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SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1919. ST. LOUIS POST-OISPATCH ST. LOUIS POST-OISPATCH This Beins Easter We Look for Some of Burke's and Rickey's Eggs to Crack 1 A. E.

F. All-Star Gridiron Champions and Coaching Staff rPoge' Lewis Was Knocked 89TH DIVISION FOOTBALL ELEVEN. Out in Final A.E.F.Game Before Twirling; Game, 8-1 Cardinals Helpless Davenport's Fine Browns Win 5th Left to right, standing Ad Lindsey, Kansas; Nelson, Chicago "Tiny" Gerhardt, West Point; "Posty" Clark, Illinois. Kneeling Clark, Colorado College; Thompson, South Dakota; Withington, Harvard; Garside, Colorado College; Poge Lewis, Washington University; Sweiger, Colorado College: Laslett, Kansas. Brooklyn Beats Braves Twice in National Opening Superbas Win Morning Game, 5 2, in 10 Inn jigs and in Afternoon, 3 to 2.

Bump on Head Rendered St. Louisan Unconscious for 15 Minutes in Football Clash Won by 89th Division From 36th of First Army. Home Runs, Fumbles, Double Steals and! Tumbles Figure Victory Viewed by 4000 Knot-Hole Gangsters Demmitt Clouts the Ball Savagely. yiTIIOUT doubt one of the greatest aggregations of college football talent ever assembled and equally, without doublt, the best coached team in the world, was the Eighty-ninth Division of the Army of Occupation which was carried off the gridiron at Paris, on March 29, after defeating the next best team in the foreign Service, the Thiry-sixth Division, First score 14 to 6. By John ROUND and loftv tumblinp, fumbling ELWray.

an-! throwing combined to thwart ST. IXTIS NATIONALS. The Knot Holers Didn't Even "Peek." some fair pitching afforded the Cardinals, yesterday, contributing to the hilarity of some 4000 of the Knct Hole Gang, and about 6000 paid admissions that foregathered at Cardinal Field and saw the Browns win the fifth game of the spring series, 8 to 1. -vTil fi if tT7 IT i ir AH. R.

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1 1 0 S'-Htt- rf 4 ft 1 0 0 rf 4 1 1 Ftock 3b 3 0 1 2 3 0 Hornsby ss 4 1 2 6 1 Tat-lette lb 4 111 1 Schultz 2b 2 0 1 2 2 2 demons 4 0 0 4 3 0 Tuero 1 0 0 0 2 0 May 0-0 0 0 1 0 Ileathcote 0 0 0 Fisher 0 0 0 Totals 1 27 19 4 It was the fifth contest of the annual spring escapade, and the Browns, by virtue of their easy success, now lead in such honors as may accrue to participants in such a haphazzard adventure, three victories to two. Krrors that appear in the error column, coupled with others that do not; air-tight pitching by the attenuated David Davenport, conjoined to some particularly laudable larruping of the celebrated apple by Ray Demmitt. were the causes of the Cardinals' undoing. Davenport in Wonderful Form. Davenport was an almost insuperable obstacle the success of the Cardinals.

Had the'Klckeys played perfect ball and done their prettiest, Davenport would still have beaten them. He held the enemy to five hits and. had he not reduced the pace of his burning shoots in the last in- ning he might for the second game; in the series have achieved a shut- out. As it was, the Cardinals have not earned a run off his delivery In IS innings. Tuero started the game on the Cardinal hill.

The Cuban did not perform up to the accepted standards of major league hurlers; but what could be expected of a poor Hidalgo in a foreign land who. trying to make a deep impression, found his efforts worse, than neutralized by his teammates, in the first moments of play'' Tuero was off to a bad start and never recovered his poise. At that, the enemy made but four hits off his delivery in five innings, one it wiv was Sisler's "fluke" home run the first, a lucky strike that was the principal factor in breaking the camel's back. May Pleases Rickey. Jakie May was the particularly pleasing spectacle to Manager Rickey.

Jake took up the white man's burden in the sixth session against the confident Browns and be stopped them in their tracks. He allowed but ono hit in four rounds and would have SPilf, vlf M-vfc life 1'is parents, dismisses the game brief- ly. despite the fact that it w.is nrob- ably the ambition of his athletic career to go into this gair.t- and help win it. He writes, in part: "Saturday, we 'came across an-l won the thing we were after, the championship of the A. E.

F. snJ are now all 1 heroes, in Paris, as it were. We beat tho Division 14 0 before more sol. Hers. General Pershing ami Secretary Danils at navy e'iok hands with all of us an.l praisei us on our victory.

I was knm-kel out in the second period, hut cot la into the game in the last quarter whi.h was very exciting. "I wasn't hurt badlv. just a on the head which knocked out for- minutes. The first teant is to be given a nice trip we leave Wednesday. April 2.

and go to Southern France, visiting i Nice and may go to Rome. The players were given very pretty medals after winning the final game here. I am enclosing photos of the first team which started the game and of the coaching staff which would cost many thousands of dollars to hire, as they are all famous American players." TOGE." The coaching department of the team would surely have cost a tiily sum not less than a season. Besides the players mentioned Dannie, Mehan. Souci.

Redfifld, Priu-li-ard and Trumbull, one of the best coaches in the world, played a Imposition and captained the team Paul Withineton. the Harvard star and All-America man. No details are at hand as to tram weight, but the names of the first team players are sufficient guarantee of the class of the eleven. C. LINDER IS WINNER OF BOSTON A.

A. MARATHON; SWEDISH RUNNER EIGHTH BOSTON, April Carl Linder of the Hurja A. C. 'of Quincy, won the twenty-second annual 25-mile marathon race of the Boston Athletic Association today in 2h i'ftm 13 2-5s. He finished in good condition, lm 1 3-5s ahead of his towns-fellow, William Wick, into .1.

Laake of Brooklyn was third and Frank Gillespie of Chicago fourth. Tile first three men are Finns. Linder was rejected by the army when called in the first selective draft, because of flat feet. He won the javelin event in the New England championship in 1S09. He is 29 years old.

Summary: Carl W. A. Linder. Ouiney. 2:29:13 2-j: William Wick, Quimy.

otto J. Lake. Brooklyn. 2:31:31: Frank Gillesnie. Chicasro.

2:36:44: M. J. Lynch. Washington, 2 Aaron Morris, New York. Peter Tri voulides.

New York, Runar Ohman. Sweden, 2:41: 3S; Anastas K. Sturgis. Nattick. 2:51: 15: Henry Kanto, Quincy, 2:51:53.

MISS BOYLE SETS NEW MARK, BUT LOSES RACE NEW YORK. April 19. rhe established an American record of 4m. 23s. in the first 30 yards of the Amateur Athletic Union's national women's indoor 500-yard championship aT the Brighton Beach Winter Pool tonight.

Miss Charlotte of the New York Women's f.vimming Association finished third. The title was won by Miss Etheida Bleibtrey of the same association. Time. 7m. 40s.

COACHING SQUAD. Left to right Fred Dennie, Brown; Eddie Mahan, Harvard: Souci, Harvard; Eedfield, West Point; Pritchard, West Point; Trumbull, Harvard; Col. O'Donnell, Surgeon 89th Division. Tuero Morale Badly Shaken, When Error and Fluke Homer Start Rally Red Sox Worried About Barry's Failure Grammar Schools to Open Baseball Season April 28 Teams Will Start in Eliminations to Decide Championship This Year. The St.

Louis Public School Athletic League baseball championship series will be started April 28, wita teams entered in the seten divisions. In addition to this number there will be 12 schools in the playground series, while eight colored schools are entered in two groups. Teams entered and groups in which they will play follow: firoup A land Gardenviile. Park and Cleve-Oampus Blow. 'arnmlelet.

Lvon, Meramec and Monroe. roup 11: Tower -Grove Park Fremont. Froebel, Grant. Mann, oak Hill. Group Tower Grove Park Adaitis.

Chouteau. Garfield. Madison, Shaw. Siirci. Group Forest I'ark Dewey.

-JrH. tiott. Marquette. Mason. Riddick.

Spring. Roe. Growp Forest Park Arlington. Benton, Cupples, Field. Laclede.

Washington. Group Murphy Playground No. 1 Ames, Blair, Columbia, Divoll. J-ilcson, Webster. Group Fail ground Bryan Hill.

Clay, Harrison, Lowell, Irving. Mark fwuin. Playground Divinio'l. Group Charlesg. Humboldt.

Serums, Wymaii. Group Murphy No. Franklin. Glasgow, Henri-, Jefferson. Group t': FaircrounU Ashland.

Crow, Elliot, Junior Hieh. Colored School. Group Forest I'ark Dumas. Simmons. (roup lit Forett Park Cottair-i.

salines, Lincoln, Wheatley. All the games will be played in the afternoons and will be of seven innings duration. Group champions will receive banners, while the players will be given buttons. Paid officials will handle all the contests. The following principals will represent their groups on the Kxecutive Committee: C.

S. Stone, Group G. U. Hawkins, Group W. A.

Gore, Group W. H. Schlueter. Group H. H.

Kdmiston. Group Philo S. Stevenson, Group 11. II. Meeker, Group G.

Playground: John Group S. A. McGulre. Group W. Walters.

Group C. Colored Schools: David Gordon. Group J. L. I'sher.

Group B. Rodowe Abeken, Director of Municipal Athletics, will act as advisory member of the committee; A. E. Kindervater. chairman, and Gilcher Neeb, secretary.

Fownes Lands Trophy. PIXEHCRST. N. C. April 19 Henry C.

Frownes. Oakmont, won the president's trophy in the mid-April nolf tournament today, defeating Tom Morrison, also of Oakmont, 5 up and 3 to play. COMPOSITE BOX SCORE OF THE SPRING SERIES Cardinals. AR R. h.

sh. Av. to Regain Form; Team Otherwise Strong GOOD CROWDS PRESENT Est'mated Attendance at Two Contest? Yesterday Was Griffith Stars. M.is-s.. April 19.

Th major league baseball season was opened here today when the Brooklyn club defeated Boston 5 to 2, in a 10-inning gar.ve this morning, and 3 to 2 this aftf-moon. Holiday crowds of m- re ti 5000 and 15.009 ttf-iiiled. Hundreds of overseas soldiers were in th stands. pfeffer pitched well in th afternoon pame for Brooklyn. Boston players trot on the liases in every In-nine, but there were no hits to send them home.

1'feffer contributed to Brooklyn's win by driving the bll into deep left center, where Rlggert dropped it after a long run. Boston scored in the seventh on hits by Miller and Herzog, and in the eighth when Pfeffer became wild and passed two and hi two. forcing Holke in. Rudolph for Boston, and Cadore for Brooklyn enpaaed in pitching dul in the first game which was broken by Brooklyn In the tenth innlnir, when Griffith sinsrlcd with runners on third and second. Boston scored twice in the aev.

cntli. with three hits and a sacrifice fly. The scores: UROOKT.vv AB.R.H F. t--. 'f r.

i Malone 2'. 1 'J i rf r. II 1 V. If 4 1 It Mvi 'a cf. II II s.

a t' Mara i 1 K-i'-erir c. 4 1 i r. 4 1 rt I POfTV An II 1 0l Mr7i Vb. 4 (1 A v. Slt f.

no; 1 1. k- 2l in, s. 4 K-l'v 4 1 1 VMmn c. 1 Totals 2 19 I Totals 1:1 2 Score by innings I To'als HO 5 4 fi 7 0 IftT. Boston Two-base hit 1 1 0 .0 ii (i li 2 ii 0 i -OHoi.

Three base hit- helt. Stolen Holke. Left on l.ascs ProctiP 7. Dnstnn i. ose Kelly.

Sacrifice hf O'Murt, Malone. fly Varanvllle. I.iays Olson to Mnlone to Johnston; nran' to Herzo? to lloike. Pane tm halls Off Itudolpa 1, off Ca.Jore 2. Struck out Rudolph.

ft a UllOOKl.TX. BOSTON. ARR.flt M-an-lle A 0 1 I Hereon 2h. 3 0 Hiprrt 4 0 1 Holke 4 111 AII.K.H Johnston ib 1 Mi. lone rf.

4 7 wiyt u. a Mvers cf. 4 sfj. 4 n'Jhra 4 Kriu-cr c. 4 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 Fltillh HI .4011 Kllv If.

Wllcnn c. 'i'-in D. XP'ler N-if n. Kine i Filllnaim .3 (I .4014 .2 tl i) .1 1 I ft A 0 0 0 Totals SI I Totals .30 2 4 in f'tnt. etTMh.

elKhlh. rftte.i for poem 1 I'nt e.i for Nehf for Scott I Inn'njts I'roclUvn 1 2 3 4 7 -T. II II 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 I ruo hits Wilson. Maranville. Stolrt haes.

Olson. Powell. I-ft hasts Boston. 12. llasr on hnlls Off 1: off Pf.

ffer. 3. Hit--off BaKsm. in 7 Innings: off Nehf, 2 In 1: off 1 in 1. Ill: hy pitcher Pfeffer.

Kellyl. Struck out Ur JTeffr i2i; hy n.ican 2i; hy Nehf (1), tT Filll'icim ill. Pans-M bi KrucKer. A. A.

A. COURTS CLOSED. It was announced by the management of the Triple A that the cluU courts would be closed today, be- cause of the counter attractions to. be held in Forest Park. The Fashion Parade and the Viotorv .0:1 iron anil armament exhibitions will In all probably attract the crowds this afternoon.

Fisher Temporarily On. Second Baseman Fisher Is out of tlie frame with a stiff neck. Schultz rather loosely filled his shoes, but met the ball smartly for a sinele and walked twice. When Jack Miller comes, one of these three second sackers may keep on walkintr vou can (tuess which. Miller Is acting captain before he arrives.

He will relieve Bert Shotton. SpriBK Serle Pay, Thus far about persons have paid to k-p the five spring games the total would have been preater but for the Pre-Vlctory Loan parades that keep down today's attendance. This means yimio fr each Hub. It's velvet to the Cardinals, whose training expenses were practically nil. It's a Cardinal Idea.

The Knot Hole Ganir was tht noisiest 40(10 that ever entered th park. They were abetted by tha Bryan Hill Drum Curpf which circled the field, giving the snare drums a worse beatinst than Jack Dempsey gaie Fred Fulton. Those uncoverel R-eent seat are as popular as an offended pole cat at a lawn party. Only few hundred occupied the emptl tiess yesterdav. Johnny Tobin hss scored eighth runs in five games." Here's the nnnal Iael.

Slsb-r and Hornsby are driving the mot home. has sens fi' in ross the par. abend of ml has scored five himself. Hornhy b. hit in four and nitc-il three tMiiei hlmrelf.

BoKer has f.n hi In thu a erases 3i to Ii. Spcial Match Today. A special rulxd doubles watch will be stared at the Washington alley todiiv. with Mrs. J.

A Johnson and A Flaskamp oppoclnif Mrs. O. C. nd utto Ki itmllj. Ed Barrow's Chief Problem, However, Is Where to Play Babe Ruth, Who Wants to Cavort in Lett Field, While Manager Would Have Him Pitch.

This game, which was the climax of a long series of eliminations leading toward the championship of the A. K. was of especial interest to St. Louisana in that one of its college heroes, Monroe "Poge" Lewis of Washington played a line position in that engagement, while Fred Den-nie, former St. Louis U.

coach, was one of the Strategy Board, which directed operations from the side lines. The engagement is described in letters to this country as bordering savase, although little intentional fouling was done. The men. keyed up to fighting Huns, went at each other fiercely and casualties were numerous. Lewis, himself a weighing 208 pounds, was carried unconscious from the field.

Lewis, in a letter to Exhibition Games Athletics Bent Phils. PHILADELPHIA, April 19. Philadelphia Nationals, 2, 7, Philadelphia Americans, 3, 4, 3. Batteries: Prendergast. Faircloth and Adams; Anderson, Greull and Perkins.

Ited Sox Easy Winners. BALTIMORE. April 19. Bo.ston Americans. 16, 16.

0: Baltimore Internationals. 2, 7. 6. Batteries: Ruth. Mays and Walters; Parnha-m.

Lewis, Kneisch and Egan and Carroll. Kerr Stops Moran'a Men. CINCINNATI. April 19. Chicago Americans, 3, 1: Cincinnati Nationals, 1.

8, 2. Batteries: Kerr and Schalk; Fisher and Allen. C'ubs Get 25 Ilingles. KANSAS CITY. April 19.

Chicago Nationals, 16, 25. 1: Kansas City American Association. 4, 10, 5. Martin and Killefer, O'Far-rell; Graham, Johnston and Brook. Cooper Heats Iloosiers.

INDIANA POLLS, April 19. Tittsburg Nationals, 2. 4. Indianapolis American Association. 1, 6.

3. Batteries: Cooper and Schmidt: Rogge. Dale and Schang. left shoulder this spring, but many think this is just a playful maneuver to get the left field assignment, which he covets. The morale of the club is excellent.

New Hood prevents decav and deterioration. CLEVELAND WINS FROM KENRICK NINE, 7 TO 5 The Cleveland High School nine defeated the Kenrick team yesterday morning in a dull game at Cleveland campus, 7 5. Kenrick threatened to take the game in the eighth inning when they broke a 3-3 tie and scored two runs, but a rally in the last half of the eighth netted four tallies. Kekles pitched for Cleveland. Mis-plays gave the Kenrick boys most of their runs.

Score by innings: 12345678 9 II. I f. Cleveland ...1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 12 Kenrick ...00100112 05 9 Batteries: Kenrick, Clark and Dug-gan-Mullin; Cleveland; Eckles and Starkloff. Swarthmore Wins Met. BALTIMORE, April 19 Swarthmore College defeated Johns Hopkins University today in a track and field meet by the score of 7u to 36.

Kflbane Stops Mahoney. PHILADELPHIA. April 19. Johnny Kilbane. the featherweight champion, stopped John Mahoney of Hazleton, In the sixth round of their fight tonight.

No. 11 THE OSTON RED SOX. By Burt Whitman, Sporting Editor Boston Herald. RICHMOND, April 19. ED BARROW needs one more outfielder of proven class, preferably a right-hand batter of parts, before it is safe or sound to state that the 1919 Red Sox will be as powerful in the American League as they were last season.

ST. LOUIS AMERICANS. AB. R. II.

TO. A. Tobtn If Gedeon 2b 5 Sisler lb 3 Williams cf 2 Pemmltt rf 4 Bronkie 3b 3 Oierfoer ss 3 PHIings 3 Davenport 4 0 10 12 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 I 0 Totals 32 27 12 Batteil for Tuer In fifth inning. F.atted for May in ninth inning Inntr-KS 1 2 3 4 0 7 Americans 4 1 1 0 0 Nationals 0 0 rt 0 Two-base hit Demmitt. Home 8 0 2 0-8 11 runs Sisler.

LH-mmltt. Sacrifice hits Williams. Sl-otton. Stolen bases Williams. Bronkie 2.

Gerber. Hornsby. Schultz. Fisher. Double plays Gerber? sisler.

Wild pit.h Davenport 1. Hit by pitched ball By Tuero, Billings; by May. Sisler. Bases on balls Off Tuero 3. off May 1.

off Davenport 1. Pitching record Off Tuero. 5 hit. 6 runs in innings. Left on bases Nationals 0.

Americans 4. Time lh. 51 m. Umpires Rlgler and Owens. escaped unscathed and runless but for a smart double steal followed by a double-barreled throwing content In the course of -which two Brownies chased across the pan.

SPr r.G SERIES FACTS of the Teams. t. L. Pet. Browns 3 2 .600 Cardinals 2 3 .400 Results of Games.

April 12 Browns, 5. 7. Cardinals, 2. 10. 2.

Batteries: Soth-oron and Mayer: Sherdel, Horst-man. Doak and demons. April 13 Browns, 4. 7, Cardi- Vials. 0.

7. o. Batteries: Davenport ana Minings; uooawin, uoait and Clemons. April 15 Cardinals. 4, 9, 1 Browns.

3. 9, 3. Batteries: Doak, May. Sherdel and Clemons; Rogers and Mayer. April 17 Cardinals, 9.

14. 2: Browns. 8. 1J. 7.

Batteries: Goodwin. May. Tuero and Clemons; Lowdermilk. Leifield, Koob and Billings. April 19 Browns.

8. 6. 1. 4. Batteries: Davenport and Billings; Tuero, May and Clemons.

it (iame. Tomorrow at Sportsman's Park, 3 o'clock. at Schultz. who fielded it cleanly. He made a hurry-up throw to head off Bronkie at the plate.

The runner had a long start and Schultz's thronv was not of the best. The runner slid i nder, safe. Then Clemons soaked the ball to second, like a bare-hand ed man getting rid of a hot coal. Hornsby took the throw, but was too late for a putout. He promptly relayed the ball back.

It hit a bat lying on the ground near the plate, glanced off and rolled to the grand stand, while Gerber scored. Billings chased all the way around and tried to add another marker, but was cautrht when Clemons retrieved the ball and threw to Paulette. Davenport had the Cardinals Inspecting- his wonderful stuff as it wafted by them untouched. Of thh five hits made off his delivery all were singles. Two of them came In the same Inning, the fourth, but only after a double play had erased the effect of the first one.

The ninth saw the nearest thing to a rally. Hornsby made his second single of the day. He moved up on Paulette's out. After Schultz had walked they executed a smart double steal. Gerber threw out Clemons.

Hornsby scorlnsr. Fisher enlivened the forlorn hope when he gained a base on balls, batting for May. he gained a half-hearted cheer hen hs stole second: but Shotton's long fly ended the faint hopes. PENN VARSITY CREW WINNER OVER YALE DERBY. April Pennsylvania Varsity crew 19.

The defeated Yale on the Housatonic River here this evening by almost three lengths. I In the race of the Juior elghs, Yale won by les than a lenth. The time of the Varsity crew was- Pennsylvania. Yale. Second crews: Yale.

6:27 3-5; Penn- pyKanla. :30 2-5. The course was the Henley distance of one mile and 550 yards. The feature of the regatta was the work of the Yale second crew, which made better time than the Blue Varsl'y eight. 1 43 43 I Goodwin and Sothoron Probable Pitchers Today; Doak Improving ability to get the ball over, and George Winn, a promising and conn-dent left-hander from the Virginia League of last year.

Dubuc will cost UERO. who really thinks he has a rignt in tne majors and prob ably has. had to bite his lip hard, in the very first play when Schultz, starting the game in Fisher's stead at second base. let a rather easy chance amble between his legs untouched. It put a potential run on first base which soon became an official marker.

Tobin. who looks by far the best outfielder shown in the series, at th'i eajHy date, skirted clear around the infield to third base on Joe Gedeon' slow teaser to Hornsby. Tobin cruelly took advantage of the fact that the Cards did not expect him to pull any Ty Cobb stuff and got away with it. Carat ra! Here (inn Staler! Sisler then entered the picture. Into the teeth of a hard driving wind, he hit a smart line which the gale backed up into what promised to be a single.

Shotton rushed in to take it on the fly, seeiner that this was the only way to keep Tobin from scorlnc. Tie just failed to Ret within reaching distance and it eluded his grasp. To make matters worse he fell prone and the speedy Sisler thereupon proceeded to circumnavigate the bases, scoring a homer on, what should have been at best only a single. This impaired the CastUian morale, serious-lv. Tuero passed the next batter.

Williams, who rubbed It in by steal-Ins: second. Demmitt "died." but Tuero again wobbled and walked! Bronkie. A Common or Oardea Muff. Then came the backbreaker. Oer-ber hit a high fly a little to the left of center.

There appeared some loubt as to whether Shotton or Cruise would handle the ball. Shotton finally werved and gave' the field to Cruise, who was under It and had his hands on the ball, but It passed on throucrh without saving howdve two mors tallies coming "home. Tuero hit Bil-Itnes, but manaued to make Dave Davenport fan. It was a terrible In-Ding, but the pitcher has an alibi. Two hits were made off Tuero.

In the next innlnsr. but Gedeon was nipped at the plate trying to score on the second safety, for the third out. But In the fourth Ray Demmitt took the spotlight and delivered a blow that again knocked Tuero to his Vnees. at least figuratively. Ray cauiflU the first pitched ball solidly.

It lined out to center, hardly clearing the head of the centerf lelder, find rolled deep to the flair pole pock et. Demmitt had no trouble skirting the sacks for a home run a cenulne homer. Tuero showed Rood nerve by retiring the side In order. Tuero Himself to Blaine. Tuero walked Sisler in the fifth Inning and it was very bad pitching that cost him a run.

here. lie had Htsler two strikes and no balls, and then handed him successive wide on-s. A sacrifice) followed by another dose of Ray Demmltt's bat. this time a ringing double to the rlnht pavilion fence, produced run thnt should not have developed. Th climax of the day's boots and blnclos devetoped In the elfi-hth Innlnsr rt IMtrher Mv had deserved r- better fate.

With one down tsronklo singled, the only hit made otf May. and Stole second. Next. May walked Gerber. who.

with Itronkle. eeutt4 a vrv nlftv double steal. I cum. Billing. j08h hit a ran Fisher i Pl ft s7- Heathcote 3 Hornsby 4 7 10 Sherdel 0 1 0 0 Pmith 20 2 2 .300 Shotton 21 16 2 1 Goodwin 7 0 2 0 0 Schultz ...4 0 1 1 .2 Stock IS 2 4 0 1 Fauletts p.t 3 4 0 0 McIIenry 8 0 1 0 .125 Ma' 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Poak 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruise 3 0 0 0 .000 llorstman 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Tu'ro 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals ICQ 10, 4 The addition of Third Sacker Oscar Vitt from the Tigers makes the hot corner of the Sdx stronger than it has been since Larry Gardner started to slip.

But the second base situation is worse than it has been lor some time. Jack Barry is trying his derndest to get back ir.to shape and his stride. This is difficult. Jack no longer is a boy. In addition-to the physical aspect of things, there is the tremendous task Jack in reshaping his mental outlook.

For he was manager of the team in 1917, and was in the navy last year. A Ballplayer Willi the Gout! Dave Shean played well at second, last year. If there were any evidence on hand th it he would do so well this year. Barrow need not worry about second. But at this writing Shean has left the club for Boston to undergo specialized treatment for gout.

The other sacker is young and fleet Mike Mc-Nally. So far there has not been a thing that Mike has not been to do, so far as defensive play is concerned. But he is a weak hitter. Barry and Shean, too, are weak bitters; but as second place men on the batting order, either of them is capable of sacrificing aKoitly or of work- ing the hit-and-run with lead-off man. Harry Hooper.

I The pitching will be just about the same as it was last year. Ruth will be a pitcher, primarily, then a pinch hitter, and occasionally a left fielder. George Dnmont is a good right-handed acquisition for the club. He came to the champions in the Washington-New York-Boston-Detroit trade of the winter. Ruth.

Mays, Bush ana Jones are Known quantities. Dumont appears to be the sort that ran lane ins turn and do btg things with such a defense as the Sox can put up behind him. Caldwell May lie Dropped. Ray Caldwell has not shown any Indication that he will aid the team and may slip out of tre league before long. The other pitchers now in sight are Jeui Dubuc, a remarkably effective practice pitcher, because of his the team some money, as Salt Lake City rates the French Canadian very highly.

Next to Ruth, the best southpaw in sight now is Herb Pennock, last year in the navy. He sjeems to have improved over his pre-wnr form and confidence. He has plenty of stuff, but too often is "right over." Mclnnis is set at lirst and as brilliant as ever. Scott is like Gibraltar at short and Vitt is all sound at third. Strunk is a fixture in center and Hooper, captain of the team again, is in right, the best right fielder in the game.

In left there is a hole. Frank Gilhooley is to be the substitute outfielder of the team. Tntil some definite action on left field is taken Gil may play there, if Ruth is saved for pitching. Rath Primarily a Pitcher. Boby Roth as a Red Sox would make the team the strongest in the league; but just now we have no idea what plans Barrow has for fixing that left field problem.

Buth is a nifty outfielder and would fill the bill; but Barrow has reached the conclusion that Ruth must be a left-handed pitcher most of the time and that playing him in left field In between times as a steady diet is all wrong. Behind the bat the club has a good new man in Al Walters, light, it is true, but heady, smart, a good receiver and thrower, aggressive and not Ly any means a cripple at bat. Wal- lie Schang and alters will divide I the receiving. The third-string man may be either Norman McNeil, from the Providence club, or George Moore-field, a naturally slugging batter, who has had some experience in the bushes, who Is not at all a finished catcher, but who has caught the eye of every- one around by the way he "busts" apple. the Here's the Lineup.

Hooper, rf; Barry, 2b; Strunk. cf; Ruth. If; Mclnnis. lb; Vitt, 3b; Scott, ss; Schang or Walters, Mays or Penock, p. Is the order In which the Sox may take the field In their opening game.

If Ruth does not play left field. Gainer or Gilhooley will be out there and the batting order unchanged. Ruth has affected a bad For the sixth game of the series, scheduled to be played at Sportsman's Park this afternoon, Marvin Goodwin, who has already started two contests, and Allen Sothoron. who stopped Rickey's men in the opener, may be the opposing flinders. However, Bill Doak, who was injured in the auto smasi earlier in the week, worked out yesetrday and may be used.

Teams May Play Monday. In case of a tie after today's spring series contest, it has been decided by the management of the two clubs to stasie the rubber contest Monday. The scene of the game has not been selected. The Cardinals are scheduled to depart Tuesday for Cincinnati where they open Wednesday. Cripples Present at Bill Sherdel and Lee Meadows, in addition to Doak, witnessed yesterday's game.

Sherdel still has a bad sore on his leg, but thinks he will be ready for Wednesday's opener. Ames and Horstman are still unable to leave the hotel. Walton Cruise, a batting Titan two seasons aco. started the came in centerfield for the Cardinals. It was the first contest in which he played throughout.

He failed to get either his eye or his hand on the ball. A little practice will bring him round. Pipe This Srnor "Piclsles" IMlhoefer has put Miguel Gonzales very much In the brine. The midiret catcher reported yesterday and worked out with the club before the game. His wrist, injured "two seasons ago.

appears to have completely recovered, judging by the low. straight throwing he displaved. With Snyder. OOhoefer and demons now available. Gonzales chance of remaining in Cuba on a salary of nothing per month, is jirowinj hourly.

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