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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.
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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. '
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.