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The Washington herald., 1914-01-18
YOUNG MONTANA Will
BATTLE CUNNINGHAM
Local Youngsters to Go Four Rounds
in Opening Bout Thurs
day Night.
MARX IS'READYF0R RAY

Young Montana and Kid Cunningham
will clash in the opening bout at the
Ardmore Club Thursday night, the scrap
to go four rounds at Us pounds This
viii be the first bout on the program. as
Matchmaker Phillips stated hast night
that two bouts and a battle royal would
not be enough boxing for the evening.
In, the semi-wind up. Charley Marx and
Buddy Ray will clash for eight rounds
This scrap is arousing 4 great deal Of
interest among local fight fans. as both
boys are well known. Marx is training
faithfully for this bout, and expects to
be returned rather easy winner. Ray
has Improved a good deal since his last
appearance, according to Danny Lewis
and should make Marx go some to win.
In the big bout OF the night. Kid Egan
and Young eMcCue will travel fifteen
rounds. This should be a good scrap, al
though Esan, at the rate he Is going
at present. would make any Of the
feather-weights IN the South go some to
get decision. The first bout will start
at $50 o'clock. Special cars will be run
both to and from Ardmore Thursday
night
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Nap Ruker rightly has earned the title of the games greatest
soupaw. His work member of the Brooklyn club
wonderful and that he picked by the experts
big surprise. ssaSS85
Eddie Plank, of the Athletics. received Plank
served the other FIVE Plank has always been steady and reliable
worker shired when asked toll
of every member of the Philadelphia ball club Plank
only great pitcher but he is great we'll
Then Collins of Red for the
baseball Collins mighty good finger but hardly
either Plank Nap Rucker Joe Boehlng the youthful finger
of the Nationals promising left-hander big
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average Of eH earned runs per game.
It was n long drop from 1912, when he
pitched zss innings and was third In
earned runs charged against him. with
2ao. That made him undisputed chief OF
the southpaws In 1872. and he should do
ecsially as well In 1sli-
Jeff Tesreat led the league in fs1, with
1@ earned runs against him. and
Christy Mathcwson was second with z-12
Fuckers other record In 1872 was eighteen
won and twenty-one lost. for percent
age Of .4se. with team that had win
ming average Of .37s. -
First Used In 1919.
II should be remembered that the rating
of pitchers according to earned runs was
never attempted until 1872. Also. the
earned run in those calculations Is en-
tirely different from the earned run OF
former days and should by no means
be known by that name In the present
so-caIled earned run are included those
which begin with bases on balls, are
assisted by wild pitches or pitchers s
errors. and so on.
Fuckers control in 1872 was excellent
for southpaw. He pitched an equiva-
lent of thirty three full games and al
lowed seventy-two bases on balls. or an
average Of about two and one-hfth passes
per contest. and very few Mouteessori-
raised children could have done better.
He famed Isl galoots in those thirty
three games, an average OF Al
In 1913 he was suffering from the afore-
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SAYS 1887 DETROITS
COULD TRIM MACKS
Charley Camel. Veteran Receiver.
Claims hat There Was Not a
Weak Spot on the Club.
HANDS WALTER JOHNSON BOOST

Boston, Mass. Jan. 17.-CharIey Camel,
the oId-time baseball. catcher. who Is Sc
riously i'll at HIS home here. comparing
the Detroit 1857 team that won the worlds s
series from St Louis In that year. says
that II could have defeated Connie Mack's
wonderful machine Of last summer.
The team with its strong line-up had
their star pitcher Getzein In the box.
Bennett or Charley Camel behind the
bat. the great Dan Brouthers on first.
Richardson on the pivot bag, Deacon"
white on third, and Jack Rowe shortstop.
Ths outfield consisted Of Sam Thompson,
Ed HanIon. and Larry Twitchell
There wasn't weak spot on 1t, and I
honestly think 1t could have beaten the
Athletics as they played last year, be-
cause We were . better. hitting team"
says Gansel
siour pitchers were a. good as those Of
the Athletics. and In every other DEPART
menf We could have held our own"
The salary limit at that time as ixed
by the league was =. 100 year, and only
. fsw sf the best players drew down that
amount. For his work that year 0ansel
received a.soo. Sn average dgure for q
good ball player Of his day. y.S1
Each man on the Detroit team got 500
In addition to his regular salary as his
share OF the worlds series money. and
the St Louis players got something less.
Ganssi picks Charley Bennett ,as the
Greatest catcher OF all Tine
TIVE never seen his equal and I've seen
fnem all" said the old veteran III he
had . weaIness NO one ever discovered
Il He was almost perfect catcher.T
Whsa Il comes TO pitchers he contends
joint Garrison and Charley Radbcurne
were as GOOD as Matty, Joe Wood or any
Of the ofnsr stars Of today. With all re-
meet ID his old teammates and the great
sfars Of . esnerstion ago. CAMEL admits
that ths great ''Ty. Cobb and Walter
Johnsou, king Of the pitchers, probably
s&And IN . cIass, by themselves az the
sreatsst vaaysrs Of AL times ~
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FUCKERS PITCHING RECORD.

The Heralds story the of AAmerica baseball teams
finds Napoleon Rucer the clever lfhand twer of The Brooklyn
Club selected the games leading soupaw
Although the the Brooklyn pitcher by means
unanimous other had twirlers being named BY the different
critics than half of the eleven cast Rucs favor
all would though the Geogan were entitled TO the
distinction. \ sss5s1
Three of the other selected members of that
the Plank of the Msckmen RUSSELL OF
the White Sox Ray Collins of Boston, all getting vote But
wonders Just how of these would have been had they
been tied to the hopeless aggregation Of which Ruker
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stands six feet above sea level 1t the
ocean edge. weighs around 40 pounds
until. the rubber shirt gets in Its work
in the sadsome spring. oh, no. when he
has to reduce flesh. but touches the beam
| around $50 after he has rounded 10 form.
Rucker ID q star pftcher as the result
of an applied accident. Other men have
accidents happen to them and cuss their
luck. but G. N. Rucker stumbled upon
q salary OF Sk0D 90 . year by try
ing to md out what bit him, or rather.
what the other fellow did not hit He
began his baseball career on q semi-pro
team IN Aipharetta. and he would prob
ably have remained there or thereabouts
had It not been for the accident. which
came to pass when he was with Augusta.
Ga, in the South Atlantic League in
1906. his first whole season among regu-
lar baseball folks
Always Had Speed.
He always had been possessed Of ex-
ceptionaI speed and control the latter
being entirely out lof the ordinary for
southpaw. but he was not . world
beater, and his friends did not expect
him to become one. He was making
more money pitching for Augusta than.
he could make picking blackberries to
sell by the bucketfur at the country
6Lorer Auo o.irSQ0euLAyf u2Q acn1ucco ~ AtAo
travels around the State 30 hear HokA
Smith deliver crossroads speeches, which
combination he thought was enough JOY
for one Cracker born and bred.
Things were thus until one day he
cut q ball lioose in . manner different
from what he Intended He thought he
had made wild pitch and was the
most surprised man In the grounds when,
after rising about ten feet, the ball sud
denly shot to the earth, and was barely
caught by the catcher. the batter swing
ing some three feet or more above 1t.
Had Fosna New Delivery.
Most pitchers would have thought lit
tie about the incident, but Rucker real.
ized that In some way unknown to him
self he had struck new delivery, and
he set to work to find out what he had
done. In a few days he learned how the
high drop was thrown, but IL was three
months before he had control enough
and confidence enough TO spring It In q
game.
Having assured himself that he was
master of the trick he began to use II
right along. and to this day II In. per-
fected by his major league experience.
the most remarkable and deceptive de-
livery, in baseball when II breaks right.
Rucker's other attributes as a pitcher
would give him standing as q major
Lacquer. but It 10 that drop, which he
does not hesitate to use when the count
Is two and three and men are on bases,
that has caused the fans to rank him
among the greatest left-handers baseball
has ever known.
In addition to his other merits. g. N.
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STATE COLLEGE Is "PEEvED."
wanted to Play Against Pennsyl.
vania Above An other Contests.

State College. Pa, Jan. 1L-Keen dis
appointment was manifested among the
student body at Penn State when 1t was
learned that Penn had dropped State
from its football schedule for 1914
The Penn game has been an event at
State since 1880. and has been considered
one of the biggest, games OF the year. The
advance State has made In
football Is clearly evident when past
Penn schedules are consulted, for State
has come from an Insignificant position
on the schedule to one of no little prom
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4A' f9sE aHf II Ee f6R aa1 n passuas
Eddie Plank. Of tie Athletics, Receives Two
Votes Grind Old Man 4 Credit
to, the Game
DODGERS, sTAR a WONDER.
RyWILLIAM PEEr.


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Fia-k Athistse
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IN sss. 80 .
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doomed to remain member. NOT
until the Washington team was
vastly strengthened did even Wal
ter Johnson begin to enjoy the
fame that is his today.
Rucker . Wonder.
1t goes without saying that were Rucker
a member Of any first division team his
work would be consistently phenomenal
During the short time that Bin Dahlen
held the team of lsl3 up near the front
the great left-hander was at his best
This showed that with the right team
hack of him a defeat could seldom be
laid at his door,. His great work and
frequent appearances upon the siap IN
the effort to keep the Dodgers up there
resulted in a serious injury to his pitcn-
ing arm and was mainly Responsible ior
the fact that he failed to lead the Ma
tional League twiriefs for the season
In past seasons. however. Rucker has
led all the rest and every year the tab
ulations find him well up toward the
front. Had Chicago or even Pittsburgh
been able to claim Rucker last season
the chances are that McGraw and his
Giants would not have won the cham
pionship. Even critics inclined to give
over Rucker Erudgingiy admit that with
a first-ciass teeam to support him MAD
would be almost unbeatable.
The game shows few pitchers who are
as modest or unassuming as this wonder
fui twirler. Even when the team behind
him goes to pieces and by the most stupid
blunders spoIls the effect of his splendid
work, the good-natured left-hander makes
no complaint, but figures that these
boots" are all a part of the game.
OF an ideal build for pitcher, an ideal
disposition both from a managerial as
well as a players standpoint. the big
southpaw is one of the greatest figures in
the game The greatest batsmen in the
National League fear him and none can
boast that he has ever been able to get
Rucker's number. He has speed. control.
curves Of the widest, but above all his
experience in the National League has
made him fully acquainted with the
weakness of every individual batsman
and he never has to hesitate In any
emergency.
Under different auspices Rucker might
attain to an eminence never reached by
a left-handed pitcher before. With a
great team behind him and opposed to
walter johnson even that master Of
pitchers would have good reason to look
well to his laurels-
Native of Georgia.
G. Napoleon Rucker, whose present
baseball habitat Is Brooklyn. was born
in Alpharetta, Ga. where he still lives.
on September 30. 1854 He throws left
handed, bats right handed, sleeps on his
right side, runs with his left foot and
is ambidextrous in eating soup. He
The Washington herald., 1914-01-18
kelly sign. yyfth Printer.

James r.. Kelly, who lives in Newark.
he's siened with the Pirates. He Is Al
oizfneldef and played with Great Faile
Mont. " the Union Association last
year, where he rolled up batting aver
age OF sac in LII games.
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WANTS OPTION RELEAsED.
woula waive Claim on Cuba,
player for Esa.'s Release.

Cincinnati, Ohio. jan 7.-Garry Herr
mann, Of the Cincinnati club, says that
fif the Brookiyns exercise their 1900 OPP
tion on second Baseman Dick Egan he
VIII throw In Romanach. the Cuban
shortstop: for good measure Hermann
has some sort of a claim to The Cuban's
service, which he IL willing 70 valve
Jack Daubert says that Rcmaaach VIII
All Joe Tinkers shoes At shcrtstop.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-18
DISTRICT RHLEMEN WE.
Defeat Park Club Team of Bridge
port I'm Competition.

the rifle team of the District Of Columbia
Rifle Association. shooting in the Ma
ticnal Rifle Association Intercluh League
competition. scored ae4 out Of the possi-
BILE 1000. and defeated the champion
Park Club team. of Bridgeport, Conn,
holders of the worlds record score OF
e9S Three clubs are tied for the lead
ership of the league, Washington being
one of the trio. The standing to the
fourth match Is:
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show today. due to his wonderful
string of consecutive wins regis
tered last year.
The opinions of the different
baseball writers, in their own
words. follow:
~ PAUL n. SHANNON,
Bostoa Po~.
As steady. dependable twirier. WILL
ing to work whenever called upon. and
able to hold any team in the National
League in check. I consider Nap Rucker.
of Brooklyn. to be without doubt the
best left-hand pitcher In either league.
His only real rival Is Eddie Plank. and
the advancing years Of the great Phiia-
delphian count him out.
By w. ,. 0'CoNNoR,
81. Louis Po-s-Di.aieh-
1t may surprise some critics to find
that Saliee, Of the Cardinals. should be
selected as any ones choice for leading
left-hander but & can be said right here
that the lean and angular southpaw has
only one weakness. that's the club he
In with. During the past season he won
twenty games In spite OF his teammates.
and any one who can shoulder the ham
\
deserves a Carnegie medal smothered in
diamonds
BY HARRY p. EDWARDS.
Cleveland Plain D.lG.
Raw Collins, of the Boston Red Sox. Is
the most consistent left-hand pitcher in
the country in my opinion Gregg. Rus
sell. and the others may show greater
flashes of briliiancy at times, but once
Collins gets into shape he Is consistently
effective, as a study OF his record for
the greater part of each season will
show.
ny Il. A. BACHELOR,
Detruit Free Pres.
Lefty Russell, OF the Chicago White
Sox, has no superior as left-hand
twirler to my way of thinking. Although
league, he pitched remarkable ball. He
belongs. like Walter johnson. to the
Iron Man" family and worked in as
many games as anybody In either
league He has exceptional speed. a
wicked curve. and. for southpaw. he
gets the ball across the pan in sur
prisingiy accurate fashion. In addition
to this, he Is an iceberg In the box. fac
ing such hitters as Cobb and Jackson as
calmly as though they were amateurs.
BY JAMES JERPE-
Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
The Brooklyn left-hander. Nap Rucker.
Is my choice as leading southpaw, al
though was considerably enthused over
the work Of vean Gregg in the one game
that I saw the Cleveland man pitch.
That game was against the Pirates in
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81. Lssi. FEDS After r.sksst.

Cleveland, Ohio. Jan. 17.-Dods .Pasksrt,
Of the Philadelphia National League club,
whose home is in Cleveland. recsfvsd an
oRer today to join the *. LouIs Esdexkl
League team. Manager AordeeHi Brown.
OF the Mound City team hay asksd
Paskert to meet him Monday when. he
hopes to get his name Oh = rsderal con-
tract h2ie Z s E : 4 !, ss; : I 8
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m poxins Dolt Postponea.l

! Los Angeles, Cal. Jan. n.-The Petroa-
key-Jimmy Clabby boxing contest. sched-
died for tonight AZ Vernon Arene, has
BEEN POSTPONED indefinitely. Petroeksy
= suifexing from an ailment which Il =
epid my - dissnosed a. appendicitis
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asllast Heats desa..

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Bnand. Hoean. Of san Eranciseos lost
. kwsnty-rouna aeciGeu last niBht %
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.Clahax Q nsx ChlP.

LSs Anesies, Han n Jimmy elabby.i
uasnhed 10 baffle eailor Pstresky II Yer:
IA - .yon1msy II. today stated tut hs
would 3ake : ;Rysng mp to 1lilwaukes
aftsr ~ bAftle ID fpkes on GeorBe Chlp
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The Washington herald., 1914-01-18
By THOMAS $. RICE,
BY JACK RYDER
Cincinnati Ennuir-r.

NV choice of left-handers inclines me
TO name Napoleon Rucker as the nat
ural pitching partner of Walter johnson.
These two would make a practically in
vincible pair Rucker, condemned TO
pitch for a second division team, has
repeatedly led the National League hurl-
ers In personal effectiveness and would
be a consistent winner on an all-star
team. He has the most perfect control
ever displayed by left-hander and his
judgment Is almost invariably accurate.
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Two sefs Of infieiders win e kspt on
Brookiyn's pay roll next ssasou. 1fnnnB~
Wllbert Robinson sees = neceesitE h. au'
will be well fortified saGAm1k ag.ilSnts,
kobdnsun wants hrst-clAm eesesyo; ~
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nineteen men in thirteen innings. Yet
one performance by a pitcher would
hzrdly justify his choice over q gifted.
consistent workman like Rucker;
BY e r. YOUNGER,
chieasp RscordHenA.
( II is hard to make a choice of left hand
Pitchers. especially since there are no
many OF nearly equal rank. But when
one comes to get right down to cases I
think that simple justice requires that
Nap. Rucker be the selection.
The game knows no more willing nor
cheerful worker. and had he a first-clas.
team behind him doubt II half of the
losses no Is annually charged with would
be registered
BY MARK ROTH.
New York Globe
The greatest left-hand twirIer in the
American League. and OF the whole coun-
try as well. is the time-worn veteran.
Eddie Plank. In spite of the old cry of
age and fading effectiveness he looms up
as the same OLD stumbling block year
after year. and much OF the success of
Connie Mack's great team Is due to his
Individual skill
ny WILLIAM G. wEARr,
Phiiadeiphia Evening TesexnpA.
naturally pick Eddie Plank as the
country's leading southpaw and think
many judges will agree with me that he
Is the best exponent of lefthand pitching
in either league. He is there year in and
year out That he is still capable is
shown by his last two games of the
year. when he was so successful against
the New York Giants. There are other
'southpaw' claimants. including yean
Gregg, Rube Marauard and Nap Ruck-
er, but l think the shade for steadi-
ness should be in favor Of Plank.
By THOMAS $. RICE,
Brookgn Ezgie.
Nap Rucker's work. year in and year
out. should Justify his selection as the
leading left-hand pitcher in the country
The fates have tied him up with an
aggregation that has steadfastly refused
to make bid for championship honors.
yet. in spite OF this fact he has stood
weh up in the ranks OF National League
twirlers and has even led the list upon
occasions
by JACK RYDER.
Cincinnati Enuuir4.
NV choice Of left-handers inclines me
10 name Napoleou Rucker as the paf-
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BY JAMES JERPR.
Pitt.burza Gazette Times.

The Brooklyn left-hander. Nap Rucker.
Is my choice as leading southpaw, al
though I was considerably enthused over
the work Of vean Gregg in the one game
that I saw the Cleveland man pitch.
That game was against the Pirates in
the post-season series when he famed
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Native of Georgia.

G. Napoleon Rucker. whose present
baseball habitat is Brooklyn. was born
in Alpharetta, Ga. where he still lives.
on September 80. 1854 He throws left
handed, bats right handed, sleeps on his
right side, runs with his left foot and
is ambidextrous in eating soup. He
Evening journal., 1914-03-23

Lubin Company, one Of the wo hest
Compsniesont the General Film Program.
sends Barry O'Neil and fac supporits
Sarsnac Lake to film '.The woIf'
Evening journal., 1914-03-23

One Of the truly great feature photo
plays Of the season viii shortly be re-
leased by the Special Feature depart
ment of the Universal Company. Il is
Samson" in which that leading favo-
rite, J. Warren Kerrigan, is featured.
It was directed by J. Farrell Macdon-
aid.
Exhibitors all over the country are
clamoring for this multiple reel and ar
ranging a scale of prices for their pa
irons which is in keeping with the value
of the production.
Samson: his birth, life and death; the
hero-epic Of all literature; the Siegfried
of the Old Testament the man to whom
God gave carte-blanche in avenging his
wrongs; how he broke the lions jaws,
slew thousand Philistines on the fatal
field of Ramath-Lehi, and carried away
the huge gates to the City of GAIA upon
his back; how this strongest of men was
Iured to his downfall by a beautiful wom-
an. and, finally, how he wrecked the mag
nificent Temple of Dagon upon himself
and the heads of multitude-these are
some of the incidents in the life of this
ancient hero.
Particularly strong are the scenes
where Samson goes to the City of GAIA
and strikes terror into the hearts of the
people by his feats of strength. Sihon.
the ruler of the Philistines, plots to take
Samson prisoner, and he has the gates of
the city blocked against him. But when
Samson is ready to leave, he wrenches
the huge gates from their hinges and
carries them away. Samson now meets
the beautiful Delilah, and is fascinated
by her charms. Neither is she blind to
the beauty of his strength, and she re-
ceives him with favor.
Making capital of their love, Sihon
entices Delilah to ascertain from Samson
wherein his great strength lies. She re-
fuses, but Sihon convinces her that it is
a matter of loyalty to her religion and
people, and she consents.
She leads him to her home and EN-
ploys her charms TO fascinate him, and
she soothes and coaxes him as only a
woman can until he is overcome aad tell.
her: ''There hath not come a razor upon
mine head-if l be shaven; then my
strength will go from me-"
Then prey to her seductions, he falls
asleep, and she cuts of his locks ant
summons Sihon and his soldiers. Thei
Samson is bound and thrown into prison
where his eyes are put out with no
irons.
Later Samson calls upon The Lord 70
strength. that he may be avenged fo
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the loss of his eyes The populace are
wild with insane JOY as they behold the
once mighty man now their clown. As
they rail and jeer him, he PLACES his
mighty shoulders to the huge pillars of
the temple. The frenzied mocking is fro
zen upon their lips and there is an aw-
full silence
Then the massive pillars totter and
crumble before his touch. The magnif-
cent temple curves, collapses and tumbles
upon the multitude.
In that hour Of death, the old. blind
dying Samson totters and crawls over the
ruin until he finds a certain forn-De-
lilah-andi he falls upon the body of the
faithless woman whom he loved.
The new Special Feature Department
.r s,.- r--,s------f r-''. .--,-f, ,s.--''- ~
Evening journal., 1914-03-23

is under the direction of John w. Grey,
who up to recently had charge Of another
department of this organization. Mr..
Grey is young man who already has
many brilliant achievements TO his credit.
His quick intelligence and inexhaustible
energy win enable him to handle the two
big releases monthly, each feature four
reels or more. in way that will set the
pace.
Since the recent arrival Of the prom
inent Mutual director, d. w. Griffith,
the new motion picture producing plant
Of the Reliance Company being erected
at 1900 Sunset Boulevard Hollywood,
Los Angeles, is rapidly nearing compile
tion.
The new buildings are being erected
on the former site of the Kinemacolor
7 --... .,;-. -.-.l oo,.cfrt of y faoforv for the