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■hiu.jv% • . / *'• ; - 'vvf V. f v T ' • * ' \\ i % f $( ■v # « .. . -y . +' m i v . • - “Fran,” a New Serial about a Quaint, Shrewd, Whimsical Girl, Begins in The Times, Thursday, Dec. 12 THE WEATHER MONDAY KIUHT AND Tt'BNDAY, FAIIt. WITH RISING TBMPBRA ' fIRB. THIRTEENTH YEAR, NO. 60. LATEST NEWS AND SPORTING EVENTS JENNINGS’ COACHING GOT HIM TIGER MANAGERSHIP Was Plucking: Grass at Newark When Navin Copped Him HAD HIS “WEE-AH" AND THAT STUFF THEN, TOO u W'ee-ahs” in the Minors Aren t Heard *Round the World By RALPH L. 70VK Kit. Manager Hugh Jennings of the Tigers, often called the best paid man ager In the baseball world, and with out doubt one of the best in ability and salary,'was plucking grass am 1 . •Wee ailing” and kicking for the Bal timore club down in Newark. N. J., v. hen President Prank Navin, of tne Tigers, suw him in 1906 and lurod Him to the jungle with fat salary bait. Jennings, called a failure as a man uer in the National league because ie hadn’t stuck with Philadelphia as iptaln and mnatgei, came to Detroit ,nd plucked and "Wee-abed” and kick .l his way to three pennants in sue 'ssion. Jenuiugs went from to 'hlladelphia in 1001 and played firs*, irise for the Plullteinn 1903 he went a Baltimore and was there for four cars, when Navin found him. Navin says that he had been tipped If to Hughle and made a trip hlin clf to Newark with the sole mission f watching the man of whom he had sard. He watched his stunts, ell known all over the basebah orld, noted the abundant supply of epper he exhibited and conclude. ght then and there that he was the ian the Tigers needed. The tigers had been lacking lu drlt aaul vim up to the time Jenhin»s iok hold of them. . three p<*n ints .In a row tell the story of ughle's Immediate success. His going of anew long term contract st fall tells the story of how he Is ought of bj President Navin now. "Last year was Hughle’s worst here, tree firsts, and two seconds have ‘en his record up to 1912. Jennings wos Just as unique .is >w. Mr. Navin says, when he wa* the minors, but the shots fired ere are heard around the world as e thOje fired in the major leagues u re is little doubt but that everv e interested in baseball has heard Jennings and his strange antljs w. The threatened holdout* of Cobb and Crawloid remind the fan* tint bb. Crawford and Jennings are ibc |y Tigers here now who ever sign contract* with tbe Timers for more in a single year. Bill Donovan, yvldence manager, once signed one. thtse only thoae with tbe signa •es pr Cob> and Jenning* attached re made other than In war time*, ring the war with the National gtie when Crawford and Donovan iped the old organization, the> nm't Up with the Tiger* for several ir*. jobb’s la*t contract waa for three in. This la very unusual. Mag es don't like to sign long term con cu. ana one can hardly blame m. A reversal of form, itrlei all can come In far les* than ear. Hence contracts lasting more n a year are rather dangerous to owners. lowever, when the work of play* signed to long term contract* i* satisfactory, It seem* that the**e taually a loop hole to get out. Har- Wolverton, nee manager of the ikees, said when here during tne imer that he was signed for two rs, but at the end of his first sea at New York he quit, folverton was apparently satisfied cave New Yoik with none of the le-rol that followed in the wake Chance’s leaving Chicago. hey are still presenting scenes in ; little aftermath of the world s es entitled. "The man who tried ;et away with It and didn’t.” obt. Mcßoy, of the Boston Amerl league baseball club, is playing title role. The rest of the actors mostly supes, In a mob scene, i Mayor Fitzgerald, perhaps, dls uished as the leader of the motley ng. t»ey are still after Mcßoy's goat, will remember that during the id's series, the Royal Rooters' s were sold and they were with ■ opportunity to root tn concert as I wished. Mcßoy was the msr lied for the difficulty and It Is he |m the fans ars after. I looks as If they may get him. mere are to be two big lea 'rue ■ logs this week. One will he hela Blew York, where the National l*e magnates gather and the other Ihirsgo where the American league les will convene. lie National league meetii.g mises to be rensstlonal; the Amei I league meeting promises mainly mi Mi up reports of trades. Resident Navln of the Tigers leave* |ht for Chicago, to attend the King of the league magnates tn lltty. He say* that he doesn't si ll anything s citing to happen uTfyc Octroi! mes OFFERB SILVER BELT TO ENCOURAGE LONG DISTANCE RUNNING. NEW YORK, Dec/ 9.—ln or dcr to encourage distance run ning, James E. Sullivan has of« sered a silver belt to be held as a challenge trophy until the time of the next Olympic games, and to be competed for as often as any club receiving sanction may determine to put on a race. It is proposed to start with competitions at one hour and gradually Increase the distance. A system of scoring is yet to be devised, but it Is said that some means will be found so that the belt may have a permanent owner a t soon as It has per formed Its purpose of dev.-op ing men for the next Olympic marathon. SIX-DAY BIKE RIDERS SMASH RECORDS QUICK Go Three Miles More in Eleven Hours Than They Did in 1910 ALL RIDERS TIED AFTER RIDING OVER 250 MILES Crowds Are There Again Wait ing for Broken Necks MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Sprinting tnrough the yellowish haze of tobacco smoke, tne Pfteen teams which started at one minute after midnight in the annual grind designated for advertising pur poses as the “Six-day bicycle race." were still lapped on each other today, and at the seventh hour were three miles and two laps ahead of the rec ord made by Demas and Hill In 1908. The big rac<? has lost none of its popularity. The same cheerinv crowds, made up for the most part of those who hoped a spill would com-' which would result tn some rider breaking a leg or his neck, and those ! who feared the spill world not mate rialize. hung over the railings and uiged the riders on to top speed. They had plenty to cheer about. During the first few hours first one and then the other of the fast riders would try for the coveted lap. Some times thev would get as much as a quarter of a lap ahead of the pack, bin ! there ’ they would stick and finally would have to come back to the field. Jackie Clark. the Australian phenom, was the hardest worker, but even hig great speed was not suffi cient to overcome the fresh field, and j at laat he gave up and then pluggers vere permitted to set a steady, fasc which hurt no one. The teams and their standing, at the end of the seventh hour, were as follow*: Kramer and Moran; Clark and HUI; Grenda and Pve; Rutt and Foxier; Hoot and Hehlr; Ryan and Thomas; Perchicott and Egg; Buter and Suter; Bedell and Mitten; Walthour and Ctimeron; Drobach and Collins; I,aw renre and Maglh; Loftus and Carmen;* Brocco and Perthet; Walker and Wells, all tied with 168 miles, 7 laps; former record 168 miles. 6 laps, made by Demara and Hill in 1908. The score at the end of ninth hour found the riders still tied, the teams having covered 211 miles, 6 laps. The teams continued tied at the end of the eleventh hour, with a soore of 264 miles, five laps. The former rec ord was 261 miles, one lap. At 3 o'clock, the riders had covered 340 miles, 8 laps. Previous record, 335 miles, 7 laps. TOMORROW’S ENTRIES AT JVARKZ. First Raca —Saline, 2-v«ar-old colts. 5A6 furlongs: xJans. vt; King Stalwart. 91; Tom 0., 101; Oartar, 107: Scramble, 110; Moller, 111, Second Race—Selling, all ages., 614 furlongs: Luke Van Zundt, 95: Peter Hone 07; 8.-11*. 07; Ah Moon. 107: Doro thy Ledgett, 110; Abe Slupaky, 110; Zink. 110; Sty Lad, 110; Pipe Vision, 110. Third Race —Selling, all ages. 614 furlongs: xMlsa Korn, 105; F-anclne 107, Climbl. 107; F.i Pato. 107; Royal Nettle 11.. 107; Tallow Dip. 110; Good Intent, 110; Quick Trip. 110; Lily Pax ton. 110; Billy Myer. 110. Fourth Race —Selling. 3-year-olds and up, • furlongs: Leigh, 100; Lore day, 1 o J; Frassle. 104; Bob Lynch. 105; Leacar. 100; Judge Walton 100; Hose O'Neil, 109; Don Enrique. 109. Firth Race—-Selling. 3-year-olds and up mile and one-alxteenth: xOrperth, 91; Moteaey 100: Duke of Bridgewater IDS; Jim DaJTerta. 105; Bobby Cook 106; Silver Grain. 100. Sixth Rare —Selling, all ages. fur longs- Swift Sure. 97; xfnquleta. 97; xSIr Barry. 105; Salvage, 110; Kye White, 110; Parnell Olrl. 110; Ben !'n cat. lit; Uncle Jlmmfo Gray, lit; Sorena, 111; Compte* tit ellowsnos •kSa«4 Cloudy and heayy. • D IVflKl TAUGHT Results guaranteed at Arcadia, Wool .'ward and Stlroeon. Phone Grand I 4*7l— Advt. . Detroit Boy, Fred HicJks, May Butt In on This Frio TANNEHILL MADE D.A.C. TREASURER Members Meet at Luncheon and Elect Treasurer and Committees. These interested in the new Detroit Athletic club met at a luncheon at the Pontchartrain Monday and elected two committees and a permanent treasurer. Robt. TannehiU was made treasurer. He was also placed at the head of the 81te Committee with Norval A. Haw kins and John Kelsey as the other members. These men will pick out a site for the new club building. The committee on incorporation, chosen Monday, is Geo. P. Codd, chair man, Henry B. Joy and R. D. Chapin. The meeting was postponed until Friday noon. Chas. Hughes, secretary, who has severed his connections with the hoard of commerce to take up his new work, will move Into new offices within a few days. SALESMAN ACCUSED OFFORGING CHEC K Samuel I. Wood, formerly employed as a talesman for the Toledo branch of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Cos., was arrobted by Detectives Black and Repp, Monday afternoon, on the charge of passing a forged check for SIOO In the Hotel Ste. Claire. - The police declare that he has passed oth-r bad paper, and has Bpent the proceeds in the white light district. JoH Print lag Done Itlgkt. Time* Printing C*, 15 John R.-at. COACHLESS AND SUBLESS, THAT D. A. C. FIVE LOOKS LIKE A PUNK BUNCH, BUT WHEN THEY PLAY-LOOK OUT!!! A no-coach, no-tub team, that D. A. C. five looks at fit at glance at the atl Jectives describing it like about as hopeless a bunch QO’a aa could be 'gathered together Imagine a basketball five without coach and without substitutes trying ito cling to the title of the champions of Michigan. Absurd? I Sure! But the D. A. C. hs* no coach be cause Jake Mazer refused to aeoe; t 'any official title and it has no substi tute because for every position on the I team there Is a man waiting to play i who is just as good If not better than the roan who stsrts the game. If Jake Mazer has hi a way there will be no history written of the D. A. C. games like this; "Kreltz was in jured and his olace at center was taken by Subitltute Boosey.” If Kreltz is hurt. Regular” Boosey will be sent in to take his place. There are nine regulars who Just now make up the D. A. C. five. Tbe basketball fans won’t be able to tell who the* power* that be at the D. A. C. thlfik the more valuable players by the way the team lines up for tin start of ita first game. While other lives have been In the habit of send ing what they considered their strot g est combination into their games at the very start of the contests, the l>. A. G. polic) has been different. | Often the men considered the weak icr were sent Into atari contest*. If .they played well they 'were less ,u. If they did noj they were Yanked and the better men put In tbelr places, if ia team uses up Its good nren and fads tbnt they cannot win it ia powerless, as a general thing, to stop Its cp iponenta with tbelr weaker mss Bui MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1912. JOHNSON PREPARES FOR LEAGUE MEETING Fielder oJnes at Chicago; High land. Leadership Said *Pb BeOfeject CHICAGO. Dec. 9.—Back in the city from a two-days’ hunting trip in southern Illinois, Ban B. Johnson, president of the American league, to day was making final preparations for the meeting of the league magnates here* Wednesday and Thursday. Fielder Jones and his wife, were here today, and it was understood that the former leader of the White Sox would remain In the city for the meet ing, and possibly talk over the chance of his being named to manage the New York Highlanders next season. Local baseball men planned to at tend the vaudeville performance at the Wilson theater tonight. Mike Don lin. Pirate outfielder, makes his 1912- 1913 bow as an actor. WOMAN "NARROWLY ESCAPES FROM FIRE Fire broke out In the living room above the salon of Omer DeClerque, No. 33 Bates-at., Monday afternoon and caused S3OO damage. The fire was caused by a gasoline stove. Mrs. DeClerque, wife of the saloon keeper, attempted to fight the flames but was forred to flee for her life, climbing down a fireman's ladder. She Is a portly woman and her exit caused considerable mirth among the crowd of spectators. - Im w • I T* : *=s ■ * . —s>*3 fy 1 '* • 0 . w L* . • -- . wkw ■> • _ JAKB HAIKU Gibbons COURT DECREE IS BLAMED FOR MARKETBREAK Either That, or Readjustment of Loan Account lo Money Market MARKET AWAITS COURT HOUR BEFORE DECLINING Reaction Following the Sudden Slump in Prices Are Few. (C*»yrl»ht, lIUK, by Tmm York wveahsfr p»«t r« MM «r.) NBW YORK, Dec. 9.—Like lut week’* declines, today's sharp break on the stock exchange might equally be imputed to dissatisfaction over the supreme court’s Southern Pacific de cree, or to continued re-adjustment of the Wall street loan account to the needs of the money market. It is true that Saturday's week-end bank statement showed the surplus reserve restored; but the excess over the 25 per cent ratio to deposits was still very small—much less than at any corresponding date since 1907. An ad mittedly trying period Is ahead on the money market, during the next four weeks, and today it clearly developed that Lombard street's own position Is such as to make it highly Inexpedient for New 'York to continue importing gold at present. Looked at In this way, today's two to four-point declines indicated the bringing of relief on the lines of least resistance. But this process was bound through the mere spectacle of calling prices, to color the popular Inference from last week's news. It was somewhat striking that the market waited until noon, when the supreme court met for its weekly rendering of decisions, before moving violently. None of the apprehended decisions wafe announced; but prices nevertheless broke, much as if the market bad received the good news and found it worse than expected. There were few upward reactions dur ing the afternoon; lowest prices were reached in the final hour. f the weaker men fall, then the strong ones can be sent in fresh after their opponents hnve worn themselves out. Kreits, last year of the "Y" team, and Boosoy are the men the Deltas will use at center. Gordon, Boosey and A1 V\ ull.er are the men who are to be in tie g*me at the forward POsMon* Freddie Busch and Aiec MacDiarn id are -tls« expected to get Into the game before long, although they are not definite prospects as yet Os there all but Al Walker a.e jlu D. A. C. players. Walker is a former man. For the guards ther-i are Joy Miller. Champ and Jaka Mai er, all former D. A. C. men. Maxer stoutly denies that he tries to ggt players From other teams as some wmild Insinuate. Both the new men Swiirht the D. A. C. team rather than the U. A. C. seeking them. •he D. A. C,. doesn’t promise ?c enusl its record of last year and hold the .-late championship But It dosr. promise every tenna it bittles with a fight. FISTICUFFS CHICAGO. IVs. S. I'arkff M*. Farlaart. of Cklrag*. aad K.rtrl U- Wttrpbp, of Rontaa, tartar be«aa tralalac k>r* far fbelr tea-reuart context at Keaanba, UU, acat Hoartajr alabf. ri.BYSet.ARI9. Ofcta. Dvr. 9.~J1a Natagf, a proalilag Yew V*rk 9**v>nrlgbl. arrlvcrt la devetaart tortap nart kegaa Saal fra la lop far hi* ta-roaad boat with l>aa Dalr. af Yeweaafle, l*a.. her* Frida? alKht. before the t lr*rl**4 A. C. Dal y la tralala« at Haawtlb FOOTBALL CRITICS AGREE WITH CAMP ON FIVE MEN HKRB'S THU COMPOSITE RLBVRX PICKUU BY MAJORITY OP CRITICS Position. Player. University. Felton Harvard •Tackle. ... Knglehorn. .Dartmouth Guard Bhrenk Princeton •Center Ketrham... Yale Guard Brown Navy Tackle Storer Harvard •Knd Bomelsler.. Yale Quarter.... Fatettl Lehigh •Halfback.. Brlckley... .Harvard Halfback... Baker Princeton t Full back.. Thorpe Carlisle •Picked by Camp for position given, tPicked by Camp for halfback. ED, MIKE, AND BILL FORM THE PUGJTRIANGLE Promise Some Fancy Ring Work Before Middleweight Title Lights % M McGOORTY AND PAPKE ARE THE STOCKY BOYS Gibbons is the Clever Boxer; Corbett Calls Him the Best The eternal triangle has bobbed up again—with the feminine angles miss ing—and the public sees Mike 01b bons. Billy Papke and Eddie McGoor ty, claimants of the middleweight box ing championship. * Before the title settles upon the 1 shoulders of one of the trio, this little old world will see the fanciest ring work since the day that Lord Deoles slipped the solitaire upon the third finger, left hand, of Vivian Gould. In the meantime, a Detroit boy,; Fred Hicks, may butt In on Papke’s aspirations and smash them. Hicks fights Papke shortly after New Year’s in Paris. Gibbons, Papko and McOoorty are the world's middleweight class beyond cavil. They ure head and shoulders above rivals, and the public has de manded that they get busy and de termine which shall wear the crown of Dempeey, Fitzsimmons and Stanley Ketchet. McOoorty and Papke are big rald dlewelghts—men who must train faithfully to make 158 pounds ring side. Gibbons recently graduated from the ranks of the welterweights. McGoorty Is a slam-bang, knock-'em ont-with-a-punch fighter. He ha* beaten the champions of Auatrallu and England, and when mlddlewelghts are scarce he takes on light heavies for eyerclie. It was McGoorty who tickled Dave Smith, champion of Australia, under the chin with his left hand and then hung a right awing on the Smith jaw, landing the antipodean upon hig right ear, When he arose Eddie promptly knocked him out. Jack ’Arisron, champion of England, lasted less than two minutes with the north of Ireland person from Osh kosh. Mike Gibbons, whose 10-round draw with McGoorty has added to the mid dleweight fog, 1s a ring phantom. Jim Corbett says he is the cleverest In the, world. He Is a master boxer, but like most clever men lacks the snappy punch that endß fights suddenly. In a 20-round bout Gibbons would outbox any middleweight living—pro viding he was not knocked out. Usu ally when boxer meets fighter over a long route the fighter wins, but Gib bons Is so Infernally clever that he piny be the exception. Papke Is rilffHrpitt from either Gib bons or McGoorty. He is the biggest man of the three and the most experi enced. He was world's champion at one time, as thu result of knocking out the incomparable meteor-llke Ketchel. Papke l« champion of France now. because he beat Georges Carpentler, In 17 round*. He did not knock mit Carpentler. but made him quit. Papke has been charged with yel lowness, but no man, unless it was Ketchel. ever made him tin-can to any noticeable extent. The “Kewanoc Thunderbolt” Is a boxer of the Jeffries type—whose Mows rrukh rival* by degree* In stead of dropping them suddenly, for the fatal count. McOqorty* and Papke should make a rattling good fight. Both are ter rific nunchers an.t about equal box ers. They have pile-driving rights and like to stand up and exchange wal lops. At 15k or 1«Q pounds ringside thev should be worth going miles to see, and a meeting between them Is Inevitable. Tb«n. Gibbons for the winner. Oa’l fomla will doubtless see these en caaements. New York's in-ronmt bouts arc not calculated to bring out the best in a fighter, and »o Import- 1 snt an affair ass championship should not be held over a route short er than 20 rounds. It looks like Papke and McOoortr, and tbea Gibbons with the winner, be fore the roeee bloom again In Indiana. NIGHT EDITION Brickley, Thorpe, Ketduun, Bomeisler and Englehorn Popular NONE LIKE THREE OF DEAN’S CHOICES Quarterback Crowther also is Benched by Oth ers By RALPH L. YONKHM. A little of the hot «tov« stuff In football may be in order now and then. This Is about the last slap the football fans get at their favorite pastime, so let them enjoy the slapping while it still remains possible. Everybody who has had the inclina tion has had time to pick his All- American football eleven. The dean of guessers, Walter Camp, started things. Sporting editors and other football experts have come to Wakor's assistance and picked elevens of their own, to satisfy those who weren’t pleased with Camp's own make, A comparison of those picked by others than Camp and that picked by the dean himself la of interest. In the first place, all the critics were agreed on five men and four positions. The choice of Ketcham wa* unanimous as far as those elevens which came to the writer’s notice were concerned. Kejcham Is the Yale All-American center of two years' standing now, he having been chosen last year as well as this. Bomelaler, the big, powerful, yet fast, Yale end was another man whom everybody looked upon as the logical choice for one of the end Jobs. Botnets ler played the game of hla life this year and deserved the recognition he received. Brlckley, the great Harvard half back. noted for his plunging, running and above all his drop-kicking, was elected without a dissenting voice. He was chosen by everybody long before the official choosing season opened and his game against Yale cinched his job beyond recall. Englehorn. of Dartmouth was an other who was there In the opinion of every elector In the AU-Amerlcsu college. The Big Green tackle with out doubt merited his recognition, also. Thorpe, the great Indian, of course, could not be kept off the team, al though jt was noticeable that the ma jority of the critics favored placing him at the fullback Job rather than at a half as did Walter Camp. These five men whom Camp choose were the choices of others. How about the men whom Camp choae who were not popular? Three men received not a single supporting vote from any minor critic. They were Logan, of Princeton, a guard; Butler, of Wisconsin, a tackle, and Crowther, of Brown, a quarter back. Either Shrenk of Princeton, or Brown of the Navy, should have been the choice for one of the guards, ac cording to the bushers. Brown la the hero of the Army-Navy game. Bhrenk was not even in Camp’s third team. Brown was. It ie noticeable that there waa a greater diversity of opinion among the critics regarding the guards than another position on the team. Pen nock. of Harvard, one of Camp’s choices was fairly popular. The critics were suited with Engle horn, as has been stated, but Bob Btorer. of Harvard, should have been In Butler's place they thought Storer was the choice of every critic except ( amp. whose team was brought to my notice. Devore, of the Army, was the only other man considered. Devore would probably have been given great er consideration had he played earlier in the season as he did In the game with Navy. Devore was given a job on Camp’s third team, but Storer was not noticed. Pazetti, of was the popular choice for quarter. Nobody agreed with Camp that Crowther should be chosen. It was noticeable that hardly anybody considered a quarterback In any of the big colleges. At end. Camp’s choosing was fairly satisfactory, although Very, of Penn State received enough notice to bring Mm to the fore. He was given a Job on Camp's second team. Most critics seemed to think that Thorpe should b* put at the fullback position. Mercer and Wendell divided the honors among those who gave Thorpe a halfback Job. Hobey Baker, of Princeton, was given a halfback Jo<> by those who put Thorpe at full Wendell got on Camp’s second teem and Baker on his third In the fullhack and half back positions respectively. Butler, the only western man chos en br Camp, was not considered by other critics. In fact none of them ; considered any western man what -leT,r _ University Chess Players Fltsd. new YORK. Dec. t—Harvard. Yale and Princeton have filed their preliminary lists of chess players from which will h« selected the iteams of four for the snoual Inter collegiate tournament In New York on Dec. 21. 22 sad 1* Columbia baa been somewhat backward and thus 'ar hah not complied ei'h the re quirements of the ruled gmernlrg tae annual competition. WK IRTT CASS WtlA Big Color*-! Oeh* Walk *t Aroadl*. Woodward »ih) gtlmsen. Wednesday Jl£St Pe HU tTSs lht r i anting Admission, Ooetiesnoa see lies Free. —Advt. ONE CENT