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Follins says outlaws
SHOULD BE SUCCESSFUL
BECAUSE OF GENEROSITY
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Best Thing That Has Happened
in a Long Time for_
Players.
^HAS SOLID FOUNDATION
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‘‘Can’t Tell Me That ‘Regulars'
If Are Not Worried," Says
Second-Sacker.
BY EDDIE COLLINS
jjMChampion Second Baseman of the
American Leagrue.)
H“What do you think of the Fed
QRral League?” is a question I havo
[WBred at me almost continuously now
adays, to yhich I usually reply,
“Well, It has everybody talking about
it, anyway.” Just what kind of ex
• oitement and how much of It pra
, vailed a dozen or more years ago at
■ tlle time of the American League
| invasion I do not remember, for I
j was not engaged In professional base
I oall at that time, or familiar enough
Bf'vlth the movement to have it leave
r much of an impression on my mem
I ory, but It is a clnoh that of the
K numerous attempts which have slnoe
been made to break down the bar
rier of organized baseball, this agita
tion which the Federal League hae
kicked up listens the most like the
real goods.
Quite the contrary of the proposed
“Fletcher” League, a project con
templated by some Cincinnati capi
talists a year or two ago, the Fed
eral League backers have produced
the coin when called upon to do so,
and in several instances have given
bonuses outright to players for jump
ing from the National League. A deal
of this kind carries much more
weight than one which promises a
large salary for an extended length
of time, but no guarantee that it will
be fulfilled In other words, if a
player is figuring on Jumping organ
ized baseball to enter the Federal
League, if he Is wise he will de
mand a large bonus for signing and
take a corresponding cut In salary
rather than vice versa, because In
case the league should not make a
go of It and it broke up In midsea
son, the player In question would be
osaured of a certain amount, whereas
he would have a lot of trouble to
retain any other sum even if it was
put In the bank for him, as the out
laws are In frequent cases offering
to do.
Personally, I would like to see the
undertaking a success, as I think It
would aid the player In the long run.
Whatever happens the player has
everything to gain and nothing to
Jose. Those whfl have already signed
with the Federals will be undoubted
ly welcomed back by the regulars if
they see fit to come, as has already
been demonstrated In BUI Kllllfer’s
case with the Phillies. Of course, as
soon as the league starts and players
fall to report to their respective clubs
In organized baseball, suspension
takes place, and then, according to
the “finding of the powers higher up,”
they are blacklisted for life.
Regulars Are Worried.
In spite of their denial, you can
not make me believe that the man
agers and club owners of organized
baseball clubs have not been wor
ried. It is not to be wondered at
that their attitude should be one of
apparent disdain and Indifference,
but In more cases than a few, their
actions have been quite the contrary.
If they were not afraid of inroads
'v.belng made on their club rosters, why
were they so particular to see that
emissaries from their own clubs, or
they themselves saw their players In
person and had them affix their sig
natures to 1914 contracts, rather than
entrust the same to the malls?
Where this Federal League has
got a whole lot of newspaper space
iivln cities like Baltimore, Buffalo
and Kansas City, where a class AA
team holds forth, and the natives see
a vision of major league ball looming
large. But these same natives are
most assuredly going to be awfully
disappointed In the quality of ball if
they are anticipating baseball on a
par with that played by the Ameri
can and National leagues, when the
best the reports have shown to date
Is three or four major leaguers to a
, Federal team, with the rest* of ehch
.team composed of minor league mal
contents.
The most glaring handicap, to my
mind, which the newcomers are up
against Is the arrangement of their
circuit. How mueh more desirable
a city like Cincinnati would be than
Kansas City, with a heavy mileage
from the other towns. Then again,
with a club in Brooklyn and New
(York Instead of Toronto, the circuit
would be much more compact, the
league would save tremendous travel
ing and other expense In a season,
and the cities mentioned- for substi
tution have been clamoring for ad
mission to the league since It entered
the field.
As I have said, I would like to see
the undertaking prove to be a suc
cess for the sake of the players, as I
think the added competition Would
Increase salaries, but I cannot find
any grounds to make my hopes as
sured. I cannot see how the new
league can possibly live financially.
The jumps are too long, the cities
' are not the most desirable ones, and
the major league players refuse to
desert their present clubs In sufficient
numbers to give the new league first
class ball.
After a recent banquet, at which
I was called upon for a speech on
“Inside Baseball," a fellow banqueter
spoke to me about as follows:
“Mr. Collins, I listened quite at
tentively to, what you said this eve
ning, but It seems to, me that you
talked more about 'Connie' Mack
, than you did about ‘Inside Base
ball.’ ”
"My friend,” I replied, “ ’Connie’
Mack and ’Inside Baseball’ are
synonymous terms. He Is the man
that’s on the inside, the outBide and
the everywhere of the baseball of
the Athletics. The men under him
ssex County Beer
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old friends drop in to spend the evening.
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EDDIE COLLINS
respeot and honor him aa they would
a father. He treats you white all the
time. I’ll give you an example:
"A year or two ago, 'Connie' and I
did not agree perfectly over the sal
ary question. I thought I ought to
have a little more money. ’Connie’
said to me, ’I can’t afford to give you
any more now. but If we have a good
year, I will take care of you In Oc
tober.’ That year the club did not
do so well—we did not win the pen
nant—but when I got my last check
on October 15 It was for $500 addi
tional. ‘Connie’ had not forgotten."
This is only one instance of “Con
nie's" squareness, but I know of a
lot of others. Among the conces
sions which the National Commis
sion granted the Ball Players’ Fra
ternity was one by which a player Is
given his unconditional release after
he has served ten years with a major
league club and outlived his useful
ness with it. But "Connie" Mack has
always done that for his veteran
players. "Lave” Cross, "SockB" Sey
bold, "Monte” Cross, "Topsy” Hart
sell and Harry Davis are some play
ers to whom "Connie” said, "Go
where you please. I won’t stand In
your way.”
Still, the public wonders why some
of the Athletics don’t Jump to the
Federate. There Is only one answer—
"Connie” Mack.
EAST SIDE IS ONE
Down-Neckers Lose Close flame
to Poly Prep on Brook
lyn Court.
East Side High School fell a field
basket short of defeating Poly Prep,
of Brooklyn, on the latter's court
yesterday, when the home team de
feated th© "Down Neck" school quin
tet by a score of 23 to 22. The con
test was a ding-dong affair through
out. First East Side led and then
Polp Prep was In front, the issue
being in doubt until the last minute.
East Side led at half-time by a score
of 16 to 15.
Maxwell scored four field goals and
three free throws, a total polntage
which Cirlicione approached with
four field goals and one penalty
throw. Meenan, the Poly Prep centre,
who is a brother of Dan Meenan,
captain of the Columbia varsity five,
tallied three field baskets. The sum
mary:
EAST SIDE.
F.G. F.T. Pts.
Slevring, forward . 1 2 4
Cohen, forward . 0 1 1
Clrlinclone, forward. 4 19
Metzger, centre . 3 0 6
Schneraky, guard . 1 0 2
Bonglvanni, guard. 0 0 0
Totals . 9 4 22
F.G. F.T. Pts.
POLY PREP.
Maxwell, forward . 4 3 11
Wood, forward . 1 0 2
Meenan, centre . 3 0 6
Horton, centre . 2 0 4
Keady, guard . 0 0 0
Baxter, guard . 0 0 0
Totals . 10 3 23
Referee—Goete.
History Repeated In Scholastic Lessee.
The New Jersey Interscholastic
League basketball championship will
be practically decided on Friday, when
East Orange and Montclair clash at
Montclair. Eaet Orange Is leading
the league with a record of three
games won. Montclair Is second,
with one defeat, that sustained at the
hands of East Orange on the East Or
ange court. Last year the same two
schools were forced to play an extra
game for the championship. Mont
clair came out ahead In this game and
East Orange Is anxious to prevent a
recurrence. They will play their
hardest to repeat the early season
victory.
Montclair High Leads In Points Scored.
According to the league statistician,
Montclair H. S., the runner-up, leads
the New Jersey Interscholastic League
basketball column In the matter of
points scored, with a total of 107.
East Orange, which Is leading the
league with a clean slate of three
games won, Is second, with 89 points.
Stevens Is third, with 77 points, while
Barringer trails, as It does In the
standing, with 63 points.
Shields, of Stevens, has the best In
dividual record, having tallied 49
points, of whloh 87 were scored on
free throws.
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Soldier Athletes Who Will Strive for Honors at the Armory
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REGIMENTAL MEET
Jackie Clark to Referee Two
Mile Open Bicycle
Race.
SOLDIER RIVALRY KEEN
A most attractive program has been
arranged by Lieutenant T. Barton
Freeman for the annual Indoor games
of the First Regiment Athletic Asso
ciation at the armory In Jay street
tomorrow night.
Guardsmen to the number of 215 are
entered In the various handicap
events, closed to members of the regi
ment, and the competition for the
point trophy Is sure to be keen. There
are many excellent athletes among
the militiamen, Joe Higgins, of Com
pany B; George Vreeland, of Com
pany B; Alec Duncan, of Company
L; Matthew Lynch, of Company H,
and Thomas Burns, of Company L,
being among the foremost of the con
tenders for the Individual title.
Jackie Clark, who arrived home this
week from Paris, will referee the two
mile bicycle race, open. This is a new
place for Jackie and the bike fans are
sure to be on hand. The entry list In
the bicycle event was augmented yes
terday by the applications of Eddie
Goodwin, the acknowledged "King of
thp Flat Floor,” and Jake Townsend,
of the Bronx Church House. The en
tries of this pair of Metropolitan stars
increases the field to thirteen In num
ber and will necessitate the running
of heats.
The Prudential Athletes will be out
in force in a one-mile relay closed
event. William Kelly, the New Jer
sey State quarter-mile champion, will
run the anchor leg on one of the
teams.
There will also be a sprint and a
relay event for city playground ath
letes.
Conway Again Head of I. A. A. c.
For the eighteenth consecutive time
P. J. Conway was elcted president of
the Irish-American Athletic Club last
night. Mr. Conway, as usual, asked
that some other member of the club
be elected, but his request was not
granted.
New England Athletes to Start.
In a conference held after the Bos
ton games It was decided to send
all the winners In the New England
indoor championship meet on Febru
ary 28 to compete In the national
indoor championships to be held in
Madison Square Garden, New York
city, on March 2. In all probability
the following star athletes from New
England will be on the team: Harry
Barwlse, New England high Jump
champion; Fred Burns, 300-yard na
tional champion; D. S. Caldwell,
fourth In the 800 metres at Stock
holm; J. A. High, New England
hurdle champion; Oscar Hedlund,
runner-up to Klvlat In the Hunter
mile; J. O. Johnstone, indoor high
jump champion; E. T. Mwceau, jun
ior mile champion; W. H. Meanlx,
New England low hurdle champion;
J. G. Silva, New England five and ten
mile champion, and Larry Whitney,
Intercollegiate and American shot
put champion.
May Settle Two-Mile Championship.
Willie Kramer, Sidney Leslie,
Hannes Kolehmalnen and possibly
Abel Klvlat, who won the Hunter mile
in the Boston Athletic Association
games on Saturday, will be competi
tors next Saturday nlrht in a special
two-mlle race in Madison Square
Garden, under the auspices of the
Irish-American Athletic Association.
It is expected that this event will
clt^ir up all doubt as to the best of
the two-mlle men in the United
States. An event which will have a
particular significance for the under
graduates and alumni of several of
the Eastern universities will be the
two-mile relay race, In which Yale,
Harvard, Pennsylvania and possibly
Princeton will be represented
Another Hunter Trophy.
George F. Hunter, the donor of the
trophy for the Hunter mile at the
Boston A. A. games, will offer an
other trophy to take the place of
that permanently acquired by Abel
Klvlat last Saturday night.
Swimming Carnival
at Sportsmen’s Show
Entry blanks for the swimming
carnival to be held at Madison
Square Garden In conjunction with
the Sportsmen's Show, February 21
to 27, were Issued yesterday by Otto
Wahle, director of water sports. The
feature each day will be the diving
competition, for which the manage
ment has received the pledges of all
of the medal winners In this sec
tion. A free for all handicap also
will be a dally attraction.
Need Apgar, Jack Fanning, Bill
Darton, H. H. Stevens and other
well-known professionals will face
the traps, and the amateur field will
hold a list of 300 shooters that In
cludes the best of the New York and
Eastern cracks.
FRATERNITY NOT IN FAVOR
OF ABOLISHING AA DRAFTS
Believe That Players Should
Get Big League
Wages.
Another angle to the abolition of
the draft from Class AA leagues,
should It go through, developed today
when a man who la on the Inside and
close to the heads of the Players’
Fraternity, declared that opposition
would probably be developed from
Dave Fultz and his cohorts on the
subject. The International Leagu*
magnates met yesterday to adopt a
schedule, and one of the momentous
questions discussed was a request,
which has already been filed with the
National Commission, exempting Bar
row league clubs from the major
drafts.
The Players’ Fraternity seem to
think that It would be a deep Injus
tice to players in the fold if they had
no chance to advance in their proces
sion, such as the draft now gives
them.
“If th© International League and
Class AA leagues are ready and will
ing to pay major league prices to our
players in the International and
American Association, all right, but
what about being on the level with
the big leaguers and drawing minor
league pay all during one’s career?’’
Another report which gained some
currency' in the lobby of the Hotel
Victoria yesterday was that the Pa
cific Coast League would Join hands
with the^Feds and become an inde
pendent league most any time, pro
vided the Feds are not taken into the
fold. The Pacific Coast was an out
law organization for a long time and
wrought much havoc during its stay
without the fold. When it came into
organized baseball it was under a
written agreement that it should al
ways b© rated as highly as the Inter
national League and American As
sociation. Isolated away out on the
coast, the Pacific Coast League has
things pretty much its own way.
The magnates were in session four
hours before they announced that the
International League schedule had
been adopted. The fact that the Fed
eral League was discussed at random
was admitted by President Edward
G. Barrow'. This, along with the pro
posed transfer of the Jersey City
franchise to Brooklyn and the aboli
tion of the draft, kept the magnates
talking so long that President Barrow
called a halt, The meeting gnay run
into tomorrow before everything is
cleared up, according to the league’s
executive.
There were not many smiling faces
at the meeting. John Ganzel appeared
particularly sober, for he has lost
Simmons, Jacklitsch, Myers, who
signed last night by the way, and two
or three others. Ganzel has only a
half-dozen men In the fold. President
Charley Chapin got up on an imagi
nary bandstand and announced with
great eclat that he did not want any
of the men who Jumped and that he’d
never take them back.
While Simmons has not signed. It
is said that he has accepted terms
with Otto Knabe, of the Baltimore
Federal Leaguers. Simmons drove in
a majority of the Hustlers' runs last
season, besides being the champion
olub-swlnger of the league in the bat
ting averages.
Sammy Lichtenhein got the news
that Eddie Lennox had also jumped
to the Feds and took it stolidly. Jer
sey City was notified that Joe Agler
was lost, having signed with Buffalo,
tmd Newark got the announcement
that Cy Barger had gone.
President Charles H. Ebbets, Jr.,
says he has a first baseman under
consideration and lines are already
out to replace Barger and Curtis, too,
if the latter decides to go.
Notea of the Meeting.
Toronto magnates seem to think
that the Federal League, if it does
get started, will cut off Buffalo and
Toronto, leaving it a six-club circuit.
President Fogarty, of the Jersey
City Club, announced that Bobby
Wells would open up for the Skeeters
as right fielder. He is dickering for
some big league pitchers and prom
ises Skeeter fans they will be good
ones.
Jack Dunn has made a novel propo
sltian to the Baltimore Feds. Jack
issues the following challenge: "Put
your Baltimore team against my team
in a series and let the vanquished
team leave the city. That’s how much
confidence I have about my team be
ing a big league aggregation,” says
Dunn.
For the first time in a long while
President Frank Van Dusen and
Frank J. Navln, of the Providence
Club, attended yesterday’s confab.
Bill Donovan was also on hand. He
declared that Onslow had not Jumped,
as was reported, but had signed with
Providence. Bill says Newark can
have Onslow for a flrst-sacker if they
offer the right bait, but Ebbets, Jr.,
says he has a man already booked
for the Job.
Bill Clymer lost Fred Beck but
saved the rest of his chattel. Bill is
not worrying about a first baseman,
though he says he would like to have
Swacina and offered *3,000 for him
at one time. "I intend to get three
first basemen’s gloves,” said Clymer
"One will be given to Paddock, an
other to Lehr and another to O’Neil,
a recruit I have. Then, besides, we
have big George McConnell for the
Job in a pinch.”
News and Gossip of the Kennels
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Thomas Fortune Ryan has just Im
ported a very handsome pair of Ger
man shepheid dogs, which are named
Oak Ridge Frigga von Magdeburg
and Oak Ridge Alarlch von Alpcn
luft. They will be exhibited for the
first time at the Newark show, under
the direction of Otto Gross.
Robert Carter, the well-known car
toonist, Is starting a kennel of bull
terriers, with Clean Break stock as
a foundation.- It seems newspaper
men are partial to the "White Cave
lier," Wex Jones and Hal Coffman,
being also Interested In them.
In well-informed kennel circles It
was said last night that Hamilton
Adams would be unable to keep his
appointment at Philadelphia and
that Mldgcly Marsden, of Whaley
Bridge, England, would take his
classes.
Madame Carreno, the well-known
exhibitor of black and tan terriers,
has just received one of the best
three-pounders living from England.
He was purchased from Mrs. Thorpe.
He Is only ten months old, and has
been registered as Little Briton. He
will be exhibited at the Newark show
for the first time.
There are 1,026 dogs entered at the
Eastern dog show at Boston, Feb
ruary 17 to 20, making a total entry
of 1,711. Everything points to a
most successful show.
Henry Flatman, who Is on the New
ark judging list for Scottish terriers,
and West Highland White and Sealy
ham terriers, has been called to Call-;
fornia on important business and will
therefore be unable to fultfil his en-;
gageinent- Vint Breese, the popular
all-around, will take tha-breeds.
Vickery Estelle, the well-known
winner, has been proclaimed tbe
American Fox Terrisr Club champion
for 1913, winning the grand challenge
cup at New York and Boston.
At the last Westminster show 1,980
dogs were benched, while at the last
Crystal Palace show', In London, tbero
were 1,735 dogs on exhibition. At the
initial W. K. C. show In May, 1877,
about 800 were benched. At the In
augural show there were 331 pointers
and 160 field spaniels, retrievers and
Chesapeake Bay dogs. There were no
classes for pomeranians then, but
there were for spit* dogs. Thus do
times and fancy change!
The Langley Hall peklngest Ken
nels, at New Rochelle, are now par
ticularly strong In puppies of this
engaging breed. Mrs. Orlando Lewis
imported stock of the highest breed
ing and she is quite successful as a
breeder. Some of the young stock
were sold recently and now there are
more for sola Later on there will be
exhibited a good and very small
black and tan puppy of Champion
Broadoak Beetle from a daughter of
Mrs. Herbert's Champion Yen Chu,
of Newnham, and sold latter came
over from England last summer.
George Raper, the noted foreign dog
fancier, has arrived on the Lucanla
to attend the Westminster Kennel
Club dog show. Raper Is making his
seventeenth visit to New York to
Judge, exhibit or look over the fa
mous bench show. He holds the globe
trotting record for dog experts, hav
ing Judged at Montreal, Chloago, Bos
ton, San Franolso, Johannesberg,
South Africa, St. Petersburg, Copen
hagen and ibore than once at Paris,
Berlin, Vienna and other continental
shows.
Seventeen hundred dogs, which by
duplication make 3,078 entries have
been nominated for the thirty-eighth
annual fixture of the Westminster
Kennel Club at the Grand Central
Palace on February 38-38. This Is a
slight Increase In both respects over
last year, which maintains the show's
pre-eminence as the largest in the
world as to dogs actually benched.
SPALDING TRIO OFF
TO WINNING START
Dispose of Anglers and Le Glise
Teanfl in Johnstone-Dixon
Tourney.
RAHWAY ELKS WIN TWO
The three-man bowling tournament
conducted under the auspices of
James Johnstone, former National
League and present American Asso
ciation umpire, and Edward DLxon,
on their alleys, 566 Springfield ave
nue, got under way last night. Three
teams, namely the Spaldings, Anglers j
and LeGlise trio, rolled and some in
teresting pinning resulted. The first
match of the evening brought to
gether the Spalding and LeGlise
teams, the former getting two
straight James. Spalding then met
the Anglers and disposed of them in
two straight games. The Anglers
were pitted against the Lelise team
in the final match and the result was
an even break, each trio netting a
victory.
Neville Starts Well Bat Stops.
After making six strikes in succes
sion in the Fidelity Trust Company
tournament last night Captain John
Neville, of the Savings Department
team, stopped and finished with a
total of 208. His team now holds the
high team record with a score of 540.
The high Individual score record is
held by William E. Brown, with 289.
LeGlise Team Loses Fine Chance.
The LeGlise team lost an oppor
tunity to gain on the leading Wein
garth & Whatton team in the Alley
Owners' League last night, when the
latter combination won only two
games out of three from the Weber
combination. The LeGlise lads were
beaten, in two games out of three, by
the Blum team. Jimmy Whktton led
Welngarth with 240 and 200, while
Billy Welngarth was there with 203
and Graef 202. Oppell and Trensch
turned in 217 and 203, respectively, for
the "Webers. Scharfenberger was high
for Blum, with counts of 216, 209 and
208, followed by Jackson, who rolled
214, and Frey, who pinned 201.
Glen Ridge Club Win. Tournament.
After a most interesting and excit
ing tournament the championship of
the Montclair Interclub League final
ly went to the Glen Ridge Club, as a
result of its victory in two out of
three games over the Montclair A.
C„ on the Glen Ridge alleys last
night. The Glen Ridge performers
finished the season one game to the
good over the Montclair A. C. and
the Montclair Club. These teams are
now on even terms for second posi
tion, the latter having lost the odd
game of three to the Commonwealth
Club last night. Cooper turned in
216 for Glen Ridge, while Roberts,
Rowe, Hlnck and Mills pinned 233,
22*, 223 and 228, respectively, for the
Montclair A. C. The Athletics count
ed 1,010, the high score of the sea
son in the second game. Greenman,
with 221 and Dunlop, with 216. were
high for Commonwealth, while Engle
got 211 for the Montclair Club.
Orange Valley Within One Game of Lead.
Orange Valley is now within a
game of the Millburn team and first
place in the Lackawanna League.
The former captured two games out
of three from the Summit combination
last night while Millburn tasted de
feat in two games out of three at
the hands of the Madison team. The
Waverlys, who are third, five games
in the rear of the Valleys, lost
ground when they were beaten in
three games by the Llewellyn five.
The Llewellyns, who are fourth, are
now only three games behind the
Waverlys.
Other Bowling Notre.
In a Newark Church League match
decided laet night on Eureka alleys
the Fewemlth B five won the odd
game of three from the Fatrmount A
combination.
Buch took the odd game from Pros
pects and Putnam A made a clean
sweep over Putnam B in a pair of
Jr. O. IT. A. M. League matches
rolled on the Junior Order alleys last
night. Sweton, of Putnam A, led the
field with 211.
The Rahway Elks were in their
best form last night, taking the odd
game of three from the New York
quintet in an Elks' League match on
the Manhattan alleys. Worth was
high for the winners with 2*2 and 215
and Engelklng pinned 216 for New
York.
Birds mnow
Breeding Female*.fl. II, 91. fl
CAnarleZ. full stagers.13, 94. 16. $t. 91
HOLDEN CONTRALTOS ,916. $16. $90. $39
‘IPINO BULLFINCHES.I oO, 176. $100. |I60
Parrot*...915, 916. 960. $76. $109. $900. $900
Holden** New Book on Bird*. *11 about
breeding, food, singing, care, mailed IBe
stamp*.
fi. S. Holden, 25 W. 23rd St, N. T.
REPORTS THAT FEDERALS
WILL BE ADMITTED INTO
FOLD BY THE REGULARS
NEW INFIELDER IS
SIGNED BY TIGERS
Charles Paynter, Semi-Pro from
Elmhurst, L. I., to Get
Tryout.
PFAU GETS _LOCAL BOYS
Inftelders galore will Manager Har
ry Harry Smith have on hie Southern
training trip thl* year. Another recruit
was signed up yesterday by Charles H.
Ebbets, president of the Newark Club.
The newcomer Is Charles Payner, of
Elmhurst, L. I. He is equally good at
short or third base, and played last
season with the St. Anthonys, of Long
Island.
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Pfau 81,11, Three Local Boy*.
Among the visitors yesterday at the
International League meeting was
Secretary William Pfau, of the East
ern League, formerly the New Xork
and New Jersey League. Pfau de
clared that he had signed up Tyrell
BchaefTer, a southpaw, who lives In
this city, and was formerly with
Troy. Dave Abeles and Benny Ross,
the latter a pitcher for the Overbrook
Hospital team last season, are also
under contract with Perth Amboy.
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Curtl* Follows Barger.
Cliff Curtis, of the Newark pitching
staff, like Cy Barger, has joined the
Federal League, according to dis
patches today. Barger is supposed
to have signed with Indianapolis, and
Curtis with Pittsburgh. When asked
if he had heard anything on the sub
ject President Charles H- Ebbets, jr., i
replied that no word had come from
Curtis, who has been a most persist
ent holdout.
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Stol Sign* with Toledo.
Hans Stol, a clever inflelder, who
covered second and third base for
local semi pro teams, has been signed
by the Toledo Club, of the American
Association. It was through James
Johnstone, the umpire, that Stol gets
his chance to become a professional.
He played in the infield for the Iron
side F. C., and the All-Stars, of the
Manufacturers’ League.
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Fogarty After Flog Dry.
An application for flag day has
been filed by President Thomas Fo
garty with the Newark Club. The
date on which the pennant will be
unfurled has not been awarded Just
yet, and several clubs are after It.
President Charles H. Ebbets, Jr., said
that he had not decided who would
get his plum. The Jersey City Club
figures It should have first choice, as
the Skeeters are a good drawing card
here. *
No action has been taken on the
proposal to transfer the Jersey .City
franchise to Brooklyn. Fogarty,
however, announced that he is op
posed to It.
The schedule adopted yesterday
calls for 154 games. The opening con
tests will be played as follows, on
Tuesday, April 21: Rochester at
Newark, Montreal at Jersey City,
Buffalo at Baltimore and Toronto at
Providence.
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Meyer Tell, Why He Jumped.
In a letter to the Evening Star Ben
ny Meyer says: "Tea, I have Jumped,
and I think I made a wise move. Many
of these fellows who say the league
will be a joke will wake up and find
themselves dreaming. Believe me, I
knew what I was doing when I signed
with the Baltimore team. There is
real money behind these "outlaws,”
and It will be a good league. Don’t
believe everything you see In print
about the Federals. I Jumped because
I got good money and lots c( It.”
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Little Chance for Bloomfield.
While the Bloomfield men have made
application for a franchise In the
Eastern League, Secretary Pfau said
there is no room for them and, in ad
dition, President Charles H. Ebbets.
Jr., is opposed to It, as was told in
these columns last night. There was
some talk of Kingston forfeiting Its
franchise, which caused the Bloom
field men to get busy. Pfau says he
would like to get Elizabeth In the
league. The Newark Club gave the
league permission to get into Eliza
beth last year, but Betsytowners were
slow to take advantage of the oppor
tunity. Elizabeth, with a population
of 80,000, should support a team
easily
Lennox Jumps.
Eddie Lennox, the Camden boy,
who played for several seasons In the
National League, has jumped the In
ternational League for tha Federate.
Lennox yesterday signed a contract
to play with the Baltimore Federal
League team, which is managed by
Otto Knabe. Lennox played last sea
son with the Montreal Club. He for
merly did good work at third base for
the Brooklyn and Chicago Nationals
and the Louisville Club.
FORESTERS’ NIGHT
IN HEADPIN GAMES
In the Star headpln bowling tour
nament tonight the competitors will
be from Court South End, Independ
ent Order of Foresters. The man
ager Is B. J. Richter and hs figures
that there will be at least ten teams
on the Job. The South End bowlers
have performed before In the Star's
big competition and have always
made an excellent showing.
The Pennsylvania railroad pin
knights, under the management of
Joe McWrtght. rolled last night In
the Star headpln tournament on the
Iroquois alleys. They were out fifty
strong. John Jackson, with 109, had
high score, ftoy Valentine rolled lot,
Charles Merrell 100 and William Flts
gerald 100. To each went one of the
silver watch-fobs, which the Star
awards those who have counts be
tween 100 and 110
Tennis Players Practise
for Indoor Championships
Lawn-tennis players have begun
practise for the national Indoor cham
pionship tournament on the courts of
the Seventh Regiment Armory. The
Austrians. Count Otto and Alexander
Salm-Hoogstraeten, come In for a
great share of attention.
Wylie C. Grant and B. C. Shafer,
the holders of the national doubles
championship; June M Stelnacher.
B. M. Phillips, Frederick B Alexan
der, the former Internationalist; T. R.
Pell, Dr William Rosenbaum, O F,
Touchard, E. W. Peassiee, the former
Tale oaptaln; Preston Cummings, Jr.
the Marine and Field Club ohamplnp;
King Smith, Harry Parker, W. if.
Throck Morton, the New Jersey
player, and several others are among
the players In the practise matches.
Backers of New League Rush*
ing to New York to Confer
With “Regulars.”
BALTIMORE MEN IN N. Y.
Independents Tell Some Inter
esting Features of Their
Campaign.
*°ma startling development
may be the outcome of the next few
day* in the baseball meeting* in
*7*2 ’* a foregone conclusion.
The flashes from Chicago that Prasl
dent Jame* A. Gilmore, of the Feder
al League, and President Charles
Weegham, of the Chicago club. wer.
on their way to New Tork 1* coupled
with the fact that other Federal
League magnates are already on the
°.f>,\Ctl0n a'ad* swsnsth to the
stories that conciliatory measure* be
tween the outlaw* and organised
baseball will be taken shortly.
Messrs Hanlon. Goldman and
Knabe, of the Baltimore Federal
League Club, were on deck yeeterdav
though they were registered prlvatelr
at a prominent New Tork hotel. They
requested that their Identities be kept
When Interviewed oSeVSi
officials told a 8tar representative
many things of interest concerning
the new league. He refused, horn
trar,„f the all important sub
Ject of a Joint meeting between the
national commission and the Federal
League heads.
It was explained that the Federate
In Baltimore do not Intend to fight
Jack Dunn so far as having conflict
ing dates with the Orioles are con
cerned, but they do Intend to fight
such men as Charles Murphy, of Chi
cago. and Robert Hedges, of St.
Louis. An effort to draw patronage
away from the Cube and Browns
will be made in every possible way
when the Federal League schedule Is
adopted.
"Why Is it.” one of the officials was
asked, "that one never hears of two
Federal League clubs being after the
same player?"
"That Is very simple,” he said with
a smile. "When we decided on our
campaign to sign up players we
agreed that each chib manager
should make out a list of men he
wanted. No club owner would dicker
with a man who le on our Baltimore
list. Harry Swaclna tried to do bus
iness with the Pittsburgh club, but
they turned him down. We hsd
Swaclna on our original list and we
have some other names, too, that
would surprise you. Then again there
are some players whose names would
shock organized baseball and tha
reading public If It were known that
they had written to us saying tlutt
they were ready to talk terms Some
of these men come with the simple
purpose of trying to hold up their
clubs in organized baseball and we
seldom have anything to do with
them."
That the magnates In organised
baseball have had enough of the war
and realize that the time has come
to declare an armistice is an opinion
held by many of the men on the In
side of the situation. The miner
league magnates are really the one*
who will suffer the meet. Many of
these fellows In the bushes who back
their teams through good sportsman
ship have a chanee to pick up a little
coin that wilt give tbem an even break
on the season's financial standing by
selling their star players, tf tbe
outlaws come along and steal their
best men their chance is gone and
they are up in arms.
Scout Larry Sutten. of the Newark
club, said today that every class K
leaguer he saw wore a long face
"They all say they have signed up
onVv one or two men.” said Larry.
President Weegham. of the Chicane
club, is Draised on every side by tfia
Federal League magnates. He Is only
twenty-nine years Old. but has made
a fortune for himself and has long
been an ardent fan. Several year*
ago he tried to hoy the St. Louie
Cardinals, but was turned down
Now the organized baseball force*
are almost willing to do anything to
get him In the fold. Weeghman has
stood by the other Federal League
magnates nobly tn spite of all the ef
forts made to coax him away and th*
regulars now seem to realize that the
only way to settle It will be to take
the Federal League Into the fold. Xn
that event the Feds will doubtleee de
mand that the players they have
signed or made agreements with must
be retained by them and that they
will make no more attacks on play
ers under reserve
Intention*] Put Stored at Merita*.
Several change* and revision* of
the playing rule*, non* of them rad
ical, were recommended by the rale*
committee of the National League
which held a lengthy session yester
day These will be considered by the
American League Rules Committee
some time during the week. Among
them the most prominent was Ml#
dealing with the "Intentional pass '*
Trrkee Sign* with Bed Ben.
Steve Terkes, the second baseman
of the Boston Americana sent In bis
signed contract yesterday. The club
has yet to hear from Speaker, Ray
Collins and Engle.
"Heme-Bon" Baker's Twine Dead.
News of the death of the twin girl*
of J Franklin Baker, third baseman
of the Philadelphia American League
baseball team, was received In Phil
adelphia, yesterday.
Hen* Wegner to Set Penelen.
Honus Wagner's years of serrloe
In baseball will bring Its reward.
The “grand old man" of the diamond
will not spend his last days with the
minors Barney Dreyfuss. owner of
the Pirates, said that Wagner was
still good for two or three years Of
active service, and after that he
would still oontlnu* to draw salary
from the Pittsburgh club as long at
he lived. "He will never he released
to go to any minor olub.” eald Drey
fus* "He will remain on the pay
roll of my team, and when hi* ac
tive days are over I will use him a*
a soout or as a coach for th* young
er players on the team.”
Talike**■ Sign madder.
John Sullivan, a semi-professional
second baeeman. who was recom
mended by Frit* Maisel. wae signed
yesterday by the Yankees. Sulttvnn
plaVed lii the Buffalo City League last
year and ran up the tidy batting aver
age of .400. He weighs 110 pounds,
but Is ranked as a sprinter.
New Training Camp far Pirates.
John H. Dailey, business manager
of the Pittsburgh Pirates, announced
yesterday that the club would leave
here on March 7 for Dawson Springs.
Ky.. where the preliminary spring
training will be dona Heretofore the
club has trained at West Baden, Ind.
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