"; fr .?v vr ot ftCWSFTV F a ' . ttI PVHBW' i -kv -js ) .FO. 'Vfi''r w-.i , ' . ' v r -i.. LiW's ' " w; v -U tV a-" vm ro- LBiGERPHiiM.i)iJLPfeaiA;: m;oi JiAT.'HKAaiCP';,? Pi- ',; r- . " . 1 -T -v I "- -So1 .f. , v S. ' PE WITH THE POOR BALL PLAYER WILL" SOOtfWTUS'T ONE BXEEHGAME AFTER AN0TH1 V iTBWBWBVTfe ; . ..n .,' r s?T' wmiwT !. T ft V ?BL i v 't ir . t" iV I r ' ttt p' ,.t BALL PLAYERS MAY BE DEPRIVED 'OF ANNUAL SPRING JOY RIDES TO '. LAND OF SUNSHINE AND BASE HIT Retrenchment Policy of m cwyc u u en tue x f.l'S , . HlYlof 1T1 Rucnrlll Wiofrtvtr i bVy TS TH1S t0 te thu ,ftllt ye,,r of afrl,'K P .t"' the Idea of eliminating the annual Jov .: radical, and no such suggestion has FlS.' UlH Same time. thfr,a (a rHjiiwi Tit huHutiu lhn .. ' ,u i.i ....... i fw U have seriously considered uoh a sivp, and tho matter hat been Informally KL I discussed frequently of late. This winter theie has been a eplilt of conservatism .... .cuci.uimeui everywnere in oaseoan. ,n earnest effort has been mad hf. I w away witn the "frenzied flnaIlCe, ., stent ever, since the Federal Leuue . i cutherlnir together of loose end, uml a4'- h ..,,., .. .. i.i.. , ,v ..- ,.,., wii t iiiuiv ictisuimuiu snu suunuer oasis taaii ror several ears. Thu K spendthrift methods of luventl mlllloiialr.i owners have been curbed and will be ?" frirlhui. miphul In t.. ........... ... ... . . . - -- ...... ...... ... .......w ;tA'forth baseball wljl be conducted In an wj o longer bo pampered by their employers, but will be paid honest salaries for honest work and nothing more. No expense will b.j Inouried unless the men who handle the purse strings cm svo where the qairin will receive an equitable return, and now tho question Is, no tho expensive trips South brim? an equitable return The question cannot bo answered offhand, but '.hero are tome pretty bis Dusecall men who consider tho point debatable. Undoubtedly the wotk In the south does the men some i;ood, and a team which enjoys good weather in camp naturally sets away to a better sun than one which does not. The manager htu .1 chance to work off the rough edge of his tram, and the men are usually In Hrst-class condition to frtvo the public sood fast baseball from the start. Moreover, the trips furnish pood copy fur the newspipe.-s and get the fins all worked up before the season starts. OO AtUCII for the advantages of routhern truinlni: trips. That they are ., , not undervalued by the owners Is proved by the fact that the mijo league clubs have spent hundreds of thousands of doll.ua In taklm; th-n '' each year. Now for the other side of the argument. Is the Training Trip Worth the Money? TN THE rlrst place, the .'aunt South Is something of a gamble, and a gamble has no place In a wll;onducted business. Many times an ovnir takes his men 8outh only to have them sit arour.d tho hotel and wonder where all tho rnln comes from. For Instance, In 1911 the 1'hlllles took an cpcnie training 'trip and managed to get Just three light workouts during the entire titp. As a result they Here In worse shape when the season started than they would have been had they remained right hero In Philadelphia and practiced In their own ball par's for a week previous to the opening, when the local, weather man was on his good behavior. Not only tho Phillies, but other teams suffer the same experience from time to time and the magnate pays tho bills. It Is problematical whether a ball team which encounters splendid warm weather during the training season, only to come North and run Into a co'.d snap, gets away to as good a start as It would If It shaped up right here under the con dltlons which It must meet tho first few weeks of the season. The spectacle of a crowd of tanned ball players, acclimated to the warm sun of tho South, shivering themselves out of condition when they come North, Is not an unfamiliar ono to the fans. This Invariably happens to the clubs which open In Hosion. and frequently to the others. It Is reasonable to supposo that a team which gets on edge only to have that edge taken off by a big climatic change Is worse off than It would have been had It conditioned In the North and gradually acclimated Itself as the weather irrew warmer. THE IF HE owner who sends his club South his club encounters good weather In tho South and IF It does not I run Into the average spring weather in tho North. There are no 1FS as far as tho expense Is concerned. i There Will Be No Argument at All in Case of War 'ITTHE'I'HER the training trip Is worth tho price or whether it Is not will prob- ably make little difference If the wan-cloud continues to shadow the land. If war comes, baseball as well as every other sport will bo eclipsed and the policy of retrenchment will be Intensified a thousandfold. The spring training trip will be tho first expense eliminated, nnd If It once goes it Is exceedingly doubtful whether It will ever bo resumed. For several years ther has been a tendency on the part of thb owners to shorten the Jaunts, and tho clubs spend an average of two weeks less In tho South than they did a few years ago. Our own Connie Stack was the ilrst big leaguo manager who dared custom and established a precedent by taking his talent away during tho second wePk of March, Other clubs soon fell Into line and at present tho National League has a rulo forbidding any clubs to tart training until February 1. Tho Cubs alono started on that dato this spring. The Generalship of "Ted" Meredith THERE Is generalship In running as well as every other competitive sport, and that It Is headwork as well as wonderful speed that has made "Ted" Meredith one of the greatest runners of all time was evidenced Satuiday night In the Meadow brook games. In tho "Meadowbrook fi60" Meredith took the lead at the tart nnd was never headed. The only man who threatened him at any time was Earl Eby, who finished second. With tho race about half over "Ted" glanced over his shoulder and saw that the only man likely to challenge him was Eby, who was about four yards In the rear. A moment later Meredith appeared to falter, and a groan went up from a thousand throats when their favorite started to labor around the track. Eby saw too and concluded to take the lead then and there. A few yards further on ho drew almost abreast the leader, and it was then that both Eby and the audience got the surprise of tho evening. In a flash "Ted" drew himself together, all signs of faltering gone. With a wonderful burst of speed he accepted Eby's challenge, and drew away steadily until he breasted the tape seven yards ahead of his rival. IT WAS a brilliant bit of generalship. Meredith not only decoyed Eby Into cutting his sprint looso loo. soon, but he also broke his opponent's heart by leaping away when ho was apparently all In. Dangerous "Verbal Agreement" Again in Evidence NEW customs and usages In business always create Interest, but the noelty that Is now being Introduced Into the boxing business In New York only serves leave a bad after-aste. For the second !verbal agreement" Is to be used as a club t a date and tnada arrangements for a a as the aggressor and bans tho proposed bout. Freddy Welsh, world's llcht. :ht titleholder, and Benny Leonard have ax Athletic Club, New York, on the night n,tl contract when Grant Hugh Browne announced his prior claim to the clash jhrough the convenient verbal route. Consequently, It looks as though there CfJ79ulfl,b8.more litigation In which the much-ahusod boxing game, as played In the bjiietropolis, will come tn for additional notoriety. Browne had his first taste of f'--rie verbal agreement rullne when John Pk-rtho BroaWay Athletic Club to McCoy's services, and, as a result, the middleweight yw&a forcod to meet Jack Dlllop before being eligible to box at the Garden. Now it appears that the dethroned promoter had scheduled the Welsh-Leonard meeting i ati-a reserVe feature for the Garden. No papers were signed, and the old show JJ?;M"pot has slnc,e passed from his management, , ireaiea to anomer legal squoonie cased upon Y U1CI1U . Eastern Basketball THE Eastern Basketball League rules ' nounced a fine of 50 Imposed on Player ueiere .lames Rumsev, who officiated In on the former's floor on Friday evening. h-fjjneasure up to the offense, and Tome - or the season, even though said season this weeK. Referee Billy .velly has been B.befor Tome can play. There Is little doubt that the money will be forth jJ eomlng. Tome will not be at' any disadvantage, however, ns his employer, r,('rejB. w. h-user, win no aouot pay me fine i. KuniMi io piay una ueuinger on nana mo trio. IhA lull nn, mil rf thj. HnA-tm Ki.t .-, .w ... w..w w.. ... ...w .....,-..,, ., U buauuen eio nun vn-j money Will -readily be forthcoming. Mr, Kuser, of the Potters. Is no squealer, and an he ,w the unfortunate occurrence he no doubt knows his man committed a grave , no matter what the provocation. Any player that cannot control him- atf.ltpubUa haa no plc In a basketball --- ---.-- trnt hnnv anil rfinnerm ruin alv player ahall be suspended Indefinitely Mi manager." , UTlattar will no douht be elven consideration at Its meeting. Prestdent autntisrbaa done all In. hU power according to the rule, but the rules should Mtrmmr .rcye . a jltue attention. Morris Tome, the offender, was regarded L tiM of. tiie: noetKentlemanly and rt,id the writer wUhea to give L. -a iw. liiL) ... -mula... i.ii. '"'o.. jam -,-(.- .-t.j Vf"-K W TWP JJI.WWI M Owners Likely to Increase ruining - jaunt win uniy - i UHlniiiB trips for ball clubs.' Naturally, rhln m thu m nr if nnn smith been ottlclallv nutln hv th irinirimr..,.. At .that has damaged the sport to such an stepped into the ileid. There has been tlm miiL'tuiio tin-.. .m.-......,i.i in ,..,t,i.r .... . . .i.q uuj 9 ui luaio tttg uci nilu ticiiuc" edlcleiu business wuy. Hull players will will bo repaid for his expenditure time within a month tho well-known over the head of a promoter who has boxing exhibition. This time the victim been matched to meet at the Manhat. of March 22. The Ink was hardly dry WoUmnntoi rl:iimH tlm nrin. -ii.t but it appears that tho public will be tho uncertain valuo of a verbal agree League Rules Weak are weak. President Seheffer hn nn. Morris Tome, of Trenton, for punchlng a game at Camden against Trenton The punishment absolutely does not should bp suspended for the remainder closes with the playing of two games Instructed to collect '150 this evening for him. Of courso. with only two nne coum easily be dodged bv keer Ii.a nV.nnMA ...... ii... .1- . . ... cage. The Eastern Basketball League nf vanllnn l.ran.i.4u. ft... .t.ai .. unless reinstated by a majority of courteous players that ever stenncd art him this credit, but Tomo made the .. .t.i t. ... "" MM'in n new man, naa been nm w-iqunw.u Ksie .quarter for following lame iTiptortwtalyiBo eaua for atrlkii,U,e llHH Mi-H iiiiI Hi II tta.iflmir -tf. WHEN A FELLER Hi r PENN STATE LEAGUE CHALLENGES EASTERN WINNER TO A SERIES TO DETERMINE CHAMPIONSHIP Jasper Would Hardly Meet Carbondale if Jewels Capture Title, but Greys Would No Doubt Stage Such a Series PRESIDENT ; League, lias hVHi:FKi:n, of the Eastern cague, lias received a communication from Iiyron T. Lewis, president of the Penn sylvania Stato League, In which he says the Carbondale champions of the Slate organiza tion would like to meet tho K.it-tcrn League wlnnei In a scries at the conclusion of tho season He ghes the Eastern Leaguo power to make arrangements at any time through Andy Sulls There Is no doubt m the mind of the fans In this s-ectlon that the club which captures the Eastern League title fan defeat Car bondale In a series, but will the Eastern Leaguers meet them? While In no official position to say so. It looks like a foregono conclusion that If Jasper Is successful the Jewels will refuse to play Carbondale, and they have good reasons. On the other hand If Greystock Is again returned champion of the Eastern League the series will likely be staged Manager ISalley was disgusted with the uay In which. tho games with I'aterson terminated last !ear, and while he admits It may take a little coaxing for him to gle his conent. the writer feels confident It will be forth coming. Last Week of Eastern This Is the final week of the Eastern League basketba'l and all the Champion Greys need to annex the second half is to either win tonight -or next Friday. The Churchmen have been plugging along with out any undue publicity and are now plaj Ing superb basketball They were forced to go to Reading on Saturday night without Raymond Cross, and Manager Bert Bupp, of the Hears, was not a bit pleased, hut why he could assume this attitude Is a msstery, because Reading was minus Johnny Bechman, who Is laid up with the grippe Manager Bailey says that Cross played Frldav night on his nere, as at 7 o'c:ock he had his arm lanced He has an Infected arm, but will oppose Trenton tonight The heavy scorer of the Churchmen always goes big on tho Potters' floor An Important piece of news has Just leaked out and It Is that while Player Mike Wilson was about to depart for Cooper Hall on Friday evening the stork dropped a bouncing ten-pound baby on his doorstep, and hence the reason for the hlg smile which covers his features Gcrmantown in the Field Now that the season is nearing a con clusion challenges are being hurled broad side for the various championships The minor leigue title has been turned over to Hancock, of the American League, by de feating Dobson, of the Industrial league A question that should be settled Is the Independent championship of the city, and according to Howard Friend, manager of the Germantown T M. C. A, team, the con testants should be St Rita, of South Phila delphia, nnd Gertqantown V. M. C A., two fives that have only played Independent ball all season. St. Rita has a record of forty straight triumphs, all at home, and Ger mantown has annexed seventeen out of eighteen, and the only defeat was at the MANY CHAMPIONS ENTERED IN A. A, U. NATIONAL GAMES NEXT SATURDAY New Eecords Expected When Athletes Com pete in Annual Sports in New York NEW YORK, March 13. WTH the closing- of entries for the Na tional A. A. U. Indoor champion ships, to be held in the Twenty-second Reg iment Armory next Saturday night, Fred erick W, Rublen, chairman of the cham pionship committee, said that the list was the largest and most representtalve ever turned In for a national Indoor champion ship meet. Entries have been received from all the best athletes throughout the coun try and many records are expected to be broken. It Is hard to pick the race which will produce the best competition, as all the events have as entrants their full quota of stars. The 300 yards, 800 yards 'and 1000 yards championships seem to be the events most In doubt, and should produce the best competition ot the nlcht, but the nine other events on the program are sure to be hard foucht throughout, . The two .mile must not be overlooked. as'Jol Jlay, of Chicago, will, try for.a. vwanas reeora in iron event, ana v NEEDS A FRIEND Statistics of Intercollegiate and Eastern Cage Leagues i.vrniu'ni.i.ix.iATr. i.n torn w. i.. i( . i v.r. Tsle R 1 .SSI ll.irtnin'li t n .400 Prince ton S I .KH'I nlnlnhll .1 1 .300 renna . . S .300 'ornrll . 1 I) .100 st iikiii'i.i: roit rxK Wedneftflai night. Princeton nt Yale f-sti:kx i.UMit'i: w. i.. i- r. r. i r.r. fireMt'k. 12 n ,W7 ramilcn. . 0 l .son .laprr 10 H ,X',fl Hemline . II II .noo Trenton U II .(100 Do Nerl . ft 13 ,; sf'HEiiti.r. rou wi:i:k Tonlnht rrtoclc nt Trenton. Tuewlaj lie Ncrl nt Ite-idlnc. W'wIneMlaj -.liifcper nt Cnmrien. Thursdii .Trrnton nt .Iunimt. I'rlda Cnmd-n nt irehlok. Sutnrda Keiullne nt lie erl. hands of Rookvvood. 33.22. This was at the start of the season when the German town boys were not yet In shape. Recently Rookvvood was defeated at Germantown 38-22, Germantown has defeated such clubs sr Grej'stock Reserves. St. Malachy, East Falls y. M. A., South Dranch V. M. C. A.. Rookwood and Narberth V M C A on the latter's floor. Gnmes scheduled for tho re mainder of the season are Thursday. March 15. Dobson. champions of the In dustrial, League: March 21. Rookwood, March 31, Hancock champions of American League, and also minor league tltleholders. The Greystock team of the Eastern League will be played on April 7. Yale and Princeton to Clash Yalo nnd Princeton will fight It out for the Intercollegiate basketball championship when they clash In the final game of the league season In New Haven on Wednesday night. Pennsylvania. Dartmouth. Columbia and Cornell nil wound up their seasons last week, Ortncr. the Cornell captain, holds his lead In the race for individual honors by a slender margin. He scored 123 points In the league season, ono more than Slsson, of Dartmouth. Kinney, uf Yale, however, with ono more game to play, will piobably pass both, becauso he already has 1 1G points. INDIVIDUAL Hrnnrxo Kleld IJIs. I-nul Tol. Games Own. Opp, gin Otiner. Cornell I PI .1.1 Jin MlBson. Dartmouth, p lu Kinney. Ynle. t.. . . r II I.ennanl Columbia, c lu McMchol. Penn. b ... 10 Haas, Trlnceton. it... !l I'auUon. Princeton, f len, ye. f ii Parmle. Princeton, f It 1-arer, Columbia, r. u .Murine!!, nartmouth.it 10 'larlteld, Yale, e. ... l Mallon, Yaln. ft . . . . u Laiour, Columbia, f, ii Tuft. Yale, k n .Tefford. Penn. c . ,. Ill Itoberls, Columbia, f in Kendall, Cornell, e. . n l.avln. Penn, t lo llouck, Cornell, a... n Klock, Cornell, f . , r Katz. Columbia, f... H Kmery, I'enn. t .... In Atahton, Dartmouth, f lu .17 123 12.' 111! H3 S2 1,1 113 III! r.s r.H r,i 40 .is 32 :u 3J :o 30 2I 21 21 20 .10 13 14 112 411 r,.i Mt II 43 ' .is Hi in i7 10 so jii 2 27 20 III 111 in 10 is i.i 13 p.- it n ii lu 27 11 .10 111 12 11 HI 13 13 in 10 11 10 Best Entries in A. A. U. Indoor Championships 0 yard I.oomli, Merer, Teachner, O Ilsra, llrewrr, .Morae, Kelly, Rtrphenaon and Htftrs. 00 yardaKelly, Moore. Wilcox, DaUlcy, Dernell, lender and Howe. ..ft00 S-snla Meredith. Scudder. Illifinl, Miller, Campbell and Kby. 100 yardi OTerton, Ilaker, Meyers, Campbell. Uechtel, Scudder and Eby. To mllea .Usr, Letlle, Itysn, llolden, Srneffer and riant. Five mllei Plan Kyronen, fllannako loloi, rorea, French and VotcrcUu. 70-yard hurdle Thornton. Murray. Kn cell, Eller. I'reble. Krdman and Crawford. Two -mile walk Kemcr, riant, Itolker, McFaddeu and JteUer. his record attempt will be watched with Interest. Yrtle, Princeton, Harvard, Penn, Dartmouth, Chicago, Columbia, Holy Cross, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Maryland State and New York University are a few of the colleges and universities which have entered their star athletes. The Chicago A. A. and Illinois A. C, of Chicago, are sending on teams of six men each in the hope of carrying the club cham pionship back to the Windy City The med ley relay championship for teams of four men running 220, 440, 880 yards and one mile, promises to be tho greatest race 6t Its Whd ever run In New York. The fol lowing teams will run: Chicago A. Ai, Il linois A. C. Boston A. A.. New York 'A. C. Jrlefa American AaKllU-oaaXtA., NO MORE MONEY, DECLARES BAKER Declines Inducements for Holdouts, His Decision After Moran Talk VETERANS SHOW "PEP" Uy ROBERT W. MAXWELL rlporfx Editor of The Ermine letter ST. PUTHRSBURO, Fla., March 11. With Oeorse Whltted. Milton 'Stock and IJert N'lehoff still among the hold-outs, the Phillies took the field for a real work out In Coffee Pot Tnrk this morning. That Pat Moran Is worried over the ab sence or his star trio Is not questioned, although the hard-working manager has not discussed ths subject. Yesterdsy he motored over to Rellealr to have a talk with President Baker, but the result of the conference Is secret. It Is known, how. ever that no further financial Inducements win be offered, and the holdouts will either sign at the original figure or be con spicuous by their absence this year Brt N'lehoff Is believed to be ready to fall In line. a he wired Moran Saturday as to his Mardirg with the club Pat said he stood a Rood as he ever did, and alt he had to do was' to s'gn his contract and hurry down here to enjoy the sunshine and roses, Xo Gloomy Outlook The others have not communicated with the club for some time With the new men on hand and the vet erans showing lots of "pep" for so early in the year the outlook Is not so gloomy as It mleht be. Tha Infield virtually Is intact, the outfield Is well taken care of. ths catchers are as Kood as any In the league and you will have lo ko some to Improve on the pitching staff, provided It (rets going It Is ra'her early to make predictions, especially when the players have had but one workout. For that reason predictions will be over looked and laid away for future use. At the same time, the new material Is said to be verv good and a few of the rookies are etpectet to stick in fast company. Last year the Phillies signed a new scout In the person of Jim Wolf, and his crop of ne-v one has attracted more than ordinary attention He combed the brush In all sec tions of the country In his quest for Ivory and much is expected of them He picked up two outfielders, an Inflelder and four pitchers. Walker on the Job lirnlo Walker, wh6 once played with the St Louis Browns, Is on the Job and prob ablv will take Whltted's place If George de cides to remain at home Walker lasted but half a season with the Browns In 1915 and was shipped to Rochester. Last year he went to Little Rock, where Scout Wolfe unearthed him. He batted 358, which Is going some even for that league, and showed that he was unusually fast. (andy. a recruit from Portsmouth, Va.. also among those present. He Is twenty years old six feet three Inches tall and was the leading slugger In his league last year. He probably will be tried out at first base, as his speed Is not up to the standard of big league outfielders McGafllngan, who was captured out on the coast when he played with cVrnon last year, H the smallest man on the squad, and will be smaller than Maranvllle If ho makes good In the league. McOafflgan's specialty last year was robbing Plug Bodle of safe hits. He Is fast, covers all kinds of ground and was the second shortstop In the league He accepted 8!0 chances for an average of .S27. Fittcry Looks Good Of the new pitchers Paul Fittcry, a Pennsylvania boy, seems to be the star. Paul played with Salt Lake last year and earned the title of "Iron Man " He took part In sixty-five games and pitched 448 In nings He won twenty-nine and lost nine teen In the official averages. Flttery was the strike-out king of his league, fanning 201 batters. Ho also led the league on bases on balls, issuing 158 passes and stood first In the number of hit batsmen with twenty-three. All of which shows that I'aul Is versatile. Flttery is a left hander. Zlnii. from Waco. Texas; Carmlchael from Paris. Texas; Craig, of Wichita, and I.utz. the Canadian, all have good records and will help the regular staff The Phillies have a chance to get a star tvvirler from the Virginia League In Orr, who won nine games and lost nine last year. Orr. whose right name Is M, G. MUllgen, lives In Pensacola, Fla., and Mo ran has wired him to report here as soon as possible. Rookies and Regulars .Mnrlln. Tei. Oeorse Smith, Columbia Unl vereity pitcher, la cnjovlnic vlalona ofa regular berth with tho Glanta today Bmlth held Uaila to tle hlta nnd won his same, 1 to 0. Sunday. The Giant rookies lost to Waco, 3 to 1'. Hot Sprlnxa, Ark. Manager Robinson started In today to whip the llodsern Into shape for tbelr exhibition game against the Ited Sox. The Dodgers have not forcotten the beatings handed to them by Uoston last fall and have hopes of getting even, Macon, fia. Three Yankee rookies are malt Inc the veterans hustle lo hold their Jobs Knaupp, u second haaeman; Monroe, pitcher, and Itinkston, outnelder. form tho trio. Knaupp and Monroe are certain to start the season with Ihe team. Phrevrport. La. The Rhlnelanders aot away to a flying start In their spring exhibition work outa yesterday when they took the local team Into camp, 0 to o, in a full nlne-lnnlng game. Tom Clarke Is limping from an Injury to his ankle, and several others are slightly lame, I.oa Angrlea, Cal. Phil. Douglas, original "You know me. Al ." asked Jim V&ughan how many pltchera the Cubs had on the roster today. "Klghteen." replied Vaughan. Douglas shook his head mournfully. "There's aho gonna bo some bush league special outa Chicago 'bout April Id," he said. An osteopath sas Larry Doyle's ankle may keep htm on the bench most of the time until July. Mineral Wells, Tn.. Kid (lleaaon, first mats ot the White Box crew, Is also umpire In the regular-rookies' practice game. No argument that la real argument on decisions. (Jleason doesn't fine or banish, lie sentences the kicker to wear a rubber shirt. Four first basemen are righting It out Uandll, Jourdan, Henry and ltasbrook. Hot flprlngs, Ark. The second squad of Red Box players from eastern parts arrived here to day. Curl Maya signed .yesterday and will ap pear for practice today. Miami, Fla. Beginning today, the drive week 1$ on. mailings plans to put the Braves through the pacta with a will. Several of tho players went up In a flying machine yesterday. New Orleans 'Johny Leber, picked up from Cleveland sand lots, cut the Indlang-Feltctn game on Ice yesterday with a perfect bunt, which allowed' two scores when wildly handled. Han Antonio, Tex. Looks like the regular season was on. Miller liuggins used eighteen Slayers, but the beat they could do waa tie a oxen Ban Antonio players. 4 to 4, In ten Innings. Waiahachle, Tez.- Rookle Ditchers lived tin tn the Tiger reputation for wlldneas against Fort Worth. They cave nine passes, but the Tlgera won, o lo o. Suits or Overcoats TO OBUKI $ 11 .80 ".Y.?r.' Ke40Mi fma - en 9 Big Window aflafta aaWai ft. ! a)t PETER MORAN A CO. "Eggfff . X. COX. TH AK ABOH T. ni VXDIt A A Bros vii w m r. i. Mrrr MONDAY KTKNINO. HI rs vs. VM f TeV jfaraHs, gT tftSttVYaWL " IN SUNNY SPRINGTIME, AL, OLD PAL WHY YIP OF ROBIN REDBREASTS, AL WHEN BLEACHERS YODEL TO US, AM In the Spring, With Your Permission, Al, We'd! Like to Set You Right, for Then We're Yell- 1 . ing "Slide, You Bonehead, Slide!" Uy GRANTLANI) NICE In the Spring ' "In the gpring a fuller crimson cornea upon the robin's breast; In the spring the wanton laptving gets himself another crest." ' Al Tennyson. In the spring, with your permission, Al, old pal we'd fain relate Many other things that happen to t)& lowly and the great. In the spring, with your permission, Al, old pal, we'd breast; In the spring he clamors madly that his ball club is the best. In the spring the pop-eyed rooter rises from his scat and roars; In the spring the young fan's fancy lightly turn to full boa scores. 111,11111 oifinu mv ;t7ii ivno milieu .iiio Willi IianKaKCC Joins h bia leanue camn in Dixie, where hn swatted .2.1. In the spring the somber human, erstwhile calm and dignified. Pounds his neighbor on the neck piece, yelling, "Slide, you bon , ifiv ojn ,t,y wit, ICUIEU ruct' flluts nvw nc yoi mi even nunarca, oui aeservea an cigmy-tour. In the spring the pits are cluttcfeil where the niblicks beat the sand' In the spring strong oaths arc muttered up and down the fragrant land The Heavyweight Lull THn heavyweight situation In the Iioxlnn corral hai come Into a bodlnir lull nKal". Thera were, signs of a brief awakening some weeks aco, hut Jum at present It Is about as lively as the fettered mummy nf Itamcscs II. The great furore attached to the Wll-lard-Fulton debate foamed for n day or two Into a creamy froth nnd then died away. l'art of thH may have been duo to Wll lard's demand for fTB.000 which was merely a matter of $7600 a round or $2500 a minute. The other part may have been duo to Fulton's Inability to rouse tho popu lace Into a frenzy over his championship claims. Ho had done no more than Jack Dillon, weighing seventy pounds less, had already done before. Whatsoever tho rea son might be, there Is no denying the Im pressive lull, amounting to a chill, which now prevails. Within another week or two It will be exactly a year since Willard has fought anybody anywhere. He has been heavyweight champion now for two years, nnd In that time has figured In exactly ten rounds, an average of fifteen minutes' fight ing to each twelve months, nut with no ono to tight there was very little else for him to do. Darcy and Fate Darcy picked a tough time to enter Amer ica as a conquering hero. A ear ago and he might have got by ery nicely. But with America Itself on the verge of entering the battle smoke, there came a sudden feeling against enriching a runaway from military duty. Darcy's case happened to be peculiarly flagrant. And what little chance he had to get by ho wrecked himself by his first ac tivities In this country. He may be a wonderful boxer, hut the Negro Pitcher Has Class Worth $50,000 in Majors KANSAS (MTV. Mo.. Marrh 12. Inhn Donaldson, nho probably N the greitet negro pttrher In the ronntrr. has turned down an offer to pla' ball on the rost. The soulhpuw ban been n memlier of Ihe nll-natlon team for the last tvio jettr. and now he refutes (n quit the men whn have treated Mm so well. Arrordlng to .lohn Mrfiraw. !ona!dtnn wonld be worth S50.000 to n major league club If he wasn't a "ekillet blonde." PLAY FOR FLORIDA GOLF TITLE TO START APRIL 11 TAMPA, Fla.. March U' The Klorid.i golf championship will bo held over tho links of the Florida Country Club at Jai-k-sonville. The dates me Apiil 11, 1J, 13 and 14. Jnmes n llartuett. of the Florida Country Club, formerly of the Al gonquin club, Is present holder of the cham pionship. The championship Is open to bona fide residents pf the Ktnte only, nnd Indi cations nre that a field of more than a hundred will tee oft In the qualifying round STAR GOLFERS COMPETE OVER LINKS AT TAMPA TAMPA. Fla.. March 12. Tampa Is the winter mecca for golfers today, when Wal ter Hasan, Rochester. C. C ; Tom McNn mara, New York ; Wilfred Iteld, Wilmington C. C. anod James ("Garage") Karnes, Pal ma Cela-Whltemarsh Valley, meet over the Talma Cela Golf Club's links here. A fourball foursome, with Hagan ami Mc Xamara opposing Held and Barnes, will oc cupy the afternoon, wlile an Individual bat tle In nn clghtcen-hole medal play match Is the morning card, A purse of $300 has been hung up. ! I ! Im'- VM. 1 s',-ir yjSpurwood A a new, M&2. &he be& Style i ahead, iliitptM lu IVll 718 OJ 1118 8C0FC, odds are that no ono In this country n ' havo nny chance to obtain proof of tt same for several j'ears. The Washington ball club came wlthla . ' half Jiffy of establishing a wonderful rieorl " last season. If Crlf's team had won om more game It would havo been the only : club In baseball to finish In seventh bIim with n mark of .500. As It was, emjS that nny seventh place nrray ever hi4 mark of 4D7, Washington's finishing flrutet. The nest Inficldcr Mention has been made of this or tUl star as the best all-around lnfielder. Thli honor belongs exclusively to one nun Charles Lincoln Herzog Herzog la ths only ball player we know of who provK tn be a star of first magnitude at second, third nnd short. Herzog was the best fielding third bun man In either league last season while it work upon that assignment. The ytir be fore he had been one of tho three bit short-stops. Moved over to second, In thi opinion nf John McGravv he was ai rood nn lnfielder as Eddie Collins, and McGr has always figured Collins as one of Uii great ball players of tho game's hlstorr the most 'valuable Blnce Wagner btttn te drift If Herzog could bat only .520 If he m only an ordinary lnfielder he would itia be one of the most useful members of thi cast through the vast amount of pepper hi spills up nnd down tho field. Great Spring Sport Thrre's a big revival. UHcy lay, For sport in fic spring; Itut stifllno the standing broad aw Is a wonderful tiling. FOR PENN RACES First and Second Varsity Se lected for Schuylkill Com petition Easter Week t , NKW HAVrJN. Cdnn . March 12 Till M oarsmen have by no means been marking time, awaiting Coach Guy Nlckalls, wh t has arrived from I'ngland Under tha '. supervision nf Coach Mather Abbott, thi , member ot the faculty who was freshmin ': coTch last season, three varsity and sevirrtl! i.1,bd r-rn.tu i.a.a -.11. .tt.nl.J ,U. I... ..!. -: closing tho ttrst full week of outdoor rowing 11 uninterrupted since the squad reported ?1 mnnm ago, Less than three weeks temaln before Ui ' first two races of the season will be roet'L when Yale will race the University of Ptnn-fi sylvanla first and second varsity eishti vT !... ,. .. .. .... ...... .L . ..-.. - ,,.,.,-t h rn. ,im ine ncnuyiKiii ine mm eights have rowed with few changes slnci r- the squad reported, and It Is doubtful i"' .. u.,.1..... s..-.i i.i.- it. l. j. 1-.I..2' "H.-HII-1 luiwier wiuii win e maue 10 ih?t. first boat before It meets the Quakers. It, lu .ir,,.all., thn Mini., ...I.I.-.I. .. n t..n A ... ....u...i .in. C15111 .ji,;i, nna 1.,. ". gether when the arslty squad was rtor.jj, ganlzed and set to work during October for K. the fall rowing J At piesent the order In tne two elfhtij: whlrh will rare the Quakers Is as follows: 1 l.'lrttf Ul,nlA Kt.nt K'n 1 HamM. Iril c ."::. .";"..'?":.:" .".". v. . ;jh .iMyuitn, o, rox, i, .Meyer; J, mien, , Ilnrrlman. bow. Lawrence. 'j .Second Stroke. Adams: No 7. Woolerli 0. Coleman; B, Jnmes; 4, Page; 3, M- .MiuKiunn , ., ureenj now, itanaau. SPURWOOD ,.V A newcomer in the "wood" family A new E &W model -r-"Spurwood". There is an ' attractive sw,eep to the points and plenty of tie space. Its spurs, give it style. Your furnisher will gladly show you l'Spurwood" and the other E&W6tyles which will look well on you. is your &yl k m EBaa
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