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Evening star., 1918-01-27
Questions on Base Ball Plays and Players
Asked of Umpire Evans-and His Answers

he will be used at that position by
Boston. Yes. the Boston club as five
good outf1elders in Lewis, Hooper,
Walker, Shorten and Walsh. but you
are in government service and will
In all probability be lost to the club
in 1913. The securig of Strunk under
the conditions was a very wise move.
1 was umpirinE an amateur game
along nicely, score standing to o in
favor of the team in the field. at the
close of the eighth inning. The nrst
man uD In the ninth hit safely. The
pitcher then developed wild streak,
throwing eight straight balls, walking
the next two batters and nlnns the
bases. The 1nfelders began to nag
the pitcher for his inability to get the
ball over the plate. The pitcher got
angry ana threw the ball far over the
cred all three runners had scored.
allowed all three runs, but the team in
the Held protested my ruling. Was I
riRht9 DAN MARCITS
Unless there was some ground rule
in force which placed a limitation on
the throw, due to the crowd. or for
some other reason, would say you
were perfectly right in allowing all
three runs to score.
From what team did the PhiIadelphia
Nationals secure Grover Alexander and
what did he cost that club. Please
give brief sketch of his baseball
career. c. o. FELDKAMP.
Alexander was secured from the
Syracuse team Of the New York State
League. He cost the Phillies about
$500. He began his professional ca
reer in 1909 with the Galesburg club
in the Illinois-Missouri League With
a team that finished a bad last, he won
Is and lost games, an indication of
the great pitching ability he possessed.
He was drafted by Indianapolis that
fall. but was injured in the spring and
turned over to the Syracuse club with
out trial With Syracuse he had q
great year. winning 2s and losing u.
leading that organization in victories
That fall he was secured by the Phil
lies. In the first year as big Lacquer
he came through with an almost un-
Since that time this pitching has always
made the Phillies troublesome team
Will you please answer the following
queries relating to Walter johnson Of
the Warrington teamf Is Walter John.
SON as good now as he ever wasf Has
he as fast q ball as he had when he drxt
broke into the leaEues In 1t hard for q
catcher to hold himf A DETROITER,
would say that Walter johnson is
as valuable to his club now as he ever
was, which, of course. means that he
Is just as good. I believe johnson has
as fast ball as he ever had when he
actually tries to get all his speed ON
the ball He does not seem as fast as
he once was. simply because he has
ntro 1.f A~y1~ v1tA A-H~t
used his terrific speed all the time. Now
he usually puts on all his stun only
when in a pinch. being content to save
himself. l don't believe Johnson is q
hard man to catch II a good catcher is
doing the catching. The ordinary
catcher-and several Of them have tried
to handle Johnson's delivery-does not
make much progress. Charley Street,
when with Washington, always insist
ed johnson was the easiest man in the
world to catch, and johnson has al
ways said he never had q better catcher.
COPYRIGHT 1918. b. u. Q. NyzaaA
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Evans Says Law Of Average
Runs True in Game Of Golf

Does the law Of average run
true in golf matche1f According
to Charles Evans, national anna
teur and open champion. the an
swer In In tho Affirmative. He
claims that an persons must
agree that accidents may In one
disastrous moment sweep away
the work of years, destroying
health. happiness. even life IT.
self, but. Of course, this In a fact
Of possibility, not of greatest
probability. In all ordinary c0ndi-
tions he believes that the race In
to the swift and the battle to the
strong. All sorts of bad luck
may delay success. but skill aver
ages well I'm success In the long
run in golf M well as all tho Inn
portant things Of life.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Walter Camp Urges Reunion
of Oarsmen of the Fifties

A reunion OF all the Yale and
Harvard oarsmen of the first dec
ade of rowing by college crews
has been suggested by Walter
Camp OF Yale In the Yale Alumni
Weekly. He calls attention to the
successful effort Of James M.
Wilton, Yale. IS, who rowed I'm
the hrst Harvard-Yale regatta ON
Lake Winnipesaukee, August s,
1852.
He says that If the proposed re-
union were to embrace the entire
period Of the first ten years of
college rowing, the occasion
would prove even more success.
ful than the pioneer event Iaunch-
ed by Wilton. Although the per.
centage Of mortality In naturally
high, Camp feels that large and
enthusiastfc number Of members
Of the crews between 1852 and
1862 would attend q reunion,
SHOULD ono be arranged.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Boxing as Regular Sport.


McAuliffe hopes some day to see box
ing added to the athletic curriculum of
both colleges ana high schools He
has noted the advances that already
have been made, and feels that the day
is not long distant when the sport viii
be universally recognized. ats the
best sport there is" he saws. "and ~
makes man Of any one who takes It
up. You don't have to get down to
brass knuckles and skin gloves to do II.
either. AS the sport Is now deyeioned
good boxing can go a long way toward
making and keeping a man healthy.
And when a man is healthy he has to
be pretty much right the rest Of the
For a man Of his age McAulifre looks
mighty spry, and he is as yirorons IN
his talk as he is in actions. He talks
about his hobby interestingly. At any
rate, life as a politician In BrookIyn
has seemed to agree with him. for he
t. keen OF S eye. quick to get at the bot
tom OF seatement and ready with his
best press agent. Wv"
Evening star., 1918-01-27
KNAPP REAL COMEBACK"
Willie About Only Jockey Making
Good After Quitting Saddle.

A ball player who has been a hitter
will retain his hitting eye until the
very last, and a fighter who was clever
will keep his knowledge of how to
fight when everything else is gone. but
when a jockey goes. he goes every
which way. it seems like.
Some become trainers. like odom,
Willie Midgeley, Maxey Hirsch, Snap
per" Garrison, Mickey Miles, "Pud-
din" Mcdaniel, frankie O'Neil, who
trained In France. and some who are
not smart enough or ambitious enough
to handle horses and who did not save
their dough.
Willie Knapp, a real old-timer. who
was down on the ground for several
years and who was reinstated this
spring, is about the only genuine
Jockey comeback. Willie has put up
some great rides and few bad ones,
but he is a real comeback.
Evening star., 1918-01-27

NEW YORK. January IA. - Miller
Huggins, new leader Of the Yankees. is
the fifth manager to make a shift from
the National League to tho American
since the latter organization branched
out as q major league in 1901. and New
York fans will wish the new pilot more
success than his predecessors enjoyed.
The limit of such service up to date
has been two years. Managers who
have left Ban Johnson's league for one
reason or another and later Joined the
ranks Of the rival organizations have
been far more successful in new fields
than the leaders who went the other
way. The managers who have served
in both leagues are Chance. Duffy, Pat
Donovan, Stallings. McGraw, Robinson,
Griffith, Callahan and Lake.
Frank Chances failure in New York.
after building up a great reputation
with the Cubs, stands out strikingly in
the memory of local fans. They greet
ed the once peerless leader as q base
ball Moses back in the early days OF
for two years, at a salary which no
other American League manager before
or since drew down. In seven years OF
leadership over the Cubs Chance had
won 1OuT pSu1lttulSs 1AlSnCO SSSOiu
twice and third in another year. Not
once did he drop out of the one-two-
three class. It would be unfair to ex-
pect him to put the Yankees in this
class in a short time. but there was
no denying that Chance was some
thing Of a disappointment here. His
team finished seventh in 1913 and he
severed his connection with the CLUB
before the 1914 campaign closed. while
the team was in sixth place.
Duffy and Donovan.
Hugh Duffy was another who had
short experience in the American League
after twice landing in the first division
in three seasons as a National League
leader Duffy's Phil1ies finished last in
the 1904 campaign and fourth in each
of the two succeeding seasons. In 1910
the once great outflelder assumed charge
of the White Sox and brought them
home in sixth place. In 1911 he fin
ished fourth. only to be deposed as he
had been five years before after a SINH
lar finish at Philadelphia
Patsy Donovan was another manager
to try his skill in the American League
after long career as team leader in
the National, and he also failed to go
beyond two years. Donovan led the Car
dinals in 1901-02-o3, and was in charge
of the Dodgers in 1905-o6-07, with no
marked success in either city. He took
charge of the Boston Red Sox in 1910
and was more successful here, finishing
fourth in 1910 and fifth in 1911. yet he
had to step down that winter when the
club changed hands.
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friends have been made moro numeroof
since his barring from amateur golt
by his modest demeanor and sincere ats
titude.
One OF the most important actions
to carry on the policy of no champion-
ship tournaments under the sanction.
of the governing body during the wars
All golf associations in the country will
events. Walter S. Harlan of the Cos
lumbia Country Club. who was logiS
cally in line for the presidency. declined
to accept nomination for the office and
was retained as first vice president. =
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Larry Lajoie Is in Demand
by Many Big League Clubs

Napoleon Lajoie IL in general
demand. The Clevelands want
him to play hrst base for them.
The big fellow would help tho
Yankees with his heavy bat.
Chicago critics are urging the
Cubs to sign him, while the Pi.
rates could use him as . pinch
hitter. Lajoie says that playing
nrst base II taking money under
false pfetenses. He can cover the
bag M well as the average, and
he can hit the ball. His only
handicap II slOwness OF foot, but
his other qualities make MP for
1T. The Frenchman II in mo
hurry to accept Offers, but 1t II
generally believed that he will
be found with one Of the major
league clubs this year.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Jimmy Clabby Enlists in Australia

Jimmy clabby Of Hammond. Ind, U.
s. A., heavyweight champion Of Austria
liza, has enlisted in the Australian in
fantry and is In camp at Melbourne.
Clabby is in the Sportsmen,s Thousand.
and by this time may be on his way
over there. Just before he enlisted
Clabby took the heavyweight title from
Albert Lloyd and soon after joining the
army he defended his title successfully.
stopping Fred Mckay in twelve rounds
Evening star., 1918-01-27
NINE. HAVE. SERVED AS PILOTS
IN BOTH OF THE BIG LEAGUES
Managers Shifting From the National to
the American Circuit Have Had But
Little Success After Making Change. I

third place. another was in his position
when the next season rolled around. In
later years Stallings achieved much re-.
nown in both circuits. but he spent.
seven years in the minors before getting
his opportunity again.
Such has been the fate Of leaders who
have preceded Higgins in the effort to.
win distinction in the American League.
after fling at the managerial game in.
the other league. Some leaders have
done better after the shift, If success is.
to be measured by the standing of the
clubs, yet none has lasted long under
the new standard.
Some Successful Changes. :
The list of managers who have won.
success in the National League after a.
fling in the American includes the
names OF John ]. McGraw, Wilberts
Robinson and George Stallings at Bos-
ton. McGraw has been a steady winner
as leader of the New York Nationals.
since 1903. after q season and half OF
trouble with the Baltimore Americans.
Wilbert Robinson succeeded McGraw at
Baltimore and many years later hd
nant and get third place finish Within
four seasons.
Stallings. after putting the Yankees
In the runner-up position in less than
two seasons back in 1901. was de-
posed late in 1911 and two years later
he came back as National League
manager. A pennant and two other
first division finishes in i've years tell
story of Stallings' success at Boston.
Griffith, Callahan and Lake.
Clark Griffith went from the Amera-
can to the National League after gain-
ing quite a reputation in the former. but
did little in the National League. Grif-
fifth won a pennant with his White Sox
in 1901. the first season Of the American
League, and finished fourth the follow
ing year. Then he was put in charge of
resented New York when this city en-
tered the league. In five years at the
old Hilltop Griffith twice finished sec
ond. once fourth. was fifth once and
sixth once. He gave way in 1908 to Kid
Elberfeld and for the next three sea-
sons he guided the destinies of Garry
Herrmann's Cincinnati Reds. In 1903
the Reds were fourth. in 1910 they were
fifth and in 1911 sixth. This closed Grif-
fith's career in the National League.
Since returning to the johnson circuit
the Old Fox has been fairly successful,
having finished second twice, third once
and fourth once over stretch Of six
seasons at Washington.
Jimmy Callahan and Fred Lake had
sad experiences in the National League.
after managing clubs in the American.
Calls White Sox finished seventh in
1903 and he was superseded by Fielder
back rs leader of the White Sox In 1872
finished fourth in that campaign and
fifth the following year. In 1914 CAL
lahan's team tied with the Yankees for.
ter to Clarence Rowland. In 1916 Cal.
lahan took charge of the Pirates. His
team finished the season in fifth place.
and last summer he was let out. Lakes
but his Boston Nationals were eighth in
1910
Evening star., 1918-01-27

Was Catcher Kinefer, who figured In
the recent deal between the Cubs and
the PhflIies, ever i'm the American
LeaEues o. G. II.
Kllefer had brief trial with the st
Louis Americans.
There is q runner ON second base. two
men are out. when the batter hits safe
ont trying to stretch the hit into two
bases. Does the run COUNT J. C. R.
It does. II the runner on second cross
ed home plate, before the runner going
from frst to second was retired
When a batsman fs running from the
home plate to hrst base, what leeway Is
given him by the umpires M to how he
foot hne without being Immediately
called outf Fan.
umpires call the runer out, only
when they believe the tactics pursued
by the runner. interfered with the play
being made.
InAelder throws his glove at the bail,
In his disgust over his inability to make
o play ON it. The glove slightly touched
the ball, but in NO way stopped 1t. The
batsman made two bases on the hit. The
team at bat insisted he was entitled
to three bases under the rules. Was hep
o. r.. ID.
If the glove actually came into con-
entitled to three bases. The fact that
the contact of the glove with the ball
did not stop it does not enter into the
question. 1t need only touch the ball to
be effective.
Runner is on first base, there are
three halls and one strike ON the bat
ter. Pitcher starts to deliver the ball,
notices the runner ON first fs taking
big lead, and halts momentartly In his
delivery. The moment he did so, the
umpire yelled balk. The pitcher then
continued hi. motion and delivered the
ball to the batter. 1t wns high and
wide. The batter did not offer at II.
Was 1t q ball, making the fourth ball
and entitling the runner to first basel
Please give the proper ruling ana
state II the batsman can mt any time
elares q baIkf A. C. JONES.
The moment the umpire called balk.
the ball was dead. Such ruling on
the part of the umpire entitled the
runner on first to advance to second
without the liability to be- put out. 1t
pitcher finally threw high and wide to
the plate Play ceased the moment the
umpire called the balk. At no time
can the batsman take first base on a
balk-
Where will Strunk play for Bostons
Has not the club fve pretty good field
ers in Lewis, Hooper, Walker, Shorten
and Walshg ID. n. E.
Whoever will manage the Boston
Club next season, could probably best
answer your question as to where
played center field for Mack. and since
Boston has tried several men in that
position since Speaker was sold to
Cleveland, 1t seems logical to suppose
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Penn Wrestlers Beat Princeton.

PHILADELPHIA. January 26.-The
University Of Pennsylvania wrestling
team defeated Princeton in a dual
meet here today. four bouts to three.
One Of the closest contests was be-
tween Lamberton Of Pennsylvania and
Rothschild of Princeton. in the un-
limited heavyweight class. Rothschild
won on decision after the full time of
eleven minutes.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
NAVY TRoUNCEs GA1LAuDEr.
Washingtonians No Match for Mid
die Basketers Losing 1895.
Dtspatch to The sta,

Special DtspAtch 70 The Star,
ANNAPOLIS. Nd, January 2s.-Navy's
basket ball team completely swamped
Gallaudet here today. winning by e6 to
10. The Middies went out. got a big
lead and then used substitutes through
out the remainder of the game. Gal
laudst showed poor form and, in COM
parison to the Sailors. displayer little
knowladge Of the apoxf, ..-
Evening star., 1918-01-27

The high team set goes to Salvadors, with
1895; second. Genoe. 1.49s. and third. Balboa,
1.475. High team game. the Salvador team,
with ga pins: second, Genoa, $50, and third,
Balboa, with 500.
High individual honors are: High set, Ted
Tom Grifan. Christopher. ss7, and third John
Sullivan of the La Sale team. sss. High In
dividual game to "Jim' Murtaugh. Balboas,
third. ''Bud' Burns Of the Genoa team, with
Evening star., 1918-01-27

High team game-Broadwater. 541.
high team set--Broadwater, 1850.
High individual game-Hunt, LAT.
High individual set-Phillips, 373.
Greatest number Of spares-0nutt. 65.
Greatest number Of strtkes-Ofutt, II.
high nat game-Morris, 9S.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Public Sentiment for Sunday
Base Ball in New York State

n de professional promoteEs
WIN agree to keep hands Oh. the
bill to leGalise Sunday base ball
games In the state Of New York
may reach Gov. whitman. There
II enough public sentiment In
favor Of this measure without
the support OF major and minor
league club owners. In fact. the
bill has been framed to provide
Amusement for the many thou
sands of persons who are unable
to witness ball games on tho first
day of the week. Agitation by
the professional promoters, there
fore, will result I'm more harm
than good. EaEernesS to derive
profits from Sunday games Will
not appeal to the lawmakers at
Albany.
Evening star., 1918-01-27
DUCKpN CAPTAINS STILL TALK
ABOUT TOURNEY FOR CITY TITLE
Wright of Continentals and Pratt of Wes-
tons Give Opinions on Such an Event
Sherman Giving Away War Stamps.

the leading dupn quint. in
a quints got together
city championship Charley Wright OF the Cont
makes
shas&ha ea1ues haxat O o6ar
Evening star., 1918-01-27
LACK Of CLASS SHOWN
AMONG MODERN BOXERS
Undefeated Lightweight Champion
Jack McAuliffe Blames Scarcity of
Teachers for Defect.

Mainly because there are few boxing
teachers on hand to turn out frst-class
fighters these days. declares Jack Nc
champion. is due the lack of class. as a
rule. in the various divisions Of the
sport. McAuliffe is touring the country
giving a monologue on some of his ia
nous bouts, and they run all the way
from seventy-four-round affairs to bouts
Of three rounds duration.
Particularly Is this condition true in
the east, says the veteran former light
weight champion, and as he retired from
the ring in 1897 without losing his
title, he ought to know what he is talk
ing about.
But he does say that Benny Leonard
is real lightweight champion, and to
Benny's ability to pick up pointers,
rather than to his boxing Instructor,
does McAulifte lay the success of the
New Yorker. "A clever lad like Leon
ard" says MoAuliffe. fought to last in
his class for a long time. He's q thinker,
knows how to handle himself, and is a
sure-enough champion There are no
boys in his class today.
Lack the Stamina.
''The boys Of today couldn't last over
the long distance route. They don't
train for it in the first place, and in the
second place they haven't the skill to
work much over twenty rounds. The
reason for this is that they haven't the
teachers. Fighters are born, not made,
but they have to be taught just the
same.
Take Leonard. for instance. He
made himself He used to watch NC
Farland and Gibbons work out, and
picked up all the pointers he could.
He was always thinking of the best
way to get his man, and when the
time came he was ready to step into
the Championship. The boys nowadays
think champions can be made over
night, but it can't be done. In the old
days we had to go through our appren-
ticeship, and until we had convinced a
critical public we were good, nothing
we could say could convince the bettors
that we deserved more than we eot.
When a man is betting his money be
isn't throwing it away"
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Twas Same Old Story.

The Tigers were all set for Weilman
when ST. Louis reached Detroit. For
three or four days they had been talk
ing about what they hoped to do to the
tall left handler. Well, Weilman came. and
as usual he conquered. He got into the
first game Of the series as relief pitcher
in the eighth inning, and held the Tigers
at bay until the fifteenth inning, when St
Louis had a batting rally, and made sew
eral more than enough runs to cinch the
game. He went against Detroit in the
final game OF the series. and scored a sec
ond easy victory in the four-game series.
at time when every game meant lot
to Hugh Jennings.
Jim Scott. who is captain in the
United States service, was always fond Of
the Mackmen, even when Connie Mack's
team was regarded as one of the greatest
teams in history. Scott, possessor of a
wonderful curve bali, always made trouble
for the Athletics, as most OF their crack
as rule is troublesome to that type.
The Athletics, always soft picking for
Scott, never failed to worry Eddie Ci-
cote, while New York. always the one
best bet for Cicotte. took more than or
dinary liberty with Scott's pitching as
While Grover Cleveland Alexander, re-
Gently sold by the Phillies to Chicago,
has always found most teams fairly easy
to trim, the Cincinnati Reds have always
been the apple OF his eye. Alexander,
since he Joined the National League, has
always been able to register many a string
Of victories over the Reds. an occasional
defeat breaking his run Of successive
wins. Early last season Regan, a Gin
cinnah youngster, managed to win over
Alexander. after he had registered twelve
straight wins against the Reds.
In striking contrast to the success these
pitchers have had against certain clubs
is the case of Joe Bush against Boston
/ imagine Bush was delighted when trad
ed to the Red Sox. During 1915 and 1916
Bush failed to register win over Boston.
Something always happened just when 1t
seemed he would win. Yes. base ball II
. strange old game. You can never tell
Evening star., 1918-01-27
Stallings' Short Term.

George Stallings spent two seasons as
manager of the Phil1ies in 1S97-9S, when
the old twelve-club league was in force.
When the American League branched
out in 1901 Stallings was in charge of
the Detroit club. and though he was sue
cessful to the extent Of finishing in
Evening star., 1918-01-27
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