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THE PEERLESS LEADER LEAVES HIS CREW IN CHARGE OF FI1~a:Sj IHU U1
COUTES EVEN LP
INS B SPRING
METING
FIGHT FO'R INTERCOLLEGIATE
CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE
HARDEST IN YEARS.
PENN LOSES FOUR STARS
Winner Last Year Is on Even Terms
With Cornell and John Paul Jones
This Spring-Michigan Looks to Be
Strong.
New . York, .April All eye's ;I'
%W l( lc", oil theI intllrn(', ledi;It,
}anllpi,,ns p.s, it hii'h are sc"hednleld
to take p1 ta'e ill tilt l1:'ir St :ilia )
on Mt ,y :1. t rI'', t''hree or 'nI " \\r'it ks
past ( .'aches h x.i, l. t ti 'r it ,' n IIt
to try thenselles t i their s :.'ialties,
and ac'cor'ding to Ir elot (r t',orts vIry il(,ge
will ihe fit and re'ad when thl curtiilt
arises ni I what; it exI(liutltd teo Ibi' hI,"
greatest leet.ing of r' I t years.
Doipesters have Iegun their undiingt,
task of trying to pick the winning in
etitution two months in adI n
G(raduation of s\everal x stars will iuirt
the stialltr c',oll'ges morllr so tulIi theI
i)ig uni\versities. I',,nnsylva ia tri
umlphed in clix In-cut style last I yeiar,I
but she has the fight of her life on
her hands this year. Cornell must
,be contendetd with biy I'treason of the
fact tlhat she retainsi 1:1 anld ai half o(f
17 'points scilred lst lyea.r, as igIxilnst
14 poinlts t hai \\ill represent Petnn outi
of a total of 2S.
Th(ese same mantlllilllt ors oi f the
dole stuff figure ,a ttlit lh half ti ]lize,
neliw' recordts will lhe set ii p .tt 'le orilli
day. Pnl)r x\orld-fi'tntlt s stars, three
of them ri ,crd-holders, \\ill be. seen
again in compenlii,lti i.
John Paul Jiotnes of I 'ornell, hth l] ; 'l
the worhl's reitird flir ilie nile; Mxriye
S. WTrlght of )artl.lmoulllh, is still tle(
proud ll p Iost"ssor iof the lhst tnt'lrk fitrI
the pole vault; Iuisstell I.. (eattiy Iof
Columbia, has n;manatge'd to stay in'
front with the h.est shlt-pult, while K.
I. WVendall of \VW sli'v:i, who, has
Imade ltmore than giiid ',iir the hulrdles
since hl;s fine shoving iat st.i k'itlmI
will give Jilmmy ('raig of Michigail,l
thie touighest fight he ever eiltu''rienced
over the low sticks,
Penney Looks Good.
Going by statistics and thei cminl
tion of several pr, ominent poilnt st.ir
ers, Jack 'Moiakley's ttai r is generallyi
picke.d to grabl tiff tilhe I'g uill. If'
Penn nmanages tto x\ill igailin thitus yair:
she will he oll aln 'liuail fToolting \ithl
the lthacan institutilon. This is Ihe
only chance for ('orniell, for if her Jnhnl
Paul .bent's or sev(eral othe-s fail at''
the 1syIch'lgill IIimell ,tl LI, si t S, tr)(ak,
Pen tl will I inot il,\ lit, hi'.r, lilt run.
away with the ]i;llreis It ye-!1 hencl .
Syr it se ii i is thtroiugl :i s cx i ners
hli hae I ('s ,t ' giii i 1t titg ii'o d ir thli
ii lace.I i Sth sifi rs heattii i 'I - t h i ll t,11 l
of ellid tl, htl i, \tth se, rir ,d t1 .,I h(.r 12i
points t l itllear. Illt l Intrastl, Mi'l i-I
gull ll i ' to 11e i'llit i her Illl r il'
The : hlihigan it i!n till hear thef
'hlse t ki in i of Ival . hllt I rllxi 'ig it' i''I
t1i, I wil st hi Iil I 1r1di l s t i ttl il' l ill'
xii aid tti litt 1;1\ ..i ,itto Iiii iI ti. ly
si .ie. t li ha t ,o t in tll I s til, i ' it h nuhly
rds heitFouer Stars Lost.h 1 AV
hurdler ilI the l h. , lge ':11 I ,. all i l',
w ho finilshed see( l l to l() tdl,, ll, ;114
olltr l it Ie yi e I'i .Jb ft r I Ill"
this Hix e rio ler, : it tiu isii' I
f 0uk t ii ' , , |b ,t] ,r, '.t'w ', i s rxiii , ,
t ,ii , hit I ,<l.1 'i i lii l.,
ut ith 'till's iht i ' n [i lii
Four Stars Lost.
'e ,,i , l I ,;i t it . of, ,, ' ii . t, i
g ur ' :l i t n I I,, i' n iiii-l flll I.
.. 1 . i '(l I i I ' -i ' i, i l l , I'I 'w, l < 1 ., , ll. I
in the high Ii ,r, .' linI II lil ,'la) ,k, se,'
ll l xt i , t ii, 1 i.\\ bliil i' ii, f I ' ili ' li-tl
otiitI, ll 'sh ll ii itt i t Itrsi n c,1 .
ar illlm l li ~ I M il., M 11 ".,,) h tli er,\
he it ll ' .ii Ii ij lf t- ,isily . I: l lear
Jitrlles i..lll , itl ,, '..S n, x ii h, I,'rh.I
jiac t. Ibd- ' xr., - , ''n .!hii l il P 1 lllil liI
task h eI., :t , i,. Aht I i -hal r d lirn,
,ihglt? in l t in a tltea iflet lnl n.lha .
Jhere tistit iewlee. prn the etroIt Amerlk
fcgai nti tIle he.al tam of the Ame11 -
cith association, xvhich the latter non,
Sto h h;. , I 8t 1 t, hv i W
8 to 6.
Fred Clarke and His Pirates Picked to Take te Flag
While Griffith Is Given Good Wises and q Chance
by Fullerton in His Final Big League Dope Aroie
mitllst pr ,ible ten ll tit Willlltn r ill hile
. :l tional hleague ;nd the logit:al third
plac" choi'e of the .Amlnerie'(n leagut'.
'ijlthtt rgh is the pennlih t \\iillllr.
flte team that figutres not only tI- will
the NtIion:lI Ie i.lfI raIce hut, ill Illy
o~ill ill, train1 1q m re 1 :th ill lilkely to,
I\\II I., frotii 1' to Ii gatmi eiis i\tl r it
11 r's( t'it.Il. \Vi:lsingIIton is 1 ti- hird
pl e'e t ,nIlol. I )If( is com np .lll d to li:1le
\ ;shirigtin third on its shotwing ot"
last season, yet in my opinllion Wl'ash
ington \\ill filln lh helo ' that mtark.
Tithe iruith is, \\aV. ilitgton is not the
l1ivan] U< 1 + to tril aL pe'il l lll t. Trlt, i
last t se:Istll. It i- t i , oftine st th l,. le Ik
in lt'ly tly tis. WVit i a little tllr'
ltii- it vt llhit hiave grlblll)llt I ('i hlitli
pionship. If only Boston had slipped,
as it rlllny should have done ic)l'rl
ing to all ruls f il tie galit.s- if liston
hiud lad i just (I n e fortnight oif thut
il 11'' \ 'ashinllgtn \\o ud haiveo o :( I
'h ;tmpionstll hip. It tnilld not h vr (l'
s- rt-lu tol \tIll. it l ii ll i y opilnionl, lthe
elli ltorls a;nloi t'lolser to tillhe Ipllhnantl
last lseason thinl lhi'y \\rill e fo('()l t( r it
Stiir <,r tiO.
Thie t hatii latk.s t hatllpiunimni cllss
lnd still is ronIk in sci t't;t li ditlpar -
111tll. Int spite ofi its grtp ti shint'tillg
last seasoniI. Thile whole smilth is ptll
itin for Griffith to w-in this stasoin, -and
rathiler h v fllr hiit in thai n anyone I i X
'ct] iti g th'!Itselvs. 11k' ' t II ]ke :n grI.. an
fight, liit it tLilies more l.In e he hi s.
iiito work t \itge ott th in chir llit i shilp,
'specall lly as ilte .111eri'lini h tl1ig lr is
loing lit h ie t i iit ighi "r prop sitiin, day
il and dat y out, tills se son ill ill i n it
his iven for s't'erl s' isons.
i.t lih yi.lng 1i til ittf- ri t. is t sii -lllll t n il
iri. If eve-r ai t.tin sh'ilped i lp t with
v'r thi ing i- n itst it '.lit ', ('tllrke's iu neh
fioes this season- . -'i'h Pirates hita\'
the sl.,ed, fhr ability, the hitters and
the pithei rs. 'iti figi t' 'lose to tlhe
top i in 'try dhup, t tir ttt of ti itih i Ia;:
the r' itglu-. t' Illl is weil l )hisllnlet allt
thriough, iind thei r ies.rve fliorce is for
thi' strangiest ii the circuit. It will
i- i h:ittl matter to ci ripple the t i l, ii
s -he i 1 tut1 silltli l are lit fiu ly i t s
lissy i- s tihe rel i r il'i l is.
IEl ti nd li l thiit, C lirkei i i ine this s!
fight With it v llt ills I' i . L i:st sl tilli n r
he+ \vIs i1 tlltrftlrel with lland tio snl ,
he has handled ilth such 'onsistint
sItor1ess. li tird11en I a str illong stand.
even refusedlll l cons(ll.e]r signing uln
Sss given omplet e l onl itrol of thll
club, and -)royt' i ss, h iing ali sensible
lioni i, t s trii entl'r i.
('l:re muin st now v.indicate hilns(. f
:n(] the big principle for which he
fought. It is up to himh. on ehalf of
all inagell rs, to convince (oiers tihey
irlle( foolislh whel n (lily aflll terilt to) n1od
lh,' with the pI hyinlbg end of the gIjIme.
'larie ha-i s oIn ione of 1t ilihost iI is
cipli;lrians thit gam L ti'ver lts lIknown.
11. always allwt ed the lm n rte nttitnil,
liberties, but insists upon moderation
il all things adlill abso tliute 'o litiiiin.
I"ir ls ith I i I, for I )ilrs, itutl
i tshir i ih's i int. Ipi nt b l ling\'e
Hiroo pennants 1laiVe slipped lhro'i.
tlhat i.p i. This s-i ilsul ,l i llli iller.
tiltl- iti sforlned si i codl bii t ia ll, t t will
hate till' regular job :111id last season's
' litperi'n e hts tiide l tillt an ti'ic tlt
aiihle in:it. It had t liIt hirni lite b1a;
uI st millier, u it iowards tif e i'lisi tfi
th, aN- on w h uS h ildlilt it ill tlllt
'iti, r style, tt Is a sttllini g hitter
i tl diring utl tn on thi :lis s tintl it
arking bh:1all pilly.r., who o\'id(ently
n (I-s inlentivv laid spurring to lot
his hb a.t As iln irslu.lliis Clarke has
Artih Ihloofinni anid 1l1i1l] liy tit . f
1I:1 is 1 hillidy hl: ils fn :11111 lly:iti
fi ' ia nd litIahlilng hitter.
Sti':ut lhy il.iiobui ly will hi:indly se -,
,lll, I ,i i <il hall ila , \ ,who iniml,rot) .
1ý, 1. hi' ll ,11 .l i1'1., 'il' 1 to Is is
-i,,idi'r .,li honLi r tilhl lpring. \t.ig
hlly '',h ..,l it fil.,; spring ;m id is hustl in
hi:iI',!, l e,.lllr at third is perhilits rl,
,' " i Ill,. o f it't:oo l- i't ll l,, I
IIH 'z g .roll 1 iii )llni l.,-p tcts ;I t, , pi',
i . l. I,, ll1l1 h lli , ill ;ill t1 tI l,'1 h ilit h ;I
s i ,, I, i . l < , iss ill ; tl u, l.
li .'l I ll. ua :,ll t ill \ th 5 '1' 1 t fll .
\\ biu:' ll, 1 I l lik , I L - 1 i lll hI ,
l il h llliti. g ; illly lIst 1 ' . 5('I
it is i good 1hill ,"r ;ll\-ys ;l i0 ' lls1 o of
IIh - i.oos l itly liio , i !Il th}e , hil. itS,
'T'l ler' i; mil Ii ' 0 tili, vi in l'ills
dt, liiIt .r,1 to ])to iilidr',tstand. Ihl'
I tll tvI.> :ihl i:, , t1," of the groait plhl '
,h' l it 111 ' l' l ll "ai , - ii I..., lh r
Gibson will carry the bulk of t:he
5.T" ".y.
a}.a;;.f:;:: ;ý: : j.:t;"':r:: ':?;f:",ie:,· ; f .,, I i·..- "'2
FRED CLARKE
Man~ager of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
51111, fl·l; llt I iLl i.' i
it i ll s lt·lr illiil 1 . lh1t.)1 , t11.1 1
trny d''( 1111it tur lL If "',l ii Iit
1.11,11"11 1?11 .1·1
lalt cIIIHunsI I nlul l than Hui> 'tIll:
albllty i Ii- the i '51 ui l u' l )tilt I : 1111' 5
ors than :it' u Iu iI a itll" l tIn tI'. -
eInttlhi iSlll I'm 111 1 ' It Hill I lt 1II1
111114 Aht'"i 111 ilt"pth-'
fur ill it t' ant) 1 t I'l' H ti i-HtI: I thi
l i l ii
CLARK GRIFFITH
Managecr of the Waet-tngtun Americans
sI' 1115111 It'll I Iit I lit ~lit I NI il 11 iii ill
tIII 11 itt' j'ilrt. Il Ill it IS tl l~lilt sit I
hI' Stt"1 1 t11 1. t' I !i ll t tl
tIln gil Htlll ll V Illl Itil. t. I' ill HII ut y.
aCthuou~h they don't:I11 1.: ieen- tOR thin ao,~·
:\.\ lii I iilri l'. 'I'h , ii ' ull t.
(·llendrtfi. Iit" Ii i ·. ,ill 1 11, . Il: soli
Itl'at~r. 4.1 i l's, :lu l ,pt t tl : ion-:t
t'nninit z is 1;n It !nil. hir . II .7 nll
hliinl: slN Mill Ihniu ht Iii'' IIu i lilt \0111
fur the I tieq: d )it lu" is n tl"nlr 1iii
,il in the Iitiiit . lie is lq eer in this:
l I 8 , inlllings 1i gavt'e 30 passes and
I ll e nll.
I lilk' litlher's whl hit hatters so
nitlih I huntdl up thi files to see what
., rt ,,f b:dttcrs Ile \ l t hitting. e1v was
iiit-ing followi's who crowd the pilate.
fThlt milks for g;tott pitching. lit
ir:n1 l'frlid tol whil hlis fast one close
in thn they reoiwd-l--and tw'tln they
find that out thly don't crowd so
illl i( .t.
.M1trly O'T,,le didn't do as well is T
,.l: ,it ' \\n , unlhl, t,'lt then, as the
Y vin: ' , said. I dhi nit think he wod.
Th` it is, I<n iv hinti to be a good
It,.tsr. : i .rlirkine pitche'r, yet did not
thik lh,. tunh, , i , lu(it h tile first year.
Th, all,' I ss l nltlinc he got vwas (certalin
1 itihrti him. and It did affect his work.
IIe is a rr:; n l VIill,,11 pitcher, and is
,",.l.in fn inm mr, is he finds his feet
in the hic r',"nit. I t the team start
r'ig'ht tn1 1 this 1.,tint fellow will le up
lam g II, lt.'eI tdi'i' tinners all tiletimle.
'' 'se f'ive al.n,. tukht to carry a
t,.am to, tlhe "1, anl hold it.there all
seasoI. lnrrin, :, ,'lents.
li' tih,, lthlers hli. tpring dope is full
"of praise. I'I1 ot ~ cunting miuch on
:ai' Ii' thetm, 1''' ::lni I ciInnot rely
iI .n I'itts.hur.h a ! '," at all- that is,
nll," sltiper l1,pe'. 1 lewover, one' mnust
Ilietlcv'iat thI r.'' iits are good from
Ill prai.4 givenl Ih, ,e ht correspond
,ltis :tnld Ibel'a:lns,. r the fact that
tDr, I uss is : wIt',l r at findling theni
tlnl ITmkOis 1,'wV, r histakl.s and more
r:tril:,c Ih:an :Ills,'-I tiny other owner.
il' fhi e'i"" ion, I like Roh., reealled
t' e tb,, ass:- ci stihn. -le can hit and
is a .l s :lie I nf i ' I',h r In anl company.
.\ltI,'thller it lin the healthiest andti
h, sl ,halanced strami in the circuit.
St
WASH INGTQN.
riffill tlh intendll: iiking the fight of
his lif'e for a chalil'instihip this season.
I tisI' t iin \ we1,ll t., wl°'l pull hard for
101, buI t h i' han't thoe class. Hie I.
'I'lring ever.'r stlIh to titd strength to
Ill i t lla l and irs t'; iiing more out of
Slih ll'ilo'i " tra:tilt.l than any of them
in IhI' tilt' If slitting iplIayers. lite
h, \\Ifill (Inin there, and lpart of
t111i 1 l, 11t IIss"
'Tto start \ilth irslt hase, Chick
SI Iio il is Ia hotgly i,'rt'rratelt d all play
,r. II, is : fli fir I lbaseman, but far
li 1' ll'eine. the' \ollrt Ill faIls were led
i ppllllPl"s,' list fall. IHe is an im
ill'o 1 mIn oveir i' hat he was wV1heln
,'hii aI , ,\t mntld hlial, hits better and
d',h, n1,t w\ing as fatr, but I think the
pitchers \all trine him down from .30,1
to :,i nt .:!'71. whIr,. I' belongs.
: .urer I , Ml 'ltril, it \ill lie at short, a
'lssy:. . hrw in?.y, rilliant fellow who
in\',r Itilllij list sl, .'.n had a chanct e
t. s.h v i It l' I !t :, IIp wilth the fans
rIlt Il his gna' t \\.' k and field lead
ter shitp h'd Ih ll t hi,'''ri.g instead of
h,'lin:, hlimi. Alci'rih r,,ally is a great
I:l li,, 1',,<tet , t'i seslnsation of the
f", : l l th:ird ill ti l :Aimeorican league,
\'.l I h,, hL,,'k ,' a :, .I'll, and etnmplete
thl' in;f'W.h ix.ll, t he sm(ond baseman,
, '"r wthic' h pi itil n du b t still exists.
(lbiffill has enou1. llh nell , and som e of
th,"ml Vgory pr)iisinIl. Ibut not strong.
.1il:an, n of 1", t h.,r at.t outfielders
in t1,' lils n'ss, s s i t titer. He is a
wo.nlerful little f,,Ib,\\', and has over
"' n,h l i . hI ' ll " f' t illI he has ever had,
that on otveraslidlg hs.ts. s -IHe stole 88
s,;ls last seas:l, '!. ;lnl dwas running
N ithl gIo . jutldgell'.tl arll nmore confl
dIntlc after tlhe tllat, started to play
real ball, anlt ho1o, runlners along by1
e'oVlerillng them \\ith hits while they
vtere gain s.
I kl,'le ,l Milan. l!ttolride and Foster
to tllnlltin tlogether not so much be
Icause of the flact that they are sure
fixtures, but because they had a .re
markable reci rd last year, a record
which helps explain the great success
of the team. 1fEach of these three fe -
lows pla-yed in 154 chamnpinslaip
games, not missing at all. Think
what a he p it s to a club to have its
three host nmen always in the game?
'Morgan seems to have the call for
the second bresc job, but there are
others. Gri f.lh has a hunch to select
from, even though he had been muak
ing quitrk d visions and cutting loose
players as fast a: he finds them una
vailicg, and takinz on others for trial.
Grif at least has smashed the tryout
record and sti'l is at it.
IMorgan Is a capable little fcl'ow,
and one likely to show a lot of im
proverment. I am afraid Grif maide a
bobble in cutting loose Harry Wel
chrnce, a crcking hitter and' aWlfsist
mian. tie showed a lot in the I",ftsi
and i.rif n1ight have dorin i i tik
look him over a little longer. How
ever, he still has a raft of them on
lhan. tariff seenms sweet. op ,4cosia
and Joe -Gadeon. "
Taken alto.ethor, Grif has hih team
of last seasnn, with a lot of reserve
strength that, he needed then and
didn't have. Ito presents a faster arid
clever infield'and a fair outfield, .put
ting the question up to the pitchers
and catchers.
The catching staff is all right, al
tlhough Pig Jack H-enry's condlition is a
problemn. His knee, ,which troubled him
all last year, and which he had oper
ated upon, is still troubling him, and
he submitted to further treatment. He
is needed, although the others can go
along.
Johnson, of course, will be the
pitcher, and he is willing and anxious
to work his head off to win Hle is
due for another great season, and, with
theI inliroved support he is certain to
get, he ought to win better than 700
per cent of his games. In big f(ashion
he has an able assistant. Cashion is
one of the most promising pitchers in'
the country, and with the experience
of last season added he ought to be
great.
Then Boh Groom is touted as being
at his best. Groom i'erily is a fins'
workman, who never really had en
couragement enough to do his best un
til last season. Tom Hughes, the per
ennial, will he ,there, 'giving Griffith a
reliable quartet-without countjng on
the others. He has a swarm of helpers
out.
Shanks, Sheer, Connolly, Allen.
Morley-well, if he hasn't sold them
befire this gets into print, he has
plenty.
Griffith has a strong asset in Gor
limany Sichaefer, for "Schaef" makes
one of the ablest assistant managers
in the country, and can straighten out
tt4ulile. quicker than any man in tihe
business. He was an immense help to
Jennings 'when he \\was in Detloit, and
tnst season he was invaluable in keep
ing upl the spirits of the team' and
keeping them fighting it out to the
end.
The team tacus class, but never for
get that the White Sox onte won a
\Korldl's championship with a lot wqrse
team.
Now that finishes up the study of
the major leagues. Next week I'm goi
ing to present the figures that my
dope has' shown. I havqt made some
changes' since the beginhtang of ;this
series of articles because of 'the'e fi
tite seledttnn of players andtthe s.,ur
ing of new 'naterial. I'll' slinmarizk'
the results of thL dope and try" to rhory
who oughV tiio \in in irach- league. and
where the nonl-winners ought to finish
-on form.
CHEERING HELPS SICK
SAYS ONE SUPERVISOR
S;ni Francisco, April 5.-The hboard
of sup)ervisors debated todlay what if
feet tile cheering of the fjrns would
have on a sick man wllhen the home
teilam made tl Ilonle run in the ninth
inning, with the bases full, two out
and fouir runs needed to win.
"A noise like that," said Supervisor
I'aglicri, "would cure nervous paralysis
and knit ibroken hones. If 'it didn't
save. a dying mani's life, at least it
w\voul permit him to die ha'pply."
The argument was mlre thain
Iheoretieal, for on the decision to be
reached d eplnds whether the San
I"'rancise'i lhaselhitl club shall have a
now $255,000 irark withini a blhck of
St. f.uke's hospital. Aftir buying the
land 'tile mainageilrent was reilnldedr
that a clity iordinance firbids ti!he
hlrwing of nuiomobile horns, fnctory
whistles or the generatirn of any
oither unusuli noise within one block
of any hospital.
"It is sourght to) amend the ordl
nance. Further debate was lput
over until next Friday.
COLLEGE BASEBALL.
onlorado Springs, Colo., April 5.
Scnre: R. II. E.
'olorado Springs ......,............ O 4 3
M in ea ................... ...................... 6 10 1
Batteri,,s-Jackson and Claybaugh;
\VWarren and Turner.
Yale, 6; Trinity, 0.
('olumbia, 9; Rutgers, 7.
Princeton, 15; New York univer
slty. 7.
University of PennsylVt h, 5;
Swarthmore, 4.
Cornell, 3; Georgetown, 8.
Notes
frotii
the
Anhvil ' j1
Chorus
.THAT BLACKSMITH 'MUSE.
Our Illustrated Song,.,:
It's not politics nor- crops .
Nor the battles of the 'woDs
Way off yonder in the H.iikans that
you see discussed- below;
h1 !Peed and Trle drops
Sth blinking, lr4ti t hops
That Iielinecke emakes the pill per
forml aresall the bjplI fans know.
It is time l'or orflient jokes
By the paragraplhiig blikes
WVhich concern the poor young office
boy and grandpa, late 'deceased.
..Jr
Don't you ever wonder folks.
How the poor old ginny. croaks
Every spring, and yet the crop'of him
seelns each year to be increased.
Our ideas upon the subject of the cute
little green hats with the how behind
are somewhat changedhby' the clever!
cartoon we received from lRay Bagley.
We are thinking of investing in one
before it is too late.
S* r ,
.Bl.i league hnseball managers had
better take a close, appraising look at
Joe Rivers, leading lightweight boxer.
Pitching for the Itiversides, a semi
pro "essional New York' beinm, he
ii torS C$AV
fanned 12 opposing batsmenst in mre
cent game, allowed but four hits,. is-'
sued not a pass and played the lead
i.ng part in the 1i to 1 victory won by
hs, team. A versatile youth, this
Rivers prso n.
TIlE liOY S"I'Oll'.
(From Judge.)
E'ach biy scout now is hunting,
With l've. for the gamei intlil(ense,
That good, old-fasthioned knothole
That grows in lhe i biseballt fcnce.
We intllo heelr Irying for several
days to fr'ne top an appropil riate wet
mlcoin' for our good friend 'l'out Weaver,
the w. k. proof-reader, who has but
lately returned to his desk down
stairs. We couldn't nihke the hill.
We will say, though, that T. W. Is a
white nan despite the handicap his
office places upon him. All of which
reminds uits of a story about proof
readers, told by Fred. Zeb. A weary,
'tired hobo carie one day. to a 'back
door with a plea for a bite to eat.
'llHaven' t you any trade?" said the
woman. "Yes," was the reply. "I'm
a printer." Thie woman looked t himn
with surprise. "WVon't the members
of the union .help ytul." she said.
"Or, no." said the hohbo with a shud
der. "You see. I'm a proof-reder."
* *
wvil be our neighbior each day here-I
No moree rorruglh stl uff. i
SSKYSCRAPERS BEAt CH . . I .
Salt Lake fl(tY, April .-Thlie Salt
Lake team of the Union ... """,0,i,
defeated the Ch'lnno t rn; ,'o ll1iono
olulu today, 13 to 6.
IEs yitA e
MEETING BETWEEN THESE TWO
GREAT STARS MIGHT PRO
DUCE NEW RECORD.
JONES HOLDS THE TITLE
Cornell Runner Has the Amateur Rec
ord for 'the Mile, But Kiviat Beat
Him in the 1,500-Meter Race at
Stockholm.
New York. April 5.-Memories of
tile great race beween W. G. George
and W. C'ummings in 1886, when the
fornmer established the world's record
for one mile at 4 minutes 12 3-4 sec
onds, are likely to be revived this
'this year, for there is a good prospect
of .i contest betewe.n John Patul Jones,
hoider of the American amnlateur rec
ord( of4 Iniattes iii 2-5 sec~'pd.t, made
by hlim aat tlsh 'filterco:lldg6tRe ' n of
1911, 'aid A <A K viat, e3'
greatest riv st qt't dti t
is ,anxious. t revr1te the,
the Olyinpie games last ler
when he finished second to Kiviat in
the 1,500-metre race, although bols
w\\te beaten by'. Jackson of England,
and is anxious ,to meet the New York
runnter, who has been showing bet
ter 'form than last year in the indoor
'ames this winter.
Since the George-Cummings race,
there has been only one sensational
contest, that when Tommy Conneff
won the world's reeord in 1895 at
Travers Island in one 'second more
time than Jonet made the distance
two years ago, when he broke the rec
ordl. W'hon Jones set his hecord. he
was so much better than his tnmpetl
tors 'that it was believed that he
could have gone close to the George
record if pushed. Since he made that
record'-' Jones has 'been running in
and out, his dead heat of last year
in the interco'legiate being no better
than 4 minutes and 20 3-5 seconds.
This spring, howeever, he has been
steadily improving irk his work, and
with eii indoor & 1he has Im
proved hi~ tipe, and In the games at
A.lichigan "recently he `ran the mile in
.4 minutes 19 2-5 seconds. Jones is
5ooked to run in only 'two outdoor
'meets thuts far, the Cornell-Harvard
dtial meet and the intercollegiates, for
both .f Which '7T'lviat Is ineligible, but
both ma\ come to the 'scratch at the
Am:ateur Athletic union championship
meet, and if they do, it will be a race
worth going miles to see; 'ard if a
new American record is not made, it
wi'l not be the fault of their trainers,
as there are possibilities of George's
record going by the boards as well.
FLOOD BENEFIT FIGHT.
Los Angeles, April 5.-With some of
the leading lights of pugilism on the
l)rogram, a boxing performance was
given tonight at Vernon arena for the
Ibenefit of the flood victims in Ohio
and Indiana. Women ushers seated
the fans, among whom there were
many women. The participants in the
boxing program, which, was inter
spersed with musical and vaudeville
numbers from Los Angeles, wore full
length trunks.
Among those on the program 'were
Johnny Kilhane, Johnny Dundee,
"Kayo" Brown, "Bud" Anderson, Jimn
and Jack Jeffries, "Hotrbo" Dougherty,
"Battling C'hico" and "Babe" Picato.
Two girls, Jessie Gibson and Bessie
Zellar, boxed four rounds.
HARVARD RIFLEMEN WIN.
Washington, April 5.-Harvard uni
versity, without a defeat, won the
eastern league intercollegiate rifle
shooting champlionship. Massachus
etts agricultural college was second
with one defeat and Princeton univer
sity third 'with two defeats. In the
Western league the series resulted in
a tie which must he shot off between
thie West Virginia university sand Iowa
state university, both having lost one
and won twelve matches. The team
winning the shoot off will shoot
against Harvard to determine the
United States intercollegiate cham
lpionship.
NEW TRAINER IS HIRED.
Chicago, April 5.-Harold ('asey is
to lie the new trainer rf the C'hicago
Nationals, succeodilng "Doc" Selnmons,
whlo gave Manager John Evers his
resignation and a punch in the jaw
yesterday. Casey's nlme led the list
Sof aplplicants for thie position and he
will be given a tryout at once. The
lineup of the Chicago team on openinT
day will depend on the pitcher se
leited by St. Louis. It is likely
Chene.y will pitch the opening game
and Bresnahan is depended upon to do
the catching until Archer is in shape.
CUBS WIN AT HOME.
Chicago, April 5.-The Chicago Na
tionals opened their local season to
day by beating the Indianapolis
American association team, 5 to 2.
Charlie Smith showed good form for
the big leaguers, while clever fielding
by Niles held down the locals' score.
Score:
. tH. E.
I n d i a n a p o l i s ........ . . . . . . .. . . 2 7 3
('hicago ............................ . 5 6 1
Batteries-Merz, Green and Casey;
Smith and Bresnahan.

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