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The Washington times., 1917-07-09
UNBEATABLE BASEBALL
LANDS GIANTS ON TOP
Phillies Slip Back in Race, While
Cubs Also Weaken.

Playing almost unbeatable baseball
while Philadelphia and Chicago were
doing poorly, the New York team in
creased its lead in the National League
the last week by 90 points, and today
the Giants are virtually 100 points
ahead Of the Phillies. McGraw's men
won six out OF seven games. losing on
Thursday to Brooklyn by q 8 to 3
score.
The Giants hit the ball hard and op-
portunely throughout the games
against Boston, Brooklyn and St,
Louis. The pitching stan also is work
ing well. st. Louis, which had not lost
a game the last week until II came
TO New York Friday, dropped three
games in a row TO New York.
Philadelphia played poorly and won
only one out OF seven games, the
morning game on July 4, when 1t ds-
feAted Boston. 8 to 3. The batting Of
the PhiIlies was poor AMI the pitching
was weak.
The Chicago team apparently has
weakened, and Nitchelrs men lost six
out OF seven games The Cubs fell into
fourth place Monday, and are now
tied with Cincinnati. Cincinnati and
St Louis played well in the West
carly in the week, and the Reds led
both leagues in batting. averaging
better than ten hits to the game for
the week
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
CLUBS SEE-SAW DAILY
FOR LEAD In LEAGUE
Red SOx and White SOx Furnish
Great Race During Week.

In the American League, Chicago
found the going hard the last Of the
week, and Boston regained the lead
on Friday. Saturday both teams lost
in the FIRST games OF the intersec,
tional series. Yesterday Chicago re-
gained the lead by defeating Phila.
delphia while Boston was losing to
Cleveland.
When Chicago could not do better
than break even in eight games. Bos-
ton won fve, lost two and tied one.
The Red Sox made their best gain at
the expense OF Philadelphia, the two
teams playing six games in three
days, of which Boston won all but
one. Chicago broke even In two
games with Cleveland, won three out
OF FIVE from Detroit and lost to Phila-
delphiA on Saturday. to ..
Cleveland went back into the first
division again during the week by
winning six out Of nine, while De
troit was breaking even in eight
games New York is playing badly
and has won only one OF Its last
eleven games. The Yankees are hit
ting well enough, but not at the right
time, apparently.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
TY COBB FINDS JOHNSON
MEAT FOR HIS AVERAGE

I'VE to four Eamss; johnson was sat
isned on general principles; and will
lie Fowler surveyed q check that
gave him his share on admissions, and
found II so engrossing that he forgot
to learn what the score was.
Plans To Take Three.
According to Griff. there's nothing
to this series any more. He plans to
grab two Of the next three. They are
double-heading today. and wind UP
with a single fray on Tuesday. the
Nationals leaping from the yard to
the train, to get themselves the we'll
known night-before-the-ba sleep
in Cleveland. Any pitcher other than
Johnson is eligible. Jennings has
none about whom he will make any
proud boasts.
Johnson looked bad in yesterdays
eighth, where four hits and two
walks cost him four runs. The heat
seemed to get him He had q seven
run lead, and that saved him.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
WESTERNERSSURE
Of SCORING Wins
IN TITLE TOURNEY

BLUE ISLAND. Ill, July e.-De-
spite the entrance OF Francis ouimet,
John Anderson, Robert Jones, Reuben
Bush, and a host OF other goling
cracks from North. East and South,
the Western contingent expects TO be
returned a winner in the amateur
championship starting today.
Neither Chick Evans nor Robert
Gardner. the strongest Of the West
ern players, will be on hand for the
tournament today. Despite this
handicap, the westerners point to the
fact that for the past eighteen years
they have been returned winners in
seventeen starts.
Since the Western association is
sued its rule abolishing stymies and
making It mandatory that the ball
nearer the hole on the green in medal
play be played first, the Missouri and
Transmississippi championships have
been played under those conditions,
but the real test OF the plan Will
come, officers say, during the ma
tional event to be held this week.
President Thompson recently SAID
that the rule would be changed 10
meet the demands OF the players after
this test, in case there should be any
Persons from many points East end
West are on hand to watch the coun-
try's leading golfers in action Many
today followed Francis Outmct. who
tn, ugh still held TO be professional
Ly the u. S. G. -, was invited TO COIN
pete here as an amateur.
Francis Ouimet and Alber- Seckel
J. II. " orthington, the vet
eran English player, and Jesse Gull
ford, 2 up in a match yesterday, Oui-
met getting a 20.
Heinrich Schmidt OF California, title
holder, will not defend the champion
ship, as he has enlisted for war serv-
ice. Charles Evans. Jr.. who held the
title four times. will not play, but D.
E. Sawyer, champion in 1905. and AL
bert Seckel, champion in 1911, are
listed to start. J. S. Vorthington of
and John Mays Of Buenos
Aires, champion OF Argentine Repub-
lie, also will play.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
S|SLER IS HALTED
BUTSHANKSMAKES
FOURTEEN STRING

Another hne batting streak was
smashed to smithereens yesterday.
When Mogridge, Russell and Mon
roe. pitching for the New York Yam
KEGS, held Brownie sisler without q
bingls in yesterdays game the first
sacker was halted In q mad career for
batting honors.
sisler had gone through eleven
straight games with a mark Of .4T4.
He had been At bat thirty-eight times
and had succeeded in banging out
eighteen hits.
Sisters career at the plate during
the last three weeks has boosted him
up among the leaders.
Two Washington players, Hank
Shanks and Clyde Milan. are careen-
ing along on dizzy heights at present.
Griff's converted shortstop is making
real mark for himself.
Since June rs Shanks has been In
sixteen games, and in all OF them he
has hit safely. The records will show
officially that he is in fourteen bat
ties because one of these games was
an exhibition affair and the other
was stopped by rain. But the weather
did not interfere until Shanks had
made a bingle.
Shanks has batted safely one or
more times in fourteen straight
games. He has been up ffty-seven
times and has cracked out twenty-one
hits for a mark OF .36S.
Clyde Milan's hitting has landed
him in the upper ten. Milan 10 hit
ting better than 800. and his present
hitting string Is ten straight He
has connected safely one or more
times in the past ten battles.
"Buckr Weaver was halted yester-
day at six straight games. He and
sisler, a. well as Cobb, must start
again.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09

THE old game 10 full Of anecdotes
about home run hits: every baseball
man. whether mASnats, manager,
player or fan, likes 70 talk about
those circuit wAilops and each one
can spin q yarn about q longer hit
than the next. They tell about Billy
Keeler dropping . homer over the
left neld fence at the Old Boston
grounds where the ball landed In the
cab OF Q passing train and went Al
the way to New York
That Isn't Q Marker.
But that isn't q marker to the one
they spin about Jimmy Ryan Of the
famous Anson's Colts. who hit . ball
over the fence when the New FORKS
were playing at St. George. Staten
Island. According to the story, the
ball landed on the deck Of an ocean
going steamer and never stopped TIL
II got to Europe"
pave Orr once hit q home run for
Cleveland that landed the pennant IN
Brooklyn, which 10 . swatting record
from another angle" remarked Bill
Dahlen. at happened the last day OF
the 1889 season. As Dave used TO ten
II himself. The Brooklyn Bridegrooms
and the famous st. Louis Browns were
travelling neck and neck and Il got
down TO the Anal game OF the season
TO decide the championship. The
Browns were winding up In Cleveland,
where Orr was playing nrst Dave
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
YIN. LADS TROUNCED
BY NORFOLK'S PLAYERS

Washington Young Mems Hebrew
Association baseball players are out
OF It as far as the trI-city champion
ship 10 concerned.
The Norfolk players came here for
a return game and went away with
o to win. As Richmond had
hung 1t on the local team the week
before things look dark for the Mid
die Atlantic title.
Sam Gottlieb. who used to hurl
them over for Central High School,
got his bumps for four hits and four
runs in the third inning. Goldberg.
who succeeded him, went along nice
ly for awhile but was pounded to-
ward the end OF the battle for
enough runs to let the visitors win.
The locals got thirteen hits but
failed to make them count for more
than seven tallles. In the tenth IN
ming the Norfolk tribe connected for
two runs which won the battle.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
PIRATES GET VIC SAFER.

Barney Dreyfus, owner OF the Pr
rates, will obtain First Baseman Vic
tor Safer, who recently was released
Internationally by the Cubs. Safer
broke his leg last April, but will be
able to join the Pirates in August.
II seems that President Weeghman,
OF the Cubs. was not familiar with
the intricacies OF baseball law when
he turned Safer loose 10 make room
for Driscoll, a college player. He
believed that he could make a side
agreement" with Safer by which the
latter could be recalled.
But Dreyfuss. who knows the rules
from top to bottom, quickly laid
claim to Safer and the latter is lost
to the Cubs.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09

I.st,s ,sur about This question in
?. ALI
Va -
l~o' 'HS' Inc
a. not SCI tntO NS ~,
80 4'o IT, LII
-tp. nc c-,te,b
-, :, ., 81.
KNOWS IT. anu 'he "a 49,
players themselves know II
The American league allows eaeh
club to carry. not counting the man.
ager in uniform, twenty-five men.
Uncle Nick Altroek, because he ap-
pears on the coaching lines, must be
included among those under players
contracts
Not In Sight Yet.
IT, ....,t.- a. -. ., sI.bt ,,a.
N- .-,,..S II, -. -
When
many players on MS roster aS 70 nave
to choose between some active attn
lete ana his prince Of comedians
Until the time comes when the
team VIII be overcroWded' there Is ut
'iT se ~ thoy ars 10
,.IL .heut ITncIs N,cE and HIS yalus,
Nick's two pricipal values are his
knowledge OF pitchers and pitching,
especially those erratic southpaws,
and his comic stuff on the field.
Few Better Coaches.
u1,sn q comes IN instructinR Young
g. go .o..h..
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
SNIPE CONLEY MAKES
NINETEEN STRAIGHT WINS

DALLAS, Tex. July Sin winning
the first game OF a double-header with
the Waco Texas League club. champions
OF 1916. Snipe Conley. pitcher Of the Dali
las club. yesterday tied the major
league record OF Rubs Marquard. made
in 1912. with nineteen consecutive VIC
tories.
Fifteen thousand persons. the larg
est crowd that ever jammed a Texas
ball park, saw Conley beat Waco by 8
to in ten innings.
The day was set aside as Conley day.
Conley came TO Dallas from the Balti-
more FederAls in 1916. He is only nine
teen years old.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09

came up In the ninth or thsreabouts
and swattsd the horsshide FOR the eirs
cult with the baSes full. beating the
Browns, while the Brookiyns we're
stopped By rain In Baltimore That
was some homer Of Dawes, all right"
Fan Info Yissarss.
Roaring Bill Kennedy, who was
with Us In the eos, used to tell rs Of
home runs made on the Kansas City
grounds that ought to 30 into long.
distance elass." ehimsd IN BoSs Ed
bets. @Bin used to say that it got 90
hot at that park the ground would
split wide open and balls would drop
into the assures and diesppaaF into
the bowels Of the earth. He vaSu'E
sure but those holes led into Subtor-
ransan rivers that found their outlets
into the Rio GFande end thence TO
the Pacific. He always thought the
first baseball ever used In japan vas
one he hit for q homer on thee Kan
sas City grounds."
I'VE have some pretty long hitting
up in the Twilight League" drswisd
Lefty Russell. the young Boathpaw
who has Just arrived from vaneouver.
They tell Of . ball hit up there that
was grabbed on the wing By . big
turkey bu1zaRd and carried right into
the blaze Of the Aurora Dorealis lis
said that Pesry found that BAN on
top OF the North Pole when be dis
covered IT,"
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
MAKES MISTAKE,

NEW LONDON, Conn. July Bob
Candy, the gawky outhelder, who is
the property Of the Phillies, has been
let out by New London. After getting
his release from the New London club
he caught on with Hartford, where he
also landed the blue ticket.
Craig, the southpaw, who also went
South with the Phillies, was also
dropped by New London. II appears
that Gene Mccain made n mistake
when he let him get away from his
apronstring. as Craig is pitching sx-
cellent ball for the Lawrence club,
with which team ne hooked after he
was cut loose by New London.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
BARON MUNCHAUSEN DID
NOT HEAR OF THESE HITS

1--WE been reading lot about that homer made by Dave
Robertson off Prendergast of the Cubs couple Of weeks
said Manager Wlbert Robinson, Of the Dodgers during
tanning bee Ebbes Field the other day. "a lot Of people
claiming that is the longest hit made the Polo
Grounds and I'm not dsputing them Zach Wheat and Casey
Stenge have made mighty long wallops in their time
maybe quite far away Robertsons. homer is homer
regardless of distance and the Of them by boys
the better like it.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
P. CROMBE BOONE IS
THERE WITH RESCUE

LITTLE SANDY. Col. July a.
Not that any Of US has changed our
minds one single Lofty on the sub
jset Of Heb Doggstt, which IL captain
Of our home team and a. hard . hit
ter As ever busted the kivsT Oh Q
ball. being dead right about Il, but
just to show how It Is that-in mat
big and ex-tensivs-our enterpriSing
young townsman. P. CrombIe BoonS
Is there with both feet. and ready to
handle EN- prompt and right Your
correspondent will have TO tell you
about a little rookus that we had out
to our ball park yesterday. which p.
Crombie ended up quick and proper.
To begin right at the start. I may
as well call attention that Little Sandy
Is putting 1t all over all the other
teams In the Northern Colorado
League. excepting that NIwst nine
which we went up against yesterday,
and one game ahead OF that bunch.
but anyhow the thing IL clost enough
to make II sxcitin' so it's no wonder
that yesterday, when We had tied the
score in the ninth. the game a-stand-
in - to %. and that dod-rottSd lunk-
head OF a Ches. Lamb THAT'S unpirin
gives one o. them Niwottsrs q base
on balls when he was struck out
plain. as anybody could see. Hah
Doggett run in. knocked him down.
and jumped on him.
But P. Crombie was there like .
shot. pulled him on. ana kept the two
apart when ches. got up and triad
to get back at Heb. shoutin': ''FAir
play. boys. Fair play"
However, everybody was hot Gs
that there umpire and something Q
whole lot worse would Of happened to
him and that Niwot gang that Begin
TO mix in II p. Crombie hadn't Of
been there. But couldn't help but
notice once again how q word fT3n
that young man stopped everything
bettern' club could Of done It. DSh't
II beat all?
He does II with his eye" TIE
mayor remarked Afterwards THAT'S
what stops the trouble-maksrS"
NO sir; it's jist because it's hin,"
says Squire Hedges.
And that's probly the whole thing
In . nutshell
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
BREAKS CASTING RECORD.

NEW YORK, N. Y, July Ga nine.
teen-yeAr-old boy, ]. Charles Fling
shausen, smashed the worlds cast.
ing record Saturday at the seventh
casting tournament OF the Midland
Beach Fishing Club held at Grant
City, Staten Island. Ellngshausen
cast the four ounce lead 395 feet.
He won the competition against
such well-known casters as Edward
f. Davis, former champion; A. J.
Sahdala, DR.. Carleton Simon and How
ard Kahn. Davis record, made on
August last year at Deal Beach OF
1902 feet inches, was also broken
by A. ]. Sahdala, who threw the
lead 394 feet 6 inches. Elingshausen
is q home product Of the Midland
Club.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
T Is ON HIS WAY,

Ty Cobb is on his way to the 200
mark. BY securing three hits in four
times at bat against Walter johnson
yesterday Ty boosted his average 10 .SSs.
Ty scored his fftieth run yesterday.
also, and Is the FIRST major league
player TO reach the half-century mark
in that line
Speaker stood still" yesterday. max
ing one hit in three attempts. Eisler
lost three points. as he failed to get a
hit of the Yankee pitchers. Chapman
replaced Milan In nth place.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
GIVES UP GHOST.

SOUTH BEND. Ind, July s.-The
South Bend baseball club gave up the
ghost here last night when the owner,
Ed Smith. was unable to meet his
monthly payroll, and the clubs fran,
chise automatically reverted TO she
Central League.
What disposition will be made CT
the franchise now IL UP 10 President
Stahlhefer, Of the league. The final
game here will be played today with
Grand Rapids. What disposition is TO
be made Of the team will be dete-m.
ined by StahIhefer. Peoria. ILL.,, Of the
defunct Three ! League, is nesotiat.
TO land IL
The Washington times., 1917-07-09

to live. In New York, Cleveland. Chi
cago Detroit, Boston, Philadelphia,
and even st. Louis, land OF the base
ball crouch, Uncle Nick draws thou.
sands of fans to see the Grifmen. 1t
matters not that the Washington club
is down around the bottom, the fans
turn out to see Nick.
1t would be difficult to estimate in
dollars and cents just how valuable
TO the club is the comic antics Of the
veteran southpaw, but a vote OF the
fans around the circuit would show
thousands of admirers and not one
enemy for Uncle Nick
Exerts Good Influence.
Many a time have I overheard Uncle
Nick talking with some young player,
giving him advice as to his actions
both on and Of the field. It would
be impossible to place here the tone
OF voice or even the words, but the
youngsters are never fIippant, and are
always respectful They know that
Nick is talking for their own indi.
vidual benefit.
Uncle Nick is one of those old.
timers who never boarded his nickles.
The latterday ball player shaves his
thin dimes, but not Nick. On the
other hand. he appreciates the value
of saving for a rainy day, and never
can one OF his teammates display fool
ishness without being told so by the
veteran.
Uncle Nick will work, and does
work, every day, as hard as the hard
est worker on the club. He puts to
shame many a younger man. Though
forty years old, he has as much pep
as the rawest rookie.
Too Valuable to Drop.
Uncle Nick is much too valuable to
drop from the clubs roster, as many
have suggested in this mans town
this summer.
Until q winning club can be put
into the American League race. Nick
drawing abilities on the road more
than pays for his salary. with a win
ming club, his modest stipend would
be but a drop in the bucket
Do you know Nick Altrock? Well,
he's an intelligent veteran ball player.
possessed of common sense beyond
the average, of. patience necessary
to instruct high-strung, often bone
headed youngsters just out OF their
teens, OF the best OF morals, OF wit
and humor that thousands enjoy an
nually around the circuit.
Uncle Nick Is a valuable asset to
the Washington club in any way you
look at the situation.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
NICK ALTROCK VALUABLE
ASSET TO GRIFF'S CLUB
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

Is Nick Arock worth his salt member of the Wash
ngton ball cub Does he do anything of value to the team
either home the roadl In other words what does
Clark Griffith carry him fort These queries heard every
time the ball club hits losing streak And matter who
makes them, they indicate sad ignorance of conditions
Uncle Nick is worth every red nickel he receives from
the Washington baseball club don't know what he GETS
but do that his value to the Washington ball club and
to Manager Clark Griffith cannot be measured in dollars
and cents.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
ROBERTS, Is KILLED.

LONDON, July e.-Dal Roberts. the
famous Welsh welterweight boxer,
has been killed in action by a shell
in France. One OF his best perform
ances was to beat Willie Farrell at
the National Sporting Club in April.
1913, although Farrell turned the
tables twelve months later in a
twenty-round bout.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
MAcKs WIN ONE.

FORT SHERIDAN. Ill. July s.-The
second teams Of the Philadelphia Ath-
Ietics and Chicago White sox played an
exhibition game yesterday for the bene-
1T OF officers and men at the Officers
Reserve Corps training camp here. The
Athletics won by S to L Anderson
pitched well in the plncheS.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
BRIEF SPORTS FOE
BUSY READERS

Seven hits In two days 10 all TIE
champion RED sox have gottsn Oft
covsleskis and Bagby. clevsiAAds
pitchers, in two days. One run has
been scored. As the white Sex Won
yesterday the RED Sex went out Of
the lead.
They crowned Arthur Spencer. the
Toronto lad, king Of the cycling
world yesterday at Newark and then
cd the youngstsr In Q fiVe-nile racA.
Frank Dunn, Q New York amateur
pitcher. famed twenty-five batters
In q championship contest recently.
He won a silver cup for his team
The Griffmen played five games
last week and won four. Griffs pitch
ers held the opposition to fourteen
runs The team scored % runs On
43 hits.
Although Eddie cieottS was touch
ed up freely he got away with his
game yesterday. the White Sex win
ming by 8 to over the Athletics.
schauer was poorly supported By the
Mackmen-
The National Lawn Tennis ASso.
citation expects to get 100000 for
ambulance section. No trouble IL eK.
pscted to be encountered In raising
the sum judging from the success
that has attended the golfers In THAR
efforts to help the Red Cross
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
UNCLE EREN.

"A whole lots OF whut they calls
sports" said Uncle Eben. Consists In
gittin' into q powerful fret over sunp-
In that dey wasn't no PARTICULAR neees-
atty fur
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
ATHLETICS WINNERS.

The Truxtons were defeated by to
3 by the Athletics yesterday, Nevett.
OF the Athletics, holding the clubmen
to four hits.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09
DIAMOND sPARKLEs.

iris Speaker has been suffering
with a boil and a lame leg, but he
has stayed in the game for the In
dams.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09

Lord Northcliffe Is publishing in
his London papers the daily scores
of the American. National and In
ternationaI League games every day.
He knows something.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09

Jack Lelivelt, once with the Wash
ington club. is leading the American
Association with the fail.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09

Clark Griffith's bat and ball fund
is now going on to about $4,000.
There's plenty of room for your liz
tie two bits.
The Washington times., 1917-07-09

President Dunn, OF the Indians, has
killed a rumor that Lee Fohl would
be removed from his position at the
head Of the team.