The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-10
FANS TICKLE IN
THEIR FANC|ES
HAS Beens'' Cannot Remain in
Game on Strength of Past
Regulations.
HANS TELLS WHY AMERICAN
BATSMEN AVERAGE so HIGH
Ball Used by National Associa-
tion Not Nearly So Lively as
Other Sphere.
BY MANHATTAN,

BY MANHATTAN,
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
NEW YORK. Sept Baseball has no
use for the "has-been' No matter how
brilliant a player n man may have been,
when age prevents him from delivering
The goods he must GO For instance: ,Sa se
waivers on Moriarity and Davy Jones,
each Of whom has been with the team
money. This will start the. old story
about the ill-fortune. that follows oscu-
pancy Of the captains JOB with Jen-
nings's team Moriarty Is the third man man
TO hold the position under Hughie, and
/ luck has been against every one OF the
three. Coughlin was the first In 1907 and
19OS and was in such physical shape at
the end of the latter season that he was
almost forced out of the worlds series,
and was released, because OF the way he
was going back. at the end OF that year
| ton. at the start Of 1909 was rewarded
for two years OF faithful and brilliant
ing named as successor to Coughlins
| Schaefer was taken III that spring. and
his physical condition In August was such
that to save his team team foe Senn,nsS nelshan
In 1910 Jennings decided to have no cap,
| tain to get away from the Jinx, He
was his own captain; S1Ssd ana Tot d, me the dag
| This spring Moriarty, who was In the
worlds series of 1903. the year he joined
Detroit was given the JOB the R bst nas and and
now Is out through injury, JUST WnEn 1,, ne
as most needed He probably Will not
play again this year,
! Dayy Jones is regarded as nearly done,
| Detroit has been watching that left held
| position for soma time: being aware tnae
a change must be made soon MSlhtS.ss ~
| was lei out last winter. and Drake ano
| Schaller have boon with the team al year
Schooling to succeed Jones DaVid 70 "A n
veteran. He was with the team netoIe
that time had been with Milwaukee a and
81 Louis Americans and Chieago Ln III
tionals. as we'll as MtnneaponnSS;; Hts IIs
has been Slowing up somewhat, though
FOR several Years he was regarded as the
best lead on man, in the American @ ieasuedi sue
| He was on all three champion ciuoe' anu
| led off two world s series.
Leads in the Batting.
Tha, Jackson family seems to be be-
| coming upduly conspicuous and assert
tive In the two major leagues. oouSi Sia
George, who recently joined tne OI
Mems home that the Boston NauonaIs 5a.a
ownership has endowed, is now iead,ns
the senior big league by several mics,
with q margin that 1t viii take as aans
Wagner some time TO Gu. e0WHs sG,Ideriv It''e In
the American league the Leadership nss
not been secured by Joe jackson, put ne
| has given Ty Cobb's lead an a"iui 'o'''
| Before the season started some OF tne
pitchers intimated that the Maps sIar
was false alarm. and would pioW- ne
better Jackson s and tme me PItehv pt Which is
reversal Of the usual procedure he Is
now In the 400 list, after long and
steady climb, and II Is apparem. ina, ma
! Cobb Lajoie is also hitting 400: out ne
will not get into 100 games this sea
son. There is no. set number OF con
tests In which r player must participate
to be considered In the reckoning Tor the
tide. but Larry would have to lead Copo
or Jackson by quite margin TO De con :
ceded the honor. These players nave
been In the game all Year. and will bat
In close TO $50 performances each:
Hans Wagner. who ought TO know.
says the difference In balls rs tne cause
league batsmittes. Here Is how Honus
why are the batting averages in the
American league so much higher than
those IN the National?
'There has been whole lot OF tax
about that question, Some say the pan
used In the American Is much liveller.
Others say there is difference In the
pitching and fielding IN favor OF the
older league, For myself, l believe the
American league teams continue to use
that cork center ball while the National
Iieague fellows have gone back to the old
ball,
when they were using the cork center In
the National early In the season. me
players We're hitting 1t everywhere eno
how II would Sing when you connected
with II,
I'VE had a great eime ioshinG the pitch
ers Every day some Of them were COM
planning about the ball. They said:
I'VE can't put the ball anywhere to
keep the batter from hitting IT,
Twirler Will Marry.
Walter Johnson. the famous pitcher OF
the Washingtons. is to join the Bcne-
dicks. Announcement has been made nj
seasor Johnson Will return TO Los An;
Taylor. Miss Taylor is an eastern glrl.
hut has been residing IN Los Angeles for
auainted with. Johnson when he was
twirinE for the olindc team before he
advanced into the professional ranks.
Rather than leaning to the graduate
system I'm baseball coaching Yale Is said
TO he making overtures 10 several pros.
ineuding ,hIs Pave d rM''I sne iormGo xreaS az
The Philadelphia and New York Amcri,,
can league teams. FuItz has turned
down the offer. pleading that his legal
Dutch Carter. once Yale's great pitch-
er, Is backing Billy Lauder. the old
Brown and Giant third basemap. Frank
backed BY some influential men in New
Haven and Johnny Evers. the CHICAGO
suggested, Unless the move goes through
TO have n graduate, and there Is a chance
that IL won't. either Lauder or Evers will
likely be selected Billy Lush's extreme
use OF the hit-and-run under any and
all conditions Is said to have prepared
his downfall among the Ellis.
., ares E Block Of Dtssk IN Sc
Washington baseball club. which will
make him q permanent fixture there and
practically dictator OF the policies Of the