The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 83, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 11, 1926 Page: 43 of 98
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SUNDAY APRIL 11 192<
Ernie Nevers Following in Footsteps of the Great Mathewson
STARTS LIKE
FAMOUS
STAR
Poth College Heroes in
Same Sports—Even
j Look Alike.
By EDGAR T. GLEESON
If Ernie Nevers make* good as a
pitcher with the St. Louis Browns
this season his case will furnish an
exact parallel to that of the lute
Christy Mathewson. The college
careers of Ernie and “Big Six” are
strangely alike. Both excelled in the
same branches of sport. Both turned
to patching when their college days
■were over. They even look alike.
It is doubtful if there will ever
be another pitcher as great us Math-
ewson. He combined everything in
the way of physical and mental abil-
ity—plus a nature that was ideally
suited to the hectic struggles of Ihe
diamond. No member of the baseball
fraternity was more entitled to wuar
the mantle of the “Old Master.”
In all bis splendid career as a
pitcher with the New York Giants
Mathewson was never known to fal
ter or flinch before the attack of the
opposing clubs. He carried the bur-
den as a Giant mainstay through
scores of hard-fought series. Often-
times it was by his head and hand
alone that the Giants triumphed.
I think it has been universally
agreed that Mathewson repreemea
the highest type in a pitching and
playing line. In the days of his
early strength be set up a record of
three shutout victories in a world's
aeries that has never been equaled
Later whqn some of his blinding
speed deserted him he evolved a new
delivery—the fadeaway—a style in
which control was the greatest fac-
tor. Mathewson became a greater
master of control than he had been of
speed.
A BIG BLOW. .
His death on the opening day nt
the world's series last year just as
his famous rival. Walter Johnsou
was pitching Washington to its
first victory over the Pittsburgh Na-
tionals struck a blow at the heart
of baseball. Mathewson was held in
deeper affection than any oth-.-r
player. He was game a hard-fight-
ing competitor a splendid sports-
man.
One of those days they will begin
casting about for a successor to
Mathewson. It is barely possible
that some rising type like Ernie Nev
ers may be selected as a candidate.
Without indulging in any wild sp C
illation it is still possible to predict
a successful career for the Santa
Rosa Cal. player. If close study
were made of Nevers' work in the
pitching line to date it might bo
found that he wna even more impres
sive than Mathewson in the em-
bryonic stage.
As to the basis of comparison with
Mathewson for college purposes:
Mathewson entered Bucknell Col-
lege to star in three sports — basket
ball football nnd baseball. Nevers
did tbe same thing at Stanford.
There was need of a javelin thrower
in the Stanford track squad but
since tbe operrtion called for a dif-
ferent set of muscle* it was thought
Nevers would be more valuable at
a baseball pitcher. He might hav<
gone in for tbe shots or discus but
Stanford already had “Tiny” Hart-
ranft and several other candidates
and so Nevers was left to the other
branches of sport.
A GREAT FORWARD.
He became in time the grcatesl
basket ball forward in the Pacific
Coast conference; the greatest coasl
baseball pitcher sinep Orvie Overall
vA »FLO R SHE IM
Gives your feet rigid support with
the flexible walking ease of a regular
Florsheim. Keeps the normal foot
<. comfortable vigorous healthy — re-
lieves and strengthens the weakened
arch. A regular Florsheim for style;
an unusual shoe for comfort.
* STREET FLOOR SHOE DEPT.—AT
JOSKE’S
i Commercial League Champions Who Conquered Main High’s Classy 1 earn i
■ ■ —*w 1" ■ • —w- - ' '
former California star with Ibr
world's champion Chicago Cubs au»f
the greatest fullback the West has
ever seen. Glenn (“Pop”) Warner
who as Carlisle coach can trolled
ti)e destinies of the famous Indian.
Jim Thorpe called Ernie a greater
fullback than Thorne — and that
might easily be. Certainly no mn»
in the history of football ever played
a greater game than the one Never*
turned in against California at Pale
Alto last fall.
Mathewson was the same kind ot
an inspiration in basket ball baseball
and football al Bucknell. He. too.
was a fullback on the Bucknell
eleven and it was to the strength <’•
his good right arm that Bucknell
owed its success on the diamond.
Nevers traces his beginning to <Ku
perior Wis. Mathewson hie
to Factoryville Pa. Roth came <»’
humble parentage. Nevers has on<
advantage — he has been a sterlin*
participant in sport since bis earliest
liigh school years. He shoulu be well
fitted for apy kind of a knockdown*
dragout affair in baoeMl*
He is a blond broad shouldered
and weighs over 200 pounds—tbe sixe
nnd heft of an ideal work horse
the mound. In the thr-c years of
competition on tbe dlemond between
Stanford and California. Novers wo*
easily the outstanding star of both
nines. He made both bis pitchin*
and hatting felt against California
The box score shows a number <4
home runs and other extra base wal-
lops to Ernie’s credit.
He has a great underhand slow
ball a fast one with n hop in it ami
a fair change of pace. Ender th*
tutoring nf Harry Wolter former
New York Yankee outfielder ano
Stanford baseball coach. Ernie has
been taught to watch tbe bases and
generally polish up his work until
now it seems he is to star in his
I first year up.
Thes* Draiirhon'* Rminra* College girls staged a great upliHl fight to carry off honors in the Girls' ( ommtr-
rial Baskeball League. They lost their first three games and then tame back to take nine straight and the title.
By defeating the Sacred Heart sextette in the closing game of the league schedule. Draughon's reached the peak of
the percentage column foe the first time. Officials of rival basket ball circuits in the city who have marveled at
the fact that the girls' loop finished the season with a bulging treasury may get a fine insight by perusing the
group above. Friday night these girls took on the Main Avenue High School sextet which came through the Aca-
demic League undefeated and administered at 30-32 beating. The next attempt of the Draughon's girls will be the
city championship only one claimant now standing in the way—(he team of Incarnate Word College. The title game
probably will lie played next Thursday. The large portrait at the left is of Miss Ora Wilson the team's coach. Next
to her. at the top. is Charlotte Hall. Below Miss Hall are Captain Rose Hill the team's leading scorer and Lulu
Mae Perry. Th* top group in th* nifty uniforms are Sadie Adams. Ann Scherrer Mynie Thomas and Bertha Mae
Tibbett. In the lower group left to right are Corinne Viekers Esther Carter Mary Svec and lais Click.
YALE SAYS HEAVIES
ENTIRELY TOO ROUGH
ANNAPOLIS. April 10.—Whether
or not the unlimited weTglit class
abould be eliminated from college box-
ing matches in a lineation which bin
been raised by the position Yale ban
taken on th*' matter and which may
give those connected with college box-
ing some trouble.
Yale insists that a match between
heavies is likely to be brutal and un
scientific and that college boxin/
would be better without it. It has
never contested in that class and as
Harvard and Princeton arc expected
through the influence of Yale tu en
ter competitive boxing next year they
are likely to take the same position.
The Naval Academy tbe University
of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania
State which laid the foundations foi
intercollegiate boxing. as well as such
Institutions as Syracuse Colgate the
Military Academy and others which
have done much for the sport did not
sea any WeM Cof discrimination
against the heavyweights.
OH LOOK MR DEMPSEY.
OAKLAND April 10.— Frei
I Windy) Winsor the man who used
to manage Jack Dempsey pops up
with another prospective heavy weigh
contender today. The man is Geors“
Newberry of Stockton Newberry vn9
be known as the California Giant
Winsor sate.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
MACKENZIE TO TAKE
HIS TEACHER ALONG
ON WALKER CUP TRIP
WASHINGTON April 10—When
Roland MncKcnzic the capital’s 18-
yonr old golf star goes to Englund as
a member of the Walker Cup team
he will be accompanied by Freddie
McLeod the pro. who developed him.
McLeod won the American o|H*n in
1009.
A group of Columbia Club mem-
bers has raised a fund by private aub-
scriptio nto send McLeod as mentor
for young MacKcntdc.
PEDLAR PALMER’S SON
FOLLOWS FOOTSTEPS
NEW YORK. April 10.—Joe Pal-
mer. son of tbe once-famous Pedlar
Palmer who was feather-weight cham-
pion of England has arrived here
aboard the Olympic. Joe is a 130-
nounder with much of the skill of
bls late dad.
Pedlar Palmer was a great little
fighter although he is remembered
in bis country chiefly on account of
Ida quick defeat at the hands of “Ter-
rible Terry” McGovern back in 1889.
The little Englishman lasted only
one round.
LEMONADE FOR CREWS.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. April 10.-
A novelty has been created in the
Harvard crew program this year il
being decided to give the oarsmen hoi
lemonade as soon as their rowing is
over on tbe Charles.
FIVE VETERANS FORM I
NUCLEUS FOR LOBOS
SAN MARCOS. April 10.—The
Lobos of the S. W. T. T. C. training
school have been taking short base-1
ball workouts for tbe pact two weeks
but have been handicapped by the I
heavy rains.
Five letter men reported to Coach
Kellam ami will be tbe nucleus of
what promises to be a strong team.
They are: Clark captain; Horton.
Lay. Branum and Woodson. Lay and
Horton are working as catchers >
Woodson. Terrell. Branum and Bagley
aa pitcher*; Lindsey at first bust •
Captain Clark at second; Green at;
third and Vinyard at shortstop.
The leading outfield candidates arc
Lancaster. Gunn. Woodson. Branum
the Pyland brothers and Johnson. |
Coach Kellam has tentative games I
with Brackenridge High School ot
San Antonio. San Marcos High |
school. Baptist Cubs and
Austin. Lockhart and Luling High
schools.
MAKES SWIM RECORD
lOWA CITY. lowa. April 10.-
Scoring 39 points in five dual meets |
and nearing by one-tenth of a second j
the American collegiate record for the
50-yard free style arc among the sea-
son’s feats of John C. McClintock
captain of the University of lowa
swimming team.
BOY SCOUTS WIND UP I
STRONG TO TRIUMPH
The hitting of Holland who ae ’
counted for sexen runs gave
Scout Troop 28 an R-to-7 victory over
the Webster Juniors Saturday after !
noon ou the Washington Irving dia-
mond.
Obrintu. Raba and Mitchell hit
well for the Scouts. The fielding ot
: Gittinger was another feature.
1 Strawn hurling for the Juniors went
[ well until the seventh when the
Scouts got to him.
Kusenberger of the Scout Troop
was sent to cover in the fourth when
tbe Websters bunched hits for two
' runs and the lead. Raba. whn re-
lieved him. squeoxed by a rally io the
eighth.
Score by innings:
R. H. E.
Troop 28 .. .100 OOtt 340—8 11 3
Webster . . .001 210 021—7 9 ♦»
Batteries: Kusenberger. Raba and
Maley; Strawn Patrick. Boyd.
MISTLETOE OUTFIT’S
PRACTICE POSTPONED
The Mistletoe Creameries Inter-
mediate League baseball team will
hold workouts Wednesday afternoon
nt San Pedro Park and Saturday aft-
ernoon Ht Brackenridge Park. Thore
will l»e no work thia Sunday.
Tim Milkmen are entering in th*
Intermediate League for the fourth
coniiecutive reason but their personuel
will he greatly changed this season.
Mistletoe wou tbe championship in
1924.
PUBLIC SERVICE NINE
AND BUSMEN TO MEET
The Public Service Company base-
hall nine of the Saturday League will
mckle the Red Ball Bus Line club
an independent chib in an exhibition
I gum** nt 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon
. on the Public Service diamond.
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DELW FIRST’
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Saturday League Opening
Postponed to Next
Week.
Official* the Saturday Baseball
League decided shortly before playing
time Saturday afternoon that all
grounds were too damp and the three
games that were on the cards to open
(he season were |>oatponed.
(Vrv monies planned for the big open-
ing will be rehearsed through ihe week
in hope of gelling off to a flying start
next S.itiinlay. The schedule fnr April
17 calls for the Orange Crush nine
io play the Morgan-Woodward team.
Public Service to meet Straus-Frank
and the Elks to tangle with the Laurel
lleighls Methodists.
SUNSETFraWUM
FOR SUNDAY CONTEST
I San Antonio’s Sunsets accompanied
by a gang of rooters will leave at 9
o'clock Sunday morning for Yoakum to
play a baseball game with the Yoa-
kum team Sunday afternoon. Kearney
or Glasier will pitch for the San An-
tonians.
MOM MENT TO SCI LLER.
A monument 25 feet high surmount-
ed hy a bronze figure of Ned Haitian
one of the greatest single scullers whn
ever lived is io he erected by citi-
zens of Toronto in memory* nf th*
great athlete. It will gn up in Ex-
hibition Park facing Hanlan Point
। where he learned to row.
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