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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-23
c. j. RELAY FOUR TO
GO TO PENN GAMES
Will Leave Here Friday Morn
ing and Will Run Over
Course in Philadelphia.

Friday morning the Catholic University
relay team will leave for Philadelphia
where it is to run in the University. of
pennsylvania relay carnival Saturday.
Coach Weber will take Field, Hyde. Horn
and Daley to compose the team to:rep-
resent the Red and Black. 1t is thesfirst
time that the school will be represented,
and, all are hoping for good showing.
The team will leave early Friday morn
ing and will run over the course ID the
afternoon Today the team will have its
final workout at home. and Coach Weber
will put on the final touches. The men
are in the best of shape and should make
a fine showing. The team is in a class
which will make it put all it's efforts
forth to make any kind Of showing.
but Coach Weber is confident the men
are equal to the occasion and will do
themselves credit. The time which the
men have been making of late shows that
they are in better shape than at any
time this year. Field and Hyde have
been showing up the best of any of the
men, and Coach Weber is depending on
them to make the best showing of any
on the team. Horn, the Baltimore run
ner, is another manIwho has been run
ming in form of late, and will be used
Saturday. Who<the other man will ..be
who is to complete the relay four is not
known. Coach Weber is undecided, and
will probably not decide until he sees
them in action on the course Friday in
Philadelphia.
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Thrilling Moments on the Diamond
HOW COBB DEMORALIZED PITTSBURGH
By Edward Lyell Fox.

Toward Forbes Field, a box of con-
crete floored with grass. two men were
Fastening. One, sharp of features-yet
fair-moved along as Mercury was sup
posed to have done. swiftly and lightly
phantom with winged feet. And he
was Cobb. base runner.
The other. SHINY built man whose
pallid skin accumulated the darkness Of
his hair. came forcing his way through
the crowds, heavily. stubbornly-by con-
tact rather than evasion. For he was
Willis, pitcher. And they came from
opposite directions.
At the players gate they may have
seen each other, but l doubt it. Cobb
vanished into the Detroit dressing ROOM
Willis disappeared down the corridor
where the Pittsburgh players had their
headquarters. Meanwhile there rolled
through Forbes Field the sound of a
great crowd entering-the drumming OF
thousands of feet, the clatter Of seats be-
ing lowered, the cries of the score card
boys. sometimes rising above the cease
less murmur Of thousands Of voices. And
as the sounds of confusion percolated
through the walls Of the dressing rooms
there were those-Tigers and Pirates
who thought different things.
In a corner near where Cobb was ad-
with shoulders aosurdly wide. Bush was
talking.
Those fellows beat us yesterday he
declared, because we played like a lot OF
dubs. Today we'll show 'em that they re
up against something different than the
run of the National League teams
1t was just before the second game OF
the worlds series three years ago, and
Pittsburgh, you see, had won the first
Overwhelmingly.
,%f m
working his glove. I'VE didn't run the
bases enough
At this Cobb drew in his under lip. He
knew that the remark had been uncon-
scfously directed at him. He knew, too
that the Pittsburgh newspapers were de-
claring that he would do little or no base
running in the entire series. They said
that Gibson, the Pirate catcher. had his
measure. But Cobb said nothing. He
only thought and planned, which is more
dangerous than talking.
Now, while this was transpiring the Pitts
burgh players also were laying their bat
tie lines. Apart from the others stood
little group, their heads together-Willis,
Gibson and CamnitZ, another pitcher.
Gibson, who had been listening to the
others, spoke in turn.
Zone Of you." he said. will face De-
troit this afternoon. Now. Camnitz, If
it's you. or If it's you-Willis-be careful
to watch those Detroit base runners.
Hold them as close to first as you pos
sibly can. l think they'll try to run wild.
And above all, watch Cobb
Then the word came to go out on the
field, and with only few minutes be-
tween them they filed-Tigers and Pirates
one by one through the narrow en-
frances and hurried to their benches. The
crowd that was 1900 had doubled.
Finally play began. With the first in
nings of that game we are not concerned.
They were innings of sharp base ball.
Both teams, recovering from the slump
of the opening day. attacked with a rush.
They threw into action all the craft and
headlong nerve that had swept them to
the championship of the National and
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Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispa tch to The Star.
CLEVELAND, April 23.-Any one who
turns back the musty pages Of base ball
history, and notes closely, cannot fail to
discover. that nearly all the pennant win
ners of previous, years have had one
catcher on their roster who has done the
bulk of the receiving through the previous
season.
Sullivan caught the most games FOR
the White Sox when they copied in 1905.
Schmidt was king bee receiver Tor the
Detroit Tigers in 1907. King was the
man most prominent behind the bat
when the Cubs turned the pennant-win-
ming trick in 1908. Gibson did the heavy
work throughout 1909, the year Pitts
burgh came out first. Myers was the
whole show in 1912, when the Giants won
out.
This fact leads Immediately to the ques-
ton as to whether or not it is better Tor
one catcher to do all the work. or to dis
tribute the receiving equally among three
or four men. Also it tends to cause one
to surmise if Manager birmingham is to
hold close to precedent and have either
Land or Carisch do all the heavy work
the coming year.
The one-catcher-for-all- games theory.
hard as it is on the man who is scheduled
to work every day. seems. from the
standpoint of experience. to be the best.
Still. there are arguments both ways.
One side contends that to have one
player work all the time, tends to wreak
havoc with the club if he should be hurt
Again. this side maintains that some re-
ceivers handle one pitcher better than
they do another. Lastly. it is declared
that catching day after day wears a
man out.
Opponents of this side reply to the first
argument to the effect that ii rarely hap
pens for one catcher. doing the bulk Of
work, to be out for very long time
and that the other catchers are well
able to take care of the backstopping
until the best man comes back.
To the second contention the answer is
made that, if catcher is a good man.
he should be able to handle all shoots.
come from whomsoever they may. They
illustrate this with the case of Walter
Johnson whose effectiveness was said to
be doomed with the release of Charley
Street Yet, when Street was released
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-23
SWEEPING CHALLENGE
BY FREDDIE WELSH
Wants to Box With Cross,
Britton, Rivers, Ritche
and Mcfarland.

NEW YORK. April l7.-Five American
are named i'm challenge is
sued by Freddie Welsh through his man
ager. Harry Pollok recently. The Eng
lish champion. who has beaten the light
weight titleholders of England. Austria
liza and France. and who got twenty
round decision over Willie Richie. the
present worlds champion, before the lat
ter defeated Ad Wolgast, names his
prospective opponents in this order:
Leach Cross, Jack Britton. Joe Rivers.
Willie Richie and Packey Mcfarland.
Welsh also is ready to include the win
ner of the Tommy MurphyAd Woigast
bout in San Francisco Saturday after
noon. 1t is a case of money with the
British champion. as il is with all box
ers. He has no feeling of enmity toward
any of the boxers named. but he conf
IDENTIFY believes that he can whip them
all. which will Justify his claim to the
worlds championship. Furthermore.
Welsh is prepared to make 1875 pounds
ringside for all but Mcfarland. who can
get a match at l3J pounds scaling at !
O'Clock in the afternoon. II possible
Welsh and his manager want to box in
New York, either at Madison Square Gar
den or at some other club. The Britsher
thinks that he can polish off all OF these
after which he will give any. or all of
them return matches OF twenty rounds In
California IL the prmoters on the coast
will bid.
Welsh defeated Cross on points several
years ago, when Leach wasn't an expert
enced lightweight Cross has made RAPID
strides I'm the past year. and Welsh be-
lieves a bout with the dentist will draw
big gate. After watching Jack Britton
outpoint Matty Baldwin Tuesday night
the Englishman urged his manager to 20
after BrittOn at once. As for Rivers Pol
Iok said yesterday that the MeXican's
manager had refused 5000 to box Welsh
here. saying that he preferred a twenty
round battle on the coast
Rivers is afraid continued Welsh's
manager III he will box my man ten
rounds here we will agree to go to Cali
fornia and bet our share Of local bout
on the result of a twenty-round encoun
ter. Rivers has pocketed nearly $4,000
for meeting Cross here. and he owes it
to the New York sporting public to &C.
cept Welsh's challenge
Champion Richie has been lodging all
challengers for many weeks because he is
making easy coin on the stage. But
Welsh now offers. to let him name the
weight conditions and agrees to accept
reasonable guarantee or a percentage
from the Garden A. c., which will re-
Richie, il they should clash in ten
round bout here. would provide real
worlds championship match. which. in
the opinion Of boxing managers, would
draw at least $4,000. Ritchie's mentor.
Billy Nolan, will find it difficult to side
step Welsh's proposition unless he de-
mands too much money.
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TENNIS MATCHES JUNE 6.
They Will Be Between American and
Australasian PLAYERS.

NEW YORK. April 23.--The. tie matches
between the American tennis players and
the 'Australasian team in competition for
the Dwight F. Davis international chal-
lenge cup will begin here June 6. on the
courts of West Side Tennis Club. The
singles will be played, one following the
other instead of simultaneously.
R. D. Wren, president of the American
Tennis Governing Body, has authorized
exhibition competitions between Ameri-
can and Australian players after the ar
rival of the latter in San Francisco April
%, at San Francisco; Omaha Field Club,
Omaha; Chicago, Pittsburgh Athletic AS
ISOLATION, Pittsburgh; Merton Cricket
Club, Philadelphia: Longwood Cricket
Club, Boston; the Rockaway Hunt Club
and the Piping Rock Country Club. both
of Long Island, and the Country Club of
Westminster, n. Y.
No competition is to be permitted, how
ever, between the Australians and play-'
ers eligible to membership upon the
American Davis cup team.
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American leagues. Aggressive from the
outset, they scored quickly When the
third inning opened two Pirates and two
Tigers had each battered across the plate.
Yet Cobb was not satisfied. Pittsburgh
was giving as much they took No
unexpected, flashing play had broken
down their defenses: no sensational ma
newer had thrown them into confusion.
He watched Jones running his hands
over the bats. choose one. and, walking
to the plate, began another inning. Out
In the pitchers box he watched Camnitz.
Cobb thought he looked uneasy. Willis.
who from seat on the Pittsburgh bench
was also watching, thought SO, too.
Camnitz had shown signs of weakening
under the Tigers wild attack. Then
CamnitZ shot his arm suddenly forward
and the ball, bringing up against Jones
bat. sung over the grass toward third.
With one movement Byrne snatched ii up
and made the throw. but Abstein, the
first baseman, erred miserably, and Jones
was safe. AT the misplay Camnitz flush
ed holly and a moment later heard a
single go ringing off Bushs bat into left
field. Now. Cobb, who was at bat. knew
that Camnitz was breaking. So he wait
ed and after four wild pitches trotted to
first. grinning insolentN. Three yelling
Tigers were dancing off the bases.
Now came Crawford, slashing savage.
ly. who went out on a fly to Clarke.
Came Delehanty, who pounded the ball
over second, while Jones and Bush dash
ed home. Camnitz had broken.
brief suspension of play and CamnitZ
was called to the bench. To the relief
line went Willis, and as Cobb saw him go
the plan that had been in his mind all
afternoon was brought into action. 1t
was plan to upset Pittsburgh by some
daring feat of base running-base rum
ming because they said Gibson would stop
him. Now little by little he edged off
third. Willis. in the box, was watching
the batter. Another step and Cobb was
half way down the line. Another, and he
had broken into a run-the patter of his
flying feet, startled cry from Gibson,
the ball whiZzing from Willis hands, q
body leaving the ground and shooting,
feet first, through the air and fall across
the plate. Cobb had stolen home.
And Pittsburgh's generalization was
complete.
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ONE CATCHER THEORY IS
MUCH LIKED BY MANAGERS
Difficulty Is, However, to Secure Efficient
Receiver Capable Of Catching
Majority of Games. :,

to New York, John Henry did just as
well.
Thirdly. it is declared that catching
every day hasn't worn out any star to
any great extent yet, the majority OF
receivers being physically able to endure
hard work.
Both sides have able contentious. There
have been instances in the history of the
game. undoubtedly, when the absence of
q star backstop, from injury or other
causes. has rendered ineffective the pitch
ers. everything being restored to equa-,
nimity when the veteran donned the
STUFF again.
Pitchers Show Preference.
There have been instances. too. when
pitchers seemed to have worked better
with particular catcher behind the plate
Banding maintains he likes Steve O'Neii
as receiver. he always seems to work
better with the stocky Pennsylvania lad
than with any of the others.
And there have been illustrations where
hard work has killed good catcher.
There are some who always will maintain
that Johnsons terrific shoots, handled
uncomplainngly day after day by Street,
finally broke the former Washington star
backstops great endurance, and were the
cause of his being sent to New York,
whence he later drifted to the minors.
Coming back to Birmingham and prece-
dent 1t seems likely that Joe, to be sue
cessful. should give one man. or two at
the most. all the work behind the bat this
year 1t is an open fact that infieiders
work most successfully when there is a
man handling the pitchers shoots in
whom they have entire cOnfidence-a con-
fidence born of steady and continuous
work week in and week out.
They know where his weak points are
land each receiver has one or two fail
ings, slight though they may be- and
constantly on the lookout for them. The
same principle seems to apply to catch
er as it does to an infelder himself. If
the latter is disabled in any way the sub
stitution of a utility man tends to de-
moralize the team play Taken all in all.
it seems that the one-catcher contenders
might have the best of it, for. backed as
it has been by experience and by strong
contentious from big leaguers who surely
ought to know. the successful manager is
the one who employs the least number
of men behind the bat during the course
of the season.
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ARMY's FOOT BALL SCHEDULE.
West Point Eleven to Play Ten
Games Next Fall.

WEST POINT. n. Y. April 23.-The
Army foot ball schedule for 1913. made
public yesterday, contains the following
ten games, all of which will be played
on the academy field, except the Navy
game:
September 81, Norwich University: Oc-
tober 4, Stevens Institute; II, Rutgers:
49, Colgate; %, Tufts; November l Notre
Dame: 8. Albright; II, VillanOva; ~,
Springfield: 90 Navy.
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NJ Nine Here to Play Georgetown andC UM Meets GaNaud

figure which places him at the top of
salaried foot ball coaches. Seven thou
sand five hundred dollars is the hgure
that Haughton will receive for eacn OF
his three years service. There is no other
foot ball tutor in the country mat VIII
receive such salary as that lot the
service of single year
Haughtons previous contract. Whlch
stood for the past three years, II Is re-
ported called for 5000 per year Inere
was some difficulty about him signing a
contract this spring for another term De-
cause of the hitch over the salary ques-
ton.
Trinity College, which will come here
Saturday to meet the Catholic University
nine. is on its way and. judging by the
manner in which it got away with the
game against the Virginia Military Instl-
tute yesterday. should make a very cred1-
table showing. The Trinity team has
been playing remarkable ball in the.
games on its home field. and If it con-
tinues to do so on the trip 1t will give.
some of the teams around here some hard
pulls to win. Ten. runs were piled up on
V. M. l. yesterday.
After playing Georgetown today the.
A. & NJ. nine will remain here tomorrow,
when it will meet Catholic University.
The Carolinans will likely meet the
most capable aggregation they have
faced this season when they go against
the Brooklanders:
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Montana Wrestles Redder Tomorrow

Paul Redder. who is the middleweight
champion Of Belgium, is matched to meet
Louis Montana at the Lyceum tomorrow
evening. He arrived in Washington last
night, and has been training hard for the
past month. getting into shape. Redder
states that he will give the Italian cham
pion hard battle for the purse. Mon
tana is also very clever and made won
derful showings to the lovers of the
game in this city last winter. his work
at all times having brought down his
audiences. Montana cleaves to the Clean
est tactics, but works earnestly at all
times.
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Pitcher Gregg's Father Dead.

CHARLESTON, Wash, April %
Charles c. Gregg. father of s. A. Gregg
Of the Cleveland American League team
and Of David Gregg of the Toledo Ameri-
can Association team. died suddenly at
his home here yesterday of heart disease.
The news was withheld from Dave
Gregg until he had won his maiden game
yesterday against Minneapolis. and had
been united in marriage to Miss Mar
guerite Sangster of Charleston.
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Joe Evers probably will be placed in the
New York State League by McGraw and
Pitcher Smith also turned over to some
minor team. Excepting these two all OF
the Giants will be retained for the pres
ent at least. Including the two mention
ed there are now twenty-five men on the
pay roll, just the limit allowed after
May Is.
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BASE BALL BRIEFS

had not been assigned for duty ODay
denied that he had joined the Issneri-
can League staff He is trying to land
a position as scout with the Chicago
Cubs.
Chance and Jennings should get to-
gether on a Cobb Chase trade. 1t would
benefit all concerned.
Here's prophecy: The pitching sem
sation of the year will be Al Dema-
rec Of the Giants.
HEARSAY
In Chi we hear the fans all say
The thing that Charlie Murphy breads
Far more than Chances coming day
Is Brown now pitching for the
Reds"
The first time they hand Roger Bres-
nahan a real team to manage, set ready
TO add another name to the Big Five
manager corpora ton.
The Boston Nationals, Hhillies and
Reds all made their first victory a shut
out.
All three of the New York Americans
games have been close. Only one run
separated them and their combatants on
each occasion.
Pitchers who have been able to stick
out whole game are Mcconnell Cald-
we'll and Heating of the New YOrks,
Mullin of the Detroits, Weilman of the
Browns, Benz and Walsh of the White
Sox, Wood of the Red SoX, Dubuc of the
Tigers. Gregg and Falkenberg of the
Clevelands. Johnson of the Washingtons
Mitchell of the Browns, Boehler of the
Tigers, Seaton Of the Philles, Ragon
and Allen of the Brooklyns Perdue of
the Bostons. Griner of the Cardinals.
Cheney of the Cubs and Adams of the
Pirates.
Charley Sterrett will be Chances un-
derstudy at first base in future The
Princeton College boy has been assigned
to this duty because he can hit the ball.
He has much to learn about playing the
bag, however, and will be thoroughly
coached by Chance and Chase. AS Ster-
rett is quick to pick up the fine points.
it is believed that he will be developed
into one of the best first basemen in the
American League.
Many recruits secured by major league
clubs by purchase or draft will be sold
back to the minors at a profit. The big
magnates make money in this way. 1t
is only necessary to try out 'busher"
at the spring training camps, where he
is praised by managers and enthusiastic
scribes, in order to have the minors fall
ing over one another to get him. I'm
der the new rules of base ball these
youngsters receive the benefit of in
creased salaries.
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The Pirates seem to be getting along
comfortably without Wagner.
The rule in the American League pro-
hibiting infield practice between in
nings hasn't been rescinded: merely
waived during the chilly days.
Larry Lajoie beat out bunt the
other day, which feat called for full
faced type. A Lajoie bunt Is anything
that stays inside the fence
Bill Sweeney was the first player or
the season to be eXiled for three days.
but Larry Doyle became point WIN
ner for McGraw University by running
second. He almost made dead heat
Of it, too.
A Detroit scribe opines that If COBB
is not worth $4,000 per year, the rest
of the Tigers are not worth $l.lo per
century! Take out Crawford and we IL
revise this valuation to read 80 cents.
George Stallings is angling for Dick
Rudolph. the pitcher once with the
Giants. and AL Shaw. an outfielder, now
with the Toronto club of the lnterna-
tional League.
Because of the good showing made by
'Cn1eI Johnson, his new IuOidH
err, Joe Tinker, manager of the Reds,
has released Harry Mcintyre. the vete-
ran pitcher whom he signed recently
George Stovall, manager of the ST.
1 outs Browns. has released Luther
Iionnin, the highly "touted" outhelder
20 the Columbus club of the American
Association.
1t is figured out that the bats used
by the Pittsburgh team in twenty-slx
seasons represent 1.379.08O ounces, &c.
139 pounds, 43 tons of wood. Here's
chance for old Hugh Fullerton to com
pute how many leaves were borne by
the trees which grew these bats.
When a photographer wanted to take a
picture of Mike Mitchell( bat in hand.
Mike thought he was being guyed; but
the picture was took and that day
Mitchell made his first hit.
Charles Webb Murphy does not intend
helping Joe Tinker in his task of build
ing up a winner in Cincinnati. When
Jimmy Shecllard, the veteran outhelder
was put on the market by the Cubs
Tinker made an offer of $500 for the
player. The president of the Cubs did
not even consider 1T, but sold Sheckard
to the Cardinals instead for $1,500.
The report which came from Chicago
recently that Hank O'Day, the veteran
umpire. and last season manager of
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Four Catholic University men con-
nected with the ball yesterday for two
| hits each. Zachary. Donnelly. Mcdonnell
and Lynch hit the ball into safe territory
on those occasions.
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The report which came from Chicago
recently that Hank O'Day, the veteran
umpire, and last season manager of
the Cincinnati Reds, had signed con-
tract to umpire in the American
League has turned out to be untrue.
When asked few days ago why he
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1t is said that Percy Haughton has
signed another three-year contract to
coach the Harvard foot ball team at
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\ pair OF those snap
PLY styled TECK Eng
lish Oxfcrds will fit
right in now. 81. SIS. So.