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SPORT and
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SPORT and
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SPORTS, RECREATION, OUTDOOR LIFE CONDUCTED BYA.H.E. BECKETT ("PKCK")
TITLE SEE
"PENS SHUT
EXIT THE LITTLE NAPOLEON
i.zx Graham Will Oppose
Weiss; Eecord Crowd Is
Expected to Attend.
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BY "BKCK.
I.ITYS play the all-star SOth in-
:rr in an exhibition same at
Km G-ande park this afternoon.
ornefit for the Texas Heroes Mon
, t rund. On Sunday afternoon the
- f two teams hook np in the first
- - jf the "miniature world's aeries"
fir tiu rt championship, and the blg
et rro-nd that ever attended a ball
-r t in the southwest is looked for.
-"m band will be la attendance and
.- soid.er rooters will be out in force
" i routing of the soldiers is aJomet as
r -. t--eat as the band, which is saying
a I
I'eiiegon is cardert to work for the
P'.tTs this afternoon, while Wilson is
tie hkeH choice for the soldiers. Ped
re:rr -i has pitched some great ball this
se 'rr but is rated as a hard luck
h a- r. t hile Wilson has pitched a few
except onally good games and a few
nn hid ones. The game should be a
good one ar.d gives the fans the first
lire 01 the relative strength of the two
lncal leipues.
Graham vs. Welas on Sunday.
Surnl-i frame, the first in the cham
pirnship series, will see Graham, the
s-ar flinper of the Army lessen, pitted
"g -st Shorty" Weiss, the sensational
ttic eouthpaw of the Commercial or
gar nation.
Weiss " a heady pitcher and 'works"
tie batters to great advantage. He has
een 3. consistent winner for the Puri
tvs. while Graham has been a sensation
with, the 20th, since he was transferred
Jsee from Douglas. It Is a certainty
that Graham will be found In the pro
fessional ranks next spring, for the
framing he has gained in the Army
league ias done him a world of good.
Advance Reservations Heavy.
For the first time in the history of lo
cal lasbail there has been a heavy ad-rar-c
reservation of box eeats and
" ati of the boxes have been reserved
lo- the entire series by enthusiastic
la-"
The agreements for the series call
for the championship to go to the team
winning- six of 31 games, but the series
will end when one team has won six
games.
There will be no game next Saturday
afternoon, as top park has been secured
fcv te hitrh school football team, -which
wll open its home season that after-r-'On
The "Hi" hos had the park en
gdC rt before the agreement for the city
ecru s was made and the baseball men
fcau to agree to an off day.
Women Free During Week.
If la been the custom of the Army
le -.ue all season to admit the fair fans
'-ct to all games, when accompanied
1. an escort, and the same rule will
p-c ail for the championship series, ex
cept on Saturdas and Sundays. Ne
additional charge is to be made for
gri Ktand any day, but there Is a
!.' II extra charge for box seats.
To nope out a favorite in the series
Is 1 ('ifficult proposition. The Armj
1 '.ue f. ns insist that the 2th will cop
il . hono- -with ease, while the backers
of ire Commercial league are just as
cerT in that their team will win.
" ho Has Bent Pltchersr
Tne soldiers will nave Graham
Hare-, h, Djer and Wilson as their star
-n - - rs. -n hile manager Sims Davis, of
tin bakers, will rel upon "fanorty
"U eiss ' Fled" Brennan, both southpaws,
ani Pedregon. Mr. Davis has the pnvi-
J- ge of using any other Commercial
leasee pitcher and the fans believe that
f he takes Gillette, with Villareal as a
reserve he "will have an advantage over
the soldiers so far as mound men are
concerned Graham may have an edge
on anv of the Commercial league heav
ers, but Brennan, Weiss and Gillette are
certainly as good, if not better, than
the other flingers on the 20th staff.
It should be a real hmudinger of a
series
GOOD REPORTS ON
JUAREZ RACING
Kacing fans were Interested in a re
port around the city on Friday after
noon that all arrangements have seen
completed for the big 108 day meeting
of the Juarez Jockey club, which will
open on Thanksgiving day. It Is stated
tl.at the club will not be interfered
-with, no matter whf political faction
lias control of northern Mexico. v
Several carloads of horses have al
ready arrived in KI Paso, but are being
Enabled on this side of the river for th
time being. In the event that no .politi
cal change is made across the river, the
-horses w ill be eent to the Juarez track
in a couple of weeks and will start
their -workouts there.
Keports from the east and north are
that there will be more horses here this
winter than ever before and a very
successful racing season is anticipated.
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ED. V PRICE A CO,
RICHARD V.
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Two Pass Each Other Twice
in Ludicrous Minor
League Tangle.
Des Moines, la- Oct. 2. According
to Ned Egan, the "Connie Alack Ot
the minors," more stupid plays are
made in class C and IX leagues In a
week than you see in the big leagues,
in a season. Egan describes a play
made In the Central association that
kept the circuit amused for several
days.
Waterloo was playing at Muscatine
and Wetxell. Muscatine's right lielder
was at first base, with Sours of the
same team at bat. Sours gave the
hit and run signal and Wetzell started
down for second base as soon as the
pitcher egan to wind up. Sours hit
a long fly. Just as he readied sec
ond Wetzell thought be saw Hill,
Waterloo's left fielder, reaching up to
catch the ball.
Without waiting to see whether the
fielder made the catch Wetxell raced
back to first base. Meantime the
ball had soared high over Mill's head,
and Sours turned first base and raced
for second. Wetzell passed him at full
speed, going in the opposite direc
tion. When Sours reached second he
thought that he had made a mistake
about seeing the ball fall safe, and
started back to first.
Simultaneously Wetzell saw HHl
chasing the sphere and he again be
gan the dash for second and once
more both players passed each other
on the dead run, both badlv confused.
The result was that a hit should have
been good for a triple and a score
went for a double.
SAYS BBESNAHAN
HUMS PITCHERS
Los Angeles. Calif.. Oct. 2. Roger
Bresnahan, manager of the Cnlcago
Cubs, is showing poor Judgment In
his method of working pitchers ac
cording to an opinion expressed here
today by Prank Chance.
"Either Bresnahan is out of the
race and realizes as much, or he is
overworking his twirlers," aaM
Chance. "He allows good pitchers to
remain in the game and be hammered
.v &,i wiuv vi cue neia wiiuuul
maklnc an effort to snri In relief f
men."
BALD STUDENT, 30 YEARS OLD,
TRIES OUT IN RUTGERS SQUAD
New Brunswick, N. X. Oct. I. Rut
gers College has acquired a promising
young football recruit, and for the
last month, at the Rutgers football
camp at Eatontown. N. J, the youngster
has been taught to walk, fall on a
ball, tackle and open lines in the scrub
line.
The infant's name is Jackson and he
is bald. He is thirty years old.
CANADA COLI.ECTS WAR TAX
IItOJI DKTS AT THE RACES
Montreal, Canada, Oct. S. Racing
men are taking kindly to a proposition
to' collect a war tax from all the money
bet in the pari-mutuels on Canadian
tracks.
At present the track deducts S per
cent of the entire amount wiiich
changes hands, and this sum Is suf
ficient to pay expenses and not a profit
even without gate money.
Borne valley proeoera are oest for
foe to be feared.
To Young Men and
Men Who Stay Young
Look at .the label on the suit
and overcoat your well-dressed
friend is wearing. Most likely
its
Ed. V. Price & Co.
Merchant Tailors, Chicago
who have made the clothes
to his exact personal measure
ments. Get complete advantage of
style correctness hy having us
take your measure and you
will be dressed up every week
this winter.
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Bancroft, Star of Coast League, Will Make Better Ball
Player than Scott Can Ever Hope to Be, butNow Lacks
Year's Experience in Maj or League Playing; Scott
Is Much the Best in Som e Departments of Game.
THE SHORTSTOPS.
By ULCH S. FUM.KKTOY.
Vans Tahw Value Van
la In In in
Oifeaee. Defence. Season. Series.
Scott (It 7JI Tt CM
Bancroft (21 It! 7M 7
TERE are two youngsters, coming
stars who are just beginning to
in a world's series. It is a toasup be
tween them in almost every depart
ment of the game, and they figure so
closely together that it is hard to
choose between them.
Beyond doubt. Baneroft will be a
greater ball plajer than Scott ever
can hope to be. Nature has given htm
some advantages that are denied the
Red 01 brilliant shortstop. The fact
that the Quaker youngster, fresh from
the Coast league, where he was a
marvel, does not outshine his rival
more in the figures, is due to the fact
that Scott has a year the advantage
of him in the big show, and that Scott
has played with an infield that could
teach him more of the inside work
than Bancroft knows. .Last tear
Scott got his training down there
with Wagner and Gardner and
Terkes 'to instruct and lead him,
which in itself is a liberal education
for a youngster, and thia year he has
had Jack Barry, the wisest of all the
inflelders and the most patient teach
er of youngsters.
Scott Has Improved Wonderfully.
It is small wonder that Scott has
improved greatly, so greatly that even
the crippling of Wagner by rheuma
tism has not hurt the team as It
would otherwise have done.
Bancroft is a first year man. He
is perhaps the most brilliant young
ster sent on east from the Coast
league in many a year, and at Phila
delphia he is regarded as the wonder
of the season. Naturally, in the enthu
siasm of victory, his faults have Been
overlooked. He is not yet a finished
ball player and he makes many blun
ders in the play around the base,
blunders that are hidden to a great
extent by the individual brilliancy of
his work.
Ilancroft Helped Win Pennant.
Bancroft, a "busher," practically won
the pennant for Philadelphia. To him,
even more than to G. Cleveland Alex
ander, belongs the credit of the vic
tory. Of course, neither could have
won without the other, but Bancroft,
"made" that Infield, transformed It
from an uncertain and ragged defen
sive proposition into a hard fielding
clean working machine.
Getting down to figures, Bancroft
can outhit Scott about 30 points
against all kinds of pitching, he "
speedier on the bases, and clever at
getting the Jump on the pitchers. 1
shall have more to say later about
the effect of the American league
"balk" uoon National league base run-
f-aers who are not accustomed to "uch
I llk..al t Av.,rA,alAnB .. !. Kall rill.
This is something Moran would best
caution Bancroft about, or Boston's
adepts at their balk will nip Mm
off frst about as often as he S?u
there.
Run Close In PSeld.
In the field, the men figure very
closely together, Scott not being quite
the equal of his rival in going toward
third base or in coming forward and
cutting across in front of second base,
but he p!as the deep field perfectly
and is, steariv and brilliant In short
play, esperlallv with the infield drawn
close. He handles a ground ball clean
ly and E t it .--.-. to the bases
quickly, but in that .... is not the peer
of Bancroft, -who shoots from almost
rnv position
I'aMiiitijr the Tlall.
The pTaeis c 1 Tf that n p rod in
tins rfifi, .3 alni'it th1 e mj u or
OUT THE
WITH HUGH
Si SGOTT III CLOSE;
THEM IFIHTJ
Doolan. who was considered the great
est of all players at that style of de
fensive work. Bancroft is faster in
double plays, but there is one thing
I want you to observe in comparing
these two fellows. Watch Scott when
he passes the ball to Barry and see
the difference in the manner In which
he handles it from what he did last
year. Then watch Bancroft and -Nle-hoff
make the same play. This play
Is. I think, executed better by Kvers
and Maranvllle than by any pair.
They slip the ball to each other with
scoop motion, merely pitching it toward
bag, while the other is sprinting to
meet the ball and trying to reach the
hag in position to make the throw to
first quickly. The danger of an error
that will ruin a double play Is mini'
mixed and the danger of the ball going
far enough to make the error more
serious Is eliminated. Beside that,
the ball is at the base, easy to handle,
and the other player can move lreeiy
and without fear, which lets him cover
more ground and still reach the base
in time.
Bancroft nap Hard.
Bancroft still has a habit, especially
when hurried, of snapping the ball to
Niehoff with a quick wrist motion
when the play must be made In
5"T,1. .li S? ?," t"e?e.i?SJ? !
the muff does happen or the throw is
bad, the ball goes on and the runners
advance another base.
These are small things but watch
Scott and you'll see the fine Italian
hand of Jack Barry In every move he
makes around the base.
It is rather discouraging to figure
on the batting of these two boys in
this world'sseries. Scott is liable to
get a foul off Alexander if Alex Is
right, and if this fellow Rixey has a
good day Scott will be lucky to get
that much. He tags the left handed
pitchers fairly well ordinarily, and
will hit Rixey on an off day. But not
if Eppa Jeptha has one of those "big"
davs that he has at times. Scott proo
ably would hit Mayer well, would
hammer Demaree or McQuillan, and
hold his average against Chalmers;
but as these fellows are not likely to
cut much figure In the series. Scott's
batting average does not look much
plumper than Connie Mack in these
lean days of the Athletics.
Bancroft Knees Touch Pitchers.
Bancroft is also up against the
toughest pitching he ever has seen. I
think he can be eliminated as a dan
gerous hitting factor. Ills best chance
to hit. it appears, is against Shore
and that doesn't sound reasonable at
all. He stands up pretty well to speed
and takes his swings and, of course,
any one who does that is liable to con
nect with one.
They seem evenly matched at the
waiting game, and on the bases ail the
advantage is with Bancroft, so that
with the exception of the little Inside
points- of the game, a little more finish
on his combination playing, and a few
minor details of play. Bancroft out
figures his Red Sox rival.
The difference Is not sufficient to
make Philadelphia lead and a little
luck is likely to turn the tide in the I
other direction.
(Copyright, 1S1S. by the Wheeling Syn
dicate. Inc.)
COMISKEY SPENDS $98,000
FOR PENNANT, AND LOSES
Chicago, 111, Oct 2. Up to the pres
ent writing it has cost Charles Comisky
9$ 00 n in his efforts to "buy a pen
nant." and it looks as if the Investment
as far as the 1915 season is concerned,
is in ain.
Comixkey paid 350.000 acording to
rrj.oris for I-.ddic Collins. He paid
3000 or so for outfielder Nemo Liebold
and about 32... 000 for Josephus Jack
son The outl ly for Kddie Murph. one
of thi Athl.tii-, (.., Jll ".no and a mm
1 i r ..le f"i 11 'jipj l'rlsih.
WORLD'S
S. FULLERTON
jSPEAKER HI OUTSHINES PASKERT,
BUT LATTER IS II
Speaker So Far Outclasses
Field that Red Sox Seem t
Will Be Offset in Other D
Nerve, Speed, and Cc
THE CE.VTER FIELDERS,
nr HUGH S. PUI.LERTO.V.
Valae Varna Valse Tama
la la la la
O-ffeaae. Dafaace. Seaaan. Srts.
Speaker MX ;( J MT
Paskert. R( SIS 671 (IS
-jpHIS if like comparing Goldberg j
to Michael Angelo, Dode Paskert.
who has carried the center field's
burdens for the triumphant Phillies this
year, is the unluckiest guy In baseball
in that he now must be compared with
Tris Speaker. Compared with a lot of
other center fielder, Dode would
make a fine showing in figures, but
against that unhuman being Speaker,
the dope makes him look like a 11I
Flivver alongside a 12-clinder limou
sine. There is nothing to it Speaker out
classes Paskert so far that the Red
Sox pile up a huge lead in the dope,
which will have to be offset in other
directions.
I was so anxious to see how the teams
compared in other departments that 1
switched from the inflelders and looked
over the outfield, and the further one
the worse the chances of the Phillies 4
seem.
Attacking .Strength Worth Most.
However, remember that attacking
strength of any team is 68 per cent of
the total game, that defensive strength
is 32 per cent, and that, of defensive
strength, the Ditcher is 38 per cent and
the center fielder is ihk Per cent.
Therefore. It center fielder outclasses
his rival and neither of them gets a
chance, the worst amateur is just as
good as Cobb for that game.
But with Speaker it is different
This fellow, with all due respect lor
Cobb, is the greatest defensive out
fielder of the day. He can go further
back after fly balls, he can throw bet
ter than Cobb can. since the Peach '
injured his arm by fool efforts to pitch,
and he is the biggest help to pitchers
possible. '
Ronton Pitching Staff Fine. i
Boston's pitching staff is fine. But
there are lots of pitchers who would
be great If they knew that whenever
they were in the hole to a batter,
they could groove a ball, let him hit
It as hard as he could, and that out
there in center field was a fellow who
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CLEVER FIELDER
His Opponent in the Center
o Have Large Lead, TMch
epartments; Paskert Has
vers Lots of Ground.
eoald romp clear to the bleachers, se
either direction, cover aa acre of
ground and save him.
I have figured Speaker worth almost
one and one-half to his pitchers, m
one game against Chicago I saw this
fellow and Hooper catch five long
driven fly balls that not one of the
White Sox outfielders would have laid
hands upon.
I'aakert Has Xerve, Speed.
Dode Paskert is a pretty good ball
player, mechanically. He has nerve
he covers a lot of ground, and he has a
dash of speed on the bases.
He Tievei ba lin nkflarf a a mrt
ball player and at Cincinnati, where he
served an indeterminate sentence un
til he finally was paroled to the Phil
lies, he was rated a "bone." He has
been a much improved ball player with
Philadelphia and has not shown much
of the bone stuff the Cincinnati scribes
accused him of displaying. He has
shown much more "pep" and ambition.
The chances are that his showing at
Cincinnati was due to natural lack ot
interest and carelessness rather than
to inability.
Coders ota of Ground.
He Is a cracking good man for pitch
ers, because he goes back well after
fly balls, and the Boston grounds with
their depth will afford him ample op
portunity. He helps pitchers by watch
ing closely and he shifts well aronnd
the field tor batters and covers up close
to second, possessing great speed in a
forward dash.
On the attack he is dangerous, and
he hits left handers well. He runs the
bases much better than his figures for
this season indicate He has not been
1 CiTY CHAMPIONSHIP I
BASEB
AI 1 I O Commercial League
VS
20th INFANTRY 2fef
Championship Series Opens at
RIO GRANDE PARK
Sunday Afternoon at 2:30
Military Band in Attendance.
Admission 25 cents. Grandstand Free.
Box Seats 25 cents Extra.
10 HISS AT ALL
IS OBEFFIISS
Owner of Pirates Has Only
Praise For the Retiring
Manager, Fred Clarke.
Pittsburg. Pa Oct. 1. There was no
friction between manager Fred Clarke
and his employer. Barney Dreyfuss.
owner of the Plttsaorg National league
club, according to the latter's state
ment "Clarke resigned of his own free
will and against my wishes," sa d Drej -fuse,
who continued :
"It is hard to contemplate the un
pleasant task of severing relations with
a fine fellow like Fred. with
whom I have been associated in base
ball for 22 years- I realize that this
parting had to come sometime, but this
realisation doesn't lessen the sting.
"Clarke has been a faithful emploe
rather. let me sa. associate. Seldom
during the last dozen or so years hae
we considered ourselves in the light of
employer and employe; rather we
thought one of the other as partners in
a big business enterprise.
"I knew a jear ago that Fred was
ready to quit He has manifold per
sonal interests which require his at
tention. He is no longer a young man.
and his social duties make a call on his
time. Added to this is the fact that the
life of a baseball manager isn't the
most pleasant in the world, and that he
is called upon to be absent from his
home seven months out of every year
"No: Clarke will leave the Pittsburg
club enjoyins my full confidence, just
as he has always done. No matter
where he goes, or what he does, he
will carry with him ay very best
wishes. If he said the word, he would
be manager of the Pirates next season
again.''
Matting to amount to anything ths
year, but evidently Moran'3 plan of
campaign does not Include the stolen
base at alL Evidently Paskert did not
get fully into the ambirk-n and the
stride of the team until late, for his
work has shown improvement only In
a marked degree, since it became evi
dent that the Phillies were due to grab
the flag.
Not Good on Aggressive
Paskert has little of the "punch"
that is neeeasary to win and he us
ually uses poor jadgaieht when he
starts aggressive work. Compared
either a batter, as & jockeyer at the
plate, as a worryer of pitchers while
batting or on the bases, as a base run
ner, in using judgment as to wben
to try for extra bases, and as a fielder
or as a thrower he does not compare
with Speaker.
Speaker, indeed, la next to Cobb the
most perfect for alt round player in
the country. He can do everything in.
the game, and do It better than al
most anyone. He beats Cobb throwing
j both for strength and accuracy, but be
does not make the plays Cobb does.
or try to force a play or draw it on.
Ratting- Av erases Will Drop.
You can figure safely that Speaker's
batting average will be trimmed con
siderably in this series chiefly because
of Alexander. He will hit the others
unless Rixey has one of those good
days. Later I shall explain to you whv
I figure on Rixey affecting the batting
of the Red Sox. I know Moran's bat
tle plan fairly well, and I am deduct
ing some more from the Red Sox bat
ting ability than an one would do
from the plain stud) of figures. It
ought to work and if it does Speaker s
slugging will be reduced considerably
Paskert will have to have a lot of
luck to hit .'00. Wood. Foster and
Ruth ought to check his batting al
most entirely and he ought to make
what hits he gets off Shore and
Leonard.
You must deduct a bit more from
Paskert's value in this series for this
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