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MMP«RIIAND DELIVERY
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SPORTS OF ALL KINDS
f
Boom “Pop” Anson
for Cub President
CHICAGO, March 3.—Wsst
Side fans today started a boom
tor “Pop- Anson, veteran first
baseman, for president of the
Cubs, wheu It was rumored
that Anson's name was being
considered ass successor to
Charles W. Murphy. Anson de
nied today that he had been
offered the job, but admitted
that he thought Gov. Tener of
the National league would like
to see him at the bead of the
local club.
FIVE RECORDS
FALL IN BIG
INDOOR MEET
X
Tom Halpin Carries Off Hiffh
Honors by Smashing Two
Marks for 600-Yard Run.
J. SMITH DEFEATS STARS
IN TWO-MILE RUN EVENT
Sullivan Finishes Raising Fund
to Send American Athletes
To Olympic Games
BY HAL SHKRIDAN.
NEW YORK. March 3.—Having
completed plans for the collection of
funds to send the American team to
Berlin for the Olympic games in 1916.
James E. Sullivan, of the Amateur
Athletic union, today hung up n new
mark for n standing broad smile
following the National Indoor cham
pionships last night. Sullivan left
for Sen Francisco today to arrange
tor the international meet la connec
tion with the Panama-Pacific exposi
tion. Fire records were broken in
the big indoor meet and from the
showing of the athletes Builirnn saw
glowing prospects of another cham
pionship Olympic team.
Tom Halpin. of the Boston A. A.,
carried off the highest honors of the
meet by smashing the championship
indoor American and indoor world's
record tor the 609-yard run. defeating
a field of seven of the beet middle
distance men of the country, lndud
lng Abel Virlnt and Mel Shephard.
His time of 1:112-6 lowered the
world's mark set by James E. Mere
dith. by two-fifths of a second.
Other new record holders today
are:
•A. R. Kivlat, 1.000-yard run. 2:161-2;
R. F. Renter, 2-mile walk, 14:214-6;
A. T. Meyer, 300-yard daab, : 321-6;
H. J. Smith. 2-mlla run. 9: IS.
In winning the two-mile run Smith,
of the Bronx church bouse, sprang n
big surprise. He defeated the great
Finn, Hannes Kolehmannen, and
William J. Kramer.
Pinas for the collection of the Olym
pic! toni. including not only the send
ing of letters to all athletic clubs and
solicitation of money from those
sources, bat the enlisting of school
children In the movement
In filing his income tax certificate
Leach Cross placed his earnings dar
ing the pest 10 months at 138,000.
The fighting dentist didn't find his
practice as a tooth extractor worth
mentioning. Willie Ritchie, light
weight champion, recently placed his
Income at 820,000.
George Hortne. the champion high
jumper. Is playing first base tor a
team at Palo Alto. There are a lot
of major league shortstops sad third
baseman who would welcome —hUSr
with hie six feet seven record.
that Willett made so effective but he
swings in an easy, graceful, sldewheek
er sort of fashion that gives evidence
of plenty of power and reserve force.
As yet Reynolds hasn't opened up to
any appreciable eatent but Red McKee
who ha* been catching him, says that
when he gets smoking that underhand
one through It will be worth watching.
YONKKK
with the three Tigers at Indianapo
lis. Bush, Danas and Baumann, some
body started a story that Baumann
and Dauss would do Just as Donis
did. If he went to the Reds, to the
Feds they would go. If he staved
with the Tigers, with the Tigers they
would stay.
While Baumann is an admirer and
a close persona, friend of Bush be
didn't want the basball public to be
lieve that he was a sheep, following
any bell wether. Bo he bustled In his
eoatract to President Nftvtn of the
Detroit club befoio either Bush or
Danes bed signed to stall off any re
petition of the story. TONKKR
WKh California producing 100,4b0,-
•M/barrels of petroleum per year, and
atfaht* claiming their cars will run
If miles per gallon of gasoline, bow
■MOh dart R eoet to see Chinatown
IB a tacit -
TUB DETROIT T1MI& TUESDAY, MARCH S. MM.
• Manager Jennings is Looking for a Man Among the Recruits to ,
Fill In the Gap In the Tigers’ Batting Order Between Bush and Sam
By RALPH L. YOX&ER
GULFPORT. Miss., March 3—if
any of i.be Tiger recruits, in
fielders or outfielders, show
any marked ability in bunting. In the
bitting end of the hit and run play
and in straight-sway hitting, that man
will be placed second lb the Tigers'
batting order this season and a posi
tion reserved for him somewhere is
the infield or outfield.
If any of the youngsters show say
°iass as a man to follow up Donle
Bush, wbb will again lead off for the
Tigers this season, that youngster will
have to be a pretty poor sort of a field
er to be cheated out of his job.
In fact, it is so urgent a necessity
to have a flrst-ch.ss man second in tbs
batting order, that it is impossible to
conceive of a fielder good enough to
get a chance wlih a major league club
who couldn't fill the fielding bill re
quired if he were up to standard In
bis hitting.
Paddy Bauman, second baseman, or
course, is first ehoica for the job at
First Shoe Williams Ever Wore Was a
Number 11; His Toes Are Spread Even Now
From a Staff Correspondent.
GULFPORT, Mias., March 3—The first shoo that John Brodle Williams, the Hawaiian pitcher with the Ti
gers, ever wore was a number eleven.
Not until he was a man and a big one did John have on a pair of regala. Then his feet had been
spread so long by constant running and walking In his .bare feet that they were as wide as paddles.
None of the boys in Hawaii wear shoes. They don’t even bother about sandals but they sink their little
toes into the soft soil of the islands with never a thought of protection for their feet.
Wiliams’ toes, like those of other Hawallans, are spread and wide apart. They make a fan shaped foot
that enables Williams and bis fellow Hawallans to swim uncommonly well.
John tells some wierd stories of tbs swimming feats of his countrymen. Two of them were wrecked 26
miles from shore. They swam to land. One of them crawled on an Island and the other went down, not over
100 yards from shore. Au old man, 82 years old, with whiskers streaming half the length of hie body, was wreck
ed with a party of Americans. The Americans were all drowned but the old man clung to a board and for 48
hours floated around until he came into a harbor and was saved. YONKER.
14-Year-Old Boy Taught Ralph
Comstock How to Throw the Spit
ball, Now His Chief Reliance
From a Staff Correspondent.
GULFPORT. Miss., March 3.—A 14-year-old-boy pitcher taught Ralph
Comstock how to throw the spitball when Ralph was hurling semi
pro ball in Ohio, and now he gets a chance In the big league solely
because of this damp delivery.
Comstock was watching s crowd of small boys playing several yeerc
ago, when he noticed one of the kid pitchers using slippery elm on the ball.
He kidded him about his “epitter,” thinking the boy waa only bluffing.
He found oat that the youngster was really throwing a ball with a real
break on It and inquired from him how to throw it. From that time on he
has depended altogether for hie effectiveness on the saliva shoot
The near-demise of Ed. Walsh as a star pitcher last year and the pass
ing of Russell Ford last season, doesn’t worry Comstock a bit He has no
fear that the spltter will prove his undoing, although wise baseball men
agara and again warn youngsters not to use it
“I find it easier to throw the spitball than anything else," said Comstock
today. "I throw it straight over right oat from the shoulder, and it takes
less energy than anything else l throw. I am not worrying about my arm
wearing out with It. If it wears out it will be because of some other style
of delivery, not the spitball." _
Comstock found on his arrival at Gulfport that he had forgotten his slip
pery elm. He immediately ordered a bunch of It from a druggist friend In
Toledo. YONKER.
Wallace Schultz is the Tigers'
Real Frat Brother This Season
From a Staff Correspondent.
GULFPORT, Miss., March 3.—Wal
lace Schulti, tbo right-handed pitcher
obtained from Vancouver, In the
Northwestern league, ia the original
rah-rah of the Tigers. Schulte went
to the University of Pennsylvania
three and one-half years, playing on
the baseball team several years. The
OANIS MEET FED
TERMS SIGN MATTY
New York Chib ReUics Star
Hurler After Naming Price
Offered by Outlaws
MARLIN SPRINGS, Texas, March
S.—Christy Matthewson, star of the
(Hants, Monday, turned down the
“Federal league offeri and signed with
the Giants for three years. The star
twirler, bowevsr, profited by the offer
of the Federals, as the New York
team met the terms of the Federals,
according to report here. There was
no statement as to whether any part
of the money was paid as a bonua
The signature came after a long con
ference with President Hempstead of
the New York teem.
Hughie Takes 12 Men
For Sunday’s Game
From a Staff Correspondent .
GULFPORT, Mine., March 3.
Manager Jennings will take
twelve men to New Orleans for
Sunday's game. There will be
three pltcbere to be decided upon,
McKee and either Baker or Gib
son, catchers; Gainer, Heilman or
Pipp, first bsse; Bowman, second;
Kavanagh, third base; Fltxaim
mons, short; Veach, High and
Demmltt, outflsld.
Six Horses Represent the Flower
. Os Michigan Short Ship Racing
SIX hordes represent the flower of the racing over\the Michigan Short
Ship circuits lest season. These half dosen have been picked ao the
best of the trotters and pacers developed on the Michigan half-mile
tracks last season.
Farmer Spear Is one of them. He Is the sensational horse that took
•take sfer stake sad then was tried out during tbs state fair races la De
troit. His trial hers wa* entirely satisfactory. Hs Is owned by Fred
Cowan and Is in the Murphy stable this winter.
Flower Direct set s mark of 2:01 during tbs racing at Lexington hit
fall: Michigan Queen, bought for |?00, won 17,000 last season. Stafford,
a M. A M. candidate. Capt. Welch, sold tor fl.ooo, and Buekbee are ethers
on the roll of honor.
second and the second place in the
batting order. The hitting he showed
last season and the experience he baa
had with the Tigers entitle him to first
consideration. If somebody could be
found to hit second end play the out
field. Bauman would undoubtedly be
given the sixth or seventh place in the
batting order. Manager Jennings be
lieves, In fact, that Paddy would do
much better la seventh place than
where he was last season, but he had
nobody last year who was any better
than Bauman.
Bauman was the first in fielder on
the ’ob and not much la known of tne
youngsters who lire going to try for
the club. Whether there are any Ed
die Fosters among them la a question
’hat the next lev weeks will have to
decide. On the dope available, how
ever, two or time of the new men can
be eliminated fro at any chance to fol
low Bush.
Detnmltt. the crtflelder from Mon
treal, la the Vos oh style of hitter, a
long slugger who would do better fol-
Philadelphia Nationals grabbed him
from college. Since that time he has
been with Sacramento and Vancouver.
Schultz plans to visit some fraternity
brothers at Tulane university In New
Orleans, which puts him in Manager
Jennings’ In every city Hoghte
has fraternity brothers. Hughle is a
Cornell graduate YONKER.
Temptations are
Few at Gulfport
From a Staff Correspondent.
GULFPORT. Mist., March 3—One
of the chief advantages of Gulf
port as a training camp Is lack
of facilities for dissipation.
It 1* a small place with no saloons.
There might be more opportunities for
amusement without doing any damage
Inasmuch as the movie shows are tat
only of entertainment.
However. Manager Jennings be
lieves that his ‘Charges are safest
where temptations are not continually
thrown In their path, ao he le strong
for Gulfport. YONKEK
Comstock Was Once
In Musical Comedy
From a Staff Correspondent.
GULFPORT. Miss., March 3.—Ralph
Comstock was tor several months a
chorus man. Ho was with Grover
Land and several other baseball play
are la the chorus of the “King Casey ’
company, s musical comedy. Com
stock admits thut his voice hasn’t im
proved since he was on the stage,
which makes It possible that he did
get by years ago. YONKER.
BT. LOUIS, Mo* March **Ths
Federals cannot get Magee or Win
go." So said Proxy Britton to the
report that the "outlaws'* Intend to
offer huge sums to the Cardinals
now with the returning world's toue
Ists. He says he has reachad terms
with them and also with •‘Stevef’
Evan*. *
lowing Crawford and Cobb than up to
wards the top. Pipp and Heilman, the
irat base caudidates, are also better
fitted for the lower part of the batting
order according to the dope at hand.
Just what Purtell or Fitislmmona,
inflelders. are ca pable, of In the
mentioned la not known as yet. Either
one of them may show enough to be
given tryouts. The best prospect from
the advance dope on the youngsters,
however, seems to be Kavanagb, who
wss grabbed from York, in the in
state league, upon the recommendar
tion of Bill Coughlin, former Tiger,
who says that the young fellow is a
fine player and ought to be 'uat the
man to fill the bole Manager Jennings
wants to plug.
Tbe Ideal bating order, and the one
that Manager Jennings la trying for,
la the kind the Athletic* have at the
present time and the kind that the
Tigers had wh*a they were winning
pennants. There is no top or bottom,
light or heavy end, in that sort of a
batting order. •
KILBANE TO MEET
DUNDEE MARCH 18
Feather Champion Submits To
Successful Minor Operation
on Hands
3.—John
ny Kilbane will box Johnny Dundee
six rounds at Philadelphia on March
Is, the champion feather announced
today. Kilbane yesterday experi
enced a minor operation on his right
hand but expects the member to be
In shape in a couple of weeks.
McKee, Schultz, Boeh/er and
Main Are Out tor Indoor Golf
! ... From a Staff Correspondent.
G U^9 R l’ Mi *s., March 3. —Laugh If you want to, hut Rod McKee,
Wallie Schultz. Miles Main and George Boehler are going to play golf
j , « th *y hare to rig up an Indoor course. Outside of ping-pong they
»fesj know of any sport In which they would rather Indulge than Indoor golf Ik
. If they can get some left-hand sticks they will start right away.
The quartet has a big room, a sort of dormitory, all of their own. In the
Great Southern hotel. Red McKee says they can Hz np an Indoor course rery
I easily with a couple of sheets and some black paint. They'll paint several
circumferences on the sheet and label them 50 yards, 100 yards and so on,
and use Schulte's derby to toe off with.
Upon succeeding In getting 'on the green they will adjourn to the pocket
billiard room and if they can drive Ralph Comstock and Mark Hall away from
their match games they'll proceed to sink the ball In one of the pockets.
In this way they expect to play about 18 holes in a month.
YONKBR.
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Aftnla War Sldg. . • jmd CUffM*
Tbs Olere es Oervlet
Take tk« 4tlMtlei, for tnatoaoa.
After opposite pltdioro boro disposed
of Eddie Murpky, Rake Oldnag. Eddie
Collins ud mac Baker, thea all they
bare to do la to gel rid of Stuffy Mo
lonia, Amoa 8 trunk aad Jack Barry,
who are Just about aa daageroua ta
the pinchea aa the Brat quartet. Iwa
when down to the battery the pitchers
opposing the Athletics caaaot hope
for too much, tor Lapp and Bchaat
hit well, aad a pitcher la Just pa likely
aa not to come through with.a Mow.
la a club like the Tigers ware last
year there la alwaya a respite for the
pitcher opposing it There la a weak
link here and th*»r« that can he broken.
There la a vacation once la a while.
It te Manager Jennings' aim to atop
these holes in ibe Tigers' batting or
der aa far as possible this season. If
he succeeds in finding somebody tor
that sscoad place he will be happy,
aad if he succeeds In finding ssess
body to fill la dm gap between Cobh
and the battery aieo be will start prw
dieting pennants tor the Tigers.
COMMISSION BARS
PACHY M’FARLAND
Chicago Boxer Prefers to At*
tend Funeral of Fiancee's
Father and Baling Holds
\
MILWAUEE. March l—Packey Mc-
Farland ia still barred from bis trade
in Wlsoonsin. He failed to appear be
fore the state boxing commission,
which met espocially to hesr his testi
mony to the effect that he was not
shamming in his mill with Jack Brit
ton. The commission, however, heard
10 witnesses, who declared their be
lief was that the boxer was stalling
through the bout
The commission had no official no
tice that Packey was prevented from
attend mg by the death of his Intended
bride's father et Joliet. (11.
HAL CHASE HOPEFUL OF
LANDING WITH THE FEDS
SAN JOSE. Cat. March S.—Hal
Chase said that he was expecting an
answer today from President Gilmore
la regard to his request for fIO,OOO for
three years aad a 11,060 bonus to alga
with the Federal#. Ia spite of press
dispatches from Chicago* saying
Chase's tarns are not acceptable to
the league directors, he believes he
may lnmrfirttow Federal comp. •
. * . . .
KENT NO HIGHER—PRICES NO Hid HER—BUT—QUALITY HIGHER.
Spring Opening
ALL THIS WEEK
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WAUOPERS ON
WINDSOR CARD
FOKWEDftESDAf
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Hickey Sheridan end Phil Brack
Both Hidden es the Ghre*ad»
Take Style of Boxing
WHITTAKBB PBBSON ALLY
INTERESTED IN RESULT
Wlndeor Clnb Trainer E*gnafiß
ly Handlmf Cleveland Bexer
V
A match between two regular wal
lopers le seldom staged at Wlndeor.
Tet that to Just what the tone aid
scheduled to get Ismerrow night aa
lose there to an absolute reversal m
all the dope ee head at prmsat
Phil Brock, of Cmvalaad, aad Miekey
SharMaa, of Chicago, will ooutead for
honors la the final bout of the emir
lag* aad If there are two men fighting
hereabouts who piece more reliance
la etralghtrftom the shoe Id sr slugging
than Brook aad flheridaa, the bags on
both sides of the river would Ilka to
beer from them.
The shifty keys of the more scion
ttfle type have been the rule across
the river for some time, hot Manager
Glaasco will try to give the ■lament
which llkoo plenty of gore the tregt of
their lives tomorrow.
Both Brock aad Bksrldaa are ctover
boys but their cleverness to of the
take-one-to-land-two sort, aad If they
both fight true to form the gallery
gods who are ocattaually yelling to
"mix It" will bo silenced for once.
Johnny Whittaker, trainer at the
Windsor clnb. has taken Sheridan la
head for this bout aad ho declaim
that he believes the Chlosgosa can
beet the Cleveland Hebrew. Whitta
ker's training should prove of unusual
value to Sheridan, aa there mo few
men more conversant with a boxer's
style ta*" Whittaker to with the mats,
ode usually puraum* by Brock.
Whittaker kaadled Brock far some
yours, but quit after u disagreement
over moaey matters. Subsequent
events have served to widen the
breech between the two men and
Johnny la. sparing no pains to put
into condition to whip hto
former protege.
A six-round go between Bruno Long,
of Cleveland, aad Sammy Taylor, el
Detroit, win bo staged aa tho aeon
windup. Long showed wen ijnjasf
should came odt W Hstbr.
Thera wifi be two fonwround >pr*
llmlnartoe.
BOXINC
At IN Wills* R.U CM, UalM
WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAECE 4.
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EMU NOLaNGE. Wmdeev A. C.
•AM T4TLOB.DHNN.
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MICKEY SHERIDAN. Osage. IH.
■niton •( Billy E—ls, Gee. Mela*
tast**, Al Onm mmS •■•»* MEMGia