UJULLJpplPl HI a pass, and a run, counted. T,he Sox did not look impressive yes terday. Spring fever seemed to have all but Ping Bodie in its grip. Mordecai Brown was stung for 16 hits yesterday, again empha sizing the need for more pitching strength on the West Side. The Jinx that pursued the Phil dolphia Nationals last year, hen Red Doom broke his leg nd Sherwood Magee fought limsejf out of the game, crabbing the Phillies' chance for the pen nant, has showed up again, and s working harder than ever. It started when Magee, one of the victims last year, broke a bone in his hancLduring the spring train lg. It will be at least three weeks cfore he. is back in the game. Then Hans Lobert,. demon lugger and base runner, strained lis back during the series with the Athletics, and it will be an other week before he performs at the far corner. The climax came yesterday, when an examination showed that Runt Walsh, utility man, who had faken Lobert's place, was suffering from a brok en ankle, and that Killifer, a re cruit catcher, had a fractured bone in his right hand. Both players were injured in Boston, but the TrartsVere thought to be of little consequence until the dub doctor examined them yes terday. It will be a month before eith er are recovered. With an even break in the luck the Phillies looked like factors in the pennantj race this year, but these reverses at Jhe season's start may prove disastrous. Jimmy Sheckard fell for the hiddenball trick yesterday. A corner lot player who pulled a nap Hike that would be run off the field. Hank O'Day and his Cincin nati Reds, are stirring up some noise right at present in the bat ting line, and if the pitching staff, holds and Larry McLean sticks to a front seat on the water cart, Hank may make more trouble for the other teams in the league than he did when an umpire. Johnny Eversi doesn't -think it possible, for Hank used to chase hirinear ly every day. - 0 0 A" Mighty Hunter. Sandy.was having his first taste of life in the African for ests. Borrowing a gun, he set out one day in search of game. A ' little later his companion spied in the distance Sandy running at full speed for home, with a huge lion behind him gaining at every step. "Quick! Qiuck! Jack," he cried. "Open the door. I'm bring ing him home alive." ,' what I have." The sleepy parent need not fix The clock to, shriek at half-past six; A youngster, lusty-lunged, will rout Him out at 5 with merry shout.. x?3mx&