Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-20

| shown better stuff than l believed he still
| had, but he Is n fine man for ball club,
a good clean, Woodworking citizen, who
Is credit to the game" In behalf of
! which we'd like to see Colby Jack step
out and win every game he pitches, that
being the type of citizen we have always
found him.
Leading to the Case of Connie
The Coombs incident brings up a num-
ber of sharp criticisms Mack has received
for selling Collins and permitting Messrs.
Bender, Plank and Coombs to drift, with
! Baker left unCoaNed upon his Maryland
| farm.
Well, suppose you were Mr.. Mack. Sup
! pose you had invested your kale in a ball
club. Suppose. after winning your fourth
pennant, you had discovered a big de-
| ncit, due to the fact that your clientele
| had become weary of unendlng victory?
Would you stand pat on further fnan-
up a new machine?
Concerning Mclaughlin
Dear Sir-A certain eminent tennis au-
thority, In n manner of speaking, has
stated In his columns that without his
Incompatible service Maurice McLouEh-
lin would rank somewhere In the second
ten in this country.
What Is the true dope on this?
]. w. M.
In the first place, one might as we'll say
that Ty Cobb, but for his great batting.
would not be near the ball player he is
today; or that Grover Cleveland Alexan-
der, but for his right arm, would only be
fair pitcher. McLoughln's service is a
big part of his game. But not all OF 1t by
an extensive margin. With a service no
better than the average star he would
still be great player, one OF the best
but this has nothing to do with the fact
that Mclaughlin is the greatest lawn ton
mis- player in the game.
Travers and Putting
Critics used to make the same mistake
about Jerry Travers. They had a habit
of saying that Travers would never have
been champion except for his phenomenal
putting. They forgot that in addition to
this he was a master of the long irons,
very good with the mashie and a star at
the chip shot off the green. They also
forgot that in the cases of both Nc
Loughlin and Travers stamina and cour-
age were big factors. and these are as
much part Of any game as the science
of a stroke.
We take 1t that Yale men have no pro-
test of any sort coming over the incident
built around Mr., Roos, the shot-putter
Harvard and Yale were operating under
an agreement, and under this agreement
Roos was not eligible to compete by the
printed laws set up and approved, Which
is about all there is to IT..
Offside Plays
Many a bloke has been labeled game
who merely had a hard head and a thick
hide.
The contender who never beats him
self carries percentage considerably
above 500
The Giants have suddenly discovered
that 1t is lot easier TO slip down into
last place than 1t Is to slip back up
again A discovery that is far from be-
ing new.
The Yanks, via the averages, are not
batting any abnormal amount above last
season. But they are obtaining a much
larger supply Of runs, and 1t is the run,
not the base hit which formulates the
most vital part OF the box score.
These are tough days for the Reds
again. Through force of habit the ap-
proach of each June finds them pointed
I'm the same direction after a start that
gave promise of better things Force of
habit is one of the toughest institutions
in the game 10 beat !