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GANUGKS,HUHBYING HERE, SHOW FIGHT Bob Brown Wants Half Games Played in-Van couver, at Least. His GIPE CASE LIKE COOMBS' Sporting Writer Tells How "Seattle Lost Pennant" Last Tear 'When Big Twirler Goes Wrong. ' Knsie Case Interesting. BY POP.TU8 BAXTER. SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec 30. (Special.) Every club director in the North western Baseball League will go to the I'ortland meeting Monday with a fixed Idea as to what he wants for his own town, and the man that can figure out an equation stands a good chance of taking John Tener's Job when he gets enough of the National League hurly burly. So far as is known. Seattle has not combined with anybody against any body else, but news comes from British Columbia that Vancouver and Victoria have clasped hands to buck Seattle and Tacoroa. Just what they are going to buck is not apparent, but they are bound to buck Just the same. Bob Brown will be satisfied If half of his games are played in Vancouver, but if he can slip over a few more for good measure he will not reject them. President Wattelet feels that his town on Vancouver Island Is growing so fast In Importance that nothing less than II weeks wlN keep the ravenous fans from tearing him to pieces. Joe McGlnnity came into the league howling for an even break in Tacoma, and he does not jiropose to have the line lop over to one aide. President Farr. of Spokane, lias not been observed to snort much over the division of plums, but he will be around to see how the slices are ap. portioned. President Dugdale boldly declares that Seattle is entitled to some consideration. He points out that the new park has run up his expenses to I the point wnere ne muai " -- tion or sit up nights trying to figure out a balance. Dug " Hatches Scheme. Blck abed on account of a severe cold that sneaked into his system when he made a sudden change from the glow ing temperature of San Francisco to the highly morallxed atmosphere of Seattle, Dug has hatched a scheme that is fraught with possibilities. Should they Jab him full of holes at the schedule meeting In Portland. Dug will propagate a Class D league along the blessed shores of dear old "Puget ' Sound to fill in the dull periods at the Seattle park. Other efforts in the same direction have failed, but with Seattle lending a helping hand something good nilnht come of such a project. But come what will and come what may It Is a merry little party the Northwestern "harmony" club is fram ing up for Itself. But In the midst of the, tumult there will be one old sport who will lean back in his chair, smile at the distraction about him. and come through with the potent suggestion. Anr time Judge McCredle loses his rudder Johnny Wolff can be accused of not knowing how to build a motor boat. Pitchers Arms FatefuL About two years ago Jack Coombs, the "iron man" of the Philadelphia Athletics- pitching staff, made a mis step in pitching a ball. The result was a strain. Coombs now thinks that he will be able to resume regularly his position on the firing line next season. While the country is watching Cwmbs. the Pacific Northwest will have an eve on a case of Its own. For several weeks after the Northwestern League got undwr way In 191S big Al Gipe. of the Seattle club, was practi cally unbeatable. The future appeared to have much In store for him. But one day in Portland while practicing In the outtield h- hurt his right shoulder. Insignificant as the mishap seemed at the time it really cost Seattle the pennant, when taken in connection with subsequent injuries to Pitcher Welser I'ell. Pitcher Wlllard Melkle, Second Baseman George Nill and etcher Cadman. After a short time Gipe did not suffer from pain, but the power to drive the ball through had mysteriously disappeared. Laboring under this handicap Gipe showed ma-Jor-leage possibilities that were not In evidence before. By persistent work he cultivated a slow ball and tilone with It a curve. Scientifically speaking. Gipe was a better pitcher at the close of the season than he was at the start, although the Cincinnati -lub became alarmed on account of his bad arm and cancelled their draft. What a six months' rest has done for Oipp is an Interesting question for the I-artflc Northwest If it has restored the old elasticity and freedom of mus rular activity Gipe will be a more ef fective twlrler than he was a year ago, because he will have a greater variety of offerinqs. and more knowledge of how to use them to advantage. Ramie- I tw Reeatlrd. In hoping for the restoration of these fine nthleies to perfect form it 1. Impossible to overlook the fact that the history of baseball shows notable Instances of wrecks from some appar ently minor accident. - Leaving all other matters out oi con secration, the one thing that was largelv responsible for the retirement of Amos Rusie. now of Seattle, uni versallv admitted to have been one of the greatest pitchers the game has evf-r produced, was a quick, snap throw to first base. If 1 remember correctly the conversation I had with Tlusle on the subject It was our old friend Fill Lange that he tried to nip off first. Somehow or other the muscTos were not in the proper posi tion when he made the throw. The re riilt was a strain which robbed that wonderful arm of Its bewildering power. Knowing Rusie as I do now. I doubt If he said much about the mis hap: vroSsbly didn't think It was ser ious himself. And right here let me say that I have revised my ideas about I;usie as a pitcher since 1 became per sonally acquainted with him. All ar ticles printed In recent years by. East ern newspapers about Rusie. make tha statement that he won his gimes by his territlc speed. In speaking of ltuie's speed, it should be remembered that he had it on his curve ball ss well as on the fat one. That was his good fortune. But the point I want to make Is that Amos Rusie was a strate gic pitcher and has seldom, if ever, been given credit for It. I do not won der that the newspaper men In the big cities failed to get close to him. be cause he is a very odd character, and ha little to sav. Once In a great while some Incident will Jarr a few remarks out of him. and then one gets an Idea of the real Amos Rusie. I prefSwne that Rusie has talked more freely with President Dugdale than any 'other person In recent years and It is a fact that Mr. Dugdale, once a great catcher, says Rus'.e was a greater fltcrer than even hts most ardent New York admlreres imagined. 1. ,. ' T TEOPHT FOR WHICH TJTTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE WILL I i COMPETE. t j , , - 1 tf-y. .ft-""' "T1-1 v Af; - - - J : . Mi- ..,-f' -1 - - t i i -. n, t & t i iir - . . m ....... i i ' ! V I , . ?-V -'.'v- , . , .$ o--vW:M I f . . - ...x. ... A- - -.- . , ,v,.,v,iM ,a v.ntlrt,v.n.v .. k A. G. SPALDING CTP. The handsome silver trophy donated by A. G. Spalding & Brothers to the championship quintet of the Portland Interscholastlo League stands 14 inches high, and will be presented to the team at the conclusion of the 1914 season. The cup will become the permanent possession of the team winning the 1914 title. The trophy is on exhibition now. REINS HMDS Changes in Managers and Ex ecutives Many. MAJORS MINOR "BOSSES" Several Players Prominent in Dia monds' "400" Will Direct Smaller Organizations "Judgment Error" Column Is Wanted. NEW YORK, Dec 80. The last few months of the year 11S have brought forth a big crop of changes In the ad ministration of affairs in organized baseball. Many men not In office dur ing the past season will hold sway in 1914. To begin with, there Is a new president of the National League and member of the National commission in John - Tener. Pennsylvania's Gov ernor. There are two new heads of major league clubs William F. Baker. president of the Philadelphia nationals, and Joseph J. Lannln. now half own er of the Boston Amercans. Two ma jor league clubs will have new man agers. Bill Dahlen ana joe a inner uy ing been relieved of their managerial togas. Several minor league clubs also will present different fronts when the 1914 campaign begins. William s. Devery, former Chief of Police of New York, is the new owner oi me Internationals, with his young friend. Vrxrurtv. aetlns- as club president. This club also has a new manager In Rudy Hulswitt. former Inflelde!" of the Cin cinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals. Danny Hoffman. former American League outfielder, may be owner of the HrMmnnrL Conn., club when, the start of the season rolls around. Hoffman, who lives In Bridgeport, opened nego tiations for the purchase of the club as far back as the close of last season. and the final details of me aeai inajr be put through any day now. Three men who played in the Na tional League In 191S will be minor league managers next season. They are Harry MoCormlck. pinch-hltter of the Giants, who will lead the Chatta nooga. Tenn.. club; Briscoe Lord, former ou-flelder of the Athletics and last reason with the Boston graves, who win attempt to win the Southern league pennant with the Mobile club, and Ar thur Devlin, former third baseman of the Giants, last year with the Braves who will hold the reins as manager of the Oakland club of the Pacific Coast League. ,, Moreover, there are tne me.. have quit organised ball either to play with or manage teams In the federal League George Stovall. manager of the St. Louis Browns last seas on being the foremost of them. He will head the Kansas City Federals. Still another change of Interest is the return of Ed Hanlon. of Baltimore, to baseball, as a backer-of his home town club. John Heydler. secretary of the Na tional League, is advocating a good and a Just thing when he suggests a column in the box scores that will re cord errors of Judgment as well as those of hand and foot That Is. his suggestion is a good one If he can de vise some way for the scorers to be certain whether or not a Tone has been pv'.'.ed. If "bonehead plays by Players sre to be recorded, why not keep a record also of -bonehead plays ,y scorers. There probably are at leaast as many of these as there are of the sort made by players. The only record of scorers' boneheads Is a list of official scorers wb.o have been fired. ' . When the National College Athletic Association convenes In New York for Its annual meeting next week, tne chief topic to come up for discussion will be our old friend. "Summer base ball." It Is likely thet some new meth od of preventing this evil among ama teur athletes will be found, but on the other hand. It Is not entirely Im-ro-f'ble that the body will indorse the practice as an honest means for a stu dent to earn his way through college. College athletes all over the country will watch eagerly for the result of the meeting. The college champions of the East In different lines. of sport as the year runs out may be summarised thusly: Football. Harvard: rowing. Syracuse; track. Penn.; base'uall. Yale: cross -country. Cornell: basketball. Cornell: hockey. Harvard; wrestling. Cornell; TITE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. lacrosse. Harvard; tennis. Harvard; gymnastics, Penn.; swimming, Yale; water polo, Princeton; golf, Yale; soc cer football, -Harvard; shooting, Yale; fencing, Columbia; chess. Columbia. At least two of the titles are in dis pute. Cornell, though champion of the Intercollegiate league in basketball in the season that closed last March, was beaten by several outside teams slid Wesleyan, Union and West Point all claimed the title. In baseball. Har vard beat Yale, but the latter did so much better during the season as a whole thai It deserves this honor. s Did you know that there are more golfers than baseball players in this country? There are over 2,000,000 of them, whereas, according to the same authority, there are only about 1,600, 000 baseball players. Football players who claim records as being "Iron men" would do well to talk with the ghost of the late Mike Murphy, who used to train the Penn sylvania teams, about Harold Gaston, the old Penn. tackle, who coached the Quaker scrubs the past fall. In the four years that Gaston played for Penn. time was never taken out on his account and he never visited the water bucket except once, when he had to wash mud out of his eyes. Murphy used to say that he never had known of any similar record. t ,. CHAXXELL BACK IX X'EW YORK Americans Purchase Outfielder From Denver, Western League Club. NEW YORK. Dec 20. (Special.) The most Important player deal that was ratified recently was the purchase of Outfielder Lester Channell by the New York Americans from the Denver club of the Western League. President Farrell, of the New Yorks, after a long contah with Manager Jack Hen dricks, of the Denver club, announced that he had paid s bunch of money and hart agreed to let Denver select one of Frank Chance's pitchers In payment for Char.nell's sei vices. Channell was purchased by Farrell three years ago from the Indianapolis club. He joined the New York team, which then was managed by Hal Chase, but after playing half a dozen cham pionship games on the old hill-top dia mond. Channell broke his leg. He was unable to play the rest of the season, although he drew his salary In full. Subsequently he was sold to Indianapo lis but he drifted from there to New England and dropped out of sight. Last season, however, Channell was a sen sation In the Western League. He had a batting average of .337, making 23 two-base, hits, 33 three-baggers and 27 home runs, which was a record in that league. He also stood near the top of the baserunners, with 48 clean steals. Boston vKeleases JIundy. BOSTON. Dec. 20. William E. Mundy, who played first base for the Boston Americans part of last season, was re leased today to the Worcester New England League club. Mundy came to Boston from the Portsmouth. Va., team. Announcement was made of the ap pointment of Dr. Chase Green as train er of the Boston team! t POWERS FURNITURE COMPANY'S BASEBALL TEAM HAS 9 SUCCESSFUL SEASUK. 4 0Micth if I t p s j &s lpr Row, Left Right Vlrsrll Hylaad, William Winters, Ma axn Dewnt DeVeay. "Shorty" Zekrnns; Carl Sehamaker. "Low er Row, Left to Right Psal Gierke, Florello DeVesiy, Harvey Win ters. XtittPi mm Arthtar Boar. The Powers baseball team was given a banquet by Ira F. Powers, of the Powers Furniture Company, in the banquet hall of the Hazel wood last week. Mr. Hansen represented Mr. Powers at the banquet, because the latter was taken ill the day before. Dr. W. M. DeVeny. who has managed the business end of the team, was a guest of hon or. The team made a record of 15 wins out of 17 games. Next year it probably will be in the field again. F YANKEES: THEY"W1H Albert G. Spalding Tells of First Baseball Invasion of ". Great Britain. BAD FORM TAKES GAMES American Batsmen Xot Graceful in Defending Wickets at New Pas time, bnt They Pound Ball for Jiany "Home Runs." (Editor's Note With baseball Inter est all over the country centered in the present wold'B tour of the White Sox and Giants, A. G. Spalding's account of the Boston-Athletics tour of Great Britain in 1874. in his book, "Amerlca'B National Pastime." contains some Inter esting data. Spalding later led the Spalding Tourists around the world in 18S8-18S9. He now resides at Point Loma, CaL) BY ALBERT Q. SPAL.DING. Famous Baseball Veteran. Who Plared on the First Baseball Tour of Great Britain in ISY4. The decade of the seventies recorded an event of considerable Import to basebalL'Which chronologically belongs here. During the life of the National Association of. Professional Baseball Players, and before, the leading crick eters of England had been making frequent pilgrimages to the United States, with a view of exploiting Great Britain's national game, and also to win additional cricket laurels from Americans who had become somewhat interested in the sport. Finally, in 1874, promoters of baseball in this country conceived the Idea of returning the compliment by sending exponents of the American game to England, that the new sport might be presented in the Old Country, and perhaps gain a footing there. , While playing with the Boston team. In 1874, I become possessed with an Intense yearning to cross the Atlantic I wanted to go to England, but I hadn't the price . How to "raise the wind," therefore, " was the problem I had to face. It occurred to me that since baseball had caught on so greatly In popular favcr at home It might be worked for a special trip for me, to be followed by a second one. In which a couple of teams could be taken over to Introduce the American e-ame to Euro- fpean soil. I was sanguine enough to believe that, once out t;ngiisn cousins saw our game, if would forthwith be adopted there, as here. I didn't know our English-cousins then as well I have come to know them since. Magaates Easily Convinced. The preliminaries were not difficult for arrangement. I had already en tered Into a sort of conspiracy, in col lusion with Father Chadwick and other writers for the sporting press, and soon the scheme was so urgently fostered and so successfully promoted that "the magnates" were quite convinced, and 1 found myself en route to England, ai the avant courier of such an under taking; I had been provided with so many ex cellent letters of Introduction that upon my arrival in Britain I was able to secure an early-audience at the cele brated Marylebone Cricket Club, with a membership composed largely of the nobility. Upon a date appointed, I was received with utmost courtesy, and was asked to state, in open meeting, the purpose of my mission. ' It should be remembered that I was at that time a mere stripling, with lit tle experience- In business or observa tion of society. It goes without saying that I had not been hobnobbing with "Dooks" on this tside pf the Atlantic, and when I found myself suddenly in the presence of so much nobility it nearly took away my breath. How ever, I did the best I could. I explained to them that America had Just devel oped a new form of outdoor sport, and that, because all the world knew that the home of true sportsmanship in all its true phases was England, we turned naturally to their country to exploit our game. They bad been for years sending their splendid cricketers to America, and now we would like to bring over a couple of baseball teams and give a few exhibitions. Of course, I knew that there would be no use to come without the favor and patronage of the great Marylebone Cricket Club, but even that . honor. In the Interests of sport. I hoped might be forthcom ing. I talked at some length and with great earnestness, because I began to feel the responsibility of my position. It was no longer a question of my per sonal picnic, but a sort of international problem, with the sportsmen of Great Britain possibly inviting sportsmen of America to visit them and exhibit to the old nation the new nation's adopted game. I think, in my ardor to win out, I made mention of the fact that we had some cricketers among our play ers, and might -be able to do something In the national game f both countries. - Even British See Joke. At last I finished. I knew my face was red with the oratorical effort, and I could feel the perspiration trickjlng down my spinal column. Then, Just as I supposed all was over except the fire works. I saw approaching me an at- t -3 -vy GRIGKET QRGED ON DECEMBER 21, 1913. i PROMISING YOUNG BACKSTOP PURCHASED FROM PENDLE TON, WHO WILL WEAR PORTLAND UNIFORM LN1914. - j smim .vmw ' HOMER HA tenuated old fellow, of about 80, bear ing in his hand an ear trumpet as big as a megaphone. I could tell by the defernce paid to the old gentleman that he was -"classy," and I awaited-his ap proach with some trepidation. He came, took a seat beside me and asked: "Young man. will you kindly repeat to me what you have been saying to the others?" Please remember that the Marylebone Cricket Club is composed of gentlemen. They didn't shout or scream with laughter at my plight, as a company of my fellow-countrymen would have done, and as I felt perfectly assured that they would do, but even they were unable to entirely control their risibil ities, for, as P-began the trying task of retelling my story to His Lordship, the Deaf, I could detect here and there a smile struggling with the facial mus cles of well-bred hosts. Next day I was officially notified that the Marylebone Cricket Club would be very pleased to welcome the American baseball clubs, would ar range grounds for their exhibitions and would be delighted to schedule games of cricket to be played between American and British cricketers. I saw that I had been too previous per haps in suggesting the cricket con tests, and when I began to "work" the newspapers, in my capacity as press agent, I found that the cricket end was altogether most attractive from their viewpoint.' Charles W. Allcock, the "recognized cricket authority of England, upon whom I most depended for help along publicity lines, was especially enthu siastic about the cricket. The fact is, he didn't know an earthly thing about baseball, and he knew that he would be out of ammunition in a short time so far as our game was concerned. Therefore, when we arrived, late in the season, with 18 American ball players, we found the British public thoroughly advised of the forthcoming cricket matches and only slightly in formed about the exhibition ball games. Now, it happened that, aside from Harry and George Wright and iMck McBride. and possibly two or three others, there wasn't a man in the whole American bunch who had ever played a game of cricket in his life, and most of them had never seen one. Mean while the London sporting papers were promising a series of fine cricket matches and we were certainly up against it. However, as we had 18 men and I urged that no one wanted to be left out of the cricket games It was agreed that we should, in all cricket matches, play at the odds of 18 In our favor, which, considering the fielding ability of the Americans was greatly to our advantage. I readily recall very distinctly an incident that occurred one morning preceding our first cricket match. We had gone to practice on the Liverpool cricket grounds and Mr. Allcock was present. We had hardly begun when he came to me and said: "For heaven's sake, Spalding, what are your men trying to do?" I explained that they were just en gaging in a little preliminary practice. "But. man alive," he expostulated, "that Isn't cricket. Why, you led me to suppose that your fellows were cricketers as well as bail players, and here I have been filling the London papers with assurances of close matches. Why, Spalding, your men don't know the rudiments of the game." I confess that I was quite as wor ried, as he: but this was no time to show mv anxiety, and so I told him not to be uneasy. "You'll see," I said, "when the game comes off what we can do. Of course, we don't pretend to play cricket in the fine, graceful form you are familiar with: but we get there, just the same. We are not much in practice, but we are great in matches." Bad Form Wins Rnaa. It happened that our first contest at cricket was with the famous Maryle bone All-English eleven, ,tht finest cricketers in Er.giand. The game opened with the Britishers at bat We had so many men in the field that it seemed Impossible that any balls could get away, and yet, at the close of the afternoon's play the Englishmen had scored 105 runs in their inning.- Next day the game was resumed, with two of our three cricketers Harry Wright and McBride first at bat. Harry went out on the first ball bowled, and. after making two runs, McBride followed suit. I followed Wright, and Anson took McBride's place. In cricket, as I knew, the duty of the batter is to defend his wicket jind prevent it from being bowled over. In cidentally he is expected to hit the ball and make some runs, and. wheth er defending his wicket or making his runs, he Is expected to play gracefully and in "good form." I shall not under take here to explain what "good form" requires. I gave no thought whatever to the gracefulness of my posing or to 14 I I S tSL ill i HK III v. t 1 rmn- V -X f Vi-"" ' .v .v. en 1 WORTH. anything else than making points. The first ball that threatened my wicket I knocked over the fence, outside the grounds, and the umpire Ehouted: "Four runs; you needn't leave your place on a hit like that." I had been accustomed to bat with a small round ash club, and with the great broad paddle now in -my hands it just seemed impossible to miss. The second ball bowled was also hit out side the grounds, and likewise the third, and I felt myself Immortalized by making 12 runs on my first "over" without leaving my position. Before I was bowled out I had started our score with 23 runs and Anson scored 15 runs. My experience at bat was re peated In the performance of others. The boys, seeing how easy it was, gained confidence and batted the ball all over the South of England. Harry Wright and McBride. the only members of our crowd who were accounted first-class cricketers, and who played in strictly "good form," were easy picking for the English bowlers; but George Wright put up the real thing, both as to form and achievement, and helped our score amazingly. Captain Is Embarrassed. Harry Wright was captain of the American team and an experienced cricketer of English birth. He natur ally felt considerable chagrin at our lack of "form." i He was Inclined to instruct our men to play carefully and guard their wick ets by more "OlocKing ana less w..u slugging, or rather lunging at every ball bowled, which was our oniy nope nf siWess. "Good form" in cricket re quires the batsman to invariaffly block all balls bowled on the wicket and to strike at balls off the wicket; but in baseball the batsman should strike at good balls, over the plate (or wicket), and let the bad balls, or those off the wicket, go by. This natural Instinct of the ball player could not be readily changed to conform to the cricketer's custom of "blocking," so it was decided to vio late nil conventional cricket "form" and slug at every ball bowled. The better and more accurately the Englishmen bowled, the more hits we could make, for such balls in our eyes were what we would term "good balls. The result was that we made 107 runs In our Inning to 105 for the Britishers, and American cricket stock went soar ing. The London newspapers, in com menting on the play of the American ball players, declared that while in cricket they were not up to much in "form." their batting and fielding were simply marvelous. Lion Successfully Bearded. The history of that day's game was repeated in every consequent contest played in Great Britain. Not once were we defeated. Following the first game. which wa3 played at the Lords' Grounds in London, with the above score oi 107 to 105 in ono Inning to each side, at the Prince's Grounds we defeated the Cricket Club by 110 In one inning against 60 in their two innings. At the Hiohmnnd Grounds the game was drawn, the English cricketers being disposed of for 108 in their innings while the Americans had 45 with only six wickets down when rain- stopped the came. At Surrey Oval the ball player's scored 100 in their first inning to 27 by the cricKeters. tne game nu. being played out. At Sheffield the Americans defeated a Sheffield tearr. by 130 runs in one Inning to 43 and 45, a total of 88 in their two Innings. At Manchester they defeated the Manches ter "twelve by 221 to 95 in a two-inning game. In playing against an "All Irish" team, at Dublin, the ballplayers won by 168 to 78. . The American ballplayers who ac companled me to Great Britain upon the occasion of this first visit of such an organization to foreign sliores con stituted two teams that had demon strated their superiority in many hard fought contests. They were the players of the Boston Champions and the Phil adelphia Athletics, with the following line-ups for each team: Bostons. Post tlon. A. G Spaldlns.... Pitcher... c. McVey Catcher.. Athletics. .J. D. McBride J. E. Clapp J. O'ltourke and " Kent First base W. D. PlBler R C Barnes Second base J. Battln H PhafTer Third btie E. B. Sutton Georae Wright. .Short stop. . .M. H. McGeary A J Leonard... Left field A. W. Gedney Harrv WrlKht.. . Onte rneld. .J. F. McMullen O. W- Hall Klght field A. C. Anion Thomas J. Beals, J. B. Sensenderfer, S. Wright, Jr., and Tim Murnane ac companied the teams as utility men. Charles H. Porter, president of the Boston club, and Mr. Ferguson, presi dent of the Athletics, had general charge of the trip. About 80 -American tourists accompanied the two clubs on this memorable tour. The teams as above listed played in 14 exhibitions of the American Na tional game of baseball In England ana Ireland; two at Liverpool, two at Man chester, seven at London, one at Shef field and two at Dublin. Of these the Bostons won eight and the Athletics six. v v tl Jr 1 I a i '? : ;- V' '.-; j,yf i i. w SCHAEFER COMEDY TAKEN SERIOUSLY Two Young Doctors Respond to Appeal for Help When "Germany" Flies Out. TOURISTS FALL FOR ACTING National League's Funny Man Plays Wild West Kole in Cnban Hotel and Obtains Unexpected Ad vertising Among English. BY BILLY EVANS, tjmplre, American League. CLEVELAND, O., Dec 20. That Her man Schaefer's comedy is not always taken in the light of a Joke was demon strated at the close of a game In Xew York last summer. The two young men who took Schaefer seriously do not know to this day what a line of bunk they fell for. It's a rather interesting tale, and proves once more that you should never take anything for granted in baseball. During one of the games at the Polo Grounds, the Nationals started a rally in the eighth inning that gave hopes for a victory. Manager Griffith decid ed that the presence of Schaefer as a pinch hitter for the chap who was pitching might help things. He was sent in to keep up the batting rally if possible. In attempting to dodge a bad pitch, the ball hit his bat close to the handle. He fell to the ground with a thud, a look of pain spread over his face, and he grasped his wrist. He hoped to impress on the umpire that he had been hit by a pitched ball. Despite Schaefer's insistence, the um pire refused to see It that way, and refused to grant Schaefer his base. On the next ball pitched Schaefer filed out. - .Schaefer Prolongs Comedy. As Schaefer walked back to the bench to get his sweater and glove, prior to going to the clubhouse, his work for the day having ended, he made It a point to stop just about the time he reached the umpire. He was Btill holding his wrist and making every effort to impress on the crowd that he had been hit by the ball and that the umpire had erred. Stopping momentarily as he reach id the plate, he faced the grandstand and made an .announcement to this effect: "I believe my wrist has been broken; if there is a doctor in the crowd will he come to the dressing room. An eye specialist would also make no mistake in calling on the umpire." V Two young doctors who hid Just graduated were at the game. Nc being able to understand just what Schaefer had said, they turned to their neighbor for Information. The fan simply tolil them that Schaefer believed he had broken his wrist and desired a doctor to come to the clubhouse at the close of the game. M. D.'s Seek Reputation. The two young medical men who had been none too busy since graduation, decided that Schaefer was just the man to work on to gain a national rep utation. Before the close of the game they presented themselves at the club bouse and Inquired for Mr.. Schaefer. After being presented to "Germany," they made known their mission; tliey were ready to set the broken wrist. Herman was almost overcome, but re covered in time to thank them and say that the club physician had just exam ined the injury and said there were no breaks. "Thank heaven, however, someone takes me seriously," is the way Schae fer expressed .himself as the two future great surgeons made their exit. Several years ago the Detroit Tigers played a series of games in Cuba. Of course, Schaefer was a big hit with tho fans, .his antics on the coaching line being second only to the game. It was not on the ball field, however, that Schaefer pulled his biggest bit of com edy during his stay on the island. Tha scene was laid in the lobby of the Plaza Hotel, the audience, with the ex ception of the wives ut a few of th. players, was made up of some SO or 40 English tourists. Inside of a minute ail the tourists had vanished, a majority of them making a hasty departure. Tourists Fall for Acting. During the stay of the team on, the island the Cubans did everything in their power to make things pleasant for the athletes. Since only three games were played each week, on Sun day, Monday and Thursday, the player.-: had plenty of time for sightseeing. One of the diversions offered the boys was shark fishing. Colonel Estrampes. a Cuban officer, who figured promi nently in the Spanish War, led all such expeditions. Being well armed is one of the requisites of the wise shark fisher or hunter. Colonel Estrampcii took much pride in his shooting irons, and nothing pleased him more than to deck out the Detroit players with his biggest and best cannons. On such expeditions the fellows al ways dressed as roughly as possible, and on their return after three or four hours on the water, scarcely looked the part of society favorites. On the re turn of one of these trips. Schaefer concocted a plan to stir up tome ex citement. It certainly did. Replacing his shells with blanks, Schaefer rushed to the entrance of the Plaza lobby, stopped suddenly, and then shouted In loud tones: "I haven't killed anybody for an hour. I guess I'll shoot up the lobb for practice." The Americans who knew Schaefer, laughed, but most of the English tourists, thinking some crazy person had escaped his keeper, stood spellbound for a moment. Some began to get in action as Schaefei reached for his two guns. Pulling them out with a quick Jerk, he turned them skyward, and shot a couple of the blanks. A wild scramble to points of safetv followed, and in a minute the lobby was practically deserted. Few of h nuriata anDreciated the Joke. r. proved a good piece of advertisement, but Schaefer never intended it as such. (Copyright. 1913, by Billy Evans). Boston Klects Directors. BOSTON, Dec 20. Announcement was made' at the headquarters of the Boston American League team today that at the club's annual meeting at Jersey City today the following di rectors were elected: Joseph J. Lannln, Charles H. Taylor, John I. Taylor and Frank P. Cooper, of Boston, and John R, Turner, of Jersey City. It was stated also that at the next meeting of the directors Mr. Lannin will be chosen president. Athletics to Play Quakers. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 20. Connie Mack, of the Philadelphia American Baseball League, announced today that he had arranged-to piay two Kamc with the University of Pennsylvania team next Spring. The games will be played at Shibe Park on March 30 and 81. ' American egg output is valued at $1,000. 000,000 a year.