Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 138, 21 April 1921 — Page 11

THE RICHMOND FAlxLAJJlJJM AND SUN-TKLEGRAM,; RICHMOND, IMP., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1921.

RIXEY'S MEAN SINGLE, DUNCAN'S HOME RUN FEATURE CARD DEFEAT CINCINNATI, O., April 21. Smashing a wicked single with Fonseca on second base, Rixey won his own came in the last performance of the Cards in the present trip. The drive was a mighty one and would have been good for three bases if it had been needed. Fonseca led off with a single and

was advanced to second by a sacrifice t

Mt by Crane. Haines purposely passed Wingo to get at Rixey, who upset the plans and crashed out his w icket smash.

" There wAe several other features In j the game in addition to the winning I

blow dlivered by Rixey. fat uuncan contributed the first home run of the eason on Redland field in the eighth irame when he drove the ball to deep left for the circuit, after two men were cut, and it looked as it would be the winning run. v Sam f Crane bunted as though the f earn had been doing nothing but bunting during the training season, laying down three perfect sacrifice hits. Fonseca and Bonne did some good work on the defensive in the f eld. Lav an and Toporcer were towera of strength for the Cards. Reds Get Away. The Reds got away to the front in ihe opening round when Pasfcert singled and went to second on Dauberts fly and to left by a fine piece of base running, reached third when Toporcer booted Bonne's grounders and scored on Bresslers sacrifice fly to left. The Cards went out in order in the

first but went ahead in the second. With one gone McHenry singled to center and Bonne made a great play on Lavan's grounder over the bag and forced McHenry at second, but Fonfeca threw wild to first In an attempt to complete a double play. Singles followed by IHlhoefer and Toporcer produced two runs. Rixey pitched great bail until the seventh, when an error, of Judgment by himself allowed the enemy to tie up the count. Liavan and Dilhofer led off with singles. Toporcer bunted down the third base line and Eppa made the mistake of trying for a force out at third, with the result that he did not get any one. Haines popped out to Fonseca and Heathcote forced Toporcer at second and Lavan scored the tieing run on the play. Dilhoefer was caught off third for the final out. Knocks Hcmtr. Duncan knocked his homer In the eighth and the Cards tied it up at their turn at the bat in the ninth. Fonseca got McHenry on a great play but Duncan-failed to get under Lavan's long fly and it went for three base?. The squeeze play put Lavan over for the tieing count. In the Reds last attempt came Rixey's wallop that won the game.-, ' The Score: CINCINNATI-- AB. R. IB. PO. A. E. Paskert. cf. 4 1 1 3 0 0

Daubert, lb 4 0 0 14 Eohne. 3b 4 0 0 2

Duncan, If 3 2 3 i o A A

Fonseca, 2b. ....... 3 2 Trane. ss 1 0 Wingo, c 2 0 Rixey, p 4 0

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Ruth being tagged out at third, Welsh to Dykes to Dugan, trying to stretch his double to a triple. "One reason I like to slam the ball out of the lot is that nobody ean throw you out at first, second, third or home," remarks Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth is no Clyde Milan or Tris Speaker or Sam Rice when it comes to running the bases. He has already fallen a victim to fast fielding while running out hits that weren't homers. The photo above, taken during the opening Yankee-Athletic series, shows what happened to him after doubling.

Great Players, Great Manager, Necessary For Winner Mene

INABILITY TO SMASH IN PINCHES LOSES GAMES FORMERS

Unable to hit in the pinches, the Bakers fell before the attack . of the Maher Meats in the second game of the season of the Commercial league wheq the teams met at . Exhibition park Wednesday afternoon. Maher was in perfect form, allowing only three hits, two of which were of the scratch variety. Of the 23 men to face him 13 of them whiffed the air. With men on bases "Piggy" was exceptionally stingy with his hits and

fanned batter after batter. The only inning in which the Bak

ers threatened was the last round. Wells, first man up, drew a pass to first and scored when Maher's throw to first on Patterson's bunt hit Patterson on the shoulder, going into right field. , Maher then fanned the next three batters in order, retiring the side. Lee pitched good ball for the Bakers but allowed hits with men on the paths. Aubin opened the first with a single and scored on Maher's single to right which Dunham allowed to get through him, Maher going to third. Seore Second Run The Meats scored their second run

of the game in the second round when

Dillon pulled the Ty Cobb stunt and stole home. He had reached first on a single, stole second, advanced to third on Mitchell's grounder to the box." The last run was scored in the third on a walk to Aubin, Maher's sacrifice hit and a single by Miller. Thursday afternoon the Railroaders and the Kiwanis club will .cross bats

in a six inning game. The score follows:

Bakers AB. R. H. O. A. Vosimier, 3b 3 0 0 2 1 Wells, 2b 2 1 0. 0 0 Patterson, ss 3 0 1 1 0 King, If 3 0 0 0 0 Eckler, cf. 3 0 0 1 0 Dunham, rf 3 0 1 0 0 Farwig, lb 2 0 0 3 0 Hartman, c 2 0 1 8 0 Lee, p 2 0 0 0 2

Chips and Slips jj BEST MEET OF YEAR

Dr." .Meanwell, of Wisconsin, 'is named rightly. S He may mean well by his suggestion that the free throw in basketball for fouls be eliminated, but that is all that many fans of the great winter sport can see in this move. Dr. Meanwell says that the throwing of fouls often determines the result of a hard fought game, where as team

work always should be the deciding factor. He wants the free throw done away with and would replace them by giving one point to the offended side when a personal foul is called, and give the ball to the opposite side when a technical foul is called. In reading these suggestions of the doctor, the average fan wonders if he ever refereed a basketball game. Meanwell's suggestion puts a game in the hands' of a referee, and the Lord pity the poor referee who would call a personal foul that would give a team a point, without any kind of a chance,

with the score tied and a minute to play no one else would. It is much better to leave the game hinge on the eye sight and' skill of one player than on the sight of the arbiter. .

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IN CINCINNATI CLASH

By Frank G. Memlte "Is it the manager or the players who make a pennant winner? Back in 1913, George Stallings took unto himself the leadership of the Boston Braves. They had been hopeless tailenders for a period of time

approximating Methusaleh's age. Yet i

one season later 1914 the Brakes, only

over the records of - the Giants and John McGraw. The scrappy leader took charge of the team along in 1S02. The outfit had finished iart in 1S00, second last in 1901 and absolutely last in 1902. In the first years of McGraw's complete management, the Giants landed second and the following year 1904 they

There may be some good argumeats for this change, but the true old timers fail to see them. It seems that basketball is getting along pretty well in this state and everybody seems to be enjoying it, so why tinker with it? There are surely a few normal individuals left who are satisfied with

E. i things as they are.

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The bleachers probably will be a popular place when the Eagles open up the baseball season next Sunday against El wood. Just let old Sol pour forth a few hours and watch the fans roll out.

What Coach Mowe predicts will easily be the best meet of the season here is scheduled for Reid Field Saturday afternoon, when the Quaker track team matches its strength with the Cincinnati University athletes. Last year the local thinly clad ones defeated the Ohioans on their own field, but the record of the neighboring state aggregation this year shows that they have a much better balanced team to send against the locals Their victory over the I. U." bunch on on indoor track was almost as decisive as that of the Mowe men. Last year in the meet with the Cincinnati school. Earth am took taa firsts and nine seconds out of fourteen events. These 'first places in

cluded blue ribbons in every field event. It was in this meet that Johnson broke the Earlham shot put record with a heave of 42 feet and $ inches. Strong In Distance.

It is known that the visitors will be strong in the distance and middle distance runs Saturday. Captain Mittendorf is recognized as one of the best

milers in this part of the country, holding the Ohio conference record In this event -of. 4 xnln. 26 sec Last year in thfr EarlhanvCiarinnatl meet he broke the C. U. record for the run. The visitors will also have a half miler capable of reeling off the two laps in about 2 min. 2 sec.Some moderately fast time is anticipated In the runs as the Karlha.ni track is in better shape jthan.it wa3 last weekend the tricksters. are most

of them ilfthe best of mid-season

form. The lumping . pit has been moved from its former position and has been placed iff an advantageous position in front of the grand stand. Rath Must Appear and Answer to Speeding Charge NEW YORK, April 21. "Babe" Ruth, the New York American league team's famous homemn - hitter, who was served with a summons charging violation of the automobile speed limit while enroute to the polo grounds yesterday, Is required to appear in court here April 27, it was announced today.

Altering, Repairing, Relink g Carry and Save Wan-: '"- JOE MILLER, Prop. 617J4 Main St. . Second Floor

a triile unchanged from 1912 or 19U, ,t(i iri 1(M crashed and pounded their wav to the ,eaiea m J5nroabsolute heights of the baseball world. Doesnt that prove that it's the manAll of which would indicate that it's ager who does it? Sure that's the the manager who makes flag grabbers, answer until one carries on a little

father and discovers

How about the Giants and Athletics? The men of Connie Mack won pen-

Totals 27 5 8 27 17 ST. LOUIS AB.R. IB. FO. A.

0 1 0 0 0 1 F.

nants in 1910, 1911. 1913 and 1914. Then Mack broke up the mighty combination. He sold, traded or released i lie brightest of his stars. With confident air, he announced that soon quite soon he'd have another machine as powerful as were those of 1904 and 1909. A lot of aqua has rippled under the

bridges of time since then. Seven full

and discovers that although

!the Giants had the very same leader

in 1915, they finished absolutely last. And that was two years after they had won a pennant and only one year after they had given the Braves a mighty tussel into the 1914 stretch. Jf it's the manager, why did the Giants finish in the 1915 cellar? Why couldn't. McGraw if he's the man who made the Giants great do likewise

seasons have come and gone and yet,! hIs I?!5 outflt? . f1?1 he

Heathcote. cf 4 0 0 2 0 0 Fournier, lb 4 0 0 7 1 0 Stock, 3b. 4 0 0 0 2 0 Hornsby. If 4 0 1 4 0 0 McHenry, rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 Lavan, ss 4 3 3 5 4 0 Dilhoefer, c 3 1 2 01 0 Toporcer, 2b 3 0 1 5 2 1 Haines, p 3 0 0 1 3 1

Totals 33 4 925 13 3 One out when winning run was scored. Cincinnati 110 100 0115 St. Louis 020 000 1014 Three-Base Hits Hornsby, Lavan. Home Run Duncan. Left on Bases Cincinnati, 6; St. Louis, 4. Double Play Toporcer to Lavan to Fouriner. Struck Out By Fixey, 2. Rase on Balls Off Haines, 3. Time 1:34. Umpires Rigler and Moran.

1 Games Yesterday j National League. At Boston R. H. E. Ne wYork 101 T.00 0019 11 1 Boston 000 100 1305 12 2 Nehf, Barnes and Snyder; Scott. Fillingim and O'Neil. At Philadelphia R.H. E. Brooklyn 000 100 0124 12 0 Philadelphia 200 000 0002 12 0

S. Smith and Miller; G. Smith and Druggy. At Chicago R . H. E. Pittsburg 100 104 O00 6 12 2

Chicago 000 301 0015 12 1 Carlson, Glazer and Schmidt; Freeman. Bailev, Cheeves and O'Farrell. American League. At New York R.H.E. Boston 000 010 003 4 9 2 Npt York 010 000 340 S 12 1 Russell and Ruel; Quinn and Schang. At Detroit R. H. E. Cleveland 000 010 1046 10 1 Detroit 015 300 0009 18 2 At Washington R.H. E. Philadelphia 300 010 0004 7 2 .Washington 000 011 220 6 1 0 2 Hasty, Roramejl, Harris and Perkins: Erickson. Zackery and Gharrity. Chicago at St. Louis. Rain. American Association. At Indianapolis R. H. E. Toiedo 000 000 040 037 8 1 Indianapolis .001 002 010 015 11 3 Mead, Okrie and Laabs; Whitehouss and Gossett. At Milwaukee R. H. E Minneapolis 030 000 0205 11 1 Milwaukee 000 000 2002 6 4 James, George and Mainer; Northrop and Staylor. At Kansas City R. H. E. St. Paul 404 1 00 11011 13 5 Kansas City .001 10 11 000-13 21 2 Merritt, Hall, Griner and Allen; Wil Hams, Watts, Herstman and Brock, Connolly. At Louisville R. H. E. Columbus 103 010 0005 11 2 Louisville 000 120 010 4 9 5 Sherman, Haid and Wilson; Estell. Sanders and Kocher. Jacob Whitman Bailey, a graduate of the United States Military Academy of the class of 1832, is regarded as the pioneer microscopic investigation.

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t How They Stand

since 1914, no team of Connie Mack

ever has been able to climb out of the cellar. How About Failures? If, as can be contended in Stalling's case, the manager made the team, how come the seven succepsive and atrocious failures of the leader who, in 1914, was heralded as one of the most remarkable of all time? The Phillies under the management of Charlie Dooin, never amounted to

anything. So the sorrel thatched backstop was eased through the Philadelphia gate after the 1914 battling was

clone. The job was handed to Pat

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UTrvrnn whn npver hart lionrllAfJ a hieriJOS'!

league club before. Yet in his very first season at the helm 1915 Pat's team won- a pennant with practically the same men who couldn't finish better than sixth a season before. Wasn't it the manager who turned the trick in that case? Consider the Cincinnati Reds: From 1S90 to 19 IS inclusive, the loftiest position they ever occupied was third place. In 1918, they anchored there but in the matter of percentage were far back of the league leader. And then came the same Pat Moran in 1919. With a team no stronger than the third place 1919 Reds and considered even weeker by some he drove them into a pennant and climaxed the year's work by winning a world's championship. Didn't the manager do It?

But before the laurel is circled

hadn't shot his managerial bolt by that time. He still possessed leadership greatness as is shown . by the fact that two years later Le won another flag. .... With the Giants, isn't It a case of the players rather than the manager? How About Cleveland? But if you want to toss the glory to fhe players, how about the Cleveland outfit of years ago? Lajoie at his very best Hickman, the mighty slugger, BTadley,.one of the greatest third basemen of all time; Bemis, a superb catcher: Flisk, the demon clouter; Bay, the fleetest of all outfielders;

peerless moundsnian all were in

the line-up at one time. The team ranked them as the most terrific hitting in history. It had a great backstopping department, splendid pitchers, remarkable fielders but it couldn't win a pennant. So before you decide that It's the players who win pennants, why couldn't that all powerful Cleveland club do it a dozen and more years

ago? And how about thn 1920 Yankees? Third place wa its position. Yet the crew shattered all team records as regards home runs. It was led by the greatest slugger of all time, who punched out 54 circuit swats. Ihe Yanks hit for .280, made 115 homers, scored an average of nearly 6 runs per game, had the ?40.000 Carl Mays and a galaxy of other great hurlers on the mound still they couldn't win. All of which ought to demonstrate

Total 23

Maher Meats Fye, 3b Aubin, c Maher, p

Miller, ss Williams, lb. Dillon, 2b Landwehr, cf. . . Mitchell, If

Adams, rf 1

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3 H. 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 , 0 o

15 O. 0 IS 0 0 3 1 0 0 1

A. E. 0 0

"Babe" Ruth will not be mentioned in this column more than once a day. So help, etc.

Funny how a lot of these spring

1 1 training camp satellites Decorae snoot0 ing stars about the time "big time"

0 1 hurlers heave a few slants in their

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Notice where Gene Hunt retains his I checker crown of this city by defeatj ing 13 checker sharks, at No. 5 hose I house.

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Total IS 3

By innings Bakers 000 0011 Maher Meats Ill OOx 3 Struck out By Maher, 13; Lee, 7. Bases on balls By Maher, 1; Lee, 2. Stolen Bases Patterson, Lee, Adams, Dillon, 2. Sacrifice hits Maher. Double plays Dillon to Williams. Umpire Doughtery.

INDIANS HOME COMING INTERESTS CLEVELAND

Suppose the horseshoe heavers bare begun to tune up their shoes and pegs for the spring campaign. But the thing that always has bothered most people is who is the champion long distance tobacco' spitter and whittler of the city. Meusel. left fielder for the Philadelphia Nationals, has knocked out three home runs in three successive games. He gathered three hits in the same number of times at bat in Wednes-

i day's game.

(By Associated Press) CLEVELAND, O., April 21. Interest in the home coming today of the Cleveland Indians for the first time since they won the world's baseball championship, centers in Riggs Stephenson, star second baseman, who is making bis initial appearance before the home fans. He is leading the

regulars at bat with 14 hits out of 24! times up and his fielding has been! sensational. Cleveland and St. Louis are sched-i uled to open the local season, and j preparations have been made to handle the, largest opening day crowd in local history'. The 11,000 reserved seats have been sold for weeks. j The usual festivities are on the pro- j gram with Mayor Fitzgerald slated to pitch the first ball. Indications are that Bagby will pitch for the cham- i

pions and Davis or Schocker for the Browns.

Meusel, Yankee right fielder, also brought that name into prominence by smacking out a home run in the eighth inning of the game with Boston sending Ruth and Pipp across ahead of him.

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around the inaugural dome, let's look i that Jts neither the players nor the

manager max a winner is a team possessed of great players director by j a great manager. The players can't

win wnnout a real manager1 ana a manager can't win without real players. ( Copyright 1021 Br.Klne Features Syndicate. Inc..)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Clubs. Won. New York 4 Pittsburg 3 Chicago 3 Boston 4 Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 2 Brooklyn 2 St. Louis 1 AMERICAN LEAGl Clubs. Won. New York 4 Washington 5 St. Louis 4 Cleveland 3 Detroit 2 Boston 2 Chicago 1 Philadelphia 1 AMERICAN ASSOCIAClubs. Won. Minneapolis 2 Louisville 6 Indianapolis 4 Milwaukee 2 Kansas City 2 St, Paul 2 Toledo 2 Columbus 1

Lost. Pet. 1 .800 2 .714 2 .600 3 .571 4 .429 3 .400 5 .280 4 .200 E Lost. Pet. 1 .800 2 .714 2 .667 3 .500 2 .500 4 .333 3 .250 5 .167 ION. Lost. Pet. 0 1.000 1 .857 2 .667 1 .667 3 .400 4 .333 5 .286 5 .167

GAMES TODAY National Lesgue Cincinnati at Pittsburg. Chicago at St. Louis. Philadelphia at New York. Boston at Brooklyn. American League Detroit at Chicago St. Louis at Cleveland. New York at Philadelphia. Washington at Boston. American Association Idianapolis at Toledo. Louisville at Columbus.

Mails Suffers First Defeat Since Joining Americans fBy Associated Press) DETROIT. April 21. When the Tigers knocked Walter Mails out of the box in Wednesday's game with Cleveland the Indians' southpaw suffered his first defeat since coming to the American league late last season. The records credited Mails with six victories and no defeats until yesterday. It was the second time the Detroiters had routed bim. the first occasion being in one of the closing series games last year.

Tourney at Bloomington Nets Gross Total of $2,493 (Py Associated Press) BLOOMINGTON, Ind., April 21. Figures made public by the Athletic board of control of Indiana 'University show that a net profit of $S7S.71 was

realized on the regional high school basketball tournament which was held ; at the college gymnasium March 12. j The tournament was held under the j joint management of the State High I School Athletic association and the j Indiana university board and the profit j will be divided equally between the; joint managers. J The figures show a season ticket ' sale amounting to $1X71 and gate ad- , missions of $752. bringing the total j gross receipts to $2,423. I

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nas been won. Kerr is slated to pitch for the Sox. A slight shower yester-

j day evening and threatening weather

toaay may cause postponement

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