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I SOMMERS LIKELY TO :: RETAIN INTEREST IN { THE PELICAN CLUB >«• Y. M. C. A. Runners Capture Road Race TINKER ANXIOUS TO ! PLAY IN CHICAGO j WITH THE CUBS i ONLY TWO CLUBS IN AMERICAN WILL NO! Mack and Birmingham to Stand Pat on Teams That Completed 1913 Season IVANKS AND BROWNS TO UNDERGO CHANGES / - potli Chance and Rickey Have Large dumber of Holes to Plug—Griffith After Good Outfielder—Needs of r the American League Clubs J -- 4 Chicago, December 13.—There are two American league clubs who may take the field next spring with exactly the same outfits of regulars with which they com* “pleteci the 1913 season. The two lucky ^ones are the Athletics and Naps. * Even a burglar would have t,o be fk skillful artist to break into Connie Mack’s $100,000 infield while the outfield ^combination of Oldring, Strung and Eddie Murphy looks to be good enough. It is Vdoubtful, anyway, if Connie will make .much of an effort to improve upon if. 'fichang and Lapp will he on hand aguin to do the catching, while the pitching Btaff will be practically the same. As for the Naps, it looks as if Johnston, HLajoie, Chapman and Turner would form tlhe inner defense again with Graney, Lei *?old and Jackson doing the fly-chasing Btunts. Steve O’Neill, of course, will be *he premier catcher, with possibly Fred tarisch and one other to assist him. A few youngsters have been purchased and drafted but they will have to prove stars l#o dislodge any of the seven regulars. Callahan stands rat S Jimmy Callahan of the White Sox, ill stand pat on Chase, Weaver and <Lord of his infield, but Second Baseman iBerger will have to contest the right to jhl.s position with Russel) Blackburne, who •will endeavor to prove lie is a real big leaguer this time. Collin.0, Bodie and Chappell are Callahan's gardeners. They are not very classy, biu good enough to make It difficult for a recruit to tweak in. Griffith will send the same infield on the diamond, but is desirous of improving ppon Shanks in the outfield. The former Youngstown boy Is a star outfielder but Is weak at the bat. Moeller, the right fielder, also possesses faults which cause Griffith to be on the lookout for a bet ter man. . Boston will keep Its outfield unchanged tout It would be no surprise if the in field underwent a few changes. Angle is ft splendid utility man and a strong bat ter but he could be Improved upon as a first sacker. At any rate, Carrigan has a couple of first base recruits whom lie •will try out in the spring. Waivers were asked on Steve Yerkes last summer but iSteve finished the season with the Pox, at that. Still, he is booked to go. Carri gan would also like to find a youngster to replace Heine Wagner or at least take Heinie’s place when the veteran is crip pled, which was often last season. Changes at Detroit k Detroit may undergo some changes. In i fact, it might be stated that Bush. Cobb end Crawford are the only three regulars who have their berths cinched. Vltt might be added to the list but even he has fio mortgage upon the keystone cushion. As for MorSarity, Gainer and Veach, they are merely waiting until some youngster bobs up that has the ability to make Jfood. • The Browns and the Yankees are the Only ones to be discussed. Inasmuch as they were the tail end teams, much can • appen to the players who finished the reason. First Baseman Stovall has al ready left the Browns, leaving Austin as the only infielder who seems to have any confidence in his being able to retain ills Job. Bert Shotton is the only outfielder jvho is sure of his place. • The outlook at New York is not quite Oo much of a puzzle. Chance likes Zekler, [Peck and Maisel. three of his inflelders. These three are reasonably sure of keep ing their jobs, but there is no telling how the outfield will be composed or who will t>e assigned to first base Needs of Cubs | The needs of the American league clubs Seem to be about as follows: ' Philadelphia—a right handed batting Outfielder to replace Walsh, who goes to New York. Washington—A hard hitting outfielder find another right-hand pitcher. Cleveland—A right-hand pitcher, a Bratcher and a right-hand batting out fielder; first base could be improved by the acquisition of a better hatter than Johnston. • Chicago—Outfielders of more a’l around, ability than Bodle and Collins and a bet ter second baseman than Berger. Boston—A second baseman, a regular •rsi baseman and an understudy lor (Shortstop Wagner. Detroit—One outfielder, three infielders Sind three pitchers. New York—First baseman, a catcher, a pitcher and at least two outfielders. *Sl. Louis—A catcher, a right-hand pitcher, a first baseman, a second Backer, A shortstop and an outfielder or two. MULE SPINNERS7 UNION VOTES STRIKE Warwick, R. I., December 13.—Offi cials of the Mule Spinners’ union an nounced today that (hey had voted to go on strike in all the mills of the Pawtucket valley Monday unless their demands for a new wage scale are granted. Union men say the schedule* desired is similar to that now ivi ef fect in Fall River, Mass. A strike would affect the IS mills of the B. II. and It. Knight company in this state and Massachusetts and also factories in which filling is made for the fabric produced by those mills. DE LA LAMA LEAVES NEW YORW FOR PARIS New York, December 13.—Adolfo de la ljsma, Mexican minister of finance, and Salvador E. Chagarey sailed for Paris today to negotiate, if possible, a loaji for the Huerta government. Senor de la Lajna left Mexico City December 4. So far as could be ascertained lie made no effort to raise funds here. JOHN HORAN g la Now in C harge of LUNCH SERVICE at SUBURBAN BAR| “NIFF SED" i RUNNERS WAITING FOR SIGNAL TO COMMENCE ROAD RACE -----iil I Ii«* above is a view of the winners waiting for the starting gun in the third annual road race, held yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Birmingham Athletic club. From left to right the teams prei A. A. H). club, Birmingham; Athletic club, Birmingham college, Howard college, Alabama and the Young Men's Christian association. • • ..... Winner of Road Race L. G. CLAIBOURNE Of the Y. M. C. A., who captured the third annual road race in easy fashion yesterday afternoon. OFFERS OF FEOS ARE TURNED DOWN Johnston Turn Down Flat tering Offers of Fed eral League Moguls Chattanooga, December 13.—(Special.! If the Federal league meets with no great er success throughout the country than it has in Chattanooga in securing talent, the third major league will be very sparse ly populated in 1914. Two local athletes have already turned the proposition of the Federal magnates down Hat. The duo In question is composed of Bobby Hig gins, who caught for Newark last sea son and is slated to perform for the Pel? in 1914, and “Doc” Johnston, first base man extraordinary of the Naps. Both men deceived flattering offers but both will remain within the pale of or ganized ball. The local athletes feel like the majority of those throughout the country. They favor the Players’ fra ternity and its demands, but will secure their rights by arbitration. Jlfhmy Johnston, in spite of the great reputation which he made upon the coast, when he shattered all base stealing rec ords. and the publicity which has been given him since he went to the Cubs, has not been approached. Such is tlie case with Kid Klberfeld, Jim Baskette. Jack Reidy and the other professional tossers hibernating in this community. Only Three Leading Swat ters Advance Into Fast Company New York, December 13.—Not with standing the fact that the major leagues had an army of scouts scouring the minor organizations for talent last season, but three leaders in minor league batting were landed. All three go to the American league, Chappeiie. who led the American association, be longs to the Chicago White Sox; Wil son, the New England league leader, has been signed by the Boston Red Sox, and Kavanaugh, the Tri-State league batting champion, has been drafted by the Detroit Tigers. Of the 33 players who top the hat ting list in their respective leagues. 21 will remain with the same teams wit'; which they played last season. To Tv Cobb belongs the honor of being tho best hitter in major league company, while in Malmcjuist the York club of the little Nebraska State league pro duced the top-notch batting starr of the season. Malmquist, who goes to the Oshkosh club, finished the season witli a batting average of .477. His figures show that he was at bat 323 times. The hatting championship titles are given to those players who finished the season with tho b* . t average after par ticipating ‘n at least one-half of the regularly scheduled games. CLAIBOURNE ROMPS OVER LINE AN EASY WINNER IN ROAD RACE Shatters Record for Course. Y. M. C. A. Has Little Trouble Capturing Team Trophy—Howard Second By ASA ROUNTREE, JR. Shnttcrlng the former record by ft3Va seconds, L. G. Claihourne, representing the Young Men's Christ Inn associa tion. romped over the line yesterday afternoon an easy winner of the third annual road race, held under the aus pices of the Birmingham Athletic club. Nearly 300 yards separated him and the second runner, Ylvlnn Jones, who bent out Robbins n»d Douglas Beatty, both of the A oung Men's Christian as sociation, in the sprint for the tape. In turn, Robbins beat Ileatty and capJ t u red third place, while Beatty took fourth position. The Young Men's Christian assslatlon easily won the team trophy, scoring a total of 31 points or ft I less thnn the second team. Howard college finished second with Nft points, while the Birmingham Ath letic club nosed out Birmingham col lege for third rank. The Athletic club team rolled up 104 points nnd the Owenton lads 12S.. The University of Alabama and the A. A. O. club fulled to finish. Former Record Broken Olalbourne negotiated the three miles in 16 minutes and 29 seconds, eclipsing the | former record of 17:22% by nearly a min ute. Vivian Jones also finished inside of the old record, running the distance in 1 17 minutes and 20 seconds. Robbins' titne for the course was 17 minutes and 23% seconds. Keith of the Young Aden’s Christian as sociation finished fifth, Gallant of How ard sixth and Woody of the Young Men's Christian association seventh. The first five men to finish, Claibourne, Jones, Robbins, Beatty and Keith, were all of the Young Men’s Christian associa tion. However, the scores of Jones and Robbins were not allowed to count in the total as they were running unattached. Of the first 10 men to finish, seven of them wore the Young Men’s Christian as sociation colors. The prettiest sight of the entire race was the struggle between Jones, Rob bins and Beatty at the finish for second place. Entering the final 100 yards almost abreast this trio strained every muscle to shake off the other. For the first 50 yafds there was no change in position, but in the final 50 yards, Jones, by a mag nificent burst of speed, flashed ahead of Robbins and Beatty, breaking the tape a scant two yards in the fore. There was no delay in placing the run ners and shortly after three o’clock Starter Courleux sent them dowrn Twen tieth street for the beginning of the third annual road race. * Sprinting down Twentieth street, the runness swung east into Fifth avenue and settled dowrn to a steady pace> evidently conserving their energies for the strenu ous run that lay before them. Llaibourne lakes Lead On turning into Fifth. Claibourne im mediately forged to the lead and from then on he was never headed. Steadily he increased his lead until at the end of the first mile lie was nearly 100 yards In the van. Douglas Beatty was second, while Jones. Robbins and Jenkins of Ala bama was bunched close behind. The re maining contestants were strung out in a long line. The same order was main tained until near the end of the second mile when Jenkins passed Jones and Rob bins and went in third place. It seemed as if Claibourne gained at every stride for at the end of the second mile he had increased his lead to nearly 200 yards. At the two-third mark Beatty was still in second place, while Jones and Robbins were fighting it out for third place. Jenkins of Alabama finding the pace too hot dropped out. The other run ners were strung out in a long line far behind. At this point it was seen that t’lal- I bourne would be an easy winner and it also began tn appear as if Beatty had second place sewed up with third place honors lying between Jones and Robbins. However, in the final mile numerous un expected changes took place that gave an entirely different aspect to the race. Jones and Robbins increased their stride and steadily closed in on Beatty, until at the sprint they had caught up and beut him to the tape. Keith also speeded up, caught Gallant, who had for the great part of the race been resting in fifth place and nosed him out at the finish. Claibourne finished the race in a burst of speed ami uppeared not at all tired. Fifty Toe Line Fifty men toed the line at the begin ning of the run, tlie Ensley High school and Marion Military institute teams fail ing to appear, and^of this number 34 fin ished. Harrington of the A. A. O. club was the only runner to feel any bad effects of the race, he having fainted at the be ginning of the second mile. This is the first time that a team has captured both Individual honors and team honors. Tn 1911 the Birmingham High school copped the team trophy, while Fred Gallant of Howard college won in dividual honors. Last your Howard col lege achieved premier honors, while Karl Platowsky gained first place. Following the ra^e the team trophy and individual medals were presented to the winners on the steps of the Birmingham Athletic club. The race in every way was the most successful that has ever been held anti all credit for its successful termination is HOW THE RUNNERS FINISHED The following is the order in which the runners on each team finished in the third annual road race, held yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Birmingham Athletic club: Young Men’s Christian Association—Claibourne, 1; D. Beat ty, 4; Keith, 5; H. Beatty, 10; Platowsky, 11. Total,'31. Howard College—Gallant, (i; Acton, 14; Newman, 18; Rich, 23; Kingery, 24. Total, 85. Birmingham Athletic Club—Early, 9; Ritchie, 20; Speigler, 21; Black, 26; Bandy, 28. Total, 104. Birmingham College-—Laughinhouse, 8; Green, 27; Hanes, 30; Julian, 31; Hayes, 32. Total, 128. A. A. O. Club—Mahler, 13; Schaefer, 29. University of Alabama—Jenkins, 16; Patterson, 17; .Johnson, 19; Barnes, 33. The Ensley High school and Marion Military institute teams failed to appear. •••••••••••■••••••••••••••••••••••••••••■••••••••••••••■••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••a _________________________________________________________________________________________________ I BIRMINGHAM PLACED IN CLASS “A” RIFLE LEAGUE Washington, December 13.—Twenty eight clubs, representing 27 cities, will contest in this season's indoor rifle shoot ing matches between civilian clubs for the inter-club rifle championship of the Uni ted States, a trophy for which has been presented by the war department. The matches will begin the week of December 22, and continue throughout the winter, under the auspices of the National Rifle Association of America. This year the clubs, instead of being divided into eastern and western leagues, will be in “A" and “B" classes, class ‘A" representing clubs which have shown •••••••••••••••••••••••••••■•••••••••••••••••••••■•a* the highest percentages of efficiency in previous matches. In this class will shoot teams representing these cities: Cleve land, Milwaukee (two teams), Dickinson, N. D.; Manchester, N. H.; St. Paid, Bridgeport. Conn.; Youngstown, O.; War ren, Pa.; Birmingham; Bucyrus, O.« Adrian, Mich.; Tacoma, Wash., and Washington, D. C. Cities represented in class “B" will be Madison, Wis.; Hopkins, Minn.; Bedford, O. ; Mnrion, O.; Stillwater. Minn.; San Francisco, Helena, Kings Mills, Wa> den, Col.; Boston, Rochester, N. Y.; Min neapolis. New Orleans and Louisville. An individual gallery championship will be shot immediately after the close of the club matches. GRIDIRON GENERALS FOR 19141 South Auburn, Robinson, end. Vanderbilt. Sikes, fullback. Alabama. Long, fullbp.ck. Georgia, Paddock, quarterback. Sewanee. Tolley, quarterback. Tennessee. Kelly, tackle. Georgia* Tech, McDonald, halfback. Virginia, Gooch, quarterback. Louisiana State, Spencer, tackle. Washington and Lee, Donahue, quarter back. East and West Yale, Talbott, tackle. Princeton, BalUn, tackle. Pennsylvania, Young, halfback. Army, Prichard, quarterback. Pittsburg. Smith, guard. Swarthmore. Cline, fullback. Amherst, Warren, halfback. Brown, Mitchell, center. Syracuse, Shufelt. center. Lafayette, Diamond, quarterback. Washington and Jefferson, Cruilcshank, center. Carlisle, Busch, guard. Bowdoin, Lewis, tackl«. Tufts. Angell, halfback. Haverford, Carey, quarterback. Gettysburg. Scheffer, halfback. , Chicago. Des Jardien, center. Illinois, Chapman, tackle. Michigan. Raynsford, end. Iowa, Dick, halfback. Northwestern, Hightower, quarterback. Michigan, Julian, fullback. Notre Dame, Jones, tackle. Kansas, Detwiler, halfback. Minnesota, Rosenthal, guard. Nebraska, Towle, quarterback. Stanford, Ford, breakaway. Georgetown. Murray, halfback. ATHLETICS LEAD AMERICAN LEAGUE AS RUN-GETTERS Detroit, December 13.—How many runs win a ball game? Bill Burns. the sleepy southpaw, said when he came to the Tigers for his last try in the big leagues. “Givo me four runs and J’ll be a winning pitcher.” Usually Detroit gave him the four, but he wasn’t a winner. Still, his game is tlie usually accepted one and it is borne out almost exactly by the figures of the American league last season. In Ban Johnson's circuit, five clubs won more than half their games. Tim Athletics, Washington. Cleveland, Bos ton and Chicago slipped above the .600 percentage mark. The average of runs scored by each of these^ teams in a game was -1.1. Only one. Cleveland, hit this ideal mark exactly. The Athletics, pennant winners, were way above the mark with an average of 6.2 runs to the game while two of the winning dub* slipped below. Boston, a fairly well balanced club, made 4.2 runs in eacn game. Washington, which landed second, ami Chicago, in fifth place, are the clubs that fall below. The Nationals marie 3.8 runs a game and the Sox only 3.2. But the answer to that is pitching. With Johnson holding them dowh, Griffith’s men did not need big scores. And Chicago, in Clcotte. Rus sel and Scott had a trio that helped them in the hitless wonder act. The Tigers furnish the other side of the matter. They scored the ideal number of runs a game. 4.1. Yet they finished sixth, where on a scoring basis they should have landed no worse than fourth. Of course the answer to this is the position of the Tiger twirlers in the league percentage column. Detroit gave the impression of having more pitching than scoring strength, but this was false, as the figures show. What created the impression was tin* excellent work of one or two pitcher j due to Coach Nespor, ihe originator of the run. and H. N. Stitrnes. who had charge of all details. For over a month this duo lias been energetically at work, striving to make tills year's the b-jst of any previous one, and in this they were more than successful. all through the season and the flashes of fine form shown by others. There was good pitching, but not enough. The scoring power shown by these figures is the best thing about th<* FAST YOUNGSTER - • " 1 11 VIVIAN JONES Of the Y. M. C. A., who copped second place in the road race yester day by nosing out Robins and Beatty in the final sprint. MOELLER EASY FOR Lead-Off Man of Senators Easiest Batter in Ameri can League to Fan 4 Chicago. December 13.—In the strike out line, Danny Moeller, the lead-off man of the Nationals, proved the eas iest to whiff, while the opposing fling ers had much trouble retiring La join via the three-strike route. The vet eran second sacker for Birmy’s crev/ fanned only 17 times in 137 games, an average of .12 per contest, while Moel ler whiffed 106 times in 153 contests, or .69 times per battle. But just think of it. Here we have a player, Lajoie, who has been in th? pastime for many, many years, and l>e ing fanned only 17 times In 137 games, an average of a little more than once every nine contests he participated in. and is no longer able to pickle that lit tle speck shoved up by the opposing flinger. Qus Williams of the Browns was the second easiest to fan. “Soft Nose Gus' took three swings 89 times in the 14!; games he participated in, an average of .60 per battle. Speaker and Milan were the second hardest to fan, winding up with a mark of .17 per battle. Mc lnnis, Barry and Baker of the champ ion Athletics also proved tough pick ings for the nioundsmen to fan. FORTIFICATIONS FOR CANAL ARE SHIPPED New York. December 13.—Ten mortar guns and carriages were loaded on the steamship Cristobal today for shipment to the Panama canal zone, to be used In the fortifications there. A detachment of artillery will accompany the equip ment. T3engals. With a host of young pitch ers who look good, it would simply take a slight turn of the wheel to bring Detroit up again. There is no reason to believe that the tallying power will be lessened for soma years to come. JOHNSON CAUSE OF KAHOE RETIRING t One Day’s Catching of Big Swede Enough to Make Him Forsake Baseball RENDERING VALAUBLE SERVICE AS A SCOUT Has Roped Large Number of Senator Stars—Ainsmith, Cashion, Walker, Long, Lelivelt, Moeller and Foster Among Proteges Washington, Dccebemr 13.—Washington baseball fans probably do not remember the day Mike Kahoe, Griff’s handy scout, sang his swan song ut National park, threw away his catcher’s mitt and said to his pals: "I’ve gone behind the bat for the last time in my life." Kahoe pulled this Adelina Patti stunt back in 1909, late In the season, during the Cantiilon regime, and strange to re late Walter Johnson was the pitcher on that occasion. That day Cantillon was shy of catchers —Blankenship and Gabby Street were both nursing sore digits and refused to work. Street finally agreed to catch a few innings, and started the game. It was one of those dark, dog (lays when Johnson had nothing but smoke, anti was zipping ’em over with the speed of a Mauser bullet. In the fourth inning Street sent out distress signals. Mike Kahoe was on the bench, and Cantillon made him relieve the talkative one. Mike had done very little work that season. He was used more to warm up the pitchers and occasionally pinch hit, than anything else. Two out of every three balls that John son shot over landed in Kahoe’s glove, only to drop out. Only a couple of stolen bases went to the credit of the visiting team, for only two visitors could get on the bases, but somehow or other, Mike stuck it out, finishing the game. Ten minutes after the final man had been retired Kahoe’s left hand was swol len the size of a ham. Jn the dressing room he sought Cantillon and coolly in formed him that so far as catching was concerned the Washington ball club would have to struggle along without his serv ices. “I don't know why 1 wasn't killed,” Kahoe added. “Johnson had so much •"speed that every ball which landed in my mitt nearly ripped ym arm loose, and the palm of my hand felt as if somebody had stuck a sharp knife through it.’ Since that time Kahoe has never caught a ball game. Cantillon appointed him scout for the club, which position he still holds. A Valuable Scout Since Kahoe has quit playing ball he lias rendered valuable service to the' Washington club. Joe Cantillon’s jud;? ment that Mike should make good as a scout was accepted by McAleer, who had charge in the cupital during 1910 and 1911, and by Griffith, the present incumbent. An old catcher himself, Kahoe’s first prize was Eddie Ainsmith. who was pur | chased from the Lawrence club of the New England league back in 1910. John Henry was added later. Both are still * with the Nationals, and Incidentally re garded as about the best receivers.in the American league. Jack Lelivelt Is one of Knhoe’s pro teges. also Jay Carl Cushion. Red Walk-** er, Torpniy Long, Bill Allen, Morley and Outfielder Ben Spencer. When Jimmy McAleer made the big deal with Rochester for Danny Moeller and Eddie Foster, it was Kahoe who first 1 recomended these players, although Mc Aleer himself took a trip to Rochester, and. after watching them in action, closed the deal with Manager John Ganzel of the I International leaguers. Kahoe. previously to coming to Wash ington, lived in Cincinnati. As a big leaguer he played on several clubs and was always rated as a steady, hard work ing catcher. Washington is Mike's home at present, and his friends here arc legion. * BROWNS TO PLAY HERE IN SPRING President Bn*gh of the local club an nounced yesterday that an exhibition fame had been arranged with the 8t. I.ouls Browns on March 24. 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