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Thorpe Charges Against College Ate Be Investigate
'CHRIS' VON DER AHE
DYING IN POVERTY
Once Famous Owner of St. Louis Browns, and Biggest
of All Baseball Magnates, Forgotten
by Friends, Suffers.Alone.
Hugh S. F'ullerton, writing in the
Chicago Tribune, pay* this tribute tu
Chill von der Ahe. now said to be dying
in w.int
.Tust the other day in one column of
u newsetner there was a dispatch
telling ><f the owner of a racehorse
ihtnplM it hundreds of miles to Mem?
phis and placing It upon a stock farm
to be cared for in ?.oml'ort in its old
age. Kurther down the column there
wt?s a five-line dispatch saying that
Chris Ton der Abe was dying of kid?
ney trouble in St. Louis?ami in pover
We have heard complaints during
the winter of ingratitude of the owners
of baseball clubs towards faithful'
plsyers. The commercialization of the;
game has added to it. but the history of ;
baseball is filled with such stories of I
ingratitude, not only toward players,
but toward the great men of the game,
who sacr'flied their private fortunes
to found the present era of prosperity.
With Anson In m'-ideci'le, John Day
holding a petty position around the
i?ew fork gJOIIgSsV SBd Von der Abe
dying In poverty, the present era has
little on the old times for lack of
aViatitud*
Backs St. Louis Browns.
Chris was in bis day the greatest
character of the game, and never an?
other like Man has figured in it. He
l:ept a little German beer saloon out '
near the park, where the St. Louis j
Browns were sturggling to interest
hn apathetic public in the new form of
sport When the players had money*
UM trade Chris'* place their head-;
quarters, laughing at his quaint Ger?
man dialect and the odd simplicity of
his speech, and when the crowds came
away from the park. Chris's bar was
?rowded. and he flourished. The play?
ers persuaded him to Invent money and.
seeing that it came back many fold
over the bar. he backed the club. ?
:cnd wher. ?he time enme for St. Louis
to break into the major league game,
Ch-is owned the club.
Tom Loftus. Ted Sullivan. Charlie'
Cominskye. Arlie Latham, the Oleason
beys, O'Neill. Welch?a score of play?
ers whose names became famous m
haseball were gglBBfnil into the team
nt intervals From the owner of the
??> beer saloon Von Der Ahe became
he owner of the most famous baseball
? i'lh in the land?the Browns four
times champtons cf the American
ftSaniilgtstill twiee world's champions, j
end the team that turned cut more '
really grea* baseball men and players .
than any oth*r.
Money Comes and Goes.
Fortunes pound into the pocket?
of the 11:tie German?and potirea our
again just as rapidly. He spent money
like wa'er. I remember one evening
i.fter a big holiday gaaf in Cincinnati.
The receipts of tho game, St. Louis's '
share were in the hotel safe in two
satchels Von der Ahe wanted one of
'he satchels arc: the eierk refused to
surrender it without the orders front t'oe
:-easurer. The treasurer refused to
aurrerider the moeny without a reoejp
trom Chris. Vcn der Ahe pon?ered
the sit jar ion. He wrot? a receipt,
in full for everything, f red t he treasurer, i
ni!E GUARD
m SPRINGS
Boiling Out Process Will Be Be?
gun in Very Few
Days Now.
Hot Spring?. Ark . January 23?The1
Brat of the large collection of basena.i
men who gather each ye3r at Hot
Springs has arrived :n the "person of
Hillv Armour, who scouted for Bt
Louis last season, and is now in posses?
sion of the Milwaukee club of the
American Association. BUI Donovan
manager of the Providence Grays, and
Qeorai Mallla, are expected in a few
days olio S.iin Crawford. Germany
I haefer. Hub Perdue J:m Delehanty,
?r.cLseveral others. The big attraction
ft* the Springs this year will be the
Ko. on Red Sox Manager Jak* Stahl
expects to arrive there about February
20. with Bill Carngan. Clyde Kngle. Joe
Woods, und probab'v Tri- Speaker.
The other Sox will arrive on March 1
Armour has something to say aoou*.
?rank Chant*. He remarks "Frank
Farrel! who never had mil' h luck in
baseball. I? the tu< kiest man tn the
game He got ( bar.ee for a song-?
$1 S(KV--the waiver price For the life
of me. 1 c.innor see w ny s >ir." other
National LeagTws <iuh dM not peat up
Change after Murphy threw him down.
I believe I know sit. clubs in the parent
body that t ould use F rank to advantage
Hor.esti.- McOraw i? the on'y s^'pper
in the < id vcgaaiaatl >a whom Cbaaoe
could not s ic.-eed and the change prove
a gv id ' ' ??
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Made.
CEEMI-COMPANY
s5MOTOR CARS
Gordon Motor Co.
Beau'ififl 5aTk Wsi.rv
Wut. srSne sad Hack; $;
%ubhtr .
I took both crip*, cal'ed a cab, and wen:
i>ut und spent it that night
Possibly his must lovable weaknes
[wag bis entire confidence in any man
' who once knew him well In Conne
? key hi? confidence amounted to devo?
tion "All right, fibatley." he re?
sponded to anything Comiskey sug
vested. And when Comiskey wanted
to get away from fit. Louis to better
himself after the Brotherhood's rain
war. Chris simply stud, "All nghdt.
Sharley." and wrote his unconditional
release.
simple Faith Proves Costly.
It was this simple faith that, more
than his wild extravagances, wrecked
\ on der Ahe s fortunes The National
League, having overthrown the Broth?
erhood by- treachery and bribery,
sought th* desifSjctiou of the American
Association and a monopoly upon base?
ball. Von der Ahe s faith in the asso?
ciation was complete. Even when 1!
was going to pieces, when the National
League was undermining it and club
owners were traitorously /telling each
oiher out. Von der Ahe poured in his
money.
They sold Von tier Ahe club after
club, unloaded their stocks upon him.
and when the crash came he was poor ?
except that he owned the St Louis
club?and thai heavily incumbered
Two of them even tried to taka that
away from him.
One of the most laughable things I
ever knew of Chris doing was one spring
when he owned three clubs 1 was
getting up a story showing the predic- i
tions of owners and managers as to the
outcome of the races, and asked Von
der Ahe to pi.-k the position of his clubs
for me Without hesitation he wrote
three predictions, claiming the pennagit
for each of his clubs and signing all
three with his own r.atne as owner
Vses Field Glasses From Bench.
Perhaps tr.s most famous blunder was
when ha claimed that the diamond on I
his new park was the largest in the)
world, but there are scores of stories I
of the qur.int mistakes he made. Hol
u?sd to sit on tho bench with his
players, and used fieid glasses He i
would sit there with glasses focused
upon the left fle'.dcr. arid issue orders
to him in whispers On cn? occasion
some one remarked that if Cross made
a -htee bagger St. Louis would win the
game and he promptly ordered Monte
to make It The tale goes that Monte
hif the triple and that after that Chris i
often ordered three base hits and had
to be persuaded that they weren't
needed just then or would be wasted. ,
Without funds, with his club heavily
lncumbered. and the club owners
|MSling upon him every time he got a
real player. Chris became deadweight
to the National Leacue during the'
twelve club era. and v.hen the circuit '
was reduced to eight dubs he was
squeezed out entirely to make room for]
the Robisons. who had given up Cleve?
land. < II
Chris went back to the beer saloon,
but prospcri*y never returned. He'
changecd places and SBUted closer into
town. Few of his old partners who had
grown ru h off him even went to see
him.
RACING BILL 15
NOW PROPOSED
_
South Carolina Legislature Will
Be Asked to Name Racing
Commission.
Colombia, S. C January iS -?A bill'
i to establish a State racing commission
I ? Seeth Carolina, and prescribe con?
ditions under which horse-racing may
bo conducted be the State was intro?
duced in the lower breach of the
General Assembly to-day The bill
pro V Idea for a commission of thrie
member*, to be elected for three years
by the Genera! Assembly, and their
salaries will t.?- paid by tho several
State and county fairs where horse
ra lag Ml < atriei: OB, ;:r.d by other racing
?: M .a- ions
Annual reports might, be made by the
commission to the Ornerrvl Assembly.
! and the power of the commission over
. e n.aking w::l La- complete. At all
trotting or running race; sal absolute
bat. [ Is* ed OB i-ookmakitig SC pool
selling under tsN t>t.i of to-day. ano
only the Pari-mutuel system can be in
ppatatiee at any track.
i Violations of tt.e provisions cf the
bill are construed as misdemeanors, and
are punishable by a fine ol not less than
too nor more than fas).
A rffy-?ve i)ay? racing meet opened
a*, Palmetto Park at Charleston on'
Sat-;rdav, and tfco progress of tho bill
introduced to-day is being watched
locally with considerable interest. Last
y?ar the Oereral Assembly passed a
MB, if'er a heated flgi.t, prohibiting.
Lookmakir.g in connection with horse-]
racing tn south Carotine1
DOOLAN HOPES
TO DODGE cAUNT
Captain cf Phillies Wants Leave
From Training Duty to
Finish Course.
Philadelphia. January J??Michael H
?f the Phiilles is an-<
that "a or league ?*ar who want" to
: * raining jaunt, because
Mel Its at with his studies Ths
IT, h
-1 1
I If he went to
Post hi
s totes Of twelve r*e
?-'?>?? - ? er."s I? - f. .
t'r-ngeet contender
eoaore of the eut dog* vi |
iee far.
Richmond's Auto Exhibition
Will Be Palace of Fun and
Education.
The addition of a cabaret show to the
many other attractions of Richmond's
first automobile show, means that the
local exhibition Is to be absolutely the
last word when it comes to ideal ar
rangements There will he singing and
dancing every minute and the visitors
may buy their automobiles or inspect
the oJfermes to the pleasing strains of
all the popular melodies. And this
talent that has been secured is of no
mean variety Indeed. Vess Ossman.
ths man who has gathered the per?
formers, was in very great demand in
New York and it was only because of
the insistence of such men as Murk R.
Lloyd. B. A. Blenner. Robert Allport
and Manager Hutchison that he agreed
to come here.
Among the people he will have with
him Will t"? an intercity quartette,
composed of remarkable voices: Rue
Brown who leads the jingle numbers:
the two Colliers, who dance: Helen
Shipinan. a commedienne. Raye Mc
Kenna. contralto, Helen Denaurie.
Soprano; Hadel and Shafer. who draw
the threads out of the rag : Lillian Arm?
strong, in a good-bye number. Vess
fsssnias a real banjoist : Kstells Mc?
Neil, another soprano and Oeorge
Bagley. the pianist and leader.
The Uat of exhibitors Is being added
to daily and before Decorator Seidwitz
is through his work the horseshow
building will be turned into a veritable
wonderland.
ST. JOHN'S
AKES
VJ. I. INTO CAMP
Inaccurate Shooting Is Largely
Responsible for Defeat of
Lexington Quint.
Annapolis, Md.. January at.?The
skillful basketbailegg of St. John's Col
lege, runners-up for the Southern
championship, defeated Virginia Mill
tary Institute by it to N here this :
afternooi. Outplayed in the first period
the Virginians were routsd in the sec?
ond not being able to score a gohl from 1
the court in the final half. After St. I
John's had thrown four goals from tlie;
court at the opening of the game, the
visitors scored throe in succession and :
began to look dangerous. But it was
a flash in the paro for their scoring
stopped as suddenly as It began, and I
St .lohn'S steadily rolled up the points ,
Virginia was particularly lac king in
accurate shooting, whereas the Si Johns ]
lads, and Wilson and Clayton, particu- ,
larly, were wizards for netting the ball
TbO visitots were spirited players and
kept the ball in St. Johns court much]
of the l im??, but they fell down badly!
in their shootinc Kwing had five
iifianrrg to score from the foul line in
the flrsl period, bul fsiL-d on all. In
the second lie was in somewhat batter
shape. On the other hand, Welch
scored six times out of seven for St.
John's on like chances.
The llr.-t petiod ended with the score,
M to 7 in St. John's favor, but in the
second-period Virginia scored but three
times, ail goals from the foul line,
while St. John's ran up twcn'.y-eighf
points The playing was spirited .
throughout, but no bad feeling v.as
displayed, arid the officiating was
good. St. John's won n.ore from its i
accurate shooting, speed and strong]
passing than from team work, which I
did not show up so strongly. Hov.rer, ]
r demonstrated that it is one oi the]
strongest teams of the South this j
season.
Surnmarv:
St John's Posi'ion. V. M. I. j
Wilson.L V.Lwing
Welch.R. F.Leech I
Clayton.C.Stroud i
Mellon.Ii. O.Clarkson I
Thompson.lt. O. Henry |
V. M I.? Hardaway for Stroud.
Batten for Leech. Ooals from the :
court. St lohn'a, Wilson. t: Clayton. t:i
Welch. Z. .Mellon, ?: Thompson. I;
V M. I., Lwing. 2; Stroud. I. Ooals
from the foul line, St John s. Welch. 6;j
V M.I . l.-r.rs . clarkson. 1. Referee.
Mr. Keintz Lafayette.
Tn
Doniin and Hawkins Play1
Match This Afternoon,
Grapewin to Referee.
Mike Doniin and John Hawkins will
try a little engagement at three cushion
billiards this afternoon, beginning at .
2 30 o'clock in the Superior Billiard;
A- iden.y. in Sixth Street between |
Broad and Orace. The game will b? .
fifty points and Charit? Orapewin. who
\\a.f performed like service in some of
the biggest matchi s in the country, will |
? feree. Doniin is some cueist and ]
Hawkins, from Lynch burg. Is the
aekeewtedsjM champion of the State.'
A iarge gallery is sure to watch ths go.
Fre.] \\'e? in eoti has challenged the
winder for a match immediately after
the first setto.
Proposal Rejected.
Paul. Minn . January 18.?By
of .13 to tn the Minnesota State
? to-day rejected the bill of
IV MfsMbS proposing a const i
il amendment giving women the
Suits and Overcoats
1-3 Off
||JjbsjS?.??fo.,t now.... Slt.M
fgi oo ??;ii? or 0*1 ial now. . . . $13.70
y?t oo s.jit or O'foat now. .. . fib.79
|? - ? i ? ( ant r ow |N M
iMtrr fJt.on Stritt special at $I2.M
K MlVS OF RICHMOND.
7M r . Broad Street.
The WarM't lest
lor 4i
Tssvvagetr Testat.
Tst
Lads TV TissxMss!
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Jw'r?n*? Twe fWm? Ca.
Mth and Pa. Ass.
WAIHI (S0TON.O C.
VIRGIN A STILL
HAS OPEN GATES
Johns Hopkins Offered Game
on Lambeth Field?Ryan
for Baseball Team.
Charlottesvllle, Va , January tt ?
The advisory board of Virginia's (l?n
?ral Athletic Association met to-night
to further discuss the question of Alling
the open date.-, on the football sched?
ule. An otter wus received-from Johns
Hopkins tu play at Homewood Field.
Baltimore, on Saturday. November t>,
but had to be declined, the date coining
as it does between the Vanderbilt and
Oeoigetown contests, both of which
are played away from home. To take
three trips on successive Saturdays
was regarded as rather too strenuous
a program for the eleven. A message
was sent to Hopkins' management
expressing a willingness to play tbeganm
on Lamneth Field on the date named.
Negotiations are still on for a
game with either Princeton or Penn?
sylvania for October IL The board
decided to make nn effort to again se?
cure the services of "Jack" Byan as
coach for the baseball nine this spring. ]
It is rumored that Kd Finlay. of
lag varsity nine, may play in the in- J
Held the coming season, now that the,
team will have the services of two suoh
splendid backstops as Qreen, for
rr.erly of the Kpiscopal High School,
and Bruce Anderson, who made his let?
ter in baseball season before last, but
was kept out of the game last spring
by an attack of typhoid fever. Finlay
never officiated behind the bat before
coming to Virginia, and it is said that
ho prefers to play in the Infield. He !
did practically all the backstop work,
for Virginia last year, and did it well, j
FORM PLAYERS
HAVE GOOD DAY
Well-Played Horses Cash In
Day's Racing at Pal?
metto Park.
( harieeton. S. C. January 2*.?A
selling handicap, for tbree-year-olds
and upwards, at a mile and seventy |
yards, was the main event decided a
Palmetto Park to-day, and the lavor
ite. Milton B . backed from 5 to 2 to
3 to 2. was an easy winner. Husky
Lad gave his backers quite a scare,
however, hr leading by a big margin
lor the first six furlongs of the race,
but then he tired so that Milton B.
caught him in the stretch and beat him
out easily at the end The form play?
ers did well to-day, as three favorites
and a well-backed second choice led
their fields at the finish. The sport
was interesting during the afte'noon
and was thoroughly enjoyed by the
crowd present. H. O. Comstock. who
came here from California with a large
collection of two-year-olds to sell at
public auction, announced to-day that
tas s; ie would be held some time r?a*t
month. Summaries:
First race?four-year-olds and up?
ward-, selling' live and a half fodongs
?The squire, tots (Osachoten), i2 to l.
4 to 1. 5 to 2. first; Coreopsis. 192 'Van
Dueem -"0 to L 8 to I. 4 to I, Second.
Tiny Tins. I?4 (.Vlontour). ?'J to 1, 20 to i.
10 to 1, third. Time, l-09 1-5. Lady
htybel, Uishpan. Pendant, Caaerug
Fotsch. Swarts Hill. F.thei Lebntne and
Semi-Quaver also Ian
Second race- -Three-year-olds, selling
gtl fariOBgJB. Guide Post 97 (Skirvin.
7 to 5. 1 to 2. out. won. Gardenia. 107
(Ooose) II to 5, even, 1 to 2. second,
fhilton King. IHM ? iKeoner) 8 to 5.
1 to 2. out. third. Time 1:15 4-5. Btta]
Grane, Fiel, Armor. Fusees, also ran.
Third race ? Three-year-olds and up?
ward?, seven furlongs Carlton G.. 112
'Wilson t> to 5. 1 to 2. out. won: Re?
publican. h>:i [Tsf ylntrye] 4 to 5. j to 1.1
out. second; Volthorpe in- 'Miisgrovei
10. 5 to 2. 7 to 10, third. Time. 1.2* I S.
Ja-quelma, Mud Sill, Ltamano;, also
ran.
Fourth race?Selling handicap, three
year-olds and upwards, mile and seventy
yard". Milton B.. 107. 'Burton) S to 2. '
. to I, out. won; Husky Lad 96. 'Skirvin'
5 to 1. S to 5, 1 to 2, second ; Effendi. Ill
(VanDusen). 11 to 5. 3 to S. out, third
Time. 1 M 4-5. Font. Luwton, Wiggins. .
1 also ran.
Fifth race-Three-year-oIds and up
' wards, selling SH furlongs. Sylvestris ,
111 Ptckensi 12. 2. 4 to 5. won; Bo.,..
Queen. 11?) Martini ? to 20. 1 to 4. out.
second: Monkey 101 iLlreyer) 40. 12. 4.
third. Time, 1 .08 1-5. Amoret. l'ink
! Lamy Fatherola, also ran
1 Sixth race ?Four-year-olds and up
' wards, selling 5'? furlongs. Toison
' D'or 1? (Buxtoni 2 to 1. 4 to 5. 2 to 5. '
won; Jack Nunnr.lly 109 tPeak) X to 1
2 to 1. 3 to 5, second; Spellbound 104
|(Ooosei 5. 5 to 2. 6 to 5. third. Time ,
'1:09 2-j Mon Ami, Ben Prior. Tiger
Jim. Belfast. Thetis. Fair Atlanta
Maurice Reid, Bertis. Quiney Belle
also ran.
AFTER HONORS
AT ASCOT MEET
Americans Will Make Effort to
Duplicate Keene Victory
of 1882.
Many Americans fond of racing will
' this year make it a point to attend the
j Ascot, meeting There Is more than the
:>- . -! rre-c in this year's Ascot, gold
.cup. a race rich with sentimental recol
1 lections as it was won In US by the
: late James K Keene's Fox hall, and
i ever sim e that time prominent Amert
lean turfmen have earnes'lv endeavored
to add tm? to other noted turf trophies
This year two Americans whose horses
have achieved distinction abroad are
seekers after the coveted prise. August
Belmont hs>* entered his St Leger victor.
. Tracerv, *? well as another Rock Sand
c< It. <:?;.:-., 'to-k. h half-brother to
Fair Play II B Dtiryea has nominated
.his two Thousand Gutnas winner.
Sweeper 11 ?..d his col- Shannon, win 1
ti" mi I 11 ero.is stakes In France,
: both of 'he.e being American br-d
In addl'lon to theae. Louts II Wtnana
Sj ,- 1 mmj Adam Bede. winner of
the imke of York and Cambridgeshire
handhaps. and the beet-tooklng aoa of
Adam ee? .?en Then, the two best!
ivrvel of 11 ?? year's older diviston.
Prim - Palatine and Steadfast, have;
? e-er| r v the r respective owners,
a > this brilliant lot is to be added \
H o Beddtngton's Pet ay candidate.
?> I tin: son nf Rock Band, as welt
? manes of all the heat horses
wbi h ran m Franco in Mi Thus the.
rs. e. which has a money ?aha? nf 11? - j
,*??. with a Hies gold rup. aids fair to'
be nme the greates* on the* *.r.
a render The distance tern and a half
atttsa, win teat the stamina of all Tag j
feaee M tn be run nn Thursday. June is.
The scale of wet gtl ta h) moderate?M j
r" isii for three-year e+de. ft* f
jeer old*, im for ore and upward.
TRACK SCHEOULI
IS NOW
COMPLETE
Washington and Lee Will Com?
pete in All Meets in
This Section.
Special to The Times-Dispatch )
Lexington, V*., .January 20 ?Man?
ager J V llichardson. of the Washing?
ton and Lee truck team, has just an?
nounced the schedule for the 1913 sea?
son, which appears to be one of the
most attractive ever arranged for a
White and Hlue team The first
event is the indoor meet, which will be
held wltti Johns Hopkins in the Fifth
Regiment Armory in Baltimore, on
February II To this meet Washing?
ton and I.se will send a relay team of
four men ami an uddltlonal team com?
posed of men who show themselves
probable point winners.
One week later the track and relay
team will go to Washington. D. C
to participate in an indoor meet with
Oeorge Washington I'nlversity Man?
ager Hichaidhon bus also arranged for
an indoor meet at Richmond with
Richmond College ths date of which
has licd^ been definitely set, but will
prubably be some time in April. Other
colleges and prep schools in Virginia
and adjoining States will be repre?
sented in this meet.
On March 1 the White and Blue
runners will participate in the great 1
Indoor me< I arranged by Georgetown,
to whi h the majority *of the colleges
and universities of the South will I
send representatives it will be re?
membered that in this meet last year1
W and L made a wond?rful showing !
against ths crack athletes entered'
there, and this year with a team ma?
terially strengthened by experience,
and better opportunities for training,
the White and Blue bids fair to be a
strong contestant for first place in a
number of events.
On April 1* the entire track team will
go to Chapel Hill. N'. C where a dual
meet has been scheduled with the I
I'niversry of North Carolina, and on!
April 19 there will be another dual meet !
between W. and L. and V. P. I. in)
Blacksburg
On April JO the. big Interscholastic :
track and field game? will bs held on '
Wil?on 1- ie|d under the auspices of the;
Washington and Lee Track Athletic
Association 1 ive hundred preparatory
and high schools of the South Atlantic
States have been invited to participate
in this meet, which bids fair to eclipse
any former interscholastic contests
ever held In the fsouthern States The;
Washington and Lee Alumni Associa?
tion, incorporated, has appropriated
the funds to finance the meet.
The track schedule will close on May
2 when representatives will bs sent to'
the aig meet la Baltimore of the South
Atlantic Intercollegiate Track Asso?
ciation Trams from all the colleges
and universities in tag South Atlantic
Division will participate in this contest
and the team from Washington and
Lee may be relied upon to better the ,
excellent showing which they made in
this same meet last year.
The Schedule:
februare II ?Indoor meet in Bai-1
timore wrgri Johns Hopkins.
February 22?Indoor meet in Wash-j
Ington with Oeorge Washington Vniver- j
arty/.
Indoor meet in Richmond. (Date]
no' settled).
March 1 ?Indoor meet under the |
auspices of Georgetown University.
April 1 ?Field Day.
April 12.?Dual meet with ths Univer- ?
sity of N C. at Chapel Hill.
April I??Dual meet with V. P. I. j
at Blacksburg.
April 20.?Interscholastic meet in j
Lexington.
May 2?Intercollegiate Track meet
of South Atlantic Division in Bai >
timore
DEMAREE SIGNS
GIANT CONTRACT
"Shutout King of Dixie*' En?
rolls as Member of McGraw's
Pitching Staff.
New York January 28?AI. Demaree,
the most promising pitcher that has i
come to the major leagues in many
teeeoaa, sent his -ugned contract to'
the Gtan'?' offl-c yesterday. Demaree :
played with Mike Finn s Mobile club
kg The Southern League last season, and 1
was the "shut-out king of Dixie "
Demaree joined the Giants at ths end
of last season, and one day at Brook
|ea, in his fit?t trial as a Giant, he l
pitched a very impressive victory over |
the Dodg?rs.
Manager MoOrest, who is able to be!
at his office again after a short battle
with the grip, said yesterday that he
believed that Demaree would remain
wi'b the Giants this season, and make a
valuable addition to the staff. The New
York manager had a talk with Demaree
two weeks ago. and Demaree told him
that he was taking daily exercise, and
would be ready for work at Marlin;
t ebrua.-y 36.
Demaree was nothing less than a sen
aseJaa wi'h Mobile last season. He won
twenty-five games and lost ten. and
deren of his victories were shut-outs.
He pitched seven extra inning games
and won them ah. One of these contests
was an eighteen-inning pame against
Montgomery, and he struck out twen*y
batsmen He wasn't knocked out of the i
box once during the season In one
game be retired in the seventh inning
for a piie h hitter.
Den.atee wasn't hit hard at any time
during the season He pitched 317 in- '
nings. and only nftv-eigbt runs were
scored off him. whi< h is an average of
lees than two a game. In only four games
sf the thirty-flve he pitched did his op?
ponents get more than three runs.
I ?? ?? j.-w is a right-hander, and relief
almost entirely on a curved ball His'
thi. r i.sset is marvelous control, which
Is tare in ? minor leaguer Du-ing the.
last season Demaree had only two wi;d
pi1 iies und he gave fewer bases ?a
balls than any pitcher in t he league The
young pitcher got a great start with Mo- j
bile Me pitched four aaeeOattea shut
?at games, and was not scored on fori
forty four innings
1 >em;?r?*? pitched eight innings against l
'he Otaatt last spring in e gsme at
which the Mobile and New York teams 1
i it tied to a thirteen-inping He Whi'e
he was on the mound New York got
only three hits
Hank Grob, one of <he Giants' utility
ing. and there has been a Wg demand
foi bim from other Nat tonal league
< Iubs. Bos'on is anxious to buy or trsde
bim.
IVJI KT KFCEITED l*J nriHT
FATAL TO "(till K" ROtB
^Nev York. Jan rery ML?' ? h I -h"
ot,s in Brooklyn last night by a blow
on the chin In 'be sixth round of a tea*
round bent with ' hatter'' haifth. died
to-day in s hospital. 8s>tth end the
referee were arrested. ,
STANDING OF OTHER I
"COLLEGE MEN" WILlI
BE INVESTIGATE!
Sweeping Inquiry Into Other Athleic Records Vm
Result From Thorpe's Confesson That He ?
Played Baseball as a Professional. |
Jim Thorpe Signed by
the Pirates at $7,000
IT WAS LEARNED YES?
TERDAY ON WHAT IS
BELIEVED TO BE RELI?
ABLE AUTHORITY THAT
JAMES THORPE, THE
CARLISLE INDIAN, IS UN?
DER CONTRACT TO THE
PITTSBURGH NATIONAL
LEAGUE BASEBALL CLUB
TO PLAY FIRST BASE
THE COMING SEASON.
THE CONTRACT W A S
SIGNED BY THORPE
LAST FALL, AFTER WHICH
THE REDSKIN CONTIN?
UED TO COMPETE IN
AMATEUR ATHLETIC
CONTESTS. THORPE'S
SALARY AS A PIRATE, IT
IS SAID, WILL BE $7,000 A
YEAR.
New York. January 29?Tha con?
fession of James Thorpe, the world a
greatest athlete'' that he played base?
ball as a professional during the sum?
mer of 1909 and 1910 will result in a
sweeping Investigation of the standing
of the several other "college men from
the North" who Thorpe says played in
t^ same league Jnn.es K Sullivan,
secretary of the Amateur Athletic
Union, so announced to-day.
Mr. Sullivan said he had written I
Thorpe asking him to name the pun
thus referred to in his confession :
"As soon as we receive Thorpe's
reply" Mr Sullivan said, we will
begin sn inquiry into the records of
the cth?r men he refers to. 11 any of
them are holders of Amateur Athletic
I'nion records of pnze?. we woui'l tmr * ?
no choice but to declare the t<< ordi off
and order the prizes returned We
would of course, send *hem to the men
who were second in the respective
events.
"I have written also to the proper'
authorities at the Carlisle Indien
School asking them to retu-n to me
by erprrs? the trophies wh;-h Thorpe
brought back irom the Olyrupc- ga-re?
I also sent a cablegram '.Me morning to
Christain Helstrom. MM ' < i y :r. pi ? games
commissioner at Stoc kholm apprising :
him of Thorpe's confession and notify
ing hirn that the trophies would be
returned.
The tokens of Thorpe's glory on he
Olympic field which are thus stripped
from him and will be returned to
Sweden are a bronze bstfl Ol the King
of Sweden, which Thorpe won wirh the,
pentathlon, and the decathlon i up, a
rr.ugmflcent model of a*i ggsafeMtt viking I
Ship.
Trsgrdy in Athletic
"Thorpe s cate I? at once one of the \
greatest tragedies and marvels of j
amateur athletics.'" Mr. Sullivan said. I
"It seems incredible that he should j
have played for two years as a pro- '
feerional and tnat no one, has gftjM '
till this late day to say so. Of all the"'
thousands of persons who sas- him :
play, of all the sporting writers in the i
cities where he played and of all the j
-,o< kholdrrs in the baseball league '
where he played, it is passing Strange
that there was- no* ON person to say '
before this time that he was a pro
fes* ional
The snarl which the board of gov-1
ernors of the Athletic Cnlou will be .
called upon to unravel because of >
Thorpe's professionalism appears to
day to be less complicated than was at
first thought. Mr Sullivan said that |
Thorpe had participated m very ftw 1
events conducted under the union e
I alas and that while the Indian had
won many prizes and established new
records, most of the events were la
college athletics, over whl-n the unicn
exercises no jurisdiction.
To expunge the records of new marks
set by Thorpe the record committee
of the union. Mr. Sullivan announced,
would canvass the SitUSttstll shortly
and make a report to the board of
governors.
UtttS Comment In London.
Ietmdon. January 2*?The case ofrf
James Thorpe, the Carlisle Indian
School Athlete, who ha.? i unfeissd to
being a professional has < ailed for'h
very little comment here up to the
present Among the evening papers the}
Olobe is the only one to devote a brief
paragraph to the subject. It ears:
"While it is disagreeable to Ond one I
of the most prominent American ; 1 -
letes convicted of professionalism, the
Amateur Athletis Cnion of the United
States is to be congratulated on hav?
ing acted promptly, and terurned all
the pr.zes won by the athlete in ques- i
tion Surely, however, the standing of:
a competitor ought to have been dis- i
covered before and not after the Olym?
pic games."
Muvt Return Trophies.
New Y'ork. January 28?Although ?
America still leads all nations as a
point winner at the Olympic games
notwithstanding the confessed profe?
stonalism of James Thorpe and the
consequent loss of points made by him.
the American Olympic Committee faces j
to-day the unhappy duty of returning
to Sweden the handsome tn-piiie?.
awarded the Indian, while the Aniaie-i:
Athletlc Union most revise ail its I
re- "rd
By virtue of there changes. Martin ;
Sheridan, a New York policeman,
automatically resumes his title as
champion ail-around athlete of Amer?
ica Thorpe took the honor from hlin
while competing la New York last
Labor Day All his records must go.
however, and the trophies for first I
plsce that dsy will he awarded te
Bredeaius. a Princeton athlete, who
finish bed second
Sheridan said to-day that he found
no comfort In a title restored under
such circumstance. Like all ama
Executrve Committee of
R. A. A. F. Will Meet
Dr. Charles M. Ha/en. president
r.f the Rlrhiasad Amateur Athletic
I edrratlon, hsa ratted a aieetlng
nf the rseeettve reaunitfer of that ?
body fee Frida) night at Seht
O'clock la the < earral T. M f 4.
At tats ssoettag It Is thong b: that
jgaa i far sa ladeer track meet will
he dtsewaard, as well as ether sag?
gestio?? ssade t? s gre'leee meet?
ing of the etgsnltsfIon.
teur athletes h) feels keenly th* -
that Thorpe-i pdiscretion in pla
profesiional ba?,ball brought ab
The Amateur .^i:i.|? I' nion regi
it an an objee?. Kanon to all amatf
and it is now inimitable that ot
will suffer.
Just when Thor,?-, Olympic trop.
will be shipped oSweden was not!
nounced to-day. *hey are at Oarf
but probably wji \,0 turned ovsl
the American OivmHc committee
In a lew days. tog?h,r with hundre
other prizes he ia? won. A sp?,
meeting of ihe < onmttee may be ci
to go over the sitiatim.
< ommsndAnrrlrans.
Stockholm. Jarjary jg._SweJ
newspapers, com in n Mug on the
closure that James Thorpe was a ,
fessional athlete wien he coro pi
In the Olympic gates held her*
summer, commend ?he honesty .
played bv the Amt|Uni in ma{
the fucr known.
Leading authontie jn the Belc,
sport express the opiion that Thi
is entitled to retain ts prizes he I
in ths pentathlon an decathlon]
his status as an amatuehas been rs
too late. ~
ENGLISH RWIHE
COACH FORYAI
Committee Now AbroH Lc
ing for Right Mat to
Handle Crew.
Mssg Haven, .lanuary 2$ ?
lent authority it was sa'd to-mnt
Vales towing officials who no?ad
England, will either bring homeirl
engage for next reason an Kngiis
Beech Captain Snowden and C?,
Harriman and Rodgersot the Valtf]
left thi- country three ?'?is i
study Oxlord and Cambridge tl
and rowing -.- .ho-!- aid are exj
to arrive in New York city next we
It Is taid they will make ovei
to a leading LngU-h coach and]
they expect to have his censer
come to Yale a* coach either V
a month in which BO** t.c will|
charge of the present rowing
pa'gu. or next fail, he then a?t
charge of the campaign of 191*.
. Rodgers had resolved to re tire
coa< hing In June because of the
-ure of business dritte? ?r I Han;
who is only an undergraduate.
c!...|;\ ?-e:. .ir.'l'' lltif.edi. *'iy in
coa' h ot experience could be pro
It la said when the rowing official
here they had rot de. ided upof]
ttan they would engage.
n
ULU
A
UN FIGUi
Seven Crack Mounts Bring
$10.000 Thomas Lc Bo|
tellier Purchaser.
Los Angeles. *'a! . January ?
gie arid Harr:/ Weis"* noted pla vi
fie Vasadena polo team, it ts
known to-dsy, have sold seven <jf|
be.-, poalei to Thomas L* Boutellhf
of the M.adow Brook Club.
Lloyd Jones, of Australia and
Yore, who will teks them to
Is. C . to try them out for ?he
nafior.ai matches at the Meadow
Clab next June.
The shot- stav of these two pl|
reveals the purpose in their trip tl
coast. The prre they paid fof
seven pom?.< is reported autl
lively to be 11? no and is reg--rd?
great bargain. One well-known
says the price is the cheapest ever
on the e ras' for SSRth a lot of
Jones recently bought four good irsfj
from Walter Uup-e of the Cor
Club, and these are also to be tat
Aiken for the trials.
KlngM-rshelton.
'Special to The Time- pi?patcl,
' Amherst. Va . Janua-y M?K
dav evenir-g a: ? ? <? | lot if la the
odist parsonage here. Miss MaryJ
kins Snelton. of thi- pla-e and
Kingry. of Roanoke. were units!
marriage. Rev. L. Hunter Eirlj
formed the ceremony. Th'.- bridf
several sessions has been a teacl
the public schools of the > ounty.
and Mrs. Kingry left Sunday nlgt
Roanoke where they will reside.
sicicr BIJOU
Mat*.
Th?r.
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The Eye, Ur, Throat i
Nose infirmary.
?17 OOVEWtCh STBEET,
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Friday. January It. Ittt.
Th* L*"ly Managers wfll b* pi*.
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Otateiles and Fss-l. at tr?-r sr* gre
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