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WORLD SERIES
NOTES
Rowland Secs Game.

AGUn AaAIu EINOS VdAfCs
Clarence Rowland, who piIoted
the White Sox to a worlds champ
ionship is convinced that Cicotte
will come back and beat the Reds
before the series end. He watched
the defeat of the White Sox yes
terday and seemed to feel the loss
of the game as keenly as Manager
Gleason. Rowland was succeeded
by Gleason as manager of the Sox
this season.
Newspaper men covering the
worlds series will leave for Chi
cago tonight on special train at
1870. Accommodations have been
made for 400 writer's and the. train
will be run in sections if necessary.
Two Cuban sporting editors will he
in the party. They are particularly
interested in Adolpho kuque, the
Cuban pitcher with the Reds.
Tickets for the second game of
the series set for today were in
even greater demand than yeSter-
day when box seats with a face
value of $3.50, sold as high as $40.
Loyal supporters of the Reds were
jubliant over yesterdays victory
and those without tickets were
willing to pay most any price to
obtain one.
Cinci Celebrates.
Cincinnati fans celebrated the
first victory of the Reds in a riot
Gus manner Impromptu parades
were staged in downtown streets
and hotel Hobbies. A little German
band furnished the music for one
parade. while a Scotch bagpipe
band headed another procession
The celebration continued until
long after midnight.
Fred Mitchell, manager of the
Chicago National League team,
who witnessed the victory of the
Reds yesterday said he never saw
Ruether pitch a better game of
ball.
President August Hermann of
the Reds was not to be outdone by
his rival, President Comiskey of
the White Sox, when it came to
taking care of the visiting news
papermen. Hermann fitted up
room at the ball park in which
lunch was served to newspapermen
before the game.
Johnny Evers, former King" Of
second basemen, was talking to
some White Sox fans who were at
Ruether 'telegraphed" to the bat
tiers when he was going to curve
one or shoot a fast one Johnny
Laughter and said, When Ruether
is right, he can magaphone to bat
tiers. and they won't be able to
touch his offerings"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
LOwdermiIk Wild Man.

I.owdermiIk pitched the highest
of balls in any one inning
when he went into the box in the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-24

ing considered as a mere incident in
the rather eventful history Of the
game.
President John A. Heydler of the
National league is Of this opinion. He
does not believe that the decision of
Ia jury can possibly retard the devel-
opment of the pastime and he predicts
"a highly successful comeback for the
game.
Just as long as the competitive game
lis maintained on the same high basis
that has characterized it for so many
years, baseball will thrive. The fact
that the fan doesn't give two wheops
about the business side of the game
has often been demonstrated.
The new order of things which Pres
,ident Ban johnson of the American
league predicts and which President
.Heydler suggests may come to pass,
will probably work a benefit rather
than hurt to the business in the long
run.
As baseball is now constituted. the
player contract with the reserve
clause, the draft law and the agree
,meDt between leagues stands as it's
backbone, for despite the supposed
'abrogation of the national agreement,
the minor leagues are still affiliated
with the majors officially.
The fact that a club can keep one
ball player as long as it chooses to do
so or let him out on ten days notice
has been the bugaboo of the game. A
new form Of contract that will satisfy
most any court will be about all that
baseball will need in the way of
change.
There is no need for dissolvng the
national commission because of the
Baltimore verdict.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-24
Fred Clarke.

Clark Griffith was placed In command
of the newly-formed New York Ameri-
can league team.
Cal, when he first led the White Sox.
was third baseman, so he really cam
not figure in the why-aren't-outfield-
ers-good-managers dope.
The experts who have been answer
ing the conundrum on outfelders as
leaders seem to have forgotten the ex-
istence of Ned Hanlon, who was an
outfielder and who won three pennants
in Baltimore and two in Brooklyn.
Moreover Foxy Ned was the captain
of the fag-winning Detroits in 1887,
the team that cleaned up the famous
st. Louis Browns, when the worlds
series was played, in about the same
style that the Cubs cleaned up the
Tigers in 1907 and the Braves cleaned
up the Athletics in 1914.
Hanlon, besides winning flags for
Baltimore and Brooklyns gave to the
major leagues three men who have
figured as leaders in series for base
balls blue ribbon-John McGraw, Will
bert Robinson and Hugh Jennings He
certainly can be classed among the
outfielders who were successes as
team leaders.
Hugh Jennings says that the best
captain he ever knew was an outfeld-
err, the same being Joe Kelley. Yet
Joe failed as manager in Cincinnati
and as manager in Boston. Every
body seems to fail in Redland, and of
the raft of leaders the Boston Nation
ais have had since Frank Selee went
to Chicago and started to build I'D the
powerful Cub machine that made a
millionaire out of @. Webb Murphy
and peerless leader out of Frank
Leroy Chance, only one has succeed
ed-George Tweedy Stallings. George
Tweedy, during his career in the min
ors, probably did as much outfelding
as catching. J.
When the Red. Sox were sweeping
things before THEM In 1908 and 1904
Jimmy Collins lieutenant was Chick
Stahl, wonderful suburbanite. Chick
was to have managed the Red Sox in
1907 but committed suicide few
days before the season opened.
Pat Donovan, clever soutfelder.
failed as manager in Pittsburgh, and
so did Connie Mack, catcher P. J.
had one good season in st. Louis and
might have had more II the American
league had not come along and
pinched all his stars.
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SUNDAY TO RI
BIG DAY FOR
BASEBALL,
FANS
Covington and Madisony;ll,
After Each Others Scalns
Games of Last SUNDAY
CBy c. S. A. Fuhrmann !

On next Sunday, May rs, at d
Paufs Baseball Park, Covington II,
stage the first big game of the !.
son by opposing the Madisony;r.
baseball club, which has the renn,.
ton of getting all of the scalns IA,
go after. Both teams have SOM.
what strengthened their lineup IA
intend to deliver to baseball fans
real big two-bits worth. The gsms
is to be called promptly at
Julian H. Smith and Paul A. Blanes.
ard are to act as umpires, each il
be armed with IA Colts persuader
to be used in the event any decisions
are protested.
There are big nets placed by ths
two teams and reports in sport eir.
cles are that many dollars will b
wagered on the game. At present
the betting is even.
Last Sundays Game.
In a rather fast game at the Fair
Grounds last Sunday, under the aus.
pices of the Firemen, the local DID
chasers lost the game to the National
Shirt Shop team after having then
2 to 0 in the seventh inning.
The game was very interestins
throughout and had it not been Dol
the mishaps which happened to the
local boys, such as Ragan with 1
spiked leg, Roy Lacroix with a larql
piece torn from thumb of right hand
Vorhoff with finger nail torn frou
roots, 1t is very probable that the Va
ltors would have returned home win
only one run, as these in juries mad
1t dlfllcult to field the fast ones tha
came their way. However, Vorhoff i
to be congratulated for having Dlucl
enough to finish the game, for man,
another catcher would have left hi,
held. With three men in the gam
pretty badly done-up it is plain to se
that the local boys did some goo,
ball playing.
Battery: Covington, Vorhof an,
Raglan. National Shirt Shop. South
erin and Clement.
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INK BALL DAY FOR SPEAKER
Most Miserable Game Was Played at
Cleveland When He Hit Woman
With Batted Ball.

iris Speaker has done such wonder.
full playing throughout his baseball
career that It's hard to tell what was
his most brilliant play at the national
game.
But Spoke says he has no trouble
picking out the most wretched game
he ever played. 1t was in Cleveland.
zone day. summer before last" says
he, "the upper stands were packed
with people. My first time up caught
a ball square on the end of my bat
and drove 1t mile a minute into that
upper crowd.
"It hit woman In the head, and
could see them help her out of the
stand. A few minutes later I got the
report that she was dead.
''The report wasn't true, but didn't
find out until after the game. l muffed
two flies In the outfiesd-a new record
for myself-and / stKack out, helping
materially to lose the game. Nobody
knows whar mental aa9pish suffered
till / found out the tr:.th."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-24
GARDENERS GOOD AS
BASEBALL MANAGERS
Some Experts Declare 0utfieIders
Fail as Leaders. ~
Fred Clarke and Fielder Jones PiIoted
Teams to Championships While
Playing in FieId-HanIon Also
Successful.

One companion question to AIMS
age is: Why don't outielders make
good managers? Apparently the only
suburbanites the people who are an
swering this question remember hav-
ing made good as leaders are Fred
Clarke, who piloted the Pirates to four
championships, and Fielder Jones,
who led the White Sox to one. JIM
my Callahan, the Kansan's first sue
cessor as boss of the Corsairs, failed
as skipper just as he did when he
tried to sail the White Sox craft to
Pennantville. Callahan twice was in
command of the Hitless Wonders,
being promoted to the leadership when
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years ago when Jim was setting the
Southern league on fire he fell upon
the idea of keeping tab on individual
batters and also the different teams
as a whole He did this with aid Of
q pocket memorandum.
After each game Bagby would re-
cord the success or failure of this or
that batter. adding such notes regard
Ing the batter's style as he deemed
useful for future reference and guild
ance. Jim was so successful that sea-
son that he has continued the practice.
The other day Bagby was asked if he
still kept book" on the batters and
answered in the affirmative The same
system that worked so well in the
Southern league has been just as ef-
fective in the American. Jim was
tipped off a whole heap when he first
went up, but Is now In a position to
rely upon himself ind his own expe.
rences and records.
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CUETO's PRESS AGENT

When Manuel Cueto reported
to the Cincinnati Reds he
brought his own press agent
with him in the person of his
uncle, Sixto UrquiZa, a sugar
merchant of Havana. Senior
Urquiza was advised to spend
the summer in the North and he
will do it travelling around with
Cueto and incidentally sending
back reports of how the Cuban
players are faring in the states.
Players with the Reds are al
ready declaring the Havana man
prince. It goes without say
ing he's an enthusiastic fan.
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BILL FISHERS ARE POPULAR
NO Louisville Team 10 Complete With.
out One-Latest Halls From
Virginia League.

Bill Fishers are favorites with the
Louisville Colonies and no Louisville
team is complete without one. The
first one was an outfelder years back,
better known as Red Then came a
first baseman Of the same name. The
latest Bill Fisher is an outfielder WIN
nails from the Virginia league.
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BASEBALL
STORIES

Marty Kavanaugh as college coach
seems to have made good.
Eddie Collins has been appointed
captain Of the Chicago White Sox
1t begins to look as if the Braves are
going to be much better than an or
binary team.
The Little Rock club of the South
ern has purchased Outfielder John
F'rierson from Houston of the Texas.
Pitcher Urban Shocker Of the st.
Louis Browns, now back from over
seas, is held in service at Camp Up
ton.
Gus Getz, sold by Pittsburgh to To
ledo, has decided, he says, to stick at
his home In Newark and work in q
shipyard.
Mike McNally threatens to Dust both
Jack Barry and Dave Shean from that
second base berth with the worlds
champions.
In exchange for Pete Compton the
Seattle club is supposed to send Pitch !
er McMoran and Infielder Brown to /,
New Orleans.
The Pirates are trying out a big /
semipro pitcher named William Mat !
tingly, who halls from Buffalo. He is
a Highlander.
Memphis thinks lot Of its contin-
gent of st. Louis ball players, which
includes Joe Slattery, Vincent Walsh
and Andy High. !
Art Kores, Milwaukee boy with the .
Louisville club, may not be able to
play this season due to an injury to
his throwing arm.
Duffy Lewis is now a race horse
magnate. He is reported as having
bought pony called Veteran, said to
be conner on the track.
They are going to put Harry Sallee,
in a baking machine in a Cincinnati
hospital to see If his strained back
muscles can't be cooked into shape.
The veteran Jake Boultes, on the
veteran Galveston team, now seems to
be making good at third base and is
likely to SO even better as the season
advances.
The big ace of the Des Moines pitch
ing staff, Paul Musser, has just been
released from the army, and there is
IN easier feeling now in Des Moines
baseball circles.
Pitcher Lou North, formerly with
the St Louis Cardinals and later with
The st. Paul club, has been signed by
Clarence Rowland to pitch for his Mil
waukee Brewers.
No more Waxahachie for Pat Moran, |
says the manager of the Reds He de- |
clares his team will train in Florida |
next spring if he is still on the lob |
and has anything to say about 1t.
Larry Gardner, former member of |
the Boston Red Son who was traded |
to the Cleveland Indians, says he never
year Of his career the coming summer. !
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M'CANN BACK IN BIG LEAGUE
Former Brooklyn Pitcher and Yankee
Scout Engaged by Pat Moran as
Scout ard Coach.

Here's Gene Mccain back in the big
leagues. Maybe the modern-day big
town fan won't remember him. He
used to pitch for Brooklyn and later
he WIS scout for the Yankees. Then
he managed minor league teams in
New England with great success. Now
Pat Moran has engaged him as scout
and coach for the Cincinnati Reds
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-24
GIANTS RECORD

In IS seasons the New York
Giants have won a total of e
800 games and lost 2,156, for a
percentage of .567. They won
eight pennants and, in 1899, they
finished tenth. They have had
Il different managers, John ].
McGraw taking the reins in 1908
and leading the club ever since.
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NOTES. critic
DIAMOND

Annapolis baseball squad of 200 cam
didates includes 26 pitchers.
George DuMont has made a good
beginning with the Red Sex.
Columbia university appears to have
a strtag baseball nine this spring.
The Tennessee supreme court has
rendered decision which permits Sun
day baseball In the state.
Fritz Mafsel is playing third base
for Jack Dunns Baltimore Orioles in
stead of with the st. Louis Browns.
AL Mamaux and Rube Marquard are
doing well this spring. Marquard is
the only southpaw with the Brooklyn
club.
The Cincinnati Reds escaped from
Texas with a record of six games won
and one lost against Texas league
teams.
Cecil Coombs, veteran outfelder,
who has been making the rounds of
the Southern league, has reported to
Galveston.
Johnny Tobin, Kenneth Williams,
and Baby Doll' Jacobson are first
string outfielders with the Brownies
this spring.
Manager Kid Gleason of the Chicago
White Sox wants pitcher. He's will
ing to trade Shane Collins for Babe
Ruth now.
Joe Engel, though suffering from
a sore arm, Is working hard for Lee
Foil in the hopes Of proving himself
of big league caliber.
Manager Robinson of the Dodgers
after thinking it over decided to keep
Zach Wheat as his third string catch
er and let Jack Snyder go.
Mics, the Louisville pitcher, Is d big
fellow, who has had experience in the
Central league. He has just recently
been discharged from the army.
The Portland club of the Pacific
Coast league and the Buffalo club of
the International are in a dispute over
the services of Pitcher Guy Cooper.
All Of the experts have doped the
order of the finish of the teams In the
two big leagues. But, as in previous
seasons, autumn has the last guess.
There seems to be a tendency to
make outielders captains" this year,
as instance George Whitted, Harry
Hooper, Zach Wheat, Iris Speaker
and so On.
Cleveland writer's with the Indians
are claiming that Lee Foil has the
American leagues best staff of catch
ers in Steve O'Neill, Leslie Nunamaker
and Chester Thomas.
Armando Marsans' suggestion that
he be given his release because he is
done with baseball hasn't met with
much response from the management
of the New York Yankees
Augie Moran, who will be an Amer
lean association umpire this year.
spent most of last season calling balls
and strikes in a steel league and also
oiled i'll Oh the National league staff
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-24
BALk RULE TO BE ENFORCED
President tleyder Follows Ban john
son and Notifies All Team Mana
gers and EMPIRES.

President John Heydler Of the Ma,
tional league has followed President
Ban Johnson of the American and sent
out notice that this season the balk
rule is to he more strictly enforced
Team managers ana empires have re
eeived circular letters from Heyller
70 such effect.
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is ANOTHER CRAZY SCHMIDT
Pitcher Bagby OF Cleveland Indians,
Keeps Tab on Batters by Book
keeping System.

Every pitcher in the big show has
first hand information regarding the
hitting ability Of every player, but few,
If any, have as near perfect record
on the batters as Jim Bagby, one Of
Lee Fohl's pitching aces. Bagby has
a system Of baseball bookkeeping that
is unique and he has found it valua-
BILE in his career an q pitcher. Some
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-24
BALTIMORE VERDICT
DOESN'T HURT GAME
Revolutionary Changes Not
: Forced, Only Hurried.
President HeydIer of Opinion That De-
eisfon Of Jury Cannot Retard De-
velopment of Pastime-Base-
ball Will Thrive.

Professional baseball, under organ
ICED control, will live on, despite
the verdict obtained by the Baltimore
club Of the defunct Federal league.
/. The game itself is no different today
than it has ever been. The fact that
"a jury has ordered the powers that be
ito pay the Baltimore Federals few
Thousand dollars has not hurt baseball
as sport and what was first looked
Upon as body blow by great many
followers Of baseball affairs is now be-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-24
NEVER DEFEATED

Boston baseball teams have
never been defeated in worlds
series. In 1903 the Americans
beat Pittsburg; In 1912 they won
from the Giants; in 1915 they
downed the Phillies; in 1915 the
Brooklyn champions were hum
bled, and last year the Cubs
were defeated. In 1914 the Bos-
ton Nationals upset the dope by
trimming Connie Mack's great
team representing the Philadel-
phia American league in four
straight games.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-24
UNIFORM COUNTS


Hal Chase is once more re-
ferred to as "the greatest first
baseman of all time" by the
baseball followers of New York
city. In our national game the
greatness of any player in any
one section depends, to a large
extent, on the uniform he wears.
When Chase played with the
New York Americans he was the
peer Of all firstsackers when
he left them he was tabled as
gone back" but now Chase is
member Of the New York
Giants and so he again becomes
"the greatest of all time"
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Moran
That's ambition fe-o that will beat
when
and
Then Philadelphia,
little small fenced lot the
into that tiny quadrange.'
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CAN USE HIS SPLITTER AGAIN
Marty C'TooIe Has Been Traded to
Texas League, Where Moist De-
livery isn't Barred.

Marty O"Toole, whose sale to the
Pittsburgh Pirates for $4,000 caused
sensation in baseball circles some
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-24
Madisonyille Defeats the Oriols.
CBy D. H. Vinet)

w - IL lACtJ
Madisonvil1e won again, This
time defeating the Oriols by score
OF e to 3. AS usual MadisonVilIe
went into the lead in the first and
maintained it throughout the game.
Some of the local boys did every
thing in their power to toss the game.
away by errors of omission and com
mission. The box score shows the
visitors seven hits. Four of these
were of the scratch variety. Little
pop ffes fell safe, while the infeId8
| and outfield did the "Alphonse and
CASTOR" stunt
In some respects the local boys
remind US of the great old scoring
machine, the Chicago White Sox.
They score many runs on few hits.
From our point of view the Madison
vile team made a grave mistake
when they sent Onlliber to the bench.
While this mistake was not costly II
| may be the means of taking conf
dence out of the boy who, we are
sure, will develop intD a good player
if he is given the proper coaching.
O'Brien's pitching was big i'm
provement over his previous start.
AS yet this boy has not pitched any
where near. his true form. This ID
doubtless due to an injured finger.
As was expected catcher Cohn was
one of the bright features of the
game. He let us in on another So
cret regarding his ability as ball
player. In the seventh inning, when
he singled and stole second and third
on the first two balls pitched. 1t IS
reported this boy will soon play IN
the Texas League
Fassman is allowed to cover too
much territory. Notwithstanding bis
ability and speed, sooner or later
this will throw away a game. Even
baseball has impossibilities and tina
is one of them
Sunday, May %, Madisonville will
play Covington. Game to start az
p, m, at st. Paurs College. Dame
rumor has. it that several large wag-
ers have been made on the result OF
this game.
The Score by Innings.
RHE
Oriols 0 0 0 3 0 0 o o o 376
Mad. 3 0 0 2 0 Ok 6 Id
Summary-Three base hits, Mire;
base on balls, off Tryon Q, off OBriert
4;struck out by O'Brien 4, by Tryon
s. left on bases, Oriols IS; Madison
vile Z; double plays, Fassnan %
Cohn; passed balls, Zimmerman y
1st base on errors, Oriols 5, Madi-
sonVille 5; hit by pitcher, Vittef,
Mire.
Time of game, l hour, SIS minutes.
Umpires, Stockfeth and Blanchard.
Scorer, D. A. Pons.
During the rehabilitation OF troops
in England there was an Irishman
aboard one of the troop trains o.
mixed soldiers. So everjoyed was
the lrishman at the prospect OF re-
turning to his native land, he gave
vent to his feelings by repeatedly
shouting, 'fHurrah for Ireland!
Much to the amusement Of some q
the soldiers, but very much to the
DISGUST of an Englishman ON ooaro,
who finally retaliated by saying
"Hurrah for Ireland; Hurrah 70.
He'll" That's right" answerea
Mike. Everybody for his OWE
country"
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years ago has been traded by Omaha
to the San Antonio, Texas league
team for Pitcher Townsend.
OTooie, who is a spitballer, asked
for the transfer because the moist de-
livery is barred in the Western league
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-24

believes
Salngs
vastly
thinks Maxwell the Braves
q cOndba
in baseball said
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-24

Clark Griffith was placed in command
of the newly-formed New York Ameri-
can league team.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-05-24

Augie Moran, who will be an Amer
lean association umpire this year.
spent most of last season calling balls
and strikes in steel League and also
filed i'll on the National league staff.