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SPORT and Classified Section SPORT and Classified Section Friday, December Twenty-fifth, 1914. "I Hear Yoii Calling " Is the 0. B. Magnate's Song To the Almighty Dollar "SOME" RATTLE. Ah fighters, Gunboat Smith nnd Jim CoHey are tvro of our beat young wrestler. TURKS CHEERS! Chicago has caught up to Xew Tork. They are about to fall for a six-day bike raee. :jj: -::- -:!;.- :jj: ;j: ::- ::- -:fl:- -:j:- -::- -::- -:I:- The Fed Boss Sings, In Different Voice, "Now That You ($) Are Gone I Miss You" -MI:- jr n li Juarez Track Kate KeSUltS Thursday, Dec.24 SPOILING AN INTRODUCTION BY TAD CoDvrlght. Ifl4. International Newsservice. HiXj 1 Entries Juarez Jockey Club Weather Rnlny; Track SIbpp. 5739 3703 i725 5728 i2l ".711 JR74 T6S7 FIRST RACE Five Furlongs Selling Horse Banroingo. Velle Foriy Renwar , Great Jubilee An see Dale Caro Nome Dr. BUhop Time: 1:101-5. Jockey Feeney O. Gentry MetcaU Jackson Carroll Robblne Aclon all ages. Wt. 110 ios . 107 . at 187 17 i lie i St. s 1 3 1 2 4 6 1 Str. 4 1 J S S 6 Fin. 1-Jfc 1-S -.a-4 H-f . 11 7 . Odds- 20 8-5 e 3-2 12 4 IS Banm'lgo. 0-1 to place. !-l'te show Forty, 3-S to place.'1-S to show; Renwar. 4-5 to aBow. j 5740 SECOND RACE ' One Mile Selling; three year okls ami up. r.712 -.732 5731 572S 4322 TTnrae Jockey Wtl Luke Van Zandt O'Brien 112 Have Montgomery Hartwell 113 Lady Innocence Collins 104 Prince Conrad Cavanaugh 111 Col. McDougall Carroll 103 Woof Robbins 10S St.- 6 Str. 1 3 2 4 B S Fin, 1-4 Vn 5-2 4-10 Odds 12 4-5 6 5-2 10 30 Van Zantlt'3-1 to place, even to show; Montgomery, 1-S to place, out to show, Inaocence, 3-5 to show. ' , 5741 THIRD RACE . . Five ltalongs- Selling; all ajes. Horse Jockey Wt. Star Berta Jackson 112 Silver Tone Carter 107 Virginia S. Hoffman 10 Breezer Marco 5 ' ..727 Lesbia Bey la Robblna lt , Time: 1 0J 3-5. , Rerta, even to place. 1-2 to show; Tone, Virginia, een to show. -.est 711 728 St. 1 , 3 , C 4 T Str. 1 , 3 & 4 $ Jfin. 'Sll- 8 5-4 C Odds -8-2 6-1 & 5-2 5 20 oven to place, '1-2 to show; n A FOURTH RACE Uit Fie Furlongs-BellitiK; all ages'. Hnna JOCker (-.723) Auntie Curl Collins -.729 Thistle Belle Metcalf r.731 Mercurium Mott r.724 Forge Clark 3713 Stella Graine Hartwell Curl, out to place, out to show; Thistle, out to show; Mercurium out to show. Thoughtreader scratched. Stella Gralnes ran away (joins to poet, -was away with, the bunch but finished pulled up. wt 1S7 105 115 lit 105 Si. 1 3 2 S 4 Str. 1 3 Pin.' 1-S !-n 3-S 4 5 (pulled up) Odds 3 1 10 6 3 . - n FIFTH RACE O 4:e5 Five Furlongs Selling; all aes Horse 5731 Nifty r.697 Compton -.728 Oblivion 4 255 George Oxnard -.701 Briton 4937 Eye White Time: 1:00. Nifty, 4-5 to place, Oblivion, 1-3 to show. Jockev . .Metcalf O'Brien Clark Jackson Garner Mott Wt ies 113 108 113 106 110 Si. 1 3 c Str. 1 2 3 4 S 6 Jin. 2-1 3- 4-7 5-4 6 Odds 2 C 2 3 20 3 1-3 to show; Compton, Zinkand scratched. 2-1 to place, 4-5 to show; 5744 SIXTH RACE One Mile Selling; tore jstan eltls and lap se Jockey Wt St ! .J..- ' - . Horse Jockey Wt St " Str. Fin. Ottils, 7Tb liunn Ward 9 1 1S - -.704 Little Marchmont Metcalf 108 4 2 2-H 30 (-.731.) Hard Ball Garner 102 1 2 3-2 j 1 (-.BS1)) Transact Matthews 103 3 4 4-1 11-5 7736 J. Nolan Acton 91 6 5 6 4 Time. 1 55. Durin. even to place, out to show; Little Marchmont 5-1 to place, out to show; Hard Ball, 1-2 to place, out to show. On account of the ratatjLMkatber and heavy track, tbejnanageoient of the races announced ThursMlZTftat the races will be postponed for four days, beginning Monday. 4'j.it b Billy E vans s Puzzle PI ays Written Especially For This Paper by the Famous American League Umpire. THE infield fly rule was the cause of a big dispute in a minor league pame last year. Under ordinary conditions there would have been no protest on the ruling of the umpire, but extraordinary conditions prevailed protest on tbe ruling of the umpire, but that afternoon The score at the time stood 3 to 2 in favor of the visiting team The home team had runners on fifst and second and one down. A Hrong wind was blowing across the field, and when the batter hit a high fl to the infield, it was evident that there would be some trouble in hand ling the balL Believing that the ball would drop In the neighborhood of the pitcher's box. the umpire at the time v erv properly ruled the play as an in field fly The shortstop called to the other in fieldtrs that he would take the fly bnll The high wind made It difficult to judne the ball, and he failed to riake the catch. The ball struck the edge of the pitcher's rubber nearest thp plate and bounded back over the foul lii.e about midway between first base and home plate. The moment the ball struck the ground the two base runners started to advance. The first baseman recovered the ball and threw wildly tof the plate in an en deavor to head off the first runner, with the result that both scored. Should Runners Scorer When action had been suspended on the play, disputes began to arise in every direction. The team In the field contended that since the umpire had declared the fly ball an infield fly, it retired the batsman, and the moment the ball struck the ground without having been caught It gave the base runners Hie right to advance. They in sisted that the batsman was out, as originally declared by the umpire, and that both runs should score. The team In the .field put up an en tirely different argument The players in the field insisted that, since no one had touched the ball, and, after strik ing the pitcher's rubber, it had bounced foul, it became nothing more than a foul ball. They contended that it was Impossible to declare a foul ball an infield fly. They argued that the umpire must change his original de cision that the ball was an infield fly, At the usual time the entries for Sat urday's races at the Juarez race track had not been1 announced and the man agement wag1 then considering the ad visability of calling off the races Sat urday because of the muddy track. inursday afternoon it was announced, that the races would be postponed for four days.oqpimenclng Monday. ROAD TO ROOSEVELT DAM TO BE PUT IN GOOD SHAPE Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 25. Work on the road between Roosevelt and Phoenix, to place- it in perfect condition for the thousands of transcontinental travelers who will be routed by way of the bis dam next year, is to be commenced shortly after January 1. The Maricopa county supervisors have appropriated $3600 for this work and the state will furnish all necessary material and la bor. Convicts will e used. Already the road from Globe to Roosevelt has been put in excellent shapes bya force of convicts under en gineer F. G. Twitcheli. From Roose velt to Phoenix the most scenic road in the United States is far from being what it was a few years ago. The Southern Pacific is arranging to detour by way of Bowie, Globe and Phoenix all passengers who want to see the dam. They will be carried In automobiles from Globe to Phoenix. TWO MILITIA COMPANIES AT PHOENIX ARE MERGED Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 25. Phoenix now has only one regularly equipped national guard company. Companies A and B have been merged and here after will be known as company B. The officers of company A took charge, however The old company B, the senior organization of tte regiment, has been decreasing In membership for several years , I ' vooR HOAJOR Coot-O voo AHE-NES I'DO J I 'uH-HWE Vou TAKE A Cre 0NTttE foE-l I OUTilOE' WOriK 1 .SrOfrEM TO I nJjAUTTO sexy f x jLy JqZ " iJklrH- WES I VWEWTT0 SEE I HSANfiJt.1H!N(r J . I iMLOrV2 o J A&ovfT 'DivoP-Ce-.f" An-0 v-r .?' " , - ; t Comiskey May Manage tne WLite Sox -::- -::- -::- , -::- -:b-Has Picked Live Helper In Rowland BY II. L. EV C1HCAGO, ILL.. Dec 25. All good things, the proverb has it, come in threes. Apparently Charles A. Co miskey, owner of the White Sox, is a believer in precedent for he has al ready given Chicago fans two of the three good things Eddie Collins for second base, Clarence Rowland to pilot the aggregation and the third still up Ills, sleeve will be shaken down in due jtlme If the information which I have is as reliable as I have every reason to believe, it 'is. While there has already been much comment over Rowland's appointment as manager of a team which, at the worst will be the pennant contender in the American league next season and more than likely the actual win ner, the. fast-that the old Roman will himself be the manager of his own team more than ever before seems to have the attention of r.ll of those in terested. Still Jinn .f Action. Years may. haye dulled the ardor of Commy'3- earlier days but let It always be remembered that he was, is and al ways will be, though perhaps to a lesser degree, a man of action. The same active spirit which made him play the first bag in a way unseen be fore has made it Irksome for him to transfer the managerial reins to other hands while he quietly sat back and saw what he saw. . When Jimmy Callahan was appoint- BRARD. ed manager it was generally under stood that Comlskey really Intended to retire from the active participation in the management of his team and that everything which appertained to that position would be left entirely in the hands of Callahan. Comlskey mado good, but it is left to the imagination what a pent up lot of steam and energy there is in his system now. There is nothing dearer to the heart of the old Roman than another Ameri can league championship and another chance at the world's title. In Rowland he has selected a man young, full ot ginger and energy and a judge of ball players second to none. Alsb he has se lected a man who can take and execute orders and the man who can execute an order just as given is jus"t as valu able as the man"vho can give one Will Still Run IIU Team. If straws point which way the wind blows here we have the secret of Row land's appointment and also the part Commy Intends to play next season. It would be folly to argue that CQmiskey Is not Just as well qualified to run his team or any other man's team aa is Connie Mack or Hughey Jennings or Stalllngs or McGraw. He might not do it in the same way but his way would be just as successful. What is th'ere strange then in the suggestion that he will for the coming season at least be the real head of the White Sox as well as their owner. (All rights reserved by Collyer's News Bureau.) and declare it a foul ball and send the two runners who had scored back o the bases-they occupied before the ball was hit. Umpire Reversed Ruling. Had not the ball struck the hard substance of which the pitcher's rubber is composed, there would have been nothing to the play, for it is 100 to 1 that the ball would hare remained in fair territory, thus sustaining the first ruling, that it was an infield fly. In reality there was nothing for the um pire to do but to shift, so he called the ball a foul and sent the runners back. How would you have decided this rather unusual play? (Copyright. 1914, by the Wheeler Syn dicate, Inc.) & ADDITIONAL SPOUTING . NEWS ON NEXT PAGC WESTON AND MOOEE WIN AT BILLIARDS In the games at the Gem billiard parlors for the three cushion cham pionship Thursday night, George Wes ton defeated Q. Porter in the first game and J. Moore defeated J. Williams iu the second game. In the first game, Weston, who goes to 40, defeated Por ter," who has' been allotted a handicap of 15 by three points, the iscore being 40 to 32 in straight score which, with the handicaps allowed, brought it up to 60 to 47. Weston played a very conservative game, frequently playins safe on difficult shots rather than leave his opponent a chance for a run. In the second game, Moore scorad his required. 40, while J. Williams, who is asked to chalk , up oaly 35, was making 33. This game was one of ,ths closest of the tournament and pro duced the most exciting finish yet sera. Williams maintained his five point handicap throughout . the contest until the sixth from the last frame. In th's frame Moore made a run" of three. Still he appeared beaten, as he had fivd points to make to Williams' thre. However, by some splendid billiard playing and a very lucky scratch on his last point, Moore ran his required five while Williams was making one. Williams, who Is a great balk line plav ar.but is new to the three cushion fame, showed that a little more pra'.--tloe will make him a mighty hard man to .beat Williams had very poor luck Thursday night With only four polnti to go he missed) three, successive sho-s by a hair. , -V.srood card has been arranged for Christmas night. In the first game Tom Kelly, who at this time looks like the ultimate winner, will meet W. Roth. With his handicap of 15. Roth Is going to make Kelly hustle to win. in fh I second match two of the most evenly Itaatched men in the tournament will Ftneet They are W. Harner nn w Perry. . Clean cool and full weights mean i,.ec0n?my- J?" c- SerapTe. successor Southwestern Fuel Co. Phone 531 Advertisement ' The ordinary Co; me ri jraso He, reaches an avn readers each issue!-? m of a Want Ad In is 25 cents. It of about S3.000 Young Was Hign Priced Ball Player ) ! ) J Prices Are Usually Half Stage Money NEW YORK. Dec. 25. Cy Young - cost the Cleveland Kape more money than Eddie Collins cost the White Sox. Ever since Collins was sold to the White Sox, CoHina As been given the honor of being tbe: highest priced ball player that ever was placed on the auction block.. That, is because the reported sale price wfes 350,000. From the "inside" comes the statement that the price was 325,000 and no more. When owner Charles Somers of the Naps wanted Young from the Boston team a half dosen years ago, he had to pay J12.500 In cash to the Boston ians, he had to give in addition two pitchers. Jack Ryan and Charley Chech, and also he had to give Young a $5000 bonus. Ryan and Chech were valued at 5000 each, so it will be seen that Young cost Somers S27.500. while Collins cost Comlskey only 325,000. Tne organized baseball moguls for a number of years have been trying to kid the public into believing that they pay fabulous prices for ball players They would have us believe that Chas Comiskey paid $18,000 for outfielder Harry Chappelle, when 310,000 was more like the real price. About S15,00) for Dreyfusi. Barnev Dreyfuss is .credited with having paid 322,500 for pitcher Martin O'Toole. There always has been doubt as to whether Dreyfuss ever parted with that sum of money. About 315, 000 is what Deryfuss paid, according to those close to the Pirate club. And It must be remembered that Dreyfuss got not only' O'Toole for that price, but that catcher Kelly, the battery partner of O'Toole, was thrown in to make it a bargain. The Giants are credited with paying $11,000 for "Rube" Marquard. They got htm - from the Indianapolis club. In all likelihood the Giants did pay that for the tRube." Incidentally, it may be stated that John T. Brush, owner of the. Giants, pafd that JlLOOe to John T. Brush, owner of the In- -aianapons ciuo. &o .wnairs me uuier- ence whether the price was $11,000 or $11,000,000. Price ot Rnsaell. Connie Mack is reported to have paid out $12,000 for pitcher "Lefty" Russell. who flivvered. How many are there who can believe that Connie ever tore himself loose from that much money at any one time in his life? Fritz Maisel came to the Yank3 front the Baltimore Internationals at a re ported price of $12,000. After shaving off about $4000 we arrive at a total of J8000, which it more like it And so It is with most of the other players that the publicity seeking or ganized folks have sold among themselves. r SBS1 BUY 1 A Bale of Cotton to help the South. - Also Buy Limberger Cheese and other things to help KEEVIL 520 N. Stanton. Phone 105 mmmmmm MBS 99RBESr IKllllir jITNE SIGNS WHILE YOU WAIT 414 Mesa Ave. Phone 1132" - I 7 I JL JL vvt Pear of Come to our store tomorrow and we will give you a. parr of S7.00 Pants FREE with every suit to your order. Sale starts tomorrow morning and will last all next week. A Thousand Patterns to Select From SUIT OR OVERCOAT TO YOUR MEASURE Think of it With Every Suit T6 Your Measure A suit and an extra pair of panfe for $1 5. Just to keep our tailors busy during the dull season. Don't confuse us with other $15 houses. We're not kin to, any of them. Our clothes at $15 can not be duplicated at less than $25. Come in to morrow and judge for yourself. Come early and get first choice. jtfr 7m Opposite Stanton Street mf- 3& SmrmmmoST.