Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, December 15, 1915, Night Extra, Page 17, Image 17
rnHFnJ EVENING LEDiaEB PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1915. i BASEBALL OWNERS HAVE CAUSE TO REJOICE AT SIGNS OF PEACE WITH THE FEDERALS I - . -r . . 1 m T ttt I n wr . r ' BASEBALL PEACE MEANS NEW SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OP LIFE CONSERVATIVES AT PENN WIN , r . , (Hmy.w rKPTV .ERA OF PROSPERITY FOR GAME ITSELF AND FOR ,THE OWNERS Reduction in Salaries Will Be Felt Heavily by Players Who Have Not Signed Contracts for Season of 1916 EVEIVT baseball wftr has Given the national paBtlmc a great setback. Thin was truo of tho Hrotherhood war and tho bnttlo which began In 1900 between ih brescnt National and .American League moguls and ended with the nlllance M the two organizations. Tho war which has been going on for two years btttrten loo i'cucrni .i-uuKuu uuu urgamzeu uascDan nas given me gam na urtatest mock eye in nisiury. uui wim mo terms 01 peace now agrceu upon .ml virtually adopted, a new era of prosperity is destined to begin Immediately, - r,,l It Is safe to say that tho popularity of bwball will Increase In tho next h ,ff0 years far more than It has decreased In the last two. ..!.. ..noon. fnf tlln t.fw.f ulw.4il m rr nt ntt nlntiu t . ,lm Amt ImDotilll ! 1 TllC II1UIII luiow'i v w. fjjt .i..u.,,i,k vi till v,muo in niu ,uv.t:iiv uwouumi ..... the vast amount of "talk." Fans, as a rule, do not enro about tho financial l nd of tho game, although In recent ycarB they have seen more of this In the neWPaPcr8 l,um lIley i'ivu uuuui uiu worK 01 uic players on mo neiu. Not I'rimnrlly Intercatcd in Salaries rrlmarily, tho baseball fan is not interested In the salary of baseball layers. Utit since tho Federal league has been In existence miles and miles c copy have been written about what this or that player Is worth compared '., lift what no receives, nnu in every caso wnqro a piayer in orgnnizeu unseunu lumped to tno reus, or wns tcmpicu to uo so, some nguro was given as mai hlcli he was to recelvo by Jumping or staying, as tho case happened to be. Tills delving Into the private nffalrs of tho players has disgusted many runs Thoro are hundreds' of people In Philadelphia today who were ardent supporters of cither tho Athletics or tho Phillies, or both, who havo heard so f much about tho salaries of players and tho chance of this player or that ono k tl.n tV.lmnl T.nnirltn flint V.AV Vint'n f.tilt n tllbfitut Vn tlnlllit tlintrn I fans will como back Into the fold as soon as tho hostile organizations have B adjusted all of their differences and the game gets back on u firmer financial K , baslft. Effect of Pence on the Player Vhen tho effect of baseball peace Is spoken of In connection with the playor, the owner, too, must bo considered, ns the causes which affect the ono also iffect the other. Tho player will be hurt by peace In the samo proportion that uic owner will be helped. For tno UiBt two years incnp nas oeon an unprcceuunicu nso in ine suninc DENVER IS PLACE of ball players, for tho simple reaBon that tho Federal I-enguc presented a great ; 117fJ7Dl? 1MI7T CU A lft r opportunity for players to "hold up" tho club owners. With the two organizations yy lljEf VY JuLkjll AlljU i merged Into ono a reversal of conditions will take place. There will be many play- WHITE WILL MEET I ' . I . 1 ,- - Uett m nut EXCEPT- 1 I I I Through anftPPiMfi V J f v V HvJGrJT (Jot HSWRV . . , , ? I THIM6 rof. fiMlST "j Pr rrri s ' I emm- shb .. amd Thought -"rbo wioocu stdp j " " , 7m co Vour vAV iniT.y t-' JoMC BODY IS ALWAYS H0M.T Tl(iMT - VJrMG - yM VTMOU, J I TM6 ThB. ?OY J f rv- v V ouT p u,F ers, and good ones, too, out of a Job. This will mean that Instead of the plnyer boldly walking up to the mnnnger or owner and uemanuing an increase, nis saiary may now bo cut with Impunity by tho owner. If tho player doesn't like It, no can ,. quit and tlicro will bu somo one to take Ins place, i There Will be Mercer of I-ana Also N'ot even the most rabid Federal League follower has claimed that the lost two years have been successful from tho viewpoint of gate receipts, but It will have to bo admitted that comparatively largo crowds attended tho games In most cities of tho circuit. The Feds did not do so well as they might have financially because they cut tho prices to a minimum 10 cents, Ten-cent baseball will never keep a. club running ns It should be con ducted, ecn If the players aro paid merely reasonublo salaries. Consequently, the end of the Federal League meauB the end of 10-cent basebnlf, which In turn means that those fans who were In tho habit of attending the Fed gnmes will either not see baseball or they will see organl7ed baseball ot organized prices. J In shoit, organised baseball will get back its lost patronage, plus that which the Federal League dovoloped. This merger of fandom can mean but one thing -unqunlilled success for baseball in tho future. What Will Happen to Federal Contracts? Just what will happen to tho players In tho Federal League who hold long erm contracts Is an Interesting fenture ot the nowty-made peace. In the case o'f'a player being unable to get a position on a major league club and there fclll be many of these It will be up to somebody to make good these contracts, S The case of Chief Ilender Indicates that tho Federal League has considered Its contracts lightly. Dender had a two-year contract with the Federal League, yet he't'was released before tho close of last season. Bonder has sued, but tho (. chances appear to bo against his collecting the claim. j; All of which points to a wholesale breaking of long-term contracts by tho Federal League magnates. Thero Is no doubt that every effort will be used to "prevent a player bringing a. successful suit for breach of contrnct. If tho future can, be Judged by the past, organized baseball will go hand In hand with its newly-raado friends of the Federal League In tho matter of taking over contracts, I'er.tobe exact, In,not taking them over. I ' ' ' if , Where the Prosperity Comes In l. ' tTnmiftatfntinhli nil nlnvArn U'hn hnvo nnt nlirnp,! nnntrnntw fnr 101R will Kultlmately get contracts stipulating the payment of sums far below what they (have been accustomed to receiving. This reaction, basebull men have said for a Ion; time, had to como or tho gamo would die. It is probable that thero would bave been some reaction even if peaco had not been made, but now that peace hJ actually come. It will bo felt to an oven greater extent by tho player. V Owner Will Have Easy Time And this Is where the prosperity boglns for the owner. Ho will bo able to let hlgh-grado players for a tlguro much below that of tho last few years. 'Imtead of salaries Increasing, as they have been, they will continue to go down 1 mil down, until when all present contracts have run out'tho baseball player will be setting a salary which Is moro In keeping with his ability. Such men as Ty Cobb, Trls Speaker and Eddie Collins will doubtless always (Ret fat contracts. But tho average player, many of whom today aro receiving from JGOOO to $7500, or nbout $3000 more than they aro worth, will bo getting what they nro worth and no more. Wonderful Come-back by Gaston Strobino t i The Paterson silk weaver. Gaston Strobino. performed a real athletic como- rback In tho recent Junior national cross-country championship ruce held over Ijlhe six-mile Vnn Cortland Park course, New York city, by defeating a classy pack of dlstanceru In the remarkable time of 32 minutes 37 soconds. This mark itabllslicd a new record for tho route, and Is 20 seconds faster than that treated by Hannes Kolchmaineu, the wonderful Finn. When Strobino prepared Mmtelt for tho race even his friends failed to nolo his fine condition. Today FlhO CltV ff PntArnnti Im nrnllrl nf hnvlnir lis n vfttnr nnrl nn!lint nnn nf tlin Seetest-footed runners In the world. This is not an Idle Jest. Strobluo's name f Vas flashed nround the world at the time of the Stockholm Olympics when ho SUnded third place for America In tho full distanced marathon. Slnco then I Jtroblno had rested, and his first raco was a wonderful one Herzog Refuses to be a Private In spite of Herzog's nonchalance the Impression- grows that he Is not to nanage the Heds next year. Herzog has notified Herrmann. It Is said, that he prtll not consent to play as a private In Cincinnati. The tip Is out that Jack iwndrlcks will succeed Ilerzog. I In Case thn ninnepv mnti.'tirpr nf tlin Tied T.PITH la tn hft trmlpfl hn wnnlil nrAfnp ISrcoklyn to any other berth. Wllbert Robinson would be pleased to secure him. ' W go to any reasonable expense for Ilerzog," bald Robbie, "but first I must i sure he is on the market, I have not had that assurance as yet." Athletic Training for Schoolboys Wide athletic tralnlns for students attending Chicago's nubile schools U one ft the new policies to he launched bv John D. Shoon. who has succeeded Mrs. iXm Flagg Young to the superlnfcendency. Superintendent Snoop proposed that jury class shall have its team. lie also favors establishment of a large athletic jtadlum In which to hold oil kinds of athletic contests. It Is rennrtari fhnt TlnyrMt whn nlnved halfhack on thn WnHliirifrtnn nml ET football team during the past season, will enter Cornell next fall. He will lft be eligible to play on the Big Red team next year, but in 1917 would bo a $' help to Cornell. We note that the chamnlon stronir man of Harvard Is surnamed Percy. Wo pul HOW Wplonma a micHlfatln nlinnmlmi whn answers ta thA rnennrnpn nf EReplnald Van Damrh. No Other Fight Centres "Want Lightweight Cham pionship Bout BIDS CLOSE TOMORROW FOOTBALL "BUG" SELECTS AN ALL ALL-AMERICAN FOOTBALL TEAM Rice Has a Lot of Sport Out of the National League Meeting Now in Progress in New York City o By GRANTLAND RICE Present Indications point to Denver as the place where Chnrloy White, he of left hook fame, will annex the light weight crown, or rather, the Colorado city In all llkllhood will bo tho bnttlo ground of Uie proposed titular tilt be tween Fred Welsh und the Chicago Knockout King. liida open for staging tho contest close tomorrow, and as TlaJuana and New Orleans have not of fered to hold the bout, It Is believed now that Manager Harry Potlok will be forced to come to terms with the Denver syndi cate, which recently ottered Welsh $15. 000 to moot White. Despite tho great amount of publicity given the match, interest In promoting tho contest has been very much lacking. A New Haven (Conn.) matchmaker was anxious to stage the battle, but thnt city was eliminated from tho running when the chief of police refused to grant a permit for the championship mix. Fight fans who crowded the Olympla hero to cupaclty Monday night when Jimmy Murphy, of this city, earned a clean-cut victory over Welsh believe a new title-holder will emblazon the rWtlc horizon when the Briton endeavors to de fend his laurels agnlnst White. It was Freddy's ilrst bout In Philadelphia as champion of the world, but he did not look as good, puglllstlcally, as he did In previous matches. After all, Mike aibbons will meet Young Ahearn for the "middleweight title." Tho match which was postponed last week because of tho former's Illness will bo held in St. Paul January 15. This much was settled before Dan McKetrlck and his protege left tho West for New York. By the time that date rolls around Dan mack nnd Abeam will follow Horace Greeley's advice probably In vain again. Ahearn Is anxious to rcdecln himself for the knockout scored by Pompadour Michael, June 13. 1313; but the big ques tion Is. doe3 Mike mean to meet Ahearn again? There Is at least ono man in these broad United States who does not agree that the match should bo recognized as a middleweight championship bout. Ho Is Al McCoy, of Brooklyn, who won a fluke knockout victory over George Chip after the latter was looked upon os the title holder when he stopped Frank Klaus In two matches "I was panned Into tho welterweight class," Is the way Willie Ritchie, former lightweight champion, explains his mi gration Into the next heavier class. "Why they picked me out as the goat la beyond me. Because I did not choose to take off weight for every boy I boxed In a limited round-bout I was panned for call ing myself a lightweight. I have 5000 that says I can do the lightweight limit If there Is any real occasion for It." Alex Costlca. the Rumanian boier, who ap peared here In eerl bouU. will meet Al llogern In Montreal, Cun., tonight In a ten rouncj match. ... Five bout In a many weeki. and all vic torlei. 1 the record held by IrUh PaUy Clin In thla city. Furthermore, the pocket dltlo:i of Jem Prlcoll ha displayed better form In each nucceedlnir crap. Lei d'Arcy'e lateat feat U a ill-round knock, out aalnet FlahtlnK llllty Murray in i what ai acheduled to be a W-round bout. Murray In the mU'llewelBht who defeated Leo IIoucl: two years ato. ... Bobby McLeod, tho Siot, who haa been box Ina In fine form of late. Is gradually rlalnc to the top in local rutlana. HU Kenslnaton friend uant to aee him In combat with Voune McGovern. Navy Haseball Schedule ANNAPOLIS, Md.. Dec. 13 -Navy baseball schedule lor lull) -was announced ) enter duy. it nroWdt'i for 2U iran.es. all to be played here. Tlia schedule (ollona March 21. West Vir ginia. Wesleyan; March 23. University of 1'cnn Klvunlv. March Ml, VUUnova; ilarch .10. ilaryland ABrlcultuiai; April J. Amherst: April 3. Lafajeite: April U. Georgetown; April S. Williams April 12. Cornell; April 13. Tufts; Apr 13. CoUate: April W. Harvard, April VV. Holy Crots; April 22. Lehigh; April 2d. Trln liv April 2. Foplhwn: April 2u. University of North Carolina; May 3, Virginia Mllltar In stitute May 4. Agricultural and Mechanical college of North Carolina; May 0. Uucknell, May 10. caihollc Unlicrtliy. May 11. (.'niter, ally of I'lttoburgh; May 1::. J abut Hopkins, May IT. Oeorgetottn; May 18, Moun Gt. Jo seph's; May 20. United States Military Acad-emy. Worth a Passing Glance "you have ventured deeply; but all X must do so who would greatly win." II10!1. "He lacks worth who dares not praise a foe." Dryden. "No man but a blockhead ever wrotn except for money." Samuel Johnson. "Cownrds die many times before their death; the vallnnt, never taste of death but once." Shakespeare. "Anybody can be good In the coun try." Oscar Wilde. "Mr. Sinclair." say Mr. A. Herrmann. "Is very, very rich." But Mr. Sinclair hnsn't owned a ball club very long yet. Give him time. The All-Star Class Dear sir: I have a team that I would like to back against any team selected from any one clnss of any university. ThlB team Is composed entirely of men who were members of the 1500 class at Princeton. Here it Is: II. K., Arthur Poe: R. T., A. II. T. Hlllcbrand; It. O., W. H. Edwards; C, W. C. Booth; h. a., S. C. Craig; L. T., E. H. Holt: L. E L. It. Palmer; Q. II.. J. Balrd; halfbacks, P. W. Kafcr and H. II. Wheeler; full back, A. C. Ayers. Prom this 1900 class llnc-up Poe, Hlllcbrand, Edwards. Booth, Holt, Pal mer, Balrd and Wheeler, no less than eight, made either Walter Camp's or Caspar Whitney's All-Americans. In addition to these there were seven others In this class who made tho varsity. ATMAIt EMBURY II. In case any rival class accepts this challenge, we'd like to slip In a. kopeck or two on the 1900 Tigers. As class talent goes, they appear to havo had their share. The (AsyoumightsayJ Banner Season After talking with seven National League ciub owners, the only move we can see ahead for President Tencr Is the purchase of seven bannors, pennnnts, gonfalons or flags, as the caso may be. All seven nssured us earnestly the Na tional League race was as good as over. There wns not cvon the semblance of a debato Iclt. If superior batting, pitching, base-running, lidding nnd team play mean anything, these seven clubs have tho gaudy grapple tied up In a bas. Trades and Humors Manager Urcsnahan, of the Cubs, In dignantly denies that he has traded In fielder Pliclan for Pitcher Alexander nnd Outfielder Crnvath. of tho Phillies. Mannger McGraw branded aB utterly false the report that ho had tradod Third Baseman Kopf for Outfielder Speaker nnd Pitcher Shore, of the Boston ,Hed Sox. T Even a six-day race It a wonderful and mlrnculous sporting cent compared to a big league meeting. Offside Plays Many an entry has been branded a quitter who merely had Intelligence enough to know when to stop. "We had the most consistent team and the best team play In the game last season," says Chief Meyers, of tho Giants. "Everybody on the club started slumping together and everybody kept It up." The Greatest Infield Sir I see where the statement has been mnilc In several qunrrers that the old Boston quartet. Tenney, Low, Long ond Collins, was the greatest Infield that ever played. Not as I figure It. The old Baltimore infield, Doylo, Keltz. Jennings and Mc Graw, deserves this honor. Here are the figures that tell: IIOSTON. 1601. o. n. Tenney. lb IH1 12fi Lone 2b 121 b Long. a toil 88 J. Collins. 3b 133 1U2 BALTIMOItK. (J. n n A. 8 11. F A. .:i2A :it ,nai ..'IM IK ,0.1.1 .327 20 .008 .310 1U .021 Doyle. ill. lb Itellz. 2b.. Jennnlngs, ss .iicuruw. jo. 114 127 113 103 !; 82 131 80 11.A. s.n. f.a. ,,'I.IU IU .1I7U .2ND 23 .lllll .338 DO ,013 ..i'-'li 42 .6112 The Orioles hero hnd a batting aver ago of .331, against .323. They stole 1S9 bases to S. And an Infield that had Mc Graw and Jennings certainly hnd enough baseball brains. II. A. WALLACE. Theso were two great Infields. But who Is to say they had anything on Chance, Evers, Tinker and Stelnfeldt, ot Chicago, lMW, or on Mclnnls, Collins, Barry and Baker, Philadelphia, 1910-19H? For our part, we'd tako those four Mackmen ana let the debate die out. ....fll. 1FVL-I GIRARD WMmmmn Clears FOR. YOUR Christmas HIM' THE .NATIONAL 10 CIGAR c Yor sale wticrcrer good cigars are sold ANTONIO ROIG & LANGSDORF, Manufacturers SlU-St! N. 8KVKNTU HT I'lIlLAIIKI.l'IIIA A sudden cold snap, an unexpected delay, a mistake In judgment or forgetting Just ones, may trees and ruin your radiator and motor. THERMITE Erarents freeslng at all natural temperatures. 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The Havana meeting, now under way, and which will last until March ID, has attracted a num ber of American owners and trulncrs. Jack Joyner will open a public training stable at Uelmont Park next spring. lie has u num ber of Knsllah thoroughbreds himself and ux fiects to have charge of several horses belong nc to W. It. Co. For the last lite years Joy ner haB raced his own runners and those of Harry Payno Whitney in Kngland. Nomination for tho 2-year-old stakes to be run at Saratoga next Annum hate closed In such numbers that successful racing nt the Spa Is assured. Tho United States Hotel stakes head the list with 132 nomination. The others arc Grand Union Hotel, 130: Hopeful. 121: Splnaway, 103. and drab Uag Handicap, M. It Is estimated that tho richest of these Btakes will be the Hopeful, nhlch Is expected to reach 117,000. Hollenback Was Not a Can didate for the Football Committee SINKLER IS CHOSEN By EDWARD R. DUSHNELL Followers of nthlctlcs at the Univer sity of Pennsylvania see In tho election of Wharton Slnklcr to the Football Com mittee of the board nf directors of the Athletic Association the elimination of "Ulg Bill" Hollenback as a likely coach of tho lied and Bluo eleven. Everything went along serenely In tho matter of se lecting tho track, baseball, rowing nnd allied sports committees nt yesterday's organization meeting of tho new board until football was reached. Then the two factions lined up, locked horns and at the end of an hour's vigorous debato the conservatives emerged victorious. Not only did the "old regime," ns It Is culled, win their light to put Slnkler back on the committee, but they elected "Lud" AVray, understood to bo a Slnklcr man, as tho undorgraduate member of tho com mlttco over Gordon Hardwlck, president of the senior class nnd a Hollenback man. Charles Lovett, manager of the team, belongs lo the conservatives. Cap tnln Nell Mathews, who, llko I-ovett, Is n member of the corrmlttco by virtue of his position, wanted Slnklcr on the com mittee. Halph Morgan, who won out as the second graduate member over Wilson Potter and Georgo II. Thayer, Is a com promise man Thus, nny way tho now committee Is viewed, It is bolloved to be antl-Hollcnback. CANDIDATE FOIt COACH. Hollenback entered tho meeting a pro nounced candidate for the position of head coach, and for that reason declined to bo a candidate for tho Football Com mlttco. His position was that as a mem ber of tho committee he could not ask for tho coaching position. It was a sting ing defeat for the Hollenback men, nnd, In view of the big vote which Hollenback polled for graduate director, may stir up much ndverso comment. As things now stand Dr. Carl S. Wll- llnms can probably have tne coacning Job If he wants It. Williams has kept absolutely out of tho fight, and even re fused to run ns a candidate for tho board. It Is now believed that Wllllarj did this becauso ho may have had Jus- such . crisis as this In mind and did not wish to bo handicapped as a member of the board, for he would then havo been In cll ilblo to coach, since tho rules provide that no member of tho board may hold a salaried post with tho association. Doc tor Williams Is now out of the city on a hunting trip and will not be back until somo time next week. I'ntll his return nothing can bo learned of his plans. Tho Football Committee Is expected to meet within n few days and organize for the coming year. It Is nlmost certain that Wharton Slnkler will be made chair man. Tlalph Morgan, the other graduate member, Is now chnlrman of the Basket ball Committee, but be Is credited with being responsible for scheduling the Dart mouth game. It Is rumored that he may bo able to swing a game with some other big university becauso of his standing In the National Colleglato Athletic As sociation and his post ns secretary of the Intercollegiate Basketball Leasue. Joe Tinker in Hospital finr-AdO Dec. IS. Joo Tinker, manager of the lo?al IVderal League baseball team, went t" a hospital tc prepare for an operation today for the removal of a stone In the kidneys. KOSHLAND dp MO 00 (W VSti Full llrcss x' Vfl hulls J $14.95 Here! In this only establishment of the kind in the United States, more than 40 of America's lending manufacturers of nationally adver tised brands of clothinK clear their salesmen's Bamplcs, odd lots and broken sizes. Here are collect ed over SOOO Suits and Overcoats, known from coast to coast for their guallty and Btyles. ne and all w e offer direct to you, without exception, at actually one hall standard ro toll prices. 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