, <**»* £»? \ V-\^ ,| •:*vfe^|,•: BASE > BM^tilu-" \'MIOPniOI^| »'v? The Nineteenth Twt, No. 32. ttocaeatwr, NT. ¥/.» M*y JS, UN*.

**SBB l>evlta 1M on© of the highest types off ball player. Diofit fyt&t tfi*fc Hfej THE THIRD BASEMAN, brfedea with Uerwnia energy, ajjd 1$ IS la airoaa In. *il t the nervous man who work* hard, G1D FIRST SACK largely through instinct and not mere-| tie is a Most Important Factoi ly because it is necessary, Devlin la one of the hardest workers Jn the Initial Ba0 Holder* Much Soughj in Winning Games. major leagues today. Detroit has Bui Conghlia. He is not After by Different CM>tv 1 wll

m a player of the showy class, but he 4V $io#d man t$ WHICH ONE IS THE LEADER? gets anything that comes near the Jft*1 sack. Coughlin. by the way, Is the only bis league third Backer who wears n*i CH»SE-I$ A wmXS&Sfc** Many Think Stainfaldt of Chicago Na­ a small mit instead of a glove. His: man, a w* A>~.^^ „ tionals, Others Bradlay of Clavaland raason "far so doing lies In the fact "that Naw York Amartean'a Wrs* aMama»jboM» ttaie Diace aovan for Laach and Daviin Stars of tha Fint| part of two fingers on the left hand A.Uni»>ilnatha rawt^HH Hi. CJav.1 Order. are missing. Aside from "being a] BARRELS VERSUr Waylrii-~Tlm dawls* taj*avt*a * ••,...., sfiSic- When asked what position on tbe|kgrea t fielder. Coughlin can hit the ball.! Unalawb Is fait. WIH th« MMitaan Ath»a*J« i diamond be regards as the most dif The Chicago Americana have In Lee Never before baa tbaw been soefc (] „ FjPPsss ifHRWrf;" WIff** flcuit except that of tlie pitcher tbe| Tannehill a brilliant and sensational] •mall number of really hlrb. cUw 6tti £***** * 8* J^ «* ball player will Invariably reply. fielder, but as a swat artist •Tanne' 011 "attrarttny mew a#aut*q« Third base." The demand for skaiedj" ^? ranks with Lajfole. In Jimmy guardians of tbe difficult comer Is far Collins the Philadelphia Americans] h*1* m *oo4 onsa would a«v*r ^Hatt'I.SS^iiSw ajreater than the supply. The past fivehav e a third stationer woo knows of putoqr wiin. tb*m unU« jwcttU*, gfiS *£$ &Tto or six years have developed few classy baseball from A to Z. Jimmy is a r«iion«^1»X«tBobby Byrne of tbe St Louis ,~^ ivfattte third baseman have ever won a pea Nationals was one of tbe surprises last ^ar i m 0, *p e ** fm** il* A ^s* vnsk * «A «a* \ Vkt'v *fc\ wa« * «•.«"*' ' nant- Considering the great demand aMeaajaf^^^——< and the big money a clever player can aiyflPf^fy.-a^a^^a^^ -'^^papaaaaaa^s^waB^^a^ _!?,t*i^?ft» • (1*7 get it's surprising that more capable !litt#iav-^;iimi> -m w • men are not developed for the difficult ooo*©oooooooooJimmy Collins of Providence Jersey City the Philadelphia Americans. The writ­ er's opinion is that tbe premiership May, 20, 21, 22, 28. May, 25,26, 27. of the third sackers lies among the; July, 20, 21, 22. t— July, 23, 24, 25,25, following three: Tommy Leach, Bill] Aug. 27, 28, 29. Aug. 81. Sept. 1, 2. Bradley and Harry Stelnfeldt. Leach fields his position beautifully and! thrown well, has a great batting eye, Toronto Montreal and for Inside heady play he is without) a superior. Of course he Is handicap­ May, 29, 30, 30. June, 1, 2, 3. ped by lack of stature, and his reach July, 16, 17,18, 18. July 8, 4/4, 'w^a'^a^Bavajj a is short, so he covers less ground than some other men. . Sept 7, 7, 8. Sept. 16/it 18, \% In Stelnfeldt tho Chicago Nationals •»*- Pa*fWaiaj*olj(,'-jrf vtUL have a third Barker extraordinary. His| Buffalo addition to the Chicago club completed one of tho greatest baseball infields in June, 11,12, 13. J . the business. "Steiny" is a heavy slug-j July, 6,7, 8, ger and a magnificent thrower. His 'l 'marffwi Jai throws shoot like bullets, with ma­ Aug. 17, 18;i9,19. r»ji will OOSBS tfq't uad ixi chine-like precision, as a rule. He is big, muscular and fust. Stelnfeldt covers a large area around third station and OO0»0OO0OOOOO0O>0O>0 few balls get away from him. Taking flntta/ hv lae, m* into consideration Steinfeldt'a batting, K *i i_ al* fielding, heady play and accurate! BELL BBADIiET, FAMOUS THIRD SACKS* OW\ vT throwing, be comes near filling the bill THE OIiEVKUIfpS. K aa an ideal third baseman. season. This year he is potting up aj Holiday Cam Cleveland boasts of Bill Bradley, great game at third. It is quite nos and It may feel proud of h'lm. Big Bill slble that be will be praised even! Toronto, Decoration Day, May 30, ies, »0» tOMrtu.nl, oum* raavc JsMnspliriBsl <% ajso comes very close to meeting the] above Stelnfeldt Leach, Devlin and Montreal, Fourth of July, Jtfly; tttat " present day tbird sacker, He stops Sheehan, whom Brooklyn secured from *W jHcoba^ittMi soma adrantaga ore*' Ji, everything a mortal could stop. He Pittsburg last year, and Sweeney of , 0<>00000000000©<^H».Oa3^^ Chanca, bacaoaa tha New Tort aaa !• throws as^strongly and as accurately the Bostons are all playing good ban! / .,ift,.v*,U. aa Stelnfeldt He Is a reliable batter this season. s 'm i^t Chane* may not be a* Ufa *f «s*-fe a#T, bat fea te doing wooaters am a aaiMJ DRAY'S GREAT FEAT. way. Tha Cub )4ad«r bstf , y trary dataM of bow to play Yals's Track Captain Establiahaa Nsw! and f«t taa moat good for'** Mark Fof Pol* Vault May 16-^l^ew-ark. |u%'lS^1V)ronto^ May %f— Providence. and, bealna*. he Is Zona of .tni?n»st Undoubtedly the feature of the re-| July 25-Jeraey City/ ttctlclaaii in fee conntry* **, * cent Ihiiversity of Pennsylvania's an May 30-Toronto. Aug, 22-Jersey City, A rising nr«t baseman i« Tim Jordan mi nual relay carnival was the new June 13—Buffalo. world's record for the pole vault made Aug. 29-Providence. of^the Brooklyn*, Jordan Js not Jn Wti July ^Montreal. Chance's or Teuney'a c\*i*-m;* atli| : by Walter Dray, the diminutive cap- Sept. 19—Montreal ' *w V- "*"*>':"* " :'- tain of the Yale track team, when he| J«f> JSt njs ,)||_ifflpro* scaled the bar at the dizzy height of OOOOOOOOOO-OOOOOOO 4 mo twelve feet six* and one-half Inches; year ago. Urged, by his friends, he •3 V [prepared to give you the most hav« ateeauy learned that" it is altapugji had the bar put up„to twelve feet ten saving to coyer their fcitchiw and one-half inches, but here hiaj prompt and painstaking attention . Konetcbe bo> strength began to give out and afterjiAn y ideas fhaf you may have pantry and Mhroom floorswit h two ineffectual attempts be abandoned respecting door or %vinddw hang­ It ings, t)edSboin treatments, etc., This young man, who stands hardly may be submitted Ito us in confi­ smo five feet seven inches, possesses a brand dence that they«mill be executed thejaferic. #e make a specialtyi H6,ton of consistent invincibility that has rare*] ottooleunw^mthebest-knowii „ order to yieloV the Ggasjetv* - " * nun « »i'l. - Lin in . nit fresuitsM looks amd wear«wei in jthe American J« —fttaraWeney For Pat t»bwer«; -- - SomeSpeckl Carpet Valaea. lrlha~np Pat Powers Is going to, have his sal­ m t Ptjtf A . Housekeepers, with a taste fori p*oMeatT*G -ifffhderfd ary boosted ffoni |3,O0& to $«5,000" a fine furnishings should take «dhj ftmtohfag JSlftfc^ HABilY STEINFELDT, THB OHtOAdO KA- vl y 6» show that our yalu TIONAJifl' GKBAT THXBO BASMltAS. hofm«I S» n^«t *S?SJS5£SH«*"«B^* thelimisttaloppojiain.- «Sy?tfimer and is a fast base runner. Some of his bas made some profitable trajisactfonsl^^^^^^^^^^^i^^^^l^,-*. * ? Sfc^tiWsf tops, recoveries and throws to first with the major leaguers. ^§Htehi«B.F»a*i* of tha aaaaan* T^, fre as brilliant as ever seen on any Knabe Playing Grsat Ball. grade. 'ISeeffects in these are mesh, Mad4o|t, Carter* tatumore, diamond. Otto Knabe Is playing great ball for vemhandsome and theoualifevis |ficMlt>er, Graham, Summer* and He* Arthur Devlin of the New York Na­ Qalltefl look like the pitching nods of 1 the Philadelphia Nationals at second such as to mm. long service, tionals is not a player'of uniform ex- base, The lively .little German covers pigfurnlsmng vatae«ftd doraAil- the rnrnu, although Maddox and Me-, ceUence. He has "off days" that mar! lots of ground and is a great favorite ity of thele carpets in connectlDn «5iiltniui were really dls^t«re4Wtf#iiK A his record. When he is good he is! with Quaker City fans. * ysartft' . ' ' ' ' '*' "*f -i' ^ '•"' very, very good, bat. when he is bad with our very low Mm^ -mm he thinks nothing Of fumbling an easy ~W*Wgb* f^l^mm^im^S drive and throwing the sphere out of! Chieago'a Golf Course. with many, of our customers this M-M& mte l*t a«#« &mi the lot. Devliri's batting; however, is; Chicago has to eighteen hole pnbUe M mmsatftttctax. on mmJKmitom.gol f cwanrtiSa^mptMr - 7 »v

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