Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 8, 1915, Page 36

ANKS TAKE ONE AXD TIE SECOND Second Contest of Day Goes to Ten ! Innings, When Game is ! Called. | DARKNESS ENDS DAY'S FRAY NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—-St. Louls de- feated New York today, 6 to 1, in the first game of a doublo-header, the second game ending In & temning, to { tie, ‘which was called on account of darkness. The victory In the first game was the first scored by St. Louis in New York this season. Manager Donovan of New ‘York also made his first local appearance as & Yankee pitcher in a league game. Austin's batting was phenomenal. In the first game he hit a home hun, triple and three singles. He made it six straight hits with a single In the first inning of the second game. e grounded to Peckinpaugh in the sixth inning, but followed with two singles. In the ninth, with the winning run on third, he filed to Cook. Tn the second game Pitcher James was forced to retire after he hurt several fin- wers trying to fleld Barney's drive. Sis- lJer went from first base to pitch, but after he allowed one hit by Boone and pitched tw balls to Nunamaker he went back to first and Koob pitched. Score, first game: A Story. With Just One NEW YOI - e lensunnans LTSS 2z { | MacDonald Believes Country Boy, H Born in Summer, Stands Best Chance of Becoming Star, +7|FRIDAY 18 UNLUCKY DAY Fopoka NEW YORK, Aug. 7.-If one is born in the country and during the warmer a8 52 . el AR Wichita . 100 o8 420 8t. Joseph 109 [ 384 NAT. LEAGUE. | AMER. LEAGUE. 3 h ow ng ton K Bt. Louls...48 b4 411 Cincinnati .42 56 .42 Phila ¢ BEarEes .'r.'ii 2 Efl: exaegeesl 282 BiEREEE Philadelphla, 0-0; Pitteburgh, 9-6. ncinnatl, 4 ow Y cia nr Brookiyn, & 8t Louts, 6, AMBRICAN LEAGUE. al end 6; Washington. 2 &ft‘,"dunwfim 12, Louls, + New York, 1-4. tenth; darkness. Cloveland. 0-2: Boston, 2-6. 146 of the crack players of the major league clubs, It makes ome think of .fnnk Dum,:’. song, “Never Be Horn on Friday, * & Mpst Unkicky Day."’ Yet MacDonald takes the matter serl- ously and shows that of the admittedly best players in the game, 61 per cent 4ot born In the country and & por oeént In the warmer months, ageinst 39 and 31 per cent, respectively, for the eity-born who first saw the light of day in the colder montha, Called °E3 ) Slocneromococu: o!ooscocssecce =l ccooommononn HlecoccBuan: fluds iysing records, MacDon- League—N scheduled. b players under five feet u.n--f:-'::-" City at Hem height are better bat- | and than those who are taller, and that the superiority ts greater the possibilities of MacDonald's theories i joatting than in fielding. Thus the |chat he has areed o put them before “'-u. who batted for an average {the national governing body of profes- m':“'idur. but 43 per cent of {aional base ball, with a recommenda- : ‘white horter men had a [tion that the necessary data desired be IDg average better, and obtatned through the official scorers of 44 t taller men gut (the clubs of both major leagues, by ve- Wit W cording the ultimate result of every ball 5 feot i ! book. he suggests is & classification cf flies &nd grounders hit, that is, as to whether they went to right, left or center fleld, or to those respective spots in the in- | tield, whether fair or foul, and whether they resulted in safe hits, outs, fo'is or players' errors. He would have so rekis- | tered fly balls of all kinds. high. long. | line, sacrifice. or popup, swift and slow | grounders, grass cutters, chop balls and | bunts. From the accumulation of such | data he argues that a player could find if he has been batting properly, ana, if improperly, find a remedy for hia de- fects a more valuable factor in the team work of a club, Other Things Pluy a Part, erage welght of 1T pounds, and short- stops the lightest, their avera, but 167, oo, vision and aim and such data us to per ocent | usval measurements of anthropological for & place on the team had a sclentific chance to develop into & star player or a “It is the little taings | Leight, weight, resch, strength and the Word Copyright, 1915, by the Star Company. BAaw. GAame To lose, sald *“‘No. Then tried to mix his Take on the “kid” and And sald, The referee announced The athletes rose and ‘The mighty Cutler, six With breast and arms He grabbed Nebraska's And thought of him to Great Britain Rights Reserved Joe Stecher—That’s All Joe Btecher's made another hit, He made the old time champion quit, He offered Gotch all odds to share, And take him on, most anywhere. But Franklin feared his titled fame, I've quit the game.' Charles Cutler of the “Sucker state” fame and fate, have some fun, And put Nebraska on the run. The “Windy City's” sports all came, To boost their giant into fame. They came in droves and single file, Of coin and wealth they brought a pile, They wagered all upon their pet And borrowed more that they might bet. Joe's friends took all that came in sight, And offered odds to make it right. The athletes came upon the scena, Two sturdy men with records clean, Frank Gotch, the famous Hawkeye champ, Thén at both athletes took a slant, He viewed the glant Cutler great, His massive form, but wooden pate. Then at the kid he cast a glance, ‘Il take another chance, I'll take this ‘roll’ and bet it there To win expenses and my fare.” the start, did their part, feet tah, and shoulders, all Appeared a demon, strong and great, Beside our Joe, comparing weight. famous boy, make a toy. But Joe decided otherwise, And then created some He grabbed old Cutler surprise, by the nap And pressed him rudely to the mat, He brought his scissors into play And Cutler soon was heard to say “How did he do it? I don’t know,” While Stecher” friends took in the dough. A moral here, 'tis well to bring, That all Nebraska’s sports should sing, “Joe put Nebraska on the map, Revived athletics and all that, We'll boost our boy ‘phenom’ to fame, And place our dough upon his game.' Scotia, Neb. {Phillies Are Blanked | Twice by Pirates PITTSBURGH, Aug. 7-—The Philadel- phia Nationals suffered a setback today, being shut out by Pittaburgh in bota vames of a double-header, 5 to 0, and 6 | to 0. Mamavux pitched the first game and | wus never in danger of being scored upon, | while Mayer and Baumgardner were hit hard. In the second game Harmon kept the five hits of the Phillies scattered. Rixey | and Tincup were hit hard and timely by | the home team. Score, second game: | PHILADELPHIA PITTEBURCH H ARLHOAB ABHOAR Byrne, 1071 0 413 Bancroft, Paskert, of B= w Cravath, runs: base on errors: 24 Bases on balls: Off Bugr» 3 Mamaux, L Hits: Off two none investigation, he argues, would not enly buru give aclentific data, but provide practical uer, statistics which would help a mansger T. J. STOETZEL. “This week has been a very successful week for the Oakland,” says W, H. Head, secretary of the Lininger Implement company. ‘“We have contracts with dealers for more than 1,000 cars and next week ought to show a great resuilt, too, because our dealers in the far-away ter-| ritories will have received their cars bty that time.” Peter Scott Romps Off with the Paper Mill Stake Event KALAMAZOO, Mich, Aug. T7.—Peter Scott, driven by Murphy, romped away with the $10,000 paper mill stake, the principal event of the grand circuit race meeting, bere today. Worthy Prince was unable to mateh his speed with that of Murphy's horses in the classic 2:08 trot and It was declded In straight heats. The other events, however, furnished plenty of excitement. In the Burdick hotel 2:08 pace it was necessary to go five heats before Ger- mans won out, with Russel Boy over Hal Boy, the even-up favorite. Russel Boy took the first two heats, but broke in the third and fourth. The ffth was a neck-and-neck affair to T | within fifty foet of the wire. The 2:06 pace for the Park-American hotel purse went five heats. Singles G won over Mapor Ong. The Indiana horse, & favorite, took the first two heats In & driving finish, but broke on the back streteh in the third. He finished be- hind Major Ong in the fourth, but won by half & length in the final heat. Bondella, the favorite, won the 2:21 trot in stralght heats, with Todd MecGregor second. PROMOTERS FIGHTING SHY Freddie Welsh’s Unpopularity Makes Promoters Steer Clear of Match with Big Purse. WEISH IS WILLING TO MIX uation in the light some decidedly peculiar angles. Here we have Freddie Welsh, the most unpopular champlon who ever held the honors, ap- parently ready to fall before the first good man he meets, yet mo promoter seems willing to offer a large enough purse for a champlonship match. To do Welsh justice it must be admitted that he probably would accept if a suit- able offer was made for a titular battle with a decision at stake, no matter who his opponent might be. At any rate, his long record indicates that he has seldom shirked the issue, although since he won the title he has not defended it in a real battle. No doubt he is not in the least anxious to risk the honors, as he must realize that his best days are over. But until a champlonship purse is offered he has a good excuse for sticking to the safe and sane no-decision game. The pecullar feature of the affair is that Welsh is so unpopular the promoters are afraid to offer a large purse. Thus the fact that he is such an unsatisfactory performer is his greatest safeguard. Just at present there are two very strong contenders in Johnny Dundee and Charley White. If California were still open to boxing popular opinion would force Welsh to meet one of thése men, and the sporting world could look for- ward to another champion with some de- gree of confidence. As matters stand the best that can be expected is another round of no-decision affairs. If Welsh and the local promoters care to cater to the popular demand, either Dundee or White will be selected for his opponent. Apparently Willle Ritchie, who was to meet Welsh at Brighton Beach, has backed out of the match, and that clears the way. Ritchie has sent word that the best weight he will mnxol is 138 at 2 o'clock. That should be enough to eliminate the Californian. If Ritchie is a welterweight he should fight In that class. If he is too lazy to train he is not wanted around here. As & matter of fact there is no par- | ticular reason why Ritchie should have | the match. Considering his rather limited | jability he has had more opportunities than he really deserves, and it is time ! for him to step aside in favor of a better | :man. Even If Ritchle did regain the ititle, boxing In general would be very little better off. The moneymad Cali- | fornian {s altogether too much taken up | with stage work to be a satisfactory champion. Charlie White, through his manager, comes forth with & strong appeal for | support in his efforts to coax Welsh into |a championship battle. After calling a | tention to the fact that White has “struck ' | his natural pace” and has knocked out | | 8ix men in & row and flattened eight of his last nine opponents, he accuses Welsh of having run out of the proposed match at Denver. White's pilot goes on to say: | “A few short weeks ago Welsh as blatantly announcing that he was ready and willing to meet White in & title match, and if he could get his terms he would put his John Henry to a set of articles in a jiffy. Thinking his jabber- |ing was in good faith, I worked night {and day and finally dug up the proposi- | |tion he demanded. And right there and |then Mr. Freddie crawled into a hole | and must surely have pulled the hole in after him. You couldn't get a peep out of him now with & thirty-two-inch howitser.” ST. EDWARD WINS TWELVE- INNING GAME FROM GENOA ST. EDWARD, Neb., Aug. T.—(Special.) ~In the best and most interesting game played here this year St. Edward won from Genoa on the Genoa grounds. Powers, who twirled for the Saints, held his own all through the same, while Irish could not hold out, St. Bdward finding him for three doubles and three singles tn & row in the twelfth inni runs and winping the COBB STILL PREMIER BATTER Georgia Peach is the Only Big League Player with Average Above Four Hundred. LEJEUNE LEADS WESTERN LOOP CHICAGO, Aug. T.—American league veterans, led by Cobb, hold a big ma- Jority of the batting honors, according to averages published here today. The first ten, counting only those who have played in at least half of the games, consists mostly of well known batters and is as follows: Cobb, Detroit, .401: Jackson, Cleveland, .839; B, Collins, Chi- cago, .331; Speaker, Boston, .320; Craw- ford, Detroit, .816; Strunk, Philadelphia, .316; Malsel, New York, .813; Fournier, ‘Chicago, .308; Lewis, Boston, .306; Me- Innis, Philadelphia, .300. Cobb has made the greatest number of runs—08, and also leads in stolen bases with 62, He s tled with his team mate, Crawford, for total bases with 183. Hart- sell, New York, with five home runs leads in circuit drives Detroit leads In club batting with .268, and Boston is next with .266. American league pitchers who have at- tained the .600 mark in 20 or more games are: Foster, Boston, 14 won, 4 lost; Scott, Chicago, 15 and 6; Faber, Chicago, 17 and 7; Ayres, Washington, 9 and ¢; Shore, Boston, 10 and §; Johnson, Wasl ington, 16 and 9; Dauss, Detroit, 14 and §; Fisher, New York, 12 and 7; Coveleskle, Detroit, 15 and 9; Caldwell, New York, 16 and 9; Gallia, Washington, 10 and 6 Boland, Detroit, 8 and & Doyle Leads Nationals. Larry Doyle, captain of the New York Glants, has hammered his way to the front in the National league, whose lead- ers are: Doyle, New York, .3%; Snyder, St. Louls, .397; Daubert, Brooklyn, .02 Wade Kiilifer, Cincinnati, .312, Collins, Pittshurg, .%09; Luderus, Philadelphia, -7; Merkle, New York, .36, Groh, Cin- cinnati, .304; J. Smith, Boston, .304; Saler, ‘Chicago, .302. The leading run getter is Cravath, Philadelphia, who has scored §7 times; Saler, Chicago, who leads in total bases with 164, also leads the league in stolen bases with 22. Cravath, in addition to belng a run getter, leads the league in circuit drives, with 15 homers. Cincinnati leads the league in club bat- ting with .264; St. Louls, .253, and New York with .263, are tled for second place. The leading pitchers are: Plerce, Chi- cago, won 3 and lost 2; Mamaux, Pitts- burgh, 16 and 5; Alexander, Philadelphia, 19 and €; Ragan, Boston, 13 and 6; Mayer, Philadelphia, 16 and 8; Dale, Cincinnati, 14 and §; Dell, Brooklyn, 10 and 6. Federal League Figures. Federal league batters are: Magee, Brooklyn, .34; Flack, Chicago, .34; Kauff, Brooklyn, .339; Fischer, Chicago, -337; Basterly, Kansas City, .38; Camp- bell, Newark, .3%; Rousch, Newark, .319; | Yerkes, Pittsburgh, .%18; Deal, St. Louls, 314; Cooper, Brooklyn, .21a In club batting Brooklyn with .27 fs (n l:; lead and Pittsburgh s second with Magee and Kauff hold the lead in num- ber of runs scored with 61 aplece. Konetchey, Pittsburgh, has the greatest number of total bases—186. Kauff with 33 stolen bases leads in that department, while Hal Chase, Buffalo, is the slugging king with 11 homers, The leading pitchers are: T. Allen, Pittsburgh, with 16 wins and 7 losses Nick Cullop, Kansas City, 15 and Crandall, St. Louls, 13 and 6; M. Brown, Chicago, 10 and 5, McConnell, Chicago, 16 and §; Packard, Kansas City, 12 and 7. Lejeune Leads Westerns. ‘Western league batting leaders are: Le- jeune, Sioux City, .363;, Galloway, Den- ver, .%6; Forsythe, Omaha, .353; Spencer, Denver, .325; Spahr, Denver, .82; Fox, Wichita, .216; 3 Krug, Omaha, .35, Krueger, Omaha, 215; McCormick, Denver, .33, well, Denver, % and ¢