The evening world. Newspaper, April 13, 1912, Page 7

GOLF SCHEDULE OF THE 1912 SEASON a eee NS co Open [(<ee-1 Love 1 SLAM AT Any OLD KIND OF A BASEBALL Ses) He wren nane ARE ATYIEN OF Com pence FOR Cy FSU gmenten Players in Old Days More Tricky Than They are Now, Says Veteran Pitcher Cy Young, bu: so Many Rules Have Been Made to Prevent 1 ricky Playing That Men Have Abandoned It and Now Stick More Closely to the heal Science of the Game. 6c PEALING of old timers,” said Cy Young, “I was pleasantly sur prised last summer to find Dan Brouthers, the one-time famous ‘ slugger, working at the Poio Grounds as @ watchman. Dan was ‘A great hitter in his day, though I doubt if he was fast enough on the bases to be as great a star now as men like Ty Cobb, Joe Jackson, Hans Wagner and Eddie Collins. “Brouthers was in the gare wh hatter could call for a high or low Dall. ‘That was a little before my day, When 1 broke in the present rules in regard te batting, with the exception of the foul strike rule, were in force. .Dan tells me that bis favorite ball used to be a low one, but when they changed the rules on him he learned to hit the high ones as well.” glide and to fo @ lead on the pitcher | he would be as good a inan as Ty Cobb, But Jackson 1s young and needs help. “One afternoon last summer, while I was with the Cleveland club, I warming up in the deep right ¢leld 11 case I should be needed to reHeve the man {fh the box. Jackson made a long catch that retired the side and then, inetead of going to the bench, came over to where I was and we sat one Pile of lumber. We talked for some “What do you think of the foul strike} time gpout the game and he finally rule?” I asked. asked me what 1 thought of his playing, “It ls undoubtedly an advantage to| “Well, I said, you are doing “ah right, the pitcher,” he replied. “But it has also helped the batter in that he is forced to be more careful and Pick out better balls. “I can remember well,” continued the Veteran pitcher, “when euch batters as Latham, McGraw, Jennings, McAleer and others could stand up to the plate and foul the bali off whenever they pleased. They uaed to do this to tire out the pitcher and prolong the game. On one occasion Ariie Latham fouled off thirty-two balls before he was fnal- amgereed $6 bib-t., The crowd y base, for instance, you should immedi. ly object to a player delaying tho lately hustle over to the foul line #0 as game in that way, and that is one of (to back up the first baseman In case the reasons that the rule was made jof a wild throw. Get Jn there on every calling @ foul 4 “strike.” play and be a part of It’ but you could do ten times better if you would pay more attention to your Job.’ “* How's that? he asked. @ lot of things for standing there -and catching the ball. You ought to be on the move all the ¢ime. Watoh the catcher's signals and play acco’ y. Did you notice that overthrow ‘at first base awhile ago?’ I asked him, “ ‘Sure I did,’ he repiied. ‘But what about 1? “*You should have been over there stopped that ball. ‘When you see a ball hit te third nate they and said he would follow my sugges- tions. i “In less than three days there was a mixup on the bases with two men trleky than they are now?" I “In a way, they 5 “pecause toey iad é J i re,” he answered, better chance to away with it, Nowadaye ft ts preity | caught on tho lines. In the run down | than , hard for @ ball player to pull off @ trick) the first baseman had to leaye Me post- such ae hiding the ball, because the fans/tion and the bag was uncot . Seeing have grown #0 wise on the game that;this the runner started for the empty they will tip the home player off as to Loot ecken on yah in tn .| meantime und stoppe. e bag ee eae ook te palling a warne i” time to take the throw, put the man rlooking of these details, Many of the fielders in those days were quite content to catch the ball if it came to them and then go in and hit, They might have been great players instead game. “Kor instance," he explained, “I'll tell you @ little deta!l that !e all important { to-day which in the old days was over- the turn toward second when hi to firat base, In oase the ball is ed 4 1 am extra base can be gained, and many 1 ‘ Jone, runner seeing that he nad only hit @ single would run to first base only and then turn to the right. It never occurred to him to be in position te take advantage of a fumble, Those are the litte things that count and that fairly well illustrates what I meant by saying that tho difference between the old baseball and the new is in paying attention to details, Every Iittle advantage on the fi count up in tho long run, may think that these little de 12 too ingigniticant to give serious to, but they are the type of who do not succeed’, The chame fare made up of men who The Americans win! were published yesterday: wae made, tek ja of every situation, Ve JOR JACKOON TgRNO 9 HELP, Nationals , 1 Americans. a “1 had 4 oxance to help a player out im thig particular last summer, and f pelieve my siggestions have beon of some benatit to him, The man I refer a ekaon, the wouderful oute Rs Ciebelana dortl rut, |Netionale, 3, Pasred delle: in a marvel Uf he’ knew & little more clared that the Detroit tered this year's race at Cleveland ‘Thureday was fuily 9 per cent. stronger would win « pen Clarke in reaponse to a question just | Sefere, the season opened. No one ever looked. When @ batter hits a clean|of ordinary players if they ‘had only | Pirat { been shown the way.” feels ‘ ingle now he always ie made to take ro Be eat ber Base on Lalte: Nationale, nU Americans, 3. a % # % ¥8 BIG LEAGUES’ PENNANT OUT Below is Printed Just How the Sixteen Clubs in the Two Major Leagues Shape Up—How the LOOK FOR 1912 .. THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 10912. NEWS OF ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT ing Games Show All the Big League Clubs Strengthenea ,HIGHLAND-BOSTON GAME IN MOVING PICTURES Copyright, 1912, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World.) Teams Have Been Strengthened—What Various Managers Think of Pennant Races. League thie season. waged by three clubs. ANTS’ ADDED STRENGTH LIES JN THEIR “SUBS.” ‘The main strength of the Giants for 193 over 1911 lies in the added substi- | tutes. |derful recruit in Johnny Groh. big league clubs have tried to buy him. Another big addition has been George Burns for the outfleld. Burns is a good hitter, extremely fast on the bases, and te one of the best sliders on the team. The pitching department has been Strengthenrd by the addition of Big Jeff Teasreau, yesterday by letting Brooklyn down with three hits though he was defeated. There ts also atrength in the possibility of Louls Drucke being able to take his regular turn in Quard wih be ett McGraw has picked up a won- Several whe proved his worth bo: Rube Mar- then last year. jants had bed weather for training they were no: so unfortus es some of the other clubs, and are now in ae good condition as any clud in either league. —~— TIGERS TWENTY PER CENT. STRONGER THIS SEASON. (Special to The Evening Wertd,) PLAYERS MORE TRICKY IN ot! JACKSON BROMITS BY: CVS) DBTNON: Opel] cemame TeRees, 1 DAYS. | ADVICE. qnnee “Were the baliplayers then more! “Jackson thanked me for the advice| nant hopes with care ai the one which finished second to the Athletics last year, aif@ that barring accidents or a like improvement_in the world's champions the Tigers would re- peat their performances of '@, -—~-— Band ‘00, out and save ¢! ame. ETT ing at the runner, They miss very few) «A tittle Tee aries up firet and PITTSBURGH TEAM BETTER things in the stands these d prevented another score that would| EQUIPPED THAN IN YEARS. ‘Go many rules have been made to|have caused trouble. quae. prevent tricky playing that the players| “In the old days,” said Cy, “we didn't (Special to The Kvening World.) heve about abandoned that and atick|Watch things so closely and many &/ piTTSBURGH, April 1&—"Did you more closely to the real ecience of the was probably lost through the | aver hear mo predict that the Pirates asked Fred it the same, the chief of the band has intimated better equipped f he has felt for years. that he hard season SCORE BY INNINGS. 21e@1t 606 ¢oee@:8 2 1 BOX SCORE SUMMARY: Strike-oute: Nationale, 8) Americans, ¢, Put-oute: Nationale, 36; Americans, 37. Hit better: Nationals, 1; ’ Balke: Americans, 1, 3% Gielen Denney. Hasienele, 21: rere, Hit by batted ball: Nationale, 1. Americans, 1, Wild pitchs 4. Out bunting third ctrises Nationals, 1. “Tt te with @nnouncement ANS are almost certain of seeing a red-hot campaign in the National No longer should the fight for the pennant be In statements seat to The Evening World today the various managers tell how their teams have been strengthened. It is obvious that the scouts have been on the job all winter, for the weaker clubs have been materially reinforced by trades and new recruits, and the leading teams—Chieago, Pittsburgh and the Giante—have all made additions to their ranks, Two toams, Bastop and Cincinnati, have new managers, and uniess all signs fail the race will be bitterly contested. In Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louts and Boston, cities which enjoy the distinction of having two big league clubs, the experts say that the pros | How Experts and Managers Size Up Teams as They Now Stand ;DODGERS EXPECT TO GET HIGHER BERTH THIS YEAR. ure that I make the hat the Brooklyn team of 1912 ig much stronger in many ways than it wae last year,” says Bill Dah- len, the Dodger manager. “In the first place, the positions on the team which were weak in 1911 have been materially strengthened by the addition of men who not only can cover them but be- aides are there with ¢ dition of Outflelder Catcher Phi Smith, been greatly strengthened. Allen, Dent The ad- atick. and Yingling look like very promising twirlers, and with the others—Ru have much chance to get Into the best of shape during our epring training trip on account of the minerable weath- ex, I expect to see them round into fine! Chase on first, the team condition In a few weeks, T am almost certain that the Brooklyns will finish in @ higher position than they did last eee BROWNS ARE HOPEFUL OF GETTING OUT OF CELLAR JOB (Special to The Evening World), CHICAGO, April 13,—There the St. Louls Ameri: js troubles had Great sacker a i R. 7 HY rh aE H. u 7 att in trying year is evident from han seventeen men i § il | AMERICANS WIN PUZZLE PICTURE GAME. Home Run Drive in the ninth inning breake up the game, which had been nip and tuck from the start. This te the result of The Evening World's pussle picture baseball game. The score was 8 to 7, Following are the solutions of the pictures of the ninth and deciding inning, which Firet helf, Nationals at bat—Single; double; infleld fy; out bunting third strike; Texas leaguer; out second to Aret base. Runs, 3; hite, 3; errors, 0; left on bese, 1. Totel rune, 7. Second half, Americans at bat—Flies out; short to Aret; four (for) balls; safe roller to short; double eteal; pinch hitter; home run. Runs, 8; hite, 2; errore, 0; left on base, 0. Two out when winning run &. a i Sacrifice: hite: cago tet pects of faster teams are brilliant. The Tigers, according to Manager Hughey Jennings, have increased their strength 20 per cent. The same can be said of Cleveland, where Harry Davis, the ex-Athletic, reigns. He thinks he'll fight it out with Mack's team for the pennant. Despite all that is written and sald, however, the season of 1912 will undoubtedly close with the same record of reverses, accidents, disappoint- ments, failures and other things as those of the past. Below is pointed out where all the clubs hav been strengthened, what changes have been made since last year and many other things of interest to the baseball public. HILLTOPS SURE TO MAKE GOOD IN THE LONG RUN. Although handicapped by the bad of losing the first two games, the Hi landers appear to be much better off than they last year, and all be- cause they have a new manager that won't sfand for any loafing on the job. In Harry Wolverton the team has a leader who ts bound to be a huge suc- cess in the long run, The two newcomers that have helped to bolster the team most are Gabby Street, the catcher, who was secured in @ trade with the Washingtons for In- fielder Jack Knight, and Geo. nel, the big pitcher who mi reat name for himself whil champions of the permanently 10+ irl Gardner at se ‘ney City boy, of all, Hal an infield ; that should improve wonderfully as it goes along. cated at short stop, ond, C Dolan, on third, and last, but STRENGTHENED SINCE 1911. (Special to The Evening Work). CHICAGO, April 13.—B seem to be stronger t they wei the cloi The White Sox strength than the C Weaver, Rath end Mattick, more Manager Callahan has picked up three young-! sters of especial merit, while Manager Chance has added but one new man to his team in Eddie Lennox, who Is to hold down third for the former cham- pions. Manager Chance feels confident that his mi going to be able to put up @ harder Aight against the Giants this year than they did last ures that Brown te just wag and that Cole and Reulbech will |be more help than they wera last sea- jaon, In Cheney ‘he thinks fo has a “comer,” and with Lavender and Northrup, two other new pitchers, he plans to give the league leaders @ fight every inch of the way. Manager Callahan saye that his team will be fighting every day. He does not belleve in clatming any pennants be- fore they are won, for he is one of the conservative kind. eee BOSTON’S TWO CLUBS HAVE MADE AN AUSPICIOUS START. BOSTON, April 13,—This city is almply wild with delight because of the added strength shown by both the Red Sox and the Braves—the new name for the Boston Nationals. ‘The chief strengthening of the Ameri- cans has been done in thelr getting back their old manager, Ja&e Stahl. He is putting up the best game of hie career at first, The infleld with Wagner wack at short and Larry Gardner made ver from @ second baseman to @ third been bolstered. The outfield Is considered the best in the country by experts, consisting as it does of Speaker, Lewis and Hooper. The catching staff is well taken care of by Carris while the patching staff witt such stars as Cieoite, ‘Wood and O'Brien as a nucleus necds to take mo back tve froin anybody, : = 3 = Ps g = « # 2 & i Es » and Nunamaker, season. | PHILLY TEAMS LOOK EVEN BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. ; Wonderful improved ment this Pitcher tion af of Shortst look good OF take @ regular position on | The Phillies are also a bi |aggregation, although they have some misfortunes spolled thetr training trip. | strained muscles (Special to The venting World.) PHILADELPHIA, April 1 the Philadelphia teams look jthan they were it season, world’s champion aving to some extent. Connie Mack ;has not been content to rest easy with |his powerful asgregation, He scoured the country for more material, and his second string players are better than the substitutes of 1911. Strunk and Der- |rick, who have been with the team ford jtwo years, have shown vast improve- spring and both this Rain jagee had jhis arm broken, Lobert has been put ;out of the running for @ time by ari of his back, and oore has been ill, The addi- hers Killifer and Graham, op Downey, formerly of Cin- cinnat!, and of Cravath, the American =e BOTH CHICAGO BALL CLUBS | Association ier, make the Quakers for @ nuccenatul campaign. oeeanene CARDINALS HAVE VISIONS THE FIRST DIVISION. (Special 10 The Kveaing World.) ST, LOUIS, April 13.—Of to # flying seven in Inaugural, for {| start by beating the Browns five out of the spring series and then blanking the Pirates 7-0 in Thursday's the Cardinals are @ confident and concerted lot of players this spring. They hav (fret divis! {and Phil ! ' handed pitcher, the elub hi threaten’ Another © visions of fintehing in the ion, well up with New York Jelphia, and base their hopes big right- man who to prove the Alexander of 1912. promising young pitcher ts . Once he gets contro! he's | | jon, but at the present |O’DAY HAS MADE GOOD | START AT CINCINNATI. ‘aer their pace for ¢! | they are ‘1913 ar season fw opinion that his team will be the one to|gmith's, operated under fight it out with the Athletics for the! scho@s ‘pennant. the crack catcher, | wagon for keeps, which means @ gre: | deal to the team. pa NAPS THINK THEY'LL FIGHT IT OUT WITH ATHLETICS. ‘Specta: to The Evening World.) CINCINNATI, Api ~The Reds, un- » Hank O'Day, new mai the veteran umpire, have cut out a fast hemeelves right at the outeet, Local fans think he is the best manager the team has ever had, and If he winga pennant this season he can have any- thing in the town. The local team is made up of prac- | cally the same men jast year, but all more seasoned and with (Special to The Evening World), CLEVELAND, April 18—The Nape of considerably stron; than last id Manager Davis 11 WURRA, HB disgraceful overcrowding at the openin me between the Giants.and | the Brooklyns last Thuredey has let loose a pile of epistolary kicks te me. A Here's one: ise WURRA WURRA: Why Is ft that Mayor Gaynor refuses to permit Commissioner Waldo to police the Greater New York ball parka? ’ A BROOKLYN FAN. “4 There are five reasons why His Honor refuses to turn his bulls loose in thy ornehide pastures: No. 1. He assumes that baseball is a gentle, peaceful pastime indulged im peaceful citizens and witnemed by men, women and boys of a peaceful No, 2. His Honor ts obpessed with the notion that if any of bis want to eee » ball game they should do so on their days off, when they ang F with the reat of the bunch. Strange as it may seem or sound to those who éwell + in Brooklyn, @ policeman ts @ human being, equipped with human emotions, If he ta compelled to watch a ball game while wearing his uniform and to be on duty, he must look on with the stolid front of a hickory Indian. This requires self constraint of after the game and kick No. 8. While Flatbush and the Bronx are screaming for more cops to ‘them from aecond-story visitors and footpads it trm't good polities to hundred of @0 cops into @ ball field and bave them standing idly around they might be better employed in the tall grass. No. 4. The Mayor hopes that some day the baseball magnate will find time between cutting coupons and counting his profits to break in « capable bunch of — etrong arm quatds of his own. The Mayor never expects that the dasedell mag- nate will confine the sale of tickets within the limit of the capacity of big sroun % No, 6. public, probably for the reason that the fans Pires. If you care for any more on the subject, Mr. Brooklyn Fan, write te Honor himself and you'll probably get en answer, that'll hold you hog-tied hametrung. HERE'S AN IRRITANT IRK In most of thi a His Honor presumes too much on the good nature of reabouts fall to pleasini stilt personal touch of offen- tng @ lot of winks fling insults right in your face @bout your poverty. Morn d night, for a block from the subway, T get It every ten feet: “Ole ol And the fellera that say it ain't Beau Brummels any more than I am for you to stake me to a new clo's so I can get ‘em tem right. J. It's tough, so it 19, Mr. vee myself. pare!” E te one ot them ihe ther day, “sure, they're old. it what of {t? You don't need to tell | of Irish wool, “Ole every one on the block about it." ‘There’ ‘hope. READ IN THE PAPERS this morning an account of an eruption of Peak, Panama. Capt. Wang of the Norwegian ship Origen tells Rew | vpasel steamed ¢ h thick, brown water caused by the eruption. + ‘Thick, brown weter, Why, Panama hasn't anything on us. Weere: right out of our own faucets with just such uncanny and uneleanly Capt. Wang a0 lucttly describes, And our thick, brown water is not caused volcanic eruption, It's done by political corruption, A H, ME, BUT THAT WATER that is furnished by the city of New: although I'm not a consumer of much water, gives me quaime! the taate of the mushy brown stuff does not seriously interest ma, as all decent County Mayo men, I ike my daily bath and I hate like the to bathe tn mud. oO @ careful analysia of the Irish as usual. Then the London will coatrel the eaeul Home Rule Bill 1 find that the | ment jon of the new revenues. The British Gov. following remarkable grant government: The Parliament tn London will ha power to order the Lord IJeutenant ot Ireland to veto any measure of t Irigh Parliament. Nothing affecting the|T hat Crown, army, navy, territories, treaties, | winner for pure biuff, titles, treason, Pagrercys yo core Redmond and tis patents can be touched by the Ir poor, Pe About all that ts left to the Irish Parliament. For six years after the passage of the |liament is the power to indulge J@ measure the customs duties and excise | whereasea and resolve: ees revenue will be turned into the English But we're great at ¢! dire: of Harry Hillman, the Is Hoyle an authority on euchre and pinochie? Is poker or pinochie now athletic director ‘How Iniversity. He is assisted by John 4 the ol ame in cards? long Meliogh st the Public School hae. sue, Hoyle 1s not an authority on any card | Louse o Bisee orinepector of Athietiog. for the Board of Education. oad WURRA WURRA 4 gook and a gink? I can't find them In the dictionary, : 4 TYRONE GULHOOLEY. Bink is the difference between a man ‘who lives in the Bronx and a man Who || lves in Flatbush. Figure it out—~ ent proposes t! of will not come under Irish contrel alx yoare after the passing of the All supreme court judges will be pointed by the British Crown during © the same term of six years, etc. Ww f al! the political bunco heard of this is the And the and his eclf- thing ts thet seem to like th are scor tion circulation but they're worthless, Pi- nochle is an evolution of besique, but jnochle has been twisted around so much that {t bears but little resemblance to {te parent . Buchs based on an idea as old a@ the cards themselves, Ts KIDDIES are all preparing for RRA WURRA! we And middie dlatance runner, UI hes pincohle been played? D. J: Great organiser, and by What Is the difference betwees ® "Phe difference between a goo’ and & the rush to the hills and the | Blades. It’s getting to be the real thing for indulgent parents to send the! youngsters to @ camp for the season | where they will live in the open as much; I won't anewer any queries | as possible, fish, row, canoe and gambol | frame-upe at the old or lon the green. Camp Osgood up at Paul| other old boxing club, Let the the Public ite dead, The ¥ ~~ ic League suspices, was @ fine ewccess las, season under the able