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Evening star., 1913-10-17
AMERICAN LEAGUE
IS THE STRONGER
President Hermann Says Ma
tionaI Must Hustle to Keep
Up With Opposition.

CINCINNATI, october Tits a bit
ter pill 10 swallow" says Garry Herr
mann, chairman OF the na;ioIs. commits
sion and president of the heds, but the
results Of four successive worlds series
seem to show that the National League is
up against IL and must do some great
hustling IL il is to bring its teams up 10
the standard Of the American. OF course,
you can't tell what might happen in
long race OF 15f games, but it is now
painfully evident that the American
League has the bulge the National
whenever they meet in a short series
They seem to train their teams for speed
over a short course, while ours seem to
be trained for the long grind.
Excuses? Well, there are always ifs
and why's
Had McGraw been luckier I'm his Sc
lection of pitchers, had the Giants all
Evening star., 1913-10-17
BY J. ED GRILLo.

Alya Williams and Catcher Owens, the
latter drafted from the Minneapolis club
this fall, are the two players for whom
Manager Griffith hopes to secure COM
petent outielder.
There are several clubs in the National
League rather shy on catchers which
have an outfielder to spare and Griffith
hopes to induce one of them to make a
trade. He figures that he can get along
with Henry and Ainsmith, backed up by
some young catcher, and that Williams
and Owons will prove good trading ma
terial.
IL is Griffith's intention to push Ain
smith to the front next season. The
husky catcher from Cambridge really
handled only Johnson's delivery last sea-
son, Griffith not wanting to overwork him
because of Ainsmith having been i'll dur
ing the winter. But next season Aim
smith is to do the bulk of the catching,
for Griff figures that his speed will be
Of great help to the team. and he also
looks for him to show marked improve
ment in his batting when kept in the
game most of the time.
Age counts for much in base bali,
especially when a manager gets hold
Of young player who is just break
ing into fast company. When the
Pittsburgh club secured "Co1y Dolan
from the Phillies in a trade in which
Bobby Byrne and Howard Camnitz
were involved, it was thought by the
Pirate followers that Clarke had
landed young player y few days
later the Pittsburghers woke up to the
fac that Dolan. was. verging on the
thirty year mark and that both Byrne
and Camnitz are younger than "Cozy.
\ few weeks ago the New York High
landers landed player from the Texas
League who had been recommended
by Arthur Irwin. The players name
is George Whiteman He is an out
fielder. Whiteman was heralded as a
youngster of unusual promise. Then
it was discovered that he was thirty
three years old. That was too aged for
Manager Chance. and he decided that
the outfielder had got past the stage
where he could bt. taught new tricks.
So Whiteman has been sent to the
Montreal club.
The next time Arthur Irwin goes down
into Texas to look after players he will
examine their teeth before deciding
whether or not they are young enough TO
pass muster with Chance.
Thirty-five contests, many of them in
towns never before visited by major
league ball stars. will serve to keep the
globe-girdling White Sox-and Giants upon
their toes until sailing time at VAN
couver November 10.
From the hundreds or more of appli-
cations filed from the various parts OF
the west south. middle west, coast and
northwest, Comiskey and McG-aw have
made their selections.
AS the schedule reads the tourists open
at Cincinnati tomorrow and then carry
out the following schedule:
Evening star., 1913-10-17
NOT DAUNTED BY SETBACK.
Flower Direct Loses First Heat, But
Triumphs in Next Three.

LEXINGTON. Ky, October 1.-THE
pacing of the Cumberland and the Blue
Grass stakes featured the Grand Circuit
card here yesterday and Were won by
Flower Direct and Frank Bogash, jr.,
respectively. In Ehe former event. which
called for PAGERS eligible to the 2.05 class,
Flower Direct lost the first heat by a
close margin to Walter Cochato, but
came. back and took the next three.
Only three starters scored in the Blue
Grass, for PAGERS eligible to the 2.1O
class, and of these Frank Bogash, jr.,
was much the best. He won in straight
heats while Del Ray finished second
each time. Herman Wenger was a bad
third III the first two heats and was
distaneed i'll the third. The last heat
was the fastest of the race, being paced
in 2.04ii.
Evening star., 1913-10-17
nERTINENI @h1lGNr
n Happenings
anxious to secure and has lines out for


Garry Herrmanns admission that the
American League is much stronger than
the National, coming as it does from a
National League club owner, is a rather
| rare incident in base ball. AS a rule. the
club owners stand by their own organiZa-
ton, at least so far as public utterances
are concerned. But Hermann, who is
also chairman of the national commission,
proves that he is suited for that position
by his unbiased statement.
For the first time in several years there
does. not appear to be any changes con-
templated in the management of the
American League teams for next season.
True, Boston and st. Louis made changes
during the playing season this year. but
the present holders of these positions,
Carrigan and Hickey, are sure to start at
the head of their respective teams next
spring. None of the other clubs seem to
have any changes in mind. and in this re-
spect the American League will once more
differ greatly from the National, where
two or three clubs are sure to be placed
in new hands. Brooklyn, for instance. is
said to be figuring on getting rid of Bill
Dahlen. while it is tipped off that Tinker
Will not be at the head of the Reds,
though he is to be retained as player.
Incidentally. there are rumors that
Charley Doom may be relieved of the
management Of the Phillies, though this
may prove idle gossip.
Though both Hans Wagner and Nap
I-ajoie have seen many years of service.
and must be admitted not to be as agile as
they were a few years back, neither
seems to be ready for retirement, Pitts
burgh still banking on its veteran to fill
short field next season, while the Maps
blame their failure to win the flag this
year to an injury to Lajoie which kept
him out of the game for several weeks.
So long as a ball player can WELD the
ash with telling effect, his other short
comings are apt to be overlooked, but
let player slump with the bat. and his
career in the major leagues is usually
shortlived.
Evening star., 1913-10-17
l.AJOIt..
Batting average 2o7: fielding percentage. $40
Batting average .1eI: fielding percentage. $3.50

batting average, .lti: neiding percentage $50
According to advices from New York
"Bilf Dahlen is through as the man
ager of the Brooklyn club. Whether
Dahlen will be succeeded by First
led the Newark team to a pennant last
been decided Newark does not want
to part with it's pennant-winning man
ager, so that the chances are Daubert
who proved himself the most valua ble
player to mis- team in the National
League last season. a feat which was
rewarded with an automobile, will step
into Dahlens shoes.
Leslie Joseph Bush young man who
might have made Babe Adams reputa
tion in the recent worlds series had
the series been longer. pitched five
full games only for Connie Mack during
the past season. being pulled off the
rubber no less than fifteen times. lie
participated in portion of thirtyfour
games. and all told labored on the
mound in 1879 innings. or about twenty
two full games Bush was chased to
the tall tirnbers by all of the seven
American League teams. The Maps
made him quit three times, and so did
the Yankees and the Nationals. He
was shelved from the mound twice by
the Red SoX twice by the Tigers and
once each by the White SoX and
Browns
But Mack picked him in preference
to all his other youngsters for the
worlds series, and he delivered the
goods.
Evening star., 1913-10-17
BY J. ED GRILLO.

Even managers of the reputation Of
Connie Mack and John McGraW are
accused Of making mistakes In the
handling Of their teams 1t is the con-
sensus of opinion, for instance, that
Mack threw away the only game the
Giants won when he failed to send
pinch hitters to bat, for Lapp and
Plank in the ninth inning of the first
game in Philadelphia. Neither side had
scored, and the Athletics had second
and third occupied with none out in
the ninth. A fly ball or most any kind
of a hit meant victory for the Ath-
letics, and there was considerable sur
prise expressed when Lapp. who had
been a weakling before Mathewson all
day, was allowed to bat. His grounder
to Wiltse forced Strunk at the plate.
With one out and Barry at third there
was still a chance for long fly win
ming the game. but Mack sent Plank to
bat and Barry was retired at the plate
on identically the same play which
sent Strunk to the bench. No runs were
scored in this inning. and the Giants
won out in the tenth.
Mack's explanation Of his failure to
use pinch hitters was that he con-
sidered Lapp about due to hit. having
failed previousiY. and that he did not
want to substitute any one for Plank
because it w.rld have forced him to
use one of his young pitchers to finish
the game in the event that the game
was not won in the ninth.
McGraw is charged with plundering
when he took Mclean out Of the game on
several occasions after the latter had
hit safely during the early innings. NC
Lean was by far the most effective bats
man McGraw had in the game. Yet on
two occasions after he had hit safely
and started q rally for his team he was
removed to let faster man run for him.
though the Giants were several runs be-
hind at such times. AS 1t happened. the
catcher who took McLean's place came
up in u pinch in later innings and struck
out when a base hit would have tied the
score.
II Manager Griffith fails in his efforts
to secure a hard-hitting outfelder TO Ia ie
the place Of Howard Shanks in left he
will have TO experiment with Shanks
Spencer and Cashion in the hope that he
may develop into a better hitter than he
has proved himself in the past. Spencer
seems to have considerable ability In
this respect. and 1t Is the general opinion
that if played regularly Cashion would
make real slugger
Grimth, however, realizes that hlttlnS
alone win not help his team. The indi-
vidual who is to take Shanks' place must
also be able to field. throw and show
speed on the bases, and 1t is q player
with all these qualifications that he is
Evening star., 1913-10-17
LYNCH AND M'GRAW
OPPOSE NEW SERIES
National Leaguers See No
Reason for Establishing
InterIeague Season.

NEW YORK, October II. - President
Thomas J. Lynch of the National
League and Manager John j. Nc
Graw of the Giants both have come
out strong against the proposed
scheme of August Hermann of Gin
cinnati to do away with the world S
series and substitute an interleague series.
including all the teams of both major
leagues, during the last few weeks OF the
season. They both declare that the pres
ent arrangement is the best and only
plausible way of deciding the base ball
championship of the country.
President Lynch says: ST am strongly
opposed to doing away with the world S
series. The plan which is suggested as
substitution would tend to decrease
rather than stimulate interest in the ma
tional game. The worlds series today
Evening star., 1913-10-17

| is the biggest event in American sports
| and arouses countrywide interest There
| isn't city, town or hamlet in this
country where the series doesn't stir up
great excitement. An interclub affair
would be SO long drawn out that interest
would lag and the game would become
| merely local contests, instead of con-
| tests of national Importance"
| Manager McGraw is even more strongly
! outspoken to Mr.. Hermann's plan. He
| says: THE clubs which fight their way
through hard season for the first hon
| ors in their respective leagues settle the
championship question in those leagues
beyond the shadow of a doubt. All the
clubs haze a chance for the pennant in
each league. They play twenty-five
games with each other, and il that ism t
enough to decide which is the best among
eight clubs l fail to see what plan could
decide it as definitely.
This interclub SERIES" continues Nc
graw "has been the argument for Sec
ond division clubs for several seasons.
You wouldn't hear a protest from any Of
these clubs IL they happened to win a
pennant. They hate to see the victors
get the spoils they justly deserve, and
want to declare themselves in on the
post-season harvest. There isn't a chance
of the worlds series being dropped. 1t
is too great an event in base ball. / am
not saying this because the Giants have
been in the last three worlds series, but
| would say it no matter which club in
the National League won the pennant. I
am strongly opposed to the interclub
plan"
Mr.. Hermanns radical plan is to shorten
the National League season to about 100
games and during the last few weeks of
the season have each club of the Ma
tional League club play each club of the
American League series of games. Mr.
Hermann and the club owners who favor
this plan argue that this would be much
better way of deciding which was the
championship team. They argue, for ex-
ample, that some of the other clubs in
the National League would have given
the Athletics IL closer battle this year
than the Giants did, The fact that the
Giants defeated every other National
League club in every series Of twenty
that they had the best club on the older
circuit The same may be said of the
Athletics in the American League.
The reason. however, that the second
division clubs favor the interclub series
and oppose the worlds series is that the
large returns in many places as were
expected In other cities the base ball
parks were closed and they would like to
have seen these parks open just as long
as the Polo Grounds or Shibe Park.
President H. n. Hampstead Of the New
York club is quoted as saying that the
inclination of other clubs to declare
themselves in on the post-season profits
is neither good business proposition
nor good sportsmanship. He is also
strongly opposed. just as the late John 7.
Brush was, to the declaring of % per cent
of the winning clubs share of the money
to the other seven clubs in each league.
He will abide. however. by the decision.
which was recently made In favor OF
this division and will turn over the 25
per cent share of the last two worlds
series here TO the other National League
clubs, sum amounting to over $4,000.
Evening star., 1913-10-17

been able to play. had Meyers escaped In,
jury, had the field been dry go thar nsnt
and active men could run-all these things
might have changed the tide, and yet you
must see things the other way. too; pos
sibly the same dry field would have made
the knackmen add steals 70 their hitting.
and with a bright sun shining they might
have made twice as many hits as they
did in the gloom.
You've got 10 consider all the angles,
but very few OF the fans ever do One
thing is dead sure. the Giants didn't seem
to have the proper spirit and elastic
nerve while the Athletics surely had
The National League will have to go out
and dig up a lot Of neY stars, IL IL is
ever going to break through the barriers
and regain the honors that II lost IN
1910
Evening star., 1913-10-17
HAvRE DE GRACE RACES OFF.
Meeting Scheduled for Next Month
Postponed Until Next Spring.

HAVRE DE GRACE, October H.
Owing to the lateness of the season
which has made 1T impossible to pro-
vide for the necessary premiums for
the county fair, the Farmers Asso-
citation of Hartford county has decided
to give up the ten-day race meeting
scheduled to begin November IA al
the Havre de Grace track in Maryland
The meeting will be held early next
spring. according to the plans and con-
ditions
Evening star., 1913-10-17
Gunners VS.. Engineers.

A good game Of foot bali is expected al
Vigilant Park tomorrow afternoon when
the Seaman Gunners tackle the Company
c, Engineer, team from Washington bar
racks. Both teams have been practicIng
hard for this game, as the outcome will
guarantee the winner a chance to play
other well known teams in and around
the city. Game win be called at 3 pm.
Evening star., 1913-10-17
GRIFFITH WANTS TO TRADE
CATCHERS FOR OUTFIELDER
Would Willingly Give Williams and Owens
for Hard Hitting Gardener =
Base Ball Gossip.

Maps second sacker outbatted and out
fielded his famous rival IN the recent
Pirate-Nap series, though neither came to
expectations in the series. But a short
series can hardly be taken to show the
worth of this pair. The following dope"
shows that neither was in form ia. the
recent series.
Evening star., 1913-10-17

Figuring that the deal for the purchasi
of the Indianapolis cluD will go through
and that Jack Hendricks will be takeI
away from Denver. followers of bas
ball in the Mile High city are predicting
that Jack Coffey will be named as man
ager of the Denver team for next year
Charley French and Lee Quillen e AIS
mentioned. Il
Evening star., 1913-10-17
Lewisohn Buys Colt for $4,41O.

LONDON, October 17.--Oscar Lew
isown. husband of Edna May. the for
mer comic opera star. has leased a
residence at Newmarket and bought a
colt at Tattersalis sales there We'd
nesday for S4.410.
Evening star., 1913-10-17

George StallingS of the Braves rids
himself of 300 hitters with reckless aban-
don. 1t is announced from Boston that
Ralph Myers has been released to Roch-
ester and that Guy Zinn also goes back
to that club.
Evening star., 1913-10-17

Sam Crawford was the only man to play
every game with the Detroit Tigers in the
past season. DOME Bush played in every
game but the final and preferred a chance
to rest to making sdpTon's record.
Evening star., 1913-10-17

There has always been a question as
10 who Is the greater player, Wagner
or Lajoie. These two athletes have been
in the majors for something like seven
teen years and are still playing great
ball There has always been q. variance
of opinion as TO which was the better
man.
But if short series of seven games
counts for anything, then King Larry
has little ON the Flying Dutchman. The
Evening star., 1913-10-17
THREE BOUTS FOR ARDMORE.
Local Athletic Association to Have
Entertainment October 28.

In addition to the Kid Sullivan-JimIny
Dougherty ten-round bout. which is card
ed to take place before the Ardmore
Athletic Club October IS, Matchmaker
Jack Joseph has practically arranged two
preliminary bouts, Herman Miller OF Bal
timore meeting Shankey Gardner, and
Harry Marx will be pitted against Kid
Martin OF Baltimore. Sullivan Is train
ing hard for his bout. and expects 10 be
in better condition than he has enjoyed
in any of his recent matches.
Evening star., 1913-10-17

Elmer T.. Cleveland. who twenty-five
years ago was a well known PLAYER IN the
National League. is reported dead at his
home in Zimmerman. Pa. Of q compiical
ton of diseases.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-07-21

wrist is foremost, throw the head to
the right and give the body (Which
must be bent slightly back through
out the exercise) a slight turn to the
right. Alternate this from foot to
foot.
Always practice these exercises in
regular alienation from right to left
or left to right and back again. to
insure even bodily development. Real
beauty of form demands as first re-
Quisite absolutely even and uniform
development, for only when it is alb
solutely normal is tn: body truly love
ly as our Maker mefN it to be.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-07-21
A PROBLEM IN FINANCE.
The Question That Lincoln Fired "A
Secretary Chase.

secretary Snasc-
The mysteries OF finance were not
always clear 10 Mr.. Lincoln. whose
atesmanship was OF another sort.
But his keen sense of humor would not
permit him To regard the difficult sub
je,t as toe profound for an occasional
joke.
one day Secretary Chase OF the
treasury department found on a desk
in his office what NJ first appeared to
he a picture of an internal machine"
Ii looked like n goose. but on further
examination it proved 10 he a drawing
OF an ingenious invention for turning
gold eagles into greenbacks. with the
secretary himself working it and slow
ly feeding it with yellow boys" at one
end. while the government currency
came ont ut the other end. whirling
about like the leaves OF autumn.
While he was examining IL the pres
ident came in, rs he daily did. for con-
sultation Mr.. Chase handed him the
drawing. and his eyes twinkled as he
, recognized the likeness of the secre-
tary.
Capital joke isn't II. Mr.. Chaser
he exclaimed.
"A joker repeated the irate secre-
tary. I'D give a thousand dollars to
know who left IL herer'
"Oh. no." said Mr.. Lincoln temper
ately. ''you would hardly do that"
Eyes, l would" stoutly asserted the
secretary.
Would you. thought inquired the
president. with that deliberate manner
which characterized him when be was
| really in earnest well. which end
would you pay fromT-Youth's Com
naninn
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-07-21

1t seemed too precious, too in
innate, too wholly her own to
share even with Warren. For while
at least she wanted it all herself
! 1t was as though she was living in
a dream-a dream so beautiful that
/ she almost feared the putting of it
into words might mean a rude awak-
ening
| Her eyes shone, with a new light .
rapt usefulness that even Anna saw
and wondered at One evening War
rem came home and found her gazing
out Of the window. When she turned
to greet him he was almost startled
her face seemed TRANSPORTED,
Why, you look like you've seen a
vision!"
q have" she kissed him gently.
Ee glanced out of the window Il
see a taXicab, an old woman with a
bundle, and a ncwsboy- anything par
ticularly inspirational about that"
She smiled oh, see much more
than that"
But he supposed it was only some
whimsical fancy; she was always i'm
aginativc and fanciful, and he gave it
no further thought.
A few nights later. in the dark,
with her face pressed close to his
arm, she told him
HER GREATEST HAPPINESS.
| And then in the days that followed
came to her the greatest happiness
she had ever known. His selfshness
and irrita bility seemed to have fallen
from him, and in their place came a
wonderful gentleness and tenderness
and consideration. She felt as never
before that she was standing within
his sheltering, reverential love.
Instead of going out almost every
evening. as he had done lately. he now
stayed with her, reading aloud while
she sewed or lay on a courch near by
He Was very careful of her health
and strength. in that tender protect
ing way that women yearn for all
their lives, and which. at most, they
receive for only a short time-aHd
many of them never at all.
He was anxious that she be not too
quent little outings and diversions
Often he came home early from the
office to take her out for a walk or
ride, usually through the park.
Helen's love for all living things
had grown very tender of late. And
she liked to feed the squirrels that
came up to her in the park. and even
to visit the zoo and pet the young
deer, and watch the soft white baby
rabbits.
One afternoon just at dusk when
they were sitting on the park bench.
Helen was startled by sudden light
touch on her ARMAND there on the
back of the bench, looking at her with
| its bright eager eyes, was a squirrel
begging for the peanuts she always
brought
"Oh, you dear little thing. Look,
Warren, how tame-it isn't at all
afraid
He smiled. ut knows it need not
with you"
She gave it at peanut, which it ate,
still sitting beside her on the bench
"Oh, do you think it would let me
hold it? 1t looks so soft and warm.
I'd love to hold it just for a moment
| I'm afraid not They're not used
to being handled"
"Oh, but l want to-maybe if I'm
very gentle
/ The squirrel was still beside her
nibbling its nut, its tail arched plume
like over its back, its little nose