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THE FARMER: MARCH 22, 1913 F IF IT'S NEWS IT'S HERE EDITED BY WAGNER THE SPOT FOR SPORTS a CAN PACKEY MAKE WEIGHT M Corbelt Doubts If M'Farland and Willie Ritchie Ever Meet f By Jamea J. Corbett, Former Heavy weight Champion of the World.) Written for The Evening Farmer. Can Packey McFarland do 133 pounds at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and give a good account of himself in a twenty round bout at 9 o'clock in the evening:? Packey says he can, and to prove it has accepted Willie Ritch ie's den. But McFarland adds that he will make weight for nobody but the champion. Faokey's weight has been one of the great mysteries of professional pugil ism for several years past. He agreed to 1S3 to get a match with Ad Wol gast when that young man held the title, but as the bout was called off the public remained skeptical of his ability to make it and be in condi tion to put up a good argument. Evi dently McFarland knows just what he can do and his willingness to accept the terms and conditions of Ritchie's proposal without a kick or protest of any kind will act as a silencer on the critics who have insisted that he is no longer eligible to fight In the light weight division. At that I doubt if Packey and Wil lie ever meet. They would make the Ideal match, much better than the proposed Ritchie-Wolgast or Wolgast McFarland affair. Beth boys are clever and of. practically the same school and represent the best there is In scientific boxing. But Billy No lan is too shrewd to pit Ritchie against his former teacher before he has had a chance to corral an easy purse or two, which is recognized nowadays as one of the privileges to which a new champion is entitled. There are any number of light-weights who are eas ier than the Peerless Packey, and as Nolan knows the ropes pretty well he will no doubt find some plausible ex cuse for avoiding the match if it ever comes to a show down. And, be tween you and me, one can't blame him very much from a business, if not a sporting, point of view. Leach Cross' admirers are now tout ing him for the light-weight cham pionship. There is no denying that as a result of the recjnt victory over Joe Mandot his stock has boomed. But Leach will never become a champion. In the first place I doubt if his heart is in the right place. He is like many snother "near-champion." Give him a mark and he boxes like a world boater, but pat kcim in front of a good man and he fights more like a dub. If anyone will take the trouble to look in the dope books he will find Cross has not been the most consis tent boxer in the world. The detailed reports of the Cross Mandot bout do not make Leach out the great fighter his press agents rep resent him. He was on the losing end until a lucky one connected with Mandot's Jaw. Of Leach's hitting power there is not the slightest doubt. He packs a hefty punch, and let him once get the other fellow going and be sails in for keeps. But anyone who has ever boxed or who has fol lowed the sport closely knows that the element of luck frequently figures prominently in a boxing match, and I judge Leach to have been a fortun ate young man in the Mandot encoun ter. Many a boy has had victory within easy grasp only to lose tlflCbugh carelessness and over-confi-flCJTce. Cross will be put to the test in a few weeks when he takes on Joe Riv ers in a return ten round bout. I rather fancy Rivers will do even bet ter this time, although he put up a corking good battle on the other occa sion considering the handicap he was under in lack of familiarity with the rules in vogue here. Mandot while a fairly clever boxer is not a hard hit ter. Rivers is a combative youngster, who can give and take the hardest knocks, and answer the bell for more. He can hit harder, if anything, than Cross although Leach punches hard enough to bring home the bacon. Joe is not invincible; he can be knocked out as Johnny Kilbane showed us, but I Imagine he is a bit too hard a prop osition for New York's foremost light weight. If Leach succeeds in defeat ing Rivers, I'll take my hat off to him and admit he is the right sort, but I'm from Missouri, and having seen him in so many mediocre battles, am inclined to regard his latest vic tory largely in the light of a fluke. "While on the subject of light weights and championship possibil ities it might not be amiss to call at tention to Bud Anderson, the young western pnenom who gave such a splendid account of himself In last Saturday's twenty round contest with "Knock-Out" Brown. Making allow ances for comparative inexperience Anderson's showing was every bit as creditable as that of Joe Rivers in stopping "Kayo" in eleven rounds. In fact. Bud came close to duplicating Joe's stunt as he twice put the New Torker to the floor in the eleventh and had him practically out when the gong came to the rescue. Of course, "K. O." is not of cham pionship class, but he is as strong as a young bull and a hard man to lick decisively. Rivers Is the only one who stopped him, though with a bit of luck Anderson would have duplicated the feat. As it was Brown's recu perative powers enabled him to rally nnd by forcing matters in the last round earned a draw, which decision. If reports are correct, was hardly fair to Anderson. Another light-weight who has been attracting considerable attention late ly Is Pal Brown, a product of Hibbin, Minn. In the middle west the experts have already selected this boy as their candidate for,, the light-weight honors. Pal has' beaten few top notchers. but his friends claim that lack of opportunity explains that. He has done everything asked of him to date, and his work among the second raters has been little short of sen sational at times. It didn't take long for Gunboat Hmitfc t sut Bombardier Wells in the OXFORD OARSMEN TO COACH YALE FOR HAVARD BOAT RACE Gold and Kirby Accept Terms to Teach Crew Candidates London, March 22 Harcourt Gold and A. G. Kirby, of the famous Ox ford Old Blues, have consented to coach the Tale varsity crew for the race with Harvard. Sporting Life says they will leave England in May, accompanied by G. S. MacLagan, the old Oxford coxswain and an honor ary secretary of the English Ama teur Rowing Association, who is not likely to assist in coaching: the crew, but whose trip is not without signifi cance. Gold is one of the cleverest coaches who ever trained the varsity eight. He has put the finishing touches to the Oxford crew for several years and also coached the Leander crew which won the Olympic regatta at Stock also ran" class about four minutes of actual fighting and it was over, and the Bombardier's name wiped from the list of aspirants for the heavy weight championship. It was a battle between a rugged fighter and a clever boxer with a frail physique and the fighter won. Wells' lack of stamina is difficult to ex plain. His is a puzzling case. ' H trains faithfully and 'always appears to be1 the picture of health and strength. In this last fight it was es tablished beyond any doubt that he is not cut out for a successful boxer, or rather fighter, for he certainly knows mere of the scientific end of the game than the rest of the bunch put togeth er. With Wells eliminated from the sit uation there remain but three white heavies in whom the sporting publis has any faith. These are Luther Mc Carty, Jess Willard and the Gunboat. Of the trio McCarty looks the best on his victories over Kaufman, Flynn and Palzer. Neither of the others has de feated men of the standing of the men mentioned. Willard, it is true, earn ed a popular decision over McCarty at the Garden last Summer, hut at a time when both were novices. !Un- questionably McCarty has improved immensely since that time. Willard too, has been going along fairly well, but has not met a man of the class of the trio on whose defeats McCar ty bases his claim to recognition. Smith's sole aim in life now, ac cording to his manager, is a match with Luther McCarty. The "white champ" was among those present at the slaughter -of England's hope, hut failed to say whether he would give the Gunboat a match or not. Luther doesn't appear to be anxious to box anybody. . Business with the "troupe must be picking up. It is a pity Al Palzer is not in New Tork.. j; think O'Rourke made a big mistake carting his big fighter away on what appears a hopeless quest of a fight with Johnson. Interest in the heavy-weight situation would he heightened if Palzer were back on the job. A match between him and Gun boat Smith, for example, would look very attractive and draw an Immense crowd. . Palzer is a boxer who needs lots of work to do his best. He is not gifted with any great degree of scientific knowledge and relies on speed and strength to win his battles. A fighter of his type must therefore always- be in the pink of condition Gymnasium work will accomplish much for him, but what Palzer needs most is the experience to be gained in the ring. He is wasting much valuable time waiting for Johnson it looks a hundred to one that the black will not be able to keep the engage ment. At least not at the appointed time. JAS. J. CORBETT. M'GUIRE'S WHITE SOX OPEN SEASON Beat Shamrocks and AU-Star Basehall Teams in Double Bill. , Manager Bill McGuire of the White Sox baseball team is feeling strong enough to move a piano today. His team opened the season yesterday by winning two games. In the morning- they beat the Shamrocks by 6 to 0 with Lefty Heyser pitching. Heyser was In midseason form and he had the Shamrocks faded. Egan caught for the Sox and looked immense. In the afternoon the Sox went against the All-Stars and registered another triumph by 5 to 1. Bischoff worked for the Sox and allowed one hit. Keating caught in fine style. The Sox will practice tomorrow morn ing at 10 o'clock and all members are requested to be present. TALE DEFEATS W. & L. ' IN OPENING ENGAGEMENT Norfolk, Va., March 22 The Tale baseball team opened its season here yesterday and defeated the team of Washington and Lee University on a field of mud, 7 to 2. Despite the unfavorable conditions both teams fielded well, only one er ror being made, and that misplay was by the Ells. The Elis bunched their hits in three innings on Larrick, the Washington and Lee pitcher. Charles Rigler of the National League staff umpired the game. The score: R. H. E. W. & L. 2 10 0 Tale 7 9 1 Batteries Scott, Dyer, Hunter and Burdette; Larrick and Stewart. Um pire, Charles Rigler. Time of game 1 hour and 45 minutes. CLEANING CO. Clothing handled by latest sun. Itary methods. Your patronage poloolted. Write, phone or call. 650 State St. Phone 913 SANITARY PRESSING & Eli holm. V : Kirby has trained this , year's Ox ford winning crew. There are few occasions when an English amateur oarsman has coach ed American crews, R. C. Lehmann probably being the last to make a trip to America for this purpose. R. S.' Clarke, president of the Cam-, bridge University Athletic Club, con firms the statement of Craig Moore, president of the Oxford University Athletic Club, already cableA, that no challenge has yet been received from the United States, adding that both the Cambridge and Oxford Uni versity . teams are keen on going to America, and if a challenge arrives in all probability it will be accepted. CHANCE PICKS NEW YORK TEAM KAY KEATING SURE TO STICK WITH REGULAR SQUAT THIS SEASON. Hamilton, Bermuda, March 22 The Highlanders were idle yesterday on account of it being Good Friday, which is a strict holiday here. Chance has decided on his regular batting order, and, unless something unforeseen happens, the team which will face Clark Griffith's Washingtons on April 10 will line up as- follows: Daniels, right field; Wolter, center field ; Chase, second; base; Cree, left field; Chance, first base; Hartzell, third base; Derrick, shortstop; Swee ney, catcher. CHASE STILL ON HOSPITAL LIST Young will play second base for the present on account of Chase's sprain ed ankle, and it is doubtful that Prince Hal will be able to get hack in the game regularly much before the open ing of the season. Priest, Harbison and- Stump appear to be slated to go. -Priest is little bet ter than when he first joined the team. Harbison is the most promising of these three, but he is too green. . He will likely be farmed out to some In ternational League club. Stump is uncertain in the field and, weak at the bat. He has . a fine ' throwing arm, which is Shis chief recommenda tion. I Jack Martin is likely to stick around during the season. He is as good a shortstop as either Young or Derrick. and is of a scrappy, aggressive nature. which Is always of benefit to the rest of the club. Of the young pitchers. Schulz seems to' have the call at present. He is the most necessary to the team at any rate. trhance will not retain Hoff. because Hon! appears to he too light for the job at present. ' Schulz, then, will be the only south paw with the club unless Chance makes some unexpected trade. For this reason Schulz should be kept. Jiut he has other qualificationsi For a portsider he is very steady, has lots or speed and a good- "book." Davis just now appears to he the most promising of the rig-hit-handers, He is strong as a horse and possesses a fast ball, almost the "equal to that of Caldwell. Davis uses a spitter, too, and had it under good control be fore he set sail to take unto himself a wife. Ray Keating and Paddy Green are both a trifle inexperienced for the big show, but the Peerless Leader may hang onto them in order to develop them f rom the bench. These youngsters are unusually wise. They took their own good time in working into condition, emulating the veterans In this respect. GIANTS LEAVE CAMP AND START FOR HOME Thorpe and Cooper Sent With Colt Team on Exhibition Tour. Marlm, Texas, March 22 Farewell was bidden to this town last night for another year by the Giant squad which left at midnight to begin the journey homeward. McGraw will di vide the players into two different brigades which will do a harn storm ing tour on their way North and they will not see each other again until they meet in Washington just before the opening of the regular season. McGraw was not exactly certain whom he would take with the reg ulars. Some of the players are still suffering minor ailments and the manager is unwilling to have them take any" great chance in tackling real baseball until they have fully re covered. It is the impression " around the camp that the Giants have never he fore benefitted so much by their spring training trip, and right now they are in better condition than at the same time last year when they were so well conditioned that they tore things wide open in the National League before the other contenders could get fairly under way. The chief trouble among the players has been soreness in their feet and legs, caused by running about on the hard surface at Emerson park. The field was in very good condition up to the time that a heavy rain soak ed it, and when a hot sun came out after the storm the elaylike soil was baked until it was almost like asphalt. The ones who appear to have suffered most in their underpin ning are Devore, Shafer, McCormick, Jacobson and Murray. Jacobson, who had been on cutches, discarded them yesterday and spent considerable time batting out fungoes. s LYFORD BROS. SEE EASTER WOOLENS TWO STORES TRY E PITCHER GREEN LIKENS NAME HOLYOKE TWIRLER GETS LAUGH FROM BIG LEAGUERS WHEN HE RIDES WHEEL. They are having a lot of fun with Paddy Green, the Holyoke pitcher who is trying for a place' with the New York Americans. The New York Ev ening Sun has the following story of Green's adventures trying to ride a bi cycle: "Baseball training camp life is not all hard work. The members of the Yankee squad manage to switch in a number of practical jokes and fun making during the course of each day and evening. Paddy Green, the big twirling recruit, is the latest source of amusement for the camp. During the past few days whenever Green put in an appearance on the veranda or in the lounging room there was a general chorus of "Whoa, Whoa!" from his teammates, whereupon Green would grin sheepishly and duck out of sight. The use of the expression "Whoa" i a salutation to Faddy came about as the result of a long bicycle ride which he took last Sunday. Green, with several other rocbera of the squad, decided to ride out to St. George, a distance of some twelve miles, over a course which includes steep hills. Green hired a bicycle for the occasion and started off bravely. Now, Paddy may be a pitcher of sur passing excellence, but as a bicycle rider he is several degrees below the standard set by Bobby Walthour. As a consequenc, the first steep hill which the riders struck Green had consid erable difficulty in pedalling his way to the top," but it was nothing to the trouble which developed when he shot over the brow of the rise and proceed ed to coast down the sharp incline. After a few revolutions of the wheels Green was mounted upon one of the nicest little runaway bikes that the natives of Bermuda ever Bay. He pulled manfully on the handle bars and yelled "Whoa!" at the wheel un til his teammates were in convulsions. Strange to say, the silent steed refused to respond to his command, and Pad dy had a long and perilous voyage un til he hit the level road again. When the party returned to the Brunswick the tale was soon recounted to those who had remained behind, and hence Green is as often greeted with Whoa!" as he is by his given name. IN MAJOR LEAGUES ae Pitcher Overall is In California and reports state that he will stay there. John Evers was a victim at second base the other day of the hidden ball trick. Manager Birmingham is conducting a series of private talks for the ben efit of his Cleveland recruits. Capt. Anson is supposed to have "discovered" Hot Springs, Ark., as a training place for ball players. Montreal had just three players when it arrived at Charlottesville, Va., the other day. One of the three is Fred McGovern, a recruit catcher. - Seaton of the Phillies is doing great work in striking them out in exhibi tion games. Manager Dorin thinks Seaton will be a star pitcher this sea son. Arthur Fletcher of the Giants may prove more of a success at shortstop this season. He is handling himself in encouraging fashion in the practice games. Utility Infielder Vitt of Detroit is confident that he will stick in the big leagues. He is slated for Providence, but declares he will put up a good fight when given a chance at third base for the Tigers. The Minneapolis team of the North ern league will be known as the Bron chos, Ed N. Dickinson, in charge of the club affairs, reports the signing of a number of likely young players for Manager Bob Unglaub to form into a team. Dan Daley has accepted terms with the Charleston team. Daley used to play with Gulf sport,'-Miss., of the Cot ton States league, and later with Co lumbus of the same league. Manager Evers, like Frank Chance, believes 13 is a lucky number.- In a recent practice game he told the Cub team to make 13 runs and quit, and that's just what the team did. The two Cubans with the Washing ton team are certainly well thought of by their teammates. Mike Martin, the trainer, has taken Acosta in hand and is teaching him English. Connie Mack's searching eyes spied the name "Fairchance" on his special Pullman en route to San Antonio. He regard's it as a good omen, and told his players that he had more than a fair chance to win the pennant. Miller Huggins, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, who has played sec ond base, and played it well, for sev eral years, does not believe that Hal Chase, a left-hander, can make a suc cess at the midway station. THIS DATE IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS 1898 Jim Jeffries knocked out Peter Jackson, colored heavyweight in 3rd round. 1909 Jack Britton outpointed Mike Memsic in 10 rounds at Atlanta. 1909 Jimmy Clabby stopped Bob Slavin in 3rd round at New Orleans. 1910 'Phil McGovern and Young Britt fought 15 round draw at Balti more. 1911 Sid Burns, English, won on foul from Ray Bronson in 19th round at London. - 1911 Jimmy Clabby defeated Harry Duncan, English, in 20 rounds at Lon don. 1912 Young Dyson knocked out Del Bruno in 7th round at New York, HOLYOKE CLAIMS M'GAMWELL AND Other Notes on Various Topics of Timely Interest (By Wagner) The Bridgeport club has a fight on its hands now to retain title to First Baseman Ed MoGamwell, who was re cently purchased from Lowell, Mass. The Holyoke club has put in a claim for the player and has appealed to Secretary Farrell of the National as sociation. When the Lowell management was unable to get MoGamwell to sign a 1913 contract it endeavored to sell him to some other team. McGamwell was anxious to get away from Lowell and it is said that he negotiated with Owner Joe Whalen of Holyoke. The Papermakers thought they had the player until his sale to Bridgeport was announced. McGamwell alleges that Lowell gave him permission to do business with any club satisfactory to him. In order to make the sale binding th business would have to be done between the two clubs instead of with the player. If Holyoke was anxious to get McGamwell It should have ne gotiated with Lowell and put in a higher bid than Bridgeport. Manager Gray of Lowell has written to Man ager McCann of the Mechanics regard ing the matter. He says Holyoke had no authority to do business with McGamwell and cannot show a hit of writing to support its claim. Gray doesn't think Holyoke has a chance to win out. . Tom Crook has departed for his home in Washington, D. C. Before leaving he said the papers hadn't been signed for his release yet but he ad mitted that something would he an nounced in a short time. Freddie Welch, the champion light weight boxer of England, sailed for New York, today, on board the Mauretanla. He expects to arrange a match with Willie Ritchie, of San Francisco. ' Mickey Brown, the clever boxer who recently outpointed Buddy Faulkes of Waterbury in a bout at New Haven, arrived here yesterday to help Young McAuliffe train. He greeted a num ber of his friends at the St. Joseph's club house on Barnum avenue where McAuliffe. is working out. Brown is BANTY LEWIS IS ' VISITING OUR SPORTS Banty Lewis-, the clever, hard-hit ting New York featherweight,, who is to box Young McAuliffe, the local fa vorite, ten rounds as the star engage ment of the all-star boxing carnival of the Acorn A. C. at the. Park: City rink: on March 27, arrived in this city this morning, accompanied by his manager, Slim Brennan, well known here. Lewis and Slim strode up Fair field avenue, aiming at Wall street, where they visited the cafe of Fritz Ha.rtma.nn, the matchmaker for the Acorns. Dick Howell, the well known sport authority, will referee; Harry Quinn will boss the bell, and Al Burdick will be the clerk of scales- at the bouts. The other attractions arranged for the evening are Davy Ryan, Bridgeport, Kid Lewis, Waterbury, 10 rounds, 156 Bounds: Young Joe Walcott, Brldge- oort. vs. Battling' Larry Ryan, New York, eight rounds. 142 pounds; and Young Jackie Rolinson of Derby, vs. Kid Allen of this ctiy, six rounds, 125 pounds. BOWLING. TWO MAN LEAGUE AVERAGES. Team Standing'. W. L. P.C. 5 1 .833 4 2 .667 4 2 .667 4 2 .667 4 2 .667 3 3 .500 3 3 .600 3 3 .500 2 4 .333 2 4 .333 1 5 .167 1 5 .167 P.F. Ave. 1162 194 1146 191 1133 189 1126 188 1124 187 1119 186 1118 186 1115 186 1063 .177 1062 177 1049 175 1046 174 Ave. H.S. 101.2 127 100 122 99.8 116 98.8 119 97.3 10 96.3 119 96.2 117 94.8 107 94 109 93.8 113 92.3 113 89.7 104 89.5 10S 89.2 97 89 99 88.8 102 88.5 102 88.5 102 88 96 87.7 103 87.7 92 87.3 97 86.8 110 85.8 93 Langham & Fitzgerald . Hargrove & Hettinger. Busat & Taylor. Leveen & Hutchinson .... Team I'infall. Langham & Fitzgerald Giles & Banks Ryno & O'Connor........ G. P.F. 607 600 599 593 584 578 577 669 564 563 554 538 537 535 534 533 531 528 528 526 524 524 521 515 O'Connor 6 Dewey 6 Fitzgerald ...... . Dudley ......... 6 Perkins ......... 6 Banks Sivers 6 Giles i 6 Cole 6 Langham 6 Harper .......... 6 Moss b Taylor 6 Ayrault 5 Hargrove ....... 6 Sperry 6 Robson 6 Hutchinson 6 Hettinger 6 Busat 6 Ryno 6 Kerr 6 Leveen 6 Peterson - 6 League Records. Higb-'Vigle string, 'Connor, 127. FIRST BASEMAN WILL FIGHT CASE a heady boy and his instructions will prove of value to McAuliffe, who Is anxious to beat Banty Lewis here on March 27. The New Haven club has secured Outfielder Aaron Kerr from Memphis of the Southern league. Kerr is a good fielder but batted only .235 last season. The Holyoke club has signed Pitch er Swormstedt who was with the New Bedford, Mass., last season. He won 13 and lost 19 with that team. Frank O'Rourke, the former Bridge port shortstop, made a home run at the Buffalo International league team's training camp Thursday. He was playing third for the regulars against the Colts. O'Rourke is being highly praised for his snappy play ing. . Manager Larry Schlafly of the Jer sey City team, which Is training at Bermuda with the New York Amer icans, has the following praise for Ray Keating of this city: "At least one of the Yankee hurlers has shown me more 'stuff than I'll see in my league until after the first of June and I doubt if even then I see anything to surpass the pitching unlimbered against us by Ray Keat ing last Saturday, when, after Hugh Bradley had tripled with only one out, Keating turned loose a little more speed and struck out both Knight and Tee." Princeton won the intercollegiate water polo championship, last night. by defeating the University of Illi nois team, western champions, by a score of 3 to 1. Illinois, in turn, de feated Princeton in a dual swimming meet by a score of 34 to 27. College students early today be sieged the White House and executive office in an effort to induce President Wilson to attend the baseball game between the Princeton and George town University teams. The Presi dent previously had declared he would be among the Princeton "rooters it public business 'would permit. An elaborately decorated box has been set aside for the presidential party. High three strings, O'Connor, 332. High team single string, Moss & Sivers, 221. , , High team three strings, Ryno' & O'Connor, 607. FACTORY LEAGUE. Warner Bros. Co. Johnson 84 82 95 2-31 Allen 86 103 79 268 McDaniels 81 98 76 255 Busat 91 80 76 217 Perkins 101 89 93 283 Totals' 443 452 419 1314 Coe-Stapley Co. . Stevens 76 73 69 218 Chaiklin 86 79 83 248 Santo 76 84 92 252 Primo 92 85 84 261 Kelly 85 86 89 260 Totals 415 407 417 1239 INDUSTRIAL' LEAGUE. Handy & Harmon. 80 249 95 288 70 - 229 79 253 85 271 409 1290 86 268 87 251 - 93 270 . . 144 71 71 86 285 Totals .443 413 423 1289 BUILDING TRADES LEAGUE. Plumbers No. 1. Havenfeltz 67 87 68 231 Greather 77 ' 75 79 231 Robinson 66 101 75 242 Farrell - . . . 72 72 72 216 Keating 77 77 77 231 Totals 368 412 371 1151 Carpenters No. 1. Perry .106 88 84 278 Atwater 77 77 68 222 Sharon 79 87 93 259 Cannon .. 82 85 82 249 Raab 80 111 80 271 Totals 424 448 407 1279 SPALDING BASEBALL GUIDE PUBLISHED. That annual harbinger of spring, the Spalding Official Base Ball Guide, now in its thirty-seventh year, has made its appearance for 1913. As usual, it is full of interest for the fan and it would be hard to say which pleases him most, the text or the illustrations. the latter of late years being a very attractive feature of the Guide. The contents include a variety of topics on the game from the pen of the editor, Mr. John B. Foster, of New York, with reviews of the season in the National League by the editor and a resume of the American League con test by I. E. Sanborn, of Chicago. The world series is exhaustively described in a compact and interesting manner, the numerous plays illustrated in a panel at the top of each page of the article lending additional Interest to the subject. The reason in each of the minor leagues is described, to gether with other important happen ings in the world of baseball, the of ficial rules and schedules closing the volume. Spalding's Guide, will be sent to any address on receipt of 10 cents by the publishers, the American Sports Pub lishing Company, 21 Warren St. New York City. Lovely 89 80 Pearson 92 101 Cone 77 82 Douglas 72 102 Pride 97 89 Totals ....... 427 454 . . Singer Mfg. Co. E. Cave 100 82 F. Stirks 77 87 Walsh . 103 74 Hee .'. 73 71 A. Stirks Johnson 90 99 ARMY-NAVY IN NEW YORK Efforts Being Made to Gst tig Foot&all Game at Polo Grounds There is still hope that New York ers may see one of the greatest foot ball contests and one of the season's biggest social affair. The Army -Navy football game may yet be played on the Polo Grounds. There has been much dissatisfaction with the arrangements at FrankI':: Field, the ground of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, hecHVf of the limited number of seats which the university 13 willing to grant to the soldiers and sailors, and there 'n a decided feeling against holding tfc? next revival 'of the departmental bat tle on the Philadelphia gridiron. . Members of both institutions hav been looking over the land for a neu -tral battlefield where the teams could meet next Fall, and have received a number of offers from colleges and baseball organizations proffering their grounds fo the big social-athlettc bat tle. Of these offers none compares with that of the New York National League management, which offers the use of the Polo Grounds on terms which can not be approached by any rival. Presi dent Hempstead and Secretary John R. Foster are so anxious to book the Government teams that they havo made the moat liberal offer to the rep resentatives of the two United States Schools and are confident of securinif the game for next Fall. HOFMAN HOPES TO HEIP GIAI1TS FORMER CHICAGO OUTFIELDER IN GREAT SHAPE FOR PITTSBURGH. Hot Springs, Ark., March 22. "Ar tie looks better than I've seen him look for come time," was the remark made by Fred Clarke when discussing the physical condition of Hofman, up on whom the fans are relying to fill the gap in the Pittsburgh outfield. "He is in great shape," continued Clarke, and then went on to say that he ex pected Hofman to have a great year. "Hofman is one of those fellows who is generally at playing weight, never takes on very much weight and never has to reduce In the spring. There is everything about him this spring to indicate that he will be able to deliver the goods. When he takes the baths here he will be a new man. "You can't get away from the fact that Hot Springs is the ideal place for a player to get into condition and Hof man will be benefited wonderfully. I look for Hoffman to have a Very sue cessful year." ., PRINCETON BEATEN BY VIRGINIA BALL TEAlf Charlottesville, Va., March 22 The team of the University of Virginia de feated Princeton yesterday, 3 to 0, in a pitchers battle between Wood and Grant. The wet ball accounted for a large number of passes. Hanks muff of Landes's long fly to deep right net ted Virginia two runs in the first, inn ing. The score: R H E Princeton 0 2 3 Virginia 3 4 2 7 Batteries Wood and Carter; Grant and Green. AMERICANS WILL TRY TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL If plans now under way are brought to a satisfactory conclusion three Americans will attempt within the next few months to swim the English Channel, the great goal that the world's best distance paddlem have ever held In sight. The candidates for the gruelling: test are Charles Durborow of Phila delphia, Joseph M. Callahan of Pitts burgh, and Benjamin H. Schlomberg of New York. Durborow is an ama teur and a member of the Philadel phia Swimming Club; the other two are lifesavers. Callahan has been at tached for seven years to the Atlantic City squad of professionals, and Schlomberg Is affiliated with the United States Volunteer Corps. Of Durborow's ability to complete the,-journey between England and France there can be no doubt. Last Summer he covered a course In Dela ware Bay which measures nineteen and a half miles onthe Government charts, and eye witnesses familiar with conditions abroad pronounced the feat equal Jn both distance and difficulty to the classic foreign trip. Indeed, tides and current so lengthened Durborow's way that the patent logs on the accompanying boat registered a shade under forty-three miles. For the rest, the Philadelphia!! has speed far beyond the average plugger, inexhaustible endurance, un limited grit, and the needed flesh to discount the ill effects of a prolonged stay in cold water. The Delaware Bay swim saw him hold the trudgeon stroke from start to finish, a period of fifteen hours and one-quarter. HARRY QUINN CAFE AND BOWLING ALLEYS 166 FAIRFIELD AVE. Tel. 260S R u p p e r t's Knickerbocker, Frank Jones' Portsmouth Ale, Sterling Alo on draught. Try our bar whiskey. Six of the Finest Alleys In State CONNIE LEWIS, Manager. Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word.