i - - IF )tSV"'
Worcester of the New England
League.
Dick Cotter and Joe Casey, catch
ers, have been put on the auction
block by the Indianapolis team of the
American Association. Cotter was
formerly with the Cubs, ,and Casey
was a Tiger.
Charles Herzog, former Brave and
Giant infielder, signed ar contract for
one year with Cincinnati yesterday,
and was then given the. empty tide
of manager. Heriogsays he will play
short in place of Joe Tinker. Given
Charles Herzog.
a free rein, Herzog would do as well
with the Reds as any one, as he is a
brainy ballplayer. But he will go
against the same old combination in
to which preceding Red managers
have bumped, and the result will be
the same. With the exception that
in the future the directors, and not
the manager, will get the panning as
a result of the poor showing of the
Red team.
Charles Bricklcy, Harvard's great
drop kicker, was elected captain of
the 1914 team yesterday.
Phil Brock got a decision over
Matty Baldwin in the sixth round at
Cleveland when the Boston boy quit.
Two broken ribs prevented him con
tinuing the battle. Brock had a leadv
on points when the affair was called.
Baldwin showed gameness in start
ing the mill with his framework dam
aged. o o
THERE ARE MANY MATILDAS
Matilda Reglin was a dressmaker
in East Orange, N. J. Born in Ger
many, 57 years ago, she had plied
her needle in this country 24 years,
and put each spare penny in a bank.
A few weeks ago she had $4,000 and
was planning with it to return to the
little village in the fatherland, where
she could live the remainder of her
days in simple fashion on the inter
est. One day she read in the morning
papers that the bank had closed its
doors. A trusted official had siphoned
out $200,000 and the directors
weren't able to make the loss good.
Matilda went to her little room near
the attic, stuffed paper in the key
hole and turned on the gas. When
found she was dead.
Eminent experts solemnly assure
us that for the government to require
banks to guarantee their deposits
would 'be a mistake. That it would
discourage honesty , in banking by
putting careless or criminal bankers
on a level with the safe ones. That
it would make depositors careless,
too, and remove the incentive for
them to give safe banks the prefer
ence. It may be so. But Matilda thought
she had put her savings in a safe
bank. Government allowed that
bank to take her money. Is it too
much that bankers who wish to earn
profits by the use of other people's
money should be taxed to insure that (
money?
Matilda's friends, if she has any, t
won't think so. ,
And there are a good many Ma-$
tildas. i