10 CRAPS TO CRICKET JOHNNY COUGHS ABLITY OVERLOOKED Untill Cincinnati Reds Took Him This Year--Now a Star. Every once in a while some minor league player comes into the big lea- gies late in life and displays evid- ence which leads us to believe in- stead of it being a case of "many are called but few are chosen," big lea- gue picking is frequently a case of many being overlooked in the choos- ing. We only find those who are finally chosen, but it makes us won- der just how mary potential hig lea- Bue siars are being entirely over- Booked until their period of useful 'service Is past and they never got their chance The craze for "young blood" is so all-fired , prevalent that it only re- quires a few years to be wasted in | the minors before a player becomes "too ol" to receive big league at- tention, when as _a matter of real fact they have just arrived at the @ge when their nerves are settled and they have become possessed of the competitive spirit which renders them ready for immediate service in the big leagues instead of having to be 'farmed 'out for further experi- ence." But 'In spite of the evidence pro- vided by a Bancroft, a Cravath or a "Babe" Adams coming into the big league and becoming immediate stars after the age at which big lea- Bue scouts will even consider minor leaguers as possible big league ma- | terfal, those who do 'he "picking" still insist on so-called 'young blood" with the result that many high-class players in the minors who have turned twenty-five are being overlooked year after year One of the latest instances has served to show up this habit of con- tinually overlooking players who Bave arrived at big league efficiency after the age at which they are con- sidered as "big league material" is the case of Johnny Couch, this year Gne of the star pitchers of the Cin- einnati National League club. Couch has been pitching profes- | sional baseball for nine years, and this 1s the first real chance he has jdrawn to show his wares in the big feague because, in spite of the good Work he had been doing with the San Francisco club, of the Pacific Coast League, he was no longer classed as a "youngster." He was born in Great Falls, Mon- tana, but moved to California when & mere boy and has lived since in Palo Alto, Cal. He was first signed by the San Francisco club in 1914 But was farmed out to the Texas {League and the Union Association for two seasons, that he was picked up by Detroit, but he was given a chance to work in only part of one game with the (Tigers, and went back to the Coast again. In 1918 he was in ithe army and saw service overseas 8 a lleutenant. Mustered out in 1619 he rejoined the San Francisco team and was its mainstay in the box for two seasons, Last year he on 25 games and lost 15 for the Then along came the Reds and "¥purchased him during . the winter, Dut they didn't pay the high price Couch that the San Francisco has been getting for its other MS. Yet Couch has shown 'since 'start of the season that in get- him they did get a "star," just same, Couch is a fine character to have any ball club, and is a cool, in- | ent worker in a 'ball game. Bn the veteran pitchers of the ds, Rixey and Luque, were unable D get started early in the season, it ; the work of "two newcomers, Louch and Pete Donohue, that man- 8 to keep the Reds up in the race, And when Donohue hurt his arm was out of action Couch alone ed the team through to many Victories in which defeat would have it a drop to the lowest depths of the second division. OE -------------------- ICE COLLECTION OF AMATEUR GOLFERS What promises to be the greatest tion golf toyrnament ever : d will be he¥ "x Southampton, J[., starting August 24th, and con- nuing for the next two davs. Both British and United States teams will compete in the Walker contests will be among the , and the affair will be a fature of the National amateur plonship, with the fleld culled mn to the topnotchers on both of the water. th Ouimet, Evans, Jones, ford, Fownes, Sweetzer, Mars- Gardiner, Johnston and Knep- Tepresenting the leading talent erica, and Wethered, Tolley, ®, Darwin, Hohman, Aylmer, Mackenzie and Hambro on dl to uphold the traditions of golf, the event promises to keen iaterest. ¥ NAMED FOR U.S. " The Davis Cup Committee of the States Lawn Tennis Associa- bas announced the names of T. Tilden, II, of Philadel- Wm. M. Johnston, of San 0 Vincent Richards, of and R. Norris Williams, 'of Boston, as the team to defend ; cup at Forest Hills on Sptember, 1st, 2nd end 4th, In 1916 he pitch- | '8d for San Francisco and did so well | ~ SPOR |ONCE BIG LEAGUE OUTFIELDER DIES 1 | Thomas P. McCarthy Known in Old Days as One of the "Heavenly Twins." i Thomas P. McCarthy, former ma- Jor league star, known to baseball | fandom of other days as one of the "heavenly twins," died at Boston. | The other twin, Hugh Duffy, is now manager of the Boston Americans. From 1887 to 1891 McCarthy played the ouéfleld for the St Louis | Browns in the old American Assocl- | {ation under Charles Comiskey. It| was as a member of the famous old Boston Red Stocking champions | {from 1891 to 1895 that he gained his | ! greatest fame. | As a team mate of Duffy, Bobby | Lowe, Herman Long, Fred Tenney | land Billy Nash, McCarthy was ra- garded as one of the heaviest hitters | and fastest flelding players of his! day. Following his transfer from Bos-| ton to Brooklyn in 1896 he retired to | go into business with Dufry Me- | Carthy subsequently coached the Dartmouth, Holy Cross and Boston | college baseball teams. As coach at | Holy Cross he developed Bill Carri-| | gan, advising the change which made him a catcher instead of an! outflelder and advised Jack Barry to | relinquish his hopes of becoming a| pitcher to play shortstop | * | ~ - | Cup Officials Name | Players For U.S. Team America's defense of the Davis | cup, emblemati¢ of world supremacy | {in tennis, will be in the hands of the | | present national champion, two of his | | predecessors and a youngster new to | | international competition, when he challenge round is played at Forest { Hills, L.L., Sept. 1st, 2nd and 4th. WilHam T. Tilden, 2d, of Phila- delphia, present title holder, William | M. Johnston of San Francisco and R. | Norris Williams, 2d, of Boston. both | title ho'ders of the pas:, and Vincent | Richards of Yonkers will compose the team, | The selections were made after a three hours' session of the Davis cup committee which has spent the last few weeks watching all the best play- {ers in the country, Which of them | will play in the singles and doubles | was not decided and probably-wil [Bot be made known until twenty- | four hours before play 'starts, | The appointment of Richards who | though only nineteen years old is the | third ranking player in the country, jcame as a surprise, { Richards is a protegee of Tilden and firs! came into prominence in the tennis world when, paired with the Philadelphian, he became a na- tional doubles champion when but Jo 15 years old, He is the present jun- | ior champion, and while critics agree | that his style is not completely de= | veloped, they conceded him to be one {of the best volley stars on the courts. REAR, THE -* | 4 ! Spt LITTLE BITS. It Is rumored that the Plumbers, | newly crowned kings of the Mercan- the members of the press who supported them so cons ear. So far the rumor has not been | / 3 : | stands as the world's mark for pu- | confirmed, For the second time since the re- | Jase- have agrganization of the Mercantile ball League the Plumbers taken the cha silver trophy donated by Arthur Horwitz has come into their posses- sion for the first time. Once more the Toronto Leafs are crowding the .500 mark as the re- sult of another win over Reading. Port Hope, although in the lar position in the Central Ontario League, pulied a surprise and put ijt over Cobourg, league leaders, in a ten inning game Derry was throw- ing for the losers. Several young fellows about town are gathering up odd bits of rugby appare] preparatory to turning out {for the praciises of the Limestones, {who will play exhibition games this fall, four or least two, With Queen's sporting five R.M.C. at K.C.I. one, and perhaps one from Regiopolis, to say nothing of the squad from Limestones, Kingston is going to be some rugby town this fall, teams, Patterson, Ausiralian tenrfis play- er, does not think much of the Eng- lish spectators at the Wimbledon tournament, He claims they have a great lack of sportsmanship during the matches, It seems that every state in the United States has a different set of boxing iaws and a different interpre- tation of similar rules. Why not one good set of laws for the whole tently this | mpionship but he, big | cel- | shooting match and a saving of much valuable time and newspaper space? | The greatest speed ever attained | by a motorboat was the 80.567 miles {an hour attained by Miss America 11 | tile League, are giving a banquet to | ast year 1 v ! nave {6 3-8 inches (made in 1911) still | ting the 56-pound weight, | -- | Erve Scott has acquired the hit- | ting habit since going to New York. | -- | Pitcher Hasty of the Athletics con- |Sumes jus: as much time in pitching {as do other big league twirlers, | -- | Bunny Hearne, veteran pitcher, has been made manager of the Wil- | son team of the Virginia league, suc- ceeding Tom Clarke. | Max Flack, outfielder for the Chi- {cago Nationals, was traded to the St Louis Cardinals for Cliff Heathcote, also an outfielder, Trustee of Cramton Bow! have re- | ceived a telegram from Connie Mack accepting Montgomery's invitation for the Athletics to train there next spring Seven former Manhattan battery | men were in the points on the same day in the American association re- | Cullop, Jonard, Krue- Gonzales, Rogers and cently, namely 'ger, Kocher, Gossett, Frank Keck, sold by the Spring- field Western Association club to the Cincinnati National for $10,000 or thereabouts, joined Springfield as a free agent. Wichita Falls' sale of Pitcher Clar- jence Durrough to Omaha caused some surprise in Texas league circles, as he was about the best looking pitcher on the Spudders' staff. Hubert ("Dutch") Leonard of the Detroit American league club will pitch for the Fresno club of the San DAILY BRITISH WHIG. ING Mat McGrath's record of 40 feet | ! | FRIDAY, AUQUST 11, 1022, BADMINTON TO BOXING Still The Most For Th I | | | Joaquin Valley league during the re- | mainder of the baseball season. Pitcher Roy Appleton; transferred {3y Fort Worth to Puris of the Texas- Oklahoma league, has been shipped on to Stamford of the West Texas | circuit, | S------ { The Skillicorn Ball Club. At Watsonville, Cal., the Skillicorn | | baseball team is all in the family | I "Pop" Skillicorn raised these nine brothers on the bat, as i* were. A | baseball fan of many years' standing "Pop' decided that it was not mers' accident that Fate had decreed him nine boys. It's said to be the only | all-brother team in the world. And they're all grown up except Elmer, | eleven, who plays right field, When, | in a few years, he's old en6 gh to be | a real figure the Skilligan brothers ! will be a combination hard to beat. | The team consists of William, 33% | George, 30; Charles, 29; James, 26; Archie, 24; Bdadie, 20; Kenneth, 18; Amos, 17 and Harry, J 1 | Also there are four girls in tha | family, who go along as rooters. "THEM DAYS IS GONE FORE You not only read it, you sing it. Try it on your 'piano. Watch nightly for this big comic hit. VER" sd "MY WIFE WON'T LET ME." . oy Twin Boxers | | The Hahn Twins are not generally {known in fistic circles, although Ber- nie, the flashy bantam, has punched | his way to a contender's place in the | Shamplonship glare, | Bernie'and Bennie Hahn are from turbulent! West Virginia, and while Bernfe fights out of Wheeling he re- sides In Wellsburg, within a few | miles of the recent mine war at the | Cliftonville (W. Va.) mines, Bernie owns a large farm and real- ly has spent some time as a trae rustic, but Brother Bennie is the gen- uine farmer. Still, he finds time on the side to afd Bernie in his training, though he himself never has consid- ered the professional side of the arena, i IA While the two are twins, Bernie has an edge in weight and does the most of his battling at the 122<pound mark at 3 o'clock. Bennie is a 119- pounder and despite the lure of the ring, as painted by Bernie, does no: have the inclination to take it up as a means of livelihood. Hahn battled Patsy Brannigan, veteran bantam, at New Castle, the fight being posiponed for over four kours while an electrical storm play- ed havoc with the lighting plant. The bout got under way at 1.15 a.m. and {Han punched out an easy win over OFF THAT HORSE - THOSE THINGS ARE NOT FOR YOU'RE ACTING AWF'LY SILLY HERE -)UST UKE A CHILD OF Ten -- | the old-timer, who was game and kept coming. em ee _ RIDE THE THING -- TO 8 A BOY AGAIN -- o BRINGING UP FATHER [barn was totally destroyed by light- e Money son's. Charles Clark is having a ver anda erected to his house. Alexander Jackson is having lightning rods put on his buildings. Master Jack and Robb Sleeth, Cedar Lake, are spend- ing a few days with Master Charles and Joseph Clark, Miss Isabel Clark, Cedar Lake, is the guest of Miss Mabe! Robb. Mr. and Mrs. George Gilbert and family, Gananoque, visit- ed at J. E. Anglin's recently. Mrs. (Dr.) Bridge, Iowa, and Miss C. Curson, Battersea, spent a day last week at Charles Clark's. A EHS Keelerville News Budget. Keelervijle, Aug. 9.--A grant of $2,000 has been given by the county to be expended on the road. Robejt E. Tighe was appointed as overseer. Farmers have about completed hay- ing and have started cutting grain. A severe electrical storm passed over here on Friday last. William Dixon's ning. The stork visited this com- munity recently, leaving a boy at William Dixon's; a girl at Edward Hogle's, and a girl at Wallace Jack- A AA A a, p-------- at ---- TENNIS RACKETS 3 Re-strung and Repaired the Day They Are Brought In We have added a Repair and Re-string- ing Department for your service. Instead of waiting a week for your racket you can have it in one day. Bring your old one in and we make it like new. ANOTHER BASS, 6} LBS. TREADGOLD SPORTING GOODS CO! BICYCLES--RECORDS--PHON OGRAPHS--CAMERAS 88 PRINCESS STREET - PHONE 529 AUGUST SALE op FURNITURE The largest add best stock in the city to choose from. Everything must be cleared to make room for mew stock. Chesterficlds from ...905 to 350 Iron Beds from .....8 8 Odd Dressers from .. $17 to § 65 Brass Beds from .... 515 Springs and Matt Dining Room Sets to » from ROBT. J. REID LEADING UNDERTAKER 230 Princess Street. Ambulance Call 577w. to 8 38 to § 75 MOTHER'S CORNER MEAR, THE BROTHER WANTS, EET HIM On THe AD THIS IS WizRe HE WANTED me TO MEET Him. By GEORGE McMANUS DUT HE WON'T SHOW UP wHiLE THAT COP IS STANDIN' ™