New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 26, 1916, Page 14

f'hotos by American Press Assoclation. Bert Shotton, 2. — Davy St. Louis Browns. Robertson, New York Giants. 3.— Fournier of Chicago White Sox sliding into home safe. —Clyde Milan of the Washingtons. —Eddie Collins of the White Sox. ~—Ty Cobb of Detroit Tigers run- ing to first. 7.—Scoops Carey of the Pittsburgh Pirates. & ITABLE mania for speed appears to have set almost the entire western wing of the American league to circling dly around the bases, stealing cor- rs or trying for extra distance on the ry slizhtest pretexts, or on none at Clubs that for years and years ve been satisfled to play the safest 4 most conservative of ‘“old army” mes are casting discretion to the nds and are legging it as gallantly | a flock of suburbanites chasing the j14. Cleveland alone of the four west- outfits, is not trying to make life everlasting misery for opposing | chers and outflelders, which should in If constitute the best possible proof t L.ee Fohl is a pretty cagey mana- r. with B club’s limitations. ns hold back, however, the White X, the Browns and the Tigers are rzing blithely forward, as though in- it upon having all the base running a thorough appreciation of | Where the In- cmcpwan ys | BT o v records in all the books completely at their mercy before the Fourth of July. Clarence Henry Rowland is carrying | his base running campaign to such ex- tremes as to provoke even Detroit, aft- er all these years of Cobbism, to lou& and poignant screams of impotent rage. “It isn’t baseball,” the Tigers are rav- Ball Clubs Have Gone Some Speed Demons In Big Leagues work of doubles and turning two bag- gers into triples. In the east Bill Donovan of the New York Yankces is one manager who be- lieves that speed is essential. Nearly every man on the team can travel fast. ing, “and it spells ruin for the White Clark Griffith of the Washingtons is Sox if they persist in it.” | another. About the only two mana- Nevertheless the Sox are persist- | gers in Ban Johnson's circuit who are ball, for this stage of the race at any | Boston Red Sox and Connie Mack of rate, was amply demonstrated when the | the Athletics. Fielder Jones of the St. Sox won three out of four games from | Louis Browns is a great advocate of the Tigers by making singles do the | speed on the bases. ing in it, and that it is pretty fair base. | not speed mad are Bill Carrigan of the | ing | Chicago George Stallings of the Boston Braves | prove believes in speed, more speed and then | Hans Lobert, In the National league it is a well known fact that Johnny McGraw of the New York Giants has always been in baseball. Now there are any num- ber of players and experts who are willing to bet all kinds of money that if Dave Robertson, the Gilants' out- fielder, ever is of a mind to go against the circling the base record, which is now held by Lobert at 13 4-5 seconds, he can beat the mark easily. Robertson will make Ty Cobb, Max Carey, Bert Shotton, Clyde Milan and other base runners celebrated for their speed look slow. He probably could not only lead any of them by ten feet in going around the bases, but he looks a foot faster going to first than any man in the big show today. Bert Shotton of the St. Louis Browns is a streak going to first. He pulls the average infield in ten feet when he is at bat. This i{s necessary because on: an ordinary bounder the inflelder can- not complete the mechanics of his play —the flelding and throwing of the ball —fast enough to intercept Shotton at first when playing back. keen for fast men on the bases, nndi not a speed bug, believes in taking all this season is no exception. Manager ‘Wilbert Robinson of the Brooklyn Na- tionals is another. ing when the team is home one can see members of the Superbas practic- ing b running. Joe Tinker of the Cubs is strong for speed. some. Nearly every morn- | kinds of chances when the opportunity affords. Jimmy Callahan of Pittsburgh is an- other believer in fleet footed boys on the paths. While on the subject of fleet footed ball players in the big leagues this will interesting: For y years now of the New York Pat Moran of the Phillies, while | Giants, was considered the fastest man Robertson, it seems, is faster than Shotton. A race between the two on the bunt and run to first would be en-. tertaining. It would seem that one day set aside each season that all the players might compete in running, throwing, batting, etc., would be a profitable thing. The records of the mechanical part of the’ game are poorly kept and seldom al- luded to. A baseball fleld day would | be more interesting than a track meet. lanager Tinker C Pitchers In the Art of Fielding ANAGER TINKER of the Chicago | Cubs believes in a ball player be- | finished in every respect. He does t like to see a man do a thing ama- irishly when he knows he can do| kter with more practice. Tinker is | t unreasonable in asking a ball play- to be perfect in what he does. He s a man to do his best and at the ve time strives to develop him and 1ove his faults. itehers in particular are the ones likes to coach. He does not care to ve & man on his staff who knows| thing else but to throw the ball up | the plate and to get a big hook on | He insists that every one of his| gers be a bear cat in the fleld in ering first base and in handling cked grounders and bunts. He will t have a man on his corps, he says, 0 cannot do that and contends that ey all can when they set their minds it. Wants Fielding Pitchers. Before the Cubs went south Tinker | id he had the best staff of fielding chers in the Federal league, because demanded that they be fast on their t in going after grounders, and also covering first. He will not have a hn on his club who cannot get to the | g for a putout, and from the way he | d the men working this spring they | ow it. That he did have a fast squad fielding twirlers is shown by the way | bndrix, McConnell and Prendergast | t over to the bag on grounders bat- | i to the first baseman. 1 nability to cover first base and fleld | ilely and accurately was one of the 1 Its of the Cub twirlers last season, | ing much better than at any time since | d Roger Bresnahan, supposedly a | art manager, failed to get the men | do it. They elther were slow on | eir feet or did not care to hustle for beer. Which one it was. will be hroed this season, for Tinker de- finds that they field quickly and| ver first base at every opportunity. Pitchers Quick to See Play. | f the first game between the Cub ©A™® 2nd Yannigans this spring Lover'avs came up that forced Mc- stanthRreNdergast and Hendrix to | to the 5. T"eY saw the play in- | several 8tef® * flash bounded over The ' work: W to take the ball Manager TIKEXONt of the runner. the following rem® sS¢ neatly that | “pid you notice ROt help making | next day t itchers cover firs r:l'x\ » That is one thilgral league for many a ball gama § twirler's ability to get to t | want them over there all Sirilled that into-them"last upon, y n | of Kansas, in Lawrence, has predicted oaches His all summer and the same will be done this year.” Manager Tinker is more than pleased with the manner in which the players have responded to his instructions. It has been unnecessary for him to up- braid any of the men for their failure to comply with his demands. They have taken to his system like a duck takes to water, with the result that they are ‘improved, dis€lose smarter baseball and stand a much better chance to win than they did last sea- son. Methods New to Hurlers. Vaughn, Pierce and Lavender have had a hard time in pitching since they joined the Cub team. They have had their methods changed so often that it is like starting out new this year. Pierce and Lavender joined the club in 1912 and listened to Frank Chance's ideas about hurling. Vaughn came in | 1913, while Evers was at the head of the club. Since 1912 the club has changed managers every year and con- sequently new instructions have been imparted to the hurlers each year. With the different courses they have obtained they ought to know all there is to know about the art of serving to the batter. This season Manager Tinker took them in tow and Instructed them on how he believed a pitcher secures the most effectiveness out of his assort- ment. This was new to Vaughn, Pierce and Lavender, but they have listened attentively and executed the | manager's orders to the best of their | ability, and they give promise of be- they joined the club. Says Women Coaches Are Needed MISS HAZEL PRATT, director of women'’s sports at the University that the days of men coaches for high school girls’ basketball teams are num- bered. Miss Pratt asserts that men do not know how to coach women in ath- letics and points to the fact that in the recent high school basketball tourna- ment there three of the four girls’ teams that reached the finals were coached by women. “Men do not make the distinction b tween men's and women's standards. said Miss Pratt. “They do not realize i that in most kinds of athletics a wo-| od ef doing things. A woman at- tempting eress in sports by using a Man’s way makes me think of an aero- those | man has a distinct and separate meth- | i Photo by American Press Association. o M LOUGHIIN tha M'LOUGHLIN READY FOR SEASON FFAIRS move so speedily and new champions made with such startling frequency and records stand such a short time on the books that | the announcement of another new titl holder, as a rule, evokes but little sur- | prise and attention. | However, another new world's cham- pion was crowned recently, who prom- | ises to not only hold his title for a long | | time to come, but also be a striking | figure in the sporting world during | that time. He is Charles Ellis, who | dethroned the veteran Alfred De Oro | as the holder of the three cushion | carom billiard championship. Ellis is a youth, only twenty-five years of age, stands about six feet in height, is are Charles Ellis, Farmer, New Three Cushion Billiard Champion | broad of shoulders and of athletic build and great strength. His build would mark him as a wrestler or follower of some other branch of athletics but billlards. He carries himself with the erect attitude and grace of a West Point cadet, ia trikingly intellectual looking and has an impressive bearing that marks him everywhere. This young farmer from Doylestown, Pa., has the cool nerve and sound health that made Willie Hoppe such a marvel in balk line billlards these many vears., If the new title holder will | observe the same rigid, abstemious life that Hoppe has followed all his career the three cushion title should not change hands for a long period. - Bud@eiser Oldest’ R HE oldest horse racing in America at the present time is Budweiser, Hot Springs meeting. He ixteen years old and seems to be a marvel of the turf. The last time on record that Budwelser started before the late Hot Springs meeting was at New Orleans on March 26, 1910, and he ran eleventh in a race won by J. Ed Grillo. He was owned at that time by W. E. Walsh. At that time the horse was six years old. Many inquiries have been received asking where the horse had been dur- ing this long interval. Lou and J. C. Cahn raced the horse around St. Louls, Callahan H UGHEY JENNINGS does not blame Jim Callahan for his two fallures with the White Sox. In a statement the Detroit manager makes regarding the managers of the National league he picks Stallings as the most capable of the whole lot and has this to say of Callahan: “Callahan failed twice with the Chi- cago White Sox. He should not be judged on that. He plete control. Likewise, about as unintelligent a game ever produced. were smart players, but the average was low. There was prejudice against him. The worst criticism was that Cal associated with theatrical people, and ball players got their heads together and said, ‘He thinks he's too good for he handled bunch as the Of course there us’ Helpful spirit, isn't it? I always who won a couple of races during the | Jennings Sides In With never had com- | acing Thoroughbred getting him from Captain J. C. Bule bury, who bought him from Joseph Lu- [l who bred the horse in Missourl | Walsh is given as his last owner. George Moore, the present owner, | bought him at Waco, Tex., from an un- | known negro, who said he had raced | the horse at Shreveport, Maringouin, |La., and other places. So Budweiser | must have been putting in that six years' racing at bush meetings in Louisiana and Texas. The horse was not permitted to start at Hot Springs until properly identified. Certain char- acteristic markings were readily no- ticeable, and the Cahns quickly iden- tified him. Speaker Aids Indians THAT the Cleveland team has been greatly benefited by the acquisition | of Speaker goes without saying. Now that the former Boston star has jump- ed in and is giving the Indians his best efforts, the team will cut much more of a figure in the race than it has for some time. Chapman, Speaker and Gandil are a formidable trio of play- | ers, and, if Owner Dunn is to be be- lieved, there will be other improve- ments made to the team. | Manager Fohl is quoted as saying that the addition of Speaker to the team will make it 40 per cent stronger, | and this, while not a conservative esti~ | mate, may be very close to the mark, | for Speaker's presence alone should | count for much on the spirit of the other players, who, because of the im- provement in the team that the acqui~ sition of the former Red Sox flelder