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SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER, 15, 1913 THE PITTSBURG PRESS SPORTING SECTION THREE PART OF PEABODY HIGH SCHOOL'S BIG FOOTBALL SQUAD COOPER BEATEN BY D0AK Westinghouse Munitions Baseball Team Takes Measure of Allegheny Steel Outfit in Fast Game TEAMS PLAYED SIX GAMES IN ONE DAY Cleveland Shortstop Coaxed More Bases on Balls Than Any American League Rival This Year By Ernest J. Lanigan. Ray Chapman, Cleveland shortstop, the best sacrificer in the American league in proved to be the ablest promenader in that organization in 1018, collecting of the two kinds of cohplimentaries, regulation and Red Cross, SS. The pastimers say that the bases on balls and the hit by pitched balls should be lumped tog-ether at least, some of them say so and so Three thousand fans, a majority of them attracted by the appearance of major league diamond stars, saw the fast Allegheny Steel nine, with Wilbur Cooper, late of the Pirates, on the firing line, go down to defeat before the Westinghouse Munitions all-star team, on the Peterson park lot, in Tarentum, yesterday afternoon. Bill Doak, formerly with St.

Louis Cardinals, was on the mound for the munition workers and was master of the situation throughout the battle, holding Allegheny scoreless for the nine frames. The final score wa? 5 to 0. Cooper pitched a fine game, fanning 11 men. Bill McKechnie, Sweeney, Pitler and Jimmy Smith starred for the Munition boys. Cooper and Jack Onslow each registered extra-base clouts.

The score: I First row-Harmany, Jacobs, Kennedy, Miller, Borson, Colt, Womelsdorf, Mintz, Wilcox. Schwab, Haney, Heine. Second row Shaffer Evans, Davis. Jacobs, Holden, Simmons, Eornman, McCassllng, Keller. Moore, Weinberg.

Third row Hertzog, Carlson, Fillman, McNary, Baggs, Mclntyre, Mahoney, Glass, captain; Martin. Fourth row Walters, Naser, Leone, Megaffin, McClean, Neel, Voight, G. Wainwright, M. Wainwright, Morrison. GRID PRACTICE IS STARTED AT STATE men linemen.

Bezdek gave them a shor drill in football tactics. Pending the development of Penn State's revised curriculum incidental to the establishment' of the student aimy training corps, the athletic authorities here intend to go ahead with their football program. i7o word has come to them from the war le-partment discouraging the continu ance of the sport. Football will be played at Penn State unless it is found to conflict with the government military and collegiate schedule. Bezdek today advocated starting the football season at least with its future to be determined bv the Ball players "who think that they re overworked when they have to play double header had better take a look back into the "good old days" when the players really had to work for a living.

What would they think if they were called upon to play six games in one day The records of professional ball but one instance in which six games were played in a day. That was 2'J years ago, when Portland, Me. and Manchester, N. were the contesting clubs. Two of the pastimes pulled off in the morning and four in the afternoon.

Manchester v.inni ig all six of them. The Pine Tree lads grew weary of their drubbing and quit when two innings of the last game had been played, the umpire awarding the victory to Man-chesttr. The only quadruple header in a regular league to be dug up from the records took place in September 22 y-ars ago. when St. Joseph and Sioux City, both oC the western league, I layed three five-inning games and one contest.

The league permitted only pne game to stand in the record of champion-slrp There have been a number of triple headers in baseball history. In September K'ii, Baltimore took three games from Louisville in one day, loth cities then being in the National league. In September, defeated the Pirates three times 24 hours. In. 1SCM) Saginaw took three nine-inning games from Montreal, and in the same year the Min-reapolis club played three games in a day.

defeating Lincoln in the morning and St. Paul twice in the A little later Omaha bested St. Paul thrice in one day. Syracuse figured in three such base-lall sprees, winning three from Toronto in September, l9ti, losing a trio to Rochester on Sept. 4, 1SP3.

ar.d v. inning three from Scranton on Sept. 3, 1004. About the last of these bargain day offerings was staged at Tacorna in when the home club put the skids under Spokane three limes in a row. RANKIN A.

A. ORGANIZES; WANT GAME FOR OPENER. Rankin A. A. has organized for the coming season and would Ike to arrange games with first class lightweight elevens in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.

They are without a game for their opening date, Sept. 21 This club was hit hard by the draft but some of their old players remain and the rest of the team is made up of capable players. All of last year's players are requested to report for practice Monday and Friday evenings at at Hawkins field. Mashaw, Malley, Musey, Googs, Chick Kurd. Gans, Frayne, Ferguson, Grove, Levins, and Mike Kelly report for practice tomorrow night.

All other players wishing tryouts may also report. Write William Sullivan, 11 Fourth Rankin, or phone. Bell, Rankin 13, or P. Rankin 26, between 7 a. m.

and 6 p. m. WASH. JEFF. SECURES PEABODY HIGH STAR.

amount of time that can be given to it alter me college ors siani ctpi. Riverview in Line. The Riverview football team las organized for the season and would like to arrange games with 901pound teams. Ralph Rock is captain and McClinahan manager. The first prac- tice was held yesterday afternoon and the prospects appear to be bright.

A game is desired for next Saturday. Write J. Everitt McClinahan. 2432 Maple Northside, or call Cedar 4217-J, between 6 and 7. in State College, Sept.

11. Football practice has started at Penn Statt under the direction of Hugo Bezdek, physical director and athletic coach. Only three players reported yesterday, none of whom was a regular last season. They were Brown, a substitute guard on the varsity, and Benz and Henry, fresh The -V2 II 4th Anniversary Presents Unusual Values Coaches Enthusiastic Over Large Squads of Excellent Material Turning Out at Local High Schools By L. H.

Wollen. Steps preliminary to the opening of what is expected to be one of the greatest seasons in Pittsburg high school football history were taken last week when most of the schools throughout the city and boroughs surrounding held practice sessions on local fields. Many of the coaches are enthusiastic over the wealth of material that has turned out this fall and expect to put teams in the field that will outshine those of previous years. Practically every school has five or more letter men back in the fold and with these to work with as a nucleus strong teams should be the outcome. Some of the squads are so large that it has been necessary to call some of last year's varsity men to help round them into shape.

The only dark epot on the gridiron horizon is the possibility of the draft law affecting players 13 years of age or over. This would necessitate the rising of men under that age and a result the teams would be weakened considerably. However, It is expected that the government will make some allowance for the school lads and that they will be permitted to finish out the football season as heretofore. At all events, those In charge of the physical training department of the board of education are determined to have gridiron eport this season even though the students in the draft age are not allowed to participate in the games. Definite Information as to just how the army regulations as now drawn up, affect the boys in prep schools is expected withinvthe next few weeks.

In the meantime preparations are being made for the opening games the latter part of this month and the beginning of October and from the form already displayed on practice fields red-hot contests eeem assured. START REAL TRAIXIXG. Tomorrow, the real training period will be inaugurated and the prccess of weeding out those who are not up to the football standard will begin. This will be a hard matter for the coaches as many more than the usual number of candidates are showing excellent form. At Peabody, particularly, will it be difficult select the varsity team.

Ninety-five candidates answered the call of Coach Men's New Robes aed Pajatmai Allegheny I Westinghouse A H. A I fleveld a.O I Lewis 2.0 Vm .0 Eimsn 0 1.0 Shanks 3 0 Onslow c.O 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 i 11 1 11 1 1 0 Smth rO 0 Carter s. .0 0 M'Kne 3.1 0 Shaw 1. .1 0 Jwney c. .1 0 Fitler 2.

.1 OI Kena r.O WSmth cl 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 13 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 copper pO -i 0 7 27 11 11 Totals. 5 7 17 14 0 Allegheny Steel 00000000 0 Wstir.Fhoue 0001 103 0 Two-base hit Pitler J. Smith. Ontlow. Cooper, McKchnie.

Home run Sweney. Stoien bas Lewis. Pases on bails Off Doak, 2: ofT Cooper. 2. Struck out By Doak.

by Cooper, 11. Umpires Bowser and Brown. Pershings in Field. Pershing club has organized for the coming season and would like to hear from all 90-pound teams havine grounds. Write J.

A. Hellmann, 1S West Carson city. i 4 extra-fine quality, in blue, tan and rose; all 4 this is done. Chappie would lead the i Johnsonites in hiking without taking into consideration the gifts he was compelled to receive by getting balls in various parts of his honorable frame. The second best pedestrian on the Junior circuit also was a shortstop Donnie Hush of the Tigers.

He procured 10 less free tickets to first than the Clevelander. Former private, now captain, Harry Hooper of the Iledsox stood third in the list of able pass getters and Former Captain Kddie Collins of the Whitesox, now one of Uncle Sam's devil dogs, stood fourth. After these men came, in the order named, Bert Shotton of Washington; Tris Speaker, of Cleveland; Harry Leibold, of Chicago, and Bobby Roth of Cleveland; Ruth of Boston; Frank Oilhooley of New York and Jimmy Austin and Johnny To-bin of St. Charles Jamieson of Philadelphia Frank SchuRe of Washington and Steve O'Neill of Cleveland, Truck Hannah of Xew York, Joe Judge ot Washington and Ralph Young of Detroit and Merlin Kopp of Philadelphia. Each of these 19 players reached or passed the half century mark in gifts.

Tyrus Raymond Cobb got to first 43 times by what some scribes term the easy route (41 bases on balls, 2 hit by pitched balls); George Harold Sis-Jer, 43 times (3S bases on balls, 5 hit by pitched balls), and John Franklin Baker, 42 times (40 bases on balls, 2 hit by pitched balls). A (iKEAT BALL CXI B. Some ball club is that made up of the men who received the most favcis from pitchers the American leagv.e last- season. Its battery would be Ruth of Boston and O'Neill of Cleveland; its firstbaseman, JuJrro ct Washington; its second Collins of Chicago; its third baseman, Austin of St. Louis; its sho-ti op, Chapman of Cleveland; its left il -r, fchotton of Washington; its center fielder, Sneaker of Cleveland; its right fielder, Hooper of Bosto.i.

There are only two right-handed batsmen among these nine pastimers O'Neill and Chapman Austin hits either way, preferably Ir om the portside. Before the war a team lika this would have been priceless; now Us value is nil. The number of gifts of both isiuds received by the 19 players who reached or passed the haif century mark in complimentaries In the American league this year is as follows: 8S Chapman, Cleveland, shortstop. 78 Bush, Detroit, shortstop. 74 HooDpr.

Boston, outfielder. 72 E. Collins, Chicago, second baseman. 67 Shotton, Washington, outfielder. 66 Speaker, Cleveland, outfielder.

62 Liebold, Chicago, and Koth, Cleveland, outfielders. 57 Ruth, Boston, pitcher. 6ft Austin, St. Louis, third baseman; Tob'in, St. Louis, and Gilhooley, Xew Xork, outfielders.

55 Jamieson, Philadelphia, outfielder. 54 Schulte, Washington, outfielder, and O'Neill, Cleveland, catcher. 53 Hannah, New York, catcher. 52 Judge, Washington, first baseman. 50 Young, Detroit, second uiseman, and Kopp, Philadelphia, outfielders.

KOCH WALKS IX ONE GAME. Ray Demmitt and Tim Hendryx, of the Browns; Merlin Ki of the Ath-ltics; Eddie Collins, cl the Whitesox, and Donie "ush, of the Tigers, were the American leaguers who got four walka in one game, the Detroiter procuring his quartet of complimen-tarles in a contest that lasted IS innings, so his stunt was not extraordinary. When Demmitt promenaded four times, which was against the Indians, on April 21, he went to the plate on five occasions and the time he didn't walk he raised a sacrifice fly. American leaguer, since the Johnson organization has been of major calibre, ever has obtained more than Ave gratuities in one combat, though when it was known as the Western Harry Hulen a left handed shortstop, who once played with the Phillies, got six bases on balls in rne innings. He was with polls at the time and received the half doien walks from some Grand Rapids pitcher.

Kopp, of the Athletics, who, according: to Mack, did more to make his team than anyone else, had a habit of grouping his passes, collecting three on no less than four occasions. Ralph Stuart Young, of the Tigers, a Philadelphia product, and Frank Wildfire Schulte, of the Senators a National league discard, received a trio of gifts thrice. The players who got three bases on balls twice during the flag chase were Hooper, of Boston; K. Collins and Leibold, of Chicago; Chapman, Roth and Speaker, of Cleveland; Shannon, of Philadelphia; Maisel and Tobin, of St. and Morgan, of Washington.

A freak performance in the base on balls line cropped up in the game in Philadelphia on Aug. 19. Then the Tigers acquired nine passes from Gregg and Watson, these leing distributed between eight of the ten players Jenni lgs used a pretty even distribution. Large Squad at West Point. Weit Point Academy football squad Blanket Robes shown in blue and grey; made with shawl or small notched collar, the three large pockets, cuffs and collar being outlined with small cord; finished with cord and tassel, also buttons; large, medium and small sizes.

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i iv daily given as the schedules nub- shed last Saturday vere Drinted without the sanction of the board of education. Coach W. H. Burton of Westinghouse High reports that his squad is making excellent progress. It has been out several times In the last week and is now in the midst of its stiffest workout this year.

The team will be lighter than for several years but the lack of weight is balanced by an increase of speed and the coach expects the squad to show well in the games this fall. Hubs, captain and guard, has shown best in the workouts, while Toungk and Vail have also played in topnotch style. Peabody, with Hugh Teck) Lambie as coach, is preparing for the best season on the gridiron ever experienced at the school. Ninety-five con-didates answered the call, by far the largest number who turned out at any of the local prep schools. Lambie, in an interview last week, stated that from the form displayed by his squad, his hardest task will be to select the best players as most of them are showing excellent form.

The squad at this school was eo large that several of last year's varsity had to be called out to assist the coach in Instructing the players. WILKINSBURG STRONG. Prospects for a strong team at Wilkinsburg are exceptionally bright, according to Coach E. E. Hicks.

The grid team at this institution for the past few years has been as good as any in this section of the country and it is the intention of the coach to pu a team on the field this year that will uphold the colors of the school as well or better than other teams have done in years gone by. Brisk workouts featured the practice at Fifth Ave. last week. Coach Briggs is enthusiastic over the form shown by his squad to date and will be ready for the opening game with South at Expo park. His best prospects are Kenna, Lichtenstein, Gott-hart, Sachlowsky, Kinne, Bluestone, Zlotlow, Labelsky and Sherman.

Aspinwall will get the Jump on other local hign schools when It opens its season next Saturday with the Pittsburg Academy eleven. The Maroon and White aquad has been practicing for the last two weeks and is said to be in excellent shape. Sixty candidates turned out for first practice at Allegheny last week. Coach Elmer Gruver has a strong nucleus around which to build this year's team. In Thornburg, Titzel, Ross.

Buehler, MacRae, Adams, Clark, Madera, Hunter and Gregg. All ot them are in great shape and expect to experience their greatest seasons this year. A fairly good squad of 25 men turn ed out for practice at South Hills last week. The gridders at this school are unknown quantities as this is the first year on the gridiron. From present appearances the team shapes up as a fairly strong aggregation.

JOHNSTOWN ROUNDS INTO SHAPE. After their second week in moleskins Johnstown High's eleven is rapidly rounding into shape for the championship season. Cftach Beeler is having difficulty in filling some of the positions left vacant by men who graduated last year. He has on hand a number of good men, old and new, from whom he expects to select capable players. Coach R.

H. McLean's call at Schen-ley High was answered by about 70 candidates. He is finding the going, tough this season as out of the 11 regulars of last year's team but two remain for another year on the gridiron. They are Breitweiser, captain and end, and Sheppard, guard. Other valuable men who" are showing well this season are Eggers, Shaman apd TenneL Because of unfavorable conditions, there will be no football at Shadyside academy this year.

Gene Murphy in Service. Gen Murphy, brother of the "Wizard of Poughkeepsie," and who has been Tom's right hand man during each training season preparatory to the Grand Circuit races, has enlisted In the remount service and will join the officer training amp at Jaek- Fringed Automobile Robes one side and solid colors on the other, in green, brown, of heavy English make, fn reversible stylt and blue. Special, $9.75. -plaid on (Just Inaifo fAe TTe-od Menu's and Youinig Men's Clothing' In B. and "Just Right" Makes Very unusual values, possible because of the foresighted prepare-' tfons for this sale, and exemplifying all the quality and distinctiveness of style for which this store is so well known Menu's amid Youinig Menu's Suits at $24.75, $29.75, $34.75 and $41.75 Emi 7rn inn i iiwihiiiMhuijui unwillli HI HIM Street BntraoJ English Lambie and from this large array tjZ talent he must eliminate at least four-fifths.

He is confident, however, that the squad he does select will be the best that has represented the Eastend school for years. This is, the case in most of the other schools 'and when the weeding out process is Anally over many superb teams should be the result-It was the opinion of the heads of athletics at several of the schools that interschool eprts should be done'away with as such a system permitted only a few of the students to. get Into active athletic competition. It was their contention that if class athletics were introduced instead of the system now in vogue that more opportunity would be given the ones who could not make the varsity teams. This plan appeared just what was desired but when analyzed it was found that under this plan, if every student in the school wished to take up athletics of any kind only one of the number could be given twenty minutes in the gym a In addition to this it was held that interclass games would not produce the rivalry of contests between schools and that athletics of this sort would soon become tiresome and die out.

SEASON TO OPEN SOON. Some of the schools will play their first games in a few weeks. The schedule of opening games follows: Friday, Sept. 27 South vs. Fifth at Expo park; Clairton at McICees-port; Saturday, Sept.

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STERCK. Washington Jefferson college secures a splendid local athlete by the workings of the new military law. Thomas Richard Sterck of Beechwood a star performer for Peabody High school, has entered the Students' arny and has been assigned to W. J. He begins work at the college on Monday, and Sterck is the son of ex-Police Sergt.

Thomas Sterck. Though only -18 years of age he scales 5 feet inches in height and beams 18.T pounds. In his school days he carried the colors of his institution in football, racing and other fields. Sterck holds the discus throwing record for his school. He has also won trophies in relay team work.

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