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3 FROM EVERYWER TWrnRFl I
IN JIMMY ARCHER GIVES RECEIPT
1 SCH . F0R STAR BACKSTOP
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t (Jimmy Archer, his all seeing eye?
and accurate throwing arm.)
Chicago, April 26. According lo
Jimmy Archer, the great backstop of
tne Chicago Cubs, called by many the
beet catcher In baseball, and acknowl
edged terror of National league base
burglars Four essentials are neceH
sary In the makeup of a high grade
big league receiver.
They are:
1 Versatility in taking all kinds of
pitching
2 Judgment in meeting different
kinds of situations quickly,
3 Great throwing arm.
4 Hitting ability.
To Archers way of thinking one o!
the hardest Jobs a catcher has i to
keep his pitchers in good humor when
they are working. .Most twlrlers are
more or less high strung and tempera
mental. They've got to be soollK-d
and Jollied -anything thai will pre
Hf vent them from going wild and throw
Ml ing the ball anywhere but in the vi
m UMPIRES FOR
OPENING GAMES
President Mulroney has assign 1
his umps for (be opening games.
vi with D H Larocque working it MIs
fouia, Ralph Frary at Salt Lake, and
fV Rasty rlnlit at 0Ml'.n Strange how
f time changes things. Three years
ago Merklc was largely responsible
cinity of the plate that's one of the
principal dutlea of a big league catch
cr.
The Chicago Star defends his meth
od squatting on his haunches directly
behind the plate when waiting for a
delivt ry from the pitcher by Baying
that It is the best possible way to
keep the twirler In control of his balls
The pitcher, says Archer, seeing his
battery mate squatted down so low
will see how hard It will he for hlni
to get a high or wide ball and will
take more than the usual pains to
shcot the ball ocr or near the plate
waist high or thereabouts Archer de
clares that the squat position also In
spires ( uiiihience oi the pitcher In nis
catcher that the latter will be able to
dig the low ones oul of the dirt,
should the ball drop a little too far
Although he does not say so direct
ly Archer apparently holds the opin
ion that a low ball is the hardest kind
for the butter to connect with effei
ively.
.
for the Butte Cit league getting
Wright from Spokane as an umpire,
and now that Rasty has made good,
he will officiate in the first games
the Butte team plays under Merklfl
as manager
Riches have wings This Is the
subtle moral to be learned from the
eagle on our coins.
OVERALL ROUNDING INTO SHAPE
tit V V -- : ' -7
A '
"Big Jeff Overall.
Chicago. April 26. Orvie overall.
3B or Big Jeff" as is- known lu l.i
jjj foD'l aumlrers In "Cubland," who has
rejoined the Chlcngo Cubs, his old
ft Cam. ' " b ini; lurked on?" of
orsnnized tu rL: !! for more than two
yoans. Is grad-iu.il: rounding into
for mln bis daily workouts with the
Cub squad In tho mornings and be-
fore the scheduled games in the af
ternoon. The big California hits the
scales at well over the L'OO mark,!
bui app ars to be ell hardened and
m lu e condition. Before ho quii the
Cube, Overall was known as one of
the beat curve pitr-hen. In the game,
and catcher Jimmy Archer say. the
"Big 'Un" Is still master of bia eul- ,
lecUon of deceiving twister.
chanceTor
seriousness
Peerless Leader Does
Not Believe in Comedy
on the Coaching Lines
Expressed His Opin
ion of the Comedians
With the Senators
(By Monty )
Xew York. April 26 Frank Chance
Is a man who believes in the serious
olde of baseball.
Comedy on the coaching lines does
not make a hit with him. He can't
Bee where loollsh antics have a place
in the national game Perhaps he Is
not far from the right view.
In the very first game of his Am
erican league career his charges were
shot agalnBt the Senators, which, ac
cording to the boast of some Washing
ton fans, have the funniest pair of
coachers In the big leagues, Germany
Schaefer and N'ick Altrock. Chance
had a sample of their gallivantingB on
that occasion and then later when the
Capitoltans made their first lsit to
N'ew York last week From the very
beginning Chance's sense of humor
failed to be appealed to and 'after the
second dose of It ho had become dis
gusted Before the opening home game in
New York Altrock projected himself
Into the limelight before the fans bj
attempting to act like every sort of
lunatic he could think of. He did fool
ish tricks with the ball, assumed vai
lous gawky attitudes and meantime
twisted his face into all the grimaces
he could contrive. Occasionally he
would utter some sort of picn Ing
shriek BUch as one would exnet t to
hear around a madhouse Some of
the spectators thought he was ezcrtl
clatingly funny. As to the opinion of
the majority there may be some dis
pute, but it is no mistake that some
and many, of those present felt i
turning of the stomach and wished
that some civil oTitial employed espe
cially for that purpose would come and
get him as a recruit of the champions
of the Padded Cell league
Altrock a Comedian.
When the game began Altrock took
up a position in the coachers1 box be
hind first base and Bchaefer behind
third. The latter WBB winy at times
al the start with onh an occasional
bright remark that prooked real
laughter But before the game hud
gone far he realized that he was not
keeping up a constant run of such
stuff and then began to extend him
Seif It was forced humor. If hum. ti
lt can be called His few stock funir
Isms having been exhausted, he sim
ply made a fool of himself Before
the game was over he had at least
caught up to Altroek's head star In
that respect
.Maybe the idea of these two is that
they can make the opposing players
iBUghi or perhaps make them as dis
misled as some of the crowd, so thnt
their attention will be distracted oml
they will err by failing to keep their
mind on the play Whether they have
been ordered by Manager Clarke Grif
fith to do this sort of thing is easy to
answer The would do it without 'he
approval of the manager.
Chance Speaks Hie Mind.
The fact that CrllTlth Is a friend
of his. however, did not make any
different to Chance When the came
wa8 nearly over. th- Peerless Leader
walked toward the Washington ben li
and spoke his mind to one of the
Washington would be c omedians Had
ns much as one word in the same torn
been offered In return, the one ad
dressed probably would have learned
how hard Chance can punch a man
The silence of the antic-man was
promise enough to the P L thai the
same sort of stuff would not be per
petrated In his presence again, and it
has not been as yet. The very next
day It was conspicuous by its absence
though the same pair did the couch
Ing
Chance never encountered such r.
proposition in the National league
Not a single National league team
has had a man in recent years who
attempted to be a clown on the coach
ing lines, and the experience was new
to him. He believes that the fans
pay their monev to see first-clasj
baseball played to see good pitching,
batting, baserunning. fielding and gen
eralship. If It were not this that they
want to see, he argues. the could do
JuBt as well by paying minor league
prices to sec minor leagues play ball
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I The day after the run-in between
Chance and the Washington Joke -not
Joker -the New York leader allowed
word to sift to the rival camp that he
favored an appeal to President B,m
Johnson to put an entire quietus on
clown work unless the Washington
management should see fit to tone
down sufficiently.
SPEND MILLIONS
TO SEE JVIATCHES
New York. April 26. The public Is
sprinting nearly a million dollars a
year to Bee boxing contests in New
York state According to a rejtort of
the state athletb ommisslon, publish
ed today, the exact total of pate re
celptfl at i"vint; contests for the vcar
ending November 30, 1912, Is $'J83,82t.
out of which the state has received
a 5 per cent commission, or $4?,uil
Since the Athletic committee was ap
' pointed in August. 1911, the grand to
tal of gate receipts has been $1,219-
Students of spcrting statistics de
clare that the figures indicate that
boxing is second only to baseball In
popularity In New York state. At tho
end of tu- year tor which the report,
is issm-d there were 76 boxing clubs
operating under tho direction of the
commission. Of the total 89 licenses
granted Blnct the commission was or-ganlz-id
-4'.' were to clubs operating in
the metropolis
New York was the state first to
establish a commission with Jurisdic
tion over bovine, but several states
are follow ing the example There is a
movement nov on foot here, promoted
bj the New fort ithlettc ciub, to pro
mote wrestling also under the control
Of 'he commission, as It is belleed
It would mean the re-establishment of
the popularity of a sport that has be
come somewhat discredited
BASEBALL CLUB
TO WIDEN SCOPE
Great Palls, prll 26 With a view
to brlnciiiK 'ibout a reincorporation
j of the Great Falls Baseball associa
tion which will ;lve that body a wid
er scope of operation, the directors of
! the ball club will this evening gather
for a full and complete discussion of
all the conditions connected with the
change of the club's purposes It is
proposed to incorporate under the
recentl) enacted boxing law of the
state, so that the association will be
I permitted to not only hold baseball
I contests at its park but will be li
censed to conduct athletic tourna
, ments. which will Include boxing
bouts and wrestling matches It is
the plan of the association to have
the tournaments held at Black I'agle
park duritiK the summer months and
In a downtown hall of large seating
capacity during the winter
The statement Is made that the
baseball directors have had the re
organization scheme in mind some
time, but have been delaying their
plana awaiting final action by the
state government on the Kiley boxing
law. which legalizes twelve-round
bouts under a commission supervision
The bill Is now in full force and ef
fect and clubs are springing into ex
iStence all over the state During
the past week another body of sport
fans ha held metlncs for the pur- I
pose of bringing about an organisa
tion, hut nothing definite lias resulted
from these Hirelings If the baseball
association widens Its sphere of op- i
crailon it proposes to eliminate Hi"
'meal-ticket athlete and to bring in
the best of talent from all over the I
country for its tournaments
FAVORS ANSON
FOR THE HONOR
Billy Sunday, the evangelist who
was the fleetest base runner in the
zimo when he played right field for
the Chicagos 2" years ao. was ask
ed the other day whether the dia
mond stars of the present appeared
to him to be more proficient than the
great players of the past, Sunday re
plied. ' Tlif-re never will be another bats
man like Adrian C. Anson He stood
erect at the plate and with keen eyes
he judged the good ones so cleverly
that when he swung his bat mightily
the ball either whistled past the in
tlelders like a shot or sailed oer the
headB of tho outfielders Year In
and ear out Captain Anson was the
greatest hitter of the league Ml
pitchers looked alike and all of them
feared him.
"Speaking of. pitchers, lei me say
that John ClarkSOD topped them all
He was thr only pitcher I ever saw
who could throw overhand and make
the ball go !o"vn aud then up He
used to wear his finger nail down
to the quick in pitching that hall,
and often his fingers were covered
won u iuuu
'Some of you boys talk about the
'squeeze play' and other tactics that
deem new to modern fans. Bah! w
used to make the same plays 25 years
ago. but we didn't have any fancy
names for 'em. Four time that I can
recall I scored from second base on
an infield hit. which, as you know,
must have been going some
W e didn't wear any gloves In those
days You fellows, of course, say tho
bail must have been softer than It Is
now But let me assure you that the
leather was as hard as a rock in my
time .-nd that th pitchew used to
shoot 'em over the plate Just as
swiftly us at the present time
Wi ll i rememhor how Clarkson,
Jim McCormlck, Grasshopix-r Jim
Whitney Amos Ilusle. Charley Rad
I bourne and Oannon Bi Crane could
send the bsl blazing over the pan I
In those days, you know fouls did
not count as strikes, and Mike Kellj
was Indirectly really responsible for
I the present rule Kl used to stand
at the plate and foul off 2n fouls be
fore he would hit safely or Ret a
base on balls. In that way he tired
I out the best pitchers. He could havo
' fouled 'em all day, If necessary.
"I've seen Tv Cobb, 1 ria Speaker,
I Milan and other great baise runners
I of the present dav but they are no
better than Bill Laxige. Harry fltovoy,
I Mike Kelly. Jimmy Fogarty, Johnny
I Ward and othoro I could name. Ed
! die Collins and Evors are fine wond
; basemen, but Fred Pfeffer, John L. r- !
'dock. Fred Dunlap and Louis Bit-
bauer were just as good. If not better
"Buck Ewing, Silver Flint. Charley
Bennett. Hoc Bushong and Jack
Bojle were the treat catchers in my
day I've never seen Swing's equal.
Baseball as a business and a sport
has made wonderful progress, but I
wish the fans who are singing the
praises of present-day stars could
have seen some of the really great
players of days goneby."
FEATHERWEIGHTS
EASE UP TRAINING
Los Angeles, Cal., April 26 Al
I though they arc both down to weight,
122 pounds, Featherweighl Champion
Johnny Kilbane and the contender,
Johmr. Dundee, kept on working to
day and will continue until Monday
evening, 24 hours before their 20
round battle at Vernon Tuesday night
Kllbano said he still had some fat
' around his middle that ho intended
to take off before he enteerd tho
I ring.
Dundee, who says ho can not only
beat Kilbane, but Rivers and other
133 pound stars, practiced hitting to
day. The champion Is a 10 to 8 fa
vorite today
THE SUPREME COURT BIBLE.
It Is a tiuy llttlo book, only five and
a half inches loug and three and a
half Inches wide It Is bound in bright
red morocco leather, with the word
"Bible" printed indlmlnutlve gold let-
fllonus Wagner. In two familiar
poses).
The injuries sustained bv Honus
Wagner, the wonderful shortstop of
the Pittsburgh Pirates, just before
the opening of the 1913 National
league baseball championship sea
son, la said to have started the "Fly
ing Dutchman" well down the slide
which all veteran ball players are
doomed to one day make if they
slick long enough in the game. In
the hope that his great star may
lers on the back But one does not
sec that red morocco cover unless he
remove the little black leather slip
which protects it. Long, long ago the
little red Bible began to show wear,
and then the black leather strip was
marie to protect It so long ago that
intern oi those covers, made to pro
ecl the Generated little volum were
worn ont In the service It is with
out doubt one of the oldest Bibles, if
not the very oldest Bible, conuected
with He government, and la certainlj
the most historical. It is the book
upon which since 1S00 every chief
Justice, with the single exception of
Chiet Justice ChaBe, and every mem
ber of the supreme court, has taken
the oath of allegiance when accepting
his appointment to our highest trib
unal More than that, every attorney
who has practiced before the supremi I
court since that date. 1800, has pledg
ed his allegiance over the little vol
ume All. with one exception also,
and that exception was Daniel Web
ster It Is told even yet of the su
preme court of that day that Mr.
Webster's fame as an orator had so
preceded him that on the occasion
when he came to argue his first case
before the court, the clerk, Mr Cald
well, in his eagerness to hear the
grent speaker, forgot to administer
the oath. The Christian Herald
THE PRESIDENT'S BIBLES,
Clerk McKenney of the supreme
court of the United States has pur
chased Bibles for all the president
Inaugurated since he has held his of-
fulh recover in time, Manager Fred y
Clarke has allowed Honus to do Just
about as he pleased since the start i
of the season, and does not Intend to V
ask him to get into the game until F "
Wagner announces that he feels fit. f
Clarke has been filling the shorlfleld jf
gap wi'h a oung.-i t b the name of I
lex. who has been acquitting him- f
self n a most commendable manner. !
Viex has batted hard and consistent- I
I and his fielding thus far has been
above criticism.
fice, but two or three of them did not I
use the Bibles he pun based When I
Hrover Cleveland came to the capltol II
for his first inauguration he brought I
with s little red Bible his mother had
given him when he was a boy, and I
which be had always cherished as a I
keepsake. On that Bible he took the I
oath of office. A few days before I
Mr McKinley'B inauguration a num
ber of African Methodist bishops came
into .Mr McfCenney.'s office one morn- jr
ing with a tremendous package, which
proved to be a large family Bible In
a big plu6h box, and they wished lo
have Mr. McKlnley use It. Their re
quest was granted, and the big Bible j
w;is one of the show objects In tho I
red parlor of the White House for a
long time afterward. When Mr Roose-
elt was inducted Into office as gov
ernor of New York some one present- (.
ed him with the Bible which be used
on that occasion His name, which
wus written on the fly-leaf, was mis- f
spelled, but he used the same Bible
at his second inauguration, and It has
been one of Mrs. Roosevelt's most
treasured mementoes ever since The
Christian Herald. I
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