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Evening journal., 1910-07-04
Base Sliding
Is Neglected
This Department Of Baseball is-
nored by Clubs on Practice
TRIPS.

some day man will break into
baseball who win revolutionize the
game. He will tear down the hive Of
luxury and ease in which at the pres
ent time the major leaguers loll in
careless abandon. drive out all thee
drones and bring about a new era in
the great American sport that win
perfect system OF play deemed i'm
possible in the past. He viii be de-
spised and hated. He may even be
banished from the game before his
mission is complete. but he will have
begun a reformation that all will fol-
low
The idea was conceived upon watch
ing a theatrical company rehearsing
for a new production at one time The
man who was drilling that company
knew he must have every movement OF
his players perfected or IL would never
take" with the American public. The
hours and hours of drudgery put In by
those actors would have driven many
ball player 10 distraction. One man
"a Leading man. too-was compelled
10 make an entrance IN one part of the
play at least fifty times In one re-
hearsal before ne did Il In a manner
that suited the exacting producer.
Is there a ball player IN the major
league today who would slide 10 sec
4 ond fifty times I'm one mornings prac-
tice Just to- get the form OF that action
exactly as his manager wanted it7
Baseball has grown into such promi-
hence with the American public that Il
cannot much longer carry the fans
along on tradition II must be inven-
tive. It must progress Old fans VIII
tell you today that the present day
players do nothing on the ball field
that wasn't done I'm the DAYS when
Charley Comisleey led the old st. Louis
Browns to four successive pennants.
If nothing new can be invented man
ayers can at least teach players 70 do
the present things with greater ac-
curacy and dispatch. A few players
are masters, but in every instance II
seems due to the players own efforts
or 20 their natural ability. Ty Cobb
Is the greatest base runner and one OF
the grandeFt all round players be-
cause he Is the fastest man in the
game and because he's ambitious. He
worked while others siumped
Managers tell OF one player being
valuable because he's a good base run
ner. another because he can hit. an
} other because he can handle e gt0onc
BAH 80 accurately OF another because
he can 60 back on a fly BAN. There
I no reason why every ball player in tn
; major leagues shouldn't improve In a
s these matters
:. Incredible as II may seem few mar
: ayers drill ylayers In running and sid
: Ing 70 bases yet that is conceded {
;, he one Of the principal features OF tn
o game. Outside OF the bit OF slidini
{ one might do In a practice game. Their
Is little effort made 70 teach even tn
3 beginners this important feature.
Evening journal., 1910-07-04

surely IN The Harvester's reach and a
mile in 200 not unreasonably beyond
his limit
Among the features scheduled for the
coming season is a stallion race. Andy
Welsh has been trying TO arrange one
at Readvllle. but The Harvester Is the
stumbling block. While visiting at the
Lexington track recently August Uh-
lein. the Milwaukee breeder and turf
man. stated that The Harvester would
not be raced until late IN the fail.
when he would be sent 20 lower the
stallion record Of 2;O2M, held by Cres-
ceus. II Is likely that this attempt to
lower the worlds record for a stallion.
which has stood since 1901, win be
made at the fall meeting at Lexing-
ton.
Billy Andrews processes utmost con-
fidence In his ability TO drive last
years sensational -year-old So
prano, 2;OSA. a mile IN 300. And
Andrews judgment was long ago es-
tablished as being OF the soundest.
Andrews has had the chestnut mare
with some other horses belonging TO
the Maddens at Lexington, Ky.
The plan is 20 race her IN some OF
the four year-old events and later 20
send her for a fast mark. II is known
too. that John Dickerson. who cam
psigned the daughter OF Belllni las
year. driving her In all OF her futuritiel
and stepping her to her mark. share
Andrews opinion 10 a degree az least
It is rather hard. however. for the av
erage horseman TO believe that four
year-old can show a two minute mile
and to the outsider Z least. Sopranl
looks 70 have rather the poores
chance OF the lot
There are one or two other trotter
which raced down the grand circui
last year which are expected to &c
close 20 even time this season, and ont
Of those most touted is Margin, 2.05 q
winner OF two $4,000 stake events las
season and second highest money win.
ming trotter with $4,000 10 her credit
Margin slowed up late IN the season
and was beaten In two big events by
Penlsa Maid. but the NJ. and M. winner
retired sound and may come back and
surprise some of the others.
At any rate. IL looks like a good veal
for speed and II the two minute mark
Is not reached IN 1910 there will be a
lot OF good judges Of trotters greatly
disappointed.
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MODEST cY YOUNG.

Many good stories have been
told OF cy Young. the veteran
pitcher OF the Cleveland Ameri-
cans. but the following is about
the best II was told by a
prominent member OF the Maps
recently. The Cleveland team 1
were in Boston a few days after
old Cy had set all the world TO
talking about his norman reach
first game against Connie
Mack's team some years ago. I
He came down to the old Quin-
cy House 70 see the boys.
Tell us about the game" said
Larry Lajoie as the Maps gath
cred around the G. o. M. OF the
game. ,
"Oh." remarked cy in that ma /
tive. natural dialect that six
years residence in Boston did
not change. there amt nothing
to tell Nothing much, at any :
rate. They just hit 'em right at
somebody all the time. that was
all. Two or three OF the drives :
would have been good. long hits
II Buck and Chick hadn't been
laying for 'em. ] didn't know :
nobody had reached first until
we were going to the clubhouse.
Then Jim told me.
First time in twenty-four
years said Collins.
What Tsp says I.
Nobody sees first says he.
Didn't theyT says l.
Nobody he says. Then I
knew what all them 10000 peo-
pie were yelling about"
-,
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does. The opposite side OF the case is
represented by Bresnahan, who. while
large in stature. hits with a reasonably
small club.
bat one would think that the Flying
Dutchman" might just as well go and
pull up a young but promising tree and
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~
"a light harness season OF 1910
"a are not what were expected at
a n the close of last years active
campaign. the associations which are
interested in grand circuit racing are
planning some attractive programs
and special events to draw the kings
and queens of the trotting world to
their tracks.
The race track managers OF the
country, collectively speaking, have
awakened from their lethargy of many
years duration and have at last
realized that innovations and depar-
lures from the stereotyped are neces-
sary to bring to their race meetings
the largest crowds. The days Of
straight three In FIVE events through
out, with the race lasting five, six and
sometimes even seven and eight heats.
to be carried over two or three days.
are things of the past. While such
races very properly win continue to
have a place on the programs. novel
ties and features have been introduced
all along the line.
In this the tracks Of the country are
following very largely, consciously or
otherwise in the lead OF the Readville
track, long noted for it's aggressive,
initiative policy, eliminating with its
rich $4,000 American Handicap Derby
that attracted probably more attention
than was ever given to any other race
in the trotting world The early an
nouncements of race programs show
that this year there are to be many
novelties in the. way OF stakes, the
Tavern stake at the Cleveland grand
circuit meeting being one Of the most
conspicuous in this line Then there
are to be races for four-year- olds.
stallion races. contests for amateur
drivers and. IL Is TO be hoped. some
thing in the line of team andl saddle
races
There we're so many sensational
performances during the 1903 season
that close followers of the sport are
already figuring on the chances for
record breaking performances during
! the coming racing year. The two min
ute mark appears to be the goal aimed
at, and there are several candidates
/ for a place in the charmed circle.
There are at least FIVE or six trotters
which showed wonderful form last
year that have been picked as possi-
Bile two minute fiiers in 1910. and the
followers OF the big line feel confident
Evening journal., 1910-07-04

and old pitchers alike. No balance to
1t, large and heavy all over. 1t takes
a person Of immense strength 70 use 1t
properly. and Hans is that. Being so
heavy. the great batsman can meet the
bali either on the handle or the very
end and make a hit. where another
player would put up a pop fly or a
weak grounder.
Evening journal., 1910-07-04
Australia Swimming Champion Coming
to America.


II the schedule carries out. Frank
Beaurepaire, the champion swimmer
OF Australia, will be seen in America
in open competition. Beaurepaire
plans to come to America after the in
ternational swimming contests in
Brussels. He recently arrived in Eng
land accompanied by r. NJ. Collins,
honorary secretary of the Victoria
Amateur Swimming association, who
has mapped out an itinerary for the
swimmer which covers about eight
months New York is on the list for
a visit, and this is only natural as it
is understood that the pair will sail
for home from San Francisco. How
long he viii tarry here Is not stated.
but no doubt he viii stay long enough
20 test whatever speed there is IN the
local crawl experts.
Evening journal., 1910-07-04
PLAYERS BATS DIFFER.
Some Big Men Weld Small Sticks
and Midsets Use Big Ones.

Baseball players bats differ in size
and shape as much as the players do
in physique. And the strange part Of
II is that many Of the big fellows use
a small, well shaped warclub and a
couple Of the rabbits" WELD some
thing resembling a wagon tongue.
An instance of this is the wood pile
that Rebel Cakes. a former Cincin-
natl star. but now with the st. Louis
Cardinals, uses. A man can scarcely
imagine such a little fellow swinging
so large and heavy a bat as cakes
Evening journal., 1910-07-04

derstood. one day MeGraw on sec /
ond. with one out, took a long chance. |
tried for third and was blotted off the /
Evening journal., 1910-07-04

map. As he came back to the bench
Hanlon called him down. Il thought
/ did the best thing" said McGraw.
Evening journal., 1910-07-04
ORlARITY DETROIT AMERICANS CLEVER THIRD BASEMAN


with George Moary OF the Detroit Tigers When the latter was
membe
he became member Of the Tigers has improved greatly and is how
and his running that of the best Moar has the honor
station other
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ALTHOUGH the prospects for the |
"a light harness season OF 1910
"A are not what were expected at |
A n the close of last years active |
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on the subject seems ever to have real
lied. In the first place. different air
strata and croSSwiSe air currents are met
every hundred feet or so. is proved by
the undulations of kite strings leading to
considerable. heights. In addition to being
played> upon by these irregular and con-
stantly changing forces, the bomb dropped
from an aeroplane will, in its de-
scent. describe a curve depending on the
exact velocity at which the aerial craft
is going when the missile is thrown.
Furthermore. altitude, velocity of the tar
get. velocity of the falling bomb, wind
velocity and direction of aeroplane-not
in a single plane, as in the case of ship,
but in any of all possible directions-must
all be taken into consideration.
Armored automobiles for attacking air.
ships are now being developed by the
military powers, notably Germany. which
has adopted motor vehicle heavily ar
mored and armed with high angle guns
for firing at balloons and aeroplanes.
These little land monitors weigh four tons
and attain speed of forty miles on
good roads, but our army officers do not
think they would cut much figure over
rough highways.
An American genius this summer turned
out what is believed to be a better type
of craft for the same purpose. This is
Maj Davidson of the Northwestern Mill
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men as having been of negative char
acter. Curtiss marked out an area rep
resenting the deck of a batt1eship. and
then attempted to drop imitation bombs
within it. But our observers with the
Russian fleet during its engagements with
the Japanese can assure the commanders
of our future aeronautical fleets that no
bombs which an aeropane could carry
would do more than make a few harm
less dents in a great man-ofwar.
The Japanese, with their mortars dropped
upon the Russian ships armor pierre
ing shells weighing 800 pounds, or more
than the total weight lifted by many of
the biplanes and monoplanes now being
entered in our aeronautical reserve. After
going up into the air these tremendous
bombs fell from a height of two miles,
and even then, in the ma jority of cases,
they did remarkably little damage, con-
fined to the particular deck which was
struck, except in single case. where the
havoc was vital.
The aiming of a bomb from a safe
height in the air involves a calculation
more complicated than any popular writer
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hit than military balloons. but more diff
ficult to destroy. when shit, as they can
be practically riddled with missiles with
out being disabled until struck in some
vital part of the machinery. which in
comparison to the wings and planes pre-
sents. very small target surface. They
can also breast high winds in which
dirigible balloons will not attempt to fly
The aeroplane fleet will be divided into
squadrons. it is proposed. which will be
divided among our chief harbOrs and
dockyards. for history shows that all great
naval battles of the past have been
fought near such points. They will
probably not be used either to drop
bombs on fleets or Notifications, or
to attack the aerial craft of an
enemy. despite the fact that these two
functions are the principal ones attributed
to aerial warships of the future by fiction
writers. among whom warfare in the air
is now favorite theme. Military men
who have studied aeroplaneS in action
realize that il will always be suicidal
for one such craft to attempt to ram an
other while the bombardment of such a
vehicle in flight will be as difficult mat
ter as cunning for birds the wing
with an unwieldly cannon.
AS to the cropping OF bombs from aero
planes. the recent experiments of Curtiss
along this line are regarded by military
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apparatus connected with minute battery
in the waistcoat pocket of the aviator,
and aerial consisting Of five feet
OF wire held straight by "A lead weight
A nineteen-word message sent by Nc
Curdy with this device was accurately
received by Horton on the roof Of the
grandstand at the Sheepshead Bay race
track
Our army, although il set the pace for
the world by its successful aeroplane
tests, eliminating i'm the purchase of its
single Wright biplane for S3O,OOo, Is now
far behind France in the matter OF aero
plane equipment France. which gave the
world its first balloon. I'm 1873. and which
eleven wears later-during the battle or
Fleurus-launched the worlds first war
balloon, now has a feet Of over dozen
military aeroplanes, including four new
Wright biplanes. built this year along
with some Antoinette and Farman ma
chimes. France has also established in re
cent months military aviation school
and a few weeks ago. when IT announced
that three additional leutenants would
be selected TO take the course. applica-
lions came pouring in from 100 subalterns
ambitious for the training Indeed. our
plane mad, and 1 note in a French jour
nal just arrived by post that there are
now distributed throughout France more
than 800 aeroplanes. representing a total
value of s.. 100000.
The French are now paying 5000 apiece
for Wright biplanes and 5000 for Far
mansS while Bleriots which were S2dpD be
fore their makers success in crossing the
channel Immediately afterward jumped to
$1,000 and are now bringing $1,000.
stimulate aeroplane manufacture in
America, as will also the organization OF
the new National Association for the Pro-
motion Of Aeronautics, which will CO.
operate with the National Guard of the
different states. after the manner OF the
National Association for the Promotion
of Rifle Practice. Very shortly aeroplane
Squadrons are expected to be a part OF
the establishment of each of tho big
militia organizations, and these when add
ed to the craft Of the aeronautical re
serve will form a colossal fleet which
when flying together above our joint ma
neuyer grounds will make the air LOOK
like blackbird emigration day at the end
OF autumn.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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Ryan. the southern hnanc1er, VINO
made millions by consolidating the
street railway and lighting systems
of New York city. Young Mr. Ryan's
scheme to consolidate all of the
available aeroplanes and airships of
the country in potential fleet,
similar TO the naval militia. and
which will be given uniform schooling
by the Army Signal Corps. has been
approved by both the Secretary of War
and the Secretary of the Navy.
The organization of this great aerial
fleet Will cost the government nothing
save the time of the instructing of
ficers. The army and navy war coll
lcSes will draw plans of campaign and
programs of drill to be carried out at
joint maneuVers between land and air
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to enroll with his new monopIane built
by McCurdy and Baldwin at Baddeck.
Canada.
That the new establishment will not be
without funds is augured by such names
Herbert L. Satterlee, Son-in-law of j.
Pierpont Morgan. and former assistant
secretary of the navy: Cortlandt Field
Bishop and Charles Herbert Allen, who
are on the general board. and the follow
ing men of wealth. who are associate
members: John Hays Hammond, Augustus
Thomas young Russell Alger and Allen
\. Ryan. who will be manager of the
international aviation meet to take place
at Belmont Park in November.
Recruiting work is already in progress
and headquarters have been established
in the old LenoX mansion. 9Th avenue and
Sth street. New York. where r. +. Sin
clair. secretary of the general board, is
in charge. The dues have been fixed at
81 for active and - for associate MEM
berS.
The air fleets monopianes and bipla mes
are intended chiefly for scouting, signal
ing. accommodating and service in con-
junction with dirigible balloons, where
exceedingly rapid movements are needed.
They will be not only more difficult to
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up while studying the Positivist School
of Philosophy. Well. ats you suggested,
that letter still is rumbling inside of me.
Now just listen a minute--stop squirm-
ing around ana you'll hear something"
The Office Cat fell silent, and presently
there emerged from the dcpths of the
Waste Basket a little peevishly murmur-
some voice sRaking as follows:
You publication is filed constantly
with all sorts of humbug and tommyrot
which nobody reads or has the slightest
desire to read. and yet. when something
important to the whole nation-important,
| was going to say. to civilization every
where-Iike meeting of the Society for
the Propagation and Perpetuation of
Paper Flowers. comes along. why. you I'M
fairly and Arutally close your columns to
of members of the society. and fall down
generally ats to your sense of responsible
ity to the public. And I know perfectly
well, sir. that you won't publish this pro-
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Society for the Propa CATION and Perpetua
ton of Paper Flowers.
The Editor felt. | suppose that he didn't
have room enough in the paper to devote
quite two pages to this highly important
subject. especially as he now has on his
hands a revolution in Portugal a rear
platform trip of Teddy's. and II guber
material campaign in several states. Well.
in concluding this letter. Pro Bono Pub
lico,' who. no doubt is the secretary of
the Society for the Propagation and Per
petuation of Paper Flowers. boils righ-
over, SO he does. and SAYS that the Editor
won't dare to publish his letter in full In
this Pro Bono Publico' was perfectly
kee-rect. The Editor wouldn't and he
didn't dare. Instead, he hurled the let
ter right into me. at the same time Civ
ing utterance-didn't I hear him?-to sew
eral remarks which he no doubt picked
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tary Academy. who has reconstructed two
horsepower automobiles of 1910
pattern by mounting upon each a 30
caliber Colt rapid-tiring gun. giving 4So
shots per minute and having a sighted
range of 2.uDo yards. With this arma-
ment and an additional equipment of tents
and blankets, strapped in the rear:
clothing, cooking utensils. etc. strapped
TO the running board and 1900 rounds
of ammunition packed in compa rtments
under the seat. these machines, a
few weeks ago, made the complete run of
the Glidden tour from Cincinnati to
Chicago via Dallas, TeX.-a total distance
of $50 mileS-without showing any undue
wear and tear.
An airship field gun which can be
brought 10 bear in any lateral direction.
and which can be elevated to angle
of 60 degrees, has been lately turned out
by the krupps. 1t throws shell of SIS
pounds. And another recent Krupp in
vention for use in such weapons is a
fiaring SHE'LL designed to explode bal
looms by setting fire TO their gas when
striking them Such inventions appear
to be needed by nations wishing to pro-
tect themselves against war balloons, for
experiments completed last month at
Lydd show that the envelopes of such
air craft may be almost riddled with bull
lets in the lower portions and yet be held
in the air by the upward pressure of the
gas.
But our aeroplane feet will be much
more difficult to hit than the dirigible
balloons with which they will be
opera ted not only for the reasons above
stated, but for additional ones not hither-
to taken into consideration NJ. Esnault-
PeIterie. a French experimental. on sew
eral occasions this summer stood behind
his aeroplane while the propeller was
going at full speed and tried to fire shots
into the stern of the craft, but all of the
bullets were thrown aside by the column
of air thrown back spirally by the rapidly
revolving blades. His experiments seem
to indicate that aeroplane operators will
be immune from a rear attack by rife
or machine gun fire.
That aeroplaneS can be used for send
ing wireless kilograms describing move
ments of the enemy observed from great
heights was first demonstrated a few
weeks ago by two Americans, II. NJ. Hor-
ton and James McCurdy. Mr. Horton at
tached to the steering wheel of Mr. Nc
Curdys aeroplane an ingenious sending