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The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

club last season. According to the new
method OF ranking the pitchers wbersby
their efficiency in preventing earned runs
Is measured rather than just games won
ana lost. they stood next TO johnson. at
the head OF the list. This fact in itself
only goes to show up the offensive weak
ness OF the rest of the team. II, with
such stellar slabmanship. IL cannot WIN
the only conclusion is that there must
oe something lacking on the run-making
end.
Recalls RusseII's Feat.
1 viii bet there was many a game
lost last year by each of these pitchers
IN which the opposing team got only
-FOUR or five hits, and still it won. NAV
be by TO o or a to 1 score sinnlv
because the Sox made fewer hits and
less runs remember that the first
game "Reb" Russell pitched against
US Bender beat him 8 to O and We
only made three hits of him. Thar
Is the sort Of defeat that hurts most
IT'S not such hard pill to swallow
Wnen you are handed a good beating
occasionally, when your opponents
make lot Of hits and runs. becansa
then there are no alibis or .sbuts" ~
Ifs to hash over in the clubhouse
afterward: but the to packares
that frequently go the rounds ara
Soush ones because of what might
have been.
In spite Of the apparent strength q,
the Sox pitching stan as discussed 40
Isr' there Is yet another Sox ner-
FORMER whose return to form or hi.
IalIure 70 DO this. means much to the
team. L refer. OF course, to the snit-
ball king. Ed" Walsh. whether bis
arm Is yielding to treatment or wbeth-
er overwork has put 1t beyond repair.
the present training trip probably will
teH win this master of the pitching
" Al ms pest, his club could not fail
70 De pennant contender, REGARDLESS
OF what his surroundings might he,
As IN the case Of johnson, I cannot
say enough In praise of Walsh.
~ ever a pitcher has had tha Ath-
Ietcs number that man is Ed Walsh
one day last year when we went to Chit
cagoi think IL was on a Sunday-w.
We're very much surprised to see walsh
selected to oppose us, as he had not
workeo Tor TWO or TIN weeks previous,
owing to illness. Got up out Of a sfclr
bed to pitch against US. eh?'' we yelled
az him from the bench. You'll be back
tnere again before we get through with
you' one OF our coachers taunted him
from the lines But Ed" only smiled
and went right on pitching. I'll swear
that on that occasion, as the saving
goes. he didn't have a thing but he
beat US Just the same.
III Jimmy Callahan can discover n
method to get a little more batting
strength out Of his present combination.
and 1 am sure he has Travelled far and
Wide enough this past winter to round
up any that may have strayedr or been
stolen. his team. together with the Red,
Sox, Maps, Senators and Athletics, viii;
furnish pennan. race this season which
bids fair to be most interesting.
Copyright. 1915. hU Eddie CoIIins)
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

Carrigan seems to have a job on his
hands.
A pennant and worlds championship
winner can certainly break up fast. One
or two men in the right places will make
club, as II did the Washington team
when Griffith took hold and plugged up
q couple Of cavities. Also, the loss OF two
or three players will ruin a wonderful
machine. OF the old Cubs Of 1slo prac-
tically none Is left now with the excep-
ton Of Schultz, Zimmerman. and Arch-
er II takes skilled handling to keep a
championship team from wearing out and
breaking up. McGraw and Connie"
Mack are the two experts at this. for
they have their clubs up near the top
most every season. Each one Is con-
stantly testing the various parts OF his
machine to discover IL any of them is
weakening. because both realize that a
ball club is only as strong as its weakest
spotA
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05
RESERVES READY.

The Clarendon Reserves are ready to
meet any team in and around the Dis
trict averaging eighteen years, Emerald
Reserves, Sherman A. C.. Trojans. Spar
tans. and the strong Linworth A c. pre-
ferred. Dates will be opened until July
I. Virginia carfare guaranteed Address
a. +. Snyder. manager. Clarendon Re-
seryes. Clarendon Va
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05
Chicago Club a Thorn
In the Athletics Side
Eddie Collins Says White Sox Play Like Champions
in Philadelphia Pitching Staff
Is Always Strong.
By EDDIE COLLINS.

long remember, at least in the Amer
- lean League the Chicago White Sox have thorn in the
side of the Athletics that the league
had played against like the Windy City representatives did or if we
had been obliged stack against them TWENTY-FIVE
there would have different champou than
the Athletics in TO- IL and 13
No Hitters.
Quite the of the Washington club all good baseball that
in the White Sox assets itself when they vie the da
mond If any of them happens to be in hitting slump he
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05
Matty Says Great Ball
Machines Break Fast
Cites Red Sox As Example of Fading Contender
Thinks Climate Cause of Pitchers Decline
Has Been Help to Johnson.
BY CHRIsTY MATHEwsoN.

vAJ HEN ball club that has beer great machine begins
wv 60 will fall apart quicker than automobile in its third
moved to make this statement in considering
the outlook for the coming the leagues The Boston
Red Sox the particularly had mind but this process of
rapid rotg applies in the of many other great baseball
chimes of days that have gone
Two the Red Sox the championship of the world
and this spring they recognized by impartial authorities
contendes for the American League pennan Athletics
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05
Why johnson E1ceIls.


than either Radbourne or Rusie just good curves
and control and, whit is more important, he takes
better care of himself than did the two old fellows
Had johnson, as we know him today, been in
the game when Radboume was at his best oppo-
nents would never have been able to see the ball.
doubt if any catcher could have held him up, for
YOU know that back in the early SOS the pitching
distance was As, so, and 55 feet, while at present
the slabmen work from mound go feet away.
'Amos Rusie also pitched from the 55-foot mark,
but was at his best when the present-day (60foot)
distance was established.
"I hate to think of what would happen now if
the pitchers box was moved up to As feet from the
home plate, and Walter johnson was announced to
pitch
"Many fans may say that it is hardly fair to
fudge famous present-day twirler with man who
star thirtyyears ago, as the rules of the game
have changed so during the interim.
"Quite true The game has changed, and that
Is why johnson has never pitched 76 games of ball
during season or won 26 out of 81 consecutive
taken into consideration that in those days major
league clubs did not play six and seven games
week, and that Radbourne was given few days
rest nearly every week.
"Amos Rusie, according to many fans, players,
and baseball writers, possessed more speed than
johnson.
Not to my thinking however, for have bat
Ted against Rusie and watched him work when he
was at his best and he never displayed such smoke
as Johnson's when was around
In 1894 Rusie won the pennant for the New
York Giants, and it was his wonderful curve ball
that landed for his club victory after victory.
sT have seen Rusie IN a hole, time and again,
with three balls and no strikes the count He would
invariably shoot over three hooks. to the amaze
Tnent and discontinue of the batsnIsn
Rusie's curve was Just as speedy as his fast
ball
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

Jim Shaw, one of our young pitchers on whom
am placing lot of dependence during the coming
season, reminds me whole lot of Rusie, for Shaw's
curve and fast ball both come up to the plate with
terrific speed
@Radbourne and Rusie like Johnson, employed
what is known in baseball parlance as the side arm
delivery
Radbourne was nearly six feet in height and
massive He was great hitter and fielder
Amos Rusie was giant and bigger man
physically, except in height and reach than John
son. Rusie when in condition weighed about 225
pounds
"As 1 stated before, Johnson has it on Rusie
and Radboume in physical condition. Walter has
no bad habits, always takes the best possible care
OF himself, and for that reason will be in baseball
longer than either of the old fellows
Radbourne and Rusie did not live careful lives.
am sorry to say, but although comparatively short,
their careers were nevertheless brilliant
1t IS perhaps not generally known, but came
from the same little Western town, Bloomington.
Ill, that produced the great Charles Radbourne.
Furthermore, it was In exhibition game that
pitched against the Old Hoss that first became
known.
Late in the fall of 1887 Radbourne returned
IRON the East, and ball game was arranged be-
tween two picked town teams. Radbourne, of
course being the attraction, was slated to pitch for
one OF the teams, and opposed him on the other
We'll, on that day won my spurs not only by
winning my game, but by striking out Radbourne
himself
sIt was case of where was just kid and
had started to come as they say in baseball while
ne was nearly at the end of his rope and slipping.
Radbourne wanted to take me away with him
the next year, but my parents objected. Two sea-
sons later, however, branched out in the baseball
business for myself
Johnson the Peerless.
SO much has been written about the prowess
of those famous old-tiners, Radbourne and Rusie
that If would be only waste of space for me to dis
course further, but when | say that of the three
great twirlers during many decades Walter John
SON IS by all odds the best, am simply venturing
my own opinion
Here's to Walter johnson, the most wonderful
exponent of the twiriing art the game has ever
known
about The coming American League ehanpieashp race
It out why the Na6onsIs have at least 6shtng chance to
NY as there win be a big demand for tha sdiiel.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05
RadbOurne and Rusie Both Wonders,
But Walter Johnson Is the Greatest
Pitcher the Game Has Ever Known

Griffith Tells U.s. and He Should Know for He Has Seen EN-
All in Acfon-Oid- Timers Compared With the Present
Day Speed Marvel of the Washington Club
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The Washington herald., 1914-04-05
johnson the Peerless.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-15
TIE FOR FEDERAL
FIELDING HONORS
Buffalo and Chicago
Teams at Top for
the Season.

The official fielding averages Of the
Federal League, which were given out
Yesterday by James A. Gilmore, show
that the Buifeds and the Chifeds were
the best fielding teams in the league.
They were tied, with 1862 each. The
Tip Tops tied with indianapolis for
sixth place, with mark Of .957.
Carr, of the champion Hoosiers, led
the first basemen. His average was
1874. Hay Myers, Of the Tip Tops, was
fifth, with 800 In the art of playing
third base, however, it was Brooklyn
player who showed the way. Westerzil
had the splendid average Of .956. Len
hox, once a Superba, but now a Pittsfed,
came next, with .953.
Yerkes, who played in only thirty
nine games, was the best of the short
stops. lie had the remarkable average
Of .974, but Joe Tinker is entitled TO
the real leadership, as he took part in
l24 games. His average was .947. Mike
Doolan, Of Baltimore, gave him hard
run, finishing with $40. Gagnier, of
the Tin Tops, was sixth, and Holt, of
the same team, who was tried out for
seventy games, finished dead last
with a mark OF 1892. Gagnier's average
was 1886.
Danny Murphy, Of Brooklyn, finished
third to a couple Of other outheldcrs
who played in only a few games. Fred
Delehanty, Of Buffalo and Pittsburgh,
was the real leader. with an average OF
.984 for 1l6 games. Anderson, Evans,
Cooper and Chouinard, OF the Brooklyn
team, were all far down.
OF the catchers Jacklitsch, OF Balti-
more, came first, with .yS6 average,
but Blair, Of Buffalo, an ex-Yankee,
pressed him closely, with .9s4. RaridCI.
Of the HoOsiers, was good third, just
one point behind. Grover Cleveland
Land, Of the Tip Tops, was seventh
Kaisering, pitcher Of the lndianapo-
lis club, made the remarkable record Of
lclding for LOCO, although he took part
in SO games. Leclair, Of Pittsburgh,
had "A perfect average for ~ games, and
Russell Ford WAS next, with a mark Of
gg8 in 30 games.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-15
HONORS
FOR MAYS, OF CRAYS
Providence Also Led in
Fielding in Interna-
tiOnal League.

The official pitching averages of the
international League show that Mays,
Of Providence, was the most success
full of the men who worked in any con-
siderable number of games. He won
twenty-four games and lost eight of
the thirty-siX in which he participated
tor an average of $50.
Duchesnil, Of Rochester, had the
same percentage, but he did not work
in ss many games. Ruth, of the Bos-
ton Red Sox, finished third, with a
mark of 700. Shore, who was much
more successful in the big show than
his tcammate, had an average of only
.625 in the International League.
Hughes, the Rochester pitcher who
went to the Braves, left mark OF .65i
behind him, and Cottrell, another Bos-
ton pitcher, had an average of $50.
Johnny Verbout, who belongs to the
Giants, did no better than win half
his games out of thirty-six starts, but
when one takes into consideration the
fact that he was with Jersey City this
was an excellent record.
The busiest pitcher in the league was
Bruck, of Jersey City, with 275 and
one-third innings, or almost thirty full
games. Hughes was the strikeout king,
for he famed 1872, and Russell, of Bal
timore, was the widest, with 143
passes.
Providence, which won the pennant,
was the best fielding club. Its average
was .969. Buffalo was four points be-
hind. Newark was fifth, with $50, and
Jersey City was last, with .94e. Barry,
who once played with the Yankees, led
the first basemen of the league, with
q fine mark Of 800.
Mccarthy, Of the Buffalo team, was
the best of the regular second base
men. His fielding average was .96i.
Midkiff, another ex-Yankee, showed the
way to the third basemen. In sixty
nine games he made only seven errors
and ran up n fielding average of 1855.
Eddie Zimmerman, of Newark, who
played in las games, had mark Of
1858.
Derrick, of Baltimore, who is with
the Cubs, led the shortstops, with .963.
OF the outfelders Deininger, Of
Montreal, was best, according to the
averages. He fielded for 1874. kroy,
of Toronto, was second, and Wilson, of
the same club, third.
Lalonge, of Buffalo, was the best
fleeing catCner. with .9s7. H. Smith,
of Newark, was just two points be-
hind him. Williams, Of Rochester,
really did the best work, for he caught
in 1l6 games for an average of .982.
Miller, Of Montreal, and T. c. Thomp
son were the most alert pitchers in
their fielding.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-15
Renewal for Long Term
Lease of Clemens
5th Av. House.
ANOTHER FLAT IN
12STH ST. SOLD
Property Nearby Recently Fig
ured in Quick Resale-Old
Ryan Homestead to Go.

Edward Margolies, who last year
leased the Clemens property at 6O3
Fifth av. for a short period, yesterday
renewed his lease for a period of TWEEN
ty-one years. Mr.. Margolies will pay
S35O,000 in rent during the period.
Next year he proposes TO remove the
dwelling on the site and erect a six
story commercial building. When Mr..
Margoles leased the building u year
ago last month he had hopes of get
ting a long lease on the property and
had plans prepared for altering the
house at a cost Of $4,000. The Glenn
enses were opposed at the time TO leas-
ing the dwelling for a long term. Since
then they have changed their minds on
the subject. Mr.. Margolies will pay the
Clemenses in rent $4,000 more than
they paid for the property twelve years
ago. Alfred B. Ashford was the broker.
The d. II. Jackson Company bought
from Paula Wright II West l28th st.,
five story and basement single fiat
house, on plot 1S.9x100 feet. The buy
ers recently bought the adjoining
houses, 70 to II West 128th st. from
the Conrad Stein estate, which prop
erty they resold a few weeks ago TO D..
Maleno and d. Sylvan Crakow. Der
shauch g. Co. were the brokers in both
the latter and original transaction.
The 2. j. Dryer Building Company
has contracted for the purchase of the
old Ryan homestead property, at the
Grand Boulevard and Concourse, 184th
st. and Creston av. High class apart
ment houses will be erected on the site.
The Ryan property consists OF a
brick and stone mansion, with garage,
and a plot containing about ten lots. 1t
has a frontage of 1905 feet on the Con-
course, III feet on 1S4th ST., 125 feet
on Creston av., and measures about 10
feet along the northerly line. The
property has been in the possession OF
the Ryan family for a great many
years, and lately has been offered in
the market at $4,000 Last month the
property was obtained under contract
by another buyer, but the deal was
never concluded.
Kurz g. Uren, Inc, have sold in con-
junction with d. Thomas Costar the
six and one-half lots located on the
southerly side of Tratman av., 81 feet
west of Zerega av., plot l67.6xllO
feet.
Other sales announced follow:
10TH sT-The Benenson Realty Company has
nurrhsSed from George Matthewson the plot COX
iOO feet on the south side Of 10th ST., located ~
feet east 81 Mamiou az.
has Sold for T. D. Curtis go East I'D s.. 1--WE
Stor, tenement house. on Dot 2jNl022 feet, near
Third az .- .,,,-,, ,,.,,,.. = Oh,
story fathousc on plot 5oxloo Feet az o'' 'fo'onA
Park North.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-15
WHAT THE BUYERS
WILL LOOK AT TODAY

new spring garment she wants new
colors as we'll as new style. That is
the trouble with a great many firms
who make coats, suits and dresses
When a new color is brought out, IN
stead of holding it for the coming sea
son. they show it right away, and the
consequence is that the only new thing
that can be shown is the style OF the
garment. A great many firms would
benefit II they would only hold the new
colors that come out and produce new
colors when the new modes are to be
shown"
Many optimistic suit and dress man.
ufacting concerns are of the opinion
that the buyers themselves will select
the width of the bottom OF the skirt.
Some say that the width will be three
yards, while others predict a skirt TO
measure at least four yards. 1t has
always been the custom for the buyer
20 tell the manufacturer how long the
skirt should be. Buyers, as a rule. Sc
lect the garments that they think they
can sell, regardless of the width or
length. II is known that the same style
In suits or dresses does not predonl-
nate all over the country. Three-yard
MlhAHo NC IL bOOh oClAti III NAN
town, while in another the desired
width may be four yards. Just how
wide skirts will be worn is a question
that can only be answered by the wom-
en- themselves.
A prominent skirt manufacturer who
returned from a trip through the Far
West reports chat business conditions
in the ready-to-wear lines have been
very good. 1t is his intention to open
branch factory somewhere in the
West for the purpose of making faster
deliveries TO his accounts in that sec
tion of the country. Just where this
factory will be located is undecided.
John Watkins, who has been selling
cloaks and suits in the Middle West
for many years, has decided to give up
the road and start in business for him
self He will occupy a loft somewhere
in the ready-to-wear district. and will
represent several manufacturers.
Corduroy ba.hrobes are being shown
extensively for the holiday trade. Many
buyers were afraid to place orders on
them, as the material was considered a
little too heavy. Kimono and house
dress manufacturers are working their
factories overtime so as to complete
their orders before the holidays. One
manufacturer reports that he will have
TO cancel several orders, as he is un-
able TO fill them before his time limit.
Several large dress manufacturers
are going to job most of the dresses
that they will show for the coming sea-
son. Il is their belief that the gar
ments can be bought much cheaper
from manufacturers in Brooklyn than
they can make them in their own fac
tories
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-15
NOTES OF THE TRADE.

Several large dress concerns that
have placed orders on materials of the
putty and sand shades are anxious
about the way these colors will take
for the spring. They think that these
new colors were shown too soon, and
1t can be noticed that many ladies who
bought their fall dresses and coats late
in the season have selected putty or
sand color In an interview with a
dress manufacturer he said: ~ don't
see how sand or putty shades can be
called new colors, when it is time to
show spring samples. There are sew
eral coat concerns that have been SELL
ing sand color coats for the last
month. II woman purchases a coat
or dress Of sand or putty shade it is
sure that the same colors will not be
selected when it comes to buying a new
spring style. When a woman buys a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-15
B0THNER HAS HANDS
FULL TO BEAT JAP
Miyake Shows Well in Lively
Wrestling Match at Browns
Gymnasium.

George Bothner. the perpetual cham
pion Of America, defeated Tarro Miyake,
the champion Of Japan, in a handicap
eatch-as-catch-can wrestling match at
Browns Gymnasium last night. One
thousand spectators, a crowd that
packed the gymnasium TO the doors,
saw the American pin his rivals shout
ders 10 the mat after minutes and 40
seconds Of fast, furious and exciting
wrestling.
A full nelson, which bent the Orien-
tails neck TO the breaking point, was
the medium through which victory was
won. The bout was a handicap, and
under the conditions Miyake was to
throw bis rival three times in an hour.
The moment Bothner won fall the
match ended.
hiyake. a little giant, gained one fall
IN q minutes and - seconds with a
half-nelson and leg hold. Those min
uies must have correspondent TO as
many ages 20 Bothner. Not once, but
half dozen times, before he was final
y thrown, he was in precarious posi-
ton. and at least twice il appeared as
though both his shoulders were touch
ing 10 was in these times, however,
that his wonderful defensive skill came
to his aid and he wriggled out of dan
ger.
When the second bout began Bothner
rad evidently satisfied himself Of his
ability 70 wage an offensive fight. He
was on top most OF the time, using his
legs quite as much as his hands to
harry the Jap. Twice he almost gained
a fall with leg holds. At last he got
his nelson hold, and slowly put on the
power until he won.
Niyake was not a graceful loser. He
lesped 20 his feet and made dash at
MS rival, who was more than willing.
Nothing came Of IL. however.