The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-12

aSakLY ALL BASEBALL
/ aO PLAYERS FEAR "JINkS''
VI aer Mcintyre Likes to Use
When He Is Hard
ai Pressed.
BY MANHATTAN.

NJ YORK. June l1.-From June %
a s0th there will be an army polo
, rneut at Fort Riley, Kan, where
feams from Leavenworth. Des
Oglethorpe. Fort Sam Houston.
San and Fort D, a. Russell as well
S1lan teams from St. Louis. Kansas
seort Worth. Midland and Junction
will compete. This follows the
81 City tournament.
(; ;kournament will emphasize the
: rbnity Of polo to army life. With
nivantages and no rsIblicity, as well
~ spasmodic government support:
Sen are seeking TO establish the
more firmly and have given II the
attention, was misled into
stF that polo has no foothold in TIE
Z but find II has.
IL anywhere, are sportsmen play
game for the games sake. They
& draw tremendous crowds. and
r}lctures do not appear III the pa
nas do those OF our college ath-
lind professional baseball players.
! with considerable surprise, then,
7f learned what had been accom-
Y by the fine spirit and stick
t<eness" OF our army men.
ttnrnly has a delegate to the Anerl-
! oIc association. TO which all the
,lpolo clubs belong. He is Lieut.
- C. Treat of the Fourth field
" at present stationed at Fort
lf Lieutenant-C Colonel Treat is af-
htely known as "the father OF
IN the service, This officer. while
rudant of cadets at West Point.
great deal for the game. and has
Sp the good work ever since.
-Tenth cavalry was the first regi-
TO take up the game seriously.
iHtatloned In Wyoming some years
- officers of this regiment succeed
{etting excellent mounts. and pro-
promptly to show what army men
10 when they had at least half
III Tho Tenth cavalry team Won
cups from strong teams Of civil
4 Colorado. and had no difficulty
eaung all the other army teams
, "a been organized in the hope OF
~ them. Not satisfied with their
at home. they made a trip TO the
mes recently and carried all be-
en- II must have been a real
ation TO their supporters when
!, sposed OF a team of English army
= from Eongkons.
N Players Fear "Jinks.''
~ all baseball players are suspi-
nd many of them fear links"
sennant OF the San Francisco team
HFacific coast league, seems TO be
Ilass all by himself. however. Ii
l,ne would search Tennant while
laying first base for his team. he
lind enough haIrpins 10 stock a
~ store. Every time Tom finds a
~ n z.
1| de believes that. if he saw a
I and did not pick IL up, he would
rtke hit until he had retrieved
by finding another and storing
~ Judging from the records. Tom
laye found q good many hairplnS
1Emer Occasionally Tom runs
e hatpin and this is always good
lome run.
irish American Athletic club does
eve In doing things by half. Last
-. when the national champion
Eere held Il Seattle. Wash. Pres
\ conway ~ his advisers decided
: was not feasible TO send the clubs
team TO the meet. or course, IL
I nave been possible 10 have sent
y (qozen good men. but it was "all
r With Conway. and not a man
Ser Harry Mcintyre. formerly with
gpoklyn team. but now on the
q staff OF the Chicago Cubs, is
f&t enthusiastic supporter OF the
~ 4 have come across in a long
according 10 Harry. when In doubt
~ splitter. He says:
~ small boy can pitch the spit ball
h Nllttie practice. But pitching ana
i are two vastly different arts.
rslmple matter to take a baseball
TWO fingers and hurl the object
oatsman. In fact. that is mere
2, play compared to the skill re-
90 send the ball whirling with
( qeceivlng break, which comes al
The plate | learned 10 throw
pail In ten minutes, Then | prac-
lily Tor six months before / ac-
average baseball fan labors under
6Nession that the moist ball can be
only with an overland delivery,
mistake. Nine out OF ten pitch
WS this freak start their delivery
put prefer the side-arm
Enich gives greater accuracy. is
3 strain on the pitcher and per-
= q sharper hook as the bali ap-
inc batsman. What success
f1perienced while pitching the
IN the last five years | attribute
4. 1anner 1t IN which ii Is mixed with
!. motto. Is. When In doubt, use the
W. Otherwise I am content TO or
curves and the tima-hcnored play
|<rs 70 ootguess our opponents. For
~ purposes. TO my notion there
pther ball 20 be compared In point
Ncti'eness with the splitter ,"
AZ Fast sprinters.
3 Probably not generally known that
M ELE6I SnT1ntar
freshman at the University OF
VII california. The name OF the
> u question Is Waldo Throop, holder
fac'iie coast record for the 220-
), zsh- Throop equaled the ALL
a. conege record Of - 4-5 for the
: nine athletes have ever covered
urs distance IN the fast time OF
econds, and IL is safe to say ,haf
ould ever repeat the perforrnan @ nee.
1en as Dan Kelly of the University
-. j. Wefers OF Georgetown
a|'atg, W. a. Shick OF Harvard uni
3x -!yoe Blair of the University Of
q; w. Maybury Of the Univer-
~ isconsln, Archie Hahn OF the
IN Oh Michigan, J, II. Rush OF
20 Sn1verslty and May of the Uni
Arthur Duffy once ran Inc
n,ts ~ go seconds. but the race was
pauoh anair. and after sauab-
<4 "a "A. 4 U. officials. Duffy was
trom the a. a. y. ranks and his
not recognized as official.
yf2p mas had number OF Ga,ter-
k'tsrs from big universities I'm the
~ ne has elected 10 remain al
California school He has an
: ms Intention of going TO New
Championships. ''''
which Will be held on tnc
= river June %. Crews are en-
'tSm sa. Cornell. Wisconsin. Pennsyi.
Isl ~ sslsacuse and Georgetown. The
u fsjE jESaucmy sHmy did not enter a crew and
\ - tnat the University of Wash.
<1nstyuia send eight oarsmen across
n'ieht to try for the honors fei
p Cleveland vel team got ono of tn,
4 .nfnRsrs .nf R IN the college ranks I'm "
1>ine 80 ne Mott OF the Lafayette col.
.>&ba VI Easton. Pa. De Mott is In,
n ,,osbitt bsittratch hit recently. He also ha:
-NI~ ~"s bnutouts TO MS credit thi,