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tANAGERS WHO TRADE MEN THEY HAVEN'T GOT WOULD MAKE GOOD IN WALL STREET LEAG
KJMORED DEALS ARE THE TYPE OF
; TRANSACTIONS WHICH WILL PROVE
MENACE TO ORGANIZED BASEBALL
trading Players Who Are "Holdouts" a Practice
Which Should 3e Legislated Out of Exist
ence as Dangerous and Illogical.
1HE sensational story which leaked out of tho I'hlllle' training camp, to tho
effect that deals havo been arranged with tho Cardinal and lirooklyn which
ft Will rid tho Philadelphia club of n trio of hold-outs and bring Wheat, Ilornsby nnd
f Miller to Broad nnd Huntingdon streets may or may not bo true, and for tho good
fefr baseball It is to bo hoped that tho latter construction Is the correct one. On
ifha face of It tho deals would probably strengthen Moran'a team on tho ball field,
,lut they would nlo servo to destroy tho morale of the Phils as well as ex cry other
team right at a time when the owners aro muklng a determined effort to ro-rntnb-
.ullsh tho proper sort of dlsclplfno nnd relationship between mngnnte nnd players.
Btock. Nlchoff and Whltted nre persistent hold-outs so Is Wheat and It is
ridiculous fpr a, nmnuger or owner to talk of trading them, for tho very good
fejj reason thut they haven't got theifl to tinde. All they con do Is to turn over an option
on their services, and It wilt then be up to the holder of such options to roraa to an
agreement with tho players. Thero Is no reason for believing that tho three
(.''rebellious I'hlls would come ttj terms nny ipilckcr with Kbbets or tho St. I,ouls
management than with ('resident UiiKcr, and ir tne ileal is ninue u may do con
cluded t.hat the salary demands of nil thice will be met. As far us Wheat Is con
cerned, It Is known that he has been nnxlous to get away from Brooklyn for
ome time and would probably bo willing to nccept a smaller sum from the I'hllllet
than he Is holding out for at present.
Is thero a chance that the magnates do not realize what nn effect such a deal
will have have on tho futuro relations between magnate nnd player? Tho spec
tacle of tho three hold-outs fqrclng their owners to truth them to n club which
Is willing to meet their salary demands will convince (Vic plnycrs that theio is
ome virtue In tho hold-up scheme nfter nil.
THE practlco of trading dlss.itlslled pliieis. pnrlii ularly if they be st.trs.
Is a pernicious one nnd should ! legislated out of existence ns soon n
possible.
Deals Would Mean Loosening of the Purse Strings
IF PltKHIDRNT IIAKKIt Is contemplating tlio two deals it Is evident that he
Intends to dig a little deeper for bast bull talent than was suppohod, for It will
cost approximately $3000 morn per year to carry Wheat. Miller nnd Hornsbj than
It would to meet the demands of Stock, NlehofT and Whltted. Hornsby has a con
tract calling for J5R00 per annum and .Miller one for J.IOOO. Wheat is holding out
for J6000, which makes a total of I16.G0U. On the other hand, Slock wants J4000,
Whltted $5500 and NlehofT J3S0O, making n total of $13,300. Wheat, however,
would probably be willing to compnmiie on a smaller s ilary if given a chance
to get away from Brooklyn, but ho rertnlnlv 'would not bo willing to accept n ery
large cut. On the other hand, It Is likely that Whltted would be willing to cut off
a. few hundreds If Mr. Baker would compromise.
St. Louis Is a. town dreaded by ball plnyers because of the climatic conditions,
and It is scarcely likely that Stock and Nlchoff would piny there for less money
than they would right hero In Philadelphia. On tho contrary, both men would
probably demand more money of tho St. Louis club than they are asking of the
Phillies'. The samo thing holds good for Whltted, who .has nn antipathy for
Brooklyn and has so expressed himself many time.
ALL of which Is true It the tlnee clubs concerned are ically In earnest
XI. about the matter. As Idlo talk It may serve Its purpose of scaring the
trio of Philadelphia hold-outs
The Deal From a Practical Baseball Angle
SfMPLY considering tho suggested deals from the angle of tho' ball Held, it Is
evident that the exchange would strengthen tho Phillies. Whltted Is a great
ball player, but he cannot hit as well us Wheat, and it is batting strength that the
Phillies are after Whether or not W'hent can cover the same amount of ground
as Whltted Is a matter of opinion. In the comparatively small left field at Broad
and Huntingdon streets, however. Wheat would bo Just ns effectho as Whltted,
even though he be a trifle slower, which Is not admitted by all. Just how Mornn
would juggle his infield were tho deals made Is not known, but his aggregate
' strength with Hornsby and Miller would bo grenter than It is nt present, llornsby
is one of the most sensational youngsters who have bioken Into fast company In a
decade. He Is a ,300 hitter, and so Is Miller who. by the way, would welcome the
chance to get out of St. Louis.
THE deal with St. Louis might be popular with the fans here, but It would
probably causo considerable trouble In St. Louis, where Hoinsby is
something of an Idol nnd Is generally looked upon ns n herald of better
things In the Mount City.
' Storm Clouds Gather Over Heads of Two Cornell Stars
IT IS reported In athletic circles on reliable authority that Yale ITnlverslty ath
letic officials have been quietly preparing for tho last month to lodge a formal
protest with tho Intercollegiate A. A. A. A. against two of Cornell's track stars,
Linus V. AVlridnaglo and Alma Illchards. Yale, according to the report, will shortly
call tho attention of tho governing body of college track athletics to the fact that
both Wlndnagle nnd Richards took part In Intercollegiate competition befnro they
entered Cornell nnd nre, therefore. Ineligible for further I. A. A. A. A. competition.
Wlndnagle, It (h said, ran for a small college In Oregon and is still credited with
the mile record for tho northwest territory. Evldenco to this effect Is In possession
of a man In Providence, It. I., who is reported to be willing to turn it over to the
I. A. A. A. A. if it Is wanted. Tho case against Richards Is well known
to all well-posted athletic enthusiasts. The Olympic high-Jump champion competed
for Brlgham Young University before he went to the Olympic games nt Stockholm
In 1912, Richards says that his athletic activities In Brlgham Young University
were confined to the preparatory school department, but this apparent technical
phase of the situation will be decided by tho I A. A. A. A. executive committee
hould the alleged protest against Richards nnd Wlndnagle come to a head.
The Importance of Yale's action ngalnst the two sutest point scorers on Jack
Moakley's string Is obvious. Should Richards nnd Wlndnaglo bo declared Ineligible
for another year of I. A. A, A. A, competition, not only will the entire outlook for
the 1. A, A. A. A. outdoor rhamplonshlps nt Franklin Held on Mny 26 bo changed,
but the executive committee also may mako the disbarment retroactive and alter
the results In which Wlndnnglo nnd Richards figured at tho lecent indoor cham
pionships of the Intercollegiate Association held here
Thirty-three Candidates for Mack's Infield
THE arrival of the combined forces of tho Athletics lias aroused great Interest
among tho sportsmen south of tho Mnron nnd Dixon Line. Persons in tills
ection are Just, as anxious to watch the development of Mack's new Infield as tho
fans are who are still wearing ear muffs and woolens. If quantity counts for any
thing, the elongated manager will havo an Infield that will partly make up for tin
destruction of the once famous $100,000 combination. This, however, will bo a
matter of time. There are thlrty-threo candidates expected Those who have Been
Ray Bates, the new aspirant for third base, perform consider him to bo of tho
caliber that will fill up a bad hole left b tho departure of one Frank Baker.
Bates has hod a taste of big league action, having been under the unsettled regime
of Joe Birmingham at Cleveland In 1913. Last year young Bates played third
base fpr the Vernon club, of tho Coast League. Ho is a citizen of Paterson, N. J.,
and not from the Pacific coast, as was announced. In fact, Bates Is well known
' throughout . the semlprofesslonal ranks of the Middle Atlantic States. Ho is
twenty-six years of ago, and It is about time that ho wns reaching a fair road to
success. The third Backer has been shifted around considerably, and It Is thought
that by the time Connie Mack works with him a few months a good steady
third Backer will be among those present nt Shlbc Park.
AT THE present time the now member Is carrying some extra flesh,
XX tipping the scales at 185. Ho stands six feet one-half Inch In hclcht
and possesses a good pair of hands. He appears to have plenty of nerve
and ambition. Those who have seen him play predict that he will bolster
Connie's Infield nt least twenty-five per cent. This will mean a great deal
It Grover or Lawry come through for the keyslone sack, with Witt being
almost a fixture at short.
" Jnterclub Tennis Matches Better in May
T7Kn many years the Interolub Tennis League played Its match in iw... n.u.
f schedule opened the second Tucsday,and wns completed by the end or the month.
4 The effect of this was to make tho leaguo matches the-flnlahlnc touch t. "
Bwj who played through the five straight weeks of tournament play Jn June and July.
lmui Buiuuii ma uncivil" iiuuv" nc iimcu in uuiy ana August and In fact
, were not compieiea umu late in uciooer, wnen uermantown played off a nost.
i... ported match with Cynwyd. The whole season wns one ofXpostpo'hed matches
f bent stare and second-atruig teams. The cause of this was mainly the fact that
many of. the regular payorp were away nt other tournaments or on their vaea.
founts ThUr year there is' a movement for putting the matches bar in -r., -..
ukl'be one of the wisest moves possible, for all the stars nre keen in the c'nrly
mob and would go out of their way to play, when later they would ba thinklnr-
tore of the bigger events on the circuit.
Unfortunately, the two greatest player that the Interclub could hnn e i
teoent year will not be In competition In 191 , Richard N. Williams. Is in business'
and will to the luturo play from the Lonswood Club, of that city. while.
WiUta Davtay one of the most popular tennjs plaer Philadelphia has ever had,
IM umvereuy oi Pennsylvania ana returned to nil home on the Pacific
We oneet Hhh leeeee w ,th possibility of having 0, Colket Caner and
i wifp rtmr, wm i wi mu wnu-uji win aguin be In action.
HEAT MAKES HIM HOLDOUT
Harry Wei.ser, known as Hud, has refused to report to the Little Hock
club because he fears the South'.s heat. Wciscr, with Ben Tincup, wns
obtained by the Little Rock team in si deal for Ernie Walker.
IN MARCH THE KID LOOKED GREAT
VET LIMP; BUT WHO HITS THE PILL
IN JUNE? EGAD, THEKID'S IN STILL
"Still" Meaning "Yet" For Many Times the Kid
Even Looks "Better Still" Limiting- Distance
of Forward Pass in Football'd Be Faux Pas
y r.KANTI.ANI) KICK
You Can't Alwajs Tell
In March the Kid looked great
While the telcran'a arm wits sore;
The Kid nlid into the plate
For many a practice xenre;
While the Vet had to limp urouvd,
Waiting n warmer nun,
Covering it little ground,
Scoring hardly n run.
In Match the Kid was there
With many a robust clout,
All fifteen trajs fo spare,
While the Vet looked down and out;
Hut when June brought its thrill.
Who held the first-line trench?
The Kid looked better still,
While the Vet was nn the bench.
THK Utile Mandarins of football gather on
Friday, hut there nre no important
changes In sight. Th preent gamo has
grown In cucli favnr among both plnycrs
nnd spectators thst no risk will be run In
the way of icramhllng up a successful sit
uation Foster Panford. the eminent Instructor
nnd old Yale star, believes In restricting
the distance of the forward pass In its
campaign of frlghtfiilness Such a change
would work toward removing a hardship
from tho secondary defence, but In other
ways woull lead to numberless comple
tions. When a limit Is put upon distance, a tan
gle. Is sure to result Tho forward pass. In
our opinion, should Uther be unrestricted or
abolished. And it shouldn t be abolished
Brooklyn Enters n Rebuttal
Pear Sir This talk about the fjlants
having the pennant race sewed up gives me
Indigestion Pennant races. In the main,
are decided by pitching power Last season
the Red Sox lost Trls Speaker and had
Jark Harry out at the most critical point
of the year; but with Ruth, Shore, Leonard.
Majs and Foster they won the pennant by
a larger margin than the year before. Why?
Beranne they had the pitching Brookln,
with Pfeffer, Marnuard. Pheney, Toombs,
fiherrod. Smith nnd others, has a much
better pitching staff than Tcsreau, Schupp.
Benton. Perrltt, etc a much more depend
able staff. That Is wheie Brooklyn will
again beat out New York Wait for the
finish tiorxsnRVILLB.
We hope If Fate and Destiny will kindly
permit.
Coming and Going
Sir Which do you think Is the better
nlnry Samuel Hopkins Adams in Collier's
called "Enter Darcy" or Oovernor Whit
man's snappy sequel, "Kxlt Darey"?
PLATO PETC.
Along about the 27th of July or early
August there will be one or two depressed
cities insisting that their ball clubs put In
the afternoon drilling in place of the ac
customed program
Tris and Joe
H. L G. Speaker nnd Jackson have
been big league rivals for six seasons
Rookies and Regulars
from 1011 to date. In this space Jackson
has led Speaker three vears, with bne tie
and two triumphs for Trls. Jackson led his
Texas rival In 1911, 1912 and 1913. In 1914
tlioj tied nt .338 each. Speaker then came
to the front In 1915 and 1916.
Jackson is the only ball player In the
game whoever batted over .400 his firt com
plete year under the Big Tent. Ills debut
was s,et at .408 well beyond nny mark he
has ever known since
Proof that the golf stroke Is a bad thing
for baseball batting Is shown by the list of
ball plajers who play golf. Look now the
Scotch game wrecked Tris Speaker, Ty
Cobb and Lddln f'ollln"' No wonder big
hague managers tnflst upon suppressing
iJoo Bogey's slrenle call!
Those accustomed to Insist how badly
Miss HJurstedt could have beaten Miss Sut
ton Mrs. Ilundy are now at liberty to re
vise their estimate under the cold and piti
less glare of tho records, where tho great
Norwegian player has a matter of one
victory out of five starts and nt a time
when Mrs. Ilundy is hardly the player that
Miss Sutton wub nt the top of her younger
game.
Spring Song
What have the icIikM o spring to say
"Over the hllh nnd far away
Where the pita are itctp nnd the traps
encroach
And the bunker U'nlfs or the tubbed op-
pronch;
HViere the duffer rages and tears his hair
As a wilil curse rings on the bnhny nir;
Whrrr the soic heart bleeds and the soul is
cut
As the golfer foozles a two-foot putt."
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McGAFFIGAN, NEW PHILLY PLAYER,
WAS TEACHER AT COUNTRY SCHOQL
Infield Recruit Is No
Youngster Has Been
in Minors for Six
Years
(.WlU.YLi:, III.. March 14.
IF QtMKKR CITY scribes nre feeklng n
nickname for Mark A .McOnfflgnn. new
Mornn Inflelder. who played with Vrnn
last vear. then can, with truth, rail him
either the schoolmaster or the pedagogue,
for before lie started to. play professional
hall he taught In n country school for three
years In ('Union County, this Stale.
Mc'lalllgan. who can hardly be called a
youngster, since he Is on his way lo his
twenty -ninth year, was Imin here, where his
father Is a prominent attorney He started
to play professionally with Peoria In 1911,
one o'f his teammates them being Hob
Veach. of Detroit Released by Peoria.
Mcflafllgan went to Decatur, then to t'ekln
(In the Illinois-Missouri League, nni in
China), then lo Kcokui;, men to i.mcoin aim
then to Vernon )
During his sK-vear slay In the minors
the highest baiting credit Schoolm.isli-r
.Mark nciumulated was !S2 This was made
during his second year with Lincoln, In
1915. For all the tlmo McOnfllgan h.is been
on the small-time circuits his nveiage Is
,2B3. Ho has been In 711 games, liasttolen
225 bases nnd has laid down or raised 17G
sacrifices McUnfllgnn Is extremely fast,
Mark McGafflgan's Record
for Six Tears in Minors
lenr Huh (I. AH II. nil. 811. Ml P.r.
Ilerstur .. .11) II S ft 3 .ISO
191 1 I'eorls. .i.. .. .....
1012 IVkltl 101 405 II 114 t 4t .Jfl.J
ini.s Kmi'nic ioi sni b 2 J .J
1014 l.mcill 17.1 134 m 157 60 l .247
IDIft l.lnein 142 A.1I SJ I8 4J 44 ,2M
1DI0 rrnon I.Vt Ms 71 ISA IS US .24S
Total
717 2573 300 077 IIS 273 .263
and has won distinction on the gridiron nnd
on the track ns welt ns In baseball. He
also Is a tennis player of note. He weighs
I to pounds and stands five feet eight Inches
In height.
McGafflgan's birth date Is September 12.
That nlso Is the birth date of Captain Fred
Luderus, of the Phillies. '
VON KOLNITZ RETIRES
FROM BASEBALL FIELD
CHICACiO, March 14. Alfred von Kol
nltz. utility Inflelder with the Chicago
Americans, has notified Manager Rowland
that he has retired from the game. Von
Kolnltz Is engaged In business In Raleigh,
X C He was purchased from the Cincin
nati Nationals.
OTHER SPORTS ON I'AGE II
CORNELL RULES
ATHLETESELIGiBU
Richards and Windnagle De-
ienaea Dy Faculty
Committee ;
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NOT UNDER 3-YEAR RiJLE
ITHACA, N. Y March ll.-Alm
Richards, Olympic champion In the-ru! ,
high Jump, nnd Linus Vero WlnoWu ?
tercolleglnto one-mll champion, two Co, ,
athletes who aro among the greatest
performing In varsity ranks, were rultdT
glble to represent the Big jje(1 , ''
year on tho track, despite h. ruL, J"
the men will be called before the tM th"
leglato A. A. A. A. to show cause hl IS?"
should not bo barred. The men areLi '
in many quarters of having comoetM rt
than three years nnd therefore of h?T
eligible. The Cornell faculty comrnltti
student affairs last night ruled I thiLi?
two men were eligible. Graduate ii..'
O, K. Kent gave out this statement'" '"
"Several Inquiries have reached 0 .
the status of Richards and Wlndntclc i
committee on student affairs hairrevi..J
the cases of both carefully, and f ,,
study of all the facts, has come to' th ,
elusion thnt both men are eligible to ."
pete for Cornell In athletics undtr
rules " "w
Murlln. Tex. Henny Kauff dfdded to continue
baieball today. He pried nff a hom run and
contributed to tha Ulanta' l.r. to i victory over
Dallas at Marlln, ,.
Macon, fla, BUI IMerry, rookie pltrher with
tha Yankee, la tln picked aa one of tha paw
men Hill Donovan will lake back to New York
aa a recular.
Hot Hprlnn. Ark. When Jake Daubert drasa
Into the Dodser camp, accordlns to report;
here, the National Leaaue champions will start
learnlnc how to be aolillera.
Hot ;Hprln. Ark. Huffy Lewie and Harry
Hooper are today rn routa here, l'realdent
Kraiee received wire" to this effect,
Miami, Fl. The Braves and Remlnolea will
have It out again here today. The llravea won
yeeterday, 11 to 8.
Mineral WelU. Tex. The White Box will split
In twain Friday. Kid aleaaon will barnatorm
Texaa with the second equad and Manager
Ruwland with the flrat.
Columbui. O. Skipper Callahan, of the Tlrate
crew, will begin today the construction of an
entire new Inner circuit of defense. The flrat
practice same of the aeaaon thta afternoon will
find BUI illnchman on flrat for the resutara.
Italrd at second. Ward at abort and Warner
at third. 1.
Aiutuata, Oa. Several shake-ups are loomlns
up for th senators. ianaaer uruntn la prim
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