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Uncle Robbie
Has No Chance
To Win Series
Schneider and Shawkey
Mow Down Flatbiishers for
Fourth Straight Victory
GOLDSBORO, N. <^. April 16.?
jhere will be no rubber game In the '
ipring series of the Yankees and the ?
Dodger?. Before a crowd of 4.000 '
fars here this afternoon tho American
Lear-era won the game that puts them
beyond the reach cf Uncle Robbie's
tes, regardless of what may hap
. n the remaining games. It wai
the fourth in a row for the Huggins '
boya and their seventh decision over
the National Leaguers in ten games.
The ?core was 5 to 1, a repetition of j
yesterday's figures at Orangeburg.
The native of Goldsboro who goes i
to the Polo Grounds this summer and j
jees the Yanks consume two hours j
rr more with some American League ,
rival* probably will marvel at the way |
the team has slowed up. In to-day's ;
R.r,.. ?he pastimers performed as if
they had a train to catch for home, i
The gan-.e went nine complete innings,
Dodgers had to take their turn
in the ninth, but only fifty-five min?
utes were consumed. While the game
vas going on a horse race wa3 being
decided on a half-mile track which
Circled the baseball field.
The Dodgers could do no more with
the offerings of Schneider and Shawkey
than they have been doing with other
Yankee "pitchers in recent games.
Schneider has been out of the series
With a lame shoulder since the first
game, bu: he showed no evidence of any
ailment to-day. He allowed two singles
?nd no runs in his five innings, and then
gave way to Bob Shawkey. Tho latter
??lowed font hita and a ran which was
gcored in tho last inning.
Not Fault of Rube
Rabe Marquard had to do all the
pitching for the Dodgers, as Uncle Rob
}):? ?g shy of pitching talent and has
b double-header with the Boston Braves
only three days away. Rube is the first
touring pitchers of either club
to po nine innings, and such pitching
s" he displayed to-day will win many a
game for his clab. Some sieve-like sup
port cropped out at various times, and
made fhe New York ?coring less diffi
an Marquard's pitching deserved.
The veten n southpaw had retired
?ine Yankees in order before a bats
'man reached : rst. Vick opened the
fourth w:th ? single to left and when
Mzlone dropped O'Mara's throw on
Peck's grounder Vick was safe at sec
Pipp sent him home with a double
to centre, Pock reaching third. L? is
- ? I I'Mara, who got Peck at the plate,
Pipp going to third and scoring a min?
ute later when Lamaris grounder gut
away from Malone.
[gins's rr.f-n chalked up another
r in the sixth inning. Pipp
opened with a double to left and a
pitch put him on third. Lewis
followed with a clean single to -
and Pipp scored. O'Mara's muff of
j , pnp .;,. . . r ,, ejght]
another New York run. Peck
? .', got another base on P?pp's
it and Pratt
with ?. in the nintl
Lamar' ? -- i .- '?'? ? : ni eld out, ar
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last i
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LEE MEADOWS (left). Leon Ames (centre) and Bill Doak (right), three star pitch?
ers of the St Louis Cardinals, who were hurt yesterday, when their automobile
crashed into a streetcar in St. Loui3. The extent of their injuries cannot be determined
definitely as yet. but the first report of the examining physician indicates that none of the
three is seriously affected. It is a question, however, as to whether any of them will be able
to take part in the first few games of the season. Oscar Horstman and William Sherdel,
two other Card pitchers? also were hurt in the accident.
?
One of the most famous and pow?
erful men's doubles combinations that ?
over won the national doubles til
William M. Johnston and Clarence .T. ?
Griffin of California, will be in the
field njrain this season and attempi
to icpain the title.
Johnston and Griffin, according to
reports just received from California,
met in San Francisco a few days ago
and arrantrc-i to team up again, 'i I
begin practice within the next
week or two, and intend competir.?.- in
: ail the tournaments they an, right up
to the playing of the championship
' ;?.?. Longwood, Au?
gust 12.
Providing they can gel into the form
they he!-i in \ -if. and K?!>>, when they
were national doubles champions,
' there does nol to be another
' pair ;:: this country ablo to prevent.
the ? 'a' iformans fr ? . taki ng the
honors back to the C a t,
I do not recall a d il 1? ? team in
this country in several years, since
the days of Frederick B. Alexander
Harol i H. H u - tt, 'V m y... : ?.,
y we re th i c . i ;
? I ' :.:??' ? -, s of
rceftilness - I
these tv - - i m idgets. -i i
ston was thi . . ird-hitting
member of thi teai hand
drive that r
, and 1 ovei
hand voile ; came racing
for the net sition, was deadly. Grif?
fin was a woi d fensive player,
and an ideal partner for Johnston, tie
was the deadliest and craftiest of lob
bers, and when he and Johnston moved
toward the net, like one man, it ?vas
almost '."? ' ' ve them hark.
They won the national title at Forest
Hills in 1017) by defeating McLough
i;n an.l Bundy in the challenge round
after a five-set struggle, and success?
fully defended their honors the fol?
lowing year.
No Titles in 1917
In 1917 ?' ;' ?rampions did not play,
both entering tl serv ce, .1 ?':. n 3ton in
and < Irifnn in tin? army, and
they ??'.'? re ovi - when tl title was
won by William T. Tilden, 2d, and Vin?
cent Richards at Longwood last year.
There continuo to be reports that
McLoughl-.n ami Bundy are gomir to
enter the lista ?..'.o.- more, both in
singles and doubles, and in that case
they will undoubtedly clash with John?
ston and Griffin in the sectional
doubles on the Coast, The winners
of a!i these preliminary tournaments
will meet at Longwood ih August,
eleven team? in all, to fight it oui for
the supreme hi nors, and, taking it for
:-- nted that Johnston am! Griffin are
as good a er? 're- years a^o, I
expect to see them crowned national
champions for the tl.ir-i time.
Although Tilden and Richards, won
the title in a brilliantly played match
from Alexander and Bcals Wright last
year, and have continued to improve
in their t.?-arn work since, it does not
seem possible that they can cope suc?
cessfully with the flawless play of
the two little. Callfornians. rho ro?
tara to the court? of nil the >.-:r??at.
stars from the Coast, however, will
mean a season resplendent with brill?
iant lawn tenu:.-;, and 1 rather expe<-'
to see the veterans uphold their end
against th?' yo n ?/? i sel
The University Heights Tennis Club
will open the to irnament season in the i
Metropolitan district this Saturday,
when an open doubles tournament for
men will begin on the club's excellent
' clay courts, on the banks of tb,e Har?
lem River, at Fordham Road.
Entries may be mailed or telephoned
to Jones W. Mersereau, at the Butter
ick Building, on Fourth Avenu.., .ipring
9,000, up t" 10 o'clock Saturday morn
, ing. They may also be mad?- m person
at the eo'.rt.--!, not lator than 2 o'clock
, in th?? afternoon. All playera will be
expected to play at least three matches
; <>vr the week-end
Some of th?- best teams in the Must
have already sent m their entries, In?
cluding 'l.ld'-ri and Richards, national
outdoor snd indooi champion?; Ichlya
(?umagae *>"<l Harold I. Taylor; Prank
? ?mi Fred Anderson, ?r, Allan Behr and
. Beilchiro Kashio; Kiliott Binzen and
' hmbree Hcndcraon; II, II. Munch i; ate r I
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ami Paul Martin. J. H. Steinkampf and
Ingo Hartman; W. M. Fischer an?! .1.
W. Mersereau, and Wylie C. Grant,
Henry H. Has ford and Gerald Emer
:
A .-. : .? tournament will be held on
May 2 and '?', at Scoutfield, Fifth Ave?
nu.? and Ninety-Seventh Street, when
a junior singles championship for
open to members i i' preparatory
schools ::? this i- I;.', v..il be played.
This wiil be the first time in New
York that trie (i.:. Scouts have held a
tournament, and it is expected that the
entry will be large, some of th-? rm-st
nent of the ; .:..-::ayers in the
? ? j ?, . . intention of
entering. The tournament will start at
1 o'clock Friday, May '1. and the first,
round will in- completed on that day,
?vith the remaining rounds and trfc?
et for Saturday. A silver cham
P cup goes to the winner and
mother silver cup to the runner-urn
The school scoring the most points
in the tournament, will be presented
with a bronze plaque, points being
1 on a ha.-,is of r.no for sur?
vivors of first round, two points for
nd and three points for third, etc..
Entry fee, il for each player, must
be -- nt to D. F. Shea, at Scoutfield,
No. 1166 Fifth Avenue, by Wednes?
day, April 30.
Yale Club Defeats
Princeton in Match
On Squash Courts
The Yale Club repeated its victory
of last year when it met the Prince?
ton Club in their annual squash con?
test yesterday. Only one match went
to the Princeton team of seven play?
ers/Harry R. Mixsell defeating Liv?
ingston Platt, one of the best Yale
players, by a score of 15 8, 15 8.
Harold Tobey, runner-up for the na?
tional title, bowed to Alan Corey,
leader of the Vale forces, bv the close
tally of IT 14, IB 13. A. D. Mitten?
dorf, of Princeton, was also unexpect?
edly defeated by William Adams, jr.,
Yale Club, by a count of 16 17,
15 12, 15 7.
The scoro follows:
Annual Princeton-Tale Dubs In'er team
B<-?ua>ih tonnlM tourney?Alan Corey, Yale
lefeatud Hai old Tobey, Princeton
Club, 17 ! !, 15 13. H. R. Mlxm II,
.' : ? ? n Club, defeated Livingston Platt,
'. i ? - lub, 16 -.. i . -8. Harold V\ ? 'ai
hart, Yale Clui lefeuted O. D. G Vandi r
bllt, I'm; eton Club, IS -, - 15, 15
.1 ihn A Vietor, Yale Club, defeated l:
Pit.-l, l" ? el a CI ib, 15 1. 16 ? J. - :
1 .. . : ,r,M. .-.. ;: . Yale ? lub, defi ated 3 I
r , ? '??-..: :, Pi meet m Club, : :. 15 12
C J. MacOuire, Yale I Hub, di '? ited Hat
old VV. Harvey, Princeton i ub, : ."> 13
:... 15 7. 8. II Join :? -.. Yale Club
.:-??. ,i- : ?:. 1!. v. alkei r Princeton
- Hub, 16?0, 1 William Adam?, )i
Yale ?lub. defeated A D. Mlttendorf
I'rlneeton (.'lub. 16 -17, 16- 12. 16 :
Klnal acore Yale '?'lub .' matches;
Princeton Club, 1 match.
California Girl Wins
On Courts Abroad
LON*DONr, April 16.?In the final
round of the mixed doubles in the cov
ercd courts tennis championship
tourney, at the Queen's (Hub today,
Mr. Lycett, of Australia, and Miss
liyun, of California, beat P. M. Davison
and Mrs. Lambert Chambers, of Eng
land, 6 4, 6 4.
In the challenge round Mr. Lycett
and Miss Ryan defeated the present
title holders, (?wynno Evans and Miss
Holman, 6?-1, fi 3.
In the men's doubles Messrs. Lycett
and Heath defeated Messrs. Davison
and Movrogordato, the present title
holders, ? 4, 7 5, 4 6, 6 4.
Zeider ?Muy Manage Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio. April 16.?Rollie
Zeider, n scout for tho Chiengo Na?
tional League club, will be manager of
the Toledo American Association team
thr- season if Fred Mitchell will give
/.??iilir his release. This Information
win given ?.nt last, night by Roger
i'-i-? n.in.i-i, president ?<!' the local club,
who liu-i retired ua manager.
Billv Kelly
Defies Mud
hi Handicap
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 15.?
Commander J. K. L. Loss's three-year
old Billy Kelly proved that he had
wintered we ily winning The
Harford Handicap, the feature of open?
ing of the Havre De Grace meeting
here to-day. Although the track was
inches deep in mud from a long rain,
the Dick Wells Glena colt ran the dis?
tance in 1:08 2-5.
Pickwick was second, a length and a
half back, w th Charley Leydecker
leading the other three starters The
i.. I ? on of the track caused many
scratches ii til seven races on the
programme. In the Harford event,
only five of the twenty eligiblea raced
the tarter.
Billy Kelly was the outstanding
choice and fully vindicated the con?
fidence of his backers. He broke well
and after ci r Dr, Johnson for the
first half, went quickly into the lead,
when George Sa I jockey, gave
him his head. There ?.vas no question
a.= to Billy Kelly's victory thereafter,
Dr. Johnson Btopped when pass, d by
Billy K? ly ai ! Pickwick moved into
the place position. Charley Leydecker
came on strongly after once finding the
footing.
-, Sande, who appeared in the
saddle for the first time after being
taken down with influenza several
months ago, rode three winners. Prev?
ious to . - ctory oi. Billy Kelly, he
oted home Dottie Dandiver in the
second and later made a runaway race
of his mount on Indolence in the sev?
enth.
Organized Ball Asks
New Trial of Suit
WASHINGTON, April 16.?Counsel
for organized baseball to-day filed a
motion in the District of Columbia
.Supreme Court requesting a new trial
of the Baltimore Federal League Club's
suit for $900,.! images under the
Sherman anti-trust law. Hearing of
the motion was set for April 25. A jury
rece?? arded the Bait ?more ' 'lub
$80,000 damages, which in a final judg?
ment would be tripled, as the cuit is
under the anti-trust law.
Retrial was asked on the ground t??at
the jury's verdict was not in accord
with facts a3 proved, and that the
court erred in its instructions.
Meredith and Sellers
Invited to Sweden
James E. (Ted) Meredith and Jack R.
S'-!!ers have been officially invited to
be members of the American team of
track and field stars that will invade
Sweden this coming summer to compete
against the stars of that Scandinavian
country. The invitation was extended
them by Runar Ohman, the Swedish
Marathon runner, who is in this coun?
try for the Boston A. A. Marathon to
be run Saturday afternoon.
Sellers has already accepted, while
Meredith requested a week in which to
consider the proposition. It is ex?
pected that the team will be made up
of Boven men. Ohman is now looking
for two distancs runners, and these he
probably will select after the running
of the Bos-ton Marathon and the local
, Bronx to City Hall race.
.Faculty Lifts Ban
On Navy Oarsmen
ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 16.?The
clouds on th.? Naval Academy horizon
'. roll?-?! away to-day, when it was nn
I nounced that the ban had b??en lifted
which had P- tod upon three members
of the first crew and two of the fourth
: class eight, who on account of de
; ficient scholastic wfirk had been barred
fr-.m rowing against Harvard and
; Princeton on Satu May.
A careful investigation of their
scholastic standing for the term
showed that they were still within
safe limits, and they will 1"' in the
boats on Saturday. The Lehigh-Naval
Academy baseball gam??, scheduled for
this aftcrnopn, was called off on ac
1 count of ruin.
Matt Hinkel
Offers Services
To Tex Rickard
Cleveland Boxing Referee
Comes to Big Town
Looking for a Job
By W. O. McGeehan
Matt Hinkel, the Cleveland arbiter
?f fisticuffs, wandered into town yes- j
terday and announced himself as can- ;
didate for referee of the Willard
Derapaey tight. Also Matt intimated
that if Rickard happened to be
really puzzled about a location for
the most expensive Queensberry bat?
tle he would willingly offer him ac?
commodations at Cedar Point, which is
a nice boat ride from Cleveland.
While in our midst Mr. Hinkel also
intends to dwell upon his sterling
worth as a referee to Dave Mackay.
David is the promoter of the Leonard
Ritchie bout which is scheduled to
take place at the Armory A. C. in
New Jersey on the 28th. While he
i.s becomingly modest, Mr. Hinkle as?
serts that he is a good referee a
very good referee as a matter of fact.
He asks nobody to prove this. He ad?
mits it frankly and for publication
He will issue a signed statement to
the effect if one should be required
by the skeptics.
Rickard ?a doing a lot of thinking
these days in regard to the matter
of a location for the arena which he.
will pitch for the battle. Also he
is doing some listening. His best ,
ear is pointed in the direction of
Albany, New York, but while there
is considerable clamor in that stricken
city none of it is coherent to the pro- !
moter. As a matter of fact, there is :
considerable apprehension as to the i
fate of the fight bill in the Assembly, i
While Rickard never has asserted j
that the plans to stage the Willard- :
Dempsey battle on the crowded island
of Manhattan, it has been apparent !
all along that he would like to stage j
it. here. Despite the resource- of
Pocatello, Cumberland and the numer- i
ous other places that have been
pleading for the match, it stands to
reason that the biggest gate would
he drawn in New York. The gate of
the Willard-Dempsey fight will have
to he something !;ke a quarter of a
million dollars or the promoter will
lo e. This would be a novelty that;
Rickard is not particularly anxious
to experience. He has not lost on a
gamble to date.
Ike Dorgan. the tiredest business ;
man in New York, who is assisting
i in the promotion of the battle, refused
irday to reveal any of the har?
rowing details of the secret training;
indulged in bj * e champion in prepa
for the match. A news dis?
patch from Lawrence, Kansa?1, says
that Willard has ordered a new pair j
of shears. from this a Sherlock i
would deduce that a large portion of !
Willard's exercises consists of clipping!
Liberty Rond Coupons. The remainder
of the day is spent in counting Lhe
small change. Persons who have ?n
li ged in these exercises contend that
they are very healthy and help build ,
I "P
It does not take a championship fight
I to create interest. If Penny Leonard
: knock out Willie Ritchie in Jer?
sey on the 2m h it will mean simply that
i ligl tweight has knocked out a welter
- ' if Willie Ritchie should knock
out Benny Leonard, which does not
?seem to be recorded anywhere in this
: month's horoscope, it will mean that a
welterweight has knocked out a light
| weight. A knockout by Ritchie would
i. ? carry the title with it. Of course,
i in the event of a knockout the Califor?
nia!, might claim the title. But as far
? as I can recall nobody ever got much
' in the Queensberry ring by merely
: claiming.
I Optimists in regard to Ritchie de?
clare that he may step into the ring
weighing 138 pounds. The American
lightweight limit is 133 ringside.
Therefore, Ritchie is just five pounds
too heavy to back his claim in the event
of the improbable. Ritchie did make
133 pounds ringside for Wolgast when
i he won the championship on a foul. It
'? was a hard task for him then. At the
! present time it would be impossible.
Navy Awards Insignia
For Winter Sports
ANNAPOLIS, April 16. -The Navy
Athletic Association has awarded in
? gnia for the different winter sports
to the following midshipmen:
Baske: ball "N" to Lowes, Lewis,
Deringer, Watters and Farwell; num?
erals to Bolton. Couble, Thomas, San
ner, Byerly and Davis.
Swimming ".-'NT" to Goggins, W.
E. Jones, Emory, Lambdin, Koch, Earle,
Gallagher and Bowman.
Wrestling?-"WNT" to Maichle, Gal?
lery, Pixton, Swigerts, Isbell, Adell
! and Lewis.
Gymnastics "GNT" to Mason, Ed?
wards, Ten. Eyck, Strang, Hales, Nold,
Kietcher and Pew.
Fencing -"FNT" to Calnan. Don?
nelly, Cunningham, Webb, Smellie,
Van Cleve and Bargar.
Big Crowd Attends
Sunday Kail Hearing
ALBANY, April 16.?At tho con?
clusion of a hearing on the Sun
: day baseball and Sunday movie bills
to-day, Governor Smith announced that
ho would make no decision on either
until he had given both careful consid?
eration. The hearing lasted for more
than two hours, and the crowd attend?
ing completely filled the executive
chamber.
Advocates of the measure, including
Judge Cornelius Collins, of New York,
and various representatives of the
moving picture industry, argued that
? the bills should become law in order
that the working people might have an
opportunity to enjoy themselves
healthfully and morally on their day
: of rest.
Walker Boxing Bill
Passes State Sena?te
ALBANY, April 16.?The Walker bill
to legalize boxing in New York under ;
the jurisdiction of nn army, navy and
civilian board of boxing control* was
passed by the Senate to-night and was
sent to the Assembly. The lower House
now has before it both the Walker and
the Gibbs bill to legalize boxing under
I a single commissioner.
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! ,000 Sailors at Bouts
l Almost one thousand sailors of the
! victory fleet, now stationed in the Hud
1 son River, attended a boxing tourney
held by the Knights of Columbus at
the New York Athletic Club last night.
Jack Britton, Clay Turner, Cyclone
Willinms, James Montgomery and
Sailor Volk were among the fourteen
boxers who engaged in exhibitions for
the tars.
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Con-cerning Pennant Contenders
No. 2?The New York Giants
There was a day when McGraw knew one main slogan?this wat
speed and aggressiveness in attack.
To-day?mainly because there has been a sudden lull in the develop?
ment of baseball youth?he has veered around to collecting the best ar?
ray of veterans he could find, with only a few youngsters attached.
Those who care to make a close study upon the inroads of time will
have an interesting subject at hand this season in the Giants.
The Veteran Infield
The Giant infield alone is one of the most interesting studies of
the year, whether you happen to be an ingrowing fan or not.
There is Chase at first?thirty-six years old?facing his fifteenth
campaign as a major leaguer.
There is Doyle at second?well beyond thirty?upon the edge of
hi3 eleventh season.
There is Fletcher at short?around thirty-two?going into action for
his ninth campaipm.
And there is Heinie Zimmerman, a star back in Chance's day, thirty
four- years old and another ten-yenr veteran of the Main corral.
Xo club in modern history ever faced a season with an infield of
this type.
And yet the remarkable feature is that, so far as the April returns
mipht indicate, none of this veteran quartet has lost any noticeable
amount of his old speed. Chase looks to be at his best?wiry, fast, alert,
ready in every way for the test.
We recall Doyle and Fletcher around second and short as we re?
member them back in the big flag drive of 1911?a matter of eight years
ago. They look as fast to-day as they looked then?with the same
hustling, aggressive style of play. Zimmerman hasn't yet reached his
top form, but the big third baseman will almost surely have one of hia
best years.
This infield won't show anything like the defensive steadiness of the
Red Sox. But it will carry greater power on attack.
The Ail-Star Outfield
The Giant outfield is the main strength of the club. It should be, if
form carries through to a finish, the most valuable outfield in the game.
In Burns, KaufT and Young it has three .300 hitters, three men who
are fast and sure, three fine base runners?a combination equally strong
upon defence and offence?one that can throw, run, bat and field.
?ieorge Burns has always been a top-liner, despite his quiet, almost
retiring, ways.
Benny KaufT is one of he few far-heralded phenoms who came
through at top speed and more than made good.
Ross Young gives promise of reaching greatness?one of those rar?
birds who occasionally come along to pick up where the Cobbs and Speaker?
left off.
He should bat .".20 or better this year and rank wif.h his two mates
in every other line.
The Main Problem
The main Giant problem is a matter of pitching?one of the most
important of them all.
Without good pitching no ball club can ever win a flag. The Tiger;
have proved that from one year to another with a strong defensive clul
and one able to go out and collect a crop of five runs to the game throug'r
a season's average.
And there are now too many "ifs" surrounding the Giant pitching
staff to cheer up the Manhattan fan.
McGraw has ?Schupp, Barnes, Bonton, Causey and Winters to bard
on, with Toney to come later. Barnes and Benton can be counted on U
carry their share of the burden. Schupp is one of the great left-hander;
of the game?provided he can go the distance. Causey is a steadj
youngster, but as yet no developed star? Winters gives fine promise?
but has yet to face the main test. And Toney's r?le in the drama belong;
to the future.
Given good pitching, McGraw has enough stuff to win. But with
out good pitching he will never head off a Cub machine headed by Alex
ander and Vaughn.
It is here we bump into the various "ifs"?
IF Schupp is right again for a year's drive?
IF Toney returns in time and in form?
IF Winters lives up to early promise?
But there is no particular IF attached to Grover Alexander and tc
?lim Vaughn?and not much of an IF tied to Tyler.
The Round-Up
In the final round-up we can say that McGraw has a powerful ma
chine that still depends upon good pitching to arrive.
He will not require any spectacular pitching?a steady, dependabl?
variety will be enough.
He has a club that can go out and get three or four runs a game
He has a club almost the opposite of the Red Sox?one where the attacl
predominates and where the defensive strength is the one uncertaii
element.
But he will have an interesting club to watch?one that will b
replete with color and dash, and one that with good pitching may rais>
the well known dickens from the start.
But in this game you've got to have the pitching to win. And n?
one will ever know until the season is swinging well along just wha
pitching this McGraw machine can look to along the summer line o:
march. He has three men who have led the National League at bat ii
Chase, Zimmerman and Doyle. He has seven regulars who have battec
.300 or better at various times of their career. He has the punch. Th?
rest of it will be issued in pamphlet or bulletin form later when the fina
reply arrives concerning Toney and Schupp.
A four-ball match was played for j
blood yesterday at the Marine and '
Field Golf Club, in which two of the ;
regular Dyker Park patrons contended
against the best ball of the club pro
fessional and the caddy master of i
the Marine and Field Club for $30 a '
side. ,
The amateurs are no easy marks by
any means, and a most spirited match
of twenty-seven holes was played, in
which the club employes won on the
last hole by a single stroke.
The competitors were Dr. J. B. Kapf
and Walter Doran, of the Park play
ers, against William Wintemeyer and
James McCutchen, of the Marine a-J.
Field Club. At no time during ?'?
match did either side lead by
two up.
Their best-ball scores were:
Wintemeyer and McCutchen?
4 4 5 i! ? 4 3 4 4?33
Dr. Dapr an.i I loro n
5 3 ? i? i 3 4 4 4?34
WlntcmfviT an<l McCutchen ?
43344633 4? 33??4 :
Dr. Kapf and Doran?
3 4 4 3 4 ? 4 3 3? 34?8?
Wlnti>nieyr an.l McCutrh>n?
5 4 6 3 4 4 3 4 3?35
Dr. Kapf and Doran ?
545.14443 4 ?ill
Their Individual ?cores were: winte?
meyer. 35, 37 72. 37: Met'utchen, 37, 18
73, 89: Doran. 36, 37?7::, 38; Dr Kapf.
3?, 43?Si. 42.
Robert Scott, brother of William
Scott, professional of the Raritan Val?
ley Country Club, has been engaged as
greenkeeper at the Sam-O-Set links,
Rockland Breakwater, Rockland, Me.
Martin Sykes. who has been teaching
nil winter at St. Augustine, ban come
, North to tivke charge as professional of
the Hollywood Golf < lub.
1 A four-ball professional match will
be arranged in the near future be?
tween George Thompson, of the Mount
Vernon Country Club, and Gordon
Smith, of the Sunningdale Country Club,
with Carl Anderson, of Bronxvilie, and
A. W. Capper, of the Richmond Coun?
ty Country Club.
A Babv Deluge
? i ~
Saves Giants
From Johnson
Griffith Is Ready to Hurl
His Pitching Ace Into
Fray Wth New Yorkers
By W. J. Macbeth
NORFOLK, Va., April 16.?A baby
?ieluge hit this sweltering village in
the midriff shortly after coon to-day
and soon drowned out all possibility of
immediate renewal of the New York
Washington feud which has laid the
good Virginians by the ears. To-day's
postponement was greatly regretted by
both camps, both from sentimental and
monetary reasons.
Griffith was cocksure be could get
the "rubber" and the jump by employ?
ing the redoubtable Walter Johnson.
McGraw appeared quite as eager to
stack his sluggers agsinst the Idaho
cannonball to find out just how they
would conduct themselves against the
supposed master of the pitching craft.
But getting back to the sordid?why
the teams were laundered out of gobs
of the iilthy lucre (and filthy is a fit
term for the notes of Southern cur?
rency) by to-day's enforced idleness.
The two games here were arranged
under the auspices of the War Com?
munity Service, which fixed a scale of
prices in harmony with world's series
class from $1.60 down. And at these
flattering terms the promoters were
preparing to dust off the S. R. O.
sign when the cloudburst saved them
from the trouble.
Both Anxious to Win
Managers McGraw Bnd Griffith are
equally desirous of winning the l^ng
end of this important series, now con
fined to six games at most, and will
steadily employ availablo resources
toward that end. Yet both are old
enough and wise enough in the way*
of the game to place the real premium
of good derived on benefit likely to
accrue later in the real championship
struggles of? the respectiva major
league schedules.
So far as McGraw Is concerned he is
satisfied he commands the best balanced
club it has been his good fortune to lead
during his brilliantly successful career
in New York. From first, to third ba?e,
from left field to r;ght there is not the
semblance of a weak --pot anywhere. It.
is true McGraw's talent runs heavily
toward the ageing veteran class. But
it is equally true that none of these his
shown the least evidence of slowing up
afield or on the paths. Because of many
physical injuries Larry Doyle and Lew
McCarty had to b<? considered doubtful
quantities when spring training began.
Both appear to have taken on a ii"*
; lease of life. Doyle, indeed, never
fielded so ably or nimbly before.
The presence and self-assurance of
Hal Chase by his side has Laughing
Larry "pepped" up to concert pitch el!
the while. Larry, moreover, shows none
of the old traces of his limp which
curtailed speed on the paths. He seems
1 almost as speedy as in his heyday and
offsets in cunning what little c-:rta,'
ment Father Timo may have effected in
speed.
McCarty never was fast, but had a
wicked punch which is once more assert?
ing itself in the Mc'arty fashion. Mc?
Graw won three successive pennants
(1911-'12-'13) principally on speed. In
his 1919 collections he holds almost equal
advantage in that line, for if some few
of the veterans have ?lowed the result?
ing experience has made them quite
as dangerous operators et making the
maximum of runs on the minimum of
hits. And for slugging proclivities.
Well, just glance down the batting or
der. Not a weakness from lead-off to
pitcher.
Pitching, as has often been in'imated
in these columns comprises the only
conceivable "if" of the Giants' imme?
diate future. Jess Barnes and Rube
Benton now compri.-e the known nucleus
of McGraw's pitching staff. They should
be among the most consistent winning
pitchers of the year with such airtight
defence and driving power as is sure to
be at their command.
Hot Springs Entries
First ra-? (four-year- Ids end i?*?M|
?.'?: fui . Ml unie F..
Miss Howell, Beffentl 103 e-i-h, Zimpage.
High Note, j in. 1 f?<5 each ; Pa?
De Chan ' ? - ? -?? Shapiro 108; R?
rl'jse. 109; Choirmaster, 111: Hsiowmot,
Hi. Aiso eligible Careen, 10?; Rochester,
? 108; Rob-rt ilanfil. IPS
Second ra'-? (three-.year-o!ds sr.d <sp
'war-i, six furlongs).?Hasty Mab?;. 101;
Lady Luxury, 103 Spokane Queen, TU
.-.; rry Las?, i 38 . Ar '?? Plotter 108; Bon
? 9. Ruth Strii kland, : ? . M Bert
.'. 114; Lar.ghorn? 114.
M se Kruter, 'ii Kuklux, lie a..so ell
Dictograph, lll;'Bert Williams. 113,
Hob a . ;;
ra?-? (thr*e-yar-olds: five. rn.rH
onefhalf furlongs) - May Josephine, ?Ji ;
Verity, 98; Scrub .'.a:.. :":, J 1* House.
102; M. Water Mill!
i Hadrian, 105; Archie Uexan
' ' Padua : ;, Minawand, 115.
Highba
? (three-year-old? and up
:.?? mile, and seventy yards).?
maid, 59", Ma?r?j Oingham. 10?. Ed
.jj; tir Oliver. 10?. Rufus Rl'.ey.
i ..
Fifth race ? four-year-old? and upward!
or,? mile). ?.itt.? Princesa, 106: Oeaone.
Examiner, 107; Barbara Shilling, 107;
Little i-trir.g, ?07, Approval. Ill; Parrlah,
112; Robert t.ee. . i 2 ;' Ben Gall, 112; Tblr
-, 212: Foxy (Jrtff, 113: Semper
Stalwart, '.'.3; Hitfh Horse, 102. Also
?? iglbie; Pau,a V., 101; Sophia Gatewood,
Sixth rare (four-year-olds and upward;
one m .?? ? r..ii> Leona, 102; Leah Coch
ran. 102; ^ranki??, 102, Alma Ix>-Jl?e, 10?;
ii:*.-?;. :. 106; Brando, 117, Captain Kred
erlck, 107; Th?ophile V. Hi, Bachelor,
121; River K:ns, 121 i Sea Vrchln. 121;
? . :::. Also eligible May Estelle,
102 i Upright. 107; Kr?.<a Johnson. 107.
Weather clear; track good.
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