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gpf" Wftuia mmfai' 'S!5ijSSii w-ijuj jjigflu- .--iiijffw)Elgrw jt? T 'four of the veterans remain there is enough latent ability in some of the fellows who had no chance last sea son to make up the deficiency. Mack men have wanted Joe Benz for a long time. "- -.. President Weeghman of the Chi feds showed good sportsmanship in congratulating Comiskey on securing Collins, though he knew it meant a slice in his own prospective gate re ceipts. Ira Thomas is said to be in bad with the Athletics.. One member of the team is understood to have said the captain was responsible for all the trouble in the team, but that Con nie Mack had stuck to him. Thomas is blamed for the desire of Collins and Baker to. get away from Phila delphia. Mike Mitchell has been sold by Washington the New York Yanks. National league magnates in ses sion at New York adopted a rule lim iting the number of players a team may carry between. May 1 and Sept. 1, to 21, a reduction of 4. I was also agreed that spring training should not be started by any team before March 1, except in the case of vete ran pitchers. This is in line with the policy of retrenchment in finances to meet the results of Federal league competition. Johnny Dundee won a decision after twenty hard-fought rounds with Joe Rivers in Los Angeles. The battling was furious in every frame and Dundee did most of the leading. He was on top of Rivers continually and several times the little fellows stood toe to toe and slugged it out. Dundee had the better of nearly every exchange. The fight marked the passing of the game in California. o o DISCUSS DRUG HABIT The fast spreading use of drugs was the subject of a talk given by Major Punkhouser last night before the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Banking in the North western "V" bldg. ,.,.. ..,-,.,,. Of the habit-forming drugs heroin was found the most dangerous as its victims liked company and urged oth ers to use it. SOME "BUSINESS" DOPE H. P. Nelson, pres. Nelson Piano Co., testified before referee in bank ruptcy yesterday that he gave 45 per cent of the company's stock to L. B. Patterson and Frederick Porter in re turn for floating a -400,000 bond is sue. L. B. Patterson, former pres. of the Nat'l Packing Co., was appointed vice-president, and Fred Porter, who recently resigned from chief clerk ship of the banking department of State Auditor James Brady after a quarrel, was appointed secretary. The question of appointing a re-' ceiver will come before Judge Landis tomorrow. o o NO CHANCE , 9L kF "Look here, Mr. Shortchange, how about that two months' board you owe me? Have you forgotten it?" "No but I hoped you had." o o There are 77 men who have worked for the Pennsylvania railroad fifty years or more and are young enough to be still working. i Jrf4r-HI giraigtfft6BeB A MjtfvV1 f '