2 THE SUN, SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1919. Greatest u in Numbered Among the Southpaws Plank, Waddell and Ruth Rank Highest

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tr rnisnimicic g. lieu, Alfredo De .Oro, the three cushion "All Sport? for All" Is tho slogan (Copyright. ma. All rights nterrmlA I champion billiard player of the world. adopted for tho International Olymplo When , the great Gettys- figuratively In war paint and feathers Commltlco by Baron rierro de Couber-- 1 burg southpaw, a. Its declined to sign con to spring on next oppo- - ii . I I - J I I I . ready his chairman of that body. 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His next opponent will be rcqutrcs the removal of sport limita- hardly could have received a stronger Wild Bob Cannefax, the EL Louis tions whereby ono class Is privileged testimonial than the offer by the Yan- filmoon, who has rockhound confidence over another. Ho advocates a wider ap- kee management of a contract calling in his ability to trounce any player In plication of tho principles which! are the ior a sum which would cause almost the world, and Is so suro he will win foundation of tho American. Amateur any ball player's heart to Jump, and from De Oro he Is willing to wager on It. Athletic Union and suggests the forma- this deaplto the fact that Plank will be The battle will take placo In Greater tion of a "Sporting Order of Chlalry" forty.four years of age next July. How- - New York early next month, and the along tho lines of tho organization now ever. In returning the contract riank yy mams. chief bidders for tho event are the prominent in Sweden. wrote to Hugglns that it would be uaet" mamm Klks Club and tho Friars of 'Manhattan Baron de Coubertln states that "ath- less for the Yankees to Increase tjrte and Rational Recreation of Brooklyn. letics has an Important rolo to play dur amount, as he was established In Jtho De Oro Is doing much of his .practice Ing tho reconstruction period throughout automobile business In Gettysburg and work nt Rational Recreation, and the tho world. It Is a leveller of classes and would not consider an offer to return to iHisii fact that the Cuban made n of 14 a tho foe of all bad Instincts nnd habits, uaseoail. few days ago bodes 111 for Cannefix. engenders observation, self control, prac- To tho very last Plank retailed his De Oro successfully defended his title tical philosophy In case of failure qual- ' I atiy efficiency. When he t retired I ' . - against a player named Copulous In ities needed by present generations for from the fit. Louis Browns In 'August. bBsbbV;; HbB .IHnkVS Sf'? Detroit throe weeks ago and the cham tho tasks that confront them." 1917, Tlank did so hs haft pion now la top form. nfter pitched - at He urges the federations to awake to a three etratght games In which InnW i BBBBBBW.irr:r--j- ! i .Ai. bbbw w r , vbbT1' ' ; . i hits i bw realization of tho sporting spirit and were made off his dellvery. Then iiBBBH bbh '&lxsk.t Klrrkhefrr Dents Cnnnefnx. needs of that class heretofore barred he lost a two hit game to John- money. son of Cannefax also Is carefully preparing from participation due to lack, of the Senators', Washington win- for tho combat with tho veteran title Baron do Coubertln also touohes upon ning 1 to 0. and became Ao disgusted with tho quality holder. As a means of getting Into tho evils of professionalism and com of his support that he good condition Cannefax played a 300 In their relation to organlxed mo , merclallsm Drowni ana wejnt home point match with Aug Kleckhefi-r- meets and contests, "which develop large foimer champion, In Chicago, and was ap- ' - groupa of Inactive, spectators whoso .lotnrd Steel .t,enrne. Rube V' defeated after an Interesting contest plause a damaging influence upon hVAVT got has Ho was traded to thej Yankees the fol- .Hb, ' by 300 to 287. The the athletes, lowing 300 Innings, Is winter, but cafet his lot last sa-fo- n wadded his points In 325 which Tho danger of clannlshness or too with Beth-ehe- m HiieKl averaging fairly well. Kleckhefer won the Steeltoy team the great legislative by sport gov- of K 1 restriction Steel Leagtfe, tho final block by 50 to 49, showing that Players In ATHLETICS . 1s pointed out this way erning federations nlso league aeciarea tlyt Plank was as ef- IHiiHffifVJHr Cannefax was on his heels all the and a pica made for a broader and more fective as ever, afod HUgglns anx-ou- s 0 Starting the last day with a lead of was tolernnt policy In order that greater to have hlnfiwlth the Yankees dur. only four points on the match. Klerk freedom and opportunity may exist In tng trie coming season. ii;vtV hefer lncresed his advantage to twehe. "When the hot regardless of weather. come I handicap proved too much for athletics for all classes, along Plank would be '."M which their social or financial standing. uio I III Robert In the deciding tilt, though twice io win a jot of cmnei with a hit llB BbMbI v KlHbV . AV- - X WBsyiBVv ting team hAhlnd him," said the Yankee BBI BBB .HHa. after passing Augle he got within four 4HHVJHSAir SQUASH. . But Plank decided to remain points of the little lefthander, only to TORRANCE WINS AT at nome. , Sua fall back beaten as a result of one of There lei not on record another Instance Klcckhcfer's far famed finishes. Ilents DImkpo Knsy In Cresernt A. of a pltchfer retaining fTMI one high run 9 hla vn ni Kleckhefer had of and C. Tonrncy. Plank's age or of a pitcher who has) Cannefax collected 7. retrogressed so little during a stretch of Kieckhefcr's friends were gratified and Norman V. Torrance, the present tltlo declared the Chlcagoan had returned to holder, defeated C. W. Dlngoe in the , of course, won many more the form that mado him a terror to all first round of tho annual Class A squash garner! than Plank, as he started mush comers nnd which would result In his tenuis championship tournament of the but In his forty-fourt- h year regaining the title. Crescent Athletic Club yesterday. Tor- Jg-- trusty shoulder became disabled League y and one of the star pitch- The spectacular performances of Ar- rance won by 2 15, 15 12. 15 B, VT he had fn rptire. ers of all time. Vaughn showed signs thur Newman nnd Harry Levlne In the In tho Class B tourney H. Somers and Jtatheweon. a man Ave years younger I of developing Into a great pitcher during three cushion tourney of the National A. S. Moses both advanced Into the sec- lan Fiank, lost effectiveness much the three seasons he spent with the Association of Amateur Billiard Play-- rt ond round. Somers disposed of C M ooner than Eddie, though they started Yankees, but his Indifferent disposition stand out prominently as records BImm In straight games at 15 2, 16 J, n the big leagues together, and were retarded his progress. He was sold to for the amateur players of the angle and Moses eliminated H. Burroughs by rivals during their entire baseball r, Washington In 1911 for tho waiver price. game. Newman made a high run of S 815. 1512, 1510. The summaries first In college and later In world's Ho drifted back to tho minors, and Chi- and Levlne achieved an eight pushlon CI&sb A Championship Nonnan F. Tor-run- e series. r;r - cago bought htm from Kansas City In carom. defeated C. W. J)lntee. 2 1A, 15 i: bbb iiiaa vrBBm- 1913. 135; N M. Starling defeated J. P Carlln Plank achieved 320 major league vic Br...Kr.k.! b; .bbbb He has been a star with tho Cubs In view of the fact that tho profes- by default tories during his career, against ISO de- ever since, v augnn now claims inai no sional record run Is 18. made by Frank CIM H Chnmplonahlp It. omTi Ar feats, giving him a seventeen year per- - was unjustly accused of lazlneas In New Morln In tournr.ment, Newman's fat Is featc.t C M. Jllmm, IS a, l!t 2; A. f entace of Plank's full fol- - York and that a bad shoulder prevented to bo JIoim JefeatBj II flurrougha. S In record commended. lo 12. 1510 own: htm from pitching for tho Yankeo man- De Oro once made a run ot 18. but It C agers l lan Chnmplunslllp V A. Ryan iron f Turn. Tnr TTon. Lot. P. C as ho elnce has pitched for the was In a friendly game and does not liy default from II UJan U II Oriltan -l- Uhletlca ...... isnt if 11 .far Cubs. count In the records. won by default from W. n. Flatier; W Iithletlc i:. 31. Burroufh-1.11- 12 :o is .v. Harry Coveleskle. a left bonder who Levlnc's eight cushion carom Is clote 51errltt ileffatut H. JMhletles . ISM :i n ,r,'o to winter, 1." (1; II JI. Taylor won by de flthletlcs ...... 1MI : ir .fn: slid down the minors last had to the professional lecord of nlno In fault from P Jonn; M. I. Thompson d .lunietiei 10OX u 12 ,h: a fast ball that was puzzling and Giant tournament play, although ten cushions rente .1. It. Watkley. 12 IB, 111 11 athletics 1904 J? .'fo fans will not soon forget how ho knocked have been taken In practice. In describ- 1510, u s. GrlfTfn defeated D D, Tim yYiuicwcv ITri :t neit, 1815, IS 17...... fc...... h .fo.cr: New York out ot the pennant In 190$, ing tho method of making a ten cushion n i won games Phil- 1 in ,tss when he three for the shot. De Oro said : SOCCElTGAiLEirTO-DAY- . iMwetice ilia 15 10 .M5 lies In the last week of the season. "Tho ten cushion shot Is made with j unlet lea mi t .TSS able now I il Other left banders in the the first object ball frozen against the thltics Hi! J .I3 game who held own SeTrral Matches In thletlca ir.3 IT 10 ,6!!n could have their side rail and the second In the corner This tumio 14 7 m: with the left handed pitching stare of a llttlo way out from thu angle. You f in District. . Louis reds ids 21 it .Me any era are George Tyler of the Cubs, bank before you lilt the first object ball, Loul Am's 118 14 It .414 Dutch Leonard, now with the Yankees; Cup and championship fixtures. Ii Louis Am's HIT S double cushioning, so to speak, and then eluding .!! Sherrod Smith or the Dodgers nnd go twice around the tabic." one between New York and Clan ettl l"J 1 7 Perdlo Schupp of the Giants. After two MacDufT at Lenox Ovnl, make up the great reasons In 1914 and 1917 Schupp Tnlirrskt on Tour. i soccer schedule fur this afternoon. Th" I Drcame Pomona Overnight. was useless to iNew York last year, but A. F. A. final between PaterPon and Krank Taberskl, who la deaf to chal- rosslbly the secret of Plank's dura-- , again promises to take his place with the Bethlehem has been postponed. The 'Ity star southpaws of baseball. lenges from Ralph Greenleaf, Is In the bohedule follows: was the lateness with which he eht beating Johnny Layton In exhilil "arted his big league career. He was Li Sultana r up Kin Ttound Rnnrr tlon games. Taberskl seems to hae'v. Tulton at flushing, viking vs. La "u natural pitcher, but never knew It taken a leaf from Willie Hoppe's book tana tit Ma.'i.mtm Park. until he was Ir his twenties at college. O'DOUL'S PITCHING Southern New York Cup. Focond rteunrt Willie is showing people how easy It Is - He never tried to play ball until he George Mnno Dry Dork va Whlto Dm. at entered Gettysburg, lo beat Sutton. Mor Oval, New York vi Clan McDuff a where the IMinx 0al rcognzed his ability and sent him to A plan In on foot to form threo threo Combination - Longfellow v ho mumd. RECORD IS GOOD Manhattan at ft.y IiliU-- r Oval cushion leagues, representing the ICast, New Mack heard of Plank's exploits at In .1rov Mate ''up Hancock Wll midwest and West, tho winners tho ro C t Spee.lway K. C at i lark iettysburg and wired him to Join the different sections to play for the national Field, Ka.t Newark. thletlcs. Plank was then !5, and championship. The territory tn be t.over had seen a major league game. hVon Out of 19 Games on HifWi V v covered by the lea cues is as follows: WAR HEROES IN LINEUP. He game Ath- BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBVBHBSBBBBBBBKSBBJKtfnWHI babe BBBB ,Ai t W. J 5BBfaSBfBBfBBKBTrK,.. I I li lost his first with the nil v Hat-- t New York, Brooklyn. Newark, letics, off vic- Coast. but reeled six successive Last Year Undefeated Boston. Baltimore. .Philadelphia, Pitts- I.leul. Wiley. Hrildlng nnd tories. From that time until he left burg, Buffalo and Washington. Pole he shone brilliantl- in Final Six. To- With Lincoln Cliinta. y Midwest Cleveland, Cincinnati, There are few cases of players ledo, Akron, Detroit. Indianapolis, Kan-ha- s Old time rivalry will he resumed thl 1 with limited college experience entering Oil), St. Louis, Milwaukee nnd afternoon at Olympic Field, 13th street nrofesslonal baseball and becoming fa- Francis Joseph O'Doul, who has made Chicago and Fifth avenue, when the Llncol ' mous tho outset. from a hit down at Jacksonville through his West Denver, Salt Ijike, Seattle, Giants tackle the Ironsides, champion Next to Plank the leading rs Spokane, Tacoma, Portland, Los Angeles, ability to pinch remarkably of Newatk, in tho fenttiro game of a have been , for hit. was not Sacramento, Fresno and Sap. Francisco. double, header. Tiles? teams have playen ears a team-mat- e of Plank on the Ath- - proficient In this line of work when he . a series of flvo games each year since tics ; Nap Pucker, the former great played on tho coast last year. He was ROBINS IN RETURN GAME. 1913. and tn date the, Llncolns have loet fiuthpaw of tho Brooklyn club ; Babe used reven times ae sub swatter and only one series. Mut of the. games have Uuth. the famous player of I a LJ lcW been hard fought, wtlh the margin of Mar-jar- d, In blows, sin- shipbuilder Mill Meet llnaho ir Boston lied Sox, and Rube pitcher strained his arm beh.i'f of a only twice during that stretch raised came through with two both victory Might The Llncolns will pl " " " To-dn- y. now with tho Brooklyn club. second division club, and when h.a club his percentage over .500. DOC." WHITE, LADY BALDWIN , gles, nnd both mado ort good pitchers. nt DcTter Park tho Chesters in tho tlrst name. pennant, great par- finally won a tlm The writer rtculls one game In playing -- l'lnrn,!1 WHITE Jack Qulnn, who la a return Owing to the tlnn bowing made hv j 'nt, ints will have Cannon Waddell Unhlttable. Rucltcr's iirm was ruined, and ho closed ticular, which may lie taken as a sample SOX DETROIT NATIONALS engagement with the Yanks, and Bill 1,1,11 Redd'iig. ih.. recently In Brooklyn by pitching two of tho the Robins Dry Dock nine In its opening returned will' No pitcher of history had his career RiicktT luck with Brooklyn. It Portion, who was with tho Red Sox last - ,hp BuftMoes from France, on the Innings a world's serlcK game whli'h was Willi MnrqiiHril was piling up came of tho season with the BuMi mound t deceptive a delivery. He had a fast-- 1 of his fall and who still Is their property ' "", Ilnut- Wiley behind the bat. Poles already had been lost by hl.i team. He run of nineteen ftralght vlctorlea In wicks at Dexter Park, near the Cvnress leaking curve and when he was at tho while pitching In Manhattan and Cincinnati Nationals, and later with the O'Doul, who was born In San Fran- Hills L, last Sunday, tho shipbuilders of Col. Bill Haood'fl regiment, who op of form he was almost utvhlt-- - was fcent In for purely sentimental 1!W2. Rucker was pitching strongly Brooklyn horoughs, he has been ono of New Orleans club of the Southern Asso cisco on March 4. IS97, was a team- was Injured In France, will play In his agalnrt Marquard, up have been booked for n return game at the ble. However, Waddell was lacking reasons. and io tho'scventli tho game's leading left banders, and ciation. mate of Rudy Kalllo of Detroit In De grounds outfield. one of thon? queer twists of Itrooklyni 1 - the same for this afternoon. ol But for lnnliiK the led by ! lo during the championship years Noodles Cincinnati, was Mol-tk- won eight i and discretion. He was three llahn, also of In 1917. He out of The snme lineups that furnished tho ex- responsible and It was due to the fate, upon which depends the success In the seventh Inning the Giants filled ot the Cll.ints 1911, 191J and 1913 mother capable left handed worker. fourteen games in the Western League. or failure of no many players, ltucker tho bapes on errors and and uo citement In last week's content will uatlence of the astute Mack that Wad-ii- ll paBc, ho did much toward winning the gave Indications of de Last year, for Frisco, he won twelve bo In Bill i.vi:RYTHi--- might have taken hla place, beside Plank, IJealo Becker raised a high fly Just In- seen action. Kellcher will Kon retained his place before the pub- flags as any man on the team. veloping Into a great left handed pitcher out of nineteen. Ho started the year pitch for the Bushwlcks and Jimmy years. for- Waddell, Coombs, Bender and other side tho first base line. Alt tho Dodger Looking backward, Richmond, for- when ho Joined tho Giants. But ho broke badly it grandly. In his lic for so many But Mack's moumlsmen, but finished Ring of the Cincinnati club and Fred Billiards Bowling Wad-lo- ll truly great infloldcrs gazed at the hall and finally M bearance at length snapped, and merly of tho Worcester team, appears his left arm and turned to outfleldlng. last six Karnes O'Doul w.ik undefeated. Von Kssen will oppose him finished his major league career Tooley tore In from short, and made n to have been ono of the first left Ueorge. van Haltren also Marted as a ninnine a nalr of eleven Inning contests Tiap Iluckrr's III Lack. try for it. His efforts were costly as he good Other players In the lineup of the ;iru1 'I ernvs with the Bt. Louis Browns. He nearly banders and a ot. Tn his day, left handed pitcher of promise, hut later and hurling three ehutoute. will be Taguer Prnc to Suit pitched Augusta. Oa., batted the ball with his gloved hand In Itushwicks the brothers. BY FXPFRT pitched that club Into a pennant In Rucker for the few pitchers baseball wero his equal, devoted his talents to the outfield. The runless games wero against Salt Illconda, Ing. Weiss, Freddy REPAIRS MFCHANICS men no-h- .1 In Hohnian, year In Missouri. team of the Bally League In 1906, and Into the Giant dugout, and the three Richmond has three lt games to Lake on June 23. to 0; Oakland on The llriinnirk'1lftlke.fo1rnrirr Co., '908, his first on gave Mar- A! Burch nnd MoAvoy 3S was In the had an option on a player the bases scored. This his credit. Including the first no-hl- t. Other Famous Tort ldrr. Ju,y 4 j (D 0 ftnd Jms Angeles on July Went aid street, near Itrmutway. Waddell game 4 3. on that club. Its leading pltchem were quard the by to Pitch- 10, 2 to 0. O'Dout'a pitching rivals being Wore the organization of the American Marquard was Jesse T.tnnehlll was a star with the League, and served at various times Rucker and Holmes, the latter a right hit fourteen times and ing for Worcester in the Independent Pittsburg Pirates and was one of the Jean Dubuc. Speed Martin and Otis four, fourteen Dodgers no-h- Pittsburg Chi- hander. Doubtless thinking he had Rucker but were Association, he achieved a lt game game. with the Louisville, and on left handed pitching stars of the Crandall enough left handed pitching talent In left the bases. against Chicago on Juno 2, 1S79, nnd Sox pair O'Doul's extra round victories camo cago clubs. a-- heady pitcher, The White had a famous recently told the story of AVaddell and Plank, Mack Ignored Rucker was and after less than two months later. July 23, In Nick on successive days over Sacramento. He McOraw he lost his sharp breaking curve, ho of left handed stars Altrock (Vaddell's first game with the old Louis- Hucker and took Holmes, who never he repeated the feat against Springfield. and George White, relieved a faltering pitcher on June 14 SPALDING amounted to anything In Philadelphia. cultivated a slow ball, which still baf- Worcester was In the National League and won over the Bees In eleven rounds, ville Nationals. The fled opposing batsmen. But, Con- Jack Pflester. Jack the Giant Killer thirty-si- x runs. He Brooklyn then drafted Rucker, and hsd in 1880, and Richmond pitched a perfect as he was to New 4 to 3, and the next day, going It alone, hit Mb pitching for eight years gavo nie Maclc taken Rucker In 1907, how known York fans, roved so hard to handle mat no mnn-xe- r for the next Rucker game against Cleveland on July 12, 18S0 was one of a twirling staff composed travelled eleven Innnlngs and won, 3 team, different would have been Ms 1 would tolerate him, and ho drifted his best for a second division and career? The game was won by Worcester, to o? Brown, Overall. Iluelbach and Pfles- to 2. BASE BALL qo the Paclfio coast. 0, Arthur Irwin scoring tho lono run ter, During the curtailed season of the When the famous court decision in of the game. FA KUIIan was nn able left hander Coast Leaguers O'Doul won three extra in? deorlved the Athletics of Lajole, Is Greatest Left Hander Richmond becamo an educator later on the Detroit staff when that club was lnnnlng games and pitched five shutouts. EQUIPMENT .Hrif and oltchers Duggleby and Bern- - In life, nnd y Is a professor ot winning pennants. The other overtime event he landed also Mack thought or waaaeu, wirea To-da- y history at the Toledo High School. In his early days In tho National League was against Sacramento. This lasted tardt. League Pitchers Semi-Pr- o to come East. Among Major The greatewt of tho old time left Kllllan used to stuff cotton in his ears thirteen Innings and was played on May and Amateur (im and Plank proved to bo the Babe Ruth still Is a youngster, and ,the ago of twenty-fou- r he beat a world's banders was Matt Kllroy, who did hla whenever he pitched ngalnst Baltimore 3. The score was 4 to 3 pair of left handers-an- y team no one knows at this tlmo how great series record held by best pitching for the Baltimore team of so that ho could not hear the Orioles de- O'Doul's tlrst knlsomlnlng Job was Department old Hver and together they pitched lie may becomo. Before ho finishes his that many thought would stand for the American Association, nnd ride him, done against Sacramento on April II. the Athleticspo"l'lo their first pennant that career he may even exact Plank, king years to come. Matty had a record ot several times turncM In over fifty vic- For years Harry Sallee, former Car- 1 to 0, and his dccond agalnht Salt Luka BATS, MASKS, y - twenty-eig- MITTS, GLOVES, name season. of the left banders. Ruth un- i pitching successive world's tories a season, dinal nnd Giant, has been one of the City on June 4, 2 to 0. questionably Is the greatest left hander l series innings without a rur I sing ldy Baldwin of the Detroit slug-ge- rs greatebt left banders In the game, but, If Huggina keeps Earl Phillips Bald-- n UNIFORMS, SHOES AND Behreck's Invaluable Aid. In the American League, and none but scored on him, but Ruth excelled this when they were National League like Rucker, he had the misfortune to tn. the Mite Manager will be ablo to Inning, nnd world's champions was the smartest THE OFFICIAL BALL of Waddell's success In Phila- Vaughn can challenge the tall Boston by one spend the best part of his career with send Into action a real roast batters Much I Marquard old time left was was due to Ossle Bchrecken-ghos- t, boy'e right to call himself tho greatest Rube often has been termed of the handers and a second division team. Baldwin having been born In Oaklar.d delphia In baseball, a lucky pitcher, nnd some may object a great pitcher dosplto his frail 1, 189!. his catcher. Schreck, as he was southpaw hulld. George Wiltse was for years one of on September A. G. SPALDING & known, was like Waddell of He haB more speed than any other to having tym named as one of the Toad Ramsay was Matt Kllroy's MoGraw's best men, though his slender Having played with Portland once, BROS. popularly excepting Wal- - game's five greatest left handers. No greatest rival In the old days of wortlve disposition, and like Waddell pitcher In baseball, not the build prevented him from pitching as and former Portland plajers senerally Johneon, Alexander or Vaughn. doubt n pitcher nocda a certain American Association, when Toad some tho south-paw- s. they to tim- died a comparatively young man. ter amount often un of more rugged stick when advance fast One skilful American League player i of luck to enable him to win played with the Louisville team, They . Is a 50.50 Kchreck possessed real baseball Intui- nineteen pani it better than bet that partners told the writer that Ruth doea not pitch games In a row, bti' ' irnuard did uome wero considered baseball's best fouth-1-aw- n One of Wlltsc's greatest claims to Baldwin, like O'Doul, will be retained tion, and readied hla battery day iis weaknesses of hitters. the ball. great pitching when he achieved that in their feme was a ten Inning no hit game In Jack Graney, Stanley Covclesk'c, Davy to the game re- leading ' Waddell occasionally developed "He simply throws the sphere to the remarkable record. In the Tltcomh was tho Giants' left which only the first man up reached first Bancroft, Ivan Olson, Charley Hollocher While so speedily you ferred to, where Brooklyn had hander In the '80s. Discussion as Mays. Gregg. wlldnesa yet lo hla best day he could plate that cannot hit It," base. A pitched ball Just grazed Roy Allan Sotheron, Carl Vean player. , on It took grit to old time southpaws Is Incomplete Roger Pecklnpaugh send the ball almost where he pleased, said this left bases. and Thomas's inlform. Joe Evans and are Nap Ruclter Whether Ruth DltcheiVbr throws the ability to prevent scoring, without reference Uo Theodore Brelten- - Jim Vaughn Is unquestionably the somjPortland players of former yean f The career of gets ups who (ho ipaseball tragedy. Vor year thl famous ball, he results, .rid last fall at Despite Mnrquard's and downs ulrln, pitched Tor St. Louis and greatest left bander In .the National nowSA the National or American. nt luutiiuiB puem