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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

"WORST FIRST BASElNAN IN WORLD"
BECOMES A STAR IN ONE SEASON
BY REFUSING TOLOSE CONFIDENCE
BY ROBERT W. MAXWELL

But he knew he woudn have Chinaman's chance II
he tried to offer money than the Cubs for that
couldn't be done Therefore, when Kilefer arrived at
the Office of the Cards Branch asked Jacques was on
the market.
Certainly" replied the westerner
What do you want" asked Hickey, money or
players?"
Players" was the short reply. II need EN-, and
need 'em badly
Then we can do business" retorted Hickey. Write
out list of the you need and will get them for
you
Kefer took out his carpenters pencil and wrote six
slip of paper. Tossing 1t across the desk
he said
Get any four of that half dozen and the deal
goes through
Grover Hartley. the Columbus catcher. was the first
Hickey called Columbus the long distance phone
and purchased the player
Then Kansas City, Portland, Ore, Sacramento and
Seattle called in order and players purchased with
alarming rapidity.
Here you are" said Hickey few hours later. II
have secured Hartley the catcher, from Columbus Nc
Cauey the shortstop from Kansas City; Lefty Thomas
the pitcher, from Seattle and Grgss the first baseman
from Sacramento. I will take Fournier off your
hands"
TT COST $500 in phone bills 10 put the deal
through, but Branch not stung. He GOT
good ball player ,oho is hitting sos. has stolen
eleren bases aud hasn't made in four
'reckS. Also FoRrnier staged q tcondsrful come
back, tohich shoes ,ohat a do il he retains
confidence in himself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
REVIVE LOGAN SQUARES
McNlchol Brothers Team VIII Play
HIahIand Park Tomorrow

Reorganization OF the famous Logan
Square baseball team with six sons Of
the lntr Scnat0r James I. McNichOl in
the line-u gives promise OF some swift
diamond performances in semiprofes
sional circles during the remainder Of
the season. Tomorrow the McNichol
clan will clash with Highland Park at
the lattcr's field near West Chester
pike and Park avenue. Highland Park.
Frauk and Harry McNichol will be the
hattctry for Logan Square and yam
krc' Swartz aud Elmer Hertzler will
hp the hcadlincrs for Highland Park
The suburban team is leading the Della
ware County Suburban League. The
six McNichol boys who will lend their
prestige and baseball Drawn and brains
TO the Logan Square team are Harry.
Frank, Edward, Daniel, Joseph and
James.
Dan McNichol is cantain Of Pcnn's
hPakcthall baseball aud football teams
pn" T., Frank and Harry arr former
Penn stars. To Ed has come the added
honor Of being selected ms head coach Of
the 1920.2l basketball team OF Penn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
ANNUAL NAVY
REGATTA TODAY
ThIrty-six Entries in the Thir-
teen Events Down on
the Program

The annual Schuylkill Navy regatta
Will be held on the Schuylkill river this
afternoon over the one mile course,
Just north of the trolley bridge. One
OF tn" largest lists Of entries that have
ever been entered in this annual re-
Ratta ar" entered; fifty one crews have
be"n entered in the thirteen events
on the program.
>, I"sper will lead the entry list. Jack
Molly will row in the senior quarter
milo dash, but there are no indications
OF any entries from other clubs. Hanna
VII row IN Junior single gigs. Flynn and
f,eIoon Will man the junior double, and
me junior ccntipede will be Hanna,
DOW; Boyd, Flynn and Feloon. stroke.
Au'r' Nutgesell, Costello and Kelly will
row IN the senior centipede, and the
senior four will be Auer, bow; Gutge-
sell, Boyd and Lally, stroke. The Jun
!0r eight crew consists Of Nelson. bow {:
kabbit >; Schwobel. g: Carton, 4
NC Conncll, 3 Wood. 6; J. Costello. ! !;
h'Id' stroke; Ewing. coxswain. Mel
son. Rabbit. j. Costello and Hid. with
Ewing as cOXswain, will make up the
four cared gig.
The Bachelors Barge Club will have
four entries. Captain Gilmore will row
IN junior singles and Junior doubles,
with Ben Franklin in the bow. A junior
c"ntipedc composed of Hunt, Neall
Hamilton and Franklin and a junior
four. Dared gig made up of j. HUM,
5. Huhn, Robinson. Whelehan. stroke,
aud A. Gilmore, coxswain, will be en- >
tered.
Malta will have five entries. Coach
Marsh has Harry McClay rowing for
intermediate singles, and Bauers for
jun Tor novice gig, and a junior cent?
pede made up of Nolan, Owes, Smith
and Barton. He has not picked his
junior eight and four -oared gig crews.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
Rickey's Clerer Deal

Asst winter Branch Hickey up against it for first
IL baseman. None available in the big show, he
looked up the talent in the minors After careful study
of the records and receiving reports from his friends
i'm the minor leagues he learned that Fournier had i'm
proved wonderfully and was good if better than
the majority Of first basemen in the major leagues
kllefer, manager of Los Angeles had taught the big
frenchman lot OF new stuff and he ripe for
back
Then Hickey put over very clever deal in which he
outwtted the Chicago Cubs and the athlete from
under their noses The Cubs wanted Fourner and Wade
Klefer left Los Angeles for Chicago to nut the deal
through. Hickey learned of this and when the train
stopped at St. Louis he prevailed upon Kiefer to stay
over short time and discuss politics. the weather and
things like that
Hickey wanted Fourncr. He was positive OF that
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wanted him because all managers had the same ideahe
was a good hitter. but the worst first baseman in the
world.
The only person who questioned this was Fournier
himself He stood the jibes and jeers, of the crowd
listened the daily paintings handed out by his manager
worked harder improve himself and became convinced
everybody had the wrong dope lie was a GOOD first
baseman and would prove it, No player ever worked
under such handicap and it took lots Of nerve and
heart keep from going pieces and quitting the
game for good.
Fourner was unfortunate at the start He was pur
chased by the White Sox from Moose Jaw Canada and
considered pretty fair catcher However the Sox
had Billy Sullivan and Jimmy Block at that time, and
after brief trial at first base he sent to Montreal
for the remainder of the
! TJE CAME back IN 1913 and started at first base.
~ jacques NOT at all graceful, fell oil
hinsep tchcn fielding ground balls and Shoced his
nerperienoe at the bag. His hitting, hocever, Kept
hir, on the team until 1871 chen he chased
10 the minors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
Casey Stengel Saues Game

CASEY STENCIL stole ball game from the st. Louis
~ Cards yesterday when he perpetrated sensational
wall climbing act in the ninth inning s7eared terrific
liner which had bounced off the bat of Jacques Fourner
and retired the side when runners base,
anxious and willing around the bases with
couple Of which would have made the advantage
gained by the Phils look like last years hat
The result of this aerial feat the Phils copped the
ball game by the of to o. added another victory
their already small list and busted the winning streak
of the Cards in several vulnerable spots Up to yester
pared make the list of victories look leather than
that. But there's many slip and Stenge didn't slip
in the ninth.
Cecil Algernon Causey held the Cards to three measy
bngles up the ninth, and in that frame retired the
first two batters with little difficulty.
THEN Milton Stock rcdched out and plasteycd
single TO right. Hornsby did the same, and
Nth those t,co noble athletes roostin9 on first and
second Fournier stepped up
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Here's HotU IL Hdppened

TAUSEY tried hard to battle the big Frenchman and
~ managed TO get himself in hole with the of
three and two. When the deciding ball delivered
the runners started and Jacques swung
He hit the ball right the and it line
TO right field. Stenge back, but it didn't IL
he could get there in time. When he reached the wall
Casey leaped in the air. stuck up his gloved hand and
the ball stuck there.
1t the most sensational catch made in right
field but it took something like that to win the game
Bill DOak pitched great ball for the Cards. holding
Cravaths to three hits in innings He made
but one mistake, and that when he accidentally
grooved for Tagressor in the third and Walter socked
into the left field beachers for the only of after
Doak taken out TO make way for a pinch
hitter in the eighth and Lou North, the Milwaukee re
Cruit, finished. Lou looked good.
Two games tciH be played this afternoon for one
tar. MeddoCS and Smith tciN t,oirl for
the Pills, but Hickey doesn't knoo toho ,oU pe,-
form for his club.
Copyright. 1890. By Public LEDGER Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

the world. Every
time the w h ite
Sox came to town
the initial sacker
W ould be given
the lus ~ raws =
berry by the mob,
not because h o
was a bum player,
but because every
body thought he
was. No matter
h O w brilliantly
Jacques played, he
never received
credit. The play
ers on his own
club and the fans
were so sure he
was a m | S t a X q
at everything
he did was con
sidered wrong.
Despite this,
however, FourniCr
managed to stay
with the SoX
Until June. 1917,
when he was sent
to Los Angeles.
n o b o dy in the
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

OIUE HAVE aood ball club" said the White Sop
manager, "cith the e1ception of first base. Thdt
,ceukest spot and II could get good man TO
fH the position oed haze good chance TO ton the pen
nant. From an interview published in 1915.
Zone of the lHckiest made this gear said
hs manager of the ST. Louis Cards, "icas ohen pur
ohasd Jacques Fournier from Los Angeles. Fourner IS
great first bdscmdn and has helped make ball club
From interview with Branch Hickey yesterday.
Jacques Fournier was the principal figure in both
Interviews Back in the old days, meaning from 1912
TO 1917 he was considered the worst first bascman in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
CONFIDENCE WITHOUT
ABILITY IS A BUSTo
Success Comes individual Who Has Skill and Kno,,,
HoU to Use It--Ruth and Cobb Examples
OF Confidence Plus Ability
BY GRANTLAND RICE

championship and then the in,o,,.u.
giates. She made the best shows. \.
the spring relay races, so far -
American college was CONCERNED rI
her average since January, 1ooo s
you'll find that II is on a par viii ana
record In the country" WIN 'n'
Consider belated justice dop.
A NUMBER Of years ago Mike n,
"A lin saw George sisler playing on a.
Michigan team. Nothing to It." .sM ny
Mike, there comes Ty Cobb, sus ~"
cessor. He's the greatest looking yo,,s. ,S..
hitter / ever saw" Mike never t tn.s
a thing. Not thing. ''
NEW YORK, Boston, Philsde,,h,.
IN Brooklyn, Chicago and Cipcinn,,
in turn have won the last six Nation.
League pennsnts.
The only two outsiders have been q,
Louis and Pittsburgh. As st. Loui,
has never won a pennant under mod.
ern conditions--that is within the la,,
thirty yeas--it is high time that m. ".
big mace of Hornsby yanks her satslS
through. -
A long line of failures has soften.d
the ancient hysteria which one char.
acterized st. Louis as a basehan
stronghold, but one lone winner viii
stir up the fever again. In the old day,
st. Louis was one Of bascball's strong.
holds, and the welcome awsitin,
Professor Rickey's troubadours will rs.
vive old memories in more than on,
Missouri breast. ="
THE value OF the individual star II
l. baseball has grown beyond price
Hornsby and Sisler alone were enough
to set the old town agog, as the sayin,
sometimes IL. For that matter is voult
be hard to find two greater soggers thar
this pair.
0IL1HY don't you fellows pan ths
w heavywcigbts for not taking on
real fight once in WHILE comment
O wrathful native. Will some one kind,
lend US his anvil for a day? We've 20
hammer.
IJAGEN isn't conceded any gres
i J. chance in the British open. but hov
many believed the margin Of one put
would separate Bob Gardner from III
British amateur crown?
Copyright. 1920. An rights RESERVED.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
Bankers Play Brokers

Brown Brothers bankers, baseball team
will tourney to the Hnverford School Erounds
this afternoon whore n IL scheduled TO play
the Erwin Battles g. Co, brokers, uinc
Captain I'D Tyson. Of IN" hank team.
probably viii uso GcOrE" Almond and Artio
SirgUss as his battery, Toe hank team Would
like 10 hear from other banking and broker
age teams for Saturday games. Address u.
Tyson, $50 Chestnut street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

he would have beaten the Prlncetsi
leader, 4 and 3. That. strangelJ
enough, was exactly the count in tn
afternoon. Therefore, Rotan was eI.
pected to beat Gardaer rather handily
down there on the Delaware YESTERDAY.
But Gardner putted elegantly and
topped that off with well nigh perfect
approach shots. a combination that Ro,
tan could not beat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
WhGt May Happen
in Baseball Today
NATIONAL LEAGUE

SCHEDULE FOR TODAY
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis at Philadelphia two gamesl-
Clear; 80 md $3.50.
Pittsburgh at New York-Cloudy; 3.
Cincinnati at BOston-C Loudly; 3.
Chicago at BrOOklyn-Cloudyi $3.50.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Athletics at st, Louis-ClearI S:16.
New York at ChicaEo-Cleari 3.
BOstOn ~ DetrOt-CIear; 2.
Washington nt Clrveland-Clear; 3.
RESULTS OF YESTERDAY
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia. Il st. Louis. o.
New York, St Pittsburgh, \.
Chicago at Brooklyn. wet grounds.
Cincinnati at Boston. rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
st. Louis. A. Athletics. 3.
Now York, 81 Chicago. 2.
Cleveland o; Washington, 2
Detroit, Il Boston q
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Not a Chawnce

Not a Chawnce
"A man may be doon, but he's nerer
SO rams an ancient lay;
But don't think you could get that By
Old Hcnnery O'Ddv.
Confidence VS.. Success
A DAY or so ago a group OF sportive
| ~ analysts became involved in a seri-
GUS discussion.
The point at stake was this:
Does confidence pave the way TO sue
cess, or is il success that develops con
fdence?
Are not Walter Hagen and Babe
Ruth extremely confident types because
they know they have the ability to make
good?
Proper confidence is first based upon
ability to make good. There are any
number Of entries who have conf depce
minus ability, and they are always
terrible busts.
We have seen a number Of confident
coves who had little else, and what
happened to them was quite enough.
1t Is confidence plus ability that
makes for success. There are few oc-
casions when success comes without
confidence and in turn develops con :
fdence, but these examples are not as
frequent as the reverse type.
Types and Examples
| THY COBB was n confident, aggres-
l. sive ball player when he was in the
South Atlantic League, matter OF SIX
| teen steamy summers ago.
Cobb had confidence plus ability.
Babe Ruth required no boast OF
heraldry or pomp Of power" to get his
confidence working.
Shortly after enlisting in the chorus
Of the Sonata Of Swat he discovered,
quite abruptly, that he could either
crash the old apple or paste the old pill.
Success and confidence in n way work
together. Each helps out the other.
Confidence helps to develop success
and success in turn helps to increase
ones confidence.
You've Seen II
A sight that alrdys jars my soul.
And makes me rave and screcch,
Is phen the ball lies in a hole
Beyond my nibiick's reach;
When I kne,o IN the deadly ropt
That Vdrdon couldn't get II out.
Not Thing
0TN THE meantime, suggests
i reader. what's the matter witt
Old Penn? She won the basketball
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
YALE'S CAPTAIN
IN GOLF FINAL
Scott Beats Styles and Will
Play Gardner in Whining
ton Tourney

Wilmington. Del, June 19.-W. H.
Gardner. of Buffalo and Sidnoy Scoi.
tho .on,o;, - ~. VIZ H's ''>0,''
'P'"'n y, '"r "le Eo't Ieaih' 'h
tered the finals Of the Wilmington in
vitation golf tourney today. Both were
victorious in thoir somifnoI r,otcboe tbis
,,o.,,; '''''
morning
scott advanced by his triumph over
North His IN up and to fp.y"" poy GorS I'
No. on the Princcon Pr % pF"o t"om %"4 ny:e nnG
The cards Of the Scott Styles match
follow
se9,t-- cot,
In XXX. 3 ~
styles
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ord sbot % dnod tO't ~ tbo o'UiC D sen! s Its sec
IN a tran and had ~ bo Oo+i.SoJ ,itb
trSp ST. anu oiSn nau J To- Ue S",lsned .S WIFI
boio ~ 4 VIA, bo ,I'sJ h;s ',IUun .;,,a
tn tho riobt Tio rros ~ ~ ,,,,' l'II ~ ,ro w
tLo tb;rd boio ana Ios, tho. - t""' 30 y"
On tbe fourtb 0 and ,T ff%Th az "I StyImes m wa.
dead m rho min baiyir, rho FoIr+b onS
winning tho tifth SfyIos hoIred II tha
sirtb bnt won rho .eyrn,h IIc Ioet
both Of tho next holes and was / down
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

Not Thing
STN THE meantime suggests
i reader. whats the matter with
Old Penn? She won the basketball
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19

0IA1HY don't you fellows pan ths,
w heavywcigbts for not taking on
rca, fight once in while" comment,
o wrathful native. Will some one kindly
lend us his anvil for day? We've 70,
a hammer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29
SHOWS ARE MORE THAN 4 DISPLAY Rare Opportunities to Learn Trend of Public Opinion
 Is Found There

As an aftermath of the automobile show season the Lexington Motor Com pany of Connersville, Ind, reports un- precedented sales of it's series Minute Man Six models.
 Advanced engineering features an exclusive improvements have gained for the Lexington, wherever it has been shown, an enviable reputation. One of the distince features of the Lexing- ton series "S' models is that in these cars the demands of the public in mo- tor car construction and operation have been sensed to a remarkable de- gree.
 And. peculiarly enough, Lexington success In sensing the trend of tht times in motor car construction. and in sensing the demands of the motor ing public. begins in the great auto mobile shows throughout the country
 Frank B. Ansted sees in these great auto shows something more than a mere display of automobiles. He is q believer in the great force and ultl- mate goodness of public. opinion, and he sees offered at the big automobile shows rare opportunities to learn the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29

trend of public opinion as 1t applies to motor car construction. A.
 In these shows are gathersed dealers, distributors and visitors from every part of the country; from all over the world, in fact. In the conversation various display booths Mir Anstef learns what public opinion demands in the way of motor cars.
 So each night during show week in any of the large cities which he visits the president of the Lexington Motor Company may be found walking quiet ly about, stopping here and there for a word with some visitor or dealer, get ting the judgment of this man or tha: man on the trend of the times in motor car construction.
 That is one of the main reasons why in Lexington Series IS" models is marked better performance and longer life. due to improved design and better materials and wry Lexington buyers find such exclusive improvements as the Moore multiple exhaust system, the Lexigasifier, the one-finger emer- gency brake, the unit frame. the two way head lamps, which offer a solution to the binding head lamp glare prob lem, and many others.
 Seventy five per cent of business success, or any other success, l be- lieve. is vision" Mir. Ansted says. "It is vision or realization of the fact that to be really successful the automobile
 manufacturer must build the best that is possible for the price. That is re- sponsible. we believe, for Lexington $ growing popularity" -----.a.------------- . The Czhecho- -Slovak government re- gently bought 100000 bales of cotton in America
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29

ties of the U. S. department of Labor that dinner for the family is going to take ITO percent more from the Honk- honk bankroll than in 1914.
 Father Honkhonk glares at the size of the bill so deftly Tipped on it's back by the waiter bandid, remberings the 25S per cent increase in cost of the clothes worn by his family and sud denly recalling that he paid 23l per cent more for the last household fur nishings than he did six years ago.
 As the family is boarding the car, Honkhonk. Sr., runs a proud and ap- pralsing eye over it's pretty lines and fine finish His chest swells with a sense of ownership of this speedy, comfortable and sturdy machine, and he chuckles in reminiscence as he re- teapot" he bought a decade ago when automobiles were "horseless carriages. One paid dearly for motoring in the early days.
 Guess I'll buy new tire" muse'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29
COAST ID COAST
 RECORD ID ESSEX
Besides Shattering Trans continental Time, Little
 Cars Carry Mail

Essex now holds the coveted trans continental record. On August an Es- sex five-passenger touring car reached New York from San Francisco covering the distance of S,347 miles in just four days fourteen hours and forty-three minutes, beating the best previous record of another car by twelve hours and Tor ty-eght minutes.
 At the same time an Essex travehns from New York to San Francisco made the transoontential run in four days nineteen hours and seventeen minutes teatins the best time this way by over , twenty-five hours.
 Two other Essex cars also made the run, one from San Francisco to New York in four days, twenty-one hours and | fifty six minutes, and the other rom 1 New orx to San Francisco in five days, six hours and thirteen minutes. Both ! of these cars, however, encountere heavy rainstorms and deep mud III tue | west.
 l Aside from the fact that this is new record, it is also the first time in history l that an automobile has been permitted to carry mail across the continent All cars carried bags of first-class mall ana every driver was, in the eyes Of the gov ernment, postman, properly sworn III and under bond to the government
 The cars were not driven, at any point by professional drivers. The entire trll was supervised by Essex distributors anc dealers along the route and they fur 'nshed drivers from their own orSaniza
 tions In all, probably twenty-five
 drivers took the cars across the contl
 nent which is an even greater testt
 mony of the performance and reliability 1 of the car.
 | Vt diVarte(
 from it's route on the way to San Fran
 cisco long enough to establish a new rec
 ord from New York to Chicago of twen
 ty-four hours, forty three minutes ant
 fifty seconds. beating the best previou
 record by over two hours
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-29

well, indeed, Mir Hall having been as- sociated with the latter in business at one time.
 The Alabama Oldsmobile Company have made a very impressive entry into the automobile circles of Birmingham. They slipped in rather quietly and noth- ing much was known of their coming until they gained possession of their building. Then it was found that they had the cars, parts and everything else necessary to the starting of a new auto- mobile organization.
 While their organization isn't perfected as yet, the Alabama-O Oldsmobile Co.,, is ready and waiting to greet the motorists of Birmingham and the state of Ala bama.
 MT. Newman is counting upon lining up dealers throughout the state of Ala bama on the Oldsmobile and figures to do a big business over the entire state. The Johnson Tire and Auto Company of Montgomery have already closed for that territory and other choice territory re- mains to be closed.