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iPIWlUlilllitt .U,I.IIPI Fwri 2&Q&9 10 THE WASHINGTON HERALD. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1912. First Blood for Bresnahan in Suit Against the St. Louis Cardinals Griff Says "Look Out" BRESNAHAN SCORES TELLING BLOW 18 FIGHT FOR RIGHTS mwmmmmmmm!m Georgetown Collegians To Tackle Vigilants Capt Jack Hagarty, of Blue and Gray Eleven, Gets Frank Gargan and White to Play Turner Going Good. By C. "W. SW". JACK HEGARTY, captain of the 1912 Georgetown football clcen, ictors over Virginia, and South Atlantic champions, has, gotten together an All-Star Collegian team to meet the igilant next Sunday at Union League Park. Frank Gargan, head coach at Georgetown, will pla quarter hack for the Collernans, while Dave White will hold down full back If Yanks Sign Chance The Nationally Knmvn Men's Store The Avenue At Ninth Street Nationals' Boss Pays Peerless Leader Fine Compli mentDoes Not Think He Will Quit. Other Sporting Comment. St Louis Club Officials Agree to Allow Suit to Go to Keferee. Tr ' ' nr willi vai iei:t. F the New York Americans are lucky enough to sign Frank Chance to manage their club next season, we will hae to start right away figuring on the Highlanders as a great big stumbling block; and that Chance will eventually build up a pennant-winning club goes without sajing. He is a great manager that's what Chance is and vou can quote me as saving so" The foregoing statement was made by Clark Griffith, boss of the Nationals, during a fanning bee in his office eterday afternoon It is believed that Owner Frank Farrell, of the Yankees, hopes o land either Frank Chance or Fielder Jones In fact, Tones will be in Chicago to-morrow, and it is rumored that he is slated for a con ference with Farrell. In cae the New ork magnate cannot land Tone:, he will lcac no stone un-y "1 turned in his effort to sign Frank Chance Vfter Gr ff haa sim Chance such a line pnff. the Old Tox wa asked. " How about Frank Chinee retiring from baseball He has threatened to quit'" I don t believe Chance could quit He has been In the game all his life, nnd like no self he would never b contented to stick nround 1 farm all summer btseball next peuson in some capacity When Griff seercd his relations with the p York Highlanders In June, JT0S he spent the remainder of the sum mer wandering around Gotham like a lost soul and paid he was the happiest Jran in the world w ! en he nnall came to terms the following December with im im at! clubhouse after the game.' "'If you re not scared, jou boob spit,' I came back at him. "Talk about being mad lzzy was craz After the game he rushed up to ine again 'Spit, darn ou, spit.' I said. 'and then I II apologize." ' 1 ou go to thunder.' he shouted, but he couldn t spit, and he was so mad at me that he forgot all about the strain the scries and came through wltb sure he will be back In fuur wts tnat da- and the next day added three more' InsHe basehill Well, li into the book. Bill- Bailey's Column Callahan's Scheme j Jimmj Callahan manager of Hit Chi-J cago W bite "Sox his a noel scheme hoj Intends to spring on his plajers Quringj the tr-iining scj-on in the bouth which. will bring about the best of results,! sind whih he claims ii the onlc liona tide so) ition nf the lame arm maladj I m lrlarr mar n the vudtujl t crew 1 or tli first week in ramp not J. mem- it in -t lout the futur home of the Irih 1 er of the 'White fOX squad Will be a!-1 Vttfrkju Vttit-ti I I lb xlll 1 Ll-drrtraiil Hill 1 wed to put on a gloe of anv Fort I Ti" Place M1" T"N! I lilr line unci The rei-ult according to Manager Cal- krut t"""1"'' '" hmnsis. In bans wa of figuring will be that no ' ' " i"" ' in"t-jclrs paAer will permit another to throw him a swift ball This me ins that none or the men especial! the recruits, will lx hindicappid hv a lame arm. n this Ide i ha never Mike Ttfsnjaroi h ntft; basart NUl team at Mmuit M Jlar c Ha ha taisht them the Mince. uU Khift Ihr latent MAGNATES FAVOR ROGER be n even thought of li baseball man agers. ind there is much to be said In f i or ot the plan for each spring manj bal pUjers injure themselves b cutting l..o. toe. iiiiiiki) If Callahan is able to obtain results b this method other P lots will likelj follow suit Inside Baseball Insidt baseball i a hard shubject to explain and the magazines which have tri-d t tell all about it sem to be as 1 r aw-n as tlu eer were One base ball pleeer has tieen heard to remark 'hat those feature writers know as much about the game as a hen docs of Latin Its the fellow with the good personam J ho knows how to run men Fielder Jones told a little stor at the meeting in Milwaukee recent!, whuh shows that Inside baseball does not all get in the t ok Here Is the ttor We were plasing the fifth game with the Cubs for the worlds t tic in 1jii. lie said and lzzj was so nervous he couldn t see In four games he made one hit Just before one of the games 1 wmt to him and said lou big fellow blank oure to seared i ou can t spit Izz looked at me startled like and came back with Scared' Scared am I' Whi. ou t g stiff I II beat your head off in the mil Im f otlull In arroilaim -JHi Pjdcr tars the II llaMpl U AthlotK-a ill win tlic Vmerlcsn lai-ie rhamiaonship neat wivi iwl ennjuen the NalKsials to tlK acrrajd dieki si. What s tlie u?e of liaeinj out Uie irtocdule aujwa) V igilants rs. Ge.setosrj tar WI by fVjpt Jack Iltjartr Hrlp M ird.r I oiler Jimro IsammiTT annnunc-.'s t,tn Woi sa a aorortbinj n sronc uh - Vrmr He w risht It has loct three atraiclit listtball ramca to UK NaT) Duncan Morton of the Washington Soccrr Club J lay Just the way he talks, only more aft. Otis Oymfr former National has been obtamej hy tl e l1nca?o "iit from Vlmnrarulis, It la he liftTnl The vonnctrr has a chance to make Good, ' dc cJarrs a Windy TltT neW!iprT Serct. Sutton of the Fort VVashincton 8s?(r nib not jol admits lhat the Waahrnitna rjaycrs are eoou aoixrr iniu Dot also allows that they f the hurznost bunch of feeders that ettr broke into tne I Ifendnx Ik Leading IsTlrler. New lork Dtc 9 Iltcher llendiix. of Pittsburg with twent-four victories and nine defeats, for an average of 7J7 was the National Leagues leading twirler in 1911 Chnllenare lor Polo Ctip New York. Dec 9 Formal challenge to the American Polo Association to compete for the International Polo Cup In 1913 was received to das from MaJ 1 F Edgerton Green manager of the Hurllngham Club of England He sug gests that the matches be plajed earl In June to enable the British team to compete in the champion cup matches at home, beginning June 25. ( Xmas Presents I couldn't suggest an thing better than one of tn SPECIAL 25.00 SUITS OR OVERCOATS Made to Your Measure. Y OU owe tins to vourself: During the hohdav season main men need full-dress and luedo Suits Hire them from me Absolutely sanitarv and cut in tho lniect n,i,. c.il. hned throughout $1 50 to $250 Called for and delivered A. C. BOBY'S Tailor and Importer, 519 Eleventh Street Northwest e clve Herald 23,000 eontest Toles. Etierul le The VVasbiczton HrnliL New lork. Dec 5 Roger Bresnahan, deposed manager of the St Louis Car dinals Kcored a telling blow In his fight for the recognition of a four jears con tract when, before the board of direc tors' of the Kitlonal League this after noon at the Waldorf Hotel, he Induced h's late employers to submit the matter to arbitration If a few minor details can be arranged, and the respective ar bitrators shown before to-morrow after noon, the National League will have washed Its hands of a very unpleasant dutj. while, for the first time since the national peace agreement waa sub scribed to by organized baseball, the civil courts vill pass upon the validity of organized baseball law When the meeting of the board of di rectors of the National League finished to-daj's session the warring parties had both tentative!) agreed to arbitration before a referee In the State of Mis souri This means, in shor.. a trial bj common law Missouri boasts an arbi tration law which permits the calling of witnesses and the placing of them under oath After legal argument the referee bands down his decision which Is as binding In law to the concerned parties as any Jury verdict It but remains for the counsel of Mrs. Helen Hrltton and Roger Hresnahan to reach a written agreement embodying the terms to which the lnter- ted parties verbally subscribed to-day If this written agreement Is presented to the National League board of directors to morrow the case will be closed, so far as baseball law Is concerned rtoirer Han Tito Contracts Otherwise the National League will be forced to pass upon the matter It went upon record to-dav as having full power to dispose of the dispute Perhaps the National League might not so readily have agreed to Bresnahan s recourse to common law had nothing but a baseball contract been Involved Bresnahan how ever had two contracts One was the usual formula to which diamond athletes subscribe and In which the re-erve cLiuse under which the Duke was dismissed on ten davs notice) was -ubscrlbed The other was a plain ordlnsr business con trad l.ikt the playing contract this ailed for a salarv of JlOOno a veir an 1 an additional li per cent of the net I rofits of the club Arthur N Sager who with George Priest Is irtiug as counsel for Bresnahan drew up this instrument The National League magnates almost without ejkCtptlon believe that Bresnahan has alreodj won his cas" August Herr mann chairman of the national com mission rejected the sentiment of his colleagues when he expressed himself as convinced of the valid tt of Bresnahan s clalm Roger has an iron clad contract, said Herrrnann It will stand the test of both civil and baseball law He had a stipulation that whether he plajed or not he should continue as manager of the St Louis National League clnb St. Louis claims he invalidated his contract bv not giving the club his best plalng services Now ft does not look as if an man possessed of Bresnahan s brains would with a 10 per cent interest in the net earnings of his team delib eratelv jeopardize his financial revenues Bresnahan developed Wlngo one or the best catchers In the league If he had been gubt) of all the tr acher) insln uated I cannot conceive of wh) three other clubs should be so anxious to e i urc his services, now that the Cardinals have cast him off Cincinnat Pittsburg and Chicago are all fighting to land him. Fred Clarke the) sa), is willing to pa) Roger J100O1 a vear Murph) Is read) to talk business too as soon as Bresna han adjusts his differences with M. lyiuls But I am In th. field and If either Mur ph) or Drevfuss lands this fellow he will have to do some tall bidding That doesn t look as if Bresnahan is such a has been or Is such a grave offender against organized ball ' llresnnhan Hniorid The final outcome of Bresnahan s case rests Indirect!) with this ifternoon s de- ve'opment If the case is decided by the National League Roger can scarcely lose, for sentiment as well as justice favors him His lawjers are indifferent as to whether the matter goes to the Vanus . sr i.artrr league or to a referee The) claim the ulirt bl' contract win staiio me iei oi an) civil hu 0M, R tcE-ellu g all ates. flte and one- court half furlorurs. James C Jones president of the St I bake Vinuodt. f , Vbe sitrnsky no IxhiIs Nationals, represents that club ijjf? l,ncT . nP'tlad 'no also in the capacity of attorney Tht 4.n Moon iff" I l"ip Viion in board of directors of the National Korothy Ldi-ti no I league are Barne) DrC)fllss. Pitts I TIIIIII ItVCl-elluis all airs are and one- burg C H Ubbets Brooklvn August .""." Herrmann Cincinnati. C V Murphy. y Chicago, and Cornelius J Sullivan, New, (mil "Countn" Morris is placed at right half, with Ruck Howard, the. Western Hirrh School star, "at left half. This gives the Collccians one of the best back fields in this section of the countrv That the Vigilants will have to plaj one of the greatest games of the vear to defeat this arreregation is an assured fact, as Garcran will hold three practice sessions' this week in order to. get the men working together again. Good Men on Line. On the line, the Collegians will have Ed Mullanc). the Blue and Gras guard. Barricello, who played an end for two ears on the Hilltop eleven. Allen, other Cleorgetown linesman Ritch, the Blue and Gra) a star center, lieaure gard the Western High School guard Brewer and Van Brocklln This team Is the best the Vigilants have tackled this season and that an other contest such as the Knglneers Vlgilants game will be staged next Sun day at Lnlon League Park is i icr- talnt). Manager Ollverl. of the Vigilants an nounced last night that Ra) Bronn and Bumps ' Turner will both be In shape for the big battle, notwithstanding a few minor Injuries received In the Arm) game Sundav The game scheduled between the Vig ilants and the Scholastics for Sundav has been transferred to the following Sundaj. nnd the Scholastics will not practice to-night at the National Guard Armory as announced V title the Collegians are admitted to a fast aggressive team Manager Oliver! has alread) booked the syliolas tics for the fourth bunda) and will pla) the high s hool lads whether his team iii in shape or not. The Scholastics will number some of the best high school lads ever turned out of the District. Including Howard Benson who pla)ed a great game at Iai fajette Big Whltne) the former East ern High star who held down a tackle position on the Penn Mate eleven this season, and several members of tile strong Tech team Joe Turner, the local grappler is up In Boston heating all comers. Last week he defected Hans Michle III Woonsockct in two straight falls, while in Concord the following night he threw Joe Thom as two falls In three George ToJhev who Is known throughout th countr) as one of the leading lghi and wrestling promoters baa booked & match between Joe Tur ner and Ed Miller, of ht. Paul Mllbr wTcstled a three-hour draw with Gehr ng live mon'hs ago Turner wr"tcs that lie is again in the best of condition and that the mat fans of the District will e some c!asy bouts at the Ga) it) this winter Bradv was )esterda) elected captain of the 1X12 Western Hikh School football team He pla)cd a tackle the past tw 3 ears and should prove to be a good man to lead the Red and White eleven TURNER READY TO DEFEND TITLE ENGLISH TEAM TO PLAY. Local Grappler Now in Boston Meet ing Best of the Middle weights fit.ul t The llalilncu llr-all Boston. Via-"- Dv 1 Joe Turner of Washington D C holder of the Richard K Fox bell mbl matlc of the middle weight wKstllng hampioiishlp arrived In Boston last night to preparo for i suits of matches In whMi h will be cilled upon to defend his title Turner Is on of th c lev. test an I cl.aii.st wrestlers r his weight that ever trod a in it md thos. who remem ! r his i.rat work in Boston a few vc.irs ago will recall his brllllint maneuvers There are so mam claimants to the title bestowed on 'n said Turner that it Is difficult for the iveragc person to decld Just who is liainj ion W liter Willoushbv was defeated for tin title b) Charlc) Gehi nc but th. latter has never been accepted as the himpion Willoughbv ha outgrown the class "Ge-h Ing refuse to wrestle I have the belt and cnybod) who wants to take a. whirl at It will have to defeat me I will meet anv man In the wo-Id at the regulation limit with or without i 'Me bet. winner tak all or anv other wt ail opponent wants lo divide the purse I start rainlnk to dav and will be readv fo- all comers any Umc on a minute s notice ' Turn.r will remain In Boston for se. cral weeks. OMING and Going, you can tell a "P-B" Over coat at a glance these "P-B" O'coats have a style all their own, they are hand-tailored in over a hundred dif ferent models. each model has that distinguish ing "air" of individuals so desired bv better-groomed men The entire third floor of this great nationally known men's store is devoted to a de luxe display of O'coats the equal of anv displav in the world ot Clothe: YOLR particular Overcoat s here, at $1j, $1S, 20, 25, 30, $3'i to $30. The Quality Gift Store for Men. "P-B" ts a mart or quabt recognized b all men FLYNN MEETS McCARTY. Vngele. Hie. Ilrlng en (' British r Uie VV tcr London Dec 9 A plan to make a rugb) Invasion of California with a tesm picked from the best pla) era at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge been enthuslasticall) received b) the students of lioth Institutions The ath Ictic authorities of the schools have formally Invited several pla) era to make tre trip to the I nitcd Mates next au tumn, and it Is raid practically all will accept It Is planned to plnv a series of eight games against teams represent ing the Leland Stanford and California universities and various clnb teams RACING CARD FOR TO-DAY. Juarea. two-je-ar-oMj celt lies Ilcnvi.viclchts (lush In I nine ru.iilsht. j Los VngUes t alif Dec. i To-morrow night, before the Pacific C at Vcr-1 non the veteran Jim F1)nn meets thei Vebraska voungster Lutl-cr McCart). In a scheduled twentv round contest wlth.1 Charles Fv ton as Judge Big Al Palzer ' New orks S-poim 1 giant will be n-l troduced at the ringside He will be looked over br critical eves as It will' be VI s dots to box the winner In thei same ring on the afternoon of next New ipw Dav I Trie first bet m-ide this morning was one of 1V at even mono and all da) long the backers of both the licavj w eights were act ve I-.vnn has never been credited with be ing an) thing hut rough mauler but McCart) s defense has appeared so weak that the popular feeling Is that Ijither will be unable to cope with the fl-eman's boring in tactic i BARTELMAS WINS OVERCOAT WEATHER. smart stvle u lland-t lored overcoats i pri es tha will suit )0iir porkctboek sir.oo. gl&Sll, JtR.OO, KOIH). Jt(XI. Ask to see our J.O 00 (oat at J 16 Test makes of I nderwear EUMAN'S Smart Haberdashery, 1233 Penna. Ave. H.W.,1422 N. Y. Ave. N. W. VV e give Herald (35,000 contest Totes. Much Interest was in the op. nlng unv of the pock inrd tourmm. nt nt tic Ro)ai Billiard Ptrlor ( harl s Bartelmas ar i M n senthil iross.1 ,uis. I.artelin-is winning! J is. mu iiosentnai missing the ' Tin core was 100 for Bar nil C I i Itos nthal The win si a strong tml steadv cam. rival fr m the third frame I wer Zs for Bartrlnns ntiml 4H--rJfrsH"-r I SUITS to Order I ! OVERCOATS! ! Only one to a Q nnplntnnr V first 1 teln as ner pid 1-ading The hish run mid 11 for I'n. hovvn last night, GUStOlM ! We want all to get the benefit. 10 I R 1 OATS I t'ST Dip 5-- Santa Claus Will distribute thousands pairs of Colonial Hose Among the men of Washington this Xmas. The Hose that wears like iron, but is as soft as down. Guaranteed vrltbout coupons or time limit. Lisles, 25c Silks, 50c In Three Weights and Twelve Colors r-rerj- up-to-date shop sells Colonials. of Lr r j lork Among the other matters disposed of bv the National League directors da), tin most Important was the filing of I mpirc Charles ulglcrs claim for fliOO fio.ni the Phillies Rit,ler declared he had been promised H.500 for signing I ppa Rlxe), the demon southpaw from the Unlvcr-lt) of Virginia where Ktgler acts as coach Of this amount J300 was paid In dismissing Itigler s claim the National League declared that Its um plrea had no business to act as scouts for the club presidents Rlgle. had Prcs ldent Tom I.v nch s permission to con duct the negotiations. In the routine business New "iork was awarded the pennant of 1912, and Secre tary Jchn Hevdler instructed to send a clrcck of $100 for the purchase of It To morrow tne annual meeting of the National League will open, at the con clusion of which, it Is believed a short session ot the board of directors will be held GAME ARRANGED. National to Pla Reformation Nine Dcermber IS. Manager Palmer, of the National indoor baseball team, has accepted the challenge Issued several da)s ago by the Reforma tion team, and the game will be plajed Y cdnesday, December 18 Manager Gard ner, of the Reformations, will have his pla)ers working hard from nowlo the game, and the public will see a real game of outdoor baseball played indoors. Reformation will have several profes sional men In their line-up, and the re mainder will be picked from the star sand-lotters. Jimmy Carroll Not Iliad. New Torkj Dec. 9 -Jimmy Carroll, old tlme light-weight boxer, announce tn. day that reports of his death "are great ly exaggerated" Carroll was injured In a street car accident several dais ago and is now rapidly recwcrlDg. Umto Koril Nettie FOURTH RACb- ix furlongs, IrilS, Ixnalay Null 104 ltnD Holi touch 10. t lou Ennqi HITII RALh. lln tbrce-ear-old mud up, one milo and & slxtmilh Orprrth j Jim CJrtfrrtu 105 Vloh-sc) TOi I IVbbrroc im Dnke of Bridsneiter lOi surer t.rain IDs dVTH ILVCl-vilire all lata, lire and one half fnrlnnfs. ' sift Sure ' "I'amell e.lrl lnqcit llaro Haltace Kjewhlle Apprentice Lllmrancc dalmrd CONNIE MACK TRYING TO GET 17-YEAE-0LD SCHOOLBOY FOR TEAM Pueblo Colo, Dec 9 Connie Mack is taking a personal interest in securing Robert McQraw, Jr. clever seventeen-) ear-old Central High Schol student, for the Ath letics Not content with half a dozen rcfu-alsfrom the parents of the )outh to permit, him to Join a major leagu ball team before he reaches his eighteenth birth day, Connie has again written to Robert "VIcGraw, superintendent of the Denver and Rio Grande Rail road at Pueblo and father of the star twirler In addition to being a pitcher with bewildering speed and cool Judgment he Is a heavy batter, and can pl3) an) where In the Infield. 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