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r PAGE FOURTEEN. THE NEWS SCIMITAR. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30$ 120 :TT A A 1 MM - 77J? SUBSTITUTE (As Ma Itrallv Is) subsUtatf Mit on the frrnrh Amid a stirring gm(, Willi murder tn his flashing cyr And hatred in the samp; Hil' liiRh up in (he rocking tii(l Hi clrl apinvired that daf Attracted by a hnpn that he VMiJd break into the fray. W score wan aeren points t hix. And lime was filing fast Jo one, lit Imst, who figured that His golden chance had parsed. T In n suddenly, with afu rrfefc, The quai terhiH k as thrown hard attaint tli frown foil He siflied his ankle bone. But lo, with frot,jvet born anew. The ftid mu on hl feet, Tnlent on feeding thousands to The rarest sort of treat. Tle welcome cries of many i The stadium were heard And when he hounded on the field HI toll ou what occurred: ITe fumhlcd, first a spiral punt That struck his shaking knot. And missed five tackles In a row, He should have hugged with ease. He then essayed n rotten play And gutiinied it up lo hoot Which Is precisely why he was plain old sulislliule. Bob Piiiue. Ui.sMrnsrriof the stunt lug, dope, has emliurkeil on it flclimx trip with hlnh prospei'ts. .lust xvlr.it stylo of iilihi he will employ upon his return remalnx to lie .-i. Tins it, m is Inserted merely to prepare you in dvnnre f what may later appear In print, wcanwhllp. we take tvte wltr in hand for a few panning re mark. BASEBALL TRIBUNAL. Kollowing the nensatlotml illseov eriea unearthed in the baseball houii day. wise moguls have Instituted a thorough houaecleanlne and with ex tensive plana are preparing to lift the game from the rut in which It has fallen Thin I. i... uiv l.iiLr after the stench and the odne Inci dent to the 1919 series, when cIkM tar ' player nold out their bodies, aoula and their friends to a clique of crooks. In endeavoring to cleanse tha' sport 1 Jl oluba Dave agreed upon a civilian tribunal which automatically 1 will abrogate the national agreement, ho long In effect. It meana the pass ing of the national commission and the substitution In Its stead of a body of three men, disinterested both financially and mentally, yet so killed and experienced aR to handle the game with the discipline desired. Meanwhile five other clubs, sup porting Ban Johnson, cxar of the American league, have refused to Join in the proposal, and are technically .In revolt. This is but an echo of the warfare experienced Inst summer when the younger orKanl.ntlon was 11 but torn asunder with Internal strife, bickerings and constant dis agreements. Johnson has strong suo jart In his stand, yet one, supposedly wo wise and keen should be strong -and big enough to sacrifice personal feelings for the good of the game. In their summer break, arguments arose over the eligibility of (.'arl Mays, of the Yanks, and formerly of the Red Sox. The red flag of battle waa hoisted and smuggle to the end was anticipated by two factions that asked no quarter and meant lo give none In return. Finally matters were partially ironed out and the tteaaon proceeded without undue dif ficulties. JOHNSON BLAMED. Nevertheless Johnson Is being blamed by many writers. maKiiates and , friends for his failure to act upon evidence presented to him earlier In the year, in regard to the scandal later unearthed- a scandal that wrecked a powerful dub, de stroyed the confidence of 8n per cent of fandom, and cost Charles A. ("om iskey, owner if the White Hox, at least $000,000. It In maintained that vwin to Johnsons dislike 'of fiAn Iskey, following their brenU ;n the .Mays ense, the league bend remained inactive and allowed matters to drift along with the tide. It wn. not until tiie l'ok county grand jury stepped into the story that Johnson became identified, and then it was only be cause he was summoned by u bi iiy he could not refuse. Johnson undoubtedly deserves nAniiiii'inir t.f Vila m.tawA i...l ,1. club owners should be commended for their eurnest efforts to protect the apiu t from the r.iv.mes of the crooked clan. Only bullheadediiess i-uii pi event live inner imtKnuTes irom .ionium their brothers In the new proposal unless Han so controls (heir dest inUs as to force them Into disfavor, with himself. The kaiser surrounded i, pomp power und military stri-m:'!.. went into exile when the opposition he camc too strong. Joiutsou can do the same Baseball fans ure not it,t, rested In either .Inhnwii's preset:! 01 hi.i fi ture; but they re vitally concerned in the fjiul of the name 'I.'.: game. They are fir whatever is deemed best lor the .Tt; whatever Will lift It O.lt I f the . ellar .111.1 pi. Hit it back UPotl the hill ( ;n.i:ilt.n where nei'her crooked ramblers i-m-dirty players can reach it, with then poisonous fangs. THE LOCAl'sITUATION. The Memphis i bib had a f.ne chance to investigate u-lv rumor.-; circulated last summer when aw fe.llv funny baseball was ic,,l played by somi niemi ' r i i trie ci--kh. iooost fans attributed this to the "master r:Mln" : i.-' inf. -: the cist end of the .-t.iti'i oii'er aioirm.. odds to the unsuspecting. It was known lii.u white h.-l.tuiim was a favorite drink of .several mem bers of the team, vet ic'tinni; wis don to actually cluck it. Mattel x finally became so open and disgust ing that four players were brought on the carpet for preslden'ia'. instruction Two of these were outfielders and one waa a pitcher. One of these out fielders did not finish the season here, and the other was placed on probation. The pitcher did not ac company the team to Iyersburs for the post-season contest. Nothing need be said of No. 4. The situation can be handled eas ily by enforcing the rule posted so conspicuously In the stands "No Oambling Allowed." and bv sonhmg athletes with stiff fines when they break training. Tulkinu to some players has litlln effect, but when you take awny his money you have pinched his heart and his god and lie is ready to reform. TIP FROM HAACK. You mijrht recall what Promoter Haack did at the Southern A. ('. a weeks ago. On the same card JTw stopped two big fights, banished . the four Der formers and gave fans A ticket to the next week's show. It' n dar cost him personally about $750 to carry out his derision, but he main tained the confidence of his patrons and protected the game against sus picion. Why couldn't the principle be applied to other forms of sport? SOUTHERNVS" TEXAS. In line with this baseball upheaval It will be well for Southern mag nates to again assume their class A standing, enjoyed in prewar days. At present they ure technically In class "A" society, yet actually of In determined grade. ' Meanwhile the Texas league, rated class H. was good enough to wallop the wadding out of the champions of the Southern league and to turn the trick with consummate ease. You probably re member the gruesome details as con tained in the dally dispatches. When the retrenchment policy' was adopted In the heat of the-world war It was decided to limit each club to seven class A players, with the priv ilege of filling in with athletes be low the standard. They did with considerable emphasis. Last year the scheme was modi fied and clubs were Uowed nine clasa A players. They figured this would elevate the game and bring It back to the former level. But it didn't. Meanwhile the Texas league ap plied for "A" classification, and in the belief that the request would be granted ktepped out into the market and procured players to Justify their stand. At the last moment the plea was refused. Technical! v. therefore the Texas circuit was still class "B." yet actually it waa class "A." And nt the same time the Southern waa technically class "A" and actually about minus "l" EFFORTS FAIL. At last year's annual meeting of club presidents this trifling matter was mentioned to them in a casual way, nnd a, fight ensued. Led by Tom Watklng, of Memphis, and Jul ius Heinemiinnv of the Pels, the mi nority inserted dynamite and at tempted to restore the. league to its prewar standing. Nothing doing. The majority won and the "rookie rule. ' as It was termed, was held to be acceptable, suitable and Just the thing for (Polite Southern society. As a result fans in eight cities were invited to take a running dive Into the lake and to later expose themselves to any Sort and style of baseball that the league chose t present. Is it right? Not Bt 75 cents a throw. This medley of talent ootn posing Southern league tetuiiH al present might suffice for nine o'clock towns, but it doesn't smell well to the real bug. And the bug Is owner of the game, the soul, the life, the breath and the support ol the enterprise. t State laws provide for the punishment of firms op indivi duals guilty of misbranding paclagii, parcels or products, Federal courts have a neat lit tle habit of chasing offenders to the pen with spicy sentences, yet the Southern league is ad vertising itself a class "A" organization when it not only Is not such, b-it is not even any where near it. ' Southern presidents should wake up to the fact that they are not givins the'fans a run for their money or fans should quit the game. Nothing is half so , uselest as a ball club with no one to watch it or a grand stand with none to use it. Mole than normal interest is at tachvd to the outcome of the Centre ( 'ollege 1 larv ai d football clash next Suturday. not nnlv because it bring together one of the greatest elevens developed in the Smith against an admittedly powerful Kastein ina iliute but been use Centre college has mote than Its share of Memplunns m V e alumni I 1 1 1 1 1 reports diiftiiig d"wn from the Atlantic seaboard, betting has ilroppc'l to even monev, v.itlt plenty of inkers for the coin that U of- llto shcl I leiin.tnn, iPWnon aim if the K A. '., has hurled u deli to ;l a. l.y Itngeio and the latter has io -ep'i'.l. 1 C i - kv has stipulated, in v i ( r, tlt.it llein.inn must shake u(f pounds before the bout Is started P.v that tune Slick will be light enough to float on the clouds. Mis present fig.ile is something over at least l: diet,!'- M.i i W ell lift : FREE-FOR-ALL TROT IS ATLANTA FEATURE ATLANTA, l.a. Oct 2ft A free foi -all, thtee-heat irot f--r a purse of Jl.L'uO promised to be the popular drawing card on today's Ciratid cir cuit races, with 1'eter Manning, bav geiduig Which Won ves'i-rdavs 'Jill class trotting match In straight heats, as one of the ft'ra its. John llenrv, one of the mners on Noonday, was the attraction in the 2:13 pacing event. A :'.12 pacing event with Jl.'-'ou added money and a L':ir. trotting event with lil added money completed the dav'p program. 1 "nt il Jimmy Johnston of the Dodg ers took s layoff in the seoom) game of the double-header between Urook Ivn and New York on Oct. 1, l e hsd not missed an inning all season. He was the only Itobiu with that dis-tinctiuu. BRINGING Donley Meets Watson; Tommy Long Retyrns Billy Haack is bringing the poles together Monday night at the Southern A. C. when lie sends Joe Donley, of Newark, N. J., against Red Watson, of New Orleans. They are making 116 pounds at 3 o'clock, and the winner of this contest will get either loung Jack Dempsey or Neither Donley nor Watson has boxed 111 Memphis before, but both have built up enviable reputations and are rated ns top-notchers in the division. Kastern papers pick Don ley as the leading flyweight of t..e game nnd contend that he can cut down anv man his weight that wears the ftloves. He Ih a trim little in dividual with a speedy style and a hustlinR disposition. The. kid has started light traninK at the H. A. C. and will be opei. to Irspectlon the rest of the week. His record is na long aa his unpaid bills and ho claims to pack dynamite in either audio hoof. ' watson'stocky. The Southern entrant in this match is of a more rugged build than his Eastern rival and he comes here with the reputation of being one of the niftiest lads in the Crescent City. Watson has cleaned out Dixie corrals of all available tnlent and Is being brought here for trial and ex lieriment. He has offered to lay a portion of his end that he will trim Koidey .ind while he hasn't flatly maintained that he will shut off the ligh'.a he has Inferred us much. If th" Ills live up lo expectation fight fans pre dict one of the fastest battles of the season. . dene Martinelli figures In the semt-w :iidiii with Young I'.ritton as his opponent. Thlw will be the sec ond rtart of Uritton's career his New Orleans Lad Who Boxes Monday .i'i- RED WATSON. UP FATHER By George Copyright 121 ay International Nawi Service. AH ALLOWANCE OR OOE. BOTH I I ME.AK FOR. MONEY J . nn 1920 t Ism. PtATuat atavicaT Iwe. ral Moore one week later openlnsr swat having landed athwart the bean of Ilattling Styles Monday night. The battler was eliminated in 20 seconds or even before he had time to realijie that he was In a fight. Keystone Jack, his brother, be lieves he will repeat on Martinelli, but backers of this walloper point to his experience and to his punoh, important assets In any fisht'jr'a makeup. Regardless of the prebattle depe it is certain that when they are turned loose, something: Is solng To happen. LONG RETURNS. Tommy Long. Memphian by birth and Colonel by force of circum8tan ces, blew back to the home nest Wednesday after a barnstorming tour with the Louisville club, follow ing the completion of the American association season. The first thing Tommy did was to whip out his left flinger to show the scars left from the electric treat ment that, brought back life to a dead pitching; wing. The arm waa "killed'' by a line drive and was lifted hack from the grave by 180 prods of nn electric needle. If you don't believe it you have the privi lege of stopping Long on the street and counting the marks. He was soaked in July and was out of the game 'six weeks, yet he finished the season with a record of IS victories against 12 defeats and pitched his club Into second place in the tmal standing. l Ixuig explains bis accident by say ing that the wallop dried up his arm and the bad blood resulting from the smash, buckled the ligaments. In this condition he could use his arm for lifting his lid but be wasn't such a tornado with u baseball. After the treatment and the proper rest he came back with more thaji he had before. Still, there wus a penalty to hi paid, limine the season six major league clubs watched him with en vious eyes and three made strong bids for bis services. When he was hurt l hey were not so strong for an unknown iiunntity. He has the tip though that If i.e shows the proper stuff in the spring trials he will be sold immediately and will get a cut on the purchase price. .Mean while he already has signed with the Colonels for with a boost In salary. - - - - LOSES FAITH. Long, like others, h.in lost a wad of the pristine faith he once had in the name and (spcinlly in tin; hon esty of its personnel. Mill lie adds a now tip on the Chicago scandal in that he doesn't believe Hink Weaver guilty of throwing games at all. He has an idea that Muck tna have col looted all light but he thinks the third baseman then double-crossed the crooks. And he thinks, fuitbermor. that Matbewson's presi-nt illness is ilue mainly to worrying over Hal Chase, when the hitter i Oiatit and was supposed to he thrown,:.; games right and left. Chase is one of the stars to testify before the Cook, county grand jury and it will be interestiiiB to hear what ho' has to say. A New York paper of Sunday's date makes no hones about the fact that Chase was i rooked and cites evttlence, coining from M.ithewson. to prove the assertion. It seems that MilWy was wise to the operations of Chase all the w hile but could set fo results. - - With Long was lb-u Tincup, out fielder and former member of the Travelers. Tincup whaled the apple this season for the ciicy figure of .330 and wan of immense d to the Colonel, en use. - . Speaking f crooks uiut the like, has somebody tot got;, n that Joe Jaokson and Vi!!iams were among he first Pi seek the shelter and ,ro- tectloti ot foe slnpv anls when ine war was at lis h i)tt '.' Tf men are of audi type as to uuck their coun try when it needs them why wonder tttat they would sell out their own souls and their Own friends in inif other situation of less importance,. ftetd Newt Scimitar Wantt. COLONELS' LEADING SOUTHPAW WHO RETURNS R 'fit i4 3- V 4, A' US TOMMY LONG. MARSHALL'S ANSWERS Am advised there was a. general slaughter of elk that were forced out of Yellowstone park limits last winter by the excessive cold weather and deep snows. Is ther no way to prevent such unsportsmanlike tac tics? I HANK L. LINNEY. Shooting is permitted and an open season ile.iared by states adjacent to Yellowstone piw-k. Last year IIUo .xtten'e "i jind unusual snowfalls arrived far ahead of sched ule time, compelling elk lo move out of tin- p.rli to lower altitudes in ipn-st of better feeding grounds. This onditioti drives the elk across the northern boundary usually in ,Iauu ury, last vr.ir in October. The news rapidly spread and hunters aggregat ed. As a result tin- slaughter of those hunger-tatnVd elk was appalling. -:ik hunting, when t lie? animals are seml domestioatoil through hunger and force .4 to visit the tii.hitats ot fnau in search of food, is likened t' the purchasing of a permit from some avacarloiis firmer to go out in the hiliuyard and shoot one of his un suspecting ctlvcs w l.i-o engaged in inn . sim," its mother. State.. ,,f Idaho, ' Wyoming and Montana should co-( operate ith the government in the protection of elk or wapiti, tnaklng "the penalty fit the eiltne" tif killing. In this combination, protection would be perpt tuatcd. w hich last winter's performance makes ail absolute necessity. Do you think the propagation of .ing-neci, Chinese pheasants could be made profitable ' CLATUi i'UANKLIN. Memphis. 1'enn Not as a i-arnvard proposition. They are raised m the o;-pn :uwl re produce i-ipbllv. Introduced into Ore gon in lsl by .li.dge o. N. Denney, they may now be foun I overrunning the state of Oregon. They were pro tected hv the stale until IsD.', at which tunc bhoii urn-n svaioii wus 4ccUxeil McManus TO MEWPHIS FOR WINTER sE-Tr- wmmm TILDEN TO REST. U SkU'X CITY, la.. Oct. 20. Wil liam Tilden H, tennis champion of the l.'nited States, last night canceled all his tennis dates and left for Phil adelphia to rest. Tilden said he had "gone stale" as the result of the strenuous schedule he 1ms 'dnyed since !at spring, lie will rent In Philadelphia for several weeks and then will -join his teammates in San I'ranci.sco, Nov. 11, just before they sail for Australia to piny for the Davis cup. Here's a fi'urfu! state of affairs: Si las Thompson, sold by the Blooming ton, Three-1 league iub lo Colum luis, says that unless be gets a. good split on the sale price he will Jump to nil Industrial league und thus wreck the whole works. When a player feels that way about it the only advice Unit can be given is this: "hi to it. Shag, and may the Uivvd bless Vim." Hut don't furget it's a long way back from the steel mill to a place in organized ball. LILLY CARRIAGE CO. 199 Union Avenue iff r m iimwi HiTt"i tnss'TS a Oh,Boff!GoOutAnd Buy A Brown Derby JACKSON. Misa Oot. 20. (SnI.i The golfers of Jackson are almost talking their heads off concerning; a play on tha links of the local club. John W. Saunders. Zalh Mills, Willie Adams and Bill Pulfen figure In the story. Adams was a Ihember of the four some and while olaving the sixth hole made a shot from the fairway Vehind a bunker, but pulled his ball in the general direction of the seventh tee. The ball bounded, struck a caddy ori the head, caromed over Paul Chambers, who waa out on the tee ready to drive, and landed in the shirt pocket of Zach Mills, who was standing teslde the tee. ' Than fnllnwarf Va BMriimAnf M'di f the manner of playing the next shot Driving a ball out of a shirt pocket, it was confessed, waa a new one. It was suggested Mills lay down and the ball be driven out of his Docket, Ibut he refused. Tour Members Of Salt Lake Club May Tell Secrets LOS ANGELES. Oct. 20. Efforts to have four members of last year's Salt Lake club testify before the Los Angeles county grand jury In its investigation of Alleged cprruption during the 1919 Beaton of tha Pacific Co.i&t Baseball league were announc ed today by Frank W. Stafford, deputy district attorney. These players are Harl Maggert, former outfielder, and William Rum. ler, former rightflelder, both under suspension E. J. Mulligan, third baseman, and Jean Dale, pitcher, who in the season just closed played with the Dallas club in the Texas league. When informed that Dale had not been a Inember of the Salt Lake club this seaaon. Mr. Stafford said "then I suppose Mr. Lane will not be able to send him here." He aia not state what, if any. action would be taken to bring him here from Dallas. Tex. OSBORNE TO BOX. PADUCAH, Ky., Oct. 20. Carter Osborne, Paducah lightweight, who has returned to Paducah after sev eral victorious fights throughout tbe South, will be the principal figure in a five-round boxing exhibition whlcn is being arranged at the Milo gymnasium-, of this city. Several otiier boxing bouts are scheduled. ' Like Rip Van Winkle-We Went To ?leep When It Came To Smart hauffeurs' Toggery! ery year because it was simply being neglected 1 - But tjiis season we can say to you with, a great deal of pleasure "Bring your chauffeur down for his fall outfit!" We'll display for his use Uniform $42.50 Overcoat $48.50 Cap $4.50 Puttees $14.50 Shoes $15.00 All lctritimatelv priced fabrics and perfectly fitted that it will really be a pleasure to have him in the front scat. . P. 6. A most marvelous collection ot Auto Robes from England. Yours for persons,! srevice, Phil A. Halle EXCHANGE BlILDIXO. , Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention We Are Discontinuing Our Ready-tO'Wear Clothing Stocky Which alone explains why we are offering Hirsh Wickwire Suits at I ii.iv; .hi 'a,,.: j ri'.i'-E' ("'lEoflffSiiicEiiiiiii'l A most unusual sort of selling event, which enables you to buy the best kind of suits nt prices that are less than are asked for cheap frrades. You'll profit lv takin? advantage of the disposal AW It's u ileal Opportunity 42 S. "Anyihinfl liu than a StallingsThe Original Gloom s 4.- Cfeorge S tailings a treat dis penser of gloom. Last winter Col. Huston, of the Yankffs, waa i down at Pover Hall in Georgia, ' and Invited Stalllngs to .come over from hia plantation (or an Inspection of tha Huston prop erty. , The first thing Stalling "pie was a prize Hereford bull that Huston had Just .purchased tor a fancy price. HuBton was proud of the. bull and asked Staillngs' opinion as. a stockman. "Colonel' said Staillngs. with a frown, "I'd shoot that bull right away. A Hereford 1 no good down here." Huston's face lengthened. He took Staillngs away from the cat He and showed him a new dam that waa being built to make a , duck pond or something. 1 "Huh," said. Staillngs. "that dam won't last three months. The fiddler crabs will bore into it and wreck it." ' . ' Huston concluded to change the subject to baseball. Babe Ruth had Just been purchased by the Yankees and Huston asked Stail lngs" opinion of the deal. "I never saw a club have any luck with a high-priced player," was the opinion Staillngs ven tured. - "And I never knew of a great hitter like Ruth was last year repeating the next season." And Stalling was solemnly in earnest in every remark. ARMY RESULTS. JUNCTION CITY, Kan., Oct. 20. In the fourth day's games of the Central department polo series, the School of Fire team of Fort Sill. Ok la., yesterday defeated Junction City, 20 to 1, while Camp Pike de feated the 'Second Cavalry. 6 to 4. In the latter game Maj. Clifton Nor-.-ton, playing back for Camp Pike, was seriously Injured when he fell during the last period. ' BILLIARD RESULTS. CHICAGO. "Oct. 19. W. D. Rlf't etts, of Flint, Mich., defeated M. A. Long, of Los Angeles, 125 to 26, and B. T. Rhines, oi Akron, O., won from Erwin Rudolph, of Sayre, Pa., 125 to 86 in yesterday's play In the Na tional Pocket Billiard tournament-. And we slept soundly for seven years for it Was just two years ago that we checked out and found that an enormous chauffeurs' toggery patronage was leaving this sec tion of the South ev Uniform ...... .$52.50 Overcoat $48.50 Cap $4.50 Puttees $14.50 Shoes $15.00 and so well made of wonderful Cost Plus i';,i:.,;Lii' - W;:;:::;i:"i:'':i'1 l;l ':!l!!!;"K:::.i Main St. i ptrfct fit no fit at H"