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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06
CLAIMS ATHLETICS ARE IN
BETTER SHAPE THAN IN 1910
Philadelphia Writer Sizes Up Worlds
Champions Considers Collins Greatest
Player in Game, Barring None.

After training the glasses on the Ath-
letics a spectator Is convinced that the
Mackmen are even better than last sea-
son. when they. won the pennant with
ninety-seven points to spare, says James
Isminger in the North American.
Youthful Mackmen like Collins. Coombs,
Barry, Baker and Oldring are better this
year than last. They are players who
are still coming: not the kind who are
standing still or going back.
Eddie Collins is the same old speed
king. Right in the very first inning
he stole second and third in succession.
Of a recent game he stole second and
third in succession, and was a sprint mar
vel all through the game. Edward the
VIII didn't delay one second to show
Philadelphians that he was STILL there In
his chosen field Of endeavor. Collins is a
confirmed star and will again show
heights in second basemsnship that no
competitor can attain.
While dealing a chapter on Collins.
1t might he added that he Is the great
est player in base ball today He is
the Wagner OF yesteryear. The only
player who might dispute Collins right
to the highest honors Is Tyrus Ray
mond Cobb Of Georgia and Michigan. The
writer picks Eddie in preference to Ty-
rus solely because he thinks an inffeid
knockout is more valuable to team than
an outfield knockout
Both are wonders in every tributary of
the game. with Cobb slightly the more
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MATCH GOES FIVE SETS.
Russell Beats HUM in Play for Court
Tennis Title.

BOSTON, April 6.-Two matches were
played yesterday in the court tennis cham
pionship tournament at the Tennis and
Racquet Club In this city. In the morn
ing two local players. Joshua Crane, a
former champion. nd Dr. G. S. Derby faced
each other, the former winning three sets
to one. The score was Ga. Ga. 4-8,
60.
The closest match so far in the tourna-
ment was played yesterday afternoon be-
tween c. r. Russell of the local club and
w. H. HUM of the Philadelphia Racquet
Club, the former winning at 81. SO.
Sc. Ga, SO.
Mr. Russell took the first set easily
and made hard try in the second. He
led Mr.. HUM % in the third. when the
latter showed his best game and pulled
out a victory. Mr.. Russell forced the
playing in the fourth set. and made the
score two sets all. The deciding set went
to deuce, the local player finally winning.
Both contestants were thoroughly ex-
hausted by their efforts. the match con-
Stunning two hours and ten minutes of
play.
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BIZ J. ED GRILLo.

While there may be occasion for disap-
pointment over the fact that there still Is
doubt, and much Of it. as to whether Jim
McAleer will be able to strengthen his
outfleld from tile several recruits he re-
tains, the fact remains that he really has
been fortunate in picking up valuable
young ball players.
The percentage Of players secured since
last spring who are making good with
the Nationals is far above the ordinary.
Henry Cunningham and Ainsnith, for
instance, are trio who give promise of
being stars of the first rank by next fall.
and even IL every one OF the new men
taken south this spring should fail Nc
Aleer could still feel that on the whole
he has Jared we'll. for 1t is figured that
any time a. ball club gets one ball player
who will help the team out Of every ten
1t tries out it Is doing we'll.
But. Of course, with the fact generally
recognized that the team would stand
chance to be a real contender with a
better hitting outfield than 1t had last
season interest naturally centered IN the
players secured for trials In these posi-
lions, and when it became evident that
none Of the recruits gave promise OF BE-
ing able to take the place OF the veterans
the disappointment followed.
But who knows that it won't all come
out for the best?, Perhaps il one or
two of the young fielders had shown
a fash this spring they would have
supplanted the players now holding
down those positions. The veterans
might even have been disposed of and
then might have happened the slump
Of the youngsters, as it often does.
Perhaps the work or Lelivelt and Cess
Ter this season will be Of such cali
Der that there will be ground for re-
joicing that none of the youngsters
showed a flash during the training sea-
son. At any rate, let us hope so.
In order to be fortified at first base,
should it develop that John Henry's
showing this spring was a mere flash
in the pan, Manager McAleer is sure
to carry John Somerlot for a time this
season until he has been thoroughly
convinced that Henry can keep up a
stride worthy Of his retention on first
base. There is. of course. nothing to
indicate that Henry would not make
good when the championship season
splendid first baseman, though Of
course 1T will be best to judge him
when he faces the pitchers Of the rival
American League teams and is placed
under the strain which the champion
ship season brings with 1t. With Henry
hitting around the 800 mark this sea-
son his acquisition will make q won
derful difference in the Nationals
playing. for not only would he add
much needed batting strength. but he
is fast on the bases and has the spirit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06

powerful man with the stick sensational
as the Quaker classicist Is in that de-
partment.
With no more illness in his family Frank
Baker, the Trappe ticker OF the pill.
should play even more sensationslly than
he did last season. when there wasn't the
slightest complaint to make ahou. the
third basing at Shibe Park. Look for
Baker some day to top the batting list
issued every autumn by Bancroft Byron
Johnson.
The muscular third baseman is a whale
at the bat and drives the ball-with amaz-
four games under southern skies. and has
started of the year as IL ne is going to
ignite the American League.
Barry is another base ball progressive
who should go better in 1911 than i'm 1910.
Notwithstanding the good copy he turn
ed out last season.
Hogan. a we'll put-up California youth.
looks like the merchandise.
II he can shake off base hits from the
deliveries OF fast-set pitchers he should
reside here Indefinitely. lie showed
enough hitting ability Saturday when
he made two clean raps to right
streaks along the outfeld turf like q
scared fiamingo. going deep In foul foot
ing for a drive Hosan's arm 10 also
built for the purpose of stopping the fleet
on the paths. n he keeps on hitting we'll
he will about remain in left for $50 or
so straight performances.
OF course. Dan Murphy. the reliable.
Is the same smooth worker. always get
ting a 1000 average in everything he
attempts Oldring and Lord do capitally
in the innings they face the gallery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06
C0LORED SCHOOL LEAGUE.
Elementary Scholars Will Band To-
aether and Play for City Title.

!. For the first time in the city the ele-
mentary schools will produce a base ball
League. The series of games will be held
under the direction OF the Public School
Athletic. League, and the first games will
be held within the next week. The Dr.
vision Leagues. branches OF the central
body. will conduct the games within the
divisions. for the division championships.
BY the 10th OF May all OF the division
championships. will have been decided,
ana the P. s. A. L. games committee
will then run on the. city championship
series.
Each grade school will have a base ball
team with the interests Of the team look
ed after by one, Of the. teachers. Most
OF the teams SO organized will be uni
formed. Boys know. how to play base
ball and by organizing the teams in
connection with the. school with the
Influence Of school pride acting. 1t
Is possible to greatly aid I'm the de-
veiopment OF self control and good
sbortsmanship. Teachers will be selected
to act as unpifes. and member OF the
group games committee will be In charge
at each game OF the series. In most Of
the divisions the games win be conducted
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ager calculates that there is q chance
to win even against the best pitchers OF
the opposition. With an ordinary or q
poor pitcher there seems little chance.
THE close Of the season finds him away
down among the pitchers. His worth can
little be realized by the public under the
present system OF judging a pitcher by
games won and games lost and nothing
else.
There's your hard luck man and there
is no such silly thing as links" or hoo
doc about 1t. either. He simply is unfor-
tunate in that the advantage Is against
him.
Games count. OF course, but games
won and lost do not make a good figuring
basis to judge a pitcher. See how
down in the race often is taken up by
a team that is one, two or three in the
race. He was little known to the public
in general. though he probably had gone
ball and losing games that would have
been credited to him with good club
behind him.
''The public would get a better idea Of
a pitchers effectiveness X the number
of runs scored against him together with
the number of hits, the number OF passes
he has issued and so on, were recorded.
1t would be interesting to take his strike
outs into consideration, but they would
be secondary in Importance. 6trike-out
pitchers are not always the best. but II
Is interesting to see how many times
pitcher has made his opponents fan dur
ing q season. Games won and lost are no
more essential In figuring on the work OF
a good pitcher than the number OF strike
outs to his credit.
ut takes more than luck for any
pitcher to win games. Luck may win
him one or two. maybe, in Succession.
but he can't depend on the horseshoe to
always carry him through"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06
ELIGIBILITY CODE
WILL Be CHANGED
High School Principals Revise
Old Constitution, and New
Rules Go Into Effect
Next Year.

At the meeting Of the principals OF
the different high schools last Mon
day afternoon new constitution gov
erning athletics was drawn up and
passed The new code IL not intended
to go into effect this year. but will be
in vogue as soon as school opens next
fall.
For some time 1t has been realized
that the code In existence at present
does not cover entirely every point
which has come up. and that there are
several questions about which 1t 10
not entirely explicit 1t was this fact
which caused the heads OF tho scho.
lastic institutions to get together to
formulate q new set OF rules to gov
ern inter-high school competition.
An entirely new code was not dfawn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06

up, several Of the old rules being left
as they were. though, besides making
several new rules to govern questions
which may come up at any time, and
which were not provided for in the old
code. the whole matter was gone over
and every rule which in the opinion Of
the principals needed changing was re-
vised.
The constitution as it now stands Will
remain in vogue during the remainder
Of the current scholastic year. but as it
rules governing scholastic competition
NEXT season will be whole lot different
from what they are now. Especially is
this true OF the eligibility code, which has
been the main subject OF discussion and
argument in athletics since it's institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06
Theft of Third Becomes
a Prominent Ambition

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, April g.
The influence OF George Moriarty's
captaincy has been noted this
spring In the daring base running
of the team in general and the
fact that the men seem to steal
third as often as second.
Moriarty has always believed
that third base IL. at times, easier
to steal than second. Particularly
Is this believed to be the case when
q left-hander is firing for the foe.
With men on second and first.
double steals have become regular !
features OF the Tiger plays. Mort
arty being often the man to start
them 49,
There Is no play which more
thoroughly demoralizes an enemy
than the double steal. The Tigers
hope to play 1t often in the fu-
ture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06
Friendly Bacilli.

DR.. Leonard Keene Hirshberg OF Johns
Hopkins contributes to our Sunday
Magazine a remarkable article on the
advances that have been made in medi-
cal science during the last few years.
crystallizing I'm the revelations made By
DIR. Wright before American audiences.
1t is a strange and wonderful progress
that enables the modern physician to
analyze and control most diseases with
actual mathematical accuracy. In every
persons blood is q host of baciln known
as leucocytes. whose special mission IL Is
to exterminate any disease germs that
may enter the system. When enc is
taken i'll IL is an easy matter. by blood
analysis, to determine to just what exc
tent these germs excel the leucocytes.
and to inject an antidote that will turn
the odds the other way This article IS
truly q wonderful one and of exceptional
value. Watch for It IN our next Sunday
Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06
BASE BALL LAW AGAIN DEFIES
PRECEDENT IN FINES OF CUBS
Jim Delehanty Thinks 500 Ought to Be
Maximum Amount Club Could
Take From Player.

club recently settled the case out OF court.
Hughie Jennings took issue with De-
ehanty regarding the justice Of the Zim-
norman fine. He called attention TO
Iimmerman's bad record and the fact
that, not satisfied to dissipate alone, Zim-
norman insists on taking another player
with him each time. Hughie believes that
Chance did the proper thing and COM
mends his stand.
To fine a player so large a sum is
really revolutionary, and all the more
SO when the fine is assessed before
the player has even become eligible to
draw a cent of salary.
1t is taken for granted that the fines
on the matchmaking Cubs will go,
not because they are legal, according
to the law OF the land. but because OF
the difference between real law and
base ball law. In occasions where base
ball teams, players and arrangements are
involved, the laws of base ball take
precedence. The national commission
pays no attention whatever even TO
the rulings of the Supreme Court Of the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 6.-Jim Del
ehanty says that any ball player who
accepts a fine Of 5000 and works it out
ought to have his head examined. His
declaration followed the dispatch from
Nashville which told how Manager
Chance of the Cubs had fined thinner
man and Richie each 5000 for staying
out all night and reporting showing signs
Of wear the next morning.
"Six-hundred dollars is too much mon
ey," says Jim. 1.-The absolute limit
ought to be 800. Beyond that any ball
player should refuse to pay, and should
carry his case to the civil courts. My
brother. Frank, was fined heavily by the
Cleveland club. He consulted a lawyer.
who told him that his contract gave
his club no right to fine him or even farm
him. He insisted that Frank sue for the
money and collect pay until given his re-
lease. Frank did so and the Cleveland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06

on the plan Of the elimination, rather
than the round robin series
Schools in the various divisions will be
able to obtain Information from the secre-
tary of the P. S. A. L. or members OF
the division games committee. Tenth d.
vision committee, n. Guy, r. Gillem and
j. #. Wilkerson, c. Lewis and j. Davis:
twelfth division committee, b. Key. I.
Renfro and E. Williamson; thirteenth d.
vision committee. j. Syphax. r. Greene
and II. Edmonds
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est News and Brightest Gossip Gathered From Every Branch Of Spor
CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE MAY
PLAY AS FOUR CLUB CIRCUIT
St. Stephens Franchise Will Probably Be
Bought and Aloysius GLIB Allowed
to Forfeit Other Gossip.

matters. Is not known. At that 1t would
seem from the showing Of the Blue and
Gray in its first two games that it is
not up to expectations and that it will
be lucky to win.
Now that the Marquette League is
about to begin work on it's grounds. the
Western High team is likely to suffer
from lack Of a place to practice. The
BACK lot at the school is not very good
place to get in satisfactory work, and
1t Is not known what will be done to
get place for the workouts during the
two weeks preceding the high school
series.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06

Detractors Of Umpire Emslie. who have
often declared that Bob could Judge plays
open. will be shocked to learn that "a
eminent oculist has declared his eye
sight ito be better than normal" En-.
slie has performed long. faithful ana ef-
hctent service for the National League.
and Is yet d mulch better umpire than
many who have tried to.suppnnt him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06

Victor Schlitzer. the tall finger obtained
by. the Indianapolis club from the South
ern League In exchange for Simmy
Murch. is showing up mighty we'll at the
Indians training camp. Jimmy, Burke
has been compelled to caution him
against using too much speed. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06

The Nashville club could have purchased
Pitcher Fred Toney for $500 at one time
last year and declared 1t was too much
money. After President Murphy had
seen him pitch four innings he said he
would not take $4,000 for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06

Detroit fans expect George Stallings to
again put Bisonville on the base ball map
by winning another Eastern League
pennant Stallings hasn't a formidable
looking group of players, but 1t is said
that he has sufficient promises from
major league managers of surplus play
ers that before the season gets started
properly he will have plenty Of good men
to bring the Buffalo team up to it's en-
thusiasts' expectations.
1t would be mighty hard luck il the in
jury TO Sheldon Lejuene the young
Brooklyn outfelder, which he sustained
while automobiling in Knoxville, should
affect his work this season. Lejuene led
the Central League in batting last sea-
son. He won the throwing contest at
Cincinnati in the big field carnival two
years ago. and his throw has not been
approached since.
Detroit may be in the National BiIlia I'd
League next fall. Johnny King who is
the proprietor of a big billiard parlor in
Kansas City. is one of the big moguls in
the three-ball league and he is anxious
to have Bill Donovan put Detroit on
the list.
"Chief" Chase is with the Millers at
Hickman. Ky. The Indian was given
try-out by Joe Cantillon last year. but
was turned over to the Rochester club
of the Minnesota and Wisconsin League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06

DOME Bush is hunting for somebody
in base ball who Is as little as he is.
Bush thought he had q fraction of an
inch on Ball. the Cub outfielder. but
when they stood shoulder to shoulder
Bush was declared the smaller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

Honus Wagner. the Pittsburg star, was
the hero of a game in Memphis yesterday.
The German batted 1.O0O. stole third and
home and acted like a star should. The
Pirates won the game by 40 score.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06

in Baltimore before returning home that
negotiations will be closed for one of the
youngsters. Manager Dunn would like to
procure Fullerton of the Giants or Roach
or Otis Johnson of the Yankees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-06

Johnny Bates is out Of the game for
the Reds. Johnny is said to be troubled
with a bad hand. but would it surprise
YOU fans il Grif was secretly working
Beck to figure out which is the better
man? The Reds leader may suspect
that Bates is not as strong as he thought
and that DOOM pulled a little something
off on him.
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nERTINENI @iflENT
Essrhappenin&$S1 SPortdom

which does much to make a ball team
q winner. '--'-.'.-' '''-.---.-
In expressing the opinion that his team
will win the pennant again this year Con-
ME Mack Is merely sharing the opinion
OF large majority Of the patrons Of
American League base ball. The easy
victory OF the Athletics last year and the
fact that they made the Cubs look like
lot of minor leaguers certainly makes
them the favorite In the coming cam
paign. Mack looks to have the best team
and 1T should have more confidence than
ger sometimes that a team after hav
ing won pennant possesses too mitch
confidence. but that will hardly be the
case with the Athletics. Nothing but q
remarkable reversal Of form on the part
Of several of the players who made q
championship team possible last year can
beat Mack's aggregation That would be
the opinion OF nearly every one interested
in the sport at this stage OF the season
and yet there may be an entirely different
campaign is a month or so old.
There is not much occasion for finding
fault with the assignment Of Mullen to
help out Connolly in the opening series
here. though Mullen makes his debut as
an American League umpire. Connolly
certainly is competent man, while Null
len has yet to show that he IS not fit to
IL IL
make it a practice to growl about the
umpires are apt to lose confidence in
themselves before game has been
played.
Complaint that Caulifower, an umpire
who was not a star. was started and
kept on the local grounds for some time
longer than is usually allotted to an UNI
pire brings to mind the reason for this.
Cauliflower was appointed on the Amer
lean League staff because several OF the
men interested in the Washington club
recommended him. President Johnson did
not think well Of Caulifiower, but APP
pointed him because the local parties in
prove to these gentlemen that they were
not experts in the art of selecting UNI
pires President Johnson kept Caulihower
here SO that his boosters could get
their All Of him. and they did. In the
future there are no recommendations
from this quarter apt to be presented at
American League headquarters anent any
umpires.
That there are really few ball PLAYERS
whose judgment can be relied upon in
sizing up material for a major league
club Is proven in the case Of Cliff Blan-
kenship, who recommended Chief Swain
to the local club. Blankenship had enough
major league experience to lead to the
belief that he would know ball PLAYER
when he saw one, SO that when he wrote
on and said that Swain was just the man
the Nationals needed in the outfield there
was no time lost to purchase this player.
Swain. however. never was of major
league caliber. In fact, he would find it
difficult to hold his own in class A
league. Blankenship is not different from
most players. for there are really few
who recognize ball player when they
see one.
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1t will be hard to crowd Birdie Cree out
Of the main show on the Hilltop this sea-
son. If such a thing is contemplated. His
lively two and three base Stings frequent
ly cause base runners to roll around the
timely hits, as they are sometimes
called.
President Frank Farrell Of the Yankees
and President Hermann of Cincinnati
have arranged for a series of spring
games in 1912 They will be played Sat
urday, Sunday and Monday. March 30. 81
and April l. 1t is planned to have the
new Cincinnati steel and concrete stands
opened March 80.
Harry Howell, the former Brown pitch
er, who was cast out of the American
League for having a hand in the Lajoie
batting fiasco at the close of last season.
is being groomed for the first base post
on the Louisville american Association
team. Howell is doing so well that he
may supplant Myron Grimshaw, the reg
ular guardian OF that sack.
Threatened with pneumonia. Bugs"
Raymond arose from a Sickbed in At
lanta to spike" the imputation that he
had waived his rights to the temperance
pledge that Manager McGraw held over
him. Bugs has been in earnest about
keeping in the straight and narrow path.
and he proved his sincerity by getting
into the first game possible and pitching
winning ball.
Baltimore is after one of McGraw's or
Chase's young infielders, and it is proba-
BILE that when the New York teams play