Chicago Examiner from Chicago, Illinois • 17

Cliica summer Sm tKletio of all Kthdi P0I College Athletics SATURDAY CHICAGO APRIL 15 1911 SATURDAY Mutt and Jeff the Only Ones in Washington Looking for Jobs By Fisher VoAVY TU-l JtrUf GcSOVT THG SMGAiK AMD SGe TKG: MGW 'DEMOCRATIC CHAMP LA IlLt G6T A OoQ- FRO(v) Huv iiuc BeATcreFF to IT- JfeFF ajiu 00 CRAZ-'Y WITH ewy MUTT 1 Know -w5 CfW TO 0 or IW So(N' To MUMKE A UlTTLfe SOCfflL 'ONt 6- oF 0 et G- 0 At-0 6A06P 1 1 YWiT NtW A ti 'Xrvit 'YOUVC VXf vcMV wsre- Gen Duffy Reports the Sox CutOff 6-0 ybyTigersW ith Only Supper in Knapsacks Willett Holds Hose Army to Five Scattered Safeties While Lange With Sore Arm Is Nicked Freely by the Foe I Officials See Saving of Many Lives in Fact Polo Grounds Burned at Night NEW YORK April The destruction of the Polo Grounds grand stand early to-day following the burning of the stands of ibe Washington baseball club several weeks ago is believed here to herald the passing of the long familiar wooden grand stand and bleachers in all the principal cities of the United Slates The fire has thoroughly stirred New York and not a few of the million or more baseball are expressing thanks that the fire came when it did Fire Chief Broker was emphatic in his delight am glad it is said the chief it bad caught fire when a game was being played and 25XN or 30000 persons were crowded into the place the loss of life might have been great Under such circumstances a panic would have been inevitable It is a good thing the stand went as it The board of coroners decided that Ibe Polo Grounds fire was important enough for a special session and held one this afternoon They addressed a petition to the city building department asking that it see that the law is enforced and that the stand be reconstructed of fireproof material To make it still stronger the hoard issued a warning to Ihe owners of the Giants saying that if the stands are to be rebuilt of anything hut fireproof material and if there is a loss of life at another fire they will hold owners and officials responsible without bail To-night both Manager MoGraw and Director John Whalen of the Giants declined to make public any plans that may have been agreed upon tentatively The steel stands cost masv thousands of dollars and the club has only a nine-year lease on the Polo Grounds It is generally believed that the strong position taken by the city authorities in the pat-ter is causing the delay in the announcement of the intention regarding the future home it is nndersiood however that the club lias an option on a site on Long Island and 1 lie club may be moved there The talk of join! playing wilh the American League team is not very strong The Giants will not be seen again on I heir home grounds for a( least a month To-morrow they will play at the American League Park and will continue to play there as Ihe guests of President Frank Fan ell of the New York Americans uiiiii they have a home of their own NAPS GET FI RSY191 1 WIN Krapp Saves Game With Browns Fanning Six Men In Three Innings 83 LOUIS Mo April 34 Cleveland won ils first game of the season to-day by trouncing St Louis 7 to 5 In an interesting battle Two pitchers were knocked off Ihe mound Lefty George being forced to retire in the third and Mitchell of Cleveland was benched in the seventh The locals tied up the game when Mitchell lost conlroi Krapp finished for Cleveland and pitched very good ball striking out six men riayers of both teams wore crape In respect for the late Addie Joss Score: Baseball Loses Great Star by Death of Joss Former Nap Only Big League Pitcher to Equal Record of Keeping Foe From First Base TOLEDO Ohio April Addie Joss the renowned pitcher of the Cleveland Naps died at bis home here this morning Although ill for the past month and confined to his bed for two weeks Joss' death was unexpected and a surprise to his attending physicians The player was attacked with fainting spells in the South on the training trip and last Sunday symptoms of tubercular meniugitis set in which hurried the end Joss' condition w-as not thought lo be serious until he had a relapse and Dr Castle physician of the Cleveland club hurried here consulting with Dr George Chapman Joss bad never been considered a strong man Frailly built be did always his best pitching in the Spring and Fall when the weather fvas not warm I-ast year he injured his arm iu the middle of the season and came home resting until this Spring name was engraved in the hail of baseball fame when he blanked ihe White Sox without a bit and without allowing a player to reach first base October 2 3908 The only other pitcher to accomplish this feat was Cy Young against the Athletics May 5 1904 In the game against the Sox Joss was pitted against Ed Walsh Walsh fanned fifteen batters and an error by Isbell was responsible for the only run loss was thirty-one years old He is survived by a widow and two children His entire major league career was with Cleveland He joined the Naps in 1903 graduating from the Toledo American Association club Owner Plans for Joss Day at Cleveland CLEVELAND O- April 34 Charles Somers owner of the Claveland club was grief stricken to-day when he received the news of the death of Addie Joss Somers was a great admirer of Joss both on and off the field and immediately mapped out plans for a Joss day at Somers Park some time iu May the proceeds to be turned over to Addie's bereaved fa mily This would have been lenlb season wiili Ihe Naps Before the club departed for the South Addie told the President bis arm uas slrong and he va confident of having a great season TANK RECORDS FALL John Lichter and Huszagh Stars in Crane-Lewis Dual Lewis Institute defeated the Crane High School 30 to 20 in a dual aqualic inert held in the Patten gymnasium at 'Evanston yesterday afternoon In bieli several records were made John Lichter of Lewis broke the world's Interseliolnstie record in the plunge for distance making 00 feet in 31 43 seconds Lb-bier also holds the world's record in the plunge for distance having won ihe title in the national championship meet in St Ixmis two weeks ago Huszagh of Lewis Institute broke the tank record in the forty-yard swim his time being 193-3 seconds The former record was 19 4-3 seconds held by McGillivray of Crane Summaries: riunge for Distancr Liriiter (Lewis) first Hall (Lewis) second Woods (Cranel third distance 00 feet in 31 4-5 seconds 40-yard swim hu-7rg1i (Lewis) first: McGillvrav (Crane) eermri: Ilathrl tGranel third: time 0:19 3-5 Im) vard im Moftillvrav (CVanp) first: Huragh (Lewis) second: Bngsts (Lewis) third: time tail) 1-5 40- ard breast stroko Blonke (Grand first Runner (Crane) second: Buttle i Lewis) third: time 0:37 4-5 Fancy diiints MrUillivray (Grane) first Briggs (Lewis) second: Settle (Lewis) ihird points 94 85 70 160-jard relay won by Lewis time 1 317 4 -f 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 4 iFREEj WITH UND AY EXAMINER 4 4 4 4 4 IN CHICAGO AND SUBURBS Another Splendid Photogravure 4 BASEBALL CALENDAR size 10x15 inches printed on heavy coated paper showing all games played during 19 11 by the WHITE SOX I and portraits of players Cubs Meet First Defeat of ear Through Bad Luck and Mixups of Umpires Rigler Runs in Front of Hit by Tinker Costing Champs a Run and Reverses Colleague's Decision Helping Cardinals to 2-1 Win BY HUGH FULLERTON THERE is luck and luck There are umpires and umpires There are conditions and conditions Jf the umpires the luck and the conditions that prevailed in game in which the St Douis Cardinals defeated the Cubs 2 to 1 prevail all the year the Cubs will finish in ninth place in the Southweslern Kansas League and the Cards will be world champions Yesterday the Cubs lost because imprimis two of the worst empires that ever umpired in action One is incompetent and experienced The other is inexperienced and lacking in big league cil-iber Finneran made a decision yesterday and lacked the courage to back it up stated that he had not made a decision and allowed Regler who had no right to decide at all to render the decision Incidentally the latter umpire twenty-five feet out of his pifi-tion allowed himself to he hit by a line drive and robbed Chicago of a run (Further a wild throw through the first baseman 3'olled up to the plate and cut off a runner who was scoring ami pte-vented the Cubs from winning St' Louis had just two chances to score one presented to it by bad umpiring which did not result in a count The other was due to own wildness and with two out a hit scored two runs which were enough In every other situation the Cubs were In easy Pfiester was pitching grandly and the Cubs seemed all the class and alJ th game CUBS TOSS AWAY VICTORY The sad confession that must be made was that the Cubs ought ta have had the game won sewed up stowed away and added to their percentage table beyond the reach of unjust and incompetent umpiring and all other conditions They threw away the game themselves in the firs inning by getting mixed up in their signals and pulling off a wretched bone-headed play worthy some quarter-witted amateurs Had they played the game all the decisions and luck that happened couldn't have beaten them The defeat was due to the own blunders and the umpiring and the luck were only supplemental They ought to have had the game safely in hand before the second round and at the end of that period they were tied so having turned a deaf ear to opportunity old Opportunity knocked them good and hard The sad part of the whole proceedings was the showing of Mr Fin reran We hoped from the name that he would have the courage of his kingly ancestor Finn McCumhl the founder of aJl the Fenians But when lie made a decision be reniged on it and allowed Rigler to prevail although he Finneran grandson of the great Finn was king of the utn- pires Further he denied that he made the decision and allowed Rigler he of the large chest and larger ego to prevail PFIESTER PITCHES OUT OF HOLE Although that decision came near upsetting the entire garoe Pfiester pitching wonderful ball staved off the disaster and escaped in that inning The decision however upset the entire hatting order and in the next round a pasB a hit and a screaming sing which came alter two were out heat us Far be it from us to detract anything from the Cardinals They needed the victory more than the Cubs ever will but when such conditions prevail one must admit that the weaker club and the one that played the poorer ball won When four hits three bases on balls one hit by a pitched ball and one error beat six hits five bases on balls and two errors either luck or umpiring cuts in You will not understand all that happened without reading the horrible details It seems as If Pflester's hard luck which has pursued him for three years still is after him He pitched a beautiful almost perfect game of ball He rose to the occasions and staved off defeat when the luck and the umpires seemed to have shoved defeat niton him Then when it seemed certain that he had overcome all conditions and won he slipped up on a poor left-handed hitter after two were out and the batter in the hole snd by allowing oDe single was beaten DEFEAT ONE Altogether it was one of the hardest luck defeats the Cubs ever suffered and the details will reveal how tough it was The Cardinals pegged away at Pfiester harder in the first inning than they did in any succeeding round but only Ellis managed to bit safe He tried to steal which is a joke for any catcher ought to be able to take a nap wake up and throw Ellis out He is fast but any one knows half an hour ahead of time when he is going to steal Then the Cubs lost the game Evers drew a pass and with two halls called Sheckard flashed a signal (this according to bench information) for Evers to steal It looked like a sucker play but Evers obeyed signals and tried to steal He was caught and on the next ball Sheckard walked Hofman's out advanced him to second and then luck took part in the battle Chance slammed a hard hit over first base By a beautiful effort Konetchy bit the ball with one hand and checked its progress He chased the ball recovered cleverly and threw low FROM SPjLL IN TRIAL Ned Crane Dies Almost Instantly When Machine Turns Turtle at Kansas City KANSAS CITY Mo April 34 Ned Crane of Boston national automobile champion of 1010 was killed at the Elm Ridge race track in a trial trip around the circle late to-day Bert Dodge a shipping clerk of the local Buick Company who was riding with Crane was thrown sixteen feet in the air and suffered concussion of the brain He has not yet regained consciousness but it is believed he will recover Crane was scheduled to race against time here to-morrow afternoon under the auspices of the Automobile Club of Kansas City His own car a Marquette-Buick had not arrived at the race course and he was driving an ordinary smooth-tired Buick car at the time of the accident He had Just turned on full speed when a tire popped near the northwest turn of the Elm Ridge course The car skidded struck an obstruction and turned turtle Crane was thrown about fifty feet and struck on his head He died almost instantly Dodge was thrown up into the air and landed on his face lie was brought to ihe general hospital In a police ambulance it was said to-night that Crane's body will be shipped to Boston for interment GUN CLUB CARDS BIG SHOOT Second Annual Interstate Championship to Be Held Here May 7 The Chicago Grn Club yesterday issued its entry blanks for the second annual Interstate Target Championships which will be held on the club grounds May 7 The contest is open to any team of five men from any gun club in the country all shooters to he bona fide members of their clubs The events scheduled will determine the individual and team championship a silver trophy being awarded to each member of the winning team Eighteen teams of five men competed in the annual shoot last year while twenty squads already are assured with twenty more expected before the entries close May Entry blanks can ne secured from Secretary Shogren 840 First National Bank Building PACKEY PUTS IN BUSY DAY Chicago Boxer Almost Down to Weight for Go With Murphy NEW YORK April Paotey McFarland who is here to pul on the finishing touches for Ids match at the Fairmount A next Tuesday night with Tommy Murphy put In a busy day of indoor work the rain preventing any outside running it is jusl two and a half years ago that Murphy met McFarland in Philadelphia On that occasion McFarland neighed about 133 and Murphy 140 pounds Both hoys are heavier now but Murphy has grown stronger than McFarland and the New friends say that Paekey never will see the dav that he will be aoit to hit as hard as Murphy COAKLEY IS REINSTATED Ex-Cub Hurler Placed in Good Standing by Minor Body Pitcher Andy the former Pub finally lias been reinstated the National Commission yesterday issuing a bulletin that Secretary Farrell of the National Association had put the player in good standing Conkley paid his penalty for refusing to join the louisville club when released by the Cubs Coaklev is handling a elnh in the East and major lpngre dulis will lie permitted to book exhibition dates with his outfit now LANGFORD IS BACK IN Sam Laughs When Told Johnson Is Confined in Jail NEW YORK April Sam Langford returned on the Lusitania to-day after a three trip abroad He is on his way to Weymonth where his father is ill Langford laughed heartily when told Johnson had been sent to jail for speeding an automobile With him were George Byers his trainer and a rubber changI roller ro A large field lias entered for the second outdoor roller marathon under the auspices of Ihe Riverview Roller Club to be held to-morrow- morning The route originally was lo have been over West Side boulevards but the park officials would not Issue a permit and the route will be from North and Hoyne avenues to Chicago west to Oakley north to North avenue and east to Hoyne making the distance two and a half miles for each lap The marathon will tie ten miles in length which will be four times around the BY CHARLES DRYDEN DETROIT Mich April 14 More bad news from the front to-night General Duffy regrets to report that the Tigers utterly annihi- lated his troops to-day and cut them off from everything but the supper table Let us be thankful for the said supper table' groaning beneath its load of delicacies The final count at the yard was 6 to 0 and in the cold pitiless glare of an April sun Mr Willett glommed the Sox with five singles well scattered and productive of nothing more than averages Not one of the Duffy troops reached third base in nine stanzas while two Tigers passed that station in the first round and pressed their sharp hoofs on the home plate An upheaval in the eighth netted the Tigers four more tallies for which they had no use but they might as well get them while they can fron Bill Lange and his feeble elbow consented to pastime for the honor and glory of the Sox Iron Bill did the best he could with a feeble-hitting team behind him With his sore whip Bill stayed the home thumpers with eleven swats nine of which were staged in the opening and closing Tiger innings Poor old Wahoo Sam who is tottering around dead on his feet and does not knowr it knocked three hits in three chances HOSPITAL PLACE FOR CRAWFORD I Crawford should be in a hospital instead of putting our Sox on the hummer with his cruel slapstick Cobb and the Nebraska barber obliged with doubles behind a bunt by Davey Jones in the first round 1 Two runs came across and they looked so big with Willett pitching that the Sox never did get started Only once did the Duffy troops have a chance and that was in the I second The first two gents up got on and there was great excitement in the Sox coop McIntyre tried to bunt and forced Pat at third From then on the inning went from bad to worse and our side petered out without anybody getting the capricorn code for goat of Willett Two of our five blows were infield scratches beaten out by the speedy Callahan and Cap Lord In the lucky seventh for him Tex Jones won a place in fast society by ramming a clean single to left That wal- lop should put a lot of the old life into Tex and cheer him on his way 1 Delias Gainor also debuting in swift company made his maiden 1 gwat in the eighth and it was good for two runs As related earlier In this treatise the Tigers did not need the runs but that does not de- tract from the glory of the blow Dellas struck WIND IS CHILLY SUN IS KIND The climate to-day was no more adapted to the national pastime than that of yesterday A chilly wind cut into the stand and ballooned the trousers of the athletes But for the doings of a kindly sun the whole push would have suffered The direction of the gale helped the pitchers That is to say Willett appeared to profit Iron Bill Lange was fine in the rounds between the first and eighth He allowed but two hits in that stretch and the Sox were looking for something until the fatal blow-off in the Tiger eighth arm is not in the best of shape but the willing worker was ready to take a chance Davy Jones took a mean advantage of the Sox He made a one- hand stab off Lord in the firsttbat wrecked a triple for the Captain Then to rub it in Davy laid down a bunt in the home half of the first and at a time the Sox were not expecting anything of the kind The out of Bush shoved Jones to third Cobb caromed a double off the pleasing personality of Cap Lord and that tally counted Crawford followed with a double to center and Cobb who had stolen third landed the second run Wahoo Sam kepi on to third and would have been a dead barber had Lord held the ball after tagging his man This mishap caused no damage as Payne pegged Lathers out and Song Composer Moriarty stiuck out CALLAHAN BEATS OUT HIT Dougherty walked to open the second aud Callahan beat out an infield hit Stanage hooked Matty's bunt in front of the plate and Pat was forced at third Tex Jones lined to Davy Jones and Payne was thrown out by Moriarty In the home half Lord bad throw started Gainor Stanage bunted a fly to Lange and Iron Bill doubled Gainor ctT first Lange tossed Willett out Zeider's single led the fourth Willett trapped Rollie off first Pat i grounded to Gainor and Callahan lined to Cobb McIntyre got away on a clean single in the fifth and was forced by Payne after Jones had whiffed Lange was set down on three strikes With two of the Tigers' gone the fifth Crawford beat a bunt and stole second Lathers was easy for little Mac Tn the lucky seventh two gone Willett doubled to right and Callahan got his hands on the ball for the first time since the season opened Pvy Jones bunted to Lange and Willett was nipped at third Bush rro-unded in front of the pan Payne threw him out at first and Jones troubled Jones trying to take third on the play The St Joe phenom was there with the noodle and the arm in the pinch Lange had slipped a couple of strikes to Cobb in the eighth when the Teach shifted a single to left Crawford got a lucky double the Heh Teref Austin 35 Murravrf Wallace sa Georgep Peltv-p Totals ft 9 2717 11 Totals 7 10 27 7 0 i-Batled for Knaupp in eighth Batted for Pelty in eifhtli 81 Ixjuis 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 Cleveland 3 1 15 Two-base luls Birmingham Granev (2l 1 liorte Murray Laioie Sacrifice hits Austin Lajoie Clarke Double play Knaupp (unassisted) Passed ball 'Smith Htoien base Turnei Bilk Mitchell Hamilton Wild piiclies Krapp Pel tv Base on balls Off George 3 off Hamilton' 1: off Pelty 1 off Mitchell off Krapp 5 Struck out Bv Mitchell 4 by Krapp 6 m-Peltv 1: by Hamilton 1 Pitching record tr George 4 hits 3 runs In 2 1-3 Innings: off Mitchell 6 hits 1 run in innings: off Pelty 4 hits runs in 5 2-3 innings Time of 2:20 Pm-plre3 O'Loughim and IHneen POLO CAPTAIN ARRIVES Leader of English Squad Is Here for International Matches NEW YORK April Captain 1 Card ress Lloyd of Iho All-England polo team which 18 to play the American team for the international championship arrived from England to-day accompanied by Herbert Wilson one of his players The rest of the English team is expected soon The collection of polo ponies now stalled out at Lakewood where preliminary practice is taking place is probably the most valuable aggregation of its kind ever brought together a value of $360000 having been placed upon Ihe animals Contined on Next Page 3rd Colmun I.