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Sporting Pages 1 and 2. S'llF DI8HATCH FOUNDED 1830. TIIEJ TIMES FOUNDICD 1880. WHOLE NUMBER 17,094. RICHMOND, VA., SUNDAY, FEBBITAEY 4,1906. Sporting Pages 1 and 2, PRICE FIVE CENTS. AMERICAN AND NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAMS SIZED UP Boston Again Likely to Head Ban Johnson9 s Lay out, With Phila* delphia Weakened. (Special to The Tlrnes-Dlsputch.) Ity TIM .MUItNANK. NKW YOlllC, Kebruiiry ll.--For the sea? son of 1!?H I thlnk the Nntlohal/'Lcagtlo hns Htreiigthened nll nrotind, while tho Anierli'.'in T.oaguo ls a stnnd-off, wlth ?very club havlng a show. Wlth the AthleUcs, weakened by tiio los.i of l.avr; Cros'sj 1 look for Boston. Chlcago, Clevolund, Washlngton, Detrolt flnd New York 16 lie.ni off the Quak'crs for tho hopors nexl scasOn. Only at tinies, however, ns Connld Mnok's pltch ers wlll keep hl? tenm In a good posltlon untll li-- lii developed a new thlnl base iniin. Bu'l lo- wlll hardly flnd another J.avo C.'r..s.-> wli-n It comes to nll that gOCS to make up a Wlliner flnd a great n'll-round favorito wlth the bnsc-ball p'ub II.-. Boston ls sure to take a brace ag;?in tbe enmlug season under .Flmmle Collins; who wlll bo glven full charge of the i"inn from llrst to lnst. and mako a suproni. effort to put tb- cx-champloiis In tHol'r Old posltlon. Boston bus plcked nn enough ..f young tulotit to nll ln wlth, and all tbal ii, , ii. .1 to mako a iylnner is to havo the ol.| plnyers start the s'a.:on in lirst-class condition and go oltt for the grand prlzo lu earnost. Last year it was a loaf after two strcnuous leasons, and nothlng but luistllng wlll go this season wlth Collins. Tbe out In salary suggestcd to tbe play ers wa.s not ncci --urlly the llgures tb-l rluli expected to pay lhc boys outahln ] of two ?r thre. cases, and the lloston noyg wlll work thls Bcaaon wlth moro spimk than tjver, if I :nn any kind of a prbphct. Looks Hard for Griff. Clark Grlfflth wlll have a tb'ugii time in whipping that New Vork bunch Into win nlug foi iu. He has some good ball players, und many that nre only of ordinary cal Jfx r. it doesn'l look llke n brnlhy bunch of st.'iy.-rs. and belng located In New York will still hnn.Hcap thelr prOgrCSa. PlayoTM get Injured too easlly at tho Hlghland ball park, and Clark Grlfflth Is too fontl of maklng chahges, ur.td his team ls not near as strong as It was one ycar ago. Tlie Alhletirs wlll feel the setbaek givcn them by tho Olants ln tlmt meetlng for the king row, aiul will provo much tain-r nr>.\t season than when led by the veteran Lavo Cross, Washlngton will play more conslstont ball ne.\t season, and provo a .iiiii<-uit proposltlon lo all teams. visiting that eity. Gross wlll 1jo a g/ront lielp tn Man? ager Jnke Stfllll, and, Wltfi a K"od oorps of pitcliors, the Senators wlll hold their own. i Cloveland is llkely to sliow great spoed, as usual. for n part of tlie season, but wllll have trouble in keoplng up wlth tbe hand wagon, as too much depends on I.arry Lajolo, and even tho great Larry can have hls off seasuns. Detroit should provo a tobgh proposl? tlon as they leave. the mark next spring, Judglng from tbo way they went down tbe home stretch last Call; No one, how? ever. will plck Coughlln's ini-n for peh nniit wlnners, and they an- moro than J.'fccly to mifke tlielr berj gbowlng before July Fourth. I look ror Comlskcy's chlcago boys (o stu>t orr glngerly, Tbo a?Uraok they met nt. tho hands of Charley Murphy's ru'.n no .foubi took inucli of tbe odhfldehcri away fr.mi tho boys. Dolng n lot ot nat? ural Insldo playors, however. Just a little moro stlckwork wlll mako them a hard club to heat, and "Commy" lias tliis ln mlnd. St. Loula will ho thp same old experlmentnl s.-hoo' -with tiu- principal alm to keep out of tl*.- lasl bole. Pittsburg Looms Up Strong. In tbe natlonal Uuguc Pittsburg look* stronger than last season, aiul wlll br. the club to glve the Giants battle for flrst honors. I can't see how the Glantn ean be stopped this season. Pittsburg has a flghtlng chance, and wlll slfp In should anythlng happen to Mathewson, Phlladelphia and Chlcago nre pretty sure to flght It out for thlrd place. The Quakers are not as strong on paper, but will show better staying powers. The several change., in Chlcago may lialp out for a while In the spring, but tbe long summer days wlll tell on the new talent. and Mr. Murphy will have a henp of trouble in keeplng hls boys keyed up for a drlve after Jlily 4th. Cincinnati has a shade on tho second dlvislon clubs?Boston, Erooklvn and St. f GRAFT POPULAR EVEN AT YALE Athletic Association Paid Tutoring Bills of Stars, Gave the Facu'lty Free Tickets and the Coaches Carriage Rides Galore. (Special to Tlio Tiiues-Dlspatcli.l NEW HAVKN. February 3.?From tho ecntlmenta c,xprcssed in the Yale recent faculty meetings, lt ls known thnt some of the ltems whlch have appeared ln tho annual roports of Mr. Cutnp wlll nover be seen thero again. The faculty arc a unit thnt no athletc will be allowed, 10 be tulored In the futuro and his bills paid by tbe atliletlc associalioiis. _Ir. Camp adtnlts that this has boen done ln tlie past. Voucliers for theatre tickets, bncks to go* to tlio Yale lield and back and slinilar luxuries crop out in tho, ilems allowed l>y Mr. Camp, and these havo been seen lor the last time, according lo tlie faculty. Thero is one iiom of athleilc graft. whlch Iniplicates the faculty Itsolf?freo tir-kcts to all tlio members of the faculty nnd their families to tho giinies. The faculiy have seen flt to uso these year nfter year, and ono professor ls known to have taken Into a game seven people. on hls own pass. The atliletlc manago'rs are watehlng t<> see whether the faculty wlll bereafler frown upon freo passes or will continue t<> accept tln-in. Tlie. saloxles of Yule'a atliletlc coaches have not booii publlshed ln years. Mem? bers of tlm faculty have volced tho de? mand ln tlio meetings which have. heen held for tlie fullest publlcatlon of tlieso ns well as of all the financial itcnis. The practice has been defended. hnwevor, by' HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A DOG? $34,000 in Prizes Offered for the Classy Pups in Westminster Show. (Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.) NEW YORK, Fobriiury :i.-TIio thirtlcth ? iinusil bench shuw of dogs wlll be held at Madlson Sqimre Gardon undor tho au? spices 0,1' the WostmiiistL'i* Kennel Club on February 12th, 13th, 14th and ]Bth. Nearly ^-0,000 in [s'peolal fprlzcs has "boon offered by indlvidual contrlbutors. and tho rogulai' sligw prlzes amnuut to.. Tibout $11,000 more, maklng a grand total ?f about $3-1,000 ln cup-f, trophtes,. bowls, hiedals aml cash prlzes. Altogothor there are olghty-thrce dlf Ttront reoognlaed breeds of dogs, aiut incli btecd is allowed seven classes. Theso classes, are suhdlvlded. and three prlzes offered in oach of them. Cohse (Miontly tho nlghtoen Judges wlll haVe ill they ofin ilo lo Hinglo out thn flrst, second aud thlrd best in oach of the iroups in the four days that tho show VIII run. Tho dogs wllfbe Judgcd' in rlugs. -V feature at llio show thls year will be tho exhlliitioii of two new broeds of dogs. riidy are tlm Itosomeath terriers and tlie Dapillon or butterfly spnniel. Tho Itose hienth terrior rosomblos th6 Scottlsh ter rler in practically overy respect, except thut lhe color of tho former is whlte. Tlio papllloii, which i? also known as the butterfly or snuirrcl spanlol, Is 'ii typo novnr Hoeu on tlio beiie.h in thls country, ?tnd ls a l-ai-o spcclnien. ' Kew of thom ?,io in extstmu'ii, aud tliosu fow ure -wuta by. mulU-mllltoiittlres. Professor Kugene L. Rlchards, formerly chalrman of the Yalo General Athletic Committee-, who said: "Dld you ever see u business flrm whlch made public tho salavies of Its em? ployes? lf it dld such a thlng how long could It hold its men? Such a pollcv Is a poor business move. That's why Yalo hns not done it.", An odd l'eature of the alignment of the faeulty on the matter of athletic reform is that of a surprlsingly largo number of the. oldcr members stand out for much of the old reglmc. Tho radlcals on the faculty aro young men, Instructors and assistant professors rather than profes sors ln full. Some of the most rndical men wero on.Yale. class teams pr* wero even varsity substitutos. Tlie proposltlon to abolish professional The Greatest Forward in the Amateur Hockey League cssqsjgiszk 22ZAJ?? Captaln-ChrlBtophor Souther, of the Bt. NlcholaB Hockey Team, ls Ji-edlted by Iho hockey world for tho defeat of the orack N. Y. A. C. aopi'( lonrn by his neven. ? Souther ls a comparatlve new conier in tho game. He gradtialed frora the Harvard.teum io tho Waudererti last yoav, aud thls year wears a St. "Nlck" shirt. He lt> an oxtieptioiuUly fast Hluitor aud an uceurate,.hard ahooter. ' XAPOLEOX LAJOIE. Tim Murnaue says Cleveland is likely to show great speed.as usual, for a part of the season, but will have trouble in keeping up wlth the hand wagon, as too much depends on Lajoie, and even the great Lajoia can havo his off seasons. V coachlng at Yalc has developed much strength, but indications now scein to be rather for Yale to joln Harvard and pos sibly Princeton In a movement for grad nate coachlng rather than to declare' for such a. redical innovatlon at thls time, especially with John A. Kenncdy, the ' crow coaeh, and Bllly Lush, the baseball coach, under contract for three years. A plan to forMd members of athletic teams from another college, whethcr graduates or not, from becomlng mem bcrs of Yale teams is extrciuuly likely to be passed at Yale. The , propositlonj to cut off graduato and professlonal school students from the athletic teams la also favored by good-sized factlon. The general Yalo faculty, which ls ] holding its sosslons, wlll probably -wait till tho special committeo chosen by the university councll threo months ago re? ports. Thls committee was thought to bo so favorable to tho present athletic reglme that tho entiro faculty began holding meotings over the proposed re-j forma. . MIDDIES JUBILANT OVER FOOT-BALL GAMES (Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch,) ANNAPOLIS, February 8.?The naval cadets nre Jubiliuit over the prospccts of two big foot-ball games hera. next fall. Princeton has promlsed to play the mid dles nnd nogotiations aro. being carrled on with Pennsylvania. The cadets havo envled "West Point hor contests with Yalo and Harvard, belioving lt a great ad vantage to the team to bo pitted against such elevons. The last tlme the Naval Academy boys played Princeton the vlsltors were de feated. Not Probable That Qiants Will Be Headed Unless Matty Gets Severely Cripoled. Louis?and Ned Hanlon will havo to sit up nlghts to ligtire a i way to keep tbo red hlrds before tho pilblfo ns a futuro pennant possMllty. Any ono <>f tbe other threo second dlvlsluu clubs has nn even break wlth Hanlon if tnanngod well. I thlnk Hanlon a strongcr all-rouud man to handle playors, and now belng iu a posltlon whero he must make good. tiio publio wlll have falth lu Edward untll tbe cards show that be has failcd. For tbe sake of Clnclnnati nnd tho generous Garry Horrmann, the fans unite ln root Ing hard for the red blrds thls season. The club looks weakest in hattery work and at thlrd baso. Great Tail-End Race. I look for the rnce of a llfetime among St. Louis, Brooklyn and Boston, wlth Pat Donovan flrst cholce. Donovan ls hungry for basehall work. nnd wlll loave no stono untiirned to beat out St. I.ouls. Boston wlll havo a shadc better tenm that last senson-at least they are likely to put more llfo into thelr playlng. I peliovo they wlll recelve moro encourage inont at tlm South ?nds grounds than for sevoral years. Thoro are so mnny youngsters lined up for places ln tho tall-end teams that. ono cannot proporly gauge tho strength of tho clubs except to llgure that not one in ten of tho youngsters wlll make good the flrst year out In fnst company. Donovan. Tenney and McCluskey are all clever basehall generals and good tralners of young talent, whllo not so good whon hnudllng tho more seasoned players. TO KEEP STATE LEjEKiOSr Manager Landgraf Says He Will Stand Pat From Now On. Manager Krncst C. Landgraf, of the Portsmouth Club of tho Stato League, haa notlfled Mr. Charles T. Bland, the owner of tho Portsmouth franchlse, that ho hns about completed slgnlng hls men and that he ls. wllllng to stand pat on tho men that ho has secured. Hore Is the roster: Catcher?Joseph O'Halloran, of Phlladel? phia, formorly of Trl-Statn League. and last season wlth Oloan, of the Intor-Stata League. James Craig, of Baltlmore, for soveral seasons past tho brilllant backstop ot the Baltlmoro Modlcal Collego team, and last season In Northern New York League. Tho flrst-bnsomen are: Harry Davls, wlth Washlngton last year and ono of the heavlost batsman of that (Continued on Second Page.) DIAGRAM SHOWING HOW JIMMY CALLAHAN S0LVES THE F0UL STRIKE RULE A Suggestion That Will Vastly Iraprovc Batting Averages?Only Fouls That Go Behind the Plate to Be Subiect to the Strike Penaltv. (Special to Tlie Times-Dlspatch.) NEW YORK, February 3.?Battlng aver agos of base-ball playors wlll bo vastly Improved the coming year lf a. suggestion whlch Jlmmy Callahan, late of the "White Sox, has suggested, ond whlch ho is pushlng with vigor, ls adopted by tho rules comniittee of the National Com? mlsslon. The suggestion, Bimplc In itself, carrles untold beneflt*/ to the man with tho asli, nnd thero is no doubt It wlll meet wlth popular favor among not only players, but wlth tlie general publlc. Tho plan Is nothlng moro or loss than to have all foul tlps that go bchlnd tho plate adjudged legltlmato fouls, and not stij-ject' to tho strlke penalty. Tihosc fouls whicli hit inslde the base lino and in front of tho Imaginary llno which runs through the homo plate from bleacher to bleacher to be adjudged strlkes, ns hero tofore. Callahan has already put the sugges tlon up to President Ban Johnson, of tho American League; President Comlskcy, of tho Whlte Stocklngs, and several oth? er promlnent llghts of thn basc-ball world. and all agreo thut tho schemo ls an excellent one and ought to bc followed. Johnson is cnthuslastlc about lt and will probably urgo Its adoption by tlie rules committce. No matter whether It la adopted or not, Callahan says he wlll Introduce lt thls summer at hls new seml-professional base-ball park at Logan Squaro. "Tho schome is a slmplo and populur one," sald Callahan. "Wo cannot dony lhat tho 'foul strike' rule has worked havoc to the batters' averages. With the adoption of my rulo a man could llri prove ln batting to a great degree. There j ls no denylng that lt Is Impossible for a batter to send a foul back of tho plate. '"Tho foul strike rulo was adopted to fool thoso clever batters who could tip ' off a foul as often as thoy pleased. Thelr fouls. however; generally, went in front of this llno which I am 'urglhg. i don't care how ulever tho butter is, ho , an not send ono of thoso tlps baok of tlio plate. "Follow tho fortunes nf ono or our pltchers who ocoaslonally makes a foul tlp. That tnvarlably goes back of tho plate. Then watch men llko "Wlllle Keeier or Frank Chance. They send their fouls over into the loft or right-ftcld blcachers. or. lf thoy want to play with the pitcher and tiro hlm. they ]oy thom down any whero they please except back of the plate. ?,!', ??(Y a" ,th0 Ket,I<----? ahd Choncoa and AVagnors In the world to tlp a ball back of the plato when thoy say thov wlll. Hence it ls that those fouls shoulrt bo elgitlmato fouls, 'wlllle tho fouls n front of the plate ean remaln as strlkes. I have talkod to many baseball author itios on tho scheme, and thev all atrrea with me that It ls a good ono and oukIiC to be adopted." g c WHAT DOES THE FIGHTING BUSINESS FIT A MAN FOR? And the Answer Comes Bad With the Force of a Typhoon: Nothing. (By LEFT CROSS.) NEW YORK, February '!.?If such a thlng should come to pass that tho stuge douse Its gllm on tlie pug., what wlll the pug do then, poor thing? After tho glory. and the nmnluments of the rlng, he cnn't go to work?that ls, some of hlm can't. FItz has been a frost on tha stage. It was bcciiuse hls "A Flght for Love" ceas ed to draw that he went back to tho gamo and took on O'Brien. And the death of "A Flght for Love" shows how llttlo the public appreclatos a really good thlng. There never yet was a pluy put on the boards so fun'ny us "A Fight for Lovo" wlth Fitz ln It. lf the publio wants hu nior, nnd lt seems to bo tho alni of the playsmiths to furnlsh hunior? most of them aro hud shots?Fitz Is tho laugh kid. Now the old man is about to run a enntttirium where the Joy.water and tho mldnlght lobster aro to bo squeezed out of tlie boarders nt so much per squeezo. .Thn Corbett couldn't make tho public tako to Ii Ih "Ciishel Byroii's Professlon" nnd ls going back to vaudevllle?maybo. Thls wasn't Corhott's fault. Ho mado good, but tho play won't do. Kid McCoy lias mado tho most radlcal depnrturo from all precedent ln the aftor mnth of a knuckle-dustor, He Is to open a Jewelry store?no, not wlth a Jlmmy. Tho Kid la going to sell dluinonds juid thlngs llko tiuit. Jeffrles has got his and doesn't have to worry whoro his broakfnst ls comlng from. So has Shurkey, although ho ls still clinslng the desultory dollnr over tho bar. Tonimy Ityan ls hoeing corn und plunt ing potatoos on a farm. Tomt?y Is ns good u' fnrmer as ho was a flghter. Ho always dld havo a habit, of maklng hay whllo tho sun shone. Jliiimy Brttl owns so much roal estato tlmt ho can get* In tho bluo book wlth the Aators. James ls still In tho rlng, a llttlo bit battered by Nelson, but still a cundldato at thn box offlco. Muoh as ho llkes' the output of tho latter, however, iio'd ratlior stand pat thnn upon lt up with Cans present when thoy countert up tlie house. ? lle bad a pleco of the smoko onco ?nnd doesn't seoin stuek on hls game. Nelson la pottcrlng ui'otuiil on the atage wzzc.jmzz'' "Torvy McQovora doosn'l noeil ta wpri'}', VJveu liu _ooa broke'Sam ihu-nii wlll lUuHCys tako curo of him." True, Some Have Money, Others Mix Drinks, One Can Act, But Few Can Work. and dodging any boy who wants to flght lm liis coyness,. m view of the tYcl tliat ho elalms to bo a champlon, i8 rather amusttig than aliythlng else. It is not so much "Battling's" fault as It Is"that of hls manager, Bllly Nolan. There ls the stalllng kld for falr. Nolan gives me a very soverc puln. _|ft Ing tho wholo thlng down. thero can ba only ono concluslon. Nolan Is afrald to let Nelson llght fo,- fear that he wlll Ket whfpped and thereby loso hls rlrawtnir pow ers. Tho flghtor Is Nolan's meal tlcket, and the cautlous BlUy ls taking no chancs of havlng that ticket punched to the limti. Joe ITumphroys has mado every conces? sion possible to Nolan in order to get on a matoli wlth Terry McGovern. but Nolan has backed and balked at thom all. llum phreys told mo at tho llesper Club ball tliat ho wlll hnvo no moro coinniu.iiica.tlon wlth Nolan. "IIo knows what wo wlll do to get a match. nnd that is almost anythlng. Tf he wants to tlglit, let hlm como to me. We won't go to him any moro." Young Corhott throatens to open a sa loon on Broadway. Tlio saloon has heen tlio orthodox fato of the puglllstic hua beeu. Some havo been a winner. more of them lustod hut a short time. Jolm 1.. Sulllvan failed ln three cafes. Jlni Corbett mado ono go till they took lt from under hlm. Nelther could Hrooklyn Jlmmy Car. roll. MoCoy dld well for a tlmo, imt he had to liiiinl it over to another. Terry McGovern doosn't need to worry. Even lf he goes broko Piam Harrls wlll always tn?o enro of hlm. Oeorge Dlxon has nothlng, and haa been ?arning a fow dollars boxing at tho throe round clubs. Joo "Walcott is aa poor as Dlxon. The ftghtor who saved hls money wlllle ho was earning lt aud put It where lt would grow has boen abio to tako Uf* eusy after hls punching days were over. Tho one who dldn't, rarely succeeded, ti business. lt was tendtng bar for hltn, Oiis Ruhlin has saved hls, and doesn'C have to.do anythlng heavler than try to Induce Jack O'Brien to rooot hlm In th? rlng. At that thls seems a hard tatlt. Jack lan't sllpplng any cogu ln hla. wlit doin wheel Just yet. Herr Flacke? The Ilerr l.? back t? ? IMlan- und-thliiking.