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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06
Twirlers Good Batters
~ " ~ ~
Theory Routed in Confusion
Wood Led American League; Hit Almost III
300 Class; Eddie Plank Next in Vic
tories and Stick Work.

Coombs. who won twenty-oue and
lost ten games. batted ,266 and did
not make a fielding error. Jean Du-
buc of the Tigers led his teammates
in victories, batted .2T6 and erred
but three times Mcconnell OF the
Yankees hit .297, while Russell Ford
hated ,2ss. The two led the Yankee
hurlers In victories. Ford was also
among the leaders In fielding. Fred
Standing was the Maps most CON
sIstent winner. He fIeided excelently
and batted. as did George Mullin OF
Detroit. Chief Bender is also In the
list
Hendryx. the leading pitcher of the
National league, led the heavers In
fielding and batted .322. his collec-
ton of drives including ten doubles,
SIX triples and ono four-sacNer-
Mathewson, crandall. Wfltse. Cam"
nItz. Rucker. Brennan and Marquard
also batted well and ranked high az
helders as well,
II goes to show that class tells.
Had Joe Wood. Russell Ford. Ed
Walsh, Hendryx. Walter Johhson'
coombs or Plank elected to play some
other position. the chances are Ihat
he would have succeeded, prov'dine
he had brought the same energy TO
hear nnon his work that he devoted
ia pitchlng. Perhaps the country WAS
robbed OF great second sacker when
Joe Wood became pitcncr Fer'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06
CHANCE FACES GREATEST
TEST OF BRIGHT CAREER
Performs Wonders With Hgh1anders, Who Prom
ise to Show Pennant Form When Ameri-
can League Curtain Is Rung up Thursday
BY w. ]. MACBETH.

NEW YORK. April 5.-Frank
IN Chance faces one Of the most
trying tests OF his brilliant ma
jor league career. Thursday next the
curtain will be rung up on the Amer
lean league race The Peerless
Leader Will And himself at tho head
of a tail-end aggregation in strange
and unknown company. bidding for
patronage against q local champion
ship rival
Chance has been accustomed 70
lead championship teams and natur-
ally will bend every energy toward
remodeling his trallers into PEN
nant possibility. This will require
patience on the part of himself and
his supporters. In this age Of ad-
vanced baseball II IL not possible TO
develop winner. overnight But
Chance Is bound to be ouccessful In
the end. He may not be in the thick
OF the fight ell season. but II Is
pretty sure thing that he will have
a contender and a much respected
one before his three years contract
expires.
Frank Chance has performed Won
ders with a club that lookei 'lke
huge joke at the close Of the past
season. He has the players working
in harmony and TO the very best OF
their ability. He has but to main
tain this happy condition throughout
the season to gain recognition as
one of the real managerial wizards
of the game.
In the old Chicago Cubs. Frank
Chance had one OF the greatest
baseball machines ever assembled un-
der one banner, It may be true that
ne was unusually blessed with tall
ented material. but he showed results
with the club which proved him ca
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06
National Clubs Players Eager
for the Fray; Fans All
Expectant.
BY THOMAS B. LYNCH
President of the National Leagu


NEW YORK, April 5.-The outlook
for the baseball season of 1913 Is
good. from n National league stand
point, and there Is every reason 10 cx-
pect a close and Interesting race While
the weather has not been ideal In some
of the training camps, stin the reports
show that the players are in hrst-clas SIS
condition and are ready and eager for
the fray.
The changes in the management OF
four OF our clubs are bound 10 awaken
new interest and to inspire greater ef-
fort. as each manager will strive 10 have
MS club procure better standing than
that reached under his predecessor Each
National league team Is confident OF sue
cess and is waiting with real anticipation
for the command. "Play ball"
1t will introduce two new ump!res This
season-Messrs. w. ]. Guthrie and w,
j. Byron, both of last years international
best and expect good work from them.
believe that the National league viii
have splendid umpire staff IN 1913
This season the BROOKLYN bali club
presents 20 tho National league "Eb-
petts neld. complete and Dodernly
equipped stadium. that is credit 10 the
game and To- tho National league itself.
The baseball public OF today is enabled
to enjoy the game under every favor
able condition and with every possible
comfort
Judging from the demand for sc,ed-
ules and the requests for Information re-
sardsng openings. etc. now being re-
ceived by our clubs. baseball viii be
moro popular this year than cSer before
n yl,u rY.n ne Il.
eagerly awaited by the fan as by tho
player,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06
SPRING REVIVES RIVALRY
OF THE SAINTS AND HIGHS
Campuses of Both Schools Are Crowded With
Athletes Who Aspire to Honors of Track
and Field.
By s, B. LOCKHART

Saints baseball team was not a great
success last season. but they are striving
10 turn out a winner this year. On the
other hand. the high team did some fine
work last year and most or the men will
be playing again this year Coach
"Heinie" Richardson was thinking Of en-
tering his team I'm the university class,
but this will probably fall through
Coach Richardson is very we'll fitted TO
turn out good track team. for he holds
several state records himself and was
considered hy some to be tho best ath-
Iete in the west. This year he has a
great many old men and several new
men who look promising, Rydalch. who
took second In the hammer throw. is out
again this year and Is showing better
class than previously. He Is also out for
the shot put Siddoway Will also try out
for the weights and perhaps for the
sprinls. Yates is out for the sprints and
the shot put. He is also the manager Of
the team. Among the other men out are
Brecken. Ward. Romney. Hlllan, Lowen-
stein. Whitehead. Burrows and Kerr.
Few of the baseball candidates have ap-
pesred yet. bit will be out In full force
next week. The class games are being
played now and some good men viii
probably be developed in these.
Coach Miller has n large squad out aud
expects many more next week. when
school opens again, Most of the men
who played OF the basketball team are
out for either track or baseball. Smith,
the big center. will try for the discus
throw, Bernice Parkinson viii be out for
the sprints and his brother. Roland, VIII
try for the hammer throw and shot put
He has had little experience. but is very
strong and Is putting the shot around
forty feet already. Bennion Is out for
the distances. sevy is also out for two
or three events. Oleson. tho husky for
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06
American Clubs Finish Train
ing; Battle Will Be Fought
to Bitter End.
BY BAN B. JOHNSON
of the American League


CHCAGO. April 5.--The American
" league will start its season this
year under conditions as favorable as
during Its existence.
Tho reports from tho training camps
have been favorable Not manager has
said that bad weather handicapped him
in his efforts to get his team in cond.-
ton, which means that the players
should be able to show to advantage at
the very start of the race
In fact, the training conditions this
year seem to have been almost perfect
The White Sox in California had ex-
cellent weather, while the reports from
Bermuda, where Frank. Chance trained
the New York club, were encouraging
The clubs that travelled south report
excellcnt weather In which to condition
and lack of it in the past has been re-
sponsible for the difference in play which
prevailed In the spring and in the sum-
mer. So little fault can be found with
and the race should be interesting from
the start.
It is the closeness OF the race which
promises such an interesting year for
she fans who like the clubs in the Amer
lean league. Few predict an easy race
for this, that or the other club, II Is
the concensus OF opinion that the team
which wins the pennaut In our league
must display not only great baseball
ability, but also must possess the fight
ing instinct and stamina For the race
promises to be SO bitterly fought that
these qualities will be necessary,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06

lTH the coming of spring the
N&j ancient rivalry between the
NM Saints and the West Siders is
w again aroused. These are the
largest high schools In the
state and naturally there is a strong
feeling of rivalry between them. The
schools wage bitter war on every ath-
Ietjc field but the gridlror. This excep-
ton is because football is taboo at the
church school In baskotbail this year
The Saints easily defeated the Red end
Black i've. but were defeated In the state
are still smarting under their defeat and
are vowins vengeance on the diamond
and on track and field
The most popular sport at the west
side school is football. and after that the
track. AT the i. d. S. u, basketball and
track events divide honors about evenly.
The campuses at both schools are now
In fine condition and Coach Miller and
Coach Richardson are both busy sorting
out their material Last year Murdoch
defeated both local schools IN the state
track meet. Tho l. D S. scored second
and the high school third Murdock's
Victory was a great surprise and vas
largely due 10 Raymond, who ran the
sprints for them. This was the same
man who defeated Galligor OF the L. d.
s. the year before.
The Saints. however. were very little
behind Murdock in points and do not ex-
pect TO be content with second place this
year The feeling of rivalry was ospe-
cially bitter between the two local schools
at last years meet, Tn one of the races.
when Bennion. who was running for the
Saints. tried to pass the "Salt Lake high
man. another west slider struck Bennon
In the face and q free-for-all ensued.
Both coaches will try to keep such an
occurrence from happening this year, The
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06

: suoh that pitchers be re-
q e torulality of batting on the
most OF them are deuces
of swattlng the sphere and
.aouid stick 10 their own de-
a wa. OF deceiving the batter. SO
q su.e 30 often nowadays. The
y. 'nis is simplc-tlle pitchers
~ sfe exploding the theory by
a. "onderfuliy we'll with twists
sssrsaries. Henry P, Edwards
n lhS . TO say on this subject:
m " Really good pitchers and
''v that few OF them con-
pIt.1 alorts to pitching. The
n rs are real all-around
i, 4 saey do not depend entire,
9. as cunning and strength of
a d arms, They know now
pd DO field with skill. They
,b,s. % bat and demonstrate
y NJ ~ along that line when
~ /, ,ua The American league
~ 'cIofies- He batted .2so.
Il ass u'ine thirteen doubles.
home run. He made
fhot In forty-three .games.
nss. ~no lost but six games.
.naes 70 Wood. batted .2s7
n, without an error. walter
<.6les p.ciiing marvel, hit .264,
<nIn .onr triples and two
M - 70 20 his, credit. He also
''on splendidly. Jack
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06

THE charm of his personality can
not be denied. He has never
asked player to do what ne
would not cheerfully do himself. He
submits himself to all the rigid train
ing rules. He courts obedience by
setting a proper example. For In
stance Chance has never been away
from the hotel as Late as 1880. Cen
orally ne is in bed long before that
hour. He has torn himself away from
any number Of social engagements so
that ne would not infringe upon the
rules his players wers forced to re-
spect.
The Peerless Leader has no use for
espionage. He will not tolerate tale
bearing. He depends upon himself
for all information. Yet the players
have found out that they can put
nothing over on him. On several oc-
casions when man had just about
begun to congratulate himself over
having snenked In late. he would be
approached In this fashion by the
p. L.: Better have that watch OF
yours attended to. IT'S running late
And. by the way. you're fined for
not beating the flag last night
Nothing escapes Chance on the ball
field. The players have learned this
and hustle accordingly They respect
him for his cleverness. ability and
earnestness. They have hustled all
spring and they will hustle all sum-
per. Wherever tho club may finish.
II Is a moral certainty that II will do
the very best that Chances ability
as general combined with earnest
loyalty OF his following, can assure.
Ho may not be in the flag fight this
year but he Will give a good account
OF himself nevertheless. His team
should finish In tho first division or
very close to II.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06

pable OF getting every possible ounce
OF energy out Of his men. He hooked
them up and made them play for
team results and not for individual
averages.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06
]TE IJPHOLDS TRADITIONS
/ OF LATTER-DAY CHAMPIONS
rvs How to Capitalize Fighting Talents; Sched-
lille May Lack Merit as Sporting Fixture, But
Reads S32, 900 as Business Project.
BY w. w. NAUGHTON.

schedule OF early summer activities
for Lutte" AS a programme OF
sporting fixtures the thing may lack
is all right.
Here's how 1t reads:
For six rounds with Jim Flynn at
Philadelphia, April Is. McCarty will
receive $4,000; for six rounds with
Frank Moran at Pittsburg. April 20.
McCarty will get $4,000; for ten
rounds with Carl Morris at Kansas
City. May 4. McCarty will be paid
$4,000; for ten rounds with Tommy
Burns at Calgary, May Is. NcCarty
Will receive $4,000. perhaps more.
Assuredly McCarty Is upholdlng
the traditions Of the latter-day
champions protective league. In
naming his terms he has displayed
the utmost daring. In selecting his
opponents he has been commenda-
bly, cautious The only thing about
It Is, that on a basis OF compare
tive values, McCarty may demand a
million II ever he is asked to fight
Jess Willard or Gunboat Smith.
TN way Luther Is not to blame.
He certainly did not originate
the existing order Of things
Champions have set their faces
against fair division Of the prize
money for years. and 1T is so long
since there was a winning or losing
end to a championship fight, that
1.-The memory Of man scarcely, goeth
back to the occasion" II was
claimed, OF course. that Jeffries and
johnson fought "75 and 20" but
there are great grounds for believing
that the loot was evenly split,
Bat Nelson, who always claimed 10
be second John L. Sullivan In the
matter of honesty Of purpose-and
who undoubtedly was, 30 far as MS
work In the ring was concerned
was as a tiger who scented fresh
blood when money was mentioned
We all know how he held out for ana
receIyed the lions share. or rather'
the VOLTS share at Goldfield,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06
HOW COAST TEAMS
FINISHED IN 1912

FORMER pENNANT WINNERS.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06

ward. Is out for the hammer throw. shot
put and discus Andy Anderson. who
won the mile and haif-mile last year. Is
out for the same events this year,
All the men have not shown up for
baseball yet. Among those who have
conn out are oleson. Rowland. Parkin-
son. Smith. Allan Groesbeok. Cowiey and
Taylor
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06

lTH the coming of spring the
VA ancient rivalry between the
NNf Saints and the West Siders is
w again aroused These are the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06

l,aps a grand third baseman went TO
waste when jean Dubuc picked out
the box as the softest spot on the
team. Who knows but that Chrlsty
Mathewson might have made won
dcrfuJ first baseman2
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06

6HANCE Is doing just that same
thing with New York He Is the
big master. He thinks and plans
for his men and insists upon having
his instructions obeyed to the letter.
He accepts full responsibility for the
game. One has but to spend a few
days in his camp to realize why
Chance is go successful. He IL big
man That IS the true secret
First of all. Frank Chance Is a dis
ciplinarian. He took charge Of a
badly disorganizcd club which had
not the falntest smatter1ns OF what
discipline meant. In his new environs
IL was absolutely necessary to con-
troll the players and TO teach them
respect for the master. For this
reason Chance Instituted number
OF set rules that would not have been
necessary. perhaps, had his players
been used to conscientious training
One rule forced everyone to be in the
hotel before 1870 at night The al
tentative was a stiff fine And II a
player, no matter who he might be.
was late by so much as minute,
the fine was levied. Chance plays no
favorites. The raw recruit meets
with as much respect and considera-
ton as the greatest star He Is sub
jected to the same discipline.
Chance has the faculty of express
ing himself clearly In no mistakable
terms, He keeps closely In touch
with the habits and associations OF
every one OF his men. A carefully
dropped hint here and there does
more for him than a carpet lecture
would a less stern man. What Chance
has TO say carries weight because he
looks the part and stands ready TO
so to the mat in any way with one
who disobeys him.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
DIXIE LEAGUE
SHUTSUP SHOP;
C0ULDN' 7 PAY
Secretary Harry Farr Hints to
Birmingham Man That ''the
Ship Has Sunk"

nj EW ORLEANS. Oct. 3O.-The
N Dixie League has formed,
scheduled it's games played
them and had the pennant awarded
even before the fumes of a World
Series had been cleared from the
atmosphere, according to reports.
The rumor came that they would
buck organized baseball if they could
not enter the ranks of the legitimate.
Then many fans were doubtful about
the brain part of the proposed league.
But they still held that if they failed
to get under the organized blanket
they would call a halta
Now they have called halt. Thus
the Dixie League finishes one of the
fastest schedules on record. The
league disbanded in better shape than
any league ever has, for the only ex-
pense was the stationery
They have called off the dogs, and
decided that there would be no new
league. This intelligence comes from
Harry N FAIR, the secretary of the
proposed venture In correspondence
with a well-known Birmingham man
who was feeling around for the job of
manager of one of the clubs, Mr. E'arr
states that his association could not
gain recognition by organized ball,
and that otherwise they considered it
hopeless fight, hence they were
going to let the matter stop right
where it began.
The wise ones think there was real
ly no room for two clubs in the cities
mentioned in the proposed lineup.
with the possible exception of Biz
mingham and Atlanta, the other towns
along the route would have proved Il
frost and Shreveport and Little Rock
have been weighed in the balance and
found wanting. They were tried out
In the Southern, fioundered along for
a little while and then fell by the
wayside, giving up their franchises 1t
is even doubtful If double team
league would pay in Birmingham and
the Cracker town. Especially does 1t
look doubtful that it would if an out
law league had been formed.
If major outlaws like the Federal
League could not afford to pay over
200 bucks per month. it does not stand
reasonable to argue that the minor
ones would be forced to come much
under this figure.
Local fans take it for granted that
this message from Mr.. Farr is straight
goods. and that the Dixie League will
hold its funeral services soon and to
dust return.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
PUTS
. ON WE|GHTF0
TECH BATTLE
Purple Team Will Average 1866
Pounds for Game at Grant
Field Saturday.

~HATTANOoGA, TENN, Oct. 30.
Sewanee will enter the game
with Tech Saturday with the
heaviest lineup which has repre-
scented the Purple this season. The
jump in avoirdupois is due to the
installation Of Ward at right end IN
lieu of Chapman, who was badly bat
tered up in the Texas game last Sat
urday.
The Purple team will average, when
it takes the field against the Jackets.
l66 pounds. The average of the back
field will be 1874 pounds, the average
Of the ends 165 pounds and the aver
age Of the line (tackle to tackled
III 1-2 pounds.
The placing of Ward at end will
apparently strengthen the Tigers de-
tense to a great degree. In the Ten
nessee game here Rainey returned
many of Tolley's punts practically to
the point from where they originated
because of the failure of the ends 10
escape being blocked or of their tar
diness in getting down the field. All
this has now been eliminated, how
ever, and the utilization of three reg
ular ends has greatly increased the
efficiency of this department.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
Marquard In Bad in Gotham
Rube No Longer Popular Idol

into shape in one-day stands, and, al
though he tried hard and conscien-
hously to train himself, conditions
and circumstances were against him
and when the championship season
started he was far from being in his
true form. He might have thought he
was, but McGraw knew he was not.
Never in Good Condition.
1t was lack of spring training that
put RUDE on the back trail He
imagined he was al good as he ever
was. He had the same confidence in
himself as when he was primed TO the
pitching top notch, but he was fooled,
as many athletes have been before
him. He overestimated his ability, his
strength and his stamina. He was not
the same Rube who had won nineteen
straight.
The recent Worlds Series settled
Vanguard with McGraw And | have
the idea that 1t was his garrulous
writing about the Worlds Series
games that had as much to do with
McGraw's decision to trade him his
poor showing IN the. box.
The trouble with the baseball writ
ers who dictate their stories is that
they fail to duly appreciate how mere
words, dictated Immediately after a
game when they are sore at heart and
in spirit, will look in cold type.
There is no doubt that some of the
criticisms of his fellow players that
appeared under his name cut sorely
deep and hard-they hurt.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
Sidelights on Sports
BY A. Il. c. MITCHELL

GEORGE sTALLINGs says
President Lynch, of the Ma
tional League, is "only an UNI
pire."
He means to convey the idea
that Lynch has never developed
beyond the range OF the official in
the blue uniform who calls the
balls and strikes, makes other de-
cisions and cans players who say
things to him that they shouldn't
say.
WEARS ago in the day of Georg
Henschel Cor was it when
Gericke first came over?) there
appeared in the ranks of the Bos-
ton Symphony Orchestra a French
horn player, whose artistic skill
on that wind instrument quickly
attracted the attention of those
i in the audience that knew the DIFF
ference between mediocre horn
playing and really good horn
playing. His reputation grew
apace and in the course of time
he became known as one of the
most expert performers on the
instrument in the world.
But as his reputation increased
he began to abuse his wife, and
finally at the zenith OF his career
neglected her altogether. A friend
demonstrated.
well. you see, it is like dis"
explained the celebrated musician.
Ven We vas farsi married We vas
, just like two leedle sparrows. But
now I am a EAGLE'-here he
fiicked the ashes from a cigarette
and expanded his chest-"while
my wife, she is still a leedle spar
row yet"
g TALLINGS' idea is that Lynch
is still a sparrow at the head
OF the National League, while he