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PWBPWP Is LEDGER PHlUADliikrfilA, WBDNEKDAY. APRIL' 21, 1015; ATHLETICS AND YANKEES IN FINAL TODAY PHILLIES OPEN SEASON HERE TOMORRj M-inim" ibijpiljj.eiiiwm ifvjitBumm mi It It VICTORIOUS PHILLIES WILL GET GREAT WELCOME HOME TOMORROW Rccovd in Boston and New York Sets Fans Wild With Pennant Hopes Shift in Athletics' Line-Up and Real Pilchiny i Revives Interest in Maclcian Clan. Kelilorn have Philadelphia fans become so vllnlly Interested in the fate the Phillies nt this early stupe nf the tacc ns they are today. In past join they have putted fat' the Phillies with all their power, hut ttieic was Usually little hope, nnd noun nl times, even If the Huh liecau the Menson Willi hlu lead, ns It. has done this season.

The illffcreneo In the attitude or the fans Is In the fait thai Alnran lias lithcn ti team wlilcli was wrecked and has hullt up a machine which looks line n. pennant contender. The annals of the Rattle reveal the met that the Phils were many limes pronounced pennant winner h.v Hie pic-season prng- hostlcators, and on those, occasions the Phils wete In possession of a hlc hunrl of splendid tnleul. Tills year the pie-season criticisms were all the other wny. Yet ManuRcr Moran lias shown such excellent ltlanaseH.il nullity In BCllttiR- Klnpcr and -euiato pla Into his eluh Hint tho rails really hcllevo they tire RoIiir to hae ft Blent year.

When Aloran's Hrave-healeis and (llunt-firlmleis teturn tonlRlit fiom New York there will he a host of ft lends to welcome, them at Uroad Street Station The team opens here tonioirow With Huston. This mentis that the Interest or the local baseball populaco will be keyed to the highest Pilch for the Initial tilt, nnd recotd crowd la expected. 1'itcliinjj of Shaw key Ktilluwis Whole Team Boh Shawkey pitched a consistent and clover Ritme of ball itRnlnst New Tork In the third Kiimo of the series, and one would hardly luivo believed that tho Athletics were the same team that faced Donovan's lllKhlandcrs in the two previous battles. PitchliiK has been rated ntways as half tho battle, but With tho Athletics as they mo constructed at present It might be estimated 80 per cent, of the panic. Lack of Ringer and miserable lleldliiR- have been the usual program i the Macks since uponlng day, but behind Shawkoy's pitching they plned enor-less ball and the attack was much stronger.

Twice tho Athletics have made nn many hits as they made csterday. but the lack of spirit and failure hunch the Mifeties- made thoui of little use. Opposed to Shawkey was the diminutive Jack Warhop, always a hard man for the Athletics to beat, but Warhop had no terrors for Mack's reconstructed bnttlng older. Knpf was sent to third base, with Iridic Murphy brick in right. Athletics (Iain Speed on Hases In the previous games the Athletics failed to take chances on the baseH and many men weie left stranded.

Yesterday all kinds of chances were taken. It is true that but few of them were successful, but this stylo of play served put life in the team and take away the confidence that was so noticeable In Donovan's crowd. Almost all of the hits were clean cut and tho men were stepping right into tho ball, so much in fact that Warhop becamo riled and tried to drive the Macks away from the plate. Oldrlng and Kopf were lilt by pitched balls and Harry narrowly escaped. So close did Wat hop como to several others that the Macks protested that he was doing this Intentionally.

Wnrhop's control was not so good ns usual, and that probably accounts for tho accusation that ho was deliberately trying to hit batsmen. The llttlo elde-arm twlrler seldom walks three men In a game as ho did yesterday, and ho was constantly in the hole with tho Athletics" best hitters nt tho plate. On the other hand, Shawkey's control was almost perfect. He did not walk batter until tho final Inning, and the passing of that man was duo more to carelessness than lack of direction, as he realized that he had the gamo well in hand. Such pitching was welcomed by the fans after the horrible exhibitions In the last four ruiiios.

Tho game was played intone hour and forty-flvo minutes, the fastest or tho season here, barring opening day. CHAMPION BETHLEHEM SOCCER TEAM TO PLAY BROOKLYN CELTICS MAY 1 I 1 "wHHi I JflHn1lYi i a EL.nP HH vHHHhIIHk 1Sk I mWi tmbb HHByvWHBHMr i KB, I fedl-MlK 9J Hr xK.h- jftMT. W'Wflp. 1 a ShWV'SMBhhB KEYSTONE SH00T SCHEDULE BIGGEST CARNIVAL OF yyj Holmesburg Junction to r1 bcene of Clay-bir Smashing Today and morrow Moah nt na i ace Tva ports Will Face Trapa. Tho Keystone J'hllntlelphla, ono of tho largest Shootlnir t-.

"-w eli irnpsnoonng organlzatlnn. I eighth tcred tournament tnin est Kast, wilt hold Its iunay ntlrl at Its at HolnieabitrrT' lion, Tho arrangements for the ment nro In charge of Coton.i JIanilln, general manager of th, tJ stono Shooting League, and mff supervision a most ntliactlu. "'ju ii. i-, via. Colonel a.

th, rJ lias been prepared feR5llon.il. nml fainmi. i "uo country as ono of the icadln uJZ affair. Tho early Indications iX, largo aucnuanco of some of th I cut In tho Kast, and already oi sucn lamous shooters as comb, acorgo JtcPartj, Jciw riiJJ William VVolscncroft. Jko Du l'oord and A.

n. Klchardson, rci JUUllll onoils. JJnnnir t.i.. i others nro in. Tho regular program caljs for ra gets each day.

This Is dIMded ln. 15-target and five :o.targc,lcvenl,'S Siiulcr money-back sv.itpin fecllve, and there wilt be ontlon.i ll Members of the team arc Top row, htamiiin: I.awson. K. A. Lewis, W.

II. HischolF, Love, Graham, T. Black, Fletcher, S. T. Ilurlcmnn, IL E.

Lewis, jiianuKor; II. W. Trend, secretary; J. Nicholson, A. N.

Koherts, treasurer; T. KiclTer, .1. M. Hcrhifr, president; Duncan. Second row W.

W. Lynn, trainer; Toole, Schnifc, Lance, Csimphcll, Stcwtirt. Third row Clurkc. Peacock, Pepper, Ford. Bottom row (inlbruith, Murray, Morrison, captain; Miller, Fleming, Lawlor.

BETHLEHEM ELEVEN TO ENGAGE CELTICS Frank Chance Laughs at Calamity Howl Somo time ago a letter was recehod from Frank Chance, formerly known ns the real and original "Peerless Leader." Chance has a largo sized grievance against organized ball nnd the world in general, believing that he had an unfair deal with Ihe Yankees last season. It would be difficult matter to convince Chance that the magnates arc not calamity howling about poor business. Ho says in part: "One play started me off to a fortune. In a game where tho score was 0 to 0, with Schulte gone, I singled and stole second. Stclufpldt then laid down a bunt just past the pitcher's box, and I never even hesitated at thltd, but beat the throw to the plate.

Charles Taft saw that game and on the same evening gave me a one-tenth Interest In the club, letting the stock, worth $10,000, pay for itself with Its earnings. I held the stock eight years. During that time it earned mo more than and when I sold it for cash I did so at a great sacrifice. And still they say there Is no money In baseball. It is a Joke." Danger in New Itelay Uace Ilule Tho new Intercnllcgiato and Olympic rule for relay racing Permitting a runner t0 transfer tho baton nt any point within a zone of "0 yards, either live yards behind or in front of tho starting line, will have an acid teM on Saturday at Pennsylvania's gieat relay carnival.

Particularly In the races In which there aro half a dozen or more teams compqtlng there is suro to bo much confusion if many of tho runners go back 'to meet their team mates. It will be fortunate if thero are not somo accidents. If all tho runners go back everything will be all right, but If half stay on their rnarkH anil wait for their team mates and others go back theio is almost sure to be interference. It Is true that this rule was used at tho Olympic games in but It should be cNpIniued that on this occasion all tu racos were inn in heals, and there weie never moro than tluco and usually only two teams In tho final heat. With half a dozen or moro teams all running their races differently trouble may follow.

College Rowing Crews Present Puzzle College men who are In tho habit of seeing a wide dispnrity between first and second football and baseball teams cannot understand the policy of having two or perhaps three crews so evenly matched that even tho coach doesn't hnov which Is the best. That, however, Is tho situation right now nt both Pennsylvania and Cornell. Vivian Nickalls has two orcwa so oven that ono day one wins, the next day tho other. At Cornell Charles Courtney has three crews and oven ho cannot tell which to regard as tho varsity eight. Last year Harvard had a Junior eight which up to two miles wasseverat lengths faster than tho varsity boat.

It was thla crew which carried off the Grand Challenge Cup at tho Henley Regatta in ICngland, nnd many rowing experts behoved at the time that tho second eight could have beaten Yale nt New London. There aro two very good reasons for this method of developing crews. First of all It spoils any man's rowing to continually shift him from ono combination to another on tho belief that ho Is better than another man. Jlen can bo tested this way in other sports, hut not in rowing. Such changes have to bo worked out very carefully.

Consequently when Pennsylvania rows tho Navy en liny 1 there Is likely to bo very tittle difference In tho strength or tho first nnd second eights'. L'p at Cornell Coach Courtney Is working along tho same lines, and probably not until lato in tho season will ho permanently pick his first eight. Marathoners Should Have Attendants The Amateur Athletic Union rendered commendable service to the cause of the marathon by Its decision to permit runners to have attendants In the course of the 25-mtto races. Some criticism has been directed at the Amateur Athletic Union for permitting runners to have attendants when they are denied such service In tho Olympic games, But instead of being criticised tho Amateur Athletic I'nlon should be praised for doing something that tho Olympic authori ties should nnd doubtless will Ho norore the next Olympic games are held. There Is always considerable danger attached to marathon running, and every protection should he afforded the competitors.

In London In 1308 each runner was permitted to have an attendant on a bicycle, who picked up his man at the end of tho first live miles und accompanist! him until the stadium was reached. For somo reason this privilege was revoked nt tho Stockholm games In 1012. Now, see the result. During the course of tho 1912 run one of tho Portuguese runners was overcome with tho heat and collapsed on the course, dying before uld could reach him. This death should be charged dlreptly to the repeal of the rule permitting attendants.

Had thl runner had such an attendant he would have seen the serious condition of his man and either compelled him to drop out of the race altogether or procured assistance for him. Because the Olympic authorities do not prpperly safeguard their competitors Is no reason why the Amateur Athlello Union should not. Tie-ofT Contest for National Cup Will Be Played May 1, on Neutral Field. Although the soccer soncon Is practically at an end, the game between the Ilclhlclicm nml the lliooklyn which Is to be singed May 1, will attract universal attention among followers of the HrltlBh pastime. This contest Is the final lie for the national cup compe-tlon.

Tho same will lie p1nrd nn neutral ground. The Bethlehem team Is "oiiskleieil bv soccer experts to be Ihe liest eleven III this country today. During the past sen-son only ono gnino have been lost that to tho Brooklyn This fact will inako their final clash of more than uiual Interest. Tho "Steelnien" have been tied twice this season, but one of those games was plned against the cream of the Rlu Mountain League, whose make-up was from the best of the Lehigh Valley plnyeis mid not one team alone. Against 23 points for their opponent, the Hothlehcm team has piled up H'J this season and expects to lontlmic its ttl-uniphant maich late this month when a Canadlnn invasion Is scheduled.

The Brooklyn team won the championship this senson of the Metropolitan League, one of the strongest soccer oi-gnnizatlous In the conntrv. while their opponents for the M.u same wnii thn title in the American League. liMwii WIIITTED SPROUTS BUNION, BUT PREDICTS PENNANT Philly Outfielder Crippled, But Still in Fightine; Mood. NHW YORK. April Ceorge Wliitted, outfielder or the is HiifTerhig fioui a bunion Hint nu) become us famous as tho ono brought to town by Holllo iCelder In exchango for Hal Chase.

Oorgo was limping around the Polo Grounds yesterday with a huge lump outside tho left half of an pair of shoes. "Just my luck." said 'U'hittcd, "to develop a bunion when I was upon the high road to success with my new manager. I didn't wish to leave tho Braves because I figured 1 whs considered a regular In tho Hub. Then when 1 did get with the Phillies and was going along well I had to break down. Xow I've got to go to work and make tho fight all over again, for Oode Basket Is going to bo a pretty tough man to dislodge." Whltted has taken to the Phillies all of the ginger that was Instilled in him last senson while he wmh working with Stnlllngs' Braves.

Like all tho rest of Moran's scrappy players t.porse is convinced that tho Quaker City club will carry off a championship. "Our present spurt Is no flash in the pan," said he. "I must confess I have a wholesome respect for the Braves. But they will miss Johnny Evers. And If the TrolHli Is out for any length or time our club should be able to get a start that will make It extremely difficult for any rival to catch up." 3IYSTYX TENNIS PLAYERS PROPOSE TO BOOM SPORT Seek Matches for Season With Rest Philadelphia Organizations.

The Mystyx Country Club tennis team will be seen on the courts this season after an absence of two years. The team lost Its courts when the club disbanded, and Intends playing traveling tennis, firm In the belief that Interclub matches will greatly Increase the keen interest which is now being taken In tennis. Several well-known players have been secured, among them being K. A. Buckley, of the Central High School tenuis team.

The team, captained by C. Parvla. will include J. V. C.

Brownlow, J. Kulton, B. A. Buckley, J. Mullen, U.

A. Saybolt, H. II. Longaker and others. Messis.

Cobb, Baker, Collins, Speaker, Ciawlord and one or two olhen li.ive attained fall' amount of publicit thiuimh the productive finalities of the Batting Kye. But in summing up the list of those who lindeistnnd tho ait of hatting a hascball. It Is just ns well that somo mention bo matlc of Cactus I'ravath, tho Slcgo Gun of the KiKlllnillng Phillies. As an out-and-out bloke with tho but. Mr.

Ciavnth can hit with any in the field. He has swing of power ami piecMon and one of the keenest cs that ever picked nut the proper ball to smash, lie hasn't attained Ihe overflowing fame held by some others but ho deserves it which Is Just as good. Publicity Getters Publicity Is almost as much a matter of luck as It Is of niorlt. Alexander, like Cravnth, has never drawn the adulation and the acclaim Hint he deserved. It has so happened In the Klip of Fate that neither of these star Phils has over been forcibly thrust Into the Psychological Moment of Big Kvcnts.

Untoward cir cumstances have kept them out of public range. But don't make the mistake ot overlooking their incarnate worth. Corrected Hear sir Von aio wiong about tho shoitesufionio In ho language. Granted again that Cobb muffed Ids first chance of tho year, tho following stands ns tho bilnfost lyilo over penned TV N. J.

M. More Inside StulT Sir Heio's another inside tip ror jou. .1. Kiiiiiklln Maker is getting weary of plugging around a lot of potatoes anil beets. He is tin the edse of sllppnig back.

Anil when lie does It will be with tho Mtu'knien. ror I happen to know that Connie has determined not to sell him for a mint. s. p. L.

The Peekaboo System "New York," says an exchange, "failed to go wild over Jess 'Wlllard." How wild would you go over a guy who was hurried up dark alleys and over toll buildings to bo kept completely out of sight? Wlllard Is a most desorvlng piece of flesh, but there aro entirely too many things to observe here and there In these stupendous times for ono to break a lej; In order to get a stingy peek nt mere human being. Still, It Is only fitting to give Tom Jones, "Wlllaid's manager, nil the credit that Is due. It takes a grand little holder to cover up 6 feet Inches of anything that operates or circulates above ground. Sixteenth Year Sir I see by Borne papers that Mathew-son is now working his 15th campaign. Is this his 15th or 16th year? W.

L. 11. Matty started with the Giants In If). Ho only worked three games that season and dropped them all. Counting this fuzzy episode In.

Matty is now facing his 16th season, although as a regular he has served only summers. the theorv of the Biuery Hall as used by Buss Koid. Up to the moment of piking lo press, howevci. ho had not Invented tlie knuckle-hall pull, which consists of thumping tlie hnll into the hole as one shoots a mniblc. Mr.

Dcmniee, turned adiift by tho Gi.ints, ictilins rtnd shuts them out. Which happens to bn one of tho oldest devices of the pntlmc Tlicie no bliss that of the teleascd athlete In leturnlug and making his old manager look fniili.sh. A most of them ate willing tn uoik their sinews out of kink to turn Hie trills, the average result Is obvious. AL DEMAREE BOOSTS HIS NEW TEAMMATES Old Walter Johnson has the smuka wifi nua me biujjj Concerning; Pitchers 'alter Johnson has the Mattu hua thn stuff: Rube ilarquaril it a nttu That vera lew can blu.it: Jlut taken up anil down the done Of hj Janttinu bee. Ana Graver Alexander, vat, la good enough lor me.

Plato Pete. Ex-Giant Says Phils Are No Joke Explains His Style of Pitching. CHALMERS, WITH PHILS, MAY TURN THE TRICK Return of Spilballer to Form Strengthens Moran's Chances for Pennant Race. NEW YORK, April 21. "Tho Phillies," said Al Demarco jestctdny.

"are a better ball club than anhody gives them credit for being. They are a real good club. They mo a good hitting club and all hands aio pulling together. "Yes. I hated to win that game from tho Giants.

If anybody hod guaranteed mo beforehand that I would shut them out I would willingly liavo given him 1100. At that. I don't hold any resentment toward McGraw. Ho always treated me well, and if be felt that ha was stienKthenliig Ids club by ti ailing me it was his business lo do so. I had lo laugh at him estenlay.

When Cav-ath pulled down that long hit off tho right field wall, hn (McGraw) remarked to me: 'If you'd had that luck last year we'd have won the didn't pitch 10 curvo balls to tho Glnnts yesterday. My curve wasn't working good, and after Lobert sloughed a couplo of long fouls Into tho stand in tho first Inning I was afraid to use It, though I fanned Robertson on a curve, I depended mostly on my fast ball, -with only a few curves and fewer slow balls. "Tho fact is, I have changed my style of pitching this year. I have gonn back to tho style I used in 1311 and 1012. in 1013 I depended a lot on slow curves and lobs and got away with it.

Last ear I tried the same thing and didn't get away with It. This year 1 have gone back to a fast ball and speedy curves, with only nn occasional slow ball. Then, again, I am heavier this year than ever before, and may be that has helped some." Considerable Device The attention of the United Slates Golf I Association is called to Mr. Owen Johnson, author of Stover at Yale and the spit-ball drive. Mr.

Johnson claims that by proper application of the saliva upon the pill a slice or hook can be produced at will In addition to this he lias Invented a mashle with an emery face to hold a cut shot on a fast green, operating on RACES TODAY At HAVRE DE GRACE Six Baces Dally including a steeplechase. Special Trains Pennn. B. n. leave Broad St.

12:31 p. West Phlla. 12:38 p. B. Si O.

leave 2tth and Chestnut Kts 1215 p. III. AilmUftlon, (irnnilntuiul nnd Paddock, I.ndlea, (1,00. First Race at 2-30 p. m.

I II SKIIAI.L- TOMOnilOVV llASICIIAI.L NATIONAL LEAGUE PARK I OPENING GAME PHILLIES vs. BOSTON lianio at ,1 I. Admission. 2.1c, and 75c. I IIok neala tl On sale at dlmbrli' Spaldlns'a IIAJN'P CUM'UUT I TIl-U 3, The signing of George Chalmers by tho Phillies needs ti llttlo explanation, in iew of the faeL that George was considered tho propel tj of tho N'ew Votk Giants and Hint McGraw also bcllced such was the en PC, When tJhatmcis went South with tho Giants this spring lie paid his own expenses, witii tiin condition lluit he was to drawn down the snino sum from tho Giants that ho got with the Phillies, or more If ho thought his condition warranted It.

In tho South t'lialmois displayed great form, and in cutting down his roster McGraw counted Chalmers In on bis 2l-playcr limit, but lie reckoned without "Dut," who. In view of the fact that ho had paid his own expenses and then showed remarkable return to form, decided that ho should havo something to say about his contract. Pat Moran just happened to bo In New York when McGraw nnd Chalmers wcro at odds over salary. Chalmers was a fico agent. Pat stepped In and sJgncd him, Chalmers was released by tho Phillies last summer, desplto a protest from Manager Dooln, although bis showing In 1913 and 1311 ccrtalnb' warranted President Baker's action.

If Chalmers can show the foim ho exhibited In 1011 It -will boost the Phillies' stock CO per cent, or more, as at that time ho was Invincible. Ho has a wonderful spltball when tight, and lias always shown particularly well against N'ew York and St. Louis, two of tho clubs that aro certain to bo pennant contenders. stakes on each event. Any oneVJlSt nml still bo cllclhln re- which nro valued at moro than JSo prlro ot targets Is 2 cents each im with J100 added to tho Snuler mow-lX purso there should be considerable ago money for tho high guns on the Mi There wilt be two 23-target tDtdil handicap events each day, comprlslnEM targets In all for tho two days.

ThlAin bo known ns the Keystone Shootjii Lcaguo handicap, and tho hancllcaiu Ml rango from 10 to 21 yards. The Vendli Hotel trophy will be awarded to the tM gun In this ovent, nnd there will ifa six special trophies, ono for cachofili high men on the different nmrk. Bit is. tho men shooting on tho 16-yard curt will constitute a class, and shoot for mi of tho special trophies. The same i piles to tho men shooting on the nnd other mnrks.

This la a ArMt. clever Innovation that Is sure to apjul" Philip I. duPont, of Philadelphia, ta it vuiuiiuic sterling stiver in Tihy to the Keystone Shooting League it be shot for nt tho annual tournament! of tho league for thrco years. The li ner caeli year will bo subject to lengo by any amateur, nnd all raaWn will bo shot for on tho grounds of tti league. At the end of thrco years a itf cial 100-target raco will bo held, Inwhli only previous winners aro eligible li shoot, and the trophv will become Hi permanent property or tho shooter li-big this lffl-tnrget race.

All chellenp matches will bo nt 100 slnglo targets (het rioni IS yards. Tho historic Wawassett Gun Qui championship trophy will again be li competition, and "open to all" thooteit, amateur and professional, living trltklj a circle whoso radius Is 200 statute robi and whoso centre Is tho clubhouse of 111 Wawassett Gun Club, of AVilmlngton, Bd There will bo a valuable trophy for Hi runner-up hi this event RADNOR ftADNOa-H Shift in Cornell Crews ITHACA. -X. April Hrst cliansn in the make-up of the Cornell crews Rlnce practice began on lh Inlet was marie when iViii'li t'ourtnev plarerl t'ommorioro Kllim Ptrokn oir In the Hicont tarsity combination In puno of Tlronk. pultluc tiin latter In minis' position.

Kllnis rnned In tho arslly elKht lam ear. but sn far has been row Ins In thn Junior combination. ATHE NEW Arrow Collar AMKII1CAN I.K.UJUK BASEBALL TODAY SHIBE PARK Athletics vs. New York CAMK AT P. SI.

Another Special Intaglio Section (with the Evening Ledger Thursday, April 22 On the opening of the National League Base- ball season in this city, the Evening Ledge will present a full page, printed by the intaglio process, of photos of Moran and the Phillies The entire 1915 Phillie team is included an individual photo of each player, grouped attractively on one page (full newspaper size) suitable for framing. Including the Intaglio Section of the Athletics, given last week, these two special pages are the only Intaglio Sections ever offered with any one cent newspaper in America. Better place your order with your dealer today for Thursday's enmg ggiiga ffieiger ONE CENT SSSSESSKS81 I i i nmv.niriinairrViW li I mm EVENING LEDGER MOVIES-BOB SHAWKEY, ALAS AND AGAIN ALACK, IS NOT IN THIS HALL OF FAME I STEP THIS WAY sLADIES AND SK IKKinFOPTUAT "Ve-normus Tv CANVAS WE HAVE- i rpvi'i THEWlLDSor VW- SLAMBSaK- JtT (THAT'S VetvWn?) jWHeN HE'S UP I J5 S2i JtL p- w) i. imm 1 Milium iii 4 "JfrjrC. iiiMHWLliiaiilMii i.

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