THS EVENIUQ WORLD, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1918.
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BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK
EDITED BY
ROBERT EDGREN
UP-TO-DATE
AND NEWSY
EVERS SURPK AS MANAGER,
SAYS M GRAW IN REVIEWING
WEEK IN NATIONAL LEAGUE
GIANTS' MANAGER, SIZING UP WORK OF
LEADERS, SAYS:
Peppery Second Baseman Will Get More Baseball Out
of Cubs Than Many bxpected.
He Has Good Pitching Staff, and His Catchers Look
Best in Either League.
Tinker Handicapped by Poor Start, but Reds Should
Land in First Division.
SOME MGRAW IMPRESSIONS
Copyright, an. pt Th Prm Publishing Co. (Ths Now York World),
In tho second of his baseball reviews of the work in both
big leagues, Manager McGraw of the Giants to-day writes on
the subject of new managers of the National League teams.
To-morrow he will discuss the American League outlook.
These articles will be printed in these columns exclusively
every Monday and Tuesday throughout the baseball season.
BY JOHN J. M'GRAW.
(Monaprr of the Champion Oianti.)
' UK big surprise to date among
the new maaager in the Na
tional League, whom I prom
ised lairt week to make the subject
of to-day's article. It John Ever of
the Cuba. Of course. It Is difficult
to draw any accurate conclusion at
this atage of the race, but, basing
comment on his early allowing, It
looks as though Kvers would get a
whole lot more baaeball out of the
Cubs this season than many baseball
men expected.
I base thia prediction on two facts.
First, the Cuts hare been playing
clubs that are rated to he strong onea
the strongest In the league outside
of the Olanta and hare more than
held their own. Chicago has already
John J. McQrsw. had a series with both Pittsburgh
and Cincinnati, and each team has plenty of natural strength, although,
lodging by the scores, Tinker has not developed It In hla elub yet. The Reds
r regarded by baseball men as a good ball club, and many figure they will
flnlsh ahead of the Cuba ultimately. Some hare gone further and counted
tho Cobs out of the general concluding contention for the pennant While I
thought, and still believe, that Cincinnati has a good chance to boat out
Chicago, still I never regarded the Cuba aa being so weak that they did not
lave a look -In for the pennant.
Chance Has Always Admind l"""" ""
tm,. . Tinker haa Rot away to a poor atari.
but I do not believe he will mlea the
AS rAuiM HOP OH
"Weirs, I tout
T rvraaiF in Th etAss
I MAwT Tb ADMIT IT "J
No wonder. Tne
CHICHKMi AStC ACC
CBJAZV orarat, me
FRED WELSH MEETS
KETCHELL TO-NIGHT
First Appearance in Ring in
America Since He Won
Back English Title.
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Tinker.
vara and Tinker are both atnart ball
flayers Many persons thougtit Tinker
aas a shads the shrewder of the two.
Mm with the Cuba, and among thle
number waa Frank Chance. The now i
Manager of the Yankee haa always .
heea a great admirer of hla former
nonstop and ballevee he ta going to
good manager an uon us he i
Hrat dlvlalon with hla club. The pitch
ing ataff doea not appear ts be In any
too good condition, and that will handi
cap him for a time. But there Is no
doubt ha haa the players and he Should
weld them Into a machine. The Cin
cinnati club reaemblea a dangerous ope
to me. and I believe It will develop
much alrength In time. Jos has- al
eat settled and acquainted evlth hl ready loat a lot of gamea by one run,
player From what i hear through the which does not mean bad baaeball so
Channels of baaeball goeslp, the shai-pe ' much aa an unpotlahed machine Van
hi the Writ consider the Cuba to be aenerally regard It aa hard luck when n
much stronser than they wee rated i club Ineee game after game by the
for tho aeaann opened. 1 allsht margin o( one run. Baaeball men
The other fact which leads me to eonsVer It lack of finesse. The only
think that the fight In tha National i comfort to a manager who la loalng
League may reiult In the old three-cor- i games by a amall score la that he real
Berecl debet between Pittsburgh, Chi- I ! tha playing ability la there and that
tagm and New Tork. Is that the pitching '. It Is only necessary for him to whip It
gUff, of the Cutis haa ahown unexpected Into shape.
Btreiigtn to date. That waa regamea c.i CMaMa MMM UA.I
viriM'i itrJV s wimww ww W em
By John Pollock.
FUrciMMK WELSH, ths English
lightweight champion, who haa
received many offer for flghta
sine ha arrived In thla country, will
make hla Oral appearance In a contest
In America elnce he won back ths Eng
lish tills from Mstt Wells to-night.
Welsh will take on Al Ketrhsl, the
rugged fighter of Connecticut, In a ten
round bout at the t'nlon Boat Club of
Bridgeport After this contest Welsh
will be signed up by his msnager. Harry
Pollok. to meet some good lightweight
la a sis-round contsat before one of the .
clubs In Philadelphia
Oil Snag, (he a owner of the oer FrrarU
Bteeet atmritag Club. derKIerl to-day to hold hla
ebowe ea xotMsj Bit hi. lastesd of Thursday eee
Bias) far his tint show oe Monday aBta,
May 5. Baeg baa arranged torse tea round bout.,
lo ths mala r Mlbs mv.h..o. of HI. Paul will
meet Dare Kurt Newark. N. J. In ths ssaii.
flwal To 'libhom will l.rklr Antolne Pullet ol
rbils la the other (o Phil tns wij issst
I aaa to bs ssisotsd later.
gJsos. the uMlewetaht it Pltssbarwh.
is IB awes nam iiics. tiane esesaa re a ayei
nsaiwai la Us boas lows h layursd il rtahl bssd
an badly that Ms oiaoaasr. Oeorte Rmjal. aaa bees
"mailed to isa up ssnrsl load offers for bouu. ,
gtsua wlil be insMs to bss saaia uonl Uie asul
die of aaat aewiib. He wilt Umb be aaUUad lo
filht Jfk INSne for tea meats at IwtlaaauolU
ob lbs slilil of May .
The oaly bailsa show la tows will be held al
ths iKjmiar X. r of Harleei. Three lea-eousd
IoiiU will bs iut on. Jotutay Itarrar aul tare
Harry Cuban Haytey KeHr will taenia Bl-uy
Ryaa. and Johnny "Kid" Alberts -r Eiisabetn.
N. J.. wNI meat Mdle Caowaj of arooatya la aba
male bout.
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SWEENEY'S VICTORY OVEIT
BEECHER A BIG SURPRISE.
One it tba puilllsttc sunrtses ef the SSMSS
was Hie ek-icirr of Knee howl Sweeney, the nssBMv
lr rs.t aide lll.tHht. oir Wnile Iter eta, the
aarea.lt. Hshtatlfht frm ths ame aes.lee ot
thT loan Ths .a.r met at ths lt. Mlehsles
A. C. and Boeensi iron easily. The mt four
roundi acre (airly rrsa. hut a" ln .
wem to the frsnt. and when
. the
Hi Mm thai
oral aoundvl In had a mg emrsis ot 71 m
his fstor. Aeetaer'a tlrtory li renuyaable, Haa
much aa Ber.ii re lias hem liftitlnj baa let iaaa
erer lately.
I.eMarla Coialna Here to TtSM.
(Vnetant tMsrtn. the ftaat rreeeh
ihaaulon. win is U meet ths freat "e
h. re... al the Allanti Harden A. C. aa IS
bum of Thursday. May S. la s finish mslsh. Is
r.unina to New York to neetaus for the
taeordlnf to s wtrs rereired rseisnay
niaii.yer (lenrfe Kennnly. ths Ceaac
motor Kannedr will trr to em
wain la toe omnaalum of the Irtab I mart me
A. 0. Thai rajauwt ra to pi ell the Oaasb
maerh between (Tenrre Lurtrh. the -lerar Rsaatsa.
and raseaui, tha Italian rhamuinn. Unlob m
slnadr haea and la norrdm at the New West
Slits A. 0.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Rtaradlag o4 the Clrahe.
Chib. W. U HLJ IT
Mowaek 1 .TOO Ror
ktlHMiM T I TOO Riiffaln
Proetdenre ..a 4 .MO Mrmtreel
Jersey City.. S S .3001 Toronto
Reenlte or Tealerear'a
Roe heater. S: Jersey City. 1.
Mouttsel. . Newark, 2.
I'nilHlearr. ToroBtO.
the Claha.
Ctub. W. k- t
srhsstsr ... 5 S .4M
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS
AMERICAN LRAOUg. NATIONAL LEAGUE.
rblla'iibla . S .Bli
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Chtosao ... S S .600
PC. I Club.
in at. umiB.
aoatrra
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CliK-aso ... 4
HSAHS. . 3
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t'C. i club.
.71, Brooklyn .
UW:,lit. Louis..
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.H15 Boston ...
It S S ..137
New Tort., i 10 .17
RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES
CMeeee. 0. I Cblsaeo T; PUUburib. S.
lame yLerpooan. aaia. i at. uouu. 2; t;ioL-inoau. 1,
GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY
W. L. PC.
3 .343
7 .48
i S .1S2
il s .US
Bastes at New Tork
WsaMasloB at HhljedsLptus.
a ajsmoat.
Ctsssaaad at
haw York at Brooalen.
Philadelphia al Boaron.
Cionnnati at Ml. Louis.
I'lUahursb at Chieaau.
GUNNERS END SEASON AT
TRAVERS ISLAND TRAPS.
Bhnnttng for the naanon emiad at the
Travera Island traps of the New Tork
Athletic Club yeeterday. Being the
final ehoot of the winter, fie Winged
Foot gunners had a doaen or more
trophies to be decMod. When the laat
blue rock waa thrown over the water
of the Sound It 'ae found that the
prlaea were well rttntrlMiteJ among the
varln.ua gunners.
The Commodore Blackton Cup for
the high acratch gunner of t lg eeaaon
waa won by C. W. nilllnga, who had a
total of OB. J. H. Vamlerveer took the
Iving Run Cun offered by B M. Hug
glna with a atrlng of (t target. Five
gunnera tied for the High Handicap
prlie offered by Oeorga J. Corbett. The
trophy was won In a ehoot off yeater
div by R R. DeMcher. Tha laat
named rrunner did excellent work
I throughout Ha took fie Hl.-h Handl
I cap prise and the Spring Trophy yes
terday, the latter after a shootnfr In
which two other gunners competed.
W. B. Ogden won the Monthly Cup.
He also waa the winner of the club
trophy. The final ier in thla event was
won by R. R. Debacher, wno also won
the final leg for the Ror'ng Cup. O. F.
Pelham raptured the Travers Island
trophy, and the high gun of the day
waa W. B. Ogden.
Eddie Foster III la Ilraerallal.
WASHINGTON. April 2 Eddie
Foeter.Mhe midget third baseman of
the Nationals, la In a local hospital
with a hlg.t fever and symptom of
typhoid. Ha hers been out of the
game for a week.
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Sonlty Mnetteth. manatee of Johnny Dantee. In
a letter In the writer, aays that Dundee will win
ears otsr JuKaay Kllbsae. thalaatharw.tabt cham.
ulna, in their twenty round boot at Vsraea, Osi
tomorrow aisht. "Johnny Is tanraushly accli
mated, has 1 s'l ae trouble ta makiaa tne wsnhl.
sad l would aet Mrprias are to see him stnp
Kllhaae leal da ot fifteen rounds." writs. Moa-
Aa ImnoeUnt ftaht hat wees aood mlddjswslhu
will be tonatit at Vllwauke. tn nltht. Jack lili
lesi, Uu rlssr hossr ot IniueaalMlie and Boh
Uoh. the earns and hard httUnt tuhler ot Mil
wauhae will name toaertiar la .a ten-round boot
hefor the Hedasr A. . of that -iiy. DIUea it
tha fetnrlle In th. baturuj at 10 to .
Abe Attell will don t . slorea aasln to-alfht
snd In and it.... to ths followers .rf Mis llallo
game that ha ia atlll callable of hsstlna ths yautia
and aml'lUoiia "feathers" who are balllliif thsss
rlaya. Abe nlll ( .a.tnat ilerte Cheaay. tlie
veomWlna flfhlsr of Hsluawrs who .ass won many
lube and alan in Baltimore
in a Iillesn round
ga the weak part In the machlnu by
Sheet aaperta. Cheney and Lavender
have hriatled up and pitched same good
gamae, however, and Ever may find
himself better off for pitchers than was
expected, if he does, tha Cuba will be
among those fighting for tha cham-plorurhJp.
There la no queatlon about the Co-he'
Matched Teams.
The Qlanta were winning a lot of
gamea by una run two yenre ago.
'nioOraw, you're a pretty lucky guy
getting all the breaks and taking the
gamea by one run," aald a letter writer
to ma I get, on an average, twenty
or thirty letters a day In the season.
power and drive in other department a. . and when the race gata cloee it jumps
Tap catching eteft look to be the beat
flr either league, although mine la a
great favorite with me. The tnfleld Is
a fast and flashy one with the return
ef Brtdwell to his old-lime form.
Wlieu Al la right, there la not a mora
dependable man In the guttle. It does
ma food to see blnti come around snd
stick tn the league, because I Jiave
always regarded lilin highly aa a player
and a man. lie I one of the deatnr-al
players 1 have ever met, and It grieved
me to let him go from the Otnnta at
the time I did.
My only reason 'or doing thla waa
hecauae my club hl a obancs to win
ths pennant In 111 i I could aped up
tha Infield, and TtrMweUa legs were
weak. By getting Hertog. tba (Hants
Ud eventually take the flag, and that
la all a part of liaadHill. in art! ICS.
there ts very little sentiment If you
care to produce a winner.
Even ana His LutsL ook Strt ng
They tell me It la worth going Man)
re dee to aee one of mean battles be
tween Tinker and givers now t iat they
are rivals In the league. It used lo ha
worth while at Unii-a when they were
both weather of tho same elub and goi
Hits) a dlasgrertiteiit uboiit soma I'luV
This Is a good algn In it ball player, he-
It Indicates agSTeaslVi m as, hut
a wattle al the local
Attell snd Cheney will
cootsst at Beltuarars.
Tianiy Lewi, of Nawsrs, who made such a great
arrowing In the haltlea he (might In I'arte a fsw
month, aau. waa earned uu to-dar lo meat I'alaer
wutis or inis r4iy in toe main nout or ten rourei.
at the etiow or uie Atlantic i, .Men A. u. to-mor
row nunt in tne niti.r tao tsn. round trouu
Terry Brooks of Banoklya will take oe frankla
Nalaoa nf Taney City, and Jotway Keyas will
meet Mickey Inum at sue swag.
FAST CROSS COUNTRY
Although he finished far in the ruck,
Hannea Kolehmalnen. wearing the col
ore of the Irlah-Amerlcan A. C. cap
tured the fast time prise In the croas-
country run oon luctad hy the lreen-
tstlon A. C. of Brooklyn. Ths mighty
Finn covsred the five and three-quarter
allies In 'JS minutes and SI seconds.
William of the Ixina Inland A. C, 'Who
had a limit handicap, easily finished
first.
At a nf the f'Mteal Board of the
football nils, committee, held la Philadelphia,
and which was sttsnded by thirty. (Irs mlfriea.
preparatory and high school reuressautlies. the
pnannei ti.mw.ion wee a maa wnersoj wirr
sutlabis offirtali for gsmee could bs sscursd. It
wsa decided ttiat each college ran.', eenu to the
central hoard e Hat of twsbrs ratiafartery of
ficial, along with their ankedule. and thla body
nil amra as aasignmem or orttcisia.
Three hundred sad twenty-firs rldats took part
la the ststeenth annual a.rlna i satury run ot ths
i'arturr Hoad t'lub AaanrlaUon. New Tork djl-
aion. I ram LOtumnua i inn to niessnue, I. I.,
and rstura. The allrer lorlng cup for tha -un
with tea largest reurasentauoo went la tne rrei
t Bicycle Club ol Bsitimors.
to fifty sometlmaa. moat of tbsm telling
nie how to run my club.
It la nut luck when a club wins by
one run. It la the aolenre of the game.
All the amart managers play for luat
that one run. eepeclally If tney nave a
tight ball dub. Hy a tight hall club I
mean ono which by Ita drfenae can
hold a lead of one or two tuna after It
haa aniulteil It. Managera will plan
uhead two or three innings to gain that
one run advantage, tlcuring where a
hatter can he atibatlttited to ooa that
one across. It takes a good pitching
staff and a fairly aure fielding club to
play tins nort of game. It Is in the tield
tng that my club falls down Bo fre
(iiicntlv when we have a Hlnall lead
! Hut It haa a robust hitting atrength
which makes up for this.
in both league many gamea have
I been taken by one run ao far this ara
J son. This condition lnll'.ttea that the
Inlia are Utter halancnd to date, al
i though In the ions atretch of th etitn-
mer -"He tcuinia which are ahut full of
hope now are hound tn collapee. it la
after the first exhilaration nf the start
Sirs .,n thai the manager must apply
the ah to ke-i hla uh striding along.
Kllggtaaj the new National League
manager In Ht. I calls, la up against a
lough proposition, and I do lut awe how
he la going to make a very brilliant
Tinker and Kvers aori of overdid it and ' allowing wllh the material at hand.
BB (ar Kvera appema to br huliilng his When the owners of the Cardinals let
ownawea together better than was ex- Roger llrranahan, one of the beet cstch
' ported. Many bellevod his temperament , era In the league, . for nothing, they
Would handicap him as a manager Hut paased up a grand opportunity together
always worried uu the limit any. 1 In aomr players who would have
ao a little more, or less dues not st lengthened the. club. Almost any toam
much difference. i In the league would have bean glad to
re peaalng any kind nf accurate give some good material to sat nosses-
I want to see those Western alon uf lirtsnaban.
awing around the dr. nil . Th HI Louis infield doea not look bad.
i (h Kaet first, but from eh- but the pitching ataff Is week, and tha
Been
outfield Is not Impressive Th catching
department has also been greaUy re
due ad in efficiency through tha passing
along of Brrenahan. who was a great
steadier of pitchers. This affects tha
pitching staff also.
me fourth and laat or tha new
managera In the National League le
stalling of ttoaton, and any one who
knowa anything at all knowa what
Htallitaga la up asalnat. Aa I aald
laat week, whan the Ulanta' first se
rial argument with the Hravea waa on
I i, under Btaillnga a high claea man
ager, one who will get the beat poaal
ble reault out of hla material. Hut
"Aye, there'a the rub," for tha preaent
at leaat.
With the Giants to date I am satisfied
In many ante-aeaaon riitlcteme. 1 read
that my pitching ataff would h weak
It le stronger than laat year. Demaxee
haa been added, and he rooks aa if he
w ild h a regular Dig Leaguer fo
some time to oome. Mafheweon, wh
haa been the cornerstone of tha pitch
In department for ao many seasons, I
In better ehapei to-day than he has been
In two aeaaona. He took great care of
o .usuT laat winter, epandlng moat
hla tune In the opn air driving hla car,
and ha put on weight. H went South
early and pro'dd through a careful
siege of elow training and development.
The game he ptched agulnst Philadel
phia the other day ahowa that h haa
not gone back in aplta of predictions.
Maniuard la rapidly coming beak to
the form he ahowed early lest rassun
He ha Juat as much of a hop on his
fast one. and that la th deceptive thing
about his pitching. A me and Wills
took better than tney have tn three
years. Amee haa racial mod hie youth
hy learning to throw a spttball. Ths
crlanta must gwt a guud wusjt againet
th weaker team In the Kaat boauae
in th Interr-oactlonaJ bMttes between
Last and West they can ezpeot little
aaasstanr ui stowaatg the Ptratas, Reds
and Cubs front say club
srsly. HilladelBhla,
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brulas. .tlfrwl Oreads and Padde Hahlr landed
he emn nam race, while freak Kramer flntahad
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