4 S OMAHA, SUM)AY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1914. reverse the on The BALL GAME MUCH IMPROVED Here Is the greatest liasc ball teiim tables the track. ball campaign and will continue Instruc- Wagner Cornhuskers will have a representa- of all time, In the opinion of Clark also tion. He hopes to Interest a greater tive teani con- Western Griffith, manager of the senators: at the .Missouri Valley portion of the male undergraduate body May. 80 League Sport Haa Advanced in Every Way Charles Comlakey ffit. Louis, Browns), ference meet on and the Western befere the season Is over. May Be Intercollegiate In Chicago Daring Lait Twenty Yean. first base, Bddle Colllna (Athletics), meet a week Not to be outdone, the girls are pre- second base: Herman Long later. paring to play base ball this spring', (noston), Tryouts varsity and shortstop; Jimmy Collins (Boston), of for the team have been the athletic authorities in charge of the GRIFFITH COMPARES NOTES Out fixed Aorlt 25 on third baae; BUI Lange (Chicago), for thn nnlvemllv th. physical education bureau have Set left grounds. next Goldsmith field; Trls Speaker (Boston), center fistic At that time Reed will week as a special week of Instruction, Fnrnlihfi Some Intrreatlnar Data pick his complete team for remain- - OFFICIAL LEAGUE BALI field; Ty Cobb (Detroit), tight field! Game the for the co-ed- s. Baae ball teams will be j de--r of the season In a competitive meet co-e- by Standing; Players of Different Buck" Ewlng (New York), catcher; organized among the of the dif- Cuarnntood 18 Innings Time Alans? Side of Each Amos Ilusle (New York), pitcher; Cy I between ihe mooters of, the squad. ferent, classes and a schedule arranged Other. Young (Cleveland), pitcher; Christy for Season Jipeerr Candidate Few. to determine the class championship. (New Mathewsou York), pitcher; I me cai( or soccer candidates tnis week The girls will wear the regular bloom- - ' Diamond Dim' nv rnATTK o. Walter Johnson (Washington) pitcher. I failed to bring out a very big squad Am. fltlil tarnr'nn In t h ..a an n If tm In. Just fuU of facts for Fans mrnkk. ' Jf. (..oJd.mith'e Sena KBTV 4.-- lowing to public TOHK, April bull today unfavorable weather conditions, tlmated that the will be admitted .C , .. Mis. CU la a fatter, more It Heine' but Coach Stlehm started his soccer foot to see the games. scientific gimo than ft wonderful ahortstnp In HM. He used ' was twenty-fiv- e, yeara ago, but many to play without a glove. Dahlen, Cor ctara of the old days outrank the. bright'' coran, Jennlnga, Wallacn and Davis also mmmmmmm eat, shipping: aateddltea of the. present age, wrro marvellous shortstops. And so la In the opinion of Clark Orlfflth. manager Wagner. Hans haa a barrel of ability, 'the of the Waahlngton Americana, In an hut he la not auch a foxy player aa many veteran Learn article on 'Twenty-fiv- e Yeara In Big persons think. But he Is 'a wonderful .league But nail." batter. shortstop Griffith, Mc-Bri- Scientific after declaring that he haa "On the par with Wagner I place been connected with the big leagues for of tho Washington club. He Is the of the twenty-fiv- e years, compares the different beat defensive man In the bualneaa, but rtara past present ' FREE of the Baseball and and fur- a weak hitter. It he could club like Wag- Boston Boys nishes some Interesting baae ball history, ner he would be the greatest shortshop Charles Comlskcy, now owner of the of all time. Rod Sox, IVhlte Sox, la rankod by Orlfflth as the llarrr a Wonder. greatest first baseman that ever held "Barry, of the Athletes, also la a won- whoso down the Initial bag. Orlf credits him der, and Fletcher of the Giants ta a with revolutionizing the system of play- mighty good man. Injured ing first base. "Of all the third basemen I think w "He was the first man to see the possi- and Jimmy Collins of the. Boston leR la Joe Wood .ralsssssssssssss. iniKr "Nap" bilities of tho position," writes Griffith, Pox were the beat. (.VcOraw was foxier A Bottom I Ilefore Ms day a than Collns, and Col- of t first baseman was only a beltr hitter, hut causing World Champion mm Rucker a, basket He stood glued to the bag, lins was the better flulder. He was the the balls thrown to him, but never most graceful fielding third baseman his will teach you of tho Draoklynx Moved away. But soon after Comlskey Uie.game. ever haa seen. And this gives will teach got the first basing Job for the old St. him the edge. physician hit great secret 701 louls Browns he was discovered playing "Gardner of the Bed Box, Foster of the ef (breaking ejrer the mastery ol about ten feet back of the bag and about Washlngtons and Baker of the Athletics no little ( are tho only hi werU fa- his fa mo 1 the samo distance to the right. People third basemen who can be JOE WOOD WALTER JOHNSON NAP RUCKER compared to two. Smoke' Knucklcr. thought him cmiy and yelled to the man- these Baker la a poor worry, mous Bail ftbaWaiUntlaalsnt will teach y fielder; la ager to 'can him. Even hla own team-mat- es he awkward, hut ho la such a hew to acsjuire aed maloUIn Spaad wonderful, It up Is kicked. But the manager had con- batter that lifts him to It I fidence In tho brainy Comlskey, and when the top-notc- Foster Is n foxy fielder and n foxy batter a great feared he besan to grab the balls that formerly all around vSBSSSSsb. scooted o.ff to right field for hits, and man. Gardner Is a wonder, but not quite Through an agreement we beat the runner to the bag with them, in Foster's class." that BOYS mw tho Jeers changed to cheers. Trls Speaker. Is the moat remarkable have made with the BASE ' Wagner ' SBSSSSSM Cocifnker ywrrlss rltchrr. outfielder that .ever lived." remarks BALL CORRESPONDENCE LEAGUE OF "This encouraged Comlskey to play, Orlfflth, after accprdlng places In the Outfield will be AMERICA we are able to offer you even farther back, and ho finally forced Hall of Fame to moro than s the most - score of; the past present complete com-'pile- d. tha pitcher to do the unheard.-o- f thlngiof and gardening and fascinating- course of baseball ever ' ssssssssssssssssssssssHHl stars. "He Is unable. playing the fjrat baseman's position when the bast man on fly balls In this course. CHRISTY MATHEWSON of I ever1 seen. IsBBBBBBBBBBBBb. the first baseman was fielding the ball. that have Hla throws are vthe deadly. to play 'sssssssssbsssbssssssssbV N.Y. Giants; ED. WALSH of the White Sox; aBBBSBBBBBBBS So well did these Innovations work Batters hit the ball a mile, yet that Speaker goes out to fence gets WALTER JOHNSON of the Washington; Comlskey soon had the base- the and JOE other first with WOOD of Boston -- men doing tho same thing." tnein gets anves that other men would the World Champions; "NAP" have to let go for three base hits and ! RUCKER ofthe Brooklyns and "DOC" Griffith then stated that Anson, al- his WHITE formerly home runs. i . of Chicago di- though a great player, was not Comls-Vey- 's the Americans, will through personal and Cobb . team eijUal: that an Brouthers, Better Jinan nanner, rect lessons teach you the secret ofProfessional alio a "Of course, it Is hard to Judge between Pitching. wonderful player, was '. rated tinder Anson. Speaker and Cobb Is until "Until Hal Chase came as to which the bet- Every boy should have this course. It will make a there were 'no ter man. Cobb Is a better base runner Sittut first basemen during tho Interven- . tho man of him mentally, morally and physically. Every ing years," and. a better batter, but Speaker stands wrote Griffiths, "then there out aa a fielder. season mother should urge her son to secure it and every came three men who give promise of father should Insist that his son follow its teachings being even greater "Jackson of Cleveland Is a wonderful of first basemen than thrower and batter, me. to the letter. , who gone but he does not shine those have before. They are aa a base runner. Milan of Washington We give here small portions Me-Inn- ofDoc lesson Jake Daubert pf Brooklyn, 'Stuffy ls White's Is a better ball player than Jackson. He were some old timers that were woriders. ' ED. WALSH which deals in part with proper of ls-- a methods of training CHRISTY MATHEWSON the Athletics and 'Chick GatodU splendid fielder, splepdld base run- too. Clarkson and State high Bf my Washington team. Keefe were the best schools rth,Chkmf WHITE SOX and living. alsd give para- cftht N. Y. GIANTS They are won- ner and a consistent .909 hitter. He la In the perjod In mftl tone yea tUm J.UII his We two of the Introductory ders." that ended, 193. Then ef will aastatn fullr bis Fadeaway i i ' conlfnually using 'ram.. - j. i Spit Ball graphs of Ed. Walsh's instructions. j his head.. 4hA r.,i t. meettal0n6in may Ball. Eddie Collins, lniGrifa oplnJart.tUitb 'Comparing tw'lth-Bl- Young.-ary- t these, stars ll .'Lange l Kid Nichols. Apd.tHen.cams greatest - second baseman "the wjrld- haV s tho old ' that ...v vim nowui nceirj u u l. 11' XI IS home ever fcnowm - rage One.) Some of "Doc'jriWhitl.Iitttnetion with the cripples and with instructions generation! suffer.