Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-21


whereby Bobby Wallace. for IS years
a member OF the St. Louis Americans,
cast aside his players uniform in ia
vor Of an umpire's blue regalia, marks
the passing Of another Of the famous
veterans of the National Game. Tive
other contemporaries, in Honus Wag-
ner and Napoleon Lajoie, still cling
to the diamond conflict, but their rec
ords show no greater adherence or
loyalty to baseball than the one to-
which Wallace has written "Finis. =
After q years Of professional base
ball, 20 Of which were passed in the
big leagues, he now holds an indicator
in the American League, and if he
umpfres as well as he played the
game, the johnson circuit will be
distinct gamer by the transformation
from player to arbiter.
Born In 1874 Wallace played his first
game as a professional with the Cla-
rion Club Of Pennsylvania in 1894
The following season he Joined the
Cleveland National League Club, play
ing there from 1895 to 1898. In 1897
he was shifted from the pitchers
mound to third base. where he i'm
mediately made a hit. With the
transfer OF the Cleveland Club to ST.
Louis Wallace played with the new
organization from 1899 to 1901 When
the American League invaded St.
Louis he jumped to the club Of The
latter league, playing continuously
with the Browns from 1902 to 1915.
During the 20 years Of his big league
baseball Wallace appeared in 1924
games. going to bat S,587 times for a
grand average of .256. In this period
he made 2,2s2 hits, 1,04s runs and stole
20s bases His highest batting aver
age was made in 1901, when he was
a member Of the ST. Louis Cardinals
He hit for 800 in 135 games His av-
erage for 1914 was PIG for &c games
being five more points than 1913, and
three more than his average in 1895,
when he made his big leauge debut
The new rule adopted by the Confer
ence Colleges of the Middle West lin
iting the secret football practice SEES
sions to two each week will spoil
many a good yarn during the coming
season. Secret practice has always
been a fruitful field for gridiron COS
sip. Few Of the weird and amazing
plays so fully described and credited
to various Eastern and Western elev-
ems nave ever been seen in actual con-
tests. but they made most interesting
reading.
A prominent coach was interviewed
last fall regarding certain play said
to have been perfected by his eleven
in secret practice. He listened care
fully to a description Of the gridiron
manoeuvres as outlined by alleged OBJ
servers who neglected to state how
they became so familiar with the play
if it was practiced exclusively behind
closed gates.
Yes, that would be a winner" he
remarked after il had been explained
in detail IF we could use our second
and third teams TO bold our opponents
while we were pulling it off"
That Marathon racing is a strain on
even the carefully-tr athletes
who participate in these long runs is
shown by the recent report filed in
connection with the Patriots Day 25-
who examined and weighed the Mara
thoners before and after the race re-
ported an average loss Of six and half
pounds during the road run, although
there were few cases Of extreme ex-
haustion and none with permanent in
furious effects. The report is as fol-
lows:
The weight Of all the men starting
was taken and after the race the
weight of the first IS men at the club
house. The average loss in weight Of
these So was 6 1-2 pounds. The weight
loss of the winner was 1-2 pounds;
Of the second prize-winner 61-2
pounds. and of the third prize-winner
pounds. The largest loss in weight
was s1-2 popnds, the smallest loss
31-2 pounds, No contestant was pre-
vented from starting in the race and
all that finished were in good condi-
ton. The condition of the three prize
winners was notably good"
It remained for an Australian Minister
Of Health to discover that baseball is
brutal. dangerous and also silly. During
a recent game in Sydney, teams repre-
senting America and Australia were
playing at Patriotic Carnival. Accord
ing to the report Of Sydney daily:
I'm Americas second innings a player
detected a fast bali straight for the
densest portion Of the crowd, and
scream was heard. The ambulance men
rushed to the spot. and found that
woman had been struck on the head by
the ball, but was not seriously injured
Without waiting to see II any damage
had been done the players procured an
other ball and continued the game as If
nothing had happened few moments
later this bali was also DETECTED to the
upper story of the pavilion. striking a
man on the shoulders. Mr.. Flowers, the
Minister of Health, who was present,
rushed out On the ground, and called out:
Stop this silly game The p,ayers
promptly obeyed his orders. and play
ceased"