',n w BVBNING MDaBE-l'HILABBLPHIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBBR 22, 101G AMERICAN LEAGUE "CZAR" GAINS FAVOR' OP MINORS AT EXPENSE OF NATIONAL LEAGUE ' ' ' ."" ,j-..-.--..j J .. ., - t.. .1 ,.. .. . r.U -i -i i i i - i .i..h.i iii - J-..- ..,. , ,-i.,.. - - i - r ii ! H I, i i- i i -,-, -,r L , , ......,., M. . t . ., k-,IB I,, -ii r i- -i i ii ii " ' i -- - ' - t JOHNSON, GAME'S GREATEST POLITICIAN, GAINS FAVOR AT EXPEN.SE OF TENER'S LEAGUE 'Ass "Member of Commission the "tJzar" Denies Ap peal of Class AA Leagues, but as American ! . League President Wins Them Over ; . . ' tK)tt! Sear Han Johnson has been tho dominating figure of baseball. Although the NnMonal league has been In existence moro than forty years, the wonder JtuS personality nnd Ability of Johnson ha placed lite senior organization In tho background In recent yCarr It hri reached such a. Bingo that tho National j&eatfud seldom nets until It has learned first Juiit what IJan Johnson thinks. Ho ha btn termed thfc "Cxar," and there aro many fan who dlntlko him becauso tot the dofnlnecrlng way In which ho handles tho American Lcnifuo; but that a forceful hand la needed la proved conclusively by the vast difference In tho way Iho two major leagues nro handled today. Tho American Leaguo ) a happy fdmtly and the magnates appear to llko Johnson's Czar-lllco method of conducting tljelr business, whereas tho National League generally Is In a. turmoil, Internal dissension predominating. Johnson's success can be nttrlbuled to tils political rnit. An William F. Baker, president of tho J'hllllcs, expresses II, "Johnson Is ft born politician." Johnson Now Turns to Support Minors IP ftHErtn was any' doubt about Johnson being tho ureatost politician In tho national gamo, It was dispelled by his most recent move, counted upon to gain tha faVor of tho minor leagues for tho American L'nRuo at tho cxponso of tho National league. When the Class AA minor league clubs kicked up a rumpus In Now York tho night beforo tho National Leaguo micUiiK and elected ilclcgatoa to BO to Chicago to seo Johnson, tho American league president maflo n dramatic statement. In which ho declared that tho International Longuo would havo to Abide by tho National Comrtlnslon's declslbn In the Ebbets vs. Newark cane. Ho Jrtftdo this speech as a. member of tho National Commission, but also said that tho American League was In duly bound to Htlok by tho decision ordering Nownrk to pay Ebbets 19000. As tho president of tho American league ho now roconv mends a reclassification arid readjustment of minor loaguo torrtlory. As tho president of tho American League ho ndvlscd President Tlorncy, of tho Throe Ky League, to submit a plan, drawn by tho latter, to tho National Commission, pledging his support. Smoothing Wan at Expense of National League JOUNSON now Is smoothing over ho milled feelings of tho minor leaguers nt tha exponas of tho National Leaguo. Tho American Xcagub prcnldcnt got ajulto a Jot of publicity shortly after tha woHrt's eorlcs by declaring that severat ef his colleagues wero dlsnatlsllod with tho Notional Commission ns constructed at the present time becauso two National leaguers wero on It. In other .words, Johnson Intimated that tho National League's two volos on tho commtsolon could overrule him nnd that ha could not carry out all of his,' plana. If tho minor leaguo -g:SSemands nro turned down by tho National Commission, Johnson can placo tho blame upon tho National Leaguo becauoo of Its two representatives on tho nuprcmo body. In this way Johnson con Jtcop on good terms with the minors, oven thoueh tho reauesta of the little fellows aro not granted. Ho merely passes tho blame along to tho National League. Commlsh Should Be Adjusted , THIS latest exhibition of politics by Johnson recalls what a National League president told us during tho league meeting, that whllo ho was strong for both tfencr and Herrmann and could not oeo having tho latter ouoted as Dreyfus planned, ho really did not think It would bo n la"rt Idea It tho supromo body was adjusted In somo way, This magnate knew of no hetlor way to construct tho MmmLtilnn. hut Minted out nt tho Bamo tlmo that Dan Johnson nnd tho Amort- lV- r-nn Tj.nnn nlwnvs bad nn "nca In tho holo" becauso tho old alibi nlwaya was at hand. Ho declared that tho American Leaguo and Johnson always wero given Von more than duo consideration by Herrmann and Toner becauso of the apparent one-sided composition of tho commlsnlon. According to this party, tho National Longuu would bo rbto to moot Johnson and tho American Leaguo on ven terms nnd not bo tho "goat" whenover anything went wrong. He Is not far from tho mark, cither. If any oho can tell Just why, the National Leaguo tights for twfj, members on tho supremo body ho Is entitled to the front seat, as it never lias brought anything but criticism, a largo pcrcontago of which was undeserved, Jpon the, senior leaguo, ' ' Mack Predicts Great Team- I MANAQEU MACK, of the Athlotlcs, .reports that the annual 'meeting of the American League woa iiboUt tho most pcacoful ha ever attended. He oays "that everything Is sorono in tho Junior circuit nnd that thero Is nothing to tho rumor that salaries aro going to bo cut right nnd left. Connlo says that the ques tion of salaries is up to tho owner nnd that President Johnson never meddles with this end of tho game. Incidentally, Macfc also declares that thero will be no ohango In the price of admission for any scuta nt Shlbe Pork next summer, ovon though tho National Lcnguo paves, tho way for an opportunity to wipe out twenty-five-cent ball" In thlstclty. Connlo stcks to tho statement made a year ago that the Athletics wilt have a great team next season. Virtually every man Mack Js counting, upon has either signed his contract or has accepted terms, excepting "Ping" Bodlo and Joe Bush, and tho wizard pilot does not expect td" havo trouble lining them up. He has not talked contract with Bush, whllo he says that tho talk abqut Bodle being a hold-out Is bunk. Mack has not sent a contract to Bodlo yet, but Harry "Wolvorton, tho former Phllly star, who managed Ban Francisco, has thM fence-breaker In lino for tho Mackmon. Myers and Witt Already Signed rnWO of the men already under contract nro Elmer Myers nnd "Whltey" Witt, Mwa of tho greatest major "league finds In 1916. Mack signed Myers to a new two-year contract shortly after the 1910 season started, while Witt was undor a two-year contract when he went to tho training camp, Tho caso of Witt la another tribute tp the shrewdness and Judgment of Mack. There Is not nnothor leader In the ganto who would sign a schoolboy to a two-year Ironclad major league contract. Mack appreciated the wonderful work of Witt, and, realizing that the youngster deserved moro money, gave him a contract calling for a krger qum. Golf Revolution Is Threatened THE action of the Massachusetts Golf Association last night hi casting Its dofi In the teeth of theTJnltod States Oolf Association Is of the greatest significance to the future of the national body. Kovolutlon Is threatened ngainBt tho steamroller methods that havo been pursued in more than one ruling of tho major body. Last night In Boston seventy-flvo delegates, representing forty-ono clubs of the Massachu setts body, mot and, by a voto of fifty-eight to Jlfteen, voted against tho Interpreta tion of tho amateur law as framed and carried at tho last meeting of the United States Oolf Association. Thero was a brilliant array of legal talent to represent both "Sides. The meet ing was-called at tho Instigation ,of the Woodland Oolf Club, three of whoso golfers suffered tho loss of their amateur status when the national golf amateur rule was yedrafted this spring. One of theso three players was Francis Oulmet, a former Cpen and amateur xhtmplon, and (he youthful American lad who, single-handed, trounced Harry Vardon and Ed Ray when they threatened to run away to their English shores with tha American open title. a the Idol of Massachusetts OTJIMET Is the Idol of Massachusetts, Is playing the best game of golf In America, scarcely excepting Chick Evans, and Is hed by all who know him intimately er otherwise to be one of the moat simon-pure and exemplary athletes in his heart wid actions that plays golf on this side of tho water. Most Massachusetts clubs feel that th game Jn this country suffered a distinct black eye when players of Oulmet's caliber can be barred by a ruling such as that which covers the presont amateur situation. J. IL Sullivan, Jr.lsnother Woodland golf star who held a very high national rating; and who was given tha ax at the same time Oulmet's amateur scalp was iiasked away. Sullivan had gone Into partnership with Oulmet in a sporting goods house, where tho two wonderful golfers give all customers the benefit of their knowledge of the game in picking out sticks, halls and other links implements for ; vtha would buy. This appeals to many prominent golfers as a distinct service to 'the game. "JhV Point, out that golf-course -builders are not made professionals, the reason baing that U Is thought best to havo the keenest brains at work on the links extraction. It appeals to many as Just as Important that golfers need good twaliw to look to tho manufacture of clubs, and tee that a golfer has suitable clubs, tfe-wM his development aa a good player will be stunted and perhaps crippled. , 34 TwUbury, also a member of the Woodland Club, was barred from amatour" ofliptttkn with his clubmates for the same reason. Tfe ruling- at the United States Golf Association was defended at the meeting test ftitfct by iw-Unlte4 States District Attorney A- J. French, member of the CitMtitpl IJllt. Golf Club. President Folsom, of the Woodland Club, was chief of tiw fyiyefuUon though he was aided by some of the best legal .talent of Boston, .'"' ap H&KLBACH, the veteran Braves, pitcher, has applied for the coaching post. - w-HJgH Harvard, George Stagings, John Evers and Fred Mitchell" have recora- iiiwiMML jara mniuxf v u,,, Huin,fQiv7'iinHsuwn rata prufiiweu lu nuowr nun riwft lata Iff oase h$ Is selected. With all this recommendation and Haugh- i ton a MMMftit, ft looks very much as ir iiuciuaan has the position clinched. i " ' "O.BJlf Will jtliV b AH-American eleven next fall. Ym, hut who is golnaf to plek, - f .wm W try out Its ptayaf Wbc- wm.glvei It Ms signals, anawjlLJlhj! ww isumr otbttf mtW w man j ,fMfcj aH right UsftJU'&tU twtaJM t m mmi mmmm- b" it "&tu cowii, DartJ AINT IT A GBAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'? I D'r-4r61!W WO 40MCCMS I WMBM IT 1 AU lJI3MT ' ( HANPAmo W "pi ,Am , tat' KoYa- flush ' " AOJOuRjJ J . ANO THB BIS AMD WHOfJ MO -? I tSs-xPY WIMHOFA OP THO CTAUL4 W'TM rJOTHtMO? k SC NlOMT ALSO HAJ QUT TvJO Olfl PAItJ (TX L f 1 l A eooo haod and y p,0 y,jowa vuotf r MzSrk) A&xA 5TAV5 WITH YOU- ",, HT1 eMIP5 AMO ( V05V fur hWRy oouiAt evycRrTHiiof. V. " Y-W 6 aoT" &. Oh-h. V, " l" " ' ' I l-l I 1.1- I. I. I I... . , . . ly.,,.11 I II 1. 1 I Mill -!. I ... . i, MAGNATES' EFFORT TO REWARD LOSERS WITH WORLD'S SERIES MONEY HAS BEEN FRUSTRATED A By ORANTLAND RICE NY attempt on the rrl of club owners to i poor Jimmy Braid and J. it Taylor ., , put through a world series regulation nhero Intfriclcnoy and Incompetency are rewarded by scattering coin up and down the lino has been effectively emenred. Why a ball club that finishes In the see end division should be rewarded for Its Inability to win Is something that has movd beyond the Iolo of the bystanders. Tho only way this could he accomplished would bo to have an Interlesguo series with nil sixteen dubs represented, where tho division then could be made on a slid ing ecnle. Hut for the money derived from n. world nei-lea between two clubs to ho divided broadcast is beyond considering. A I'cw Christinas Desires From the Fan Batterw that can hit the other pltchent, and pitchers that-can baffle the ntKer battera. From the Umpire A deaf and dumb league to operate In. From the FlKhtor 130,000 to dance and yawn for thirty minutes. 'From the Clolfer A drive down the mid dle, a pitch to tho green nnd one putt to tha bottom of the cup. Could also use a new nllbl. From the Ilasebnll Magnate Eight clubs bunched for the flag on October 2. From tho. Third Baseman Cushions In stead of spikes on Ty Cobb's shoes. From Ilonton Somo club that can carry a world series Into six or seven games agalnnt tho lied Sox. From Johnny Ever An umplro who can stand n llttlo polite chit-chat and rapartco without drawing a gun. From Percy Haughton A football team that won't hold again when Casey starts for tho goal. A Tribute to Braid James S. Worthlngton, the noted English amateur golfor now visiting thin country, sends us tho following trlbuto to the lato JKmen Ilrald! "I read your re marks In the Sporfllght relatlvo to tho great friendship which existed botweon mora man true, for their frlendthln ., be described as brolh.i -in52 ?. &WU and never was Interfered with. In ," the rivalry existing betweetf th'i2.SJ f Is not the slightest doubt but ft will be very greatly affected br S. Mtor of his very djar friend. " "Perhaps of all the professional. Braid was quite the most popul.? an. beloved by every one Who knew hta.f i more kindly or lovable naturV neVS i? Isted. Always generous to bl rl!p ' and kindly 'encouraging to any P!l'lU played with, he loved the ZZ ,? ,h game's eake and what a wondJfi S th shots, but shots and carries whwl .. '? almost Impossible he woulS iMbW Ing off with crash nir rr.. i.,1 '". l''ln' traveling at a tremendous pact BMU "Perhaps the shot In which he m-.m. was his long cleek shot to the ff"ti left the club like the crack of a pSS?'ltsl n low trajectory and deadly stralch. ' belle, o this wa, tho shot hfcVtd SSt e all. I have the most pleasant tnemorli. many iramea w ih Jlmmt. j , "" "" ' heard an angry or a b.tt,r SpwSlMftS! '3 his lips. He took his uns nnd -.,. i? fi tney came. He once took nine etrokti iT. tho third hole at Prestwlck, th C.rdinsl a par four, nnd then went ahead unrum,i and won tie open championship. u d.lh s nothing short of a tragedy and win C lamented deeply throughout th, a "TAILORING SERVICE the kind that iDiaiai nllBf U. P.-11 STARTS ON 5000 -MILE TRIP TODAY TO GIVE BATTLE TO INVADERS FROM OREGON i i Red and Blue Craft, With Skipper Folwell at Helm and Twenty-two Players Aboard, Off for Port of Pasadeiia ITUIK U. I'.-ll submerged today after Icav- Ing Franklin Field nnd started on tho much talkodof COOO-mllo cruise to the other sldo of tho continent. With decks awnsh and rolling In a heavy sen, tha very moist U. I'.-ll set sail from the Heading Terminal early In the afternoon, with Eddie I.cwIh, tho well-known dispenser of tours, uctlng ns pilot. A couple of perfectly good enp talns, also, ware on tlio Job, Cap Mnthows wn In charge, and Cap Miller wbh 'ready to nit In whenever It becamq necessary, an both Caps wero anxious to mako tho voyaco a success and show up the Detitsch land, tho U-S3 nnd other minor craft that havo been hornlnir Into print of late. Tho crew, which was composed of twenty twu stalwart and healthy sailors. Was se lected cnrefally by Itccrullliiff Olllcer Fot well and his assistants, Wharton and Dick, son. The men wero tested thoroughly nnd found to bo tho goodB. For days, weeks and even months thoy exercised dally on the famous athletic field, for It waa de cided to tnka no chances on bavins nny nervous breakdowns en route. The first tan will be Chicago, and from then on only spasmodic halts will bo mndo until tho other coast Is reached. Tasadena, Cat., Is the destination of the U. P.-ll. Meet Invaders From North "When tho crew disembarks, n battle will be fought with a gong of Invaders from tho North. It will not bo an extem poraneous battle, but one which liaa been planned months ahead. A flock of Ore goillans, headed by Hugo Bezdek, will rush on the battlefield New Year's Day and clash with a picked crew from the U. F.-ll nnd the struggle will last for one hour. Then the side making tha greatest number of bullseyes will -win something, but ns yet we don't know what It Is. This battlo has attracted widespread at tention, cspoclnlly In Philadelphia, Pasa dena and wherever the Oregon crowd comes from. It Is billed as an Intersec tions! contest, meaning that a couple of strango teams will fight It out la a strange land. " Pcnn Favorite on- Coast According to one of our very best experts, the betting la S to 1 that Oregon will win the game. According to the dope published In tha papers on the Coast, they are bet ting that Penn will win by at least two or three touchdowns. Perhaps a wag has been whispering to the expert. At any rate, Penn should have a mighty tough tussle on January 1, If the Oregonlans ure as strong nn they are supposed to be. It must be rememberdd that Brown mads that transcontinental trip last year and received a nice licking from Washington. The long trip wns too much for the players, and they could not stand the strenuous ex. erclse, Penn has been handicapped considerably because of Inclement weather. The team has not been pble to do much practicing out of doors and this will work against them. 8novv and slush and rain have kept the athletes Indoors most of the time, and It Is hard to keep a team In shape under those conditions. Zlegler's Coaching Kelps Coach Folwell has been aided considerably by Qus Zelgler, line coach of tha University of California, who returned from the Fur By RODERT W. MAXWELL West n fev weeks ngo. Qua saw the Oregon tenm In action In three different games and studied tho stylo or nttack and defense. He has coached tho Pcnn tenm In both of these departments, and the men now know what thoy aro going ngalnst. Zelgler Is ono of tho best football coaches In tho country, nnd showed a wonderful spirit when ho gave up his tlmo to help his nlmn m.itcr. If Penn wins tho game, all credit snouiu go to the big lino coach. The team was given a rousing send-off nt tho Heading Terminal. A laigo' number of students who live in the West traveled on tho special trnln, nnd others, who still aro In college, swelled the Crowd, Tha following complete (tho Pcnn party: Head coach, Robert C. Folwell; Una coach, Dr. C. M. Whnrton: ond coach, Dyron W. Dickson: Dr. 11. Talt McKontle, Captnln Nell M, Mathaws, Cnptaln-elect Holnlo Mil ler, Charles Ilennlng, Ludlow "Wrny, Ingold KrtrcoBvnag, Lewis Little, Clem Urquhart, llcrt Uell, "Hobey" Light, Hen Derr, How ard Hcrry, Hay Young. At Crane, Mannlo Wlrkman, Hilly Itoblnson, Walter Berg, Alex Wray, Hilly Qulgley, Jimmy Bryant, Vlo Welsor, Johnny Titiel and Oravcs Williams. tl' M Thf. Illfur SloraoVaS;!' Halt or Overcoat (Bin r-n to order OAIuO Billy Moran, 1103 Arch inn TAILOR Own Kffi, Bowling News D B.7,'iJI,i"""P." Vu9 l,4rs of K.riton. Club ZlVJ wift,trlM1s1,,h1n,k.0 lh'r thr.n vlctorl to I f llovuo and Terminal, tha other quid In i.'.'t"?"00""11 Mp,w not bowtlns becauia of a poalporiement of Its matehai with Agouti. Th,,..5l'C,f".ture on Keyitono allara last nltht i'SS ,i,',J?am"- Tl1? ,I,rnta bowler b" with i? n??d """' ",cu"' M' nnd 250. a rrand toial v..o v. ma uroi pariorraancca or tna of H78 acaion. fifc. ""If. ,0 "ilTJ"1 bjr twentx-alx plni, (ha Jh'. ITiS.,"!?. f V t0,ul.- ihelr ' sm of iVS. i,l'.i-li'rf."" knoeked down an en 1000 pins In their last same. ..H'".! of.nvua. rolled 188 In hla aacond fTrS? 7nnS..ii I'i Ucior ,n Pventlnc tho l Iralea wlnnlnr alt thraasames. HarrlKon, nf naialla, atarted orl with a 530 "is r Btorck, of Edounrd, concluded with Tha Kdouard quintet really did not need their .tyjnlir-ona plna handlrap lo nuke their eweep v. iiiv aeriva wiia itexauB, Vlc'trlx Catholic Club aquada atoln ahowed Im provement In their weekly matchea on Caalno allera. Tlllerton and Mooney each rolled better than a double century acoro In ono of their samea. . Harmtr la ruihlna ahead In tha German American tnurnev, now havlnff a four-aama lead over Ulrnrd. Tho leadera totaled 878, V10 and 0U8 axalnat Quartette. Furs Milliricry IVfaxtfson & DehAsny n 15 Chestnut Street ' ;" '-, "!.,;, . v (Opposite Keith's) .' ' , i f , ' ''' Mr. Man IH- . . Surprise Her Tomorrow With a Scarf, Muff or Coat , And With it a Saving of 10 Men like to patronize shops of integrity, square dealing and reliability. They appreciate service reinforced with the stability of a dependable merchant. That is why wc 3ae the proportion of men buyers so unusually high in this store. . 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