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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY. MAY 12, 192G JOE M'CARTHY CREDITED WITH FORM REVERSAL CHICAGO CUBS a A Rancocas Shows Its Best ASSUMPTION LADS By Will Gould HiUin Like Sixty! "Bush League "Manager Is Already in Solid With Windy City Fans Colt, Sankari, but Charade Easily Beats Him Home By W. C. VREELAND. IX tho last race at tho Jamaica track yesterday there wore soms of tho finest looking two-year-olds that have gone to tho post this season.

n. ikla 1 .1 L.nn ln 1-n II mlnri'a Burleigh Holds 'Em Down picture that I've tried to present to the readers regarding tho Juveniles of this year. That picture Is this; The youngsters of 1926 are by long odds the best looking crop that I have seen ln many years. Judge then when I any that the Juveniles that paraded to the post In this race were well worth the big gallery that paid a visit to tho paddock to Inspect them. The best looking of this particularly fine bunch were Sankarl, Cheops the Rancocas pair Gracious Gift, Black Panther.

Charade and Rol Des Montagnaa. Of the lot Charade, the only (lily ln the bunch, was the winner. She proved a big surprise andwon under tho whip by more than a C(ll scTL ft 8g 7 iT 7es a ffff if ill IJ Hup" I 1 H'W By THOMAS HOLMES iStrif! Correspondent of The Eagle.) HICAGO. 111., May 12 Although the Cubs of Chicago, rated the crow-bait of the National League, according to a consensus jf expert opinion before the present shooting started, are right up there in the first division, their chance of copping a pennant thin year is decidedly slim. Kxpert opinion may have wrong, but not that much.

But whether the Cubs win, finish in the one-two-three-four money or revert to type and wind up south of the first division, one thing seems certain at this time, which is that Joseph McCarthy is making good. Joe McCarthy holds a unique place among big league managers. I ntU he was engaged last winter to, load the Cubs, he had never bewi 1 connected with a big league club any capacity. There have been othr hi league managers who tiad never played big league halt or, at least, caused much of a stirup where the large gate receipts bloom. Branch Rickey was one notable example.

Rickey, we believe, d'd have one or two big league trials, but he certainly was not chosen to manage the St. Louis Cardinals because of his playing record. As we-' understand it, It was Rickey's engaging personality and his sometimes astonishing theories which sounded like a million dollars, until they were tried out on the ball field, that got Brunch his Job. McCarthy Accrpunl Job At Own Terms. McCarthy's arrival was different.

Joe came to the big leagues because the big leagues, attracted by his record as manager of the Louisville Colonels, sent for him. When the Chicago club first Intimated that it might favorably consider Mr. McCarthy's application for the position of manager, it wus reasonable to suppose that a gentleman connected wit baseball for many long years, without ever having glanced through a big league hill of fare, would risk brooking his neck in his dash for the Chicago Kxpress. Instead. Joe up on his hind leg and calmly told the Chicago lub that unices his terms were met full there would be nothing doing.

Mr. Will. am Wrifcley, the chewing gum uwnt-r. wanted Joe jadly enough to comply. Nobody in this city thinks that the J'ub magnate made a mistake'.

Auk anybody at the North Side Ball Vark why the Cubs have been upper-'uttirg the already well-cauli dope and the answer will be Just one word "McCarthy." A Driver and a "Prrcontnge Manager." Only one of the conditions upon which McCarthy accepted his present position In necessary for present purposes. Before he signed a con tract Joe InsNted that he was to he absolute boss of the team and of the players. At the same time he wan willin-7 to accept responsibility along with his authority. He is said to be driver hut a reasonable one. He doesn't expect a player to do the impossible and he doesn't rave or nnt when somebody boots one In a mecbanlcul way.

Rut the ears of the Cub who gums some thing up through carelessness or hr cause his mind was on a Joy ride are due to be burned when he gets back to the bench, 'ilthough Joe is auid to seldom "call" a player before th-j other athletes. Am to his tactics, he says himself that he Is strictly what is known ns a "percent ce" in tinner, which meanj that he constantly shifts his plana to me-t arising conditions. length at odda of IS and 20 to l.Q- There was scarcely a shout when she beat Cheops and Sankarl. Charade's Victory A Fluke? IN eaylng that I doubt whether Charade will ever again boat the Rancocas pair, particularly Sankarl, I cast no reflections on the brown daughter of Vulcaln-Mlss Puzzle. Her victory was much In tho nature of what baseball men call a scratch and racing men call a fluke.

It was like the victory of Cutitout over Pompey nt Aqueduct last year. The Rancocas pair not only attracted many men who stood around them and tried to find fault with their makeup. The layers showed a great deal of respect for their quality by holding their odds down to to and even money. This on the strength of some recent private trials. The winds which whistled through the paddock at Jamaica whispered the news that Sankarl, the brown colt by The Flnn-Cadeau, was regarded as tho best Juvenile ln the Rancocas string.

He certainly made a fine appearance. W. R. Coo owns a half interest ln this colt. This Is the second one ln the Rancocas string that the owner of Pompey has an Interest ln, the other being Silver Fox.

A Ileary -Bettinsr Rare. SANDB had the leg un on Sankarl and LaVerne Fator was astride of Cheops, a brown colt, 2, by John P. Grler-Play Fair. This pair, as I have said, were the favorites. Andrew Jackson Joyner was sweet on Gracious Gift, which raced In the colors of George D.

Wldener. A Joyner said that he hadn't any Idea how good the other youngsters were, but he thought the son of Whisk Broom 2d-Sunglow 2d had a rood chnnce to win. Consequently that colt closed a strong second choice ln the odds. All the colts, as many another colt and buckaroo on Broadway, were busy chasing the filly. Charade.

Gracious Gift broke well and was soon out ln front. Sankarl and Cheops were ln a tangle and were soon ln all sorts of trouble. Gracious Gift continued to hold his lead until the homestretch. A Challenge That Cnino Too Lata. THERE Charade and Cheops moved up and soon made Gracious Gift stop.

Sankarl, racing very greenly and running a zigzag course, begnn to loom largely out of a to 'He'i3ArMt3oVoT cm He Keep HITTIN' like sixty! That's Just whnt the Bamtdno's bjoing! Mister Gawge Holman Ruth, who travels under several aliases such as the "Sultan of Swat," 'Kleaglo of Klout" and more affec tionately "The Babe," Is riding high an' mighty on the romebilck chariot, and aa we said before 'Hiittln' like slMtyl" Which is as It should be. Gawge Hoiman's 1925. batting average took a bigger drop than fhe price of Ger man marks after the big shlndlar The Big Barn's home-run hitting fell "BABE" RUTH AT Home Run King Offers Trophy for Jnter-Boro League Players. Two bells, and all was once more quiet in the heart of Irlshtown. A bit earlier in the evening a hero, one greater in the hearts of the Cohens and Kellys of Cranberry st.

than Jimmy Walker, Cal Coolldge, Charlemagne or any of the big-timers that you read of In the books, one George Herman Ruth, Ph.D., of baseball, had passed through the green bailiwick and had stopped for a brief Interim. The occasion for the visit by the Sultan of Hwat vaa wie weekly meeting of the Interboro Baseball Association at the Assumption School. The Bambino drove up In his car and proceeded to the speakers' rostrum, courted by a mob of enthusi astic youngsters. Shakespeare was wrong when he said, "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown." At least, the smiling face of the home-run king, followed by a cortege that would have made the pompous Louis Alv turn green with envy, tended to disprove the Avon bard. The Bambino was introduced by tho Rev.

Father Farrell, pastor of the Assumption parish, who numbers among his parishioners Wllbert Kooinson, our own Uncle Robbie of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Then there arose a roar and shout that roused up all the neighbors on the block. The Sultan of Swat suffered from a severe cold and his voice was raucous, hut Irlshtown listened Intently. Ruth recalled a few anecdotes of his younger days which appealed to the audience. In his day youngsters of 10 or 12 would do their dally dozen on the diamond with bricks and bats.

Perhaps It was the bricks tnat made George Herman an ex ponent of the lively ball. The Bambino emphasized the "Im portance of being earnest," and the necessity of keeping oneself in proper shape. One would expect the or Klout to Advocate particularly baseball for vounasters. but he surprised his audience by sianaing up tor any clean, whole some sport that would keep a youth's minn clean. The Babe offered trophy to the man playing In the league who would be selected, not only as the best all-round player but as the best sportsman as well.

Richard Seeks Long Island Site For New Stadium Tex Rlckard, whose new Madison Square Garden has housed record boxing and hockey throngs since Its erection last winter, announces completion of plans for his contemplated 12,000,000 outdoor stadium, which he expects to be available next summer, says the Associated Tress. lllokard said the demand of the public for a suitable arena to stage collegiate football, professional soccer and major boxing contests would require a structure capable of seating 100,000 spectators. A site In Long Island City Is under consideration. "The ball park has been outgrown the football spectator demands an arena which will get him closer to me playing Held," he said. Rlckard, who yesterday won an other promotion dispute In receiving the approval of the State Athletic Commission for llght-heavywelght title bout between Paul Rerlenbach and Young Htrlhllng at the Yankee Stadium on June 10.

revealed that In five months persons passed through the doors of the new tiarden to -ltnesa tti spectacles staged under his management. Major League Leaders (Bl the Attociatrd Vrrtt NATIONAL LEAGUE. Ratting Brassier, Reds, Runs Heathcote, Cubs, J2. Hits Hornsby, Cards. 14.

Doubles Frlsch, (Hants, II. Triples Wilson, Cuba, 4. Homers Ilottomley, Cards, 6. Stolen Rases Cuyler, Pirates, T. Pitching Mcoraw, Robins, won 4.

lost 0. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batting Dugnn, Yajika, .411 Rum Ruth. Yanks. 28.

Hits floslln, Senators, 41. Iionhlea Ilurna, Indiana, 14. Triples Gehrig, Yanks. 7. Homera Ruth Yanks, Stolen Bases Meusel, Yanks.

Pitching yulnn, Athletics, won 4 lost 0. Bouts Last Night Kansas City, Kan. Bob O'Shra, Omaha, outpointed Tuny Ross, puts. burg (ill). Luraln.

Ohio Tommy MltcMVll Toronto, outpointed Clyde Helllnger, Hattla Creek. Mich. (). St. Louis, Mo.

Kayo Phil Ksplsn New York, won newspaper derision over Italian Joe Cans, Brooklyn (10). Major League Records KATIOXAL I.EAOT-E. Standing of the Teams. w. I.

w.i nreoalra I Plttsft'f II II I'lni- nstl IS. St Uull II IS .41 ''MrB. i i Phils rt 1, .417 II II .45 ion 1 in Itinulls Yeetrnla. St null, New Vorfe, Hrmlilin, I- Philadelphia. 1.

I Innnnstl. 7, Hecion. 4. Gante Tomorrow. Hr I rn st chlesao lew mrk St Si.

I.nule FhllaiWIphl, at IMttaburf. Boston at Cincinnati. AMERICA LEAOTE. Htamllng nf the Tea ma. w.

I. w. Tar. I Phils. I II Ml Cltviit 4 II riatrotl.

It II Wash II 11 IT hit-age. 11 11 .11 St. Lauls It Results Yesterday Phllalelpnia, Chli-a. I. Waah r.f ftn, St l.outa.

I. New loelSl. Huet.4Vaa reit caiai. antes Tomorrow. f'levalann at ew Tarll.

Si. foiuia a' Iiatrr.ll al I at MI XHIPAL fiOl.r On hundred and ninety cities of th Units aiate aaa Lanaaa aav BUaUolsai Uaaa, Navy Looms as Fastest Eastern Crew With Yale And Harvard Next Best 1 hy GEORGE TREVOR. Brooklyn. I Chicago. ab i ab Ox.rf 4 11 2 0.

Adams, 2b 3 0 0 1 6 Fewnter.tb 5 13 8 4 10 1 2 1 Wheat. If 6 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 Herman, lb Ml 10 0 nrnr.ks.cf 4 0 0 2 1 F. 0 0 4 0 bYe.Kau.3r 3 11 11 Butler. 3b 4 1 2 0 2 Grimm. lb 4 11111 4 12 1 llCooney.as 4 0 1 4 4 4 12 Hartnett.c 4 0 1 4 1 40 2 0 Blake, 20 1 0 2 Wilnon, 10 0 0 0 lOeborn.p 0 ft 0 0 1 Shannon ft 0 0 0 0 Totals 40 tf 27 ll Totals 82 2 27 17 for ntukft In th Inning.

THanca lor uniKjrn in 9tn nn nc. Brooklyn 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 Chicago 00 0 1 0 1 00 0 fcrrorn unrmn (2 Grimm, Two-hwe hi! Harftreavea. Homo run Grimm. Sitrriflc- 'ox. Double pluyi Brooks nft rimiii; Butltr.

Knwstsr ami Herman. Left on riant Brooklyn. ChlcBtco, 7. Bhipi on bU off 4. Struck out By by (irlmi-a, by Osborn, 1.

Bhm hit Off Blake, 10 in tnntnaa: off u- 6 in 3 innlntrs. pRiwrd bull Hart- nett. Loi-lav pitcher Blake, Umpire M'LnuchKn. Mc Connie It and Rtxler. Time of fame 2:05.

They say that he never loses his head, and that he never commits an obvious managerial blunder. Hp Seems to lie The Only Boss. Joe McCarthy must be a gentleman of considerable character. As may have been expected, various veterans with the club took some liberties with their "bush league" manager at the start of his regime. Cpon these occasions Joe's outbursts of oratory are said to have scaled heights hitherto unreached by other masters of the art of using language.

Whether the veterans still resent McCarthy's authority Is unknown. But Joe Is the absolute boss of the ball team, and he Is having no trou ble on the surface. lie has a young ball team, one that shapes up as too inexperienced to do more than cause troublo in the pres ent pennant race. Rome wasn't built in a day or a nig leanue season and neither is pennant-winning team. Plnvors who knew McCarthy well In the Ainerlcun Association say "Just give him time and the wherewithal and he will have a winning club in Chicago before many seasons." Joe seems to be on his way now.

The only apparent thing to do is wait and see what happens. Grimes Wins Ills Third In Row. Our lirooklyn Robins yesterday more than obtained revenge for what happened to Jess Petty on Monday. The boys not only retained first place by knocking the Cubs off but blasted Chicago back under the Cincinnati Iteds, now In the runner- up position, one game behind Brook lyn. Conditions up around the top of the National Lengue standing appear to be slightly kaleidoscopic.

Burleigh Grimes held Chicago to six hits yesterday and beat them, 6 to 2, for his third successive victory. It was the secr.nd tlnu in succession that Burleigh's pitching kept the Koblns In first place. The Koblns. with Chick Fewster and Buck Wheat leading the attack, landed upon John Blake and Robert Unborn for IS hits, which is excellent. They cashed In their lti hits for six runs, which Is not so good.

The boys have won 13 of their last 16 games, so It's untimely to squawk now. but they do waste a flock of opportunities. Jess Barnes and Charley Root figure to oppose each other today. Dazr.y Vance rejoined the Robins yesterday and may pitch tomorrow. Contrary to a former report, ni sister did not die, but she Is still seriously HI.

192S Boston. American League spring training season: Atlanta, Southern Association, for half a sea. son until he scrambled with the president of the club and was suspended; Memphis, Southern Association, for the Valance of the season. 1S24 Huston, American League, spring training trip; Han Antonio. Texss league, one month; Little Rock.

Southern Association, two months; voluntary retired list for rest of season. 1925 Seattle, Pacific Coast League, all year. li2 Minneapolis. American Association, spring training trip; Brooklyn, National League Herman is Just 22 years old and In his five years of professional base-hall he hss been connected with every league of Importance In the country save possibly the Epworth and the Antl-Xuloon. Within fire years he has been en the roxter of 11 ball clubs In ten different leagues.

That probably will tnml as a world's record for that length of time. Ilns Dune Him No Harm. He's run Into a lot of funny ones In the eoiirse of his ramhllngs. Out at Omaha, fnr Instance, his batting average In 122 was far over .150 fnr something more than hall Karnes, and fie whs released on sc-ciunt of his fielding. That's the tip-off on the kind t.t fleldlnff first baseman must have been at that Htnge of his life.

He's undoubtedly Improved since. They railed him the bet first baseman In the I'sclfio Const League last spring, snd he's looked like a real big leaguer In every respect during tils limited opportunities with th" Itublns. The promiscuous way In which he was shipped from one corner of the rnuntrv to another would be enough to dle oiirsge an ordinary human te-mg. tin th contrary. It has fitted Herman with the nerve of a land- lord You couldn't rattle this big l.lond kid on the ball Held If you lit cannon cracker behind him.

A gent with that kind of tem perament Is an asset to any ball club. ruiuur heavy nnrifi. Tha heavy hitting of Han 'ha former Itneton ftraves' outfield," helping to keep the Providence ft i near the top of the heap In the K.ast ern League scramble. Boxing Bouts Tonight Mllehel llif tnale Ratner t. wltlell, J.

Jwrvaa HNmhr. Mrs Nln Ihll lllle l.atien I'ip rtl. varh rttinu. KMOh let Artnitrr 'HrnnhltRi fettra. htnr Ja.

li I'vtlltmne. It linn I mh Smt, UMlfr. Ion ftltn4nr HI, UWfM, Marberry Has Unique Standing in Baseball IS Ed. Leader nearlng the end of his astounding string of triumphs at New Haven? Is a Leader-coached Yale Varsity crew to tast defeat for the first time In the history of rowing this season No ono can the fog of horse that had him fairly enveloped during the early stages. Charade drew out ln tho home- stretch and looked like an easy winner.

But in the final furlong Cheops and then Sankarl moved after her. Both colts were rapidly overhauling her at the finish, but she held on gamely under the whip and won by trifle more than a longth. Cheops beat Sankarl half a length. The last named was racing very fast at the finish, when too late. This race should Improve him a great deal.

Pandora Beats The Miami Queen. HP. WHITNEY'S Pandera, a brown filly, 2, by Peter Pan-Dendera, sprinted away with tho Rosedale Stakes for fillies two years old, distance five furlongs, value 3,800. Unlike tho majority of the Whitney Juveniles, which are slow get in motion after raising tions at tho post, this little filly, which is not high on the leg, Ilk most of the sons and daughters of Peter Pan, broke so fast after the start that she soon had a lead of five or six lengths over Never Again. It was no race for Pandera.

6h ran so fast the first half mil that she fairly tied her opponents Into knots, she was getting a trifle leg-weary toward tho finish. But she had such a big lead that she easily beat Accomplish, tho queen of the Miami meeting, by open daylight. Marlnclll In Trouble With Steward. IVUCH had been said about th early speed of Accomplish. In the South she was always able to outrun her opponents.

But the kind of colts and fillies she met there were a poor lot as compared with the cnes on Long Island. Consequently Accomplish was far back during the early stages of tho race. She was able to get second place because Never Again stopped badly In the Btrctch. Granny, a good-looking filly belonging to the Rancocas Stnble, was third. With Professor and Hayward withdrawn from the third race.

Blue Hill was made th choice. Cogwheel led to the stretch, where Blue Hill moved up from second place and won with a trifle to spare. Wampe wns third. Benny Marlnelll, who rode Clique, got into trouble with the stewards regarding his handling' of that gelding. They did not think he persevered with his mount, so they suspended him for the balance of the meeting and referred his case to the Jockey Club for further consideration.

In th records he I credited with winning one game and losing none sending as reliable a relief man as Marberry Into tho gam ha a psychological effect on tho opponents. The change of pitcher often stop bsttlng rallies, temporarily at least. This much can bo credited to the difference In pitching styles. But wnen opponents are called upon tn face Mnrberry, a twlrler accustomed to pitching In all sorts of places, the nervous strain that la usu ally one pltchar Inflicts Itself upon th batter. Thl I th condition present, but Marberry wa not always th king of relief hurlers.

An underrated chap I thl fellow Mnrberry. Underrated by th fans because he doesn't tart games, and underrated In th records because the record do not adequately record the doings of relief hurlers. Muddy Ruel. the lit le Washington catcher. hss said that Marberry I a cspsbl and efficient pitcher from any angle.

He was Walter Johnson chief assistant In the campaign of 1324, when the fire-ball king wa voted, the most valuable player In th American League. In Oils year John-son wa credited with having won 23 time and being defeated but 7. Hut, of course, Johnson' record did not show thst Marberry had been called upon to finish alx of thee ga me. Iist season his vnluo did not end when the-scheduled 164 games wer He did valiant work In tho World Series. Against Pittsburg he faced one ren "pinch'' and was equsl to It.

Thle "plmh" came In the ninth Inning of the game started hy Alex Ferguson, on wa out when Moore and Carey singled and Cuvler was hit. filling the bases. Then came the call for Marberry, and th lug fellow amhled In from th hull-pen. He tossed a few balls to Rusl nnd then set to work. Not a man scored.

Mnrberry will probably never voted th most valuable player to bis team, hut he hns been most valu-' able to th Senator, whether or not! the fans realize It. Big Shift Derby Betting Farm" second bet In th clsnalo. despit, disappointing exhibition In th Preakn, still rate high In th cplnlon of Col. E. R.

Bradley, mtr of th Idla Hour Farm. Coiensl Bradley wss ssld to b. pinning hi ralth on Rubbling Over and Ragan-baggna. ststlng that lh lattr Imply didn't Ilk th going In th East-el elnsajc. Iiui.t, ling over continue to nil the prc-Derby favorite, with Pompey erind, while Display following la gaining steadily.

The Held nf ellirlbles luntlnu to narrow down wiWi the possibility that I as thsn 20 will go to th post Mntiirdny afternoon. Sever teal ar to glvn number of doubtful tarfer on lh list befnr Friday afternoon, and many that ar now listed a doubtful el art or will not placed la th ntry box. answer these questions with certainty, Yale's unbroken sweep of victories on Brooklyn's "Babe" Stands By Himself as a Traveler Leader assumed charge of a disorganized Yolo navy In 192J, Is to shat tered by Harvard at New London. Certainly only tho fact that Yale does not meet the Navy will prevent Leader's string from being snapped. Performances to date Indicate that Navy la the claas of tho East In rowing.

Ed. Leader's success at Yale has been unparalleled. Coming to New Haven after th Nlckalls and tho In their effort to Install the English found a demoralized squad, hopelessly manshlp. Everything was In a "state of chassis," to quot Sean O'Casay's Inimitable hero of "Juno and th Paycock." Th English stroke, with It By RALPH TROST. FlrpoMarberry, tho embalmer.

It doesn't sound Ilk a baseball players name, doe It It savor mon of a "bad man" ln on of those H-lld Mexican border towns, but that' the nickname hung upon Fred Murherry, th Hurculean right-handed speed-ball pitcher of the Washington Senators. FIrpo he Is called, after the Illustrious Argentine pugilist, that mammoth. Immobile giant, whose facial expressions, outside the ring, were aa unreadable aa thos of a rock-hewn Image; "Em-balmer'' because of his ability to pull game out of th fir and put them on Ice. Hi record last year wu on of th most unlqu In baseball history. Fifty-five time he wa sent Into the game bv Manager Hucky Harrl and he pitched to 141 men.

A few time he tarted. but more often he was called upon to undertake what others had started and couldn nnisn. That Is why his record shows him to hav won only eight game and Inst six. In th other contests, the gam wa either won or hopelessly lost before he started to work. Considering thnt ho did most or his work as a relief pitcher, th man who spends hours a day out In the bullpen perpetually warming up for emergency whlcb may or may not come, he hung up a remarkable rec ord of having yielded opponent the meager average of 1.41 earned runs per game.

Kew pitchers are aa good llelders a th Senators' "Embalm er." In 93 Innings he hsnrtled everything that came his way with out making an error, anil aa a list, ter hsd the excellent aversge of .263 Fred seem destined to continu In the role of gnme saver. He's been too good at It tn be permitted to do anything else. Thus far this season ha been In 12 games, three of them In four days, and In the 11 1-3 Innings gav 13 hit. However, he will not hsve snother saaaon with a lie ll Ing record nf 1.000, for md an error In last Thursday' contest off like the Prince of Wales and so did his popularity. After pickling the or onion for .800 and more, eight seasons In a row, Iluthle went off his bat and wound up the year with a lowly .240.

But Gawge Is nobody' fool. He realized that he was dragging down the do-re-ml for his wickedness with the ash and not for his sylph-like form, which, by the way, was no longer sylph-llke. Trekked he to a gym where he managed to remove on odd hundred pounds from his skeleton and thence to tho southern training campa, to gol-luf and play ball! All of which has done tho "Big yet Indications are not lacking that lake and river, which began when Corderry brother ha signally failed system of rowing at Yale, Leader confused a to technique In oars- a coaches dream about, I si II I available to pas back the beat. Spock graduation, however, left a hole which hasn been filled. Leader ha had anme tough luck thl season.

After Hudson, one of his most powerful oars, had been belatedly declared Ineligible on a technicality the squad was decimated by measles. While the vorillv lost only one man, Durant, the Junior uoai was snot in pieces hy thl nursery malady, which may or may not account for Its poor showing against the I'enn Jayvees. Taking nothing from th Penn Juniors, It rsn be surmised that the measles didn't nelp tne aeronfl iai crew. You Can't Blame Ner From Drawing Comparison. VALK'H varsity had to row Itself 1 out to beat Penn by a half length or less not much of a show-ing when you remember that Navy's mighty eight fairly rowed away from this same penn boat, which trailed six lengths behind.

With a fine sense of the dramatic, th Ell coxswain stood up In Ms fral cedar aklff as the boat entered th last 2o0 ysrda of th Hoonatnnlo course and waved a scarlet cloth In th face of his oarsmen. It tan like waving a red flag before a hull. Th effect was magical. The Yale shell, which had been illtiglng to Penn auurterdeek. leaped ahead like a tired thoroughbred which feels the sting of th hlp.

I'p went the best to 40, then to 4, as Laughlln spurred nn his men. That famou ghostly run between trokes. a characteristic of leader-coached rrews, caused th Ell shell to slip stealthily past th deaparutely fighting guaker boat. Vale's boat gslned by feet rather than Inches, yet those eight auto, matons maintained perfect form under Iushlln freniled drlv. Th est of a good craw I whether It can "keep together" when the stroke la rnise.i io a 40 Beat.

Thl Tale crew met th test. With brawny Klnsa. burr passing hack Ijiitghlln' heat, th bin shell sppearad In leap forward to meet the finish flnaa. flat, lerlng from buoy In midstream. Penn Fall tn Meet laillhlln' IsrantTBtii Driva.

rON IRMIOKR. rnn' doughty a-' stroke, fought tooth and nail I aarwae Laughlln hallsn, but (Oaatbaaaa oa aw 4) Nolso" a world of good. Ho Is right In the game every day, and not for "Babe" Ruth but for tho New York Yankees. He remarked at the start of the season that ho was out to help the Yan-nlx win ball games and was not at all Interested In creating new home-run record. But ya, never can tell! It was only two weeks ago that we buzzed the Babe on his old mark of R9 round trlns.

established In 1921. Did he think he could pass It this year was the question. Ruth Just winked and replied. "I dunno. but I'm hittln' like SIXTY!" Now figure It out for yourself.

iBTHJIDE PLAY Behr, Binzen and Bowman Among Eight Survivors At University Heights. By GEORGE NOBBE. Fred C. Anderson, th Terrace Club net tar, look better each day ln th North Side championship at th University Height Tennl Cluh. In his fourth-round match with Dickson Cunningham yesterday he gave another exhibition of first-class tennis, the kind that he can play when he really puts his mind as well aa his nntural ability Into his game.

It haa often been said of Fred that all he needs to scale the heights of th tennis world Is a small grain of ambition, and his present showing would seem to Indicate the truth of this beller. In his match wWh Cunningham, as In his encounter with Von Iternuth the day before, he used hi natural advantages of height and reach to the limit of their possibilities. When Kred Is at the net In a lively mood his enormous reach makes It almost Itnposslbla to pass him, and his height he stands at least six and half feet In tennis shoes -preclude Hie possibility of lobbing over his head. In fact. It Is dangerous to attempt to do so, as he can place his overhead volleys with deadly effectiveness, as Cunningham found to his sorrow.

The final scoro of the match was 2. 6 this Just rbout represent tho margin of An derson' superiority. Ih'hr Win Another. Th quarter finals today bring An derson against J. G.

Hall, who aprang Into prominence In this tour ney by eliminating Reginald Tut-niHge, another Teriar Club player, after three bard sets In the fourth round. If Anderson can solv Hall's service when the two meet he should enter the eemi-flnnls. wher will probably meet Elliott Itlnsen, who is bis only rival for permanent possession of the cup that la now In competition, each of them having two lens on It st present. Allan Itehr, another Terrace Club veteran, who lis been sailing throne th srly rounds of th tourney at a great pace, had a llttla mure trouble yesterday In his meeting with V. M.

Honnesu. It took Allan 24 gsmea before won out. 4. Ill Indefstlglhl ag-greaalvenesa and his tlreien court covering wore Itonneau out. Itehr hss been playing fine, steady tennis snd I pt to prove dangerous to nnf on meets, now thst th tournament Is In It final nt sires.

Th other six player who ar In th quarter final Inrlud Herbert J. Bowman, th present holder of th cup: Alfred J. f'awse, th nstlonal veterans' champion: Elliott Itlnsen. Krneat Knhn, J. Gilbert Hall and William M.

Fischer, th baae. liner who yesterday scored a minor upset by eliminating Hr. William Rosen-bsum after thre hard 1. 1 COLLEGE II MK.HALLk Tale. 14: Columbia.

I. I'rainus, I'enn, 2. Weslevsn, I Trinity, I. at Iterance. I'olrat, I.

Manhattan. 13: Prtt Instltuta, 4). Wisconsin, Mlnnoua, 3. I QUARTER fly TIIOM HOLMES tStaf Correspondent of The EagJe CHICAGO. 111., May 12 Tt wan Dan I In wiry, coach of th Detro TIkts, who hung upon Floy C.

Hrrman, hotter known as "Bab," th od'lltlnnftl nickname of "The Coawt-to-Connt Kid." That the SMnctlnK firm ban un-demtudy of M'1mi Jacques earned ht aouhrlqut not In the leant doubtful. Younjr M- Herman pfenm nUt-M tr an Indefinite ntay with the lirooklyn club, but In hi ilny, and day won not a Inn nne. "Wabe" did considerable flobe trotf In. Hack In the winter of 120. Floyd tben a blond young hopeful of Jimt 17 vear.

wan what be himself trma the "danhtng fullbark" of nlnle Mich 8huol of Angeli-p "Mai''' b'irn In Buffalo, hut Imb f-ilk moved out to the Purine Coint before he was old enough to prntewf. Well, anvwny. Kloyd wan aurh -dashing fullback" that hln ablllrvl to crash through opposing Ilnea and eniear 'pix-ai' Ion in the mot ep- pmv.fl f'vMnr brought htm plenty of attention and offer of irholar-hMpfl. "Hit hr a bout to arrept the "term" of a larira eastern unl-erhy, when w-ta suddenly am't-ten bv a to se the world. So be rustled a Job In or-panlxed baiehall.

He landed with Kdmonton the Western I'anada league The complete list of clubs upon whone. roter his name hsa in the fv enra of hi checkered career follows torether with the time spent at each stop: Hi Muacil a lonple. 1K1 Edmonton. Western Canada I.eaifu. all season.

1 ytZ'i-- Itetmlt. Amerlrun league. Fprlng tralnlrg trip: Omaba, Western League. ix weeks, enng. International l.e:H'ie.

one month, Augusta, Fatly League, refnaetf to report enl recalled bv Detroit; Omaha. Western league, for balance of the season. Tech Athletes Too Fast For Alexander Hamilton Brooklyn Tech defeated Alexander Hamilton In a dual track meet i.t the P. H. A I.

field yesterday t-v tit a. ore of 9 to 4o Coach ltMnl iliarg's proved too i rained for the II, million team, 1 them ofllv thte- first pliK'rn Johnny hrioi.el. phis and hitn'a ntur imrkiimn. ions firm In the yard senior. ter-mile rua ana the running areas Jure.

emphasis on a punishing body thrust, had proven Ill-adapted to the exigencies of American youth. Iaa1rr the Ural MlraHe Man of Mtxlrm SMirt. YALE had been beating Hnrvard simply because the Crimson rowing situation was In even mof of a deplorable condition than the Blue's. Guy Nlckalls had turned out only one workmnallke Yale crew, the 1916 eight which bent Princeton, Cornell and Harvard. Shortly afterwards Nlckalls quit In disgust, leaving behind that momentous letter herein he Intimated that the Yale crew wns gutless.

That "giltri'ss crew" rowed Its heart out to beat a heavily barked Harvard crew by a gnat's whlaker. Then came Abbot and the Conlerrs. as Ynle sank deeper and deeper Into the slough of despond. Leader's advent worked a miracu lous transformation at New Ifttven. le began to win right from the drop of the' half, and he's still win ning, leaders first crew, the 192S outfit, was a whale of a host, but the 1924 elicit remains bis master piece.

That epic octet trimmed everything that floats on cedar fin both sides of the herring pond After nosing out the Navy officers' eight st the llenlev distance, alter routing Cornell, Penn, Princeton and Navy In sprint races, that Ysle crew rowed down Harvard In the four-mile New Imdon classic and then cleaned up In th Paris Olympic. IilrWIIer and Langhlln Pair of A ore. LAST year' Tsl crew was Severn I length slower than th Olympic boat, but It plenty fast enough to trim everything It met no matter what th rout. Whether It could hv finished ahead of Navy and Washington Is problematical. Our gileaa Is that Ysle would have been third st Polishkeepale, lapped on the lesdlng shells, leader has been fortunate In Ms stroke oars at New Haven.

First he picked up Alfred linition l.lndley. whoa name will slnsys be synonymous with everything thnt a great stroke should be. When Llndley ws declared Ineligible, Leader found another prlxe package In Tommy Laughlln, who I art 1 1 1 setting th pec. Klngibury, saix aa avnaa Display Causes In Kentucky Loulavlll. Kr May II 0T With th vanguard nf prominent Eaatern entries, heeded by Pompey, her, the annual Invasion of Kentucky Derby eligible from th East wa given added Impetus today whsn Canter, Rock Man and Display, th latter winner of th Preakn, rich Plm-llco purse, arrived.

Display, rising from th rank nf mediocrity to lh spotlight by hi' brilliant victory, Monday, hss caused antn shifting mnng those who attempt to pick winners In th snnual Kentucky clssaic. Waller J. Salmon's clt Is certain to hav a strong following tn th Derby, Saturday. Color Sergeant, I'hanrt plnv. Ran-ton, lllondln nd l.laht Carbine ar among other Eastern eligible that ar rout her to strengthen th Kastsrn f1ld of ntn.

Bag anbagf t(, th Idl Hour.

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