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FE ---- We Live But Once 'Let Us Partake of Earth's Good Things by PLAYERS SHOULD NEVER Smoking. ' SLIDE TO FIRST BASE Tests Prove Best Policy is to Reach Initial Sack Stand- ing Up. FORMER PITCHERS : STAR OUTFIELDERS Robertson, Kauff and' Roush{{] \ Kings Began Baseball Careers GEO. A. McGOWAN co. on Mound. VETERAN ™ RUNNER WINS MARATHON Clarence De Mar, Boston, who represented America in the Marathon race at the last Olym- pic games, was the wilger of the modified marathon at 'the athletic . games of the Scotch Caledonian Club Saturday. De Mar covered the Jistance of 13 3% miles in one Hour, 31 min- utes, 35 seconds. Carl Lunder of Quincy, finished second," Ar- thur Roth, of Boston, third, and Victor McAuley, the Can- adian, who won the event last year was fourth. Why does a baseball player slide to first base when trying to beat a close play? Because he thinks he can hit f the bag quicker that way than by go- ; ® ing across standing up. That fallacy was exploded years ago by actual test YIceS but the younger generation of play- ers either has forgotton it or never knew it, and the practice of sliding intp first base is growing with each new relay of recruits to the majors, Even some of the older players, who ought to know better, are catchifig the disease. "Way back before the present cen- tury began there was considerable agitation in favor of letting baserun- ners overrun second as weil as first without incurring liability to be put out for it. The object was to in- crease the baserunning by improving a man's chances of stealing second. It was argued and actually demon- strated by stop-watch tests, that a runner had to slow up a fraction of a second to make a slide either head first or feet first. The reason was never clearly given, but some assert- ed it was because the runner had to break his stride to make the slide, and others that he lost some of his bodily momentum. Three of the National League's | - best outfielders today started out as pitchers. Eddie Roush, of the Reds, MONTHLY INCOME the National League's batting leader, signed with the Evansville club in Surest way of providia x for your old age or is the Monthly Income Policy of THE MUTUAL LIFE 0 oF NADL 1912 as a pitcher, but was soon swit- .S. Roughton, 60 Brock St., Phone 610. ched to the outfield and has rémained there ever since, Davey Robertson, of the Giants might have been one of the sport's gregtest pitchers today had it not been for an injury he received play' ing football. It was while he was a member of the North Carolina A. and M. college in 1911 t he was {ijured about the itch Robert- on continued to pite nti he join- ed the Giants when MéGraw decided Robertson was not capable of pitch- ing in the big league and he eventu- ally drifted to Mobile, where he star- red in the outfield. Benny Kauff, centrefielder for Mc- Graw, pitched and played the outfield for Parkersburg in 1910, and went through the season of 1912 as a pit- cher for Brockton, Mass, Benny says he always wanted to be a pitcher from the time he left the coal mines in Ohio to make his fortune in the grand old game, but soon found out that he could advance faster as a fielder, and took up his place in the outer garden. It is a coincidence, perhaps, that along with Robertson and Kauffl, George Burns, the third member of the Giant outfield, aspired to be a pitcher, but was utilized fn the minor leagues as a catcher with Utica in 1909 and shifted to the outfield by that club the following year. Dave Griffith, team 'mate of Eddie Rousch, pitched minor league base- ball for four years, starting in 1909 with New Bedford. He took up out- fielding in 1913. Sam Rice, now an outfielder with the Washington club, pitched for Petersburg in 1914 and went to Washington as a pitcher. PREP PPP PREP Err ERR RPP ebb berber bre We are willing Nasgmodkis that cost more now than the prices we are letting them go at. i CHICAGO CUBS BUY YOUNGSTER FROM PORTLAND Charles HoNocher, ¢ of the Portland club, who has been purchased by the Chicago Cubs, has been playing pro- fessional ball for three seasons, Keo- kuk, in 1915 and Rock Island in 1916 having been the teams he play- ed with prior to joining the Cubs. He is a St. Louis boy and will not qual- ify as a voter until June 11, 1918, Hollocher never has played any- where else than at short field during his professional career. He is a left- At any rate, the tests showed the Banded Lifter, Weighs 153 pounds, fastest possible way to get from one 3 feet 1% inches high. Pp e y B Each season Hollocher has played base to another was to stand up, run ball he has improved in h p aye at top speed all'the way, and over-| go yong Pr * folding bi run the bag. But it was.-decided | wip Keokuk two " he I ™ HOT WEATHER * " against permitting runners to do that 229 and .932 Ay > REO mars going to second base because of |; , ? ot sland is coming sure and when it does come it will t different conditions. At first ig year they were :289 and .960. n the two seasons Hollocher spent bade it is not necessary to touch the p be hot. So get ready today. i runker, but only. fo beat him to that De Tor Srgaciailin. and Wyk First Come get I t choice. cushion with the ball, while at the D 3 get us when you want other three bases it is necessary to games, batted 789 times, scored 85 tag the runner, as everyone knows, runs, made 202 hits, stole: 32 bases, We have the bolts that catch the Under these conditions it really is laid down or raised 44 sacrifices, Bi g Fish drew 69 passes, struck out 59 times an advantage for a runner to slide|y : ' instead of going in standing up. Fre- ad 440 putouts, assisted 560 times, ' ~ 0 S ing Goods C Sporting s Co, and y Vi quently when the ball beats a runner mm) $1 midpays. Bono to second, third or home, he can : F The Big Red Front. ; . 88 Princess St. IMPERIAL LIFE | The average rate of interest re slized by The Imperial Life on its invested funds in 1816 was 6.73 per cent. According to the inant available figwu the aver. age rate edrned by all Canadian companies wag Sas 2 cent} by American companies In Can- miles from aha 5.20 per cemnt,; by British burgh, i companies la Canada, 5.38 per + . Cheap. sent, i EE ES i . J.B. Cooke, Dis.Mgr. ||| w 4 Godwin & Son King St., Phone 503; Residence $42. 89 Brock Street Phone 484 FOR SALE Farm. of "150 Acres 185 of Plough Land, balance wooded, Township of Pitts King- Carpet Sweepers and Vacuum Cleaner 50 Sweepers, all steel .. .. .. .. Domestic Vacuum Cleaners, best made . R. J. REID, The Leading Undertaker 230 and 282 Princess Street. Motor Ambulance. Phone 577. VEN Al VIRGINIA CIGARETTES ' { HERE. is a COOL, CLEAN, SMOOTH taste--a rare flavor in Craven "A" Cigarettes that could only come from PURE tobacco properly matured and blended. Try a package to-day. 1% Don't for- $1.75 . $12.50 24 doubles and 11 triples avoid being touched by sliding away| Naturally Portland Pes. think the from the guardian of the base and|pjew Cub will do as well in fast com- making it necessary to tag his spikes| pany ag the ther former Portiand or his shins, whereas if he went in|ghortstops--Roger Peckinpaugh, of QUITE A KIDDER standing up he would present a much the Yankees, Ivan Olson of the Su larger target for the baseman to|perbas, Great Race-Horse Looks and p and Dave Bancroft, of the touch, ro | Phillies. Acts Like Cow When Loaf- Consequently the movement i in Stall ng in . BIG LEAGUE NINES g permit overrunning second base was sidetracked as a favor to foxy base- runners with the ability to slip ar- PLAY IN FRANCE| Since Omar Khayyan won the Ken- ound opponents, although at a cost -- ner: so impressively some folk are Wealthy Basebal rees changing their opinion on the ques- y | Fan Ag tion of supremacy between the Viau to Pay Expenses of Two - Teams. OMAR KHAYYAM speed. There is no such advantage in the slide to first base, however, and the player who hits the dirt merely in- ge creases the chances of being beatén A weal baseball enthusiast has by the ball. It is quite possible that Yolunissted to finance the undertak- the players' habit of sliding to other ing of Clark Griffith, of the Washing- bases on-all close plays, so as to|tOn #méericans, to take two teams wf make it as hard as possible to tag Isler leagte baseball players to them, is responsible for the growing the for @ series of games behind practice of handicapping themselves Te Noes or the sntartainment o* ate first base. Instinctively when aly. "Wr GriTIth and their al- runher going to first sees the PIaY|ye would submi said to-night that will be close he makes up his mind 10} ¢rasaries pan the rojost to Sec- slide, the same as at any other base. If official o nels. It has cost many a runner a life} yung approval is given vol- which he might have gained . by yu cer players will be sought with a sprinting across the base at top : . to getting the back of the front et series strated as soon as possible af- 'ter' the season closes here. A con- by the wink of an eyelash, . conse- son dition - of the offer is that Walter quently the loss of a small part of a|Johnson, thé Washington pitcher, be of a fraction of a second in their horse and Hourless. It will be an interesting contest if it ever takes place, and the question of favorite is in doubt, though it is, , generally conceded that at a mile' Hourless would be the choice. But over that distance Omar Khayyam would have the most admirers. That the latter is a nice horse is positive. He has a liking for any kind of going or any distance, His disposition is superb. He is what can be well and truthfully termed "an old-fashioned horde." His trainer, Dick Carman; says he will do anything he is asked. "Just a loafer and a-fooler--that's what he is,'/ says Carman. "He willl hang around until you call on him. and then he /picks his way through his field and goes to the front. He -. -- ; -_ second is enough to turn the scale, Also the umpire sometimes is con- fused by the slide and makes the one of those selected for the trip. never worries about anything, and after leading a horse he is just as likely to run beside him for a while, Cobb's Speed. Cobb has now been travelling at headlong speed for a matter of thir- en campaigns. He was supposed 'b¥ at the point where the slowing up process arrives. No one figures that a ball player couid hold the pace he has maintained for so many campaigns, But a day or two ago the test was made. Cobb hammered a drive to left centre in. the polo grounds, which is only three-base-hit terri- tory for the average player. Only the fastest-of the aprinters can turn this into 4 home run against fast fielding. The ball was fielded back perfectly, and at top speed, yet Cobb was over the plate and two strides on his way to the bench when the throw got home. He couldn't have been a stride faster ten years ago. as if in conversation. But just shake him up and show him there is dan- ger around him and he bursts off and is soon out of all trouble. He seems to have supreme confidence in his ability, and this gives him that in- dolent, don't care sort of disposition. In the stablg he is like an old cow, and when shipping he simply gets into his stall and is comfortable in a minute, The strangest part of his disposition" is the fact that he will work just as Tast as he is asked to, and all alone. Just cluck to him and he will run a quarter in 23 seconds and keep on at a rapid gait unless checked. Yet in races he "likes ' to be surrounded by company. In my opinion Omar Khayyam is one" of those wonderful horses ong sees only in a generation." wrong decision because he expects the runner to flash past the bag in- stead of sliding. 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After his " « | copvalescence he . returned to the te United States and spent some time on the Mexican border, teaching the boys training there at the time the ter points of the running game. ; The positions of Speaker and Cobb are exactly reversed from what they were a year ago today. At thie time in 1916 Speaker was batting .385 and Cobb .350. Today Cobbis .385 and Speaker .350, : TRY 5c. Poet Cigar 5c. Look for Silk Thread on Tip of Each Cigar, Ira Thomas, former catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, denied that he was considering an offer to suc- ceed Miller Huggins as manager of the St. Louis Nationals. The Giants are the worst hated team in Tae. Bvery city in the National greets the New York team with all the vocal animosity at their command. President Ban Pohnson, of the American League, is now in Bosten to assist the Boston Club to elimin- ate the gambling element from the games at Fenway Park. The Cleveland Indians are going great guns just now and the fans of that city are of the opinion that Lee Fohl will finish with his team on ap oo the heap. @%4+=1 eR