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, <**»* £»? \ 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«t<ared,aktt^!r««Wby iH athWaT«5*i fcs*^ third Backers. Pitching pheiioins have great fielder, but as a batter he is no deal o£ laat winter. , $*£ bratoi tryiar-l* fijpnfs <mt 1 been unearthed, brilliant outfielders wonder. "Wld" Conroy of the New yor nwtance, <U«- IPhttHss woukJ-#w wr w w$ tJirftWir.*" — have been discovered in tbe bushes, York Americans is another great field-! a »w«ll fortune to t*t a ttroajw BMUJ aroci4 - iat^\h*i M sensational shortstops and clever first er, hut weak with the stick. So are! for tb* bat than Courtney and Bran* Amarlcaa tl] arouod eh iffi^tr' and second Backers have been picked Hobe Ferris of the St. Louis and! field, both or Trhom hau« sbortcoa *•• »t JtiHm Hw^ a«« up, but the scouting trips for third Lord of the Boston Americans. "Mow- r basemen have, as a rule, resulted in rey of tbe Cincinnati Nationals la rated! |» tto National leago* Frad I'««n«jja*ttar^ailri * tbiaMaVMtw failure. as one of the sure enough comers. and frank Chanca ata fsailly lbs 3*tat| Few. if any, teams without a star] Little Bobby 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*©oooo<x>ooooo<Kr corner. There is no player oil the dia ctiaaad antirtoa irttl hi V' " mond who has to have his wits about UMiy btaaii la at aDaaHilfcr him more than the third baseman. He must be able to think quickly, have a ©wiwihr- ifSBB'' fw tna' good line on the various hitters, be fast in order to come in quickly on Rochester At Home the bunt and slow infield hits, and last, but not least, have a whip ofj Baltimore Newark steel largely because of his distance ^^s from first base. May, 13, 14. Now comes the question who is tbe May, 16,16,18, 19. best third baseman in tbe two major July, 30, 31. Aug., 1. July, 27, 28,29. - leagues today? Is It Harry Stelnfeldt Aug. 20, 21, 22. Aug. 24, 25, 26. Tf^^^f • l£f9^)f <g***to of the Chicago Nationals, or Bill Brad "^^rS"R"jf - ley of the Clevelands, or Tommy Leach of the Pittsburgh, or Jimmy 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; <tp8 games. vamlQiaXMI AMaMOAap^ % ^h* fall requirements of the third station Bradley within a couple of seasons. Toronto, Labor Day, Se; Ttnney alw»ys play* spactscalar ban, On account of his height and reach be This youngster has a bright future. '7, two game*.. covers more ground than any other Watch bim. Grant of tbe Phillies,! /. drawln'g oari^n m^$mi&!>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; <wt tbe mo*t-fi This was one inch better titan his own up to tbe plate previous mark of twelve feet five and IiioIeuBk an Ecoaony *Al«* Special Drapery Work to Oder. Ahotber g- one-half inches, which he created one Our expert drapers are how- Host progressive housekeepers] of M U> 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 .