The day book. [volume], November 01, 1913, NOON EDITION, Image 10

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'flashed to the front of the batting
brigade.
Johnston might have done the
'same thing if he had been given a
further trial with the Sox. Certainly
he could not have been much weaker
with the prod than-were the men
who went through theeason on Mr.
, Comiskey's payroll.
They also tried to can Reb Russell
because he wasn't making good, and
only the advice of Kid Gleason saved
the sterling left-hander to the South
Siders.
Evers knows this history, and if
Johnston fails to make good it will
not be for lack of opportunity.
What they think of Johnston in
San Francisco is shown by the fact
that he was awarded a silver-mounted
baseball as the most popular play
er on the Seals. A man doesn't be
come popular with the fans because
he wears a different necktie each day
or has his' shoes shined often. He
must produce the goods on the dia
mond. It is evident Johnston pro
duced. He also holds a silver cup for cir
pling the bases in the best time, 14.2
seconds, and a silver cuj? for winning
the 75-yard dash, time 8.2 seconds.
Ban Johnson is out with a sugges
tion that world's series be lengthened
from seven to nine games and the
prices reduced. The latter feature is
intended to satisfy the fans of the
cities in which the pennant-winning
teams are located, as it has been a
frequent complaint in the past that
the regulars, men who had supported
the team throughout the scheduled
season, were unable to obtain accom
modations because of the boost in
admission tax.
Outsiders, it was claimed, came to
see the games, willing to pay almost
any price for the privilege, and gob
bled the seats over the heads of the
home crowd.
Johnson also suggests that the
second and third teams in tfie Amer
ican League play the second and
third teams of the National each year
in a post-season grapple.
Ths plan, he says, would not only
stimulate interest in the sport as an
interleague contest, but would sus
tain interest throughout the closing
days of the regular schedule. The
games would draw1 well, and it would
be an incentive to the players to have
their team finish among the first
three.
This would be a substitute for the
general schedule of inter-league
games proposed by Garry Herrmann
and unfavorably received in all quar
ters. Up in Minnesota they are dissatis
fied with the results secured by Dr.
Harry L. Williams as coach of the
Gophers for the past several years,
and a section of the alumni passed a
resolution "yesterday asking that he
be dropped from the position of head
coach at the close of the present grid
iron season.
It is claimed Williams has had ex
cellent material to work with each
fall, and the failure of the Gophers
to cut a path through the Conference
elevens is blamed on the coach and
not the players.
Oak Park clinched the suburban
high school championship yesterday
by whipping University High, 31 to
13. The Maroon preps outplayed the
Oak Parkers in the first half, but
were unable to withstand the fierce
rushes of Barrett in the last two
quarters. The Oak Park right half
made three touchdowns. Shiverick,
the U. High crack, kicked two goals
from the field and carried the ball
over once for a touchdown.
Watch Indianapolis. A two-day
session of the Federal League opens
there today, and if we are to have a
war between the infant organization
and the two major leagues it will be
manufactured during -the present
gathering.
Officers are to be elected, two new
cities will be awarded franchises, four
cities will report the location of new
parks, and each club will be required
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