New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 19, 1915, Page 9

by American Preas Assoclation. / HE tennis world is cenfronted with two momentous facts this yéar whick render pre- 5 dictions easy om, one hand, on the other there exists a doubt. ‘Wwar has eliminated any possibili- it thé Davis cup matches, so it can 'ely présumeéd that the foremost rs in the country will participate hore teurnaments than if they were d to train for the international tions. ‘With this condition it is Récessary to glance over the coun- ere the largest tournaments are “to discover which onés will at- " the western playérs—Maurice F. oughlin, R. Lindley Murray, Wil- ohnston, dr such players of less- Mtlity as Ellis Fottrell, Clarence iniand John Strachan. & player lias won two legs onia E valuablé because of the names: engraved upon it, he is { to consider pointing for the place her that tournament is held with the in_mind of attempting to_ carry way. At Lake Forest, just fdur golfer, on “form,” is strong boost for a’ player pame 18 mot even on the list of V es to the U, S. 6. A, titles, He Davis of the Presidio Gelf $an Francisco, winner of the : Pacifie golf championship. risg says of this player that he is ér than Travers and as good as net. 4t hé is a bear at match play as as at redal pérformance, is said. Jlere is a summary of Evans' trib- en in form he can outdrive Oui- cher Shaw Shows Class American Press Association. . SHAW OF THE WASH. TON AMERICANS. te Jim Shaw of outside of Chicags, the western cham- plonships are held, usually late in July, and MeLoughlin Bas won two légs on 2 challenge trophy there that the On- wentsia club donated to the Western Tennis association. The past two years hé has been unable te participats in this tournament because of the inter- national matches, but this year on his way east to Néew York it 18 fair to pre- dict that he will stop off in Chicago and attempt to have his name placed for the third and last time on the timié honored trophy. Leaving Chicage McLoughlin ¢ould arrive in good time to defend his titlé at’ Longwood for the western cham< plonship and ‘the Longwood tourfis- ments are generally held during succes- sive weeks in July. After Longwoodd the Néw York state champlenship i$ held at. Bay Ridge, but McLoughlin will likely rest that week and enter the Southampton teurnament in prep- aration for the natienal championship in New York. McLoughlin is training at this present moment for the national title, which he lost to R. N. Williams last year at Newport. No other tournd- BOOSTS DAVIS meét thirty yards and be just as accu- rate. His long irons are easily twenty yards beyond Travers’ longest. His half shots are the only comparatively weak spot in his game, and yet théy are the equal of any of the two men on the U. 8. G. A. list, and he is fast im- proving. Two years ago, wheén the mid- western team played in thé northwest, Davis was oné of our opponénts. We all beat him then, but we were all agreed that he showed wonderful pos- sibilities. 1 “The P. P. L. E, champion is as good a putter as Ouimet, and he also knows all the fancy shots. Indeed, at the preserit moment theére is no more bril- liant golfer in America. “1 am aware of the fact that a golfer might have all these virtueés and still nét be ablé to deliver thé goods at the right time, but Davis is almost equally good in match and medal play, with perhaps greater excellence in match play. “He i8 not a beginner at golf, neither is he a native iCalifornian. "He has played and lived in Chicago, Minnéap- olis, Colorado Springs, where his fa- ther now resides, "and other places in the west. “It would be a great pity if he doés not enter in the big ch-.mpionzhipl this yeut” That ruins Davis 1or godd. One of the best little ways to jinx a player is to have him tipped as a wonder by ex- champions—or by real champions, for that matter. ‘Wasn't it Harry Vardon who picked Evans to beat the United States at golf? BASEBALL UMPIRES FREE FROM INFLUENCES, RODOWE ABEKEN, director of mu- nicipal athletics in 8t. Louis, sprang a new one in baséball when he announced that all applications for umipire’s positions in the St. Louis Municipal léague must pass.a written examination. The examination wi conducted much like civil service, and the questions will be prepared by Abe- ken and members of the park board. Another rule ordered by Abeken is that no person connected with or interested- ed in the manufacture or sale of sport- ing. goods may have a place on the executive board of the league or any committee. KITE TOURNAMENT THE LATEST. HE grade schools of Topeka, Kan., recently held their first Kite tour- nament at the fair grounds. Any one in the schools who could make &nd fly a kite entered. Prizeés were given for the largest kite, the highest fiier, the strongest puller, the the | prettiest, the most grotesque, the most weun. reminds | ingenious and the smallest. . ‘Walter J nd W&lter‘- experi- Girls’ kites were in 4 class by them- selves, and the girls also got prizes for the same kind of kites as the boys. A trophy was presented to the &chdol winning the highest number of points. R RAT L BR ARR « ¥ Remarkable Action Photos of Maurice McLoughlin, the Sensational California Tennis Star, Who Will Defend His Titles In Numerous Tourneys This Season. ment will interfere with thé “California’ knows full well must bé at the highest| Comsét’s” plans as concerns his phy—‘ sical and tal. efMciency, which he war, . "Not that death may claim Géorges Carpentier, although that too is to be reckoned with. It is that Carpentier is making good in-.a new and more highly regardéd line of life, to the end that the orce famous French heéavyweéight may de- cide never to don the mijtts again. Carpentier, according to the Daily Mail of Paris, is now an army alr pi- lot and has taken his place with the reguldr corps of air scotts, who locate hidden battéried of the enémy and in other ways risk their lives more than rniembers 6f any other branch of the service. And they used to say Carpentier would never do in thé ring because hé was “yellow” and had quit in his bout with Bill Papke! If Carpentier survives aftér making good in this department of service he will, o doubt, remain in the aviating game for the rest of his career. Theé pickings in pugilism aren’t apt to be fat after the close of the war. Carpentier is one of the féw French- rien to make good in pugilism. Henry Piet, Louls de Ponthieu, Mdrcel Mor- éau and Charles Ledoux sbout comi- plete the list of Frenchmen of all classés able to midke an impression on the fight world. For a long time it was beMeved that the sport was foreign to the French nature and would never take hold. Carpéntier, however, disproved this by winning every championship from ban- tamweight to heavy as fast as he took on weight. world’s title caliber, however, is hard- Iy believable, since his gross tonnage was about 170 pounds—too light for the big fellows. e| WRINKLE BALL PITCHER SHAW’'S NEW INVENTION. J'IM SHAW, the Washington’s young pitcher, has a brand new ball which {s calculated to stand the Amer- lcdn league batters on their heads when he gets it working ‘well. Shaw calls it “the wrinkle ball.” Shaw’s one fault last season was a tenidency to issue free passes by hand- ing up too many balls head high, and in order to break him of this fault Jack Ryan gave him a few pointers on how to break the habit. Jim was forced to change his style a trifle, shooting the pill from a half crouching position, but he made fine progress, and when the ball reached the bzttlr it gave & weird shoot. “That’s a new wrinkle on me,” said Ryan after handling ?ll;w’l latest im- proved delivery recently. “Let's call it the wrinkle ball” said the big pitcher. “All right,” nnlwmd Ryan, “that settles it.” Carpentier, Frefich Cham-| pion, Quits Fighting HE chances are that France has lost its one great oppértunity to make d bid for the world’s heavyweight box- ing championship through the present That he was of true| Judging by the manner in which standard during thé progress of the| Maurice McLoughlin has been per- national championship. Kolehmainen Experlences " Some Hard Luck Photo by American Press Asseciation HANNES KOLEHMAINEN. HAXNNES KOLEHMAINEN, the champion long distance runner, will be excused if he cuts loose with a lit- tle uncensored language. Things have certainly not been coming his way. Hannes receritly broke three records in a racé in which he failed to get a place, thanks to handicaps. ' Néither did heé win a prize. Now ‘it develops that he will not eyen be allowed his record, thanks to a tech- nicality which will prevent officiali rec- ognition of his performance. DETROIT TIGERS GOING WELL, H‘UGH‘EY JENNINGS® Detroit Tigers are going at a fast clip for the very good reason that his team is hit- ting the ball hard, and his pitchers are thus allowed to win games even though their efforts are not air tight. Jennings has the nucleus f6r a win- ning team, made s6 by Cobb, Crawford 1 ‘fotmlnt in tourneys in California this QUITI‘. a turor was created recently during utterances madé by Ban Johnson, the Americdn league chlet, who declared, or was quoted as de- claring, that the American league stood ready to make peace with the Federal league. This published interview was spread broadcast, though the state- meénts made by Johnson were vehe- mently denied by officials of thé Fed- *f4] league, while the National mag- nates’asbérved ‘that they kfiew nothing of’Me’alleRed neégstiations. s TeMeighly probable that there was some fire where ‘so niuch smoke was evident. In other words, it is not un- reasonable to guess that some sort of a peacé move had been made by one party or the othér in the present con- trovérsy. - “But there can be no doubt that the warring factions have come to no agreément. Indeed, peace now seems farther off than ever. The Benny Kauff case bolstered the Federal league cause. John MéGraw's play has given the Feds some addition- al publicity and has had the tendency to increase the value of the player in Baker Only Ordinary HOME RUN BAKER without Eddie Collins or ‘some player just as érafty batting ahead of him {is not nearly as good a hittér as he has the réputation of being. That's the way little Fritz Maisel, the New York Yankees' third sacker, dopes it out. “Baker i a mighty batsman,” said Fritz, “but if he were to return to the | Athletics I hardly think he would hit a8 well as he did for them in the past. “Collins was a big help to Baker. Eddie always was nnx on base, and once he was on .the sacks he spotted . signals and tipped. . Baker what was coming. 2 “Baker, knowing the kind of a ball to expect, got his old toe hold, took a year, it looks as if he will not experi- ence much difficuity in defending his championship title. question and perhaps several others. It is generally bellieved that the Fed- averse to a declaration of peace. Un- settled conditions such as exist at pres.- ent are doing the sport no good and can result only in harm. Many people are being driven away the legal aspect it has assumed and be- cause of the prolonged bickerings be- of the suspicions which have been aroused in their minds by the fallure of certain players to respect as sacred thelr written contracts. It would undoubtedly be a great thing for the pastime if the war were to be declared off. However, organized base- ball has certain principlés which it must uphold. Tt can scarcely afford to make overtures. Such a course would not only be undignified on its part, would be an admission of weakness which would undoubtedly be made use of if the negotiations should fail With Collins Missing | big swing and drove the ball a mile. “One of his most famous long hits came In just this way. Collins was on second in a world series game against the Giants at the Polo grounds. Just béfore the pitch Collins sang out, ‘Come on, Bake!’ “That was the signal for a curve ball and & curve it was. Baker swung from his shoe tops and drove the ball into the grand stand for a homer. “‘Pick it out, Bake!' was Eddie's signal that a fast ball was coming. T've seen the two work this system to the advantage of Baker's batting aver- 4ge many a time, and with Collins gone away from the club I dom't be- lieve Baker would hit as well for Mack as he did in past years.” AnER going hitless in the first three games of the season Na- poleon Lajoie has come back to life in great shape, thereby pleasing more fans throughout the country than would be possible for any other player. Lajoie is still perhaps the most wide- ly esteemned star in any leagueé in spite of his waning prowess and because of the memory of the truly great player and hitter he once was. In one respect Connie Mack made no mistdke in signing Larry, since he is still a valued card at the “gate.” And —you néver can tell—he may come back, as the Philadelphia writers say LARRY LAJOIE COMES BACK ed. Adrian C. Anson pulled one dur- ing his twenty-second year as a major league hitter. The previous season A. C. bad fallen down badly in batting. His twenty-second effort in the nation- al game he batted .307. Cheering news for the Quaker City fans. six NAT'ON! ON PITCHING ST CLI!’!' BLANKINBHKP former Washingtor catcher, now manager of the Salt Lake City (Utah) team of the Pacific coast league, has six na- tions represented on his pitching staff, Laroy is an Indian, Johnny Willlams, he has. In that casé, with Frank Ba- kér relenting and returning to third and Bush. Incidentally he. seems to have found a really great second base- man in Young, base, the limping old Mack machine might start a genuine pennant spurt. Comebacks late in life have happen- Hawalian; Frank Arrelanes, Spaniard; Apau, Chinese; Yingling former Cleve. land player, is German despite a Chi- eral league would welcome peace, and it is also probably true that some of the magnates in O. B. would not be from their favorite pastime because of tween the moguls as well as because Experts who have seen season declare he has im iast year. McLoughlin 14 ¢ tennis player developed in His forte is spesd. He i powertul hitter in the doubtful if there sver was & put more effort and force in although 8. H. Smith, an holder of a decade ago, is have been the hardest driver, back hand, the game has Certainly no one ever got ti pece overhead or in serving # westerner acquired. He is every stroke, but one is cetved about his drive the comparison they suffér smashes and delivery. The champion of & yedr fighter. Determination is thé. &6 expression when he Is in a 1ittle bit grim about it and in his treatment of weéakér . dbut McLoughlin goes &t it & his one idea was to win and quickly as possible. The who happens to be an un cle in his road to a title W& mercy. It is his misfortu or two does not happern té fal McLoughlin will never and experts think he is He is not & phlegmatic : means. He is very much fected by misplays. He does | his temper, but expressed in varfous mild and con ht when things go badly. e PEACE IN BASEBALL WORLD FAR OFF |Uses Pbomxnri“ . Develop addition to moving pletures, € C. C. Childs of the IK phonograph as an ald te athletes. The coach has had & graph installed in the track recently the football amd were put through their pasés accompaniment of the latest dance sic. The music, it is said, is of aid to hurlers in regulating their Coach Childs says he has a of other innovations which he wil troduce later as the seasom He has been using metion p - football games of last season to il trate methods of attack and d the first course in spring training. 4| Schang Putting Up WALLY SCHANG OF LETICS. WALLY SCHANG, fi backstop, is put best games of hix ca to bases this season has Been accurate a rifis shot. nese name, while Malarkey and Toner are Irish, around, he comes pretty near best catcher in the American