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Show i Have Perfect Athletic Records r MORIARTY NOTED AS BASE STEALER I Hero of Stirring Editorial, "Don't Die on Third." If George Morlarty, new Tiger manager. Is ns successful In building a baseball team as he was as a player In stealing home, Detroit, In 1927, may see Its first championship team In nearly two decades, Morlarty was the hero of a stlrrlr. editorial, "Don't Die on Third"; a bit of writing which, first published In a Detroit newspaper, was built around n brilliant theft of home executed by Morlnrlty lit the heyday of his career In a game against Chseland. The editorial's substance was that the trip from third base to home plate is the most Important part of the Journey around the bases. Morlarty never was such a bold base burglar as Ty Cobb, whom he succeeds, lie was a mediocre Inlield-er- . His baiting was even more comHe even lacked speed, monplace. lint making up for these shortcomings was one of the keen baseball minds of the day. The photograph h..ws Oapt. Vic Hanson of Syracuse university am Morlarty, like Cohh, played basePennie Osterbaan of Michigan both ends and nine letter ball with bis head. He was lightning men In tlielr respective schools. They nre rivals on tlie hasket ball nuiok to souse a "break," and equally and baseball fields. I'.oth graduate in June with perfect athletic records. fast In taking advantage of It. Despite the fact that as a player he never was a phenoin, he always was popular with Harris Predicts Tough Detroit baseball fans, because It always was apparent tV:t Morlarty was Scramble for Pennant always playing to hi utmost ability. "It Is unfortunate for those who Morlarty went to tS Tigers In lfKifJ have fallh In the power of pennant from the New York ' iirhltinders. He Watt of ills hithas been tf.e In.lluiiap. to schedules have be that claiming trained favor with the team members in ting great shape. played out. and with Hiighle Jenn'mr. the mana"As far as we of the Washington and was named ?.., tain. His day.i ger, What of the Nations seems League club are concerned, we are expecting as a Tiger were encompassed by the la fight It out with three other clubs to need Is a Judge Lamlis to run It. years i:iti:i unI vn ,. Sold to the New York, Philadelphia and Pet ml t Pitcher Jack Wlsner, who had been Chicago White Sox, he shortly afterIn what should be the most spirited ward went to Memnl 's in the South- competition faced In years," says Man .i holdout on Indianapolis, Is now with ern association as mrnager. His stay Toledo. ager Mucky Harris. there was broken t permit him to "When we ore able to use our full ' ":n the American league staff of umMelvln Ott, outfielder on the staff of Ftrength, we will have an improved pires. tne M'v lork Giants, Is eighteen ball club. The new manager will find virtually "Tils Speaker will be a tremendous years old. a new ball club from the one he left help to us and will glre us almost a in i;il. Two men who played with A total of baseball fans at perfect outfield. Our catching staff Is him. however, still are members of the tended the opening-daof the Infield is the solid games and the strong, club George Dauss and Harry Hell- major leagues. pitching staff Is promising. matin. "We are not at our best now for a Hutch r ancient Huether, flying start, that Is so much to be desired, but we'll have to make the best of the Yankees, apparently Is on Ids Jack Dunn Pitched Four way to a big year. cf It and do our best." fX JLix-- SCOTT WATSON EKE Is an "Ask Me Another I" quiz in which nearly everyone can grade 10U per c4it: ELMO By Is "liabe" Who Bambino"? Who "Little Is Face"? "The Is Who Ghost"? Who "The or Galloping "The Is Finn"? Poker Flying Who Is "Truily"? If he can't, then he Isn't able to read the newspapers. I'or. whether In Seattle. Wash., Portland. Maine, Hi'bing. Minn., or P.aton Kongo, La., those names In print have met his eye constantly ami he rarely fails to them. George Herman Itutli may have an unfamiliar sound, but Mi "P.abe" Iiutli, he of the home runs, Harold Grange Is not an especially sinking name In Itself, but translate rec-;oml- I old-tim- e niSEBALL relief pitcher, George Dauss of Detroit won eleven times last season and lost but three times. As a Still Good Pitcher Washington has sent I'itcher Joe (Ginger) Carroll back to the Little Hock club cf the Southern league. I'itcher Haines of the St. Louis Cardinals has d'ne the most effective wmk In the box this season of any major league pitcher. s Canada will celebrate Its diamond Jubilee in baseball this summer with an elaborate program of tournaments, exhibition games and special contests. , L. S. MeKennu. sporting editor of the St. Paul I'Kpatch, Is responsible for a twenty sixth anniversary souvi-nl- r booklet on the American associa tion. Two Scotchmen wrote to Lilly Lvans about a baseball problem; "Ivar Sir: Will you please settle the following argument satisfactorily to both of I ....... ' t i vr ? . vWrj, ? - r -- Is. j. ,ij remember Otis "i'oc" Cran-dn!- uV" l, who from ti l'.17. was one All four of the regular lufieblers of t f the best pit. hers of the New York the Ivtmit Tigers wcih less than 1!." (.hints, ('rand. ill Is now part owner pounds. I.U Line, Ki. being ,e heavimid pltiher fur the Wichita dub of est and Jack Tavener, 1.7.i, the lightthe Western league. This photo shows est. Lliu as he Is todav. The Detroit club can league record iases In one iralne on August 'J, 17 stranded. York city A. C. ( cently celt btiiti'd lis gulden Jubilit. N-- Psi-tn- I'our A'!-v;- for last men sea-ot- Tucrs Atner- - left on when i. were left veterans of the Alexandria no.a oasoiiaii team rather than sU-- a pledge to refrain fr.nn eating candy except at lunch time. I M inple rah. en lire set .eduled at r.!,,!:,, ll..:i.ui.!, July :s to An-- I.e T re- equaled t?,e tiin mi.) m ... reddle Parent, baseball W in n engaged In g.iitifi. oer Ids coach at Harvard nii.l old time major I r'v u!e coiir-- i l. lt.Mkefell.r. league star, has been mitned coach of a Idcvele between b'li Sr.. rid. lb of the New Lag the Lawrence shot. land h ague, I 1 Higher in v tiinS In c Mier gntn" .ln.k tl pli.g w In tli.- i s i, b. v. r. 5. J., t!,is I rntne a t' .lug t! Pctl. !:!. s " ce gyi'-HMs- t!ii.;t s,..r !.! I'!l e g m '. M' i 111. tier. aid of Use. started tl,a to think Willi-"H- t . tt an-oth- er ' 11 Nebraska's Track Star it "Th Vm ii bce;i rltn9 Finn." st b. d to refer to George h shorter, Ihollg!) It Were a timrn n(Teciion.it, Mime) S l,:,t beiid.ip,. writer (If they hud bud heioliitie writers In tho". Wnshlrton llnl call m I,;,. : . lTs,e,,t ...Adams . i . . trtnerpy . . 1 MlC-codc- 'l feit ft - us the greatest number of national heroes whose nicknames nre household words. Christy M.ithewson Is dead, but the name of "Matty" and "lllg S!" will last t:s long as there ure men living who saw that great pitcher In action. It Is kabl that his fame was so great that one morning the mall mail brought to him a letter which had traveled aero; s the continent. The only murk on It whs a b!g figure "C" on the address side. The great baseball pitcher may be the hero of tho hour, but when his arm lose its running then the crowd soon forgets, tiniest he has hud a popular nickname to fix his personality ta the mind of Ihe fan. So Christy Ma-- I hew ton Is almost unique In the history of baseball. They may ..ri fcrget the man off the mound, but the man who pulls them out of their seats when ho slums onn Into the bleachers or over the fence for hnt the sports writers cll a "circuit rlouf well, that's differ- lit liintler. Of rotirse there' only he "l..fue Pun King." Put Von don't live to u. that ti.ime In speaking of Georitii Herman Lulh of the New Yolk American tenia. Just nny t "Pah"," "Piimbitio" or "Sultan of Swat" titid nr.yi.tie will kimw whom Time wn when Tyrut you tunin. Itaytiiot.d C..b held Mimenhnt the MUli.. posit lot) In public ostovtll that Mr. liii'h doe. Pi rhiipt thnt w,n J," r,Ue he was known at "The Georgia I'lioh" nnl even the fact that be U not tiow tbn crrnt has. hat) player h olirp wn, this Vet rail of tunny jenrt' service It n 11 goo, eiiougli to hold a position on a major leap Ma n "Ty" is still a nickname tha7lN one man and only one to Fistiana also has Its nicknames, beginning wlti, ,h;" anil one and only John L. SuinL8?1 whom "John IV' was sufficient oVf tlfy him at any time, M also known as "The Iiost.S Boy." Pugilism has know, e ing: James J. Corhett, 2 Jlm";BobFl.zsinnIK,ns;.i;j;.1 j ' ' 1 iLf or the "Kangaroo"; L-. . "Tft Arfv.u... tn.i TV. 1V...M UUJ , : r : ' .. 1116 """"ns vis. n, ( ui y "Pittsburgh Windmill". tl 'Mastered Plasterer". lard, the "Man Mountain" or tawatomie Giant"; John the t) "JJJ fife the "P Harrt IxlX ft "The Georgia Peach." Dempsey, the "Manassa Maaleri Georges Carpentler, the "Orchid Man"; and Louis Angel FIrpo, the "Wild Bull of the Pampas." Football has furnished some great Individual stars, of . course. Lot for some reasoi or other popular nicknames never clung to them. That li, until one Harold Grange streaked across gridiron history and left behind him the titles of "The Galloping Ghost," 'The Bed Hover" or just "Red." Team nicknames, however, have been popular and more enduring. Woo will soon forget the "Four Horsemen" of Notre Dame, who rode roughshod over a great Army team to win that title? Or the "Praying Colonels' of Center college, who sprang Into 6portlng fame when they humbled thi mighty Crimson of Harvard. Virtu ally every college has Its nickname, based upon the colors of the school or some animal mascot, but few enjey the picturesque descriptive names, such as the "Golden Tornado" of Georgia Tech, the "Creen Wave" of Tulane or the "Thundering Herd" of the University of Southern California. In other sports nicknames are n't so common. There are a few which, applied to the outstanding exponents of their arts, have given ,thetti nations! renown. An Indian once s,:w s gM named Helen Wills play tennis ird was so Impressed by the fact thnt. regardless of how the tide of buttle ran, her countenance remained Immobile, called her "Little Poker Face." Thow who have seen Charlie Pa.h!"lt ma recognize the appropriateness of ts "Fastest - And American who saw only the heels of Fas' Nurml can tell you why I.e Is called the "Flying Finn." Tennis also hu Hill" and "IJtCe HuT W iu Human.- rc3-tie- "Pig 4z3" ): js .y. v 1 .lit -- V! r..STc Tli.ien nmi jonn' bf. ,e foi t" lively, and "The C Put tat limit Miiniice Mcl.otigl.lin .one DO1 alluring alliteration In i.h " '' iiteii'iuture bus anyone ever ;..t in! 'J 1.: different realms of sport ! a ' ..H.t..i:r. Ihe "f conjure up the equal r.i.rotrtw Ihtvpie of Plarrltt'' for Jea: the French Unuls champion tetrs, 1 , to Wichita Pete In'?", the jitiihg coal miner Who bin rlimbcd out of the pits li.M ti e llmrlijM n n boxing cl .in pioti, i;l Ctl lii g'T Jill.o 3 flile to l is with b-- In ii! hrl-- Scrntiton .L'C DiHiilee. Jorkr Clde Police, who formerly piloted the rn er of the Clen llt'blle form. Is now rldinir In pomhrty, India. t)1 will 11k Selects Her I t lene tbrre t NwmnrVrt, Lnslafid. appear 1 I F11IN, where he plavei a Held. When Jobhliy Puller of the Tigers was I'l.arr.i-- with tin error In the g,tm of April L'i'., It marked the t'rM time ti mlsphi.v appeared utter hU name siie e Seitetuber 1", PC". Thi.t Initio n total of games without a MetnNh. he htiv lug g"re through nil of the C.i gmue I.e participated In Inst mumui without being charped with I boot. s-- In enter Own Nest Het.oii. of Wilton. N. n . owns nV.lifi wandered otin day from ,er u.,1 linutiU i,mn bn. k of bit on Muln the lleniilk, p.'il thu b..o tore tin A tbn nt"l. to the rntriiltceef tM brotheif fiirrge. Sbe entered, ii,i.rs well! Poliii,. I ... ke of I'uUcrsity . f V. In'o the ofTi. and looked around braska, bcli. r of wrrld's ret ot I fct while. At Inst she op;m nnd flew nr. I d.'-won Ihe on a nhelf nn.J tettli"l dnwii, apimrnit. 1 spediii at the reit tit peim r.!i cen.fortsMe and content. A little r 1 ,1 vvv l": h. C. K I ti"!el.nl l,m tnf li chnnge our hnbltt on Ibis a ii.ttiil, " cnuie the lengthening of th'' tlnj nib estimated to amount tn "lie a second iu a Ihousninl Jcars. The eft etproMod wUh of Ihe huy tnriii that the day were longer Is being KMiiried, f. r the rutin It Headlly reducing Its rste rf rotatl..ii. It will be some time, howrver, before we need "Cotton Is King" Is an , Vir. twd by James II. Hammond, la senate In March, im. The Unrt iwh nieaiis that so lmH.itaiittliaIs 111 stale of (he rottoti Industry condition rules the rontietted with It. Inter she fl' w down and li ft. An rctf wn found wber" s'm n I e. n. 1'very day !itii tt.eri lhe reents this stunt t.ti I If the Ut il" hnppeiit to (1,,n, he will stnio there walling for ottie etie to open it.- - Hoftoli Gb.be. 1 1 nli-m- t Day Becoming Longtr F "Little Poker Face j ., John" or ei;i 10 ri ter t:..t iirt I emu. rrit, "J lOtllH JefTetoti. us "Thiii"' or "Jen" ? . . . i.ui whip .1 Mrg,tr,i Hti, M chlisetls nrjtiH'rntu were a . with Wo!. Nat-urall- "The Galloping Ghoit" 11 r, Harry. Wll!, Clyde Cub pl.iv.rs recall tint loitfY'dor r r ' li y iruU of Cedar Pi.pKK Iowa, M.tzlcr. acquired by the White Sot. re fill athletic roaches at various WIih n llieu.ber of the N"l!li Sid" l 'Kli l,o..l throughout thnt Mate. s'piad In he fall of I'.C.V He w hs sent p,,rr Grange, the "Galloping Ghost" of football, and it becomes matter entirely. Paavo Nurmi might be Just "another of those foreigners." but "The Flying Finn" has sped across the printed page too often not to be pretty well known by this Line. To the University of California, v here she was a student, she was known as Miss Helen Wills, but the whole world has followed the fortunes of "Little Poker Face." Not so long go "Gertrude Ederle" meant no more than the name of any other girl swimmer who had a few records to her credit, but she emerged from a bao- tlsm In the English channel with th name of "Trudy" and that's the name j by which !! per cent of us know her. Nicknames: They're as characteristic of America as Is baseball or hot dog sandwiches or the movies. Per- -' haps the fact that we are a sports mad people accounts for the fact that we are given to thinking In terms of nlck- -' names. Or there may be a timre his- i"r;'; reasi 11. Mr. Uel.ster ucflaes B nickname as a "name given In derision or familiarity." t :H lonj ago we dropped that derision part of It and retained the familiarity, to which we added fondnesn. perhaps It was ono of the natural development of the growth of a democracy. We declared that all men are born free and eqnal snd have the Inalienable right to free ind easy me'hods of addressing each viw I'runk!.' ;!iioo!ey. veteran outtlebj I .!! been s..!i to Hochev'er by Tone t... He ! ad been a perKiet,t ,...l "tit on the Catiiidlali club at.. I there wan little cbat'Ce (if (erllis being teio l ed. ;c lie. r.t.Her-- it Into "Ited" Tit er. til. i' t r Shut-Ou- "Babe." It Isn't often one hears of a capable pitcher In any class going four seasons without registering a shut-ou- t game. Jack Dunn, now owner and leader of the P.altltnore Orioles, winners of seven successive pennants, achieved that dubious distinction. With the Prooklyn club of the National league from isw utitil i;hk he pitched over I.') games, and tnt until the last game of 15!i;i did he manage to put over a rimless game. In a game played earlier In the season of 1V-!- i up to the last Inning. Jack had a good but prospect of registering a shut-out- . failed. With two out and two on In the ninth with p.obl.y Lowe at bat, I emu put over two consecutive strikes. Every one was pulling for Dunn. In his eagerness to make a sure thing of It he wasted the next three trying f..r a strikeout for Lowe had a record of making four homers In one game, and Jack kt.ew If. Lowe worked h!;:i f.r the' fourth ball, which later brought In the run that spoiled Dunn's chain. September 2'2. lsim, again-- t the St. Louis Nationals, Dunn pitched his ti,t Other. ho run game, wlnnirg It from Cy Of course, during the early years of Young. 2 to 0. the republic, while the arlstorratlc tradition Mill prevailed, we weren't so free and easy. If we used nicknames Charlev Paddock to ........ At lilt If tvi.a lui con. I?... ' ' 0 " " " .. c rvi TiCJini IL1 u. O. .such hero ns "Swamp pa" mntury. Wlnipie one of the g'o - ilorion or "Mad Anthony" Wnwie. but Charley est split, l.rs in track hNlorv. vii! be not In speaking about the President of a cnniliiai" for the 1'nit.d Sl.i'cs the t'flted States. Who would have ulvtnpic team In I'.''.'S he stat d III .1 e!!er t" II. J:imlo) Swatts. manager ( the Cnherity of Petin) I ahia He a carnival. Piod"'k was invpoi to compete In II spr. ,il series of spring races at ,,. c,irn;al whbh will be held on Prank-titiehl. nli.ng with Poland Locke, the Nii.rasl.ji spee.Kter, and other stnr Nplildefs. Iii a letter to Swarfs declining the Invitation. Pa. Moil; sthte. that be WomM ,,,t bo Ill condition to coinj.eti. lit the time of the rt lavs, but thiil h. w is ,iit.L' plans for real come!.. k ill the Iryoiits fur the Olympic teum where -- tiiH'. 1! .", (i 'n"i Tl t w ;is before W " .t. I'aol.'tio ii!lieiowii MMIig thilt erratic limb of his. II. .! .iO.h aiwas We I.e f,.!. W 111 Its of cat e b st tl .V.-H.-.- Iee'. i;i!iu.'r th" Jtl Ice Th- majority of sports w tilers pick nny the Yankees or Athletics n prim mi Winn. 'is on the American league this ear. wl'h n.nt.ie .M.t. k's aggregation Jink ti e favorite, - II. !..; snow. ;: 1 cd than I'l tig at.i 1. t! e !t. ... I i l p.Mig of ter, bn fi i..!teps of bis f.ltluT UKe.r.'. e.l'l tl'ne rf Ki n'lall N ! i J Years Without Mm U 14 by a Tennessee backwoodsman and the new Jacksonlan democracy came into power, It grated on no one's liner sensibilities to refer to President Andrew Jackson as "Old Hickory," a title, albeit an affectionate one, won in sundry battles with the Indians and the Uritlsh. Put Jackson was not the only man whom a military nickname was to carry into the White House. There was William Henry Harrison, who, even though he was the scion of a family of Virginia aristocrats, was better known as "Old Tippecanoe" than by his real name. There ,wus Zachary Taylor, the "old Hough and Heady" of Mexican war fame, and as late as the last quarter century the "Hough Hider" of the Spunish-Amcrlea- u war may have helped put Theodore Hoosevelt In the Executive mansion as much as did the affectionate "Teddy" or the historic initials, "T. 11" Although he had no military record to commend "him to the electorate the man who came out of the Illinois backwoods In 1S'0 needed none to win for him. The "Hail Splitter" and "Honest Abe" were two nicknames well calculated to catch the public fancy until thesslmple name of Abraham Lincoln made him Immortal. Put lest It be thought that a good nickname Is a sure asset In winning the Presidency, consider the list of men whose nicknames have apiealed to the Imagination of the populac and shotiM have helped them on the road to the White House but didn't. There were Henr; Clay, known variously as "Harry of the West," "The Mill Hoy of the Slashes" and "The Great Com promlser'.'; Stephen A. Douglas, "The Little Giant"; John C. Fremont, "The Pathfinder"; Daniel Webster, "Black Dan" and "The Expounder of the Constitution"; Wlnfield Scott, "Old Fuss and Feathers"; George B. McClellan, "Little Mac" and "The Young Napoleon"; Wlnfield Scott Hancock, "The Superb"; James O. Blaine, "The Plumed Knight" and William Jennings Bryan. "The Boy Orator of the riatte," all of whom aspired and aspired In vain. But if the popularity of nicknames In politics has declined In recent years the Increasing popularity of sports has more than made up for that loss. y the national pastime has given Cotton on Throne b a I I i I |