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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07

reliable line on their comparative
strength.
No one believes hat Washington can
hope to break into the first division,
and yet should McA1eer be fortunate
enough to d a good ball player or
two out OF the lot of material he has
on hand the Senators may prove the
real surprise of the year.
st. Louis looks better than it did last
| season, but will have a hard fight get
ting rid of the cellar championship.
Bobby Wallace as manager is an ex-
pertinent.
Although the Detroit Tigers fell by
the wayside last year, the team is still
strong enough to give other clubs a
tough tussle for second place. The
pitching department Is still weak. al
though Jennings has several young
sters who may turn out well. Boston
will miss Jake Stahl. Mcconnell and
| Harry Lord. New York appears very
strong. The club has good hitters and
great pitchers and Is apparently we'll
fortified In all departments, but will be
in the and of a new pilot. Chase is a
great ball player, but he has yet to
prove he is a capable manager. Say
what you will of George Stallings,
there is no question of his ability as a
leader. He did wonders with the New
York outfit, but has never been given
-tare~crvufr-o ue rr,rn. Cras Sc may be HIS
superior, but he must show it. And
even IL Chase proves himself capable
1t is extremely doubtful If he has a
strong enough team to push the Ath.
letics.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07

and out In September, 1908, the Chi
cagoans nevertheless fought on and
through a blunder had q chance to play
off the tie game of Sept. 20. On hos
tile territory. surrounded by few
friends, they won the game hat gave
them another championship.
In 1909, without King, the club fin
ished second in the National league
pennant pursuit, and with Johnny last
season they won the championship.
As In 1906, the peerless leaders en-
ployees won the highest honors of the
baseball world before the series was
played. the consequence being that
they got a trimming that removed
much Of their chestiness and probably
will do them a world of good. Ware
the Cubs. They fourfushed along last
season with a set of pitchers who did
not do nearly as good work as In for
mer years. but after July 4 the team
was able to take things easily.
The Pirates have a good chance of
being right in the thick of the scrap
for the pennant. Last season there
was dlscord In the ranks of the Bucca-
neers. Wagner and Miller did not play
up to their 1909 form, and Pitcher
Camnitz, according to accounts, look
ed more than once on the wine when
It was red. Fred Clarke is an able
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07

number. In other words. few players
learn the liner points of the art of slid
ing.
Hugh Jennings OF Detroit is a great
believer in teaching men how to slide
to the bases. On the Tiger team there
are two men-Bush and Cobb-who
are well versed in the finer points of
sliding.
For two years Jennings has tried to
produce a few more OF their type out
Of the ranks Of his recruits and vet
Grams. The veterans are too old to
learn, while the recruits either lose
heart or lack ambition, for 1t requires
much nerve and vast energy to be-
come acquainted with the inside
dope" on sliding.
Cobb and Bush have both served rs
examples for young and those not so
young. Little has ever come OF 1t.
Bush became expert in evasive slid
ing by continued practice and the
spending Of energy and effort. So did
Cobb. When Bush started put he was
an awkward base runner and mex
perisnced in sliding. He was further
more Of the sort the average man
points to and remarks that he'll never
learn" Bush learned. Twas a tough
job. but Bush made that grade. Johnny
| McGraw is another manager who be-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07
Managers and Winning
Combinations

Few baseball managers will trihs
with a winning combination. Some are
superstitious; others are not. Yet
nearly all ot-them believe in the axiom.
Let we'll enough alone"
After Frank Chance developed a VIM
ming combination out OF the Cubs he
refused to tinker with the combina-
ton, and this Cub combination won
four National league championships,
competed in four worlds series-losing
two of them and winning two at the
expense of the Tisers-and won $50 Ma
tional league championship games, a
feat that has never been duplicated in
five years.
Radical changes may be made in the
team this season. Chance may consid-
| er his winning combination shattered
since the worlds series rout. but he re-
fused to NEEDLE when the club was
going good.
Some one ~propounded this question
to Connie Mack, manager of tho
worlds champions, the other day:
why dom you make an outfielder
out of Baker and play McInnes at
thirdY"
For one particular reason" replied
the elongated manager. 81 have a win
ming infield combination, and I wouldn't
think of tampering with 1t. It TOOK
me some years to get this infeld to-
gether. and I am going to think .
whole while before breaking 1t up"
Which leaves 1T for granted that Da-
Wis at first. Collins at second, Barry at
short and Baker at third are 1911 FIX
lures. It 10 the best infield In the busls
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07

pennant now. P~ittsburgers feel GER
tain that Fred Clarke's Buccaneers Will
surely be there at the finish.
Casting aside local prejudice and
getting down to real dope, We and that
in the National league the fight for the
much coveted flag viii be a four cor
nered affair and the scrap in the
American league a parade for one team
with a grand fight for second position.
In many quarters the Giants at pres
emit are the favorites for the National
league banner. for the team anne
strong at the finish of the 1910 cam
paign and played a good article Of ball.
Should anything happen to Mathewson'
however, the experts who are nov pick
ing New York to finish at the top
would Immediately select third place
as the teams probable position in the
race at the wind up.
The reason the Giants are picked as
the strongest competitors for the flag
are these:
The club has a great manager IN John
McGraw, who always insists that he
De the sole boss OF the athletes and in
variably sees to 1t that the players are
satisfied with their salaries.
The club has one Of the greatest
pitchers in the country in Mathewson,
one of the fastest and craftiest base
runners IN Devore, one of the best hit
ting backstops In Myers. one of the
best fighting type of ball tossers In
Captain Doyle and a whole raft Of good
seasoned material and lots OF promis-
ing youngsters.
The Giants undoubtedly can hit, and
If their pitchers do what Is expected of
them and get better support than they
got last year it will be a hard matter
for the Cubs and the Pirates to keep
up to the whirlwind pace that will be
set by MCGraw's men.
The Chicago Cubs cannot be tagged
as "~has-beens" simply because In the
worlds series last fall they fell before
crafty Connie Mack's better trained
and better behaved White Elephants.
The P. LIS charges ought always to be
feared n often have shown remark
able recuperative abilities. Chances
men, thinking more about gold cuff
buttons than sox (of the white kind,
were d~ecisively trimmed in the worlds
series of 1906. They came back next
year and set a record in victories for
the National league. Apparently down
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07
Good Pitching
IS a Big Help

One reason why the Cubs pitchers
Uere so easy for the Athletics in the
gorld's series last fall was attributed
10 the fact that Mack's men had been
facing Walter Johnson and Ed Walsh
in the all star series, and a siege of
0his sort Of pitching trained their eyes
30 hat an ordinary pitcher did not
have a chance to fool them. There APP
pears to be a lot OF logic in this expla-
nation, and If there Is there is no rea-
Qon why a similar system should not
te employed during the regular train
eng season.
During the batting practice which
every team INDUCES in once or twice q
day it is customary to use some pitch
er who is not quite good enough to
work regularly in a game. He may not
even let himself out in practice. and
the result is that after facing this sort
of pitching for ar hour or so the play
ers find it a difficult matter to hit the
real thing when they face 1t In a game
Batting practice must be absolutely
useless unless the pitcher working puts
everything he has on the ball and
works as hard as if he were In a cham
pionship game.
1t might, for instance, be of great
value tc the teams hitting If whenever
1t was possible Walter johnson was al
lowed to pitch to his teammates JUS
before going into a game. Say that he
worked ten minutes at top speed. This
would surely put the batters on edge
and make IT possible for them to hi
ordinary pitching easily.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07
PITCHERS EXPERIMENT.
ING WITH NEW CURVES

Several big league pitchers are ex-
p~erimenting with the "forked ball"
The delivery Ia said to rival the IA
nous splitter" Only twirlers with
large hands can control the new curve.
The ball is held between the index and
second finger. This position gives to
1t the name "forked ball" The ball is
said to break something on the style
Of the splitter" but drops quicker and
shoots more to one side. None of the
! pitchers has succeeded in mastering
1t as yet to the degree of perfect con-
troll. but that credence is given to the
story is proved by the number who
| are trying ia
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07

. '
- oPE on the pennant winners
leagues is now being peddled
Ehms~ out with green trading
stamps to any one who will take time
to listen. Every bug in the country has
tabooed politics. the Canadian reel
procity agreement and the Mexican
comic opera war to discuss the quail
fications of the minor league recruits
and what chances the veterans have
to come back his season. He VIII
assure you that his selections have the
elusive gonfalon nailed to the flagstaff
in the home park.
Ffnanciers, brokers, doctors and men
of all trades and professions are min
Cling the names of Matty Brown,
Cobb, Wagner, Lajoie and Bender and
other celebrities in business discus
sions. The youth of the country Is
staying up nights figuring out the num-
Der OF "grandmothers" and other near
relatives that can be sacrificed during
the coming season before the boss gets
wise. All because the baseball season
is at hand.
While pennants are won at this time
of the rear, many experts in different
cities are practically asserting that
their major league representatives are
likely to land the championship honors.
In New York there is a spirit OF. con-
fdence that both major league teams
the Giants and Highlanders-will be
right up at the top when all returns
are in. Supporters of the chesty Chi
cage Cubs think they will be able TO
come back and annex their fifth cham
pionship in six years, while In Detroit
shA@ha.~- haue- a. hnneh that HurL-IA~-
nings and the Tigers viii claw the 9th
er- teams to pieces and bring home an
other flag. Philadelphia fans are so
confident that the Athletics will repeat
that they are thinking Of ordering the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07

q "a tention is given to base
" sliding during the spring
training season? But
few big league managers drill their
men in this side Of the game, A lit
tie practice each year and serious at
tention paid to It would mean an
abundance Of stolen bases, and more
stolen bases would mean more runs,
more games won and better baseball.
One trouble with h training camp
today is that not enough attention is
paid to sliding. They have it on the
training program, and they fix up the
little sand pile and do little stunts
with as little effort as possible and
nope around and scatter as soon as
they can They do that each training
season. Players look on that part Of
the work with malice and hatred. 1t
would please them to hay all refer
ence to sliding eliminated.
But sliding should be Just as i'm
portant as bunting practice. At least
half an hour each day should be de
voted to sliding practice.
Nearly any one can slide feet or
head foremost, but how many can
throw themselves to the right or left,
can twist themselves or catch them
selves in a manner to evade the In
fielder clutching the ball? You would
be surprised to discover the scarcity
Of them by watching their work in just
one of these practices.
Now. sliding in baseball-that is, the
real art of sIiding-is just about as
deep" a thing as trapeze work in a
circus. There is a whole lot to the
feat. and faint everybody what kin
do 1t"
The few who can slide are quickly
discovered In the practice during the
springtime-they are generally known
to exist beforehand-and rarely does
the list fail to stop with the limited
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07
MURPHY AN IDEAL CLUB
OWNER, SAYS CHANCE.

Charley Murphy is the ideal
club owner" says Manager
Chance.
Murphy neve NEEDLES with
the team and allows me to run
things with unhampered author
ity. He doesn't blame this or
that man for losing g game and
never noses around looking aft
er trouble. He doesn't care
whether tina players like him or
not. He pays salaries for ball
playing and allows me to decide
whether the money is earned or
not. Sentiment cuts no figure
with him. and whatever 1 may
suggest to benefit the team you
a res assured that Murphy
will o. K. It."
a
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leader, Wagner and Miller are in great
shape to win back their departed lau-
rels, and Camnitz has promised to
climb on the water wagon.
Brooklyn Is the dark horse of the
race this season. Bill Dahlen has one
Of the best teams that has represented
the City OF Churches in Years. A rag
ged inheld kept the team down in 1910,
but 1t has been strengthened and will
make things very warm for the other
clubs. Philadelphia will make a better
showing than last season. Manager
Doom made some trades that greatly
benefited the club. Roger Bresnahan
and his band Of st. Louis diamond
warriors Will stir up things also. The
Cardinals have one of the best infields
in the league n a strong catching
department and a fair outfleld. The
only weak place is the twirling staff.
Bresnahan has landed some promising
talent since last season which Ia
help out. Boston Is the one best bet to
land last in any mans league. The
| club will be lucky to win as many
games as the st. Louis Browns did last
year. Tenny has a few pitchers, and
that's all.
The most improved team on paper is
the Cincinnati Reds. Clarke Griffith
put through several good trades last
season which will bolster up the team
and make 1t formidable this season.
The outield Is the best in either league.
The catching department is strong,
and the only weak spot in the infield is
at shortstop. 1t is the best base run
ming and most dangerous hitting club
in the game.
American League.
In the American league it will be a
hard thing to keep the Athletics from
repeating. Connie Mack bosses a great
pitching staff. He has Bender, Coombs,
Russell, the high priced %southpaw;
Plank, Morgan, Krause and several
| promising youngsters.
Three-fourths of Mack's infield Is OF
the kid variety. and If Harry Davis is
ayers satisfaction Ben Houser will be
able to jump up and replace the pop
ular field leader of the Athletics. There
Is nothing the matter with the Phila-
delphia ~suburbanites, though Hartsel
and Murphy are aging. The Athletics
are the first choice for the American
league flag.
Trying to pick places for the other
teams Is a hard task. Perhaps after
the season Is two months old there
will be clubs standing out from others,
but just now it looks as If there will be
a hard fight among at least three of
them. On past performances New
York, Detroit and Boston will be given
the preference, but there are many who
believe that Cleveland and Chicago are
simply because these teams apparently
have been greatly strengthened. But
of course, this additional strength ap-
pears on paper. and not until the
teams all get In action can there be a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07

lieves IN having youngsters practice
base sliding. During the spring train
ing McGraw had his men out nearly
avery afternoon teaching them the
different slides. How they fare out
this season will be answered definitely
after the campaign closes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07

MANAGER OF CHICAGO CUBS
AND SEVERAL IMPORTANT
COGS IN HIS BASEBALL
MACHINE.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07
ABsoLUTIoN TO BE REFUSED
instruction for Parents TO Send Chill
dren to Catholic Schools.

Detroit, Mich, March Tin an eff
fort to enforce law issued by the
pope requiring parents to send their
children to Catholic schools wherev-
ed possible. the bishops OF the pro
vince OF Cincinnati have issued a let
ter providing a penalty for the non
observance OF this rule. The letter
was issued by direction of the pope,
and was read In the 175 churches Of
the Detroit diocese for the, first time
Sunday.
The letter says: We direct that
In the future, no confessor having
facilities In this province, absolve
parents who require their sons and
daughters to attend non-Catholics
schools, unless such parents, when
going to confession. promise that they
will send their children TO Catholic
school at the time to be fixed by the
confessor or agree that they will
abide by the decision OF the bishop
after the case has been referred TO
him. Under these conditions then,
the case OF parents who send their
children to non-CatholIc schools are
reserved to the bishop"
The letter is signed by the Arch
bishop OF Cincinnati. and the Bishops
OF indianapolis. Grand Rapids. Covine
ton. Detroit, Louisville. Fore Wayne
Columbus and Cleveland.
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GOOD NEWS
Many Bennington Readers Have
Heard II and Profited Thereby

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07
AecroRsD SENATOR POWELL
Some Burlington Citizens Protest
Hotel Exemption

Burlington, March 6.-Hotel exemp-
ton in general and exemption of the
new hotel Vermont in particular was
the topic for discussion at a citizens
meeting in the city hall Friday night.
c. A. Field in presiding said that the
meeting was called to protest against
exemption for the Vermont by the
voters next Tuesday. Some labor
union men spoke in opposition to ex-
emption of the hotel. and other per-
SONS spoke for the plan.
Then Senator Max Powell who is
building the hotel and who was the
father of the exemption bill passed by
the Vermont legislature, was called
for. He responded and declared for
only five years until 1t could get on
its feet. but exemption or no exemp-
ton, the hotel is going to run, he said.
He declared also that he had volun-
tarily increased the wages of the ma
sons employed on the building and he
was going to concede the carpenters
an eighthour day.
Previous to his speech George A
Armstrong had accused a certain
man, presumably Senator Powell with
having paid more attention to per
sonal legislation at Montpelier thar
to the business of his constituents
Senator Powell challenged the speak
er to show how in any particular hi
had not lived up to his promises Il
the laboring men. After concluding
his talk Senator Powell went out and
therefore, did not hear Mr.. Armstrong
accuse him of advocating So day 70
mechanics aud then trying to get mel
for $3.50
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07
THE BOOSTERS CLUB

The idea preached at the union eau
Gus last week that an organization be
formed in Bennington for the ad-
vancement of the material interests
of the town is not a new idea but 1t
appears to have been put forward at
an opportune time in a gathering full
of good feeling and enthusiasm. II
the people of Bennington do not stand
back OF the movement when 1t is
brought to a head in the near future
it will be a sorry commentary on the
citizenship of the town.
Nobody thinks for a moment that II
will be possible to transform Benning
ton into boom city in a few months
or a few years nor do we think that
such transition would be desir
able. There is, however, desire
among all patriotic people of the
place that the town should increase
in prosperity and standing and to dc
this we must take advantage of oul
opportunities as they arise and We
cannot set supinely by and let othel
towns surpass us in enterprise ant
public spirit.
The Banner bespeaks for the move
ment the cordial support OF every per
son who loves the town and urge
each and all to be ready to help for
ward the movement in every legiti
mate way.