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U I JYlAUili MAIN I MlSTAlvEiS. DUX
WILL NOT BE ABOLISHED
Governing Body of Some Sort Necessary to
Health of Game and Present Officers
May Profit by War-Time Blunders
GAnftY HElUlMANtf. chairman of tho National Baseball Commission, dc
fclarcs that there Is absolutely no truth to the report that the final step In
lhs pence arrangements would bo tho dissolution of this body, which Iias
presided over organized ball slnco tho declaration of peace botweon tho National
and American Leagues In 1903. Herrmann Bays that tho samo officers wore
. W-electcd for tho 1916 season at tho recent meeting In Cincinnati, but that tho
hows was not made public for various reasons.
No doubt tho commission will again rule tho baseball world It conditions are
ft Herrmann says, hut. ono must ngreo with CJoonro Young In his declaration
that the magnates had tired of the blundering of this august body which has
boon vested with too much authority. It Is significant that tho magnates of
organized ball In every city whero thcro was Federal League opposition during
tho war favored tho dissolving of tho National Commission,
It has been claimed, and no doubt It Is tho truth, that tho blundering of tho
commission mndo tho Federal League possible and that Its many mistakes in
hnndtlng tho Jssuo permitted the Feds to make great headway; whereas clever
handling by tho supremo body would probably havo shut off tho Federal League's
aourco of .supply and caused it to die a natural death two years ago.
Commission Failed to Act on Important Cases,
It wns not no much what tho National Commission did that caused tho fans,
magnates and players to lose- confidence in It, but what It failed to do. Tho
failure to act on several questions of utmost Importance In recont years caused
tho players to becomo unruly. It mado posslblo tho I'layers' Fraternity, ns tho
players, led by tavo Fujtz, wcro quick to tnko advantago of tho first sign of
weakness on tho part of Ui powers that bo.
Tho manner In which tho commission hnndled several cases brought forth
much criticism from tho press, magnates nnd fans. Among them wcro tho
Tlnker-Ebbetts deal, which resulted In the former Jumping to tho Feds. Tink
er's Jumping was tho making of tho Feds.
Other blunders wcro (1) Uenny KnufTn Jump to tho New York OlantP, which
was apparently sanctioned by tho National League and upon which tho com
mission failed to net until public sentiment demanded It. (2) Allowing tho Cubs
to break a flvo-ycar contract with Johnny Hvcrs. Fortunately, 13vers was trans
ferred to tho Braves, whoso sensational spurt saved tho National League In
1914. (8) Ousting Frank Chnnco nnd Mordocal Brown In Chicago. (4) TJio
ecandal attending tho race for tho batting championship of tho American
Lenguo between Cobb nnd LnJolc.
Commission Is Really Necessary for Good of Game.
At tho peace gathering In Now York last month tho general Impression
among those attending tho session was that tho commission would cither bo
abolished or bo reconstructed with four major leaguers nnd ono minor leaguer
comprising tho new body. Whllo tho Natlonnl Commission has mndo Its mis
takes. It has been proved that somo Biich body Is needed nt tho head of tho
game.
Whether tho commission has too much authority and Is not exercising good
Judgment rests entirely with tho magnates and they are apparently satisfied to
allow it to remain as It is for another year. Fcrhnpn the closo of tho baseball
war will cnablo the august body to get Its bearing and In tho future Its ruling
will bo satisfactory to nil.
Carrlgan Believes Strategy Beat Alexander.
A veteran baseball man says that Bill Carrlgan, manager of tho Bed Sox,
told him that Alexander had Just as much "stuff when ho faced tho Red Sox
ns ha did during tho Natlonnl Lenguo season, but that tho famous Nebrasknn
was beaten becnuso ono of tho Ked Sox scouts discovered a flaw In tho work
of tho Phllly marvel. u
According to the story, tho scout watched Alexander when he was mowing
down National Leaguers and discovered that tho Nobrnskan was at his best
when pitching fast. It is a fact that Alexander, when right, wnstes but Uttlo
tlmo between pitches and that opposing batsmen havo marveled at his ability
to control tho ball, when apparently taking no aim or tlmo to balance himself.
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". Fast Pitching One of Alexander's Greatest Assets
Tho story as told to tho veteran by Carrlgan follows: "Alexander Is a
remarkably fast worker. Ho never stalls nround In tho box. As soon ns tho
ball Is thrown to him ho winds up and lets it go back at tho batter. That is
why most of tho games ho pitches nro played In less than 1:40. Ono of my
scouts noticed this and I instructed tho boys to step out of tho box whenever
thoy had two strikes called upon them. They did this throughout tho series,
stepping out to rub dirt on their hands or perhaps they would start a. bluff
argument with tho umplro Just as Alexander was preparing to pitch.
"It was nil now to Alexander, ns ho was used to working particularly fast
when ho had tho batter In a hole. When he waB forced to stnnd In tho box and
wait for tho batter ho becamo as nervous as a Ally. Ho had all his natural stuff
until two strikes had been called on tho batter. Then ,ho lost it through anx
iety. In the gnmo wo beat the Phllly marvel, Lewis had two strlkeH called and
stepped out of the box. Ho argued with tho umplro until Alexander started
bouncing tho ball In tho box. Then Lewis stepped back In tho box nnd hit the
first ball, which had nothing on It, for a single, driving In the winning run."
Faculty's Lack of Interest Handicaps Penn.
Without doubt sentiment Is growing In favor of a resumption of tho "Big
Four" in collego football, if for no other reason than to relievo 1'rlnceton and
Ynlo of tho unequal burden of their schedule nrrangement with Harvard. But
whllo every reason favors meeting Pennsylvania annually on tho gridiron, It
would come moro quickly if tho Quaker faculty would take tho Initiative In
bringing about tho control of undergraduate athletics. Harvard, Yale and
Princeton have complete faculty control, whllo at Pennsylvania tho faculty
exercises moro of a supervisory capacity or acts as a check upon tho students.
The principal reason Pennsylvania and Princeton have been kept apart so
long 1 that tho graduates who had control of nil sports when the two broke
nearly 20 years ago havo never been brought together. But the students of the
two universities cherish none of tho old animosities and surely the faculties do
not. If tho Pennsylvania faculty men would Interest themselves in the conduct
of undergraduate athletics, as Professor Corwln does nt Yale and Dean BrlggH
at Harvard, resumption of football relations with Harvard, Yale and Princeton
would follow.
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BILL HOLLENBACK
HOLLENBACK TO
COACH ELEVEN
AT SYRACUSE
"Big Bill" Signs Three
Year Contract to Tutor
New Yorkers
PRANK MORAN WISHED ON
JESS WILLARD FOR BOUT
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Scribes of Land Have Matched the Pair, But
They Have Not Yet Agreed
to Meet
By ROBERT W. MAXWELL
IIAS GREAT RECORD
SYJtACUSU, N. Y Jan. 12.-0111 Hollen-
back, former l'cnn star and Pcnti filnto
coach, yesterday nlRiicd a threc-yenr con
tract to coach tho Syracuse University
footlmll aqilad.
Itollcnlmrk assisted In coachlnff the
Naval Acnitcmy eleven nnd wbb also In
full oharfin nt tho Pennsylvania Military
CoIIcko last fall, nnd Is regarded as ono
of tho best football dlrcctoro in tho Kant.
ills four years' work at Penn State,
whero ho turned out wlnnlns teams, at
tracted the nttcntlon of footlml! author
ities throughout tho country, and ho wns
sought by tunny colleges. Ho turned
down several llatterlns offers then to ac
cept tho position at Syracuse.
Tho terms of tho contract wcro not
made public.
Syracuse erpects a successful season
under llollcnliack's training. Tho local
team lost but ono game nil last season,
nnd that to Princeton, 3-0. Mnny ot tho
best players nro retained.
Hollcnback's signing with Syracuso did
not come as a surprise, na It whs known
for a few days that tho New York State
Institution was trying to land him. Ho
wns called to New York city Inst Satur
day for a conference with tho Alumni
Committee.
Hlg mil, nH he Is better known, wns a
candidate for tho hend conchlng Job nt
Penn, but when his old teammate, Hob
Kolwcll, was selected, Hill announced
that he would not act as assistant. It
was then that Syracuse started to bid
for his services.
Hollenbnck was cnpaln of the 190? team
nnd ono of the best backlleld players the
lted nnd Uluo ever hud. He wns famous
ns an open Held runner nnd punter.
Aftor leaving Penn ne 'vent to State
College, nnd In 1900 was at tho University
of Missouri. Ho went back to Stato -n
1911 and otnyed until tho closo of tho 1914
season, nnd In that tlmo tho Iilun nnd
Whlto enjoyed Us most brilliant football
record. In his lust year at State his team
tied Harvard. Ho coached n winning
team' at P. M. C. last fall.
FRANK MOHAN has been elected to
swap a few punches with Jess Wit
lard for the heavyweight championship
of tho world. Jess ' probably known
nothing about It, and the chances nro
that Frank has not been consulted) but
many of our very best flstlo scribes have
arranged the match to ba fought some
time and some place.
Ever since the blonde Plttsburgher
played nurse to Jim Coffey and put him
to sleep n second tlmo this "logical con
tender" stuff has been spilled thoughout
tho Hast, nnd wo nro beginning to take It
serlolislv. It Is true that Wlllnnl will be
forced Into the ring to defend his title In
the nenr future for oven the Dear Old
Public grows tired ot a circus champion.
Jess will have to fight, nr.a, looking
over tho crop of very poor heavyweights,
Moron docs not look as bad ns tho rest
of them. For that reason, the scribes
have picked on Coffey's conqueror and
wished the fight on him. All that re
mains to bs done now Is to rbtaln
Wlllard's consent nnd fllnd a promoter
who will hang up about (1,000,000, to be
divided unequally between tho flghtcrB,
Outside of theso minor details, everything
Is lovely.
Willnrd Not AnxlouB
Hut Mr. Wltlard Is not at all anxious
to get baciv Into tho tlghUMg game. Ito
has been picking up soft money Blnce
the Johnson battle, nnd thcro aro somo
13,000 healthy dollars to his credit In tho
bank to prove It. Moreover, Jess has
not fought for almost a year, and ho
weighs closo to 300 pounds, '"his means
that Wlllnnl must tako oft CO pounds to
get Into fair fighting trim.
Tho writer visited Wlllard In Chicago a
couple of weeks ago nnd was told that
the champion was eager, willing nnd anx
ious to muss up somo new "hope." In
fact, Wlllard himself admitted that such
was the case. But tho big fellow has had
a taslo ot tho. easy life, and Is about as
anxious to don the mitts again as a guy
about to take his first trip In a crippled
aeroplane.
I3ut ho need have no fear, so far as
Mornn Is concerned, Tho Plttsburgher has
aroused some little enthusiasm over his
work In the past year, but as a regular
fighter he Is n largo Joke. It Is true that
Wlllard la not Invincible, but It Is hard
to figure how Moran has even a reason
able chance with tho champion. In the
Coffey bout Frank did somo clover blook
Ing with his chin, was Jabbed all over the
rlng.and showed everything but a good
oerensc. no rougnt iiko ununng icison,
taking n blow to glvo one In return.
How Long Cnn IIo Lnst?
Now, how can a man like that stand up
under tho powerful drives of a man like
Wlllard, who packs a knockout punch In
either hand? It's a cinch that Moran
would look llko a third-rater in a cham
pionship bout.
Moran's left Is practically useless for
hitting purposes. He does not punch with
It. but uses It to push his opponent nway.
True, ho has a dangorous right, but ho
gencrnlly "telegraphs" tho blow before
delivering It. Ho possesses no speed to
speak of nnd his principal asset Is his
ability to titko punishment. How long
ha can tnko It Is another matter.
So It can be Been that Wlllard should
worry. A short session with Moran will
Increase his drawing powers with tho
circus, nnd perhaps ho cnn "rest up" for
another year.
Award Prizes Tonight
Tho prizes tvon by the successful contestants
In the Now Year's Cny marnlhon run if the
Theodore Htarr Club and the South Htreat
XHiMlnoHS Men's Association will be awarded to
the winners at tho titnrr Harden Hecrcatlon
Square this cen1ujr nt 8 o'clock. All winners
of medals and survivors, as well ns club nln
nlnc team and time prizes, aro IrnltiM to bo
present. An entertainment In honor of tho
officials who conducted the event will follow
tho distribution of prizes.
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