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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1917
Page
9
Famous AL umpire explains a tricky base running play from a minor East league. Runners on first and second, a snap throw catches the lead runner napping. A run process leads to one man out as the batter’s team argues two outs, but the umpire rules only the original holder of second base is out while the other runner is exempt until the forced moment.
Veteran reinsman Pop Geers known as The Silent Man of Tennessee, after a July spill and hospital stay, returned last month to win races and upset the odds. Ed Geers began driving in 1900 and has likely earned well over a million dollars in purses, with a peak 1902 season of 11370 dollars. He is hailed as a square, honest figure in the sport.
Dr Laure Muller of Brazil proposes baseball games between northern and southern hemisphere players to foster goodwill. The idea follows Bishop Brent’s note that Moros in the Philippines have turned swords into bats and reports of global bleacher enthusiasm. An all-Americas league could inspire broader peace and fairness, potentially expanding to a world league.
Karl Keffer, twice Canadian open champion and Royal Ottawa Golf Club professional, has enlisted with Col. W. W. McLean’s Ottawa battalion and will go overseas. He won the 1914 Canadian open, the last open held across the border, and joined the Ottawa club in 1911. He also served as club pro at Jekyll Island in winters and is known to New York amateurs.
Mordecai Brown, famed three fingered pitcher for the Chicago National club, was released unconditionally by club president Charles H. Weeghman. Weeghman offered to help Brown obtain a managerial berth in a minor league. Brown, 38, came to Chicago from the St. Louis Nationals in 1904.
Walter McCredie will coach the Oregon Agricultural College baseball team next spring after guiding the Portland Beavers to the Northwest conference title. The Aggies previously won their conference but lost the Coast championship to California.
A long composite column touches on boxing, golf, tennis, baseball, and football with wry humor about gloves, elbow hopping, and dollar figures. It notes 1200 players on a tennis ranking list, refers to Jess Willard, Freddie Welsh, Mathewson, and Benny Kauff with playful quips, and muses on leagues, referees, and international sports figures.
Atlanta dispatch notes Robert Tyre Jones Jr known as Little Bobby Jones, the nation's famed golf prodigy, excels in Tech High School while pursuing championship golf. From East Lake beginnings under coach Steward Maiden, Jones set East Lake course records and claimed multiple invitation titles, defeating rival Perry Adair in a landmark Georgia championship at Brooks Haven.
Dario Resta the Italian driver has threatened to quit racing at the Chicago speedway. Since its 1915 June opening he has won over $60,000, nearly half the track’s total purses. His Chicago earnings include $27,250 last year with $26,000 for the 500 mile derby and $1,250 for the race against Oldfield and Burman. This season he won $12,000 in June for a 200 mile event and $3,000 in a match with DePalma.
Harvard officials plan trials next spring to choose between an English racing shell delivered aboard the Cam Brian and an American-made boat. The English shell, built for Oxford and Cambridge, will be tested against domestic boats to determine which carries the Crimson eight at New London.
A southern France baseball league is being planned after the war. Vicomte de la Panouse, president of a Monte Carlo sporting club, has contacted the New York Giants for information. Secretary John B. Foster has mailed rule books and materials. A four or six club league is under consideration.
James T. Sheckard, famed baseball figure, is elected president of the Columbia Sportsmen’s Club in Columbia, Pennsylvania. Joseph J. Lutz becomes treasurer and M. N. Cleffer secretary. The group plans joining United Sportsmen of Pennsylvania and seeks to stop stream pollution in Lancaster County by legal means.
A collage of sports quips and notes from early 20th century press, mentioning Michigan rifle shoots, a six day bicycle race idea, boxing and wrestling opinions, college administration musings, racing prospects in Canada, fashion forecasts, and industry jabs. Tracks of players like Joe Walcott and Christy Mathewson, plus notes on universities, leagues, and venues, weave through a brisk miscellany.
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