The sun., 1916-08-20

SPORTING GOSSIP
Bv TOM McNULTY

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Providence Journal enclosing a self ad-
e dss::. envelope WI M,!rEss r. n: R isI1fsi a.
Thank you very much.
and Il 20 how, TO- obtain !freau.n spIn. 4.
an %serop',ne am q, = bo, years my I nar.n MI"
nave the 's'% Z. sEY%oS SG,H nRkkooKE
Write to the secretary OF the Aero
Club Of America. 2s7 Madison avenue.
New York. Perhaps he can advise you.
Dear Tom-Rssardiess Of rules and
bali teams after being ordered on n.
neid continue the Management of their
team: n one phase or snothes IRON inc
e communieatins In come other yTay Nth
Not generally. but sometimes such a
procedure II followed.
Who D.s s,,7 Ts% 57si... Ssn'S Baseball sc = Ii s n: lack jack
MATHEW M%ssnes.on or r' Kan. Wssnsr,' .tD Did
l %.l1,i Il s't .h.i, S i::s d sase@ !: Madison %sis" !? square ss:1s
Garden? n. n" D.
u) Plank started his professional ca
reer with the Philadelphia Americans In
1901 Coombs In 1905. te) Wagner
started playing professional baseball In
1895 Matty In 1900. t3) All I recol-
iect is that Richie handed Freddie an
awful lacins.
Dear Toni am II yesra old and 5 Zee,
9 Inches tall. My ambition IL to be a big
league ball player. but I can't get n
shf iiyins 10 MY My p o1n are dead. can,
in baseball. So Il you would give me a
much obliged TO you; also tell me where
! could get Q nance on some bush league
team for a tryout. hanki you IN ad-
HARRY ALEXANDER.
You are very young to talk Of entering
professional baseball. Unless you have
shown yourself to be a real star on the
diamond you better give up you baseball
ambitions, son. or else place them sec
ondary to business ones. Making 9
livelihood Is an absolute necessity on this
mundane sphere. Harry. II you tend &c
your regular employment baseball will
take care OF itself. Most of the bis
Lacquer had to work for a living az
well as yourself. There are mighty fev
big leaguers who weren't mighty hard
and steady workers outside OF baseball
First show yourself that you can make
n livelihood at something else excep'
baseball and then maybe you will be abl'
to eventually make IL out OF baseball
also. Whatever you 10 you will have 4
work and work hard to be successful
You are too young for a trial even In thu
bushes. son.. Learn to labor and Il
wait"
umn some exercises that could be pcr
formed at home to help develop N. lungs
Try recIting one Of Wilson'S speeches
at the top Of our lungs. After that In
vest ten cents in the purchase Of a bool
on deep breathing and lung exercise.
believe the American Sports Publishing
Company. 81 Warren street, publishes
such a book
Dear rom-Is batter charged with tim
at bat when he intentionally hunts
advancing man from nrst to second o
S siSS"f 70 third S Sfl.S 'sFs sSI % Ar III R!''
M; that is n sacrifice hit. and II ex
empts him from n time nj bat.
Dear Tom-Klndly state whether or M
M,maux Of the Pitt.burg Pirates receives
CHARLES NACHrMAN,
Certainly. and a good one, too.
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Dear Tom-Kind,y publish In your yali
AV Ss teasI and AZ son D" n,ssrns nome HIN n r.
7 nov. No, a Sow yorL St,,e Ieor,
schedule Advise Won "a write sportln
sdi,or or s,r.cuse UeraId
p'ar tnsr 't "" Nhow ~ ID d.
are 20 DC my uoup.r n"Surrs on % q,
Hrounns or IN frooRiyn from Anensi ~ '
will be pIaycd7 W. r u.
these dates, either in New York O
Brooklyn.
day played hall on the Chicago Nationals
ts) Where can ! reach him by letter.
% Yes. t2) Don't know Bill
spends his summer on a ranch in Nor
tana. I belisye. Maybe il You wrote II
American Bible Society. 6 Bible Hous'
New York, they will give you his sun
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Dear Tom-Man on first and second. Ia,
!, ter hits fair ball to third base and thir
bassman without t1u.hins MIRO unr%M
q award second second bnseman drliyo,
q ball back to thtri bascman. who touch.
Q third base before runner; hu, does not "a