A t. - ' x , U '"j . ' ., -5J;-'W , I ' tfV&NING LBDER-PHnJABPHlAV 'TtJl!fAf .' M&ROH 13, 1017 v,. ji.7-' s 'Am' rs jr ' p y -. , " r u. r-, , ,' W-k.-,-1-- ", X- 'V-, BILLIES TO FIGURE IN DEAL WITH CARDS AND DODGERS, IS REPORT FROM CAMP In the South, it la found '(hM the Is twenty-one years, ring Bodle. , twenty-eight years of sue, la tfe mtmber in the squta. ii h I K W ENSATIONAL TRADE RUMOR HOLDS FORTH IN PHILS' TRAINING CAMP; TRIO OF HOLD-OUT STARS MAY GO Whitted for Wheat, of Brooklyn, and Niehof f and ' Stock for Hornsby and Miller, of Cards, Is Trade Report by Moran By KOBERT W. MAXWELL Sitninn Leader "War" Correspondent ullh PhUHet U TraMm, Camp ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 13. 1AST night Pat Moran was handed , a i telegram wlilla at dinner from Hert Klthoff, one of the holdoulB, who was first iinected to Join tho club here Jn a few itjt "Nothing dolnff," read the message. Voii know I deserve moro money " l'at Moran refused to comment on the message er what would follow. He djcllned to he loausclous, and shot up like a clam when the names of Whltted and Stock were men tloned. However, late In tho evening a healthy rumor began to clrculute through tho cor rldors of Hdgewater Tnn, and the dope 5JU Rs follows: Whltted to he traded to Brooklyn for Zach Wheat. Nlelioff and Stock to be traded to St. Louis for Hornsby tnd Jl Miller. That's all there wai to It. but If the deal goes, through It will be 6K c( the most sensational pulled In many years. We got the dope from an authoritative ource. but when Pat Moran was cornered he again Imitated flu1 well-known clam. loosened up a trifle near the finish, however, and said tho In a few days he would ha something to say. The proposed action of tho Phils Is the only logical thing that can be done under the circumstances Up to Players Leaving the salary end out of It nlto tether. the fact remains that Philadelphia must hae a ball club this year. The play ra'are dissatisfied and reftiso to report; they roust go sumo place cle, ns the man agement of the Phil has offered nil that fhey can. Now It was up" to the holdouts to accept or refine. But looking things over In a calm nnd Impersonal manner. It seerrts that the only it&l that has a chance to go through Is the one Involving 'Whltted and Wheat Zach, like George, Is very much dissatisfied with conditions over tn Flatbush nnd probably 111. welcome the chance to escape from Charles Hercules Hbbets. He will fit in nicely In tho Phils' outfit nnd M even letter than his predecessor In batting The salary snag ngain crops up. however, aa Wheat has refused u cut In his contract and threatens to quit the game. In other words, two disgruntled athletes will bo napped. When Moran took hold of the local club In 1915 he showed right off Ihe reel that 1c would not tolerate any dissatisfied ball players. His first act was to get ilil of Sherwood Magee, the star of his teajn and one of the most popular ball players that aver appeared In Philadelphia. Ho shunted Bherwood to Boston In exchange for Whlt ted and Dugey and some cash. Pat was laujhed at by the wise ones, but the deal turned fiut to be tho nicest little piece of work done In jears. Both Make Good Whltted stepped Into Magee's shoes nnd played sensational baseball, while Dugey turned out to be a valuable utility man. Moran never has regretted the deal. Whlt ted, by the way, stepped from one cham pionship team to another and profited great ly thereby. He shared in the world's se- TILLMAN CAREFUL; BENNY CAN'T LAND Minneapolitan Takes No Chances and Leonard's Kayo Punch Is Absent rles rakeoff while with Boston In 19H and repeated with the rhlllles In 191R. Last jenr ho came close nnd perhaps he missed the additional upholstery for his bank ac count. Ho received M.500 Inst year and was offered the wmc for 1917, but It was not enough He made his demand for ad ditional (alary and when It was refused he ceased communicating with 1'rcsldeii' linker and Manager Moran Bert Mehoff had been working under a war-time contract ma le when Iho Federal League was nourishing and diow down something lllto Jf.000 it jear H was sllied to JtOOO and the trouble started More Money Again Milton Stock wants more monev and that's all there Is to It. He. too. has re tnoed the names of Moran and Baker from his mailing list and the only way he can serve the club. een Indirectly, Is to figure In n trade This rumored trade will bo a great thing for tho Phillies If it Is pulled off It will help tlm team to such a great extent that It seems almost too good to be true. Manager Moran will loe three valu able men, but In their places will come two .300 hitters and a first-class utility man .lust how It will be englneeied Is not known, but the rnelliporlnir must lin exceedingly clever to put It across Wheat batted .312 last ear and llurnsbv went him ne better with 313 Miller was down In 'Ihe list, but it was said that ho was not satisfied and plaed onlv desultory ball. The onlv chance to grab Hornsby, the sensation of the Ieagii3 last yeai. Is to work on the assumption that h Is not pleased with his surroundings and tho newcomers believe that thev can get along without him That will be a hard matter, hut base ball Is an uncertain proposition at all times Hornsby was tho best shortstop In the league, stood head and shoulders over the other members of his team and his huge batting average while playing with a tall, end club-Is little short of marvelous None Better Than Hornsby But It has been announced that tho new owners of the Cardinals will spare, no ex pense In strengthening tho club this year That being the case, whole would they get n better man than Hornsby? Miller Is tho only weak sister lit the hunch, but, he. too, is capable of playing "good baseball, as was pioved when he plaed with Wagner In Pittsburgh If the snapping Is successful. Moron's problem would bn solved and his club will be one of the strongest In the National League, despite the advance notices sent out by the Glantsr Hornsby can play either short or second and Bancroft can be switched. Bobbv Byrne is still a good third baseman, but Miller and Dugey will be on the job to help out If necessary. Wheat, Paskcrt and Cooper or Cravath, or Walker will take care of the outfield, and the pitching staff cannot bo called weak. Then there are Hill Killlfer, Kddio Burns nnd Jack Adams for catchers, which rounds out a very strong aggregation But we must wait and see what wo shall see Evening Ledger Decisions' of Ring Bouts Last Night OLYVIPIV -Denny J-iimril nolelssseij Johnny Till mum (ius.Ut Jl won train Al Nelkoni llntlllnr Mills dlrvv wllh hkk Meiersi VrnnMe Clnrk defeated -leer Ihillejl Mike Howell heat Krnnkle t miaou. , NKW MIliK VedilT. Mnrnliy outpointed New Al Met'vri Frnntle Hllson drew with Mutter timolol lluddr Jim kson kiim-kl out lltn Murnhr. Tenthl Italian .lo Owns won from l-uul Illioni Tony Iteniler Motived lining rupke. Ilrst, ,, . 1IIKK. ! lolinnr Kllbmie rmltr d fetttwl Tim ItroneT. , IIM.TIMOKI; luck Mlf won frmii Terry Mnrtln. ,h1i:l'II1:NII,I.1:, O. .lHck Ixindmnn lx-ut Itnrney llslitl. Ol!MIHTOV. It. Oeorxe lill knocked out lloti Motm, fourth. ... I'llTNI 11.1,11, Mum. Walter laiurette won from Ixld Aloertsi -lurk Norimin Irnit Kid lllnk. .... Kt) II l""Tr.U Freddy Hnelllnx defeated Cnrnno Kid. .... ... JXMEHIMIN. N.Y. K. O. Cnrroll jiit fouelit lonnx llsttllnc Nelsoni HIM O'Nelt lost to Itiiv ttrnliiim. . ..... LONDON Jimmy Wllde defealtd tleorae Clarke FORM IS THE THING IN BASEBALL AS WELL AS TRACK, BOXING, GOLF AND NEARLY EVERY OTHER SPORT Benny Leonard Shows Plenty of It and Proves It's Easy to Pick a Winner on Form Without Knowing Much About Walloping By LOUIS II. JAITK Benny Leonard, we agree, Is the class of boxers who hao visited our fair city for tho purpose of crushing tho other fellow on tho chin and adding to their bank rolls Ho won with plenty to spare from .lohnny Tillman at tho Olympla last night et onco again Sir Benjamin found himself stneked up against a Tartar In his effort to send tho Minneapolitan on an unwonted Journey to dreamland Tho "dream boy" did not give Leonard so good a hattlo as he did on their first meeting last fa" but Tillman was not in danger of suffering a kao at anv time during the six rounds The Oljmpla Club never was crowded to such a capacity as last night livery seat in the arena wns oicupled and all cor ners and nooks were Jammed with frenzied fans, who willingly separated themselves from serenty-flvo cents for standing room. Outside "scalpers" were ridding themselves of $t tlqkets for J3. Johnny Tillman is a great defensive boxer He squared off at Leonard, leaning far bnck and with his long lert extended to Its entire teach, and. with Tillman In this position, Leonard was unable to connect with an effective punch After the first round Leonard led throughout, but hn cnuld not (.onnect with his famous sap-absorbing wallops Tillman's guard also wns good, and at close iiuarlers. too, l.conafd could not find lodgment with a wallop to spill Johniiv for ten toll. Hnweer, this caieful boxing on the part of Tillman slowed up the bout, as Leonatd Mitually did all the fighting Kach of the principals decorated the Hoot twice, hut really there was only one clean knockdown This occurred In tho fourth round when Leonard shot oer a long left hook, catching Tillman on tho point, of the chin. Johnny Hopped lo tho floor, where he had thteo seconds counted over htm. In the opening round Leonard was off hal auce nnd slipped tn the mat. and Johnny did likewise near tho finish of tho ft nine Leon ard tripped over Tillman's foot In tho third round and sat on the floor, but only the ono knockdown scored by Leonard was legitimate. I By SANDY THIS Is the Kistlfan Day at the office. That Is to say, there was a gathering of managers and boxers all around occu pying tho chairs, with the writers standing up nnd listening to the chatter on tho game of Hard Knuckles and Puffed Beaters "Benny Leonard Is a. swell boxer," said some one who had straed In and knew llttln of the scleneo of boxing. "I could tell he was a swell boxer as soon ns I saw him In notion " "Where do you get that stuff off of ?"was tho offering by one of those present. "Vou been rending tho papers " ".Vo I nlu't," chirped tho wise feller. "Hut llennv has got tho form. That's the Muff that gets by any place. You can pick class In nny gamo that way. Tho swell batters In b.iseball has got it. nnd you can pick 'em as soon ns they come to bat. A swell runner has got the form. You can pick a good one any place, because they've got tho form ' UetvviU'Splashes Wo had fcomcthliiB of tho same Idea as we held dovui a ringside seat last night at tho OImpla to see some of tho action be twixt the splashing' of the spongo In the corner. or nil games, form plays tho greatest part In tho gamo of golf, but to the un tutoied e.vo it was evident that form was a big feature of the "give-and-take" frollo. By form Is meant balance nnd timing tho, stroke. Bennv Leonard didn't land on tho green much nnd couldn't get past with nny of tho long shots down the fairway. Ills short approaches also weren't very deadly, but the form watt always thero. Ho didn't do much damage, hut he nlways appeared to bo the master and ready to sink n luckv one "Why don't you land It, Benny?" was the continual yip from tho pop-oyed fans packed up on tho shelf, dimly discernible through tho heavv smoke Benny was al was set. Johnny Tillman started a flock of shots with n power of back-spin on them. Once ho waved ono that Benny ducked and whlcji was nearly the finish of a brass post supporting tho ropes Another time Till man reached up to turn off the lights nnd Benuv was right down tho alley to take ndvantage of the shot out of hounds Muggsy Tnlor a boxing expert, felt that Tillman on Muggsy is a nice feller. Nelson in Draw Vorm was all that gave Gusslo Lewis a draw wllh Al Nelson In the semifinals. Al wns called in at the l.tst minute and had not had time to train at all As a result he was slowed up a bit Some ono In tho gallery wns pleased with the fight nnd tossed a cigar In tho ring, but neither of the fighters had time to pick It up. So It died In a shower of tpnrks The only renl snappy stuff of the night was In tho mix between Battling Mills nnd Chick Me.vers In the first couple of minutes. TIih inpui-firo stuff peteteil out so far as Mills was concerned when ho was tho recip ient of a-"slice to tho rough" This Is a golf term which, translated into boxing, means a "right hook to tho neck," We havo nn Idoa that Benny Leonard would be a great success as a golfer. If ho could time a golf swing with tho fine form McNIBLICK of his hooks. Jabs and uppercuts, he would malto a great showing on tho links. But he can't bo Interested In golf. "Why don't you try the game?" he wns asked. "Now. I've though of that," he replied "But I'd never get by at this here golf." He looked a bit sheepish. 'Tho reason Is I nln't never rodo a horse." PENN ENTERS FOUR MEN IN BIG INDOOR SPORTS Four Penn track athletes will enter tho Indoor championship track meet In New York on Saturday, These men will be Tommy Lennon, Larry Scudder, Karl Hby and Sherman Landers, Coach Robertson expects to begin active training for the out door season about April 1. ATHLETICS GIVEN MILITARY DRILL a- 'Sergeant Smart Puts Mack men Through "Setting Up" Exercises at Jacksonville ' ill a Staff Correspondent JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. March 13. Members of the Athletic baseball snuad encamped on tho shore of the St. John Illver wcro given their first military In struction this morning on the diamond of Itoso Field. Sergeant W. K. Smart, of the General Service Infantry, took charge of the awkward squad In view of hundreds of tourists, who found places In tho newly constructed stands. When Informed by tho officer that setting up would bo tho prima! y exercise a great many of the rookies had visions of bowling balls rather than ammunition. 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