Sporting Gossip
Edited by E. L BEDELL.
National League.
Won Lost Pet.
Chicago . 21 12 .636
New York . 15 9 .625
Boston . 16 11 .593
Cleveland . 16 16 .500
St. Louis . 14 16 .467
Detroit . 11 15 .423
Washington .... 11 17 .393
Philadelphia .... 9 18 .333
American League.
Won Lost rot.
Philadelphia .... 17 9 .654
New York . 16 9 .640
Chicago . 20 13 .606
St Louis . 13 14 .481
Pittsburg .z 9 10 .474
Cincinnati . 14 18 .4381
Brooklyn . 13 17 .433
Boston . 11 18 .379
Northwestern League.
Won Lost Pet.
Tacoma . 18 7 .720
Great Falls. 14 10 .583
Spokane . 12 12 .500
Vancouver . 11 12 .478
Seattle . 11 14 .440
Butte . 8 17 .320
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THURSDAY’S GAMES.
National League.
New York 5, Chicago 3.
rhAadelphia 5, Cincinnati 1.
Others—rain.
American League.
Chicago 2, Washington 1.
St. Louis 2, Boston 8.
Northwestern League.
Vancouver 6, Seattle 1.
Tacoma 3, Butte 0.
Spokane 4, Great Falls 3.
Anchorage fans are to have the op-1
pnrtunity to witness a double header
wet Sunday. Wet grounds at Potter
creek make play impossible so the two
games scheduled will be played in \
Anchorage. First game, between
Gity and Farmers will start at 1:30
o'clock in the afternoon and after a
a»K*rt intermission the game between
Turuagain and A. E. C. will be called.
They responded nobly and the initial
work on the bleaheers is well under i
■way. Tiff, Mills, Stieffel, Sheets
Nick, Kluman, Tony, Roszco, Fleisch-1
nann and Powry were on the job with
hammer and saw and the work will
he completed with a few hours work
tonight. This working stunt isn’t con- j
teed to the above mentioned sports
a*eu and no one is barred from doing
his share, so come out this evening
oratfa your tools and lend a hand in a
good cause.
MOTHER CHAMPION ENLISTS.
Morawgian Ski Jumper Want* to Join
Uuitad States Aviation Corps.
Bagnar Omtvedt. Norwegian ski
jumper and holder of a number of
Ttempiouslilp medals, was among the
Applicants for enrollment In the Unit
ad States aviation reserve corps.
Tentative plans were made at a meet
hat of University of Chicago alumni for
ntaiog a regiment composed exclusive
ly of university men.
Army authorities said more than 100
UHobers of Bohemian Sokol societies
teve been enlisted in a few days.
Pour hundred army recruits were
sent to a training depot from Chicago,
■ore than 100 men were enlisted in
Jtw navy.
Cob* Have Recruiting Station.
■ben the Chicago National league
beam appeared on the field at the open
bag of the season each player wore an
American flag. The colors have been
embroidered on one sleeve of their
hMrts as a display of patriotism. A re
uniting station has been erected at
■» baseball park In order to accom
modate any of the patrons of the game
mho may desire to enlist in the army.
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COURAGE GREATEST
ASSET IN THE RING
Records Show Stout Heart Worth
More Than Wallop.
The wallop is a big asset in the ring,
but courage Is even more necessary.
Many lighters have gained prominence
by means of their unusual hitting abil
ity, but very few of those who lacked
courage have been able to gain a title.
Fred Fulton, who quit to Carl Mor
ris recently, is only one of many who
lacked the determination necessary to
make their other good qualities count.
Fulton has many advantages in his
favor. He has great speed and the
most wicked left hnnd of any fighter to
come to the front during the past few
years. He Is also a good boxer as long
as his nerve is not shaken, but when
called upon to fight an uphill battle he
forgets everything he has learned.
A1 Reich Is another who might have
been a champion if he had been gifted
with a fighting heart. Reich is more
symmetrically built than Fulton. He
has the thick week and heavy jaw of
the born pugilist, and in his case there
seems to be no physical reason why
he is not able to withstand punish
ment. Naturally graceful in action, he
cannot help being a good boxer, aud
his hitting ability Is second to none.
Y'et with all these advantages Reich Is
the rankest kind of a failure simply
because he lacks the fighting spirit.
Bombardier Wells is another re
markably good boxer and exception
ally fine bitter who has failed to make
good for reasons that are mental
rather than physical. Although by no
means rugged. Wells possesses so much
boxing skill that few of the second rat
ers now performing would be able to
lay a glove on him if it were not for
the fact that his nerves go all to pieces
the moment, he enters the ring.
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CUBAN PLAYERS POPULAR.
American Baseball Clubs Hava Secured
Many of Them.
Practically every white Cuban ball
player—every athlete who is good
enough to appear on the winter teams
of Havana—has been engaged by
American clubs for the coming sum
mer. Twenty of them in all have
caught on in this country, the list read
ing as follows:
Armando Marsans, outfielder, St
Louis, American league; Mike Gonza
les, catcher, St. Louis, National league;
Angel Aragon, in and out fielder, New
York, American league; Joe Rodriguez,
first baseman, New York, National
league; Merito Acosta, outfielder,
Washington; Manuel Cueto, In aud out
fielder, Cincinnati; Tomas Romanaeh,
shortstop, Cincinnati; Emilio Palmero,
pitcher, Louisville; Adolfo Luque,
pitcher, Louisville; Pedro Dibut, pitch
er and outfielder, Milwaukee; Fidelio
Hungo, Infielder, Minneapolis; Jacinto
Calvo, outfielder, San Francisco; Ra
fael Almeida, utility, Montreal; Oscar
Tuero, pitcher, Wilkesbarre, Eastern
league; Ramon Gonzales, infielder. New
London, Eastern league; Joaquin
Rodes, outfielder, New London, East
ern league; Eusebio Gonzales, tnflelder,
New London, East York State league;
Joe Acosta, pitcher, Vancouver; An
dres Ogazon, catcher and utility, Van
couver.
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IMPOSING RECORD OF
MINE GIBBONS, BOXER
Engaged In Eighty Bouts, Has
Twenty-six Knockouts.
Search the record books from cover
to cover and It will be hard for you
to discover the name of a boxer with
a more Imposing record than that of
Mike Gibbous, the St. Paul middle
weight who holds the American mid
dleweight title.
Since liX>7 Mike G’bbons has engaged
In no less than eighty ring Iwttles in
addition to scores of exhibitions, and
only once has the decision been given
against him. That was way back in
1010, when he wns outpointed by
Jimmy dabby, who at that time was
a leading contender for the middle
weight crown. Since then Gibbous
three times lias taken the measure of
dabby over the ten round route.
Because tlie laws in the majority of
states where boxing bouts are legal
prohibit decisions a great many of the
results of the pugilistic records ap
pear ns no decision. In the great ma
jority of these so called no decision
bouts, however, Gibbons led by a wide
margin, and never lias he received
worse than an even break.
Several times lie has gone out of his
class, but he is so clever thnt be has
made the light heavyweights look fool
ish. Even "Giant Killer” Jack Dillon
was easy prey for the redoubtable
Mike when they met last November.
Gibbons’ record shows that he has
delivered the knockout punch twenty
six times.
MOGRIDGE IN SPOT LIGHT.
Gats Niche In Hall of Fame by Pitah
ing No Hit Game.
George Mogrldge of the Yankees
Jumped into fame when he subdued the
Photo by American Press Association.
GEORGE MOGRIDCE.
world champion Boston Red Sox with
out allowing them a single hit.
Mogridge was going well last year
when he sustained an injury in mtd
jeason. He was particularly success
ful last year against the Red Sox and
White Sox.
Raca Track For Military Camp.
The one time famous race track at
Colesvllle, Pa., on top of the Lehigh
mountain, back of Lehigh university,
will be turned Into a camp for ath
letes by P. J. Morrissey. It will be
conducted along militury preparedness
lines.
Chicken Fence, Garden Fence and
Garden Gates at Bolte Hardware Co.
Phone 90R. 46
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MAKING OVER
BALL PLAYERS
Instances Rare of Outfielders
Developing Into Pitchers.
MANY BOXMEN IN OUTFIELD
Soma Baseball Man Maintain That
Marvelous Twirlar Was Ruined Whan
Fred Markla Became First Baseman.
George 8ieler of St. Louie Browne
Can Play Any Position.
The rather unique attempt of John
MeGraw to turn George Kelley, the
lanky outfielder, into a pitcher appears
to he attracting a lot of attention
among buseball people, but this trick
of shifting ball players into new roles
overnight is not without precedent.
Memory fails to record au instance
where outfielders were turned into
pitchers, it is true, but the shifting of
pitchers to the outfield Is common.
There are many baseball men who
firmly maintain to this day that a mar
velous pitcher was ruined when Fred
Merkle became a first baseman. Since
he began work with the Giants Merkle
has pitched exhibition games, and on
one occasion at Newark or Jersey City
he held his opponents to four hits.
It may surprise the average fan to
know that Mike Poulin started out as
a left handed pitcher with bright pros
pects. It may be equally surprising to
some to know that Jack Murray enter
ed the big league as a catcher for Phil
adelphia.
Fred Mitchell, manager of the Cubs,
pitched regularly in the American
league until something went wrong
with his feet—not his arm—and he be
came a catcher, a good one too.
Harry Wolters was at one time a
pitcher, and Beals Becker was perhaps
the wildest southpaw that the game
has ever known. His hitting turned
him into an outfielder, but on the bases
he is just as wild as ever.
During his long stay on the diamond
Hans Wagner lias been an outfielder, a
shortstop and a first baseman. But for
the fact that his terrific hitting was
needed in the regular lineup he would
have been a pitcher.
The oddest little things often bring
about these changes. For instance.
Davy Robertson came to tbe Giants as
a pitching phenom. During the fall he
played In a football game and Injured
his shoulder. The next spring he could
not use his arm for pitching purposes
and kept in condition by shagging flies
in the outfield. At the Polo grounds
one morning while at bat he slammed
a drive Into tbe centerfield bleachers.
MeGraw promptly turned him into an
outfielder, and now he ranks next to
Ty Cobb, according to ball players.
Jimmy Callahan was a corking pitch
er for years, but could always hit. His
arm went back on him once, and he
was immediately shifted to the outfield,
where he starred for years. Doe White
was another who could pitch one day
and play the outfield the next.
Perhaps the best example of versa
tile ball players today is George Sisler
of the Browns. As a rule be plays first
base, but when the club gets in a hole
he goes into tbe box and is regarded
as the best twirler on the staff. When
the club wants to try out a new bats
man Sisler plays the outfield. Not only
can Sisler play these positions, but be
can play either of them lust as well as
anybody else.
George Kelley, McGraw's new exper
iment, has a terrific fast ball, and he is
of that physical build that will permit
him to pitch all day if necessary. As
he has little need of another outfield
er, MeGraw will make a ten strike if
he can develop this boy into even an
ordinary pitcher. George Gibson says
that Kelley needs a little sharper break
to his curve ball and he will be a good
pitcher this season.
SCHALK FEARS JHE YANKS.
Catchar, However, Believee White Sox
Are Claea of the A. L.
Ray Schalk, backstop of the White
Sox, believes the Yankees are going to
be the team that will have to be beaten
for the flag in Ban Johnson’s circuit.
Ray admits Boston is a tough proposi
tion, but he is willing to do most of his
worrying over Donovan’s dynamiters.
The Browns, Schalk agrees, are an
A-l defensive team and will cause a
good deal of trouble before the race is
over.
“But,” said the White Sox star, “it’s
a long way to October, and you can’t
ever tell what will happen.”
Naturally Schalk figures the Sox are
the real class of the league. He be
lieves the team through its good condi
tioning work tiiis spring is tit.
CALL OFF GOLF TOURNEYS.
Western Pennsylvania Body Follows
Lead of Other Aasociations.
There will be no golf competition
conducted by the Western Pennsylva
nia Golf association this year, and all
funds above those required for tbe ex
penses of the association will be do
nated to the Pittsburgh chapter sf the
Red Cross.
In taking this action the Western
Pennsylvania body Is following the ex
ample set by the Metropolitan Golf as
sociation of New York, the New Jer
sey Golf association and other leading
organizations in the United States as a
patriotic move resulting from tbe dec
laration of war.
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be fitted with a suit of
is the exception rather
than the rule. There
are shorts, longs, slims
and extra stouts in
models designed partic
ularly to meet the re
quirements of each in C
dividual figure. Prove
it before one of ohi’
mirrors.
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+ five runs home In one Inning, is 4
+ the newest Philadelphia baseball +
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4* Bates Is twenty-six years old, 4*
4* stands six feet two Inches high, 4*
4- weighs 180 pounds and is a na- 4*
4- tlve of Paterson, N. J. He play- 4
4- ed with the Vernon (Cal.) team 4
4* last year, having the tine batting 4*
4- average of .285 In 203 games. 4
4- F,ates once saw service with the 4*
4- Altoona Trl-state league team. 4
4- He was with Cleveland in 1913, 4"
4* but was 6ent back to the minors. 4
4- The new batting sensation had 4
4* two triples, a double and single. 4*
4* He drove six runs home and 4
4- scored another himself. In the 4*
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