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THE WASHINGTON TIMES. TUESDAY, JANUARY 27,' 1914.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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