PITCHERS WHAT
AILS CLEVELAND
Club Ne\l St. I.ouis Balling
anil Second Only l<? <?iant?
Fielding l>ut (jin't \\ in lis
Gamee.
Ily JOHN l(. I-'OSTKK
C?;rrli;<l< I'#21. b? The Ad?a??c?
Nnv York. May 29.--Willi Its first
Lirtttn trii? ? nd? d no major leauu**
dub of lli" W?m presents it more
striking contract than Cleveland. It
ha* been' ball in1- bett? r than any
' club In the circuit ?\oept SI. Louis,
?and seoiuiiiuly is fh-lding fully as
w? il ah amy exc pi N? \v York, and
y? t It cannot win bette r than hall
Its dailies.
WIhii tlit* Indian* started on
their Eastern trip. t!i?y looked n* if
they bad found tlu lr hearings. They
w%?n Ave gann-s in suce? sijIoii and
fans who fuiirO>?i??'t.-ani of slud
gers b? i,an ir? vi in 1-nudl.v. But-the I
Indiana linn promptly proceeded to
lose six in a row- -three of them to
Boston, which has developed a kirk
laden with dynamite.
Throe victories out of those si\
lost games would, have put Cleve
land in a nil*;hty good position to
fight their way to the top. Ilut
Speaker's men did not get tliem.
What nils Cleveland? Pitchers.
The team seemed strong enough
in pltchiuu talent when it was in
Florida. Speaker had confidence in
Shaute, felt Covelesklc was on the
way back to the corn crib and fig
ured that Kd wards would have
something to show. Guy Morton
looked as If ho might round to the
standard which ho has threatened
for three years., and there was Sher
ry Smith, the old Brooklyn south
paw. and Lcvison. a kid of promise. |
?rhlo, of course, looked like ? safe
deposit vault full of gold pieces.
Yet Speaker has only two pitchers
who have won more panics than they
have lost?and their margin Is pain
fully close. Smith and Edwards,
both left banders, have a little credit
balance. The others have boon
kicked around like an old football
Part of Speaker's distress In the
pitching department may be due to
the unseasonable weather. Old pitch
ers. of which lie has more than hit
share, will not warm up to a good
game in cold, raw weather. Appar
ently the time has come when Speak
er must decide whether to continue
waiting on the old boys, or pull In
some of I he youngsters lie has plant
ed and take a chance on getting re
sults from them.
The Indians' greatest success lias
been against the weaker teams of
the .league. But you can't win a
championship on second division vic
tories. Speaker has got to start
boating the first division clubs or
give up bis ponnaut dreams.
Two major clubs have been handi
capped by injuries to players. Mc
Manus of the St. Louis Browns, Is
laid up with a broken finger. With
a team intact the Browns might liavn
fought their way into the lead by
the middle of Juno. Can't toll what
they will do without his aid.
Cincinnati loses a powerful batter
and a generally efficient infield by
the temporary retirement of Tonse
ca with a broken arm. The Portu
guese Is a solid thumper. The Iteds
have not any more utility players
than they need. In fact they have
not enough.
The Bods do not look as good to
day as Pittsburgh, though the Pir
ates are not so well up In the race.
Cincinnati might well have tukon on
an extra Infioldcr and an outfielder
before the season started. The gam
ble for the championship was worth
It.
CHATTAXOOUA SKLKCTFO
Chuttanooga. May 2d?Thin city
has been selected for the General
Conference of the Methodist Episco
pal Church. South, on July 2 to con
sider unification with the northern
church.
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WtnlncHi!?>'?* Score**
Chicago ?Pittsburgh .6
St. Lou In 6?Cincinnati .. .vO
St. Louis 3?Cincinnati p-5
Boston 1?Philadelphia 4
Boston ? .. 1? Philadelphia 4
N?*w York _ ...fi?Brooklyn 5
iNew York 4?Brooklyn .. -.2
Standing of Teams.
r \v. i.. ret.
I New York .. 22 14 .611
Chicago -...22 1 0 J.'j",
[Cincinnati 1 !?- 1S .."14
Brooklyn * V....K? 17 .4*4
PlU*bu)?;li 1?; !!? .4 57
B'cton -.15 1!? .4 41
St. Louis 17 1!? .4 72
j Philadelphia 12 1 .374
amkihcan m:i(;i i:
Wednesday's Sivurs.
(Cleveland - ..5?Chicago 0
I Cleveland .<??Chirago 13
|D troll ...4? St. Louis - ill
I Detroit U?St. Louis - 7
Philadelphia 2?Boston 1
j Philadelphia 0-?Boston : 1
Washington 4?New York 7 I
Washington ?>?New York 13
Standing of Teams.
W. li. IVt.
I New York .21 11 .656
,-Boston ? 20 12 .022
!St. Louis - 18 15 .545
[Detroit IK IK .500
(Chicago 15 17 .4f?9
iWashington 15 IK .455
j Cleveland ....14 IK .438
'hiladelphia ...12 20 .375
SPALLA SEEKS
BE HUSKY GUY
Showrd I lis Stuff to Scribes
in Krooklyn tin- Other Duy
and Verdict Was lie's Quite'
Clever.
IJy I'Wlll 1'I.AV
CoDyrivht. 1924. b* The Advance
New York. May 2!>.?This Ermlno
Spalla Is a pretty husky looking guy.
While ho isn't due to start active
training until late in the week, he ;
?lid show his stuff to the Berlin's over ,
in Brooklyn on Tuesday and there i
is no doubt that he has a lot of clev
er stuff.
How he can hit-Is best evidenced
by the fact that he put Firpo down '
for a couirt of three, according to the
hi wspaper reports. spalla himself
says a man could have counted 16
while, this count of three was being
waved up and down.
rndoubtcdlv Spalla is a good pros
pect and It looks as though Nick
Kline Is going to be the ^boss. Al
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j
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ready Nick has stuck out his chest'
and RUKSested to Tex llickard that
he raise th?' ante on the proposed
Spalla-Tunney battle, or else g? t nut
of the way and let a real promoter
talk terms.
Henny' Leonard, according to the
decision of the New York Boxing
Commission, must meet certain oppo
nents in his class who are to be so*
i lected by a Jury of promoters. This
Green Corn
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Leslie Belanga
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Summer Time's
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And how the youngsters do
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tliaii golni: barefoot even. They
:e( ;? |m bble? and burrs and
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