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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-10
.LEJEUNE SMASHES
HATF|ELD'S RECORD
New Worlds Record for Base
Ball Throwing After Thirty.
Six Years.

CINCINNATI. Ohio, October IO.-The
worlds record for the long-distance
throwing of a base ball. that had stood
for thtrty-six years. was broken at the
field day between the Cincinnati and
PittsburS National League teams here
yesterday. when Sheldon Lejeune of the
Evansville club of the Central League
threw the sphere 426 feet 81 inches,
p feet 1Oa4 inches over the old record.
This long-distance throwing event was
in a special match between LeJeune and
Oscar Fandrec of Springfield. The record
that has stood for more than third Of
a century was made by Tom Hatfield.
and was 400 feet ~ inches.
In the other field events that followed
Pittsburg was unable to carry off any
honors. In two events the visitors sue
ceeded in getting ties. but were outdone
in the finals. The summaries:
Beating out bant-John Lobert and Ward
Miller 10th of Cincinnati. tied at O3 rs anC
divided the prize money.
Fungo. bittIng-Won by Rowan of Cincinnati
Distance, 3gS feet 81 inches.
Lobcrt Of Cincinnati tied Time. Ola. In the
run-cn Lobert won by repeating the circuit IL
Ola.
Catcher's accurate tbrowing-Won by Nc
Lean. Cincinnati. by making two bulls-cyes GU
OF three thrown.
Pitcher's control contes.-won 10y Harry Gas
par. Cincinnati. Record. eight strikes out o
Outaclder's accurate throwing Paskert Gin
ciuna;l. and Wilson; Pittsturc. tied on tw'
throws rasEcrt vinnlns On n" , third
sinnas third Mer ST s.burs siso es
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either man will dash for second base.
You are more startled to see LajOie get
the extra base, for he Is not fast run
ner but someway or other he can de-
velop a grand burst of speed after
passing first.
In base running Cobb slides at every
opportunity. with wiggly. fade-away
twist that makes him elusive IS an
eel Lajoie, when occasion requires,
will dive head first twenty feet away
from the base. He seldom goes in feet
first.
Cobb is a care-free youth. full Of the
joy of living and to whom every day
is one grand outing. So is Lajoie.
When Lajoie was manager OF the
Cleveland Club he used to sit up nights
trying to devise means of plugging the
weak spots and his own work suffered
N consequence With the responsible
ty placed on the shoulders of another
he commenced singing the ball as he
did when he first came to the American
League, and he has kept up his good
work ever since.
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NEW FOOT BALL IS WELL
INDICATED BY RESUL IT'S
Development Of Spectacular Open Play in
Early Season Contests by Major Var
sites Makes Even One-Sided Con-
tests Interesting to Spectators.

their opinions by the number OF 90
games that were played Saturday. On
the college sridirons there were eight
contests IN which neither side could
tally. If the Navy-Rutgers game can
De taken as criterion, this may he
attributed to the fact that those nom
scoring teams did not take advantage of
up-to-date methods. In the match at
annapolis only one forward pass was
tried The midshipMen made the at
tempt. but did not resort to it until very
Iate In the game, and then II was not
completed successfully.
That the possibilities for scoring still
appear to be strong was in evidence Sat
urday. when Georgia ran up a tally of
~. the record for the season so far. Tn
doUbtedly the losers were very weak but
II IS quite a feat with any sort of re-
sistance to tally more than point min
ute.
The pretty game that the army played
against Tufts in the opening of the West
Point season was one of the most i'm
presSive things about foot ball Saturday.
The cadets showed that they were right
up TO snuff in the new game, and it looks
as If Yale were going TO have task of
no mean proportion this week against the
young soldiers. The Blue had all it could
do to beat Holy Cross, which was playing
Its first game. so 1t would be no great
surprise 10 see the Army come off the
plains" next Saturday with a victory.
No injuries worth mentioning occurred
in the games last week. Ii was noticeable
that the big teams that have competent
trainers had all their men in fine fettle,
and practically all the time that was
taken out Was for slight injuries to the
players on minor teams. Many are at
tributing Princeton's speedy playing and
good condition to the work of keene
Fitzpatrick, who is the first really high
class trainer the Tigers have had in many
a day. Harvard and Pennsylvania have
long had the advantage of good training
methods. and the change of affairs at old
Nassau may Go lot to put the Orange
and Black foot ball on A better plane than
il has been in late years.
From the way things are going at Cor
nell II looks mighty blue for the Ithacans'
chances in the big games. Foot ball up
there has been in A rather chaotic state
this season, and the fact that Oberlin, a
team handiiy beaten last year, held Cor
nell to a scoreless tie does not inspire
much hope for successful year at
Ithaca. II looks to a man up a tree as if
Cornell were one of the teams that has
not Yet learned to take advantage of the
possibilities of the new style game.
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WFooBa Code Peases Sporting News Comment
SEASON A SUCCESS.
President johnson Pleased With
Result-Attendance Increased.

CHICAGO. October l0.-ReWewing
the 1910 season. B. e. Johnson, presi-
dent of the American League, yester-
day said:
I'm every respect the 1910 season has
been the banner year Of the American
League, both financially and in the
standard Of play. Striking features
were the openness Of the race until the
new champion forged ahead to a more
commanding lead in September.
while the final figures on attend
ance have not yet been compiled, the
clubs Of the lea:1e played to bigger
crowds this season than in any pre-
viOus race.
THE short schedule. for which the
league has always stood proved an
other big success. but steps will be
taken at the winter meeting Of the
league to arrange a playing schedule
that will ring down the curtains on OF
about October l. BY carrying the
games into the middle Of October. the
players and the club arrangements in
jure the popularity OF base ball. and
it always has been the aim Of the
American League to father the shor,
season.
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TWO STAR PLAYERS
CRITICALLY COMPARED
Playing Methods of Cobb and
Lajoie Are Different in
Every Respect.

There used to be three ball players
whose wonderful work day in and day
out put them in class by themselves,
says the Detroit Times. which con-
tinues: Now there are only two, for
time has robbed Hans Wagner Of his
skill and cunning. The great German
is hitting like an ordinary batsman
and he doesn't cover the ground he
once did. That leaves Tyrus Cobb and
Napoleon Lajoie as the greatest play
ers of the present.
The race for batting honors lies be-
tween these men, and just now Cobb is
leading There never were rival play
ers whose methods and style differed
as do Cobbs and Lajoie's. Their very
appearance is directly opposite. Cobb
is a thin, nervous chap. who runs az
though propelled by springs; Lajoie Is
solidly constructed. easy going man
who gives an impression Of always
having both feet on the ground. Cobb
pursues a base ball. waving his hands
as though he might fly and ending the
sprint with final leap; Lajoie just
sort of ambles over where the ball is
coming. sticks down his hand and picks
il up. His very ease Of manner conveys
an idea of Indifference.
At the plate these rivals continue to
pursue widely diverging lines of endeav-
or. Cobb crowds the plate for certain
kinds of pitched ball, and for others he
steps back. He Frances around and
shifts his feet to meet the occasion. Rad
balls he lets go, good ones he hits. La
joie selects the certain pitch he wishes
to hit and hits II. II the ball is high
and on the outside he hits it anyway.
You can almost tell when he will offer
at a ball because he starts a hop step
and-jump as the pitcher prepares TO
deliver it, He lunges his Whole weight
behind the bat and strikes with wide.
free swing.
There is just one place where Cobb
and Lajoie perform alike-they both
will go TO second base on the slightest
provocation. cobb always runs to first
and makes the turn after hitting. So
does Lajoie Then, if some indOlent
fielder juggles the ball for an instant
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GETS GOOD PLAYERS.
Three Fast Men Available f
GEORGETOWN Next Season.

The start of the freshman year at
Georgetown law school last week dis
closed some interesting matter for fol-
lowers Of athletics at the Hilltop insti-
tuition, the enrolment including the
names of several athletes who should add
strength to the ranks of the team that
will represent the university in base ball
next season.
Prominent among the many are James
Donnelly. Frank Davis and Whitmarsh,
three members of the championship team
at Business High in 1909, and of the Man
hattans, runners-up for the championship
In the Independence League last season.
All three are players of unusual ability
and rank well up among the amateur
players of the District.
Donnelly was captain of the champion
ship high school team and manager and
captain of the Independence League team.
He is second baseman and was picked
by all local authorities for place on
the All-High School team. Last year, as
a member of the Manhattans. he led the
league with the stick with an average
near the 400 mark, and was easily the
leading second baSeman of the circuit.
Davis has played three positions in the
infield. second. third and shortstop. and
has shown more than ordinary ability in
each Like Donnelly, he was an ALL High
School player. being picked for the posi-
ton in short field. During the past sum-
mer he played with the Manhattan. and
American Security teams. and his all
around play was a feature Of the work
Of both.
Whitmarsh played center field on the
high school team, but during the past
season has been shifted to the intied.
where he showed marked ability. He IS
Il small man and has proved an excel
lent player to lead off the batting list.
At the start of the season he entered
Central High, but later decided To take
up collegiate work. His loss will be
keenly felt at the high school, where he
would have undoubtedly filed position
on the ball team
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FOOT BALL NOTES.

The only game Of Importance played
Saturday in the south Atlantic division
was the one between Georgetown and
North Carolina \. and NJ Each OF the
other big schools met a team much be-
low its standard 1t certainly seems
a shame that it was not a better day, as
decision would probably have been
reached instead of a scoreless tie. BY all
accounts Georgetown outplayed the A.
and NJ. crowd during the first three
quarters. Had conditions been more IA
vorable for fast play it is more than
likely that the Hilltoppers would have
gotten away with the long end Of the
score.
1t seems rather big joke that Sit
terding probably the smallest man play
ing on either of the big teams in the
south. should be put out of the game for
roughing compound a. and NJ. tackle.
The resulting penalty. half the distance
to the goal line. came near costing
Georgetown the game
Pendleton. who used to cut up capers
around here for the Episcopal High
School. is playing great game in the
backfield for Princeton. 1t was mainly
by his work that the Tigers We're able to
keep the New York University team out
of their danger zone.
Nearly all of the big teams were treated
to surprises Saturday. Ya'e and Prince
ton were held to close scores; a very
questionable decision kept the Navy from
being trimmed by Rutgers; Michigan
barely beat Case, and Chicago lost for
the first time in the history of the school
to Indiana.
When the Hopkins team was on the
Maryland Aggies' 1-yard line Saturday IL
seems that il was kept from scoring
because one of Hopkins guards ran to
the side lines to give his manager his
false teeth. causing his team to be PEN
allied 10 yards
\ great many of the larger schools
around these parts could have learned
things from that little Fredericksburg
team which stacked up against the
Hatcbetites i'm Saturdays game at Union
League Park Its members were indi-
vidually and collectively the best tacklers
that have played on local gridiron in
the last three years.
The George Washington team did not
develop the expected strength in its ini-
tial game Playing an eleven averaging
ONLY I:;.I pounds, il should have run up
a much larger score than 81. While the
condition of the field was bad, il favor
ed the heavy Hatchetites more than their
lighter opponents. Lack of Scrimmaee
work is more than likely the cause of
the local unfversity's poor showing.
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HAS CALL
OVER ZIMMERMAN
Athletics Second Baseman
One of the Big Stars of
the Game.

The second basemen who are to play in
the big series sre comparatively young
PLAYERS. Each is in his fourth year OF
professional base bail. Zimmerman Is two
years elder than Collins. who is but
twenty-three, but the latter has had the
greater experience.
Collins has been regular on Mack $
team for three years and his work dur
ing that time has stamped him as one of
the best second basemen in the country.
Zimmerman in the same time has under
studied Evers and gets his chance now
simply because of the unfortunate injury
to the latter.
On past performances Collins must be
picked over the Chicago man, but that
Zimmerman will be better than foil to
set off the performances of the Athletics
star is indicated by his work for the
Cubs since Evers was hurt.
He is a dangerous man at the bat and
just at present is hitting harder than any
regular on the Chicago club. In five
games he has batted for 800 with a total
Of 1000, his offerings including a two
bagger. three-bagger and two home
runs. His fielding in these games was
fautless.
In offensive work the Cubs will be 10
weaker through the absence of Evers. In
the opinion of Manager McGraw of New
York at all times a close student of the
game. they will be stronger by virtue of
Zimmerman's ability TO break up the
game with long hit.
In the field it is different story. Zim-
norman cannot be expected to play the
game OF Evers. He is not yet part of
the machine in the sense the veteran was
and OH close plays Will be more apt to
throw Tinker out of his stride than
Evers.
Collins. on the other hand, fits per-
fectly into the Athletic intield. He is to
and Wagner, respectively. are to the
Cleveland and Pittsburg infields.
Collins great mountaineering ability
allows the men alongside him to play
a more restricted area and hence more
perfect game than would be possible with
an inferior player in his place.
Collins is one of the best batsmen in
the game He grasps the stick loosely
and can bunt as well as drive the ball
through the intield. He is type of
batsman who is sure TO keep the OPP
posing infielders and pitchers in an anX-
iOus mood.
In many ways he resembles Ty Cobb.
Like the Detroit star, he has great speed
and shines on the bases. and as run
maker is nearly as good. To date this
year he has stolen - bases and is sure
TO lead the American League in this de-
partment Last year he finished second
to Cobb. who had 1G stolen bases. Col
Inns figures were nine less.
Last year Collins finished second to
Cobb in the American League batting
list. This year he should finish fourth,
his present average (unofticiaD being .31S
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Special Dispatch 10 The star.
NEW YORK, October l0-Frank Farrell
is going to make Bill Ciymer. former Co.
lumbus manager. the head of the High
landers for next year, according TO New
York dispatches.
II Farrell does he'll make the same
mistake other owners have made unless
this man Clymer is a remarkable excep-
ton to a rule now generally recognized
by base ball.
ager. Not a man of any great person
atty or especial brain power, but at thai
just about as good a minor league man.
ager as there is in the country. And
Yet il he tries the major league manage
ment he is apt to be an absolute failure
The rest of his kind have.
Players Are Jealous.
Ball players are a jealous lot. They
are proud of having reached high RANK
and hate to have anybody get away
with anything at the expense of their
profound dignity. They look on d man
of the Clymer type as not one OF them.
Bill. Armour was like Clymer in that
he never reached the ranks. OF the major
give some of his Tiger stars an order
they would respond:
Say. where did you ever play ball?'
And then Bill was UP a tree.
If he answered: ''Oh, l played the
outfield "a the .. and +. League -whcf
they all knew-they getty asked hin
just what right hS had telling major
ieaguers what l.; DO.
Wouldn't Stand for Him.
Sill was up against il in Cleveland fo
the same reason. In the minors he's grea
as leader; in the majors the fact tina
as a player he never rose TO the highes
rank is an absolute block to him.
Probably funniest of all the wouid-b'
major league leaders who broke into thu
limelight was George HUFF. the coach o.
the University OF Illinois. who was grab
bed by John |. Taylor of Boston to man
age his Red Sox.
George Is as kindly ami genteel as h'
is fat. He had never before sat on Z
major league bench to do any real di
recting.
Hobo Ferris, Crouch Lou Criger. Vet
eran Cy Young. Bob Cnglaub and few
others of their type were on that team.
What Hobe Ferris didn't tell HUFF abou
giving orders to real honest-to-goodness
ball players instead Of to school Kid!
could not be conjured in the head of bas'
balls most versatile adjective singer.
And don't forget" said Hobe one nigh
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MANAGER MUST HAVE RECORD
TO MAKE GOOD IN BIG SHOW
Unless He Possesses a Bright Page in Base
Ball History as Player He Should
Shy Clear of Major Leagues.

to HUFF as they stood in the hotel cor
ridor. Ito kiss us all good night.
Hun stayed for breakfast in the
major league circuit and quit with a glad
ness and joy beyond description.
Cantillion "Flunked."
Joe Cantillon is looked on as one OF
the great minor league managers. lie
was an absolute failure in the majors.
He never played i'm the big circuit Then
there was Bill Murray OF the Philsdei-
phia Nationals. He was the boss man
ager OF the Eastern League. lie failed 70
soon as he lit the majors. McCloskey OF
ST. Louis was another.
Take. on the other hand. the great
leaders i'm the history OF the game. All
OF them recalled al the present writing
were in their day great individual stars.
Ned Hanion, looked ON as III daddy
of them all when II comes T.: handling
and developing ball players, WAS the great
outiieIder for the old Detroit Nationals.
When he started 10 manage A club he
had long and brilliant record behind
him. and players looked up To him be-
cause OF what he had already done,
Those That Know
Take Hughie Jennings. springing from
the Eastern League TO Detroit lie hal
back of him a reputation as the greatest
shortstop that ever kicked umpires
shins.
BOYS he said to the Tigers which he
took full charge of the team down south
in l%D1. I've got my reputation: you've
got yours To make Nothing that You
fellows can do can take from me what
I've already earned. But if all let
out together and hustle you'll have your
chance to show.
Nobody could ever ask IiuShie Where
did YOU ever play ball?
What They Did.
CLARK Griffith. some pumpkins as a
manager, even if Farrell didn't think SO.
is still remembered as the old fox OF
the twirling art. Jimmy McAleer never
had superior an outiielder. Charley
Comiskey was the great first sacker of the
old 1T. Louis Browns. Johnny McGraw
was the great third sacker and exponent
of aggressive play on the old Baltimore
nine before ever becoming known as
managerial wizard.
And men like Fielder Jones. Jimmy Col
lins Frank Chance and their kind-play-
ing mana gers-showed their men that
they were there every day in the week.
The ball player insists on being shown.
and the minor league manager. no matter
how great a wizard of the game he may
be- has hard shedding unless he can back
ball history as a player.
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WITH MEN ON THIRD AND ON
FIRST, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Callahan Tells of a Common Base Ball Sit
uation That Takes All the Think
ing Power of Players.

The next time you attend a ball game
and the score is close; for instance, if the
score is tie or the team at bat is one
run behind and they have man on third
and man on first and two men out. fig
urc out which is the best way to get a
run. writes Jimmy Callahan, the old bali
player.
Seems simple, doesn't it?
Remember this play, dope it out for
yourself What. in your opinion. would be
the best way to try it and then watch
and see how it is played. You'll have to
think quickly. but the players who are en-
gagged in 1t will have to think a whole lot
more quickly. How many times have you
seen a pitcher and catcher stop the game
momentarily and consult each other. You
yell and ask them why they don't paint
their signs on the fence.
The Catcher's Problem.
If you were catching and your team was
two or more runs ahead, you probably
would try to nail the fellow going to sec
ond and not bother with the fellow on
third. The one on first. would not be
likely to go unless he was a pretty good
base-runner and had a big lead. But we
VIII say the score is tied. You are CATCH
ing and Cobb or Evers, two fast. daring
runners who can slide well--take either
one Of them--is OH third.
If the fellow at bat is weak hitter or
If the pitcher has it on him that day. you
would probably have your pitcher waste
the ball so he could not hit 1t, and if the
runner at first went down you would prob
ably make a bluff throw TO second re-
turn the ball high and fast TO the pitcher
in the hopes of Turing Cobb or Evers into
coming in, and then you would have him
If YOU make the short throw to the Sec
ond baseman who has come in to take it,
either one of those boys is likely to beat
his throw BACK to the plate. If you throw
to the pitcher or a bluff throw to second
fails to fool Cobb or Evers and the runner
who was on first is resting safely on sec
ond you would tell yeur pitcher to work
hard and give all he had to retire that
batter.
Filling the Bases a Good Play.
Surprising the fellow at bat is good
hitter and has been tagging your pitcher
h"rd all day. Say you have had your
pitcher pitch out twice in the hope Of get
ting a play which didn't materialize. The
batter has him in the hole as ball players
call it, and is taking a toe hold. as he
figures the next ball will be over and he
is ready to Wallop il. You pause and look
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The first collegiate game of foot ball
ever won by Eastern College was taken
Saturday. when Gallaudet wa3 defeated
in the first game of the season, 800.
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Have you ever noticed that most Of
the southpaWs in the Ameri AN League
are small mem? said Tommy Atkins.
himself Il member of the southpa wing
brethren. well, it's true. Outside of
Big Jim Vaughn in New York and Col
Inns in Boston, the left-handers are rot
big Eddie Plank il not big off the
diamond as he seems in uniform. Dolly
GRAY is only fair-szed man. Eddie
Karger is not 50 tall when YOU line
alongside him and you can 90 down the
list and you will see that the big fellows
are all in the right-handers. Take John
SON Bender. Coomhs, Walsh. fellows Ike
that who are the star right-handers, aud
they arc all big fellows, but the south
paws are a lot of midgets. Wonder why
that is, but its SO, nevertheless.
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While much surprise was expressed in
some quarters becat:Se Georgetown did
not win from y and NJ. considering the
ha ndicap the team was under il was
lucky TO get off with "A 90 score. The
Hilltoppers have the heaviest schedule
of any team in the south this year, and
il need occasion no surprise if they suf-
fer Il defeat or two later on in the sea-
son.