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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-31
STATE ROAD BIDS ASKED
Proposals on Construction of 74.7
Miles are Solicited

Bids will be opened by the State
Highway Department August ~, for
the construction OF TAI miles Of road .
way in various parts Of the state.
There are eighteen projects and tn,
total number of feet to be built /.
393 .901.
Among the stretches of road to be
built under these lettings will be the
Lackawanna Trail. Former bids for
this work were rejected because the bids
were too high. The stretch will be for
II ,O63 feet of either bituminous surface
on concrete foundation or for re.
enforced concrete.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-31
Deaths of a Day
HERMAN c. BARTHMAIER
Wholesale and Retail Shoe Dealer
Dies

Herman G. Barthmaier, for many
years q prominent Wholesale and re.
tail shoe dealer, died Tuesday at his
home, BIO North Broad street. H
was sixty seven years old.
Mr.. Barthmaier Is survived by three
sons, Frank j., Eugene V. and H. C.
Barthmaier and one daughter, Mrs.
Frederick NJ. Devlin. all OF this city.
Funeral services will be held in st.
Stephens Church, Broad and Butler
streets, at 10 a. m. tomorrow. Inter
ment will be in Holy Sepulchre Gene
terry.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-01
BURN UP BAY TRACK.
MotorcycIists Ride a Hundred Mile
an Hour Clip I'm Trial Spins.

|. The mammoth track at the Sheeps-
head Bay Speedway presented the APP
pearance Of a beehive Of activity for
more than an hour yesterday when the
worlds foremost riders began tuning
up their speed buggies for tho champion
ship motorcycle race meet at the sea side
course Saturday afternoon. Among those
who tested their machines and who at
tanned more than 100 miles an hour
were Lieut.. Arthur Chapple, Gene Walk
er, Otto Walker, Percy Coleman, Leslie
Red Parkhurst, Mike Costello, Ralph
Hepburn and fully score more.
Among those who worked out yester-
day was Arthur Vanderstuyft, the cham
pon pace follower of Europe, who will
attempt to break the worlds ten mile
record behind the motor OH Saturday.
Tomorrow Vanderstuyft will try to
lower the American hour Rcord OF 81
miles and he has expressed the belief
that he will excel the worlds record
Of 60 miles. held by Paul .Guignard of
France.
The best time yesterday was made by
little Gene Walker, who reeled off a lap
Of two miles In IS as seconds, or at the
rate of about 104 miles an hour. Fully
dozen competitors hope to approach
two miles a minute in several of the
tltular races, -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-01
World Series ContenderS Brush Up for
First Battle Clean Play Is Expected

Both clubs brushed up for the series
at Redland Field to-day. The White
sox came in this morning and went out
to the park shortly before noon and
spent the early afterndsn there. The
Reds came out later, and for a time Doth
clubs worked out together Unless the
series itself develops some unexpected
friction between the players it should
be fought out in a clean, sportsmanlike
fashion, without any cheap efforts by
either contender 70 win by casting vul-
gar personalities at their opponents.
Unfortunately there has $een too much
of this stun In past world series.
Both Gleason and Moran are products
Of the old school OF baseball, but both
have a,pretty high code Of what is per-
MISSILE In the way of getting the goats
Of opponents IL any team tries those
tactics on the White Sox, Gleason WIN
fight back the same way. He is a great
kidder, but doesn't stoop to the objee-
tionable unless the other fellow starts 1t.
Moran, neither in Philadelphia nor Gin
einnatl, ever tried TO 80 in for govt GET
ting tactics.
Ray Schalk, the Chicago catcher, may
start something In that line. He Is ia
nous for getting after youngsters, and
unquestionably will try to upset Pat
Duncan. the rookie Cincinnati left
fielder. when he comes to bat. Pat Is
little fighter himself. Before he went
to the Southern Association he beat a
half dozen players in the Central League.
He doesn't take taunts by exposing his
left cheek after the right one Is wall
Hoped.
Johnny king. the old Cub catcher
used to direct a monotone tongue lam
basting against rival batters when he
caught for the famous Cubs abdozen
years ago
In the White Sox series OF 1906
King delighted In telling George Robe
the substitute Chicago lnfelder, what
busher he was, and insisted he was the
most grotesque ball player ne ever saw.
Robe eountered by hitting triples In the
pinches all throush the series. Baseball
students since he said that Robe was
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30 exasperated by Kings taunts that he
hit far over his head in his efforts to
show up Killing. Perhaps Duncan will
get back at Schalk In similar fashion.
The boy really looks good. He never
has been ~ New York, and most OF the
Eastern writers saw him for the hrst
time at practice to-day. II is the first
time in world series history that one OF
the contenders will start a player at n
regular position who Is a stranger Ia
the majority OF the games sportine
writer's. He covered his position we'll in
practice and whipped the ball in 10 the
plate In true Speaker style. Els throw
Ing was one of his leading assets In the
latter part Of the season.
Some of the White sox sympatbizsru
pointed out to-day that the White Soy
have not lost a post-season series with
National League team since 1903,
wien the Cubs beat the White Sox In
the year that Plttsburg beat Chances
great Cubs for the pennant The White
SoN won the Chicago city SERIES Of
1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915 and 1910
and the worlds series OF 1917 from the
New York Giants. Quite am imposing
record.
TIC counter this some of the old fell
lows brought UP the jinx that has fol-
lowed Old Oriole managers in the world's
series. and wondered whether Kid Glea-
son would be immune from II. John
MeGraw, third baseman of the Old
Orioles, woh>the worlds series in 1905
while directing the Giants. That's the
only worlds series emblem ever won
by a member OF that famous Maryland
aggregation.
Hugh Jennings Of Detroit, shortstop
Of the Orioles was beaten In the worlds
series of 1907 1908 and 1909, Then
McGraw got it in 1911, 1912, 1918 and
1911 wllbert Robinson of Brooklyn, who
caught for the Orioles. was defeated in
the 1915 series.
Gleason pitched and played second
base for Hanlons old Baltimore cham
pionship team. Can he escape the fate
OF MeGraw. Jennings and Robinson
Wen know the answer In a few days
nom now.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-01
HOPPE RUNS 5O7
IN PRACTICE GAME
The Champion Preparing for
Tournament This Month.

Willie Hoppe is training for approaeb.
ing balkline Journeys and is doing his
work at the Rational Recreation room
In Brooklyn. In practice work yester-
day afternoon the champion made a run
OF 6o7 at 1879 balkllne and under the
conditions that will prevail in the cham
pionship, and those who saw the Won
derful performance expressed the opln-
lon that schaefer and Cochrane would
be interested.
Hoppe had as opponent j. j. Bargas,
who holds the amateur championship, OF
South America, and he proved TO be an
Interested spectator. The-seore follows :
Hoppe-o. SO. ss. "a, bO7, Total. 74s.
Average. 14S As.
Bargas-0. 0. 81. 0. Total, 81.
Hoppe declares that when he went "a
Paris in 1905 to play Vignaux he made
run OF 61o In practice. Practice runs
OF course do not go into the records.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-01
Spectacular Struggle Years Expected WH Series Which Begins Cincinnati To-day
"Cincinnati Pitchers Will
Hold White SOx Safely"
Who Will Be Worlds
Series Hero of 1919?

Following IL n list Of the heroes Of
former worlds seriesi
lg03-BDl Dincen, pitcher. Boston
Red sOx.
1904--No series played.
1pO5--Christy Mathewson, pitcher,
New York Giants.
1906--Georee Robe, third base. CHI
cago White sox.
I9O7-IIarry steinfeldt. third base,
Chicago Cubs.
I00S-Frank Chance, first base, chi
cago Cubs. -.
Ie09--Babe Adams, pitcher, Pitts
burg Pirates.
1610--Iack Coombs, pitcher, Phiia-
iSii-Trank baker. third base,
Philadelphia Athletics.
1ei2--Buck Herzos, third base, New
iois@Eddie Collins, second base,
philadelphia Athletics,
I014-lIank Gowdy, catcher, Boston
isib--Duffy Lewis, outnclder, Boston
io1e-~Harry Hooper. outaelder. Bo.-
ton Red Sox.
IoiT-Urbnn Faber. pitcher. ChicsEo
White S0x.
isIs-IIerb whiteman. outfeldeE.
1915 2 Z?
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ny HUGO BEzDEK.

Mdndger Of the Pittsburo Pirates.
We'll, ! haven't seen the White Sox
In action this year, but 1 have cause to
feel that II must be an extraordinary
team to lick the Cincinnati Reds, which
showed well in all its games against the
Pirates. Ny men always tried to play
their heads of to beat Pat Morans lads
on account of old time intercity jeai-
ousy. While 1 think It will be a hard
fought series I believe the edge Is with
the Reds. possibly five games out Of
nine"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-01
BY wILBERT ROBINSON,
Manager Of the Brooklyn Dodesr

Il believe the fight between Cincinnati
ana Chicago will come very near going
the limit. OF course my sympathies are
with Cincinnati, but ! realize that the
Reds will meet a club worthy OF their
steel. In my judgment they are evenly
matched. Cincinnati has a little the
better In the way OF pitchers, but after
all. IL Is team work and all around play
that counts. Kid Gleason has a Great
team, and one that is not to be I'M
derrated, his in1eld being particularly
good. look for all the games to be
very close"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-01
RUTH MAKES ANOTHER HOMER,

PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. SO.-A team of
Boston American League team players
defeated nine of Portland profession
ais here to-day S to 6. Ruth made a
home run. Innings:
r. II e.
Boston .........sOoO sic
Portland .......O Al 20 o. 1t l2 2
Batteries-Dumont and Mcneil; Biso-
nette and Hayden.
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WORLDS SERIES IN ARMoRY.

The worlds series baseball games he.
tween the Cincinnati Reds and the Chi
cago White Sox at Cincinnati will be
recorded play by play by the famous
jackson manikins at the sixty-ninth
Regiment Armory at Twenty.ffth street
ana Lexington avenue. beginning this
AFTERNOON. Every play made BY the
players in the big series will be played
by the manlkins.
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cANNEFAX LEADS OTIS.

Bob Cannefax, the three cushion
champion. won the second block OF his
$50 point match with Charley Otis at
Rational Recreation last night, scoring
GO points while Otis was collecting 40.
Cannefax now has 100 points to 90 by
Otis. and the final clash comes to-nlRht.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-01
ROYALS RESUME SERIES.

The Royals and the Bushwicks. who
have fought ten hard battles on the dla-
rnond this season, with the Bushwicks
ahead, to 4, will wind up their twelve
game series this Sunday with double
header at Dexter Park. near the Cypress
Hills LII" The teams In each OF their
previous contests played splendid ball.
They are we'll matched and two more
good games are assured. Spiers and
Williams will pitch for the Bushwicks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-01
SIGN LEAGUE PITCHER.

The All-Leaguers, who are booked to
play double header against the Lin
coin Giants at Olympic Field 136th
street and Fifth avenue on Sunday, have
signed three major league pitchers, Ray
Caldwell, former Yankee who starred for
the Red Sox this season Herb Thor
mahlen of the Yankees, and Causey, who
played the early part OF the season with
the Giants, will play against the Lin
coins.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-01
by IRIS SPEAKER,

Manager Of the Cleveland Indians.
II think the White Sox will beat the
lteds without much difficulty. Gleason
has a great club. We know, because
IL took II great club 70 beat us. 1t win
take super-Ditching TO stop that bunch
OF SluggeTs In the Waite Sox Lineup.
And the Chicago club Is strong on the
defence, too. There weren't many clubs
that scored a lot of runs against Clea-
sons men" E.
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by GEORGE sTALLINGs,
Munger Of the Braves.

IT think that Cincinnati can squeeze
through a winner In the worlds series.
The situation is similar to that OF the
champion Braves in 1914. when, on the
top OF wave of victory, they fooled
theN talent in the series. At the rate
the' Reds have been going. the Whits
sox will have hard work showing them
defeat"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-01
BY GAVyY CRAVATH.

Munger Of the Philadelphia Nationals.
1T is hard to pick the winner of this
clash. Pat Moran has well balanced
team and fine pitching star. and while
never saw the Sox In action this year
I understand they are as good as the
Boston Rcd 6ox were In 1918, when the
III they are that good 1 f1gure Mo-
ran will have his hands full to lick them.
Fhe Red Sox that year surprised me by
their strength, and I know they GER
family impressed Moran. But remem-
Der breaks have often decided the SCI
ries, and II Pat can lick Cicotte in the
opener I expect to see the Reds come
ut winners. The Reds are mighty con-
Adent lot. Give them a one game start
nv about"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-01
by MILLER HuGGINs,

Manager Of the NeD York Yankees.
Il can't see anything but the White
Sox. Gleason has mighty strong club
and the Reds have tough time ahead
OF them in the series. No matter how
many games are played the Sox ought
TO win. Cicotte and Williams ought to
be good enough TO work in four OF the
games. Then Gleason has Kerr, Faber,
James and Lowdermilk to pick from and
none OF them rs easy to beat especially
when surrounded by such an infield and
outfeld, and when fighting for big
money. like the sox and think they
will continue American league superior
ny."
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Cicotte to Pitch To-day.

Ccotte will pitch the first game for
Chicago. That OF course was taken for
granted. Eddie already has one victory
this year over the Reds. He pitched
Ave innings of an exhibition game
against Cincinnati before the regular
season. when Cincinnati did not do much
to him. However, that was before the
Reds were given much of n tumble and
before most of their individual players
took themselves seriously as a pennant
winning combination.
Sallee and Rariden have both been
spreading little anti-Clcette rrcpa-
gands on the Reds. That IL. nothing
against Eddie personally. They merely
are preaching he Isn't unhittable I'VE
hit him tolerable hard two years ago.
said Whoa Bill Rariden in his familiar
drawl, referring 20 the Giants OF 1917.
"DaYey Robertson busted them all
through that series, and some of our
boys can sting 'em as hard as Dave"
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VIII Ancient Weakness, Double
Steal, Rise to Confront Reds?
Special psspateA 10 rnE sun.


30-Wm the
To in
~
II tried
a ways home
This been flaw the Cincinnati defence for
hasn't been able to devise efficient check II there thing which
body out 1t cSSSS considerable Ice in the series
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LANeFonD BoXEs DRAW.

SYRACUSE, Sept SO.-Sam Langford
and Harry Wills negro pugilists, fought
a ten round draw here tonight.
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by CONNIE MACK,

Manager Of the Philadelphia Athletics.
Il have never seen the Reds in action
this year, but from what understand
the White Sox are bit more. reliable
thar Pat Moran's club and ought TO win
the hes. From personal experience
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WIN tleasOnS crew l Know that he has
a mighty fine ball club. While 1 have
the greatest respect for Moran 1 feel
sure the Sox will win this SERIES"
BY CLARK GRIFFITH,
Manager Of the Washington Senators.
the White Sox should win the worlds
series inside of seven games. base
this opinion on the belief that Chicago is
a stronger club than the one which beat
the Giants in 1917, and the Giants of
that year were better combination than
the Reds of 1919. Two pitchers are
quite enough to win asworld's series. and
Gleason has them In Cicotte and Will
Jams. The latter should find the Reds
with their left handed hitters particu-
larly easy"
BY ED BARROW.
Manager Boston Red Sog.
THE White Sox Us the better team
and will win. l believe the American
League team will show superior Of
fensive and defensive strength against
Cincinnati. The Reds have done well
but the White Sox machine is better.
The Reds cannot go the distance against
them. 1t should be a good series, how
ever, and II appears that some dark
horses have a chance of becoming
heroes"
BY HUGH JENNINGS.
Manager Of The Detroit Americans.
1.-THE Cincinnati Reds will soon dis
cover that the champions iof our league
are not easy picking. The Reds, no
doubt will put up stubborn fight, but
l think the White Sox will win"
by JIMMY BURKE,
Manager OF the st. Louis Americans.
THE White Sox should win tho
worlds Series from the Reds The
games will be close, and doubtless will
be hard fought, but the playing strength
OF the American League is bound to
assert itself In the games. There is no
need to fear, for the Chicago pitching
staff"
BY FRED MITCHELL,
Manager OF the Chicago Cubs.
The American League has been tax
ing worlds series for granted so long
that IL counts every series won before
It is even played. The White Sox will
find that they are up against no come
and-go club when they strike the Reds.
Moran is the most able handler OF
pitchers in the big leagues and his
pitchers will win the series for him."
by BRANCH RICKEY, ~
MqnGge1. Of the Sc. Louis Cardinals,
The Reds have the punch to carry
them through the series to victory. They
have the winning psychology, and psy-
chology plays no small part in the
worlds series"
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Drafted by the Cubs.

Later the Cubs came along and put
in draft for kuether on the recon-
mendation of Bill Finneran, the umpire.
who worked that season in the North-
west circuit, and on the close OF the
Northwest League Ruether finished the
son with the Portland team in tho
Pacific Coast League. with Portland
he won four and lost FIVE, giving forty
one bases on balls, hitting three and
allowing thltty-two runs In seventy
and two-third innings,
After four years of failure in any
thing above n Glass f. circuit we now
find Dutch" suddenly at one jump
leading the National League pitchers
ready to pitch In the first game OF the
worlds series.
There may Te a number of explana-
tions, but wen let you write your own
ticket we have nothing to offer Il
may be that all he needed before was
n Pat Moran 10 handle him. Then
again Dutch" may have read the story
Of King Bruce and the spider and just
Kept "everlastingly at II" In spite OF re-
peated failures
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Forecast for tomorrow was for n
clear. bright dag, with moderate temper.
ature.
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Big LEAGUE CHIEFS
SHOW THEIR LOYALTY
Managers Figure White Sox
and Reds Series Will Be
Keenly Fought.


pen to represent II evident In predic-
tions of big league managers on the
worlds series. The predictions of the
two rival leaders are interesting In that
neither will claim victory for his team.
Both are entering the games with con-
fidence. however
Every manager in the major leagues
looks for a bitter struggle. Kid Gleason
looks for a chain of events that will
transcend anything that ever took place
in baseball before. He thinks the teams
will force each other to play record
breaking baseball.
Manager McGraw says he Ia for the
Reds but does not make any point
blank prediction Miller higgins, how
ever. boldly states that he thinks the
White Sox will be easy winners
by KID GLEASON,
Mdndoer Of tho White Sor.
THE Reds will give us a hard fight
| am sure Of that for many reasons
but the Chicago club will not be found
wanting The Reds had to play super
baseball many times during the season.
but SO did we--mone times than they,
probably. I admit frankly that l am
superstitious about making predictions.
and l viii not say in so many words
will say, however, that our pitching STAFF
is not as short-handed as some people
seem to think. Our pitchers are cap
able of their task.
The teams are so evenly matched
that I look for a series that will write
new baseball history"
ny PAT MORAN.
Manager Of the Reds.
we are confident" said Pat Moran,
but not over-confident. 1t has never
been my habit to make predictions on
events of this kind--not even on single
games of ball. The record of the Reds
speaks pretty we'll for itself however,
and feel that there is little left for
me to say.
"All through the season the Reds
have played their best ball in the crises.
know that Gleason Is plotting team
that can furnish crisis, but our boys
never have fallen down and i, am con-
fident that they will rise to the occaa
siop. We will not be beaten in Ave
games, as many critics claim. We will
not admit that we will be beaten at ALL"
by JOHN MeGRAw.
Manager OF the Neic York Giants.
Quite naturally ! sympathize with
the National League entrants--the Reds
but my sympathies do not sway my
Judgment when l say that 1 believe the
Cincinnati team has a shade on the
White Soxs That shade is almost i'm
perceptible, however. and the series
ought to be a finish fight
THE Reds enjoy marked advantage
In opening on their own field. They have
many players who never went through
worlds series before, and these men
are less apt to lose their heads before
friendly crowd. BY the time the teams
open In Chicago the younger Reds will
have become accustomed to the series.
These games VII! be decided ON the
ball field and not in newspaper columns.
l shall be pulling heartily for Pat
Moran" ..... .l.- r.-. .I,.s :. =. -.
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time, and the more men he gets on
bases the better he gets. At least the
former veterans of New York teams now
on the Cincinnati club Fisher, Sallee
and Rariden-place especial stress on
his gameness.
THAT fe1low would pitch just as well
IL he were on battlefield with cannon
going of all around him." said Fisher
this morning. "All he ever needed was
control and he has that now. He has
one OF the best cross fire balls / ever
saw and great curve ball"
One doesn't find any - confidence at
the White Sox camp at ti,y s'nton. An
other thing we observed to-day was that
Chicago sporting writer's are willing TO
give the Reds more OF look in than q
great many other writer's from neutral
cities, particularly New York and Bos-
ton. Philadelphia writer's are leaning to
the Reds because OF their strong gym
pathy with Pat Moran.
Perhaps the most confident team OF
ball players the writer ever observed
was the White SoxN two years ago after
they defeated the Giants In the first two
games in Chicago. AS the White Sox
left Chicago on a later train than the
Giants most of the New York writers
came to New York on the White Sox
special. The Sox were cutting up and
as happy as though the Series was over.
II anybody had talked Giants" In that
car he would have been laughed OF the
train.