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FIGHT
flies Is Getting Better
'and Mav Soon Be At
"Work Once More.
Jen Lomond, Cal., Apni 30. A spar-
match between Bob Armstrong
Billy Papke was all the doing- at
kp yesterday. Jeffries went fishing-,
, stayed jn the woods .ill daw
s lajiced back is better anil he
jo back to gym routine today.
Berg-er will go to San Francisco
rrow and remain there until the
iree matter"M5"-s?ttiea.
ATho Papke FIskt.
With the understanding that the win
ter Trill be matched to meet Stanley
?tcbel for the middleweight cbarn
nship of the world, Frank Klaus of
fcburg aud Billy Papke of Kewanee,
trill exchange jabs and uppercuts
Jimmy Coffroth's club at Golma,
May 14, in a battle that -will be
icticallv to a finish, as the men
re agreed to battle forty-five rounds.
the coming meeting between Paplce
td Klaus will be their second, but the
levius bout was merely a trial spin,
neither man could show what he
)ssessed in a six round journey. In
rlsnr hunt, hnwpvpr rifies f-ivp tlm
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?Ittsburger an even break with the
me time conqueror or ivetcnei. and
Ifrieuds of the new contender for the
tiddleweight crown are inclined to be-
;ve that he has a good chance to de-
Tapke and get a meeting with
,etchel over a longer route.
laus never has been asked to go
C tnan ten rounds, and for that
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THE "ILLINOIS TEDNDEK
BOtiT.' reason it Is a matter ol conjecture
Whether he will be able to stand the
Fgrind of a battle over the derby route
st of his work has been confined to i
six round game around Pittsburg,
yet he has not shown the public
it he posesiyes the ability to assiml-
L the irrueling administered to the
;palgn''r in the vicinity of the
nden Gate
ipke has all the necessary experi
ence ifter vears of hard work in Cal
ifornia, and this probably more than
any one thing will win for him. Some
will argue that "youth will be served,"
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oung man in 3ears, with the added
vantage of living a clean life. Giv-
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t Klaus all due credit, It looks from
as though Mr. Klaus had been
nasty In matching with a brulo-
he Papke type, and for his folly
y pay the penalty if the dope
ers
b for mt However, the short end
jthe ietting gave the dopesters a
recently in the Wolgast-
ld the same ining may
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by such law
security cud liberal
happen again, But uuril after the figl '
Papke will have to be conceded the
best chance.
Xealon, Clancey, Swacine, Abstein
and Bransfleld failed to please Fred
Clarke as first basemen. As a sticker
Sharpe is a "bloomer," while Flynn Is
far from being a Hal Chase in finished
workmanship.
Little Cree of the Xew York Ameri
cans declares that no youngster can
crowd him off the outfield. That
chunky fellow is a good and capable
ball player, and It will take a wonder
ful juvenile to displace him.
Simon Nicholls. traded to Cleveland
by Connie Mack last year, is expected
to land the shortstop position with the
Naps. His rival for the position is
Roger Peckinpaugh, a high school boy,
whose fielding and batting have been
phenomenal.
In sizing up a baseball recruit Man
ager Chance always looks at his hands
first. Unless he lias the weapons to
scoop 'up and trap a ball he's passed
up. Successful players usxially have
big "mitts." Hans Wagner "has the
ideal baseball hands large, strong and
sinewy.
Having mastered a "half side arm
swing." "Three Fingered" Brown ex
pects to win more games this year
tlian ever. "With the half arm swing
I cau get more speed and a better
break to the ball than I do when I
throw with the straight overhand mo
tion," the miner declares.
AMATEl'H GAMES.
3IESA TEAM WINS NIN'TH GAME.
As n ninth victory of this season, the
Me2i school team walloped rhe Y. 31.
C A. Giant on the Arizona grounds
Friday afternoon. The game went 10
innings resulting in a score of 7 and
o. The lineup was:
"Mesa. Clifford, c; Gaylord. p: Gordon
Baker, lb; Ed. Miller, 2b; Allen Jones,
3b; Georg-e Glardon, ss; Homer Davis,
rf; Frank Scotten, cf: Elmer Johnson.
j Giants Bryan Brown, c; Stanley
Shay, p; Louis Bobcrtson, lb; Newman
Fowler. 2b; Earl TVisiker, :5b; Francis
Sisterman, ss; James Duthey, rf; Clif
ford Anderson, If; Frank Shunter, c.f.
Cooper McKamy was substitute on
the Mesa, playing three innings. Ben
g!e McCourt was subsiitute on the
Giants, playing- two innings.
More Amaieiir Games.
There will be much activity on va
cant lots Sunday. Many promising
games are booked. Here is The Her
aid's official game card, play to beshi
j at 3 p. m. Sunday-
Rustics vs. Cubs at the Rusty Town
grounds.
Poling vs. Migueldoncs, at car barn
grounds.
Athletics vs. Second Ward, at the car
barns lot.
New Ports vs. Negroes, at the T. & P.
lpt.
At 10 a. in. SundayN the Rustics will
play the East EI Pasoes at the Brew
ery diamond.
WRESTLER'S. LEG TWIURED.
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in a vrestlingr match with Sr.inicinc
Zbj-scko. After 51 minutes of fast work!
the match was stopped. Wesrern-nr.rc
leg being injured" by torn ligaments.
Under the rules, the match went to
tlK Pole, but he refused, only asking
to meet his opponent when he recov
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DIAMOND POINTERS
in the history of the big
have there been so many
in the management of the
teams as there have been since last
season, seven new pilots having been
signed by as many clubs since the
1910 season closed. It is no easy mat
ter to secure an expert team handler,
but the National and American club
owners believe they have cornered the
best in the profession.
Since last year three changes Jn the
managerial ranks of the National
league the engagement of "Bad Bill"
Dahlen by the Brooklyn club, the ap
pointment of Fred Lake by the Boston
club and the promotion of Charles
Dooin by the Philadelphia club. Dah
len lias never handled xa ball team, big
or little, before, but he has had a
world of experience on the field and is
an excellent judge of playing talent.
"Bad Bill" certainly knows what "in
side ball" means. He is conversant
with the methods employed by Anson,
Hanlon and McGraw, and he is a
fighter for his rights. He is not a task
master and is popular with all players,
but he will probably insist upon hard
work and will develop team play from
the very beginning.
Charley Dooin, the new pilot of the
Philadelphia Nationals, is a star ball
player and well liked, but he is hot
headed and inclined to look for trou
ble with, the umpires, a weakness in
these days of discipline on the dia
mond. He is an experiment pure and
simple.
Fred Lake has a problem to solve in
Boston. He made a name for himself
last season as manager of the Boston
Americans, but because of a difference
over salary he was released outright
by President John -I. Taylor, who de
clared that Lake was not the man who
deserved credit for the excellent show
ing of the Red Sox. Lake in accepting
the management of the Hub Nationals
saw a chance to redeem himself, but
he will begin with a splendid tail end
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team and will have to build it up grad
ually. As first class ball players are
not to be had for the asking. Lake
will have to be satisfied with his pres
ent layout, which means that Boston
fans do not expect him to accomplish
wonders.
Four of the American league teams,
Boston. St. Louis, Washington and
Chicago, have new team handlers. Pat
Donovan, who was released by Brook
lyn after the season of 190S. has
charge of the lied Sox instead of Fred
Lake. Donovan was the team's scout
last year and picked up some speedy
youngsters. He has a rich club Le
hind him this time, which means a
lot, and as he has had plenty of ex
perience President Tavlor thinks he
will make good.
That Dugh Duffy will make a splen
did manager of the Chicago W hite Sox
is the, general opinion of leading base
ball men. Duffy and Owner Comiskey
are old friends. They were players
in rival teams back in the old Broth
erhood days.
Jack O'Connor, the old catcher of
the Clevelands. Pittsburgs and St.
Louis Browns, will manage the last
named team this year. 0:Connor was
a star backstop under Pat Tebeau and
helped to make the veteran pitcher
Cy Young famous. In the old days he
made the lives of umpires miserable,
but he has seen the error of his ways
and now believes In accepting the rul
ings as tuey are laid down.
O'Connor takes the place of his old
side partner, James McAleer. They
played on the Cleveland team v for
many years and were fast friends. Mc
Aleer had a crack team in St. Louis in
190S. but last year a hocdoo was busy,
and all kinds of accidents kept the
Browns out of the running. The St
Louis critics made it decidedly un
pleasant for McAleer as- a result, so he
quit cold when his contract was up
and signed with the Washington club
for a salary of $10,000 a year. Mc
Aleer is a first class manager in fact,
the best that Washington has had for
many years.
CliOyjS, WlNSxSIUG GI XG GAME.
Roswell, X. M., April 30. Ina slug
ging- match, marked by five home runs
for the visitors, Clovis walloped Ros
well Friday to the tune of 15 and 7.
Score R. h. E
Clovis 15 15 5
Roswell AA 5
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Duties Of a Baseball Scout Some Clever Baseball Work j'
By DAN BROUTHER5.
ICopyright, 1910, by American Press Asso
ciation. I've been asked to explain the duty
of a baseball scout. A baseball scout
Is a man who during the playing sea
son is constantly on the lookout for
promising material for the club that
employs bim. For many years I have
been connected with the New York
National league club in that capacity
and in my time have recommended
many youngsters who have turned out
to be stars.
"Within the last few years scouting
has become a business. Every club in
the major organization has a man em
ployed whose business it is to keep
close tabs on a young ball tosser who
gives promise of developing into a
crack. In fact, the scout plays an im
portant part in a winning ball team.
It is on his judgment that the major
club league owners buy up the cream
before the drafting period comes
around.
What does a scout do? Well, one
day he may be watching a minor
league player and the uext may be
looking over some semiprofessional
player on the lots who never has play-"
ed with a league, but who has so much
baseball ability that somebody has
seen him aud reported him to the
scout's employer or to the scout him
self. The following day he may be
with some Class B league, and a week
DA?. BKOUTHEHS, FAMOUS BAili TOSSEB.
from then he may be in some other
part of the country getting a line on
the material in that section.
The position of scout is not an easy
one by any means. First of all, he
must be a-good judge of what there
is in a young ball tosser. If the pre
sumnbly future great star has a bad
arm. is slow on his feet or can do
nothing but bat. the scout must be
able to tell whether he is worth a trial
or not. If be sees a youngster who
can field like a big leaguer he must be
able lo make up his mind whether the
youngster will ever be able to do any
thing with the bat against the pitchers
of fame.
If he is sizing up a twirler who is
wild he must be able to form an opin
ion as to whether this fault can be
cured with coaching. And. another
thing, he has to form a hasty estimate
as to the ordinary amount of brains
which the youngster possesses.
This reminds me of a little incident
that happened some years ago in one
of the trolley leagues. A j-ouugster
had been recommended to me as a fu
ture great. For weeks this fellow had
been doing wonders with the willow
and in the field. One day I decided to
take a peep at him. Shortly after my
arrival some one informed him of my
presence in the grand stand. I could
see by his actions that he was nervous.
The first time up he fanned. He re
peated this in the second attempt. The
third time, however, he managed to
work the pitcher for a base on balls.
There was a man on second andean
other on third, with two out The
youngster began prancing around first,
trying hard to get the pitcher rattled,
as he thought. The twirler looked him
over and then started to warm up.
Then Mr. Bonehead started for second
BEM3lrH PHILOSOPHY
ITS' iCsH UZ VOND THT
! baseat full speed, and. thinking that It
would be a close shave, he slid for the
base. After he picked himself up and
was informed that his bouehead steal
had retired his side he quit the game
and made for the clubhouse. Perhaps
if some one had not informed him of
the presence of a scout from the major
leagues in the grand stand be would
not have made such a bonehead play.
But nevertheless it proved that he
Sacked brains.
HOW "YAXIGAV
CAME
TO BE rSED.
Sam Irwin of the Philadelphia Amer
ican league club claims to be the au
thor of the much used word Yanigan.
which is used in baseball vocabulary
in the spring. This word has been in
existence since 1SSS. It was during the
season that Mr. Irwin named the Re
serves, as they were then called, the
Yanigans, and it came about in this
way, according to Mr. Irwin;
"I had a pitcher with the team
named Mattimore. We were barn
storming through the New England
states at the time. On coming in to
the bench after each Inning he would
yell at me. Oh, you Yanigan V The
name struck me as original, and I ask
ed him what it meant.
" 'Hanged iTI know,' he said, but he
kept on using It. After the game I
thought It over, and it struck me as a
pretty good name for my bunch of
Reserves. I named them the Yanigans
the next day when they came out to
the ball park. It stuck from that time
on, and all the other teams have used
it ever since.
"Other persons have claimed the dis
tlnction of originating that word, but
that is how it reaiiv started."
MACK
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HAS
NOT CHANGED.
Connie Mack.
manager of the
Philadelphia Athletics. knows
as much about baseball as any
man living and has a sneaking
acquaintance with every player
of note, and he thinks the game
has not revolutionized In recent
years in any manner except in
point of attendance.
"The evolution of the game in
the last twenty years is more
remarkable In point of patron
age than in the way it is
played." says Mack.
'"There were niarveSus play
ers in the old da;s. and there
are marvelous players now. It
was a guessing contest between
the pitcher and batter in the
days of Itadbourne aud Anson.
It is no less a guessing contest
in these days of Mullin and La
joie. It was a battle between
the catcher and base runner in
the days of Ewiug and of Ham
ilton. It is still a battle in the
days of Sullivan and Ty Cobb.
The fan who believes there are
no Clarksons or Kellys or Sto
veys or Fergusons or Fogartys
today is just as firmly set in his
belief as is the fan who con
siders Lajoie. Maihewson, Joss.
Kling, Cobb and Crawford
greater players than were in
the game back in the eighties."
S$Si$$e5S
CEMENT BOYS AND UMOX
TEAMS Tjf) PLAY SUNDAY
The Southwestern Portland Cement
and Union teams are scheduled to play
a- Washington park Sunday afternoon,
The following lineup has been an
nounced: S. W. P. Cement Bukey, first base;
Welch, second base: Gradv. third base-
Gray, shoriston. Thompson, left field
Wood, ceutter field: Kiefer, right field. I
Finney, catcher, Sullivan, pitcher.
Union Ervin. first base: Briesh. sec
ond base: O'Boyle. third base: Webb,
shortstop; Dorlng. left field: Iteyuolds. j
center field; Hammond, right field;
Kelly, catcher; Armstrong; Noonau,
pltcner.
WESTON N EARING GOAli.
Poughkeepjue X. Y., April SO. Ed
ward Payso'n Wet5n experts JP coift
.plete his coast to coast tripHT day's
ahead of schedule. He intends to reach
Xew York city Monday noon. He reach-
Ked Wappingers Falls at S:50 o'clock
Friday night.
Removal Sale begins Monday.
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By JACK DOYLE.
Copyright., 1310. by .American Press Asso
ciation.! Every now and then one will read Of
or see a daring, sensational or brainy
piece of headwork pulled off on 1he
diamond. To the average fan this or
that stunt may appear wonderful, but
to the player himself it is only part of
his work. I do not want to be ego
tistical, but it is a fact. When I was
a member of the old Baltimore Orioles
I managed to pull off many clever
stunts and helped engineer several sen
sational plays which were very suc
cessful and thought nothing of it. It
was part of my daily work. I've al
ways said and still think that the old
Baltimore team was the brainiest ag
gregation of ball tossers ever brought
together. "The tricks and schemes they
worked successfully on the diamond
would come pretty near filling a book.
For instance, here is one they pulled
off and what I consider the greatest I
ever saw. It was made by Willie
Keeier and Johnny McGraw in a game,
with Washington away back in the
nineties. Unlike most plays, this
wasn't a fielding stunt, but a piece of
base running. Willie was on first and
McGraw at the bat. The latter shot a
neat single into left field, and Al Sel
bach loafed a bit on It. seeing that
Keeier was sure to make third with
ease, hut expecting him to pull up
there. Willie instead of pulling up
went full steam ahead for home plate
and before Bill Joyce had received the
ball was virtually over the plate. Mc
Graw never stopped at first, but kep:
on to second to draw a throw thaT
would enable Keeier to score. Mr
Graw recognized Selbach's loaf, and
like a flash he guessed that Keelci
was going home. He never hesitate''
at second, but dashed for third, arm
ing just as Joyce was gathering 1
Selbach's throw out of the grass
Here McGraw did some very quic;
thinking. He remembered that Joyce
had a bad arm and thought that the
catcher would not be expecting a
throw. Without pulling up at third at
all he scooted for the plate. His
quick thinking turned out to be right.
The dust from Keeler's slide was just
lifting as McGraw dived for the home
plate and beat in the throw with a
close decision. There two runs scored
on what should have been only a sin
gle, though the scorer had to give Mc
Graw credit for a home run. This is
just a sample of what won three pen
nants for Baltimore.
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"Kid" Klberfield. the peppery Uttl inflcMcr. is now plnylnar n Krnl same
for tke AVnshinsrton Vmerlcan league teara. The aspresslv lad hat been shift
ed from HlM.rt field to the third base position, and has taken to it like a duck
to water. HanaRcr Me Vlecr is confident thnt this will thc Elberfield's 1
j car, aud is already figuring H the
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Recently a manager of a promlnepac
club imthe American league was qu
ed as saving that he had a long llstlof
code signals that could not be b
This fellow's ideas are all wrong.
team should have a long list of signa
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It is not always the ball club with
most signals that wins games.
old Baltimore club, of which. I w&I
member for several seasons, had
few signals, and what they did
were very simple ones at that.
the team managed to win. three
ners in a row and came veryoiearl
turins: the fourth. Here is anotw
stance. When Jimmy Collins
the Boston Americans and w
flags no signs were used at
air
ing, of course, those necessary
the two ends of the battsnesjf Tbe
most complicated system of baseball,
while theoretically astoundiit Bas
never been a practical success.
A short time ago I had qmitfe . little
chat witb Amos Jlusie, tie fatuous old
New York pitcher. Amos ip vnow a
hardworking lumberman w .Maacie,
Ind., and not a pearl diver J&t $LoO a
day, as has been reported mny times,
and the big fellow is contfeutsd with
his environments. In his day Rusie
was the greatest twirler jdoin slab
duty. He had everything jaiat a twirl
er needed control, speef. and good
curve and well I know It for I caught
him in many games, minever forget
my first trip with Rusie. on the road.
The members of the tsairi told bim
that every trip they msde on a Pull
man a number of."pa"of sboes wer
stolen. They said that suspicion
pointed to the porter, .and Amos was
asked to sit up and watcKfor the mid
night raider. Rusie selected a seat in
the smoker prepared to do detective
duty and a little bouniing duty on the
side. He dosed, "off dfier awhile and
wasn't awakened "until about 3 in the
morning, when the porter walked into
ihe smoker with several pairs of shoes
that he incended shining hi order to
get a morning tip. Rusie at once de
cided that Je had found his victim and
jumped from his seat and grabbed the
porter. In less than three minutes he
had the colored man in worse condition
than Wolgost had NMson.
The porter spent aMveek or so in the
hnsnital as a result if the mixup, and
it cost the Kew Yorl
club several hnn-
dred dollars to sqt
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