'rf'ry! r t'!''eiW0py'i''f''j THE WASHINGTON TIMES. TUESDAY, JANUARY 27,' 1914. 10 T-" Want Snappy Sports? Then Read Right Here FEDERALS DANNY Joe Gedeon Sends Signed Con tract for 1914 to "Old Fox" Clark Griffith. By THOMAS KIRBY. I'tte ly no faith is being placed by ark Srifflth in the reports that the deral league has commenced a cam paign to riddle the Washington ball ub by signing for the outlaw circuit en who have been performing here. This morning the baseball community eard that Clyde Milan had Hopped to he Feds. Mr. Griffith placed little faith In this repart, and from Pitts- urgh comes a report that the Fed erals would not e en claim that the had succeeded in divorcing the out welder from, the American League. As late as yesterday word was received from Milan, and ho did not even men tion any correspondence or negotiations is now alleged he nas had with those lio are behind the .novement tt or anizc in opposition to the National ommisslon. Milan asked .his chief to attend to forae personal business for him here nnd the fact that no reference was made to the Feds has convinced the oanager that there is no foundation or the rather startling report ema nating from Pittsburgn. On top of the Milan rumor came the report from Chicago that Panny Moel ler had foresaken the American League and coupled with the Feds. Moeller s now In the West with his bride of few days and while he cannot be cached Clark Griffith is equally ns positive thnt he is not to lose the man ivfco has tilled in at right field. I sent Moeller a contract that calls or an advance over last year. Of ourse. ho had a bad season, but 1 ave not lost confidence in him and 'eel that it Is far from his mind to tilt us at this juncture." said the llot of the Nationals in discussing he latest development in the baseball angle. , You can strip your purse In placing .1 bet that Milan and Moeller will be with us when we start out in the spring." Joe Gedeon's contract arrived today, and the utility youngster said that he will leave California for the East as soon as his leader sends word and ransportation. Manager Mathews, of the Newport Vews club of the Virginia League, was caller at headquarters today. He wants an exhibition date with the Na tionals, and will be accommodated some lime about Master. Schaefer and Al trock will lead a collection of Nation alettes to the Virginia city while the regulars are playing In this city. "Buck" Barton saw Mr. Griffith today in relation to his contract with the Los gcles club. Arrangements satisfac tory to Barton are now being made. The plans of the Feds of alienating h affections from organized baseball TEN YEARS SEES ALL NATIONALS DROP OUT Not One Member of 1904 Team Can Be Found in Major Leagues Today. By THOMAS KIRBY. That the maxim of the length of art "d fleetncss of timp is anplicablc to aycball as to all other walks is cn en'ed b the scanning of the rosters ' the contemporary teams of ISO!. rhcre is many a stnr in the coiittel tioniow who has not et to seriously "nsidcr the day when tho luster of to '" will anlsh. still both traditions id statistics proo that the players' 'enure rarelj extends over more than a t ecade Washington is no exception to the general rule that there is no royal road o baseliall glory and while some &ur- e the battle for an epochal period, "ip -vast majority soon wither after ra h:n the pinnacle of the game. Or. ! prtl li. Tl the Washington club was hrown into the face of the fierce rom rtltion with the following line-up: Moran. shortstop; Coughlin, third ba.e; f- ach. lift fleld, Stahl. tlrst base; lie ormlck fcecond base.' Thoncy. right 'id Hoffman, center fild. Kittridge, afher, and Wilson, pitcher. t Of these not one today baskr in tlie untH r-f liascball'w major cali-ium 'oran who graduated into the majors ''m Georgetown, is in business hre n-.d his principal baseball interest now giIng tiie Catholic I'niverElt the MISSOULA PITCHER IS WILDER THAN KRAPP 'asi i all fans who used to read the omts of the game& Gene Kra,ip h -d for the Naps and then mutter V iidest pitcher in the legaue,'" will to to change their tune. The reason that out In MifKOUla, Montana, in e X non Association, they had a hrr last season named Bohan who as Rubber" backed far off the uoaids l.n it comes to Inaccurate firing. 'hana record Is an unusual one. In 'i games ho issued 305 bases on balls. a erage of over four to the game. addition sixteen batters were hit by offerings, making a total of 221 fc'f's to first base. The erratic hurler so cut loose thirty-nine wild . pitches. In exact contrast to euch a record is hat of Christy Matlieweon In the Xa- tonal League. Peerless Christy issued it twentj -one passes in forty games. n other words about one sift every fther game. He made but three wiU Pitches during the season and did not bit a single batter. Another interesting fact is the rc--markablo control which the American mound artist seems to possess. Vcan regg la carded as the wildest twlrler f Ban Johnson's circuit, having hit fourteen and given 121 baes on balls, n total of 133 gifts. Falkenberg leads the league In wild pitches with thirteen charged ajainst him. Of course, Gene Krapp leads the er AFTER MOELLER of ome of the leading players In the highly rated International League, re ceived another Jar today when Johnny Priest, of this city, renewed hla con tract to play with the Rochester club. Last week It became known that the Feds were after Priest and he was ac- tuallv negotiating with them for a while until his regular manager came througii with an advance In salary, so Priest will stick to his old love. Priest was given a trial hy the New York Americans a couple of seasons back But was just a little shy of the requirements of th American League. . Priest, who working here during the season of rest for ball players. Is in ex cellent condition and expects to con tinue as a regular in tho Rochester In field. George M. Graham, formerly sporting editor of the Philadelphia North Ameri can, and now president of the Trl State League, Is In our midst. He came- here to address the students of the Cathe dral School but took time to scoff at the idea that there Is anywhere like an even chance of the Federal League to go through a season as a healthy competitor of the major circuits. Bob Murphy, a product of tho ama teur flelds of this city, may play dur ing the coming season with the Oak land, Cal., club. Murphy Is now the propertv of the Norfolk team, of the Vlrgli.ia League, but the California peoole have beon negotiating for his services and the dral Is expected to be consummated within the next" few days. - Charley Murphy, the Chicago Cubs' long-distance talking champion, has crashed his way into type again by declaring that he will carry tho case Into the courts should any of his players refuse to report in the spring and Join the Feds. Murphy is Just trying to beat his superiors to it, for It is a safe bet that he will keep out of all legal arrangements until he has gotten the tip from President Tener or the national commission. Tenei. who has about as much use for the Feds as Woodrow Wilson has for General Huerta, says he welcomes a situation that would force the play ers' contract Into the courts, but It is a pretty good bet that the head of the National League prefers the pol icy of watchful waiting; to any at tempt to force a United States court to pass judgment on that much-mooted reserve clause. Our old friend, Harry Gessler, hac arrived at Pittsburgh to take up his duties as manager of the Fed team in that city. Now all he has to do is to recruit practically n whole team to compete with Fred Clarke's crew that is being 'ounted upon as a runner-up on the Giants In the National League. Itumor now has it that Fred Falk cnberg. who used to pitch here and who Is looked upon as a stand-by for Joe Birmingham at Cleveland. Is ne gotiating with the Feds. The r-hancos, however, are that the wireless station will be bak at his old stand when the flowers commence to bloom in the spring. mot constantly successful teams that it h-is ever sent forth. Bill Coughlin. after going to Detroit from here, skidded into the minors, and is now engaged in the hotel business at his old home In Scranton. while Al Selbach, who, even In his baseball days was a great bowler, now owns and manages his own alleys in Columbus, Ohio. Jake Stahl. after retiring from the game when he left here, went to Bos ton, where he engineered a world's series team only to receive apprecia tion for the work by being summarily dismissed bv McAleer at Boston. Stahl. with his father-in-law, is a Chicago banker. Harry McCormick drifted into the American Association and has sin e grabbed a managerial berth in the Ohio State League, where he watches for promising material for the diamondH where he once played Thoney. whose principal claim to glory was a mar velous arm, is in Fort Thomas. Ky whofe police authorities are vested In bis father, who Li ch.i-f Hoffmann still clings to the game, playing center Held for Wllkesbarre Mai Kittridge is manager for a cash legister concern at Detroit, but keeps in touch with baseball's doings bv call ing on each club that visits the Michi gan metropolis Incidentally, he oc casionally performs in the role of a scout when his duties carrv him Into the wilds of the Wolvrrine State. Wil fcon. who pitched the opener in 1904. has quit baseball for a !cp exciting busi ness career In Philadelphia. The game in irhlrh this arrav took the field rebulted In a defeat for Wash ington at the hands, feet, and brains of the Philadelphia Athletics. Ed Plank, even then considered more or less of a teteran. pitched for the Mackmen, let Washington have nine hits, but came out with the long end of the score, the final count being S to 3 ratic ones in the Pacific Coast League with 134 passes in thirty-three gamea, a little over four to the xtime. Gene also cut loose eight wild pitchts. IMII Balle. formerly with the Browns, but now with Bill Donovan' l'rovl oencc i-lub in the International League, was the leader of tho wild ones In his organization and third among those in organized baseball, who Issued the most gifts during tin; past season. Seaton of the Phlllieb in the National was the most liberal In the old league With I4C gifts. However, he took part In lift-two games during the season, live more than saw Walter Johnson in action in the American circuit. Following is a list of tho erratic hurl ers of tho more Important leagues, based on the total number of gifts Is sued to first base, regardless of the number of games In which they parti cipated. Pitcher G. bb. lib. T. wp. Bohan, Missoula 50 205 16 221 2 Madden, Tcrre Haute, 3S 153 24 177 11 Bailey, Providence.... 43 157 13 176 7 Schwenk, Saginaw 45 145 19 164 11 Vaughn, IC C S5 143 10 159 0 Krapp, Portland 33 134 lo 140 S I'. Rhodes, Duluth .... 39 133 14 117 9 Scaton. Phillies 53 tX 10 1JC 3 Closman, Omaha 51 116 20 146 4 Dyer. Decatur 45 Hfi 2 J37 2 Price. Atlanta 40 124 12 136 7 DtH.-Seattle.. . 43 116 9 133 13 Grcjr. Cleveland 4i 121 li 135 9 AMHERST VARSITY - JSV PLAMHILLTOP ' ' I0XFORD IS GIVEN John Henry's Alma Mater Will Make Southern Trip This Spring for Practice. The Amherst varsity nine, from which John Henry graduated to the ranks of the big league, will be seen .here this spring. The .Massachusetts boys will play Virginia at Charlottesville on March 27. Twoamea with North Caro lina A. and M. are booked at; Raleigh. N. C, on March 28 and 29. The. next two days will be spent at Chapel- HUl. N. C, with North Carolina University. On April 2 the Amherst team will meet Georgetown at the Hilltop and the fol lowing day Catholic University at Brookland. The Navy team will be played on April 4, and then the visitors will start home. Fitzsimmons Cannot Box in New York Ring NEW YORK. Jan. 27. Bob Fitzsim mons. former heavyweight champion of tho world, is permanently barred from appearing in the ring In New York State. Justice Seabury, of the supreme court, today handed down a decision upholding the State Boxing Commission in its order prohibiting Fitzsimmons from meeting "Soldier" Kcarns before the Garden A. C. here. Justice Seaburv held that the boxing commission had acted within its au thority when It ordered that Fltz should not box before clubs of this Stato be cause of his age and the belief that his appearance might Injure the game in case the veteran fighter should be defeated. Mackmen to Play Cubs Six Exhibition Games TAMPA, Fla.. Jan. 27 Johnny Evers, manager of the Chicago National League club, declared here today that all his players would be here by Feb ruary 20. despite Joe Tinker's activity in behalf of the Chicago Federal team. Evers expects to get the signatures of Tommy Leach and Wilbur Goodo to contracts while here. Both men have orange groves near Tampa, and have been here for several weeks. The Athletics, who train at Jackson ville, will come here for three games and the Cubs will go to Jacksonville for a similar engagement. The St. Louis Browns, tranlng at St. Petersburg, across the bav from here, will also plaj a short series with the Cub. Americans Win Again Against Australians MELBOURNE. Jan. J7. Three vic tories and one tie ent to American ithlctes here in the Aut-trallan cham pionships. George L. Parker, the Cali fornia sprinter, won the 220-yard dash in 22 1-5 seconds and the 1'0 '" 51 2-5 seconds. Jimmy Powers, tho Bobton A. A. star, captun-d the mile In 4 min i:eo .. 4.". Huric Temnloton. of tho Olymi-ic Clib. Hin Francisco., tied Brake, of Victoria in me "oio aun, both clearing elcxen feet Runners Must Explain Their Thrilling Finish NEW. YORK, inn T.. llannes Koleh- mnlnrn Mnd A hel Klvint 'iae been aus- pended by X . A V and must ex plain the suspicious "dead heat" of their two-mile, race last Saturday night at the indoor meet of the Thirteenth regiment ine win ue given a iieannt February 4 by the registration commit- aa Tl..ir L.rvA.1 ntri.r thn Tl1lll3ll line Ehoultier to shoulder and loud were the complaints, not only rrom tno specta tors but the officials of the meet. Only Goode Is Out. TAMPA. Fla., Jan. 27 After obtain ing the signatures of Tommy Ieach, Pitcher George Pierce and Arty Phelan, Manager John Evers of the Chicago Cubs announced today that radically ecry member of Ihe squad has signed a Cub contract for next season except Wilbur Goode. Goode is Cn route to Chicago and la expected to sign there. Preps to Play. The Georgetown Prep basketball team plas Western High School In tho Western gym today. Diamond Briefs. Some one has spoken of Miller Hug gins as a member of tho Browns. This ts the only wa they could have hurt him worso than by giving him his right ful name. Chicago Post. Says Harry Schumacher In the New York Mall: If Fold and Sweeney flopped It might help the Yankees. Harry goes along to say that Ford Is not as good as he used to bo and that tho sweatband in Big Ed's hat Is always dry from rubbing bone. Ray Caldwell, right bander for' the Yankees, Is spending hla winter In the simplest kind of simple ways. Three days a week he telegraphs for the Pennsylvania railroad and the other four he hunts quail. Ho weighs 184 pounds and soys he li In good condi tion for the coming campaign. Hot Doggeries May Lead to High Places cue CAOTWUVr lt 9 - - - -rV " ? 'rTji )C5Ww l! SEVERAL AMCRlCAMlaVX Jris TSfcl MK. 3e FEW BASEBALL MOGULS COME UP FROM THE RANKS OF DIAMOND Federal League Is Not Handi capped Especially by Its Magnates. By LOUIS A. D0UGHER. Aro baseball magnates basebcll men? Hao they been players in their earlier days? What particular right have they l- I reside over our national pastime? Prominent men in organized baseball de clare that the Federal Lcaguo will not 11 c One of the reasons they give Is that -t has no baseball men in its bat tlefront. Tako a peek at the Federal Leaguers I and cu will find that thej' sure arc a lunn lot. Coal and Ice men, -a beancry manaer, a fish herder, an oyster tam er, land sharks, "to let" men, bonl face, a dealer in stocks and bonds, ct cetera, et cetera. That's the line-up of the Federal League. Take a peek at the American League The magnates bowing to the authority of the boss of them all. Ban B.. are the ater own-jrs, real estate owners, news paper owners, mine owners, sporting goods manufacturers, lawyers, insur ance nun. automobile salesmen, ct cet era, et cetera. Now for a peek at the National Leag uers. The magnates under the benefi cent rule of John K. Tener includo 5 east caki men. politicians, contractors, lawvers. a newspaper reporter, a for mer police commiisitiier. Take the three presidents and only one ever was an jctlve player. John K Tener plaxod ball in the National League, of which he is the latest Iead--r. Ban Johnson waa a Cincinnati BINGLES AND BUNTS ! By GRJtTLAND RICE. I A POPULAR CHORUS. I sing the blsi iill.s-eh. the biscuits mother usei to make; The dough, th pl, the waffles, tho , flapjatks and the cake. The Hour that she v,i m them tho sugar and the laid. i I sing the things th.u mother mudc-i nor nnu tne singing hard. i I sing the food of othci dajs, the while I bit and .sigh For eats that now ninc to our plates my little wife and f. Not that the food Is not as fit. not that it makes me ill. I sing the food of other days when- father paid the bill. The Kcds may op orr a .crack ball player here and there, but wo warn them awav from a liht of convrichtcd ' phrases which organized baseball has built up througii tlilrtv years of con centrated thought. Among others we include "mldseason form." "game of his life," "pink of condition," "pitches masterly ball." "hop to his fast one." "the team that beats us out," "couldn't hit him when hits meant runs." and forty or fifty others tnat have petrified in print beyond all dlslodgement. - . At the Finish. The discussion now raging among the scribes as to what to call or label the so-nionlcltcded "I'im liniatl base hit" re minds us of the way the late Guy Wet more Carryl emerged from an almost similar dilemma as to whether some thing should be labeled rocqitcfort, swlss, camembert, etc. the concluding refrain being: Well, call it anything ou plcaso At uny rate it was a cheese. Thcie are tlmcH when the Cincinnati base hit is a base hit and there bit times when it Ifii t And If it is to be labeled strictly In one- direction by one set rule or left to the discretion of the scorer, we can't sec that In either event the ultimate fate of the woild will be terribly scrambled by the final de cision. For, however labeled, it la generall n cheese aifalr of the moau buoyant type. The price on golf balls has been low ered 10 cents per. So the next time oti tap a sinker into a pond or lako take the cheering thought Intk votir soul that you have saved a dime over the old m iMiMlm ' premier ranking MipnT i-.r-"-i i .v -- -- -, - 'T T h sporting editor. John A. Gilmore is a coal t'ealer. "I'd rather take a chance wlthi base ball man than a millionaire," Clark Griffith told the writer a while ago, but the baseball men, former players, who own baseball clubs In, the major leagues can be found only with the strongest classes. The baseball brains of the American League are provided by a former sporting editor and his man agers, some of whom own stock In clubs. Clark Griffith and Connlo Mack own shares in theirs respective clubs. Frank Chance may have been let into tho New York club and lie may not. The baseball brains of the National LcHgue are provided by the managers of tho various clubs, being exactly sim ilar to the Federal League in this- re spect. Tener has yet to prove nls worth. Ho is now sitting upon a polit ical throne at Harrlsburg. Pa., carry ing on the business of his league through Rov Reeves, formerly a Philadelphia sporting editor. The scornful look at the Federal League's line-up and grin. Where does J. Edward Krause get off as president of tho Indianapolis club, say they? Krause is a hotel man. So Is Joe Lan nan. the new president of the Red Sox. How does Walter Mullen, the Buffalo real estate man, measure up to base ball demands? About as much aa Frank Farrell.the New York real estate man. who heads the Yankees. Why should Charles Wecghman, a rcstauranteur, know less than Frank N'avin or Bob Shawkey. mine owners, who own the Detroit Tigers? And why should William A. Kerr, the Pittsburgh Federal League president, bo worse than Jim Gaffney, president of the Boston Braves? They are both contractors. C. C. Madison, of the Kansas City I'cds, and Ben Minor, the Grlffmcn a boss, are lawj ers; When you examine the line-ups of all days. By losing ten In an afternoon the golfer can lay by Ji. which Is fair enough in these stringent days of in- come taxes and currency upheavals - Golfing Southpaws ,r ,.n i . r", , giving golf an awful bat- "r " "' ugusia. using h3 tools with a left-handed swing. Not panning Tvrus. this rccails ino Incident of a certain 30uthpaw golfer who played a round with Harry Vardon. At the end of the third hole they were all evene. Vardon having blown two woolly putts. "Say, Harry." remarked the elated eouthpaw with his chest expanding some nine yard.i in all directions, "who is the best left-handed golfer you ever saw?" "1'ic never seen one yet," re marktl Vurdon. "who was worth a d ." A hint to the Tyrus is sufficient. At the East Lako course In Atlanta, (ia., they still linvo a blue print of the terrific splash Cobb produced when he swung at one. missed It two feet iuhI sat down with one of tho most bonorous thuds in the lllstorj of golf. The Travels Test. It Is good news to hear that both Traera ami Oi'lmet aro to inako a counter invasion of Englund at the time tho English Dolo suuadroii Is ut work over here. These two should at least furnish a worthy argument. At Sand wich, where tho British amateur cham pionship will he plaed. Travers' suc cess will depend almost entirely upon his abililv to use u wooden club with effect. That courso tjtdnds aa ono or tho toughest In existence, and cspeclal- lv .o for :i golfer off his ork with tho wood. The drics and earrlea are such that no man can hop: to stund tho, test with Iron play fioni the tee. But tho Tiavcrs who is making this next In slon Is a vcr different Travers In more ways than ono from the Travers of some years ago who fell back at the first fire. The FcdM have decided not to go out after Jimmy Archer through the keen desire to foster base running in their circuit They see no great system In putting a blight upon this Important department at one deadly swoop. in the World of All Three Organizations Headed by Business Men Drawn From Various Places. three leagues, you will come to the con clusion that the success of big league baseball rests' In the baseball wisdom of the presidents and the managers, combined with the financial gameness of the various owners. The financial strength of the outlaws have yet to be tried. The baseball wisdom of their managers are as yet unknown. How ever, being unknown, their brains must not be discounted. You never can tell. Ban Johnson was a Cincinnati sportinlg editor possessed of a brilliant dream. He had sufficient nerve and business sense to push his dream through to a reality. John IC Tener, a machine poli tician with an excellent reputation, had the leadership of the National League presented to him on a silver plater last winter. James Alexander Gilmoro served as commissary sergeant in tho Philippines. He went to the Spanish war In an Illi nois regiment, and after being a mala ria victim for thirteen months, joined the Forty-third Regiment of Volunteers and went to the Philippines. Twenty two months In the Islands cured him, and he returned to enter tba coal busi ness In Chicago, branching out In the business of manufacturing ventilators and ventilating engines. He is a busi ness man of known ability. He has shown nerve In various ways. Why shouldn't he be respected fully as much as Ban Johnson, former sport ing editor, or John K. Tener, old-time pitcher, and now politician in Pennsyl vania? "I had the Chicago Federal League club last year," says Gilmore. "and my friends and I dropped $12,000. But we got that much back In experience. We may have to buy more experience be fore the turning point Is reached, but the Federal League is composed of game fellows, who think they have a right to be In baseball, and they will stick." It will bo recalled immediately that enarne somen, a mine owner ana manufacturer, made the success of the American League. He was the man with the dollars, and financed the Boston. Philadelphia and Cleveland clubs in the American League. Without him Ban Johnson's boasted efforts would have been as nothing. Charlie Soniers, a game business man, brought the league through to lctory. The success of the Federal League rests with the public. Despite the claims of those men on the inside, the public is sore at many of them. Can you say that Rob Hedges or Schuyler Brltton have friends In St. Louis? Isn't Charlie Murphy hated by everybody in baseball and detested in his own city of Chicago? Gerry Herr mann's yeast cake partners are getting their bumps for their shortsightedness, the fans all swinging the hammer lustl- Frank Farrell Is far from being popu lar in New York, and the most unpop ular man ever connected with baseball In Boston has Just been scalped by Ban Johnson in time to save the situation. Say what you will, the major leagues would be improved by the resignation of many of their magnates. The public doesn't care a merry ha-ha for the owners. If the magnates are good sports, willing to spend money on improvements at the parks and pur chasing needed material for the clubs, tho fans are contented. They don't care particularly whether John Jones is president or treasurer. But they certainly do want to know If Walter Johnson got his raise and is satis fied. Tho Federal League managers mean much to tho success of the venture. Joe Tinker. Otto Knabe. and Georgo Stovall havo led the raid upon the forces of organized baseball with con- "jiaerable skill. Nevertheless, the stars V.v been against them. Tho promise made by the- membors of the Players' Fraternity not to sign with anybody worked a hardship upon the outlaws But for that promise many a big leaguer would havo Jumped during the early winter. Tho battle line of the Federa's doe not look strong. They aro gathering tho bad actors, tho spavined stars of past days, bushers who never came up or who have gone back to the grass. But it Isn't for organized baseball men to faugh too loudly even now. They are living In glass houses and stones arc dangerous. If the outlaws finish this season and still have the financial Sameness necessary some of them may be found in the ranks of the big leagues, with all their past faults forgotten. Baseball English Relay Team One of the Strongest Seen at Penh Gathering. In the groupings for the twentieth an nual Perm relays, which were announced by Frank B. Ellis, the veteran promoter, Oxford University, o England, Is given first place In the select ranks. Oxford has positively notified, the Fenn management that it will send a team', and Cambridge, which was also invited, hi case It can get a fast team, may also go after, the championship relay honors on Franklin Field Saturday, April 25. Germany and Sweden will probably have teams in next year's races. Grouped with Oxford and Cambridge are Yale, (Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth, Michigan. Chicago, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. The Oxford team, which will be cap tained hy A. N. S. Jackson, the Olympic 1.500-meter champion, will be one of the strongest that has ever entered a four mile relay. The average time for the four men is said to be 4 'minutes and 20 seconds a mile. Captain Jackson, an Englishman: G. JL Sproule, of Australia; Basil Rudd, of South Africa, and Norman Tabor, an American Rhodes scholar, comprise the Oxford team. T SILL TEAMS' PEP Says They Can Afford to Cut Loose in Hopes of Landing a Victory. The unusual strength developed by the so-called smaller college football teams of last season is still a subject .of much discussion by students of the game. M. J. Thompson, former coach at Georgetown and one of the leading officials and authorities on football, in an analysis of the situation states: "There are several very satisfactory reasons that might be offered to explain the football equality w hlch at present exists between the large and small col leges. The large universities must by reason of their football poljcy retain a conservative stylo of play. The smaller colleges, on the other hand, more readily adapt hemselves to the changes in the rules, and aro conse quently able to offer more surprises In offensive play than their big brothers can offset; by their more ponderous team work. Than, too. the small insti tutions have everything to galh and noth;ng to lose by employing these new tactics. "If they lose, it is no discredit to them, but -If they win or even tie, great glory Is theirs, ana their victory is nearly always the result of careful analysis of the now rules, and often their reckless application. Their style Is always characterized by ouick. snap py plays, the frequent use of the for ward pass, and, when it was legal, the cnslde kick. Tho large universities can not so safely employ these tactics. They must be conservative, th-jy can take no chances, they must ivin as the result of less brilliant plays and more fault less team work, so when an ordinarily weaker team offers a good defense and a bewildering number of open plays, the rightful victor must lose." HOMPSON MS Greek Letterites to Form Baseball League Plans are being discussed for the for mation of an interfraternlty baseball league at the Georgo Washington Uni versity this spring. The movement has been suggested by the brilliant success of tho recently or ganized Interfraternlty Basketball League. Intense Interest is being mani fested in the proposed plans, as there arc many fast players among the Greek letter organizations. Feds Start on Stand. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Jan. 27. Work on tho construction of the grand stands at the Federal Lcaguo baseball park was started 'here today. Mayor Joseph E. Bell turned the tlrst spadefull of dirt. According to J. Edward Krause, presi dent of tho local club, tho work on the field and stands will be pushed and everything will bo ready by tho tlm the season opens. f MINCE PIE A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING By "BUGS" BAER. If Carl Cashton is really married, it's time that he got over his "'wildncss" and settled down. Federal League-has signed up "threa stars Charlio Murphy wtJl continue to insist on antl-drinking clause in all contracts. RABID RUDOLPH SAYS "Frank Chance has decided to quit orca sized Baseball, and will stick to the Yan kees this season," d8s REVISED BASEBALL R,ULE3 FOR Mil. ' Balking-A balk is any motion tho opposing pitcher makes in tho box ib deliver tho ball to the hatter -without delivering It. In this respect of faDins to deliver, a bait Is not unlike tha rurai.free delivery. M A balk is any motion on the part of the pitcher, such aa .-waving- tho cars, twitching ,the .nostrils or 'wiggling the toes.' which has been detected by Clark Griffith. A non-balk shall bo declared by tho umpire every time that C. Grif fith claims a balk. At least, that seems f to be-tho procedure. GEORGE STOVALL CLAIMS THAT THE ST. LOOET BROWNIES USE TRICKERY IN SIGNING m THH1K PLAYERS. WELL, IF THEx DIDN'T HAVE NINE PLATERS ON THE FD3LD THEY WOULD LOSE THEtft FRANCHISE. An Indian man has invented an m. broidery frame which leaves both hands ireo ana nas a. rest ior tne elbows. No . reason why ticket takers at the Cincin nati ball park should suffer from ennui this summer. Looks like the Government Is going to start a league. Two thousand marines In the West Indies are goins through advance base maneuvers. " New York outlaws killed another in nocent spectator. At this"rate the crop of Innocent spectators wfll he e-rilnef by the time the Federal Leasuo arrives on. tho scene. Interstate Commerce Commission de cides that the Great Lakes steamship lines must transport perishable goods. such as butter, eggs, et& This compels them also to carry the St. Looey Browns from Cleveland to Detroit. Investigation by Congress shows that the United States is using obsolete pro jectiles. Thought that the controversy over tho cork center baseball was all settled. Our bowling editor writes that the bowling races are waxing close. Whose mustache is he referring to? RUMOR THAT PACKY McFAR LAND AND MIKE GD3BONS" MAY GET TOGETHER IN A TEN-ROUND BOUT. IMPOSSIBLE. MATCH THEM UP FOR FIFTY ROUNDS AND THEY MIGHT GET TOGETHER ABOUT THE FORTY-NINTH ROUND. Western papers say that the public must have patience with the Federal League. The public must also have some patients for them. Borrell Is Eliminated From Championship Talk PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Jan. 27. Joe Borrell was eliminated from welter weight championship possibilities last night at the Olympla when George Chip, of Pittsburgh, tho conqueror of Frank Klaus and 'a few others, made a chopping block of the pride of Kensing ton. Other than tho first punch of the bout, which was a left Jab and a sick looklng rally in the third round. Bor rell never had a look-In and only by a show of ability to take punishment was able to last out the. six rounds Snodgrass Will Stay With McGraw's Team Fred Snodgrass, tho Giants outfielder has agreed to terms from the New York club, spikoig the tale that he content plated jumping to the outlaws. Arthur Wilson, the catcher reported to havo signed a Federal League contract, has wired President Hempstead that ho Is sticking to the Giants. Both players aro wintering In California and have received offers from Georgo Stovall. Kahler Quits Naps to Play With Gesslerites PITTSBURGH, Jan. "!7. George Kah ler, the Naps big pitcher, has signed to pla'y with Doc Gesslers Federal Leagu team here, getting a big increase in salary over the figures offered him by Joe Birmingham. Fbot Specialists .1214 F Street GIVE YOUR FEET A CHANCE , to serve you as they should. You can not expect your feet to be of use to you if you allow painful Corns, Bunions, Knlarged Joints, Cal lous, Ingro-rtinic Nails, Flat Foot, &c. Our Chiropody is the most advanced and with the assistance of modern ap pliances you are afforded superior service and results. Consultation Fret-. Hours 8:30 to 5:30 Phone M 2678 Hdlcs' Maid la Attendance,