Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-16
MENKE'S SPORT CHATTER
Bill Hinchman, the Famous Come
Back, Expected 70 Be Hitting
Mainstay of Pirates.
YALE NEEDS A HAUGHToN
nY FnANK q. MENkE.

John AlcGraw surely Ia making
progress. A fow weeks ago he announced
without any show Of reluctance-that
ny Cobb Is wonderful ball player"
Very shortly lawn may be expected 10
declare that the earth Is round and that
George Washington has been dead and
buried these many years.
Goshen. y. Y.-The home Of the har-
ness horse'~wil give prizes totaling
i.H0 10 successful drivers IN the trottng
meet to be staged there this summer.
Tho men who are promoting the races
feel that the inducement Of prizes Will
canse the drivers 10 put forth their very
best efforts and insure some thrilling
brushes
Tho batting mainstaY Of the Pirates
this year probably viii be BlIl ilinchman.
Tho "comcbackcr" ~ 1915. The husky
outfieidef. who upset the dope last aea-
son by batting .90 after his return from
The minors. has clonted at terrific clip
during thc spring and probably WIN 10
beyond 800 again
lilnchman has had q varied career iilt
present advent IN the maiors II hls
fourth Ruck IN 1906 he got iryoul
with cIneinnaii-and failed. IN 1906 ths
Reds recalled bim~And again found him
wanting IN lN bo WINS purchoeed by
Tho Cleveland club ANA pulled homer
III 1908 which lost tho club inc pobhanf
Ne was sent 10 tic minors IN 1910 and
rescued by the Pirates last spring he
cause bis batting in the American asso.
citation WINS impressive,
Jimmy Dunn. manager or Johnny XII
hane. feathorwelghl champion. asserted
that 2kiibanc u worth 100000 10 me. q
How ooY
eell, last year 1915 he made exactly
1000" nsnwerod itann "That repre
senta I per cent interest on million,
doesn't Il And lepsne tell you
"Alwaya thought fight fans were
booba" cut IN d bystander. NOW know
~ Forty thousand dollars 10 sec tIbane
dance "whowf
Pitcher "Rubc" Marshall ono Of the
rockies taken south by the Tigers, has
revived the yarn concerning tho hall that
woa busted ~ bat and The unique
ruling made BY NJ umpire
u happened IN 4 game III Kentucky
This score was Tied At 10 IN The ninth
The home team WAS ct bat. The cloufer
hlt the hall mighty belt aud the balI
split IN two parts. One part went over
tho fnnce-tho other felI inside tho field
The umpire dcliberated for Il long time
On what ruling 10 mHke. Then he d.
fidcd that the home tenn had scored
ono baif Of run-and the game vent 10
ile home tcan-2's 10 2.
Yale needs Percy liaughton It's
athletic affairs ARE IN the same depl0f-
able state as were those al Inc Cam
bridge Institution before IIaughton be-
came the 'czar Of harvard" And the
causes seem similar
When 1fauRhton assumed tho leader
ship Of athletic affaira at Harvard. Tho
hleh-brow fraterniiiea dominated them.
n The youth didn't belong to one on the
select societies or " his papa and mamma
weren't blue bloods, why, gracious. that
common person simply was impossible az
a varsity athlete Hut Ilaughton
smashed the clique.
Yale was o power In The days when
democracy ruled within ita walls. and on
Ia athletic fields, i3nt Ii recent years
change has come. and one that must
nauseate every good. old Yale graduate
II you don't belong to the wealthy. hlgIi.
brow sci you might lust as well keep
or the sporting fields No matter how
wonderful your skin, your chances Of
becoming regular are NIL II you aren't
member u the "arIstoeratc7 set
Yale the real rod-hlooded Yale that has
made history by rs athletic prowcsa and
IT'S democratic ideals Ia other years--ls