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MCGRAW SHouLD Be worevine memes A LOT OF Weigut MOMDAY, JUNE 1, 1915. SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK © LIFE THERE’S HOPE---AND GOLF by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World). No MOG BLANK Despage FoR “Te Beare cuamp WHEN WILARD Gets us WE'LL HAVE Te OOK FORWARD Xo. Travis Has Reduced Golf To a Science, That’s Why He’s a Marvel at 55 Years Veteran Who Has Just Annexe d “Met” Amateur Title Again EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN | | Week in the American League. Eastern Clubs Not as Strong as Year Ago, Declares Cobb New York and Boston Must Shoulder .the Brunt of Holding Western Teams In Cheok on Present Invasion, Says World’s Greatest Player. BY TY CobB. (World's Champion All-Round Ball Player.) HE Detroit Club, convinced of its ebility to carry off this year's pen- nant honors, will keep a close eye on the results of the first invasion of the East by the Western clubs of the American League. The Tigers, not a whit apprehensive of themselves, are nevertheless very,anzious to determine as soon as pos- sible the teams which are likely to prove most trouble. some, so that full pressure may be directed that way. Of consuming interest to Hugh Jennings and the rest of us is the probable bearing of the White Sox on their first long road jaunt. The White Sox, which on form to date figure to prove our most dangerous rivals, have not the reputation of doing their best work on 5 the road. Indeed, Chicago has always been considered home team; it has won a great percentage of its games at Comiskey Park. Though bolstered by the great Eddie Collins, the team’s traditional home strength and road weakness seems to have preva! eo far this sea- son. Three-quarters of the White Sox victories that carried them aut imto the lead efter six weeks of battling A negotiated at home. If, then, Chicago should come T / Wie Oven iy - Hun? THINK $02” Rap, — Sudden Slump in Batting Has Donovan’s Team Hanging on to Fourth Place by a Thread. ' By Bozeman Bulger. HE rapid fall of the Yanks from the position of a contender to ja not so much of a pui as the continual queries of the more enthusiastic fans would indicate. From a hard plouting club they conmbination in the league, which ap- pears to be the answer, On the other hand the Tigers have risen to greatness in exact propor- tion to the number of their bits, For comparative observation @t these batting records of the four men on the two clubs: look Bret It continued further down the line the comparison would the more odious, Out @ide of Cook, who is hitting .23 ‘o is not @ man on the New Yor club doing better than .220 and sev- eral of them are below .160, Players on the other clubs attribute this remarkable slump of the Yanks to the fact that the opposing pitch- ere ure just beginning to get in shape and the New York batters really seeking their natural level. {n other words, they figure that @ weak hit- team cannot suddenly be changed into a bard hitting one with- out the addition of new sluggers. PP, the best of the new Yank hit- ters, is not hitting as well as Muisel or Hartzell, Hi, one of the clever- est elders and fastest bas tbat the teain has o , withdrawn from the regular line-up on account of weakness with thu @tick. bale fim of be has given the team a wonderful fighting spirit and has got th payers working together, Bill 10" realizes that he must have ters to hope for a crack at the pape. For two months now Joe elley, the scout, has been scouring the country with an unlimited bank- Ing hopefully on | Wynn t's neve: i Jennings says it is the toughest in- field to break through that he ha yet encountered. ne has de- No} t mecond and first as any man Maisel appears to be ving hia best year in the Infield id at bat, Unfortunately, Peckinpaugh, a wizard at short, hay been unable to do anything at all at the “The Yanks have as good a pitching staff as any club in the circuit,” says Hughey Jennings, “and if the batters would only come through it would be a tough job for any club to stop them,” i! as good in Phe league. ‘The substitution of Fred Snodgiass for Murr is the Glant He regards Sno one of the quickest thinkin, men tn baseball, Incidentally, it wi Snodgrass who, from the coachin: lines, directed that great base-ru ning play of George Burns's the other day when he took second on a fly to centrefield and won the game by it. Snodgrass has some manneriams that are disliked by the fans, but there can be no doubt of his ability as @ ballplayer when it comes to a system of play & fingernail grip on the first) od | Yanks Now Weakest Hitters In Entire American League DONOVAN IN BOX COULDN'T STOP TIGERS. DETROIT, June 7. ILL DONOVAN, manager of B the Yanks, tried to “come back" yesterday but failed. He had to take himself out of the box In the seventh inning. The ‘Tigers did all the damage in the third, They bunched four bits, in- cluding @ double and a triple, Donovan, how will try it exercise an option that he bought and reclaim Palm the Cuban southpaw, who was sent to Roches- Having turned Palmero back to the minors, the Giants relinquished ae Something Wrong With Hors: Trainer Dick Benson—Com- paratively Few Horses in Condition, By Vincent Treanor. OMETHING, is wrong with the Butler horses so fur this season or hard luck is pursuing the efforts of their conscientious trainer, Dick Benson, Since the beginning at Belmont Park, on May 20, the popular vhe! and white colors huve been returned winners only five Umea, out of thirty-two starts, This is @ very poor average for the atring which last season looaed ao rich ip three-year- old prospects, Grasp has been the only two-year- old winner of the stable, having scored over White Hackle opening day, only to be defeated since, le, @ three-year-old maiden, won on May 21, but was killed georny pr ware by a lghtning bolt which hit the probal rded as one of the etars Ly division, made of the three-year-old good on his first attempt over an ordinary field on May 217, only to come back Saturday the odds on choice in the Belmont and perform discouragingly. High Noo wan over @ only bright spot on the stable’s record up to date, victory in The others on the Butler string MATHEWSON SUFFERING FROM LAME SHOULDER, CHICAGO, June 1.—Christy Mathewson, star pitcher of the New York Nationals, has eut- fered so acutely from a dull pain in his left shoulder that he has been unable to sleep, it was learned here to- Manager McGraw of t! dod York Club had the famous pitcher examined by a nerve specialist yesterday to learn if the condition could be correct- od, McGraw believes that with proj treatment Mathewson will regain his old time form. or Hard Luck Is Following who have started and failed are Jennings Says if Batters Will Come Through Team Is Sure to Be Close Up at Finish. to him except by chase, and to do that it was necessary to get an option on him from John ing to Rochester Palmero has been winning steadily and has really been responsible for Gansgell Keeping up in the race. He six out of seven. Palmero would have come in nicely for the Giants when the veterans all went to pieces in the early epri Four Giant pitchers were bom- barded yesterday in Chicago, The New Yorkers hit hard, too, but could not offset the effects of the home runs by Bresnahan and Zimmerman. Butler’s Horses Running Far Below Expectations Marion H. twice, Gnat once, Fair Count twice, Variety, @ two-year- old, has been out three ti Whack once on his only Juvenile, ish, who bas shown early speed, only to trail in on four different occasions; Miss Pussie, who finished second in her last atart, after two previous attem: th ‘Tamil post t Pebbles doesn’t look himself at all. The day after he won the Lakeville Handicap, it was remarked in these columns that he was anything but rubust in appearance, and suffered much in comparison with three-year- olds like Fhosmbores and Top o’ the porns, Pebbles looked then lke a aily Tears improved a bit when seondn the pastes: The Bel- mo! He showed abestutety noth! in the race, Anishing lengths behin: Half Rock. Jockey Borel’s only ox- planation of the colt’s bad sho: was that he sees weeane to urging and to extend wolf at any stage. To make matters worse with the iT torm. Tinkle Bell|Butler etring, Dick Benson, the Won vn. his second attempt but waa | trainer, has in under the weather beaten next time out. Pebbles, re-|eince his return from Kentucky, where the handicapper’s ideas of the ability of the Butler racers made vic- tory almost impossible, This Ken- tucky trip naturally kept Benson away from the remainder of the focere, te the East, bit suffered from jack of nson's well-known caretak- ing. Then Dick contracted a bad cold during the rainy spell at Belmont Park. This laid him up and left him with an eye affection which had him feelin, man way round like a blind week or more, if aomebody ts passing the tm Healey, Snappen Garri- son and Simon He: » the commit- tee of trainers appointed to look into the why and the wherefore of the small ide that have been only about 1 race, The selli over show this, made up of practically the same rule ble. in the sounds more than that, Rather than face any trainers are not likely entries ore Uke a joke, extra expense, to enter af Pa a Owes His Great Success on Links to Incessant Practice { and His Valuation of the Carrying Power of Every One of His Clubs. HE average sport follower can't of I understand how Walter J. Travis, who is now nearly fifty-six years old, can still go on winning golf championships from many of the country’s best players. The veteran's remarkable feat of winning for the fourth time the Metropolitan title from John G. Anderson at Apawamis Saturday once again compels the golf world to exclaim, “How does the old man do ier The answer comes only after a thorough study is made of this quiet, middle-aged marvel of the links. Then it is discovered that Travis, after years of incessant playing, has reduced the game of golf to a science, that he knows within a/ un couple of feet the exact carrying power of each one of his clubs and that he is never out of practice. He is On the links ery week of the year. These are the reasons why the new “Met” champion can still com- pete successfully against men half his age—stars like Jerry Traverg, Percy Platt and John G. Anderson. CARRIES WEIRD COLLECTION OF GOLF CLUBS. Walter J. Travie right now weighs nearly 140 pounds and is about 6 feet § inches in height. He wears glasses because the strain of watching golf balls during many years has slightly impaired his sight. His costume on the links — norfolk jacket and knickerbockers—is the traditional uniform. It is very popular with many of the older golfers, A big black bs sd completes the figure of Travis that is #0 familiar in all the . peep into the Travis golf ba, peep in e vis gol is ves & insight into the man's ip etudy of his favorite sport. His clubs are the weirdest collection you ever saw, drivers with big knots on them, mashies shaped like fish hooks and putters exceptional for their bulk. But they all serve their purpose, For his weight and age Travis drives @ remarkably jong. ball off the tee, the reward of fect swinging and correct timing. Idke Harry Var- don, the celebrated English champion, Travis will always sacrifice distance for direction, not only because it is the proper thing to do, but advancing yeara have taken some power from timed by The Evening World expert ARDENT, three-elghths, .29, ROLT, ‘one-half, 61, aN EW, one mi: ARMAMEN'T, seve BONE MEA, ‘on BONNIE. TESS, tt WU2ZY, three: GARBAGE. one-half, .64. RABP, thre the, 38. SDWOGD, thrve-auaiters, 1 D COUNSHL, five-etanthe, 1 HESTER PRYNNE, | three-quar (NDS OFF, 1,07. neo in IN STAR, alt, 01, | INDIAN SHAN, threonsighthe, 8%, ORD Ro VALE, fv ighiths, 1.04, ALE, ERRDRLIDE, five-elgiat i MISHA, one-half, tape BOR. three-quarters 1.25 . three-quarters, 1.25. Aki ,E BANKS, "three-quarters, MEI TING HOUSE, three-elghths, .37, e mile, 1. NEPYTNTS, moven-clehthe, Ni 1 2-5, a} ALE, five-eighths, 1.01, oO "AN, one mile, 1.44, P , Ave-eighths, 1.03 2-5, the veteran’s shoulders and arms, Travis has @ knowledge of the im- portant short game that few native born Scotch professionals can excel. His iron shots are practically perfect. Unitke the many amateurs who dread the maashie, the Garden City etar can make this difficult club perform miracles for him. It was a great mashie shot that indirectly led to An- derson’s downfall. In the afternoon round Saturday Travis came to ¢! tenth hole with a lead of 2 up. Hi second shot was way short of the green, tho ball falling in high, tough rose, nasty stuff to get out of. An- crag Ley his vey on to the edge of the green and the gallery was ready to concede him the hole, But the old man wasn't. Carefully sur- veying the lie, he took his mashie and ny, picked the ball out of the rough. It salled high and true to within three feet of the cup. This xpected recovery so startled An- derso} jo hole, SENSATIONAL PUTTING WON MOST OF HIS TITLES. It is on the in, however, that Travia is at hi are mostly deci on the greens. The veteran's sensational putting has won most of his titles. To be a good putter one must have complete com- mand of his nerves. The slightest twiat or false movement will send the ball off its course. No matter ‘how close the match may be, Travis is always the same, absolutely un- moved and nerveless on the greens. Nothing upsets him. He occasionally misses putts to show he is really human, Travis's lst of championships is long as a Congre: nal record, captured the “Mi titles four times, been national champion, and in 1904 the green entirely and lost the BELMONT PARK TRIALS The morning workouts at Belmont Park the past two days show that the horses are rapidiy getting into racing condition, The beet works as won the English amateur at Sand- wich, the only American who ever succeeded In doing this, ‘Travis rather bitterly says that in all his long career that was the only victory to be followed by unpleasant- ness. The English golfers at that time ridiculed our players. Travis entered at Sand’ nounced and promptly be, ning all his early r through to the final the title. The disappointed Britons attempted to soothe thelr feelings by declarin, sarcastically that “the bloomin’ kee sneaked his way through t! tournament.” = was one of the few times the grand old man of the links ever got a stymie he couldn't negotiate, and captured follows PADDY WACK, five-eighths, 1.63, PANTOMIME, fv tha, 1.07, PRAIRIB, one mile, 1.47. PANDEAN, one mile, 1.47 3-6 ROYAL MARTYR, one mile, 1.62, ROLY. one-half. 60. REGRET, one-hali STROMBOLI, one half, 1.44, BUN five-eighths, 1.03, SIST! sIR. GOD, i ER JULIE, one-half, .60 3-6, Ww, JOHNSON, three-quarters, 1.17 3-5, SANDEL, five-cighths, 1, Bit DENRA. ‘three-sieiths, THORNHILL, ‘one-half, .47 2-6, VIRGINIA, ‘one-half, .60, BAC, one ‘mile, 1.46, DISTANT SHORE, three-eighths, 96, DERVIEH, three-elghthe, $4. DARTWORTH, one-half, .49. ‘one-half, .60. 7, Ol GALLOP, fiv aeaca three-quarters, 1.16. , three-qui 16, HURAKAN, 01 ie, Lae, RUNNYMEDE, three-quarte: SURPRISING, ‘three-quarters, SLUMBER IL, one mi ‘ACY, three: ul Ry 6. ITEEL, ighths, WHITE HACKLE, three-quarters,1.21 n that he ran his approach putt 4 est. Championships, one of Detroit's most feared rivals vould be ditched temporarily, if not Permanently. No team can grab a pennant unless it wins approximately half of its road games. There is little doubt in my mind, though, that the East is far less for- midable than it was a year agu. Then there was not a soft spot on the Atlantic seaboard. Even the then trailing Yankees wore o! such @ wealth of pitching strength that almost every game was @ battle to the death. They had not the of- fensive strength to score many runs, it is true, but it was mighty cult to score runs against their stonewall jefense, I can tell you. By @ strange FOR GOME REASON HAS LOST ITS PUNCH, A marked change has come ever this particular section with the pass. ing of the once all-conquering Ath- let Connie Mack and his men have foundered too long in the slough of 08) to command particular re- pect. Washington, for some et reason, seems to have lost ite punc! The hitting strength has petered out, undermining the effectiveness of the galaxy of pitching worth, New York and Boston, it would now appear, must shoulder the brunt of holding the stern teams in check. | The Red Sox, in spite of their pitching | tribulations and possible internal dis- | sension are still to be reckoned a most dangerous factor—one that is more than Hkely at any moment to burst in- \to such @ winning streak at home {to upset the present club standings. Boston and New York chould bring out any possible road weakness of the White Sox. Philadelphia and Washing. ton seem soft spota for both Detroit and Chicago, Heretofore, as intimated above, we Western clubs, after home successes, used to butt into @ stone wall every time we struck the East. A great breach has been made in that wall by the slump of the Philadelphia and Washington teams. The Tigers have every reason to expect an ally in the White Sox in helping to turn down the challenges of New York and Bos- ton in the present intersectional games, it pleases me mightily to see that Bul novan's club is one of the Bae r spirit. A team that can come ton after losing ralght fe not likely to be dis- ny slump br trick of I have talked with players of both the White Sox and the and they told me that nothing but «1 toughest sort of luck spoiled what b gan as @ triumphal march for Dono- van through the West. TIGERS BEAT THE YANKEES TWICE BY FLUKES, ~ “At least two of the games that we took trom New York were won purely through 3 Graken” said Jimmy Austin of St. Low “New York was beaten soundly in| Chicago,” said Eddie Collins, “but looked better in defeat than a great! many clubs would in victory. Dono- | van's boys never gave up the fight. And to me it appeared the reverses were greatly due to the staleness of cropper on its long road trip I think | the team through unusual t had gone loose in his head. s the wheel of fortune this year! ang cold, damp- ness and lack of work.” We of the West are tickled to death that New York promises to remain in hd fight. * mood — in New York jeans much more for our league Besides, we all like to play to Plaudita of such crowds as Stadium will accom When Bill Donovan told me lest winter that he wouldn’t ‘Malpel for Frank Baker I thought « sarew maybe Bill was rij everything else just now. In fact, his hit has one of the prises of the season. Because of I g Bi in Detroit that I stole four Nunamaker. “Why shouldn't you steal he rejoined. “If I had Sam Crawford hitting behind me I'd steal twice as many as you do, Unless the pit throws the ball out of the cat reach Sam Is as likely as not to creek it over the fence.” Sam's great bludgeon has helped keep Detroit prominently in thi and can be depended upon to the end, for Sam is of whalebone, a fellow rarely out through injury. He is ome ¢ of the dependables in hitting that justifies our club's pennant hopes, and the offensive punch of the is backed by the greatest bat! strength we have boasted since cham- plonship days, Dauss, Boland, Dubuo and Coveleskie are four pitchers that will stand among those of the front rank at the season's close if no acel- dent befalls them. (Copgright, 1015, by the Wheeler Syndicate, Ine) THUMS fie ties ais AMA Wea —————————————————s SPORTING. i T BELMONT PARK TO.MORROW SIX ATTRACTIVE EVENTS INCLUDING 1HB QUOGUE HANDICAP FIRST RAOB at 2,30 P. 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