce since they received Secretary of State StateKnoxs StateKnoxs StateKnoxs
Knoxs letter asking them to cooper cooperate cooperate cooperate
ate ateThis
This is the national championship re regatta r rgatta regatta ¬
gatta and under thcferulos th les governing it ittha itthfJ ittha
tha local committee had to guarantee guaranteeto
to the national association something somethinglike somethinglike somethinglike
like 2500 In money in order ord to settle settlewith settlewith settlewith
with them for prizes such uch as medals medalsand medalsand medalsand
and silk banners medals for officialshire officials officialshire omclaIshire
hire of launches hotel expenses of oftwelve ottwelve oftwelve
twelve members memb rs of the national executive execu executive executive ¬
tive committee for five days and many manyIncidentals manyIncidentals manyincidentals
Incidentals while all the entrance fees feesof teesat feesof
of crews and scullers go into the trees treasury trenscry treestry ¬
cry of the association associationUp assocIationUp associationUp
Up In Canada the clubs are wild wild over overhe overhe overthe
the he trip to Washington and there isevery is isevery Isevery
every reason to believe beJle e the statement statementIssued statementIssued statementIssued
Issued by Iyy y Captain Joseph Wright of ofthe otthe ofthe
the famous Argonauts that they they111 they111themseJves will willthemselves willthemselves
themselves bring down over 300 people peopleThey peopleThey peopleThey
They will travel in their own special specialCanadian specialcanadian specialCanadian
Canadian excursion train and expect to topass topass topass
pass one entire entire week in Washington on ona ona ona
a a sightseeing trip and incidentally to toWin toWin towin
Win some of the big races What is istrue Istrue istrue
true in in Toronto Is also also true over inOttawa in inOttawa inOttawa
Ottawa where Coach James Ten Eyck Eyckis EyekIs Eyckis
is looking aft r that fast fl t senior crew
of the Ottawas In Nova Scotia the thefeeling thefeeling
feeling Is strong and ONeil the cham champion champion champion ¬
pion sculler s7uUer and the senior four of the theSt theSt
St St Marys club will go to Washington WashingtonWith Washingtonwith j jwith
with a big following j
The New York Athletics who won
the eight oared championship of last lastyear Jutyear lastyear
year are In earnest earnest training for the thepurpose theI thepurpose1of
I purpose purposeot of again winning the blue rib ribbon ribbon ribbon ¬
bon event event of the regatta regattathe the senior senioreight senioreight senioreight
eight oared championship This Th year yearthey yearthey yearthey
they will have the greatest field to beat
The TheStyiesof ° tylesofPam FamousBa11 usBall Players
BOLE RILE ILE style does hot hotamount hotamount hotamount
Wf amount to a pinch of ofsnuff otsnutt ofsnuff
snuff in making a a base baseball baseball basebait
ball player any the more morevaluable morevaluabJe morevaluable
valuable as a performer it does not do dohim dohim dohim
him any harm and it gives a a distinc distinction distinction distinction ¬
tion to his play that goes well with withpatrons withpatrons withpatrons
patrons of the game says an authority authorityon
on the gameIt game gameIt gameIt
It is an ornamental rather than a auseful ausetul auseful
useful attribute an intangible sort ofquality of ofquality QtQuality
quality but none the less in evidence evidenceThere evidenceThere evidenceThere
There are players in the big league leagueranks leagueranks leagueranks
ranks whose bearing bearln whose manner mannerisms mannerIsms mannerisms ¬
isms so to speak attract attention and andmake an anmake andmake
make them them prominent and ofttimes ofttimespopular ofttimespopular ofttimespopular
popular in a degree degr e secondary only to totheir totheir totheir
their ability to play the gameFour game gameFour gameFour
Four players stand out above all al the theothers theothers theothers
others in the possession of this qual quality quality quality ¬
ity of style They are Napoleon Lajolo Lajoloof Lajoleof
of the Clevelands Clevela Cievelaiids ds Hal Chase of the theNew theNew theNew I
New York Americans Ty TyCobb Cobb of the theDetroits theDetrolts theDetroits
Detroits and John Honus Wagner of ofthe otthe ofthe
the Plttsburgs PlttsburgsWagner PlttsburgsWagner PittsburgsWagner
Wagner Is somewhat somewhatdltterent different from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the other three He is not the t thegace thegaceful grace graceful graceful ¬
ful player they are areIndeedf Indeed grace gr grace ce Is Isnot Isnot isnot
not his strong point pointbut but his move movements movements movements ¬
ments and methods on the field are arenone arenone arenone
none the less pronounced pronouncedThe pronouncedThe pronouncedThe
The brawny active Plttsburg short shortstop shortstop shortstop
stop possesses a a rough r ughone one Is tempt tempted tempted tempted ¬
ed to say uncouth uneouthdash dash and energy energythat energythat energythat
that are good to look upon He Is the thepersonification thepersonlfication thepersonification
personification of power and agility agilityand agilityand agilityand
and skill not from the smoothness of ofhis othis ofhis
his movements when in action but for forhis torhis forhis
his ability to swoop swoop hither arid thither thitherin thitherIn thitherin
in pursuit of batted balls and to deal dealmighty dealmighty dealmighty
mighty blows lows to the ball with his bat batin batIn batin
in spite of wa watt t of smoothness of ofmovement otmovement ofmovement
movement movementHis movementHis movementHis
His Is the activity and strength of ofthe otthe ofthe
the gorilla gor111aqulclmess quickness rapidity in get getting gettillg getting ¬
ting over ground at seeming variance variancewith variancewith variancewith
with his bulk masked maskedwhen when in repose reposeby reposeby reposeby
by an appearance appem Ulce of primitive clumsi clumsiness clumslness clumsiness ¬
ness nessChase nessChase nessChase
Chase is a a type of an altogether dif different different different ¬
ferent sort He is th thin other extreme extremeLike extreme extremeLike extremeLike
Like Wagner he is fast but unlike unlikeWagner unlikeWagner unlikeMagner
Wagner his every motion and posi position position posltion ¬
tion betoken speed He is as quick as asa asa asa
a flash and though Inclined to be rest restless restless restless ¬
less and fidgety on the field never nevermakes nevermakes nevermakes
makes a false move There is no noquicker noquicker noquicker
quicker thinker in baseball than he so sothat sothat
that his mind is in keeping with his hisbody hisbody
body Whether he is amothdring a fly fipball flyball fiTbaU
ball sliding to a base fielding a bunt buntor buntor buntor
or standing at the plate ready to hit hithe hithe hithe
he is the embodiment of unconscious unconsciousbuoyancy unconsciousbuoyancy unconsciousbuoyancy
I
buoyancy and grace graceHe graceHe graceHe
He is as natural as a child care free freebut treebut freebut
but vlgUabtnev vigilant never r tenee or set There Thereis Thereis Theres
is a a peculiar pecuU r adjustment of the > hands handswhen handswhen handswhen
s
when catching a fly that Is one of his hismost hismost hismost
most marked mannerisms an attitude attitudeas
as natural as as for a squirrel to climb a atree a atree atree
tree and when he is getting under a afly a allyba11 afly
fly llyba11 fly ball he Is the poetry P06 of motion motionNow motionNow motionNow
Now as to Lajoie there ere is not the thedash thedash thedash
dash or the th nerve in his playing thataccompany that thataccompany thataccompany
accompany the work of Chase and andWagner andWagner andWagner
Wagner Larry la graceful however howeverAlso howoerAlso howeverAlso
Also he is tall straight and a a fine finefigure llnengUre finefigure
figure of a man He probably has haslarger a alarger alarger
larger individual following than any anyother anyother anyother
other player In the country countryThe couhtryThe countryThe
The great charm of Lalolefi work ia iaits IIIUs isits
its ease Nothing looks difficult for forhim torhim forhim
him he seems to make all pla plai look lookeasy lookeasy lookeasy
easy He slips along the ground after aftera
a n grass cutter with as little exertion exertionas
as an adept skater and his manner mann r oftaking of oftaking ottaking
taking a ball on the bound is inimita inimitable Inimitable inimitable ¬
ble bleHe
He has not the Impetuosity of oChas oChasor Chase Chaseor
or Wagner or of Roger Bresnahan Bresnananth Bresnananthlatter Bresnahanthelatter tha thalatter
latter the fiery type of piayer p playeryet a30eryet yet the theginger theginger theginger
ginger though concealed Is there In Infact Infact Infact
fact there is an air of lazy Indifference Indifferenceabout ndt1Ier8 ceabout ce ceabaut
about Larry Ho never neverJIeems deems eems to be baexerting beexwting beexerting
exerting himself always seems tp tofeun tpfuI tpq
feun fuI q somfltbJgJt ia h1 tasnt > rssrVa 2unr but ut nature naturAI
I
I fashioned tashtoned his commanding size In such suchsymmetrical suchsymmetrical suchsymmetrical
symmetrical mold that he could no nomore nomore nomore
more be ungraceful than could a deer deerHe deerHe deerHe
He is to the ball field what a finished finisheddisciple finisheddIsciple finisheddisciple
disciple of Terpsichore is to the ball ballroom ballroom ballroom ¬
room roomTy roomTy roomTy
Ty Cobb of the Detroits is a a player playerof player playerot
of strong characteristics He is a aloose aloose aloose
loose Jointed limber aggressive chap chapfull chaptull chapfull
full of daring best satisfied whfn when he heis heIs heis
is doing something He stops at noth nothing nothIng nothing ¬
ing and with but one Idea in his head headthat headthat headthat
that of being called the greatest of ofall otaU ofall
all ball players He plays baseball be because because because ¬
cause he has heart and soul in itYet it itYet it itYet
Yet there are others They may ma not notpossess notpossess notpossess
possess as many qualities that go to tobeget tobtget tobeget
beget diamond style as those men mentioned mentioned mentioned ¬
tioned but possess some to make their theirplaying thel thelplalng theirplaying
playing attractive merely in the man manner manner manner ¬
ner of it It Doolin of the Philadelphia PhiladelphiaNationals PhiladelphiaNationaJs PhiladelphiaNationals
Nationals Is Otle on of these theseHe theseBe theseHe
He is lithe slim and fast Joe Tinker Tinkerof T1nkerot Tinkerof
of the Chicago Nationals has any anyamount anyamount anyamount
amount of dash while Kid Elberfeld ElberfeldIs
Is noted for his peppery ways waysMagee waysMagee waysMagee
Magee of the Philadelphia Nationals NationalsIs
Is graceful and a man one always exi exipects ex expeets expects
pects to do something big in a a game gamethis gamethis gamsthis
this because of his bearing Resolution Resolu Resolution ResoJution ¬
tion Is stamped stamppdaU all over him He looks looksthe looksthe looksthe
the situation squarely in the face facestanding facestanding facestanding
standing lightly but firmly and ready readyfor readytor readyfor
for his opportunity opportunityAn
An attractive player in an easy sort sortof 50rtot sortof
of way is Clarence Beaumont of the theBill theCAPT theCAPT1
CAPT ANSONS GAMES GAMESi
i Bill Lange Tells Odd Story of ofVeteran ofVeteran ofr
Veteran Baseball Player PlayerBill PlayerI r I
Bill Lange one of the greatest bat batters balters battars ¬
ters baseball has ever known Itn wn who re retired reUred retired ¬
tired at the height of his career to go goInto goInto gointo
Into business in San Francisco tells tellsthe tellsthe tellsthe
the following story of old Captain An Anson Anson Anson
son sonT The T The e old cap was one of the gamest gamestfellows gamestfellows gamestfellows
fellows fellows you ou ever met I remember one onehe onehe onethe
the he put over on Bad Bill Dahlen who whois whoIs whois
is now managing the Brooklyn team teamthat teamthat teamthat
that was a classic Toward Tow rd the en4 en4of en4of endof
of the season one year we were on our ourway ourway ourway
way to play Cincinnati a series of four fourgames fourgamcs fourgames
gamesThere games gamesThere gamcsThere
There was a a good deal of rivalry rivalrybetween rIvalrybetween rivalrybetween
between us and the boys were all allkeyed allkeyed allkeyed
keyed up for the coming struggle But Butthere Buthere Butthere
there was a rule that helped put us usbut usotft usoft
but oft of business Ill bring that in later laterDahlen laterDahlen laterDahlen
Dahlen Dahlen boarded the train in rather ratherhigh ratherhigh ratherhigh
high spirits fljIltsand and made a bee line for forhis forhis forhis
his berth Ho Boten fell asleep immediately immediatelyand Imm immediatelyand dlntely dlntelyand
and tho train started for the home of ofthe atthe ofthe
the Reds Now Anson had this rule rulethat rulethat rulethat
that every player must get his ticket ticketfrom tlcketfrom ticketfrom
from him It was one way Anson had hadof hadat hadof
of keeping track of his men Dahlen Dahlenof Dahlenot Dahlenof
of course pitched into a 0 bunk andnever and andnever andnever
never thought to ask the captain for forthe forthe forthe
the piece of pasteboard When the theconductor Uleconductor theconductor
conductor made his rounds he gather gatheredvin go gathered h r red
edvin ed in n all the fares but one Bad Bill Billdldrit Bmdid Billdid
dldrit did t pOBseES pOBsis8 the color of a ticket ticketThen ticketT ticketT
T Then T en the conductor sought out An AnBon Anson Anson
son but tho captain just pointed to tothe tothe tothe
the rule lo and said that thatthe the ticketlees ticketlesssleeperiwould ticketleesaleeper tfckeUerssaleoperlwould
aleeper aleoperlwould would have to get off at the t e train trainAnson trainAnson trainAnson
Anson had h nd 100 bet on the proposition propositionthat propositionthat
that he would woul come out on tle long longend longend longend
end of the series But he was game gameThe gameThe
The train tr ln was brought btoug t to a halt haltDablon ha1tDa haltDa
Dablon Da len was hustled hU sUed out ou t of o his h Is com comfortable c co cofortable ¬
fortable ortableslumbellnd slumber and set et down at atmilk atmilk a i imilt
milk station forty miles or so out cf cfChicago ctCbJcao cfCh
Chicago Ch cage Cincinnati GJnc1nn beat at 149 > l W that 1t E Eries i9 i9riCs aoQrice
rice v
5 = L < f 0
Boston Nationals Bresnahan is con conspicuous conspicuous conspicuous ¬
spicuous among catchers because of ofhis othIs ofJiis
his boundless activity His work is isneat Isneat isneat
neat neat clean cut Mathewson Is an at attractive attractive attractivo ¬
tractive figure In the box because he heis heIs heis
is so natural so supple so thoroughly thoroughlya
a master of the requirements of his hisposition hispo hisposition
position po iUon to which the bodily part of ofhis athis ofhis
his delivery dellerythe the study of the batsman batsmanthe batsmanthe batsmanthe
the backward swaying of the body the thesweep thesweep thesweep
sweep and the lunge lungeIs is so well welladapted welladapted welladapted
adapted adaptedOther adaptedOther adaptedOther
Other pitchers with easy deliveries deliveriesare
are Owen and Walsh of the Chicago ChicagoAmericans ChicagoAmericans ChicagoAmericans
Americans Powell of the St Louis LouisAmericans LouisAmericans LouisAmericans
Americans Mullin of the Detrolts and andBender andBender andBender
Bender the Indian pitcher of f the thePhiladelphia thePhIlat1elphla thePhllaflelphia
Philadelphia Americans The last lastnamed 1astnamed lastnamed
named has none none of the ponderous dig dignity dignity dignity ¬
nity of some Indian oh chjefs efs but bears bearshimself b bearshimself rs rshimselt
himself nevertheless in a a manner to tocommand tocommand tocommand
command respect
FIVE FAMOUS WEARERS OF THE BIG MITT MITTiIf
iIf
WANT WITTY W WFresh i BALL PLAYERSFresh PLAYERS PLAYERSFresh
Fresh Youngsters Young tera Hav Have Hard Time TimeBreaking Tim TimBreaking TimBreaking
Breaking Into In o Big Leagues LtaguwThere LlaguNThere LeaguesThere
There is a 0 lot of difference between betweeI between betweena
I a a fresh youngster just breaking int intmajor Into Intomajor intomajor
major league baseball and one havin havinthe havIng havIngthe havingthe
the ability to kid bacTc bn batik at some ot otth 01 01the ofthe
the th many man remark he Is Isgenelally generally sub subAddle 8ubI subected
I jeered j ected to from the older players lays laysI
I Addle jAddle Joss the Cleveland Americanstar America Americastar American AmericanI
star twirler A youngster who ha hathe hu huthe hasthe
I the ability to stand for this line of tal talI talk talkand talkand
I and can c n always como back with eom eomof some lIomeat someof
of the aajne slJJI1e kind Is never bothered t tally to todhy toitiy
ally great eat extent by tho old timersThe timers timersThe timersThe
The Cleveland club picked up upnewcomer upnaweomer
newcomer John Granpy Grane a few sea seasons sea sei150M seapons ¬
sons ago and he soon became ecamo the life lifeof Uteof lifeof
of the training trip tripThe tripThe PiPThe
The Naps opened the season seas n at t De Dotroit Detroit DQtrolt ¬
troit that year end In the first gamo gamoGraney gamoGraney gameGraney
Graney demonstrated that he lie wag wagthere wa wathere wasthere
there with the t e comeback com lLCk stuff stuffEarly Jjtuffr Jjtuffrrly ptuffrEarly
Early rly in the contest Graney ambled ambledover ambledover ambledover
over to the third base coaching coachin line linesnd Un Unand lineand
and < when Bill CQUgbUnA whO at t thai that thatI
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WAGNER HANDLES MORE MOREBALLS OREBALLS ORE OREBALLS
BALLS THAN ANY PIRATE PIRATEColumns PIRATEColumns PIRATEColumns
Columns and columns have been beenwritten beenwritten beenwritten
written about Hans Wagners ability abilitybut ab abilitybut 111 ty tybut
but William Locke the secretary aecretar of thePittsburg the thePittsburg thePlttsb
Pittsburg Plttsb rg club who travels with the theteam theteam theteam
team has some interesting things to toBay toeay tosay
Bay about the Flying F1 lng Dutchman DutchmanI
1 1 have been watching Wagners > s play playfor playfor playfor
for a good many years ears now said saidcke BaldIAcke saideke
IAcke > eke recently and I really believe believethat believethat believethat
that he handles the ball oftener than thanany thanany thanany
any other player on the team barring barringof
of course the pitcher and catcher catcherThen catcherThen catcherThen
Then Wagner too is often respon responsible responsible responsible ¬
sible for good playing that cant be berecorded berecorded berecorded
recorded In the box score and even evenplays evenplays evenplays
plays that a majority of the fans dont dontappreciate dontappreciate dontappreciate
appreciate Invariably Invariably when a long hit hitor hitOr hitor
or fly is sent to toany any of our outfielders outfieldersWagner outfielders outfieldersWagner
Wagner chases out whether whether the field fieldbe fieldbe fieldbe 1
be left left l ft center or right He intercepts interceptsthe l interceptsthe tercepts terceptsthe
the throw
time played p Piayed ayed this position ositi9ri for the TI TIfor TlrerJ Tiers
for rerJ ers saw sQw Him it ocburredto ocourred to Bill that thatke thatwoutd thathe
ke would have a little fun with the theyoungster theyoungster j jounptel
youngster youngsterLijole ounptel ounptelLJole
Lijole inusthave muat have a line opinion of ofthe otthe ofthe
the mt r t of hi his club as i coaches when whenfee wbenIta whoaka
fee whl wilt send a busker bU5h like you out onthU
hU
fJ qtm 41IfraU a pl plk
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that that th thas has ever lined up p at the start start in insuch insuch Insuch
such a contest and the th > crew cr erew w that Wins Winswill wins winswill winswl11
will surely break all world records recordstor recordstorthe forthe for forthe
the distance dlstanccIn In this race will be the theArgonauts theArgonauts theArgonauts
Argonauts of Toronto Wlnnipegs of ofManitoba ottanlt ofManitoba
Manitoba tanlt ba flnnesota of St St Paul PaulWahnetahs PaulWahnetahs PaulWahnetaha
Wahnetahs of Flushing FlushlngN1 N Y who whothis whothis whothis
this season have won wonaJ1 all the big regat regattas rcgnttas regattas ¬
tas Unions of Boston all exHarvard exHarvardoarsmen exHarvardoarsmen exHarvardoarsmen
oarsmen Naesaun Atalantas and Har Harlems Harlems lJarlems
lems of New York Mattas of West WestPhiladelphia WestPhIladelphia WestPhiladelphia
Philadelphia Vespers and Bachelors of ofPhiladelphia ofPhJladelphla ofPhiladelphia
Philadelphia Arundels s and Arlels of ofBaltimore ofBalUt1ore ofBaltimore
Baltimore and last but not least by byany byany byany
any means means the Potomacs of Wash Washington Wa Washington h hIn1on ¬
ington ingtonThe In1onThe ingtonThe
The Th Thof determination of Durando Miller Millerof Ml11erof
of the New York Athletics to go into intotraining Intotraining Intotraining
training for the senloryand senior and champion championship c championship cmplon cmplonship ¬
ship sculls has given satisfaction s to his histeammates hlBteammates histeammates
teammates as they look to him to land landthe landthe landthe
the prizes this year It is said he hewlll hewllldepart will willdepart 111 111depart
depart from his usual course and will willihave willhnve willhave
have the services of Edward Hanlon HanlonTen HanlonTen HanlonTen
Ten Eyck to coach him for the re regatta re regatta regatta ¬
gatta he having previously depended dependedon
on the regular coach of the New York YorkAthletics YorkAthletics YorkAthletics
Athletics for his coaching In thej thejclass the theclass theclass
class in which Miller will compete will willbe willbe willbe
be Sjcholes choJes and Cosgrove of Toronto TorontoONell TorontoONeil TorontoONeil
ONeil of Nova Scotia Shepherd and andFuessell andFuesseU andFuessell
Fuessell of the Harlems Dick Mann Mannalso Mannah50 Mannalso
also of the New York Athletics Shea Sheaof Sheaot Sheaof
of the Sheepshead Bay Bennett and andWarnecke andWarnecke andWarnecke
Warnecke of S Springfield wingfiekd Gordon of ofVespers otVetJper8 ofVespers
Vespers Belcher of Walters Allison of ofWest ofWest ofWest
West Philadelphia and Gleason of Vts Vtsper V Vesper s sper
per And in St Louis Fred Plaisted Plaistedwho Plaistedwho Plaletedwho
who is coaching the Mound City of that thatplace thatplace thatpJace
place believes they have a a comer In InLepplng InLepplng inLopping
Lepplng and as he has been winning winningeverything wlnnlnleverYthing winningeverything
everything in sight he will go to Wash Washington WashIngton Washington ¬
ington to t < 1 measure blades with the lead leadIng leadIng leading
Ing lights of the east eastIt eastIt eastIt
It is going to be the greatest rowing rowingcarnival rowingcarnival rowingcarnival
carnival America has ever seen seenLONGEST sfenLONGEST seenLONGEST
LONGEST DRiVE i iGolf BY BRAID BRAIDGolf BR ID IDGolf
i
Golf Heroes Nearly Always the Spec Spectacular Spectacular Spectacular ¬
tacular Long ong Distance Driviro DriviroWhat Drivlnbt DrivarzWhat
What bt are some of the longest drives driveswhich drlTe drlTewhich driveswhich
which have been made To secure ac accurate accurate accurate ¬
curate records is rather difficult for forif torIt forif
if the ground be sloping or hardened hardenedby hardenedby
by frost and the wind IB following the theball thebaIl theball
ball 1 Is bound to travel yard farther fartherthan fartherthan fartherthan
than would otherwise be the case But Butdriving Butdrlvtn Butdriving
driving drlvtn a long ball is one of the spec spectacular spectaculpr spectacular ¬
tacular features of the game which whichthe whichthe whichthe
the onlooker will remember when a aperfect aperteet aperfect
perfect approach from 100 yards IB IBforgotten Soforgotten isforgotten
forgotten Perhaps the reason is that thata
a drive of 300 yards or more cannot cannotba cannotbe cannotbe
be equaled by manj many players and the theapproach thoapProAch theapproach
approach whlcji whlcj1ls whit is dead to the hole is isonly isonly Isonly
only a temple of what every golfer at atone aton atone
one on or more times has accomplished accomplishedThe accomplishedThe
The longest recorded and fully au authetlcated autheUcated autheticated
thetlcated drive was made by James JamesBraid JamesBraid JamesBraid
Braid at the fifteenth hole at Walton WaltonHeath Wl2ltonHeath WaltonHeath
Heath Tho latter has described the theachievement theachievement theachievement
achievement as follows followsThe followsThe fonowsThe
The longest drive drivel I have ever made madeBO madeso madeso
so far as I can recollectwas recollec recollect was In 1905 1905when 1905wnen 1905when
when playing a round at Walton val ton Heath Heathwith Heathwith Heathwith
with Mr now Sir George RIddelL The Thecourse Thecourso Thecourse
course was Va frost bound and the wind windat windat windat
at our backs when wh n we Were playing playingthe ptoyncthe playingthe
the fifteenth hole and I hit my m tee teeshot tee teeshot teeshot
shot a distance of 395 yards carefully carefullycalculated carefullycal carefullycalculated
calculated cal uJated afterward At the eight eighteenth elKhteenth eighteenth ¬
eenth hole in the same round I drove droveto droveto droveto
to the bunker bunk r guarding the green a adrive adrive adrive
drive of 350 yards yardsThe yaiVsThe yaw yawThe s
The fifteenth hole 1101e at Walton Heath Heathhas Heathhas Heathhas
has a slight sl ht downward slope but the thaeighteenth th theighteenth theeighteenth
eighteenth has not The drive at thefifteenth the thefifteenth thefirteenth
fifteenth Is the longest of which there thereis thereIs thereis
is any any ny written record The distances distanceswere distanceswere distanceswere
were measured by Sir Alex Kennedy Kennedythe Kennedythe Kennedythe
the engineer engineerAt engineerAt engineerAt
At the the North Berwick tournament in inJuly InJuly inJuly1909
July July1909 1909 W H Home drove 388 388yards 388yards 388yards
yards The North Berwick town clerk clerkIn clerkIn clerkin
In issuing a certificate signed by the thegreen thegreen thegreen
green keeper stated There Is a asteady asteady asteady
steady fall from the tee to the holeThe hole holeThe holeThe
The surface was firm and favorable to toa toa toa
a long run while the wind was strong strongand strongand i iand
and practically following the player
Cbughlln cut in with something like likothis likethis likethis
this I suppose you were the e star starpitcher starpltohe starpitcher
pitcher in the county fair leaguelast leaguelast league leaguelaat
last year year Well W ll dont worry worr you will willbe wUle willbe
be e back there again before beoreJonlttimng beoreJonlttimngthe long iongtslling iongtsllingthe tailing tailingthd
the Rube Rub what w t awoll swoiPhitters hitters the boys boysup boysup
up here are areAbout areAbout areAbout
About this time Lajola walked to totb totW tothe
tb tW ptete and ad Cotjffelin CQ pUn by long pxp
There Therels Is Only One Club Glybted ClubNamed ci ciNamed
Named After a Ball BallPlayer BallPlayerIT Player PlayerJT PtayrT
JT T is no longer longer considered a very verygreat verYgreat verygreat
great honor to have a 0 street named namedafter namedafter namedafter
after you but who outside of QtNapoleQn QtNapoleQnLajol Napoleon NapoleonLajole NapoleonLajole
Lajole of Oth the Cleveland club can claim claimthe claimtlc claimthe
the honor of ba haying 1ng a ball team named namedafter namedafter namedafter
after him himWhen himWhen himWhen
When Lajole became the manager of ofthe atthe ofthe
the Cleveland Clev and forces the scribes of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Forest orest City nicknamed tie team teamthe teamthe teamthe
the Napoleons in honor of Lajoie who whosigns whosIgns whosigns
signs hla checks Napoleon Lajoie LajoieAnd LajoieAnd LajoieAnd
And even though Lajole has relln rellnqutohed reUD1ulbbed relinqutehed >
qutohed < the management of the team teamft teamCleveland teamCleveland
ft Cleveland j with nt ntas be known as the Naps Napsas Napsas
as long as Cleveland l v mnd Is to have a ball ballteam banteam balltenth
team and that will probably be long longafter longatterthe longafter
after atterthe the present generation and nd Xajole Xajolehave LajoIehave Lajofehave
have turned to dust In other words wordsLajolo wordsLajoie wordsLajoio
Lajolo will live practically trectlcalI forever In InbasebftlL Inbaseb Inbaseball
baseball baseb llIt It is an honor that la lajUlltly lajUlltlyplaced justlyplaced justly justlyplaced
placed to the credit of one oneot of the great greatest greateat eat eatest ¬
est players pla rs in the t e history of tho game gameIf 5ameIt gameIf
If you are anxious to become a great greatbatter greatbatter greatbatter
batter dont seek out Larry Lajoie with
the Idea of having him tell you how to togo togo togo
go about it It He will speak of almost almostanything almostanythIng almostanything
anything else once you g t him started startedbut startedbut j jbut
but its the next thing Co impossible to toget toget toget
get him hhn to talk of himself himselfHow hlms himselfHow lf lfHow
How dd d I Ido r do it Jtr he will probably probablyanswer probabJyanswer probablyanswer
answer your question I dont know knowJust knowJust now nowJust
Just wait for the ball b l I want and then thenhit thenhit thenhit
hit it It Thats s the th > only knack in hit hitting hitting hitting ¬
ting that I know of Keep your eye on onthe onthe onthe
the ball all the time and If 1 it suits suitsyou Bu1tsyou suitsyou
you hit at it itTy It ItTy itTy
Ty Ty Cobb uses different methods in inhitting Inhitting inhitting
hitting against right and ez4 left handed handedpitchers hnndtdpitchers handedpitchers
pitchers stepping into the th delivery of ofone otone ofone
one before the curve breaks and wait waiting waitIng waiting ¬
ing for the curve to show Itself in the thecase thecue thecase
case of the th other oth Cobb is a a good hitter hit hitter hitter ¬
ter so 0 there th re must be aaethlng inthat in inthat Inthat
that system I dont follow toll ow any par particular particular particular ¬
ticular method though th ugh It all depends dependson
on what the pitcher Is serving up So Sofar Sotar Sofar
far as I can see It is largely a a ques question question question ¬
tion of whether you outguess the thepitcher thepitcher thepitcher
pitcher or whether he outguesses you youFor youFor
For the past two months Lajole has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen
been hitting in the neighborhood of
435
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rience kiteflying k knowing QY1ng ow hard the th big fel fellow feIlow fello ¬
low lo hits hlut11em thena them down the third base baseline baseline baseline
line moved mov moedbackvback dback back quite q 1te a few feet untilbe until untilhe untllhe
he was wasO playing back nearly on the thegrass thegras thegrass
grass Tfiis Tjis was the thekid kids cue and he hetook hetook hetook
took full tul1iulantnge advantage of of oi it by y yowling oiling as asloud asloud asloud
loud as he h hcould tcoutd could Hey Nap Napl Take a alook atook alook
look down downhero hero This fellow is Isptaylng Isptaylngleft playing playingleft playingleft
left field not third base blse Be careful carefulDont carefulDont carefulDont
Dont hit one this way or you will get gettwo gettwo gettwo
two bases b se8 on it before he can s gst t It Itto itto itto
to make tho play playJust playJust playJust
Just at that moment Larry Lnlr drove drovevicious droveioioua a avicious
vicious liner along alon the line that went wentby wentby wentby
by Coughlin before he had time to tomove tomove tomove
move and as Nap brushed off ot the th dust dustafter dustnttor dustafter
after sliding to toseeond second Graney walked walkedovep walkedover walkedover
over to the Tigers Tigers third baseman > aseman and andsaid andaaldThatfJtthe andsaid
said aaldThatfJtthe Thats the best piece of judgment judg judgment judgment ¬ =
ment you jDverused after ver used In your life old oldsport oldsport oldsport
sport sportTow sportCI
sportHow CI Tow db o you Y u make that out outqueried oul1 oul1queried outqueried
queried Bill am who was was beginning to get getinterested g getinterested t tInterestel
interested In the newcomer newcomerWell newcomerWen newcomerWell
Well went on graney Jran raney y Jf you had hadever hadever hadever
ever got In front tfo t of ofthat that one wewould wewouldyou welwould welwouldall wewouldall
all have been ee bUYln IbOeltrln shoestrings s trwn trwniron fr fryou
iron you out on the + 1 corn Ct ° tGmorrow tGmorrowt tGmorrowj morreWr t
t
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MANAGERS HOLD HOLDON HOLDS J I ION ION
ON BASEBALL TEAMS TEAMSStock TEAMSBuying TEAMSFIXl
Buying Stock Helps to FixTheir Fix FitTheir FIXl
Their Standing StandingMURRAY StandIngMURRAY Stand1ngMURRAY
I
MURRAY HAS BIG BlGPhiladelphia HOLDINGS HOLUBSPhiladelphia HOLDINGSPhiladelphia
Philadelphia Pilot One of Several SeveralLead SeveralLeader SeveralLeaders
Lead Leader r Who Own Shares In Club ClubThey ClubaThey ClubsThey
They Direct DIrsctComiskey Comiskey Is s a Con Conspicuous Conpicuoua Conapicuoua ¬
spicuous Example ExampleFirmer ExampleFIrmer 1 1Firmer
I
Firmer each year is the competent competentbig competentbig competentbig
big league eaguo manager manager fastening lastenlng his histeeth histeeth histeeth
teeth in the flanks of baseball says eayathe sya syathe saysthe
the Philadelphia North American To Today Today Today ¬
day the field tactician virtually virtually virtua1l con controls controIs controls ¬
trols the club he represents representsBrains representsBrains representsBrains
Brains have advanced with skill In Inbaseball Inbaseball inbaseball
baseball and not only are the man managers man manogers managers ¬
agers backing up their supreme position posi position posi position ¬
tion in the clubs with their ability but butthey butthey butthey
they are now beginning to Increase Increasetheir Increasetheir increasetheir
their hold by obtaining financial In Interests Int in interests ¬
terests t ests in the clubs clubsAnnouncement clubsAnnouncement clubsAnnouncement
Announcement was made recently recentlythat recentlythat J Jthat
that William Murray who has made maJea maJeasuccess a asuccess asuccess
success in handling the Phillies ilnce ilncehe iincebe Ince J Jhe
he went there In 1907 had purchased purchasedthe purchasedthe purchasedthe
the heavy interest of Barney T rney Dreyfuss Dreyfussthe Dreyfussthe Dreyfijesthe
the Plttsburg owner in the Philadelphia Philadel Philadelphia BhUadelphta ¬
phia club clubWhile clubWhUe clubWhile
While Murray had won a fixed place placewith placewith placewith
with the th Phillies through merit alone alonethis alonethIS alonethis
this stock transfer Insures the perma permanency permanency permanency ¬
nency of a his place as long as he de desires desires dosires ¬
sires for his holdings In th the club can cannever cannever cannever
never be ignored Murray will 111 now Le LeIntimately beIntimately e elntimateh
Intimately acquainted with every eVer an angle angle angle ¬
gle of the Phillies from a financial as aswell aswen aswell
well as a playing standpoint standpointAnother J JAnother JAnother
Another big league figure who Is a aheavy aheavy aheavy
heavy stockholder in the team he man manages manages manages ¬
ages is Connie Mack rack the shrewd lead leader 1eader leader ¬
er of the Athletics In the average averageseason averageseason averageseason
season the dividends Mack realizes on onhis onhIs onhis
his stock greatly exceed the salary sai salary ry he hedraws hedraws hedraws
draws as a manager Mack already alreadyhas iDreadyhas direadyhas
has a comfortable fortune which will willundoubtedly wmundoubtedly willundoubtedly
undoubtedly be substantially increases increasesas Increaseas
as the years wear on It was not very verylong vCjY vCjYlong ve velong
long ago that t at Connie was takin taking a aregular aregular aregular
regular turn behind the bat for the thePittsburg thePlttsburg thePittsburg
Pittsburg club The most he drew as asa asa asa
a player was 2400 2 < 400 which shows the thefuture J Jfuture Jfuture
future a baIl toss tosserhas tosser er has if he attends attendsto attendsto
to his business businessChance businessChance businessChance
Chance of the Cubs Jones of the theSox theSox theSox
Sox McGraw of the Giants Lajole t ajoie of ofthe otthe ofthe
the Clevelands and one or two other othermanagers othermanagers othermanagers
managers not only draw fancy sala salaries sa1anos salalies ¬
lies but also hold stock in the clubs clubsthey clubsthey clubsthey
they represent although their inter interest Intereat uter uterest
est Is by no means as large as blur Murrays MuInys blurrays ¬
rays and Macks MacksAnother MacksAnother
s sAnother
Another conspicuous example of a aplayer aplayer aplayer
player and manager who amassed a alarge alarge alarge
large fortune is Charles Comiskey Comlske the thoold theold theold
old Roman In the latter eighties and andearly andearly andearly
early nineties Comiskey was manager managerand manngerand managerand
and first baseman of the St 51 Louis LouisBrowns LouisBrowns LouisBrowns
Browns and Cincinnati teams his sal salary salary ¬ I Iary
ary for the dual duty dut not exceeding the 1
8000 mark Today Comiskey controts con controls controJs ¬
trots the White Sox one of the most mostvaluable mostvaluablb mostvaluable
valuable franchises in the big league leagueand leagueand leagueand
and it is estimated that he is worth worthhalf worthhalt worthhalf
half a million dollars Comiskey will willprobably willprobably willprobably
probably die a millionaire as the Sox Soxplant Soxplant Soxplant
plant Is a gold mine mineJim mineJim mineJim
Jim McAleer manager of the Wash Washingtons WashIngtons Washingtons
ingtons Is rapidly becoming rich Al Although Although Although ¬
though only the manager McAleer is iseasily IseasIly iseasily
easily the most influential Intiuential figure in theNationals the theNationals theNationals
Nationals because Owner Noyes never neverinterferes neverlntereres neverinterferes
interferes with him and his word is islaw Islaw istaw
law lawThere
There Js evidence that the relations relationsbetween relationsbetween relatlonsbetween
between Owner Murphy and Frank FrankChance FrankChance 1
Chance his manager have not been beenentirely beenentirely beenentirely
entirely placid although Chance la lasaid I Isaid isaid
said to get 10000 for a seasonswork seasonsworkand seasons + work workand
and Is worth it itHughey It ItHughey itHughey
Hughey Jennings the old Baltimore Baltimoreand Paltimoreand it Itimore Itimoreand
and Brooklyn star st stir r who won several severalpennants severalpennants severalpennants
pennants for Ned Hanlon by his h1 des dazzling d dzllngfielding dessling ¬
sling zllngfielding fielding and capital inside work worktried worktried worktried
tried his hands at managing in 1102 1102when 1901when 1902when
when he had charge of the Phillies PhilliesJennings Phl1UeJJennings 1 1Jennings
Jennings was not given a free rein reinby reinby reinby
by Reach and Rogers and be drifted driftedto driftedto driftedto
to the minors where he did excellent excellentwork excellentwork excellentwork
work as a manager managerJennings managerJcnnlngs managerJennings
Jennings came back to the thelllSt fast set setin setIn setin
in 1907 as manager of the Detroit DetroitAmericans Dotroltmericans t tAmericans
Americans He won tho o chrmpions championship championshipin 1lp 1lpin dpin
in his first year out and repeated In
1903 so o Jennings is assured of a per permanent permanent pert ¬
manent t job at a fat salary He re received received reef ¬
ceived c ef ed a big boost In his pay envelope envelopeby envelopeby
by cby the way last winter winterWhen winterWhen winterWhen
When Clark Griffith quit the New NewYork NewYork NewYork
York Americans as a failure It did notnecessarily not notnecessarily n t tnecessarily
necessarily mean a deathknell to his hisactivities hisactivIties hisactivities
activities in the big leagues for Cincinnati Cin Cincinnati Cincinnati ¬
cinnati was glad to sign him Itvls ItvlsBald It Is Isreld Issaid
Bald that Griffith draws as much muchmoney muchmoney muchmoney
money from Owner Herrmann as ho hodid hodid hodid
did from Owner Farrell FarrellSo FarrellSo FarrellSo
So scarce are competent managers managersthat managersthat managersthat
that St St Louis sacrificed tnrce three rattling rattlinggood rattlinggood rattlinggood
good pitchers and a a hard hitting out outfielder ¬ J Jfielder tfielder
fielder to obtain the release of Bres Bresnahan Dresnahon Bresnahan
nahan of the GJants Even then St StLouis StLouis St StLouis
Louis was experimenting for Bresna Bresnanan Bresnohan i ihan
han had never had any experience as asa asa asaa
a field general President Robison be believes boUeves believes ¬
lieves that he made a good move for forBresnahan forBresnahan forBresnahan
Bresnahan has demonstrated that ho hois hoIs heis
is an Intellectual finished player play r the thekind tbokind thokind
kind which always alw S makes makesa H good man manager managel manager ¬
ager agerBarney agelBarney agerBarney
Barney Dreyfuss would wouJe never think thinkof thinkot
a aof
of parting with Fred Clarke his leaderwho leader leaderwho l d r rwho
who has been the playing executive execut executiyo vo of 0fthe ofthe otthe
the Plttsburg club lub ever since the theLouisville theLouIsY1l1eand theLouisville
Louisville LouIsY1l1eand and Smoketown teams were weremerged weremer weremerged
merged mer cd Clarke Clar1 e is very wealthy bo boIng boi boiIng boing >
Ing the th owner of f a large ranch in Kan Kansas Kant Kangas ¬
t gas > 3 which he purchased from rom his base baseballsavings baseball ¬ J Jball
ballsavings ball r8tlvl savings 1
ngs i i a aMcGraw
McGraw has proved an Inspiring Inspiringleader Inspiringl Inspiringleader
leader l leader ader and a big money earner for forJohn forJohn forJohn
John T Brush of tho Giants McGraw McGrawIs
Is Just the kind of a hustler to make makea
a hit with New York patrons and since sincegoing sincegoing sincegoing
going to the metropolis he h huts changed changedI c11ang changedthe d dthe
I the Polo grounds from a graveyard graveyardinto graveyardInto graveyardinto
into one of the best paying plants in ini Intho inthe
i the country McGraw gets a n topnotch topnotchsalary topnotchsalary
holds asmal1 asmal1blook small smallblook smallblock
salary 1 > and in addition a
blook of stock stockGeorge stockGeQrgo stockGeorge
George Stallings once a a manager of ofthe otthe ofthe
the Phillies like Jennings has come comaback comebac comeback
back bac to the majors maors after spending sev several several ¬ t toral
eral oral years In the minors He started startedthe I Ithe ithe
the management of tho New York YorkAmericans Yor YorkAmericans I IAmerlcans
Americans last year under favorable favorableauspices favorableausvlcB3 favorableauspices
auspices Frank Farrellr Farrell preside it ol olthe u uthe uithe
the Highlanders did not hesitate to toput toput toput
put a fancy salary nJaryin in Starlings St Unili con contract coutract contract ¬
tract
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