The day book. [volume], January 13, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 22

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phries' attitude, though he was re
ported to have had dealings with the
Feds.
The loss of either of these athletes
would have been disastrous to Mur
phy from the Box-office standpoint
They are both favorites with the
West Side fans and had much to do
with holding the team in the race at
all last summer.
Saier is rated next to Jake Daubert
among first basemen. He is a young
ster and has several years' service
before him. He appears to be listless
on the field, but there is not a harder
worker in the Cub ranks. Vic leaves
the lh music to the other fellows and
concentrates his thoughts on guard
ing first and whanging the old pill,
with pleasing results.
That the Feds will not confine their
inroads on organized baseball solely
to the National League is shown in
the statement of Ted Easterly, White
Sox catcher, that he has signed a
three-year contract with the Kansas
City team of the third league.
Easterly was used mainly for
pinch-hitting purposes with the Sox,
and produced with pleasing regular
ity. He is a good catcher and can
also play in the outfield.
Third Baseman Heinie Groh of the
Reds will not become a Fed. He has
signed a three-year contract with
Cincinnati.
President Gilmore of the Feds is on
tour through' the East, visiting the
clubs in Ms league and advising the
owners about securing material for
their teams.
President Weeghman of the local
team went to Indianapolis yesterday
for a little joy feast, and will hike on
to Pittsburgh, where he will meet
Gilmore.
Joe Tinker will be allowed to play
one game with the Chicago Feds un
molested, and then the Brooklyn
team will step in with an. injunction
restraining him from active duty.
This is the latest program of Charles
Hold-on Ebbets and he is bending
every effort to put in through.
A contract' with Brooklyn will b
sent Tinker, and he will not be con
sidered a deserter until the National
League season opens in April.
That injunction, if secured, can
only be b'inding in the state of New
York, and Tinker would be able to
play against all theother teams but
Buffalo.
There is a strong suspicion that
such action would add to Tinker's
drawing powers at the gate. Fans of
other cities would flock to see him,
simply because of the injunction, and
he would be a big attraction in Buf
falo, if he did no more than sit in
the grandstand.
That injunction stunt was tried
against Cleveland back in the American-National
war, when Lajoie, Flick
and others jumped from the Phillies
to the Naps, then called the Blues.
They were prohibited from playing in
Philadelphia. But the restraining or-.
der was not operative anywhere else
and the men were something of curi
osities. At last Europe seems to have pror
duced a wrestler worthy of the name:
Gustav Fristensky, the grappler who
pinned Gus Schoenlein (Americus) to
the mat in straight falls last night,
is no pork and bean performer. He
really wrestles, and is not spending
the majority of his time figuring up
the house.
Americus was no match for him,
being outweighed. The first fall came
in 32:03, Americus landing on his
head. He was stunned and it was an
easy task for Fristensky to roll him
over.
The second fall , was awarded to
Fristensky in 3:02 when he got a
hold on Americus that the latter
could not break.
Chief of Police Gleason was at the
ringside and threatened to stop the
show after the first fall because he
feared Americus was hurt.
George Chip handed Gus Christie
an artistic mauling in ten rounds at
Milwaukee last night The Scranton
Greek bad things his own way, Chris-