The evening world. Newspaper, August 5, 1911, Page 7

| Ou wenn COMES THE Guy Axe. (9 GOIN’ To FIGHT TOMMAHT ~ CAE Bucas to THEN fear sone or cents GETS ~~ crear it ons POLIO PPLE PLP PLP DPPD PLP PLPPLPDDPDEDLEDRPPDPDDPD DDS , CORRECT AVERAGES OF MAJOR LEAGUES, LaOT A SCHENE, (LL OFFER Hite TEN SURE OF COPPING THE \ T HE EVEN HEY | Gar Thine QUINCE WOW ABOUT it 7, 13 YOURS IF You PROMISE TO HAY COWN “ro ANEL “TONIGH ac) WELL 2. Records of all players, batting .20 or better, who have played in ten or more games up ty and including those played on Wednesday, Aug. 3: S5-S252 | Es Ten Lendl Players, Clubs . Chucignatt Beach Getters, New “York. Ten nabe. I bb. Detroit Clab Battin Collins, Hecords, Including Games Up to Aug. Clubs, G BR Hs. ay |i i Pittsburg 7 1006 chiapas 16 ipa To ‘Chicage i i Me h Marquard, Alexander, Tichie, ever, wtsee cower eae MAJOR LEAGUE RECORDS | Compiled by Expert George L. Moreland. better, who have p games up to and Including those played on Wednesday, Aug. 2: | Bush Baker, Athletics jae Batting Averages Records of all players, batting .260 or ed in ten or more a. Lif i 4 ri © SoS BRIIEGANS ASLIAP SER ew allalian, joston Athleticn elaud Pe SEi. id, Washington, thleticn Boston BESLSEBSiacFehee! sehr nd land: nell, Chicago. ge. Detrott senses Boston Washington Hoston Fielding Record: GM a7 I. tardy Chicago. : “rawford, Detroit 2111 ‘Washington , 7 Detroit rawford. Detroit H Athletic Roston. Hooper ‘inaton, Ks i fy j 10 Fst | 5 fs 0 ec 6 2 5 it 3 iI 4 a3 “4 1 Hi $ 4 + HY i 7 H } tH 1 13 : fi i ; Broontya. | 3 4 | Fisher.’ New Yori Brookisa: ; 180 | Quinn, New York: Cincin re] 151 204 | Couns” Boston ton " 108 {207 | Lange, Ouica i by dso i 1 43 te level fo i Take Ste Loula, ++ uw an | it Wetted ee: i 4 old, Chicago.: 4 2h Hall, Bost 6 "400 | it 8 4 20 aM 5 Hoato yw ‘fins | ell,” t, ‘Mo MGRAW HAS DEVELOPED SEVEN ACTIVE MANAGERS | tony cons TONIGHT a = “ He Figures Out @ Way to Have Axel Win ORE COMES THE GUY TO Gow Quince Bresnahan, Tenney and Dahlen in the Big Leagues and McGinnity and Gilbert Learned “Tricks of the Trade’’ in Baseball School of Giants’ Clever Little Manager—Methods That Have Added to His Fame. BRESNAHAN TENNEY By BOZEMA. began to teach them ¢ » golence Evn years ago when John McGraw got together a band of H mind was the capture of a National League p Pionship. In that he su destined to live long after the little “sch old and outlived his Whe @ baseball by-word phiyers will still eeded, but the isefulness, tho diamond it t# thelr own fault, DAHLEN whi, N BULGER. ee a || 9! responsibility and take ail the blame.” draped around hie watet or else he Fa eter ia fe Baie, ARO! “The winning teams are those that get the greatest number of runs out of || "0Ft#4 ie championship belt. P League pennant and. World's Cham. |{ Me smallest number of hits.” He and Doody Rivals. learning he impartea to these men 1s “Base running and good sliding are the real secrets of success, Thatis|| tiowever, asnusing as Welr was on nool-master” of the dt the name of MeGraw has ce out and become famous as n ING WORLD, NEWS OF ALL BRANCHES ond has grown sed to be} SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, OF ( 190% AAEL,MERES TEN GotES )C fer og Blas \PoR YoU TO LAY DOWN TO BAT TUNG QUINCE TONIGHT ~ = \ ARE Yo On? -- EDITED BY OBERT EDGREN _ THE DIAMOND — magus Weir Never Could Resist Oppor-| tunity to Do Something Odd or Funny and Finally a Back Flip in Fourteenth Round Lost Him His Title to Australian. Blily Murphy. MSGINNITY NO. 10.—IKE WEIR. Covirtaht, 1931, by The Prum Publishing Oo (The I auy or Aug ‘ite, several months after the famous battle with Frank Murphy, Ike Weir was chailenged by Billy Murphy, the cyclonic little feathers weight from Austral Murphy had been in America only @ month or so, In that dime he had defeated Johnny Grif- fin, the Braintree, Mass., featherweight, had fought a twenty-nine-round draw with Frank Munphy, and hed proved himself @ rushing, tearing lttle fighter. Weir accepted the challenge, but the men did not @et together until ix months later, Jan. 13, 1890. The intervening months were spent by Wetr around Boston and New York, Part of the time in an endeavor to uplift the stage It has since become the accepted thing for a successful fighter to take to the stage, but I! Droved to be @ much better drawing card than many pugilieta who have at- tempted to follow in hie footsteps. He had a large fund of anecdotes and funny etories and could dance nearly every kind of Irish jig and reel that was ever invented, while his grotesque antics in his sparring exhibitions never failed to keep his audience in @ gale of laughter. When arrayed in his etage costume Ike was @ symphony in green and gold. His trunks and athletic shirt were of the @enuine Irish color; his manly bosom was almost covered with glittering apangles and stage medals. Usually the American colors were gracefully Some Baseball Epigrams by McGraw the Schoolmaster of Baseball. “* Never try to make another man think. It can't be done. He ls born that way and can’t help it.”’ “The young fellow who can think (s of more value than the old timer who can hit but never acts except under orders.”’ “‘A baseball manager must be absolute in his leadership, He must accept the only way to make hits count,” “Always play for general results on a season and not for a single game.” the stage, his antics off i were much more 60. Many are the tales that are told of his erratic actions, Ike Weir managers for the simple reason that they are exponents of the McGraw school * and Patsy Doody were great friends, Among the present managers that have been graduated from the Institution ° but also great rivals, ‘This rivalry] of this little master are Roger Bresnahan of St, Louis; Bill Danien of Brooklyn. | ap e Ll ee evera manifested iteslt In dancing, shooting, Fred Tenney of Boston; I Bowerman, formerly of Boston; Joe MoGinnity | ear evi inue “exer alee 2 ot Newark; Bully } BI Clarke of the American Assvctation and Fi t two crasy, happy-go-lucky Irishmen Charley Babb, for emphis, ‘The chances are that Mike Donlin will aca Ig ers OLE ike Weir’ and Doody could invent also become a manager and will lead the Boston Rustlers next season. No other Many an old-time resident of the Bast manager in the history of the game has developed as many leaders as MoGraw _— TOAYING Grane a neem [Gide can tell of watching Welr end and he can be truthfully maker of managers. lime lirs ee wre lesen eonn acl ‘| BOXING STAGS TO-NIGHT, }| Docay racing through the streets. Like T) ves [Once they realize this they are pretty ots arn 7 Ay P ctl as not, they would be walking quietly his players. ts ho su ) units necording healthy, dropped in on us to-day At the Halrmont A.C. Kid Black || along the wiewalk, A passing horse car think aa Wack; He devalaa aovatronaly | WMA Malieaw about of banetait ta Ho was on his way to Bath /Pand Jack Will exchange || Would arouse an argument as to which Praline ?hani nde aueeielsion te: teaches that the manger must bo oh training for his local |] Wallops Dut of ten | could eaten it Letting the car goto Hig pai ‘ leadership, fe must a Sailor Burke ounds, ts of the || half block or a bi away Z Will Frequently allow an outsider ¢o s fe players: me > ; ina ame le bo staged Doody would dash off in hot pursuit on the bench during an important ¢ should assune the entire responsibility preps and At ¢ C.K, O. Eger J] When the car was reached, ald ist fo how ‘hat elias nd Sane OF 8H8 RRA If alsreReN: are made take the] Cn, cone ne 80S 4 will meet rs for ten rounds {climb on and appeal to the conductor supernatural, A majority of players} blame accordingly. fever in his life | °'#! fxhts. ri eae teh F In the semi. ]/to decide which one had rea ‘ould a# soon think of cutting off a log |@id MoGraw blame a player for making |" '¢ new boxing law and the fi Kart first. On the word of the cot as te allow a stranger to sit on the|S@ error even if tt lost a game, but | iniddiew Jim Smit Ox KIX Pounds would pay the wager, | ae jet one of them commit an er lester farmer who me Lang ‘They might stop on cdi a |Judgment even if it won the ¢ rd he week, ha 1 rik , |e atreet and, surrounded by « b RECORDS ALWAYS PROVE BEST |tho whole team will know it for weeks Pr atte n Pr » Papke ; wrmer sparring part-| crowd, endeavor ival h other GUIDE, 1 t2 come. Dn MRO AN A cuMpuDAoLive: Obnone teas 1 porey al {st arin clog dances, relying on the specta- yhen Bresnalian took charge of th hae & prow ‘erry lost hecaus n to decide the question of supers Another thing that McGraw does at] (,W1en, Bresnalan took et re Mocirae (ont. Pauke tuiked about Frank Klaua, | he h the latter was on | (ony ’” weciée the question of super the oulset is to disabuse his playe - nA dentally, eeking for.» Ho may accept Tom O'Day's offer | his kne h Referee Haley © Brodie's place up on the Bowery minds of fdea that printed re aud meet him on the t fa nnedy was on the| knew them well. Many @ time have do not amount to anything. He nothing you've got to de , With Al Palzer at the! the frequenters of that resort seon declares that “figures never lie x 1 MeGr is to get rid mm Gin . le mood ty pape Thuraday night. | Doody get up on the little stage and do an with the best record ts the | t! ne’ on m. No matte ment in York f ine ones sh wed . Yel- a turn, to be followed by Welr in an Haan aire ren! how much you ubout baseball ve, the, neat 5 while the re lett the} earnest. effort outdo Patsy, Both | st peposvceapaags ees than ha oust | bright young fellow who can think GC aa| Green to see @ bunch of| could pass a sit ng gallery without | & Player's malnd ha reaiiads that be MUN! is. worth mare to you tas & y Only two of the to Aight | trying thelr skill | atep out and deliver the goods to be re-| good voters o never did vse were in the local boy's |The sandy beach of Coney Island was | | tained ept te Don't tr 1 the other elght sessions 'elso a favorite spot for their races, Ike's | Another important feature of Me men thi t 18 uscles hee punished about. the Ne yf M de | favorite musical instrument was the ohio, tapeiegt testers ot Mo ri tnt ana'eat hp tans, treme nrc went oe Melson Made | tee cere aL ge strictions on the personal conduct of : La f ts it (Ce ffs Q it j concertina ay coukl make that old the players, He telle them at the ont-|, Another Idea t Phe yao any | atiney Qui ORT TRG bad when: The. sitsiek set that they are taken on thelr own { hie \ | ° R ; Fi ap 8 UY een HER OB Te ASRS A Aas ans Lad pres KID on ANU aD fae in Round Five » 20°" oe as Sout ween ti. realize that responsibility and take ca ., 1 Ho} urna \ tae ss Paley lwanaralie he of themmelves they will be the means ne { Twe MEDFORD, Or \ Tommy | Shida . their own undoing afta wor a tr é Piss ah aay @ spot Ww ‘What's the use of telling a player it - BF ae ‘ 1 afte artsy aL so to what time he should go to b nat | £08 the wa s bercent 3 ; : vaunen ina fn a he should drink,” explains M A 1 » ; a aleh : BF I've got to force a man to tak® care of jy, . ; : 4 3 i tlh ‘\° Back Flip Ccst Title. himself, then he will be no good, a a wan P \ Oe Soe Ane i Voward the end the 3 1889 way. I want players who realize tho| worked in regular » beca ! atled tr) oes nde al Har arrangements for the match between necessity of taking care of themselves) ing is gained by putting a man p 1 2M . ing at Ne Welr and Austration Billy Murphy and who act accordingly, If they abusw|of turn to win a game and then sa y ye men wh Neither the refere Nelson sufte were completed, and tke traveled ‘out themselves and fail to make good on’ foing iim a0 that he will lose the neat) W Aeteated was announced as any dainage. Gaffney said Nelson had to San Francisco. ‘Tho battle took | George Terry, but it was said that he repeatedly fouled him, piace on Jan, 13, 1800, before the Cali- | OF ‘il Brighton Beach Py fornia Athletic Club, which paid Weir's xpenses for the trip. As the result of thia fight wae a victory for Murphy, it will be more fully described in the articles on him. The blow that knocked Ike Wetr out in the fourteenth round ‘Was a right-hand swing which caught the “Spider” just as he landed on his feet after doing a back flip. That stunt cost Ike the featherweigh: 23 Pionship of the world. ‘Weir felt the diegrace of defeat very keenly. He tried to get Murphy to give him @ return match, but failed. He then returned East and did not fight again until July & 1890, when he met Prof. Conners before the Buffalo Ati:- letic Club. The men fought for a purse of $1,500 to the winner and 8% to the loser and used email gloves. was @ New York hoy who was athletic instructor et the Buffalo club, and was @ clever fighter. Weir knocked him put fm three rounds. fi Ike again laid off, and on Dec. 14, 1% he took passage on the steamship Al: meda from Roston for Australia. He arrived in Sydney some time in January Three or four days after landing he sparred an exhibition bout with Abe Willis of Sydney, who claimed the besitamweight championship of Auatra- Ma. Although Tke had all the best of t! affair it was called a drew. On Jan, 2% he wag matched to fight Jack Puller for a purse of $500 a side, Fuller was a lightweight and ont- weighed Weir by many pounds. Ike was finally persuaded by his friends not to try conclusions with Fuller, and forfeited the money. Wer became dissatisfed with eon- ditions in Australia and soon galled for America, He stopped at Honolulu and on Feb. 7, 1891, sparred an exh!- bition with John Mahan, a local champ- fon. Weir bested Mahan, but the beut was callei a draw. Soon after The returned to America. WANTED, 600 ATHLET! 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