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PIRATES NOT GAME
Fred Clarke BeWaiIs Scarcity
of Courage on His Team.
NO TOTAL ABSTINENCE LAW
Admits Teams Showing Has Been a
Disappointment - Players
Temperament Counts.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PrTTSBURG, June 26.-"What is the
matter with the Pirates? was the
question put to Manager Fred Clarke
Of the Pittsburgh base ball club
Tell me. If you will. just what
you think is most largely responsible
for the failure of the team to live nI
to the standard the fans set for 1T when
the season opened"
Did you ever hear of dead live
man'?" queried the Pirate manager
We'll, that is the state Of many OF my
players They have been through SO
many msfortunes this season that they
are afraid to do anything for fear 1t
will turn out wrong.
Our troubles started with accidents.
which threw our entire machinery out
Of whack and broke up a combination
which looked like a winner. The fans
know all about these accidents-the in
jury to Wagner. the fracture OF Glib
sons ankle, the illness Of Camnitz' 8
baby, the injuries to Simon and Kelly.
to Artie Butler, to VioX and Miller.
"These untoward events were fol-
lowed by a batting slump which at
fected every member OF the team at
once 1t was no more noticeable In
any one than in Bobby Byrne. but he
has apparently recovered, ana tne
others have not. The fact that Eyrne
was batting seventh at the time didn t
have anything to DO with his slump,
and the story that he was peeved at
being moved from the top OF the list
is ridiculous.
you know all about what we have
been through. Now, let me see II can
explain something to you. ! want to
convey my meaning clearly. for l don't
40 6v nj
There are ball players who are gamer
than others. Game is hardly the word
I want but I can think of no other.
What l mean is this: Some ball players
are not affected by adversely: A slump
does not weigh on their minds. UnfOr-
tunately, we have too few of that class
Of the players who worry when they fail
to hit or field perfectly. That is not to
their discredit, for It simply means that
they are in earnest. In fact, many OF
them are trying too hard under such con-
ditions.
IN the days of our pennant-winning
team we had a bunch of hard hitters
great fielders and wonderful base run
ners. Yet the man whom we depended
on most in the pinches was man who
never batted 800 in his ife-Claude
Ritchey. Why? Because he was one Of
ried about anything. If he did, all right.
and if he didn't, ali right That was his
way Of looking at matters. and 1T made
him a great ball player. Coming to bat
in a pinch, with a pennant-deciding game
hanging on his ability to hit. did
down to take a nap. That was his
but a ball player can't be blamed for
hi0 temperament, and man can't help
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DUNCAN FULLER.

mendation from the coaches. This is
Fuller's second year at Harvard and
that he made the varsity four is dis
tinctly an achievement. In his fresh
man year he was a member of the
eight representing that class.
Fuller played basket ball and base
ball at Western. In both he was
among the most capable performers.
He was captain of the -quint in his last
year aat Western, playing guard. Third
base was the position held by him on
the base ball team. He was so clever
around third base in the high school
series that he was declared by every
body the best fielder among the
schools There was not another third
baseman in any school in this section
who could be classed above him in that
respect. He threw as we'll as any
body and his work had a finish TO it
seldom seen in the playing of a school
boy.
When Fuller went to Harvard he
declared that he was going to try for
the base ball team or the crew He
had never done any rowing, but he
went out for the latter and made good.
Fuller is the type Of athlete most to
be desired. in that he is exceptionally
capable in the classroom and has a
disposition that is as near perfect as
possible.
The Bankers and Cornell are scheduled
to meet today in the Capital City League.
BOtn Teams VIII WOrk mighty nara to get
away with the long end Of the score.
II Cornell wins II will mean that that
team will go into the lead again by the
margin of half game. and If the Bank
ers finish in front they will he leading
the league by margin that will allow
Them to lose a game and still be ahead.
One club will struggle to secure that
lead and the other will work just as hard
to prevent its being had.
The games in the other leagues are as
follows:
Capital City League, North Capitol
and l. streets northwest-Cornell VS.
Bankers
Central, 1st and IT streets northeast
G. p. q. VS.. Twinins
Departmental White Lot-Commerce and
Labor vs.. Agriculture
East Washington. 18th and D streets
northeast-First Presbyterian VS.. ST
Agnes.
Federal Grant Circle and Upshur street
Pension Bureau VS.. Petworth
Eastern, 18th and d streets southeast
Mohawks VS. Western Buds
Railroad 9Th street and Florida avenue
nOrtheast-Station VS.. Car Department.
North west Sunday School. Georgia ave
nue. and Kenyon street-Mount Pleasant
VS.. Emmanuel.
Treasury. White Lot-Federals VS.. Hy
dros
Marquette. 35th street and Wisconsin
avenue-Holy Name VS.. Medicos
Potomac-S. II. i. VS.. Anacostia.
Just what will be the result of the
wrangle now taking place in the East
Washington Sunday School League re-
mains to be seen. but IL is difficult tC
foresee how the league eicials can dc
anything other than Uphold the UNI
pire. The decisions given were no,
such that violation OF the rules was
made. but were based on the judgment
of the umpire under conditions thai
may have been rather peculiar.
Huntemann, who caught at VI. a. c
last spring. played his first game ir
the amateur leagues yesterday. He
held down the catcher's position for the
Fourth Presbyterian club IN the North
west Sunday School League. He had
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PLAYING THE OUTFIELD
CALLS FOR QUICK THINKING
No Mere Bonehead Able to Play in the
Gardens Of the Big Leagues.

1t looks so simple to play the out
man who can catch ball can play out
there. But in order to hold the job
In fast company he must be able to hit
the ball on the nose with much fire.
Quency. In other words, an outtielder
is supposed to be batsman first and
q fielder afterward.
1t is coming to be admitted by most
rooters that it takes brains to pitch
successfully, and a lot of them are
beginning to realize that mere mechan-
ical ability will not make a great in
fielder. but that gray matter cuts much
figure out in the last line of defense is
not SO readily allowed.
Field Needs Brains.
Such important matters as studying
the different batsmen and governing
ones play according to the score Go
not enter into the spectators calcula-
ton. They also do not enter into the
minds Of many a player who is rated
as a good outfielder-until he gets up
against the real game and has a lot
of problems to solve without having
learned the answers in the minors.
The White Sox look to be well sup
piled with outheiders. Manager nal Cal
young players able to hit the ball with
considerable precision, to cover ground
we'll, and all possessed of good throwing
arms. What more he could ask for
the fans don't see. But Callahan has
had men scouting for weeks. and has
refused to waive on every outfielder on
whom waivers were sought. lie is
searching for an outfielder who can
grasp the idea" or has already grasped
ii, and has confidence enough to coach
the other gardeners.
From the Bench.
Why don't the manager coach them
from the bench? 1t is possible for a
manager to place his outfield for each
batsman If he has system of wig
wagging ample enough to cover all occa-
sions. But he would have. to stop the
game or delay it while placing the men
for the different batsmen An outfielder
who could remember complex system of
signals could learn the batsmen for him
self BY way of explanation for those
who may not have noticed it, the outfield-
ers of a winning base ball team will not
wear out the grass in three spots, but
will circulate around and try to stand
somewhere near where they think the
hall In coming, if ii is hit beyond the in
field.
Some batters are pronounced right field
hitters and the outfield that knows its
business will swing around SO as to pro-
tect as much as possible of that field.
Others hit oftenest to left field and tine
reverse arrangement Of the outfield is
necessary. 1t is the business OF the men
out there to observe the peculiaritles or
all their opponents at bat and take up
their stations accordingly. without wait
| ing for their manager to set them.
Can Coach Each Other.
In some things a manager on the
bench cannot coach MS outfield. HIS
voice will not carry above the noise
when Q long fly II bit, but the men out
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made in the same inning. and all the ex-
planning and arguing in the world failed
to convince him that he was not the vic
tim of managerial prejudice because he
was blamed for the loss of the game. The
fact that if he had held his man on
first instead of throwing home the tying
run would not have been left on second
or third base has not occurred to him
yet.
This is only a small section of what
a good Outfielder must be thinking about
between pinches. He must know that
he is playing in the right spot for the
batsman, as nearly as can be calculated
in advance; he must know the score, the
number of outs and the speed of base
runners and Of the man at bat Taking
all these elements into consideration, he
must figure out in advance what he ought
to do with the ball if it comes to him,
either On the fly or on the ground. Then
he must do it.
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JOCKEY CLUB WINS
CURLEY BROWN CASE
New York Justice Denies Ap-
pIicati0n of Laurel Track
for Injunction.

NEW YORK, June 2S.-The Jockey
Club scored an important victory yes
terday when Justice H. G. Ward Of the
United States court denied the appli-
cation of H. D. (Curley) Brown for a
temporary injunction restraining the
Jockey Club from refusing a license to
the Laurel track in Maryland. The
Jockey Club declined to license the fall
meeting on the ground that Brown had
failed to pay over l per cent of the
receipts Of last year and also had vio-
lated the rules Of racing in other ways.
Brown in his petition denied the right
of the Jockey Club to exercise control
Of racing outside OF New York state.
Charles H. futile. attorney for the
Jockey Club, when asked yesterday
concerning the effect of Justice Wards
decision. stated:
The decision completely upholds the
legality of the Jockey Club and OF the
National Steeplechase and Hunt AS
ISOLATION and fully vindicates the pur-
poses of both organizations and thar
managers. z
The complainant. the Maryland StAAe
Fair. gave races in October. 1911 and
1912, under the rules of the Jockey
Ga5 but Which, fSsd to Pas ove due e
the Jockey Club for the meeting In
1912, as the rules Of racing required,
and. while retaining these moneys.
sought the privilege OF again racing
paying its debt to the Jockey Club.
When the Jockey Club refused to deal
with the Maryland state fair until the in
debtedness was paid the Maryland state
fair began this action TO have the Jockey
Club declared an illegal and monopolistic
organization.
"AU there was to the case, therefore.
was an effort to avoid paying just debt
by attacking the creditors character
Thus the court, concerning the claim OF
the Maryland state fair that ii had a
right to compel the Jockey Club to rec
ognize the race meeting proposed to be
held In October next in Maryland. pointed
out the gist OF the matter as follows:
cit is quite obvious the refusal to
recognize that meeting is not for the pur-
pose of injuring the complainant. because
1t did recognize the claimants meetings
in October, 1911, and October. 1872. The
only reason appearing on the face OF the
papers for the refusal il the fact that the
complainant has not paid per cent Of Its
receipts for the meeting of October. 1872
to the Jockey Club. as its rules require.
This seems to me a perfectly good req
son.
THE charge that the Jockey Club. to-
gether with the other defendants, cons.i-
tuted an unlawful combination was also
dissipated by Judge Ward with the fol-.
lowing brief observation:
:. The fact that the Jockey Club has
made rules as to running races which It
will recognize and the National Steeple-
chase and Hunt Association has made
rules for steeplechases which II will
recognize is no evidence Of any combina-
ton other than that the associations de-
PENDANT have each agreed to abide by
those rules II its meetings shall be recoy-
nized by the Jockey Club or the Ma
tional Steeplechase and Hunt Associa-
Hon, respectively
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Departmental LEAGUE

STANDING OF CLUBS
Interior. III l .916 War. .........5 .416
Agriculture. = 200 Commerce. ...4 1854
Post Office IS .546
Yesterday RESULT.
Interior. q; Post Office. 5.
TODAY'S GAME
Commerce and Labor VS.. Aggies.
The league leaders defeated Post ONCE
in good game yesterday by to 5
score.
Dolly" Gray. on the mound for In
terror pitched good ball for seven innings,
allowing only seven hits and striking out
ten. In the seventh he was relieved by
Cantwell, a left-hander. who held Post
Office without hit for the last two
innings.
Herring. pitching for Post Office, was
touched up for total of fourteen hits
Robinson. Pollock and Conover getting
three each.
Post Office killed rally in the fourth
by a lightning triple play, Herring to
Beard to Fenton to Kraft.
Errors by the Post ONCE infeld were
responsible for several Of the runs. Six
errors were made. four Of which were
charged to Lyons on third
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there can coach each other, particularly
on drives hit over the heads Of the out
posts. Then there is the question of
what to do with ball after catching it
or stopping safe hit. Many a game
has been won and lost by making the
right or wrong throw, and the question
of wrong or right depends entirely on the
existing situation.
An outfielder like Jimmy Sheckard,
formerly Of the Cubs, is of far great
er value to his team than the average
bug recognizes His chief value was
not his own individual brilliance, but
his ability and willingness to help his
associates In the gardening game. A
perfect judge Of fly ball himself
Sheckard never failed to coach his
neighbor on long flies. Often a Cub
center fielder has gone back at top
speed, with his back turned to the
ball, depending on Sheckard to stop
him at the proper instant. and Sheck-
ards Whoa" usually brought him
around in time to make the catch If
he could get under the ball at all. An
outfielder who can make a noise also
will prevent any chance of a collision
between his pals. even if they do not
know how to decide which shall take
the ball without looking at each other
Jones Makes Two.
Fielder Jones made outfielders out
Of Pat Dougherty and Hahn. He
knew every batsman and where he
was most likely to hit the different
kinds of pitching, and he not only
played in that part of center field to
which each man was most likely to
hit, but he saw to it that his mates
on either side took the proper station
to offer the best defense In the mat
ter of returning the ball Jones also
constantly coached his men as each
play came up. Even after he had lost
some of his own speed and lot of
throwi ing power Jones was a valuable
outtielder for what he could tell the
others out there.
To illustrate the value of making the
correct throw: The White Sox were play
the Senators beaten by three runs up to
the last half of the ninth. An opponent
reached third base with one out. The
next man flied out to left field, and the
fielder made an attempt to throw out
the runner going home from third. He
failed, but it was the proper play. be-
cause that runner was the only one he
had chance to stop. That left the Sox
two runs to the good. A two-base hit
put the next batsman on second. and a
single to center followed. The center
fielder came up with the ball clearly and
fired it home, trying to cut off the rum
ner going in from second. He failed to
get his man, and was not blamed for
that, out ne was planned Tor letting the
man who hit the ball get down to second
on the throw. The runner who scored put
Washington within one run of q tie. The
throw home let the tying runner reach
second instead Of stopping him at first
Single Scores Runner.
Another single was made and scored
this tying tally from second. then a
grounder ended the inning. Washington
won out in the extra innings. The out
fielder who was called down for losing
the game argued that his throw was just
as good as the one the left fielder had
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Manager Stallings Of the Braves points
out that it Is a remarkable thing for a
catcher and pitcher from the same team
of a minor league to plunge right into
the majors and be star battery from
the start He speaks of Pitcher Bill
James and Catcher Bert Whaling of his
own team, from the Seattle club OF the
Pacific Coast League. OToole and Kelly
of Pittsburgh are not in their class. he
opines.
Robert Coleman, the Pirates young
catcher. made his big league debut Fri
day, the 18th. There are thirteen letters
in his fun name. and he had thirteen
chances in his initial CANA
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Maps Pull Pitcher Back.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. June 26.-President
Charles w. Somers of the Cleveland
American League club yesterday order
ed "Rube' Evans. the sensational South
ern League left-hand pitcher, with New
Orleans Of the Southern League. to re-
port Immediately Evans has been the
property of the Cleveland club for some
time, but has been allowed to remain at
New Orleans
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INTERIOR NINE
HAS MARGIN
Gets Commanding Lead in De.
partmental League Race by
Yesterdays Victory.
TWO WESTERN BOYS
ROW WITH BIG CREWS
Fuller in Harvard Varsity Four
and Sturtevant in Yale
Freshman Eight.
BY n. C.. BYRD.

The Interior team seems to have the
margin on the other clubs in the De-
partmental League. 1t is going out in
front with a lead that will be commando
Ing II one or two more victories are
added. 1t now leads the circuit with
eleven games won and one lost. The
nearest club is Agriculture, with seven
wins to its credit and three losses, and
Post Office is third, with the same NUM-
Der lost, but with one less in its won
column
At the start of the season in the De-
partmental League there was not a
club that vas figured to beat out Post
Office for the pennant. Especially was
that true in view of the fact that the
Mailmen finished their season last year
as pennant winners with an exceptionally
brilliant record. So far they have been
unable to hit their stride though, and
are consequently trailing in third place
Unless Post Office Agriculture can
win a game or two from Interiors within
the next two weeks. it will mean that the
last mentioned will be in line for a cham
pionship, as it IS not likely that any
other club will he able to show enough to
win out over the big lead now held by
the leaders.
1t begins to look very much as though
Interior will be the team to represent
the government circuit in the post-season
series.
Two former Western High School
boys rowed in crews representing two
OF the largest universities in the Coun-
try last week. Duncan Fuller was
member OF the Harvard varsity four
and Albert Sturtevant rowed in the
Yale freshman eight. The work of
both boys has received favorable COM
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Cincinnati After Sam FELTON,.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. June 28.-Cincin-
natl is the latest big league club to try
to sign Sam FELTON, OF Haverford. Pa.
who was the star pitcher on the Harvard
nine for the last three years. FELTON, won
two out Of three games from the Yale
nine in their annual series this year.
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no errors. and a single and twobase
hit were his efforts at bat

The race in the Northwest Sunday
School League bids fair to be a close
one between the st. Paul and Emmanuel
clubs Both teams have been going
along at a good gait. They have been
playing good ball. and there IL not
mpch of a margin for either as far as
comparative strength Is concerned.
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YESTERDAY RES ULT.
Pension Bureau, 4; Tanglewood. O.
TODAY'S GAME.
Bureau vs. Petworth; at Grant circle and
Upshur street northwest.
The crack Tanglewood nine went down
before the rejuvenated Pension Bureau
outfit in a fast and well played nine
inning contest yesterday.
Willie Ferguson, on the firing line for
the winners, had the TanglewoOd boys
completely at his mercy, holding them to
five scattered hits.
The Bureau boys got off to a good start,
scoring two runs in the first round on
base on balls a sacrifice, two errors and
hits by Junghans and Kirk. They added
two more in the eighth when after
ODonnell walked and stole second he
advanced to third on Sinclair's muff OF
Kinks grounder. They both crossed the
pan when Red Wilson hit for two bags.
Sinclair made a great stop of Fergu-
sons grounder in deep short in the sew
enth inning, and threw to third In time
TO get Lanahan.
Kirk put up his usual good game at
short handling his five chances in good
style He connected safely for a double
in three trips to the plate.
Red Wilson led both teams at the bat,
hitting the pellet on the nose for a single
and a double in three trials. He put up
a clever game at first.
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A poll of National League managers
brings forth the unanimous opinion that
Joe Tinker is the best man in the bust
ness at tagging base runners. 1t be-
ing unanimous, Joe must have voted for
himself.
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Paddy Livingston Sold Again.

TOLEDO. Ohio, June 26.-Manager
Topsy Hartsel has sold Paddy Livingston.
the former Philadelphia Athletic catcher,
to the Indianapolis club.
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The Red Sox possess a battery of iden-
tically the same age. Wood and Nuna-
maker both were born October %, 1889.
Bedient was born two days earlier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-26

Dom Paul Kruger and Arthur Hostetter
former Cardinals, are managers of semi
professional teams in the same league In
st. Louis. Whenever their clubs meet a
big crowd Is out.
Hobe Ferris, formerly of several big
third base for the Columbus team of
the American Association.
A triple steal was engineered by New
ark in a recent game with Providence.
GetZ on third Higgins on second and
! Enzman on first perpetrated it against
Pitcher Latitte and Catcher Onslow.
ut is childish and ridiculous for Lajoie
or any one else to say that Joe Wood
| ever deliberately attempted to hit bats
| man with a pitched ball." says Jake
Stahl. Wood is not that kind Of a
! fellow. Joe'S sore thumb makes his
control Of any curve ball he tries to
pitch rather uncertain"
Branch Hickey. former catcher in both
big leagues, who coached the University
of Michigan team this year. has returned
to his old job as scout for the Browns
during the summer. He began work by
taking to the team with him two of his
Michigan stars, Pitcher Powell and
ShOrtStop Lavans.
| Hank ODay apparently does not allow
! himself to get very much interested in the
| Olympic games. The other day when Jim
Thorpe batted for Mathewson Hank an
| nounced "Tesreau batting for Mathew
son." Jimmy Archer tipped him of to
| his mistake and he corrected himself,
amid laughter by Chicago fans
Red Nelson. ambitious young right
handler. has had rocky career in his
| few years in the majors. Beginning with
| the Browns, he threatened to blossom
| into a star, when rheumatism checked
him. The Phillies picked him up and
| then sent him to Cincinnati "a few weeks
ago. Now. it is said, waivers have been
asked on him.
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Pete Schmidt, crack pitcher of the
Concordia Seminary nine of st. Louis
has been signed by the Browns despite
the fact that Connie Mack was a bidder
for him.