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The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
|mUCH-BOASTED WHITE SOX
HURLERS FAR FROM LEAD
"Greatest Staff in League. is
Bad Second to Boston
M Pitchers
DOAK LET'S SENTIMENT
OVERRIDE JUDGMENT
National Circuit Leader Too
Anxious To Be Loyal to
Profit by War
RI HAROLD v. WILCOX.

About this time year ago, Charles
Com.skey, Jimmy Callahan and the
rcst OF the Chicago south side dope
sters were informing the world that
the White Sox would have the Ihes.
pitching stan in the country during
the season of 1914. IL was even con
ceded that there vas a remote pos
ability of that wonderful saii WIN
ming the penaant, providing IL was
not too much handicapped by the sur
Mus OF osseons tissue and slow-mo'-
Jug trafiic that made the rest OF inc
team famous And almost everybody
IA baseball Joined III the chorus that
boosted the White Sox moundsmen'
They did prove very effective last
summer, our Callanan's pitcneIs
missed leading the league by a Dig
margin. and stuck TO second place Ia
the records BY very small lead. Inc
Red Sox had the finest hurting staH
ia the league N 1914 The marvellous
work OF Leonard has been pointcd Out
before. but The rest OF that CarrlSdh
clan has been somewhat overlooked.
The whole Red Sox mound stan
came through tine season VIE Brand
average of but Lie earned runs per
each nine innings OF pitching Inc
much press-agented White Sox were
nearly three-quarters OF run behind,
their grand average being FAC earned
runs per game. Close behind and IN
third place comes Philadelphia, with
an average OF 2.64, and Washington
is In fourth place, with 2.6S, despite
the work OF Walter Johnson. The
Tigers get fifth place, because the
Yankees let generous youth named
Pieh pitch 10 games. He allowed 5.O5
earned runs per game, and dragged
New York down to grand average CT
2.04, which corresponds to seventh
place In the league rating. Had Pieh
never been born, the Yankees would
have shaded Detroit by two points.
The Tiger hurlers averaged 2.7s, and
the Yanks 2.76, without Pieh.
st. Louis gets sixth honors with an
average of 2.9S earned runs, and
cleveland, as everybody suspected, is
last with a record OF 3.21.
Further demonstrating the unex-
pected superiority of the whole Red
Sox staff over the wearers of white
hose, is the fact that out OF the six
best pitchers in the league. Boston
had three, and the White Sox had but
three in the first eleven.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
PEEVED AT
PLAYER-LIMIT RULE

George Stallings is worrying be-
cause 1t has come to his ears that
the 21-player rule In the National
league is interpreted TO include uni
formed coaches. George wants to
keep Fred Mitchell in a uniform be-
cause OF his value back OF third base
line. and In order TO do so. he must
limit himself to 20 bonafide players.
The Boston manager is In favor OF "a
man limit, rather than the one re-
Gently decreed
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
"Y" MAY JOIN The
new INTERNATIONAL
MODESTO Meeting Canadian Di-
rectors to Perfect Proposed
League

DIR. ]. B. Modesltt, physical director
OF the Y NJ. c. A. is spending Satur-
day in London, Ont, in conference
with physical directors from the "Ys
or London and Toronto, TO perfect the
OF the new international
Basketball league. The schedule will
open in January and continue through
February. Several games will be
played at the local gymnasium.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
TAKE HUGHEY'S WORD
AND SIGN INFIELDER

Scrantons State league team has
picked up promising player in
James Murray, an infelder. for next
season. Murray was recommended TO
Bill Coughlin. the Miners pilot by
Hughy Jennings. OF the Tigers, and
Jack Dunn, OF the Baltimore In
ternational league club Murray play
ed with the Birds last season.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
ACTON WINS THREE
RACES IN ONE DAY

Ell PASO. Tex. Dec. 19.-Race
followers are still recalling the sensa-
tional riding OF Jockey Acton Wednes-
day. He rode the winner in three
OF the six races, scoring with Rose
Ring, Wavering and Marty Lou.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
SHORT LENGTHS

1t looks as IL Charles Weeghman has
good case for damages against the
Cubs. Bridwell. who jumped from the
Cubs TO the Chifeds, batted only .345
last season.
Since sport upsets are so common
nese infielder OF the Whitesox. Win
Loo. beat out Eddie Collins for the
second base position.
joe Tinker and Mike Doolan had n
close tussle for nelding honors among
the Fed shortstops. The former won
chances per game than Doolan. but
probably doesn't know II.
collins Sold Because He Was a
Troublemaker" says headline lie
Was--for seven, American league clubs,
Ii is confidently predicted that Ray
Caldwell Will jump back to the Yam
KEGS now that IL Is probable brewer
is going TO buy the club.
The Philadelphia fan, according to
Mr. Mack, has been fed on so much
rich food that he has acquired the
govt In his spending arm.
John McGraw, Wflbert Robinson.
Hugh jennings and Joe Kelley the
old Orioles have contributed extensive
~ TO present managerial berths. Then
there's Kid Gleason, who assistant
manages I'm Chicago,
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19

John O'Reilly the scout who dug
up Jimmy Archer for the Cubs, Is
strong for Harry Smith. the youngster
from Savannah, who is slated TO sue
coed Chief Meyers as the mainstay
behind the bat for the Giants next
season. IF this fellow Smith does
not set the National league afire
next season" said O'Rielly. III be
the most surprised man who ever put
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
MALE VOTE PUT BAN ON
BOXING-CROFFORTH

Sunshine Jim Crofforth is quoted as
blaming the male vote for the ban
on boxing I'm California. This state
ment upsets all previous dope on the
suffrage states action. Crofforth says
that women admire athletes too much
TO put ban on any sort OF athletic
contests
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
SOMEBODY OVERLOOKED

AS far az we have been able to
learn Jimmy Gilmore. Johnny
Ward and Charles weeghman have
not yet received Invitations 10 the
10th birthday party OF the Ma
tlonal League. which will be cele-
brated some time next spring.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
THEY'RE ALL TIED
in B. & 7. LEAGUE
Leaders Are Even in Both
Builders and Traders
Organizations

The Ternes and Corrick teams are
tied for first place In the Builders A.
Traders First league. with the Pud.
rith bowlers only one game behind
the leaders. There are but five games
between the top and bottom teams.
In the second league the Schneider
team has been overhauled by the Hobbs
bowlers. and those two teams are now
tied for first place, with the Hall team
pressing them closely
LEAGUE NO. LEAGUE NO.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
Tho Equilibrium.

The dispatch from the front which
stated that the Federals wished to
get Col Rupert into-their league 10
balance It. probably was censored.
The original doubtless read to bank
balance H.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
Something Like That Girl With the
Curl

The San Francisco club shut out
teams more frequently than any other
Coast league team, but also lost more
games than any other. Apparently
when the club was good, IL was very,
very good, and when it was had IL was
rotten.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
ABOUT BROKEN
FIELD RUNNING.

II Hurry-Up Yost were the wizard
we thought he were, he would have
that squad OF prospective backfeld
men busily engaged in line piunging.
hole picking and broken field running
through the holiday crowds or Wood
ward-ave this week. instead or Idly
awaiting spring practice. We haven't
been able 10 make first down on Wood
ward for two weeks.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
BILLY WAGNER JAILED
ON CHARGE FROM FLINT

TOLEDO, o., Dec. 19.-Billy Wag.
ner. brother OF Charley White. and
erstwhile Detroiter, was jailed at To
ledo last night after his fight with
Frankly Daley. Wagner Is charged
with making getaway from Flint
after the Wolgast fight with $3.50 be
longing to Henry A. Applebaum. The
Daley Wagner fight was draw.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
lean Mates Now Foes.

AS a Cub, George Mcconnell VII
have a chance TO show his wares in
against his old boss
George. The long pitcher was with
the New York Americans under Stall
ings when they had their famous
smallpox experience several seasons
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19

Here is the new White Sox man
ager, who never before has been az
filiated with any league above the
Three-Eye, out fer whom many base
ball men are predicting successful
future. The announcement OF mis- APP
pointment was one OF the sensations
OF the winter
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
NEW Ar MY-NAvY
QCk<E nlJIE

Hurrah, Also a hooray and a
banzai! The threatened famine In
sport news Is indefinitely postponed.
The Army aud Navy football authori;
ties have already begun to wrangle
over future games. and from now on
10 next November. Mondays. Wednes-
DAYS and Fridays will be Official
dates for "ro game" announcements,
and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
nrdays. the signing OF a hve-year
agreement, pleasing TO all concerned,
viii be positively announced.
Catcher Walter Boles. cf the Los
Angeles Coast league team. has no
tiaed Manager Frank Dillon that he
win not play ball next season. He IL
connected With moving picture con.
Germ that viii send him to South
america 10 take pictures.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
Seasons Trotting Records Held by
Etawah.

Seasons Trotting Records Held by
Anvil.
Fastest OF the year .........-. 2:02St
Fastest two-heat race bystallion All -
Seasons Pacing Records Held by Nn-
poieon Direct.
Fastest new performer. stallion 2:O21s
Fastest five-heat race. stallion lO;2b12
Seasons Pacing Record Held by BudI
Elliott.
Fastest three-year old gelding f2;Os
These are worlds records also.
The following Is a list OF @Geers :
10 leading winners OF the year:
Trotters.
Etawah, by Al Stanley.5 o 0 0 $3.50
Sparkle Watts, by
Gen Watts ......,2 20 $500
rG The G Great oy .. re'e 1893 .s.s75'
Kxworthy .........,4 20 0s 1876
ST Frisco. by San
Francisco .....0 n 2isO4 l,43o
digai .......2 1 81 1850
Reusens. by Prince of 200
India .......-.... i,o-V
Anvil by ST valient -
Vincent .......... " LfsV
PAGERS.
Napoleon Direct, by
Walter Direct .... 10 lS,s0o
The Assessor, by Wal
ter Direct ........ b,'sO
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
ABOUT SCORING SYSTEMS
eY WALTER rRuMeuLL

In he are detailed,
a commentator for the
I may be he some 9th
n talent could sti
IL scarce seems the greater game,
records
H. battles ended; H. when this life
A doesn't credit for the things
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
YOU'D NEVER THINK
THIS OF OLD MAINE

In Maine the law allows six-round
bouts. II Us said that some Of the pro.
motors double this limit by running
in an intermission aud then putting
the same boxers on again for another
six rounds. II would appear 10 fur
nish great opportunity for some
fighters to run continuous perform
ance instead OF having to\wait a day
or so between bauts rs they do In
these parts.
Bin James. the pride OF Boston.
outguessed many a batter, but when
81 came 10 batting himself and out
guessing pitchers his record does not
point to anything like the same acu-
men. M ~ games last season, VIII
liam the conqueror drew the grand
hut empty total OF no bases on balls.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19
Maoee To BE MANAGER.

+ NEW YORK, Dec. LIT is again
announced by the Wards that Lee
Magee, former Cardinal, has signed
to manage the Brookfeds next year.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19

Kid Gleason. Jimmy Galatians lieu
tenant on the White Sox, and one OF
the most popular. genial, aggressive
coaches in major league baseball. Is
slated to leave the Sox, now that Clar-
ence Rowland has been made mana.
ger. Gleason will probably land a
managerial berth OF again take up his
present duties with another major
league team.
Three hundred and eighty-seven
University Of Michigan students were
actively engaged In football this fall.
according TO the faculty, and OF them
Coach yost knew possibly % by sight.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-19

Walter Direct -. 10 1880
The Assessor. by Wal
ter Direct ........ b,IsO
The Washington herald., 1914-09-13
YOUTH, MINUS NERVES, INVARIABLY WINS
AT GOLF WHEN THE BIG TEST COMES
McDermott and Hagen NOta-
bic Examples Of the "Kids"
Who Have Gained Honors
Among the Professionals.

dering when the youngster was going to
crack. for it did not seem possible he
could hold his own. But it was Ray who
cracked first. and then Yardon who broke
next And the youth from Boston played
the same beautiful golf on the last hole
that he started with.
W. C. Fownes. jr.. told me at Pine
hurst a few years ago that when he
won the amateur championship at Brook
line in 1910 he was not able to sleep a
single night Of the tournament week. He
used to lie in bed so physically exhausted
with the strain that he could not close
his eyes. and playing hole after hole and
shot after shot over and over again.
Ouimet was a youngster and so was Nc
Dermott when they won the open. while
Fownes was not. The chances are that
both had no trouble in getting all the
sleep they wanted. hut with the older
man the strain was too much. The next
time some one says golf is not q good
game for a youngster. Just smile and
change the topic. for the chances are
that you will not be able to convince
him. But the facts are that golf is as
good a game for the boy as 1t is for his
father.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-13
CARROLL TEAM WILL
MEET TUESDAY NIGHT
South Atlantic Distance Champions
Are to Be in Field Asain-Mike
Lynch to Resign.

Carroll Institute viii again be In the
field with its track team Of weIl-known
distance runners.
A meeting OF the track team Of the
Tenth street association will be held
Tuesday night at the institute, at which
time a manager and captain for the COM
ing year win be elected.
Mike Lynch, who has been plotting the
fast distance runners for the past three
seasons. Is compelled TO resign his posi-
ton because of the attention which he
is compelled to give to his business.
The Carroll team has been handed
quite q lot Of setbacks during the past
six months because OF the many star
runners quitting the team, but the re-
signing of the fast leader OF the South
Atlantic champions is the biggest blow
they have had since the Inauguration OF
the Marathon game in the District.
Lynch has also threatened to quit the
game, but the wise ones know that when
the starters gun Is fired for the first
distance hike in this vicinity Mike viii
be in line. carrying the Yellow and White
of the Tenth street institute.
Danny Healy and William Covert are
the two most prominent candidates for
the captaincy, with the odds favoring
the former, because Of his brilliant work
during the past winter. Many new faces
viii be found in the teams makeup this
season, numbered among them being
Downey, Holland. and Grant. Lynaugh,
Sullivan, Gallagher, and Williams will not
be with the club, as the first two named
have left the city, while the others have
cast their lot with some OF the other
clubs around the District.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-13
0uimet, Evans, and Travers
All Were Beardless Boys
When They Captured First
Title IN Outdoor Game.

Travers, Evans. and ouimet were mere
striplIngs when they first won their
golfing spurs. and any one who plays
golf knows that it takes years to win a
national championship, and for most OF
US there is only the pleasure of reading
how others won IL. So II you will read
the stories Of these three great Ameri-
can golfers-unQuestionab the greatest
in the country today-you will ind they
began as boys in Neutrality-suspicious.. L re-
member letter Chick Evans sent me
three or four years ago, telling Of his ex-
perience as a caddIe, in which he related
a tale OF an old club and OF nights when
he used to spread q handkerchief on the
course as a mark to peg at, because II
was too dark TO see anything else.
Travis an Exception.
Walter Travis is virtually the only
frst-class player in this country who
took up the game after he was thirty.
Today over a short tournament he is, In
sports, as good as the best OF them. but
the day seems to have gone when he can
any longer be regarded as a national con-
tender.
Youth must be served, and II is just
as true in golf as In more vigorous
sports. Our baseball champions, our
football heroes, the knights Of the track.
the Titans Of the river and the cham
pions Of the links will ever be our youths.
The chief assets Of the youngster. aside
from his vigorous youth, are the abso-
lutte lack OF self-consciousness, the abil-
ity to relax, the absence OF tense mus
cles and nerves. the possession OF all the
confidence In the world and the knowl-
edge that there is no one good enough to
beat him. For him a week Of thirty-six
holes a day, long tramps over the green
sward, the tense moments when shots
mean championships. the short puts
that mean holes and the dozen and one
things that try the golfers temper and
skill-all these the youth in his teens
casts aside as lightly as he does his
cares and worries
Take Jack McDermott before his un-
The Washington herald., 1914-09-13
HOME RUN RECORD
WITH BASES FILLED
Ed Konetchy. of Pirates. Fourth Major
Lacquer to Clout Pill with All the
Sacks Loaded This Season.

Ed Konetchy. of the Pirates is the
fourth major league and the second Ma
Honal League player to make a home
run this year when all the bases were
occupied. Rabbit" MaranviIle, one of
The Braves. set the fashion for 1914 on
May q, when he clouted for the full dis
lance in q game with the Cardinals,
Harry Sallee pitching.
The next hit of this kind cropped up
IN June q, Walter Johnson, of the Sena-
tors driving in three Of his mates in q
contest with the Tigers. George Boehler
pitching. The hit not only smashed
Washington's winning streak. but John
sons losing streak as well.
Zerah ZeqUiel Hagerman. of the Maps.
was the third major league hurler of
1914 to suffer the narrowing experience
II being Jared for a homer when there
we're three athletes on the bases. rip
Zip" met with this bit Of misfortune on
July ), Ray Demmitt. a player who failed
With the Highlanders, the 2Bostons and
he Tigers and who is succeeding with
The White Sox, getting the drive on
Hagerman-
Ed konetchy has Joined the small but
select society Of major leaguers who are
credited with having hit for the grand
tour with the bases packed The Bo-
aemian's victim was Don Carlos Patrick
Ryan Of the Superbas.
HoolitzeL OF the Red Sox. has three
cleanup clouts to his credit this year.
Roger Peclinpaugh. OF the Yankee. two.
and Zach Wheat, Of the superbas, two.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-13
GOLF PROS ARE REAL
JACKS OF ALL TRADES
Professional at Every Club as a Rule
Does Everything But Play.
Must Stand for Alibis.
The rolf professional-he

The golf professional-he has cinch.
At every regular golf club there is q
professional in charge.
All he has to be is a crack golfer. q
wise and patient teacher, an expert me-
chanic on golf clubs and other equipment,
competent landscape gardener, a SKILL
full architect, an enthusiastic agricul-
turist, a steward, a good mixer. a satis-
factory tournament manager, firm fore
man Of a gang OF day laborers and a de-
ightful companion Of earnest, raving mil
Honaires
In addition, he must be a glutton for
punishment in the aIibi ring. He must ex-
change more sympathy for more alibis
than any man in the world.
When he is through with his days work
all he has to do is to make a csddy chase
a thousand balls that he hits back of the
clubhouse practicing on his mashie shot
II there is one thing more than another
that the professional golfer never gets a
chance to do. 1t is to play a round OF
golf. He must acquire perfection In the
sport to gain his position and then lose
all chance to use 1t.
Professionals are usually prone to suffer
from nervous strain. They say II is not
the strain of golfing. however, but the
teaching, that drags them down. Golf is
a serious game to those competent in it
When a professional is forced TO teach a
giggling woman how to drive and putt, 1t
moves him a notch nearer the BOBBY
hatch. Playing the game requires great
amount Of. practice, but teaching II re-
quires a thousand times more.
Every professional has his shop at the
golf course, where he makes new clubs
and repairs old ones. He usually has men
working in IL for him, but he superintends
their work. Each golfer has his own
noodels which of course have no equal
1t Is up to the professional to see that
his course is laid out right in the first
place and to see that It Is kept right once
it is laid out He has to keep a gang Of
men at work on IL all the time
In addition to all this the professional
should, IL he aspires to be a regular fel-
low, acquire fine Scotch brogue. Then
there is no doubt about his right to be in
the game.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-13
Gossip About Historic Winchester and Notes
Of What Local Horses Did in Events at Fair

institutions that stand for the uplift and
betterment Of mankind and for the ad
vancement OF a higher civilization. II
need not be said. then, that Winchester
ranks In social refinement and culture
with the best in our broad country.
What Is said Of winchester in these
respects may be said of the whole OF
Frederick County, Of which the city is
the commercial center. The farmers Of
Frederick are industrious, thrifty and
frugal The Winchester Agricultural
Fair is one Of the county's proudest as
sets 1t is oficered by representative
citizens Of Frederick County, Harry F.
Byrd. owner and editor OF the winches-
ter Evening Star, being president OF
the society: Daniel W. Lupton, its sec
retary, and Mr.. Grant its treasurer.
Thomas Cannon. a well-known Washing
tonian. Is the racing secretary, and is
acting. this year. as its starting judge.
c. A. Hopkins, OF Norfolk, Va, is clerk
OF the course.
Mr. Cannon Is rapidly growing into n
position OF much prominence as a race
manager. He found, when he came here
two seasons ago. light harness sport In
Valley AT, It's lowest ebb-ude. He has
revived public interest, introduced mod
ern methods OF doing business. and. by
indefatigable labor. has lifted light har-
ness racing to the higher plane it must
be elevated everywhere. II II is to long
survive. Next week be presides as start
ing judge In Oak Hill w. Va, and win
go from there to Roanoke, then to
Lynchburg. winston-Salem, Harrison
burg. Va: Salisbury. Fayetteville. Tar
boro, Newberne. Battleboro and Smith
field, all in the Old Tar state.
Washington. and Montgomery County.
Mr.. owned horses Jared pretty well at
Winchester on Wednesday. one OF the
big days OF the week. from a racing
standpoint. Mr.. Charles C. Waters. or
pleasant Fields Farms Montgomery.
won hard-fought fve heat race In the
s;70 trot with AIHe K. a daughter Of
The Washington herald., 1914-09-13
Averages Don't Worry Managers.

Big league managers have little re-
gard for averages. either batting or field
ing. This was strikingly illustrated in a
recent battle between the Giants and
the Cubs. Larry Doyle, who was hit
ting .255 was at bat. but Hank O'Day,
rather than let him get a chance at the
ball. had him passed in order to get at
Burns.
Now Burns was hitting for 81 and led
alr the Giants except Grant: moreover.
he had been one OF the best men In the
league in driving home runs. O'Day's
scheme went through all right. for Burns
flied out. but. of course, II Is possible
that Doyle might have done the same
thing.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-13
WHEREIN THE LETTER B
INVARIABLY BUTTS In
In BIG LEAGUE RACE

One fact that has been overlooked in
the discussion of four-time flag winners
in the National League is that when
ever a team has chance to win four
pennants in four successive years some
club whose name begins with B comes
along and upsets the game. To iilu-
strate.
Chicago landed the championships in
1880 1881, and 1SS2, and Boston finished
first in 1888.
Boston landed the championships in
1881. 1882. and 1883. and Baltimore finished
first in 1894.
Baltimore landed the CHAMPIONSHIPS Of
1894. 1896 and 1886, and Boston finished
first in 1891.
New York landed the championships
of 1871, 1872. and 1913. and Boston finished
. in 1914.
So you see IL the Braves do keep Nc
Graw from accomplishing what was too
much for Adrian Anson, Frank Selee,
and Ned Hanlon. they will merely be
following precedent