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SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1908. THE MORNING ASTOHIAX, ASTORIA, OREGON 11 Gotham's Three Baseball Teams Not Playing Up to Earlier Form. BROOKLYN? BAD SHOWING. Patty Donovan's tupsrbaa Have Ink Putting Up Poor Fielding and Bat ting McQraw on tha Lookout For Pitchers. Greater Now York baseball enthusi asts art tn n gloomy wood ovor the poor exhibitions of their threa teama, Yankeea, tilnuts anil Buperbaa. All baro disappointed their admirers at thla early atago of the campaign. For tlnio each team played grandly, and tbo races allll have until Oct 0 to run,' but Just now do not recall these facta, but consider only tlio startling condi tion of affairs now current (but all thr- ciulM are putting up a poor arti cle of bull. ' If the thwo tennis contluuo to play tbo brand of Imll they Imvo boon ex hlbltlng fur tlio pout few week there will bo absolutely no hope of a sliver llnlug to the cloud of gloom. But en thusiast know that nil three repre acntnttvea of Pop Knickerbocker . will perk up and band back some of those exasperating defeats recently benpwl on the teama by ungullunt hostile. There may be a reconstruction of the combinations In tbo perking up proc ess, ror amnagera unmui, aicuraw ami Donovan nreJiiHtaa bitterly disap pointed a tlio enthusiasts over the failure of tlielr clubs and owe It to tbo fans, themselves and their joba to make nweanary changes, Thews leaders know wherein their charges bnve failed better than the keen observer, tlio caustic critic and the general populace. McQraw baa a problem on bla banda to pull his abnttcred forcea together and to get nmre pitchers. If be la ex pecting to make a deal with 8L Lanla he will be disappointed, for Stanley Iloblnaon, president of tha Cardlnala, aaya no National league team can get a twlrler from htm except Cincinnati. Stanley la bitter on the community of intercut Idea and relatea with a touch of tabaeco bla experience In trying to got good meu, who were decorating1 the lncb, from the cluba owning them, "The ownera of tbeae cluba," aaya Stanley, "never helped ma out when I wna abort banded, and now they can go hnng If they think I am going to be relieved of any of my pltcbera. who are the beat tn tbe coun try. The only magnate who ever helped nio oufwltn talent waa Garry Herrmann, mid he la the only owner I "" "" tt tt o o it r .a. A 9 9 a will make any deala with." Bo Me draw will have to look elsewhere for twirling talent than to tha fair Ifoand City. The New York Americana have pitch era galoro and are well aupplled with, relief talent, too, but the fana think that Manager Grlflltu hasn't put some of bla regular In tbelr proper pega. At leant they think ao now, but tbey didn't have thla Impreaalon when tha team wa winning gamca with great regularity. Tbo men In queatlon who are wrongly placed, according to tha general Idea, are Jake Rtahl and liar ry Nlles. Jake bnan't played good ball in tbe outfield and now haa to hi dla crodlt tbe loss of mora gamea than ha haa won by bla long and timely hit ting. Nllca playa aecond all right when Elberfcld la alongside of him, but makea a poor atab of the job when tha kid la absent. Bull did the beat ha could In Norman'a abaence, and, while ha made many errora, theae mlaplaya abouldu't have unsettled tbe team. There I too much veteran talent In It to blow up In "All-of-a-Sudden-Peggy" faablon. Tbe Brooklyn team la aufferlog from a lack of t wirier and bittern. Tbey ought to have the butt mimed commod ity with Jordan and Lumley in tbe lineup, but Tlm'a biffing tins fallen off greatly alnce the early wceka of the running, and Harry, while he haa made a few long driven, lan't the Lumley of old. According to the Brooklyn view point, Pat Donovan made a mistake when bo took rtureh out of Lumloy's place In right after tbo Bupcrbos bad trimmed tlio Ulanta three straight at tho Tolo grotinda Into In April. There la a large delegation In Brooklyn which tbluka Burcb In bla present form la a better man than Lumley. Thla la Indeed a year for tbe shatter ing of Idola, Lumley, pnee beloved In Brooklyn, being a cnndldato for tbe bench and a favorite mark for pitch era and "Weo Willie" Keelcr, popular 1 everywhere, twice being guilty of ossl- fled beaded bane running In one game and dropping nn easy fly with the baaea filled In the anme encounter. If Managera firlflltb, McGraw and Donovan and tbo vast nrmy of metro polltnn fans are puzzled aud aghaat at ! tha recent turn In the tide, what must j be tbo feelings of tho owners of the j clubs! Presidents Farrell, Brush and Kbbets are the men wbo "pay tbe i freight, and they all have spent money 1 liberally to got together winning com binations. The Investment of Frank Farrell laat w Inter waa the costliest of the trie, and the New York Americans' payroll probably la the largest In tbe country. Tho New York Nationals are well paid, -and ao are the Uroofclyns. I but the players of the three teama are j not now earning their salaries, much j to general regret. The hoe of all loynl j fana la that tbe three cluba will brace J up, and brace Immediately. SAN FRANCISCO ED SEIVEil LACKS LUCK. Pitch Wall, but Unable to Win Ma jority of Hia Games, Although Ed Belver of tbe Detroit Americans has won only three out or the first eight games pitched this mm son, the big south paw bus been pitch " - v : ' V:y '- : '!' "i i.. ' & ' i. J t W4 , - 4. 1 PITCUEtt Et BKIVEU OY T1IK VY.TMIX AM12IIICAN8. Ing Qrst class bull. but. owing to burd luck, umm to be unable to win a ma jority of bis guiles. Solver aci'Jtis to have the Indian sign on the Chicago White Six this season. Manager Jennings nets away with the Sox by working Kllllan and Selver as much as possible agulunt Fielder Jones agtrregatlon. Thla is one club in tbe league against which be eeems to be Invincible. Cornell Trsck Msn Elect French. (.'buries M. French. wht tlnlshwl sec oud In the half mile at the Intercollegi ate track meet at Ithaca. N. V.. recent ly, has been unanimously eUnHed cap tain of the Cornell track team for 1009. French is from Worcester, ..Masa, and waa a member of Cornell's champion two mile relay team Intit winter. 1 ! ' cm. every drop pure it stands the test conforming to the State and National Pure Food Laws, laboratory or chemical tests invited. aged and mellow especially recommended for medicinal use ask your dealer AMERICAN IMPORTING CO. Distributers OLYMPiCTEAMREADY American Athbtes In Good Shape For Great London Events. RECORD BREAKERS ON LIST. Ssleetiona Make Up the Most Remark i able Group of Athlstss Ever Brought Together Under One Emblem To Sail Juno 27. Uncle Ha iii bus selected tbe seventy six athletes whose brain, brawn and speed are depended upon to keep tbe stars and stripes afloat In tbe Olympic games In London next month. Con sidering their caliber, half that number would have been sutiicient to capture, crate und ship to America tbe lion's ahare of the events, but with charac teristic generosity tbe old gentleman with the eon tee threw In a second set for gocd tnensuro. With one r two exceptions tbe last American team to cross the pond In search of the world's athletic suprem acy swept tiie board clean, but this year's guluxy of stars was selected with a view of sweeping the board and bringing it back with tbem. Tbe wholesale forclR'.i .Invasion was planned nor In a buustfrz maimer, but to con vince nllier contenders that the Unit ed Stales wis not CcivMllng o any one man l:i any eve it, br.t h id several men who cos:ld be r -lied upon tv show tbelr heels to the best that other na tions could j-reduce. North, sixth, east and west have contributed to t!:e or'flt. and no ham let was too snsall to be overlooked when the selection of team committee was going through the records of ath letic tryouts of t'j.' past few months. Every man of the sele.t seventy-six is trained to the hour and wi!l be kept In perfect condition until the team sails away on June 27. The flfry-eigbt substitutes, .many of whom just fell short of tljp charmed c!r?!e. are not to be slighted In the calculations. This Is the greatest OKJcepition of athletes that has ever luvoded another country In nny time that history has record. ToUen as a whole. Its com bined athletic strength Is remarkable when one considers that the field and cinder path sort , In this country Is still In Its Infancy as compared with the European nations with which It will compete. Its cosmopolitan make up is test shown j.v the fact that among the candidates are two full blooded Indians and two rep-oca. The former are 1'rcnU Mount Pleosant and Ix?i!is Tewarina of tho Carlisle Indian school and l!ie latter J. B. Taylor of the University of Pennsylvania and F. straight wkiskies ASTORIA Le Roy Holmes of the Chicago uni versity. y V '. New York city la sending twenty seven athletes. Brooklyn will bar one representative, Newark two, Brook line, Mass., one; fit Louis two, Chicago twelve, Boston three, San Francisco one and Portland, Ore., one. There will be twenty-six collegians on tha team, asaembled from colleges and uni versities In all parts of tbe country. World' record holders that America will unload on John Bull are Sheppard, Gilbert, Dray, Sheridan, Ewry, Dear born, McOrath, Bacon, Bmlthson and Daniels. The Intense rivalry among American atuietlc clubs which baa made possible the development of anch a superb team will be forgotten tha minute tho boys board tbe ship for tha other side. From that time on it will simply be a case of how to outdistance, outjnmp and outburl tbe athletes of the old warld. The official makenp of the Olympic team la aa follows: j One hundril metorj Cartraetl, 0, of P.; Rctor, V. of V.: Robertson, I. A. A. C; Huff, Orlnnall college; Mar, Illinois eot- On hundred and ten meters, hurdl 8haw. Dartmouth; gmtthaon, Callfornts.; Oarrcls, Michigan. Elsht hundred meten fiheppord, t A. A. Ci LJghtbody, Ctiicago; Brorullow. L A. K C; Ralmey, Chicago; French, Coe Dell. Two hundred meter Same men aa tbo 100 metera. Four hundred meter, hurdle Hinman, N. Y. A. C; Bacon. 1. A. A. C; Mullt fan, Aqulnaa A. C. Phlladplphla. Fifteen hundred meter HaUrtead, Cor nell; Sullivan, I. A. A. C; Lightbodr, Chicago; Coo and Rowe, Michigan. Four hundred meter Taylor, U. of P.J Carpentt-r. Cornell: Atlee, Princeton; Prnut, Boston. A. A. Five mileaBcllar. N. Y. A. C; Bon hag. LA. A. C. ; Trube. Cornell. Pole vault Gilbert. Dray, Yale; Cooke, Cornell; Ealtali. 8tamford university. 8hot Coe. Boston A. A.; Kose. Olympic Club; OarrO.a. Michigan. Rtinnlrg h'sh Jump Porter. L A. A. C; Moff.t. U. cf P.; Gldney. Boston A. A.; Patterson. Chtcaga. Standing high and standing broad Jump -Ewry, N. Y. A. C; Biller. Brooklyn Y.. M. C. A. ' DUcu. free and Giek style Dearborn, N. Y. A. C: Sherldat. I. A. A. C; Tal bott. Cornell. Running broad Jump Cook, Cornell; O Connell, N. Y. A. C; Kelly, U.A.C Hammer Flanagan, I. A. A. C: Mc Orath. N. Y. A. C; Talbott. Cornell. Hop. step and Jump Piatt, Adams and O Connell. N. Y. A. C. Javelin Adams. N. Y. A. C; Sheridan. I. A. A. C Swlmmlr.T Goodwin and Daniels, N. T. A. C: Green, Brookllne Swimming club. Marathon run-Morrtesey, Mercury A. C; Hatch. Chicago A. A.; Hayes, L A. A. C. ...... . "Germany" Schaefer. "Gennauy" Schaefer of the Detroit Americans Is there with the goods when It comes to showing aa an all around player. The Dutchman went rVeuty-five games at second without a clsplay. and then they, moved him to short. He starred in that position. Be- J fenny ne went to tnira ana oia tne same thing. - "Schaefer Is a remarkable ball pSay or," aaya Jennings. "When ha can go to three positions on the field and ptey them tbe way he has dona it atampa him as one of tha great players of At game." HUMMELL, ALL AROUND STAB. Haa Done Everything but Catoh tine Ho Joined Brooklyn Toam. "Silent John" Ilammell, who la on tbe payroll of tha Brooklyn National league club, baa only to catch a game now and be will go down In the base ball book as having played every po sition on tbe diamond. (, Three years ago a message came to the Brooklyn grounds that thera waa a pretty good ball player np In Dol yoke, and tbe Brooklyn club got him. la bla three years he has moved Into the front rank of utility men. Ha does all his work In a cooL unassuming way. Ha haa nothing to aay on or off the field, but what be does with tbe ball while the game Is on Is what makea "Silent John" class with the best of ail around players. 1 Just now Hnmmell la going at a tmt clip. He was always a good hitter and la in tbe .300 class at present It doesn't make any difference where Patsy Donovan sends him, ha nerer aaya a word. Ha picks dp his glove and makes good wherever he la assign ed. It looks as If Holyoke will nerer see htm again and no other minor league club for some time. Hnmmell has gathered them up In every position In tbe outfield and baa filled In all around the Infield. He went In and pitched a game two years ago In the latter part of the season, and, aa said before, be is waiting for a chance to go In and catch a game. Old Honus Better Than Ever. Hans Wagner was worth any fancy salary that Barney Drey fuss had to offer to induce him to return to the game. Never has tbe big Teuton bat ted or fielded better than thla season. Criss a Good Pinch Hitter. Dode Criss of the St Louis Browns Is a reliable man In pinches. Most of his hits have been made when he waa tent to tbe plate to club lor another. Women of Diplomaby. Almost ail the celebrated women have gained their fame by diplomatic means. The famous women of Jewish history were all subtle In tbelr meth odsRebecca. Jael and Herodlaa, to name but a few of them. What born diplomatists, too. were Catherine of Elena, the great saint, and Catherine la Medici, the treat sinner! The list of them down the ages Is unending. Wo man's Life. ill " " a if
