The evening world. Newspaper, September 13, 1913, Page 7

ce The Highlanders Have All the Best of the Chances to Escape the Disgrace of Finishing at the Tall-End of the Procession, and by the Middle of Next Week Should Be Able to Swap Positions With the Browns. By Bozeman Bulger. NE more healthy jump and the Highlanders wifl land outside the cellar O door. They: are now limbering up for the leap. Just ten points separate them from the Browns this morning, and at their present rate of speed the” Yanks ought to have that attended to and pet away for keeps by the middle of next week. They have the percentage. The Browns are stacked against the Athletics, Red Sox and Senators for the rest of their trip, while @ on somewhat easter marks in the Tigers, the Whi! Nox and the Clevelands. We refer to the Naps as easy marke advisedly. Right now they appear the easiest club in the league to lick, and the betting is that Washington will beat them out of second place. hance's gang wil A LITTLE LATE, BUT JUST AS WELCOME. Yes, the Yanks have all the best of the chances im this Jat oseape the dingrace of finishing at the tatl-end of the precession. Th: are going well, the new fielders have helped wonderfully and such old veterans a® Birdie Cree and Ed Sweeney are hitting the ball with championship con- The Tigers are likely to run into an unexpected snag when they! open here this afternoon. ANOTHER BOOST FOR OUR MR. HOLDEN. Our young friend Holden—the first part of his name ie William Penrhyn- | to have come here to stay, On hie first appearance this New London ng was up to form. Yeaterday he convinced thi was, that he had a wing on him patterned very much like that sling that David ined on Goliath, In the seventh inning, with first and second bases occupied, | Pratt poked a long single into centre. Mr. Holden fielded the ball perfectly | and shot it like a long, white ribbon straight into Sweeney's hand and in plenty of time to nail Baumgardner at the plate. That peg was a corker. YOU WON'T GET ANY LONG PRICE, EITHER. Hy the was, that fellow Pratt, even if he doea come from my State, must be entered as an added’ starter in the all-bone clasmtc. {ter the third man had filed out to right, he touched seqond and | third. When the ball wae thrown in carelessly Mr. Pratt in- | iwithstanding the efforts of his own team to Better put a bet down on that | ning whe made a da sisted on }im that the ede fad been out for some time. fellow even if Jou Anderson and Harry Niles are to run ag favorites. HAD HIS MIND ON FOOTBALL. Probably the xreatest kicking one ball ever received in {t# lifetime was ade ministered by Outflelder Walker tn the eighth inning of the final sanguinary ttle when he punted the horse-hide, eel and toe, until four Yanks nad ossed the plate. The bases were ‘ull ith two out when Sweeney lined a one- tee knock into left, In his hurry to ake a throw somewhere—he wasn't articular—Walker gave the ball a kick sat let in two runners, and then while ‘ying to recover it kicked sald ephere tain. No being satisfied with that, he wally picked up and threw it far over “ret base, allowing everybody to acore. ‘°HE BUSINE! PART WON'T BREAKDOWN HIS HEALTH. Branch Rickey, who has signed a con- ‘erect to act a8 business manager and neeretary of the Browns, hed not re- verted when the club left here jast night, but is expected to-day. Branch, it Will be remembered, et one time was Ke member of the Highlander team and came here in ¢hat famous deal with St. * Z Louls made by Clark GriMith seme years ago, Danny Hoffman and Jimmy Wiu- fama also figured in it. Since Branch quit playing he has been working es big feague scout, BOUNDS LIKE MANAGER OF A FIGHTER. Outfielder Giihooley had @ team mate named Allen up at Montreal who has gene to join the Washington Ctub. it says that Allen is one of the fastest ball players he has ever seen. It must be true, for Kitty Bransfield, the former manager of these boy ‘@ he will bet 9800 that Allen can beat any man in the American League foing around the vases. 1T® BEEN DARK ALL SEASON FOR THEM. Vans at the Polo Grounds had a besar laugh when !t was announced at o'clock that the Pirates-Giants game been cailed off on account of “darkne: and refused to delieve that they wi not being ‘Kidded."” As @ matter Pi ‘act, that has happened several times. On one trip with the Glants out there a few years ago we saw it ao dark, on account of smoke and dampness, that the street lamps werg lehted at J o'clock in the afternoon. NOW WE KNOW WHY THEY BROUGHT BUT TWELVE MEN, Frank Farrell and tuo fellowa who have to pay the @alaries breathed a deep high of relief when the Browns finally wound up their stay. They are auch a poor attracttion that the crowds at the last two games have been the smallest on record at a New York park. But Frank ought to get even to- day. Even though they are in the sec- ond division, the Tigers are just as full of temperament as ever and Ty Cobb is likely to pull a new one at any thi bled TINKER AND MARANVILLE HAD FIGHT ON FIELD. CINCINNATI, 0., Sept. 18—Manager Joe Tinker of the Cincinna club and Player Maranvilie of the Boston team ‘ame to biows in the first inning of the firat game of to-day's double header and assisted by several players trom side, heid a tattle roy: woler heade among alled and Both Maker “and Mi ta tbe rhey w vt on iMenes 4 at THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, NEWS OF ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT GETTING THE HOOK READY SEPTEMBER 13, 19138. AL REICH MAKES GOOD AS A “PRO”’ w The Presa Publishing Co Aw HURRY UP AND a - Oe Gwe THAT WN To WIN, feo uP To HE SMALL TIME | WANTA GET OUT “THERE adic? ‘od hour fight to ster gave us @ flash of speed that was decidedly nourishing, and his hit- eritical &s it | Fred Clarke Explains Why Chance Hasn’t Done Better With Yanks. BY FRED CLARKE. (Manager of the Pir, Sept. 13—This talk about some managers boing able to win pennants with second rate clubs is foolish, No manager can win A capable manager can get the play- but until then he cannot show his ability. Geor took charge of the Cleveland team on short notice in 1911, and wi He performed wonders and had St. Louls he could not ‘St. Louis he didn’t. PITTSBURGH, Pa., Pratt qualified in the third | ball games unle ers if given tim he has the players. things going in great shape. In Cleveland he had the material. It all goes to prove that a manager must have men of ability and temperament to bring out his own talents. than Frank Chance ever lived. A fighter, student of the gamo and a |dursh and St. Toute to-day do not re- sult in a dogfall, the gang ought to. much better line on the cham. | ‘Two gamen one No greater manager MAJOR LEAGUE RECORDS Compiled by Expert George L. Moreland. manageria! powers simply because he hes not got the kind of men under him that are best suited to his desires. There are players who Stovall and Chance did well with good material, but a dozen managers cannot make a winner or a near-winner out of inferior material, plonahip by sundown. y or the other will make a lot of can be driven and others who can't | ditrerence right now—especially to the onal League Batting Averaue: Here Are Baseball’s Real History Makers’; : of B Both Big Leagues for 1913 3 Season’: BASEBALL’S HONOR ROLL FOR SEASON Giants Don’t wt Pigare Very High in Any One Department, Still They Lead National League. Not a Single New New York Na- tional Player in Roll Whaner. Mitta ae x enae: Gilman, Pitta Best Batter—Cravath, ar wt ie Base Stealer—Carey. Best Run Getter—Leach. Best Fielding Club—st. 1 Best Batting Club—Brooklyn. the firat ten leading sluggers, not a very nourishing thing for Giant supporters|} to digest. Mack's teain leads in club batting and in making long hits. | satisfied with thin HE Cobbs, Wagners, Mattys and) Johnsons don’t make all the base- | Figures up to date for both leagues show that many other players are establishing records, and doing it @o quietly that the general diamond put@lco doesn’t even know AMERICAN LEAGUE. Hext Batter—Jackson. Leading Base Stealer--Milan. Best Run Getter—K. Collins. Hitting Club—Athletics. Best Fielding Club—Athletics, Ete SASSI! howing, the Ath- in club flekling, the Philadelphia ma-| Qj! chine hay become rusty. 1S THE BEST BASE STEALER IN THE AMERICAN, The fleet fovted Mii How many fang can name the lead- | ing base stealer in the National Leasu fot many, eh? Well, he's Max Car of the Pirates, who tops the list with 53 etolen bases, and yet Maxey preaches | comes in fourth | with % and Burns is next with 4. Murray and Merkle equeeze in the first ten pilferere with 33 bases each, yet this time last season the Giants h tter showing with five men among | 4 of Washington ican's best base stealer, with Cobb i@ second and the Athletics enter two men in the firat ten For getting runs the Athletics have a S2aBSEESE | in the winter! 5 a yna-t-2! y 4 and our old friend has come across Not far behind thes Oldring with #7. rs alone scored 390 runs the plate 98 times, nother surprise when Old Man Tommy Leach is discovered tter in the National. The little fellow was too old for Pitt: burgh, but since joining the Cubs Leach hae scored 86 runs in 114 games. The American time enough during the s off two triple plays. the other in the as the best run. e winners found American League. Giants fail to place a man in the ten! leading sluggers. The Dodgers head the list in club ba and the Giants are in a thre ‘handed tle with Philadelphia and Pitts. | burgh for second place. Three triple plays have been pulled off | “mpl® in the National this season, Pittsburgh, | Richard J. Delaney ie rune have bees Mt, Louie and Boston each y. CRAVATH 18 A LEADER AMONG| THE SLUGGERS. The Giants haven't produced a inan in The annual outing the first ten ru turning the|0ld Greenwich Village lon Sunday, Sept the dred members lnave the club’ Kighth avenu hard to manufactui The batting duel, considering only hits for extra bases, the Na-} League, th of the Phillies Thia sluger has walloped out hits for! orage of @ total of 260 bases. home runs, 13 triples and 80 doubles | between them with i to his credit, al) good for an average! Baker is still Mie hor aireuit clouts. + organigation will veudquarters at von at the top with an a Cobb tn third place and Trix Speaker as a bui re they wil wu with | steamer John 8 Voy then to Witael's } Cravath has 18 standard bearer ix the be viva Again the ‘Thy Athletion show four plsyers eaiong Coroner vm the Democratic ticket. sip, New Yor, florea, Clieubasis (The New York World) wae Hatting Avermwe. frst round and again In the Records 1 in game Ave. Se eyes Jaw. Denning was ne Was all Burns, The 2 Own ined E i * 4bit St. THEA, ate TO-MOR ROW tast DAY LUNA CENTURY Winks ay GRAND OPERA } with PRO Orne | Burns Knocks | Out Denning iwwning World.) 1. -Frankie Burns, nwelght of Jer- of hin Might jwith Bart 1 nning of Chicago, dropping Windy City boy for the count in econd round with a right to the in the Mgnt; it Jersey lad hit at will and punished him uns ty in the clinches with rights snd lefty to the kidneya, ‘The latter blows, delivered patedly through the cond as noon nM Kought to clinch, were A him for a rather easy ‘The blow was a stiff one, but ‘linarlly would net have produced the ten seconds’ sleep. - Practically Impossible To Keep Giants Out of It's now practically imponastble t prevent the Giants from appearing in their next and third successiy ries. They only have more games to play, iliew have twenty-seve: w Yorkers can win only elr KameM and thelr record nal 100 won and 54 loat. To thin record the Phillies have to win twenty-two out ir twenty-weven remaining HW almoxt miraculous feat, ally now that the Giants have thelr batting eyes, The Wl Athleticn have the same lead it their respective leagues— seven a half games-and the Ativetion’ chances of losing are prac- tically as remote an those of the Giants, nul of would | AMUSEMENTS, ie. 2 Heat seated. kee sy vat ay, 2.10, oy PLAYHOUSE +, Jat ime ¢ To lay "yan" tue FAMILY Cursuaikn THEA, Be.5.00. Mat Today.2.30 VE wie, XAN TIPE EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN | iT { } { : i ' ‘ Julian in Draw With Goldberg (Special to The Kvening World.) 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