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THE REPUBLICAN-JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 2, 1916. PAGE SEVEN —*-£- CLARK GRIFFITH SIGNS UP SOUTHPAW YINGLING, FORMER DODG- ER, FOR NEXT SPRING. Earl Yingling, the Minneapolis club's southpaw pitcher, will be a menu- ber of the Washingtons next spring. Manager Griffith has convinced himself that a brainy left-hander, even though he does not have extraordinary speed or. curves, can be successful in the American league, where left-handed hit- ters prevail, and Yingling is a pitcher of great ability, fast on hi s feet and one of the best hitters in the game. This will be Yingling's second experir ence i n the major league. Up to two years ag o he was a member of the Brooklyn National league team, and he was let out because he lacked control. He seems to have found this, however, since being with Cantillon, and is b y far the best left-hander in the American association. Griffith will use him as one of his regular pitchers and also as a pinch-hitter, a t which lie has al- ways been able to shine. STALLING^ BALL PLAYERS MOST FEARED BY ROBINS .Despite all their many protestations to the contrary th e Brooklyn team fears the Boston Braves with a holy fear, writes Robert Ripley, the New York Globe base ball expert, who is traveling with the Brooklyn team. They both fear and hate that fighting bunch from Boston. The Braves had the Indian sign- on the Robins all the season. The records show that the teams have played each other eighteen times an d Stallings' aggressive crew have won twelve of them. There is something amusing about the way the boys feel about that Bos- ton bunch. They all profess to regard them lightly. They laugh, i n a some- what hollow manner, when you men- tion the Braves t o them, and never fail to mention that the Phillies are the ones they have to beat, not Boston. If you venture an opinion to the contrary they grow argumentative. They point out that Stallings's-crew i s the weakest hitting and fielding team in the league. They are not a good ball club. They play rowdy base ball. They are dirty- players. They bluff their way through. And if that is not enough they would bet yo u something that the Phillies beat them out. They are mortally afraid of Rudolph. Most of them confess as much and the others betray the same feeling b y words and actions. An illustrative point is that last game they lost in Chicago. The Braves, who were to open against the Cubs \the-next day, arrived in town that day, and many of them attended the game. I t was mentioned to one of the Brooklyn players that Ru- dolph was seen in the grandstand. \Wot he exclaimed, \that old baldl- headed stiff i n the park? No wonder we lost. That guy is the jinx for sure; why it's getting so he doesn't have to be out on the diamond to beat us—he just has to be i n the ball park.\ Maranville is another bit of person for them. N o matter what they say about Mm, they make n o secret off their unalloyed admiration for his abil- ity. Maranville was more than any one else responsible for the Brooklyn defeats in the last Braves-Robins se^• ries. His wonderful fielding during the series ca n hardly be surpassed). \Rabbit\ is hated—but respected. I often stand about with the players listening to their base, ball chattel*. The Robins are all fine fellows and alii great lovers of the game that is their profession. They talk more base ball off the field than any other team I ever saw. They play base ball twenty-four hours a day. When they shift on t o that Braves subject, a s they always do, one is re- minded of the colored boy who whis- tles in the dark a s he approaches a grave yard. The Robins are approaching the Brave-Yard. 0. F. A. BOYS OUT FOR SCALPS THIS SEASON First Practice Will be Held on Tuesday After- noon. The football season is approaching and Prof. Laidlaw is preparing to ge t O. F. A. boys in readiness to capture the silver trophy cup this year. He has issued a call for all candidates, old as well as new, t o report for practice at 3 Tuesday afternoon. It i s impera- tive that the candidates so far as pos- sible b e present. All other school league teams are to begin practice Monday so it i s quite necessary that O. F. A. boys begin at once. The first game the academy team has scheduled this year is with the St. Lawrence Aggies and that will take place three weeks from today. At three every afternoon from now on practice games will be conducted on the O. F. A. athletic field. Prof. Laidlaw is after the cup with a ven- gence this year and for that reason he is anxious that all the candidates show up daily. HARVARD MAY PLAY FOOT BALL BYARC LIGHT Illumination of Stadium Would Permit of Late Practice. Boston, Aug. 30.—The Harvard foot ball system, already one of the most efficient sporting organizations in the college world, is calling upon science to make the work on the gridiron even more e%cient. The Athletic associa- tion is considering now lighting the stadium so that the practice can be held at any time during the late after- noon or evening and thus do away with the inconvenience occasioned by early darkness, which seriously hampers the practice late in the fall. The preliminary estimate calls for lamps supplied with strong projectors. They wil Ibe placed, if the scheme is carried into effect, at th e to p of the stadium, 90 feet above the ground and 200 feet from the center of the field. It is estimated that the intensity of the lamps will aggregrate approximate- ly 3,000,000 candle power. They will be so arranged that the, entire field oif YES, YOUTH IS BOUND TO BE SERVED IN SPORTS-AFTER AGE GETS ITS SHARE Almost all will agree that the fel- low who said that \youth will be served\ was right. Youth is served ultimately, but sometimes i t isn't be- fore age has had just about as many helpings as i t desires. Ed Geers is over 70—a decade be- yond Doc Osier's chloroform ago. Ye t \Pop incapacitated somewhat b y injuries, continues to win races al- most at will over the Grand Circuit tracks, although pitted against reins- men half and one-third hi s age. , George Bothner is about 50, yet last winter George \rassled\ several of the youthful cracks who outbulked hi m 25 to 75 pounds—and pinned 'em to the mat. Frank Kramer began cycling shortly after John Quincy Adams be- came president of these United States, yet he still ranks among the cham- pions. A 70-year-old chap up Sara- toga, N. Y., way rowed a race a few weeks ago and covered the distance in faster time than the bulk of the youthful oarsmen in America. Sam Langford is nearing the 40- year mark, bu t you don't notice any of ou r modern heavyweights picking Quarrels with him. Bob Fitzsimmons didn't become a champion until well along in his thirties. \Kid\ McCoy's greatest fight was at 43 or 44. A doz- en other right warriors gained their greatest fame after 30. Harry Vardon is close to 50—but he is still a fairly good golfer so fair, in fact, that he ranks a s the very best little golfer i n the world. Walter Travis, aged 55; wo n the Metropoli- tan golfing championship a year ag o matched against a field of link mar- vels. The ' story practically every golfing battle shows that age has an equal chance against youth. \Pa\ Weston is someting like 74 years of age—but do you know any- one who can outwalk him, 10 miles, 50 miles or a thousand miles? Edward Plank is 41 or 42—yet \Lefty\ has been pitching a brand of base ball during the last six weeks that is excelled by no man in the game. Honus Wagner, 42, is outplay- ing every shortstop in base ball when it comes to all-around work. Lajoie, aged 41, stole home the other day— a trick that is turned only once in a season by even the sprightliest play- ers. Yes, youth will b e served—after age gets it s share. FATE SMILES ON FRED MERKLE IN THE SHADOW YEARS OF HIS BALL CAREER Fate may be trying to make amends to Fred Merkle for the trials and trib- ulations put upon him i n the early days of hi s career as a bi g league ball player. Having inflicted upon him a burden that few men could have carried successful, she i s no t only proffering the olive branch of peace, but seems bent on yielding him the laurel as well, writes Jim Sinnott, the well known New York scribe. Last Saturday Merkle was a veteran first baseman on a badly disrupted fourth place club. Today he is th e first-sacker of the leading team of the National league, hailed a s the savior of the club, an d with every prospect of sharing in the world's series money this year. His transfer to Brooklyn is not the first indication fate has given Fred Merkle this year of a change of heart toward him. Back in the month of April she showed that at last, in the shadow years of hi s career, she had decided to smile upon him. Out in left field at the Polo grounds one of the most glaring of glaring signs was that of C. T. Silver. Mr . Silver's sign said that he would give an automobile to the first player to hit his advertisement with a fly ball. There was much speculation as t o who could wi n the machine. George Burns of the Giants, Cravath and Whit- ted of the Phillies, Sherwood Magee of the Braves, Ed . Konetchy of the Braves and Heinie Zimmerman of the Cubs were all thought to have a great chance. One balmy afternoon late in April or early in May, I forget the exact date, Fred Merkle stepped to the plate. He hi t the bal l a resounding swat. I t sailed over Zack Wheat's head, hit Mr. Silver's sign and Merkle won the auto. So fate begun the season by smiling on Merkle. Shen she frowned again. The Giants went bad. Merkle did not hit much an d his fielding suffered a\ bit. A few days ago Merkle had a s much chance of cutting i n on a world's series this fal la s Connie Mack had. Now he i s first basing for the pace- setting Dodgers. • Since that memorable da y i n 1908 Merkle has been unfortunate in being mixed up i n several other plays that apparently proved him a slow-thinking ball player. Sometimes he was guilty of poor judgment. On other occasions he was blamed wrongfully. It has always been my personal contention that Merkle i s not a very quick-think- ing ball player. Yet, mechanically he has fe w equals at playing first base, and he has never played stupid base ball, a s some have charged. He has always been a hard-working, conscientious player! He is what is known as a streaky hitter. When he hits flocks of safe blows follow along a stretch of several weeks. Then he will fall away and hit next to noth- ing. Big and powerful, he clouts th e ball far when he connects. He has always been a great man to break up a close game with a hit into the stand in left field at the Polo grounds. I Baseball in Big Leagues\ IMM NATIONAL LEAGUE N. Y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1—1 9 2 Boston ...10000000 2—3 8 3 Anderson and Rariden, McCarthy; Ragan and Gowdy. Brooklyn .00000000 0—0 8 3 Phila ....10010001 x—3 9 2 Coombs and Miller; Alexander and Killifer. Brooklyn .0 0000000 0—0 5 0 Phila 0 1010202 x—6 13 1 Pfeffer and Meyers; Rixey and Kil- lifer. Cincinnati 00112010 1—6 12 0 Pittsburg .0 2001000 0—3 11 4 Toney and Clarke, Wingo; Kantleh- ner, Jacobs, Miller and Fisher. Rain prevented Chicago-St. Louis game. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Boston -...00030000 0—3 9 1 N\ Y 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 x—7 9 2 Mays, Shore and Thomas, Casey; Shocker, Fisher, Cullop and Alexander. Phila 0 0000000 1—1 5 1 Wash'ton .0 0020001 0—3 9 0 Nabors and Picnick; Johnson and Williams. Phila 0 0020002 0—4 12 4 Wash'ton .0 0001000 0—1 2 0 Meyers and Picnick; Crafts and Gar- rety. Other games not scheduled. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Prov'ence Buffalo .. 10000000 0—1 .00000200 x—2 FAMOUS PITCHER MAY BE SEEN IN MALONE EFFORTS MADE TO SECURE COLLINS. RAY Malone, Sept. 1.—If present plans materialize Malone Base ball fans may have an opportunity t o see Ray Collins, the famous major league base ball pitcher within the near future. Mr . Collins has relatives in Burke and for some time past has been pitching for the Burke town team which, as a re - sult, has won everything in sight. To- day the Burke town team will line up against a Malone team and an effort is being made to secure Collins t o oc- cupy the pitcher's mound. Ray Collins was for seven years a member of the pitching staff of the Boston Re d Sox where he earned a reputation which is second only to that of the \Old Master,\ Christy Mathewson. Last season Collins re - tired from the major leagues and this year has seen him playing with ama- teur and semi-pro outfits, \just t o keep his eye good.\ A few weeks ag o Collins visited his sister, Mrs. Fin- ney, at Burke, and at that time was prevailed upon to pitch a few games for the Burke team which has proved a big feather in the cap of the outfit from that town. If the famous twirler is not seen here today it is more than probable that he will appear in a Burke uniform in a game during the Malone fair. JEROME D. TRAVERS WILL NOT TRY FOR THE GOLF HONORS His Name Is Not on List of En- tries for National Tourney Next Week. play will b e lighted well enough to play upon, while the air will be lillum- inated a s high as the top of the stadi- um, so that punting and forward pass- ing can be done with ease. The need of some method of light- ing the stadium for foot ball is very great this year, for late October games threaten to extend into th e dark hours of the night. Those who follow the Harvard team regularly w illremember the games played late in October tw o years ago, especially the Harvard-Pennsylvania State game when the thousands of people watch- ing the game were forced to light matches to see their way ou t of the large structure. On the field during the last few minutes of play there was total darkness. The preliminary plans of lighting the stadium will be tried out in prac- tice before the entire structure is electrified, and the first tests will probably be made soon after the play- ers report for practice on Sept. 7th. New York, Aug. 31.—Jerome D. Travers, four times amateur cham- pion of the United States, will not try again for the national title on the course of the Merion Cricket club, hear Philadelphia, next week. The list of entries for the championship v/as issued Tuesday b y Howard F. Whitney, secretary of the United States Golf association, and the name of the golfer who has won more na - tional crowns than any other was not among them. Travers has not been in the best of health recently, being troubled by a heavy cold much like that which at- tacked him just before the champion- ship at Detroit a year ago, and know- ing that he would not he at his hest decided t o stay out of the bi g tour- ney. He has played no competitive golf this season except in exhibition four half matches, for business has taken up most of hi s time. Under these conditions he cdfinot he blamed for deciding not t o enter, much a s every golfer in th e country will re - great his absence. There are 155 names on the list is- sued Tuesday, the largest number since the championship was restrict- ed to golfers on the national eligible list. At Garden City, in 1S13, there were 149 and 142 at Detroit last year. The list is divided into two sections, the first including the names of those who will play their first qualifying round on the east course and their second on the west course, an d the second list including the golfers who will start on the west an d finish on the east. Schultz and Yelle; Tyson and On- slow. Richmond 10000100 0—2 7 2 Montreal .0 2002300 x—7 10 0 Ross and Reynolds; Goodbred and Madden. Baltimore 30102000 5—11 19 1 Rochester 00020001 0—3 6 0 Sherman and McAvoy; Hill, Herche and Hale. Newark-Toronto game called at end of third frame because of rain. Pure Blood means Perfect Health TRADE JE fE 4C MARK Will Make Your Blood Pure fcjggS .The Swift Specific Cb. V A!LArm 8 GA. «*\ .•wfe-:..>«.ji-Lfi ,AW5 •&z* STATE LEAGUE. Reading ..0 0100001 0—2 9 2 Syracuse .10004001 x—6 S 1 Dessau and Haddock; Roth and Hil- debrand. W'barre ..0 0000020 0—2 8 3 Bing'ton .0 1012000 x—4 8 2 Dougherty and Breiger; Frock and Murphy. Scranton 0 0 0-300—3 4 2 Blmira 2 0 0 2 0 0—4 5. 1 Buckles and Bramian; Gingras and Fisher. Harrisb'g .0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0—6 12 0 Utica ....0 0205000 x—7 13 1 Burns and Blair; Bryant and Bruggy STANDING OF CLUBS. NATIONAL LEAGUE w. Brooklyn 72 Boston 70 Philadelphia 20 New York 57 Pittsburgh 55 St. Louis 55 Chicago 55 Cincinnati 47 L. 46 46 48 58 65 68 68 78 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. Boston 71 Detroit ,..70 Chicago 69 St. Louis 69 New York ; 67 Cleveland 67 Washington 61 Philadelphia 18 L. 53 57 57 5S 59 60 63 95 P.C. .610 .603 .593 .496 .458 .447 .447 .376 P.C. .573 .557 .548 .543 .532 .528 .492 .227 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. W. Buffalo 70 Providence 66 Toronto 62 Montreal 61 Baltimore 63 Richmond 55 Rochester 52 Newark 46 L. 51 54 54 56 58 65 66 73 STATE LEAGUE. W. L. Syracuse 74 49 Binghamton 65 54 Scranton 59 50 Wilkesbaree 58 55 Utica 59 62 Reading 55 65 Elmira 54 69 Harrisburg 51 71 P. C. .579 .550 .534 .521 .521 .45S .420 .387 P.C. .601 .546 .541 .513 .487 .458 .439 .418 S . 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The three-cornered battle between Speaker, Cobb and Jackson for Ameri- can league batting honors is rivaling in interest the league's tight pennant race. * * * * Last year was Ty Cobb's sevent con- secutive year as batting king of the American league. He has led the league eight times in all, but i n 1908 he had to take second place to Criss of St. Louis. * * * * \Brick\ Eldred, Seattle's star out- fielder and leader of the Northwestern league in batting, is touted as a won- derful performer with the willow. He reports to the Chicago White Sox this fall. * # * * Seems that the Giants landed the star clouter of the Western association when they grabbed Ross Young a .350 sticker with the Sherman (Texas) team. ^I* H- *£ f Thrasher of Atlanta and Rumler and Jacobson of Little Rock rorm a heavy artillery trio that is making the South- ern league pitchers take the leaps. * * * * Second Baseman Mathes of the Ter- re Haute Central league team, a .360 teaser of the pellet, i s booked t o dem- onstrated t o the Boston Braves what he can do with the bludgeon. * * * * The veteran class of hitsmiths is ably represented this season ' by Messrs. Wagner and Hincliman of the Pittsburg Pirates. Years of battling on the diamond seem not to have dim^ med the batting eyes of the two old warriors. * * * * Jimmy Hickman, a Brooklyn recruit, cames to the Robins with a record of eight hits out of nine times at bat in the Caroline league. * 5j{ * * In Smythe and Smith, the Montreal International league team has a couple of regular fellows in the hitting line. Smith has already been tagged for the Cincinnati Reds. * * * * The leader i n home runs in the Southern league i s none other than our old friend, \Kid\ Elberfeld. \fo- basco,\ who is piloting the..Chattanoo- ga outfit, has hit something like 20 circuit drives this season. Manager \Rebel\. Oakes of the Den- ver team i s showing Western leaguers how to belt the ball a l a bi g troupe. The old National leaguer is whaling the pil laround the .350 mark and go ing strong. PLANS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF TEAMS PERFECTED. Chicago, Sept. 1.—Plans for trans 1 - porting ball teams i n case of a gen- eral railroad strike by motor, boat^and interurban trolley have been discussed in every league which would be affect- ed, i t was learned here yesterday. President Johnson of the American' league was not in his office, but at. the office of the Chicago Nationals, it was said n o interruption in th e schedule was expected, as tentative plans, for moving the teams from town to town by motor cars where trolley or boats were not available already had been arranged. Boat lines from Buffalo to Cleveland or Detroit and thence for most of the, way to Chicago the trolley lines will be used by teams here and probably the St. Louis clubs. 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