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I latest sporting events of THE DAY j SIGNED TO PLAY McGinnity to Arrive Thursday. He Is Negotiating for An other Twirler. With 10 men signed up and the pros pects good for the return of Hillyard and Johnson to the outfield, Joe McOtnnltv will have much to say. tf he will just say It, when he arrives in Butte tomorrow, preparatory to leading the Butte entry In the Northwestern league to the train ing quarters for the 1917 pennant grind More and better pitchers and only new men who are guaranteed to be •'there" with the willow is the Ironman'a slogan for his lineup this year. Joe will come to Butte tomorrow and make all neces sary preparations for active training «>f the players to start two weeks t»efore the league opens. Frank Red path, secretary of the club, will arrive on March 1 and will take over much of the detail work r.ecessary at the Butte end of the line while Joe Is on the firing line teaching the new men how he used to do it in the old days The roll call contains 10 names to date. They are: Pitchers, Thorpe. Bowen. Liefer. Mickey. Hiedorn. Catchers. Kafora and Alfred Stokke. Inflelders, Oinner. Bishop -A Andre ~That Joe McOInnity is popular with the members of his team and that they appreciate the effor* he has made to teach them the wiles of the game as he learned it in the big brush is shown by the active Interest some of last years players have taken in bringing new men Into the Ironman's fold In signing up Mickey. Joe secured the dope from friends in McAllister. Okla , where Joe is well known Alfred Stokke. a brother of the first baseman. Is given good recommendations and stON« league goeslp puts him in the front rank. With these men already signed Joe is negotiating for several others Kafora . has touted a pitcher in Chicago who wants a good deal of money and is sup posed to be worth It. Another Butte player haa presented the name of I/ouie dieser. Louie is said to be the one player i neede dto make Butte's outfield the fast est In the northwest and a hitting com bination which will make trouble for all j coiners. Hillyard and Johnson are on the Butte reserve list and. according to those in charge of the team, they must sign with Butte this season or not play base ball. providing they do not go higher up. I Levin, the shortstop, has told Joe of Another second baseman who will be worth while watching and it is expected J will follow his predecessor. Grover, to the Philadelphia Athletics or some other big league team with another year's training. He Is the Joker In the pack and is much , »ought after. He is touted as the original | "Old Lady" Huelsman and "Home Run Joe" Marshall, rolled Into one. with all the speed of youth on the base« and a i fuultlcss fielder BILL ROPER TO AID RUSH AT PRINCETON •Bill" R'*per. coach of last season's Swarthmore football squad, will return to Princeton next fall as an aid to Head Coach "Speedy" Rush Roper is a former Tiger star and coached the Tiger team In 1911, when the Jersey squad won the eastern championship, defeating both Harvard and Yale. It is understood that Roper will have complete charge of the ends and the backs. "1 shall be sorry to leave Swarthmore.'* said Roper. "My associations there have been pleasant and the treatment from the faculty and students oould not have been more friendly. It is merely a question of my own college needing me. and al though I consider Swarthmore my second alma mater. I shall give Princeton the best I have in stock Rush ami I are persona! friends and I know we shall get along together Kush is a master men MEN YOU CAN SAVE MONEY Attend the Closing-Out Sale at the TOGGERY 27 WEST PARK HATS $1.49 Latest Sprint Style* SHOES $2.95 $3.5« to $5 Value*, Tan and Black, Lace and Button. THE TOGGERY 27 WEST PARK Cat Dm Yaar Clstbtag Bin tr Csia« Alba 4 Duaall O— Bilf Pries Bala. AULEN A BAKNELL ( | RECKLESS BILLIARDS MAKES CHARLES M'COURT THE THREE-CUSHION CHAMPION OF THE WORLD V * •A C. McCOURT, NEW WOR LD THREE-CUSHION BILLIARD CHAMPION. BY PAUL PURMAN. Introducing Charles McCourt, the new three-cushion billiard champion of the world A player of the old order, yet one of the youngest in the game. McCourt de pends upon brilliant play to win matches instead of playing 'em safe and trying to keep the other fellow from making them McCourt is known to billi&rdlsts as the most brilliant player of a decade and his style at times seems almost reckless. But It was due to this seeming reck lessness that the spectacular youngster w as able to wrest the championship from George Moore, whose success at the gatno has been due to his great safety play. In the first round of their title match Moores' strategy had McCourt guessing and he gained a lead by leaving Impos sible shots which worried the challenger. In the next two rounds McCourt's wizardry over the balls returned and he recovered lost ground and won handily. McCourt plays rapidly, something un usual in a three-cushion player, and often dazzles and unnerves his oppon ents by the rapidity and brilliance of his play. "McCourt Is the greatest «hotmakeh I have ever seen." George Moore exclaimed after the championship match. COLUMBIA FAVORED. For several years the baseball team • •f Yale university has played an ex hibition game with the New York Giants just prior to the opening of the season. This year the date has been given Colum Wa university, of which Andrew Coakley is coach. BIG LEAGUE VETERANS WILL NOT GO OUT ON A "STRIKE" Should Dave Fultz make good his threat! to call a strike of the Baseball Players Fraternity on Feb. 20. how many league players would be likely to obey his ordei to hang up their gloves and »tow away their bats until the moguls granted their demands? The question is one that ha* formed a subject for much speculation* since the beginning of the strike talk some weeks ago. Conceding that a majority of the mem l>ers of the Fraternity would stand by their organization, the question arises as to what extent the game would bel crippled by the strike. A careful analysis of the situation leads to the conclusion that the two Mg leagues would be likely to get under way for the season on scheduled time and with all of the 16 team« equipped for the pennant race, *n though some of their »tar player« might be mitudng from the linkup. The trump card held by the owners in the game with the "Frat" lies in the fact thAt ihe real veterans, the players Player. tus Wagner Terry Turner Sam Crawford Johnny Evers Sherwood Magee Frank Schulte Cobb orge Gibson Hal Chase Ed Reulbach Eddie Collins John Lobert Jack Coombs Rube < fidring Mike Mowrey Tris Speaker Larry Doyle Fred Merk le Clyde Milan Walter Johnson Heine Zimmerman George Paakert Club. Pittsburg N Cleveland A. 1* Detroit A L. Boston N. L. Boston N. I* Pittsburg N. L. I »étroit A. L. New York N. L. Cincinnati N. L. Boston N L. Chicago A. L. New York N. L. Brooklyn N. L. New York A. L. Brooklyn N. L. Cleveland A. L. Chicago N. I* Brooklyn N. L. Washington A. L. Washington A. L. New York N. L. Philadelphia N. L. Joined Major League. Louisville N. L. 1897. Pittsburg N. L. Is99. Cincinnati N. L. 1900. Chicago N. L. 1902. Philadelphia N. L. 1904. Chicago N. L. 1904. Detroit A L. 190.7. Pittsburg N. L». 1905. New York A I* 1905. Chicago N. L. 1905. Philadelphia A. L. 1906 Cincinnati N. L. 1906. Philadelphia A. L. 1906. Philadelphia A. L. 1906. Cincinnati N. L. 1906. Boston A. L. 1907. New York N. L. 1907. New York N. L. 1907 Washington A. L. 1907. Washington A. L. 1907. Chicago N. L. 1907 Cincinnati N. L. 1907 FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS MY, WHAT AN ERROR! HE GOT THE ENVELOPES MIXED. BY BLÛ Q TUs s^n tares on THE NltCT DAY— SAINT VALENTINE If VMtTU US. OW.iftV i 'YOU«, FEET— C2«<99 (, To MV VALENTINE . So FAlû, SO *UQE, So TRUE And sweet— \ BOW HV HEAD VJNTo ! iCoo* AT TVlj OLD UBLV Z valentine somebody sent ME— WHEN E'ER. I THINK OP Homily twines-you« — TU" • — w IVVM ^ ■ - » MV MEMORY h DANDY FoftYUE XO 0 - THIS iS N\Y VALENTINE ' SINT - To YOU a YOU DIDN'T SEND Him no valentine. DtDMA NE LUE? SHECKARD IT HELM OF CHIC AGO SECON D TEAM Cubs' Underlings to Play Three Games With the Spokane Aggregation. Chicago. Feb. 14.—James Kheckard, former star outfielder with the Chicago Nationals, who will assist Fred Mitchell, manager of the club, during the coming season, will be in charge of the second team on the California training trip, it was announced today Forty games will be played by team No. 2. starting at Santa Ana March 2. Owing to a rule adopted by the Pacific Coast league, team No. 2 will not be per mitted to play any games with the league teams on their home grounds, but several games have been planned with these teams at other cities. The team will play San Francisco at Sacramento on March 8 and 10 and also at Marysville on March 12. The Chicagoans also will meet Spokane at Sacramento on the forenoon of March 11 and they play San Francisco on the same field in the afternoon. Two games also are scheduled with the Spokane club at Stockton, Cal., on March 17 and 18. THE BUTTE DAILY POST POSTS YOU ON THE NEWS who have been in the big leagues for 10 ' /ears or more, would not be involved In the strike. Practically all of the old timers are held by signed contracts, and the few who have not signed are hold Ing off for reasons other than the de mands of the Fraternity, With a sprinkling of the old-time «tara , here and there to serve as a nucleus, 1 there is little question but that all of , the major league managers could put , capable teams In the field for the open ing of the season. Such players as Ty Cobb. Tris Speaker. Walter Johnson, Johnny Evers. Eddie Collins, Clyde Milan, 1 Jack Coombs. Terry Turner. Larry Doyle, j Heine Zimmerman. Hal Chase and a number of other players of 10 years or : more of service in the big show are tied up by contracts The 22 players who have seen the longest service in the major leagues and who, from present reports, are certain to be on hand when the gong sounds next April are as follows. SmWeWtT ME PUT IN T HE COLO Big League Bosses Abrogate Agreement Entered Into at Cincinnati. New York. Feb. 14.—Representatives of the Atnerloan league declared today that their organization was in accord with the abrogation by the National league of the agreement made with the Baseball Players Fraternity at Cin cinnati Jan. 6. 1914, and Indicated that the American league would take simi lar action at its meeting tomorrow. In the resolution unanimously passed by the National club owners last night it was stated that the fraternity had violated "the letter and spirit" of the agreement. President David L. Fultz of the play ers' organization refused to comment on this point. He would not state what action the fraternity would take. President Tener of the National league said that the national commis sion would take the same action that the league had and that any further requests or communications from the fraternity would be Ignored. He said all future dealings would be with the players as Individuals. T. M. fl.'S TAKE THREE CAMES EMM THE CUBS In a contest marked by only fair scor ing the T M. A. bowling team last night easily defeated the Cubs of the city league in three straight contests. Daniels rolled the high score and average. The Marquette team will go to Ana conda tonight to meet the All-Stars there The team will be composed of Gllboy, Oppel. Cummings, Daniels, D. Cundy and T. Jackson. The «core: T. M. A, 183 Speigel ..... .........182 Schroeder ____ .........16.7 Gumming« .. .........155 D. Cundy ... ..........160 Totals ..... CUBS R. Bagiev ... Vivian ..... .........157 B. Bagiev ... .......... Ill Totals ..... .........766 781 THE 'DUKE'' SUFFERS Duke Paca Kahanamoku suffers ex cruciatingly from two American mistakes. One is the mispronunciation of his name, the other the prevailing belief that the "Duke" prefix is a title. "Duke is a given name. Just like John or Henry," he explained. "I never hear my last name pronounced twice alike by strangers Most persons merely mumble It. To pronounce Kahanamoku correctly, give the broad sound to all the a's and accent the second and fourth syllables, as if it were spelled Kah-hah-nah-mo koo.** 775 Those who eat at the Walker Cafe me come again.—Adv. _ PREPARE BOXING DILL FOD SEITE Twelve-Round Contests Pro vided for in Counties of the First Class. The boxing bill which has been pre pared by Leonard Ball of Butte is créât- J ing considerable interest throughout the i state and is being much discussed in ! Helena. The bill provides that each county of j the first class shall have a boxing com* j mission to supervise matches. A $300 -per ■ salary is provided for each of tho boxing commissioners. Twelve round matches are arranged for I in the proposed law. Matches between I colored and white men are forbidden and 1 physical fitness demanded of all con- | testants. A fake contest will mean the forfeiture of the license held by the club j that stages the match. Participants In fake matches shall be suspended for a period of six month« and ! upon a second offense will be barred from j boxing in the state. A tax of 10 per cent of the gross gate receipts i« provided for, the money to be paid to the county treasurer. The only objection heard to the bill to J date ie that only oountie« of the first class are included. It is believed, how ver, that an attempt will be made to try : out boxing In Silver Bow county and if! the plan is successful to extend the ! privileges to other'counties in the state SPORT GOSSIP Jack Dempsey of Salt Lake lasted quictf in his bout with Jim Flynn of Pueblo in their bout at Murray, Utah, last night. Flynn walked up to Dempsey, pushed down his guard and gave hint a wallop on the jaw. Dempsey fell to the floor and -as 20 seconds before he was able to get up. Flynn's blow was dellevered 10 seconds after the first round opened. As usual the State university basket ball team met defeat when they clashed with the Idaho quintet at Moscow. Ida., j last night. Montana's team is getting ' plenty of practice out of the trip but win- j ning no laurels for the varsity. The Southern Montana basketball tour nament will be held at Livingston Feb. :3--'4. Teams from Whitehall. Harlowton, Three Forks, Bozeman, Townsend. Bel grade, Manhattan and Livingston will compete. The Y. M. A. basketball players who journeyed to Boulder last Saturday met defeat at the hands of the deaf mutes by the score of 28 to 19. The news of the game reached Butte last night through the mall. The Butte players who returned Sunday carelessly overlooked telling us the result after their return. Dave Davenport, the St. T-iOuis Amer ican league pitcher, was accidentally shot yesterday when a gun was discharged at his home in Runge, Tex. The bullet passed through Davenport's chest and he also suffered a scalp wound. His condi tion is serious. At the end of the 47th hour of the six day bicycle race In Chicago Ernest Ohrt of the Ohrt-Grimm team was leading the nine other teams last night. Nine of the teams had gone 908 miles and 1 lap and the other team was one lap behind. Movie stars are said to be demanding $1,000,000 a year for their services, and when one reflect« that apparently any body at all who isn't handicapped with a harelip can get into that business, there seems to be really no reason why a ball player should work at reduced wages Dave F\iltz must feel Just about like we did when a guy pulled four eights on our spade flush. Joie Ray, the long distance runner, won the two mile indoor-handicap race at New York last night, starting from scratch. He crossed the tape in 9:11 2-5 which Is just 1*4 seconds behind the world's record made by Al ßhrubb of England at Glasgow. Scotland, in 1904 Joe Loomis of Chicago took first In the 50. 60 and 70-yard sprints, equalling the world's record of 7 1-5 In the last event.} He also won the 70-yard low hurdles. John W. Overton of Yale won the mile In 4:19 1-5. H*s time was one second slower than that made by Kiviat four years ago. Twenty years ago an Illinois man started to play 100.000 games of solitaire He's almost through. St. Louis fans may take heart. After the Browns and Cards have played that many games maybe they w ill win a pennant. CHANGE OF LEADERS IN BOWLING TOURNAMENT St. Paul. Keb. 14—Good and bad bowling marked last night's work on the drives in the ninth annual inter national howling tournament. G. Clase and A, Gehrinan of St. Paul went Into GHOieB OF THl HOUSE SALB Men's Saht Overcoats This sale has attracted attention from the dressed man and lucky is the fellow who by this unusual opportunity by securing world's best suits and overcoats at an fraction of the true worth $19.95 $18.4 For men's and young men's suits or overcoats; honestly worth $20.00 and $22.50. For men s and young mjJ suits or overcoats; t r J worth $25.00 and $ 27 . 50 . ÆOO /IK FOR MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S sit $£0.40 AND OVERCOATS-From our hirt, stock, bought to sell for $30.00 and $35.00; ---- tomorrow only........................... I Men's Furnishings at Clear away Prices That\ Save You Almost One Half. Sweater Coats —Men's fine sweater coats; $3.50 kinds; sale price is only... $1.85 Men's Suspenders —The 50c quality; made of fine web bing; sale price, pair. 20 * Men's Hosiery —Black or tan hosiery; 25c quality, reduced to, the pair ... ........ 15* Hats—Men's soft style hats, black and colors; $4.00 values for ................$2.45 Men's Neckwear—In four-ia hand styles; made of pm silk ; worth to 75c, for $ Men's Handkerchiefs-P white handkerchiefs; 1 O 1 values: sale price is only* Men's Golf Shirts-Lat», styles bought to sell at $|J$| and $ 2 ; our sale price is jjj^l Men's l nderwear— Made ofl heavy wool ; worth $2 1 gir-l ment ; sale price only $1,35| 29-31 West Set Win. dow I Dls< Park Street. m iifitiiliriiiiiiiiinuniiiiiiuiiiiiimHHiitiNiiuiiiiiiii The Place to Playl The Marquette 4 2nd Floor Thomas Blkl 41 West Part| Street, Butte Catering to Menl Who Appreciate First-Class Equip ment and Service 1 Billiards and Bowling the lead in the two-men event, rolling 1,142, forcing the L. Kaufman-H. Sapey tdam of Mankato and E. Matak and B. Ryan of St. Paul into a tie for second place with 1,128. In the five-men team event, the Hotel Sherman team of St. Paul rolled Into second place with 2,696, w hile the I Harkins team also of St. Ptul ■ into third place with 2,464. Grant Hugh Hruwn, wh» J""J the Mail Ison Square (iarden. raw mighty good over the recent r™ Albany. Subscribe for the Butt« d,iI l!