Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 288, Hammond, Lake County, 23 May 1913 — Page 9

Friday, May 23, 1913.

THE TIMES.

SPORTS

CLOUTS BY BOQIE DOWN RED SOX, 2-1. i;i GUG CLASH Singles Off Ping's Bat in Second and Fourth Score Fournier With Runs.

and the entire host of athletes shipped westward early, last night, the schedule calling for an open date today and a game In Pittsburgh tomorrow before the Chlcagoans return to home grounds to continue the pastime Sunday. The rain started some time during the night, but the weather was partially cleared in the morning. At .1 o'clock a cold drizzle began again and spoiled all chances for a final combat In the east. Since leaving home the Cubs have played thirteen games, winning four and losing nine. The two victories here saved the trip from teing a disastrous one, but still It remains the weakest the Cubs have made in seven years, or since Murphy became president.

STANDING OF CLUBS.

AMERICAN LEAGl'E.

W. L. Pet. Philadelphia 20 9 .60 Cleveland 22 12 .647 Chlrago ........21 14 .600 Washington 18 12 .600 St. Louis 16 21 .432 Boston ..14 19 .424 Detroit 12 22 .353 New York 9 23 .281

Rebel Russell and Buck O'Brien hocked up In a rainy day battle yesterday, and when the final out of the series with Boston's world's champions was registered Russell was victory by the narrow margin of 2 to 1. Three nations contributed the soldiers to whom Russell and Chicago fans owed the victory. Shauno Collins.

Jacques Fournier and Ping Bodie were the lads who smote the leather for the two runs annexed by the White Sox. Of the three smlters Bodle proved to be the most potent. Twice the pride of Frisco came to bat with Fournier on second and each time a ringing single went hurtling off his bat Into the misty region back of second base, bringing home both Fournier and the bacon. Russell was hit a trifle harder than hi opponent, but pitched one more Inning, and not until . the ninth round could the Red Sox score a run. Then with two men out Hooper started something which came close to upsetting the whole works. He did It with a, noisy two-bagger, which was followed by clean, hard singles from the ticks of Terkes and Speaker.

INDIANA BEATS WABASH, 4 TO 2 Crawfordsville, Ind., May 23. Wabash and Indiana met In baseball for the first time In seven years yesterday afternoon and Indiana won, 4 to 2. Indiana scored Its runs In the first three innings on one hit. During these Innings WtTbash made nine errors. Six

of these were made by Elgin, who took the place of Nichol, the freshman

shortstop. After the third Inning Wabash had the bases full in four differ

ent Innings. Shults, who pitched for

Indiana, struck out eleven men. Score Indiana 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Wabash 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Batteries Shultz, Johnson; Wake-

ley, Lambert.

CUBS LEAVE EAST;

RAINSTOPS GAfilE Cold Drizzle Prevents Closing Combat of Trip With Boston Braves.

Boston, Mass., May 23. The wind till coming from the Atlantic ocean brought rain to Boston yesterday and caused ' the postponement of the last game between the Cubs and Braves. It will be played off as part of a double header on .the next trip. President Murphy, Manager Evers

ED WALSH TO

TEACH HURLING

Big Kd Walsh of the White Sox Is

preparing to appear In a new role be

fore the fans of the country. He is

going to be a mall order teacher of

the art of pitching to show Inquiring

youngsters and future greats how to

throw the spitball that has made him

famous. According to Ed's plans he

la going to send out a course of les

sons at one buck per course 4n which he will go into detail regarding the

use of saliva as applied to the horse hide.

"I believe there are lots of young

fellows over the country who would welcome such a course of Instructions," said Walsh yesterday. "I know that when I was new In the game I would have been glad for Just such advice as I am going to hand out. I do not claim that my lessons will make stars out of all who follow them, but I know that I have a lot of pointers that will get the young fellows started In the right direction. -- Of course, most of my lessons will be devoted to the spitball. and I think I can explain It so that a young fellow with practice and perseverance can master It."

Yemterday's Results. Chicago, 2; Boston, 1.

Cleveland. 5; Washington, 0.

Philadelphia, 7: Detroit, 0. St. Louis, 7; New York, 0. amea Today. No games scheduled. NATIOXAL LEAGUE.

WHEN THE LONG RACE BEGINS

W. L. Pet. Philadelphia 19 7 .731 Brooklyn 19 12 .613 New York 15 14 .617 St. Louis , 16 15 .616 Chicago 17 16 .515 Pittsburgh 15 18 .455 Boston 11 17 .393 Cincinnati 9 22 .290 . Vrslerday'ai Remit. Pittsburgh, 1; Brooklyn, 0 (five in-

nlngs).

All other games postponed; rain.

Jt Game Today.

Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. St. Louis at New York. Cincinnati at Philadelphia.

ABE MITCHELL

MAYJ3ROSS POND New York, May 23. Local golfing circles are Interested in a report from London to the effect that Abe Mitchell, the English "working man" golfer.

may enter the United States amateur

and open championship this summer

Mitchell, who was the runner-up in the British amateur golf championship at Hoylake last year against John Ball, is chauffeur for Sir Abe Bailey, the South

African mining magnate. He has play

ed golf all his life, taking his first lessons at Ashdown Forest, where he

was born, and where other members of

his family have distinguished them

selves at the game. He played for years for the Cantelupe, a working man's club, but was unknown until last year, when he got into the final with

Ball.

BTTBSCRIBE FOR TEE TIMES.

SMITH'S MANAGER

WANTS $10,000 San Francisco, Cal., May 23. With the hope of getting a return bout with "Gunboat" Smith Tom Jones, Jess Wlllard's manager, has offered to match Wlllard with Smith for another fight, winner take all. . In answer to this

Smith's manager, Buckley, said: "Jt

you will guarantee me that our end will be $10,000 I will take the match and be ready to fight any time you

say."

SUBSCRIBE FOR THE TIMKS.

An interesting moment in the 500-

mile automobile race, which has become an annual event at th Indianapolis Motor Speedway, is when th cars which have successfully passed through, the elimination trials line up ready for the signal whloh will start

them on the lens all-day grind. Every man Is fully conscious of the work that is before him and he places absolute reliance In the car whloh he has been putting In shape for months hefore the great day arrives. So many elements enter into an automobile race that even the most exp-ert judges hesKate before vesturing a suggestion a to which oar and driver will be

victorious. No contest in the category of sport ia surrounded with the same degree of chance that marks an automobile raoe. When the thirty oars line up for the start of the third annual 600-mile International Sweepstakes race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 30, there will be rep-

reseated there the very cream of

American and European race, drivers. Every ear will have its enthusiastic supporters In the grand stands, and with flags waving, bands playing, and

cheers going up from thousands of throats, it will undoubtedly mark the

beginning of the most exciting eon-

test ever witnessed in this country.

GOLFERS

SCORN BRASSIE

By Charles ("Chick") Evans. The brassie shot is becoming more i and more a thing of the past, and by a brassie shot I mean any shot after the tee shot has been played that Is too long for irons. Donald Ross says that three-shot holes are really only names now. Years ago before the advent of the rubber-cored balls the brassie was a very important club, but since the coming of the new ball its use for the second shot has constantly decreased among the more skillful players. It may be explained for the benefit of those new to the game that a brasf sie Is really a well-lofted driver with brass-covered , sole... Sometimes It, Is shorter than the driver, but that Is a matter of individual choice. As the ball lies close to the fair green and Is not teed up lik-the driver lie' It la easy

to understand that the brass sole is intended to prevent the club from be

ing injured by the rough ground underlying the fair way. I appealed to

Tom Bendelow, the well-known golf authority, for a detailed explanation of

the origin of the club and I found the

Information very interesting.

"At a certain length from the tee at a certain hole at St. Andrews," said

Tom, "there was a gravelly outcrop

ping." In consequence the wooden club used for the second shot had to be constantly repaired. At flret the

club was mended with a bit of ram

horn, but it waa finally determined to shoe the new club, as Tom expresses It,

to avoid the necessity of frequent re

pair. Then some one tried a brass plate covering the entire sole and as thla

was much more durable the Innovation

at once became popular and lasting

In the days of the gutta-percha ball the brassie was very useful. Those were the halcyon days of Colonel Bogey, a very genial, pleasant military man who is gradually being displaced

by a grimmer, harder old gentleman j called Mr. Par. In those days bogey , was figured at 175 yards for a drive ;

and 150 for a brassie, and a player getting home on a 325-yard hole was playing remarkable golf. Colonel Bogey, be It known, always drove straight and was not affected by conditions of the weather. Of course there always was a bras

sie shot on those 325-yard holes and; when winds were a little unfavorable j three brassie shots of good length and i

direction were, needed to help out the drive. It Is hard for us to realize a time when the taking of four wooden shots of the well-hit kind was neces

sary to reach the green. ,

With the change in balls came longr shots and bogey , distances moved

up. Holes or 40 yards were reached with a drive and a good brassie, and

at the present moment there are few holes in the country of the recognized long-hole length, 500 to 600 yards, that

cannot be reached with a drive and a brassie. This means that different irons have supplanted the brassie on

nearly all distances of 450 yards or so, and there are few holes now over that length.

So while the brassie could formerly

be used on perhaps sixteen out of eighteen holes and then often more

than Once, it is now used probably once or twice on the round. Sometimes on the few long holes where 'one can use a brassie there are bunkers

guarding the green and the player will find It much safer to play short with an iron instead of trying to place a brassie shot Just over the bunker.

One can play round after round on

Chicago golf and use no brassie at alL

Even on the windiest day it may not be needed more than three or four times and many players now carry only a driver and a spoon.

Necessarily the decreasing use of

the brassie is developing a corresponding uncertainty In playing it and perhaps it is to counter-balance this

weakness that some players are adopting It in the place of the driver. They

claim they can ret Just as far and it

keeps them In practice with the club

for use on the fair green; yet, on the

other hand, I have seen several players

use a driver on the fair way.

The wooden clubs give advantage to the strong, but they lack the delicate

accuracy of the irons and it is the de

sire for this accuracy Joined to shorter

holes and longer balls that Is depriving the brassie of all its legitimate use.

FRENCH DRIVER IN RACE

I - 1 S - f ! ' v h - !

JULES GOUX. Jules Goux is a French driver who won the Sarthe Grand Prix In 1812, In a Peugeot car which was exactly ef the same model as the one which he will drive in the third annual 500-mile International Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 30. Goux la a veteran driver who does not know the meaning ef fear and who is as spectacular as he is skillful. In France he has distinguished himself as the bead ef the famous' Peugeot racing team, and his long list of victories la Indeed enviable. Goux has full eeafidence In the car he drives, but he Is anticipating a close contest at Indianapolis. "The American cars and the American drivers have long since demonstrated what they can do," he told a newspaper man in Parts recently, "and our team expects to be compelled to do its best work en the IndlanapsHs track." YOUR MOSEY BlfK Of yor ard J4avment i yoa will flad yvM bn7ic UNION SCOUT SCRAP the aesaet of quality, perteelom aad aeatmesa. Save tie ticket' they are clear gUt t you Adv.

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