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The Six Day Rider May Be as Game as the Fighter But His Courage Is Cheaper CALL'S DOUBLE PAGE OF SPORTS HOWARD HAS NEW STARS IN VIEW All Seal Players Must Fight It Out for Positions on the Team JOE MURPHY "I have a couple of deals hanging* fire." said Del Howard yesterday aft ernoon, "and until I know where I stand in these matters I will make Ho further changes in my club. "If I secure the players that I am negotiating for. then there will be some changes," he continued. "I have several men in view who I expect to land, and, if successful, they should prove to be winners with a minor league club. "They axe major league players, and I expect to learn after the first of the year whether I can have them. At the present time I am just wait ing for developments. Cack Henley, Walter Cartwright and all the other boys are still in line for jobs. "I am going down to my ranch to morrow, where I will spend a few days, and after a brief stay there I will continue on to Los Angeles to see Overall. I am satisfied I will have no trouble bringing the big fel low around. "I am not going to let Cartwright go unless I find another man who can hold down the third bag better than Carty. I am going to allow the players to fight for the positions, and it will be a case of the survival of the fittest. They will all get an even break, and the preference will be given the players who show the class. "Henley's case is before me. and I am in a quandary what to do. If Cack can get a Job as a manager of some team I would be glad to give him his release, but I am not going to give it to him so that he can join some other club in the league. "Suppose I should allow Henley to go. and say, for instance, he joined Venice or Sacramento. Naturally, every time the Seals would face Hen ley he would be pitching his head off to beat us. If he was successful, he would show me up in a peculiar light and I would be the goat. "I am willing to trade Henley to one of the other clubs in the league If I can get a good player in ex change. Hogan has been the only manager in the league who has talked about getting Henley for his club. If I get the players that I am nego tiating for I will not need Cack next year. "He realizes that he has been with the Seals too long. There is such a thing as playing too long in one town and a man needs a change. "Cartwright is going to be taken along with the squad to Boyes Springs when the training season starts, and it is entirely up to him to make good. If he shows more class than the other players in the fight for the third bag he will get It." Mike Lynch of the Spokane club of the Northwestern league would like to get Cartwright, but Del is not dis posed to part with Carty at this time. Henry Berry of Los Angeles has added to the batting strength of his club by getting Catcher Harry Meek of the Victoria club of the North western league. He was secured by Berry through a trade in which Pitcher Babe Driscoll and Outfielder Mike Wottell were given to Victoria for the big catcher. Meek is somewhat or a batting phenon. He has batted more than 300 for 15 years, but he has never been able to break into the big league. He is said to weigh in the neighborhood of 300 pounds and is slow. Lack of speed has kept him out of the big brush. Berry intends to use Meek in the role of a pinch hitter. Players who know Meek and have played with him declare that he would bat at a 300 gait in any league. He is one of those natural hitters who takes a mighty swipe at the ball. * * * , At the annual meeting of the Oak land Baseball association held last night Frank W. Leavitt was again elected president of the club. John P. Cook was elected secretary. J. B. Lanktree, Henry Meyer and Harry Anderson were the other directors elected. Mack Is There With A Real Live Alibi <"onnie Mack is out with the alibi for not putting pinch hitters in place of Lapp and Plank in the second game of the world's series, which Matty won after a 10 inning fight. Connie breaks an ironclad rule to give his excuses in an article in the Saturday Evening Post. Claiming that "Big Six" has an ad vantage over the batter on his first trip to tfce plate, but that the charm wears oft* in subsequent visits. Mack found that Lapp struck out the first time he faced Matty, hit sharply to Davis the second time and hit safely the third. Therefore he counted on him for further Improvement on the fourth trip. As for Plan'/. Connie declared that Eddie hit the ball harder than any other player on the team during the game, having made one safety and being robbed of a hit by Fletcher on another try. Therefore he decided to let Plank linger in the contest. But the breaks went the other "way, re sulting in criticism for the manager and a late defense of his action. HUMBOLDT-MISSION MEET The Humboldt evening high and the Mission high track and field teams will have a dual meet at the stadium this afternoon, the first event being scheduled for 1 o'clock. Humboldt has already shown Its ability on the track by defeating Cogswell some weeks ago. Though Humboldt only has a team of eight men to rely on, they are going into the dual meet with hopes of being able to trim the Mis sion boys. The latter school has some good athletes, and will be able to put a larger team in the field than their opponents. The Humboldt team named this morning is as follows: James Kennedy, captain; A. Linetrom, J. Gould. W. Ott, S. Rickenbach, W. Doo llng, A, Newhoff and C. A, Morris, The Judge's Wife Gets an Earfull at the Beanery BROOKLYN PAYS $25,000 FOR TINKER Veteran Is to Get $10,000 Bonus for Signing—Other Important Deals NEW YORK, Dec, IS.—President Charles Ebbets' of the Brooklyn club yesterday paid a record price for Joe Tinker, the deposed manager of the Cincinnati Reds, giving up $25,000 for the infielder. It goes down in the annals of base ball as a record price for a player. Of this amount, $10,000 will be turned over to Tinker if he signs up to play with the Dodgers. August Herrmann, president of the Cincinnati club, stipulated that $10,000 of this amount would be turned over to Tinker as a bonus to assure good faith that .he would play with the Brooklyn club. After his release by the Reds, Tink er announced that he would not play with an eastern club. Notwithstand ing this announcement, President Eh bets entered the field of bidders for the great shortstop against Barney Dreyfus of the Pittsburg Pirates, Muggsy McGraw of the New York Giants and Charley Murphy of the Chicago Cubs. Tinker announced his preference of going back to the Cubs, the club on which he played for years and gained fame as well as helping it to win pennants. The price paid for Tinker is a re markable one and is sure to stand for years. Tinker is a veteran player, having been in the game for 13 years, and his future as a star is regarded to be limited when the life of an ay age major league star is considered. However, Tinker Just passed through one of the most successful years of his baseball career, while managing the Cincinnati Reds. Though he managed a losing club, which usually affects the playing of a star. Tinker showed his mettle by hitting at a 326 clip, and he fielded In phenomenal form. Another important change was the switch of Charley Herzog and Catcher Grover Hartley of the New York Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Out fielder "Bob" Bescher. The St. Louis club and the Pitts burg club entered Into an important deal. Edward Konetchy. the crack flrst baseman of the Cardinals, along with Third Baseman H. H. Mowrey and Pitcher Bob Harmon, were ex changed for First Baseman John Miller, Outfielder J. O. Wilson* In fielder Arthur Butler, Third Baseman Albert Dolan and Pitcher J. B. Rob inson, all of the Pittsburg Pirates. STANFORD STARS MUST HUSTLE ON TRACK STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. 13. Realizing that Stanford will have a hard time defeating California in the intercollegiate track meet next spring the cardinal veterans are being urged to pass their final examinations in order to be eligible to take part in the meet next semester. The week of final exams began this morning. "Dad" Moulton, the veteran cardinal conditioner, states that Stanford will have a fighting chance if all the vet erans can come through in the class rooms. In the next meet Stanford will be minus the services of Rurle Temple ton, star high jumper, hurdler and pole vaulter, who went to Australia with the American quartet of stars, and Don Dawson, who established a new coast broad Jump record in the intercollegiate meet last spring. Some local dopesters figure that but one or two points will decide the coming meet, provided Stanford ath letes are not barred by scholarship. GRIFFITH'S SUGGESTION Clark Griffith, who ha* since time Immemorial been a victim of baseball circumstances, has nnelly come to the conclusion that Washington Is bound by fate never to win a pennant, for the old fox has set forth a new grievance and wishes to have the teams who finish second and third in the pennant race rewarded for their endeavors. Mr. Griffith believes that it would only be appropriate for the team which finishes second to re ceive $10,000 for so doing, and that the third team in the race should be given $5,000. Palo Alto Ruggers Start for South to Battle With Pomona STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Dec. 13. Eighteen Rugby football players of Palo Alto high school, accompanied by Coach C. S. Morris and J. C. Tem pleton. principal of the school, boarded the train for Pomona last night. On Monday afternoon the Palo Alto and Pomona high school teams will battle for the interseholastie cham pionship of the state in the southern city. Pomona won the southern Cali fornia championship by defeating Manuel arts school of Los Angeles by a acore of 13 to 11, while Palo Alto won the northern championship by defeating the California School of Mechanical Arts of San Francisco by a score of 28 to 0 for the A. A. L title. Oakland forfeited the north ern independent championship to Palo Alto last Saturday. Palo Alto dopesters are claiming that the college town players are without peer in the state. This team defeated every school they met this season, the average scores being 18 to 3. WHITE HOPES SO FOUR ROUNDS TO A DRAW Charley Miller and Soldier Elder Mix Up in an Exciting Bout Big Charley Miller returned to the four round game last evening and celebrated by boxing a fast four round draw with Soldier Elder. Miller showed more speed than he ever showed here before, and be might have won handily enough had he not been so anxious to register a knockout over his bald headed oppo nent, who whipped in many a stag gering blow when Miller rushed. The contest was replete with the sort of action which the fans like so well. Tho big fellows cut out all the fancy frills and went right to it. They were about even up in aggres siveness, but the soldier was the bet ter boxer. Miller's superior weight, however, told in the clinches, and he put in many a telling blow to the kidneys when they got in close. The giant carman Is not so much of a clown as he used to be. He takes himself more seriously and boxes to better advantage. However, he does not cover up enough, and his carelessness gave the Soldier a chance to bring over several telling rights to the Jaw. On two occasions Miller had a tough time keeping on his feet as a result of these wallops. JOHNSON BEATS EXPOSITO Lee Johnson, the Oakland chocolate drop, gave a splendid exhibition of boxing against his heavier opponent, Kid Exposito of Seattle. Johnson stepped around like a dancing mas ter, and walloped Exposito with every blow known to the ring. Had he been a little more aggressive he might have registered a knockout, but he won on points all the way. Exposito tried to rush Johnson and mix things up, but the little coon had his man measured at all times, and Exposito failed to land one tell ing punch. Exposito lost his temper a couple of times and resorted to rough tactics, but these gained him nothing The crowd was with John son at the finish, and he was urged to flatten his opponent. Sailor Jack Carroll, that wild heavyweight, waa given a draw with hig black Jim Cameron by Referee Bert McCullough, although the coon won by many a length. Carroll start ed to rush and play for the body as usual, but the black bruiser sized him up, and Carroll was very tired in the last round. Neither man land ed many clean blows. KENDALL. BACK IN FORM. Dick Kendall furnished the sur prise of the evening by stopping his old rival. Dummy Thomas, In the sec ond round. Kendall kept sending his man back with right and left swings to the head, and after Thomas had been knocked down for the count in the second period, McCullough stopped the battle." A lad named Willie Smith substi tuted for Norman Stone against Har ry Wallace, a black middleweight, but ho knew nothing of the game, so the uneven battle was stopped in the first round and the verdict went to Wal lace. Dude Clark and Montana Dan Sul livan wrestled and stalled around the ring for four rounds. It was de clared a draw. The crowd hissed and hooted, for neither man did any real fighting. Kid Turner stopped several hard Jolts to the head aimed at him by Paul Pollock, and the battle was called off in the second round. The veteran bantamweight, Mike Kutchos. knocked out Ping Bodie in the third round of the curtain raiser. BOXERS' TERMS HOLD OP THE BIG MATCH Ritchie and Murphy Hold ai Frenzied Financial Con ference With Coffroth — Willie Ritchie won't box Harlem Tommy Murphy unless Promoter Jim Coftroth guarantees him $15,000 with *, privilege of 25 per cent of the house, and Harlem Tommy won't box Willie unless he is sure of a straight 25 per cent guarantee. Promoter Coffroth won't listen to these propositions, so the great championship battle is away up in the air. They held quite a powwow yester terday, the main performers consist ing of the two fighters. Managers Harry Foley and Jim Buckley and the promoter. For several hours Cof froth listened to the frenzied argu ments of the managers and the fight ers and then he threw his hands sky ward, although he announced that something might be accomplished at another session today. In the midst of the verbal battle Buckley announced that he would make a side bet of $6,000 that Mur phy would beat Ritchie, provided that the lightweight champion came down to 133 pounds ringside. "All right, you are on." shouted Foley. "I'll take that one." "That goes," camo back Buckley; "but Ritchie will have to fight this month." "No chance," was Foley's comeback. "The doctor won't let Ritchie go to work for two weeks, but we will take that bet later on." Buckley could not see the postpone ment, so they forgot about the side bet proposition and got down to talk ing about fat guarantees once more, but even this argument could not be settled. DEMAXDS TOO STRO.NG. Just before the session ended. Buckley announced that he would have a startling proposition to make today. But he would not Intimate what this might be. It's an absolute secret, and Buckley positively won't let anybody in on it till he springs the announcement officially. "Their demands are too strong," said Coffroth when the meeting broke up. "I stand willing to give Ritchie a guarantee of $12,600, with a priv ilege of 50 per cent of the house, and I will give Murphy a straight percentage of 25 per cent. This is the best I can do. Murphy believes that he Is entitled to nearly as much as Ritchie, and I agree with him, but I can't take the chance of com ing to his terms with Ritchie de manding half the receipts." There is a possibility that some thing will be done when they come together again this afternoon. This meeting was suggested by the man agers and not the promoter. Cof froth evidently was pretty well dis gusted during the session yesterday, and he announced that if any other promoter wanted to give in to the terms of the fighters he could have the match. If they do Sign up, the chances are that the battle will not be staged before Washington's birthday. This date seems to suit Ritchie better than any other. He says that fie positively can't start training for at least two weeks. Murphy, on the other hand, has the upper hand In the deal. Smith of Berkeley Wins the Title of Gym. Champion Gay Smith of the Berkeley Y. M. C. A. last night won the Individual gymnastic championship of the Pa cific association and the University of California had the honor of win ning the team prise. The tests for the annual championship were held at the Berkeley "V" gymnasium. The University of California five man team tallied 1215 3-5 points to 1121 1-5 scored by Berkeley Y. M. C. A. The Oakland "V" was third with 644 5-10 points. The competitions were carried through on the high bar, parallel bars, horse, rings and mat. Each had to do two set exercises and one free exercise. The race for the Individual cham pionship was close between Smith of the Berkeley "V" an dHoleman of the University of California. Up to the last event only half a point sep arated the competitors. Smith then showed great form on the horse and won out by three points, scoring 269 6-10 points to 266 6-10 by Hole man. Sutcliffe of the Berkeley "V" was third with 260 1-5 points and Coffey of the university fourth with 254 4-10 tallies. This Is the second time that the Berkeley "V" has won the champion ship title. HEREDITY L. W. NELSON It happened at the baseball game. The score was close and tight, Sam Jones was rooting for his team with all his main and might. A close decision at the plate and Sammy's team had lost. And Jones said, in disgusted tone, "That umpire is a frost! His ancestors must have been crooks as bad as Jesse James, And that is why he's learned so well to give away the games! His father was a thief, I guess, and hung some time ago, And his granddad looked about while young for money-safes to blow! And even now I bet he's got some brothers in the 'pen,' Who helped themselves from other people's pockets now and then! With such a line of ancestry, one really could expect, That he'd become an umpire and lose all self respect" I let friend Sammy Jones complete his tirade on the "amps," Devoid of boosts but all replete with knocks and jabs and bumps. And then I said to Sammy, "Listen, Jonesy, if you please, This umpire's dad is missionary to the quaint Chinese; "And"—Sammy Jones was seen to grab his head and wildly lurch— "The ump himself is parson at the little corner church!" SIX DAY RIDERS AWAY AHEAD OF RECORD Six Teams Are Still Tied, With Two Close Up and Coming Strong NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Riding in a new combination as a result of pair ing after team withdrawals /early today, there were six leading in the six day bicycle race at 8 a. m., the 128 th hour, tied with 2,481 miles and seven laps. The former record was 2,469 miles 9 laps. The leaders were: Goulet-Fogler. Verri - Brocco, Root- McNamara, M agin-Lawrence. Dro bach-Halstead, and Hill and Ryan. The Mitten-Thomas and Corry- Walker teams were only a lap behind the leaders. A lap behind them were Carman-Cameron and Breton-Packe b.usch. The retiring teams, necessi tating new combinations, were: Perchicot-Breton. Applehans-Packe busch, Clarke-Walthour, and Kopsky- Keefe. When Breton and Packebusch joined forces, they were penalized a lap. Three of the teams which have been leading received a serious set back early today at the start of the last day's racing, and the whole standing was considerably changed. The upsets occurred shortly after 3 o'clock this morning, when Bobby Walthour of Georgia and Jackie Clarge, the speedy Australian, teamed up, each having lost his original part ner. Clarke's partner, Grenda, withdrew from the race because of sore knees, and Walthour's teammate, Collins, broke his collarbone in a fall late last night. At the expiration of the usual four hour limit Clarke and Walthour were allowed to combine. The standing was upset by a sprint early this morning, during which some of the leaders were set back by penalties for faulty picking up. The official score at 4 o'clock was as fol lows: Leaders — Goullet-Fogler. Brocco- Verrl, Hill-Ryan, Root-McNamara, Magin-Lawrence and Drobach-Hal stead. 2,410 miles flat. Second division —Perchicot-Breton. Mitten-Thomas, Corry-Walker. 2,409 miles 9 laps. Third division — Clarke-Walthour, Carman-Cameron, Appelhaus-Packe busch, 2, 409 miles 8 laps. Kopsky-Keefe team, 2.561 miles 9 laps, officially declared out of tha race at 4 o'clock. "Take Care of Eyes," Advises Nap Lajoie Napoleon Lajoie says that young baseball players pay too much atten tion to developing speed without giv ing a thought to what he considers the most important asset in an aspir ing recruit. Lajoie says a perfect pair of eyes can do more to make a player successful than any other adjunct. Plenty of nerve, intelligence and strength enter into it. but the largest item Is good eyesight. The veteran star says that when he flrst began to play professionally he shunned chances to Tead at night or on fast moving trains. Lajoie recalls several players of great promise who were inveterate readers. One by one they lost their batting powers and dropped out of, the big leagues. La joie gives most all the credit for his wonderful career as a hitter to the care he has taken of his eyes. ROGERS AND LA GRAVE WILL BOX AGAIN Toby Irwin Signs Whirlwind Pair to Battle Four Rounds in a Return Match The whirlwind scrappers, Antone La Grave of Butchertown and Al Rogers, have been matched for the third time. Promoter Toby Irwin of the Observatory club succeeded in getting the signatures of the pair of sluggers to a set of articles, and they will meet in the ring on next Friday night at Pavilion rink. If either one of them can deter mine his superiority he is in line for a match with Jimmy Clabby in Los Angeles. Promoter McCarey is plan ning to start Clabby in a handicap match. He is looking for two com petent middle weights to oppose the eastern scrapper. He would like to get the winner of the La Grave- Rogers match to go against Clabby, and he will use one of the Los An geles boys to oppose Clabby in one of the other 10 round bouts to be held on the same night. Eight bouts will be decided on next Friday night and some of the best of the four round performers have been matched. Bubbles Robinson, the crack colored lightweight, will meet Young Joe Gans of New Orleans. The latter has never appeared here, but he is said to be a capable performer. Eddie Miller, one of the cleverest little fellows developed in the four round game, will try his hand against Owen Hooker. Charley Givens of Se attle will meet Walter Scott. The Other bouts are as follows: Ralph Grunan vs. Eddie White. 133 pounds; Freddy Wharton vs. Louis Crevier, 128 pounds; Herb Brodie vs. Frankie Jones, 183 pounds and Jack Morris vs. Frank Johnson, colored, heavy weights. Jim Jeffries Wants To Tour the World Jim Jeffries Is going to make an other effort to tour the world. He and Mrs. Jeffries, Barney Oldfleld snd wife and Jack Kipper and wife have completed plans for the tour, and Kipper has made one condition that the three men post forfeits of $10,000 each that they will complete the trip this time. They propose to start im-» mediately after the close of the 1915 Panama-Pacific exposition, and in order to make It more certain that they will go all the way around the globe they will start from San Fran cisco for Japan. Australia will be in cluded In the tour. A few years ago Kipper and Jeffries and their wives started on a tour of the world, but Jeff got enough of It after visiting London, Paris and Berlin and re turned home. Kipper stayed a few months longer, but did not complete the tour of the world. / >itfliluO% BLADDER JWTfT"IJB HiHeTed In > ViVnimw 24 Hours Each Cap- f —\ k Beware of coimierfaiti ATHLETIC CHATTER WILLIAM UNMACK Norman E. Brookes. A. W. Dunlop and Anthony F. Wilding will form the Australian tennis team to recover the Davis cup from this country. Brookes and Dunlop left Australia last week for England, where they will join Wilding, and the trio will par ticipate in ail the coming English tournaments to fit them for the task of "lifhtlng" the cup from Maurice McLoughlin and his cohorts. # # * The loss of Jimmy Todd to the uni versity of California track team will be the Olympic club's gain. Jimmy will run in the red snd white of the Olympic club this spring, and will probably make his appearance during the indoor season as a club man. Jimmy is undoubtedly the best quar ter miler on the coast today. He has etlll to run his best race, and he looks to be the logical lad to break McAuley's coast mark of 49 4-5. Lloyd Patrick, a graduate of Ne vada university this year, and well known as a member of the football team for the past three years, has been appointed state statistical agent of Nevada by the secretary of agri culture. "Pat" was one of the best men on the sagebrush rugby team. * * * The rumors of Dad Moulton's resig nation as trainer at Stanford seem to be merely rumors. There is noth ing substantial back of the rumors at all, and it is to be hoped that the popular '•Dad'" Is not thinking of re signing. Dad has turned out some cracker jack teams for the cardinal, and it may that some other institu tion Is anxious to secure his services. If you want to be an amateur, be a good amateur. No halfway meas ures. The American power boat as sociation believes in amateurism, and none of its' affiliated members are al lowed to accept any prizes other than trophies. Money prizes for motor boat racing under the A. P. B. rules are tabooed. Yaie has announced its baseball schedule as follows: April 9, Nor folk baseball club at Norfolk: 10, Mount St. Joseph college at Norfolk; 11, University of Virginia at Norfolk; 13. University of Virginia at Char lottesville; 14, Catholic university at Norfolk; 18. Penna at Philadelphia; 29, Georgetown at New Haven; May I, University of Virginia at New Haven; 7, Lafayette at (New Haven; 9. Penna at New Haven; 23. Cornell at Ithaca; 30, Princeton at New Ha ven; June 13, Princeton at Princeton; 16, Harvard at New Haven; 17, Har vard at Cambridge: 20, Harvard (in Jfr mm ajso OM'-'ammW Bakersfield $11.90 f SB 'H Ha* Fresno 7.70 : , mmm,':mß' * T- Yosemite 18.90 ■ Kft-iijjijf All points in * Southern California 4t4*4<tt% " and San Joaquin »iso*22p to :r. 2S X J » CM 25-27-28-2<>-30-St departs Vla Santa Fe C ity Offices Al 673 Market St.. San Freocuco. PhecM Kearny 315 1218 Broadway, Oakland. Phone Uke»kio^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Tad case of tie), at New York; 23. Prince ton (in case of tie), at New York. Should any of the clubs holding in door meets within the next few months desire to stage indoor Pacific association championships, it is possi ble that the championship committee will allot such title events to the clubs so desiring to apply for them. A couple of indoor title events at each meet would add considerably to the interest in the event. Nell Schmidt has accepted the chal lenge recently issued by Mrs. Myrtle Wright to race any woman. Now that the challenge has been accepted it is up to the principals to get to gether and arrange the date and place for the race. w *f # The Y. M. C. A. athletic officials have requested the registration com mittee of the Pacific association to investigate the status of four"* ath letes. The men are Harvey Morton and C. Maudlin, members of the Pas time club; C. Theophelus and E. Heino, members of the Olympic club. The investigation is asked to deter mine If these men have violated any amateur laws. * * * Our old friend, Clint Evans, the Uni versity of California Rugby back field man of last year and seasons gone by, has been responsible for the good showing made by the Pomona high football team in the south this season. Clint has been coaching the team in line with his duties as athletic di rector of the school and has turned out a cracking good one. Just how good Clint's boys are will be proved on Monday, when they stack up against Palo Alto high for the high school Rugby championship of the state. The six day cycle pedlars at New York have picked up on the world's record, and lt now looks that when the race ends tonight that a new mark will be announced. The filthy lucre has done lt. The management an nounced handsome extra money prizes if the record was broken, and the teams have responded. Thursday they were riding only three miles ahead of the record, and it looked as though they would lose out, but yes terday they got busy and at latest advices were nine miles to tlie good. They say money talks, but in this case it Is "money quickens the pace." # # * The Olympic club football men will work out at the stadium tomorrow in preparation for the game with the southern city. The winged O men will leave for the south next Friday night and the game will be played Sunday. December 21, at Washington park.