Show THE SPORTING SECTION Amaioisi’p Taken on ‘Musty’ Crebs’ Bicycle Track GFFICE-Uc- co rT£ U nti Ralph Jordan "Local athletics have certainly been blasted by the war situation It seems as though there is something missing this spring In former years at about this time the tracksters were putting in their hard licks in preparation for the state meet and many dual meets the ball players at the various schoolsa of and colleges were in the midst scholfor the hotly contested battles astic and collegiate titles and everywhere there was a feeling ofoldintense order action but the rivalry and and there is absolute quiet has changed in such lines of endeavor as track and About the only movement baseball visible at this time in the palaces of hereabouts is an exodus to learning the farms or mines which is equivcredits and a alent to getting a few same time two at the little side money birds with one stone as it were re we thing it over the less the idea of canceling all ath-- i and the various schools canmountain Rocky annual ing to hold its lenver May 26 and we ibstlnate that we wish Utah had a few men tty of to show up the Colorado As for the matter of with athletics what good away doing has come of it? The idea advanceda was it would give all the students few mce to exercis instea( ilso that it was deemed advisable for Utah to follow In the footsteps of the other states in the matter Here is the way in which the situation has worked itself out: Instead of benefitall the students It has simply killed ing all interest in athletics Nobody is seen on the fields now where there The were formerly a few at least action has also had the effect of disthe already precarious condirupting tion of the schools as far as scholastic work is concerned With athletics gofull blast as formerly the instiing tutions would seem more normal and the students would feel a little more at home Only about half the colleges of the country have abolished compeition and these against the wishes of the war department so there you are “Musty” Crebs says that the reason he is not riding at Newark N T this is because the track is too near year ocean Couldn’t figure out for the awhile whether "Musty” meant he didn’t like water or just what was the trouble but this seems to be the true solution of the problem He is afraid He says they might of submarines run right into Newark Oh well 'Sail Musty but remember the boys right are all young and trying to make good Frank McGanney probably one of athletes in the city the best is now on the disabled list with a "Mac” plays baseball knee sprained Commercial the Tuck’s nine in the for He m sing like a bird indoor champ and taken his injury is looked upon as a ie fair sex of our he is a good football baseball n and dancing one singing man’s t better that for lishments can you? A choice morsel of amateur baseball-isseems due for this morning when Tuck’s and the Utah Power nines meet These two squads appear to be the two strongest teams in the Sunday Commercial morning division of the and the players league right atofpresent both teams are all for end followers today's battle May the best team win to show you how much consid-som- e people have for others H Norgren had to go and pro-- o the girl of his choice along he time we had finished writing in which we predicted terpiece d nt We used much flowery said that "Norsk” resembled when his master entered the mi etc When the task was all over nd we were viewing the result labors with much satisfaction comes the announcement from that "Norsk” had beaten us to st and has already finished the itreteh run with room to spare ht to get married but it seems lgh the Crimson mentor might iken a few things into eonsid-befor- e he popped the question Flow ver laying all joshing aside ng should be done with those i City maidens It’s positively the way they rob the fair dam-ou- r own illustrious townsite of th choice morsels of manhood— Fie girls Just think of it Lon and Nelson H Norgren We him on his choice this ? all-arou- nd al-th- er striv-Certain- ly all-hlet- e: bil-Ca- m lan-an- PFIcITErR —3 wy POWER CONTEST records of the first five weeks of play in the Coast INDIVIDUAL fielding well of the ability of the new material in the league this year Except in the case of pitchers and shortstops there is at least one newcomer to the league setting the pace in the fielding averages of each sepa- rate position Two Commercial League Leaders Are Scheduled to Clash for Top Honors TEAMS BOTH New Men in Coast League Show Class in the Fielding Line Billy Orr of Bees Holds H is Own as Most Perfect Fielding Shortstop in the Circuit Morris Rath Right Near Top Among Third Sachers TUCKS SET FOR Billy Orr of Salt Lake is holding his own as the most perfect fielding1 shortstop as well as the best ground coverer Roy Corhan of the Seals is right on his heels in fielding average hut is far behind in the total chances handled Hollocher of Portland is crowding Corhan for second place and is giving Orr a good race for ground covering as indicated by the fielding chances handled first honors in center field assist Among tbe pitchers Red Oldham of him is head and shoulders above in proportion to games played the Meusel of the all the rest In fielding chances handled is another new Red has handled 43 chances without a comer crowding Angels Into the front ranks bobble Brenton of Portland with two He leads the fielders with a clean errors in S4 chances is the only other slate thus farright and leads In proportion rig'ht field assists to games plaved pitcher who has accepted more than aO of Doane of Vernon STRONG St-al-s Columbian Optical and W O W Are Also Expected to Play Good Ball LEAGUE STANDINGS W L Utah P- & L3 0 3 0 Tucks Columbia Op 2 1 2 1 Stndebaker - w O W 2 1 Pet Am Express Conocos 67' Moose 1000! 1000 j 667 Seliramm-667j Keith-O’Brie- n W L J 1 1 2 Pet 2 1 2 0 3 0 3 333 333 333 000 000 the Utah Power nines will TUCKS and this morning in what promises to be the classiest bit of amateur baseball seen hereabouts for some time Both teams have been strengthfor the battle and both seem conening fident of are tied for winning the leadership of theThey Sunday morning dl'lslon of the Commercial league and have not met with a defeat yet this season The followers of two teams are backing their favoritethe to win Tucks will be without the services of one of its stars Frank McGanney who performs as shortstop and is on the disabled list with a sprained knee and his batting and fielding will be missed The remainder considerably of the team is intact however and is confident of the contest The Utah Power taking nine is also among the unlucky ones Manager Anderson anhe has lost his star nouncing that twirler but he also says he has found one just as good to spring on his opponents this morning The next important game of the day in the opinion of the fans is the meetthe Columbian Optical and ing between the W O W teams These two nines are tied in the league standing with 2 won and 1 lost and the winner of game will shove the other nine today’s down the ladder so both squads are fighard on not losing- this morning uring The game between the Conocos and the American Express is another contest which will shove one team down a notch or two as both these aggregations are tied up with one won and two lost The Conocos are looked upon as a little stronger than last year being and seem to think that the Express boys are their meat while from the other camp comes rumors of dire disConocos aster for the The K O B nine will cross bats Grove w'ith the Moose team at are ahead in and although the Moose Poplar the league standing the K O B players look upon the game as an opporto get into the win column tunity The schedule for this morning: Conoco vs American Express Fort Douglas 10 a mvs Sehramm-Johnso- n Studebaker 10 a m Fort Douglas K O B vs Moose Poplar Grove 10 a m Tucks vs Utah Power Municipal 9 a m W O W vs Columbian Optical Municipal 1 1 a m -- - 13 TIGERS ELIGIBLE FOR SERVICE IN ARMY h‘l Is due to receive one wonderful versity athlete The young Hilltoper is not only good on the gridiron diamond and track but he shows the same ability in the class room which is really one of the big things In high school after we are proud of all Altogether "Mitt” Has anybody noticed the extremelv the countehappy flooding nance ofexpression one Samuel Olson? You know Sam the old University of Utah gridiron star Well if you haven’t just look him over the next time he appears and walk right up to him and extend your heartiest congratulations for around close now) Samuel Is (gather the proud father of twin girls Yes do you know about that? sir what YOU NEED NOT SUCCUMB FEELING RUN-DOW- N” arteries and your system needs a general purifying and housecleaning to put e in it of Blood for the coming sumYour Cleanse Simply mer Its Sluggishness So PrevaJust now the best investment you can is to take a few bottles of S S S make lent in Springtime the great blood purifier and tonic This purely vegetable remedy has been in Possibly you are one of the thou- general use for more than fifty years sands who just at this season find that and thousands use it regularly every you are losing your appetite your sys- Spring It has no equal for thoroughly tem gets weaker day by day you are cleansing the blood of all impurities easily tired n and a general improving the appetite and toning up feeling seems to per- and giving renewed life and vigor to the whole body Go to your drug store vade your whole body This condition is very general at and get a bottle today and start the beginning of Spring and is na- on the Important work of putting early your p ture’s appeal for help in preparing the system in shape seasons in Write for free booklets and interestsystem for the change Your blood Is sluggish and impover- ing literature to Swift Specific Co 75 ished impurities begin to clog up the Swift Laboratory Atlanta Ga ship-shap- good-for-nothi- WILUI& N? 11 i TO THAT “ALL at Beck s '"'XW Detroit May 12 — Thirteen members of tiie Detroit Americans are eligible defor army service if the 21 and cides to call single men government between 40 years of age They are Burns Bush Ellison Nicholson Heilman Dyer Yelle James Mitchell Ehmke Boland Couch and Cunningham If the age limit is fixed at 27 James Mitchell and Bush will be exempt Hughie Jennings manager of the club declares the players are ready to answer the call to the colors “They are patriotic and will make soldiers he added Here is a tip to the Tuck players who good are going to battle the Utah Power Anderson the nine this morning moundsman for the Power team was JONES AN OUTFIELDER around the office recently and stalling MUFFED A FOUL BALL let out the secret that he’s not a pitcher after all "Andy” says he couldn’t curve a ball on a bet and that all he Mich Detroit May 12 — Fielder does is to look over the tatters and Jones manager of the St Louis AmerNow here’s to weaknesses icans believes he is the only major pitchidea their — If fool Anderson Tucksters the center fielder ever received vou like close ones stand away from league an error for muffing that a foul ball and are the plate like you plate shy Years ago Jones was the dust you off with a close ball: middle garden for Brooklvnplaving 'Toe KelOr then bam— knock it out of the lot ley was in left and Wiljie Keeler in If you prefer wide ones stand on the right field A left field hitter of the over Mclnnis and dare “Andy” to shove came to bat and outplate type then send that one out 8 close one fielder shifted so sharplv thattheJones we one other the Personally after was left ’field The don’t like ’em either way but the young batterreally sent upplaying a long fly which threatnerves our on you marvel got ened to close to the left field hurlingand we’re all for his enemies at foul line drop know and Jones Kelley after this writing the ball and the latter gotraced hands on It but the sphere fell from his his grasp In spite of the great number of boys Into foul territory from the Romney family wno have made their father’s name famous in school and college athletics the high of them all has evidently put in peer his appearance at the East High school "Mitt” was awarded the Richmond medal Friday which signifies that he is the class of high school athletes in woods Although Lon this neck of the were Ott and Lowell good athletes in never their high school days out theyofwere the ordiconsidered anything it was not until they got Into nary andthat they really developed the college wonderful stamina and power which them as being better than the stamped run of athletes It seems to be usual a peculiarity of the Romneys that they do not fully develop until after their days are over and if the high school same rule holds good with "Mitt” andto all appearances it will some uni- SPORTING SECTION SALT LAKE CITY UTAH SUNDAY MAY 13 1917 N Snap I G HERALD-REPUBLICA- ng run-dow- tip-to- M&m ( C5amuel6oiV )(7r !F YOU WOULD -- Start mile- - race U J Coast League Batting Averages SHOOT TRAPS (Including Friday’s C4aines) START RIGHT Bum Instructor at Beginning Bad Business Beware of Cranks chances fielding McKee of the Seals leads the catchers in fielding averages with Boles of the Angels close behind In proportion to the number of games worked Bassler takes honors in assists from behind the plate McKee’s unusually low figure indicates the weakness in his throwing arm that appears on the field occasionally the pace George Stovall is at a 994 for the first basemen setting fielding clip with Gleichmann of the Angels close behind at 990 Adams of the Oaks is last on the list of first base-me- n clip fielding at a 964 Mensor of the Oaks is ten points ahead of Bill Rodgers of Portland for first fielding honors among the second basemen In proportion to the number of games played Mensor has handled more assists than any other second baseman Siglin of Portland noses out Rath of Salt Lake by one point for first fieldhonors of the third basemen Siging lin also looks due to lead the third basemen in fielding chances handled Lee of Oakland has yet to make his first error in left field and in proportion to games played has the best record for assists from the left garden Of those who have played over 20 games Chadbourne of Vernon leads the left fielders Maisel of the Seals and Lane of Oakland are running along each with errorless records in center field Like his teammate Lee Lane’s record gives By P J Hulohan 12 — The ambitious CHICAGO May in the trapshooting sport Pot 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 96s 964 963 957 963 950 947 944 911 WITH THE many artificial difficulties to contend with besides the natural diffiof culty building up gun muscles and between eye organizing nerve and trigger finger In my the road from the first 95 per cent average is blocked shot to a opinion with two formidable artificial obstacles namely: The thoughtless advice of enthusiastic friends and the exaggerated importance of gun fit loads and other mechanical considerations as in Success in other game oftrapshootingskill is 98 per centevery personal application If we expect to exwe must pay the price of unusual cel effort No one can teach us to shoot We must learn by experience observation and hard work 941 929 923 923 923 889 815 000 000 000 000 ooo 000 — Richie Milwaukee Wis May offered Johnny Mitchell yesterday Kilbane a $100o side bet if he would sign for a 10 or 20 round battle anywhere in the country Ed W Smith or Matt Hinkle to referee 12 Chicago May 12 — Pete Herman ban- n tamweight champion and Johnny Cou-loRawill do battle in the ring at The match orig- cine Wis Monday Ind but the was set for Gary inally and Manager Nate promoters dragged Lewis shifted scenes Sc Wis Oshkosh May 12 — There's was received Word Oshkosh in gloom Australia that via cable from Sidney was Eddie McGoorty Oshkosh's pride in Snowyforced to lower his colors Uren antiBaker's stadium by Tommy since the departure podean champion was McGoorty’s first of Les Darcy It a year Uren won battle in more thanSmith of Racine was on points Matty British Lew Edwards stopped by rounds champion in four Green seems to be the most popular color worn in the aring nowafightingEven Britisher Freddy Welsh days wears arena Italians Greeks Austrians Hebrews and other nationalities that have adopted Erin’s colors may be a little Charley White but none of the lightweights seem to be able to put him down and out He claims they can’t even daze Too Many Instructor When a new shooter comes to a club and states that he knows nothing about shooting all the good fellows regardless of ability knowledge or experience are anxious to give him what they inThe tend to be helpful instructions friends who does not know where the own even shot from his gun is going with the weapon at his shoulder and lined up before his eyes thinks he can with his back turned tell the teginner where the latter is shooting I will venture to say that no man can stand behind a shooter and tell within of where the gun is eighteen inches object thirty-fiv- e standing pointing at a let alone giving exact inaway yards formation about hold on a flying in range for a secstreak that is onlyeven To judge ond approximately where the shot goes one must pull the trigger himself Tips for Beginner An experienced instructor will show the beginner how to hold the gun see same while pulling that he holds it the the trigger give Instructions as to elenote the vation and lead then carefully missed and be sure he is right targets before making any suggestions If after the beginner shoot at differwatching different ent traps with corresponding and elevations he finds that the angles misses the high targets and hits pupil a fair number of low targets he has the best of evidence that the shooter advise is holding low and can safely him to shoot higher The same method of observation will indicate as to cross the shooter hits noticing that firing by’thrown at certain angles and targets misses those that go in the opposite direction Cateiiem ‘Dalian j j G Oak 10 Hannah S L Baker S F Bassler L A Oak Murray Simon Ver Fisher Port Mitze Ver Roche Oakt PO E 26 30 125 18 19 23 13 63 24 100 15 16 20 0 flat-foote- 32 26 42 28 20 42 29 K 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 9 9 0 0 0 There is a lot of money for the mana can discover and nail down for Jess Willard worthyat opponentthere does not seem Just present to be a formidable contender for the big championship in sight be comMaybe Jess will eventually there is no pelled to retire because worthy of his steel to be antagonist found But the gigantic champion declares he wants to combat three more bouts before he leaves the ring Third Hnonrii Freddy Welsh evidently don’t mind a few newspaper decisions against him POo A as long as he can hold on to his i 0 ara j uaKiana V no have verdicts crown Paper eight 47 30 71 Portlaml 'in “'S' on He effect only Freddy depressing and Lake 30 33 32 on them How £ath baitOakland grows fat to festive 12 15 25 be a champion in these nice it is 31 62 days!8 5! 43 Murphy ORk"'':21 25 43 30 Some submarine must have sunk Schultz I Aern- ’ij 4 3 36 to on Buenos his Jack Johnson way 8 A 10 13 L oehling no we of had have tidings Ayres as 0 I O Lj tbe former champion since his alleged CTallUall n 0 S F Hollywood sailing from Spain 0 0 Stumpf Port Shortstops 3jc 4 4 X j i 1 Player Club — Charles E HAVE GOOD CHANCE no-deeisf- on Stallings’ Men Expected to Be in Midst of the Fight no-decisi- on HIGH SAYS JENNINGS Detroit Mich May 12 — Manager of the Detroit AmeriHugh Jennings cans who is a lifelong friend of John McGraw was not overly impressed with the showing the New York Nationals made during the exhibition with Detroit games “The Giants would not finish one' two three in the American said Jennings He added that league” Detroit Boston and Chicago would finish ahead of the New York " Billiard News and Gossip OBERT L CANNEFAX of St Louis when his friends referred to his “veritis the latest thing in billiard sen- able audacity” Kid Has Confidence sations For a time Otto Reiselt the young Pittsburgh “phenom” held Nevertheless Cannefax was thoroughthe center of the stage among the an- ly imbued with the idea that he had enough stroke and enough billiards in gle experts but Cannefax who recently to beat the best of them the Brunswick trophy em- him captured of season in the Interstate he setandoutnext to blematic the world’s championship make good Indifference again marked from Charles MoCourt in their remark- his work One day he would general able match at Akron O has fairly a like and beat the champion play and the Steel eclipsed youngster and next day he would fall down best and is just now the talkCity of cuedom Oddly lose a to comparative dub Meanwhile enoug’h Cannefax and Reiselt are of the on the strength of some of his good same age 26 which makes the former to games a zealous friend induced him the youngest world’s champion that send world’s tsjsallenge ever held the itle He is a native of which inwasanother not taken by anv-on- e into Springfield asMoa and firstthecame he began seriously such last sea- cracksuntil trouncing billiardist prominence and Reiselt and son but one in the Interstate league then onas Kieckhefer at Toledo against April a11 home Frank Benson of St Louis thinking so j Georg’e Frank player he ran a well of the youngster that he dropped out in eigbeten out of the league and allowed Robert with a game run of 12 The innings world’s high to take his place x record of thirty-siis held by innings That year Cannefax performed indif- McCourt and Cannefax’s feat being acHe started with a flash and ferently in an exhibition merely went along so well that Benson sent complished count as a record but it in his challenge for the world’s title game did not marvelous skill of the Then the youngster slumped his work revealed the off so that the challenge by youngster falling A little later at Pittsburgh April 18 this time considered a joke was withdrawn to avoid criticism In fact Bob 19 and 20 when playing a practice used to blush for a long time afterward (Continued on Following Page) 50-poi- nt S L Carpenter S L Orr Corhan S F Hollocher Port Sheehan Oak Callahan Ver Davis I A O’ Mara Oak Conifrey Ver Snodgrass Ver PO G 1 29 33 31 21 29 32 12 4 3 3 37 53 Right Fielders Wilie Port L Quinlan S Port Williams Griggs Ver Lee Oak 88 7 ft E 1 7 9 11 rjI 4 4 S Player L Club A Meusel Calvo S F— Ellis L A S Crandall S L Deane Ver Shinn S L Miller Oak Maggert L A 1 ft 7 7 F A-- 852 667 8 5 Wilie Port Willis L Mattick Ver Killlfer L A Tobin S L Williams Port Maggert L A 90 7 4 18 Center Fielders 967 966 953 930 904 90 PlayerS Club F Maisel Pet 1000 13 10 10 17 New York May 12 —The zip the pep the earnestness and the all around dash included in the makeup of the S 59 7 7 76 86 30 Left Fielders Calvo 0 66 117 72 87 81 102 for Honors Boston Braves which carried that team from the depths of last place to a in 1914 stand a world’s championship chance of tearing holes in an otherwise well laid out plan of one John McGraw this year The Braves are different from other baseball clubs They are trained that Stallings and because way by are George different fans are born all they over again in the enthusiasm of baseball when they visit a park where the Boston ruffians are performing It is natural for a baseball player to get out on the field smite himself with his hands jam his paws together and shout But with the Braves it is “Attaboy” else A shout from a memsomething ber of that baseball club is one step in the George Stallings’ method of wina baseball game ning Ed Konetchy is just a great big overgrown man who learned to play ball John Evers Is a bundle of nerves Walter Maranville is always a little fighting fellow with a marvelous pair of hands and a set of nerves that won’t quit fighting Red Smith is just a ball player who has learned to fight and for every step of a baseball fight hard The outfield represents the game same thing ft i j Can Stall E I on Veteran Fight Manager Now an Invalid Thinks Boxers GIANTS WILL NOT END 906 who ' But the wealthy man today money’s gone — and I'm not comIt silly for a fellow plaining' Isn’t to cry after the milk is spilt?” “I’m all crippled here in this on "but chair” the “Parson” went I’m simply I’m not complaining the best of the situation making is pleasant and comforting to let It my mind roam back to the old days to recall many of the hrighest and happiest moments of my life” 981 976 975 974 971 969 949 944 926 d 1 (CHICAGO Davies former noted fightager many ers who has been an prize invalid for many years Is opposed to the present system of bouts “If Illinois ever legalizes boxing” said the Parson "I hope that provisions are made for decision contests The present regulation simply gives boxers the opportunitytheto stall and otherwise to disgust patrons” The "Parson” chuckled when he told how easily he made money back in the old days-- and how from him easily Ihe let It get away "If had pursued the tactics of a few of the old timers in the boxing game” said he "I’d be a Pet n - 12 0 him Go May PB 5 Parson Davies Is Opposed To Mo-decisi- on and Miller are the best fielding rightof Oakland fielders among20 those whio have played in more than games The following individual fielding averages are complete for all games played up to Mjiv 7 released or bus- -' pended players starred: Pet 1000 963 946 943 932 927 912 842 789 750 |