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Show uHFRF'. 'THE BIG TENW1S STARS WILL PLAY DURING THE SEASON Proved a Necessity In Winning Two Pennants For Detroit Tigers. The worth of sluggers was never moro clearly demonstrated than In tho past two seasons, when the. Detroit Tigers won two pennants on their hitting: hit-ting: ability. With only one dependable depend-able pitcher Donovan an Inferior catching staff and an Infield that 'was not nearly so fast as others In' thy American league, this team simply slugged Its way to two world's series. Outside of Mclntyrc and Cobb the team had ,no fast bae runners, so, in order that runs might bo made, It became absolutely necessary that the boys' with the bats get busy. How well Cobb. Crawford. Rossman. Mclntyrt, Schaeffer and the rest of them' accomplished accom-plished their duty In that respect Is history. Many baseball sharps discount hitting ability and point to the Chicago "White Sox as examples. "There." they say, "'Is a team that does not need hitters; hit-ters; they win anyhow." True, but and here is the rub they aro unable moro times than not to "go the route.'" This proposition of having a lot of dangerous dan-gerous hitters works three ways In tho first place, It inspires confidence In the team Itself; secondly, it keeps a pitcher on the anxious seat all the time when he Is confronted by a row of sluggers, any one of whom is liable to break up the meeting at any point of the game. Likewise, tho, fielders are on edge all the time. Theyknow the ball Is going to be hit, and hit hard, nlno times out of ten. If tho team comprises com-prises a lot of free hitters, such as aro on the Detroit staff, the fielders cannot "lay for the batter." There Is nothing to do but wait until the ball is hit. Thus the slugger has his merits, all evidence to tho contrary notwithstanding. --Sr-' I &&&& I Mifer7 k cans, havo had an able general behind tho bat The failure of Johnny Kllng to Join tho Cubs has been a. body blow to Chance's pennant prospects. Chicago's team work was built around Kllng, and without him tho club :r Uko a ship without a rudder. Tho Cubs havo a man of little more than average strength In Pat Moran, and In addition they purchased the release of Tom Needham, a catcher tho New Tor'.: Nationals let drift to tho minors. Thcso men, however, will scarcely fill the gap madoj by the ab-senco ab-senco of Kllng. Manager Mack of tho Philadelphia Americans Is also worried over the condition of his catching corps. Tho death of Mike Powers h.as removed a veteran catcher of tried worth, who was a good coach to tho pitchers and able to properly catch all tho difficult deliveries which are tho task a back-Btop back-Btop has In front of him. Ira Thomas, Livingstone and young Lapp compose Mack's catching staff at present. Thomas has on ideal build for a catcher and knows all the fine points of his position. In addition, he Is a rattling good hitter, but his throwing throw-ing arm Is under suspicion. It may bo said that there aro very few catchers who have Joined big league teams and made good from tho start. Most of them havo been turned back to the minors for more experience, experi-ence, and somo havo been kept along as third string men and used but seldom. sel-dom. There are a few exceptions. Men like Sullivan o' tho Sox. Bergen of Brooklyn, Crlger of thcSt. Louis Americans, Ameri-cans, Kllng of Chicago. Dooln of tho Philadelphia . Nationals and George Gibson of Pittsburg were more or less successes tho first year of their big league career. Crlger, Sullivan and Bergen are the most conspicuous examples of the names mentioned, as Kllng, Gibson and Dooln did not sec- much servlco tho first year out Catchers like Street and Blnnken-shlp Blnnken-shlp of Washington. McLean and Roth of Cincinnati, Brecnahan of St. Lou-Is, Lou-Is, Needham of Chicago. Smith and Bowerman of Boston had hard rows to hoo before they finally got fixed positions po-sitions In baseball. And many of the other catchers In the American and National leagues will havo similar experiences ex-periences before they aro rated as stars. Nelson Not Afraid of McFarland. Battling Nelson, the. world's champion cham-pion lightweight, has been undeservedly undeserv-edly criticised during the past few weeks because he called oft his match with Packy McFarland that was set for July 5 and Is to tako on "Cyclone Johnny" Thompson Instead. Several writers have said that the Battler was actually afraid of McTbrland. This is not so. as the Dane Isn't of the type who would bo scared by a fellow like McFarland The whole truth of the matter Is that the Dane wanted a postponement post-ponement for private reasons. Nelson's Nel-son's intentions aro to tako on all the near champion lightweights befofo the first of next year and then retire. Tho Battler's worst enemies can't say that ho ever showed tho slightest plgn of cowardice. He has willingly met everybody of worth In hl3 class, black or white, and whipped them all. He could have easily avoided meeting Joe Cans r.nd posed as the lightweight By TOMMY CLARK. HE lawn tennis season of 1909 has actually forged ahead ' Into tho ozono of championship champion-ship contests. Tho opening of the actual outdoor playing occurred earlier this year In most parts of the country than for many years, j Of course. -so far as tho championship champion-ship events aro concerned, the Inter-scholastlc Inter-scholastlc tourneys were first scheduled sched-uled and several of them have already occurred. Tho Intcrscholastlc matches at the various universities throughout tho country are always the first titular racket contents of each season. The first really big tournament of national Importance Is the middle Atlantic At-lantic states championship at the Bachelors' Lawn Tennis club in Washington Wash-ington This series' will be notable because be-cause of tho announced Intention of W. A. Lamed, the four time national champion, to be on hand to play. If he Is any way near In form ho should easily win ,the tourney. Leading Tournaments. A detailed list of many of the important im-portant matches throughout tho country coun-try for 1803 Is as follows; May 24-Mlddlo Atlantlp states cham-plonnhlp. cham-plonnhlp. Bachelors' Lawn Tennis club. Washington. May 2-Massachusetts state championship, champion-ship, doubles, Brao Burn Country club, W'CHt Newton, Mass. May SI Ladles' championship of Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania and eastern states. Merlon Cricket Crick-et club, Philadelphia. Juno 7 Pennsylvania state championship champion-ship for men. Merlon Cricket club, Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. Juno 7 Championship of New England, Hartford Golf club. Hartford. Conn. June 12 Metropolitan championship. West Sldo Tennis club, Now York city. Juno 12 Massachusetts state championship, champion-ship, singles. Longwood Cricket club, Boston. Bos-ton. Juno 14 Championship of Maryland. Ca-tonsvlllo Ca-tonsvlllo Country club, Catonsvllle, Md. June 14 Virginia state championship, Norfolk Country club. Norfolk, Va. Juno 14 Championship of tho Carollnas. Sans Soucl Tennis club. Greenville, S. C. Juno a National championships for womon's singles, doubles and mixed doubles, dou-bles, Philadelphia Cricket club. Wlssa-hlckon Wlssa-hlckon heights. Philadelphia. June 21 Gulf states championship. New Orleans Lawn Tennis club. New Orleans. June 2& Championship of Utah, Inter-mount&ln Inter-mount&ln Lawn Tennis association, Salt Lako City. June 2S Tennessee 6tato championship, Memphis Tennis club. Momphls, Tenn, . Juno 23 Mlddlo states championship. Orango Lawn Tennis club. Orango, N. J. Juno 30 California state championship, men's andwomen's singles. Pacific States Lawn Tennis association, San Francisco. July 5 Southorn championship, Atlanta Athletic club. Atlanta, Ga, July 10 State championship, Wilmington Wilming-ton Country club, Wilmington, Del. July 10 Illinois state championship. Ax-tee Ax-tee club, Chicago. July 10 Championship of vestem Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, singles, Pittsburg Golf club, Pittsburg. July 12 Connecticut state championship, Litchfield club. Litchfield, Conn. July 12 Georgia state championship. Log Cabin club. Macon, Ga. July 13 Oregon state championship, Multnomah Amateur Athlotlo club, Portland, Port-land, Ore. July 19 South Atlantlo states championship. champion-ship. Country Club of Augusta, Augusta. Ga. July 1 Eastern doubles championship and eighteenth annual Longwood singles, Longwood Cricket club. Boston. July 19 Northwestern championship, Mlnnctonka club, Lake Mlnnetonka, Minn. July 24 Western championship doubles, western singles for men and women, Ont-wcntsla Ont-wcntsla club, Chicago. Aug. 2 State championship. East End club, Cleveland. O. Aug. 2 Iowa state championship, Hyperion Hype-rion club, Dea Moines, la, BILL BRADLEY, CLEVELAND AMERICANS' STELLAR THIRD BASEMAN. MILLER HUGGINS, SECOND BASEMAN OF THE CINCINNATI NATIONALS. FEW PLAYERS QUIT GAME. High Salaries of Today Too Tempting For Diamond Stars. It Is Indeed queer that the ball player of today, who gets about twice as much in a season as did the ball player play-er of a decade ago, should bo always ready to quit the game. When $2,400 was tho top price for a major leaguo star and a youngstr-r Just breaking Into fast company was tickled to death if he got $1.0"0 a yr-ar, announcements that So-and-so would quit If the club to whom he belongod did not raise his pay were few and far between. With the Inaugural of the American league salaries took a big boost and have slnco remained at a high mark, despite the restoration of peace among the big leagues. Yet where ten years ago thero was one disgruntled player there nre twenty today. One would think that there were millions to bo made on a poultry farm or in chasing Insurance as a mere agent. About the only players play-ers who ever did quit before they really had to were Bill Lange, Mlkw Griffin and Dr. Pond. Joe Corbett and Emmett Heldrlok were really sincere for a tlmo In remaining emt of tho game, but each was afterward coaxed into tho calcium again. Th list of those who havo "quit" only to be In the lineup at the start. of the season would reach all tho way around the bases. - champion, but ho met tho negro when all other white men ostracized him. The Dane was beaten, but ho subsequently subse-quently reversed this verdict twice by knocking out Gans. A man who can do that Isn't going to become frightened fright-ened at a man like McFarland, who. whllo an eligible ane' promising lightweight, light-weight, has nover shown anything like the form that tho Battler has. Ncl9on ;j working hard for his coming com-ing forty-flvo round battle with "Fighting "Fight-ing Dick" Hyland, the hard hitting lightweight of California, in San Francisco Fran-cisco May 29. Although the latter has lost several decisions to clever men In short bouts within tho last year, ho la a dangerous customer In a long battlo. In all his contests Hyland was fighting better and stronger as the battle progressed, pro-gressed, and as Nelson fights on tho samo plan It is figured that tho contest should bcr a good ono. compete In races over long courses. Tho New York to Marble-head race was tho first one of these long races, and this has been followed by the Bermuda race and the Hudson river race. This year there will be the race to Shelburne. N. H., to Block Island, R I., and on Lake Ontario there will bo a contest over a course 290 miles In length for a cup offered by Thomas Fleming Day, who has be-en largely responsible re-sponsible for the many big distance events that tako place each season. This race on Lake Ontario will bo held under the auspices of the Rochester Roch-ester Yacht club and is for cruising boats enrolled In any recognized yacht club of this continent between twenty-five twenty-five and sixty feet over all length One good feature of tho conditions Is that which Insists that tho beam at the water line shall not be less than one-fifth of the water line length. This race will be started Thursday, Aug. 12. Aug. 2 Pacific northwest championship, seventeenth annual, Tacoma Lawn Tennis Ten-nis club. Tacoma, Wash. Aug. 2 Michigan state championship. Detroit Athletic club, Detroit. Mich. Aug. 2 New York state championship, singles and doubles, Crescent Athletic club, Brooklyn. Aug. 3 Preliminary national doubles. Ontwensla club, Chicago. Aug. 5 Malno state championship. Swimming Swim-ming club. Bar Harbor, Me. Aug. ft Championship of Iowa, South Dakota and Kansas. Sioux City Tennis club. Sioux City. la. Aug. 10 Championship of southern Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, Bedford Springs Tennis club, Bedford Springs, Pa. Aug. 10 Vermont state championship, open, Old Pino Golf club, St Johnsbury, VL Aug. 16 Championship of the mlddlo west. Omaha Field club, Omaha. Neb. Aug. 17 National championship In singles, sin-gles, championship doubles and Intcrscholastlc Intcrscho-lastlc singles championship, U. S. N. L. T. A., Newport. R. I. Aug. 23 Championship of Allegheny mountains, Potomao club, Cumberland. Md. Aug. 23 Championship of West Virginia, Vir-ginia, Parkcrsburg Country club, Purkers-burg. Purkers-burg. W. Va. Aug. 23 Intermountaln championship, singles and doubles for men and women, Intermountaln Lawn Tennis association. Salt Lako City. Aug. 23 Colorado state championship, Denver Country club. Denver. Aug. 24 International Nlogara-on-the- Lako (Canada) open tournament, Niagara Lawn Tonnls association, Nlagara-on-tho-Lake. Canada. Aug. 2S Trl-stato championship (Ohio, Indiana and Kontucky), Ohio Lawn Tennis Ten-nis association, Cincinnati, O. 6pt. 1 Texas stato championship, Texas Tex-as Lawn Tennis association. Dallas. Tex. Sept. 4 State championship, Agawam Hunt, Providence, IL I. Sept. 6 Pacific states championships, men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles. Sept. 13 Now . Jcrsoy ttato championship. champion-ship. Morristown Field club, Morrlstown, N. J. Oct. 4 Women's singles, doubles and mixed doubles, Longwood Cricket club, Boston. Oct. 4 Intercollegiate championship, Merlon Cricket club. Philadelphia, 1910. Feb. 22 National Indoor championships for men, Seventh Regiment Tennis club. Now York. March 14 National Indoor championships champion-ships for women. Soventh Regiment Tennis Ten-nis club. New York. Scarcity of Star Packstops. The dearth of competent backstops was never brought to mind more than It has been this season. It Is now unlvorsally recognized that a team Is no stronger than Its catching staff This Is based on sound logic, for all teams which have won pennnnts, with tho exception of the Detroit Amerl- POWER BOAT RACING. Power boat racing Is growing more and more popular each season. The marine motors are gradually being perfected and owners aro willing to Richard Arnst has accepted Webb's chnllnge to row for the championship of tho world. |