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THE BROOKLYN I). EAGLE. Pi EM YORK. MONDAY, MA 7. L917.

SUPERBA PLAYERS SAY THEY'LL BE AT THE TOP IN JUNE Piling up of Double Headers Claimed to Be an LaiTY SllttOlL Old Sliperba ScOUt, TWO CLOSE GAMES Brooklyn Prep and Erasmus Advantage to Brooklyn, as the Veteran Pitchers: Will Be Ready for Heavy Work When Sunshine! Now Matty's Right Hand Man IN CATHOLIC LEAGUE To Gel Real Tots This Week Comes Johnny Evers Probably Through. Lourdes and Xavier Lyceum twn in llageman. but i rest of the nine has been slow roundlni into shape. New I'trec has some promising youngsters the) have hi guilty of too much By "RICE." (Special to The Eagle.) iSp-cial The Kagle I BsaJJtM May 7--Larry Sutton the old scout who dug up Wheat. Daubert and other star for Brooklyn, later went in Detroit, and Is now scouting for the Cincinnati Reds, is moseying around the big leagues, looking over talent that must be discarded ly May IS, when the National League chilis must reduce to I'l) men and the Amer BOSTON, May 7 When the Superbas return to Ebbets Field next Wednesday to meet the Chicago Cubs in the first game to repel the first invasion by the western division of the National League.

they and all the other Eastern teams due to a lack of work. Brooklyn has played 12 games, schools will he IU clear tUM marred. Brooklyn Prep It aaaured of some lively competition from Manhattan 1'rep and Prep, while Krasmus win have to put forward Ita besi article of bail to triumph uvei New L'lrecht and Boys High Of the two leaders Kra si II la the harder task New ire, id the only P. S. A.

L. team that has not fated the Buff and Blue to date, and victory for the latter on Wednesday will mean a clean sweep of four games in the first half of the championship tournament. Boys High, which is at present in second place 'feint close defeat at the hands of Erasmus, and Coach Hanson is confident thai his charges will turn the tables on their Klatbiish rivals A setback for Erasmus from either Xew Utrecht or Boys High will make the high school championship series more had eight postponements and two ties. New York and Boston have played 13 games and Philadelphia has played 14. On the other hand, the Western clubs have playd extra games by the Western clubs tinct advantage at this period ijver been able to work their pitchers the fore.

Then, there is the added advantage of the opportunities! they have had to perfect their teamwork, signalling, and so on. The Eastern clubs have been idle so much that all thought of a proper rotation of pitchers has been abandoned for the present, and the pitchers themselves are getting out a That the invading clubs will come with pitching staffs pretty well keep the borough tltl ring a complete ing department curtain is rung down for il season. To date Brooklyn won seven straight games signs of letting up. The I ''rep game on Wednesday no bearing on ihe borough ship, but J'icp inns' be Saturday to keep BfOOKlyi fron' I'vwng 'u lack of ve lerlel Poly Prep has show early games, but the Blue forward at a fas' I chine. The'r 'Many Postponements Marred Last Week Schedule.

The many postponements week prevented otbei learns from ibreaten-i, ing the right of Brooklyn Prep and Braamui 'o first place, uf the thirty- n'1 'hedild tin: week tant events bung the V. S. A. ic-en. tories of Erasmus and Boy- High With the exception of Saturday's P.

S. ani1 Hisli ami and New I'trecht. it is unlikely that any of the postponed affairs will be played off. As alt.ady siat.d in The Katie, the witf be under a distinct handicap less than any other club, and has from 19 to 23, or more. Those give the Western managers a is- i their Eastern brethren.

They have' regularly and to bring the veterans i of shape from a lack of work. scores, and those twirlers capable opportunity to keep in their stride. get his arm above his shoulder. Mike the youngster substituting ai second is a green but promising Held, ei. and the Braves are pulling strongly tor him, as they realize that Even i his course.

It struck him toward the middle of last season ami has never left him II has gone so far that the arm is actually shrinking, according to those who have examined it closely. Experts say they do not fear that i Inarm will wither entirely and become useless, but that the trouble has progressed so far (hut Evers will not be able to stand the strain on the nerves and muscles involved in the quick action of baseball. The chances are thai Evers. beyond coaching and acting occasionally as a pinch hitter, will be of little value to the Braves this season. His per year contract expires in October, and when he bids the diamond a last farewell as a ballplayer be ex- ball'S rltCPt 3 ffCI aS We predict here an writer of the same i now that as a which he has in ten even among the professional reporters of the sport can express themselves as clearly upon the points of the game.

Make a note of tin: Eras becomes a baseball reporter he will be fair to the umpires, and he will seldom dispute their decisions in his column. Hughes Has Bad Shoulder. Young Tom Hughes, the Boston right bander who lost only three to the lime he broke h'i's hand" has developed a bad shoulder that will seep nun on ihe bench indefinitely. Hughes had a lot of trouble with the hand, and when that was rw- shoulder wem wrong. konelohv, the big fusl bascma the Braves, has bad legs and hif ture for this season is clouded.

Big League Records Results Yesterday. Games Tomorrow. Results Yesterday. Games Tomorrow HOLIDAY DOC. SHOW.

Many of the leading clubs of the. Greater City have entered their best liiorv in ihe sixteenth annual Jog show of the Long Island Kennel Club. he held at ihe Cravesend racetrack Memorial Day. Wednesday Ma 3n Improves game to keep either Brook- Ivn Prep with the Both of the present well balsnred, veieiHn hllmg pow ei- Ma o. Amh Eschmann.

Herman Held. Jack Ma-lone and Tom Moore of llrnukhti Prep and Walter MacPhee, Clinton Blume, Eddie Goehel anil Joe Barascb si holasnc phneis. Boys High and St. John Prep look to be the best of the other nines al the present time. Willi Tedfnrd and eigin available for pichcrs, Boys High will be dangerous at all tunes.

George Caxassa of St Prep h-is turned In several high-class pitching perforoieneei and. if the Bed and White can develop, some one to help him out in the box. the school may PUTTS AND DRIVES Teams Win by Single Run Margins. Thiee games wete plaed tn I Bioukhn atholic Church League the Parade Grounds yesterday aft noon and furnished the 10.00U fan and fain braved ihe relic atmosph of the attractions instance. The Lourdes Catholic Club last year's champions, appeared In their initinl game of the season ai received stiff opposition from the St Benedict's aggregation.

Inside baseball knowledge won for the LourdM bt a score of to t. Bpttter O'Brien but sensational tieblmg by his fe workers pulled him through In another close game in hair-raising plavs were featured Xavier Lyceum team took the Edward's nine into camp by the Timely hitting It. Leonard's team swamped Ihe i epresetitat Ives by the ire of 13 10 I. It was nothing re than a batting bee for the vie- a. Scores: t'tthoiir si.

Utnr.i:r rme. ahr po Nam. hr Pf' 3'''h Ml i ilStltna it i "Vll, i ill I 11 I ury.Vf. sis oo l.Meh.r( I In'''' i It i' n.sb. hv Hi Hoelker Allows No Hit Until Ninth Inning yed Held.

Max II mi 1 fanned fourteen hneider took care twentv-scven put- oods and i taking care of the evt Su the Brooklyn I', St. Agatha Semi-Pro Gossip outfit against cetts, the De-Cleaning nine team at Bath casilv defeated that Beach ve-ierdsy. wings' finished their Fawcetts nminlstered to thst The Original Fmpires have Mav .1 and Decoration Day. a.m. and 'p for senil-professlotial teams Address lied Bradley, HI Berrlman street.

Brooklyn, or phone Cypress 175.W BOWLING TONIGHT. 1 1 1 3i i fil it A it I (i i iVien. "fo'rr Dal- 'en. I. -h 7 is i f.

i i i i il I in the i ll the Bio, al performances. Blum nallv in 19ID and IfU until this year that In has made Brookl It Brooklyn, but his pitching to get mound Brooklyn Prep is holdin Have Malhami and Arthur Kelh reserve for the battle on the home stretch, and these lads may also tak- SI John's Prep rooters think that 'hi have, the hem pitcher of the w.i prove that their claim Is correct. He ford ami Feigin have uiven Boys Hig.i no cause for complaint about pitch-ing. With good support these youngsters will twirl the Red and Black in i high pleo In the linal standing Kemelher of New l'lrecht. Duggan of Cathedral College of the immaculate Conception and elon of Manual ate other pitchers up to the high school William Wisbech ol Hushing Knlist.

In Naval Keservcs. Among the latest prominent school boy athletes lo enlist is William Wisbech of Flushing High, one of the ganiaera of the Long eland intei- scholastic Hockey League, which an Joyed a most lUCoetaful campaign 'as' winter. Wisbech has loineu the Naval Reserves, inking the oath tod He will continue in school until called fi dm v. Wisbech is one of of lacrosse, manager of hockey, captain of the senior class track team, i member of the school track and gun teams and a member of the school play committee. He formerly attended Manual.

SohooHmys Are Enthusiastic Over The postponed opening of the nrv. Metropolitan League has not dampened the enthusiasm of the schoolboy lacrosse players. The Indian game has taken hold better than ever this rapidly come to the front as a popular sihoolho) sport. The schoolboys wiii make another effort to open their season next Sai- booked lo come together at the letter's fo ld, while Manual will meet St. John'-Prep at the Crescent A.

C. grounds Bay Ridge. Dates for the games posi poned from last week will be fivei at the next meeting of the league. more than 400 members the new What' probably Will be the first tee is a spot about 200 yards from th" clubhouse, across the road leading The by Donald Boss. Most of the acn is farm land and of a rolling cha ter.

From a go I ling star better than the existing cot Oswald kirby Joins Sargowana Notwithstanding the war ai seneral unsettled condition "HERE'S YOUR BODY BUILDER" 1 Ralldla. i loMonil INSTRUCTION. iH OH PF.ACK n. a ifi.x wome: (IR At i loMimn i rort mil oprM." VbouTiitA) ITtt t'e'Ii? rboV'eoEnIi Lgg lu.MDBII I ur 1 rWsi" ican League el II kg Mathcwsi Say. i i irmly i Matty I Of I manager a as a pitcher.

He as taken hold of a tailend team, but given the proper opportunity he ill lift that team considerably higher lan eighth place, you take my word went lo Cincinnati last is manager in the deal which inrley Herzog to the Giants. innati owners. Tb Reds were fir at lew months that he ike thereafter, and Matty longh to go thtough opening a new sea- "Ills preliminary period also gave him the chance to size up at first baud all the material Cincinnati had. and that gave him a greal advantage last winter and this spring in picking his team. He has displaced thsi.

class judgment in his ueiding mil am the Reds of In, lay are Ihe best ol' ihe men placed ut Matty's disposal. Incessant Worker. "Hard work and unceasing attention to detail were the keynotes of Matty wonderful career as a pitcher, and they are going to bring him sue- manager devote himself so entirely to his job as Matty has done. Ho is up and doing every minute, and even man on the team profits by the manager's instructions and advice. "Everybody I meet asks me whether Matty will try to pitch this summer It is impossible for me to say, and self, but he is working like a horse in pitching practice.

He is too wise to risk hurting his arm and knows exactly how lo protect that member. pitching lo the batters the benefit of his profoun Matty is a. great all give them know ledge place of sheer strength for years after his first flush of power had passed, and the same brain which supplied the deficiencies in his wing was being applied to the other angles or the sport. An Able Tactician. "He knows as much about strategy and inside baseball as any man living is famous as a judge of a player's ability, and can rise to any emergency.

Matty was thoroughly and whole-heartedly in baseball in all of its branches in his career as player, Veteran Brooklyn Runner First Home in Bronx Raje half-n ciub Bronx yesterday afternoon. Jimmy Braccia. the bald headed veteran of the Maplewood A. C. of (his borough, showed Ihe way home tn a pack of 45 hill and dale enthusiasts.

Jimmy was alloled a handicap of 4:15. and spurred on by his fellow of tl the race, he romped over Ihe course like a jack rabbit. Rraccia was pressed hard for Ihe honors, hut he had the stamina and was equal to the Billy Larsen of the Swedish A. C. of Brooklyn and Danny Pores, brother of Charlie Bores of College Point, the second and third, respectively.

eight years of his competition that ners in an open race. His first "'ic-lory came in 1013, when he won the Athletic League, held over the Van command of the initial pace yesterday after, finishing If yards ELKS GAME CAI.LKD OKV. majors from tho Texas League, lie stands 6 feet 1 Inches in height, weighs 170 pounds and pitches and bats right handed. Giants Tassed by the Cardinals. There Is deep gloom In Gotham today because the Giants picked hv the New York experts to make a runaway race of the National League pennant are second in the standing.

Thev were passed yesterday hy the St. Louis Cardinals, and the fans who wagered that once the tiiams took the lead they would never lose it were busy today paying off their bets. The Cards shut out the Cincinnati Beds by getting to Toney for four singles and double in the first inning, scoring four runs, all thev not the day That was sufficient, as Watson held Matty's coming champions down to Ave scattered hits. Bob Groom, her II. 1814.

and came un tn t) prepped is evidenced by some of the of such doughty deeds have had an The pitching i the East has been' erratic, and when a man did strike his stride, he was halted by post ponements. For instance, Cadore, who is just now a top sawyer for the Super has and bids fair to remain such beat the Phillies on April 23, but could not be used again until he beat the Giants on May 3. Other games were played in that period it was absolutely necessary to get work out of the rest of the string to keep them from going plumb stale. And there you are. The West comes this way with an ge in pitching condition.

is all riff hin mtst Hope on Double-Header Bra i eleven tonight. will that affect the chances of Superbas in the pennant race? ions profound opinions have been anced by the Superbas, and, curi-ly enough. Ihey are all favorable, a rule, when a club has a long of double-headers, the players. loathing Ihe bargain days, take a. most pessimistic view of the situation and despair of the Republic and the National Lea sue.

In this Instance the Superbas are confident that the long string of double-headers will help their tight. They base their conclusions upon the Mrength of the Brooklyn pitching etaff. which thev hold to be the strnng- ther. 1 1 I -1 1 Kastern clubs, which are all much in mi" he strength of the league is supposed to lie in the Easl. ee-for-all throat-cutting thai will en-te when the clubs of this section teet again the Superbas will bulge i the top because they cannot see The Braves, as usual, think they are making a brace showing irhai thry rag the umpire.

Views of Daubert and Cutshaw. Jake Daubert and George Cutshaw ire the two most optimistic Superbas In discussing double-headers. Their combined opinions run like this: wnen ine oargain nays come mint end fust Brooklyn will have seven pitchers, to-wit: Coombs, hd I'feffer. Larry Cheney, Leon J. Cadore nd W'heezer De right -tin nders.

Jtube Marquard and Sherrod Smith. lUtnpsws. ur tnesc. i aoore, urn id Pfeffer are capable of pitching third day. They are all young, tceottonallv strong, and are in fine fettle.

Jack Coombs would hardly undertake to'pitch more than about every fifth 'Ma. bill Chenev. right-banner. OUthpaws, are perfectly capable of i. work mi a i bird day occa- without breaking their backs.

ran. except Cadore. who ranks ai ent with the hest of the vets, rs. Daubert and Cutshaw opine no matter how freuuent the twn- j-days, Brooklyn will have crack the league, unless phenoms de-loo on the other clubs at an unpre cedented rate. hopina Von Ulnden- of Un Braves at It Ageln.

ready have the Boston Braves he-to pound the umpires. They wcnl Hank O'Day and Kitty Brans-with a great gust, of language on ay, and will keep it up until they get a call they will nave to heed, it's the same old story in the same old Way with the Braves. They are con-fusing senseless attempts to browbeat the umps with natural kicking if it may be called that. They arc working on the principle of disputing every decision against them, to sort of put the ftar In the arbitrators and benefit iv that fear when the next close one Bransfield is a recruit umpire and the Braves jumped all over him on a decision calling Jake Daubert safe at Fecopd on a steal. DRtibert overslid the bag and Maranvilln could have put him out, but neglected to do so.

Daubert wriggled back, and when It was too late Maranville woke up and stabbed him. The Braves raved, but Bransfield refused to let them have his goat. Both before and after that Incident he waa attacked verbally and needlessly until the performance be- Stalling sans thei tl a eon spiracy against the Brines in the Va-Imnat Leaptie. He right. Seirn tegmi arc triity to heal them out of (hi test seren places.

Thst John J. Fvers will ever again ame to piny secona nase is regarn-I I as extremely doubtful. Kvers is practicing with the Braves but cannot of of esults of that honest ap- wa with the Giants lis management of the will show i The players are for him, hook. line a hey are willing to labor ovei -of their regard for him. Influence on Toney.

nstance, he has Fred Toney shape i his spring than Toney in has ever been before, loney reported tic as the season has advanced. His no hit game against. Chicago, recently, was no nuke. It was a great feat, accomplished by a man who was capable of performing great feats. (bit Wes the season opened i he 1 I the I eleven innings.

"Jimmy Ring, the Brookl; who is pitching for the Beds, ing nu excellent impression a lot ol well wishers i Jimmy is one of those boys who break into the big show too quickly, and then have their nps and dOWUS, but finally get set and make good. Hclnle'oroh was hurl e.rh in ihe 1 season and that Wee a severe handicap to Matty, as It not only cost him Groh's services, but broke up his in- field. (J roll is now back In Ihe game and the Beds should go ai a fast clip." The Brooklyn Superbas remember I Jimmy Ring very well, because lie I trained with them at Augusta in IsH. when he was a mere bushrr looking for a job. Jake Daubert thinks the i native son of Brooklyn has brilliant prospects in Ihe majors.

He has a world of stuff on the ball, and all that has kept hlni back in the past i has been lack of experience. BROOKLYN CELTICS WIN SOCKER CUP New York Team Defeated by 3 uoals to 2 in Stirring Final Match. great match between the Brooklyn Stale Football League, and the Xew i urn i ooman i tub In the final round of the cup tie competition of the sohfrt" Yrk Sla'e yesterday afternoon. Dame Fortune' finally smiled upon the Celtics, who facing a lead of 2 to 0. compiled by their rivals in the first fifteen minutes of play, played as they had never done career and career, and finally neutralized Xew posse Si.

-He the ensuing Cup for Fulton-Camerons. The fate of the Metropolitan Football Leagues Cup was decided yesterday In a hotly contested final game between the Fulton-Camerons and the i org Blues, which required tw ex'ta periods in which to leach a on the grounds of the White Rose Football Club in Astoria. I The Fulton-Camerons won out in had 'established a "lead" Ti goTsTo A Penalty lost the The end tW mlnutM from Dillon and Duncan shot the goals for the Jerseymen within fifteen minutes from the start. Marshall notched the first point for the Camerons twenty restart, but Dillon made it 6 to I ten minutes later. shot the goals needed to tie the score and Qulnn negotiated the penalty kick two minutes before the close Scores of additional socker came.

Junior Eagle Baseball. Games Tomorrow. Tomorrow activities in the lumnr Fsgle League will Include I wo games The Dyker A. C. will take on the Mohawks, nt the Parade Grounds, and Ihe Nicholas B.

H. C. and Wen field will cross Delta BushwiK Bark. ron WILLIE JACKSOX, There is a letter at this office for illle Jsckson, pugilist. Bob Groom's Remarkable Feal Another Big League Record I our pn i to a hope that our expenses will be i espondinglv curtailed "Wo expect to have week-end na incuts commencing this mouth scores Pennon commencing AM llolc-ln-Onc Season handicap man.

and duced golf to Bo. befn the TVRONE-aV. 'ARROW form'fit COLLAR TOPS BANDS ARK CCRVB CtT 10 FIT THR sHOI I.DF.RS. 2 for 30 CLl'ETT, IT ABCDY6.CQ (MAKOi When Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Beds held the Chicago Cubs hltless for ten successive Innings last week, it was the general impression that the last word had been spoken in pitching feats at least for a long time to come. But tho fans of the country were still talking about the great performance of the twirler who had spurned the Brooklyn Club because it was "too cheap," when along came Bob Groom of the St.

Louis Browns with the wonderful stunt of twirling eleven successive innings in the "No-hit I'nfortunately, the achievement was not gained in a single game. The Browns and White Sox had a double header at St. Louis vesterdav and Groom pitched the last two innings of the first game, holding the Sox hltless. Then he pitched the second Contest, and went through the full nine innings at the same pace, not a Chicago player getting a solitary hit. St.

Louis won both games and moved up to second place the American League race Groom's no-hit game was the fourth of the season in the big leagues. On April 14. Cleotte of the White Sox performed the feat, against the Browns, so that xesterdays stunt of Groom was in the nature of revenge. Ten days following Cicottes performance. George Mogridge of the Tan-kees held the Red Sox hltless.

although Boston scored a run. Then came Toney's remarkable stunt of pitching ten hitless inninRS. the first the season In the National League. In that game. Jim Vaughn went nine innings without allowing a basehit, onlv to lose out in the tenth.

Bob Groom Is one of the veterans the American League. He Joined the Washlngtons in 1909 and was, turned over to the Browns last yenrj He was born In Belleville, 111., 8eptem-.