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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20

playing every position on the diamond
at different times. He began as Q
pitcher and Joined the st. Paul club in
the fall of 1896. He pitched and
played the outfield there for two years
until he was drafted by the Chicago
Nationals for the season Of 1898. He
remained on the West side team until
August, 1898. when he was returned to
st. Paul. finishing the season In the
0utfield. He went to Chicago with
Comiskey's club in 1900 and developed
into first baseman and then into
great utility player, and finally into
the clubs regular second baseman.
Three years ago he purchased an In.
terest in the Wichita club Of the West.
ern league, and retired from the major
league arena, with C0miskey's con.
sent. to give his entire time to the
Wichita club. Then he assumed the
control and management OF the Des
Moines club. whose team he then pi.
loted to the pinnacle Of success.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20
BOOST FOR sH0RTsT0P WITT


Witt, the Athletics shortstop. In
the opinion of bill" Carrigan. man.
ager Of the Red Sox. Is one Of the
most promising youngsters in the ma.
jor leagues. In fact. Carrigan thinks
q lot of Mack's entire team. He says:
Zone or two good players, particularly
of some ability and steadiness in the
pitching department. and the Athletics
would be In the race. Mack's team Is
weak at one or two places. In Witt
he appears to have found q player Of
great promise. He Is fast, stands up
we'll at the plate and Is clever. !
cannot say that Witt makes the same
big impression with me that George
Sisler OF the st. Louis Browns made
on his first appearance in Boston last
season, but undoubtedly this man Witt
has the makings of o star"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20
FORCED TO BE SECRET
Big League Scouts Must Do Their
Work Under Cover.
Bush Managers Conceived Al Sorts %
Ways 70 eoost Asssts-eattlns
Averages Padded 20 Make
Players Tempting.

Many good stories are told by big.
league scouts-and about them. Jim
Murphy, former scout for the Chicago
Nationals, tells one which shows the
value Of keeping under cover. The
Marion co., club had q player II was
trying to peddle of on the big leagues.
The tip finally reached the Cubs that
here was splendid player for the top
rung So Jim Murphy went down to
look him over.
On the day he arrived he took his
seat in the srandstand, unobserved,
and according to his custom immedi.
ately began asking questions about the
youngster.
The fan on his right happened to be
keen rooter. 30 Murphy opened up
on him. The talk finally led around
to the man the Cubs were after.
what kind Of player 10 So and Sol"
inquired Murphy.
"Bill Smith" name faxed for oh.
vious reason), exclaimed the fan. "Oh.
Bits q wonderful fielder. when he
leaves the booze alone" was the un.
expected answer. 1t Is almost need.
less to say Murphy took the next train
back home. He had learned all he
wanted in that one short sentence.
On another occasion Murphy was
investigating q player up in Wiscon.
sin. The manager Of the team was do.
ing his best to sell the star" for q big
price, but he knew his man was o
hard drinker and tried to conceal the
fact. So he introduced Murphy to the
player end then started to take the
party on tour OF the saloons in town.
Every time q drink was ordered he
tipped the wink to his player and he
would order cigar, much to the
amazement Of the bartender. He
would instinctively reach for the bot.
tie which the player generally or.
dered, as Murphy noticed with an In.
ward smile.
And every time said player asked
for cigar the manager would nudge
Murphy and exclaim. See that? He's
as steady and temperate as they make
them" But any man with half an eye
would have spotted the player for .
hard drinker. He even had It on his
breath. Murphy finally left town with.
out his man. -,|.
This Just shows to what means man.
ayers will 60 in their anxiety to sell
player for good price and make
some profits for the club. There are
even cases where batting averages are
padded to give the impression players
are sluggers, thus making them tempt.
ing bait for big.league scouts.
A scout has to be O detective in ad.
dition to his other virtues. II Is no
easy Job.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20

inning the Giants started rally and
made one run. The game ended with
the score, 4 to 2.
1.-THE strain Of that game was never
equaled by me. Upon it hinged a
league championship and the right and
honor of play In the worlds series. In
addition to this, the feeling In New
York was at such an extreme pitch
that we had received Black Hand let.
tiers, which threatened us with our
several lives II we took the pennant
from New York.
II don't believe l ever was SO
alarmed on diamond as at the con.
clusion of that game, when the crowd
at the Polo grounds practically mob
bed US. Chance was hit In the neck
and could not speak for several days.
Other players were similarly treated.
Luckily ! escaped"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20
DIAMOND
.NOTTS

Hans Wagner seems to be the same
cid demon Of the past.
The Athletics continue to prove
easy for their opponents.
One solid wallop delivered in the
pinch covers q multitude OF errors.
Joe Jackson Is hitting the ball hard
these days, but he Is not getting many
hits.
The town that produces q famous
baseball pitcher can well afford to rest
on its laurels.
Is Hans Wagner aged? Watch his
batting every day. He has been get.
ting bingles regularly.
The Cleveland Indians, with iris
Speaker acting as field captain. are
much improved over last year.
Fried eggs cause insanity" says
an expert. All! Now we know what
ais the baseball fans Of st. Louis.
II the managers predictions come
true this season, the two major league
pennant races will furnish an eight.
piece tie.
Joe Judge. Washington first.sacker.
originally toiled In an electric power
house. Now we know why he sparkles
in fast company.
This Is the time OF the year when
great baseball teams throw away
games that they bitterly regret in the
shank Of the season.
The Philadelphia Athletics are the
most erratic players In the major
leagues. One day they lose and the
next the other fellows win.
Tom Sawyer is holding a Job as as.
sistant funmaker for the Washington
Senators. Folks say Tom Is q huckle-
berry ut cutting comical capers.
The Oakland club has released Babe
Danzig and Frank Hosp, who failed to
show signs of coming back, and re.
turned Catcher Dave Griffith to WITCH.
tia.
Another Titus breaks into the game
this year. His front name Is Elmer
and he halls from Philadelphia. He
will play with Wheeling In the Central
league.
George O'Brien, catcher sold by the
st. Louis Browns to the Terre Haute
Central league club, ia out with an an
nouncement that he will retire from
baseball.
Manager Tinker has always con-
tended that Max Flack is wonderful
little outfelder and he Ia bearing out
the managers comment by starring in
the outfeld.
"Billy" Sullivan 10 advocating the
keeping of the young pitchers of the
Detroit team for period OF training
after the regular training season
closes next autumn.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20

Somebody tagged the 100000 nhed"
BaBaker combination
Athletics and stuck until the nhed broken
the idea
the
Yankees financially
in II
Mack got $4,000 when he transferred Eddie Collins
$4,000
the quartet remained and there doubt whether
would could $4,000
officially
q
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20
MOBBED FOR WINNING GAME
Mordecal Brown, Famous Cub Pitcher,
Tells Of Contest Which Stands
Out Above Al Others.

In q tanning bee Mordecai Brown
was asked to tell the best game that
no ever pitched.
"There is one game which stands
out in my mind above all others. That
was in 1908. when we beat the New
York Giants In the play-off for the Ma.
tional league pennant. You will re.
member that Pfeister started that
game and filled the bases in the first
inning. Chance motioned to me to 60
in, and got out of the hole with but
one run scored against US.
I'm the third inning we made four
runs Off Mathewson. In the seventh
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20
LINGO OF AUSTRALIA
Description Of a Baseball Game
10 Quite Unique.
| Plechsr "Mounts the Box" and 'Trsats
Batter with Rsspset''-"camo
, with Brilliant Hlt Right
; Out 20 lsft Field"

Tho following description Of base.
bail game played recently in Australia
between native and American resident
mines gives an excellent idea Of an.
tipodean baseball vernacular:
"The American mounted the boz first,
sending Marie to face the attack. The
pitcher treated him with respect, al.
lowing him to walk to first. Casey
followed, and Hearnden's error ena-
bled him to reach second in safety.
Caswell then threw wildly at first bag,
and before the ball was recovered
Mare and Casey had sprinted across
the plate. Tucker, meanwhile. had
made good on the diamond, but Bragg's
ny, which was muffed, gave the fields.
man an opportunity Of cutting the run.
ner OF at third. Bragg consequently
scored on Browns hit to the country,
making three runs for the inning.
Australia sent Hearndon to the box
first, but Q putout at first base was
registered. Comber followed and
Mares bad throw saw him safely
landed at first. Colby then came with
. brilliant hit right out to left field,
bringing Comber home. Spiller. who
had been missed by the catcher, made
his way to third and o passed bali
completed the distance for him. In
the next term America could not get
of the box, and then Australia made q
determined effort to draw level in the
succeeding term. Hearndon brilliant
~ smashed to the left garden" for
q two-bagger, and passed ball sent
hin on to third. Another passed ball
completed the Journey for him, and
the score read three.all.
"Spiller was indulging in daring
pilfering on the diamond, and q we'll
judged steal gave him second base.
from where he was sent flying across
the plate on Golby's clout, which
Casey allowed to get past. Colby had
reached third when Lambert went
into bat, and the Leichhardt player
brought him home on q fine outfield
hit. which produced two bags. Cas-
we'll then brought Lambert home. max
ing four runs for the session."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20
souTHPAWs BACK TO MINORS
Manager Donovan, Well Supplied With
lefthanders, Sends Finn, Gay and
Meadows Back for Seasoning.

It did not take Manager Bill Dono.
van long to decide that three of his
left.handed pitching candidates were
not intended for fast company. and
he sent Finn, Gay and Meadows back
to the minors. Donovan Is going to
be we'll supplied with southpaws In
the coming campaign, and hs was aas.
lily satisfied that M0gridge, Cullop,
Love, Markle and one or two others
we're tho cream of his offside. or SOUTH
paw, twirlers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20

him to the Baltimore Internationals.
all other major league managers agree.
ing that he didn't look good, but Hus.
ton, remembering the price paid for
the pitcher, insisted he should be Civ.
en- more trial. Donovan won in the
end, because Triple failed to make
good.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20
LAJoIE RETAINS OLD SKILL


Larry" Lajoie, who will be forty.
two years of age next September.
played brilliant fielding game. This
IL his twenty.first year as profes.
sional ball player and his twentieth
in the major leagues. He always has
been one of the most graceful intield.
ers in the profession and still possesses
much of his old skill.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20
Ex.FED PLAYS GAME ALONE
Player Under Contract to Newark
Club Reports for Duty Every
Morning and Afternoon.

Rupert Mills, a kid player with the
Newark Feds last year. Is under con.
tract with former owner Pat Powers,
who Is unable to get the boy berth.
So in order to earn his salary Of $4,000
Mills reports each morning fo- prac.
tice and works with some neighbor-
hood players.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20
HAS NEW STYLE OF HITTING
George cutshaw Of Brooklyn Hopes to
Increase Batting Average From
$50 to 800 Glass.

George Cutshaw. like all good citi.
Gems, is ambitious. and to further his
latest ambition he has drilled himself
into new style Of hitting which he
fervently hopes will jump his batting
average from the $50 class into the
300 division, or whereabouts. Now
George has discovered that he can be
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20
OWNER OF Des MONIES TEAM
Frank Isbsli, Former White sox
Player, Got His First start with
comlskey 40 Pitcher.

Frank Isbell, who is president and
manager of the Des Moines club, 1915
winner Of the Western league pennant.
10 q noted figure in baseball, as he
was for years the famous second base
man Of the Chicago White Sox. He
was born in Delavan, N. Y, on August
q, 1875, and moved to Minnesota
when o boy. He was with Comiskey
during most of his baseball career,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20
TEAMS DISCARD OLD SUITS
Boston Braves and Chicago Cube A..
ray Themselves In Gray Uniforms
While Travelling.

The somber blue or black or what.
ever II was that the Boston Braves
wore ON the road has been discarded
and they are rugged out In light gray
for this season. The Cubs also have
discarded their blue uniforms and gray
In one shade or another 10 the popular
brand for travelling suits.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20
Triple SENT TO BALTIMORE
Manager Bill Donovan Wins Out In
Argument win captain Huston
Over Recruit Pitcher.

II seems that Manager Bill Donovan
Of the Yankees has found q real club
magnate in Capt Til Huston. They
disputed over the fate of Pitcher Dan
Triple. for whom the New York club
had paid $4,000 or so. Donovan decid.
ed Triple would not do and ordered
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20
HARD LUCK OF BABE ADAMS
Four Games Should Have Been Re-.
corded 40 "No.HIt" Performances
BALL Lost In Sun.

babe Adams has pitched four one.hit
games in his career that he thinks
should have gone as no.hit games.
Once with Denver fielder lost a ball
in the sun and It went for a hit. Again
with Louisville the same thing hap.
pened. In the National league he held
Cincinnati to two infield taps that lib.
eral scorers might have registered -
errors.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20

In his of sliding Joe Gedeon Yankee second
Federal batting
and fielding bids fair to make him the baseball hnd Of the season. differs
entirely practically 0edeon
hooking
this hitting
ankles The photograph shows joe Gedeon his
sliding Ppp the Yankee first baseman 10
q
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20
BASEBALL
STORIES

SSTiI5Q;GS
Those Indians are proving them'
selves worthy Of the name.
The only positive certainty about
baseball is the price Of admission.
iris Speaker is the real smuggling
friend of the American league to date.
Benny Kauff says his name Is pro.
nounced Govt" not Cough" Aw
right, Benny!
Baseball insanity" says the Toledo
Blade. us a glorious afiliction." Who
is loony now?
Charley Pechous has been sent to
the Peoria club Of the Three l league
by Manager Tinker.
Baseball fans are rejoicing in the
opportunity to forget the lawyers and
talk about the players.
Mike Kelly expects to get q lot OF
good pitching out Of Lefty Leifleld.
the old.time Cub pitcher.
A. gent. entitled. Cable has been sep.
arated from the Yankee Roster. s'pose
Bill Donovan cut the cable?
Catcher Nunnamaker Of the Yankees
won q wrist watch in raffle short
time ago. but he Is afraid to wear It.
Jack Fourier may not be the best
first baseman in the league. but he
has plenty Of fight in him to satisfy
everyone.
Hooper 10 playing in wonderful
form this spring. He says he IL out
after the honors. regardless Of Cobb
and Q few others.
Buck Weaver is developing into .
real third baseman. He has the
throw and can cover the ground as
we'll or better than he ever did around
short.
Brooklyn may discard HI Myers.
Jimmy Johnston. It IL said, has shown
Manager Robinson so much-so early
that Myers has lost out on an out
field Job.
Bethel, the nifty second baseman of
the st. Louis Cardinals, carries around
six initials to his name. He signs the
little old pay check thus: G. F. A. ]. H.
D. Bethel.
Clark Griffith. manager Of the Wash
ington Senators. has been quoted as
saying that the Tigers stand the best
show OF winning the American league
flag this year.
Mr.. Pipp of the New York Yankees
granted an interview after battling
against Walter Johnson. "He may be
q good pitcher, but l can't see him,
confessed Mr. Pipp.
George Suggs, pitcher formerly with
Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds
and later with Baltimore Feds, may
get another chance in the game with
the Richmond Intornationals.
Tom Tenant, veteran first basemar
of the Coast league and once with the
st. Louis Browns briefly. will try to dc
q comeback with the Mobile team Of
the Southern league this year.
The baseball team from the Uni
versity of Waseda, Japan, will meet
some of the best college teams ON the
Pacific coast and the middle West
after its arrival from Honolulu.
Herzog refuses to get rid of Fritz
Mollwitz. even though he has Hal
Chase to cover first. The Milwaukee
club made q good offer for Fritz, but
Garry Hermann refused to listen.
George Whitfield, former Brave and
now q member of the champion Phil
lies, says that the battle in the Ma
tional league is to be between the
Braves and the Phillies again this year
New York fans are with Kauff
Rousch and Rariden to man. They
say the ex.Feds have made tho Giants
and that Il II were not for them Nc
Graw's club would remain cellar cham
pions.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20

much more effective at the bat, espe.
cially in the production OF extra. base
blows, by taking shorter grip on the
stick, giving his arms full swing and
whirling his body In unison with his
arms.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20

Herzog refuses to get rid of Fritz
Mollwitz. even though he has Hal
Chase to cover first. The Milwaukee
club made good offer for Fritz. but
Garry Hermann refused to listen.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20

"Billy" Sullivan 10 advocating the
keeping of the young pitchers of the
Detroit team for period Of training
after the regular training season
closes next autumn.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-14
In Recognition of Verdun's
Heroic Defense, Crosses Are
Giuen by Allied Souereigns

Paris, Sept IA. - President Poin-
care has decorated the CITY of Verdun
with the Russian st. Georges Cross
the British military cross. the Italian
and Serbian gold medals for valor, the
Belgian cross of Leopold. the Monte
negrin gold medal, and the French
Legion of Honor and war cross, which
are awarded by the allied sovereigns
in recognition Of Verdun's heroic de-
fense The President further an
nounced that the Emperor of Japan
had decided to give the city an award
Of honor.
The ceremony took place in the
presence of Generals Joffre. Petain,
Nivelle and Dubois and the local au-
thorities, the decorations being hand
ed on the mayor who pinned them to a
velvet cushion.
"All' honor to the soldiers Of Ver-
dun" exclaimed the President. They
have sown and watered with their
blood the harvest which is springine
up to-day"
The President then decorated Cen
eral Neville with the insignia of Grand
Officer of the Legion Of Honor.
In the afternoon President Poin-
care visited Clermont in the Argonne
and decorated the inhabitants for
their bravery during the occupation
and bonn bardment, among them Sis
ter Gabrielle, superior of the hospital
who saved a number of French SOL
diers at the risk of her life during the
presence of the enemy
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-14
1T Built Me Up After
MyOperation Says Arter
Iceman Tells How Master Medicine
Rejuvenated Him When He Was
Weak, Nervous and Run Down After
Leaving Hospital.

Not so very long ago William H. Ar
ter, an iceman who lives at 65 North
Tenth street, Harrisburg, had to un-
dergo severe operation. He recov-
cred and was discharged from the hos
pital but his strength did not come
back.
In telling how he was finally brought
back to his former rugged health he
says: 1T didn't seem to pick up
, strength the way 1 ought to. l was
weak, nervous, and had no appetite.
My work tired me out quick and I
sometimes had hard job to get over
my route.
IT kept hoping that my strength
would come back but it didn't and I
was just dragging around miserable
when I heard about Tanlac. 1t sound
ed good to me so I got a bottle and
began taking 1t and in two or three
days I could notice a big improve
ment-
My appetite began to come back
and I didn't get tired so quick. My
nerves quieted down and 1 could fee
my strength coming back. Every day
l felt better and you can bet I kept
taking Tanlac regular as clockwork.
1t fixed me up all right. To-day
I'm even better than l was before my
operation. l feel great and l know
that it was Tanlac that built me up.
Tanlac, the famous reconstructive
tonic of which Arter speaks so en-
thusiastically is now being specially
introduced here at Gorgas' Drug Store
where the Tanlac man is daily demon
strating this master medicine to ever
growing crowds.--Advertisem
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-14
Zainais Deeply Hurt by
Appearance of Allied Fleet
During His Negotiations

Athens. Sept. ~. (Delayed) -
Every effort to persuade Alexander
Zainis, the aged premier, to remain
in office was fruitless. His pride was
wounded by the appearance Of the
allied fleet off Pireus at the very mo-
ment when negotiations had been be-
gun for the entry of Greece into the
war. The arrest of Austrians and
Germans in Athens by French and
British and the invasion of the French
legation by Russians who fred shots
there, taken in conjunction with the
continual internal discord in the face
of great national crisis, completely
discouraged the entire cabinet. The
result was not only to precipitate the
retirement of the Zafmis ministry but
to bring to a standstill and possibly
even to end all discussion of a de-
parture from neutrality by Greece.
II hope the entents now sees where
it's policy of trying to force matters
leads" a prominent Greek official
with sympathies for the entente said
to the Associated Press to-day "The
moral effect of Greece's entry into the
war with the allies unquestionable
would have been a shortening of the
war by many months. Without a fig
ure like Zaimis, detached from poll
tics, to conduct the negotiations there
is scarcely a ghost of a chance that
this can be arranged. God knows