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3 THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 14, , 1920,
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Impression Grows Among Fans That McGrau) Has Batteries Strong Enough to Make Great Drive for Pennanj
M'GRAW MAY FOOL
GIANTS' CRITICS
Has JJeon Quietly Kccruitiiif,'
, or the JMg Championship
Drive of 1920.
THEY DON'T DARE
TO PASS BABE RUTH
Young Baseball Players Who Are Learning Fine Points of the Game at San Antonio Under McGraw.
..TEAM THAN EVER
Times When Managers of
Home Teams Are Swayed
by Attitude of Crowd.
Hobbie PriMlit is His Nino Will
He Fifrhtlnj? It Out for '
Pennant.'
(;))!) HATTERY MATERIAL
NEW CHOP OF HAYEKS
BEST INFIELD SINCE 1010
Jlnnntfor Cim Depend on Five
, Supei'l) t'ntclicrs and Five
Sturdy Pitchers.
Wilbert Robinson Says It Will
be Along in a Year or
Two Gossip.
Pitcliiiifr Cannot He Surpassed
and Catching Has Hccn 1
Greatly Strengthened.
II y I1AN1EL.
Fn to Tub Sun and New Youk lli:nui.
Sav Antonio, Tcx., March 13.
Critics In nnd outside of the cnmi) of the
Hunts may And fault with tho general
r' gnment of John JIcGraw's Infield, but
it will take the most carping of experts
tn pick Haws In his battery material,
vuong thoso who have been watching
1 e iiunts In their gradual development
1'. re these last two weeks the. Impression
prows that McUraw has tho greatest set
of catchers any major league manager
irt has had. Linked with this Is the
n ontrovertiblo evidence that ho nt;o
1 ,is five of the greatest pitching veterans
with whom It has been the pleasure of
iinv club leader to fncu tho Inaugural 6t
;i pennant race.
M.tiraw tried hard to beat the Reds
(or tho pennant last season nnd he failed.
Hut while ho was trying hard for the
prize then at stake ho also was building
fur llu' season which toon will be opened,
lie realized that if the Reds were to be
stopped In 19?0 It would require the scr-
s nf a pitching staff far stronger
than the one which he had at his com
mand 1'omtt had shown that he no longei
i.is nf major leaguo calibre. Tesreatf
Also had demonstrated that he was
th-ough. Tho situation was one which
railed for the greatest of managerial
rstuuncs. Fans In other cities raised
the hue and cry that McGraw was buy
ing the pennant. Time proved that they
were wrong. But McGraw was recruit
ing for the big drive of 1920. And he Is
v II piepared.
NViraw now has five tried and sturdy
veterans Jess Barnes, Phil Douglass
uml Fred Toney, right handcrs. and
Rube Benton and Arthur Nehf. left hnnd
This staff Is well balanced And
n t capable. According to Mcfiraw. It
:eld fewer runs than any other five
p i'crs In the major league aces of this
j e.i r.
"IfcGrnw In Juiitlfled.
MiiJraw is not often given to prodlc
t' nis of that character, but In this case
v. w mw than lustlfied. The records
rf last season will give him plenty of
h;t-kiog and he will get additional sup-
. rt from 'hose who have beei follow
ing the work of the liurlers here.
Nehf probably Is In better condition
thin my of the others, which is rather
surprising, rlnce he was tho slowet
finer of the three veterans who came
hfp with the main squad.
Tnney and Douglass, it will be re
membered, were, nearly a week late.
Fir the last three days the pitchers
ivn been putting everything that they
have on the ball, and Nehf has shown
,i rmnrkablc curve, lots of speed and
baffling change of pace. And he has
not been trying his hardest.
'rmey refuses to let loose Just yet. as
he rame hero after most of the men had
i.jirted. Douglass, who Is the onlv
pprhall pitcher on the squad, has been
Hie his damp ("cii'-ery most sparingly.
Barnes and Benton are coing along
t an oven gait. Just how far advanced
the burlers are will be demonstrated
wlen the series vyith the Bed Sox is
sfnr'ed next Saturday. The Giants aro
ti pack up and leave here on Friday
nisrV. but they will come back to this
o ty with the Bed Sox for a one day
s'at'l on 5Inr-h 24.
The four veteran catchers of the
C.iants Snyder, McC'arty. Gonzales nnd
P-mth are going great guns. Smith in
particular has been coming In for heaps
ef praise, for rarely does a day pass with
e it smile new Indication of the younsr
s'er s high calibre. There seems to be
little question that this year will see
him rise to the height of a star. In the
fl'st ;!ace. he Ishltting hard. In the
sroiid place, he "is game, and In the
turd place he seems to have ncqulred
I'.- little tricks which make the fast
nnd heavy backstop. He has lonrnel
tn blcx k tho plate In a way that would
Kive made Boger Brcsnahan at his best
F'. . -, w itli envy.
Smith May Cronfe Sensation.
" '. '.. for Smith to create the rensa-
i
wluih Schalk developed when he
. t - i
f .sheil so brightly on the baseball flrma-
n nt
?o.
in hii first season will! me vvnue
Smith was with the Giants last
.t is true, but he got mighty lit
hance to show ills wares.
r f,ratv had more than cnouth eatch
i'i t.i'ent. and he choe to let Smith sit
a -fund and absorb his system and the
1'tie tricks which eo to make the com-P'-v
ratrher. The Giants gave the
'qmvnlent of JII.OOO for Smith to the
Tin. n-s'er club.
.'ler. a big. smiling pancho. Is work
Ire l.ariler than ever for the first time
slv lie broke into the major league.
II- finds himself facing a season with a
fiance at the world's series. With the
Car. i
N It was the same story year
Mefnriv in wnrklnc harder than ever
tn.. H g Lou realizes that when n. blr
e fns four first class catchers one of
1hfm ntwavs 's in danger of being offered
' .. -ade and Mac Is not quite ready to
.., the Ven- York club. McGarty Is
1 -tin;
and he Is faster than he was
lat
n r
imiles. the tall Cuban who was nc-
oui-e! from the Cardinals last year, ar
rhnl more than a week late and he has
H'' -hown much. That has not been due
tn N lack of condition, for he Is ready
' m t. right Into the game. But Hike
n. t been given the call in practice
ei" Lcaiise thero were three other
a kj.'..ps who had been working with
tt-e Minari from the opening day hero.
.,. ni.iy marked the close of the scc
'nl ,ek of work here and to-morrow
'innts will start on the third nnd
fiiil ,ap of their local preparation pre
1 n. nnrv to taking to the road with the
I'e.i ; ,x. The tecond week was not as
kin-? 9. tho first, for most of the last
ek aw clouded skies, cold weather
i"d fme little rain. U cleared on
'ni i'.tftnv and It hns been flno ever since.
'!. iig i not quite as warm as the players
hae liked It to be. It has been
mn I. nt this has been a topsy
t
r war for weather the country over.
w ttnio has been kind to tho plny-
."- unci ithers with the team and It
f'r s o ilte certain that the Giants will
' K hre In 1921.
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WILLIAM II. IIAXXA.
The clumor against the Intentlonnl
pnsslng of a dangerous batter finds no
more indignant expression thai) when
such u one a3 Babo Until Is the subject
of that convenient way of getting" a men
ace out of tho way. More often than n.jt
rooters rise In their wrath against dcllb
crate depriving of a batter of n chance
to lilt when that hitter Is on the team
they are rooting for. The prnctlec has
been Inveighed against for n long time,
declared cowardly and unsportsnianllko
and all that, and a new rule this year Is
designed to curb It a good deal ; but Just
tho same old human nature, rather than
nny fine notions of Justice and altruism,
sways the fans In nine canes out of ten,
and their Indignation is founded on self
interest. Let us not kid ourselves to the
contrary.
But now nnd then a howl arlr.es from
the stands against the purposeful pass
ing of some such hitter as Ruth or Cobb
or Itoush. which Is' based purely on de
sire to see that player get a chance to
hit. That, too, is a selfish motive, for tho
fan Is actuated less by a sense of giving
the batter an even chance than by his
own delight In seeing the ball slammed;
but It Isn't the selfishness Impelled by
desire to win.
There is no other big league city, ex
cept Chicago and Boston, In which fair
play to the other side, for want of a bet
ter term, exists us It does In New York
I have heard a good deal about New
York not standing for anything but n
winner, with which opinion I do not
agree at all, and I do know the visiting
club gets fairer treatment from New
York crowds than from any others.
There Is no clamor so loud against pass
ing a strong opposing hitter when by giv
ing him a chance lie might break up the
game as Xew York clamor.
Crowd AYnntw Until to Hit.
Ruth, however, Is one player that man
agers of home teams sometimes do not
dure to pass purposely and that bt cause
they don't want to run contrary to the
wishes of the crowd. Miller Muggins
was telling of such a case In Now York
last year. Shawkey was pitching for tho
Yanks and came up twice with men on
I bases In a clo.-e game. The crowd yclli-d
uproariously that Ruth have a chance to
hit. Shawkey looked nt Muggins on the
bench, and Pat O'Connor, the coach, to
whom the vox popull business meant
nothing, muttered In Mug's ear: "Pass
htm. pass the big assassin !"
"Make him hit that ball I" was the
order to Shawkey from Mug, who rec
ognized that there are times when the
I broader course, the chance taking
course, and the feelings or tnc lans,
especially when unanimous nnd posi
tive as they seemed to be on this occa
sion, were to be repognlzed.
Tho first tlmo in the game Ruth tied
the scoie with a home run. forcing the
play into extra innings. The next ho
hit to the centre bleachers, and only a
fine running catch by Kewster, off the
boards and hack among the flower beds,
saved the day for the Yanks. The
crowd was delighted. Ruth had had his
chance, and the Yanks had won.
"A year from now or two years
there'll be a new crop of players coming
up in tho minor leagues," says Wilbert
Robinson, "and then material for tho
big leagues won't be quite so scarce.
The war Is responsible for tho extreme
scarcity right now. Baseball in tho
minors went Into retirement nnd no
young players were developed. They're
hard enough to find any time, but con
ditions will be a little better In the next
two years.
"You hear It said all the time that
many a player tilling In with big
league team as a substitute doesn't be
come a first class man because ho
doesn't get the chance. That's true.
There are such players. Tho only rea
son they nrenit as good, or better, as the
regulars Is because they don't get tho
chance. Tho condition, however. In a
measure can't be helped. Supposo
you've got a shortstop like Arthur
Fletcher and a promising shortstop sit
ting on the bench. How aro sou going
to lay Fletcher off to give the other one
a chance? You're not going to ns long
as Fletcher keeps up his game, und the
result 13 the young fellow sits thero
doing nothing, or goes back to the
minors."
That J. Franklin Baker will be with
the Yankees again this year is an lm
prcislon gaining ground in tho Yankee
pmn. I have It that the club will not let
Ljilm retire without making another ef
fort to get him to piay. i ne prouuuiuuvs
are that Col. T. I.. Huston, one of the
owners of 'the club, will drop off at
Trappe, Md.. sooner or later before tho
season opens and do "what he can to per
suade the third baseman to return.
Baker is entirely too good a ball player
to step aside and with him at third the
outfield would be braced materially by
putting Fewster in It.
Tris Speaker Is perhaps the most con
scientious player in the game In respect
to running out batted balls. Speaker,
other American League players declare,
runs out all of his. This doesn't mean
simply running at top speed to first base
IrTa despairing sort of way nnd Just be
cause It is the right thing to do. Speaker
runs out all of his as If he expected to
reach first safely on every one, and,
more than that, ho turns first base, If
It's tho sort of play on which he can do
so, ready to go on to tho next base, no
matter whether it Is a base hit or a fly
ball.
Baseball offers a grand opportunity
for civic pride In managers as home In
stitutions. Pat Moran, who took Phila
delphia and Cincinnati to the pinnacle,
lives In Fltchburg, Mass., and Boston's
heart must beat proudly for the work
her world's series sons, when Boston
considers that Stalllngs lives in Georgia
and Barrow In New York. Maclt lives
wtffero he manages and haa won pen
nants. So does McGraw. Chicago, I
imagine, la now Mitchell's home, but It
Isn't the homo of Kid Glcason. The kid
thinks so highly of the Chicago team
rhnt his home Is In Philadelphia, and
Brooklyn has o endeared itself to Rob
inson that ho lives In Baltimore.
New York hasn't weaned Muggins
away from Cincinnati, and Jennings, as
soon as business permits after tho sea
son closes, quits Detroit for Scranton.
Gabby Cravath Is so fond of Philadel
phia thnt he goes home to California be
tweenseasons. Rickey of the Cardinals
lives where his team Is, in spite of the
fact that that place Is St. Louis, than
which there could be no greater loyalty,
and Burke of tho Browns, I believe, en
dures the same martyrdom.
mrnm tt x n i om
nil naoHoinuiUT
DIAMOND SCHEDULE
Will Come East to Ray Ford
ham, Swavthinore, Gc'orgc
town and Army.
rirrsnuna. Pa., March 13. The Uni
versity of Pittsburg baseball schedule
for the coming season contains twenty
one attractivo contests and is by far
tho best the local university team ever
has had. Tho searon will open with a
two-game Tip to Athens. C.n., where the
University of Georgia will bo played
on April 23 and 24.
The first game here will be with West
minster College "on April 2S. It will be
played at Forbes Field, the home of
the local National League dull, the use
of which Pitt has secured In the spring,
as well as for Its big football sanies
In the fall. Of course the field can be
used only when the Pirates arc away,
nnd this spring it happens that hut two
dates are available, the other one being
the commencement day gam?, when
Geneva College of Heaver Falls will be
played. The other homo games will be
staged at Trees stadium, the University
athletic field.
Pitt will take an Kastern trip the
third week in May to moot tho Army.
Fnrdham. Georgetown and Swarthmore.
Hick Marley. the new Pitt baseball
coach. Is a graduate of Oeorgetown and
no doubt the Georgetown game will
prove iulte .in attraction at the nation's
capital.
Other features of the schedule are
two games at State College and one
here with the Penn State tossers, and a
similar ihreo game arrangement with
the University of West Virginia.
BASEBALL PRACTICE
STARTS AT WILLIAMS
With Arrival of Coach Davis
Training Begins.
Uprmit 10 Tun Sin jivn Nnw Yobk Hrnitn.
V.ll;amsto'n. March 13. Basehall
practice nt Wi'Ilams College got tinder
way last week with the arrival In town
of Marrv Davis, the old Athletic star,
who substitutes for Ira Thomas as
Purple coach this year. A squad of
fifty candidates is working out dally
and It will be lucicased by half a dozen
more when the basketball schedule is
completed.
Including veterans of previous years
who have returned to college after ser
vice in tha army. Williams is fairly
well stocked with experienced material.
Trospects appca.- encouraging for a fair
i.hie. although I; in nrt expected to reach
the high standard of tho Purple'3 rep
resentatives on the diamond of a dec
ade ago.
Davis has three veteran pitchers avail
able In Burrows. Patten and McLean.
The last named Is likely to be shifted to
tho outfield this year. "Muck" Finn,
who has attended to the cat-hms for
two years, will be back behind tho bat,
with Mason at second and Capt. Boyn
ton at third. First base and two out
neld positions remain to be filled. Mow
and, who was a member of the varsltv
three years ago, is counted on to guard
the dUzy corner. Papln, a substitute
last year, may land one of the berths in
the outer garden
MATHEY IN TENNIS FINAL.
Advance Tovnrd IlelKht Cnnlno
Title, DcfentlnK Ileeli-.nnn.
Dean JIathey experienced very little
trouble in defeating Leonard Bcekman
In the scml-llnal round of the Heights
Casino tennis championship yesterday,
which was rather surprising, for Bcek
man stands pretty close to Mathey In
national ranking. The loser nhowed his
customary speed nnd n versatile attack,
buf ho was prone to make errors at the
wrong time and had to accept defeat
by a score of 61, B 3. He managed
to forco many of his losing games to
deuce, only to miss his opportunities
through lack of control.
i .Matney s exmuiuuu v,,io uuu v. .....
I best he has given during the Indoor sea
son. Ho was all over the court, making
splendid recoveries and keeping Heek-
j man on the Jump with low swift drives
i intn tho onrnern or alone the sido llneB.
I The winner camo UP to the net at every
opportunity and voueyea wun great suc
cess1. ' Mathey in the title round awaits the
result of two other matches. In the
fourth round Harry S. Parker is to meet
G. A. L. Dlonnc, and tho winner of that
contest faces J. Harvey Williams In the
semi-final.
CHAMPIONSHIP FIVES TO PLAT.
gptclal to Tim Box a.nd New Youk Heuald.
Philadelphia. Ta... March 13. When
the championship basketball teams of
the University of Pennsylvania and the
I University of Chicago play Here on the
night of March 24 In Welghtman Hall
n record crowd Is expected. The Inst
' time there teams met In an lntcrsec
tional contest Iji 190S Chicago won the
I series la -straight games.
I IB lllllllslll if ' GEORGE ARMSTRONG
FORDHAM TO PLAY
36 BASEBALL GAMES I
Maroon Will Meet All Eastern
Collpiros as Well as Giants
and Braves.
Fordh.im University's baseball sched
ule, as announced by Aloysius E. Arthur,
the manager, consists of thirty-six
contests, twenty.ono of which will be
played at Fen'.h.mi Field. The list Is
the most pretentious ever arranged at
the Bronx university, and includes prac
tically all of the leading college nines of
the Fast. Among tho teams that the
Maroon aggregation will meet this year
aro Harvard. Princeton, Holy Cros, New
York Giants, Bc-hton Braves, University
of Pennsylvania, Penn State. Colgate,
Dartmouth. Columbia, University nf Cal
ifornia, Johns Hopkins nnd the Univer
sity of Pittsburg. In addition to more
than a score of other teams.
Home and home contests have been
"scheduled with Columbia, Holy Cross,
Georgetown, Johns Hopkins. Vlllanova.
Boston College, Catholic University and
I the University of Vermont. The games
! with University of Pennsylvania, Penn
State and Johns Hopkins means a re
newal of athletic relations with these
institutions after a lapse of a decade.
The Maroon nine will make Its annual
Southern trip during Its Eastern vaca
tion nnd will play Vlllanova at Vllla
nova, Pa. : Johns Hopkins, at Baltimore :
Cnthollc University, at Washington, and
Georgetown, at Washington. It is possi
ble aleo that the trip will Include a con
test with the Baltimore Orlohs. cham
pions of tho International League, which
Fordham defeated at Baltimore last
spring, 9 to 7.
In addition to the usual Southern
Jaunt the Fordham nine will also make a
Northern trip this year during the early
part of June. Tho Broxonians will fac
tho University of Vermont at Burling
ton, Vt ; Norwich University nt North
field, Vt; Ronsselaor Poly, at Troy,
X. Y and Harvard at Cambridge, Mass.
Tho Maronn n!n will open It", season
on April 1 with Boston College on tha
local's field. It is likely that In this con
test Fltrpatrick, tho Hub pitcher, who
registered two victories over the Bronx
men last year, will oppose the Maroon
batters.
Fordham will make a determined bid
for tha championship of the Eastern col
leges, which tltln It came within an ace
of winning last year. Baseball exrerts
rated Fordham second to Holy Cross.
The latter nine suffered Its only defeat
of tho season at tho hands of the local
college.
Ono of the features of the many games
arrangod by Fordham will be the exhibi
tion contest with the New York Giants,
which will bo played at tho Polo Grounds
on April 12. On the following dny. April
13, Fordham will entertain the Boston
Braves on Its Bronx field.
April l-Enston Collfg-e t Fordham Field;
3-l'nlvenItJ of Vermont t Fordham Field;
T VUlanoM at Vlllaimia. Vn.: 8-.!ohn Hop
kins at llnltlmere; n-leorretiwn t Winning-ton-
10 Cut hollo UnlrcriltT at Vthlnitnn:
12 New York ;iant at the I'oln (.ronnda;
13- -lloton IlraiM nt Fordham Field fpeiiillnel.
15-Coljrntc at Fordham Field: 17 Lehlirh at
Fordham Field: avTiifta at Fordham Field:
21-Princeton nt Princeton, N. J.; Si -Catholic
I'nlreriltr at Fordham FlfU: 2H Columbia at
Smith Field: 20 Dartmouth at lordhnm Field.
Maj 1 Johni llo.llns at Fordham Field; 3
Weat Virginia at Fordham Field: 4 Penn
State College nt Fordham Field: . -Iloaton Col
We at lloaton: S Holv Croea nt oreealei.
Man.; 12-Columbla at Fordham Field; II
Holy Croaf at Fordham Field; 15 Crescent
A. C. at Fordham Flald: 20 UnlTerslty of
l'ltubiirg at Fordham Field: 22 MIMnota at
Fordham Field nendlnB): 2n-UnlTerlt7 of
Fenn.jlranla at Franklin Field. Philadelphia:
:-Srracuae at Fordham Field: 29 George
town at Fordham Field: Jll-t'nltersltr of
California at Fordham Field Inrnding).
Jnna 4 Maryland State Co lege at Fordham
Field: 5-irmr at Went Point; p-St .Tohn'a
College at Fordham rield; 12 tntverlt. of
Vermont at Ilitrllngton, Vt.; 14 Norwich Unl
reralty at Northfleld. Vt.: l.-P-enMelaer at
Troy, X. Y.; 10-Itarrard nt Cambridge. Man.
BIG ATHLETIC ENTRY.
Early Indications point to the greatest
entry list for the 1920 University of
Pennsylvania relay carnival ever re
ceived In the history of theso track
games. Although the meet wilt not be
held until April 30 and May 1. Eastern
and Western colleges are forwarding
their entries In largcrvolume than ever
before.
Western entries to dato Include Mich
igan. Michigan Agricultural College.
Minnesota, Nebraska. Kansas, North
western, Coe and the University of
Southern California.
The Kastern colleges include Yale,
Princeton. 'Columbia, Penn State. Syra
cuse. Plttrburg and more than twent)
other institutions.
G AN LEY BEATS REID
IN SQUASH MATCH
Harvard Club Professional !s
Step Nearer Title.
William F. Ganley, instructor at the
Harvard Club, moled a step nearer to
the professional squash tennis champion
shin as th? result of a victory over Jnmes
Held, the Crescent Athletic Club profes
sional, on the hitter's court yesterday,
lie triumphed In three games out of
four and made his victory as decisive as
the score of 15 j, 12 13. 15 3. 15 5
Indicates. To date Ganley has outplayed
every opponent he has mt In tho elimi
nation series to determine a challenge!
for tho American title, now held by
Walter A. Klnsella of the Squash Club.
He has to meet Bold again in a return
match on the Harvard Club courts
within a week or ten days, and if he can
rei-at his victory over the Crescsnt
Athletic Club professional his right to
challenge Klnsella will be established
without question.
Wellnlgh perfect control and some re
markable "getting" of the most dlllieult
sort of shots brought Ganley through a
winner. To escape his racquet a drive
had to bo placi-d far out of his reach.
He met the swiftest of Hold's front wall
or corner drives without any trouble,
while tho Crescent man found himself
caught out of position time and again.
Ganley was in particularly good form,
coupling a puzzling change of pace with
an unerring low attnek and forcing the
pace all tho way. A forceful front wall
smash that came at Held too swiftly to
bn Judged properly was ono of '.iauiey's
most effective shot.
Following tho match the professionals
remained on the courts for an additional
game, nnd Held won It by a score or
15 12. Ho was playing with mote con
fidence then and covering court with a
greater show of speed. His success It;
that game has given him hopo of victory
In the return match to como on the Har
vard Glut courts. Should a third niatcn
bo' necessary it will be played on a
neutral court.
LEAGUE HEADS PAIL TO AGREE.
Choice of JNntlonnl Commission
Chairman In Pnt Off Auntn.
Another conferenco between Ban
Johnson and John A. Heydler on tho
question of National Commission chair
man passed Into baseball history yes
terday without disclosing much progress
toward a settlement of the long doferred
nppointmcnt. After an hour's discussion
In the ofllce of tho National League
president it was announced that no
agreement bad been reached as yet and
that thero was no chnngo In the situa
tion. William H. Edwards of New York.
Collector of Internal Revenue, was still
tho choice of Mr. Heydler, and C. Wood
ruff, a Chicago sporting editor, was still
Mr. Johnson's candidate.
It wfiB announced, however, that an
other conferenco between tho heads of
the National and American leagues had
been agreed upon to be held within two
weeks, probably nt Chicago, and It was
Intimated that final selection of a Na
tional Commission chairman could be
expected then. Ban Johnson did not
linger In town after his tete-a-tcto with
Mr. Heydler, but left for his headquar
ters In CWcago.
LAPAYETTK TO G SOUTH.
Spretal to Tub Scn a.nd New York Heiii.d.
Easto.v, Pa., March 13. Tho Lafay
ette College varsity baseball team will
make an extensive Southern trip this
season. On this trip, which will be.
made during the Easter school vacation,
tho Lafayette team will play no less
than soven games In eight days.
Tho opening game of the season, and
likewise tho first game on the Southern
trip. Is that with tho Vlrglnln Military
Institute In Lexington, Va., March 31.
STEVENS TECH TEJfJfIS DATES.
Manager Harry Eclls of the Slovens
Tech tennis team has announced the
schedule for tho coming season. Tha
team will start Indoor practice next
Wednesday. The schedule: April 17,
Fordham at Hoboken; 21. Tratt at
Brooklyn: 21, Columbia at Hoboken;
2S, N. Y. U. at Hoboken; 29, I-afnyeP.c
at Easton. Pa ; 30, Swarthmoro at
Philadelphia, May 1. Delaware at
Newark; Del , 5, Manhattan at Hoboken ;
8, Princeton at Princeton.
COURTESY STEALS
AROUSE HIS IRE
rat Mornn's Father "Called
Him Down" for Allowing
Larcenies.
Pat Moran's father, on the occasion of
tho last 1919 visit of the Beds to Bos
ton, ran down from l'ltchburg, Mass., to
see thorn perforin, and nfter the first
game, which the Cincinnati team won,
10 to 3, gave his son a "calling down."
"Why," lie demanded of Put, "did you
permit your players to let those Boston
men steal all those bases in the ninth
Inning? That's no way for a Moran to
ai.tlet a team run around just be
cause you have them beat. Wherl I
come down from Fltrhbiirg to see your
team play 1 want to see them try every
minute."
In the Inning in question the ninth,
on August 20 the Braves, nine runs
behind tludr opponents, scored twice,
Wlngo making no attempt to stop five
tteuls that were launched.
More courtesy larcenies cropped up
In the ninth at Philadelphia on July 7.
however, than In the lound Moran, Sr.,
complained of, for on that date Gon
zalez, of the Giants, with his team tight
tallies to tho good, saved his muscles
and allowed eight men to skip from base
to base.
Probably the ninth inning steal will
br legislated against when the scoring
committee of the Baseball Writers' As
sociation of America meets the Joint
Rules Committee, many writers being of
tho opinion It ought to be wired out en
tirely. The ninth Inning steal was decidedly
popular with players on tho senior cir
cuit last year, at least nlnetv-three be
ing made, most of them by second divi
sion clubH. Tho Reds got two to which
they wore not entitled, the Giants two-,
the Cubs six. the Superbas eleven, the
Pirates thirteen, the Braves thirteen, the
Cardinals sixteen and tho Phillies
thirty.
Theso figures show tho nrtual num
ber of steals mado In the National
League last year nnd tho real number
of steals, the Illegitimate thefts being
nhout S per cent, of tne total
Total Ninth Innhiff Actual
Clubs
PltUhiirr
S.ll.
. 1M IS
s.n
Now York 157
2
6
U5.
i
Chlcaco 15n
Cincinnati 1C -
in
152
1.12
101
M
St. Louis 1l li
llnlnn ICi 13
Brooklyn 113 11
Philadelphia Ill 1
Totals 1.163 53 L071
Forty-one ran wild on tho bases in
1H3 in the ninth lonitig without draw
ing any throws from the backstops. Cut
shaw, of tho Pirates, and Hcathcote, of
tho Cardinals, each getting credit for
half a dozen thefts to which "ley really
were not entitled. Ludcrus, of Philadel
phia, and Southworth. of nttsburg.
made five ninth Inning steals, and as
the Quaker had only six thefts all year
he actually stole Just one.
All the thefts of Burns, of tho Giants,
lending sack snatcher on Heydler's cir
cuit, were real ones, the only McGraw
Itcs who burgled when the burgling was
casv bxdng Chase and Snyder.
Tho players' records:
Total Ninth Innlnr Actual
Tlayers. a. II.
Oeoreo Cutshaw... X
Iran 01oii Si!
Charles Herzoy.... :h
Clifton Heilhcote.
Kmll Meuiel
Normnn nocckcl.. -1
Fred Mcrkle :i
Billy Southworth.. K
Larry Kopf H
far CBrey H
Lesllo Mann 19
Douclas Bain! IS
Iloiters Homsby... 17
Hal Chai IS
Zack Wheat 13
Euirene I'aulotte... II
HI .Myers U
Rd Konetrhy II
Waltrr Maranvlllc. 1!
Fed William 9
Walton Crul ....
Darld Bancroft ...
Oavvy Cravath ...
Jack Miller
William Dlihoefer. &
Walter Tratewcr.. 5
Iry Winro
Hank Cowdy 5
Krneit Kruczor.... I
John I.aran
Dare Robert on... 3
RudscU niackbumo 5
Pied I.uderus s
Fred Lear 2
Frank Woodward.. 2
Fret! NMcholnon .... 2
Edward Slcklnr.... 4
Frank Synde r 2
Forrest Cady S
Eureno Dailoy 1
Walter Klmmlck .. 1
Meus-I. of tho Phil
s.u. S.II.
C 30
2 :i
i :i
20
4 :o
l ro
1 19
6 18
1 17
1 17
3 16
2 1
2 15
1 IS
1 II
1 ' 13
2 II
10
I 10
1
1 ;
2
4 4
2 4
1 4
2 a
1 3
2 3
2 2
. n
I I
i 1
1 1
1 1
I 1
4 0
1 0
2 0
1 U
1 . 0
will watch the
passing of tho ninth inning steal if It
passes with pain. In the last chapter of
the game with the Cj'oj c:i August 22 ht
stole two bases cn one pitched ball on
Klllifer and Alexander, a real freak per
formance that deserves a place In the
mythical hook.
H. Y. U. MAKES FINE
RECORD ON COURT
Loses Only One (inine in
Twelve Contests and Kolls
l 511 Points to 209.
New York University's basketball
team, which brought Us ceason to a closo
n week ago List night, completed one of
the most successful court campaigns ever
enjojed by the University Heights In
stitution. Of the twelve games played by
the team the Violet only lost one de
cision. This setback came at the hands
ot the army five, which beat the local
quintet, 17 to H. As a result of the
team's excellent rooon! tho quintet was
chosen by tho Amateur Athletic Tnlon
to represent this district In the national
championship tourney at Atlanta. Tho
Violet claims the Kastern collegiate
i nuniplonship.
Paul Mooney, star centre, wab the
leading point scorer of the team. Me
amassod a total of 22S points, exactly
half of which were registered from the
fifteen foot mark. Howard Caiin, star
all around athlete and football captain,
1 laying at right forward, earned tho
ri putiition of "old reliable.'' Mis work
was plentdngly consistent though lacking
ip the spectacular. Me outscoicd his
team males In tallying from scrimmage,
registering CU goals from the floor.
Frank (loeller, left forward, and Ed
Delaney. light guard, complete the team's
makeup. Delaney's work on the defence
wis little short of marvellous. His best
(tufit was to intercept a pas.s and dribble
the length of the court for a tally. This
was Goeller's first year us. a varsity
pl.iyer. hut what he lacked In experience
hr made up in ability. He made an ex
ultant running mate for Cann on the
onence. Ilolman and Blerce, substitutes,
showed up well in their few oppdrtAm!ti''n
t.i break Into the lineup, and should make
strong bids for regular positions next
season.
Ed Thorp, the conch, Is the man par
ticularly responsible for the excellent
showing of the 1'nlvorsity Heights col
lege on the Indoor court this winter.
Thorp is well known in Intcrcolleginto
basketball circles, particularly on ac
count of his activities as a referee, and
hi experience stood him In good stead
In coaching Ills charges. The. records
fellow :
INDIVIDUAL M'Oltl.Nt
l.'onU
from
foul. Total.
lull -':.)
- IK I
ll
."12
from
field.
.. ."S
. . (.7
., 4.-.
. Ili
. H
M.wineV .
('ami ...
i.iN'ller .
Ivljiioy
linker ..
Storey .
HolniHii .
V. v. v.,
X. V. IT.
X. Y. V..
X. Y. V..
X. Y. V.,
X. Y. II. .
Columbia ....
Lafiiyette ...
West Point...
Itutiiers
CoUntu
1'nlon
Hmu ii
Trinity
Tn'tt
um ilifliore ..
Citra.e
I. C. X. Y...
it
13
, 40
XI
K!
. -Ill
Vi
M
t
.K!
. 39
.v i .
X. V
X. Y.
v...
r...
p ..
v, Y
X,
X.
y. r...
y. v...
Total. X. Y. II. Ml Opponents -tl'l
AX.VAPOI.IS ATHLETICS.
Spcrirtl to The firv and Xkw Yoiik Hmuiji
Anxai'olis. Md.. .March 13. Tne neiu
ami track &cnedulo of the Naval Acad
emy for the coming season Is: April 10,
Pennsylvania State: April 17, Unlvcrsltj
ot Vlrglnln; May S. Hyracuse: May 13.
University of Pittsburg: May 2:'. Lehigh
Louis II. Mang, formerly of the Mohawk
Athletic Club, New York, is coach.
l'LAV YALE AT JI.VMHIALL.
P. 51. Rlccio, captain of the Columbia
vnrslty handball team, announced yes-
Innlm. till. '1 anr Inn of two tontches had
been arranged with Y'nle. Tho first will
bo played at Ynlo on Jlarcn ine
dato for the Columbia meet has not yet
been definitely set.
The new Spring styles
are an open book here.
No guess work, no specu
lation, because "our suits
for Spring were not made
last Fall, but are being
designed and made up
eyery' day according to
the latest fashion notes.
Custom suits ready to
wear at all our stores.
A hundred styles- to se
lect from or we make
you a suit to measure in
one week.
All the work is done by our own skilled tailors in our
own sanitary workrooms, Broadway & 9th Street.
Broadway & Slst St.
7l E- frAL, 30 Egt 421 SU
IVV -I- Mr f - I"'-!' Broadway & Ninth St.
S.An.ordcrcd mind has relation (o an ordered irorld.
Arhtoj5iia8aSl
eref.l to Tun Srs ami New Yobk Ilcttii).
Jax'khonvim.i:, March 13. "I've got a
SO per cent, better ball team than this
tlmo last year." said Uncle Wilbert Rob- .
Insim on the way to tho .Southsldo groiinrjs
to tackle the Yankees this afternoon.
"It ousht to ho up thero lighting with
the rest of lljem right from Hie start.
I've got tho new Infield working to
gether, nnd the series with the Ynnlm
ought to put on the Mulshing touchoM. '
Taking them by nnd- large, they look 'I
to be the best inllchl I've had since wo
won the pennant In I HI 6. I'd like a sen
se tied player In right field, hut this boy
.Wis looks to have the goods. Ho'H fust
and seems to know a lot. if he can lilt
tegular pitching he'll do.
"The pitching can't ho surpassed In
either leaguo with Itubc back In shape.
libbetH has spent $10,000 in strengthen
ing the witching, it was money well
spent, as wo got thren live ones In El
liott, Beyers nnd Taylor to keep Krueser
and Miller on the Jump. Yep, I'm going
Inlp this race in better shape than I have
been hi since taking hold of tho Mod
grr.. Yes, even counting the spring of
Hi It'."
Hobble has been gottln-,' action In tl o
two weeks the Flatliusl) squad has beon
working out. Rub 5l.irquard set tlio
pace In his anxiety lo show he was" as
rood as ever after his long lay o-.f with
a iiioken leg. The big southpaw is tho ,
"I st out nt B irrs Field for practice nnd
the List one bai l;, lie goes at every task
willingly, taking Ills turn in the bull ncn,
warming up the batters, hitting fungous
r.nj playing the outfield with equal rel
ish. Rube can hit them as hard and aa .
rar as Babe Ruth hutting funsoes and
lie would give his light eye to be able to
pick 'em out like the Babe In tlu regular
season.
s
Vii-il III Good Condition.
Ai.other of last vear's or pplcs In there
with pop and speed Is "Chuck" Ward,
slated to cover short this season. The
surgeon who operated on Ward's knee
cap did a good Job. Tho young Inflelder
Is as miry ns a lookle around the Infield.
Me covers, him of ground In nil direc
tions, digging them out of tho dust with
speed and shooting them across from
oveiy angle without taking time to get
set. Ward looks to be in his right
element around short, and If he Im
proves in his hitting lie will hold the
position permanently.
The new Dodger infield occupied moot
of Robbie's nttenfon In thu last two
weeks, and It row looks like tho goods.
Jimmy Johnston learned the fine points
of playing third with commendable
speed, lie broke into the Infield at
second li.iso last year nfter Schmandt
w.ts- spiked nnd kept It after the latter
recovered. It looks like a safe bet
that he will make good on tho new Job.
Mo was awkward at thclstart, due to a
tendency to fight the ball. He has over
come this nnd is fielding more naturally.
He may have trouble with bunts frtj',ar,,r'
while, "but speed and practice should'
overcome tllat. Johnston hns a food"
pair oX hands and u great arm, his
throws to llrst being fast and accurate.
Me batted close to .300 In 1919. ' ' -' "
Ward at short cannot be Improved
upon with the material Robbie hag. at,
fiai.d. Doug Baird has been playing
the posit on for the Yannlgnna in tho
practice games, but has not shown up
as well as Ward In fielding and hitting.
Halrd Is the natural understudy for
Johnston at third, though Pete Klldult
has been playii.g that corner llko a
whirlwind during the two weeks work- ,
outs.
Robbie made a good move nvhen he
.shifted Ivy Olson over to second. Tho big
Swede reported twenty pounds under
weight as the result of a slego with tllo
"flu." Mo has been nursing himself
along, trying to regain that lost weight,
nnd ought to be right when the team
starts North. Hu Is at homo at the key
stone bag. playing the same heady gamo
lie did last year at short. Olson Is a
good man to havo around any ball club,
as he Is a kee'n student of tho gamo nnd
knows how to keeptho lnlleld on the
Jump. Robbie evidently considers Olson
a rlxturo nt second, as he has let Krup
ger and Elliott play tho bag for tha'
Y'annlgans.
Fourteenth Scnson for Koney.
Ed Konelchy Is tho Koney of old nt
first base. This Is his fourteenth season '
In tho big show, but he covers tho bag
with the same old sureness and steadi- -ness.
If he slows up In hit fielding and -batting
Robbie has Ray Schmandt to take,
the place. Schmandt looks like a smart
firs, baseman and can hit. Robbie ex
pects to carry all seven inflelders this
season, figuring on a strong secondary
defence in emergencies. He got his little
lesson from last year's experience.
The Dodger pitching staff needs no
apologies. Nine slnbmen will be carried.
Robbie has eleven now, but two, prob
nbly Kchrelber and Conlon. will be
turned out for seasoning. Pfeffcr, .Mar
quard. Cadorc. Smith, Mamaux, Mitchell
and Grimes will be his llrst string', wlt,h
5Iohart and 5IllJus ns reservists. All ex
cept Grimes are here, In hotter shape
than at this time last spring.